1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,080 My name is Dave. I'm one of the pastors here. 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:04,600 Resurrection. Let me ask you, thank you. 3 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:09,240 Have you ever been in a room where something happened that 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:14,640 nobody planned, not a good plan that worked out, a strategy that 5 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:20,240 paid off something that just happened and nobody could 6 00:00:20,240 --> 00:00:23,520 actually take credit for what just occurred? 7 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:30,760 It kind of reminds me of right before when my son Kevin came 8 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:34,600 into my life. By this time we had three 9 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:39,840 daughters, but we knew, my wife and I knew that God had a plan 10 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:44,360 for a son to be in our lives. We just didn't know how. 11 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:49,760 And we started fostering. One day we got a phone call. 12 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:56,280 They said would you like a son? OK. 13 00:00:56,280 --> 00:01:00,560 They didn't say like that, but that's what it was. 14 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:04,959 We knew this felt different. This is this is something. 15 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,720 So what did we tell them? No. 16 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:11,480 We told no. No. 17 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:14,000 With all our heart. We wanted to tell them yes. 18 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,440 But every bed in our house was full. 19 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:24,120 We had a foster child already. But we knew this felt different. 20 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:29,160 So I started thinking, while I'm on the phone telling these 21 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:31,920 people, no, we can't do it, I'm texting my sister. 22 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,920 You met her last week. Could you temporarily take a 23 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:39,960 child? I'm frantically texting, she 24 00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:45,880 said. Thank the Lord Kevin goes to my 25 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:49,720 sister's house in a little over a week. 26 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:55,640 Week and a half, we get news. Kevin's being moved, he's going 27 00:01:55,640 --> 00:02:01,480 closer to home, He's going out of town, out of reach of our 28 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:06,400 lives. And we're thinking, OK, God, 29 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:12,000 what does that actually mean? I guess this was not the boy for 30 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:16,360 us. The next day, another phone call 31 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:18,960 happens. It says, would you be interested 32 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,560 in Kevin coming to your house now? 33 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:27,320 I remember just standing there not knowing what to think. 34 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:28,520 Like, what are you talking about? 35 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:30,400 We'd know he left. He's gone. 36 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,200 He's not even in Bakersfield anymore. 37 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:38,000 We said, of course, yes, we have a bed now. 38 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:42,640 They said, great, he's on his way. 39 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:46,200 He'll be at your house in 30 minutes. 40 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:53,200 I didn't plan that. Who can plan something like 41 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:57,760 that? We just kept saying yes to phone 42 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:02,880 calls. In the middle of chaos. 30 43 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:08,320 minutes later, there's a knock on the door and Kevin is 44 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:12,960 delivered to us. I remember thinking this is this 45 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:16,480 is not possible. In fact, to this very day, no 46 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,400 child has ever been brought to our door. 47 00:03:21,640 --> 00:03:24,600 I did not do that. God did that. 48 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:29,600 And this is where we find ourselves in Acts chapter 2. 49 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:37,080 A God could only do this moment. We're three weeks into this one 50 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:40,400 a day one series, week 1. Pastor Daniel gave us a 51 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:43,680 statement that I think we're still wrestling with. 52 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:47,640 You don't need the plan, you need the power. 53 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:52,040 Last week in the message, the power showed up. 54 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:54,600 The Holy Spirit fell on the upper room. 55 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:58,760 The doors blew open. Outside the crowd, they thought 56 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:02,680 they were watching a circus, drunk people, chaos, noise. 57 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:05,600 Nobody knew what they were looking at. 58 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,600 Then Peter stood up and understand this, before Acts 59 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,880 chapter 2, this is the beginning of the church. 60 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,800 The church had been existing for about 15 minutes. 61 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,360 There's no building. There's no baking team, thank 62 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:24,000 you baking team. There's no budget. 