WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.020 Well, I'm wondering how many of you have made New Year's resolutions. 00:00:05.259 --> 00:00:08.960 Dare I ask for you to put your hand up ever so slowly 00:00:08.960 --> 00:00:11.300 if you think that's a good thing to do. 00:00:12.140 --> 00:00:14.919 Because, frankly, I never do it. 00:00:15.439 --> 00:00:21.080 I don't do it because I know that it only is going to take an hour or two 00:00:21.080 --> 00:00:24.519 and I've actually messed up my New Year's resolution. 00:00:25.300 --> 00:00:28.900 But if you are a devotee of John Piper, 00:00:28.899 --> 00:00:34.420 John Piper would say we need to be making new resolutions every day. 00:00:34.539 --> 00:00:37.899 Every day we are to be turning our eyes towards Jesus. 00:00:38.119 --> 00:00:40.920 So I need to take a little lesson from that. 00:00:42.259 --> 00:00:44.980 Now, considering it's the beginning of a new year, 00:00:45.119 --> 00:00:49.000 I thought it would be good to talk about change 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:53.700 because this is our moment to actually step into a new year 00:00:53.700 --> 00:00:58.880 and to be fresh and to go with vigour into what it is 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:01.359 that the Lord actually would wish for us to be doing. 00:01:02.240 --> 00:01:04.240 So I want to ask you, 00:01:04.540 --> 00:01:07.560 if you were to change something of yourself, 00:01:07.980 --> 00:01:11.480 what is it that you would be wanting to start with? 00:01:11.480 --> 00:01:16.420 Lots of us would start with things like, 00:01:16.859 --> 00:01:18.180 we want to be skinnier, 00:01:18.620 --> 00:01:19.800 we want to be taller, 00:01:20.480 --> 00:01:20.920 shorter, 00:01:21.219 --> 00:01:22.040 better looking, 00:01:22.480 --> 00:01:24.200 or would you change your eyes, 00:01:24.340 --> 00:01:24.920 your hair, 00:01:25.100 --> 00:01:25.560 your teeth, 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:26.020 your legs, 00:01:26.100 --> 00:01:26.760 your bulges, 00:01:27.100 --> 00:01:28.140 maybe just quietly? 00:01:28.920 --> 00:01:32.080 If you were to wave a magic wand 00:01:32.080 --> 00:01:36.020 and change any part of your appearance, 00:01:36.019 --> 00:01:38.939 would it be a light touch-up 00:01:38.939 --> 00:01:45.099 or would it be like one of those massive extreme makeovers 00:01:45.099 --> 00:01:46.519 that you see on television, 00:01:46.879 --> 00:01:49.259 which I personally actually really love, 00:01:49.780 --> 00:01:53.840 where you can't even recognise the person 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:55.879 who's had the extreme makeover 00:01:55.879 --> 00:01:57.679 from the person who started? 00:01:58.099 --> 00:01:59.840 I just think that is amazing. 00:01:59.840 --> 00:02:04.340 Well, I think we all go through periods 00:02:04.340 --> 00:02:07.460 where we desperately want to change something, 00:02:08.480 --> 00:02:10.480 something about ourselves. 00:02:10.780 --> 00:02:13.420 Teenagers live in a state of wanting, 00:02:14.039 --> 00:02:16.379 living in a state of constant fear 00:02:16.379 --> 00:02:18.680 that they don't look good enough, 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:19.539 that they, 00:02:19.860 --> 00:02:23.319 so they tinker and experiment with fads, 00:02:23.460 --> 00:02:24.199 with fashion, 00:02:24.780 --> 00:02:26.120 with this T-shirt, 00:02:26.300 --> 00:02:26.960 that hat, 00:02:26.960 --> 00:02:30.080 or whatever the latest artist might be wearing. 00:02:30.840 --> 00:02:32.140 But when we grow older, 00:02:32.860 --> 00:02:34.060 we get smarter. 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:36.240 Or do we? 00:02:37.500 --> 00:02:41.000 We spend hours trying to find just the right dress 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:42.240 or the right shirt 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:43.640 or the right pair of pants 00:02:43.640 --> 00:02:48.680 that will fit into whatever the crowd is 00:02:48.680 --> 00:02:50.819 that we're trying to impress. 00:02:51.700 --> 00:02:53.939 And some diet obsessively 00:02:53.939 --> 00:02:55.360 and work out, 00:02:55.480 --> 00:02:56.939 which is good for our health, 00:02:56.960 --> 00:03:01.240 but it can be a losing battle really, 00:03:01.340 --> 00:03:01.780 can't it? 00:03:02.439 --> 00:03:04.700 Because we might lose weight 00:03:04.700 --> 00:03:06.060 and finally look good 00:03:06.060 --> 00:03:08.319 and then slowly it all sort of starts 00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:09.680 to creep back on again 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:12.540 and we might reach a stage in our life 00:03:12.540 --> 00:03:14.120 where we think it's just much better 00:03:14.120 --> 00:03:15.260 to cover it up 00:03:15.260 --> 00:03:17.879 and not even bother anymore. 00:03:19.340 --> 00:03:21.659 Or maybe we just stop caring 00:03:21.659 --> 00:03:23.040 about ourselves altogether. 00:03:24.460 --> 00:03:26.280 But people change slowly. 00:03:26.280 --> 00:03:28.699 If they change at all. 00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:34.240 But as hard as it is to change on the outside, 00:03:34.439 --> 00:03:36.719 it seems infinitely harder 00:03:36.719 --> 00:03:38.520 to change on the inside. 00:03:40.020 --> 00:03:42.020 Think about all the struggles 00:03:42.020 --> 00:03:44.560 that you might have in your life. 00:03:44.560 --> 00:03:47.960 What would you change about yourself 00:03:47.960 --> 00:03:51.240 on the inside if you could? 00:03:51.240 --> 00:03:54.659 Would it be an impatient spirit, 00:03:55.500 --> 00:03:56.920 a critical tongue, 00:03:57.920 --> 00:03:59.800 envy of those around you, 00:04:00.260 --> 00:04:02.319 a spirit of discontentment, 00:04:03.100 --> 00:04:04.260 lingering resentment, 00:04:05.219 --> 00:04:06.879 lust you can't conquer, 00:04:07.219 --> 00:04:08.580 financial mismanagement, 00:04:08.580 --> 00:04:10.200 a guilty conscience, 00:04:10.200 --> 00:04:13.100 an inability to work with others, 00:04:13.700 --> 00:04:15.520 overbearing stubbornness, 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:17.360 a judgmental spirit, 00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:19.439 a profound discouragement, 00:04:20.840 --> 00:04:23.660 an inability to appreciate life, 00:04:23.740 --> 00:04:24.840 an ungrateful spirit, 00:04:24.960 --> 00:04:26.259 a disorganised life, 00:04:26.379 --> 00:04:28.120 an inability to say no, 00:04:28.540 --> 00:04:30.480 a mean streak that you can't seem 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:31.439 to get rid of? 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:34.080 The list is unending. 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:40.160 We would all want to change something. 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:42.980 But we don't know how to do it. 00:04:43.780 --> 00:04:45.780 And we don't know where to begin. 00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:47.660 And dare I say, 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:50.939 many of us have areas in our life 00:04:50.939 --> 00:04:52.080 that need change 00:04:52.079 --> 00:04:53.819 and we are so blinded 00:04:53.819 --> 00:04:56.240 by the fact that we need to change that 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:58.240 that we don't even see it. 00:04:59.339 --> 00:05:00.539 That's called deception. 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:05.919 We all dream of being someone different at times. 00:05:06.819 --> 00:05:07.959 A better person. 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:10.799 Advertisers know this 00:05:10.799 --> 00:05:15.599 and so that is why your email box, 00:05:16.620 --> 00:05:19.599 your inbox is always crammed filled 00:05:19.600 --> 00:05:22.400 with advertising to tell you 00:05:22.400 --> 00:05:23.500 that you can lose weight, 00:05:23.600 --> 00:05:24.540 you can make money, 00:05:25.080 --> 00:05:30.000 you can learn a new language. 00:05:30.379 --> 00:05:32.120 I constantly receive, 00:05:32.540 --> 00:05:33.500 and I'm not too sure 00:05:33.500 --> 00:05:35.460 if the computer actually knows this, 00:05:35.540 --> 00:05:37.400 but I constantly receive 00:05:37.400 --> 00:05:40.740 unwanted emails about this herb 00:05:40.740 --> 00:05:43.680 that you can take in a pill form 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:44.840 from Africa 00:05:44.840 --> 00:05:46.860 where you don't have to exercise, 00:05:47.100 --> 00:05:48.060 you don't have to worry 00:05:48.060 --> 00:05:49.260 about what food you eat 00:05:49.259 --> 00:05:50.420 and you lose weight. 00:05:50.719 --> 00:05:52.560 I mean, how fantastic is that? 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:54.219 The problem is, 00:05:54.519 --> 00:05:56.480 I think the only thing that you lose 00:05:56.480 --> 00:05:57.439 is lots of dollars 00:05:57.439 --> 00:05:59.139 and maybe not the weight. 00:05:59.379 --> 00:06:00.199 So, you know, 00:06:00.259 --> 00:06:01.259 sort of unfortunately, 00:06:02.259 --> 00:06:03.620 that's not something 00:06:03.620 --> 00:06:04.719 that I want to take up. 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:06.899 Change is hard. 00:06:08.120 --> 00:06:09.199 Go to any bookstore 00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:11.839 and you'll see an entire wall 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:13.259 of self-help books. 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:15.699 Helping people to change 00:06:15.699 --> 00:06:18.259 is big business nowadays. 00:06:19.259 --> 00:06:21.360 But when we get up in the morning 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:23.219 and we look in the mirror, 00:06:24.019 --> 00:06:25.459 it is still the same person 00:06:25.459 --> 00:06:27.399 that we see from yesterday. 