WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.360 I invite you to turn in your Bibles if you have one to Luke chapter number 11. 00:00:04.560 --> 00:00:07.300 If you're able to stand for the reading of God's Word, ask that you would. 00:00:07.860 --> 00:00:13.420 We're in a series going through verse by verse here in Luke's Gospel and looking at Jesus and His mission. 00:00:14.120 --> 00:00:17.560 Jesus' mission is simple, to seek and to save that which was lost. 00:00:17.699 --> 00:00:23.260 And we see throughout this Gospel how Jesus did that, how He's teaching us to do the same thing. 00:00:23.620 --> 00:00:27.219 Because if we're to follow Christ, we're to be on the same mission that He's on. 00:00:27.739 --> 00:00:32.640 And so we're looking at that in depth and we found our place here in Luke chapter number 11. 00:00:32.640 --> 00:00:34.679 If you don't have a copy of God's Word, you can follow along on the screen. 00:00:35.179 --> 00:00:36.520 Verse number 14 says this, 00:00:37.240 --> 00:00:40.120 And He, talking of Jesus, was casting out a devil and it was dumb. 00:00:40.719 --> 00:00:44.439 And it came to pass when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake and the people wondered. 00:00:45.219 --> 00:00:49.340 But some of them said, He casteth out devil through Beelzebub, the chief of the devils. 00:00:49.820 --> 00:00:53.200 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. 00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:56.299 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, 00:00:56.640 --> 00:01:00.320 Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:03.560 And a house divided against a house falleth. 00:01:04.260 --> 00:01:08.400 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? 00:01:08.980 --> 00:01:11.799 Because you say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:16.460 And if by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? 00:01:16.980 --> 00:01:18.879 Therefore shall they be your judges. 00:01:19.960 --> 00:01:25.920 But if I, with the finger of God, cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:30.900 When a strong man is armed, keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace. 00:01:31.620 --> 00:01:35.359 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him and overcome him, 00:01:35.560 --> 00:01:39.799 he taketh from him all of his armor, wherein he trusted and divideth his spoils. 00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:42.060 Jesus says in verse 23, 00:01:42.060 --> 00:01:45.140 He that is not with me is against me. 00:01:45.620 --> 00:01:47.960 And he that gathereth not with me scattereth. 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:52.600 When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest. 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:56.900 And finding none, he saith, I will return into my house once I came out. 00:01:57.579 --> 00:02:00.000 And when he cometh and findeth it swept and garnished, 00:02:00.320 --> 00:02:05.359 then he goeth and taketh unto him seven other spirits, more wicked than himself. 00:02:05.520 --> 00:02:07.120 And they enter in and dwell there. 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:11.099 And the last state of the man is worse than the first state. 00:02:12.039 --> 00:02:17.060 And it came to pass as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice and said unto him, 00:02:17.140 --> 00:02:21.840 Behold, blessed is the womb that bear thee and the paps which thou hast sought. 00:02:22.860 --> 00:02:28.159 But he said, Yea, rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep it. 00:02:28.860 --> 00:02:31.740 Now some of this we're going to walk through and you think, what is Jesus talking about? 00:02:31.740 --> 00:02:36.180 What is taking place here is Jesus performs a miracle. 00:02:37.140 --> 00:02:40.719 And because of that miracle, there comes all these opinions. 00:02:41.540 --> 00:02:46.480 And the reality is this, is when we see Jesus' power, we cannot remain neutral. 00:02:47.100 --> 00:02:51.420 When Jesus shows his power, a response must be made. 00:02:51.920 --> 00:02:55.700 And Jesus is kind of illustrating that through some illustrations there. 00:02:55.719 --> 00:02:58.379 And we're going to walk through that and see, and I think it would be a help to us. 00:02:58.379 --> 00:03:00.140 But let's ask him to bless our time together. 00:03:00.139 --> 00:03:04.899 Father, Lord, we come to you now as we open up your word and we need you. 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:06.519 Lord, I need you right now. 00:03:06.599 --> 00:03:07.739 I need your strength. 00:03:07.839 --> 00:03:10.439 I need your spirit to guide me, to guide my words. 00:03:10.559 --> 00:03:14.179 Lord, I pray that you would just help what needs to be said to be said. 00:03:14.259 --> 00:03:15.619 Lord, I pray that you would be with a listener. 00:03:16.219 --> 00:03:18.219 That you would just quiet the hearts and minds. 00:03:18.259 --> 00:03:19.779 That we would focus on your word. 00:03:19.839 --> 00:03:24.019 Lord, we're asking you to comfort us, to challenge us, to convict us where need be. 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:27.439 Lord, if there's somebody here that needs to know you as Savior, that today would be that day. 00:03:27.439 --> 00:03:39.960 Lord, I pray that you would be with us now. 00:03:40.280 --> 00:03:41.560 And we ask it in Jesus' name. 00:03:42.180 --> 00:03:42.479 Amen. 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:43.139 Thank you for standing. 00:03:43.199 --> 00:03:43.599 May be seated. 00:03:43.699 --> 00:03:43.860 Amen. 00:03:43.860 --> 00:03:52.380 Have you noticed how everybody's an expert until something actually happens? 00:03:53.460 --> 00:03:54.660 You know what I'm talking about? 00:03:55.660 --> 00:03:59.900 I mean, it's easy to have opinions until facts show up. 00:04:00.700 --> 00:04:02.040 Until real life comes. 00:04:02.120 --> 00:04:05.220 I mean, we're all professional football coaches on Monday morning. 00:04:06.240 --> 00:04:07.680 Everybody in here can fix the Cowboys. 00:04:07.800 --> 00:04:09.680 No, only God could do that. 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:13.120 And I don't think he cares about that. 00:04:13.900 --> 00:04:14.780 But it's easy. 00:04:14.939 --> 00:04:16.900 You know, well, if I was the coach, well, you're not the coach. 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:22.079 There's a reason you're sitting in a lazy boy chair and not coaching football because you're not good at coaching. 00:04:22.879 --> 00:04:25.620 You know, everybody knows how to parent until you have kids. 00:04:26.939 --> 00:04:28.939 And you have kids on a snow week. 00:04:29.819 --> 00:04:32.360 I told my kids, I love you and I love spending time with you. 00:04:32.399 --> 00:04:34.460 But if they cancel school tomorrow, I'm still taking you. 00:04:34.459 --> 00:04:37.239 And that's kind of where we are right now. 00:04:37.359 --> 00:04:41.279 And we're alive and we're loving each other and we're happy about it. 00:04:43.699 --> 00:04:46.959 Everybody knows how everything in the church should work until you volunteer in kids ministry. 00:04:48.839 --> 00:04:52.519 I mean, I love our teachers and our Sunday school teachers. 00:04:52.839 --> 00:04:54.079 That's not for everybody. 00:04:55.399 --> 00:04:59.459 Everybody knows how to fix the economy while we struggle to keep our own budget. 00:04:59.459 --> 00:05:05.719 And I think sometimes we think, oh, I know how prayer works until God doesn't answer the way that we expect it to. 00:05:07.199 --> 00:05:12.979 See, the reality is this, is that we can all be confident until reality interrupts our theories. 00:05:13.819 --> 00:05:16.079 That we have opinions and we know how to handle it. 00:05:16.199 --> 00:05:18.939 But when life shows up, what are we going to do? 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:21.959 When things happen, how do we respond to that? 00:05:22.039 --> 00:05:25.799 And that's kind of what Luke is showing us here in this passage that we read. 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:31.680 And I know it's been a little bit since we've been together, but in the first 14, 13 verses of this chapter, 00:05:32.060 --> 00:05:34.139 Jesus was teaching his disciples how to pray. 00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:35.879 They saw him praying. 00:05:35.960 --> 00:05:40.319 They saw that every time he did something, it was always fueled by prayer. 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:42.900 They were running around trying to figure everything out. 00:05:43.019 --> 00:05:44.759 And they looked over there and Jesus is praying. 00:05:45.060 --> 00:05:46.199 He's praying before he does this. 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:47.019 He's praying before he does that. 00:05:47.340 --> 00:05:49.639 Prayer was the fuel that Jesus needed. 00:05:50.100 --> 00:05:52.600 Prayer was the thing that keeps us connected to the Father. 00:05:52.600 --> 00:05:55.840 And they realized, I need that in my life. 00:05:56.200 --> 00:05:57.879 And they told Jesus, teach us to pray. 00:05:58.500 --> 00:06:00.140 So Jesus laid out this prayer. 00:06:00.340 --> 00:06:02.560 And it's not something we are to quote word for word. 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:03.020 We can. 00:06:03.080 --> 00:06:04.080 There's nothing wrong with that. 00:06:04.400 --> 00:06:05.400 But it's really a pattern. 00:06:05.960 --> 00:06:08.700 And it shows our dependence on our Heavenly Father. 00:06:09.379 --> 00:06:14.920 And He reminds us and He gives us some illustrations there in those opening verses of how to persist in prayer. 00:06:15.860 --> 00:06:19.939 Jesus reminds us, we don't just pray one time and say, well, if He doesn't answer, I'm just going to move on. 00:06:19.939 --> 00:06:25.600 No, He says, we've got to keep coming to the Father and keep being in that dependence upon Him. 00:06:26.560 --> 00:06:27.759 And how we trust Him. 00:06:28.600 --> 00:06:33.019 So now Luke introduces a new section of Scripture here. 00:06:33.180 --> 00:06:36.420 And he's showing us and reminding us why prayer matters. 