1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,360 What I want you to do right now is turn to the person on your left or right, 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:10,160 and I want you to tell them if you remember, and it's appropriate, 3 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:13,200 your most embarrassing moment. 4 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:19,680 I'm going to give you a minute each to tell each other your most embarrassing moment. 5 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,600 Does anybody want to share their own? 6 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,760 Don't share the other person's because I might be embarrassing. 7 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:30,760 But if you would like to share, I'll take one or two. 8 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:33,440 Anybody want to share their most embarrassing moment? 9 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:35,640 If you don't want to, that's fine. 10 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:37,000 Find a little bit. 11 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:43,560 When I tripped over my tongue and made myself embarrassed when I asked my future father-in-law, 12 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:45,240 if I could marry my wife. 13 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,160 Wow. Okay. Well, it turned out well. 14 00:00:48,160 --> 00:00:51,680 The embarrassing moment. Anybody else want to share? 15 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:55,000 Okay. Do you mind running the mic back? 16 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,600 Sorry. I didn't realize he had one as well. 17 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:00,520 They want me to share. 18 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:04,360 But I told them this is not really my most embarrassing moment, 19 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:07,320 but I can't share the other one. 20 00:01:07,320 --> 00:01:10,520 But anyway, my most embarrassing moment, 21 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:15,080 my second most was when my skirt fell off in high school. 22 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:16,440 Oh, my goodness. 23 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:18,480 Can't imagine what the other one was. 24 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:22,120 Luckily, I was wearing a coat. 25 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:25,600 It was a wrap around skirt and it just fell to the floor, 26 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:28,360 but it was the talk of the high school all the way. 27 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:30,160 I'm sorry. 28 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:32,280 My most embarrassing, well, 29 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:36,640 one of the most embarrassing definitely is when my son was in a wedding, 30 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:38,480 and I could see him walking, 31 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:40,040 his back was to me, and of course, 32 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:42,800 all the groomsmen are wearing the same uniform or whatever, 33 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:44,280 same suit jackets. 34 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:48,080 He's walking and he's talking to my daughter-in-law. 35 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:49,360 I thought it was the two of them. 36 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:53,480 I ran up behind him and I put my arms around him like this, 37 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,120 and I was just holding him like that, 38 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,320 and walking with him because he was walking. 39 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:00,400 Then finally, my daughter-in-law, 40 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:02,280 she goes, you know that's not David. 41 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,800 I go, it was one of the other groomsmen. 42 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:06,920 He didn't say anything, he said that felt so good. 43 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:08,320 I didn't want to say anything. 44 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:12,080 So I just thought, oh, that was embarrassing. 45 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:19,320 So anyway, I want you to think about what do you think if we asked Adam and Eve, 46 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:22,360 what their most embarrassing moment was? 47 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:24,840 What do you think they would say? 48 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,120 Well, they discovered they were naked, maybe. 49 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:30,560 Yes, definitely. 50 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:34,320 Let's look together at Genesis 3, 51 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:40,200 and we don't have a lot recorded, 52 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:44,720 but we do have this recorded and I believe it must have been extremely embarrassing, 53 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:48,480 and perhaps it even became humiliating at some point. 54 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:53,920 So Genesis 3, and we're going to start with 6 and 7. 55 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,360 I'll go ahead and read it, 56 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:00,840 and I'm going to ask you a question. 57 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,400 So pay close attention here. 58 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:06,800 So when the woman, so she had taken the fruit, 59 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:09,560 when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, 60 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:14,560 that it was pleasant to the eyes and a tree desirable to make one wise, 61 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,080 she took of its fruit and ate. 62 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:20,400 She also gave it to her husband and he ate. 63 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:25,880 Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they knew that they were naked, 64 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:31,200 and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings. 65 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:35,000 So their eyes were opened, 66 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,120 and what did they see? 67 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:38,520 Did they see what they expected to see? 68 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:43,040 They thought their eyes were going to be open and it was going to be just wonderful, 69 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:45,040 all the knowledge they were going to have, 70 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,040 and they just see that, whoops, were naked. 71 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:51,480 What was their reaction? What did they do right away? 72 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:55,320 They hid and they were sewing clothes together. 73 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,320 They were sewing clothes together. 74 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:00,120 So let's look at 8-10. 