You're listening to the Christ Our Cornerstone
podcast, a ministry of Christ Our Cornerstone
Church in O 'Neill, Nebraska. I'm Pastor Logan
Merrick, and it's our prayer that this message
strengthens your faith and draws you closer to
Christ. Let's dive in. We've been walking through
the book of Mark and we are just about done.
And I'm just gonna remind you guys, we actually
will not finish out Mark in the traditional sense,
like I'm not gonna. I'll get to Mark 16, we may
skip some stuff, because I preach through the
death and resurrection of Jesus on Easter. And
so we'll skip those parts and move ahead. So
we're gonna be done sooner rather than later,
and then we're gonna jump into the book of Daniel,
and then we'll go into the book of Revelation.
All right, if you are taking notes, the title
of my sermon today is The Kiss That Started a
Revolution. And the big idea that I am driving
home that you can write down, it'll be right
up here, is Christ's revolution is not about
power, might, and weapons, but about weakness,
obedience, and resting in the sovereign plan
and finished work of Christ. So as you're writing
that down, I wanna do an experiment with you
guys. So there's a professor of history at the
University of Florida. I think his name was John
Somerville or something like that. But he would
do an experiment and he did it for years. And
the experiment goes like this where he would
have all of his students come in and he would
ask them to imagine a scenario He would say there's
there's two Essentially two avenues you could
go. Which one do you think you are? Okay, so
here is the Imagined scenario. All right So you
are walking down the mean streets of O 'Neill
and It's just you and you look up ahead and you
see a really small, very frail elderly woman
and she's got a very big purse hanging, you know,
just hanging on to it the best she can. She's
got, she might even, you might even see some
money coming out the top of it a little bit.
So you have a choice in that moment, right? Right?
Okay So there there's two choices and I'm gonna
make sure that I I'm gonna read them So I make
sure I say them correctly in the way that he
he has it but he says It suddenly occurs to you
that she's very little and very old and it would
be incredibly easy To just knock her over and
take her purse Okay Do you do it? Okay, so if
you if you would be the one to knock her over
and steal her purse raise your hand Nobody oh
come on I Was a test passed Congratulations,
so so then why don't you why don't you knock
her over? Take her purse and say good luck surviving
grandma Because it's wrong Why is it wrong? Because
it's hers, not ours. So the professor says there's
two possible answers. The first comes from what
he calls shame and honor culture, and I've talked
a little bit about that in another sermon. The
shame and honor culture basically means this.
You don't do it because it would make you a despicable
person, unworthy of respect. And it could also
dishonor your family, right? So that's one. People
would despise you for picking on the weak and
you would despise yourself for doing it, hopefully
so. Write this down for me. It wouldn't be strong
and strength is critical in an honor culture.
This is what is called Self -regarding ethic.
So just so you guys know you're in ethics class
today because we're gonna be talking about ethics
But this is known as self -regarding ethic you
are thinking about yourself Your reputation and
your tribe without me going to the next one Just
yet. How many of you guys would say? Yeah. No,
I think that that's probably me, I would probably
choose not do it because I don't want to dishonor
myself, my family. How many are scared to even
raise your hand? Trace is like, I'm never scared
to raise my hand or talk. So then there's the
second answer, okay? What if instead of thinking
about yourself, What do you think about? If you're
not thinking about yourself and how taking her
out would affect you, who else would you be thinking
about? Her, right? So you begin to think about
her. You put yourself in her shoes and you think
about the pain it would cause her. She may even
depend on that money for rent or for groceries.
You might even ask if I mug her, what happens
to her? What happens to the people who depend
on her? You think about the woman, so you don't
do it. Write this down. That's an other regarding
ethic. You are putting the other person ahead
of yourself. So as you write that down. That's
an other regarding ethic. You are putting the
other person ahead of yourself. How many of you
guys would say, I am in camp number two? You
wanna be others facing. I mean, you guys say
I'm in camp number one and I'm me facing. Are
we all scared? Linda, at least you're honest.
