1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,240 He settled backfired, death of the devil. 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:07,080 It's the final very few hours of the life of Jesus Christ 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:11,800 before his great crucifixion and resurrection story. 4 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:15,400 We actually find ourselves in Luke chapter number 22 5 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:17,520 verses 24 and following. 6 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,080 And in this second sermon, we call the sermon 7 00:00:20,080 --> 00:00:22,800 real talk for real disciples. 8 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:27,600 That's right, backfired, the death of the devil. 9 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:30,680 Satan, as we know, is a worthy adversary. 10 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:34,880 Yet one night in a series of fatal mistakes 11 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:42,360 in the span of 12 hours, Satan and his ultimate plan 12 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:46,800 became his eventual demise as he possessed Judas, 13 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,720 betrayed Jesus, and had him arrested. 14 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:53,200 This is the story of the devil's death, 15 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:58,680 and dark plan that famously backfired. 16 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:02,000 Before we read the text today, I want 17 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,240 to introduce you to someone special. 18 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:09,960 As we pray for the nation of Israel, 19 00:01:09,960 --> 00:01:12,800 we understand that our heart, as Christians, 20 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:16,840 is not local, but it's global. 21 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:18,840 And that we as Christians have been spreading 22 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:22,640 the gospel of Jesus Christ all around the world. 23 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:25,640 And you as a church have been doing this by every Sunday 24 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,960 when you give to the Lord a portion of that which you give 25 00:01:28,960 --> 00:01:32,720 goes to our worldwide partners, our missionaries 26 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:33,640 all around the world. 27 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,120 One of those partners is with us today, 28 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:38,080 missionary Jeremy Pinheiro. 29 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:40,560 And the story that I heard him tell, 30 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:45,000 I said, you need to tell that story before my sermon today. 31 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,120 So at this time, will you welcome to the platform 32 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,880 your missionary, missionary Jeremy Pinheiro at this time. 33 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:53,320 Hey, Jeremy, glad you're here. 34 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,960 Thank you, sir. 35 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:59,760 It's a prayer of a pledge to be able to be in partnership 36 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,040 with you guys as we serve in a place like Vanuatu, really 37 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,960 the uttermost parts of the world if you get out a map 38 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:09,480 and you look at where that is located in the South Pacific. 39 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:13,480 And God has enabled us to start seven churches 40 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,200 throughout the islands of Vanuatu. 41 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,880 A lot of those have come about through difficulties, 42 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,720 through disappointments that God has opened up opportunities 43 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:23,440 for the gospel. 44 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:26,000 And one of those incidents took place on a little island 45 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,680 called Gawa, completely isolated, zero technology. 46 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:33,640 Yesterday we got to see your city and boy, that's a jungle. 47 00:02:33,640 --> 00:02:37,640 But zero, nothing, nothing, no technology. 48 00:02:37,640 --> 00:02:40,760 We have people that don't have a lot of clothes on, 49 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:42,920 but it's not because of choice. 50 00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:45,920 And that is the location that we were located on. 51 00:02:45,920 --> 00:02:48,920 We had just had an incredible outreach opportunity. 52 00:02:48,920 --> 00:02:51,960 We saw numerous people saved and a new church started. 53 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:54,720 And at the end of that week, we baptized some people 54 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:55,920 and we were excited. 55 00:02:55,920 --> 00:02:58,040 We had seen God do something amazing. 56 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,400 We were waiting for a boat to pick us up. 57 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:02,440 They called up and said, the location 58 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:05,080 where we were going to pick you up, the ocean is too rough. 59 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:07,840 You need to travel three hours to another village 60 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:09,600 and that is where we will pick you up. 61 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,960 We're picking you up tonight, start moving. 62 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:15,160 So we packed our bags, there was 20 of us 63 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:17,960 and we hiked to that other village 64 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:19,920 where we were not welcomed. 65 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:22,880 Our reception actually was witch doctors 66 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:25,880 dressed in all these leaves with these big weird mud hats 67 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:28,360 with different eyes on them, taunting us 68 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:30,080 and running circles around us 69 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,720 and trying to put fear into our hearts. 70 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:34,080 And then we were in this village, 71 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:36,480 no one greeted us outside of these guys. 72 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,680 We picked a dilapidated bamboo thatchard roof hut 73 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,160 that was leaning sideways, that was infested with rats, 74 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:43,640 which is another fun story. 75 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:47,400 And that's where we were waiting for this boat, no boat. 76 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:49,200 Gets to nighttime, we are hungry 77 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:51,880 and the only option we had was to go into the ocean 78 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,040 and spear fish and see if we could find something 79 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:56,720 and we went out there and we filled up a boat. 80 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:57,560 It was phenomenal. 81 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:59,320 We came back to shore, the people on the shore 82 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:01,240 of that village said, where'd you get the fish? 83 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:02,760 We haven't had fish for months. 84 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:04,880 We have, this place is over fished. 85 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:06,920 There is no fish and so we were excited. 86 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:08,880 We're like, oh God's answered our prayers 87 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:11,280 and then that rolled into the next morning. 88 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:13,800 You're waking up for breakfast, not the greatest breakfast 89 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,400 and then into the next lunch, fish again 90 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:19,640 and then into the next night, there's no boat yet. 91 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:21,280 I'm getting frustrated. 92 00:04:21,280 --> 00:04:23,600 My phone has flown into the jungle a few times 93 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:25,200 while I'm trying to communicate with this boat 94 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,480 that's been not telling me the right information. 95 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:30,800 We go fishing again the third night. 96 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:34,000 Now by night three, I love sushi just like anybody else 97 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,680 but fish for morning, lunch and dinner for three days 98 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:42,240 and sleeping on dirt in a dilapidated hut with rats. 99 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:47,240 Man, I was disappointed and it was in a difficult place. 100 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:51,040 Third night, the leader of, there was a church there. 101 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:52,400 The church's been there for 100 years. 102 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:53,880 The leader of that church came and said, 103 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:55,520 would you guys speak? 104 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:56,360 Would you guys speak? 105 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:57,440 We know that you're a church group. 