WEBVTT 00:00:00.590 --> 00:00:05.250 Alright, so the first lesson was the need for 00:00:05.250 --> 00:00:10.070 prayer and dependence on God. Okay, we're now 00:00:10.070 --> 00:00:13.330 coming to the end of our second lesson to them, 00:00:14.169 --> 00:00:19.550 which is which God considers great versus what 00:00:19.550 --> 00:00:23.870 man's consideration of great is. But before these 00:00:23.870 --> 00:00:27.149 instructions, instructs them on this again, he 00:00:27.149 --> 00:00:31.809 reminds them that he is is the model of the truly 00:00:31.809 --> 00:00:36.789 humble person. One that puts others above self. 00:00:37.450 --> 00:00:41.130 And that was a great example we just had. Right? 00:00:41.609 --> 00:00:46.990 I mean, to get up, to give your seat. For Erica 00:00:46.990 --> 00:00:52.109 to take a back seat. But that was a great example. 00:00:52.609 --> 00:00:57.009 Perfect timing, right? The son of man is willingly 00:00:57.009 --> 00:01:02.630 giving himself for them. The cross, which he 00:01:02.630 --> 00:01:07.670 has not declared how he would die yet, was the 00:01:07.670 --> 00:01:11.409 most humiliating, the most humble way to die. 00:01:12.969 --> 00:01:16.230 Jesus did know that the cross was coming. He 00:01:16.230 --> 00:01:21.090 knew the way. Should the disciples have known 00:01:21.090 --> 00:01:24.569 that? Probably, because the Old Testament talked 00:01:24.569 --> 00:01:29.189 about the crucifixion. I think it's in Psalms. 00:01:29.439 --> 00:01:33.260 where it talks about the crucifixion. So they 00:01:33.260 --> 00:01:35.260 should have known that, but it was something 00:01:35.260 --> 00:01:38.219 that they weren't even thinking about. Something 00:01:38.219 --> 00:01:41.780 that was way above what they were thinking about. 00:01:42.519 --> 00:01:48.439 In verse 30, Mark tells us that they travel through 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:54.579 well -known areas and he wants to be quiet or 00:01:54.579 --> 00:01:57.170 secretive when he goes through. So he's making 00:01:57.170 --> 00:01:59.950 this trip, and that again is where he's wanting 00:01:59.950 --> 00:02:03.989 to spend his time with these disciples. He's 00:02:03.989 --> 00:02:07.609 not wanting to draw the crowds or anything. So 00:02:07.609 --> 00:02:10.110 most scholars believe that he is going on the 00:02:10.110 --> 00:02:15.569 outskirts of Galilee as he makes his descent 00:02:15.569 --> 00:02:22.349 down. And it says in Mark 9 .30, he did not want 00:02:22.349 --> 00:02:26.090 anyone to know. Another clue to a private ministry. 00:02:26.700 --> 00:02:29.340 So on the trip from Caesarea to Philippi, they 00:02:29.340 --> 00:02:32.979 come to Capernaum. They had been arguing about 00:02:32.979 --> 00:02:38.560 who would be the greatest. And again, Capernaum 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:43.039 said they came to a house, more than likely this 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:47.560 was Andrew and Peter's house, because that was 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:50.659 the main hub where they ministered. Before it 00:02:50.659 --> 00:02:52.460 was a well known, so that was a good place to 00:02:52.460 --> 00:02:55.659 kind of stop off on his way through. Again, we 00:02:55.659 --> 00:02:58.849 see these He's moving through and as he mentions 00:02:58.849 --> 00:03:03.969 these areas he won't mention any more until after 00:03:03.969 --> 00:03:08.930 the crucifixion. So these areas are the last 00:03:08.930 --> 00:03:13.930 time and I'm sure that had an impact on Jesus 00:03:13.930 --> 00:03:16.889 moving through these areas knowing that he wouldn't 00:03:16.889 --> 00:03:20.370 see these people again until after the resurrection, 00:03:20.569 --> 00:03:23.409 the ministries that he had had here. So I think 00:03:23.409 --> 00:03:26.050 these places are mentioned. sometimes because 00:03:26.050 --> 00:03:31.909 of that. They were talking about, so yeah, ask 00:03:31.909 --> 00:03:33.990 what are they arguing about. They were arguing 00:03:33.990 --> 00:03:36.590 about who would be the greatest. That was another 00:03:36.590 --> 00:03:39.490 clue that they believed Jesus was setting up 00:03:39.490 --> 00:03:44.889 his kingdom at that time. You know, they're coming 00:03:44.889 --> 00:03:48.849 to Jerusalem and they're discussing. It could 00:03:48.849 --> 00:03:53.870 be even Peter. James and John that brought up 00:03:53.870 --> 00:03:56.789 this conversation because if you remember they 00:03:56.789 --> 00:03:59.229 were just on that mountain trend transfiguration 00:03:59.229 --> 00:04:03.689 not to Probably not too many days before this 00:04:03.689 --> 00:04:07.550 maybe a couple weeks before this So they're kind 00:04:07.550 --> 00:04:10.449 of maybe still on their high horse They've seen 00:04:10.449 --> 00:04:13.509 that something that these others have not seen 00:04:13.509 --> 00:04:16.110 but they weren't able to tell you know select 00:04:16.110 --> 00:04:18.689 There's all kinds of possibilities, but anyhow 00:04:18.689 --> 00:04:22.410 that was that was the discussion It wasn't talked 00:04:22.410 --> 00:04:25.569 about with Jesus, but he probably overheard. 00:04:25.949 --> 00:04:30.389 A spirit ordained time. Again, Jesus capitalized 00:04:30.389 --> 00:04:33.850 on the opportunity to talk about who is truly 00:04:33.850 --> 00:04:39.290 great in God's eyes. He doesn't bash them for 00:04:39.290 --> 00:04:45.930 thinking, but instead he's going to give a visual 00:04:45.930 --> 00:04:48.870 lesson or an example. He doesn't bash them for 00:04:48.870 --> 00:04:53.589 thinking about Who is the greatest? And something 00:04:53.589 --> 00:05:00.470 else. Does God condemn greatness? No, He doesn't 00:05:00.470 --> 00:05:05.170 condemn greatness. He redefines greatness. What 00:05:05.170 --> 00:05:09.009 greatness is in God's eyes. It's not what, it's 00:05:09.009 --> 00:05:15.750 not what man's. Yes, Eddie. Can you hear? Yeah, 00:05:15.850 --> 00:05:20.000 I can't hear. I can hear everybody. Did you see 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:27.319 there's a fly over there? No, no, no. I'm fine 00:05:27.319 --> 00:05:30.060 because I cracked them up. I'm good. I'm good. 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:32.620 I'm telling you. We can put you right here. I'm 00:05:32.620 --> 00:05:36.079 telling you. You don't want me to do it. OK. 00:05:36.379 --> 00:05:37.839 You can hear that. Thank you. I can hear fine. 00:05:37.920 --> 00:05:40.680 I turned it up. I'm good. Thank you. All right. 