1 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:08,200 Thank you for listening to Riverbend Church's podcast. 2 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:11,560 To find out more about this message or Riverbend Church, 3 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:14,920 connect with us online at Riverbend Church dot live. 4 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:21,600 So glad that you're here with us. 5 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:25,960 Tom change Sunday. You are at the 11:00, not the 6 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:30,440 10:00, but just so glad being able to worship with you. 7 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:34,000 Hey, before we jump in, before we get started, I do want to 8 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,560 just kind of acknowledge something that we're probably 9 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:41,440 all very aware of is the tragedy that's that took place in our 10 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:47,000 community over the weekend. And just really wanting to spend 11 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:51,640 some time together as a as a church, as a body, as a 12 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:55,920 community, just pray for for everyone involved in that. 13 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:57,200 So. If you would. 14 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:03,160 If you just pray with me, God, you know exactly what's going on 15 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:08,240 in every heart, every mind, God, not just in this room, the God 16 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:15,760 in this community, God, the lives that that are so broken 17 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:23,760 and and hurting and grieving. God, we pray for the family of, 18 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:32,760 of Jason Hughes, God for, for Laura, for their boys, Owen and 19 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:37,640 Luke. God for their families. 20 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:45,120 God, for the families that these young people that that were that 21 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:50,320 were involved. God for the broken and the, and 22 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:56,000 the hurting in our community. God, whether they be colleagues 23 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:02,720 or friends or or neighbors, students. 24 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:09,160 God, I pray that your Holy Spirit will continue to do what 25 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:16,400 only he can do. God, we know that there are 26 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:20,440 deep, deep hurts and deep, deep pains. 27 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,640 So, God, we pray that your Holy Spirit would go to those deep 28 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:30,640 places and every heart and every mind and every life in our 29 00:02:30,640 --> 00:02:35,000 community to do His deep work to bring about your deep healing. 30 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:45,520 God, in some way will we pray that Lord, that hearts and lives 31 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:53,120 will be drawn towards you. Got to pray that you would draw 32 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,920 us closer together as a community. 33 00:02:56,600 --> 00:03:00,760 Got to pray that you would draw us closer to you and God that 34 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:03,640 you would just continue to pour your Holy Spirit out on this 35 00:03:03,640 --> 00:03:10,000 community. Got our prayer is nothing short 36 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:16,640 of revival. So God, I pray that you would, 37 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:20,680 Lord, that you would bond up the wounded. 38 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,360 Got to pray that you would heal the broken. 39 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:30,760 Got to pray that you would comfort the grieving. 40 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:39,320 God, I want to thank you so much for placing Riverbend Church in 41 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:46,040 this community. God, where as a where as a body 42 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:51,640 together Lord, we can look to you as our only hope and God 43 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:54,720 that we can lead others to you. It was their only hope. 44 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:58,360 And it's in Jesus name that we pray. 45 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:02,440 Amen. One of the things I would tell 46 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:05,840 you, and I'm not just saying this because I'm a pastor and I 47 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:09,040 should, man, I love the local church. 48 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:11,920 I just love the local church. I love. 49 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:15,920 I love what other organizations do in the name of Jesus. 50 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:18,800 There's nothing like the local church. 51 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:22,240 There's nothing like the local body of believers. 52 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:28,720 I happen to believe, and I know that that you do as well, that 53 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:33,480 the local church is the instrument that God uses to 54 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:35,720 bring the hope of the gospel to the world. 55 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:40,320 And in times like this, we're just really reminded and it's 56 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:44,200 not it's not about Riverbend, It's not about anyone particular 57 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:48,800 congregation. It's about all Bible believing a 58 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:53,480 Jesus following churches in our area coming together and 59 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:59,440 pointing people back to Jesus. I really do believe that Jesus 60 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,760 is our only hope. And as a matter of fact, 61 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:07,360 tragedies like like the the passing of this teacher and this 62 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:11,160 coach and this husband and friend and neighbor this past 63 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:15,040 weekend, it just really reminds me and just continues to impress 64 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:18,320 upon me. I literally have no idea how 65 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:22,280 people make it in the world without Jesus. 66 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:26,400 I really don't and I'm not. I'm not just saying that on. 67 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:30,280 You know, as a, as a pastor or a preacher on a Sunday morning, 68 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:34,000 I'm saying that like legitimately just like walking 69 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,600 with people and talking with people and praying with people 70 00:05:38,280 --> 00:05:41,320 how someone makes it without Jesus. 71 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,600 And I, I just don't, I don't get it. 72 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,240 But I, I see it often. I see like a sense of 73 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:52,880 hopelessness and, and I see, I see people that are, that are 74 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:57,480 chained and defined by, by struggles or, or their grief. 75 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:02,880 And you know, they're just living trapped. 76 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:04,880 They're, they're, they're living so constrained. 77 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:09,920 And, and then I, I come back to, to understanding why, why Jesus 78 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:14,320 instituted the church and calls the church the bride of Christ 79 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:17,880 to, for, for us to come and not just to for us to gather on a 80 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:21,680 Sunday morning to hear information from his word, but 81 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,880 for us to gather together and to be encouraged together and for 82 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:28,200 us to experience his Holy Spirit together and for us to be 83 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:31,920 launched out together. To take the good news of Jesus 84 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:35,160 to a broken world. And then what an incredible 85 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:39,200 honor that is, but also what an incredible weight that is as 86 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:41,760 well. And, and there's nothing like 87 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,200 like within the local church. There's nothing like being able 88 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:47,480 to. Celebrate how God can take 89 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:51,000 someone who is. Who is lost in their sins and 90 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:55,200 who is, who is broken and who's defined by their grief or their, 91 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:57,880 their, their, their struggles or their addictions? 92 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:02,040 And, and he can make them born again and give them new life. 93 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:04,720 And there's nothing like being able to celebrate that. 94 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:07,760 And, you know, like next week we get to celebrate that through 95 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,400 baptism. We're going to be able to share 96 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:14,240 some stories together and be able to celebrate how the Holy 97 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:19,120 Spirit of God changed not just lives a life, but change 98 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:23,440 trajectories of entire families and, and, and, and potentially 99 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:28,200 generational trajectory change. And we get to be a part of that. 100 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:31,320 What, what an incredible honor and privilege it is to, to be a, 101 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:34,760 part of something like that as a local body while still 102 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:38,440 ministering in the context of a, of a local community that God 103 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:42,920 has strategically placed us in. And you know, one of the things 104 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:46,520 I love is we, we're not called to be spectators. 