WEBVTT 00:00:03.819 --> 00:00:07.639 What a powerful name it is. Amen. If you have 00:00:07.639 --> 00:00:10.640 your Bibles, please be turning with me to Luke's 00:00:10.640 --> 00:00:17.199 Gospel, the 19th chapter. Luke 19. It is Palm 00:00:17.199 --> 00:00:24.899 Sunday. Amen. The beginning of the most holy 00:00:24.899 --> 00:00:33.960 week of any calendar labeled in the world. The 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:38.619 week of the passion. Amen. The passion of the 00:00:38.619 --> 00:00:43.179 Christ. How many of you have seen that movie? 00:00:45.140 --> 00:00:49.420 Just a quick question. How many of you can't 00:00:49.420 --> 00:00:55.719 watch it again? That's me. I can't. I can't do 00:00:55.719 --> 00:01:02.140 it. I just can't watch it. It tore me apart. 00:01:04.230 --> 00:01:09.409 And in my simple understanding, knowing that 00:01:09.409 --> 00:01:12.250 that was the worst that Hollywood could even 00:01:12.250 --> 00:01:17.209 make it look, and that didn't even scratch the 00:01:17.209 --> 00:01:22.829 surface of what Jesus went through. And then 00:01:22.829 --> 00:01:25.890 when I thought about, he went through it for 00:01:25.890 --> 00:01:32.510 me. I can't do that again. I just can't do it 00:01:32.510 --> 00:01:36.299 again. He done it for you. He done it for us. 00:01:37.019 --> 00:01:40.920 And as our attention is being pointed toward 00:01:40.920 --> 00:01:46.200 next Sunday, next Sunday is Easter. Amen. I decided 00:01:46.200 --> 00:01:48.840 a few years ago I was going to quit trying to 00:01:48.840 --> 00:01:52.219 just really blow that out of proportion. We're 00:01:52.219 --> 00:01:59.500 having church next week. Amen. So, people's minds. 00:02:01.099 --> 00:02:06.620 that have been raised in or around church, whether 00:02:06.620 --> 00:02:09.479 they want to contemplate it or not, they're going 00:02:09.479 --> 00:02:12.860 to be thinking about Jesus. So this is a great 00:02:12.860 --> 00:02:16.780 opportunity for you to invite them to the house 00:02:16.780 --> 00:02:21.199 of the Lord with you. You know, used to, and 00:02:21.199 --> 00:02:28.759 probably in still some places around, folks kindly... 00:02:29.389 --> 00:02:35.349 Make little sly remarks about the CEOs which 00:02:35.349 --> 00:02:39.969 is the Christmas and Easter only folk. Pastors 00:02:39.969 --> 00:02:44.789 will make snide remarks from pulpits about that. 00:02:45.090 --> 00:02:48.770 And I've been guilty but I have repented since. 00:02:49.949 --> 00:02:56.430 Because if that's the two Sundays we get, we 00:02:56.430 --> 00:02:58.349 ain't got time to be joking around about it. 00:03:03.569 --> 00:03:06.669 It's 50 % of the opportunity that we may have 00:03:06.669 --> 00:03:12.550 to reach people. So, invite people to the house 00:03:12.550 --> 00:03:16.110 of the Lord. Because you tell them this, our 00:03:16.110 --> 00:03:21.069 pastor will preach the resurrection. Amen? And 00:03:21.069 --> 00:03:24.610 I promise you I'll do that. We're going to preach 00:03:24.610 --> 00:03:28.530 Jesus alive. We may get him crucified today. 00:03:29.639 --> 00:03:32.520 But next week's not about crucifixion. Next Sunday 00:03:32.520 --> 00:03:36.379 morning is not about a cross. It's about an empty 00:03:36.379 --> 00:03:42.439 tomb. Amen. Luke's Gospel, 19 beginning at verse 00:03:42.439 --> 00:03:47.199 28. And when he had thus spoken, he went before 00:03:47.199 --> 00:03:51.340 ascending up to Jerusalem. He went ahead of them. 00:03:51.520 --> 00:03:54.900 And it came to pass when he was come nigh or 00:03:54.900 --> 00:03:58.460 near to Bethpage and Bethany. At the mount called 00:03:58.460 --> 00:04:01.580 the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, 00:04:01.659 --> 00:04:04.080 saying, Go ye into the village over against you, 00:04:04.259 --> 00:04:09.159 and into which you're going to find a colt tied, 00:04:09.520 --> 00:04:13.159 whereon yet never man sat. Loose him, and bring 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:18.540 him hither. And if any man ask you, Why do you 00:04:18.540 --> 00:04:22.379 loose him? Thus shall you say unto him, Because 00:04:22.379 --> 00:04:29.100 the Lord hath need of him. Now, that'll dispute 00:04:29.100 --> 00:04:31.100 every argument. He just went back in the house. 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:36.319 Okay. And they that were sent went their way, 00:04:36.379 --> 00:04:38.459 and they found even as he'd said to them, like 00:04:38.459 --> 00:04:42.360 it was going to be different, you know. Oh, Lord. 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:45.660 And as they were loosing the coat, the owners 00:04:45.660 --> 00:04:48.240 thereof said to them, Why loose ye the coat? 00:04:48.319 --> 00:04:51.699 And they said, The Lord hath needed him. And 00:04:51.699 --> 00:04:53.699 they brought him to Jesus. Not another word about 00:04:53.699 --> 00:04:56.129 the man in his coat. He didn't say no, they just 00:04:56.129 --> 00:04:58.889 went back to the house. And they brought him 00:04:58.889 --> 00:05:01.490 to Jesus, and they cast their garments upon the 00:05:01.490 --> 00:05:04.870 colt, and they sat Jesus there on. And as he 00:05:04.870 --> 00:05:08.750 went, they spread their clothes in the way. And 00:05:08.750 --> 00:05:11.889 when he was come nigh, even now at the descent 00:05:11.889 --> 00:05:14.389 of the Mount of Olives, a whole multitude of 00:05:14.389 --> 00:05:17.639 the disciples began to rejoice. and praised God 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:20.879 with a loud voice for all the mighty works that 00:05:20.879 --> 00:05:24.339 they had seen, saying, Blessed be the king that 00:05:24.339 --> 00:05:26.579 cometh in the name of the Lord. Peace in heaven 00:05:26.579 --> 00:05:29.540 and glory in the highest. Heard that before, 00:05:29.639 --> 00:05:33.959 haven't we? And some of the Pharisees from among 00:05:33.959 --> 00:05:36.420 the multitude said to him, Master or teacher, 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:38.920 rebuke thy disciples. And he answered and said 00:05:38.920 --> 00:05:42.860 unto them, I tell you that if they should hold 00:05:42.860 --> 00:05:45.540 their peace, the stones would immediately cry 00:05:45.540 --> 00:05:49.360 out. And when he was come near, he beheld the 00:05:49.360 --> 00:05:55.939 city and wept over it, saying, If thou hast known, 00:05:56.160 --> 00:06:00.480 even thou at least in this thy day, the things 00:06:00.480 --> 00:06:04.040 which belong unto thy peace, but now they are 00:06:04.040 --> 00:06:06.759 hid from thine eyes, for the day shall come upon 00:06:06.759 --> 00:06:09.500 thee that thine enemies shall cast a trench about 00:06:09.500 --> 00:06:12.980 thee, cast thee round, and keep thee in on every 00:06:12.980 --> 00:06:16.699 side, and shall lay thee even with the ground. 