1 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:06,200 All Crossing family, it is so good to be with each and every 2 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:08,200 single. One of you this weekend. 3 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:10,600 I want to welcome those of you joining at all of our different 4 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:15,200 locations online and inside, I also want to welcome those of 5 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,200 you who are joining us for the first time or perhaps the first 6 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:21,300 time in a long time. And if at any point in time 7 00:00:21,300 --> 00:00:23,900 during this service, you want to get more connected. 8 00:00:24,100 --> 00:00:26,500 Learn more about our church, take your next step, I want to 9 00:00:26,508 --> 00:00:30,100 encourage you to use the QR code on the seat. 10 00:00:30,300 --> 00:00:33,100 In front of you. I also want you to know that, in 11 00:00:33,100 --> 00:00:34,800 my opinion. You are surrounded by some of 12 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,400 the very best people on planet Earth. 13 00:00:37,700 --> 00:00:40,800 Now, look around, you may disagree based on where you sit, 14 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:43,100 but there's a big. There's lots of places to sit 15 00:00:43,100 --> 00:00:44,700 and all of our different locations, and if you're 16 00:00:44,700 --> 00:00:47,600 watching at home, well, they're yours. 17 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:49,500 Okay. If they're not the best people 18 00:00:49,500 --> 00:00:52,100 on planet Earth, you probably had a part to play in that. 19 00:00:52,100 --> 00:00:55,200 But speaking of some, of the best people on planet Earth, I 20 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:57,600 would like to introduce you to Cole Miller. 21 00:00:58,100 --> 00:01:03,200 I first met Cole when he Was in the youth group of my best 22 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:09,100 friend and roommate in college. The Crossing Macomb was in her 23 00:01:09,100 --> 00:01:11,700 infancy. As was, the crossing Macomb 24 00:01:11,700 --> 00:01:15,800 thrift store and my friend Matt's youth group was getting 25 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:19,500 ready to go on a mission trip over spring break and they were 26 00:01:19,500 --> 00:01:23,400 going to go to Mexico but due to some challenges that were 27 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:26,000 happening at that point in time, it was not a good idea for them 28 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,000 to travel and so they were looking for a place to go for 29 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:35,000 spring break. for those of you who know, Macomb, Why wouldn't 30 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:36,600 you go there for your spring break? 31 00:01:39,300 --> 00:01:43,900 So it was a perfect fit. We had a lot of work that needed 32 00:01:43,900 --> 00:01:47,000 done and they were looking for a place to serve and make a 33 00:01:47,008 --> 00:01:49,700 difference. So Matt brought up his youth 34 00:01:49,700 --> 00:01:53,600 group and in that youth group was Cole Miller Cole went on to 35 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:56,900 feel a call to go into full-time Ministry and he's when he 36 00:01:56,900 --> 00:01:59,600 graduated from high school from Texas which it's a Texas high 37 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:01,700 school so he struggles with, you know, reading and writing but 38 00:02:01,700 --> 00:02:03,900 he's he's making serious progress. 39 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,500 But he went on to my alma mater. Ozark, Christian college and was 40 00:02:07,500 --> 00:02:09,800 trained to go into full-time Ministry. 41 00:02:10,199 --> 00:02:13,200 He went on to go into full-time Ministry, at that church down in 42 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:17,600 Texas and then about a year a little over a year ago he joined 43 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,500 the crossing team at our Pike County location. 44 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,000 Yeah. We're super excited about. 45 00:02:23,100 --> 00:02:27,200 He is married to a wonderful woman named Allison and three or 46 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:30,500 about three months ago. They welcomed their first child, 47 00:02:30,500 --> 00:02:34,100 Thomas, James, into the world. We will grow our locations. 48 00:02:34,300 --> 00:02:39,700 I any means necessary and he is an up-and-coming leader at the 49 00:02:39,700 --> 00:02:43,100 Crossing and I asked him to come and help me preach this sermon. 50 00:02:43,300 --> 00:02:45,500 So would you guys, please welcome to the stage from Pike 51 00:02:45,500 --> 00:02:50,800 County by way of Texas? Cole Miller come here, man. 52 00:02:52,500 --> 00:02:56,700 You're gonna do great. Now I should note this. 53 00:02:56,700 --> 00:03:01,600 We also hired two of his friends Hunter, Escobar is the worship 54 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,500 leader at our Macomb location and Nick Cannon. 55 00:03:04,500 --> 00:03:06,600 That's right. We have our own Nick Cannon. 56 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:11,000 He works at our 929 location. And I just need to say this too. 57 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,900 If you are a part of any of those locations Winter's coming, 58 00:03:16,300 --> 00:03:20,300 And these boys have never experienced a real winter, okay? 59 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,200 When you talk to them in Texas, they're like yeah, it's down to 60 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,800 40 degrees, you know, highways are shutting down. 61 00:03:26,100 --> 00:03:28,500 They have no idea what February's like. 62 00:03:28,900 --> 00:03:34,300 And so if you could help them with some Carhartt gear because 63 00:03:34,300 --> 00:03:38,500 I don't want their fragile, Texas skin cracking in our harsh 64 00:03:38,500 --> 00:03:43,500 Illinois, winters these guys very well could have hair on 65 00:03:43,500 --> 00:03:45,800 their chest for the very first time. 66 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:48,900 And we are all very excited about this, okay? 67 00:03:48,900 --> 00:03:53,200 But man, that's that's a heck of an intro. 68 00:03:54,500 --> 00:03:58,500 Anyways, thanks for having me. I've gotta say it is an absolute 69 00:03:58,500 --> 00:04:02,100 honor. It is an honor to be a pastor at 70 00:04:02,100 --> 00:04:05,700 the Crossing and an absolute honor to be a pastor to the 71 00:04:05,700 --> 00:04:10,500 people in Pike County Today, Cole and I are going to continue 72 00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:14,600 in this sermon series on the Gospel of John, during our weeds 73 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,300 in my garden sermon series. He's one of the leaders in our 74 00:04:17,300 --> 00:04:21,300 church sent me a picture of this, of the side of his 75 00:04:21,300 --> 00:04:23,200 daughters Bible. This is what it said. 76 00:04:23,500 --> 00:04:27,900 This is how I fight my battles. The picture captures perfectly 77 00:04:27,900 --> 00:04:31,700 in that great. The picture captures perfectly 78 00:04:31,700 --> 00:04:34,600 coals and eyes heart for this message. 