1 00:00:03,100 --> 00:00:06,200 It is so good to be with each and every single one of you, I'm 2 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:09,400 coming off of a fantastic week for Hensel Nation, we got to do 3 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:13,700 a little mini getaway vacation for a couple of days and then 4 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:18,000 Jennifer and I got to be able to hang out with all of our staff 5 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,700 and some key part timers and difference makers from all 6 00:00:21,700 --> 00:00:25,500 across our locations for a two-day all staff Retreat on the 7 00:00:25,500 --> 00:00:28,400 heels of that. I had to go pick up my boys from 8 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:32,400 my parents house. And on the way home, you know, 9 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,000 they're debriefing it apparently to pass time. 10 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:39,300 My mom was telling stories to my kids about me growing up and my, 11 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:42,500 you guys know this, the I can eat some context. 12 00:00:42,500 --> 00:00:45,100 First, my dad was a veterinarian. 13 00:00:45,300 --> 00:00:47,600 He did large and small animal, he's very Hands-On. 14 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:52,000 Father, took me to hang out with him on a lot of his business and 15 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:58,100 all of a sudden in the car my boys start telling the story to 16 00:00:58,100 --> 00:01:02,200 me of my first day at kindergarten And this is what my 17 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:04,700 mom decided to tell my boys. Which was you know like a 18 00:01:04,708 --> 00:01:09,000 judgment on her part. When my mom picked me up from 19 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,900 school on my first day of kindergarten she goes how was it 20 00:01:11,900 --> 00:01:15,600 today and I said I didn't know my one, two threes. 21 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:21,800 And I didn't know my ABCs. But they didn't know anything 22 00:01:22,100 --> 00:01:29,800 about the uterus of a cow and so I'm, that's what my boys are, 23 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,100 like, just laughing. And I'm like, do I have to 24 00:01:32,107 --> 00:01:35,400 explain uterus now like, I don't know, I don't know what we do 25 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,300 here now. Why am I telling you that story? 26 00:01:38,100 --> 00:01:42,200 Well, I have no clue what your last week was. 27 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:46,400 Like, I don't know what kind of baggage, you're navigating, what 28 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:50,000 kind of hurt or harm your trying to work your way through. 29 00:01:50,100 --> 00:01:52,700 Rue. I don't know any of that, but 30 00:01:52,700 --> 00:01:57,200 what I do know, Is you picked a great place to be today. 31 00:01:57,700 --> 00:02:00,600 That anytime you gather with the people, the Lord, in the house 32 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,700 of the Lord, expose yourself to the word of the Lord, by the 33 00:02:03,700 --> 00:02:07,300 spirit of the Lord, you will be blessed. 34 00:02:07,300 --> 00:02:09,199 If you are brand new to the crossing. 35 00:02:09,199 --> 00:02:12,900 We are so glad that you're here. I hope that at some point in 36 00:02:12,900 --> 00:02:15,700 time during the service, you'll either click on the QR code, or 37 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:17,400 maybe at the very end of the service. 38 00:02:17,700 --> 00:02:20,400 You'll go and meet one of our campus Pastor staff members, 39 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:23,800 incredible difference makers and get connected at one of our 40 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,400 connecting. Using one of our lobbies and you 41 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:31,700 have no idea what God could do with just that one, small Act of 42 00:02:31,700 --> 00:02:34,800 Faith. We are in week 3 of a sermon 43 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:39,500 series called weeds in my garden a series, about being honest, 44 00:02:39,500 --> 00:02:43,800 about mental health and week. One, we learned that in order to 45 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:47,800 live out the second greatest commandment, we given to us, by 46 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:50,900 Jesus. We need to destigmatize issues 47 00:02:50,900 --> 00:02:54,100 surrounding Mental Health. Right behind. 48 00:02:54,100 --> 00:02:57,100 Love the Lord your God, with all your heart mind, soul, and 49 00:02:57,100 --> 00:03:01,100 strength is the command to love your neighbor as yourself. 50 00:03:01,700 --> 00:03:06,300 And when we fail to love people, well, it impacts our 51 00:03:06,300 --> 00:03:10,200 relationship with God, our relationship with them. 52 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:15,000 Their relationship with others. And if we're Christians, it can 53 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,400 impact their relationship with God. 54 00:03:19,900 --> 00:03:23,300 Now, it impacts their relation, are our relationship with God, 55 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,000 because we end up treating people poorly. 56 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:31,700 The very people poorly, that Jesus died to save and commanded 57 00:03:31,700 --> 00:03:35,400 us to serve that impacts our relationship with them because 58 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,500 they're not going to feel comfortable, being honest with 59 00:03:38,500 --> 00:03:40,000 us. And they'll push away. 60 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:41,900 They'll start just giving us roses. 61 00:03:41,900 --> 00:03:45,700 So we don't see the weeds in their garden and as they pull 62 00:03:45,700 --> 00:03:48,800 away from us, it will be harder for us to offer the help and the 63 00:03:48,808 --> 00:03:53,500 help that they Desperately need the further, they pull away, the 64 00:03:53,500 --> 00:03:55,700 less bright, our light will shine. 65 00:03:55,700 --> 00:03:59,600 This creates even more isolation and can leave them destitute and 66 00:03:59,700 --> 00:04:04,000 vulnerable. It can impact their relationship 67 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:07,500 with God. Because they will judge God by 68 00:04:07,500 --> 00:04:12,300 our actions. It's not right, it's not fair. 69 00:04:13,500 --> 00:04:19,000 But it's real if you and I are to be the very hands and feet of 70 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:23,300 Jesus, the expression of God to a hurting world and we handle 71 00:04:23,300 --> 00:04:29,400 that glorious Mission poorly. It changes how they see? 72 00:04:30,300 --> 00:04:34,100 God, this culminates in them having a hard time being in 73 00:04:34,100 --> 00:04:37,900 relationship with others because if Christians can't be trusted 74 00:04:37,900 --> 00:04:43,800 if God can't be trusted then who can And they Retreat further 75 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:47,800 into themselves as loneliness sets in the isolation leaves 76 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,800 them, vulnerable. And one of the areas where we 77 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:55,300 have Christians have struggled is being too narrow-minded when 78 00:04:55,300 --> 00:04:57,300 it comes to mental health issues. 79 00:04:57,500 --> 00:05:00,600 Now, when I say mental health issues, I'm trying to use broad 80 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,800 Strokes, okay? And one of my prayers during the 81 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:08,100 sermon series is that you guys would have grace-filled ears as 82 00:05:08,100 --> 00:05:09,400 Jerry. And I talk through this stuff 83 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:13,900 because you know, some people could could Take an unflattering 84 00:05:13,900 --> 00:05:16,600 approach to certain things we say or don't say. 85 00:05:17,100 --> 00:05:20,500 And so, when I say mental health issues, I'm also including in 86 00:05:20,500 --> 00:05:24,900 that strong and powerful emotions that are difficult to 87 00:05:24,900 --> 00:05:27,900 navigate and control. So there might be some of you 88 00:05:27,900 --> 00:05:30,200 who are dealing with depression but you wouldn't go on, you 89 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:32,800 know, I don't have mental health issues or some of you might be 90 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:36,700 dealing with strong and powerful feelings of sadness, but you 91 00:05:36,700 --> 00:05:39,800 wouldn't necessarily see them. I'm just using broad Strokes 92 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:42,000 when I say mental health issues, I'm talking. 