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All right, well, hey guys, why 
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John chapter 12. 
Going to give you a little bit 

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of a background here on Jesus is
we try to time these things 

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perfectly. 
Last week we talked about the 

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resurrection, but that kind of 
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But so, so far, Lazarus, he died
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rose him from the dead. 
The religious people are 

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beginning to not like that. 
They're losing a level of 

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control to Rome. 
They're going to lose their 

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position. 
Rome's going to kick him out and

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they don't they're not happy 
about that. 

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So they're ready to try to trap 
Jesus. 

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And there there's a conspiracy 
to kill him. 

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And we find that in Chapter 11, 
verse 47. 

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And then Caiaphas he, he under 
the inspiration of the Holy 

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Spirit, he's a not a nice man. 
He's an evil man, religious guy 

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that does not know God, but he 
just he loves control. 

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And what he said it says here 
we'll pick it up in in Chapter 

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11, Caiaphas who is the high 
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they would have a prophecy each 
year. 

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And he said this, you know 
nothing at all. 

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They were all arguing and how to
what to do with Jesus. 

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And he says, nor do you take an 
account that is expedient for 

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you, that one man died for the 
people and that the whole nation

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not perish. 
That's a pretty sweet now from 

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our angle, right? 
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we're like, wow, that's pretty 
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That's actually what happened, 
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Jesus died in our place so that 
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hell and die, right, but that we
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one man. 
It's called a substitutionary 

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atonement. 
Maybe some, if you've heard of 

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that, it's a big word, right, 
for Easter Sunday. 

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But basically somebody died in 
your place, All right? 

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His name's Jesus. 
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was talking about. 
He was talking about, hey, look,

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if we could get rid of this man,
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The whole nation would not 
perish. 

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That meaning a political nation 
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regain our control back. 
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about, but it's crazy, as a 
theologian once said that even 

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though you don't know God, 
right, people that don't know 

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God, God could still use them 
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There was a prophetic word there
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just not in the way they 
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All right, so I want to give you
guys, there's five, and in this 

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chapter, chapter 12, there's 
five reactions towards Jesus. 

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And I believe it really doesn't 
capture all 5 reactions that we 

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see today. 
There's five reactions if you 

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look at the person of Jesus as 
we've been beholding Jesus 

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living undivided, undistracted 
for his glory. 

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We started that series back in 
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And one of the things that we 
wanted to do is in the series is

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lift up Jesus. 
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Jesus, we become what we behold,
right? 

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We, when we, if we look at him, 
it says in 2nd Corinthians 3, it

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says that when we look at Jesus,
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And so we're in it for one 
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The the 1355, I'm not going to 
go through all those, but that's

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our vision, right? 
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narrow it down to like one thing
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transformation. 
I think they were saying it 

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multiple times. 
I mean, we were praying it in 

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the back. 
Ricky had mentioned that. 

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Obviously we're seeing songs 
about that. 

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And then Cole talks about 
transformation as well. 

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And you see Phil and Jade, the 
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This church is all about 
transformation. 

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But there are 5 reactions from 
chapter 12 that we want to look 

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at. 
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yourself in one of those 
categories and we'll narrow in 

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on one of them. 
So why don't we pick up with 

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chapter 12, verse one says this.
Jesus, therefore 6 days before 

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the Passover came to Bethany 
where Lazarus was, who Jesus had

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raised from the dead. 
So they made him a supper there 

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and Martha was serving, but 
Lazarus was one of those 

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reclining at the table with him.
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second. 
Lazarus, this is that this is 

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that what we call a thank you 
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So Jesus is heading towards 
Bethany, was heading towards 

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Jerusalem actually, and by way 
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Bethany for a little bit for a 
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meal. 
So Simon the leper, he got 

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healed. 
And then Lazarus also, he didn't

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just get healed to get rise from
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But as you imagine, they're like
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right? 
There's a there's about 17 

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people there at this party. 
Martha's still serving, which is

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great. 
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talking about their stories. 
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probably saying, all right, I'm 
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probably saying, hey, you're 
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But you know, I used to have to 
cry out leaves that depart from 

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me, depart from me because, you 
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leper, you know what happens? 
I mean, you're going to get 

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leprosy. 
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going to believe this. 
I don't have to shout that 

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anymore. 
Jesus healed me. 

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My like, I have my eyebrows, I 
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It looks normal. 
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you're never going to believe 
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I got to top that one, right? 
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that these things they, they're,
you know, the Bible is, is set 

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in real times. 
I mean, like they actually had a

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party, a thank you party and 
that's why they had this. 

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And so they're just thinking 
Jesus for like, for, for 

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literally transforming their 
life, like raising the guy from 

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the dead. 
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And there's the family there. 
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Mary, just they're probably so 
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their brother's going to die 
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But the fact of the matter that 
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They're all together. 
The disciples are there as well.

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There's about 17 of them. 
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thank you to Jesus. 
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you, if you look back at Luke 
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that. 
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week, but I love the power of 
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I love that Jesus transforms all
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If we want it, if we actually 
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as well. 
And it says this, that in a 

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woman named Martha welcomed 
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a sister called Mary who was 
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listening to his word. 
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all her preparations. 
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You know many I don't know how 
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have been a year and a half ago 
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about 3 1/2 years and so she at 
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interaction that we have with 
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She was distraction with 
distracted and then yelling 

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basically at her sister and 
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something about it. 
Say, do you not care that my 

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sister has left me in doing the 
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Then tell her to help me. 
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She's dealing with a ton of 
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She's dealing with identity 
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You do all sorts of stuff. 
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necessarily go through it. 
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is that she's she's feeling all 
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she's asking Jesus, help me tell
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me. 
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Martha, you are worried and 
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only one thing is necessary for 
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which is not not going to be 
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And so you see, this Mary is, is
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where we all should be. 
And Jesus is not rebuking Martha

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because she's in the kitchen 
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That's who who she is. 
What Jesus did was transform her

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heart so that she's not 
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She's not finding identity in 
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She's not saying, look at me, 
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She's gladly serving this thank 
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And it's pretty awesome to see 
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but she's got a different heart.
She's been totally restored, and

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she's not just doing it for one 
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time, right? 
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She's a transformed person. 
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there just enjoying dinner, 
hanging out, sharing crazy 

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stories, you got this woman 
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pound of very costly perfume, a 
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of Jesus and wiped his feet with
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And the house is filled with 
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But Judas Iscariot, one of the 
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him, said why this perfume not 
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to the people. 
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was concerned about the poor, 
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And as he had at the Money Box, 
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it. 
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Lord. 
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just decided this is what I 
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I have I I want to serve. 
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serve and do the practical. 
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that some have speaking gifts, 
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This is her gift to serve Mary. 
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There's, if you're taking notes,
there's about two or three 

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things I want to, I want to note
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And I'm praying that, you know, 
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There's so many amazing things. 
I mean, I, I was listening to a 

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few voice memos yesterday and 
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There is college outreach. 
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to like at the bar outreaches to
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something. 
It was just crazy just seeing 

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what God's doing in our church. 
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is just full of people reaching 
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It's amazing. 
So by no means am I like I, it's

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weird because like as I'm 
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thinking we're doing it. 
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living this stuff out. 
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Not everybody. 
I know that there's five 

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reactions. 
Some of you guys are serving 

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great doing that. 
You're, you're, you know, you, 

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you find yourself totally 
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You're not frantic. 
You're, you're not anxious 

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anymore. 
God's God has healed you and 

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strengthened you. 
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you're reading this, it's kind 
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So you're like, OK, do I have to
find something that's really 

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valuable in my home? 
And then there's like, crush it 

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at the feet of Jesus and, and do
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No, no, no, you guys are you 
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I mean, in, in so many different
ways, you guys are giving your 

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lives to the Lord. 
But I want to show you what true

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worship is. 
If you, you know, sometimes we 

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can get in a rut or we can, you 
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can find ourselves not 
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We're, we're, we're starting to 
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selfishly, but true worship does
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I want to, I want to give you 
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True worship gives our best. 
True worship gives our best. 

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It gives what is most precious 
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I mean, he knows, he knows our 
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that she walks. 
I mean, if you guys can just 

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picture this, you know, there's 
a long table. 

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They don't sit in chairs back in
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They're on the floor. 
They're kind of like sideways 

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with her elbow on the floor and 
they're just eating and they're 

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enjoying a meal. 
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She's bringing stuff out. 
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1st century slaves. 
They would, and I'll get to that

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why that's important in a 
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taking care of everything, and 
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just having a meal. 
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this alabaster jar, this vial, 
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money to as well. 
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about $60,000 US, right? 
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this awkward moment. 
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don't know if it was Lazarus 
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what, but they're just talking 
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she does something really 
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some of the story and and Mark, 
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through 6. 
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comes in and they're all 
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she's coming in and you can 
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And if you know, like those like
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and she's, you know, Mary's 
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I'm not going to do that. 
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brings it at the she starts with
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says she made her way down from 
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And a lot of you like girls hair
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It looks really nice, right? 
Some of the guys have long hair 

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Bible that the, the, that the, 
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a woman, right? 
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it. 
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towel and starts to wipe off The
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very expensive perfume that she 
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of Jesus. 
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most likely her inheritance. 
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would say that, you know, 
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husband. 
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that she could, you know, sell 
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case, you know, she you know, 
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This is literally her whole life
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hands. 
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woman, she takes that her hair 
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feet. 
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The slaves are, are looking. 
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You know, what is she doing? 
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slave to take, to take hair to 
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wash the, The Dirty feet of 
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Why is she doing this? 
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Chapter 11 and even before that,
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sorrow. 
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at the lowest point of her life 
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had just died, was there for 
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if you ever, if you ever just 
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something, you know, you're 
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maybe you're, you know, waiting 
for results or whatever, You're 

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just, you're on edge. 
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anxiety and you're wondering, is
God going to answer this prayer?