75 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:05,600 They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden. 76 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:09,080 When? In the cool of the day. 77 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:11,440 Adam and Eve, what did they do? 78 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:17,400 They hid themselves from the presence of the Lord among the trees of the garden. 79 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:20,560 Then the Lord called to Adam and did he say, 80 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:23,680 what did you guys just do? 81 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:27,440 Is that what he said? What did he say? 82 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:35,280 Where are you? I would like to have maybe some volunteers. 83 00:04:35,280 --> 00:04:38,160 I need two males and a female. 84 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,960 They can be children. 85 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,440 They probably would do a better job maybe. 86 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:48,560 People who are children, who feel like children, young at heart. 87 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:51,880 Oh, awesome. 88 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:54,840 Adeline is coming. Okay, he can come too. 89 00:04:54,840 --> 00:04:57,320 There's Adam and Eve right there. 90 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:00,280 I need someone who'd be willing. 91 00:05:00,280 --> 00:05:02,960 Maybe a man. There we go, Colton. 92 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:07,200 You're going to be pretending you're God. 93 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:08,400 You're going to stand over here. 94 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:10,320 Go to the end of the pew. 95 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:18,160 Now, I'm going to read or I'm going to say the story and you're going to pretend to be Adam and Eve. 96 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:20,960 Whatever you do, I'm sure, it's Aiden, right? 97 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:22,200 The little one is Aiden. 98 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:24,920 I'm sure he's going to do just like you. 99 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:28,080 I'm going to tell you what you're going to do. 100 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:31,400 No, you're going to stay back here. 101 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:36,160 Stay back here. You go all the way to the end of the pew because we need a little space. 102 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:39,640 All right. Whatever I say God does, you do. 103 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:45,480 So God came in the cool of the day walking in the garden. 104 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:47,800 Walking this way, walking this way. 105 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:51,680 Now, is he stomping in the garden in the heat of the moment? 106 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:53,240 No, he's walking. 107 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:56,200 What are you guys doing? Wait, stop right here. 108 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:58,920 What are you guys going to do because God is coming? 109 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:02,400 What did Adam and Eve do? 110 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:07,800 They hid. So you go hide over there because you're scared. 111 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:11,360 Okay. And what are you going to ask them? 112 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:13,000 Because you don't see them. 113 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:14,560 Well, you don't see them. 114 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:15,960 You pretend you don't see them. 115 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:18,360 What are you going to say? Where are you? 116 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:20,840 Where are you? 117 00:06:20,840 --> 00:06:22,760 Now, I want to pause here. 118 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:28,400 Who changed? Did God change when sin happened here on earth? 119 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,320 Did God change? No, God was still walking. 120 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:33,040 Look, and I love the way he's standing. 121 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:35,240 Look at that. Hands in his pockets. 122 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,160 And I believe that's a little bit the attitude of the Lord. 123 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,040 He didn't come in like this, right? 124 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:45,360 He came in walking as he usually did in the cool of the day. 125 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:48,000 And he asked a simple question, where are you? 126 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,200 Very good to show us that attitude. 127 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:54,680 And they are hiding because what do they feel at this point? 128 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:58,080 Shame and fear. 129 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:01,520 For the first time, they fear who? 130 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:04,120 They fear God because he's different? 131 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:08,120 No, because they are different. 132 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:09,520 Thank you. Thank you, kids. 133 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:11,320 You can go back to your seats. 134 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,720 I might call you back up here sometime. 135 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:18,240 So he asked a question. 136 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,280 And what did the question reveal? 137 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:23,920 When he asked the question, where are you? 138 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:26,800 And he asked, I think he did ask at that point, 139 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:30,320 so did you eat of the fruit that I told you not to eat? 140 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:34,320 How did Adam respond? 141 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,680 Oh, yeah, it's a woman who's going to bring that one up, right? 142 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:39,320 The woman that you gave me. 143 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:44,000 So what is this revealing about what happened to them, the change? 144 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,840 All of a sudden, that woman, he didn't want to give up for anything 145 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:50,040 and he ate that fruit because he wanted her so badly 146 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,840 and now he's throwing her under the bus, right? 147 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:55,280 And then when he asked the woman, what happened? 148 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:56,600 Yes? 149 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:00,400 That shows how fast the relationship can go down. 150 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:02,080 The woman that you gave me. 151 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:06,080 That's right. And then Eve, what did she blame? 152 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:08,720 Oh, well, that serpent you made, right? 