1 00:00:00,300 --> 00:00:02,600 Well, 0 Crossing Church. How are you doing today? 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:03,700 Doing? All right. 3 00:00:04,700 --> 00:00:06,800 Good to see you. Good to see you that you 4 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:11,600 survived yesterday and the previous week God is good. 5 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:15,800 He's good in so many ways and I want to share one of those ways 6 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:23,200 that God is good. 23, plus years ago, the crossing went into debt 7 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:29,200 and officially today we are a church that is completely out of 8 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:33,700 debt in that. Awesome, praise God for that. 9 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:39,000 Absolutely amazing. That we can, we can declare that 10 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:44,100 today, but our greatest debt was settled, 2,000 years ago, wasn't 11 00:00:44,100 --> 00:00:47,700 it, and ever since then, we don't have to worry about the 12 00:00:47,700 --> 00:00:52,700 debt of sin that we 0, because that debt has been paid by Jesus 13 00:00:52,700 --> 00:00:54,500 Christ. I'm so thankful for that. 14 00:00:54,500 --> 00:00:57,000 I'm thankful to be able to welcome all of our campuses 15 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:01,300 today from all across this region, And for every one that 16 00:01:01,300 --> 00:01:05,200 is inside and online, we are so thankful for each and every one 17 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:08,200 of you that we can connect together today. 18 00:01:08,700 --> 00:01:12,400 This beautiful day and if you were at any of our Christmas Eve 19 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:17,200 services, you heard that coming up next week is a new series. 20 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:22,100 There has to be a place and I'm so thankful that we can be a 21 00:01:22,100 --> 00:01:26,200 church that can be that place and that God can do incredible, 22 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:32,400 wonderful Mighty things through the And efforts of his followers 23 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:35,100 and lovers of Jesus all through this region. 24 00:01:35,100 --> 00:01:39,200 So once you to be a part of that sermon series coming up, there 25 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:43,700 has to be a place. Now, I'm a pastor and I've been 26 00:01:43,700 --> 00:01:48,600 a pastor for 42 years, but people that really know me. 27 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:51,800 Well, know that somewhere deep inside me, there's an architect 28 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:57,600 trying to get out. And because I love buildings and 29 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,800 I love the design of buildings and I love how you can express 30 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:04,700 creativity through buildings. And so, as far as the crossing 31 00:02:04,700 --> 00:02:07,900 is concerned, there isn't a choice of a location, a design, 32 00:02:08,100 --> 00:02:12,200 a remodel that I haven't been all the way involved in because 33 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:14,700 I just have this love. I have this love for 34 00:02:14,700 --> 00:02:18,300 architecture, it's just so satisfying to me. 35 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,800 And each of our locations is has a unique nature about it. 36 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:24,900 You know, there's none of them that look Like none of them that 37 00:02:24,900 --> 00:02:27,500 look, even close to the same and if you go to all of our 38 00:02:27,500 --> 00:02:31,600 locations you'll see that and some of them have right like 39 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:37,100 really especially interesting architecture and it's a 40 00:02:37,108 --> 00:02:39,800 reflection of a of a deeper truth. 41 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:41,800 One that comes to mind is Hannibal. 42 00:02:41,900 --> 00:02:46,400 Hey everybody in Hannibal or all screaming right now and I 43 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:50,900 remember when I first went into the theater in Hannibal, it had 44 00:02:50,900 --> 00:02:53,600 this overpowering smell of mildew. 45 00:02:54,500 --> 00:02:57,500 It had been abandoned for a long time. 46 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:02,000 There was no electricity on, or water on a lot of the plaster 47 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,100 had fallen. It was just, it was just 48 00:03:05,100 --> 00:03:09,000 horrible, but there was something about it, something so 49 00:03:09,300 --> 00:03:12,400 nostalgic about it. And I fell in love with that. 50 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:16,100 I'm never going to the elders saying, this is not a logical 51 00:03:16,100 --> 00:03:19,000 decision, this is emotional. I would really like to make this 52 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:23,300 the location of the Crossing in Hannibal and they went along 53 00:03:23,300 --> 00:03:28,000 with it. And the the illustration of 54 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,500 Hannibal is powerful because what you see is something that 55 00:03:31,500 --> 00:03:34,300 was originally built to 40 years to build it. 56 00:03:34,500 --> 00:03:38,000 And it was a to be the jewel of that of that community and 57 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:44,000 Hannibal and then the years and life and just it just turned it 58 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:48,800 into a ruin. And then it was so cool to go in 59 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:52,100 there and completely redo it back to its original glory. 60 00:03:52,100 --> 00:03:54,400 And those of you that are sitting in that, in that room, 61 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,200 now you can just see it at forty, four foot high ceilings, 62 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:00,400 just beautiful. It's incredible, is a testimony 63 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:04,400 to what God can do in a human life because our lives can end 64 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:07,300 up looking like that. Like like God gave us a great 65 00:04:07,300 --> 00:04:10,800 life to start out with and then it was just all that stuff 66 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:15,100 happened and we become a ruin and then God has this ability to 67 00:04:15,100 --> 00:04:19,600 reconstruct us and now That building is a jewel in that 68 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:23,600 community and it's interesting on Broadway, other businesses 69 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:25,300 and locations are all trying to beautify. 