WEBVTT

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.080
 We hope that you enjoy this teaching from Christ Church.

00:00:05.719 --> 00:00:09.519
 This material is copyrighted and no unauthorized duplication,

00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:15.280
 redistribution, or any other use of any part is permitted without prior consent from Christ Church.

00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:22.620
 Please consider donating to this work in the San Francisco Bay Area online at ChristChurchEastBay.org.

00:00:22.620 --> 00:00:37.280
 Today's scripture is from Mark 3, 6-35, as printed in your liturgy.

00:00:38.859 --> 00:00:46.280
 Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.

00:00:47.219 --> 00:00:49.799
 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake,

00:00:49.799 --> 00:00:52.659
 and a large crowd from Galilee followed.

00:00:53.799 --> 00:00:55.879
 When they heard about all he was doing,

00:00:56.119 --> 00:01:01.159
 many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea,

00:01:01.579 --> 00:01:06.319
 and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon.

00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:11.979
 Because of the crowd, he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him

00:01:11.979 --> 00:01:14.879
 to keep the people from crowding him.

00:01:14.879 --> 00:01:21.019
 For he had healed many, so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him.

00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:26.479
 Whenever the impure spirits saw him,

00:01:26.739 --> 00:01:28.939
 they fell down before him and cried out,

00:01:29.299 --> 00:01:30.719
 You are the Son of God.

00:01:31.759 --> 00:01:35.159
 But he gave them strict orders not to tell others about him.

00:01:36.759 --> 00:01:41.399
 Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted,

00:01:41.939 --> 00:01:43.019
 and they came to him.

00:01:43.019 --> 00:01:46.500
 He appointed twelve that might be with him,

00:01:46.899 --> 00:01:49.280
 and that he might send them out to preach,

00:01:49.780 --> 00:01:51.979
 and to have authority to drive out demons.

00:01:53.739 --> 00:01:55.699
 These are the twelve he appointed.

00:01:56.479 --> 00:01:59.159
 Simon, to whom he gave the name Peter.

00:02:00.159 --> 00:02:03.420
 James, son of Zebedee and his brother John.

00:02:04.420 --> 00:02:08.000
 To them he gave the name Boanerges,

00:02:08.439 --> 00:02:10.500
 which means sons of thunder.

00:02:10.500 --> 00:02:17.759
 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas,

00:02:18.580 --> 00:02:20.460
 James, son of Alphaeus,

00:02:21.159 --> 00:02:24.060
 Thaddeus, Simon the Zealot,

00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:27.560
 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

00:02:29.439 --> 00:02:32.139
 Then Jesus entered a house,

00:02:32.259 --> 00:02:33.560
 and again a crowd gathered,

00:02:33.840 --> 00:02:37.060
 so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat.

00:02:37.060 --> 00:02:39.740
 When his family heard about this,

00:02:39.819 --> 00:02:41.379
 they went to take charge of him,

00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:42.800
 for they said,

00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:45.180
 he's out of his mind.

00:02:46.340 --> 00:02:48.039
 And the teachers of the law,

00:02:48.159 --> 00:02:50.120
 who came down from Jerusalem,

00:02:50.379 --> 00:02:50.640
 said,

00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:53.620
 he is possessed by Beelzebub,

00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:55.719
 by the prince of demons.

00:02:56.360 --> 00:02:57.620
 He is driving out demons.

00:02:58.840 --> 00:03:01.000
 So Jesus called them over to him,

00:03:01.039 --> 00:03:03.699
 and began to speak to them in parables.

00:03:03.699 --> 00:03:06.579
 How can Satan drive out Satan?

00:03:07.679 --> 00:03:10.479
 If a kingdom is divided against itself,

00:03:11.099 --> 00:03:12.799
 that kingdom cannot stand.

00:03:13.419 --> 00:03:15.699
 If a house is divided against itself,

00:03:15.799 --> 00:03:17.139
 that house cannot stand.

00:03:18.119 --> 00:03:21.560
 And if Satan opposes himself and is divided,

00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:24.599
 he cannot stand.

00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:26.359
 His end has come.

00:03:26.360 --> 00:03:28.680
 In fact,

00:03:28.880 --> 00:03:31.480
 no one can enter a strong man's house

00:03:31.480 --> 00:03:33.780
 without first tying him up.

00:03:34.460 --> 00:03:37.480
 Then he can plunder the strong man's house.

00:03:40.040 --> 00:03:41.720
 Truly, I tell you,

00:03:42.440 --> 00:03:44.960
 people can be forgiven all their sins,

00:03:45.320 --> 00:03:47.840
 and every slander they utter.

00:03:48.640 --> 00:03:51.680
 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit

00:03:51.680 --> 00:03:53.320
 will never be forgiven.

00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:56.280
 They are guilty of an eternal sin.

00:03:57.280 --> 00:03:59.460
 He said this because they were saying,

00:03:59.740 --> 00:04:01.600
 he has an impure spirit.

00:04:02.860 --> 00:04:05.500
 Then Jesus' mother and brothers arrived.

00:04:06.040 --> 00:04:06.920
 Standing outside,

00:04:07.100 --> 00:04:09.160
 they sent someone in to call him.

00:04:10.100 --> 00:04:11.920
 A crowd was sitting around him,

00:04:11.940 --> 00:04:12.580
 and they told him,

00:04:12.880 --> 00:04:13.940
 your mother and brothers

00:04:13.940 --> 00:04:15.780
 are outside looking for you.

00:04:17.540 --> 00:04:20.680
 Who are my mother and brothers, he asked.

00:04:21.500 --> 00:04:24.180
 Then he looked at all those seated in a circle

00:04:24.180 --> 00:04:26.180
 around him and said,

00:04:26.360 --> 00:04:29.800
 here are my mother and my brothers.

00:04:30.580 --> 00:04:33.500
 Whoever does God's will is my mother,

00:04:33.819 --> 00:04:36.759
 my brother and sister and mother.

00:04:36.759 --> 00:04:40.079
 This is the gospel of the Lord.

00:04:41.079 --> 00:04:42.439
 Praise to you, O Christ.

00:04:44.039 --> 00:04:45.639
 Good morning, Christ Church.

00:04:45.980 --> 00:04:49.599
 We are continuing today in the gospel of Mark,

00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:51.480
 and there are four gospels.

00:04:51.480 --> 00:04:54.080
 This is the earliest of the four that was written

00:04:54.080 --> 00:04:56.379
 in about 65 A.D.,

00:04:56.379 --> 00:04:58.680
 and you can read it.

00:04:58.800 --> 00:05:00.060
 It's the shortest of the gospels.

00:05:00.180 --> 00:05:02.819
 It can be read in about 65 minutes or so

00:05:02.819 --> 00:05:04.140
 over a cup of coffee.

00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:06.800
 And I want to encourage you

00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:09.600
 just to grab a Bible that's close at hand

00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:11.319
 and to open it.

00:05:11.840 --> 00:05:14.780
 I know we just had some of it printed for you,

00:05:14.779 --> 00:05:17.339
 but if you could open to page 812,

00:05:18.539 --> 00:05:20.819
 that's the first page of this gospel.

00:05:21.799 --> 00:05:23.439
 And I want to just bring you up to speed

00:05:23.439 --> 00:05:25.439
 if you're just tuning in today.

00:05:26.179 --> 00:05:28.619
 What we've seen in this gospel so far

00:05:28.619 --> 00:05:32.319
 is that Jesus has incredible power and authority.

00:05:33.259 --> 00:05:35.519
 He has power and authority to teach,

00:05:35.679 --> 00:05:37.879
 so that in Mark 1, 22,

00:05:38.119 --> 00:05:38.399
 it says,

00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:39.719
 the people were amazed

00:05:39.719 --> 00:05:41.799
 because he taught with authority,

00:05:41.859 --> 00:05:43.939
 as if he's teaching directly from God.

00:05:45.219 --> 00:05:47.299
 Jesus also has power and authority

00:05:47.299 --> 00:05:49.339
 over evil and illness,

00:05:50.159 --> 00:05:52.599
 so that you see there in Mark 1, 27,

00:05:53.379 --> 00:05:54.199
 the people are saying

00:05:54.199 --> 00:05:56.219
 he gives orders to evil spirits

00:05:56.219 --> 00:05:57.500
 and to impure spirits,

00:05:57.539 --> 00:05:59.079
 and they obey him.

00:05:59.279 --> 00:06:00.899
 And Jesus goes out from that place,

00:06:00.939 --> 00:06:03.459
 and he heals the mother-in-law of Peter,

00:06:03.579 --> 00:06:04.599
 and he heals the people

00:06:04.599 --> 00:06:06.620
 in the whole town there of Capernaum.

00:06:06.620 --> 00:06:09.300
 If you turn over to Mark 4,

00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:11.240
 you can see that Jesus has power

00:06:11.240 --> 00:06:12.680
 and authority over nature.

00:06:13.560 --> 00:06:15.259
 There's this incredible storm,

00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:17.860
 and Jesus brings that storm

00:06:17.860 --> 00:06:20.060
 down to total stillness.

00:06:20.899 --> 00:06:22.180
 And in Mark 4, 41,

00:06:22.340 --> 00:06:23.259
 the disciples say,

00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:24.540
 who is this?

00:06:24.660 --> 00:06:26.860
 Even the wind and the waves obey him.

00:06:28.280 --> 00:06:30.560
 And then you can see Jesus

00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:31.519
 in Mark 5,

00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:34.360
 he has power and authority over death.