00:06:30.980 --> 00:06:34.599 That's why we sometimes want to move. 00:06:35.099 --> 00:06:36.920 We change jobs, 00:06:37.019 --> 00:06:38.039 we buy a new car, 00:06:38.159 --> 00:06:39.199 we start a new career, 00:06:39.459 --> 00:06:40.300 we have a new boyfriend, 00:06:40.420 --> 00:06:41.279 we have a new girlfriend, 00:06:41.279 --> 00:06:43.319 we have a new outfit, 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:45.500 we go and change work. 00:06:46.339 --> 00:06:49.500 It's not as easy as those things. 00:06:50.059 --> 00:06:52.000 Those things aren't wrong in themselves, 00:06:53.000 --> 00:06:58.000 but sometimes we need to make outward changes. 00:06:58.000 --> 00:07:00.300 But it's not the outward stuff 00:07:00.300 --> 00:07:01.639 that trips us up. 00:07:01.860 --> 00:07:03.740 It's the stuff that's on the inside. 00:07:04.660 --> 00:07:05.939 Well, the great news is 00:07:05.939 --> 00:07:07.160 that there is an answer 00:07:07.160 --> 00:07:09.879 and most of you here in this building 00:07:09.879 --> 00:07:11.000 would actually know 00:07:11.000 --> 00:07:11.939 that the answer 00:07:11.939 --> 00:07:14.399 is going to be the Sunday school answer. 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:15.800 It is Jesus. 00:07:16.199 --> 00:07:17.160 We all know that. 00:07:18.259 --> 00:07:18.720 Do we? 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:21.199 Yes, of course we do. 00:07:21.339 --> 00:07:22.639 We all know that it's Jesus, 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:23.699 is the answer. 00:07:24.360 --> 00:07:26.560 So why is it that we have so much trouble? 00:07:29.180 --> 00:07:31.139 What we learn with our heads 00:07:31.139 --> 00:07:35.839 needs to travel 30 centimetres 00:07:35.839 --> 00:07:38.240 in my old schooling, one foot, 00:07:39.079 --> 00:07:41.680 but 30 centimetres to reach our heart. 00:07:42.899 --> 00:07:45.800 And without that journey to our heart, 00:07:45.800 --> 00:07:48.399 whatever we know about Jesus, 00:07:49.419 --> 00:07:52.500 we'll actually be missing the point. 00:07:53.699 --> 00:07:55.699 So the change, 00:07:56.199 --> 00:07:58.199 the lasting change that we want 00:07:58.199 --> 00:07:59.420 is going to come 00:07:59.420 --> 00:08:01.659 by our hearts being transformed. 00:08:03.159 --> 00:08:05.500 What does it mean to follow Jesus then 00:08:05.500 --> 00:08:06.480 with our hearts? 00:08:07.420 --> 00:08:09.740 In our reading in Matthew 4, 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:12.599 we see Jesus 00:08:12.599 --> 00:08:15.939 walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee 00:08:15.939 --> 00:08:18.680 and he calls Peter and Andrew 00:08:18.680 --> 00:08:20.319 and also James and John 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:21.659 to follow him. 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:23.939 Two sets of brothers 00:08:23.939 --> 00:08:25.980 who are at work 00:08:25.980 --> 00:08:27.980 doing what they do daily, 00:08:28.180 --> 00:08:28.939 earning a living. 00:08:29.920 --> 00:08:31.519 Now these guys 00:08:31.519 --> 00:08:35.039 have already met Jesus 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:36.919 either days or weeks 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:38.360 or a couple of months beforehand. 00:08:38.700 --> 00:08:40.279 Not sure of how long it is, 00:08:40.659 --> 00:08:43.639 but we see their first meeting with Jesus 00:08:43.639 --> 00:08:45.580 in John chapter 1 00:08:45.580 --> 00:08:47.299 from verse 35. 00:08:47.500 --> 00:08:48.519 Let me read it for you. 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:49.939 The next day, 00:08:50.059 --> 00:08:51.179 John was there again 00:08:51.179 --> 00:08:52.980 with two of his disciples. 00:08:53.620 --> 00:08:55.759 When he saw Jesus passing by, 00:08:55.840 --> 00:08:56.159 he said, 00:08:56.279 --> 00:08:56.559 look, 00:08:56.679 --> 00:08:57.600 the Lamb of God. 00:08:58.279 --> 00:08:59.539 When the two disciples 00:08:59.539 --> 00:09:00.819 heard him say this, 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:02.220 they followed Jesus. 00:09:02.759 --> 00:09:03.399 Turning around, 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:04.600 Jesus saw them following 00:09:04.600 --> 00:09:05.179 and asked, 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:06.500 what do you want? 00:09:06.939 --> 00:09:07.379 They said, 00:09:07.460 --> 00:09:07.720 Rabbi, 00:09:08.139 --> 00:09:09.059 which means teacher. 00:09:09.559 --> 00:09:10.860 Where are you staying? 00:09:11.799 --> 00:09:12.340 Come, 00:09:12.460 --> 00:09:13.120 he replied, 00:09:13.259 --> 00:09:14.199 and you will see. 00:09:14.200 --> 00:09:16.680 So they went and saw 00:09:16.680 --> 00:09:17.700 where he was staying 00:09:17.700 --> 00:09:19.360 and they spent the day with him. 00:09:19.720 --> 00:09:21.759 It was about four in the afternoon. 00:09:23.000 --> 00:09:23.480 Andrew, 00:09:24.160 --> 00:09:25.140 Simon Peter's brother, 00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:26.160 was one of the two 00:09:26.160 --> 00:09:27.800 who heard what John had said 00:09:27.800 --> 00:09:29.400 and who had followed Jesus. 00:09:29.660 --> 00:09:31.420 The first thing Andrew did 00:09:31.420 --> 00:09:33.280 was to find his brother Simon 00:09:33.280 --> 00:09:34.460 and tell him, 00:09:34.620 --> 00:09:35.920 we have found the Messiah, 00:09:36.420 --> 00:09:37.440 that is the Christ. 00:09:37.920 --> 00:09:39.300 And he brought him to Jesus. 00:09:39.299 --> 00:09:41.079 Jesus looked at him 00:09:41.079 --> 00:09:41.559 and said, 00:09:41.699 --> 00:09:42.699 you are Simon, 00:09:43.059 --> 00:09:43.879 son of John, 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:45.179 you will be called Cephas, 00:09:45.339 --> 00:09:46.379 which now means, 00:09:46.579 --> 00:09:47.199 translated, 00:09:47.459 --> 00:09:47.759 Peter. 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:51.459 It seems that these new followers 00:09:51.459 --> 00:09:52.519 of Jesus 00:09:52.519 --> 00:09:54.519 had hung out with Jesus 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:56.099 for a time 00:09:56.099 --> 00:09:59.399 and then had time 00:09:59.399 --> 00:10:02.379 to reflect on who Jesus was. 00:10:02.539 --> 00:10:04.539 And so when he's called to them 00:10:04.539 --> 00:10:06.379 to drop everything 00:10:06.379 --> 00:10:08.159 and to follow him, 00:10:08.159 --> 00:10:09.519 they were ready 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:11.399 to do so immediately. 00:10:13.139 --> 00:10:14.079 That is, 00:10:14.459 --> 00:10:15.559 they left their work, 00:10:16.959 --> 00:10:18.379 they left their income 00:10:18.379 --> 00:10:19.519 and their security, 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:21.259 they left their family, 00:10:22.439 --> 00:10:23.240 their focus 00:10:23.240 --> 00:10:24.579 was on Jesus 00:10:24.579 --> 00:10:25.879 and Jesus alone. 00:10:26.899 --> 00:10:28.039 They weren't concerned 00:10:28.039 --> 00:10:29.339 about what others 00:10:29.339 --> 00:10:30.379 might have thought. 00:10:31.379 --> 00:10:32.980 Obedience to Jesus 00:10:32.980 --> 00:10:35.539 meant what was important 00:10:35.539 --> 00:10:36.740 in life yesterday, 00:10:36.740 --> 00:10:38.759 that is work, 00:10:39.060 --> 00:10:39.639 income, 00:10:40.539 --> 00:10:43.659 now is totally secondary today. 00:10:45.620 --> 00:10:46.899 Jesus is now 00:10:46.899 --> 00:10:47.940 their focus 00:10:47.940 --> 00:10:49.600 and their priority 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:50.779 in life. 00:10:52.580 --> 00:10:54.779 They were believers first, 00:10:56.060 --> 00:10:57.279 but now 00:10:57.279 --> 00:11:00.600 they are obedient followers. 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:02.759 Two very, 00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:03.940 very different things. 00:11:03.940 --> 00:11:06.420 their world 00:11:06.420 --> 00:11:08.100 is about to change, 00:11:08.900 --> 00:11:10.700 but will it change quickly? 00:11:11.880 --> 00:11:12.420 No. 00:11:14.260 --> 00:11:16.420 Will it change with ease? 00:11:17.920 --> 00:11:18.600 No. 00:11:19.680 --> 00:11:21.260 Will there be lessons 00:11:21.260 --> 00:11:22.140 to learn? 00:11:22.860 --> 00:11:23.540 Yes, 00:11:23.680 --> 00:11:24.100 definitely. 00:11:24.940 --> 00:11:26.720 And will there be rejoicing? 00:11:27.140 --> 00:11:27.720 Yes, 00:11:27.860 --> 00:11:28.280 definitely. 00:11:28.279 --> 00:11:31.600 It is the same for us 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:34.279 when we obediently 00:11:34.279 --> 00:11:35.339 follow Jesus. 00:11:36.819 --> 00:11:37.959 Is Jesus 00:11:37.959 --> 00:11:39.379 your main focus 00:11:39.379 --> 00:11:39.980 in life? 00:11:40.980 --> 00:11:42.199 Are your eyes 00:11:42.199 --> 00:11:43.860 fixed on him 00:11:43.860 --> 00:11:46.159 over and above 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:47.600 your family, 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:49.000 your work, 00:11:49.299 --> 00:11:50.519 your free time, 00:11:50.939 --> 00:11:51.740 your sport, 00:11:51.879 --> 00:11:52.459 your hobby? 00:11:52.460 --> 00:11:55.240 This is a challenge 00:11:55.240 --> 00:11:55.820 for me. 00:11:56.480 --> 00:11:57.480 My free time, 00:11:57.600 --> 00:11:58.379 if I have it, 00:11:58.560 --> 00:12:00.900 I love watching movies. 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:02.340 Love it. 00:12:03.879 --> 00:12:05.639 But I can watch a movie 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:06.680 quite easily 00:12:06.680 --> 00:12:09.120 and be sitting there 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:10.160 knowing full well 00:12:10.160 --> 00:12:11.400 that I have not 00:12:11.400 --> 00:12:13.019 gone and read my Bible, 00:12:13.500 --> 00:12:14.600 I have not allowed 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:15.759 Jesus to input 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:16.580 into my life 00:12:16.580 --> 00:12:17.180 by reading 00:12:17.180 --> 00:12:18.840 his word, 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:20.580 I haven't actually 00:12:20.580 --> 00:12:21.340 had time 00:12:21.340 --> 00:12:22.700 praying that day 00:12:22.700 --> 00:12:23.320 and committing 00:12:23.320 --> 00:12:25.379 my day to the Lord. 