WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.840 It's New Year's resolutions time. 00:00:03.399 --> 00:00:05.799 Hey, it's not easy to shed some pounds. 00:00:06.200 --> 00:00:09.019 It's not easy to change your eating habits. 00:00:09.140 --> 00:00:13.000 It's not easy to change your spending habits. 00:00:13.500 --> 00:00:13.900 You know what? 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:15.700 It's just not easy being a human being. 00:00:15.800 --> 00:00:16.280 Do I have an amen? 00:00:17.500 --> 00:00:17.980 Amen. 00:00:20.219 --> 00:00:21.699 You know what else is not easy? 00:00:23.320 --> 00:00:25.679 Being a wholehearted follower of Jesus Christ. 00:00:25.679 --> 00:00:35.859 Daily dying to yourself so that you can daily live for Christ in more and more areas of your life. 00:00:36.619 --> 00:00:39.000 Each and every day of your life. 00:00:40.340 --> 00:00:43.899 It's not easy being a follower of Jesus, but here's the result. 00:00:45.120 --> 00:00:50.740 When you're following Jesus day in and day out, daily dying so that you can daily live for Him, 00:00:52.140 --> 00:00:54.560 you become more like Christ in your character. 00:00:55.679 --> 00:00:59.060 You're conformed to Jesus' character. 00:00:59.219 --> 00:01:00.679 You become like Him. 00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:06.879 And not only that, as you're looking to die to yourself in order to live for Christ day in and day out, 00:01:07.879 --> 00:01:14.299 you begin to obey more and more of His commands in more and more areas of your life. 00:01:16.519 --> 00:01:18.460 And you know what the result of all that is? 00:01:18.459 --> 00:01:22.459 God's name gets praised. 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:26.679 His name is hallowed. 00:01:27.559 --> 00:01:29.819 It means to be made much of. 00:01:29.819 --> 00:01:41.139 Being a disciple of Jesus Christ is not easy, but it's absolutely worth it because God's name is hallowed. 00:01:42.419 --> 00:01:44.939 And that's not just being a disciple. 00:01:45.559 --> 00:01:50.780 Being a disciple who is making disciples of Jesus Christ is absolutely worth it too 00:01:50.780 --> 00:01:55.739 because not only do you see God hallowed in your life, you start seeing God hallowed in other people's lives. 00:01:57.739 --> 00:02:00.519 God's praise spreading across the earth. 00:02:00.519 --> 00:02:04.560 God's praise. 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:10.539 This morning, this first Sunday of 2019, we're going to delay getting back into the book of Revelation. 00:02:11.319 --> 00:02:15.359 We're going to focus on a number of passages from the Gospel of Matthew 00:02:15.359 --> 00:02:20.960 because I want to focus you on what matters most. 00:02:22.300 --> 00:02:25.819 Maybe better said, on who matters most. 00:02:25.819 --> 00:02:27.979 because it's all about Jesus. 00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:30.239 You want to say that with me? 00:02:30.959 --> 00:02:32.579 It's all about Jesus. 00:02:35.879 --> 00:02:37.840 Over the last year, year and a half, 00:02:37.939 --> 00:02:39.099 the elders of our church, 00:02:39.219 --> 00:02:42.680 we've been sensing a need to focus our church 00:02:42.680 --> 00:02:45.780 on being disciples of Jesus Christ 00:02:45.780 --> 00:02:49.519 who are making disciples of Jesus Christ. 00:02:49.740 --> 00:02:52.539 That's who we are and that's what we do. 00:02:52.740 --> 00:02:53.680 And think about it. 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:56.420 In our current cultural context, 00:02:57.060 --> 00:02:58.340 that's not easy. 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:03.379 Now, there was a time in our country 00:03:03.379 --> 00:03:07.319 when calling people to forsake their sin repentance 00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:09.219 in order to follow Jesus, 00:03:09.219 --> 00:03:11.760 well, that was a little easier. 00:03:13.020 --> 00:03:14.960 People spoke the same language. 00:03:15.760 --> 00:03:17.719 We live in a culture of Christianity, 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:21.980 so it's a little more easy to talk about these things, 00:03:21.979 --> 00:03:27.439 but that age is by and large passing away. 00:03:27.979 --> 00:03:31.159 We live in a different America than 20 years ago, don't we? 00:03:31.839 --> 00:03:32.399 We do. 00:03:33.739 --> 00:03:37.299 And as it gets more challenging to be a follower of Jesus, 00:03:37.500 --> 00:03:38.339 and it will, 00:03:38.859 --> 00:03:40.699 you know what you're going to need more and more? 00:03:42.319 --> 00:03:42.799 Encouragement. 00:03:42.800 --> 00:03:42.860 Encouragement. 00:03:44.540 --> 00:03:46.040 You're going to need courage 00:03:46.040 --> 00:03:49.380 to follow Jesus all the days of your life. 00:03:50.260 --> 00:03:52.240 You're going to need to be courageous 00:03:52.240 --> 00:03:54.080 and stepping out in faith 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:56.140 to do what's right in the Lord's eyes, 00:03:57.140 --> 00:03:59.360 especially when it gets contested. 00:04:00.920 --> 00:04:03.000 Now, the kind of encouragement I'm talking about 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:06.880 is not the building up of one's self-esteem. 00:04:07.580 --> 00:04:09.240 There's other places you can look for that. 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:11.600 The kind of courage I'm talking about 00:04:11.600 --> 00:04:15.879 is the building of perseverance in a Christian's heart 00:04:15.879 --> 00:04:19.680 to persevere through challenge and suffering 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:21.639 to endure to the end. 00:04:22.840 --> 00:04:27.519 Courage to overcome temptations and tribulations 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:32.600 that come on account of being identified with Jesus Christ. 00:04:32.740 --> 00:04:33.819 It's all about Jesus. 00:04:33.819 --> 00:04:37.040 So my aim this morning 00:04:37.040 --> 00:04:41.159 is to put courage into your hearts 00:04:41.159 --> 00:04:43.779 to live wholeheartedly for Jesus, 00:04:44.139 --> 00:04:46.879 regardless of the cultural circumstances, 00:04:47.379 --> 00:04:49.360 for the rest of your life. 00:04:51.159 --> 00:04:52.259 Here's how I'm going to do that. 00:04:52.439 --> 00:04:55.519 We're going to look through the Gospel of Matthew. 00:04:55.659 --> 00:04:58.459 We're going to be stopping off at a couple different areas, 00:04:58.819 --> 00:05:00.819 but there are three lines of encouragement 00:05:00.819 --> 00:05:02.779 I want to put right into your heart. 00:05:02.779 --> 00:05:04.099 First one is this. 00:05:04.599 --> 00:05:06.299 Jesus is real, 00:05:06.739 --> 00:05:09.179 and it's real all the time. 00:05:09.279 --> 00:05:10.379 It's all true. 00:05:11.159 --> 00:05:11.959 Jesus is real. 00:05:12.979 --> 00:05:14.519 You're going to find some encouragement there. 00:05:15.079 --> 00:05:16.799 And the second line of encouragement is 00:05:16.799 --> 00:05:19.019 Jesus is worth it all. 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:20.979 He's worth it all. 00:05:21.899 --> 00:05:22.739 He's the treasure. 00:05:23.439 --> 00:05:24.719 You're going to find some encouragement there. 00:05:25.679 --> 00:05:26.399 And finally, 00:05:26.839 --> 00:05:29.439 Jesus is with us in it all. 00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:33.939 There is a promise to hold on tight to. 00:05:34.459 --> 00:05:35.980 It's going to give courage to you. 00:05:37.459 --> 00:05:38.899 Are you ready for some encouragement? 00:05:40.660 --> 00:05:41.480 Let's dive in. 00:05:43.420 --> 00:05:44.420 Jesus is real. 00:05:44.660 --> 00:05:45.339 It's all true. 00:05:45.339 --> 00:05:46.619 Apparently, 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:47.459 Vince Lombardi, 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:50.119 at the beginning of every football season, 00:05:50.259 --> 00:05:51.919 and I'm not saying I'm a Packers fan, 00:05:54.519 --> 00:05:55.599 but Vince Lombardi, 00:05:55.879 --> 00:05:57.739 at the beginning of every football season, 00:05:57.839 --> 00:05:59.319 he'd gather the Packers together, 00:05:59.500 --> 00:06:00.419 and he'd hold up a football 00:06:00.419 --> 00:06:01.759 at the beginning of practice, 00:06:01.839 --> 00:06:03.439 the very first practice of the year, 00:06:03.779 --> 00:06:04.659 and he'd say, 00:06:04.819 --> 00:06:05.799 this is a football. 00:06:08.739 --> 00:06:10.299 This is what this is all about. 00:06:10.300 --> 00:06:15.120 It's all about Jesus. 00:06:16.620 --> 00:06:18.540 We're coming out of the Christmas season, 00:06:18.680 --> 00:06:20.240 and if Christmas teaches us anything, 00:06:20.500 --> 00:06:22.319 it's that the second person of the Trinity 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:25.220 took on real human flesh. 00:06:26.500 --> 00:06:27.600 He had real eyelashes, 00:06:28.100 --> 00:06:29.780 and he had real fingernails, 00:06:30.340 --> 00:06:33.319 and he had real detached earlobes, 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:34.720 because we know only godly people 00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:36.000 have detached earlobes. 00:06:37.300 --> 00:06:38.040 Bad joke. 00:06:38.040 --> 00:06:38.080 Bad joke. 00:06:40.300 --> 00:06:43.220 He really took on flesh. 00:06:43.879 --> 00:06:44.879 Matthew 1.23, 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:47.259 he is Emmanuel, 00:06:48.180 --> 00:06:49.100 God with us. 00:06:49.780 --> 00:06:50.319 Fully God, 00:06:50.540 --> 00:06:51.100 fully man. 00:06:51.579 --> 00:06:53.379 Fulfillment of Isaiah 7.14. 00:06:56.040 --> 00:06:56.860 It's true. 00:06:58.939 --> 00:07:00.519 The second person of the Trinity 00:07:00.519 --> 00:07:02.120 who eternally existed 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:06.439 at a particular point in time 00:07:06.439 --> 00:07:08.160 took on flesh. 00:07:08.160 --> 00:07:11.200 It's really true. 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:13.980 And he really lived 00:07:13.980 --> 00:07:16.120 a perfectly righteous life 00:07:16.120 --> 00:07:17.540 in God's eyes. 00:07:18.080 --> 00:07:19.960 All 33 years of his life, 00:07:20.520 --> 00:07:21.740 every moment of every day, 00:07:22.440 --> 00:07:24.520 nothing but pleasing God. 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:26.920 Never sinned once. 00:07:27.580 --> 00:07:29.100 He did what none of us could do. 00:07:30.100 --> 00:07:31.600 He lived a perfect life. 00:07:31.600 --> 00:07:33.879 And he really did die willingly 00:07:33.879 --> 00:07:35.540 out of love for sinners 00:07:35.540 --> 00:07:38.280 as a substitute on the cross. 00:07:39.180 --> 00:07:41.060 He really did die. 00:07:41.520 --> 00:07:42.240 Real cross, 00:07:42.520 --> 00:07:43.160 real nails, 00:07:43.480 --> 00:07:44.100 real blood, 00:07:44.300 --> 00:07:46.720 accomplishing a real salvation. 00:07:47.260 --> 00:07:49.860 And not only did he die on the cross 00:07:49.860 --> 00:07:50.760 and was buried, 00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:53.580 he was really raised on the third day. 00:07:53.579 --> 00:07:55.219 And he actually appeared 00:07:55.219 --> 00:07:56.419 to 500 people 00:07:56.419 --> 00:07:57.779 as eyewitnesses 00:07:57.779 --> 00:07:59.240 following his resurrection 00:07:59.240 --> 00:08:00.959 according to 1 Corinthians 15. 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:06.000 He really was raised from the dead 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:08.439 and he really ascended on the clouds 00:08:08.439 --> 00:08:09.719 to the right hand of the Father 00:08:09.719 --> 00:08:11.139 where he is right now. 00:08:11.259 --> 00:08:13.240 He really is alive now. 00:08:14.259 --> 00:08:14.799 Right now. 00:08:15.560 --> 00:08:16.299 Listening in. 00:08:16.300 --> 00:08:19.780 And right now, 00:08:19.920 --> 00:08:21.500 he is truly building his church 00:08:21.500 --> 00:08:24.420 all across the globe. 00:08:24.579 --> 00:08:26.439 I just got done finished reading a book 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:27.819 and in this book, 00:08:27.920 --> 00:08:29.600 there was just kind of some stats 00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:30.879 given of God, 00:08:31.080 --> 00:08:31.620 the work, 00:08:31.740 --> 00:08:32.919 the church planting work 00:08:32.919 --> 00:08:34.379 around the world right now. 00:08:34.500 --> 00:08:35.500 It was so encouraging 00:08:35.500 --> 00:08:37.779 to hear how Aslan is on the move 00:08:37.779 --> 00:08:39.940 building his church 00:08:39.940 --> 00:08:43.340 in some of the hardest nations on earth. 00:08:43.340 --> 00:08:46.879 He really is at work. 00:08:47.500 --> 00:08:48.580 He really is alive. 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:52.180 And he really is going to come back. 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:56.580 That day is set 00:08:56.580 --> 00:08:58.160 in the Father's calendar. 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:02.740 And despite what some people may think, 00:09:02.820 --> 00:09:05.700 we're actually one day closer to that day. 00:09:07.240 --> 00:09:08.900 One Christmas closer. 