00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:35.840
 This man, Jairus,

00:06:35.839 --> 00:06:37.419
 he's the ruler of the synagogue.

00:06:37.639 --> 00:06:38.719
 His daughter has died,

00:06:38.839 --> 00:06:40.739
 and Jesus has the audacity

00:06:40.739 --> 00:06:43.139
 to go in Mark 5, verse 41,

00:06:43.339 --> 00:06:45.639
 and say to this dead girl,

00:06:45.739 --> 00:06:46.379
 he says to her,

00:06:46.479 --> 00:06:47.979
 little girl, get up.

00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:50.299
 And that's what she did.

00:06:50.439 --> 00:06:51.199
 She got up,

00:06:51.699 --> 00:06:52.739
 and it says the people

00:06:52.739 --> 00:06:54.159
 were completely astonished.

00:06:55.719 --> 00:06:58.439
 And most outrageous of all,

00:06:59.439 --> 00:07:01.899
 Jesus has power and authority

00:07:01.899 --> 00:07:03.019
 to forgive sins.

00:07:03.019 --> 00:07:04.339
 And we saw this last week

00:07:04.339 --> 00:07:06.240
 with this paralytic man

00:07:06.240 --> 00:07:07.259
 who's brought to Jesus,

00:07:07.399 --> 00:07:08.199
 and Jesus says to him,

00:07:08.319 --> 00:07:09.579
 son, your sins are forgiven.

00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:10.199
 And the people,

00:07:10.659 --> 00:07:11.979
 in Mark 2, verse 5,

00:07:12.060 --> 00:07:12.359
 they say,

00:07:12.479 --> 00:07:13.719
 who can forgive sins

00:07:13.719 --> 00:07:15.019
 but God alone?

00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:17.319
 Jesus is a person

00:07:17.319 --> 00:07:19.099
 of incredible power

00:07:19.099 --> 00:07:20.299
 and authority,

00:07:21.120 --> 00:07:22.560
 and the news about him

00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:24.019
 is beginning to spread everywhere,

00:07:24.699 --> 00:07:25.599
 even without TikTok.

00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:29.060
 News is spreading like wildfire,

00:07:29.060 --> 00:07:30.579
 in Mark chapter 3,

00:07:31.639 --> 00:07:33.459
 Jesus' popularity

00:07:33.459 --> 00:07:34.300
 and his fame

00:07:34.300 --> 00:07:36.300
 is basically at a fever pitch, right?

00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:38.759
 Word about his powerful teachings,

00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:41.360
 his supernatural healings,

00:07:41.780 --> 00:07:43.120
 is spread far beyond

00:07:43.120 --> 00:07:44.920
 the Jewish towns of Galilee,

00:07:45.459 --> 00:07:47.360
 so that he's drawing crowds

00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:48.800
 of people who are traveling

00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:49.680
 to see him,

00:07:49.840 --> 00:07:51.240
 people from the Gentile regions

00:07:51.240 --> 00:07:52.420
 east of the Jordan River,

00:07:52.600 --> 00:07:53.800
 people to the west,

00:07:53.840 --> 00:07:55.379
 all the way to the Mediterranean Sea

00:07:55.379 --> 00:07:56.319
 in the north of Israel.

00:07:56.800 --> 00:07:57.920
 And basically in this moment,

00:07:57.920 --> 00:07:59.580
 Jesus being overwhelmed

00:07:59.580 --> 00:08:02.500
 by the crush of the crowd.

00:08:03.140 --> 00:08:04.340
 All the people are trying

00:08:04.340 --> 00:08:06.020
 to get near him,

00:08:06.699 --> 00:08:07.220
 and yet,

00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:08.759
 as we notice in our reading,

00:08:08.939 --> 00:08:10.060
 not everybody's on board

00:08:10.060 --> 00:08:11.000
 with Jesus.

00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:12.819
 Not everybody's on board

00:08:12.819 --> 00:08:14.040
 with his mission.

00:08:14.139 --> 00:08:14.700
 His family,

00:08:14.920 --> 00:08:16.100
 his biological family,

00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:17.700
 it says in Mark 3, 21,

00:08:18.060 --> 00:08:20.800
 they go to take control of him,

00:08:20.840 --> 00:08:21.600
 to seize him.

00:08:21.740 --> 00:08:21.980
 Why?

00:08:22.300 --> 00:08:24.480
 Because he's out of his mind.

00:08:25.980 --> 00:08:27.420
 The religious types,

00:08:27.420 --> 00:08:28.319
 the religious leaders,

00:08:29.340 --> 00:08:31.020
 they go one step further than that.

00:08:31.060 --> 00:08:31.580
 In the next verse,

00:08:31.640 --> 00:08:32.539
 in Mark 3, 22,

00:08:32.659 --> 00:08:34.340
 they say he's possessed by Satan.

00:08:35.960 --> 00:08:36.139
 So,

00:08:36.740 --> 00:08:39.659
 popular opinion right now

00:08:39.659 --> 00:08:40.120
 is that,

00:08:40.800 --> 00:08:40.980
 you know,

00:08:40.980 --> 00:08:41.700
 some people are saying,

00:08:41.800 --> 00:08:41.840
 well,

00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:42.820
 Jesus is a lunatic,

00:08:43.279 --> 00:08:44.539
 Jesus is a liar.

00:08:45.519 --> 00:08:46.000
 Today,

00:08:46.220 --> 00:08:46.960
 many people will say

00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:48.420
 Jesus is a legend,

00:08:48.820 --> 00:08:49.139
 right?

00:08:49.139 --> 00:08:49.379
 We,

00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:51.120
 the first Christians

00:08:51.120 --> 00:08:52.259
 created these stories

00:08:52.259 --> 00:08:53.559
 about his power and authority,

00:08:53.559 --> 00:08:55.059
 and we can't really trust

00:08:55.059 --> 00:08:55.740
 the Gospels

00:08:55.740 --> 00:08:57.559
 to be historically credible

00:08:57.559 --> 00:08:58.740
 and reliable,

00:08:58.919 --> 00:09:00.480
 and so Jesus is dismissed

00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:02.120
 as a lunatic,

00:09:02.340 --> 00:09:02.740
 a liar,

00:09:02.899 --> 00:09:03.379
 a legend,

00:09:03.620 --> 00:09:06.100
 but Jesus' disciples,

00:09:06.980 --> 00:09:08.379
 they call him Lord,

00:09:08.379 --> 00:09:08.419
 Lord.

00:09:09.559 --> 00:09:09.860
 And,

00:09:09.980 --> 00:09:11.240
 when you look at

00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:12.360
 Mark 1,

00:09:12.539 --> 00:09:13.000
 17,

00:09:13.399 --> 00:09:14.980
 Jesus issues this invitation

00:09:14.980 --> 00:09:15.840
 and this challenge

00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:16.759
 to Peter,

00:09:16.980 --> 00:09:17.220
 Andrew,

00:09:17.340 --> 00:09:17.559
 James,

00:09:17.600 --> 00:09:17.899
 and John,

00:09:17.919 --> 00:09:18.639
 and he says to them,

00:09:19.080 --> 00:09:20.120
 come follow me,

00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:21.820
 and I'll send you out

00:09:21.820 --> 00:09:23.340
 to fish for people.

00:09:24.379 --> 00:09:25.360
 And how do they respond

00:09:25.360 --> 00:09:26.399
 to this invitation

00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:27.000
 and this challenge?

00:09:27.100 --> 00:09:27.919
 It says that they left

00:09:27.919 --> 00:09:29.779
 their old life behind,

00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:30.939
 and they started

00:09:30.939 --> 00:09:31.899
 a new life

00:09:31.899 --> 00:09:32.740
 with Jesus.

00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:34.299
 Now,

00:09:34.360 --> 00:09:35.039
 what does that mean?

00:09:36.039 --> 00:09:37.879
 I want to kind of outline

00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:39.000
 what that means today

00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:39.579
 in this sermon,

00:09:39.699 --> 00:09:40.799
 and over the next few weeks

00:09:40.799 --> 00:09:42.199
 begin to unfold

00:09:42.199 --> 00:09:42.919
 and unpack

00:09:42.919 --> 00:09:44.079
 and explore it together.

00:09:44.839 --> 00:09:46.039
 But Jesus had

00:09:46.039 --> 00:09:48.259
 a three-dimensional life.

00:09:48.339 --> 00:09:48.980
 I appreciate

00:09:48.980 --> 00:09:50.620
 one of you pointing out

00:09:50.620 --> 00:09:51.980
 the amazing triangle

00:09:51.980 --> 00:09:53.599
 that I drew up here

00:09:53.599 --> 00:09:54.899
 to demonstrate,

00:09:55.279 --> 00:09:56.059
 and some of you

00:09:56.059 --> 00:09:56.639
 roll your eyes

00:09:56.639 --> 00:09:57.279
 at these triangles.

00:09:57.860 --> 00:09:58.099
 You know,

00:09:58.259 --> 00:09:59.620
 Martin Luther King Jr.'s

00:09:59.620 --> 00:10:00.679
 first sermon

00:10:00.679 --> 00:10:01.159
 and a sermon

00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:01.759
 that he preached

00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:02.740
 throughout his career

00:10:02.740 --> 00:10:03.439
 was called

00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:06.540
 The Three-Dimensional Life

00:10:06.540 --> 00:10:09.380
 is the Complete Life.

00:10:09.900 --> 00:10:10.200
 Right?

00:10:10.380 --> 00:10:10.580
 So,

00:10:10.760 --> 00:10:11.440
 I think I'm on pretty

00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:12.240
 good grounds here

00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:14.380
 for this three-dimensional life.

