1 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:14,160 Happy Monday, the happiest of Mondays. 2 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:16,840 It is. I mean, it's great. 3 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:22,200 Yeah, it's great coming off a big weekend. 4 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:24,240 Gosh, we just had so many things. 5 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:30,480 The the Hillcrest Choir concert on Thursday, that was great and 6 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:32,640 well attended too. You all came out and supported 7 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,200 the kids and enjoyed that Good Friday. 8 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:42,480 That service packed out as well Friday night and I personally 9 00:00:42,480 --> 00:00:45,240 had a fifth grade birthday party on Saturday. 10 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,760 Not all of you had that. I don't think or hope I don't. 11 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:54,120 I wouldn't wish that upon you. But then, yeah, Easter Sunday 12 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:57,120 gangbusters, Pastor Chris bringing the word, bringing the 13 00:00:57,360 --> 00:00:59,400 the resurrection logic. I liked it. 14 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,400 Well, I just, I'll give you a little peek into my prep 15 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:09,040 typically, like if I'm looking for Pete, like scholars and, and 16 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:12,920 commentators who I respect, I'll just, I'll go seek out what they 17 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:17,200 say about any given text. And I was kind of synthesizing 18 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:19,560 Augustine and Jonathan Edwards and Tim Keller. 19 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:23,320 And as I was synthesizing their ideas down into like kind of 1 20 00:01:23,320 --> 00:01:28,160 cohesive place, I was like, they're all just very rational 21 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:30,360 about this. There's, there's this, there's a 22 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:32,880 certain level of like logic to everything that they're saying. 23 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:36,600 And it's not, it's not that it lacks emotion or it lacks joy, 24 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,320 but they're just looking at it from a very scholarly 25 00:01:39,320 --> 00:01:41,440 perspective. And I was like, man, the three 26 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:43,800 of these people are telling me that there's a clear 27 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:45,960 resurrection logic to everything that's happening. 28 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:49,640 And so I once I grabbed that phrase, I just, I just ran and 29 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:51,920 there, there it was. No, it's great. 30 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:54,400 What do you, if that's so, that's what you do with the 31 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:56,400 scholars that you respect. What do you do with the ones 32 00:01:56,400 --> 00:02:02,360 that you don't respect? Well, I avoid them like the 33 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:06,680 plague, I suppose. And you know, I, I don't know, I 34 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:09,919 think like, you know, when I'm, when I'm combing and researching 35 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:13,640 and stuff, AI knows me well enough to keep out the gospel or 36 00:02:13,640 --> 00:02:18,160 the prosperity gospel people out of, out of my purview because I 37 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:21,120 would just lose my mind. It would not go well. 38 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:26,880 Did you know, did you know that like biblical date scholars 39 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:31,160 would on in like our current 12 month calendar, they would date 40 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,720 the original Good Friday and Easter Sunday to April 3rd and 41 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:39,320 April 5th like it was this year, Like this was the the true 42 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:42,960 Easter this year, Yeah. Well, because Easter, like 43 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:46,120 that's, that's based on like moon cycles and stuff, right? 44 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,800 Well, isn't it's technically based on Passover, right? 45 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:50,800 Which I. Think is. 46 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,480 Which is dictated by the lunar cycle, right? 47 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,600 Yeah. So that's why it changes. 48 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:58,920 And it usually falls between like the third Sunday of March 49 00:02:58,920 --> 00:03:03,000 and the third Sunday of April. Like it's never earlier, later 50 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:04,680 than that. But it's a strange moving 51 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,800 holiday. But I, I mean, if you if you do, 52 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:09,800 yeah, that little bit of background research on the 53 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:12,120 Passover and all that kind of stuff in the lunar cycles, like 54 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,040 you can pick up on like the rhythm of it and it makes sense 55 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:19,000 so. Yeah, so no, I loved the loved 56 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,280 the resurrection logic and even just where you took it. 57 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:26,720 So then like So what now like that because because that's 58 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,760 really the Easter Monday question, right like hat. 59 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:31,800 So, so then how how shall we live? 60 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:36,160 Is is kind of where you left us. And and Joby Martin actually has 61 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,440 I have I have each of his books here actually that are something 62 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,880 he says every single almost every single time I I hear him 63 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:45,720 is if the tomb is empty, anything is possible. 64 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:47,280 Those are two different books that he's read. 65 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:50,080 But that's that's resurrection and logic too, right. 66 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:54,840 Like that, That's exactly that. If this then who shall stand 67 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,160 against us? What what can stand against us? 68 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:01,440 And I, I in my life, I think I've shared this story before, 69 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:07,680 but I had AI had a Bible study group of guys in college that it 70 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:09,080 was more it was, it was an accountability. 71 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:10,280 Group. Too, Like there, there was, 72 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,000 there was some heavy stuff shared and there were a couple 73 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,320 weeks in a row where I was just like, I don't know, rough patch 74 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:20,000 at at work or or something. Maybe we had just, I don't know, 75 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,560 maybe his new, new father. I don't remember exactly what 76 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:25,480 time it was, but like I remember one of the guys after group 77 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:30,040 being like, man, I just feel like you're, you're just like 78 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:33,360 constantly negative. And I and I was on I was on 79 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:35,640 staff at church. So that like that's always, 80 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:38,720 that's always an awkward thing to, to have a group of guys that 81 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:42,880 like you're, you're working at the church and they see you as 82 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:46,120 this spiritual leader that they're supposed to look to and, 83 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:48,480 and glean from. And he's like, man, he's just 84 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:50,960 like, you just been like, you just been like a constant 85 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:55,520 hopeless downer lately. And like, and and he's like, and 86 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:57,840 I like, it's, it's hard for me to look to you as a leader with 87 00:04:57,840 --> 00:04:59,760 all this. So like, man is it is like, 88 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,120 what's what's going on? Why are you so defeated? 89 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,800 Like, is the tomb still empty? Yeah, OK. 90 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:08,200 Is, is Jesus still on the throne? 91 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,360 Yeah, then like, then why are you letting these things destroy 92 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:12,800 your life? Like, yeah. 93 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:16,600 And and that was again, not, not a new believer. 94 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:20,400 I I like, I just, I was just losing sight of that. 95 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:24,760 I was letting my current life circumstance just overwhelm that 96 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,760 if the tomb is empty, anything is possible sort of reality. 97 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:31,120 And, and I think, I mean, I know it's not just me and I know 98 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:36,840 that's the the nature of of us as humanity that just, yeah, we 99 00:05:36,840 --> 00:05:39,560 forget and and need to be reminded. 100 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:44,400 Yeah, you know, so I want to give a big shout out to, again, 101 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:48,640 I I don't think I mentioned her name last time we did OK Mirror 102 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:53,320 Mortal Monday. Yes, but Ashley Paulson has this 103 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:54,960 brilliant idea. So love the shout. 104 00:05:55,280 --> 00:06:01,240 Out yes, well, I, I hope so, but but but you know, So what what's 105 00:06:01,280 --> 00:06:04,400 the what's the simple take away right what's what's the very 106 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:07,280 easy thing that anybody be should be able to walk away 107 00:06:07,280 --> 00:06:09,960 from? Well, I think it comes down to 108 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:14,800 just a simple statement or maybe a question, but it it kind of 109 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:22,400 sounds like Jesus is alive. Therefore, OK, insert whatever 110 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:26,520 makes sense after that. Therefore Jesus is alive. 111 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:29,720 Therefore I don't have to worry about death. 