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:41.560 Because the one that we are praying to has absolute authority over everything. 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:44.300 There is nothing that Jesus has ever faced. 00:06:44.360 --> 00:06:46.159 He said, well, didn't see this one coming. 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:54.820 Because it just seems like it's so abrupt that in verse number 14, He kind of just nonchalantly says, yeah, and He was casting out a devil. 00:06:56.100 --> 00:06:58.360 Because to us, that seems impossible. 00:06:59.140 --> 00:07:04.000 And sometimes we have a hard time wrapping our 2026 brain around these kind of events. 00:07:04.240 --> 00:07:05.720 But to Jesus, this was nothing. 00:07:06.520 --> 00:07:07.740 He has all authority. 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:08.660 He has all power. 00:07:08.900 --> 00:07:13.260 He tells the disciples before He ascends into heaven, all power is given unto me in heaven and earth. 00:07:13.259 --> 00:07:19.879 And the same He gives to us when He's showing us this truth and He's reminding us that He has the authority. 00:07:20.939 --> 00:07:28.180 Because this miracle that we read, and really it's just one little verse and kind of the rest of this text is based off of it. 00:07:28.839 --> 00:07:30.300 But it wasn't done in a vacuum. 00:07:31.599 --> 00:07:36.279 It seems like Jesus is just kind of sitting there doing this like it's no big deal. 00:07:36.279 --> 00:07:39.379 And it happens visibly for the masses to see. 00:07:41.019 --> 00:07:51.039 And because of the way that it happened and because of the environment that it happened in, it forces everybody that sees this to really decide what they believe about Jesus. 00:07:51.979 --> 00:07:54.799 Because they can't sit there anymore and be neutral. 00:07:55.439 --> 00:08:00.039 Because they have seen something that in their mind they thought, how is that even possible? 00:08:00.840 --> 00:08:05.520 There's this man that was possessed by a devil and because of that he was unable to speak. 00:08:05.600 --> 00:08:07.080 That's what it means when it said it was dumb. 00:08:07.720 --> 00:08:10.980 He had no ability to speak, no ability to do those type of things. 00:08:11.100 --> 00:08:15.360 And yet Jesus shows up, says something to him, and the man starts talking. 00:08:16.180 --> 00:08:18.140 And everybody's looking around like, did you see that? 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:20.300 What just happened there? 00:08:20.300 --> 00:08:25.199 And instead of the crowd agreeing and saying, well, look what God did. 00:08:25.480 --> 00:08:26.800 Look what Jesus did. 00:08:26.860 --> 00:08:28.020 Look at this miracle. 00:08:28.180 --> 00:08:30.220 I'm so happy for that man. 00:08:31.180 --> 00:08:34.259 They immediately become a panel of experts. 00:08:35.019 --> 00:08:36.340 They all have their opinions. 00:08:36.480 --> 00:08:38.720 They all have how it happened. 00:08:39.379 --> 00:08:42.440 One of them says, well, he obviously isn't God. 00:08:43.120 --> 00:08:45.279 Which just seems dumb to say, just to be honest. 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:49.639 You see something that nobody's ever done and you think, well, that can't be God. 00:08:50.279 --> 00:08:51.439 That was one of the opinions. 00:08:51.539 --> 00:08:53.000 Others said, well, you know what? 00:08:53.100 --> 00:08:54.819 We need a little bit more evidence. 00:08:55.419 --> 00:08:56.879 We need a little bit more signs. 00:08:56.959 --> 00:09:02.139 If he would just write it in the sky and say, this is a miracle from God, then I'd believe. 00:09:02.919 --> 00:09:04.079 That's kind of what they're saying here. 00:09:05.319 --> 00:09:06.759 Others just stand there. 00:09:07.100 --> 00:09:08.459 They're not sure where they stand. 00:09:08.799 --> 00:09:11.839 They're amazed, but they're not really committed to it. 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:18.820 Because when Jesus shows his power, whether it's in first century Israel or even today in our own lives, 00:09:18.940 --> 00:09:21.379 the real question isn't what happened. 00:09:22.300 --> 00:09:23.899 It's what do we do with him? 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:25.800 How do we respond? 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:28.879 How do we make it real in our own lives? 00:09:29.740 --> 00:09:34.420 And the way that Luke introduces this, he wants us to understand something from the outset. 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:38.180 And you look throughout scripture, you look throughout all the gospels, 00:09:38.179 --> 00:09:42.279 Jesus never does a miracle to impress people. 00:09:43.159 --> 00:09:45.839 Jesus is not doing a miracle to draw crowds. 00:09:46.379 --> 00:09:47.779 That is never his goal. 00:09:48.139 --> 00:09:49.939 Now, when miracles happen, crowds come. 00:09:50.599 --> 00:09:54.879 When you start feeding people with five loaves and two fishes, people are definitely going to show up. 00:09:55.259 --> 00:09:55.919 Because they're hungry. 00:09:56.019 --> 00:09:56.539 They want that. 00:09:56.819 --> 00:09:58.079 He's going to draw a crowd. 00:09:58.739 --> 00:10:00.339 But here's why Jesus performs a miracle. 00:10:00.759 --> 00:10:04.199 Every time you see a miracle in scripture, Jesus preaches the word of God. 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:06.139 Because you know what the miracles do? 00:10:06.139 --> 00:10:08.220 They expose our heart. 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:11.399 They show us where we are. 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:15.439 Many times it's just an illustration of where our life is. 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:18.600 And Jesus uses it to preach the message. 00:10:19.220 --> 00:10:20.120 That's why he came. 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:22.120 He came to seek and to save. 00:10:22.360 --> 00:10:23.120 How does he do that? 00:10:23.220 --> 00:10:24.519 By preaching the good news. 00:10:24.759 --> 00:10:26.279 By preaching the gospel. 00:10:27.299 --> 00:10:29.019 And the way that we respond. 00:10:29.019 --> 00:10:36.360 The way that we respond to the power of Jesus reveals what we truly believe about him. 00:10:37.079 --> 00:10:38.779 We need to think about that in our own life. 00:10:38.899 --> 00:10:41.159 So, I want us just to walk through this text. 00:10:42.019 --> 00:10:43.379 And we see a few things. 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:48.699 We see, as we mentioned already in verse 14, we see the power of Jesus is clearly revealed. 00:10:48.700 --> 00:10:53.700 The miracle is simple in the fact of the way that it's described. 00:10:54.020 --> 00:10:55.000 It's very direct. 00:10:55.259 --> 00:10:56.080 It's undeniable. 00:10:56.940 --> 00:11:00.660 This demon was controlling this man and he had stolen this man's voice. 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:03.660 And Jesus simply removes it and the man speaks. 00:11:04.800 --> 00:11:06.940 Luke doesn't have to embellish it because none was needed. 00:11:07.640 --> 00:11:11.180 For those that were there in the crowd, it was obvious what was going on. 00:11:11.980 --> 00:11:14.520 The miracle itself is not debated. 00:11:14.519 --> 00:11:17.679 But what takes place after is how it happened. 00:11:18.480 --> 00:11:20.519 That's really the issue that they were having. 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:24.220 And before we really move on, I just want to remind you of a few things. 00:11:24.500 --> 00:11:28.019 In scripture, this demonic oppression, it's never neutral. 00:11:29.079 --> 00:11:31.379 Listen, the enemy is not for you. 00:11:32.319 --> 00:11:34.079 He doesn't care anything about you. 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:36.220 He doesn't care anything about your family. 00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:38.000 He doesn't care anything about your children. 00:11:38.340 --> 00:11:41.539 No, he came to steal, kill, and destroy. 00:11:41.539 --> 00:11:44.779 And that wasn't some Old Testament, some New Testament. 00:11:45.059 --> 00:11:48.120 No, he's still alive and well today, might I remind you. 00:11:48.459 --> 00:11:52.539 And he walketh about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 00:11:53.019 --> 00:11:54.740 That's the enemy that we're facing. 00:11:55.039 --> 00:11:56.039 He diminishes. 00:11:56.360 --> 00:11:57.240 He enslaves. 00:11:57.480 --> 00:11:58.199 He silences. 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:01.639 And this man is kind of a picture of what God does. 00:12:01.799 --> 00:12:02.959 I mean, what Satan does. 00:12:03.759 --> 00:12:08.319 Because sometimes what we see here is we see people in the Bible that are bad off like this. 00:12:08.839 --> 00:12:09.860 This man can't speak. 00:12:09.860 --> 00:12:11.139 And we see other people that are paralyzed. 00:12:11.340 --> 00:12:12.340 We see people that are dead. 00:12:12.419 --> 00:12:14.080 We think, man, they're really bad. 00:12:15.159 --> 00:12:16.259 But let me just remind you. 00:12:17.139 --> 00:12:20.919 Before you met Christ, you were dead and your trespasses and sin. 00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:23.860 You were way worse than a guy that couldn't speak. 00:12:24.460 --> 00:12:25.600 We had no hope. 00:12:25.919 --> 00:12:28.180 Hell was the only option that we had. 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:30.039 And yet, Jesus showed up. 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:34.519 And really what every miracle does, it kind of points to the gospel. 