00:10:14.600 --> 00:10:15.680
 And Jesus,

00:10:16.260 --> 00:10:17.220
 we're going to talk today

00:10:17.220 --> 00:10:18.400
 about how he had an up,

00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:20.100
 he had an in,

00:10:20.900 --> 00:10:23.080
 and he had an out.

00:10:23.920 --> 00:10:26.060
 This Jesus-shaped life

00:10:26.060 --> 00:10:28.020
 is up with the Father,

00:10:28.660 --> 00:10:29.860
 it's in with his disciples,

00:10:30.020 --> 00:10:31.760
 and it's out with the crowds.

00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:33.860
 These are his three great loves,

00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:35.720
 his three great priorities,

00:10:36.220 --> 00:10:37.559
 and it's simple enough

00:10:37.559 --> 00:10:38.899
 for a child

00:10:38.899 --> 00:10:40.120
 to understand.

00:10:41.019 --> 00:10:41.220
 Right?

00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:43.019
 But it's very difficult

00:10:43.019 --> 00:10:44.360
 to actually do,

00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:46.460
 as we'll see.

00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:48.720
 But being a disciple of Jesus,

00:10:48.980 --> 00:10:49.819
 following him

00:10:49.819 --> 00:10:51.080
 as your Lord,

00:10:51.179 --> 00:10:52.700
 means that he's inviting you

00:10:52.700 --> 00:10:53.860
 and he's challenging you

00:10:53.860 --> 00:10:54.600
 to share

00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:55.799
 in the pattern

00:10:55.799 --> 00:10:56.600
 of his life

00:10:56.600 --> 00:10:57.700
 and to be conformed

00:10:57.700 --> 00:10:58.360
 to the shape

00:10:58.360 --> 00:11:00.019
 of his loves.

00:11:00.019 --> 00:11:01.379
 And that's what I want

00:11:01.379 --> 00:11:01.919
 to explore

00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:03.340
 with you now.

00:11:03.500 --> 00:11:04.279
 Jesus calls us

00:11:04.279 --> 00:11:05.559
 to share in this up,

00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:06.079
 in and out.

00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:07.579
 He calls us

00:11:07.579 --> 00:11:08.360
 to share this up,

00:11:08.399 --> 00:11:08.779
 in and out.

00:11:09.259 --> 00:11:10.579
 And the first dimension

00:11:10.579 --> 00:11:11.460
 of his life

00:11:11.460 --> 00:11:12.240
 is this up

00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:14.319
 with his Father.

00:11:14.980 --> 00:11:15.639
 And if you look

00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:16.559
 at Mark 1,

00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:17.279
 verse 10,

00:11:18.220 --> 00:11:19.439
 this is at Jesus' baptism,

00:11:19.579 --> 00:11:19.919
 and it says,

00:11:20.139 --> 00:11:21.299
 just as Jesus was coming

00:11:21.299 --> 00:11:22.939
 up out of the water,

00:11:23.059 --> 00:11:23.840
 he saw heaven

00:11:23.840 --> 00:11:25.279
 being torn open

00:11:25.279 --> 00:11:25.980
 and the Spirit

00:11:25.980 --> 00:11:27.019
 descending on him

00:11:27.019 --> 00:11:27.759
 like a dove,

00:11:27.819 --> 00:11:28.659
 and a voice came

00:11:28.659 --> 00:11:29.159
 from heaven,

00:11:29.559 --> 00:11:30.519
 you are my Son

00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:31.199
 whom I love,

00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:33.980
 with you I am well pleased.

00:11:35.539 --> 00:11:38.159
 The most important thing

00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:40.079
 about any of us

00:11:40.079 --> 00:11:40.980
 here in this room

00:11:40.980 --> 00:11:43.659
 is who God the Father

00:11:43.659 --> 00:11:44.740
 says that we are.

00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:47.000
 Doesn't matter

00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:48.399
 where you came from,

00:11:49.100 --> 00:11:50.000
 where you went to school,

00:11:50.139 --> 00:11:51.039
 what you've accomplished,

00:11:51.579 --> 00:11:53.079
 the most important thing

00:11:53.079 --> 00:11:53.899
 about you

00:11:53.899 --> 00:11:55.199
 is who God the Father

00:11:55.199 --> 00:11:56.439
 says that you are.

00:11:56.440 --> 00:11:58.580
 And what does the Father

00:11:58.580 --> 00:11:59.500
 say about Jesus?

00:12:01.260 --> 00:12:01.980
 God the Father

00:12:01.980 --> 00:12:03.300
 affirms his basic

00:12:03.300 --> 00:12:04.780
 covenant identity

00:12:04.780 --> 00:12:05.380
 and says,

00:12:05.580 --> 00:12:06.380
 you are my beloved,

00:12:06.580 --> 00:12:08.400
 well-pleasing Son.

00:12:09.500 --> 00:12:10.420
 And ever since Jesus

00:12:10.420 --> 00:12:11.160
 was a child,

00:12:11.300 --> 00:12:12.800
 he lived into that identity,

00:12:13.460 --> 00:12:14.300
 and he developed

00:12:14.300 --> 00:12:15.580
 this up relationship

00:12:15.580 --> 00:12:17.020
 with his Father.

00:12:17.120 --> 00:12:18.520
 And his great task now,

00:12:18.640 --> 00:12:20.180
 from his baptism onwards,

00:12:20.700 --> 00:12:21.700
 in his life,

00:12:21.740 --> 00:12:22.460
 and in his service

00:12:22.460 --> 00:12:23.080
 to others,

00:12:23.180 --> 00:12:24.060
 will be to continue

00:12:24.060 --> 00:12:25.420
 in his true identity,

00:12:25.419 --> 00:12:26.399
 and to operate

00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:28.039
 first and foremost

00:12:28.039 --> 00:12:29.919
 out of his relationship

00:12:29.919 --> 00:12:31.219
 with his Father.

00:12:32.139 --> 00:12:33.240
 And as you probably know,

00:12:33.319 --> 00:12:34.939
 immediately after Jesus' baptism,

00:12:35.479 --> 00:12:36.139
 he goes out

00:12:36.139 --> 00:12:36.759
 into the wilderness

00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:37.799
 and he's tempted

00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:39.360
 by the voice

00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:40.559
 of this accuser

00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:41.620
 who's saying to him

00:12:41.620 --> 00:12:42.459
 over and over,

00:12:42.839 --> 00:12:43.959
 are you really

00:12:43.959 --> 00:12:45.099
 the Son of God?

00:12:45.179 --> 00:12:45.839
 Are you really

00:12:45.839 --> 00:12:47.259
 who the Father

00:12:47.259 --> 00:12:48.279
 says you are?

00:12:49.379 --> 00:12:50.259
 And he'll continue

00:12:50.259 --> 00:12:51.139
 to be attacked

00:12:51.139 --> 00:12:52.120
 over and over,

00:12:52.219 --> 00:12:53.039
 not just in the wilderness,

00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:54.879
 but throughout his life,

00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:55.620
 he's attacked

00:12:55.620 --> 00:12:56.580
 by this voice

00:12:56.580 --> 00:12:57.379
 that's trying

00:12:57.379 --> 00:12:58.519
 to pull him away

00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:00.340
 and question his identity

00:13:00.340 --> 00:13:02.320
 at every turn.

00:13:03.139 --> 00:13:03.759
 And to get him

00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:05.439
 to move out

00:13:05.439 --> 00:13:06.320
 of that relationship

00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:07.179
 with his Father

00:13:07.179 --> 00:13:08.439
 and to in some way

00:13:08.439 --> 00:13:10.559
 live apart from

00:13:10.559 --> 00:13:12.620
 and live without God

00:13:12.620 --> 00:13:13.519
 and God's purposes

00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:14.399
 for him.

00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:16.759
 And that same voice

00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:17.860
 is the voice

00:13:17.860 --> 00:13:18.840
 in my life

00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:19.500
 and in your life

00:13:19.500 --> 00:13:19.779
 as well,

00:13:19.860 --> 00:13:20.279
 trying to do

00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:21.360
 the very same things

00:13:21.360 --> 00:13:22.939
 to get us busy,

00:13:23.199 --> 00:13:24.559
 to get us distracted,

00:13:25.199 --> 00:13:26.980
 to get us stressed out

00:13:26.980 --> 00:13:27.759
 and hurried

00:13:27.759 --> 00:13:29.980
 so that we begin

00:13:29.980 --> 00:13:31.519
 to put other priorities

00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:33.639
 before our greatest priority,

00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:35.579
 which is our creator God,

00:13:36.220 --> 00:13:38.220
 so that we are lured

00:13:38.220 --> 00:13:39.579
 into other identities

00:13:39.579 --> 00:13:40.980
 and other relationships

00:13:40.980 --> 00:13:42.620
 as if those are more important

00:13:42.620 --> 00:13:44.199
 than God.

00:13:44.200 --> 00:13:44.240
 God.

00:13:45.020 --> 00:13:47.080
 But Jesus holds fast

00:13:47.080 --> 00:13:47.840
 to his identity

00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:48.879
 as the Son

00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:49.820
 and his relationship

00:13:49.820 --> 00:13:51.300
 with the Father.

00:13:52.360 --> 00:13:53.080
 He says,

00:13:53.160 --> 00:13:54.000
 his great message,

00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:54.860
 if you look at Mark

00:13:54.860 --> 00:13:55.960
 chapter 1 verse 15,

00:13:56.060 --> 00:13:56.800
 the thing he said

00:13:56.800 --> 00:13:57.580
 in town after town,

00:13:57.660 --> 00:13:58.400
 place after place,

00:13:58.860 --> 00:13:59.600
 was that the kingdom

00:13:59.600 --> 00:14:00.200
 of God

00:14:00.200 --> 00:14:01.680
 has come near.

