1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 You won't believe who I am talking about tonight. 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:06,000 Yeah, the Bible, yes. 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,000 Jesus, very good. 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:12,000 Some of you guys went to Sunday school, amen. 5 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:14,000 This is a scary group right here. 6 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,000 I am just going to be honest. 7 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:18,000 Do you hear that evil laugh? 8 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,000 Yeah, there it is. 9 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,000 I am glad you guys are... 10 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,000 Oh, wait. 11 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:28,000 When they laugh and I don't know what they said, that is even worse. 12 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,000 Okay, here's what I want you to do tonight. 13 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:34,000 And this is not going to be good for you introverts, but I don't care. 14 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,000 I want you to talk to somebody. 15 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:38,000 Here's the thing. 16 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:42,000 Tell somebody around you or get up and talk to somebody you don't know. 17 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:48,000 But tell them about a simple fix that got left on... 18 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:52,000 Let go and then turned into a major project. 19 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,000 Okay? 20 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,000 Meaning if you didn't know... 21 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,000 Here's an example. 22 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:04,000 If you didn't get your oil changed, all of a sudden you blow a motor, right? 23 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:10,000 So when did a simple fix in your house get to a point or wherever? 24 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,000 I don't know. 25 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,000 Whatever it is. 26 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:16,000 Use your imagination. 27 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,000 Think about your history. 28 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,000 Did you ever have a simple fix? 29 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:24,000 It could have been a simple fix, but it became a major project. 30 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,000 Okay? 31 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,000 Okay? 32 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,000 Okay? 33 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,000 Okay? 34 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,000 All right, everybody. 35 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,000 I heard a couple examples. 36 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,000 Dave, you got one? 37 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,000 You have no idea what we're talking about? 38 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,000 Well, just tell us. 39 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,000 No, I'm joking. 40 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,000 I'm not going to... 41 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,000 Yeah. 42 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Oh, that is a good song. 43 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,000 I had several entries given to me. 44 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:50,000 One was somebody had a dog that got scratched by a cat and then it got worse and he ended up passing away. 45 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,000 That's a good thing. 46 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,000 Yeah, cat scratch. 47 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,000 Oh, that's a thing. 48 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,000 I thought it was just a song. 49 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,000 That's an actual... 50 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,000 Oh. 51 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,000 Okay. 52 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,000 All right. 53 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,000 Wow. 54 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,000 He just said somebody he knew. 55 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,000 He said, 56 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,000 I'm going to ask you a question. 57 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,000 I'm going to ask you a question. 58 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:20,000 How did he get scratched? 59 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,000 Wow. 60 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:28,000 He just said somebody he knew got scratched and they had to amputate the arm. 61 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 That's another reason to not like cats. 62 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,000 They're the worst. 63 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Amen. 64 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,000 Yeah, that's... 65 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,000 Yeah. 66 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,000 Okay. 67 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:44,000 Brother Jim said something about you got to watch Leeks. 68 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,000 That could be really bad. 69 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,000 Somebody said something about... 70 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:52,000 It's kind of a different question. 71 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,000 The question is, 72 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:58,000 when have you seen a simple fix turn into a major project? 73 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,000 Right? 74 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,000 Kind of like the cat thing. 75 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,000 You got the water leak that could get really big. 76 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,000 You've got... 77 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,000 I said to give everybody an example. 78 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,000 An oil... 79 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,000 Your oil changed. 80 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,000 You don't. 81 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:18,000 It's a bad, bad, bad thing. 82 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,000 You ever have... 83 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:26,000 Does anybody ever have a light, like an engine light thing that goes on your dash? 84 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,000 Have you ever been tempted to be like, 85 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,000 ah, it's no big deal? 86 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,000 Is that a good plan? 87 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,000 That's not a good plan. 88 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,000 No, not a good plan. 89 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,000 Um... 90 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,000 There's a lot of those different ones. 91 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,000 You can think of... 92 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,000 I'm sure think of a lot more. 93 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,000 Unless you live in a home that's been newly built, 94 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:50,000 there are likely imperfections everywhere. 95 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,000 Often you can find imperfections everywhere. 96 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,000 You look, my daughter... 97 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,000 I'll leave unnamed which daughter it was. 98 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,000 But I was outside... 99 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,000 I was outside for five minutes. 100 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,000 For five minutes. 101 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,000 They... 102 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,000 I can't have nice things. 103 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,000 I can't have nice things. 104 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,000 We can't have it. 105 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,000 No nice things. 106 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,000 I was in the garage. 107 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,000 I come inside and Audrey is going, 108 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,000 I'm so sorry. 109 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,000 She had tried... 110 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,000 We have built in... 111 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,000 Huh? 112 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,000 Oh, I just said her name. 113 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,000 It could have been Milana. 114 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,000 Um... 115 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,000 So... 116 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,000 I was in there and I didn't interrupt. 117 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,000 I did it good. 118 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,000 I wasn't really bad. 119 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,000 But we have two built-in... 120 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,000 bookshelves. 121 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,000 And then... 122 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,000 Cabinet. 123 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,000 Thank you. 124 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,000 It's a big word, cabinets. 125 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,000 Three whole syllables. 126 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,000 Anyway, built-in cabinets. 127 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,000 And all of our board games are under one of those cabinets. 128 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,000 And she was down on the floor, 129 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,000 looking through them because it's kind of behind a... 130 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,000 seat or whatever. 131 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:06,000 So she wants to get back up from the seat and she used the cabinet door... 132 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,000 to get up and it literally... 133 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,000 She must be strong... 134 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,000 because it ripped the door in half. 135 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,000 It's just completely ripped in half. 136 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,000 So we got to find a cabinet maker. 137 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,000 Anyway, can't have nice things. 138 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,000 But... 139 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,000 wherever you look... 140 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,000 You know when I start to really notice the weird things in my house? 141 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:28,000 You ever live in a house where the hot is cold and the cold is hot? 142 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,000 Right? 143 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,000 Or there's a light switch that stopped... 