1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:03,400 Welcome to the Cross Power Church podcast. 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:06,800 You're listening to a service from our church in Campbell, TX. 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,480 We pray this message strengthens your faith and points you to the 4 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:12,840 cross. Now let's join the service. 5 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:15,160 For me, I'm just kind of clumsy like that. 6 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:16,440 Yes, Sir. Whatever you got that might go 7 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:18,000 on my head or face. Thank you. 8 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:19,480 So I need all the help I can get, man. 9 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:22,560 I'm not very ambidexterious. Oh, thank you, Sir. 10 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:23,280 Thank you. Thank you. 11 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,120 Is this, is this this the one you have in my handheld? 12 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:27,480 That's all you got. OK, that's fine. 13 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:29,800 I'll just do the best I can with it, do the best I can. 14 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:31,840 We just came out of a very busy holiday. 15 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:35,360 And you know, The thing is with with Christmas time, I mean, I'm 16 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,920 kind of at the point now where I'm not real Bah humbug like I 17 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:40,360 used to be. I'm just kind of getting used to 18 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:43,160 the understanding that once we get through it, Pastor Lance, it 19 00:00:43,160 --> 00:00:44,880 is what it is. You know, folks are mostly like, 20 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:47,080 I'm glad that's over with. I understand that. 21 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:49,320 I understand that. But it's funny to me though, in 22 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:52,120 America, especially around here in Texas, you know, man, about 23 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:54,160 September, everybody starts putting up the Christmas stuff. 24 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:56,440 When we start getting all Christmasy, there's 80 foot 25 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,120 snowman out there, 120° weather and all kind of stuff around 26 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,400 here. But it's funny, the closer you 27 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:04,239 get to Christmas, you'll see all these people that kind of 28 00:01:04,239 --> 00:01:08,560 celebrate 2 holidays per year. One would be Christmas, one 29 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:10,440 would be Easter. We call them creasters. 30 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:14,360 You know, it's their big time because they get all about Jesus 31 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:17,800 when Christmas comes around. They get all about Jesus when 32 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:21,360 Easter comes around. We'll see in the Old Testament 33 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:24,880 time, there was a holiday for the Jewish people that was 34 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,360 bigger actually than Christmas was. 35 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:29,880 But it's kind of representative of what we would celebrate 36 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:32,280 Christmas about because Christmas is supposed to be the 37 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:35,920 birth of Christ. December 25th really debatable. 38 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,720 Could have been in the spring, might not even been a holiday to 39 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:39,680 begin with. All kind. 40 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:41,640 I don't care. It's still when we do it, 41 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,320 supposed to celebrate the birth of Jesus. 42 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:47,840 Now, in the Old Testament, they celebrated a thing called 43 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,560 Passover. Passover being, of course, what 44 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,480 happened in through the Israelites over in Goshen during 45 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,320 the 10th plague, put the lamb's blood on the door and the death 46 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:58,760 Angel passed over them. So they were commanded in the 47 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:01,680 book of Leviticus, Deuteronomy and Exodus to celebrate the 48 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,480 Passover every year. And then on top of that, that's 49 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:06,000 one day. Then they had the Feast of 50 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,600 Unleavened Bread. That was seven days, so 8 days 51 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,400 every year. The funny part about it is 52 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,280 Pastor Lance, they couldn't opt out of it. 53 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,240 They couldn't buy humbucker. They had to do it. 54 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,040 It was a law. They had to go and celebrate the 55 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:21,520 Passover. So the story I'm about to read 56 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:26,840 to you occurs after Mary, the Virgin Mary, Luke chapter 2 has 57 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:29,760 already given birth to the baby Christ child and man. 58 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:33,960 The reason I'm bringing this up because every year we read out 59 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:38,600 of Luke the Christmas story, we read out of Luke the Magnificat. 60 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,960 Mary saved, blessed is me, for my womb is going to bear the 61 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:46,160 Christ child. We read all these Christmas 62 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:53,320 stories, but we never really read much further when we go to 63 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:56,400 when Jesus has already now grown up a little bit. 64 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,640 In other words, the Christmas story's over. 65 00:02:59,640 --> 00:03:02,640 So I'm going to pick it up right at verse 41. 66 00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:04,120 If you don't mind Luke chapter 2. 67 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:05,600 Stay with me. Now. 68 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:10,440 His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the 69 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,520 Passover, and when he was 12 years old they went up to 70 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:15,320 Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast. 71 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,480 And when they had finished the days, as they returned, the boy 72 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:20,440 Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem. 73 00:03:20,640 --> 00:03:25,560 And Joseph and his mother did not know it, but supposing him 74 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,360 to have been in the company, I like that word, the company, 75 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:30,960 they went a day's journey and sought Him among the relatives 76 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,280 and acquaintances. And when they did not find in 77 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:34,960 their return of Jerusalem, seeking Him. 78 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:39,520 And it came to pass that after three days they found him in the 79 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:42,760 Temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to 80 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:46,720 them and asking them questions. And all who heard him were 81 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,200 astonished at his understanding and his answers. 