106 00:04:57,440 --> 00:04:59,240 Would you guys speak tonight to us? 107 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,960 And so we went and we spoke and I was able to share 108 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:05,560 the message of Jesus Christ, 109 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:09,280 how that He wants a personal relationship with you. 110 00:05:09,280 --> 00:05:12,360 And through that, we had numerous people in that church 111 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:14,800 raise their hands wanting to receive Jesus, 112 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:17,120 including the church leader that was sitting upfront 113 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:17,960 in a little chair. 114 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:19,880 He raised his hand as well. 115 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,360 And we proceeded to lead them into a prayer. 116 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:25,640 And at the end of that, someone waved a hand 117 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,400 from outside the building through the open window, 118 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:29,760 waved a hand with a fist and said, 119 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:31,640 what about those questions we wrote? 120 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:33,320 You see, it was actually a trap. 121 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:36,520 They had spent three days writing up all these questions 122 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:40,560 against what they thought we had said or done against them. 123 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:42,280 And they wanted us in that building 124 00:05:42,280 --> 00:05:44,440 so they could ask these questions to us. 125 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:45,800 The man stood up with the questions. 126 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:46,640 So we got these questions. 127 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:47,720 I said, well, I need my Bible 128 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:49,800 because I just had a spear gun at that stage. 129 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:51,680 So I went out the building outside. 130 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:52,680 It's dark. 131 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:54,840 There were people outside with bone arrows, 132 00:05:54,840 --> 00:05:57,600 which is an indicator that there's something wrong here. 133 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:00,120 And I got to my Bible and I'm walking back 134 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:01,200 and I'm sort of praying through it. 135 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,960 I'm thinking, Lord, if I get martyred tonight, 136 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:05,480 don't let me get martyred. 137 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:07,320 And then when I get to heaven, you're like, 138 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:08,280 nah, it doesn't count. 139 00:06:08,280 --> 00:06:10,040 You just said some dumb things, Jeremy, 140 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:13,240 because I'm known to say some dumb things. 141 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:14,080 So it doesn't count. 142 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:15,800 So I'm like, Lord, don't let me say anything dumb. 143 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:17,240 And so I went into the building. 144 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:19,520 God just inspired me to just hold up the Bible. 145 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:20,640 And I said, who wrote this? 146 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:21,920 And they're like, God. 147 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:22,880 And I'm like, did I write this? 148 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:23,920 They're like, no, I'm like, okay. 149 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:26,440 So I'm going to answer your questions from this. 150 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:28,080 And if you're not happy, 151 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:29,920 this is what you need to get angry at, not me. 152 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:34,920 I sort of clarified the situation. 153 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:37,240 One of my pastors was sitting next to the window 154 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:38,080 and later on asked him, 155 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:39,320 were you thinking he's like, 156 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:40,880 I was very fast in football. 157 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:42,440 I played as a striker. 158 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:43,600 I was right next to the window. 159 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,360 I thought I could run and get free 160 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:47,960 so that I could tell your story. 161 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:51,280 And so I'm like, fair enough. 162 00:06:51,280 --> 00:06:54,920 And so we answer all these questions back and forth. 163 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,280 He stands up in front of his congregation and says, 164 00:06:57,280 --> 00:06:58,120 you know what? 165 00:06:58,120 --> 00:06:59,960 What you have shown us tonight, 166 00:06:59,960 --> 00:07:02,320 not me, he said, what God has shown us tonight, 167 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:05,000 clearly what we have been doing as a church 168 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,120 is not in the word of God. 169 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:09,560 And he said, you've shown us tonight 170 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:12,320 that this is the way to Jesus 171 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:14,280 through what you've shared with us. 172 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:17,040 We went to sleep again in that hut. 173 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:18,400 And the next morning we woke up 174 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:20,360 and one of the elders of the church came 175 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:23,520 and he said, I've been praying for you guys for years. 176 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:24,360 We said, how so? 177 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:26,720 He said, numerous years ago, I was reading the Bible 178 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:29,880 I was confronted with some things in it about Jesus 179 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:31,680 and what he did and what he did for us. 180 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:33,920 And I had questions and I went to my church leader 181 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:36,600 and he said, hey, hey, hey, no, no, this is not your job. 182 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:38,760 Your job is to look after the affairs of the church. 183 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:42,400 My job is to open up the Bible, stop reading the Bible. 184 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:44,720 He said, since that moment I've been praying God, 185 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:46,400 would you bring someone here? 186 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:48,520 If we've got it wrong, would you bring someone here 187 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:53,200 to clear up to us the way to Jesus? 188 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:57,480 And he said, last night you answered my prayer for many years. 189 00:07:57,480 --> 00:07:59,400 With that, about five minutes later, 190 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:03,080 we heard, wham, wham, boat was coming in. 191 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,760 I'm crying because I am so excited to get out of there. 192 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,720 They're crying because we're leaving 193 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,200 and they've just built relationships and friendships. 194 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:13,680 And as we headed out, one of our pastors asked, he said, 195 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:15,200 he said, who's going to pass them? 196 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:16,040 What's going to happen with them? 197 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:18,080 I said, I don't know, I'm not going there. 198 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:18,920 I don't know. 199 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:22,720 I said, but they're God's people and God has sought it. 200 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:24,560 A few years later, we went back to that island 201 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:26,320 to open up a brand new church. 202 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:28,400 It was actually called the Church of the Rejected. 203 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:30,560 They built it in a different location 204 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:32,360 through different things that happened there. 205 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:33,200 And so, you know what? 206 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:37,960 God sometimes uses difficult and hard situations, 207 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:41,520 disappointments, and he brings them into opportunities 208 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:44,960 for where he wants you to be and what he wants to do. 209 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:45,800 Thank you, Pastor. 210 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:52,800 Thank you. 211 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:56,200 Difficult situations that lead to great opportunities, 212 00:08:56,200 --> 00:09:02,280 change that leads to opportunity. 213 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,120 The man had been told he was going to die 214 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:07,680 and he laid in his deathbed, knowing 215 00:09:07,680 --> 00:09:10,040 that this would be his final night. 