1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:03,400 Our text, this morning is found in the Book of Luke, the 12th 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:08,700 chapter and beginning. There in verse 49 Jesus said, I 3 00:00:08,700 --> 00:00:12,800 came to send fire on the earth and how I wish it were already 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:16,500 kindled but I have a baptism to be baptized with. 5 00:00:16,500 --> 00:00:19,000 And how distressed am I until it's accomplished? 6 00:00:19,500 --> 00:00:22,300 Do you suppose that I came to give peace on Earth? 7 00:00:22,700 --> 00:00:27,700 I tell you not at all, but rather division in verse number 8 00:00:27,700 --> 00:00:29,800 51. It says, Jesus asked the 9 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:33,000 question, do you suppose? If I came to bring peace on 10 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:38,400 Earth, He said, I tell you not at all but rather Division and 11 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:41,300 think back in your mind's eye, as you picture those, perhaps 12 00:00:41,300 --> 00:00:45,300 Pharisees that were in earshot of Jesus or those Jews that 13 00:00:45,300 --> 00:00:49,000 would have really had an expectation of Peace. 14 00:00:49,500 --> 00:00:52,300 In other words, Jesus is going to shatter all Jewish 15 00:00:52,300 --> 00:00:54,700 expectation. When he says, what he says 16 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,400 about. Not bringing peace on Earth and 17 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:03,100 bringing division now. Jewish expectation in Psalm 72, 18 00:01:03,900 --> 00:01:07,600 the Bible says that in his days the righteous will flourish with 19 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:12,400 an abundance of Peace. Zacharias, the father of John, 20 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:15,700 the Baptist said the sun would guide our feet into the way of 21 00:01:15,700 --> 00:01:18,800 Peace when Jesus healed that woman. 22 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:20,500 You remember, he forgave that woman. 23 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:24,200 She was bowed down before Jesus and she was crying and she 24 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:27,700 washed his feet with her tears and dried those feet with her 25 00:01:27,700 --> 00:01:30,900 hair. Jesus said your It has saved you 26 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:34,400 go in, peace. Jesus further said to his 27 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:36,300 disciples. Peace, I leave with you. 28 00:01:36,300 --> 00:01:40,400 My peace. I give to you and one more 29 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:43,300 passage or one more idea. Jews would. 30 00:01:43,300 --> 00:01:47,000 The Jews would have also understood prophecy and Isaiah 31 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,300 chapter 9 and verse 6. It says about the Messiah that 32 00:01:50,300 --> 00:01:56,000 he would be the Prince of Peace in Isaiah 55 and also Isaiah 66. 33 00:01:56,300 --> 00:01:59,700 It says, the Messiah would bring peace. 34 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:01,500 Nice. But here was the problem. 35 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:05,600 They thought he met National peace. 36 00:02:07,100 --> 00:02:10,600 They thought it would be a time when Jesus would come and 37 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,900 establish his kingdom and would lift the thumb of Oppression 38 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:19,200 political oppression, and it would remove the thumb of Rome 39 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:22,000 from them and be lifted. And they would have peace from 40 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,200 that. They misunderstood you remember 41 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,200 in the last week in the life of Jesus, when Jesus is traveling 42 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:31,700 to Jerusalem and heading there, for the Passover, there were 43 00:02:31,700 --> 00:02:34,700 many that followed Jesus because they thought when he gets to the 44 00:02:34,700 --> 00:02:36,700 kingdom, he's going to establish his kingdom in Jerusalem. 45 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:41,200 Elam and it would be a worldly Earthly Kingdom and religious 46 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:43,400 and had nothing to do with religion. 47 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,800 But what Jesus was talking about is Jesus was talking about 48 00:02:48,100 --> 00:02:51,800 spiritual, peace. And may I just say this, we may 49 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:56,500 have unrest in our country. People are divided in our 50 00:02:56,500 --> 00:02:59,700 country. Political parties are divided. 