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It's like, wow, I, I didn't even
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It's like you at that point, you
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everything to Jesus. 
He's amazing, right? 

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I mean, like he, he showed up in
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It's, it's, it's crazy. 
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she's feeling at this dinner and
she's she's taking this 

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alabaster jar and she's like, 
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now I want to share in his what 
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She knows something that the 
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do not know. 
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up in this verse, you know, 
there's the in Genesis 4, I, I 

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was, I, I'm not going to do the 
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tracing, I was thinking about 
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It made this, this passage made 
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maybe in a while. 
I, I would go out for walks this

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week with the Lord and say, OK, 
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give you? 
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the first if you're, if you're 
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you're going from Genesis to 
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moments of worship and you, you 
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you see this right as you're 
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creation, Genesis 2 creation, 
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and Eve and then the, the fall 
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There's these brothers, right? 
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And I don't know if that that's 
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at that passage. 
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and you're looking at that 
you're thinking, what's the deal

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with Cain and Abel? 
I don't really understand what's

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going on. 
I mean, God accepts Abel's gift 

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and he doesn't accept Cain's and
Cain gets angry at that and and 

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kills his brother. 
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But what is actually happening 
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It's some say OK has had to do 
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gave an animal sacrifice. 
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you know, atone our sins. 
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was just a, you know, the heart 
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Not sure really what's going on.
I don't, I don't want to get 

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into a debate about it, but all 
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gift of worship. 
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It's his heart. 
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just gave leftovers. 
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everything versus leftovers. 
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2424, like Mary is just like 
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that, you know, there, there was
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temple is still there. 
But he had, there was no temple 

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there. 
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And he goes up to this man 
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And he says, Hey, I'd like to 
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Can you, can I want to buy it? 
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him, Hey, look, I'll give it to 
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I know who you are, David. 
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you're going to do good things 
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Again, I want to build the 
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That's his intention. 
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you can have it for free. 
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going to worship God, that which
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So he gave everything and some 
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that this again, this, this, 
these, these passages, you know,

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as I'm stunning, they make you 
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what would you do in that 
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What would you do right there? 
Would you would you be if you 

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were David? 
What would you do if you if you 

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were, if you're Kane Abel, what 
would you do if it would you 

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just get like whatever it is, 
like just the scraps I would 

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give God, you know, it counts, 
counts for something 

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religiously. 
I'm just going to go through the

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motions. 
But David was like, man, I want 

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to I I'm not going to give to 
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If this is my worship, I'm not 
going to give him something that

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doesn't cost me something. 
And it's you have to see that 

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God doesn't really care about 
your gift. 

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He, he doesn't even really care 
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What he wants is your heart. 
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this, I was thinking like, as I 
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neighborhood, I'm just like, 
man, Laura, what is it? 

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You know, like, because you 
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a, is there a numerical number 
on that? 

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Or is it something he wants us 
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Does he literally want me to 
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cardboard box somewhere in a 
forest? 

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You know, is that what God 
wants? 

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You know, because sometimes we 
can struggle with these 

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passages, right? 
We could say like, all right, 

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what is God really asking? 
Are we all supposed to literally

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leave here, go sell our homes 
and just go live in the forest 

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somewhere, right? 
In a tent and even a tent, maybe

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that's still something you're 
holding on to, right? 

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What is he asking for? 
What does he really want? 

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What does he really want from 
you? 

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Does he want? 
Does he? 

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Does he want your evangelism? 
Does he want you to go on 

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mission? 
Does he want you guys? 

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Is it really what is it about? 
What is it when it comes down to

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it? 
What is this thing all about? 

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It's about your heart. 
That's it for Mary. 

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She's just like, man. 
This man shared in my sorrow. 

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I literally know who he is. 
He is worth everything. 

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It's in that moment we're like, 
man, he is truly worth 

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everything. 
You know, you heard Phil up 

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there. 
He's like, but he's worth it. 

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You know, sometimes, like, and I
believe that he means that, you 

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know, but I'm just saying 
sometimes in those moments, you 

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can you can just kind of say 
that like you're going through a

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hard time or whatever. 
You're like, yeah, you know, he 

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but he's worth it. 
And all I know is that when Mary

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said it, she meant it. 
She actually meant it. 

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She's like, he really is. 
Worth it is it is all your when 

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you think about like I'll just 
rattle off some your income. 

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Is it all his your banking 
account? 

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Is it your your time, your 
career, marriage, you know, some

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of the college students like I 
don't have anything I don't 

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have. 
I mean, literally I don't I 

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don't have anything in my name. 
You know, I get it. 

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But is your is it, you know, 
your career, your school, your 

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marriage, family, possessions, 
self-image, the whole thing. 

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I mean, I could just keep going 
on and on and on. 

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I came across the story I 
thought was really good. 

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RG later. 
No, my kids go to their school 

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or they they did, they did some 
dual enrollment classes through 

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them. 
So I was just curious, like, who

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is this guy? 
And I've never heard of this 

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Christian School. 
And I just, you know, as I was 

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doing a little bit of digging 
and research, he's the guy that 

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invented the earth movers. 
Do you know what those are like?

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You can look that up online. 
But it's like these huge 

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machines that just move the 
earth basically moved. 

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And so he came, he has this huge
construction company. 

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He was a believer. 
The company grew so large that 

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he, he, he told his wife, he's 
like, I don't want to lose my 

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love for God. 
I know where this is going. 

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And so he did what was called 
many. 

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I don't know. 
I don't think there's anybody in

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the church that does this, but 
maybe there will be. 

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But he did what is called the 
reverse tithe. 

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He said, look, I'll live on. 
Instead of saying I'll live on 

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90%, I'll give 10. 
I'm going to live on 10%. 

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I'm going to give 90. 
And his wife's like, you're 

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going to do what they're having,
like this casual conversation, 

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you know, over dinner, Like 
what's happening? 

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Like she's probably thinking we 
do not have to worry about 

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anything for life. 
You know, we're going to be 

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rich. 
And so for 50 years he did this 

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and he funded Bible colleges. 
He he funded like all these 

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seminaries and radio stations. 
In fact, if you listen to like 

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John MacArthur online or I'm 
sorry, on the radio or any, any 

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like Moody Radio, he funded all 
those. 

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I was shocked. 
I was like, I benefited from 

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some of these things. 
I was like, this is amazing. 

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I've never heard anything like 
that. 

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A reverse tide. 
I mean, have you heard of that? 

445
00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:35,480
I've, I've never really heard of
that. 

446
00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:37,320
Some, some people may do that. 
I don't know. 

447
00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:41,120
But the people I walk with 
mostly in this church, I know 

448
00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:44,120
they don't do that. 
And I'm going to say you should.

449
00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:49,760
I mean, that's great if you do. 
But people started asking him. 

450
00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:51,960
There was a friend that asked 
him this. 

451
00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:57,120
How come you keep giving all 
your money away and you keep 

452
00:22:57,120 --> 00:23:00,720
having more to give? 
Like I've been scratching my 

453
00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:03,600
head wondering what in the world
like, how do you do this? 

454
00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:06,000
Like I've watched your life, how
does this happen? 

455
00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:11,040
We said, I don't know. 
I'm not a really smart man. 

456
00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:15,960
All I know is this is that I 
have a shovel and God has a 

457
00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:20,280
shovel. 
I shovel what I can to the Lord 

458
00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:24,240
and the Lord shovels it back and
all I know is that God's got the

459
00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:26,280
bigger shovel and you can't out 
give God. 

460
00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,520
And they're like, OK, you know, 
I'm like, what in the world? 

461
00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:35,600
That's amazing. 
Some of you guys, even as I say 

462
00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,400
that, you're like, I know it's 
financial. 

463
00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:42,080
I know God's called me to give 
more. 

464
00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:45,000
Great, do that. 
No one's telling you like no 

465
00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:46,440
one's telling you what to give 
or how to give. 

466
00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:47,960
Like no one's telling you how to
do that. 

467
00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,160
It just was in Mary's heart. 
Nobody from that dinner table 

468
00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:54,840
said, Mary, go get that 
expensive perfume. 

469
00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,600
It's time. 
No, they're like minding their 

470
00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:00,120
own business. 
They're eating Martha's amazing 

471
00:24:00,120 --> 00:24:02,160
food. 
It's just they're all hanging 

472
00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:03,320
out. 
They're just all hanging out 

473
00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:05,440
having having a great meal. 
Thank you. 