00:06:17.149 --> 00:06:19.870 and thy children within thee, and they shall 00:06:19.870 --> 00:06:24.209 not leave in thee one stone upon another, because 00:06:24.209 --> 00:06:28.769 thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. 00:06:29.790 --> 00:06:33.230 Man, there's so, so much in those passages there. 00:06:33.810 --> 00:06:37.509 We could stop at any one and be good for quite 00:06:37.509 --> 00:06:41.509 a while. I want to preach to you this morning, 00:06:41.529 --> 00:06:43.529 though, with the help of the Lord, on celebrating 00:06:43.529 --> 00:06:47.300 the mission. Celebrating the mission. This is 00:06:47.300 --> 00:06:50.420 Mission Emphasis Sunday. And I see no greater 00:06:50.420 --> 00:06:56.160 emphasis than this Palm Sunday for us to focus 00:06:56.160 --> 00:07:00.279 in and celebrate the mission. And we're going 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:02.980 to celebrate the mission by looking at the plan, 00:07:03.180 --> 00:07:08.240 the purpose, and the promise. Father, I love 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:09.480 you and I thank you for your goodness and your 00:07:09.480 --> 00:07:11.649 mercy. Now, Lord, I need your help. You're going 00:07:11.649 --> 00:07:13.829 to have to help me be expedient today as time 00:07:13.829 --> 00:07:17.050 has slipped on already. So I need you, oh Lord, 00:07:17.189 --> 00:07:19.730 help me to stay on track. Help me to stay in 00:07:19.730 --> 00:07:23.550 the pathway. Help me say what is glorifying to 00:07:23.550 --> 00:07:26.709 your name and edifying to your people. And Lord, 00:07:26.769 --> 00:07:29.089 that when we leave this place, we will say it 00:07:29.089 --> 00:07:31.829 has been good to be in the presence of the Lord. 00:07:32.250 --> 00:07:34.350 We'll give you praise for it all in Christ's 00:07:34.350 --> 00:07:36.930 lovely name. And the church said, amen. You can 00:07:36.930 --> 00:07:39.759 be seated. The Lord has stirred my heart along 00:07:39.759 --> 00:07:42.360 this thought today in celebrating the mission. 00:07:44.939 --> 00:07:51.740 If we think about it, and so it begins. The beginning 00:07:51.740 --> 00:07:58.360 of the ending. Notice I said the ending and not 00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:04.879 the end. The divine drama that began before time 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:11.370 as we know it or as it. even existed. The drama 00:08:11.370 --> 00:08:15.790 has been put in place. The plan of God has been 00:08:15.790 --> 00:08:21.129 put in motion. The sequence of events in the 00:08:21.129 --> 00:08:27.110 scene being read in today's storyline will bring 00:08:27.110 --> 00:08:34.850 to a close what in theater in the five stages 00:08:34.850 --> 00:08:43.000 of the plot structure Stage number three. Stage 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:47.440 three in the plot structure of theater is called 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:50.759 the climax. We would think that would be the 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:53.899 end, but no, this is positioned in the middle. 00:08:56.120 --> 00:08:59.360 Definition, the turning point where tension peaks 00:08:59.360 --> 00:09:07.450 and the main conflict must be addressed. We have 00:09:07.450 --> 00:09:10.230 read the Palm Sunday story. We have read the 00:09:10.230 --> 00:09:14.450 story of the triumphal entry, which we now know 00:09:14.450 --> 00:09:18.730 is the beginning of the week of passion. We know 00:09:18.730 --> 00:09:21.769 that the trials are coming. We know that the 00:09:21.769 --> 00:09:24.250 beating is going to take place. Can you see now 00:09:24.250 --> 00:09:27.350 there is something that's got to be done? There's 00:09:27.350 --> 00:09:31.090 an address that has to be made. The conflict 00:09:31.090 --> 00:09:39.460 must be looked at. When we think about this for 00:09:39.460 --> 00:09:41.559 information purposes, I think if we know what 00:09:41.559 --> 00:09:43.740 stage three is, it's important to know the other 00:09:43.740 --> 00:09:47.899 four to help us in our mind locate where we are 00:09:47.899 --> 00:09:53.340 in this divine drama, the will and the plan of 00:09:53.340 --> 00:09:57.440 God for humanity. If we are approaching the point 00:09:57.440 --> 00:10:01.179 where the conflict has to be addressed, then 00:10:01.179 --> 00:10:04.759 stage one is simply the exposition. It's the 00:10:04.759 --> 00:10:10.740 intro to the characters. The setting, the initial 00:10:10.740 --> 00:10:14.279 stabilized situation. So what would that be? 00:10:14.340 --> 00:10:18.159 That would be in the beginning God created the 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:21.519 heavens and the earth. We go through the week 00:10:21.519 --> 00:10:24.720 of creation, the six days of creation. We see 00:10:24.720 --> 00:10:28.620 man in the Garden of Eden. We see man flourishing. 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:31.879 We see God coming down in the cool of the day, 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:35.879 walking and communing with creation. And in his 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:40.019 walk, God sees that Adam is lonely. Can I tell 00:10:40.019 --> 00:10:42.980 you that loneliness was the first condition of 00:10:42.980 --> 00:10:46.820 created humanity? God wasn't lonely because there's 00:10:46.820 --> 00:10:51.100 the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. They communed, 00:10:51.100 --> 00:10:54.700 but in his creation, and he created us in likeness 00:10:54.700 --> 00:10:58.860 and in his own image so that we too crave fellowship. 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:04.659 We crave relationship. And as we see in this 00:11:04.659 --> 00:11:08.059 exposition, we see as the initial stable situation 00:11:08.059 --> 00:11:13.899 is put into play, the drama begins. Oh, and doesn't 00:11:13.899 --> 00:11:17.379 it? Doesn't the drama begin? It begins to unfold. 