79 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,800 Every single one of you, you are going to have battles to fight. 80 00:04:39,700 --> 00:04:42,800 And some of the way you fight, those battles are going to end 81 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,500 up having causing you to fight more battles. 82 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:48,500 And some of the way you fight, your battles could end up, 83 00:04:48,500 --> 00:04:55,100 starting new Wars, but God's word Will Never Let You Down. 84 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:59,800 It is a light unto our feet. It is a lamp unto our path. 85 00:04:59,900 --> 00:05:04,200 It is the very best way for us to fight our battles because it 86 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:08,000 is the source of Godly wisdom and it is our rule of Christian 87 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:12,800 faith and practice. However, I'm guessing that some 88 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:18,100 of you have opened your Bible and you have started reading and 89 00:05:18,100 --> 00:05:22,000 all of a sudden you found yourself looking at the pages of 90 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:26,900 scripture. And uttering these words. 91 00:05:29,900 --> 00:05:32,000 Anybody at any of our locations? Okay. 92 00:05:32,700 --> 00:05:34,200 The rest of you didn't raise your hand. 93 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:35,500 Okay? Okay. 94 00:05:36,100 --> 00:05:39,300 All right. We'll deal with that later. 95 00:05:39,700 --> 00:05:41,500 Can I let you in on a little secret? 96 00:05:42,100 --> 00:05:45,400 Even those of us who have been spending considerable time in 97 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:51,700 God's word, On a regular basis from time to time, we bump into 98 00:05:51,700 --> 00:05:54,800 scriptures, that just don't make any sense. 99 00:05:57,300 --> 00:06:01,100 So what do you do? When you're reading and you're 100 00:06:01,100 --> 00:06:04,100 trying to grow in your relationship with the Lord and 101 00:06:04,500 --> 00:06:07,300 God doesn't make sense in his word, doesn't make sense and 102 00:06:07,300 --> 00:06:10,000 sometimes even your life doesn't make sense. 103 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:14,900 Can I tell you something? Just because something doesn't 104 00:06:14,900 --> 00:06:17,100 make sense. Doesn't keep you. 105 00:06:17,100 --> 00:06:23,100 And I from loving it's not an excuse to top stop pursuing and 106 00:06:23,100 --> 00:06:26,400 it doesn't give us an excuse to not lean in cold. 107 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:28,500 Give us some examples of that. Yeah, I think you're exactly 108 00:06:28,500 --> 00:06:30,400 right. I think, in fact, one of the 109 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,400 best examples of things not making sense can actually be 110 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:37,300 found in marriage for instance and Men. 111 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:40,000 I want to make sure this just isn't my wife help me out here a 112 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,200 little bit. But have you ever noticed that a 113 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:48,700 Has the distinct ability to carry a bag of trash all the way 114 00:06:48,700 --> 00:06:53,100 to the garage door, but not the additional 30 feet to actually. 115 00:06:53,100 --> 00:06:56,900 Just put it in the trash man, preach cold, but that difference 116 00:06:56,900 --> 00:07:01,600 makes sense and ladies, I'm a nice guy, right? 117 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,200 So like I'll pick on men to write. 118 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:06,800 For example, have you noticed men? 119 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:12,000 We can organize the garage, we can detail a car but for some 120 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:16,800 reason, we Can't take our clothes off the floor and put 121 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:22,100 them in the laundry bin. That doesn't make sense. 122 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:24,800 I got a couple for you and listen fellas. 123 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:27,400 I might need a place to sleep. So be thinking about how big 124 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:34,600 should have you noticed fellows that it is impossible for the 125 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:36,900 ladies in your life to tell you how long it's going to take them 126 00:07:36,900 --> 00:07:40,000 to get ready. They've been doing it their 127 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,900 entire life but they have no clue how long it's going to 128 00:07:42,907 --> 00:07:44,700 take. They're done when they're done. 129 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:47,600 Okay? But they can tell you, no matter 130 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:49,400 where you are on planet Earth, exactly. 131 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:52,000 What time you need to leave. To pick up the kid to take him 132 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,400 to the very next thing that they need to go to how many people 133 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,100 have had that experience when you can back me up, that does 134 00:07:57,100 --> 00:07:59,900 not make sense and I'm an equal opportunity offender. 135 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,900 So ladies, here's something I give for you have you noticed 136 00:08:03,900 --> 00:08:07,400 that your man can remember exactly how the deer was 137 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:11,100 standing? Where we came from, how many 138 00:08:11,100 --> 00:08:15,900 points, he had the direction of the wind, the temperature, what 139 00:08:15,900 --> 00:08:21,400 they shot him with how far he ran after, they shot him, but 140 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,000 cannot remember your wedding day or your wedding colors. 141 00:08:24,700 --> 00:08:28,600 Are there any ladies who would go that not make sense? 