1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:06,960 Is where we're going. So today, finally, we are 2 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:08,920 finishing. It takes me a lot longer to say 3 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:11,680 things than Jesus does because Jesus is a much better preacher 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,520 and he's better at everything. So we've been taking a few weeks 5 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:17,800 now and but we're, we're still in the same moment. 6 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:20,960 We're still in this moment where Jesus cast a demon out of a guy 7 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:22,800 and it should have just been happily ever after. 8 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:26,080 Everybody goes, wow, he's awesome, let's worship him and 9 00:00:26,080 --> 00:00:28,880 love him forever. But instead the absurdity, the 10 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:31,760 stupidity, the hatred of Christ starts showing up. 11 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:35,800 And now Jesus is dropping bombs and bombs and bombs and he's 12 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:38,440 rebuking these guys. He's rebuking the religious 13 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:40,480 leaders. Is he rebuking the religious 14 00:00:40,480 --> 00:00:42,600 leaders because they are religious leaders? 15 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:45,560 Everybody say no, no, that would be stupid. 16 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:47,480 Jesus doesn't hate religious leaders. 17 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,480 Jesus hates pride. I'm a religious leader. 18 00:00:50,480 --> 00:00:53,160 Jesus doesn't hate me. But what Jesus does hate is 19 00:00:53,160 --> 00:00:55,400 pride. So that's what he's attacking in 20 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:57,000 scripture. So whenever you you hear that 21 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,640 argument sometimes, well, Jesus, Jesus went after the religious 22 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:01,400 leaders. That's a true statement. 23 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:04,120 Why did he go after the religious leaders? 24 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:06,440 It was because of their pride and their rejection of the 25 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:09,200 actual word of God. So pride is always to be 26 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:13,200 rejected, whether it comes from me or you or anyone else, 27 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:15,440 doesn't matter. Pride is the issue. 28 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:18,720 And in that moment and in that day, sinners knew who they were 29 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:21,880 and the Saints supposedly knew who they were. 30 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:23,880 So there was some dynamics that were happening there. 31 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:25,920 Whereas in our day and age, things have shifted a bit, 32 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:27,920 haven't they? Sinners don't know who they are. 33 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:29,440 Sinners claim that they're not sinners. 34 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,640 Sinners even go so far in our context to say there is no sin. 35 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:34,840 How dare you for calling it such a thing. 36 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:38,200 It's just freedom and love and choice and everything's 37 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,680 wonderful. But the Scriptures are the final 38 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,000 answer. The Scriptures are God's answer 39 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,400 for everything. So Jesus is bringing clarity, 40 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:47,680 He's bringing rebuke, He's bringing correction. 41 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:51,720 And now finally, we come to the end of this section where he is 42 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:55,720 finished teaching, but only because he's interrupted by 43 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:57,360 someone. So that's what we're going to 44 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,800 talk about today. In your Christian walk, there 45 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:03,920 are going to be people far off, far off from your life, detached 46 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,720 from you, who try to get you to shut up about Jesus and his 47 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:11,000 Kingdom. These are enemies, and they are 48 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,400 usually easy to recognize because they have never shown 49 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:18,600 care for you, and you know that you should reject whatever they 50 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:20,640 tell you. But there's another group of 51 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:23,600 people that you're going to come across who can be much more 52 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:25,480 dangerous than your obvious enemies. 53 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,600 They can be much more dangerous for two reasons #1 because you 54 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:33,560 might find it harder to recognize their errors, and #2 55 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,880 because you might be swayed away from God's will for your life 56 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:39,000 because of their strong influence over you. 57 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,600 This, this group of people are your are your family and your 58 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:44,880 friends. And this is the pressure that 59 00:02:44,920 --> 00:02:47,800 Jesus experiences in the passage that we're going to look at this 60 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:49,800 morning. Family and friends carry a 61 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:54,720 weight with us, as they should. That's a totally natural and 62 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:57,360 good outcome of a relationship, isn't it? 63 00:02:57,720 --> 00:02:59,400 You and I spend more time together and we have more 64 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:02,320 influence over one another. So when I speak, you go, hey, 65 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:04,360 Joe, Michael has influence with me. 66 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:07,080 And when you speak, I go, hey, he or she has influence with me. 67 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:09,920 So it bears weight, right? We've got some gravity where 68 00:03:09,920 --> 00:03:12,760 we're pulling one another, and that's a blessing of a 69 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:15,280 relationship. The closer we are with someone, 70 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:17,960 the more influence we have on them and the more influence they 71 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,920 have on us. But when it comes to our walk 72 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:26,800 with God, what happens when those were closest to when they 73 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,400 pressure US against our convictions? 74 00:03:29,920 --> 00:03:31,360 This is when things get dangerous. 75 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:33,560 This is when things can get shaky. 76 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,320 So in those moments, God's Word is going to give us instruction 77 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:42,000 in that exact thing here today. So I'm going to read to you in 78 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,680 chapter 12. We're going to pick up in verse 79 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:48,000 46. So Jesus has just finished 80 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,200 dropping bombs. Dropping bombs, you Pharisees, 81 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:53,240 you're going to be judged. Here's how you're going to be 82 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:54,800 judged. Here's who's going to judge you. 83 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:59,080 And now we come to verse 46 while he was still speaking to 84 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,640 the people. So Jesus has not come up for air 85 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:03,800 yet. He's just dropping bombs while 86 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:05,240 he's still speaking to the people. 87 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:09,520 Behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside asking to 88 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:13,360 speak to him, but he replied to the man who told him, Who is my 89 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:16,200 mother and who are my brothers? And stretching out his hand 90 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:18,720 toward his disciples, he said, here are my mother and my 91 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:22,240 brothers, for whoever does the will of my father in heaven is 92 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,480 my brother and sister and mother. 93 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,080 I read to you from the ESV. I made a mistake. 94 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:29,760 I meant to read to you another passage because the ESV removes 95 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:31,680 verse 47. So I'm going to read to you the 96 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,680 passage that includes verse 47. While he was still speaking to 97 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,800 the crowds, his mother and brothers were standing outside 98 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:40,440 waiting to speak to him. And someone told him, there's 99 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:42,640 verse 47. Someone told him, look, your 100 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:46,320 mother and brothers are standing outside wanting to speak to you. 101 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:47,560 Let me answer the obvious question. 102 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,360 Why would a verse be removed? Different manuscripts handle 103 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:51,840 things differently. Sometimes they would say, hey, 104 00:04:51,840 --> 00:04:53,240 we feel like this one is more reliable. 105 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:55,840 This one is less reliable. We're we're sure about this. 106 00:04:55,840 --> 00:04:58,480 We're not sure about that. It's nothing to panic over. 107 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:01,560 The word of God is super stable. It is still the anvil that has 108 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:03,240 worn out every hammer who's ever struck it. 109 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:05,920 And there's there's nothing to get distracted by here. 110 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:08,120 So there's no smoke and mirrors going on with pastors. 111 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:09,720 Just we're going to focus on what we're going to focus on. 112 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:10,680 We're going to keep moving forward. 113 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:15,320 So someone told him, look, your mother and brother and brothers 114 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:16,840 are standing outside waiting to speak to you. 115 00:05:16,840 --> 00:05:19,080 Verse 48. He replied to the one who was 116 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:21,920 speaking to him, Who is my mother and who are my brothers? 117 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:25,640 Stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, here are 118 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:29,480 my mother and my brothers, for whoever does the will of my 119 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:33,280 Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother. 120 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,480 God, bring us revelation and light on this. 121 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:38,760 Help us to see what was happening and help us to 122 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:40,760 understand what it means in this moment. 