1 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:04,040 Good morning, everyone. Take your Bibles. 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:06,840 Open up to the Gospel of Luke chapter 6. 3 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:10,040 Luke chapter 6. That's page 915. 4 00:00:10,040 --> 00:00:13,440 If you're using one of the Bibles in the seats around you, 5 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:16,520 if you don't have a Bible, please take one of those. 6 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:20,320 That's our gift to you. And then bring that home and use 7 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:22,640 that throughout the week. Luke chapter 6. 8 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:27,680 And I want to begin reading this morning at verse 46. 9 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:32,520 Jesus is speaking and he says these words. 10 00:00:33,480 --> 00:00:38,880 Why do you call me Lord? Lord, and don't do the things I 11 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,080 say? I will show you what someone is 12 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:45,440 like who comes to me, hears my words, and acts on them. 13 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:50,200 He's like a man building a house who dug deep and laid the 14 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:54,240 foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the river 15 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:58,960 crashed against that house and couldn't shake it because it was 16 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,480 well built. But the one who hears and does 17 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:07,000 not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a 18 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,920 foundation. The river crashed against it and 19 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:16,840 immediately it collapsed and the destruction of that house was 20 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:22,200 great. I think one of the most common 21 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:27,080 experiences in the human life is sitting in a classroom where 22 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:29,920 you're asking yourself, why am I here? 23 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:33,120 What is the point of sitting in this class right now? 24 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:35,960 For me, that class was chemistry. 25 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:39,600 I hated chemistry. I had no clue why chemistry 26 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:44,000 mattered in my life at all. Memorizing the periodic table 27 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:45,640 seemed completely pointless to me. 28 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:49,160 My apologies to all the chemist in the room, but that is just 29 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,080 where I landed. And I want you to know I 30 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,000 appreciate you, chemist, because you make the rest of our lives 31 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,120 better. But chemistry was pointless for 32 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:59,240 me. It reminds me of some Charlie 33 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:02,600 Brown movies and cartoons that many of us have seen. 34 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,680 When you are in the classroom and Charlie Brown hears his 35 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:08,360 teacher speaking, what does the teacher's voice sound like? 36 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:12,280 Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, right? 37 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:17,080 Well, we are in the final week of this section of the book of 38 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,760 Luke as Jesus teaches the sermon on the plane. 39 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:24,880 And I hope that nothing we have learned over the last number of 40 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:28,080 weeks would land you in a space of going well that was 41 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:30,520 pointless. Why did we ever go through any 42 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,680 of this teaching? Jesus has been teaching some 43 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:37,680 things that are very different than what most of us understand 44 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,640 how life is supposed to work. And I just want to remind you 45 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:44,240 quickly of a few of those things that Jesus has taught us as 46 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:46,360 we've journeyed through Luke chapter 6. 47 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:50,000 Way back at the beginning, He taught us about power and what 48 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:54,000 the point is of us having power. That power is something to be 49 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,320 used to draw people in instead of pushing them out. 50 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:02,040 That power is to be used to heal and restore and help people to 51 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:06,120 be new. That success is not what you 52 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:11,640 think success is. That you can be poor and hungry 53 00:03:11,640 --> 00:03:15,480 and store and sorrowful and still be blessed. 54 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:21,080 He taught us that life built on temporary pleasures is going to 55 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:24,160 leave you empty. That there's a danger when it 56 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:27,560 comes to money and being self satisfied in life. 57 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:31,920 He taught us that love looks different than the way we think 58 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:35,040 love looks. That love does good without 59 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:38,280 expecting anything in return, even if that person is your 60 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:41,200 enemy. And he also taught us that 61 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:44,480 there's a better way to view the people around you who annoy you 62 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:47,520 and frustrate you. That you are to see people 63 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:52,200 through the eyes of mercy and humility instead of judgment. 64 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:56,680 Then last week we were reminded and taught by Jesus that the 65 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:00,520 only way that your life in my life bears good fruit is if we 66 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:04,160 make sure that we also have a healthy route. 67 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:09,800 And the question in front of us today is whether or not anything 68 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:13,680 that Jesus has taught us in this chapter has made any real 69 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:19,399 difference in our lives. Is it changing us in any way or 70 00:04:19,399 --> 00:04:22,400 is it just background noise? Amongst all the pieces of 71 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:27,440 information that you get week in and week out, you you get all 72 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,600 kinds of people speaking in your life and saying things that you 73 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:34,320 should do and you shouldn't do. And it's the things that Jesus 74 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,920 have been teaching us, only more noise and more information. 