1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,320 I'm so glad you could be with us for today's Beach Talk. 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:05,240 I always wanna help us understand every word of God 3 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:06,480 that's in the word of God. 4 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:10,080 And this way we can be great followers of Jesus. 5 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:11,460 My objective is simple. 6 00:00:11,460 --> 00:00:13,640 It's disciples making disciples 7 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:15,360 who plant churches that plant churches. 8 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:18,320 So in this way, we can see Jesus continue 9 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:22,120 to be a grassroots movement all over the world. 10 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:25,920 Now in 2020, we had four churches in two countries. 11 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:30,640 Now in 2021, we wanna have four churches in eight countries. 12 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:33,560 So I want you to be praying about what God 13 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:35,920 might put on your heart to be a part of this. 14 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:37,960 Now we have four trips this year, 15 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:41,440 two trips to El Salvador in June, 16 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,280 a trip in Indonesia with a date to be announced 17 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,800 this summer and a trip to Bangladesh this December. 18 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:51,400 God is gonna use the people involved in ocean water 19 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:53,800 to help people get their water from the ocean 20 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,720 and to start beautiful beach churches in other countries. 21 00:00:57,720 --> 00:00:59,500 So again, I want you to be praying about 22 00:00:59,500 --> 00:01:02,400 how God might use you in all of this. 23 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:07,400 So today we're in Matthew chapter 18, verse one says, 24 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,680 at that time Jesus came to them saying, 25 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:12,080 they came to Jesus saying, 26 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:15,240 who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven? 27 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:17,120 Now the disciples were often concerned 28 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:19,560 about the question of greatness. 29 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:21,700 They seemed to ask this question thinking 30 00:01:21,700 --> 00:01:25,300 that Jesus has already chosen one of them as the greatest, 31 00:01:25,300 --> 00:01:29,280 as if they wanted Jesus to decide among them 32 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:30,600 who it was gonna be. 33 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:31,960 And that's what we do, isn't it? 34 00:01:31,960 --> 00:01:34,520 All the time we wonder who's the greatest, 35 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:37,400 who has the most followers, who has the most influence. 36 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,040 And actually Jesus isn't really cared about any of that. 37 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:43,020 He's much more concerned about the character 38 00:01:43,020 --> 00:01:45,800 that we have on the inside of our heart. 39 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:48,400 So the disciples wanted to know 40 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:50,880 who would hold the highest position 41 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:54,240 in the administration that Jesus was going to establish. 42 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,060 Now a lot of them thought that it would be 43 00:01:56,060 --> 00:01:58,320 a political kingdom, but he points this out, 44 00:01:58,320 --> 00:01:59,640 this isn't the case. 45 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:01,180 Jesus called a little child to him 46 00:02:01,180 --> 00:02:03,120 and said in the midst of them, 47 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:04,880 he said, assuredly I say to you 48 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:07,340 that unless you become like a little child, 49 00:02:07,340 --> 00:02:11,040 you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. 50 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:14,200 So therefore whoever humburs himself as a little child 51 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,360 is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 52 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,680 Now, Jesus might've answered the question, 53 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,240 who is the greatest by pointing to himself. 54 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:24,340 He could have just said, look guys, I'm the greatest. 55 00:02:24,340 --> 00:02:25,620 I made all of you. 56 00:02:25,620 --> 00:02:26,460 But he didn't do that. 57 00:02:26,460 --> 00:02:30,120 Instead, he does an object lesson where he points to a kid. 58 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:34,000 Now the fact that the child came when Jesus called 59 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,720 says something about Jesus. 60 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:39,400 He was the sort of man that children wanted to be around. 61 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:42,480 Children have an intuition about who's safe, 62 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:44,800 about who's fun, about who's pure, 63 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:46,720 because that's the way that they are. 64 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:49,640 Children were regarded kind of more as property 65 00:02:49,640 --> 00:02:51,820 than as individuals at that time. 66 00:02:51,820 --> 00:02:55,320 It was understood that they were to be seen and not heard. 67 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:57,040 Now, Jesus said that we would have to take 68 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:00,700 this kind of humble place to enter his kingdom. 