82 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:52,160 And when they saw him, they were amazed. 83 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:56,560 And his mother said to him, Son, why have you done this to us? 84 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:00,160 Look, your father and I have sought you anxiously. 85 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:03,160 Please pay attention to these next two verses. 86 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:06,160 And he said to them, how is it that you sought me? 87 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:10,120 Why are you seeking me? What y'all wanting to know here? 88 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,400 Did you not know that I must be about my father's business? 89 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:18,399 And they did not understand the statement which he spoke to 90 00:04:18,399 --> 00:04:19,399 them. See Passover. 91 00:04:19,399 --> 00:04:25,000 Now to the Jew was the Old Testament way of the finger 92 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,040 pointing to the blood that was shed at Calvary. 93 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:30,040 That would be the grown up 33 1/2 year old of the baby who's 94 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:31,600 in the Manger that we celebrate every year. 95 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:36,120 But it's funny to me, Pastor Lance, when people Christmas 96 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:38,160 time, it don't matter what's going on. 97 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:41,880 I know we're glad it's over with, but it's funny how the 98 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:46,920 peak and the enhightenment of a Jesus, Oh my God Jesus, Jesus 99 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:50,120 every word out they mouth is Jesus during Christmas. 100 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,360 But for some reason when Christmas is over and we wiping 101 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:57,000 the spread off our brow and we finally done with all the trees 102 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,280 and the gifts and grandkids tearing stuff up and getting fat 103 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:03,160 and eating all the stuff. When we finally done with it, we 104 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:04,880 don't really want to think about Jesus much anymore. 105 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,600 Notice what happened. They were going every year to 106 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:10,760 the Passover. Now here's some similarities. 107 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:13,680 The Passover like Christmas, it was crowded. 108 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,000 There was people everywhere coming in from what they call 109 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,960 the diasporia, which was all around the places where all the 110 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:23,160 Jewish people have been exiled. And some of them decided to stay 111 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:24,760 there. They would come in to the 112 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:26,920 Passover. And also because of the Feast of 113 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:30,240 Unleavened Bread, it was long. Have you ever been out shopping 114 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:33,240 on Christmas Eve, driving down it's Central Expressway in 115 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:35,680 Dallas and it's crowded and it's long. 116 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:40,040 So I'm telling you that probably I can't find you chapter and 117 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,080 verse, but I'm about to prove it pretty much through a narrative 118 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,480 right here. Probably what's going on is 119 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:48,440 these folks, man, as we see right here, it says they started 120 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:53,280 going to Jerusalem every year. What in your mind that we just 121 00:05:53,280 --> 00:05:55,280 got out of happens every year? What is it? 122 00:05:55,880 --> 00:06:00,240 Christmas every year it happens and we go to it every year and 123 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:01,760 sometimes it gets to be like this. 124 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:06,800 Look at the next verse. Sometimes when they became 12, 125 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:09,040 when Jesus got to be 12 years old, they went up there 126 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,040 according to the custom of the feast. 127 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,520 The word custom here in the Greek is the word ethos. 128 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:16,840 And it simply means something that could be a ritual, 129 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,640 something that can be something we do that becomes mundane. 130 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:22,240 It becomes now patterned, it becomes organized. 131 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:24,800 It becomes something that if we're not careful, we will get 132 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:26,920 in the fathom pattern of Christmas every year. 133 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,320 And we'll do music, we'll do gifts, we'll do food, we'll do 134 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:30,720 grandkids, we'll do Christmas trees. 135 00:06:30,840 --> 00:06:33,560 We'll do all this stuff, maxing out credit cards, cussing people 136 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,800 out over parking places, all this kind of stuff, and we 137 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:37,920 forget about what the real meat is supposed to be. 138 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:44,520 See, they were going to Passover and it said they went according 139 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:46,160 to the custom, which is not a bad thing. 140 00:06:46,280 --> 00:06:49,160 But I'm pretty sure somewhere along the line, Mary and Joseph, 141 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:52,120 they had done it so much that it got to be kind of habitual deal. 142 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:54,920 And they kind of probably secretly, but maybe even just 143 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,440 unintentionally forgot about what the whole Passover thing 144 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:00,520 supposed to be about, the blood passing over them. 145 00:07:01,280 --> 00:07:02,360 It goes on. Look at it now. 146 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:05,000 It says that they went up according to the custom and as 147 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,440 they were returning after spending the full number of 148 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:10,080 days, look at that, the full number of days. 149 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:11,400 You couldn't leave. No day early. 150 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:12,960 Folks can get up out of church and leave early. 