51 00:02:59,700 --> 00:03:00,900 I got to share something with you. 52 00:03:01,300 --> 00:03:03,800 The first time I've ever seen this, there were these little 53 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:07,000 boys the other day and I overheard them, you know, 54 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,100 they're arguing over. You know, I was a little boy of 55 00:03:10,100 --> 00:03:12,500 ten years old, I was thinking about throwing a ball around or 56 00:03:12,500 --> 00:03:14,300 playing with toys. I was thinking about hanging out 57 00:03:14,300 --> 00:03:16,600 with my friends, you know what they were arguing over? 58 00:03:16,900 --> 00:03:19,400 One said, Biden is a Biden is horrible. 59 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:21,400 And the other guy said, I'm not going to talk to you anymore. 60 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:27,600 If you badmouth mine, I'll pull it back and forth about politics 61 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:30,100 arguing. So it's true that our country is 62 00:03:30,100 --> 00:03:33,500 divided with regards to political ideas. 63 00:03:33,900 --> 00:03:35,600 Okay. What about in the world? 64 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:39,200 What about unrest, in the world? There's all kinds of unrest 65 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:41,000 right now. We've gone through this 66 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:45,000 pandemic, we have things that we have not had before and we had 67 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,200 we have to talk about and deal with K. 68 00:03:47,300 --> 00:03:51,800 We've been inconvenienced. We pray to God that we will have 69 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:54,200 peace in this world and there will be War. 70 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:59,500 Absolutely, we pray to God, that the laws of our country would 71 00:03:59,500 --> 00:04:02,400 not keep us from worshiping God. We pray for that. 72 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,500 We pray that there won't be unrest and when God answers 73 00:04:06,500 --> 00:04:10,300 those prayers favorably he does. So by his Providence and an 74 00:04:10,300 --> 00:04:13,500 answer to prayer, and that's wonderful, and that's great, but 75 00:04:13,500 --> 00:04:16,899 that's not what he promised when he talked about promising, 76 00:04:16,899 --> 00:04:18,700 peace. It was talking about spiritual 77 00:04:18,700 --> 00:04:21,200 peace. And may I say this, the peace 78 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:25,200 that surpasses all understanding that the Bible talks about in 79 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:29,200 The Book of Philippians chapter 4 is having the peace that 80 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:33,000 everything is okay between you and God from a spiritual 81 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:37,200 perspective and that is not subject to circumstances. 82 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,400 That means, you can have all kinds of bad stuff going on, but 83 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,800 you can be at peace because that's spiritual peace, and it's 84 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:48,200 not subject to the circumstances of life. 85 00:04:49,100 --> 00:04:54,900 Now interestingly, though Jesus says this, Do you suppose that I 86 00:04:54,900 --> 00:04:59,000 came to give peace on Earth? I tell you not at all. but 87 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:03,800 rather division, what we have here is, we've got Division and 88 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:09,100 we have a dividing event And we have also a dividing instrument, 89 00:05:09,100 --> 00:05:11,800 please get that. And really this sermon has two 90 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:16,300 points, the dividing event, and the dividing instrument. 91 00:05:16,500 --> 00:05:20,200 Now, let's talk about the dividing event for just a moment 92 00:05:21,300 --> 00:05:25,000 in Luke chapter 12. Beginning in verse 49, 50, I 93 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:29,100 came to send fire on Earth how I wish it were already kindled, 94 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:32,800 but I have a baptism to be baptized with and how distressed 95 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:37,500 I am until it is accomplished. I'm going to get to that event 96 00:05:37,500 --> 00:05:40,900 and, you know, just a moment but notice this, that one event, 97 00:05:40,900 --> 00:05:45,900 divides people into two categories and that division is 98 00:05:45,900 --> 00:05:51,100 in both time and also eternity. Okay, the dividing event. 99 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:58,100 So, let's notice in verse 49. Jesus says, I came to send fire 100 00:05:58,100 --> 00:06:01,200 on the earth. This phrase I came by the way, 101 00:06:01,300 --> 00:06:04,500 you can trace it through the New Testament and you can find it to 102 00:06:04,500 --> 00:06:09,200 be a technical phrase or Term describing it aspect of the 103 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:12,800 Lord's Ministry or his purpose, or his mission. 104 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:17,800 For example, he came to seek and save that, which is lost in the 105 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:19,800 great Sermon on the Mount. He said, think not that. 106 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:21,700 I've come to destroy the law or the prophets. 