1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:04,300 We Are One church. We love God love. 2 00:00:04,300 --> 00:00:07,100 People love his mission and love his church. 3 00:00:07,500 --> 00:00:09,700 Welcome to the one Church podcast. 4 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:19,000 Hello and welcome to this week's One Church podcast. 5 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:23,200 My name is James and we are glad you could be with us in Matthew 6 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:25,600 7. We read these amazing words from 7 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,700 Jesus. Anyone who listens to my 8 00:00:28,700 --> 00:00:32,900 teaching and follows it is wise like a person who builds a house 9 00:00:32,900 --> 00:00:36,200 on Solid Rock though. The rain comes in Torrance and 10 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:39,000 the flood waters rise. And the wind's beat against that 11 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,100 house it won't collapse because it is built on bedrock. 12 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,400 Okay, but anyone who hears my teaching and doesn't the bet is 13 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:49,500 foolish like a person who builds a house on son when the rains 14 00:00:49,500 --> 00:00:52,600 and floods came and the wind's beat against that house, it will 15 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:56,500 collapse with a mighty crash, our prayer for you this week. 16 00:00:56,500 --> 00:01:00,000 Is that everything you do and all decisions that you make will 17 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:04,099 have their foundation in Jesus? Here's the best place for us to 18 00:01:04,099 --> 00:01:08,300 start every part of our lives and now, in the last of our 19 00:01:08,300 --> 00:01:11,600 Pioneer message series, we have pasta, Susan, speaking to us 20 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,700 from the Site enjoy and be blessed. 21 00:01:18,500 --> 00:01:21,200 Good morning everybody. It's so good. 22 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,700 That the band of lead us to lead us towards Jesus this morning 23 00:01:25,100 --> 00:01:27,600 because I feel like that's my job today is to paint a picture 24 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:31,300 of Jesus, the great Pioneer and Perfecter of our faith who was 25 00:01:31,300 --> 00:01:33,500 gone ahead of us. And we're going to paint a 26 00:01:33,508 --> 00:01:36,900 picture of him this morning and Inspire us to follow Jesus. 27 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:40,300 The great Pioneer because that was what we are doing. 28 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,700 Do you know it's good, isn't it? It to be in the hands of someone 29 00:01:43,700 --> 00:01:46,900 who knows what they're doing. It's good to follow someone who 30 00:01:46,900 --> 00:01:50,000 knows where they're going. Now, I remember a few years ago 31 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:51,900 now, thinking I would do a bit of economizing. 32 00:01:51,900 --> 00:01:54,100 I thought Dave was going to be so proud of me because I'll save 33 00:01:54,100 --> 00:01:56,500 a bit of money. I'll get a Groupon deal to have 34 00:01:56,500 --> 00:02:02,100 my hair cut, so I went, I got this voucher and I went to find 35 00:02:02,100 --> 00:02:04,300 the place where I got this deal for, which I'd never heard 36 00:02:04,300 --> 00:02:06,800 before, it sounded really Posh and the pictures, look really 37 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:08,699 lovely. And then it was turned out to be 38 00:02:08,708 --> 00:02:10,900 a bit of a back street, little tiny place. 39 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:13,800 I remember going Into and feeling straight away, a bit of 40 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,800 a sinking feeling in my stomach thinking there's nobody here 41 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:21,300 there were no customers. There were also no hairdressers 42 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:24,400 in the place, just a lady looking really bored behind a 43 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:27,900 receptionist desk and I walked in and I said, I've got an 44 00:02:27,900 --> 00:02:30,100 appointment and this lady looks slightly freaked out. 45 00:02:30,100 --> 00:02:32,600 I saw her on the phone and there was a Hoover as well in the 46 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:34,600 middle of the room, which I thought was a bit weird. 47 00:02:35,300 --> 00:02:37,500 I think, at that moment, why did I not just say? 48 00:02:37,500 --> 00:02:40,400 This is not going to work. I don't think this is for me and 49 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:44,300 leave, but I didn't. Waited till this man arrived, he 50 00:02:44,300 --> 00:02:48,900 was a very strange, man. I have to say who ran in, 51 00:02:48,900 --> 00:02:52,800 explain to me why he was late and then began to sort of just 52 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,100 lift my hair up and down. He didn't even really start 53 00:02:55,100 --> 00:02:57,000 cutting it and I thought he doesn't know what he's doing at 54 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,700 all. I don't know if you even trained 55 00:02:58,700 --> 00:03:01,700 to be a hairdresser and suddenly felt very vulnerable. 56 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:05,700 Now, I don't know why I didn't just stop and say something and 57 00:03:05,700 --> 00:03:09,300 leave but I ended up with a very strange haircut, it was very 58 00:03:09,700 --> 00:03:12,000 uneven and I had to go to another hairdressers. 59 00:03:12,100 --> 00:03:16,000 That day to have it done properly and that cost us twice 60 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:17,800 as much. So it really wasn't an economy 61 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:20,700 at all, but it's great to follow someone who knows what they're 62 00:03:20,700 --> 00:03:23,400 doing. Now, we've looked at being a 63 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,000 Pioneer people. We've looked at stepping out at 64 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,700 seeing the possibilities, and we had some amazing inspiration 65 00:03:29,700 --> 00:03:33,900 last week from Pastor David here, but you may say well, why? 66 00:03:33,900 --> 00:03:36,200 Why do it? Why why bother to be a Pioneer? 67 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:40,000 Why step out of our cozy life? Why do I exert myself? 68 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:41,800 Why am I going to step into unknown territory? 69 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:44,100 Three. I'd rather not risk pain. 70 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:47,800 I'd rather not risk. Rejection or risk, my finances 71 00:03:48,300 --> 00:03:52,500 or risk my future or discomfort or inconvenience or change. 72 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,600 Well, today, we're going to look at some great amazing news 73 00:03:56,900 --> 00:03:59,300 because we have someone who is worth following. 74 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:03,700 We have someone who is worth saying yes to, and if we say yes 75 00:04:03,900 --> 00:04:07,300 to following Jesus, we're not stepping really out into the 76 00:04:07,300 --> 00:04:10,200 unknown because he's gone ahead of us already. 77 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:12,000 We're following the one who's gone ahead. 