00:05:41.750 --> 00:05:44.069 So he's going to give them a visual lesson. So 00:05:44.069 --> 00:05:51.990 let's read our text. In verse 30 of Mark 9, it 00:05:51.990 --> 00:05:54.569 says, they went on from there and passed through 00:05:54.569 --> 00:05:57.870 Galilee, and he did not want anyone to know, 00:05:58.129 --> 00:06:00.930 for he was teaching his disciples, saying to 00:06:00.930 --> 00:06:03.790 them, the Son of Man is going to be delivered 00:06:03.790 --> 00:06:06.509 into the hands of men, and they will kill him. 00:06:06.779 --> 00:06:09.720 And when he is killed, after three days he will 00:06:09.720 --> 00:06:12.560 rise. But they did not understand the saying, 00:06:12.920 --> 00:06:16.220 and were afraid to ask him. And they came to 00:06:16.220 --> 00:06:19.519 Capernaum, and when he was in the house, he asked 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:22.699 them, what were you discussing on the way? But 00:06:22.699 --> 00:06:25.399 they kept silent, for on the way they had argued 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:28.439 with one another about who was the greatest. 00:06:29.500 --> 00:06:35.540 You know, again, You can it's it's almost like 00:06:35.540 --> 00:06:39.639 this person was there It's almost like a personal 00:06:39.639 --> 00:06:45.300 testimony You know and we know again that Peter 00:06:45.300 --> 00:06:49.779 Mark Mark is is got his information from Peter 00:06:49.779 --> 00:06:53.779 who was actually there and witnessed all this 00:06:53.779 --> 00:06:55.980 so that's why it sounds like it because mark 00:06:55.980 --> 00:06:58.980 never really Walked with Jesus. He's probably 00:06:58.980 --> 00:07:02.339 seen that he never really walked with, and he 00:07:02.339 --> 00:07:07.560 wasn't one of his disciples per se, but he got 00:07:07.560 --> 00:07:12.660 all his information from Peter. Why do you think 00:07:12.660 --> 00:07:17.220 Mark wrote this gospel and not Peter? Because 00:07:17.220 --> 00:07:22.120 Peter had his own gospel to write. Not gospel, 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:26.100 but his own letter. I don't know, that's a good 00:07:26.100 --> 00:07:29.300 question. I don't know the answer to that. What 00:07:29.300 --> 00:07:33.319 you're saying is that the writer here was eyewitness 00:07:33.319 --> 00:07:37.560 of this. He was writing from what he saw himself. 00:07:37.839 --> 00:07:41.639 Yeah, yeah, yeah. It seems like that, yeah. And 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:44.040 Dory's asking why did he not write this instead 00:07:44.040 --> 00:07:48.920 of Mark. Yeah. Maybe he couldn't see very well. 00:07:49.019 --> 00:07:55.079 He was older. Possibly. It's in the thought that 00:07:55.079 --> 00:08:01.399 this is close to the first one of the first first 00:08:01.399 --> 00:08:05.720 uh gossips let's do it i mean historians think 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:10.939 so relations was probably the first book yeah 00:08:10.939 --> 00:08:15.360 but this would be yeah it was closed and uh so 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:18.120 i don't know right now either peter is already 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:23.100 dead no no this was written no it was still alive 00:08:25.009 --> 00:08:31.470 One of the reasons we think that is it's not 00:08:31.470 --> 00:08:33.570 until John that we learn that Peter was the one 00:08:33.570 --> 00:08:38.110 that actually went and cut Malchus' ear off and 00:08:38.110 --> 00:08:40.909 almost certainly because Peter was dead by that 00:08:40.909 --> 00:08:42.970 point they already John says that at the end 00:08:42.970 --> 00:08:46.789 of his gospel in chapter 21 that the Lord prophesied 00:08:46.789 --> 00:08:48.909 his death right so his death was already known 00:08:50.180 --> 00:08:53.100 in the church. He was already dead by the time 00:08:53.100 --> 00:08:56.980 John wrote his Gospel. So he could publicly say 00:08:56.980 --> 00:08:59.580 it was Peter, whereas these Gospels don't say 00:08:59.580 --> 00:09:01.879 it. Because they didn't want you to know. Because, 00:09:01.879 --> 00:09:03.659 yeah, he's still alive. He could get in trouble 00:09:03.659 --> 00:09:08.320 for that. Only the people there in the gardens. 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:11.360 I mean, at that time, I saw him. Those who were 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:12.879 close by. They weren't worried about him at that 00:09:12.879 --> 00:09:17.120 point. He was a little bit healed. Oh, you're 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:22.480 correct. I think another point about that is, 00:09:22.539 --> 00:09:26.059 I think that was somewhat of a rhetorical question, 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:29.120 him asking that. He knew what they had been talking 00:09:29.120 --> 00:09:32.759 about. Oh yeah, yeah. Yeah, he did. But he was 00:09:32.759 --> 00:09:35.960 just trying to see if they would admit it. Yeah, 00:09:36.840 --> 00:09:39.080 that's right. Bring up that conversation because 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:43.320 it's a good teaching. And the Spirit does that. 00:09:43.620 --> 00:09:46.799 I think the Spirit orchestrated a lot of these. 00:09:47.100 --> 00:09:51.120 Yeah, like the Spirit orchestrates, oftentimes 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:55.679 He'll orchestrate times when we can bring Christ 00:09:55.679 --> 00:10:01.259 into the conversation. And a lot of times, if 00:10:01.259 --> 00:10:08.299 it's with unbelievers, we shy back. But I think 00:10:08.299 --> 00:10:12.120 the Spirit orchestrates. I was thinking about 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:15.139 when we do communion a lot of times. We don't 00:10:15.139 --> 00:10:16.779 meet before that, but we start talking about 00:10:16.779 --> 00:10:18.919 it, and next thing you know, a lot of our minds 00:10:18.919 --> 00:10:25.840 is going towards the same point, the same. But 00:10:25.840 --> 00:10:30.259 this is a great opportunity for Jesus to teach 00:10:30.259 --> 00:10:34.820 on greatness. It's also, I think, interesting 00:10:34.820 --> 00:10:40.919 that Mark, who at first was kind of at odds with 00:10:40.919 --> 00:10:43.720 Paul about this. the second missionary journey, 00:10:43.899 --> 00:10:49.519 Paul said, you're not going to take it. This 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:52.059 doesn't mean that Mark was cast away and never 00:10:52.059 --> 00:10:55.259 used, because he was used to write one of the 00:10:55.259 --> 00:11:00.100 gospels. I think Paul wasn't very fair to Mark. 00:11:00.580 --> 00:11:03.980 I don't think he did that situation very well. 00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:07.200 In the end, he reconciled, and the scripture 00:11:07.200 --> 00:11:16.690 gives us reconciliation. Paul asked for John 00:11:16.690 --> 00:11:20.409 Mark. I think he asked for John Mark toward the 00:11:20.409 --> 00:11:27.169 end of his life. So that shows us that he had 00:11:27.169 --> 00:11:37.250 reconciled with Mark. And it is easy to put people 00:11:37.250 --> 00:11:41.779 up on pedestals. especially Paul. It was easy. 00:11:42.879 --> 00:11:46.019 And he was admitting, I think, there that he'd 00:11:46.019 --> 00:11:49.639 made a mistake in doing that. You know, I mean, 00:11:49.879 --> 00:11:53.980 they make mistakes. You know, Peter, Peter's 00:11:53.980 --> 00:11:56.500 one that's known for making the most mistakes, 00:11:56.980 --> 00:12:00.120 probably, because he was the most vocal, right? 