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Turn to Matthew chapter 21. 
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already, but you might have 
known where to go. 

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Matthew Chapter 21 got to pay 
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started late. 
Oh, we're good. 

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We're good on time. 
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picked up. 
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off. 
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whole passage, this whole 
section, we're just interrupting

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Jesus each week. 
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His whole monologue just keeps 
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The thing keeps building, the 
thing keeps swelling, it keeps 

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growing until it finally crashes
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everything. 
So I want you to go ahead and 

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read through that on your own. 
Read through the whole section, 

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the context, the principle. 
I keep painting that picture for

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you, but I just want you to have
that understanding. 

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Again this morning. 
We're in. 

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Verse 28 is where we're picking 
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His authority's just been 
challenged. 

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Now we pick up here in verse 28.
I take it back. 

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Let's go back to 23 just for 
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So in verse 23, he entered the 
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The chief priests and the elders
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he was teaching and said, by 
what authority are you doing 

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these things? 
And who gave you this authority?

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Jesus answered them. 
I'll ask you one question. 

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If you tell me the answer, I'll 
tell you by what authority I do 

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these things. 
The baptism of John, where did 

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it come from? 
From heaven or from man? 

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So he's saying, was this a God 
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out here winging it and making 
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They said to themselves, if we 
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he'll say then why didn't you 
believe him? 

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But if we say it came from man, 
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for they all hold that John was 
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So they answered Jesus, we don't
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And he said to them, neither 
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authority I do these things. 
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continues verse 28, What do you 
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A man had two sons, and he went 
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work in the vineyard today. 
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But afterward he changed his 
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to the other son, and he said 
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And that son answered, I will 
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Which of the two did the will of
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And they said who the, the men 
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the the elders, the leaders of 
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did the will of his Father. 
Jesus said to them, truly, I say

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to you that tax collectors and 
prostitutes go into the Kingdom 

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of God before you. 
For John came to you in a way, 

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in the way of righteousness, and
you did not believe him. 

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But the tax collectors and the 
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And even when you saw it, you 
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afterward change your minds and 
believe him. 

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Let's pray. 
Lord, we thank you for your 

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powerful word. 
I thank you for the moment. 

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I thank you for the season. 
I thank you for the glorious 

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grace that you've extended to us
in this moment as a church, The 

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blessing that it is, the call 
that it is, and how you have 

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sovereignly lined up, what 
you're doing with the preaching 

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of Your word each week and how 
you're doing it again today and 

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your kindness and your mercy. 
And in your grace. 

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I pray that we would be so 
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I pray that we would really be 
changed today. 

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I pray that if anyone came this 
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ideas of I'm going to church 
because I go to church, If 

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anyone came with any shallow 
perspective in their walk with 

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you, if anyone came hiding, I 
pray that today, Lord, they 

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would be completely seen by you,
completely known by you. 

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And I pray they will completely 
open themselves up to all that 

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you have intended for them. 
Lord, I know the great love that

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you have for your people. 
I know the great compassion and 

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the kindness that you show to us
in our sin to make us righteous.

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So I pray you a breakthrough 
today as people surrender in a 

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deeper way, in Jesus name we 
thank you. 

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Amen. 
So I've been saying it. 

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I'm going to keep reminding you 
until I sense that it's lifted, 

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until I sense that it's shifted.
I told you before, not once in 

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four years of Salt Church as a 
church have I said God's doing 

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something right now among us 
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He has been doing things, but 
it's been his normative work, 

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his supernatural powerful work 
that he does throughout the body

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of Christ. 
And yet right now I've been 

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saying for the past month, 
there's a moment and there's a 

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thing happening for us. 
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the Lord is calling us into 
deeper surrender. 

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And I'm excited about it, and 
I'm 100% personally choosing to 

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step into it. 
But I'm also a shepherd. 

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And I also am watching and 
praying and caring for each of 

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you and praying that you will 
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And the Word is connected 
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surrender. 
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It's surrender. 
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Well, we've, we've defined it a 
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It's about submission. 
It's about deeper trust. 

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It's about yielding. 
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It's about vulnerability. 
Actually submitting myself and 

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surrendering to the Lord makes 
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So the an act of surrender. 
And that what we do, we say put 

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your hands up. 
We got a police officer with us 

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this morning. 
So we say, put your hands up. 

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What are you doing? 
You're surrendering. 

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What? 
I can't do anything at this 

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point. 
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You're, you're, you're in, 
you're now under the authority 

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of someone else and you will 
obey or you will regret it or 

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you'll, you might get the spicy 
water to the face or you might 

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get tased or, you know, it could
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You could get the, the, the 
special handcuffs that they put 

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on you. 
But you got a lot of options 

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here. 
The Lord, he calls us with 

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gentleness, though. 
He calls us with gentleness and 

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he's saying, I'm, I'm calling 
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I'm calling you to trust. 
I'm calling you to follow. 

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And specifically, we know the 
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things down. 
I've had multiple people reach 

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out to me and they reached out 
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has asked me for this. 
The Lord asked me to give up 

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whatever. 
Fill in the blank with whatever 

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he's calling you to. 
The point is not to look like 

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somebody else. 
The point is to actually hear 

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from the Holy Spirit for 
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Lord asking me to give up? 
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Well, yeah, sin, first of all, 
like we should always be 

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stomping sin out of our lives 
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But in particular, if there's 
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sinful that he's saying, but can
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Just like he did with Abraham. 
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say give me all your sins so 
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free. 
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son that you love? 
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Not Isaac, but Abraham believed 
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God restored Isaac to him and 
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and a greater blessing because 
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This is what the Christian walk 
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glory to glory. 
I said many people are praying 

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for breakthrough for years and 
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I believe many times we're not 
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that we've been praying for, not
because we haven't prayed hard 

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enough, but because our 
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surrender that we never 
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I've been praying for this 
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nothing's coming through. 
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obedience that you still have 
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The thing that was unique to 
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to you, He asked you to give up 
that thing that whatever. 

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I've been talking to my clients 
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do coaching men, and I've been 
sharing this same message 

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because it's just all that's 
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Lord keeps ministering to me 
along these lines and to you 

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along these lines. 
And I'm sharing it with my 

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clients and guys are saying, 
man, I, I the Lord, the Lord has

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been asking for video games for 
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And, and I've just given it to 
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It wasn't sinful. 
If you can have good clean 

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entertainment and you can 
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not binge in the way that they 
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to do so others have said I've 
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Others have said I've given up 
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kinds of non sinful things that 
could be enjoyed in their proper

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context. 
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sin. 
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Because the Lord asked for it. 
And now anything not done in 

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faith is sin. 
There's an interesting and a 

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funny thing we do. 
Whenever the Lord has asked us 

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for something, we then attempt 
to try and sanctify that thing 

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if we don't want to actually 
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So the example I gave recently 
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can I have hunting? 
Can I, can I have that? 

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So now if, if the Lord asked 
somebody for hunting, now that 

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brother's going to go into his 
tree stand and he's going to 

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open his Bible and he's like, 
Lord, I just thank you for the 

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gift of hunting. 
And he's swatting away that fly 

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that the Lord has asked for. 
And he's just, he's trying to 

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say, look, Lord, it's an act of 
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I pray when I'm in the tree 
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in the tree stand, I do all 
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And just to kid himself to 
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Oh no, no, I'm going to, I'm 
going to make sure I devote this

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thing to the Lord more. 
But it'd be like if the Lord 

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said Abraham, can I have Isaac? 
And Abraham goes, I'm going to 

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take Isaac to church today and 
I'm going to teach him the word 

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of God more. 
Yes, Lord, I'm going to commit 

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Isaac to you more fully. 
And the Lord said, no, no, no, 

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that's not, that's not what I 
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You know, that's not what I 
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I wasn't asking for you to 
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and sanctify him and set him 
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I was asking if you would give 
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would actually hand him over and
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Well, the Lord would never ask 
me to do that. 