144 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,000 Now some of you guys are judging me right now. 145 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,000 I'm not saying this is at my house right now. 146 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,000 But we've all been there. 147 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,000 And you know when you notice... 148 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,000 When do you notice the weird things like that? 149 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,000 You notice it when you have... 150 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,000 company. 151 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,000 When company comes over, you have to go... 152 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,000 Oh wait, in that bathroom... 153 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,000 the cold is hot and the hot is cold. 154 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,000 Or you forget to tell them and you're like in the living room and you're... 155 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,000 Ah! 156 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,000 You know, like oh I forgot to tell them. 157 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,000 Cold is hot and hot is cold. 158 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,000 But you might... 159 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,000 So anyway, as the home ages it settles and with settling sometimes can come... 160 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,000 cracking. 161 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,000 Have you ever seen that happen? 162 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,000 And you might turn around one day and think that the doors don't close as smoothly as they once did. 163 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,000 Or some hairline cracks that are in the corner room. 164 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,000 It's interesting like that. 165 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,000 I was at the Bible college I went to. 166 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,000 There was a crack in the wall and I could see like... 167 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,000 there was a crack in the wall and I could see like... 168 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,000 there was a crack in the wall and I could see like... 169 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,000 there was a crack in the wall and I could see like... 170 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,000 daylight on the other side. 171 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,000 I'm like I think I want to go... 172 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,000 take this class distance ed. 173 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,000 That's what I was thinking about. 174 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,000 But while there's generally nothing to worry about... 175 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,000 occasionally these types of things are... 176 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,000 symptoms of something much more serious happening... 177 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,000 in the foundation of the home. 178 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,000 In that case you might try and patch the cracks... 179 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,000 or paint over the blemishes... 180 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,000 but they will always return and when they do... 181 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,000 what happens? 182 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,000 Usually they are... 183 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,000 are they better or worse when they return? 184 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,000 When you notice them the next time it's worse. 185 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,000 In a similar way it's not hard to find... 186 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,000 cracks in the world today. 187 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,000 We're bombarded with reports of... 188 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,000 who agrees? 189 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,000 It's pretty bad out there. 190 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,000 Violence, anger, disease... 191 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,000 all kinds of issues. 192 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,000 It's important to note that as terrible as these issues are... 193 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,000 they are really symptoms of a greater issue... 194 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,000 one at the very foundation of who we are... 195 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,000 as human beings. 196 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,000 What is that? 197 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,000 It's similar to the... 198 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,000 what is that? 199 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,000 It's sin. 200 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,000 The ministry of Jesus... 201 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,000 and this is what we're talking about tonight all about Jesus... 202 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,000 the ministry of Jesus... 203 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,000 helps us to understand... 204 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,000 not only these surface level issues... 205 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,000 but it points to the deeper... 206 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,000 issues at hand. 207 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,000 Tonight I want to look at... 208 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,000 a particular passage in... 209 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,000 um... 210 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,000 the Bible and the Gospel of Luke... 211 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,000 where we can see... 212 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,000 how Jesus... 213 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,000 ministered. 214 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,000 And we can follow in the ministry of Jesus... 215 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,000 by noticing how He ministered... 216 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,000 to people. 217 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,000 Now... 218 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,000 we see Jesus... 219 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,000 um... 220 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,000 do a bunch of different things. 221 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,000 Let me ask you a question. 222 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,000 Why did Jesus come? 223 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,000 He came to seek and to save that which was lost. 224 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,000 Do you guys agree with that? 225 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,000 You're Wednesday night, you can agree with that with me. 226 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,000 And He definitely came... 227 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,000 which means He came to... 228 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,000 die... 229 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,000 to be buried in Christ again. 230 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,000 And so there's certainly... 231 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,000 um... 232 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,000 and I've said this before and I think it's just... 233 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,000 if I'm here another 30 years... 234 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,000 you'll probably hear me say it... 235 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,000 about once a week for the next 30 years. 236 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,000 Because... 237 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,000 not only were Jesus' words inspired... 238 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,000 and not only was His... 239 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,000 ministry to die on the cross and rise from the dead... 240 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,000 but even His ministry itself... 241 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,000 was inspired in the sense that... 242 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,000 uh... 243 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,000 He showed us what... 244 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,000 the way to do ministry. He showed us how to live. 245 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,000 Right? That's not the only reason He came. 246 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,000 But man, who's a better example than Jesus? 247 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,000 And Jesus did not... 248 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,000 not everything that Jesus did can we repeat. 249 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,000 Right? 250 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,000 Jesus... 251 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,000 raised people from the dead. 252 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,000 It is not necessarily God's will that we do the same thing. 253 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,000 Right? Obviously. 254 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,000 One day we will raise from the dead, 255 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,000 but He's going to do that for us. 256 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,000 But we see... 257 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,000 Jesus and His ministry and there are things that are 258 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,000 worth following and worth repeating. 259 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,000 The first thing we see... 260 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,000 is that Jesus ministered the people through healing. 261 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,000 If you have your Bible... 262 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,000 Luke chapter... 263 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,000 number... 264 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,000 6 is where we are. 265 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,000 I think I said 16, but I meant 6. 266 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,000 Luke chapter number 6. 267 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,000 And we're going to look at verse 17. 268 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,000 And it came to pass... 269 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,000 I'm slow. Sorry. 270 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,000 And it hit... 271 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,000 He came down with them. Ha, ha. 272 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,000 That was cool. 273 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,000 I read good. 274 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,000 Okay. 275 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,000 And He came down with them and stood in the plane 276 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,000 and the company of His disciples and a great multitude 277 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,000 of people out of all Judea, 278 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,000 Jerusalem, and from the sea, 279 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,000 coast of Tyre and Sidon, 280 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,000 which came to hear Him 281 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,000 and to be healed of their diseases. 