00:12:08.809 --> 00:12:12.049 one of the loudest voices about who was the greatest. 00:12:13.090 --> 00:12:15.789 And he wasn't totally baseless either. I mean, 00:12:15.830 --> 00:12:19.169 he's one of the three. I thought one of the favorites. 00:12:20.309 --> 00:12:24.129 Yeah, there was four of them that were really 00:12:24.129 --> 00:12:26.990 close to Jesus. You know, he often talked about 00:12:26.990 --> 00:12:30.149 favorites. I know. You know, and Peter was one 00:12:30.149 --> 00:12:33.149 of them. He's always mentioned first. You know, 00:12:33.470 --> 00:12:37.059 yeah. I'm sure he had a... I'm sure he had a 00:12:37.059 --> 00:12:38.980 big head. He was the first one to speak, you 00:12:38.980 --> 00:12:41.799 know, when, I'm not, you know, you're not gonna 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:44.759 wash my feet. You're right, Peter. You know, 00:12:44.799 --> 00:12:47.059 all of them have the same idea, but Peter's the 00:12:47.059 --> 00:12:52.740 one that vocalizes. So. He had to speak on the 00:12:52.740 --> 00:12:55.299 mountain. I was chugging when I said, he said 00:12:55.299 --> 00:12:56.940 this because he didn't know what else to say. 00:12:58.200 --> 00:13:09.090 Yeah. We would all be quick to drop the dead 00:13:09.090 --> 00:13:12.590 weight though. We'd all be quick to drop the 00:13:12.590 --> 00:13:19.409 dead weight. These guys were on a mission. You 00:13:19.409 --> 00:13:22.350 rely on everybody. And yeah, Mark was a young 00:13:22.350 --> 00:13:29.179 man. Not totally committed to the cause. Yeah, 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:34.240 he pooped out and dropped out. And that was some 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:36.700 serious stuff, man. And these guys need to get 00:13:36.700 --> 00:13:42.120 moving. They had stuff to do. And you're dead 00:13:42.120 --> 00:13:45.240 weight. You're not reliable. And I really don't 00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:49.620 have time for foolishness. And that was just 00:13:49.620 --> 00:13:54.429 flat, young, young kid. foolishness right there. 00:13:55.870 --> 00:14:02.350 And then you have a true mentor, you know, who 00:14:02.350 --> 00:14:07.470 saw what needed to be done and slowed their self 00:14:07.470 --> 00:14:13.090 down and said, I'll take Mark with me. Now that 00:14:13.090 --> 00:14:14.990 didn't keep the first guy from getting them, 00:14:14.990 --> 00:14:16.429 you know, what he needed to get done because 00:14:16.429 --> 00:14:19.889 he got moving like he usually does. But then 00:14:19.889 --> 00:14:23.970 the second guy is like, okay. Come on in here. 00:14:23.970 --> 00:14:34.309 Let's try this again. You know? Mark was Ken 00:14:34.309 --> 00:14:37.649 to Barnabas. So that's who he went with. And 00:14:37.649 --> 00:14:40.909 I can see the connection. Barnabas wanting to 00:14:40.909 --> 00:14:43.529 include him in the ministry. I mean, you know, 00:14:43.529 --> 00:14:46.529 I want to encourage Brian in his teaching. And 00:14:46.529 --> 00:14:49.090 Matt and Nick, I want to encourage them. I can 00:14:49.090 --> 00:14:53.399 see Barnabas kind of kind of pushing his way. 00:14:53.539 --> 00:14:56.960 I mean, that's our human nature, you know? And 00:14:56.960 --> 00:14:58.720 you can see Paul not wanting to wait around. 00:14:58.740 --> 00:15:04.620 Yeah, yeah. He needed to get boogey. Paul seems 00:15:04.620 --> 00:15:08.220 like, to me, he was kind of a hard man. He had 00:15:08.220 --> 00:15:11.620 to be. He had to be, kind of, for all the abuse 00:15:11.620 --> 00:15:13.919 that he took. He was very serious. Oh yeah. He 00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:17.360 was serious. Real serious. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, 00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:36.399 but he'd been taught by Jesus. I never understood 00:15:36.399 --> 00:15:40.200 that. Why was Paul, why did Jesus come to him 00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:43.519 later in life? I mean why was Paul so special 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:46.860 that he got all this extra time with Jesus by 00:15:46.860 --> 00:15:49.950 himself and the 12 disciples? had to fight over 00:15:49.950 --> 00:15:52.549 who could get attention with Jesus. Why was that? 00:15:52.629 --> 00:15:55.990 Because of the Gentile people, I think. His ministry 00:15:55.990 --> 00:16:00.889 was specifically to the Gentile people. These 00:16:00.889 --> 00:16:05.490 other Jews had their ways. If you remember Peter 00:16:05.490 --> 00:16:11.690 over toward Acts 11 or 12, when Peter gets this 00:16:11.690 --> 00:16:14.690 vision, he don't want to have anything to do 00:16:14.690 --> 00:16:18.659 with... With the Gentile people remember that 00:16:18.659 --> 00:16:22.820 Jesus I already died before Paul came on the 00:16:22.820 --> 00:16:26.559 scene Yeah, because yeah, so that doesn't make 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:31.080 sense I mean he doesn't do that with us. He doesn't 00:16:31.080 --> 00:16:34.120 come and Paul was called being a possible and 00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:39.789 one of the qualifications of a possible Since 00:16:39.789 --> 00:16:42.409 the Lord had already died, he couldn't be. So 00:16:42.409 --> 00:16:47.409 the Holy Spirit wasn't good enough? Sending the 00:16:47.409 --> 00:17:02.669 Holy Spirit like the rest of them? He was called 00:17:02.669 --> 00:17:07.869 for a special purpose. But he did go to the Jew 00:17:07.869 --> 00:17:11.769 first. I mean, he made that qualification because 00:17:11.769 --> 00:17:15.130 the Jew was first, and then the Gentiles. But 00:17:15.130 --> 00:17:18.630 his ministry was to the Gentiles. There's no 00:17:18.630 --> 00:17:27.769 doubt. And the others, I don't know if they didn't 00:17:27.769 --> 00:17:30.369 have a heart or couldn't get a heart for that. 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:36.460 Yeah. Yeah, it was a culture. It was built into 00:17:36.460 --> 00:17:41.059 the culture. And Paul, I think, had a, what was 00:17:41.059 --> 00:17:45.660 it, a Gentile grandmother? He was both Jew and 00:17:45.660 --> 00:18:07.589 Gentile. Somebody, somebody. Which makes which 00:18:07.589 --> 00:18:21.210 makes his ministry to Gentiles Maybe that two 00:18:21.210 --> 00:18:25.309 years he spent in the desert. There's a lot of 00:18:25.309 --> 00:18:27.809 wrassling. I'm sure there's a lot of wrassling 00:18:27.809 --> 00:18:31.750 going on there. Because he not only gave Barnabas 00:18:31.750 --> 00:18:34.170 a hard time, but he gave people a hard time. 00:18:34.509 --> 00:18:41.990 Oh yeah, he called them out. That takes a lot 00:18:41.990 --> 00:19:08.160 of... It's all in the name of the study group. 00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:14.900 That's right, we're inquiring. I'm inquiring. 00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:18.640 Now we're listening, you teach. Well, I'm inquiring, 00:19:18.819 --> 00:19:22.839 yeah. Okay, I think we got down to first, what, 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:29.380 34? 