1 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:21,400 Mark chapter 4 together, please. I know you agree with me when I 2 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,800 say that. It's an honor to open God's word 3 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:30,200 and it is a wonderful blessing to sing God's word, right? 4 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:34,000 And we sang God's word. So clearly, I mean we had like 5 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:38,100 five sermons already but now we come to the scripture, the 6 00:00:38,100 --> 00:00:42,600 scripture that has been ordained for us this afternoon and I 7 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:45,800 asked you to point your finger there at verse 34 a moment. 8 00:00:47,300 --> 00:00:48,800 As we will deal with another parable. 9 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:53,000 If you were here last week, you know that we explored a unique 10 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,300 Parable, that is exclusively found in the gospel of Mark. 11 00:00:57,500 --> 00:00:59,700 And our hearts were prayerfully strengthened. 12 00:00:59,700 --> 00:01:04,000 As we understood that Parable provided Insight regarding our 13 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:08,900 function and God's responsibility when it comes to 14 00:01:09,500 --> 00:01:13,700 the kingdom of God, growing and advancing in our world and 15 00:01:13,700 --> 00:01:16,400 surely it was a relief for these early disciples when they 16 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:20,500 understood and learn from their master that it was God's word 17 00:01:20,900 --> 00:01:25,400 with its automatic power that has the sole ability to 18 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:28,800 transform the life. That is received the truth into 19 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,500 their hearts. It is in no need of human 20 00:01:31,500 --> 00:01:36,500 Ingenuity to produce results. There is nothing that we can add 21 00:01:36,500 --> 00:01:40,300 to the power of the spirit behind the truth of sacred 22 00:01:40,300 --> 00:01:42,500 scripture, that would help it produce. 23 00:01:42,500 --> 00:01:45,700 What only God can produce and whatever encouragement these 24 00:01:45,700 --> 00:01:49,000 disciples felt in that moment will only increase. 25 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:53,200 Now, it's about to intensify because the Lord is about to 26 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,200 reveal yet another glorious promise. 27 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:01,100 Elected to the advancement of his purposes, from generation to 28 00:02:01,100 --> 00:02:04,600 generation. But before you and I look at 29 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:09,199 this Parable, that holds that promise you have to understand 30 00:02:09,199 --> 00:02:13,000 that these disciples did not say yes to the call of Jesus Christ 31 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:17,100 in a day like ours. They did not choose to follow 32 00:02:17,100 --> 00:02:21,500 the lord, when it was generally and culturally acceptable to be 33 00:02:21,500 --> 00:02:25,700 a Christian, did it? They didn't say yes to following 34 00:02:25,700 --> 00:02:27,600 Jesus. When there are tens of thousands 35 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:30,500 of churches that were already planted across the nation's. 36 00:02:31,300 --> 00:02:33,500 There were no Bible schools. There are no private Christian 37 00:02:33,500 --> 00:02:35,100 schools. There are no libraries filled 38 00:02:35,100 --> 00:02:38,600 with gospel themed books. There are no conferences, every 39 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:40,300 single year there is none of that. 40 00:02:41,700 --> 00:02:45,200 And sure they had the Son of God, living and standing and 41 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:47,900 breathing before them. But they have not yet 42 00:02:47,900 --> 00:02:52,500 comprehended the extent of his mission and his message and how 43 00:02:52,500 --> 00:02:57,000 expensive it would be. They didn't have the full 44 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,600 confidence yet and you can imagine how and why specially 45 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,800 when around them is that growing? 46 00:03:05,100 --> 00:03:08,700 Contention and conflict and resistance from the religious 47 00:03:08,700 --> 00:03:12,500 leaders and the differing opinions of the masses. 48 00:03:12,500 --> 00:03:17,900 Where is this all heading to? What is this going to lead to 49 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,000 what is this going to? Ultimately guarantee? 50 00:03:23,100 --> 00:03:26,800 And what the Lord is going to do, now is not just show them as 51 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:30,800 he did last week. The capability of God's word, he 52 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:35,200 is now going to stamp on their hearts, the confidence that they 53 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:38,400 need to realize that the movement that they joined has a 54 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:44,700 glorious end, as a glorious finish, has a glorious outcome. 55 00:03:45,900 --> 00:03:48,200 And we read it here in verse 30 of Mark 4. 56 00:03:49,700 --> 00:03:52,200 And he said, with what can we compare? 57 00:03:53,500 --> 00:03:58,300 The kingdom of God or what? Parable shall we use for it? 58 00:03:59,100 --> 00:04:03,400 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sewn on the 59 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:08,600 ground is the smallest of all the seeds on Earth yet when it 60 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:12,500 is, sown it grows up and becomes larger than all the other garden 61 00:04:12,500 --> 00:04:14,700 plants and puts out large branches. 62 00:04:15,100 --> 00:04:19,000 So that the birds of the air can make nest in its shade. 63 00:04:19,399 --> 00:04:23,100 With many such Parables, he spoke the word to them as they 64 00:04:23,100 --> 00:04:26,000 were Were able to hear it. He did not speak to them without 65 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,600 a parable, but privately to his own disciples. 66 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:32,700 He explained everything in this Parable. 67 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:36,900 You and I are going to Drought, incredible, insights, that will 68 00:04:36,900 --> 00:04:41,000 bless your faith as you. I hope and pray have also said, 69 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,600 yes to the call of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 70 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,900 I pray that as you sit here this afternoon, you are a true 71 00:04:47,100 --> 00:04:53,600 disciple and a true servant of the Living God And how we're 72 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:55,900 going to understand these insights is by putting them 73 00:04:55,900 --> 00:04:58,800 under three headings and the headings are very simple to 74 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:01,200 remember. Number one, we will look at the 75 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:05,100 smallness of the seed, the smallness of the seed. 76 00:05:05,700 --> 00:05:08,700 From there, we will look at the success of the seed. 77 00:05:09,300 --> 00:05:12,900 And finally, we will look at the suggestion of the seed. 78 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:17,100 The smallness of the seed is found here in verse 30 and 31. 79 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:21,000 We realize that Jesus mentioned something that he has mentioned 80 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,400 before and it's something you've probably read over and over 81 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:25,900 again, but I wondered this afternoon if you have ever stop 82 00:05:25,900 --> 00:05:28,500 to ask the question, what is that? 83 00:05:29,700 --> 00:05:34,800 What does that really mean? What I'm referring to is this, 84 00:05:35,300 --> 00:05:40,800 the kingdom of God Jesus love to preach about the kingdom of God. 85 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:45,100 Jesus love to explain components and realities around the kingdom 86 00:05:45,100 --> 00:05:49,100 of God. But I wonder if Believers know 87 00:05:49,100 --> 00:05:53,400 what the kingdom of God. Really is Is it the church? 88 00:05:54,700 --> 00:05:58,000 Or is it something else? Is it literal or is it 89 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,100 spiritual? Is it present or is it future? 90 00:06:00,100 --> 00:06:03,800 What is the kingdom of God? And I think a good place to 91 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:07,700 start as a simple definition. What is a kingdom and it's not 92 00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:10,900 complicated a kingdom as any place. 93 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,600 Any region, any territory, any country that is governed by a 94 00:06:14,608 --> 00:06:21,400 king that is ruled by a monarch. That is overruled by. 95 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:27,000 A ruler in this capacity. And when Jesus says about the 96 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,500 kingdom of God and explains about it, what he's essentially 97 00:06:29,500 --> 00:06:35,500 saying is, there is a government that has been, that will be and 98 00:06:35,500 --> 00:06:40,200 forever, will be ruled by the almighty, the kingdom of God. 99 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,200 And when you understand that, the kingdom of God is just that, 100 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,600 then you kind of just make the equation from there. 