1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:03,800 Good work, good work Crossing family. 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:06,600 I love you. It is so good to be with you 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:08,600 today. I want to welcome all of our 4 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:11,600 different locations. Those of you watching online, 5 00:00:11,900 --> 00:00:14,700 those of your part of the crossing inside, I want to do a 6 00:00:14,700 --> 00:00:17,500 special, welcome to those of you who are joining us for the first 7 00:00:17,500 --> 00:00:20,600 time, or maybe the first time in a long time. 8 00:00:20,900 --> 00:00:23,800 I want to encourage you to take advantage of the QR code. 9 00:00:24,100 --> 00:00:27,500 On the seat in front of you. And it'll give you access and 10 00:00:27,500 --> 00:00:29,600 opportunities for you to take next steps. 11 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,700 Learn more about our church or get connected. 12 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:36,200 One of the things that we're going to be pushing across all 13 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:39,000 of our different locations, as we're in the Christmas season. 14 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:43,800 Is our Christmas Eve services. And we have a bunch. 15 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:45,900 In fact, I was doing some math and I'm not much of a 16 00:00:45,908 --> 00:00:48,900 mathematician. But we are going to have more 17 00:00:48,900 --> 00:00:52,800 Christmas Eve services this year than I had people in the first 18 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,600 church I pastored, which is a little crazy. 19 00:00:55,700 --> 00:00:59,700 Yeah, which you know, God bless them. 20 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:02,700 And what I want to encourage you to do is I want you to know this 21 00:01:02,700 --> 00:01:04,400 upfront. These are going to be great 22 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:07,900 services for you to invite some friends and some family to. 23 00:01:07,900 --> 00:01:11,300 We're going to start our services on that Thursday, and 24 00:01:11,300 --> 00:01:13,400 then we're going to have month Friday and then we're going to 25 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,400 have them again on Saturday and then on Sunday. 26 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:19,600 We're going to give you an incredible opportunity to 27 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:21,800 worship Jesus in your house with your family. 28 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:23,600 And you might be going to Clayton. 29 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:26,700 We want to come to church. Listen you can you can come here 30 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:29,700 and you can hang out the parking lot, you can Grill. 31 00:01:29,700 --> 00:01:34,100 Something, you can pick up trash, you can pick up, you can 32 00:01:34,100 --> 00:01:38,600 pull weeds at all of our Christmas Eve services. 33 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:41,900 We are going to give you something for you to leverage in 34 00:01:41,900 --> 00:01:46,600 your home off, for our Christmas service on Sunday, which we're 35 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:48,500 going to broadcast. You're going to have access to 36 00:01:48,500 --> 00:01:51,900 that at your house, around your timetable and you'll have stuff 37 00:01:51,900 --> 00:01:53,500 for communion. So that way you can still 38 00:01:53,500 --> 00:01:55,700 celebrate the Lord's supper. We're going to give you all 39 00:01:55,700 --> 00:01:58,600 those opportunities. We've already partnered with 40 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:00,600 another church on this thing. It's incredible. 41 00:02:00,700 --> 00:02:02,400 I can't wait for you guys to experience it. 42 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,100 If, if you're wired, like me, you're going to eat it up 43 00:02:05,100 --> 00:02:08,699 because there's a special, like 30 minute gift at the end, which 44 00:02:08,699 --> 00:02:13,000 is super cool. But for those services on 45 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,900 Thursday, almost, I think almost every look at almost every 46 00:02:15,900 --> 00:02:18,800 location is doing a Is day than a Friday, then Saturday. 47 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:22,400 It's going to be a great service and I cannot wait for you guys 48 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:24,200 to be able to participate in that, I believe you'll be 49 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,000 encouraged and I believe you'll be blessed. 50 00:02:27,500 --> 00:02:30,600 Well last week, we started this sermon series called the gift I 51 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:35,900 need and I made mention of my level of frustration and 52 00:02:35,908 --> 00:02:40,500 disappointment with you because as we were going through the 53 00:02:40,500 --> 00:02:45,600 survey questions, I just realized how raw of Sinners, you 54 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:49,500 really are. And I have more data. 55 00:02:51,300 --> 00:02:55,100 I asked, we ask this question, how many of you prefer homemade 56 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:59,100 presents and how many of you prefer store-bought presence? 57 00:03:00,900 --> 00:03:06,300 Fifty-two percent of you said, homemade. now, look, look at the 58 00:03:06,300 --> 00:03:12,100 people you came with, are they that artsy They're that crafty. 59 00:03:15,700 --> 00:03:17,400 What? All right, whatever. 60 00:03:17,700 --> 00:03:20,000 The rest of the Smart Ones are like just sent it to me from 61 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:24,200 Amazon and give me a receipt. Okay, now here's here's here's 62 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:26,100 the next one. We asked this question. 63 00:03:27,300 --> 00:03:35,900 If you had a choice, no present. Or a bad present. 65% of you. 64 00:03:37,900 --> 00:03:40,900 So no present. Just don't even get me anything 65 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:42,600 if it's bad. I don't even. 66 00:03:42,700 --> 00:03:44,100 I don't want to. I don't want the hassle of 67 00:03:44,100 --> 00:03:48,700 having your bed gift in my presence and I was gonna hit you 68 00:03:48,700 --> 00:03:51,000 hard for it. I was going to preach a hard 69 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:55,800 message to you. But then I went through and I 70 00:03:55,800 --> 00:04:00,000 looked at some of the bad gifts, you guys have received, and I 71 00:04:00,008 --> 00:04:04,200 got to be honest with you, I get it now because there are you 72 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:09,000 have bad people in your life. Can I can, I can do, can I take 73 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,100 a couple minutes and just walk you through some of the bad 74 00:04:11,100 --> 00:04:13,800 gifts? You've received, here's one a 75 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:17,899 half set of tools, dad, cut the plastic in half and gave one 76 00:04:17,899 --> 00:04:20,300 half to one brother and the other half to him. 77 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:25,600 It's just okay. Someone got a rock. 78 00:04:27,500 --> 00:04:34,000 Someone got soap. We didn't