93 00:05:42,100 --> 00:05:45,500 The broad broad strokes and mental health issues are 94 00:05:45,500 --> 00:05:49,200 composed of four main categories or large buckets. 95 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:54,000 If you will, there is situational biological, our 96 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:58,100 clinical and spiritual situational, might be the loss 97 00:05:58,100 --> 00:06:02,400 of a loved one or experiencing a season of high change in 98 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:05,600 high-stress. A subcategory to that might be 99 00:06:06,100 --> 00:06:08,300 behavioral that you have a hard time. 100 00:06:08,300 --> 00:06:11,200 Navigating are regulating how much time you spend on social 101 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:15,100 media Not making the time to invest in deep and meaningful 102 00:06:15,100 --> 00:06:17,800 relationships. Biological is how you are 103 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,300 hard-wired, some of us have kidney issues. 104 00:06:20,300 --> 00:06:23,500 Some of us, have insulin issues, some of us are allergic to bees 105 00:06:23,500 --> 00:06:26,900 and some of us have chemical malfunctions and then clinical 106 00:06:26,900 --> 00:06:30,400 issues are the things that need to be addressed professionally. 107 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:34,700 It could be areas that need to be examined sifted diagnosed 108 00:06:34,700 --> 00:06:38,700 treated prescribed this could relate to situational trauma of 109 00:06:38,700 --> 00:06:41,700 the past chemical malfunctions of the present. 110 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:45,100 But we We need an outside doctor to help us work our way through 111 00:06:45,100 --> 00:06:47,800 it in the final bucket, is the spiritual bucket. 112 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:52,400 And this relates to issues of faith and sin, and how we, as 113 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:55,500 Christians navigate mental illnesses or as Christians, 114 00:06:55,700 --> 00:06:59,100 trying to live with those navigating, mental illness, has 115 00:06:59,100 --> 00:07:04,500 a narrow minded, approach is going to limit our ability. 116 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:12,700 To access the help, and the hope that people desperately need. 117 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:16,300 Now I want you to hear me carefully because I feel like I 118 00:07:16,308 --> 00:07:17,800 didn't do as good of a job in week. 119 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,800 One setting this up. So let me say this. 120 00:07:22,100 --> 00:07:28,500 Everything is spiritual Everything is spiritual. 121 00:07:28,900 --> 00:07:31,500 There is not an area of your life that does not have 122 00:07:31,500 --> 00:07:35,100 spiritual meaning, purpose, or Consequences. 123 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:40,500 However, not everything in your life is exclusively. 124 00:07:40,700 --> 00:07:44,600 Spiritual that makes sense. Everything in your life is 125 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:48,300 spiritual, but not every area of your life is exclusively 126 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:52,600 spiritual and out of these buckets, there is this huge 127 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:56,000 filter and on the other side of that filter is how we feel. 128 00:07:56,500 --> 00:08:00,700 How we operate and how we live, why does this matter will? 129 00:08:00,700 --> 00:08:04,500 Last week, Jerry talked about how we have an enemy, a very 130 00:08:04,500 --> 00:08:08,900 real enemy who opposes Us in all four of these buckets and then 131 00:08:08,900 --> 00:08:12,200 he attacks the filter that determines how you and I are 132 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:15,600 going to ultimately behave. He attacks you spiritually by 133 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:20,300 getting you to ignore biblical truths or to believe things to 134 00:08:20,300 --> 00:08:24,000 be true that are not biblical for instance. 135 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:26,100 You might be thinking that you're too messed up. 136 00:08:26,300 --> 00:08:29,700 For God to love you or you might think that you have to get your 137 00:08:29,700 --> 00:08:33,100 life together. First before God will accept 138 00:08:33,100 --> 00:08:35,900 you. He attacks you in the 139 00:08:35,900 --> 00:08:39,500 situational bucket by getting you trapped in sinful patterns 140 00:08:39,500 --> 00:08:42,400 or pushing people around you to sin against you. 141 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:45,800 He gets you to think that perhaps Financial provision is 142 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:47,500 more. Important is the most important 143 00:08:47,500 --> 00:08:50,300 thing you can give your kids when what they really need is 144 00:08:50,300 --> 00:08:53,800 your presence and spiritual encouragement and engagement. 145 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:58,200 He can attack you biologically and clinically by getting you to 146 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,900 avoid, seeking help or counseling, or perhaps 147 00:09:01,900 --> 00:09:04,600 convincing the people that you rely on. 148 00:09:04,900 --> 00:09:09,200 To downplay your battle. Look what happens in John 149 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:11,200 chapter 8, Jerry, mentioned this last week. 150 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:14,700 Jesus is talking to a bunch of religious leaders. 151 00:09:14,700 --> 00:09:18,200 This is Jesus talk and he says, you are you belong to your 152 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:22,800 father, the devil and you want to carry out your father's 153 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:27,300 desires. He meaning, Satan was a murderer 154 00:09:27,300 --> 00:09:30,700 from the beginning, not holding to the truth. 155 00:09:31,100 --> 00:09:37,100 For, there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his 156 00:09:37,100 --> 00:09:43,500 native Language for, he is a liar and the father of Lies. 157 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:49,500 Satan, every time he speaks is lying to us. 158 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:54,300 Every time he speaks, he is trying to pull you from the 159 00:09:54,300 --> 00:09:57,800 truth. Jerry mentioned, Jim Putman. 160 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,900 Last week, Jim Putman describes Satan as the lawn mower. 161 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:04,100 There was a time when I had a push mower. 162 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:06,900 And if you guys have ever had to push more, the I had one and I 163 00:10:06,908 --> 00:10:08,100 was like, I don't want to be that skinny. 164 00:10:08,100 --> 00:10:09,400 And so, I got a riding lawn mower. 165 00:10:10,100 --> 00:10:12,500 And, you know, how you have to, you have to pull start one of 166 00:10:12,508 --> 00:10:13,800 those. And this is how Satan kind of 167 00:10:13,808 --> 00:10:17,900 comes along side of us is Satan comes up and he starts pulling 168 00:10:18,100 --> 00:10:21,900 the mower, and he'll say, he'll start saying you're worthless, 169 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,200 you're worthless, you're worthless. 