112 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:34,880 OK, that's one. Jesus is alive, therefore I know 113 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,320 God loves me. OK, you could stick a million 114 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:41,720 different things after that, therefore, but what is the thing 115 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,040 that you need to put in there after that? 116 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:47,400 Jesus is alive, therefore that actually allows you to move 117 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:51,240 through this life with freedom and joy beyond circumstances and 118 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,600 stuff like that. I think if we hold true to that, 119 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:57,920 Jesus is alive. Therefore insert whatever I 120 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:01,480 think if you can keep that kind of centered in your brain at all 121 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:05,480 times, you'll you'll live a a more joyful life. 122 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:10,440 Yeah, and if you even the word, the words to because he lives 123 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,760 that we sent said yesterday, like even every one of those. 124 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:17,360 But like it's also if you reverse engineer the 125 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:20,400 resurrection logic like that. I mean that song is also regular 126 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:24,040 because he lives. I can face tomorrow because he 127 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:28,320 lives. All fear is gone because I know 128 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:33,800 he holds my future. Like just just do the inverse of 129 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,880 that. Is it because he lives? 130 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:43,080 I can't face tomorrow or or like if if he doesn't like if you 131 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:46,200 just reverse engineer that because he lives. 132 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:51,000 My fear is still here like that. That doesn't follow through 133 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:52,960 right? No, it doesn't work. 134 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:54,200 Yeah. So. 135 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:57,320 So I think that's the most simple way to look at 136 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,280 yesterday's sermon. Sure, Jesus is alive, therefore, 137 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:06,280 and insert whatever you need to be able to push through the 138 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:08,880 hardships that are mentioned throughout the end of Romans 8. 139 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:11,120 And personalize it to your circumstance. 140 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:16,400 And whatever, whatever life giving outcome, you can put 141 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:20,560 after the word, the word therefore I'm sure is true based 142 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:25,080 on the fact that Jesus is alive, because that is far and away the 143 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:28,320 greatest miracle this world has ever seen. 144 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:33,320 And you know, and so I didn't get into any of the like 145 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:36,120 historical evidence that he's alive. 146 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,840 I just took the assumption, you know, and not, not an 147 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:43,000 assumption. I just took the word of God at 148 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,680 its core truth and just threw it out there. 149 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:48,720 But I mean, if you wanted to do some researches to the 150 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:53,120 historosity of the resurrection, there are so many things out 151 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:56,720 there that are super helpful. So many really, really well 152 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:59,480 written books. And I don't have a couple of 153 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:02,360 them. Couple of them I, I think I have 154 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:04,520 in my in my bookshelf. So if you want stuff like that, 155 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:06,600 I have it. But but yeah, there's just 156 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:08,920 plenty of historical evidence for that, including, you know, 157 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:12,200 he showed himself alive to 500 people at once at 1 moment and 158 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:13,880 all this other kind of stuff. And it's just like. 159 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:17,760 Well, I the one I think of it, I think it's Lee Strobel wrote the 160 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:18,920 case for the resurrection, right. 161 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:20,960 I mean, he wrote the first one was the case for Christ, but 162 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,960 then he wrote a case for the resurrection, laying out the 163 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:29,760 historical verifiable accounts and examples of of the 164 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:30,720 resurrection. So yeah. 165 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:32,440 Another excellent resource, yeah. 166 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:36,720 Yep. So no, that's that's all, that's 167 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,120 all there. But you yeah, I thought you 168 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:43,400 summed up and and just reasoned, which is it's so funny. 169 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:49,560 Like, yes, it is by grace through faith. 170 00:09:49,560 --> 00:09:53,320 Like there's, there's still a measure of belief in this, but 171 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:59,120 so much of the word of God, of the story of Jesus is also 172 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:03,920 rooted not not only logic, but just tangible fact. 173 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,480 Like tangible, tangible, historical. 174 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:11,160 Yeah, it it happened. He was, he was a person. 175 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:18,720 There isn't, I can't think of a religion that is out there 176 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:22,680 saying there there was not a Jesus of Nazareth. 177 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:27,000 Like it's just a total spoof. This guy didn't exist on the 178 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,240 face of the earth. Like I've never, I've never 179 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:32,200 heard that take. There's not even a good secular 180 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:35,200 argument for that because there's just too many outside 181 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:39,680 sources beyond Christianity that talked about him within, you 182 00:10:39,680 --> 00:10:44,120 know, 30 to 70 years of his life that spoke about that. 183 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:46,360 And there's and there's archaeology and stuff. 184 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:50,240 And I love the, I think you showed it one Sunday. 185 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:53,520 It's the basically Greek graffiti where it says they're 186 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:56,400 making fun of some kid. And it's like, oh, so and so 187 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:58,640 worships is God and it's got Jesus on the cross. 188 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:01,720 And it's just like, yeah, I mean, there's too much 189 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,720 historical evidence to have an intelligent conversation that 190 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:07,080 Jesus wasn't alive. Of course he was. 191 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:10,680 You can't make that argument. So then you have to deal with, 192 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:12,880 OK, is he? Is he who he says he is? 193 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:14,680 And did he really come back from the dead? 194 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:19,080 And so I think those are also answers that are verifiable. 195 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:20,480 Yeah. So. 196 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:26,040 Yes, Sir. Well, we mopped up Romans 8 this 197 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,120 week. Wow, 10 weeks you put a bow. 198 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:31,200 On it and that. Was a big one. 199 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,400 Yeah, it is a big one. And we we've been wanting to do 200 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:37,760 something in the vein of like adult confirmation for a while. 201 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:40,120 And that was that was kind of the series that was a lot of the 202 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:45,000 basic doctrinal things laid out, laid out in Romans 8. 203 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:49,760 That's a good place for that. But Next up, if you didn't catch 204 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:54,040 the the video on Sunday, we're going to do a just a short 205 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:58,560 three-week series on maiden his image and God's design for for 206 00:11:58,560 --> 00:12:01,760 men, for women. And then all of us like as God's 207 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:03,880 children. What does that mean? 208 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:06,720 How, how then do we live as God's children? 209 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:10,160 So, yeah, we're, we're coming up on that the next couple weeks 210 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:14,840 and on our minds obviously out of that, out of that video, we 211 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,920 took one really cliche example of how men and women are 212 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:21,240 different in, in just using public restrooms. 213 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:26,400 But something else that came up at the, at the Easter gathering 214 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:30,000 we were at yesterday, I don't even remember who asked who 215 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,800 asked the question, but it was we literally went around the 216 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:34,640 room asking, I think there's Rory. 217 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:39,520 Oh, OK. Asking if asking if deodorant 218 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:45,680 gets put on before or after the shirt goes on And almost I think 219 00:12:45,680 --> 00:12:48,920 there I think, I think it was universally a dude thing that 220 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:51,240 the deodorant goes on before. There was one guy. 221 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:52,760 And there was one guy who said no. 222 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:57,120 And then for the women it was all deodorant after the shirt is 223 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:59,080 on except for one. There was save one. 224 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:01,440 There was an exception to both sides, but like. 225 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:04,520 But we're still talking like 10 people in the room having this 226 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:06,400 conversation about deodorant. Right. 