1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:04,640 Are you in Matthew chapter 17? Let me get there with you. 2 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:14,160 Matthew 17. We're going to pick up from 3 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:17,880 verse 22 and we're going to read through verse 27. 4 00:00:20,080 --> 00:00:24,120 As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The 5 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:28,040 Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men, 6 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:32,840 and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day. 7 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:35,240 And they were greatly distressed. 8 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:40,920 When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two drama tax 9 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:44,600 went to Peter and said, does your teacher not pay the tax? 10 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:48,080 He said yes. And when he came into the house, 11 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:51,080 Jesus spoke to him first, saying, What do you think, 12 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:53,840 Simon? From whom do the kings of the 13 00:00:53,840 --> 00:01:00,240 earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others? 14 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:05,600 And when he had said from others, Jesus said to him, Then 15 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:09,680 the sons are free. However, not to give offence to 16 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:13,920 them, go to the sea and cast a hook, and take the first fish 17 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:17,560 that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a 18 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,240 shekel. Take that and give it to them 19 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:25,000 for me and for yourself. Heavenly Father, we thank you 20 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,240 for Your powerful word that brings light and revelation and 21 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:31,760 that brings feast and the nutrients that we need to our 22 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:35,480 souls and to our bodies and to our spirits. 23 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:37,720 Thank you for the ministry of the Holy Spirit. 24 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,760 God, we pray that you would bring the Scriptures to our 25 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:43,960 revelation. We, the Scriptures, are already 26 00:01:43,960 --> 00:01:47,120 living and active. Lord, we pray against any 27 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:50,040 resistance in ourselves. I pray against any resistance 28 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:51,760 that would be coming against your church this morning. 29 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,680 So they would fully and freely receive your instruction, your 30 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:59,960 direction, and your blessing that you have intended for them. 31 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:03,720 You're the shepherd who feeds his people in Jesus name. 32 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:07,000 We receive this feast with gratitude and with joy. 33 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:11,720 Amen. Jesus again telling the 34 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:15,600 disciples, so we've said just recently we've just been going 35 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:19,240 over this, how in chapter 16 he really starts turning this 36 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:22,360 corner and now his mission is set. 37 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,920 As we look at all the gospels, we see that most of the gospels 38 00:02:25,920 --> 00:02:29,960 spend most of their time or they spend a disproportionate amount 39 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:33,800 of time on the end of Jesus life, early life, the whole 1st 40 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:35,000 30 years. We don't get a lot. 41 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,160 I think we get a total of like maybe four or five chapters 42 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:42,720 between all four gospels. And then we get the three 3 1/2 43 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:45,720 years of ministry. But then the last week of his 44 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:48,480 life gets multiple chapters. It's over 10 chapters are 45 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,600 dedicated to it between the four gospels. 46 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:52,280 I should have got my numbers straight before I came to you, 47 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:55,320 but trust me, the end of his life gets a lot more attention 48 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:56,720 than the first. Why? 49 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:58,800 Because his mission is being fully and completely 50 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:00,880 accomplished. He came to reveal the Father, 51 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:02,200 and he's been revealing the Father. 52 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,960 But now as we go to the cross, everything slows down and we get 53 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,320 way more focused. And Jesus keeps showing and 54 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,200 keeps telling and keeps explaining to his disciples. 55 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:13,840 Did you ever realize that he told him that many times and 56 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,040 that he'd been doing it for months ahead of time before the 57 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:17,840 crucifixion? You know, we get to the 58 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:20,520 crucifixion, like, oh, man, they're really upset. 