216 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:12,280 As he laid there, his affairs were in order. 217 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:15,920 Everything he needed to do was already done. 218 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,080 He told the Lord that he was ready to go to heaven 219 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:19,960 and receive his reward and believed 220 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:21,760 that that night, as he closed his eyes, 221 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:23,080 it would be his last. 222 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:25,040 Yet, it was not his last. 223 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:30,160 For the morning came and as the morning came, he woke up. 224 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:34,400 And the first thought he had was, why am I still here? 225 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:36,680 This is my deathbed. 226 00:09:36,680 --> 00:09:44,160 And the second thought he had is, what is that smell? 227 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:47,280 Wafting through the air were the smell 228 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:51,120 of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. 229 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:56,680 He thought to himself, dear God, I 230 00:09:56,680 --> 00:10:00,760 see why you left me here one more day. 231 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:03,000 It's so that I could have a chocolate chip cookie 232 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,160 before I go to heaven and receive my reward. 233 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:08,320 And so he prayed one final prayer, oh God, 234 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:10,360 that I would receive this chocolate chip cookie 235 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:12,440 as my final gift on the planet. 236 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:15,440 And he thought to himself, let me have the cookie. 237 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:19,120 And the Lord said to him, get up and go get the cookie. 238 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:19,960 And so he did. 239 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:24,680 He crawled out of the bed and he fell onto the ground. 240 00:10:24,680 --> 00:10:28,400 But determined with the smell of the chocolate chip cookie, 241 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:32,280 he started crawling out of his room, hand over hand, 242 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:35,280 down the hall, grasping at the carpet 243 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:38,080 to get to the linoleum of the kitchen. 244 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:41,480 He pulled himself closer and closer to the counter, 245 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:45,480 where he looked up and saw a tray of freshly steaming 246 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:47,320 chocolate chip cookies. 247 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:50,160 He built all of the muscles he could in his body 248 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:51,680 and got up on one knee. 249 00:10:51,680 --> 00:10:54,040 And he reached up with one quivering hand 250 00:10:54,040 --> 00:11:00,520 to a chocolate chip cookie when suddenly a spatula out 251 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:02,640 of nowhere slaps his hand. 252 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:04,280 Ouch. 253 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:07,280 And he heard a voice of his wife who said, 254 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:08,800 those are for the funeral. 255 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:17,760 That is not good. 256 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:25,520 What would your last treat be? 257 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:27,240 If you knew you were going to die, 258 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:28,960 what would be your last meal? 259 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,400 If you knew that today was your last day 260 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:33,920 and you had an opportunity of sitting with your children, 261 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:36,320 your best friends, your community, 262 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:38,960 and you had a chance to share your final thoughts, 263 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:42,080 what would you say in your final thoughts? 264 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:44,120 That's what today's sermon is about. 265 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:48,880 You see, Jesus had just had a final meal with his disciples 266 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:50,760 in the upper room in Jerusalem. 267 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:53,120 He knew that the next thing that would take place 268 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:54,800 is they would leave the upper room, 269 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:57,920 go across the Kidron Valley, up the Mount of Olives, 270 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:00,440 and go to a garden called the Garden of Gethsemane, 271 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:03,600 where Jesus himself would be betrayed by Judas, 272 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:05,720 who had been possessed by Satan. 273 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:08,120 And then he would be taken and put on trial, 274 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:10,120 crucified and buried. 275 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:14,400 Jesus knew this was his final moment with his disciples. 276 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:19,400 What would Jesus say to his disciples in his final words? 277 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:21,600 That's what today's sermon is. 278 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:25,440 The upper room discourse from Luke chapter number 22. 279 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:28,800 What are Jesus's final instructions to his disciples? 280 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:31,480 Three main thoughts that we see in this sermon. 281 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:34,680 Number one, the very first thing Jesus says to them, 282 00:12:34,680 --> 00:12:37,280 essentially can be boiled down to this thought. 283 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:42,280 Number one, service leads to greatness. 284 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:44,080 Say it with me. 285 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:46,640 Service leads to greatness. 286 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:47,480 Say it again. 287 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:49,680 Service leads to greatness. 288 00:12:49,680 --> 00:12:51,840 Look at what Jesus says in his final words 289 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:54,360 to his disciples now in verse 24. 290 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:58,840 There was also a great dispute among the disciples, 291 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:01,840 as to which one of them should be considered the greatest. 292 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:09,040 Have you ever had a nice meal prepared for your family 293 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:13,480 and suddenly the family meal turned into a family fight? 294 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:18,320 Some of you say, pastor, you don't know my family. 295 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:22,360 Jesus has a beautiful meal prepared for the disciples. 296 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:24,880 And as they sit down, Judas now leaves, 297 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:26,560 he turns back to the other disciples 298 00:13:26,560 --> 00:13:28,320 and they're amidst of the argument. 299 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:29,440 They're about to fight. 300 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:30,320 They're fighting. 301 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:31,520 What are they fighting about? 302 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,360 Here's what the disciples of Jesus were fighting about. 303 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:36,560 Which one of them was greater than the other? 304 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:42,680 Verse 25, and Jesus said to them, 305 00:13:42,680 --> 00:13:46,720 the kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them 306 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:48,760 and those who exercise authority over them 307 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:51,120 are called benefactors. 308 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:53,960 Jesus says, what are you fighting about? 309 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:57,760 We're trying to decide who is in charge of who. 310 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:00,280 And Jesus says, don't you understand? 311 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,120 That's the way the kings of the Gentiles act. 312 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,280 They exercise dominion and authority. 313 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:09,120 They talk about who's in charge and who's the greatest. 314 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:11,320 And then the person really in charge, 315 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:13,360 they refer to themselves as benefactors. 316 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:14,960 He's talking about the Roman world. 317 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:17,080 And in the Roman world, if you were really 318 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:20,760 an important civic leader, you would take the name 319 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:24,560 benefactor, which means friend of the people. 320 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:29,560 Yes, Jesus was being a little sarcastic here. 321 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:35,080 How many of you have the spiritual gift of sarcasm? 