78 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:15,100 Prepare the way for us. The one who is our perfect 79 00:04:15,100 --> 00:04:18,700 example, he's our comfort on. The journeys are constant 80 00:04:18,700 --> 00:04:21,600 inspiration. He is our ultimate reward. 81 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:26,000 He's the reason that we risk it all he is the great Pioneer. 82 00:04:26,100 --> 00:04:30,600 So today is all about the wonderful, amazing, multifaceted 83 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:32,100 Jesus. And we're going to look at him 84 00:04:32,100 --> 00:04:35,300 for a few different angles mainly through, a passage in 85 00:04:35,300 --> 00:04:38,200 Hebrews chapter 12. So, let's just read Hebrews. 12 86 00:04:38,300 --> 00:04:41,700 verse 1, 2 3. Therefore, since we are 87 00:04:41,707 --> 00:04:43,400 surrounded. And by such a great cloud of 88 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:46,500 witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the 89 00:04:46,500 --> 00:04:49,400 sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with 90 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:51,900 perseverance, the race marked out for us. 91 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:57,000 Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Pioneer and Perfecter of faith 92 00:04:57,700 --> 00:05:00,000 for the joy set. Before him, he endured the 93 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,900 cross. Scorning its shame and sat down 94 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:07,100 at the right hand of the Throne of God, consider him who endured 95 00:05:07,100 --> 00:05:11,000 such opposition from Sinners, so that you will not grow weary and 96 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,600 lose heart. Well Lord, we thank you for your 97 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:17,800 word and we ask you to apply it right now into our lives with 98 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:19,300 power. Thank you, Jesus. 99 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,300 So the writer of Hebrews is here challenging the early believers 100 00:05:23,300 --> 00:05:26,500 who are facing persecution facing possible death and is 101 00:05:26,500 --> 00:05:29,600 also challenging. Us is saying, keep going enjoy, 102 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:32,500 don't lose heart. Fix your eyes on Jesus follow 103 00:05:32,500 --> 00:05:34,400 him. The picture is a bit like a 104 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,400 relay race. I wonder if you have ever run in 105 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:39,200 a relay race. I remember a time back in 106 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:43,700 primary school at school, I have to say, Say well even into later 107 00:05:43,700 --> 00:05:46,700 life, I was not a particularly good runner mainly because I 108 00:05:46,700 --> 00:05:50,500 tended towards the chubby side as a child I remember our school 109 00:05:50,500 --> 00:05:53,500 was split into four houses, what they called houses they were 110 00:05:53,500 --> 00:05:56,800 different colors and I was in the yellow one which was called 111 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,100 killed as so, funny how you remember all these things from 112 00:05:59,100 --> 00:06:02,800 your childhood isn't it? And on this particular sports 113 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:07,200 day that we had a relay race and because one team didn't have 114 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,800 enough Runners and I wasn't chosen for my houses team 115 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:14,300 surprise surprise I was asked to go and run for this other house. 116 00:06:14,700 --> 00:06:16,700 So I did, I really run my little heart out. 117 00:06:16,700 --> 00:06:18,500 I ran as fast as I possibly could. 118 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:20,500 I didn't bother that. It wasn't my tear. 119 00:06:20,500 --> 00:06:23,000 I really ran hard, I thought I'd done really well. 120 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,700 But I remember that evening at the shopping center being 121 00:06:26,700 --> 00:06:31,200 slammed against the advertising, hoardings by a big boy from The 122 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:34,800 Blue Team which is the one I'd run for saying you didn't try 123 00:06:34,900 --> 00:06:36,000 just because it wasn't your team. 124 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,200 You did it try. It was good. 125 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:40,900 I did try. I tried my hardest but the 126 00:06:40,900 --> 00:06:43,700 writer he is saying he say, Saying this is like a real a 127 00:06:43,700 --> 00:06:46,800 ratio surrounded by the people who've gone before the ones 128 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,600 who've proven their faith. If you read in Hebrews 11 the 129 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:52,200 chapter before this you read about some of the heroes of the 130 00:06:52,207 --> 00:06:54,200 faith. They've run their stretch of the 131 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:57,300 Christian race and they're passing the Baton to you and 132 00:06:57,308 --> 00:07:00,400 it's your turn to run. It's our turn to run. 133 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:05,400 So every day we have a choice to make to say yes or no to step 134 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:08,700 out or to shrink back. And here, we're just given that 135 00:07:08,700 --> 00:07:13,800 main motivation Our primary passion are real reason for 136 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,400 running this race. We're giving this reason to 137 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,900 muster courage in both hands, and to go for it because it's 138 00:07:19,900 --> 00:07:23,500 all about Jesus. It's all about Jesus. 139 00:07:23,700 --> 00:07:27,800 So, let's remind ourselves why follow him firstly, because of 140 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:32,100 who he is, let us run with perseverance, the race marked 141 00:07:32,100 --> 00:07:34,400 out for us. Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the 142 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:38,900 Pioneer and Perfecter of Faith. Who is this? 143 00:07:38,900 --> 00:07:42,700 Jesus At the end of last year, I did a little study in my own 144 00:07:42,700 --> 00:07:46,900 devotions just because I was interested and I want something 145 00:07:46,900 --> 00:07:48,900 sparked it. I just wanted to look at the 146 00:07:48,900 --> 00:07:51,300 appearances of Jesus, All Through the Bible and there are 147 00:07:51,300 --> 00:07:55,400 surprising number of them. The prophet Isaiah sees Jesus in 148 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:58,500 the temple, I saw the Lord, highly exalted, his robe filled 149 00:07:58,500 --> 00:08:01,000 the temple. Now we know it's Jesus because 150 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:05,000 John and John eleven's says Isaiah said, this because he saw 151 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:09,600 Jesus glory and spoke about him. Daniel sees a vision of him. 152 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:13,900 Danielle's friends have him walk around with them in the fire 153 00:08:13,900 --> 00:08:16,000 prophet in the Old Testament. The Fourth Man. 154 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:19,700 It says, looks like a son of the Gods, Unbound, and unharmed 1 155 00:08:19,700 --> 00:08:22,000 Corinthians. 10 tells us that the people of Israel were 156 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,000 accompanied by Jesus through the desert. 