1 00:00:00,050 --> 00:00:02,210 Hey, once you turn in your Bibles with me to Matthew 2 00:00:02,220 --> 00:00:06,910 chapter 1, Matthew chapter 1, if you're not familiar with where 3 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:09,890 that is, look at my Bible about 3/4 the way through. 4 00:00:09,900 --> 00:00:12,960 There's this section, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John called the 5 00:00:12,970 --> 00:00:15,210 Gospels. And this is the first one in 6 00:00:15,220 --> 00:00:18,230 chapter 1 there. Just before we start, just a, a 7 00:00:18,240 --> 00:00:22,170 thank you kind of a shout out to Jonas and to Jacob for 8 00:00:22,220 --> 00:00:24,830 delivering those messages and the, you know, last two messages 9 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:28,250 of the series. Very grateful for you guys. 10 00:00:28,820 --> 00:00:34,070 Very grateful It's Advent. Anybody, anybody notice it's the 11 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:36,720 first Sunday of Advent already? Did this come as a little bit of 12 00:00:36,730 --> 00:00:39,880 a surprise? I, I think the reason why we 13 00:00:39,890 --> 00:00:42,180 sell, one of the reasons why we celebrate Avon is it kind of 14 00:00:42,190 --> 00:00:45,260 gets us ready. We're not quite ready for 15 00:00:45,270 --> 00:00:47,950 Christmas that for that celebration and it's this time 16 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:56,800 of preparation for this incredible, um, acknowledgement 17 00:00:57,140 --> 00:01:00,850 and really a party over the, the the greatest event that has 18 00:01:00,860 --> 00:01:05,410 taken place. Jesus is coming to this planet. 19 00:01:05,980 --> 00:01:08,270 His death and resurrection, of course, for very important too, 20 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,910 but his coming was the initiation of that. 21 00:01:11,260 --> 00:01:16,690 So we're starting this series, name above name above all names. 22 00:01:16,750 --> 00:01:21,260 And it's really just a series on Jesus, you know, on Jesus in 23 00:01:21,270 --> 00:01:26,170 particular and his name or the many names that are associated 24 00:01:26,180 --> 00:01:29,010 with him. When when we choose a name today 25 00:01:29,020 --> 00:01:33,410 for a child, for example, often what's happening is we're 26 00:01:33,420 --> 00:01:37,710 thinking of, OK, you know, what sounds nice, or maybe the name 27 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:42,290 reminds us of somebody. But it's not as popular to be 28 00:01:42,300 --> 00:01:44,650 choosing names based on the meaning of the name. 29 00:01:44,900 --> 00:01:47,390 I remember when you know, our first child. 30 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:53,140 So this was how old? Steph, 3435 She we, we went to 31 00:01:53,150 --> 00:01:56,480 the hospital and we went went to the hospital with a short list. 32 00:01:56,490 --> 00:01:57,920 We didn't know where it was gonna be a boy or girl. 33 00:01:57,930 --> 00:02:03,100 So we had a couple of short lists and this precious baby was 34 00:02:03,110 --> 00:02:07,920 born and we look at her and she doesn't fit any of the names on 35 00:02:07,930 --> 00:02:11,760 our list. You are not a Laura, you are not 36 00:02:11,770 --> 00:02:17,260 an Ellie, you're not a Gertrude. And so we we had to go back to 37 00:02:17,270 --> 00:02:21,860 our old our our long list of names and we selected Stephanie. 38 00:02:21,970 --> 00:02:25,480 This fits who this little one is. 39 00:02:25,570 --> 00:02:28,560 And it was only after kind of looking at the meaning of her 40 00:02:28,570 --> 00:02:31,610 name, We knew the meaning of the name, but crowned one, we 41 00:02:31,620 --> 00:02:34,000 thought that's appropriate. This is our little Princess, 42 00:02:34,330 --> 00:02:39,700 this precious, But the meaning was secondary to us in Bible 43 00:02:39,710 --> 00:02:42,140 times. The meaning was up front and 44 00:02:42,150 --> 00:02:45,360 centre. How it sounded and and perhaps 45 00:02:45,370 --> 00:02:47,900 who it reminded of reminded it of us. 46 00:02:48,030 --> 00:02:51,140 Those things may have been important, but but secondary to 47 00:02:51,150 --> 00:02:58,600 the meaning of that name. There are 200 names, I think 198 48 00:02:58,650 --> 00:03:01,430 names in the Bible for Jesus. Names and titles. 49 00:03:02,630 --> 00:03:08,140 But this one person and every single one of those names tells 50 00:03:08,150 --> 00:03:12,010 us something about who he is, tells us something about his 51 00:03:12,020 --> 00:03:17,020 character and his purpose for coming his heart towards us. 52 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:21,680 And we're going to take some time just to study some of those 53 00:03:21,690 --> 00:03:23,720 names. Now it's it's we're heading 54 00:03:23,730 --> 00:03:25,100 toward Christmas. And so we're going to look 55 00:03:25,110 --> 00:03:27,800 specifically at the names that are associated with the 56 00:03:27,950 --> 00:03:31,200 Christmas narrative. And we're gonna start simply 57 00:03:31,210 --> 00:03:36,160 with Jesus, the name Jesus. Ever thought about the name 58 00:03:36,170 --> 00:03:38,610 Jesus actually means we're gonna, we're gonna do that 59 00:03:38,620 --> 00:03:43,150 today. So that name has become the name 60 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:48,710 that is above every name, the name of Jesus Christ, and all 61 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,070 the other names that are associated with him stem from 62 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:52,820 this. So This is why we're beginning 63 00:03:52,830 --> 00:03:54,840 here today. So we're going to take a look at 64 00:03:54,850 --> 00:03:59,780 Matthew's Gospel chapter 1 and starting at 18, we'll read 18 to 65 00:03:59,790 --> 00:04:03,200 21. And Lord God, we thank you for 66 00:04:03,210 --> 00:04:06,950 this glorious gift that You've given to us in Your Word. 67 00:04:08,540 --> 00:04:12,010 Reveal yourself to us in a deeper measure, that we could 68 00:04:12,060 --> 00:04:18,019 love you more sincerely and worship you Lord more deeply. 