1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,440 I used to have a doctor and I really liked her. 2 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:04,880 She was pretty good actually. 3 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:10,300 She was kind of into treating the whole person rather than getting a shot or getting drugs 4 00:00:10,300 --> 00:00:12,980 every time you go in or being prescribed a medicine. 5 00:00:12,980 --> 00:00:17,540 And so she would help me figure out like was I vitamin deficient or did I was I not getting 6 00:00:17,540 --> 00:00:20,920 enough sleep wasn't I getting you know those kinds of things. 7 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:25,460 And I really enjoyed that about her one time I was I was living in Perishburg at the time 8 00:00:25,460 --> 00:00:27,820 and I went to go see her I made an appointment. 9 00:00:27,820 --> 00:00:29,600 The appointment was for one o'clock right after lunch. 10 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,080 It's a good time to make doctor's appointments actually because a lot of times the whole 11 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:35,080 staff's coming right back from lunch and it's you're the first appointment you have to 12 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:36,080 wait. 13 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:41,260 And I got there and surprisingly enough they had changed their schedule or they just had 14 00:00:41,260 --> 00:00:44,360 skipped lunch or because they were so far behind or whatever. 15 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:49,520 And she said the doctor will see you shortly and I sat down in the waiting room and I waited. 16 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:53,760 Now if you know me at all before I got saved I'll just make this clear before I got saved 17 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:58,080 I had very little patience and after I got saved I've been blessed by the fruit of patience 18 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:00,880 from the Holy Spirit but I don't have a lot of patience. 19 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:02,640 That's the that's the reality of it. 20 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:07,600 And I sat there and after about a half an hour or so I started thinking I've been waiting 21 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:12,440 too long and I got up and I went up to the nurse or office manager whoever she was sitting 22 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:14,280 at the desk and I said I've been here about a half an hour. 23 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:19,600 I said you said she's seen me in a few minutes and I'm still sitting here and she said yeah 24 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:20,840 we're running really behind. 25 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:24,560 But we we worked right through lunch or some of the people worked right through lunch or 26 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,240 something whatever she said and she said but we'll get to you shortly. 27 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:28,880 And I went back and I sat down. 28 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:32,400 Now this is in the day before smartphones so I didn't whip out my smartphone and start 29 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:35,520 you know surfing the Internet or the time might have passed more quickly or whatever 30 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:39,600 and I didn't check my emails I just sat there and waited. 31 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:43,560 In fact I had brought my paper Bible with me and I was scanning through the Bible and 32 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:48,540 yet it got to be about an hour after my appointment and I heard somebody go up to the counter 33 00:01:48,540 --> 00:01:53,480 and ask and say I've been waiting here for an hour and a half since my appointment time 34 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:54,480 and I'm still waiting. 35 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:59,160 And I thought to myself if I've already been waiting an hour this person's already been 36 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,760 waiting an hour and a half so they're ahead of me for sure. 37 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:05,760 And I thought man I just I just don't have time for this and I was actually taking time 38 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:09,040 out of my workday to do this appointment. 39 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:14,920 And so about five minutes later I just gave up and I left I left the doctor's office and 40 00:02:14,920 --> 00:02:16,640 I thought well I'll make an appointment another day. 41 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:21,120 Well when I left the doctor's office guess how many of the problems that I went to go 42 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,800 see the doctor about were solved. 43 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:24,840 None. 44 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:30,200 I went because I was pretty sure I had an ear infection and and my doctor would be pretty 45 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,600 good to check my ears and say okay yeah you do have an ear infection she gives you a little 46 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:36,600 she was one of the doctors that give you a poke in the butt antibiotics 24 hours you 47 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:38,580 feel like a new man right. 48 00:02:38,580 --> 00:02:42,300 And so that's why I went to the doctor and so I wound up two days later having to go 49 00:02:42,300 --> 00:02:48,920 to urgent care because my doctor's appointment did not solve my problem at all. 50 00:02:48,920 --> 00:02:54,200 So I want you to bear that thought in mind then as I say to you that concerning Jesus 51 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,520 appointments are available today. 52 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:58,160 All right. 53 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:01,840 Grab your Bibles if you would maybe give me a little who to holler amen whatever you feel 54 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,600 like as we go to Luke chapter 24. 55 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:07,460 Praise God. 56 00:03:07,460 --> 00:03:12,200 So this is a relatively long text but it's in story form so there's not a lot to explain 57 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:13,400 as we go by. 58 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:14,400 Okay. 59 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:19,360 I'll try if there's anything I see anything to kind of break it down and describe it to 60 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:20,760 you on the way by. 61 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:25,440 So this is Luke 24 beginning of verse one it says but on the first day of the week at 62 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:29,440 early dawn they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. 63 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,480 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb and when they entered they did not find 64 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:36,440 the body of the Lord Jesus and it happened that while they were perplexed about this behold 65 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:42,760 two men suddenly stood near them in dazzling apparel and as the women were terrified and 66 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:47,200 bowed their faces to the ground the men said to them why do you seek the living among the 67 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:48,200 dead? 68 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,120 He is not here but he has risen. 69 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:55,120 Remember how he spoke to you while he was still in Galilee saying that the Son of Man 70 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:59,840 must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and the third day rise 71 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:00,920 again? 72 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:05,280 So these ladies had heard the teaching of Jesus that this exact set of events was going 73 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:11,100 to transpire so that they were terrified for the loss of Jesus for the loss of his body 74 00:04:11,100 --> 00:04:16,480 but now these two men dressed in sparkling clothing which is sort of a biblical formula 75 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:23,800 for angels maybe are saying he told you this was going to happen now we're in verse eight 76 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:28,520 and they remembered his words and returned from the tomb and reported all these things 77 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:30,920 to the eleven and to all the rest. 78 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:36,100 Now they were Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James also other women 79 00:04:36,100 --> 00:04:39,400 with them were telling these things to the apostles so they all got together and they 80 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,240 went and witnessed to the apostles. 