157 00:08:24,500 --> 00:08:26,900 It says, they drank from the spiritual rock, that accompanied 158 00:08:26,900 --> 00:08:31,200 them and that rock was Christ. So many of those appearances, 159 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:34,500 they just really inspired me. But the one that really got to 160 00:08:34,500 --> 00:08:38,900 me was in Revelation chapter 1, And here is Jesus in John's 161 00:08:38,900 --> 00:08:43,200 Vision in Revelation, this to me feels like me trying to paint a 162 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,500 picture and I've got to use the words from the Bible because 163 00:08:46,500 --> 00:08:49,800 it's a bit like me trying to take a photo of a wonderful 164 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:51,600 scene. I have you ever been on holiday 165 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:54,400 and seen something beautiful and then try to take a photo of it 166 00:08:54,500 --> 00:08:56,900 to show your family back home or your friends. 167 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:00,600 How amazing is taking it on your phone and it looks nothing like 168 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:04,500 as great as it is in real life, especially when I take the photo 169 00:09:04,500 --> 00:09:08,200 I have to say that's where we true but Is Jesus and John's 170 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:11,100 Vision, just just let the word sinking. 171 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:16,500 This is the Jesus we follow. From John Grace and peace to 172 00:09:16,500 --> 00:09:17,300 you. I'm just going to read a few 173 00:09:17,300 --> 00:09:21,500 excerpts from him who is and who was, and who is to come from? 174 00:09:21,500 --> 00:09:24,200 Jesus Christ, who is the faithful, witness the firstborn 175 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:26,900 from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth to him, 176 00:09:26,900 --> 00:09:30,300 who loved us and has freed us from our sins by his blood. 177 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,100 Look, he is coming with the clouds and every eye will see 178 00:09:33,100 --> 00:09:35,900 him even those who pierced him and all the peoples of the earth 179 00:09:35,900 --> 00:09:37,700 will mourn because of him. So shall it? 180 00:09:37,700 --> 00:09:42,000 Be our men on the Lord's Day says John I was in the spirit 181 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,600 and I heard behind me. A loud voice like a trumpet. 182 00:09:44,700 --> 00:09:47,000 I I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me 183 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:50,200 and when I turned, I saw seven, golden lampstands and among the 184 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:54,000 lampstands was someone like a son of man dressed in a robe 185 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,500 reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his 186 00:09:56,500 --> 00:09:58,600 chest. His head and hair were white, 187 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,700 like wool as white as snow and his eyes were like blazing fire. 188 00:10:01,900 --> 00:10:04,300 His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace and his 189 00:10:04,300 --> 00:10:07,200 voice was like the sound of rushing waters in his right 190 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:08,900 hand. He held Seven Stars and out of 191 00:10:08,900 --> 00:10:11,400 his mouth. Came a sharp double-edged sword. 192 00:10:12,300 --> 00:10:15,300 His face was like the sun shining in all its Brilliance. 193 00:10:15,300 --> 00:10:18,500 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. 194 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:21,700 And then he placed his right hand on me and said, do not be 195 00:10:21,700 --> 00:10:24,600 afraid. I am the first and the last I am 196 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:26,900 the living one. I was dead and behold. 197 00:10:26,900 --> 00:10:30,400 I am alive forever and ever. I hold the keys of death and 198 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:32,900 Hades. Wonderful Jesus. 199 00:10:32,900 --> 00:10:36,700 The amazing ultimate pioneer. He's the one who began all 200 00:10:36,700 --> 00:10:37,900 things. He's the Pioneer. 201 00:10:37,900 --> 00:10:41,800 If you like of all things, He's the perfect or he'll bring this 202 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:45,900 chapter of the world history to its close when he returns this 203 00:10:45,900 --> 00:10:48,700 world to establish his new perfect Kingdom. 204 00:10:49,100 --> 00:10:51,400 Amazing. And this is the same Jesus, we 205 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:52,800 read about here, who's the Jesus? 206 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:54,000 Who came to Earth? Who laughed? 207 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,600 Who cried, who washed people's feet? 208 00:10:57,900 --> 00:11:01,000 And Jesus says to us, as he says, to his disciple, Peter in 209 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,400 Matthew 16, who do you say that I am? 210 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:06,200 And the question is, asking all of us today? 211 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:07,200 Who do you say? I am? 212 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:10,600 Because the way we view, Jesus will change everything else 213 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:13,500 about our life is the most important thing about our life 214 00:11:13,500 --> 00:11:17,700 is to know what we believe, what we think, what we see about, 215 00:11:17,700 --> 00:11:21,300 Jesus. He's like a multi faceted 216 00:11:21,300 --> 00:11:23,100 Diamond. I was thinking of a jeweler 217 00:11:23,100 --> 00:11:25,600 looking at an amazing diamond and looking at it from all 218 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:28,600 different angles and seeing Beauty in each one. 219 00:11:29,100 --> 00:11:31,800 And as we look at him from different angles, we can always 220 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:35,100 see something new. And I was thinking even today, 221 00:11:35,100 --> 00:11:38,700 there is something in Jesus that we all need to grasp may be 222 00:11:38,700 --> 00:11:42,700 fresh for some of us here, we need to know a fresh as it says 223 00:11:42,700 --> 00:11:45,300 In this passage that he's holy and he is awesome. 224 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:48,400 His head and hair were white, like wool as white as snow and 225 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:52,600 his eyes like Seeing fire. Can we look into his blazing 226 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:56,900 eyes today? Can we Face our sin? 227 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:02,100 Can we not take it lightly? Can we see his blazing eyes 228 00:12:02,100 --> 00:12:04,900 looking into us? And then can we see his blazing 229 00:12:04,900 --> 00:12:08,500 eyes are full of love for us and full of grace for us saying that 230 00:12:08,500 --> 00:12:10,300 he's done everything for our forgiveness? 231 00:12:12,300 --> 00:12:14,300 Some of us need to know today, he's Our Redeemer. 232 00:12:14,300 --> 00:12:16,600 The price is paid will James has enjoyed 19? 233 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,300 I know my redeemer lives and I will see him. 234 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:22,900 Some of us need to see today. That he is our lover. 