70 00:04:25,300 --> 00:04:29,300 There's to keep up with hours and that's that's the beauty of 71 00:04:29,300 --> 00:04:31,900 how that can actually happen in the kingdom of God. 72 00:04:31,900 --> 00:04:38,300 I love the 929 location. This 1874 shotgun building that 73 00:04:38,300 --> 00:04:41,900 was built by German speaking Lutheran's who wanted to have a 74 00:04:42,300 --> 00:04:45,800 church building in that where the services were conducted in 75 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:50,000 German and their H and I can't imagine what those immigrants 76 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,700 put together in order to be able to build that building and now 77 00:04:53,900 --> 00:04:59,300 to be able from Heaven to look down and to hear the Praises of 78 00:04:59,300 --> 00:05:03,100 people singing and lifting the name of Jesus up in that 79 00:05:03,100 --> 00:05:06,000 building that that's great. And every single location has a 80 00:05:06,008 --> 00:05:09,900 story like that. And I love that I want to and 81 00:05:09,900 --> 00:05:14,500 I'm preaching from 48th Street which is our first location and 82 00:05:14,500 --> 00:05:17,200 I want to share a little story about it and the architecture of 83 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:20,600 it because those of you that have been going to the 48th 84 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,900 Street location, you know, this that there were so many walls 85 00:05:23,900 --> 00:05:27,200 and rooms and stuff. Like if you used to walk in 86 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:29,600 here, how many of you actually got lost? 87 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:33,600 Trying to find it where to go at the 48th Street location. 88 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:35,300 Raise your hand if you got lost in Heroes. 89 00:05:35,300 --> 00:05:36,800 Yeah. Like where did we park? 90 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,800 How do we get? I don't even under you know and 91 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:41,800 it was just nuts. Write it the way it was 92 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:45,300 originally, it was an elementary school designed for the open 93 00:05:45,300 --> 00:05:50,000 learning concept and then that concept was shelved, and then it 94 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,200 was the community college and then we got it. 95 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:56,800 Well, a couple of years ago, I had a friend come from Southern 96 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,700 California, Mel. McGowan who was a Disney 97 00:05:59,700 --> 00:06:04,000 imagineer and we sat down to figure out, how could we 98 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,100 reimagine the space and he wanted the blueprints. 99 00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:10,500 He walked around the Outside and got the blueprints out and we 100 00:06:10,500 --> 00:06:14,100 rolled them out and, you know, it's such a confusing building 101 00:06:14,100 --> 00:06:17,500 at the time and I would that was bothering me and he looks down 102 00:06:17,500 --> 00:06:19,100 at the prince. He looks at me, looks down at 103 00:06:19,100 --> 00:06:20,400 the prince. He goes, what's the name of this 104 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,600 church? And I go it's the crossing he 105 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:27,700 goes Crossing. Like come on Mel you know the 106 00:06:27,700 --> 00:06:31,500 name of the church he looks down at the prince again he looks up. 107 00:06:31,500 --> 00:06:33,200 He looks down. He looks up like he's trying to 108 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:36,500 get me to look down. I look down at the prince and 109 00:06:36,500 --> 00:06:41,100 suddenly it hits me. That at, you could only see it 110 00:06:41,100 --> 00:06:44,300 on the blueprints, but all of those walls, and all of those 111 00:06:44,300 --> 00:06:48,700 hallways were non supporting which means you could take them 112 00:06:48,700 --> 00:06:53,100 all out. And, and he looks at it, and he 113 00:06:53,100 --> 00:06:56,000 looks at me, and he goes to, you see how everything centers 114 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,700 around that Center. Place those of you at 4th Street 115 00:06:58,700 --> 00:07:01,500 know that, there's that green space that's out there, and 116 00:07:01,500 --> 00:07:05,600 that's actually across that. Actually, there's, there's it 117 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:07,700 comes together there. And you can look all the way 118 00:07:07,900 --> 00:07:09,800 east to west. You can look all the way north 119 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:14,700 south, right. And he goes Crossing. 120 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:16,900 Look at that. You took all the and I'm like oh 121 00:07:16,900 --> 00:07:18,800 this is so cool. I got on there, kind of gets 122 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:23,900 ruined though because we built this big tool shed on the on it, 123 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:28,300 which is where those of us at 48 years, sitting right now, I go 124 00:07:28,300 --> 00:07:30,100 that kind of ruins the whole Crossing thing. 125 00:07:30,300 --> 00:07:33,200 He goes really you worship at the foot of the cross. 126 00:07:34,300 --> 00:07:36,400 That was done. That was it? 127 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:38,000 I go. Oh yeah, we got to do this. 128 00:07:38,300 --> 00:07:41,800 And and now you go out there and you look and it's all open. 129 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,700 And the thing is no matter where you park, you walking, you know, 130 00:07:44,700 --> 00:07:48,900 exactly where you are right. And I love that. 131 00:07:48,900 --> 00:07:53,100 I absolutely love that you see there that structure was there 132 00:07:53,100 --> 00:07:55,300 all along. We just needed to clear away all 133 00:07:55,300 --> 00:07:58,700 the unnecessary walls. And this is what I think, I 134 00:07:58,700 --> 00:08:01,600 think in your life, same thing needs to happen. 135 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:05,800 It's all right there, you just need Let God clear away all the 136 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:09,500 unnecessary walls. And things are going to change 137 00:08:09,500 --> 00:08:12,800 right now. I told you, I loved 138 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:15,400 architecture. Well, one of those goals, those, 139 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:19,100 those bucket list things I wanted to do was I always wanted 140 00:08:19,100 --> 00:08:21,300 to design and build my own house. 