1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:04,520 I'm so pumped because we are launching a new series that 2 00:00:04,520 --> 00:00:08,080 honestly has been a year in the making that it was March of last 3 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:11,560 year that God dropped this this series in my spirit. 4 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:14,200 And so the name of our series, as you can see behind me is 5 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,280 called Jesus. Everyone say Jesus, the one and 6 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:18,840 only. Come on, say that with me, the 7 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,720 one and only. And for the next 4 weeks, we're 8 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:27,560 going to be exploring different aspects of who Jesus was, why he 9 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:31,560 came, and what it means for our lives today. 10 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:33,880 And our launch verse. I actually want us to look at 11 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:34,880 this. And then we're going to, I want 12 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:38,760 us to pray Matthew chapter 16. And we're actually going to 13 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:40,760 break this down a little bit more, show some pictures next 14 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,520 weekend. But Matthew chapter 16, Jesus 15 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:46,320 gathers his 12 disciples to himself at a place called 16 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:50,080 Caesarea Philippi and he asks them two questions. 17 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:52,800 And I want us to see this as we're launching into this series 18 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,560 called Jesus the One and only. Look what it at verse 13 says 19 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:58,880 when Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his 20 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:02,880 disciples, who do people say the Son of man talking about himself 21 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:05,760 is? And they replied, well, some 22 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:09,320 say, I want to say, some say some say you're John the 23 00:01:09,320 --> 00:01:12,240 Baptist. Some, some say Elijah, others 24 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:14,800 still Jeremiah or one of the prophets. 25 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:17,880 In other words, in Jesus day there was a lot of information 26 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:19,760 floating around about who he was. 27 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:24,640 We'll call that TikTok theology. I think we can relate, can't we? 28 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:30,120 There's a lot floating around about who Jesus is and some were 29 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:31,680 saying well he's a great prophet. 30 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:35,080 Some were saying he's John the Baptist raised from the dead. 31 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:36,880 Some were saying he's a good teacher. 32 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,800 Some were saying he's the next radical influencer of the day. 33 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:44,920 And see the same is true today that in our social media world 34 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:48,280 today, in our day and age, there's a whole lot floating 35 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:52,720 around about what people believe Jesus and who they believe Jesus 36 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:54,640 to be. And some are think he's a social 37 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:56,040 reformer. Somebody if you asked him, you 38 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:57,400 know, what do you who do you think Jesus is? 39 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:59,480 They said, well, he was, you know, a good person. 40 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,480 He was an enlightened teacher. Oh, he was a Jewish moralist, 41 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:02,920 right? He was. 42 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,720 Some would say he's a fraud. Some would say, Oh well, he's 43 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:08,520 it's a symbol of good, right? But that's why I wear a cross 44 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:10,360 like people wear a gold chain, right? 45 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:14,240 They Jesus just a symbol of me of good goodwill or good 46 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,320 intentions. But for us, I love this next 47 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:22,040 part Jesus verse 15 looks at his disciples and he says, what 48 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:28,560 about you? Who do you say I am in church? 49 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:32,720 This is the question right here. Who do you say that I am? 50 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:37,640 Who do we say he is? And how you and I answer that 51 00:02:37,640 --> 00:02:41,920 question matters a whole lot. And that's why from now to 52 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:46,280 Easter, we're going to do this series called Jesus the One and 53 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:48,360 Only. So that's where I want to start 54 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:49,880 today. Come on, one more time before we 55 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:50,920 turn to God's Word. Let's pray. 56 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:53,680 Father, I just thank you that your presence is here. 57 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,200 Holy Spirit, thank you that you're moving at our altars. 58 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:58,160 God, you're ministering to people through our prayer team. 59 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:00,960 God, thank you that you're meeting with us during worship. 60 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:04,960 And now Lord, as we look into your word, the Bible, I pray you 61 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:06,960 would let scripture come alive in our heart. 62 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:12,720 God, give us a new revelation today of who you are not 63 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:15,600 according to the world, who you are according to the word. 64 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,120 We ask this in Jesus name and everyone who agreed with that 65 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,200 prayer said, hey man, hey, around here at Next Level 66 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:22,840 Church, we like to say that we're note takers. 67 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:25,400 And so there's a note card actually there in front of you 68 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,680 and you can take notes on that. Maybe if you want to take notes 69 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:30,880 on your phone, that's fine as long as you promise not to 70 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:33,040 scroll. Come on, somebody pinky swear 71 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:34,280 with right? We're not going to scroll. 