142 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,900 So just to be clear, we experience on a regular basis 143 00:08:32,900 --> 00:08:37,400 things that well they don't make sense but that does not keep us 144 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:40,000 from loving grow. Being or deepening our 145 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,400 relationships and the same is true with our relationship with 146 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:45,600 God. So today, what we're going to do 147 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:48,800 is we're going to walk through some stories found in John, 11, 148 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,900 12 and 13. And as we do that, what I'd ask 149 00:08:51,900 --> 00:08:55,400 is pay attention to see if you notice things that don't make 150 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:58,800 sense. So John 11, as we begin, were 151 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,000 greeted with some, some bad news. 152 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:02,700 Okay. The first thing we find out is 153 00:09:02,700 --> 00:09:05,600 there's a guy named Lazarus who was sick. 154 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,600 In fact, he was sick enough that lazarus's. 155 00:09:08,700 --> 00:09:12,800 Sister sent word to Jesus that well, he wasn't doing too. 156 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:17,300 Well, we find that in verse 4, when he heard this Jesus said 157 00:09:17,300 --> 00:09:19,600 this sickness will not end in death. 158 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:23,300 No, it's for God's glory. So that God's son may be 159 00:09:23,300 --> 00:09:25,900 glorified through it, verse 5. Now. 160 00:09:25,900 --> 00:09:29,200 Jesus, he loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 161 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:32,800 So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was 162 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:37,200 two more days after two days. Jesus, and the disciples they 163 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,200 set out to go see Lazarus. Is and on their way. 164 00:09:40,300 --> 00:09:45,500 Jesus reveals to them. That Lazarus had died verse 14. 165 00:09:45,700 --> 00:09:49,800 So then he told them plainly Lazarus is dead and for your 166 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:54,500 sake, I'm glad I was not there so that you may believe but let 167 00:09:54,500 --> 00:09:59,600 us go to him eventually. Jesus, he's surrounded by Mary 168 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:01,900 and Martha and a whole crowd of people. 169 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:06,700 Jesus, he sees Mary, we PCS the crowd around him, weep and it 170 00:10:06,700 --> 00:10:09,800 actually leads us to the short This verse and the English 171 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:16,500 translation, John 11:35 simply says, Jesus wept right after 172 00:10:16,500 --> 00:10:19,200 Jesus weeps. He tells them to take away the 173 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:22,200 stone in front of the Tomb. And I love this part in 174 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:26,700 scripture because Martha is like, hey, Jesus dead people 175 00:10:26,700 --> 00:10:29,000 stink, right? Like you might not want to move 176 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:32,000 the stone away. Could smell pretty bad, Jesus. 177 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:33,600 He goes out of this is for God's glory. 178 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:38,200 Then after quick word to God, He calls out to Lazarus and verse 179 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:44,600 43 and he says this, he says, Lazarus come out and the dead 180 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:49,200 man came out alive. Y'all man I'm like what a 181 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:53,700 powerful story, right? Like Jesus, he brought a dude 182 00:10:53,700 --> 00:10:57,800 back to life. That is awesome but not before 183 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:00,200 doing a few things that make you go. 184 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:05,500 Well, Exactly. That does not make sense. 185 00:11:05,700 --> 00:11:10,800 First and foremost, Jesus finds out one of his friends that he 186 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:14,600 loves from a family that he loves is sick and gonna die. 187 00:11:14,700 --> 00:11:17,200 And he decides to kick his feet up for a couple days with the 188 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:20,800 boys. It was just the other day that 189 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:23,600 my wife found out that her grandma of was going on hospice 190 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:25,900 and immediately. She was trying to figure out how 191 00:11:25,900 --> 00:11:28,800 she could drop everything and how she could get down to Texas 192 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:32,500 and see her Jesus, just Waits two days. 193 00:11:33,100 --> 00:11:36,400 Did you catch it? Jesus literally said in verse 4 194 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:40,100 that Lazarus is sickness would not end in death and then he 195 00:11:40,100 --> 00:11:44,200 died Clayton. You're a professional. 196 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:49,600 Pastor, I take it, is that makes sense to, you know, it doesn't 197 00:11:50,900 --> 00:11:52,700 then. And this is crazy to me. 198 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:56,200 Jesus was like yeah. If I had been there, he would 199 00:11:56,200 --> 00:12:00,000 not have died. And Jesus was glad that he 200 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:04,200 wasn't there, right? And I'm not like a over-thinker, 201 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:07,400 I don't think I am but it just leaves me wondering. 202 00:12:08,300 --> 00:12:11,000 Was Jesus. Glad that his friend died 203 00:12:11,100 --> 00:12:15,100 because that doesn't make sense. In the thing that blows my mind. 204 00:12:15,100 --> 00:12:17,700 The most man, this is absolutely wild to me. 205 00:12:17,700 --> 00:12:24,900 It's first 35, Jesus wept. But he wept knowing didn't just 206 00:12:24,900 --> 00:12:29,300 a couple verses, he was going to be the one to bring Lazarus back 207 00:12:29,300 --> 00:12:32,800 to life, like I say clay and I think you're right. 208 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:35,300 Like there's certainly things that scripture that don't make 209 00:12:35,300 --> 00:12:39,900 sense, and in fact, John 12 doesn't get any better. 210 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:43,700 Well, it does happen to start on a happier note Jesus, he was 211 00:12:43,700 --> 00:12:47,700 attending a dinner in his honor, you know, he raised Lazarus up 212 00:12:47,700 --> 00:12:51,600 from the dead and with that, we aren't told how Good. 213 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:55,500 The food is but instead we find out that Lazarus is Sister. 214 00:12:55,500 --> 00:12:59,600 Mary takes a pint of expensive perfume. 215 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:03,200 And I'm talking expensive when I say expensive, I'm talking about 216 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:06,100 the Louis Vuitton special. This was some nice stuff. 217 00:13:06,100 --> 00:13:09,100 Okay. Now I actually, I know quite a 218 00:13:09,108 --> 00:13:14,200 bit about the cologne and perfume game, and the reason why 219 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:17,300 is because I am too big to stink. 