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Well, if anyone has that reply 
to something, then we already 

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have their answer to the Lord. 
If my answer is the Lord would 

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never ask me to fill in the 
blank, then we already know what

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our response would be if He did 
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So this is an encouragement 
because surrender leads to 

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breakthrough and breakthrough 
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And I'm convinced about myself 
and you and the whole wide world

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that many people are stuck. 
They're the same Christian that 

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they were. 
All they're doing from this 

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point, for this point of 
spiritual maturity forward, all 

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they're doing is gaining and 
acquiring knowledge. 

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And this gaining and acquiring 
of knowledge is very deceptive 

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because it makes me feel as 
though I am growing in Christ 

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and I am 100% not growing in 
Christ. 

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Even though I know more Bible 
than I've ever known in my life,

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even though I understand that 
theology and I know the context 

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of that point. 
I know what Jesus meant when he 

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said that and where he was 
standing in the temple and all 

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the context that swirls around 
it. 

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And I can make a life 
application for you and for me, 

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but my obedience has not grown. 
My surrender has not deepened. 

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My roots haven't gone any 
farther down and my and my 

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branches haven't extended any 
farther out. 

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I'm covered in leaves, green 
leaves all over this tree, and 

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you can't find a piece of fruit 
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That's the scary thing. 
Pastor, you think that could be 

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happening with us? 
I'm telling you emphatically, 

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that's happened with us. 
Why? 

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Because you're a human being. 
It's our temptation. 

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So this is just the reality that
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This is normal and this is 
normative. 

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If that shoe fits, put the thing
on because the Lord is calling 

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to us with kindness and with 
graciousness. 

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I didn't open this door of 
opportunity this season of 

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deeper repentance and surrender.
And I and I won't be the one to 

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close it, but I am here just to 
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let's walk deeper into 
surrender. 

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Let's walk deeper into being 
known by one another, being 

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known by one another. 
Who knows you really beyond the 

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people in your household? 
Does anybody else know the 

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vulnerable thing? 
I was talking with somebody 

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recently. 
I was actually, I was talking 

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with Alan, our future pastor 
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And I was telling him, I said, 
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Alan, where there was such an 
emphasis on what you say out of 

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your mouth that it caused people
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So you say, hey, how are you 
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Is I'm blessed and highly 
favored. 

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Like, hey, friend, I know what 
the Scripture says about you. 

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I wasn't asking what the Bible 
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I know how to read. 
I'm asking what's been the 

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experience of your week? 
That was my question. 

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My question is not what does God
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I want to stand in faith with 
you, but I want to ask how are 

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you processing this Monday? 
That's what I'm asking. 

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So when I ask how I can pray for
you, I don't want to hear, Oh, 

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pastor, just pray that I would 
look more like Jesus. 

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Brother, I was praying that 
already. 

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I'm praying that for you. 
I'm praying that for me. 

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What I'm asking you to do is 
step into some rent, some 

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surrender, some realness, 
leaving behind some falseness 

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and saying here's a real life 
thing. 

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I'm facing pastor, here's a real
life thing. 

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I'm facing brother, sister in 
Christ. 

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Here's here's something real. 
Here's real talk. 

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I know you're blessed and highly
favored. 

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I know you're the head and not 
the tail. 

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All those things are absolutely 
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But I'm asking about what's your
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Are you super discouraged? 
Are you sad? 

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Are you lonely? 
Do you feel forgotten? 

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Are you angry? 
Are you super worried? 

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I'm not supposed to be worried. 
I know you're not supposed to, 

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but you are. 
So say that you are. 

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And then we can minister to that
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need by putting faith in Jesus. 
But we have to start by being 

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honest about what the about our 
present reality. 

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Well, God's word says something 
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Amen. 
And if you're walking out that 

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reality, then I would just want 
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But we, we don't want to be 
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So we're very much a people of 
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We're very much people of faith.
But we have to keep being honest

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and have to keep being clear 
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Hey, here's where I'm really at.
You know, I'm super worried 

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about my finances this month. 
You know, I am super worried and

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discouraged in my marriage. 
I am super overwhelmed with this

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thing or that thing or whatever 
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Now we're getting somewhere. 
Now we're actually being real. 

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Now we're actually surrendering.
Now we're actually being known, 

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and now we can serve one 
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Now I know actually how to pray 
for you. 

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Now I know actually how to 
encourage you. 

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Now I know how to actually help 
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That was all free. 
This is not charismatic hype. 

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I think everybody knows that. 
Anybody who's known me for more 

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than 5 seconds knows that it is 
not charismatic hype. 

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I'm charismatic and I'm not 
sorry for it. 

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And also I'm very anti hype. 
So what the Lord's doing is a 

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special thing and it's a good 
thing He's blessing. 

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He's calling. 
This is not a day of mourning. 

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I feel like Nehemiah and you 
know, the scriptures being read 

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before all the people and they 
hear the law of God read and 

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everybody just mourns and weeps.
That's how I feel before you 

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right now. 
And I have to tell you like they

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told all the people as they 
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The Lord is your strength. 
This is a day for celebration. 

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This is only sad news and bad 
news for the hard heart who 

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won't surrender. 
So if you're predetermining to 

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stay hard hearted, then sure, 
it's terrible news. 

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It's a stiff word for a stiff 
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that's not the point. 
The point is, look at the 

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blessing of God. 
Oh my goodness, what might I 

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have to give up? 
What will you gain? 

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Breakthrough in freedom? 
I can't. 

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I can't label and name what's in
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But I know it's good. 
I know it's glorious. 

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I know it's great. 
I'm pleading with you, I'm 

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pleading with you and I'm 
pleading with the Lord in my 

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prayers that he that if you have
not yet surrendered, that He 

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will wreck you with His 
goodness, that he will hit you 

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like a freight train with grace,
not for exposure and shame and 

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humiliation, because that's not 
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Eventually you're about to see 
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That's not his aim. 
That's not what he wants. 

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He wants full restoration. 
He wants full encouragement. 

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He wants full strength. 
So this should not be a somber. 

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Nobody needs to hide their eyes,
certainly not for me. 

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And you don't need to hide your 
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He says look up, I'm calling 
you, I'm drawing you, I love 

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you. 
But what we are seeing here in 

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Jesus context, in Jesus moment 
as he's leading up to Thursday 

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night where he knows he's going 
to hand himself over. 

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He's in the last week years have
been building up to this moment.

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Israel's had their chance to 
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John came and said follow Jesus.
Jesus came and said follow me. 

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And the leaders of Israel were 
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and Jesus is telling these 
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They're seasoned. 
Their window has closed. 

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As he revealed when he cursed 
the fig tree, he said you got 

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leaves all over you. 
That means you should have had 

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fruit because we found out that 
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Figs come first, then the leaves
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So if you see a fig tree with 
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You faker, you hypocrite. 
Jesus said this, this fig tree, 

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it was as if he was saying this 
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Look at all of our leaves. 
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we should apply it to us as well
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that I don't just have leaves. 
Look at my church attendance, 

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look at my Bible reading, look 
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look at my scripture meditating,
look at all my leaves. 

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But what about my fruit? 
So now the Lord's judgment is 

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coming to Israel, and now they 
are it's these guys are so 

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foolish. 
If they had just left Jesus 

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alone, they wouldn't get naked 
and torched like they're about 

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to get if they had just minded 
their own business and let him 

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teach the flock. 
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him, he says, what do you think?
So he's continuing in the same 

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vein. 
We're still in the same moment. 

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It's interesting. 
He not only not only does he not

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follow the chief priests and the
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set for them, for him, he now 
draws them into a trap that he's

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setting. 
So he has flipped things. 

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He's turned to the tables. 
He literally turned over the 

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tables yesterday. 
And now the next day he comes 

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in, he's teaching again. 
He set this trap for them. 

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Watch the wisdom of God himself 
as he works. 

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This is them reaping what 
they've sown. 

