WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.760 Father in heaven, 00:00:02.300 --> 00:00:07.919 we're all trying to make sense of everything going on in our city. 00:00:10.679 --> 00:00:11.800 And we need you. 00:00:15.019 --> 00:00:18.059 God, we're not going to look to ourselves to figure this out. 00:00:19.580 --> 00:00:21.640 We're not going to lean on our own understanding. 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:26.100 But we are going to acknowledge you in all of our ways 00:00:26.100 --> 00:00:28.120 that you will make straight our paths. 00:00:28.120 --> 00:00:32.240 And Lord Jesus, our risen shepherd, lead us on. 00:00:34.299 --> 00:00:37.899 Father, would you now pour out your spirit upon us 00:00:37.899 --> 00:00:41.579 in order to spotlight Jesus 00:00:41.579 --> 00:00:48.000 to rally this church around our risen head 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:51.780 in that we would be a body in motion moving forward together. 00:00:51.780 --> 00:01:00.760 Father, we believe that you have raised us up for such a time as this. 00:01:01.980 --> 00:01:05.560 Not to shrink back, but to press in 00:01:05.560 --> 00:01:11.319 for the glory of Jesus among all the peoples living in the city of Kenosha. 00:01:11.319 --> 00:01:17.099 Spirit of the living God, fall afresh upon us. 00:01:18.939 --> 00:01:24.859 Melt us, mold us, fill us, use us. 00:01:25.559 --> 00:01:28.239 And it's in the name of Jesus we all pray. 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:29.879 Amen. 00:01:29.879 --> 00:01:30.039 Amen. 00:01:30.040 --> 00:01:37.420 In order for us to move forward together as a church, 00:01:39.160 --> 00:01:42.940 today we must choose Jesus. 00:01:43.900 --> 00:01:45.560 Today I choose Jesus, 00:01:45.940 --> 00:01:48.500 and today you must choose Jesus 00:01:48.500 --> 00:01:51.960 so that we move forward in the midst of crisis 00:01:51.959 --> 00:01:54.379 for the glory of his name. 00:01:56.939 --> 00:01:58.419 I think it's safe to say 00:01:58.419 --> 00:02:00.519 that the last five and a half months 00:02:00.519 --> 00:02:04.280 has literally been one crisis after another. 00:02:05.699 --> 00:02:08.639 We've been living in an unrelenting, 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:11.199 accumulating crises. 00:02:11.199 --> 00:02:14.659 And many of us are just weary, 00:02:15.919 --> 00:02:18.899 tired, confused, overwhelmed. 00:02:19.079 --> 00:02:21.079 It started in March with COVID-19, 00:02:21.659 --> 00:02:23.060 and at the end of March, 00:02:23.519 --> 00:02:26.839 George Floyd died under the knee of a white police officer. 00:02:27.199 --> 00:02:29.599 And then all throughout the last several months, 00:02:29.599 --> 00:02:33.579 there has been this saber-rattling of politics 00:02:33.579 --> 00:02:35.319 from the left and from the right, 00:02:36.379 --> 00:02:37.939 sending out messages. 00:02:38.219 --> 00:02:40.719 It can be very confusing, disheartening. 00:02:41.859 --> 00:02:42.579 Divisive. 00:02:43.819 --> 00:02:47.679 In August, many of us who are sending children 00:02:47.679 --> 00:02:50.759 to the Kenosha Unified School District schools, 00:02:51.099 --> 00:02:54.039 we watched the board flip-flop 00:02:54.039 --> 00:02:55.500 on some important decisions. 00:02:55.639 --> 00:02:58.159 It just added to the confusion 00:02:58.159 --> 00:03:00.659 and accumulation of crises. 00:03:02.299 --> 00:03:04.939 And of course, all of that has been overshadowed 00:03:04.939 --> 00:03:06.500 by what happened a week ago today. 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:09.379 Many of you have seen the video. 00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:13.519 A black man, Jacob Blake, 00:03:13.739 --> 00:03:15.359 being shot in the back seven times 00:03:15.359 --> 00:03:17.419 by a white Kenosha police officer. 00:03:18.819 --> 00:03:20.919 The investigation's underway. 00:03:21.799 --> 00:03:23.679 There's information coming out. 00:03:23.780 --> 00:03:26.939 We want as much information to come out. 00:03:27.339 --> 00:03:28.599 We're praying for that. 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:32.419 But it was like the lighting of a match in a cinder block, 00:03:32.620 --> 00:03:33.719 cinder box. 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:37.680 Because over the last week, 00:03:38.180 --> 00:03:42.579 we've witnessed peaceful protests. 00:03:42.580 --> 00:03:46.320 We've witnessed violent riots. 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:51.720 We've witnessed businesses boarding up their windows 00:03:51.720 --> 00:03:53.160 all throughout downtown, 00:03:53.700 --> 00:03:55.040 all throughout uptown, 00:03:55.439 --> 00:03:57.040 all throughout 75th Street, 00:03:57.400 --> 00:04:00.880 and reaching out onto Green Bay Road and beyond. 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:04.740 There's been this giant boarding up of protection. 00:04:09.620 --> 00:04:11.000 Yesterday on my way in, 00:04:11.079 --> 00:04:11.659 I counted this, 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:14.979 I would drive in at 7 a.m. every morning 00:04:14.979 --> 00:04:16.500 over the last four or five days 00:04:16.500 --> 00:04:18.060 to see where our building was, 00:04:18.899 --> 00:04:19.639 if it was. 00:04:22.360 --> 00:04:23.920 And Friday on my way in, 00:04:24.019 --> 00:04:25.879 I counted at least 11 businesses 00:04:25.879 --> 00:04:29.219 that had been gutted by fire, 00:04:30.319 --> 00:04:32.240 burned to the ground. 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:35.740 We've seen riots. 00:04:35.980 --> 00:04:37.699 We've heard rumors of riots. 00:04:38.899 --> 00:04:40.740 There's been the loss of life. 00:04:40.879 --> 00:04:42.779 There's been the loss of livelihoods. 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:45.519 But there's been the loss of personal property. 00:04:45.939 --> 00:04:46.779 I don't know about you, 00:04:46.860 --> 00:04:47.459 but Jenny and I, 00:04:47.560 --> 00:04:48.199 every night, 00:04:48.579 --> 00:04:49.879 we'd turn on Facebook 00:04:50.680 --> 00:04:52.240 and watch CJTV 00:04:52.240 --> 00:04:54.219 to see what was going to happen next. 00:04:54.220 --> 00:04:58.680 The national media descended on our hometown 00:04:58.680 --> 00:05:01.120 and we watched Kenosha burn. 00:05:05.500 --> 00:05:05.940 Unrelenting. 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:10.480 This past Tuesday, 00:05:11.440 --> 00:05:13.580 I backed my pickup truck 00:05:13.580 --> 00:05:15.600 to a back door of the church, 00:05:16.140 --> 00:05:18.680 and this is when the curfew was still at 8 p.m. 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:22.620 It was at 7.53 p.m. 00:05:22.620 --> 00:05:25.560 I was loading into the back of my pickup truck 00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:26.720 electronics, 00:05:28.100 --> 00:05:28.639 computers, 00:05:29.560 --> 00:05:30.959 other valuable items, 00:05:31.379 --> 00:05:32.579 important documents. 00:05:33.139 --> 00:05:34.780 I was putting in the back of the truck 00:05:34.780 --> 00:05:36.180 and I was watching 00:05:36.180 --> 00:05:37.180 and sensing 00:05:37.180 --> 00:05:38.920 tension rising 00:05:38.920 --> 00:05:40.980 on Sheridan and 60th. 00:05:41.959 --> 00:05:43.560 And as I was closing 00:05:43.560 --> 00:05:45.540 the back gate of my truck, 00:05:45.699 --> 00:05:47.500 this thought came into my mind, 00:05:47.899 --> 00:05:49.300 is this going to be the last time 00:05:49.300 --> 00:05:50.600 I see our building intact? 00:05:51.240 --> 00:05:52.879 Will I come back tomorrow morning 00:05:52.879 --> 00:05:56.680 and just see a smoldering pile of rubble? 00:05:57.759 --> 00:05:59.759 And then this thought came into my mind. 00:06:00.579 --> 00:06:02.100 It's all in the Lord's hands. 00:06:03.439 --> 00:06:04.759 Today I choose Jesus 00:06:04.759 --> 00:06:06.840 and so must you. 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:11.340 In order for us to move forward as a church 00:06:11.339 --> 00:06:13.739 in these trying times, 00:06:14.060 --> 00:06:16.019 we must choose Jesus. 00:06:18.119 --> 00:06:20.179 And the question I want to ask 00:06:20.179 --> 00:06:21.879 and answer for you this morning 00:06:21.879 --> 00:06:23.620 is why? 00:06:25.079 --> 00:06:28.359 Why must we trust Jesus 00:06:28.359 --> 00:06:29.899 to move forward? 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:32.939 And there are two reasons why. 00:06:33.899 --> 00:06:35.519 First is his person 00:06:35.519 --> 00:06:37.039 and the second 00:06:37.039 --> 00:06:38.299 is his work. 00:06:40.180 --> 00:06:41.199 His person 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:42.959 and his work. 00:06:43.899 --> 00:06:44.560 And my, 00:06:44.839 --> 00:06:45.639 what I believe, 00:06:45.799 --> 00:06:47.419 spirit-led goal 00:06:47.419 --> 00:06:48.159 this morning 00:06:48.159 --> 00:06:49.819 is to 00:06:49.819 --> 00:06:51.919 bathe your minds 00:06:51.919 --> 00:06:52.899 with the glory 00:06:52.899 --> 00:06:53.740 of Jesus. 00:06:54.459 --> 00:06:55.219 My prayer 00:06:55.219 --> 00:06:56.659 is that the Holy Spirit 00:06:56.659 --> 00:06:57.779 will spotlight, 00:06:58.419 --> 00:06:59.839 he will glorify me, 00:07:00.379 --> 00:07:01.859 spotlight Jesus 00:07:01.859 --> 00:07:03.000 in our hearts 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:03.639 this morning. 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:05.219 and you will find 00:07:05.219 --> 00:07:06.639 fresh strength 00:07:06.639 --> 00:07:08.419 to move forward 00:07:08.419 --> 00:07:10.099 in our circumstances. 00:07:11.800 --> 00:07:13.339 May God do a work 00:07:13.339 --> 00:07:16.060 to help you choose Jesus 00:07:16.060 --> 00:07:16.839 with me today 00:07:16.839 --> 00:07:17.659 in order to move forward. 00:07:17.819 --> 00:07:19.399 So in that in mind, 00:07:20.019 --> 00:07:21.659 I'm going to pray for us 00:07:21.659 --> 00:07:23.560 and would you pray? 00:07:25.019 --> 00:07:26.479 Would you ask God 00:07:26.479 --> 00:07:28.379 to light up Jesus 00:07:28.379 --> 00:07:29.319 in your heart? 00:07:30.159 --> 00:07:30.939 Let's pray together. 00:07:33.639 --> 00:07:34.560 Father, 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:35.740 would you shine 00:07:35.740 --> 00:07:37.519 the spotlight, 00:07:38.199 --> 00:07:39.379 Holy Spirit 00:07:39.379 --> 00:07:40.459 enlivened 00:07:40.459 --> 00:07:41.120 spotlight 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:42.579 of your word 00:07:42.579 --> 00:07:43.479 on Jesus now 00:07:43.479 --> 00:07:45.259 and give us strength. 00:07:46.519 --> 00:07:47.079 Amen. 00:07:49.860 --> 00:07:51.159 For us to move forward, 00:07:51.839 --> 00:07:53.419 we need to choose Jesus 00:07:53.419 --> 00:07:55.120 and the first reason 00:07:55.120 --> 00:07:56.139 why is his person. 00:07:56.680 --> 00:07:56.819 Now, 00:07:56.879 --> 00:07:57.419 a while ago, 00:07:57.539 --> 00:07:58.259 I was sent 00:07:58.259 --> 00:07:59.060 a sermon 00:07:59.060 --> 00:08:00.560 by an old black preacher 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:02.480 and he pointed 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:03.100 his listeners 00:08:03.100 --> 00:08:03.920 to Jesus 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:05.180 all throughout 00:08:05.180 --> 00:08:05.920 the scriptures. 00:08:06.240 --> 00:08:06.860 It was 00:08:06.860 --> 00:08:08.540 a beautiful sermon. 00:08:09.100 --> 00:08:09.500 It was 00:08:09.500 --> 00:08:10.920 a compelling sermon 00:08:10.920 --> 00:08:12.280 and taking my cue 00:08:12.280 --> 00:08:12.840 from him, 00:08:12.959 --> 00:08:14.199 I'm going to remind you 00:08:14.199 --> 00:08:14.879 of the glory 00:08:14.879 --> 00:08:15.840 of Jesus Christ 00:08:15.840 --> 00:08:17.240 in the Old Testament 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:18.620 and in the New 00:08:18.620 --> 00:08:19.600 and the way 00:08:19.600 --> 00:08:20.720 to take this in 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:22.300 is to receive it. 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:25.459 In the Old Testament, 00:08:27.319 --> 00:08:28.420 Genesis chapter 1, 00:08:28.420 --> 00:08:29.819 in the beginning, 00:08:30.080 --> 00:08:31.040 God created 00:08:31.040 --> 00:08:33.080 and John 1, 00:08:33.200 --> 00:08:34.100 Colossians 1, 00:08:34.399 --> 00:08:35.159 Hebrews 1, 00:08:35.340 --> 00:08:36.159 the creator 00:08:36.159 --> 00:08:36.940 is none other 00:08:36.940 --> 00:08:37.740 than Jesus 00:08:37.740 --> 00:08:39.600 who created 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:40.360 all things 00:08:40.360 --> 00:08:41.940 which he means 00:08:41.940 --> 00:08:43.000 he created 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:43.960 all of us. 00:08:46.060 --> 00:08:46.399 Do you remember 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:47.180 that wonderful 00:08:47.180 --> 00:08:49.600 children's song? 00:08:50.379 --> 00:08:51.039 Jesus loves 00:08:51.039 --> 00:08:51.779 the little children, 00:08:52.460 --> 00:08:53.639 all the children 00:08:53.639 --> 00:08:54.320 of the world, 00:08:55.779 --> 00:08:56.379 red and yellow, 00:08:56.500 --> 00:08:57.139 black and white, 00:08:57.139 --> 00:08:58.220 they, 00:08:58.379 --> 00:08:59.439 his image bearers, 00:08:59.500 --> 00:08:59.980 are precious 00:08:59.980 --> 00:09:00.679 in his sight. 