WEBVTT 00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:05.639 Well, if you have your Bible with you, would you please open it up to John chapter 7. 00:00:11.519 --> 00:00:15.960 We're continuing on in the story of Jesus as told by the Apostle John. 00:00:17.019 --> 00:00:20.400 And here in John chapter 7, Jesus is in Jerusalem. 00:00:21.519 --> 00:00:26.839 And at this moment, there's a big festival going on there, the festival of tabernacles 00:00:26.839 --> 00:00:27.740 or booths. 00:00:27.739 --> 00:00:30.419 Thousands have gathered from all over the nation. 00:00:31.399 --> 00:00:34.799 And Jesus kind of snuck into the city halfway through the festival. 00:00:35.359 --> 00:00:40.479 And we saw a couple weeks back when we were looking at this, how he went into the temple 00:00:40.479 --> 00:00:42.259 courts and began to teach the people. 00:00:43.119 --> 00:00:45.539 And initially, the response seemed pretty good. 00:00:46.439 --> 00:00:47.340 They were amazed. 00:00:47.519 --> 00:00:49.739 Where did he get this teaching from? 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:53.179 He knew his stuff. 00:00:55.179 --> 00:00:57.140 How is it that he could know all this? 00:00:57.740 --> 00:00:59.420 Without having been educated. 00:01:00.060 --> 00:01:02.840 Well, it wasn't from YouTube and it wasn't from Skillshare. 00:01:03.380 --> 00:01:07.420 It wasn't from a mentoring relationship with some unknown rabbi. 00:01:08.460 --> 00:01:10.320 Jesus essentially said, you're right. 00:01:10.879 --> 00:01:12.579 My teaching is not my own. 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:15.439 It comes from the one who sent me. 00:01:16.260 --> 00:01:17.400 It comes from God. 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:26.800 And if you will humble your hearts and seek to do what God wants you to do, you will know 00:01:26.800 --> 00:01:30.000 the truth about where my teaching comes from. 00:01:30.860 --> 00:01:33.900 Let's pick up the conversation in verse 18. 00:01:33.900 --> 00:01:37.460 There we read what Jesus says next. 00:01:38.219 --> 00:01:43.360 Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory. 00:01:44.080 --> 00:01:48.620 But he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is a man of truth. 00:01:49.340 --> 00:01:51.700 There is nothing false about him. 00:01:52.500 --> 00:01:56.420 And again, let's have a little more word-for-word translation here. 00:01:56.840 --> 00:01:57.880 I think that will help us. 00:01:57.879 --> 00:01:59.659 We'll go with the New American Standard. 00:02:01.379 --> 00:02:05.319 He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory. 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:11.740 But he who is seeking the glory of the one who sent him, he is true. 00:02:12.439 --> 00:02:15.699 And there is no unrighteousness in him. 00:02:16.539 --> 00:02:17.919 What is Jesus saying here? 00:02:18.759 --> 00:02:22.039 And why is he saying this to the crowd? 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:27.819 Well, let's remember just what the people in the crowd are thinking as Jesus speaks. 00:02:28.500 --> 00:02:33.819 We read a little bit earlier in verse 12 that there's been widespread whispering about Jesus 00:02:33.819 --> 00:02:34.919 among the crowds. 00:02:35.879 --> 00:02:37.979 Some of them are saying, he's a good man. 00:02:39.039 --> 00:02:41.919 Others are saying, no, he deceives the people. 00:02:43.419 --> 00:02:49.379 Some are more open to Jesus, while others seem to have already made up their minds that 00:02:49.379 --> 00:02:50.039 he's a fraud. 00:02:50.620 --> 00:02:51.780 He's a con artist. 00:02:52.039 --> 00:02:54.419 He's a deceiver. 00:02:55.400 --> 00:03:00.799 And as with other times, Jesus, again, seems to know what's going on in their minds and 00:03:00.799 --> 00:03:01.780 in their thoughts. 00:03:02.799 --> 00:03:07.299 He knows that even as he speaks to them, there are some in the crowd who are saying, yeah, 00:03:07.340 --> 00:03:07.799 right. 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:10.299 Your teaching comes from God? 00:03:10.959 --> 00:03:12.280 I don't believe this. 00:03:14.099 --> 00:03:19.840 And so Jesus seems to say these words in verse 18 in his own defense. 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:25.780 It's as though he's saying, listen, guys, in all the teaching that I've been doing here, 00:03:25.860 --> 00:03:32.000 have I been doing and saying things to get glory from you for myself? 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:32.400 No. 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:42.960 Has the main tone, the main message that I've been bringing in my teaching been, everybody 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:43.759 look at me. 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:45.520 Look how awesome I am. 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:47.699 Bow down before me. 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:49.159 Give me glory. 00:03:49.319 --> 00:03:50.199 Give me praise. 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:52.039 No. 00:03:52.039 --> 00:03:52.119 No. 00:03:52.119 --> 00:03:57.859 Everything I've been saying has been for the glory of the one who sent me. 00:03:57.860 --> 00:04:07.100 So that you might turn your hearts to him and worship him and praise him and obey him and 00:04:07.100 --> 00:04:08.300 do his will. 00:04:10.440 --> 00:04:14.620 You can just imagine what kinds of things Jesus has been teaching them so far by thinking 00:04:14.620 --> 00:04:17.780 back over the many things that Jesus taught all the time. 00:04:18.780 --> 00:04:23.280 Think back to the Sermon on the Mount and the kinds of things that he said there. 00:04:23.740 --> 00:04:25.280 Think back to the many parables. 00:04:25.279 --> 00:04:33.379 All of these things had this overall intention of turning people's hearts back to the Lord. 00:04:35.099 --> 00:04:40.799 He taught people to turn from their sins, to stop doing what is evil and instead to do 00:04:40.799 --> 00:04:44.079 what is right and what is good from the heart. 00:04:45.219 --> 00:04:53.119 He taught people to pray to God, to ask God for things, to seek things from him, to seek 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:53.840 his kingdom. 00:04:55.879 --> 00:04:59.199 If you look through the Gospels, it's an interesting thing to notice. 00:04:59.740 --> 00:05:05.699 You'll find that Jesus never once tells people to bow down in front of him and worship him 00:05:05.699 --> 00:05:08.720 or to give him glory like that. 00:05:09.620 --> 00:05:10.540 Why is that? 00:05:12.399 --> 00:05:16.439 The Muslims and the Jehovah's Witnesses are quick to jump on this. 00:05:16.439 --> 00:05:21.040 They're quick to say, look, Jesus always told people to worship God. 00:05:22.279 --> 00:05:22.719 Why? 00:05:23.219 --> 00:05:25.620 They would say because he was not God. 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:32.659 Well, they are right about one thing and that's that Jesus did not command or tell people to 00:05:32.659 --> 00:05:33.620 worship himself. 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:40.500 In fact, I would go even further than that and say that he did not speak or act at all 00:05:40.500 --> 00:05:44.939 for the purpose of gaining glory or winning praise for himself. 00:05:46.459 --> 00:05:49.040 But it's not because he wasn't God. 00:05:51.319 --> 00:05:56.579 We've already seen countless statements in the Gospel of John that amount to Jesus saying, 00:05:56.579 --> 00:05:58.860 I am the divine Son of God. 00:06:00.839 --> 00:06:05.620 But as a man, he lives as a man should. 00:06:05.620 --> 00:06:11.100 And so he calls people to worship God, his Father. 00:06:12.199 --> 00:06:13.139 Why is that? 00:06:14.660 --> 00:06:23.120 In some mysterious way, this is how the relationship between Jesus, the Son, the God-man, and his 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:25.120 Father, God, works. 00:06:26.180 --> 00:06:28.519 Let's look at a few other passages to see this. 00:06:28.620 --> 00:06:30.740 And all of these are from John's Gospel as well. 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:32.480 One of them we've already seen. 00:06:33.259 --> 00:06:34.980 John 5, verse 41. 00:06:34.980 --> 00:06:40.759 Jesus said to the religious leaders, I do not accept glory from human beings. 00:06:42.400 --> 00:06:42.620 Hmm. 00:06:43.300 --> 00:06:44.220 Why is that? 00:06:46.020 --> 00:06:52.080 Again, in John 8, verse 50, we haven't got there yet, but Jesus says, I am not seeking 00:06:52.080 --> 00:06:53.400 glory for myself. 