00:11:17.980 --> 00:11:22.059 The conflict is early on. We see the conflict 00:11:22.059 --> 00:11:26.820 begin in chapter 2. We see where, in retrospect 00:11:26.820 --> 00:11:30.659 to this loneliness, God takes from Adam a rib 00:11:30.659 --> 00:11:35.320 and creates a helpmate. A woman for him to have 00:11:35.320 --> 00:11:37.879 communion with and relationship and fellowship 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:42.399 with. And then the conflict begins because there 00:11:42.399 --> 00:11:46.240 are two individuals that are really focused on 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:51.019 in any drama. There's the protagonist, the hero. 00:11:51.200 --> 00:11:56.220 Then there's the antagonist, the villain. And 00:11:56.220 --> 00:11:59.720 so we see God who is the one who is the hero. 00:12:01.870 --> 00:12:04.250 And then we see the antagonist come on the scene 00:12:04.250 --> 00:12:08.990 and the conflict begin. The conflict in the drama 00:12:08.990 --> 00:12:14.210 is sin. Doesn't matter how it happened. Doesn't 00:12:14.210 --> 00:12:20.070 matter the deception. The conflict is sin. And 00:12:20.070 --> 00:12:22.250 in our own lives, doesn't matter how it happens, 00:12:22.289 --> 00:12:25.230 doesn't matter particularly what it is, the conflict 00:12:25.230 --> 00:12:30.059 is sin. And so we have the exposition. Then it 00:12:30.059 --> 00:12:35.039 moves on to the rising action, a series of scenes 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:39.480 where the protagonist faces obstacles building 00:12:39.480 --> 00:12:44.440 suspense. Oh, can you not begin to see the drama 00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:47.500 of humanity and God's divine plan beginning to 00:12:47.500 --> 00:12:51.220 unfold now? As we've just stepped into Act 1, 00:12:51.299 --> 00:12:54.220 Scene 1, there's eight stages, eight different 00:12:54.220 --> 00:12:56.559 acts most of the time, and then there's multiple 00:12:56.559 --> 00:12:59.340 scenes to fulfill each act and bring each act 00:12:59.340 --> 00:13:02.179 to a close. So if you let your mind begin to 00:13:02.179 --> 00:13:04.779 carry over, you see the exposition, you see how 00:13:04.779 --> 00:13:06.860 it all begins, then you see the rising action. 00:13:06.879 --> 00:13:10.440 Sin enters in, and the obstacle is now made available. 00:13:10.679 --> 00:13:13.139 But, oh, we move on to the next scene, and then 00:13:13.139 --> 00:13:16.519 God has to make a way. Why? Because then we see 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:19.200 that there is a requirement. of blood for the 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:23.299 covering of the sin. We see the protagonist entering 00:13:23.299 --> 00:13:27.940 in to make a resolution possible. Amen. And as 00:13:27.940 --> 00:13:30.480 this begins to unfold itself, we are finding 00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:33.759 ourselves looking at the climax when now the 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:37.100 tension has to be addressed. The conflict has 00:13:37.100 --> 00:13:40.539 to be addressed. We see the 4 ,000 years up to 00:13:40.539 --> 00:13:43.980 where Christ is. We see how the drama unfolds. 00:13:43.980 --> 00:13:46.559 And we see the protagonist, the hero, if you 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:50.919 will, enter. into the drama, trying to bring 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:54.299 about a resolution, we see sacrificial offerings 00:13:54.299 --> 00:13:56.200 made. Because without the shedding of blood, 00:13:56.320 --> 00:13:59.259 there is no remission for the conflict. And remember, 00:13:59.399 --> 00:14:01.960 the conflict is sin. And so without the shedding 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:05.039 of blood, there is no remission for sin. There 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:09.220 is no resolution for the conflict. And so as 00:14:09.220 --> 00:14:12.360 we see him begin to enter in, we see a law, a 00:14:12.360 --> 00:14:15.320 mosaic law come into play. We see this protagonist 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:18.649 on top of the mountain of... It's shaking. It's 00:14:18.649 --> 00:14:21.210 quaking as his voice is thundering and as his 00:14:21.210 --> 00:14:24.570 finger pins out the accusation. Not only that, 00:14:24.690 --> 00:14:27.529 where man must come into alignment as he writes 00:14:27.529 --> 00:14:32.230 out the remedy for the conflict. Thou shalt have 00:14:32.230 --> 00:14:35.009 no other gods before you. I am God. You shall 00:14:35.009 --> 00:14:37.289 not have any graven images. You shall have not 00:14:37.289 --> 00:14:40.490 anything. Don't bow before anything. Treat mankind 00:14:40.490 --> 00:14:43.549 the way that I desire to treat you. Those ten 00:14:43.549 --> 00:14:46.149 commandments, we see it in place. We see this. 00:14:46.190 --> 00:14:49.289 endeavor to live out the drama trying to bring 00:14:49.289 --> 00:14:51.889 about this separation that has been taken. The 00:14:51.889 --> 00:14:54.990 conflict brought about separation from the hero 00:14:54.990 --> 00:14:58.649 and the created. Oh, are we beginning to see 00:14:58.649 --> 00:15:02.090 where we find ourselves? This remedy is about 00:15:02.090 --> 00:15:11.990 to climax. Stage four is called falling action. 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:17.379 Okay, now we see in the third stage, we see the 00:15:17.379 --> 00:15:22.240 turning point. The law wasn't the turning point. 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:26.960 We see the turning point here in this third act 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:29.220 way down there toward the end of the scene because, 00:15:29.320 --> 00:15:32.789 see, this act is about to close. This sequence 00:15:32.789 --> 00:15:35.769 of events is about to come to a close. In this 00:15:35.769 --> 00:15:38.950 scene, we have the pronunciation. On earth, peace, 00:15:38.970 --> 00:15:41.009 goodwill toward men. Did you notice the reversal 00:15:41.009 --> 00:15:44.889 of the language in the birth narrative and now 00:15:44.889 --> 00:15:47.110 in the triumphal narrative? As they begin to 00:15:47.110 --> 00:15:51.370 quote, it said in Luke 2, it's glory to God in 00:15:51.370 --> 00:15:53.750 the highest and on earth peace. And here it's 00:15:53.750 --> 00:15:57.190 peace and glory to God. It's inverted. And this 00:15:57.190 --> 00:15:59.350 praise is there. It's this drama. It's beginning 00:15:59.350 --> 00:16:01.799 to fulfill itself. And you and I