00:09:02.340 --> 00:09:03.039 Jesus loves 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:03.840 the little children 00:09:03.840 --> 00:09:04.740 and the big children 00:09:04.740 --> 00:09:05.399 of the world. 00:09:08.319 --> 00:09:09.720 Jesus is the creator 00:09:09.720 --> 00:09:10.720 of Genesis 1 00:09:10.720 --> 00:09:12.279 and then in Deuteronomy 00:09:12.279 --> 00:09:13.199 in the giving 00:09:13.199 --> 00:09:13.919 of the law 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:15.299 what we recall 00:09:15.299 --> 00:09:16.899 is that when Jesus came 00:09:16.899 --> 00:09:17.919 he was the new 00:09:17.919 --> 00:09:18.819 and greater Moses. 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:21.340 He not only 00:09:21.340 --> 00:09:22.519 fulfilled the law 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:23.899 in perfect obedience 00:09:23.899 --> 00:09:24.580 in the way 00:09:24.580 --> 00:09:25.580 he lived his life, 00:09:25.580 --> 00:09:27.800 he explained 00:09:27.800 --> 00:09:28.759 the fulfillment 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:29.680 of the law 00:09:29.680 --> 00:09:31.259 in his great 00:09:31.259 --> 00:09:32.879 kingdom manifesto 00:09:32.879 --> 00:09:33.879 the Sermon on the Mount 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:35.520 Matthew 5, 6 and 7. 00:09:36.800 --> 00:09:37.520 And Joshua, 00:09:37.780 --> 00:09:38.580 it is Jesus 00:09:38.580 --> 00:09:40.280 the second person 00:09:40.280 --> 00:09:40.920 of the Trinity 00:09:40.920 --> 00:09:43.320 in a pre-incarnate 00:09:43.320 --> 00:09:44.120 appearance 00:09:44.120 --> 00:09:46.139 in which he 00:09:46.139 --> 00:09:47.440 shows himself 00:09:47.440 --> 00:09:48.100 to Joshua 00:09:48.100 --> 00:09:48.800 and says 00:09:48.800 --> 00:09:49.600 Joshua, 00:09:49.820 --> 00:09:50.980 take off your sandals 00:09:50.980 --> 00:09:51.860 you are standing 00:09:51.860 --> 00:09:52.879 on holy ground. 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:55.899 and then he leads 00:09:55.899 --> 00:09:56.539 God's people 00:09:56.539 --> 00:09:57.639 into the promised land. 00:09:58.299 --> 00:09:58.960 Our Lord Jesus 00:09:58.960 --> 00:10:02.000 is leading us 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:03.740 to the heavenly 00:10:03.740 --> 00:10:04.580 promised land. 00:10:05.100 --> 00:10:06.340 He is with us 00:10:06.340 --> 00:10:07.600 and he is holy. 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:10.159 Judges. 00:10:10.519 --> 00:10:10.759 Do you remember 00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:11.399 the last verse 00:10:11.399 --> 00:10:12.000 of Judges? 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:14.399 In those days 00:10:14.399 --> 00:10:15.220 there was no king 00:10:15.220 --> 00:10:15.679 in Israel. 00:10:16.340 --> 00:10:17.039 Everyone did what 00:10:17.039 --> 00:10:17.440 was right 00:10:17.440 --> 00:10:18.240 in his own eyes. 00:10:19.100 --> 00:10:20.320 We are surrounded 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:21.900 by people 00:10:21.900 --> 00:10:22.560 who are doing 00:10:22.560 --> 00:10:23.220 what's right 00:10:23.220 --> 00:10:24.460 in their own eyes. 00:10:24.700 --> 00:10:25.920 Trying to make sense 00:10:25.920 --> 00:10:26.840 of everything 00:10:26.840 --> 00:10:28.340 in their own way. 00:10:31.180 --> 00:10:32.540 But we have a king 00:10:32.540 --> 00:10:34.960 who is on his throne 00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:37.780 explaining to us, 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:38.860 directing us, 00:10:39.020 --> 00:10:39.900 King Jesus 00:10:39.900 --> 00:10:40.740 into him. 00:10:41.180 --> 00:10:42.260 We choose today 00:10:42.260 --> 00:10:43.200 to bow our knee 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:44.460 and say lead on 00:10:44.460 --> 00:10:45.320 King Jesus. 00:10:46.680 --> 00:10:48.180 1 and 2 Samuel, 00:10:48.340 --> 00:10:49.540 1 and 2 Kings, 00:10:49.539 --> 00:10:51.179 1 and 2 Chronicles, 00:10:51.579 --> 00:10:52.759 books recounting 00:10:52.759 --> 00:10:53.559 the repeated 00:10:53.559 --> 00:10:55.620 limitations and failures 00:10:55.620 --> 00:10:56.879 of the kings 00:10:56.879 --> 00:10:57.839 of Israel 00:10:57.839 --> 00:10:58.620 and Judah. 00:10:59.459 --> 00:11:00.699 In 2 Samuel 7 00:11:00.699 --> 00:11:02.019 there is this prophecy 00:11:02.019 --> 00:11:03.279 saying that there 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:04.539 will be a son 00:11:04.539 --> 00:11:05.000 of David 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:06.039 who will always 00:11:06.039 --> 00:11:07.039 never vacate 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:08.099 the throne of David. 00:11:08.779 --> 00:11:09.639 And who is that? 00:11:11.079 --> 00:11:12.299 David's greater son, 00:11:12.439 --> 00:11:12.679 Jesus. 00:11:14.219 --> 00:11:15.399 Of the increase 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:16.179 of his government 00:11:16.179 --> 00:11:17.159 there will be no end. 00:11:17.159 --> 00:11:18.959 Esther, 00:11:19.719 --> 00:11:20.439 our God, 00:11:20.679 --> 00:11:21.379 the Lord Jesus 00:11:21.379 --> 00:11:22.419 has raised up 00:11:22.419 --> 00:11:23.360 his church 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:24.559 for such a time 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:25.240 as this 00:11:25.240 --> 00:11:27.279 to bear witness 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:28.600 to the power 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:29.620 and glory of God 00:11:29.620 --> 00:11:31.059 to a people 00:11:31.059 --> 00:11:32.319 who are hopeless 00:11:32.319 --> 00:11:34.539 and broken, 00:11:35.659 --> 00:11:36.279 confused. 00:11:38.279 --> 00:11:39.539 The Psalms, 00:11:40.079 --> 00:11:41.600 the Lord Jesus 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:42.639 is our ever-present 00:11:42.639 --> 00:11:43.639 help in time 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:44.919 of trouble. 00:11:44.919 --> 00:11:46.199 Psalm 16, 00:11:46.299 --> 00:11:46.679 8, 00:11:47.080 --> 00:11:48.299 because the Lord Jesus 00:11:48.299 --> 00:11:50.179 is at our right hand, 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:51.699 we will not be shaken. 00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:54.199 Proverbs, 00:11:55.159 --> 00:11:57.399 it is our reverence 00:11:57.399 --> 00:11:58.500 for Jesus 00:11:58.500 --> 00:12:00.360 as our creator, 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:01.240 ruler, 00:12:01.679 --> 00:12:01.960 savior, 00:12:02.179 --> 00:12:02.779 and judge 00:12:02.779 --> 00:12:03.960 that governs 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:05.039 all of our lives 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:06.039 and we craft 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:07.480 a life of wisdom. 00:12:08.100 --> 00:12:09.039 Even now, 00:12:09.639 --> 00:12:10.399 in the midst 00:12:10.399 --> 00:12:11.659 of trying circumstances, 00:12:11.659 --> 00:12:13.100 in Isaiah, 00:12:14.219 --> 00:12:15.219 Jesus is God 00:12:15.219 --> 00:12:15.819 with us, 00:12:15.980 --> 00:12:16.379 Emmanuel. 00:12:17.100 --> 00:12:18.319 Jesus is the light 00:12:18.319 --> 00:12:19.439 shining in the darkness. 00:12:20.059 --> 00:12:21.059 Jesus is the righteous 00:12:21.059 --> 00:12:21.679 branch. 00:12:22.019 --> 00:12:23.740 Jesus is the suffering 00:12:23.740 --> 00:12:25.399 servant upon God 00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:26.100 poured out 00:12:26.100 --> 00:12:27.079 his chastisement 00:12:27.079 --> 00:12:29.039 to bring us peace 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:30.159 and remember, 00:12:30.600 --> 00:12:31.860 it is our God, 00:12:32.039 --> 00:12:32.379 Jesus, 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:34.199 that gives strength 00:12:34.199 --> 00:12:34.860 to the weary 00:12:34.860 --> 00:12:37.560 and causes us 00:12:37.560 --> 00:12:38.259 to mount up 00:12:38.259 --> 00:12:39.480 with wings like eagles 00:12:39.480 --> 00:12:41.100 to run 00:12:41.100 --> 00:12:42.000 and not grow weary. 00:12:44.320 --> 00:12:44.840 Lamentations, 00:12:45.100 --> 00:12:45.680 in the midst 00:12:45.680 --> 00:12:47.000 of smoldering rubble, 00:12:47.320 --> 00:12:48.820 we call this 00:12:48.820 --> 00:12:49.480 to mind 00:12:49.480 --> 00:12:51.060 that the Lord, 00:12:51.700 --> 00:12:52.019 Jesus, 00:12:52.639 --> 00:12:54.220 is our portion. 00:12:55.500 --> 00:12:55.940 Therefore, 00:12:56.779 --> 00:12:57.919 we will hope 00:12:57.919 --> 00:12:58.419 in him. 00:12:59.860 --> 00:13:00.379 Daniel, 00:13:00.800 --> 00:13:01.500 it's Jesus 00:13:01.500 --> 00:13:02.460 who's the fourth 00:13:02.460 --> 00:13:03.120 person 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:05.019 in the midst 00:13:05.019 --> 00:13:06.000 of Nebuchadnezzar's 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:07.139 fiery furnace. 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:09.080 He is with his people 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:09.780 in the fires 00:13:09.780 --> 00:13:10.360 of affliction 00:13:10.360 --> 00:13:12.320 and he is with us 00:13:12.320 --> 00:13:12.940 in the midst 00:13:12.940 --> 00:13:14.259 of this affliction 00:13:14.259 --> 00:13:16.100 leading us on. 00:13:16.980 --> 00:13:17.360 Jonah, 00:13:18.280 --> 00:13:19.600 this disgruntled 00:13:19.600 --> 00:13:20.180 prophet, 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:22.220 proclaimed repentance 00:13:22.220 --> 00:13:23.940 to Nineveh 00:13:23.940 --> 00:13:26.340 and they repented. 00:13:28.660 --> 00:13:30.500 We proclaim Jesus 00:13:30.500 --> 00:13:32.179 and people 00:13:32.179 --> 00:13:32.919 will repent. 00:13:36.919 --> 00:13:37.940 We read throughout 00:13:37.940 --> 00:13:38.779 the minor prophets 00:13:38.779 --> 00:13:40.080 of the fierce 00:13:40.080 --> 00:13:41.019 and terrible day 00:13:41.019 --> 00:13:41.539 of the Lord 00:13:41.539 --> 00:13:42.200 that is coming 00:13:42.200 --> 00:13:43.059 and it's Jesus 00:13:43.059 --> 00:13:43.960 who will come 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:45.460 and make all things 00:13:45.460 --> 00:13:45.980 right. 00:13:46.500 --> 00:13:47.659 He will vindicate 00:13:47.659 --> 00:13:49.059 his name 00:13:49.059 --> 00:13:50.039 and his people. 00:13:52.419 --> 00:13:53.240 Of course, 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:54.159 there's Habakkuk, 00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:55.159 though the fig tree 00:13:55.159 --> 00:13:56.000 may not blossom 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:57.100 nor fruit be 00:13:57.100 --> 00:13:57.740 on the vines. 00:13:57.840 --> 00:13:58.539 We will rejoice 00:13:58.539 --> 00:13:59.139 in the Lord. 00:13:59.139 --> 00:14:00.059 We will take joy 00:14:00.059 --> 00:14:00.480 in the God 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:01.259 of our salvation 00:14:01.259 --> 00:14:02.519 for the Lord 00:14:02.519 --> 00:14:04.220 is our strength 00:14:04.220 --> 00:14:06.419 because we are united 00:14:06.419 --> 00:14:08.179 to Jesus the vine. 00:14:08.679 --> 00:14:11.299 We will be strong 00:14:11.299 --> 00:14:12.279 in him, 00:14:12.580 --> 00:14:13.819 not with our own strength, 00:14:14.299 --> 00:14:15.620 with his strength. 00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:16.679 Today, 00:14:16.819 --> 00:14:17.679 I choose Jesus 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:18.799 because of what 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:19.600 the Old Testament 00:14:19.600 --> 00:14:20.519 points to 00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:21.879 in Jesus. 00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:24.580 and then there's 00:14:24.580 --> 00:14:25.220 the New Testament. 00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:28.439 Matthew, 00:14:28.580 --> 00:14:29.240 he's the king 00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:30.779 that has come 00:14:30.779 --> 00:14:32.700 and established 00:14:32.700 --> 00:14:34.320 his saving reign 00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:35.100 on earth 00:14:35.100 --> 00:14:35.980 through his blood 00:14:35.980 --> 00:14:37.360 and he calls 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:38.919 all his citizens 00:14:38.919 --> 00:14:40.919 through the Sermon 00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:41.299 on the Mount, 00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:42.820 his kingdom manifesto, 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:44.879 he calls them 00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:46.879 to live out, 00:14:47.220 --> 00:14:48.120 love your neighbor 00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:49.559 and love your God. 00:14:51.879 --> 00:14:53.179 Remember Mark 4 00:14:53.179 --> 00:14:55.220 on a boat 00:14:55.220 --> 00:14:56.600 in the Sea of Galilee? 