123 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:45,360 God, we pray that you would bring us clarity for our 124 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:49,040 relationships and that you would help us to stay faithful to you 125 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:52,560 in our convictions in the leadership of the Holy Spirit. 126 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:54,880 In Jesus name we thank you. Amen. 127 00:05:56,680 --> 00:06:00,800 He is still speaking when this happens and his family comes to 128 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:03,840 interrupt him. So the, the, the short version 129 00:06:03,840 --> 00:06:06,680 of what's going on here is Jesus's mother and Jesus's 130 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:09,240 brothers are panicking and they're afraid of all the 131 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,920 pressure that Jesus is receiving and it's impacting them. 132 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:16,440 They're feeling the emotional strain and pressure of who Jesus 133 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:19,920 is and what he's doing. You've got a family member who's 134 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:22,320 gone off the deep end and it's embarrassing to you. 135 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:25,720 And huge crowds are following this family member. 136 00:06:26,280 --> 00:06:31,400 And now this family member is rebuking, rebuking firmly the 137 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:34,960 people who you looked up to, who your whole society looks up to. 138 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,080 And your, your, your family member is speaking as though 139 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:41,320 your family member has authority over all earthly authorities. 140 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,120 You're nervous, you're embarrassed, you're 141 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,960 uncomfortable. You're going, we'll talk to him. 142 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:48,520 That's what you're trying to do here. 143 00:06:48,840 --> 00:06:51,040 You're trying to do damage control. 144 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:54,520 Now, for most of us, for our family members, that would be 145 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,080 the right thing to do if they were claiming to have the 146 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:59,200 authority of God, that would be the right thing to do for all of 147 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:01,440 us. By the way, in this case, it's 148 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:04,520 dead wrong. Mary and Jesus's brothers are 149 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:06,320 dead wrong in what they're doing. 150 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:09,040 So he's still speaking and they interrupt him. 151 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:12,120 This is a clue. You don't interrupt Jesus if you 152 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:14,800 believe in Jesus. Notice who interrupts Jesus in 153 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,360 the Gospels? His enemies, his opponents. 154 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:21,320 Master, what about teacher? What about and all? 155 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:25,200 All of the interruptions come from the fools who hate Christ 156 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:27,600 and who are trying to undermine Christ. 157 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:31,520 So we have other gospel writers who give us more context to 158 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:32,840 understand what was happening here. 159 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,800 We know that eventually Mary and the brothers of Jesus will 160 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:39,440 believe and will follow. We know that. 161 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:43,160 And yet we also know that right now they are struggling. 162 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:47,400 John 7 verse 5 tells us that not even Jesus's brothers believed 163 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:50,760 in Him. Then in Mark chapter 3, we see 164 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:55,480 this exact event, this same scenario, the he's just told 165 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:57,720 them about you, the Pharisees. You've just committed the 166 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:02,600 unforgivable sin and he's, he's raining down all the judgment on 167 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:04,880 them. Mark 3 gives us the same thing 168 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:08,920 happening and it gives us more context, more precisely 169 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:10,040 described. So I'm going to take you there, 170 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:14,600 Mark chapter 3, turn to the right in your Bible. 171 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:15,960 You're just going to go over one book. 172 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:34,720 So this is the same event. Mark chapter 3, verse 20. 173 00:08:35,039 --> 00:08:37,400 Then he went home. The crowd gathered again so that 174 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:39,679 they could not even eat. And when his family heard of it, 175 00:08:39,799 --> 00:08:43,840 they went out to seize him for they were saying he is out of 176 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:46,880 his mind. Man, how did that get in my 177 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:48,200 Bible? It's been there the whole time. 178 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:51,800 Mary and the brothers of Jesus are going, hey guys, we'll deal 179 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:52,880 with him. We'll take care of this. 180 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:56,080 He's out of his mind. We can continue here through the 181 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,720 context of it's the same event. Mark gives less detail than 182 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:01,440 Matthew does. Matthew has given us the play by 183 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:03,160 play. He said this, they said that, he 184 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:07,560 said this, they said that. But now you go in verse 22 where 185 00:09:07,560 --> 00:09:09,960 they make the accusation Jesus is driving out demons by the 186 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:14,360 power of demons. And but then we continue to 187 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:19,440 verse 30 and then verse 31 Jesus said or the Scripture says, and 188 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:22,760 his mother and brothers came to him and standing out that side, 189 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:26,520 they sent to him and called him and a crowd was sitting around 190 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:27,560 him. And they said to him, your 191 00:09:27,560 --> 00:09:29,720 mother and brothers are outside seeking you. 192 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:32,280 And he answered them, who are my mother and who are my brothers? 193 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:36,160 And looking, looking about at those who sat around him, he 194 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:39,160 said, here are my mother and my brothers for whoever does the 195 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:42,520 will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother. 196 00:09:42,680 --> 00:09:45,880 So in context, we know that they're not just saying, hey, we 197 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:48,560 just, we just want to hang out. If they wanted to be with Jesus, 198 00:09:48,560 --> 00:09:50,560 they could have been with Jesus. But they're deliberately 199 00:09:50,680 --> 00:09:53,120 interrupting what he's doing. Why there's they're telling 200 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:56,040 people he he's out of his mind. They're trying to make an excuse 201 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:57,320 for him. They're trying to justify they 202 00:09:57,320 --> 00:09:59,560 love Jesus. It's very likely that they love 203 00:09:59,560 --> 00:10:00,800 him. Remember Mary? 204 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:03,800 Everything Mary experienced, she hasn't forgotten those things, 205 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:06,480 has she? She hasn't forgotten the angels. 206 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:09,480 She hasn't forgotten the wise men when he was around 2 years 207 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:10,720 old. She hasn't forgotten the 208 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:12,480 prophecies. She hasn't forgotten the fact 209 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:14,600 that she was a virgin who got pregnant. 210 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:16,920 She hasn't forgotten any of these things. 211 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:20,600 None of this is lost on her. And still, guess what Mary is? 212 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:24,240 She's still struggling and she's still a person who is having 213 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:26,280 doubt and who still feels turmoil. 214 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:29,200 Though I know he's supposed to. But is he doing it right? 215 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:30,880 Is it? Was this the way? 216 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:33,960 I still had an expectation of how he was going to rule and 217 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:37,040 reign, and it wasn't quite like this. 218 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:38,840 We don't know all of her inner thoughts. 219 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:41,720 We just know that they're misguided at this point. 220 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:46,280 The crowds are massive. He's speaking like he's God. 221 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:50,640 He's out of his mind. He's out of his mind. 222 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:53,000 We'll talk to him. We'll go talk to him. 223 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:57,840 His family is panicked. They came to seize him, to get 224 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:00,200 him subdued, to get him under control. 225 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:02,440 There's an urgency for them. They're afraid. 226 00:11:02,560 --> 00:11:05,440 Maybe Mary's knitting group, maybe her friends have been 227 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:07,920 putting pressure on her, saying, hey, Jesus sounds like he's 228 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:09,880 getting out of control. Maybe his brothers are being 229 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:14,240 mocked on the job site, and now he's blowing up the Pharisees 230 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,040 and claiming to be the Messiah and calling out every 231 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:19,280 hypocritical belief that the people held. 232 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:23,840 Jesus is not playing nice. Is Jesus good? 233 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:26,880 Infinitely, perfectly and completely. 234 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:30,960 He's always only good. But is Jesus being nice? 235 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:34,480 No, he's not. Sometimes we see Jesus being 236 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:38,800 nice, but niceness implies that he is, that his primary focus is 237 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:41,800 to be agreeable, and Jesus primary motive was not to be 238 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:44,000 agreeable. Jesus's primary motive is to 239 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,800 please the Father. That's his primary motive. 240 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:50,440 So Jesus says what would please the Father right now? 241 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:52,760 That's what I want to do. Well, that doesn't please any of 242 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:54,560 us, Jesus said. I didn't even take that into 243 00:11:54,560 --> 00:11:56,480 account at all. It never even entered my mind. 244 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:59,400 I was only thinking about what would please the Father right 245 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:02,080 now. And if it also pleases you, good 246 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:05,040 for you, but I'm going to do what pleases the Father. 