1 00:00:09,850 --> 00:00:12,890 Welcome to the podcast of the white Church in Adelaide, South 2 00:00:12,890 --> 00:00:14,850 Australia We're. Going to have Justin come and 3 00:00:14,850 --> 00:00:17,290 share the word with us. Does anyone remember what 4 00:00:17,290 --> 00:00:19,530 happened last Sunday? What was the word spoken to us 5 00:00:19,530 --> 00:00:22,250 last Sunday? Been an example? 6 00:00:22,770 --> 00:00:24,770 Have we put some of that stuff into place this week? 7 00:00:25,770 --> 00:00:27,050 Has God been staring some things? 8 00:00:27,050 --> 00:00:29,170 Have we started to put things in place that he's been speaking? 9 00:00:29,650 --> 00:00:31,890 I definitely have started thinking about some things, 10 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:36,000 especially the way at my work, the way I present my lifestyle 11 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:40,400 to them and how I present it. But I think Justin's completely 12 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:43,840 on something different today. So come up, maybe not, we'll 13 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:45,240 see. But I'm going to pray for you, 14 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,760 Justin, and we'll pray for our hearts as well to be ready. 15 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:52,720 Father, we just thank you for your word that speaks into 16 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:57,440 situations and into our lives. We thank you for what you're 17 00:00:57,480 --> 00:00:59,440 you're speaking through this man this morning. 18 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,840 We thank you for our hearts open to the anointing over our hearts 19 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:04,920 anointing over Justin as he speaks his word. 20 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:07,960 May this word be from you, Lord, and anything that is of Justin 21 00:01:07,960 --> 00:01:10,400 would fall away. We pray for your, your 22 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,040 anointing, your authority, your endowment over him as he speaks 23 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,480 his word. Lord, we just ask that you would 24 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:17,560 just show him, lead him. He's already sensitive. 25 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:19,520 But Lord, if there's anything else that you want to speak that 26 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:22,880 He'll be ready and prepared in Jesus name, Amen. 27 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:27,520 Amen. Yes, good morning again. 28 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:30,480 Yeah, last week we we spoke about being an example. 29 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:35,520 And obviously we know our greatest example is Jesus 30 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:37,840 Christ, right? We spoke about, you know, having 31 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,760 models that we could follow, role models. 32 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,000 And the perfect role model that we have is Jesus. 33 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:46,960 He's the greatest of all. So this morning we're actually 34 00:01:46,960 --> 00:01:50,880 going to be talking about Jesus. It's, it's probably one of the 35 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:54,080 most favorite things I ever want to talk about. 36 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,720 I like to talk on the microphone a bit, if you haven't guessed 37 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:00,440 already. But one of the things I would 38 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,920 love to talk about and I shared with our men's group on Monday 39 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:06,800 night as well, is just the gospel and Jesus, who he is, 40 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:10,080 what he's like because he's, as we mentioned at the beginning, 41 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:11,960 he's the reason we're all here, right? 42 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:14,400 He's the reason we're here. It's, it's not just that I do 43 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,280 things for him. I do things because of him. 44 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:20,000 And so we're going to open, if you can open your Bibles, 45 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,160 physical or digital, we're going to start in the book of Hebrews 46 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:27,880 this morning, Hebrews chapter 1. We're going to read a few verses 47 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:29,560 and then we're going to jump over to Colossians. 48 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:32,440 Brilliant. Thank you. 49 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:35,320 Pete, This is going to be the NIV. 50 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:36,880 I'm pretty sure I sent to you NIV. 51 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:42,760 So it says in the past, God spoke to our forefathers. 52 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:44,760 So you're going to understand the book of Hebrews is written 53 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:47,720 to the Hebrews. So a Hebrew people, people of 54 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:51,760 nation of Israel there they had all the prophets, they had all 55 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:55,120 of these, these different people speaking to them of what God's 56 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:59,000 plan and God's purpose was and, and sharing with them priests 57 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,480 and all stuff. So when he's saying in the past, 58 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:06,200 God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many 59 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,920 times and in various ways. In other words, God is speaking 60 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:11,640 through different different ways, through different people, 61 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:14,400 different messages, different, different things are coming up. 62 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:20,200 But then in verse 2, in these last days, in these days that 63 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:25,000 we're living in right now, he has spoken to us by his Son, 64 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:31,760 whom God appointed heir of all things and through whom he made 65 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:36,920 the universe. Verse 3, the Son Jesus is the 66 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:42,520 radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his 67 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:44,120 being. Jesus said, if you've seen me, 68 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,560 you've seen the Father and here God the Father is saying, if 69 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:49,400 you've seen Jesus, you've seen me. 70 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:53,800 He is the exact representation of God's being sustaining all 71 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:58,160 things by his powerful words. And we we took communion this 72 00:03:58,160 --> 00:03:59,360 morning. This is this is key. 73 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:04,320 After he had provided purification for sins, he sat 74 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:08,800 down at the right hand of the majesty in heaven. 