know how to tell you 79 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:38,600 that you stunk so well. We got some soap wrapped it up 80 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,100 in a present for you and that way, when you open it up, you'll 81 00:04:41,100 --> 00:04:46,200 feel really insecure half-eaten box of chocolate, was one of the 82 00:04:46,207 --> 00:04:53,100 gifts, okay. Back shaver, I don't remember 83 00:04:53,100 --> 00:04:54,900 what her name was when she turned it in, but I mean that 84 00:04:54,900 --> 00:04:57,600 would be a that's a brutal gift to get. 85 00:04:58,700 --> 00:05:01,800 Here's like the ultimate prank, here's one. 86 00:05:02,900 --> 00:05:06,500 How did they say it home decor? That isn't their style but they 87 00:05:06,500 --> 00:05:08,900 feel obligated to keep it to keep it up. 88 00:05:09,300 --> 00:05:13,300 Which I think as like in-laws like this is the ultimate power 89 00:05:13,300 --> 00:05:15,900 play. Start buying stuff that you know 90 00:05:15,900 --> 00:05:18,600 that they don't like that. They feel obligated to hang on 91 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,400 their walls. Like yeah, who's in charge now. 92 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,900 Okay. One of the note said this, when 93 00:05:24,900 --> 00:05:28,500 I got nothing from my first husband, that's a baller 94 00:05:28,500 --> 00:05:31,200 statement right there because she's acknowledging. 95 00:05:31,300 --> 00:05:33,200 She used to be married to that guy. 96 00:05:33,700 --> 00:05:35,000 She's like, yeah. But I traded him. 97 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,900 I was like, you gotta go, you didn't get me. 98 00:05:36,900 --> 00:05:40,500 Anything for for Christmas and I got myself a second husband. 99 00:05:41,700 --> 00:05:46,500 That's what I got. I got myself a gift fellas, just 100 00:05:46,500 --> 00:05:48,300 quick. I saw a lot of ladies saying 101 00:05:48,300 --> 00:05:50,600 that they got vacuums and workout equipment. 102 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:52,200 You guys. I'm just gonna to tell you 103 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:56,000 something. They can buy that stuff for 104 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,900 themselves with the Christmas money, but you cannot buy. 105 00:05:59,900 --> 00:06:01,800 You know? I saw that mop and I was 106 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:05,400 thinking of you sweetie now. It's like, I should get her a 107 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:07,400 nicer one. No. 108 00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:10,200 Okay. Now, here are my top 5 and these 109 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,100 are, this is us. This is who we are ready. 110 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:17,800 Number five is a shoplifted football jersey, that was too 111 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:27,900 big and not from a team that I like, Dad number four, a maple 112 00:06:27,900 --> 00:06:32,200 syrup subscription. How big in the pancakes? 113 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,500 Do you have to be where someone's like? 114 00:06:34,500 --> 00:06:36,200 Yeah, we're going to put this guy on a plan. 115 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:41,600 Okay, we gotta all right. Number three, this is probably 116 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:45,300 from our Iowa location. Underwear from my boyfriend's. 117 00:06:45,300 --> 00:06:50,200 Mom! How did that? 118 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,700 So what do you what do you think I should get your your 119 00:06:53,700 --> 00:06:56,900 girlfriend for Christmas? Some underwear. 120 00:06:58,300 --> 00:07:01,000 All right, I don't, I don't know. 121 00:07:01,300 --> 00:07:03,600 I think hope she likes it. I, how do you even? 122 00:07:04,100 --> 00:07:07,500 Okay, now the number two and number one have pictures. 123 00:07:08,700 --> 00:07:10,900 Here's what it is. This is for a log. 124 00:07:10,900 --> 00:07:14,600 You Harry Potter fans. This is what she writes as a 125 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:16,700 Harry Potter fan. I loved Dhabi. 126 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:20,900 My husband ordered me a life-size Dhabi statue for my 127 00:07:20,900 --> 00:07:24,500 classroom. He got a great deal on it for a 128 00:07:24,500 --> 00:07:29,000 reason when the package showed up, it was an Ugly plastic 129 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,900 version that was about the size of my hand. 130 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,100 We laughed, pretty hard, but then we went to return it the 131 00:07:35,100 --> 00:07:37,900 website that we bought it from no longer existed. 132 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:41,100 Okay. Here's what he thought he was 133 00:07:41,100 --> 00:07:45,100 getting her. And this is what, Yeah. 134 00:07:46,900 --> 00:07:49,000 But the best one ever turn to your neighbor say owl. 135 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:52,100 Mittens Yeah, that's right. You didn't think you were going 136 00:07:52,100 --> 00:07:54,400 to say that today Church? Okay, nobody filled that one out 137 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:56,400 on their bingo card. This is what it reads. 138 00:07:56,900 --> 00:08:01,100 I'm a teacher and have recess Duty in the cold needing a pair 139 00:08:01,100 --> 00:08:03,900 of new warm gloves. My husband thought he was buying 140 00:08:03,900 --> 00:08:08,200 me, a really cute pair of owl mittens, I love it. 141 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:12,500 But what he got what was not was not what was pictured on the 142 00:08:12,500 --> 00:08:16,500 website, the gift that came was a pair of Woolen mittens with 143 00:08:16,500 --> 00:08:20,100 two large plush. Owl keychains thankfully, it 144 00:08:20,100 --> 00:08:24,200 came With giant safety pins to attach the owls to the gloves. 145 00:08:24,500 --> 00:08:27,800 This is what he thought he was buying, and this is what he 146 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:34,799 actually got. Now, I understand why some of 147 00:08:34,799 --> 00:08:36,700 your like, just don't get me anything please. 148 00:08:36,700 --> 00:08:40,200 Just, I don't want that pain. Okay. 149 00:08:40,799 --> 00:08:43,799 Did you know I mentioned this last week, did you know that God 150 00:08:43,799 --> 00:08:47,500 is a good Gift Giver? The Bible goes out of its way to 151 00:08:47,500 --> 00:08:50,400 describe to us that God gives good. 152 00:08:50,900 --> 00:08:54,900 Yes, Matthew 7:11. If you then though, you are 153 00:08:54,900 --> 00:08:56,800 evil. Know how to give good gifts to 154 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,000 your children. How much more will your father 155 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:02,800 in heaven? Give good gifts to those who ask 156 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:06,700 him eight hundred years before the birth of Jesus. 157 00:09:06,700 --> 00:09:12,600 Isaiah, the prophet talks about the kind of gift that we would 158 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:17,800 eventually receive from God, which is his son, Jesus Christ. 