Linda's like sometimes, right? Yeah, I can see
that. After walking through those scenarios,
here's what's funny. You guys are actually honest,
okay? When he did this with students, how many
of you think said, yes, they belong in the self
-regarding aspect? Zero. Every year, no matter
the class, no matter the class sizes, no matter
the cultures, no matter the religions, no matter
the... Whatever background they came from no
one ever picked the first one They always pick
the second one. Why do you think that is? Yeah,
you start worrying about it comes back to the
shame and honor thing right You start thinking
about what is what what are other people gonna
think about me, right? But here's what's awesome
And this is what the professor would point out
to them. He said, you may not realize it, but
the idea that you put the other person ahead
of yourself rather than thinking of yourself
first comes from Christianity. Your morals have
been shaped by Christianity. He described it
this way. An ethical system based on honor is
self -regarding, while one based on charity is
other -regarding. With honor goes pride rather
than humility, dominance rather than service,
courage rather than peaceableness, glory rather
than modesty, loyalty rather than respect for
all. So he says, think about it. That's one of
my favorite things, by the way, whenever I am...
doing a lot of apologetic stuff. And when I would
go on the campus and talk to college students,
one of my favorite things, defenses, is a defense
for a moral system. Because the one thing, if
you're here this morning and you are not a believer,
you would say you don't believe in anything.
The biggest thing that you have going against
you is you live a life of morals. and can't explain
why. And that was the professor's point that
Christianity has so shaped the world and especially
our country but the world that they know to be
others facing even if they are inward facing,
right? His whole point was just think about for
a moment how Christianity has impacted your life
and you didn't even realize it. Pretty incredible,
right? I would say that's a pretty incredible
revolution. And so, think about this. How many
ethical systems throughout history have been
built around honor and shame? Almost all of them.
Civilizations were dominated by this way of thinking,
but then something happened that began to shape
cultures and civilizations in a radically different
way. What do you think that was? Christianity,
right? Most people, including college students,
have never stopped to consider just how deeply
Christianity has shaped the way they think about
right and wrong. Even those who are critical
of the church and Christianity, they will rant
about Christianity and the church and all that's
wrong with it. And then when you start to really
burrow down, my favorite thing is to go, so you
just want a better Christianity. A pure Christianity,
one that looks truly like Christ. Yeah, me too!
Right? So they believe that we're wrong, but
then as they start to really work it down, they
start going, oh man, I am really living a life
of a Christian even though they are not Christians.
Does that make sense what I'm saying? And so
what are these distinctly Christian ideas that
still have the power to shape our consciousness
today? And that's what we're gonna discuss this
morning. Before we go to our main text, I want
us to go to, turn with me to Luke chapter six,
because I wanna show you guys something. Luke
chapter six, and we're gonna start in verse 22.
Luke chapter six, starting in verse 20. This
is also in Matthew chapter five, by the way.
It's known as the Beatitudes. So we're gonna
read 20 through 22, and then I'm going to go
down to 24 and 26. And he lifted up his eyes
on his disciples and said, blessed are you who
are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed
are you who are hungry now for you shall be satisfied.
Blessed are you who weep now for you shall laugh.
Blessed are you when people hate you and when
they exclude you and revile you and spurn your
name as evil on the account of the Son of Man.
Rejoice on that day and leap for joy for behold
your reward is great in heaven and for so their
fathers did to the prophets. But woe to you who
are rich. For you have received your consolation.
Woe to you who are full now, for you shall be
hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall
mourn and weep. Woe to you when all people speak
well of you, for so their fathers did to the
false prophets." So, here Jesus is giving us
a very concise picture of the contrast between
his kingdom and a worldly kingdom. So real quickly,
again, we're in ethics class. Let's do this together.
What are the things that you see being set apart
that are values of the kingdom and values of
the world? Because Jesus is comparing and contrasting,
right? Because here's something we need to think
about. No matter the political group, Democrat,
Republican, Independent, Libertarian, whatever,
everybody has a value system that they're pushing,
right? The farther we go down the road, the more
the value systems go like this, but here's the
difference though. Here's why none of them are
the kingdom of God values, because at the end
of the day, what sits upon the top of those value
systems for those political organizations is
power, money, and politics. Then the rest of
the values flow from underneath that. But Jesus,
it goes the other way around. So, what are the
values that you see in Luke chapter six, Jesus
pointing out the different value systems? What
do you see? Poverty? And I'm going to go into
a little bit more of that too. So in case anyone's
like, so does that mean if you've got money,
any sort of money, any sort of a jingle in your
pocket, you're going to hell? Nope. I'll go into
that a little bit. But poverty, okay. Poverty
represents what? What? Humility. I have weakness,
right? What else do we see? Yeah Again weakness
and poverty, right? What about if you're going
hungry now like you're pointing out if you're
going hungry now What what does what is that?