00:12:34.519 --> 00:12:38.079 Because when Jesus shows up, he replaces that bondage with freedom. 00:12:38.740 --> 00:12:40.039 That we're free in Christ. 00:12:40.299 --> 00:12:42.960 That he's given us a new life and a new hope. 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:46.299 He replaces that silence with a testimony. 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:50.639 Listen, if you're saved, you have a testimony. 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:55.679 And sometimes we look at people and they maybe have what we would call an amazing testimony. 00:12:55.679 --> 00:12:58.219 And God uses that in great ways. 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:02.339 And you can say, well, I was so far gone and this and that and all these things. 00:13:02.579 --> 00:13:08.279 But listen, if you were dead and now you're alive and you're on your way to heaven, you have a testimony. 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:10.719 And you should tell somebody about it. 00:13:11.299 --> 00:13:13.599 That's what our whole job is. 00:13:13.779 --> 00:13:16.339 Is to tell others what Jesus did for us. 00:13:16.340 --> 00:13:21.379 We see this man's oppression is replaced with complete restoration. 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:29.800 And it doesn't matter if you're in a first century village in Israel or in Gainesville, Texas on a cold February morning. 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:34.879 When Jesus works powerfully in a life, neutrality is impossible. 00:13:36.200 --> 00:13:40.040 And that's the issue that the people, that the crowd is having in this text. 00:13:40.039 --> 00:13:47.799 And more often than not, when God does work in a life, people begin to try to explain it away. 00:13:48.779 --> 00:13:50.399 They begin to make excuses for it. 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:51.779 You say, well, what does that look like? 00:13:52.740 --> 00:13:54.899 Maybe sometimes God restores a marriage. 00:13:55.019 --> 00:13:57.319 It's been on the rocks and it restores a life. 00:13:57.419 --> 00:13:59.179 And it seems like it's going down a wrong path. 00:13:59.419 --> 00:14:01.319 And people say this, well, that won't last. 00:14:03.099 --> 00:14:04.679 But if Jesus showed up, guess what? 00:14:04.899 --> 00:14:05.759 It will last. 00:14:06.719 --> 00:14:09.480 There's testimony all over this room where God showed up in your life. 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:10.980 And you were going down that road. 00:14:11.259 --> 00:14:11.860 And God showed up. 00:14:11.940 --> 00:14:12.240 And guess what? 00:14:12.360 --> 00:14:13.240 You're here this morning. 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:13.440 Why? 00:14:13.620 --> 00:14:14.500 Because God is good. 00:14:15.800 --> 00:14:17.080 Someone gets saved. 00:14:17.639 --> 00:14:19.860 And coworkers say, yeah, it's just a phase. 00:14:20.580 --> 00:14:23.080 He's just on that religious holy roller stuff right now. 00:14:25.060 --> 00:14:28.420 I'm so thankful that when Jesus saved me, it wasn't just a phase. 00:14:28.860 --> 00:14:30.720 It wasn't just a moment in my life. 00:14:30.860 --> 00:14:32.620 No, it changed my entire direction. 00:14:32.879 --> 00:14:35.659 August the 2nd, 2002, my life has not been the same. 00:14:35.820 --> 00:14:36.500 Has it been perfect? 00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:36.860 No. 00:14:37.740 --> 00:14:38.580 But God has been good. 00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:45.420 Sometimes God answers a prayer so clearly, just so just unbelievably to us. 00:14:45.680 --> 00:14:48.000 And you may have close friends, family members. 00:14:48.139 --> 00:14:52.440 You may even have fellow church members say, hey, you just got lucky. 00:14:53.620 --> 00:14:56.100 Let me remind you, God still answers prayer. 00:14:57.080 --> 00:14:58.379 God is still working. 00:14:58.379 --> 00:15:04.379 And the reality is that when you step out in obedience, sometimes it's going to make people uncomfortable. 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:07.220 Because they're not really sure how to respond to it. 00:15:07.620 --> 00:15:09.559 They think, well, God doesn't work like that in my life. 00:15:09.759 --> 00:15:11.159 Well, maybe you're not taking that step. 00:15:12.200 --> 00:15:15.340 God sometimes, you got to get out of the boat for God to work sometimes in your life. 00:15:15.700 --> 00:15:17.039 You got to take that step of faith. 00:15:17.039 --> 00:15:20.740 And Jesus is showing, I have the power to do it. 00:15:21.299 --> 00:15:25.439 Because maybe you have something in your life and you think there's nobody that can do anything with this situation. 00:15:25.440 --> 00:15:27.120 I think there is. 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:29.300 I think there is. 00:15:30.200 --> 00:15:34.220 And we're not loud about it because of what we've done. 00:15:34.940 --> 00:15:37.740 No, we should be loud about it because of what Christ did. 00:15:37.740 --> 00:15:43.600 Because many times he shows up in these impossible situations to show his glory. 00:15:44.340 --> 00:15:45.879 To show who he is. 00:15:46.620 --> 00:15:49.320 Because if it was simple and logical, we'd say, well, look what I did. 00:15:49.340 --> 00:15:51.379 I did this and this and this and here it is. 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:52.980 You know what we all have to say? 00:15:53.340 --> 00:15:54.840 Listen, I have nothing. 00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:55.799 God showed up. 00:15:56.580 --> 00:15:57.320 God did this. 00:15:57.740 --> 00:15:58.600 God worked in that. 00:15:58.840 --> 00:15:59.919 God took care of this. 00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:07.360 And so Luke immediately shows how these people begin to respond to the working of Jesus. 00:16:07.740 --> 00:16:13.080 And what we find in verse 15 and 16 is the hearts of men are immediately exposed. 00:16:14.340 --> 00:16:16.019 This great miracle happens. 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:18.440 This man's life is changed forever. 00:16:19.620 --> 00:16:20.180 Verse 15. 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:25.620 But some of them said, he casteth out devils through Beelzebub, the chief of devils. 00:16:26.419 --> 00:16:30.019 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. 00:16:30.340 --> 00:16:32.340 Listen, they just saw a sign from heaven. 00:16:33.580 --> 00:16:36.320 I mean, it's kind of like, what do you people want? 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:39.060 I mean, if I was Jesus, that's what I would say. 00:16:39.260 --> 00:16:40.180 Thank goodness I'm not. 00:16:41.180 --> 00:16:42.780 But that's kind of what's going on here. 00:16:43.500 --> 00:16:46.940 And we really see in verse number 15, we see this kind of this hostile explanation. 00:16:48.260 --> 00:16:50.160 So mainly these are going to be the Pharisees. 00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:51.660 We see it in the other accounts of Scripture. 00:16:52.160 --> 00:16:53.940 They can't deny the miracle. 00:16:53.940 --> 00:16:59.880 These type of situations frustrate the ever-living daylights out of them. 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:02.000 Because Jesus does these miracles. 00:17:02.100 --> 00:17:03.160 He doesn't do them in a corner. 00:17:03.540 --> 00:17:04.259 Remember what Paul says? 00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:05.820 These things weren't done in a corner. 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:09.279 No, Jesus kind of just does it in broad daylight in front of everybody. 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:11.000 And they're thinking, great. 00:17:11.500 --> 00:17:11.920 Again? 00:17:12.820 --> 00:17:15.360 Because they can't say, well, that's not a real miracle. 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:17.380 Because everybody knew this guy. 00:17:17.380 --> 00:17:21.980 I think sometimes we think of these cities as the metroplex of Dallas-Fort Worth. 00:17:22.460 --> 00:17:28.200 No, these are one-stop, one-dairy queen type of little villages where everybody knows everybody's business. 00:17:29.020 --> 00:17:30.440 Everybody knew who this man was. 00:17:31.300 --> 00:17:34.340 And they knew he hadn't been able to speak for who knows how long. 00:17:34.760 --> 00:17:36.780 So they're thinking, well, we can't deny the miracle. 00:17:37.040 --> 00:17:38.520 Here's what we need to do. 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:40.180 We need to change the source. 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:44.160 We need to explain how he's doing this. 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:46.420 It's the only way that we have. 00:17:46.680 --> 00:17:48.880 So anybody have any ideas? 00:17:49.100 --> 00:17:50.100 How about Beelzebub? 00:17:51.080 --> 00:17:51.860 What is that? 00:17:52.700 --> 00:17:56.340 Well, really, it's just a title that was associated with Satan. 00:17:56.860 --> 00:17:58.259 Kind of goes back to the Old Testament. 00:17:58.480 --> 00:18:02.560 You see Baal and they referred to him as the Lord of Flies. 00:18:03.300 --> 00:18:08.820 Kind of just this demonic entity that had no goodness about him whatsoever. 00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:13.820 So really what they're doing in verse 15, they're saying, listen, Jesus did this. 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:16.460 Because he's in league with Satan. 00:18:17.360 --> 00:18:21.800 That's the only explanation for this miracle. 