69 00:03:00,700 --> 00:03:02,840 Think about that humility. 70 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:05,440 Now, children aren't threatening. 71 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:08,680 They weren't afraid of, no one's ever been afraid 72 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,240 of meeting a five-year-old in a dark alley. 73 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:13,160 Adults tend to want to project 74 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:16,500 a tough, intimidating presence, but this isn't Jesus. 75 00:03:16,500 --> 00:03:17,900 Children aren't good at deceiving. 76 00:03:17,900 --> 00:03:21,320 They're pretty miserable failures at fooling their parents. 77 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:24,080 When we're good at hiding ourselves and deceiving others, 78 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:26,280 we aren't like Jesus. 79 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,000 One Bible commentator said that the child is held up 80 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,780 as an ideal, not of innocence, purity, or faith, 81 00:03:32,780 --> 00:03:36,960 but of humility and unconcern for social status. 82 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:38,080 Now think about that. 83 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:43,080 An unconcern for social status is a prerequisite 84 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:47,200 to wanting to enter the kingdom of God 85 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:50,160 or to be a follower of Jesus. 86 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:51,000 Wow. 87 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,960 So whoever humbles himself as this little child 88 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:55,300 is the greatest in the kingdom. 89 00:03:55,300 --> 00:03:58,040 Now, Jesus then addressed the issue of greatness 90 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:01,100 when we most fulfilled the humble place a child had 91 00:04:01,100 --> 00:04:02,560 in that culture. 92 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:06,760 We are then on our way to greatness in God's kingdom. 93 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:08,280 Now, Jesus humbles himself, 94 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:11,480 does not refer to arbitrary asceticism 95 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:13,680 or phony false modesty, 96 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:17,200 but the acceptance of an inferior position. 97 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:19,440 Now we know that one man was actually the greatest 98 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:20,280 in the kingdom. 99 00:04:20,280 --> 00:04:21,280 It was Jesus himself. 100 00:04:21,280 --> 00:04:23,360 That means that Jesus himself was humble 101 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:24,720 like a little child. 102 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,600 He wasn't concerned about his own status. 103 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,160 He didn't have to be the center of attention. 104 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:32,480 Wow. 105 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:34,600 What a word for our time. 106 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:36,120 Now verses five and six, 107 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:38,400 whoever receives one of these little children 108 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:40,400 like this in my name receives me, 109 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:42,480 but whoever causes one of these little ones 110 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:44,080 who believe in me to sin, 111 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:45,680 it would be better for him 112 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,640 if the millstone were hung around his neck 113 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:52,040 and he were drowned into the depths of the sea. 114 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:54,680 Now the sea is very windy, high tide, 115 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:56,320 and really a lot of swell today. 116 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:58,280 It's acting up behind me. 117 00:04:58,280 --> 00:05:00,140 So this is a great illustration. 118 00:05:00,140 --> 00:05:03,200 So now how we treat those who are humble like children 119 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:06,920 shows that we can think about the nature of Jesus. 120 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:09,980 It's easy to actually despise the humble. 121 00:05:09,980 --> 00:05:12,640 They're losers or they're the kind that will never make it 122 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:17,120 in our competitive and aggressive get ahead culture. 123 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,840 And he says, yet when we despise humble people, 124 00:05:20,840 --> 00:05:22,640 we also can despise Jesus. 125 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:24,640 Now Jesus takes it seriously 126 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:26,820 when one of these little ones is led into sin. 127 00:05:26,820 --> 00:05:29,120 Little ones does not mean children, 128 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,640 but those who humble themselves as children 129 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,080 in the manner that Jesus described. 130 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:36,040 Now it's a wicked thing to sin. 131 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,320 It's a far greater evil thing 132 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:40,620 to lead other people into sin. 133 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:45,480 But leading one of Jesus' little ones into sin is far worse 134 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,780 because then we initiate someone into an instance 135 00:05:48,780 --> 00:05:50,960 or a pattern of sin that corrupts 136 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:52,800 whatever innocence they had. 137 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:57,720 Jesus holds us accountable for our influence on others. 138 00:05:57,720 --> 00:05:59,760 That is different than people saying, 139 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,360 I'm just responsible for my actions. 