1 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:13,320 So our teaching scripture this morning is from the book of 2 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:18,000 Haggai, chapter one. It says in the second year of 3 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:23,080 King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the 4 00:00:23,080 --> 00:00:26,960 Lord came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of 5 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:32,280 Sheeltiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak 6 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:35,520 the high priest. And this is what the Lord 7 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:40,200 Almighty says. These people say the time has 8 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:43,120 not yet come for the Lord's house to be built. 9 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:46,800 Then the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai. 10 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:51,400 Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your panelled 11 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,960 houses, while this house remains a ruin? 12 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:58,200 Now this is what the Lord Almighty says. 13 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:01,240 Give careful thought to your ways. 14 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:05,120 You have planted much but harvested little. 15 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:10,080 You eat, but never have enough. You drink but never have your 16 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:12,720 fill. You put on clothes but are not 17 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:15,800 warm. You earn wages only to put them 18 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:20,160 in a purse with holes in it. This is what the Lord Almighty 19 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:22,600 says. Give careful thought to your 20 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,840 ways. Go up into the mountain and 21 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:29,840 bring down timber and build the house, so that I may take 22 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,680 pleasure in it and be honored, says the Lord. 23 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:37,720 You expected but much, but see, it turned out to be little. 24 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:40,600 What you brought home I blew away. 25 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:45,920 Why, declares the Lord Almighty, because of my house, which 26 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:50,400 remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with his own house. 27 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:55,720 Therefore, because of you, the heavens have withheld their due, 28 00:01:55,960 --> 00:02:00,200 and the earth its crops. I called for a drought on the 29 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:04,600 fields and the mountains, on the grain, the new wine, the oil, 30 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:09,360 and whatever the ground produces, on people in livestock 31 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:15,880 and on the labor of your hands. Then Zerubbel son of Sheel, TL 32 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:19,840 Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the whole 33 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:24,600 remnant of the people obeyed the voice of the Lord their God and 34 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:27,840 the message of the prophet Haggai, because the Lord their 35 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:32,040 God had sent him, and the people feared the Lord. 36 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:39,400 This is the word of the Lord. So as some of you gathered and 37 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:42,480 also Thomas said, I'm Carl, I'm one of the, the pastors here, 38 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:46,040 honored to be a part of the teaching team. 39 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:49,560 Super, super fun group right now. 40 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:53,080 I hope you guys are enjoying the different ways people are 41 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:58,600 bringing their, their past in perspective on this unified book 42 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:02,800 of the 12, which is what we're preaching on today. 43 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:07,000 We're in the, the minor profits is what we call them. 44 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,360 As we've been discussing throughout, they're not minor 45 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:13,320 because they're unimportant or because they're under 18, but 46 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:19,640 because they're short. And the compilers gathered these 47 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:24,040 these short writings together from a long period of history. 48 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:28,200 These are not like like sequels in a book, right? 49 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,520 Like this happened and then this happened and, and the profits 50 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:34,560 did not show up on a like super fixed schedule either. 51 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:37,400 Like, oh, it's about a decade. So it's profit time. 52 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:42,360 These were were prophetic writings and sayings and then 53 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,280 and prophets of the Lord sent from a big hundreds of years of 54 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,200 time that were brought together into this book, the book of the 55 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:54,040 12, which we we decompiled and put their names on it in the 56 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:58,040 Bible that we use today. And and yeah, some of them are 57 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:01,000 so short. 2 weeks ago when we did Obadiah, I made him read the 58 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,880 whole thing, but it's only it's like 2 minutes long. 59 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:09,520 I was tempted because the book we're doing today is also very 60 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:12,360 short, but it's a it's, it's like 6 minutes read out loud. 61 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:13,960 And I'm like, yeah, nobody's got time for that. 62 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:19,040 So we just read a chunk of it. Oh, so the book we're doing 63 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:26,120 today, Hag I or Haggy Eye? I was raised haggy eye friends, 64 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:27,720 and I'm going to have to say Haggy Eye. 65 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,320 If it weirds you out, just forgive me. 66 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:31,880 I, I hope you can, you can go with it. 67 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:39,400 So, so, yeah, so this book of the 12 was brought together by 68 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:44,440 the compilers, as with much other prophetic literature that 69 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:50,800 is in the Scripture, it is like a toolbox for us where we can 70 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:55,480 select the stories that are appropriate to the moments that 71 00:04:55,480 --> 00:05:01,080 we're in a as you're in the process of study or as we 72 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:04,640 together are, are are learning together, we look for what what 73 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:09,440 works for the world today. What's the truth about God and 74 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:13,040 about humanity and a where's the invitation to turn to God's way 75 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:15,840 that's appropriate to today. So that's what these these are 76 00:05:15,840 --> 00:05:18,760 these are tools that we can use story tools. 