170 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:26,100 And then what happens is? We take Over. 171 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,400 So it goes from and notice the difference, you're worthless, 172 00:10:29,700 --> 00:10:32,700 you're worthless to. I'm worthless, I'm worthless and 173 00:10:32,700 --> 00:10:35,200 then we start the mower and then it moves up, everything every 174 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:38,100 relationship, every financial decision in our life, it just 175 00:10:38,100 --> 00:10:40,700 Mo's it all down. Satan just has to get you 176 00:10:40,700 --> 00:10:43,600 started. Believing the lie and we will 177 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:47,600 mow down all the rest last week. Jerry talked about the very 178 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:50,100 first lie that Satan tells us. He tells us that we are 179 00:10:50,100 --> 00:10:54,100 meaningless and that we are worthless because of the 180 00:10:54,100 --> 00:10:55,500 battles. We Face the feelings. 181 00:10:55,500 --> 00:10:58,700 We We feel that our value meaning and significance have 182 00:10:58,700 --> 00:11:01,300 been reduced diminished or worse yet? 183 00:11:01,300 --> 00:11:04,700 For some of us, we think it's been extinguished past tense. 184 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:09,100 The truth is though that God Made You, he made you in a 185 00:11:09,100 --> 00:11:14,200 significant and personal way and he knows you this week. 186 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:15,900 I want to talk to you about another lie. 187 00:11:15,900 --> 00:11:19,700 That Satan tells us It's that we are ruined. 188 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:24,300 This slide shows up in various forms, it could show up in the 189 00:11:24,300 --> 00:11:28,100 biological bucket as you come to grips with the reality that you 190 00:11:28,100 --> 00:11:31,000 were just put together differently and that your 191 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:34,500 struggles are going to ruin you. You'll never be able to be the 192 00:11:34,500 --> 00:11:36,300 person that God created you to be. 193 00:11:36,500 --> 00:11:39,600 You'll never be able to live out your purpose like other people. 194 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:44,500 Get to live out their purpose. It could show up in the clinical 195 00:11:44,500 --> 00:11:47,500 bucket. As you deal with the weight of a 196 00:11:47,500 --> 00:11:51,600 diagnosis, the life you were hoping to one day have suddenly 197 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:55,600 slips through your fingers. For others. 198 00:11:55,600 --> 00:12:00,100 It shows up in permission slips. Satan gets you to make your 199 00:12:00,100 --> 00:12:02,300 diagnosis bigger than your choices. 200 00:12:02,300 --> 00:12:06,400 And sometimes bigger than your God, sometimes Satan will show 201 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:09,000 up in this way by getting you to take ownership of your 202 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:12,500 diagnosis. This is what I mean. 203 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:17,000 If I were to you know, when you're talking about certain 204 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:18,800 things, you're getting ready in the morning and you turned your 205 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:20,800 wife and Mike, have you seen my wallet? 206 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,800 Have you seen my shirt? If you seen my pants, you've 207 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:26,300 been there. What happens is this? 208 00:12:26,300 --> 00:12:28,900 He's gets you to take ownership of your diagnosis. 209 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:33,800 My anxiety, my depression, my chemical malfunction. 210 00:12:33,900 --> 00:12:37,200 My schizophrenia, the problem though, is when we start 211 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:41,500 attaching the word, my to it, we don't treat it with the same way 212 00:12:41,500 --> 00:12:44,800 we treat our wall because you would never say that you are 213 00:12:44,900 --> 00:12:48,200 your wallet. You would never say, I am my 214 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:50,200 pants. You wouldn't even introduced 215 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:51,400 yourself like that way to people. 216 00:12:51,500 --> 00:12:53,700 Yeah, my name's Clayton and I'm my pants just win. 217 00:12:53,700 --> 00:12:57,400 Do it. But you will hear people talk 218 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:00,700 about my anxiety, my depression and they will see that as their 219 00:13:00,700 --> 00:13:05,200 identity, hear me. Your identity is not your 220 00:13:05,208 --> 00:13:09,400 diagnosis. Those are two separate things, 221 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:14,900 you may have a diagnosis but your diagnosis does not have 222 00:13:15,300 --> 00:13:19,100 you. Your value is not determined by 223 00:13:19,100 --> 00:13:22,200 your diagnosis. Your worth is not determined by 224 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:25,100 your diagnosis. It could show up in the 225 00:13:25,100 --> 00:13:28,700 situational bucket as coming to grips with the weight of your 226 00:13:28,700 --> 00:13:31,000 actions. You've done something wrong for 227 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,900 so long, under the cover of Darkness, that now it's coming 228 00:13:34,900 --> 00:13:36,900 into the light and people are going to look at you. 229 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:40,900 They will judge you, the mask is being removed and people are 230 00:13:40,900 --> 00:13:45,800 going to finally see you for who you really are, and this is 231 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:48,300 Satan's playground. It's here that he removes all 232 00:13:48,300 --> 00:13:53,600 light, all help. All hope he pushes in he doubles 233 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,200 down and he gets you to start thinking. 234 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:58,500 People would be better off if you're not here. 235 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:01,800 No one will ever allow you to get over this? 236 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:06,300 There is no coming back. For others. 237 00:14:06,300 --> 00:14:09,700 It's the result of incredible pain and Damage Done To You by 238 00:14:09,700 --> 00:14:12,800 others because others have a low view of you. 239 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:16,300 You eventually begin to have a low view of yourself. 240 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:20,400 You begin to believe the lie, no one could ever love me. 241 00:14:20,500 --> 00:14:24,300 I deserve this life. I deserve to be treated this 242 00:14:24,300 --> 00:14:28,200 way. Look at how much ground Satan 243 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:31,000 has taken. And I haven't even talked about 244 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:35,800 this, the spiritual bucket. But you could see the spiritual 245 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:38,900 implications and every single one of the illustrations I just 246 00:14:38,900 --> 00:14:42,200 told you. He begins to tell you that God 247 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:46,200 couldn't love you, either. You are too far gone. 248 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:52,000 You are too messed up. Your situation is bigger than 249 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:55,100 God, your situation is too small to bother God. 250 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:59,000 And then some of you, you know, people who are in this category, 251 00:14:59,500 --> 00:15:02,800 they start going as they're listening to Satan. 252 00:15:02,900 --> 00:15:06,700 I've been going to church my whole life I've been following 253 00:15:06,700 --> 00:15:10,600 God my whole life and this is how my life is turning out. 254 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:17,100 It must not work. It must not be real anyway. 255 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:21,200 That is the deconstruction movement that you sometimes see 256 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:24,800 happening on social media as people are deconstructing their 257 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:27,800 faith. And the hardest part of what 258 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:31,700 we're talking about here is the very part of our body that is 259 00:15:31,700 --> 00:15:35,000 being attacked by Satan is the same part of our body that has 260 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,200 to make the decisions about how to move forward. 