WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.439 And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem. 00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:09.560 And Jesus went before them. And they were amazed. 00:00:10.220 --> 00:00:15.419 And as they followed, they were afraid. And he 00:00:15.419 --> 00:00:18.420 took again the twelve and began to tell them 00:00:18.420 --> 00:00:22.500 what things should happen unto him, saying, Behold, 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:26.480 we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:29.589 be delivered unto the chief priests. and unto 00:00:29.589 --> 00:00:33.270 the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, 00:00:33.570 --> 00:00:38.890 and shall deliver him to the Gentiles. And they 00:00:38.890 --> 00:00:42.689 shall mock him, shall scourge him, shall spit 00:00:42.689 --> 00:00:48.409 upon him, shall kill him. And the third day he 00:00:48.409 --> 00:00:54.890 shall rise again. And James and John, the sons 00:00:54.890 --> 00:01:02.109 of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, master we 00:01:02.109 --> 00:01:06.709 would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever 00:01:06.709 --> 00:01:13.209 we shall desire and he said unto them what would 00:01:13.209 --> 00:01:17.549 ye that i should do for you and they said unto 00:01:17.549 --> 00:01:25.469 him grant unto us that we may sit one on thy 00:01:25.469 --> 00:01:30.500 right hand and the other on thy left hand in 00:01:30.500 --> 00:01:39.739 thy glory but jesus said unto them ye know not 00:01:39.739 --> 00:01:48.340 what ye ask can ye drink of the cup that i drink 00:01:48.340 --> 00:01:53.379 of and be baptized with the baptism that i am 00:01:53.379 --> 00:01:59.299 baptized with And they said unto him, We can. 00:02:00.659 --> 00:02:06.900 And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink 00:02:06.900 --> 00:02:11.360 the cup that I drink out, but with the baptism 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:15.419 that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized. 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:21.900 But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand 00:02:21.900 --> 00:02:29.060 is not mine to give. but it shall be given to 00:02:29.060 --> 00:02:36.479 them for whom it is prepared. Thus reads a portion 00:02:36.479 --> 00:02:39.979 of the Word of God from the 10th chapter of Mark. 00:02:41.340 --> 00:02:46.539 The very air was filled with expectancy on the 00:02:46.539 --> 00:02:50.919 road to Jerusalem that day. Oh, I have relived 00:02:50.919 --> 00:02:58.360 it over and over again. There they were, the 00:02:58.360 --> 00:03:03.300 disciples walking with the master. And he had 00:03:03.300 --> 00:03:07.860 taken them in his confidence. He was trying to 00:03:07.860 --> 00:03:10.439 tell them the things that were about to happen. 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:19.020 They had little understanding. All their understanding 00:03:19.020 --> 00:03:24.580 was so limited. He was trying to tell them of 00:03:24.580 --> 00:03:27.259 his death. His treatment at the hands of the 00:03:27.259 --> 00:03:30.539 chief priests and scribes. He was trying to warn 00:03:30.539 --> 00:03:36.199 them that soon he would be killed. But he also 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:42.939 was telling them that he would rise again. One 00:03:42.939 --> 00:03:46.379 would have thought that somewhere among them, 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:50.039 there would have been an understanding heart. 00:03:50.699 --> 00:03:59.500 A sympathetic feeling. But again, this shows 00:03:59.500 --> 00:04:05.599 you how absolutely human human beings really 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:11.180 are. Selfish. Absolutely, completely selfish. 00:04:13.180 --> 00:04:16.259 In the light of everything that Jesus was telling 00:04:16.259 --> 00:04:22.579 them that would happen to him, James and John 00:04:22.579 --> 00:04:31.050 dared to ask him a favor. Master, we want the 00:04:31.050 --> 00:04:37.430 best seats when you come into your cave. Grant 00:04:37.430 --> 00:04:45.329 to us a favor. That one of us might sit on your 00:04:45.329 --> 00:04:53.110 right hand, the other on the left. And in that 00:04:53.110 --> 00:05:02.560 moment, the master... His heart, methinks, pricked 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:07.540 with the lack of understanding, just when he 00:05:07.540 --> 00:05:11.199 needed the most. For remember, he was as much 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:14.879 man as though he were not God. He had feelings. 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:24.819 Remember that. The lack of understanding, methinks, 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:31.990 hurt him deeply. But in that moment, he said 00:05:31.990 --> 00:05:42.310 something that was so profound. No. No. I cannot 00:05:42.310 --> 00:05:46.589 grant your requests. I cannot give you seats. 00:05:48.230 --> 00:05:57.370 But I offer you a cup. No. I cannot offer you. 00:05:57.430 --> 00:06:06.310 I cannot. grant you seats. But I offer you a 00:06:06.310 --> 00:06:15.529 cross. And it's just like that. And the most 00:06:15.529 --> 00:06:18.329 remarkable story ever recorded in history tells 00:06:18.329 --> 00:06:21.990 of a little group of men, fishermen, a tax collector. 