227 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:09,920 It was not a Yeah, it was not a small number, so that was funny. 228 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:14,200 If there are other other ways that you'd like us to to bring 229 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:18,920 up or highlight how men and women are different, we're open 230 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:21,200 to these. I'm not done with this this 231 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:22,680 whole deodorant thing. I am not really. 232 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:26,200 Here's why. So this morning I woke up and of 233 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:29,200 course this stupid thing is still in my brain because that's 234 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:32,800 how I am. And so I decided to put on my 235 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:34,960 shirt before putting on deodorant. 236 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:36,920 I'm like, you know what, I'm going to give this a try. 237 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:40,120 You know, I'm, I'm not a good researcher if I'm not willing to 238 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:41,800 go to the other side and find out. 239 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:45,440 So I put on my shirt and then like, I'm like, I am just like 240 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:49,200 just stretching my shirt out so much to not try to run up the 241 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:51,320 side of it or run up like my rib cage. 242 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:54,240 And I'm just like, this is mad. Who who does this? 243 00:13:54,560 --> 00:13:57,600 Like who's stretching out their shirt every single morning to do 244 00:13:57,600 --> 00:13:58,640 this? Oh, that's right. 245 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:02,320 Apparently the majority of women who were around that circle and 246 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:05,520 it and I just I don't, I don't know, man, doesn't feel right. 247 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:11,160 It'd be like it'd be like, OK, so I don't I don't put on like 248 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:14,080 my shirt or whatever I'm going to wear before I put on my 249 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:15,800 pants. That feels weird. 250 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:17,720 I don't know. I wouldn't do it. 251 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:21,120 No, got to go pants first. Yeah, put on the pants first, 252 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:25,240 man. So I just typed it into typed it 253 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:28,640 in the Grok AI quick to just give me the give me the proper 254 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:34,480 steps to apply solid deodorant and and it Grok is on the side 255 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:37,200 of putting the deodorant on first before a shirt and it has 256 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:41,560 a step in there of like waiting 30 to 90 seconds before putting 257 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:42,880 on clothes. Sure. 258 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:49,640 But the AI overlords believe that deodorant, deodorant first 259 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:51,440 is. Is the correct way. 260 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:56,960 I have not heard that as a phrase. 261 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:58,960 It's not my. It's not my phrase. 262 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,120 But it feels accurate. Yeah, it feels pretty accurate, 263 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:05,720 so. Take that for what it's for what 264 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:07,520 it's worth. If you have strong feelings on 265 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,720 deodorant before or after the shirt on, because I will contend 266 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:14,640 and we're both on the same side, we're both before the shirt and 267 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:19,600 I hear and receive the argument that you could then get 268 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:22,480 deodorant on your shirt. I would just respond you're 269 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:24,440 you're putting on your shirt wrong. 270 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:28,520 Like you, you can. Adulting with Matt, how do you 271 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:35,320 put on a shirt? Can we can we get like a video 272 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:38,920 step by step of how to put on a shirt for adulting with Matt 273 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:43,920 people, you just got to say you want that and we can make it 274 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:45,680 happen. I can't be the only. 10 my 275 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:49,320 goodness. So I'll receive that, but I 276 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:52,680 would I would just argue you can you can put on your shirt 277 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:57,080 without without smearing it. I walk around with deodorant 278 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:59,760 marks all over my shirts man. Like come on, just put on your 279 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:03,400 shirt, right? There it is. 280 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:05,440 There it is. It's not that hard. 281 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:10,480 Yeah, OK. So anyway, more, more to hear 282 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:15,880 from God's word on his design for men, for women, their roles 283 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:21,240 individually, but also but also together, and his overall design 284 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:25,760 for us as his as his children. Yeah, that's what's coming up in 285 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:28,440 the next three weeks. Then we've got a couple, couple 286 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:30,480 big Sundays after that. We have we have confirmation 287 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:33,600 Sunday and Mother's Day and Graduation Sunday. 288 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:38,000 We're getting into a short series in Philippians and then 289 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,480 summer in the Psalms. Are we? 290 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:40,880 No, the Creed. I'm sorry. 291 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:42,800 The Creed? Yeah, We're going to go hard. 292 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:45,080 Yep. Through the Apostles Creed and 293 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:50,120 the different how many stand, we're going to be like 9 weeks I 294 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:53,720 think it is on the creed. Oh my gosh, I put that series 295 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:55,080 together and now I can't even remember it's. 296 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,200 OK, I don't have our that's fine prep document in front of me, 297 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,440 but it's through. Yes, it's through the. 298 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:01,600 June through August will be in the Apostles Creed. 299 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:03,960 Which I'm super looking forward to, by the way. 300 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:08,520 Sometimes things on the surface can sign, can sound a bit dry. 301 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:12,920 But again, if we're talking about what did you say, adult 302 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:18,640 confirmation, like there is no, perhaps no better way to really 303 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:21,359 learn the tenants of our faith than going through the creed 304 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:23,880 line by line. And where does the Bible support 305 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:25,960 this statement? How does it prove it blah blah 306 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:27,680 blah. Why do Why do we profess this? 307 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:30,480 Yeah, you do that for a summer, and man, everybody should be 308 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:33,320 like theological Wizards by the end of the summer. 309 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:36,080 And if we're not all Wizards wearing robes and hats by the 310 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:37,560 end of the summer, I'm going to be very upset. 311 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:40,600 Plus, wouldn't it be great? Church, just hear me out. 312 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:42,720 You're listening to me in your car. 313 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:44,120 Whatever right now, but hear me out. 314 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:47,520 Wouldn't it be great if the first Sunday that Matt was back, 315 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:50,840 we were just wearing robes and pointy hats and we're like, 316 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:54,080 we're all theological Wizards now, Matt, wouldn't that be 317 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:56,000 great? Come on, you wouldn't want to 318 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,480 walk into. That I will turn around and 319 00:17:57,480 --> 00:17:59,600 leave. I won't come back. 320 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:04,200 But who knows? I left them alone with Chris for 321 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:05,600 12 weeks and this is what happened. 322 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:09,120 Who knows what matters are realized? 323 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:10,880 Yeah. Who knows what madness will 324 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:12,600 occur when the adult leaves the building? 325 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:14,240 I have no idea what's going to happen, Matt. 326 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:17,080 Going to be really funny. Also brought up yesterday. 327 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:20,000 I really don't think I had heard this story before. 328 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:23,640 Did you? Did you get yourself stuck in a 329 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:29,240 belt in your office? How? 330 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:30,560 Who brought that up? Who? 331 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,920 Brought that up like everyone knew this story and I somehow 332 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:35,040 was. Like brought that up, no? 333 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:37,600 I don't. I honestly don't remember, it 334 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:44,320 was one of a couple individuals. Oh wow, I like I like threw that 335 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:48,680 out there is like AI mean it really happened but as like a 336 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:50,520 joke. I can't believe. 