are... are living 00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:06.320 here near. Now we're living in this falling action 00:16:06.320 --> 00:16:08.960 because the climax had already taken place. Time 00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:11.899 had been divided by the scene that we are approaching 00:16:11.899 --> 00:16:15.679 now. Time had been separated. A .D., A .B .C., 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:18.440 time had been separated by the climax, the turning 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:21.559 point, the ultimate point where the protagonist 00:16:21.559 --> 00:16:24.539 has entered in and addressed the obstacle and 00:16:24.539 --> 00:16:27.039 the conflict of sin. He's entered in and he's 00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:30.769 sent himself to take care of the situation. We 00:16:30.769 --> 00:16:33.629 see this falling action, the aftermath of the 00:16:33.629 --> 00:16:35.710 climax. That's where you and I are living today. 00:16:35.830 --> 00:16:38.629 We are living in the aftermath of the climax 00:16:38.629 --> 00:16:42.330 in this divine drama where the story begins to 00:16:42.330 --> 00:16:45.049 wind down. Oh, and that's what we're seeing. 00:16:45.149 --> 00:16:47.490 That's where we are. We're in the falling action. 00:16:47.590 --> 00:16:50.850 What has taken place after the climax, after 00:16:50.850 --> 00:16:53.450 what has taken place here as the protagonist 00:16:53.450 --> 00:16:57.909 has entered in himself. The hero, my God, has 00:16:57.909 --> 00:17:01.990 entered in, to address the conflict himself. 00:17:07.009 --> 00:17:09.829 That fifth and final stage which we're looking 00:17:09.829 --> 00:17:14.609 toward is called the resolution which is the 00:17:14.609 --> 00:17:21.789 final scene that closes the story and resolves 00:17:21.789 --> 00:17:25.970 remaining questions. So, Pastor, what does that 00:17:25.970 --> 00:17:28.230 have to do with where we are? As I said, we are 00:17:28.230 --> 00:17:31.509 living right in the middle of the aftermath of 00:17:31.509 --> 00:17:34.369 the climax. We think it's the end. No, the resolution 00:17:34.369 --> 00:17:38.039 is the end. And the resolution is seen through 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:42.140 the plan and the purpose and the promise of God 00:17:42.140 --> 00:17:45.200 himself. When we see that mission beginning to 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:48.220 fulfill and the celebration of the climax. Are 00:17:48.220 --> 00:17:50.480 you following me this morning? There is a celebration 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:53.460 going on. Because you see, Zechariah 9, 9, the 00:17:53.460 --> 00:17:55.660 prophet had already told them to be watching. 00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:59.140 Your Messiah is coming into your city. He's coming 00:17:59.140 --> 00:18:01.619 in meek and he's coming in humble. He's coming 00:18:01.619 --> 00:18:04.220 in lowly. And you'll know it's him because he's 00:18:04.220 --> 00:18:07.890 coming in. On a donkey, he's coming in, and you'll 00:18:07.890 --> 00:18:10.529 know it's him. You'll know it. I'm telling you 00:18:10.529 --> 00:18:13.569 to be watching for the commotion when the climax 00:18:13.569 --> 00:18:16.210 is beginning to come, when the protagonist is 00:18:16.210 --> 00:18:18.690 about to address, and there's a turning point. 00:18:18.789 --> 00:18:22.630 I am so thankful that God finally had enough 00:18:22.630 --> 00:18:26.509 of sin reigning and sin having domination. I'm 00:18:26.509 --> 00:18:29.650 so glad that he's ready to take care of the obstacle. 00:18:29.849 --> 00:18:37.630 I am so glad. For a triumphal entry. As Jesus 00:18:37.630 --> 00:18:40.710 begins to make his way into the city. As the 00:18:40.710 --> 00:18:44.690 prophets had said. As the screenplay had already 00:18:44.690 --> 00:18:48.670 been written. The script had already been made. 00:18:50.029 --> 00:18:54.730 The drama has already unfolded. And now here 00:18:54.730 --> 00:18:58.680 he comes. He's riding in toward his destination. 00:18:59.079 --> 00:19:02.839 He's riding in. The plan was always from the 00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:05.640 beginning of the world, Christ was slain from 00:19:05.640 --> 00:19:09.039 its very foundation. The plan was always that 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:11.819 Christ would come. The plan was always that the 00:19:11.819 --> 00:19:14.180 redemption of humanity would come through God 00:19:14.180 --> 00:19:16.880 himself. And we celebrate the mission along with 00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:19.980 the multitude who waved their palm branches and 00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:22.799 who took their coats and spread them along the 00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:25.380 way. Some say, well, it was just a very small. 00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:28.359 crowd, just a little bunch of people. Let me 00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:30.539 tell you, you don't turn a city upside down with 00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:34.099 a small crowd. Amen? Pharisees don't get torn 00:19:34.099 --> 00:19:37.599 up for 15 or 20 people. They get torn up when 00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:40.500 thousands are flooding the streets and the shout 00:19:40.500 --> 00:19:45.119 of, Hosanna! Save us and save us now! He who 00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:48.839 comes in the name of the Lord, my Lord, it causes 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:52.000 stir. The climax isn't a quiet thing. The climax 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:54.700 wasn't something hidden in the shadows. This 00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:58.200 This addressing of the conflict was vocal. It 00:19:58.200 --> 00:20:01.440 was outright. It was loud. It was on purpose 00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:05.500 because the plan of God was being unfolded right 00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:09.460 before their eyes. God's plan has always been 00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:14.140 to reconcile and redeem his creation. It has 00:20:14.140 --> 00:20:17.759 always been to make a way to redeem humanity. 