63 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,360 There's no worship team. Wasn't worship amazing today 64 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:35,800 just a room full of people who got set on fire by the Holy 65 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:39,800 Spirit and the first thing the church ever does, the first 66 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:46,240 public act of the people of God was to open their mouth and to 67 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:52,160 proclaim the word of God, not organize, not plan, not create a 68 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:57,920 committee, just speak. Last week, Pastor Daniel talked 69 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:03,320 about the Tower of Babel. Humanity crawling their way to 70 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:08,200 God, building a tower, making a way to God, trying to reach 71 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:12,920 heaven their way, and God saying, no, I have none of this. 72 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:16,800 I'm going to scatter you all. I'm going to put a stop to this. 73 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,840 But right here, this is the reversal. 74 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:25,600 God doesn't wait for us to reach him anymore. 75 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:32,560 He comes down to us. He wants in our lives and what? 76 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:36,240 Peter stands up, He opens his mouth. 77 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:43,280 The things that got messed with in battle God starts putting 78 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:47,600 back together. Let's read Acts chapter 2 79 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:54,040 starting in verse 14. It says but Peter standing with 80 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:58,320 the 11th lifted up his voice and address them. 81 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:04,320 Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this thing be 82 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:08,400 known to you and give ear to my words. 83 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:14,120 For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it's only 84 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:18,520 the third hour of the day. But this is what was uttered 85 00:06:18,840 --> 00:06:23,560 through the prophet Joel right here. 86 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:28,440 The crowd thinks it's chaos. They think something went 87 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:30,080 sideways. They're confused, maybe a little 88 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:34,600 bit spooked. Peter's first move is not to 89 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,720 calm them down. It's not to explain, to be 90 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:43,840 logical. He reshapes the whole scene. 91 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:48,560 The prophecy has come 700 years earlier. 92 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:52,640 God told Joel, I'm going to pour out my spirit and all the people 93 00:06:52,840 --> 00:06:55,360 your sons and daughters will prophecy. 94 00:06:56,360 --> 00:07:00,120 I'm going to do something you have never seen before. 95 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:05,200 And Peter looks at the crowd and says what you think is disorder, 96 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:08,280 What you think is going horribly wrong. 97 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:16,960 God said this is coming and now the time has come. 98 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:23,120 This isn't chaos. This is a promise being kept 99 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:27,480 because some of you walked in today carrying something that 100 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:32,120 feels like disorder, something in your life feels like it went 101 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:35,800 sideways, maybe something in the church that feels like loss. 102 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:43,200 And you've been asking the question, what went wrong? 103 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:48,560 Peter is standing up in the middle of the mess saying that's 104 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:52,000 the wrong question. The right question is what is 105 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:56,400 God keeping His word about right now? 106 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:01,520 Because here we've witnessed and I've witnessed in my own life, 107 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:07,720 God does not get surprised. He doesn't scramble. 108 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:10,480 He's not looking down and saying, oh, I don't know what's 109 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:12,880 happening. I didn't see that coming. 110 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:17,640 Let me adjust my plan. What looks like disorder was God 111 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:23,240 keeping his word. That's not a bumper sticker. 112 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:28,640 That's Acts chapter 2, verse 22 says this. 113 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:36,840 Men of Israel hear these words. Jesus of Nazareth, a man 114 00:08:36,919 --> 00:08:41,679 attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and 115 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:45,600 signs that God did through him in your midst. 