151 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:14,120 Don't like what the preacher's saying? 152 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:16,360 It's getting hot in here. Oh my God, I'm getting hungry. 153 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:21,600 But these folks had to stay 8 days after the full number of 154 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:22,960 days. The boy Jesus, what? 155 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:28,120 Wait, He stayed behind, but his parents were unaware of it. 156 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:32,920 Who won't challenge you with I believe in my mind and I can't 157 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,320 give you no chapter or verse other than this narrative right 158 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:38,200 here, but I can tell you, I believe you can get so 159 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:42,400 ritualistic, so customary, so mundane, so unaware of what the 160 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:45,280 real reason for the season is that Jesus just stand over here 161 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:47,440 and say, hey, if y'all want to cut me out of it, I'll just stay 162 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:50,240 back here and let y'all have it. Anybody with me? 163 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:53,200 I'll just stay back here and let y'all have it. 164 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:56,160 See, a lot of people think that Jesus is being disobedient. 165 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:58,280 He wasn't he wasn't disobeying his parents. 166 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,880 The Bible says as he grew in stature, he grew in obedience. 167 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:03,840 He grew. He was obeying his parents went 168 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:05,440 exactly to what we're supposed to be going. 169 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:07,960 See, Jesus really understood what the Passover was because 170 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:11,560 Jesus is the Passover. He didn't have nobody tell him 171 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:15,080 all these things about Jesus was born, Jesus died. 172 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:17,400 Oh, read the Bible. No, he just went there because 173 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:20,240 he was more interested in what was really going on than all the 174 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:21,880 festivities that was going on around it. 175 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:28,400 So notice what it says here. It says that he lingered behind. 176 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:31,120 But look at this thing, Brother Lance, it said, but the parents 177 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:36,039 were unaware of it. Now listen, just a few chapters 178 00:08:36,039 --> 00:08:39,679 back, I mean just a few verses back. 179 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:43,520 Now, I ain't never had no baby. I'm a dude, but I've been in the 180 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:46,320 doggone a medical field for a little bit. 181 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,080 I worked in the medical field and I remember women would come 182 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:51,480 in there and be pregnant and we'd have to rush them up for 183 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:53,040 like an emergency C-section or something. 184 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,160 And the daddy would say, I want to come in there, I want to be 185 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:56,800 with you, honey. I'm going to be there about 30 186 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,360 seconds, punk. That's £250 Billy Joel to knock 187 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:03,760 that on the floor. But here's what I'm saying. 188 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:08,720 It was pretty evident that Billy Joel probably got that girl 189 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:09,800 pregnant. She's having a baby. 190 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:14,520 Here's what I'm trying to say. Mary of all people should have 191 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:19,280 been aware that my son is not with me here anymore. 192 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:24,240 He's not just an average boy. See, sometimes we try to make 193 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:29,720 Jesus average when he is the Passover, He is the Christmas 194 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:32,720 season, He is the reason for the Christmas season. 195 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:38,080 But it goes on, Brother Lance and it said they weren't aware 196 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:38,800 of it. So what happened? 197 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:40,800 Here's what happened. Here's what the trappings are 198 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:42,080 right here, guys. Stay with me. 199 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:47,840 So they begin looking for him amongst their relatives and 200 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,040 acquaintances. They supposed him to be in the 201 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:53,880 caravan and they went a day's journey and begin looking for 202 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:58,440 him among their relatives and acquaintances. 203 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:01,160 Here's what I think happens to some people. 204 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:03,360 Maybe it's happened to y'all. It might not happen till March. 205 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:05,360 It might not happen till June. It might not happen till, you 206 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:07,920 know, way up into September. But it's going to happen 207 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:11,960 sometimes. I'm not saying you can lose your 208 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:13,440 salvation. A lot of people believe you can. 209 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:16,000 I believe if you really saved, God's got you. 210 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:17,200 I believe you're going to hang in there. 211 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:19,800 And I'm not trying to say that, you know, there's some people 212 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:22,120 that ain't really saved and then but I'm talking about here's the 213 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:23,040 deal. I want to prove to you. 214 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:29,360 I think sometimes in our life, saved or not, but let me talk to 215 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:32,560 saved folks today. That got Jesus in your heart, 216 00:10:32,560 --> 00:10:36,000 got Jesus in your life. We can go along through the 217 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:37,920 year. We all jacked up on Jesus 218 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:41,560 because Christmas was so great. The baby in the Manger, all the 219 00:10:41,560 --> 00:10:44,520 songs that we singing, going to church because Brother Lance 220 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:47,360 gonna have a special Christmas program and all the kids up 221 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:50,120 there singing with their little candles and all the beautiful 222 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:52,640 Christmas stuff. Pretty soon when Christmas is 223 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:54,800 over, we start feeling something ain't right. 