77 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:24,800 But if we if we take them overly flatly, if we read these stories 78 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,480 super flat, they're not very useful tools. 79 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:32,720 And in fact, Haggai is a great example of like uselessness if 80 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:34,680 you don't read it right with some thought. 81 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:38,320 So, yeah. So let's we, we, we did like the 82 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:39,920 beginning of the story. Let's throw that scripture back 83 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:44,440 up there. And in the beginning we, we say 84 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,840 this is what the Lord says this is, we start at verse 2. 85 00:05:47,840 --> 00:05:50,040 Verse one is just like, hey, it's Haggai. 86 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:57,000 So the time people say it's, it's a little twisty. 87 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,480 And in fact, there's a fair bit of sass in my reading of this. 88 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,320 But like, so this is what the Lord God says. 89 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:06,760 These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the 90 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:10,320 God's house. Go ahead And the, the word Lord 91 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:13,200 came. And so this is God speaking to 92 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:16,760 the people. Is it time for you yourselves to 93 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:20,200 be living in panelled houses? Like is it panelled house time 94 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:22,440 or God's house time? Just I'm just unclear. 95 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:24,840 Could you, could you clarify this for me? 96 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:31,440 While this house remains are ruined, gone, be careful, give 97 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:34,200 careful thought to your ways. This is a repeated refrain 98 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:38,440 throughout this this text. You keep planning stuff, but you 99 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:40,560 don't get enough. When you harvest, you eat and 100 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:43,080 eat and you're not full. You drink and you're you're not 101 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:44,800 full. You put on clothes and you're 102 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:46,440 not warm. And I love this. 103 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,200 Y'all warned wages. You put them in a purse with 104 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,160 holes in it. This is like some bars here. 105 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,560 It's a diss track. So Scott says. 106 00:06:56,720 --> 00:07:01,280 So why don't you go up to the mountains, get some timber and 107 00:07:01,280 --> 00:07:04,840 build my house so I may take pleasure in it and be honored 108 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:11,400 You expected much? Well yeah. 109 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:16,760 And it and it goes on in this vein, sort of just a reiteration 110 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,240 like, hey, things aren't working out for you as you're doing what 111 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:25,000 you're doing. So yeah, for time. 112 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:26,200 We'll move on. So. 113 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:30,320 So God, the the summary of this section is you're living in your 114 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:37,080 houses when you haven't built my house and things have not been 115 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:39,480 good for you. And then what happens in the 116 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:44,560 text actually go to go to the next one, one more. 117 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:52,640 Then Zerubbabel, son of Chauthiel, etcetera, obeyed the 118 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:56,600 voice of the Lord. So if we read this super flatly, 119 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:01,080 the story is God said, do this thing and then they did all 120 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:03,240 right, everybody have a great day. 121 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:06,920 What do you, you can't take anything from that if you read 122 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:10,320 it too flatly. So and then it goes on. 123 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:14,160 Chapter 2 is a reiteration. God says in chapter 2, hey, keep 124 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:15,560 building the house, I'll be with you. 125 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:19,000 And he says that he mentions just in passing that you were 126 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,760 defiled people and everything you do is defiled, but you will 127 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:26,840 be blessed. So that's good in chapter 2, a 128 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:30,480 quick side note here, you can take this down in the in the 129 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:33,360 chapter 2 section. The reason that we have to 130 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:37,520 return and re encourage them after they already said yes, 131 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:39,400 like you'd think they obeyed and that's the end of the text. 132 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:42,280 But we returned to it because they stopped and why did they 133 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:45,040 stop? Well, the people in the land 134 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:49,240 were trying to stop them from doing this work from from 135 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:55,080 building the temple. And in fact, it culminates it 136 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:58,000 makes reference to it in Hagia basically that the the people 137 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:59,640 were opposing them and discouraging them. 138 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:05,160 In Ezra, which is history, there's a series of an account 139 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:08,760 of administrative letters like with real, like I'd like to 140 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:13,040 speak to your manager energy that's coming from this. 141 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:16,000 And and there's like they wrote a letter to him and they lied 142 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,840 about him, like saying like these guys are trying to raise 143 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:21,520 up an army against you. And then the king is like, stop 144 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:22,520 that. And then later on, So I was 145 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:23,840 like, what are you doing? And they're like, we have 146 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:25,320 permission and then they get permission. 