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:28.560 I have my priorities 00:12:28.560 --> 00:12:29.600 very, 00:12:29.800 --> 00:12:30.540 very messed up 00:12:30.540 --> 00:12:31.100 at times 00:12:31.100 --> 00:12:33.019 and I am certain 00:12:33.019 --> 00:12:34.420 that 00:12:34.420 --> 00:12:35.879 many of you 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:36.700 might have also. 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:39.700 If we were to judge 00:12:39.700 --> 00:12:40.879 the adequacy 00:12:40.879 --> 00:12:42.240 of a bunch 00:12:42.240 --> 00:12:43.040 of fishermen 00:12:43.040 --> 00:12:44.940 by their appearance, 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:45.940 what would we see? 00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:47.460 We would see 00:12:47.460 --> 00:12:48.780 sun-beaten bodies 00:12:48.779 --> 00:12:50.199 they'd be well-tanned, 00:12:50.319 --> 00:12:51.179 they'd be muscles, 00:12:51.899 --> 00:12:53.259 strong men physically, 00:12:53.779 --> 00:12:54.699 not sure 00:12:54.699 --> 00:12:55.319 how strong 00:12:55.319 --> 00:12:55.860 they would be 00:12:55.860 --> 00:12:56.480 emotionally, 00:12:57.819 --> 00:12:59.439 educated in fishing, 00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:01.980 not so educated 00:13:01.980 --> 00:13:03.240 academically, 00:13:04.279 --> 00:13:05.279 hard-working. 00:13:06.839 --> 00:13:08.079 Would we look 00:13:08.079 --> 00:13:09.100 and choose 00:13:09.100 --> 00:13:10.059 them 00:13:10.059 --> 00:13:11.699 for the A-team 00:13:11.699 --> 00:13:13.100 to be the disciples 00:13:13.100 --> 00:13:14.019 of Jesus 00:13:14.019 --> 00:13:15.019 the Messiah? 00:13:16.019 --> 00:13:17.439 I think not. 00:13:17.440 --> 00:13:19.240 and why not? 00:13:19.500 --> 00:13:20.400 Because we 00:13:20.400 --> 00:13:21.220 constantly 00:13:21.220 --> 00:13:23.020 fall into the trap 00:13:23.020 --> 00:13:24.080 of looking 00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:24.760 at a person 00:13:24.760 --> 00:13:26.060 and judging them 00:13:26.060 --> 00:13:26.880 by what is 00:13:26.880 --> 00:13:28.060 on the outside, 00:13:28.740 --> 00:13:29.700 their education, 00:13:29.880 --> 00:13:30.560 their financial 00:13:30.560 --> 00:13:31.360 security, 00:13:32.100 --> 00:13:32.840 what school 00:13:32.840 --> 00:13:33.420 or college 00:13:33.420 --> 00:13:34.040 they went to, 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:34.660 what uni, 00:13:35.340 --> 00:13:36.160 how they look, 00:13:36.240 --> 00:13:36.960 what they wear 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:39.180 and we do 00:13:39.180 --> 00:13:40.720 this same thing 00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:42.320 without knowing 00:13:42.320 --> 00:13:43.700 what is on the inside 00:13:43.700 --> 00:13:44.780 and without 00:13:44.780 --> 00:13:45.620 realising 00:13:45.620 --> 00:13:46.700 someone's potential. 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:49.080 And we make 00:13:49.080 --> 00:13:50.000 the same 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:51.720 foolish mistake 00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:54.379 and foolish 00:13:54.379 --> 00:13:55.000 judgement 00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:56.040 of ourselves 00:13:56.040 --> 00:13:57.300 and we 00:13:57.300 --> 00:13:57.960 miss 00:13:57.960 --> 00:13:59.740 the need 00:13:59.740 --> 00:14:00.640 and the potential 00:14:00.640 --> 00:14:01.320 to change 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:02.040 the inside. 00:14:02.620 --> 00:14:04.180 We are in a trap 00:14:04.180 --> 00:14:05.220 that we 00:14:05.220 --> 00:14:06.259 cannot fix. 00:14:07.540 --> 00:14:08.540 Consider what happens 00:14:08.540 --> 00:14:09.560 when a caterpillar 00:14:09.560 --> 00:14:11.540 enters a cocoon 00:14:11.539 --> 00:14:13.980 only to emerge 00:14:13.980 --> 00:14:14.459 later 00:14:14.459 --> 00:14:16.019 as a beautiful 00:14:16.019 --> 00:14:16.620 butterfly. 00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:18.919 The caterpillar 00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:20.539 doesn't change 00:14:20.539 --> 00:14:21.740 its basic nature. 00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:24.059 Metamorphosis 00:14:24.059 --> 00:14:25.399 reveals what 00:14:25.399 --> 00:14:26.799 was always 00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:27.299 there 00:14:27.299 --> 00:14:28.159 in the genes 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:29.120 of the caterpillar. 00:14:30.379 --> 00:14:31.000 Caterpillars 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:31.959 can't fly 00:14:31.959 --> 00:14:33.959 but they were 00:14:33.959 --> 00:14:34.539 born 00:14:34.539 --> 00:14:35.459 to fly. 00:14:35.460 --> 00:14:38.300 when the caterpillar 00:14:38.300 --> 00:14:39.180 has been changed 00:14:39.180 --> 00:14:39.980 into a butterfly 00:14:39.980 --> 00:14:41.360 it becomes 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:42.980 what God 00:14:42.980 --> 00:14:44.220 always 00:14:44.220 --> 00:14:45.040 intended 00:14:45.040 --> 00:14:46.160 that caterpillar 00:14:46.160 --> 00:14:46.620 to be. 00:14:49.740 --> 00:14:50.940 And we cannot 00:14:50.940 --> 00:14:51.620 see 00:14:51.620 --> 00:14:52.680 what God's 00:14:52.680 --> 00:14:53.180 intentions 00:14:53.180 --> 00:14:53.940 for us 00:14:53.940 --> 00:14:54.940 are either 00:14:54.940 --> 00:14:55.820 because 00:14:55.820 --> 00:14:56.759 it happens 00:14:56.759 --> 00:14:57.700 from the inside. 00:14:58.440 --> 00:14:59.540 These great 00:14:59.540 --> 00:15:00.080 men 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:01.980 who Jesus 00:15:01.980 --> 00:15:02.680 called to 00:15:02.680 --> 00:15:03.519 follow him 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:05.460 also had 00:15:05.460 --> 00:15:05.919 need of 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:06.299 change 00:15:06.299 --> 00:15:07.319 on the inside 00:15:07.319 --> 00:15:08.779 but the 00:15:08.779 --> 00:15:09.460 change 00:15:09.460 --> 00:15:09.980 was going 00:15:09.980 --> 00:15:10.379 to be 00:15:10.379 --> 00:15:11.019 painful 00:15:11.019 --> 00:15:13.879 at times 00:15:13.879 --> 00:15:14.460 at least 00:15:14.460 --> 00:15:15.659 and dare I 00:15:15.659 --> 00:15:15.899 say 00:15:15.899 --> 00:15:16.539 downright 00:15:16.539 --> 00:15:17.299 embarrassing. 00:15:18.819 --> 00:15:19.460 We read 00:15:19.460 --> 00:15:19.899 in Matthew 00:15:19.899 --> 00:15:20.639 26 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:21.319 where Jesus 00:15:21.319 --> 00:15:22.460 predicts 00:15:22.460 --> 00:15:23.340 his death 00:15:23.340 --> 00:15:24.039 and also 00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:24.539 that Peter 00:15:24.539 --> 00:15:25.039 was going 00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:25.779 to deny 00:15:25.779 --> 00:15:26.240 him 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:27.500 not once 00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:28.399 but three 00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:28.980 times. 00:15:29.919 --> 00:15:30.419 Of course 00:15:30.419 --> 00:15:31.100 Peter didn't 00:15:31.100 --> 00:15:32.019 believe this. 00:15:32.019 --> 00:15:33.960 of course 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:34.340 he would 00:15:34.340 --> 00:15:34.740 have been 00:15:34.740 --> 00:15:35.360 offended 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:36.759 that Jesus 00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:37.699 would think 00:15:37.699 --> 00:15:38.279 such a 00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:38.679 thing. 00:15:40.340 --> 00:15:40.679 I mean 00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:41.539 how often 00:15:41.539 --> 00:15:42.059 have you 00:15:42.059 --> 00:15:42.840 been offended 00:15:42.840 --> 00:15:44.419 when somebody 00:15:44.419 --> 00:15:45.259 speaks 00:15:45.259 --> 00:15:46.519 something about 00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:47.019 you that 00:15:47.019 --> 00:15:48.139 you embarrassingly 00:15:48.139 --> 00:15:49.059 find out 00:15:49.059 --> 00:15:49.840 was correct 00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:50.579 in the end? 00:15:52.659 --> 00:15:53.340 This 00:15:53.340 --> 00:15:53.819 happens 00:15:53.819 --> 00:15:54.819 to me 00:15:54.819 --> 00:15:56.159 more times 00:15:56.159 --> 00:15:56.759 than I'd 00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:57.199 like to 00:15:57.199 --> 00:15:57.600 count 00:15:57.600 --> 00:15:58.620 or that 00:15:58.620 --> 00:15:59.039 I'd like 00:15:59.039 --> 00:15:59.579 to share 00:15:59.579 --> 00:16:00.259 even maybe. 00:16:00.259 --> 00:16:01.799 my heart 00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:02.819 is clearly 00:16:02.819 --> 00:16:04.439 not pure 00:16:04.439 --> 00:16:05.480 and not 00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:06.100 perfect 00:16:06.100 --> 00:16:07.580 and dare 00:16:07.580 --> 00:16:08.360 I say 00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:09.439 nor is 00:16:09.439 --> 00:16:09.860 yours. 00:16:12.259 --> 00:16:12.939 Look at 00:16:12.939 --> 00:16:13.319 Peter's 00:16:13.319 --> 00:16:13.740 confident 00:16:13.740 --> 00:16:14.240 answer. 00:16:14.819 --> 00:16:15.399 He declares 00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:16.639 even if 00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:17.460 I die 00:16:17.460 --> 00:16:17.980 with you 00:16:17.980 --> 00:16:18.480 I will 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:19.059 never 00:16:19.059 --> 00:16:19.700 disown 00:16:19.700 --> 00:16:20.100 you. 00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:21.779 And then 00:16:21.779 --> 00:16:22.360 it doesn't 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:22.879 take very 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:23.259 long for 00:16:23.259 --> 00:16:23.639 Peter's 00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:24.080 heart to 00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:24.659 be shown 00:16:24.659 --> 00:16:25.379 when he 00:16:25.379 --> 00:16:25.860 has the 00:16:25.860 --> 00:16:26.360 encounter 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:26.840 with the 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:27.159 servant 00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:27.539 girl 00:16:27.539 --> 00:16:28.120 who 00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:28.879 confidently 00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:29.740 states 00:16:29.740 --> 00:16:30.839 that 00:16:30.839 --> 00:16:31.279 Peter 00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:31.899 was also 00:16:31.899 --> 00:16:32.159 with 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:32.519 Jesus. 