That's a suffering, right? So suffering and then
there was another part there where he talks about
for you will be something because of me? Rejected,
right? So you have in the system of the kingdom
of God, you have a weakness of poverty, suffering
and rejection, but then the list is inverted.
So in the kingdom of God, that list is inverted,
right? So, but now you go to the bottom and you
see him going, okay, but for those who are rich,
Boom. For those whose name is bright reputation,
boom. He's saying he's giving you the flips,
right? The invertedness. So the reason why I
point that stuff out is because in Mark 14, we're
going to see a revolution unlike any revolution
the world has ever seen. It will begin with a
kiss of betrayal, swords and soldiers, but it
will not advance through power, might or weapons.
Christ's revolution will advance through weakness,
obedience, and resting in the sovereign plan
of the Father. So let's go ahead and go there
now. Last week, we were in the Garden of Gethsemane.
We're still there. We're just at a new place.
So Mark chapter 14, starting in verse 43. Everybody
ready? If you don't have a Bible, you can read
along with us right up here. And immediately
while he was still speaking, Judas came, one
of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords
and clubs from the chief priests and the scribes
and the elders. Now the betrayer had given them
a sign, saying, the one I will kiss is the man
seize him and lead him away under guard and When
he came he went up to him at once and said rabbi
and he kissed him and they laid hands on him
and seized him but one of those who stood by
drew his sword and struck the servant of the
high priests and cut off his ear and Jesus said
to them Have you come out as against a robber
with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after
day I was with you in the temple teaching and
you did not seize me But let the scriptures be
fulfilled and they all left him and fled Verse
51 and a young man followed him with nothing
But a linen cloth about his body and they seized
him, but he left the linen cloth and ran away
naked All right If you're taking notes, I've
only got two points First point is this, the
first true revolution. The first true revolution.
These two kingdoms that we're talking about,
the kingdom of the world, the kingdom of God,
they have priorities and values and right now
they now will dramatically meet in the garden.
We see these two kingdoms are now clashing. And
last week we began with Jesus asking for the
cup to pass from him. And now we move forward
into the story as Judas arrives and betrays Jesus
with a kiss. You guys know the saying, the kiss
of death, a kiss of death? It's in our dictionaries.
I didn't know this until now, but kiss of death,
because like I always hear when I hear, when
I say it out loud, when I read it, I hear Cy
Robertson from Duck Dynasty who's like, give
them the kiss of death, like when they're hunting
beavers. So that's what I hear. I didn't realize
that kiss of death, literally from our pop culture
to our dictionary, it comes from this. It comes
from Judas. So it refers to, write this down.
It refers to an intimacy with something that
ultimately causes your destruction. Think about
that for a moment. It refers to an intimacy with
something that ultimately causes your destruction.
As soon as I saw that in the dictionary, I immediately
thought of, and if one of you are in this room,
more power to you, I just don't understand you.
People that raise venomous snakes and spiders,
I'm like, it's coming. Kiss of death is coming
one day. Those aren't meant to be played with.
But here's what's interesting about that definition
when we think about Judas. It obviously shows
us that Judas wasn't intimate with Jesus. Don't
be thinking of this Don't be thinking of the
word intimate in a way that is sexual. Think
about it in a way that is learning, that is a
spiritual father and a spiritual son. Think of
it as a father and a son. Think of it in that
way, knowing each other well, not in a sexual
way. So it's obvious that Judas didn't know Jesus
very well. Would you agree? Because if he did,
There would be no such thing as the kiss of death,
but there would be a such thing as the kiss of
life Because Jesus brings life but Judas's problem
is is he was very intimate with the kiss of death
because he was more intimate with swords and
clubs than he was with life and surrender But
here's something that we've got to discuss for
a moment Why did Judas betray Jesus with a kiss
to begin with? Why not simply just point him
out and go, that's him, right there, arrest him,
the bearded guy. You ever thought about that?
Because then everybody would have known he was
betrayed. He was trying to hide his betrayal.