247 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:07,680 Well, that well, that puts you at odds with the rest of us. 248 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:12,200 Look what Jesus does here. Your family, your family calls 249 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:14,400 for you. Some people were uncomfortable 250 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,000 as Jesus is rebuking the Pharisees in this moment as he 251 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,720 tells them that they have committed an unforgivable sin 252 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:22,200 and that they'll be judged by the Ninevites. 253 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:26,680 Nineveh's going to rise up to judge you guys. 254 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:28,760 And people in the room are going, this is weird. 255 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:30,960 Hey, his family's got what? What? 256 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:32,960 Jesus? They're like We're saving him 257 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:34,960 from himself. We're going to help him. 258 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:38,800 He doesn't know when to shut up, so we're going to help Jesus. 259 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,680 Hey, Jesus, your mom and brothers, why don't you take a 260 00:12:41,680 --> 00:12:43,800 breather? Things got tense in here. 261 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:46,120 And Jesus, what is he doing that moment? 262 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:48,640 Who are my mother and my brothers? 263 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:49,840 Why? Because he knows what the motive 264 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:51,800 is outside. He knows what's happening. 265 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:53,840 So he doesn't go. Tell him I'll be there in a 266 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:55,800 minute. Tell him another 15 minutes. 267 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:57,400 I'm almost finished with what I'm doing in here. 268 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:02,440 He double s down. Who's my mother and my brother. 269 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:08,080 Ouch, Mary. Ouch, Brothers outside who? 270 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:10,200 I'll tell you who. He points to his 12. 271 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:12,960 Those who do the will of the Father. 272 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:15,800 That's my family. Whoa. 273 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:18,320 It's almost like Jesus is divisive. 274 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:21,200 Are you starting to get that vibe 12 chapters in to Matthew? 275 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:22,400 Are you starting to pick up on that? 276 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:25,040 It's almost like he's always clarifying. 277 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,040 Remember what we've seen over and over. 278 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:30,120 The big crowds gather. You know what's coming anytime 279 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:32,080 the crowd starts growing, you know what he's about to do. 280 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:35,120 He's about to divide. Why doesn't Jesus love 281 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:36,520 everybody? Absolutely. 282 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:39,120 He divides for you so you can actually choose him. 283 00:13:39,560 --> 00:13:41,920 He divides so you can make the right choice in that moment and 284 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:43,880 go. When Jesus, the big crowd goes 285 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:45,800 and Jesus goes, I know everything here isn't pure. 286 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:48,080 The bigger it gets, the harder it is to keep it pure. 287 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:51,160 He goes, I know I'll purify it right now. 288 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:54,680 And he's, he separates himself. He says I'm coming over here. 289 00:13:54,680 --> 00:13:57,760 The Lord has always done that. Hey, if you're with Moses, go 290 00:13:57,760 --> 00:13:59,960 stand over here. If you're with Cora, go stand 291 00:13:59,960 --> 00:14:02,480 over there. Oh, you have to pick a side, and 292 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:05,640 then the earth swallows you up if you chose incorrectly. 293 00:14:06,680 --> 00:14:08,560 This is what Jesus is doing. He's dividing. 294 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:10,520 He's clarifying. Why? 295 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:13,240 Because he wants to please the Father, He says, who does the 296 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:15,240 will of the Father? That's my family. 297 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:16,960 Family. Where? 298 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:19,160 Where is this principle of family even come from? 299 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:22,320 It's not an earthly construct. It's a heavenly one. 300 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:26,280 God is Father, so don't get it twisted. 301 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:31,680 Don't get it confused. God is Father and then he builds 302 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:35,440 families on the earth to image who he already is and what he 303 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:37,200 already wants to do with humanity. 304 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:42,280 OK, it's the cart that's in front of the horse instead of 305 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:45,680 the other way around. I said that wrong, didn't I? 306 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:51,360 Yeah, we want the horse in front of, you know, the thing, to 307 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:57,960 quote a famous politician, you know the thing, the figure of 308 00:14:57,960 --> 00:14:59,440 speech that we all use all the time. 309 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:05,680 God is father and then he creates humanity and says this 310 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:08,120 will be family. I am the father of humanity. 311 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:10,880 Don't get it confused and think that, oh, we have families on 312 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:13,440 earth and we have daddies and we have mommies. 313 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:15,520 You know what? We're going to refer to God as 314 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:17,640 like a father. That's not how it works. 315 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:21,120 That would be backwards. That would be, that would be the 316 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:23,960 cart being in front of the horse instead of the horses. 317 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:26,880 God is Father and then therefore He establishes things in the 318 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:29,640 earth to image and to show us who He really is and what He's 319 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:31,520 really like. So this is the point. 320 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:34,360 God wanted a family, remember? That was why He started 321 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:37,400 everything for us anyway. That was what He wanted. 322 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:38,760 That was His purpose and that was His motive. 323 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:42,320 God wanted a family, so He created Adam and Eve and he 324 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:44,880 wanted them to be fruitful and multiply, and we were just 325 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:46,480 supposed to live happily ever after. 326 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:48,320 And he walks with us in the cool of the day. 327 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:50,440 We are getting back to that, by the way. 328 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:53,240 That's where we started in the very beginning, and that's where 329 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:56,040 we end. It starts with a family. 330 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:59,000 It ends with a family and the marriage supper of the Lamb and 331 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:02,560 Jesus who has rescued his entire bride and the Father is there, 332 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:05,800 pleased forever, and we are secure forever in the eternal 333 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:07,440 Kingdom. That's what God's doing. 334 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:10,080 So this is what Jesus is emphasizing when he's talking 335 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:11,880 about family. Who is my family? 336 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:14,080 Does Jesus care about his family? 337 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:19,080 We know that he does as a priority for a man dying on a 338 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:21,200 cross. We haven't talked a lot about 339 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:25,240 the the crucifixion in a while. We talked about it probably last 340 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:28,680 time, a lot in detail on Good Friday, the details of the 341 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:33,120 crucifixion, how excruciating and tormenting a crucifixion is. 342 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:36,440 But Jesus, as he's being crucified, sees to it that his 343 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:39,440 mother will be cared for. So Jesus isn't violating the 344 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:41,080 Scriptures and dishonoring his mother. 345 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:45,160 But Jesus is honoring his father, and that is the 346 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:47,600 priority. And that is an example for you 347 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:49,800 and I Why shouldn't dishonor my father and mother? 348 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:52,400 Of course you shouldn't. But beyond that, you should 349 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:56,760 always honor your father. So honoring your father always 350 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:00,160 comes above and beyond your father and mother or your 351 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:02,800 brother and sister or your son and daughter. 352 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:06,240 We can be encouraged by this. Well, encouragement might not be 353 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:08,440 the right word. We can be prepared for this 354 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:11,359 because Jesus also told us that our enemies would even be in our 355 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:13,560 own household. He already told us this in 356 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:15,079 Matthew. He said so. 357 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:18,920 So enemies can sometimes think that they're being helpful, and 358 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:22,240 sometimes someone who loves you can play the role temporarily 359 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:24,720 for the moment of working against you doesn't mean that 360 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:27,359 they want your downfall, but it means that they're misguided. 361 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:31,000 So I might be completely sincere in my care for you, but I can be 362 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,640 sincerely wrong. And this is where Mary and the 363 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:35,560 brothers of Jesus likely are in this moment. 