159 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:22,200 We find some of these words in Isaiah chapter 9, For as, in the 160 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,500 Day of midians Defeat, you have shattered the Yoke that burdens 161 00:09:25,500 --> 00:09:28,200 them, the bar across the shoulders, the rod of their 162 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:32,400 oppressor every Warriors battle are or every Warriors boot used 163 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:35,600 in battle and every garment rolled in blood will be destined 164 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:40,000 for burning will be fuel for the fire for to us. 165 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:43,700 A child, is born to us. A son is given and the 166 00:09:43,700 --> 00:09:46,900 government will be on his shoulders and he will be called 167 00:09:46,900 --> 00:09:50,400 wonderful, counselor, Mighty God Everlasting father. 168 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:55,300 Other Prince of Peace of the greatness of his government and 169 00:09:55,300 --> 00:09:59,300 peace, there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne 170 00:09:59,300 --> 00:10:02,000 and over his kingdom establishing upholding, it with 171 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:07,000 Justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. 172 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:11,300 Last week, we talked about Jesus being a wonderful, counselor and 173 00:10:11,300 --> 00:10:13,300 a mighty God. And in case you missed it and 174 00:10:13,300 --> 00:10:16,000 you want to catch up, you can always catch up on our sermons 175 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:19,200 by going to the crossing dotnet /, watch or you can go to 176 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:22,000 YouTube and search. Search one Crossing and it will 177 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,300 get you there. But today, I want to talk to you 178 00:10:24,300 --> 00:10:27,900 about what it means for Jesus, to be the Prince of Peace. 179 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:33,900 The ancient word for peace in the Old Testament is Shalom 180 00:10:33,900 --> 00:10:37,100 turned your neighbor, say shalom, shalom. 181 00:10:37,900 --> 00:10:39,300 Yeah. Now, you know, your sound 182 00:10:39,300 --> 00:10:42,300 smarter, Shalom. Peace. 183 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:44,900 Can be broken down into three categories. 184 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:51,800 External Internal and spiritual external. 185 00:10:52,300 --> 00:10:56,800 This is Shalom. Externally would be the absence 186 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:02,400 of War. It would be relational in 187 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,900 nature. Question. 188 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:10,000 In your marriage. Is there slom? 189 00:11:11,300 --> 00:11:16,000 The absence of War. Would you say your home? 190 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:21,700 Life is Shalom. Or are your kids driving you 191 00:11:21,900 --> 00:11:26,400 crazy? Are you at Shalom in your 192 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:30,900 workplace? Are you in in the absence of 193 00:11:30,900 --> 00:11:33,100 War? That's external. 194 00:11:33,700 --> 00:11:40,500 Internal is your well-being? Like internally personally, are 195 00:11:40,500 --> 00:11:42,400 you at? Shalom. 196 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:46,000 Are you at peace? Do you have security health 197 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:49,400 freedom from care? Are you content? 198 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:53,500 Those are all signs that. You have Shalom. 199 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,600 You have an inner peace about you. 200 00:11:57,100 --> 00:12:01,600 It includes everything given by God, in all areas of your life, 201 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,100 everything that makes for your highest good. 202 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:09,700 It was Joseph when he was in Egypt and his brothers came to 203 00:12:09,700 --> 00:12:15,800 visit him that he required about his dad, all the way back, who 204 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:18,800 was not in Egypt at the time and this is what he says, is it 205 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:25,600 Shalom with our aged father. Is our dad at peace, is he in a 206 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:29,900 good place internally? And then finally, it's spiritual 207 00:12:31,300 --> 00:12:34,800 Is your soul at Shalom? Is your show. 208 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:38,300 Is your soul at peace? Are you walking in the Green 209 00:12:38,300 --> 00:12:42,800 Pastures and sipping from The Still Waters of God? 210 00:12:45,900 --> 00:12:53,100 There is a universal desire for people to experience, shalom. 211 00:12:54,700 --> 00:12:58,300 That is why it is the go-to answer at beauty pageants. 212 00:12:58,900 --> 00:13:04,100 If you could just get one thing, what would you wish for World? 213 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:08,700 Shalom. It's why it's the promise of 214 00:13:08,700 --> 00:13:13,300 politicians. If you notice when a politician 215 00:13:13,300 --> 00:13:17,800 campaigns, he's going to talk about external piece. 216 00:13:18,900 --> 00:13:22,800 Our interactions with other countries with other parties and 217 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:25,100 then he's going to talk about how it's going to make you 218 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:30,100 content. Because everybody everybody 219 00:13:30,100 --> 00:13:34,100 wants Shalom. There was this song written by 220 00:13:34,100 --> 00:13:36,000 Ed McCurdy and I didn't know him either. 221 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:41,300 But this song has been covered by Simon & Garfunkel and Johnny 222 00:13:41,300 --> 00:13:43,600 Cash. See those of you over 50. 223 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:46,800 I remember you. Come here and this is the song 224 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:51,000 that he the title of the song. Last night, I had the strangest 225 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:56,800 dream Can we do the lyrics? Last night, I had the strangest 226 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:58,800 dream. I never dreamed before. 227 00:13:59,500 --> 00:14:03,700 I dreamed the world had all agreed to put an end to War. 228 00:14:04,700 --> 00:14:06,300 I dreamed. I saw a mighty room. 229 00:14:06,300 --> 00:14:08,900 The room was filled with men and the papers. 230 00:14:08,900 --> 00:14:13,000 They were signing said they'd never fight again. 231 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:16,900 And when the papers were all signed and a million copies 232 00:14:16,900 --> 00:14:19,800 made, they all joined hands and bowed. 233 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:22,800 Their heads and grateful prayers were made. 234 00:14:23,700 --> 00:14:26,500 And the people in the streets below, they all danced round, 235 00:14:26,500 --> 00:14:31,500 and round, and guns and swords and uniforms were scattered on 236 00:14:31,500 --> 00:14:35,700 the ground. When I awoke twas but a dream 237 00:14:35,700 --> 00:14:41,000 and peace, a dirty word. I tried to tell them of my dream 238 00:14:41,100 --> 00:14:46,400 but not a word, they heard. And when are then I got me 239 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:51,300 fighting mad and knew, just what I do I'd fight non-violently for 240 00:14:51,300 --> 00:14:58,200 peace until my dream came true. I say it gets at the heart of 241 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:02,700 this. This Shalom, this desire for 242 00:15:02,700 --> 00:15:06,000 peace. Those of you last week, you may 243 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:10,900 remember that I made a big deal about getting in and the 244 00:15:10,900 --> 00:15:13,200 Israelites defeating the midianites. 