31? 34. I didn't finish the text yet. And 00:19:29.380 --> 00:19:31.759 he took a child and put him in the midst of them, 00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:35.799 and asking him, and taking him in his arms, he 00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:38.920 said to them, whoever receives one such child 00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:41.849 in my name receives me. And whoever receives 00:19:41.849 --> 00:19:48.269 me, receives not me, but him who sent me." So 00:19:48.269 --> 00:19:53.990 that was all review. That's all the things that 00:19:53.990 --> 00:19:56.589 we've talked about. We talked more in depth as 00:19:56.589 --> 00:19:59.769 we went through, starting in verse 35. It says, 00:19:59.990 --> 00:20:03.109 and he sat down and called the twelve. Notice 00:20:03.109 --> 00:20:08.190 first that it's not a casual conversation. So 00:20:08.190 --> 00:20:10.529 Jesus is sitting down with him and what's he 00:20:10.529 --> 00:20:13.710 talking about? What's he talking about? He's 00:20:13.710 --> 00:20:17.970 talking about this awareness. Because this was 00:20:17.970 --> 00:20:20.569 the question, if you remember, that he asked. 00:20:21.210 --> 00:20:22.789 You know, what were you discussing on the way 00:20:22.789 --> 00:20:26.089 down? He knew. He knew what they were discussing. 00:20:26.269 --> 00:20:29.049 Somebody said that. Bob said that, I think. So 00:20:29.049 --> 00:20:32.210 he sits down. So this is no casual conversation. 00:20:32.970 --> 00:20:36.190 Jesus makes it clear that he's going to teach. 00:20:36.779 --> 00:20:40.180 because he sits down. That was the proper thing 00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:43.660 for a rabbi to do. So when he got ready to teach, 00:20:44.019 --> 00:20:48.980 he would take his seat. Now, I don't know if 00:20:48.980 --> 00:20:51.259 the disciples would sit or they would stand. 00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:55.420 I couldn't find anything on that. They would 00:20:55.420 --> 00:20:58.140 stand around him or they would sit around him 00:20:58.140 --> 00:21:03.000 or whatever. But rabbis would often sit symbolizing 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:07.799 their authority. as would a king sit on his throne 00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:12.119 to impart wisdom. That was a common thing. And 00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:16.619 I also noticed Jesus singles out his 12 disciples. 00:21:16.619 --> 00:21:21.579 It says that he sat down and called the 12, signifying 00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:25.019 their role in his ministry or his leadership. 00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:28.680 I would not have noticed that if I had not been 00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:31.400 brought up by R .C. Sproul, which was a good 00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:37.430 point. He called the 12, which again, that talks 00:21:37.430 --> 00:21:41.630 about his private ministry that he had there. 00:21:41.890 --> 00:21:43.829 But also we know that there was kids running 00:21:43.829 --> 00:21:47.470 around in that house, because we're going to 00:21:47.470 --> 00:21:52.230 see where he pulls one of them. The disciple 00:21:52.230 --> 00:21:55.829 of the rabbi often lived with them, learning 00:21:55.829 --> 00:21:58.869 their ways of studying, working, and living. 00:21:59.450 --> 00:22:02.970 They would try to imitate the rabbi and to come 00:22:02.970 --> 00:22:08.549 like him. just as we do with Jesus. It's an interesting 00:22:08.549 --> 00:22:11.950 note from what I understand through Jewish history. 00:22:13.470 --> 00:22:18.210 There were no women rabbis. That would be when 00:22:18.210 --> 00:22:23.609 Jesus was and before. But in 1935, there was 00:22:23.609 --> 00:22:28.630 the first woman rabbi that was ordained in Germany. 00:22:29.950 --> 00:22:34.609 And in 1972 in America, the first woman right 00:22:34.609 --> 00:22:38.109 rabbi was recognized I thought that was that 00:22:38.109 --> 00:22:42.269 was interesting because I I wondered about that 00:22:42.269 --> 00:22:45.390 you know so I looked at it but anyway that's 00:22:45.390 --> 00:22:50.190 just a side note that's interesting just as these 00:22:50.190 --> 00:22:56.710 disciples lived with Jesus we live with him too 00:22:56.710 --> 00:23:00.609 for he lives with us and we learn from him right 00:23:00.609 --> 00:23:04.569 we read his word And we try to imitate him, right? 00:23:04.910 --> 00:23:08.309 I mean, that's why we read the scriptures, to 00:23:08.309 --> 00:23:12.109 learn to be more like him, to imitate him as 00:23:12.109 --> 00:23:16.490 much as we can, to try to think like he would 00:23:16.490 --> 00:23:19.609 think. Now, there's no way possible, right? We 00:23:19.609 --> 00:23:23.009 understand that we can't possibly think like 00:23:23.009 --> 00:23:27.250 God thinks or like Jesus thinks, but we try to 00:23:27.250 --> 00:23:36.420 get that. That's the main point though, isn't 00:23:36.420 --> 00:23:40.019 it? Through the Holy Spirit. I mean, constant 00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:45.220 growth to get to that level. When you have God 00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:48.319 withdrawing, you know, withdrawing you. That 00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:52.720 is the main point, is to absolutely get the 100 00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:57.559 % emulation of the mindset of Jesus. Yeah, and 00:23:57.559 --> 00:24:02.660 when we do that, we can share with others. Not 00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:06.119 only share, but people will see that in us. People 00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:08.539 watch you whether you know it or not. People 00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:13.339 watch you. All things are possible, right? That's 00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:15.259 right. All things are possible with Him. That's 00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:18.240 right. We live with Jesus. We study His words. 00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:22.019 We try to do what He would do. We want to please 00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:26.019 Him. And He knows our heart. That's what he's 00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:27.839 looking at. He's looking at the heart. He's not 00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:31.980 looking at the outside He wants to look at he 00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:36.279 wants to he wants to see a heart change not an 00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:42.160 outside change we we judge people by what we 00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:46.519 see on the outside most of the time and Hopefully 00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:50.240 what's on the inside will come out eventually 00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:54.910 it will be it will be made known Yeah, eventually. 