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Proverbs 2627 says whoever digs 
a pit will fall into it, and a 

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stone will come back on him who 
starts rolling it. 

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So they want the smoke. 
They're about to get the smoke. 

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They want to set the trap. 
They want to mess with a rock. 

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They want to mess with a 
cornerstone. 

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He's going to tell them in verse
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stone shall be broken into 
pieces. 

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And when it falls on anyone, it 
will crush him. 

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So if they left him alone, they 
would, they would not have been 

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humiliated. 
But they're asking for it. 

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So he says, what do you think? 
He draws them right in so they 

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can answer the question and then
condemn themselves in the 

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process. 
A man had two sons and he went 

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to the 1st and said, son, go 
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And he answered, I will not. 
But after what he changed his 

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mind and went, and he went to 
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And he answered, I will go, Sir.
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What can we see here? 
A quick and obvious point we'll 

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make is that parents should make
their children work. 

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Amen. 
Parents should make their 

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children work. 
Pastor obvious here this 

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morning. 
It's it's an expected thing in 

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households. 
Children, you should work in 

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your households. 
Let me look at all the all the 

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ones who are we got multiple 
teenagers in here. 

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You should work and you should 
contribute in your households. 

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You should not behave in an in 
entitled ways. 

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Your parents love to bless you. 
They love to give to you. 

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They love to provide for you and
also you should love to 

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contribute to your household. 
It's an important and godly 

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assignment. 
So that's part of growing up. 

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The newborn baby. 
The whole family's built around 

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the baby, right? 
It's the baby's world. 

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We're all just living in it. 
That's an immature baby. 

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But as we grow, we expect more 
manfulness, we expect more 

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womanliness, we expect more 
responsibility. 

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So it's good and right for 
parents to give their children 

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instruction and to have them 
work in their homes. 

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Idle kids are unhappy kids, and 
they're unhealthy kids. 

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Idle children, idle teenagers 
are unhappy and they are 

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unhealthy. 
Go do about 5 seconds of Google 

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searching and look at the mental
health issues that we've been 

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facing in our nation and go back
and look at when they started. 

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There was there was a piece of 
technology that was invented 

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that came out how many years ago
now? 

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Has it been a full 20 since 
we've had these 1015? 

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You go look, go look at the 
data. 

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Go look at the mental health of 
our teenagers and watch the 

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decline and notice what it 
coincided with mom and dad. 

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So kids, we want you healthy. 
We want you strong because we 

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love you. 
So mom and dad should give kids 

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work, give kids assignments, 
give kids responsibility so they

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can have a purpose in a 
household that they're proud of.

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So this is a normal thing. 
Keep going though. 

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Here we see a tale of two sons. 
The question today is which one 

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am I? 
Which one are you? 

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A tale of two sons. 
The first one is rude and he's 

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strong willed, but then he 
repents and he obeys. 

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The second one is agreeable and 
respectful in his speech, but he

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never obeys. 
Which son are you? 

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Notice the difference between 
these? 

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The strong willed one go on. 
No, I ain't going to work in the

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field. 
Back talks, his father 

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dishonours his father 
disrespects his father and he 

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goes, He repents, he turns, he 
changes, he goes, I should, I 

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should go work in the field. 
The other one says yes Sir. 

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Right away, Sir. 
Man, I love that boy. 

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Yes Sir. 
Very respectful sounding, but 

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doesn't obey. 
He's got leaves on his tree, but

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he doesn't have any fruit. 
The other one had fruit, but the

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leaves hadn't shown up yet. 
Are you the one who changes his 

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mind and obeys in repentance? 
Or are you the one who is good 

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with words but lacking the work 
of turning from sin and turning 

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to bear good fruit in the 
vineyard? 

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So Jesus is telling this pair 
about parable about two 

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different groups of people and 
he reveals who it is, the son 

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who says no and then repents the
one who goes no, I'm not going 

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to, I'm not going to obey, but 
then turns and actually goes and

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works in the vineyard. 
This represents all lost sheep 

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who were once sinful but then 
repent and obey. 

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They enter the Kingdom and they 
enter the vineyard. 

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The son who says yes, Sir, 
represents the disobedient Jews 

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and the Jewish leadership over 
Israel. 

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It also applies to anyone who 
honors the Lord with their lips 

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but doesn't obey him. 
That's the nation of Israel, and

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that's many in the American 
church each Sunday. 

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Yes, Lord. 
And he's going, I, I don't need.

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Yes, Lord, I don't need you to 
study more of the Greek. 

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I don't need you to have more 
knowledge. 

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I'm asking you to obey and go do
the thing. 

451
00:21:13,360 --> 00:21:15,200
I heard a pastor famously talk 
about it one time. 

452
00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:17,400
He said he compared many 
Christians to he said, if I tell

453
00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:19,760
my children to go clean the 
room, I don't want them to go. 

454
00:21:20,120 --> 00:21:23,360
Dad, we studied out that whole 
sentence clean your room and we 

455
00:21:23,360 --> 00:21:26,360
studied out the English of it 
and where it came from and like 

456
00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,160
the, the, the definition of each
word and we can give you a full 

457
00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:31,160
breakdown on what it means to 
clean a room. 

458
00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:35,120
Is that what the Father wants, 
or does he actually want the 

459
00:21:35,120 --> 00:21:38,120
fruit of obedience? 
No, I know all about what the 

460
00:21:38,120 --> 00:21:40,760
Bible teaches. 
I understand it. 

461
00:21:41,120 --> 00:21:43,760
I understand the Greek and the 
Hebrew, and I got more degrees 

462
00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:47,440
than Fahrenheit, but I still 
haven't actually walked out my 

463
00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:49,560
obedience yet. 
The Lord's looking for his 

464
00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:55,960
people to obey the first Son 
changed his mind. 

465
00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:59,680
That word that's used there in 
the in the original language, it

466
00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:02,360
means that he was remorseful. 
It means to change one's 

467
00:22:02,360 --> 00:22:05,640
judgment on past points of 
conduct, to repent. 

468
00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:09,600
This is the Sinner saved by 
grace, and this is the Christian

469
00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:11,560
going into deeper surrender in 
Christ. 

470
00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,120
Good news, good news for 
everybody. 

471
00:22:15,120 --> 00:22:18,600
Who would say, how do I qualify?
Love the Lord and surrender and 

472
00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:22,880
say I am humble before you, I 
love you, I trust you, I belong 

473
00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:25,000
to you. 
Which by the way, even though 

474
00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,400
this is a particular moment for 
our church, even though this is 

475
00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:31,120
a particular season for our 
church, we have not leveled up 

476
00:22:31,120 --> 00:22:34,080
our Christianity. 
All we're talking about is still

477
00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:37,520
kindergarten level Christianity.
This isn't a higher degree of 

478
00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:38,840
salt. 
Church is going to do 

479
00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,960
Christianity, but stronger. 
No, no, no, we're not. 

480
00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:45,200
There's no such thing. 
It's just the basic invitation 

481
00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:46,600
that was always given to begin 
with. 

482
00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:50,840
If you don't take up your cross 
and follow me, you're not worthy

483
00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,320
to be my disciple. 
That's all this moment is. 

484
00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:56,680
The Lord just clarified it in a 
particular way for us and just 

485
00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:58,880
reframed His invitation again in
His kindness. 

486
00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:01,120
Good news. 
Nothing but good news for you 

487
00:23:01,120 --> 00:23:06,880
this morning. 
Good news all the way to repent.

488
00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:08,560
That's the Sinner saved by 
grace. 

489
00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:11,480
This is Jonah saying, I'm not 
going to go to Nineveh. 

490
00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:13,440
I'm not going to appreciate 
those people. 

491
00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:15,680
And then he repents and he 
obeys. 

492
00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:19,040
It's the prodigal son who takes 
his father's money and he goes 

493
00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:21,720
and lives sinfully and 
recklessly. 