69 00:04:18,860 --> 00:04:21,029 For your namesake we pray. Amen. 70 00:04:22,450 --> 00:04:24,790 Are you with me? Matthew chapter 1 starting at 71 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,930 verse 18. This is how the birth of Jesus 72 00:04:27,940 --> 00:04:31,450 the Messiah came about. His mother Mary was pledged to 73 00:04:31,460 --> 00:04:35,660 be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was 74 00:04:35,670 --> 00:04:38,100 found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 75 00:04:38,110 --> 00:04:43,930 Oh no, because Joseph, her husband, was faithful to the law 76 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,990 and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace. 77 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:51,960 He had in mind to divorce her quietly, but after he had 78 00:04:51,970 --> 00:04:56,080 considered this, an Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream 79 00:04:56,090 --> 00:05:01,200 and said, Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary 80 00:05:01,210 --> 00:05:06,720 home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the 81 00:05:06,730 --> 00:05:08,350 Holy Spirit. That's good news. 82 00:05:09,540 --> 00:05:13,570 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name 83 00:05:13,740 --> 00:05:19,060 Jesus because he will save his people from their sins. 84 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:25,220 That's where we're gonna stop. There's a lot here. 85 00:05:25,750 --> 00:05:28,480 It's a basically a a whole scandal. 86 00:05:28,730 --> 00:05:33,900 Mary is found to be pregnant and there doesn't appear to be a 87 00:05:33,910 --> 00:05:37,860 father involved. And Joseph has this very, you 88 00:05:37,870 --> 00:05:40,900 know, pretty stressful moment, I'm sure deciding what he's 89 00:05:40,910 --> 00:05:43,140 going to do with Mary. Well, it was because of the 90 00:05:43,150 --> 00:05:46,380 angels visitation speaking directly to him. 91 00:05:46,390 --> 00:05:49,400 Do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. 92 00:05:49,410 --> 00:05:52,920 Now that would have meant a lot for Joseph, and we don't have 93 00:05:52,930 --> 00:05:56,760 time to get into that. But the name was given to the 94 00:05:56,770 --> 00:06:01,250 child by an Angel, so from heaven given. 95 00:06:01,260 --> 00:06:06,350 And the name is Jesus. And the way that this name is 96 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:10,910 defined is right here, that he will save his people from their 97 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:16,520 sins. That name Jesus literally means 98 00:06:17,130 --> 00:06:23,190 Yahweh saves. So Jesus Greek is Yeezus, but 99 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:30,090 it's based on the the Hebrew Aramaic so which is Yeshua. 100 00:06:30,700 --> 00:06:38,390 And Yeshua literally means Yahweh saves or the Lord says 101 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:42,170 simply the Lord saves. The Lord is often used for for 102 00:06:42,180 --> 00:06:47,030 Yahweh. This is so significant, so 103 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,150 significant. If you look back through 104 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:51,170 Scripture, you know your eyes are kind of open to things. 105 00:06:51,180 --> 00:06:57,350 So Psalm 130 verse 7 to 8 says this is what the Sama says. 106 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:01,650 Israel, put your hope in the Lord, for with the Lord is 107 00:07:01,660 --> 00:07:06,210 unfailing love, and with Him is full redemption. 108 00:07:07,550 --> 00:07:12,440 He Himself will redeem Israel from all their sins. 109 00:07:13,990 --> 00:07:17,400 Right there in Scripture, in the Old Testament has been 110 00:07:17,410 --> 00:07:21,960 prophesied that He Himself, Yahweh Himself, the Lord Himself 111 00:07:21,970 --> 00:07:26,520 is going to redeem His people from their sins. 112 00:07:26,750 --> 00:07:34,130 So if you ever have a picture of God as this distant, aloof being 113 00:07:34,860 --> 00:07:40,500 that sends His wrath on people and sends other people to do His 114 00:07:40,510 --> 00:07:45,170 dirty bidding, the just the coming of Jesus, of Jesus, blows 115 00:07:45,180 --> 00:07:48,820 that whole picture up into a million pieces. 116 00:07:49,730 --> 00:07:55,350 God himself has come to redeem his people in person. 117 00:07:55,610 --> 00:07:58,710 That's what the incarnation is all about. 118 00:07:59,150 --> 00:08:08,420 Jesus is Yahweh, come to earth, come to save. 119 00:08:14,020 --> 00:08:18,840 That people come to me and ask, you know, hey, you know, love 120 00:08:18,850 --> 00:08:21,140 the service, you know, the music's great. 121 00:08:21,150 --> 00:08:24,160 You're not a bad speaker. Why do you talk so much about 122 00:08:24,170 --> 00:08:27,780 Jesus? And there's this, there's this 123 00:08:27,850 --> 00:08:31,340 little bit of a disconnect there because Jesus is at the heart 124 00:08:31,350 --> 00:08:35,840 and centre of everything to do with this book, right from 125 00:08:35,850 --> 00:08:38,020 beginning to end. In fact, it was a conversation 126 00:08:38,030 --> 00:08:41,059 was going on with the disciples and the road to Emmaus. 127 00:08:41,250 --> 00:08:44,110 Jesus was walking with them and actually rebuking them that they 128 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:47,580 hadn't seen that everything in the Old Testament was all 129 00:08:47,590 --> 00:08:51,340 pointing to Him. The Yahweh, the God of the Old 130 00:08:51,350 --> 00:08:55,900 Testament is the God of the New Testament, who is Jesus Christ 131 00:08:56,110 --> 00:08:59,510 of Nazareth. Jesus, he's everything. 132 00:08:59,740 --> 00:09:01,670 He's on every page. And then Charles Spurgeon, he 133 00:09:01,680 --> 00:09:05,990 says, no matter what passage that I'm preaching on in the 134 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,910 Bible, in the Old Testament, I always just make a beeline to 135 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:13,640 the cross, a beeline to Jesus because it all ultimately points 136 00:09:13,650 --> 00:09:17,050 to him. So let's talk about this. 137 00:09:17,060 --> 00:09:21,090 Name Jesus for a minute. This is a very common name in 138 00:09:21,100 --> 00:09:24,280 1st century Palestine. It was a lot of Jesus out there. 139 00:09:24,290 --> 00:09:26,240 Don't you find it kind of weird when people actually, maybe I 140 00:09:26,250 --> 00:09:28,470 shouldn't say this, but people call their kids Jesus. 