72 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:38,960 OK, Because I want to start this series by giving us 3 truths 73 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:45,200 according to the Bible of who Jesus is, 3 truths about who 74 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,240 Jesus is. And here's the first one. 75 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,600 This is where I want to start. When we study the Bible, when we 76 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:55,000 study the life and ministry of Jesus, it becomes very, very 77 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:59,760 clear very quickly that number one, Jesus is the Son of God. 78 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:05,800 Jesus is the Son of God. Now let me explain what that 79 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:08,560 means. OK, so when when you study the 80 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:15,720 Bible, the Bible makes it clear that Jesus was 100% God and 100% 81 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:20,440 human. That his mother was married a 82 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:26,960 human, but his father was God. OK now here's the thing. 83 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:29,800 Most all of us have heard this before. 84 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:36,040 If you've ever attended church on Christmas Eve, which I know 85 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,960 most of you have, you've heard this. 86 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:45,200 But it can slip right by us, what with all of the packages 87 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,320 and trappings, right? We can miss it. 88 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,280 So I actually want to come on, it's March. 89 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:52,720 Let's do this. Let's look at the Christmas 90 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:55,800 story, OK, which is found in two places, Matthew and Luke. 91 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,400 OK, Luke chapter 1 is where I want us to look. 92 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,440 So, so this is the the beginning right here. 93 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:02,160 It is OK, this is the Christmas story. 94 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:06,200 But I want you to see the truth of God's Word as it comes out of 95 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,800 the Christmas story. Luke chapter one, verse 28 says 96 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:13,400 the Angel went to her Speaking of Mary this teenage girl and 97 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:17,680 said, greetings, you who are highly favored, the Lord is with 98 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:19,960 you. Verse 31 then the Angel 99 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:23,680 continues and he says to Mary, this teenage girl, you will 100 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:29,120 conceive and give birth to a son and you are to call him Jesus. 101 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:34,120 He will be great and will be called, look what it says, the 102 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:41,960 Son of the Most High, in other words, the Son of God and the 103 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:45,400 Lord God will, will give him the throne of his father David, and 104 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,520 he will reign over Jacob's descendants forever. 105 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:56,360 His Kingdom will never end. Boom, that's our Jesus. 106 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:00,680 But Mary, like some of us right now, needs a little more 107 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:02,240 clarity. Look at verse 34. 108 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:06,720 Mary looks back at the Angel and good for her and says hold on 109 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:10,720 bro my translation how will this be? 110 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:14,560 Mary asked the Angel since I'm a virgin in other words I've never 111 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:19,160 known a man in that way so how can I become pregnant? 112 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:24,240 The Angel answered her. The Holy Spirit God will come on 113 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:28,800 you and the power of the Most High will over shadow you. 114 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:34,200 So the Holy One to be born will be called, look right here. 115 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:40,000 It is the Son of God and church family. 116 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:45,840 Just so we're clear, let me say this, we believe this. 117 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:49,760 We believe in the Immaculate Conception. 118 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:56,160 We believe that Jesus was 100% human and 100% God. 119 00:06:56,640 --> 00:07:02,760 Jesus is the one and only Son of God, and because he's God's Son, 120 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:07,040 he is all powerful. He is all knowing and he is all 121 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:14,520 present. He is Jesus the one and only and 122 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:23,360 and because Jesus is the Son of God, not just a good teacher, 123 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:28,000 not just a moralist, not just a prophet, not just a movement 124 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:33,280 leader, He gives us, everyone say us the ability to be sons 125 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:36,760 and daughters of God as well. This is awesome. 126 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:41,680 OK, The Bible makes it clear that because of Jesus you and I 127 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,840 can be adopted into the family of God. 128 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:49,280 John chapter one, verse 12. Look yet to all who did receive 129 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:52,800 him, Speaking of Jesus to those who believed in his name. 130 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:56,600 So if you have believed in the name of Jesus, look, he gave the 131 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:01,440 right to become children of God because Jesus is the Son of God, 132 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:04,880 you and I can become the children of God. 133 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:07,600 And then the apostle Paul, I love this, actually breaks this 134 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,200 down even further in the book of Romans, which right now we're 135 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:12,680 actually reading and studying in our soap guide. 136 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:16,080 And what we read just just this week, Romans chapter 8, the 137 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:19,240 apostle Paul speaks to this look at verses 14 to 15. 138 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:21,600 He says for those who are led by the Spirit of God. 139 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,120 In other words, when we receive Jesus, he puts the Holy Spirit 140 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:26,240 inside of us. So those of us who are led by 141 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:29,800 the Spirit of God are the children of God. 142 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:34,159 Then he he even double clicks. He goes the spirit you received 143 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:37,760 does not make you slaves so that you live in fear again. 144 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:40,039 He's like no, no, no. This relationship between you 145 00:08:40,039 --> 00:08:43,760 and your heavenly Father is not a master slave relationship. 146 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:48,000 It is a father, son, father, daughter relationship. 147 00:08:48,560 --> 00:08:50,560 The spirit you received brought about. 