245 00:15:15,700 --> 00:15:19,300 And Isaiah says, when the Messiah shows up when the gift 246 00:15:19,300 --> 00:15:23,500 shows up, it will feel like right after midians defeat, 247 00:15:23,900 --> 00:15:26,100 where the 300 defeated an army, too. 248 00:15:26,100 --> 00:15:29,300 Numerous to count this, what he says, I've had nine four and 249 00:15:29,300 --> 00:15:33,000 five for as in the Day of midians Defeat, you have 250 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,800 shattered, the Yoke that burdens them, the bar across their 251 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:38,200 shoulders, the rod of their oppressor, the look at the 252 00:15:38,208 --> 00:15:41,800 description of uses sounds. A lot like that song from Ed 253 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:44,400 every Warriors boot used in battle. 254 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,800 And every garment It rolled in blood will be destined for 255 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:50,600 burning will be fuel for the fire. 256 00:15:50,700 --> 00:15:53,200 There will be no more need for these things. 257 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:57,000 There's no longer going to be a need for soldiers. 258 00:15:57,500 --> 00:15:59,100 There's no more blood-soaked garments. 259 00:15:59,100 --> 00:16:03,800 There's no flag covered caskets. No. 260 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:06,900 We know as Christians that this will all happen upon the return 261 00:16:06,900 --> 00:16:09,200 of Christ. When all of us who are followers 262 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:12,800 of Jesus Christ, will be ushered into his Heavenly presence. 263 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:18,000 We know that eventually, we will all experience an eternal, 264 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:22,600 Shalom and eternal peace. But the question that you want 265 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:24,500 answered in the question that I want answered. 266 00:16:24,500 --> 00:16:27,100 His, is there any peace for today? 267 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:32,800 Is there any piece for me from now until that time? 268 00:16:33,300 --> 00:16:38,200 And the good news is the answer is yes, let's begin spiritually. 269 00:16:38,500 --> 00:16:43,100 Is there peace for you? And I today spiritually can we 270 00:16:43,100 --> 00:16:46,900 have Shalom? The answer that question is yes 271 00:16:47,100 --> 00:16:50,800 and the reason you and I can have peace spiritually is 272 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:56,300 because we are justified by faith, not by our own actions or 273 00:16:56,300 --> 00:16:59,700 our own goodness. Imagine if you and I were trying 274 00:16:59,700 --> 00:17:03,100 to have a right relationship with God, based on our 275 00:17:03,100 --> 00:17:06,300 abilities, how stressed to the max? 276 00:17:06,300 --> 00:17:10,800 Would you be or any of you good enough to please a holy and 277 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:13,300 perfect? God can you do enough good 278 00:17:13,300 --> 00:17:16,300 things? Can you give enough money away 279 00:17:16,500 --> 00:17:20,300 to write your relationship with God because deep down inside you 280 00:17:20,300 --> 00:17:24,700 know how bad you've been? And I know how bad I've been. 281 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:29,900 That's why we find this in Romans 5:1. 282 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,300 Therefore since we have been Justified, you've heard Jerry 283 00:17:33,300 --> 00:17:35,400 talked about this before. What is justified mean? 284 00:17:35,700 --> 00:17:40,800 That means just as if I'd never sinned making everything, right? 285 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,900 Therefore since we have been Justified everything has been 286 00:17:43,900 --> 00:17:47,300 made, right? How was this made right through 287 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:51,000 faith? We have Shalom, actually it? 288 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,300 See Renee. This is in the Greek now but 289 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:56,100 Shalom with God through our Lord. 290 00:17:56,300 --> 00:18:00,600 Jesus Christ. Through whom we have gained 291 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:06,800 access by faith into this grace in which we now stand, and we 292 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:09,000 boast in the hope of the glory of God. 293 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,600 Let's stay here for just a second. 294 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:13,400 Here's what he's doing. He's moving you and I into a new 295 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:16,800 neighborhood. This is what he's saying in the, 296 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:19,900 in the grace, in which we now stand. 297 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,700 So you and I stand in a place of Grace. 298 00:18:23,100 --> 00:18:25,500 Well, how did we get there? We got there. 299 00:18:25,500 --> 00:18:29,500 Through faith. Through faith in what through 300 00:18:29,500 --> 00:18:33,500 faith in, what Jesus Christ did on our behalf. 301 00:18:33,500 --> 00:18:38,900 He justified us and made peace between us and God because we 302 00:18:38,900 --> 00:18:43,300 were at war with him. We were enemies of God, because 303 00:18:43,300 --> 00:18:48,100 of our sin, but Jesus comes in and through his sacrifice. 304 00:18:48,300 --> 00:18:52,800 He justifies us, we take hold of that justification through faith 305 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:57,800 because I believe in who he is and what he's done on my Behalf 306 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:02,200 I have been made right before God, I've been Justified, and 307 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,200 this is a Grace that was bestowed on me. 308 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:08,900 It is not a Grace. I earned it was something that 309 00:19:08,900 --> 00:19:11,700 was poured out on me. Let's keep going in the text, 310 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:18,100 not only, so, but we also glory in our what I should have 311 00:19:18,100 --> 00:19:22,500 stopped at verse 2. Glory in our sufferings. 312 00:19:23,700 --> 00:19:26,700 Hold on a second. You mean I can have peace with 313 00:19:26,700 --> 00:19:29,200 God but I might still have to suffer here on Earth. 314 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:34,100 Yeah. What? 315 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:38,100 But Clayton, if I've been made right with God, everything 316 00:19:38,100 --> 00:19:43,700 should be super easy. In fact, if you read through the 317 00:19:43,708 --> 00:19:47,300 scripture, you'll find people who had a whole lot of peace 318 00:19:47,300 --> 00:19:50,200 with God. But they suffered. 