141 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:32,980 You see that in Latin American countries sometimes it was a 142 00:09:32,990 --> 00:09:36,800 very common name. Why would God choose a very, 143 00:09:36,810 --> 00:09:40,580 very common name for his entrance? 144 00:09:40,590 --> 00:09:43,260 And you, you would think that his entrance into the planet, 145 00:09:43,270 --> 00:09:46,480 he, he would, he would have this incredibly unique, different 146 00:09:46,490 --> 00:09:50,120 name, but it was a very common name because he was making 147 00:09:50,130 --> 00:09:53,760 himself accessible to us. You see, Yahweh, which was the 148 00:09:53,770 --> 00:09:58,360 name, the personal name for God, which was for, for for many 149 00:09:58,370 --> 00:10:01,230 Jews, it was too sacred and too holy to even to pronounce. 150 00:10:01,660 --> 00:10:05,090 And so we're going to find other names to kind of kind of insert 151 00:10:05,100 --> 00:10:10,450 there, but God wants to reveal His Holiness to it. 152 00:10:10,500 --> 00:10:14,500 He comes makes himself accessible with very very common 153 00:10:14,560 --> 00:10:22,140 name coming in a very common way to help us to see what His glory 154 00:10:22,150 --> 00:10:27,570 is like who He really is, what that holy Yahweh, you holy God 155 00:10:27,580 --> 00:10:34,720 Yahweh is and who he is and and and and and for us to be in awe 156 00:10:35,220 --> 00:10:37,550 like we pray that prayer. You know how there would be your 157 00:10:37,560 --> 00:10:40,220 name, which essentially is a request to God? 158 00:10:40,260 --> 00:10:44,590 God, may your name be recognized as holy in my life and in the 159 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,320 world. He is doing that. 160 00:10:47,330 --> 00:10:52,120 He is showing us just by who He is and how He does it. 161 00:10:52,130 --> 00:10:56,770 How, how, how He is come to us at Christmas that He is. 162 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:02,430 He is the holy God. There is no one like you, Lord. 163 00:11:03,610 --> 00:11:12,630 There are two, two points, 222 parts to his name, Lord and 164 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:14,950 saves. That's the simple part. 165 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:19,150 Those those two things Lord and says and we see this in the 166 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:22,830 announcement that the Angel gives to the shepherds on the 167 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:26,400 night that Jesus was born. And if you want to flip over 168 00:11:26,410 --> 00:11:31,470 with me to Luke chapter 2 in your Bibles, so goes Matthew, 169 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:34,470 Mark, Luke, you can do that. We'll have it up on the screen 170 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:39,330 as well, but I always like to have it open before me in the 171 00:11:39,340 --> 00:11:42,020 Bible. Luke Chapter 11. 172 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:46,690 Oh sorry. Luke chapter 2. 173 00:11:46,700 --> 00:11:47,890 Thank you. Verse 11. 174 00:11:51,260 --> 00:11:55,430 This is one of the verses that that Haley read to us this 175 00:11:55,440 --> 00:12:00,370 morning. Angel says this is today in the 176 00:12:00,380 --> 00:12:04,370 town of David. A Savior has been born to you. 177 00:12:04,500 --> 00:12:09,720 He is Christ the Lord. Similar translations would have 178 00:12:09,790 --> 00:12:12,430 the Messiah. Messiah and Christ, very 179 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:14,180 similar. We're gonna leave that for next 180 00:12:14,190 --> 00:12:19,800 week, actually. But these two titles, Savior and 181 00:12:19,810 --> 00:12:24,300 Lord, make up the name Jesus, and they're very, very 182 00:12:24,650 --> 00:12:28,980 significant. Let's just talk about those for 183 00:12:28,990 --> 00:12:29,970 a minute. Savior. 184 00:12:30,300 --> 00:12:32,390 What are we talking about when we're talking about a savior? 185 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:34,230 Savior is someone who saves, obviously. 186 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:38,720 Now, to save means that we're rescuing someone from danger. 187 00:12:39,650 --> 00:12:42,500 We're restoring. Another way of of defining what 188 00:12:42,510 --> 00:12:46,880 saving is, is restoring something to its former state so 189 00:12:46,890 --> 00:12:52,010 that it's safe and for the sake of its well-being as well. 190 00:12:52,020 --> 00:12:55,580 The save is at least the way that it's spoken of biblically, 191 00:12:55,590 --> 00:13:00,420 is is is about healing the word, the word, the word, same, same 192 00:13:00,430 --> 00:13:04,000 word for heal and for save they can use be used interchangeably. 193 00:13:05,980 --> 00:13:10,820 This is the heart of God for us. He's all about rescuing us from 194 00:13:10,830 --> 00:13:16,180 danger, He's all about restoring us to a better state for our own 195 00:13:16,190 --> 00:13:18,720 well-being. And He's all about bringing 196 00:13:18,730 --> 00:13:22,970 healing into our lives. This is what He is about, 197 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:26,510 getting us out of trouble. And that's why Jesus, when he 198 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:31,030 was defining his own mission, said that the Son of Man has 199 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:35,040 come to seek and to save the lost. 200 00:13:36,210 --> 00:13:39,500 Think about that parable of the of the lost sheep and the 201 00:13:39,510 --> 00:13:42,250 shepherd going out and pursuing that lost sheep. 202 00:13:44,350 --> 00:13:49,410 Endanger in trouble, rescuing, rescuing that one. 203 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:54,480 This is the heart of God for us and the greatest trouble that we 204 00:13:54,490 --> 00:13:56,920 can ever get into. He's, you know, I'd say the most 205 00:13:56,930 --> 00:14:01,070 popular prayer ever prayed is help, right? 206 00:14:02,580 --> 00:14:03,930 Those who don't even believe in God. 207 00:14:03,940 --> 00:14:06,590 It's like if you're up there, help right? 208 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:07,990 When we get into these tight spots. 