474
00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:10,200
Like, thank you, Jesus meal. 
And Mary's like, this is how I'm

475
00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:15,640
going to show my gratitude. 
There's something different 

476
00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:20,400
about her. 
There's a man, a rich Roman man,

477
00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:25,760
soldier, governor. 
Her name's named Cyprian. 

478
00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:29,560
He was so joyful that he that he
found Jesus. 

479
00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:33,760
He literally liquidated all his 
assets and he laid it at the 

480
00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:36,320
feet of Jesus, not literally 
because he was. 

481
00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:42,000
A few 100 years later, after the
resurrection, he said he's worth

482
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,960
everything. 
And he he's, people asked him, 

483
00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:46,280
why in the world are you doing 
that? 

484
00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:49,680
I mean, you have a great life 
under the Roman rule. 

485
00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:51,880
Why would you do something like 
that and become a pastor? 

486
00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:53,840
He liquidated everything and 
became a pastor. 

487
00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:55,960
He said. 
It delights me to not be 

488
00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,640
distracted by the things of this
world because I know where I'm 

489
00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:00,280
going and I know where my 
treasures at. 

490
00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,560
There's just something different
about these people. 

491
00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:05,040
What is different about these 
people? 

492
00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:06,880
Their lives have been truly 
transformed. 

493
00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:09,680
There's nothing that they can 
hold back. 

494
00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:11,760
There's what? 
What do you, what do you 

495
00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:15,360
honestly value most? 
What are you willing to give God

496
00:25:15,360 --> 00:25:18,720
as an act of worship? 
It's not just financial. 

497
00:25:19,120 --> 00:25:21,440
It might be literally your time.
It might be something you're 

498
00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:24,760
like, it, it doesn't it, it, it 
doesn't like, OK, this is going 

499
00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:27,400
to cost me something. 
I don't think, Mary, I don't 

500
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,400
think Mary was trembling coming 
to the feet of Jesus being like,

501
00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:33,280
is that at least that's not what
I see in this passage at all. 

502
00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:35,920
I don't think she's like, I 
don't know, I could do this with

503
00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:37,320
it. 
I, I think I could maybe do 

504
00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:39,400
something with this, you know, 
whatever. 

505
00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:40,840
I could be a great, I could be a
giver. 

506
00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:43,640
I could keep some to myself, you
know, like Ananias and Sapphira,

507
00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:45,040
you know, keep some for 
yourself. 

508
00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:47,320
Give some you know, it didn't 
really work out for them by the 

509
00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:52,880
way, but but they but there's 
Jesus is not giving us a script 

510
00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:54,400
here. 
He's not saying this is what you

511
00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:58,280
need to do this, this and that. 
He's not giving us an amount. 

512
00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,000
He's not giving us an amount of 
time amount of money. 

513
00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:02,760
He's not giving us anything 
here. 

514
00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:06,920
Jesus doesn't what he wants is 
our is our hearts. 

515
00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:14,080
He wants our hearts and I just 
love RG laterno, I just I don't.

516
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,600
There's just something about 
that story that just makes me 

517
00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:20,760
smile because there is nothing. 
Jesus didn't show up to this man

518
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:22,760
in a dream and say you need to 
do this. 

519
00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:29,880
Jesus wasn't asking for his 90%.
Something in his heart said I 

520
00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,680
want to make sure that I'm 
always giving to God. 

521
00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:36,680
I'm always he's got my heart and
this is what made sense to him 

522
00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:41,040
and he was never I don't think 
the man obviously lacked 

523
00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:44,160
anything. 
Number two, true worship is self

524
00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,160
forgetful. 
It actually humbles us. 

525
00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:51,760
We only care what God thinks, 
not what others think and he I 

526
00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:56,720
love this that you know when she
was washing the feet of Jesus. 

527
00:26:56,960 --> 00:27:02,200
It was then that was it was then
that her worship was then 

528
00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:05,600
criticized right. 
You see this Judas was saying to

529
00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:07,760
his disciples who's intending to
betray him, right. 

530
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:11,480
Wasn't this perfume could be 
sold for 300? 

531
00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:14,600
Which is crazy to think about 
that the dude in the next 

532
00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:18,280
chapter is she gonna betrayed 
Jesus for 30 pieces of silver 

533
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:25,400
and had nothing to do nothing to
do with caring for the poor, 

534
00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:27,720
None of that. 
He didn't really care about any 

535
00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:31,360
of that stuff. 
But true worship is self 

536
00:27:31,360 --> 00:27:33,160
forgetful. 
She just totally forgot herself.

537
00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:35,400
She doesn't really really care 
about what others people other 

538
00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:37,280
people thinks. 
You know what I was thinking 

539
00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:39,720
about that, like I was thinking 
about our worship just as far as

540
00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:42,440
like in our expression, you 
know, of worship. 

541
00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:45,280
So many people, you know, I love
that when they're standing up in

542
00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:47,840
the front here, they're 
worshipping the Lord and 

543
00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,080
hopefully they're not doing it 
to gain attention or anything 

544
00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:51,520
like that. 
I don't think that's the case, 

545
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,160
but God knows our hearts and I 
love that they, they, you know, 

546
00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:58,880
some people, you know, lay 
prostate, some people kneel, 

547
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:00,720
some people are jumping up and 
down or whatever. 

548
00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:04,040
It's just giving our worship, 
not caring what anybody else 

549
00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:05,960
thinks. 
It's a cultural moment, right? 

550
00:28:06,120 --> 00:28:08,600
This is who we are as a people. 
This is why you, when you come 

551
00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:10,760
in, you're like watching people 
and maybe you're new or 

552
00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:11,960
whatever. 
You're like, man, why are they 

553
00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:12,760
doing that? 
That's crazy. 

554
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,680
Because there's something in 
their hearts that's like, man, I

555
00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:20,760
want to express my love to Jesus
and I don't care what other 

556
00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:24,000
people really think about that 
because God knows my heart. 

557
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,400
Maybe some of you guys are like,
man, I don't really know. 

558
00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:31,560
I don't, I'm not sure if that's 
biblical. 

559
00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:33,640
I don't really know. 
I think I just want to lock in 

560
00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:35,280
on the words and just sing the 
words. 

561
00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,520
That's great. 
However you worship, I'm, you 

562
00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:40,000
know, God's fine with that. 
As long as you're worshiping him

563
00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:43,000
with your whole heart. 
That's really matters more than 

564
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:46,160
anything else. 
But there's something about when

565
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:49,600
whether I see my wife or my kids
or whatever, when, when they're 

566
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:51,920
going for it, There's just 
something about that. 

567
00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:55,640
And it's a, you know, is a, is a
dad who's, you know, wanting, 

568
00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:57,680
you know, one day my kids to be 
married. 

569
00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:01,920
I'm looking out for, for people 
who, who give themselves to 

570
00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:05,800
extravagant worship. 
You know, I, I want our, I want 

571
00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:10,640
our family, our people to, to, 
to belong to people that are 

572
00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:12,800
like extravagant in worship. 
They just don't care. 

573
00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:15,520
They don't give a RIP because of
all that God's done in their 

574
00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,160
life. 
And I'll show you this, that 

575
00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:21,840
and, and let's, let's look at 
this together in Luke Chapter 7.

576
00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:25,520
It's not the same story. 
Maybe some of you guys are 

577
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:27,760
figuring out that the first 
time, but it's not. 

578
00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:30,600
It's so Simon the leper that 
Simon the leper's house, but 

579
00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:33,720
Luke Chapter 7 there at Simon 
the Pharisees house. 

580
00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:37,760
And you guys know this story, 
It's a pretty famous story, 

581
00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:39,240
right? 
It starts in verse 36. 

582
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:42,520
It says now one of the Pharisees
was requesting Jesus to dine 

583
00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,120
with him and he entered the 
Pharisees house and reclined at 

584
00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:46,760
the table. 
And there was a woman in the 

585
00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:50,360
city who is a Sinner. 
And when she learned that he was

586
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,720
reclining at the table in the 
Pharisees house, she brought an 

587
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:57,120
alabaster vial a perfume. 
So same deal, same like this 

588
00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:00,280
woman also had an alabaster 
vial, a perfume as well. 

589
00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:04,520
It's not Mary when standing 
behind him at his feet and this 

590
00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:07,760
is early on in Jesus ministry. 
That's this one in John chapter 

591
00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:11,200
12 we're studying today is later
on towards the last week of his 

592
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:14,280
life. 
So standing behind him at his 

593
00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:18,160
feet weeping, she began to wet 
his feet with tears and kept 

594
00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:21,080
wiping them with her hair of her
head, kissing his feet and 

595
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:24,160
anointing them with perfume. 
Now when the Pharisee who had 

596
00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:28,200
invited him saw this, he said to
himself, if this man were a 

597
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:33,520
prophet, he would know who and 
what sort of person this woman 

598
00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:36,280
is who is touching him, that she
was a Sinner. 

599
00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:40,040
So scholars believe that Sinner 
is, is a prostitute. 