00:14:02.620 --> 00:14:03.660
 The kingdom of God

00:14:03.660 --> 00:14:04.780
 has come near.

00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:05.960
 And when he says that,

00:14:06.060 --> 00:14:06.700
 Jesus is saying,

00:14:06.800 --> 00:14:07.879
 the kingdom of God

00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:09.280
 is my priority.

00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:12.299
 That's what I'm about.

00:14:13.100 --> 00:14:14.419
 The rule and the reign

00:14:14.419 --> 00:14:15.139
 of my Father

00:14:15.139 --> 00:14:15.899
 who's the King,

00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:18.299
 that is why I've come.

00:14:19.439 --> 00:14:20.120
 And we're told

00:14:20.120 --> 00:14:21.620
 in Mark chapter 1 verse 35

00:14:21.620 --> 00:14:23.339
 that it says,

00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:24.500
 very early in the morning,

00:14:24.939 --> 00:14:25.919
 while it was still dark,

00:14:26.019 --> 00:14:26.819
 Jesus got up

00:14:26.819 --> 00:14:27.720
 and he left the house

00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:28.360
 and he went off

00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:29.639
 to a solitary place

00:14:29.639 --> 00:14:30.919
 where he prayed.

00:14:32.059 --> 00:14:32.740
 And Pastor Andrew

00:14:32.740 --> 00:14:33.480
 said two weeks ago,

00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:34.419
 this is just Jesus

00:14:34.419 --> 00:14:36.019
 keeping first things first.

00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:38.639
 He's nurturing

00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:39.340
 his union

00:14:39.340 --> 00:14:39.960
 and communion

00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:41.080
 with his Father,

00:14:41.179 --> 00:14:41.919
 just enjoying

00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:42.720
 and delighting

00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:44.419
 in the loving presence

00:14:44.419 --> 00:14:45.539
 of his Father.

00:14:46.740 --> 00:14:47.620
 And when you think

00:14:47.620 --> 00:14:48.500
 about Jesus

00:14:48.500 --> 00:14:50.399
 and his power

00:14:50.399 --> 00:14:51.059
 and his authority,

00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:52.080
 where do you think

00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:53.120
 that came from?

00:14:54.639 --> 00:14:56.879
 Like how was Jesus

00:14:56.879 --> 00:14:57.519
 empowered

00:14:57.519 --> 00:14:59.500
 to teach the truth

00:14:59.500 --> 00:15:01.720
 and to cast out evil

00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:02.980
 and to heal illness

00:15:02.980 --> 00:15:04.279
 and to calm the storm

00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:05.299
 and to raise the dead

00:15:05.299 --> 00:15:07.220
 and to forgive sins?

00:15:07.220 --> 00:15:09.160
 What power source,

00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:10.420
 what power outlet

00:15:10.420 --> 00:15:12.940
 was Jesus plugged into?

00:15:14.540 --> 00:15:15.399
 Well, he tells us

00:15:15.399 --> 00:15:16.460
 in the Gospel of Mark,

00:15:16.560 --> 00:15:17.460
 he says this in,

00:15:17.680 --> 00:15:17.879
 sorry,

00:15:17.940 --> 00:15:18.820
 the Gospel of John

00:15:18.820 --> 00:15:20.120
 chapter 5 verse 19,

00:15:20.259 --> 00:15:20.759
 Jesus says,

00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:22.660
 the Son is not able

00:15:22.660 --> 00:15:23.519
 to do anything

00:15:23.519 --> 00:15:24.320
 on his own

00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:25.980
 but only what he sees

00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:26.840
 his Father doing

00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:28.620
 and whatever the Father does,

00:15:29.080 --> 00:15:30.480
 the Son does likewise.

00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:32.940
 He goes on

00:15:32.940 --> 00:15:33.759
 in that same Gospel

00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:35.399
 in John chapter 12 verse 50,

00:15:35.500 --> 00:15:35.660
 he says,

00:15:35.659 --> 00:15:36.740
 the things that I speak,

00:15:36.819 --> 00:15:38.519
 I speak just as the Father

00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:39.419
 has told me.

00:15:40.779 --> 00:15:41.299
 Jesus is saying,

00:15:41.439 --> 00:15:42.279
 everything I do,

00:15:42.980 --> 00:15:44.120
 everything I say

00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:46.679
 is flowing out of my up

00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:48.899
 relationship with my Father.

00:15:50.199 --> 00:15:51.500
 And notice at the end

00:15:51.500 --> 00:15:52.139
 of our passage

00:15:52.139 --> 00:15:53.000
 that we just read,

00:15:53.419 --> 00:15:55.079
 what matters most to Jesus

00:15:55.079 --> 00:15:56.419
 in verse 35?

00:15:56.639 --> 00:15:57.519
 If you look at it with me,

00:15:58.019 --> 00:15:59.179
 Jesus says to them,

00:15:59.219 --> 00:15:59.480
 he says,

00:15:59.539 --> 00:16:00.980
 whoever does God's will

00:16:00.980 --> 00:16:02.899
 is my brother

00:16:02.899 --> 00:16:03.600
 and sister

00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:04.639
 and mother.

00:16:06.399 --> 00:16:07.440
 The Father's will.

00:16:07.539 --> 00:16:08.840
 Where do we learn

00:16:08.840 --> 00:16:09.379
 about God,

00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:10.279
 the Father's will?

00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:11.659
 Well,

00:16:11.659 --> 00:16:12.180
 we study

00:16:12.180 --> 00:16:13.800
 what's written

00:16:13.800 --> 00:16:14.879
 in the Father's word.

00:16:15.980 --> 00:16:16.860
 And how do we get

00:16:16.860 --> 00:16:17.340
 the power

00:16:17.340 --> 00:16:17.960
 to live out

00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:19.000
 the Father's will

00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:19.759
 which is revealed

00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:21.200
 in the Father's word?

00:16:21.300 --> 00:16:21.420
 Well,

00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:22.720
 Jesus would spend time

00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:23.800
 in the Father's presence

00:16:23.800 --> 00:16:26.039
 and he would pray

00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:26.659
 and he would say,

00:16:26.779 --> 00:16:27.039
 Father,

00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:28.539
 fill me with your word.

00:16:28.980 --> 00:16:30.240
 Fill me with your love.

00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:32.500
 Fill me with your power.

00:16:32.620 --> 00:16:33.220
 And for Jesus,

00:16:33.379 --> 00:16:33.840
 that was like

00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:34.860
 spiritual breathing.

00:16:34.980 --> 00:16:36.320
 He would just inhale

00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:38.840
 the Father's word

00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:41.159
 so that he could exhale

00:16:41.159 --> 00:16:43.960
 the Father's will.

00:16:45.100 --> 00:16:46.639
 He was like this sponge

00:16:46.639 --> 00:16:47.659
 that would go

00:16:47.659 --> 00:16:48.500
 and just soak

00:16:48.500 --> 00:16:49.620
 in the Father's love

00:16:49.620 --> 00:16:50.740
 so that when he went out

00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:51.340
 with the people,

00:16:51.659 --> 00:16:52.899
 he could just be squeezed

00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:53.860
 and the Father's love

00:16:53.860 --> 00:16:54.700
 would come out of him.

00:16:56.659 --> 00:16:57.159
 And friends,

00:16:57.919 --> 00:16:59.159
 this is how Jesus

00:16:59.159 --> 00:17:01.019
 wants his disciples

00:17:01.019 --> 00:17:02.039
 to live as well.

00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:04.599
 And this is really

00:17:04.599 --> 00:17:05.279
 just a preview

00:17:05.279 --> 00:17:06.159
 of coming attractions.

00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:06.839
 Next Sunday,

00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:07.839
 we're going to talk about

00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:09.379
 how we can adopt

00:17:09.379 --> 00:17:10.940
 Jesus' predictable patterns

00:17:10.940 --> 00:17:13.039
 and his healthy habits

00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:14.240
 and his life-giving rhythms

00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:16.279
 of how he stayed connected to

00:17:16.279 --> 00:17:17.759
 and in union with

00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:19.480
 his Father in heaven.

00:17:19.539 --> 00:17:20.440
 But this is the most

00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:22.259
 important thing for him.

00:17:22.259 --> 00:17:23.339
 Up with the Father.

00:17:24.259 --> 00:17:24.740
 We tracking?

00:17:25.740 --> 00:17:26.140
 Okay.

00:17:26.380 --> 00:17:27.480
 Jesus calls us

00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:29.220
 to share in his up.

00:17:29.700 --> 00:17:30.940
 But he also calls us

00:17:30.940 --> 00:17:32.839
 to share in his in.

00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:35.500
 This Jesus-shaped life

00:17:35.500 --> 00:17:36.359
 is three-dimensional.

00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:37.200
 The first dimension

00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:38.259
 is up with his Father.

00:17:38.339 --> 00:17:39.039
 The second dimension

00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:39.960
 is his in

00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:40.960
 with his disciples.

00:17:42.220 --> 00:17:43.700
 And what did this look like?

00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:44.259
 Well, again,

00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:46.440
 you go back to his calling

00:17:46.440 --> 00:17:47.980
 of Peter, Andrew, James, and John

00:17:47.980 --> 00:17:48.920
 in Mark 1, 17.