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:11.639 One New Year's closer. 00:09:11.639 --> 00:09:15.240 The window is getting smaller 00:09:15.240 --> 00:09:17.299 to the return of Jesus Christ. 00:09:17.699 --> 00:09:19.600 And when he really does come back 00:09:19.600 --> 00:09:21.100 on that real day, 00:09:21.919 --> 00:09:23.519 he will really judge 00:09:23.519 --> 00:09:25.220 the living and the dead. 00:09:26.620 --> 00:09:28.699 He will separate them 00:09:28.699 --> 00:09:31.019 as sheep from the goats. 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:31.840 Matthew 25. 00:09:32.179 --> 00:09:33.580 He is the judge. 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:35.899 And he separates the unrighteous 00:09:35.899 --> 00:09:37.120 from the righteous. 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:38.720 And the unrighteous, 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:42.180 he will cast into eternal torment. 00:09:42.680 --> 00:09:43.680 Hell is real. 00:09:47.259 --> 00:09:48.639 And for those of us 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:49.620 whom he has saved 00:09:49.620 --> 00:09:51.740 by his mercy and his grace, 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:53.580 we will really dwell with him 00:09:53.580 --> 00:09:54.259 forever. 00:09:54.320 --> 00:09:57.240 In his presence, 00:09:57.759 --> 00:10:00.160 we will see his earlobes. 00:10:00.840 --> 00:10:02.000 We'll know if they're detached 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:02.700 or undetached. 00:10:02.700 --> 00:10:07.120 We'll be with him 00:10:07.120 --> 00:10:10.060 in pristine, sinless glory 00:10:10.060 --> 00:10:10.980 of the new heavens 00:10:10.980 --> 00:10:11.740 and the new earth. 00:10:12.980 --> 00:10:14.540 There are no threats there. 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:16.240 There are no tears there. 00:10:17.060 --> 00:10:18.960 There's nothing but perfect peace there. 00:10:20.460 --> 00:10:21.180 Jesus is real. 00:10:21.340 --> 00:10:22.560 It's all true. 00:10:23.560 --> 00:10:24.200 It's all true. 00:10:24.259 --> 00:10:25.460 We're not making this stuff up. 00:10:25.460 --> 00:10:30.100 And what you need to know 00:10:30.100 --> 00:10:31.620 is that it's all, 00:10:31.800 --> 00:10:33.019 it's all about Jesus, 00:10:33.340 --> 00:10:35.780 but they're just not propositional truths 00:10:35.780 --> 00:10:37.600 to believe about Jesus. 00:10:37.980 --> 00:10:39.379 Just to check off 00:10:39.379 --> 00:10:40.740 in some theology book. 00:10:41.160 --> 00:10:42.400 These are truths 00:10:42.400 --> 00:10:44.259 looking to have impact 00:10:44.259 --> 00:10:45.680 on sinners' lives. 00:10:47.639 --> 00:10:49.200 They're truths on mission 00:10:49.200 --> 00:10:51.560 because Jesus is on a mission. 00:10:51.559 --> 00:10:53.559 It's in the name, 00:10:54.139 --> 00:10:54.519 Jesus, 00:10:55.219 --> 00:10:56.279 Matthew 1, 21. 00:10:57.159 --> 00:10:58.279 He came to save us 00:10:58.279 --> 00:10:59.379 from our sins. 00:10:59.519 --> 00:11:00.319 Jesus literally means 00:11:00.319 --> 00:11:01.139 Yahweh saves. 00:11:02.799 --> 00:11:04.579 He has come to save us. 00:11:06.099 --> 00:11:07.139 It's all true. 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:10.379 It's all about Jesus. 00:11:11.319 --> 00:11:12.419 And not only these truths 00:11:12.419 --> 00:11:13.819 about Jesus are true, 00:11:14.500 --> 00:11:16.719 Jesus affirmed 00:11:16.719 --> 00:11:18.379 this whole book. 00:11:19.659 --> 00:11:20.939 Genesis chapter 1. 00:11:20.940 --> 00:11:22.620 God really did create 00:11:22.620 --> 00:11:23.640 the heavens and the earth 00:11:23.640 --> 00:11:25.240 with just words 00:11:25.240 --> 00:11:27.340 out of nothing. 00:11:29.280 --> 00:11:30.240 Genesis 1 is true. 00:11:30.380 --> 00:11:31.820 Genesis 2 is true. 00:11:32.320 --> 00:11:33.280 God really did create 00:11:33.280 --> 00:11:34.520 one biological man 00:11:34.520 --> 00:11:36.120 and one biological woman, 00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:37.660 named them Adam and Eve, 00:11:37.900 --> 00:11:38.860 to be joined together 00:11:38.860 --> 00:11:39.740 for life 00:11:39.740 --> 00:11:41.380 in the holy state of matrimony, 00:11:41.700 --> 00:11:43.000 to be fruitful, multiply, 00:11:43.420 --> 00:11:44.320 subdue the earth 00:11:44.320 --> 00:11:46.080 as his representatives. 00:11:47.300 --> 00:11:48.260 It's all true. 00:11:48.259 --> 00:11:51.799 Genesis 2 is true. 00:11:53.740 --> 00:11:54.799 Genesis 3 is true. 00:11:56.100 --> 00:11:57.279 Adam and Eve really did 00:11:57.279 --> 00:11:58.539 disobey God in the garden, 00:11:58.700 --> 00:12:00.879 resulting in their expulsion 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:01.939 from the garden 00:12:01.939 --> 00:12:06.360 and our inherited sinful nature. 00:12:06.700 --> 00:12:07.559 Romans chapter 5. 00:12:07.799 --> 00:12:08.200 Thanks, Adam. 00:12:08.279 --> 00:12:08.679 Thanks, Eve. 00:12:08.679 --> 00:12:15.120 All human beings 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:16.539 are really sinful rebels 00:12:16.539 --> 00:12:17.539 in God's sight 00:12:17.539 --> 00:12:18.459 from birth. 00:12:19.500 --> 00:12:20.139 It's true. 00:12:22.139 --> 00:12:23.039 And you know what's amazing? 00:12:24.359 --> 00:12:25.979 God really saw it 00:12:25.979 --> 00:12:27.759 before it all happened. 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:29.620 Before the foundation 00:12:29.620 --> 00:12:30.319 of the world, 00:12:30.439 --> 00:12:31.439 God saw it all. 00:12:31.699 --> 00:12:32.639 And before the foundation 00:12:32.639 --> 00:12:33.339 of the world, 00:12:33.620 --> 00:12:35.199 He set into motion 00:12:35.199 --> 00:12:36.419 a plan for the fullness 00:12:36.419 --> 00:12:39.360 of time to rescue sinners 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:40.899 from their sin 00:12:40.899 --> 00:12:42.099 that's centered 00:12:42.099 --> 00:12:43.240 on this person 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:44.879 of Jesus Christ. 00:12:45.299 --> 00:12:46.479 It's all about Jesus. 00:12:50.259 --> 00:12:51.860 I know you know this, 00:12:52.860 --> 00:12:54.639 but you've got to hear it again. 00:12:56.179 --> 00:12:57.979 Our deepest problem today 00:12:57.979 --> 00:13:00.719 is not the political gridlock 00:13:00.719 --> 00:13:01.839 of Washington, D.C. 00:13:01.899 --> 00:13:02.959 over a border wall. 00:13:03.099 --> 00:13:04.480 That's not our greatest problem. 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:06.860 Our greatest problem 00:13:06.860 --> 00:13:08.360 is not the undiagnosed 00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:09.159 health issue 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:10.539 that is currently 00:13:10.539 --> 00:13:12.180 somewhere in your body 00:13:12.180 --> 00:13:12.960 or somewhere 00:13:12.960 --> 00:13:14.019 in your spouse's body 00:13:14.019 --> 00:13:14.360 or somewhere 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:15.440 in your child's body 00:13:15.440 --> 00:13:16.039 or somewhere 00:13:16.039 --> 00:13:17.120 in your parent's body. 00:13:17.240 --> 00:13:18.420 That's a problem. 00:13:18.539 --> 00:13:19.820 It's not our greatest problem. 00:13:21.700 --> 00:13:22.879 Our greatest problem 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:24.820 is not the rising interest rates 00:13:24.820 --> 00:13:26.300 in the delicate global economy. 00:13:26.420 --> 00:13:27.759 That's not our biggest problem. 00:13:29.019 --> 00:13:30.259 Our biggest problem 00:13:30.259 --> 00:13:31.180 is not access 00:13:31.180 --> 00:13:32.480 to affordable health care. 00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:35.100 It's a problem. 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:36.320 It's not our biggest problem. 00:13:38.519 --> 00:13:39.720 Racial injustice 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:42.000 is not our biggest problem. 00:13:42.180 --> 00:13:43.580 It's systemic in our culture. 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:45.539 Yes, it's not our biggest problem. 00:13:47.779 --> 00:13:49.159 The greatest problem 00:13:49.159 --> 00:13:50.320 of all humanity 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:52.200 is not outside of us. 00:13:53.860 --> 00:13:55.720 It's resident in us. 00:13:55.720 --> 00:13:58.639 Deep 00:13:58.639 --> 00:14:01.360 within every human heart 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:04.720 is an inherited sinful nature. 00:14:06.220 --> 00:14:07.240 And just like a baby 00:14:07.240 --> 00:14:08.920 in the arms of his mother 00:14:08.920 --> 00:14:10.580 who arches his back, 00:14:12.160 --> 00:14:12.600 we 00:14:12.600 --> 00:14:14.300 arch our backs 00:14:14.300 --> 00:14:15.340 in the hands 00:14:15.340 --> 00:14:16.300 of a loving, 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:17.860 providential creator. 00:14:17.860 --> 00:14:22.879 We 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:25.480 exchange God 00:14:25.480 --> 00:14:26.779 for idols. 00:14:28.860 --> 00:14:30.180 We deny him 00:14:30.180 --> 00:14:31.320 and take his place. 00:14:32.919 --> 00:14:34.539 Our deepest problem 00:14:34.539 --> 00:14:36.960 is our own 00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:38.960 sinfulness 00:14:38.960 --> 00:14:41.060 internally. 00:14:42.259 --> 00:14:43.920 That's our greatest problem. 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:47.779 all the other problems 00:14:47.779 --> 00:14:48.379 that I named, 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:50.099 you can trace those 00:14:50.099 --> 00:14:51.059 all the way back 00:14:51.059 --> 00:14:51.740 to the garden. 00:14:54.839 --> 00:14:55.959 It's all true. 00:14:57.719 --> 00:14:58.979 It's all real. 00:15:00.979 --> 00:15:02.139 So here's what this means. 00:15:02.199 --> 00:15:03.299 Our greatest problem 00:15:03.299 --> 00:15:04.579 personally 00:15:04.579 --> 00:15:05.839 and in your families 00:15:05.839 --> 00:15:07.000 and in our city 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:07.719 and nation, 00:15:08.319 --> 00:15:09.620 it's spiritual 00:15:09.620 --> 00:15:10.419 in nature. 00:15:11.500 --> 00:15:12.079 It's rebellion 00:15:12.080 --> 00:15:13.040 against God. 00:15:13.820 --> 00:15:14.259 And therefore, 00:15:14.440 --> 00:15:15.220 the solution 00:15:15.220 --> 00:15:17.300 is not economic. 00:15:18.139 --> 00:15:19.080 It's not educational. 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:21.300 It's gospel. 00:15:22.400 --> 00:15:22.879 Spiritual. 00:15:24.220 --> 00:15:25.340 Your greatest need 00:15:25.340 --> 00:15:26.300 is to be made right 00:15:26.300 --> 00:15:27.440 with a holy God. 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:28.660 And the only way 00:15:28.660 --> 00:15:29.860 that you can be made right 00:15:29.860 --> 00:15:30.780 with a holy God 00:15:30.780 --> 00:15:31.580 is through the blood 00:15:31.580 --> 00:15:32.460 of Jesus Christ 00:15:32.460 --> 00:15:33.560 who died on the cross. 00:15:35.160 --> 00:15:36.259 A real cross 00:15:36.259 --> 00:15:37.140 with real nails 00:15:37.140 --> 00:15:38.220 shedding real blood 00:15:38.220 --> 00:15:39.740 accomplishing 00:15:39.740 --> 00:15:40.680 a real salvation. 00:15:42.080 --> 00:15:44.420 He's our prince of peace 00:15:44.420 --> 00:15:46.980 who sacrificed himself 00:15:46.980 --> 00:15:49.120 for us. 00:15:50.060 --> 00:15:51.259 It's all about Jesus. 00:15:52.660 --> 00:15:54.080 It's all about Jesus. 00:15:56.300 --> 00:15:57.620 So when you start 00:15:57.620 --> 00:15:58.259 to come into 00:15:58.259 --> 00:15:59.660 the biblical understanding 00:15:59.660 --> 00:16:01.000 of what the greatest 00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:02.020 problem is 00:16:02.020 --> 00:16:03.480 and what is God's 00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:05.400 only solution for that, 00:16:05.820 --> 00:16:07.500 it should have the effect 00:16:07.500 --> 00:16:09.540 of prioritizing your life. 00:16:09.539 --> 00:16:14.199 So Jesus is not 00:16:14.199 --> 00:16:15.000 a pastime. 00:16:15.259 --> 00:16:16.299 Jesus is not a hobby. 00:16:16.899 --> 00:16:17.740 Jesus is not 00:16:17.740 --> 00:16:18.740 an eventually thing 00:16:18.740 --> 00:16:19.659 I'm going to get to. 00:16:20.019 --> 00:16:21.039 He is the Lord of lords 00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:22.019 and King of kings 00:16:22.019 --> 00:16:23.860 and he's worthy 00:16:23.860 --> 00:16:24.759 of every breath 00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:26.099 of your life. 00:16:26.319 --> 00:16:27.279 Every square inch 00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:28.939 in light of who he is 00:16:28.939 --> 00:16:29.579 and what he's done. 00:16:30.719 --> 00:16:31.679 It means we're not 00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:32.759 playing church. 00:16:34.500 --> 00:16:35.639 We're on mission 00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:37.519 to bring gospel 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:38.240 to sinners. 