322 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:38,840 Jesus is a little sarcastic here. 323 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:40,440 You'll appreciate Jesus sarcasm. 324 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:41,960 He says, don't you understand? 325 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:43,680 You're acting like the Gentiles, 326 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:46,400 who the biggest shot in the room calls himself 327 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:47,600 the friend of the people. 328 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:48,960 How is he a friend of the people? 329 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:52,160 He takes all their money and spends it on himself. 330 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:53,520 He's not a friend of the people. 331 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:55,440 He takes advantage of the people. 332 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:58,360 And Jesus says, that's how they do it. 333 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:00,800 That's not how we do it. 334 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:02,520 Look what he says in verse 26. 335 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:04,080 But not so among you. 336 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:06,960 Who in this room is a Jesus follower? 337 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:08,360 If you are, say amen. 338 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:09,600 Amen. 339 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:10,760 Not so among you. 340 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:13,080 On the contrary, he who is the greatest among you, 341 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:14,200 let him be the younger. 342 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:18,320 And he who governs as he who serves. 343 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:23,360 Greatness is found in service. 344 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:26,960 Service is greatness. 345 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:30,400 This is what the Bible is teaching us. 346 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:33,440 This is what Jesus' final words to his disciples were. 347 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:35,440 He gives an illustration in verse 27. 348 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:36,360 For who is greater? 349 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:39,120 He who sits at the table or he who serves? 350 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:40,760 Is it not he who sits at the table? 351 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:42,080 Well, that's a good question, right? 352 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:44,440 If you and I were gonna go to Chili's this afternoon 353 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:45,920 and get some of their chips and salsa, 354 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:47,360 can I get an amen? 355 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:49,640 And we went down to Chili's today. 356 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:51,520 Here's the question Jesus would ask us, 357 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:53,920 would you rather be the server of the chips and salsa 358 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:55,680 or the eater of the chips and salsa? 359 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:58,560 And the answer to that question is obvious. 360 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:00,000 I'd rather eat the chips and salsa. 361 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,320 One more time for the chips and salsa. 362 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:02,880 Amen. 363 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:05,280 Seven of you are like, pastor's hungry already. 364 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:08,280 Who's greater? 365 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:09,840 The one who serves or the one who eats? 366 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:12,720 And Jesus says, obviously from a human's perspective, 367 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:13,560 the one who eats. 368 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:15,880 But Jesus goes on to say, 369 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:20,880 yet I am among you as the one who serves. 370 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:23,840 Jesus said, don't you understand? 371 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:25,960 I am your minister. 372 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:28,360 I'm the one who serves. 373 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:30,840 In the other gospel accounts, this is the moment 374 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:35,840 where Jesus rolls up his sleeves, 375 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:41,200 girds his loins, gets a bowl of water and a towel, 376 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:45,960 and he kneels down and he washes the disciples feet. 377 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:50,960 He does so to prove that greatness is not about others 378 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:54,280 serving you, greatness is about you serving others. 379 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:57,320 And what he wanted for his followers is that we would go 380 00:16:57,320 --> 00:16:59,960 from that room and spread the message around the world 381 00:16:59,960 --> 00:17:03,520 that greatness is not about demanding that your people 382 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:06,880 follow you, but it's going around the world saying, 383 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:09,560 how can I serve others? 384 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:12,800 Look at verse 28, but you are those who have committed, 385 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:15,560 have continued with me and my trials. 386 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:18,440 I bestow upon you my kingdom, 387 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:21,000 just as my father bestowed upon me, 388 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:24,240 that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom 389 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:29,240 and sit on thrones, judging the 12 tribes of Israel. 390 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:33,680 Jesus says this, you are the ones who have been following me 391 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:34,960 through all the difficulty, 392 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:37,560 and if you stay with me through the difficulty 393 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:41,160 and you become servants to the world, there is a reward. 394 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:43,160 You'll get through this world 395 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:45,760 and you'll get to the next kingdom. 396 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:49,920 You'll go through the thorns and you'll get to the throne. 397 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:52,720 You'll get through the crown of thorns 398 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:54,920 and you'll get to the crown of heaven. 399 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,920 That's what God is saying to his disciples. 400 00:17:57,920 --> 00:17:59,520 Now, if you remember last week's sermon, 401 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:03,080 I told you that Judas had already had become disillusioned 402 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:05,440 and disenfranchised with Jesus 403 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:07,920 because Jesus had promised them months before 404 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,400 a throne to rule over Israel. 405 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:13,480 Now he got frustrated because Jesus was talking about dying. 406 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:17,120 If he just would have stuck with Jesus a little bit longer, 407 00:18:17,120 --> 00:18:19,280 Jesus would have said to him, look, don't you understand? 408 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:22,680 You make it through the cross, you get the crown. 409 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:26,120 You make it through the thorns, you get the throne. 410 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:32,360 Service is the way to greatness. 411 00:18:32,360 --> 00:18:36,520 Oh, Christian, don't miss the great truth of Jesus Christ. 412 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:41,520 What makes Jesus great is not that he demands loyalty, 413 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:45,360 it's that he serves those who need him most. 414 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:52,960 A few weeks ago, I showed up at our church 415 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:56,760 on Sunday morning at six o'clock in the morning. 416 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:58,800 I normally on Sundays don't get here 417 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:02,720 till about eight o'clock, maybe 8.15. 418 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:05,120 Right before our first service at 8.30. 419 00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:07,000 Why? Because we have an amazing team 420 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:10,320 that gets everything done and ready to go for the services. 421 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:11,600 And I spend the morning in prayer 422 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:13,520 and final preparation with the sermon. 423 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,200 But for whatever reason on that day, I showed up at 6 a.m. 424 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,520 and as I walked through this back hallway, 425 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:21,000 I looked down the hall, the sun was coming in 426 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:25,800 and I saw two silhouettes with mop buckets and mops mopping. 