00:17:49.059 --> 00:17:49.660
 He says to them,

00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:50.519
 follow me

00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:51.819
 and I will send you out

00:17:51.819 --> 00:17:53.279
 to fish for people.

00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:56.879
 When a rabbi

00:17:56.879 --> 00:17:57.599
 in the first century

00:17:57.599 --> 00:17:59.299
 would call disciples

00:17:59.299 --> 00:18:01.059
 to follow him,

00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:03.659
 discipleship in the first century

00:18:03.659 --> 00:18:04.859
 was this committed

00:18:04.859 --> 00:18:06.740
 covenantal relationship

00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:07.759
 in which the rabbi

00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:09.539
 would invite his disciples

00:18:09.539 --> 00:18:11.240
 to share in every aspect

00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:12.299
 of his life

00:18:12.299 --> 00:18:13.619
 so that they would become

00:18:13.619 --> 00:18:14.859
 like the rabbi.

00:18:16.179 --> 00:18:17.259
 And so Jesus is,

00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:19.039
 from these crowds,

00:18:19.259 --> 00:18:20.720
 he's gathering

00:18:20.720 --> 00:18:21.740
 a smaller group

00:18:21.740 --> 00:18:22.519
 of disciples

00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:24.059
 who will live

00:18:24.059 --> 00:18:25.299
 in the kind of relationship

00:18:25.299 --> 00:18:25.980
 with him

00:18:25.980 --> 00:18:28.220
 that they'll not only

00:18:28.220 --> 00:18:28.839
 be taught

00:18:28.839 --> 00:18:31.360
 to know what Jesus knew,

00:18:32.100 --> 00:18:32.980
 but they'll also

00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:33.779
 be trained

00:18:33.779 --> 00:18:35.100
 to do what Jesus did

00:18:35.100 --> 00:18:36.500
 and ultimately

00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:38.779
 to become like Jesus.

00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:40.799
 And that's what you see

00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:41.740
 in Mark chapter 1,

00:18:41.860 --> 00:18:42.380
 chapter 2,

00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:43.160
 chapter 3.

00:18:43.579 --> 00:18:44.400
 Jesus is there

00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:45.339
 in this little town

00:18:45.339 --> 00:18:46.400
 on the north shore

00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:47.319
 of the Sea of Galilee

00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:48.400
 called Capernaum.

00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:50.600
 It's his adopted home base.

00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:52.259
 After he got basically

00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:53.740
 kicked out of his own hometown.

00:18:54.660 --> 00:18:55.319
 And he's there

00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:56.600
 gathering men and women

00:18:56.600 --> 00:18:58.519
 in both the synagogue

00:18:58.519 --> 00:19:00.299
 and in the home

00:19:00.299 --> 00:19:01.940
 of Peter and Andrew.

00:19:02.259 --> 00:19:03.100
 And what they're doing

00:19:03.100 --> 00:19:03.920
 there in that home

00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:04.880
 is that they're sharing

00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:05.960
 life together

00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:07.120
 in this large house

00:19:07.120 --> 00:19:08.019
 full of disciples

00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:09.620
 not unlike this group

00:19:09.620 --> 00:19:10.200
 here today.

00:19:11.299 --> 00:19:12.200
 And in that place,

00:19:12.259 --> 00:19:12.920
 in that house,

00:19:13.059 --> 00:19:13.900
 they would listen

00:19:13.900 --> 00:19:14.920
 to Jesus teach.

00:19:15.860 --> 00:19:16.860
 They would observe

00:19:16.860 --> 00:19:17.860
 his way of life.

00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:19.599
 They would eat meals

00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:20.000
 with him.

00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:20.879
 They would experience

00:19:20.879 --> 00:19:21.639
 his power

00:19:21.639 --> 00:19:22.779
 and his authority.

00:19:22.959 --> 00:19:23.799
 They would welcome

00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:24.459
 outsiders.

00:19:24.699 --> 00:19:25.500
 If you remember

00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:26.000
 last week,

00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:26.740
 the friends who came

00:19:26.740 --> 00:19:27.899
 and unroofed the roof

00:19:27.899 --> 00:19:29.359
 to get their buddy

00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:30.159
 down to Jesus.

00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:32.079
 And as broken people

00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:32.779
 were being brought

00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:33.399
 to Jesus,

00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:35.359
 they were being healed.

00:19:35.879 --> 00:19:36.979
 They were being liberated.

00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:38.479
 They were being forgiven.

00:19:38.639 --> 00:19:39.779
 And Jesus was using

00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:41.519
 this extended family

00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:42.479
 as the base

00:19:42.479 --> 00:19:43.879
 of his mission.

00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:46.460
 And now in Mark chapter 3,

00:19:46.540 --> 00:19:47.200
 it's come time

00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:48.020
 for him to choose

00:19:48.020 --> 00:19:49.620
 a team who can lead

00:19:49.620 --> 00:19:50.840
 this larger band

00:19:50.840 --> 00:19:51.840
 of disciples.

00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:52.580
 And I want you to look

00:19:52.580 --> 00:19:53.660
 with me at verse 13.

00:19:53.780 --> 00:19:54.120
 It says,

00:19:54.600 --> 00:19:55.180
 Jesus went up

00:19:55.180 --> 00:19:56.080
 on a mountainside

00:19:56.080 --> 00:19:57.720
 and he called to them

00:19:57.720 --> 00:19:58.360
 those he wanted

00:19:58.360 --> 00:19:59.260
 and they came to him

00:19:59.260 --> 00:20:00.360
 and he appointed 12

00:20:00.360 --> 00:20:02.260
 that they might be with him

00:20:02.260 --> 00:20:03.520
 and that he might send them

00:20:03.520 --> 00:20:04.340
 out to preach

00:20:04.340 --> 00:20:05.600
 and to have authority

00:20:05.600 --> 00:20:06.600
 to drive out demons.

00:20:07.780 --> 00:20:08.500
 These are the 12

00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:08.980
 he appointed,

00:20:09.180 --> 00:20:09.900
 Simon to whom

00:20:09.900 --> 00:20:10.960
 he gave the name Peter,

00:20:11.560 --> 00:20:12.660
 James son of Zebedee

00:20:12.660 --> 00:20:13.480
 and his brother John

00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:14.340
 to whom he gave

00:20:14.340 --> 00:20:15.759
 the name Boanerges

00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:16.380
 which means

00:20:16.380 --> 00:20:18.000
 the sons of thunder.

00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:21.400
 All the rest

00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:21.980
 of the disciples,

00:20:22.660 --> 00:20:23.620
 you all need

00:20:23.620 --> 00:20:24.600
 to keep your day jobs.

00:20:25.740 --> 00:20:27.340
 But these 12

00:20:27.340 --> 00:20:28.060
 are going to travel

00:20:28.060 --> 00:20:29.480
 with me now full time.

00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:31.259
 And the first three

00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:32.140
 of those 12

00:20:32.140 --> 00:20:33.700
 are Jesus' inner circle

00:20:33.700 --> 00:20:35.660
 to whom he gives nicknames.

00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:37.700
 Simon he names Petros

00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:38.420
 or Peter

00:20:38.420 --> 00:20:39.800
 which means Rocky

00:20:39.800 --> 00:20:41.860
 or Rockman

00:20:41.859 --> 00:20:43.919
 or just The Rock.

00:20:45.939 --> 00:20:46.839
 James and John

00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:48.039
 he gives them the name

00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:49.079
 sons of thunder

00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:50.079
 or thunder boys.

00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:53.419
 Mary Magdalene

00:20:53.419 --> 00:20:54.740
 he had female disciples.

00:20:54.879 --> 00:20:55.699
 Mary Magdalene

00:20:55.699 --> 00:20:56.479
 Magdala is probably

00:20:56.479 --> 00:20:57.019
 where she's from

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:58.199
 but Magdalene means tower.

00:20:58.299 --> 00:20:59.199
 I like to think of Mary

00:20:59.199 --> 00:21:00.479
 as this towering woman

00:21:00.479 --> 00:21:00.959
 of faith.

00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:02.459
 She's the lead female disciple.

00:21:03.579 --> 00:21:04.179
 There are other

00:21:04.179 --> 00:21:05.299
 female disciples

00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:05.879
 Salome,

00:21:06.139 --> 00:21:06.559
 Joanna,

00:21:06.919 --> 00:21:07.339
 Susanna,

00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:07.779
 Mary,

00:21:07.939 --> 00:21:08.939
 we learn in Luke 8

00:21:08.940 --> 00:21:09.920
 they were Jesus'

00:21:10.100 --> 00:21:11.019
 financial supporters

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:13.000
 and all four gospels

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.680
 tell us that

00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:14.420
 these women

00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:15.400
 were the eyewitnesses

00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:16.620
 to Jesus' crucifixion

00:21:16.620 --> 00:21:17.960
 and resurrection

00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:18.940
 because all the guys

00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:19.740
 abandoned Jesus

00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:20.200
 in the end

00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:21.539
 so thanks ladies

00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:22.620
 for saving the movement.