364 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:37,960 They're feeling the pressures. We're not making excuses for 365 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:41,040 what is plainly sin, but at the same time we understand it's not 366 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:42,960 the same guilt as the Pharisees bear. 367 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:47,640 There is a difference of weight of sin and the Pharisees are is 368 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:50,360 far greater than what Mary and Jesus's brothers are 369 00:17:50,360 --> 00:17:53,440 experiencing here. So they are sincere, they 370 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:58,880 believe they're correct, but they are dead wrong back in 371 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:06,040 Matthew 12, verse 48. But he replied to the man who 372 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,560 told him, who is my mother, who are my brothers? 373 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:11,680 And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, 374 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:13,840 here are my mother and my brothers. 375 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:17,720 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother 376 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:22,800 and sister and mother. Jesus's response is also telling 377 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,120 of their motives. They weren't outside saying we 378 00:18:25,120 --> 00:18:27,080 miss him and we were hoping to surprise him. 379 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:29,400 You know, can you, can you cut him off really quick and let him 380 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:31,320 know we're here? They want to seize him. 381 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:34,640 They want to speak to him. They wish to speak to him, when 382 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:36,720 really they should shut up and listen to him. 383 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,680 This is the problem with the Pharisees and the scribes that 384 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:43,080 were coming to Jesus. Hey, we wish to say something to 385 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:44,720 you. That's that's the wrong thing. 386 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:46,840 When you come to Jesus, you should come to sit at his feet. 387 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:50,160 You should come to say, I'm going to hang on to every word 388 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:54,760 that you have to say. But the temptation is always the 389 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:57,760 same. People want to put Jesus on 390 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:00,360 trial. Let's put Jesus on trial. 391 00:19:00,360 --> 00:19:02,320 He has to answer for this. He has to answer for that. 392 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:06,120 People, we put Jesus on trial once and it will never happen 393 00:19:06,120 --> 00:19:08,440 again. And it only happened because he 394 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:10,000 allowed it. It was a false trial. 395 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:12,640 It was a foolish trial. It will never happen again. 396 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:16,440 The next trial will be our own. He will come to judge the living 397 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:18,240 and the dead. He will speak to us. 398 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:20,360 We don't instruct the Lord of glory. 399 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:22,760 The Lord of glory instructs his people. 400 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:25,280 So you and I don't know what we would have done if we had been 401 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:28,280 there. So I'm not shaming or blaming 402 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:31,240 anybody, but we are clearly naming what's good, what's 403 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:34,440 right, and what's wrong. It's easy for us to look back 404 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:36,560 with our Bibles and have hindsight and go, if I, if I'd 405 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:38,600 have been there, tell you what I would have been, I would have 406 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:40,040 been inside. I would have been one of the 12. 407 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:42,400 And if he wouldn't have picked me, I'd have been #13 that would 408 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:44,880 have been able to shake me. That's my hope. 409 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:50,080 But I thank God I'm here now with the hindsight and and the 410 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:52,000 will to say, God, keep me faithful to you. 411 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:56,640 We need to remember that our convictions will not always be 412 00:19:56,640 --> 00:20:00,120 welcomed or applauded. Jesus promised just the 413 00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:03,800 opposite. It's been a hard adjustment, I 414 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:06,800 think, for the body of Christ to make in our society where 415 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:09,440 Christendom was the norm. And by Christendom, I don't mean 416 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:12,840 everyone was Christian, but the influence of Christianity was so 417 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:15,680 profound, and it still is. People in the West don't realize 418 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:18,320 that everything good, anything good that's ever happened to any 419 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:20,960 nation has been the influence of Christianity. 420 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:23,120 But what about this bad thing? We reject the bad thing. 421 00:20:23,120 --> 00:20:25,760 We call it sin and evil. And also, any good thing that 422 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:29,000 happened came as the result of God's Kingdom breaking in 423 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,440 through his church. So it's been a hard adjustment 424 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:35,440 for us to make here in the West in particular, as things have 425 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:37,520 shifted more and more away from Christendom. 426 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,080 And we don't want just Christendom. 427 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:42,520 We want the Kingdom of God. We want every heart and soul to 428 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:46,440 love and follow King Jesus. And also Christendom is better 429 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:50,080 than secularism. If you had to pick, it's a real 430 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:52,280 easy choice to make. It's not a, it's not a 431 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:55,960 complicated one. This is how sometimes we this is 432 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:58,080 what we talked about last week when we think about our upcoming 433 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:00,600 election. Who do you pick? 434 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:04,720 Well, we'll take the lesser of two evils, obviously. 435 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:08,360 We'll take the slightly better or whatever you consider majorly 436 00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:10,240 better. But still, we're not electing a 437 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:11,600 king. We already have a king. 438 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:15,360 His name is Jesus, and we're electing who do we think is 439 00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:17,480 going to best promote righteousness? 440 00:21:18,120 --> 00:21:19,920 That might even be a laughable proposition. 441 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:23,480 And still we need to make a choice and we need to do what we 442 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:25,000 think would please the Lord most. 443 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:30,040 So it's been a hard adjustment for us to make as a society, as 444 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:31,920 a as a church, but we must make it. 445 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:33,800 Jesus told us in the Sermon on the Mount. 446 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:37,520 Blessed are you when they revile you and persecute you and say 447 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:41,080 all kinds of evil against you falsely for my sake. 448 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:46,440 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in 449 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:48,560 heaven. For so they persecuted the 450 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:53,080 prophets who were before you. So Christians should have 451 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:55,720 enemies. If you don't have enemies, you 452 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:58,280 shouldn't step back and go, why don't I have any enemies? 453 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:00,440 What's going on here? I was promised that I would. 454 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:03,240 If I don't have any enemies, does that mean that I'm not 455 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:06,880 actually representing the truth? Does that mean that I'm not 456 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:09,240 standing for the truth? This isn't, this isn't a call to 457 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:11,760 go pick a fight. Jesus just saying, whenever 458 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:14,160 you're faithful for long enough, you will find a fight. 459 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:17,320 The fight will find you. You will have to speak up in a 460 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:20,560 moment when everyone else is silent, and even in a reasonable 461 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:22,000 moment when it's your mother and brothers. 462 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:23,720 Hey, hey, hey, hey. It's us. 463 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:25,840 Hey. I know the Pharisees are crazy. 464 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:27,200 I know they're giving you a lot of pressure. 465 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:28,960 Come outside and just talk with us. 466 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,360 That's tempting. That's clever. 467 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:34,080 Because they're not your enemies. 468 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:36,320 It's your Mama. She's outside. 469 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:39,840 Go talk to your Mama. Hey, we're looking out for you. 470 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:44,400 We're trying to help you here. That's clever. 471 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:48,720 That one's shifty. What is the will of the Father? 472 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:52,400 It's important to have your convictions coming from the Word 473 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:55,480 of God and from a a living relationship with the Holy 474 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:59,400 Spirit. Jesus told us like we said, our 475 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:00,840 enemies would be of our own household. 476 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:04,760 So what do you do when this pressure comes, When your family 477 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:08,240 pressures you to tone down your zeal for God? 478 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:10,600 Jesus gives us the example of how to respond. 479 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:13,520 He double s down. He he brings rebuke to his 480 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:16,960 family and then establishes what's actually good and best. 481 00:23:17,120 --> 00:23:20,680 What's good and best is everyone who pleases the father. 