224 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:56,400 There's something kind of missing here. 225 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:58,960 I don't know what's going on, but I ain't feeling all that joy 226 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:00,760 anymore. I ain't feeling all that peace 227 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:03,320 anymore. After a day's journey. 228 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:06,000 They started realizing something's out of place here. 229 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,600 So what do they do? They started looking for Jesus. 230 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:13,840 But like, oh, Johnny Lee used to say they were looking for love 231 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:17,000 in all the wrong places. They started popping in this 232 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:18,640 caravan. Is he in here? 233 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:23,680 They go to the next one. Hey, Brother Goldstein, y'all 234 00:11:23,680 --> 00:11:27,160 got him in here. Missus Bernstein, y'all got him 235 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:29,840 in here. It's almost like y'all when the 236 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:32,880 joy goes away and the peace goes away, you come over to Brother 237 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:35,000 Lance or Sister Candy. Sister Candy, and you're trying 238 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:36,840 to say, hey, can I find? Yeah, you can find a lot of 239 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:38,560 Jesus in Lance. But let me tell you, you got to 240 00:11:38,560 --> 00:11:47,520 find him for yourself. You can look for him in all kind 241 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:48,880 of ways. You can look for him in church 242 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:51,760 and you can find him in church. But church attendance and just 243 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:54,160 coming to church and just being somebody who's like, I'm a 244 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:56,680 Christian and you come to church, that's not going to find 245 00:11:56,680 --> 00:11:58,800 the kind of Jesus that's going to pull you out of that sorrow 246 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:01,320 and that despair and that depression that might hit around 247 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:06,680 May, June, July, or September. You can find him in all kind of 248 00:12:06,680 --> 00:12:08,720 things, people looking for him in all kind of things, drugs, 249 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:11,960 alcohol, sexual relationships, pornography, trying to find 250 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:15,360 something, not really Jesus, but something to fill up that void. 251 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:18,200 See they had a void. They had all the family there 252 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:20,360 except the most important person wasn't with them no more. 253 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:23,720 So they started looking for in all the wrong places and they 254 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:25,680 looking around and he wasn't there. 255 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:27,720 So here's what I want to prove to you real quick and I'm going 256 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:30,920 to shut her down. Then after three days they did 257 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:35,560 find him. Y'all never lost y'all's kids in 258 00:12:35,560 --> 00:12:39,320 Walmart or something like that. Man, my boys like you just man, 259 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:41,640 I've taken my boys in Walmart. I swear man, the next thing 260 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:43,720 you're going to hear about 30 minutes later, is there a guy in 261 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:46,160 here that's got two kids that's got BB guns running around the 262 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:47,480 Walmart store or something like that? 263 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:51,680 You know, one's hitting one with a fishing pole in there. 264 00:12:51,680 --> 00:12:53,320 Somebody's already got hooked with a spinner bait. 265 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:55,920 Y'all get them up here. You know something like that 266 00:12:55,920 --> 00:13:02,920 Brother Lance, you know panic sets in but these cats done gone 267 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:08,480 3 days and ain't really figured it out yet. 268 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:12,440 So you know what we need to do when we go through the year 269 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:14,880 after Christmas. When we say Christmas is over 270 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,120 and we're going through the year after Christmas and all of a 271 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,040 sudden all that jacked up on Jesus stuff starts going away. 272 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:22,800 My God I was so happy. I was so full of joy. 273 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:26,520 Silent night man Rudolph Frosty was jumping around the house and 274 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:27,760 I was eating food and I was happy. 275 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:30,560 Family and I went to church and man it was all about Jesus. 276 00:13:30,560 --> 00:13:33,040 But now what's going on? Something don't feel right. 277 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:36,760 You know, when you lose something, what you got to do, 278 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:44,760 you go back where you left it. What'd they do? 279 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:50,720 They went back to Jerusalem. If you lose your keys, your cell 280 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:52,800 phone, my God, don't let nobody lose their phone. 281 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:54,920 They're going to lose their mind when they lose their phone, man, 282 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:58,200 lose their mind. But you're going to go right 283 00:13:58,200 --> 00:13:59,520 back. Well, honey, what you left 284 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:02,520 Habitat, I don't know, but you go back to where you lost it. 285 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:04,160 Here's what they did. They went back to Jerusalem. 286 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:05,960 And look what it says. Pastor Lance, I love it, says 287 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:08,920 after three days they found him. But where'd they find him? 288 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:12,720 At in the temple. You would think Jesus being a 289 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:14,960 boy that got left by his mom and daddy. 290 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:16,320 I'll be over in the corner somewhere going. 291 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:18,480 Oh, Mabel. Mabel, why'd you leave me? 292 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:22,520 No, Jesus over fully composed, fully right where he need to be 293 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:25,280 in the temple. You know why? 294 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:28,600 Because he is the Passover, He is the Christmas, He is the 295 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:31,440 holiday, He is the meaning. And he was standing in what? 296 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:34,520 Well before the cross, the temple was made out of stone, 297 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:37,280 made out of mortar, made out of gold, made out of silver. 