59 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:23,040 They didn't see this coming. He'd been telling them for 60 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:25,720 months, I'm going to be handed over to men. 61 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:29,800 They are going to flog me. They're going to crucify me, and 62 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,280 I'm going to be raised from the dead on the third day. 63 00:03:32,640 --> 00:03:34,760 But the disciples still act like some guys who didn't see it 64 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:37,320 coming. They have to be told things a 65 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:38,440 few times. You ever have to be told 66 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:40,640 something more than once what's happened to me? 67 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:43,960 Yeah. One of the reasons we continue 68 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:47,040 to gather, we continue to worship, we continue to rejoice 69 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,960 together. So in Matthew 17, now Jesus 70 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,960 tells them once again in verse 22, they're gathering in 71 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,760 Galilee. The Son of Man is about to be 72 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:59,880 delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him and he 73 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:02,480 will be raised on the third day. And they were greatly 74 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:07,000 distressed, the Son of Man. Do you remember what prophet 75 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,480 talked about the Son of Man? Daniel. 76 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,360 Yeah. So Daniel told us who the Son of 77 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:14,440 Man was. Actually. 78 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:16,440 Let's go there. I want you to see it again. 79 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:22,520 Daniel tells us in Chapter 7. So go to Daniel Chapter 7. 80 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,040 I want you to have this spot in your Bible marked 81 00:04:43,860 --> 00:04:48,320 Ezekiel. I'm almost there Daniel. 82 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:52,240 I did not sing the song in my head. 83 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:55,080 I would have gotten there faster probably if I sang the song in 84 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:56,600 my head. Chapter what? 85 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:15,280 Chapter 7 Daniel 7 In verse 13 Jesus favorite descriptor for 86 00:05:15,280 --> 00:05:17,640 himself often referred to himself as the Son of Man. 87 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:20,320 He wasn't just saying I'm the son of people, I'm the son of 88 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:22,960 humans. Actually, ironically the the 89 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,480 statement son of man is actually a claim to divinity, which you 90 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,920 would think is the opposite. Here's why it's a claim to 91 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:32,000 divinity. Daniel 713 I saw in the night 92 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:36,040 visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one 93 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:40,040 like a Son of Man, and he came to the Ancient of days and was 94 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:44,280 presented before him. And to him we're given dominion 95 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:48,720 and glory and a Kingdom that all peoples, nations, and languages 96 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:52,640 should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting 97 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:56,600 dominion which shall not pass away, and his Kingdom one that 98 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:00,000 shall not be destroyed. Hallelujah, this is good news. 99 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,280 This is who the Son of Man is. So remember Matthew's Jewish 100 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:05,080 readers. Matthew, writing to the Jews, 101 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:09,320 understood every time Jesus says Son of Man, the Jews go, he's 102 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,760 plainly, clearly and obviously calling himself the Messiah, 103 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:15,720 plainly, clearly and obviously making himself God. 104 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:20,120 And now the disciples hear Jesus say the Son of Man will what be 105 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:21,280 killed? What? 106 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:24,520 Those don't go together. The Son of Man can't be killed. 107 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:26,600 That's confusing, that's overwhelming to the disciples. 108 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,200 The Son of Man can't die. His Kingdom never ends. 109 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:32,160 The Messiah is supposed to bring in the eternal Kingdom and rule 110 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:34,360 and reign forever. Why is why is the Messiah going 111 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:35,760 to die? So what happens? 112 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,960 They're greatly distressed. They are exceedingly sorrowful. 113 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:42,600 I want to clarify. We should and we will be 114 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,720 sorrowful when we have loss, when we grieve. 115 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:48,760 It's normal, it's biblical, and it's right. 116 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:52,320 The difference for you and I, when those who are in Christ 117 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:55,640 have passed, is that we don't mourn as the world mourns. 118 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,200 We mourn as though there is a resurrection. 119 00:06:58,840 --> 00:07:01,400 We're not greatly and exceedingly sorrowful, although 120 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:03,120 we can be and should be sorrowful. 121 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:05,880 When our loved ones die for those who died, as Christians, 122 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:08,520 we will not be overwhelmed because we know there will be a 123 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:11,000 resurrection and a restoration for all of us. 124 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:13,600 Why? Because the Son of Man has a 125 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:14,880 Kingdom that will not be destroyed. 126 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:17,560 That's why the Son of Man is going to restore everything 127 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:20,240 perfectly. But like we said, we're like the 128 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:22,240 disciples. We have to hear something 129 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:25,040 multiple times to really understand it and believe it 130 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,320 all. So let's keep going to verse 24. 131 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:30,400 When they came to Capernaum, remember, this is Jesus's 132 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:32,960 headquarters. So hometown is Nazareth. 