101 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:49,800 Because you and I understand that from the beginning of this 102 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,100 book, we see that our God is, in fact, the king of all Kings. 103 00:06:53,100 --> 00:06:55,300 He is the Creator and sustainer of all things. 104 00:06:56,100 --> 00:07:01,600 Everything in this universe is under his Under his authority. 105 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:04,600 And if that is the case, then maybe we make this simple 106 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:08,500 answer, then the kingdom of God, surely must mean that everything 107 00:07:08,500 --> 00:07:11,800 belongs to him and the universe is the kingdom of God because 108 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:13,400 he's the king over all the universe. 109 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:18,800 And that may seem like a quick relief to this apparent mystery. 110 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:22,500 But we have some problems. If we just leave it at that, we 111 00:07:22,500 --> 00:07:24,900 have some problems because you were with us in Mark chapter 1, 112 00:07:24,900 --> 00:07:27,800 where you not and do you not read what Jesus said there in 113 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:30,100 verse 14 and 15 out of his own lips? 114 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:33,800 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee. 115 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:37,800 Proclaiming the gospel of God and saying, the time is 116 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:44,400 fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand, repent, and believe 117 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:49,000 in the gospel, right? From the gate, we are introduced 118 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:52,800 to in the gospel of Mark about the kingdom of God, the kingdom 119 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:56,000 of God, history has known many kingdoms that have risen and 120 00:07:56,000 --> 00:08:00,100 Fallen, but God's word is concern about and Center on one. 121 00:08:00,300 --> 00:08:07,000 Reality the kingdom of God, but if the kingdom of God is King 122 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,300 ruling over things, and we know that God rules over all things. 123 00:08:10,300 --> 00:08:13,100 Then how is it that Jesus had? Come on the scene and say, well, 124 00:08:13,100 --> 00:08:18,000 it is at hand. It is at hand, which is a way of 125 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:22,500 saying it is closed, it is near. It is ready to introduce itself. 126 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:25,500 How do we marry those two things? 127 00:08:25,700 --> 00:08:28,600 When we have so many Old Testament descriptions and 128 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:31,400 declarations that, we have a king in heaven. 129 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,000 We sang it. He does observe and manage and 130 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,299 control and determine all things. 131 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:42,000 Only for the Son of God to come and say it is at hand. 132 00:08:42,700 --> 00:08:45,800 It is at hand. Surely the concept of the 133 00:08:45,808 --> 00:08:47,300 kingdom of God is much more complex. 134 00:08:47,300 --> 00:08:50,000 And we would like it to be, but if you just pay attention a 135 00:08:50,008 --> 00:08:52,100 little bit longer, you'll realize that it's, it's pretty 136 00:08:52,100 --> 00:08:56,500 clear when we understand the kingdom of God, we know that it 137 00:08:56,500 --> 00:09:00,300 undoubtedly is defined by the fact that our God rules over 138 00:09:00,300 --> 00:09:05,400 every sphere and Arena of life. But when you come to the New 139 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:09,200 Testament, you realize that the kingdom of God is more 140 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:12,300 specifically, the rule of God through. 141 00:09:12,500 --> 00:09:17,800 Appointed Messiah. Through his appointed Messiah, 142 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:22,100 it speaks of the era. When the Lord Jesus Christ, the 143 00:09:22,100 --> 00:09:28,500 son of God Son of David promised one comes and breaks into our 144 00:09:28,500 --> 00:09:33,100 world establishes, a physical throne and Will from their 145 00:09:33,100 --> 00:09:36,600 govern everything. Everything from the nation's to 146 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:42,200 Nature itself in all the details in between So, very simple 147 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:48,200 definition of the kingdom of God is the rule of God, the reign of 148 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:53,800 God exercise, by the son of God. And this is why we can believe 149 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:56,200 that. Yes, there always was he King. 150 00:09:56,400 --> 00:10:00,800 But the kingdom of God coming and arriving through the sun is 151 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:05,200 as more manifested in the fact that it will be Jesus who will 152 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:10,300 rule and reign. and perhaps you're sitting there wondering, 153 00:10:10,500 --> 00:10:12,400 well that makes a little bit more sense, but how do we 154 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:16,100 reconcile that understanding with different parts in the New 155 00:10:16,100 --> 00:10:20,800 Testament where Jesus says something along the lines of The 156 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:22,600 kingdom of God, is in the midst of you. 157 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:27,900 The kingdom of God, is in the midst of You, Luke 17:21. 158 00:10:27,900 --> 00:10:31,100 He told that to the group of Pharisees who are wondering, 159 00:10:31,100 --> 00:10:32,500 when is this whole thing happening? 160 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:34,600 Are you, are you the one that was supposed to be waiting? 161 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:38,000 For if you're supposedly the king that the prophet spoke of 162 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,400 in the psalmist wrote about then, where's your kingdom? 163 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:44,700 And Jesus looks at me, says, in the midst of you, Well, is it at 164 00:10:44,700 --> 00:10:47,000 hand? Is that are arriving? 165 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:51,100 Is it here? How do we make sense of this? 166 00:10:51,100 --> 00:10:55,700 And here's how we saw that. Jesus could say, the kingdom is 167 00:10:55,700 --> 00:10:59,000 in the midst of you because the king of the kingdom was in the 168 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,400 midst of them, I'm here. Yeah. 169 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:05,700 The kingdom is in the midst of you and Jesus through his 170 00:11:05,700 --> 00:11:10,300 authority over disease and demons his Deliverance. 171 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:16,700 His power were glimpses were flares Ours were Sparks of the 172 00:11:16,700 --> 00:11:21,100 glory of God and the authority and the Dominion of God, that 173 00:11:21,100 --> 00:11:23,500 showed the people. There is something happening 174 00:11:23,500 --> 00:11:26,600 here. And so, yes. 175 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:29,600 The kingdom of God was at hand. And yes, Jesus could say, at one 176 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:32,200 point in his ministry, it is in the midst of you, but there are 177 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:36,000 still other things that are not clicking yet, not connecting 178 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:39,000 fully. Because there are other Parables 179 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,100 where Jesus alludes to a future aspect of the Kingdom. 180 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:46,000 There is a kingdom to come and through Parables and even direct 181 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,800 teaching, and even answering the questions of the disciples and 182 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:50,800 acts one. Will you now restore the Kingdom 183 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:52,700 of Israel? And the Lord graciously 184 00:11:52,700 --> 00:11:55,200 impatiently says that's not for you to figure out. 185 00:11:56,100 --> 00:11:58,900 That's not for you to understand the specific time or the hour, 186 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,800 just go preach the gospel, I will Empower you, with my Holy 187 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,500 Spirit, it will come, it will happen. 188 00:12:05,300 --> 00:12:07,400 And we even see that in the Lord's Prayer, when the Lord 189 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:12,300 instructs his disciples pray, this may, your kingdom come 190 00:12:12,700 --> 00:12:15,300 well, I thought it was in the midst already so is it? 191 00:12:15,300 --> 00:12:18,300 There is a not there and here's how we can solve all of this 192 00:12:18,300 --> 00:12:23,600 dilemma. The kingdom of God was in the 193 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,300 midst of them. Because Jesus, the King was in 194 00:12:26,300 --> 00:12:29,500 the midst of them. And when Jesus arrived on the 195 00:12:29,500 --> 00:12:35,100 scene, he inaugurated the kingdom, he set it into motion, 196 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:41,700 he came and he pressed start. But he did not fully manifest it 197 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:45,600 and through his ministry. He did not yet complete it. 198 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:52,400 But you and I understand that as Jesus did inaugurate it with his 199 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:56,100 first coming, it will be consummated when he returns. 