261 00:15:39,500 --> 00:15:41,900 It's like Satan tries to grab a hold of the steering wheel, the 262 00:15:41,900 --> 00:15:44,300 gas and the brake all at the same time. 263 00:15:45,300 --> 00:15:48,300 Who cares about whether or not the doors in the wiper fluids 264 00:15:48,300 --> 00:15:51,200 work? He's got control of the car. 265 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:55,800 So these are the lies that Satan is telling us what are the 266 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:59,300 truths and if you're here today and you need a little bit of 267 00:15:59,308 --> 00:16:03,300 Hope and a little bit of help, this is critical to our path 268 00:16:03,300 --> 00:16:07,100 forward as Jesus people. I want to give you five 269 00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:11,200 spiritual truths to combat the lie that we are ruined. 270 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:15,400 First one God is not surprised by your struggles. 271 00:16:18,100 --> 00:16:20,900 God is not up in heaven. Going what? 272 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:28,700 I did not see that happening. Holy Spirit. 273 00:16:28,700 --> 00:16:35,800 You couldn't give me a heads up. He's not afraid of our 274 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:39,000 Brokenness. He's not allergic to your pain 275 00:16:39,100 --> 00:16:42,800 or your misery. When Jesus came to Earth, he 276 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:47,500 came to help and to heal read through the gospels and you will 277 00:16:47,500 --> 00:16:51,900 see over and over again. How much time Jesus Took to 278 00:16:51,900 --> 00:16:55,200 minister to those who are dealing with pain from one of 279 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:57,900 the four buckets. I'll just give you four. 280 00:16:58,700 --> 00:17:01,500 He treated a situational issue with the woman caught in 281 00:17:01,500 --> 00:17:03,800 adultery. She was set up an oppressed by 282 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:06,700 other people and Stopped and took no and addressed it. 283 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,900 He also helped those who are dealing with mental challenges 284 00:17:10,900 --> 00:17:13,400 with the demon-possessed, man. And after Jesus is done with 285 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:17,099 him, he's sitting there dressed, and the Bible says, in his right 286 00:17:17,500 --> 00:17:20,900 mind, he stepped in the spiritual Waters, with the man, 287 00:17:20,900 --> 00:17:22,599 on the mat, which I'm going to talk to you about in just a 288 00:17:22,599 --> 00:17:25,200 second, and he dealt with biological issues with the woman 289 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:28,099 with the flow of blood. Look what happens in. 290 00:17:28,099 --> 00:17:32,200 Luke chapter 4 verse 16. He this is Jesus went to 291 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:35,900 Nazareth where he had been brought up and on the Sabbath it 292 00:17:35,900 --> 00:17:38,000 was there Saturday. Think of it as like church day 293 00:17:38,300 --> 00:17:40,500 and he went into the synagogue think church. 294 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:44,200 So Jesus got up on technically. Saturday went to church as was 295 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:46,300 his custom. So if Jesus goes to church, 296 00:17:47,900 --> 00:17:51,400 What's your excuse? Okay, he stood up to read and 297 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:54,800 the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him Old Testament. 298 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:57,100 Okay? Keep going unrolling it. 299 00:17:57,100 --> 00:17:58,700 He found the place where it was written. 300 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:02,800 The spirit of the Lord is on me because he has anointed me to 301 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:06,900 Proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to Proclaim 302 00:18:06,900 --> 00:18:09,900 freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind 303 00:18:10,100 --> 00:18:14,400 to set, the oppressed free to proclaim the year of the Lord's 304 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:17,400 favor. Then he rolled up the scroll. 305 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:22,500 Gave it back to the attendant and sat down the eyes of 306 00:18:22,500 --> 00:18:25,700 everyone in the church were fastened on him. 307 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:32,300 And he began by saying to them. Today, this scripture is 308 00:18:32,300 --> 00:18:36,400 fulfilled in your hearing. Jesus goes to church. 309 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:40,900 He opens up the Old Testament. He reads it and goes, you know, 310 00:18:40,900 --> 00:18:44,300 that thing that you've been waiting for that time. 311 00:18:44,300 --> 00:18:49,700 You've been longing for The arrival upon the of the one who 312 00:18:49,700 --> 00:18:52,700 would heal the broken and bind up the wounded. 313 00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:57,400 It's fulfilled. I'm here. 314 00:18:57,700 --> 00:19:01,700 This is why I came truth number two. 315 00:19:03,300 --> 00:19:09,700 God is not surprised by our sin. From a spiritual perspective. 316 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:15,900 God knew that we were ruined. That's why he sent Jesus in the 317 00:19:15,900 --> 00:19:18,800 first place. If you become The Crossing for 318 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,300 any period of time, you've heard us talk about this first before, 319 00:19:21,300 --> 00:19:23,600 Romans 3:23 for all. Have sinned. 320 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:25,500 And fall short of the glory of God. 321 00:19:27,300 --> 00:19:30,800 I mean from a spiritual perspective, every single one of 322 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:36,300 us are ruined. But the problem is, is we spend 323 00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:39,600 all of our time comparing each other in non-spiritual ways. 324 00:19:41,300 --> 00:19:44,400 So some of you, you know, you make more than others, some of 325 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:46,800 you have nicer houses than others, some of you go on better 326 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:48,800 vacations than others. Some of you have nicer clothes 327 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:51,600 than others, some of you, your clothes fit, better than others. 328 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:55,300 But listen, from a spiritual perspective, you're ruined. 329 00:19:56,500 --> 00:19:57,900 Your clothes just might fit better. 330 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:01,000 You might have more spots for your cars to park in your 331 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,700 driveway but spiritually speaking, we are all destitute. 332 00:20:04,700 --> 00:20:09,700 We're ruined. We were done in. 333 00:20:09,900 --> 00:20:15,800 There was no hope, but God stepped into that very space. 334 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:20,400 He came to deal with our greatest need, which was sin. 335 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,000 Now, I'm going to show you a super cool passage of scripture. 336 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:25,400 If you've been a part of the crossing, you've heard this one 337 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,900 before. So Jesus was doing his ministry 338 00:20:29,300 --> 00:20:32,700 and there was a group of friends that had a paralyzed friend, and 339 00:20:32,700 --> 00:20:36,000 he had been laying on a map for his whole life and so four of 340 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,600 them picked up there. A wise man on a mat and they 341 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:42,400 were taking him to go see Jesus. And when they got to the house 342 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:45,200 where Jesus was there, couldn't get him because the place was 343 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:48,300 packed. And so their solution was, let's 344 00:20:48,300 --> 00:20:52,500 just climb up on the roof and cut a hole in the roof and lower 345 00:20:52,500 --> 00:20:54,500 him down. And right in front of Jesus. 