107 00:06:21,700 --> 00:06:24,300 I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill. 108 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:29,100 So anytime the Bible talks about the Lord, saying I have come or 109 00:06:29,100 --> 00:06:34,500 I came, it always refers to various aspects of his mission. 110 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:36,400 What did he say? What was this? 111 00:06:36,500 --> 00:06:40,600 Purpose. His purpose was to send fire on 112 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:45,400 the Earth. Now, let's talk about fire for 113 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:49,000 just a minute. Fire does one of two things. 114 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:55,900 It consumes or it purifies. It consumes that, which is 115 00:06:55,900 --> 00:07:00,800 combustible. It purifies that which is non 116 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:05,700 combustible now. Purifying is a good thing 117 00:07:06,300 --> 00:07:10,700 consuming is a bad thing. In other words, it matters what 118 00:07:10,700 --> 00:07:12,900 you subject to the flame. You've heard me say this many 119 00:07:12,900 --> 00:07:17,200 times over the years, the fire that melts, the wax is also the 120 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:19,100 same fire that will harden the clay. 121 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:21,300 It depends on what you subject to the flame. 122 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:24,800 So, fire does two things. The purpose that Jesus said I 123 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:29,100 came to bring fire on the earth and fire either can Zooms or it 124 00:07:29,100 --> 00:07:31,500 purifies something else does too. 125 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:35,900 And that's the gospel, the gospel purifies or punishes or 126 00:07:35,900 --> 00:07:41,700 condemns one of the two. Now how do you know how do you 127 00:07:41,700 --> 00:07:48,500 know if the gospel is purifying or punishing it's based on your 128 00:07:48,500 --> 00:07:53,200 response? The gospel either saves orphans. 129 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,200 I'm going to tell you, we believe what the word of God 130 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:02,200 says, and we're so thankful that there's a message given and 131 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:04,000 there's a way that we could be saved. 132 00:08:04,500 --> 00:08:08,100 And the Bible says that God has chosen the foolish Miss of 133 00:08:08,100 --> 00:08:11,300 preaching to save them that believe the world thinks it's 134 00:08:11,300 --> 00:08:14,800 foolish and sometimes people that reject the gospel, they 135 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,300 think it's foolish. How many people in your life 136 00:08:17,300 --> 00:08:20,100 think the way you believe in the way you practice in the way you 137 00:08:20,100 --> 00:08:23,000 Worship in the way you live, how many people have thought you're 138 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:26,300 ridiculous? How many people have criticized 139 00:08:26,300 --> 00:08:28,300 you in your life? And said, I don't understand how 140 00:08:28,300 --> 00:08:34,900 you can go for all that stuff. It either saves or fangs and 141 00:08:34,900 --> 00:08:37,100 what determines whether it's saves her fins. 142 00:08:38,299 --> 00:08:42,900 Is your response to the gospel in verse 49? 143 00:08:44,500 --> 00:08:47,100 after he said, I came to send fire on the earth and he said 144 00:08:47,100 --> 00:08:52,000 this and how I wish It were already kindled. 145 00:08:52,700 --> 00:08:56,700 Now that's an interesting phrase because kindling is something 146 00:08:56,700 --> 00:09:00,100 that gets fire started. The new King James says, how I 147 00:09:00,100 --> 00:09:02,300 wish you were already kindled, and I like that because that's 148 00:09:02,300 --> 00:09:04,800 in the form of a statement, the King James. 149 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:08,600 Renders it like this, more, like a question, it says, and what 150 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:12,200 will I if it be already kindled? So what we're talking about is 151 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:16,900 this, we're talking about an event, a dividing event. 152 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:20,800 He said I came to bring fire on The Earth and how I wish you 153 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:24,300 were already kindled. Interesting about that phrase, 154 00:09:25,100 --> 00:09:28,000 it's talking about this. It's talking about I wish you 155 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:32,400 were already over. Okay, I wish it were already 156 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:34,500 over. What's the event? 157 00:09:35,500 --> 00:09:41,500 The event is the cross. The event is the cross, the 158 00:09:41,500 --> 00:09:49,000 event is the kindling. To get the fire started. now in 159 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:55,700 verse 50, Jesus said, but I have a baptism to be baptized with 160 00:09:55,700 --> 00:10:01,000 and how distressed I am until it is accomplished, make no mistake 161 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,300 about it. The Garden of Gethsemane was not 162 00:10:04,300 --> 00:10:06,200 the only time the Lord was in agony. 