00:16:40.019 --> 00:16:40.960 We're not making 00:16:40.960 --> 00:16:41.620 this thing up 00:16:41.620 --> 00:16:42.439 as we go along. 00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:43.399 We're not trying 00:16:43.399 --> 00:16:44.259 to make the Bible 00:16:44.259 --> 00:16:45.659 fit our preferences. 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:47.899 But we're standing 00:16:47.899 --> 00:16:48.720 on God's word. 00:16:48.819 --> 00:16:49.259 No better yet, 00:16:49.319 --> 00:16:49.759 we're coming 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:51.279 under God's word. 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:53.879 We're not trying 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:54.960 to twist this 00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:55.980 to make it fit 00:16:55.980 --> 00:16:56.620 our culture. 00:16:56.620 --> 00:17:02.480 we're not trying 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:04.119 to fill people's time 00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:05.359 in order to be 00:17:05.359 --> 00:17:06.839 productive citizens. 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:09.059 We're organizing 00:17:09.059 --> 00:17:10.480 to make disciples 00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:11.819 of the nations. 00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:14.400 We're not observing 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:15.660 in the stands 00:17:15.660 --> 00:17:16.740 what the living Christ 00:17:16.740 --> 00:17:17.440 is doing 00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:18.460 and building his church. 00:17:18.819 --> 00:17:20.119 We have been commissioned 00:17:20.119 --> 00:17:21.279 by the living Christ 00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:23.160 to engage the world 00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:25.119 in order to make disciples 00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:26.259 for the glory 00:17:26.259 --> 00:17:27.000 of his name. 00:17:29.719 --> 00:17:30.699 It's all true. 00:17:30.819 --> 00:17:31.439 It's all real. 00:17:32.079 --> 00:17:36.500 We are Christ's plan 00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:39.259 to make disciples 00:17:39.259 --> 00:17:41.679 in this city. 00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:45.019 So we don't gather 00:17:45.019 --> 00:17:46.159 Sunday by Sunday 00:17:46.159 --> 00:17:47.259 to be entertained. 00:17:49.259 --> 00:17:50.559 We don't gather 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:52.119 in order to evaluate. 00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:55.719 We gather together 00:17:55.719 --> 00:17:56.559 to be equipped 00:17:56.559 --> 00:17:57.319 and empowered 00:17:57.319 --> 00:17:58.179 and encouraged 00:17:58.179 --> 00:17:59.659 and envisioned 00:17:59.659 --> 00:18:02.059 so that we are scattered 00:18:02.059 --> 00:18:03.819 to make disciples 00:18:03.819 --> 00:18:04.639 of the nations. 00:18:04.899 --> 00:18:06.099 It's all true. 00:18:07.699 --> 00:18:08.639 Jesus is real. 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:11.659 This isn't make-believe. 00:18:15.659 --> 00:18:16.479 Is this putting 00:18:16.479 --> 00:18:17.139 a little courage 00:18:17.139 --> 00:18:17.659 in your heart? 00:18:19.259 --> 00:18:20.119 To remember 00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:21.059 that it's true? 00:18:23.379 --> 00:18:24.279 I'm going to say 00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:25.879 Jesus is real 00:18:25.879 --> 00:18:26.859 and I want you 00:18:26.859 --> 00:18:27.359 to say 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:28.379 it's all true. 00:18:28.919 --> 00:18:29.739 Jesus is real. 00:18:34.819 --> 00:18:36.619 It's the case. 00:18:39.119 --> 00:18:40.219 The second line 00:18:40.219 --> 00:18:41.039 of encouragement 00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:43.299 that I want 00:18:43.299 --> 00:18:44.199 to put courage 00:18:44.199 --> 00:18:44.939 into your heart 00:18:44.939 --> 00:18:47.439 is that Jesus 00:18:47.439 --> 00:18:48.399 is worth it all. 00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:50.920 And what I mean 00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:52.360 by he is worth it all 00:18:52.360 --> 00:18:54.560 is what Jesus means 00:18:54.560 --> 00:18:56.180 by worth it all. 00:18:57.340 --> 00:18:58.720 Dying to yourself 00:18:58.720 --> 00:19:00.300 day in and day out 00:19:00.300 --> 00:19:01.780 in order to live 00:19:01.780 --> 00:19:02.519 wholeheartedly 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:03.160 for Jesus 00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:04.660 day in and day out. 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:07.000 Jesus is worth 00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:08.820 giving your all for. 00:19:09.100 --> 00:19:10.560 And not just you 00:19:10.560 --> 00:19:12.160 giving your all for. 00:19:12.600 --> 00:19:13.720 Jesus is worth 00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:14.920 calling others 00:19:14.920 --> 00:19:16.019 to die to themselves 00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:17.379 so that they too 00:19:17.379 --> 00:19:18.400 can give their 00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:19.519 all for Christ. 00:19:21.180 --> 00:19:22.059 Have you 00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:23.359 realized yet 00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:25.319 the radical cost 00:19:25.319 --> 00:19:26.079 of becoming 00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:26.879 a disciple 00:19:26.879 --> 00:19:28.000 of Jesus Christ? 00:19:28.259 --> 00:19:29.220 Have you come 00:19:29.220 --> 00:19:29.960 to terms 00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:30.480 with that 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:31.420 yourself yet? 00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:34.759 Becoming a Christian 00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:35.660 is not like 00:19:35.660 --> 00:19:36.740 joining Costco. 00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:40.379 It's not like 00:19:40.379 --> 00:19:42.099 getting on Spotify. 00:19:42.099 --> 00:19:42.339 Spotify. 00:19:44.159 --> 00:19:45.579 It's not signing 00:19:45.579 --> 00:19:46.379 up at the Y. 00:19:48.699 --> 00:19:49.699 It's not getting 00:19:49.699 --> 00:19:51.240 the latest E letter 00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:52.099 from whoever. 00:19:56.059 --> 00:19:57.159 Becoming a follower 00:19:57.159 --> 00:19:57.799 of Jesus 00:19:57.799 --> 00:19:59.119 is costly. 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:01.959 Listen to Jesus' 00:20:02.199 --> 00:20:03.480 words in Matthew 16, 00:20:03.719 --> 00:20:04.759 24 and 25. 00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:06.299 If anyone, 00:20:07.140 --> 00:20:08.279 if anyone, 00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:09.879 age, 00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:10.700 gender, 00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:11.980 ethnicity, 00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:13.500 tax bracket, 00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:15.019 educational level, 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:16.200 if anyone 00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:17.079 would come 00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:18.200 after me, 00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:20.700 let him 00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:21.859 deny himself 00:20:21.859 --> 00:20:22.920 and take up 00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:23.480 his cross 00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:24.319 and follow me. 00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:25.960 Die to yourself. 00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:28.299 For whoever 00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:28.980 would save 00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:29.680 his life 00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:31.720 for his sake 00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:33.480 will lose it. 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:35.279 but whoever 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:36.620 loses his life 00:20:36.620 --> 00:20:37.920 for my sake, 00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:38.799 Jesus says, 00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:41.039 will find it. 00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:44.319 Life is in Jesus. 00:20:46.900 --> 00:20:47.920 Dietrich Bonhoeffer 00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:48.700 said it this way 00:20:48.700 --> 00:20:50.039 in The Cost of Discipleship, 00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:50.940 when Christ 00:20:50.940 --> 00:20:52.120 calls a man, 00:20:52.259 --> 00:20:53.039 he bids him 00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:53.539 come 00:20:53.539 --> 00:20:55.360 and die. 00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:57.579 Jesus is real. 00:20:58.860 --> 00:21:00.059 And the cost 00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:01.220 to follow him 00:21:01.220 --> 00:21:01.960 is real. 00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:04.460 So the real question 00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:04.880 is, 00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:05.799 not so much 00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:06.640 is it true, 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:09.819 is he worth it? 00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:12.039 That's the question. 00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:17.759 Is Jesus worth 00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:19.860 dying to yourself 00:21:19.860 --> 00:21:22.039 day after day 00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:23.880 so he can be 00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:24.460 exalted 00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:25.900 in your life? 00:21:25.900 --> 00:21:29.019 Jesus answered 00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:29.720 this question 00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:31.600 with a one verse 00:21:31.600 --> 00:21:32.200 parable 00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:33.500 in Matthew 00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:34.420 chapter 13. 00:21:35.300 --> 00:21:37.540 It may be 00:21:37.540 --> 00:21:38.320 my favorite 00:21:38.320 --> 00:21:38.759 parable 00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.280 and not just 00:21:39.280 --> 00:21:40.060 because it's short. 00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:43.400 In Matthew 00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:43.800 13, 00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:44.340 44, 00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:45.320 Jesus says this. 00:21:45.380 --> 00:21:45.840 He's talking 00:21:45.840 --> 00:21:47.380 about what it 00:21:47.380 --> 00:21:48.300 means for someone 00:21:48.300 --> 00:21:49.540 to experience 00:21:49.540 --> 00:21:50.360 salvation, 00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:51.780 the salvation 00:21:51.780 --> 00:21:52.280 that's found 00:21:52.280 --> 00:21:53.000 in God alone. 00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:54.220 He calls it 00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:54.580 the kingdom 00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:55.099 of heaven. 00:21:55.419 --> 00:21:55.740 The kingdom 00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.159 of heaven 00:21:56.159 --> 00:21:56.639 is like 00:21:56.639 --> 00:21:57.179 treasure 00:21:57.179 --> 00:21:57.740 hidden in 00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:58.119 a field 00:21:58.119 --> 00:21:59.279 which a man 00:21:59.279 --> 00:22:00.099 found and 00:22:00.099 --> 00:22:00.679 covered up. 00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:02.039 Then in his 00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:02.519 joy, 00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:03.740 he goes and 00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.579 sells all 00:22:04.579 --> 00:22:05.559 that he has 00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:07.079 and buys 00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:08.699 that field. 00:22:09.159 --> 00:22:09.740 What is the 00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:10.319 hidden treasure? 00:22:10.679 --> 00:22:11.059 The hidden 00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:12.000 treasure is the 00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.639 salvation 00:22:12.639 --> 00:22:14.119 purchased by 00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:14.559 Jesus' 00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:15.379 blood. 