1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:04,280 We have been going through a series called the Gospel Course, 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:07,160 but we're going to divert that for this week. 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:10,680 This wasn't my plan, but the Lord kind of arrested my plans 4 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:13,520 this week and getting ready for Easter. 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,440 And so today we're going to look at the triumphal entry and 6 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:19,920 prepare ourselves for this week. We have a lot of things going on 7 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:22,320 this week. Y'all this week. 8 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:28,360 Well, we have today we begin the Easter time, Wednesday we have 9 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:32,880 evangelism training, Friday we have a Good Friday service, and 10 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,560 then Sunday again, church for Easter. 11 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:38,920 So we've got a lot going on. Make sure you join us for those 12 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:41,800 sorts of things. Whatever you can make today is 13 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:44,480 Palm Sunday. It's traditionally called when 14 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,920 people would lay these branches down for Jesus. 15 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:49,600 That's going to be the story. We'll be in Matthew chapter 21. 16 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:52,520 If you want to get your Bibles ready for that, that's where 17 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:56,120 we'll be today. And then Good Friday will be 18 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:59,040 Friday night. Come back for a special, perhaps 19 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:01,720 sombre time of worship and communion. 20 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:07,320 And then next week, bring your guests and pray for for favour 21 00:01:07,320 --> 00:01:09,960 and for guests as we put out all those Flyers this week that 22 00:01:09,960 --> 00:01:12,360 people would come and and be with us. 23 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:18,840 So we're going to be in Matthew chapter 21. 24 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,800 And honestly, this passage for me is really intimidating 25 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:26,960 because there's so much going on here for Jesus approaching 26 00:01:26,960 --> 00:01:31,520 Jerusalem for his final day. And I want to do all of the 27 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:35,120 study and all of the work and give you as many details as 28 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:37,640 possible. And I feel like the Lord did not 29 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:42,280 let me do that for you. We have a different view of this 30 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:46,280 time. This is the time whenever all of 31 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:48,360 Israel is gathering to Jerusalem. 32 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:51,000 They're there to celebrate the Passover. 33 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,560 So many people are flooding in and out of the city of 34 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:58,000 Jerusalem. And this is Jesus's last day on 35 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,480 earth before he's crucified. He's going to Jerusalem. 36 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:04,200 He would become their king if they would let him. 37 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,960 And there is a great display. People receive him well on this 38 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:10,360 day. But as we'll see this week, 39 00:02:10,759 --> 00:02:12,320 people quickly change their minds. 40 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,400 And today, during this Palm Sunday, instead of going into 41 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:21,480 all of the details, we're going to look at 7 perspectives of the 42 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:24,880 same event. So as we read, you'll be taking 43 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:29,320 note of the different people that are at this event or in 44 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:31,960 different places, different times around this event. 45 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:34,560 And we're going to see each one from their perspective. 46 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:40,520 Before we do that, I want to ask you to come prepared to think 47 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,480 about which one of these people you might identify as. 48 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:46,960 And maybe you're, we'll see disciples here. 49 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:50,280 Maybe you'd say, hey, I'm being faithful, but there's some other 50 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,560 people that need some healing. There's some other people 51 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,720 feeling lost. And perhaps you could just on 52 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:59,080 your notes today, circle which one you you feel like you 53 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:01,960 identify with the most today. And we'll spend some time in 54 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:05,720 prayer at the end and ask the Lord to work in us. 55 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:09,240 So let me read for us Matthew 21. 56 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:12,960 We're going to read 1 through 17. 57 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:19,240 The Bible says, And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and 58 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:23,880 were come to Bethphage unto the Mount of Olives, then sent Jesus 59 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:28,400 to disciples, saying unto them, Go into the village over against 60 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,320 you, and straightway you shall find an ass tied. 61 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,040 I'm not swearing. That's what the Bible says right 62 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:36,400 there. And you'll find an ass tied in a 63 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,040 cult with her. Loose, loose them, and bring 64 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:42,040 them unto me. And if any man say aught unto 65 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,840 you, you shall say, The Lord hath needed them, and 66 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:48,400 straightway he will send them. All this was done, that it might 67 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:50,560 be fulfilled. Which was spoken by the prophet, 68 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:54,680 saying, Tell ye, the daughter of scion, Behold, thy King cometh 69 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:59,160 unto thee meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the fowl of 70 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:02,040 an ass. And the disciples went and did 71 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:05,720 as Jesus commanded them, and brought the ass and the coal, 72 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,760 and put on them their clothes, and they set them they're on, or 73 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:13,560 they set him there on verse 8. And a very great multitude 74 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:17,360 spread their garments in the way, others cut down branches 75 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:19,399 from the trees, and strawed them in the way. 76 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:23,520 And the multitude that went before and that followed cried, 77 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:26,960 saying, Hosanna to date the son of David, blessed is he that 78 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:30,200 cometh in the name of the Lord, Hosanna in the highest. 