337 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:53,040 That it gave me a little fear though of like we're we need to 338 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:55,760 have over the summer, we're going to have someone check in 339 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:59,720 on Chris and make sure hide himself up in his office. 340 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:02,480 He's going to starve. To death. 341 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:06,160 I can't believe. That. 342 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:08,800 The story came up. Oh my gosh. 343 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:12,400 Oh my gosh. OK, so I I don't feel like I can 344 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:14,920 leave all of you hanging who don't know what we're talking. 345 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,800 About Here we go. We were in the Revelation series 346 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:22,560 over a year ago and I there was something about being tied up. 347 00:19:23,360 --> 00:19:25,520 I can't remember what verse or whatever it was, but it's 348 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:27,280 something basically about being tied up or something. 349 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:32,440 And I was just like, huh, I wonder if that's like an 350 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:35,920 illustration I can like pull off on stage by myself. 351 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:40,760 Was it the binding of Satan for 1000 years to prevent him from 352 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:43,000 deceiving the nations? I don't think I was. 353 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:44,600 That wasn't it, I. Don't think I was going to 354 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:46,240 illustrate myself as Satan. OK. 355 00:19:47,120 --> 00:19:51,040 But anyway, so I took like my belt off my waist and I'm like 356 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:53,440 wrapping around. I'm like bent over my chair in 357 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:55,760 my office. And granted, nobody is in the 358 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:57,840 building. And so I'm like bent over my 359 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:00,560 chair and stuff in the office and like I get it cinched up 360 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:03,120 real tight. And I'm like, oh, no, I don't 361 00:20:03,120 --> 00:20:06,560 know if I can get out. And so like I'm bent over in 362 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:12,440 half in my chair behind my desk in my office, just going, I got, 363 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:15,800 I got to find a way out. So like I did eventually Houdini 364 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:18,520 my way out of how I locked myself up. 365 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:21,920 But I was like, what if somebody had walked in and just found me? 366 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:25,160 Like they'd have been like Pastor Chris, like, did the 367 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:26,960 place get robbed? Why did they do this to you? 368 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:29,280 And I've been like, yes, they. Were about 6 or. 369 00:20:29,360 --> 00:20:32,000 Four, they were wearing a mask. I have no idea what they looked 370 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:32,840 like. I don't know if they took 371 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:36,120 anything, but I would have not, like, allowed them to think that 372 00:20:36,120 --> 00:20:38,280 I did that to myself. You know, I'd have been like, 373 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:41,200 yeah, they were violent and they were way stronger than me. 374 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:44,240 I I tried to fight back. I just couldn't, you know, But I 375 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:46,480 gave a valiant effort. I would have given some grand 376 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:48,880 story. So I can't believe that came up 377 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:51,400 again though. Yeah, well, people are concerned 378 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:56,360 about you with me being gone for the summer, as they should, 379 00:20:56,360 --> 00:20:58,320 trying to get out ahead of all possibilities. 380 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:01,840 Revelation 9 released the four angels who are bound at the 381 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:03,520 great river Euphrates. Maybe. 382 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:05,480 Maybe you were going to personify an Angel. 383 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:09,240 I can't remember the illustrated point, but I thought about it 384 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,280 though, of being up on that stage like it was worth it. 385 00:21:11,360 --> 00:21:13,560 I'd even, I even thought like, oh, I could have a chair up 386 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:15,600 there and that's not a big deal. Nobody will probably notice 387 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:17,480 until I sit down to like bind myself. 388 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:21,480 And I'm pretty glad I didn't do it. 389 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:24,320 But the fact that everybody knows that I tried it is 390 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:28,000 actually, I don't know if that's worse or not, but it's not on 391 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,360 video. See, if I'd done that during a 392 00:21:30,360 --> 00:21:31,600 sermon, it would have been on video. 393 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:33,720 That was the solution that was brought up that we probably need 394 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:37,680 to get a camera on your like like a, a toddler Cam in your 395 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:40,320 office. Then you'd have like a playpen 396 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:42,600 just to make sure. All right, Chris is still 397 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:43,680 breathing. He's still. 398 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:47,400 Is there like, is there like a code word I can yell out if I'm 399 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:51,040 like immobilized and somebody will come to my rescue? 400 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,280 Yeah, we can rig that out. OK, just make sure it's like a 2 401 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:58,160 syllable word or less because I I may not be able to say bigger 402 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:01,200 words than that. Oh my. 403 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:05,200 OK, it took us a little longer than usual to get completely off 404 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:08,640 the rails, but here we are. Yeah. 405 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:14,160 Oh man. So anyway, wrapping up Romans 8, 406 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,920 a couple couple closing thoughts. 407 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:23,120 I loved, I loved your opening line of I don't think it was 408 00:22:23,120 --> 00:22:25,800 even your first point of resurrection logic, but it but 409 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:27,880 it was the. If the if the resurrection 410 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:32,480 happened, you need to neither fear the future nor regret your 411 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:36,720 past, and that kind of set up I would hope that that should. 412 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:40,400 Have landed with everyone that it it it should have, because 413 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:43,640 those are things that we all universally do. 414 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:47,200 We we both fear things in our future and we regret. 415 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:50,800 Things in our past and and we don't always live in that light 416 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:52,880 of the resurrection in those things. 417 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:56,880 Sometimes that regret and sometimes that fear wins out. 418 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:01,800 So I I loved how you set the table with that for us. 419 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:05,280 Romans 8 How far how far back do you want to go? 420 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:06,160 I went. Back to 31. 421 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:10,240 I went 31 through 39 because I thought it again, talking about 422 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:12,760 resurrection logic. It all built up to this one 423 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:15,200 thing with all the rhetorical questions and the answers and 424 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:17,120 stuff like that. I just thought it was just a 425 00:23:17,120 --> 00:23:20,720 beautiful little section of man, you got to lay this whole thing 426 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,720 out. Yeah, so, so let's just recap 427 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:27,280 that really quick. 31 through 39 in Romans 8. 428 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:29,760 What then shall we say in response to these things? 429 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:32,160 If God is for us, who can be against us? 430 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:35,560 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave Him up for us all, 431 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:38,640 How will He not also along with Him, graciously give us all 432 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:40,560 things? Who will bring any charge 433 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:42,040 against those whom God has chosen? 434 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:45,320 It is God who justifies. Who then is the one who 435 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:48,440 condemns? No one Christ Jesus who died 436 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:50,760 more than that who was raised to life, is at the right hand of 437 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:52,480 God, and is also interceding for us. 438 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:55,080 Who then shall separate us from the love of Christ? 439 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:57,840 Shall trouble, or hardship, or persecution, or famine, or 440 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:01,400 nakedness, or danger, or sword? For as it is written for your 441 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:03,160 sake, we face death all day long. 442 00:24:03,360 --> 00:24:05,720 We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. 443 00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:07,880 But no. And all these things we are more 444 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:09,600 than conquerors through Him who loved us. 445 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:13,080 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, nor angels nor 446 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:15,680 demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 447 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,520 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, 448 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:21,840 will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in 449 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,720 Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. 