141 00:08:21,900 --> 00:08:24,700 How many of you ever had that idea that goal that you want to 142 00:08:24,700 --> 00:08:29,300 design and build your own house? So 26 years ago, I got to do 143 00:08:29,300 --> 00:08:32,600 that before I moved to Quincy three years before I moved, I 144 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:38,799 literally Drew up this house on graph paper and pencil This is 145 00:08:38,799 --> 00:08:42,100 how I want to make it. Look, I had bought land and I 146 00:08:42,100 --> 00:08:48,200 wanted to build this house and I started to go to sales and pick 147 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,700 up things, like interior things that I wanted for it. 148 00:08:50,708 --> 00:08:54,300 And I had a place to store those, and then I hired 149 00:08:54,300 --> 00:08:58,300 contractors and I acted as the general contractor, that could 150 00:08:58,300 --> 00:09:00,700 do everything that I couldn't do, which was a lot. 151 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:05,600 But I did install the plumbing, I installed the wiring, I 152 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:09,700 installed the HV. AC did a lot of that and I 153 00:09:09,700 --> 00:09:14,100 actually was the one who laid the foundation of that house. 154 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:18,600 And it had a basement was 10 like a 10-foot basement and so 155 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:22,000 we dug down deep and I had someone do that. 156 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,100 And then a friend of mine Ray and I actually laid out the 157 00:09:25,100 --> 00:09:27,200 foundation that was a big deal to me. 158 00:09:27,900 --> 00:09:31,500 And so we use two by twelve and two feet. 159 00:09:31,700 --> 00:09:35,400 I had a big wide foundation and you know, that that Foundation 160 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:40,100 had to be perfectly Plumb had to be perfectly level because any 161 00:09:40,100 --> 00:09:43,500 mistake in that Foundation, was going to ruin anything that 162 00:09:43,500 --> 00:09:47,400 rested on it, right? It had to be just, right? 163 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:52,200 And I remember being so proud when I took the forms off and I 164 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:56,500 saw that we had done such a good job on that Foundation, even 165 00:09:56,500 --> 00:10:00,200 though it was all going to be buried and nobody would ever see 166 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:03,800 it. I knew that that Foundation was 167 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:08,200 a sure Foundation, you know, in ancient times before concrete 168 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:12,900 had been invented foundations were set with stone rather than, 169 00:10:12,900 --> 00:10:15,500 with concrete and the very first stone. 170 00:10:15,500 --> 00:10:19,700 The Cornerstone was the most important Stone in that 171 00:10:19,700 --> 00:10:24,200 Foundation because the rest of the foundation was based on that 172 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:27,600 single Stone. And if it wasn't right, the 173 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:30,500 whole construction would be wrong. 174 00:10:31,100 --> 00:10:34,700 And the tools that they used to make foundations in ancient 175 00:10:34,700 --> 00:10:38,600 times Plumb and level. They've been around for over 176 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:42,500 4,000 years. We use many of those tools 177 00:10:42,500 --> 00:10:45,100 today. Have you heard of plumb Bob's? 178 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:48,800 How many of, you know what a plumb bob is, raise your hand. 179 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:50,100 Yeah, there's a lot of you that do. 180 00:10:50,300 --> 00:10:53,900 It's just a weight that comes down off of a string and make 181 00:10:53,900 --> 00:10:57,100 sure that you're right with the Earth and gravity, right? 182 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:01,200 Or chalk lines, ever use a chalk line or a square, right? 183 00:11:01,700 --> 00:11:05,500 You all, you Builders all know that you all have those, but 184 00:11:05,500 --> 00:11:09,000 they've been around since the pyramids and even before. 185 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:14,000 So but and all of that is designed so that every part of 186 00:11:14,008 --> 00:11:17,900 the building actually becomes a reflection In of that, very 187 00:11:17,900 --> 00:11:20,700 first stone that you lay, that Cornerstone. 188 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:26,700 Now, last week, when we were preaching behind the curtain, I 189 00:11:26,700 --> 00:11:31,400 spoke about the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, the 190 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:33,400 week of his passion, the week that he died. 191 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:36,400 And I told you about the song that they sang, it was called 192 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:40,600 the Halal, right, as he goes through the Eastern Gate, and it 193 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:47,500 was from Psalm 118 verse 25 and that weird hallel translated in 194 00:11:47,500 --> 00:11:50,900 English is hosanna, right? Save us. 195 00:11:51,500 --> 00:11:57,100 Well, if you go up in Psalm 118, just three forces from the 25th, 196 00:11:57,100 --> 00:12:01,300 verse to the 22nd verse, you find something else. 197 00:12:01,300 --> 00:12:04,300 Very interesting. There that gives you a glimpse 198 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,600 behind the curtain. So go there with me right now. 199 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:13,200 Psalm 118 thousand years before. Jesus is born the stone. 200 00:12:13,500 --> 00:12:20,000 The builders rejected has become the Cornerstone Interesting. 201 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:23,400 Because the builders wouldn't want to reject the Cornerstone. 202 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:27,500 That would be the best stuff. But the builders rejected it and 203 00:12:27,500 --> 00:12:30,500 yet it became the Cornerstone and then it says the Lord has 204 00:12:30,500 --> 00:12:35,200 done this and it is marvelous in our eyes. 205 00:12:37,100 --> 00:12:40,200 When you go back behind it to this side of the curtain when 206 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:45,800 Jesus went to Jerusalem, he goes to the temple after he rides 207 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:50,000 through the Eastern Gate, right? And then he refers to that very 208 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:53,500 verse. You read it in Luke Chapter, 20 209 00:12:53,500 --> 00:12:58,000 verses 17 to 19, Jesus looked directly at them and asked. 