600
00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:43,000
Most likely she was. 
And Jesus answered him, Simon, I

601
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:47,520
have something to say to you. 
And he replied, say a teacher, a

602
00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:50,920
money lender who had two 
debtors, 1 owed 500 denarii. 

603
00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:53,600
That's over. 
Obviously we know 300 is about 

604
00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:55,920
60 grand. 
Maybe this is about 100 or so 

605
00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:59,800
and the other 50. 
And when they're unable to 

606
00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:01,840
repay, he graciously forgave 
them both. 

607
00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:05,840
So. 
So which of them will love him 

608
00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:08,040
more? 
Simon answered and said, I 

609
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:10,040
suppose the one whom he forgave 
more. 

610
00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:12,480
And he said to him, you have 
judged correctly. 

611
00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:15,000
Turning toward the woman, he 
said to Simon, do you see this 

612
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:16,800
woman? 
I entered your house and you 

613
00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:20,760
gave me no water for my feet. 
But she said she has she, But 

614
00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:23,920
she has wet my feet with her 
tears and wiped them with her 

615
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,720
hair. 
You gave me no kiss, but she, 

616
00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:30,080
since the time I came in, has 
not since ceased to kiss my 

617
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:32,280
feet. 
And you did not anoint my head 

618
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:35,720
with oil, but she anointed my 
feet with perfume. 

619
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:39,440
For this reason I say to you, 
her sins, which are many, have 

620
00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:42,560
been forgiven. 
For she loved much, but he was 

621
00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:45,360
forgiven little, loves little. 
And then he said to her, Your 

622
00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:48,360
sins have been forgiven. 
Those who were crying up 

623
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:51,720
reclining at the table with him 
began to say to themselves, Who 

624
00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:53,520
is this man who even forgives 
sins? 

625
00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:55,840
And he said to the woman, your 
faith is saved. 

626
00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:59,000
You go in peace. 
The reason why people 

627
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:04,480
extravagantly worship God, give 
go whatever it is you know, is 

628
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:07,760
because they realize, wow, this 
man has changed my life. 

629
00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:12,680
He is worth everything. 
He's he's totally transformed my

630
00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:14,200
life. 
And as you think about your 

631
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:18,320
life, if there's if you don't 
notice any transformation, 

632
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:22,400
you're just like, Hey, I believe
in this Jesus who forgives sins.

633
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:26,840
It's much different than those 
who really believe in the 

634
00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:29,320
gospel, right? 
In what the stories of the 

635
00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:31,880
resurrection believe that Jesus 
died on the cross, but they 

636
00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:34,440
actually tasted for themselves 
transformation. 

637
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:38,360
Big difference. 
Have you ever met somebody who's

638
00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:40,400
just like when you go up to 
them, you say, oh, are you a 

639
00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:41,840
Christian? 
Yes. 

640
00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:44,840
And then you realize later, 
maybe they're a Co worker or 

641
00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:46,040
maybe they're a neighbor or 
something. 

642
00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:49,000
You're like, wait, are they a 
Christian? 

643
00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:57,400
Why is that? 
Do you know? 

644
00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,840
There's a difference between 
intentions and desires. 

645
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:05,760
You can have an intention like 
good intentions, like I want to 

646
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:09,880
go to church, you know, I want 
to read the Bible, I want to 

647
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:13,920
follow God. 
There's good intentions, but if 

648
00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:16,720
your desires are not changed, 
you won't do it. 

649
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:22,160
You only do what your desires 
want. 

650
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:25,840
You only have like, that's why 
he says like if you desire to 

651
00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:30,360
come after me, if you desire to 
follow me, if you desire to 

652
00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:32,200
follow me, then what do you have
to do? 

653
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:37,120
Deny yourself, pick up the cross
and follow him. 

654
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:42,120
He didn't say those who intend 
to follow me, those who kind of 

655
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:45,520
want to follow him, right? 
Who will do that? 

656
00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:48,040
No, no, no. 
It's like whoever desires, 

657
00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:52,760
whoever has that internal desire
that God has transformed, they 

658
00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:55,760
will do it because God has 
transformed their hearts. 

659
00:33:56,920 --> 00:34:00,360
So there's a big difference 
between intentions and desires. 

660
00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:08,080
But our worship will always be 
criticized and analyzed by 

661
00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:12,159
different people. 
You know, passionate people get 

662
00:34:12,159 --> 00:34:16,000
rebuked by religious people all 
the time, right? 

663
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:19,880
Is that true? 
Have you ever been that person? 

664
00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:22,639
Like maybe you just had a really
bad week and you're just like, 

665
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:24,920
what is that dude over there so 
excited about? 

666
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:29,639
You ever do that, right? 
You're just like, you could tell

667
00:34:29,639 --> 00:34:32,840
your heart is getting a little 
bit more calloused and hard 

668
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:35,639
because of life and 
circumstances and God knows that

669
00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:38,560
and you might be a genuine 
believer in Christ and like I, I

670
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:41,120
don't doubt that at all, but you
just have those moments, right? 

671
00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:43,920
You just kind of start getting a
little religious and you know, 

672
00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:46,040
you're controlling heart. 
You're just kind of, and you're 

673
00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:47,679
looking at that dude. 
There's like prostate on the 

674
00:34:47,679 --> 00:34:50,679
floor and they're all like giddy
and excited and let's go, you 

675
00:34:50,679 --> 00:34:52,880
know, and you're like, what is 
up with that guy? 

676
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:55,480
Like, doesn't he know how hard 
life is? 

677
00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:00,760
Doesn't he know how, like, I 
mean, or a trial is going to 

678
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:06,040
come that dude's way at some 
point and he's going to be like 

679
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:08,040
me standing over there with his 
eyebrow up. 

680
00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:15,240
You know, David danced and it's 
just always so awkward to read, 

681
00:35:15,240 --> 00:35:17,640
right? 
In Second Samuel 6, David danced

682
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:19,720
before the Lord basically in his
underwear. 

683
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:22,680
I mean, or maybe I don't know, 
less than that, I'm not sure. 

684
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:28,760
And his wife mocked him. 
And he's like, man, I if I was 

685
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:32,160
even, I would be even more 
undignified than this because 

686
00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:33,400
the Lord has transformed my 
heart. 

687
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:38,200
And not only that, but then you 
got you got Daniel right. 

688
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:41,800
He's he's like praying three 
times a day. 

689
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:45,880
The cops are after him, so to 
speak, like don't pray three 

690
00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:48,360
times a day. 
And the dudes like it doesn't 

691
00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:51,360
matter. 
I'm doing it so much so that he 

692
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:56,680
gets thrown in the lion's den. 
David continues right second 

693
00:35:57,080 --> 00:36:01,200
Samuel 623. 
There's finds out that his wife 

694
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:04,600
because of her hardness of heart
and is unable to have kids. 

695
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:08,080
And that doesn't always happen. 
That's not what always happens. 

696
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:12,040
But in this case, in this 
particular case, God is showing 

697
00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:15,920
us that when you find fault with
people who genuinely worship 

698
00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:19,360
God, when your heart is full of 
religion, there's a sense of 

699
00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:23,560
barrenness in your life. 
And that's there's a, there's a 

700
00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:27,920
sense of like man, like, and 
God's saying like man, whether 

701
00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:29,400
it's physical or not physical, 
it doesn't matter. 

702
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:32,200
But just there's a, there is a 
barrenness in our life when we 

703
00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:34,600
don't recognize how much God has
transformed us. 

704
00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:40,720
And Judas with his hard heart is
just like man. 

705
00:36:40,720 --> 00:36:43,560
We could use this, you know, to 
benefit the poor. 

706
00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:46,000
And he has no desire to really 
do that. 

707
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:50,280
Not only that, but so true 
worship gives our best. 

708
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:54,640
True worship is self forgetful. 
And also true worship unlock 

709
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:59,080
unlocks insights and revelation 
and discernment in our life. 

710
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:01,520
She knew that Jesus was going to
die. 

711
00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:04,800
Do you know she was the only one
at that party that knew what's 

712
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:07,720
going to happen in the next 
week? 

713
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:14,240
That's pretty remarkable 
considering that Jesus had 12 

714
00:37:14,240 --> 00:37:18,160
disciples, including Judas, 
including Peter the rock star, 

715
00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:20,520
right? 
They, they were all together 

716
00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:24,120
with him for 3 1/2 years. 
And this is the last week that 

717
00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:28,560
they're with Jesus and they're 
like and if you notice in a 

718
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:33,040
look, look with me to Mark or 
I'm sorry, Matthew 26. 

719
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:35,920
I just want you to see this for 
yourself. 

720
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:39,920
Matthew 26. 
It's the same story here when 

721
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:42,920
Jesus was in Bethany, the home 
home of the Simon the leper in 

722
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:46,600
verse 8, it says, but the 
disciples were indignant. 

723
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:54,120
John doesn't capture that. 
Maybe for, I don't know, his own

724
00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:55,080
purpose. 
I, I don't know. 