00:18:22.820 --> 00:18:25.600 You think to yourself, why would they do that? 00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:31.380 Why are they so dead set against denying that maybe God has shown up? 00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:33.180 That God has changed the life? 00:18:33.840 --> 00:18:38.720 Well, I think when you really study out the Pharisees, and we've seen it already in our study of Luke's gospel, 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:43.180 is they were more worried about themselves than they were about God. 00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:49.240 What they're really doing here is they are trying to preserve their influence. 00:18:50.019 --> 00:18:51.759 Because you know what they were really upset about Jesus? 00:18:51.980 --> 00:18:55.259 When Jesus showed up, he started taking away their followers. 00:18:55.799 --> 00:18:57.819 He started taking away their kind of authority. 00:18:57.960 --> 00:19:01.039 Because the Pharisees were the type of people that had their thumb on everybody. 00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:03.500 And you do it the way we say. 00:19:03.639 --> 00:19:05.279 And you worship the way that we say. 00:19:05.379 --> 00:19:08.659 And you follow all the 613 laws that we tell you to. 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:11.740 Well, Jesus shows up and he's a little different. 00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:13.879 He's full of love and compassion. 00:19:14.099 --> 00:19:14.899 He's full of truth. 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:17.119 He calls us to live a different life. 00:19:17.859 --> 00:19:19.480 But because of that, guess what? 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:21.240 Many were following Christ. 00:19:21.579 --> 00:19:23.460 Many were going after him. 00:19:23.460 --> 00:19:28.160 I think another reason they're doing this is they don't want to repent. 00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:31.259 They're comfortable in their life. 00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:33.680 They're comfortable in their sin. 00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:37.400 They may look real good on the outside, but Jesus calls them out later and says, 00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:39.160 Listen, you're just full of dead men's bones. 00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:40.799 You're like a widened sepulcher. 00:19:40.880 --> 00:19:42.200 You look real pretty on the outside. 00:19:42.299 --> 00:19:45.000 But listen, there's nothing real in your life. 00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:48.720 And I think what they're trying to do, and we see it even in our day and age, 00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:52.640 they're trying to redefine truth to protect their position. 00:19:53.460 --> 00:19:56.519 Listen, we don't have the ability to do that. 00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:57.319 Here's truth. 00:19:58.140 --> 00:20:01.100 This is the truth that we are to follow, and God reminds us of that. 00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:08.259 And what we see here in verse 15 is this is just what hardened unbelief looks like. 00:20:09.380 --> 00:20:12.279 They want to keep living life the way they want to live life, 00:20:12.740 --> 00:20:16.059 and nobody to interfere with it, nobody to mess with them with it, 00:20:16.180 --> 00:20:19.940 especially this rogue carpenter from Nazareth, 00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:23.440 this rabbi that, where is he even from? 00:20:24.460 --> 00:20:27.880 And the truth was threatening their lies. 00:20:28.019 --> 00:20:28.680 So here's what they did. 00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:30.840 They just relabeled truth as evil. 00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:32.539 Sound familiar? 00:20:34.579 --> 00:20:37.279 See, the enemy doesn't really have new taxes. 00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:38.799 He just recycles them. 00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:41.279 And we see it in the society that we live in. 00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:43.860 And let me just remind you, they're not confused. 00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:45.640 They're just resistant. 00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:47.740 That's the Pharisees. 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:51.220 They knew the Old Testament backwards and forwards. 00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:53.960 And they knew that Jesus was sent from God. 00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:58.519 We see Nicodemus in John 3 says, we know that thou art a teacher sent from God. 00:20:58.940 --> 00:21:01.960 You can't do the things you're doing unless you came from him. 00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:04.079 But they're saying, you know what? 00:21:04.120 --> 00:21:04.960 We don't want that. 00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:06.519 We don't like it. 00:21:06.660 --> 00:21:09.059 It doesn't really fit our life. 00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:11.259 It doesn't really fit our agenda. 00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:18.079 And let me just remind you that unbelief is rarely about lack of evidence. 00:21:19.339 --> 00:21:24.119 It generally boils down to this, the refusal to surrender authority. 00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:26.359 Anybody like to be in control? 00:21:26.579 --> 00:21:27.259 We know you do. 00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:29.579 I like to be in control. 00:21:30.459 --> 00:21:32.339 But here's what God tells us to do. 00:21:32.659 --> 00:21:33.139 Lay it down. 00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:36.939 Liz, you really want to live, you've got to lose your life. 00:21:37.639 --> 00:21:38.539 You've got to lay it down. 00:21:38.739 --> 00:21:41.199 Paul tells us to be a living sacrifice. 00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:46.839 That we're to lay our life down on the altar and say, Lord, whatever you want, I'll do. 00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:55.179 See, sometimes we look at our culture even today that we live in, and we try to live by the Bible. 00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:58.980 Listen, if you're a Christian, you should try to live by the Word of God. 00:21:59.079 --> 00:22:01.559 That's how we're commanded to live that way. 00:22:02.199 --> 00:22:03.679 But you know what our society says that is? 00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:04.839 Judgmental. 00:22:07.459 --> 00:22:09.179 Now, let's just be honest. 00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:13.379 Sometimes Christians take that mindset, and they live it out. 00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:19.300 We're not to be judgmental, but we are to live by the Word of God. 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:21.880 We are to stand firm on the truth. 00:22:22.060 --> 00:22:23.480 We're not standing on our opinions. 00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:26.000 We're standing on what the Lord has said. 00:22:26.520 --> 00:22:29.940 And we need to make sure, listen, we need to make sure it's what He said. 00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:32.220 Because sometimes people are like, you know what the Bible says? 00:22:32.280 --> 00:22:35.680 And they quote something, and I'm thinking, I'm pretty sure that's not in the Bible. 00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:38.900 That's like a sign above your grandma's toilet. 00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:41.940 That has nothing to do with the Word of God. 00:22:43.380 --> 00:22:48.640 I don't know where that came from. 00:22:51.360 --> 00:22:52.240 Must have been the Lord. 00:22:55.040 --> 00:22:59.200 Listen, we live in a world where faithfulness is dismissed as brainwashing. 00:23:01.840 --> 00:23:03.420 That we're faithful to follow the Word of God. 00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:06.480 We're faithful to come to church and say, man, these people are just brainwashed. 00:23:08.100 --> 00:23:09.880 No, you know why I'm here at church? 00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:11.760 Because Jesus Christ changed my life. 00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:15.359 And I remember who I used to be. 00:23:15.879 --> 00:23:18.420 And I'm thankful for what I am now because of God. 00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:20.000 And I just want to be around God's people. 00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:21.079 I want to sing God's songs. 00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:22.539 I want to be around His Word. 00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:25.119 I want my life to continue to be more and more like Him. 00:23:25.339 --> 00:23:26.200 That's the goal. 00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:31.000 Obedience to Scripture is called extreme and is called outdated. 00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:33.099 I want to remind you the Bible is not outdated. 00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:35.079 It is settled forever in heaven. 00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.960 It's timeless. 00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:43.039 Listen, every issue you're facing right now in 2026, doesn't matter if it's in your workplace, in relationships, parenting. 00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:46.039 Listen, the Word of God speaks directly to it. 00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:48.960 I'm thankful we have a God that loves us like that. 00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:56.400 And many times a transformed life is just reduced to some religious guilt or emotional manipulation. 00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:58.680 No, no, that's not how Jesus operates. 