153 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:10,760 It all goes back to God, right? 154 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:12,800 You did it. You made it. 155 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:14,120 It's a serpent you made. 156 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:19,360 And so we discover that their feelings for each other have also gone south. 157 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:24,840 So their relationship with God is there's nothing but fear on the side of man. 158 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:28,560 And then their relationship with each other is like this. 159 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:30,840 And, you know, the rest is history. 160 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:34,000 The rest of the Bible and the rest of our history is like that, right? 161 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,960 Where we mess up constantly, right? 162 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:39,840 We have problems in relationships. 163 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:41,840 We have problems with the Lord. 164 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:46,360 And actually, this is the very beginning of shame. 165 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:48,880 This is the beginning of shaming. 166 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:52,480 This is the beginning of disease, of mental illness. 167 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:55,760 This is the beginning of bad influences. 168 00:08:55,760 --> 00:09:03,360 The beginning of addiction, of not just not feeling good physically and not feeling good about yourself. 169 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:08,840 This is the beginning of bitterness, resentment, lack of forgiveness. 170 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:11,400 But I want to point you, there's hope. 171 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:15,320 Because when he came to the garden, he already had a plan. 172 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:16,400 He already had a plan. 173 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:21,440 He was going to try to give it to them in any way that they could somehow absorb it. 174 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:24,400 So let's look at verse 15. 175 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:34,600 And this is the first time the gospel is spoken to mankind. 176 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:35,600 And we're going to read it. 177 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:42,800 And what I want you, because I'm going to ask you afterwards, is look at everything that God is doing in here. 178 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:45,800 And then look at what man is doing in here. 179 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:46,320 OK? 180 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:47,760 It's very delineated. 181 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:48,120 OK? 182 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:48,880 So let's see. 183 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:50,560 We're going to read it. 184 00:09:50,560 --> 00:09:54,160 Now, language is a little confusing, so we're going to talk about that too. 185 00:09:54,160 --> 00:10:00,600 And I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed. 186 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:04,160 He shall bruise your head and you shall bruise his heel. 187 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:07,120 So what's enmity mean? 188 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:09,160 First of all, dislike. 189 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:09,880 Yeah. 190 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:12,800 It's the word we get the word enemy from it, you know? 191 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:18,280 So yeah, it just means basically I'm going to make you, right now you're friends. 192 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:19,200 He's talking to the serpent. 193 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:24,800 He says, right now you're friends with them, but I'm going to make you enemies with them. 194 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:25,800 Say it. 195 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:27,640 Yes, I'm going to create animosity. 196 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:32,120 And I think there's versions that say hatred between you and the woman. 197 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:33,600 I'm going to do that. 198 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:34,400 Who's doing that? 199 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:35,840 Who's I? 200 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:38,240 God says, I am going to take care of this. 201 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:39,120 OK? 202 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:44,040 And then he says, he, so he's referring to that person who's going to come and do that, 203 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:47,840 which we know is from this side of history. 204 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:48,880 We know that's Jesus. 205 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:50,520 So we can put Jesus' name in there. 206 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:55,640 Jesus shall bruise, he's talking to the serpent, Jesus shall bruise your head. 207 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:56,240 OK? 208 00:10:56,240 --> 00:11:01,760 When you bruise the head of a serpent, in other versions it says crushed or it says wounded. 209 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:05,520 When you wound the head, what happens? 210 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:07,040 Yeah, it's pretty much it, right? 211 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:12,400 If you can get, smash a snake's head, you pretty much, you don't have to worry about the rest of his body, right? 212 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:13,600 He's dead. 213 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:13,880 OK? 214 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:18,640 So he's going to bruise your head, but you shall bruise his heel. 215 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:21,720 And what does that mean? 216 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,920 It's not fatal for who? 217 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:27,400 Who's going to bruise who's heel? 218 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:30,080 Satan is going to bruise Jesus' heel, right? 219 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:33,640 It's not fatal, but he's going to get hurt. 220 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:36,760 And so God is basically saying, I am coming. 221 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:38,520 I will heal you. 222 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:41,720 You messed up, but I'm going to clean up. 223 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:44,920 I'm going to heal your relationship with me. 224 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:49,240 I'm going to heal your relationship with other people. 225 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:54,480 And I'm going to heal your relationship with yourself, because mentally you are going to feel guilt. 226 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:55,680 You're going to feel shame. 227 00:11:55,680 --> 00:11:59,000 And I want to take that away from you. 228 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,960 But it's going to be at my expense. 