282 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,000 And they were vexed 283 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:30,000 with unclean spirits and they were... 284 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,000 what does it say? 285 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,000 Healed. 286 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,000 And the whole multitude sought 287 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,000 to touch Him 288 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,000 for there went virtue out of Him 289 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,000 and He healed them 290 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,000 all. 291 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,000 What a cool thing. 292 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,000 You see Jesus here ministering 293 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,000 to people through healing. 294 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:56,000 And just a few things about it. 295 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,000 I'll ask questions. 296 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,000 There's enough of us here. 297 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,000 You guys are willing to talk. 298 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:06,000 You guys can talk back to me a little bit. 299 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,000 What... 300 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:10,000 How many people are we talking about? 301 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,000 Is it just a few 302 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,000 or is it a lot? 303 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,000 A lot. 304 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,000 What in the verses... 305 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,000 I'm going to make you guys teach me a little bit. 306 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,000 What in the verses 307 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,000 tells you that it was a lot of people? 308 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,000 The word multitude. 309 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,000 Very good. 310 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:30,000 Yeah. 311 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,000 There's a great multitude of people 312 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,000 out of 313 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,000 all Judea. 314 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,000 You guys know what Judea is, right? 315 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,000 Judea... 316 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,000 So Jerusalem is the city. 317 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,000 The region around it in the south 318 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,000 is Judea. 319 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,000 So this is... 320 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,000 This would be like saying 321 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,000 people from Finley 322 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,000 and Toledo and all of 323 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,000 Northwest Ohio were coming 324 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,000 to see Him. 325 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,000 Different densities of population, 326 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,000 different time frame, 327 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,000 but geographically that's a similar way 328 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,000 of saying it, right? 329 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,000 And from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, 330 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,000 now 331 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,000 I didn't put this in the 332 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,000 slides, but if you... 333 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,000 In... 334 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,000 Anybody have maps in your Bible? 335 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,000 Okay, look at the map. 336 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,000 I want you to look at the map in your Bible 337 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,000 that shows 338 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,000 Israel. 339 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,000 Okay. 340 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,000 I've got one and it shows... 341 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,000 It's the one that shows 342 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,000 Israel and you see the Mediterranean sea 343 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,000 on the left and then you see 344 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,000 literally... This is one that's the kingdom 345 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,000 of David. You see that? 346 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,000 This is really good for podcasts. 347 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,000 People can... 348 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,000 Okay. 349 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,000 Judea and Jerusalem are 350 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,000 down... If you're looking, you have 351 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,000 a little sea of Galilee 352 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,000 and then you have the Jordan River. 353 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,000 It's on the right side, 354 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,000 on the east side, you have the sea of 355 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,000 Galilee, you have the Jordan River, and 356 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,000 then you have the Dead Sea. Do you see 357 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,000 that on your map? Okay. 358 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,000 You see Jerusalem is down... 359 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,000 It's not necessarily close to the Dead Sea, 360 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,000 but it's down by the Dead Sea. 361 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,000 Do you see that? 362 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,000 And Judea would be the region around that. 363 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,000 Now, Tyre and Sidon, if you have it, 364 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,000 that is 365 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,000 north further... 366 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,000 Probably... 367 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,000 I don't know how long... 368 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,000 That much on my map? 369 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,000 On the 370 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,000 coast, you have Tyre and Sidon, right? 371 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,000 This is... 372 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,000 Tyre and Sidon are not in Israel 373 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,000 proper in terms of... 374 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,000 These would be Gentiles, 375 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,000 foreigners. 376 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,000 It may be Jews out of there, 377 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,000 but the point is, it's not even in the nation. 378 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,000 So these people are coming... Now, here's 379 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,000 what you got to remember. 380 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,000 How do they get there? 381 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,000 You're walking 382 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,000 or you're on some kind of beast. 383 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,000 If you're... 384 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,000 If you're on a beast, you're probably 385 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:00,000 doing better financially 386 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,000 than the vast majority of people. 387 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,000 Most people are too poor to have 388 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,000 that they're walking, right? 389 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,000 Are you with me? 390 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,000 Even if you're... 391 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,000 If you are on a... Like Mary wrote a donkey, right? 392 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,000 But 393 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,000 some people say that. Anyway, 394 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,000 it says it in a Christmas Carol. 395 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,000 Thank you, Kathy. 396 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,000 I messed up. 397 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,000 But the point is, I know. 398 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,000 Thank you. She's going to hurt me. 399 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,000 Okay. 400 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,000 So anyway, the point is, 401 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,000 it's a long way. Who agrees it's a long way? 402 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,000 Okay. So people finding out about Jesus 403 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:36,000 from a long way off, they are. 404 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,000 Why? 405 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:40,000 Because he's healing people, right? 406 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,000 If you have a 407 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,000 medical... Kathy, stop laughing. 408 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:46,000 If you have a medical 409 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,000 situation where 410 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,000 so many diseases, 411 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,000 so many maladies, there's just 412 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,000 no hope for people. 413 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,000 We live in an amazing 414 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,000 world where so much of what we get sick with, 415 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,000 we don't have to worry about, right? 416 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,000 Certainly there are some things we get sick with 417 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,000 that we do 418 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,000 worry about. But there's things... 419 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,000 People 420 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,000 die of all kinds of things that 421 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,000 back then that were very 422 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,000 treatable today. And so 423 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,000 here's the point. 424 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,000 There were needs that people 425 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,000 had and Jesus was meeting those 426 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,000 needs. Now we 427 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,000 know he didn't meet every need. 428 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,000 We know that there are sometimes where he was 429 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,000 where he literally would walk 430 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,000 past people that had needs to heal somebody 431 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,000 and then walk past them and he didn't heal everybody. 