482 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:22,360 No, I'm not going to get pulled off. 483 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:26,200 I talk often when I'm talking about conflict in my in my work 484 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:29,840 that I do when I'm working with clients, I talk about staying on 485 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:31,520 the Interstate. When you're engaged with 486 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:33,600 conflict with someone. Hey, let's stay on the 487 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:36,080 Interstate. Hey, you know, I want to talk 488 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:39,360 with you about this thing and and then you say, well, you used 489 00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:41,800 to do this and I go hang on. That's an exit off the 490 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:43,400 Interstate. I'll own that. 491 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:45,440 And that's a separate conversation that I'm completely 492 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:47,800 willing to have. We can even write it down on a 493 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:50,200 post it note over here and come back to that later. 494 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:53,840 And yet in this moment, I intend to stay on the Interstate and 495 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:56,920 not take an exit because what what will happen sometimes is if 496 00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:59,840 you take that exit, you'll find that folks in their flesh, all 497 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:02,680 of us have this capability. By the way, we have the ability 498 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,720 to take the exit, but we have no intention of hopping right back 499 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:08,120 on the Interstate. I want to get you on the exit 500 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:09,600 and then I want to take another turn. 501 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:11,440 Eventually I'll get you in the backwoods where I can murder you 502 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:12,800 and win the argument and say ha, ha. 503 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:15,040 And then you're apologizing to me when the whole time you came 504 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:17,360 to correct me about something. But now I flipped the whole 505 00:24:17,360 --> 00:24:19,160 thing around, you know, because I have. 506 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:20,280 What is that? It's flesh. 507 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,800 Now some of you go, whoa, that sounds like me all the time. 508 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:26,440 Well, then that's that might be more of a stronghold that you 509 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:29,640 need to be very aware of and you need to repent of it is to be 510 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,520 repented of and confessed. But the point is Jesus doesn't 511 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:33,880 allow people to pull him off the Interstate. 512 00:24:34,120 --> 00:24:35,120 He says I'm going to stay right here. 513 00:24:35,120 --> 00:24:37,160 And they go, what about this and what about that? 514 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:38,520 He goes, yeah, I'm staying right here. 515 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:40,320 We said this. I heard what you said. 516 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:43,040 I'm saying what I said. I understand your tactic and 517 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,600 your motive is to distract me from what I'm doing. 518 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:48,600 Saying whenever you have conviction from the Lord to walk 519 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:52,000 out your obedience to the Lord, no matter what it looks like it 520 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,560 might be bringing rebuke to something that needs rebuke. 521 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:56,920 It might be. It might look like just your 522 00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:59,920 sweet devotion under the Lord. Will people really rebuke you 523 00:24:59,920 --> 00:25:00,920 for that? Oh, yes, they will. 524 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:02,560 And I'll show it to you in Scripture in a moment. 525 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,240 People will rebuke you for all kinds of things, loved ones and 526 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:08,040 family members who are close to you, and they'll go. 527 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:10,640 Should you really be doing it like that? 528 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:14,040 No, no, no, I'm with you. No, no, I believe what you 529 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:16,920 believe. I just wonder if you should be 530 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,680 doing it differently. How are we supposed to know 531 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:21,000 whether or not we should listen to them? 532 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:23,520 You gauge it by their own faithfulness. 533 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:28,400 The person who's coming to you, are they faithful and mature? 534 00:25:29,120 --> 00:25:32,120 If so, I'm all ears. How do you judge if they're 535 00:25:32,120 --> 00:25:34,280 faithful and mature? Do they have enemies? 536 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,080 That's another gauge. Do they have enemies? 537 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,640 Do people hate them for their love and following the way they 538 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,840 love and follow Jesus? So This is why everybody doesn't 539 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:46,960 get a seat at my table. I mean, everybody gets a seat at 540 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,120 my kitchen table, but everybody doesn't get a seat at the table 541 00:25:49,120 --> 00:25:52,680 of influence in my life because, you know, the work that I do for 542 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:56,080 a living, I'm on the Internet. So you might imagine I get some 543 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:59,680 messages sometimes for the work that I do and just for the 544 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:02,080 Kingdom, the Kingdom preaching that I do. 545 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:04,640 And then the things I say about men and women in marriage. 546 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:07,440 I, I tend to hear lots of opinions. 547 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,200 It's just instant dismissal. Instant. 548 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:11,440 Well, couldn't there be some truth in it? 549 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:14,360 I don't have time to sift through this septic tank to look 550 00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:16,840 for what might be a gem inside. Why? 551 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,480 I've got plenty of gems in my life who speak into my life. 552 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:23,280 I have a pastor who's not a coward, who speaks into my life, 553 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:25,840 who corrects me and who confronts me and says, hey, now 554 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:28,160 he's very wise. He's way wiser than me. 555 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:30,400 Like when Pastor Kim corrects me, I don't even realize it till 556 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:35,120 like the next day. And I'm like, oh man, he's good. 557 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:38,040 Wow. It's like he set the thing in 558 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:39,480 there and then the Holy Spirit works on it. 559 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,440 So we surround ourselves with faithful people. 560 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:46,560 This is not just you living in a silo and you doing everything on 561 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:48,680 your own. And you might just be an 562 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:53,000 egotistical blowhard who has convinced yourself that you 563 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:54,400 actually are faithful to the Lord. 564 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,520 You might just be a moron and you go, nobody loves the Lord 565 00:26:57,520 --> 00:26:59,520 like I do. No, you're actually really 566 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:01,200 foolish. You're actually just really 567 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,480 obnoxious and you don't know it because you don't have faithful 568 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:07,720 Saints, mature Saints around you who can speak clear clearly to 569 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:09,400 you. People who are really doing the 570 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,160 work of the ministry, who also say, hey, brother, I love, I 571 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:13,120 love your heart. I love your seal. 572 00:27:13,120 --> 00:27:16,640 Hey sister, I'm with you 1000%. And can we discuss this? 573 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:18,320 And it's someone who you can receive from. 574 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:22,120 It's someone who has and is bearing good fruit who is going 575 00:27:22,120 --> 00:27:26,440 to come to Jesus in that way? Who can Jesus, who can come and 576 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:30,600 correct Jesus, who can come to him and go, Hey, we were 577 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:34,520 thinking maybe you should consider there's there's no one 578 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:38,600 he, he has, he has his father, he has the Holy Spirit. 579 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:42,680 He's solid. He doesn't need anyone's help or 580 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:46,840 or coaching. So doubling down is a good 581 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:48,680 response when you know you're doing the right thing. 582 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,120 I'll show you another example of family telling you to tone it 583 00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:53,440 down. Turn to Second Samuel. 584 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:01,360 So this is you're gonna turn to your left, you're gonna go into 585 00:28:01,360 --> 00:28:07,480 your Old Testament if you see kings, if you see first kings or 586 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:11,240 second kings, you're gonna keep going to the left and then 587 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:12,560 you're gonna go to Second Samuel. 588 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:15,000 I wanna remind you to bring your Bibles. 589 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:16,600 I want to encourage you to bring your Bibles. 590 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:18,560 The Bible that you read at home is the Bible I want you to bring 591 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:20,440 on a Sunday morning. It's going to help continue to 592 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,520 familiarize you with Scripture so you can continue to see where 593 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:25,960 are these verses. The Lord is going to speak to 594 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:27,000 you. You'll be able to highlight 595 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,200 things, meditate on things. It'll serve you well. 596 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:44,710 Second Samuel, chapter 6. Then go in verse 12, the Ark of 597 00:28:44,710 --> 00:28:46,470 the covenant. This is not Noah's ark. 598 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:50,040 This is a, this is a box. We're not going to go too 599 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:52,720 detailed here, but it's a box. It was containing the presence 600 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:55,040 of the Lord. There was much rejoicing, much 601 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:57,040 honor should have been brought to the Lord through this process 602 00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,080 as it was. So whenever you see the word, 603 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:01,640 the ark being brought in, that's what's being referenced here. 604 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:05,800 So we're in Second Samuel, chapter 6. 605 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:07,640 I'm going to start reading to you from verse 12. 