220 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:24,300 Like if I smell bad, I could ruin a car, a plane, a city bus. 221 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:30,600 And so, if and, you know, if a normal, you know, normal-sized 222 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:36,100 man were, you know, have a bad day, nobody would notice, but 223 00:13:36,100 --> 00:13:40,200 when you get to this size, it's a real liability. 224 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:43,600 And so there is. And I mean, this is like letting 225 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:47,500 you in there's never a time of my life where I am not wearing 226 00:13:47,700 --> 00:13:49,300 cologne. Never. 227 00:13:49,700 --> 00:13:53,200 I have it in my car, I have the same kind in my bag. 228 00:13:53,500 --> 00:13:56,400 I keep the Febreze stuff in my office. 229 00:13:56,700 --> 00:14:00,500 I'm shower to three times a day. I just don't want to be that guy 230 00:14:00,500 --> 00:14:03,400 who walks up to give somebody a hug because that puts you right 231 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:08,100 in my armpits. When I do, listen, when I do 232 00:14:08,100 --> 00:14:11,900 international travel and they have like the tax-free place and 233 00:14:11,900 --> 00:14:14,600 everybody's buying, you know, their cigarettes, I go in and 234 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:17,800 buy all the cologne that I can buy because I'm like, I gotta, 235 00:14:17,900 --> 00:14:19,700 you know, I got it. Stay away from the tax man as 236 00:14:19,700 --> 00:14:23,200 much as possible. Well, Mary is taking this 237 00:14:23,300 --> 00:14:24,800 cologne. That is our perfume. 238 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:30,600 That is worth a year's salary. This is more than likely the 239 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,100 greatest asset that she possesses. 240 00:14:34,700 --> 00:14:36,200 What would, what would that be for you? 241 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:40,100 What is the most expensive thing you own? 242 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:46,500 Is your car, your house. I don't know what you have. 243 00:14:47,900 --> 00:14:50,600 What I do know is that Mary takes a perfume, that's worth an 244 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:56,000 entire year's salary and pours the entire contents onto Jesus 245 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:57,300 feet. And then she wipes it in with 246 00:14:57,308 --> 00:15:02,100 her hair. How in the world could Jesus 247 00:15:02,100 --> 00:15:08,500 allow a woman to take 20,000 50,000 100,000, I don't know 248 00:15:08,500 --> 00:15:12,200 what you make in a year and dump it at his feet. 249 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,900 Between you and me. That feels like a complete waste 250 00:15:17,900 --> 00:15:22,100 of money. Think about all other people 251 00:15:22,100 --> 00:15:24,900 that it could help. Think about how we can solve 252 00:15:24,900 --> 00:15:28,400 Community hunger, you don't have to be that critical to think 253 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:31,000 about how many people you could win to Jesus just by buying him 254 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:32,800 a slice of Casey's breakfast pizza. 255 00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:39,700 It just doesn't make any sense to waste all of that money on 256 00:15:39,700 --> 00:15:42,500 Jesus's feet. It really does. 257 00:15:42,500 --> 00:15:46,000 And in fact, you and I we're not the only ones, and this story 258 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:49,000 wondering why Jesus would allow something like this to happen. 259 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:52,200 In fact, one of the disciples asked the question in verse 5. 260 00:15:52,500 --> 00:15:55,400 He says, why wasn't this perfume sold? 261 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:59,700 And the money given to the poor, it was worth a Year's wages. 262 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,500 And you know what which disciple said that? 263 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:09,500 It's heavy. Was Judas. 264 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:18,400 And I don't know about you but my goodness, it scares me. 265 00:16:18,700 --> 00:16:22,100 It scares me that the thing in this story that makes the most 266 00:16:22,100 --> 00:16:25,100 sense to me, is the thing that makes the most sense to Judas in 267 00:16:25,100 --> 00:16:31,700 the same exact moment. Well it's the day and a chapter, 268 00:16:31,700 --> 00:16:34,900 come to a close. We've get these words in verse 269 00:16:34,900 --> 00:16:37,800 37. He says, even after Jesus had 270 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:43,600 performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not 271 00:16:43,700 --> 00:16:47,900 believe and him. And quite honestly, this is 272 00:16:47,900 --> 00:16:50,400 extremely disheartening to me, right? 273 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:55,000 I just really gets to me because I want to believe so badly. 274 00:16:55,100 --> 00:16:59,600 Did if I could see Jesus in the flesh that Faith would grow so 275 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:04,000 much stronger. But you've got people here. 276 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:09,000 They saw Jesus In the Flesh. They saw Jesus raised a dead man 277 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:12,500 up to life. And they still didn't believe in 278 00:17:12,500 --> 00:17:15,000 him. It just doesn't make sense, 279 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:19,200 right? Well, we've got one more 280 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:22,200 chapters on 13, that we're going to look at but before we get to 281 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:26,500 that, I've just got to say, do yourself a favor, do your 282 00:17:26,500 --> 00:17:30,300 family, a favor and scan, the QR code in front of you. 283 00:17:30,300 --> 00:17:33,400 I say that because we are rushing through those chapters. 284 00:17:33,500 --> 00:17:37,000 And there are so many good things happening at John 11, 12 285 00:17:37,100 --> 00:17:41,000 and 13 and you will be better by finding that John reading plan 286 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,600 and spending time and God's word. 287 00:17:43,700 --> 00:17:46,900 So I hope you'll do that. But with the next chapter, John 288 00:17:46,900 --> 00:17:53,800 13, It another meal and even more feet and I'm talking about 289 00:17:53,808 --> 00:17:58,100 some dirty feet, this time. These folks, they wore sandals, 290 00:17:58,100 --> 00:17:59,800 right? They didn't have like the Croc 291 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:01,900 covering I'm talking about the strap, right? 292 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,900 They wore sandals and they walked unpaved roads. 293 00:18:05,900 --> 00:18:09,700 I'm talking about some dusty crusty toes. 294 00:18:09,700 --> 00:18:12,400 Right. In fact, people's feet were so 295 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:16,600 dirty and nasty that when you enter someone's house, they had 296 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:21,600 the lowest member of Of the household wash your feet but in 297 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:25,100 John 13, something different happens. 