00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:05.300 No, the truth, when you hear the truth and you accept it, it will set you free. 00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:10.500 But not everyone took this hardline stance of the Pharisees. 00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:15.259 We saw in verse 16, there's these people that were trying to be neutral. 00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.579 They weren't hostile. 00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.720 They were very respectable. 00:24:18.579 --> 00:24:19.480 They were tempting Him. 00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:21.539 It wasn't, they weren't being mean. 00:24:21.639 --> 00:24:27.019 They were just saying, listen, we've, okay, we saw that, but we need a little more evidence. 00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:29.759 We need to put a little bit more things together. 00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:31.579 They appear reasonable. 00:24:31.899 --> 00:24:32.960 They're curious. 00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:37.720 But I do want to remind you that curiosity is not faith. 00:24:38.620 --> 00:24:40.960 There's a lot of people who say, well, I'm God curious. 00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.779 I'm Jesus curious. 00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:46.400 Hey, it might start there, but here's what Jesus reminds us. 00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:47.579 We can't live there. 00:24:48.340 --> 00:24:50.700 We can't just be interested in the things of God. 00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:54.600 That we have to be all in, that we have to follow, that we have to believe. 00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:59.660 Because there's a lot of people, a lot of people say, listen, the Sermon on the Mount is some really good moral teaching. 00:24:59.660 --> 00:25:03.820 Jesus did not come to be a moral teacher. 00:25:04.600 --> 00:25:06.259 He came to be your Savior. 00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:08.820 And He's reminding them of that. 00:25:09.080 --> 00:25:10.860 Here's the problem with this mindset. 00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:14.560 Hey, we saw what you did is good, and we just need a little bit more. 00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.740 Here's really what they're saying. 00:25:16.300 --> 00:25:19.700 We'll follow you, but we want to make sure it's on our terms. 00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:27.860 We want to make sure you're the kind of Jesus that we need, that we can follow, that's really going to help us. 00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:30.779 They wanted more proof before obedience. 00:25:32.080 --> 00:25:35.920 They were the people that bought into the seven-day trials all the time. 00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:41.259 I'll be honest, I've signed up for a lot of seven-day streaming trials this past week. 00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:48.859 Because I don't really want to pay, I'm like, they want how much for this, a month? 00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:50.400 Like, where do these people work? 00:25:51.140 --> 00:25:55.240 I want just a little bit, I want to watch that one show I want to watch, and then I want to cancel it. 00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.140 You know what I'm saying? 00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.379 Yeah. 00:25:58.400 --> 00:26:00.019 Some of you are like, man, I need to cancel that. 00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:00.579 You're welcome. 00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:04.799 But that's not how you follow Jesus. 00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:08.160 We don't follow Jesus when our life's falling apart. 00:26:08.339 --> 00:26:09.359 We want to get some things together. 00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:12.359 Well, let me try this out, let me see if I can get in here a little bit, and he can fix me up. 00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:14.500 And when he fixes me up, man, I'll just kind of go on my way. 00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:15.139 Thanks, man. 00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:18.259 That's not how we follow Christ. 00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:20.879 That's not what he's calling us to do. 00:26:21.179 --> 00:26:28.779 Scripture consistently teaches that that type of sign-seeking, that type of, hey, you know, have it your way, Christianity, it's not faith. 00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:29.599 It's just delay. 00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:33.959 And God doesn't submit to human timelines for obedience. 00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:38.379 Delayed obedience is just disobedience disguised. 00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:48.619 Because I do want to remind us, I think we see it in our text, we've seen it in Luke already, that you can be close to Jesus without being committed to Jesus. 00:26:49.899 --> 00:26:53.759 There's one in this group named Judas, as close as any of them. 00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:55.640 But here's the difference. 00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.839 He wasn't committed. 00:26:57.819 --> 00:27:00.119 He liked all the benefits of being around Jesus. 00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:01.559 He liked all the miracles. 00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:04.059 I mean, they were cool to see helping people and doing all that stuff. 00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:07.339 But Judas was more about, how does this benefit me? 00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:09.660 How can I be involved here? 00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:16.000 See, curiosity can mask resistance, and it can really disguise just disbelief. 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:21.240 Sometimes in our own life, we may say things like this, well, I just need more time. 00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:23.799 I understand what people are saying there. 00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:27.660 Some might say, well, you know, maybe have you placed your faith in Christ? 00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:29.920 Well, I'm just, I'm still trying to figure it out. 00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:32.940 Hey, listen, I'm still trying to figure it out. 00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:35.880 But I know this, that Jesus loves me. 00:27:36.339 --> 00:27:41.539 That he came to this earth, he lived a perfect sinless life, died on the cross of Calvary, rose again for my sins. 00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:46.819 I can't explain everything to him in the Bible, but I know this, God loves me, and I'm going to give my life to him. 00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:51.460 But just kind of pushing it off and saying, well, I just want to learn more before I commit. 00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:55.480 You can commit your whole life to learning this book, and you still won't touch the hem of the garment. 00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:58.819 That's just an excuse many times. 00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:02.240 That I believe in God, but here's really what we're saying. 00:28:02.399 --> 00:28:04.579 I'm just not ready to change those certain things yet. 00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:09.279 Because we're comfortable with these things in our life, even though we know they're not supposed to be there, 00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:11.099 but we're going to keep them around. 00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:14.359 I'd rather have that in my life than Jesus. 00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:16.240 That is an awful trade. 00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:20.639 That is going to be a horrendous outcome for your life. 00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:24.319 Simply put, Jesus knows their hearts. 00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:26.619 He knows they're hard. 00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.879 He knows they're selfish. 00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:35.180 But now what we see in verse 17 through 22, Jesus kind of begins to dismantle their way of thinking. 00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:41.039 He shows us his logic and his authority of how he's able to do what he's doing. 00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:44.639 Because they have all these opinions that Jesus says, why don't I just tell you? 00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:49.899 Why don't you just let me inform you of what's actually taking place? 00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:52.799 We see in verse number 17, the Bible says this, 00:28:52.799 --> 00:29:12.599 Here's what Jesus is doing. 00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:15.599 He's appealing to common sense. 00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:20.000 And apparently, they had the same problem that we have in 2026. 00:29:20.399 --> 00:29:22.559 Sense was not that common back then. 00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:25.639 You know, we need to make sense common again. 00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:31.380 But really, he's being very logical. 