200 00:12:57,300 --> 00:13:02,000 And so the kingdom of God will know its full manifestation at 201 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:05,500 the consummation of the age when the Lord will indeed. 202 00:13:05,500 --> 00:13:09,000 Yes, come again. And when he comes he will plant 203 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:13,600 the flag and the banner of his name on every Hilltop. 204 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:21,400 And he will for a thousand years with absolute unmatched 205 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:28,300 unchallenged Authority. Prove the kingdom of God, that 206 00:13:28,300 --> 00:13:30,500 is the final stage that we are awaiting. 207 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:34,600 And so, it is a present, and not yet understanding of the kingdom 208 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:39,000 of God. But if that is the case, then 209 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:44,200 you and I the church, how does that fit into all of this? 210 00:13:44,900 --> 00:13:50,000 Are we the kingdom of God? Is Jesus teaching the kingdom of 211 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:54,600 God as a synonymous term for the local church sprinkled across 212 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:58,800 the globe. The Church of Jesus Christ is 213 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:04,000 not the kingdom of God, though. She is an expression of it. 214 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:08,600 She is an expression of the kingdom of God. 215 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:12,300 Not the full definition of the kingdom of God. 216 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:15,600 And so, how do we make sense of that? 217 00:14:16,300 --> 00:14:21,400 Well, we are like what a country would be when it has an embassy 218 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:24,400 in it. An embassy being a foreign 219 00:14:24,700 --> 00:14:29,400 representation of a different country establish and place in a 220 00:14:29,408 --> 00:14:32,700 different land. And that is exactly what you 221 00:14:32,700 --> 00:14:34,000 are. You're not just somebody who 222 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:35,700 comes to sit on a Pew every Sunday. 223 00:14:35,700 --> 00:14:40,000 No, no, no. You are an ambassador of Jesus 224 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:43,500 Christ, and you have a citizenship in heaven. 225 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:47,200 And Christ though there is a future aspect. 226 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:51,700 The Final Phase of his kingdom. Manifesting in our world, he 227 00:14:51,700 --> 00:14:55,800 still rules in heaven today with absolute Authority Dominion, 228 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:59,600 wisdom, glory, and power. And he governs the hearts of 229 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:04,600 those who have accepted him as the king of their lives. and 230 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:08,500 they submit their lives, joyfully under his law, the law 231 00:15:08,500 --> 00:15:13,600 of his kingdom, which is continually in operation And 232 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:17,900 what we do, our purpose here in this world as ambassadors, who 233 00:15:18,900 --> 00:15:22,500 are a part of this institution that represents the kingdom. 234 00:15:22,500 --> 00:15:25,700 This Embassy, we try to recruit others. 235 00:15:27,100 --> 00:15:30,700 And we tried to show others that this King that we represent, he 236 00:15:30,700 --> 00:15:33,700 purchased a Heavenly citizenship, for you with his 237 00:15:33,700 --> 00:15:36,800 blood, would you accept it? Would you accept it? 238 00:15:37,700 --> 00:15:41,500 And we demonstrate to the World As We submit to his law and Obey 239 00:15:41,500 --> 00:15:44,600 him and worship and day-to-day, we exemplify to the world. 240 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:49,500 What it's like to live under this Kingdom, and what it's like 241 00:15:49,500 --> 00:15:54,700 to have this King as our King, And that it would stir Hearts 242 00:15:54,700 --> 00:15:56,700 prayerfully to say. I want that King. 243 00:15:57,500 --> 00:16:01,200 I want that King to be my king, and I want to be among the 244 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:05,000 number when his kingdom fully and finally comes. 245 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:11,500 So you see you and I hear as the church, we have a very important 246 00:16:11,500 --> 00:16:15,600 role to play. we have a very we are, we are rolling out the 247 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:19,100 carpet, so to speak for the king and the kingdom to fully come 248 00:16:20,500 --> 00:16:24,400 And we have a duty, we have a duty to represent It Well by the 249 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,200 help of the holy spirit. That is how you. 250 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:30,500 And I understand the kingdom of God on this side of the cross. 251 00:16:30,700 --> 00:16:34,300 That is not how these disciples understood at this point of 252 00:16:34,300 --> 00:16:38,500 their development in the school of Christ, the kingdom of God, 253 00:16:38,500 --> 00:16:39,700 you know, how they understood it. 254 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:43,000 They had selective reading just like many of the Jews of that 255 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,200 day. They were waiting for. 256 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:47,400 You know, this. Well, a David like figure who 257 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:50,100 would arise from the tribe of Judah. 258 00:16:50,900 --> 00:16:55,900 And with swift military strength and power would cancel. 259 00:16:55,900 --> 00:17:00,800 All oppression would restore the nation of Israel and it would be 260 00:17:00,900 --> 00:17:04,900 the triumphant Light of the Nations were all other nations 261 00:17:04,900 --> 00:17:08,599 would come and receive from and and receive some kind of 262 00:17:08,599 --> 00:17:10,900 guidance from the Lord who would sit upon that mouth. 263 00:17:10,900 --> 00:17:12,000 And that's what they're waiting for. 264 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:14,700 They're waiting for something that is unmistakable. 265 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:22,000 Overwhelming and lightning fast. And you read that when Jesus 266 00:17:22,099 --> 00:17:25,700 talks to those disciples on the road to Emmaus, you get an idea 267 00:17:25,700 --> 00:17:29,900 of how even some like Christians today, they did not fathom the 268 00:17:29,900 --> 00:17:33,800 and they could not accept the idea of a messiah of a king of 269 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:36,100 the anointed, what suffering and dying. 270 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,300 How do we merge? Those two things, there's a 271 00:17:39,300 --> 00:17:43,600 kingdom coming, how can he die? How can a subject himself to 272 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:46,300 other authority and other power? How can he be overwhelmed? 273 00:17:46,300 --> 00:17:48,300 He's the one who's supposed to overwhelm. 274 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:52,200 And so this is what they're looking for an up to this point. 275 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:55,400 This Man from Nazareth, who's doing these amazing signs and 276 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:58,400 wonders, they're convinced this has to be him. 277 00:17:59,100 --> 00:18:01,500 This is a, this is the one that the prophets spoke of this is 278 00:18:01,508 --> 00:18:04,100 the one that we've studied ever since we were children, surely 279 00:18:04,100 --> 00:18:05,700 this is him. They've at least believe that 280 00:18:05,700 --> 00:18:10,400 much. And as now they stand before 281 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:14,200 their teacher, the teacher of teachers the Glorious King, 282 00:18:14,500 --> 00:18:16,400 telling them about the kingdom of God. 283 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:21,900 Finally he says, what shall we compare the kingdom to, to what 284 00:18:21,900 --> 00:18:25,500 Parable should we point to and there the disciples waiting? 285 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:28,300 And understanding in their own Hearts. 286 00:18:28,300 --> 00:18:29,800 Yeah. What is it going to be like? 287 00:18:30,100 --> 00:18:34,000 Tell us. It's like a mustard seed. 288 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:42,600 Like a, what? You can imagine them looking at 289 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:45,500 one another. Did he just say what we thought? 290 00:18:45,500 --> 00:18:49,000 He said. Like a mustard seed. 291 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:53,900 The kingdom is like a mustard seed and to emphasize the point. 