75 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,440 I just, I don't know if you've ever pondered that, that piece, 76 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,280 it's actually in the Nicene Creed as well, which we're 77 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:17,240 working through with the men's connect. 78 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:20,000 The fact that Jesus is seated at the right hand. 79 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:22,920 He's not standing anymore, right? 80 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,920 The, the, when I sit down, it's because my work is finished. 81 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,520 Otherwise I'm standing up. I'm keeping he's, he sat down. 82 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:31,520 It's going to go. I've when Jesus was on the 83 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:36,600 cross, famous words, it is finished and then he goes and he 84 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:38,560 sits down. He rises from the dead and then 85 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:40,440 he ascends into heaven and he sits down. 86 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:42,520 Why? Because the work was finished, 87 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:46,480 once He had provided purification for sins, He sat 88 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,000 down at the right hand of God. There is no more sacrifice 89 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,160 needed. This thing has been completely, 90 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:55,080 100% dealt with for all time forever. 91 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:59,760 He sits down at the right hand of the majesty of heaven. 92 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:05,040 I think it's just important when we think about Jesus like He is 93 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:07,960 everything, verse 4, we'll throw to verse 4. 94 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:13,360 So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has 95 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:17,880 inherited is superior to this. Like we were singing this 96 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:19,800 morning. You know who else is worthy? 97 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:24,320 No one. No one is worthy in Revelation 98 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:26,000 5. It's when they're like, who's 99 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,320 worthy to open the scroll? And John's weeping and he's 100 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:31,320 like, there's no one, no one in heaven and earth. 101 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:34,680 No one possibly could even do anything about this situation. 102 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:40,120 And then he sees a lamb that was slain and the entire song in 103 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:42,680 heaven changes. It's you see this remarkable 104 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:44,960 thing, They're singing one song to God the Father, then they see 105 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:47,600 the lamb and it changes the song of all creation. 106 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:50,840 And now the song is out. Ah, worthy is a lamb. 107 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:53,720 Why? Because he's the only one 108 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,520 worthy. He's the only one with a name 109 00:05:56,520 --> 00:06:00,880 high above all names. So he inherited this name. 110 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:04,160 He's he's the exact representation of the Father. 111 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:06,920 And he comes down, he provides purification for sins. 112 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:09,280 He ascends back into heaven. He's seated there. 113 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:11,840 And now the song for all time is worthy as a lamb. 114 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:15,160 Why? Because no one else was worthy. 115 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,640 No one else was able to do this. No one else had any ability to 116 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:23,960 save humanity except him. And so as we started, we're not 117 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,480 just here for him, but we're here because of Him. 118 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:30,600 Like the fact is, I'm here because of him. 119 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:34,960 I can enter God's presence because of Him. 120 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:38,360 I have purification of sins because of Him. 121 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:42,400 Nothing I could ever do, nothing any of us could ever do but Him, 122 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:44,800 right? Because of his sacrifice, 123 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:47,440 because of what He did, because of what he accomplished. 124 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,240 So if we could turn, we're going to turn in your Bibles to 125 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:56,240 Colossians chapter 1 and we're starting in verse 15. 126 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:00,000 It's another one that kind of does the same thing. 127 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:05,440 It talks about Jesus again, He is the image of the invisible 128 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:09,560 God, the first born over all creation. 129 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:16,000 Next verse fourth, by him, by Jesus, all things were created. 130 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:21,560 Things in heaven and on earth, both the visible and the 131 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,040 invisible, the stuff we can't see, the supernatural. 132 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:30,560 All created by him, whether Thrones or powers or rulers or 133 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:35,120 authorities, all things were created by Him and all things 134 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:43,640 were created for Him. He is before all things, and in 135 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:51,760 Him all things hold together, and He is the head of the body, 136 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:53,400 the church. He's ahead of this. 137 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:57,760 He is the beginning and the first pawn from among the dead, 138 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:05,640 so that in everything, say everything, everything, he might 139 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:10,080 have the supremacy. So that in everything he might 140 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:15,000 have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all 141 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:23,120 of his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to 142 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:29,640 himself all things were there, things on earth, things in 143 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:35,440 heaven, by making peace through His blood shed on the cross. 144 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:37,960 Father, we thank you for your word this morning. 