235 00:12:23,700 --> 00:12:26,400 So what we're all longing for us and that someone who will love 236 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:29,100 us for who we are someone who will. 237 00:12:29,300 --> 00:12:32,000 Look at us with eyes are completely full of love 238 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,100 compassion. That just say, I love you. 239 00:12:35,100 --> 00:12:37,500 I adore you. He's our lover. 240 00:12:37,500 --> 00:12:40,500 I'm my beloved says in Song of Songs and he is mine. 241 00:12:41,500 --> 00:12:43,900 Some of us need to see. He is our friend, maybe in our 242 00:12:43,900 --> 00:12:45,600 aloneness. We may be in a crowd but 243 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:48,200 sometimes feel alone. Jesus says to us. 244 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:51,200 He says, I no longer call you servants, but I call you my 245 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:54,400 friends. He's our friend, some of us need 246 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:57,400 a light and a guide, we need to know the way we need to know 247 00:12:57,400 --> 00:12:59,700 where we're going and Jesus says, I am the light of the 248 00:12:59,700 --> 00:13:01,700 world. If you follow me, you'll never 249 00:13:01,700 --> 00:13:05,000 live in darkness but will have the light of life. 250 00:13:06,300 --> 00:13:10,400 Some of us need a rock, he's the rock My Savior, A Healer Jesus 251 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,800 went through Galilee. It says, in Matthew teaching, 252 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:14,700 proclaiming healing every disease and illness. 253 00:13:14,700 --> 00:13:18,900 Among the people, every disease and illness your provider. 254 00:13:18,900 --> 00:13:23,700 He says, I am the bread of life and so much more Song of Songs, 255 00:13:23,700 --> 00:13:26,000 says he is altogether. Lovely. 256 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:30,900 He's indescribable. I've been loving listening to a 257 00:13:30,900 --> 00:13:34,400 song by Phil Wickham over this over this weekend. 258 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:37,100 Actually, I just played it again and again, it's called a 259 00:13:37,108 --> 00:13:40,200 thousand names and here's a little bit of it says you are 260 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:41,800 the Rock of Ages. You are The Great. 261 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:44,400 I Am Your the king forever, the beginning and the end your the 262 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:47,200 Lord and servant, you're the son of man, you're the line of 263 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:49,100 Judah. Your the Risen lamb your the 264 00:13:49,100 --> 00:13:52,200 second atom here to lead us home your yahweh's glory. 265 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:55,900 Now revealed him flesh and Bone. Your ocean parter you will make 266 00:13:55,900 --> 00:13:57,500 away. You are death defeating you've 267 00:13:57,500 --> 00:13:59,900 risen from the grave. You are full of See, you are 268 00:13:59,900 --> 00:14:02,900 rich in love, you are Jesus Messiah, the one true God. 269 00:14:03,100 --> 00:14:07,000 I know you buy a thousand names and you deserve every single 270 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:08,700 one. You've given me a million ways 271 00:14:08,700 --> 00:14:11,800 to be amazed at what you've done and I'm lost in. 272 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:16,100 Wonder all you do I know you by 1000 names and I'll sing them 273 00:14:16,100 --> 00:14:19,500 back to you and you know that's what we do when we worship. 274 00:14:19,500 --> 00:14:23,200 We sing back to Jesus who he is and you know the more we do that 275 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:26,200 the more we want to do that. If you want to want to praise 276 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,100 more, then begin to praise and you will want to praise me. 277 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:32,800 More, and You Begin to worship and you'll want to worship more. 278 00:14:34,100 --> 00:14:37,300 We follow Jesus because of who he is, but we also follow Jesus 279 00:14:37,300 --> 00:14:41,200 because of what he has done for the joy set before him. 280 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:44,900 It says he endured the cross, scorning its shame and sat down 281 00:14:44,900 --> 00:14:46,700 at the right hand of the Throne of God. 282 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:50,900 Jesus Is God who comes down. Something I noticed when I 283 00:14:50,908 --> 00:14:53,300 looked at all the appearances of Jesus, Through the Bible's all 284 00:14:53,300 --> 00:14:58,200 this common theme of Jesus coming down of God, rescuing his 285 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,800 people and speaking to them and saving them. 286 00:15:03,100 --> 00:15:06,900 Do you know Jesus has already done everything and he won't ask 287 00:15:06,900 --> 00:15:11,600 us to do more in our lives than he's already done and done more. 288 00:15:12,100 --> 00:15:14,600 So if we feel a call to sacrifice in some way, he's 289 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:18,300 sacrificed more, he did it to the uttermost. 290 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:21,600 If we called to love, then which we all are, then he did it to 291 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:24,400 the end and he says, he loved us to the end. 292 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:28,700 If we call to travel well, he did, he travel from Heaven to 293 00:15:28,700 --> 00:15:32,200 Earth to save us if we call to overcome Temptation? 294 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,000 Well, he did, and he never failed. 295 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,100 He never sinned if we called to endure opposition. 296 00:15:37,100 --> 00:15:41,500 Well, he did and he stayed true. The passage says he endured the 297 00:15:41,500 --> 00:15:45,100 cross, he scorned it shame, he endured up position, he defeated 298 00:15:45,100 --> 00:15:48,300 death, he's the only one who could, and he sat down at the 299 00:15:48,300 --> 00:15:51,800 right hand of the Throne of God. So here's a question for 300 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:54,200 everyone of us. Will we follow him? 301 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:56,600 Will we follow him? Yeah. 302 00:15:56,900 --> 00:16:00,200 Well, we follow him into the next adventure of our life. 303 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:03,100 Maybe some of us here today. Well, we follow him for the 304 00:16:03,108 --> 00:16:05,700 first time. Well, we step today into a 305 00:16:05,700 --> 00:16:09,500 relationship with Jesus and say I'm going to follow you with my 306 00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:12,100 life. The passage here. 307 00:16:12,100 --> 00:16:16,300 Also gives us some clues about how we will follow him how we 308 00:16:16,300 --> 00:16:19,900 can First it says, throw off, hindrances. 309 00:16:19,900 --> 00:16:23,000 Throw off everything that hinders nowadays. 310 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:26,400 I focus more on rowing on a rowing machine in our garage. 311 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:29,000 I love that. It's just been reconditioned and 312 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,900 it's going like like a bomb. It's just great. 313 00:16:32,100 --> 00:16:36,800 It's quite hard work and I love walking but I used to do some 314 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:39,700 jogging. Tom will remember when I was did 315 00:16:39,700 --> 00:16:42,200 a bit of training to do the half marathon in Notting and that was 316 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:45,200 the peak of my achievements as a jogger. 