Yeah. I think when he walked up with a bunch
of people with swords and clubs, they kind of
knew in the moment. But it's one of those things
where But I don't disagree. But there is something
about the subterfuge of it all, right? I think
that Judas was expecting a resistance. I think
Judas was expecting a resistance, and so therefore
he shows up with some Roman soldiers, with the
high priest guards. and they've all got swords
and clubs. And you honestly, can you really expect
Judas to think differently? Because I want you
to think for a moment. We just read that somebody
had a sword on him. If you read the other Gospels,
we know who that was, right? Peter. But there's
another person in their party that doesn't get
a lot of talk, but his name is also Simon. Simon
the Zealot. Do you know what zealots were? Assassins.
They're religious assassins. Their entire thing
is they want to bring down the government. So
Simon the Zealot has been training under the
guise of religion and doing this for God that
he is going to take out Rome. So if you know
that you have a former Assassin and a guy who
already has a sword and probably all of them
have some sort of daggers because if you Recall
Jesus would tell them when he sent them out Right
to have a weapon on you So so it's not exactly
wrong of Judas to be like yeah, they're definitely
gonna there's gonna be a resistance, right? I
mean, I probably would I probably would be going
in thinking I'm going to have to fight So you
can't really blame him, but Jesus points out
to him what? What does he say? Yeah, yeah, am
I am you have been with me for years now Judas
You guys he starts pointing at the Pharisees
and the high priest in the garden you guys have
seen me you had every chance You guys know what
I'm about and yet you come You approach me with
swords and with clubs as if I am some sort of
criminal But Jesus is like this isn't about political
power Jesus essentially says what I've written
down is is do you think I'm leading some kind
of armed rebellion? Do you think I'm declaring
guerrilla warfare to overthrow the existing order?
Jesus is saying, in effect, you come at me with
swords because you think I will retaliate with
swords, and that shows you, you don't understand
the kingdom I am from. The kingdom of God is
different from every kingdom of this world. But
they were aware that Jesus was starting a revolution,
right? But he was starting a revolution unlike
any revolution. the world had seen. I want you
to think about revolutions of this world that
have happened. I want you to think about administrations,
how they come and go. Political parties, how
they rise and fall. Leaders are replaced, the
language changes, the methods change, but the
values at the top of the list often remain the
same. I already said them earlier. Money, power,
and politics. The faces change. The political
powers change back and forth, but the one thing
that never changes are those three points. The
faces change, but the fundamental pursuit of
power remains. Other revolutions may bring about
a new group of people into power, but Jesus isn't
simply bringing a new group of people to the
top. Write this down. He is bringing an entirely
different administration of reality the kingdom
of God Jesus is not a revolutionary you can stop
with swords because his revolution isn't about
the sword But Judas isn't the only one who doesn't
understand Who else doesn't understand Peter
yeah Peter so Peter and let's just Let's think
about this for a second. Peter draws a sword,
Malkus who, that is the high priest's guard,
he guards the high priest. Malkus is just standing
there with his sword out and Peter's like, yeah,
and he just chops this dude's ear off, right?
Think about it for a moment. How wild it would
be That everyone's everyone's like got the sword,
right? You know, I mean and all the sudden Peter's
like I'll go he just cuts this dude ear off and
then it's like And then Jesus is like He just
goes up and he's like, hey man, I'm sorry about
that Right literally I would be like I would
be like hey We should probably like if I malcus
I would look at the high priest be like hey we
should probably rethink our priorities because
I Didn't have an ear and now I have an ear again,
and it didn't require any stitches or doctors
or hospital visits But like no like nobody's
nobody's freaked out by this I mean I would be
I would still be like hey Can we go back to the
part where the the ear went back on? Like, it's
nuts, but what is Jesus saying when he literally
just reaches down, picks the ear up, and he puts
it back on Malchus? What is he saying in that
moment just by doing that? I'm God. I'm fully
in control of this moment. It has to go this
way, Peter. We're not going to create a revolution
and people's lives aren't going to be changed
by you doing that. By the way Mark it down share
it don't care. This is what I'm gonna tell you.