00:29:32.040 --> 00:29:35.840 He's not going some deep theological rabbit hole and he's trying to have everybody figure it out. 00:29:36.020 --> 00:29:39.440 He just says this, listen, Satan is not chaotic. 00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:43.660 I think sometimes we have this picture in our mind that Satan just runs around and he's causing havoc. 00:29:43.780 --> 00:29:46.060 He's like some Tasmanian devil and he runs here and he runs there. 00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.440 No, no. 00:29:46.540 --> 00:29:47.020 Let me remind you. 00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:48.160 He's very strategic. 00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:54.240 He knows what he's doing and he is extremely effective in what he's doing. 00:29:55.080 --> 00:29:57.000 He's been doing it for a long time. 00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:59.540 And Jesus is kind of playing to that. 00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:03.140 And he's saying, why would he undermine his own rule? 00:30:04.080 --> 00:30:07.340 Why would he undermine his own kingdom building, so to speak? 00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:13.720 Jesus is simply saying, if I was empowered by Satan, then I'd be destroying my own kingdom. 00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:15.400 That doesn't make sense. 00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:18.080 I mean, just think about it logically, guys. 00:30:19.840 --> 00:30:26.180 And we see in our own life, we see in our world that evil is not self-destructive in that sense. 00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:29.800 It's self-serving, which ends up being destructive. 00:30:31.100 --> 00:30:32.580 Evil is not trying to sabotage everything. 00:30:32.780 --> 00:30:34.560 It's trying to get what we want. 00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:36.580 And that's what ends up destroying. 00:30:37.340 --> 00:30:42.280 And so Jesus' logic, it exposes the emptiness of their accusation. 00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:45.200 I mean, they've thought this out really well. 00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:46.819 And Jesus just shuts it down like that. 00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:52.240 See, Jesus wasn't worried about what they said because truth doesn't fear examination. 00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:54.640 He knew what he was doing. 00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:56.460 He knew how he was doing it. 00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:58.580 And he was showing others how it was done. 00:30:59.120 --> 00:31:02.900 But lies, here's what happens, lies collapse when they're exposed. 00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:08.480 And this house of cards the Pharisees had built is starting to kind of fall apart. 00:31:10.060 --> 00:31:14.759 And it just reminds us in our own life that God didn't call you to win every argument. 00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:16.680 He didn't. 00:31:17.320 --> 00:31:18.840 But he did call you to stand for truth. 00:31:19.800 --> 00:31:23.140 God doesn't expect for us to panic when Scripture is questioned. 00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:24.280 No, here's what we do. 00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:25.380 Just stand on the truth. 00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:30.680 He's given us this opportunity that we don't have to respond harshly when your faith is challenged. 00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:33.120 Because, man, they come after him over and over and over. 00:31:33.340 --> 00:31:33.840 You know what he does? 00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:35.300 He just responds with the truth. 00:31:36.600 --> 00:31:38.759 That God didn't call you to just go guns a-blazin'. 00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:40.040 No. 00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:41.520 He's given you a weapon. 00:31:42.280 --> 00:31:43.600 He's given you the ability to reason. 00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:45.700 He's given you the truth of the Word of God. 00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:51.100 And he's just reminding us to keep pressing on, to keep trusting him, to keep sharing his gospel. 00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:53.240 That's what he tells them in verse number 20. 00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:59.600 But if I, with the finger of God, cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God has come upon you. 00:32:00.340 --> 00:32:02.420 I mean, they're trying to get God out of this in every way. 00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:04.380 And Jesus is saying, listen, he's here. 00:32:05.120 --> 00:32:06.299 I'm right here in front of you. 00:32:07.080 --> 00:32:12.960 And when he says this phrase, the finger of God, you know what these hearers would have immediately thought of, 00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.680 especially the Pharisees? 00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.380 Exodus. 00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:18.840 They would have known the Exodus very, very well, and they would have seen it. 00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:27.259 And you remember there when all the magicians of Pharaoh were trying to do the miracles that Moses and Aaron were doing? 00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:32.539 They said, listen, Pharaoh, there's no other explanation except this is the finger of God doing this. 00:32:33.100 --> 00:32:35.580 This is somebody that we can't compete with. 00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:43.759 And Jesus is just simply saying, listen, the same God who defeated Egypt is at work right in front of you right now. 00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:45.259 That he's here. 00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:46.640 And I am him. 00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:49.640 And he says it all throughout the Gospels. 00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:54.640 We mentioned a few weeks ago in our study of Luke, the kingdom of God is not geographic. 00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:56.440 The kingdom of God is this. 00:32:56.599 --> 00:33:00.640 It's where God is at rule, where his authority is on display. 00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:02.299 And that's what's taking place here. 00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:04.599 That's what Jesus is showing. 00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:13.719 He's showing that he came to rule in men's lives and not to allow darkness to have all this victory. 00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:18.559 You see, Jesus didn't come to improve your life. 00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:21.220 Jesus is not into home improvement. 00:33:22.120 --> 00:33:22.880 You know what he's into? 00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:24.960 Complete restoration. 00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:27.120 That that's what he came for. 00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:30.539 The finger of God is still at work in lives today. 00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:32.960 It shows up in freedom from addiction. 00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:36.720 Listen, you know, sometimes you can do self-discipline and you can do some steps. 00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:39.039 And there's a time and there's a place for it. 00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:40.259 But you want real freedom? 00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:41.019 Here's where it comes from. 00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:42.000 Jesus Christ. 00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:43.480 That he can change everything. 00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:44.759 He can change your desires. 00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:45.799 He can change your mind. 00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:46.579 And peace. 00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:50.079 He can give you peace and grief when circumstances don't change. 00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:52.180 Because here's what you're going to find in life. 00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:53.779 Sometimes your circumstances won't change. 00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:56.860 But God can give you a peace that passes all understanding. 00:33:57.900 --> 00:33:59.240 The world can't offer that. 00:33:59.480 --> 00:34:02.819 You can't find that by just being a good person and turning over a new leaf. 00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:11.219 The finger of God is at work in your life when forgiveness replaces that long-held bitterness in your life. 00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:12.800 That grudge. 00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:17.659 See, when God works in your life, he gives you a new direction. 00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:19.099 Not just better habits. 00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:21.059 Better habits help you. 00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:25.039 But what he really is intending for you to do is to move towards him. 00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:26.659 And he gives this illustration. 00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:28.880 And we won't read it for the sake of time in verse 21 and 22. 