81 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:47,440 It says in verse eleven and these words appeared to them as nonsense and they would not believe 82 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:48,440 them. 83 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:51,240 So the apostles thought what the women were telling was just ridiculous that can't be 84 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:54,840 right something is totally wrong and they didn't just flat out believe even though they 85 00:04:54,840 --> 00:04:59,760 too had heard the teaching of Jesus that this is going to go exactly the way it's going. 86 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:05,320 Verse twelve says but Peter arose and ran to the tomb stooping and looking in he saw 87 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:10,920 the linen wrappings only and he went away to his home marveling at that which had happened. 88 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:15,520 I'm going to stop there for a second I want you to hone in on the word marveling. 89 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:21,000 So here is the debate that goes on here is the debate that people question was Peter 90 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,080 beginning to believe in this moment or was he doubting? 91 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:28,160 I think you know Thomas gets a lot of like bad rap because they call him doubting Thomas 92 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:32,600 and he doubted the risen Savior Jesus that he wasn't there the first appearing and so 93 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:38,640 he thought oh I don't know if this could be true but I submit to you that all of the disciples 94 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:39,640 are full of doubt. 95 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:42,920 You can kind of see that in the story where Jesus calms the storm like wow you have little 96 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:43,920 faith right. 97 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:48,360 So all of them are sort of full of doubt but I submit to you it's a doubt a little more 98 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:55,660 like maybe like my own marveling and wondering at how awesome Jesus is and what Jesus does 99 00:05:55,660 --> 00:05:57,460 and how amazing that is. 100 00:05:57,460 --> 00:06:01,480 So he goes away marveling I submit to you that something has happened and he knows that 101 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:06,920 something has happened he's not 100% sure of what has happened okay and he's in wonder 102 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:12,320 or excitement about what it is exactly that has happened and I'll clarify that a little 103 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:13,720 more in the points later. 104 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:18,520 The story goes on now this is the same day it says in verse 13 it says and behold two 105 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:24,640 of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus which was about seven miles from 106 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:25,640 Jerusalem. 107 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:29,920 Now we do not have the historical location of Emmaus today that village is gone and there 108 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:34,440 was a lot of strife in that area and it's been kind of erased geographically speaking 109 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:38,800 but we know that it was about seven miles from Jerusalem and they were conversing with 110 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,880 each other about all these things which had taken place. 111 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:45,360 So they're walking down the road talking about the amazing events as you might talk about 112 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:49,160 politics or strange occurrences in your day they were doing the same thing. 113 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:53,360 It came about that while they were conversing and discussing Jesus himself approached and 114 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:58,160 began traveling them with them but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him so they 115 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:02,960 didn't get that this was Jesus even though he's come and begun to walk along with them 116 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:07,860 verse 17 and he said to them what are these words that you are exchanging with one another 117 00:07:07,860 --> 00:07:14,080 as you are walking and they stood still looking sad and one of them named Cleopas answered 118 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:19,280 and said to him are you the only one visiting Jerusalem and unaware of the things which 119 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:24,640 have happened there in these days and he said to them what things and he didn't say he 120 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:29,760 was unaware he just says what things and they said to him the things about Jesus the Nazarene 121 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:35,840 who was a prophet mighty indeed and word in the sight of God and all the people and how 122 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:40,000 the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to the sentence of death and crucified 123 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:45,680 him but we were hoping that it was he who was going to redeem Israel indeed besides 124 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:52,560 all this it is the third day since these things happened but also some women among us amazed 125 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:57,120 us when they were at the tomb early in the morning and did not find his body they came 126 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:03,080 saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said that he was alive and some 127 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:07,360 of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just exactly as the women also 128 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:14,200 had said but him they did not see okay now to be clear this tells you exactly where in 129 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:19,100 the stories the story these two men left right it tells you that right after those previous 130 00:08:19,100 --> 00:08:24,080 events they left and they don't they don't have more information than what they're relating 131 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:30,120 verse 25 and he said to them oh foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the 132 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:34,960 prophets have spoken was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and 133 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:41,480 to enter into his glory and beginning with Moses and with all the prophets he explained 134 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:47,920 to them the things concerning himself in all the scriptures so basically this is Jesus 135 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:52,360 remember he begins to start at Genesis 1 he talks about the fall he talks about the curse 136 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:57,640 he talks about Noah and how Noah was it was a messianic figure and and protected he and 137 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:03,200 his family to sustain all of mankind he talks about all that that the David did all the 138 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:06,280 things that happened during David's day and the promises that were made to David then 139 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:10,080 he goes he talks about everything that happened with Moses he talks about everything happened 140 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:13,520 during the day of judges and how they kept spiraling further and further down into sin 141 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:18,480 after they would repent after God would send a man or in certain cases a woman to call 142 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:22,720 them back to goodness and they were still spiraling into sin and he continues he goes 143 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:27,360 through all the prophets and all the prophets and I don't know that he gets every verse 144 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:32,680 but he shows them clearly how it's all laid out in the Bible and it's all speaking about 145 00:09:32,680 --> 00:09:37,000 him and what would happen except they don't know it's him because their eyes have still 146 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:46,000 been blocked and they approached the village this is verse 28 and they approached the village 147 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:50,600 where they were going and he acted as though he would go further so to them it looked like 148 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:53,520 he was going to go on he didn't say it was going to but he to them it looked like he 149 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:58,920 was going to keep on traveling and they urged him saying stay with us for it's getting toward 150 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:04,800 evening and the day is now nearly over and he went in to stay with them and it came about 151 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:10,080 that when he had reclined at the table with them he took the bread and blessed it and 152 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:15,960 breaking it he began giving it to them and their eyes were opened and they recognized 153 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:20,720 him and he vanished from their sight so they