210 00:12:58,900 --> 00:13:01,400 Well then, what is the meaning of which is that which is 211 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:05,100 written the stone. The builders rejected has become 212 00:13:05,100 --> 00:13:08,800 the Cornerstone, everyone who falls on that stone will be 213 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:14,500 broken to pieces and anyone on whom it falls will be crushed, 214 00:13:15,700 --> 00:13:18,500 huh? Just before he quotes that 215 00:13:18,500 --> 00:13:22,600 verse, he tells a story, he tells a parable it's called the 216 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:27,200 parable of the tenants. So it would be like a tenant 217 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,700 farmer. Okay, so we're talking about a 218 00:13:29,708 --> 00:13:34,200 Vineyard in the story that Jesus tells and he says there's an 219 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:38,800 owner of a Vineyard who goes off to a far country and he has 220 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:42,900 tenants running his Vineyard for him and then he wants to see how 221 00:13:42,900 --> 00:13:44,400 they're doing how its progressing. 222 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:49,600 So he sends people back to give him a message, but these tenants 223 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:54,200 won't won't tell them anything since more back and this time 224 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:58,600 the Mistreat them. And they aren't able to give a 225 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:02,100 report to the owner and so the owner thinks to himself, I'll 226 00:14:02,100 --> 00:14:07,300 send my son, they'll respect my son, I'll send him back to them 227 00:14:07,300 --> 00:14:10,000 and then I'll get the message of the report that I want. 228 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:13,300 But the tenants thought, you know, what we need to do, we 229 00:14:13,300 --> 00:14:16,800 need to kill the Sun and then maybe we'll end up with the 230 00:14:16,808 --> 00:14:20,800 property. So when the sun comes to get the 231 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:26,600 report, the tenants kill the son of the owner thinking that 232 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:30,800 that's going to somehow give them access to the property. 233 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:34,300 The question is well what will that owner do when he comes 234 00:14:34,300 --> 00:14:38,900 back? Jesus tells that story and then 235 00:14:38,900 --> 00:14:44,900 he quotes Psalm 118 the stone. The builders rejected has become 236 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:49,900 the Cornerstone and anything that hits, it will be shattered. 237 00:14:49,900 --> 00:14:54,900 And anything that falls upon will be crushed, Luke records 238 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:59,700 that the religious leaders. They know exactly what Jesus is 239 00:14:59,700 --> 00:15:03,700 saying to them and it actually describes their reaction. 240 00:15:03,700 --> 00:15:07,200 Because as soon as they hear what Jesus says, they go, We're 241 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:11,300 going to kill that guy. Because Jesus is accusing them 242 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:16,100 of being the, the the builders that rejected the Cornerstone. 243 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:21,700 He's calling himself, the son of the owner, or the son of God, 244 00:15:22,700 --> 00:15:24,900 and they have had enough of that. 245 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:28,500 You notice. He also talks about how the 246 00:15:28,500 --> 00:15:32,400 stone anything that hits, it will be shattered, and anything 247 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:35,100 that it lands on will be crushed. 248 00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:38,300 He's actually referring to the Prophet Daniel in the Old 249 00:15:38,300 --> 00:15:42,800 Testament, about 550 BC. And this is what that Prophet 250 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:46,300 said he was. This was a dream that he 251 00:15:46,300 --> 00:15:50,900 interpreted while you were watching a rock was cut out. 252 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:54,800 A rock was cut out, not by human hands. 253 00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:00,800 Hold on to that, it's struck the statue on its feet of iron and 254 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:04,200 Clay. Now this statue has is made of 255 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:07,200 different materials representing, all the empires of 256 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:10,800 the world, all the great empires of the world of iron and clay, 257 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:15,600 and smashed them, then the iron, the clay, the bronze, and the 258 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,700 silver, and the gold were all broken to pieces and became like 259 00:16:18,700 --> 00:16:23,200 chaff on a threshing floor in the summer, which means they 260 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:26,400 blew away the wind swept them away without leaving a Trace. 261 00:16:27,100 --> 00:16:32,100 But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain 262 00:16:32,300 --> 00:16:38,700 and filled the whole Earth. As a prophecy about this Corner 263 00:16:38,700 --> 00:16:40,500 Stone. The stone, the builders 264 00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:44,800 rejected, an onion Stone. A stone from heaven and not from 265 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:51,100 Earth, not by human hands or by human will, by God's will that 266 00:16:51,100 --> 00:16:53,800 would shatter all the great kingdoms of the world and then 267 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:58,000 fill the Earth. In Zechariah 10-4. 268 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:01,800 It actually said where the stone would come from from Judah. 