00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:22.059 Oh, my Lord, Palm Sunday is truly Hosanna. God, 00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:28.869 save us and save us. The whole drama unfolds. 00:20:28.869 --> 00:20:33.009 It lays out the whole portrait of the plan of 00:20:33.009 --> 00:20:37.150 God. Call him Jesus because he will save his 00:20:37.150 --> 00:20:43.529 people. Call him Emmanuel for it is truly God 00:20:43.529 --> 00:20:48.890 with us. What does the plan look like? What does 00:20:48.890 --> 00:20:53.279 the script say? Isaiah 53. foretold what was 00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:58.140 about to happen by the end of this week. He's 00:20:58.140 --> 00:21:02.920 going to be beaten and bruised. The suffering 00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:08.039 servant. He's going to be beaten beyond recognition. 00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:12.819 Think of the passion of Christ and close your 00:21:12.819 --> 00:21:15.579 eyes and think ten times, multiple times worse. 00:21:16.980 --> 00:21:20.829 You see. Mel Gibson couldn't get them to actually 00:21:20.829 --> 00:21:23.529 open up the rib cage of the man portraying Christ 00:21:23.529 --> 00:21:29.849 and put his lungs in display. He couldn't expose 00:21:29.849 --> 00:21:39.109 his bones so that you could see his ribs. He 00:21:39.109 --> 00:21:41.309 couldn't show literally where they had plucked 00:21:41.309 --> 00:21:43.910 handfuls of the master's beard from his face 00:21:43.910 --> 00:21:49.740 and his face bled. You think plucking a chin 00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:54.160 hair is tough? Let some idiot screaming by the 00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:56.500 wayside gnashing at their teeth grab a handful 00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:59.559 of your facial beard and rip it from your skin. 00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:06.019 They couldn't portray that. And what's more, 00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:10.779 as best the attempt could be, he could not fully 00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:20.289 reveal the weight of the world. On Jesus. Mel 00:22:20.289 --> 00:22:23.349 Gibson and his directing and all the actors and 00:22:23.349 --> 00:22:26.309 their good portrayals. The man acting as Jesus 00:22:26.309 --> 00:22:31.769 could not know the weight of your and my sin. 00:22:32.410 --> 00:22:35.150 That's the reason I can't watch it. Because I 00:22:35.150 --> 00:22:42.710 know the weight of my sin. And it breaks my heart. 00:22:43.369 --> 00:22:47.829 It just tears me up to know he suffered. That 00:22:47.829 --> 00:22:58.190 for me. The plan was always redemption. Well, 00:22:58.210 --> 00:23:00.269 what is the purpose of the cross? The same as 00:23:00.269 --> 00:23:03.829 the plan, redemption. What is the purpose of 00:23:03.829 --> 00:23:06.690 Holy Week? That he would bear within himself 00:23:06.690 --> 00:23:11.269 your transgression. No wonder the songwriter 00:23:11.269 --> 00:23:15.950 penned it well. He who knew no sin became sin. 00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:22.140 Why? So that you might have righteousness. So 00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:27.819 that you and I might be in standing rightly before 00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:37.359 God the Father. The screen right. The one who 00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:41.940 orchestrated the drama. So that we can stand 00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:47.609 before him in free pardon. because of our acceptance 00:23:47.609 --> 00:23:50.609 of his sacrifice. I read something the other 00:23:50.609 --> 00:23:52.109 day that really stirred me, and I thought, well, 00:23:52.130 --> 00:23:53.490 maybe I've been doing it wrong all these years. 00:23:54.029 --> 00:23:57.049 Nowhere in Scripture is there listed what we 00:23:57.049 --> 00:24:00.829 call the sinner's prayer. What we see promoted 00:24:00.829 --> 00:24:10.190 is repent. It's repent. Why? Because as we are 00:24:10.190 --> 00:24:12.109 living in this fallen action, the action that 00:24:12.109 --> 00:24:14.230 takes place after the climax, that's where you 00:24:14.230 --> 00:24:16.609 and I are. And living in this fallen action, 00:24:16.690 --> 00:24:18.710 we have a decision that we have to make. Are 00:24:18.710 --> 00:24:21.490 we going to yield ourselves to the divine plan? 00:24:21.890 --> 00:24:24.490 And the plan was that God would send his son, 00:24:24.670 --> 00:24:27.289 that God would come himself, the incarnate one. 00:24:27.650 --> 00:24:30.069 God would enter in, the protagonist would enter 00:24:30.069 --> 00:24:46.779 into the drama himself. But that was always the 00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:55.700 plan. From the beginning of the beginning. Before 00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:59.700 the sequence of time began. Before there was 00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:05.400 a sun to rise and a moon to follow. Before all 00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:09.819 of that. So you think God knew all that? Yeah. 00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:17.589 Sure I do. And he looked through what we know 00:25:17.589 --> 00:25:22.269 as time. And he saw this little redneck country 00:25:22.269 --> 00:25:29.109 boy. Half raised in a place called Snuthart. 00:25:30.950 --> 00:25:37.750 That one day he would be redeemed because of 00:25:37.750 --> 00:25:43.069 the climax. In the midst of the falling action 00:25:43.069 --> 00:25:47.130 that takes place after. He himself entered in 00:25:47.130 --> 00:25:51.970 to live out the drama, to bring redemption for 00:25:51.970 --> 00:25:56.809 the created, which is you and I, so that we may 00:25:56.809 --> 00:25:59.170 be transformed into his likeness and his image. 00:26:00.970 --> 00:26:04.309 As this drama unfolds, we see the purpose. Again, 00:26:04.450 --> 00:26:06.890 the purpose is the same thing as a plan, to save 00:26:06.890 --> 00:26:10.490 humanity. The purpose is about fulfilling the 00:26:10.490 --> 00:26:14.980 plan of redemption, John 3, 16, for God. So love 00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:16.660 the world. You say, that's awful simple, preacher. 00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:18.500 Well, we overcomplicate this thing sometimes. 