432 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,000 But in this particular 433 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,000 situation 434 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,000 he's healing and it says 435 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,000 all kinds of diseases. 436 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,000 There is also 437 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,000 unclean spirits. 438 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,000 So these are people that are possessed 439 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,000 by demons. They are healed 440 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,000 and the whole multitude 441 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,000 sought to touch him for they went 442 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,000 virtue out of them and healed them all. 443 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,000 Now we...this language 444 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,000 is very much like 445 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:00,000 giving you an overview or a generalized view 446 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,000 of the nature of that kind of ministry. 447 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,000 But you guys, if you've done 448 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,000 any Bible study at all, you could give 449 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,000 specific stories about all three of those, 450 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,000 right? 451 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,000 Do you remember 452 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,000 when 453 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,000 Jesus gets to the north part 454 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,000 of the Sea of Galilee 455 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,000 to a place called the Caplus 456 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,000 and there was a guy that was in chains 457 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,000 that had been running around 458 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,000 in the cemetery, 459 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,000 the graveyard 460 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,000 and he comes to Jesus and says, Jesus 461 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,000 I know who you are and they have this whole 462 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,000 conversation and Jesus sends 463 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,000 the demons, Legion for we are many. 464 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,000 He sends them into the what? 465 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,000 The swine, remember that? 466 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,000 And then the swine run off the side 467 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,000 into the ocean and they die. 468 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,000 Or into the Sea of Galilee and they die. 469 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,000 And so we know 470 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,000 he healed people with unclean spirits. 471 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,000 There's a boy that had an unclean spirit 472 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,000 that keeps throwing himself in the fire 473 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,000 and the disciples try to heal him 474 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,000 and they can't do it and Jesus goes over 475 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,000 and he's almost like... 476 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,000 You know, and he heals them 477 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,000 and they're like, why couldn't we do it? 478 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,000 This kind of does not come up by prayer and fasting. 479 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:08,000 We know he cleaned unclean spirits. 480 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,000 We know he healed people of diseases. 481 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,000 We could talk about that. 482 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,000 There's this one, this reference 483 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,000 is of someone who touched him. 484 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,000 And it even says that 485 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,000 virtue went out of him. 486 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,000 There's a lady with the issue of blood. 487 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,000 And the Bible says this is kind of interesting 488 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,000 to an Old Testament things. 489 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,000 It says when the Messiah comes, 490 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,000 the Messiah is going to come 491 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,000 and healing in his wings. 492 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,000 And what we find out is that the wings 493 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,000 is a reference not to wings, 494 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,000 but to the hem of his garment. 495 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,000 That was what they called the wing of his garment. 496 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,000 And so this is a... 497 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,000 potentially, at least at some point, 498 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,000 a reference to people who are literally 499 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,000 reaching out to touch him. 500 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,000 And in faith, and he's... 501 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,000 Virtue had gone out of him and he goes, 502 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,000 what happened? Who touched me? 503 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,000 And the disciples are like, who touched you? 504 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,000 We're in a crowd. 505 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,000 And he's like, what happened? 506 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,000 And the disciples are like, 507 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,000 we're in a crowd, right? 508 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,000 And he turns around and there she is. 509 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,000 So, interesting, this is giving an overview. 510 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,000 But we know that he did all of these. 511 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,000 Now, why does Jesus heal? 512 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,000 Dave? 513 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,000 So, I'll go with that one first. 514 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,000 He heals to show. 515 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,000 And I think that's the fundamental thing. 516 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,000 By his healing, he shows he has authority, right? 517 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,000 And in that authority, 518 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,000 he's giving a message, right? 519 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,000 The authority 520 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,000 gives him credibility 521 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,000 for his message. 522 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,000 So, he heals 523 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,000 at some level 524 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,000 to reveal. 525 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,000 First of all, to reveal his identity. 526 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,000 That he is God, 527 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,000 that he is who he says he is. 528 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,000 And he's giving a message. 529 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,000 That he is God, that he is who he says he is. 530 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,000 Sometimes, to teach a lesson, 531 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,000 right? 532 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,000 This man 533 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,000 that's born blind, 534 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,000 was it him or was it his parents 535 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,000 that said, right? 536 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,000 Neither. This is so that God could get the glory. 537 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,000 And so, he's revealing things 538 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,000 as he heals. There's no doubt about that. 539 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,000 Things about God, 540 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,000 things about the will of God, 541 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,000 and also things about 542 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,000 himself. 543 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,000 But don't miss this, too. 544 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,000 Sometimes, Jesus heals 545 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,000 to heal. 546 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,000 He just cares about people. 547 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,000 He cares about people. 548 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,000 And, 549 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,000 I believe 550 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,000 with all my heart that Jesus still heals. 551 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,000 That God still heals. 552 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:46,000 Now, there are some that would argue with me, 553 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,000 maybe even in this room, 554 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,000 I don't believe that God 555 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,000 uses the power of God 556 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,000 to heal. 557 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,000 And God 558 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,000 uses human instrumentality 559 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,000 now 560 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,000 to heal in the way that he did with Jesus. 561 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,000 Where people would walk over and touch 562 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,000 and do those other things. 563 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,000 I believe that was something that was connected 564 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,000 to the apostles and the time of the apostles 565 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,000 and substantiated 566 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,000 their message. 567 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,000 That's what I believe. 568 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,000 And there's a lot of reasons that I'm not going to go into all that. 569 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,000 But what I will say 570 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,000 is repeatable, and I think this is important. 571 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,000 I think 572 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,000 I'll use this as an illustration. 