292 00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:57,800 Yeah, like the Mustard Seed, the smallest seed. 293 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:04,600 Of all the Earth. now, as a side note, people like to jump on 294 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:09,600 that to try to discredit the inerrancy of the Bible by saying 295 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:12,800 there are smaller seeds than mustard seeds that you can find 296 00:19:13,500 --> 00:19:16,000 understandable, nobody's debating that and we're not here 297 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:20,800 trying to Claim that Jesus is making a scientific statement 298 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:22,600 about agriculture. That's not what the Lord is 299 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:25,800 doing. We know that Jesus used the 300 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:28,400 Mustard Seed in another place in, Matthew 17:20, when he 301 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:32,000 talked about a quality of faith, that is like what a mustard 302 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:36,200 seed. And so, he's speaking with an 303 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:39,100 expression that must have been familiar in his day. 304 00:19:39,100 --> 00:19:44,000 It was a proverbial expression. It was hyperbolic muster seeds, 305 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:47,500 were commonly used in Israel and there were, if not the smallest 306 00:19:47,500 --> 00:19:50,300 seed used in that land. And it was just part of their 307 00:19:50,300 --> 00:19:52,700 expression. When you wanted to refer to 308 00:19:52,700 --> 00:19:56,500 something or compare something with the smallness of its size. 309 00:19:56,500 --> 00:19:59,100 And so Jesus is just borrowing, something that was common to the 310 00:19:59,100 --> 00:20:01,900 day and using it and applying it in his own teachings. 311 00:20:01,900 --> 00:20:05,000 He's a wonderful teacher. ER he's relevant in that 312 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,800 regards. So again, we're not we're not 313 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:12,800 here trying to say that Jesus making accurate descriptions of 314 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:15,900 seeds and plants, he's just making a point. 315 00:20:16,300 --> 00:20:19,200 I'm making a point that they would have understood and I'm 316 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:22,100 sure it's startle them when they understood that the kingdom of 317 00:20:22,100 --> 00:20:27,800 God with all its glory and might and majesty and strength is like 318 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:36,300 a mustard seed, how can it be? Christ is making the simple 319 00:20:36,300 --> 00:20:39,800 point. My kingdom may seem 320 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:43,200 inconsequential. It may seem insignificant it may 321 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:46,100 seem overlooked. It may seem so vulnerable that 322 00:20:46,100 --> 00:20:49,400 it can be crushed in a moment, but I want you to understand 323 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:54,800 something, it's going to grow. And it's going to grow, not just 324 00:20:55,600 --> 00:21:00,000 to be among other things, it will be the greatest and it will 325 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:05,500 cause other kingdoms and all governments to sit in the shadow 326 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:09,000 of my authority. This is how their understand, 327 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,100 this is what he's trying to say. And this is extremely valuable 328 00:21:11,100 --> 00:21:14,900 for the disciples to here. Because they're just a group of 329 00:21:14,900 --> 00:21:18,800 12. And already, they're hearing the 330 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:22,300 grumblings and the Rumblings and the plots of this thing being 331 00:21:22,300 --> 00:21:24,500 eradicated before it even starts. 332 00:21:25,700 --> 00:21:28,200 And the Lord wants to assure them prophetically. 333 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:30,500 It's going to start small my boys. 334 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:33,900 Listen up here. My future Apostles. 335 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:38,200 It doesn't seem impressive today but just wait. 336 00:21:40,100 --> 00:21:43,700 And it will be beyond your life, but just trust my words that 337 00:21:43,700 --> 00:21:47,300 from generation to generation, my kingdom is only going to 338 00:21:47,300 --> 00:21:52,900 increase in this world. so, they're hearing this and 339 00:21:52,900 --> 00:21:57,100 hopefully they're understanding this and I wonder what went 340 00:21:57,100 --> 00:22:00,900 through their minds. We're not told we can't say 341 00:22:00,900 --> 00:22:05,600 dogmatically, but I wonder if they had enough understanding of 342 00:22:05,608 --> 00:22:08,800 the Old Testament. If one particular text came in 343 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:12,300 mind, this is a text that came to my mind, when seeing and 344 00:22:12,300 --> 00:22:13,900 understanding what Jesus meant here. 345 00:22:14,700 --> 00:22:17,600 And it's found in Zechariah Chapter 4 and I would invite you 346 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:22,100 to turn there for a moment. And the prophet Zechariah What's 347 00:22:22,100 --> 00:22:25,900 Happening Here is this generation of the nation of 348 00:22:25,900 --> 00:22:29,300 Israel has returned from Exile Babylon. 349 00:22:29,300 --> 00:22:32,900 Was used by God as an instrument of judgment to remove the nation 350 00:22:32,900 --> 00:22:34,500 of Israel. At least the tribe of Judah. 351 00:22:34,500 --> 00:22:37,800 The southern Kingdom away from their land, and to plant them in 352 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:42,000 a foreign place, and he's chastising them, but he promised 353 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:46,500 them restoration, you will come back and finally, they get, they 354 00:22:46,500 --> 00:22:49,600 did, they arrive back and now they're trying to restore all 355 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:54,200 that was brought to Rubble. Now the knez I brought 356 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:57,900 everything down to fine powder including the house of God, the 357 00:22:57,900 --> 00:23:01,800 temple of God. And so here they are trying to 358 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,400 build everything back again and try to go back to normal and 359 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,000 hopefully try to restore the glory that they lost because of 360 00:23:07,008 --> 00:23:11,100 their sin. And they're discouraged. 361 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:15,800 This generation is dejected. They're discouraged, primarily 362 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,900 because as they laid the foundation of the temple again, 363 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:22,400 they felt like this is not what it was. 364 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:25,200 Like when Solomon was here, this is not what it was. 365 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:28,200 Like, what after Solomon did, what is this? 366 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:33,000 What? And they despised it. 367 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:36,100 They had contempt in their hearts toward it. 368 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,500 It was the work of their hands and they knew that they receive 369 00:23:39,500 --> 00:23:42,800 God's favor again and permission again to restore everything that 370 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,700 was lost. But the it's just not the same. 371 00:23:46,100 --> 00:23:50,200 It's not what we hoped for. It's the Lord speaks to his 372 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:53,000 prophet and he speaks to this generation. 373 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,100 And he says, in verse 8 of Zechariah, 4 and the word of the 374 00:23:56,100 --> 00:23:59,600 Lord came to me saying the hands of zerubbabel have laid, the 375 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:05,000 foundation of this house, his hands shall also complete it. 376 00:24:05,900 --> 00:24:09,200 Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. 377 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:14,300 Verse 10, for whoever has despised the day of small things 378 00:24:14,300 --> 00:24:19,500 shall rejoice. And shall see the Plumb line in 379 00:24:19,508 --> 00:24:25,800 the hand of zerubbabel. Whoever has despised the day of 380 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:32,400 small, things shall rejoice. That's how God referred to that 381 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:34,100 season in the life of these people. 382 00:24:35,500 --> 00:24:40,700 The day of small things. When the efforts don't seem to 383 00:24:40,700 --> 00:24:44,800 be effective. When the fruit seems to take too 384 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:50,500 long to produce when the hopes and dreams and prayers seem to 385 00:24:50,500 --> 00:24:56,800 be delayed and nothing seems to move forward, nothing seems to 386 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:58,700 expand. Nothing seems to grow it. 387 00:24:58,700 --> 00:25:02,600 Just just like a slab of concrete that nothing is added 388 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:08,400 on. And this prophecy is the Lord, 389 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:11,300 telling them you're going to rejoice. 390 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:15,300 This is not the end of it. This is just the beginning of it 391 00:25:15,300 --> 00:25:17,800 and you can't see the end from the beginning like I can't. 392 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,400 So you have to trust what I'm saying. 