00:06:23.209 --> 00:06:26.990 Ordinary men who accepted the greatest challenge 00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:31.519 ever made to human beings. And in accepting that 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:36.279 challenge, literally changed the course of history. 00:06:37.660 --> 00:06:46.180 No seats, but a cup. The other day I read something 00:06:46.180 --> 00:06:53.959 that caused me to pause. It was almost startling. 00:06:55.209 --> 00:07:00.769 The truth of it was startling. We have too many 00:07:00.769 --> 00:07:05.610 comfortable saints on a pleasant outing instead 00:07:05.610 --> 00:07:10.970 of crusading soldiers on a fighting expedition. 00:07:12.709 --> 00:07:20.250 I repeat it. We have too many comfortable saints 00:07:20.250 --> 00:07:26.819 on a pleasant outing instead of crusading soldiers 00:07:26.819 --> 00:07:34.579 on a fighting expedition. I shall never forget. 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:40.100 It was Dr. Bauer who told this story before the 00:07:40.100 --> 00:07:45.019 Rotary Club in Rochester, New York. He said that 00:07:45.019 --> 00:07:49.819 Bob Fitzsimmons, once the world's heavyweight 00:07:49.819 --> 00:07:57.920 champion, came into a study. and exclaimed, Dr. 00:07:58.100 --> 00:08:05.980 Bauer, how can I get as strong inside as I am 00:08:05.980 --> 00:08:14.480 outside? And Dr. Bauer turned to Bob Fitzsimmons 00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:18.899 and said, Bob, how did you get strong outside? 00:08:20.100 --> 00:08:26.449 And immediately he answered, exercise. He said, 00:08:26.490 --> 00:08:35.309 all right, that's your answer. Spectators are 00:08:35.309 --> 00:08:39.289 never healthy, victorious Christians, never. 00:08:39.870 --> 00:08:42.929 And that's exactly what's wrong with the world 00:08:42.929 --> 00:08:45.490 today. That's exactly what's wrong with the church 00:08:45.490 --> 00:08:48.330 today. That's what's wrong with men and women 00:08:48.330 --> 00:08:59.840 who profess Christianity, salvation. The day 00:08:59.840 --> 00:09:06.139 has come and the hour has struck when we need 00:09:06.139 --> 00:09:10.659 to go back to the word of God and see what it 00:09:10.659 --> 00:09:17.879 really means to be a Christian. Do you want to 00:09:17.879 --> 00:09:26.940 know the tenderness of a man of sorrows? do you 00:09:26.940 --> 00:09:32.840 really want to know there isn't a day of my life 00:09:32.840 --> 00:09:37.019 but what there are those who come to me and will 00:09:37.019 --> 00:09:41.240 weep and say oh miss cooman why has this thing 00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:47.000 happened to me bitter tears a lack of understanding 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:53.059 miss cooman i cannot bear this sorrow any longer 00:09:56.320 --> 00:09:59.840 Almost reproving God for having allowed, for 00:09:59.840 --> 00:10:06.659 having permitted. Self -pity. Why? Oh, sure, 00:10:06.700 --> 00:10:08.559 it's all right for other folk to have their sorrows. 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:13.279 But why has God permitted this sorrow to come 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:18.740 to me? May I pause just a moment and say something 00:10:18.740 --> 00:10:24.120 to that someone who is going through a garden 00:10:24.120 --> 00:10:31.820 of Gethsemane. Lo, the tears have moistened the 00:10:31.820 --> 00:10:36.600 pillow at night when the lights are out. But 00:10:36.600 --> 00:10:41.399 I want you to know the darkness of that night 00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:49.980 can be your most victorious hour. You can only 00:10:49.980 --> 00:10:59.840 know how tender Is the man of sorrows. As you 00:10:59.840 --> 00:11:07.659 go through. The darkness of a night. The deepness 00:11:07.659 --> 00:11:15.639 of the waters. Or in that hour of your Gethsemane. 00:11:16.460 --> 00:11:25.860 Oh sure. There may be those. who never understood 00:11:25.860 --> 00:11:33.679 the tenderness of Joe Kuman. Never. They only 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:44.320 know Joe Kuman as a man, political. Some knew 00:11:44.320 --> 00:11:51.240 him, a man with strong character, a man dependable. 00:11:52.809 --> 00:11:57.750 Everyone in Concordia, Missouri knew Joe Kuhlman. 00:11:58.610 --> 00:12:03.769 Each had a different idea of him, perhaps. But 00:12:03.769 --> 00:12:12.490 you see, I knew a different Joe Kuhlman than 00:12:12.490 --> 00:12:22.159 anyone else. I knew his tenderness. I... Teal 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:26.659 can feel those terrific earaches I used to have 00:12:26.659 --> 00:12:32.419 as a little girl. The suffering with earache, 00:12:32.539 --> 00:12:38.220 it has almost plagued me, the memory of it, all 00:12:38.220 --> 00:12:44.440 of my life. But there was something about putting 00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:50.019 my head on top of shoulder, because he sat in 00:12:50.019 --> 00:12:55.919 that rock. and would hold me tenderly in his 00:12:55.919 --> 00:13:02.240 arms. There was something about laying my head 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:07.039 on that shoulder. There was a tenderness in even 00:13:07.039 --> 00:13:15.159 touching Papa's shoulder. There was a relief. 