105 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:50,160 We're called to be participants and that, and that's one of the 106 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,600 things that we're going to get to over the next several weeks 107 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:56,360 in the series called Borrowed is understanding that you know 108 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:59,040 Jesus humbly Jesus doesn't need any of. 109 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:01,120 US. Jesus doesn't need Riverbend 110 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:02,240 Church. He doesn't need me. 111 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:04,680 He doesn't need you. He doesn't need us, but he 112 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:09,280 chooses to use us if we're available and willing for him 113 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:13,200 to, to use us. So I think a lot of it is coming 114 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:16,840 at a time and season to where our eyes are open and our ears 115 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:20,120 are open to the needs around us. And there's strategic, strategic 116 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:24,080 opportunities for us to really just dive in and to move from 117 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:27,760 the sidelines onto the playing field from from spectator to to 118 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:31,120 participant. And you know, as excited as I am 119 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:34,440 about next week and, and being able to celebrate baptism. 120 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:37,000 And by the way, if that's a step that you know that you need to 121 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,240 take in your relationship with Jesus, I would highly encourage 122 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:42,880 you check, look at that connect card that you received on your 123 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:44,840 way in. Oh, by the way, if you're new to 124 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:47,160 Riverbend, my name's Ben get to serve as the pastor. 125 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:52,160 But you can take a look at that connect card that you received 126 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:53,960 on your way in. And there's a box like I want 127 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:57,760 more information on on being baptized and one of our pastors 128 00:08:57,760 --> 00:08:59,760 and ministry leaders, They'll, they'll get in touch with you 129 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:01,720 and make sure that you're kind of good to go. 130 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:03,800 And so we can participate and celebrate. 131 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:05,920 You can participate. We can celebrate that as well. 132 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:09,760 But as excited I as I am about next week, I'm also excited 133 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:12,600 about, you know, several weeks from now because we have a very 134 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:18,040 strategic open door to where people are so very open and 135 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:24,320 receptive to being invited to sit with them at church, like a 136 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,480 neighbor, a Co worker, a classmate. 137 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:31,440 It is so easy during the Easter time to say, Hey, I don't know 138 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:33,120 if you have any. I don't know if you go to a 139 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,120 church or there's a church that you usually go to. 140 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:37,480 But if not, I would love for you to come with me. 141 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:41,560 And hey, you can sit with me. And, you know, let's get there a 142 00:09:41,560 --> 00:09:44,000 little bit early to make sure that, you know, we can, we can 143 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:45,960 get some coffee and we can get some Donuts. 144 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:49,240 And if they're, if they're a young parent, make sure that we 145 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:51,240 can get some coffee and then some more coffee and then some 146 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:54,280 more coffee. But people are really open to, 147 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:57,640 to the things of God and open to, to coming to church around 148 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:00,320 Easter. And what that means is that's, 149 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,320 that's not just a strategic opportunity and an opening for 150 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:05,000 us. It means that there's also a 151 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,440 great need and an invitation for, like I said, for us to get 152 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:11,320 off the sidelines from being spectators and get on the field 153 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:14,760 and being participants and, and helping us serve and, and 154 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:17,720 volunteering. And, and, and one of the things 155 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:20,640 I would just point you to is you can look at the, what was handed 156 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,440 to you, the the note sheet and there are two connect cards and 157 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,120 one's kind of the normal connect card and the other's the, the 158 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:28,640 Easter Connect card. And, and one of the things that 159 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:32,720 I would encourage you to do is is to look at that Easter 160 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:35,880 Connect card and look at the different serving opportunities 161 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:40,680 that there are for you just to try something out maybe just for 162 00:10:40,680 --> 00:10:44,480 that day for Easter to be able to serve like a lot of the 163 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:47,080 guests that are going to be coming onto our campus. 164 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:52,600 And I know that the thought is, listen, if I served during on 165 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:55,560 Easter Sunday, I'm not going to be able to sit in the service. 166 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:57,240 And we've already thought about that. 167 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:02,400 So for the first time on Saturday evening, April 4th at 168 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:06,160 5:30 in this room, we're doing an Easter service. 169 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:08,440 And it's going to be the exact same service that we do on 170 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:10,800 Sunday morning. We're doing it for volunteers. 171 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:14,120 So if you're serving on Sunday, we'd invite you to come on 172 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:16,080 Saturday to be able to worship together. 173 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:20,560 And we that gives us, our staff an opportunity to serve you, our 174 00:11:20,560 --> 00:11:24,840 volunteers, but we really need your help in all the different 175 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:27,720 areas there. So I would highly, highly 176 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:31,440 encourage you and really invite you to move off the sidelines 177 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,880 from spectator to participant. And there's no better time to do 178 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:39,200 that than Easter. And I just really think that as 179 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:43,360 a church, as a body, you know, you'll be so incredibly blessed 180 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:47,640 by serving, by serving one another and by serving our 181 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,640 guests. This morning, though, we're 182 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:53,240 going to be starting a series that I've really been looking 183 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:56,880 forward to for a long time. And it's the series borrowed. 184 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:00,400 And, you know, with a bumper video, you'd already laid it out 185 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:02,720 for us. But we're able to read in the 186 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:05,080 Bible about Jesus's earthly ministry. 187 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:08,320 So we know that Jesus earthly ministry lasted about three 188 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:11,960 years. Was was was was crucified on a 189 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:16,360 cross, died physically, died physically, rose again three 190 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:19,280 days after his death and ascended back to heaven. 191 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:25,000 And that was in 33 years. So Jesus, his time span here 192 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,760 with us on earth was just 33 years. 193 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:32,160 But you know, when he starts his earthly ministry, we're told 194 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:35,360 that Jesus in the Bible is just recorded, that Jesus borrowed. 