346 00:20:55,400 --> 00:21:00,600 And, you know, well, let's pick up the story when Jesus saw 347 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:02,800 their faith. So Jesus like looks up sees 348 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:04,800 foreheads poking through the roof. 349 00:21:05,700 --> 00:21:08,700 He said to the paralyzed, man. Son, your sins are forgiven. 350 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:20,500 What did Jesus Jesus? He's paralyzed Jesus. 351 00:21:20,500 --> 00:21:23,300 He can't walk. How did you? 352 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,300 Why did we make a hole in the roof? 353 00:21:27,700 --> 00:21:29,900 If Jesus was going to forgive his sin? 354 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,500 We brought him here because he can't walk. 355 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:37,800 Right. Son, your sins are forgiven. 356 00:21:38,100 --> 00:21:40,500 Now, some teachers of the law were sitting there thinking to 357 00:21:40,508 --> 00:21:43,200 themselves. Why does this fellow talk like 358 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:45,800 that? He's blaspheming, who can 359 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:50,100 forgive sins, but God Alone, We'll keep going for a second 360 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:53,100 immediately. Jesus doing a spirit, that this 361 00:21:53,100 --> 00:21:56,400 is what they're thinking. Oh, I mean, everybody thinks 362 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:58,700 they like to hang out with Jesus, but are you sure? 363 00:22:00,500 --> 00:22:03,100 Because I mean, you've been at church and you know some of the 364 00:22:03,100 --> 00:22:06,000 things you've been thinking already Jesus is not a safe 365 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,400 person, okay? Fellas. 366 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:08,700 You wouldn't take Jesus to the bar. 367 00:22:08,900 --> 00:22:10,200 Okay? Yeah. 368 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,400 Like how many of you had and you'd say your number you'd be 369 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:16,900 like, no, no, you haven't, you've had four in the one that 370 00:22:16,900 --> 00:22:18,600 you have isn't yours, right? Okay. 371 00:22:18,900 --> 00:22:22,500 Why he says to them that was catchy you guys will appreciate 372 00:22:22,500 --> 00:22:24,600 that later. If your Bible nerd, why are you 373 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:27,200 thinking these things? Which is easier to say to this 374 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,200 paralyzed. Man, your sins are forgiven or 375 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:30,400 to say get up and take your medicine. 376 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,800 And walk. But what I want you to know is 377 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,500 that the son of man has Authority on Earth to forgive 378 00:22:36,500 --> 00:22:39,200 sins. So he said to the man I tell you 379 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:42,100 get up take your mat and go home. 380 00:22:42,100 --> 00:22:45,700 Let's keep going, he got up took his mat and walked out in full 381 00:22:45,700 --> 00:22:48,600 view of them. All this amazed everyone and 382 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:52,800 they praised God saying we have never seen anything like this. 383 00:22:54,300 --> 00:22:58,600 A paralyzed man gets dropped in front of Jesus and Jesus heart 384 00:22:58,700 --> 00:23:08,700 immediately goes to the sin. What's the point in having a man 385 00:23:08,700 --> 00:23:11,400 who can walk walk straight to hell? 386 00:23:13,300 --> 00:23:17,100 Jesus sees the paralyzed man and everybody else can just see the 387 00:23:17,100 --> 00:23:21,000 physical, but Jesus sees the greatest need the spiritual and 388 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,700 he forgives his sins. And then when everybody's like, 389 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:25,900 well, hold on a second, nobody can forgive sins. 390 00:23:25,900 --> 00:23:28,300 Jesus was like, oh, you want to know what kind of power I have? 391 00:23:28,500 --> 00:23:30,200 We'll just so, you know, that his sins are forgiven. 392 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:31,800 I'm going to show you by tell him this man to get up and 393 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:32,900 walked in the man got up and walked. 394 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:36,600 Not only did he get physical healing that day? 395 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:38,800 He got spiritual healing that day. 396 00:23:38,900 --> 00:23:42,400 This was Jesus mission to take care of our biggest need. 397 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:46,400 Look at Mark chapter 2, verse 17 later in the same chapter on 398 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:50,000 hearing this, Jesus said to them, it is not the healthy who 399 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:53,500 need a doctor, but the sick I have not come to call the 400 00:23:53,500 --> 00:23:59,700 righteous but sinners. In other words, if you are here 401 00:23:59,700 --> 00:24:06,100 today watching online part of the crossing inside, And you're 402 00:24:06,100 --> 00:24:11,100 not righteous. You've got some spiritual bumps 403 00:24:11,300 --> 00:24:13,200 and bruises. I want you to hear me. 404 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:17,200 Say this. Jesus came for you. 405 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:23,600 That's why he came and there is nothing too big for him. 406 00:24:24,500 --> 00:24:29,400 He came on purpose to save you from this ruined State truth. 407 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:32,900 Number 3. Nothing is too small for God. 408 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:37,200 Satan would have you believe that God's only good for the big 409 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:41,000 things don't bother him. He's incredibly busy, just call 410 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,600 him and things get really out of hand and light of all the 411 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:45,700 problems in the world. And in light of all the 412 00:24:45,700 --> 00:24:48,400 challenges that are happening at different continents, and all 413 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,000 the geopolitical issues, you really shouldn't bother Jesus 414 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:52,900 with the little things in your life. 415 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,500 You've heard me tell this story before. 416 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:04,100 I can't run a bead of caulk to save my life, can't do it. 417 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,500 I bought the little infomercial stuff where you put the little 418 00:25:06,500 --> 00:25:11,000 spatula on your finger and I've done all the and I am horrible, 419 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,900 I start. And then what happens is after I 420 00:25:15,900 --> 00:25:20,700 do it, I punch a hole in my shower and and I say that 421 00:25:20,700 --> 00:25:24,400 because it's happened twice, two different homes and I fixed the 422 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:28,100 one that are at the Macomb house, but the one in our house 423 00:25:28,100 --> 00:25:31,600 now is not fixed because Not ready to fix update my bathroom 424 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:33,200 yet. So there's just pink duct tape 425 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,000 in a cross pattern. That reminds me that Jesus paid 426 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:40,500 for that and When I took a shower today, I stared at a pink 427 00:25:40,500 --> 00:25:44,400 cross that is covering a whole. And the reason why is is even 428 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:48,000 though I'm only trying to run that bead of caulk for like 24 429 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:51,700 inches, I think to myself, I cannot call in a favor. 430 00:25:52,900 --> 00:25:57,300 I'm a man, I got this, this will not be a problem and then what 431 00:25:57,300 --> 00:26:00,900 happens is, I started I get frustrated and then sometime 432 00:26:00,900 --> 00:26:02,800 after that, there's a hole in the wall and then I go get the 433 00:26:02,808 --> 00:26:05,700 duct tape. And then I've taken a very small 434 00:26:05,700 --> 00:26:08,600 problem and I've turned it into an embarrassing problem. 