00:21:24.580 --> 00:21:25.660
 Two weeks from now

00:21:25.660 --> 00:21:26.660
 in Mark chapter 6

00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:27.140
 we're going to see

00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:28.279
 how Jesus trained

00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:29.320
 and then he sent out

00:21:29.320 --> 00:21:30.059
 these 12

00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:30.759
 on mission

00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:31.500
 to go and do

00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:32.200
 what he did

00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:33.220
 to serve people

00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:34.340
 in word and deed

00:21:34.340 --> 00:21:35.480
 to teach them,

00:21:35.820 --> 00:21:36.580
 to touch them,

00:21:36.579 --> 00:21:38.439
 to bring the truth

00:21:38.439 --> 00:21:38.859
 of God

00:21:38.859 --> 00:21:39.779
 and the power of God

00:21:39.779 --> 00:21:40.659
 to people's lives

00:21:40.659 --> 00:21:42.519
 and then Jesus

00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:43.299
 later on

00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:44.339
 after he sent the 12

00:21:44.339 --> 00:21:45.179
 he'll send this whole

00:21:45.179 --> 00:21:46.500
 house full of 72

00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:47.579
 followers

00:21:47.579 --> 00:21:48.899
 to do the same

00:21:48.899 --> 00:21:49.419
 to go out

00:21:49.419 --> 00:21:50.039
 and operate

00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:50.839
 in his power

00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:51.679
 and his authority

00:21:51.679 --> 00:21:52.839
 to do the things

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:53.439
 that he did

00:21:53.439 --> 00:21:54.339
 and Jesus invested

00:21:54.339 --> 00:21:55.399
 three years

00:21:55.399 --> 00:21:56.179
 of his life

00:21:56.179 --> 00:21:58.559
 trying to help

00:21:58.559 --> 00:21:59.659
 this circle of people

00:21:59.659 --> 00:22:00.859
 learn what it means

00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:02.480
 to have this up

00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:03.899
 in and out life

00:22:03.899 --> 00:22:05.779
 and I want you

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:06.180
 to notice

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:06.819
 that he's not

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.920
 gathering his disciples

00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:09.039
 just to hang out

00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:10.700
 as a social club

00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:11.279
 because they have

00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:12.339
 nothing better to do

00:22:12.339 --> 00:22:13.220
 right?

00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:15.920
 In verse 20 and 21

00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:17.240
 they're back at the house

00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:18.160
 of Peter and Andrew

00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:21.500
 and Jesus' biological family

00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:23.500
 comes to seize him

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:24.180
 because they say

00:22:24.180 --> 00:22:25.579
 he's out of his mind

00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:27.399
 he's gone off the deep end

00:22:27.399 --> 00:22:28.539
 he's lost his grip

00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:29.779
 with reality

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.700
 and if you choose

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:31.480
 to follow Jesus

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.220
 as your Lord

00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:33.099
 your family

00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:33.839
 and your friends

00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:34.839
 might say the same thing

00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:35.619
 about you

00:22:35.619 --> 00:22:36.259
 you flipped

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:37.559
 you're insane

00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:40.399
 well in verse 32

00:22:40.399 --> 00:22:43.480
 a crowd was sitting

00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:44.019
 around him

00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:44.720
 and they told him

00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:46.059
 your mother and brothers

00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:46.699
 are outside

00:22:46.699 --> 00:22:47.379
 looking for you

00:22:47.379 --> 00:22:48.099
 and Jesus asks

00:22:48.099 --> 00:22:49.059
 this provocative question

00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:49.399
 he says

00:22:49.399 --> 00:22:51.480
 well who are my mother

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.779
 and my brothers

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:55.259
 and then he looked

00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:56.379
 at those who were seated

00:22:56.379 --> 00:22:57.459
 around him

00:22:57.459 --> 00:22:57.980
 in a circle

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:58.779
 and he said

00:22:58.779 --> 00:23:00.079
 here are my mother

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:00.720
 and my brothers

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:02.299
 whoever does God's will

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:03.379
 is my brother

00:23:03.379 --> 00:23:04.359
 and sister

00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:05.359
 and mother

00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:08.319
 Jesus is radically

00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:10.159
 redefining family

00:23:10.159 --> 00:23:10.859
 in this moment

00:23:10.859 --> 00:23:12.919
 and he says to them

00:23:12.919 --> 00:23:14.359
 my true extended

00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:15.940
 spiritual family

00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:16.859
 are the people

00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:18.279
 that I've chosen

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:19.480
 to be right here

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:20.919
 inside with me

00:23:20.919 --> 00:23:23.079
 people that I've circled

00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:24.099
 around me

00:23:24.099 --> 00:23:24.779
 and have come

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.899
 to center their lives

00:23:25.899 --> 00:23:27.319
 on me

00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:29.319
 people who've come

00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:29.779
 to me

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.359
 to learn

00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:31.220
 God's word

00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:32.000
 and God's will

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:33.019
 from me

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.779
 and they're not

00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:34.240
 just here

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:36.000
 to learn

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:37.799
 God's word

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.319
 and God's will

00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:39.039
 but they're here

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:40.379
 to do it

00:23:40.379 --> 00:23:42.279
 they want to put it

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:42.980
 into practice

00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:44.099
 they want to obey it

00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:44.740
 they want to put it

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.500
 into action

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.839
 and Jesus is saying

00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:47.919
 if that's you

00:23:47.919 --> 00:23:50.279
 then you're my

00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:50.919
 little sister

00:23:50.919 --> 00:23:53.159
 if that's you

00:23:53.159 --> 00:23:53.659
 then you're my

00:23:53.659 --> 00:23:54.259
 little brother

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:56.059
 and I'm your big brother

00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:56.839
 and we're here

00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:57.519
 in the family

00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:58.740
 of God together

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.879
 and here's what I want

00:23:59.879 --> 00:24:01.059
 for my disciples

00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:02.200
 all of my disciples

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:03.440
 I want you to love

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:04.000
 one another

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:05.000
 just as I love you

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:07.160
 this is what he says

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:08.180
 throughout the gospel

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:08.639
 he says

00:24:08.639 --> 00:24:10.200
 the way that I'm

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:11.299
 giving you my time

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:12.639
 the way that I'm

00:24:12.639 --> 00:24:13.379
 serving you

00:24:13.379 --> 00:24:14.339
 encouraging you

00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:15.099
 teaching you

00:24:15.099 --> 00:24:15.980
 praying for you

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.859
 forgiving you

00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:17.960
 washing your feet

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.599
 and the way that I'll

00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:19.539
 lay down my life

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:19.879
 for you

00:24:19.879 --> 00:24:20.839
 that's exactly

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.480
 what I want

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.559
 for you to do

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:24.160
 with this family

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:25.500
 circled around me

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:27.539
 and at the resurrection

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.720
 Jesus will take that up

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:30.160
 just even another notch

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:31.799
 because he'll say

00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:32.660
 I not only want you

00:24:32.660 --> 00:24:34.400
 to love my family

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:34.900
 of disciples

00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:35.839
 I want you to go out

00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:37.140
 and make more disciples

00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:37.839
 and bring them

00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:38.619
 into this family

00:24:38.619 --> 00:24:40.680
 in Matthew 28

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.079
 he says

00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:41.900
 I want all of you

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:42.740
 not just the leaders

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:44.039
 not just Peter

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:45.319
 James and John

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:46.099
 not just the 12

00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:46.920
 I want all of you

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.400
 to go out

00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:48.779
 and make your own disciples

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.619
 after the model

00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:50.720
 that I've given to you

00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:52.700
 and friends

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:54.240
 I think this is how

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:56.000
 the obscure

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:57.160
 marginal

00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:58.660
 Jesus movement

00:24:58.660 --> 00:25:00.200
 turned the Roman Empire

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:01.019
 upside down

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:02.779
 within the course

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.240
 of about

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:04.319
 three centuries

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:05.000
 they somehow

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:06.400
 became the dominant force

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:07.720
 in the Roman Empire

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.240
 because

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:09.319
 over the course

00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:10.420
 of 300 years

00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:11.259
 disciples

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:13.559
 followed Jesus' example

00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:15.000
 by training

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:16.299
 smaller groups

00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:16.819
 of people

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:18.660
 and here's

00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:19.519
 some of the elements

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.579
 of what that involved

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:21.480
 they would enter

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.779
 into personal relationships

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.619
 and they would take

00:25:23.619 --> 00:25:25.439
 spiritual responsibility

00:25:25.439 --> 00:25:26.179
 for others

00:25:26.179 --> 00:25:27.859
 they would invest

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:28.839
 time and energy

00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:29.339
 into them

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:30.419
 through life-on-life

00:25:30.419 --> 00:25:31.179
 mentoring

00:25:31.179 --> 00:25:33.139
 they would invite

00:25:33.139 --> 00:25:34.039
 and challenge people

00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:35.159
 to come and be

00:25:35.159 --> 00:25:35.759
 with Jesus

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:37.159
 as we see in verse 13

00:25:37.159 --> 00:25:39.159
 to come and center

00:25:39.159 --> 00:25:40.319
 their lives around him

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:41.179
 to learn from him

00:25:41.179 --> 00:25:42.119
 and listen to him

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:43.240
 as we see in verse 34

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:45.359
 they would invite them

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:45.740
 to say

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.500
 let's practice

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.480
 the word and will

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.099
 of the Father

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:49.480
 together in our lives

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:50.279
 verse 35

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:51.839
 and they were

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:52.619
 basically teaching

00:25:52.619 --> 00:25:53.619
 people to obey

00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:54.700
 everything that Jesus

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.139
 commanded

00:25:55.139 --> 00:25:55.879
 and helping them

00:25:55.879 --> 00:25:56.460
 to practice

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:57.039
 this up

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.940
 in and out

00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:59.220
 Jesus-shaped

00:25:59.220 --> 00:25:59.940
 life

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:01.980
 and in so doing

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.839
 they were fostering

00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:03.639
 and facilitating

00:26:03.639 --> 00:26:04.700
 the replication

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:06.000
 of Jesus' DNA

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:07.660
 in other people

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:09.059
 who were then

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:10.240
 empowered to tap

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:11.960
 into the spiritual

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:13.019
 authority of Jesus

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:14.879
 so that they could

00:26:14.879 --> 00:26:16.279
 thereby go out

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:17.039
 from their gatherings