140 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:06,080 Jesus implies you're responsible for your actions 141 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:08,600 and for your influence. 142 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:11,860 You see nowadays, everybody wants the influence, 143 00:06:11,860 --> 00:06:14,240 but they don't want the responsibility 144 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:15,680 that goes along with it. 145 00:06:16,840 --> 00:06:19,880 To a higher standard where we're responsible 146 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:23,960 for both our own actions and our influence 147 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,240 on the people around us. 148 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,600 A much different standard. 149 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:29,840 Now look at verse seven, 150 00:06:29,840 --> 00:06:32,100 woe to the world because of offenses, 151 00:06:32,100 --> 00:06:33,280 for offenses must come, 152 00:06:33,280 --> 00:06:37,080 woe to the man by whom the offense comes. 153 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:39,000 The first woe is a cry of pity 154 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,560 for a world in danger of offenses. 155 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,600 The second woe is a warning to the one who brings 156 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,440 or introduces evil to others. 157 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:52,600 We live in a fallen world and it's inevitable 158 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,200 that sin and hurt and offenses come, 159 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:57,700 yet the person who brings the offense 160 00:06:57,700 --> 00:07:01,020 is guilty before God and has no excuse. 161 00:07:01,020 --> 00:07:06,020 This teaches us that we can let go of anger and bitterness 162 00:07:06,540 --> 00:07:08,980 for what people have done against us. 163 00:07:08,980 --> 00:07:13,400 God promised to deal with those by whom the offense comes. 164 00:07:14,860 --> 00:07:16,940 God will judge all men. 165 00:07:16,940 --> 00:07:20,020 If God promises to deal with those who offend his own, 166 00:07:20,020 --> 00:07:23,080 it shows that he defends and protects his own. 167 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,660 This teaches us that in Jesus Christ, 168 00:07:25,660 --> 00:07:27,580 no other person can wreck our life. 169 00:07:27,580 --> 00:07:29,900 If they bring offenses in our life, 170 00:07:29,900 --> 00:07:31,380 God will deal with them, 171 00:07:31,380 --> 00:07:34,580 but not forsake us in time and eternity. 172 00:07:34,580 --> 00:07:36,060 Now, verses eight and nine, 173 00:07:36,060 --> 00:07:39,320 now if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, 174 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:41,100 cut it off and cast it from you, 175 00:07:41,100 --> 00:07:45,420 it is better for you to enter into life lame and maimed 176 00:07:45,420 --> 00:07:48,300 rather than having two hands and two feet 177 00:07:48,300 --> 00:07:50,460 to be cast into everlasting fire. 178 00:07:50,460 --> 00:07:52,620 And if your eye causes you to sin, 179 00:07:52,620 --> 00:07:54,980 pluck it out and cast it from you, 180 00:07:54,980 --> 00:07:58,180 for it's better if you enter into life with one eye 181 00:07:58,180 --> 00:08:00,140 rather than having two eyes 182 00:08:00,140 --> 00:08:03,500 and be cast into hell, into the fire. 183 00:08:03,500 --> 00:08:05,380 Now, what's Jesus saying here? 184 00:08:05,380 --> 00:08:08,860 Now, some people only keep from sin 185 00:08:08,860 --> 00:08:11,180 if it is easy or convenient to do it. 186 00:08:11,180 --> 00:08:14,580 Jesus warns us that we must be willing to sacrifice 187 00:08:14,580 --> 00:08:16,260 in fighting against sin, 188 00:08:16,260 --> 00:08:18,860 that nothing is worse than facing the wrath 189 00:08:18,860 --> 00:08:20,680 of a righteous God. 190 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:25,040 It really is better to sacrifice in the battle against sin now 191 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:29,500 than face the punishment of eternal life later 192 00:08:29,500 --> 00:08:30,900 or eternity later. 193 00:08:30,900 --> 00:08:32,100 Now, there's significant problems 194 00:08:32,100 --> 00:08:34,040 in taking these words literally. 195 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:37,060 And the problem is that cutting off your hand 196 00:08:37,060 --> 00:08:41,500 or a body part as a way of solving your sin problem 197 00:08:41,500 --> 00:08:43,540 wouldn't be going far enough. 198 00:08:43,540 --> 00:08:46,280 You could cut your hand off and your foot off, 199 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,560 but you can never turn off your mind. 200 00:08:48,560 --> 00:08:52,560 It's why our minds need to be renewed by Jesus 201 00:08:52,560 --> 00:08:55,520 and his way of thinking in our life. 202 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:59,340 It's why we need the Lord, his word, and the Holy Spirit 203 00:08:59,340 --> 00:09:02,880 working in us and through us every single day. 204 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:06,640 God wants to cut off the source of sin. 205 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:08,020 It starts in our thinking 206 00:09:08,020 --> 00:09:10,900 and works its way out in our life. 207 00:09:10,900 --> 00:09:13,140 So it's a metaphor for being ruthless 208 00:09:13,140 --> 00:09:14,540 with dealing with sin. 209 00:09:14,540 --> 00:09:16,420 Now, verse 10, now take heed 210 00:09:16,420 --> 00:09:18,540 that you do not despise one of these little ones, 211 00:09:18,540 --> 00:09:20,300 for I say to you that in heaven, 212 00:09:20,300 --> 00:09:24,060 their angels always see the face of my father 213 00:09:24,060 --> 00:09:25,280 who is in heaven. 214 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:29,260 Because God's mind and eye is always on his little ones, 215 00:09:29,260 --> 00:09:32,300 we do well to treat them with love and respect. 216 00:09:32,300 --> 00:09:37,160 Now, God's humble, just like he protects us. 217 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:39,420 Now, verses 11 through 14, 218 00:09:39,420 --> 00:09:42,420 for the son of man has come to say that which was lost. 219 00:09:42,420 --> 00:09:43,240 What do you think? 