79 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,680 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was 80 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:39,160 moved, saying, Who is this? And the multitude said, This is 81 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:42,040 Jesus the prophet of the of Nazareth of Galilee. 82 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:46,520 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them 83 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,440 that sought, that sold and bought in the temple, and 84 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,680 overthrew the temples of the money changers, and the seats of 85 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:57,360 them that sold doves, and said unto them, It is written, My 86 00:04:57,360 --> 00:04:59,840 house shall be called the House of prayer. 87 00:04:59,840 --> 00:05:02,080 But you have made it a den of thieves. 88 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,680 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he 89 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,880 healed them. And when the chief priests and 90 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:13,840 scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children 91 00:05:13,840 --> 00:05:16,920 crying in the temple, saying Hosanna to the Son of David, 92 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:23,120 they were sore displeased. And they said unto him, Hearest 93 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:27,320 thou what these say? And Jesus said unto them, Yeah, 94 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:30,880 have you never read out of the mouth of babes and sucklings? 95 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:35,160 Thou has perfected praise. And he left them and went out of 96 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,960 the city into Bethany, and he lodged there. 97 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:42,360 Let's take a moment and pray, and then we'll study our our 98 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:47,720 text. God, we come before your word 99 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:51,360 today. I pray that you'd help us to 100 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:58,120 hear from you that we wouldn't miss what's happening both in 101 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:00,960 the story but also what you're doing in our lives. 102 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:03,840 Would you just intersect our lives? 103 00:06:03,840 --> 00:06:07,360 We ask you to speak to us. We give you our heart. 104 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:11,920 I pray you direct us, each one of us individually for this week 105 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:16,960 and as a church also direct us, go before us and encourage us 106 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,520 today in your word, I pray in Jesus name, Amen. 107 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,600 Well, if you're taking notes, we're going to look at 7 things. 108 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:28,040 So I can't hit these very quickly, but the first group of 109 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:32,920 people that we see in Matthew chapter 21 are the disciples. 110 00:06:34,840 --> 00:06:41,040 We see the disciples in verses one through 7. 111 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,280 We see these faithful men that followed him. 112 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:48,520 These would become his apostles. His sent ones. 113 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:52,080 You see in verse one, it says then sent Jesus 2 disciples 114 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:55,280 saying unto them go into the village over against you and 115 00:06:55,280 --> 00:07:00,440 they were to get a there's two animals, a colt and a baby, a 116 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:04,560 baby colt and to bring them to him. 117 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:07,600 He was going to need them. So we see this first group. 118 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:09,360 All these people are not all the same. 119 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:13,520 This is the most faithful bunch that we'll see in our text. 120 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:18,120 This this is the faithful bunch. But I I think it's a good time 121 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:21,040 for us to ask what is a disciple? 122 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:25,520 If if we're going to choose one of these things, does that 123 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:28,760 identify me? And in our church, we have a 124 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:32,440 ministry A1 on one discipleship ministry to help people grow 125 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:37,120 into a disciple of Christ. And that ministry is just all 126 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:40,320 settled in the word for the things that Jesus says what a 127 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:42,800 disciple is. So it's a good time to to be 128 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,280 reminded of those, but also see that in the lives of these men 129 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:50,560 that were helping Jesus come into Jerusalem. 130 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:53,400 So I have three things for you in your notes. 131 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:57,240 First of what is a disciple is that they walk in the word. 132 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:04,040 A disciple of Jesus walks in his word. 133 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:10,800 We see here in verse 2, Jesus said unto them, go into the 134 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:14,280 village over against you and he gives them a task. 135 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:18,440 This wasn't something that they felt like I'm just called to go 136 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:20,920 collect the donkeys. Man. 137 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:23,600 I really feel compelled to serve the Lord in this way. 138 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:27,240 They just said, OK, Jesus, we're going to do the thing that you 139 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:30,360 told us to do. And this thing doesn't appear to 140 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:32,559 be very interesting. It's not very sexy. 141 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:35,000 Go get an animal. Go get 2 of them. 142 00:08:35,159 --> 00:08:38,200 If anyone argues, just say I need it and and they'll give it 143 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:43,120 to you. But really, this was satisfying 144 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:46,400 the scriptures. We see that in verse 5. 