00:16:32.679 --> 00:16:32.959 And what 00:16:32.959 --> 00:16:33.179 does 00:16:33.179 --> 00:16:33.480 Peter 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:33.879 do? 00:16:34.839 --> 00:16:35.579 Remembering 00:16:35.579 --> 00:16:36.099 this is 00:16:36.099 --> 00:16:36.699 the Peter 00:16:36.699 --> 00:16:38.000 who loves 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:38.419 Jesus 00:16:38.419 --> 00:16:38.919 declared 00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:39.639 he will 00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:40.199 never 00:16:40.199 --> 00:16:40.579 fall 00:16:40.579 --> 00:16:41.000 away 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:41.299 and 00:16:41.299 --> 00:16:41.719 deny 00:16:41.719 --> 00:16:42.399 Jesus. 00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:43.939 Peter 00:16:43.939 --> 00:16:44.759 lies 00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:45.939 and he 00:16:45.939 --> 00:16:46.259 runs 00:16:46.259 --> 00:16:46.740 away. 00:16:48.939 --> 00:16:49.679 Isn't 00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:50.379 it bizarre 00:16:50.379 --> 00:16:51.679 that we 00:16:51.679 --> 00:16:52.819 all believe 00:16:52.819 --> 00:16:53.500 that if 00:16:53.500 --> 00:16:54.099 I just 00:16:54.099 --> 00:16:54.659 move 00:16:54.659 --> 00:16:55.319 into a 00:16:55.319 --> 00:16:55.719 different 00:16:55.719 --> 00:16:56.939 space 00:16:56.939 --> 00:16:58.240 be it 00:16:58.240 --> 00:16:59.500 changing 00:16:59.500 --> 00:17:00.159 work, 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:00.939 changing 00:17:00.939 --> 00:17:01.559 church, 00:17:02.059 --> 00:17:02.879 changing 00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:03.600 friends, 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:04.420 that the 00:17:04.420 --> 00:17:05.000 problem 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:05.639 won't 00:17:05.639 --> 00:17:06.000 follow 00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:06.480 us. 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:09.759 But it 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:10.279 does. 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:11.319 If the 00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:11.899 problem is 00:17:11.899 --> 00:17:12.180 never 00:17:12.180 --> 00:17:12.899 resolved 00:17:12.899 --> 00:17:13.720 it's 00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:14.139 always 00:17:14.139 --> 00:17:14.480 going to 00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:14.960 stick with 00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:15.440 you like 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:15.819 glue. 00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:18.779 Another 00:17:18.779 --> 00:17:19.220 person 00:17:19.220 --> 00:17:19.839 confidently 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:20.519 says that 00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:20.980 Peter was 00:17:20.980 --> 00:17:21.599 with Jesus 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:22.799 and Peter 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:23.519 denies it 00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:23.879 and then 00:17:23.880 --> 00:17:24.260 a group 00:17:24.260 --> 00:17:24.780 of men 00:17:24.780 --> 00:17:25.320 challenge 00:17:25.320 --> 00:17:25.700 Peter 00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:26.520 and he 00:17:26.520 --> 00:17:27.220 denies 00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:27.960 that he 00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:28.260 knows 00:17:28.260 --> 00:17:28.680 Jesus 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:29.560 the third 00:17:29.560 --> 00:17:30.100 time. 00:17:31.660 --> 00:17:32.280 Imagine 00:17:32.280 --> 00:17:33.000 Peter's 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:33.660 shock 00:17:33.660 --> 00:17:34.980 when he 00:17:34.980 --> 00:17:35.740 heard 00:17:35.740 --> 00:17:36.820 that rooster 00:17:36.820 --> 00:17:37.420 crow. 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:39.300 How 00:17:39.300 --> 00:17:40.640 devastating. 00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:41.980 How 00:17:41.980 --> 00:17:42.640 utterly 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:43.840 terrible 00:17:43.840 --> 00:17:45.060 to see 00:17:45.060 --> 00:17:45.600 one's 00:17:45.600 --> 00:17:46.220 own 00:17:46.220 --> 00:17:47.000 heart 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:48.220 for what 00:17:48.220 --> 00:17:49.320 it truly 00:17:49.320 --> 00:17:50.500 is. 00:17:51.800 --> 00:17:52.380 Peter 00:17:52.380 --> 00:17:53.700 wept 00:17:53.700 --> 00:17:54.840 bitterly. 00:17:57.780 --> 00:17:58.460 Friends, 00:17:59.280 --> 00:18:00.400 that too 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:01.740 should be 00:18:01.740 --> 00:18:02.860 our response 00:18:02.860 --> 00:18:04.060 when we 00:18:04.060 --> 00:18:05.560 truly see 00:18:05.560 --> 00:18:06.840 the reality 00:18:06.840 --> 00:18:07.900 of our 00:18:07.900 --> 00:18:08.640 hearts. 00:18:10.120 --> 00:18:11.280 How often 00:18:11.280 --> 00:18:11.940 or have 00:18:11.940 --> 00:18:12.780 you ever 00:18:12.780 --> 00:18:14.600 been so 00:18:14.600 --> 00:18:15.460 struck 00:18:15.460 --> 00:18:16.700 by the 00:18:16.700 --> 00:18:17.140 darkness 00:18:17.140 --> 00:18:17.900 of your 00:18:17.900 --> 00:18:18.480 heart 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:19.500 that you 00:18:19.500 --> 00:18:19.880 have 00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:20.319 wept 00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:21.480 bitterly. 00:18:23.779 --> 00:18:24.460 Maybe 00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:25.220 for us 00:18:25.220 --> 00:18:26.519 to move 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:26.819 into 00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:27.779 2016 00:18:27.779 --> 00:18:29.920 we 00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:30.339 first 00:18:30.339 --> 00:18:31.079 all 00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:31.980 need 00:18:31.980 --> 00:18:32.380 to 00:18:32.380 --> 00:18:33.259 shed 00:18:33.259 --> 00:18:33.940 heartfelt 00:18:33.940 --> 00:18:34.880 tears 00:18:34.880 --> 00:18:36.119 of the 00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:36.559 darkness 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:37.000 of our 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:37.259 own 00:18:37.259 --> 00:18:37.720 hearts 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:39.000 and receive 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:39.859 the love 00:18:39.859 --> 00:18:40.619 and the 00:18:40.619 --> 00:18:41.160 grace 00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:41.799 and the 00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:42.359 forgiveness 00:18:42.359 --> 00:18:43.140 that only 00:18:43.140 --> 00:18:43.539 Jesus 00:18:43.539 --> 00:18:44.200 can actually 00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:44.559 bring. 00:18:46.339 --> 00:18:47.019 Jesus 00:18:47.019 --> 00:18:47.859 called Peter 00:18:47.859 --> 00:18:48.740 to follow 00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.099 him 00:18:49.099 --> 00:18:50.359 and it 00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:50.579 was 00:18:50.579 --> 00:18:51.219 Jesus 00:18:51.219 --> 00:18:53.079 who saw 00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:53.779 potential 00:18:53.779 --> 00:18:54.379 within 00:18:54.379 --> 00:18:54.839 Peter 00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:55.959 even 00:18:55.959 --> 00:18:56.579 though 00:18:56.579 --> 00:18:57.979 there was 00:18:57.979 --> 00:18:58.559 much to 00:18:58.559 --> 00:18:58.939 learn 00:18:58.939 --> 00:18:59.779 and much 00:18:59.779 --> 00:19:00.379 change 00:19:00.379 --> 00:19:01.039 to occur 00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:02.859 and Jesus 00:19:02.859 --> 00:19:05.500 has called 00:19:05.500 --> 00:19:06.459 us to 00:19:06.459 --> 00:19:07.079 himself. 00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:09.399 He has 00:19:09.399 --> 00:19:10.119 called us 00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:10.719 to follow 00:19:10.719 --> 00:19:11.159 him. 00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:12.079 He has 00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:12.859 called us 00:19:12.859 --> 00:19:13.699 to obey 00:19:13.699 --> 00:19:14.199 him 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:16.120 and we 00:19:16.120 --> 00:19:16.720 too 00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:17.420 have 00:19:17.420 --> 00:19:17.819 much 00:19:17.819 --> 00:19:18.100 to 00:19:18.100 --> 00:19:18.539 learn 00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:19.259 and 00:19:19.259 --> 00:19:19.620 much 00:19:19.620 --> 00:19:20.400 change 00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:20.799 to 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:21.200 happen 00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:22.120 within 00:19:22.120 --> 00:19:22.600 us 00:19:22.600 --> 00:19:23.880 and we 00:19:23.880 --> 00:19:24.420 wonder 00:19:24.420 --> 00:19:25.500 at the 00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:26.019 beginning 00:19:26.019 --> 00:19:27.100 of another 00:19:27.100 --> 00:19:27.600 year 00:19:27.600 --> 00:19:28.640 can I 00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:29.299 change 00:19:29.299 --> 00:19:30.559 is there 00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:31.180 potential? 