116 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:55,320 As you yourselves know, this is Jesus delivered up according to 117 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:59,160 the different plan and the foreknowledge of God. 118 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:05,880 You crucified him. You crucified and killed by the 119 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:11,960 hands of lawless men. God raised him up, losing the 120 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:17,080 pangs of death because it was not possible for him to be held 121 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:22,520 by it. We have to feel the weight of 122 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:27,400 this moment. Pentecost brings every nation to 123 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,360 Jerusalem. Hundreds of thousands of people 124 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,800 come to the city. God didn't craft this moment 125 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:37,320 silently. He had 50 days to bring the 126 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:39,800 Spirit to the people. He could have done it any of 127 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:44,000 those days. But he waited until Pentecost, 128 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:49,440 until hundreds of thousands of people, people were in the city. 129 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:56,480 Because when God moves, he moves so people don't miss it. 130 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:01,440 And Peter doesn't soften it. He doesn't ease into God's plan. 131 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:05,080 He looks at the crowd. It's the same crowd that was 132 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:11,480 there when Jesus was crucified. And he says you did this. 133 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:19,880 In fact, God knew you were going to do this and he sent Jesus 134 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:24,240 anyways. That's the Gospel in two 135 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:28,160 sentences. Now you're basically good people 136 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:32,400 and God is proud of you. No, you did the worst thing 137 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:41,840 imaginable and God used it to do the best thing possible. 138 00:10:43,560 --> 00:10:49,520 Verse 36 Let all the House of Israel therefore know for 139 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:56,280 certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus 140 00:10:56,280 --> 00:11:01,360 whom you crucified. Now when they heard this, they 141 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:05,520 were cut to the heart. And Peter said, and the rest of 142 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:11,280 the apostles, brothers, what shall we do? 143 00:11:12,560 --> 00:11:20,000 Cut to the heart, not inspired, not motivated, not challenged, 144 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:24,840 Cut, pierced. There's a difference. 145 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:31,680 Inspiration is a spark, motivation is a flame. 146 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:37,680 But the cut of conviction is like a burning fire that won't 147 00:11:37,680 --> 00:11:42,880 let you stay where you are. There are things in my life that 148 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:47,560 have become convictions. Not opinions, not preferences. 149 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:51,320 Oh, conviction isn't something you have to talk yourself into, 150 00:11:51,680 --> 00:11:55,240 it's something you've been trying to talk yourself out of. 151 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:03,560 There are times when I have said I believe, but my calendar is 152 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:05,800 full of everything except time with God. 153 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:11,440 Or I will give everything God but tithing? 154 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:15,560 That's an afterthought when I'm comfortable with it. 155 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:21,800 And the people who hurt me, man, they never know I follow a God 156 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:29,200 that says forgive them. Convictions like the person that 157 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:34,360 keeps coming into your mind. You keep reminded I should tell 158 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:43,520 them about Jesus or having a prayer life in theory or 159 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:49,640 convictions that are slowly becoming calloused less and less 160 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:54,040 week by week because he tried to deal with it, but you aren't 161 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:58,800 willing to radically change your life or your lifestyle to make a 162 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:04,400 change. Peter didn't produce that 163 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:07,920 conviction. He wasn't in a nice church. 164 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,160 He didn't have lights and a fog machine. 165 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:13,560 Shoot, he didn't even know he's going to wake up and preach that 166 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:20,400 day. He just opened his mouth, spoke 167 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:25,040 and the Spirit did the surgical work. 168 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:32,480 That's how it still works today. Verse 38 Peter goes on, he says 169 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:42,360 and Peter said to them repent, meaning regret the sinful things 170 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:46,680 that are happening that you're doing in your life and most 171 00:13:46,680 --> 00:13:49,760 importantly run, run from those things. 172 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:55,440 He continues and be baptized everyone of you in the name of 173 00:13:55,440 --> 00:14:00,800 Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins and you will 174 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:04,920 receive the gift of the Holy Spirit for the promise is for 175 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:12,360 you and for your children and for all who are far off every 176 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:20,320 everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself all all who are 177 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:27,120 far off our community groups that spent the last six weeks 178 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:34,000 learning learning how to reach people who are far from God. 179 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:39,600 Six weeks talking about how to open the door, how to invite 180 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:45,160 somebody in, and Peter uses these exact words. 181 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:48,880 We didn't stumble upon this in Acts 2. 