195 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:39,320 Five things in his ministry. He borrowed a boat, he borrowed 196 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:41,560 some bread, he borrowed a donkey, borrowed a room, and he 197 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:44,200 borrowed a tomb. And what we're going to dive 198 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:46,520 into this morning is we're going to look. 199 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:49,400 At that first thing that Jesus borrowed, that we're told that 200 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:53,320 Jesus borrowed, and as Jesus borrowed a boat, borrowed a 201 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:55,600 boat. And really what we're going to 202 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,320 look at is we're going to peel back some layers and really just 203 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:03,560 look at this question. So what I mean, it's a really 204 00:13:03,560 --> 00:13:06,040 open and honest and really important question for us to 205 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:08,840 answer. Like Jesus borrowed a boat. 206 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:11,920 So what? What does it matter to us? 207 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:14,800 How does it change anything about today? 208 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:17,960 And how does the fact that Jesus borrowed a boat 2000 years ago, 209 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:21,200 how does it change the way in which I approach this coming 210 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:24,320 week? To dive into that this morning, 211 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:26,160 I want to invite you, if you have a Bible with you, to find 212 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:29,640 Luke chapter 5, Luke chapter 5. And if you don't have a Bible 213 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:32,240 with you, then no worries. The passage is on the screen 214 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,400 behind me and it's also printed on the note sheet at the top of 215 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:39,080 the note sheet that you were handed on the way in. 216 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:41,440 So here's what I want to do. I want to go ahead and dive in. 217 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:45,760 Luke chapter 5, verse one says on one occasion while the crowd 218 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:49,240 was pressing in on him talking about Jesus to hear the word of 219 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:53,160 God, Jesus was standing by the lake of Genezra and he saw two 220 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:57,400 boats by the lake, but the fishermen had already gone out 221 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,120 of them and were washing their Nets. 222 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:01,520 Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's. 223 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:06,880 He asked him put out a little from the land and he sat down 224 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:08,320 and taught the people from the boat. 225 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:10,880 And when he'd finished speaking, he said to Simon, put out into 226 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:13,160 the deep and let down your Nets for a catch. 227 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:18,000 Verse 5 And Simon answered, Master, we toiled all night. 228 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:23,200 We worked really hard all night and we took nothing but at your. 229 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:26,320 Word, I let down the Nets and when they had done this, they 230 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:29,000 enclosed a large number of fish and their Nets were breaking. 231 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:31,640 So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to 232 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:33,600 come and help them. And they came and filled both 233 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:36,240 the boats so that they began to sink. 234 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:37,400 That's how many fish they caught. 235 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:41,640 But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus knees saying, 236 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:43,960 depart from me, for I'm a sinful man, O Lord. 237 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:47,440 For he and all who are with him were astonished at the catch of 238 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:49,360 fish they had taken that they had taken. 239 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:53,480 And so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were 240 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:56,840 partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, do not 241 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:59,760 be afraid. From now on you'll be catching 242 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:00,960 men. Many translations. 243 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:03,000 You may have learned that you'll be fishers of men. 244 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:07,000 And when they brought their boats to land, they left 245 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:09,760 everything. And followed him. 246 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:13,840 So here's the question for us that we've really got to grapple 247 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:17,520 with of all the things that happened in Jesus's life. 248 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:23,200 Why was it so important that this was recorded that that we 249 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:26,960 have this this account given to us? 250 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:30,360 Like what's the big deal about this passage that we just read 251 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:37,240 that God saw it so fit to make sure that Luke wrote it down 252 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:41,400 that the that the that the Holy Spirit of God inspired Luke to 253 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,480 write down this passage with with these details. 254 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:48,200 I think in order for us to answer that question, we've got 255 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:51,920 to look a little bit at the background of Luke 5 and a 256 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:54,440 little bit of explanation of Luke 5 S. 257 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:58,400 For example, by the time we get to Luke 5, Jesus had already 258 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:03,400 left his home to where for the 1st 30 years he followed in the 259 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:06,960 footsteps of his earthly father figure, Joseph, and he became a 260 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:09,280 Carpenter. So he left the carpentry 261 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:13,920 business and he left his mother Mary at home, and he started 262 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:17,240 that three-year trek for his earthly ministry. 263 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:21,280 And by the time we get to Luke chapter 5, Jesus has already 264 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:25,840 gone to his hometown synagogue. And he, he, he's opened the 265 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:30,640 scroll and he, he, he, he, he, he read a passage out of Isaiah 266 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:36,200 about the coming Messiah and basically said, hey, Isaiah, who 267 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:38,040 he's talking about? That's me. 268 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:42,400 And there was a complete uproar in Jesus hometown to where his 269 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:46,240 own hometown, they rejected him, they called him a lunatic, they 270 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:48,480 called him a heretic, they called him everything under the 271 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:52,120 sun to where Jesus then left his hometown, traveled to a 272 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:54,160 neighboring town called Capernaum. 273 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:59,440 While teaching in a synagogue in Capernaum, Jesus actually cast a 274 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:02,320 demon out of a man in that church service. 275 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:04,240 Can you imagine how wild that must have been? 276 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:08,000 Like being in a church service and, and Jesus calls a demon out 277 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:13,119 of a man And, and so after that church service ends, then Jesus 278 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:17,920 goes to Simon's house and this guy Simon, by the way, he is 279 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:23,280 going to be later on referred to as Simon Peter and many times 280 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:25,480 just as Peter, the apostle Peter. 281 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:29,000 So by the time we get to Luke chapter 5, Jesus and Simon, 282 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:32,520 they'd already met each other because Jesus had gone to 283 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,600 Simon's house to where Simon's mother-in-law was. 284 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:39,240 And she was really sick. And Jesus, Jesus healed Simon's 285 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:42,080 mother-in-law. And you know, if you're with us 286 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:45,000 and, you know, wives, you might look at your husband and you go, 287 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:47,160 oh, that's so sweet. Like, honey, would you get Jesus 288 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:49,720 to come over to our house to heal my mom and husbands? 289 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:52,080 You're like, absolutely. Listen, don't lie in church. 