00:14:57.639 --> 00:14:58.299 It's crazy. 00:14:59.019 --> 00:14:59.899 Everybody's afraid. 00:15:00.139 --> 00:15:01.039 Jesus is asleep. 00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:02.379 His disciples wake him up. 00:15:03.019 --> 00:15:03.779 He stands up 00:15:03.779 --> 00:15:04.179 and says, 00:15:04.340 --> 00:15:04.639 Peace. 00:15:05.580 --> 00:15:06.879 And the sea is calmed 00:15:06.879 --> 00:15:08.399 and his disciples say, 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:09.860 Who then is this 00:15:09.860 --> 00:15:10.820 that even the wind 00:15:10.820 --> 00:15:12.340 and sea obey him? 00:15:12.759 --> 00:15:14.919 He is our God. 00:15:15.960 --> 00:15:17.879 He brings calm 00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:18.679 to chaos. 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:22.579 On the road 00:15:22.579 --> 00:15:23.339 to Emmaus, 00:15:23.819 --> 00:15:24.519 the risen Jesus 00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:25.239 says to two 00:15:25.239 --> 00:15:26.019 of his disciples, 00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:27.399 beginning with Moses 00:15:27.399 --> 00:15:28.859 and all the prophets, 00:15:29.179 --> 00:15:30.259 he explains to them 00:15:30.259 --> 00:15:31.299 in all the scriptures 00:15:31.299 --> 00:15:32.419 the things 00:15:32.419 --> 00:15:33.399 concerning himself. 00:15:33.559 --> 00:15:34.500 It's all about Jesus. 00:15:35.959 --> 00:15:36.679 In John, 00:15:37.219 --> 00:15:37.939 Jesus says, 00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:38.979 I'm the bread of life. 00:15:39.819 --> 00:15:40.599 I'm the light 00:15:40.599 --> 00:15:41.099 of the world. 00:15:41.699 --> 00:15:42.740 I am the door 00:15:42.740 --> 00:15:43.240 of the sheep. 00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:44.740 I am the good shepherd. 00:15:44.959 --> 00:15:46.099 I am the resurrection 00:15:46.099 --> 00:15:46.719 and the life. 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:48.180 I am the way, 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:48.639 the truth, 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:49.120 and the life. 00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:50.840 I am the true vine. 00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:52.379 And then in 00:15:52.379 --> 00:15:53.580 John 8, 58, 00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:55.899 it's the wonder I am 00:15:55.899 --> 00:15:56.940 before Abraham 00:15:56.940 --> 00:15:58.279 was I am. 00:15:59.340 --> 00:16:00.660 Because our Jesus 00:16:00.660 --> 00:16:02.100 is the I am, 00:16:02.420 --> 00:16:03.840 we choose him today. 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:05.180 In order for us 00:16:05.180 --> 00:16:05.700 to move forward 00:16:05.700 --> 00:16:06.420 as a church, 00:16:07.019 --> 00:16:07.940 we choose Jesus. 00:16:10.100 --> 00:16:11.399 In the book of Acts, 00:16:11.700 --> 00:16:12.519 it's the resurrection 00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:13.180 Jesus 00:16:13.180 --> 00:16:14.519 who brings 00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:15.200 the church 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:16.019 into existence 00:16:16.019 --> 00:16:16.879 and an outpouring 00:16:16.879 --> 00:16:17.819 of the Holy Spirit, 00:16:18.259 --> 00:16:19.480 empowers his church, 00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:20.559 sends them out 00:16:20.559 --> 00:16:21.240 to the nations, 00:16:21.439 --> 00:16:22.879 and the gospel spreads, 00:16:23.019 --> 00:16:24.379 and the church grows, 00:16:25.460 --> 00:16:26.799 and the church suffers, 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:29.659 and the church says, 00:16:30.659 --> 00:16:33.319 we count it worthy 00:16:33.319 --> 00:16:34.679 to suffer for Jesus. 00:16:37.139 --> 00:16:37.659 Romans, 00:16:38.059 --> 00:16:38.960 we're not ashamed 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:39.759 of the gospel 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:40.699 of Jesus Christ 00:16:40.700 --> 00:16:42.700 because it's God's power 00:16:42.700 --> 00:16:43.920 to save all 00:16:43.920 --> 00:16:44.580 who believe 00:16:44.580 --> 00:16:45.280 red, 00:16:45.420 --> 00:16:45.700 yellow, 00:16:45.820 --> 00:16:46.060 black, 00:16:46.140 --> 00:16:46.540 and white. 00:16:46.700 --> 00:16:47.420 They are precious 00:16:47.420 --> 00:16:48.259 image bearers 00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:49.040 in his sight. 00:16:51.140 --> 00:16:52.580 1 and 2 Corinthians, 00:16:52.980 --> 00:16:53.980 the cross of Christ 00:16:53.980 --> 00:16:55.440 is foolishness to some 00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:56.560 and is an offense 00:16:56.560 --> 00:16:57.200 to others, 00:16:57.340 --> 00:16:58.320 but those who are 00:16:58.320 --> 00:16:59.240 being saved, 00:16:59.340 --> 00:17:00.200 it is the power 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:00.720 of God. 00:17:01.300 --> 00:17:02.280 Brothers and sisters, 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:03.240 could it be 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:04.720 that right now 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:05.980 in the city of Kenosha, 00:17:06.299 --> 00:17:07.400 there are people, 00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:08.600 whether they realize 00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:09.259 it or not, 00:17:09.819 --> 00:17:11.919 that they will be saved 00:17:11.919 --> 00:17:13.399 upon hearing the gospel. 00:17:16.919 --> 00:17:18.459 In the book of Philippians, 00:17:18.859 --> 00:17:19.659 chapter 2, 00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:20.779 we read about Jesus 00:17:20.779 --> 00:17:22.119 who humbled himself 00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:23.019 and became nothing. 00:17:23.199 --> 00:17:24.139 He humbled himself 00:17:24.139 --> 00:17:25.719 by becoming obedient 00:17:25.719 --> 00:17:27.259 to the point of death, 00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:28.399 even death 00:17:28.399 --> 00:17:30.179 on a scandalous cross, 00:17:30.859 --> 00:17:31.839 and then listen to this. 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:34.119 Therefore God has 00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:35.599 highly exalted him 00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:36.619 and bestowed on him 00:17:36.619 --> 00:17:37.359 the name that is 00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:38.219 above every name, 00:17:38.599 --> 00:17:40.159 so that at the name 00:17:40.159 --> 00:17:40.679 of Jesus, 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:42.199 every knee should bow 00:17:42.199 --> 00:17:43.419 in heaven and on earth 00:17:43.419 --> 00:17:44.339 and under the earth, 00:17:44.679 --> 00:17:46.299 and every tongue confess 00:17:46.299 --> 00:17:47.639 that Jesus Christ 00:17:47.639 --> 00:17:48.240 is Lord 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:50.259 to the glory of God 00:17:50.259 --> 00:17:50.919 the Father. 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:53.240 That's why we choose 00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:54.000 Jesus today. 00:17:55.219 --> 00:17:56.279 And that's why Paul said, 00:17:56.379 --> 00:17:57.679 for me to live is Christ 00:17:57.679 --> 00:17:58.679 and to die is gain. 00:18:00.199 --> 00:18:00.679 Colossians, 00:18:00.859 --> 00:18:01.679 Jesus is the Lord 00:18:01.679 --> 00:18:02.279 of creation, 00:18:02.419 --> 00:18:03.559 he's Lord of the church, 00:18:04.279 --> 00:18:05.039 and he says, 00:18:05.139 --> 00:18:05.799 Paul says, 00:18:06.139 --> 00:18:07.319 him we proclaim. 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:08.319 He's the Lord of the church, 00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:09.059 he's the Lord of the church, 00:18:09.059 --> 00:18:09.619 warning everyone 00:18:09.619 --> 00:18:10.480 and teaching everyone 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:11.179 with all wisdom 00:18:11.179 --> 00:18:12.319 for we may present, 00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:13.359 that we may present 00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:14.039 everyone, 00:18:14.379 --> 00:18:15.019 red, yellow, black, 00:18:15.059 --> 00:18:15.519 and white, 00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:17.519 mature in Christ. 00:18:18.139 --> 00:18:18.720 And then Paul says, 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:19.779 for this I toil, 00:18:20.299 --> 00:18:21.399 struggling with all 00:18:21.399 --> 00:18:23.859 his Holy Spirit energy 00:18:23.859 --> 00:18:25.659 that he so powerfully 00:18:25.659 --> 00:18:26.740 works in me. 00:18:30.299 --> 00:18:31.579 The book of Philemon. 00:18:31.579 --> 00:18:37.199 It shows us that the gospel 00:18:37.199 --> 00:18:39.519 puts everyone on the same level 00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:41.299 as sinners needing salvation 00:18:41.299 --> 00:18:42.279 in Christ alone. 00:18:43.659 --> 00:18:45.779 Jesus is the great equalizer 00:18:45.779 --> 00:18:48.019 of all people, 00:18:48.179 --> 00:18:49.119 of his people. 00:18:49.299 --> 00:18:50.399 There's no partiality 00:18:50.399 --> 00:18:51.379 in the family of God. 00:18:52.460 --> 00:18:54.559 Hebrews points us to Jesus. 00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:56.319 Set your eyes on Jesus, 00:18:56.460 --> 00:18:57.519 the author and perfecter 00:18:57.519 --> 00:18:58.159 of our faith, 00:18:58.439 --> 00:19:00.079 who for the joy set before him 00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:00.919 endured the cross, 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:01.900 scorning its shame, 00:19:02.500 --> 00:19:03.300 and is now seated 00:19:03.300 --> 00:19:04.820 at the right hand of God. 00:19:07.180 --> 00:19:08.600 James 2, 1. 00:19:09.120 --> 00:19:09.720 My brothers, 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:11.600 show no partiality 00:19:11.600 --> 00:19:12.700 as you hold the faith 00:19:12.700 --> 00:19:14.200 in our Lord Jesus, 00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:17.039 the Lord of glory. 00:19:18.420 --> 00:19:19.860 He's the Lord of glory. 00:19:22.180 --> 00:19:23.660 Then let me just skip ahead 00:19:23.660 --> 00:19:24.620 to the book of Revelation. 00:19:27.060 --> 00:19:28.460 In Revelation 5, 00:19:28.580 --> 00:19:30.340 we read about myriads, 00:19:30.339 --> 00:19:31.720 myriads, 00:19:32.139 --> 00:19:33.519 thousands upon thousands 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:34.399 of angels 00:19:34.399 --> 00:19:35.939 surrounding Jesus. 00:19:36.379 --> 00:19:37.220 And what it's describing 00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:38.000 is what's happening 00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:39.480 right now. 00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:43.000 Thousands upon thousands 00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:43.819 of angels 00:19:43.819 --> 00:19:46.220 falling down before him 00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:47.079 and worshiping. 00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:47.919 And what are they saying? 00:19:48.299 --> 00:19:49.199 What are they singing? 00:19:50.480 --> 00:19:51.959 Worthy is the Lamb 00:19:51.959 --> 00:19:52.839 who was slain 00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:55.939 to receive power 00:19:55.939 --> 00:19:56.699 and wealth 00:19:56.699 --> 00:19:57.419 and wisdom 00:19:57.420 --> 00:19:58.240 and might 00:19:58.240 --> 00:19:59.060 and honor 00:19:59.060 --> 00:19:59.860 and glory 00:19:59.860 --> 00:20:00.600 and blessing. 00:20:02.340 --> 00:20:03.380 And then it says, 00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:04.080 to him who sits 00:20:04.080 --> 00:20:04.539 on the throne 00:20:04.539 --> 00:20:05.200 and to the Lamb 00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:06.080 be blessing 00:20:06.080 --> 00:20:07.180 and honor 00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:08.120 and glory 00:20:08.120 --> 00:20:08.940 and might 00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:09.759 forever 00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:11.360 and ever. 00:20:14.100 --> 00:20:14.560 Today, 00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:15.580 I choose Jesus 00:20:15.580 --> 00:20:17.620 because of 00:20:17.620 --> 00:20:18.580 his person, 00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:20.620 who he is, 00:20:21.539 --> 00:20:22.720 shown in the Old Testament, 00:20:23.140 --> 00:20:24.200 shown in the New Testament. 