145 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:51,160 He he's fulfilling the scriptures in this simple task 146 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:55,440 that the disciples are doing is actually helping Christ perform 147 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:58,520 something. So for us as disciples, we, we 148 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:01,240 need to be following Jesus in his word. 149 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:06,280 Jesus says in John chapter 8, if you continue in my word, then 150 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:10,560 are you my disciples indeed. So those that will not hear and 151 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:14,720 obey what he says in the word of God, I mean you, you might be 152 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:18,240 saved, but you can't identify as a disciple if you won't follow 153 00:09:18,680 --> 00:09:20,760 what he says. You can't be off on your own 154 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:22,960 mission. Secondly, we see that these 155 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:25,440 disciples are close to other disciples. 156 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:31,920 If you look at verse one, it says that that Jesus sent 2 157 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:35,800 disciples frequently as he sends them. 158 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:39,880 They are sent by twos when he sends the 12 and when he sends 159 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:42,600 the 70. And many times the disciples are 160 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,000 found together in the upper room, and all the things that 161 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:48,000 they're doing, they're not often found alone. 162 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:50,960 So if you're going to be a disciple, you're going to be 163 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:58,040 found with the other disciples. As Jesus says in John 13, all 164 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:00,880 men will know that you're my disciples by the love that you 165 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:04,160 have one to another. And that means we have to be 166 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:09,360 together, loving each other and putting that love on display for 167 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:11,640 others to see. So disciples hang out with other 168 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:15,120 disciples. And thirdly, disciples lead 169 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:22,040 other others to Jesus. Disciples lead others to Jesus. 170 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:25,520 What what these guys were doing in getting these animals 171 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,040 together and putting their own garments on the back of the 172 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:32,280 animal for Jesus to ride was to say, this show isn't about me. 173 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:36,800 I'm just going to make a way for Jesus to be great and to come 174 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:40,280 into Jerusalem and he's going to receive receive great praise and 175 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:44,280 admiration. And that's the life of the 176 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:47,200 disciple. This isn't about me. 177 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:51,200 I just need to get other people to Christ. 178 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:55,160 That's our job. And if you can't do that, that's 179 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:55,960 OK. We love you. 180 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,640 But disciples are actively engaged in this. 181 00:10:58,680 --> 00:11:02,880 Jesus says in John 15 that when we bear much fruit, that's how 182 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:07,840 we're identified as disciples. We may not may not be Billy 183 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:11,440 Graham's or super good evangelist, but we're at least 184 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:16,080 able to contribute to helping other people identify who Jesus 185 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:20,160 is, see their need for him putting him on display. 186 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:25,520 So I put it to you this way, the disciples are who God uses to 187 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:32,120 reach the World. There are no other people in 188 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:33,760 this story. We're going to see six more. 189 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:38,360 None of the other people are really going to be contributing 190 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,760 to the mission. They're all going to be in 191 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:46,200 different states. So if we don't reach the World, 192 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:51,120 who's going to? And that may seem like 193 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:53,960 overwhelming reach the World. I know when I look at countries 194 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:58,120 and I see statistics for populations and accessibility to 195 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:02,240 the gospel, I just feel crushed by how can we reach them all. 196 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:07,040 But the disciples were simply asked, hey, go do the thing that 197 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:10,760 I told you. So for us, that might look 198 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:13,200 something like what we did this weekend. 199 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:16,560 We went out and put up Flyers, man. 200 00:12:16,560 --> 00:12:20,360 I mean, it's kind of ridiculous. Of all things that we could do, 201 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:22,920 it doesn't feel very fruitful or evangelistic. 202 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:26,000 But in some way or another, we just need to do the next thing 203 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,680 that's in front of us and try to get people to Jesus. 204 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:31,000 That's all we're doing. That's the life of the disciple. 205 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:34,320 So you guys did great. I'm proud of you now be praying 206 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:39,040 that the Lord uses those to bring people in are the second 207 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:40,840 group that we see is the multitude. 208 00:12:46,750 --> 00:12:50,270 The multitude, if you look at verses 8:00 and 9:00, it says in 209 00:12:50,270 --> 00:12:54,030 verse 8 and a very great multitude spread their garments 210 00:12:54,030 --> 00:12:57,870 in the way others cut down branches from the trees and 211 00:12:57,870 --> 00:13:00,590 strawed them in the way. And the multitudes that went 212 00:13:00,590 --> 00:13:04,040 before that followed cried saying Hosanna to the son of 213 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:05,440 David. Blessed is he that cometh the 214 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:08,520 name in the name of the Lord, Hosanna in the highest. 215 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:12,880 This multitude is a massive group of people. 