725
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:58,400
He doesn't say anything about 
the disciples, including 

726
00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:04,600
himself, the writer, but he's, 
he's looking, he's like, I'm, 

727
00:38:04,720 --> 00:38:07,080
I'm, I'm looking at this. 
I'm like, man, you would think 

728
00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:11,560
the disciples would be cheering 
Mary on, but they don't. 

729
00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:17,520
Why is that? 
Why does Mary not use this 

730
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:22,160
precious perfume on her brother 
Lazarus's funeral? 

731
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,760
Why doesn't she use it even she 
doesn't even use it. 

732
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:28,360
It says preparing, it says let 
her alone. 

733
00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:31,360
She's like, so she may keep it 
for the day of my burial. 

734
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:36,160
Jesus shows us that he that yes,
maybe she understood about the 

735
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:39,200
burial, but she didn't even use 
it because Mary Magdalene was at

736
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:42,640
that site. 
She didn't even go at the foot 

737
00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:45,840
of the cross. 
What is so remarkable about this

738
00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:49,160
woman is that she knew something
everybody else didn't know. 

739
00:38:51,720 --> 00:38:58,840
Why is that? 
Why do you think that is? 

740
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:03,800
Why do you think that Mary, out 
of all the people in that room, 

741
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:07,240
of all the people that Jesus 
interacted with, she was the 

742
00:39:07,240 --> 00:39:12,720
only person that knew that Jesus
was going to the cross to die 

743
00:39:12,720 --> 00:39:14,960
for her sins. 
How many times have you guys, 

744
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:17,120
when you read through the 
Gospels, how many pauses, 

745
00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:20,880
there's this amazing story of 
Jesus healing somebody and then 

746
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:23,400
school in the Pharisees and all 
these, I mean, he's just like 

747
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:25,600
going for it. 
But there's like every like 

748
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:29,080
almost every 3 pages, Jesus 
inserts something. 

749
00:39:29,240 --> 00:39:32,800
What is he inserting? 
One day I'm going to die and 

750
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:34,440
three days later I'm going to 
rise. 

751
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:40,480
He says it explicitly and all 
these guys don't have a clue 

752
00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:42,480
what's going on. 
Why is that? 

753
00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:45,800
Because Mary was at the feet of 
Jesus. 

754
00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:49,160
If you could, if you could see, 
like if you could see just the 

755
00:39:49,240 --> 00:39:52,560
like in a movie, you know, 
sometimes you see these clips, 

756
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:54,560
you're like, you don't know, you
don't know really what's 

757
00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:56,800
happening until the very end. 
And they're just showing you 

758
00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:58,720
these clips. 
Oh my goodness, that was the bad

759
00:39:58,720 --> 00:39:59,600
guy. 
That was the guy. 

760
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:00,800
They're showing you all these 
clips. 

761
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:05,160
How like they, they manipulated 
the people on scenes and stuff. 

762
00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:08,080
If you can almost see the same 
thing with Mary, like as you 

763
00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:11,920
kind of go back on her life and 
you see this moment of like 

764
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:15,000
Jesus is affirming it, let her 
alone. 

765
00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:19,520
Like that's just the same as 
saying stop bothering her, leave

766
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:23,480
her alone. 
She's doing something remarkable

767
00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:26,440
that even that my disciples 
don't even understand. 

768
00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:29,080
She understands something 
incredible. 

769
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,200
Why is that? 
As you're looking at these 

770
00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:36,120
scenes, all you see their whole 
life, Mary's at the feet of 

771
00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:39,280
Jesus. 
Luke and Luke 10, right? 

772
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:41,760
She's at the feet of Jesus. 
Martha's in the kitchen. 

773
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:44,880
And then you see it in John 
chapter 12. 

774
00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:47,360
She's at the feet of Jesus 
constantly. 

775
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:50,200
She's at the feet of Jesus where
her brother when her brother was

776
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:53,080
dying. 
Remember last last last week, 

777
00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:56,920
John Chapter 11, Mary is there 
at the feet of Jesus, literally 

778
00:40:56,920 --> 00:40:58,840
throws herself at the feet of 
Jesus. 

779
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:04,800
Guys, there's incredible 
revelation, incredible insight, 

780
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:07,880
incredible discernment that I 
wish I could just tell you story

781
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:11,240
after story of story in my life 
where God gives me something and

782
00:41:11,240 --> 00:41:13,880
we're like, how in the world, 
you know that I don't know. 

783
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:18,240
But just when you sit at the 
feet of Jesus long enough, he 

784
00:41:18,240 --> 00:41:21,720
reveals things. 
There's a friendship with God 

785
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,000
that he's inviting all of us 
into. 

786
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:29,840
You know, John, what's what's 
crazy about this is that he's in

787
00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:31,200
Psalm. 
I think someone just prayed this

788
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:35,160
over me earlier in Psalm, the 
first part, Psalm 24 or 25, it 

789
00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:39,320
says the friendship with God or 
the secrets of heaven is 

790
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:46,480
revealed to those who fear him. 
2514 John chapter 15. 

791
00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:51,000
He says, hey, slaves don't know 
what what their owner is doing 

792
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:53,800
with the with the master is 
doing. 

793
00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:57,640
But I tell you, you're my 
friends and I'm revealing more 

794
00:41:57,640 --> 00:41:59,840
to you than I would to anyone 
else. 

795
00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:03,680
And that's why it's so important
word worship and prayer. 

796
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:08,240
I was listening to something 
earlier this week that, that 

797
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:12,320
there's a pastor that said he 
was in some meeting just 

798
00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:16,400
recently and he, he shared, he 
just was curious, you know, did 

799
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:20,200
some stats curious how many 
pastors this is pastors, not not

800
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:22,480
regular congregants, just 
pastors in a room who are 

801
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:25,520
leading organizations, churches 
around the world. 

802
00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:29,720
And he asked, Hey, how many of 
you get up in the morning and 

803
00:42:29,720 --> 00:42:31,640
spend time with Jesus every 
morning? 

804
00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:35,880
Like just word worship and 
prayer, 10% of the room. 

805
00:42:37,720 --> 00:42:39,800
I know that's not a an issue 
here. 

806
00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:42,920
So many of you just that is so a
part of your routine. 

807
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:46,240
The last 25 years, my life just 
spending time with Jesus. 

808
00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:49,160
No matter the roller coaster of 
life, you just are with the Lord

809
00:42:49,720 --> 00:42:52,920
and he reveals things to you. 
There's a friendship, there's a 

810
00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:55,560
relationship that you get to 
experience with God. 

811
00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:58,160
He is inviting you into that. 
It's amazing. 

812
00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:01,480
And then he asked the same, this
pastor asked the same with the 

813
00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:03,360
students because he was at a 
college event. 

814
00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:06,640
He said, look, I'm just curious 
how many students in this 

815
00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:09,160
college ministry spend time 
tomorrow morning? 

816
00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:11,320
How many you're going to get up 
in the morning and spend time 

817
00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:13,080
with God. 
Just a few hands. 

818
00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:15,840
He didn't say 10%, but just a 
few hands kind of darted around 

819
00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:18,960
the room. 
I'm thinking to myself, I'm 

820
00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:24,240
like, how does that even work? 
I don't even understand how that

821
00:43:24,240 --> 00:43:29,440
works, but Jesus is inviting us 
into how do you I love this and 

822
00:43:30,240 --> 00:43:34,640
and Mark was it chapter 14 verse
9 says whatever the gospel is 

823
00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:40,120
preached in the world. 
What she has done, what she has 

824
00:43:40,120 --> 00:43:42,680
done will be told in memory of 
her. 

825
00:43:44,720 --> 00:43:48,040
How do you want to be remembered
and then amazing like every time

826
00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:51,000
the gospel is preached. 
Even today on Easter Sunday is 

827
00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:54,200
the gospel is going forth from 
this little place called Oviedo 

828
00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:57,360
right. 
We're talking about this woman 

829
00:43:58,720 --> 00:44:01,960
like talk like, let that be. 
I mean, if you don't believe 

830
00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:04,720
that the word of God is true as 
it's, I mean, you have to 

831
00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:07,480
wrestle with that. 
I personally believe without a 

832
00:44:07,480 --> 00:44:09,640
doubt in my mind that God's word
is true. 

833
00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:15,600
And what I'm proclaiming here is
that Jesus said that one day, 

834
00:44:15,600 --> 00:44:19,040
2000 years later, they're going 
to be pastors that are going to 

835
00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:21,520
be preaching the gospel and 
they're going to be mentioning 

836
00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:25,280
this woman who gave it all. 
That's pretty amazing. 

837
00:44:26,800 --> 00:44:30,240
That's pretty remarkable. 
He didn't say that about Martha,

838
00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:33,200
although Martha, it's great. 
He didn't say that about his 

839
00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:35,360
disciples, Peter. 
He didn't say that about anyone 

840
00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:41,760
else in Scripture except her, 
this woman who got her life 

841
00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:45,240
rocked by Jesus. 
And it wasn't just because her 

842
00:44:45,240 --> 00:44:48,160
brother was raised from the 
dead, but because she spent time

843
00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:51,920
with him every day and 
understood anytime that they 

844
00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:55,720
were together, she was learning,
humbly learning from him. 