75 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:44,440 On top of that, all the things that Jesus is teaching us is not 76 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:48,560 because he's trying to lay more burden on your life of all the 77 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:50,000 things that you need to get right. 78 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:55,840 Jesus is not the teacher who is just dumping up a backing up a 79 00:04:55,840 --> 00:04:59,600 dump truck of information for you to memorize and learn so 80 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,160 that you can pass some test or exam. 81 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,600 But the verses we just read a couple minutes ago tell us the 82 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:10,160 heart of Jesus, of why He has taught us all of these things. 83 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,920 That He loves you and He wants you to understand something. 84 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:19,040 The foundation of your life will determine how well your life 85 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:24,320 stands the test of time. If you were to travel to 86 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,600 Malaysia, you would see a set of towers known as the Petronas 87 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:29,680 Towers. We're going to put a picture up 88 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:34,560 on the screen. These were built in 1996 / a 89 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:39,120 period of three years. They stand about 450 meters in 90 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:42,760 height, about little under 1500 feet, so just a little bit 91 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:47,640 shorter than the CN Tower. The challenge is in building 92 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:51,640 these towers though. See they are located on some 93 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:56,960 incredibly unstable soil. So in order to build these 94 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:00,960 towers to to fix the problem of the unstable soil that they were 95 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:06,720 going to be built on, builders took almost one full year to 96 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,040 create the foundation for these buildings. 97 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:14,680 The foundation had to be dug deep, like real deep, 400 feet 98 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:19,920 deep foundation for these buildings and it uses over 100 99 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:22,040 concrete piles to spread the load. 100 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,920 It was the only way that they could deal with building these 101 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,200 buildings and create a solid foundation. 102 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:31,760 And when it comes to buildings, we all understand the importance 103 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,720 of having a solid foundation when it comes to our homes and 104 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:38,200 our workplaces and any other building that's around us. 105 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,120 If you've ever had a flood in your basement because of a 106 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:44,880 cracked foundation, you get why it's important to have a good 107 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:49,080 foundation on your house. But what about your life? 108 00:06:51,840 --> 00:06:54,920 How often do you even think about the foundation that you're 109 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:59,920 building your life on? In the verses we read, Jesus 110 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:02,880 comes along and he tells the story of two people who have 111 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:06,760 built their lives on 2 very different foundations. 112 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:11,200 One foundation is on a rock and the other just builds into the 113 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,840 ground with no real foundation per SE. 114 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:18,200 And one of the things I love about Jesus is just how honest 115 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:22,320 he is about life. Jesus doesn't ever come to us 116 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:25,520 and say, hey, I promise you, life is always going to be 117 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:29,520 great. In both examples in Luke chapter 118 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:36,360 6, Jesus says this. He says when a flood arose, when 119 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:41,360 a river crashed against the house, Jesus saying it's not if 120 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:44,280 the flood's going to rise up, it's not if the water's going to 121 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:48,160 come up against your house, it's when it's going to happen. 122 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:52,280 It's a guaranteed life will get hard sometimes. 123 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:56,880 You will have seasons and moments where you feel like the 124 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:00,480 whole world is crashing in on you. 125 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:07,480 It's the health diagnosis. It's the job loss, it's the 126 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:12,280 breakdown of a relationship, it's the mental health battles 127 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:13,960 that you face day in and day out. 128 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:19,480 It's the death of someone that you love or the realities of 129 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:22,320 just wondering, do I even have enough money to buy groceries 130 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:27,400 this week? On a bigger scale, it's when the 131 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:33,000 place that you live in is facing something like a pandemic, where 132 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:37,640 you're being persecuted because of your faith or because the 133 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:43,400 country you live in is at war. Life will get hard. 134 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:49,000 And many of you in this room, you know that right now you're 135 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,800 living it. You're, you're walking in some 136 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:55,160 deep, dark, difficult days in your life. 137 00:08:56,560 --> 00:08:59,640 Some of you are facing things that might maybe just feel like 138 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:01,600 a minor problem. It's like a minor leak in the 139 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:06,880 basement of your house and some of you feel like a tsunami or a 140 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:13,200 hurricane has just shown