216 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:16,680 We we don't know the exact number, but by definition, the 217 00:13:16,680 --> 00:13:19,120 word multitude means a state of being many. 218 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:22,080 It's a great number, however many that is. 219 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:24,400 It's enough for you to use the word multitude. 220 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:26,800 You wouldn't use that word in our church probably. 221 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:32,080 But it's a multitude. And this multitude, they, they 222 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:34,480 seem to have the right things going on. 223 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:36,720 I mean, just just look at what they're doing. 224 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:39,680 They spread their garments. They said, let's put down 225 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:43,680 something for him to walk on. Like we would roll out a red 226 00:13:43,680 --> 00:13:47,280 carpet for someone famous. They cut down branches. 227 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:49,360 I don't have enough clothes. But we'll just take things. 228 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:51,280 We want to put them down before you. 229 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,760 They cried Hosanna, which means save now. 230 00:13:56,240 --> 00:14:00,160 And they called Jesus the son of David, which is a really, that's 231 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:05,280 a, that's the right title. And he truly was the son of 232 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:07,800 David. I don't know if you understand 233 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:09,800 how important that is. We don't have time to get really 234 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:12,160 sidetracked into that. But you could read Second Samuel 235 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:17,480 Chapter 7 and 12 and verses 12 and 13, and you could see this 236 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,840 covenant that God made with David that his seed would sit 237 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:25,640 upon the throne of Jerusalem. And this is what the audience is 238 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:26,960 saying. He's the one. 239 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:33,240 You could also see in Isaiah 97 that He will sit on the, the 240 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:36,200 kingdoms of the governments of the world will all be subject to 241 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:41,560 Him as He's rightly the heir to the throne of the world. 242 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:44,320 You can go back. You're in Matthew right now. 243 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:47,040 If you go back to Matthew chapter 1 and look at verse #1 244 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:51,680 you see that this is truly Jesus's title. 245 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:56,000 Matthew one verse one, the book of the generation of Jesus 246 00:14:56,000 --> 00:15:01,400 Christ, the Son of David, the son of Abraham. 247 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:03,760 This is what the crowd was saying. 248 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:09,120 He's the one. But as we'll see, this is the 249 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,280 same crowd that's also going to betray him. 250 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:16,600 So in your notes, I put it to you this way, that crowds of 251 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:20,720 people may feel great, but they're not loyal. 252 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:27,120 It feels good to fill the room and praise the Lord. 253 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:30,800 We get a multitude one day. That'd be good, but we really 254 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:33,600 need to focus on disciples because those are the ones that 255 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:37,160 are loyal. This same crowd I gave you those 256 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:43,000 3 verses in Matthew 26 and 27. I think I have one of them for 257 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:47,840 you where it says later in this week the chief priests and 258 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:51,720 elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas 259 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:55,440 and destroy Jesus. So this multitudes susceptible 260 00:15:55,520 --> 00:16:01,040 to persuasion, they don't have deep convictions and whoever's 261 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,760 more powerful in their life, they say, OK, well, we're just 262 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:06,320 going to do what what those people say. 263 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:09,800 So beware the multitude. When they love you, they may not 264 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:14,040 love you very long, or maybe you can identify as that. 265 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:17,160 Your convictions aren't deeply rooted and you can be tossed to 266 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:20,440 and fro. You need to become a disciple 267 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:24,560 and not just be in the crowd. Thirdly, we see there's another 268 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:30,160 group here, the city. The city being different than 269 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:33,880 the multitude. It says in verse 10. 270 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:37,760 And when he was coming to Jerusalem, all the city was 271 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:45,160 moved saying who is this? If you could just imagine in 272 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:50,480 Jesus day there were people that were greatly on the periphery of 273 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:53,960 what was happening with this travelling rabbi that was 274 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:57,320 healing people. They maybe heard some things, 275 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:00,280 but they weren't in the circle. They weren't there for the 276 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,160 feeding of the 5000 or for the raising of Lazarus. 277 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:06,839 They just maybe heard some things and they saw the buzz 278 00:17:06,839 --> 00:17:10,599 with Jesus coming into Jerusalem and everyone saying hosanna and 279 00:17:10,599 --> 00:17:15,920 throwing their things on the ground, the son of David, and 280 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:20,000 they asked the right question, who is this? 281 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:27,200 This would be likened to the open skeptic, someone who maybe 282 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:30,400 hasn't intentionally rejected Christ but said, I'm not really 283 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:31,920 sure. I haven't heard the things that 284 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:33,440 you've heard. What is going on? 285 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:37,240 Who is that? And if you can find someone in 286 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:39,600 this camp that's a that's a good, this is the right 287 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:43,640 question. If you can ask the question, who 288 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:47,760 is Jesus, You're asking the right question. 