148 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:55,080 I love this your adoption to sonship and is implied in the in 149 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:58,640 the original language and daughtership you and I because 150 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:03,200 Jesus is the son of God. You and I can be called sons and 151 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:06,400 daughters of God as well. Church family. 152 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:09,400 That's really, really, really good news. 153 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:11,200 Come on, turn to somebody sitting next to you and tell 154 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:13,320 them you and I we're in the family of God. 155 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:16,680 Come on, tell them we're in the family of God. 156 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:23,520 Somebody say Jesus is the son. Jesus is the son of God. 157 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:25,400 Here's the second truth I want to give us according to the 158 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:29,080 Bible about who Jesus is. First, he's the Son of God. 159 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:33,000 But #2 the Bible makes it very clear that Jesus is a Good 160 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:34,440 Shepherd. Everyone say Good Shepherd. 161 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:39,160 So we see Jesus in, in, in John chapter 10, which I want us to 162 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:41,960 look at several verses here. John chapter 10, Jesus is in the 163 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:46,080 height of his ministry and he's teaching people and he's using 164 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:49,440 the illustration of a of sheep and a shepherd. 165 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:53,400 And in those days in that culture, the agricultural 166 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:57,480 culture that Israel was in those days, they would have known as 167 00:09:57,480 --> 00:09:59,880 soon as he started talking about sheep and shepherds, all of them 168 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:01,400 would have had a reference point for that. 169 00:10:01,680 --> 00:10:04,440 And so here in John Shepherd 10, the verse we're about to look at 170 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:07,960 Jesus, it is describing like a sheep pen. 171 00:10:08,560 --> 00:10:10,840 And So what shepherds would do in those days is they would 172 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:14,040 gather wood and sticks and and bushes and they would they would 173 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:17,680 basically build like a wall around where they would put 174 00:10:17,680 --> 00:10:20,160 their sheep at night. So in the daytime, the sheep 175 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:22,760 would graze and then the shepherd would call them in at 176 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:26,000 night and then he would put them inside the sheep pen. 177 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,720 But they'd leave a small little opening and the shepherd would 178 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:34,360 literally lay across the opening so that during the night, no 179 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:38,720 wolves or thieves or anyone else or predators could come in and 180 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:43,080 attack or steal the sheep. So the shepherd would lay across 181 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:45,520 that opening and protect the sheep. 182 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:47,440 In other words, the shepherd was the door. 183 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:51,120 So watch now Jesus starts to describe himself in John chapter 184 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:53,400 10, verse seven. He says now so Jesus again said 185 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:58,280 to them, truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep 186 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:01,960 speaking about us, those of us who have put our faith in Him, 187 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,080 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the 188 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:08,720 sheep did not listen to them. Verse 9, I am the door. 189 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:12,480 He repeats it again, if anyone think of the illustration, if 190 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:17,560 anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and 191 00:11:17,560 --> 00:11:19,800 find pasture. In other words, the sheep that 192 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:24,480 come in and out through Jesus, they are fed, they are, they are 193 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:26,560 they are mature, they are taken care of. 194 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,640 The thief comes and this is a famous verse verse 10. 195 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:32,320 We all if you've been around Bible said you know this one. 196 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:35,200 The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy. 197 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:36,880 But perhaps you didn't know the context. 198 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:41,120 I Jesus said came that they may have life and have it 199 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:44,200 abundantly. So then verse 11 here look, 200 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:46,760 Jesus makes it so he says I'm the door to the sheep pen. 201 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:51,520 But then he says this verse 11, I am the Good Shepherd. 202 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:56,760 The Good Shepherd lays down his life for the sheep, he who is a 203 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:59,960 hired hand, and not a shepherd who does not own the sheep. 204 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:03,920 He sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and 205 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:05,520 the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 206 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:08,440 Verse 13. He flees because he's a hired 207 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:10,880 hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 208 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:15,800 Then Jesus repeats it again. Look, he says, I am the Good 209 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:20,080 Shepherd. I know my own and my own know 210 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:24,360 me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. 211 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:26,440 There's the Father child relationship again. 212 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:30,640 Then look what he says. And I lay down my life for the 213 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:33,840 sheep Church family. I want you to know something. 214 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,040 This, this needs to, we need to take comfort to our souls. 215 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:44,400 Jesus is the Good Shepherd. He is the shepherd, He is the 216 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:46,960 door. He is the gatekeeper to your 217 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:52,040 heart and your soul. And I love this imagery of, of 218 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:53,680 of a shepherd. And here's why. 219 00:12:53,680 --> 00:12:57,600 Because by definition, shepherds do two things and it's implied 220 00:12:57,600 --> 00:12:59,600 in what Jesus was teaching there in John chapter 10. 