00:24:55.690 --> 00:25:00.730 We can fool people for a long time, but we can't 00:25:00.730 --> 00:25:03.250 fool God, and He's the one that looks on your 00:25:03.250 --> 00:25:09.230 heart. We come before the throne to be taught 00:25:09.230 --> 00:25:12.950 and to ask questions for better understanding, 00:25:13.369 --> 00:25:16.250 like we were talking about this morning. To mill 00:25:16.250 --> 00:25:19.490 over things, to meditate over things when you 00:25:19.490 --> 00:25:22.289 read the scripture. That's so important. I'm 00:25:22.289 --> 00:25:25.180 learning that. how important that is more and 00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:28.539 more. And just in my, just in songs that I hear 00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:32.599 on the radio, I play 106 .9 a lot. Just in the 00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:36.460 songs and the words of the songs and I'll say, 00:25:36.599 --> 00:25:39.759 now how scriptural is that? How, you know, it 00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:44.539 makes you really think. It seems the disciples 00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:49.019 would sit also indicating their eagerness to 00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:51.140 learn. And I don't know if that, it seems like 00:25:51.140 --> 00:25:54.029 that they would. I couldn't imagine the disciples 00:25:54.029 --> 00:25:57.470 standing around. Maybe they did, in honor of 00:25:57.470 --> 00:26:00.230 the rabbi. Well, I think that Martha and Mary 00:26:00.230 --> 00:26:06.150 said she sat at his feet. Yeah, yeah. Up a room, 00:26:06.309 --> 00:26:08.069 he actually laid right up against them, right? 00:26:09.170 --> 00:26:11.650 Yeah. Well, he was climbing at the table and 00:26:11.650 --> 00:26:13.609 things like that. Just to listen to his words. 00:26:13.769 --> 00:26:18.569 Yeah. So all eyes were cast upon the rabbi. And 00:26:18.569 --> 00:26:21.779 then here comes the teaching. If anyone would 00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:26.900 be first, he must be last of all and servant 00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:30.680 of all. Again, Jesus doesn't condemn them for 00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:33.819 wanting to be great, but he tells them how to 00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:37.539 be great. He redefines greatness. They are to 00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:44.759 strive to make each other great. That's hard 00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:48.599 to do. We want to be great. And you know, I've 00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:51.549 mentioned in a couple of our other Bible studies 00:26:51.549 --> 00:26:55.569 about the upside down kingdom. And that's where 00:26:55.569 --> 00:27:01.470 this idea comes from. Everything that is counterintuitive 00:27:01.470 --> 00:27:08.250 to this world is what Jesus is teaching. This 00:27:08.250 --> 00:27:10.710 being great, making the other person great, that's 00:27:10.710 --> 00:27:13.549 not what we want to do. That's not our natural 00:27:13.549 --> 00:27:17.089 way. We want to make ourselves great. We want 00:27:17.089 --> 00:27:22.589 to be great. That's why I said, Pastor Peter 00:27:22.589 --> 00:27:25.569 said that Jesus actually turned this world right 00:27:25.569 --> 00:27:30.029 side up. The world don't see it like that, but 00:27:30.029 --> 00:27:33.109 we know that's the way it is. But it's still 00:27:33.109 --> 00:27:34.990 hard even though we know it. That's what we're 00:27:34.990 --> 00:27:38.069 to strive for. That's hard because we want to 00:27:38.069 --> 00:27:41.789 be great and in charge. True greatness of Jesus' 00:27:42.049 --> 00:27:47.390 followers is found in humble service. Humble 00:27:47.390 --> 00:27:52.680 service. to the downtrodden, to the weak. And 00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:57.519 listen to this, to those who can't return the 00:27:57.519 --> 00:28:03.480 favor. To those who can't return the favor. And 00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:07.019 again, God looks at the heart. We can't see the 00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:10.579 motives of people. You know your motives. We 00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:13.660 know our motives. I know my motives when I do 00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:19.720 things. But God is looking Look, why do we do 00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:27.140 things? Matthew 20, 25, it says, you know that 00:28:27.140 --> 00:28:30.920 the riches, you know that the rulers of the Gentiles 00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:35.019 lord over them, and their great ones exercise 00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:40.180 authority over them. It shall not be so among 00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:44.579 you, but whoever would be great among you must 00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:48.920 be your servant. and whoever would be first among 00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:52.900 you must be your slave even as the son of man 00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:57.359 came not to be served but to serve and to give 00:28:57.359 --> 00:29:01.980 his life a ransom for many. Humble service for 00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:08.119 others who we may not think deserves it or even 00:29:08.119 --> 00:29:10.859 needs it. Humble service, that's what we're to, 00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:16.240 and I think most of us, Most of us do that, especially 00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:20.680 in church and things when people come. I mean, 00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:23.460 you know, sometimes I think we run people away 00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:27.200 because we're too friendly. You know, I mean, 00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:34.500 I don't know. Don't only do good for God's people. 00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:40.460 You know, and we can be guilty of that, only 00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:43.710 doing good for God's people. but do it for the 00:29:43.710 --> 00:29:47.950 undeserving. That's what Jesus did. Jesus did 00:29:47.950 --> 00:29:53.890 that many times. He healed lepers. I mean, they 00:29:53.890 --> 00:29:58.450 didn't even thank him. These days that he would 00:29:58.450 --> 00:30:03.369 spend healing people and teaching people, most 00:30:03.369 --> 00:30:07.430 of them did not thank him or appreciate it. You 00:30:07.430 --> 00:30:12.940 know? Do it. Do it because you have a love for 00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:17.279 Jesus. That's why we do it. And a love for people. 