229 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:03,480 You're not going to suffer for this. 230 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:06,680 I am going to suffer for this. 231 00:12:06,680 --> 00:12:12,360 And I love that today, Joe talked about John 316. 232 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:18,200 Because John 316 is actually the text that I'm going to talk about right now. 233 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:20,520 And we know it all by heart. 234 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:22,720 And let's repeat it together. 235 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:31,040 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes 236 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:36,720 in him will not perish but have everlasting life. 237 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:39,400 So God is basically taking all the responsibility. 238 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:44,320 And Billy Rice says, I'm coming, I will make you friends again with me. 239 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:47,440 I will take care of this serpent. 240 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:50,960 And I will get wounded in the process. 241 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:53,800 And so what do we have to do? 242 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,040 What's our part? 243 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:57,200 It's cooperate. 244 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:58,200 What's John 316? 245 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:00,120 We have to believe. 246 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,520 And believe of course means not just mental assent, right? 247 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:08,760 It means our whole life, our whole world becomes like. 248 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:12,400 And especially somebody has done that for us, then we're like, what do you want us to 249 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:13,400 do? 250 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:14,960 I'll just obey you. 251 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,440 Because you're the most awesome God. 252 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:22,720 Now are there people in this audience that might be under 17? 253 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:25,040 Perhaps a few? 254 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:33,240 Okay, well I'm about to give a gift to anybody who's 17 or under, okay? 255 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:35,640 So anybody who wants a gift. 256 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:45,080 If you're under 17, first person that can get here is gonna. 257 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:46,560 She really wants this, folks. 258 00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:49,560 She really wants this. 259 00:13:49,560 --> 00:13:51,440 Okay. 260 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:56,000 So for her to get that gift, what did she have to do? 261 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:57,000 She had to come. 262 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:58,480 I was reaching out, right? 263 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:03,960 I was reaching it out, but someone, she had to come and grab it out of my hands. 264 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:04,960 Okay. 265 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:10,040 Now there were some that, yeah, like Colton, he started a little bit late, it was too bad. 266 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:11,040 She was a little bit closer. 267 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:14,160 Maybe there are others that say, man, I should have just taken off. 268 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:15,160 I was kinda disbelieving. 269 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:17,560 Is it really, you know? 270 00:14:17,560 --> 00:14:20,040 But that's what God's gift is like. 271 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:25,400 He just says, here, he's reaching it out and we have to run and grab it, right? 272 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:27,920 We have to say, yes, God, we want it. 273 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:30,400 He's reaching it out to you. 274 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:36,120 We confess our sins and he gives us forgiveness. 275 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:38,160 Okay. 276 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:42,000 I wanted to, yeah, oh, that's what I wanna make a point. 277 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:45,360 What if Bella said to me, thank you so much for these five dollars. 278 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:50,160 Okay, I'll come over to your house and I'll clean a couple of rooms for you because you 279 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:53,000 gave me this gift. 280 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,000 Is that... 281 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:57,000 Yeah, I'm putting it, yeah, no. 282 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:00,920 Yeah, or sometimes, what if somebody gave you a birthday gift? 283 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:05,240 You say, oh, let me give you some money and you search in your pocket to give them. 284 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:07,080 Would that make it a gift? 285 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:09,200 What would that do for the person who just gave you the gift? 286 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:10,200 It would be literally a... 287 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:11,200 Right? 288 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,200 It would be an insult. 289 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:19,880 I mean, if somebody wanted to pay for a gift that I gave them, that would be a total insult. 290 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:21,760 And God does not need payment. 291 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:27,120 He does not need your good works for you to give you this gift. 292 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:29,120 He just wants to give it to you for free. 293 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:33,840 The works, yes, are there, but the works are an outpouring of, I just wanna do this for 294 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,040 you God, because I love you so much. 295 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:37,760 We could never pay for that gift, right? 296 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:44,520 That gift that he gave us, we could never do anything to repay him for that gift except 297 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:49,520 love him and obey him and follow him the rest of our days. 298 00:15:49,520 --> 00:16:01,560 I wanna look at one story, Luke 5, 17, and here we see a combination of healing. 299 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:07,880 And of course, we know Jesus healed so many physical illnesses, but I wanted to look at 300 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:16,480 a story where we see Jesus also healing an emotional illness, a mental illness perhaps. 301 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:22,200 So we're going to read Luke 5 and starting with verse 17. 