221 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:04,440 Shepherds first of all, lead the sheep to places of good 222 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:07,040 nourishment. Jesus said that they go in and 223 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:10,920 out and find pastor he he said one of the primary 224 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:15,360 responsibilities of a shepherd is to to lead sheep to places of 225 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:18,800 good nourishment. The second by definition thing 226 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:22,160 that shepherds do is they care for and protect the sheep from 227 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:24,320 harm. And again in Jesus teaching in 228 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:28,440 John 10, he's making it clear part of his role as a shepherd 229 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:32,480 in the life of the sheep is to protect them and care for them 230 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:36,000 and keep them from harm. Jesus came to do those two 231 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:39,920 things. Now I want to slow down for a 232 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:45,320 minute and talk to us as a church family about our role as 233 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:48,440 pastors and shepherds in all of your lives. 234 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:54,800 Because see, Jesus is the senior shepherd, but he has made us as 235 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:59,000 pastors under shepherds. I actually want to I want to 236 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:00,560 show you that. So let me kind of take a little 237 00:14:00,560 --> 00:14:01,720 tangent here for a couple minutes. 238 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:06,520 So in Ephesians chapter 4, the apostle Paul is writing again in 239 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:11,280 the New Testament and he says that Jesus gave 5 gifts, only 5 240 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:14,440 gifts to the Church of Jesus Christ. 241 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:18,400 So to his bride, the Church of Jesus, Jesus gave 5 gifts. 242 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:21,760 And I want us to see that because Paul lays out for us 243 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:25,120 Jesus is the senior shepherd, but then he gives under 244 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:26,040 shepherds. Let me show you. 245 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:28,040 Ephesians 4 Chapter 11 says this. 246 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:34,240 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the 247 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:37,600 evangelist, the pastors, which the Greek word for pastor there 248 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:41,160 literally is the same word as shepherd and the teachers. 249 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:45,400 And here's why Jesus gave these to the church to equip his 250 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:51,080 people for works of service so that everyone say so that in 251 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:55,160 other words, here's the reason why so that the body of Christ 252 00:14:55,440 --> 00:15:00,080 may be built up. So watch, when it comes to our 253 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:03,080 church, Next Level Church here in Southwest Florida, Sarah and 254 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:06,080 I, my wife and I pastor. Sarah and I are the lead pastors 255 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:10,080 or the lead shepherds, but we also have dozens of other 256 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:14,960 pastors in place to equip all of you and build you up like Jesus 257 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:20,880 said. But see, the climate of our 258 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:25,960 world has changed in the last 20 years with the advent of social 259 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:28,920 media, right? Like some of us who are older 260 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:32,600 and I'm 50 now, so I can say that I got the silver hair to 261 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:37,680 prove it. Remember like 25 years ago how 262 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:41,760 we got information like literally 25 years ago, before 263 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:45,280 the advent of social media, you and the Internet you like there 264 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:50,080 was a newspaper that got thrown on your driveway every night or 265 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:52,840 morning, right? And you would you'd have to wait 266 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:56,960 to read the newspaper about what happened in the world that day. 267 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:01,840 And then there were, there were weekly periodicals called 268 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:05,560 magazines, and they came out once a week. 269 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:09,880 And once a week you got Time or Newsweek, right? 270 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:13,080 And that you would read the articles in a magazine and you'd 271 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:15,960 be like, wow, that's what's going on in the world. 272 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:22,600 And then there were only three television stations, ABCNBC and 273 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:29,840 CBS, and literally you got 30 minutes of news every night 274 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:34,160 called the Evening News. And if you missed it, you missed 275 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:35,360 it. That was it. 276 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,560 That was. And that's how we got our 277 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:40,800 information about what was going on in the world. 278 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:44,400 No, now watch. Fast forward now to our present 279 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,440 day. Our present day, there's 280 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:52,200 literally thousands, 10s of the, there are literally millions of 281 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:56,280 voices and opinions and perspectives that are bombarding 282 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,400 us. OK, so, so I've been thinking 283 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:01,240 about this for a while. And, and honestly, I've been 284 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:04,560 talking a lot with our other pastors and with the pastors and 285 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:08,160 our, our relational network of churches and with our pastoral 286 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:10,200 oversight team and others who do this. 287 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:17,200 And, and see, it's easy to think in our world today that our 288 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:24,960 voice as pastors in your life is equal to or the same as the 289 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:28,319 social media influencers or news personalities we listen to. 290 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:35,920 But as but as we just saw Jesus said in John 10 that shepherds 291 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:40,440 are different than hired hands. And we just saw in Ephesians 4 292 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:45,960 that the office of pastor is literally appointed by Jesus. 293 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:50,320 And it's not the same as a social media influencer or 294 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:56,000 personality in church. We as pastors of the church 295 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:59,680 where you're planted are not called to build a platform. 