317 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:49,500 I would took a long, long time. But I And I didn't stop, that's 318 00:16:49,500 --> 00:16:51,600 good. But when I used to jog, I would 319 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,400 carry my phone and a little bit of money or whatever. 320 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:57,400 I needed in a little pouch around my waist, or I'd carry it 321 00:16:57,500 --> 00:16:59,600 in the pocket of a running jacket. 322 00:17:00,100 --> 00:17:02,800 And I would wear trainers, it would have been ridiculous, 323 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:04,400 wouldn't it? If I had a decided to go out 324 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,500 running wearing a heavy duffle coat and Wellington Boots 325 00:17:07,500 --> 00:17:09,400 because it would have really hold me back. 326 00:17:09,500 --> 00:17:12,000 And this is the sort of picture that the writer of Hebrews is 327 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:16,200 saying here. He's saying travel light, It's 328 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:20,900 speaking of weight carrying, excessive weight in our lives, 329 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:24,200 holds us back, it hinders us, weighs us down, he's not 330 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:26,200 necessarily here, talking about Sin. 331 00:17:26,900 --> 00:17:31,200 He's talking about things that would hold us back, maybe fear. 332 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:35,100 Maybe some of us have specific fears in our life that hold us 333 00:17:35,100 --> 00:17:38,800 back from following Jesus to the next level. 334 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:41,900 If you like in our life or maybe we just see ourselves as a 335 00:17:41,900 --> 00:17:45,400 generally, fearful person. And we would love to be rid of 336 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:47,900 that sense of fear because we want to follow him. 337 00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:51,900 Can I just say though as well? That some of the most amazing 338 00:17:51,900 --> 00:17:54,400 things in the world have been done by people who did it 339 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:56,500 scared? Who did it actually? 340 00:17:56,500 --> 00:18:00,100 While they were afraid and just stepped out and found out what 341 00:18:00,100 --> 00:18:03,500 Jesus could do? Saying really, I think, will you 342 00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:07,100 trust me? Will you throw it off unbelief 343 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:10,400 that can hold us back? Mary is sideburns not here 344 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,400 today. She's at her little 345 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,600 granddaughters. First birthday weekend, she was 346 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:18,700 so glowing this week. Having come back from a trip to 347 00:18:18,700 --> 00:18:24,100 Rwanda with mission 24 in what she described as a, quite a good 348 00:18:24,100 --> 00:18:27,300 mission. I'd say Mary's definition of 349 00:18:27,300 --> 00:18:29,800 quite a good Mission. I thought was amazing because 350 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:31,500 she said there was about a thousand. 351 00:18:31,500 --> 00:18:34,600 People got saved every day in their Crusades. 352 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:40,000 There's 15 of them went, they had some, they saw many 353 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,800 instantaneous healings and she shared with us as a staff this 354 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:44,800 week. Some of the incident healings 355 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:48,500 that she saw personally, and we were talking about, well, what's 356 00:18:48,500 --> 00:18:50,200 the difference between there and here? 357 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,600 What what is it? And she said, actually, we just 358 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:54,800 preach Jesus. We just talked about Jesus and 359 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:58,400 we didn't worry what I felt like we just said you know, Let Jesus 360 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:03,200 do what Jesus does and we spoke with authority and I'm not sure 361 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:05,300 you know, sometimes we say well the atmosphere is different over 362 00:19:05,300 --> 00:19:07,700 there and maybe it's cause there's not so much health care 363 00:19:07,700 --> 00:19:10,300 and all those sort of things. So people want to believe more 364 00:19:10,500 --> 00:19:12,700 for healing. Well what whatever reasons? 365 00:19:12,700 --> 00:19:16,300 Let's just keep preaching Jesus because we want to see him do 366 00:19:16,500 --> 00:19:18,900 amazing things. And we know he can, we know he 367 00:19:18,900 --> 00:19:20,800 will, but let's throw off unbelief. 368 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:24,300 Let's throw off restrictions and tentativeness and be more bold. 369 00:19:24,300 --> 00:19:27,300 This is something I'm praying for My own life at the moment. 370 00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:30,400 What about the past, the things from our pasta in, may need to 371 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:33,500 get rid of bags that we are. Carrying that hold us back, that 372 00:19:33,500 --> 00:19:38,900 awaits, that hold us down in the passion version of this passage. 373 00:19:38,900 --> 00:19:42,000 There's the idea there of an arrowhead left inside. 374 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,900 There's a footnote that says something about the word could 375 00:19:44,900 --> 00:19:47,900 mean that youíve been pierced with arrows, but something of 376 00:19:47,900 --> 00:19:49,600 that. Arrow is stuck inside and it's 377 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,200 holding us back. Well there, any remnants still 378 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:55,000 in you that are causing damage that holding you back? 379 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:59,200 It could be a pain of abuse in the past, or rejection, or some 380 00:19:59,300 --> 00:20:03,700 Trauma from your childhood, even It's time to throw it off. 381 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,600 There was a great example of our at the Mina and it is wedding 382 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:10,800 yesterday. Many of you heard his story when 383 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:15,100 he shared in a together service last year about his relationship 384 00:20:15,100 --> 00:20:19,000 with his dad, and how they had to be much forgiveness and 385 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,300 healing from that. And yesterday, there was a part 386 00:20:22,300 --> 00:20:25,500 of the service where they were sharing cake with people, and it 387 00:20:25,500 --> 00:20:28,500 was like, we literally feeding into their mouth, where you see? 388 00:20:28,500 --> 00:20:31,500 I'm a dick and Amina. Go straight up to a dicks, 389 00:20:31,500 --> 00:20:34,400 father. And it's Dad and feed him cake 390 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:36,500 and honor him. That was amazing. 