00:19:35.180 --> 00:19:36.039 In the 00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:36.440 year 00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:37.900 1464 00:19:37.900 --> 00:19:39.920 a sculptor 00:19:39.920 --> 00:19:40.780 named 00:19:40.780 --> 00:19:42.560 Agostino 00:19:42.560 --> 00:19:42.940 di 00:19:42.940 --> 00:19:44.519 Duccio 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:46.400 Apology 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:47.820 if I've 00:19:47.820 --> 00:19:48.120 said that 00:19:48.120 --> 00:19:48.580 incorrectly 00:19:48.580 --> 00:19:50.259 began 00:19:50.259 --> 00:19:50.880 working on 00:19:50.880 --> 00:19:51.720 a huge 00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:52.180 piece 00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:52.440 of 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:53.120 floored 00:19:53.120 --> 00:19:53.660 marble 00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:54.980 intending 00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:55.720 to produce 00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:56.920 a magnificent 00:19:56.920 --> 00:19:57.620 sculpture 00:19:57.620 --> 00:19:59.000 of an 00:19:59.000 --> 00:19:59.400 Old 00:19:59.400 --> 00:19:59.840 Testament 00:19:59.840 --> 00:20:00.380 prophet 00:20:00.380 --> 00:20:01.540 for a 00:20:01.540 --> 00:20:01.980 cathedral 00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:02.320 in 00:20:02.320 --> 00:20:02.880 Florence 00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:03.560 Italy. 00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:05.019 He 00:20:05.019 --> 00:20:05.680 laboured 00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:06.120 for two 00:20:06.120 --> 00:20:06.660 years 00:20:06.660 --> 00:20:07.259 and then 00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:07.880 he stopped. 00:20:07.900 --> 00:20:09.160 In 00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:10.560 1476 00:20:10.560 --> 00:20:12.259 Antonio 00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:13.420 Rossellino 00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:14.740 started to 00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:15.120 work on 00:20:15.120 --> 00:20:15.740 the same 00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:16.340 piece of 00:20:16.340 --> 00:20:16.680 marble 00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:18.200 and in 00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:18.540 time 00:20:18.540 --> 00:20:19.140 abandoned 00:20:19.140 --> 00:20:20.000 it also. 00:20:21.019 --> 00:20:21.500 In 00:20:21.500 --> 00:20:23.140 1501 00:20:23.140 --> 00:20:25.040 a 26 00:20:25.040 --> 00:20:25.720 year old 00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:26.540 sculptor 00:20:26.540 --> 00:20:27.640 named 00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:29.040 Michelangelo 00:20:29.040 --> 00:20:30.800 was offered 00:20:30.800 --> 00:20:32.080 a considerable 00:20:32.080 --> 00:20:32.740 sum of 00:20:32.740 --> 00:20:33.340 money to 00:20:33.340 --> 00:20:33.740 produce 00:20:33.740 --> 00:20:34.180 something 00:20:34.180 --> 00:20:34.940 worthwhile 00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:35.940 from that 00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:36.960 enormous 00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:38.019 block of 00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:38.340 marble 00:20:38.340 --> 00:20:38.720 called 00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:38.920 the 00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:39.360 giant 00:20:39.360 --> 00:20:41.500 and as 00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:41.940 he began 00:20:41.940 --> 00:20:42.480 his work 00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:43.079 he saw 00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:43.620 a major 00:20:43.620 --> 00:20:44.160 floor 00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:44.640 near the 00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:45.000 bottom 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:45.740 that had 00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.319 stymied 00:20:46.319 --> 00:20:46.799 other 00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:47.579 sculptors. 00:20:48.860 --> 00:20:49.539 He decided 00:20:49.539 --> 00:20:50.200 to turn that 00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:50.720 part of the 00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.400 stone into 00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:51.940 a broken 00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:52.500 tree, 00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:53.380 a broken 00:20:53.380 --> 00:20:54.200 tree stump 00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:54.880 that would 00:20:54.880 --> 00:20:55.579 support the 00:20:55.579 --> 00:20:56.319 right leg 00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:57.579 and the 00:20:57.579 --> 00:20:58.000 rest he 00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:58.460 worked on 00:20:58.460 --> 00:20:59.159 for four 00:20:59.159 --> 00:20:59.740 years 00:20:59.740 --> 00:21:00.980 until he 00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:01.939 had produced 00:21:01.939 --> 00:21:02.720 the 00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.759 incomparable 00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.480 David. 00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:06.299 Today the 00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:07.399 17 foot 00:21:07.399 --> 00:21:09.000 tall statue 00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:09.960 stands on 00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:11.000 display at the 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.659 Academia 00:21:11.659 --> 00:21:12.720 Gallery in 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.259 Florence 00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:14.919 where people 00:21:14.919 --> 00:21:15.879 come from 00:21:15.879 --> 00:21:17.220 all around 00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:17.799 the world 00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:18.799 to view it. 00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:20.500 more than 00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:21.180 a masterpiece 00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:22.899 it is one 00:21:22.899 --> 00:21:23.180 of the 00:21:23.180 --> 00:21:23.680 greatest 00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:24.539 works of 00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:25.039 art 00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:25.899 ever 00:21:25.899 --> 00:21:26.619 produced. 00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:27.680 It has 00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:28.559 been said 00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:29.319 there is 00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:30.480 no statue 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:31.639 more perfect. 00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:33.159 You might 00:21:33.159 --> 00:21:33.460 have a 00:21:33.460 --> 00:21:34.039 different view 00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.700 as I do 00:21:34.700 --> 00:21:35.720 but that's 00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:36.879 what they 00:21:36.879 --> 00:21:37.259 say. 00:21:38.419 --> 00:21:39.119 How did 00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:39.960 Michelangelo 00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:40.539 do it? 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:41.899 Well here 00:21:41.899 --> 00:21:42.639 is the answer 00:21:42.639 --> 00:21:43.440 in his own 00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:43.960 words. 00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:45.259 He said 00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:46.519 in every 00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:47.059 block of 00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:47.619 marble I 00:21:47.619 --> 00:21:48.139 see a 00:21:48.139 --> 00:21:48.700 statue. 00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:50.460 As plain 00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:51.159 as though 00:21:51.159 --> 00:21:51.759 it stood 00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:52.480 before me 00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:53.599 shaped 00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:54.779 and perfect 00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.839 in attitude 00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:56.779 and action 00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:58.059 I have 00:21:58.059 --> 00:21:58.839 only to 00:21:58.839 --> 00:21:59.639 hew away 00:21:59.639 --> 00:22:00.159 the rough 00:22:00.159 --> 00:22:00.839 walls that 00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:01.680 imprison the 00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:01.960 lovely 00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:02.639 apparition 00:22:02.639 --> 00:22:03.879 to reveal 00:22:03.879 --> 00:22:04.659 it to 00:22:04.659 --> 00:22:05.680 other eyes 00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:06.480 as mine 00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:07.099 see it. 00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:09.019 Said in 00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:09.859 more colloquial 00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:10.359 terms 00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:11.599 I cut 00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:11.899 away 00:22:11.899 --> 00:22:12.440 everything 00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:13.539 that didn't 00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:14.000 look like 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.359 David. 