296 00:18:00,360 --> 00:18:10,440 We're called to build you. We're shepherds of your souls, 297 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:13,160 not hired hand social media influencers. 298 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:15,200 Now listen, please don't hear what I'm not saying. 299 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:19,560 I'm not criticizing anyone who's called to do that. 300 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,560 I'm simply pointing out that there's a difference. 301 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:26,600 Ephesians 4 let's I want to keep going because because Paul 302 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:29,960 continues the thought. He says Jesus gave apostles, 303 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:33,040 prophets of ancient pastors, teachers to to equip the Saints 304 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:35,120 for the work of the ministry and to build up. 305 00:18:35,120 --> 00:18:38,360 Look at verse 12 to equip his people for works of service so 306 00:18:38,360 --> 00:18:40,520 that the body of Christ may be built up. 307 00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:43,520 So why are there apostles, prophets and vantage pastors and 308 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:45,560 teachers. They are put in the in the 309 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:48,360 church that so that the body of Christ may be built up. 310 00:18:48,360 --> 00:18:52,520 Look until we all reach unity. So our responsibility is unity, 311 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:57,000 not division in the faith and to build you up in the knowledge of 312 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,000 the Son of God. In other words, teach you the 313 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:03,720 whole council of Scripture and look so that you become mature. 314 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:08,920 Our goal is not headlines, it's maturity, attaining to the whole 315 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:11,400 measure of the fullness of Christ. 316 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:15,240 In other words, there is an understanding of the way Jesus 317 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:19,360 Christ approached the world that it's our responsibility to make 318 00:19:19,360 --> 00:19:25,240 sure you have, but see church. There's this pressure that we as 319 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:31,160 pastors can feel and that that's the because because we have a 320 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:34,040 similar presence on social media or because we're on a YouTube 321 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:37,720 channel, somehow it could be seen as the same as those 322 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:39,480 personalities. But we're not. 323 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:45,400 Their whole goal is to gain followers, create sound bites, 324 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:51,320 and drive clicks and views. Our goal as pastors is to 325 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:55,160 shepherd and care for your souls by knowing, loving, and 326 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:58,080 challenging you toward Christ likeness. 327 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:02,640 Do you see it? And Jesus was the ultimate 328 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:04,440 shepherd. And I don't have time to show 329 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:06,920 you today, but literally he felt the same pressure. 330 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:10,440 There's a moment where his brothers actually come to him 331 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:13,720 and they're like Jesus, you need to go show yourself like you 332 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:16,480 need to go exert your influence on the world. 333 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:19,120 And Jesus says to them, my time has not yet come. 334 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:23,000 That that when you study the ministry of Jesus, he didn't 335 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:24,680 speak to every issue in headline. 336 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:29,440 He didn't give sound bites. He didn't make statements. 337 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:31,960 He certainly didn't make statements to appease an 338 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:34,680 audience. When you study the ministry of 339 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:38,560 Jesus as the Good Shepherd, he helped his followers do three 340 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:41,400 things. He helped his followers know him 341 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:45,680 and the Father's love. He helped his followers know his 342 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:50,840 ways and his filters, and he helped his followers be 343 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:56,000 witnesses for him. That's what Jesus, the Good 344 00:20:56,000 --> 00:21:00,320 Shepherd did. So I just wanted to take a 345 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:05,320 couple of minutes this morning and tell you that we as your 346 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:11,560 pastors, dozens of us, have made a commitment to continue to 347 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:14,720 shepherd you. And we're not going to be 348 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:20,840 consumed then with every news story or opinion because that 349 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:23,440 would mean we wouldn't have time to be in the Word and shepherd 350 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:27,680 your soul. Because our responsibility is 351 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:32,000 the same as Jesus. We want you to know Him and the 352 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:37,040 Father's love, and we want you to know His ways and His 353 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:40,880 filters. Because when things come up in 354 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:45,000 our world, and they will come up in our world, we need you to 355 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:49,200 know how to respond, how Jesus would respond. 356 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:57,200 That's our responsibility so that we all can be witnesses for 357 00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:59,120 him. Do you see it? 358 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:06,360 Jesus said, Jesus said, Jesus said He's the door, that he's 359 00:22:06,360 --> 00:22:10,920 the way to abundant life. So church, as a pastor in your 360 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:18,200 life, can I caution you to be careful with how much you're 361 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:24,480 getting from hired hands? Let's be sure we're following 362 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:25,360 the Good Shepherd. Amen. 363 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:27,320 Amen. Amen. 364 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:32,480 Yeah, Amen. So Jesus is the sun. 365 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:35,240 Everyone say the sun. Jesus is the Good Shepherd. 366 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:38,240 Everyone say Good Shepherd. And 3rd truth I want to give you 367 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:40,960 today as we're launching this series about Jesus, the one and 368 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:44,440 only #3 is that Jesus is the Savior. 