435 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:13,400 And then I'll finally call somebody who's a professional 436 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:15,800 and I say, hey man, I need you to come over and do this and 437 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:22,900 then they're stupid. But shows up All right, man. 438 00:26:22,900 --> 00:26:28,900 Should be good now, you just you okay. 439 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:35,200 I wouldn't have pink duct tape in if I would just call the 440 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:38,900 professional. So yeah, I know this is this is 441 00:26:38,900 --> 00:26:41,100 going to seem like nothing but it's a lot to me. 442 00:26:42,700 --> 00:26:45,200 We have this mentality. When it comes to Jesus, that our 443 00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:50,400 problems have to be gigantic and significant, if only you would 444 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:55,700 call a professional, God, I know you have a lot going on, but 445 00:26:57,900 --> 00:27:01,800 Well, look at this, Luke chapter, 12 are not five 446 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,500 sparrows. Sold for two, pennies yet, not 447 00:27:04,500 --> 00:27:07,900 one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs on your 448 00:27:07,900 --> 00:27:09,100 head. Are all numbered. 449 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,400 Don't be afraid. You are worth more than many 450 00:27:12,700 --> 00:27:17,700 sparrows. When you pray, you are praying 451 00:27:17,700 --> 00:27:20,800 to a God who knows? Just how much of you you left 452 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:22,600 behind the shower today. Ladies. 453 00:27:24,500 --> 00:27:28,600 He knows he knows that there is a rat nest of your hair in the 454 00:27:28,608 --> 00:27:31,300 drain and he can tell you just how much is there. 455 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:35,200 Some of you older fellows. You took a shower today and 456 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:39,400 nothing changed, okay? There's just use body washed 457 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:40,700 head to toe now. Okay? 458 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:46,000 And he knows and a God who keeps track of the hairs on your head 459 00:27:46,500 --> 00:27:48,800 knows exactly what you're going through and means you can cry 460 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,000 out to him. God, I'm having a hard time 461 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,900 getting out of bed today and I need you to help me. 462 00:27:55,900 --> 00:27:58,400 It's other small prayers. God I have a hard time being on 463 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:00,800 social media too much. Would you give me the strength 464 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:03,800 to just leave my phone face down a little bit longer today. 465 00:28:04,900 --> 00:28:08,000 God, I don't have the energy to get up and do some of the things 466 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,400 that my family needs. But could you just give me a 467 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:13,400 little breath of fresh air for, for just 20 minutes? 468 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,700 You can go to God in the Small Things. 469 00:28:16,700 --> 00:28:20,800 The problem is, we don't go to God with the small things and 470 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:23,600 the small things start. Piling up until they become big 471 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,200 things, which isn't a problem for God. 472 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:29,700 But it is a problem for us and all the people we love because 473 00:28:29,700 --> 00:28:33,400 it makes the path back on Earth so much harder than it had to be 474 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,100 that's why we work so hard. Hard to get the love and ethics 475 00:28:36,100 --> 00:28:39,400 of Jesus into our kids at a very young age, so they don't have to 476 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:42,800 start living for Jesus, after they have created so much - and 477 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:47,800 nurse shh here on Earth. Truth number for God, has the 478 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:50,700 power to restore that which is broken and ruined. 479 00:28:52,500 --> 00:28:54,800 And he does this in one of two ways. 480 00:28:56,300 --> 00:29:00,200 The first way that he does it is, sometimes he does it in the 481 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,500 here. And now for his purposes for his 482 00:29:03,500 --> 00:29:07,200 glory, to demonstrate his healing power, I know people who 483 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:11,300 have been healed of issues of depression, anxiety, and 484 00:29:11,300 --> 00:29:14,700 Suicidal Thoughts. Some of you may know people like 485 00:29:14,700 --> 00:29:17,000 that too. And it is a beautiful and 486 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:21,100 wonderful thing to behold And when we do, we're like, oh my 487 00:29:21,100 --> 00:29:22,900 goodness, isn't God. Good. 488 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:29,200 And sometimes God chooses to bring about the healing and 489 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:35,100 restoration upon his second coming, when he makes all things 490 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:38,200 new. And I know that some of you who 491 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:42,000 are listening to me right now went not cool man. 492 00:29:43,300 --> 00:29:47,000 You're frustrated by that statement. because if you were 493 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:53,100 being honest, who wants one day, healing someday healing, I 494 00:29:53,100 --> 00:29:55,900 think, every single one of us would choose, I want the now 495 00:29:55,900 --> 00:29:59,900 healing, Jesus, if I have a choice between today, and 496 00:29:59,900 --> 00:30:09,000 Someday I'm choosing today, but if I can be honest with you, 497 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:14,000 Someday healing is the one that I love the most. 498 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:18,500 It's the people who turn their struggle into a story. 499 00:30:18,500 --> 00:30:21,300 It's the people who turn their tragedy into a testimony. 500 00:30:21,500 --> 00:30:24,900 While other people may have a shallow understanding of the of 501 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,300 living in the strength of God. These people have a deep 502 00:30:27,300 --> 00:30:31,800 understanding of dependence. That even in my worry, I will 503 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:36,000 trust even in my anxiety. I will choose to follow, even in 504 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,000 my depression, I will give him glory. 505 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:43,300 Even in my pain. I will still praise and God uses 506 00:30:43,300 --> 00:30:47,600 these faithful stories to create faith and others than the 507 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,500 problem is, it never happens unless we are honest about not 508 00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:53,500 being honest and never happens until we start telling the 509 00:30:53,500 --> 00:30:56,600 people around us what were actually going through and we 510 00:30:56,600 --> 00:31:00,000 keep the story to ourselves and we keep our struggles hidden and 511 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,600 everyone else around us thinks that they're the only one when 512 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:07,200 in reality they are surrounded by people who are in the same 513 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:12,300 boat my favorite story Free. I hope this ministers to your 514 00:31:12,300 --> 00:31:14,700 heart. My favorite story of this, is 515 00:31:14,700 --> 00:31:18,800 the Apostle. Paul, if you read in the book of 516 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:27,300 Acts, Paul was healing people. He had the ability to heal those 517 00:31:27,300 --> 00:31:31,000 who were Afflicted. In fact his healing was so 518 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:35,500 fantastic that if he could tell he would take a handkerchief and 519 00:31:35,500 --> 00:31:38,800 he would touch it and then they would take that handkerchief and 520 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:42,700 they would pass it through other places and anybody who touched 521 00:31:42,700 --> 00:31:45,600 the handkerchief would be healed. 