220 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,820 If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, 221 00:09:46,820 --> 00:09:50,340 does he not leave the 99 and go to the mountains 222 00:09:50,340 --> 00:09:53,480 to see the one that is straying? 223 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:54,980 And if he should find it, 224 00:09:54,980 --> 00:09:59,420 assuredly I say to you he rejoices more over the one sheep 225 00:09:59,420 --> 00:10:02,580 than the 99 who did not go astray. 226 00:10:02,580 --> 00:10:06,660 So even so, it is not the will of God who is in heaven 227 00:10:06,660 --> 00:10:09,120 that any of these little ones should perish. 228 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:12,700 Now, this story demonstrates the value 229 00:10:12,700 --> 00:10:14,900 that God places on individuals. 230 00:10:14,900 --> 00:10:18,140 Jesus exhorts us to reflect the same care. 231 00:10:18,140 --> 00:10:21,820 Now here, Jesus emphasized the love and care 232 00:10:21,820 --> 00:10:25,660 we should have for all in the Christian community. 233 00:10:25,660 --> 00:10:28,580 If we should find it, assuredly I say to you, 234 00:10:28,580 --> 00:10:30,900 he rejoices more over that sheep. 235 00:10:30,900 --> 00:10:34,380 The shepherd was happy when he found the one sheep. 236 00:10:34,380 --> 00:10:38,380 He wasn't angry or bitter over his hard work or lost time. 237 00:10:38,380 --> 00:10:40,060 His joy was overflowing. 238 00:10:40,060 --> 00:10:41,660 He was excited about it. 239 00:10:41,660 --> 00:10:45,500 Now this parable shows us the character of God's love. 240 00:10:45,500 --> 00:10:50,500 Being like the care of a shepherd gives us for a lost sheep. 241 00:10:51,380 --> 00:10:55,300 It's an individual love, it's a patient love, 242 00:10:55,300 --> 00:10:58,360 it is a seeking love, God comes after us. 243 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:02,220 It's a rejoicing love, it's a protecting love. 244 00:11:03,500 --> 00:11:05,640 So some take this as an assurance 245 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:09,260 that before an age of accountability, children are saved. 246 00:11:09,260 --> 00:11:13,300 This is absolutely certain only of the children of believers. 247 00:11:13,300 --> 00:11:16,080 For the rest, we must trust in God's mercy 248 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:18,900 and the knowledge of the judge of all the earth 249 00:11:18,900 --> 00:11:21,660 that he will do right when the time comes. 250 00:11:21,660 --> 00:11:23,060 Now look at verse 15. 251 00:11:23,060 --> 00:11:26,100 Moreover, if your brother's sins against you, 252 00:11:26,100 --> 00:11:29,020 go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. 253 00:11:29,020 --> 00:11:31,260 If he hears you, you have gained your brother. 254 00:11:33,340 --> 00:11:37,300 Go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. 255 00:11:37,300 --> 00:11:41,060 It is essential that we go to the offending brother first, 256 00:11:41,060 --> 00:11:42,980 not griping and gossiping to others, 257 00:11:42,980 --> 00:11:45,700 assuredly, especially under the guise 258 00:11:45,700 --> 00:11:48,580 of sharing a prayer request or seeking counsel. 259 00:11:48,580 --> 00:11:51,460 Instead, speak to the party directly. 260 00:11:51,460 --> 00:11:55,540 Now it would be wrong for anyone to take Jesus' word here 261 00:11:55,540 --> 00:11:57,640 as a command to confront your brother 262 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:00,060 with every sin that they commit against you. 263 00:12:00,060 --> 00:12:03,060 The Bible says that we should bear with one another 264 00:12:03,060 --> 00:12:05,380 and be patient towards each other, 265 00:12:05,380 --> 00:12:07,420 yet clearly there are some things 266 00:12:07,420 --> 00:12:09,300 that cannot suffer along with 267 00:12:09,300 --> 00:12:11,600 and that we must address immediately. 268 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:14,300 So Jesus seems to give us two options 269 00:12:14,300 --> 00:12:15,900 when someone's sin against us. 270 00:12:15,900 --> 00:12:18,080 We can deal with them directly 271 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:20,520 or we can drop it all together. 272 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:23,780 This is why we need God to give us clarity 273 00:12:23,780 --> 00:12:26,900 and an understanding about how to proceed. 274 00:12:26,900 --> 00:12:29,100 Sometimes we deal with things directly 275 00:12:29,100 --> 00:12:30,740 and other times in our life, 276 00:12:30,740 --> 00:12:34,300 we just drop things because we have the maturity to do it. 277 00:12:34,300 --> 00:12:37,380 Now it says, if he hears you, you've gained your brother, 278 00:12:37,380 --> 00:12:38,580 for you've gained him in two ways. 279 00:12:38,580 --> 00:12:40,980 Now, first, the problem has been cleared up. 280 00:12:40,980 --> 00:12:44,260 Perhaps you realize that he was right in some ways 281 00:12:44,260 --> 00:12:47,140 and realize that you were maybe wrong in some ways, 282 00:12:47,140 --> 00:12:48,740 but the problem is resolved. 283 00:12:48,740 --> 00:12:50,440 Now second, you've gained him 284 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:53,420 because you have not wronged your brother 285 00:12:53,420 --> 00:12:56,360 by going to others with gossip 286 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:57,920 and the half side of a dispute. 287 00:12:58,860 --> 00:13:01,760 So importantly, Jesus did not say 288 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:04,580 that your brother agree with you 289 00:13:04,580 --> 00:13:06,460 or immediately repent before you. 290 00:13:06,460 --> 00:13:08,900 At first, it's enough that he just hears you, 291 00:13:08,900 --> 00:13:11,060 that he hears you out, that he feels what you're feeling. 292 00:13:11,060 --> 00:13:12,700 Now, verse 16 and 18, 293 00:13:12,700 --> 00:13:14,500 but if he will not hear, 294 00:13:14,500 --> 00:13:16,880 take one or two or more of you 295 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:19,300 by the mouth of two or three witnesses, 296 00:13:19,300 --> 00:13:21,140 every word may be established. 297 00:13:21,140 --> 00:13:23,100 And if it refuses to hear them, 298 00:13:23,100 --> 00:13:24,420 tell it to the church. 299 00:13:24,420 --> 00:13:27,200 But if he refuses even to hear the church, 300 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:30,860 let him be like a heathen to you and a tax collector. 301 00:13:30,860 --> 00:13:32,420 Surely I say to you, 302 00:13:32,420 --> 00:13:36,000 whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven 303 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:39,340 and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. 