00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:17.480 All of 00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:17.839 us 00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:18.759 are works 00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:19.440 in progress. 00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:21.799 Now apply 00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:22.359 this to 00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:22.940 the spiritual 00:22:22.940 --> 00:22:23.359 life. 00:22:24.339 --> 00:22:24.839 We're not 00:22:24.839 --> 00:22:25.400 finished. 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:26.740 We're not 00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.680 glorified. 00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:28.339 We're not 00:22:28.339 --> 00:22:29.099 perfected. 00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:29.819 We're not 00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:30.379 completed. 00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:32.379 We're all 00:22:32.379 --> 00:22:33.200 under 00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:34.180 construction. 00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:35.940 Whilst the 00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:36.839 chipping away 00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:38.140 of unwanted 00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:38.920 bits 00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:39.680 continues 00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:40.920 it's hard 00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:42.220 to imagine 00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:43.200 what the 00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.980 final result 00:22:43.980 --> 00:22:44.480 will be. 00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:45.819 God 00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:46.099 God 00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:46.900 never 00:22:46.900 --> 00:22:47.440 stops 00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:47.860 working 00:22:47.860 --> 00:22:48.440 on us 00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:49.440 because 00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:50.120 there is 00:22:50.120 --> 00:22:50.839 so much 00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:51.319 work 00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:52.500 that needs 00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:52.900 to be 00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:53.180 done. 00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:54.599 In 00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:55.099 Isaiah 00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:55.940 64 00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:57.019 verse 8 00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.680 it says 00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:58.400 O Lord 00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:59.140 you are 00:22:59.140 --> 00:22:59.380 our 00:22:59.380 --> 00:22:59.799 father 00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:00.640 we are 00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:01.220 the clay 00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:02.120 you are 00:23:02.120 --> 00:23:02.700 the potter 00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:03.860 we are 00:23:03.860 --> 00:23:04.579 all the 00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:05.000 work of 00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.620 your hand. 00:23:06.620 --> 00:23:07.319 In my 00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:07.779 mind's 00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.120 eye 00:23:08.120 --> 00:23:09.079 I picture 00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:09.720 God as 00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.579 a sculptor 00:23:10.579 --> 00:23:12.480 working with 00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:12.899 a rough 00:23:12.899 --> 00:23:13.460 piece of 00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:13.819 marble. 00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:15.039 He's 00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:15.539 working on 00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:15.980 a big 00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:16.500 chunk 00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:16.899 named 00:23:16.899 --> 00:23:17.199 Deb 00:23:17.199 --> 00:23:17.659 Gould. 00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.000 It's a 00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.740 hard job 00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.779 because the 00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.740 chunk is 00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:22.199 badly 00:23:22.199 --> 00:23:22.859 marred, 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.199 it's 00:23:23.199 --> 00:23:23.960 misshapen, 00:23:24.099 --> 00:23:24.279 it's 00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:24.960 discoloured 00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:25.579 and cracked 00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:26.119 in odd 00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:26.699 places. 00:23:27.679 --> 00:23:28.139 It's about 00:23:28.139 --> 00:23:28.740 the worst 00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.299 piece of 00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:29.879 marble a 00:23:29.879 --> 00:23:30.279 sculptor 00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.740 could ever 00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.159 find. 00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.319 But God 00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:33.599 is undeterred 00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:34.720 and he 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.679 works patiently 00:23:35.679 --> 00:23:36.179 at his 00:23:36.179 --> 00:23:36.539 job 00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:37.619 chipping away 00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:38.119 the bad 00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:38.679 parts, 00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:39.799 chiseling, 00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:41.079 in an 00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:41.579 image 00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:42.259 into the 00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:42.980 hard stone, 00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.460 stopping 00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:45.440 occasionally 00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:46.740 to polish 00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.319 here and 00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:47.619 there. 00:23:48.619 --> 00:23:49.339 One day 00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:50.099 he will 00:23:50.099 --> 00:23:50.659 finish 00:23:50.659 --> 00:23:51.960 one section 00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:52.899 of the 00:23:52.899 --> 00:23:54.039 statue. 00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:55.419 The next 00:23:55.419 --> 00:23:55.919 morning when 00:23:55.919 --> 00:23:56.500 he returns 00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:56.899 to the 00:23:56.899 --> 00:23:57.319 studio, 00:23:57.859 --> 00:23:58.480 that section 00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:59.019 is messed 00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.460 up. 00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:01.139 I thought 00:24:01.139 --> 00:24:01.639 I finished 00:24:01.639 --> 00:24:02.359 that yesterday 00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:02.940 he says, 00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:03.500 who's been 00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:04.039 messing with 00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.700 my statue? 00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:06.279 It turns 00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:06.839 out that 00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:07.940 I'm the 00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:08.279 culprit. 00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.720 I'm my 00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.319 own 00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:12.059 worst 00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.700 enemy. 00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:14.119 What I 00:24:14.119 --> 00:24:14.720 thought would 00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.519 improve 00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:16.200 things has 00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:16.799 only messed 00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:17.440 them up 00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:19.000 by my 00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.559 actions, 00:24:20.139 --> 00:24:20.639 by trying 00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:21.099 to take 00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:21.779 control, 00:24:22.879 --> 00:24:23.639 by being 00:24:23.639 --> 00:24:25.039 self-centred. 