209 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:11,710 But the greatest trouble that we'll ever get into, which is 210 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:14,870 the source of all of our troubles, is our own sinfulness, 211 00:14:15,060 --> 00:14:19,250 is our own rebellion toward God, is our own self centeredness and 212 00:14:19,260 --> 00:14:22,010 living apart from him. That's the trouble, and that's 213 00:14:22,020 --> 00:14:25,270 the trouble that he came to deal with and to deal with 214 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:28,410 decisively. And He makes this provision 215 00:14:29,530 --> 00:14:34,950 through his death, life, death and resurrection for our sins, 216 00:14:35,420 --> 00:14:38,910 completely identifies with us as humans, lives the life that we 217 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:43,270 were meant to live but have failed to do so, and then gets 218 00:14:43,380 --> 00:14:51,500 nailed to a rugged wooden cross that we actually deserve for our 219 00:14:51,510 --> 00:14:55,780 sins. The an exchange could take 220 00:14:55,790 --> 00:14:58,910 place. He gets what we deserve and we 221 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:02,830 get what He deserves, and we get forgiveness as a result. 222 00:15:05,310 --> 00:15:09,430 That's His saving grace and He's leading us to that place of 223 00:15:09,570 --> 00:15:14,560 repentance so that He can forgive us for our sins. 224 00:15:14,850 --> 00:15:18,630 So that's the Savior portion, but what about the Lord portion? 225 00:15:19,620 --> 00:15:24,830 The earliest Christian confession ever 3 simple but 226 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:31,480 powerful words. Jesus is Lord, He is the boss of 227 00:15:31,490 --> 00:15:34,760 the universe, He is the king over all. 228 00:15:34,890 --> 00:15:39,200 He is the Lord now. The Greek word for Lord kurios. 229 00:15:39,650 --> 00:15:43,540 It was used in the New Testament times to refer to an owner, 230 00:15:43,610 --> 00:15:47,960 emperor, king, father, husband, master, kind of authority 231 00:15:47,970 --> 00:15:51,980 figures. And yet that same word was also 232 00:15:51,990 --> 00:15:56,590 used to translate Hebrew titles and names for God like Yahweh, 233 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:05,490 Adonai, Elohim. So in the Gospels, when people 234 00:16:05,500 --> 00:16:09,210 were referring to Jesus, they would refer to him as Lord, but 235 00:16:09,220 --> 00:16:13,660 it was probably more so like as show of respect. 236 00:16:13,710 --> 00:16:15,790 You are our rabbi. You are our teacher. 237 00:16:16,780 --> 00:16:19,490 It's kind of more like Sir, as opposed to I'm referring to you 238 00:16:19,500 --> 00:16:23,220 as God. But after the resurrection, 239 00:16:24,100 --> 00:16:27,800 everything changed. Suddenly that title Lord was 240 00:16:27,810 --> 00:16:32,060 elevated to the highest place and this is you know where we 241 00:16:32,070 --> 00:16:37,050 get you know that that right after the resurrection. 242 00:16:37,850 --> 00:16:40,640 Remember Thomas and and John chapter 20. 243 00:16:40,950 --> 00:16:46,270 But Thomas is doubting that Jesus rose from the dead and 244 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:49,710 then Jesus appears to him and shows him Hey Tom, put put put 245 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:53,080 your hand in my in the scars in my put your finger in the scars 246 00:16:53,090 --> 00:16:55,390 in my hand into my side. It has been pierced. 247 00:16:56,910 --> 00:17:03,180 And Thomas's response was this. Thomas said to him, My Lord and 248 00:17:03,190 --> 00:17:08,920 my God. Now Thomas was not swearing. 249 00:17:10,099 --> 00:17:14,390 I lowered him like no, because Jesus would rebuked him at that 250 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:16,800 point, but Jesus blessed him at that point, right? 251 00:17:16,810 --> 00:17:22,720 This was a recognition that you Jesus are my Lord, You Jesus are 252 00:17:22,730 --> 00:17:24,540 my God. And Jesus did not correct him 253 00:17:24,550 --> 00:17:30,750 over that. And that is why Jesus's name was 254 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:33,390 exalted. And we read it in Philippians 255 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:37,930 chapter 2 verse 9 to 11 says therefore God exalted him to the 256 00:17:37,940 --> 00:17:40,930 highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 257 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,750 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow in heaven, and 258 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:46,720 on earth and under the earth, and every tongue. 259 00:17:46,730 --> 00:17:52,620 Confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the 260 00:17:52,630 --> 00:17:55,270 Father. New NIV is actually 261 00:17:55,280 --> 00:18:00,880 acknowledged, right? But acknowledge, confess Jesus 262 00:18:01,390 --> 00:18:05,850 as Lord elevated. Let me ask you a question. 263 00:18:05,900 --> 00:18:09,470 What? What do you have in common with 264 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:16,180 Billy Graham, Taylor Swift? Mother Teresa. 265 00:18:17,370 --> 00:18:20,330 Austin Matthews and Adolf Hitler. 266 00:18:21,290 --> 00:18:25,770 What do you personally have in common with these people, apart 267 00:18:25,780 --> 00:18:28,210 from the fact that there you were all human, right? 268 00:18:28,420 --> 00:18:33,010 There's one thing and that is that at some point everyone of 269 00:18:33,020 --> 00:18:37,610 you, including myself, is going to bow the knee to Jesus Christ 270 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:41,950 and confess that He is Lord. Those who love Him and those who 271 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:48,010 oppose Him all will at one day bow the knee and confess or 272 00:18:48,020 --> 00:18:52,120 acknowledge your Lord. Now, it's great when we're 273 00:18:52,130 --> 00:18:56,250 willing and joyful about that, but some will get to that point 274 00:18:56,260 --> 00:18:58,010 where they're going to continue to resist. 275 00:18:58,020 --> 00:19:04,540 But we have to acknowledge that He is Lord, He is Lord, He is 276 00:19:04,550 --> 00:19:08,650 the Lord of your life even when you do not acknowledge it. 277 00:19:08,660 --> 00:19:13,390 He is the Lord of your life, and the challenge for each one of us 278 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:16,700 is that really the invitation is will you acknowledge that and 279 00:19:16,710 --> 00:19:19,990 will you live as though that is true? 280 00:19:21,190 --> 00:19:25,610 You know, the world thinks of lordship is in, in, in often in 281 00:19:25,620 --> 00:19:29,090 terms of dominance, of abuse of power. 