304 00:13:39,340 --> 00:13:40,820 Now what's happening here? 305 00:13:40,820 --> 00:13:44,780 Well, the circle of people in the situation 306 00:13:44,780 --> 00:13:49,780 only become wider as the offending party refuses to listen. 307 00:13:50,020 --> 00:13:53,480 If a stubborn, unrepentant attitude remains, 308 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:56,020 there to be refused fellowship, 309 00:13:56,020 --> 00:13:58,140 let him be like an unbeliever. 310 00:13:58,140 --> 00:14:01,020 It's also true that one or two more, 311 00:14:01,020 --> 00:14:03,040 after hearing both sides of the story, 312 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:06,380 may resolve the issue by assigning responsibility 313 00:14:06,380 --> 00:14:10,780 differently than the first offended person had thought of. 314 00:14:10,780 --> 00:14:13,940 So sometimes when you include people, 315 00:14:13,940 --> 00:14:16,780 it can bring clarity and people can own 316 00:14:16,780 --> 00:14:19,820 what they need to own and the dispute can be settled. 317 00:14:19,820 --> 00:14:23,180 Now the heart of Jesus is always for reconciliation, 318 00:14:23,180 --> 00:14:25,580 both with him and with each other. 319 00:14:25,580 --> 00:14:28,580 Now the unrepentant one must be treated 320 00:14:28,580 --> 00:14:31,980 like a heathen or a tax collector with great love, 321 00:14:31,980 --> 00:14:36,520 the goal of bringing a full repentance and reconciliation. 322 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:38,580 So if the matter cannot be resolved, 323 00:14:38,580 --> 00:14:41,560 then one is to be regarded as a heathen 324 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:42,840 and as a tax collector. 325 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:45,460 Now this sense of being refused full standing 326 00:14:45,460 --> 00:14:47,640 and participation in the body of Christ 327 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:49,820 is what Paul meant when he said, 328 00:14:49,820 --> 00:14:53,380 deliver such a one to Satan, 1 Corinthians 5. 329 00:14:53,380 --> 00:14:56,500 Now there is a sense in which the unrepentant person 330 00:14:56,500 --> 00:14:59,460 is being chastened by their being placed 331 00:14:59,460 --> 00:15:03,180 outside of fellowship or outside of the church. 332 00:15:03,180 --> 00:15:06,620 Hopefully there is a humility that comes 333 00:15:06,620 --> 00:15:10,960 by not being in church, by not being around believers, 334 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:13,600 that causes people to humbly come back 335 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:15,020 and want to reconcile. 336 00:15:15,020 --> 00:15:18,740 Now sadly, in many cases, I have seen people 337 00:15:18,740 --> 00:15:23,740 not be involved in church, not be involved in fellowship 338 00:15:23,900 --> 00:15:25,980 and have their heart pardoned. 339 00:15:25,980 --> 00:15:28,180 Now verses 19 and 20, it says, 340 00:15:28,180 --> 00:15:33,180 if any two or three of you agree with each other, 341 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:35,800 my father in heaven, in my name, 342 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:37,460 there will I be in the midst of them. 343 00:15:37,460 --> 00:15:39,980 Now there is real power in agreement and prayer 344 00:15:39,980 --> 00:15:41,660 and in the presence of Jesus. 345 00:15:41,660 --> 00:15:46,540 This is exactly what an unrepentant person misses out on, 346 00:15:46,540 --> 00:15:49,140 the power of agreeing with people in prayer. 347 00:15:49,140 --> 00:15:50,320 In the ancient Greek, 348 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:52,980 the word literally meant to symphonize. 349 00:15:52,980 --> 00:15:55,860 Jesus wants us to compliment one another 350 00:15:55,860 --> 00:15:59,500 like a great orchestra in the body of Christ in the church. 351 00:15:59,500 --> 00:16:01,800 It will be done for them by my father in heaven. 352 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:04,940 We must take advantage of the power of agreement, 353 00:16:04,940 --> 00:16:08,460 which works on the principle related to Leviticus 354 00:16:08,460 --> 00:16:11,220 where five set a hundred enemies to flight, 355 00:16:11,220 --> 00:16:13,960 but a hundred set 10,000 enemies to flight. 356 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:16,780 There's a difference between one defeating 20 357 00:16:16,780 --> 00:16:18,520 and one defeating a hundred. 358 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:21,260 There's power, exponential power, 359 00:16:21,260 --> 00:16:23,900 in the power of agreement and the prayer of agreement. 360 00:16:23,900 --> 00:16:26,060 Jesus here indicated that meetings of his people, 361 00:16:26,060 --> 00:16:28,460 indeed meetings full of power and authority 362 00:16:28,460 --> 00:16:31,520 connected to heaven do not need to be large. 363 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:35,140 They can be two or three people. 364 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:38,800 A meeting of two or three is easy to gather. 365 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:40,700 Someone is always close at hand 366 00:16:40,700 --> 00:16:43,140 and it isn't hard to find a place 367 00:16:43,140 --> 00:16:44,620 for the people to meet. 368 00:16:44,620 --> 00:16:49,620 Now this shows us that large numbers are not essential. 369 00:16:49,900 --> 00:16:54,900 This shows us that the rank of the people is not essential. 370 00:16:55,380 --> 00:16:58,700 This shows us that among other things, 371 00:16:58,700 --> 00:17:01,500 the place that they meet is not essential. 372 00:17:01,500 --> 00:17:05,900 It could be a beach or a park or a coffee shop or a home. 373 00:17:05,900 --> 00:17:08,320 Now this shows us that the time, 374 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:11,660 both the day or the time of day is not essential. 375 00:17:11,660 --> 00:17:15,340 And this shows us that the particular form is not essential. 376 00:17:15,340 --> 00:17:17,880 You can sit, you can stand, you can kneel. 377 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:20,720 Now this shows us that meeting in Jesus' name 378 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:23,160 is absolutely what is essential. 379 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:25,400 Gathering together in his name 380 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:29,780 means that we are known by him and for him. 381 00:17:29,780 --> 00:17:31,540 Gathering together in his name 382 00:17:31,540 --> 00:17:33,460 means that our points of gathering 383 00:17:33,460 --> 00:17:35,860 that we gather around Jesus. 