00:06:55.600 --> 00:06:56.439 Why not? 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:03.040 A few verses later, in John 8, verse 54, Jesus says this. 00:07:03.040 --> 00:07:08.260 He says, if I glorify myself, my glory means nothing. 00:07:09.819 --> 00:07:17.800 My Father, whom you claim is your God, He is the one who glorifies me. 00:07:19.220 --> 00:07:20.180 There it is. 00:07:20.180 --> 00:07:25.500 God the Father is the one who glorifies his Son. 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:31.079 So Jesus is the divine Son, as we've seen all over the place in John's Gospel. 00:07:32.079 --> 00:07:37.040 Yet He has not been calling people to bow down and worship Him. 00:07:37.040 --> 00:07:43.580 Instead, He's been telling people to glorify and worship His Father, the one who sent Him. 00:07:43.579 --> 00:07:50.959 The only glory that Jesus seeks for Himself is the glory that comes from the Father. 00:07:52.259 --> 00:07:57.539 In fact, we'll get to it eventually, but in His prayer in John chapter 17, Jesus actually 00:07:57.539 --> 00:08:00.240 prays and asks God to give Him glory. 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:03.519 He says this in John 17, 5. 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:11.379 And now, Father, glorify me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world 00:08:11.379 --> 00:08:11.959 began. 00:08:13.180 --> 00:08:16.359 This is a difficult relationship to understand. 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:17.899 I find it difficult. 00:08:18.899 --> 00:08:28.740 Even though Jesus is God, living among us in human flesh, He does not have the mindset 00:08:28.740 --> 00:08:31.259 that we would expect Him to have. 00:08:32.700 --> 00:08:38.480 Paul describes it for us in his letter to the Philippians, a passage that many of you 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:40.120 are familiar with. 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:52.200 His mindset was not to cling to what was rightfully His, glory, the worship, the praise of all people. 00:08:52.200 --> 00:09:07.580 No, His mindset is to humble Himself, to get down to our level, to become a man, one of us. 00:09:09.060 --> 00:09:14.020 And Paul tells us it's even more than that, to go even further down than that, to become a servant. 00:09:14.019 --> 00:09:26.620 Jesus is on a rescue mission that requires Him to lay aside, to give up, to veil, to cover up and conceal 00:09:26.620 --> 00:09:27.819 some of His glory. 00:09:30.259 --> 00:09:35.039 And to live for a time in a humbled and lowly state. 00:09:35.860 --> 00:09:41.980 And for a time to endure humiliating and even shameful treatment. 00:09:41.980 --> 00:09:49.759 And it's not until after this rescue mission is complete that Jesus will begin to receive 00:09:49.759 --> 00:09:51.680 the glory that He is due. 00:09:53.440 --> 00:09:56.920 Paul goes on in Philippians 2. 00:09:58.279 --> 00:10:03.320 He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross. 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:14.940 Therefore, because He did that, God, the Father, exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him 00:10:14.940 --> 00:10:16.860 the name that is above every name. 00:10:17.780 --> 00:10:23.560 That at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth 00:10:23.560 --> 00:10:28.260 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord. 00:10:28.259 --> 00:10:35.319 So it's God, the Father, who exalts His Son. 00:10:35.939 --> 00:10:43.000 It's God, the Father, who glorifies His Son, who lifts Him up to that place where all will 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:44.639 bow down and worship Him. 00:10:45.639 --> 00:10:47.759 So yes, we are to worship Jesus. 00:10:47.759 --> 00:10:54.899 Even though Jesus does not seek glory for Himself from us, 00:10:55.439 --> 00:10:58.960 as He walks the earth, He is still glorious. 00:10:59.779 --> 00:11:01.259 He is still worthy of worship. 00:11:02.279 --> 00:11:04.740 And God, the Father, wants us to worship His Son. 00:11:05.080 --> 00:11:07.059 That's the trajectory of this whole story. 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:10.360 And we've seen this already, too, in what Jesus said 00:11:10.360 --> 00:11:14.639 the last time He met with the religious leaders in Jerusalem. 00:11:15.220 --> 00:11:18.200 John chapter 5, verse 22. 00:11:18.539 --> 00:11:19.340 Jesus said there, 00:11:19.940 --> 00:11:24.779 The Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son. 00:11:25.800 --> 00:11:26.159 Why? 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:30.000 Why has He given it to the Son to do all judgment? 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:35.800 So that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. 00:11:35.799 --> 00:11:40.519 The Father wants us to worship His Son. 00:11:41.699 --> 00:11:46.799 And that's why He's given it to Him to do all of the judgment at the last day. 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:52.139 Back to John chapter 7, verse 18. 00:11:53.559 --> 00:11:57.139 He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory. 00:11:58.059 --> 00:12:04.039 But he who is seeking the glory of the one who sent him, he is true. 00:12:04.039 --> 00:12:07.839 And there is no unrighteousness in him. 00:12:08.779 --> 00:12:10.139 Jesus is saying here, 00:12:10.699 --> 00:12:14.219 One of the evidences that I speak from God, 00:12:14.759 --> 00:12:16.679 and that I speak the truth, 00:12:16.779 --> 00:12:20.439 is that I'm doing and saying nothing for personal benefit here. 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:23.980 All the things that I've been doing, 00:12:24.079 --> 00:12:25.259 all the things that I've been teaching, 00:12:25.379 --> 00:12:27.360 have not been to get glory for myself. 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:31.139 In everything I've been doing and saying, 00:12:31.139 --> 00:12:35.600 I am seeking for you to glorify Him who sent me, 00:12:36.299 --> 00:12:36.819 the Father. 00:12:37.939 --> 00:12:41.439 And that's how you can know that I am no deceiver. 00:12:44.319 --> 00:12:46.759 Now I had planned to go on another few verses here. 00:12:47.639 --> 00:12:49.860 And the conversation is about to heat up. 00:12:51.220 --> 00:12:54.899 Jesus is about to publicly declare that the leaders are trying to kill Him. 00:12:54.899 --> 00:13:00.679 And some in the crowd are about to yell back that Jesus is demon-possessed. 00:13:02.159 --> 00:13:03.679 But we'll save that for next week, 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:07.019 because there's a lot, even in this one verse, 00:13:07.319 --> 00:13:09.860 that can apply to our lives today. 00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:12.720 And we want to take time to think about that. 00:13:13.259 --> 00:13:15.620 So what do we take from Jesus' comments 00:13:15.620 --> 00:13:19.039 about not seeking glory for Himself? 00:13:19.039 --> 00:13:23.919 What can we take from this for our own daily lives? 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:27.039 I think the important thing at the start here 00:13:27.039 --> 00:13:30.959 is just to acknowledge that this is the story of Jesus. 00:13:32.279 --> 00:13:33.980 It's not mainly about us. 00:13:35.259 --> 00:13:37.159 This is the good news of Jesus, 00:13:37.319 --> 00:13:40.500 the way that it unfolded in real time in history, 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:42.299 generations ago. 00:13:43.459 --> 00:13:46.059 But there is still something here that relates to us, 00:13:46.099 --> 00:13:48.259 if we're looking and listening closely. 00:13:49.039 --> 00:13:52.799 Let's think again about that mindset that Jesus had. 00:13:54.339 --> 00:14:00.939 That mindset not to seek glory or praise or honor from other people, 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:03.419 and instead to humble Himself, 00:14:04.779 --> 00:14:07.599 and to obey God as every man should, 00:14:08.299 --> 00:14:11.480 and seek for His Father, God, 00:14:11.599 --> 00:14:14.719 to be glorified as every man should. 00:14:14.720 --> 00:14:20.160 Paul tells us back in Philippians 2, verse 5. 00:14:21.100 --> 00:14:21.460 He says, 00:14:21.940 --> 00:14:24.019 Have this mind in you, 00:14:24.460 --> 00:14:26.639 which was also in Christ Jesus. 