290 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:56,560 But Jesus healed Simon's mother-in-law. 291 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:01,200 And then the Bible tells us he did many other miracles outside 292 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:03,120 of Simon's house and in that area. 293 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:07,600 So by the time we get to Luke chapter 5, Jesus popularity, 294 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:11,520 it's it's sky high. It's at an all time high. 295 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:15,880 So let me get you to kind of mentally put yourself in that 296 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:18,280 setting that we just read in Luke chapter 5. 297 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:22,600 You got these massive crowds coming from from every which way 298 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:26,760 just to hear Jesus teach. There's just something about the 299 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:30,760 way that Jesus teaches. There's an authority about him 300 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:33,720 that they've never heard before. There's a there's a magnetism 301 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:36,600 about them, about him that they've never experienced 302 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:40,200 before, that there's something within their hearts that that is 303 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,400 drawn to him like they've never been drawn to another teacher 304 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:45,560 before. So these huge crowds are coming 305 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:49,520 from all over and they keep gathering and gathering, which 306 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:54,440 means that they keep pressing further and further in and Jesus 307 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:56,560 teaching by the by the by the lake. 308 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:59,720 And you can just imagine as the as the crowds keep pushing 309 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:02,640 further and further in because everybody wants to hear Jesus 310 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:05,320 and to hang on every word of Jesus, they keep kind of 311 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:07,960 jostling forward. And you can imagine Jesus just 312 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:11,200 kind of slowly, like backing up a little bit to the point to 313 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:14,880 where the back of his sandals start to fill the water because 314 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:18,080 the lake water starting to lap. Up against his ankles. 315 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:22,440 And then Jesus looks around and he sees 2 boats and he gets into 316 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:27,840 one of the boats and he asks its operator Simon, who will later 317 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:31,520 be Peter. Hey, we put out a little further 318 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:35,200 out into the water because Jesus made this request, because Jesus 319 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:38,720 knew three things. Number one is if Jesus moved a 320 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:41,360 little bit further and he was able to teach from a boat in the 321 00:19:41,360 --> 00:19:45,560 water, then that gave him some more space to teach. 322 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:48,920 It also gave more space #2 it gave more space for the crowds, 323 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:52,960 for more people to gather in. And #3 Jesus knew something 324 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:56,160 about acoustics that maybe many people didn't understand over 325 00:19:56,160 --> 00:20:00,640 2000 years ago, that that that that volume actually carries 326 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:03,960 sound, carries faster and further across the surface of 327 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:08,240 water. Then it does through just air. 328 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:12,720 So it amplified Jesus's voice to where he could teach to more 329 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:15,320 people, more people could could hear him. 330 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,080 And then after he finished teaching, then then he asked 331 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:23,200 Simon Peter, hey, put out a little bit further, you know, 332 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:26,000 like where you typically catch fish. 333 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:30,280 And after a brief discussion, Peter finally gives in and goes, 334 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:32,680 OK. And they let down their Nets and 335 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:35,080 they have the, the the hall of a lifetime. 336 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:39,280 I mean like a fisherman's dream to where you can imagine that of 337 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:41,920 these fishermen and their partners, there's probably one 338 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:44,840 guy that he's, he's kind of calculating all the profits 339 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:47,920 there and they, they've never seen anything like it. 340 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:49,760 They've never heard of anything like it. 341 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:53,480 So much so that that two boats are going out there and, and 342 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:54,960 both of them are starting to sink. 343 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:58,840 There's so many fish and it freaks Peter out. 344 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:03,800 And then Jesus looks at Peter and, and gives Peter the line 345 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:07,280 that, that, that the men's conferences and Christian 346 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:10,480 bookstores and Christian T-shirt companies will, will make a 347 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,200 boatload of money off of 2000 years later. 348 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:16,960 You'll be a Fisher of men. And then when they get back to 349 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:21,760 shore, Peter, James and John, they they leave their boats, 350 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:25,560 they leave their Nets, and they follow Jesus full time. 351 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:32,440 So we return to the question, why is what we just read? 352 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:38,120 Why is it so important that God gave it to us in Scripture? 353 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:45,000 I think it's very easy to forget three key things #1 Jesus didn't 354 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:52,000 need a boat, He proved later on he could walk on water #2 Jesus 355 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,040 didn't need the water to amplify his voice. 356 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:58,160 He's the one that spoke the entire universe into existence 357 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:06,200 and #3 Jesus didn't need Peter. Yet we see Jesus inviting Peter 358 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:12,560 into his ministry to be used for Peter's good and for Jesus's 359 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,000 glory. Can I tell you something really 360 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:19,480 quick? Whatever gifts or talents or 361 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:23,560 abilities that that God has given you and entrusted to you 362 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:27,000 and to me, God doesn't need those things. 363 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:33,720 And, and, and humbly, this may be a shock to, to our egos. 364 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:39,840 God doesn't need you and God certainly doesn't need me to do 365 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:46,360 his thing. Yet we see the invitation of 366 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:50,000 Jesus. We see the invitation of Jesus 367 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:55,160 playing out in Peter and it echoes over to us. 368 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:57,520 Let me kind of explain what I mean by that. 369 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:02,040 Let me get you to find Luke chapter 5, verse 3 at the top of 370 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:05,120 your note sheet. At the top of your note sheet is 371 00:23:05,120 --> 00:23:08,560 going to begin with the phrase getting out of one of the boats, 372 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:11,280 which was Simon's. He asked him to put out a little 373 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:12,920 from the land. You you found it on your note 374 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:15,880 sheet and you get you to do something to circle that word 375 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:17,880 asked. Circle. 376 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:23,280 The word asked. We know that the New Testament 377 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:25,080 was written in the Greek language, right? 378 00:23:26,120 --> 00:23:28,760 So did you know in the Greek language, there are two words 379 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:33,240 for asked? Here's the first one, a Teo. 380 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:36,640 A Teo often implies a more urgent demand. 381 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:40,640 If someone a teos you, it's a desperate plea. 382 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:42,840 It's almost like somebody rushing up to you. 383 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,560 Quick, quick, quick. Can I borrow your phone? 384 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:46,960 I need to use your phone. I've got to make a phone call. 385 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:52,400 That's a Teo, the second word for Greek. 386 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:57,880 Word for asked is orateo. Orateo often implies an inquiry 387 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:00,360 or request made on familiar terms. 388 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:02,600 That's asking Adam for permission. 389 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:04,400 The first Hey, quick, quick, quick. 390 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,320 I need to use your phone. That's an urgent request. 