up and has rocked your whole world, and 141 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:14,640 you're not even sure if you're going to make it. 142 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:20,440 And if you're not in that place today, don't get too excited 143 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,200 because at some point your life will get hard too. 144 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:30,080 It's one of the certainties that we will face in the heart of 145 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:33,320 Jesus for you is this. He doesn't want your life to get 146 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:37,240 wiped out. He wants you to be able to stand 147 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:41,520 the test of time, no matter what it is that life brings your way. 148 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:46,680 Because your life has incredible value and purpose in the eyes of 149 00:09:46,680 --> 00:09:51,120 a holy God. But He wants you to pay 150 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:54,440 attention to the foundation that you're building your life on, 151 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,640 because the foundation that you're building it on is going 152 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:00,080 to determine how well you stand the test of time. 153 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:03,360 And then we learned this from Jesus. 154 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:08,240 What you do with Jesus is going to determine the foundation 155 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:11,680 you're building on. See, the difference between the 156 00:10:11,680 --> 00:10:14,520 two men in these stories is really what they did with Jesus. 157 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:20,560 Every single one of us is building a foundation on our 158 00:10:20,560 --> 00:10:23,280 life. We all are building our lives on 159 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:26,760 something. Every single one of us has some 160 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:30,840 type of foundation that we go to and trust in to keep us safe and 161 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:34,080 to give us a sense of success and security in life. 162 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:38,280 We build it on our education sometimes. 163 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:44,080 How many degrees can I earn? We build it on our careers and 164 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:47,600 our finances. How much money can I make? 165 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:50,480 How many dreams can I achieve in life? 166 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:56,600 We build it on other people. We build it on our kids. 167 00:10:56,600 --> 00:11:02,320 Some of us are building our entire life on the sense of my 168 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:04,920 kids and who they are and what they're achieving and 169 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:08,720 accomplishing in life. Some of us are building it on 170 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:13,040 our families as the foundation of life or friendships. 171 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,680 But those people, they're the ones who keep me stable. 172 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:20,400 Sometimes. We build it on our health. 173 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:22,640 As long as I can stay healthy, I'm fine. 174 00:11:25,680 --> 00:11:28,880 For a lot of us in this room, we build it on church and religion. 175 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:32,800 As long as church life seems good. 176 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:36,280 As long as religion seems good, as long as I can come and sing 177 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:39,400 the songs that I like to sing, then that's the foundation that 178 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:45,200 I build my life on. And then when nothing else seems 179 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:49,760 to be working, we build life on the foundation of ourselves. 180 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:53,880 I I can't trust anyone, so I just go and take control of my 181 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:57,240 own life and I'll do whatever I want and provide my own sense of 182 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:01,680 safety and strength. And the reality is every single 183 00:12:01,680 --> 00:12:06,440 one of those foundations have some incredible limitations to 184 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:09,440 them. Whenever life gets really hard, 185 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:11,720 those foundations are going to show their weaknesses. 186 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:16,400 Just ask the students who spent 10s of thousands of dollars to 187 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:18,960 get a degree only to graduate and no longer have an 188 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:21,680 opportunity for a job in the field that they got trained in. 189 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:27,680 Ask them how stable the foundation education is. 190 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:34,720 When you love someone deeply and they're the foundation for your 191 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:38,000 life, what happens when they leave you? 192 00:12:38,680 --> 00:12:40,720 What happens when they pass away? 193 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:45,400 If your kids are the foundation for your life, what happens when 194 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:50,400 your kids move out? You're left with no foundation. 195 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:55,440 The winds of life are going to blow your way. 196 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:58,200 And all of these foundations, they're going to get shaky and 197 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:00,880 they're going to shift and they're going to show how 198 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:05,920 untrustworthy they are. But then there's Jesus. 199 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:09,640 Listen to some of the ways the Bible describes Jesus. 200 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:12,200 In Revelation chapter 1, Jesus says this about himself. 201 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:16,040 He says I am the Alpha and the Omega. 202 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,960 I am the one who was and is and is to come. 203 00:13:21,560 --> 00:13:24,080 Alpha and Omega. They are the first and last 204 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:27,200 Greek letters of the alphabet. And what Jesus is saying is I'm 205 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,040 eternal. I have always been. 206 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:32,080 I was never created. I was always been at the 207 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:35,040 beginning and I will be the one still standing in the end. 208 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:39,040 I have always been. He's claiming that he is all 209 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:42,840 powerful. Colossians chapter 1 says this 210 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:47,240 about Jesus. By him all things were created 211 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:51,440 and in him all things hold together. 