00:14:26.779 --> 00:14:27.840 Or as some translations say, 00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:31.540 Have the same mindset as Christ Jesus, 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:33.420 who humbled Himself. 00:14:33.419 --> 00:14:36.259 In other words, 00:14:36.579 --> 00:14:38.459 we should have the same attitude 00:14:38.459 --> 00:14:41.860 about getting glory for ourselves 00:14:41.860 --> 00:14:44.039 from other people 00:14:44.039 --> 00:14:45.839 as Jesus did. 00:14:46.860 --> 00:14:49.599 This is one of those things that we do that isn't good. 00:14:51.039 --> 00:14:52.719 In fact, it's ugly. 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:54.580 It's evil. 00:14:54.580 --> 00:14:55.379 It's twisted. 00:14:56.379 --> 00:15:02.220 We do or say things in order to get glory for ourselves, 00:15:02.600 --> 00:15:05.120 to get the praise of other people, 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:07.560 to get their applause, 00:15:07.940 --> 00:15:09.440 their approval, 00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:11.840 their attention. 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:16.060 We do or say things to get them to like us, 00:15:16.139 --> 00:15:18.040 to think of us highly. 00:15:19.560 --> 00:15:21.780 Sometimes we might call this people-pleasing. 00:15:23.340 --> 00:15:25.560 An example of people-pleasing, 00:15:26.560 --> 00:15:29.580 you know, you're over-committed in your life, 00:15:29.820 --> 00:15:31.560 you have lots of responsibilities, 00:15:31.940 --> 00:15:33.420 and then someone comes along and says, 00:15:33.800 --> 00:15:35.660 Hey, I really need you to do this for me. 00:15:36.580 --> 00:15:38.820 Please, can you help me out with this? 00:15:38.820 --> 00:15:44.140 And because you don't want them to think any less of you, 00:15:44.220 --> 00:15:46.060 you want them to be happy with you, 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:48.360 even though you shouldn't say yes, 00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:49.540 you say yes anyway. 00:15:51.520 --> 00:15:52.960 You don't want them to be offended. 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:56.720 Other times we could call this the fear of man. 00:15:58.480 --> 00:16:00.200 Those moments or those situations 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:02.620 where the right thing to do is to step up, 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:05.120 to take responsibility, 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:09.100 to speak up for what's right, 00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:09.940 for what's true. 00:16:11.100 --> 00:16:12.159 And instead, in that moment, 00:16:12.259 --> 00:16:13.320 we're looking around the room 00:16:13.320 --> 00:16:15.879 and we're more worried about what other people think, 00:16:15.940 --> 00:16:17.159 and so we don't say anything. 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:21.720 Or we don't do what we know we should do. 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:23.200 The fear of man. 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:26.799 What are some other ways that we do this? 00:16:27.220 --> 00:16:29.159 Perhaps it's with social media accounts. 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:33.120 Online, we're all too aware 00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:36.120 that maybe hundreds of people 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:38.719 see everything that we post 00:16:38.719 --> 00:16:42.759 or see every like that we do 00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:44.079 on someone else's post. 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:47.779 What can I post on my social media 00:16:47.779 --> 00:16:49.659 that can get me some likes 00:16:49.659 --> 00:16:51.860 or some good comments? 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:57.600 We could put this into the sports realm. 00:16:59.159 --> 00:17:01.600 There we might call it showboating 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:03.559 or showing off. 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:05.299 Leaving the team behind 00:17:05.299 --> 00:17:07.220 and going for it all by yourself 00:17:07.220 --> 00:17:08.379 with all your best moves 00:17:08.379 --> 00:17:09.220 to get the goal. 00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:12.139 Because we know that the one who gets the goal 00:17:12.139 --> 00:17:13.539 gets most of the glory, right? 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:16.460 And all too often, 00:17:16.639 --> 00:17:17.980 the players that worked hard 00:17:17.980 --> 00:17:19.359 to set that person up 00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:20.279 get overlooked. 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:23.740 Sometimes it's with our words 00:17:23.740 --> 00:17:25.019 in conversation. 00:17:26.299 --> 00:17:26.740 Jokes. 00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:29.220 This is so common 00:17:29.220 --> 00:17:30.640 in our world today. 00:17:31.019 --> 00:17:32.240 I hear about this in the school 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:32.940 all the time. 00:17:33.460 --> 00:17:35.160 People throwing other people 00:17:35.160 --> 00:17:35.960 under the bus, 00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:37.859 making jokes about them, 00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:39.359 saying hurtful things 00:17:39.359 --> 00:17:40.140 towards them 00:17:40.140 --> 00:17:40.980 or about them 00:17:40.980 --> 00:17:42.400 to make them look bad 00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:44.240 just to get the laughter 00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:45.160 and attention 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:47.579 of some of their other friends. 00:17:47.579 --> 00:17:50.339 We may even 00:17:50.339 --> 00:17:51.679 do this ourselves 00:17:51.679 --> 00:17:52.939 a little bit. 00:17:54.019 --> 00:17:54.720 Where we 00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:56.579 talk about our, 00:17:56.639 --> 00:17:57.859 the way we talk about ourselves, 00:17:57.980 --> 00:17:58.279 we maybe 00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:59.579 put ourselves down 00:17:59.579 --> 00:18:01.939 when we talk to other people 00:18:01.939 --> 00:18:03.119 and secretly 00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:04.379 we're fishing 00:18:04.379 --> 00:18:05.919 for some compliment, 00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:08.039 for some affirmation, 00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:09.299 for some praise. 00:18:12.579 --> 00:18:13.319 Hey honey, 00:18:13.659 --> 00:18:14.199 guess what? 00:18:14.419 --> 00:18:15.139 While you were out, 00:18:15.140 --> 00:18:16.040 I did the dishes. 00:18:17.280 --> 00:18:18.280 Ain't I great? 00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:21.900 Whatever you call it, 00:18:22.780 --> 00:18:24.060 however it comes out, 00:18:24.300 --> 00:18:25.940 it all stems back to pride, 00:18:26.620 --> 00:18:28.020 to this desire 00:18:28.020 --> 00:18:29.420 to be exalted 00:18:29.420 --> 00:18:30.620 or loved 00:18:30.620 --> 00:18:32.320 or thought highly of 00:18:32.320 --> 00:18:33.360 in the eyes of others. 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:34.820 And so we say 00:18:34.820 --> 00:18:35.480 or do 00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:37.400 or we don't say 00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:38.200 or we don't do 00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:39.800 whatever will put us 00:18:39.800 --> 00:18:40.560 in that place 00:18:40.560 --> 00:18:41.600 in people's thoughts 00:18:41.600 --> 00:18:43.420 that we want to be. 00:18:43.420 --> 00:18:45.320 but Jesus 00:18:45.320 --> 00:18:46.380 shows us 00:18:46.380 --> 00:18:47.980 a completely 00:18:47.980 --> 00:18:48.779 different way, 00:18:49.779 --> 00:18:50.380 a completely 00:18:50.380 --> 00:18:51.220 different mindset. 00:18:51.500 --> 00:18:52.100 He shows us 00:18:52.100 --> 00:18:53.080 how a real 00:18:53.080 --> 00:18:54.500 righteous man 00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:55.720 should live 00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:57.240 and think. 00:18:58.500 --> 00:18:59.759 We are not 00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:00.380 to seek 00:19:00.380 --> 00:19:01.920 our own glory 00:19:01.920 --> 00:19:03.580 from others. 