319 00:19:51,700 --> 00:19:53,800 I'm trying to think of one off the top of my head. 320 00:19:55,200 --> 00:20:00,000 Well, there's Jesus. He had to Jesus have perfect 321 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:01,800 peace with God. Yeah. 322 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:08,000 Did he also suffer? Yeah, well, one of my favorite 323 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:12,300 passages in scripture, Paul and Silas are in prison and they're 324 00:20:12,300 --> 00:20:15,600 worshipping. Well, we for worshipping you're 325 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:21,100 probably at peace with God but their circumstances were full of 326 00:20:21,100 --> 00:20:22,300 suffering now. Come here. 327 00:20:22,500 --> 00:20:25,600 Keep going because we know that suffering, produces 328 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:29,600 perseverance, perseverance character and character hope. 329 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:33,600 Let's keep going in the text and hope does not put us to shame 330 00:20:33,700 --> 00:20:40,400 because God's love has been poured out into our hearts 331 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,200 through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. 332 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:44,500 Here's this. Picture. 333 00:20:44,700 --> 00:20:49,300 God is opening up your heart and he is dumping a hundred gallon 334 00:20:49,300 --> 00:20:53,200 bucket of love into your life. That makes you at peace with 335 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:57,300 him. Which means when you have peace 336 00:20:57,300 --> 00:21:03,400 spiritually, You can suffer in this world and it can't be taken 337 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:08,000 from you. You can have something inside of 338 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:11,400 you that allows you to go through what you're going 339 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:14,300 through. You can have peace in the midst 340 00:21:14,300 --> 00:21:19,100 of storms. This is just what God does on 341 00:21:19,100 --> 00:21:23,800 our behalf, and look at the company that piece keeps in 342 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:26,400 scripture. Like if I were to make you list 343 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,600 off your friends like every time you go somewhere, you're 344 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:32,100 bringing these people with you. When you go golfing. 345 00:21:32,100 --> 00:21:35,700 If there's these guys in the golf cart, when you go to your 346 00:21:35,900 --> 00:21:38,500 knitting club, these are the people that show up with their 347 00:21:38,500 --> 00:21:42,500 own needles like this is your, these are your homies will piece 348 00:21:42,500 --> 00:21:45,300 has homies. Because if you go home and you 349 00:21:45,500 --> 00:21:47,500 do this, do home typing, in Bible Gateway. 350 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:50,400 Look at all the people are all the other things that hang out 351 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:54,500 with peace in scripture. There's glory honor and peace. 352 00:21:55,100 --> 00:21:57,800 Peace is friends are Glory and Honor later on. 353 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:01,200 It says this life and peace. Peace, hangs out with life, 354 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:05,600 peace and joy, Grace and peace, love and peace, shall be with 355 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,100 you everywhere. That piece goes. 356 00:22:07,100 --> 00:22:09,300 He shows up with friends, the kind of friend. 357 00:22:09,300 --> 00:22:13,900 You want, love, and joy, and patience and kindness. 358 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,300 No, fewer than six times in the New Testament. 359 00:22:17,300 --> 00:22:22,500 Is God called a God of Peace. When God's spirit, brings his 360 00:22:22,500 --> 00:22:27,100 Harvest into your heart and into my heart, love and joy are 361 00:22:27,100 --> 00:22:31,500 followed by piece. And this piece is ours for the 362 00:22:31,500 --> 00:22:34,300 asking. Peace. 363 00:22:34,300 --> 00:22:38,300 Which replaces anxiety peace which transcends understanding 364 00:22:38,500 --> 00:22:41,300 is only a prayer away. A prayer away. 365 00:22:41,300 --> 00:22:44,500 You say. Yeah you can have access to that 366 00:22:44,500 --> 00:22:47,100 piece through praying a prayer. Look what it says. 367 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:51,000 Philippians chapter 4 do not be anxious about anything. 368 00:22:51,500 --> 00:22:53,600 Anxiety is the opposite of Peace. 369 00:22:53,900 --> 00:22:58,500 There is no calm, but in every situation, how many situations 370 00:22:58,500 --> 00:23:00,400 is that? That's all of them. 371 00:23:00,700 --> 00:23:03,400 There is never a situation that you are facing that doesn't fit 372 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,700 in. This scripture by prayer and 373 00:23:05,700 --> 00:23:08,800 petition. What does that mean Clayton? 374 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:12,200 I've only prayed of never petitioned if I'm if I'm doing 375 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,500 the math problem here. If I want this piece, you've 376 00:23:15,500 --> 00:23:17,600 only taught me how to pray. You've never taught me how to 377 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:20,100 petition, okay? This is free. 378 00:23:20,100 --> 00:23:23,600 No charge to this, here's the difference between prayer and 379 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:32,500 petition, prayer is Prayer. Is you talking and being a 380 00:23:32,500 --> 00:23:37,800 really good Christian to God? It's you saying God, I know 381 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:45,800 that. if this is in your will, I would just really appreciate it 382 00:23:46,700 --> 00:23:50,000 if you would help me out petitioning. 383 00:23:50,700 --> 00:23:54,000 Is you like going to the governmental authorities and 384 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:58,900 saying, I need relief. I need Justice, I need help. 385 00:23:59,100 --> 00:24:02,500 It's you approaching a higher power at you going to God and 386 00:24:02,500 --> 00:24:05,800 say, look, man, if you don't show up, I'm done. 387 00:24:06,300 --> 00:24:09,300 I'm coming to you because you're the only one that can get me 388 00:24:09,300 --> 00:24:12,100 through. But God, I'm also a prayer. 389 00:24:13,500 --> 00:24:17,200 And I know that your ways are higher than my ways and if you 390 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:21,100 see fit in your heavenly powers to make this situation, right? 391 00:24:21,100 --> 00:24:24,900 I would greatly appreciate it. But God, I got to be honest with 392 00:24:24,900 --> 00:24:28,400 you deep down in my heart, I'm worried about everything that's 393 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:29,400 coming. My way. 394 00:24:29,500 --> 00:24:34,100 I'm scared, out of my mind, I need you to deliver me but God 395 00:24:34,100 --> 00:24:35,300 if you don't I just want you to know. 396 00:24:35,300 --> 00:24:37,900 I'm still going to show up at church early and I'm still going 397 00:24:37,900 --> 00:24:41,400 to help out and kids church but God, I need you to move on my 398 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,600 behalf. In Jesus name, I pray, amen. 399 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:50,700 That is prayer and petition. With Thanksgiving. 