were sitting there having dinner and they 154 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:24,420 go oh this is Jesus that we've been walking with oh this is Jesus that has been teaching 155 00:10:24,420 --> 00:10:30,480 us all about Jesus and suddenly he's gone and they said to one another were not our 156 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:35,360 hearts burning within us while he was speaking to us on the road while he was explaining 157 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:38,800 the scriptures to us they started to realize didn't we get a recognition wasn't there 158 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:42,160 something when he was walking with us on the road even though we couldn't see it was him 159 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:49,240 wasn't there something happening inside us now it all makes sense they say verse 33 and 160 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:53,240 they arose that very hour and returned to Jerusalem and found gathered together the 161 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:58,760 eleven and those who were with him saying the Lord has really risen and has appeared 162 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:05,600 to Simon and they began to relate their experiences on the road and how he was recognized by them 163 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:12,240 in the breaking of bread and while they were still telling these things he himself stood 164 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:16,840 in their midst but they were startled and frightened and thought they were seeing a 165 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:23,560 spirit and he said to them why are you troubled why do you doubts arise in your hearts see 166 00:11:23,560 --> 00:11:29,360 my hands and my feet that it is I myself touch me and see for a spirit does not have flesh 167 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:33,560 and bones as you see that I have and when he had said this he showed them his hands 168 00:11:33,560 --> 00:11:38,000 and his feet and while they still could not believe it for joy so now they're trying 169 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:43,240 to believe but they're so amazed it's so exciting it's so incredible what has happened 170 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:48,680 they're troubled to believe it for joy and they were marveling he said to them have you 171 00:11:48,680 --> 00:11:53,120 anything here to eat and they gave him a piece of broiled fish and he took it and ate it 172 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:58,280 before them now he said to them these are my words which I spoke to you while I was 173 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:03,000 still with you that all things which are written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets 174 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:08,320 and the Psalms must be fulfilled then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures and 175 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:13,760 he said to them thus it is written that the Christ should suffer and rise again from the 176 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:18,920 dead the third day and that repentance for forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in 177 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:28,920 his name to all the nations beginning from Jerusalem you are witnesses of these things 178 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:34,760 and behold I am sending forth the promise of my father upon you but you are to stay 179 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:41,680 in the city until you are clothed with power from on high these are the encounters most 180 00:12:41,680 --> 00:12:48,440 of them anyway with Jesus that occurred on the day that he came back to life I submit 181 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:55,000 to you that as the disciples marveled as Peter wondered and got excited about what might have 182 00:12:55,000 --> 00:13:00,720 happened there were a few possibilities so first let us examine a few of the possibilities 183 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:12,920 the first that we'll examine is that someone unknown something unknown the body was stolen 184 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:15,680 something that they are not even sure about yet that they've never even heard about yet 185 00:13:15,680 --> 00:13:22,720 or whatever has occurred when we know if something that we don't know about has occurred will 186 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:27,960 it be when evidence appears because they have an empty tomb so they think well could be 187 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:31,760 something that we're not expecting could be something that no one has told us about something 188 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:35,960 that has not been made clear I submit to you this is a place that the church sometimes 189 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:40,520 goes we get wrapped up in doing things that God didn't ordain he didn't prophecy didn't 190 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:44,080 say anything about that we've got a the largest church claims to be Christian in the world 191 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:47,880 that has all kinds of traditions that the Bible's never Bible never taught we've got 192 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:51,440 cults all over the world that believe in things that men taught them to do that have nothing 193 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:57,600 to do with Jesus and this is a place we think it could be something that God has not told 194 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:03,200 us was going to happen now Peter would want to go no it can't be that that doesn't make 195 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:08,320 sense it could be something different so Jesus it could be that Jesus is absent from the 196 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:14,280 tomb in fact this has been confirmed by various witnesses but now the Jewish guards are already 197 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:20,400 lying about the fact that the body was stolen and so there is enough room to doubt enough 198 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:25,640 room to wonder about how the body is absent and in any case could the body be absent because 199 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:29,920 Jesus has now gone home they believed with certainty that he was from the father they 200 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:33,560 believe with certainty that he was a prophet or what we would call today on the other side 201 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:37,080 of the cross a saint right they believed with certainty that he would go to heaven when 202 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:44,480 he died but did Jesus die and was buried and was resurrected into God's eternal kingdom 203 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:50,440 and so he's no longer on the earth but the ladies say no they say Jesus is alive but 204 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:55,240 we're having trouble believing what the ladies say now Peter himself encounters Jesus and 205 00:14:55,240 --> 00:15:04,120 he begins to say no he's alive but there's still no certainty because they don't understand 206 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:09,920 what's going to happen next and then these two men come and they say we've been taught 207 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:14,400 everything from the beginning of scriptures as we walk that seven mile journey he broke 208 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:20,080 it all down for us and then we realized it was him and the truth becomes evident for 209 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:24,520 the first time ever what's true about the empty tomb what's true about the rock rolled 210 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:29,480 away what's true about men and dazzling clothes that proclaim the risen Savior it's true he 211 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:35,560 is alive the truth is revealed he is the Son of God the implications are greater than simply 212 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:39,440 he is no longer in the tomb he could have gone to heaven they are greater than simply 213 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:48,000 he said this would happen and they did he is the ancient of days born into the present 214 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:54,440 day what are the ramifications of this they go farther than we'll all go to heaven when 215 00:15:54,440 --> 00:16:00,920 we die if this is the risen Savior if Jesus is like this then there is a ramification 216 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:05,640 of this which is discovered by the men as they walk the road and sit with him at dinner 217 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:10,240 there is a ramification of this that goes far beyond anything that is taught in scripture 218 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:14,680 because it is the culmination of everything that is taught in scripture Jesus said I did 219 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:20,400 not come to abolish the law but to fulfill it what is Jesus's fulfillment of the law 220 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:26,480 that's the question that's where they're left and they will take 40 days with Jesus to learn 221 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:32,720 the fullness of it