573 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,000 There are 574 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,000 there is a 575 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,000 well-worn path 576 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,000 with missions 577 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,000 and missions organizations. 578 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,000 Okay? 579 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,000 That I don't want to be on. 580 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,000 Okay? 581 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,000 And this well-worn path is a path 582 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,000 where 583 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,000 somebody starts an organization 584 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,000 to do missions 585 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,000 especially around a 586 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,000 felt need. 587 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,000 Okay? So they go to Africa 588 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,000 or they go to some nation that's poorer 589 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,000 and they see people who are in 590 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,000 a whole lot of need and pain. 591 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,000 Are you with me? 592 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,000 And this well-worn path 593 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,000 is we will give them food 594 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,000 and in giving them food and being 595 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,000 compassionate, we'll have an opportunity 596 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,000 to also give them 597 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,000 the gospel. 598 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,000 Now as far as I've said now, I'm really into that. 599 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,000 If the person 600 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,000 is so hungry, they can't even 601 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,000 listen to you because they're so hungry. 602 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,000 Get the people some food. 603 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,000 Right? 604 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,000 If they don't have clean drinking water, 605 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,000 get them drinking water. 606 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,000 Are you with me? Who's with me? 607 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,000 Who thinks that's a good thing? 608 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,000 Okay? And we have missionaries. 609 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,000 I have friends from Tanzania 610 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,000 that they started churches 611 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,000 but they also started 612 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,000 a truce center orphanages. 613 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,000 They put in wells. 614 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,000 They did all kinds of stuff. 615 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,000 But what happens sometimes 616 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,000 is the mission shifts. 617 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,000 It shifts from 618 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,000 getting, using the compassion 619 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,000 and caring about people 620 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,000 as an opportunity 621 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,000 to deliver the gospel 622 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,000 to, it shifts 623 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,000 to just getting them food. 624 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,000 It shifts to just meeting 625 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,000 that need. 626 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,000 Which again is noble. 627 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,000 I'm glad that that's happening. 628 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,000 But sometimes, sometimes 629 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,000 what happens is, hey, 630 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,000 if you'll, if you, 631 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,000 and I'm being really honest with you, 632 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,000 if you will say this prayer will give you rice. 633 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,000 If you say 634 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,000 that you get saved, right? 635 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,000 If you get saved, 636 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,000 right? If you just believe in Jesus, 637 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,000 now we'll do this for you. 638 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,000 They call them rice Christians, right? 639 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,000 And there are organizations 640 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,000 and I'm very careful 641 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,000 and very wary of who we end up supporting 642 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,000 and that this is not what's going on. 643 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,000 That they just want to have 644 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,000 a good video 645 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,000 to be able to raise money 646 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,000 to tug on people's heartstrings 647 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,000 and that's what's going on. 648 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,000 Okay? Who agrees? That's not good. 649 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,000 We, 650 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,000 we want to fill their belly 651 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,000 but we also want to make sure 652 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,000 that they understand who Jesus is. 653 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,000 And we want to fill their belly 654 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,000 as just because they need help 655 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,000 but not, and not tie that to 656 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:24,000 at all, 657 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,000 hey, I want to help you out 658 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,000 and be a blessing to you 659 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,000 irregardless of whether you believe 660 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,000 in my Jesus or not. 661 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,000 Does that make sense? 662 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,000 And how we, and how we do missions. 663 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,000 So, we're going to be 664 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,000 doing what we do missions. 665 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,000 So, here's the thing, 666 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,000 this is why I bring all of that up. 667 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,000 You guys are like, that's really weird. 668 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,000 The reason I'm bringing all of it up is this. 669 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,000 I think 670 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,000 Christians ought to be 671 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,000 compassionate 672 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,000 and we got to do good in the world 673 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,000 and we also got to make sure that our 674 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,000 the most, the least compassionate thing 675 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,000 I can do is give somebody food 676 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,000 and not care about their soul at all. 677 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,000 That's not compassionate. 678 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,000 It's good to give them food 679 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,000 but you got to care about their soul, right? 680 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,000 But like, these are not 681 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,000 to put those in competition with each other 682 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,000 is the problem. Does that make sense? 683 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,000 Jesus 684 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,000 cared about people. 685 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,000 That doesn't mean he healed everybody, right? 686 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,000 And he has his reasons for doing what he does. 687 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,000 But he definitely 688 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,000 cared about people. 689 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,000 And if we, here's what I 690 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,000 want us to think through. 691 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,000 We ought to care about people. 692 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,000 We got to care about 693 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,000 helping people out. 694 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,000 We got to care about 695 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,000 making sure that 696 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,000 not only do they 697 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,000 do they 698 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,000 do they know the gospel 699 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,000 that they also have 700 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,000 needs that get met and vice-versa. 701 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,000 So that's a big thing. 702 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,000 Now, number two, 703 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,000 so Jesus ministered to people through healing 704 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,000 and we got to care about people. 705 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,000 Number two, Jesus ministered 706 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,000 to people through hope. 707 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,000 Through hope. 708 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,000 Hope, look at verse number 709 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,000 20, chapter 6 verse 20. 710 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,000 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples 711 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,000 and said, 712 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,000 blessed be ye poor 713 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,000 for yours is the kingdom of God. 714 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,000 Let me get here. 715 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,000 Let me get here. 716 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,000 Verse 21, 717 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,000 blessed are ye that hunger 718 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,000 now for you shall be 719 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,000 filled. 