212 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:55,920 The stars that you see at night, the sun in the sky, the moon in 213 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:59,840 the sky, the galaxies and the planets, the earth and the axis 214 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:05,360 that we rotate on, All of it, all of it created by the hand of 215 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:09,760 Jesus and all of it he holds in place. 216 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:16,320 Hebrews chapter one verse 3 says he upholds the universe just by 217 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:24,240 the word of his power. Hebrews 13 says he is the same 218 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:32,760 yesterday, today, and forever. And in John Chapter 11 Jesus 219 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:35,280 said this. I am the resurrection and the 220 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:37,960 life. Whoever believes in me, though 221 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:42,600 he dies, yet shall he live. Everyone who believes in me 222 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:47,000 shall never die. That even if you make it through 223 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:53,640 your entire life without any storms or problems, death still 224 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:57,400 comes calling for every human being as the one final storm 225 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:00,760 that we all face. And what Jesus says is that if 226 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:05,440 you believe in him, not even death wins the final storm. 227 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:11,320 That's who Jesus is. There is nobody and nothing that 228 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:14,800 compares to Jesus. He is the type of foundation 229 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:16,400 that engineers could only dream of. 230 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:19,600 He'll never have a crack. He lasts forever. 231 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:23,600 He is strong enough to carry the weight of any of our lives 232 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:27,760 individually and all of our lives together collectively. 233 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:32,160 He is completely unique. There is nobody like him. 234 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:37,520 Why would you not want to build your life on that kind of a 235 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:42,000 foundation? Do do you want to build it on 236 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,720 something that at best has cracks in it and at worst is 237 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:47,640 going to result in you getting wiped out? 238 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:51,080 Or do you want to build it on a foundation that's going to make 239 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:53,400 sure your life is going to stay on the test of any storm? 240 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:59,760 You know, as a pastor, I get a front row seat to some of the 241 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:04,520 most gut wrenching, heartbreaking stories that you 242 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:08,160 can imagine. And one of the things that's 243 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:14,200 always amazed me are the people where it just seems like life 244 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:19,280 keeps piling on. Every time they turn around, 245 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:25,200 something else has happened and yet they're still standing. 246 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:31,040 I've seen this reality in so many of you in this room. 247 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:36,800 I know that in this room, so many of you have cried a million 248 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:42,040 tears. You have felt the weight of loss 249 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:44,880 and disappointment over and over again. 250 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:51,280 And yet you're still standing. So many times I've I've been at 251 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:54,680 a funeral and I've looked at a family who's in the depths of 252 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:59,880 grief and sorrow as they as they mourn the loss of someone they 253 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:04,480 love so deeply. And yes, somehow they are able 254 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:08,800 to lift their hands in praise and worship to Jesus. 255 00:17:09,599 --> 00:17:13,480 Why? Because they have decided that 256 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:17,000 Jesus is the solid rock they will build their life on. 257 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:23,319 For those of you who right now you are going through some 258 00:17:23,319 --> 00:17:26,520 really tough times, I want you to hear this. 259 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:34,320 If Jesus is your foundation, you are going to be all right. 260 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:42,200 You don't have to try and hold on to Him because He's the 261 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:44,160 foundation that's holding you in place. 262 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:52,800 And I know you may not feel like it right now, but He's got you. 263 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:58,880 He can carry the full weight of everything you're experiencing 264 00:18:00,360 --> 00:18:02,720 and He's going to keep you standing on the other side of 265 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:08,720 the storm. I think the more important 266 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:11,640 question for us is how do we know if Jesus is really our 267 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:16,000 foundation for life? Well, from this passage there 268 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,640 are two questions we need to answer if Jesus is going to be 269 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:20,400 our foundation. The first one is this. 270 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:23,160 Do you believe that Jesus is Lord? 271 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:26,560 Do you believe that Jesus is Lord? 272 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,640 Way back in the first week of the series, we saw Jesus talking 273 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,600 to three groups of people in this entire sermon that we've 274 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:36,760 been studying the last number of weeks, There were the people who 275 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:39,040 couldn't stand him, who would have been enemies. 