133 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:35,400 It's where he spent a lot of time growing up. 134 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,320 But headquarters for ministry is Capernaum. 135 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:42,440 He's rebuked Capernaum before. Remember we talked about how the 136 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:45,600 King, the Master, our Lord and God lays his head in this town, 137 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:47,600 in the city, and they don't really honor him. 138 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:51,240 They don't recognize him. When they came to Capernaum, the 139 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:55,360 collectors of the two, I call it the drama tax because I can't 140 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:59,480 properly pronounce that. So I know drachma. 141 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:02,720 All right, man, I'm going to go with what Matt says because 142 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:06,280 otherwise he'll rebuke me after service and I'll cry when I go 143 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:08,800 home. So the collectors of the two 144 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:12,760 drachma tax went up to Peter and said, does your teacher not pay 145 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:14,960 the tax? He said yes. 146 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:17,680 And when he came to the house, Jesus spoke to him first saying, 147 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:20,120 what do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the 148 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:23,000 earth take toll or tax from their sons or from others? 149 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:26,440 And when he said from others, Jesus said to him, then the sons 150 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:29,920 are free, however, not to give offence to them, Go to the sea, 151 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,440 cast a hook, take the first fish that comes up, and when you open 152 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:34,760 its mouth, you will find a shackle. 153 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:38,240 Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself. 154 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:42,360 So this tax, this drachma tax, this is something that every 155 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:45,200 Jewish man 20 years and older has to pay. 156 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:48,720 This comes from Old Testament law. 157 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:51,760 This was given. It's in Exodus where all the 158 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:53,600 details are given and how much it is. 159 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:58,280 It's roughly a day's wages. So a day's wage has to be paid 160 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:01,160 for the, for the temple at this point is for the upkeep of the 161 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,200 temple. Originally it was for the tent 162 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:05,200 of meeting. So we had the tent of meeting 163 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:07,080 and the Tabernacle and the temple. 164 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:10,480 So at this point, this is just for this is the maintenance tax 165 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,600 and every Jewish man 20 years and older has to pay this. 166 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:17,360 An interesting point. We it's very, very likely that 167 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:22,000 the disciples were very young. Just a sidebar here and Jesus 168 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:26,720 only we only see reference here to paying tax for Jesus and for 169 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:30,320 Peter and some think I tend to think in this direction. 170 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:32,240 I think that most of the disciples were probably 171 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:34,800 teenagers. That's very likely a lot of 172 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:37,080 rabbis were followed by very young men. 173 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:40,160 So they're being followed by young men wire only Jesus and 174 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:41,640 Peter paying it. Maybe they're the only two who 175 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:44,880 are over 20 years old. So interesting things, contrary 176 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:48,440 to what we may have seen in Jesus movies and Jesus TV shows, 177 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:52,120 but the every Jewish man 20 years and older has to pay this 178 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:55,280 to support the temple, the Tabernacle, the tent of meeting. 179 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:58,880 So what's going on here? Jesus comes back to Capernaum 180 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:00,960 and the collectors of the tax. So there are people who are 181 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:02,560 assigned to do this. Hey, we're going to go around. 182 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:05,120 This isn't a Roman tax. The Romans certainly had plenty 183 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:08,560 of taxes, but this is a Jewish tax to other Jews. 184 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:10,840 And these guys are going around saying, hey, have you paid? 185 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:13,080 Hey, if you paid the temple tax yet, they've got a record of it. 186 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:15,800 And they come to Peter with an accusation really against the 187 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,680 Lord, a negative assumption. Maybe they're going to try and 188 00:10:18,680 --> 00:10:21,360 catch him in a trap. Maybe they're just insulting 189 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:22,520 people. Maybe they're just good at their 190 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:26,400 job and they know how to inflict your ego a little bit. 191 00:10:26,560 --> 00:10:28,040 Does your master not pay the tax? 192 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:31,480 What are you implying there? What does your master not pay 193 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:32,280 the tax? Of course. 