This is why Islam does not work It's forceful
conversion it's also why when we look at When
when the Catholics were literally killing people
for not converting to Christianity it didn't
work Force conversion doesn't work and that's
what Jesus is saying in this moment. We're not
forcing anybody We're not doing this by weapons
What you have to see and what you have to know
Peter is the way this revolution comes about
is by full surrender and resting and the sovereignty
of the father I Don't know if you guys feel like
this, but I definitely do I I when I read anytime
I see Peter Putting his foot in his mouth doing
something ridiculous where he acts out of anger
and and and Zealousness I so identify with Peter
in that moment every time Now I can feel the
questions in your minds going So pastor Logan,
are you saying that we should be pacifist? Nope
Are you saying that we shouldn't have jails military
not saying that either? What I am saying is those
institutions they have legitimate purposes Myself
and other men and women in this room have served
in the military. We've got sheriff highway patrol
We support all of those things But here's the
difference though Those things have legitimate
purposes in a fallen world But they can only
go so far Here's what I'm saying The systems
of this world, even when they restrain evil,
because that's what they're supposed to do, and
pursue justice, can never bring about the true
justice and peace that humanity ultimately needs.
Would you agree? They operate within a world
still governed by the old values of power, force,
and self -preservation. The kingdom of Christ
operates according to a completely different
set of values. true justice, peace, humility,
integrity, sacrifice, and love. And this is where
it gets really personal. Too often, we settle
for the kiss of death. We react in ways that
demands retribution right now. And by the way,
you're not wrong for wanting justice. If someone
is murdered or... Something happens and you want
retribution. You're not wrong for wanting that.
You want to know why? Because you're made in
the image of God. God demands justice too. But
typically, sometimes you can go too far in wanting
retribution and you try to take things into your
own hands. But when we respond by simply adopting
the values of the kingdom of this world, we aren't
participating in the revolution that Christ began.
We're just slapping a new coat of paint on the
same old kingdom. And Jesus' revolution is completely
different. He says, I will put others ahead of
myself. I will love my enemies. I will serve
and sacrifice for others. I will not repay evil
with evil. I will overcome evil with... I will
give up my power. I will give up my life. Weakness,
poverty, suffering, and rejection. are not at
the top of the list. His revolution comes without,
are now at the top of the list, sorry. His revolution
comes without the sword. And this is the first
true revolution. And I wanna say this, as I told
you guys, I'm not saying that wealth is bad.
I'm not saying it's better to be poor. I'm not
saying cops or soldiers are bad. That's not the
point of what I'm trying to dig into. The question
is much deeper than that. When your first instinct
is to put yourself first, to protect your power,
to demand your rights, to get even, or to make
sure you come out on top, you need to stop and
ask yourself this. It should be right here. Which
kingdom am I actually living in? Because, The
revolution of Jesus doesn't simply change who's
on top. It changes what we think belongs at the
top in the first place. Is it warm in here? Because
I'm sweating up a storm. Okay. I want to believe
it's just because I'm preaching my guts out.
So once you're done writing that down, give me
the big thumbs up. We'll move on to the second
point. Are we good? All right, let's do it. Second
point, the inversion of the revolution. The inversion
of the revolution. So what did everyone do once
Jesus was arrested? What did it say they did?
Peace, see ya. Like the cartoons when they would
leave really quick and it just showed the outline
of dust. So it says that all of them deserted
him. They all ran and hid. Peter, the man who
just moments ago, hacking a dude's ear off and
said he would never betray Jesus. He would never
go against Jesus. He's pulling a Chuck Norris.
And then this guy turns from that and in a moment
he takes off. Again, I totally identify with
Peter. When the real test came, everyone pieced
out. And then we have this strange little detail
in the text when it says one young man, right?
He had his linens on, they tried to grab him
and he's like, no sir, right? They pull his linens
off and he just like takes off running naked,
right? That's kind of a weird part to put in
there you guys agree Who is that guy? It's mark
many scholars believe that it's mark in this
and there's a reason why mark puts himself in
here because remember who is mark writing through
Because he wasn't there for all these accounts.
So who was mark getting his information from?
Peter So why is now Mark putting himself into
the story? Because he was there, by the way.
He was there for this. So why now? Why is he
all of a sudden putting himself there? That's
what we've got to figure out. Remember how I've
pointed out how much Mark goes back to Genesis
and Exodus? So much. So think about this. What
does nakedness? represent in Genesis you guys
remember Shame right shame Okay, so we've got
nakedness and mark 14 51 through 52. We've got
shame But we also have something else that's
very familiar Where are they at? in a garden
So now We've got some little parallels that Mark
is giving us. So this is Mark's account. And
as I said, many scholars believe this is the
moment where Mark is giving us something from
his own experience. It's as if Mark is saying,
I was there and I was as bad as everybody else.