00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:34.300 But he's reminding, the reason I was able to do this, because I'm stronger. 00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:37.579 He said Satan, he's not diminishing. 00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:40.180 Here's what he describes Satan as strong. 00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:43.460 And I know we've said it already, but you need to be reminded of that too. 00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:45.240 Satan is very strong. 00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:47.160 He is very capable. 00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:49.039 But he is not supreme. 00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:51.579 He does not have final say of your life. 00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:58.099 If you allow the stronger man, which is Jesus, to come in, then he can change things. 00:34:58.099 --> 00:35:01.360 See, you weren't wondering. 00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:03.259 You weren't confused. 00:35:03.779 --> 00:35:04.799 You weren't improving. 00:35:05.799 --> 00:35:06.759 You were lost. 00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:09.339 You were enslaved. 00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:10.599 You were captive. 00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:12.799 You didn't need somebody to help you out. 00:35:13.139 --> 00:35:14.819 You needed rescue. 00:35:15.860 --> 00:35:17.339 That's what Jesus is reminding. 00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:20.839 He said, listen, this man didn't need me to help him out a little bit. 00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:22.099 He needed complete rescue. 00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:22.579 Rescue. 00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:26.920 And the reason I was able to do that is because I'm the stronger man. 00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:30.000 Because Satan, he had everything bound up and he was protecting. 00:35:30.299 --> 00:35:33.440 He was kind of manipulating this situation at all costs. 00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:36.319 But when Jesus showed up, he spoke and everything changed. 00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:37.099 Why? 00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:38.339 Because he's the stronger man. 00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:47.039 And when you remember where you were and you remember who you were, it should produce humility in your life. 00:35:47.860 --> 00:35:49.860 It should produce gratitude. 00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:56.640 And you begin to maybe look around and, you know, we need to see this world as the same way Jesus does. 00:35:57.740 --> 00:35:59.980 Sometimes we look at people and think, man, what is their deal? 00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:03.599 Well, I don't know if you remember, but you were there too. 00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:06.180 You were in that pit. 00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:08.140 You were in that miry clay. 00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:11.019 And Jesus reached way down when he got you. 00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:12.579 And he picked you up. 00:36:13.140 --> 00:36:14.519 And he set your feet on a rock. 00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:16.340 He established your goings. 00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:17.599 He put a song in your heart. 00:36:17.740 --> 00:36:19.700 Don't forget where God brought you from. 00:36:20.140 --> 00:36:22.940 Don't forget that you didn't get yourself out of that hole. 00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:24.980 You didn't pull yourself up by your bootstraps. 00:36:25.300 --> 00:36:27.620 Jesus Christ changed your life. 00:36:27.660 --> 00:36:27.780 Why? 00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:29.059 Because he was the stronger man. 00:36:29.620 --> 00:36:30.620 You needed his help. 00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.940 You needed his rescue. 00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:38.260 We're not here to boast in our morality and our discipline and the fact that, hey, we're good Christian people. 00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:38.599 No. 00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:40.640 We're sinners saved by grace. 00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:41.159 Grace. 00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:43.559 Jesus showed up and changed lives. 00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:49.639 Now that he's shown his power and he's established his authority, Jesus now presses for a verdict. 00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:53.219 And I know we're running out of time, but you've been trapped in your house all week long. 00:36:53.279 --> 00:36:54.420 We're going to go five extra minutes. 00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:55.099 It's going to be okay. 00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:55.960 Okay. 00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.699 Just making sure. 00:36:57.139 --> 00:36:58.859 We're still going to get out before everybody else, I think. 00:36:58.860 --> 00:37:02.059 Notice verse 23. 00:37:03.120 --> 00:37:03.960 The Bible says this. 00:37:04.680 --> 00:37:07.360 He that is not with me is against me. 00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:10.460 Listen, Jesus didn't pull punches. 00:37:11.680 --> 00:37:14.120 Jesus is letting them know how it is. 00:37:14.620 --> 00:37:17.680 And what he's doing is he is eliminating the middle ground. 00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:25.140 He's reminding those in the crowd and he's reminding us here this morning there is no spiritual fence sitting. 00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:27.599 That we can't play it both ways. 00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:33.539 It doesn't matter if you're diametrically opposed like the Pharisees or you're just kind of curious like those in the crowd. 00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:36.820 You cannot delay allegiance to Christ. 00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:41.599 You can't say, well, I'm a follower of Christ but not really committed to him. 00:37:42.260 --> 00:37:47.740 Maybe you're avoiding certain things and God's pressing you to get more plugged in and involved and to join the church. 00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:49.579 I don't know what God is calling you to do. 00:37:49.660 --> 00:37:52.760 It could be to lead your family in a certain way. 00:37:52.760 --> 00:37:55.200 You say, well, I'm just not going to do that. 00:37:57.539 --> 00:38:04.460 Maybe God is wanting you to share your faith at work and you'd rather just keep it private because you don't want to ruffle feathers too much. 00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:10.980 Maybe sometimes we want to hold on to certain pet sins while claiming that we love the Lord and we believe in him. 00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:13.039 Listen, he's not calling for us to be perfect. 00:38:13.559 --> 00:38:16.480 But he's saying, listen, what side of this are you on? 00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:22.940 Because if you're not for Christ, if you're not living your life for him, he makes it very clear, you're against me. 00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:24.699 That's some hard words. 00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:26.960 That's a hard truth to swallow. 00:38:28.300 --> 00:38:30.960 And Jesus kind of explains it in this illustration. 00:38:31.119 --> 00:38:32.240 We won't take down and walk through it. 00:38:32.420 --> 00:38:33.780 It seems like a weird illustration. 00:38:33.780 --> 00:38:38.320 But what he's showing us is there's a danger of empty reformation. 00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:41.540 What he's kind of explaining is the unclean spirit. 00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:43.380 Jesus cast his spirit out. 00:38:44.100 --> 00:38:47.519 And he goes around and he's looking for a place to go. 00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:49.300 He's looking for a life to ruin. 00:38:49.740 --> 00:38:57.720 This man that was possessed by this demon, he cleans his life all up, fixes it, tidies it all up, but puts nothing back in. 00:38:57.719 --> 00:39:03.579 And so this demon's walking all around and he says, well, I can't find anything better than the place I was at the first time. 00:39:03.779 --> 00:39:04.739 So why don't we go back here? 00:39:04.899 --> 00:39:05.939 Man, he's got more room. 00:39:06.159 --> 00:39:07.439 Let's just fill his life up more. 00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:09.599 That's kind of what Jesus is saying. 00:39:10.699 --> 00:39:15.179 And here's the point of those verses, of that illustration about sweeping the house and all that. 00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:19.939 That if Christ doesn't fill your heart, something else will. 00:39:21.859 --> 00:39:26.119 Listen, you can get every bad habit, every sin out, but if you don't put something in, 00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:33.420 it doesn't matter who you are, man, woman, boy, or girl, without replacing it with Christ, it is a dangerous place to be. 00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:38.519 Because moral behavior is not transformation. 00:39:39.679 --> 00:39:42.759 Self-discipline is not salvation. 