450 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:31,240 Indeed, what again, just what amazing text. 451 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:35,880 I One of the things that I just did this week, which I found 452 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:39,880 super helpful was just listen to Romans 8 on repeat. 453 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:43,120 Just to just to again, since we're wrapping up the whole 454 00:24:43,120 --> 00:24:45,680 thing, it's like, all right, let me remind myself like where the 455 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:49,920 conversation starts and where it ends and the movement in the 456 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:53,800 middle to help make the case. One of the things that I think 457 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:56,840 is true for me, and it's, it's not true every Sunday, but a lot 458 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:59,280 of Sundays it is. I kind of go in with an 459 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:02,120 argumentative attitude. I think that's why I get so 460 00:25:02,120 --> 00:25:05,040 fired up. Like, you know, if you, if you 461 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:07,840 drag me into an argument that I'm passionate about, my, my 462 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,680 level of voice will probably raise and all these kinds of 463 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:11,920 things. And it's not because I'm mad, 464 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:15,440 it's because I'm passionate. And so like, but The thing is 465 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:19,160 like, I think, I think one of the things that it's powerful to 466 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:23,280 do is to just make the case you, you had this beautiful 467 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:25,760 illustration in a, in a courtroom 2 weeks ago. 468 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:29,200 And we often fall back on illustrations like that, not 469 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,840 because we don't have better ideas, because maybe there isn't 470 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:36,960 a better idea when it comes to, you know, judgment and freedom 471 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,160 and being found innocent and all that kind of stuff. 472 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,120 There may not be a better illustration for that. 473 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:45,160 And so I don't know, I just, I look at a lot of these texts, 474 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,640 especially a lot of Romans and a lot of Paul's writings. 475 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:51,200 And it's like, all right, when I go into a Sunday, it's like I'm 476 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:54,360 going to make the case, I'm going to, I'm going to prove 477 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:58,520 through various logical conclusions that this is true. 478 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:02,080 And therefore this is how we ought to live based on that 479 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:03,960 truth. And so that's just kind of like 480 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,560 mine, how my brain works on a lot of these things. 481 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:10,080 Now, if you're talking more of like, again, this is preacher 482 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:12,800 talk, but if you're talking more of like a narrative, like we're 483 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:15,320 going through a gospel or something like that, I'm 484 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:18,840 probably less likely to look at that as like a court case that I 485 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:21,520 need to prove. And more so just like, how do 486 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:25,720 we, how do we make sure that this story is as is as impactful 487 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:29,040 as God means it to be? So what do we need to draw out 488 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:31,040 of there? The details that make sure that 489 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:35,120 people really get it. So anyway, that's just preacher 490 00:26:35,120 --> 00:26:38,600 brain talking and and how I logic through things and how I 491 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,120 present things most of the time. Yeah. 492 00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:44,880 And that's I kind of brought that up last week too of the 493 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:47,480 Paul's like, do you get it? Do you? 494 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:48,880 Let me, well, let me say it this way. 495 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:51,320 Do you get it? Let me try to prove it this way. 496 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:52,360 Do you get that? Do you? 497 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:57,520 So, and sometimes, yeah, we do need to be reasoned and and 498 00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:03,320 proven into these things, which is it's really interesting just 499 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:06,040 how we're how we're different as people in general too, and how 500 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:08,360 we respond to truth or how we respond there. 501 00:27:08,360 --> 00:27:11,440 There are some and you know who you are is that like immediately 502 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:14,560 you hear, you hear the thing and you're just, you're bought in 503 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:16,480 now. That's the that's it. 504 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:20,880 I, I, I believe that I'm all in. Some of you a little more. 505 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:25,040 Trepidatious of like. Like I could, I could poke some 506 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:27,240 holes in that. Like let me let me play devil's 507 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:29,040 advocate here and let me let me now. 508 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:33,000 You're a good hole poker, by the way, which I think, well, I'm 509 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,560 just going to use the phrase used just poking holes and 510 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:36,400 things. All right. 511 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:38,920 But in our conversations like on any. 512 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:45,480 Ecology Man in the hole poker Worst superhero duo ever. 513 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:55,160 Sorry. How can I get AI to use your 514 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:58,080 face with that as like a superhero title? 515 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:02,240 The whole like what does that guy even do besides make 516 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:06,480 everybody miserable like. Debunk arguments constantly. 517 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:11,160 Yeah, I'm sorry I interrupted you midstream for that. 518 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:14,840 I just couldn't keep that in my stream of consciousness. 519 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:18,440 That's. Really good though, I could just 520 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:21,480 imagine like an evil version of the hole poker. 521 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:24,880 Just go into kids pools punching holes in the sides of their 522 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:29,680 pools just ruining their summer like hole poker has stroke. 523 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:32,040 Again, like, Oh my. Gosh, like what? 524 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:35,600 Showing up a birthday party is popping balloons. 525 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:37,640 Yeah, yeah. Oh my God, this is the. 526 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:42,360 Best there's no what is there a good good use of poking holes 527 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:45,440 and things like we always use that in a negative connotation, 528 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:47,840 right? There's not a good pole poke. 529 00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:51,000 Only if you're a paper puncher. Like, that's it. 530 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,080 That's the only useful. But then those little those 531 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:54,840 little tiny chads. Are everywhere. 532 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:58,520 That's terrible. Well, OK, OK. 533 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:00,720 What were you saying? I don't know. 534 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:04,520 I don't know. Oh no, I know what I was saying. 535 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:07,680 OK, here we go back on track back. 536 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:11,160 You can tell. You can tell it's Monday after a 537 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:12,320 big. A little bit of. 538 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:13,200 Easter. Yeah. 539 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:15,160 Fog Brain. Easter fog brain. 540 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:17,680 Here we go. No, but what I was saying is I, 541 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,600 I so my brother, my older brother who I grew up with, 542 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:26,200 John, he was infuriating to me because as a kid, like I just 543 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:29,280 had all the feels all the time and he would just debunk 544 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:32,280 everything I was feeling. And I did not have modern 545 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:34,520 language to say you can't disagree with my feelings. 546 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:37,640 I did not have that as like A7 or an 8 year old. 547 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:41,240 And so it was just wildly frustrating to grow up with him 548 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:44,600 until I learned to play that game until I learned to like, 549 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:48,480 OK, so instead of like my feelings dictating how I'm going 550 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:51,680 to respond to you, how do I just destroy your argument? 551 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:55,400 Like, how do I, how do I become the destroyer of your world? 552 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:58,040 Right. And so like he taught me how to 553 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:00,480 do that and a lot of he suddenly taught me how to do that. 554 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:05,360 But then like, you know, I meet people like yourself and you are 555 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:09,680 also excellent at just like finding logical conclusions to 556 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:13,320 things outside of like, well, I feel this way that Nope, that 557 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:17,200 yes, your feelings matter, but no, this is the way it is 558 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:19,800 because boom, boom, boom. And you logic through these 559 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:23,200 things really, really well. And so like I've taken a lot of 560 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:28,320 that and I've just applied it to biblical theology. 