00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:22.559 It is simple. You and I were born sinners. You 00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:28.619 and I need redemption, and God provided it. He 00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:31.259 provided it himself. He entered into his own 00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:38.380 drama to bring about the resolution for us. The 00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:41.579 purpose, what's the purpose of the cross? Because, 00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:43.900 you see, they understood the cross. Understood 00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:47.059 sacrifice. You and I, sacrifice for us is if 00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:53.660 you have to go a week without AC. Oh, my God, 00:26:53.859 --> 00:26:59.220 it's so hot. Well, wait until hell. You think 00:26:59.220 --> 00:27:01.400 a little discomfort now at about 89 is going 00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:09.259 to get you. That's sacrifice for us. I can't 00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:12.539 go through Dunkin' Donuts today. I ain't got 00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:16.799 but 560, and I know that cup's 780. I guess I'll 00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:21.140 just sacrifice today. You got enough gas, ride 00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:23.880 to the drip. From 2 to 430, it's half price. 00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:32.539 Oh, that sacrifice. We have to do without some 00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:39.119 of these conveniences. Some of our conveniences. 00:27:40.589 --> 00:27:45.250 And when we can't be conveniently adequate, we 00:27:45.250 --> 00:27:52.470 are sacrificing. You know, a sacrifice is a Savior 00:27:52.470 --> 00:27:59.069 who bled and died. Who for the joy that was set 00:27:59.069 --> 00:28:05.349 before Him endured the shame of the cross. Endured 00:28:05.349 --> 00:28:11.410 it. Think about that. He endured it. The joy 00:28:11.410 --> 00:28:15.210 was not Calvary. The joy was me and you and the 00:28:15.210 --> 00:28:20.269 possibility of our redemption. Why? So that we 00:28:20.269 --> 00:28:22.529 can spend eternity with him in fellowship and 00:28:22.529 --> 00:28:25.509 communion. You do realize that was the created 00:28:25.509 --> 00:28:29.690 order. Adam and Eve, you know why it's so hard 00:28:29.690 --> 00:28:31.650 for us to die sometimes. You wonder sometimes. 00:28:31.710 --> 00:28:34.130 You see folks struggling in death because the 00:28:34.130 --> 00:28:37.740 body was created to live. Before the entrance 00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:40.299 of sin and all the things that cause disease, 00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:44.059 the heart just kept on pumping. The lungs just 00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:46.460 kept on taking in and breathing out, in and out. 00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:49.319 And the body was created, and it actually healed 00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:52.740 itself. Through the nutrients of food and everything, 00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:59.779 our body healed itself to live. And when we see 00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:02.740 people struggling in death, man, why don't they 00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:04.480 just let go? Because they were created to live. 00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:10.039 That body, this thing, was created to live. Death 00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:15.279 was foreign. I got one law. That's my tree. Don't 00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:17.119 touch it. Don't eat it. It belongs to me. The 00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:23.380 day you do thereof, you shall surely die. The 00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:30.079 purpose is redemption. Because we now know according 00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:34.269 to the script. That though this outward man die 00:29:34.269 --> 00:29:38.269 daily, according to the script, it's appointed 00:29:38.269 --> 00:29:43.490 unto man once to die. According to the script, 00:29:43.569 --> 00:29:47.589 after that appointment, it's the face of just 00:29:47.589 --> 00:29:56.589 God. As we embark upon this week, I want our 00:29:56.589 --> 00:30:00.009 minds to really be stirred about what Jesus... 00:30:00.349 --> 00:30:05.009 did as he entered in Jerusalem. He was fulfilling 00:30:05.009 --> 00:30:08.849 the script, but more so he was fulfilling the 00:30:08.849 --> 00:30:12.130 plan and making sure that everyone know that 00:30:12.130 --> 00:30:16.309 it was a purpose for his being there. The purpose 00:30:16.309 --> 00:30:20.309 was for him to get to Calvary. But what I love 00:30:20.309 --> 00:30:23.329 is what happens in between as the plan unfolds. 00:30:23.369 --> 00:30:27.130 He looks at a city and he weeps and he says, 00:30:27.130 --> 00:30:34.940 my, my, my, what peace you have for me. That 00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:36.960 song just come into my mind. Take it to the Lord 00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:43.759 in prayer. Oh, what peace we often forfeit. Oh, 00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:48.720 what needless pain we bear. All because we do 00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:58.660 not carry everything to God in prayer. That's 00:30:58.660 --> 00:31:03.400 the peace. And he makes his way into Jerusalem, 00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:05.519 and he looks, and he weeps, and then he gets 00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:10.720 mad. He goes in, turns tables over. Why? Because 00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:14.119 he's broken, and this is what you've got? This 00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:16.980 is what you're doing? And you don't, he said, 00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:21.480 if you would have recognized me, I am the plan. 00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:25.700 Had you recognized me, your peace would have 00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:30.170 been fulfilled. But the peace that they were 00:31:30.170 --> 00:31:34.789 looking for is not what he come to offer. They 00:31:34.789 --> 00:31:39.529 wanted peace from Roman dominance. Not peace 00:31:39.529 --> 00:31:43.829 in the divine drama. Peace with their creator. 