302 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:28,360 Now it happened on a certain day as he was teaching that there were Pharisees and teachers 303 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:33,560 of the law sitting by who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. 304 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:39,880 Okay, so there were Pharisees and scribes who came out from every single of those major 305 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:41,080 cities there. 306 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:44,800 How many do you think there could be there? 307 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:46,680 There maybe were hundreds. 308 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:52,320 All of these people who knew everything about the law and everything. 309 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:58,640 So here, listen to Jesus, what it says about Jesus, and the power of the Lord was present 310 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:02,440 with him to heal them. 311 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:06,960 The presence of the Lord was with him to heal them. 312 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:11,040 Who is them? 313 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:15,080 The scribes and the Pharisees in particular, because what it just said, right, there's 314 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:21,040 all these Pharisees that came from all over the place and the presence of the Lord was 315 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,280 with him to heal them. 316 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:27,480 He wanted to heal the Pharisees. 317 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,800 Now were they sick physically, most of them? 318 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:31,800 Probably not. 319 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:35,800 So did they need healing? 320 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:37,920 Obviously they needed healing. 321 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:39,600 We're going to look at what happens next. 322 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:41,920 So Jesus is already in that mindset. 323 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:46,800 They need healing too, and all these people are coming and he's healing, but they need 324 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:48,200 healing, not just the crowd. 325 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:50,080 They need, what can I do? 326 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,660 And so, story. 327 00:17:52,660 --> 00:17:53,960 We know about the man, right? 328 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:57,800 This man is on a bed, he cannot move, he's paralyzed. 329 00:17:57,800 --> 00:17:58,800 And what happens? 330 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:01,800 Colton, you have your hand up, what happens? 331 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:06,080 Oh, sorry, I thought you had your hand up. 332 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:11,800 Oh, how many friends came? 333 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:14,080 Four, good. 334 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:17,680 Four friends came to help this man. 335 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:19,920 One on each corner of the stretcher, right? 336 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:23,840 And they got there and all those scribes and Pharisees are there and they can't get through. 337 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:27,280 He's not going to say, excuse me, no one's going to move. 338 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:30,960 So what do these friends do? 339 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:34,440 Where do they climb up to, Colton? 340 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:35,440 That's right. 341 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:38,440 They climb up on the roof. 342 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:41,160 Okay, what if somebody did that to this church? 343 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:43,080 No, but we wouldn't be happy, right? 344 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:47,880 Especially when that stuff started crumbling on our hair that we just washed today or whatever, 345 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:48,880 right? 346 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:54,840 Yeah, can you imagine the faith of these four to literally tear open a roof, the part of 347 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:57,680 the roof, to bring down the stretcher before Jesus? 348 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:01,280 Now, did Jesus say, okay, you're healed? 349 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:05,560 What was the first thing that Jesus said to this man? 350 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:07,600 Yes, Colton. 351 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:09,440 That's right. 352 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:13,400 Your sins are forgiven. 353 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:17,400 What does that tell you if Jesus told the man his sins were forgiven? 354 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:21,760 What did the man need more than physical healing? 355 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:25,840 The man in his heart, you know, if he's paralyzed, can you imagine laying, I don't know how many, 356 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:29,240 they don't say how many years, but let's say years and years and years and all he can think 357 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:34,000 about is, if I had only not done that, I wouldn't be in this position. 358 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,680 Can God ever forgive me? 359 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:39,400 And as a paralytic, there's no hope, right? 360 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:41,400 The Pharisees say, well, that's your problem. 361 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:42,400 Too bad. 362 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:43,840 Yeah, God rejected you. 363 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:45,520 You now are paralyzed. 364 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,040 So this was heavy on his mind. 365 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:52,520 And so saying your sins are forgiven, it was just like total relief. 366 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:58,600 And I suppose if Jesus had not healed him physically, he would have felt still so much 367 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:00,480 lighter, I am forgiven. 368 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:02,800 I am forgiven. 369 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:07,040 But then Jesus goes a step further because of course, what do the Pharisees do as soon 370 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:10,120 as he says your sins are forgiven? 371 00:20:10,120 --> 00:20:12,480 Blasphemy. 372 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:15,200 Is it, if he were not God, is that blasphemy? 373 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:16,200 Yes. 374 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:20,760 I mean, if you said your sins are forgiven to somebody, would that be blasphemy? 