384 00:17:35,860 --> 00:17:37,420 That's what church means. 385 00:17:37,420 --> 00:17:38,860 Gathering together in his name 386 00:17:38,860 --> 00:17:41,260 means gathering according to the character 387 00:17:41,260 --> 00:17:44,060 and nature of Jesus and his word. 388 00:17:44,060 --> 00:17:45,780 Gathering together in his name 389 00:17:45,780 --> 00:17:49,620 means gathering in a manner that Jesus would endorse. 390 00:17:50,500 --> 00:17:54,080 Jesus said, I am there in the midst of them. 391 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:56,420 This means that Jesus is an upfront, 392 00:17:56,420 --> 00:18:00,100 closer to the minister or the worship team or the leaders. 393 00:18:00,100 --> 00:18:03,860 He's in their midst to be close to everybody. 394 00:18:03,860 --> 00:18:07,600 Now verse 21 and 22, then Peter came to him and said, 395 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:10,420 Lord, how often shall my brothers sin against me 396 00:18:10,420 --> 00:18:11,740 and I forgive him? 397 00:18:11,740 --> 00:18:13,520 Up to seven times? 398 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:16,980 Jesus said to him, I don't say to you seven times, 399 00:18:16,980 --> 00:18:21,140 but up to 77 times or seven times 70. 400 00:18:22,700 --> 00:18:25,020 Now Peter, in light of what Jesus said 401 00:18:25,020 --> 00:18:28,540 about agreement and unity, hoped to sound really loving 402 00:18:28,540 --> 00:18:32,120 and by suggesting that he would be forgiving to people 403 00:18:32,120 --> 00:18:36,180 and a repentant person up to seven times or three times 404 00:18:36,180 --> 00:18:40,820 what was accepted to be the rabbinical limit at that time. 405 00:18:40,820 --> 00:18:43,500 But Jesus answered unexpectedly saying 406 00:18:43,500 --> 00:18:48,500 the word of forgive people in an unlimited fashion. 407 00:18:49,820 --> 00:18:53,380 This was astonishing for them to hear 408 00:18:54,260 --> 00:18:59,180 that just in the same way that God's grace to us is unlimited, 409 00:18:59,180 --> 00:19:02,980 our forgiveness to others is to be the same. 410 00:19:02,980 --> 00:19:05,660 Now verse 23 and 24, therefore the kingdom of heaven 411 00:19:05,660 --> 00:19:08,260 is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts 412 00:19:08,260 --> 00:19:11,380 with the servants and when he had begun to settle accounts, 413 00:19:11,380 --> 00:19:14,740 one was brought to him who owed him 10,000 talents. 414 00:19:14,740 --> 00:19:17,340 Now the king in this parable expected his servants 415 00:19:17,340 --> 00:19:20,000 to be faithful and honorable in the way 416 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:21,900 that they conducted his business, 417 00:19:21,900 --> 00:19:24,380 therefore went to their work 418 00:19:24,380 --> 00:19:26,140 and would settle accounts with them. 419 00:19:27,300 --> 00:19:31,020 Commentators listed modern value of 10,000 talents 420 00:19:31,020 --> 00:19:34,640 as anywhere between 12 million and a billion dollars. 421 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:38,240 Now this clearly represents an unpayable debt 422 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:40,300 just like our sin in the past. 423 00:19:40,300 --> 00:19:43,940 Verses 25 through 27, but as he was not able to pay, 424 00:19:43,940 --> 00:19:46,580 his master commanded that he be sold, 425 00:19:46,580 --> 00:19:48,580 his wife and his children and all that he had 426 00:19:48,580 --> 00:19:50,260 and that the payment be made. 427 00:19:50,260 --> 00:19:52,780 The servant fell down before him saying, 428 00:19:52,780 --> 00:19:56,460 master have patience with me and I will pay you all. 429 00:19:56,460 --> 00:20:00,100 Then the master of that servant was moved with compassion 430 00:20:00,100 --> 00:20:02,660 and forgave him the debt. 431 00:20:02,660 --> 00:20:04,980 So his master commanded that he be sold, 432 00:20:04,980 --> 00:20:07,420 of course this man was not able to pay, 433 00:20:07,420 --> 00:20:10,620 therefore the master commanded to sell the debtor, 434 00:20:10,620 --> 00:20:12,700 his family and all that he had, 435 00:20:12,700 --> 00:20:14,900 this would not satisfy the debt. 436 00:20:14,900 --> 00:20:17,800 Slaves were told were sold at their top price, 437 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:19,780 were sold at a talent each, 438 00:20:19,780 --> 00:20:22,280 yet it would bring some measure of justice 439 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:24,620 if he'd gotten a little bit for what he owed. 440 00:20:24,620 --> 00:20:27,420 But the promise of the servant made no sense. 441 00:20:27,420 --> 00:20:30,240 He spoke as if he needed more patience 442 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:32,060 that if he were given enough time, 443 00:20:32,060 --> 00:20:34,580 he would actually be able to pay his massive debt. 444 00:20:35,660 --> 00:20:39,820 The disciples listening to Jesus would think of this 445 00:20:39,820 --> 00:20:42,380 in hilarious terms or humorous terms. 446 00:20:42,380 --> 00:20:45,220 The master of that servant was moved with compassion, 447 00:20:45,220 --> 00:20:47,140 he released him and forgave him the debt. 448 00:20:47,140 --> 00:20:50,380 The master showed mercy prompted by compassion 449 00:20:50,380 --> 00:20:53,540 for giving a debt that he could obviously never repay 450 00:20:53,540 --> 00:20:56,880 despite whatever promises the servant had made. 451 00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:58,940 Now verses 28 through 30, 452 00:20:58,940 --> 00:21:01,700 but the servant went out and found one of his fellow servants 453 00:21:01,700 --> 00:21:03,580 who owed him a hundred denarii, 454 00:21:03,580 --> 00:21:06,820 and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, 455 00:21:06,820 --> 00:21:08,980 saying, pay me what you owe me. 456 00:21:08,980 --> 00:21:10,900 Then his fellow servant fell down at his feet 457 00:21:10,900 --> 00:21:13,980 and begged him saying, have patience with me, 458 00:21:13,980 --> 00:21:16,100 I will pay you all of it. 459 00:21:16,100 --> 00:21:20,140 And he would not, but went out and threw him into prison 460 00:21:20,140 --> 00:21:22,220 until he should pay the debt. 461 00:21:22,220 --> 00:21:23,060 Wow. 462 00:21:24,340 --> 00:21:28,820 The servant who had just been forgiven an unpayable debt, 463 00:21:28,820 --> 00:21:31,640 went out and found the one who owed him money 464 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:35,340 upon meeting him, he immediately assaulted him, 465 00:21:35,340 --> 00:21:39,260 took him by the throat and demanded repayment. 