391 00:20:38,100 --> 00:20:41,800 So, let's bring to the Cross. Any hindrances any baggage and 392 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:44,000 break its power right. Now, I'm going to even right 393 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:45,000 now. Do you want to do that? 394 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,600 If you, if you feel, you're carrying any weight, any of 395 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:49,800 those things I've mentioned or other things. 396 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:52,200 Let's just, let's just pray right now. 397 00:20:53,700 --> 00:20:56,600 And maybe just say Lord, I bring this thing to the cross, I bring 398 00:20:56,600 --> 00:21:01,000 it to the Cross right now. I'll bring it to the cross. 399 00:21:02,500 --> 00:21:05,500 And you can say yourself, you can say I break its power over 400 00:21:05,500 --> 00:21:08,500 me. In Jesus name, I break its power 401 00:21:08,500 --> 00:21:10,500 over me. In Jesus name, I declare myself 402 00:21:10,500 --> 00:21:14,000 free in Jesus name. Amen. 403 00:21:14,700 --> 00:21:17,100 My man, you know, Jesus is handing out the prison keys 404 00:21:17,100 --> 00:21:19,400 today. He's handing out the keys for us 405 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:22,100 to be set free, but we have to actually use them. 406 00:21:23,900 --> 00:21:27,300 Throw off entanglements as well. It says here, another key to 407 00:21:27,300 --> 00:21:29,500 following Jesus and the sin that so easily. 408 00:21:29,500 --> 00:21:31,300 Entangles. Our this is talking about Sin. 409 00:21:32,300 --> 00:21:35,400 My lovely eldest granddaughter Annabelle's just had quite a bit 410 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:37,500 of her hair cut off. So it's a bit quite a bit 411 00:21:37,500 --> 00:21:39,400 shorter. Have to say, for me, that's a 412 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:44,800 little bit of a relief because once a week most weeks, we have 413 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,300 them to stay overnight and they and we take them to school in 414 00:21:47,300 --> 00:21:50,000 the morning and that has involved often doing their hair 415 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:53,100 and I have got a reputation with our granddaughters where they 416 00:21:53,100 --> 00:21:56,000 will say, To me. But me my your you only had boys 417 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:58,800 and so you're not very good at doing girls hair. 418 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:00,200 So I've got a bit of a reputation. 419 00:22:00,500 --> 00:22:01,800 So I have to say, I've been very sad. 420 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:04,400 I've been actually watching some YouTube videos on how to do 421 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:07,500 hair. You wouldn't believe how many 422 00:22:07,500 --> 00:22:10,600 people just sit in their bedroom in front of their mirror and put 423 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:13,800 it onto the into that. Like here you'd it has how you 424 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:15,500 do curling and how you do this on the other? 425 00:22:15,500 --> 00:22:18,500 It's a whole other world, but hopefully Annabelle's hair won't 426 00:22:18,500 --> 00:22:20,300 get. So knotted and won't have 427 00:22:20,300 --> 00:22:23,400 tangles in it because it's a bit shorter or bit easier to do. 428 00:22:23,500 --> 00:22:25,200 Do. And this is a little bit of a 429 00:22:25,208 --> 00:22:28,800 picture of the tangling side of sin, because sin is Insidious 430 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,600 sometimes. Yes, Temptation comes to us 431 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:34,700 head-on, but it's easier to recognize that it's easier to 432 00:22:34,700 --> 00:22:37,900 resist. But so often it creeps up and 433 00:22:37,900 --> 00:22:40,600 before we know where we are, we're entangled. 434 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:45,400 Maybe we're hooked on a habit, that draws us into much more 435 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:48,000 than we signed up. For, maybe we're addicted to a 436 00:22:48,008 --> 00:22:50,400 TV series. That is actually spoiling the 437 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,600 purity of our thoughts, maybe were drawn to read stuff. 438 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:56,000 That's are eroding. Our sense of what's right or 439 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,500 wrong. Maybe were believing lies that 440 00:22:58,500 --> 00:23:01,800 are spoken by people around us. Maybe we're being slowly drawn 441 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,700 towards a relationship that we know is not, right? 442 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:07,200 I wonder. If you've ever walked through 443 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:10,700 rough undergrowth, I sometimes go for it when I go for dog 444 00:23:10,700 --> 00:23:13,100 walks, I end up taking. King like, oh, that's a nice 445 00:23:13,100 --> 00:23:17,100 shortcut and end up sometimes. Getting entangled in Briars and 446 00:23:17,500 --> 00:23:20,300 bushes and hedges. And so on, that means that 447 00:23:20,300 --> 00:23:22,700 things get onto your clothes that they and they get hold of 448 00:23:22,700 --> 00:23:25,900 you and sometimes I have to pull it away and your coat might get 449 00:23:25,900 --> 00:23:28,400 torn or something gets damaged and it's a bit like a picture 450 00:23:28,900 --> 00:23:34,000 Sin Sin, entangles us. It trips us up the answer being 451 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:38,200 given to us here is stay on the path and if we have wandered 452 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:41,100 From the Path, if we know that we need to get back to it, I 453 00:23:41,100 --> 00:23:42,400 would just encourage Encourage us. 454 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:46,300 Jesus is here is not let go of you but come back on to the path 455 00:23:46,300 --> 00:23:48,700 today. This morning stay on the path 456 00:23:48,700 --> 00:23:50,600 marked out for us as the writer here. 457 00:23:50,700 --> 00:23:54,400 Stay in the word. Stay close to a friend as we had 458 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,200 last week. Stay on the path. 459 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:00,500 And keep running run with perseverance. 460 00:24:00,500 --> 00:24:02,700 We've talked about that already. Just keep going. 461 00:24:02,700 --> 00:24:05,500 Sometimes that's all he's saying is keep going. 462 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:08,600 Nowhere boundaries the race marked out for you. 463 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:10,900 Says the writer here, this is a personal race. 464 00:24:10,900 --> 00:24:15,500 There's a place for you, find your place in life and your 465 00:24:15,500 --> 00:24:18,800 place in the body of Christ, find your place in church and 466 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:22,200 don't get worked up about it. Go with the portion of the race 467 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:24,800 that, you know, Jesus is marked out for you now. 468 00:24:25,300 --> 00:24:27,000 Think about what do you love to do? 469 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:31,200 Where do you feel alive and use that to bless others. 