194 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:35,240 What should Capernaum be doing? They should be welcoming back 195 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:37,640 the Lord, but instead they're hassling him. 196 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:41,680 And not directly, of course, because they're not that bold. 197 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:45,680 But they go to Peter and now Peter answers without knowing 198 00:10:45,680 --> 00:10:50,160 the answer, obviously. Apparently Peter hasn't seen 199 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:53,880 Jesus pay this tax for the past couple of years because the 200 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:55,520 lesson that Jesus is about to give him. 201 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,400 Maybe Peter's feeling some pressure from these guys. 202 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:01,920 You and I can remember. It's usually not wise to answer 203 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:04,880 for someone or something. We don't know the answer. 204 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:08,240 I've done that. Have you ever done that? 205 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:10,960 Have you ever spoken for the Lord because His name was being 206 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:13,560 dragged through the mud? And maybe it was an area you 207 00:11:13,560 --> 00:11:15,400 didn't have clarity. Maybe it was an area where you 208 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:18,440 really didn't have the answer. But you love your Master and you 209 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:21,400 go. I might be not too bright then. 210 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:24,160 I might not know much, but I know my God is good. 211 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:26,720 So Peter knowing that his Master does all things right. 212 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:30,160 Peter knowing that his Master does all things well, Peter 213 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:33,480 knows that all Jews paid his tax to support the temple. 214 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:35,560 Does your master? My master does. 215 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:39,760 And now he's going, oh, wait, I hope he does. 216 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:42,720 I hope. Now I've come to think of it, 217 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:45,040 the past couple years, I don't know that I've been a part of 218 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:46,080 that. Maybe the guy's paid it without 219 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:49,160 me. Oh, so Peter's in an 220 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:52,200 uncomfortable situation. I love Peter because I can 221 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:54,160 relate to Peter. Then I see the love that Jesus 222 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:56,480 has for Peter. So that gives me great comfort. 223 00:11:57,400 --> 00:11:58,760 But what should we do in those moments? 224 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:02,000 We should seek the Lord, and we should remember that although it 225 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,000 is, it is good and right to tell the truth. 226 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,640 If we don't know what the truth is, it's also good and right. 227 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:10,240 And it's wise to just remain quiet and go find out the truth, 228 00:12:10,680 --> 00:12:14,960 and then I can come back later. Zeal is good, but wisdom is good 229 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:18,200 as well. So Peter comes in first. 230 00:12:18,560 --> 00:12:22,640 Or so Peter comes in, But now Jesus speaks first knowing what 231 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:26,200 happened because the Father had revealed it to him by the Holy 232 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:28,440 Spirit. I want to bring your attention 233 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:31,120 to something like I always tell you, I listen to a lot of 234 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:34,160 sermons on the text that I'm preaching in my preparation. 235 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:37,640 I listen to probably 5 sermons in preparation to this one and 236 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:40,960 about four of the pastor's really pounded the pulpit on a 237 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:44,000 particular point that I want to bring your attention to. 238 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,080 The point that they pounded the pulpit on was Jesus knew what 239 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:51,240 Peter was about to say and Jesus knew what just happened with 240 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:55,600 Peter because Jesus is God. Everybody say Jesus is God, 241 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:59,040 Jesus is God, Jesus is God. That's not up for debate, that's 242 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:01,600 non negotiable. Jesus is God. 243 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:06,200 But the question really comes down to so, so Jesus definitely 244 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:08,360 knew. Obviously Jesus knew what 245 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:10,640 happened. The question that I wonder about 246 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:14,280 and that I am asking you is we know that Jesus as God is 247 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:18,520 omniscient, but the question I have is, did was Jesus 248 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:20,840 omniscient? Did he retain his omniscience? 249 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:24,320 That means I know everything all the time at any given moment. 250 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:27,200 So if we were going to stick to that, let's just be consistent 251 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,800 for a moment, that would have to mean right, and I'm going to be 252 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:33,240 fair and you tell me if I'm not. That would have to mean that 253 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:35,280 Jesus knows everything isn't everything. 254 00:13:35,560 --> 00:13:38,680 So as Jesus was walking around Israel, he was aware of that 255 00:13:38,680 --> 00:13:41,480 pine, a pine needle in Hartfield, and he had 256 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:43,240 consciousness of it like he does right now. 257 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:45,960 That's just God's stuff that's too big for you and I. 258 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:47,640 But that's, that's just his jurisdiction. 259 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:49,360 That's not a big deal because he's God. 260 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:54,000 And yet did Jesus operate? Did Jesus choose to function in 261 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,640 that capacity the whole time he was on the earth? 