561 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,720 And because of that I just argue and that's fine. 562 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:35,920 Love it. Glad, glad that my hole poking 563 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:41,000 superpower has benefited you in that way. 564 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,320 So much, so much. Oh my goodness. 565 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:46,600 And it'll probably keep this church together while you're 566 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:49,800 gone because I'll be like, I just, you know what I need. 567 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,160 Oh. Matt, I need a what would Matt 568 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:53,880 do? Bracelet. 569 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:59,160 All right, WWMD What would Matt do? 570 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:03,080 I need to wear that all summer. It's going to be great and we're 571 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:04,680 just going to get him for the staff. 572 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:06,560 Perfect. What would Matt do? 573 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:10,560 He would do the adult thing. So let's do the adult thing 574 00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:13,880 while he's gone. Let's not take whatever mad idea 575 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:17,840 that Chris has and run with it. We could. 576 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:20,280 We could figure that out. I think that could be a thing. 577 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:21,600 Sweet. Love that. 578 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:27,720 So no resurrection logic and the the rhetorical questions. 579 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:31,400 And again, you, you brought that up and kind of the, the song 580 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:34,960 we've been closed with is even how great is the love of God? 581 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:36,840 They're not even, they're not even really answering the 582 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:40,280 question in that song. They're giving lots of examples 583 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:42,840 as to how great it is. But like it's kind of a 584 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:46,360 rhetorical, actually unanswerable question. 585 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:51,600 But the conclusion that Paul has to this, that nothing, nothing 586 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:54,480 can separate us from the love of God, death or life, angels or 587 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:57,080 demons, present or future, nor any powers, height or depth, 588 00:31:57,800 --> 00:31:59,440 nor. And then he runs out of the list 589 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:02,480 and he's just like nor anything else in all creation, just like 590 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:05,120 all the things. He doesn't forgot anything, just 591 00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:11,520 all of everything else. But there's so the the Greek 592 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:15,640 word for the phrase it is finished that Jesus said on the 593 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:18,120 cross. Maybe, and maybe some of you 594 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:23,280 know this, but to tell us that is, is that phrase and yes, does 595 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:29,120 mean it is finished, but it's used contextually in Greek in in 596 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:33,920 a few different ways. And I I mean, we hear it as a 597 00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:40,840 statement of finality, but what was what was finished in that 598 00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:43,880 moment? What was Jesus specifically 599 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:48,520 talking about his, his work, his, his calling, What? 600 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:52,760 And So what was it? There's three main sort of 601 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:56,160 contextual things it and immediately applicable to Jesus 602 00:32:56,160 --> 00:33:01,400 on the cross. It's it's in a monetary payment 603 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:06,400 debt being satisfied sort of sort of context When when you 604 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:10,080 settled up, you got your payoff amount and and went to your 605 00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:12,960 creditor and paid it off. Boom to tell us die it is 606 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:14,840 finished. The debt is gone right It's it's 607 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:19,120 it's over. There were there were also in 608 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:24,760 the like judicial sort of court proceedings as as as that would 609 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:28,600 go when when the judgment of verdict was rendered. 610 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:33,120 That was also to telesty like it the the the proceedings, the 611 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:37,200 judgment handed to it's it's finished, it's done, it's 612 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:41,760 satisfied that the the penalty or the sentence has been served 613 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:44,600 right. And then the the other way, it 614 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:49,240 was kind of an ultimate like military victory phrase like 615 00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:53,520 when we we have in the in the all these things, we're more 616 00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:55,960 than conquerors sort of way. It was, it was like the ultimate 617 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,160 victory. It was it is finished. 618 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:02,000 They can't come back from that. It's it's over. 619 00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:06,000 We have won and the the so and in all those ways Jesus 620 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:11,360 satisfied that like that's that's what I think through the 621 00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:16,000 Holy Spirit like almost inspired Paul to kind of cover all that. 622 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,600 No, like it, it was it was Jesus was all those things he was he 623 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,920 was saying it is finished to all of those things that would that 624 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:25,960 would threaten you. He's he's satisfied it in all of 625 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:28,679 these ways and he said none of that is to be feared and and 626 00:34:28,679 --> 00:34:31,600 done so. I like that if you take those 627 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:35,320 three parts of it is finished or at least those three areas that 628 00:34:35,639 --> 00:34:39,000 that phrase applies to and you and you just put it on the cross 629 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:40,320 and then you make it really personal. 630 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:44,120 OK, so let's be very practical. So the judgment, OK, God's 631 00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:49,600 judgment finished, paid for. OK, so the economic sentence of 632 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:52,400 you'll never be able to pay this back, but good luck trying. 633 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,040 So our performance, OK, that's paid for. 634 00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:58,360 And then the third one. The sword military, Yeah. 635 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:02,280 The military like death yes I mean it's it's so complete, it's 636 00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:06,920 so perfect and again, you know I mining out the depths of the 637 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:11,000 gospel is like a lifetime activity and that's just one 638 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:14,960 tiny example of that of like me. I've heard it's finished before, 639 00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:18,200 but look how much further you were able to take that just 640 00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:19,400 through a little bit of research. 641 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:21,320 And I think that's really amazing. 642 00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:25,320 That deepens the IT deepens the appreciation the Christian 643 00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:28,200 should have for even a, a singular statement like that. 644 00:35:28,720 --> 00:35:32,560 And it should again, pull that reality of the resurrection ever 645 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,240 deeper into our souls so that we walk around free. 646 00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:37,360 And that's really, that's pretty awesome. 647 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:40,160 Yeah, yeah. So just wanted to wanted to 648 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:42,880 share that we here and and even like to tell us that is a pretty 649 00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:46,400 popular tattoo for people I know too and just wanted to. 650 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:51,560 You have got what do I Darius knew a guy who had that tattooed 651 00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:53,640 across his Dome. Wow. 652 00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:55,520 Like across his head. That's bold. 653 00:35:55,680 --> 00:36:00,080 It is his forehead. The top back of his head, like 654 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:04,080 Ronnie said, I can't remember well 'cause he showed he showed 655 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:08,080 up to seminary with a shaved head to Telesty across his Dome. 656 00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:11,000 And you should have seen the looks on the professor's. 657 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:14,360 Face they're. About outside of their skin. 658 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:17,160 Like pretty pretty amazing moment. 659 00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:19,440 After that, that guy just grew his hair back out. 660 00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:22,200 Oh my goodness. So that's that was my next. 661 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:22,960 How do you? Yeah. 662 00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:25,200 Yeah. How do you go about getting a 663 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:28,720 tattoo on your head if you're not like, committed bald? 664 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:32,840 Well, I, I think he saw the writing on the wall, or rather 665 00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:35,760 on his head, and he saw how professors reacted to that and 666 00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:38,600 was like, Oh no, like this is not what? 667 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:40,160 But that's what I'm saying, if you're not at the point in your 668 00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:43,400 life where like there isn't hair growing in, how do you even 669 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:48,080 decide if if you if you still have the ability to grow hair, 670 00:36:48,240 --> 00:36:51,800 why are you getting tattooed like on the back of your head? 671 00:36:52,240 --> 00:36:54,320 That seems silly to me, but I don't have any tattoos. 