269 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:05,099 Will come the Cornerstone from him? 270 00:17:05,099 --> 00:17:08,800 The tent Peg from him. The battle bow from him every 271 00:17:08,900 --> 00:17:13,400 ruler. Jesus came from the tribe of 272 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:17,700 Judah, and those religious leaders were very aware of who 273 00:17:17,700 --> 00:17:20,900 he was. And what he was saying Jesus is 274 00:17:20,900 --> 00:17:25,400 saying, I know that I'm going to be rejected but identifies 275 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:31,000 himself as the Cornerstone. Do, you know the temple were 276 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,800 that Jesus was in had a holy place and a holy of holies. 277 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:37,600 You may remember Clayton talking about that? 278 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,300 And in the holy of holies during that time of the temple, there 279 00:17:41,300 --> 00:17:44,700 was no Ark of the Covenant at that time, there was only one 280 00:17:44,700 --> 00:17:49,100 thing in there and that was called the foundation stone. 281 00:17:51,700 --> 00:17:54,900 Jesus used the idea the illustration of a foundation 282 00:17:54,900 --> 00:17:59,200 stone in teaching before like you can remember like the 283 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:03,200 greatest sermon ever preached The Sermon on the Mount Jesus 284 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,900 concluded that his big ending in that sermon was that there were 285 00:18:06,900 --> 00:18:10,900 two houses, one was built on Sand the other and was built on 286 00:18:10,900 --> 00:18:15,300 the rock and a storm came and blew against those houses and 287 00:18:15,300 --> 00:18:19,000 the one on Sand fell with a mighty crash, but the one that 288 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:23,100 was founded on, the Rock could withstand All the storms and all 289 00:18:23,100 --> 00:18:27,400 the wind and all the rain because it was on a firm 290 00:18:27,700 --> 00:18:30,200 foundation. In Matthew 16. 291 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:35,900 Jesus said that, on this rock, I will build my church. 292 00:18:36,900 --> 00:18:40,100 And what he said about that Foundation is that it will 293 00:18:40,100 --> 00:18:43,300 withstand all that he'll can throw at it. 294 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:49,900 Talking about us. So I get the whole illustration, 295 00:18:49,900 --> 00:18:54,000 the whole analogy of a stone and the Cornerstone, but let's dive 296 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:58,000 into one aspect of this and that is why did Jesus need to be 297 00:18:58,000 --> 00:18:59,700 rejected? Why did he have to be the 298 00:18:59,700 --> 00:19:03,000 Cornerstone? That was a rejected Stone. 299 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:08,000 Why couldn't these highly religious well School leaders 300 00:19:08,300 --> 00:19:12,700 Nazi and accept? What was so patently obvious 301 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:17,200 Remember why Jesus came in the first place? 302 00:19:18,500 --> 00:19:24,000 Jesus came to pay a debt of sin that he didn't know, but you did 303 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,300 and I did right. That's what he came for. 304 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:33,000 So he was rejected so that I would not be rejected. 305 00:19:33,900 --> 00:19:39,200 He was despised so that I would not be despised, he was wounded 306 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:46,300 and bruised and ultimately killed so that I wouldn't be But 307 00:19:46,300 --> 00:19:50,100 after Jesus died and rose again, and ascended into heaven, and 308 00:19:50,100 --> 00:19:53,900 then he sends the Holy Spirit, a gospel plan had been fully 309 00:19:53,900 --> 00:19:58,000 provided and salvation that, which was promised in that song. 310 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:02,200 The hallel and Hosanna, save us. Lord. 311 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:08,500 He'd be provided. Right after that, Peter and John 312 00:20:08,900 --> 00:20:12,800 are healing a lame man in the temple and they get in trouble 313 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:15,500 and arrested because they healed a lame man. 314 00:20:15,500 --> 00:20:19,800 And guess what? The scriptural subject was of 315 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:23,200 their defense, it's in Acts chapter 4. 316 00:20:23,900 --> 00:20:26,800 It says, this in verse 8, then Peter filled with the Holy 317 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:30,200 Spirit said to them rulers and Elders of the people. 318 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:34,100 If we're being called to account today for an act of kindness 319 00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:38,000 shown to a man who was Lame and are being asked how he was 320 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,500 healed. Didn't know this. 321 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:44,900 You and all the people of Israel, it is by the name of 322 00:20:44,900 --> 00:20:46,800 Jesus. Christ of Nazareth whom you 323 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:49,400 crucified. But God raised from the dead 324 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:55,800 that this man stands before you he'll listen, Jesus is The stone 325 00:20:55,900 --> 00:21:02,500 you've Builders rejected, you Builders not the builders you 326 00:21:02,500 --> 00:21:06,700 Builders rejected which has become the Cornerstone salvation 327 00:21:06,700 --> 00:21:08,000 is found in. No one else for. 328 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:12,000 There is no other name under Heaven given to mankind by which 329 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:16,000 we must be saved when they saw the courage of Peter and John 330 00:21:16,300 --> 00:21:21,200 realized they were unschooled ordinary men and they were 331 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,600 astonished. And they took note that these 332 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:28,400 men Had been with Jesus. That was the number one reason 333 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:34,000 why Jesus came so he would be rejected so you wouldn't be but 334 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:37,800 there was a second reason. The second reason is that the 335 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:40,200 gospel would go to the whole world. 