400 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:54,700 Now, how are you going to put all three of those together? 401 00:24:58,100 --> 00:25:04,400 God, little If it's your will, would you deliver me? 402 00:25:06,100 --> 00:25:10,500 God, you got to show up. And man, I'm thankful, I can 403 00:25:10,500 --> 00:25:13,000 talk to you about this because my wife won't talk to me right 404 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:16,300 now and God, I don't know what kind of work you're doing in my 405 00:25:16,300 --> 00:25:18,000 life. I don't know if this suffering 406 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,800 is going to produce character but God I'm asking you to use it 407 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:24,700 for your glory only. You could take a messed-up 408 00:25:24,700 --> 00:25:26,500 person like this and pull me through. 409 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:30,200 Got just get me through it but I'm telling you, if you if you 410 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:35,700 leave me alone here if you don't move on my behalf, I'm ruined. 411 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:39,400 In Jesus name. I pray. 412 00:25:39,900 --> 00:25:41,100 Okay. Now, look at this. 413 00:25:41,500 --> 00:25:47,200 Let's keep going to verse 7. And the peace of God, which 414 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:51,200 transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your 415 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,300 minds in Christ Jesus. He's going to guard your heart 416 00:25:53,300 --> 00:25:55,300 and your mind. He's gonna protect you. 417 00:25:55,300 --> 00:25:57,400 He's in the middle of what you're going through. 418 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,100 He's going to remind you that you're loved by him and you are 419 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,900 held by him. And while everybody else is 420 00:26:02,900 --> 00:26:05,800 looking at you and seeing the suffering that you're going 421 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:09,700 through and they're going, how do you have so much peace in the 422 00:26:09,700 --> 00:26:16,400 middle of the storm? yes, I because I have shalom. 423 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:20,100 Spiritually. Well, what about peace 424 00:26:20,700 --> 00:26:25,000 internally? Well, if this Mighty God, this 425 00:26:25,100 --> 00:26:27,800 wonderful counselor this maker of Worlds, the suffering 426 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:31,200 servant, this water walking demon, casting people healing 427 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,300 resurrecting. Jesus is in my corner. 428 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:36,600 How could I not have peace internally? 429 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:41,200 How could I not be? Okay, my future secure because 430 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:44,000 he has it. My destiny is joyous because he 431 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,200 purchased it. My judgment will be grace. 432 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:52,900 Because he died for it. What can the world take away 433 00:26:52,900 --> 00:26:56,100 from me? When I have all of that going 434 00:26:56,100 --> 00:27:00,200 for me. But Clayton, what about 435 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:04,700 externally and relationally? Well, two things here, the first 436 00:27:04,700 --> 00:27:09,300 is we find peace with others because of what Jesus did on our 437 00:27:09,300 --> 00:27:12,900 behalf in light of what he has forgiven. 438 00:27:12,900 --> 00:27:19,500 In our lives, we can forgive people relationally and our own 439 00:27:19,500 --> 00:27:23,100 life. If you racked up a million 440 00:27:23,100 --> 00:27:28,500 dollar debt with God and he forgave it, When your aunt sends 441 00:27:28,500 --> 00:27:31,400 against you, $100 sin, you can go. 442 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:35,000 Look, I've been forgiven a million so I at least ought to 443 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:40,800 be able to forgive 100. And I'm able to make peace 444 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:45,800 because there's nobody on planet Earth that I have done more harm 445 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:53,400 to than God. And nobody has ever abused me 446 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:57,000 more than I abused my relationship with God. 447 00:27:57,500 --> 00:28:02,700 And if God was willing to still pour out his grace into my heart 448 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:09,900 and move on my behalf to make peace, I can I can make peace 449 00:28:09,900 --> 00:28:13,400 with you because of what Christ did in me. 450 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,600 The second thing is as I was more and more people that you 451 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:23,100 know and love and care about find peace with God spiritually 452 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,500 and that produces a piece internally. 453 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:31,500 Then it has no choice but to expand its domain as the world 454 00:28:31,500 --> 00:28:36,800 becomes more and more Peaceable. Look what Jesus says in John 455 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:40,500 chapter 14. Peace, I leave with you. 456 00:28:40,500 --> 00:28:42,400 My peace. I give you. 457 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:44,900 I do not give you as the world gives. 458 00:28:45,300 --> 00:28:49,200 Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not be afraid. 459 00:28:49,300 --> 00:28:53,900 The absence of peace is trouble and fear and he's saying because 460 00:28:53,900 --> 00:28:59,800 you have shalom. You don't have to be troubled. 461 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:06,900 You don't have to be afraid now hear me this peace cannot be 462 00:29:07,100 --> 00:29:11,200 taken from you. But you can give it away. 463 00:29:13,100 --> 00:29:18,300 No one can lay hold of the peace that God has put in your heart. 464 00:29:19,300 --> 00:29:23,500 But you can give it away. You can have this incredible 465 00:29:23,500 --> 00:29:26,500 peace in your heart like right now you're all at church and go 466 00:29:26,500 --> 00:29:29,800 man, I feel whole lot of peace and then you're going to go home 467 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:31,400 and you're going to try and figure out where you're going to 468 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:39,500 eat today for lunch. And those say, where do you want 469 00:29:39,500 --> 00:29:43,300 to go to eat? You'll say I don't care and 470 00:29:43,300 --> 00:29:46,000 they'll be like, I don't care either you pick and then you'll 471 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:47,700 pick and then they'll say not there. 