298 00:18:25,500 --> 00:18:27,500 And the middle of the meal, Jesus gets up. 299 00:18:27,500 --> 00:18:32,300 He begins to prepare himself to wash the disciples feet and he 300 00:18:32,300 --> 00:18:41,700 washes them one by one by one. and the crazy part is, Jesus, he 301 00:18:41,700 --> 00:18:46,200 grabbed judas's feet. Knowing that he was going to 302 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:50,100 betray him and he still served him. 303 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:57,300 And that does not make sense. He goes on to say this in verse 304 00:18:57,300 --> 00:19:00,800 14, he says, now that I your lord and teacher have washed 305 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:03,800 your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. 306 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:08,300 I've set you an example that you should do as I have done for 307 00:19:08,300 --> 00:19:11,900 you. Jesus, the one we call King the 308 00:19:11,900 --> 00:19:14,300 one we call. Lord, the name that is above 309 00:19:14,300 --> 00:19:17,100 every name. He got down. 310 00:19:17,900 --> 00:19:21,700 And he served them and he expects us to do the same. 311 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:25,300 And inside of me, I'm like, come on man. 312 00:19:25,300 --> 00:19:29,000 Right? Like feeder nasty, what kind of 313 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:32,900 king or Lord washes his servants feet? 314 00:19:34,700 --> 00:19:41,500 Well, the kind of King who says this in verse 34, he says a new 315 00:19:41,500 --> 00:19:46,100 command, I give you love one another as I have loved you. 316 00:19:46,100 --> 00:19:49,800 So, you must love one another. And if you're anything like me, 317 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:52,200 there's a war inside of you right now, right? 318 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:55,400 Because you like the first part, a new command, I give you love 319 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:57,300 one another. That's a great bumper sticker. 320 00:19:58,900 --> 00:20:01,400 But not so much. The second part, right? 321 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:09,100 Like as I have loved you. as I have loved you, so you must love 322 00:20:09,100 --> 00:20:13,600 one another It just leads me to think it, you know, it's not the 323 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,300 cross necklace, it's not the showing up to church, it's not 324 00:20:16,300 --> 00:20:18,500 the Bible. Verse tattooed on your arm, it's 325 00:20:18,500 --> 00:20:21,300 not the Facebook post about Jesus. 326 00:20:21,300 --> 00:20:25,200 The only thing that will truly identify you as a Christian. 327 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:30,100 Is loving others. You know, Jesus, he's over here. 328 00:20:30,100 --> 00:20:34,500 He's loving people, selflessly, sacrificially and we're going. 329 00:20:34,500 --> 00:20:36,800 Hey, we love because we get something out of it, right? 330 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:38,700 We love something because we get something back. 331 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:41,700 We love as long as it doesn't cost us to dearly. 332 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:46,600 We love people who love us back. Jesus is going. 333 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:50,600 Love your enemies. Pray for those who persecute you 334 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,700 Jesus says, hey love your neighbor. 335 00:20:54,900 --> 00:20:57,500 We're going. Yeah, but could you tell me who 336 00:20:57,500 --> 00:21:01,600 my neighbor is please? As you can see, in just these 337 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:05,400 three chapters, there are all kinds of moments that make you 338 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:09,600 go. That does not make sense. 339 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:14,400 However, I'm going for a second, doesn't it make sense? 340 00:21:15,500 --> 00:21:19,000 That things with God would not make sense. 341 00:21:20,300 --> 00:21:24,100 After all, thank you, God bless you, and you keep coming. 342 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:29,600 Okay, that way you're trying to pack all the goodness of an 343 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:38,500 infinite, God into our finite brains my worry, my fear is that 344 00:21:38,500 --> 00:21:43,000 a God who made sense to me Probably wouldn't be all that 345 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,600 good. All that wise. 346 00:21:46,900 --> 00:21:50,400 We're all that trustworthy. So what do we do? 347 00:21:51,900 --> 00:21:55,300 Well, I think John illustrates in a couple of ways, some tools 348 00:21:55,300 --> 00:21:59,900 that we can use when the Bible when God, and when life don't 349 00:21:59,900 --> 00:22:03,300 make sense. The first principle for you is 350 00:22:03,300 --> 00:22:07,900 this just because we don't see the reason doesn't mean that 351 00:22:07,900 --> 00:22:14,200 there isn't one Jesus delay in John chapter 11, was motivated 352 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:19,300 by nothing more than love. There was a Jewish Superstition 353 00:22:19,900 --> 00:22:23,300 that the soul lingered over The body for three days after a 354 00:22:23,300 --> 00:22:27,900 person died. Jesus by waiting four days left, 355 00:22:27,900 --> 00:22:30,700 no doubt in the minds of all the people that Lazarus was 356 00:22:30,700 --> 00:22:36,100 completely dead. He waited because there was a 357 00:22:36,100 --> 00:22:39,300 reason he waited. So that there would be no doubt 358 00:22:39,300 --> 00:22:42,800 to the people there, that Jesus is the resurrection and the 359 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,300 life. And that people would eventually 360 00:22:45,300 --> 00:22:49,600 come to believe in him because of it, it makes sense to me, 361 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:53,800 that Jesus wept. There was a reason, Jesus 362 00:22:54,100 --> 00:22:58,900 absolutely loved all the people that were around him and he saw 363 00:22:58,900 --> 00:23:02,900 the sin in the world and it broke, his heart, hear me. 364 00:23:03,700 --> 00:23:08,900 Just because Jesus knows, it will all be okay, tomorrow. 365 00:23:10,100 --> 00:23:14,200 Doesn't keep him from weeping with you in the pain of today. 366 00:23:15,500 --> 00:23:19,000 Even though Jesus knows that one day, everything will be made 367 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:23,100 right in heaven. Doesn't keep him from going 368 00:23:23,100 --> 00:23:29,100 through the pain of all of the day's today until we get there. 369 00:23:30,500 --> 00:23:33,700 I can't give you a reason as to why you might have lost a loved 370 00:23:33,700 --> 00:23:37,500 one or why someone in your life is hurting or sick. 371 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:43,500 But I can tell you that for Lazarus his sickness and even 372 00:23:43,500 --> 00:23:48,400 his death, somehow managed to bring people closer to Jesus. 