282 00:19:30,370 --> 00:19:36,270 Um, and God shows us how He exerts His Lordship in the very 283 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:42,050 next verse in Luke chapter 2 when he says this, this is the 284 00:19:42,060 --> 00:19:44,340 angels announcement. So he said, you know, today in 285 00:19:44,350 --> 00:19:46,130 the town of David have been born to you. 286 00:19:46,190 --> 00:19:48,790 He is Christ the Lord. And then in verse 12, it says 287 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:51,630 this will be assigned to you that he has come. 288 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:54,550 You will find a baby wrapped in clothes and lying in a Manger. 289 00:19:56,830 --> 00:20:03,530 The Lord of all has come. In all this power and he is a 290 00:20:03,540 --> 00:20:07,390 helpless little baby in a animal feeding trough. 291 00:20:09,250 --> 00:20:11,700 Talk about condescension. Talk about humility. 292 00:20:11,710 --> 00:20:17,290 Talk about, well, I mean poverty and meekness, it's all there. 293 00:20:17,300 --> 00:20:19,660 This is how he exerts his lordship. 294 00:20:19,710 --> 00:20:22,540 So we need to be thinking about Savior and Lord. 295 00:20:22,550 --> 00:20:28,280 Yeah, he is exalted, but he is also humble and in fact his 296 00:20:28,290 --> 00:20:32,050 humility is the reason why he's exalted. 297 00:20:33,150 --> 00:20:36,820 That's why in in Philippians chapter 2, before it gets you 298 00:20:36,830 --> 00:20:39,380 know, therefore, God exalted him to the highest place. 299 00:20:39,690 --> 00:20:43,120 It says this Jesus Christ who being in very nature God, did 300 00:20:43,130 --> 00:20:45,930 not consider equality with God something to be used to his own 301 00:20:45,940 --> 00:20:48,800 advantage. Rather, he made himself nothing 302 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:52,170 by taking the very nature of a servant being made in human 303 00:20:52,180 --> 00:20:54,910 likeness and being found in appearance as a man. 304 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:59,690 He humbled himself by becoming obedient to death, even death on 305 00:20:59,700 --> 00:21:04,320 a cross. That's why He's the exalted 306 00:21:04,390 --> 00:21:10,270 Lord. So why are we talking about 307 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:13,940 this? Because God has revealed himself 308 00:21:13,950 --> 00:21:17,820 in his Son Jesus Christ, and Jesus has been revealed in two 309 00:21:17,830 --> 00:21:21,860 ways, as Savior and Lord, and that is significant. 310 00:21:21,870 --> 00:21:24,170 Significant. If we take one without the 311 00:21:24,180 --> 00:21:27,830 other, we're missing something significant and it will have a 312 00:21:27,890 --> 00:21:33,910 very negative impact on us. Savior and Lord speak of His 313 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:38,760 character and and what He is about and those two things as 314 00:21:38,770 --> 00:21:41,860 well are going to shape our character if we can hold them in 315 00:21:41,870 --> 00:21:44,690 balance. So it's Advent, right? 316 00:21:44,750 --> 00:21:46,790 I think right it is first they Sunday of Advent. 317 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:50,940 We're not quite ready for it, and Advent is the celebration of 318 00:21:50,950 --> 00:21:54,630 Jesus's first coming. And as well, it helps, it's 319 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,260 helping to prepare us for his second coming. 320 00:21:58,120 --> 00:22:01,980 And so let's just start that preparation time. 321 00:22:02,050 --> 00:22:04,340 This is what we're gonna do. Just gonna just gonna start into 322 00:22:04,350 --> 00:22:06,480 this. My question to you is this, how 323 00:22:06,550 --> 00:22:09,820 is your spiritual life? How is your spiritual life right 324 00:22:09,830 --> 00:22:11,810 now? How are you feeling with God? 325 00:22:12,220 --> 00:22:16,450 How spiritually alive are you currently in this moment? 326 00:22:16,620 --> 00:22:19,530 I know many of us are and this we're moving into a season, 327 00:22:19,540 --> 00:22:22,530 digital month where things can get very harried, we can feel 328 00:22:22,540 --> 00:22:25,710 stressed, etcetera. How are you doing spiritually? 329 00:22:27,570 --> 00:22:31,540 Most of the trouble that we have on the spiritual plane, in fact 330 00:22:31,550 --> 00:22:36,780 I could argue on any plane in life has to do with how we are 331 00:22:36,790 --> 00:22:39,770 interacting with God as Savior and Lord. 332 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:46,630 And if one of those two aspects of God we're not really in touch 333 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:49,010 with, we're not connecting with, it's going to it's going to 334 00:22:49,020 --> 00:22:51,270 cause a shift in our life in a negative direction. 335 00:22:52,310 --> 00:22:58,490 For example, if my emphasis is on Jesus Savior, you know, I 336 00:22:58,500 --> 00:23:01,930 believe that He has, you know, forgiven my sins, but I'm 337 00:23:01,940 --> 00:23:07,170 ignoring the fact that He is Lord and boss of my life and the 338 00:23:07,180 --> 00:23:09,080 level of my obedience is at an all time low. 339 00:23:09,090 --> 00:23:11,600 That's going to have an impact on my spiritual life. 340 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:16,130 Saying the flip side, if my emphasis is on the fact that 341 00:23:16,140 --> 00:23:22,470 Jesus is Lord and obeying Him, but the Savior aspect of who He 342 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:27,390 is to me is minimized, then it's going to be all about my effort 343 00:23:27,780 --> 00:23:33,000 to obey. I'm losing the fuel that enables 344 00:23:33,010 --> 00:23:37,120 me to obey when I'm missing out on His mercy and His love for 345 00:23:37,130 --> 00:23:38,800 me, you know? I just think of myself, you 346 00:23:38,810 --> 00:23:44,480 know, I knew Jesus as Lord before I really knew him as 347 00:23:44,490 --> 00:23:48,410 Savior. I remember the first time, 348 00:23:48,420 --> 00:23:52,850 someone, the first time that that information was 349 00:23:52,860 --> 00:23:56,430 communicated to me, that, you know, Jesus came to save me. 350 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:58,850 I remember thinking, save me from what? 351 00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:01,650 Like, OK, well, save me from my sins. 352 00:24:01,660 --> 00:24:05,030 Well, I don't have too many of those, right? 