00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.359 It is 00:22:16.359 --> 00:22:17.039 treasure. 00:22:18.899 --> 00:22:19.379 And what is 00:22:19.379 --> 00:22:20.179 this joy 00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:21.620 of selling 00:22:21.620 --> 00:22:22.240 all that 00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.820 he had? 00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.000 That's 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.560 repentance. 00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:28.539 The joy 00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:29.220 of dying 00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:30.160 to yourself 00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:31.380 so that 00:22:31.380 --> 00:22:31.820 you can 00:22:31.820 --> 00:22:32.380 acquire 00:22:32.380 --> 00:22:33.220 what only 00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:34.080 God can 00:22:34.080 --> 00:22:34.799 give you. 00:22:35.900 --> 00:22:36.279 And Jesus 00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:36.720 says, 00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:37.779 salvation 00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:39.019 is treasure 00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:40.140 for the 00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:40.680 soul. 00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:43.360 Joy. 00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:45.440 The joy 00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:46.400 of knowing 00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:47.420 that Christ's 00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:48.220 blood paid 00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.680 in full 00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.240 the penalty 00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:49.819 for all 00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.460 your sins 00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:51.059 forever. 00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:52.740 Joy. 00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:54.720 The joy 00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.220 in knowing 00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.799 that Jesus' 00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:56.660 blood made 00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:57.819 peace between 00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:58.339 you with 00:22:58.339 --> 00:22:59.200 God so 00:22:59.200 --> 00:22:59.779 much so 00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:00.799 that Paul 00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.160 can say 00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:01.480 in Romans 00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:01.680 8, 00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:01.920 there's 00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:02.299 nothing 00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:02.680 that can 00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:03.059 separate 00:23:03.059 --> 00:23:03.420 you from 00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:03.759 the love 00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.059 of God 00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:04.440 in Christ 00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:04.779 Jesus. 00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:05.500 There's 00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:06.460 no challenge, 00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:07.559 no threat 00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:08.120 big enough. 00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.759 Joy. 00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:11.059 Joy in 00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:11.660 the power 00:23:11.660 --> 00:23:12.440 by the 00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:13.039 Holy Spirit 00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:13.539 to say 00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:14.200 no to 00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:14.460 sinful 00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:15.039 desires 00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:15.720 and to 00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:16.220 walk 00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:17.140 in purity. 00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:17.960 There's 00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.819 joy in 00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.519 obedience. 00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:21.240 Joy. 00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:22.860 Joy in 00:23:22.860 --> 00:23:23.160 having 00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:23.860 power 00:23:23.860 --> 00:23:24.539 from 00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:24.980 God's 00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.259 Spirit 00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:26.039 to resist 00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.779 the schemes 00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.200 of the 00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:27.460 devil. 00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:28.240 The devil 00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:28.980 can't move 00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.319 a hair 00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:29.579 on your 00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:29.880 head 00:23:29.880 --> 00:23:30.440 without 00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:30.660 the 00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:31.100 Father's 00:23:31.100 --> 00:23:31.400 okay. 00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:34.059 Joy 00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:34.740 in 00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.380 experiencing 00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:36.200 the presence 00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:36.819 of God 00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.559 to comfort 00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:38.299 you now. 00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.400 Joy 00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:40.279 in the 00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:40.920 selfless 00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.539 serving 00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:42.140 of other 00:23:42.140 --> 00:23:42.579 people 00:23:42.579 --> 00:23:43.240 without 00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:43.759 agenda. 00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:44.600 It's 00:23:44.600 --> 00:23:45.059 no longer 00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:45.579 what can 00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.000 you do 00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:46.480 for me 00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:46.799 now. 00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:49.600 Jesus 00:23:49.600 --> 00:23:50.200 was right 00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:50.559 on when 00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:50.880 he says 00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:51.059 it's 00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:51.440 better to 00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:51.759 give 00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.120 than to 00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:52.620 receive. 00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:54.660 Joy 00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:55.059 in 00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:55.620 purpose. 00:23:56.860 --> 00:23:57.120 A 00:23:57.120 --> 00:23:57.559 purpose 00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:58.680 that is 00:23:58.680 --> 00:23:59.140 bigger 00:23:59.140 --> 00:23:59.640 than your 00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:00.100 life. 00:24:03.860 --> 00:24:04.559 When you 00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:04.980 become a 00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.279 Christian 00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:05.620 and a 00:24:05.620 --> 00:24:05.940 follower 00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.480 of Jesus 00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:07.480 you cease 00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:08.340 to exist 00:24:08.340 --> 00:24:09.200 for yourself. 00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:11.340 You never 00:24:11.340 --> 00:24:11.940 really did 00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.279 to begin 00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:12.600 with. 00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:16.240 but he 00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:16.559 purchased 00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:17.059 you by 00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:17.279 his 00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:17.639 blood 00:24:17.639 --> 00:24:18.579 for 00:24:18.579 --> 00:24:18.939 him. 00:24:20.379 --> 00:24:20.679 And he 00:24:20.679 --> 00:24:21.019 died 00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:21.719 that those 00:24:21.719 --> 00:24:22.019 who live 00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.319 might no 00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:22.719 longer live 00:24:22.719 --> 00:24:23.219 for themselves 00:24:23.219 --> 00:24:23.699 but for 00:24:23.699 --> 00:24:24.059 him who 00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:24.339 for their 00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:24.799 sake died 00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.059 and was 00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:25.480 raised. 00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:26.419 For 00:24:26.419 --> 00:24:26.819 him. 00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:30.740 So when 00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.419 your purpose 00:24:31.419 --> 00:24:32.259 is marked 00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:33.439 by treasure 00:24:33.439 --> 00:24:34.359 joy in 00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:34.759 Jesus 00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.799 you know 00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.619 what flag 00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:37.259 you raise 00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:37.899 every morning? 00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.740 Four words 00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.920 hallowed 00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:41.359 be 00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:41.980 your 00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.720 name. 00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.380 It's all 00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:44.720 about 00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.460 his 00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:45.940 glory 00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.359 now. 00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.180 And there's 00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:48.980 joy in 00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:49.339 that. 00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.559 A joy 00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.200 that nobody 00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:51.799 can rob 00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:52.259 you of. 00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:53.400 Because this 00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:53.880 treasure 00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:54.900 is secure. 