262 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:59,080 Well, opinions don't matter. What matters is what the 263 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:02,040 Scripture teaches us. Jesus certainly knows everything 264 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:03,720 before. He certainly knows everything 265 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:05,760 now. But the question I have is, did 266 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:09,520 he set any of that aside in the miracle of the incarnation? 267 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,640 I believe that he did and here's what I want you to say to me 268 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:15,120 right now. Say show me that from the word 269 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:18,120 Pastor. Y'all are so faithful. 270 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:19,640 That's good. That's the right response. 271 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:23,000 So a couple of things and we're still just on a sidebar here. 272 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:25,200 And I don't know how much this is going to affect your Monday 273 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:26,960 morning faithfulness to the Lord. 274 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:30,200 But again, like guys # the pulpit on this stuff. 275 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:31,880 And sometimes I'm like, man am IA heretic. 276 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:33,520 Would I be burned to the stake for this? 277 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:36,480 And then I go, well, they didn't back anything with scripture. 278 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:40,360 They just backed it with the principle of Jesus is God, which 279 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:41,840 we all agree on and know that He is. 280 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:46,360 The question I'm raising is, did Jesus set anything aside while 281 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:47,960 He functioned and operated on the earth? 282 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:52,320 Luke 252 tells us this, talking about his his young boyhood. 283 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:59,080 Luke 252 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature and in favor 284 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:03,680 with God and man What? Hang on a second. 285 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:06,600 Jesus increased in wisdom, heretic. 286 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:08,560 Burn him at the stake, right? Oh, wait, that came from the 287 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:09,880 Bible, so we got to do something with that. 288 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:12,480 What are you saying that means? I'm not saying anything. 289 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:14,880 I'm just saying it's there and we got to do something with it, 290 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,920 right? So if Jesus increased in wisdom, 291 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:21,360 stick with me. No fancy footwork up here today. 292 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:25,080 If Jesus increased in wisdom, how can the wisdom of God 293 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:29,640 himself increase in wisdom? Except that perhaps he somehow 294 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:33,160 by his own choosing, set something aside. 295 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:37,600 Just fair, fair thinking, right? Everything's straightforward. 296 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:41,200 How in the world did Jesus grow in favor with God? 297 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:45,160 He grew. He increased in favor with God. 298 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:47,280 There's some mystery here. I don't have the answers for 299 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:48,520 you. I'm just pointing out some 300 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,240 things that this is how we understand the Scriptures. 301 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:55,400 Remember, the question that we ask of the Bible and we ask of 302 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:57,840 one another is not, do you have a verse for that? 303 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:01,040 That's not the right question. The question is, what does the 304 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,680 Word of God teach? What does the Word of God 305 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:05,000 reveal? You got a verse for that? 306 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,960 Do you got a verse for that? Well, maybe I do, maybe I don't, 307 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:10,160 but really, what does the Scripture teach and what does 308 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:12,200 the Scripture reveal? That's really the question. 309 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:17,840 Jesus is God, but was he born knowing how to talk? 310 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:21,760 How do you know? I thought he was God, He knew 311 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:23,400 everything, right? So that's the thing I wanted to 312 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:25,480 ask these pastors is they were like, Jesus knows everything. 313 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:28,400 He knows everything only. Do you think he was born knowing 314 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:30,680 how to talk? I don't know what they would say 315 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:31,680 to that. Well, no, I think so. 316 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:33,760 He learned, or he just pretended not to know any. 317 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:36,360 Let Mary pretend to teach him. Which is kind of misleading, 318 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:38,960 right? Did Joseph teach him carpentry? 319 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:40,640 Or did Jesus teach Joseph carpentry? 320 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:42,200 Hey, man. Hey, this is a better way to do 321 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:46,360 that. I don't intend to make you 322 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:47,240 laugh. I'm just drawing. 323 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,520 I'm pulling the thread all the way out and go look at it. 324 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,960 If that means, then let's stay consistent with our conclusions. 325 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:57,040 Jesus increased in wisdom. He increased in stature and in 326 00:16:57,040 --> 00:17:00,520 favor with God and man. Acts 1038 tells us how God 327 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:05,200 anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. 