375 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:23,880 Yes, because none of us can forgive sin. 376 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:26,240 Only Jesus can forgive sin. 377 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:30,360 And so he said, just so you know, by the way, that the Son of Man has the power to forgive 378 00:20:30,360 --> 00:20:32,560 sins, he said, take up your bed and walk. 379 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:39,800 And this hopeless case, totally hopeless case, got up, picked up his bed, and he was probably 380 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:41,280 jumping for joy. 381 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:46,880 And it says he went out glorifying God. 382 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:53,000 And the Pharisees and the scribes, I'm sure, it was a little seed. 383 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:54,480 Some of them didn't accept it then. 384 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:57,720 Some of them would accept it later, but I'm sure it was a seed in their heart. 385 00:20:57,720 --> 00:20:58,720 Wow. 386 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:01,160 It's not just physical healing. 387 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:04,280 We need also spiritual healing. 388 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:15,520 We need forgiveness. 389 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:22,320 So let me ask you, what did the man have to do to be healed? 390 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:24,240 Did he ask for forgiveness? 391 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:26,920 He didn't even ask for forgiveness. 392 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:28,320 He wanted it in his heart. 393 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:29,320 Jesus knew. 394 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:35,760 Yes, Sally? 395 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:37,240 He had to obey, right? 396 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,120 Jesus said, pick up your bed and walk, right? 397 00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:46,600 And he had to physically make an effort and realize, oh, this hand is working. 398 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:47,600 Oh, so is it. 399 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:48,600 Oh, my leg is working. 400 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:49,600 Oh, I can actually get up. 401 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:50,600 You know? 402 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:55,000 And oh, I can pick up this bed that I was lying in. 403 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,920 He had to obey. 404 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:03,880 He didn't heal himself, but God healed him and he obeyed. 405 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:05,600 And boy, was he happy for it. 406 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,200 He was happy for it. 407 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:08,200 You know, it's interesting. 408 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:09,200 Yes? 409 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:23,320 He healed himself, but he didn't ask for forgiveness. 410 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:24,320 That's right. 411 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:26,120 He healed until he was a man of 25 again. 412 00:22:26,120 --> 00:22:27,120 You know? 413 00:22:27,120 --> 00:22:31,440 You know, because maybe, I mean, if you, yeah, that's awesome. 414 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:33,520 God heals totally. 415 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:36,000 God will heal you totally. 416 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,320 That is such awesome good news. 417 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:39,400 Thanks for bringing that up. 418 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:45,760 In the next part, in verse 31 and 32, I want you to look at that. 419 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:51,080 And this is when the tax collector has a big party and he invites all his tax collector 420 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:56,560 friends and once again, the Pharisees are saying, what are they saying? 421 00:22:56,560 --> 00:23:03,360 What are you doing having, you know, hanging out with a bunch of cussing, drinking people? 422 00:23:03,360 --> 00:23:05,160 Why do you do that? 423 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:10,400 And he says, I didn't come for who? 424 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:13,160 The saved or the righteous, right? 425 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:14,720 Who you think you are, by the way. 426 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,520 He didn't say that, but I didn't come for the righteous. 427 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:19,520 I came for sinners. 428 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:22,000 And again, he was still trying to get them. 429 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:23,200 Don't you get it? 430 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:24,320 You need forgiveness too. 431 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:25,320 You are sick too. 432 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:26,800 You are a sinner. 433 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,480 And later on, we know the parable that he talked about, right? 434 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:33,160 The tax collector and the Pharisee, you know? 435 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:36,600 And I want you to skip forward in your heads. 436 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,360 We're going to Calvary. 437 00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:44,120 And actually, there were two pivotal moments in Jesus' life and one was in Gethsemane where 438 00:23:44,120 --> 00:23:50,120 he had to accept, you know, he went through that, God, please take it away. 439 00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:52,480 Okay, but your will be done. 440 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:54,320 And so he fought there. 441 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:55,320 He obeyed. 442 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:58,560 But now he's on Calvary and I want you to read Luke 23. 443 00:23:58,560 --> 00:23:59,560 We're still on Luke. 444 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:02,760 We're going to go to Luke 23 and see something. 445 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:08,080 This is for me the most incredible thing. 446 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:12,440 I still cannot understand it when I think of what Jesus was going through and everything 447 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:14,360 he had gone through. 448 00:24:14,360 --> 00:24:18,160 If you can imagine at this point, he's on the cross. 449 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:20,920 Where are all his disciples? 450 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:22,920 They're hiding like Adam and Eve, right? 451 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:26,240 They're scared to death. 452 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:27,920 Where's Judas? 453 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:28,920 You know? 454 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:33,440 The leader who said he was going to stand up and fight for him. 455 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:34,440 Okay? 456 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,520 Where, what are all the Pharisees doing and the scribes? 457 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:40,440 And I mean, he is, what about the Romans? 