494
00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:25,240
And then he repents and he 
decides to go back to home to, 

495
00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,960
to go back home with humility, 
not with pride. 

496
00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:29,920
Say give me my seat back. 
Give me my place back. 

497
00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,320
His whole point is to go back. 
Let me go be a servant. 

498
00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:37,360
It's Paul who was killing 
Christians, resisting Jesus, and

499
00:23:37,360 --> 00:23:39,840
then repents and obeys with his 
whole life, all the way unto 

500
00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:43,040
death. 
It's anyone who will humble 

501
00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:47,040
themselves, change their mind 
and repent to the Lord. 

502
00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:51,400
It's all of us. 
It's the only way you can come 

503
00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:53,200
to Christ. 
The one who first disobeyed. 

504
00:23:53,360 --> 00:23:55,880
That's everybody, that's me, 
that's you. 

505
00:23:56,240 --> 00:24:00,720
And then who later repents and 
goes, God, forgive me, forgive 

506
00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:03,680
my sin, forgive my foolishness, 
forgive my stupidity, forgive my

507
00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:07,400
pride. 
God, I surrender to you, I love 

508
00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:12,440
you, I want to walk with you. 
That's the first son, verse 30. 

509
00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:14,720
And he went to the other son and
said the same. 

510
00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:18,960
And he answered, I go Sir, but 
did not go. 

511
00:24:20,120 --> 00:24:23,080
Which of the two did the will of
his father? 

512
00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:24,800
And then they answered the 
first. 

513
00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:27,200
I love how these guys answer his
question. 

514
00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:30,400
So this is a common practice 
that rabbis would use. 

515
00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:34,400
Jesus is the rabbi of all 
rabbis, of course, but at this 

516
00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:36,960
time there would have been other
rabbis who would travel around, 

517
00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:39,920
as we've said before. 
So it's a common teaching tool 

518
00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:41,960
that was used in ancient Israel 
to ask questions. 

519
00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,720
It's still a good teaching tool 
to ask a question of your 

520
00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:46,360
audience. 
But I love how they take the 

521
00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:49,360
bait because I can see them 
being excited even to answer his

522
00:24:49,360 --> 00:24:51,640
question. 
He goes, which one do you think 

523
00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,400
of? 
Oh, I know this, Oh, oh, you 

524
00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:59,080
elder of Israel #14 the first 
son. 

525
00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:01,680
I got it right, I think I got it
right. 

526
00:25:04,120 --> 00:25:08,280
And Jesus then lowers the boom 
on him entirely and on all of 

527
00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:10,360
them, the first one. 
Truly. 

528
00:25:10,360 --> 00:25:14,080
I say to you now, before I read 
His words again, you got to 

529
00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:17,000
understand the significance of 
the weight of what's about to 

530
00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,120
come out of His mouth. 
This is like slapping them in 

531
00:25:20,120 --> 00:25:22,440
the face. 
These are the guys. 

532
00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:23,800
These are the guys who are in 
charge. 

533
00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:27,120
They have awesome looking robes.
They have excellent theology. 

534
00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:32,120
They are the leadership, OK? 
They are the ones who run this 

535
00:25:32,120 --> 00:25:35,520
show. 
Jesus is this ragtag rabbi in 

536
00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:38,440
their mind, although it's just 
because they're hard hearts. 

537
00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:40,040
Jesus has been performing 
miracles. 

538
00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:44,040
People have been getting getting
repentance and humility, but 

539
00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:46,400
Jesus is called tax collectors 
to follow him. 

540
00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:51,080
Matthew, the writer of this 
gospel was a tax collector hated

541
00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:54,240
by his fellow people because he 
betrayed them all. 

542
00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:57,880
You treated tax collectors as 
they should be treated, like 

543
00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:03,000
traitors, like backstabbers, 
like thieves and like liars. 

544
00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,120
These are awful men. 
If you're a rabbi and you're 

545
00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:08,000
going to choose people to 
follow, you will go choose the 

546
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,840
best from the best schools and 
say, you young man, you can 

547
00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:12,760
follow me, you can follow me, 
you can follow me. 

548
00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:15,760
And Jesus goes to the docks and 
he goes, what you boys doing 

549
00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:19,880
fishing come and follow me. 
And he goes to the tax 

550
00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:21,600
collector's booth. 
And the people are who are 

551
00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:22,880
following this rabbi going, 
who's he about? 

552
00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:25,920
Hey, Matthew, come and follow 
me. 

553
00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:30,520
What kind of rabbi is this? 
Don't don't you know what kind 

554
00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:32,960
of people you're calling? 
The fishermen aren't as educated

555
00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:35,880
as these other guys. 
Matthew's a traitor who we all 

556
00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:37,720
hate. 
And Jesus calls other people 

557
00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:42,480
like that Prostitutes loved 
Jesus because they stopped being

558
00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:51,680
prostitutes. 
So when he says what he says 

559
00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,920
next to the people that he says 
it to in front of the massive 

560
00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:57,160
crowd of thousands, he's in the 
temple courts. 

561
00:26:57,440 --> 00:26:59,560
Jerusalem is packed for the 
Passover. 

562
00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,880
Jesus is preaching and teaching 
loudly so that more than five 

563
00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,480
people around him can hear and 
they come and interrupt. 

564
00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:06,960
Why? 
What authority are you doing 

565
00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:09,320
these things? 
Let me ask you a question. 

566
00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:13,720
John's baptism, was it from 
heaven or was it from man? 

567
00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:18,440
We don't know. 
Then neither will I answer your 

568
00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,400
question. 
But I have another one for you. 

569
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:22,520
A man sends his sons into the 
field. 

570
00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:24,320
Which is what? 
Oh, that one obeyed. 

571
00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:27,640
Truly. 
I say to you, you're right. 

572
00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:32,720
The tax collectors and the 
prostitutes go into the Kingdom 

573
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:33,960
before you. 
Boom. 

574
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:39,000
What? 
Just what did he just say? 

575
00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:42,480
All the normal folks, I'm here 
to worship the Lord. 

576
00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,000
We're being extorted by these 
leaders. 

577
00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,000
We're trying to buy a dove. 
We're trying to buy a lamb 

578
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:48,400
because this is the week of the 
Passover. 

579
00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,240
The, the leaders. 
Oh, the Jesus seems like he's 

580
00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:52,120
getting into it. 
I heard that yesterday Jesus 

581
00:27:52,120 --> 00:27:55,680
overturned the tables. 
The prostitutes and the tax 

582
00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:58,560
collectors will enter the 
Kingdom before you. 

583
00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:04,440
What what? 
And he doesn't stop. 

584
00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:08,120
I'm just trying to give you the 
the clarity of the the moment. 

585
00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:11,040
I can't, I don't think I can 
maximize it enough. 

586
00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,400
Someday maybe we can make the AI
video that really like builds 

587
00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:18,880
the whole scene for us so we can
see like that is a socially 

588
00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,440
awkward moment, but not for 
Jesus. 

589
00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,080
Nothing's awkward for him. 
He's the way, the truth and the 

590
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:26,200
life. 
He has all authority. 

591
00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:28,440
It's his temple. 
It's his air that they're 

592
00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,360
breathing. 
It's his word that they're 

593
00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:32,240
mocking. 
It's His Father that they're 

594
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:36,160
dishonouring. 
He lowers the boom. 

595
00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:39,200
Tax collectors and prostitutes 
will enter the Kingdom before 

596
00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:40,840
you. 
I want to clarify, when He says 

597
00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:43,000
before you, He doesn't mean 
we're going to let them in the 

598
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:44,960
door 1st and then you have to 
walk in after them. 

599
00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:46,680
He means you're not coming in at
all. 

600
00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:49,160
That's the point. 
That's the implication. 

601
00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:51,240
So the English language there 
could throw us off a little bit.

602
00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:54,120
How do we know this? 
Well, because in Matthew 550 and

603
00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:57,400
his Sermon on the Mount, He told
everybody, unless your 

604
00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:01,800
righteousness exceeds that of 
the scribes and the Pharisees, 

605
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,400
you will never enter the Kingdom
of heaven. 