00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:25.660 Bruce Walker said one time that this life is 00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:31.279 the only thing that some people will get. So 00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:35.559 he thinks they oughta just live it up. Because 00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:39.049 this is the best thing they're gonna get. And 00:30:39.049 --> 00:30:43.269 we ought to be gracious to people like that, 00:30:43.869 --> 00:30:46.089 thinking of them. You know what I'm saying? Maybe 00:30:46.089 --> 00:30:51.750 it's not coming out like it should. Yeah, kind 00:30:51.750 --> 00:30:56.750 of like that. But be nice for them, pray for 00:30:56.750 --> 00:31:00.950 them, earnestly pray for them. Matthew 5, 46 00:31:00.950 --> 00:31:05.490 to 48. For if you love those who love you, what 00:31:05.490 --> 00:31:09.539 reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors 00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:13.559 do the same? And if you greet only your brothers, 00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:17.359 what more are you doing than others? Do not even 00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:21.660 the Gentiles do the same? You therefore must 00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:25.400 be perfect, and that means complete or mature, 00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:32.519 as your Heavenly Father is perfect. There's a 00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:37.740 reward for the humble service, Luke 22, 27. Jesus 00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:40.640 asks the question and then answers it. For who 00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:44.700 is the great? One who reclines at the table or 00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:48.740 the one who serves? It is not the one who reclines 00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:52.900 at the table, but I am among you as the one who 00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:59.160 serves. The one who reclines is the world's view. 00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:03.619 Here again, Jesus states, he is the one who serves. 00:32:04.870 --> 00:32:08.230 In contrast to being served, Jesus again gives 00:32:08.230 --> 00:32:13.789 himself as the example. You are those who have 00:32:13.789 --> 00:32:17.609 stayed with me in my trials. Again, this is Luke 00:32:17.609 --> 00:32:22.069 27, 28. You are the ones who have stayed with 00:32:22.069 --> 00:32:26.390 me in my trials, and I, assigned to you as my 00:32:26.390 --> 00:32:29.130 Father, assigned to me the kingdom, that you 00:32:29.130 --> 00:32:32.049 may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom. 00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:36.960 Sit on thrones judging the 12 tribes of Israel 00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:42.059 It seems as they drove as they drew closer to 00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:48.880 the cross Very close Jesus assures them of a 00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:53.019 reward awaiting for them for their steadfastness 00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:59.299 to the end So there's a reward at the end So 00:32:59.299 --> 00:33:02.750 don't don't think this life is all that there 00:33:02.750 --> 00:33:05.650 is. There's a reward in this life. You don't 00:33:05.650 --> 00:33:08.369 have to wait till the end. What is that reward? 00:33:10.990 --> 00:33:16.210 That reward is peace. Peace and joy. And things 00:33:16.210 --> 00:33:24.349 like that. Those are rewards in this life. He 00:33:24.349 --> 00:33:32.579 gives us peace here. Peace. You don't want peace 00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:34.660 in this life? I said I don't. I don't have a 00:33:34.660 --> 00:33:37.980 lot of peace in this life. There's always problems. 00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:42.440 Yeah, there's gonna be problems. But you can 00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:49.299 have peace in knowing where you're going. A lot 00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:54.960 of people can't sleep in the night. That's another 00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:57.980 reward. You can have peace. You know, Debbie 00:33:57.980 --> 00:34:02.250 has. Where's she at? I oftentimes tell her when 00:34:02.250 --> 00:34:04.710 she can't sleep, I says your conscience is bothering 00:34:04.710 --> 00:34:07.410 you. That helps you sleep better, doesn't it? 00:34:09.250 --> 00:34:14.070 That helps me sleep better. She has to work on 00:34:14.070 --> 00:34:19.949 her servitude though. It seems they could have 00:34:19.949 --> 00:34:24.650 not understood this physically. They have endured 00:34:24.650 --> 00:34:29.329 and they will have places of honor in this physical 00:34:29.329 --> 00:34:32.760 world. They will not have places on in this physical 00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:35.760 world that they were thinking, like they were 00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:40.539 thinking. So maybe they were thinking when Jesus 00:34:40.539 --> 00:34:43.059 says that, that they're going to be judged right 00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:46.559 there. It wasn't talking about a judgment, judgment 00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:50.139 there. It was the judgment to come and the peace 00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:53.780 to come. We should diligently look for opportunities 00:34:53.780 --> 00:34:58.360 to help the unbeliever or the downtrodden. If 00:34:58.360 --> 00:35:01.940 you don't have the desire to do this, pray God 00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:07.320 gives it to you. Jesus was our example. In Mark 00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:11.019 2, 17, and when Jesus heard it, he said to them, 00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:14.539 those who are well have no need of a physician 00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:19.480 but those who are sick. I came not to call the 00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:23.400 righteous but sinners. Jesus came to serve the 00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:29.159 sick or the sinner who will repent. So again 00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:33.320 in verse mark 9 35 because the 12 and said to 00:35:33.320 --> 00:35:37.579 them if anyone Would be first he must be last 00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:41.760 of all and servant of all This is not a suggestion. 