00:19:05.640 --> 00:19:07.300 So how do we do this? 00:19:07.660 --> 00:19:08.840 How do we stop 00:19:08.840 --> 00:19:09.580 ourselves 00:19:09.580 --> 00:19:10.900 from being 00:19:10.900 --> 00:19:11.840 people pleasers? 00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:14.039 from seeking 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:15.159 glory and praise 00:19:15.159 --> 00:19:15.720 from others? 00:19:16.659 --> 00:19:17.959 What's the solution here? 00:19:19.619 --> 00:19:20.019 Inevitably, 00:19:20.159 --> 00:19:20.740 whenever this whole 00:19:20.740 --> 00:19:21.399 discussion of 00:19:21.399 --> 00:19:22.019 people pleasing 00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:22.539 comes up, 00:19:22.619 --> 00:19:23.740 there's often 00:19:23.740 --> 00:19:24.359 one person 00:19:24.359 --> 00:19:25.199 who is almost 00:19:25.199 --> 00:19:25.799 ready to just 00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:26.439 stick up their hand 00:19:26.439 --> 00:19:26.679 and say, 00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.799 I'm not a people pleaser. 00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:29.339 I don't care 00:19:29.339 --> 00:19:30.159 what anybody thinks 00:19:30.159 --> 00:19:30.939 about what I say 00:19:30.939 --> 00:19:31.279 or do 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:32.339 and I'm not afraid 00:19:32.339 --> 00:19:33.220 to let you know it. 00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:35.879 Is that the solution? 00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:38.600 Instead of 00:19:38.600 --> 00:19:40.280 seeking glory 00:19:40.280 --> 00:19:40.760 and praise 00:19:40.760 --> 00:19:41.180 from others 00:19:41.180 --> 00:19:41.720 to just have 00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:42.220 a mindset, 00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:42.560 well, 00:19:42.620 --> 00:19:43.040 who cares 00:19:43.040 --> 00:19:43.540 what everyone 00:19:43.540 --> 00:19:44.180 else thinks? 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:47.260 I don't think 00:19:47.260 --> 00:19:47.780 that's the right 00:19:47.780 --> 00:19:48.500 attitude either. 00:19:49.520 --> 00:19:50.520 A lot of times 00:19:50.520 --> 00:19:51.200 people with this 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:51.540 attitude 00:19:51.540 --> 00:19:52.720 can be rude 00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:54.820 or obnoxious. 00:19:55.520 --> 00:19:56.280 They can be 00:19:56.280 --> 00:19:56.880 insensitive, 00:19:58.080 --> 00:19:58.520 needlessly 00:19:58.520 --> 00:19:59.480 offending people 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:00.280 with their words 00:20:00.280 --> 00:20:01.140 and their actions. 00:20:01.140 --> 00:20:02.320 it's almost 00:20:02.320 --> 00:20:02.940 like a pride 00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:03.640 in the opposite 00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:04.300 direction. 00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:06.080 Almost like 00:20:06.080 --> 00:20:07.100 you're setting 00:20:07.100 --> 00:20:07.680 yourself up 00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:08.400 on a pedestal 00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:08.980 above others. 00:20:09.080 --> 00:20:09.500 I don't care 00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:10.020 what you guys 00:20:10.020 --> 00:20:10.560 think about me. 00:20:10.600 --> 00:20:11.140 What you think 00:20:11.140 --> 00:20:11.960 isn't important. 00:20:13.820 --> 00:20:14.500 Looking down 00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:14.900 on them, 00:20:15.140 --> 00:20:16.160 that's not right 00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:16.480 either. 00:20:18.620 --> 00:20:19.240 And I don't 00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:19.759 think it's, 00:20:20.580 --> 00:20:21.860 the way to do 00:20:21.860 --> 00:20:22.540 this is to 00:20:22.540 --> 00:20:23.700 analyze every 00:20:23.700 --> 00:20:24.200 one of our 00:20:24.200 --> 00:20:24.540 thoughts, 00:20:24.660 --> 00:20:25.020 every one of 00:20:25.020 --> 00:20:25.600 our behaviors 00:20:25.600 --> 00:20:26.100 and check 00:20:26.100 --> 00:20:26.780 before we do 00:20:26.780 --> 00:20:27.200 it or say 00:20:27.200 --> 00:20:27.360 it, 00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:28.160 am I doing 00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:28.640 this for me? 00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:29.040 Am I doing 00:20:29.040 --> 00:20:30.700 this for God? 00:20:31.140 --> 00:20:33.440 I think 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:33.860 instead, 00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:34.720 we need to 00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:35.120 follow the 00:20:35.120 --> 00:20:35.759 example of 00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.120 Christ 00:20:36.120 --> 00:20:37.900 and we need 00:20:37.900 --> 00:20:38.520 to focus 00:20:38.520 --> 00:20:39.980 not on 00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:40.740 ourselves 00:20:40.740 --> 00:20:41.820 but on 00:20:41.820 --> 00:20:42.259 the one 00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.580 that we 00:20:42.580 --> 00:20:43.560 want to 00:20:43.560 --> 00:20:43.860 see 00:20:43.860 --> 00:20:44.560 praised 00:20:44.560 --> 00:20:46.060 and glorified. 00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:48.580 How does 00:20:48.580 --> 00:20:49.160 Jesus do 00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:49.360 it? 00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:51.880 Let's see 00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:54.400 two ways 00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:55.860 that Jesus 00:20:55.860 --> 00:20:57.420 shows us 00:20:57.420 --> 00:20:57.759 that we 00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.840 should not 00:20:58.840 --> 00:20:59.340 seek our 00:20:59.340 --> 00:20:59.900 own glory 00:20:59.900 --> 00:20:59.940 glory, 00:21:00.380 --> 00:21:01.400 but instead 00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:01.960 seek the 00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:02.440 glory of 00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:02.740 God. 00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:04.040 The first, 00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:04.960 he tells us 00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:05.259 that we 00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:05.820 should seek 00:21:05.820 --> 00:21:07.400 glory from 00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:07.900 God. 00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:10.780 And the 00:21:10.780 --> 00:21:11.100 second, 00:21:11.800 --> 00:21:12.600 that we 00:21:12.600 --> 00:21:13.100 should seek 00:21:13.100 --> 00:21:14.560 glory for 00:21:14.560 --> 00:21:15.019 God. 00:21:16.280 --> 00:21:17.019 Two different 00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:17.240 ways. 00:21:17.300 --> 00:21:17.519 We're going to 00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:17.980 look at both 00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:18.220 of them. 00:21:18.300 --> 00:21:18.600 We'll start 00:21:18.600 --> 00:21:18.900 with the 00:21:18.900 --> 00:21:19.400 first one. 00:21:19.820 --> 00:21:20.120 What does 00:21:20.120 --> 00:21:20.720 it mean for 00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:21.360 us to seek 00:21:21.360 --> 00:21:22.700 glory from 00:21:22.700 --> 00:21:23.220 God? 00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.560 That's the 00:21:24.560 --> 00:21:25.200 mindset Jesus 00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:25.540 had. 00:21:25.600 --> 00:21:25.900 He's not 00:21:25.900 --> 00:21:26.519 looking for 00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:27.980 glory for 00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:28.599 himself. 00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:29.900 Instead, 00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:31.059 he is 00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:31.960 looking for 00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:32.900 the glory 00:21:32.900 --> 00:21:33.440 that comes 00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:34.079 from God, 00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:34.680 for God 00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:35.500 to glorify 00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:35.940 him. 00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:38.920 What does 00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:39.360 that mean? 00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:39.660 What does 00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:40.019 that look 00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:40.360 like? 