276 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:42,080 There were people who were curious about Jesus, who had not 277 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:45,400 made any commitments to him. There were people who were his 278 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:50,320 disciples, his his followers. And I know that in this room and 279 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:53,720 watching online today, there are many people who are skeptical 280 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:56,000 about Jesus. You are here just checking him 281 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,920 out, wanting to learn more about him and his ways. 282 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:01,000 And I want to say, welcome. We're glad you're here. 283 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:05,400 It's great, and what Jesus is ultimately calling and inviting 284 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:11,240 every person to do is to trust and believe that he is Lord. 285 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:16,600 Now, I recognize we don't use the language of Lord very often 286 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:19,840 in our culture today, so I want to help us understand what we 287 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:23,640 mean when we say, do we believe that Jesus is Lord? 288 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:28,240 All right, how many of you would confess in front of the whole 289 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:31,240 church today that you are a Downton Abbey fan? 290 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:36,560 All right, some of you men. Good for you. 291 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:42,640 I appreciate you. There is something I know we've 292 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:45,760 got some Downton Abbey fans. My wife is a Downton Abbey fan. 293 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:49,400 I have watched the movies as a sacrificial husband would do. 294 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:54,640 There are some people who are Downton Abbey fans. 295 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:56,000 There are some Harry Potter fans. 296 00:19:56,000 --> 00:20:00,080 There's some Star Wars fans. Did you know that Downton Abbey, 297 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:02,400 Star Wars, and Harry Potter have one thing in common? 298 00:20:03,120 --> 00:20:04,880 They all have at least one Lord in them. 299 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:10,520 But when Jesus is talking about being Lord, he's not talking 300 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:14,280 about Grantham or Darth Vader or Voldemort. 301 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:18,400 In the Bible, you will see the word Lord show up in two 302 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:21,160 different ways. When you are reading your Old 303 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:24,080 Testament, you'll quite often see the word Lord show up in all 304 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:26,800 caps. For those of you who are used to 305 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:29,960 using all caps when you're texting someone, it is not God 306 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:32,240 shouting at you when you're reading the Old Testament. 307 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:36,800 OK, when you see the word Lord show up in the Old Testament in 308 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:41,240 all caps, it is referring to God's personal name in the Old 309 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:44,240 Testament. Lord is the English translation 310 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:47,720 of Yahweh. When we get to the New Testament 311 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,960 and you see the word Lord, you will most often see it just with 312 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:55,040 a capital L. And when you see it in that way, 313 00:20:55,040 --> 00:21:00,040 it means this. It means supreme Master who is 314 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:04,880 also good. What we're saying is when we say 315 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:09,240 Jesus is Lord, we are saying Jesus is above all things and 316 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,520 people. He is the final decision maker. 317 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:16,760 When you go to work or when you are in your family, a lot of 318 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:19,560 times a conversation will happen that says, well who is 319 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:21,280 ultimately the final decision maker? 320 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:25,160 When Pastor Derek and I were asked to be Co lead, people kept 321 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,440 saying to us, well but one of you has to make a final 322 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:29,760 decision. Who's the final decision maker? 323 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:34,680 It's a common question we ask. When we say Jesus is Lord, what 324 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:37,680 we are saying is he gets the final decision. 325 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:40,480 He's the one that gets the final say. 326 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:46,360 He is supreme in all things. When we say he is Lord, we're 327 00:21:46,360 --> 00:21:51,320 saying I trust Jesus to be the foundation I build my entire 328 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:55,560 life on, that everything in my life will go through the filter 329 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:58,440 and decision making matrix of Jesus. 330 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:03,440 Whatever you decide is your final and full authority in life 331 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:07,880 is going to be your foundation. It's who or what you trust the 332 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:12,320 most to build your life on. And in Romans chapter 10, verse 333 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:16,400 9, we are told this if you confess with your mouth that 334 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:20,520 Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him 335 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:24,040 from the dead, you will be saved. 336 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:29,160 That's the promise. Anyone can come and have Jesus 337 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:32,440 as the foundation of their life. You might feel like you've made 338 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:37,000 a mess out of your life or life has made a mess out of you, but 339 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:40,920 it is not too late for you to believe that Jesus is Lord and 340 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:42,520 build a new foundation to your life. 341 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,560 But there's a second question that also needs to be answered 342 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:51,640 and it's this. Do you live like Jesus is Lord? 343 00:22:55,960 --> 00:23:04,840 One of the great tragedies in this room right now is this. 344 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:11,600 Some of us think we have built our lives on Jesus as our 345 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:19,520 foundation, but you haven't. Look what Jesus says in verse 346 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:23,320 46. He says why do you call me Lord, 347 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,960 Lord, and do not do the things that I say? 348 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:33,400 And then in verse 47 he says it's only the people who hears 349 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:37,320 the words of Jesus and does them. 350 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:42,240 Those are the ones who are building their life on the 351 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:47,760 foundation of Jesus. That should stop you dead in 352 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:54,160 your tracks. See building your life on the 353 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,040 foundation of Jesus requires 2 things. 