145 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:44,240 We thank you for Jesus. We thank you that as the 146 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:47,160 Scripture says, you are pleased to have your fullness dwell in 147 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:54,040 Jesus and to send your Son to reconcile the world, as John 316 148 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:59,160 tells us, for God so loved the world that he gave his Son, that 149 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:03,000 whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal 150 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,640 life. We thank you for your Son Jesus 151 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:07,200 this morning. We thank you for your word that 152 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:09,280 we're going to dive into that tells us more about him. 153 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:14,200 And we ask after today we would outcries like the prayer, the 154 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:17,600 pulp praise and Ephesians one that after today we would know 155 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:20,360 you better. We would know what you are like. 156 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:24,680 We would position you rightly in our hearts and in our lives in 157 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:29,200 Jesus name, Amen. We're going to stay in 158 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:30,960 Colossians. We're going to jump around a 159 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,800 bit. I've titled this morning. 160 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:38,920 Well, it's a rough title. Jesus our all. 161 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:45,840 Jesus our all. I don't know if you saw in that, 162 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:49,360 that text that we had there, the amount of times the word all or 163 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:53,880 every or stuff like that appears, it's quite a bit. 164 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,760 It's like he's the first born over every creature. 165 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:02,080 By him all things were made, all things were created for Him. 166 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,040 He is the head that in all things he might have the 167 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:07,480 supremacy. So Jesus is all, like he is 168 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:10,320 everything. I wonder if he's everything for 169 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:14,080 us. Like I have to remind myself 170 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:17,640 often, like I'm like, Jesus, are you my everything? 171 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:22,600 Like because I'm here because of you, Like, and this is the 172 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:26,200 interesting thing, right? The very breath that I have is 173 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:31,280 because of him. Like I'm my physical existence 174 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:33,080 is only because he is sustaining me. 175 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,560 It's only because he created the world in such a way that he 176 00:10:36,560 --> 00:10:41,320 could actually sustain life. And so my very existence is 177 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:44,800 because of him. And so I I pray that at the end 178 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:48,840 of this, regarding Jesus, you are our all, you have all. 179 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:52,800 And for any area that is not all, all means all. 180 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:57,640 For those who study the Greek, I'm sure our resident theologian 181 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:00,080 Leon would be able to tell you that all means all, whether it's 182 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:03,920 in the Greek, whether it's in the English, the Hebrew, whether 183 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:06,960 it's in Italian or French, all means all. 184 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:13,960 It means 100% everything. Jesus are all so if we could 185 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:17,280 have that scripture back up in Colossians, we're going to look 186 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:26,960 at the first verse, verse 15. It says the sun is the image of 187 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:31,680 the invisible God, the first born over all creation. 188 00:11:31,680 --> 00:11:35,760 So my first thing here is that Jesus is first of all. 189 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:41,160 So we're gathered today, some people would or many people 190 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,120 would agree. And the early church, they 191 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:48,200 gathered on the first day of the week, they gave Jesus the first 192 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:51,840 day, right? And the Bible takes of this idea 193 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:55,520 in my money that I give him the first fruits, the tithe, the 1st 194 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:59,200 10%, right? But Jesus is first. 195 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:00,920 He's the first born over all creation. 196 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:07,480 He's first of all, right? In Revelation 2213, Jesus says I 197 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,880 am the alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. 198 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:15,240 He's first of all. Now here's the question though. 199 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:19,120 Just because I give God 10% of my money, does that mean that 200 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:22,160 90% is mine to deal with and I get to do whatever I like with 201 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:24,400 that? Because, you know, I put Jesus 202 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:27,440 first. Oh, I put, I gave Jesus the 1st 203 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:30,600 30 minutes of my day this morning, which means the rest of 204 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,840 the the next 23 hours, they're mine. 205 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:38,360 I get to do with what I want. No, no, it means that in 206 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:41,000 everything he's first. In every thought that I have, in 207 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,240 every action that I have. Just because I give him the 208 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:47,440 first day of the week, Sunday, I gather for God's people, does 209 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:50,480 not mean that Monday to Saturday I get to do what I like. 210 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:54,200 It means that in every decision, in everything, I go your first. 211 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:58,560 My attention is not so much what's going to be best for my 212 00:12:58,560 --> 00:13:03,800 kids that's good, or what's best for my wife, or what's best for 213 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:11,040 our our future. My focus is actually God, what's 214 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:14,360 best for you first and then everything will flow from there. 