373 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:53,700 I can tell you that when Jesus saw the pain and the suffering, 374 00:23:54,100 --> 00:23:59,600 his heart had compassion on the people and it broke and he wept 375 00:23:59,700 --> 00:24:02,400 with them. I can tell you, confidently. 376 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:07,500 But even though you don't necessarily see, the reason for 377 00:24:07,500 --> 00:24:10,600 your pain, there is a God in heaven. 378 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:16,600 Who does understand the reason and loves you in the middle of 379 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,400 it. And then the next tool is this. 380 00:24:19,700 --> 00:24:23,900 It's just because we don't get it now, doesn't mean we won't 381 00:24:23,900 --> 00:24:25,800 get it later. You know, this? 382 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,200 Have you ever had an aha moment? You do the moment I'm talking 383 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:30,700 about where there's this problem. 384 00:24:30,700 --> 00:24:33,500 There's this difficult situation, you just can't figure 385 00:24:33,500 --> 00:24:35,700 it out, right? And then one day you're going, 386 00:24:35,700 --> 00:24:39,400 oh, I got it, I got it right, then you sit there and you're 387 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:42,200 like, how did I miss that? Check this out. 388 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:45,300 Already. We know why Jesus waited? 389 00:24:45,300 --> 00:24:49,400 We know why Lazarus died. We even know why Jesus web but 390 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:52,900 there's more. Why did Mary pour out that 391 00:24:52,900 --> 00:24:55,500 perfume? Why was Jesus okay with it? 392 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:01,100 Because it's Mary poured out that perfume. 393 00:25:01,700 --> 00:25:05,100 She was recognizing Jesus as Lord. 394 00:25:06,100 --> 00:25:10,700 She meant it as a Act of complete and humble Devotion to 395 00:25:10,700 --> 00:25:14,800 him. And I can guarantee you that if 396 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:20,600 you saw Jesus as Lord as clearly as Mary did there wouldn't be a 397 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:25,800 single thing in your life that you wouldn't be willing to lay 398 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:32,100 down at his feet because in and hear me your finances. 399 00:25:32,100 --> 00:25:36,700 Your possessions that's not what takes care of the poor. 400 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:42,500 Jesus does that all we can do is partner with him and hear me 401 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:47,700 nothing given to God is ever ever wasted. 402 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:55,800 But try as you might Jesus doesn't become Lord when he has 403 00:25:55,800 --> 00:26:03,600 enough of your money to be Lord. Jesus is Lord, no matter what, 404 00:26:04,100 --> 00:26:09,800 Mary she recognized that And so, she worshipped. 405 00:26:11,100 --> 00:26:14,200 And there are problems and difficult situations that could 406 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,500 be going on in your life right now. 407 00:26:17,500 --> 00:26:22,700 I don't know what you brought with you, but I do know that one 408 00:26:22,700 --> 00:26:24,100 day. You might look back on that 409 00:26:24,100 --> 00:26:27,500 moment and go. He was there. 410 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:33,300 God, he was with me the whole entire time. 411 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:35,600 It's all throughout these stories. 412 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:38,800 They get it. After Jesus raises Lazarus from 413 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:41,200 the dead. They realized that the perfume 414 00:26:41,300 --> 00:26:43,800 was to anoint, Jesus body for the burial. 415 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:48,500 However, it was more than likely purchase to be used on Lazarus 416 00:26:48,500 --> 00:26:50,800 in the first place but he's alive. 417 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:55,100 Now, remember when she was worried, Lord, he stinks, he 418 00:26:55,100 --> 00:26:58,500 stinks because Lazarus hasn't had the perfume poured on him. 419 00:26:58,700 --> 00:27:03,100 He hasn't been fully buried yet. But she comes along, she goes, 420 00:27:03,100 --> 00:27:05,200 why don't have to use it on my brother because you gave him 421 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:07,600 back to me? Can I use it on you? 422 00:27:08,100 --> 00:27:10,400 Look at Jesus washing his disciples feet. 423 00:27:10,500 --> 00:27:12,100 While it doesn't make sense to us. 424 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:16,300 We know that the fastest way into a person's heart is through 425 00:27:16,300 --> 00:27:19,400 service. If God was trying to create a 426 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:23,200 kingdom, that was as fast as he could, and as powerful as he 427 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:26,600 could, he would need a group of people that were in a race to 428 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:29,700 the bottom. And willing to serve instead of 429 00:27:29,708 --> 00:27:36,800 being on a race to the top last one and this is good, just 430 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:42,400 because I don't understand, it doesn't mean that God doesn't 431 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:46,100 love me. Jesus in John 11, 12 and 13. 432 00:27:46,100 --> 00:27:48,600 He was growing the faith of his followers. 433 00:27:48,900 --> 00:27:51,800 He was proving that he was the resurrection and the life, he 434 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:55,200 was proving that he had the power over death and he was 435 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:58,000 inviting him into believe. Faith. 436 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:02,300 It's the currency of God. It's how he's pleased, right? 437 00:28:02,300 --> 00:28:04,600 And so Jesus, he was helping them, please God. 438 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:08,000 He was showing them. That Earthly riches home, I 439 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:11,300 there nothing in comparison to being rich towards God. 440 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,200 He was showing that the most fulfilling way to live. 441 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,200 Your life is in service to God and others. 442 00:28:17,700 --> 00:28:22,000 Jesus. He was loving them even when 443 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:30,500 they couldn't understand it. We do not want a god. 444 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:37,000 We do not want a God who makes sense. 445 00:28:38,500 --> 00:28:41,100 I know there's a part of us that we want to cling to that. 446 00:28:42,100 --> 00:28:44,700 But we want one, it doesn't make sense. 