00:39:43.940 --> 00:39:49.699 That quitting bad habits without surrendering your heart, replacing sin with busyness instead of obedience, 00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:55.579 becoming moral but not prayerful, stop doing wrong things and not do discipleship. 00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:58.139 If you don't do those things, your life's not going to change. 00:40:00.199 --> 00:40:03.559 And any sin and any perversion is possible. 00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:09.279 Because Jesus is showing this, a vacuum must be filled with something. 00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:14.019 And if it isn't his spirit, no telling what it could be. 00:40:14.799 --> 00:40:15.799 That's what he's saying. 00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:17.599 That's what he's showing. 00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:19.400 That's what he's reminding us. 00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:29.760 And as we close this text, we see in verse 27, 28, Jesus kind of redefines what blessedness looks like, what a blessing looks like. 00:40:30.680 --> 00:40:36.760 He says this, but he said, yea, rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep it. 00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:43.820 I think by the time Jesus got done speaking in verse 26, the crowd was just like, I don't know what to say. 00:40:43.880 --> 00:40:44.760 You ever been in a room like that? 00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:47.180 Like, I'm not sure what to say. 00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:50.040 Well, this lady said a great thing. 00:40:50.260 --> 00:40:53.980 She said, listen, blessed is the womb that bore you. 00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:58.260 Blessed is Mary that had the opportunity to raise you. 00:40:58.520 --> 00:41:01.180 And let me remind you, Mary was blessed because of that. 00:41:01.179 --> 00:41:07.379 That Mary was chosen, and the Bible says that she'll be loved by all generations. 00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:12.299 That she is an example of a heart that is completely yielded to God. 00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:18.799 And that was a great honor and a great blessing that she had to raise Jesus as her son. 00:41:19.879 --> 00:41:23.179 But Jesus didn't disagree with that, but here's what he said. 00:41:23.480 --> 00:41:28.679 But here's the greater blessing Mary had, that she heard the word of God and obeyed it. 00:41:28.679 --> 00:41:31.899 Because Mary, just like me and you, needed a Savior. 00:41:32.859 --> 00:41:37.179 She needed the word of God, and she heard it, and she believed it. 00:41:37.279 --> 00:41:39.339 Because blessing is not about the association. 00:41:39.819 --> 00:41:41.019 It's not about being in church. 00:41:41.199 --> 00:41:42.659 It's not about admiring God. 00:41:42.859 --> 00:41:44.199 No, here's where blessing comes from. 00:41:44.579 --> 00:41:46.099 Obeying his word. 00:41:47.419 --> 00:41:50.579 We need to be the wise man that builds his house on the rock. 00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:56.119 Now, don't misunderstand what Jesus is saying, what I'm trying to explain here in a short period of time. 00:41:56.619 --> 00:41:58.539 Obedience is not the cause of salvation. 00:41:58.679 --> 00:42:00.899 But it is always the evidence of it. 00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:05.919 See, the word of God must be heard and kept. 00:42:07.299 --> 00:42:10.460 It's easy to nod and agree in a church setting. 00:42:10.859 --> 00:42:12.079 But here's what God wants you to do. 00:42:12.539 --> 00:42:14.259 Take it home and apply it to your life. 00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:16.659 Apply it to your family. 00:42:17.279 --> 00:42:18.599 Apply it in your work situations. 00:42:18.779 --> 00:42:22.379 When you have an opportunity to speak life and to speak truth and to share the gospel, do it. 00:42:22.380 --> 00:42:24.640 Because that's what God tells us to do. 00:42:25.320 --> 00:42:29.160 Here's what it looks like in your life, forgiving when you'd rather hold a grudge. 00:42:29.159 --> 00:42:35.779 Sometimes, if we're just going to be real carnal, it's more fun to hold a grudge than to forgive somebody. 00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:38.159 Because they deserve it. 00:42:39.259 --> 00:42:40.219 Well, you know what we deserve? 00:42:41.440 --> 00:42:42.199 Death and hell. 00:42:42.199 --> 00:42:44.859 But he forgave us. 00:42:45.919 --> 00:42:47.719 He reminds us how much he loves us. 00:42:50.059 --> 00:42:51.279 You know when you're really blessed? 00:42:51.779 --> 00:42:53.339 When you obey God? 00:42:53.599 --> 00:42:55.939 When it costs you comfort and reputation? 00:42:56.799 --> 00:42:59.639 Sometimes when you're trying to live for the Lord, not everybody's going to understand it. 00:43:00.139 --> 00:43:03.659 And they're going to have all kinds of opinions on what you're doing wrong and what you're not doing. 00:43:03.819 --> 00:43:04.619 Here's what you need to do. 00:43:04.779 --> 00:43:06.819 Make sure you do what the Lord wants you to do and go forward. 00:43:06.820 --> 00:43:09.500 That's what he's called you to do. 00:43:10.280 --> 00:43:15.600 It looks like aligning your priorities and your schedule and your finances with the word of God. 00:43:15.740 --> 00:43:16.740 That's where blessing comes from. 00:43:16.980 --> 00:43:19.180 You're blessed when you live by this. 00:43:19.800 --> 00:43:21.380 That's what he's showing us in his word. 00:43:23.059 --> 00:43:27.480 As we saw here in the text this morning, Jesus showed his power. 00:43:29.160 --> 00:43:31.500 A man who couldn't speak, spoke. 00:43:33.200 --> 00:43:36.440 And yet, Luke shows us something very sobering. 00:43:37.340 --> 00:43:40.080 Not everyone that saw the miracle believed. 00:43:41.280 --> 00:43:42.100 Some accused. 00:43:43.059 --> 00:43:43.900 Some delayed. 00:43:44.680 --> 00:43:47.519 Some admired, but they refused to obey. 00:43:48.760 --> 00:43:52.940 I think this text is recorded like it is because I think God wants us to see this. 00:43:53.440 --> 00:43:54.720 Who are we in the crowd? 00:43:56.300 --> 00:43:58.059 Which group do we find ourselves in? 00:43:59.080 --> 00:44:01.320 Do we find saying, well, I'm not sure about that. 00:44:01.600 --> 00:44:02.780 That's just a phase. 00:44:03.519 --> 00:44:06.800 Hey, maybe you're here just trying to get some things in order so you can kind of get your life going again. 00:44:07.019 --> 00:44:08.660 No, it all starts with Christ. 00:44:10.240 --> 00:44:13.600 See, the question of this text isn't what did they do with Jesus. 00:44:14.400 --> 00:44:15.640 I think it's this for us today. 00:44:15.760 --> 00:44:17.120 What are you doing with Jesus? 00:44:18.740 --> 00:44:19.420 Because you know what I imagine? 00:44:19.420 --> 00:44:21.559 You've seen God's power revealed. 00:44:22.740 --> 00:44:23.800 Maybe in your life. 00:44:24.139 --> 00:44:25.260 Maybe in your friend's life. 00:44:25.579 --> 00:44:27.000 Maybe in a co-worker. 00:44:27.420 --> 00:44:29.599 God showed up in a way that is just undeniable. 00:44:30.260 --> 00:44:32.280 Somebody had awful cancer. 00:44:32.460 --> 00:44:34.280 They went to the doctor and said, we don't know where it went. 00:44:34.280 --> 00:44:38.140 God's still the great physician, by the way. 00:44:39.080 --> 00:44:41.600 And they're going to try to explain it away and all these things. 00:44:41.700 --> 00:44:42.860 And, well, we just did the test wrong. 00:44:43.060 --> 00:44:43.300 No, no. 00:44:43.460 --> 00:44:44.519 You know what it is sometimes? 00:44:44.620 --> 00:44:46.120 Maybe God's saying, hey, that's me. 00:44:47.160 --> 00:44:47.820 I'm here. 00:44:48.540 --> 00:44:49.180 I'm real. 00:44:49.420 --> 00:44:51.019 And sometimes we're saying, God, give me a sign. 00:44:51.160 --> 00:44:54.060 He has given us a sign after a sign after a sign after a sign. 00:44:54.059 --> 00:44:57.480 What are you doing with him? 00:44:58.239 --> 00:45:00.639 There's no spiritual middle ground. 00:45:01.400 --> 00:45:03.219 You can't be Switzerland spiritually. 00:45:03.940 --> 00:45:05.420 You have to choose. 00:45:06.279 --> 00:45:09.880 What do you believe about Jesus? 00:45:10.920 --> 00:45:18.799 Before we rush out this door, slowly, Luke is really inviting us just to slow down and ask this. 00:45:19.799 --> 00:45:23.779 Am I explaining Jesus away instead of surrendering to him? 00:45:25.059 --> 00:45:30.019 You may know Christ as your Savior, and you can still try to explain some things. 00:45:30.099 --> 00:45:34.360 Maybe he's calling you to get more involved, to do more for him. 00:45:34.420 --> 00:45:39.219 And you're like, well, he doesn't really mean that because if he knew my schedule, God knows exactly where you are. 00:45:41.380 --> 00:45:44.699 Am I delaying obedience under the banner of needing more time? 00:45:46.420 --> 00:45:50.320 Have I cleaned up parts of my life without letting Christ truly fill them? 00:45:51.000 --> 00:45:53.500 You can come to this altar and say, Lord, I need help with this and this and this. 00:45:54.059 --> 00:45:55.099 But you do nothing with it. 00:45:55.900 --> 00:45:57.039 Invite Christ then. 00:45:57.940 --> 00:46:00.960 Am I hearing God's word but not keeping it? 00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:04.099 Because hearing without obedience is not blessing. 00:46:05.039 --> 00:46:08.619 And if you try to clean yourself up without Christ, that's not real transformation. 00:46:08.619 --> 00:46:13.759 Jesus' power can work in your life like nothing else can. 00:46:14.920 --> 00:46:17.119 And maybe you're just on the fence about it. 00:46:17.699 --> 00:46:19.359 Get it settled today. 00:46:19.440 --> 00:46:21.119 Would you stand with your heads bowed, with your eyes closed? 00:46:21.119 --> 00:46:34.219 Thank you.