427 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:27,800 And I said, what's going on? 428 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:29,400 And I looked and I saw who they were. 429 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,800 It's Pastor Fred and Pastor Jason. 430 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:36,800 I said, hey, what are you, what are you guys doing? 431 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:40,800 And they said, the septic overflowed everywhere. 432 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:44,200 I said, oh, that's terrible. 433 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:46,200 Now you know Pastor Jason and Pastor Fred. 434 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:48,000 These are the people that lead the church, 435 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,200 the big shots around here. 436 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:53,800 And there they are, mopping up septic overflow. 437 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:57,800 And I walked up and I thought, that is greatness. 438 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:00,800 And then I thought, I'm sure glad they're doing it. 439 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:02,800 And I turned around and I walked away. 440 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:05,800 Because they're great, not me, you see? 441 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:07,800 I want them to have the blessing. 442 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:11,800 You say, you're not like Jesus. 443 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,800 I'm trying, but not that day, not that day, not that day. 444 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:18,800 What are Jesus' final instructions to his disciples? 445 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:20,800 Number one, service leads to greatness. 446 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:22,800 Here's the second thought he gave me. 447 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:24,800 Here's the second thought he gives them. 448 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:25,800 Final words in the upper room. 449 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:28,800 Number two, pride leads to a fall. 450 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:31,800 When it comes to service in your life, 451 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:33,800 can you ask the question for your practical application 452 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:34,800 in your own life? 453 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:36,800 Who is it that you should be serving? 454 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:40,800 Who in your workplace should you be taking care of? 455 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:43,800 Who in your family should you be taking care of? 456 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:46,800 What chores in your home should you be striving to do 457 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:49,800 before anybody else can get them done? 458 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:50,800 Who should you serve? 459 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:52,800 Service leads to greatness. 460 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:54,800 Number two, pride leads to the fall. 461 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:55,800 Can you say that with me? 462 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:57,800 Pride leads to a fall. 463 00:20:57,800 --> 00:20:58,800 Say it again, say it again. 464 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:00,800 Pride leads to a fall. 465 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:02,800 Look at what Jesus says to them in verse 31. 466 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:05,800 Jesus interrupts his sermon by addressing one of the disciples 467 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:06,800 individually. 468 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:08,800 He looks at them and says, 469 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,800 Simon, Simon, 470 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:15,800 indeed Satan has asked for you 471 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:20,800 that he may sift you like wheat. 472 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:23,800 Can you imagine if somebody in the middle of the sermon 473 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:24,800 called your name out? 474 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:27,800 Jason, Jason, 475 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:31,800 suddenly the sermon to everybody becomes a sermon for one. 476 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:33,800 And imagine Jesus does this. 477 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,800 Jesus looks and says, Simon, Peter, 478 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:38,800 Satan wants you. 479 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:40,800 Now I've got to tell you, 480 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:46,800 if Jesus said anything to me, I'd be thrilled. 481 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:51,800 But if Jesus looked at me and said, Satan wants you, 482 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:52,800 I think I might be out. 483 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:54,800 You know what I mean? 484 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:57,800 Like can you imagine Jesus looking you in the eye and say, 485 00:21:57,800 --> 00:21:59,800 hey, I want you to know Satan wants you. 486 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:01,800 And then he goes on to say, Satan desires to have you 487 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:04,800 that he may sift you like wheat, but don't worry. 488 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:06,800 This is what he says. 489 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:10,800 Don't worry, I have prayed for you. 490 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:14,800 Hey, what an amazing thing to think 491 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:21,800 that Jesus himself goes to God the Father and prays for you. 492 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:23,800 A lot of times we think of this passage, we think, 493 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:25,800 oh man, Satan wants to have Peter. 494 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:27,800 No, the big thing that you should see 495 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:31,800 is that Jesus prays for Peter. 496 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,800 Satan desires to have you that he can sift you like wheat, 497 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:36,800 but don't worry, Peter, don't worry, 498 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:39,800 because after you have failed, 499 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:45,800 I'm praying that God would bring you back to me. 500 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:46,800 What? 501 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:49,800 Look at what it says in the verse going on, verse 32. 502 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:52,800 But I have prayed for you that your faith should not fail, 503 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:55,800 and when you have returned to me, strengthen your brother in. 504 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:59,800 He goes on to say, I've prayed for you. 505 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:02,800 You're going to fall. 506 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:04,800 And when you've fallen, I pray that you'll return 507 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:06,800 and strengthen the brother in. 508 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:08,800 Now, think about it practically. 509 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:11,800 If Jesus looked at you and said, hey, Satan wants you, 510 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,800 I'm praying that you don't fail, it's going to happen, 511 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:16,800 but you're going to come back to me, 512 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:19,800 and then when you do, I want you to lead everybody again. 513 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:23,800 What would be your response? 514 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:27,800 You would think that your response would be something like, 515 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:29,800 what do I do? 516 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:31,800 Can I just stop and ask this question? 517 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:35,800 Why do you think it is that Satan wants to take out Peter 518 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:37,800 above everybody else? 519 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:39,800 Why do you think? 520 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:41,800 Anybody want to shout out a guess? 521 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:47,800 Why do you think? 522 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:51,800 Yeah. 523 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:56,800 It's the same reason why an enemy might want to take out the captain 524 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:58,800 before he takes out the lieutenants, 525 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:02,800 because he's the leader. 526 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,800 And if he can go after the leader, 527 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:08,800 maybe the army falls apart. 528 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,800 Listen to me, my dad's in the room. 529 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,800 Be careful, the devil's after you. 530 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:17,800 I've seen it over and over. 531 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:21,800 If he can take out the daddy, he takes out the family. 532 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:23,800 Listen to me, leader in the community. 533 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:26,800 Can I tell you, the moment you became a leader in the community, 534 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,800 you painted a target on your back. 535 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:32,800 If the devil can take you out, he takes out everybody. 