so of the things that they were thinking they began to realize that it 222 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:38,280 is true that Jesus is resurrected the truth has been revealed that he is God incarnate 223 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:45,160 and has come back to life this day as those men walked along the road and as Jesus walks 224 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:54,240 with the 40 with the men for 40 days the promises are revealed and related to one another and 225 00:16:54,240 --> 00:17:01,220 make clear the ultimate truth that may make a man's heart burn if you'll stop and think 226 00:17:01,220 --> 00:17:06,560 about it I was on a mission trip to the UP some years ago and we were sleeping on our 227 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:10,960 sleeping bags in a cafeteria no air mattresses if I did that today I'd probably get up with 228 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:15,120 a crick in my back slept in the hospital floor overnight one night when Sherri was having 229 00:17:15,120 --> 00:17:19,600 a baby boy that would hurt for days and I was quite a bit younger then but I was sleeping 230 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:22,480 on the floor in a cafeteria and we had done a devotional before we went to bed and there 231 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:26,040 was a young man who was sleeping across from me on his sleeping bag and he got out his 232 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:32,480 Bible and he began to look at it and as a youth director working with teenagers of like 233 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:36,000 a youth getting out their Bible and looking at it without me suggesting it like I just 234 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,480 saw a teenager actually reading his Bible without me suggesting it and that was such 235 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:44,280 an encouragement and I said if I'm mad just if I could just ask you this question of what 236 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:48,880 are you reading what do you what what interested you that get you started and he goes well 237 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:51,700 I do try to do a devotional every night before to bed but I'll tell you what I was thinking 238 00:17:51,700 --> 00:17:56,400 about I was I got to thinking about Adam and Eve and I got to thinking about what they 239 00:17:56,400 --> 00:18:03,160 might have known or not known about what Jesus was going to do and we started to talk through 240 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:10,160 the scriptures now I'm not Jesus I'm not like one gazillionth as knowledgeable as Jesus 241 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:15,360 about what the scriptures say about Jesus but we began to work our way from the fall 242 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:19,480 and Adam and Eve to Cain and Abel and Noah and we worked our way through the Bible that 243 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:25,200 night we started at about midnight which was technically lights out but we had flashlights 244 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:30,960 we finished about 430 in the morning in that church building in the UP and everybody is 245 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:38,840 not now when we quit we said we're not done but as we studied the Bible with an eye toward 246 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:45,240 Jesus understanding that everything that is written in this text from Genesis to Revelation 247 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:52,800 is about God's redeeming love as displayed in Jesus Jesus is the embodiment of God he 248 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:58,000 is what makes God clear and this word does the best it can as a written word inspired 249 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:04,480 by God to make Jesus clear and as we studied the Bible till 430 in the morning in a quiet 250 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:08,200 church building on a cold floor frankly in a hard floor in a sleeping bag with little 251 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:13,840 flashlights I had one of those little AA flashlights that you know you can just see like two inches 252 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:21,160 on the page my heart burned within me and I thought it was over and then the next morning 253 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:25,480 we got up and we did our devotional with the bigger team mind you I'm on four hour 254 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:36,180 sleep now if that and the Holy Spirit for lack of a better way of saying it showed Himself 255 00:19:36,180 --> 00:19:42,240 and we we got wrapped up in what we were reading and everybody literally like almost everybody 256 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:50,920 in the room was crying and we were realizing how awesome God is the promises that have 257 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:57,640 been revealed they may make a man's heart burn within him in recognition but I submit 258 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:04,200 to you that the promises do not save this is heresy somewhere and someone ain't gonna 259 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:09,920 like it I submit to you that the Word of God as you have it here Genesis for revelation 260 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:17,240 does not save souls I'm gonna take it one step further before we're through and I'm 261 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:23,280 gonna say that this Word of God as you're written does not change hearts that one hurts 262 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:29,000 this Word of God as here written does not cleanse you from your sins it does not make 263 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:37,880 you a better person taught by Jesus with the authority of God this Word of God is a whole 264 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:47,280 other thing we come to this Word of God with our questions and the real danger is if you 265 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:51,240 come to this Word of God with your questions and you seek out what you want to know you 266 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:56,880 may find what you want to know and it may not have all that much to do with what God 267 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:04,640 wants you to know here they those men what I understand those men walking down that road 268 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:10,600 that day they may have had good chance Old Testament books memorized word for word from 269 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:15,760 beginning to end they're Jewish men they don't have other books to read they've never 270 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:20,960 seen a science fiction book they don't have social media or TV or anything they have zero 271 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:27,840 other opportunities for mental expansion if you will and so they would study the word 272 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:31,280 they would go to the synagogue and hear it read and they would memorize what was said 273 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:34,400 when the when they're quote-unquote pastors they didn't have pastors obviously but when 274 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:41,200 their preachers would preach or talkers would talk they would memorize what was said memorize 275 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:47,720 it wrote verbatim word for word public speakers in that day would stand up and everything 276 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:57,680 would rhyme for an hour not not written down but that's how they would speak and that's 277 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:01,880 how people would enlarge themselves and so these men were walking down the the promises 278 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:05,960 that Jesus was explaining to them as they didn't understand what was they already understood 279 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:11,120 them they already had them memorized why was it so different what made it so different 280 00:22:11,120 --> 00:22:15,240 when he explained it why did it burn in their hearts then and not at synagogue the previous 281 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:23,600 week the understanding comes not from seeing alone but from being told or taught or coming 282 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:33,440 to a logical conclusion none of those things get the job done do you understand that Jesus 283 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:40,200 died on the cross for sins has someone told you that and you believed it I hope so but 284 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:45,120 I submit to you that that understanding that thought itself does very little to change 285 00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:52,560 your state your sins are not forgiven because you know that Jesus died on the cross your 286 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:57,200 sins are not forgiven because you believe it this hurts because you believe that Jesus 287 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:02,640 died on the cross your sins are not forgiven because you believe that Jesus died on the 288 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:08,320 cross to pay for your sins am I getting a little close to somebody's sensitive spot 289 