163 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:10,600 When his soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death. 164 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:14,300 Don't think for a minute, that the only time he felt that the 165 00:10:14,300 --> 00:10:17,100 only time that he felt that was in The Garden of Gethsemane. 166 00:10:17,900 --> 00:10:21,500 The Lord lived, a life of Perpetual Gethsemane. 167 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:25,200 He knew from the very foundation of the world that it was God's 168 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,500 Will from the foundation of the world. 169 00:10:27,500 --> 00:10:31,300 God's appointed will that Jesus Christ would be the Lamb of God 170 00:10:31,300 --> 00:10:33,000 and die for the sins of the world. 171 00:10:33,100 --> 00:10:36,600 Jesus knew that he willingly came to this earth lived, a life 172 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:39,500 that was flawless. Alice and Perfection sinless 173 00:10:39,500 --> 00:10:44,100 Perfection, so that he could be God's lamb and go to the cross 174 00:10:44,100 --> 00:10:46,800 and died for the sins of the world in the Garden of 175 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:49,900 Gethsemane, though. We see it brought forth when he 176 00:10:49,900 --> 00:10:52,200 prays to his father, multiple times. 177 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:54,700 If it be possible, let this cup pass from me. 178 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:57,400 But not my will, but your will be done. 179 00:10:57,600 --> 00:10:59,100 Finally with a determined resolve. 180 00:10:59,100 --> 00:11:03,200 He said if there's no other way except I drink it, he said your 181 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,900 will be done. That's the Garden of Gethsemane. 182 00:11:07,100 --> 00:11:08,900 This is before the Garden of Gethsemane. 183 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:14,900 And he says this. I have a baptism to be baptized 184 00:11:14,900 --> 00:11:19,400 with and how distressed I am until it is accomplished. 185 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:22,700 So what's that talking about? That's talking about the the 186 00:11:22,700 --> 00:11:27,100 cross in Matthew chapter 20? You remember this when the 187 00:11:27,100 --> 00:11:32,200 mother of the sons of Zebedee came to Jesus with the sons and 188 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:36,200 said, when you established your kingdom, and when you go into 189 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:40,100 your kingdom, would you put my son one here on the left and one 190 00:11:40,100 --> 00:11:43,800 here on the right. In other words, give them a leg 191 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:44,800 up in the Kingdom. You know what? 192 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:48,900 Jesus said, he said you did not know what you ask. 193 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:52,200 Are you able to drink the cup that I'm about to drink and be 194 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:55,500 baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? 195 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:57,800 You know, interestingly about the word baptism. 196 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:02,700 The word baptism, there means to its Baptiste. 197 00:12:02,700 --> 00:12:04,500 So it means to plunge, Dipper, immerse. 198 00:12:04,500 --> 00:12:07,700 We know that, right? And for water baptism. 199 00:12:07,700 --> 00:12:10,100 How many times have we describe what that means? 200 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:13,400 And for scriptural, baptism? It has to be in water as a 201 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:14,800 burial. We get that. 202 00:12:15,700 --> 00:12:18,100 But did you know? The word baptizo also has a 203 00:12:18,100 --> 00:12:21,500 fourth definition, and this is the definition that Jesus is 204 00:12:21,500 --> 00:12:25,100 using baptism here. The fourth definition, literally 205 00:12:25,100 --> 00:12:30,900 means to be overwhelmed. It means to be. 206 00:12:32,300 --> 00:12:38,500 In fear. Make no mistake about it. 207 00:12:38,700 --> 00:12:41,400 It doesn't take anything away from the Lord. 208 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:47,800 When we say he had fear. Because there is no such thing 209 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:49,600 as courage when there is no fear. 210 00:12:51,100 --> 00:12:54,100 So, to have courage and stand for courage and stand for, 211 00:12:54,100 --> 00:12:57,700 right? You have to have some fear what 212 00:12:57,700 --> 00:13:01,100 he's saying is the baptism. He's overwhelmed with this. 213 00:13:01,100 --> 00:13:04,300 And then he says this. I am distressed. 