00:31:44.369 --> 00:31:46.769 That's what he came to offer. That's what he 00:31:46.769 --> 00:31:48.910 still offers. That's why we're living in the 00:31:48.910 --> 00:31:52.009 fall in action. And that fall in action is after 00:31:52.009 --> 00:31:56.589 the climax. After Sunday is where you and I are 00:31:56.589 --> 00:32:06.759 living. Something had to be done. The purpose 00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:12.700 of God had to be unfolded on humanity. Redemption. 00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:23.500 And this act is drawing near a close. And it 00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:33.920 closes with the crucifixion. purpose of Christ 00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:41.319 being here. To be the mediator between God and 00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:46.299 man. That when we sin we know we have an advocate 00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:49.980 with the Father Christ Jesus the righteous. When 00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:54.200 we are in conflict with him he has provided the 00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:58.740 plan and the purpose and the promise. And the 00:32:58.740 --> 00:33:02.430 promise being that John recorded it well. If 00:33:02.430 --> 00:33:04.970 we are faithful and just to confess our sins, 00:33:05.150 --> 00:33:08.569 he's faithful and just to cleanse us of our sin 00:33:08.569 --> 00:33:13.089 and all unrighteousness. That's in the script. 00:33:16.289 --> 00:33:19.670 The screenplay can't be erased. It can't be added 00:33:19.670 --> 00:33:27.650 to. It is as the author intended. And then there's 00:33:27.650 --> 00:33:34.240 the promise. The promise is found early in the 00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:40.839 script, as early as Genesis 3 .15. When there's 00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:43.220 this heel and the seed that's going to bruise, 00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:48.539 the promise is introduced early. I've learned 00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:52.480 a little bit more about watching television programs, 00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:56.900 especially when you repeat watch them. It's easier 00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:59.839 to see the plot. Now you're going to be looking 00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:04.059 for stage four. You're going to be looking for, 00:34:04.099 --> 00:34:07.660 is this stage three or two? You're going to watch 00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:09.300 Andy Griffiths and say, what stage is that in? 00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:15.139 But you begin to see how the plan, the plot, 00:34:15.300 --> 00:34:18.599 begins to unfold. And you can see when there's 00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:22.059 a turning point, especially in a suspenseful 00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:27.849 drama. This is suspense. We are living in the 00:34:27.849 --> 00:34:30.369 tension of the fulfillment of the ultimate promise. 00:34:32.130 --> 00:34:34.489 The promise was that he would come and he came. 00:34:35.289 --> 00:34:38.730 The promise was that the plan said he's coming 00:34:38.730 --> 00:34:44.469 in on a donkey for a purpose. That he would give 00:34:44.469 --> 00:34:49.010 himself. What does the script say? Scarcely will 00:34:49.010 --> 00:34:53.090 a good man give his life for a good man. Very 00:34:53.090 --> 00:34:56.210 rarely would that happen. But for an enemy, never. 00:34:58.090 --> 00:35:05.789 But while we were yet sinners, Christ died for 00:35:05.789 --> 00:35:11.150 us. So what we do is we join the multitude. I 00:35:11.150 --> 00:35:15.789 celebrate today. I celebrate this Palm Sunday. 00:35:16.929 --> 00:35:22.230 I wave the branches of my own limb. Here's my 00:35:22.230 --> 00:35:26.829 palm. Let her wave, baby. Folks like Brother 00:35:26.829 --> 00:35:28.809 Ron, they got a few leaves missing on theirs. 00:35:30.329 --> 00:35:34.889 Whack them off. Wave the limb, Brother. Wave 00:35:34.889 --> 00:35:40.809 the limb. We rejoice in this drama. We join with 00:35:40.809 --> 00:35:47.190 the multitude. And knowing that the plan is being 00:35:47.190 --> 00:35:50.690 unfolded. That the purpose is being fulfilled. 00:35:52.389 --> 00:35:58.079 Because God loves you. God loves me. This thing 00:35:58.079 --> 00:36:00.679 is preached nine ways from Sunday different than 00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:03.519 I thought it would. But man, do I feel the Lord 00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:06.119 today. Stand with me. All over this house. You 00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:07.639 say, are you not going to get to the resolution? 00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:13.780 That's next week. We'll look at the resolution 00:36:13.780 --> 00:36:23.559 next week. I was sitting writing this out last 00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:29.239 night. I begin to think my mind begin to spin 00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:37.820 around the drama that we're living out. The fulfillment 00:36:37.820 --> 00:36:43.420 of the plan. And as we know, the script is being 00:36:43.420 --> 00:36:47.739 fulfilled every day. As we look toward the day 00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:50.480 in which we're living in this fallen action for 00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:55.400 the resolution. The promise of the resolution. 