354 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:02,600 Hear what he says and do what he says. 355 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:07,920 I, I hear people all the time say, oh I want to go deeper with 356 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:09,680 Jesus. I want to go deeper in my 357 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:12,680 spiritual life. And 99% of the time when someone 358 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:15,160 says I want to go deeper, here's what they mean. 359 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:20,040 Give me more information. Help me to understand deeper 360 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:22,360 theology than what I already understand. 361 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:28,080 But what Jesus is teaching us here is that digging deeply 362 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:33,320 comes with a combination of both understanding His teaching and 363 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:37,280 living your life in obedience to Him as Lord of your life. 364 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:44,280 There, there are some of us who come to church every Sunday and 365 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:47,120 you sing at the top of your lungs in church. 366 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:50,640 You listen to every sermon and you take notes. 367 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:55,440 Maybe you've attended Bible studies for years. 368 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:59,480 You can even explain the hidden meaning of a whole bunch of 369 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:02,640 verses in the Bible, and you can understand all kinds of 370 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:06,720 theology. And still, when you are 371 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:10,400 operating and living outside of this little box where you kind 372 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,080 of do your spiritual life, when you're living in the rest of 373 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:16,840 your life in this other box, you do what you want, how you want, 374 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:22,360 when you want. You're fine with Jesus as Lord 375 00:25:22,360 --> 00:25:26,600 as long as it's inside this space where it feels like it's 376 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:33,880 OK to be spiritual. When was the last time something 377 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:37,200 changed in your life because of something you read in the Bible? 378 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,440 And I, I know many of you in this room, you are brand new 379 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:48,080 believers and you're like Kirk, my whole life is changing 380 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:49,480 because of stuff I've read in the Bible. 381 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:54,600 But some of you, you've been Christians your entire life and 382 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:56,800 you don't remember the last time that anything in your life 383 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:58,640 changed because of something you read in the Bible. 384 00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:06,320 When was the last time something changed in your life because of 385 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:12,240 something you heard in a sermon? I honestly, what happens here on 386 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:17,920 Sunday is not the main event. The main event is people like 387 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:22,800 you and me living like Jesus is Lord every single day of our 388 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,480 life. When we go home and we're loving 389 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:29,040 our spouses, when we're loving and raising our kids, when we 390 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:32,400 are at work and at school and in our neighborhoods throughout the 391 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,760 week, living like Jesus is Lord. That's the main event. 392 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,320 Because you know what happens when Christians live like Jesus 393 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:40,840 is Lord, the rest of the world goes. 394 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:45,480 What is wrong with those people? They are unlike anybody else on 395 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:47,400 the planet. What makes them different and 396 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:49,440 what makes us different is Jesus. 397 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:59,400 Over the last six weeks, Jesus has shown us over and over again 398 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:04,120 about how His way is different. Has anything in the last six 399 00:27:04,120 --> 00:27:09,160 weeks changed anything in your life or has it all just been wah 400 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:19,640 wah wah wah wah wah wah wah when you take just Luke chapter 6 401 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:24,720 alone? You could spend the rest of this 402 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:29,880 year learning how to live the way of Jesus just from Luke 403 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:33,640 chapter 6. There are so many things where 404 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:38,800 so many of us would have things in our life done differently if 405 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:41,160 we followed everything Jesus teaches in Luke 6. 406 00:27:43,360 --> 00:27:47,240 When Jesus teaches us he wants to not, He wants to impact every 407 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:52,600 part of who you are as a person. He, he wants to influence and 408 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:56,560 shape the way that you behave. I think back to some of the 409 00:27:56,560 --> 00:28:02,720 things we learned in Luke 6. When people slander you or make 410 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:04,720 your life difficult because you're a Christian. 411 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:07,360 When you're at work, someone makes life difficult for you 412 00:28:07,360 --> 00:28:11,960 because you're a Christian. Do you get cranky and protest 413 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:15,200 and get all upset? Or do you rejoice and dance 414 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,240 around like Jesus taught us to in Luke 6? 415 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:26,520 That's a change of behavior. Do you deal with the sin in your 416 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,560 own life before you pay attention to the sin in someone 417 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:34,480 else's life? Are are you living for money, or 418 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:37,240 do you see money as a gift to be generous to others? 