182 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:53,760 This spirit brought us here. He's been planning it this 183 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:57,560 entire time. And if you're skeptical about 184 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:04,960 all of this, can I say somebody invited you or you felt the need 185 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:08,760 to show up and you're hearing this right now. 186 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:13,880 That's not chance, That's not luck. 187 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:18,440 That's the same Spirit working in your life. 188 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:24,920 Verse 40 and with many other things, he bore witness and 189 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:30,680 continue to exhort them saying save yourself from this crooked 190 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:32,800 generation. Sounds familiar. 191 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:37,440 So those who receive His word were baptized. 192 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:47,920 They were added that day about 3000 souls, 3000 from 120 people 193 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:52,440 in the upper room. No venue, no bands, no 194 00:15:52,440 --> 00:16:02,360 marketing, 1 sermon, 1 moment, 1 Spirit filled afternoon, and 195 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:05,600 3000 people gave their life to Christ. 196 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:10,320 Nobody planned that. Nobody strategized and stood up. 197 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:18,240 Peter just stepped into it, spoke, and the Spirit did what 198 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:22,680 the Spirit does. Pastor Daniel told us three 199 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:27,160 weeks ago, you don't need the plan, you need the power. 200 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:32,920 This is what the power actually looks like, what it actually 201 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:35,840 does in our lives. This is what happens when 202 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:41,720 ordinary people like you and me stop managing God and start 203 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:46,880 following Him. One spirit moment can produce 204 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:51,280 what years of careful planning never could. 205 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:59,000 Some of us think that was That was 1000 years ago, that was 206 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,280 Pentecost, that was the early church. 207 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:05,960 We don't get that anymore. I reject that. 208 00:17:06,319 --> 00:17:10,000 Don't you dare shrink the Holy Spirit down to a history lesson. 209 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:16,240 The same spirit that set that upper room on fire lives in the 210 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:21,640 believer. Now let me tell you what that 211 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:26,079 looks like for me. On a Wednesday a while back, one 212 00:17:26,079 --> 00:17:27,760 of our students brought a friend. 213 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:31,720 Somebody I've never met just showed up to youth group. 214 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:37,640 I introduced myself and immediately the spirit tells me 215 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:43,560 this person is hurting. They tell me their name and I 216 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:47,200 don't know why I asked this. I don't know other than spirit 217 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:50,480 speaking through me. I say, who left your house? 218 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:52,120 Was it your mom or was it your dad? 219 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:59,400 No background, no warning signs. I don't know what I'm walking 220 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:01,520 into. I'm not qualified for this type 221 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:08,920 of thing. I'm just there and this kid, no 222 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:13,240 hesitation, opens up, starts talking about his home life, 223 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:18,560 everything he's caring. Probably hasn't said these words 224 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:21,040 out loud to anybody that actually cared before. 225 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:27,600 I didn't plan that. I didn't train for that. 226 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:35,920 I just asked a question that the spirit put in my mouth, because 227 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:38,480 the spirit knew exactly what that child needed. 228 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:43,400 And how do you to use an unqualified person like me? 229 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:50,120 That same spirit lives in you, believer in the Old Testament. 230 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:55,400 The Spirit would rest on a person for a specific reason for 231 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:59,000 a specific season, and then it would lift. 232 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:04,320 Kings lost it. Prophets wondered if it would 233 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:07,240 stay David. Literally pray, don't take your 234 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:12,680 Spirit from me. That's not what this is and acts 235 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:16,080 to. The Spirit is not clocking in on 236 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:18,160 Sunday and then clocking out in the parking lot. 237 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:23,920 The same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead lives in 238 00:19:24,120 --> 00:19:26,440 you. The Spirit of the living God 239 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:30,600 lives in every believer permanently. 240 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:38,400 You are walking around with the same power that produced 3000 241 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:43,880 believers in one afternoon. The question is, the question 242 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,440 isn't whether the Spirit is available. 