00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:58.900 Is 00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.200 Jesus 00:24:59.200 --> 00:24:59.740 worth it? 00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:03.299 He's 00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:03.839 worth it. 00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:05.960 The call 00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:06.400 to die 00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:06.960 to yourself 00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.500 to follow 00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:07.900 Jesus 00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:08.660 is real 00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:09.600 just as 00:25:09.600 --> 00:25:10.000 Jesus 00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.540 is real 00:25:10.540 --> 00:25:11.560 just as 00:25:11.560 --> 00:25:12.140 the joy 00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:12.680 of finding 00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.420 this treasure 00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:13.940 is real. 00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:15.720 He's 00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.259 worth it. 00:25:17.940 --> 00:25:18.440 Here's 00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:18.779 why that 00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.180 matters. 00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.519 The 00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:22.900 culture's 00:25:22.900 --> 00:25:23.259 changing. 00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:24.680 We'll 00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.200 suffer more 00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:25.540 for being 00:25:25.540 --> 00:25:25.960 a follower 00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:26.340 of Jesus. 00:25:26.560 --> 00:25:27.140 This past 00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:27.540 week I was 00:25:27.540 --> 00:25:27.880 talking to 00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:28.200 a sister 00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:28.580 from the 00:25:28.580 --> 00:25:28.880 church 00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:29.920 and we 00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:30.440 were sharing 00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:31.519 stories about 00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.000 trying to 00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.620 engage our 00:25:32.620 --> 00:25:33.400 family members 00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:33.920 about the 00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:34.620 gospel over 00:25:34.620 --> 00:25:35.200 the holidays 00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:35.600 and I 00:25:35.600 --> 00:25:35.759 had to 00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.259 confess I 00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.820 just failed 00:25:36.820 --> 00:25:37.180 in some 00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:37.540 areas. 00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:39.340 But what 00:25:39.340 --> 00:25:39.800 she said 00:25:39.800 --> 00:25:40.200 was so 00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:40.800 encouraging. 00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:42.980 She's 00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.700 sought to 00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:44.060 share the 00:25:44.060 --> 00:25:44.500 gospel with 00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.040 one particular 00:25:45.040 --> 00:25:45.720 family member 00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.400 and that 00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:46.940 family member 00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:47.420 keeps on 00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:47.880 pushing her 00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:48.200 away. 00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:49.460 She's not 00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:50.240 being obnoxious. 00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:50.840 She's just 00:25:50.840 --> 00:25:51.460 being faithful. 00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:53.519 But she's 00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.640 experiencing a 00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.100 kind of 00:25:55.100 --> 00:25:55.640 suffering 00:25:55.640 --> 00:25:58.259 for Jesus. 00:26:00.340 --> 00:26:01.220 She wants 00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:02.560 her family 00:26:02.560 --> 00:26:03.100 member to 00:26:03.100 --> 00:26:03.759 know the 00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.240 treasure. 00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:04.319 treasure. 00:26:06.380 --> 00:26:07.200 And this 00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:07.759 family member 00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.640 doesn't want 00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:09.059 anything to 00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.299 do with 00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:09.519 it. 00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:12.019 It creates 00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.680 some social 00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:13.359 discomfort, 00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:16.039 some awkward 00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.880 moments, 00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:19.140 but when 00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:20.759 you measure 00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.319 it against 00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:22.000 the treasure 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.460 hidden in 00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:22.980 the field, 00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.839 it's worth 00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.120 it. 00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:27.359 It's worth 00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:27.579 it. 00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:31.879 being a 00:26:31.879 --> 00:26:32.480 disciple of 00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:33.299 Jesus Christ 00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:35.159 is absolutely 00:26:35.159 --> 00:26:36.119 worth it. 00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.960 And calling 00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.659 others to 00:26:39.659 --> 00:26:40.099 count the 00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:40.859 cost to 00:26:40.859 --> 00:26:41.619 follow Jesus 00:26:41.619 --> 00:26:42.819 is worth 00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.599 it too 00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:44.720 because we 00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.059 know the 00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:45.460 treasure. 00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:49.360 I'm going 00:26:49.360 --> 00:26:49.640 to say 00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:50.759 Jesus is 00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.240 real. 00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.160 And I 00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:52.480 want you 00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:52.980 to say 00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:54.220 and he's 00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:54.620 worth it 00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:54.860 all. 00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.680 Jesus is 00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:57.000 real. 00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:03.360 I hope 00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:03.680 this is 00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:04.079 putting some 00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:04.539 courage in 00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:04.940 your heart. 00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:07.120 It's all 00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:07.759 about Jesus. 00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:09.860 The last 00:27:09.860 --> 00:27:10.460 line of 00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.120 encouragement 00:27:11.120 --> 00:27:12.799 is he is 00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.600 with us 00:27:13.600 --> 00:27:14.240 in it all. 00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:15.500 he is 00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.059 with us 00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.779 in it 00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.000 all. 00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.319 Last week 00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:21.599 I was 00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.099 supposed to 00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:22.519 take my 00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:22.980 son to 00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.460 school at 00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:24.460 7.15 in 00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:24.859 the morning 00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:25.319 and I 00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:26.740 totally lost 00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.220 track of 00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.779 time and I 00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.579 gave him my 00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:29.259 word that I'd 00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.740 bring him to 00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:31.539 school and I 00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.339 essentially broke 00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:32.839 my word, 00:27:33.120 --> 00:27:33.519 broke my 00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:33.960 promise. 00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:35.400 I had to 00:27:35.400 --> 00:27:36.299 apologize to 00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:36.519 him. 00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:38.400 Have you 00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:38.940 ever forgotten 00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:39.559 a promise? 00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.140 You ever 00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:42.839 make a promise 00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:43.400 and then forget 00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:43.620 it? 00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:47.579 A forgotten 00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:48.480 promise is as 00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:48.960 good as a 00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.759 failed promise. 00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.299 You'll know 00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:53.539 something 00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:53.960 wonderful. 00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:57.039 Jesus never 00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.640 forgets his 00:27:57.640 --> 00:28:00.559 promises and 00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:01.140 Jesus always 00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:01.700 keeps his 00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.059 promises. 00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:05.740 He always 00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:07.160 keeps his 00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:07.680 promises. 00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.460 Do you 00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:08.980 remember the 00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.620 promise he 00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:10.380 made in the 00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:10.940 Great Commission? 00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:12.640 you might be 00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:12.920 like I don't 00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.299 even remember 00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:13.600 the Great 00:28:13.600 --> 00:28:14.100 Commission let 00:28:14.100 --> 00:28:14.340 alone the 00:28:14.340 --> 00:28:14.920 promise in it. 00:28:18.080 --> 00:28:18.660 The Great 00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:19.480 Commission Jesus 00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:20.340 speaks. 