289 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:52,880 So I have for you a famous person who asked this question 290 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:55,400 and came to the right conclusion. 291 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:59,680 Maybe if you're, if you weren't born in 1990 something, you 292 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:03,880 probably know who this is. Ryan Trahan is a famous YouTube 293 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:07,120 guy and he converted to Christianity because of his 294 00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:09,320 girlfriend. So praise the Lord that I 295 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:12,000 wouldn't normally recommend you date a lost person, but in this 296 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:13,480 case it seems like it worked out. 297 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:15,640 I don't know him very well, so I'm not promoting whatever he 298 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:18,440 might believe, but I at least have a video for you that I 299 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:22,800 we'll be fine. There we go. 300 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:27,880 But that's just an example of one person that would say, let 301 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:30,800 me investigate, who is this Jesus person? 302 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:33,480 I'm open to the truth. I'm on the periphery. 303 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:36,840 I just don't know. So I put it to you this way in 304 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:39,240 your notes. When we promote Jesus, the world 305 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:45,240 will take notice. When we promote Jesus, the world 306 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:49,920 will take notice. See, the disciples, they just 307 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:54,640 were contributing to their part and there was a whole city 308 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:57,640 around them that was paying attention to what was going on. 309 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:02,720 All right, these are going to get more interesting as we go. 310 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:06,200 The 4th group of people that we see are the money changers. 311 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:11,760 The money changers, that's a word, that's one word in the 312 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:15,440 Bible and it's this group of people that were in the temple. 313 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:19,400 If we look at verse 12 that says, and Jesus went into the 314 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:23,120 temple of God and cast out all them that sold and bought in the 315 00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:26,840 temple and overthrew the tables of the money changers and the 316 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:31,960 seats of them that sold doves. So all of Jerusalem is or all of 317 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:35,400 Israel is coming to Jerusalem. Especially the males had to show 318 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:39,240 up to this feast. They needed to bring a sacrifice 319 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:42,840 or they could purchase one when they arrived and in the temple. 320 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:45,600 This is the second time that Jesus got really upset with 321 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:49,320 these people. He weaves a whip and turns over 322 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:53,520 tables because these people were corrupting the sacrificial 323 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:55,120 system. They were extorting it. 324 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:59,600 They were converting money into other money and making gain out 325 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:02,800 of people that were there to worship and they found 326 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:05,600 themselves an adversary of the Lord Jesus. 327 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:10,040 So they would be likened unto people that are using religion 328 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:12,920 to make money. And there are a lot of examples 329 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:14,920 you could Google that. People with jumbo jets and all 330 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:18,280 that sort of thing. We don't have time to get into 331 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:22,520 all of the examples and we we maybe don't identify with that 332 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:27,120 as much here. But we do find this group very 333 00:20:27,120 --> 00:20:30,720 distracted. They're not saying Hosanna, 334 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:35,640 they're not saying Son of David. They're actually on the opposite 335 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:38,360 side. They're too busy making money. 336 00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:42,680 What they saw was if I can get 1% from all the extra people 337 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:44,880 come in into the city, then I can make a lot of money. 338 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:52,280 We could get really, really distracted focusing on the wrong 339 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:55,520 things. I put it to you this way in your 340 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:57,280 notes. If you're only using God for 341 00:20:57,280 --> 00:21:04,280 gain, watch out. You find yourself in a place 342 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:07,600 where Jesus says that isn't, That's not what I'm all about. 343 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:11,040 I don't suspect that of you guys, but that is a group of 344 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:14,920 people that are here at this time when everyone's worshiping 345 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:21,040 and they're just making money. Matthew 6 and verse 24, Jesus 346 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:24,800 says that you cannot serve God and Mammon, you can't have two 347 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:28,760 masters. We, we can't be focused on the 348 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:32,520 money or else we're going to miss one of the most important 349 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:37,560 events in Jesus's life, coming into his Kingdom, the son of 350 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:41,320 David to take his throne. And they totally whiffed. 351 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:44,440 They totally missed it because they were focused on the wrong 352 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:47,440 thing. The fifth group of people that 353 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:49,000 we see are the blind and the lame. 354 00:21:52,200 --> 00:22:00,400 The blind and lame. In verse 14 it says in the blind 355 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,800 and the lame came to him in the temple and he healed them. 356 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:09,160 It doesn't say a whole lot, but this healer has been doing this 357 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:12,200 all throughout his ministry and here just in one sentence we 358 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,400 find him still doing that. He essentially restored the 359 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:17,600 temple back to a place that it should be. 360 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:21,720 He said in verse 13 it should be the House of prayer and he he 361 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:25,120 took it one step further to even bring healing to people that 362 00:22:25,120 --> 00:22:27,720 needed it. But check this out in verse 14. 