458 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:42,400 They're down there rolling dice. 459 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,520 Jesus is, what does he look like on the cross? 460 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:47,400 Is he wearing clothes? 461 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:51,840 So he is naked, but he is voluntarily naked on the cross. 462 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:54,520 He says that's what sin does. 463 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:59,760 And physically he was naked, but he was also exposed in his heart. 464 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:01,720 And yet, this is what he says. 465 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:07,040 Look at verse 34. 466 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:12,640 So he's looking at all of this and he sees there's nobody, there's no friend out there. 467 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:14,720 Everybody's betrayed them or gone their way or whatever. 468 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:18,360 There's no one there for him at all. 469 00:25:18,360 --> 00:25:27,040 And he says, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. 470 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:29,840 He forgives everybody unreservedly. 471 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:33,400 Of course, it's a gift. 472 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:34,400 Once more, it's a gift. 473 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,660 They have to take the forgiveness. 474 00:25:36,660 --> 00:25:40,320 But he says on his side, I forgive you all. 475 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:44,160 That's what I'm, that's why I'm on this cross, because I want to forgive you. 476 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:45,160 You take the gift. 477 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:46,160 I don't care where you're at. 478 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:47,800 I don't care if you're cussing me out. 479 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,200 I don't care if you're spitting on me. 480 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:53,120 I don't care if you're hiding in a room because you're ashamed to be with me. 481 00:25:53,120 --> 00:25:56,600 I don't care where you're at. 482 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:59,560 I forgive you. 483 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:01,640 That is total healing. 484 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:06,080 That is total healing right there on the cross. 485 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:11,760 I love Isaiah 53-5, and that's actually my last verse today. 486 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:16,760 Isaiah 53-5. 487 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:22,960 Isaiah 53 is beautiful. 488 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,800 The whole chapter is beautiful. 489 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:27,240 It's all about Jesus' suffering. 490 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:34,120 But verse 5, it says, he was wounded for our transgressions. 491 00:26:34,120 --> 00:26:36,000 He was bruised for our iniquities. 492 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:41,240 The chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed. 493 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:45,560 And I want to go through it a little bit different versions, because I realize that can be complicated, 494 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:48,040 but language for some people. 495 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:52,200 Basically it's saying, I looked at other versions, he was pierced for our rebellion. 496 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:55,600 Yeah, and that's different almost than transgressions. 497 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:59,200 I mean, it's willfully we wanted to hurt him. 498 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,320 We wanted to run away from him. 499 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:06,980 And he was still, he still went to the cross for those rebellious moments in our life. 500 00:27:06,980 --> 00:27:08,080 He was pierced for our rebellion. 501 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:11,280 He was crushed for our iniquities. 502 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:16,800 The punishment that brought us peace was upon him. 503 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:20,520 Because he's punished, we can have peace. 504 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:26,120 With his wounds, or with his stripes, stripes, of course, when they beat people on the back, 505 00:27:26,120 --> 00:27:29,400 flog people on the back, that's what it refers to, the stripes from that flogging. 506 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:33,240 It says, with his wounds he was healed. 507 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:39,640 And in the New Living, I love where it says, he was beaten so we could be whole, so we 508 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:44,200 could be healed. 509 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:52,960 Before we have a closing prayer, I have something that again, I need, oh, anybody who wants 510 00:27:52,960 --> 00:28:00,700 to come up because I need kind of three teams, teams of at least two, let's say. 511 00:28:00,700 --> 00:28:02,600 So I know Colton wants to come. 512 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:04,600 Adeline, do you want to come with Colton? 513 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:09,560 Because I'm going to give you, I'll give you something but you don't, don't. 514 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:12,000 Okay, just stand there. 515 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:13,480 You guys stand over here, okay. 516 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:15,480 Oops, sorry, no problem. 517 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:17,240 Okay, just wait, don't touch it yet. 518 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:20,160 You go over there, Adeline, you're going to go with Colton, okay? 519 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,160 Adeline, you're going to go with Colton. 520 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,160 Okay, I need some more people. 521 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:27,160 They can be bigger kids. 522 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:29,160 What's that? 523 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:32,160 It stinks over there? 524 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:34,160 Oh, okay. 525 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:36,160 Okay, here we go. 526 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:39,440 Janet, we have, yes, okay. 527 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:45,800 So I'm going to give you guys this one and here. 528 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:47,800 We need two more people. 529 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:51,240 All right, good. 530 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:52,240 Here we go. 531 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:54,480 Okay, and here's your tape. 532 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:56,480 Now you guys are going to be kind of separate. 533 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:57,840 You can probably do it down there. 534 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,960 You don't have to show, don't show anybody what you're doing right yet. 535 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:02,840 It's kind of like a puzzle. 