536 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,800 If you're a manager of people and owner of a business, 537 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:37,800 don't you understand what that does? 538 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:42,800 If the devil can take you out, what he does is he takes out everybody that follows. 539 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:44,800 It's his method. 540 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:47,800 Now Jesus says this to Peter, and you might ask the question, 541 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:49,800 okay, what is Peter going to say back? 542 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,800 Now look at what Jesus says, be careful, Peter, 543 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:54,800 because you're not going to fall, and then when you've returned, 544 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:58,800 strengthen your brother, and Peter says to Jesus, stop. 545 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:00,800 Here's what Peter should have said to Jesus. 546 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:02,800 What Peter should have said to Jesus is this, 547 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:06,800 yes sir, thank you for warning me. 548 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,800 I didn't know how dangerous this situation was. 549 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:11,800 What should I do? 550 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:15,800 It's a humble response, but look at what Peter's response is. 551 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:25,800 Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death. 552 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:30,800 How many men are in the room? 553 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:31,800 You a man in the room? 554 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:33,800 Give me a very sheepish amen. 555 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,800 Amen. 556 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:40,800 I'm telling you, I know man, I love man, I am a man, I'm a man's man. 557 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:41,800 You know what I mean? 558 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:44,800 I'm a man other men look to and say, that's a man. 559 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:52,800 Some of you are doing it right now, you're like, what a man. 560 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,800 I know I am, I know. 561 00:25:55,800 --> 00:26:03,800 And we men, we are so filled with pride. 562 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:11,800 Satan wants to have you, Peter, don't worry, I'm praying you won't fail. 563 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:16,800 But when you return, strengthen the brethren, and Peter looks at them and says, 564 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:21,800 I'm going to go to prison and die with you. 565 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:29,800 Sure Peter, can I just stop and say that is the wrong answer. 566 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:38,800 It is humility that is the superpower of the Christian, not hubris. 567 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:42,800 It's an ability to see your weakness and acknowledge your weakness and say, 568 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:48,800 what have I done wrong, not what have others done wrong. 569 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:53,800 Jesus looks at Peter after he demonstrates his pride and Jesus says to him patiently, 570 00:26:53,800 --> 00:27:00,800 I tell you Peter, the rooster will shall not crow this day before you will deny me three times that you ever even knew me. 571 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:05,800 Jesus looks at Peter and says, fella, the sun is down, by the time the sun comes up, 572 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:11,800 you will have denied you even know my name, you even know me three times. 573 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:21,800 Now I often think to myself, what in the world could have happened to a man that is strong like Peter to deny Jesus. 574 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:26,800 And I judge Peter, I become prideful, and I think to myself, what a foolish man, 575 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,800 I would never do something like this. 576 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:34,800 And I fall into the same trap of pride as Peter. 577 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:39,800 And recently I learned how easy it is to turn your back on a friend. 578 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:43,800 You say, well, when? 579 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:48,800 Last Sunday afternoon I was given tickets to go to a football game here in town, 580 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:50,800 The Raiders vs. The Patriots. 581 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:52,800 And that was an incredible game. 582 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:54,800 I mean, what an amazing game. 583 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:56,800 It was a lot of fun. 584 00:27:56,800 --> 00:28:00,800 And I had a chance to go with one of my fellow pastors here, Pastor Caleb. 585 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:01,800 How many of you know PC? 586 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:04,800 If you know PC, say amen. 587 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:09,800 And so PC and I went, and we had a chance to sit with some friends, some members of our church that we love, 588 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:11,800 and we sat there in the seats. 589 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:18,800 And when we came in, Pastor Caleb was wearing a Tom Brady jersey because he's a big Patriots fan. 590 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:24,800 And I, because I love my city and Josh Jacobs, I was wearing a Josh Jacobs Raiders jersey. 591 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:30,800 And we were walking in as brothers into the game between the Patriots and the Raiders. 592 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:33,800 And now, for those who don't know, the Raiders destroyed the Patriots. 593 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:34,800 It was a beautiful moment. 594 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:36,800 It was fantastic. 595 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:42,800 And I love just holding that over Pastor Caleb's head as we walked in and walked out of the stadium. 596 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:45,800 But walking out as friends, this is what took place. 597 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:48,800 Now I have to begin the story by telling you this. 598 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:54,800 How many of you know that the Raiders have two kinds of fans? 599 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:56,800 You know, you know, somebody's laughing. 600 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:58,800 You know exactly. 601 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:01,800 We'll call them legacy fans. 602 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:06,800 These are the legacy fans who come from Oakland and LA and they're a different, 603 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:13,800 what's a word that could describe legacy fans of the Raiders? 604 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:15,800 They're aggressive. 605 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:17,800 They're passionate. 606 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,800 They're very, very excitable. 607 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:25,800 Especially if you're wearing the jersey of the other team at your home stadium. 608 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:27,800 And I've heard that that was especially the case in Oakland. 609 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:30,800 So you have some legacy fans who drive in from California. 610 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:32,800 Then you have a second group of fans. 611 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:35,800 And those groups of fans are like the Newby fans. 612 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:36,800 They're like me. 613 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,800 They're just normal middle-aged Las Vegas people who are like, 614 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:40,800 we like Raiders now. 615 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:41,800 Fantastic. 616 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:42,800 Yay! 617 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:46,800 Is that with the Tom Brady fans? 618 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:47,800 Sure. 619 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:48,800 We're buddies. 620 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:49,800 Fun game. 621 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:50,800 Where's the hot dogs? 622 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:53,800 You know, that's the other kind of Raiders fans. 623 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:58,800 So we're walking out of the stadium after the Raiders beat the Patriots. 624 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:02,800 And the Tom Brady jersey that was walking beside me in Pastor Caleb form, 625 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:06,800 and my Raiders jersey, we're walking side by side out of the stadium. 626 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:11,800 And all of a sudden some of these legacy aggressive fans started yelling behind us. 627 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:18,800 They started yelling things like, how can I say it? 628 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:23,800 We don't like the Patriots, but they didn't say we don't like the Patriots. 629 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:24,800 You understand? 630 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:26,800 You understand what I'm saying? 