328 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:09,280 Jesus was anointed with the Holy Spirit and Jesus was anointed 329 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:12,280 with power. How can the omnipotent 1 be 330 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:15,440 anointed with power? Jesus has unlimited power. 331 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:18,400 He's God, he's omnipotent. Are you saying he's not pastor? 332 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:20,280 Absolutely. I'm not saying that he's not, 333 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:24,560 but I'm saying seems as though the Lord Jesus must have set 334 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:26,720 something aside in his incarnation. 335 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:30,840 He was still 100% God while walking on the earth. 336 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:32,480 That's an important Christian doctrine. 337 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:36,080 We we we emphasize, we won't allow anybody to say Jesus was 338 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:38,080 50% God, 50% man. Nope. 339 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:40,240 We call that one heresy for sure. 340 00:17:40,360 --> 00:17:43,880 We say Jesus was 100% God and 100% man. 341 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:46,720 And still God anointed Jesus of Nazareth. 342 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:49,320 So that's how he accomplished the work of his ministry. 343 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:51,760 I thought he was just going around God zapping people. 344 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:54,320 How'd Jesus heal the blind man? Because he's Jesus. 345 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:57,440 I like that answer. But what does the word of God 346 00:17:57,440 --> 00:17:58,920 teach and what does the word of God reveal? 347 00:17:59,120 --> 00:18:01,000 How did Jesus do this? How did Jesus do that because 348 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:04,400 he's God? I like that answer, but is that 349 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:06,600 what the scripture reveals? It seems as though he 350 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:09,840 accomplished these things under the anointing and power of the 351 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:14,880 Holy Spirit. As a man anointed by the Holy 352 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,800 Spirit. This is good news for you and I, 353 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:22,680 who can be also anointed by the Holy Spirit and anointed with 354 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:24,480 power. What's the context there? 355 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:27,720 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit 356 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:30,800 and with power? He went about doing good and 357 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:34,480 healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with 358 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:37,520 him. Good news for Christians, we can 359 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:40,280 be anointed by the Holy Spirit and with power and we can go 360 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:43,040 about doing good and healing all who are pressed by the devil for 361 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:46,360 God will be with us. Now we should clarify, Jesus had 362 00:18:46,360 --> 00:18:50,560 the spirit without measure. So there's a lot of truths here, 363 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:52,040 but I just wanted to point them out to you. 364 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:55,040 I didn't want you thinking like I thought like many children may 365 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:58,000 think and like many Christians may think, like how'd Jesus do 366 00:18:58,000 --> 00:18:59,320 stuff? He's Jesus, Jesus. 367 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:00,120 Jesus. I'm just Jesus. 368 00:19:00,120 --> 00:19:04,400 So I just pop things off. Well, He did all those things 369 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:08,280 because He is God, but also He did those things. 370 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:10,560 He chose to function in a particular way. 371 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:12,160 You got anything else from pastor? 372 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:17,760 I do Philippians 2 verses 6 and seven, referring to Jesus, who 373 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:21,840 though He was in the form of God, did not count equality with 374 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:26,480 God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself by taking the 375 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:29,040 form of a servant being born in the likeness of men. 376 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:32,080 So I submit to you, church, not to fight with you or anybody 377 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:35,920 else, but I just submit to you that Jesus emptied Himself. 378 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:37,560 I didn't put that one in there that was there. 379 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,240 What did He empty himself of? That's the question that must be 380 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:42,680 answered. Well, I think He emptied himself 381 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:44,680 of His glory. Certainly he did. 382 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:47,320 We know that because the glory was just made manifest on the 383 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:50,560 mountain, right? So we saw it in The Who Is this 384 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:52,680 a glimpse of like you hadn't seen nothing yet? 385 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:54,720 Wait, wait till we get to fully the other side. 386 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:57,320 But yeah, you get to see a manifestation of His glory. 387 00:19:57,520 --> 00:19:59,680 So we certainly know He emptied Himself of His glory. 388 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:02,200 He had to have emptied Himself of some degree of wisdom. 389 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:05,760 Because he grew in wisdom, he had to have empty himself of 390 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:08,240 some degree of power because he grew in power. 