720 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,000 Blessed are ye that weep 721 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,000 now for you shall laugh. Blessed are ye 722 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,000 when men shall hate you 723 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,000 and when they shall separate you from their company 724 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,000 and shall reproach you 725 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,000 and cast you out 726 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,000 and cast out your name 727 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,000 as evil for the son of man's 728 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,000 sake. 729 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,000 Rejoice ye in that day 730 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,000 and leap for joy for behold 731 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,000 your reward is great in heaven 732 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,000 for in the like manner did their fathers 733 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,000 unto the 734 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,000 prophets. 735 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,000 Now, here's something interesting. 736 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:16,000 He says a couple things. 737 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,000 Blessed be ye poor 738 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,000 for yours is the kingdom of God. 739 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,000 What does he mean by that? 740 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,000 He later on, it does talk about 741 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,000 poverty of spirit, for sure. 742 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,000 Yeah. 743 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,000 I think that is definitely an 744 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,000 application, if not the meaning. 745 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,000 To 746 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,000 receive salvation 747 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,000 to be right with God 748 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,000 you have to understand who you are. 749 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,000 Right? 750 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,000 And one of the deceptions of being rich 751 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,000 is to think that you are rich because you are good. 752 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,000 Right? 753 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,000 Even today, rich people just 754 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,000 don't have as many needs. 755 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,000 I have noticed in my ministry 756 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,000 it's easier to get the gospel 757 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,000 to poorer people than it is to richer people. 758 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,000 It just is. 759 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,000 They are way more willing to hear you. 760 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,000 That tends to be the case. 761 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,000 And so, yeah, yours is the kingdom of God. 762 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,000 Blessed are you that hunger now for you shall be filled. 763 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,000 There is this satisfaction that comes 764 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,000 through having your hunger satiated. 765 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,000 Blessed are you that weep now for you shall laugh. 766 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,000 My point here is that Jesus is ministering 767 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:26,000 through hope. 768 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,000 He is giving them hope. 769 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,000 Here he says, blessed are you women and 770 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,000 shall hate you. 771 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,000 Blessed are you women and shall hate you. 772 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,000 And when they shall separate from their company. 773 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,000 I believe verses 22 and 23 774 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,000 are dealing with 775 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,000 getting cast out of 776 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,000 synagogues. 777 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,000 That's kind of the description here. 778 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,000 Right? 779 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,000 People that believe in Jesus. 780 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,000 He says verse 22 down at the bottom 781 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,000 for the son of man's 782 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,000 sake. 783 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,000 Right? 784 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,000 And he is describing when men hate you 785 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,000 and when they shall separate you from their company 786 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,000 and shall reproach you 787 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:06,000 and cast out your name as evil for the 788 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,000 son of man's 789 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,000 sake. Rejoice you in that day and lead for joy 790 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,000 for your reward is great in heaven. 791 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,000 For in the like manner did their fathers unto 792 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,000 the prophets. 793 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,000 So, here's the idea. 794 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,000 When 795 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,000 we live in a 796 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,000 post-Genesis 3 world. 797 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,000 You know what I mean when I say that. 798 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,000 In Genesis 3 that's when the curse 799 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,000 comes. 800 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:36,000 And when the curse comes, what's 801 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,000 true now that wasn't true then? 802 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,000 What do we have now 803 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,000 after the curse that they didn't have before 804 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,000 the curse? 805 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,000 Sin reigning, 806 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,000 death coming upon all men for all 807 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,000 have sinned. What else? 808 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,000 The curse. 809 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,000 How far has the curse found? What kind of 810 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,000 things happened because of the curse? 811 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,000 Thorns and 812 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,000 the bristles on the ground for sure. 813 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,000 Disease, 814 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,000 pain, 815 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,000 sweat of the brow. 816 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,000 Jesus' answer to all these 817 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,000 things isn't just his ministry 818 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,000 where he's walking around healing 819 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,000 people. 820 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,000 Right? 821 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,000 If he was the only one that could personally 822 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:20,000 individually in his humanity 823 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,000 and his divinity, his hypostatic 824 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,000 union where he's at. 825 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,000 If the only answer to that 826 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,000 was individual, him 827 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,000 doing ministry on this earth 828 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,000 who agrees, there's a lot 829 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,000 of misery and pain and suffering 830 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:36,000 and disease. 831 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,000 Did you ever read 832 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,000 in the Gospels where Jesus, he's been 833 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,000 doing this stuff all day and he has to 834 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,000 separate himself to go pray. 835 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,000 That's not because he lacked anything 836 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:48,000 but there was in his humanity this like 837 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,000 there's not enough. 838 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:52,000 And at some point he says you're going to do 839 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,000 greater things than I am and they're like 840 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,000 are we going to do greater things than you are? 841 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,000 Well because they are going out into all the 842 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,000 world that preach the gospel to every creature. 843 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,000 Okay. 844 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:04,000 Don't miss what I'm saying. 845 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,000 And here 846 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,000 he is saying 847 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,000 where is 848 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,000 their reward 849 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:14,000 when people reject them for Jesus? 850 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,000 It says in 851 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,000 verse 23, do you see it? 852 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,000 It's in heaven. 853 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,000 Are you with me? 854 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,000 He's saying 855 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,000 you're going to, in this world 856 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,000 you're going to deal with poor people. 857 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,000 You're going to deal with 858 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,000 being poor. 859 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,000 You people 860 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,000 who are hungry 861 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,000 you're going to deal with hunger on this earth. 862 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,000 You're going to deal with 863 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,000 weeping on this earth. 864 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,000 But if you believe in Jesus 865 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,000 you follow after him 866 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,000 what's going to happen? 867 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,000 Is there hunger in heaven? 