845
00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:00,400
There's something so precious 
about that. 

846
00:45:04,040 --> 00:45:07,360
And but then there's. 
I just want to land on this. 

847
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:11,040
There's a few things here, but 
they're just the five reactions.

848
00:45:11,040 --> 00:45:14,760
We've only mentioned 2. 
That was Martha, that was Mary 

849
00:45:15,360 --> 00:45:19,400
and Judas. 
Judas wants to appear pious, 

850
00:45:19,400 --> 00:45:22,440
generous, but actually doesn't 
really care about the poor. 

851
00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:28,120
He was ruled by what ambition, 
selfishness and greed. 

852
00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:32,160
Anybody dealing with those 
three, we all have. 

853
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:36,680
We've all dealt with those 
things, some more than others, 

854
00:45:37,760 --> 00:45:39,760
but this is what Judas was all 
about. 

855
00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:44,520
Romans 7 says we struggle with 
all these things all the time, 

856
00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:48,320
but I think Jesus, he allows the
Holy Spirit, right? 

857
00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:51,120
He puts this in this text 
because it's not just about 

858
00:45:51,120 --> 00:45:52,720
Mary. 
It is that's the focal point. 

859
00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:56,640
But he wants to show what a 
heart corrupted by sin would 

860
00:45:56,640 --> 00:45:58,840
look like if it continues to to 
rain. 

861
00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:02,360
What is interesting here is that
that the Judas, you have to 

862
00:46:02,360 --> 00:46:04,280
understand Judas was about one 
thing. 

863
00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:08,080
He was about Jesus politically 
ruling in the day. 

864
00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:12,240
He wanted to overthrow Rome and 
he was indignant. 

865
00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:15,480
He was furious, mad at Mary. 
Why? 

866
00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:17,960
Because he's like, man, do you 
know what we could do with this 

867
00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:19,360
money had nothing to do with the
poor. 

868
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:21,920
He's thinking this money could 
be used for a political 

869
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:24,600
campaign. 
We could actually do this. 

870
00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:26,560
We could actually overthrow 
Rome. 

871
00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:29,960
We could actually have a nice 
utopia right here in the United 

872
00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:30,960
States. 
We could right here. 

873
00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:34,080
We could have, we could have we 
politically, this is what we're 

874
00:46:34,080 --> 00:46:36,160
living for, right? 
We just like the conservatives, 

875
00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:38,400
whatever, you know, service 
liberals, all that people who 

876
00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:42,240
are just all in for politics and
kind of use Jesus for their own 

877
00:46:42,240 --> 00:46:45,240
means. 
When she, when he saw Mary come 

878
00:46:45,240 --> 00:46:50,320
in and throw everything at her 
feet, at his feet, what that 

879
00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:53,640
showed was that this thing ain't
happening. 

880
00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:56,560
We're not, we're actually not 
going to rule and reign because 

881
00:46:56,560 --> 00:47:00,440
what she showed is this man's 
going to actually die for our 

882
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:03,400
sin. 
She believed it out of everyone 

883
00:47:03,400 --> 00:47:06,160
else in the room. 
There was something so deep in 

884
00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:08,840
her heart and in his heart, so 
shallow, right? 

885
00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:12,800
It's sad how you can be right 
next to Jesus and still not get 

886
00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:15,520
it. 
It's sad how you can literally 

887
00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:20,480
be next to the Lord for 3 1/2 
years and not understand how 

888
00:47:20,480 --> 00:47:24,840
many church people, churchgoers 
in America right now are like a 

889
00:47:24,840 --> 00:47:26,520
Judas. 
They would never call themselves

890
00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:27,720
Judas's. 
Never. 

891
00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:32,240
They would never in their right 
mind dream of calling themselves

892
00:47:32,680 --> 00:47:35,760
a Judas. 
But yet they are because they 

893
00:47:35,760 --> 00:47:38,040
actually don't know God. 
Do you know there's a lot of 

894
00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:39,760
Judas's out there? 
A lot of them. 

895
00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:43,160
Do you know why they're Judas's?
Because they actually really 

896
00:47:43,160 --> 00:47:46,480
don't know God. 
Why you don't spend time with 

897
00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:49,080
God every day is because you 
don't know Him. 

898
00:47:50,240 --> 00:47:53,080
Why you actually don't get up in
the morning, open your Bible. 

899
00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:55,080
It's because you've never been 
transformed. 

900
00:47:56,400 --> 00:47:58,840
That's the only reason why. 
It's not because of time. 

901
00:48:00,320 --> 00:48:04,240
It's not because you're busy. 
It's what you're going to tell 

902
00:48:04,240 --> 00:48:06,720
Jesus, like when you died. 
Like, I was just really busy 

903
00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:12,680
like you. 
You can't do, I mean, Mary, 

904
00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:14,520
Mary's like, I don't even know 
what time it is. 

905
00:48:15,640 --> 00:48:19,240
Like what time is it? 
It doesn't even matter. 

906
00:48:19,560 --> 00:48:24,720
He just all she saw was this man
who shared in her sorrow and 

907
00:48:24,720 --> 00:48:27,880
with someone who really cared 
and loved her deeply and was 

908
00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:30,000
going to the cross to die for 
her sin. 

909
00:48:32,520 --> 00:48:35,120
If you try to gain your life, 
you'll lose it. 

910
00:48:35,720 --> 00:48:38,120
You try to keep it, hold on to 
it. 

911
00:48:38,120 --> 00:48:40,400
You're going to lose it. 
It's elusive. 

912
00:48:41,800 --> 00:48:45,480
But if you lose your life like 
she did, you'll find it. 

913
00:48:46,520 --> 00:48:48,480
And I love that Jesus defends 
her. 

914
00:48:48,640 --> 00:48:50,040
Judas. 
Just leave her alone. 

915
00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:52,880
Stop bothering her. 
Stop. 

916
00:48:55,200 --> 00:48:58,200
Your heart's corrupt. 
You just want to live for 

917
00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:00,080
yourself. 
It's not even about money. 

918
00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:01,320
You're like, I don't even deal 
with greed. 

919
00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:03,840
I don't deal with money. 
Maybe you deal with selfishness.

920
00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:07,280
Maybe if you're honest, your 
whole life is wrapped up in you 

921
00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:13,720
and Jesus is saying please. 
That is why you get upset when 

922
00:49:13,720 --> 00:49:16,480
you see somebody radically 
following Jesus and giving 

923
00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:18,640
everything. 
It doesn't make sense to you is 

924
00:49:18,640 --> 00:49:22,600
it didn't make sense to Judas. 
It did not make sense to Judas 

925
00:49:22,600 --> 00:49:25,440
because he never experienced 
transformation. 

926
00:49:28,920 --> 00:49:34,120
And then fourthly, it says here,
the large crowd of Jews then 

927
00:49:34,120 --> 00:49:38,360
learned that he was there and 
they came not for Jesus sake 

928
00:49:38,360 --> 00:49:39,320
only. 
Isn't that interesting? 

929
00:49:39,320 --> 00:49:41,560
That's why I love the Bible. 
There's so many little Nuggets 

930
00:49:41,560 --> 00:49:46,000
in there, right? 
Not for Jesus sake only, but 

931
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:49,080
that they might also see Lazarus
whom they raised from the dead. 

932
00:49:49,080 --> 00:49:50,640
You know what they were in it 
for? 

933
00:49:50,640 --> 00:49:51,960
Do you know how many people 
come? 

934
00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:54,440
The reaction, the 4th reaction, 
You don't have people come to 

935
00:49:54,440 --> 00:49:55,920
church because they want to see 
a miracle. 

936
00:49:56,160 --> 00:49:58,240
They want to see a cessation. 
They want to see people. 

937
00:49:58,920 --> 00:50:00,640
Wow, look at that guy. 
Wow, he's amazing. 

938
00:50:01,360 --> 00:50:03,560
He's, he's awesome. 
Wow, look at him, look at him. 

939
00:50:03,560 --> 00:50:04,720
Look at him. 
Look at him, look at him. 

940
00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:07,200
It's so man. 
Worship, worship, worship man, 

941
00:50:07,200 --> 00:50:08,840
worship man, worship man. 
It's amazing. 

942
00:50:08,840 --> 00:50:14,640
Do you ever feel like that? 
Do you know some churches, most 

943
00:50:14,640 --> 00:50:17,120
churches in America, it's all 
about a it's all about a man. 

944
00:50:17,240 --> 00:50:19,360
It's all about what man can do. 
Wow, he's so amazing. 

945
00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:20,960
He's so gifted. 
He's so amazing. 

946
00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:24,720
Wow. 
Like I don't care about any of 

947
00:50:24,720 --> 00:50:27,840
that stuff. 
Does everybody just want to come

948
00:50:27,840 --> 00:50:32,520
and see the glory of God? 
Does anybody here have a pulse 

949
00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:35,080
and want to see the glory of 
God? 

950
00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:39,520
Like that is what it's about. 
Do you understand? 