00:20:24.200 --> 00:20:26.840 And that's why, 00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:27.539 brothers and sisters, 00:20:27.660 --> 00:20:28.299 we must choose 00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:29.080 him today. 00:20:30.299 --> 00:20:31.680 He's our glorious one. 00:20:32.840 --> 00:20:34.080 He's our great head. 00:20:36.420 --> 00:20:37.580 But I also choose 00:20:37.580 --> 00:20:38.120 Jesus today 00:20:38.120 --> 00:20:39.180 because of what he's done, 00:20:39.480 --> 00:20:40.420 what he is doing 00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:41.259 and what he will do, 00:20:41.340 --> 00:20:41.799 his work. 00:20:45.840 --> 00:20:46.319 Today, 00:20:46.580 --> 00:20:48.059 I choose Jesus 00:20:48.059 --> 00:20:49.319 because he died 00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:50.279 on a cross for me. 00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:50.899 And if you're 00:20:50.899 --> 00:20:52.359 a follower of Jesus, 00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:53.740 he died on a cross 00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:54.460 for you. 00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:56.859 We are not our own. 00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:59.119 We were bought 00:20:59.119 --> 00:20:59.759 at a price. 00:21:00.940 --> 00:21:01.680 So now, 00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:02.359 we choose 00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:03.319 to glorify God 00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:03.980 with our bodies 00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:04.940 and with our lives, 00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:07.559 with all that we are. 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.579 In light of what 00:21:12.579 --> 00:21:13.519 he has done for us 00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:14.480 on the cross, 00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:17.240 we live for him. 00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:19.779 He's our king. 00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:22.660 And if you're not 00:21:22.660 --> 00:21:23.599 a follower of Jesus, 00:21:24.599 --> 00:21:26.279 you must decide. 00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:29.160 Choose this day 00:21:29.160 --> 00:21:30.180 who you will follow, 00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:31.200 who you will live for. 00:21:32.339 --> 00:21:33.740 You will either choose 00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:34.740 to live for yourself 00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:36.399 and suffer 00:21:36.399 --> 00:21:38.019 the eternal punishment 00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:39.059 of a just God, 00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:41.279 or you choose 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:42.259 to deny yourself, 00:21:42.639 --> 00:21:43.559 take up your cross, 00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:45.619 and follow Jesus. 00:21:45.619 --> 00:21:48.139 And you're not 00:21:48.139 --> 00:21:49.119 going to find burden. 00:21:49.459 --> 00:21:50.099 You're going to find 00:21:50.099 --> 00:21:50.619 life, 00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.659 abundant life, 00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:54.339 and life forever 00:21:54.339 --> 00:21:55.279 with God 00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:55.919 in glory. 00:21:57.199 --> 00:21:57.819 That's whom 00:21:57.819 --> 00:21:58.359 we proclaim. 00:21:59.719 --> 00:22:00.279 So today, 00:22:00.439 --> 00:22:01.079 I choose, 00:22:01.179 --> 00:22:02.039 and I invite you 00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:02.719 to choose 00:22:02.719 --> 00:22:03.799 Jesus, 00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:04.599 not only just 00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:05.259 who he is, 00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:07.000 but in what he's done 00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:07.899 on the cross 00:22:07.899 --> 00:22:08.479 for us. 00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:09.479 And then, 00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:10.379 there's what he's doing 00:22:10.379 --> 00:22:11.739 right now. 00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.939 He's actively 00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:14.580 at work. 00:22:16.120 --> 00:22:17.720 We read in Matthew 16, 00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:18.100 18, 00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:19.620 that Jesus is presently 00:22:19.620 --> 00:22:20.840 building his church, 00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:22.140 and the gates of hell 00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:23.320 will not prevail 00:22:23.320 --> 00:22:23.940 against it. 00:22:24.820 --> 00:22:26.100 The church is 00:22:26.100 --> 00:22:27.200 not a building, 00:22:27.340 --> 00:22:28.059 but a people. 00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.660 Our building 00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:31.640 can be smashed 00:22:31.640 --> 00:22:32.180 to rubble, 00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.080 but we, 00:22:33.340 --> 00:22:33.960 as the people 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:35.120 of Christ the King Church, 00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:36.779 will continue on. 00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:41.340 And our Lord Jesus 00:22:41.340 --> 00:22:42.580 is presently 00:22:42.580 --> 00:22:43.420 adding people 00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:44.660 from every tribe, 00:22:44.840 --> 00:22:45.140 tongue, 00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:45.820 and nation 00:22:45.820 --> 00:22:47.880 to his church 00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:49.680 through the blood 00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.180 he spilled 00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:50.840 on the cross. 00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.740 Jesus loves 00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.480 the little children, 00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:54.820 all the children 00:22:54.820 --> 00:22:55.460 of the world, 00:22:56.320 --> 00:22:56.880 red and yellow, 00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.620 black and white. 00:22:57.900 --> 00:22:58.600 He is bringing 00:22:58.600 --> 00:22:59.160 them together 00:22:59.160 --> 00:23:00.500 to form a multicultural, 00:23:00.800 --> 00:23:01.940 multi-ethnic movement 00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.840 of men and women 00:23:02.840 --> 00:23:03.800 who've been bought 00:23:03.800 --> 00:23:04.660 by his blood 00:23:04.660 --> 00:23:05.620 and choose 00:23:05.620 --> 00:23:06.740 to follow him. 00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:11.299 brothers and sisters, 00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.480 Jesus is building 00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:14.620 his church today 00:23:14.620 --> 00:23:15.920 in the city 00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:16.519 of Kenosha. 00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:18.759 He's at work. 00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:21.819 He's not done. 00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:24.779 He hasn't scurried off. 00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:27.140 He's using this 00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:29.059 for his good, 00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.880 his glory, 00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:31.140 adding people. 00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.920 I'm hearing reports 00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.380 more and more 00:23:33.380 --> 00:23:34.099 of people coming 00:23:34.099 --> 00:23:34.660 to repentance 00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:35.259 and believing 00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.840 in Jesus. 00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:40.440 He's building 00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:41.120 his church 00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:42.440 and I don't know 00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:42.940 about you 00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:44.420 but I want to be 00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:45.920 about what he's doing. 00:23:47.080 --> 00:23:48.060 Today I choose 00:23:48.060 --> 00:23:48.580 Jesus 00:23:48.580 --> 00:23:50.720 and so must you. 00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:52.279 That's how we move 00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.640 forward. 00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:55.040 But there's something 00:23:55.040 --> 00:23:55.940 else he's doing too 00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.860 that I hope will bring 00:23:56.860 --> 00:23:58.080 encouragement to you. 00:23:58.079 --> 00:24:00.559 We read in Romans 00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:01.339 chapter 8 00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:02.720 and Hebrews chapter 7 00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.960 and even in 1 John 2 00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:05.439 that right now 00:24:05.439 --> 00:24:06.159 at the right hand 00:24:06.159 --> 00:24:06.960 of God the Father 00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:08.339 Jesus is presently 00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:09.339 interceding 00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:11.240 for his people. 00:24:12.619 --> 00:24:13.439 And what that 00:24:13.439 --> 00:24:14.179 intercession 00:24:14.179 --> 00:24:15.259 accomplishes 00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:15.799 is this. 00:24:16.919 --> 00:24:17.980 Our salvation 00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:19.799 will be accomplished 00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:21.500 to the uttermost. 00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.519 You know what this means? 00:24:22.939 --> 00:24:24.439 Our risen Christ 00:24:24.439 --> 00:24:26.019 is praying 00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:27.400 us home. 00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.680 He's praying 00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.420 for us. 00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.799 His church 00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:35.639 around the world 00:24:35.639 --> 00:24:36.599 he's praying 00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.559 for the American 00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:38.079 church. 00:24:38.299 --> 00:24:38.920 He's praying 00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.680 for the church 00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.720 in Kenosha. 00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:42.299 What a great 00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:43.119 and glorious 00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:44.720 gathering that was. 00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:45.720 Was that Thursday 00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.420 night or Friday night? 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.599 Friday. 00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:51.539 What a joy 00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:52.500 singing and praying 00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:53.680 with the church 00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:54.180 of Kenosha 00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:54.759 but he 00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:56.120 is praying 00:24:56.120 --> 00:24:56.620 for Christ 00:24:56.620 --> 00:24:57.060 the King 00:24:57.060 --> 00:24:57.480 church 00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.140 interceding 00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:58.840 for us. 00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:01.279 Praying us 00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:01.759 through 00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.960 these hard 00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:03.580 times 00:25:03.580 --> 00:25:04.880 unto the Father. 