147 00:09:25,680 --> 00:09:30,120 So if you're interested in the administrative bureaucratic back 148 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:32,960 and forth, which is actually, I just love that it's in the 149 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:34,360 Bible. It's super fascinating. 150 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:40,200 Early accounts of what my brother calls Karen energy. 151 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:43,200 If you'll excuse, definitely check that out. 152 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:45,160 But, but, but I'm not going to get into that any more than that 153 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,840 for now. So then we we finish up with at 154 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:54,240 the end of Haggai 2, the word of the Lord came to Haggai a second 155 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:56,160 time on the 24th day of the month. 156 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:59,720 Tell Suruba Bell, Governor of Judah, that I'm going to shake 157 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:03,280 the heavens and the earth. I will overturn royal Thrones 158 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:05,240 and shatter the power of the foreign kingdoms. 159 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,760 I will overthrow the Chariots and their drivers. 160 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:12,760 The horses and the riders will fall each by the sword of his 161 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:15,880 brother on that day, declares the Lord Almighty. 162 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:20,160 I will take you my servant Zerubbabel son of Shaltiall, 163 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:22,640 declares the Lord. And I will make you like my 164 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:27,120 signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the Lord Almighty. 165 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:33,120 OK this is much more like the prophetic style text that we're 166 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:34,680 used to. The first part of the story is 167 00:10:34,680 --> 00:10:37,280 like they said to obey and then they did and we're done. 168 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:42,400 And this has got like this the storm and Rong the, the big 169 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:46,160 noises that we would expect from, from from prophetic 170 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:48,920 literature. And we have a fourth telling of 171 00:10:49,680 --> 00:10:53,320 future things that are going to happen here, Although it is, 172 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:56,800 it's, it's vague. And as we've been discussing and 173 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:00,160 discussed a couple weeks ago, what's being prophesied here, 174 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:05,680 the shaking of the heavens and the earth is the ending of 175 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:09,240 Babylonian oppression and things like that. 176 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:12,440 So and, and then later on the fall of the second temple as 177 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:14,920 well. So probably the future telling 178 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:20,480 portion has already happened. So. 179 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:24,680 So let's then take this story apart and look at what what's 180 00:11:24,680 --> 00:11:26,720 useful about it? What, what can we see in here 181 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:28,480 that are truths that we can work with? 182 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:30,080 What, what does our tool really look like? 183 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:37,160 I want to in the course of studying for this, I came up 184 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:40,440 upon a commentary that made reference to a translation I had 185 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:43,440 never heard of before. And I like this translation so 186 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,160 much that I have to read to you. But you have to bear with me 187 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:48,920 because this translation is the Darby translation. 188 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:50,800 Any Darby fans? No, no Darby fans. 189 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:57,040 It's from 1890 and what it was at the time. 190 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:01,400 Darby was a prolific translator, very involved in a lot of Bible 191 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:04,040 translation projects, and he wanted to write something that 192 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:06,840 would be accessible to read for lay people. 193 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:10,680 So it's kind of like the message of 1890 in certain ways. 194 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:13,240 We're just really trying to get concepts across. 195 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:22,520 So in the Darby translation we have this Thus speaketh Jehovah 196 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:25,800 of hosts saying this. People say the time has not 197 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:28,320 come, the time that Jehovah's house should be built. 198 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:32,760 Go on. And the word of Jehovah came by 199 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:37,040 Hagia the prophet saying, is it time that ye should dwell in 200 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:41,040 your wainscoted houses while this house lieth waste? 201 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:43,680 And this is the part that I really liked and I had to put up 202 00:12:43,680 --> 00:12:47,480 there because panelled houses is what we have in the NIV and in 203 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:50,840 fact most of the translations, but it doesn't give us all of 204 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:53,720 the understanding. Now who knows what wainscoding 205 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:55,400 is? There's some some wainscoding 206 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:56,640 people, some non wainscoding people. 207 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:58,640 Did the picture work? Did it upload? 208 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:01,480 OK, we had a picture, but it is too holy for you to see. 209 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:04,360 So you'll have to use your imagination. 210 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:09,520 So wainscoting, this is fancy wood paneling, right, that you 211 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:11,320 would put on a house. And the concept here is like, 212 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:16,120 hey, you guys came here. The purpose for you coming was 213 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:20,000 to return to the worship of the Lord in the place the Lord gave. 214 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:23,200 And yet not only you, like you didn't build like a tent and 215 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:26,480 then you're like you're like doing fancy panelling work on 216 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:29,440 your houses. The word for panel that's used 217 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:33,240 in the text is the same word as like they panelled the roof of 218 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:35,520 the temple itself, right. This glorious place. 