00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:45.900 It's the only way to true greatness in God's 00:35:45.900 --> 00:36:00.409 eyes It did not come to, that the Gentiles warded 00:36:00.409 --> 00:36:04.449 over you. Yeah, okay. Twenty -seven, I think 00:36:04.449 --> 00:36:12.369 it was. Anyway, that's in the upper room. And 00:36:12.369 --> 00:36:14.710 that's, you know, we've been studying that. That's 00:36:14.710 --> 00:36:17.449 that passage where Luke is the only one that 00:36:17.449 --> 00:36:20.030 makes it clear they were, here we are, you know, 00:36:20.030 --> 00:36:22.650 and this isn't the upper room yet, but this is 00:36:22.650 --> 00:36:26.440 a lesson that they had to learn repeatedly. My 00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:31.880 point is that as they were getting closer to 00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:36.599 the cross, especially after, it seems to be especially 00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:40.059 after the triumphal entry, they were, you know, 00:36:40.219 --> 00:36:42.119 the resurrection of Lazarus two months before. 00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:45.940 There's a lot of prominent Jews in Jerusalem, 00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:49.460 wealthy, well -connected people that are putting 00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:51.440 their trust in Christ and spreading the word. 00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:54.320 All these God -fearing Jews coming to Jerusalem. 00:36:55.409 --> 00:36:58.769 Passover, and they have this huge welcoming party, 00:36:58.949 --> 00:37:02.090 you know. They've decided that in several days, 00:37:02.269 --> 00:37:05.369 Jesus hammering those lawyers, hammering the 00:37:05.369 --> 00:37:07.090 Pharisees, hammering the Sadducees, putting them 00:37:07.090 --> 00:37:09.510 all in their place, you know. Yes, it's coming. 00:37:10.789 --> 00:37:13.809 Our reward is coming. Our reward is coming. What's 00:37:13.809 --> 00:37:16.050 interesting is in that context, what I haven't 00:37:16.050 --> 00:37:17.909 mentioned is that what you just read is that 00:37:17.909 --> 00:37:20.650 he does say, he does acknowledge, there are going 00:37:20.650 --> 00:37:22.889 to be twelve... 12 thrones if you're going to 00:37:22.889 --> 00:37:26.309 sit on them. There is a reward, it's just not 00:37:26.309 --> 00:37:28.750 right now. That's right. They were thinking it 00:37:28.750 --> 00:37:33.150 was right now. Their context was right now. And 00:37:33.150 --> 00:37:36.309 I put you're very close to the cross. You're 00:37:36.309 --> 00:37:38.090 right. They're very close to the cross. They 00:37:38.090 --> 00:37:42.469 didn't understand that physically. They were 00:37:42.469 --> 00:37:46.130 that close to the cross. They were thinking they 00:37:46.130 --> 00:37:49.789 were that close to their kingdom. To the kingdom 00:37:49.789 --> 00:37:53.130 being established to them. And them being sitting 00:37:53.130 --> 00:37:58.269 up there judging. Yeah. You're right. You're 00:37:58.269 --> 00:38:00.190 right. Very good. I think that's what we're going 00:38:00.190 --> 00:38:01.909 to end, because it's almost this time after. 00:38:02.550 --> 00:38:04.449 So we'll pick up. You know, there's one other 00:38:04.449 --> 00:38:05.489 thing that struck me. I don't know if we can 00:38:05.489 --> 00:38:08.050 get to 36 yet, but they took a child and sent 00:38:08.050 --> 00:38:13.690 before them. And I've been thinking a lot about 00:38:13.690 --> 00:38:17.170 that lately, that God loves the people that we 00:38:17.170 --> 00:38:20.980 look past. And there's a lot of them. there's 00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:24.840 a lot of just people undeserving people that's 00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:26.940 right well all of us children children are some 00:38:26.940 --> 00:38:33.519 of the some of the easiest not lily i don't ignore 00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:35.599 her at all honey i don't know what your problem 00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:41.440 is yeah there's a just i'm saying in general 00:38:41.440 --> 00:38:44.980 there was a there was a cultural difference too 00:38:44.980 --> 00:38:50.440 because children had a very high And it was not 00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:53.820 a lot of, and we'll talk about this next time, 00:38:53.940 --> 00:38:57.719 but there's not a lot of emphasis put on small 00:38:57.719 --> 00:39:01.860 children because they wasn't beneficial to the 00:39:01.860 --> 00:39:05.300 family. That was the reason, really, to have 00:39:05.300 --> 00:39:08.519 large families. I mean, they had large families 00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:11.239 to where they could be beneficial, right? To 00:39:11.239 --> 00:39:14.079 work the stove. Right. We were talking this morning, 00:39:14.099 --> 00:39:17.119 and that's what made me think of it, about the 00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:20.170 war for women. You know, I was talking this morning. 00:39:20.869 --> 00:39:24.389 We won't go into that conversation again. We'll 00:39:24.389 --> 00:39:28.730 talk about it. We're just property. You already 00:39:28.730 --> 00:39:32.210 got the gist of it, of our conversation this 00:39:32.210 --> 00:39:37.429 morning. Anyhow. Anyhow. What did you guys say? 00:39:38.829 --> 00:39:47.920 Yeah, you're worth two pounds. Alright, yeah, 00:39:48.159 --> 00:39:52.679 sorry. Okay. But be careful. Through wisdom, 00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:57.179 I mean, you can try to get up every morning and 00:39:57.179 --> 00:40:01.039 say, I'm gonna be the lowliest. I'm gonna be 00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:05.599 the servant of all. I'm just gonna really... 00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:12.179 Don't exhaust yourself on the swine. I mean, 00:40:13.260 --> 00:40:16.780 be wise in your decision. See if there is some... 00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:21.719 desire from the person. Because after a while 00:40:21.719 --> 00:40:25.639 you can just exhaust yourself on somebody who 00:40:25.639 --> 00:40:29.920 is not worthy of your time. I mean, I've seen 00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:35.519 it, where you just exhaust yourself. I'm making 00:40:35.519 --> 00:40:40.119 a little servitude, you know, servitude. There's 00:40:40.119 --> 00:40:42.500 many lost souls out there who need to hear the 00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:50.909 gospel. And that person is rejecting. Move to 00:40:50.909 --> 00:40:57.789 somebody else and cast the pearls to them. It 00:40:57.789 --> 00:41:03.130 takes a lot to see that in a person. When do 00:41:03.130 --> 00:41:04.769 you see that? Well, that's up to the Holy Spirit. 00:41:05.690 --> 00:41:07.869 But don't just go into everything thinking you're 00:41:07.869 --> 00:41:11.690 going to be the lowliest. I don't think. Just 00:41:11.690 --> 00:41:15.829 slowly walk all over me lowly. I mean, you've 00:41:15.829 --> 00:41:18.210 got something precious that needs to be shared. 