470 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:35,400 Use that in the kingdom of God. Can I just say, you know, as we 471 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:37,600 go forward. Thank you to those who serve and 472 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:41,200 we're going to need more people involved in serving even here in 473 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,300 central as we go to two services and thank you. 474 00:24:44,300 --> 00:24:46,400 For those who already are signing up to say, we're going 475 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,800 to play our part be fully focused on Jesus. 476 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,500 We've covered that already fixing our eyes on Jesus, 477 00:24:52,500 --> 00:24:57,200 consider him who endured such opposition from Sinners and stay 478 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:57,800 strong. Wrong. 479 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:00,600 So that you will not grow weary and lose heart. 480 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:06,000 How do we do it by fixing our eyes on Jesus? 481 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,600 I want this to be the thing. We take away more than anything. 482 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:12,200 Today, we're fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Pioneer, the 483 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:15,200 Perfecter the beginning, the end, the alpha, the Omega, he's 484 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,600 the one who was there. At the start, is the one who 485 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,400 will be there at the end, and he's like that in our lives as 486 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:23,600 well. Be confident in following him. 487 00:25:25,300 --> 00:25:28,200 I wonder, will you follow this Jesus because of who he is 488 00:25:28,700 --> 00:25:30,000 because of what? He's done. 489 00:25:30,100 --> 00:25:32,000 Confident that he's our great Pioneer. 490 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,800 He goes ahead. He's done it all where we just 491 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:38,900 say yes to whatever. He's asking of us, we had a 492 00:25:38,908 --> 00:25:43,100 verse when we did our vision, had our vision offering a few 493 00:25:43,100 --> 00:25:46,000 months ago. And we did talk about the verse, 494 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:49,800 where Mary says to the people at the wedding in Cana, she says do 495 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:54,600 whatever he tells you And this is really all Jesus is asking of 496 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:57,700 us is do whatever he tells you, but it involves saying yes. 497 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:02,700 And I wonder where you say, yes to what he's asking of you, and 498 00:26:02,700 --> 00:26:05,100 if you want to know your call, if you say, well what's my 499 00:26:05,100 --> 00:26:07,500 destiny? This is how we know. 500 00:26:07,500 --> 00:26:10,100 We just do it. We just know it by a thousand 501 00:26:10,100 --> 00:26:13,600 small yeses in our lives. It's the yes. 502 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,100 I'll call that person. Yes, I will Jesus. 503 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:19,000 Yes, I'll obey that command. That's in your word that I read 504 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,200 today. Yes, I'll Revitalize. 505 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:24,800 My Potion times with you. Yes, I'll keep going. 506 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,600 Yes, I'll stop doing that. Yes, I'll start doing that. 507 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:34,700 I will whatever he says to you do it and, you know, gradually 508 00:26:34,700 --> 00:26:39,600 our neural Pathways will get realigned gradually, our 509 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:43,500 character will get refined. Gradual, our destiny will get 510 00:26:43,500 --> 00:26:47,200 defined and it won't be led by Massive markers. 511 00:26:49,300 --> 00:26:52,000 Massive moments. So much, as by many, many little 512 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:57,100 ones where we say yes to Jesus. And what about can I challenge 513 00:26:57,100 --> 00:26:59,100 us to do something? Even more daring than that? 514 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:01,600 To say, yes. Before we know what? 515 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:05,500 He's asking us to do, this is an unconditional. 516 00:27:05,500 --> 00:27:08,600 Yes, where we just say to Jesus? My answer is yes. 517 00:27:09,300 --> 00:27:14,800 Now, what's the question? What might happen? 518 00:27:15,100 --> 00:27:17,400 If, every Christian in the world said an unconditional? 519 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:20,200 Yes to Jesus, there are billions of us. 520 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:24,500 If we stepped into the unknown and became true Pioneers, maybe 521 00:27:24,500 --> 00:27:27,700 they'll be an unexplained shift in the world's economy. 522 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:34,100 Suddenly it will be readjusted and redistributed there. 523 00:27:34,100 --> 00:27:37,600 Be an outbreak of reconciliation and restoration of 524 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:41,700 relationships. Maybe Amazon profits would go 525 00:27:41,700 --> 00:27:44,700 down. Because Christians may stop 526 00:27:44,700 --> 00:27:49,500 buying what we don't need. Maybe there'd be more happiness 527 00:27:49,500 --> 00:27:51,900 because we were working more closely with Jesus who has the 528 00:27:51,900 --> 00:27:55,900 oil of joy. Millions would turn to Jesus, 529 00:27:55,900 --> 00:28:00,400 because we'd start sharing our faith boldly and Jesus will be 530 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:03,800 recognized as Lord, in our schools, and our streets in our 531 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:07,100 cities. Can I challenge us? 532 00:28:07,100 --> 00:28:09,000 Let's start living as Christians. 533 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:12,400 Let's start living as those who are little Christ's who follow 534 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:17,900 Jesus and take him as an example to follow the great pioneer. and 535 00:28:17,900 --> 00:28:22,300 he is a great comfort because Jesus says my sheep, Listen to 536 00:28:22,300 --> 00:28:25,600 my voice. I know them and they follow me. 537 00:28:27,100 --> 00:28:30,200 Can I say we follow someone who was a Shepherd who's gone ahead 538 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:33,900 of us, and he knows us, he knows you. 539 00:28:34,500 --> 00:28:38,300 He knows me, he knows how he made us, he knows our name, our 540 00:28:38,300 --> 00:28:42,200 thoughts, our feelings, our strengths, our weaknesses, our 541 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:44,700 dreams our fears, and he loves us. 542 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:48,700 It's amazing. Is it to sit like and stand here 543 00:28:48,700 --> 00:28:54,000 and say he loves me and you can say, whatever the sacrifice. 544 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,700 We can feel secure and confident when we follow Jesus into what 545 00:28:58,700 --> 00:29:02,100 might seem to us the unknown. Wonderful. 