606 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:12,880 And it was told, King David, the Lord has blessed the household 607 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:16,600 of Obed Edom with all that belongs to him because of the 608 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:18,560 ark of God. So the ark was stored at this 609 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:20,520 guy's house. So now the blessing of the Lord 610 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:22,440 is just all over this, this man's home. 611 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:25,680 So David went and brought up the ark of God from the House of 612 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,240 Obed Edom to the city of David with rejoicing. 613 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:31,120 David didn't just go grab the ark, throw it on his back and 614 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:34,040 say, hey, let's bring it fully into the city and let's rejoice 615 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:38,560 over it. This, this parade was bananas. 616 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:42,640 And when those who bore the ark, I say bananas that made it sound 617 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:44,000 irreverent. It was not irreverent. 618 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:47,040 It was incredibly elaborate and Worshipful is the is what I 619 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:49,760 meant to say they're very elaborate and Worshipful. 620 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:55,080 And when those who bore the ark of the Lord had gone 6 steps. 621 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,600 So we got four guys carrying the ark. 622 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,240 We have pole on our shoulders. No one is touching the ark. 623 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:02,400 Actually, I got touched the ark earlier in the day and he died 624 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:05,040 because of it. We'll go there some other time. 625 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:07,440 So we're walking. We take 6 steps. 626 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:15,080 One 23456 every time. They took 6 steps. 627 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:19,800 Do you know what happened when those who bore the ark of the 628 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:24,800 Lord had gone 6 steps? He sacrificed an ox and a fatted 629 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,600 animal. Wow. 630 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:28,840 Hey, David. No. 631 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:30,880 I love your zeal, brother. No, no, it's great. 632 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:31,760 No, no, no. I'm with you. 633 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:34,240 I love the Lord too. I love the Lord too. 634 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:40,280 But I think maybe if we could move the parade along and we 635 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:42,480 could, I don't know, like we don't have to kill that many 636 00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:44,480 animals. Like, it's a lot of steps 637 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:46,720 between this guy's house and the city. 638 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:49,040 No, no, I'm with you. No, no, no, no, I love the Lord. 639 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:51,280 No, no, I'm with you 100 percent, 100%, totally, totally, 640 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:53,200 totally. But also, let's not do it this 641 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:56,480 way the way that you feel led to do it, the way you want to honor 642 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:58,320 the Lord. Don't do it that way. 643 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:00,520 Don't do it that way. Hey, hey, hey. 644 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:03,160 I know you want to give that money into that offering. 645 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:06,160 Hey, I know you want to bless that family. 646 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:08,800 Hey, I know you want to do this sacrificial thing as a 647 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,000 Christian. I love that about you, but I 648 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,800 think it's but don't do that. I think that's too excessive. 649 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:17,640 I think that's too much. Hey, I know, I know you know, 650 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:21,080 you tithe and give offerings, but I think I think you could 651 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:25,680 reel this thing in some you fill in the blank with maybe, maybe 652 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:29,200 we don't have any record that anyone objected there, but he 653 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:31,480 sacrificed an ox and a fatted animal. 654 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:37,520 Verse 14 And David danced before the Lord with all his might and 655 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:41,920 David was wearing a linen ephod. So David and all the House of 656 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:45,120 Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the 657 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:49,160 sound of the horn. David danced with all his might 658 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:50,400 and he was wearing a linen ephod. 659 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:54,640 So he's wearing a just a simple white linen garment, nothing 660 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:56,480 fancy, not looking like the king. 661 00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:59,480 He had taken off his kingly robes and he was saying, look, 662 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:02,760 I'm just another one of the guys who wants to glorify the Lord. 663 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,040 This isn't about King David being here today. 664 00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:08,960 This is about the Lord, the King of glory, getting honor, getting 665 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:11,560 praise, getting worship. That's a good thing, right? 666 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:15,600 Go David, Praise the Lord, man. Get after it, brother. 667 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:24,040 Verse 16, as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David 668 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:28,480 McCall, the daughter of Saul. This is David's wife. 669 00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:31,160 Remember her when David killed Goliath? 670 00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:35,000 This is the Princess that he gets as a wife. 671 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:37,880 McCall, the daughter of Saul, looked out the window and saw 672 00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:40,720 King David leaping and dancing before the Lord. 673 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:43,880 And she despised him in her heart, dear God. 674 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:50,240 And they brought in the ark of the Lord and set it in its place 675 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:52,400 inside the tent that David had pitched for it. 676 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:55,840 And David offered burnt offerings and offered peace 677 00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:58,800 offerings before the Lord. David is having an awesome day. 678 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,760 We're praising the Lord, we're worshiping, He's dancing. 679 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:06,760 It's joy, joy, joy, joy, honor the Lord. 680 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:08,720 He is worthy. It's all good. 681 00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:11,120 And when David finish it, offering the burnt offerings, 682 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:14,320 verse 18, and the peace offerings, he blessed the people 683 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:17,440 in the name of the Lord of hosts and distributed among all the 684 00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:20,880 people, the whole multitude of Israel, both men and women, a 685 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:24,680 cake of bread, a portion of meat, cake of raisins to each 686 00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:26,600 one. Then all the people departed, 687 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:29,320 each to his house. He wanted this to be a feast. 688 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:32,920 This is a celebration. Hey, open the storehouses, open 689 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:34,840 up everything, distribute, distribute. 690 00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:37,040 The people are coming. They're singing, there's 691 00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:40,080 dancing. It's awesome, as it should be. 692 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:44,360 David is so excited. And David returned verse 20 to 693 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:46,960 bless his own household. So now the man of the house 694 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:48,680 comes home. The king is coming home to his 695 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:50,760 wife, to his children, to his servants. 696 00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:52,960 What a day. And he wants to bring the same 697 00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:56,520 blessings into his own household as he should, as a godly man 698 00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:59,680 should, bringing his best to his family, Not bringing your scraps 699 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:01,840 to your family, but giving them your very best. 700 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:04,600 David returned to bless his household. 701 00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:08,239 But McCall, the daughter of Saul, came out to meet David and 702 00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:12,159 said how the king of Israel honored himself today, 703 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:15,920 uncovering himself before the eyes of his servants, female 704 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:19,480 servants, as one of the vulgar fellows shamelessly uncovers 705 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:21,679 himself. This is what he's met with. 706 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:24,560 She's being sarcastic and she's mocking him. 707 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:27,199 She said. I saw you dancing. 708 00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:29,760 I looked out the window. You didn't have on your kingly 709 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:31,440 robe. You look like a fool. 710 00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:35,159 You look like everybody else. It was embarrassing. 711 00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:39,719 You look like a joke coming hard at him. 712 00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:44,960 He's going hey, honey, I'm home. The King's ark is Look at you, 713 00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:49,960 Mr. Dancing with the others today looking ridiculous. 714 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:57,000 And David said to McCall. So notice what McCall said. 715 00:34:57,000 --> 00:35:00,960 You danced before the servants. You danced in front of the 716 00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:02,600 servants. You see how you see how a 717 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:04,800 twisted heart Miss applies Even what he was doing? 718 00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:06,760 Was David dancing before the servants? 719 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:09,800 Look, I'm dancing for you. Was that who he was doing it 720 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:12,080 for? David said to McCall. 721 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:16,920 It was before the Lord who chose me above your father, and above 722 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:20,320 all his house, to appoint me as Prince over Israel, the people 723 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:22,240 of the Lord. And I will celebrate before the 724 00:35:22,240 --> 00:35:23,280 Lord. You know what? 725 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:26,040 I'll make myself yet more contemptible than this. 726 00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:29,520 I'll be a based in your eyes, but by the female servants of 727 00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:31,400 whom you have spoken. By them I shall be held in 728 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:33,280 honor. And McCall, the daughter of 729 00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:35,720 Saul, had no child to the day of her death. 