393 00:25:20,700 --> 00:25:24,200 It will be completed, something will come out of this. 394 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:27,700 And you know what, I take from this I was looking at verse 10 395 00:25:27,700 --> 00:25:31,800 specifically and it reveals to me and it reveals I hope to you 396 00:25:32,700 --> 00:25:39,700 that it is man it is man who is prone to despise small things 397 00:25:40,300 --> 00:25:45,000 but not God. God didn't say and God didn't 398 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:49,300 Express a shared contempt of the humble beginnings of the nation 399 00:25:49,300 --> 00:25:52,300 of Israel. He didn't say and we who have 400 00:25:52,300 --> 00:25:53,800 despised the day of small things. 401 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:56,700 We shall rejoice. He doesn't include himself, he 402 00:25:56,700 --> 00:26:01,100 is the encourager. He's the one who is outside of 403 00:26:01,700 --> 00:26:05,100 their dejection and is trying to infuse them with the faith. 404 00:26:06,300 --> 00:26:10,000 The faith to believe that this is just the beginning. 405 00:26:11,100 --> 00:26:12,700 And there are so much more in store. 406 00:26:14,300 --> 00:26:19,200 And so it is man who tends to be unimpressed with what is before 407 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:24,600 them and to think to themselves is this it You and I listen, 408 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:28,000 this is not going to help those who are not serious about seeing 409 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,400 the kingdom of God events, but it will help. 410 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:31,500 Those who are eager to see the kingdom of God Advanced. 411 00:26:31,900 --> 00:26:34,200 We are so often tempted to write off. 412 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:40,600 And to give up and to turn our backs on the very efforts of our 413 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:44,500 own hands, though. It is for the glory of God and 414 00:26:44,500 --> 00:26:47,200 all the while through this verse, you have to understand 415 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:49,300 our Lord has a completely different perspective on the 416 00:26:49,308 --> 00:26:52,300 whole thing, a completely different perspective. 417 00:26:54,900 --> 00:26:58,900 The reason why we tend to look down on the thing that we want 418 00:26:58,900 --> 00:27:02,900 to do for the glory of God. It's because as I said earlier, 419 00:27:02,900 --> 00:27:07,300 God sees the end from the beginning you don't and neither 420 00:27:07,300 --> 00:27:11,400 do I. So all the Lord is asking for 421 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,900 through this prophecy is Faith. Believe it and understand that 422 00:27:14,900 --> 00:27:20,400 your investment is not in vain. Your investment is not in vain. 423 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,300 And this generation hopefully would have understood that. 424 00:27:25,100 --> 00:27:27,300 I want you to see who our God is more in this. 425 00:27:27,300 --> 00:27:31,600 In this regard, I want you to turn to Romans 15 verse 5 and 426 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:35,100 look at this title that the holy spirit gives to the father and 427 00:27:35,100 --> 00:27:37,300 understand that it is so important for you and I to grass 428 00:27:37,300 --> 00:27:48,700 for ourselves. Romans, 15 5. 429 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,600 I pray that you would never forget this reference about our 430 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:04,500 God, May the god of endurance and encouragement, Grant you to 431 00:28:04,500 --> 00:28:06,700 live in such harmony with one another in accordance with 432 00:28:06,700 --> 00:28:11,600 Christ. Jesus, May the god of 433 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:18,100 encouragement. God is a god of encouragement. 434 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,900 Do you understand that? That is exactly what he was 435 00:28:22,900 --> 00:28:24,900 doing. Through Zechariah, to those 436 00:28:24,900 --> 00:28:29,600 people who return to their land, he wanted to encourage them as 437 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:34,600 they were serving him. He didn't criticize them. 438 00:28:35,700 --> 00:28:39,800 He didn't agree with them. He didn't fuel their 439 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:45,500 disappointment. He wanted to fuel their faith. 440 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:49,700 And if God is a god of encouragement, again for the 441 00:28:49,700 --> 00:28:54,600 person who is serving the lord and perhaps you are a little 442 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:58,400 just a little even or even more than a little disappointed 443 00:28:59,300 --> 00:29:03,100 wondering if this is worth it ready to quit on serving God and 444 00:29:03,100 --> 00:29:06,300 the particular place that he has put, you understand what I'm 445 00:29:06,300 --> 00:29:08,400 saying? The thoughts that come into your 446 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:13,100 mind that caused you to despise the work of the Lord that cause 447 00:29:13,100 --> 00:29:16,800 you to unnecessarily criticize your faithfulness. 448 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:21,200 When and whether or not you are truly a servant of God. 449 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:23,800 Because here, if you're truly a servant of God, this should have 450 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:25,800 happened by. Now, if those thoughts come 451 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:29,000 crashing in, or haunt you at night understand this, it's not 452 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:33,300 God, Because he's the god of encouragement. 453 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:36,900 He looks at his people serving and he says, keep going. 454 00:29:38,100 --> 00:29:42,100 This will be completed. You will rejoice. 455 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:47,600 Yeah, you may so tears and night but you will in the morning reap 456 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:51,000 a harvest. Believe it. 457 00:29:51,300 --> 00:29:54,100 Keep moving forward. Keep pressing on. 458 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,100 Keep discipling. Keep raising. 459 00:29:57,100 --> 00:30:00,500 Keep teaching, keep praying, keep studying. 460 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:06,300 Keep witnessing Don't despise. It don't estimate with your 461 00:30:06,300 --> 00:30:10,300 limited view. Don't calculate your results and 462 00:30:10,300 --> 00:30:14,700 equate it to your Effectiveness. He's the god of encouragement. 463 00:30:14,900 --> 00:30:16,300 So I know one thing. Right? 464 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:20,600 I know one thing that as I am endeavoring to please my god, 465 00:30:20,700 --> 00:30:24,400 when those things come rushing into my heart, you really cut 466 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:28,800 out for this. Is this really, really what you 467 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:30,900 thought would happen, more should have had, whatever the 468 00:30:30,900 --> 00:30:33,700 case may be. I know one thing in that moment, 469 00:30:33,700 --> 00:30:37,400 according to Romans 14:5, my God is a god of encouragement. 470 00:30:39,900 --> 00:30:42,300 He doesn't make me less excited about serving him. 471 00:30:43,500 --> 00:30:47,600 He doesn't make me less filled with faith as I'm serving him. 472 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:52,900 Oh, so then you can understand and put all those thoughts away 473 00:30:52,900 --> 00:30:57,900 and realize that is not my king. Because he's the god of 474 00:30:57,900 --> 00:31:01,300 encouragement. And he's the god of 475 00:31:01,300 --> 00:31:03,300 encouragement and we are his people, then let's be a people 476 00:31:03,300 --> 00:31:06,500 of encouragement. And let's look at one another 477 00:31:06,500 --> 00:31:08,800 and encourage each other in the faith, more and more for his 478 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,400 glory. And that is something that you 479 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:14,500 and I have to see under the reality of the smallness of the 480 00:31:14,500 --> 00:31:16,600 seed. Do not despise the day of small 481 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:19,300 things that was true for the nation of Israel. 482 00:31:19,300 --> 00:31:22,400 Then it was true for the disciples in Mark chapter 4 and 483 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,200 is true for you. And I today the smallness of the 484 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:29,300 seed, the success of this feed, whatever startled Hearts they 485 00:31:29,300 --> 00:31:31,900 had in that moment it would have been conned by the next point 486 00:31:31,900 --> 00:31:35,500 that Jesus was about to make in the next verse he tells them and 487 00:31:35,500 --> 00:31:40,100 yet when it is sown it grows up, it grows up. 488 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:43,300 Becoming larger than all the garden plants and puts out large 489 00:31:43,300 --> 00:31:45,300 branches. So that the birds of the air can 490 00:31:45,300 --> 00:31:52,100 make nest in its shade, these disciples had no reason to fear 491 00:31:52,100 --> 00:31:55,100 after that truth. There's no reason to be 492 00:31:55,100 --> 00:31:59,900 concerned, they had now ultimate confidence in realizing that 493 00:31:59,900 --> 00:32:03,600 they are part of a movement, that would not be shaken. 494 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:09,100 It's not going to fail. You are part of a establishment 495 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:15,300 that will Encompass the globe. And I want you to think about 496 00:32:15,300 --> 00:32:16,500 that. The fact that you and I are 497 00:32:16,500 --> 00:32:19,800 sitting here in 2023 in Chicago Illinois. 