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:11,360 you know but wait I thought that's how I got my sins for him because I believed in Jesus 290 00:23:11,360 --> 00:23:14,320 and believed that he died on the cross and so now you're telling me that's not how my 291 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:19,560 sins are forgiven no your sins are forgiven because Jesus is standing at the right hand 292 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:26,440 of God making intercession for believers right now the sin you commit tomorrow will be forgiven 293 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:29,960 not that you should do it on purpose but the sin you could commit tomorrow will be forgiven 294 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:34,160 because Jesus is standing there right now making intercession you needed a savior like 295 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:38,600 that you needed a sacrifice like that that was eternal that would never stop being that 296 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:42,840 sacrifice never stop being that payment never stop being the one who petitions the father 297 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:49,680 to forgive your sins and he does it incessantly what we would call 24 hours a day forever 298 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:56,280 that's the kind of intervention that you needed that says something more than I believed in 299 00:23:56,280 --> 00:24:01,080 Jesus and got saved it says something more than I believe what the pastor said and I 300 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:09,200 prayed a prayer those things when people use those things to say that's what Christianity 301 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,760 is yeah I'm saved I don't have to involve the church I don't have to serve I don't 302 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:14,720 have to give I don't have to do nothing I don't have to be with other believers I don't 303 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:19,400 I haven't prayed in a week or three weeks or years I haven't prayed since I prayed to 304 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:25,760 accept Jesus when people say those kinds of things it's clear that they never got an understanding 305 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:30,720 of the thing that the disciples needed 40 days with Jesus to fully understand that the 306 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:36,400 disciples on the road needed Jesus revealed to them at dinner to truly understand this 307 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:42,960 gospel these promises this truth it all matters like it matters not because of what you know 308 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:51,540 but who you know it's a darn good thing because if salvation was contained in knowledge someone 309 00:24:51,540 --> 00:24:56,760 could forget a whole generation could forget and then salvation would never be available 310 00:24:56,760 --> 00:25:01,160 anymore but salvation is not contained in knowledge it is not contained in teaching 311 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:06,560 right now you are not listening to the sermon to get something out of it right now you are 312 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:11,320 not listening to the sermon to know something that you didn't know before right now you 313 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:17,760 are not listening to the sermon to grow as a Christian ouch you are listening to this 314 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:23,400 sermon with the intention of having an appointment a meeting with the risen Savior if you can't 315 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:28,440 meet with Jesus while I'm preaching you're not going to get the thing that God wants 316 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:40,640 you to get today understanding is not from seeing alone it's not from being told or taught 317 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:46,040 or coming to a logical conclusion the effect of this unveiled truth becomes real at the 318 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:51,120 revelation of Jesus alone that's when they get it he explained it all the way there and 319 00:25:51,120 --> 00:25:54,520 they didn't get it and he was going to go on and they said no stay with us and then 320 00:25:54,520 --> 00:26:00,760 over fellowship over bread at prayer he was revealed and they began to realize that everything 321 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:06,800 that he had said had spoken about him I submit to you they may even have realized that everything 322 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:11,560 that he had said had spoken about Jesus and still did not realize it was him don't you 323 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:17,720 understand you could study your Bible every waking moment and walk into a room with Jesus 324 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:26,080 and not know he's there you could memorize whole books of the Bible and walk into a room 325 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:31,640 with the risen Savior Jesus himself and just think he's some other guy might be a good 326 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:38,360 teacher a good explainer a good preacher might have a bold delivery you may go back I think 327 00:26:38,360 --> 00:26:49,600 I might want to hear that guy again listen to me hearing that guy again will not save 328 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:56,800 the truth that they were revealing it was not about what they knew but who they knew 329 00:26:56,800 --> 00:27:04,360 because Jesus was the embodiment of God he is resurrected he is available to us and to 330 00:27:04,360 --> 00:27:10,040 all people that was the point that he was making that's not about right place right 331 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:13,520 time and it's a darn good thing because if it was a right place right time you could 332 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:18,040 be born in the wrong country never hear about Jesus and spend eternity in hell because you 333 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:24,680 were born with a sinful nature and you would sin you were born with a yearning nature and 334 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:30,480 you might seek for Jesus but if finding Jesus was about right place right time then you 335 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:35,760 might never find him and then never finding him you would spend eternity in hell it's 336 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:45,880 not luck it's not a chance it's not even a choice ouch so was it but I chose to follow 337 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:51,060 Jesus choosing to follow Jesus maybe the smartest thing you could ever do in this life it can 338 00:27:51,060 --> 00:28:00,040 have a rough ending I'll warn you you say well I choose to follow Jesus so did Judas 339 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:05,060 before you say all the disciples chose to follow Jesus all good so did Judas he followed 340 00:28:05,060 --> 00:28:15,440 Jesus everywhere he went choosing to follow Jesus will not save you to those who chose 341 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:26,820 to follow him and already believe John 8 he said come come follow me stop there but we 342 00:28:26,820 --> 00:28:31,960 don't because the verse isn't out there and then you will know the truth and the truth 343 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:37,120 is Jesus and then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free John 14 right 344 00:28:37,120 --> 00:28:41,500 I am the way the truth and the life come follow me and then you will know the truth and the 345 00:28:41,500 --> 00:28:45,640 truth will set you free you want to be a Gnostic that's your choice but it won't get you to 346 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:50,200 heaven you want to think you're okay because you're better off than somebody else that's 347 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:54,760 your choice but it won't get you to heaven now that it will not provide you with an abundant 348 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:58,080 life you want to think you're better than the rest of the world because you came to 349 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:01,840 church today and they didn't fine you can do that that's your choice but it won't get 350 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:06,940 you to heaven you want to divide your attention between Jesus and the things of this world 351 00:29:06,940 --> 00:29:12,320 have one foot in all the things of the world entertained on your phone on tablet on TV 352 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:17,080 playing sports exercise what all the things is what it might be whatever is good for you 353 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:22,360 build your body etc and have one foot in the kingdom seeking Jesus you can do that but 354 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:28,600 it won't get you to heaven because what will happen is you'll be sitting in the room with 355 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:32,200 Jesus while you're on your phone you'll be sitting in the room with Jesus while you're 356 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:36,440 thinking about your hobbies and be sitting in the room with Jesus you'll be at the appointment 357 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:40,480 Jesus will be there and you'll be too busy to interact with him and then you'll arrive 358 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:47,700 