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:26.779 But God 00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.460 is faithful. 00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:28.639 He is 00:24:28.639 --> 00:24:29.159 patiently 00:24:29.159 --> 00:24:29.779 picks up 00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.319 his chisel 00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:30.779 and goes 00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.139 back to 00:24:31.139 --> 00:24:31.440 work. 00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:32.579 He's 00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:32.879 chipping 00:24:32.879 --> 00:24:33.319 away 00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:33.879 everything 00:24:33.879 --> 00:24:34.899 that doesn't 00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:35.619 look like 00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:36.159 Jesus. 00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:37.940 In my 00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:38.279 case, 00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:38.899 it's evident 00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.320 that he's 00:24:39.320 --> 00:24:39.620 got a 00:24:39.620 --> 00:24:40.019 long way 00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:40.480 to go, 00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:41.300 but I'm 00:24:41.300 --> 00:24:41.860 encouraged 00:24:41.860 --> 00:24:42.660 by the 00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:43.160 certain 00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:43.620 knowledge 00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:44.080 that he 00:24:44.080 --> 00:24:44.840 will not 00:24:44.840 --> 00:24:45.460 give up. 00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:46.360 He will 00:24:46.360 --> 00:24:46.920 not quit 00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.320 halfway 00:24:47.320 --> 00:24:47.920 through a 00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.420 project. 00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.780 What God 00:24:49.780 --> 00:24:50.560 starts, 00:24:51.120 --> 00:24:51.340 God 00:24:51.340 --> 00:24:51.780 finishes. 00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:54.019 After 00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:54.540 Peter's 00:24:54.540 --> 00:24:55.180 huge 00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:55.800 debacle, 00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:57.019 one would 00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.540 think that 00:24:57.540 --> 00:24:57.920 he would 00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.560 be kicked 00:24:58.560 --> 00:24:59.160 out of 00:24:59.160 --> 00:24:59.700 the list 00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:00.240 of close 00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:01.080 friends and 00:25:01.080 --> 00:25:01.880 disciples of 00:25:01.880 --> 00:25:02.220 Jesus. 00:25:03.540 --> 00:25:04.100 But if 00:25:04.100 --> 00:25:04.519 you turn 00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.120 with me to 00:25:05.120 --> 00:25:05.900 John 21, 00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:07.019 verses 15 00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.640 to 18, 00:25:07.780 --> 00:25:08.220 we read 00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:08.620 this. 00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:09.980 When they 00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.559 had finished 00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.019 eating, 00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.100 Jesus said 00:25:12.100 --> 00:25:12.579 to Simon 00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:12.940 Peter, 00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:13.539 Simon, 00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.140 son of 00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:14.380 John, 00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:14.940 do you 00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:15.420 love me 00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:15.799 more than 00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.180 these? 00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.380 Yes, 00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:17.779 Lord, 00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:18.339 he said, 00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.259 you know 00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:19.600 that I 00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:20.019 love you. 00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:20.920 Jesus 00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:21.259 said, 00:25:21.360 --> 00:25:22.019 feed my 00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.539 lambs. 00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.680 Again, 00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.339 Jesus said, 00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:24.799 Simon, 00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.339 son of 00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:25.779 John, 00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.640 do you 00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:27.160 love me? 00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:27.500 He 00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:27.799 answered, 00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.180 yes, 00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:28.460 Lord, 00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:28.880 you know 00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:29.220 that I 00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:29.600 love you. 00:25:30.140 --> 00:25:30.360 Jesus 00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:30.660 said, 00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.360 take my 00:25:31.360 --> 00:25:31.620 sheep. 00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.079 The third 00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:33.519 time he 00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:33.920 said to 00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:34.120 him, 00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:35.059 Simon, 00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:35.740 son of 00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.039 John, 00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:36.880 do you 00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:37.380 love me? 00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:38.960 Peter was 00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.900 hurt because 00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:40.900 Jesus asked 00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:41.279 him the 00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:42.059 third time, 00:25:42.860 --> 00:25:43.299 do you 00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:43.779 love me? 00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:44.600 He said, 00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:45.000 Lord, 00:25:45.100 --> 00:25:45.440 you know 00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:46.420 all things, 00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.460 you know 00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:47.880 that I 00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:48.400 love you. 00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:49.220 And Jesus 00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:49.559 said, 00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:50.279 feed my 00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:50.600 sheep. 00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.460 Isn't that 00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:53.019 beautiful? 00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:54.960 that is 00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.940 no accident 00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:57.500 that Jesus 00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.299 asked that 00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:59.200 question three 00:25:59.200 --> 00:25:59.819 times. 00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:02.639 Three times 00:26:02.639 --> 00:26:03.599 Peter disowned 00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:04.900 Jesus and 00:26:04.900 --> 00:26:06.079 three times 00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:07.119 Jesus wanted 00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:07.619 to show 00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:08.220 Peter that 00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:09.379 he is still 00:26:09.379 --> 00:26:10.079 Jesus' 00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:10.619 man. 00:26:12.379 --> 00:26:13.359 Jesus knew 00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:14.099 the change 00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:14.680 in Peter's 00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.759 heart and 00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.259 he was 00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:17.900 reinstated as 00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:18.619 it was to 00:26:18.619 --> 00:26:19.420 the role that 00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:20.079 Jesus had 00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:21.720 always planned 00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.200 for him. 00:26:23.160 --> 00:26:23.880 Peter had 00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:25.140 the role of 00:26:25.140 --> 00:26:26.960 feeding Jesus' 00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:28.000 sheep to 00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.700 lead his 00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:29.120 people. 