868 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:58,000 Is there poverty in heaven? 869 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,000 There is not. 870 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,000 There is not. 871 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,000 Is there weeping in heaven? 872 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,000 He's going to wipe away every tear from their eye. 873 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,000 So what he's saying is that you've got hope 874 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,000 and you may deal with 875 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,000 because you believe in me now 876 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,000 you may get kicked out of some synagogues. 877 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,000 You may not 878 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:18,000 be in the world of the devil. 879 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,000 You may not get credit. 880 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:22,000 You may have to deal 881 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,000 with a whole bunch but guess what. 882 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:26,000 When you suffer 883 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,000 you know what you ought to do? 884 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,000 Verse 23 885 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,000 rejoice in that day 886 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,000 and what? 887 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,000 Leap for joy. 888 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,000 You're in good company 889 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,000 with people who are having a good day right now. 890 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,000 Where are they at? 891 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,000 Heaven, where are they getting? 892 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,000 They are getting their reward, right? 893 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:47,880 They're getting their reward, right? 894 00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:51,620 And so, is there any hope in that? 895 00:33:51,620 --> 00:33:54,040 There's a ton of hope in that, right? 896 00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:55,900 That even though I'm dealing with the curse, 897 00:33:55,900 --> 00:33:57,600 there's a resolution to the curse, 898 00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:00,040 even though I'm dealing with pain and weeping 899 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:02,100 and sorrow and poverty, 900 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:06,960 there is a resolution to all of that. 901 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:09,300 Jesus ministered to people through hope. 902 00:34:09,300 --> 00:34:12,060 And honestly, when we give the gospel to people, 903 00:34:12,060 --> 00:34:14,000 that's what we're giving them. 904 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:16,920 We're giving them hope. 905 00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:20,920 We're giving them, we can't fill every belly, 906 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:25,840 we can't pay every bill, right? 907 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:27,040 We can't do all of that, 908 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:30,380 but we can give people the hope, the one who can. 909 00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:33,040 Here's the last one. 910 00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:34,600 Number three, Jesus ministered to people 911 00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:37,200 through holiness, through holiness. 912 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:38,600 What do I mean by holiness? 913 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:41,040 For holiness is the better expression. 914 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:41,880 I have it up there. 915 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:43,240 He wants people to be holy. 916 00:34:43,240 --> 00:34:46,760 Look at verse number 27. 917 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:52,080 But I say unto you, which here, love your enemies, 918 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:55,760 do good to them which hate you, 919 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,080 bless them that curse you, 920 00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:01,420 pray for them which despitefully use you, 921 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:03,880 and unto them that smite, 922 00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:05,960 him that smiteeth you on the cheek, 923 00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:08,520 offer also the other, 924 00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:10,480 and him that taketh away thy cloak, 925 00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:13,200 forbid not to take thy coat also, 926 00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:15,600 give to every man that asketh of thee, 927 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:17,240 and of him that taketh away thy good, 928 00:35:17,240 --> 00:35:19,120 ask them not again. 929 00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:22,960 And as you would, that men should do to you, 930 00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:26,080 do ye also to them likewise. 931 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:26,920 I'm gonna keep going. 932 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:28,840 For if ye love them which love you, 933 00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:29,680 what thank have you? 934 00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:31,960 For sinners also love those that love them. 935 00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:33,840 And if you do good to them, which do good to you, 936 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:34,880 what thank have you? 937 00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:36,680 For sinners also do the same. 938 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:39,720 And if you lend men, lend to them of whom 939 00:35:39,720 --> 00:35:41,960 you hope to receive, what thank have you? 940 00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:45,840 For sinners also lend to sinners to receive as much again. 941 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:47,600 But love ye your enemies, 942 00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:50,800 and do good and lend hoping for nothing again, 943 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:52,160 and your reward shall be great, 944 00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:53,600 and ye shall be the children of the highest, 945 00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:57,760 for he is kind unto the unthankful, unto the evil. 946 00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:02,760 Be therefore merciful, as your father also is merciful. 947 00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:07,680 Okay. 948 00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:11,680 It's pretty straightforward, isn't it? 949 00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:14,560 There's not a whole lot of explanation 950 00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:17,280 that has to be done here. 951 00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:22,280 Some things are, there is sometimes a large juxtaposition 952 00:36:22,720 --> 00:36:26,080 between how simple something is to understand, 953 00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:28,000 and how hard it is to do. 954 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:30,360 Who agrees? 955 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:32,160 That's this text right here. 956 00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:35,360 Here's basically what he's saying. 957 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:38,560 People that treat you bad, you treat them good. 958 00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:42,760 People that hate you, you love them. 959 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:48,160 People that wanna use you, you be kind to them. 960 00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:53,280 Be merciful like I'm merciful, right? 961 00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:56,640 Love your enemies. 962 00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:00,520 I don't even love people I like sometimes. 963 00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:03,840 Right? 964 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:08,840 Sometimes I don't like some people that I love. 965 00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:10,840 That's exactly right. 966 00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:14,640 I mean, this doesn't need a ton of exposition. 967 00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:17,320 What this needs is, how do I do that? 968 00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:21,280 And there is a little bit of this that like, 969 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:24,200 it takes the Holy Spirit of God in me 970 00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:26,720 to help me to be able to do that, right? 971 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,400 Especially with some of you people, seriously. 972 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:32,800 I'm joking. 973 00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:41,280 Jesus is so interesting that at the same time Jesus, 974 00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:45,280 you see in this, in this command, 975 00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:54,920 a law that I can't keep on my own, right? 976 00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:59,920 And who agrees, you can't keep that perfectly. 977 00:38:00,720 --> 00:38:02,840 Anybody here ever get cut off in traffic? 978 00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:06,040 And you're like, bless you. 979 00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:12,520 I hope you have a great day, right? 980 00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:14,440 Is that what you're thinking? 981 00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:15,640 No, okay, yeah. 982 00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:19,280 So we can't hold to this standard. 983 00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:21,120 And yet the standard at the same time 984 00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:22,360 is this really high standard. 985 00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:26,440 Who agrees loving your enemies is a gigantic standard, okay? 986 00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:29,040 At the same time, what is the standard? 987 00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:30,240 Being merciful. 988 00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:35,960 So you have law and grace in the same thing, right? 989 00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:37,600 And he's holding them accountable 990 00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:39,880 to this very high standard. 991 00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:42,680 And he's also saying at the same time, I'm being merciful. 992 00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:44,720 I'm a merciful God. 993 00:38:44,720 --> 00:38:45,840 Does that make sense? 994 00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:49,960 The only way I can do this is if I reflect the forgiveness 995 00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:52,920 that God's given to me to somebody else. 996 00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:57,920 I can't treat Owen, even someone who I like, I like you on. 997 00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:02,200 I don't know you out well, but Cohen, I keep saying Owen, 998 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:03,400 proving how much I don't know you. 999 00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:08,400 Cohen, I like Cohen and I don't know him super well, 1000 00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:11,000 but I like him, right? 