951
00:50:39,520 --> 00:50:42,720
Like all they were like, hey, 
the large crowd, it's always the

952
00:50:42,720 --> 00:50:46,080
large. 
It's always 17 people, 1 was 

953
00:50:46,080 --> 00:50:51,160
corrupt, 17 people, 16 of them 
of which are OK, One of them was

954
00:50:51,160 --> 00:50:52,440
corrupt. 
Small. 

955
00:50:52,520 --> 00:50:54,720
It's always the small. 
It's always the few who get it. 

956
00:50:55,200 --> 00:50:57,200
Do you understand that? 
Please be the few who get it. 

957
00:50:58,600 --> 00:51:00,680
It's not the large, it's not the
amount of people. 

958
00:51:00,680 --> 00:51:01,880
It's not all these people coming
up. 

959
00:51:01,960 --> 00:51:06,400
Woo revival. 
I, I, I'm all about revival, but

960
00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:08,680
I want real transformation, real
revival. 

961
00:51:08,680 --> 00:51:10,800
Because you don't have to 
constantly keep prodding people 

962
00:51:10,800 --> 00:51:13,720
along. 
It's like nobody had to tell 

963
00:51:13,720 --> 00:51:16,480
Mary, go upstairs. 
Now is the time. 

964
00:51:18,560 --> 00:51:22,760
She just knew it was the time. 
This is what she wanted to do. 

965
00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:25,560
Nobody was forcing her to go on 
mission. 

966
00:51:25,880 --> 00:51:27,520
Nobody was forcing her to give 
money. 

967
00:51:27,520 --> 00:51:28,880
No one's forcing her to do 
anything. 

968
00:51:28,880 --> 00:51:32,920
No one's forcing her to give her
time fully to the King and his 

969
00:51:32,920 --> 00:51:40,040
Kingdom. 
Shallow people came not for 

970
00:51:40,040 --> 00:51:42,320
Jesus sake, but for the 
miracles. 

971
00:51:43,040 --> 00:51:44,960
Isn't that interesting? 
They weren't the hostile crowd, 

972
00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:47,480
but they weren't also committed 
like Mary. 

973
00:51:48,040 --> 00:51:49,800
They weren't committed. 
They were. 

974
00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:52,240
They were what we call what 
lukewarm. 

975
00:51:52,920 --> 00:51:56,520
They were neither hot nor cold. 
And Jesus says this, I'm going 

976
00:51:56,520 --> 00:51:59,200
to spit you out of my mouth. 
Why is he going to spit you out 

977
00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:01,720
of your mouth? 
Not because when you when you 

978
00:52:01,720 --> 00:52:06,480
consume something that's 
healthy, that's good, it digests

979
00:52:06,840 --> 00:52:09,200
right. 
When you when something's out of

980
00:52:09,240 --> 00:52:11,920
the ordinary, when something 
doesn't fit right, you spit it 

981
00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:13,880
out right. 
If it's too, it's too hot or 

982
00:52:14,120 --> 00:52:16,120
right, it's you spit it out of 
your mouth. 

983
00:52:16,120 --> 00:52:18,240
It's not right. 
Something's not right and 

984
00:52:18,240 --> 00:52:21,480
something's not right with 
people who are lukewarm. 

985
00:52:22,960 --> 00:52:27,400
Something's not right. 
And Jesus is giving us a chance 

986
00:52:27,400 --> 00:52:28,680
to repent of that. 
Of course. 

987
00:52:29,160 --> 00:52:32,880
You see, there's a bunch of 
people today who when 

988
00:52:32,880 --> 00:52:36,280
everything's going really well, 
they shout Hosanna, blessed be 

989
00:52:36,280 --> 00:52:41,680
the King, and then days later 
they say what? 

990
00:52:42,640 --> 00:52:49,200
Crucify him? 
There's a lot of fickle people, 

991
00:52:49,200 --> 00:52:52,680
and Jesus knows that. 
But what Jesus is looking for 

992
00:52:52,680 --> 00:52:56,760
and what he will remember 2000 
years even later right now is on

993
00:52:56,760 --> 00:53:03,000
his heart is Mary. 
And then lastly, but the chief 

994
00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:05,240
priest plan to put Lazarus to 
death verse 10. 

995
00:53:05,800 --> 00:53:08,520
Also because on the account of 
him many of the Jews were going 

996
00:53:08,520 --> 00:53:10,240
away and we're believing in 
Jesus. 

997
00:53:13,520 --> 00:53:20,160
They wanted to kill him. 
But there's no one neutral guys,

998
00:53:20,480 --> 00:53:24,640
everybody in this room, no one 
neutral, no one neutral, no one 

999
00:53:24,640 --> 00:53:29,680
could ultimately be neutral with
Jesus says in Luke 11 verse 23, 

1000
00:53:29,680 --> 00:53:31,120
he was not with me as against 
me. 

1001
00:53:32,640 --> 00:53:39,320
Matthew 6 says you can't serve 
God and Mammon or money or 

1002
00:53:39,320 --> 00:53:44,000
whatever that might be. 
It's not both one or the other. 

1003
00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:47,760
And I think Jesus is where I 
want to. 

1004
00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:49,920
I mean, there's so many 
different ways, so many 

1005
00:53:49,920 --> 00:53:53,960
different landing points. 
But I was thinking about my kids

1006
00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:57,200
like what, you know, like I, I 
have this whole drawer like this

1007
00:53:57,280 --> 00:54:03,160
big, like, like this huge drawer
full of all the stuff that they 

1008
00:54:03,160 --> 00:54:05,960
gave me that, you know, have all
these spelling errors on it. 

1009
00:54:05,960 --> 00:54:09,040
And you know, whatever. 
Just when they were like 5 or 6 

1010
00:54:09,040 --> 00:54:11,560
or younger, maybe a little 
older. 

1011
00:54:12,040 --> 00:54:14,880
And I don't know, I don't know 
why I keep them all because 

1012
00:54:15,360 --> 00:54:16,720
they're, they're precious, 
right? 

1013
00:54:16,720 --> 00:54:18,840
I mean, they're, they just mean 
a lot. 

1014
00:54:18,840 --> 00:54:21,880
They maybe if there's a fire 
that happens in my house, I 

1015
00:54:21,880 --> 00:54:25,480
mean, there's only a few things,
you know, you have maybe about 

1016
00:54:25,480 --> 00:54:29,280
30 seconds to before the whole 
thing burns down. 

1017
00:54:29,280 --> 00:54:31,960
You only have about 30 seconds 
to take what is most precious to

1018
00:54:31,960 --> 00:54:33,920
you. 
And so I was thinking I was 

1019
00:54:33,920 --> 00:54:37,040
like, man, what would I take 
that is most precious to me. 

1020
00:54:37,040 --> 00:54:41,680
What is most precious to me? 
And it's my kids hearts, right? 

1021
00:54:42,080 --> 00:54:48,800
And how they display that heart 
is by just writing awkward notes

1022
00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:52,000
with stick figures on it that 
says thank you for the date 

1023
00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:55,080
night, daddy, or, you know, just
something simple or happy 

1024
00:54:55,080 --> 00:54:59,520
birthday or it's their hearts. 
And I believe Jesus is the same 

1025
00:54:59,520 --> 00:55:02,600
way with us, right? 
It's like, men, what I want is 

1026
00:55:02,600 --> 00:55:04,360
your heart. 
I want your heart. 

1027
00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:06,680
I don't care about your gift. 
I mean, if you're going to come 

1028
00:55:06,680 --> 00:55:08,960
and get some big gift, be like, 
man, that was great. 

1029
00:55:08,960 --> 00:55:10,520
You're just like Ananias and 
Sapphira. 

1030
00:55:11,760 --> 00:55:15,840
He doesn't care about that. 
He doesn't care about your 

1031
00:55:15,840 --> 00:55:18,080
selfish ambition and what you're
going to do for the Lord. 

1032
00:55:19,080 --> 00:55:21,760
He just cares about your heart. 
He just wants you. 

1033
00:55:21,760 --> 00:55:24,680
That's what he wants. 
He wants you. 

1034
00:55:25,200 --> 00:55:28,120
It's crazy to think about that, 
but that's what he wants more 

1035
00:55:28,120 --> 00:55:30,480
than anything else. 
And that's what I want, right? 

1036
00:55:30,480 --> 00:55:33,160
I mean, as a parent, I get it. 
I mean, I want my kids heart. 

1037
00:55:33,160 --> 00:55:35,640
I don't want them to just 
impress me and do something or 

1038
00:55:35,840 --> 00:55:37,800
spend all this money on 
something they don't really have

1039
00:55:37,800 --> 00:55:41,320
or, you know, just, but just the
simplicity of I love you. 

1040
00:55:42,560 --> 00:55:47,080
I want to be with you. 
That's, that's what, that's what

1041
00:55:47,080 --> 00:55:49,640
Jesus wants. 
And you know what, you can't 

1042
00:55:49,640 --> 00:55:51,520
force that. 
I can't force that upon you, but

1043
00:55:51,520 --> 00:55:53,120
it kind of has to come from 
within. 