391 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:10,280 The second one, Orateo, is hey, can I show you something on your 392 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:13,280 phone real quick? Do you see the difference there? 393 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:16,000 Guess what? Guess which one was? 394 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:19,800 Used from Jesus to to Simon Peter. 395 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:24,160 There's the second one. There was no urgency in Jesus 396 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:25,400 voice. Hey, quick, quick, quick, quick. 397 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:27,600 I'm panicking. I don't know what to do. 398 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:29,520 These crowds are getting out of control man. 399 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:33,160 And you know, I'm not quite ready to walk on water yet. 400 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:38,480 I need you to put out in the put out into the into the water. 401 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:43,680 It wasn't an urgent request. It was a hey salmon, do you mind 402 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:47,360 like putting out into the water? Hey salmon, I want to I want to 403 00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:50,360 show you something later on. Just put out into the water a 404 00:24:50,360 --> 00:24:54,560 little. Bit you may say, Ben, what is 405 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:58,360 the big deal? Here's the big deal is did you 406 00:24:58,360 --> 00:25:04,080 know? Did you know that Jesus, and 407 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:07,720 this is in your notes that Jesus, he doesn't take, he 408 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:13,120 invites. Jesus doesn't take, he invites. 409 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:18,240 He could have seized Peter's boat, but he didn't. 410 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:22,320 He asked Peter. He invited him. 411 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:25,200 Now what did? What did Jesus exactly? 412 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:28,640 What exactly did Jesus invite Peter into? 413 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:33,600 It was. Hey, Peter, I want to take what 414 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:36,520 you're already. Doing and I want to make it 415 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:40,800 matter forever. And the same thing is true. 416 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,760 What was true of Peter then and there is true of us here now. 417 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:49,880 The invitation of Jesus is this. Is He wants to meet you where 418 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:52,880 you are and to make it matter forever. 419 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:58,040 In other words, whatever Jesus has entrusted to you, the gifts 420 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:02,520 that he has gifted you with, He wants to use those giftings and 421 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:04,880 make those giftings matter forever. 422 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,800 The roles in which he has you in right now. 423 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:11,520 It could be as a husband or a wife, a friend, a neighbor, an 424 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:15,200 employee, an employer, A classmate, a teammate, a cast 425 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:19,480 mate, whatever it may be. He wants to use those and make 426 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:22,760 those matter forever to have an eternal impact. 427 00:26:23,120 --> 00:26:27,320 Hey, hey, Simon Peter, listen, you can catch a lot of fish, but 428 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:31,320 you're always going to be like just catching one more fish to 429 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:37,600 feed one more mouth on one more day or, or. 430 00:26:39,360 --> 00:26:44,640 I can if you hand over to me your giftedness as a fisherman. 431 00:26:45,360 --> 00:26:50,440 I can make it matter forever to where I can use you to impact 432 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:54,040 generations. I can use you to introduce them 433 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:57,720 to my Heavenly Father. I can use you so that people can 434 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:02,520 be set free from pain and shame and guilt in their lives. 435 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:06,040 They can be forgiven of their sins, that they can have a hope 436 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:10,080 that when they die they will spend eternity with, with, with, 437 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:13,440 with me and my Father in heaven. I can use that. 438 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:19,280 And make it matter forever. The same invitation is for you 439 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:22,840 and I. As a matter of fact, I want to 440 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:25,080 kind of introduce you to a main truth that's actually serving as 441 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:26,680 the big idea throughout this series. 442 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:29,080 It's this. It's what Jesus borrows, he 443 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,880 blesses to use for our good and for his glory. 444 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:36,240 A lot of times people. Think people wrongly assume that 445 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,440 if you're going to really follow Jesus, all Jesus wants to do is 446 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:44,280 to take and to take and to take from you and basically just to 447 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:47,560 leave you on empty. And I've heard so many 448 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:50,840 testimonies of well-intentioned men and women that they share 449 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:54,400 their testimony and they spend so much time on like their pre 450 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:59,240 Jesus life and so little time on their post Jesus life that it 451 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:01,800 makes it really sound like they were having a lot more fun pre 452 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:05,520 Jesus. And I think that they that 453 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:07,440 they've completely misunderstood Jesus. 454 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:12,960 Jesus doesn't want to take from us to leave us on empty. 455 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:18,040 Jesus wants to remove the things in our lives that are harmful to 456 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:23,680 us and also so that we can make room and space for us to develop 457 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:26,560 into the men and the women that He actually created us to be. 458 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:31,360 You see what Jesus borrows, and we're going to see this playing 459 00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:34,800 out over the next 4 weeks. We're going to see this playing 460 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:36,520 out all the way up through Easter. 461 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:39,400 What Jesus borrows, He uses to bless. 462 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:44,080 He blesses to use for our good and for His glory. 463 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:52,040 However, there's a very, very critical decision that Peter had 464 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:55,920 to make in Luke chapter 5 that we find ourselves having to 465 00:28:55,920 --> 00:29:00,520 make. If we really want Jesus to use 466 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:04,200 what we give over to Him to bless for our good and for His 467 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:07,120 glory, we've also got to make the same critical decision. 468 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,400 Luke chapter 5. Let me kind of unpack the 469 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:12,440 critical decision that Simon Peter had to make. 470 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:15,000 And I think you'll see the semblance of the decision that 471 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:19,920 you and I have to make as well. When Jesus asked Peter, hey 472 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:23,760 Peter, after Jesus taught, hey Peter, put out into the deep. 473 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:28,920 Put down your Nets. Peter, a professional fisherman. 474 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,280 By the way, he's not a. Noob. 475 00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:35,240 He he, he's not a novice, he's a professional fisherman. 476 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:40,440 This is what he does. And by the way, he's good at it. 477 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:45,960 Hey, Peter, put put out into the deep, put your Nets down. 478 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:50,160 Peter, very easily, as a professional fisherman, could 479 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:55,400 have politely told Jesus. Hey, Jesus, with, with all due 480 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,840 respect, gosh, I don't know how to say this. 481 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:01,800 I think you just need to stay in your lane. 482 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:07,920 You see, jeez, I'm, I'm really good with this arrangement and I 483 00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:09,760 think everybody understands this arrangement. 