419 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:41,000 Jesus is definitely going to call you to change the way you 420 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:45,400 behave, but he's also going to change the way you think too. 421 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,920 To live as Jesus, as Lord, is going to change the way you 422 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:53,280 think about things. Do you see yourself as blessed 423 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:54,800 no matter what you're going through? 424 00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:59,400 Do you think of the people who hurt you and annoy you as 425 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:03,360 deserving mercy and forgiveness? Or do you think about how you 426 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:08,320 just want to get even with them and not only is it going to 427 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:10,440 change the way you behave and the way you think, He's 428 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,520 ultimately always. When Jesus is Lord, it means 429 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:16,400 stuff needs to happen in your heart and changing your heart. 430 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:21,040 Last week, Pastor Derek gave an amazing message on how the only 431 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:24,400 way to create good fruit in your life is to have healthy roots. 432 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:27,280 You know how you have healthy roots? 433 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:32,200 Allow Jesus to be Lord of your affections in your heart. 434 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:36,600 Allow Jesus to be Lord of the things that motivate you in 435 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:41,120 life. When when you don't want to 436 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:44,160 forgive someone, you know what's going on. 437 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:48,480 There's a battle in your heart. Who is Lord of your affections 438 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:54,040 and motivations in your life? Am I willing to allow Jesus to 439 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:58,480 be Lord and trust Him to deal with this whole situation, to 440 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:01,960 heal what's going on in my own heart and heal whatever needs to 441 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:04,280 be dealt with, and deal with whatever needs to be dealt with 442 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:06,800 with this person? Or do I need to take matters 443 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:14,040 into my own hands? Is Jesus really Lord of your 444 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:18,680 life or do you just know the right Christian words to say to 445 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:27,520 get by in a church setting? I say this with incredible love 446 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:33,720 for you as a church family. Some of us need to stop 447 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:36,720 listening to a different sermon or podcast every single day of 448 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:40,360 the week and start putting more energy and putting into practice 449 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:42,160 the things Jesus has already told us to do. 450 00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:52,320 Some of us have gone to so many Bible studies in our life, but 451 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:55,200 you are no longer putting into practice anything that you're 452 00:30:55,200 --> 00:31:05,290 learning and it needs to stop if you want Jesus to be Lord. 453 00:31:07,130 --> 00:31:09,970 Some of you are really struggling in some areas of life 454 00:31:09,970 --> 00:31:13,450 and one of the reasons is because you can come here and 455 00:31:13,450 --> 00:31:17,690 saying Christ is my firm foundation, but in reality, 456 00:31:17,690 --> 00:31:20,250 you're doing life your own way in those areas. 457 00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:29,920 Almost every single situation when I'm interacting with 458 00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:33,880 people, when I look at my own life, when I look at things that 459 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:37,000 are going wrong, so many times I can just look in the mirror and 460 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:40,800 go, what am I doing that's different than what Jesus would 461 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:45,680 want me to do? And you would find so many 462 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:48,840 better solutions for your life if you just submitted to Jesus 463 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:54,960 as Lord. When you surrender to Jesus as 464 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:58,760 Lord of your life, some of you are naturally more aggressive 465 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:01,120 people. You want to conquer and win at 466 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:03,400 everything in life. When you surrender to Jesus as 467 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:06,120 Lord, he's going to tame you in some areas of your life. 468 00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:13,480 Some of us are more passive and we just kind of like, well, 469 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:16,320 whatever it is what it is, we'll just let life pass us by. 470 00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:19,440 When you surrender to Jesus Lord, he's going to stretch you 471 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:22,160 and bring you into doing some things that are incredibly 472 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:29,600 uncomfortable. I have a friend in our church 473 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:31,680 who builds homes. I won't say his name because he 474 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:35,360 won't be happy with me talking about him in a sermon, but Ken 475 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:36,840 Summers really good at what he does. 476 00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:46,320 And I, I want you to imagine that I I went to Ken and I asked 477 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:50,280 him to teach me how to build my own house. 478 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,560 And so Ken and I sit down. He teaches me everything I need 479 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:56,160 to know about how to build my own house. 480 00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:58,440 He gives me all this information. 481 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:02,160 Now imagine after Ken gives me all this information about how 482 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:04,280 to build my own house. I said, hey, thanks Ken. 483 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:07,480 I I really appreciate everything you've done for me and invested 484 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:10,800 in my life. I want you to know I've also 485 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:15,840 watched some YouTube videos and I've got a hammer and some 486 00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:17,400 nails. So don't worry about it. 487 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:26,680 I've got this spiritual information without obedience. 