298 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:39,960 But guess after the cross where the temple is, it's right here. 299 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:44,960 And guess what he wants to do? He wants to stand in that. 300 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:48,800 Yes, He does. But I will promise you. 301 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:52,720 I will promise you. Please listen, this crazy 302 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:56,640 preacher, some of us, we're all guilty. 303 00:14:57,280 --> 00:14:59,240 Jesus is all up in the temple during Christmas. 304 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:01,240 Jesus, I'm mad. Jesus, fix it. 305 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:02,960 Jesus, is that mad? Jesus, I'm a hero. 306 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:05,720 I love me some Jesus. Oh, come on, Jesus, Jesus. 307 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:08,680 And as soon as Christmas is over, finally, we just get on 308 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:11,120 back to business as usual. And Jesus says, well, if you 309 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:13,040 ain't going to think about the Passover the way you're supposed 310 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,280 to, I'll just hang around over here in my temple place in my 311 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:19,040 rightful position where I'm supposed to be until you finally 312 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:21,600 figure out that my rightful position is supposed to be in 313 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:28,680 this temple. Come on now, I got to be in this 314 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:31,320 one. And so they went back and they 315 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:32,840 found Him in the temple. And guess what he was doing? 316 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,760 This is what gets me. They found Him in the temple 317 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:41,640 amidst the teachers. They were listening to them and 318 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:43,440 instant to him, and they were asking, He was asking them 319 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:45,320 questions. So look what it says. 320 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:51,120 And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and 321 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:52,760 his answers. This is why I'm just going to 322 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:54,120 get on the soapbox for a little bit. 323 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:56,680 Please don't take offense to this guy. 324 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:58,200 I know what don't happen here at cross power. 325 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:03,240 But here's a bunch of self-righteous people that Jesus 326 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:06,840 later called white Wash tombs Vipers. 327 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:12,960 You're of your father the devil. And they're amazed at Jesus. 328 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:15,800 And sometimes the best you can get out of Christian people is 329 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:26,480 like, OK, his lost folks and Jesus up there rolling through 330 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:28,840 the book of Isaiah like a scholar. 331 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:31,040 Why? Because he is the word. 332 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:35,120 He is the Passover. He is the word John one, one 333 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:36,640 through 3. He is that. 334 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:42,160 And these lost self-righteous people were amazed. 335 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:45,280 Here's what gets me, Pastor Lance. 336 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,240 They were amazed, but look at Mary's reaction. 337 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:51,560 Look at it closely and see if this don't shoot, don't fit. 338 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:56,360 They were amazed. And so all of a sudden they were 339 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:58,840 astonished. But his mother came up instead 340 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:01,720 of being amazed that this boy that the Holy Spirit had 341 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:03,960 impregnated her with Don't mean to be crass. 342 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:06,920 I'm just being real. If anybody should have known 343 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,520 this was Jesus and not some ordinary kid, it should have 344 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:12,119 been Mama. I'm giving her some grace 345 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:14,440 because it was 12 years. She might have got a little used 346 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:15,560 to it. Business as usual. 347 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:18,440 He's just a kid. But I'm sure by now if you see 348 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:21,680 him standing in the temple and he's ripping through Isaiah and 349 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:25,240 all these rabbis are going Bo, Oh my God, I'm pretty sure 350 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:28,720 flashback, flashback to you. This was the kid that the Holy 351 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:31,720 Spirit told me Abril Gabriel, when he came, I'm going to give 352 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:33,920 birth to the Son of God. I'm pretty sure it would have 353 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:35,200 come back to her. But instead, here's what she 354 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,160 says. Son, why have you treated us 355 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:45,360 this way? That's humanity right there bro. 356 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:51,720 That is humanity. Christmas is over and peace is 357 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:53,600 gone. Christmas is over. 358 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,960 The joy done left the building. I'm not saying it's happened to 359 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:59,600 y'all, but it's going to. That's why we have pastors and 360 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:01,640 why we have church. That's why we have the Lord, the 361 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:03,000 Holy Spirit. That's why we have the Bible. 362 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:05,960 Because if we go for so long without making Jesus rightfully 363 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,240 standing in this temple where he's supposed to be, I will tell 364 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:10,040 you what will happen. You'll finally turn around and 365 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:11,360 say, God, why you treat me this way? 366 00:18:11,360 --> 00:18:16,880 Anybody women today? Why you doing this to me? 367 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:20,600 God? Mary, just come up there. 368 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:23,080 I'm talking about this sister come up straight up out of 369 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:25,560 nowhere and instead of saying, Oh my God, this is the Son of 370 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:27,200 God. I should have known that man he 371 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:29,760 was going to be at the Passover and I should have been right 372 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:31,840 there at the temple watching him and seeing him instead of 373 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:33,840 leaving off and letting him stay behind. 