363 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:29,920 It says they came to him in the temple. 364 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:36,560 The people that needed healing sought Jesus out. 365 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:39,320 So in your notes it says it this way. 366 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:44,240 If you need healing, put yourself where Jesus is. 367 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:50,440 At some point you just have to hear the noise. 368 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,480 What's going on? Jesus is in town. 369 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:55,640 He's in the temple tearing things up. 370 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:58,400 Man, I got to get in there. I got some problems. 371 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:00,920 I've got issues. I don't even understand all the 372 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:04,400 hosanna stuff. I just know he fixes people and 373 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,920 I need to get to Jesus. Sometimes we just be feeling 374 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:12,240 like that. I just need to get with Jesus. 375 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:16,840 Hebrews chapter 12 says to let that which is lame be turned out 376 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:19,760 of the way and lather. Let it rather be healed. 377 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:24,280 At some point we just need to get some healing lest we aren't 378 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:27,160 able to walk. We won't be able to have 379 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:30,320 straight paths will be turned out of the way. 380 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:35,240 So if you need some healing, get where Jesus is regularly. 381 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:38,040 We meet here every Sunday. I hope that He's found in our 382 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:41,320 midst. Put yourself in a place where 383 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,360 you know that you can seek the Lord. 384 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:51,840 Our number six is we see children at this event in 385 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:55,480 Matthew 21 verses 15 and 16, the Bible says, and when the chief 386 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:59,120 priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did and 387 00:23:59,120 --> 00:24:03,400 the children crying in the temple saying Hosanna to the son 388 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:07,160 of David. And verse 16, Jesus responds and 389 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:12,400 says, yeah, have you never read out of the mouth of babes and 390 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:15,520 sucklings? Thou hast perfected praise. 391 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:19,240 See, kids are always paying attention. 392 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:26,000 They, they pick up on things. I don't even understand how this 393 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:27,680 happens. It happens on accident. 394 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:30,080 They're going to pick up on things without you even trying 395 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:34,320 to teach it to them. I recently started getting into 396 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:39,440 Formula One, the race car thing, you know, as an American, it's 397 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:41,160 like, what is that? It's in another country. 398 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:45,680 I don't know what that is, but Netflix put on Drive to Survive 399 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:47,960 and they're pushing for an American market. 400 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:51,360 Cadillac got involved in making motors and getting the team 401 00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:54,480 going. And recently the my boss in the 402 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:56,360 city is into it. So I just started saying, hey 403 00:24:56,360 --> 00:24:58,320 man, let's let's figure out what he's into. 404 00:24:59,360 --> 00:25:01,240 And I've been just watching YouTube videos at night. 405 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:03,360 I don't even watch whole races because I don't I'm just trying 406 00:25:03,360 --> 00:25:07,640 to understand how does it work and it's not really even a thing 407 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,080 for me. I haven't watched a race. 408 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,320 I don't know much about it. I've just I've only seen a 409 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:16,000 handful of YouTube videos. But my 10 year old son today 410 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:20,680 Bing, the thing that he wanted for his birthday was a Formula 411 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,760 One Lego set with the cars in the truck. 412 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:25,840 And I was like, why do you even want that? 413 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:28,960 And my wife was like, you don't realize how strong your 414 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:30,920 influence is on the life of your kids. 415 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:34,200 I was like, I haven't even watched the whole race. 416 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:35,400 I don't feel like I talk about it. 417 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:38,600 I don't even understand it. She's like, they've seen enough. 418 00:25:39,360 --> 00:25:41,400 They know that you like it and they're now into it. 419 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,240 And I was like, I don't even know if I'm into it. 420 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:46,760 Like, let's not commit. We're just learning about it, 421 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:49,120 you know? But here we are. 422 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:52,520 And my kids are picking up on things that I'm barely even 423 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:55,040 interested in. I mean, I do think it's 424 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:56,080 interesting. I am learning. 425 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:58,120 It's a new cool sport thing, I guess. 426 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:03,280 But these children in Jerusalem, as all these families would come 427 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:05,840 and the multitudes are around, someone's got to be with the 428 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:09,600 kids or the kids are just there. And it would be said. 429 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:15,120 Historians say that Psalm 118, verses 25 to 27 is what Israel 430 00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:18,160 would have been quoting. As they got, they greeted people 431 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:20,840 coming into Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. 