631 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:27,800 Yeah. 632 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:31,800 And so it was getting really loud and they're coming behind us. 633 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:35,800 And it was a big group of big, huge guys. 634 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,800 And they're like right behind us getting really close. 635 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:43,800 And then they saw my friend, my friend, Pastor Caleb's jersey, 636 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:46,800 and they started calling out Tom Brady. 637 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:53,800 And they started saying things like, stinky Tom Brady, 638 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:56,800 but they didn't say stinky, you know what I mean? 639 00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:59,800 And they were like right behind us and we're walking together. 640 00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:02,800 And it got really kind of like a big moment. 641 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:04,800 And I saw Pastor Caleb just calmly walking like this. 642 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:06,800 And I thought, good for him. 643 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:14,800 That's a good man. 644 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:21,800 He's just walking on his own out there. 645 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:22,800 Nobody... 646 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:26,800 This is true. 647 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:30,800 And before you know it, I'm actually with the guys yelling at him. 648 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:33,800 One of them, he was huge. 649 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:35,800 He put his arm around me. 650 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:38,800 And we're walking and I'm all like, stinky Tom Brady! 651 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:39,800 But I said stinky. 652 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:40,800 I said stinky. 653 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:41,800 I did. 654 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:43,800 And I'm yelling at my friend. 655 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:49,800 I said, how do you get to a place where you turn your back so quickly on somebody? 656 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:52,800 And the answer is if you've never been in that scenario, you may not know, 657 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:54,800 but it gets really easy, really quick. 658 00:31:58,800 --> 00:31:59,800 Pride. 659 00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:03,800 Thinking that you are above it all. 660 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:07,800 Even as we look at Peter and say, I would never, I would never, 661 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:11,800 never, careful, pride leads to the fall. 662 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,800 And before you know it, you're going to see it in a few weeks in the story. 663 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:18,800 Peter does exactly what Jesus said he would do. 664 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:22,800 He denies Jesus Christ. 665 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:24,800 The question is not, will you ever make a mistake? 666 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:27,800 The question is, where must I grow? 667 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:30,800 The question is not, what have others done? 668 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:33,800 The question should be, what can I learn? 669 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:37,800 The question isn't, I'll never do anything. 670 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:45,800 The question should be, where can I seek godly advice and demonstrate submission to God's plan for my life? 671 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:51,800 Humility is the way of Jesus Christ, not pride. 672 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:54,800 And so Jesus says in His final words to His disciples, 673 00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,800 service leads to gratitude, pride leads to the fall. 674 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:03,800 Number three, change leads to opportunity. 675 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:06,800 Say it with me, change leads to opportunity. 676 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:14,800 Pastor Caleb said this to me just a few days ago when studying this passage together. 677 00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:15,800 He said these words. 678 00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:16,800 Now hear this quote. 679 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:26,800 You won't see the opportunity God has for you unless you're willing to experience the change God wants for you. 680 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:28,800 Let me say that again. 681 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:40,800 You won't experience the opportunity God has for you unless you're willing to experience the change God wants for you. 682 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:45,800 Jesus is about to give His final words as He looks at His disciples and says, 683 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:49,800 things are going to change for you, fellas. 684 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:52,800 Embrace it. 685 00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:56,800 Look at what He says in verses 35 through 38. 686 00:33:56,800 --> 00:34:04,800 And Jesus said to them, do you remember when I sent you without money bag and without knapsack and without sandal? 687 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:10,800 Back in Luke chapter number nine, Jesus sends all of the disciples out when they're in Galilee. 688 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:13,800 And He says, go and preach the kingdom of God as a hand. 689 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:14,800 Don't take a backpack. 690 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:15,800 Don't take money. 691 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:16,800 Don't take anything. 692 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:19,800 You just go and you'll be taken care of. 693 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:20,800 You remember that? 694 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:23,800 And the disciples responded, yes. 695 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:25,800 Did we, did you lack anything? 696 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:28,800 And they said, we lack nothing. 697 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:32,800 And Jesus' point is, you trusted me and it worked out. 698 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:34,800 But look what He says in verse 36. 699 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:42,800 Then Jesus said to them, but now, He who has a money bag, you better take it. 700 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:48,800 And if you have a backpack, you better bring it. 701 00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:56,800 And if you don't have a sword, you better sell a piece of clothing and go buy one. 702 00:34:56,800 --> 00:35:04,800 He's saying, prepare for the worst because things are about to change. 703 00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:12,800 Now, some of you men in the room, the only verse that you'll remember from the whole sermon is sell your coat and buy a gun. 704 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:14,800 That's not what it says. 705 00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:19,800 Some of you going home with your wife today and you'll be like, honey, let me show you what the Bible says. 706 00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:29,800 The Bible says, I need to sell your coat and buy myself a.357 Magnum because I feel lucky, you know. 707 00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:33,800 It's not what He's saying. 708 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:37,800 He's saying things are about to change. 709 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:39,800 The way it used to work is no longer what it's going to work. 710 00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:41,800 What's the big thing that's about to change Jesus? 711 00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:49,800 Jesus is saying, I'm not going to be with you in the same way that I was with you. 712 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:50,800 Things are different now. 713 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:51,800 They're coming after us. 714 00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:59,800 Verse 37, for I say to you that this which is written must still be accomplished in me. 715 00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:04,800 And He was numbered among the transgressors for the things concerning me have an end. 716 00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:11,800 Jesus is saying the prophecies are coming to an end. I will soon be crucified. 717 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:15,800 Jesus is looking at His disciples saying things are about to change. 718 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:16,800 The prophecies will be fulfilled. 719 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:18,800 They're going to crucify me. 720 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:21,800 It's all going to be over and things will be different now. 721 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:25,800 Change is coming. 722 00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:28,800 And notice the disciples' response. 723 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:32,800 So they said, Lord, by the way, don't you love the disciples? 724 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:38,800 Because they're kind of like disciples of Jesus now. 725 00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:41,800 They're kind of idiots sometimes. 726 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:43,800 They say, that's so sacrilegious. 727 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:47,800 Well, then they shouldn't have told the story where they show their idiocy so much. 728 00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:51,800 Because their response to Jesus is the world is changing. 