472 00:29:49,500 --> 00:29:51,700 And so you'll pick another one and they'll say not there 473 00:29:51,700 --> 00:29:54,600 either. And you will find the peace of 474 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:57,600 God leaving your soul. No. 475 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,800 That is not the peace of God. Leaving your soul that is you 476 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:08,000 giving it away to a food order. Your peace cannot be taken from 477 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,700 you. No one can lay hands on what God 478 00:30:10,700 --> 00:30:14,100 has placed in your heart, but you can shell it out. 479 00:30:14,700 --> 00:30:17,400 You can lose it to the new cycle, you can lose it to the 480 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:19,400 politics. You can lose it to your social 481 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:24,000 media, you can give it away, but no one is taking it from you. 482 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:30,400 Can you imagine a world? Dominated by this kind of 483 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:34,100 Shalom. A people group walking around 484 00:30:34,100 --> 00:30:37,100 better at peace with God. Peace with themselves and at 485 00:30:37,100 --> 00:30:40,100 peace with others. But no wonder the Angels broke 486 00:30:40,100 --> 00:30:42,700 through the clouds and said this when they are announcing the 487 00:30:42,700 --> 00:30:47,100 birth of Christ glory to God in the highest heaven and on Earth. 488 00:30:47,100 --> 00:30:50,900 Shalom. To those on whom his favor 489 00:30:50,900 --> 00:30:56,800 rests. Perhaps it should come as no 490 00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:01,300 surprise. That the very first time that 491 00:31:01,300 --> 00:31:06,900 God is called a god of peace, takes us all the way back to the 492 00:31:06,900 --> 00:31:11,200 story of Gideon, getting ready to fight and army too. 493 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:16,500 Numerous to count. Getting it's done having this 494 00:31:16,500 --> 00:31:20,000 discussion with God and this is what Gideon says. 495 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:24,000 So, getting and built an altar to the lord and there. 496 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:27,000 He called it. The Lord is peace. 497 00:31:27,500 --> 00:31:28,800 Jehovah. Shalom. 498 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:32,600 Now, come here, come here, pay attention. 499 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:43,400 Gideon calls, God, the God of Peace before he ever fights the 500 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:48,800 battle. He calls god Jehovah. 501 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:51,800 Shalom. Before an army is ever 502 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:55,900 assembled. He calls him Jehovah. 503 00:31:55,900 --> 00:31:58,700 Shalom before the trumpets are ever blown. 504 00:31:59,300 --> 00:32:03,500 He calls them before, the 32,000 show up before the 22,000 go 505 00:32:03,500 --> 00:32:06,000 home. Before, he's left with only 300. 506 00:32:06,100 --> 00:32:10,500 Before any of that takes place, he goes Jehovah, Shalom, the 507 00:32:10,500 --> 00:32:19,100 Lord is peace. which means that Gideon recognized who God was 508 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:25,200 before he experienced, who God was He goes, God is a God of 509 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:30,000 Peace before he ever experienced the peace of God. 510 00:32:30,900 --> 00:32:39,000 There's a Devo in here for us. You still have to do your part. 511 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:45,500 You still have to walk it out. That's why in Romans chapter 5. 512 00:32:45,500 --> 00:32:49,200 It says we lay hold of this by faith. 513 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:54,600 That the only way you and I are going to experience this piece 514 00:32:54,600 --> 00:33:01,900 of God is when we by faith step into it and lay hold of it, we 515 00:33:01,900 --> 00:33:04,700 must walk into it. We must take hold of the peace 516 00:33:04,700 --> 00:33:09,700 that God offers before we will ever fully experience it and I 517 00:33:09,700 --> 00:33:11,600 hope you'll do that is we're moving to is time to decision. 518 00:33:15,500 --> 00:33:19,100 There's an old church, he's saying you've probably heard it. 519 00:33:19,100 --> 00:33:21,700 If you you know been here long enough for went somewhere before 520 00:33:21,700 --> 00:33:26,100 you came here But you can't know the peace of God without peace 521 00:33:26,100 --> 00:33:30,300 with God. That you will never experience 522 00:33:30,300 --> 00:33:34,600 the benefits of this, heavenly peace or internally, or 523 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:38,700 relationally and externally. Until you've got it figured out 524 00:33:39,100 --> 00:33:42,400 spiritually. Just not going to happen. 525 00:33:44,100 --> 00:33:46,500 I want you to see what God did on your behalf. 526 00:33:46,500 --> 00:33:49,900 If it's hidden inside of Colossians 1:19 through 20, let 527 00:33:49,900 --> 00:33:53,800 me read it to you for. God was pleased, so it made God, 528 00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:57,700 happy to have all his fullness, dwell in him, whose him? 529 00:33:57,700 --> 00:34:00,500 That's Jesus. So what we learning about Jesus 530 00:34:00,700 --> 00:34:05,700 is all of the fullness of God, everything about God was made 531 00:34:05,700 --> 00:34:09,400 manifest in the person of Jesus Christ, okay? 532 00:34:10,500 --> 00:34:14,800 And threw him through Jesus to Reconcile. 533 00:34:15,500 --> 00:34:20,300 You know reconcile is satisfying the new you went out to eat and 534 00:34:20,300 --> 00:34:22,400 when you got done they brought you the bill and you had to 535 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:28,000 reconcile the bill yet to make payment when you went to get the 536 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:31,100 oil changed this week. They sent you there. 537 00:34:31,100 --> 00:34:32,900 Like, hey look, here's the air filter. 538 00:34:33,100 --> 00:34:33,900 You're going to need to get that. 539 00:34:33,900 --> 00:34:36,400 And here's new wiper fluid. You're going to need that and we 540 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:38,500 got some new are that we're dealing out that's like 10 541 00:34:38,500 --> 00:34:40,100 bucks. If you guys want the new where 542 00:34:40,199 --> 00:34:42,600 you go, you bought the new Air and then like your taillights, 543 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:43,100 right? Yeah. 544 00:34:43,100 --> 00:34:45,100 I need to eat the tail. Taillights and you just kept 545 00:34:45,100 --> 00:34:46,800 going, okay, what else is wrong with it? 546 00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:50,699 And then they bring you the total and you have to reconcile 547 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,000 because you're in a state of being a debtor and you want to 548 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:57,100 resolve that debt reconcile. Hold on a second. 549 00:34:57,300 --> 00:35:01,600 So God is reconciling to himself. 550 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:06,200 You and me. He's making a payment. 551 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:14,000 To himself to repurchase a right relationship on our behalf with 552 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:18,500 us and God things, whether on Earth or things in heaven 553 00:35:18,500 --> 00:35:21,200 because you might be wondering, is this good news for me? 554 00:35:21,300 --> 00:35:25,000 Well, do you live in heaven? Anybody in here, Heaven dweller? 