243 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:53,960 The question is, are we willing to move when He moves? 244 00:19:55,920 --> 00:20:01,280 You can't make the wind blow. You can't make the spirit move. 245 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:11,960 But we can raise our sails. We can be there when He calls us 246 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:15,240 to be. We can open our mouth and speak 247 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:20,360 when He needs us to. That's our application for this 248 00:20:20,360 --> 00:20:22,680 week. Not a program, not a checklist. 249 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:27,760 One conversation. One moment this week where Jesus 250 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:31,560 is the most relevant thing you could possibly say to someone 251 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:35,200 else. Instead of going quiet, instead 252 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:39,720 of not talking, we spent six weeks learning how to reach 253 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:42,520 people far from God. The Spirit has been in your 254 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:49,200 living rooms week after week. You don't need to have it all 255 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:55,240 figured out, Peter didn't. You just need to raise your sail 256 00:20:57,280 --> 00:21:00,920 and open your mouth and speak as the Lord leads you. 257 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:06,960 The Spirit will do the rest. That's walking into Monday 258 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:12,400 morning with an open mind, not with a plan locked down. 259 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,000 I know what I'm going to do this week. 260 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:18,000 That's asking God. Where are you already moving God 261 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:25,760 and how can I get in on that? Because 3000 people, it didn't 262 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:28,160 happen because Peter had a great strategy. 263 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:34,600 It'd be it happened because the Spirit showed up and they were 264 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:40,760 willing to step into it. So how do we get this meaningful 265 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:45,200 conversation this week? 3 different ways. 266 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:52,920 Number one, pray for somebody by name, not a group, one person, 267 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:56,000 somebody that's on your mind, somebody that you know that's 268 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:59,520 far from God, somebody you know that's hurting. 269 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:02,800 Pray for them every day this week. 270 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:07,000 Ask the Spirit to soften their hearts. 271 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:11,840 Ask Him to give you the courage and to be bold and to be present 272 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:19,280 when the moment comes #2 find that moment and ask them a real 273 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:22,920 question not the drive by questions. 274 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:28,440 How are you doing? An eye contact, a sit down maybe 275 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:32,320 ask them how are you actually doing. 276 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:36,920 I want the real version not the American answer. 277 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:42,360 You will be amazed what people tell you when you actually care 278 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:51,560 about them #3 let them talk, let them talk. 279 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:54,560 That's the hardest thing for me. Let them talk. 280 00:22:57,360 --> 00:23:01,120 Let the Spirit lead your discussion. 281 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:04,800 Be praying in that moment. You don't need your speech 282 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:06,480 ready. You don't need your theology 283 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:08,760 figured out. You don't have to have an answer 284 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:11,000 for every question. In fact, if you tell them, I 285 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:12,760 don't know they're going to respect you more. 286 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:18,960 But you care for them enough to be present, to be genuine. 287 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:22,360 The Spirit knows what this person needs. 288 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:27,880 Your job is to show up and be there. 289 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:31,160 Peter didn't have this figured out. 290 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:38,440 He just stepped into it and the Spirit did what the Spirit does. 291 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:44,800 Maybe this feels overwhelming to you. 292 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:52,400 Maybe the last season has felt more like loss than harvest. 293 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:56,840 Maybe something feels like disorder that's been just 294 00:23:56,840 --> 00:24:04,120 weighing in on You hear this, Peter preached to a a crowd 295 00:24:04,120 --> 00:24:12,000 standing in the middle of chaos, thousands of people not 296 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:18,560 understanding what's going on. I tell you, God is not done with 297 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:22,480 your story. He's not scrambling. 298 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:27,680 He's not adjusting his plan. What looks like disorder God 299 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:29,960 already knew was going to happen in your life. 300 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:40,440 But maybe, maybe you don't have the power I'm talking about. 301 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:46,320 There's a reason for that. You can't buy this power. 