353 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:08,310 I, I was the kind of guy that recognized I need, I need God's 354 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:10,870 help, but just a little bit of help every once in a while. 355 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:14,630 I really didn't see myself as desperately needy of God's 356 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:17,990 forgiveness for my sin until I started spending time with the 357 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,200 Lord, reading the Scriptures, communing with Jesus, communing 358 00:24:21,210 --> 00:24:25,210 with a sinless one, the one that is absolutely squeaky clean and 359 00:24:25,220 --> 00:24:28,210 realizing, Oh my word, like there's a lot of dirt in my 360 00:24:28,220 --> 00:24:30,670 life. There's a lot of sin that's 361 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:34,310 residing in there. And when I came to realize that 362 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:40,730 here I am thinking I'm so good, so proud of who I am, and 363 00:24:40,740 --> 00:24:45,190 realizing no, I'm stinking sinful and he's loving me still, 364 00:24:45,380 --> 00:24:48,930 it's like that just broke me. Just broke me. 365 00:24:50,330 --> 00:24:53,040 We need to have, yes, certainly a a record. 366 00:24:53,050 --> 00:24:57,540 We need to have a recognition of Jesus Christ as both Lord and 367 00:24:57,550 --> 00:25:01,380 Savior of our life in order for us to grow in the direction that 368 00:25:01,390 --> 00:25:05,240 He's that he's really created and redeeming us to grow in. 369 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:11,940 So this is the point your spiritual vitality. 370 00:25:12,410 --> 00:25:15,780 In fact, the revival if you, if you're, if you're seeking 371 00:25:15,790 --> 00:25:19,900 revival in your in your, in your spirit toward God, it's all 372 00:25:19,910 --> 00:25:23,500 dependent on how serious you are taking Jesus as your Savior and 373 00:25:23,510 --> 00:25:27,170 Lord, both of those taken in check. 374 00:25:27,380 --> 00:25:30,360 So just a little reflection time. 375 00:25:30,490 --> 00:25:34,980 How are you right now experiencing Jesus as your 376 00:25:34,990 --> 00:25:36,860 Savior? Like if you just think about 377 00:25:36,870 --> 00:25:42,900 this season of your life, how are you experiencing Jesus as 378 00:25:42,910 --> 00:25:47,660 your Savior? Do you see your need for Him? 379 00:25:49,930 --> 00:25:52,470 Do you are, are you, are you recognizing? 380 00:25:54,860 --> 00:25:57,970 Are you thankful for His forgiveness? 381 00:25:58,850 --> 00:26:02,630 Maybe you know when is the last time you have confessed your sin 382 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:05,520 and received His mercy? Or is that sort of in the 383 00:26:05,530 --> 00:26:07,930 background? That's something the Lord would 384 00:26:07,940 --> 00:26:13,180 say, come closer to me, come closer to me, recognize my mercy 385 00:26:13,190 --> 00:26:15,340 that's new every morning, something that you desperately 386 00:26:15,350 --> 00:26:18,500 need. You know, sometimes we, we use 387 00:26:18,510 --> 00:26:21,280 language like, well, I have been saved already and in the 388 00:26:21,290 --> 00:26:25,060 scripture does use language like we have been saved, but 389 00:26:25,110 --> 00:26:29,080 Scripture also uses language that we are being saved and we 390 00:26:29,090 --> 00:26:32,840 will be saved fully. In other words, God is still 391 00:26:32,850 --> 00:26:35,890 saving me. He's still saving you. 392 00:26:36,120 --> 00:26:39,040 If we've entered into that relationship, we need His saving 393 00:26:39,050 --> 00:26:45,450 grace absolutely every day and He just wants to wake us up to 394 00:26:45,460 --> 00:26:50,930 that fact. Um, the parables do a really 395 00:26:50,940 --> 00:26:53,270 good job of that. And I alluded earlier to the 396 00:26:53,330 --> 00:26:55,600 parable of the, of the lost sheep. 397 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:59,550 You know that that that parable where the 99 Jesus leaves the 90 398 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:06,530 nor the shepherd leaves the 99 and heads after the one in that 399 00:27:06,540 --> 00:27:10,790 parable was spoken. You've got to learn the context 400 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,490 was spoken to the scribes and Pharisees who were muttering at 401 00:27:13,500 --> 00:27:17,930 Jesus or spending time with with riffraff with with tax 402 00:27:17,940 --> 00:27:21,030 collectors and sinners. And then Jesus speaks this 403 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:28,930 parable and Robert Kaplan, he he, he's kind of is, is is 404 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:31,750 pondering over this parable. Very interesting. 405 00:27:32,330 --> 00:27:36,440 He was saying that shepherds wouldn't think of leaving 99 406 00:27:36,450 --> 00:27:40,490 sheep to go after one. They they would never leave 407 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:43,990 these sheep unattended and exposed to predators. 408 00:27:47,310 --> 00:27:52,600 And so this, that the point is that, you know, the one this, 409 00:27:52,610 --> 00:27:54,400 this is how he sees he how he sees it. 410 00:27:54,460 --> 00:27:58,200 The one that Jesus went after is actually humanity as they really 411 00:27:58,210 --> 00:28:04,160 are, as we really are. But the 99 are those who think 412 00:28:04,210 --> 00:28:06,140 that they're OK. They don't, they don't, they 413 00:28:06,150 --> 00:28:07,840 don't recognize that they're lost. 414 00:28:08,210 --> 00:28:11,540 They think that they're fine. They don't need any saving 415 00:28:11,550 --> 00:28:13,790 grace. They don't need any help and 416 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:18,060 Jesus would leave the 99. And the fact that the fact of 417 00:28:18,070 --> 00:28:20,080 the matter is that he never comes back to the 99. 