219 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:39,200 So it's it's wood covering, literally, but wainscoting, I 220 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:41,480 think really gets it. Hey you you guys are doing like 221 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:47,080 beadboard work and like fancy inlays while our house this 222 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:50,680 house layeth waste and I also like the the way it scans 223 00:13:50,680 --> 00:13:56,080 wainscoded houses while this house lies waste wainscoding. 224 00:13:57,680 --> 00:14:03,680 So the the the purpose here of the text in this first chapter 225 00:14:03,680 --> 00:14:08,120 at least is simple. You are storing up, you're 226 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:14,600 putting your value in your personal security instead of and 227 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:17,960 and even your own wealth, decorating houses instead of 228 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:20,440 doing the things of the Lord. You're turning to your own 229 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:24,560 comforts. And is it working out right? 230 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:28,240 We return to this passage. You plant much but harvest 231 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:30,440 little. You eat but never have enough. 232 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:33,280 You drink but are not full. You put on clothes and are not 233 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:35,560 warm. And then the particularly lovely 234 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:38,600 you put your wages in a purse with holes in it. 235 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:43,880 So it's not working out. You're trying to satisfy 236 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:47,840 yourself with the crops and the things you're trying to make 237 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:49,680 yourself comfortable. You're trying to make yourself 238 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,560 feel wealthy and it's not working out for you. 239 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:59,120 And then all the time you're ignoring and leaving aside that 240 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:03,000 which would which would satisfy that which would would be useful 241 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,360 and good for you in in the worship of the Lord. 242 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:10,520 We can take that tool idea, right, that that we should be 243 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:15,280 turning to the Lord's Lord for security and for identity as 244 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:18,880 opposed to ourselves. We can look to the parables of 245 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:21,440 Jesus. These are another toolbox that 246 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:23,960 we can look to where we have stories that are not about their 247 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:26,240 face meaning, they're about the deeper meanings, right? 248 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:33,440 So we have the parable of the rich fool from Luke 1216 to 21, 249 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:37,160 and he told them this parable, the ground of a certain man 250 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:40,880 yielded an abundant harvest. He thought to himself, what 251 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:43,040 shall I do? I have no place to store my 252 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:48,520 crops. So the implication here, we'll 253 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,400 get to this later in the text isn't like, oh shucks. 254 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:54,120 Like I, I don't have a barn. I have barn. 255 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:57,160 In fact, I have barns. But I am so abundant. 256 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:59,720 I am so wealthy. I literally don't know what to 257 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:01,360 do with it. Like I just don't. 258 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:04,440 Where do I put all my money? You guys such a problem. 259 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:11,240 So he says, I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones like 260 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:14,320 no problem, I'm rich enough. I'll just tear down all of my 261 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:16,920 existing barns, build bigger ones and, and there I will store 262 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:19,560 my surplus grain. And I say to myself, you have 263 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:21,680 plenty of grain laid up for many years. 264 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:26,040 Take life easy, drink and be merry like I did it. 265 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:28,640 I grew everything. I stored it up. 266 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:32,720 I win. I'll, I'll, I'll tell myself 267 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:36,880 this story about how, how wealthy I am now. 268 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,000 The the text goes in a different direction in a moment. 269 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:47,200 No, in a moment. But but we can imagine anyone 270 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:49,640 who's lived some life. Have you ever been at a place 271 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:53,080 where you're like, I made it? I've like, I'm satisfied I've 272 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:56,360 accomplished the things. How long did that feeling last 273 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:58,200 exactly? Was it a whole day? 274 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:03,640 How long was it before either it went away or the feeling 275 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:10,480 suddenly it wasn't enough anymore for me? 276 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:15,960 Like my ambition in life was to to to have a family, to to be 277 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:18,640 married, to have children. And on top of that, I, I was 278 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:20,960 able to be a part of an arts organization in Columbus. 279 00:17:21,599 --> 00:17:26,560 And so suddenly I realized when I was like 30 that I had 280 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:31,880 achieved all of my life goals and I was not satisfied. 281 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:36,880 It was a frightening time. So his story he's telling 282 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,480 himself isn't going to work out. And particularly because. 283 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:44,600 Because. Yeah, but God said to him, you 284 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:47,520 fool, this very night your life will be demanded from you. 285 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:51,520 Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself. 286 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:56,400 So in this story, hey, buddy, they call him the rich fool. 287 00:17:58,320 --> 00:17:59,560 You don't even get to keep that stuff. 