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:41.920 John 00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:42.620 chapter 5, 00:21:42.660 --> 00:21:43.400 verse 44. 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:45.160 This was 00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:45.640 last time 00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:45.920 with the 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:46.380 Pharisees. 00:21:46.460 --> 00:21:46.579 Do you 00:21:46.579 --> 00:21:46.940 remember what 00:21:46.940 --> 00:21:47.460 Jesus said 00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:47.819 to them? 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:49.339 He said, 00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:49.759 how can 00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.500 you believe 00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:52.079 when you 00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:53.039 receive glory 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:53.519 from one 00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:53.900 another, 00:21:53.900 --> 00:21:55.860 and you 00:21:55.860 --> 00:21:56.340 do not 00:21:56.340 --> 00:21:56.820 seek the 00:21:56.820 --> 00:21:57.340 glory that 00:21:57.340 --> 00:21:58.080 is from 00:21:58.080 --> 00:21:59.200 the one 00:21:59.200 --> 00:22:00.420 and only 00:22:00.420 --> 00:22:01.240 God? 00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:04.080 One of 00:22:04.080 --> 00:22:04.560 the problems 00:22:04.560 --> 00:22:04.900 with the 00:22:04.900 --> 00:22:05.600 religious leaders 00:22:05.600 --> 00:22:06.180 is that they 00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:06.680 are living 00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:07.100 for the 00:22:07.100 --> 00:22:07.800 praise and 00:22:07.800 --> 00:22:08.500 honor and 00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:09.759 glory of 00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.320 one another. 00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:12.759 And you 00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.400 probably know 00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:14.100 those passages 00:22:14.100 --> 00:22:14.759 where Jesus 00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:15.480 calls them out 00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:15.900 on that in 00:22:15.900 --> 00:22:16.320 some very 00:22:16.320 --> 00:22:17.120 specific ways. 00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:17.440 The way 00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:17.780 that you 00:22:17.780 --> 00:22:18.200 pray, 00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.259 the way 00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:19.560 that you 00:22:19.560 --> 00:22:20.160 fast, 00:22:20.300 --> 00:22:20.500 the way 00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:20.860 that you 00:22:20.860 --> 00:22:21.759 give of 00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.200 your money, 00:22:22.320 --> 00:22:22.940 your offerings, 00:22:22.940 --> 00:22:23.840 all of 00:22:23.840 --> 00:22:24.180 that you 00:22:24.180 --> 00:22:24.580 do in 00:22:24.580 --> 00:22:25.620 public to 00:22:25.620 --> 00:22:26.039 get the 00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:26.720 attention of 00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:27.460 other people, 00:22:27.820 --> 00:22:28.519 to win 00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:29.019 praise, 00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:29.460 to win 00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:30.220 glory for 00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:30.720 yourself. 00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:34.920 And it's 00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:35.279 wrong. 00:22:37.580 --> 00:22:38.480 Jesus says 00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:38.960 that instead 00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:39.440 they should 00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:40.120 be seeking 00:22:40.120 --> 00:22:41.059 the glory 00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:42.519 that comes 00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.299 from God. 00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:46.000 I don't 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:46.440 think Jesus 00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:46.920 is talking 00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:47.559 about seeking 00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:48.160 glory from 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:48.519 God in 00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:48.900 some kind 00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:49.680 of twisted 00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.180 way, 00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.000 as in 00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.980 looking for 00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:52.600 God to 00:22:52.600 --> 00:22:52.920 worship. 00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:53.559 us. 00:22:54.059 --> 00:22:54.420 No. 00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:56.200 I think 00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:57.100 Jesus means 00:22:57.100 --> 00:22:58.920 that we 00:22:58.920 --> 00:22:59.220 are to 00:22:59.220 --> 00:22:59.559 humble 00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:00.059 ourselves 00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:00.480 before 00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:00.920 God, 00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:02.519 to serve 00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:02.799 him, 00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:04.460 to obey 00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:04.860 him, 00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.580 and to 00:23:05.580 --> 00:23:06.200 seek the 00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:07.500 reward and 00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:08.160 blessing that 00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:08.539 he has 00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:09.779 promised for 00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:10.320 doing so. 00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:10.900 To seek 00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:12.440 his approval, 00:23:13.320 --> 00:23:13.779 his 00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.640 affirmation, 00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.180 his 00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:16.500 commendation. 00:23:17.539 --> 00:23:18.480 You probably 00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:19.100 all know the 00:23:19.100 --> 00:23:19.680 parable of the 00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.180 talents, 00:23:21.059 --> 00:23:21.420 where the 00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:21.960 servants were 00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:22.660 each entrusted 00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:23.279 with a 00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:23.660 sum of 00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:23.980 money. 00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.380 What do 00:23:26.380 --> 00:23:26.980 those faithful 00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:28.100 servants hear 00:23:28.100 --> 00:23:28.519 from their 00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:29.460 master when 00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:29.880 the master 00:23:29.880 --> 00:23:30.519 returns? 