606
00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:08,400
What? 
So the righteousness of the 

607
00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:10,320
scribes and the Pharisees is at 
this level. 

608
00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:13,120
This level of righteousness 
doesn't enter the Kingdom of 

609
00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:15,560
heaven. 
Your righteousness has to exceed

610
00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:17,520
that of the scribes and the 
Pharisees. 

611
00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:19,720
That would have been devastating
news for everybody because they 

612
00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:21,320
think the scribes of the 
Pharisees are the most holy 

613
00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:24,200
people they've ever seen. 
And Jesus was saying they are 

614
00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:27,880
trees with leaves and no fruit. 
So he's making two points. 

615
00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,200
His first point was, you need my
righteousness. 

616
00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:33,480
You can't do it on your own. 
His second point was they ain't 

617
00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:36,440
righteous at all, right? 
Unless your righteousness 

618
00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:39,960
exceeds that of people who 
aren't righteous at all. 

619
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,920
That's His point. 
His point is you need someone 

620
00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:45,800
else's righteousness put upon 
you. 

621
00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:48,840
You need my righteousness put 
upon you. 

622
00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:50,720
That's what you need. 
Second of all, stop being 

623
00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:54,400
impressed with the scribes and 
the Pharisees, OK? 

624
00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,120
I mean, he nukes them multiple 
times in front of crowds. 

625
00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:00,040
He humiliates them, which is 
obvious now. 

626
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:04,880
Why in his final days here, it's
obvious how he Tees it up and 

627
00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:08,120
how he knows I know it's coming.
They can't bear the shame I'm 

628
00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:10,520
about to dump on them. 
They cannot bear the humiliation

629
00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:12,320
and the crowd. 
But I'm going to keep drawing to

630
00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:14,720
me. 
And so I will lay my life down 

631
00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:16,320
and they will want to crucify 
me. 

632
00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:18,800
It's all they're just cogs in 
His wheel. 

633
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,960
Jesus's will is being fulfilled 
and everybody else, whether they

634
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:25,400
want to or not, is falling right
into place. 

635
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:31,840
He's plainly speaking this 
parable against them and he's 

636
00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:34,480
not hiding it. 
He, he teaches the parable right

637
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:37,800
after he speaks the parable. 
He doesn't say, yes, one of 

638
00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:40,120
those sons will enter the 
Kingdom and 1 won't. 

639
00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:43,440
And you go, who's who's it 
really represent? 

640
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:47,640
Who's it really mean? 
Well, obedient people are the 

641
00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,000
obedient son. 
Disobedient people are the 

642
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,160
disobedient son. 
He's plainly speaking against 

643
00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:54,680
them. 
And of course, they're not the 

644
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:59,160
first and they're not the last 
to just say the right words and 

645
00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:04,600
to still disobey. 
King Saul's early reign begins 

646
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:08,800
with him walking in God's favor,
but his disobedience is revealed

647
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,760
and unfortunately it continues 
until the end of his life. 

648
00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:15,960
He said I will God, but he 
didn't obey and he didn't carry 

649
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,280
it out. 
The rich young ruler comes to 

650
00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:22,680
mind who we saw just a just very
recently here, just a couple 

651
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,440
weeks before this moment in the 
passage. 

652
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:28,960
The rich young ruler says he 
keeps all of God's commands, but

653
00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:32,320
when his works are tested, 
they're burned up, just like all

654
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:35,040
his wealth will be, because he 
would not follow Jesus. 

655
00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:41,800
The older brother in the 
prodigal son parable, that was 

656
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,400
who Jesus was actually telling 
the parable against was the 

657
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:46,280
Pharisees. 
We often emphasize the problem 

658
00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:48,720
apart. 
Praise God, I was lost, I was 

659
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:51,960
filthy, and in my repentance I 
turn and God forgave me and 

660
00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:54,000
welcomed me back home. 
What a blessing. 

661
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:57,000
But that parable was told 
against the Pharisees because 

662
00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:58,160
they were like the older 
brother. 

663
00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:01,800
And as Jesus is bringing 
prostitutes and saving them and 

664
00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:04,600
bringing tax collectors and 
saving them, by the way, which 

665
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,560
includes no more tax collecting,
which includes no more 

666
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:09,920
prostituting. 
So now that they're coming to 

667
00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:12,920
Christ, Israel should be 
rejoicing. 

668
00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:16,200
The Jewish leadership should be 
going praise God. 

669
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:20,920
The prostitutes are turning from
their sin, the tax collectors 

670
00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:23,280
are repenting. 
They should be rejoicing. 

671
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,920
But instead they're going. 
The filthy people, bro. 

672
00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:30,640
That's what repentance is. 
We are the filthy people. 

673
00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:32,320
That's the only people there 
are. 

674
00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:36,360
There's nobody else except 
filthy me and filthy you. 

675
00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:39,920
So for us to respond to the 
grace of God and for us to shun 

676
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:43,320
somebody else and we go, do you 
know his past? 

677
00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:45,400
Hey, Pastor, I just want you to 
know. 

678
00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:48,480
I mean, he's got a past. 
Oh, really? 

679
00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:52,760
I had no idea that people had a 
past because I certainly don't. 

680
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:57,440
I mean, I was born a Christian, 
but that's how the Israelites 

681
00:32:57,440 --> 00:32:58,640
were acting. 
That's how the Jewish leadership

682
00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:00,680
were acting. 
They're acting like, bro, what 

683
00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:03,480
did you do? 
What did you do to get your 

684
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:06,280
righteousness? 
If you have any, It came from 

685
00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:08,760
someone and it was given by 
grace and you received it by 

686
00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:13,440
faith, which makes you nobody 
except loved by God like the 

687
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:16,240
rest of us. 
So you should always rejoice 

688
00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:20,200
when you see others repenting 
instead of instead of like 

689
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:22,520
Jonah, hard hearted at first. 
I don't want those people to 

690
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:24,400
repent. 
They're filthy God and God goes,

691
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:27,440
yeah, Jonah, but but they can 
repent. 

692
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:29,960
And Jonah goes, I know you, 
Lord, if I go preach, they're 

693
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:32,920
all going to get saved. 
That's why I'm not going to go 

694
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:34,760
preach. 
I know who, I know how kind you 

695
00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:36,680
are. 
I know if I go preach, they're 

696
00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:38,280
going to repent. 
And you're not going to kill 

697
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:40,080
them. 
God's going. 

698
00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:44,320
Are you right to be angry? 
So Jonah Khan is funny because 

699
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:48,120
he, he's hard hearted and then 
he obeys and then he gets mad 

700
00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:50,360
again. 
And that's how his story ends. 

701
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:52,240
I don't know what happens with 
Jonah. 

702
00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:56,440
Thin ice. 
I don't want to be there. 

703
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:01,720
But the older brother and the 
prodigal son parable. 

704
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:05,840
The prodigal son returns home. 
The father says, my boy is 

705
00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:08,480
returned. 
Put the gold ring on his hand, 

706
00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:12,199
put the nice sandals on his 
feet, put the beautiful robe on 

707
00:34:12,199 --> 00:34:13,840
him. 
Kill the best cow that we've 

708
00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:15,719
got. 
We're going to feast and 

709
00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:18,840
celebrate tonight. 
And the older brother walks 

710
00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:20,880
outside and he won't stay in the
house for the party. 

711
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,440
The father comes out, goes, hey,
come inside. 

712
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:26,760
He goes, no, my brother is 
wasted and squandered all your 

713
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:28,400
wealth and this is how you 
welcome him back. 

714
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:32,800
My father says your brother was 
dead and now he's alive. 

715
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:35,320
He was lost and now he's found. 
Come and rejoice with us. 