1001 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:16,000 But to go to my enemy and to love them, man, that's huge. 1002 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:17,280 That's huge. 1003 00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:23,080 And the only way I'm gonna actually do that consistently 1004 00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:26,080 is if God does a work through me, like prove it. 1005 00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:31,080 This is what happens when people's marriages get restored. 1006 00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:37,800 You think love your enemies, right? 1007 00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:40,200 People sometimes get to the point of being enemies 1008 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:42,200 and they're married to each other. 1009 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:45,200 You ever know some people that don't like each other? 1010 00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:47,440 They don't name names, please don't say anything. 1011 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:53,320 Some people's enemies are the people they're divorced with, 1012 00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:54,160 right? 1013 00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:56,360 That's huge. 1014 00:39:56,360 --> 00:40:00,680 And to love those people, man, that's a work of God. 1015 00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:02,440 Here's my point. 1016 00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:03,960 God wants to make us holy. 1017 00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:08,360 So to do that, he has to actually save us, redeem us, 1018 00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:11,120 and then he has to come live inside of us, 1019 00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:14,640 and then we have to submit our control over to him. 1020 00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:16,080 That's how this could happen. 1021 00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:19,960 To do that consistently any other way, 1022 00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:22,160 I don't know how you do it. 1023 00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:24,360 You can't be, what motivation do you have 1024 00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:25,480 to love your enemy? 1025 00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:29,240 You wanna see somebody not, 1026 00:40:29,240 --> 00:40:32,360 you wanna see the natural way of things, 1027 00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:36,280 go to the nursery, right? 1028 00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:38,280 What happens with toddlers in the nursery? 1029 00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:42,720 I want that. 1030 00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:46,760 And what does Cohen do? 1031 00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:51,000 He comes over and clocks me with what, 1032 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:52,080 and takes it back. 1033 00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:53,320 Who's seen that before? 1034 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:56,560 And you know what keeps that kid from stabbing me 1035 00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:57,960 or shooting me? 1036 00:40:57,960 --> 00:41:00,720 The fact that he's this big, right? 1037 00:41:00,720 --> 00:41:04,640 Aren't you glad that they're little when they're immature? 1038 00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:05,720 You know what I mean? 1039 00:41:05,720 --> 00:41:09,120 Because if they were like, if they came out six foot three, 1040 00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:12,760 that could get really bloody and awful, right? 1041 00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:15,640 Like that's God's grace. 1042 00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:19,480 So my point is, there's the way that we think, 1043 00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:20,640 and there's the way that God thinks. 1044 00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:25,320 And for us to love our enemies takes God making us holy 1045 00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:30,600 in a process of sanctification, right? 1046 00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:33,360 And that's exactly what he wants us to do. 1047 00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:38,200 And so Jesus is trying to help these people grow in holiness. 1048 00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:40,920 There is a, 1049 00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:47,200 there is a way of thinking 1050 00:41:48,720 --> 00:41:53,720 that says that Jesus is just all about love 1051 00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:58,600 and compassion and kindness and graciousness. 1052 00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:01,120 And he certainly is those things. 1053 00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:01,960 You guys agree with me? 1054 00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:06,800 He's love, he is full of grace, he's full of mercy, 1055 00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:08,680 but he's also full of truth. 1056 00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:12,480 He's also just and he's holy. 1057 00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:15,160 And the ultimate example of that is the cross. 1058 00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:19,480 He's so holy that he doesn't let sin go. 1059 00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:23,720 And he's so loving that he's the one that takes the blow. 1060 00:42:23,720 --> 00:42:27,720 And then he takes his righteousness and puts it on us 1061 00:42:27,720 --> 00:42:32,060 because he took our sin on himself. 1062 00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:36,320 We beheld his glory as of the only begotten of the Father 1063 00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:41,320 full of grace and truth, truth. 1064 00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:44,520 So how should we minister? 1065 00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:50,440 We should minister in the same ways that Jesus did. 1066 00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:53,440 We should care about people. 1067 00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:54,760 We should care about their bodies. 1068 00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:56,080 We should pray, we're about to pray. 1069 00:42:56,080 --> 00:43:00,120 We should pray, it is good to pray for sick people, who agrees. 1070 00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:04,560 It's even good to help them, maybe financially, 1071 00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:08,200 maybe physically, who's grateful for doctors and nurses 1072 00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:10,120 and people that can help with that. 1073 00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:11,620 And that is a great thing. 1074 00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:15,620 And we should help people, we should pray for people, 1075 00:43:15,620 --> 00:43:17,720 we should believe that God heals 1076 00:43:17,720 --> 00:43:19,880 and we should ask for God to heal people. 1077 00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:21,260 We should give people hope. 1078 00:43:21,260 --> 00:43:23,040 We don't just help their bodies, 1079 00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:25,720 we care about their soul and their spirit 1080 00:43:25,720 --> 00:43:28,000 and their eternity, we care about them 1081 00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:29,640 and we minister through hope. 1082 00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:32,360 But we also know that we want to grow in holiness 1083 00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:35,200 and we want other people to grow in holiness. 1084 00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:36,440 What's the Great Commission? 1085 00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:39,440 Going into all the world and preach the gospel 1086 00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:41,960 every creature, Mark 16, 15. 1087 00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:45,560 Going into all the world and preach the gospel every creature. 1088 00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:48,160 Matthew, 2018, authority's given to me in heaven and earth. 1089 00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:50,880 Go ye therefore and teach all nations, 1090 00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:53,320 matheteis make disciples of all nations, 1091 00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:54,920 baptizing them in the name of the Father, 1092 00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:56,280 the Son, the Holy Ghost, 1093 00:43:56,280 --> 00:44:00,240 teaching them to observe, to obey, 1094 00:44:00,240 --> 00:44:02,360 all that I've commanded you. 1095 00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:04,640 And lo, I'm with you always, even to the end of the world. 1096 00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:06,120 So we want people to grow in holiness. 1097 00:44:06,120 --> 00:44:09,800 They can't grow in holiness until God makes them 1098 00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:11,720 a holy through salvation. 1099 00:44:11,720 --> 00:44:13,920 So let's follow him in that. 1100 00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:15,040 A couple questions. 1101 00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:21,280 What could you do this week to kind of live some of this out? 1102 00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:24,560 Is there someone in your life that just needs compassion? 1103 00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:27,680 They just need someone to love them. 1104 00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:29,440 Someone take them a meal. 1105 00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:37,600 I'll mention it after, I'll mention it, 1106 00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:40,120 not on recorded podcast here in just a second, 1107 00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:42,760 but people that are hurting, people that are, 1108 00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:45,320 that could be good. 1109 00:44:45,320 --> 00:44:47,960 Who's someone that needs the gospel? 1110 00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:49,280 Who's someone that just needs the gospel? 1111 00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:51,740 They need the hope of the gospel. 1112 00:44:51,740 --> 00:44:53,860 I can't give them the gospel. 1113 00:44:53,860 --> 00:44:55,420 Could you just hand them this? 1114 00:44:56,700 --> 00:44:58,060 That's better than nothing. 1115 00:44:58,060 --> 00:45:00,020 Give somebody the gospel. 1116 00:45:00,020 --> 00:45:02,620 And then is there an area of your life 1117 00:45:02,620 --> 00:45:04,460 that you're growing in holiness? 1118 00:45:04,460 --> 00:45:07,340 Is there something that you, like sin to confess, 1119 00:45:07,340 --> 00:45:08,980 something to repent of? 1120 00:45:08,980 --> 00:45:12,460 Are you helping other people grow in holiness? 1121 00:45:12,460 --> 00:45:16,180 That's what it means to be a disciple who makes disciples. 1122 00:45:16,180 --> 00:45:17,420 That's what we're trying to do. 1123 00:45:17,420 --> 00:45:18,940 Would you better close your eyes? 1124 00:45:18,940 --> 00:45:21,220 We'll pray and then we'll get into our prayer time. 1125 00:45:21,220 --> 00:45:22,940 God, I love you so much. 1126 00:45:22,940 --> 00:45:24,260 Thank you for your word. 1127 00:45:24,260 --> 00:45:29,260 Thank you for Jesus and his example of how he ministered. 1128 00:45:29,420 --> 00:45:33,580 God, I pray you'd help us to just follow him 1129 00:45:33,580 --> 00:45:35,140 in the way that we live our lives 1130 00:45:35,140 --> 00:45:37,500 and the way we impact people. 1131 00:45:37,500 --> 00:45:39,780 Thank you so much for all you do 1132 00:45:39,780 --> 00:45:43,540 and all that you have done for us. 1133 00:45:43,540 --> 00:45:45,500 We love you in Jesus' name. 1134 00:45:45,500 --> 00:45:47,300 Amen, amen, amen. 1135 00:45:47,300 --> 00:45:51,380 All right, if you...