374 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:35,960 I should have known this. But instead she comes up and 375 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,840 says, son, why are you treating us like this? 376 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:42,480 But look what Jesus says and stay, stay with us. 377 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:43,920 I'm just dodging a bunch of my notes, guys. 378 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:50,040 I'm trying to condense. Why did you treat us this way? 379 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:53,760 Your father and I, who wasn't his real father by the way, but 380 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:55,200 I mean, he's a stepfather, great for him. 381 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:56,960 I've been, we've been actually looking for you. 382 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,000 Look at what Jesus says and I'm going to close it down here in 383 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,320 just a second. And he said to them, why is it 384 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:05,120 that you're looking for me? A lot of people look for Jesus 385 00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:07,280 for all kind of ways. We live in a culture right now 386 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:09,800 where some of these teachers teach that you look for Jesus. 387 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:12,960 He going to be like a genie in a bottle or a slot machine in Las 388 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:14,480 Vegas. You come to Jesus, he going to 389 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:16,920 give you everything you want. I ain't going to tell you 390 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:18,600 there's nowhere to bottle. It says it going to happen like 391 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:20,920 that, but it's done in the Bible 30 something years. 392 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:24,160 It don't say that. Some people look for Jesus 393 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:27,080 because they they look for him like we would look for a 911 394 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:29,320 button when somebody breaking into your house. 395 00:19:30,360 --> 00:19:32,840 I don't look for I look for a Glock, but I don't look for 911. 396 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:34,000 I'm just looking for the right thing. 397 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,320 I'm going to tell y'all right now. 398 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:40,720 I don't need 911. I don't want it. 399 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:43,720 Sorry y'all, I didn't mean to offend y'all. 400 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:45,400 I'm sorry about that y'all man. I want me. 401 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:47,280 I'm going to call the cops. I promise you I will. 402 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:51,240 I'll call them probably after, but I'll call him though. 403 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:55,360 I promise you I will man. Y'all, don't throw me out here 404 00:19:55,360 --> 00:19:55,960 please. Now. 405 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:57,480 Come on now. I'm sorry Lance. 406 00:19:57,480 --> 00:19:58,520 I'm sorry man. Forgive me. 407 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:00,760 I'm going to take all that back. Forgive me y'all. 408 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:05,120 Some people look at Jesus by 911, and they why why are we 409 00:20:05,120 --> 00:20:06,920 searching for him? Because he's my emergency call. 410 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:08,720 I'm gonna call him up when my life's fall apart. 411 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:11,080 My wife's about to leave. I can't believe one of my kids. 412 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:13,560 They're going astray, man. And I got back on alcohol again. 413 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:15,000 Oh, man. My money's all gone. 414 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,160 Something happened. It just. 415 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:17,880 I just lost all my peace and joy. 416 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:20,880 So I'm searching for him because if I hit 911, I'm gonna call him 417 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:21,840 up. He gonna fix it. 418 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:26,960 Jesus. But you know why? 419 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:31,800 We really should look for him. He gives the answer, Why are you 420 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:33,160 searching for me? We don't know. 421 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:38,400 But didn't you know the reason you should be searching for me? 422 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:40,040 Because I'm about my father's business. 423 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:44,760 See, I want to say something's going to hurt some folks 424 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:45,920 feelings. I don't mean to because I love 425 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:46,680 y'all. I love to preach. 426 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:48,680 I'm a revival preacher by the way, I'm really not a Sunday 427 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:50,960 morning preacher. My wife always tries to temper 428 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:52,760 me a lot before I come into a church and preach. 429 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:54,840 I'm more of a revival preacher. I'll be honest with you. 430 00:20:56,640 --> 00:21:01,480 The reason that he's saying this because listen, Jesus is not as 431 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,800 concerned about your business as He is about His Father's 432 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:08,200 business, but He wants to be concerned about your business. 433 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:11,200 He wants to fix addictions. He wants to fix marriages. 434 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:14,280 He wants to fix broken hearts. He wants to fix broken lies. 435 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:17,280 But first, if you get concerned about the Father's business, 436 00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:19,160 he'll get concerned about your business. 437 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:25,960 Come on now, why are you searching for me? 438 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:27,960 Well, I need you. I need you back in my life. 439 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,440 I went three days and you ain't been around and I feel terrible, 440 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:33,840 OK? Why were you searching for me, 441 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:35,400 Mama? Well, 'cause you supposed to be 442 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:38,000 here and I need you with me because it brings me comfort, 443 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:39,600 joy and peace. I want you with me. 444 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:40,840 OK, Well, why you search for me, Dad? 445 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:42,120 Well, I'm just doing what Mama said. 446 00:21:42,120 --> 00:21:43,320 I'm doing whatever she said I do. 447 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:49,120 But here's what he said. Why are you seeking for me? 448 00:21:49,120 --> 00:21:51,520 Didn't you not know? Shouldn't you have known Mary, 449 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,400 the one who gave birth to me in that Manger that night as the 450 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,480 shepherd showed up and the wise men showed up and the Angel was 451 00:21:57,480 --> 00:21:59,880 out in the field showing them follow the star in the East, and 452 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:02,360 you know that, that the Holy Spirit came and impregnated you. 453 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:07,720 Didn't you know that I would be about not just Joseph's business 454 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,840 or your business? I'm about my father's business, 455 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:13,800 which means when you get on God's agenda, God will start 456 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:19,280 doing things about your business, buddy. 