716
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,520
He said, you've never given me 
so much as a goat to celebrate 

717
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:41,280
with my friends. 
He said, son, everything I have 

718
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:44,120
has always been yours, but you 
should rejoice over your 

719
00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:45,840
brother. 
He was telling that parable 

720
00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:49,440
against the Jewish leadership. 
He's like, you are the older 

721
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:51,840
brother. 
You're the hard hearted jerk who

722
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:53,960
won't celebrate. 
Everything's already yours. 

723
00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:57,320
You're loved, you're in. 
Then it's like the 99 sheep 

724
00:34:57,320 --> 00:34:59,400
being mad when the shepherd goes
to look for the one. 

725
00:34:59,920 --> 00:35:01,680
What about us? 
You. 

726
00:35:01,720 --> 00:35:04,800
You've always been here. 
You've always been here. 

727
00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,320
You're safe. 
But the but your brother, your 

728
00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:10,240
sister's lost. 
Well, they always run off. 

729
00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:14,480
It's about time they got what's 
coming to them, get what's 

730
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:16,280
coming to him. 
I don't think you want to say 

731
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:17,800
that. 
I think you should take that 

732
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:20,400
back because God loves that 
sheep. 

733
00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:22,840
And when they're being restored 
and when they're being returned,

734
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:25,560
the heart of the Father 
rejoices, and all of heaven 

735
00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:28,640
rejoices. 
And if all of heaven's rejoicing

736
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:30,920
and you're not rejoicing, that 
tells us that you're not of 

737
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:34,480
heaven and that you're not of 
the Kingdom that you claim to be

738
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:37,120
a part of. 
So you look like you're in this 

739
00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:38,440
flock, but are you really in 
this flock? 

740
00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:45,520
Because this flock loves this 
flock, Ananias and Sapphira, 

741
00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:48,160
they want to present themselves 
as holy. 

742
00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:52,200
So Jesus has been resurrected. 
Jesus spends 40 days on the 

743
00:35:52,240 --> 00:35:54,880
earth. 
Jesus now ascends into heaven. 

744
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:56,920
10 days later he sends the Holy 
Spirit. 

745
00:35:57,200 --> 00:35:59,320
The church is blowing up growing
up. 

746
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:01,920
Jesus is building his church. 
The Holy Spirit is moving in 

747
00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:03,800
power. 
People are so moved, they're 

748
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:06,080
bringing all their money to the 
apostles and they're saying 

749
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:08,000
distribute it. 
However whoever has need in the 

750
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:09,120
church. 
I don't know everybody, I don't 

751
00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:12,120
know everything, but we just, we
sold this and we sold that, and 

752
00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:14,000
we sold this on Facebook 
Marketplace, and we sold this 

753
00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:17,040
car and I sold my motorcycle and
we sold the boat here, here, 

754
00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:18,360
here. 
Whatever's needed among the 

755
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:20,920
church, make sure God's people 
have all that they have need of 

756
00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:25,040
an ananiasis of fire. 
When, oh, is that what we're 

757
00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:27,640
doing? 
So they sold a piece of property

758
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,600
and they brought some of the 
money, which is fine. 

759
00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:32,480
No one's requiring you to bring 
anything. 

760
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:34,560
This isn't communism, this is 
generosity. 

761
00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:38,640
But they claimed that they 
brought all of the money and the

762
00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:42,560
Holy Spirit told the leadership,
no, they're lying. 

763
00:36:43,240 --> 00:36:45,720
They said, is this all the money
you got for the property? 

764
00:36:45,720 --> 00:36:48,320
Yep. 
And got struck Ananias dead. 

765
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,240
And then a few hours later, 
Sofia didn't know what happened.

766
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:53,200
It was the first youth group 
event. 

767
00:36:53,240 --> 00:36:55,080
The scripture says the young men
carried him out. 

768
00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:56,720
So it's the first youth men's 
gathering. 

769
00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:58,600
I'm sure they had pizza and 
Gatorade as well. 

770
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:02,120
Like carry out Ananias, Hooray. 
We'll play basketball and we'll 

771
00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:06,520
play games afterwards. 
And then Sapphira comes in and 

772
00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:10,120
they say, tell me, is this the 
amount of money that you got for

773
00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:11,880
the property? 
And she said yes. 

774
00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:15,800
And they said, the men who 
carried your husband out are at 

775
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:17,560
the door and they're going to 
carry you out as well. 

776
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:20,200
And God judges her and drops her
dead. 

777
00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:23,520
That's in your New Testament, 
not in your Old Testament. 

778
00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:26,720
It's the same God. 
And he said, I'm going to judge 

779
00:37:26,720 --> 00:37:31,160
this thing. 
They said, yes, Sir, yes, Sir, I

780
00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:33,360
go, Sir. 
But their hearts were seeking 

781
00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:35,720
influence instead of seeking 
God's Kingdom. 

782
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:41,280
Saul, the rich young ruler, the 
older brother, and the parable 

783
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:45,040
Ananias and Sapphira, they all 
said yes, but all their actions 

784
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:47,960
said no. 
And notice they're all cut off 

785
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:50,040
from God and His Kingdom like 
the fig tree. 

786
00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:53,360
Jesus doesn't just ignore it and
give it time forever. 

787
00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:57,120
He reveals that there is a time 
that there does come a time when

788
00:37:57,120 --> 00:37:59,480
time is up. 
He does it with Israel. 

789
00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:01,880
He does it with King Saul. 
He does it with the rich young 

790
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:03,880
ruler. 
We never see the older brother, 

791
00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:05,920
the older brother of the 
prodigal, come into the house. 

792
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:08,720
It doesn't end with him going 
all right. 

793
00:38:08,720 --> 00:38:13,520
It just ends with him saying no.
And that's where he stays 

794
00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:17,360
outside of the house. 
Can you see the imagery? 

795
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:19,960
Can you connect the dots? 
We don't have to be brilliant 

796
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:22,960
rabbis here. 
He's outside of the feast. 

797
00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:26,560
He's outside of the celebration.
He's out in the darkness while 

798
00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:28,560
everyone else is in light and 
joy. 

799
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:31,360
Look at what God's generosity 
has blessed us with. 

800
00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:33,360
All the servants were inside 
celebrating. 

801
00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:36,560
There was wine, there was meat, 
there was light, there was 

802
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:43,440
dancing, there was joy, there 
was the Kingdom and ananiasis of

803
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:46,760
fire, of course, are killed by 
God himself in judgement. 

804
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:51,760
Which brother are you today? 
Only good news, church, only 

805
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:54,640
good news. 
Oh, this is this is this is this

806
00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:58,040
is just easy for a humble heart.
A humble heart goes, yes, Lord, 

807
00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:00,080
help me. 
That's the heart posture that we

808
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:02,000
should have right now. 
Yes, Lord, help me. 

809
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:08,000
Yes, Lord, help me to obey, not 
just to say yes, Lord, I'll 

810
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:11,160
leave my family. 
But will you actually shepherd 

811
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:14,680
your household so that your lips
don't just say yes, Lord, but 

812
00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:16,960
your life is still saying not 
right now. 

813
00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:20,560
Yes, Lord, I'll respect my 
husband, but are you 

814
00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:22,840
quarrelsome? 
Are you hard to please? 

815
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,080
Do you undermine his leadership 
in front of the kids? 

816
00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:27,360
Are you saying yes in church but
no at home? 

817
00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:31,320
Yes Lord, I'll live for you, but
do you date someone who doesn't 

818
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:34,160
follow the Lord? 
Or are you using your singleness

819
00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:36,760
to serve yourself instead of 
serving God better? 

820
00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:40,840
Are you singing yes Lord on 
Sunday but living your own way? 

821
00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:43,800
Are you saying yes Lord, I'll 
honor my father and mother? 

822
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:48,680
This is for my teenagers, but do
you roll your eyes, argue over 

823
00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:51,280
every instruction, and obey only
when it suits you? 

824
00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:55,080
You say yes to God with your 
lips, but no with your attitude.