336 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:44,000 The gospel wouldn't be a story. It wouldn't be a Salvation, just 337 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:46,100 for the people of Israel. But it be for everyone, 338 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:51,600 everyone. The rejection of Jesus of as the 339 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:56,900 Messiah, by the Jews, opened up a door, a door way that God 340 00:21:56,900 --> 00:22:01,100 intended to open for all the Gentiles, all the non-jewish 341 00:22:01,100 --> 00:22:05,100 world, but it did. So without shutting the door to 342 00:22:05,100 --> 00:22:10,600 the Jewish World, it opened the door to make salvation available 343 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:15,700 to who Everyone. The Apostle Paul devotes an 344 00:22:15,700 --> 00:22:19,800 entire chapter in the book of Romans to this very truth. 345 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:25,200 Romans chapter 11. Finally, the Hebrew writer. 346 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:32,400 Takes us all the way back to Abraham 2000 BC to help us 347 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,500 understand this, even deeper behind that curtain. 348 00:22:35,700 --> 00:22:38,800 Look what it says in Hebrews 11 by faith. 349 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:43,100 Abraham, when called to go to a place, he would later receive as 350 00:22:43,100 --> 00:22:47,200 an inheritance obeyed and went, even though he did not know 351 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:50,000 where he was going. By faith. 352 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,400 He made his home in the promised land Like a Stranger in a 353 00:22:53,408 --> 00:22:57,500 foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac 354 00:22:57,500 --> 00:23:01,600 and Jacob who were heirs with him of the same promise. 355 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:07,100 Check this out. For he was looking forward to 356 00:23:07,100 --> 00:23:14,400 the city with foundations. Whose architect and Builder is 357 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:19,900 God. Abraham rejected the foundations 358 00:23:19,900 --> 00:23:23,400 of the Earth. For the foundations of Heaven. 359 00:23:24,900 --> 00:23:30,500 even though he didn't understand what was coming, Today you and I 360 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:34,300 were all living on the other side of the curtain, right and 361 00:23:34,300 --> 00:23:36,700 their Earthly foundations all around us. 362 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:41,000 And a lot of those foundations you had a part in building, a 363 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,100 matter of fact, a lot of those foundations are really, really 364 00:23:43,100 --> 00:23:45,600 important to you. But I have to tell you 365 00:23:46,100 --> 00:23:50,600 everything that sits on an Earthly Foundation Has the 366 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:54,600 potential to be an idol. And many of them are. 367 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:01,200 And I think about the things that mankind has created over 368 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:05,600 the years, the the buildings, the structures that they have. 369 00:24:05,700 --> 00:24:08,500 They've built how many of you ever heard of the Seven Ancient 370 00:24:08,500 --> 00:24:11,100 Wonders of the World. They're all buildings. 371 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:13,600 These Ancient Wonders of the World. 372 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,700 I want you to think about how well they're doing. 373 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:21,400 First one would be the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. 374 00:24:21,700 --> 00:24:24,200 It's one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World and yet 375 00:24:24,500 --> 00:24:29,600 nobody knows where they were or even if they actually existed. 376 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:32,000 Not only are there. No ruins of it. 377 00:24:32,100 --> 00:24:35,600 There's never been any foundations found of it. 378 00:24:35,700 --> 00:24:40,400 They're just gone. How about the Temple of Diana or 379 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:46,200 Artemis in Ephesus? One of the great Wonders of the 380 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:48,600 World? This humongous Temple. 381 00:24:49,500 --> 00:24:54,300 It now it's location is now in a swamp and there's nothing left 382 00:24:54,300 --> 00:24:59,800 of it except for a broken pillar that they've raised up to show 383 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:02,800 you where it actually used to be. 384 00:25:05,100 --> 00:25:08,600 The Colossus of Rhodes was an ancient wonder of the world. 385 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:16,100 It was a sculpture made of bronze of a huge human type 386 00:25:16,100 --> 00:25:19,100 person. I got like a god who had one 387 00:25:19,100 --> 00:25:23,200 foot on the land and one foot on an island. 388 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:27,500 Just and over his head was like this, his hand was over his head 389 00:25:27,500 --> 00:25:30,200 and they built a fire up here, it acted as a lighthouse and he 390 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:35,000 was so big that ancient ships were able to sail between In his 391 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:38,700 legs. But an earthquake took care of 392 00:25:38,700 --> 00:25:40,600 the Colossus of Rhodes and he fell. 393 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:46,100 And when he did all the bronze was pillaged by the local 394 00:25:46,100 --> 00:25:50,900 people. And today it exists no more. 395 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:55,500 The Lighthouse of Alexandria was one of the seven ancient wonders 396 00:25:55,500 --> 00:25:58,000 of the world but you can't find it today. 397 00:25:58,500 --> 00:26:01,900 You can't find some pieces of it but they are under the water of 398 00:26:01,900 --> 00:26:06,300 the Mediterranean Sea, the statue of Zeus at Olympia. 399 00:26:06,500 --> 00:26:10,200 Was one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World at the base 400 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:14,800 of Mount Olympus and now it is a ruin also underwater. 401 00:26:15,700 --> 00:26:20,500 The mausoleum of halicarnassus lasted longer than the rest. 402 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:24,700 But an earthquake took care of it about 600 years ago. 403 00:26:24,700 --> 00:26:28,700 The only ancient wonder of the world that you can still visit 404 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,800 that still exists is the Great Pyramid of Giza. 405 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:38,500 And it's a tomb. Which is kind of a testimony, 406 00:26:38,700 --> 00:26:44,100 isn't it of what it actually is? And if that's what's happened to 407 00:26:44,100 --> 00:26:47,800 the greatest structures of the world, how do you think your 408 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:51,700 building is going to do whatever you're investing into Bill? 409 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:55,000 How do you think it's going to last over the years? 