432 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:28,720 Psalm 11825 to 27. Hosanna, save now, where's our 433 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:31,760 king? And this was a song that even 434 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:35,520 the kids would sing. The kids are listening to our 435 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:38,280 music. They're watching our attitudes. 436 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:42,640 They know our words. And here they picked up on the 437 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:45,880 right stuff. They didn't know a whole lot 438 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:48,360 about the world. They didn't know what was going 439 00:26:48,360 --> 00:26:52,720 on in Iran or anything else. They just said Jesus is here. 440 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:55,520 We heard that's really good. So we're into it. 441 00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:59,520 And that's the thing that gets us into the Kingdom. 442 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,640 It's that attitude. In Luke 18, Jesus talked about 443 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:07,160 it. He said, And they brought unto 444 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:10,520 him also infants. This is at a different time that 445 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:12,600 he would touch them. But when he was, when his 446 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:14,320 disciples saw it, they rebuked him. 447 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,400 But Jesus called them unto him and said, Suffer little children 448 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:22,080 to come unto me, and forbid them not for of such as the Kingdom 449 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:24,240 of God. Verily I say unto you, whosoever 450 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:28,440 shall not receive the Kingdom of God as a little child shall in 451 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:33,080 no wise enter therein. It is this kind of faith, it is 452 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:37,160 saving faith that says, I just believe the Gospel. 453 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:41,000 I don't have it all figured out. I don't have a robust theology. 454 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:42,400 I don't know what I'm doing with my life. 455 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,520 I believe that Jesus died for me. 456 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:47,400 I believe that's a good thing. I'm going to follow him. 457 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:53,080 And yet we sometimes lose that simple childlike faith. 458 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:55,720 Out of the Mouth of Babes has perfected praise. 459 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:00,040 And if you've seen people genuinely born again and they 460 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,520 start reading the Bible and walking with Jesus and getting 461 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:07,280 excited, man, it's just so, it's so empowering to us in our own 462 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:11,560 faith, isn't it? So the praise of new believers 463 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:15,360 should provoke us in our own faith. 464 00:28:21,180 --> 00:28:24,860 Children are wonderful and cute. Today it's Bingham's birthday, 465 00:28:24,860 --> 00:28:28,500 so we went back and looked at pictures of when he was first 466 00:28:28,500 --> 00:28:30,960 born. That was crazy. 467 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:34,760 I looked a whole lot younger. It was like, wow, parenting has 468 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:39,320 worn me out. They're lovely when they're 469 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:42,320 kids, they're beautiful. But man, that was so tiring. 470 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:45,680 And we want them to grow and we want them to develop. 471 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:49,920 And the same should be true of us spiritually when we're born 472 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:54,960 again, when we trust Christ, we come in as newborn babes, brand 473 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:59,600 new into the Kingdom. I just love Jesus and you need 474 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:05,160 to nurse a bottle of the Bible and grow up lest you become 475 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:11,160 carnal, fleshy, immature. The apostle Paul said to the 476 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:14,360 church in Corinth, now I can't even teach you the Bible because 477 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:18,120 you all are so jacked up. You just need to grow up in 478 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:21,880 Jesus. Grow up this Hebrews 5 would say 479 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:25,000 if you're just going to hang out with the milk if all you know is 480 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:28,960 Jesus loves me for the Bible tells me so man, that's that's 481 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:33,560 not really enough to sustain you to live the life of a disciple. 482 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:37,640 So if you identify as the the younger person in the faith, 483 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:40,440 it's just excited about Jesus. Praise the Lord man, we are so 484 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:44,120 proud and excited for that, but we also need to grow and 485 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:46,080 develop. We need to become a disciple. 486 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:52,000 Grow up in the word. Our last group of people are the 487 00:29:52,000 --> 00:30:00,040 priests and the scribes. This is the most sobering group. 488 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:05,960 All of these people are present as Christ comes into Jerusalem. 489 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:09,840 Verses 15 and 16, the Bible says. 490 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:14,280 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things 491 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:17,560 that he did, and the children crying in the temple, saying 492 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:22,520 Hosanna to the son of David, they were sore displeased. 493 00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:27,040 And they said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? 494 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:34,400 Jesus said, yeah. He quotes Psalm 8, verse 2 out 495 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:35,960 of the mouth of babes and suckling. 496 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:42,640 Zeal has perfected praise. But these priests inscribes, 497 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:47,840 they see what the Bible calls wonderful things, and those 498 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:50,400 wonderful things displeased them. 499 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:55,000 They did not have the right perspective on reality at this 500 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,960 time. They heard the children, the 501 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:02,360 kids are saying Hosanna, the kids are saying save now come 502 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:07,200 king of Israel. And they they said, are you 503 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:08,320 Jesus? Are you picking up on what 504 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:10,880 they're saying? They're calling you the Messiah. 