391 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:10,680 Now, it's certainly not my jurisdiction to say how all the 392 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:14,000 details of it worked, but I just wanted to point that out to you. 393 00:20:14,360 --> 00:20:16,680 Jesus knew what Peter said. Why do you think he knew what he 394 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:18,160 said, Pastor? I think he knew what he said 395 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:21,320 because I think the Holy Spirit reverted, revealed it to him by 396 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:23,800 a word of knowledge. I think the gifts of the Spirit 397 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:27,280 operated in Jesus's ministry and I think they can operate in US. 398 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:29,720 And I think that's the good news that Jesus said. 399 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:33,680 Let me show you how human beings submitted to the Father can live 400 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:37,160 and function in the earth. Pastor, are you saying we can do 401 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:39,600 the works that Jesus did? I'll do you one better and I'll 402 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:43,240 quote Jesus himself. He said you'll do the works that 403 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:46,280 he did and greater works because He went to the Father. 404 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:49,040 You know, if that verse was not in the Bible and some preacher 405 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:53,360 said that we would burn him alive, we would burn him alive. 406 00:20:53,360 --> 00:20:58,320 How dare you, How dare you talk about the Master? 407 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:02,800 Hey homie, the Master said it. So I'm not being prideful, nor 408 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:05,000 am I being humble. I'm just being like a dude who 409 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:08,840 knows how to read and go on. Lord, increase my faith. 410 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:10,760 Help me to see you. Trust you. 411 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,400 Lord, if I can operate in the anointing and under the power of 412 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:17,440 the Holy Spirit in a greater measure and a greater degree, 413 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:20,280 help me to do so. This encourages us back to 414 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:22,880 Peter. Peter comes in, Jesus speaks 415 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:26,200 first knowing what happened because the Father revealed it 416 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:29,960 to him by the Holy Spirit. And it's also just, can I just 417 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:31,960 say it's just super cool the way he does it. 418 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:34,120 I picture Jesus just reclined back. 419 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:36,080 Peter walks in, he's all nervous now. 420 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,160 He's like, oh, great, I just told these guys we're paying 421 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:39,560 this tax. I don't have the money for this 422 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:42,000 tax. And he walks in, got a stupid 423 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:46,520 look on his face, and he's going, Peter, tell me something. 424 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:50,440 And he just walks him right through it, walks him right 425 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:52,600 through it. What is he telling? 426 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:55,080 The kings don't tax their own sons. 427 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:58,120 Any king who's ruling over a Kingdom, he collects taxes as he 428 00:21:58,120 --> 00:22:00,440 should. The Lord says that's fine to do. 429 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,120 He commands US. Jesus commands us to pay taxes. 430 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:07,200 We should do these things. But kings don't tax their own 431 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,280 children in a Kingdom. They tax everybody else. 432 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:11,440 Because to tax your own children is to tax yourself. 433 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:13,280 Where did your children get their income from you? 434 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:16,240 God doesn't tax his own son either. 435 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:18,280 Jesus should be receiving wealth. 436 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:20,480 Jesus should receiving all glory. 437 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:23,360 Jesus should be receiving all credit, not paying any. 438 00:22:24,360 --> 00:22:29,680 But Jesus in His Majesty, in his goodness, in his power, in his 439 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:35,480 grace, He's gentle with Peter. Keep going in verse 27, he says, 440 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:39,920 however, so he said, I don't owe anything to anybody. 441 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:44,120 Everybody owes everything to me. In fact, Jesus owes no debt. 442 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:48,800 He owes nothing. Everything is owed to him, but 443 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,160 look at the kindness, look at the wisdom, look at the grace of 444 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:52,200 Jesus. However. 445 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:54,800 So what is he doing? He's about to make an exception. 446 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:58,760 He doesn't owe anything, but Jesus is not going to let his 447 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:04,120 freedom be a stumbling block for others, nor should you or I. 448 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:09,920 You are free in Christ for many things, but out of your love for 449 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:13,320 others, you will limit your freedoms rather than demand your 450 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:15,280 freedoms. It's the American thing to do to 451 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,240 demand my rights. Now when it comes to our 452 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:20,120 government, our overreaching government, we absolutely should 453 00:23:20,120 --> 00:23:23,920 defer to the rights that God has given these these truths that we 454 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:27,520 hold to be self-evident. But in the context of my 455 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:31,000 brothers and sisters in the world around me, the people who 456 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:34,440 I'm seeking to bless and see come into the harvest, I don't 457 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:38,840 demand my freedoms. Instead, I'm willing to lay them 458 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:42,040 down because that would be better than causing them to 459 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,440 stumble or causing them to be hurt or air in any way. 460 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:47,840 The scripture has a lot to say about this in the New in the New 461 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:50,080 Testament, because there was so much confusion around dietary 462 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,720 laws after Jesus declares all foods clean. 