498 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:26,900 Worshipping week after week. All started with a band of men 499 00:32:26,900 --> 00:32:30,300 in the countryside of Judea, scratching their heads. 500 00:32:30,300 --> 00:32:33,300 And trying to wonder how how is the kingdom of God? 501 00:32:33,300 --> 00:32:38,500 Like a mustard seed? And that incredible. 502 00:32:39,700 --> 00:32:42,900 And we're just one piece of The Grandmaster piece of the kingdom 503 00:32:42,900 --> 00:32:45,800 of God advancing across this world. 504 00:32:47,100 --> 00:32:49,400 And we see here that this ministry that began in Galilee, 505 00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:52,900 would one day, take over everything as Jesus predicted. 506 00:32:52,900 --> 00:32:55,200 But here are some controversy, you like controversy. 507 00:32:56,300 --> 00:32:59,100 There's some controversy around this, Parable saying what it 508 00:32:59,100 --> 00:33:01,000 seems so simple and clear. Yes. 509 00:33:02,300 --> 00:33:05,500 But it has to deal with Jesus words here at the last part of 510 00:33:05,500 --> 00:33:09,400 verse 32. He says, so that the birds of 511 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:14,300 the air can make nest in its shade, What's the big deal? 512 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:19,000 Do you remember when Jesus shared the parallel to soar? 513 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:22,400 There is the first soil that he mentioned. 514 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:29,100 And with that soil, he mentioned the invasion of what birds These 515 00:33:29,100 --> 00:33:32,200 birds came and they plucked up the seed from the surface of 516 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:35,900 that hardened path. And when you're there, a mark 517 00:33:35,900 --> 00:33:38,500 for look at verse 13. Jesus gives the interpretation 518 00:33:38,500 --> 00:33:42,100 of what the birds are. And these are the ones along the 519 00:33:42,100 --> 00:33:46,900 path when the word is sown, when they hear Satan. 520 00:33:48,500 --> 00:33:52,700 Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sewn 521 00:33:52,700 --> 00:33:55,700 in them. Now here's why that's important. 522 00:33:56,300 --> 00:34:00,600 Because when Jesus gave the parable of the sower, he 523 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:03,700 corrected and rebuked, his disciples who didn't understand, 524 00:34:03,700 --> 00:34:06,400 and he says, how then will you understand all the other 525 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:09,500 parables? Which tells me that in the 526 00:34:09,500 --> 00:34:13,600 parable of the sower, is our keys to interpret future 527 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:16,000 Parables. And this one's not too future 528 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,199 from what he just said in the parable of the sower, it's very 529 00:34:18,199 --> 00:34:21,800 near its in the same context. What are you saying? 530 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,699 Here's what I'm saying that you have some who would interpret 531 00:34:24,699 --> 00:34:29,000 this in the following way, if the birds and the parable, The 532 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:37,100 Source signify Satan's activity, And surely, you must mean the 533 00:34:37,100 --> 00:34:39,400 same here in the parable of the mustard seed. 534 00:34:43,300 --> 00:34:47,000 The idea is that as the church enlarges and gains more ground, 535 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:51,699 over the generations, the infiltration of Satan, and his 536 00:34:51,699 --> 00:34:58,000 emissaries, will also emerge. They will. 537 00:34:59,300 --> 00:35:03,200 Lodge in the midst of Christendom, the Lord here is 538 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:06,500 what some would believe. The Lord here is predicting that 539 00:35:06,500 --> 00:35:11,400 there will be with the growth of my kingdom and my church. 540 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,700 Servants of unrighteousness, clothed, in righteousness, 541 00:35:15,700 --> 00:35:18,600 supposed righteousness, fake righteousness, a facade 542 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:22,700 righteousness, and will be in the midst of my people with a 543 00:35:22,700 --> 00:35:27,900 destructive purpose. So it's almost like a warning. 544 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:31,400 Yes, the seed is going to grow and become this wonderfully 545 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:36,800 large Plant. But with it will attract Satan's 546 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:40,800 assaults. And his attempt to pervert. 547 00:35:41,900 --> 00:35:47,800 And to pollute my kingdom. Some have a problem with that 548 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:51,900 interpretation. And the one that I just gave is 549 00:35:51,900 --> 00:35:55,600 not the popular one. What you have others who would 550 00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:58,300 say as well? Okay, I understand that, but the 551 00:35:58,300 --> 00:36:01,300 way Jesus shares about the parable of the Mustard Seed, the 552 00:36:01,300 --> 00:36:05,000 way his languages, implies that the birds coming in is a good 553 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:08,000 thing, right? So we read that the, the plant 554 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,200 will grow. And then he says, so that the 555 00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:14,400 birds of the air can make nests in the branches, so that a 556 00:36:14,408 --> 00:36:17,300 desired outcome, the birds should be coming. 557 00:36:17,300 --> 00:36:20,600 In fact, the kingdom is growing, the tree is going in order for 558 00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:22,500 the birds to be able to find a home. 559 00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:29,500 And again, you can't fully understand the new without the 560 00:36:29,500 --> 00:36:33,600 old, and these men had some grass of the Old Testament and 561 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:38,000 surely the word of God in flesh has perfect understanding of his 562 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:42,500 own word. And so, could it be that a text 563 00:36:42,500 --> 00:36:49,000 like Ezekiel 17:23 is what the Lord is alluding to when it says 564 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:53,900 here about a prophecy about the Kingdom on the mountain height 565 00:36:53,900 --> 00:36:58,500 of Israel. Well, I plant it that I'm a bare 566 00:36:58,500 --> 00:37:04,500 branches and produce fruit and become a Noble Cedar and under. 567 00:37:04,500 --> 00:37:09,000 It will dwell every kind of bird in the shade of its branches. 568 00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:14,400 Birds of every sort will nest. I can tell you one thing about 569 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:17,400 the birds and Ezekiel 17, not talking about demons. 570 00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:20,800 What is he talking about? Gentile inclusion. 571 00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:27,500 Every kind of bird every sort will Nest. 572 00:37:28,100 --> 00:37:31,100 Once I plant my kingdom on this mountain and it has its full 573 00:37:31,100 --> 00:37:35,400 expression made known. Could it be that Jesus is 574 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:39,400 referring to the same thing? That these birds will come. 575 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:44,100 And they will find stability. They will find shade, they will 576 00:37:44,100 --> 00:37:47,700 find peace. They will find security under 577 00:37:47,700 --> 00:37:50,700 the kingdom that has ruled and reigned by Jesus Christ himself. 578 00:37:51,700 --> 00:37:53,400 It's not just confined to the Jews. 579 00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:56,900 Now, it's now open to the nation's now and the nation's 580 00:37:56,900 --> 00:38:00,600 income and say he's also my king, the son of David is also 581 00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:06,100 my master, my Lord, my king, Regardless of what point you 582 00:38:06,100 --> 00:38:07,900 hold to, even if it's to the former one, that I just 583 00:38:07,900 --> 00:38:11,900 explained even of those birds are unwelcomed things. 584 00:38:13,500 --> 00:38:15,200 The end result is still the same of Jesus. 585 00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:18,900 Parable. These birds that come and Lodge 586 00:38:18,900 --> 00:38:20,500 in the branches. They're not like the parable, 587 00:38:20,500 --> 00:38:24,000 the sore, where they actually are succeeding and removing some 588 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,800 kind of influence. Now, they're just sitting there, 589 00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:30,500 they're sitting there and the tree is still a tree. 590 00:38:30,500 --> 00:38:33,200 The plant is still fully grown. Nothing could throw it that and 591 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,700 that's exactly the point. So wherever you say well I hold 592 00:38:35,700 --> 00:38:39,800 to that I hold to that realize that what Jesus is declaring is 593 00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:42,500 still the same. His kingdom will come. 594 00:38:43,700 --> 00:38:46,400 Regardless of the pushback of Satan, regardless of all, the 595 00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:50,800 armies that will come on that day of Armageddon and raised 596 00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:53,300 their fists, in their weapons. To the heavens Christ will come 597 00:38:53,300 --> 00:38:54,900 with one breath and deal with them. 598 00:38:56,800 --> 00:39:00,200 He'll deal with them. The success is inevitable. 