369 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,640 Everyone say savior, man, I love it. 370 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:49,560 I love it. We're four weeks, we're less 371 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:51,320 than a month. We're less than a month away 372 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:53,480 from Easter, everybody. Which when they made that 373 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:57,080 announcement a few minutes ago, I'm like, oh, I got work to do. 374 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:04,080 How about that church? When you study who Jesus was in 375 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:09,960 the Bible, it doesn't take long to discover that Jesus was and 376 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:14,080 is the Savior. He made it clear during His time 377 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:18,080 here on earth that He came for one purpose and that was to seek 378 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:23,160 and to save the lost. Luke 19 verse 10. 379 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:26,800 He literally said for the Son of Man, referring to Himself came 380 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,280 for this purpose to seek and to save the lost. 381 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:32,920 Like think about there were literally thousands of things 382 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,840 Jesus could have given Himself to during His time here on 383 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:40,080 earth, but there was only one thing He knew that could change 384 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:45,120 everything for mankind and that was Him paying the price for the 385 00:23:45,120 --> 00:23:49,680 sin of the world. I love what we read it, but I 386 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,760 want to read it again. John 10 verse 11 I am the Good 387 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:57,000 Shepherd, he says, and the Good Shepherd lays down his life for 388 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:02,440 the sheep. Jesus laid down his life for us, 389 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:09,840 his sheep. He willingly gave his life so 390 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:14,920 you and I could have access to not just the sheep pen, you and 391 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,320 I could have access to the Father. 392 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:22,360 One more verse, John 14, verse 6, Jesus answered and said, I am 393 00:24:22,360 --> 00:24:25,760 the way and the truth and the life. 394 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:27,640 And then he makes this statement. 395 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:33,040 No one comes to the Father except through me. 396 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:35,280 In other words, there's only one way to get in. 397 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:40,480 It's not by being a good person, it's not by having a lot of 398 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:44,600 knowledge. It's not hope and work, 399 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:45,880 whatever. No, no, no. 400 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,600 There's only one way to know the Father, and that's through the 401 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:53,760 door, that's through the Good Shepherd, that's through Jesus. 402 00:24:55,040 --> 00:25:03,800 Jesus is the one and only. He's the Son, He's the Shepherd, 403 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:09,960 He's the Savior. So we've intentionally left a 404 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:13,120 few minutes here at the end of all of our services today. 405 00:25:13,120 --> 00:25:16,040 And the reason why is because we don't want to just hear 406 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:18,920 information, we want you to receive an impartation. 407 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:23,480 So as I want to invite our worship teams to come back and 408 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:26,600 join us at all of our locations. And so let me ask you this, this 409 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:28,680 first question. Let's let's take Savior first. 410 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:36,000 Do you know Jesus as Savior? Have you ever had a moment where 411 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,280 you cross that line of faith in your life? 412 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:42,520 Maybe you've always thought that Jesus was just a good person, or 413 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:45,560 Jesus was just a famous teacher or some historical figure or 414 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:49,320 some, you know, moralist or or whatever, you know, influence 415 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:52,680 whatever. Like Jesus was the Son of God 416 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:56,320 who laid down his life for you and I. 417 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:03,440 You can know Jesus today as your Savior and Lord. 418 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:08,800 It can happen right now. I want to give you a chance to 419 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:10,080 do that. You know what, At every 420 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:12,960 location, can we just bow our heads, maybe even close our eyes 421 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:15,160 just for the personalness of this moment, just for the 422 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:19,720 privacy of this moment. Maybe that's you. 423 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:23,080 You've come into one of our locations today. 424 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:31,040 Maybe, maybe you're online and you've never, you've never said 425 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:36,280 yes, never embrace Jesus as Savior and Lord of your life. 426 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:38,680 You've never surrendered your life to Him. 427 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:43,040 It's as simple as acknowledging that you're a Sinner. 428 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:44,960 See, sin is what separates us from God. 429 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:52,160 That God is a loving, perfect Father and we are fallen, sinful 430 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:56,640 humans. That's why Jesus came to build a 431 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:58,800 bridge. He lived a perfect, sinless life 432 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:03,520 for 33 years on this earth and then went to the cross, died on 433 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:07,680 the cross, a bloody, gruesome death as payment not for his sin 434 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:13,080 because he was perfect, but for the sin of you and I Jesus came 435 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:17,040 to build be that bridge between a perfect heavenly Father and us 436 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:21,680 fallen, sinful, broken humanity. If you've never let the reality 437 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:25,120 of that sink in, if you've never surrendered your life to Jesus 438 00:27:25,120 --> 00:27:27,760 and said yes to Him, it's a free gift. 439 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:32,280 You don't have to earn it by grace. 440 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:35,320 We have been saved through faith and this not of ourselves. 