00:36:55.659 --> 00:37:00.960 The ending. This is the beginning, not the end. 00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:06.800 The beginning of the ending. Look at what's going 00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:08.800 on in the Middle East today. You know what the 00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:10.900 script says in the last days? Say, God, I'm going 00:37:10.900 --> 00:37:14.219 to pour out my spirit. Revival's taking place 00:37:14.219 --> 00:37:16.719 around this world. We just simply don't see it. 00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:27.519 Thousands are being saved. As a curtain falls 00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:41.019 in Iran, evangelists are on site preaching. Wars 00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:46.179 and rumors of wars. We see the script before 00:37:46.179 --> 00:37:52.099 our very eyes. Are we going to be like the people 00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:59.469 he addressed? Had you known it was me, you wouldn't 00:37:59.469 --> 00:38:03.010 have missed the peace that I have. But yet you 00:38:03.010 --> 00:38:08.690 have missed your time of visitation. I don't 00:38:08.690 --> 00:38:14.650 want to miss my visit. No. As I'm living in this 00:38:14.650 --> 00:38:21.670 act before the last act, the closing act, in 00:38:21.670 --> 00:38:26.300 this fallen action. The aftermath of what we 00:38:26.300 --> 00:38:32.500 know is the climax of time, my opinion. The climax 00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:37.500 of time was when God intervened and paid the 00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:48.340 price. Time split. No other religious leader 00:38:48.340 --> 00:38:50.699 in the world has had that effect because no other 00:38:50.699 --> 00:38:56.880 religious leader that has arisen. God. The only 00:38:56.880 --> 00:39:01.659 one who can affect change in the script is the 00:39:01.659 --> 00:39:09.920 author. You may ad lib a little, but it doesn't 00:39:09.920 --> 00:39:15.300 change the script. He is the only one that has 00:39:15.300 --> 00:39:20.750 the authority to change the script. But it's 00:39:20.750 --> 00:39:22.710 all been scripted. He had it all out. It's all 00:39:22.710 --> 00:39:26.630 been planned. 1 ,500 years span, 40 different 00:39:26.630 --> 00:39:32.409 authors, one inspiration, the central focus, 00:39:32.710 --> 00:39:40.329 the Christ. So I celebrate the mission. The mission 00:39:40.329 --> 00:39:48.530 was redemption all along. From the moment the 00:39:48.530 --> 00:39:56.219 conflict began, Actually, eons before the plan 00:39:56.219 --> 00:40:01.579 was laid, the script was written. Now you and 00:40:01.579 --> 00:40:05.099 I have entered into this drama. We are born. 00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:11.219 You're here. You're on this earth. We're living 00:40:11.219 --> 00:40:22.280 in the effects of the climax. The fallen action, 00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:25.719 that which takes place. It's been some 2 ,000 00:40:25.719 --> 00:40:30.920 years now since the first Passion Week. It's 00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:36.039 been some 2 ,000 years have come and gone. But 00:40:36.039 --> 00:40:42.340 the script is verified almost daily. Accurate. 00:40:43.179 --> 00:40:46.179 What does that have to do to me? With me? What 00:40:46.179 --> 00:40:48.139 part do I have in it? Well, the plan was always 00:40:48.139 --> 00:40:56.050 you. You have to look at it that way. Because 00:40:56.050 --> 00:40:57.989 when the end finally comes, when the resolution 00:40:57.989 --> 00:41:02.269 comes and the finality of the script is fulfilled 00:41:02.269 --> 00:41:07.969 and the curtain closes, if you will, how's it 00:41:07.969 --> 00:41:09.869 going to close? Well, it will close with this 00:41:09.869 --> 00:41:15.909 great big four square city. Woo! Coming down. 00:41:19.230 --> 00:41:22.010 You mean it doesn't? close with the rapture? 00:41:22.050 --> 00:41:25.349 No. That's not the end. The curtain doesn't close 00:41:25.349 --> 00:41:28.650 there. It's a thousand years or more after that. 00:41:34.170 --> 00:41:40.289 This is wonderful. Father, I love you today. 00:41:43.789 --> 00:41:48.380 Lord, I feel your drawing power today. Holy Ghost, 00:41:48.500 --> 00:41:57.559 I feel you speaking to hearts this morning. If 00:41:57.559 --> 00:42:12.280 you don't know Christ as your Lord and Savior, 00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:15.519 he came, died for you. This week is all about 00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:21.119 you. This passion is all about you. The cross, 00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:25.900 his death, his resurrection, it's about you. 00:42:27.380 --> 00:42:34.519 It's about his love for you. And his desire to 00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:39.699 spend eternity with you. But the only way to 00:42:39.699 --> 00:42:42.440 do that is that the resolution for your eternal 00:42:42.440 --> 00:42:46.679 estate is taking place. By your acceptance and 00:42:46.679 --> 00:42:53.800 your repentance. Heads bowed all over the house. 00:42:55.179 --> 00:42:57.219 You don't know Jesus this morning as your Lord 00:42:57.219 --> 00:42:59.519 and Savior. Just slip your hand up real quick. 00:42:59.619 --> 00:43:02.039 Nobody's looking but Pastor. Just slip it up. 00:43:02.139 --> 00:43:06.820 I don't know Jesus. I'm lost. I don't know a 00:43:06.820 --> 00:43:09.219 whole lot about what you said this morning. Matter 00:43:09.219 --> 00:43:11.340 of fact, I may even be somewhat confused, but 00:43:11.340 --> 00:43:14.260 there's something in my heart. Teacher, there's 00:43:14.260 --> 00:43:16.800 something stirring in my soul this morning, and 00:43:16.800 --> 00:43:20.420 I can't explain it. I don't have AFib, but my 00:43:20.420 --> 00:43:28.219 heart is racing. The tension I feel within. Father, 00:43:28.320 --> 00:43:32.980 I pray over the house this morning that before 00:43:32.980 --> 00:43:35.039 this day is over, that they'll bend a knee and 00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:40.599 repent and accept you as their redeeming factor. 00:43:41.579 --> 00:43:45.400 They'll confess their sins with their mouth and 00:43:45.400 --> 00:43:51.000 believe with their heart unto salvation. Continue 00:43:51.000 --> 00:43:53.599 to deal today, Holy Ghost. Continue to speak 00:43:53.599 --> 00:43:57.000 to hearts and draw and pull the lost to you. 00:43:57.619 --> 00:44:02.760 For as we are living in this fallen action and 00:44:02.760 --> 00:44:09.579 result of your divine intervention, save today. 00:44:11.719 --> 00:44:18.639 Save today. Amen and amen and amen. God bless 00:44:18.639 --> 00:44:20.219 you. I love you this morning. Give the Lord praise, 00:44:20.340 --> 00:44:20.599 would you?