484 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:11,160 But let me kind of unpack. It for you. 485 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:17,160 You teach and I fish. I'm not going to teach and you 486 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:23,360 don't tell me how to fish. That was a route that Peter 487 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:29,280 could have taken, or Peter, a professional fisherman, could 488 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:35,680 have humbly considered the possibility that Jesus actually 489 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:37,320 knew more about fishing than he did. 490 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:42,800 And by that response, look at how Peter responded back to 491 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:44,840 Jesus. Master, we toiled all night, 492 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:49,400 took nothing, but at your word I'll let down the Nets. 493 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:52,200 What? What is that? 494 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:57,200 That's Peter humbly considering. Maybe Jesus knows more about 495 00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:00,000 fishing than I do. Have you ever thought about 496 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:01,480 that? That. 497 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:04,160 Whatever. You do or whatever you're good 498 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:07,640 at or whatever you're getting good at that Jesus, Jesus 499 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:09,240 actually knows more about that than you do. 500 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:13,680 As a pastor, I'll go ahead and tell you when it comes to 501 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:17,800 teaching or preaching or leading or counselling, Jesus knows more 502 00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:19,520 about all those things than I do. 503 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:23,040 He made people. If you're If you're in the 504 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:26,600 construction business, Jesus knows more about construction 505 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:29,040 than you do. He created the universe. 506 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,240 If you're in the medical profession, Jesus knows more 507 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:34,480 about medicine and healing than you do. 508 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:37,320 He's a great physician. If you're a stay at home parent 509 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:42,840 and those kids are driving you nuts, Jesus a knows exactly how 510 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:46,840 much you want to introduce those kids personally to Him on those 511 00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:52,000 days. But listen, Jesus knows more 512 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:57,520 about your kids than you do. He's the one that that uniquely 513 00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:01,400 knit them together in the womb and he's the one that has great 514 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:05,800 plans for for them. I just want you to get us to 515 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:09,360 think for just a moment. Whatever you do, whatever you're 516 00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:12,680 about, if you're a student, Jesus knows more. 517 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:15,320 About being a student than you do. 518 00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:18,160 If you're an athlete, Jesus knows more about being an 519 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:20,480 athlete. Listen, if you're single, Jesus 520 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:29,280 knows more about being single. And always Jesus knows more 521 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:32,320 about what we're doing than we do. 522 00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:40,400 I think intellectually we're all like, yeah, of course Jesus is 523 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:42,280 God. Of course, Jesus knows more than 524 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:47,960 I do He's God. Yet practically, I think the 525 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:51,080 vast majority of people live as if like, hey Jesus, 526 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:53,240 respectfully, and I think you just need. 527 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:57,680 To stay in your religious lane, just I, I, I'm good with you 528 00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:01,320 having a voice and having a say and having authority on a Sunday 529 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:05,240 morning or, or Wednesday night or, you know, when, when we meet 530 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:10,000 together for, for our, for our life group or God, our small 531 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:13,720 group, God, I'm, I'm fine with that. 532 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:18,440 But when it comes to like my job and my career and my finances 533 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:22,480 and, and, and the way that I parent my kids, like honestly, 534 00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:25,280 respectfully, I think you just need to stay. 535 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:31,400 In your religious lane. So here's the question, if we 536 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:35,880 intellectually know that Jesus knows more about what we are 537 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:41,040 about and what we do than we do, yet practically we struggle to 538 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:46,960 live under that authority or live under that reality, then 539 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:52,440 how exactly do we do we pivot? How exactly do do do we make 540 00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:56,360 sure that the two are compatible, that we're living in 541 00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:59,560 alignment with God? I think first of all, I think it 542 00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:02,800 starts with an overall humble acknowledgement, Hey, whatever 543 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:04,480 I'm doing and whatever I'm about. 544 00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:08,480 Like wherever I'm gifted or talented or whatever roles have 545 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:11,880 been entrusted to me, Jesus knows more about all of that 546 00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:14,199 than I do. But it's not just an 547 00:34:14,199 --> 00:34:18,360 acknowledgement, but that humble acknowledgement also is going to 548 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:22,199 always be evidenced by action. And here, here's what I mean. 549 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:25,719 Look back with me, Luke chapter 5 in verse 5. 550 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:29,800 Master, we toiled all night and we took nothing, but at your 551 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:34,480 word I'll let down the Nets. Jesus already taught, he's 552 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:39,440 already told Peter, hey, go out, put out into the deep, let down 553 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:41,760 your Nets. I want you to circle something. 554 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:44,600 Circle that first word master right there. 555 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:47,000 Circle that word master. That's how, that's how Peter, 556 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:50,040 something Peter referred to Jesus when Jesus first said, 557 00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:52,520 hey, put out into the deep waters and let down your Nets, 558 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:56,040 Master, master. Greek word for master is 559 00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:58,440 epistata. Epistata sounds like something 560 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:00,200 that you'd order at a Mexican restaurant, right? 561 00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:04,600 As a matter of fact, if you go eat Mexican this afternoon, ask 562 00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:06,760 your waitress if you if they have epistatas. 563 00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:08,720 They'll probably confuse them anyway. 564 00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:11,080 Epistata. Epistata is the Greek word that 565 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:14,560 indicates someone and acknowledges someone who's in 566 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:19,240 charge. This was Peter basically going, 567 00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:26,120 Hey Jesus, I respect you. Epistata Epistata is a respect 568 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:30,440 for Jesus. So because Peter respected 569 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:34,480 Jesus, he he put out into the deep, he let down his Nets and 570 00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:37,480 then Jesus blew his mind, blew Peter's mind and all the minds 571 00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:40,200 of the fishermen around him by bringing in this like catch of 572 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:43,480 an absolute lifetime that would become absolutely legendary in 573 00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:46,080 the fishing community. And that's saying a lot, right? 574 00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:50,560 And then look in verse 8 how Peter responds. 575 00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:54,360 But when Simon Peter saw it, the massive haul, he fell down at 576 00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:57,400 Jesus knees saying depart from me for I'm a sinful man. 577 00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:01,520 Oh what? Oh Lord, it's not epistata, the 578 00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:04,360 Greek word. There is a word called Kyrie. 579 00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:09,280 Kyrie, check this out. Kyrie indicates a supreme 580 00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:12,680 authority and acknowledges Jesus's divinity. 581 00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:17,960 This is Peter moving from Hey Jesus, I respect you to that's 582 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:22,520 epistata to Jesus. You are God and I am not even 583 00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:29,360 worthy to be in your presence. Man, if I were to describe to 584 00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:34,640 someone what it is like doing ministry in the context of the 585 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:39,040 Bible Belt, the US S that somebody had that somebody had 586 00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:46,200 no knowledge of our regional culture, I would start with 587 00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:50,320 explaining the difference between epistata and Kyrie. 