441 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:39,920 The Bible says if you're ready to put your faith in Jesus to 442 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:44,440 call on Him. Make him Lord of your life in 443 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:45,720 just a moment. I'm going to count the three 444 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:47,320 when I hit 3. Would you throw your hand up 445 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:49,800 whatever room you're in right now, young and old? 446 00:27:51,360 --> 00:27:52,760 Maybe you've been attending church your whole life. 447 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:56,400 Maybe you've heard this 1000 times, but something today, it's 448 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,200 becoming real. You've never fully surrendered 449 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,080 to the Savior, to the Son of God. 450 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:05,240 You want to do that? 123? 451 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:07,120 Throw your hand up right now. Awesome. 452 00:28:07,120 --> 00:28:08,480 Yeah, that's it. Keep it up, just for a second. 453 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:09,160 Yep. Every location. 454 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:09,800 Awesome. Thank you. 455 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:11,480 Thank you. Hands are going up in the room 456 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:12,600 I'm in right now. Yeah, that's it. 457 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:14,640 Pastor Matt. That's me. 458 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:18,880 I want to surrender my life to the Savior, to the Son of God, 459 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:20,360 whose name is Jesus. I want to. 460 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:23,680 I want to go God's way. Pastor Matt, that's me. 461 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:24,160 Yeah. Awesome. 462 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:25,200 Thank you. Yep. 463 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:26,480 Yep. Anybody else? 464 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:27,440 Yeah. Thank you. 465 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:28,880 Awesome. Hands are going up in this room. 466 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:33,800 E location, Cape Coral, downtown location, online family. 467 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:35,080 You can mention that in the chat. 468 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:37,200 One of our team will reach out to you. 469 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:40,160 You can put your hands down. Man, what an awesome thing. 470 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:44,040 Hey, listen, I want to, I want to put words to what you're 471 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:46,960 feeling in your heart. So if you just lifted your hand, 472 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:50,280 a matter of fact, I want all of us to repeat this prayer after 473 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:51,680 me. But if you just lifted your 474 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:53,960 hand, I want you to pray this prayer in your heart. 475 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:57,920 And the God of the universe, who, who loves you more than you 476 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:01,000 can fathom or understand, is going to hear your prayer. 477 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,960 He's going to forgive you of your sin, that which separates 478 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:07,080 you from God, and through Jesus, He's going to begin a 479 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:10,360 relationship with you right now. Come on every location. 480 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:12,520 Let's pray this good and loud. For those of those who lifted 481 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:16,520 their hand, let's pray it say, dear Jesus, thank you for 482 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:19,840 bringing me here today so I could hear this message. 483 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:26,640 I recognize in this moment that I'm a Sinner and my sin 484 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:33,840 separates me from you right now. I confess that sin and I ask you 485 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:39,920 to forgive me, wash me clean of everything that separates me 486 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:45,880 from you. I receive you now, Jesus as my 487 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:50,200 Lord and my Savior. I surrender my life. 488 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:57,480 Help me from this moment on to go your way, to follow your 489 00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:01,320 ways, because it's the best way for my whole life. 490 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:06,080 In Jesus name I pray and have access. 491 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:09,800 Amen. Wow. 492 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:13,640 Wow. Yeah, wow. 493 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:17,280 My goodness. OK, OK, OK. 494 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:21,400 Listen, if you just said yes in just a couple minutes before we 495 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:24,120 dismiss all of our location, passwords are going to come 496 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:26,360 back. We have a free gift we want to 497 00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:30,760 put in your hands. It's a Bible, and it has AQR 498 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:33,880 code and some videos. We don't leave your location 499 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:37,760 today without getting that Bible because we want to make sure 500 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:41,920 that we can follow up with you and help you take next steps in 501 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:45,680 this new relationship that you just began with your heavenly 502 00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:47,040 Father through Jesus. Amen. 503 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,160 Wow, that's awesome. Yeah. 504 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:50,760 Come on, let's celebrate that one more time. 505 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:55,000 Yeah, that's awesome. Hey, you know what? 506 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:56,200 You've been sitting for quite a while. 507 00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:57,520 Every location, let's stand to our feet. 508 00:30:57,520 --> 00:30:58,320 We're not done. We're not done. 509 00:30:58,320 --> 00:30:58,880 We're done. Don't leave. 510 00:30:58,880 --> 00:30:59,480 Don't leave. Don't leave. 511 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:00,200 Don't leave. Don't leave. 512 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:01,800 God's not done. God's not done. 513 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,360 I just have a sense we're in Jesus, the one and only. 514 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:09,600 We're in the series. And I just have this sense that 515 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:11,360 God wants to touch some of us today. 516 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:16,040 So we talked about Savior. Some of you. 517 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:21,000 It's the son and daughter ship. God wants to bring a revelation 518 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:25,120 of who you are in him because he is the Son of God. 519 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:28,600 You and I are called sons and daughters of God. 520 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:33,320 Some of us, it's conviction, you're feeling conviction that 521 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:36,800 maybe you've allowed some of those those voices of influence 522 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:40,920 in our world today, news or social or whatever Youtubers 523 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:44,280 that you've allowed them to, to take a larger voice than than 524 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:47,600 Jesus, your shepherd. And so I'm going to invite our 525 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:49,440 worship team to sing that new song that we're learning. 