488 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:31,720 It's like having an expert tell you how to build a home and then 489 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,880 you acting like you know better than the expert and you're still 490 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:39,720 going to do it your own way. It doesn't make sense. 491 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:49,440 So let me ask you, does Jesus really get the final say in your 492 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:57,240 life? Maybe I'll let Jesus ask you why 493 00:33:57,240 --> 00:34:02,120 do you call him Lord Lord, but you don't do the things he says. 494 00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:10,280 Living like Jesus is Lord is, is not going to be a one time 495 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:11,880 decision in your life. You're not going to sit here 496 00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:14,520 today and go, OK, today's the day I'm going to let Jesus be 497 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:19,360 Lord of my life. It is an everyday, every moment 498 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:24,520 decision that you make to say I am going to surrender to Jesus 499 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:28,320 as Lord. It's a daily dying to yourself 500 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,920 until the very last breath you take on this earth. 501 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:37,840 And the good news is, you'll never do it perfectly. 502 00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:41,920 In fact, He doesn't even expect that you're going to do it 503 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:44,159 perfectly because He was perfect for you. 504 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:49,560 That's the truth of the cross that we celebrated and reflected 505 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:53,159 on this morning during communion, that Jesus was 506 00:34:53,159 --> 00:34:58,720 perfect for us. We don't have to try and just 507 00:34:58,720 --> 00:35:01,520 measure up and be perfect ourselves. 508 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:06,480 What Jesus is calling for here is a posture of life that says 509 00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:11,320 yes to him. A posture of life that says I'm 510 00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:14,320 willing to be corrected, I'm willing to be changed. 511 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:16,760 I'm willing to become more like Jesus. 512 00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:22,480 And the great news of God's grace is that every time you 513 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:24,920 make a mistake, you call out to him and he's going to pick you 514 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:28,160 back up and say, here, let's go, let's keep going. 515 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:33,600 Let's keep moving ahead and saying yes and living with him 516 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:38,880 as Lord of our life until the very last breath you take on 517 00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:41,760 this earth. You are building your life on 518 00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:45,440 something. The question is, which 519 00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:47,240 foundation do you want to build your life on? 520 00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:50,640 The one that's going to hold you steady or the one that's 521 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:55,840 ultimately going to crumble? I want to ask you to close your 522 00:35:55,840 --> 00:36:12,940 eyes, please. The good news today is that none 523 00:36:12,940 --> 00:36:16,340 of us have taken our last breath in life yet, so it's not too 524 00:36:16,340 --> 00:36:20,100 late to start building on the foundation of Jesus. 525 00:36:23,300 --> 00:36:26,900 You might be here today and you have never placed your faith in 526 00:36:26,980 --> 00:36:31,200 Jesus before and I want to invite you and say to you, today 527 00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:34,280 is the day where you can surrender to Jesus as Lord of 528 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:38,760 your life. Trust in him as your Saviour. 529 00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:45,480 Begin a new chapter of building a new home on the foundation of 530 00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:47,360 Jesus. You just call out to him in your 531 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:50,560 heart and say, God, I have sinned against you. 532 00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:55,680 I have tried to build on a different foundation, and today 533 00:36:55,720 --> 00:37:00,080 I surrender to Jesus because I want him to be the foundation of 534 00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:05,360 my life. Some of you, you are already 535 00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:10,040 believers, but you know, as I've been talking this morning, you 536 00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:12,440 know, in your heart of hearts, there are some parts in your 537 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:16,200 life right now where you are building that part of your life 538 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:20,760 on a different foundation than Jesus, where you've decided that 539 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:24,200 you're Lord of that part of that, that part of your life. 540 00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:30,920 That's you. Today I'm just going to invite 541 00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:32,200 you. We're just going to take a pause 542 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:36,360 here for a moment of silence, and I'm going to invite you to 543 00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:42,240 confess that to God, to ask Him to forgive you and to ask for 544 00:37:42,240 --> 00:37:50,160 His help to surrender to Jesus as Lord so you can know that you 545 00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:53,440 are building your life on the foundation of Jesus. 546 00:37:55,920 --> 00:38:43,240 Call out to Him. Father, thank you for your love 547 00:38:43,240 --> 00:38:49,440 for us, that You love us so much that you care enough about our 548 00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:52,160 lives being able to stand the test of time. 549 00:38:56,040 --> 00:39:03,800 Lord, forgive us for the places in our life where we have failed 550 00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:07,720 to surrender to Jesus as our foundation. 551 00:39:14,850 --> 00:39:18,410 God, thank you for your grace that comes and meets us in these 552 00:39:18,410 --> 00:39:24,330 moments that says you are faithful and just to forgive us 553 00:39:24,330 --> 00:39:26,930 our sins if we just simply come and confess it to you. 554 00:39:29,490 --> 00:39:32,730 Thank you for the power of Your Holy Spirit that is here to 555 00:39:33,130 --> 00:39:39,730 convict us, correct us, but then also strengthen and empower us 556 00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:52,320 to live like Jesus is Lord. God, help us. 557 00:39:54,280 --> 00:40:04,240 Help us to live in the glorious firm foundation of Jesus. 558 00:40:07,720 --> 00:40:11,320 Help us to be a people that don't just proclaim He is Lord, 559 00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:20,040 but live like He is Lord. Pray this in your mighty and 560 00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:22,320 powerful name. Amen. 561 00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:27,120 Amen. Stand and worship Jesus in 562 00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:28,120 response.