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:20.860 There was something there that I could not forget. 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:25.700 describe, but I would never have known the tenderness 00:13:25.700 --> 00:13:30.940 of my papa. I would never have known the tenderness 00:13:30.940 --> 00:13:38.200 of my papa's great heart if I had not known suffering. 00:13:40.759 --> 00:13:43.080 Do you want to know the reality of the promises 00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:48.720 of your Heavenly Father? Really? Oh, sure. You 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:53.210 read the Word of God. Oh, sure you believe the 00:13:53.210 --> 00:13:58.690 Bible. But you'll never really know the reality 00:13:58.690 --> 00:14:02.669 of the promises of God's word until you actually 00:14:02.669 --> 00:14:07.250 come to a Red Sea in your life. And there's no 00:14:07.250 --> 00:14:11.590 way forward and no way backward. And you've got 00:14:11.590 --> 00:14:14.730 to accept those promises that face value. You've 00:14:14.730 --> 00:14:21.500 got to do it. You'll never know the reality of 00:14:21.500 --> 00:14:30.019 God's promises as a spectator. Never. But, beloved, 00:14:30.220 --> 00:14:33.899 when you come to the place in your life where 00:14:33.899 --> 00:14:39.419 you have got to depend on God's word, there's 00:14:39.419 --> 00:14:45.120 a material need in that life of yours. It's got 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:51.379 to be met. There has got to be a miracle. And 00:14:51.379 --> 00:14:53.639 in that moment, you take your eyes off of circumstances 00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:58.179 and you fix your eyes on the one who has given 00:14:58.179 --> 00:15:04.039 that promise. You're standing right there at 00:15:04.039 --> 00:15:12.059 your Red Sea. And in that moment, God comes through. 00:15:14.259 --> 00:15:18.629 And he... give you deliverance and he meets that 00:15:18.629 --> 00:15:21.470 need according to his riches in glory by christ 00:15:21.470 --> 00:15:27.529 jesus there are thousands of professing christians 00:15:27.529 --> 00:15:33.330 who will live and die and will never know the 00:15:33.330 --> 00:15:38.169 tenderness of the son the living god because 00:15:38.169 --> 00:15:42.149 they have never gone through a gethsemane there 00:15:42.149 --> 00:15:46.600 are Thousands of professing Christians who will 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:50.220 live and die never knowing the full reality of 00:15:50.220 --> 00:15:53.519 his wonderful promises because they have never 00:15:53.519 --> 00:15:59.940 come to a Red Sea. Do you want to know the thrill 00:15:59.940 --> 00:16:02.179 of the feeling of the healing virtue of the Son 00:16:02.179 --> 00:16:04.000 of the Living God flowing through your body? 00:16:05.580 --> 00:16:09.860 But some have never dared to believe. Oh, sure, 00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:13.929 my friend. You've listened to testimonies of 00:16:13.929 --> 00:16:15.649 those who've been healed by the power of God. 00:16:15.929 --> 00:16:18.409 And you've said it's wonderful, it's glorious 00:16:18.409 --> 00:16:24.330 for them. But for me, I cannot believe. It's 00:16:24.330 --> 00:16:26.169 one of the greatest experiences that I know anything 00:16:26.169 --> 00:16:29.809 about. And those who have been healed by the 00:16:29.809 --> 00:16:32.149 power of God will tell you they could never be 00:16:32.149 --> 00:16:36.690 the same person again after they have felt healing 00:16:36.690 --> 00:16:40.110 virtue. after they have felt the power of the 00:16:40.110 --> 00:16:44.470 Holy Spirit flowing through their body, greater 00:16:44.470 --> 00:16:49.830 than the healing of the physical, has been the 00:16:49.830 --> 00:16:53.850 spiritual experience that has come along with 00:16:53.850 --> 00:16:59.210 the healing of that body. But there are thousands 00:16:59.210 --> 00:17:03.009 of God's precious children who will never know 00:17:03.009 --> 00:17:06.390 the thrill of that experience because they have 00:17:06.390 --> 00:17:10.339 never dare to believe him for the healing of 00:17:10.339 --> 00:17:17.900 the body do you know the glory of being filled 00:17:17.900 --> 00:17:24.299 with the holy spirit it's there it's a part of 00:17:24.299 --> 00:17:28.579 his inheritance for you the gift to his church 00:17:28.579 --> 00:17:39.579 the gift to you as his child there remains thousands 00:17:39.579 --> 00:17:47.059 who are only spectators to this wonderful gift 00:17:47.059 --> 00:17:55.920 that could be theirs. Yes, my friend, we have 00:17:55.920 --> 00:18:02.480 too many comfortable seats on a pleasant outing. 00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:09.950 Instead of Crusading soldiers on a fighting expedition. 00:18:12.430 --> 00:18:18.269 You'll never know the fullness of your inheritance 00:18:18.269 --> 00:18:24.910 in Christ Jesus from a sitting position. Never. 00:18:28.029 --> 00:18:35.519 No, the master says. I cannot grant. You seats. 00:18:36.660 --> 00:18:44.859 But I offer you a cup. And I offer you a cross.