00:25:05.860 --> 00:25:06.519 Today I choose 00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.400 Jesus because of 00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:08.320 what he's doing 00:25:08.320 --> 00:25:09.140 right now. 00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.580 Building his church 00:25:10.580 --> 00:25:11.279 interceding 00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:11.840 for us. 00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:13.380 He is for 00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:13.960 us. 00:25:14.820 --> 00:25:15.600 If he gave 00:25:15.600 --> 00:25:16.660 himself for us 00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:17.700 how much 00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.620 more along 00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:19.140 with that 00:25:19.140 --> 00:25:19.680 will he do 00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:20.320 all things? 00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:23.939 but I also 00:25:23.939 --> 00:25:24.659 choose Jesus 00:25:24.659 --> 00:25:25.139 today 00:25:25.139 --> 00:25:26.299 because of 00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:26.839 what he 00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:27.639 will do. 00:25:31.159 --> 00:25:32.000 We read 00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.419 throughout the 00:25:32.419 --> 00:25:32.919 New Testament 00:25:32.919 --> 00:25:33.460 and particularly 00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:33.939 in Revelation 00:25:33.939 --> 00:25:34.740 that Jesus 00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.240 is coming 00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.659 back 00:25:35.659 --> 00:25:37.099 and we 00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:37.859 are one 00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:38.519 day 00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.279 closer 00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:40.539 to his 00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:40.879 return. 00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.240 When he 00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:43.980 comes back 00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:45.259 he is going 00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:46.539 to decimate 00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.700 all that 00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.200 stand 00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:49.339 opposed to 00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:50.220 him and 00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.959 then he 00:25:50.959 --> 00:25:51.899 will judge 00:25:51.899 --> 00:25:52.419 all. 00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:55.099 Each of 00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:55.679 us 00:25:55.679 --> 00:25:57.399 will stand 00:25:57.399 --> 00:25:58.859 before the 00:25:58.859 --> 00:25:59.899 judgment seat 00:25:59.899 --> 00:26:00.839 of Christ 00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:01.980 and give 00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.679 an account 00:26:02.679 --> 00:26:03.459 for our 00:26:03.459 --> 00:26:04.000 lives. 00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:08.639 Because of 00:26:08.639 --> 00:26:09.279 that day 00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:11.379 I choose 00:26:11.379 --> 00:26:12.000 Jesus 00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:13.859 today 00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:17.439 to live 00:26:17.439 --> 00:26:17.919 for him 00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:19.920 to seek 00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:20.420 to obey 00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:20.759 him 00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.240 and all 00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:21.480 that he 00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:21.900 commanded 00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.560 by the 00:26:22.560 --> 00:26:22.800 power 00:26:22.800 --> 00:26:23.019 of the 00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.240 Holy 00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:23.680 Spirit. 00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.080 Remember 00:26:27.080 --> 00:26:27.640 the parable 00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:28.320 of the 00:26:28.320 --> 00:26:28.700 talents 00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:29.100 in Matthew 00:26:29.100 --> 00:26:29.740 25? 00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.360 Talents 00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:34.279 are given 00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:34.960 to three 00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:35.460 servants. 00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:36.960 They go 00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.560 and vest it. 00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.360 One squanders 00:26:38.360 --> 00:26:38.660 it. 00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:39.720 They return. 00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.220 There is 00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:40.720 judgment. 00:26:41.380 --> 00:26:41.720 And for the 00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.279 first two 00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:42.940 who wisely 00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:43.480 use their 00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:43.940 talents 00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:44.779 they hear 00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:45.220 from their 00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:45.680 master 00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.880 well done 00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:47.340 good and 00:26:47.340 --> 00:26:47.660 faithful 00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:48.039 servant. 00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:48.940 That's 00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:50.000 what I 00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.400 want to 00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:50.759 hear 00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.640 on that 00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:52.000 day. 00:26:53.320 --> 00:26:54.400 Well done 00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:55.160 Michael. 00:26:56.060 --> 00:26:57.039 Well done. 00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:57.700 I saw 00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:57.940 it. 00:26:59.500 --> 00:26:59.940 Saw 00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:00.380 what you 00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:00.779 did. 00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:03.560 I saw 00:27:03.560 --> 00:27:03.920 Christ 00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.259 the King 00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:04.799 Church. 00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.279 Saw 00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:07.940 you all 00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:09.580 press 00:27:09.580 --> 00:27:10.039 into the 00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.400 moment. 00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.240 Not shrink 00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.779 back from 00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.000 it. 00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:16.380 And then 00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:16.920 after he 00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:17.580 says well 00:27:17.580 --> 00:27:18.140 done and 00:27:18.140 --> 00:27:18.519 good and 00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:18.840 faithful 00:27:18.840 --> 00:27:19.320 servant 00:27:19.320 --> 00:27:20.740 he says 00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.200 enter the 00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:21.560 joy of 00:27:21.560 --> 00:27:21.660 your 00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:22.060 master. 00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.620 You read 00:27:25.620 --> 00:27:25.840 at the 00:27:25.840 --> 00:27:26.060 end of 00:27:26.060 --> 00:27:26.539 Revelation 00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.240 of the 00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:27.640 new heavens 00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:27.860 and the 00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:28.320 new earth 00:27:28.320 --> 00:27:28.700 new 00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.220 Jerusalem 00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:30.420 a new 00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:30.880 creation 00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:31.320 no longer 00:27:31.320 --> 00:27:32.000 under bondage 00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.580 to decay 00:27:32.580 --> 00:27:34.060 we will 00:27:34.060 --> 00:27:34.620 see Jesus 00:27:34.620 --> 00:27:35.080 face to 00:27:35.080 --> 00:27:35.360 face. 00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:36.940 We will 00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.500 feel his 00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:37.980 embrace. 00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:38.539 We will 00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.160 hear him 00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:39.560 with our 00:27:39.560 --> 00:27:40.039 own 00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:40.840 ears. 00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:44.519 And in 00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:44.779 the new 00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.080 heavens 00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:45.399 there is 00:27:45.399 --> 00:27:46.099 no more 00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:46.960 systemic 00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.439 racism. 00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.159 In the 00:27:48.159 --> 00:27:48.319 new 00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:48.659 heavens 00:27:48.659 --> 00:27:49.359 there are 00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:49.720 no more 00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.179 riots. 00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:50.419 There is 00:27:50.419 --> 00:27:50.720 no more 00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.079 looting. 00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.480 There is 00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:52.740 no more 00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.059 death. 00:27:53.159 --> 00:27:53.279 There is 00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:53.579 no more 00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:54.139 disease. 00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:56.740 There is 00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.339 ever present 00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:58.399 peace like 00:27:58.399 --> 00:27:58.779 a river. 00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:00.460 It is 00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:00.699 where the 00:28:00.699 --> 00:28:01.419 lion lies 00:28:01.419 --> 00:28:01.859 down by 00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:02.339 the lamb. 00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.379 And there 00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:05.720 is where 00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.159 our Jesus 00:28:06.159 --> 00:28:06.579 is. 00:28:08.699 --> 00:28:09.460 He waits 00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:09.839 us and 00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.019 he is 00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.519 praying us 00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:10.939 home to 00:28:10.939 --> 00:28:11.199 him. 00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.759 Which means 00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:12.919 we are 00:28:12.919 --> 00:28:13.299 passing 00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:13.659 through. 00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:16.099 This is 00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:16.559 not our 00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:17.240 final home. 00:28:19.639 --> 00:28:20.119 We are 00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:20.500 one day 00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:20.899 closer 00:28:20.899 --> 00:28:21.199 though. 