302 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:50,960 You can't earn it. You can't manufacture it. 303 00:24:50,960 --> 00:25:00,400 No matter how hard you try. It's a gift. 2000 years ago a 304 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:07,640 man came to Earth and he earned the right to give this power 305 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:12,840 away for free. Jesus lived a perfect life, a 306 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:20,960 sinless life that you and I could never live, so that we, 307 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:32,000 you and I who are broken, messy, sinful people, could receive the 308 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:36,200 free gift that he paid for with his life. 309 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:43,120 That's the good news of Jesus. That's why 3000 people gave 310 00:25:43,120 --> 00:25:46,440 their lives to following Jesus that afternoon. 311 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:52,320 Every single person started in the same place. 312 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:59,200 Cut to the heart, sitting with a burning conviction. 313 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:04,640 A conviction you can't explain, asking the same question. 314 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:08,200 What do I do with this? Peter gave them. 315 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,720 The same answer he's giving you right now. 316 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:15,120 Repent from your sins. Run from them. 317 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:23,120 Commit to following Jesus. Receive what he. 318 00:26:23,120 --> 00:26:27,120 Already paid for. He paid for. 319 00:26:27,360 --> 00:26:33,240 By dying for you and gives you forgiveness it. 320 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:37,000 Gives you salvation. Romans 10/9 says if you confess 321 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:42,080 with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart 322 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:46,520 that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 323 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,160 Or with the heart one. Believes and. 324 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:55,160 Is saved and. Is justified and with a mouth. 325 00:26:55,360 --> 00:26:58,640 One confess confesses and is saved. 326 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:06,880 In the spirit of. God lives within you and. 327 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,440 It looks so. Different when you have the 328 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:14,080 spirit, people are going to ask why are. 329 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:17,640 You different, they won't understand. 330 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,800 It you have patience, that doesn't make sense. 331 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:25,400 Peace that has. No business being there. 332 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:30,760 Joy in the middle. Of hard, hard things. 333 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:36,560 The same spirit. That moved in Acts 2 is in. 334 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:37,520 This room, right? Now. 335 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:45,160 He's still producing. Thousands from 120. 336 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:49,680 He's not. Done yet? 337 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:55,600 There's somebody in. This room that needs a chance to 338 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:59,200 tell God you believe you surrender to Him. 339 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:03,920 That chances right? Now. 340 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:07,240 Let's bow our. Heads in prayer. 341 00:28:12,500 --> 00:28:16,100 If you're ready. To surrender your life to Jesus 342 00:28:16,100 --> 00:28:19,220 today you. Can do that. 343 00:28:19,220 --> 00:28:24,020 Right now. Just talk to him. 344 00:28:24,260 --> 00:28:28,660 You don't need perfect words, He already knows your heart. 345 00:28:30,380 --> 00:28:32,500 Pray something. Like this or similar. 346 00:28:32,660 --> 00:28:35,520 Jesus, I. Know. 347 00:28:36,120 --> 00:28:40,440 I can't save myself. I repent from. 348 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:47,760 My sins, I'm done running from you, and now I'm running to you. 349 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:53,520 Today I receive. Your forgiveness. 350 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:58,000 I receive. Your spirit. 351 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:07,200 I receive the. Promises never leaving me be, my 352 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:11,680 Lord Jesus. If you pray. 353 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:17,160 That for the very first time, would you be brave for me to see 354 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:20,560 by raising your hand? I see your hand. 355 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:25,960 Anybody else you may. Put. 356 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:30,640 Your hand in. In Jesus name. 357 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:35,560 Everybody says Amen if. You just prayed. 358 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:37,280 That prayer for the very first time. 359 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:44,920 Welcome to the family of God. In a moment, we're all. 360 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:48,240 Going to stand, we're going to sing one song. 361 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:53,680 Our prayer team is going to come forward and I encourage you to 362 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:57,720 pray with them about anything, and I mean anything. 363 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,160 There's tables in the back between now and. 364 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:04,520 Before you leave, please stop by the I raised my hand table. 365 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:09,880 We have. A book for you we want to 366 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:14,000 celebrate with you we want to take the first steps of you 367 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:20,320 accepting God with you Prayer team come forward may the. 368 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:23,520 Spirit. Who lives in you? 369 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:29,360 Now move. Move you and you follow him.