410 00:26:56,100 --> 00:27:00,000 And what are you rejecting in your life in order to invest in 411 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:04,900 those things? Now I want to share with, you 412 00:27:04,900 --> 00:27:08,000 know, we're going to have this series, that's coming called. 413 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,700 There has to be a place but here's what I want to tell you. 414 00:27:10,700 --> 00:27:15,500 I know a place. I know a place where buildings, 415 00:27:15,500 --> 00:27:21,500 last forever, I know a place where time doesn't matter. 416 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,900 I know a place where hope never Fades. 417 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,900 I know a place where people never die. 418 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:32,100 I know a place where sickness is eliminated. 419 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:35,400 I know a place where sorrow is swallowed up. 420 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:39,100 I know a place where light is never extinguished. 421 00:27:39,100 --> 00:27:42,500 I know a place where Joy overflows, I know a place. 422 00:27:42,700 --> 00:27:46,500 Where were unions are rich? I know a place where life is 423 00:27:46,500 --> 00:27:49,100 abundant. I know a place where faith has 424 00:27:49,100 --> 00:27:53,300 been replaced with site. I know a place where Angels 425 00:27:53,300 --> 00:27:58,200 dwell, where praise fills the air where sin has no place. 426 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:05,500 And ultimately, I know a place where I belong and, you know, a 427 00:28:05,500 --> 00:28:12,100 place where you belong and Abraham knew a place where he 428 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:16,500 belong. The writer of Psalms do a place, 429 00:28:16,500 --> 00:28:21,700 where he belongs, Zechariah knew a place where he belonged Peter, 430 00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:26,100 and John knew a place where they belong. 431 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:33,600 We Belong. I know a place where Jesus said, 432 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:42,800 I go to prepare a place for you, and if I go and prepare a place 433 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:46,600 for you, I will come again. And receive you to myself that 434 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:55,900 where I am, there you may be also I know a place prepared for 435 00:28:55,900 --> 00:29:02,600 me by the master builder. I know a place prepared for me 436 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:08,100 by the foundation layer. I know a place that has a living 437 00:29:08,100 --> 00:29:12,500 Cornerstone. I know a place that is inhabited 438 00:29:12,500 --> 00:29:19,800 by My Savior. My Lord, my king, my father, and 439 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:25,900 my friend, I wonder Do you know that place? 440 00:29:28,300 --> 00:29:30,000 We're moving to a time of decision. 441 00:29:34,900 --> 00:29:39,200 So what Alison, and I first moved to Quincy, we picked a 442 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:44,800 house on 23rd Street. Kind of sort of barely in the 443 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:48,300 historic district because the neighborhoods just incredible, 444 00:29:48,300 --> 00:29:51,600 right? And we thought about walking and 445 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:53,900 stuff and and how that nice that would be. 446 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:57,900 And we lived there for 10 years and one of the things that was 447 00:29:57,900 --> 00:30:00,700 kind of lacking in that house was the garage. 448 00:30:00,700 --> 00:30:05,900 It had a really ugly garage, it had stucco on the garage and the 449 00:30:05,900 --> 00:30:08,900 stucco was cracked. And the doors didn't open. 450 00:30:08,900 --> 00:30:11,100 Right. And the and the door didn't go 451 00:30:11,100 --> 00:30:13,100 up, right? And it just like it was I was 452 00:30:13,100 --> 00:30:16,700 awful and I thought, you know what, I can handle this, I 453 00:30:16,700 --> 00:30:19,100 could, I can fix this, I can make this, right? 454 00:30:19,100 --> 00:30:24,100 I can do this and so I took a sledgehammer and started taking 455 00:30:24,100 --> 00:30:26,700 off all that. Stucco got all the stucco off of 456 00:30:26,708 --> 00:30:31,600 that thing and I went and bought some vinyl siding because that 457 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:34,200 was like you know that solves every problem. 458 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:37,300 Right. And I put my new vinyl siding on 459 00:30:37,300 --> 00:30:39,300 it you know? And trimmed all is like, it 460 00:30:39,300 --> 00:30:43,500 looks so great. And then, you know, it was look 461 00:30:43,500 --> 00:30:49,200 nice for maybe like 9 months. And then like the siding at the 462 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:54,100 bottom started to buckle. Like come out. 463 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:58,500 And the doors around where the I decided around the doors, they 464 00:30:58,500 --> 00:31:03,800 didn't want to open. And, and the and the the garage 465 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:06,300 door is all messed up and like part of it was open and part of 466 00:31:06,300 --> 00:31:10,800 it was shut and what I realized was the foundation had cracked 467 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:14,600 so bad. That it was actually sinking. 468 00:31:16,700 --> 00:31:18,800 And no matter how I might want to try it. 469 00:31:21,700 --> 00:31:24,300 The foundation was bad because the foundation was bad. 470 00:31:24,300 --> 00:31:27,500 The whole building was bad and I have to tell you how foolish I 471 00:31:27,500 --> 00:31:36,300 felt as I tore off my 9-month old siding. and as they brought 472 00:31:36,300 --> 00:31:45,300 in, Big machinery, backhoes. and as that entire garage was torn 473 00:31:45,300 --> 00:31:52,000 down, And then, they had to go down into the concrete pad, 474 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,900 which had no Foundation. By the way, was just a pad of 475 00:31:54,900 --> 00:31:59,100 concrete and tear that all up and bring in trucks and haul it 476 00:31:59,100 --> 00:32:02,100 all away. Until there was nothing left 477 00:32:02,100 --> 00:32:03,600 there, but just dirt on the ground. 478 00:32:06,500 --> 00:32:09,600 And then they started built a whole new. 479 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:15,600 Foundation or A New Path. Built a new structure. 