418 00:28:20,090 --> 00:28:21,650 That was the point that Captain was making. 419 00:28:22,060 --> 00:28:24,650 He just goes after the one and after he finds the one, he 420 00:28:24,660 --> 00:28:27,310 throws a big party. But the 99 there, we don't even 421 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:33,390 get back to the 99. In other words, Jesus resist the 422 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:37,680 proud and gives grace to the humble, to those who know their 423 00:28:37,690 --> 00:28:40,270 need. And this is for for each one of 424 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:41,850 us. We need to recognize, hey, you 425 00:28:41,860 --> 00:28:46,090 know what, there's going to be a growing self righteousness in us 426 00:28:46,150 --> 00:28:48,650 as we as we're following Jesus said, hey, I'm doing pretty 427 00:28:48,660 --> 00:28:49,650 well. I'm doing pretty good. 428 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:53,290 And we kind of start to lean on our own capacity and not think 429 00:28:53,300 --> 00:28:55,490 of ourselves as in need of a savior. 430 00:28:55,780 --> 00:29:00,310 But we, of course, we need a savior, continually need a 431 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:02,470 savior. It's the poor, it's the weak, 432 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:05,490 it's the addicted, it's the troubled, it's the fractured, 433 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:11,770 it's the broken that have some inkling that their life is off 434 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:18,290 and I need a savior that needs to be that. 435 00:29:18,300 --> 00:29:20,650 That's the that's what a Christian is, is a recognition. 436 00:29:20,660 --> 00:29:23,650 That's me right now and I need you more. 437 00:29:24,930 --> 00:29:29,480 Second thing, second question, how are you right now in this 438 00:29:29,490 --> 00:29:34,410 season of your life, obeying Jesus as your Lord? 439 00:29:35,310 --> 00:29:39,200 Like if you think right now, currently, how am I engaging 440 00:29:39,210 --> 00:29:39,840 this? How am I? 441 00:29:39,930 --> 00:29:44,280 How am I actually obeying Jesus as the Lord of my life? 442 00:29:46,780 --> 00:29:49,950 And, and, and I think we have to when, when we think about this, 443 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:54,070 you need to realize, OK, it's not just that we have to 444 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:57,710 identify ourselves as Christians because that could mean a whole 445 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,030 lot. Christian can sometimes even 446 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:04,510 mean just a nice person, but no Christian is more than that. 447 00:30:04,580 --> 00:30:08,100 How? How am I following Jesus like 448 00:30:08,110 --> 00:30:11,240 right now? How? 449 00:30:11,430 --> 00:30:14,600 How am I actually following Him as my Lord? 450 00:30:14,690 --> 00:30:16,560 What does that obedience look like? 451 00:30:16,770 --> 00:30:22,310 What am I doing that might be a bit painful to me, that is going 452 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:25,020 to bring pleasure to my Father in heaven? 453 00:30:26,710 --> 00:30:29,690 What? What challenge am I willing to 454 00:30:29,750 --> 00:30:32,640 face in doing something that I know is right? 455 00:30:33,390 --> 00:30:37,320 It's gonna cost me, but it's going to be for the good of 456 00:30:37,330 --> 00:30:40,390 another person and for ultimately for the glory of God. 457 00:30:41,830 --> 00:30:44,620 What, what, what, You know, sometimes we get so consumed 458 00:30:44,630 --> 00:30:47,800 with our problems, with our with our own life, you know, we cut 459 00:30:47,810 --> 00:30:49,720 our world can kind of close in on us. 460 00:30:51,900 --> 00:30:58,050 How can I be putting aside my problems and and think outwardly 461 00:30:58,060 --> 00:31:02,340 toward those in my life? And I'm not saying that we don't 462 00:31:02,350 --> 00:31:04,720 all have, but we all have problems we have to deal with. 463 00:31:04,990 --> 00:31:08,500 But there's something about putting our problems aside for a 464 00:31:08,510 --> 00:31:12,880 moment and doing what God would. Jesus is commanding us to do and 465 00:31:12,890 --> 00:31:15,730 loving Him and loving our neighbors, ourselves that 466 00:31:15,740 --> 00:31:17,880 actually can bring healing to our life. 467 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:21,750 You know, there's a Savior. He's giving us wisdom, and as we 468 00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:24,600 follow through on that wisdom, recognizing that He is Lord, 469 00:31:25,460 --> 00:31:28,730 that healing comes like we begin to be saved. 470 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:35,680 And so how are you obeying Jesus as Lord of your life right now? 471 00:31:36,950 --> 00:31:39,370 I don't know if you've seen the documentary on Prime. 472 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:42,770 This is one that Mark Corbeau recommended to GAIL and I were 473 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:45,250 we've been watching it. So Jonathan is Jesus. 474 00:31:45,260 --> 00:31:50,270 Anyone seen that one? So Jonathan Rumi, who is the 475 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:53,780 actor that plays Jesus in the television series The Chosen. 476 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,280 And it just really just chronicles some of his time, 477 00:31:56,290 --> 00:32:01,170 what it's like to be acting Jesus and then to be known 478 00:32:01,180 --> 00:32:04,800 worldwide as Jesus, right? And what that's been like. 479 00:32:04,810 --> 00:32:06,770 So it's very interesting documentary. 