730 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,360 Interesting that the Holy Spirit and Samuel would include that 731 00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:41,360 there. So what does David do? 732 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,680 Other translations? Whenever McCall corrects and 733 00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:48,080 rebukes and he says, you think I was undignified today, I will 734 00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:49,800 become even more undignified than this. 735 00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:52,560 You haven't seen anything yet. He double s down. 736 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:54,640 You think that was bad? I'll do it again. 737 00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:56,560 I'll go outside tonight all by myself. 738 00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:00,240 He's making the point. I will not be pulled away from 739 00:36:00,240 --> 00:36:02,880 the Lord of glory. This wasn't about David. 740 00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:05,440 This wasn't about anybody else but the heart that doesn't see 741 00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:06,880 that. So this is my point. 742 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:10,040 I proved to you, yes, people will come at you when you bring 743 00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,160 strong rebuke and they'll go, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. 744 00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:16,760 I also think that's a bad thing. But I think the way we should go 745 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:20,040 about it is, oh, the answer to that is always by doing nothing, 746 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:22,840 by the way, because the people who rebuke you for bringing 747 00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:25,760 rebuke never actually rebuke anything apart from people who 748 00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:27,840 rebuke people. Did you follow that? 749 00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:32,200 It's always the case, unless, of course, it's not and it's Pastor 750 00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:34,920 Kim rebuking me. And then it can be received. 751 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:38,000 But the majority of the time, Christians who go to other 752 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,600 Christians go, Brother, I, I agree with you. 753 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:44,560 This thing is wrong and bad, but I don't think you're doing it 754 00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:46,440 right. Here's the question you ask 755 00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:48,760 those people. Oh, OK, show me how you do it. 756 00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:52,520 I'm open. I'm open to instruction here. 757 00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:55,920 Show me how you do it. Oh well I don't do it then. 758 00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:57,520 I'm not open to anything you have to say. 759 00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:00,760 Then you've lost influence with me. 760 00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:02,720 Well that's really prideful of you. 761 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:05,640 Clever. Nice try, but thankfully I have 762 00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:08,920 safety in my life and mature believers who are wise, who are 763 00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,600 godly, who are not cowardly and who are not trying to be friends 764 00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:13,440 with the world. To be friends with the world is 765 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:16,200 to be enemies with God. Don't be confused. 766 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:17,960 We should have many non believing friends. 767 00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:21,880 But to be friends with the world is to be friends with the world 768 00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:27,680 system and the God of this world who we hate, the Prince and 769 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:30,640 power of the air, Satan himself is our enemy. 770 00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:33,840 So see that pressure doesn't just come when you're bringing 771 00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:36,600 fire and brimstone. Pressure can also come when 772 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:39,720 you're joyfully praising the Lord, happily minding your own 773 00:37:39,720 --> 00:37:41,400 business going. God is so good. 774 00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:44,440 God is so good, people go pipe down with that. 775 00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:48,960 It can come from anything. You need to be prepared. 776 00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:51,560 What do we do? Jesus gives us the example, 777 00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:53,760 David. David gives us the example. 778 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:57,520 Double down. Like I said, you've you've got 779 00:37:57,520 --> 00:37:59,600 to have the wise protection in your life. 780 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:04,440 But once you know that you do, you can more happily and quickly 781 00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:09,000 and easily dismiss nonsense. All right, we're going to go 782 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:24,360 back to Matthew 12. In Matthew 12, we are in verse 783 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:27,200 49 now. So we're continuing stretching 784 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:28,480 out his hand toward his disciples. 785 00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:34,720 He said, here are my mother and my brothers, for whoever does 786 00:38:34,720 --> 00:38:38,960 the will of my father in heaven is my brother and sister and 787 00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:40,880 mother. What a powerful bond that was 788 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:42,200 building among the disciples, right? 789 00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:43,720 Yeah. They're sitting there and 790 00:38:43,720 --> 00:38:47,040 they're just like, I'm with him. I don't know what he's going to 791 00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:49,160 say next. It gets crazy around here 792 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:52,960 sometimes, but I'm with him. I don't understand it all when 793 00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:54,840 he says eat your flesh and drink your blood, I don't get that 794 00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:56,240 either. But I'm still with him. 795 00:38:56,360 --> 00:39:00,040 I'm with him, I'm with him. Well, what about your teacher? 796 00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:01,680 I'm with him. Take it up with him. 797 00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:04,040 That's all I know to say. That is such a wise and humble 798 00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:06,000 approach. When you when you feel 799 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,640 pressured, you've got to explain, you've got to justify. 800 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,680 Take it up with Jesus. I've told many people to take it 801 00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:14,520 up with the Lord when they're like, well, you and you and you 802 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:16,840 and I go, bro, I didn't invent it. 803 00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:20,560 I just read it. Why don't interpret it that way 804 00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:23,680 then interpret it how you want. The king will sort us out of 805 00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:26,560 that much. I'm sure the judge will sort us 806 00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:30,320 out. Me and you both, friend, enemy, 807 00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:36,440 frenemy, whatever you may be. I'm with him. 808 00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:40,640 Jesus is building a great bond among his disciples, saying this 809 00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:42,720 is what it looks like to be my family. 810 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:46,640 It's to obey the Father, the family of Jesus. 811 00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:50,960 We can determined from this passage the family of Jesus will 812 00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:54,680 obey the Father of Jesus. That's how Jesus knows who his 813 00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:57,360 family is and that's how we know who our family is. 814 00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:00,960 He told us just moments ago up in the passage when he was 815 00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:03,600 rebuking the Pharisees. The tree is known by its fruit. 816 00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:07,880 The tree is known by its fruit. Don't confuse that with the tree 817 00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:13,080 is saved by its fruit. The tree is dead, and Jesus 818 00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:15,720 makes the tree alive. And then the tree is known by 819 00:40:15,720 --> 00:40:17,800 its fruit. It had bad fruit before Jesus 820 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:21,200 saves it makes it new, and now it has living fruit. 821 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:24,800 So the tree is not saved by its fruit. 822 00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:26,520 But the tree is known by its fruit. 823 00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:32,760 It is identified by its fruit. And now we're seeing bad fruit 824 00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:36,200 from Mary, the brothers of Jesus. 825 00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:39,320 It's not as bad as what we see from the Pharisees, but he can't 826 00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:41,880 allow it to pull him off of his obedience. 827 00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:44,760 And you've got to have the same kind of wisdom to recognize 828 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:47,560 what's going on here. This person loves me. 829 00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:50,680 This person cares about me, and yet something ain't right. 830 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:53,200 The Holy Spirit is telling you that something ain't right. 831 00:40:53,720 --> 00:40:55,880 I can't pinpoint it. You better obey the Lord. 832 00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:58,360 But yeah, but they need me to answer them. 833 00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:01,120 No, they don't. You don't owe an explanation. 834 00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:03,760 You don't owe an answer. If you can't articulate 1. 835 00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:08,960 You just go, Hey, I love you and I think you love me, but in this 836 00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:12,200 thing and this dancing before the Lord moment, or in this 837 00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:14,720 rebuking the Pharisees moment, or in this fill in the blank 838 00:41:14,720 --> 00:41:17,000 moment, I can't go with you on this. 839 00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:22,000 This seems to me to be the will of the Lord and I'm going to 840 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:30,000 stick with the will of the Lord. They say that blood is thicker 841 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:33,480 than water, but it's the blood of Jesus that flows through the 842 00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:35,920 body of Christ. It's the blood of Jesus that 843 00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:38,520 flows through the church that's thicker than anything. 844 00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:40,600 That was the point that Jesus was making. 