825
00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:59,080
Yes, Lord, I walk closely with 
you, but your walk is mostly 

826
00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:01,120
talk. 
You know the words, you know the

827
00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:04,480
verses, you know the right 
answers, but the people closest 

828
00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:07,320
to you see something different 
than the one that you present 

829
00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:09,160
publicly. 
Yes, Lord, I'll be a part of 

830
00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:12,080
your church. 
But you say guarded, only 

831
00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:15,680
showing people the surface. 
Maybe you attend the gathering, 

832
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:18,280
but you won't let anyone into 
your life where it's messy or 

833
00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:21,560
hard or vulnerable. 
You say yes to showing up, but 

834
00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:25,680
no to actually being known. 
If that's a stiff word, just 

835
00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:27,120
make sure you don't have a stiff
neck. 

836
00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:31,080
I don't want you to miss out on 
what God is doing and what God 

837
00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:33,880
is offering. 
I feel exposed. 

838
00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:36,680
Then feel humble. 
Don't respond with pride. 

839
00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:40,800
That's all there is to it. 
In the in in your New Testament,

840
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:42,840
in the book of Acts, we have two
different occasions. 

841
00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:46,080
Peter preaches, the scripture 
says they were cut to the heart 

842
00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:49,000
and they said, what must I do to
be saved? 

843
00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:51,560
That was the right answer. 
Stephen preaches, it says they 

844
00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:55,520
were cut to the heart and they 
gnash their teeth at him and 

845
00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:58,520
they stoned him to death. 
The scripture always cuts to the

846
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:01,280
heart. 
What will it find when it gets 

847
00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:04,120
to the heart? 
Will it find soft or will it 

848
00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:06,760
find stone? 
Good news, you and I get to be 

849
00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:09,560
the brothers who choose. 
So it's that simple. 

850
00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:14,320
God is sovereign, and in His 
sovereignty He is. 

851
00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:18,520
He is chosen and selected for 
you to have the freedom to do 

852
00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:22,080
what you will with your own 
heart, to surrender it to Him or

853
00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:25,800
to harden it against Him. 
He calls to you with kindness. 

854
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:29,120
He calls to you with gentleness.
Hebrews 3, seven through 8, 

855
00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:33,600
which is actually quoting Psalm 
95 that we read earlier for the 

856
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:37,120
magnification today. 
If you hear His voice, do not 

857
00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:40,120
harden your hearts as in the 
rebellion, as on the day of 

858
00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:46,480
testing in the wilderness. 
We're closing now, verse 32. 

859
00:41:47,240 --> 00:41:50,400
For John came to you in the way 
of righteousness and you did not

860
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:53,480
believe him, but the tax 
collectors and prostitutes 

861
00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:56,920
believed him. 
And even when you saw it, you 

862
00:41:56,920 --> 00:42:00,560
did not afterward change your 
minds and believe him. 

863
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:02,960
So Jesus is still connecting 
this all back to the original 

864
00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:04,920
point. 
But what authority do you do 

865
00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:06,680
this? 
I'll ask you a question. 

866
00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:08,920
If you answer it, I'll answer 
you there. 

867
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:12,200
Sure. 
John's baptism, heaven or man. 

868
00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:15,480
Oh, well, we don't know. 
Yeah, You do know they're liars.

869
00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:17,120
They're hypocrites. 
They know exactly where it came 

870
00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:18,840
from. 
But now he wanted to make this 

871
00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:21,560
whole point. 
The two sons, He now ties it and

872
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:25,200
connects it to John. 
Prostitutes and tax collectors 

873
00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:26,360
are going to enter in before 
you. 

874
00:42:26,720 --> 00:42:30,520
And just to clarify, prostitutes
were completely shamed. 

875
00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:32,200
That was not a good thing in 
their culture. 

876
00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:34,640
In our culture, it's like 
becoming a more and more 

877
00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:36,720
celebrated thing. 
It's just called only fans now, 

878
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:40,560
but it's the same exact thing. 
So at that time, it was deeply 

879
00:42:40,560 --> 00:42:42,600
shamed. 
Now it doesn't have the same 

880
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:44,600
stigma that it used to. 
But to clarify, that was a 

881
00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:46,720
really bad thing that everybody 
looked down upon. 

882
00:42:47,720 --> 00:42:50,320
So truly, I say to you, the tax 
collectors and the prostitutes 

883
00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:53,080
go into the Kingdom before you. 
Now he's turning to John. 

884
00:42:53,240 --> 00:42:56,080
For John came to you in the way 
of righteousness. 

885
00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:58,360
So Jesus comes in the way of 
righteousness. 

886
00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:01,080
But Jesus also comes with 
miracles and signs and wonders. 

887
00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:04,360
He's raised somebody from the 
dead just a couple of weeks ago,

888
00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:06,760
Lazarus. 
Jesus isn't even anchoring his 

889
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:09,400
argument there, is he? 
He's not making his argument for

890
00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:11,480
himself there. 
He's anchoring his argument in 

891
00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:15,040
righteousness and in repentance.
He's saying that miracle should 

892
00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:18,240
have transformed all of you. 
When you saw prostitutes and tax

893
00:43:18,240 --> 00:43:21,120
collectors turning to Christ at 
John's baptism, turning in 

894
00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:24,720
humility to God, you should have
said God is moving. 

895
00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:27,960
He didn't say because you saw 
the dead raised or the blind 

896
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:31,760
healed, or the thousands of 
miracles that Jesus did, or the 

897
00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:34,360
the time I fed the many 
thousands with the bread. 

898
00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:36,680
He didn't say any of that should
have persuaded anybody. 

899
00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:38,960
He said the repentance of 
others. 

900
00:43:39,720 --> 00:43:42,760
That's your condemnation. 
John came preaching 

901
00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:45,160
righteousness. 
John didn't do miracles. 

902
00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:47,440
John preached righteousness and 
repentance. 

903
00:43:47,720 --> 00:43:50,000
That should be breakthrough 
enough. 

904
00:43:50,520 --> 00:43:54,000
That should be blessing enough. 
That should be transformation 

905
00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:56,600
enough. 
He came in the way of 

906
00:43:56,600 --> 00:43:58,160
righteousness and you did not 
believe him. 

907
00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:02,000
But the tax collectors and the 
prostitutes, they believed him 

908
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:06,760
and it was counted unto them as 
righteousness, just like 

909
00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:10,920
Abraham. 
Abraham believed God, and that 

910
00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:12,240
was counted to him as 
righteousness. 

911
00:44:12,240 --> 00:44:15,120
Not all the things he did. 
That doesn't count righteousness

912
00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:18,440
unto you. believe in God makes 
things count you as 

913
00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:20,520
righteousness. 
And then of course, there's 

914
00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:22,880
plenty of walking out that 
follows from there. 

915
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:26,080
Even when you saw it afterward, 
you did not change your minds 

916
00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:28,600
and believe him again. 
Jesus keeps making emphasis on 

917
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:31,800
people changing their own minds.
He's like, you didn't change 

918
00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:33,640
your mind. 
That's why I'm mad at you. 

919
00:44:34,120 --> 00:44:36,760
You wouldn't change your mind. 
That's my problem with you. 

920
00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:43,080
You get to change your mind. 
But because they keep opposing 

921
00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:46,800
the way in the will of God, this
is what they get. 

922
00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:51,160
The humble get forgiveness, and 
the repentance of the humble 

923
00:44:51,360 --> 00:44:55,480
should also soften the hard. 
But some chose to say hard and 

924
00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:57,280
hard. 
That's what a tree without 

925
00:44:57,280 --> 00:45:00,120
leaves looks like. 
That's no fruit. 

926
00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:02,200
Or sorry, that's a tree with 
leaves but no fruit. 

927
00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:04,920
That's what it looks like. 
That's what a person who has no 

928
00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:07,040
fruit sounds like, like these 
Pharisees. 

929
00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:12,440
But there is good news. 
There is another son. 