215 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:19,080 He is the first overall. John 11 says that in the 216 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:22,560 beginning was the word. He's the 1st and I think in our 217 00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:26,720 lives I I challenge you and kind of say God, have I just made you 218 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:29,720 the 1st in time? In other words, I just give you 219 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:31,800 the first little portion and the rest is mine. 220 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:35,800 Or am I actually making you first in everything, in every 221 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:38,880 decision, in every action, in every everything that I 222 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:40,800 consider? Am I considering your ways 223 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:46,480 first? Jesus is first Oval. 224 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:54,640 Go to the next next section, verse 16 in Colossians chapter 1 225 00:13:55,880 --> 00:14:01,160 says for by him all things were created, things in heaven and on 226 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:04,840 earth visible, invisible were the Thrones or powers, rulers or 227 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:08,000 authorities. All things were created by him. 228 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:12,240 My second point, he's not just first of all, he's the source of 229 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:16,480 all, as we said, as I said earlier, the very fact that I'm 230 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:19,880 breathing here is just enough for God's creation. 231 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:23,720 Romans one says, you know he's made his, his glory manifest 232 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:27,160 just through creation around us because he sustains everything 233 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:32,320 by his powerful word. He's the source of all Acts 1728 234 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:38,120 says, for in him we live, we move, we have our being. 235 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:44,200 He is the source of all he is. He is my source. 236 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:48,640 I am, I'm going to be gone down for a SEC because we were, we 237 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:52,680 were chatting in South Africa and we walked to like markets 238 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,520 and we walked back and he just asked me an interesting 239 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:56,560 question. I didn't really have a good 240 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:57,800 answer. I sort of have a good answer for 241 00:14:57,800 --> 00:14:58,360 you. Sorry, bro. 242 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:02,720 And he just asked me said, well, how do you, how do you kind of 243 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:06,240 balance everything? How do you balance eldering in a 244 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:09,600 church and full time work and having a family of four and how 245 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:11,520 do you balance everything? I didn't give him a very good 246 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:15,000 answer because I'm like, I don't have a balance. 247 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:18,440 I'm sorry. And it's not because I don't 248 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:19,840 take care of my family and I don't. 249 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:22,640 It's because I'm kind of going. I just trust him as my source. 250 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:26,600 I can only do it because of his grace, but I can only do it 251 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:29,160 because of his energy that's powerfully working through me. 252 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:35,440 Colossians 129, Paul writes and he says for this I toil 253 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:40,640 struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within 254 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:43,920 me. And I think if we asked some 255 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:46,720 people in this room, you know, how could you do what you did 256 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:49,640 for Christ? And I bet you they'd say it 257 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:53,600 wasn't because of our energy, because if it was up to us, we 258 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:56,680 probably wouldn't be doing it. But it was because of his 259 00:15:56,680 --> 00:16:00,480 energy, his source working through us that we were able to 260 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:04,280 do what he's called us to do. And we remember that he is the 261 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:07,400 source of all, not just our physical existence, but in 262 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,960 everything that we do for him. He is actually the source that 263 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:13,720 we draw upon. He's the power that we draw upon 264 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:15,360 for everything that he's called us to do. 265 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:18,800 And there's this danger sometimes we can step into and 266 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:20,920 say, well, I'm going to do this for you, Lord, but I do this 267 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:24,120 also by you because of your energy that's working in me. 268 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:28,000 And as our revelation of Jesus needs to be, not just I'm doing 269 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:31,200 this for you, but I have to do this because of you and by you 270 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:33,600 and through you. Because I don't want to strive 271 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:34,920 in my own strength. I don't want to. 272 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:37,800 If I do this in my own strength, I'm going to wear out. 273 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:39,680 I'm going to be tired, I'm going to be exhausted. 274 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:46,040 But if I lean into him as my source, if I lean into him, I'm 275 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:48,200 able to continue. I'm able to keep going. 276 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:51,800 I'm able to run with endurance the race that He's marked out 277 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:55,920 for me. So he is not just my first in 278 00:16:55,920 --> 00:17:00,080 everything, but he is also my source that I lean into for 279 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:01,520 everything that he's called me to do. 280 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:04,599 Whenever I'm tired and I'm struggling, I'm like, man, I'm 281 00:17:04,599 --> 00:17:09,079 leaning into him. We're going to go to the next. 282 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:12,440 Oh, actually that same verse, actually right at the end, verse 283 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:16,440 16, Colossians 116. All things were created in 284 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:18,280 heaven, blah, blah, blah. All things were created. 