526 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,040 Don't you love that song? Just give me Jesus. 527 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:55,640 We're going to be singing that from for the next lot because I 528 00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:57,760 like that song a lot. So get ready. 529 00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:01,320 Hey, come on, as we sing in worship, why don't you just ask 530 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:03,520 the Holy Spirit, what do you want to do in me? 531 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:05,560 God, how do you want to move in my heart? 532 00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:07,680 Come on, let's sing. Let's worship every location 533 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:08,600 together. Now I want to pray. 534 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:27,920 Things in the world, the world, let God just give me, Jesus give 535 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:31,960 me just. Even it times, even it's life. 536 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:41,400 When I can see trust in the headlines for. 537 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:45,840 Me there's. Only there's only one thing that 538 00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:53,240 I mean. Come on, every location, let's 539 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:55,160 sing it. Now you know it good and loud. 540 00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:56,480 Let's sing it out. Even it. 541 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:19,920 Just give me Jesus. Yeah, yeah, yeah, even at times. 542 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:32,880 Even at times when I can see just in the head, I told thee 543 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:37,160 there's only one thing that I need. 544 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:40,160 Just give me Jesus. Give me. 545 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:52,640 Lord, that's a cry of our heart. Jesus, you are the one and only. 546 00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:57,920 Jesus, that's who you are. You're the one and only. 547 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:00,640 And Father, I just believe that right now across all of our 548 00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:05,120 rooms, Lord, that many of our sons and daughters are are 549 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:08,679 recognize it God, I believe that your Holy Spirit, God, you've 550 00:34:08,679 --> 00:34:11,840 turned the Searchlight on today as we've looked in your word, as 551 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:14,920 we've examined who you are. Holy Spirit, you're speaking to 552 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:18,679 some of us right now. You're revealing to us got areas 553 00:34:18,679 --> 00:34:24,280 of our life where it's not Jesus the one and only, it's other 554 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:27,400 voices, it's other influences. It's others that that have we've 555 00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:29,000 allowed to get louder than the word. 556 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,159 We've allowed to get louder than the truth of God's word. 557 00:34:31,159 --> 00:34:34,000 We've allowed to get louder in our life than the voice of the 558 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,400 Good Shepherd. And so Father, today we just 559 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:38,360 repent of that. Maybe that's you right now we're 560 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:41,239 standing right where you are. Just say, God, I've repent to 561 00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:43,800 repent means to do a 180 to turn, I gotta turn away. 562 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:47,040 Gotta I just acknowledge Lord, I've let other voices, some of 563 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:49,480 us, we've we've sought the voice of popularity. 564 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:52,040 We've sought the voice of likes. We've sought the voice of the 565 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:54,760 crowd. Some of us and and we just, we, 566 00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:57,280 we just in a, in a, in a desire to fit in. 567 00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:00,880 We've, we've, we've walked away from Jesus a little bit. 568 00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:04,880 We're not as close as we used to be because we we, we're drifting 569 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,240 toward the crowd. But today, right now, in this 570 00:35:07,240 --> 00:35:11,000 moment, God, we come back, we come back to you, we humble 571 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,600 ourselves and we we come back to you, Jesus. 572 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:22,080 God, we re up. Lord, we want you Jesus to be 573 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:33,880 our one and only. So Lord, we repent, we turn away 574 00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:35,400 from that and we turn back to you. 575 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:39,760 You're the Son of God, You're the Savior of the world. 576 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:48,200 You're our Good Shepherd. Jesus, Thank you. 577 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:51,640 I want us to sing that again, Even if, even if everything. 578 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:56,600 Come on, Sing these words from your heart. 579 00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:06,000 Some of you, you need to cling. You need to cling to the one who 580 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:09,120 won't let go. Just give me. 581 00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:13,120 To God that we sing it as a prayer, we sing it as a prayer, 582 00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:17,800 we sing it as a prayer even. At times when I can't see I'm. 583 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:23,320 Trusting the head. Just in the head and I told. 584 00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:26,760 You. Yes, there's only one. 585 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:34,680 There's only one that I just give me Jesus. 586 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:46,280 Give me Jesus here is everything I know is taken away. 587 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:57,280 I want things in the world Go, let go dress Give me Jesus give 588 00:36:57,560 --> 00:37:00,640 me come on see you one more time. 589 00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:09,120 Give it at times when I can see I'm dressed in the head that 590 00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:18,160 hold me be there's only love me that I. 591 00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:29,200 So Heavenly Father, right now, in the name of Jesus, I come 592 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:33,000 before you and I pray for each of us that this week we would 593 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:36,360 live with a new revelation. We would live with a greater 594 00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:40,720 understanding of who you, Jesus, the one and only are in our 595 00:37:40,720 --> 00:37:44,840 lives. And may we hear and follow the 596 00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:49,640 voice of the Good Shepherd eyes in Jesus name God, I've blessed 597 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:52,800 each of these today and everyone who agreed to that prayer said 598 00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:54,640 Amen. Come on, every location Let's.