00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:25.299 Because of 00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:25.919 who Jesus 00:28:25.919 --> 00:28:27.539 is and 00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:28.079 because of 00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:28.740 what his 00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.279 work is, 00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:29.639 what he has 00:28:29.639 --> 00:28:30.099 done, what 00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:30.460 he is doing 00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:30.799 and what 00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:31.179 he will 00:28:31.179 --> 00:28:31.480 do, 00:28:32.899 --> 00:28:34.220 today I 00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.439 choose 00:28:34.439 --> 00:28:34.779 Jesus. 00:28:36.199 --> 00:28:36.659 It is 00:28:36.659 --> 00:28:36.960 how we 00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.359 must move 00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:37.859 forward as 00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:38.339 a church 00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:39.279 in light of 00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:39.619 all these 00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:40.119 hard things 00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:40.259 we are 00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.599 facing. 00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:41.959 will 00:28:41.959 --> 00:28:42.079 you 00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:42.379 join 00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:42.619 me? 00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.079 Christ 00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.240 the 00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:44.379 King 00:28:44.379 --> 00:28:44.639 Church 00:28:44.639 --> 00:28:44.819 will 00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:44.959 you 00:28:44.959 --> 00:28:45.339 join 00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:45.579 me 00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:46.480 in 00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:46.879 choosing 00:28:46.879 --> 00:28:47.319 Jesus 00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:47.799 today? 00:28:49.879 --> 00:28:50.480 But I 00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:50.740 wouldn't 00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.079 love you 00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.419 well 00:28:51.419 --> 00:28:53.039 if I 00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.219 didn't 00:28:53.219 --> 00:28:53.579 say 00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:54.619 there's 00:28:54.619 --> 00:28:54.759 some 00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:54.959 things 00:28:54.959 --> 00:28:55.079 you 00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:55.219 need 00:28:55.219 --> 00:28:55.379 to 00:28:55.379 --> 00:28:56.019 un-choose. 00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.259 In 00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:58.559 order for 00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:58.799 you to 00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.099 choose 00:28:59.099 --> 00:28:59.480 Jesus 00:28:59.480 --> 00:28:59.779 there's 00:28:59.779 --> 00:28:59.939 going to 00:28:59.939 --> 00:29:00.039 be 00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.219 some 00:29:00.219 --> 00:29:00.559 things 00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:00.740 you 00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:00.980 must 00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.759 deny 00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:03.279 in 00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:03.559 order 00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:03.819 to 00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:04.219 follow. 00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:07.059 we 00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:07.539 must 00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:08.319 deny 00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:09.960 un-choose 00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:11.460 carelessness 00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:12.000 of other 00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.339 people. 00:29:14.620 --> 00:29:15.180 Not 00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:15.600 giving a 00:29:15.600 --> 00:29:16.039 rip about 00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.620 people who 00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:17.240 are unlike 00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:17.680 us. 00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:19.200 We must 00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:19.620 put that 00:29:19.620 --> 00:29:20.420 behind us 00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:21.160 in order 00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.559 for us 00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:22.039 to choose 00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:22.420 Jesus 00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:23.440 and move 00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:23.779 forward. 00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:24.380 So when 00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:24.880 you choose 00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:25.339 Jesus 00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:25.839 here's what 00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.380 happens. 00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:28.519 The Spirit 00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:29.019 of God 00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.700 will fill 00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.100 you with 00:29:30.100 --> 00:29:30.460 the heart 00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:30.960 of Jesus 00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.880 which is 00:29:31.880 --> 00:29:32.519 compassion 00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.600 towards all 00:29:33.600 --> 00:29:34.019 people 00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.460 who are 00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:34.720 like 00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.099 sheep 00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:35.400 without 00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:35.639 a 00:29:35.639 --> 00:29:35.980 shepherd 00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:37.259 distressed 00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.480 and 00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:38.119 downcast. 00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:40.160 It 00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:41.119 informs 00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:41.839 the way 00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:42.480 we engage 00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:42.900 people. 00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:47.039 So I 00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:47.339 know not 00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:47.720 all of 00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.079 us live 00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.279 in the 00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:48.519 same 00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:48.980 place. 00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:50.299 We live 00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:50.700 in different 00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.139 places 00:29:51.139 --> 00:29:51.920 in relationship 00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.619 to downtown 00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:53.079 Kenosha. 00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:53.500 I know 00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:53.859 that. 00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:55.019 I know 00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.359 that not 00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:55.799 all of 00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:55.960 us 00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.819 experience 00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.319 kind 00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:57.519 of an 00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:57.759 inner 00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.079 city 00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.559 life. 00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:58.960 I know 00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.379 that. 00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:01.119 But all 00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:01.759 of us 00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:03.079 must be 00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:03.400 exercising 00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:04.220 the 00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:04.720 compassion 00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:04.960 of 00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:05.280 Jesus. 00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:05.840 In 00:30:05.840 --> 00:30:06.140 order to 00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:06.400 do that 00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:06.759 you need 00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.120 to say 00:30:07.120 --> 00:30:08.160 no more 00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:09.000 to this 00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.780 carelessness 00:30:09.780 --> 00:30:10.580 of others. 00:30:11.620 --> 00:30:12.400 Which means 00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:13.019 compassion 00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.560 for black 00:30:13.560 --> 00:30:13.980 and brown 00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.380 ethnic 00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:14.940 minorities 00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:15.680 who just 00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:15.920 want to 00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:16.400 be heard. 00:30:16.840 --> 00:30:17.400 Who just 00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:17.680 want to 00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.220 be understood. 00:30:18.840 --> 00:30:19.460 Who want 00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:19.920 to have 00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:20.840 their experiences 00:30:20.840 --> 00:30:21.580 validated. 00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:23.860 We have 00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:24.380 compassion 00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:25.120 on law 00:30:25.120 --> 00:30:25.720 enforcement 00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:26.680 because they're 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:27.000 in a very 00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:27.800 difficult position 00:30:27.800 --> 00:30:28.519 right now. 00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:29.880 Very difficult. 