00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:32.680 Well done, 00:23:33.340 --> 00:23:34.079 good and 00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:34.920 faithful servant. 00:23:36.120 --> 00:23:37.039 He commends 00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.299 them. 00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:39.160 He praises 00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:39.500 them. 00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.440 He honors 00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:41.740 them. 00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:43.220 He lifts 00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.860 them up in the 00:23:43.860 --> 00:23:44.539 sight of others 00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:45.579 to new heights 00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.380 of responsibility. 00:23:46.380 --> 00:23:46.560 humility. 00:23:47.760 --> 00:23:48.280 I think that's 00:23:48.280 --> 00:23:48.800 a picture of 00:23:48.800 --> 00:23:49.440 what Jesus is 00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:50.140 talking about 00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:51.000 here. 00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.860 What it means 00:23:51.860 --> 00:23:52.520 to seek the 00:23:52.520 --> 00:23:53.260 glory that is 00:23:53.260 --> 00:23:54.320 from God. 00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.500 Are you 00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:58.260 living for 00:23:58.260 --> 00:23:59.020 the well done 00:23:59.020 --> 00:24:00.220 of other 00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:00.600 people? 00:24:02.020 --> 00:24:02.680 Or are you 00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:03.240 living for the 00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:03.820 well done of 00:24:03.820 --> 00:24:04.140 God? 00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.660 One of the 00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:08.080 things that we 00:24:08.080 --> 00:24:08.700 hear time and 00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.180 time again 00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:09.720 throughout the 00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:11.360 scriptures is 00:24:11.360 --> 00:24:12.040 that God is a 00:24:12.040 --> 00:24:12.540 God who 00:24:12.540 --> 00:24:13.240 humbles the 00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:15.160 proud and 00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:16.440 exalts the 00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:16.779 humble. 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.839 He's a God 00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.920 who turns the 00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:20.980 spotlight off of 00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:22.539 the proud and 00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:23.380 takes the ground 00:24:23.380 --> 00:24:23.980 out from under 00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.539 them, the thing 00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:24.859 that they're 00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:25.620 standing on and 00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:26.299 boasting in, 00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:28.200 and instead turns 00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:29.160 the spotlight onto 00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:30.480 the humble and 00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:32.400 highlights them for 00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:33.099 others to see. 00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:36.240 The apostle Peter 00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:38.500 picks up on this 00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.140 in his letter. 00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:40.900 He says, 00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.460 all of you, 00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:42.700 clothe yourselves 00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:43.559 with humility 00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:44.319 toward one 00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:45.460 another because 00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:46.480 God opposes the 00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:48.259 proud but gives 00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.720 favor or grace 00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:51.000 to the humble. 00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:53.220 Humble yourselves, 00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.580 says Peter. 00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.740 Humble yourselves, 00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:57.039 therefore, under 00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.860 God's mighty 00:24:57.860 --> 00:25:00.799 hand that he 00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.880 may lift you up 00:25:01.880 --> 00:25:03.620 in due time. 00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.740 This is what it 00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.440 means to seek 00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:08.299 glory from God 00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.840 and not from 00:25:09.840 --> 00:25:10.420 other people. 00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.440 It means to 00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:12.279 humble yourself 00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:13.500 before God, 00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:14.480 to bow the 00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:15.039 knee to him, 00:25:15.139 --> 00:25:15.899 to submit to 00:25:15.899 --> 00:25:16.660 him, to obey 00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:18.019 him, to consider 00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.839 yourself as you 00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:20.399 should before him 00:25:20.399 --> 00:25:22.619 and allow God at 00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:23.160 the appropriate 00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:24.559 time to lift you 00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:25.500 up and honor you 00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:27.039 and give you the 00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.859 reward that you 00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:28.259 are due. 00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:31.559 This was Jesus' 00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:32.160 mindset. 00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:34.759 He didn't seek 00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:36.079 glory for himself 00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:37.740 from people. 00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:38.980 He sought his 00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:40.059 glory from God. 00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:40.099 God. 00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:42.139 And this should be 00:25:42.139 --> 00:25:42.919 our mindset as 00:25:42.919 --> 00:25:43.159 well. 00:25:45.159 --> 00:25:46.139 The second way 00:25:46.139 --> 00:25:47.039 that Jesus teaches 00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:48.379 us to seek the 00:25:48.379 --> 00:25:50.559 glory of God is a 00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:51.139 little different. 00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:52.659 He teaches us not 00:25:52.659 --> 00:25:53.819 to seek glory or 00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:55.240 praise for ourselves 00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:56.339 but instead to seek 00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:57.720 glory or praise for 00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.139 God. 00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.879 And if we look back 00:26:01.879 --> 00:26:03.379 to all that Jesus 00:26:03.379 --> 00:26:04.899 taught, we can see 00:26:04.899 --> 00:26:06.740 how he did this for 00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.759 his disciples as 00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:07.980 well. 00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.579 We'll just give 00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:09.279 one example. 