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:17.379
 together

00:26:17.379 --> 00:26:18.240
 and they could do

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:19.160
 what Jesus did

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:20.059
 and say what

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:20.819
 Jesus said

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.900
 in the power

00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:23.579
 of the Holy Spirit

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:26.319
 discipleship was

00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:27.140
 about developing

00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:27.980
 a life worth

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.559
 imitating

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:30.259
 and then turning

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:31.099
 around and saying

00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:32.259
 to other people

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:33.180
 come follow me

00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:34.220
 as I follow Christ

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:36.500
 come imitate me

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:37.579
 as I imitate

00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:38.400
 Christ

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:39.220
 and as they made

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:40.019
 new disciples

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.900
 with the DNA

00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:41.500
 of Jesus

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:42.480
 they could then

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:42.940
 turn around

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:43.480
 and multiply

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.339
 more disciples

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:45.359
 to replicate

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:46.079
 even more

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.980
 of the DNA

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:48.519
 of Jesus

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:49.720
 in others

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:51.000
 and this is what

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:52.079
 I think explains

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:53.959
 the spiritual potency

00:26:53.959 --> 00:26:55.659
 and the exponential

00:26:55.659 --> 00:26:57.179
 growth of the early church

00:26:57.179 --> 00:26:57.720
 that converted

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:59.039
 half the Roman Empire

00:26:59.039 --> 00:27:00.319
 in a matter of 300 years

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:02.119
 now I know

00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:02.959
 what I'm saying

00:27:02.959 --> 00:27:03.720
 sounds crazy

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:05.000
 right

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.919
 because everything

00:27:05.919 --> 00:27:06.939
 I'm saying right now

00:27:06.939 --> 00:27:08.519
 cuts against the grain

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:10.099
 of our western

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.980
 do-it-yourself

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.879
 individualism

00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:12.460
 right

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:12.880
 or I'll just

00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:13.520
 kind of google

00:27:13.520 --> 00:27:14.460
 this discipleship thing

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:15.120
 and figure it out

00:27:15.120 --> 00:27:17.080
 and it also

00:27:17.080 --> 00:27:18.220
 flies in the face

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:19.280
 of our Bay Area

00:27:19.280 --> 00:27:20.660
 culture of professionalism

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:21.140
 and expertise

00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:21.880
 which says

00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:23.260
 unless I have a PhD

00:27:23.260 --> 00:27:24.180
 in disciple making

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.980
 I can't do

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.760
 what Jesus did

00:27:25.760 --> 00:27:28.440
 but here's my question

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:29.400
 to some of you

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:29.580
 is

00:27:29.580 --> 00:27:30.820
 is there a more

00:27:30.820 --> 00:27:31.440
 experienced

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:32.340
 or mature person

00:27:32.340 --> 00:27:32.920
 in your life

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.500
 who knows

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.560
 how to build

00:27:34.560 --> 00:27:35.960
 this Jesus shaped life

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.960
 that God has designed

00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:37.540
 for us

00:27:37.540 --> 00:27:38.580
 who could show you

00:27:38.580 --> 00:27:39.260
 how to do it

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:41.359
 and might you

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:42.460
 somehow get connected

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:43.039
 up with them

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:44.879
 and if you happen

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.680
 to be that more

00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:46.480
 experienced

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:47.640
 and more mature person

00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:48.519
 my question for you

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:48.779
 is

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.839
 who are you taking

00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:51.379
 spiritual responsibility

00:27:51.379 --> 00:27:53.359
 for here at Christ Church

00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:55.119
 who are you

00:27:55.119 --> 00:27:56.140
 personally investing in

00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:57.140
 how are you replicating

00:27:57.140 --> 00:27:58.539
 the DNA of Jesus

00:27:58.539 --> 00:27:59.680
 into the lives of others

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:01.160
 to make disciples

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:03.619
 Jesus calls us

00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:04.299
 when he calls us

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:05.379
 to follow him as Lord

00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:06.720
 to share in his up

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.279
 with the Father

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:08.099
 but also to share

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:08.680
 in his in

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:10.160
 with disciples

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:11.900
 and finally

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.440
 he calls us

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:12.900
 to share

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:13.580
 in his out

00:28:13.580 --> 00:28:15.860
 with the crowds

00:28:15.860 --> 00:28:18.500
 I'll do this quickly

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:20.900
 Jesus came

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:21.560
 to do the will

00:28:21.560 --> 00:28:22.080
 of the Father

00:28:22.080 --> 00:28:23.400
 and the will

00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:23.880
 of the Father

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.360
 is that

00:28:24.360 --> 00:28:26.299
 the kingdom of God

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:27.140
 would come on the earth

00:28:27.140 --> 00:28:27.880
 as it is in heaven

00:28:27.880 --> 00:28:28.799
 that the kingdom of God

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.500
 would break through

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.100
 in the lives

00:28:30.100 --> 00:28:31.279
 of every person

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:32.080
 that is made

00:28:32.080 --> 00:28:32.600
 in God's image

00:28:32.600 --> 00:28:33.360
 which is everybody

00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:35.320
 and Jesus

00:28:35.320 --> 00:28:36.840
 has this fascinating

00:28:36.840 --> 00:28:37.500
 conversation

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:38.240
 in verse 23

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.580
 it says

00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:38.980
 so Jesus

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.559
 called them

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:40.139
 over to him

00:28:40.139 --> 00:28:40.539
 and began

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:40.939
 to speak

00:28:40.939 --> 00:28:41.220
 to them

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.740
 in parables

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.919
 how can Satan

00:28:42.919 --> 00:28:44.399
 drive out Satan

00:28:44.399 --> 00:28:46.679
 remember Jesus

00:28:46.679 --> 00:28:47.259
 is healing

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:48.119
 broken people

00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:50.220
 the very first act

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:51.139
 of his ministry

00:28:51.139 --> 00:28:51.960
 in the gospel of Mark

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.899
 is to cast out

00:28:52.899 --> 00:28:53.559
 a demon

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.279
 and this doesn't

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.799
 set well

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.819
 with the leaders

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:59.059
 of the synagogue

00:28:59.059 --> 00:29:01.379
 they're deeply

00:29:01.379 --> 00:29:01.759
 threatened

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:03.159
 by Jesus' wisdom

00:29:03.159 --> 00:29:04.059
 and his authority

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:05.019
 and his power

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:06.099
 and they say

00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:07.359
 he's not just mad

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:08.680
 they say

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:09.859
 Jesus is downright

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.599
 dangerous

00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:12.400
 he's possessed

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:13.079
 by Satan

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.940
 he's in the grip

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:15.460
 of demonic forces

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:16.599
 and he's actually

00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:17.180
 being used

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:17.839
 as an agent

00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:19.359
 of dark powers

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:20.919
 and how does

00:29:20.919 --> 00:29:21.719
 Jesus respond

00:29:21.719 --> 00:29:22.519
 to this accusation

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:22.939
 well he says

00:29:22.939 --> 00:29:23.659
 well you know

00:29:23.659 --> 00:29:24.339
 to attribute

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:25.639
 to demons

00:29:25.639 --> 00:29:26.559
 the very power

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:27.079
 I use

00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:28.000
 to cast out demons

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.979
 is a contradiction

00:29:28.979 --> 00:29:29.639
 in terms

00:29:29.639 --> 00:29:31.099
 he says

00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:31.839
 that's like a king

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:32.659
 waging war

00:29:32.659 --> 00:29:33.240
 against himself

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.879
 it's civil war

00:29:33.879 --> 00:29:34.539
 it's suicide

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.179
 it's crazy

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:37.100
 and what Jesus

00:29:37.100 --> 00:29:37.860
 says next

00:29:37.860 --> 00:29:39.400
 is going to be

00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:40.240
 the most uncomfortable

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:41.140
 thing you've heard

00:29:41.140 --> 00:29:41.860
 yet today

00:29:41.860 --> 00:29:43.580
 but it's also

00:29:43.580 --> 00:29:44.640
 the most exciting thing

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.440
 and here's what he says

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:46.259
 in verse 27

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:49.340
 no one can

00:29:49.340 --> 00:29:50.600
 enter a strong man's

00:29:50.600 --> 00:29:51.200
 house without

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:52.539
 first tying him up

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:55.100
 then he can plunder

00:29:55.100 --> 00:29:56.080
 the strong man's

00:29:56.080 --> 00:29:56.660
 house

00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:59.860
 Jesus

00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:01.279
 likens the world

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:02.140
 to this kingdom

00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:03.120
 that's dominated

00:30:03.120 --> 00:30:04.440
 by a strong man

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:06.200
 this dark war lord

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:07.519
 this evil prince

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.779
 with his unholy spirits

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:10.100
 and this evil prince

00:30:10.100 --> 00:30:10.880
 has a castle

00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:11.539
 Jesus says

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.700
 and in that castle

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.519
 he has a prison

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:14.559
 with a dungeon

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:15.680
 where he puts people

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.380
 like us

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:17.880
 in bondage

00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:18.940
 so that we're oppressed

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.820
 and so that we're

00:30:19.820 --> 00:30:21.240
 dominated by the will

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:22.100
 of another

00:30:22.100 --> 00:30:22.779
 who's seeking

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.900
 to steal from us

00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:24.840
 and to kill us

00:30:24.840 --> 00:30:26.500
 and destroy us

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:28.960
 Jesus believes that

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:30.580
 Jesus says

00:30:30.580 --> 00:30:31.620
 Satan is real

00:30:31.620 --> 00:30:33.200
 and he says

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:34.320
 Satan is in fact

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:35.859
 very strong

00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:37.839
 how else can you

00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:39.200
 explain our world

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.980
 that's in bondage

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.579
 to sin

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:42.240
 and evil forces

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:43.059
 and disease

00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:43.879
 and injustice

00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.779
 and poverty

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:46.139
 and hunger

00:30:46.139 --> 00:30:47.279
 and brokenness

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:48.339
 and alienation

00:30:48.339 --> 00:30:49.159
 and fear

00:30:49.159 --> 00:30:49.859
 and anger

00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:50.720
 and violence

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.539
 and death

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.559
 how do you explain it?