522 00:31:48,100 --> 00:31:49,500 But you read in second Corinthians. 523 00:31:51,700 --> 00:31:55,200 And Paul cries out about a thorn in the flesh. 524 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,400 He says and three times, I Cried unto the Lord. 525 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:07,600 God said, one day what? Come on, Jesus. 526 00:32:08,500 --> 00:32:13,700 You mean I can heal other people I can be used to bring healing 527 00:32:13,700 --> 00:32:17,200 and other people. Can I touch my own handkerchief? 528 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,400 How come the thing? I touch is good for everybody 529 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:25,700 else but it doesn't work on me. Jesus says one day. 530 00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:31,600 And Paul didn't use that to stop declaring the faithfulness of 531 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:34,600 God. He continued to fulfill his 532 00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:37,000 calling. He pushed through the pain that 533 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:38,800 he wasn't going to get the today. 534 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:42,200 Queuing even though God was going to use him to bring today 535 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:48,100 healing to others. if we're going to be a church, that's 536 00:32:48,100 --> 00:32:52,100 being honest. About being honest. if we're 537 00:32:52,100 --> 00:32:57,000 going to be a church that loves people for the weeds in their 538 00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:00,100 Gardens, we're going to be a church. 539 00:33:01,500 --> 00:33:04,600 That wants to offer a little bit of help and a little bit of 540 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,200 hope. We're going to have to cling to 541 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:09,200 those truths. We're moving to a time of 542 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:14,900 decision. Now, some of you, your teachers, 543 00:33:14,900 --> 00:33:16,900 your getting ready to go back in the classroom and you're like 544 00:33:16,900 --> 00:33:21,800 Clayton, you said five truths. And that was four and I took 545 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:24,100 notes. And now I've got this spot on my 546 00:33:24,100 --> 00:33:25,400 page. And what am I going to do with 547 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:27,400 it? Fifth truth. 548 00:33:29,900 --> 00:33:36,200 It's never too late. It is never too late to turn 549 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:39,400 things over to God. It is never too late to seek 550 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:42,700 him, no matter how bad the situation is, no matter how bad 551 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,700 the diagnosis is, no matter how much the pain is, no matter how 552 00:33:45,700 --> 00:33:49,400 much the frustration is no matter how many small decisions, 553 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:52,000 bad decisions you've made that have turned into a big decision. 554 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:57,600 It is never too late to approach your heavenly father Sunday 555 00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:00,300 night 10:30 at night. I'm working on the sermon and I 556 00:34:00,300 --> 00:34:02,400 saw something. Now, those of you who've been 557 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:03,900 grown up in church, your whole life, you're going to like 558 00:34:03,900 --> 00:34:05,400 Clayton. How did you not see this? 559 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,400 I mean, i-i've seen it. I knew it. 560 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:12,000 I just I just didn't put it together the way I did at 10:30 561 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,600 on on Sunday night and I could not wait for this moment with 562 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:23,300 you. In Matthew chapter, 27 verse 44, 563 00:34:23,300 --> 00:34:24,800 you can go home and check this out. 564 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:29,800 This is what it says in the same way the rebels or criminals who 565 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:33,699 were crucified with him. Also heaped insults on him. 566 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:37,600 So you get this picture, there's Jesus in the middle being 567 00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:43,300 crucified and one on his right. And one on his left are heaping 568 00:34:43,300 --> 00:34:46,699 insults at him. That's Matthew chapter 27. 569 00:34:47,699 --> 00:34:51,000 If you go to Mark chapter 15 verse 32, go home, check it out 570 00:34:51,500 --> 00:34:56,600 this, what it says, those crucified with him also heaped 571 00:34:56,600 --> 00:35:02,100 insults on him, Here's the picture one on his right. 572 00:35:03,100 --> 00:35:08,600 One on his left are heaping insults on Jesus and some of 573 00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:10,100 your going. Hold on a second Clayton. 574 00:35:10,700 --> 00:35:13,400 There's a story inside of this. I know this story. 575 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:16,300 Yeah, the story, you know, is from Luke's gospel? 576 00:35:18,100 --> 00:35:22,800 This is what it says. Starting in verse 39, in chapter 577 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:28,300 23, remember 39, one of the criminals who hung there hurled 578 00:35:28,300 --> 00:35:33,300 insults at him, aren't you the Messiah, save yourself and us 579 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,200 but the other criminal rebuked him. 580 00:35:37,100 --> 00:35:40,700 Don't you fear God? He said, since you are under the 581 00:35:40,700 --> 00:35:44,800 same sentence, we are punished justly for. 582 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:49,000 We are getting what our Deeds deserve, but this man has done 583 00:35:49,100 --> 00:35:50,800 nothing wrong. Wrong. 584 00:35:54,700 --> 00:36:02,000 Then he said, Jesus. remember me, when you come into your 585 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:10,200 kingdom, And Jesus answered him. Truly, I tell you today. 586 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:16,300 You will be with me in Paradise. You see it? 587 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:22,400 It starts off with Jesus, in the Middle with a thief on his 588 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:26,900 rightness, thief on his left. And both of them are hurling 589 00:36:26,900 --> 00:36:32,000 insults. And it ends. 590 00:36:33,100 --> 00:36:38,200 With one of them going. I don't know. 591 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:44,200 Would you what? Caused the change? 592 00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:48,800 How did he go from hurling insults at Jesus to defending 593 00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:52,400 Jesus? And shooting his shot. 594 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:56,900 I said, remember verse 39, I want you to go back seven verses 595 00:36:56,900 --> 00:37:01,900 in Luke's gospel. This is what he says in verse 596 00:37:01,900 --> 00:37:05,100 32. Two other men. 597 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:10,400 Both criminals were let out to be with him to be executed when 598 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:14,400 they came to the place called the skull, They Crucified him 599 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:19,100 there along with the criminals, one on his right and the other 600 00:37:19,100 --> 00:37:25,500 on his left. And then Jesus said father, 601 00:37:26,300 --> 00:37:29,300 forgive them for, they don't know what they're doing. 