466 00:21:39,260 --> 00:21:43,460 Now a hundred denarii was roughly a day of a hundred days 467 00:21:43,460 --> 00:21:46,100 wages, this was not an insignificant amount, 468 00:21:46,100 --> 00:21:48,140 but it was almost nothing compared to the debt 469 00:21:48,140 --> 00:21:50,500 that he had just been forgiven of. 470 00:21:50,500 --> 00:21:55,500 This is how we act when we let God forgive us, 471 00:21:55,500 --> 00:22:00,500 but we don't want to forgive other people. 472 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:06,320 The man who owed the smaller debt used the exact same plea 473 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:08,640 and promise that brought mercy to the man 474 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,500 who had the greater debt, but it gained nothing. 475 00:22:11,500 --> 00:22:15,840 And the servant put the man into debtor's prison. 476 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:17,520 Now verse 31 through 34, 477 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:20,480 so when his fellow servants saw what had been done, 478 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:23,440 they were grieved and came and told their master 479 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:25,920 all that had been done then his master, 480 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:27,520 after he had called him said, 481 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:31,160 you wicked servant, I forgive you all that debt 482 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:35,400 because you begged me should you not also have had compassion 483 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,800 on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you 484 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:42,320 and delivered him to the torturers 485 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:45,940 until he should pay all that was due to him. 486 00:22:45,940 --> 00:22:48,960 There is no mention in the parable 487 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:52,000 of the first servant's conscience bothering him 488 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:53,700 about his conduct. 489 00:22:53,700 --> 00:22:55,640 And yet it was his fellow servants 490 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:58,200 that recognized the wrong that was done. 491 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:03,200 Sometimes we are painfully into our embarrassment, 492 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:06,260 blind to our own sinful conduct. 493 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:09,720 Wow, when the master heard of this, 494 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:11,640 he was understandably angry. 495 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,520 It was just wrong for a man who had been forgiven 496 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,520 so much to then be so unforgiving. 497 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:20,800 He then forgave the first servant what he deserved, 498 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:22,440 justice instead of mercy. 499 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:26,360 Now verse 35, so my heavenly father also will do to you 500 00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:29,440 if each of you from his heart 501 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:31,960 does not forgive his brother his sin. 502 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:33,700 So the principle is clear. 503 00:23:33,700 --> 00:23:36,080 God has forgiven such a great debt 504 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:40,180 that any debt owed to us is absolutely insignificant 505 00:23:40,180 --> 00:23:41,440 in comparison. 506 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,440 No man can possibly offend to the extent 507 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:48,240 that the God, the principle must be applied 508 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:49,800 to the things done to us, 509 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:53,520 but also to the great things done unto us. 510 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:55,300 If each of you from his heart 511 00:23:55,300 --> 00:23:57,280 does not forgive his brother's trespasses, 512 00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:00,080 with this, Jesus taught an important 513 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:04,640 and often neglected principle regarding forgiveness. 514 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:07,220 There are many sincere followers of Jesus 515 00:24:07,220 --> 00:24:10,800 who withhold forgiveness from others for mistaken reasons 516 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:13,320 and they feel entirely justified in doing so. 517 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:15,160 The reason he works something like this, 518 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:17,800 we should not forgive another person who sins against us 519 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:19,900 until they're properly repent. 520 00:24:19,900 --> 00:24:21,760 Now this is because repentance is mentioned 521 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:24,240 in the context of our commands to forgive 522 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:26,160 and because our forgiveness to others 523 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:28,920 is to be modeled after God's forgiveness of us. 524 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:31,840 Since God does not forgive us apart from repentance, 525 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:33,280 so we should not forgive others 526 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:35,400 unless they properly repent to us. 527 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:38,220 We even have the duty to withhold such forgiveness 528 00:24:38,220 --> 00:24:39,640 and judge their repentance 529 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:42,960 because it is ultimately in their best interest to do so. 530 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:47,440 Well, this thinking, even if it means well, 531 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:51,640 is totally incorrect and dangerous. 