00:41:19.179 --> 00:41:21.440 And there's a certain amount of time that you 00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:27.300 share it and you see no, you know, nothing coming 00:41:27.300 --> 00:41:30.900 back at all as far as the desire to learn this 00:41:30.900 --> 00:41:35.659 move. The thing I think is pointed out here though, 00:41:35.659 --> 00:41:39.559 we've got to have a heart, a humble heart. You 00:41:39.559 --> 00:41:43.000 know, it's not that we've become a doormat or 00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:45.739 anything like that, but where is your heart? 00:41:45.880 --> 00:41:48.400 You know, some people... Some people don't have 00:41:48.400 --> 00:41:51.440 a heart of service. They want to be served all 00:41:51.440 --> 00:41:54.900 the time You know and it was like these disciples, 00:41:55.260 --> 00:41:58.719 you know and they were growing Something Jesus 00:41:58.719 --> 00:42:01.000 had you know, there's other areas in our lives 00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:03.840 that Jesus needs to needs to point out when you 00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:06.559 read the scriptures or something like that Yeah, 00:42:06.579 --> 00:42:10.420 we don't we don't want to waste our time But 00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:13.239 we want to have a heart of service You know, 00:42:13.380 --> 00:42:17.019 that's That's what he's looking at. He looks 00:42:17.019 --> 00:42:19.400 at the heart. He knows, he knows our hearts. 00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:23.679 I think I'm kind of like the disciples at the 00:42:23.679 --> 00:42:27.599 well, you know, I have to go eat. Yeah. You know? 00:42:27.619 --> 00:42:31.099 Yeah. Where it takes that real maturity. Yeah. 00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:35.519 To, to battle the flesh. Yeah. Beat your flesh 00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:40.179 and style for that woman at the well. Yeah. It 00:42:40.179 --> 00:42:43.179 just comes through a lot of maturity. All that 00:42:43.179 --> 00:42:47.739 was, all that was teaching. And that's what we're 00:42:47.739 --> 00:42:51.659 learning as we read these stories. And as we 00:42:51.659 --> 00:42:55.440 put them into practice every day. And Jesus wasn't 00:42:55.440 --> 00:42:59.039 a doormat. Many times he'd present the gospel 00:42:59.039 --> 00:43:03.019 and if somebody didn't like the rich young ruler. 00:43:03.079 --> 00:43:05.480 Time to go. He turned around and walked off. 00:43:07.159 --> 00:43:10.679 There was a hack about it, but he knew there 00:43:10.679 --> 00:43:12.539 was no response there. He said he was very sad 00:43:12.539 --> 00:43:16.469 about it. It doesn't beat a dead horse, so to 00:43:16.469 --> 00:43:18.170 speak. You know, if it's not there, it's not 00:43:18.170 --> 00:43:21.030 there. He presents it, and then he moves along. 00:43:21.190 --> 00:43:24.690 That's right. And that's the way with us. We're 00:43:24.690 --> 00:43:28.110 to build relationships, you know, like we're 00:43:28.110 --> 00:43:31.389 building relationships with our neighbors, especially 00:43:31.389 --> 00:43:33.769 this one back here, Pauline and Josh, and the 00:43:33.769 --> 00:43:37.750 kids. And we're working on that. You've got to 00:43:37.750 --> 00:43:40.929 work on that. Even sometimes if it's rejected, 00:43:40.929 --> 00:43:43.269 you know, you just... She told us she didn't 00:43:43.269 --> 00:43:45.150 want to have anything to do with the gospel or 00:43:45.150 --> 00:43:46.969 anything like that. Didn't want anything to do 00:43:46.969 --> 00:43:49.449 with church. Okay, we can live with that. Let's 00:43:49.449 --> 00:43:53.030 just be friends. And now we see, after two years, 00:43:53.250 --> 00:43:56.329 we see a softening. You don't have to push the 00:43:56.329 --> 00:43:59.050 gospel down. You just have to be the example. 00:43:59.690 --> 00:44:00.869 And that's what God... It's cool to see them 00:44:00.869 --> 00:44:06.389 at priority. That's what God wants us to be the 00:44:06.389 --> 00:44:09.409 example. He wants us to be a living testimony. 00:44:09.949 --> 00:44:13.929 And that's what we do. Not for our own glory, 00:44:14.210 --> 00:44:17.670 right? Because we can very easily say, okay, 00:44:17.809 --> 00:44:21.030 they don't want it. Let's move on. Nice. We've 00:44:21.030 --> 00:44:23.889 got a heart for people, especially people that 00:44:23.889 --> 00:44:28.130 is right around us. So, Jesus looks at the heart. 00:44:28.289 --> 00:44:30.869 I think that's what this whole thing is, the 00:44:30.869 --> 00:44:34.130 humility. Not being uppity -up, oh, I'm better 00:44:34.130 --> 00:44:44.380 than you, you know. Anyhow. Yes, Heavenly Father, 00:44:44.980 --> 00:44:48.539 what a bonanza of a weekend. I'm just so thankful. 00:44:48.719 --> 00:44:51.880 I know everybody here is just so thankful for 00:44:51.880 --> 00:44:57.000 the fellowship, the people that we're trying 00:44:57.000 --> 00:45:01.519 to connect, trying to bring to you. I've often 00:45:01.519 --> 00:45:04.280 heard her say it, but I'll say it now. I can't 00:45:04.280 --> 00:45:07.860 recall where it was, but God wants us to bring 00:45:07.860 --> 00:45:11.699 the heart to Him, and then we're to let God do 00:45:11.699 --> 00:45:15.139 the work. We're not there to try to push what 00:45:15.139 --> 00:45:20.519 we think a person should be doing. I just get 00:45:20.519 --> 00:45:23.420 on my knees and thank you for all this wonderful 00:45:23.420 --> 00:45:27.679 fellowship, connection, good preaching, good 00:45:27.679 --> 00:45:31.809 preaching this morning. That is joy. I've had 00:45:31.809 --> 00:45:34.929 a lot of joy speaking. I just thank you for that. 00:45:35.750 --> 00:45:40.349 I think so many times people miss the little 00:45:40.349 --> 00:45:42.750 snippets of joy that if they had their eyes open 00:45:42.750 --> 00:45:46.269 and maybe did some more study in the scripture 00:45:46.269 --> 00:45:48.989 or whatever, they would recognize that you're 00:45:48.989 --> 00:45:52.389 just, you're bountiful with your joy. Just thank 00:45:52.389 --> 00:45:56.690 you so much. Thank you for the learning. I had 00:45:56.690 --> 00:45:59.960 a woman that I... We did an AB class together. 00:45:59.960 --> 00:46:03.059 She had four or five people in Charlotte and 00:46:03.059 --> 00:46:05.659 she talked about the scholarship of the study. 00:46:06.139 --> 00:46:09.659 There's a lot of scholarship here. I'm so appreciative 00:46:09.659 --> 00:46:13.019 of the hard work that people put in and then 00:46:13.019 --> 00:46:15.199 they're willing to give to us. So I just praise 00:46:15.199 --> 00:46:20.940 you for that. And again, we just ask for guidance, 00:46:22.079 --> 00:46:27.179 ask for safety, and ask to do your will. And 00:46:27.179 --> 00:46:30.539 we ask this in Christ's name on that. Amen. Thank 00:46:30.539 --> 00:46:31.539 you.