288 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:02,400 You could die at any time. So you thought you were secure 289 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:05,120 in your wealth. That didn't work out. 290 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:10,240 Text goes on to say this is how it will be for whoever stores up 291 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:14,800 things for themself but is not rich toward God. 292 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:23,120 And I think, yeah, it's, it's fascinating. 293 00:18:23,120 --> 00:18:27,880 The word rich there is the root of the word plutocrat, Pluto. 294 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:31,960 And because I thought it was interesting, what does it mean 295 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:35,040 to be rich toward God? But it means to be like more 296 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:38,960 than generous, ample, full, in the same way that your, your 297 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:41,320 grain, you know, I don't even know what to do with it. 298 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:47,400 Like your attention, your love, your resources towards God 299 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:49,200 should be rich. That's what the text suggests. 300 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:53,200 So we have here in Jesus the same kind of a story. 301 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:54,480 Where do we store up our treasures? 302 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:57,960 Where do we get our security right that temporal things won't 303 00:18:57,960 --> 00:18:59,640 do? We, we learned this from Haggai 304 00:18:59,960 --> 00:19:03,240 and we learn it from Jesus here. So we have a tool that 305 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:05,760 emphasizes the meaning of the, the, the other tool that says, 306 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:07,160 hey, we're probably getting this right. 307 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:12,000 If we read Haggai to say that your security, your identity 308 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,680 comes from God and not from your belongings, that you're not 309 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:18,160 going to be satisfied or safe in what you do temporarily, then 310 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:20,520 we're probably reading it right because we're, we have Jesus 311 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:22,840 saying the same thing here in an even plainer way. 312 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:27,440 So you might notice that we could be done with the sermon 313 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:32,640 now, but we're not sorry. I mean, to throw you a curveball 314 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:41,120 for some of you in the room, this good news, hey, store up 315 00:19:41,120 --> 00:19:44,400 your treasures in heaven. This is good for you. 316 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:46,400 This is working. You're apprehending it, you're 317 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:48,840 getting it. This is the truth and the bread 318 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:51,680 and the life that you need. You're great. 319 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:53,840 God bless you. You couldn't take it easy for 320 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:58,040 the next couple of minutes for some of you, I hope maybe it's 321 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:03,120 just me, in which case, enjoy. But for me, when I hear store up 322 00:20:03,120 --> 00:20:06,640 your treasures in heaven, I've heard that since I was this many 323 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:10,960 and it doesn't hit like it used to. 324 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:13,440 When I was writing this sermon, I was like, oh, oh, it means 325 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:14,520 store up your treasures in heaven. 326 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:18,080 Cool. I heard that before and it just 327 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:21,440 doesn't. It didn't do anything for me. 328 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:24,480 And I knew that something was wrong. 329 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:26,760 You know, earlier when we were praying for the service, Jared 330 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:29,400 prayed that my heart would be broken as God's was broken. 331 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:31,520 And it wasn't broken here. It was hard. 332 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:39,360 And I think that that's because the way in which some of this 333 00:20:39,360 --> 00:20:43,000 text has been used in our lives or interpret or understand by 334 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:49,400 many of us who grew up in church, it inoculated US against 335 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:52,480 the true fire and meaning of this stuff. 336 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:56,280 OK. So, yeah, the the version I know 337 00:20:56,280 --> 00:21:00,800 is is from Matthew, right? Matthew 619 through 21. 338 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:03,720 Do not store up for yourself treasures on earth or moth and 339 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:05,960 vermin destroy where thieves break in as steel. 340 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:09,200 But store up for yourself treasures in heaven where moth 341 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,280 and vermin do not destroy and where thieves do not break in as 342 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:13,800 steel. For where your treasure is, 343 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,880 there your heart will be. Also store up your treasures in 344 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:20,680 heaven. We need to understand, as with 345 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:23,120 all of these stories, what we're talking about. 346 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:25,760 What is what are your treasures? What is heaven? 347 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:27,440 How does this supposed to actually work? 348 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:33,520 Like I was saying for me growing up, what this mostly meant 349 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:36,920 storing up your treasures in heaven meant don't be bad, 350 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:39,800 right? That was like a storing up your 351 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:42,320 treasure in heaven. Has anybody ever heard the 352 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:45,720 phrase we don't smoke, drink or chew or go with those who do? 353 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:52,680 This was common a long time ago. It was old when I was young, 354 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:58,440 which is longer and longer ago. The idea was like the Christians 355 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:02,680 were a people of like avoiding earthly pleasures. 356 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:05,520 That was our whole deal. Like, and it there was kind of a 357 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,120 sense in the don't we, you know, we store up our churches in 358 00:22:08,120 --> 00:22:11,080 heaven is like, I mean, clearly it looks like smoking and 359 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:13,640 drinking is pretty awesome, but we don't do that. 360 00:22:14,360 --> 00:22:17,520 But that's OK because every time you don't get to do something 361 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:21,000 awesome, you get a jewel in your crown in heaven, and it's going 362 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:25,000 to be great. And that was the way, whether it 363 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,520 was explicit or not, I learned this kind of thing. 