00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:22.500 It's at the 00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:22.860 end of the 00:28:22.860 --> 00:28:23.240 book of 00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.880 Matthew, 00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:24.820 Matthew 28. 00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.340 Jesus has 00:28:26.340 --> 00:28:26.820 been raised 00:28:26.820 --> 00:28:27.279 from the 00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:28.799 dead and 00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.740 he commissions 00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.480 all his 00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:31.279 disciples for 00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:32.539 all time with 00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:33.100 the greatest 00:28:33.100 --> 00:28:33.840 of all 00:28:33.840 --> 00:28:34.519 tasks. 00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.200 Listen to 00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:36.400 this. 00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:38.259 All authority 00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:38.880 on heaven and 00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:40.080 earth has 00:28:40.080 --> 00:28:40.480 been given 00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:40.880 to me. 00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:43.059 Go therefore 00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:43.759 and make 00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.600 disciples of 00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:45.240 all nations 00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:46.539 baptizing them 00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:47.019 in the name of 00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.860 the Father and 00:28:47.860 --> 00:28:48.640 the Son and 00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:49.319 the Holy Spirit 00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:50.559 teaching them to 00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.400 observe all that 00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:51.920 he commanded 00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:53.160 even the command 00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:53.620 to die to 00:28:53.620 --> 00:28:54.160 yourself and 00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:54.660 follow him. 00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:57.200 And then comes 00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.720 the promise. 00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.519 And behold, 00:28:59.140 --> 00:29:00.500 I am with 00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.940 you always 00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:03.440 to the end 00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:04.600 of the age. 00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.500 It's where the 00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.900 gospel ends. 00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.339 Behold, 00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:13.420 I am with you 00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:15.279 always to the 00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:16.100 end of the 00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:16.900 age. 00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:18.819 This promise 00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:20.079 is designed 00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:21.380 to put courage 00:29:21.380 --> 00:29:22.279 into a 00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:23.420 disciple's heart 00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:24.279 to know that 00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:25.400 Jesus is with 00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:26.500 us in it all. 00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:27.700 This promise 00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:28.720 is a promise 00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.880 of the ongoing 00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:30.740 presence of 00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.259 the risen 00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:31.960 Christ. 00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:34.759 Why would we 00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.539 need a promise 00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.360 like that? 00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:39.779 Why would 00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.400 Jesus 00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:42.180 promise to 00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:42.620 us 00:29:42.620 --> 00:29:44.080 that he 00:29:44.080 --> 00:29:44.559 would be 00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:45.539 with us? 00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.319 Well, 00:29:49.380 --> 00:29:50.200 this promise, 00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:51.559 great promise, 00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.700 is tied to 00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.279 the greatness 00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:54.880 of the task, 00:29:55.100 --> 00:29:55.420 the great 00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:55.799 commission. 00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:57.839 And what 00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.339 makes the 00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:58.980 great commission 00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.740 so great 00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.599 is not 00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:01.700 just its 00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.440 scale, 00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.379 all nations. 00:30:03.879 --> 00:30:04.399 It's not 00:30:04.399 --> 00:30:05.759 just duration 00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.579 to the end 00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:07.159 of the age. 00:30:07.399 --> 00:30:07.960 It's not 00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.700 just the 00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:09.539 one speaking 00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:09.779 it, 00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:10.200 the great 00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.599 I am, 00:30:10.659 --> 00:30:10.940 the Lord 00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.279 of lords 00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.599 and king 00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:12.139 of kings. 00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:15.119 It's the 00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:16.819 great depth 00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:18.220 of our 00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.960 problem. 00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.359 Have you 00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:21.759 ever thought 00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.139 about what 00:30:22.139 --> 00:30:22.619 Jesus is 00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:23.399 requiring us 00:30:23.399 --> 00:30:23.799 to do? 00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:24.779 Make 00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.679 disciples of 00:30:25.679 --> 00:30:26.379 Jesus Christ 00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:27.000 who obey 00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:27.480 all that 00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:27.779 he has 00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.220 commanded? 00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.759 To obey 00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:33.759 requires a 00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.619 willingness to 00:30:34.619 --> 00:30:35.019 obey. 00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:37.179 To obey 00:30:37.179 --> 00:30:39.200 requires a 00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:40.619 wanting to 00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:41.019 obey. 00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.180 obey. 00:30:42.379 --> 00:30:43.059 How do 00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:43.379 you do 00:30:43.379 --> 00:30:43.839 that? 00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:44.740 How do 00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.059 you make 00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:45.879 someone want 00:30:45.879 --> 00:30:46.420 something? 00:30:50.879 --> 00:30:51.440 Gospel 00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:51.879 ministry. 00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:53.000 Let me just 00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.519 tell you what 00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:54.220 gospel ministry 00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:54.960 is not. 00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:56.619 Fulfilling the 00:30:56.619 --> 00:30:57.180 great commission 00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:58.639 is not making 00:30:58.639 --> 00:30:59.339 mean people 00:30:59.339 --> 00:31:00.000 nice and 00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.500 nice people 00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:00.839 nicer. 00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:02.059 That's not 00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.740 ministry. 00:31:04.879 --> 00:31:05.539 Gospel 00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:06.539 ministry is 00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:07.539 calling sinners 00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:08.900 who've exchanged 00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:10.359 God for a 00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:11.619 lie to die 00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:12.459 to themselves 00:31:12.459 --> 00:31:13.319 in repentance 00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:14.679 in order to 00:31:14.679 --> 00:31:15.740 live wholeheartedly 00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.399 for Christ 00:31:16.399 --> 00:31:17.579 by faith in 00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:18.539 every area of 00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:18.919 their life, 00:31:19.159 --> 00:31:20.039 every day of 00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.519 their life, 00:31:20.679 --> 00:31:21.240 for the rest 00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:21.899 of their life. 00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:24.179 It's huge. 00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:29.000 How do you 00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.579 take someone 00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:30.539 living for sin 00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:31.379 and make them 00:31:31.379 --> 00:31:32.359 live for Christ? 00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.500 Are you 00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:34.979 feeling the 00:31:34.979 --> 00:31:35.759 depth of 00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.039 this? 00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:38.279 This is 00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:38.859 impossible, 00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:40.179 humanly 00:31:40.179 --> 00:31:40.579 speaking. 00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:41.479 The great 00:31:41.479 --> 00:31:42.240 commission is a 00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:43.279 great impossibility 00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:44.079 for us. 00:31:47.419 --> 00:31:48.179 The kind of 00:31:48.179 --> 00:31:48.619 change we're 00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:49.259 talking about 00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:49.779 doesn't come 00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.240 about from 00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.839 human effort 00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.399 or human 00:31:51.399 --> 00:31:52.079 ingenuity, 00:31:52.919 --> 00:31:53.719 human genetics 00:31:53.719 --> 00:31:54.399 or economics 00:31:54.399 --> 00:31:55.079 or education, 00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:56.199 certainly not 00:31:56.199 --> 00:31:56.819 politics. 