602 00:37:30,300 --> 00:37:34,400 Do you see it? A criminal's, hurling insults at 603 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:37,400 Jesus. And Jesus is hearing the insults 604 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:40,300 from the criminals. He's looking at the people who 605 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:42,300 shouted, crucify him, crucify him. 606 00:37:42,300 --> 00:37:45,300 He's looking at the people who shouted Barabbas, he's looking 607 00:37:45,300 --> 00:37:47,900 at the people who are nailing him, he's looking at the people 608 00:37:47,900 --> 00:37:51,600 who mocked him and Jesus on the cross cries out to the father. 609 00:37:51,700 --> 00:37:54,900 Father, forgive them for, they don't know what they're doing 610 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:58,300 and the criminal goes. Hold on a second here. 611 00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:12,800 Do you think that forgiveness? Could be for me, too. and so, he 612 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:21,300 says, Jesus. Do you remember me? 613 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:27,300 And she says, says, today you will be with me. 614 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:29,800 Can you imagine this guy showed up in heaven? 615 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:39,200 Hey, what are you doing here? Don't you have the guy next to 616 00:38:39,207 --> 00:38:41,600 Jesus? Yeah. 617 00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:44,400 What you? The one throwing insults at him? 618 00:38:44,700 --> 00:38:47,400 Yeah. Did you go to church regularly? 619 00:38:47,500 --> 00:38:49,200 No. Never. 620 00:38:50,100 --> 00:38:51,800 Did you ever take communion? Not once. 621 00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:55,200 What are we talking about here? Did you serve in the ministry? 622 00:38:55,300 --> 00:38:57,700 Nope. Did you clean up after yourself? 623 00:38:57,700 --> 00:38:58,900 When you went to the bathroom at church? 624 00:38:58,900 --> 00:39:00,600 Nope. Did you wash your hands out? 625 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:02,400 No, didn't do any of those things shook? 626 00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:04,100 A lot of hands that nope, didn't do any of that. 627 00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:08,000 Did you you didn't volunteer? Were you in a life group? 628 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,700 No. Did you fold your favorite 629 00:39:10,700 --> 00:39:12,100 worship song? Don't have one? 630 00:39:14,500 --> 00:39:16,700 What service did you go to? I don't go to a service. 631 00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:23,200 Why are you here? because I asked the man on the 632 00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:33,700 middle cross, He said, I could. He said his blood was shed for 633 00:39:33,700 --> 00:39:36,600 me. I'm here because he said, I 634 00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:41,900 could be That is the Heart of Jesus. 635 00:39:43,100 --> 00:39:47,000 It's never too late. And there's some of you watching 636 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:50,200 online or in this room and you've never started an intimate 637 00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:53,800 personal relationship with Jesus Christ, cling to this truth. 638 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:58,800 It is never too late, no matter how dark your circumstances, no 639 00:39:58,808 --> 00:40:03,000 matter how messed up, things might be, Jesus is ready to take 640 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:06,400 you today. All of your sin. 641 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:08,600 All of your baggage, all of your mistakes. 642 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:10,500 You don't have to get everything, right? 643 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:13,000 You don't have to get off your cross, you just have to come to 644 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:17,200 him. And you can come to him because 645 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:25,800 he said so he accepts you in your ruined State no matter what 646 00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:29,200 like Satan speaks at you or over you. 647 00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:34,300 It does not Trump the truth and the power of Jesus that was 648 00:40:34,300 --> 00:40:36,900 claimed for you during his death. 649 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:42,300 Burial and Resurrection you have access to him, you are accepted 650 00:40:42,300 --> 00:40:47,000 and if God accepts you So does this church and if God accepts 651 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:50,500 you, so do I? You are not ruined. 652 00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:56,400 You are accepted, and I hope I hope you will walk in that 653 00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:59,300 acceptance. And so today, when people around 654 00:40:59,300 --> 00:41:01,600 you, stand up to sing, if there's some of your going, you 655 00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:03,400 know what I need to? I need to step into that except 656 00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:05,900 in certain be somebody right over by the baptistry, who wants 657 00:41:05,900 --> 00:41:08,700 an opportunity to talk with you and pray with you and maybe 658 00:41:08,700 --> 00:41:11,500 answer some of the questions. You have to the rest of you in 659 00:41:11,500 --> 00:41:14,000 the room. Maybe you're navigating. 660 00:41:14,100 --> 00:41:17,100 Eating something in one of the four buckets or you're a person 661 00:41:17,100 --> 00:41:20,100 who loves one of the people who's navigating something, the 662 00:41:20,100 --> 00:41:22,700 four buckets. We have got to be a church that 663 00:41:22,700 --> 00:41:24,800 loves people well and I'm going to encourage you to get down on 664 00:41:24,808 --> 00:41:26,700 your knees and said God how can you use me? 665 00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:31,000 How can you use me to speak truth into people's lives? 666 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:34,100 How can you use me to be honest with other people. 667 00:41:34,100 --> 00:41:36,300 So they can hear about my struggle, and they can see how 668 00:41:36,300 --> 00:41:39,900 you're working in my life. Because deep down inside, I 669 00:41:39,900 --> 00:41:42,300 think, every single one of us wants to be a part of a church 670 00:41:42,300 --> 00:41:45,700 where people can be honest, where people can find Hope and 671 00:41:45,700 --> 00:41:49,000 healing. But that church doesn't happen 672 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:51,800 that church doesn't take place until you and I both take our 673 00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:54,000 part in it. But you guys stand with me, 674 00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:57,300 Heavenly Father, used this moment right now. 675 00:42:00,500 --> 00:42:03,700 To bring serious change in every single heart and every single 676 00:42:03,700 --> 00:42:08,700 life. God, remove the lies of Satan 677 00:42:08,900 --> 00:42:11,300 Seer into our conscience, your truths. 678 00:42:13,700 --> 00:42:14,700 God. I know that there's going to be 679 00:42:14,700 --> 00:42:17,400 a battle right now with people thinking, all kinds of things in 680 00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:20,900 their head, someone to make a move in some, not wanting to 681 00:42:21,500 --> 00:42:25,000 someone to take steps closer to you and others are battling 682 00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:27,400 whether or not they should. And gotta I know which voice is 683 00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:32,600 yours. And so, do they We gotta pray 684 00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:36,400 this prayer before I'm just asking that right now, you would 685 00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:41,300 win the war in their mind. That we would recognize the 686 00:42:41,300 --> 00:42:44,800 power of your truth and we would walk in it and that you would 687 00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:49,300 silence, Satan silence, any voice that is, keeping them from 688 00:42:49,300 --> 00:42:51,100 moving closer to you and your name, I pray. 689 00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:51,900 Amen.