555 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:29,000 Nope, okay. So that part isn't you any of 556 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:32,300 you that live here on Earth? I love that it says this things 557 00:35:32,300 --> 00:35:35,600 on earth because you could be tempted to come up with all 558 00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:39,600 kinds of reasons why you wouldn't qualify. if I, I was 559 00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:41,500 talking to someone before service and he was talking to 560 00:35:41,500 --> 00:35:44,600 trying to talk to somebody about coming to church and the 561 00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:46,400 question was well I mean can I get to heaven? 562 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:49,600 Because I've smoked weed. Like dear God, I mean if you 563 00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:51,600 haven't smoked weed, you might not even be able to serve it our 564 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:52,200 church. Okay. 565 00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:56,000 Like how are we how are we gonna put this stuff together? 566 00:35:56,100 --> 00:35:57,900 Right. And someone sitting there 567 00:35:57,900 --> 00:36:01,500 thinking to himself I can't have a right relationship with God 568 00:36:01,500 --> 00:36:04,300 because I've smoked weed, you might be going, I can't have a 569 00:36:04,300 --> 00:36:07,200 right relationship with God because I'm divorced. 570 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:09,100 Now there's no way I could have a right relationship. 571 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,800 Ship with God because my kids don't follow the lord. 572 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:14,600 Now, you might be going I can't have a right relationship with 573 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:17,300 Jesus because I'm I'm too fat and room to Harry. 574 00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:20,500 You could be coming up with all kinds of reasons and this is the 575 00:36:20,500 --> 00:36:23,100 reason he gives are you on Earth. 576 00:36:26,100 --> 00:36:31,100 Are you affected by gravity then you are affected by my love? 577 00:36:32,500 --> 00:36:35,200 That's the qualification. God sets out for you and me. 578 00:36:36,500 --> 00:36:39,400 How did he do it by making peace? 579 00:36:39,700 --> 00:36:45,500 Shalom. Through his blood shed on the 580 00:36:45,500 --> 00:36:50,100 cross. God, put all of the fullness in 581 00:36:50,100 --> 00:36:57,100 Jesus, to reconcile to pay the debt to restore peace with us. 582 00:36:57,900 --> 00:37:04,100 And how did he do it? But Jesus suffering to make that 583 00:37:04,100 --> 00:37:07,500 piece of reality. And if you're here today, and 584 00:37:07,500 --> 00:37:10,200 maybe you've never heard about Jesus, or you're wondering why a 585 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:12,700 bunch of people show up every single week, to celebrate him 586 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,600 and worship him because it's easy for us. 587 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:19,800 Because we realize what he did on our behalf and cannot get 588 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,000 over it. And I want you to know that you 589 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:25,400 can have access to that today and just a few moments. 590 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:28,000 I'm going to pray in the people around you against and some of 591 00:37:28,008 --> 00:37:30,100 them are going to come up to the steps and get down and pray and, 592 00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:32,400 and you can too. But you know, what else you 593 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:34,700 could do, you could walk right over there to the baptistery and 594 00:37:34,700 --> 00:37:37,600 you could talk to somebody about what it means to start an 595 00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:41,000 intimate, personal relationship with Jesus Christ to step into 596 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:43,500 that piece. To the rest of you. 597 00:37:45,100 --> 00:37:48,800 Christians in synchrony is chapter 5. 598 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:50,300 This is what it says that we are. 599 00:37:50,300 --> 00:37:54,400 Therefore Christ's ambassadors as if God himself were making 600 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:59,100 his appeal through us, you guys know what ambassadors are right 601 00:37:59,300 --> 00:38:01,000 there. People that you know, bribe the 602 00:38:01,008 --> 00:38:03,200 president for them to be able to give you a stationed in some 603 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:06,500 really cool place and speak on our behalf in a really tropical 604 00:38:06,500 --> 00:38:09,700 climate to, pretty good Gig. If you can get one and what they 605 00:38:09,700 --> 00:38:13,300 do is when they speak they speak with the authority of the United 606 00:38:13,300 --> 00:38:15,700 States government. They're the Ambassador. 607 00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:19,400 They represent us to whatever country they're in. 608 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:23,600 This is what Paul is saying that you and I are, we are therefore, 609 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:28,900 Christ's ambassadors as if when we speak we are speaking on 610 00:38:28,900 --> 00:38:32,100 behalf of God and do you know what we speak? 611 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:38,300 That we can be reconciled. The world is thinking that they 612 00:38:38,300 --> 00:38:42,600 are at war with God and we get to step into those moments and 613 00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:46,000 say no. No. 614 00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:50,800 Peace. Shalom. 615 00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:56,600 Peace for your family, peace for your soul, and peace for your 616 00:38:56,600 --> 00:39:01,400 heart, I come to bring this message from God, there can be 617 00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:10,600 peace, the war is over how because 2,000 years ago, God 618 00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:14,800 made it right before you could ever make it wrong. 619 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:21,100 He died in advance for the sins that you haven't even committed 620 00:39:21,100 --> 00:39:25,200 yet. And that's a message that's too 621 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:29,000 good to keep to ourselves. Would you stand with me? 622 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:33,600 Heavenly Father, you are good. Good, good. 623 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:40,200 And I pray that you would do a good work in us right now. 624 00:39:41,500 --> 00:39:45,700 God for people who have never started a relationship with you 625 00:39:45,700 --> 00:39:50,200 to people who've been here so long and been following you so 626 00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:53,100 long that they can't even remember what life was like 627 00:39:53,100 --> 00:39:55,800 before you do it. Work in US. 628 00:39:57,200 --> 00:40:00,500 Bring peace into our hearts. Bring peace into our souls and 629 00:40:00,500 --> 00:40:05,100 bring peace into our lives. And I pray, amen. 630 00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:05,100 And I pray, amen.