729 00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:52,800 Look at what they say. 730 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:54,800 Lord, look. 731 00:36:54,800 --> 00:37:00,800 We have two swords. 732 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:07,800 Jesus looks at Him and says, 733 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:10,800 it is enough. 734 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:11,800 Good job, guys. Two swords. 735 00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:12,800 We're going to take all the Romans. 736 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:16,800 All of them. 737 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:18,800 We're taking out all the Romans. 738 00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:19,800 Is that what Jesus was saying? 739 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,800 Was Jesus saying, come on, fellas, grab the swords. 740 00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:23,800 Let's go kill all the Romans. 741 00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:24,800 Is that what He's saying? 742 00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:25,800 Yes or no? 743 00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:26,800 No. 744 00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:27,800 In fact, we know this a few stories later. 745 00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:31,800 Peter has one of those swords in the garden and they come to arrest Jesus. 746 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:35,800 And he says, it's now the time for the swords. 747 00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:36,800 He says it. 748 00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:37,800 It's in the thing. 749 00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:38,800 You're going to see it next week. 750 00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:42,800 And he pulls out a sword and he tries to chop a dude's ear head off. 751 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:48,800 The dude ducks and his ear gets chopped off and Jesus says, what are you doing? 752 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:53,800 Jesus says, those who live by the sword die by this or put it away. 753 00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:57,800 And then Jesus reaches down and heals the dude's ear. 754 00:37:57,800 --> 00:38:03,800 No, Jesus wasn't saying, go get a sword and kill everybody that comes after you. 755 00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:09,800 What He was saying is that the entirety of the situation that you're entering, it's about 756 00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:12,800 to change. 757 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:20,800 It's going to get dark before it gets light. 758 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:23,800 You are in perilous times. 759 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:28,800 The sun will rise, but we have to go through the darkness to get there. 760 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:31,800 The crown is coming, but the cross first. 761 00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:36,800 The throne is coming, but we got to get through the thorns. 762 00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:40,800 That's what He's saying. 763 00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:43,800 It's like today. 764 00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:47,800 Today you see the world at war. 765 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:52,800 You see what's going to happen. 766 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:57,800 You see the economy and you say, what's going to happen? 767 00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:03,800 Some of you in your 20s and you look and you say, is there any way possible I'm ever going to be able to afford a home? 768 00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:09,800 Some of you in your 60s and you're thinking, am I ever going to be able to retire? 769 00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:13,800 Some of you it's not economic, it's not international, it's relational. 770 00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:25,800 You've got a relationship issue that you're like, I'm not sure it's ever going to be fixed. 771 00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:28,800 And it looks dark. 772 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:35,800 And Jesus is saying, you're going through change, but that's okay. 773 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:36,800 I don't want to go through change. 774 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:37,800 Don't worry. 775 00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:42,800 Change leads to opportunity. 776 00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:46,800 The darkness leads to light. 777 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:53,800 The disciples had to go through all of the rest of the stories we're about to see so they could get to the book of Acts. 778 00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:58,800 You see, there is no resurrection until there's a crucifixion. 779 00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:06,800 There is no celebration of Pentecost and the growth of the church until you go through the end of the book of Luke. 780 00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:07,800 Don't you understand? 781 00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:11,800 You have to go through the tragedy to get to the triumph. 782 00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:21,800 And what the disciples are going to experience is the great gospel of Jesus Christ spreading wildly throughout the world, through the book of Acts. 783 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:23,800 That beauty is coming. 784 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:25,800 But Jesus was saying, don't you understand? 785 00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:40,800 You have to change and the change you're experiencing, you will be brought through to the opportunity you're going to be given. 786 00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:42,800 Pastor Caleb's quote is so true. 787 00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:50,800 You won't see the opportunity God has for you unless you're willing to experience the change God wants for you. 788 00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:56,800 He'll say, boy, this change would work a whole lot better if I had a weapon. 789 00:40:56,800 --> 00:41:01,800 And it's interesting because Jesus never clarifies what He meant by pick up a sword. 790 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:03,800 Never does. 791 00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:06,800 And if you were one of the disciples, you would have been like, you told us to bring a sword. 792 00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:07,800 Why did He bring a sword? 793 00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:08,800 I don't know. 794 00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:09,800 He told us to bring a sword. 795 00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:17,800 And now I wonder if throughout Christian history, the disciples for a long time wondered, what did He mean by bringing a sword? 796 00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:21,800 Then He yells us, but then there was a guy who was a Pharisee. 797 00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:22,800 His name was Saul. 798 00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:23,800 He became Paul. 799 00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:26,800 And Paul said, oh, I know what he was saying. 800 00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:32,800 And he wrote a letter to the Corinthians and he said, yes, you're in the middle of a war. 801 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:41,800 But your warfare and your weapons are not weapons of carnal fleshly steel. 802 00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:45,800 Our weapons are weapons of godliness. 803 00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:51,800 And then he writes to the Ephesians and he says, you are at battle. 804 00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:55,800 You must arm yourself with the armor of God. 805 00:41:55,800 --> 00:42:00,800 And the weapons of our warfare are there for the tearing down of strongholds. 806 00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:07,800 And what we have are the weapons of prayer and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. 807 00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:16,800 And the weapons that you have today are exactly the weapons that you need to accomplish what the early disciples had in the midst of change. 808 00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:23,800 What you need in the midst of change to embrace your opportunity are the weapons of prayer and the word of God. 809 00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:25,800 Yes, you have an enemy. 810 00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:33,800 And it seems like a scary thing to say this, this enemy is after you, but you have to understand what was true for the disciples back then is true for you. 811 00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:42,800 The devil has a plan to take out Jesus, but his plan famously backfires. 812 00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:47,800 His plan is to kill the Messiah. 813 00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:54,800 Yet the moment they kill the Messiah is the moment the devil is defeated. 814 00:42:54,800 --> 00:43:17,800 So yes, it's true. Satan desires to have you that he may sift you like wheat, but even in his greatest plan, friend, his plan will backfire famously as long as you rely upon the weapons that God has given you of prayer and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. 815 00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:22,800 This is real talk for real disciples. 816 00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:30,800 Thank you for watching the Southern Hills YouTube channel. Make sure you subscribe and hit the bell icon to be notified every time we make a new video. 817 00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:56,800 And remember, we exist to make disciples for Jesus Christ. Have a great week. Peace.