672 00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:58,360 Yeah, well, he actually made me feel way better because I was 673 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,880 the only one in the seminary who had any at all, and I had 674 00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:04,800 several, and he took all. His was way worse. 675 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:08,400 He took all of the attention off of me and I was like, sweet, it 676 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:11,240 is finished, nobody's going to think about mine anymore. 677 00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:13,600 It is finished. Chris wins. 678 00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:18,000 Chris wins. Oh man. 679 00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:20,840 That's a that's just a fun little anecdote from seminary. 680 00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:21,960 So great. There you go. 681 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:27,360 Oh man, anything else that you wish we could have spent time on 682 00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:31,240 yesterday in the message from? Or just, I don't know. 683 00:37:31,240 --> 00:37:35,320 Is there anything in the chapter itself that you feel like we 684 00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:38,720 just need to be reminded of or loop back to? 685 00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:42,920 Yeah, I, I, I can't remember if we talked about this, but if, if 686 00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,040 we did, you can stop me and we'll move on to something else. 687 00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:48,960 But you know, you look at how this chapter is structurally 688 00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:50,680 built. So let's just kind of look at 689 00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:55,360 the bookends Romans 81. There is therefore now no 690 00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:57,400 condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 691 00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:01,840 So Paul comes out of the gate just swinging for the fence. 692 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:05,440 And then when he ends this chapter, you know, it starts 693 00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:09,880 with there is no condemnation and then he's going to end with 694 00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:13,840 what can separate, you know, and all these things. 695 00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:17,560 We are more than conquerors right in verse 37, going into 696 00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:21,320 the logic of 38 and 39. And so I just think it's really, 697 00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:24,600 it's just an incredibly powerful chapter that again, I know we're 698 00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:29,120 done with it in terms of a sermon series, but when you need 699 00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:34,000 when you need like a it is finished or the tomb is empty 700 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:38,000 kind of boost, like just take 4 minutes and listen to Romans 701 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:41,080 chapter 8. I and, and let me, let me go 702 00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:44,880 really far backwards and give you a lot of credit for 703 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:47,480 suggesting the sermon series. Yeah, yeah. 704 00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:49,600 It was you who just kind of said, hey, you know what we 705 00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:51,640 could do. And I was like, this chapter, 706 00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:54,400 should we? And then you, you read into it a 707 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:55,960 little bit and you're like, oh, this dude's right. 708 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:59,240 We should totally do this. And so I big shout out to you, 709 00:38:59,240 --> 00:39:02,320 Pastor Matt, for suggesting the sermon series and, and having us 710 00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:04,520 walk through it. And I'm super grateful for that. 711 00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:07,320 Thanks, man. Well, yeah, you're agreeable to 712 00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:17,600 it and I do as as much as we could like philosophize and and 713 00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:19,640 educator. Yeah, I'm not, I'm not here to 714 00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:22,400 drag academia through the mud or any of these things. 715 00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:26,280 But like it really is pretty simple. 716 00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:33,280 The things that happened, the work that God did are pretty 717 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:34,760 simple. The hardest part probably is 718 00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:38,760 getting your mind wrapped around the self doubt of why he would 719 00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:43,440 do it for you for for us undeserving. 720 00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:45,240 Like that's that's really the hardest part of it. 721 00:39:45,240 --> 00:39:47,480 But you can't always really be logic out of that either because 722 00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:49,520 it doesn't it doesn't make sense. 723 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:52,080 I heard, I heard something else this week that like if you, if 724 00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:56,800 you want, if you want fair, the only, the only, the only place 725 00:39:57,200 --> 00:40:01,960 in the cosmos that is fair is hell because because everyone 726 00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:06,800 there is getting what they deserved even like that. 727 00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:08,240 And that's. Wow. 728 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:10,160 I like that. Wow, that's impressive. 729 00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:12,240 Which which is? Great, like that means heaven 730 00:40:12,240 --> 00:40:16,560 also isn't quote UN quote fair. It's not we we don't deserve to 731 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:18,840 be saved. So there there is that part of 732 00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:21,160 it. But beyond that, if you can wrap 733 00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:26,440 your head around being OK with a God loving you in a way that you 734 00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:30,920 didn't deserve and can never earn or keep or or all of that 735 00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:34,280 of your of your own power, that it is in His power, his desire 736 00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:36,960 for you. Sealed by the Holy Spirit like. 737 00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:40,400 After that, it's, it's really pretty simple. 738 00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:45,520 It's a bit to to remain rooted and reminded in his word. 739 00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:50,000 And yes, we're not going to perfectly faithfully obey it, 740 00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:53,680 but it's also there so that we can't just throw up our hands 741 00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:59,680 and be like, this is completely. I'm I'm so surprised that my sin 742 00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:03,880 got me here. Like there's warnings all over 743 00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:06,720 the place. Like OK if, if this then that. 744 00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:11,360 Yeah. You know, actually, it's 745 00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:13,560 interesting, One of the things that kind of struck me this 746 00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:18,440 week, beyond the fact that, yeah, like we should walk around 747 00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:21,560 as people who believe there's a dead guy who's alive, we should 748 00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:23,400 walk around like that. Like we should. 749 00:41:23,720 --> 00:41:25,480 That's just what our attitude should be. 750 00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:28,360 But another thing that kind of struck me this week along 751 00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:32,560 similar lines is I I've kind of really been into this show for a 752 00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:35,240 while, and I can't actually recommend it because it's fairly 753 00:41:35,240 --> 00:41:37,520 violent. It's a cartoon called Invincible 754 00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:39,360 and I know. It's. 755 00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:41,240 I don't know what that is. Superheroes and you know, 756 00:41:41,240 --> 00:41:43,240 whatever, it's right up my alley. 757 00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:45,720 So I can't actually recommend it because of the level of 758 00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:48,400 violence. But anyway, the whole idea 759 00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:49,920 behind that, it's very Supermanish. 760 00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:54,960 So here is this being of amazing power from a from a different 761 00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:58,400 place. He is not he is not a human from 762 00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:01,040 earth. And so like he always feels like 763 00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:05,720 this kind of separated sense to him, but he also knows that he 764 00:42:05,720 --> 00:42:09,400 wields an incredible amount of power because he is not from 765 00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:12,040 earth. I couldn't help but think about 766 00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:15,000 this week because again, you see everything theologically at some 767 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:19,280 point, but I couldn't help but think this week that like man, 768 00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:22,760 we're we're kind of like that. Let me explain. 769 00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:32,640 So if I am the son of a king who is otherworldly, who is beyond 770 00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:36,680 time, who's beyond space, who is beyond anything that we can 771 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:41,920 grasp, if I am a son of that king, I am therefore part of who 772 00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:45,680 he is. And because of that, I ought to 773 00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:50,120 walk around this place humble because I know what kind of 774 00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:55,360 power my my king has given me, but also like with a ridiculous 775 00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:59,640 amount of confidence and joy, also knowing that this is not 776 00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:01,520 the end game for me. Like I am. 777 00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:03,560 I am built for something different than this. 778 00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:07,360 And so between that and like the resurrection logic I was laying 779 00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:10,440 out like I seriously, it was weird. 