00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:13.120 In the prayer that 00:26:13.120 --> 00:26:15.460 Jesus taught his 00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:17.400 disciples to pray, he 00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:18.380 taught them to seek 00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:19.860 the glory of the 00:26:19.860 --> 00:26:20.200 Father. 00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.799 He said, this then is 00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.579 how you should pray. 00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:24.299 Pray like this. 00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:26.400 Our Father in 00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:28.360 heaven, hallowed be 00:26:28.360 --> 00:26:29.620 your name. 00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:33.960 Not hallowed and 00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.860 respected and 00:26:34.860 --> 00:26:35.960 revered and honored 00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:37.240 be my name. 00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:37.779 No. 00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:39.640 Pray, hallowed be 00:26:39.640 --> 00:26:40.980 your name, God. 00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:43.380 May you be glorified. 00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:46.120 That's the heart that 00:26:46.120 --> 00:26:47.180 he taught his 00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:48.299 disciples to have. 00:26:49.380 --> 00:26:51.180 What we do and 00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:52.680 say should be to 00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:54.700 make much of God 00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:57.819 and not much of 00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.400 ourselves. 00:26:58.400 --> 00:26:59.400 God. 00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:02.200 I encourage you to 00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.920 think of this past 00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.259 week. 00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:06.860 Have you been living 00:27:06.860 --> 00:27:07.840 to make much of 00:27:07.840 --> 00:27:08.220 God? 00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:11.019 Or have you been 00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.780 living to make much 00:27:11.780 --> 00:27:12.320 of yourself? 00:27:15.300 --> 00:27:15.900 In your 00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.800 conversations with 00:27:16.800 --> 00:27:17.519 other people, were 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.660 you speaking to make 00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:19.700 much of God? 00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.759 Or were you 00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.500 speaking to make 00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:24.420 much of yourself? 00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:27.039 Maybe even in a 00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.840 false humility 00:27:27.840 --> 00:27:28.800 kind of way. 00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:34.000 How can we live 00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.720 to make much of 00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.740 God if we are too 00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:37.460 busy living to 00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:38.120 make much of 00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:38.640 ourselves? 00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.960 They're at odds 00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.580 with each other. 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:45.240 So Jesus gives us 00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:46.640 this example of how 00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.259 we should live. 00:27:47.340 --> 00:27:47.900 We should not 00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:49.779 seek glory or 00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:51.340 praise or honor 00:27:51.340 --> 00:27:52.400 from other people. 00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:54.700 instead, we 00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:55.220 should do as 00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:56.480 Jesus did and 00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:57.780 seek glory and 00:27:57.780 --> 00:27:59.060 praise for God. 00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:02.820 And any glory or 00:28:02.820 --> 00:28:03.519 praise that we do 00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:04.300 seek for ourselves 00:28:04.300 --> 00:28:04.840 should be the 00:28:04.840 --> 00:28:06.620 glory that comes 00:28:06.620 --> 00:28:08.200 from God, that 00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:10.060 well done, good 00:28:10.060 --> 00:28:10.600 and faithful 00:28:10.600 --> 00:28:11.000 servant. 00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.519 Finally, I want 00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:17.820 to come back to 00:28:17.820 --> 00:28:18.220 what I said 00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:19.019 earlier about this 00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:20.600 story not mainly 00:28:20.600 --> 00:28:21.660 being about us. 00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:23.840 I hope that we 00:28:23.840 --> 00:28:24.640 can take a lesson 00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:26.360 here from Jesus 00:28:26.360 --> 00:28:27.140 about how we 00:28:27.140 --> 00:28:27.759 should live, what 00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.620 our mindset should 00:28:28.620 --> 00:28:28.900 be. 00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:30.660 I hope that all 00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.259 of us will go 00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:32.360 into this week and 00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:33.580 take some time to 00:28:33.580 --> 00:28:34.500 pray and ask the 00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:36.840 Lord, what kind 00:28:36.840 --> 00:28:38.880 of habits or 00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:40.120 things am I doing 00:28:40.120 --> 00:28:42.680 or saying to get 00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:43.700 glory from other 00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.120 people? 00:28:46.060 --> 00:28:47.120 The truth is we 00:28:47.120 --> 00:28:48.000 all do this in 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:49.980 many ways, whether 00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.900 we realize it or 00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:51.240 not. 00:28:52.860 --> 00:28:53.880 It's just part of 00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:54.560 the subtle and 00:28:54.560 --> 00:28:55.740 pervasive taint of 00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.780 sin that is in 00:28:56.780 --> 00:28:57.380 all of us. 00:28:58.840 --> 00:29:00.380 But this is the 00:29:00.380 --> 00:29:01.100 gospel. 00:29:02.040 --> 00:29:02.960 This is the good 00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:04.340 news of Jesus. 00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:07.460 And the good 00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:08.200 news for people 00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:09.820 pleasers like you 00:29:09.820 --> 00:29:11.300 and me is that 00:29:11.300 --> 00:29:12.700 there is one who 00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:14.380 did not live to 00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:15.220 please himself. 