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.779
 this is how Jesus

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.539
 explains it

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.619
 he says

00:30:56.619 --> 00:30:59.319
 Satan is real

00:30:59.319 --> 00:31:00.379
 and he is strong

00:31:00.379 --> 00:31:01.139
 but then

00:31:01.139 --> 00:31:02.139
 he has the audacity

00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:02.620
 to say

00:31:02.620 --> 00:31:04.000
 but I am stronger

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:06.080
 Jesus says

00:31:06.080 --> 00:31:07.060
 make no mistake

00:31:07.060 --> 00:31:08.780
 there are two rival kingdoms

00:31:08.780 --> 00:31:09.600
 in conflict

00:31:09.600 --> 00:31:10.759
 and Satan's kingdom

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.560
 is in fact

00:31:11.560 --> 00:31:12.380
 under attack

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:13.880
 but it's not from the inside

00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:14.820
 no Satan has

00:31:14.820 --> 00:31:15.880
 an external enemy

00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:19.160
 and Satan's downfall

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:21.120
 is going to be

00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:22.300
 his conquest

00:31:22.300 --> 00:31:24.280
 by this stronger power

00:31:24.280 --> 00:31:25.360
 who has in fact

00:31:25.360 --> 00:31:26.340
 already entered

00:31:26.340 --> 00:31:27.660
 his dark realm

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:29.480
 and who is

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:30.460
 in this very moment

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:31.820
 storming the castle

00:31:31.820 --> 00:31:33.440
 and confronting

00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:34.240
 his forces

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:35.480
 and declaring

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:36.400
 war

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:37.400
 and mounting

00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:38.300
 a full scale

00:31:38.300 --> 00:31:39.600
 spiritual assault

00:31:39.600 --> 00:31:40.700
 on his kingdom

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:42.180
 that's what Jesus

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:42.640
 out

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.660
 is all about

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.660
 he says

00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:45.340
 I've come

00:31:45.340 --> 00:31:45.940
 to begin

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:46.940
 my campaign

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:48.160
 of binding up

00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:49.220
 the strong man

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:51.200
 and you can see

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:51.980
 that in verse 11

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.340
 it says

00:31:52.340 --> 00:31:53.120
 whenever the evil

00:31:53.120 --> 00:31:53.940
 spirits saw

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:54.340
 Jesus

00:31:54.340 --> 00:31:55.200
 they fell down

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:55.759
 before him

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.519
 and they cried out

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:58.200
 you are the son

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:59.000
 of God

00:31:59.000 --> 00:32:01.019
 they instinctively

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.819
 pay homage

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.339
 to Jesus

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:03.700
 as this superior

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:04.420
 authority

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:04.960
 they know

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.519
 that they're in

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:05.940
 the presence

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:06.519
 of a power

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:07.019
 that's greater

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.740
 than they are

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:09.000
 and Jesus

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:11.160
 continually

00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:11.799
 is putting

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:12.720
 the strong man

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:14.240
 in bondage

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:16.379
 he's subduing him

00:32:16.379 --> 00:32:17.000
 so that he can

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.519
 come in

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.139
 and plunder

00:32:18.139 --> 00:32:18.859
 his kingdom

00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:20.240
 and his castle

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:21.299
 and his goods

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:21.900
 so that he can

00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:22.980
 steal back people

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.960
 from his prison

00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:25.079
 and he can release

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:26.359
 people from his power

00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:27.359
 and he can set

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:28.619
 captives free

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:32.059
 Jesus is saying

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:32.619
 in this moment

00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:33.639
 I am a person

00:32:33.639 --> 00:32:35.619
 of irresistible

00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:36.139
 strength

00:32:36.139 --> 00:32:36.959
 and power

00:32:36.959 --> 00:32:39.179
 and I've come

00:32:39.179 --> 00:32:39.979
 to confront

00:32:39.979 --> 00:32:41.419
 and to dethrone

00:32:41.419 --> 00:32:42.219
 Satan

00:32:42.219 --> 00:32:43.799
 I've come

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.619
 to conquer him

00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:45.879
 I've come

00:32:45.879 --> 00:32:47.099
 to be victorious

00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:49.139
 but it's not

00:32:49.139 --> 00:32:49.799
 until the end

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.319
 of the gospel

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:50.879
 where Jesus

00:32:50.879 --> 00:32:51.959
 fully binds

00:32:51.959 --> 00:32:52.899
 the strong man

00:32:52.899 --> 00:32:54.699
 not by raw power

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:55.480
 and domination

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:56.960
 but how does he

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:57.799
 bind the strong man

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:59.400
 through his

00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:00.059
 humiliation

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:02.080
 through his weakness

00:33:02.080 --> 00:33:03.420
 through his

00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:04.440
 sacrificial self

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:05.480
 giving on the cross

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:08.019
 the key verse

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:08.500
 in the gospel

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:08.779
 of Mark

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.299
 Jesus says

00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:09.840
 the son of man

00:33:09.840 --> 00:33:10.360
 has not come

00:33:10.360 --> 00:33:11.039
 to be served

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.660
 but to serve

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:12.440
 and to give his life

00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:12.960
 as a ransom

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:13.460
 for many

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:15.059
 and it was on

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.680
 that cross

00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:16.160
 where Jesus

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:17.700
 gives his life

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:18.299
 to ransom

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:18.860
 the many

00:33:18.860 --> 00:33:20.160
 from their bondage

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:20.600
 to Satan

00:33:20.600 --> 00:33:21.240
 and from that

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:22.380
 moment on

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:23.220
 from Good Friday

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:23.839
 on

00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:25.420
 Satan

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:26.279
 is real

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:27.880
 and he's strong

00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:30.200
 but he's bound

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:33.819
 and his possessions

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:35.500
 as a result

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.059
 of what Jesus

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:36.779
 did on the cross

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.500
 his possessions

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:39.059
 are left vulnerable

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:41.220
 to this stronger one

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.680
 who's come

00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:42.660
 to confront him

00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:44.400
 and to plunder him

00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:46.000
 now we're going

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.420
 to say more

00:33:46.420 --> 00:33:46.819
 about this

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.380
 in two weeks

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:47.700
 so you've got

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.319
 to come back

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:50.440
 but the amazing

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:51.000
 thing is that

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.839
 Jesus wants

00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:53.259
 you and me

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:54.680
 to share

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.359
 in his out

00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:56.099
 with the crowds

00:33:56.099 --> 00:33:57.920
 he wants

00:33:57.920 --> 00:33:59.019
 you and me

00:33:59.019 --> 00:33:59.940
 to take part

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:01.000
 in his overthrow

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:02.980
 and the complete

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.599
 collapse

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:04.140
 of the kingdom

00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:04.640
 of Satan

00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:06.000
 the plundering

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.680
 of his house

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.220
 and his kingdom

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:08.059
 so that the kingdom

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.579
 of God

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:10.280
 can erupt

00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:12.440
 and the rule

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:12.900
 and reign

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:14.039
 of our father

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:15.199
 can break through

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:16.860
 into the lives

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.639
 of people around us

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.199
 and that's very

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:18.920
 very good news

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:20.780
 because the father's

00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:21.539
 rule is a gracious

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:21.980
 rule

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:23.740
 and his reign

00:34:23.740 --> 00:34:24.680
 is a liberating

00:34:24.680 --> 00:34:25.360
 reign

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:26.760
 and Jesus'

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:28.099
 basic call to us

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:29.360
 is come follow me

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:30.820
 and I'm going

00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:31.659
 to send you out

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:32.860
 to fish

00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:33.680
 for people

00:34:33.680 --> 00:34:34.220
 I'm going to send

00:34:34.220 --> 00:34:34.720
 you out

00:34:34.720 --> 00:34:35.900
 to be part

00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:36.780
 of my plundering

00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:38.579
 of the strong

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:39.260
 man's house

00:34:39.260 --> 00:34:41.740
 if that's something

00:34:41.740 --> 00:34:42.320
 you want

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:44.400
 we're going to be

00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:45.260
 learning about that

00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:46.639
 and if it's not

00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:47.920
 well don't come back

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.579
 for a little bit

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:49.000
 okay

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:50.320
 come back at Easter

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:53.860
 Jesus calls us

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:55.300
 to share in his up

00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:56.880
 and his in

00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:58.320
 and his out

00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:59.880
 and may he give us

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:00.340
 the power

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:00.760
 and authority

00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:01.400
 to do that

00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:02.539
 in the name of the

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:03.700
 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

00:35:03.700 --> 00:35:04.599
 Amen

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:05.039
 Amen

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.400
 Amen

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:06.980
 Amen

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.539
 Amen

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:07.819
 Amen

00:35:07.819 --> 00:35:07.900
 Amen

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.539
 Amen