505 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:20,400 This says in Luke's version of this event saying, blessed be 506 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:25,880 the king that cometh in the name of the Lord, peace in heaven, 507 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:28,960 and glory in the highest. And some of the Pharisees from 508 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:31,800 among the multitudes said unto him, Master, rebuke thy 509 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:34,720 disciples. And he answered and said unto 510 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:37,640 them, I tell you that if these should hold their peace, the 511 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:39,200 stones would immediately cry out. 512 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:43,800 So they were calling him king even more than son of David, 513 00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:47,880 king with a capital K. And the Pharisees said, you need 514 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:50,440 to rebuke them. Tell them that's wrong. 515 00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:52,720 It's not right of you to say that because that's what they 516 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:56,320 really wanted. They had the spirit of 517 00:31:56,360 --> 00:32:01,440 Antichrist. They denied Christ as king. 518 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:06,960 So I put it to you in your notes like this, the self-righteous of 519 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:09,160 the most vehement rejecters of Christ. 520 00:32:17,110 --> 00:32:20,910 This was their city. They had the temple, they had 521 00:32:20,910 --> 00:32:25,510 the sacrifices, they had Moses. They did not want the son of 522 00:32:25,510 --> 00:32:28,350 David. They did not want a king. 523 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:35,640 They were righteous in their own way, Romans 10 says. 524 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:39,920 For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness and going 525 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:42,600 about to establish their own righteousness, have not 526 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:45,000 submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. 527 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:50,360 This is truly the way. If you're not following Jesus, 528 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:53,320 you're going about to establish your own righteousness through 529 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:57,200 some other religion or a moral means, or at very least just 530 00:32:57,200 --> 00:33:01,360 rejecting Christ as some kind of authority over you. 531 00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:07,800 We hung those Flyers up in the city and one of the ones right 532 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:10,240 by my office, we were actually went out on Thursday and hung 533 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:12,760 some up as well. One of the ones right by my 534 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:14,920 office. You know, we put tape all four 535 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:18,160 sides around them. Someone tore it down but turned 536 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,080 it upside down and put it back up. 537 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:24,440 So they had to go out of their way to carefully disassemble it 538 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:27,920 and put it back up. So I, I went back out and I 539 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:30,760 flipped it back around again and I saw it today and it was upside 540 00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:34,280 down again. And what's interesting is on the 541 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:40,000 flyer is a cross and like the Satanist symbol is the upside 542 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,960 down cross. And that's what Portland has 543 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:46,240 been doing with our Flyers is just saying we don't want the 544 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:50,320 cross. I got another e-mail late last 545 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:52,240 night. Someone used our contact form on 546 00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:55,080 our website, you know, scan the QR code, go through. 547 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:58,600 And I was like, sweet. And then I read it and it said, 548 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,480 please stop putting pictures of death all throughout our city. 549 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,360 I was like, well, that's definitely a lost person's 550 00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:08,800 perspective. It is a grim looking poster, but 551 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:12,520 it's also the power of God unto salvation. 552 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:19,080 That's the spirit of Antichrist. These are the religious 553 00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:22,000 rejecters. These are the self-righteous, 554 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:26,000 some kind of righteousness outside of Jesus Christ. 555 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:31,520 And you'll find that these are the greatest persecutors of the 556 00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:35,639 cross. They had them in Jesus's day. 557 00:34:37,159 --> 00:34:39,480 What makes us think that we'll be free of them in our day? 558 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:43,880 We can expect some kind of opposition. 559 00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:48,600 We ought to. We certainly don't want it, but 560 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:52,239 these are the ones ultimately that manipulate the crowd and 561 00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:56,400 the politics to crucify who would be their Messiah. 562 00:34:57,400 --> 00:34:58,720 We'll find a way to get rid of you. 563 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,160 Those are the people we might witness to, but we're not going 564 00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:06,520 to be messing with. We don't want to be strung up. 565 00:35:07,720 --> 00:35:09,080 We just want to preach the gospel. 566 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:11,920 We want to find people who are interested. 567 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:17,440 So as you look at those seven things today, is there one of 568 00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:19,240 them that you feel like you can relate to? 569 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:23,400 Maybe you just need to be encouraged as a disciple. 570 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:27,520 Maybe you can think about people who need to hear the gospel that 571 00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:29,200 you need to just put Christ on display. 572 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:32,240 Maybe you need to grow as a child to develop. 573 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:37,600 I want to give us a moment of silence and and prayer. 574 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,000 I'll then I'll lead us in a prayer and we'll have one more 575 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:42,360 song. So let's take a minute and pray.