588 00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:54,040 Here's what I mean by that. We live in a culture and I think 589 00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:57,280 that on Sunday mornings we have churches filled with people that 590 00:36:57,280 --> 00:37:01,720 greatly respect Jesus, yet don't haven't surrendered their lives 591 00:37:01,720 --> 00:37:04,440 to Jesus. There's a huge difference. 592 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:08,480 Did you know that you can respect Jesus and still not be 593 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:12,120 forgiven of your sins? Did you know that you can 594 00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:16,440 respect Jesus, the the teachings of Jesus, the historical person 595 00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:19,960 of Jesus, and still not have the Holy Spirit of God living in 596 00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:21,880 you? Did you know that you can 597 00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:25,680 respect Jesus and still not have the assurance that when you die 598 00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:28,560 that you'll spend eternity with with with him and heaven? 599 00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:35,200 It's only when we move from Epistata to Kyrie, it's only 600 00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:39,320 when we come to a point where we say, I acknowledge you Jesus as 601 00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:42,080 Lord, as Savior and Lord, you are God. 602 00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:45,400 You are my only way to be forgiven. 603 00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:49,520 This the the weight of the shame and guilt that's on me. 604 00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:52,000 You're the only one that can remove that. 605 00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:55,400 You are the only one that can cleanse my heart and cleanse my 606 00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:59,680 soul from the inside out. So Jesus, I acknowledge that you 607 00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:02,520 are God. I ask that you come into my 608 00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:04,680 life. You take control of my life and 609 00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:08,640 I I commit to following you because you are not just God, 610 00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:12,560 You're my supreme authority. There is a massive difference 611 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:17,680 between tipping your cap at God and actually living up 612 00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:25,040 underneath his divine authority. That is United States Southeast, 613 00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:31,360 United States Bible Belt one O 1A respect for Jesus, yet not 614 00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:33,840 living up underneath the surrendered Lordship. 615 00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:41,320 Of Jesus let me ask you a question have you made that 616 00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:47,640 distinction for your life I have no doubt I have no doubt that 617 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:52,160 very few if anyone is with us this morning has been with us 618 00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:57,120 this morning whether in the room or online that does not at least 619 00:38:57,120 --> 00:39:01,720 epistata Jesus. I have very little doubt that 620 00:39:01,720 --> 00:39:06,520 there's anybody in here that that doesn't have just a just an 621 00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:10,000 overall overarching respect for Jesus. 622 00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:13,920 And I would say, all right, it's a pretty good starting place, 623 00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:17,440 but a respect for Jesus is not going to transform your life, 624 00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:22,960 Surrendering your life to Jesus, That's where the transformation 625 00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:25,840 begins. That's when the transformation 626 00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:29,240 takes place. Remember how I said that? 627 00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:34,080 To pivot from this intellectual agreement that of course, Jesus 628 00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:35,840 knows more about what I'm doing than I do? 629 00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:38,600 And then, you know, actually applying that practically, it 630 00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:41,040 starts with a humble acknowledgement, but then that 631 00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:44,000 humble acknowledgement is moved over to action here. 632 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:45,360 Here's another part of that action. 633 00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:49,360 Check out what Jesus responded to Peter. 634 00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:52,280 Jesus said to Peter, do not be afraid. 635 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:56,640 Why do you say don't be afraid? Because again, put yourself in 636 00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:59,040 that scene. It freaked Peter out. 637 00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:05,360 Let me ask you a question. Is to the church people you 638 00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:06,200 ever. Been in an. 639 00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:10,200 Environment to where you saw the Holy Spirit of God move in such 640 00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:14,480 a way that you were freaked out you'd never get over that will 641 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:18,200 you you ever you ever you ever walked out of a service to where 642 00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:21,280 you're sitting there going I don't I don't I don't have a 643 00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:24,600 compartment for what I just experienced that's kind of 644 00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:27,920 outside the box that was normal to to where God just like 645 00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:30,480 basically bust out the sides of our of the box that we. 646 00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:32,840 Put them in and it kind of freaks us out. 647 00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:35,040 This is what happened with Simon Peter. 648 00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:39,000 He freaked out and Jesus said, hey Peter, don't, don't be 649 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:43,040 afraid. From now on, I'm going to make 650 00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:46,480 you a medical professional. It's not what he said. 651 00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:50,000 From now on, Peter, I'm going to send you to seminary to get your 652 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,880 PhD. It's not what he said. 653 00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:55,560 From now on, I'm going to make you the. 654 00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:58,480 Greatest speaker that this world has ever seen. 655 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:03,760 It's not what he said. He did not even say Peter. 656 00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:08,600 After this point, I'm going to use your life as as probably the 657 00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:13,080 most recognizable of my 12 closest friends, the, the, the 658 00:41:13,080 --> 00:41:16,160 disciples, the apostles. We'll get to that later on. 659 00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:18,480 I'm going to make you the most notable face and the. 660 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:22,040 Leader of the church. He didn't even say that. 661 00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:26,320 What did Jesus say? From now on you will be catching 662 00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:27,960 men. Why did Jesus? 663 00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:30,320 I tell Peter from now on you'll be catching men. 664 00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:33,280 Do not miss this because Peter was a fisherman. 665 00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:37,280 Listen, there's so many books, there's so many conferences, so 666 00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:41,080 many talks and sermons given on what it means to be a Fisher of 667 00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:43,640 men. If Peter was a farmer, Jesus 668 00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:45,160 would have used a different analogy. 669 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:49,160 If Jesus was a banker, he would have used a different analogy. 670 00:41:49,720 --> 00:41:53,160 If Jesus was a teacher, If Peter was a teacher or a professor, he 671 00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:54,880 would have used a different analogy. 672 00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:59,200 The power of what Jesus just said here is, hey Peter, I want 673 00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:02,520 to take however, all the ways that I've already naturally 674 00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:05,880 gifted you, and I want to make those matter forever. 675 00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:09,080 I want to make you a Fisher of Mim. 676 00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:11,280 Check this out. When they brought their boats to 677 00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:15,160 land, they left everything and followed him. 678 00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:18,040 Check this out. When Jesus borrows a boat, he 679 00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:21,080 teaches a crowd. When Jesus borrows A fisherman, 680 00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:26,160 he reaches the world. I make no mistake about it. 681 00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:30,280 What we give to Jesus, Jesus never diminishes. 682 00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:36,960 He always multiplies. Coming back to our big idea, the 683 00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:39,640 main truth that we're going to see running throughout this 684 00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:45,520 series is what Jesus borrows again, He doesn't take, he 685 00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:48,640 invites. What Jesus borrows, he blesses 686 00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:52,480 to use for our good and for his glory. 