00:31:57.159 --> 00:31:57.679 The great 00:31:57.679 --> 00:31:58.659 commission is a 00:31:58.659 --> 00:31:59.619 great impossibility 00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:01.240 if Christ is 00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:02.259 not among 00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:02.799 us. 00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:06.720 the only 00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:08.639 power capable 00:32:08.639 --> 00:32:10.180 of taking a 00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:11.019 sinful dead 00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.859 heart set on 00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:12.599 self-worship 00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:14.819 and transforming 00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:16.000 that heart 00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.839 into a 00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:18.019 spiritually alive 00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:19.039 heart towards 00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.819 God who 00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.599 worships and 00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:21.480 obeys His 00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:22.000 commandments. 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:23.740 The only power 00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.759 capable of doing 00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:26.500 that is God's 00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.279 power, 00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:29.319 divine power. 00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:29.379 power. 00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:30.339 And what the 00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:32.480 Bible says is 00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:33.759 that power of 00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.740 God has been 00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:36.019 made known in 00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:36.779 a message. 00:32:38.179 --> 00:32:38.779 The gospel. 00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:40.720 For I'm not 00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.299 ashamed of the 00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:41.619 gospel. 00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.639 For it is 00:32:43.639 --> 00:32:45.220 God's power 00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:46.899 unto salvation 00:32:46.899 --> 00:32:48.559 for all who 00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:49.200 believe. 00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:49.340 faith. 00:32:57.840 --> 00:32:58.779 It's God's 00:32:58.779 --> 00:32:59.340 power on 00:32:59.340 --> 00:32:59.819 display. 00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:02.440 The gospel is 00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:03.100 the message of 00:33:03.100 --> 00:33:03.580 Jesus. 00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:05.380 And in Jesus 00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:07.200 is the power 00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:08.860 to change, 00:33:09.340 --> 00:33:10.180 to save. 00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:12.019 He makes 00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:13.460 the impossible 00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:15.160 possible. 00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:17.200 Nobody in 00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:17.799 this room, 00:33:18.360 --> 00:33:19.100 in our city, 00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:20.240 or on this 00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:20.640 planet, 00:33:21.120 --> 00:33:21.900 can save 00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:22.860 themselves or 00:33:22.860 --> 00:33:23.900 change themselves 00:33:23.900 --> 00:33:24.740 in the way 00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.200 that God 00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:25.740 requires. 00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.940 Because sin 00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:29.680 is so deep, 00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.600 it takes a 00:33:32.600 --> 00:33:33.220 miraculous, 00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.640 powerful work 00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:35.720 of God to 00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.420 save and 00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:37.640 change sinners. 00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:41.140 Another way 00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:41.600 to say it is 00:33:41.600 --> 00:33:41.860 this. 00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:44.180 There are no 00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:45.640 DIY projects 00:33:45.640 --> 00:33:46.539 in the kingdom 00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:47.000 of heaven. 00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:48.000 God's 00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:49.000 love to 00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.240 do it. 00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.259 Do it 00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.900 yourselfers. 00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:52.680 Only by 00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:53.400 God's grace. 00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:56.099 Here's what 00:33:56.099 --> 00:33:56.519 that means. 00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:58.000 If you are a 00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:58.500 follower of 00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.160 Jesus, if you 00:33:59.160 --> 00:34:00.180 put your faith 00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.640 in Jesus 00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:01.700 Christ, if you 00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.799 took that 00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:03.579 bread and you 00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:04.140 drank that 00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:05.140 cup today and 00:34:05.140 --> 00:34:05.420 you're like, 00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:05.940 Jesus, there's 00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:06.940 no way I 00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:07.380 would have been 00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:08.480 acceptable to 00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.480 you apart from 00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:09.699 you. 00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:10.599 I know where 00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:11.099 you've saved 00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.539 me from. 00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:12.300 If that's 00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:13.199 you, do you 00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:13.500 know what you 00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:13.739 are? 00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.639 You are a 00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.880 walking miracle 00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.920 of God's 00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:20.019 gracious power 00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:21.260 is what you 00:34:21.260 --> 00:34:21.539 are. 00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:23.820 God's done a 00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:24.440 work in you 00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:25.380 that no one 00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:26.480 else can do 00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:27.360 through the 00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:27.719 blood of 00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:28.019 Jesus. 00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:31.400 You're a 00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:32.059 miracle walking. 00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:33.739 You're a 00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:34.320 trophy of his 00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:34.719 grace. 00:34:35.699 --> 00:34:36.039 You're the 00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.639 delight of his 00:34:36.639 --> 00:34:37.239 heart now. 00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:38.500 And it's all 00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:39.059 because of 00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.320 Jesus. 00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.219 It's all 00:34:40.219 --> 00:34:41.699 about Jesus. 00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:43.379 the great 00:34:43.379 --> 00:34:44.119 commission is a 00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:45.099 great impossibility 00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:47.759 apart from the 00:34:47.759 --> 00:34:48.559 power of God. 00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.699 That's why 00:34:51.699 --> 00:34:52.219 Jesus has 00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:52.879 promised to be 00:34:52.879 --> 00:34:53.259 with us. 00:34:55.399 --> 00:34:56.099 We need 00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:56.839 Jesus with us. 00:34:56.919 --> 00:34:57.899 He alone is 00:34:57.899 --> 00:34:59.500 able to bring 00:34:59.500 --> 00:35:00.079 about the 00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:01.039 change that he 00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:01.579 requires. 00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:02.799 He is our 00:35:02.799 --> 00:35:03.859 power source. 00:35:04.819 --> 00:35:05.599 He's the vine, 00:35:05.859 --> 00:35:06.259 we're the 00:35:06.259 --> 00:35:06.599 branches. 00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:09.339 The book of 00:35:09.339 --> 00:35:11.639 Acts helps 00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:12.519 us realize 00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.900 that Christ's 00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:14.679 presence is 00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:15.460 currently being 00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.659 mediated to us 00:35:16.659 --> 00:35:17.059 through the 00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:17.920 indwelling Holy 00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:18.559 Spirit, the 00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:19.379 third person of 00:35:19.379 --> 00:35:19.819 the Trinity. 00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:22.639 The Holy 00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:23.659 Spirit indwells 00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:24.339 each of us at 00:35:24.339 --> 00:35:24.960 the moment of 00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.619 conversion, 00:35:27.379 --> 00:35:28.460 empowering us 00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:29.099 to do what's 00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:30.859 impossible for 00:35:30.859 --> 00:35:31.759 the glory of 00:35:31.759 --> 00:35:32.239 God. 00:35:35.759 --> 00:35:37.440 Christ with us 00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:38.239 through the 00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:38.980 Holy Spirit 00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:40.460 seeking to 00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:41.219 accomplish his 00:35:41.219 --> 00:35:42.159 great task of 00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:42.679 fulfilling the 00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:43.319 great commission. 00:35:44.419 --> 00:35:44.819 You know the 00:35:44.819 --> 00:35:45.500 conclusion is? 00:35:45.879 --> 00:35:46.739 We're in over 00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:47.379 our heads. 00:35:49.299 --> 00:35:50.659 We're in way 00:35:50.659 --> 00:35:51.599 over our heads. 00:35:53.839 --> 00:35:55.000 But not Jesus. 