546 00:29:02,100 --> 00:29:06,900 Jesus. I just want to speak to anyone 547 00:29:06,900 --> 00:29:12,400 in the room today. I know there's someone here and 548 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:16,900 your healing hearing Jesus, calling you saying, like I said 549 00:29:16,900 --> 00:29:20,900 to the early disciples, follow me, follow me, you're going to 550 00:29:20,908 --> 00:29:24,500 hear some stories in a bit of people who made that choice to 551 00:29:24,500 --> 00:29:27,500 follow Jesus. When he called to them. 552 00:29:28,100 --> 00:29:33,600 Why not make that decision right now in your seat before we hear 553 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:36,000 those stories? So you can go out of here. 554 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:40,100 A new person, a New Creation With Jesus, who will be with you 555 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:42,200 every step of your life and take you into. 556 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:45,800 Eternity, you'll never face the Judgment that you deserve to 557 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:49,500 face because we've all sinned. We've all fallen short of the 558 00:29:49,508 --> 00:29:54,000 glory of God and yet God sent Jesus to be that ultimate 559 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,000 sacrifice so that we could be forgiven. 560 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,000 And that is wonderful news. That's why it's called good 561 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:01,000 news. So I'm going to pray a little 562 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:02,700 prayer. I wonder if all of us, even if 563 00:30:02,700 --> 00:30:04,700 we know Jesus already. Let's pray it together. 564 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:08,800 And if you don't yet know him, I'd like you to really make sure 565 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:13,900 you pray this even out loud in your seat and Jesus will hear 566 00:30:13,900 --> 00:30:17,200 you. So why did he pray after me? 567 00:30:18,100 --> 00:30:23,000 Lord Jesus. I hear your call to follow you. 568 00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:30,900 But I am a sinner. And I need a savior. 569 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:40,300 I ask you to forgive me. I asked you to cleanse me and I 570 00:30:40,308 --> 00:30:48,100 give my life to you. I want to follow you and I thank 571 00:30:48,100 --> 00:30:59,300 you that you love me. Come into my life. there's 572 00:30:59,300 --> 00:31:02,000 anybody here who prayed that prayer for the first time, I'm 573 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:05,100 just asking you to if that's you to raise your hand where you 574 00:31:05,100 --> 00:31:08,800 are, was somebody will see that and then I'll come and see you 575 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:13,100 at the end just to make sure that you know, A little bit of 576 00:31:13,108 --> 00:31:14,800 what's been happening in your life. 577 00:31:17,500 --> 00:31:18,400 Great. Thank you. 578 00:31:19,300 --> 00:31:21,700 You see that hand over there. That's wonderful. 579 00:31:23,700 --> 00:31:26,300 So you make sure you make yourself known to somebody at 580 00:31:26,300 --> 00:31:29,600 the end and we will sit with you and just give you something to 581 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:31,100 help you in your journey going forward. 582 00:31:31,300 --> 00:31:33,100 Wonderful brilliant. Let's start with welcome my 583 00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:35,300 sister into the kingdom of God. That's brilliant. 584 00:31:42,100 --> 00:31:44,400 So since we are surrounded by such a great, cloud of 585 00:31:44,408 --> 00:31:48,200 witnesses, let us throw off, you deciding today to throw off 586 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:51,700 anything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, 587 00:31:51,700 --> 00:31:54,500 us. Somebody here needs to know 588 00:31:54,500 --> 00:31:58,400 you're forgiven today. You've been doing something, you 589 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:01,700 know, is wrong but just as you've come back to him today 590 00:32:01,700 --> 00:32:03,500 and said, sorry, he's completely forgiven. 591 00:32:03,500 --> 00:32:04,700 You, you don't need to say sorry. 592 00:32:04,700 --> 00:32:07,900 Again, you just need to do live differently, turn away from it. 593 00:32:09,700 --> 00:32:12,100 And let us run with perseverance, the race marked 594 00:32:12,100 --> 00:32:15,700 out for us. Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the 595 00:32:15,700 --> 00:32:19,000 Pioneer and Perfecter of faith for the joy set, before him, he 596 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,400 endured the cross, scorning, its shame sat down at the right hand 597 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:26,200 of the Throne of God, consider him who endured such opposition 598 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:30,100 from Sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. 599 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:40,100 whatever he says to you when I say yes, Thank you, Pastor 600 00:32:40,100 --> 00:32:42,100 season for that wonderful message. 601 00:32:42,100 --> 00:32:45,200 And if you've decided that you want to follow Jesus today, we 602 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:48,200 would love to pray with you and help you on your journey. 603 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:52,300 So, get in touch with us here at one church and now it's time for 604 00:32:52,300 --> 00:32:59,700 your family news for coming up. Next week, we have one church 605 00:32:59,700 --> 00:33:02,100 together. All of our sites are meeting at 606 00:33:02,100 --> 00:33:06,200 9:15 or 11:30 at the one Center in frog Island. 607 00:33:06,300 --> 00:33:09,000 We would love Of to see you there, especially as it's our 608 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:13,000 last morning together before, renovation Works begin at number 609 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:16,000 10. Second of all, if you can't join 610 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:19,600 us on that morning, then why not join us at 11:30 on the One 611 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:22,500 Church, YouTube channel will be live, streaming the service so 612 00:33:22,500 --> 00:33:26,300 we can all join in together. On the 17th of February. 613 00:33:26,300 --> 00:33:30,300 We have United, why a join with other young adults, from around 614 00:33:30,300 --> 00:33:33,200 the city for an evening of worship, as well as getting to 615 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:36,700 know each other, it's at the to Funky Music Cafe to pound on. 616 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:41,900 On the door and you are invited and finally, get excited because 617 00:33:41,900 --> 00:33:44,400 this February half-term School's Out holiday. 618 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:47,000 Clubs are back. More information will follow 619 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:50,100 next week, including how you can get involved and how you can 620 00:33:50,100 --> 00:33:51,800 invite children to come along too. 621 00:33:52,100 --> 00:33:57,100 But for now save the dates, the 21st of the 23rd of February and 622 00:33:57,100 --> 00:33:59,000 that has been your family News 4. 623 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:03,300 The Lord bless you and keep you the Lord. 624 00:34:03,300 --> 00:34:06,600 Make his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you. 625 00:34:06,900 --> 00:34:10,400 The Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace. 626 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:03,300 The Lord bless you and keep you the Lord. 627 00:34:03,300 --> 00:34:06,600 Make his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you. 628 00:34:06,900 --> 00:34:10,400 The Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.