Everyone failed Jesus and I was so desperate
to save myself that I actually literally left
naked. Like he's telling us how much shame he
felt, because I'm pretty sure I would leave that
part out of the story if I'm like sharing. So
think about the parallels. In Genesis, we have
a garden, there's a test, there's shame, there's
failure. Centuries later, there's another garden,
there's another test, and more failure. Some
failed by waving swords around, others failed
by running away in shame. But there's something
slightly different about this garden experience
than the other. What do you think it is? What's
different? Write this down. Jesus is in the garden
and he is not failing. He is passing the test.
He is righting the wrong that Adam and Eve has
done. And he's righting the wrong of all those
centuries, and he's righting the wrong of all
those who have dispersed. He's righting all those
wrongs. So when everyone else is fleeing the
swords of men, Jesus stands firm. And he is facing
something far worse than the swords of the world.
As we talked about last week, he is facing the
what? What did the cup represent? The wrath of
God. So if you think back to Genesis, when Adam
and Eve were expelled from the garden, they turned
around and saw what keeping them from going back?
Do you remember? A flaming sword, right? An angel
holding a flaming sword. What does that flaming
sword represent? Do you know? I said it last
week. Divine justice. So, just as Adam and Eve
were expelled from the garden and they turned
and saw a flaming sword guarding the way back
into the presence of God. Their sin had separated
them from God and there was no way back unless
someone went under the sword and that's exactly
what Jesus does in the garden. He stands firm
and faces the ultimate sword of divine justice.
He doesn't run, he doesn't fight, he doesn't
call down an army. He willingly submits to the
Father's plan and goes towards the cross for
Adam and Eve, for Mark, for Peter, and for you
and for me. And so that is the inversion of the
revolution. The world says power means protecting
yourself, preserving your position, and making
sure you come out on top. And Jesus shows us
a different kind of power. He gives himself away.
He lays down his life and through his apparent
defeat. He accomplishes the greatest victory
in history And when you realize that you are
made righteous by his grace and not by your achievements
and that you were loved in Jesus Christ It changes
the way you look at power money and status Because
they don't control you anymore I'm closing with
this If you found out tomorrow now, I know many
of you guys are business owners But just imagine
with me for a moment that you were not a business
owner. You work a job work for somebody else
Imagine with me that you find out that tomorrow
you are going to lose your job How do you respond
How do you respond if you found out that tomorrow,
when you come in, somebody sends you an email
and says, hey, just so you know, when you come
in tomorrow, boss is going to be letting you
go? How do you respond? Fear, angry. Would you,
let me ask you this. Would you consider trying
to save your job? What do you think you'd be
willing to do to save your job? Why? Would you
be willing to steal money from the business in
order just to protect your financial future?
I got kids to provide for. Would you do all you
can to protect yourself and your reputation and
do everything to in anger, begin to tell the
boss what's wrong with him, tell him what's wrong
with his business, tell him what's wrong with
all these jerks you work with, right? That would
be Logan Merrick's way. And my wife will tell
you, in my worst ways, I've done that before.
Would you do any of that? Because if you would,
even entertain any of that, then you have to
ask yourself, What revolution, what kingdom am
I a part of? Or would you be able to come to
grips with it pretty quickly because you know
your true treasure and your true identity are
secure in Christ? If you're living for yourself,
spending all your money on yourself, striving
for power, and building your reputation, you
may be having a wonderful party now. But according
to the Bible, that kingdom is going to be inverted.
The values of this world will not be the final
word. The days of that kingdom are numbered,
amen? And that doesn't frighten me at all. Write
this down. It doesn't frighten me to know that
the kingdoms of this world of money, power, politics,
that those days are numbered, it fills me with
joy and anticipation. Because the revolution
Jesus began didn't end when Judas kissed him.
It didn't end when the disciples ran. It didn't
end when Jesus was nailed to the cross, and it
didn't end when he was buried. The revolution
continues because the King who willingly went
under the sword of divine justice rose again
and is seated at the right hand of the Father
at this very moment. And one day, every kingdom
of this world that has ever exalted power, money,
status, pride, and self will come to an end and
the King of Kings will still be standing. And
that's the revolution that you and I belong to.
Let's pray.