364 00:22:28,120 --> 00:22:30,760 Maybe this is true for you, too. A sense of like, just be good. 365 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:33,200 Just do the good stuff. And like, yeah, you get to, you 366 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:35,000 can't. You're not going to have any 367 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,600 fun, obviously. But like, you get to have fun 368 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:44,040 later. And it builds a sense of 369 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:50,800 resentment, a resentment of people who are they can just do 370 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:54,360 whatever they want. And with this resentment, a 371 00:22:54,360 --> 00:22:58,120 growing sense that you might even anchor in the scripture of, 372 00:22:58,360 --> 00:22:59,800 you know, one day they're going to get theirs. 373 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:02,480 All these heathens out here with the smoking. 374 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:05,280 I'm real down on smoking today. My apologies. 375 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:09,880 They're one day they're going to get their punishment and I'm 376 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:13,480 going to get all my treasures when all this, you know, when 377 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:17,160 all this corrupt world burns away, I'm going to get mines and 378 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,840 they're going to get theirs. That's how it kind of SAT. 379 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,280 And it creates this divide between you and the world. 380 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:27,040 It creates this thing where you're secretly resentful of 381 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:29,760 what they have, but you're just waiting for them to get their 382 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:33,560 asses. I did it kicked two weeks ago. 383 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:34,600 I almost worked today. I did. 384 00:23:38,360 --> 00:23:40,720 And there was a sense of just holding on, holding on for dear 385 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:43,800 life, like white knuckling it, of not doing anything bad, 386 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:46,560 right? And the only thing active that 387 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:49,840 we were supposed to do was maybe tell people, hey, you 2 could 388 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:57,000 not have any fun. Just wait. 389 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:58,920 Wait around with me for everything to burn down. 390 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:00,640 And then you'll you know it's totally worth it. 391 00:24:01,120 --> 00:24:12,780 I swear this is just wainscoting again, right? 392 00:24:13,340 --> 00:24:19,560 Instead of putting our our, our, our sense of security, our sense 393 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:23,200 of belonging, our sense of feeling good, our search for 394 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:28,040 serotonin into external things, we just moved it into an 395 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:33,880 internal little house that we decorate just so we don't do 396 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:36,960 anything bad. We do good stuff. 397 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:40,680 We are perfect. You know, I have inspirational 398 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:44,720 quotes on my wall. Nothing against quotes, but we 399 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:53,280 have turned again to controlling for ourselves, our security, our 400 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:58,280 belonging, our happiness. We've seized that again. 401 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:03,160 And we just built and paneled a different house, even more 402 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,600 unfriendly maybe, than the one that is the heathistic one. 403 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:12,920 It's still not what it means to store up our treasures in 404 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:19,320 heaven. OK, So what does it mean? 405 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:26,720 What does it look like if it's not a future thing where I get 406 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,040 mines? What? 407 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:38,440 What is this heaven? Well, y'all, this is a Vineyard 408 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:41,160 church. And in the Vineyard church, we 409 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:45,280 believe in a thing called the Kingdom of God and we camp out 410 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:49,320 as this is a really close to this like Jesus is the center 411 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:50,880 and it's just like off to the right a little bit. 412 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,880 It's the Kingdom of God is vital to our theology. 413 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:55,760 What do I mean by the Kingdom of God? 414 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:57,200 Many of you have heard this before. 415 00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:59,800 If you haven't good you're you're lucky. 416 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:06,960 Kingdom of God is every place and way in which the will of 417 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:11,520 God, the good loving will of God is manifest. 418 00:26:12,120 --> 00:26:16,640 And so if we're looking at the Kingdom that way, that's heaven, 419 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:21,480 the Kingdom of God, right? We know that things have already 420 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:25,720 happened, that our God's will be made manifest, right? 421 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:29,600 And we know that things will happen, that the Kingdom will be 422 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:35,480 made complete and that things are happening now and now and 423 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:40,800 now always that the Kingdom has come and is coming and is coming 424 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:44,280 now. This is Kingdom of God yields 425 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:45,240 you. This is heaven. 426 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:49,840 And so this is where we are called to store our treasures 427 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:52,160 up. This is where we need to put 428 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:57,320 everything in on if we want to be moving in God's way, a way 429 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:00,800 that will be filling us increasingly with a sense of 430 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,800 belonging, security, and even some happiness sometimes. 431 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:07,920 So what what does that look like? 432 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:10,480 What's this Kingdom of God thing that I'm talking about? 433 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:14,000 We've, we, we talked about it in very broad terms. 