00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:18.880 the good news for 00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:20.100 self-centered glory 00:29:20.100 --> 00:29:21.319 seekers like you 00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:23.079 and me is that 00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:24.039 there is one who 00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:26.059 did not live to 00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.779 seek his own 00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:29.100 glory but in 00:29:29.100 --> 00:29:30.360 every way humbled 00:29:30.360 --> 00:29:32.200 himself and 00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:33.839 sought the glory of 00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:35.259 God and God 00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.600 alone. 00:29:36.600 --> 00:29:37.720 And because he 00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:39.799 did, he was able 00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.720 to make atonement 00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:42.180 for our sins. 00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:43.840 He was able to 00:29:43.840 --> 00:29:44.920 secure forgiveness 00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:47.820 for us, for all 00:29:47.820 --> 00:29:49.960 of our proud and 00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:51.160 self-centered glory 00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:52.600 seeking, all of our 00:29:52.600 --> 00:29:53.460 people pleasing. 00:29:55.400 --> 00:29:56.500 He was able to 00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:57.460 bear the punishment 00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:58.460 we deserve for all 00:29:58.460 --> 00:30:00.680 of it and wipe the 00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.380 slate clean. 00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:06.240 Not only that, but 00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.900 he was able to 00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:08.060 transfer the reward 00:30:08.060 --> 00:30:09.140 and the blessing 00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:10.480 that only comes to 00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:11.220 those who live 00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:12.180 righteously and 00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:12.660 humbly. 00:30:13.839 --> 00:30:14.839 He was able to 00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.819 transfer that reward 00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:17.620 to us who believe. 00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:20.360 And he did this. 00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.400 He accomplished 00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:23.140 this by taking 00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:24.740 upon himself the 00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:26.420 humiliation and 00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:28.440 shame that is 00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:29.120 really ours. 00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:32.720 For all of the 00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:34.599 proud and self-centered 00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:35.680 glory seeking that 00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:37.660 we have done at 00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:38.200 the cross. 00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:38.259 grace. 00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:41.059 Isn't that amazing? 00:30:43.340 --> 00:30:44.299 Isn't that 00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:45.120 gracious? 00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:51.900 So seek the 00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:53.200 glory for God. 00:30:54.080 --> 00:30:55.819 Seek the glory that 00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:56.779 comes from God. 00:30:58.920 --> 00:31:00.960 But rest and 00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:03.000 rejoice in the 00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:03.940 wonderful news that 00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.799 for all of our 00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.759 times that we've 00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.660 failed to do those 00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:07.340 two things. 00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:09.120 Jesus has done 00:31:09.120 --> 00:31:09.820 what was needed 00:31:09.820 --> 00:31:12.500 to turn the 00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.380 punishment that we 00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:14.320 deserve away from 00:31:14.320 --> 00:31:16.240 us and to secure 00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:17.540 the blessing and 00:31:17.540 --> 00:31:19.320 the reward that we 00:31:19.320 --> 00:31:20.960 did not deserve for 00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.340 us. 00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.880 Praise be to God. 00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.560 Let's pray. 00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:35.679 Lord Jesus we are 00:31:35.679 --> 00:31:37.639 not worthy to 00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:38.319 stand in your 00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:38.819 presence. 00:31:40.899 --> 00:31:41.799 Thank you that you 00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:42.619 have loved us with 00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:43.339 such an amazing 00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:44.819 love that you 00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.759 humbled yourself 00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.919 as you did. 00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:49.919 You are worthy of 00:31:49.919 --> 00:31:50.899 all the glory all 00:31:50.899 --> 00:31:52.759 the praise and we 00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:54.200 choose not to wait 00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:55.059 until the end to 00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.840 bow before you 00:31:55.840 --> 00:31:56.680 but we bow before 00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:58.340 you now and we 00:31:58.340 --> 00:31:59.000 worship you. 00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:01.319 We pray and ask 00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:01.799 that you would 00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.940 cleanse our hearts 00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:04.539 of all sin, 00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.580 all pride, 00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:07.180 all arrogance, 00:32:07.340 --> 00:32:08.660 all self-righteousness 00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:10.920 and that you would 00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:11.759 teach us to walk 00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.680 humbly with you 00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:14.960 day after day. 00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:17.140 We ask this in your 00:32:17.140 --> 00:32:17.440 name. 00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:18.700 Amen. 00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:18.799 Amen. 00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:18.860 Amen. 00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:18.880 Amen. 00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:18.900 Amen. 00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:32.880 Amen. 00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:33.940 compensated by 00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:37.720 the 00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:40.000 name. 00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:45.440 Amen. 00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.240 Amen. 00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:47.299 Amen. 00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:51.240 Amen. 00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:52.220 Amen.