599 00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:01,800 It's clear. It's obvious. 600 00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:05,300 And now we come to the suggestion of the seed. 601 00:39:06,700 --> 00:39:10,400 What does this mean for us? I know this is more of a 602 00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:12,000 teaching than preaching. I know that you were learning 603 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,600 things in terms of definition, and Theological implications, 604 00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:19,200 and all that. But what does that mean for you? 605 00:39:19,500 --> 00:39:22,100 How does understanding the past of the kingdom of God? 606 00:39:22,100 --> 00:39:24,600 The beginnings of the kingdom of God and that's continuous 607 00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:28,200 progress and evolution. How does that help me? 608 00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:31,500 Now, do I just hold on and wait and just trust that it's going 609 00:39:31,500 --> 00:39:33,200 to happen? Yeah, sure. 610 00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:36,700 It helped the disciples who were starting out the pioneers of the 611 00:39:36,700 --> 00:39:37,800 movement. You can understand how this 612 00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:39,800 Parable would have been a sigh of relief. 613 00:39:40,100 --> 00:39:42,100 Okay, good, we're headed in the right direction. 614 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:44,500 Our Lord never lies promise that this will be good. 615 00:39:48,100 --> 00:39:51,600 And I'll just, I'll just give you one one practical 616 00:39:51,700 --> 00:39:55,100 application and understanding that you are part of the kingdom 617 00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:59,100 of God. And it's in Hebrews 12 and we 618 00:39:59,107 --> 00:40:13,800 read here in verse 28. Therefore, let us be grateful 619 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:16,000 for receiving a kingdom. That cannot be shaken. 620 00:40:19,100 --> 00:40:22,100 And thus let us offer to God acceptable worship with 621 00:40:22,100 --> 00:40:27,200 reverence and awe. For our God is a consuming fire. 622 00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:32,600 I hope you wouldn't disagree with me. 623 00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:37,600 If I said that generally speaking people yearn. 624 00:40:38,900 --> 00:40:43,300 To be a part of something. That will enhance their quality 625 00:40:43,300 --> 00:40:51,700 of life. and that's why these guys on YouTube that Are like 626 00:40:51,700 --> 00:40:55,100 entrepreneurs and motivational speakers that's why they're so 627 00:40:55,100 --> 00:40:59,700 viral and attractive because people want to enhance their 628 00:40:59,700 --> 00:41:02,700 quality of life, and they're willing to make great 629 00:41:02,700 --> 00:41:05,000 Investments. Whether that be in personal 630 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:09,400 discipline, or some kind of plan or idea, that might most 631 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:14,300 promised them a future of stability and solidity. 632 00:41:15,900 --> 00:41:20,100 And you see that in many ways, some of you have left a country 633 00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:24,500 that had an oppressive regime to be here in America because you 634 00:41:24,500 --> 00:41:28,400 saw that there was a Promise of Greater freedom and opportunity. 635 00:41:30,100 --> 00:41:35,400 And you have people young people who are willing to make great 636 00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:39,400 sacrifices and take great risk. In order to start something 637 00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:41,900 whether it's a business or an idea or invents something in 638 00:41:41,900 --> 00:41:46,100 order to promise them a more prosperous future. 639 00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:49,800 People are making Investments all the time. 640 00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:51,700 In fact, that's, that's really what life is. 641 00:41:51,700 --> 00:41:54,200 Unless there's something drastically wrong with your. 642 00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:57,600 You've reached a place of such destitution that you don't even 643 00:41:57,600 --> 00:41:59,900 care. People are constantly trying, 644 00:41:59,900 --> 00:42:02,500 that's why you go to school. That's why you get a job. 645 00:42:02,700 --> 00:42:05,800 That's why you work out. That's why you try to stay on 646 00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:09,900 that diet is because you want to see something come out of an 647 00:42:09,900 --> 00:42:11,900 investment. That would ultimately profit 648 00:42:11,900 --> 00:42:17,200 you. And as good as that might be and 649 00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:19,300 as healthy as that might be understand. 650 00:42:19,300 --> 00:42:23,100 And, you know, this that there are risk in any investment And 651 00:42:23,100 --> 00:42:26,200 any investment that you make even if it's good and it's not 652 00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:28,600 necessarily evil, it's still a risk. 653 00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:33,300 And yeah, you try to measure your Roi or return on investment 654 00:42:33,300 --> 00:42:35,500 and what's the best place that can minimize those risks. 655 00:42:35,500 --> 00:42:39,500 But there are still risks Even if you go to the gym, you can 656 00:42:39,500 --> 00:42:41,300 hurt yourself, whatever the case may be. 657 00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:49,200 And here's the thing in the past 3 years, If the church has 658 00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:52,800 learned anything. The world, I can see has 659 00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:54,900 understood it, but at the church has learned anything. 660 00:42:54,900 --> 00:42:59,500 It is this Everything can be shaken. 661 00:43:01,500 --> 00:43:06,000 Even this wonderful country. With its glorious Constitution, 662 00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:09,400 right? And the American dream. 663 00:43:09,500 --> 00:43:11,600 Oh how quick the American dream can become a nightmare. 664 00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:17,500 Everything can be shaken. And as Jesus, that even gives, 665 00:43:17,500 --> 00:43:19,400 even if you didn't make an investment, even if somebody 666 00:43:19,500 --> 00:43:24,700 handed you something and put it in your hand, did he not say 667 00:43:24,700 --> 00:43:27,800 that moth can destroy it? They not say that rust. 668 00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:28,600 Can he wrote it? Didn't that? 669 00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:30,500 Say that a thief can come in and break it. 670 00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:38,500 And take it profit from it. Yeah, we come to Hebrews 12 and 671 00:43:38,500 --> 00:43:45,000 we realize That in a world that is marked by a people, a 672 00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:47,000 Humanity ever since the beginning that longed for 673 00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:50,400 purpose and hope and to do anything that they can to ensure 674 00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:53,400 a greater purpose and A Lasting Hope. 675 00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:59,400 You and I have been given something that is unshakable. 676 00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:04,400 Unshakeable. Untouchable. 677 00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:09,800 Immovable. Guaranteed success. 678 00:44:13,700 --> 00:44:19,900 It will not be taken from us. By foreign enemies, it will not 679 00:44:19,900 --> 00:44:25,100 erode after centuries. It will not be usurped, it will 680 00:44:25,100 --> 00:44:31,400 not be dominated by anything nor will it be even stunted by the 681 00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:36,500 failures of its followers? We are told that this kingdom is 682 00:44:36,500 --> 00:44:40,200 invincible. Invincible. 683 00:44:42,700 --> 00:44:46,300 Meaning you will be on the good side. 684 00:44:47,500 --> 00:44:51,600 You will be on the profitable side when King Jesus comes back 685 00:44:52,900 --> 00:44:56,200 and you will know unending. Joy, unending, peace. 686 00:44:56,200 --> 00:45:00,100 True Prosperity. Fullness of Love, fullness of 687 00:45:00,100 --> 00:45:04,000 strength and vigor ultimate happiness and blessing. 688 00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:06,900 That does not have an expiration date on it. 689 00:45:10,100 --> 00:45:13,800 That is a promise and here's the best part, you didn't earn it. 690 00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:17,700 You didn't work for it. You didn't get a loan. 691 00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:22,900 Nor did you try to impress The King, The King with his blood 692 00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:26,000 gave it? And we're told here in Hebrews 693 00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:32,300 12 wide that we have received this Kingdom, it's a gift, it's 694 00:45:32,300 --> 00:45:36,300 a gift, you know, you look at the book of Acts and you see how 695 00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:39,700 and different occurrences, Paul's Roman citizenship really 696 00:45:39,700 --> 00:45:42,800 came to help him. Really came to help him. 697 00:45:43,600 --> 00:45:45,700 And I always looked at that and I and I thought, yeah, there's 698 00:45:45,700 --> 00:45:49,100 some practical teachings there of how if you are in a place 699 00:45:49,100 --> 00:45:51,700 where a nation or region that does offer you some kind of 700 00:45:51,700 --> 00:45:54,700 freedom take advantage of it for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 701 00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:59,300 Yes, you point to a secular law if it's going to help you 702 00:45:59,700 --> 00:46:04,200 advance and sustain and proclaim the gospel but I thought came to 703 00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:08,400 my mind. How much more should we be able 704 00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:11,000 to realize the great joy and security? 