285 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:20,560 I didn't just blah, blah, blah. The word of God, I'm sorry, 286 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:24,200 people. All things were created through 287 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:28,680 him and for him. This is very cool. 288 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:32,680 You know, the Westminster Shorter Catechism with the 289 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:35,520 Westminster Catechism was like a, a summary of Christian 290 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:40,040 doctrine in the 1600s. And so basically they're just 291 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:42,800 trying to collate a whole bunch of questions and answers around 292 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:44,560 Christian doctrine. What what does this mean? 293 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,200 They've done it throughout history since Jesus came. 294 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:49,840 They had creeds and doctrines and stuff. 295 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:53,360 And the Westminster Shorter Catechism says this, the chief 296 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:59,600 end of man is to glorify God and enjoy him forever. 297 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:05,960 Haggai 27 The prophet Haggai said Jesus, God is declaring and 298 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,320 he's saying in the desire of all nations will come. 299 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:11,320 Now that could mean treasures, but it could also mean the 300 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:15,880 desire of all nations. Jesus, every single person on 301 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:20,600 the planet, every single heart has a desire for him. 302 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:26,800 Ecclesiastes tells us that He has put eternity in the hearts 303 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:31,600 of men. He is the desire of all, as that 304 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:34,600 Scripture says. Everything was created, not just 305 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:37,640 by him, but everything was created for him. 306 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:41,360 I think, Dan, you shared last week or the week before around 307 00:18:41,360 --> 00:18:44,880 how even the rocks and the trees would cry out to him if they 308 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:48,040 could. Like we see creation. 309 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:50,080 We're like all of creation points to a creator. 310 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:55,760 Everything was created for Him. And so he is not just the first 311 00:18:55,760 --> 00:19:00,400 of all, he's not just the source of all, but he is the desire of 312 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:05,040 all. And so I think sometimes we, we 313 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:07,800 look at this and we kind of, and I think some of the feedback 314 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:11,960 from the global equip Hillary was sharing with us, she's like, 315 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:16,240 it's not like, yes, we obey him, but he's also called us to love 316 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:19,240 him. He's actually not just called 317 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:21,920 for our obedience, but he's actually also called for our 318 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:23,760 affection. Why? 319 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:28,120 Because he is the desire of all. And as the people of God, we 320 00:19:28,120 --> 00:19:31,560 come and we don't just say, I'm doing this for you, but Lord, 321 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:33,920 I'm doing this because I'm so in love with you. 322 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:38,640 I'm so in love with you. Everything that I have is yours 323 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:41,320 because I'm so in love with you. I'm so enamored by you. 324 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:46,040 It's why we, we sing songs and why we, why we glorify him 325 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:47,520 because we're just so in love with him. 326 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:51,120 You know, if you ask me and you start, you say, tell me about 327 00:19:51,120 --> 00:19:56,320 Bianca, right, You would probably have to say, hey, well, 328 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:58,840 that's enough. Like you've told me too much 329 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:00,920 about Bianca because you're just going on and on about how much 330 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:03,320 you love her and how much you care for her and how much all of 331 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:05,720 this and and all the amazing stuff she does. 332 00:20:06,360 --> 00:20:08,640 Is that the same with our hearts to God? 333 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:11,360 Hey, tell me about God. Well, let me tell you everything 334 00:20:11,360 --> 00:20:13,640 I know about him because he's amazing. 335 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:15,480 He's awesome. As I started this and I said, 336 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:17,240 it's one of the things that I love to talk about. 337 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:20,080 Why? Because he's the desire of all. 338 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:26,240 I want to encourage you guys. Like let Jesus be the desire of 339 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:31,240 your heart and not just not just a little bit of a desire, but 340 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:34,520 let him be the full desire that you're like, man, I just cannot 341 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:38,480 wait to open your word. I cannot wait to hear more of 342 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:42,040 you, to see more of you, to sing to you, to glorify you. 343 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:43,520 Why? Because you're the desire of my 344 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:46,520 heart and I just love you so much. 345 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:52,720 Everything was created by him. Everything was created for him 346 00:20:54,840 --> 00:21:00,880 Jesus our all the next verse, verse 18. 347 00:21:02,120 --> 00:21:09,400 Oh sorry, no verse 17 verse 17. He is before all things and in 348 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:16,280 him all things hold together. The King James said in all 349 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:21,240 things he all things consist is the King James. 350 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:25,560 It says all things consist, all things hold together and I put 351 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:28,760 down here that Jesus is the sustainer of all. 352 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:35,280 He is the sustainer. Psalm 23 four though I walk 353 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:39,920 through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. 354 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:42,160 Why? Because your rod and your staff, 355 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:45,240 they comfort me. He goes on it, says you prepare 356 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:49,840 a table before me in the presence of my enemies and my 357 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:58,280 cup overflows. He is the sustainer of all we a 358 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:02,320 couple of years ago, we, we were in a bit of a situation with our 359 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:04,760 finances where things weren't actually going great. 360 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:10,320 We'd had a few surprise repairs on cars and stuff, and we had to 361 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:12,520 sit there and we kind of go, man, if something else happens, 362 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:15,160 we don't know how we're going to get out of this. 363 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:18,360 OK? It was a tough season. 