434 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,400 We saw it called the already and the not yet still pretty 435 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:18,360 abstract. Let's get a little further with 436 00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:18,880 it. OK. 437 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:24,200 In Haggai, I read you before the section where Haggai is talking 438 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:27,680 about the time is coming will come where I will shake the 439 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:31,000 heavens and the earth, right? It says once again, I will shake 440 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:35,040 the heavens and the earth. And in the book of Hebrews, in 441 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:39,200 the New Testament, the author of Hebrews interprets that portion 442 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:42,000 for us. So let's look to that Hebrews. 443 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,480 This is from Hebrews 12/26 to 28. 444 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,240 At that time his voice shook the earth. 445 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:52,840 But now he has promised once more I will shake not only the 446 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:56,080 earth, but also the heavens. This is Hebrews. 447 00:27:56,080 --> 00:28:01,160 The words once more indicate the removing of that which can be 448 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:06,120 shaken, that has created things, so that what which cannot be 449 00:28:06,120 --> 00:28:09,400 shaken, that which cannot be shaken, will remain. 450 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:13,760 Therefore, since we're receiving a Kingdom that cannot be shaken, 451 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:18,480 let us be thankful and let us worship God acceptably with 452 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:22,480 reverence and awe. The unshakeable Kingdom. 453 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:26,520 Sign me up. If anything I have learned over 454 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:28,680 life, it is that so much is shakeable. 455 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:34,480 Even things that seem so solid can be shaken, and we're warned 456 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:37,440 they will be shaken. And so I'm very interested in 457 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:41,200 the unshakeable things, especially in this promise that 458 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:43,680 it was shaken and will not be shaken again, that that the 459 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:52,520 Kingdom of God is unshakable. In Matthew 22, Jesus has asked 460 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:56,920 teacher, what is the greatest commandment in the law? 461 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:04,080 Jesus replies, love the Lord your God with all your heart and 462 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:07,120 with all your soul and all your mind, and this is the first and 463 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:09,160 greatest commandment and the second is like it. 464 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:17,240 Love your neighbor as yourself. What I would to tell you today 465 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:21,280 is that I think that this, these commandments are about the 466 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:24,640 unshakeable Kingdom. Part of it is clear. 467 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,680 If there's anything that's unshakeable, it's God. 468 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:32,840 We believe that God is always there, unshakeable, always 469 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:37,400 loving. It is ongoing, but I have some 470 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,160 questions about the second part. How does that work? 471 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:45,040 What's unshakeable about people? Right? 472 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:53,040 People change, people pass away. There's a great essay called The 473 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:58,360 Weight of Glory by CS Lewis. You should read it almost 474 00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:01,640 immediately. But after church, it's 475 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:05,240 incredible. And he talks about this topic in 476 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:08,720 part. He talks about people, about the 477 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:12,880 glory that's within. And and he says this, there are 478 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:20,880 no ordinary people in your life. Hear me now listen, friends, in 479 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:25,560 your life, you have never talked to a mortal person ever. 480 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:31,840 Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations, those things that 481 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:36,440 seem so grand, those are mortal. They have come and they will go 482 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:42,560 and are going. Compared to humans, to people, 483 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:45,640 their life is like the life of a gnat. 484 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:50,840 But in your day-to-day, as you interact with people, it is 485 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:57,880 immortals whom you joke with, work with, marry, snub and 486 00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:03,040 exploit. The people in our life are 487 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:09,560 immortals. So if you're been thinking 488 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,760 you're the main character and they're the end non player 489 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:16,440 characters, you missed out. A Mystery of God is that 490 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:20,720 everyone is the main character because of God's deep love in 491 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:22,840 all of us and everyone lives forever. 492 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:27,320 Now Lewis has thoughts about what that looks like that we 493 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:31,560 won't go into now, but there are no ordinary people. 494 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,240 Think about what that means for you in your day-to-day, and 495 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:40,520 think about how much that elevates someone to the 496 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:44,840 unshakeable. While aspects of people change, 497 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:46,840 we start real small and we get bigger. 498 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:51,160 We live and die, we look different, that there is 499 00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:53,440 something immortal and unshakeable. 500 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:58,840 And so there must be something about how we interact with each 501 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:03,080 other that can speak to the unshakeability of a person. 502 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,760 And I and I return to the great commandment. 503 00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:09,880 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and love your 504 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:15,520 neighbor as yourself. The interactions that we have 505 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:18,600 with God are immortal and unshakeable. 