687 00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:56,680 So this is where we're going to land the plane this morning. 688 00:42:57,280 --> 00:43:00,280 Got a couple questions for you and I wanted wanted to give a 689 00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:03,520 little bit of space and margin on the on the back, on the 690 00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:06,280 backside of our time together this morning. 691 00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:09,160 Here's the first question that I got for you, probably the most 692 00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:11,800 important question I could possibly ask you this morning. 693 00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:16,960 Do you merely or simply respect Jesus or have you surrendered 694 00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:22,800 your life to him? And if you're confused on the 695 00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:30,160 difference, if I know what it's like to to wonder like do I just 696 00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:34,200 have a big respect for Jesus or if I really surrendered my life 697 00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:37,120 to him. Here's the good news. 698 00:43:38,320 --> 00:43:42,760 You can leave here this morning with the assurance that you 699 00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:46,080 surrendered your life to them. And that assurance means that 700 00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:49,320 you can leave here with your sins forgiven and with a peace 701 00:43:49,320 --> 00:43:52,400 that surpasses all human understanding and with a with an 702 00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:56,200 overarching hope that whatever may come, that when you die, 703 00:43:56,200 --> 00:43:58,120 you'll spend eternity with God in heaven. 704 00:43:59,880 --> 00:44:02,960 And if that's you, then in just a moment, we're going to have 705 00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:06,400 some pastors down front and we would love to, to pray with you 706 00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:10,800 about how that can become your reality and clear up any doubt, 707 00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:13,200 any confusion, any question there. 708 00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:18,480 But if you know that you've surrendered your life to Jesus, 709 00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:22,000 I want you to take a look at the bottom of, of, of your note 710 00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:25,160 sheet. There's a section that has like 711 00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:27,200 several blank lines at the bottom. 712 00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:28,320 Here's what I want to get you to do. 713 00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:32,120 I want you to take just a few moments and I want you to just 714 00:44:32,120 --> 00:44:36,760 jot down the different roles that define your day-to-day 715 00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:41,800 life. It could be a husband, a wife, a 716 00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:48,200 friend, a neighbor, a teacher, a concrete pour, a banker, a 717 00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:59,240 student, a lawyer, a doctor, stay at home parent, retired, be 718 00:44:59,240 --> 00:45:03,400 anything like what God has entrusted to you in this season. 719 00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:10,960 And once you have that down, here's what I want us to do. 720 00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:13,240 Here's here's here's the invitation to us. 721 00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:19,320 I want to encourage us to end our time together this morning, 722 00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:23,880 taking what has been entrusted to us, what we just wrote down 723 00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:28,800 and dedicating those over to Jesus. 724 00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:34,440 Maybe maybe it's a rededicating those to Jesus like Jesus you 725 00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:38,080 have entrusted to me in this season of my life. 726 00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:43,880 Jesus I am AI am a husband and I know that you know more about 727 00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:46,600 being a husband than than I ever will. 728 00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:50,760 So Jesus would would you would you use me? 729 00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:55,040 Would you guide me and Jesus my role as a husband. 730 00:45:56,480 --> 00:46:00,000 Would you use that to point my family to you and to other 731 00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:04,320 people to you, Jesus, my role as a as a pastor, you know more 732 00:46:04,320 --> 00:46:08,680 about that than I ever will, but you use that and it's a 733 00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:12,200 personalized prayer for you. Wherever you are, whatever roles 734 00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:17,680 that define your day-to-day, reality is taking what God has 735 00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:20,920 already placed in your hands. And this is going to be a common 736 00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:23,560 refrain that we come back to and I would encourage us to to 737 00:46:23,560 --> 00:46:26,400 actually pray this. God, would you use? 738 00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:28,240 What's in my hands and make it holy? 739 00:46:29,840 --> 00:46:32,560 Would you use what's in my hands and make it holy? 740 00:46:35,560 --> 00:46:41,320 Listen, being used from God or you being used by God, it always 741 00:46:41,320 --> 00:46:45,720 start from a place of surrender. What's He placed in your hands 742 00:46:46,760 --> 00:46:49,040 and how can you give that back to Him? 743 00:46:50,080 --> 00:46:51,760 So just a moment, we're going to pray. 744 00:46:52,440 --> 00:46:57,400 If you want to come down and pray here at the front, I think 745 00:46:57,400 --> 00:46:59,760 there's great power in that. You do that. 746 00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:02,160 If you want to come down and pray with a pastor or pray with 747 00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:05,960 one of our ministry leaders, then you come down and do that. 748 00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:09,840 If you feel that you just need to grab somebody's hand or grab 749 00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:13,320 somebody's arm and go, hey, can we go outside and can we talk? 750 00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:15,960 Can we go outside the room and can we talk for a little bit, 751 00:47:16,160 --> 00:47:18,760 then you do that. Maybe the greatest act of 752 00:47:18,760 --> 00:47:22,040 worship is in just a moment when we stand and you know, as other 753 00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:24,560 people are coming to pray, maybe our greatest act of worship is 754 00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:27,800 just standing and sing praises to God. 755 00:47:28,440 --> 00:47:31,520 My hope and my prayer is this is that the Holy Spirit of God 756 00:47:31,520 --> 00:47:34,560 would move in freedom and power. But then that freedom and power 757 00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:40,040 that we would start to fear God more and think more about what 758 00:47:40,040 --> 00:47:42,760 God thinks about us rather than what we think other people 759 00:47:42,760 --> 00:47:45,880 around us may think about it about us. 760 00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:49,000 So let's pray. God, we thank you for this time. 761 00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:52,200 God, we thank you for the fact that we do not pray to you. 762 00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:55,480 We do not sing to you. We do not talk to you as if you 763 00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:59,520 were distant and far off, but God, we acknowledge that you are 764 00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:03,760 here with us. So God, I pray that you would 765 00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:05,840 help us to experience your presence. 766 00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:09,840 God, I pray that whatever you've laid on our hearts in terms of 767 00:48:09,840 --> 00:48:13,040 our response. To you God that we'll be 768 00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:14,920 obedient. To that God that we would care 769 00:48:14,920 --> 00:48:18,600 more about what you think than what other people. 770 00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:21,320 Around us may think. God, if there's anyone that is 771 00:48:21,320 --> 00:48:24,720 struggling with with with an assurance. 772 00:48:26,080 --> 00:48:28,000 That they've surrendered their lives to you, God. 773 00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:31,400 I pray that Lord, that they would take that step out and 774 00:48:31,400 --> 00:48:34,280 they would talk to a pastor and pray with a pastor and God, that 775 00:48:34,280 --> 00:48:37,200 they would leave here forever changed. 776 00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:40,960 God, we thank you for the assurance that you've given 777 00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:43,880 those that have surrendered their lives to you. 778 00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:47,160 God, I pray that you would open our eyes and open our ears to 779 00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:50,320 the fact that you know infinitely more about what we do 780 00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:55,120 and what we're about than we do. And God, you want to use where 781 00:48:55,120 --> 00:48:59,080 we are, You want to meet us exactly where we are and make it 782 00:48:59,080 --> 00:49:02,520 matter forever. God, but that starts with a 783 00:49:02,520 --> 00:49:06,160 place of surrender. God, you never take, You only 784 00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:08,240 invite. And this morning, you're 785 00:49:08,240 --> 00:49:11,320 inviting us to hand it over to you. 786 00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:15,200 God, we pray that you would move in freedom and in power, and 787 00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:17,480 it's in Jesus name that we pray. Amen. 788 00:49:22,320 --> 00:49:25,160 Thank you for listening to Riverbend Church's podcast. 789 00:49:25,160 --> 00:49:28,600 To find out more about this message or Riverbend Church, 790 00:49:28,680 --> 00:49:32,000 connect with us online at Riverbend Church dot live.