705 00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:12,600 We have with our Heavenly citizenship? 706 00:46:13,900 --> 00:46:16,900 I know you don't see it now because you're still not a life 707 00:46:16,900 --> 00:46:18,900 where you have to make natural Investments. 708 00:46:19,100 --> 00:46:21,700 But it's really going to come in handy when the king comes and he 709 00:46:21,707 --> 00:46:27,600 says, where are my citizens? And you can say I'm yours, I 710 00:46:27,600 --> 00:46:30,600 have my citizenship and it's stamped with the blood of Jesus 711 00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:35,800 Christ, and you will not sit on the judgement floor. 712 00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:38,100 You will sit and Rule and reign with him. 713 00:46:40,500 --> 00:46:42,300 So what do we do with that knowledge? 714 00:46:42,300 --> 00:46:48,200 Do we Rejoice then know Hebrew says Rejoice now and give God 715 00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:53,100 worship and give him all aah and let your praise be reverential 716 00:46:53,400 --> 00:46:56,500 and let it not just be Sunday morning where you tried to sing, 717 00:46:56,700 --> 00:46:58,400 let it be something that you do throughout your week. 718 00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:00,600 As you are an ambassador of this Kingdom. 719 00:47:01,300 --> 00:47:03,900 That's the point. That's what we take from this. 720 00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:05,700 That's what we're supposed to do. 721 00:47:06,100 --> 00:47:10,100 Realize that it's coming. He predicted it and so far. 722 00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:12,100 After 2000 years. Can I tell you something? 723 00:47:12,500 --> 00:47:15,500 He's been, right? If he's been right. 724 00:47:15,500 --> 00:47:18,600 The past 2000 years, I can guarantee you he's going to be 725 00:47:18,600 --> 00:47:20,200 right for the next Thousand Years. 726 00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:24,400 And so understand that the suggestion of the see, the 727 00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:28,400 parable of the mustard seed, is this, you who are his citizens? 728 00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:35,900 We're ship worship your king now, love him now, crown him 729 00:47:35,900 --> 00:47:39,100 with praises now. So that when he comes to really 730 00:47:39,100 --> 00:47:44,200 be crowned you'll be ready and not ashamed, not ashamed. 731 00:47:44,200 --> 00:47:47,200 I have not been a citizen of your kingdom Faithfully. 732 00:47:47,200 --> 00:47:50,300 Oh Lord, please forgive me. No, no, we've been waiting for 733 00:47:50,300 --> 00:47:51,500 you King. Jesus. 734 00:47:51,900 --> 00:47:54,300 We believed you. When we heard about your Parable 735 00:47:54,300 --> 00:47:57,300 there in Mark, chapter 4 that indeed, your kingdom would come 736 00:47:57,300 --> 00:47:59,200 to full fruition. And we've been anticipating, 737 00:47:59,300 --> 00:48:03,400 Eating your arrival. Come now and have your rest Rule 738 00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:05,700 and Reign forever. You are worthy. 739 00:48:05,700 --> 00:48:07,700 You are worthy. You are worthy. 740 00:48:07,900 --> 00:48:10,700 And let me tell you this, if you don't believe Jesus king, he's 741 00:48:10,700 --> 00:48:16,100 going to be king anyway, because it's one Pastor said it, when 742 00:48:16,100 --> 00:48:20,000 Jesus comes one of the things that he will most likely do. 743 00:48:22,100 --> 00:48:26,200 Is arrive and look at the scale of the Horizon of our world. 744 00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:31,400 Take out those righteous pierced hands and say mine mine. 745 00:48:31,400 --> 00:48:35,000 Mine mine and you can't stop him. 746 00:48:37,600 --> 00:48:41,000 No one will be able to stop him so I invite you on the Sunday 747 00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:43,800 afternoon. I don't know if you expected 748 00:48:43,800 --> 00:48:47,800 more of a pep talk, but I invite you this Sunday, afternoon to 749 00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:53,700 Bow, your knee to King Jesus. He is Lord, he died. 750 00:48:53,700 --> 00:48:55,500 He was buried. And he rose from the grave and 751 00:48:55,500 --> 00:48:59,200 he, he will come again. And we are told there by 2nd 752 00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:06,200 Peter that he waits patiently, he waits patiently to break the 753 00:49:06,200 --> 00:49:09,800 Skies open and calm. Because once he comes, there is 754 00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:12,400 no chance to reverse this thing. There's no Second Chance. 755 00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:15,300 In fact, once he comes its final, his kingdom will be 756 00:49:15,300 --> 00:49:17,000 established. It will grow. 757 00:49:17,100 --> 00:49:20,200 It will take over. But the reason why he has been 758 00:49:20,200 --> 00:49:23,000 waiting, these past two thousand years is because he wants your 759 00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:27,400 heart. My son, give me your heart. 760 00:49:28,500 --> 00:49:32,900 My son, my daughter. I want you to realize that I 761 00:49:32,900 --> 00:49:36,200 created you my image but you are not truly a child of God, like 762 00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:39,700 the popular opinion might say, until you receive the Son of God 763 00:49:39,700 --> 00:49:43,600 as your savior and Lord. Are you ready? 764 00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:50,100 Are you ready for his arrival? if you think that this world is 765 00:49:50,100 --> 00:49:53,000 permanent just take a little history lesson and realize that 766 00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:57,900 no matter how great empires have been, they have all Fallen and 767 00:49:57,900 --> 00:50:01,300 no matter how wonderful America has been. 768 00:50:02,400 --> 00:50:04,100 And prayerfully will continue to be. 769 00:50:05,200 --> 00:50:06,800 America is not the kingdom of God. 770 00:50:11,100 --> 00:50:12,800 The kingdom of God will have America. 771 00:50:13,900 --> 00:50:16,200 And every, everything, every Other Nation for that matter. 772 00:50:16,600 --> 00:50:19,200 And the only thing that will matter is whether or not you 773 00:50:19,200 --> 00:50:24,700 have received the king before the King has come, Repent and 774 00:50:24,700 --> 00:50:29,400 believe. Put your trust in the savior's 775 00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:35,100 blood before it's too late, seek Him from mercy and he will give 776 00:50:35,100 --> 00:50:39,800 it seek Him for forgiveness and if it's truly from the heart, 777 00:50:39,800 --> 00:50:43,000 you will be forgiven. Not just forgiving the holy 778 00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:47,400 spirit of God will seal you and he will put that citizenship as 779 00:50:47,400 --> 00:50:50,400 been purchased by the blood of Christ in the safest place 780 00:50:50,400 --> 00:50:52,400 possible. Where is that the faithfulness 781 00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:56,200 of God? He will not reject you, he will 782 00:50:56,200 --> 00:50:58,600 not push you away, he will not cancel you. 783 00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:04,100 Like that temple in Zechariah what was started. 784 00:51:04,600 --> 00:51:07,600 He will complete low. We thank you for this word. 785 00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:13,600 And we ask, oh God, that the mustard seed, with all of its 786 00:51:13,600 --> 00:51:18,900 truths would renew our faith and our worship and the reality of 787 00:51:18,900 --> 00:51:23,000 the kingdom of God. You reign? 788 00:51:25,200 --> 00:51:30,200 You have always rained. But we anticipate the reign of 789 00:51:30,200 --> 00:51:35,600 the Messiah. Fulfilling the prophecies made 790 00:51:35,600 --> 00:51:42,600 to David. We ask Lord of there's even one 791 00:51:42,600 --> 00:51:46,300 who is not confident about their status in your kingdom. 792 00:51:46,500 --> 00:51:50,000 That today would be the turning point and for those who are who 793 00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:53,700 have given their hearts to you, we ask Lord, that worship would 794 00:51:53,700 --> 00:51:58,200 be renewed. That what was said, would really 795 00:51:58,200 --> 00:52:01,700 make an impact on how we view Our lives, our investments in 796 00:52:01,700 --> 00:52:04,500 this world. And when all things might shake, 797 00:52:04,900 --> 00:52:08,800 and if they do crumble, if they do, fail us to be able to know 798 00:52:08,800 --> 00:52:11,600 that we have something that cannot be taken its 799 00:52:11,600 --> 00:52:14,300 imperishable. It's a reserved. 800 00:52:14,300 --> 00:52:18,100 It's all waiting and we will know it and it will be kept 801 00:52:18,100 --> 00:52:20,600 forever. This is our joy, and we sing to 802 00:52:20,600 --> 00:52:23,100 you. Oh, Lord, help us to see beyond 803 00:52:23,100 --> 00:52:26,100 this life. Help us to see into the future 804 00:52:26,100 --> 00:52:28,300 and really realize what this means. 805 00:52:28,300 --> 00:52:30,800 It may you receive the necessary Glory. 806 00:52:30,800 --> 00:52:35,000 As a result in Jesus name. Amen, let's Stand Together.