00:30:30.280 --> 00:30:30.660 In fact 00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:31.600 many of us 00:30:31.600 --> 00:30:31.820 have been 00:30:31.820 --> 00:30:32.300 praying for 00:30:32.300 --> 00:30:32.720 John and 00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:32.940 Terry 00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:33.420 Tipman 00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:34.220 that God 00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:34.720 would open 00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.140 a door 00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:35.720 into the 00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.120 sheriff's 00:30:36.120 --> 00:30:36.580 department 00:30:36.580 --> 00:30:37.560 for them 00:30:37.560 --> 00:30:38.300 to minister 00:30:38.300 --> 00:30:39.759 to law 00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.340 enforcement 00:30:40.340 --> 00:30:41.060 husbands and 00:30:41.060 --> 00:30:41.500 wives 00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:42.580 in this 00:30:42.580 --> 00:30:43.279 stressful time. 00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.380 We have 00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:45.980 compassion 00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.840 on people 00:30:46.840 --> 00:30:47.800 of different 00:30:47.800 --> 00:30:48.400 political 00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:49.300 persuasions 00:30:49.300 --> 00:30:51.080 because we 00:30:51.080 --> 00:30:51.660 all know 00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:53.019 that there's 00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.820 no political 00:30:53.820 --> 00:30:55.080 party that 00:30:55.080 --> 00:30:55.740 will deliver 00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.259 you from 00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.960 your sins. 00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.259 We have 00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:01.420 we must 00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:03.180 say no 00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:03.900 to a 00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:04.420 carelessness 00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:05.620 towards others 00:31:05.620 --> 00:31:06.720 to say 00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.600 choose Jesus 00:31:07.600 --> 00:31:08.420 and have 00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:09.000 compassion 00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.880 on others. 00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:10.600 Let me just 00:31:10.600 --> 00:31:11.080 roll through a 00:31:11.080 --> 00:31:11.480 couple other 00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:11.920 things you need 00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:12.400 to say no 00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:13.140 to in order 00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:13.640 to say yes 00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:14.100 to Jesus. 00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.800 You need to 00:31:15.800 --> 00:31:16.440 say no 00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:17.040 to an 00:31:17.040 --> 00:31:17.660 inordinate 00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:18.200 fear. 00:31:20.060 --> 00:31:21.140 You must 00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:22.420 unchoose 00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:23.660 an inordinate 00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:24.980 fear for 00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.620 your personal 00:31:25.620 --> 00:31:26.400 safety, for 00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:26.980 your personal 00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:28.000 health, for 00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.560 your personal 00:31:28.560 --> 00:31:29.259 future. 00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:30.180 if you're 00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:31.000 more concerned 00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.980 about self 00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.640 preservation 00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:33.480 than Jesus 00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:34.480 glorification 00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:35.019 you've got 00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.519 something to 00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.140 say no to. 00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:39.099 We've got to 00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:39.980 say no to 00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:41.819 our complacency 00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:43.420 of our own 00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:44.119 kingdom building 00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:46.700 and we say 00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:48.160 yes to Jesus 00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:49.079 and being about 00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:49.559 the building 00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:50.519 of his kingdom 00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:51.759 of leveraging 00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.660 resources to 00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:53.240 that end. 00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:57.240 We must 00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:58.180 say no. 00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.660 we must 00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:59.580 unchoose 00:31:59.580 --> 00:32:00.900 this cavalier 00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:01.539 pride 00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:02.840 and this is 00:32:02.840 --> 00:32:03.120 how it 00:32:03.120 --> 00:32:03.680 shows up. 00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:07.220 If you're 00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:07.880 more interested 00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.539 in being 00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:09.100 right 00:32:09.100 --> 00:32:11.299 than 00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:12.680 building up 00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.259 relationships 00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:16.060 you've got 00:32:16.060 --> 00:32:16.420 something to 00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:17.060 repent of 00:32:17.060 --> 00:32:19.779 to turn from 00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.299 in order to 00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:21.200 choose Jesus. 00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:25.340 if you have 00:32:25.340 --> 00:32:26.240 a track record 00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:28.180 of speaking 00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.940 in ways 00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:30.700 that ruin 00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.480 relationships 00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:32.539 because you 00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:32.920 want to be 00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:33.240 right 00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:35.380 you've got to 00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:35.880 repent of 00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:36.100 that. 00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.380 There's a 00:32:38.380 --> 00:32:38.840 time and a 00:32:38.840 --> 00:32:39.460 place to 00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:40.580 say oh I 00:32:40.580 --> 00:32:40.960 got to be 00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.519 faithful to 00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:42.180 Jesus and I 00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:42.660 got to stand 00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:42.960 on this 00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.759 truth let 00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.340 the chips 00:32:44.340 --> 00:32:45.100 of relationships 00:32:45.100 --> 00:32:45.720 fall where 00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.200 they may. 00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:47.900 But what I'm 00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:48.420 talking about is 00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:48.940 something different. 00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:51.120 it's a 00:32:51.120 --> 00:32:52.840 pride of 00:32:52.840 --> 00:32:53.539 insisting on 00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:53.900 your own 00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:55.240 way and it 00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.640 can ruin 00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:56.259 relationships. 00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:56.720 You need to 00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.559 prevent you 00:32:57.559 --> 00:32:58.740 need to repent 00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.480 of that to 00:32:59.480 --> 00:33:00.420 choose Jesus 00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:02.320 and humble 00:33:02.320 --> 00:33:03.039 yourself. 00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:08.779 the last thing 00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.119 I want to 00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:09.619 call you to 00:33:09.619 --> 00:33:10.460 repentance of 00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:13.839 is chaos 00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.220 making. 00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:18.500 When you 00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:19.440 choose Jesus 00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:21.920 you become 00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:22.399 one of his 00:33:22.399 --> 00:33:23.019 followers. 00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:24.960 Blessed are 00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.940 the peacemakers 00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:27.879 for they are 00:33:27.879 --> 00:33:28.799 sons of God. 00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:34.579 Jesus calmed 00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:35.039 the sea. 00:33:35.639 --> 00:33:36.099 He brought 00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:37.059 calm to 00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:38.059 chaos and 00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:38.779 for many of 00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.759 us we 00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.680 experienced 00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:42.039 chaos internally 00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.700 before we 00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.460 became Christians 00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:44.659 and he brought 00:33:44.659 --> 00:33:46.299 peace like a 00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:47.639 river internally 00:33:47.639 --> 00:33:48.480 to us. 00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:51.299 Brothers and 00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:52.440 sisters don't 00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:54.039 bring chaos to 00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:54.879 your relationships 00:33:54.879 --> 00:33:56.259 bring the 00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.680 calm. 00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.279 Bring Jesus 00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:58.680 calm. 00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.740 And that 00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.980 starts with 00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.960 experiencing his 00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:03.339 peace inside 00:34:03.339 --> 00:34:03.859 of you. 00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:09.380 Isaiah 26 00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:09.840 3. 00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.900 He gives 00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.679 perfect peace 00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.400 to those who 00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:15.139 set their 00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:16.059 minds on 00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.420 him. 00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.699 To those who 00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.659 trust in him. 00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:22.179 Brothers and 00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:23.139 sisters we're 00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:23.900 peacemakers. 00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:24.739 We're not 00:34:24.739 --> 00:34:25.679 chaos makers. 00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:26.579 We're to bring 00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:27.219 the calm. 00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:28.380 Not the 00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:28.920 chaos. 