447 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:48,200 And trust me when I say this because there are all kinds of 448 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:53,200 things. That God does on my behalf and 449 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:57,800 on your behalf that don't make sense, I'll give you an example. 450 00:28:58,700 --> 00:29:02,900 The cross, the cross doesn't make any sense to me and I think 451 00:29:02,900 --> 00:29:05,600 you're exactly right. If I'm being transparent with 452 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:09,300 you, after the birth of my son, the, the cross doesn't make 453 00:29:09,300 --> 00:29:12,400 sense to me anymore. How in the world? 454 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:18,400 Could God ever send his one and only son to die on a cross? 455 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:21,900 For people, that The time don't even love them back. 456 00:29:22,300 --> 00:29:25,900 I don't get it and I really don't think that I could do it 457 00:29:25,908 --> 00:29:30,300 myself. The only way that the cross 458 00:29:30,300 --> 00:29:34,100 makes sense to say that there really is a god out there that 459 00:29:34,100 --> 00:29:39,400 really does love you, it doesn't make sense to me, but the Son of 460 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:42,800 God died on the cross for me, but I think you would all agree 461 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:45,900 that I'm thankful for it. It doesn't make sense that it's 462 00:29:45,900 --> 00:29:49,600 Grace is a free gift, but I'm glad that I can receive it. 463 00:29:49,700 --> 00:29:53,300 It doesn't make sense that his mercies are new, every morning, 464 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:56,100 but I'm glad I can walk in them. Does it make sense? 465 00:29:56,100 --> 00:30:00,000 That my future is secure in his Nail pierced hands, but I 466 00:30:00,008 --> 00:30:02,900 wouldn't have it any other way. It doesn't make sense to me that 467 00:30:02,900 --> 00:30:06,100 God uses people, like, you and me to build an advance, his 468 00:30:06,100 --> 00:30:07,800 kingdom. But I'm thankful that I have a 469 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:10,200 place in it. It doesn't make sense that he's 470 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:13,800 put his holy spirit inside of me, but I'm glad that I'm not 471 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:16,300 alone. It doesn't make sense to me. 472 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:20,500 That Jesus would forgive me for all that I've done, but I don't 473 00:30:20,500 --> 00:30:24,800 know where I'd be without it. I don't know about you but I'm 474 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:28,400 thankful that we serve a God. That doesn't make sense. 475 00:30:29,100 --> 00:30:33,500 I'm thankful, we serve a God who is doing things on my behalf. 476 00:30:33,900 --> 00:30:39,200 I don't always understand him, but I can always be thankful for 477 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:41,300 him. And I know that there are some 478 00:30:41,300 --> 00:30:45,800 of you right now in a season or a circumstance that it does not 479 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:49,500 make sense to you. And you're going, I don't see 480 00:30:49,500 --> 00:30:54,800 God in this. I cannot see his Adrian Rogers. 481 00:30:55,300 --> 00:30:57,500 The great preacher said it this way one time. 482 00:30:59,700 --> 00:31:06,700 Even if I cannot Trace his hand. I can always trust his heart and 483 00:31:06,700 --> 00:31:09,700 even though right now, you might be in a spot where you cannot 484 00:31:09,700 --> 00:31:15,300 see the hand of God moving on your behalf, you can trust the 485 00:31:15,300 --> 00:31:18,400 heart of God and know that he is. 486 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:21,400 I want you to think about that as we move to this time of 487 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:30,400 decision. There's something else that 488 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:35,000 doesn't make sense to me. And it doesn't make sense to a 489 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:39,500 lot of people in this room. But there are some of you in 490 00:31:39,500 --> 00:31:42,300 here today that have never started an intimate personal 491 00:31:42,300 --> 00:31:47,400 relationship with Jesus Christ. And for one reason or another, 492 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:57,000 you just keep putting it off. That seems crazy to me. because, 493 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:02,500 There's some of you right now. Right now. 494 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:05,600 That when you go home after church, today, you're going to 495 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,200 see a bunch of dishes in the sink. 496 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,900 And you don't want to. You don't want to do with the 497 00:32:12,900 --> 00:32:15,600 dishes but you're not going to put it off. 498 00:32:16,900 --> 00:32:19,400 Because you just won't be right, unless, you know, that they're 499 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:23,000 where they're supposed to be. There's some of you guys you're 500 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,200 going to drive home and you're going to pull into the garage 501 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:28,600 and before you get out of the car, you're going to be like how 502 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:31,500 did I accumulate this many straws and receipts? 503 00:32:34,300 --> 00:32:36,600 And you want to get out of the car and just go in and sit down 504 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:39,200 and watch the game, but before you do, you're not going to put 505 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:42,000 it off. You're going to go these straws 506 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:48,100 these receipts, this stuff has got to get out of here. if I 507 00:32:48,108 --> 00:32:50,400 were to ask you to give a testimony about what dishes have 508 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:57,400 done for you, I'm guessing nobody in their quiet time. 509 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:00,500 This week, it's like heavenly. Father, I just I beseech you 510 00:33:01,100 --> 00:33:03,400 with gratitude and Thanksgiving in my heart. 511 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:08,100 For the porcelain dishes that I get to eat my pizza off of. 512 00:33:09,700 --> 00:33:14,000 I don't know where I'd be God if I was on styrofoam right now. 513 00:33:15,300 --> 00:33:21,500 We're paper plates. Guys I don't think I've ever 514 00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:25,700 heard of testimony of like listen man me having a clean car 515 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:30,700 changed my whole life. I used to be this guy and then I 516 00:33:30,708 --> 00:33:33,600 became the Clean Car Guy. And then look we're God's taking 517 00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:36,200 me. Right? 