364 00:22:18,360 --> 00:22:20,800 Like, I generally manage money very well. 365 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:23,120 And so you can imagine as a provider for my house being 366 00:22:23,120 --> 00:22:26,200 like, well, I don't know what I'm going to do. 367 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:29,240 Yikes. And I'll share it with Bianca. 368 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:32,600 I'm like, I don't know what we're going to do, but I trust 369 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,600 my sustainer. I trust the one who's going to 370 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:38,480 carry me through. I don't know. 371 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:40,240 Don't know how this is going to work out. 372 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:43,840 I don't know situations that you guys are facing. 373 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:48,400 I know some, I don't know all, but if we face and we look down 374 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:51,080 those situations, you're going to go, I don't know how this 375 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:54,440 thing's going to work out, but I trust the one who sustains me 376 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:57,560 and carries me through. I trust the one who is going to 377 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:01,040 carry me through. And I think that's the place 378 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:03,320 that we find great security, right? 379 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:06,320 Because Jesus even said he's going in this world, you will 380 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:11,880 have trouble, but take heart. I have overcome the world. 381 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,680 That was a that's a great assurity for us. 382 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,240 The writer of Hebrews says we have this sure and solid, 383 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:23,320 steadfast hope. The one who goes before the 384 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:29,080 veil, Jesus Christ, he is the one that carries us through. 385 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:32,920 He is the sustainer of all. He's my sustainer. 386 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,880 He's your sustainer. He's the one that carries us 387 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:41,000 through everything that we would ever face and He carries carried 388 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,440 us through our situation. He carries you through your 389 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:46,480 situation. I have, I have surety of this, 390 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:49,600 that anything that I face into my future, He will carry me 391 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:53,080 through. He is my sustainer. 392 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:59,440 Why? Because in He holds all things 393 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:04,360 together. He holds all things together. 394 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:11,080 He is the sustainer of all. So Jesus is first. 395 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:16,880 He's the source, He's the desire, He's the sustainer. 396 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:22,760 And then it goes on and it says that he is. 397 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,600 He is the one that surpasses all. 398 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:30,720 He's the head of the body of the church. 399 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:34,800 He's the beginning, the first born from among the dead, so 400 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:40,200 that in everything he might have the supremacy. 401 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:45,960 I remember being asked in university way back, somebody 402 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:50,800 said, oh, how if there was a God, why did bad stuff happen? 403 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:52,840 You know that question? You ever been asked that 404 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:53,920 question? It's a great question. 405 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:56,960 And I answered like this. And I said, what would you 406 00:24:56,960 --> 00:25:00,200 define God as? How would you define God? 407 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:05,000 And then, oh, he's the supreme being, the unknowable one. 408 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:07,400 I said, OK, that's a great definition. 409 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:13,360 How on earth am I as a human being to understand the one who 410 00:25:13,360 --> 00:25:17,480 is supreme? Supreme by definition means that 411 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:23,400 He is over and above everything. How could I understand what he 412 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:26,800 does and why he does it? The conversation ended pretty 413 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:31,920 quickly, but it left like if we think about this, the supremacy 414 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:37,120 Supreme not just in place but supreme in power. 415 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:47,720 Philippians chapter 2 verse 9 through 11 says this. 416 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:58,640 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name 417 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:06,840 that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every 418 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:11,320 knee should bow. Read that again. 419 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:14,800 So I sinks in. Therefore God has highly 420 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:18,480 exalted, Not just exalted, highly exalted. 421 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:20,760 My ESV has slightly different words. 422 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:26,640 God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that 423 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:37,680 is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee 424 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:43,960 should bow, not just in heaven, not just on the earth, that 425 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:46,760 every knee that is under the earth Speaking of hell, the 426 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:52,480 demonic powers and principalities and every tongue 427 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:59,360 confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the 428 00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:05,840 Father. Jesus is Jesus surpasses all, he 429 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:09,920 is supreme. It's a great reminder when we're 430 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:13,800 faced with situations and circumstances around health and 431 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,720 around our needs, around opposition that might come 432 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:20,880 against us, around trials, around pressure, that we 433 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:25,160 remember that Jesus surpasses all. 434 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:29,840 It's why we we pray and we say in Jesus name. 435 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:32,360 We don't just say it as a cliche like I've officially finished 436 00:27:32,360 --> 00:27:36,760 praying now in Jesus name. It's a powerful statement. 