00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:56.899 Not the 00:35:56.899 --> 00:35:57.679 triune God. 00:35:58.959 --> 00:35:59.739 Emmanuel is 00:35:59.739 --> 00:36:00.879 here and he 00:36:00.879 --> 00:36:02.219 is with us and 00:36:02.219 --> 00:36:03.019 he's promised to 00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:04.359 be with us until 00:36:04.359 --> 00:36:05.159 the end of the 00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:06.779 age as we seek 00:36:06.779 --> 00:36:08.159 to do what he's 00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:09.019 called us to do 00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:10.380 and make disciples 00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:11.619 of the nations. 00:36:11.780 --> 00:36:12.340 That's why he 00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:12.960 promised to be 00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:13.440 with us. 00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.920 To fill the 00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.820 earth with his 00:36:17.820 --> 00:36:18.340 praises. 00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:21.019 Behold I'm 00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:22.259 coming, I'm 00:36:22.259 --> 00:36:23.039 with you always 00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.780 to the end of 00:36:23.780 --> 00:36:24.440 the age. 00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:27.360 I hope that 00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:27.800 puts a little 00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:28.380 courage in your 00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:28.599 heart. 00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:35.079 In light of who 00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:36.119 Jesus is, he's 00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:36.980 real, it's all 00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.319 true. 00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:38.719 In light of that 00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:39.719 Jesus is worth it 00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:40.299 all, he's the 00:36:40.299 --> 00:36:41.359 treasure and in 00:36:41.359 --> 00:36:42.759 light of Jesus 00:36:42.759 --> 00:36:43.900 being with us, 00:36:44.119 --> 00:36:44.839 what a promise. 00:36:46.699 --> 00:36:47.400 How do you 00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:47.859 respond? 00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:54.359 Should we get a 00:36:54.359 --> 00:36:55.179 sign up list out? 00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:57.239 Open up your 00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:57.859 check books? 00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:59.519 Pull out the 00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:00.059 calendars? 00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:01.839 Let's get her 00:37:01.839 --> 00:37:02.119 done. 00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:05.799 When you 00:37:05.799 --> 00:37:06.539 realize the 00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:07.339 scale of this, 00:37:08.859 --> 00:37:09.819 the response is 00:37:09.819 --> 00:37:10.380 to pray. 00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:13.019 Is to humble 00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:14.319 yourself before 00:37:14.319 --> 00:37:15.059 our God. 00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:20.119 I had four ways 00:37:20.119 --> 00:37:20.739 that we could 00:37:20.739 --> 00:37:21.079 pray. 00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:22.299 I'm just going 00:37:22.299 --> 00:37:23.619 to do two 00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:26.359 in response. 00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:30.180 in light of 00:37:30.180 --> 00:37:32.099 who Jesus 00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:33.180 is, it's 00:37:33.180 --> 00:37:33.800 real, it's 00:37:33.800 --> 00:37:34.300 all true, 00:37:35.200 --> 00:37:36.000 worth it all, 00:37:36.860 --> 00:37:37.559 with us in it 00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:37.800 all. 00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:39.160 There's 00:37:39.160 --> 00:37:39.800 unfinished work 00:37:39.800 --> 00:37:41.400 to do in 00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:41.960 light of that. 00:37:43.720 --> 00:37:44.240 First, 00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.620 pray up the 00:37:46.620 --> 00:37:46.900 name. 00:37:48.900 --> 00:37:50.099 Pray up the 00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:50.380 name. 00:37:52.700 --> 00:37:53.400 Matthew 6, 00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:53.800 9, and 00:37:53.800 --> 00:37:54.079 10. 00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:55.720 Our 00:37:55.719 --> 00:37:56.699 Father in 00:37:56.699 --> 00:37:57.059 heaven, 00:37:58.019 --> 00:37:58.859 hallowed be 00:37:58.859 --> 00:37:59.919 your name. 00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:01.199 Your kingdom 00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:02.619 come, your 00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:03.199 will be done. 00:38:04.259 --> 00:38:04.919 Pray up the 00:38:04.919 --> 00:38:05.179 name. 00:38:06.299 --> 00:38:06.759 And we don't 00:38:06.759 --> 00:38:07.319 need to limit 00:38:07.319 --> 00:38:07.739 it to the 00:38:07.739 --> 00:38:08.379 Father's name. 00:38:09.099 --> 00:38:09.959 It's the name 00:38:09.959 --> 00:38:10.599 of the triune 00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:11.019 God. 00:38:11.399 --> 00:38:12.859 We can call 00:38:12.859 --> 00:38:13.859 on our 00:38:13.859 --> 00:38:14.799 triune God 00:38:14.799 --> 00:38:16.099 to pray up 00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.419 the name. 00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:16.839 Oh God, 00:38:16.899 --> 00:38:17.739 would you be 00:38:17.739 --> 00:38:19.159 exalted in 00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:20.399 my life, in 00:38:20.399 --> 00:38:21.500 my marriage, in 00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:22.779 my parenting, in 00:38:22.779 --> 00:38:23.539 my home, in 00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:24.519 neighborhood, in 00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:25.299 my city, in 00:38:25.299 --> 00:38:25.699 church, in 00:38:25.699 --> 00:38:27.119 my nation, and 00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:27.579 around the 00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:27.939 world. 00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:29.099 Pray up the 00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:29.460 name. 00:38:29.919 --> 00:38:30.500 Hallowed be 00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:30.980 your name. 00:38:33.139 --> 00:38:33.980 In light of 00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:35.000 all that he 00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:36.960 has done, let's 00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:37.460 pray up his 00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:38.379 name so that 00:38:38.379 --> 00:38:40.899 the praises of 00:38:40.899 --> 00:38:41.679 his name will 00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:42.799 reach to the 00:38:42.799 --> 00:38:44.299 ends of the 00:38:44.299 --> 00:38:44.899 earth as the 00:38:44.899 --> 00:38:45.480 water covers 00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:45.899 the sea. 00:38:47.359 --> 00:38:48.119 Pray up the 00:38:48.119 --> 00:38:48.519 name, and 00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:49.819 then secondly, as 00:38:49.819 --> 00:38:50.500 a response, 00:38:51.899 --> 00:38:52.399 pray down the 00:38:52.399 --> 00:38:52.779 power. 00:38:52.780 --> 00:38:52.840 power. 00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:57.040 Acts 2, verse 00:38:57.040 --> 00:38:58.640 31, the early 00:38:58.640 --> 00:38:59.620 church is being 00:38:59.620 --> 00:39:00.840 roughed up and 00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:01.420 persecuted. 00:39:02.080 --> 00:39:02.519 They gather 00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:03.560 together and 00:39:03.560 --> 00:39:04.340 they pray for 00:39:04.340 --> 00:39:04.940 boldness. 00:39:06.019 --> 00:39:06.400 And the 00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:07.220 Spirit of God 00:39:07.220 --> 00:39:08.200 fills them, 00:39:08.720 --> 00:39:09.680 shakes the room 00:39:09.680 --> 00:39:10.400 that they're in, 00:39:10.560 --> 00:39:11.240 and they are 00:39:11.240 --> 00:39:12.140 emboldened for 00:39:12.140 --> 00:39:12.620 ministry. 00:39:15.120 --> 00:39:16.080 Pray down the 00:39:16.080 --> 00:39:16.400 Spirit. 00:39:16.720 --> 00:39:17.440 Pray down the 00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:17.840 power. 00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:19.220 Ask God to fill 00:39:19.220 --> 00:39:20.420 us afresh, to 00:39:20.420 --> 00:39:21.360 empower us to 00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:22.700 walk in purity, to 00:39:22.700 --> 00:39:23.539 empower us to 00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:24.220 stand against the 00:39:24.220 --> 00:39:25.039 devil, to 00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:26.360 empower us to 00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:27.620 proclaim boldly 00:39:27.620 --> 00:39:29.519 the person of 00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:31.039 Jesus who is the 00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:32.420 only hope for 00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:33.180 people in this 00:39:33.180 --> 00:39:33.840 lost world. 00:39:36.820 --> 00:39:37.640 Pray up the 00:39:37.640 --> 00:39:38.559 name, pray down 00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:39.099 the power. 00:39:39.660 --> 00:39:40.039 What a great 00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:42.160 response to the 00:39:42.160 --> 00:39:42.700 Great Commission. 00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:46.140 Jesus is real, 00:39:47.380 --> 00:39:48.300 Jesus is worth it 00:39:48.300 --> 00:39:49.740 all, and Jesus 00:39:49.740 --> 00:39:51.460 is with us in it 00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:51.820 all. 00:39:52.720 --> 00:39:53.820 Take courage. 00:39:55.700 --> 00:39:56.460 Christ the King 00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:58.500 Church, we got 00:39:58.500 --> 00:39:59.480 Jesus' work to do. 00:40:00.640 --> 00:40:01.180 Let's pray. 00:40:11.300 --> 00:40:12.660 Lord Jesus, we do 00:40:12.660 --> 00:40:13.760 want your name 00:40:13.760 --> 00:40:14.520 exalted in our 00:40:14.520 --> 00:40:14.840 city. 00:40:18.520 --> 00:40:19.200 Would your name 00:40:19.200 --> 00:40:19.980 be hallowed? 00:40:22.060 --> 00:40:22.760 Would you be 00:40:22.760 --> 00:40:23.780 made much of in 00:40:23.780 --> 00:40:26.720 our lives, in 00:40:26.720 --> 00:40:28.740 our thoughts, in 00:40:28.740 --> 00:40:31.920 our desires, in 00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:34.200 our purchases, in 00:40:34.200 --> 00:40:34.800 how we spend our 00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:35.240 time? 00:40:36.720 --> 00:40:37.580 Lord Jesus, would 00:40:37.580 --> 00:40:38.380 you be exalted? 00:40:38.540 --> 00:40:39.080 Would you be 00:40:39.080 --> 00:40:39.620 hallowed? 00:40:39.860 --> 00:40:40.500 Hallowed be your 00:40:40.500 --> 00:40:41.120 name, Father. 00:40:41.120 --> 00:40:42.120 Father, would you 00:40:43.760 --> 00:40:45.480 pour out your 00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:46.380 spirit upon us, 00:40:46.400 --> 00:40:49.980 your people, so 00:40:49.980 --> 00:40:50.780 that we can live 00:40:50.780 --> 00:40:52.600 lives that are 00:40:52.600 --> 00:40:55.100 radical in the 00:40:55.100 --> 00:40:57.880 world's sight, so 00:40:57.880 --> 00:40:58.480 that we can live 00:40:58.480 --> 00:41:02.240 lives that validate 00:41:02.240 --> 00:41:04.300 the message we 00:41:04.300 --> 00:41:04.820 proclaim. 00:41:07.900 --> 00:41:09.220 Lord Jesus, thank 00:41:09.220 --> 00:41:09.840 you for reminding 00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:10.620 us this morning 00:41:10.620 --> 00:41:13.040 that following you 00:41:13.039 --> 00:41:13.960 is not in vain. 00:41:14.759 --> 00:41:15.400 It's not an 00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:16.139 exercise in 00:41:16.139 --> 00:41:16.639 futility. 00:41:17.619 --> 00:41:18.519 It's the right 00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:19.159 thing to do. 00:41:20.219 --> 00:41:21.139 You are worth 00:41:21.139 --> 00:41:21.539 it all. 00:41:22.500 --> 00:41:23.119 Be exalted 00:41:23.119 --> 00:41:23.500 now. 00:41:24.199 --> 00:41:24.860 In Jesus' name 00:41:24.860 --> 00:41:25.300 we pray. 00:41:26.039 --> 00:41:26.360 Amen.