214 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:09,600 That's what the Lord said. And the word distress literally 215 00:13:10,300 --> 00:13:17,700 means to cease or be overcome with fear until it is 216 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:22,200 accomplished. So notice this, there's one 217 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:26,300 event dividing event. It divides people into two 218 00:13:26,300 --> 00:13:30,900 categories and that one event is the cross. 219 00:13:31,300 --> 00:13:35,800 The dividing instrument is the gospel and Jesus knew that the 220 00:13:35,900 --> 00:13:38,100 gospel would divide. So we This. 221 00:13:38,100 --> 00:13:40,800 I wish it was already kindled. In other words, the cross part 222 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:43,900 was out of the way. I am troubled with fear. 223 00:13:43,900 --> 00:13:47,200 I am distressed I am seized in that regard. 224 00:13:47,700 --> 00:13:52,100 So the one event is the cross, the dividing instrument is the 225 00:13:52,100 --> 00:13:56,100 gospel and that division is in Time and Eternity. 226 00:13:56,100 --> 00:13:59,900 Both Now, we understand that, don't we? 227 00:13:59,900 --> 00:14:05,600 We understand about About time about eternity in eternity. 228 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:07,900 Luke chapter 12, not going to go into these passages, but it 229 00:14:07,900 --> 00:14:10,200 describes two different kinds of people. 230 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:14,100 It describes an obedient person and a disobedient person. 231 00:14:14,300 --> 00:14:17,300 And we understand that, right, we get that, obviously the 232 00:14:17,300 --> 00:14:19,700 reason we serve God is, we want to go to heaven, but we also 233 00:14:19,700 --> 00:14:22,700 don't want to be lost. And we also understand this too 234 00:14:22,700 --> 00:14:25,100 that, the long-suffering of God is salvation. 235 00:14:25,100 --> 00:14:28,600 God wants everybody to be saved, but not everybody is saying, 236 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:31,900 why, because of their lack of response to the gospel. 237 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:35,700 Oil and living a Godly life. That's what the Bible says. 238 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:38,900 So, we get that. So, when I look at this idea in 239 00:14:38,900 --> 00:14:42,000 eternity, I understand there's going to be saved and lost but 240 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:45,800 what about this? What about in time? 241 00:14:47,100 --> 00:14:52,800 In verse 52 of Luke 12. Jesus says, for from now on five 242 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,300 and one house will be divided three against two and two 243 00:14:55,300 --> 00:14:58,400 against three. In other words, this is how it's 244 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:02,600 going to be moving forward. Father will be divided against 245 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:05,400 son and son against father, and mother against daughter and 246 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:07,700 daughter, against mother, and mother-in-law against her 247 00:15:07,700 --> 00:15:09,400 daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her 248 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:12,400 mother-in-law. Do you know why? 249 00:15:13,300 --> 00:15:18,100 Because the gospel divides. The gospel divides and that's 250 00:15:18,100 --> 00:15:21,300 how it is. I want to share something with 251 00:15:21,300 --> 00:15:22,900 you. One of my favorite passages. 252 00:15:24,300 --> 00:15:26,800 In all the scriptures when Jesus dealt with three men. 253 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,300 He dealt with three men that kind of acted like they were 254 00:15:30,300 --> 00:15:34,200 going to follow him but something kept them from total 255 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:35,900 commitment, some stood in their way. 256 00:15:36,900 --> 00:15:40,600 The first guy was a scribe and Jesus conveys to him basically 257 00:15:40,900 --> 00:15:44,600 which standing in your way is lifestyle, your lifestyle 258 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:48,500 standing in the way. The second guy, the riches 259 00:15:48,900 --> 00:15:51,400 worldly riches were standing in his way. 260 00:15:52,300 --> 00:15:56,500 But the third guy, he said I will follow you, but let me 261 00:15:56,500 --> 00:16:00,600 first go bid them farewell who were at my house and Jesus says 262 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:03,400 no man putting his hand to the plow and looking back is fit for 263 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:05,600 the kingdom of God. We understand what that means. 264 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:08,900 It was an ancient proverb dating back to 800 BC, and it means 265 00:16:08,900 --> 00:16:11,600 this, you can't plow a straight Furrow when your eyes are 266 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:15,500 looking back. What did the Lord know about 267 00:16:15,500 --> 00:16:18,500 this, man? He knew that family ties were 268 00:16:18,500 --> 00:16:21,300 keeping him from following Jesus. 269 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:26,100 Now, you may never have to give up your lifestyle. 