780 00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:14,120 I was like walking around this week, like I'm not from here. 781 00:43:14,240 --> 00:43:17,680 I'm going home someday. And whatever happens in between 782 00:43:17,680 --> 00:43:20,400 is fine by me. And so it just, it just created 783 00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:23,400 like this again, it created a joy, it created a freedom for 784 00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:26,080 me. And to the extent that I can 785 00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:29,440 live in that headspace, you know, I can live with 786 00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:31,920 resurrection logic. And I am a son of the king 787 00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:34,760 logic. Dude, what are you going to do 788 00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:37,000 to me? What are you going to do to me? 789 00:43:37,240 --> 00:43:39,840 Yeah, good luck. Good luck. 790 00:43:40,240 --> 00:43:43,480 And so I, I just think there it creates, it does create kind of 791 00:43:43,480 --> 00:43:46,640 a, a weird personality in some ways, because you're not going 792 00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:49,360 to be like everybody else, but it also creates a joy and a 793 00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:51,240 freedom that nobody else can really touch. 794 00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:53,320 Yeah. And I think that's really the 795 00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:58,480 day-to-day trick for the Christian is to live in that 796 00:43:58,480 --> 00:44:01,160 headspace. And it sounds, it sounds silly 797 00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:05,480 and cheap to compare it to like sports victories, but but think 798 00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:10,120 of think of that, think of that Easter Monday feeling like the 799 00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:14,000 day after maybe just he hadn't quite he hadn't revealed himself 800 00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:18,360 in the upper room to to the disciples yet, but like word had 801 00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:21,440 spread, obviously, that like they had heard that he was alive 802 00:44:22,240 --> 00:44:24,960 and. Like what is that? 803 00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:29,040 If, if that's true. Again, if that's true, that 804 00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:31,640 means if the tomb is empty, anything is possible, right? 805 00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:35,240 Like if if he'd. Really is back from the dead. 806 00:44:35,560 --> 00:44:37,960 What can't we do you brought up before we started recording like 807 00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:42,080 their expectation of OK well obviously if he conquered the 808 00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:45,280 grave we're dumb. He's going to conquer the Roman 809 00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:48,440 Empire and restore Israel to to its place like that. 810 00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:53,560 That's what was they had this revolutionary unthinkably 811 00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:57,960 achievable victory like in their minds of what was happening 812 00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:02,760 right. So all all I can rightly and 813 00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:07,720 again I it's kind of a cheap comparison, but like have it has 814 00:45:07,720 --> 00:45:10,160 your favorite sports. The chiefs fans have gotten to 815 00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:13,280 experience it lately with some Super Bowl victories. 816 00:45:13,480 --> 00:45:19,480 I, I remember so the Packers fan we, we know that, but Packers 817 00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:24,200 won a Super Bowl when I was 6, Brett Favre and won again in in 818 00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:26,000 2011. And I, I don't remember the six 819 00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:28,520 year old won as much, but I remember I was 21 and 2020 820 00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:32,240 eleven. I remember that feeling of we 821 00:45:32,240 --> 00:45:35,000 are the greatest. We are, we are invincible. 822 00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:38,720 The Packers went I think 15 and won the year after the year 823 00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:40,600 after like off a Super Bowl victory. 824 00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:45,000 And I remember that football season every every Sunday. 825 00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:47,080 There's no chance we're going to lose. 826 00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:50,400 Like like like. I I remember that feeling. 827 00:45:50,600 --> 00:45:56,280 So how do we, why don't we walk around that way as as sons and 828 00:45:56,280 --> 00:46:00,800 daughters of the king? Like, why are we assaulted by 829 00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:05,680 and disheartened by these day-to-day circumstances? 830 00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:09,440 Why, why aren't we? Why, why are we so easily with 831 00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:11,200 the sports teams or whatever or whatever. 832 00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:12,640 That's just what resonates with me. 833 00:46:12,640 --> 00:46:14,960 I'm sorry I can't think of a better example for others. 834 00:46:14,960 --> 00:46:19,160 But like Cubs fans too. I'm, I'm a Cubs fan as well, but 835 00:46:19,160 --> 00:46:23,600 like breaking the curse 11 years ago now, like that was, that was 836 00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:27,120 Goliath, that was the giant, that was the untouchable thing, 837 00:46:27,560 --> 00:46:31,520 right? And yeah, walking around like 838 00:46:31,520 --> 00:46:33,400 anything's like anything's possible. 839 00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:38,520 That is the attitude that I think you're trying to draw out 840 00:46:38,520 --> 00:46:40,320 of us with this resurrection logic. 841 00:46:40,320 --> 00:46:43,720 So the truths that Chris preached yesterday, the truths 842 00:46:43,720 --> 00:46:47,280 that we've tried to draw out in this Romans 8 series, hold them 843 00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:50,840 tightly. Remind that even if it is gosh, 844 00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:54,080 4 or 5 minutes, I think it takes you to to listen to or read 845 00:46:54,080 --> 00:46:59,000 through Romans 8. Even if you read the same, that 846 00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:02,080 same 1 chapter of the Bible everyday, are you going to get 847 00:47:02,080 --> 00:47:04,400 bored of it? I honestly don't think so. 848 00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:09,960 You could try tell me if you do tell me if you get bored of 849 00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:12,760 hearing what God has to say to you in Romans 8. 850 00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:18,240 Like I will be shocked if if you get sick of hearing those words 851 00:47:18,240 --> 00:47:21,880 in Romans 8. That's what we that's what we 852 00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:24,920 have to do to to sharpen ourselves to to insulate 853 00:47:24,920 --> 00:47:27,160 ourselves in the promises of God. 854 00:47:28,240 --> 00:47:31,800 And I'm not don't hear me. I'm not saying throw out the 855 00:47:31,800 --> 00:47:33,680 rest of the Bible and just read Romans 8. 856 00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:37,400 That's not what I'm saying. But if that's helpful to you, 857 00:47:37,960 --> 00:47:43,280 marinate in these truths, just yeah, get get to a point where 858 00:47:43,280 --> 00:47:47,720 it's victory on Easter. Every day is Easter Monday. 859 00:47:48,200 --> 00:47:51,720 Every day is the day after death was conquered in the tomb is 860 00:47:51,720 --> 00:47:54,600 empty and you're living in the light of that. 861 00:47:55,920 --> 00:47:59,080 That's that's how we have to go about this life. 862 00:47:59,920 --> 00:48:01,160 Amen. Amen. 863 00:48:01,680 --> 00:48:05,120 By the way, I like what you did there with what if you just only 864 00:48:05,120 --> 00:48:08,080 did that all the time? I mean, honestly, like I like 865 00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:10,480 that because here's the thing, sometimes we go a mile wide and 866 00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:14,320 an inch deep in the Bible, you know, and I, I love the like 867 00:48:14,320 --> 00:48:16,240 Bible in a year plans. Those are great. 868 00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:19,880 But at the same time, what if it was Romans 8IN a year? 869 00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:23,640 What if you just did Romans 8 for a year and by the end of 870 00:48:23,640 --> 00:48:27,160 that years you were so saturated with the with the resurrection 871 00:48:27,160 --> 00:48:31,000 truth of God's Word that you couldn't think of anything else? 872 00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:35,120 Like you couldn't possibly live any other way but through that 873 00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:37,640 victory because you were so saturated by it? 874 00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:39,640 I think that's a wonderful idea, actually. 875 00:48:39,720 --> 00:48:43,120 So well done. Cool, cool. 876 00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:47,560 If you have any other ideas of ways that men and women are 877 00:48:47,560 --> 00:48:49,800 different, feel free to send them our way over the next 878 00:48:49,800 --> 00:48:52,840 couple weeks and we may illustrate them in in video 879 00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:55,160 form. Please don't give me another 880 00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:57,640 concussion math. You didn't get a concussion. 881 00:48:58,120 --> 00:48:59,440 You threw me under the bus so hard. 882 00:48:59,560 --> 00:49:02,640 That whole thing was your idea. That whole thing was your idea. 883 00:49:02,760 --> 00:49:04,320 I wondered. I wondered if anybody. 884 00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:06,880 Came up to me like, hey Matt, would you throw me over this 885 00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:11,040 counter? I wondered if anybody, like, I 886 00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:12,400 hope nobody actually believed me. 887 00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:17,440 No, I was not concussed. But yes, Matt will put you over 888 00:49:17,440 --> 00:49:20,920 the counter. See, now you can't tell which 889 00:49:20,920 --> 00:49:22,640 one I'm telling the truth on. Which one I'm lying on, it's 890 00:49:22,920 --> 00:49:24,560 hard to say. Hard to say. 891 00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:27,360 We got to get out of here. I can't let you say any more 892 00:49:27,360 --> 00:49:30,080 words. Thanks for hanging out with this 893 00:49:30,080 --> 00:49:31,440 church. Happy Easter. 894 00:49:31,440 --> 00:49:34,160 He is risen. The tomb is empty. 895 00:49:34,160 --> 00:49:35,600 And that means anything's possible. 896 00:49:35,600 --> 00:49:38,720 So he can work resurrection, reconciliation. 897 00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:41,240 He can work healing in your life. 898 00:49:41,240 --> 00:49:43,800 We're happy to be a part of this community to encourage you in 899 00:49:43,800 --> 00:49:46,840 that truth and in his word. There's been ERC. 900 00:49:46,840 --> 00:49:48,160 Leftovers have blessed.