at the end of the road and he'll say get away from me I never knew you as a young couple 359 00:29:47,700 --> 00:29:52,360 Sherry and I had to learn that when you go on date night you got to stop answering the 360 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:56,000 phone and you got to put your phone away when you sit down at the table and it hurts your 361 00:29:56,000 --> 00:30:01,200 butt you don't set it on the table in front of you so you can see if it rings you put 362 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:06,800 it away and that's just the representative just an idea and understanding of the way 363 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:12,400 we treat Jesus like yeah Jesus come on take care of my sin yeah Jesus come on take care 364 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:16,520 of me yeah just provide for me right take care of my family heal everybody make everybody 365 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:20,960 strong let's be bold let's advance the kingdom yeah sounds good Jesus excuse me I'm busy 366 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:24,780 I got to do this over here right now Jesus can't find time to read the Bible can't find 367 00:30:24,780 --> 00:30:30,440 time to spend time with you can't find time to try to draw close to you nope can't do 368 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:43,400 it it's about his choice he revealed his identity by fellowship with those men they sat down 369 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:52,760 in fellowship with him and when they did lo and behold they knew him they walked the road 370 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:57,520 with a with a teacher was able to teach them how everything through the Old Testament pointed 371 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:03,200 to Jesus and still didn't get that it was Jesus and then when they fellowshiped with 372 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:09,640 him when they marked out time with him when they focused on him when they made it him 373 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:14,520 and him alone he was revealed to them and only then did they say wow you know it didn't 374 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:22,120 our hearts burn with us while we were walking on the road the truth that is revealed and 375 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:29,200 understand that Jesus is revect resurrected is he is available to you today he's able 376 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:35,680 to forgive sins he's able to make intervention once for always and always ongoing he's able 377 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:42,560 to do that he is available to you he is willing to do so he didn't go to the cross cuz he 378 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:47,680 had to he went to the cross for the joy that was set before him subjecting himself to death 379 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:58,040 even death on a cross he's willing and he is revealed in fellowship with him when you 380 00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:03,600 spend time with him when you come to church when you sit in your prayer closet when you 381 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:08,440 get away from all distractions and practice silence and solitude when you read in your 382 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:14,280 Bible it needs to be about fellowship with Jesus it needs to be about who you're with 383 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:19,720 and who is in you even who is in charge you read the Bible all right guy has guy he was 384 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:23,760 cool oh you made some mistakes I don't want to make the mistakes he made that's got nothing 385 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:30,840 to do with it it's all about how you and Jesus are gonna walk forward after experiencing 386 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:36,840 the text about Hezekiah that's what it's all about you read Isaiah oh man he was a man 387 00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:42,020 of sorrows he really suffered for me I owe him gratitude I should I should really submit 388 00:32:42,020 --> 00:32:46,240 to him I should really do what he tells me to do so for that reason alone I'm not gonna 389 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:48,600 learn a lot of things that what he tells me to do because he's gonna be telling me to 390 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:51,380 do a lot of stuff and then I'm gonna have to do it and then my whole life it's like 391 00:32:51,380 --> 00:32:55,120 Jesus will just take over my whole life I'll be some kind of Jesus freak or Bible thumper 392 00:32:55,120 --> 00:33:00,840 or something he'll take over my whole life if I let him yep he will and it'll be the 393 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:05,560 best life you could ever have he came not to steal your life but to give you an abundant 394 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:10,920 life beyond that which you can currently imagine because why because your fellowship with him 395 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:16,400 has been limited if you're here today and you have not met the risen Savior you are 396 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:19,360 not saved now I don't mean stand in the room with him he's wearing three-piece suit or 397 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:23,080 know that he's there and suddenly he's revealed I'm not talking about a miraculous one-on-one 398 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:28,880 intervention in that sense but spiritually if your spirit has not come into contact with 399 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:35,520 Jesus then you're not saved and you need that you have to desire a relationship with Jesus 400 00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:41,280 Jesus died on the cross to have a relationship with you he is resurrected he is available 401 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:49,240 to you he is willing he is revealed in fellowship come to Jesus choose to spend time with Jesus 402 00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:55,440 and in his presence choose to spend time with Jesus and his and in his presence over all 403 00:33:55,440 --> 00:34:00,840 alternatives over anything else that seems good sounds good tastes good looks good feels 404 00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:06,560 good works good choose Jesus over that choose Jesus over your vehicle choose Jesus over 405 00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:13,760 your TV choose Jesus over your relationships choose Jesus at all times and then you too 406 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:19,200 will be living out the thing that they figured out on the day why was Peter marvelling because 407 00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:23,160 it meant something more than Jesus came back to life and went to heaven it meant something 408 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:29,160 more than the grave couldn't hold him those are all true things but they are only the part of the 409 00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:38,760 picture they're like the border not yet filled in your life is about a relationship with God 410 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:45,600 through his son Jesus Christ now the interesting thing is that educated men may recognize the 411 00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:51,280 difference without themselves opting into the program so you could be here and you could say 412 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:55,920 well I know quite a lot about Jesus or quite a lot about the Word of God or quite I've sat under 413 00:34:55,920 --> 00:35:00,600 quite a few sermons in my day and you could say I know enough you could hear the scriptures in your 414 00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:06,160 heart burns within you they said had before Jesus was revealed to them the scripture heart-burning 415 00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:10,280 right they said that they looked back on it said when we were walking on the road road was not our 416 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:14,960 heart burning within us your heart could be burning within you right now as you realize Jesus is here 417 00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:20,560 Jesus desires that appointment with you today Jesus has blocked out the time to spend time with 418 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:25,720 you today and your heart begins to burn to realize that's true so educated men men who understand 419 00:35:25,720 --> 00:35:33,440 the basic knowledge of it they can recognize what we're talking about without themselves opting into 420 00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:38,360 you could leave this place without saying okay Jesus it's you and me forever you could leave 421 00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:44,440 this place and leave Jesus behind here if that's what you choose to do he came for the meeting 422 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:51,720 did you and John 6 beginning of verse 26 it says as follows Jesus answered them and said truly truly 423 00:35:51,720 --> 00:36:00,120 I say to you you seek me not because you saw signs but because you ate of the loaves and were filled 424 00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:05,740 do not work for the food which perishes but for the food which endures to eternal life with the 425 00:36:05,740 --> 00:36:11,080 Son of man shall which the Son of