480 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:20,900 And sighted it all over again. Yeah, I was foolish and I felt 481 00:32:20,900 --> 00:32:22,700 even more foolish when I got the bill. 482 00:32:25,700 --> 00:32:28,800 And I thought about that money that I'd spent on the siding how 483 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,200 it could have gone toward that, bigger bill. 484 00:32:36,500 --> 00:32:38,300 And I wonder how many you're just like me. 485 00:32:42,100 --> 00:32:46,200 You know what I mean? I mean, here's your life. 486 00:32:47,100 --> 00:32:49,100 And you're building on your foundations. 487 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:52,300 You're building on your foundations. 488 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:56,300 And and how many times have you put a Fresh coat of paint on it 489 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:58,600 or you put some siding on ego there? 490 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:00,200 That good? Oh yes. 491 00:33:01,300 --> 00:33:03,300 Only to find out that it disappoints you. 492 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,300 I want to tell you the truth today. 493 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,100 That on your best day and your best effort. 494 00:33:12,100 --> 00:33:15,200 It's still. Not going to work. 495 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:21,400 And if you trust in Jesus, before he ever constructs 496 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:22,800 anything in your life, guess what? 497 00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:27,300 He's going to do. He's going to deconstruct it. 498 00:33:28,900 --> 00:33:31,200 And we don't like that. We don't like deconstruction 499 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:32,900 because it makes us feel foolish. 500 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,700 And it makes us feel like we've wasted our time, and we've 501 00:33:35,700 --> 00:33:38,500 wasted our opportunities, and we've wasted our relationships. 502 00:33:38,500 --> 00:33:42,100 And we've wasted our past, we've wasted our money. 503 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:48,300 And we see all the big machinery. 504 00:33:48,300 --> 00:33:52,200 He brings in and we're like, oh no and the mess. 505 00:33:54,300 --> 00:33:57,300 But he uncovers all of the stuff that wasn't ever right. 506 00:33:58,900 --> 00:34:04,200 He hauls it away. And then he begins to construct. 507 00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:07,100 Something brand new in your life. 508 00:34:08,500 --> 00:34:10,600 But there's one difference in my analogy. 509 00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:21,400 My garage on 23rd Street. I got the bill. but when he does 510 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:24,699 this in my life, he gets the bill. 511 00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:32,500 He already got the bill. There are those of you here 512 00:34:32,500 --> 00:34:35,800 today? That have never come into an 513 00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:39,400 intimate, personal relationship with Jesus Christ, and I want 514 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:41,000 you to hear this. Good news. 515 00:34:41,500 --> 00:34:48,600 He has already paid the bill. You just need to accept the fact 516 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:52,800 that he paid it for you. There's going to be someone 517 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:54,500 standing right over here by the baptistry. 518 00:34:54,500 --> 00:34:57,500 That would love to talk to you about what those next steps are 519 00:34:57,500 --> 00:35:00,300 to accept that into your life and don't don't have any 520 00:35:00,300 --> 00:35:02,700 Illusions. It's it's not easy and it can be 521 00:35:02,700 --> 00:35:07,200 embarrassing because that deconstruction has to happen but 522 00:35:07,300 --> 00:35:13,800 trustee Because what God builts in your life, with stands the 523 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:18,500 test of time, there will come a day when all of these locations 524 00:35:18,500 --> 00:35:21,500 that the crossing has will all fall to dust. 525 00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:26,800 But the people that were changed in them will live on for 526 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:34,200 eternity in the glory of Heaven. And you can be one of those 527 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:37,400 people, so go over and talk to the person that standing over 528 00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:39,100 there today. If you've never made that 529 00:35:39,100 --> 00:35:44,700 decision for Christ and if you have Take stock of your life 530 00:35:44,700 --> 00:35:50,900 right now. Where are the places where 531 00:35:50,900 --> 00:35:53,400 you're trusting in the things of this world? 532 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:58,900 You don't have to wait for next week or the week after that to 533 00:35:58,900 --> 00:36:03,800 start a new year's resolution. Be resolved, don't waste another 534 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:06,400 minute. Don't waste another moment. 535 00:36:06,700 --> 00:36:11,300 Be resolved. Come up here, get down on your 536 00:36:11,300 --> 00:36:17,500 knees and say, Lord. Here's this, here's that. 537 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:23,800 If Abraham was content to live the way he lived, let me live in 538 00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:28,100 your kingdom in such a way. But I look forward. 539 00:36:29,300 --> 00:36:35,700 To a kingdom with foundations. And to a King who will never be 540 00:36:35,700 --> 00:36:39,700 off his throne. Would you stand with me? 541 00:36:39,700 --> 00:36:41,400 Let's pray together in Jesus name. 542 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:45,600 Heavenly Father, please take advantage of this moment. 543 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:50,000 Make it a Moment of clarity with your angels stationed, all 544 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:54,500 around this building. I pray that we will. 545 00:36:55,900 --> 00:36:59,500 No. The truth that you are here with 546 00:36:59,500 --> 00:37:02,300 us. And that you won't leave us or 547 00:37:02,300 --> 00:37:05,500 forsake us and that you love us enough to die. 548 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:09,700 For us. Help us then. 549 00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:14,900 To live for you. Even if that first step. 550 00:37:16,300 --> 00:37:19,400 Is right now. In Jesus name.