457 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:21,200 All right, somebody looking long faces up in there, man. 458 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:24,600 You know why I know this is true? 459 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:28,080 Because I've done this before, been in ministry 31 dadgum 460 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,200 years, y'all. And my wife will tell you 461 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:32,880 there's probably 2 times per year when I start looking for 462 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:34,560 job applications on the Internet. 463 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:36,520 Man, I'm getting out of this mess. 464 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:38,520 You ever been there, brother? I have, man. 465 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:42,000 There's about two times every year I'll start saying, man, you 466 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:43,800 can have the guitars, I'll give them to people, you can burn 467 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:45,120 them. I don't want to preach to 468 00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:46,360 nobody. I'm going to give me a job. 469 00:22:46,360 --> 00:22:47,920 I don't care if I got to greet people at Walmart. 470 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:50,440 I'm done, man. Lost my peace, my joy. 471 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:54,680 Most of the time it's because I have somehow got very mundane 472 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:57,280 about the very central message of why I'm even doing this. 473 00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:01,040 For 31 years I ain't never made no millions of dollars. 474 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:02,640 I ain't. I've got pretty decent songs, 475 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:05,080 ain't never seen none of them out there make me no big time 476 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:06,760 money. And sometimes I let that get in 477 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:08,200 my head, like why, man? Ain't nobody else. 478 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:09,200 Everybody ain't doing nothing, man. 479 00:23:09,360 --> 00:23:12,000 We just had a song cut by a guy just got signed to Sony Records 480 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:13,120 the other day. I don't know if he's going to do 481 00:23:13,120 --> 00:23:15,320 anything, whether or not my wife said when's the money going to 482 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:18,800 come? I said oh baby, it just don't 483 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:25,840 work. She said with some money gonna 484 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:30,840 come in, I said man, oh you get .9 cents a penny on streaming. 485 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:34,240 So if I get a two or three billion streams, I'll buy that 486 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:36,280 house in broken Bowl you've been wanting all your life man. 487 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,400 You know. But what I'm saying is when I 488 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:41,800 get that stuff, get a hold to me, here's what happens. 489 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:46,680 I get mundane, I get down and then I come and say God why, why 490 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,360 is this happening? He said, didn't you know, if you 491 00:23:49,360 --> 00:23:52,400 just get about my business and I'll get about your business. 492 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,880 Anybody feeling that today? But look at the last verse that 493 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:00,520 said, look at this now. And I'm going to give the altar 494 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:01,600 call real quick, if you don't mind. 495 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:03,880 We're right at 12:10 or 12, something like that. 496 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:05,000 I'll give a real quick altar call. 497 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:09,600 Look at this right quick, Pastor Lance that said, how did you 498 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:11,640 know? Why are you seeking me? 499 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,000 Did you not know that I must be about my father's business? 500 00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:16,720 And look at verse 50. And they did not understand the 501 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:17,920 statement which he spoke to them. 502 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:27,280 Let me tell you what that's equivalent to in my mind. 503 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:29,800 And I may be misquoting. I'm not trying to, but I think 504 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:33,200 it's appropriate. You can get anybody up here and 505 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:35,040 preach a message, man. I'm talking about it clear as a 506 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:39,840 bell and convicting here would be the conviction point today. 507 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,880 I know Christmas is over. I'll join you. 508 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:46,720 I'm glad my wife got 95 Christmas trees in our house at 509 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:48,040 one time, and I'm talking about two or three. 510 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:53,840 I'm still up, man. I bet this is 95. 511 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:56,880 Someone probably tiny like at his hidden places, man can't 512 00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:00,520 even can't even see them. They get drawers just over 513 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:01,360 there, man. Just stuck in there. 514 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:04,560 I know, man. You go in there, man. 515 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:06,240 Like open a drawer trying to find a screwdriver with a 516 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:07,680 Christmas tree in there, man. I swear, man. 517 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:18,880 I swear it is. That's right. 518 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:21,640 Dog got a Santa Claus suit on year round man, don't care 519 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:24,200 rolling the mud come in and look like a dirty but still got a 520 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:25,480 Santa hat on. That's the way it is at our 521 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:26,880 house man. But here's what I'm saying. 522 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:29,440 I know y'all are glad to get it over with, but here's what I'm 523 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:31,040 trying to say. Here's what I think the 524 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:34,200 conviction point would be. It said Jesus said, hey, I'm 525 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:35,960 about my father's business, which is the Passover. 