532 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:55,040 The parable shows us why it is incorrect for us to think 533 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:57,560 God doesn't forgive me without my repentance, 534 00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:00,240 therefore I must withhold forgiveness from others 535 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:04,000 who sin against me until they properly repent. 536 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,800 That thinking is wrong because I do not stand 537 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:11,280 in the same place as God in the equation and I never can. 538 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:14,320 God stands as one who has never been forgiven 539 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:16,440 and never needed forgiveness. 540 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:18,600 I stand as one who's been forgiven 541 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:20,980 and continually needs forgiveness. 542 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:24,660 So therefore, if it were possible, 543 00:25:24,660 --> 00:25:27,720 we should be far quicker to forgive than God is 544 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:29,640 without precondition of repentance 545 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:33,840 because we stand as forgiven sinners who must also forgive. 546 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:38,760 We have an even greater obligation to forgive than God does. 547 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:41,440 Now since we've been forgiven so much, 548 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,120 we have no right to withhold forgiveness from others 549 00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:46,080 for we are the debtor forgiven 550 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:48,160 almost an infinite debt. 551 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:52,160 Will we hold on to such a small debt that others owe to us? 552 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:55,360 If anyone had the right to withhold forgiveness, it is God 553 00:25:55,360 --> 00:25:57,920 and he forgives more freely and completely 554 00:25:57,920 --> 00:25:59,480 than anyone we know. 555 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:04,300 What possible right do we have to hold on to unforgiveness? 556 00:26:04,300 --> 00:26:09,200 It is also important to understand a distinction, 557 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,880 that a distinction can and should be made 558 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:14,280 between forgiveness and reconciliation. 559 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:16,960 True reconciliation of relationship can only happen 560 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:18,980 when both parties agree to it 561 00:26:18,980 --> 00:26:22,060 and this may require repentance on both sides, 562 00:26:22,060 --> 00:26:26,240 yet forgiveness can be one sided completely. 563 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:29,600 So forgiveness does not necessarily shield someone 564 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:32,800 from the civil or practical consequences of their sin. 565 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:35,600 For example, a homeowner can personally forgive the man 566 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:38,160 who robbed his house, yet it's still appropriate 567 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:41,480 for the robber to be arrested and put in jail. 568 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:44,240 On a personal level, forgiveness is required 569 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:46,320 on a civil and societal level, 570 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:49,640 the man should be punished by the authorities. 571 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:53,200 In context, the parable was given to make us more forgiving, 572 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:54,560 not less forgiving. 573 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:56,800 No one can reasonably read this parable 574 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:59,440 and think that Jesus was trying to restrict 575 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:02,240 the forgiveness of his disciples. 576 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:05,420 It would be wrong to make this into the idea 577 00:27:05,420 --> 00:27:08,640 that unforgiveness itself is the unforgivable sin. 578 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:11,280 It is better to say that forgiveness is evidence 579 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:13,680 of truly being forgiven 580 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:16,440 and that habitual unforgiveness may show 581 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:19,960 that a person's heart has never really been touched 582 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:21,920 by the love of Jesus. 583 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:26,160 Now, at every one of the close to my beach talks 584 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,040 I like to pray, prayer's just talking to God. 585 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:31,160 Maybe you need to hit reset in your life 586 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,000 or get a fresh start. 587 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:34,400 Maybe you need to stop some things. 588 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:36,720 Maybe you need to start some things. 589 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,920 Prayer is always a chance to do all of those things. 590 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:41,080 Would you pray with me right now? 591 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:43,840 Would you just say, hey God, help me change my life. 592 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:45,760 Help me to hit that reset button. 593 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:47,140 Give me a fresh start. 594 00:27:47,140 --> 00:27:49,680 Help me to stop those things I know I need to stop. 595 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:51,560 Help me to start those things I need to start 596 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:54,320 like following you 100%. 597 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:58,040 And I ask you for this help in Jesus' name. 598 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:12,040 And as always, have a beautiful day.