man shall give to you for on him the Father even God has set his 426 00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:17,960 seal they said therefore to him what shall we do that we may work the works of God and Jesus 427 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:22,960 answered and said to them this is the work of God that you believe in him whom he said not a message 428 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:29,960 about him not a verse about him but in him whom he has sent they said therefore to him what then do 429 00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:34,960 you do for a sign that we may see and believe you see they were kind of it was a breakdown they 430 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:39,280 weren't quite getting it I would love to see Jesus do something awesome they were saying what work do 431 00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:43,800 you perform our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness as it is written he gave them bread 432 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:49,080 out of heaven to eat Jesus therefore said to them truly truly I say to you it is not Moses who has 433 00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:53,240 given you the bread out of heaven but it is my father who gives you the true bread out of heaven 434 00:36:53,240 --> 00:36:58,080 but the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world you already 435 00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:02,680 know what he's saying if you just listen to his words you understand what he's saying they said 436 00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:08,560 therefore to him Lord evermore give us this bread and Jesus said to them I am the bread of life he 437 00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:14,000 who comes to me shall not hunger and he who believes in me shall never thirst but I say to you that 438 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:22,200 you have seen me and yet do not believe all the father gives me shall come to me and the one who 439 00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:25,960 comes to me I will certainly not cast out let me read that verse to you again just in case you 440 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:31,280 didn't it could have been the title of the sermon right all that the father gives to me shall come 441 00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:38,040 to me and the one who comes to me I will certainly not cast out for I have come down from heaven not 442 00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:43,760 to do my own will but the will of him who sent me and this is the will of him who sent me that 443 00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:50,280 of all that he has given me I lose nothing anything about memorizing the Bible now not that you should 444 00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:55,160 you should why because in memorizing the Bible you will know Jesus better your appointments will 445 00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:59,560 Jesus with Jesus will be more rich your appointments with Jesus will be more real they will be more 446 00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:05,840 fulfilling right you should do that but did he say anything about that in this in this mathematical 447 00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:10,440 equation of how to get where he's trying to take us no he says and this is the will of him who sent 448 00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:18,080 me that all that he has given me of all that he has given me I lose nothing but raise it up on the 449 00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:23,720 last day for this is the will of my father that everyone who beholds and Tuesday we studied that 450 00:38:23,720 --> 00:38:30,400 word beholds what does it mean doesn't mean to look doesn't mean to see it means to look at to 451 00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:38,360 focus attention on to look toward to put yourself at that thing right so we're concerned about those 452 00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:42,600 who are concerned about looking at what at the word right at the preaching at the teaching at 453 00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:47,160 the service at the given at the work at the schedule at the announcements no none of it but 454 00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:53,560 this is the will of the father that everyone who beholds the son and believes in him may have eternal 455 00:38:53,560 --> 00:39:00,840 life and I myself will raise him up on the last day and I myself well you know who you're trusting 456 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:06,320 in to get to heaven it's Jesus not I trusted in Jesus so I know I'm getting to heaven it's you 457 00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:12,120 trust in Jesus today you trust in Jesus tomorrow you trust in Jesus next week you trust in Jesus 458 00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:21,440 from now until you arrive in heaven and then he will make sure you get in that's the implications 459 00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:33,080 of Jesus is resurrected the truth is revealed that it's Jesus Jesus and only Jesus and acts for the 460 00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:37,800 disciples are traveling this is after Jesus has gone back to heaven and the Holy Spirit has been 461 00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:44,320 sent and an amazing miracle occurs and they're challenged about it and so on and we'll begin 462 00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:52,400 reading and verse 11 the disciples say acts 411 he is the stone which was rejected by you the 463 00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:56,680 builders but which became the very cornerstone so they're accusing them the Jewish leaders of 464 00:39:56,680 --> 00:40:01,640 being educated men who were in the presence of Jesus but did not recognize him did not realize 465 00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:06,000 who he was that he was God in the flesh and that he had everything they needed and they didn't get 466 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:14,200 it from him but which became the very cornerstone and there is salvation in no one else but there is 467 00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:20,360 no for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved 468 00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:25,680 well that's plainly clear verse 13 now as they observe the confidence of Peter and John and 469 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:33,000 understood that they were uneducated and untrained men they were modeling and began to recognize them 470 00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:38,320 as having been with Jesus you see the people in your life that you're dealing with ought to 471 00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:44,160 recognize you as having been with Jesus if you're uneducated or untrained that's irrelevant the 472 00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:51,040 question is have you sat with Jesus have you been with Jesus have you invested yourself and your 473 00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:58,640 time and your resources and your desires in Jesus if anything else takes that place then you are at 474 00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:04,520 best divided in your attentions and at worst you don't know him at all now as they observed the 475 00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:10,320 confidence of Peter and John it says and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men they 476 00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:16,400 were modeling they said whoa wait a minute and they began to recognize them as having been with 477 00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:27,080 Jesus that's what we need church we need to stop talking about daily devotional times and start 478 00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:33,880 talking about appointments with Jesus stop reading your Bible to see what it says and read your Bible 479 00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:40,960 to spend time with Jesus stop praying to list your concerns to God and pray to spend time with 480 00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:50,320 Jesus one more second Peter 3 and this is our last verses of the day second Peter 3 10 through 18 481 00:41:50,320 --> 00:42:03,220 second Peter 3 beginning verse 10 Peter writes Peter let me emphasize Peter writes Peter the 482 00:42:03,220 --> 00:42:08,960 guy who marveled Peter the guy who met Jesus Peter the guy who had what we are talking about today 483 00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:14,160 revealed to him that he is the Son of God and God in the flesh and that salvation is accomplished 484 00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:19,520 through him that he is resurrected he is available to you he is willing he is revealed in fellowship 485 00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:29,280 time spent with Jesus that's when Jesus is revealed coming to Jesus Peter wrote what we read now but 486 00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:33,680 the day of the Lord will come like a thief in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and 487 00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:38,920 the elements will be destroyed with intense heat and the earth and its works will be burned up since 488 00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:43,360 all these things are to be destroyed in this way what sort of people ought you to be in