437 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:40,000 Why? Because his name surpasses all 438 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,960 names. His name surpasses all names. 439 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:47,800 So when we pray in Jesus name, it's because we're saying 440 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:50,680 actually we know a name that surpasses all situations. 441 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:53,120 The situation that I've just prayed for, I've got. 442 00:27:53,120 --> 00:27:55,880 I'm claiming on and calling on a name that is above all names. 443 00:27:57,040 --> 00:28:00,320 I know that there is one who is seated above all, that is 444 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:04,200 supreme above all. He has power over sickness. 445 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:07,080 He has power over death. He has power over sin. 446 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:13,920 He has power over everything. Jesus surpasses all. 447 00:28:16,120 --> 00:28:19,200 And so when we come up against, it's quite when we come and we 448 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:23,840 we fight demonic powers. Ephesians chapter 6 for my 449 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:25,680 community group. We're on Ephesians 6 this week. 450 00:28:26,120 --> 00:28:30,320 Just throw it out there. Ephesians 6, which teaches us to 451 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:34,640 be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 452 00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:39,280 Stand firm. Interestingly, like it doesn't 453 00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:43,000 necessarily say, you know, go and advance and charge and and 454 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:45,160 swipe his stand firm in his mighty power. 455 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:46,720 Why? Because he's supreme. 456 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,720 I don't stand in my power. I don't be strong in my 457 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:53,760 strength. I'd be strong in him and in his 458 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:54,200 strength. Why? 459 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:59,080 Because He surpasses all, He is above all, He's through all, He 460 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:02,200 is supreme and he holds all authority. 461 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:06,120 When Jesus came and he did the Great Commission in Matthew 28, 462 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:10,200 all authority on heaven and earth has been given to me. 463 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:14,560 Now go and make disciples. Very, very important that He 464 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:16,520 says that. Why? 465 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:20,000 I'm just I'm reminding you that you're going on behalf of me and 466 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,800 I've got all authority and I've got all power, which means no 467 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:28,200 force of evil, no demonic darkness, no stronghold, nothing 468 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:33,480 can hold you back. He surpasses all. 469 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:39,200 So he's first. He's our source, our desire, our 470 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:42,200 sustainer. He surpasses everything. 471 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:52,600 And we'll go into verse 19. For God was pleased to have all 472 00:29:52,600 --> 00:30:00,160 his fullness dwell in him, that is Jesus in the next verse, and 473 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:05,080 through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether 474 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:09,040 things on earth, things in heaven, by making peace through 475 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:16,920 His blood shed on the cross. My final point is that Jesus is 476 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:22,640 the reconciler of all. He reconciles all. 477 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:28,600 This is phenomenal. Not only is he above everything, 478 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:31,360 not only does he sustain everything, not does only does 479 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:34,240 he hold everything. As we said at the beginning, I'm 480 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:38,360 not just here for him. I'm here because of him because 481 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:43,000 He reconciled me back to God. We talk about sharing 482 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,760 testimonies and the greatest testimony that any of us could 483 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:53,520 say is that he reconciled me back to God, that he brought me 484 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:58,560 back to God by his blood, by his sacrifice, by what he did, he 485 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:02,600 reconciled me back to God. If you would turn your Bibles to 486 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:09,200 1 Corinthians chapter 5 Two Corinthians, sorry, Two 487 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:17,000 Corinthians chapter 5, 2 Corinthians 516 says now on. 488 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:21,360 Therefore, we regard no one from a worldly point of view. 489 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:26,800 Though we were once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no 490 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:32,600 longer. Therefore, if anyone is in 491 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:39,760 Christ, he is a new creation. The old has gone, the new has 492 00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:41,320 come. Just pause there for a SEC. 493 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:45,880 This is the verse that our kids are in kids church memorizing 494 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:50,240 and I think it's just important that the the topic that they're 495 00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:54,720 focusing on is this idea that we are new creations and just this 496 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:57,480 bit for free. But when he talks anew, it's not 497 00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:00,800 just I've got a new phone. This is I've got something 498 00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:03,160 completely different. This is the word metamorphosis. 