480 00:32:07,340 --> 00:32:11,410 What fascinated me is that there's this part where Francis 481 00:32:11,420 --> 00:32:16,560 Chan was being interviewed and the interview was about, you 482 00:32:16,570 --> 00:32:20,350 know what? You know that responsibility 483 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:25,050 that an actor has to play such an important role to actually 484 00:32:25,060 --> 00:32:28,880 play the son of the living God. And chance is this. 485 00:32:28,890 --> 00:32:33,440 This is, I guess that's why I would be afraid to go, hey, we 486 00:32:33,450 --> 00:32:37,420 want you to help people know what Jesus was really like by 487 00:32:37,430 --> 00:32:41,200 acting like him says, wow, I don't know. 488 00:32:41,250 --> 00:32:43,190 In other words, I wouldn't want that job. 489 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:51,190 But it got me thinking that if I'm a follower of Jesus, I do 490 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:55,540 have that job. And, and it's not to try to act 491 00:32:55,550 --> 00:32:59,690 to, to, to, to, to kind of, you know, like to, you know, put on 492 00:32:59,700 --> 00:33:02,520 a show of some sort. No, it's actually to act like 493 00:33:02,530 --> 00:33:04,480 Jesus, like to, to be, to be really Jesus. 494 00:33:04,730 --> 00:33:10,710 That is the call of our lives. Jesus say come follow me, do 495 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:18,060 what I do, obey what I say and that will bring you to life, not 496 00:33:18,310 --> 00:33:21,170 the the the light, the life. It's in other words, it's part 497 00:33:21,180 --> 00:33:24,060 and parcel. It's it's what what Jesus is 498 00:33:24,070 --> 00:33:26,880 calling us to is not a cheap grace like what Bonhoeffer 499 00:33:26,890 --> 00:33:30,140 talked about or an easy believe ISM MacArthur talking about 500 00:33:30,150 --> 00:33:33,380 where I just received Jesus as my savior. 501 00:33:33,390 --> 00:33:35,620 And then I go about living my life the way I want to live it 502 00:33:35,970 --> 00:33:39,320 know his, his saving grace and my obedience to him. 503 00:33:39,330 --> 00:33:42,300 And as Lord, they're they go hand in hand. 504 00:33:43,050 --> 00:33:45,490 And that's how we continue to grow in him. 505 00:33:50,850 --> 00:33:57,270 So we're coming to the table, and Jesus gives us his great 506 00:33:57,280 --> 00:34:02,150 invitation as our Savior and as our Lord, as the one who is 507 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:09,170 holy, comes near to us and invites us to come near to him. 508 00:34:09,679 --> 00:34:12,870 He makes himself fully accessible. 509 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:18,389 The Lord of all wants to come and bring healing to your life. 510 00:34:18,540 --> 00:34:21,920 The Lord of all is coming. I want to save you from trouble. 511 00:34:22,159 --> 00:34:25,690 I want to forgive your sins. I want to set you on the right 512 00:34:25,699 --> 00:34:29,520 path. Come to the table and receive me 513 00:34:29,530 --> 00:34:39,179 fully as Savior and as Lord were given by Jesus bread, which 514 00:34:39,230 --> 00:34:44,260 represents his body, His crucified body for us 515 00:34:44,449 --> 00:34:49,219 represented in the bread and as well we're given the cup which 516 00:34:49,449 --> 00:34:54,739 signifies his blood that was shed for us for the forgiveness 517 00:34:54,790 --> 00:34:59,200 of our sins. And he gives us this meal to for 518 00:34:59,210 --> 00:35:04,190 us to remember him, but remember him for who he is and to be 519 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:09,430 nourished by that truth by him, what's true about him as well as 520 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,210 his presence in this meal. So I want to just invite us to 521 00:35:12,220 --> 00:35:16,730 pray this would be close this message and move into into 522 00:35:16,740 --> 00:35:20,160 communion. This is a a very sacred moment, 523 00:35:22,170 --> 00:35:27,730 Lord. Wherever you are, it's a sacred 524 00:35:27,740 --> 00:35:30,880 moment, and we recognize that right now. 525 00:35:31,590 --> 00:35:37,680 We thank You for what you have done for us on that cross as our 526 00:35:37,690 --> 00:35:40,940 Savior. But Lord, we do thank you also 527 00:35:41,270 --> 00:35:47,630 that You are our Lord and that you know better how to run our 528 00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:51,150 lives than we do. And so we pray that you would 529 00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:54,830 reveal yourself to us deeply now just to encourage you here. 530 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:59,310 If you have, if you have not received Jesus as your Savior 531 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:05,250 and Lord, this, this is a moment you can do that and just say 532 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:07,170 maybe this might be for the first time. 533 00:36:07,220 --> 00:36:09,550 Maybe it's I'm gonna do this again. 534 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:12,650 But I think we can all just simply receive Jesus as Lord and 535 00:36:12,660 --> 00:36:15,030 Savior. But Lord, I recognize you have 536 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:18,670 saved me from my sin through your death on the cross. 537 00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:23,270 Thank you for taking my place. Thank you for your cleansing. 538 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:27,310 Blood wash me clean. Wash me clean. 539 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:30,560 Not on the basis of the good things I've done, but because of 540 00:36:30,570 --> 00:36:34,250 your great mercy. Wash me clean, Be my slave. 541 00:36:36,540 --> 00:36:40,230 And also Jesus, I ask you to be my Lord. 542 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:44,890 I acknowledge that you are the Lord of all, but now I come 543 00:36:44,900 --> 00:36:47,790 under your lordship. I submit to you. 544 00:36:47,940 --> 00:36:52,650 My desire is to obey you and do what you command, not because 545 00:36:52,660 --> 00:36:56,490 you're a ruthless taskmaster, but because you are a gracious 546 00:36:56,640 --> 00:37:03,590 Savior and a humble Lord. I receive. 547 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:11,140 You receive, receive them again. Thank you, Lord and Lord, as we 548 00:37:11,150 --> 00:37:18,610 come to your table and we respond to your invitation, we 549 00:37:18,620 --> 00:37:23,910 ask that You would grant to us a fresh vision of who you are and 550 00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:28,090 a deep appreciation and a desire to worship You all the more with 551 00:37:28,100 --> 00:37:30,930 our lives and begin with this meal. 552 00:37:31,820 --> 00:37:32,990 It's in your name, we pray.