holy 489 00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:50,640 conduct and godliness looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God on account of which 490 00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:55,640 the heavens will be destroyed by burning in the elements will melt with intense heat but according 491 00:42:55,640 --> 00:43:00,080 to his promise we are looking for a new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells 492 00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:07,240 therefore beloved since you look for these things be diligent to be found by him in peace spotless 493 00:43:07,240 --> 00:43:14,400 and blameless and regard the patience of our Lord to be salvation just as also our beloved 494 00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:19,720 brother Paul according to the wisdom given him wrote to you as also in all his letters speaking 495 00:43:19,720 --> 00:43:26,320 in them of these things in which are some things hard to understand which the untaught and unstable 496 00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:36,040 distort as they do also the rest of the scriptures to their own destruction you therefore beloved 497 00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:44,680 knowing this beforehand be on your guard blessed being carried away by the error of unprincipled 498 00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:50,240 men you fall from your steadfastness but grow in grace and knowledge listen to this this 499 00:43:50,240 --> 00:43:56,920 is this is it right here but grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus 500 00:43:56,920 --> 00:44:08,320 Christ to him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity amen so let it be he's 501 00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:14,640 resurrected he's available to you he is willing he is revealed in fellowship come to Jesus 502 00:44:14,640 --> 00:44:22,960 come come spend time with him and in his presence over all our turn over all alternatives you 503 00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:25,920 know our church a little bit you know at least enough about us to know that we're called new 504 00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:32,000 heights fellowship our key verse is we have fellowship part of it is we have fellowship 505 00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:38,080 with God the Father and his son Jesus Christ our motto is reaching new heights and it could 506 00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:40,840 have been very well could have been the day that we wrote it and God led us to it that 507 00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:45,360 it would have been reaching new heights that could have been the whole motto but it isn't 508 00:44:45,360 --> 00:44:53,680 because God spoke up and he said no it's reaching new heights in Jesus it's not what you know 509 00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:59,400 it's not what you figured out it's not what you've managed to apply not even if what you 510 00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:04,440 manage to apply is of the scripture and biblical it's not what you've learned or what you've 511 00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:08,700 studied or what you've experienced or what you stumbled upon that's not what the pastor 512 00:45:08,700 --> 00:45:12,720 said that really affected you or your teacher said that really affected you even though 513 00:45:12,720 --> 00:45:18,680 all of these things may might make your life better choosing to honor the Proverbs choosing 514 00:45:18,680 --> 00:45:21,760 to follow the Ten Commandments those things will make your life better you could have 515 00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:28,800 a better life by doing what it is that God wants you to do but salvation and being part 516 00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:32,320 of the kingdom of God is not like that even though all of those things might make your 517 00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:40,080 life better it's reaching new heights in Jesus it's not what you know but who you know someone 518 00:45:40,080 --> 00:45:53,080 will say what I know has done me no good another will say it has done me remarkable good what 519 00:45:53,080 --> 00:46:02,200 I know and both of them might be lost and going to hell someone will say what I know 520 00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:09,000 has done me no good and someone else will say what I know of the scripture of the teaching 521 00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:14,040 of wisdom Proverbs of common sense of whatever you want to call it what I know has done me 522 00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:20,200 remarkable good and both of those two and everyone in between that's concerned about 523 00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:30,280 what they know very well might be lost but someone else will say I know Jesus do I know 524 00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:37,480 everything about Jesus no but I know him I've met him I've experienced him I've spent time 525 00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:41,760 with him I practice the spiritual disciplines not to become more disciplined or at least 526 00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:49,280 not only to become more disciplined but to spend time with Jesus do you have time Jesus 527 00:46:49,280 --> 00:46:55,480 has appointments available do you have time do you have time to spend time with the risen 528 00:46:55,480 --> 00:47:00,280 Savior I submit to you if you don't have time and you can't make time if it can't be your 529 00:47:00,280 --> 00:47:05,560 highest priority to spend time with Jesus then you've missed the point that Jesus is 530 00:47:05,560 --> 00:47:11,000 resurrected he is the son of God he is the ancient of days born into this present day 531 00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:15,720 the ramification of those things are Jesus is now able to stand at the right hand of 532 00:47:15,720 --> 00:47:24,100 the father and make intercession for you forever only Jesus not goats or rams not money given 533 00:47:24,100 --> 00:47:28,800 or service rendered no sacrifices whatsoever could ever accomplish that but Jesus can he 534 00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:34,880 began to and he can and always can in a poetic sense I submit to you that he did that even 535 00:47:34,880 --> 00:47:41,640 before he was crucified before he was born that was his role they trusted God in the 536 00:47:41,640 --> 00:47:46,240 way they would make it always the God would God would say the way would be Jesus when 537 00:47:46,240 --> 00:47:52,520 you study your Bible I want you to think about Jesus is here with me Jesus is in me and what 538 00:47:52,520 --> 00:47:59,040 do Jesus and I think about this scripture what do Jesus and I think we should do what 539 00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:03,200 kind of people should we be because we know that eventually everything you have your cell 540 00:48:03,200 --> 00:48:08,400 phone your car your hobbies your favorite foods everything all of its going up in smoke 541 00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:11,760 it's all going to be burnt to nothingness including the stars that we look at and are 542 00:48:11,760 --> 00:48:17,320 so amazed by all burnt to nothingness and then recreated in a new heaven and a new earth 543 00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:25,840 in which you will have the perfect body and all of this depends on who you know will you 544 00:48:25,840 --> 00:48:31,240 spend time with the risen Savior when we come together as a church we come together to spend 545 00:48:31,240 --> 00:48:36,920 time we spend time with people who have spent time with Jesus so you have a responsibility 546 00:48:36,920 --> 00:48:40,720 to be that so when other people come to spend time with people who have spent time with 547 00:48:40,720 --> 00:48:44,620 Jesus that should be you and they should be able to go yeah you spent time with Jesus 548 00:48:44,620 --> 00:48:51,480 she spent time with Jesus and also we come together to spend time with Jesus and in our 549 00:48:51,480 --> 00:48:59,880 great blessing in our day by grace that we don't deserve God has indwelt this church 550 00:48:59,880 --> 00:49:07,600 this people are full of Jesus but don't be a person that's full of Jesus but never spends 551 00:49:07,600 --> 00:49:15,200 time moreover if you make an appointment and appointments are available make sure he is 552 00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:21,800 the focus of that appointment too often we come to him with all of our problems and instead 553 00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:30,080 of saying okay Jesus what do you want with me today who are we together who are you making 554 00:49:30,080 --> 00:49:40,160 me to be as a reborn person we're still worried about old stuff all that stuff was put away 555 00:49:40,160 --> 00:49:50,000 no more regrets and no more worries because Jesus is willing and I have a praise team 556 00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:55,160 to come forward at this time and lead us in our closing hymn this is the last song devices 557 00:49:55,160 --> 00:50:01,760 Everything is Everything and the song suddenly plays in my ears no, listen to this I have 558 00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:05,600 ever in my life you would listen to the song of Jesus or the music of this inspectors still 559 00:50:05,600 --> 00:50:09,940 be I continued on this this is thanks for watching we received a couple of divine resurrected 560 00:50:09,940 --> 00:50:13,600 creatures of may Abrams Zoo and I have been trying to update that Ichariahload in video 561 00:50:13,600 --> 00:50:22,920 two deflection a couple alla