1044
00:55:53,640 --> 00:55:56,200
And so maybe if you know, if 
you're not, if you're feeling 

1045
00:55:56,200 --> 00:55:58,040
like, man, I don't really 
understand any of this stuff 

1046
00:55:58,040 --> 00:56:01,800
because what I know is in a room
like this, especially on an 

1047
00:56:01,800 --> 00:56:07,920
Easter Sunday, what I do know, I
know this, but there are people 

1048
00:56:07,920 --> 00:56:12,400
are like, man, I'm convicted. 
I want, I don't know if I'm 

1049
00:56:12,400 --> 00:56:15,760
giving my all like I, I, I, I'm 
convicted, I'm cut to the heart 

1050
00:56:15,760 --> 00:56:17,720
like the Lord is disciplining 
us. 

1051
00:56:17,720 --> 00:56:20,200
He disciplines those he loves. 
But then there are others who 

1052
00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:21,720
are like me. 
I have no idea what that guy 

1053
00:56:21,720 --> 00:56:23,520
just talked about. 
I have no clue what he's saying.

1054
00:56:24,360 --> 00:56:27,720
And if you're like, I have no 
clue what you just said, you're 

1055
00:56:27,720 --> 00:56:30,520
not transformed. 
You don't have the Spirit of God

1056
00:56:30,520 --> 00:56:33,200
living in you testifying to the 
scriptures that he's real. 

1057
00:56:33,200 --> 00:56:36,920
But what I want more than 
anything else is for you to be 

1058
00:56:36,920 --> 00:56:38,840
transformed. 
I want that for you. 

1059
00:56:38,840 --> 00:56:41,320
I want that more than anything. 
That'd be the greatest, greatest

1060
00:56:41,320 --> 00:56:45,240
Easter present ever is to for 
your heart to be transformed for

1061
00:56:45,240 --> 00:56:46,680
your heart to say for the first 
time. 

1062
00:56:46,680 --> 00:56:48,840
And I, I want God, I don't know 
him. 

1063
00:56:49,120 --> 00:56:52,160
I don't know him like that. 
I, I mean, I'm so far, I think 

1064
00:56:52,160 --> 00:56:54,680
I'm more of a Judas than a Mary 
for sure. 

1065
00:56:55,000 --> 00:56:57,920
I think I'm more of a Martha. 
I've busy myself up with so many

1066
00:56:57,920 --> 00:57:01,520
different things and I don't 
slow down enough to spend time 

1067
00:57:01,720 --> 00:57:03,760
with this Jesus who's 
transformed my life. 

1068
00:57:03,760 --> 00:57:05,960
I want to hear from him. 
I want to be with him. 

1069
00:57:06,560 --> 00:57:09,600
That's what he I think that's 
what the Lord is extending his 

1070
00:57:09,600 --> 00:57:11,480
hand. 
He's like, man, you could know 

1071
00:57:11,480 --> 00:57:14,560
me like that. 
You could literally know me like

1072
00:57:14,560 --> 00:57:16,480
Mary does. 
There's no difference between 

1073
00:57:16,480 --> 00:57:21,800
her and anyone else in the room.
You he can you can know him that

1074
00:57:21,800 --> 00:57:23,960
way. 
He plays no favorites. 

1075
00:57:24,360 --> 00:57:26,400
In the Bible it says God plays 
no favourites. 

1076
00:57:26,560 --> 00:57:28,720
He just wants our hearts. 
You can't. 

1077
00:57:28,800 --> 00:57:31,560
I for so long we were like we 
look at Mary like wow, that's a 

1078
00:57:31,560 --> 00:57:34,880
superhero like that could never 
I would never sell my house and 

1079
00:57:34,880 --> 00:57:37,040
give everything away. 
There are people that have done 

1080
00:57:37,040 --> 00:57:39,520
that in the world that may not 
be what he's asking. 

1081
00:57:39,800 --> 00:57:41,920
He might be just asking 
something so simple. 

1082
00:57:42,120 --> 00:57:44,960
It's like just meet with me 
tomorrow as it's worth it. 

1083
00:57:45,920 --> 00:57:48,000
He might just be asking you do I
don't know what it is. 

1084
00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:49,240
I don't want to put ideas in 
your head. 

1085
00:57:49,480 --> 00:57:51,640
I just know that would between 
you and the Holy Spirit. 

1086
00:57:51,840 --> 00:57:56,000
He's asking you for your heart 
and there are places in your 

1087
00:57:56,000 --> 00:57:58,880
heart that you're resisting. 
And what he's saying is if you 

1088
00:57:58,880 --> 00:58:03,840
just give it to me, the the 
greatest joy of your life will 

1089
00:58:03,840 --> 00:58:08,560
be embracing, not resisting. 
And as you embrace the Lord and 

1090
00:58:08,560 --> 00:58:11,440
he embraces you, man, that will 
be to your joy. 

1091
00:58:12,160 --> 00:58:15,160
It'll be to your joy. 
There are things right now that 

1092
00:58:15,160 --> 00:58:18,080
are holding you back from an all
out encounter with God. 

1093
00:58:18,080 --> 00:58:21,000
And I know some of you guys want
an encounter with God, a genuine

1094
00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:23,280
encounter with God. 
He wants to give you that to 

1095
00:58:24,080 --> 00:58:25,440
you. 
So I'm just going to pray for 

1096
00:58:25,440 --> 00:58:28,000
you in the room. 
Lord, we just thank you for what

1097
00:58:28,000 --> 00:58:29,680
you're doing. 
God in this house, we thank you 

1098
00:58:29,680 --> 00:58:32,040
for all the, the work, the busy 
work. 

1099
00:58:32,040 --> 00:58:33,920
We're doing so much. 
There's so many great things and

1100
00:58:33,920 --> 00:58:35,720
we're so thankful for that. 
I really am. 

1101
00:58:35,720 --> 00:58:40,600
I'm and I know that you're proud
of this church for it's this 

1102
00:58:40,600 --> 00:58:44,320
season. 
It's been a year, one calendar 

1103
00:58:44,320 --> 00:58:47,080
year. 
It's been so many great things 

1104
00:58:47,080 --> 00:58:50,280
that you've done in this church.
We know there's more. 

1105
00:58:50,600 --> 00:58:53,080
We know there's places in our 
heart even right now that we're 

1106
00:58:53,080 --> 00:58:55,680
resisting. 
We're holding back because of 

1107
00:58:55,680 --> 00:59:00,080
fear, because of unbelief, 
because we still are selfish and

1108
00:59:00,080 --> 00:59:03,360
we still want, we still think 
life's still kind of about us. 

1109
00:59:04,200 --> 00:59:06,800
And there's just this 
selfishness that's still raining

1110
00:59:06,800 --> 00:59:08,680
in our hearts. 
And Lord, would you uproot that 

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so we can live selflessly in 
love with you and know you in a 

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deep way. 
We thank you for what you're 

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doing in our lives. 
We thank you for the word that 

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trans is transforming. 
We want to embrace it all. 

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We we, we don't want any part of
us to resist what we want to 

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embrace. 
Lord, we, we just repent. 

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We repent for being selfish, for
living for ourselves, for not 

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doing things your way, for being
having selfish ambition, for 

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being cold, for whatever it is. 
God we just we're we repent of 

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those things and maybe even just
for we're just coming to see a 

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show coming to see something 
just something for entertainment

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purposes. 
We're sorry for that. 

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We want to be like Mary. 
We want to see what she saw. 

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Help us to see what she saw. 
She saw something so different 

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than no one else saw. 
No one else saw that but her 

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because of the simplicity of 
opening up the word spending 

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time with you in Word worship 
prayer daily. 

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It's worth it and I pray Lord 
that we would commit to a life 

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like that. 
Lord that it says that we if 

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we've been forgiven much. 
We would love much and Lord, I 

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pray that we would recognize how
much truly we have been forgiven

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for that that would cause us to 
worship you, cause us to to give

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our lives fully to you in Jesus 
name. 

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I just want to invite you up to 
the front if you, if you feel 

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just wanting to repent of 
whatever it is, you know, I 

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mean, look, the empty tomb, it's
amazing. 

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The only way that we're forgiven
of our sin is because of the 

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empty tomb that it actually 
worked. 

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Like Jesus said everything that 
he said is actually true because

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you proved it by resurrecting 
from the dead. 

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So we could trust him on this 
word. 

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But right now what I need you to
do is not do some theological, 

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you know, ascent or I need you 
to do business with God, do 

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01:00:57,280 --> 01:00:59,600
business with God. 
Like don't pride yourself that 

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you're this fantastic person, 
but just go to him and just say 

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God, you are the perfect one. 
I want to know you. 

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01:01:06,920 --> 01:01:08,880
I want you to convict me of my 
sin. 

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01:01:08,880 --> 01:01:12,240
Discipline me as a father, 
disciplines his son or daughter 

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01:01:12,760 --> 01:01:17,400
for the purpose of having a 
heart clean, clean and cleansed 

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01:01:17,960 --> 01:01:21,240
by God so that I would have joy 
again and give my life fully to 

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him and experience a little 
taste, just a little bit of what

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Mary got to experience in that 
that afternoon. 

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Amen. 
All right.