00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:30.620 It was a 00:26:30.620 --> 00:26:32.059 ministry beyond 00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:33.319 anything a 00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:34.180 simple fisherman 00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:35.940 would ever 00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:36.819 have dreamed. 00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:39.539 We see the 00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:41.299 transformation of 00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:42.200 Peter, the 00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:43.120 change that was 00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:44.120 orchestrated by 00:26:44.120 --> 00:26:45.000 Jesus when we 00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.700 read Peter's 00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:46.960 address to the 00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.940 crowds in Acts 00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.299 2. 00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:49.359 The Holy 00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:50.139 Spirit comes 00:26:50.139 --> 00:26:50.980 and fills all 00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.539 the followers 00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:52.500 of Jesus and 00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:54.039 miraculously they 00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.740 speak in 00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.779 different tongues 00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:56.960 with eloquence, 00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:57.700 with power, 00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:58.539 with authority. 00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:00.240 This is a 00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:01.480 change that 00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.579 cannot be 00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:03.519 achieved by 00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:04.279 human effort 00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:05.639 or by positive 00:27:05.639 --> 00:27:07.039 thinking or by 00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:08.000 any self-help 00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.339 book. 00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.659 This is a 00:27:09.659 --> 00:27:10.319 change that 00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:11.399 Jesus makes 00:27:11.399 --> 00:27:12.940 for those who 00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:14.119 follow and 00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:14.700 obey him. 00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:16.500 Remember right 00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:16.779 at the 00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.400 beginning we 00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:18.140 saw Peter 00:27:18.140 --> 00:27:18.720 and the 00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.480 others leave 00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:20.579 everything to 00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:21.359 follow Jesus. 00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:23.099 Being a 00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:23.799 disciple of 00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:25.000 Jesus is 00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:27.000 dependent upon 00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.880 us being 00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:31.039 100% devoted 00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:32.299 and in love 00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:33.420 with Jesus 00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:34.740 above all 00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.119 other 00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.779 distractions. 00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:38.099 Jesus needs 00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:38.799 to be our 00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:39.900 priority for 00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:40.680 change to 00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:41.019 occur. 00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.759 Do you want 00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.359 change? 00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:43.399 change? 00:27:44.479 --> 00:27:45.399 Do you want 00:27:45.399 --> 00:27:46.199 change on the 00:27:46.199 --> 00:27:47.159 inside that 00:27:47.159 --> 00:27:48.199 will last? 00:27:49.479 --> 00:27:50.500 Then we need 00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.039 to make 00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:54.159 2016 a 00:27:54.159 --> 00:27:55.079 year of 00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:56.059 being devoted 00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:57.500 to the 00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:59.019 only one 00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.979 who can 00:27:59.979 --> 00:28:00.839 change us 00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:01.379 into the 00:28:01.379 --> 00:28:02.199 people that 00:28:02.199 --> 00:28:03.319 he envisions 00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:04.279 us to be. 00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.379 Let me 00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:07.299 encourage you 00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:08.039 this week 00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:09.459 to spend 00:28:09.459 --> 00:28:10.319 time with 00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:11.119 God and 00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:12.740 ask him 00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:14.439 what area 00:28:14.439 --> 00:28:15.439 of your 00:28:15.439 --> 00:28:17.059 life this 00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:17.980 year needs 00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:19.000 changing on 00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.779 the inside. 00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:21.500 It will not 00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.439 happen overnight 00:28:22.439 --> 00:28:24.139 but it will 00:28:24.139 --> 00:28:25.159 happen if you 00:28:25.159 --> 00:28:26.000 obey Jesus 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.879 and keep your 00:28:26.879 --> 00:28:28.019 eyes on him 00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:29.740 day by day 00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:31.339 moment by 00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:31.799 moment. 00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:33.799 How wonderful 00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:35.059 it will be 00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:36.619 that when we 00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:37.359 are in heaven 00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:38.159 we will get 00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:38.960 to see the 00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.919 masterpiece 00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.720 that the 00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.340 Lord is 00:28:41.340 --> 00:28:42.019 working on 00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.740 right now 00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.840 for each 00:28:43.840 --> 00:28:44.080 other. 00:28:45.120 --> 00:28:46.039 Remember we 00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:46.519 are all 00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:47.360 works in 00:28:47.360 --> 00:28:48.840 progress and 00:28:48.840 --> 00:28:49.880 we all have 00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:51.600 potential if 00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:52.539 we follow and 00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.480 obey the 00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:53.960 master. 00:28:55.080 --> 00:28:55.900 We may 00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:57.220 even choose 00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:58.000 the same 00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:59.160 engraving on 00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:00.100 our headstones 00:29:00.100 --> 00:29:00.700 when the day 00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.519 comes that we 00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:03.100 die that Ruth 00:29:03.100 --> 00:29:04.380 Graham, the 00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:05.019 wife of the 00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:06.180 great evangelist 00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:06.980 Billy Graham, 00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.779 has on her 00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.380 headstone. 00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:09.460 and it 00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:09.960 says, 00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:11.540 end of 00:29:11.540 --> 00:29:12.220 construction. 00:29:13.160 --> 00:29:13.820 Thank you 00:29:13.820 --> 00:29:14.540 for your 00:29:14.540 --> 00:29:14.960 patience.