270 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:28,000 I don't whatever your lifestyle is. 271 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:31,000 You may not have to give up your lifestyle to follow Jesus, but 272 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:34,500 you have to be willing to you may not have to give up riches. 273 00:16:34,500 --> 00:16:37,400 You may have all kinds of wealth are wealthy people in the Bible. 274 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:42,300 Their wolf wonderful people that use their money for the cause of 275 00:16:42,300 --> 00:16:43,400 Christ. Wonderful stuff. 276 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:46,900 You may not have to give up your riches or things of that nature 277 00:16:46,900 --> 00:16:52,900 in life to follow Jesus. But you have to be willing, And 278 00:16:52,900 --> 00:16:56,800 you know what? You may never have to stand 279 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:00,600 against family. But you have to be willing. 280 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:03,900 I don't know how that is in your life, but I'll tell you this 281 00:17:03,900 --> 00:17:07,900 right now. Serving, God is everything. 282 00:17:08,900 --> 00:17:12,900 I've told this story before 1984, but the young man that 283 00:17:12,900 --> 00:17:18,000 wanted to obey the gospel and he wanted to be baptized and my dad 284 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,400 was talking to him and he understood what he needed to do. 285 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,200 And he's probably I think he was probably about 15 or so at the 286 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:27,099 time, And we went to his family's house and said that he 287 00:17:27,099 --> 00:17:29,700 wanted to obey the gospel and the grandmother said, if you do 288 00:17:29,700 --> 00:17:32,800 this you're out of my will you're out of the will that 289 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:36,600 young man says leave me out. In other words, Family Ties. 290 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:41,200 Did not stand in his way. We can't let anything stand in 291 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:43,800 our way. So, here's the big question, as 292 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:48,600 I close as I close Is it worth it? 293 00:17:51,700 --> 00:17:56,000 Is it worth it? Because anytime you pay a price 294 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,600 for something, you have to ask yourself, is it worth it? 295 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:03,400 And things of Great Value are valuable because of what you're 296 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:06,900 willing to give up for it. We understand that that's our 297 00:18:06,900 --> 00:18:10,200 life that we live. So I'm asking you this, if you 298 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:13,100 have to stand against everything in the world, that comes your 299 00:18:13,100 --> 00:18:15,700 way to follow Jesus, are you willing to do it? 300 00:18:15,700 --> 00:18:17,900 And is it worth it? Well, that question was also 301 00:18:17,900 --> 00:18:22,200 asked in Matthew 19, then Peter answered and said to him. 302 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:28,000 See we have left all and followed you Therefore, what 303 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:32,200 shall we have two verses later love? 304 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:35,300 This is what the Lord said, this is about the worst. 305 00:18:35,300 --> 00:18:38,500 That part, what are we going to have verse 29? 306 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:42,800 Everyone who has left houses, or brothers or sisters or father or 307 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:47,500 mother, or wife or children or lands for my name's sake, shall 308 00:18:47,500 --> 00:18:54,200 receive a hundredfold and inherit eternal life. do you 309 00:18:54,208 --> 00:19:00,400 remember when Jesus said, Except you eat my flesh and drink my 310 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:01,900 blood. You shall not have eternal life, 311 00:19:01,900 --> 00:19:03,700 remember that? By the way, I don't believe 312 00:19:03,700 --> 00:19:07,600 that's talk about the communion. He's talking about obedience to 313 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:08,800 the word of God. Okay? 314 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:11,200 And that's what how he described it. 315 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:16,100 You know what the Bible says, the Bible says that many stopped 316 00:19:16,100 --> 00:19:20,800 walking with the Lord, because of what he said, And you can 317 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:24,400 almost hear, can you not the tone in the Lord's voice as he 318 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:27,100 turns to his disciples? And he said, what about you will 319 00:19:27,100 --> 00:19:31,500 you also go away? And Peter says to whom shall we 320 00:19:31,500 --> 00:19:34,900 go for you have the words of eternal life? 321 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:38,000 Is it worth it? 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