00:34:31.660 --> 00:34:32.640 Can I just 00:34:32.640 --> 00:34:33.099 encourage you 00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:33.539 along one 00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:33.880 line? 00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.480 Use your 00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:36.140 dinner table 00:34:36.140 --> 00:34:38.079 as a 00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.920 peacemaking 00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:39.380 tool. 00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:41.320 Invite people 00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:41.800 into your 00:34:41.800 --> 00:34:42.160 home. 00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:43.640 Get to know 00:34:43.640 --> 00:34:43.940 them. 00:34:44.660 --> 00:34:45.280 Listen to them 00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:45.800 and understand 00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:46.240 them. 00:34:47.200 --> 00:34:47.780 That's how we 00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.360 bring peace. 00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.840 By mutual 00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:50.500 understanding. 00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:51.820 By listening 00:34:51.820 --> 00:34:52.360 carefully. 00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:54.099 to love 00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:54.380 with your 00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:54.760 ears. 00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:58.120 You've got to 00:34:58.120 --> 00:34:58.980 unchoose these 00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.800 things in order 00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:00.360 to choose 00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:01.640 Jesus so that 00:35:01.640 --> 00:35:02.360 we can all 00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:03.320 move forward 00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:04.300 submitted to 00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:04.579 him. 00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.579 We are his 00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:06.700 body under 00:35:06.700 --> 00:35:07.640 his headship 00:35:07.640 --> 00:35:09.059 walking in 00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:10.300 motion along 00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:11.480 the path that 00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:12.340 he has set out 00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:12.900 for us. 00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.140 We've been 00:35:14.140 --> 00:35:14.700 living in a 00:35:14.700 --> 00:35:15.059 state of 00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.920 crisis for 00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:16.700 about five and 00:35:16.700 --> 00:35:17.360 a half months. 00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:19.440 many of us 00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:20.079 are weary. 00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:21.039 Many of us 00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:21.640 are sick of 00:35:21.640 --> 00:35:21.780 it. 00:35:22.120 --> 00:35:22.680 Many of us 00:35:22.680 --> 00:35:23.860 want to give 00:35:23.860 --> 00:35:24.720 up and get 00:35:24.720 --> 00:35:25.099 out. 00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:26.140 Other of us 00:35:26.140 --> 00:35:27.420 want to bow 00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:28.579 up and throw 00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:29.039 down. 00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.780 But we choose 00:35:32.780 --> 00:35:33.680 Jesus today 00:35:33.680 --> 00:35:34.840 who is the 00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:35.660 greatest peacemaker 00:35:35.660 --> 00:35:36.140 of all. 00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:38.960 And we bring 00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:39.440 peace. 00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:42.900 Can we just 00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:45.059 say it's not 00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.500 going to be the 00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:45.940 same moving 00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.320 forward. 00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:47.780 It's not 00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:48.039 going to be 00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.460 the same. 00:35:49.700 --> 00:35:51.260 There's the 00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:52.059 mistake that we 00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:52.579 could think, 00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:53.660 hey it's just 00:35:53.660 --> 00:35:54.380 about cleaning 00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:55.180 up the city. 00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:56.579 Once we clean 00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:57.280 up the city of 00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:57.720 all of its 00:35:57.720 --> 00:35:58.400 glass and 00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:59.740 trash and 00:35:59.740 --> 00:36:00.260 plywood, 00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:02.380 then we go 00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:02.740 back to 00:36:02.740 --> 00:36:02.960 normal. 00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:03.680 We don't go 00:36:03.680 --> 00:36:04.019 back to 00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:04.280 normal. 00:36:05.320 --> 00:36:06.019 We can clean 00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:07.280 it all up and 00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:07.780 yet there will 00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:08.740 still be things 00:36:08.740 --> 00:36:09.760 that need to be 00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:10.940 addressed and we 00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.720 want to do that 00:36:11.720 --> 00:36:12.460 out of the glory 00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:12.840 of Jesus. 00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.500 There will be 00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:15.079 still smoldering 00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:16.700 racial tension in 00:36:16.700 --> 00:36:17.200 our city. 00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:21.579 And out of 00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:22.559 love for Jesus, 00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:24.059 let's be a part 00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:24.800 of addressing that 00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:25.460 with the gospel. 00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:32.260 COVID's not 00:36:32.260 --> 00:36:32.640 done. 00:36:33.320 --> 00:36:34.260 The investigation 00:36:34.260 --> 00:36:35.360 of Jacob Blake's 00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:35.940 not done. 00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:37.519 There are a lot 00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:38.320 of not dones. 00:36:39.660 --> 00:36:41.440 And Jesus is 00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:42.120 not done. 00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:43.320 He's not done in 00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:44.240 his work with us. 00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:45.579 Because of his 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:46.599 person, because of 00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:48.679 his work, today I 00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:50.639 choose Jesus and 00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:51.500 so must you. 00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:54.059 Our goal is to be 00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:55.000 faithful to his 00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:57.000 call to make 00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.919 disciples of all 00:36:57.919 --> 00:36:58.559 the nations. 00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:00.879 Starting in 00:37:00.879 --> 00:37:01.259 Kenosha. 00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:03.199 Now I want to 00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:03.599 give you some 00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:04.359 instructions of how 00:37:04.359 --> 00:37:04.799 we're going to move 00:37:04.799 --> 00:37:05.359 forward here. 00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:07.079 We're going to sing 00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:08.280 glorious Christ in a 00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:08.460 minute. 00:37:10.160 --> 00:37:11.420 But before we do, 00:37:11.559 --> 00:37:12.059 can I just 00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:13.940 encourage you just 00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:15.640 to take a minute 00:37:15.640 --> 00:37:19.000 to ask God to 00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:20.559 search you, to 00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:21.380 see if there's 00:37:21.380 --> 00:37:22.519 anything you need 00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:24.760 to un-choose in 00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:25.599 order to choose 00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:27.079 Jesus today to 00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:28.780 move forward with 00:37:28.780 --> 00:37:29.880 him as our head. 00:37:30.620 --> 00:37:31.620 Would you take a 00:37:31.620 --> 00:37:33.780 minute and do work? 00:37:33.780 --> 00:37:34.920 Spirit of the 00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:35.660 living God, would 00:37:35.660 --> 00:37:37.240 you now do a 00:37:37.240 --> 00:37:38.680 work in convicting 00:37:38.680 --> 00:37:39.900 us of what we 00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:41.700 must repent of so 00:37:41.700 --> 00:37:42.680 that we can choose 00:37:42.680 --> 00:37:43.560 Jesus moving 00:37:43.560 --> 00:37:44.080 forward? 00:37:45.580 --> 00:37:46.340 Take a minute. 00:38:03.780 --> 00:38:17.660 risen Christ, today 00:38:17.660 --> 00:38:19.680 we repent of our 00:38:19.680 --> 00:38:20.180 sins. 00:38:21.140 --> 00:38:22.840 We confess, Lord 00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:24.600 Jesus, of areas in 00:38:24.600 --> 00:38:25.519 of our lives, whether 00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:27.120 it's carelessness or 00:38:27.120 --> 00:38:29.380 fear or some kind of 00:38:29.380 --> 00:38:30.180 building of our own 00:38:30.180 --> 00:38:31.960 kingdom or pride or 00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.880 chaos making. 00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:34.500 God, we confess them 00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:36.280 to you, Lord Jesus, and 00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:37.880 trust that once again 00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:38.860 you've washed us 00:38:38.860 --> 00:38:39.659 white as clean. 00:38:40.300 --> 00:38:41.139 Because if we confess 00:38:41.139 --> 00:38:43.000 our sins, you're 00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.980 faithful and just to 00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.760 forgive us of our 00:38:44.760 --> 00:38:45.820 sins and to cleanse us 00:38:45.820 --> 00:38:47.019 from all unrighteousness. 00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:50.240 Lord Jesus, we as your 00:38:50.240 --> 00:38:51.039 people choose you 00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:51.400 today. 00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:53.059 And if you give us 00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:55.320 tomorrow, we and joy 00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:56.360 will choose you again 00:38:56.360 --> 00:38:56.840 tomorrow. 00:38:58.280 --> 00:38:59.579 Now, God, I do pray 00:38:59.579 --> 00:39:00.460 that as a continuing 00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:03.400 work of your spirit, you 00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:05.900 would encourage us 00:39:05.900 --> 00:39:07.659 with one another. 00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:09.480 That you would build us 00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:11.579 up as a church as we 00:39:11.579 --> 00:39:12.400 hear one another. 00:39:13.179 --> 00:39:14.159 And we pray this in 00:39:14.159 --> 00:39:14.860 Jesus' name. 00:39:15.380 --> 00:39:15.699 Amen.