499 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:06,840 It's like a Caterpillar becoming a butterfly, a completely 500 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:08,640 different. It rewrites its DNA. 501 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,600 When Jesus reconciled us to God, he didn't just kind of say I'm 502 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:16,400 just going to, you know, wash over some stuff, but you know, 503 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:20,120 it's still there. No, he completely rewrote our 504 00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:25,760 spiritual DNA and therefore if anyone is now in Christ, he is a 505 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:29,960 completely new creation, rewritten DNA. 506 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:34,560 The old has gone, the new has come. 507 00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:39,920 Next verse. All this is from God who 508 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:47,800 reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us this ministry 509 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:53,640 of reconciliation. Next verse and the God was 510 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:59,080 reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's 511 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:03,800 sins against them, and he is committed to us. 512 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:11,640 This message of reconciliation. God reconciles everything 513 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:16,600 through Jesus. Yeah, we can think in the light 514 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:21,320 of salvation. Jesus reconciles my life to God 515 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:24,720 through his blood. You know, the beautiful thing 516 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:27,240 about this as well is that Jesus also reconciles our 517 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:33,240 relationships one to another. We face some family kind of 518 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:37,800 disagreements and stuff over the years, and they've come right. 519 00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:41,920 You know the only reason they've come right, you could say, oh, 520 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:43,760 it's kids, it's grandkids. No, no, no, no. 521 00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:46,440 The only reason they've come right is because of the great 522 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:51,800 reconciler. He is the great reconciler for 523 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:56,800 any broken relationship, for any, any disjointed 524 00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:59,800 relationship, any disunity, he's the great reconciler. 525 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:02,560 When man fell, the first thing that happened was our 526 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:05,640 relationship to God was broken. Second thing that happened was 527 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:09,199 our relationship one to another. We see Cain and Abel, Cain 528 00:34:09,199 --> 00:34:12,639 killing Abel, our disjointedness together, we see Adam blaming 529 00:34:12,639 --> 00:34:19,520 Eve, and now in Jesus, not only is my reconciliation to God, but 530 00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:24,320 also the great reconciler comes and reconciles our relationships 531 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:28,760 one to another. Jesus is the reconciler of all. 532 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:32,199 I would encourage you, if there is any kind of relationship that 533 00:34:32,199 --> 00:34:34,520 you can think of, you're like, man, this isn't as good as it 534 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:37,360 should be. Trust the great reconciler. 535 00:34:38,159 --> 00:34:41,920 Hand it to the great reconciler. I love this morning in our 536 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:44,679 preview service prayer meeting, Pat Shane and she said, you 537 00:34:44,679 --> 00:34:48,440 know, just cast all your cares on him for he cares for you. 538 00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:51,639 Now this is this is part of this, right? 539 00:34:51,639 --> 00:34:53,040 We're going to go, man, you know what? 540 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:55,239 I cast it to the great reconciler. 541 00:34:56,440 --> 00:34:59,600 I cast my my issue. I cast that thing to the great 542 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:03,560 reconciler and I trust him. I trust him with it all. 543 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:09,000 And This is why I called this Jesus our all because I wonder 544 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:11,560 how much of us we're actually saying, you know what Jesus, 545 00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:15,680 this is all for you and it's all because of you. 546 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:18,880 You are first in everything. You don't just get the little 547 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:22,720 first portion of my money or my week, but you are first in every 548 00:35:22,720 --> 00:35:25,400 decision that I make. You are first in everything that 549 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:28,520 I do. I will consider your thoughts 550 00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:30,960 first. You are my source. 551 00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:33,400 I lean into you for everything you've called me to do. 552 00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:36,760 You are my desire. I want to love you more. 553 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:40,000 I want to know you more. You're my sustainer. 554 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:43,080 I trust you with my future. I trust you with my past. 555 00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:45,240 I trust you with what I'm going through right now. 556 00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:52,280 You will carry me through. I know that you surpass all. 557 00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:58,160 I know that you surpass all. Any situation that I face, any 558 00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:01,560 persecution or trials that I'm currently facing. 559 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:07,720 Any demonic power that is trying to pressure in, I know that you 560 00:36:07,720 --> 00:36:10,880 surpass them all. You have a name far above all 561 00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:15,560 other names. And Jesus, we trust you this 562 00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:24,400 morning as the great reconciler that through your blood you 563 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:29,920 reconcile this back to God and that you also reconcile every 564 00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:34,600 single relationship. And so, Father, we come before 565 00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:43,600 you today, this morning, and we thank you again for Jesus and we 566 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:45,840 pray. Would you make him our all? 567 00:36:47,240 --> 00:36:49,280 Would you make him out everything? 568 00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:54,040 Not just everything that we do everything for him, but we do 569 00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:56,800 everything because of him and we do everything because we love 570 00:36:56,800 --> 00:37:01,000 him. Make Jesus our all today. 571 00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:06,440 We do everything for him, by him, through him, and for him. 572 00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:10,920 Jesus, may you have supremacy in every area. 573 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:18,040 We thank you that in these last days you've spoken to us by your 574 00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:25,600 son Jesus. And this morning we give you 575 00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:32,520 thanks and we give you praise. And all God's people said Amen, 576 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:36,200 Amen. Thank you for joining us for 577 00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:38,600 today's message. For more information about The 578 00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:42,840 Way Church, please visit ourwebsite@thewaychurch.com dot 579 00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:44,200 AU. Have a blessed day.