526 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:37,840 I'm the Passover get about my business. 527 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,680 Make sure you understand Christmas is what it's supposed 528 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:41,840 to be. Don't let this whole year go 529 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:43,120 around and you get one day a year. 530 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,640 We all about Jesus get back on track with me. 531 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:48,400 And here's what they said. We don't really understand 532 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:52,440 that's equivalent to this. Well, I know what you're saying 533 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:53,960 is true, but I don't going to do nothing about it. 534 00:25:56,840 --> 00:26:00,080 Here's what we do about that. We go back exactly to where we 535 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,400 know we need to be and we start letting Jesus be the one 536 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:07,160 standing in this temple. I'm not saying y'all ain't 537 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,040 letting him do that. I'm just saying right now before 538 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:12,440 we get out of January, it'd be a good idea. 539 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:13,960 I'm going to get my guitar. I'm going to play a song. 540 00:26:14,120 --> 00:26:17,520 It'd be a good idea if somebody says today before I let the 541 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:20,480 devil get a foothold today before I let depression fear 542 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:21,080 anything. Come on me. 543 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:22,160 I'm not saying it's going to happen to you. 544 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:24,160 Hope it don't. I pray it don't. 545 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:26,800 But I'm going to tell you what. Make this man's job a little 546 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:28,800 easier and his wife's job a little easier. 547 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:31,400 If you weren't running around from caravan to caravan going. 548 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:33,040 I can't say Jesus in here, Brother Lance. 549 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:36,680 No, because he needs to be in here running the show. 550 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:41,960 Anybody with me? Y'all all right today? 551 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:44,160 Y'all ain't mad at me. Are you all right? 552 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:47,120 I'm going to get my guitar and I'm going to play a song. 553 00:26:47,120 --> 00:26:48,240 Here's what I'd like to ask you guys to do. 554 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:50,520 If you just need prayer, you say man, I'm going to come up today 555 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:57,000 and I'm going to make a fresh, beautiful after post Christmas 556 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:00,840 commitment because it's over, but it really ain't over. 557 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:03,960 Christmas is over, but it ain't over. 558 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:07,280 If you want to know what Passover is, I'm going to give 559 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:09,960 you a real quick insight to it in about 8 seconds. 560 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,760 Those guys could have suffered the same fate that the Egyptians 561 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:16,600 did because all of their first born kids got killed. 562 00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:21,720 But he said put the blood on the door and the death Angel which 563 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,800 was real came through and passed over. 564 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:26,760 Why? Because they saw the blood. 565 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:29,480 That little baby in that Manger that don't bother nobody. 566 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:32,960 Oh Jesus, so sweet. He grew up to be 33 1/2 year old 567 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:36,480 man who was beaten so severely, spit on strip naked, humiliated 568 00:27:37,360 --> 00:27:40,400 and then carried a 200 LB cross about half a mile up a hill and 569 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,000 then asphyxiated and died of hemorrhaging to death. 570 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:47,080 So you could have the punishment of hell and separation from God. 571 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:55,280 Passover you should. We never, ever, ever let that 572 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:58,720 get customary, never, ever let that get to a place. 573 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:00,600 You say, man, I wonder why I ain't feeling so passionate 574 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:02,000 about Jesus. Well, here's why. 575 00:28:02,120 --> 00:28:05,240 Because you've done gone 364 days through the year and Jesus 576 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:06,920 said if you're going to lead me out of it, I'll just stick 577 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:10,040 around over here till you finally come back and start 578 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,400 seeking me and being about my father's business. 579 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:15,400 I'm gonna grab this guitar, y'all. 580 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:17,280 The altar is open. I hope somebody will come today. 581 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:20,840 If you need to pray, if you need Brother Lance to pray for you, I 582 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:22,960 know that he would. My job, I believe as a preacher 583 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:24,560 is just to get people's hearts moving. 584 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:28,720 Here's what I'm asking. I've seen altar calls before go 585 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:30,760 one or two ways. Some people, well, I don't 586 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:32,000 really understand what he's talking about. 587 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:35,720 That's what Mary said. Jesus, I know you just laid it 588 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:37,920 out, but I don't really get it knowing what that really means. 589 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:41,760 Most of you guys do understand and some of y'all today may say, 590 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:44,760 well you know what man, even 18 days after Christmas and I'm 591 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:46,720 already feeling that way. Well, here's the time to come 592 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:48,800 and take care of it today. Amen. 593 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:52,280 Anybody going to do that today? Y'all ready? 594 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:55,760 This first note hits. This often needs to be full in 595 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:58,560 Jesus name, Amen. Thanks for listening to the 596 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:01,880 Cross Power Church podcast. May you know that true hope, 597 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,920 peace, and salvation can only be found in Jesus. 598 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:09,120 If you're near Campbell, TX, we would love for you to join us in 599 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:11,640 person. You can find service times at 600 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:13,200 crosspowerchurch.com.