518 00:33:38,100 --> 00:33:42,600 We don't like doing chores and as you get more mature, you're 519 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:46,600 just like I just got to get it done and I just gotta, I gotta 520 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:49,500 ask you. Why would you prioritize dishes 521 00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:55,400 over the divine? Why would you not put off taking 522 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:58,100 care of the receipts and the straws and the mess? 523 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,900 But put off the Majestic relationship that you could have 524 00:34:03,900 --> 00:34:13,199 with Jesus. I don't get it. we prioritize 525 00:34:13,199 --> 00:34:17,600 the things that don't matter and we don't prioritize the things 526 00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:25,000 that matter the most And the heartbeat of this church is that 527 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:30,300 absolutely every single person that, you know, that you meet 528 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:34,100 that, you see, can have an intimate personal relationship 529 00:34:34,100 --> 00:34:36,699 with Jesus Christ. And if you decide to keep 530 00:34:36,699 --> 00:34:39,000 coming, this church for the next 30 Years, you're going to hear 531 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:42,600 the next couple of lines. Every time you show up because 532 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:46,000 I'm never going to get tired of telling them that if you were to 533 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,199 walk out in the lobby and you were to grab a camera and a 534 00:34:48,199 --> 00:34:51,699 microphone and you were to ask everybody to give Testimony, you 535 00:34:51,699 --> 00:34:56,100 would here to recurring themes, the best decision I ever made. 536 00:34:56,100 --> 00:34:58,300 Was starting an intimate personal relationship with Jesus 537 00:34:58,300 --> 00:35:00,400 Christ. My biggest regret is I didn't do 538 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,400 it sooner. And there are some of you 539 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:04,900 sitting in this room or watching online. 540 00:35:04,900 --> 00:35:11,900 You're going maybe next week. That don't make no sense. 541 00:35:15,900 --> 00:35:18,000 So if you're going, you know what, maybe today's my day. 542 00:35:19,100 --> 00:35:21,500 Maybe I got to get some stuff figured out, there's going to be 543 00:35:21,500 --> 00:35:23,700 somebody right over there by the baptistry. 544 00:35:23,700 --> 00:35:25,500 That would love a chance to just talk to you. 545 00:35:25,500 --> 00:35:28,500 Answer some questions. Just so, you know, we don't 546 00:35:28,500 --> 00:35:31,300 kidnap you handcuff. You and just drag you out in the 547 00:35:31,308 --> 00:35:34,300 water in front of everybody. You do all of this on your own 548 00:35:34,300 --> 00:35:37,000 free. Will it costs you nothing to ask 549 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:40,300 you a question. It cost you nothing to go. 550 00:35:40,300 --> 00:35:43,700 I need to figure some stuff out. It cost you nothing to go. 551 00:35:43,700 --> 00:35:45,600 Hey, can I get some prayers answered? 552 00:35:45,700 --> 00:35:48,500 The only thing you have to lose is the weight of your sin. 553 00:35:51,300 --> 00:35:54,700 To the rest of you in the room. You following Jesus for a while. 554 00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:57,900 And right now, you're a little ticked. 555 00:35:59,900 --> 00:36:03,800 God. My life is not going the way I 556 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:09,200 thought it would. Things are not turning out how I 557 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:11,200 thought they were going to turn out. 558 00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:15,100 God, you know, I prayed extra this week. 559 00:36:17,100 --> 00:36:22,000 I got up a little early. And even with all of those 560 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:25,000 prayers, this is how things are going in my family. 561 00:36:26,700 --> 00:36:32,200 God, I read my Bible for an extra 15 minutes and Becky was 562 00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:38,300 still rude at the office. What's the point? 563 00:36:41,500 --> 00:36:45,900 Jesus says, in this world, you will have trouble. 564 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:52,700 Take heart. I've overcome some of you. 565 00:36:54,000 --> 00:37:00,800 Maybe God is going to point people to his son through your 566 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,500 suffering. Do you like that? 567 00:37:03,500 --> 00:37:07,000 Doesn't make any sense. I know, I know it doesn't but 568 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:08,400 that's how we did it in your life. 569 00:37:10,100 --> 00:37:14,100 Jesus didn't deserve anything that he got, but because he 570 00:37:14,100 --> 00:37:19,300 suffered, We got a savior. And maybe the way we suffer 571 00:37:19,300 --> 00:37:22,500 through the things in our life, that don't make sense is exactly 572 00:37:22,500 --> 00:37:26,800 what God is going to use. Two point, other people to him, 573 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:31,000 So if you're a Christian and you love Jesus, can I give you two 574 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,600 little things to do one? Would you be willing to come 575 00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:34,600 forward? And just spend a little bit of 576 00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:37,800 time on your knees thanking God, that he doesn't make sense to 577 00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:39,900 you? Because I need to know that 578 00:37:39,900 --> 00:37:42,000 nobody in this room wants you to be God. 579 00:37:43,300 --> 00:37:47,200 We're thankful that he is the other thing could some of us 580 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:51,000 surrender, some of our suffering to his glory because I think a 581 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:56,000 church like that would be pretty powerful to be a part of I want 582 00:37:56,000 --> 00:38:02,000 to be a part of it. I think you do, too. but you 583 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:08,300 stand with me, God, do something that only you can do move in a 584 00:38:08,300 --> 00:38:14,000 way that only you can move bring about a change that only you can 585 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:23,000 originate and only you can sustain God, I'm nothing. 586 00:38:23,500 --> 00:38:26,200 The service is nothing, the worships nothing. 587 00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:29,800 The preachings nothing. The response time is nothing, 588 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:36,500 unless you're in it. So, please just do something 589 00:38:36,500 --> 00:38:40,700 that only you can do. And I'm asking you to do it. 590 00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:44,800 And every single heart, that is in this room or watching online, 591 00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:49,000 don't leave anybody out your name, I pray. 592 00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:50,100 Amen.