536 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:08,760 So what you have, you need to, don't peek, that's cheating. 537 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:09,760 But I forgive you. 538 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:14,240 Yeah, just go to a little corner and put it together. 539 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:17,360 And then we're going to put these, before you, don't show it, because we're going to 540 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:21,160 put these three, afterwards you're going to try to put the three pieces together, big 541 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:22,160 pieces together. 542 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:24,320 You can do yours right there, okay? 543 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:26,960 And you can go up there somewhere and you can do yours right here. 544 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,680 Okay, so on your markets let go. 545 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:37,240 You're going to need a big spot, a big space, you guys, because you have a, all right. 546 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:41,360 And this is something I wanted, I had a puzzle idea in mind, but I didn't know what to do. 547 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:46,160 And yesterday when I went to the meeting, something that the man said, who was speaking, 548 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:51,440 really it hit me in a totally different way when we think of health. 549 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:52,880 Health is this. 550 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:53,940 This is health. 551 00:29:53,940 --> 00:30:02,360 If we love God, love God with all your soul will help you to have healthy, a healthy emotional 552 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:04,000 and spiritual life. 553 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:09,580 If you love God with all your strength, you'll have a healthy body. 554 00:30:09,580 --> 00:30:15,760 If you love God with all your mind, you'll have a healthy mind. 555 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:21,000 If you love, oh, and if you love others, you will have healthy relationships. 556 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:25,280 Isn't that cool how it all fits together like a puzzle? 557 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:27,340 The basic thing is to love God. 558 00:30:27,340 --> 00:30:32,320 When you love God, also the loving others comes naturally. 559 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:39,560 And so thank you so much for helping me put this together. 560 00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:41,160 You guys have been such a big help. 561 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:45,500 Thank you so much. 562 00:30:45,500 --> 00:30:55,520 So I want, as we close, I want you to think you want to be healed holistically. 563 00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:57,040 We want healthy bodies, right? 564 00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:58,720 That's kind of the craze. 565 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:07,720 But you know, really, that might not happen in this life, but we can right now have a 566 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:12,080 healthy spiritual life and emotional life and a healthy mental life, right? 567 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:15,600 He wants to give us healing in that way. 568 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:22,040 And he will, one day of course, we'll be healed holistically, like totally every part of us. 569 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:23,560 But he wants to heal. 570 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:24,560 And what is it? 571 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:27,680 What is it come down to? 572 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:33,100 Loving God with all of our heart, soul, strength and mind. 573 00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:35,080 Loving Him with everything we have. 574 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:42,560 And so I'm going to pray, and I want you in your heart as we pray to tell God, God, I 575 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:43,980 want this healing. 576 00:31:43,980 --> 00:31:48,080 I want this healing maybe for you right now. 577 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:49,900 Loving God is hard. 578 00:31:49,900 --> 00:31:52,720 Maybe loving others in your life is hard. 579 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:54,080 But you can ask God. 580 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:55,400 He doesn't care. 581 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:56,920 He knows already. 582 00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:59,680 So He wants you to come to Him and to tell Him. 583 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:05,640 He wants you to say, look, I'm having trouble forgiving my brother or my sister or my father 584 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:06,640 or my son. 585 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:09,160 God, I want it though. 586 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:12,200 I want it because I want total healing. 587 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:15,240 Okay, let's go ahead and pray. 588 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:17,760 But you pray in your heart to God. 589 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:24,560 Heavenly Father, Lord, I just thank you that you want us all to be totally healed. 590 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:29,840 Lord, I thank you for every person here, all the way down to the smallest child. 591 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:32,000 You want healing for everybody. 592 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:33,520 And not just physical, Lord. 593 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:35,560 Many of us are seeking physical healing. 594 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:37,180 It's important for us. 595 00:32:37,180 --> 00:32:40,640 And Lord, I do pray that you will help each person in that way. 596 00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:46,080 But Lord, I'm praying even more for spiritual healing because when the spiritual is healed, 597 00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:51,840 the mental, the emotional just falls into place when we love you and love others. 598 00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:58,160 And Lord, I'm just going to pause for a moment so every person can pray their own prayer 599 00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:09,160 to you right now. 600 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:10,500 So thank you, Lord. 601 00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:16,080 You know it's difficult for us, for some of us in particular, it may be difficult. 602 00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:19,960 But Lord, we know that you have a solution for every single one of us. 603 00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:21,520 And I thank you for this. 604 00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:22,600 And I praise you. 605 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:26,800 And I pray that we go out this door different than when we came in. 606 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:35,160 Lord, I pray for total healing for every person who can hear my voice, including those online. 607 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:51,960 In Jesus' name, amen.