930
00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:18,280
This son says yes, Sir, and this
son obeyed right away and this 

931
00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:20,040
son obeyed all the way through 
to the cross. 

932
00:45:20,040 --> 00:45:23,760
His name is Jesus. 
So if you feel weight, if you 

933
00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:28,080
feel heavy, Jesus carried that 
weight, Jesus carried that 

934
00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:30,560
heaviness. 
If you feel shame, if you feel 

935
00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:34,000
condemnation, there's one thing 
and only one thing you can do 

936
00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:36,000
with it. 
It's actually take it to Jesus 

937
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:38,000
and surrender. 
It's actually give it to him and

938
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:41,800
say God, I need you. 
I need to be saved. 

939
00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:43,840
I don't want to be 
self-righteous like the 

940
00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:47,200
Pharisees. 
They believed in a God, but they

941
00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:49,240
didn't know that God was staring
them in the face. 

942
00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:53,640
I don't want to be deceived by 
worldly philosophy that tells 

943
00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:55,080
me, well, there are many ways to
God. 

944
00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:58,760
Jesus says that's not true. 
He's the only way. 

945
00:45:58,760 --> 00:46:00,280
He is the truth. 
He is the life. 

946
00:46:00,720 --> 00:46:03,040
There is no other name under 
heaven by which men can be 

947
00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:04,960
saved. 
Everyone must come through the 

948
00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:08,320
name and the blood of Jesus. 
Why? 

949
00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:11,440
Because no one else has been the
perfect son except for Jesus. 

950
00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:15,080
He said yes, Father, and he 
obeyed the Father. 

951
00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:19,560
None of us can say that I can't 
and you can't. 

952
00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:21,920
None of us can say that we were 
the perfect Son. 

953
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:24,320
Both sons had a problem. 
No. 

954
00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:26,680
And then obeys. 
Praise God. 

955
00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:29,560
That's to us who came in, came 
into Christ, but Christ is the 

956
00:46:29,560 --> 00:46:32,880
perfect Son. 
Yes, Father, not your, not my 

957
00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:35,720
will, but your will be done. 
And he carries it all the way to

958
00:46:35,720 --> 00:46:40,120
the cross for all of his 
disobedient lost brothers that 

959
00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:44,080
the Father would adopt all of 
the lost brothers and sisters 

960
00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:48,320
you and I lost and not in the 
family of God, but Jesus the Son

961
00:46:48,320 --> 00:46:50,760
pleases the Father with his 
perfection, with his 

962
00:46:50,760 --> 00:46:52,680
righteousness. 
And the Father will now adopt 

963
00:46:52,720 --> 00:46:56,800
all who will change their minds,
turn in repentance, and fully 

964
00:46:56,800 --> 00:47:01,160
surrender to Jesus and his full 
invitation, not the partial 

965
00:47:01,160 --> 00:47:03,640
invitation. 
I would like to not go to hell. 

966
00:47:03,640 --> 00:47:05,480
I would like to go to heaven, 
join the club. 

967
00:47:05,960 --> 00:47:09,000
But the full invitation that 
says love God with all your 

968
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:11,880
heart, soul, mind, and strength,
love your neighbor as yourself, 

969
00:47:11,880 --> 00:47:15,920
take up your cross and actually 
follow Jesus and Saints and 

970
00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:17,800
friends, that's got to look like
something. 

971
00:47:17,800 --> 00:47:20,120
You can't just sound like 
something. 

972
00:47:21,120 --> 00:47:26,560
It's got to look like something.
So Jesus obeys for all the rest 

973
00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:30,080
of us who disobeyed it at first,
or all of us who disobey 

974
00:47:30,080 --> 00:47:34,120
entirely. 
And God's grace, his obedience, 

975
00:47:34,120 --> 00:47:36,840
can count for you if you soften 
your heart, if you humble 

976
00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:40,840
yourself and turn to Jesus. 
God, thank you so much for your 

977
00:47:40,840 --> 00:47:42,400
word. 
Thank you so much for this 

978
00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:45,840
season, for this moment, for the
day of repentance. 

979
00:47:45,840 --> 00:47:48,720
Lord, we hear your voice, and 
we're not hardening our hearts 

980
00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:51,560
as many rebellious have done. 
God, we ask that you would 

981
00:47:51,560 --> 00:47:53,720
forgive us for so much 
rebellion. 

982
00:47:54,160 --> 00:47:57,600
So right at your seat, you can 
turn your heart to the Lord in 

983
00:47:57,600 --> 00:48:00,680
the quiet of your own heart, in 
the quiet of your own mind, you 

984
00:48:00,680 --> 00:48:03,600
can give yourself fully and 
completely to God. 

985
00:48:04,480 --> 00:48:07,320
And in doing so, it will look 
like something. 

986
00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:11,640
It's not a secret private thing 
that I just keep to to myself 

987
00:48:11,640 --> 00:48:14,680
that I did and it I'll look back
on many years from now. 

988
00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:17,840
Now it's it's something that 
will transform your whole life. 

989
00:48:18,560 --> 00:48:21,000
You don't get married in secret 
and never tell anybody. 

990
00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:24,200
And much more importantly, you 
don't come to Christ and keep it

991
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:27,560
to yourself. 
So if you want to turn to God, 

992
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:31,280
if you want to trust in Jesus, 
the one who died for your sins 

993
00:48:31,280 --> 00:48:36,440
and for my sins, you and me, the
disobedient sons, if you will 

994
00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:40,000
trust in him, if you will 
believe that His sacrifice was 

995
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:43,480
the satisfaction that satisfied 
the wrath of God so that you and

996
00:48:43,480 --> 00:48:46,520
I could escape the wrath of God.
If you will commit your life to 

997
00:48:46,520 --> 00:48:49,120
Him, He will do all the hard 
work. 

998
00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:52,880
He will give you new desires. 
He will actually give you a new 

999
00:48:52,880 --> 00:48:57,320
heart, and in His grace and His 
kindness and His goodness to you

1000
00:48:57,320 --> 00:48:59,400
right now, He's even offering 
that. 

1001
00:49:02,480 --> 00:49:03,840
What does your surrender look 
like? 

1002
00:49:05,960 --> 00:49:08,080
Surrender for yourself. 
I can't surrender for you, 

1003
00:49:08,520 --> 00:49:11,160
Heavenly Father, as hearts are 
surrendering to you right now, I

1004
00:49:11,160 --> 00:49:12,640
know that You're meeting them 
with grace. 

1005
00:49:12,920 --> 00:49:14,640
I know that You're meeting them 
with kindness. 

1006
00:49:14,880 --> 00:49:18,800
Lord, I rejoice in this day as 
you call sinners to repentance, 

1007
00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:22,200
as you called believers to 
deeper obedience, to deeper 

1008
00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:25,120
truth, to deeper vulnerability. 
God, I pray that our roots will 

1009
00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:28,320
go down so deep that we would 
have all the nutrient we need to

1010
00:49:28,320 --> 00:49:31,560
truly bear fruit. 
God, don't let us be those who 

1011
00:49:31,560 --> 00:49:36,880
say yes, Sir God, and then are 
slow to obey or even 

1012
00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:39,640
disobedient. 
God, help us to be humble, 

1013
00:49:39,640 --> 00:49:42,200
loving and sweet. 
When you speak, we listen. 

1014
00:49:42,760 --> 00:49:46,840
When you, when you desire, we 
desire align our hearts with 

1015
00:49:46,840 --> 00:49:50,800
yours. 
In Jesus name we thank you and 

1016
00:49:52,200 --> 00:49:54,560
now the Lord bless you and keep 
you. 

1017
00:49:55,360 --> 00:49:59,160
The Lord make his face Shinedown
upon you and be gracious to you.

1018
00:49:59,800 --> 00:50:02,920
The Lord lift up his countenance
upon you and give you great 

1019
00:50:02,920 --> 00:50:09,040
peace in Jesus name, Amen. 
You're dismissed.