506 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:20,680 The relationship you build with God. 507 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:28,720 Likewise, every time you express God's goodness to another 508 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:34,280 person, it is an immortal, unshakable act. 509 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:37,360 It is a true treasure in the Kingdom of God. 510 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:44,960 It counts and matters forever. Every tiny thing, every gesture 511 00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:48,280 of kindness, no matter how ephemeral it may be. 512 00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:54,480 A sandwich, a smile, a cup of coffee, only a moment, and yet 513 00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:59,760 an instrument of God's love expressed through you with the 514 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:03,640 unique truth of who you are in that love, to the fullness of 515 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:10,680 yourself in that moment. Messy love, momentary love, and 516 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:19,840 yet eternal. So we have to turn ourselves. 517 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:21,440 This is the encouragement of the book. 518 00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:24,800 Turn ourselves away from our wainscoting. 519 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:29,920 If you're a person that that is living wainscoting lifestyle in 520 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:33,600 in terms of like, I will be secure in what I have. 521 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:35,480 I got no problem with you having things. 522 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:38,240 I think the Lord gives us things to use and share. 523 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:42,280 I think that's great. But if you find yourself like 524 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:45,800 now I'm safe. I have enough money now I have a 525 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:50,760 nice enough car, like I have the right political opinions. 526 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:57,840 I have, I don't know, a four O 1K that's not going to do it. 527 00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:02,720 Likewise, if we find ourselves, I think all the right thoughts. 528 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:05,800 I am holy enough. I go to church on Sundays. 529 00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:07,600 I believe the right doctor. I thought about it. 530 00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:10,159 I've really got it nailed down to that's perfect. 531 00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:16,400 All wainscoting our relationships, the way in which 532 00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:20,440 we connect and express our love to God and to each other. 533 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:25,520 This is the treasure, and one flows from the other. 534 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:31,280 What does Jesus say in Matthew? The righteous will answer him. 535 00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:34,120 Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and 536 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:37,040 give you something to drink? When did we see you as stranger 537 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:39,199 and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 538 00:34:39,199 --> 00:34:42,040 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you? 539 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:46,719 The King will reply Truly, I tell you truly, this is the 540 00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:49,280 truth. Whatever you did for one of the 541 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:55,320 least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did to me. 542 00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:59,480 It's all one command really loving God. 543 00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:03,680 We extend into loving others. It's loving God also we returns 544 00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:06,560 and circles back. It's all just the expression of 545 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:10,160 God's love in US. Return to God, return to others, 546 00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:14,240 return to God and a beautiful dance. 547 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:22,240 So today I would encourage you, let's go ahead and stand and get 548 00:35:22,240 --> 00:35:31,000 the band up here. This is not a time for shame or 549 00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:36,360 or a a self condemnation. So when I ask you what I'm going 550 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:41,240 to ask you, I'm asking the Lord speaking in you for this, OK? 551 00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:45,680 Don't look for trouble. That's just another way to 552 00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:47,800 wainscot yourself by being even more perfect. 553 00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:53,400 But is there something in your life, whether it be spiritual or 554 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:56,760 temporal, that you've been turning to for a sense of 555 00:35:56,760 --> 00:36:00,320 identity, a sense of security, a sense of belonging and happiness 556 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:03,120 that is not flowing out of God's good love in your life? 557 00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:09,360 Is there a place where you can say, I'm going to turn away from 558 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:12,560 my wainscoting and turn to the Lord's way? 559 00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:17,600 And is there a place in your life or you're being called, 560 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:21,320 whether it be to a deeper relationship with God or to 561 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:26,760 deeper love to your brothers and sisters in the neighborhood, Let 562 00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:29,120 that echo with you. If there's something that you 563 00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:32,560 have a question about that this is striking you in a way that is 564 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:35,440 upsetting or inviting, I would invite you to come forward for 565 00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:38,840 prayer for that. And then if there's places in 566 00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:44,040 your life where you are missing out on some of these promises of 567 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:46,640 goodness, you're not feeling safe and secure even in the 568 00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:50,640 Lord, you're sick, you've got problems in your mind, in your 569 00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:52,920 heart. I would invite you to come and 570 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:56,120 ask for prayer because part of turning to the Lord for security 571 00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:58,040 is turning to the Lord and asking. 572 00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:01,120 And again, we have people here who will, who will pray with 573 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:05,720 you. This is a tremendous invitation. 574 00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:09,440 And it's, it's, it's the basics and it's also the hardest thing 575 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:11,960 you'll ever do. We're in a journey together.