845 00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:44,240 Do we dishonor our families? No way, no how. 846 00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:47,320 They are your first people. They are your closest people and 847 00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:50,920 they should be cared for. And yet the bond in the body of 848 00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:54,160 Christ, and we're going to close and Chris and Kayla are going to 849 00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:55,880 prepare the elements to service communion. 850 00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:00,720 The bond in the body of Christ is something that flows out of 851 00:42:00,720 --> 00:42:02,720 Christ. We are a body. 852 00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:06,080 That's the image that the Holy Spirit chose to use. 853 00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:09,520 So we are connected to each other and most importantly, 854 00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:12,240 we're connected to the head, Jesus. 855 00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:17,400 And that bond is something that is inseparable. 856 00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:19,440 It's something that builds great devotions. 857 00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:23,080 And also we have to be trained and discipled into it. 858 00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:27,000 The body of Christ should have strong bonds. 859 00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:30,240 You should have deep love for the body of Christ. 860 00:42:30,240 --> 00:42:32,520 You should have deep love for your local church, for the 861 00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:35,280 Christians in your life, for the people in this room. 862 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:39,960 This is this has been a priority for us as a church from day one. 863 00:42:40,720 --> 00:42:43,440 We said that when we were meeting at the Pilot house and I 864 00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:47,760 was saying my intention in planting this church, I want to 865 00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:49,680 plant the church that I want to attend. 866 00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:53,960 And we want to just be a Church of simply New Testament 867 00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:56,160 Christianity, which of course every church would say that and 868 00:42:56,160 --> 00:42:59,640 we commend that. But in particular, we mean we 869 00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:01,600 are going to be up in each other's business. 870 00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:04,160 We intend to be up in each other's lives. 871 00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:06,680 And I said that and I've continued to say that because I 872 00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:09,040 want it to divide. I want it to separate. 873 00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:12,320 So for the folks who are looking for an exclusive Sunday morning, 874 00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:14,480 I just need you to be a preacher man, preacher man. 875 00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:17,800 So go ahead and preach preacher man, if that's all somebody's 876 00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:19,000 looking for. I want them to feel 877 00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:22,200 uncomfortable and convicted in this environment and call to 878 00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:25,960 deeper fellowship with the Saints to say that the body of 879 00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:29,160 Christ was more than for you to come and be something that you 880 00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:32,080 consume. The Church of Jesus is not 881 00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:33,840 something that you come and take from. 882 00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:36,840 The Church of Jesus is something that you are a part of. 883 00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:40,120 So does the hand contribute? Yes, it does. 884 00:43:40,240 --> 00:43:41,840 And does the body contribute to the hand? 885 00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:44,480 Yes, it does. Blood flows into the hand. 886 00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:46,720 It is. It is a reciprocal love 887 00:43:46,720 --> 00:43:48,440 relationship all throughout the body. 888 00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:52,480 But we've often missed that. The Western church misses that 889 00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:55,760 and we become a consumer church. She goes, what do you have to 890 00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:58,240 offer me? Well, we got YouTube worship. 891 00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:01,800 How about that? Are you impressed yet? 892 00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:06,520 No, you know, we set up our chairs with bicycles and AYMCA 893 00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:09,600 and, you know, weights and junk around us. 894 00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:12,920 Are you impressed yet? We got nothing to offer you 895 00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:15,080 except Jesus and the fellowship of the Saints. 896 00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:17,600 If that's what you're in for, then we're all in with you. 897 00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:23,480 If you're looking for if you're looking for more, I don't know 898 00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:25,560 that we'll have it. We want to be hospitable. 899 00:44:25,560 --> 00:44:28,400 We want to be loving, but the bonds in the body of Christ, 900 00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:30,440 that's enough. That's enough. 901 00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:32,800 So we have to train westernism out of us. 902 00:44:34,240 --> 00:44:36,600 By the way, let me clarify. I want us to have a beautiful 903 00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:38,480 building. I want us to have our own 904 00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:40,280 property. I want to build something 905 00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:42,720 gorgeous that we love to worship in. 906 00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:45,160 I want all of that. So don't don't hear things that 907 00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:47,240 I'm not saying, but I am saying what I am saying. 908 00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:51,320 So there's a lot of lot of good that can be enjoyed there. 909 00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:54,520 But the point is the body of Christ is what makes it. 910 00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:57,200 If we had nowhere to meet, we would gather in a field. 911 00:44:57,880 --> 00:44:59,160 We would, we would figure it out. 912 00:44:59,160 --> 00:45:00,440 Why? Because that's what the church 913 00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:02,160 is. The church is the gathered body 914 00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:03,960 of Jesus. So I'm the church all by myself. 915 00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:06,840 No, you're actually not. The church literally means the 916 00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:10,520 gathered people of God. So it is the gathered body of 917 00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:13,240 Christ that is the Church of Jesus Christ. 918 00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:15,120 I want to be in the family of God. 919 00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:17,840 How can I know I am? Jesus said, do the will of the 920 00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:19,680 Father. Jesus said that's how we know. 921 00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:23,200 That's the fruit that tells us what's going on, not perfectly, 922 00:45:23,720 --> 00:45:28,680 but faithfully. So we are the body of Christ, We 923 00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:32,520 are connected to each other. We are family if God is your 924 00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:35,680 father. But the dangerous thing is to 925 00:45:35,680 --> 00:45:38,480 see, like with Mary and the brothers of Jesus in this 926 00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:42,920 moment, you can be inside a Christian family and still be 927 00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:45,680 outside of Christ. They're literally the mother of 928 00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:47,200 Christ and the brothers of Christ. 929 00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:49,600 And they were still, the Scripture made it plain with the 930 00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:50,840 language. They were outside. 931 00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:54,240 Why would you be outside if Jesus is inside? 932 00:45:55,200 --> 00:45:56,360 Jesus outside. I want to be outside. 933 00:45:56,360 --> 00:45:58,320 Wherever Jesus is is where I want to be. 934 00:45:58,400 --> 00:46:01,800 You can be inside a Christian Church and still be outside of 935 00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:04,280 Christ. There's nothing magical about 936 00:46:04,280 --> 00:46:07,520 these chairs or this room or listening to sermons that are 937 00:46:07,520 --> 00:46:12,640 faithful. So you can be close but still be 938 00:46:12,640 --> 00:46:14,680 outside. You can be in a building in a 939 00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:17,600 Christian family, but still be outside of Christ. 940 00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:21,480 How do I make my salvation Sure? Well, only Jesus makes salvation 941 00:46:21,480 --> 00:46:25,000 sure, and y'all can begin to service the elements. 942 00:46:25,760 --> 00:46:29,160 Only Jesus makes salvation sure. Or where does my confidence come 943 00:46:29,160 --> 00:46:30,720 from? Your confidence if you're a 944 00:46:30,720 --> 00:46:33,440 believer, I don't intend to. I don't intend to plant seeds of 945 00:46:33,440 --> 00:46:36,600 doubt inside of you. But if you feel unsure, if your 946 00:46:36,600 --> 00:46:39,760 confidence feels shaky, how how do you build that confidence? 947 00:46:40,320 --> 00:46:45,400 You do so by fellowship with the Father, fellowship with Christ, 948 00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:48,920 and fellowship with the Saints. That looks like the word of God. 949 00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:54,160 That looks like prayer. That looks like all the 950 00:46:54,160 --> 00:46:56,360 spiritual disciplines we would refer to often. 951 00:46:57,080 --> 00:46:59,880 They don't save us, but they build our fellowship. 952 00:47:00,880 --> 00:47:03,920 If I felt distance with Natalie, I wouldn't say I wonder if I'm 953 00:47:03,920 --> 00:47:06,800 still married. Are we still married? 954 00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:10,400 Yeah, we're still married. But maybe I've been traveling 955 00:47:10,400 --> 00:47:13,680 too much, and maybe we haven't been having soulful, quality 956 00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:15,760 time together, hanging out and talking. 957 00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:17,880 Maybe we've been busy and distracted. 958 00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:20,880 Maybe fellowship needs to be strengthened. 959 00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:24,160 So if that's where you're at, you say, I know I love the Lord, 960 00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:27,680 I know I'm saved, but I still feel distance. 961 00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:30,280 And sermons like this still make me feel this insecurity in this 962 00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:32,200 fear. That is a conviction from the 963 00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:35,600 Holy Spirit intended to draw you closer. 964 00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:40,440 Do not drive away today and go, man, I felt convicted today. 965 00:47:40,960 --> 00:47:43,840 The end. Conviction has a purpose, but 966 00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:46,640 it's dangerous to keep swatting it away. 967 00:47:47,600 --> 00:47:50,920 This is a family that's irksome and I'll just man, that keeps 968 00:47:50,920 --> 00:47:53,000 coming up. That is the grace of God. 969 00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:57,880 That is your God who loves you saying hey, hey, hey, let's get 970 00:47:57,880 --> 00:48:00,440 together. Let's build this thing. 971 00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:04,640 Let's do this thing for real. Really follow me, really walk 972 00:48:04,640 --> 00:48:05,680 with me. I love you, son. 973 00:48:05,680 --> 00:48:06,560 I love you, daughter.