463 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:55,200 Some people said, oh, I'm a Jew. But now I've I've all this 464 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,760 Messiah. So now I'm, I'm a part of the 465 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:00,360 way, but then they're saying so, but I have to eat this and I 466 00:24:00,360 --> 00:24:01,760 have to eat that. And then others are saying you 467 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:04,120 don't have to. All foods are clean now and I 468 00:24:04,120 --> 00:24:05,600 shouldn't eat this and I shouldn't drink that. 469 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:08,200 So there's a lot of confusion. So Paul wrote about, he said, 470 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:10,520 hey, let me clarify. You're free. 471 00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:13,200 You're free to eat and you're free to drink. 472 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:18,240 However, out of your love and care for one another, if one's 473 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:20,960 faith is weaker or they have misunderstandings and they're 474 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:23,040 not there yet, you don't demand to go. 475 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:26,520 Hey, this bacon sure is delicious for you in Christ. 476 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:28,880 While the Jewish brothers are wounded and confused by it 477 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:30,560 going, I don't know what to make of this. 478 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:32,200 I'm hurt. Hey, man, we're having pork 479 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:33,600 chops tonight. Come on over. 480 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,720 We're Christians. We do what we want. 481 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:38,360 And the Jews are like, I'm want to be with them, but I'm. 482 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:41,440 I thought I'm honoring the Lord. Paul's going. 483 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:43,880 Set aside your pork chops for the sake of your brother. 484 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:46,320 You can have chicken. It'll be OK. 485 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,680 Well, I like pork chops, but don't demand your pork chop 486 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:51,520 because it harms your brother's conscience. 487 00:24:52,120 --> 00:24:54,440 Won't your love for him be greater than your appetite? 488 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,720 Can't you find a way to move forward in grace and wisdom? 489 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:01,160 I've got freedoms. Jesus paid for him, and he also 490 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:04,400 wants more. Remember the greatest command to 491 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,440 love God and to love your neighbor. 492 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:08,760 So care for his tender conscience. 493 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:09,800 Well, he's ignorant. What? 494 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:13,600 Fair enough, it's true. So maybe you can get him there 495 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,880 over time instead of demanding your way right now. 496 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:21,040 Exactly. That's the plan. 497 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:26,600 Hey, we're going to smoke this butt in Jesus name. 498 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,920 So you're free to have a glass of wine with your spaghetti, but 499 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:33,320 you would rather abstain if you would. 500 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,960 What's going on here? But you would rather abstain if 501 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,720 it would tempt or trouble your brother or sister in any way. 502 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,640 We owe love to one another and that takes priority over all of 503 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:48,760 our freedoms. Another thing we see, another 504 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,360 thing we learn here in this text is that there's a time and a 505 00:25:51,360 --> 00:25:53,320 place to make a point. There's a time and a place to 506 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:57,440 make a stand. Is Jesus one who is always just 507 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,200 going to respect and do what's socially acceptable and pleasing 508 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:01,640 to everybody? No. 509 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:05,720 So Jesus isn't exactly Mr. I'm worried about social customs and 510 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:09,880 cultural expectations. He's not exactly pinned down by 511 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:12,120 these things. But Jesus, in his infinite 512 00:26:12,120 --> 00:26:15,240 wisdom, there's multiple facets. There's multiple reasons why 513 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:18,560 Jesus might have said we're going to pay this today. 514 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:21,280 We're going to, we're going to pay this thing today. 515 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:23,920 So another thing we learned is that there's a time and a place 516 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:26,160 to make a point. There's a time and a place to 517 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:29,160 make a stand. But Jesus, who I'll remind you, 518 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:32,120 grew in wisdom, which is fascinating, right? 519 00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:35,520 He determined that in this moment, no one had to be 520 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:37,520 corrected, no one had to be rebuked. 521 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,480 Jesus, the Almighty God isn't offended. 522 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:45,200 And in this instance, he chooses not to offend others, even 523 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,120 though they are subjects in his Kingdom. 524 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:50,040 He would have every right to say, not only am I not paying 525 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,160 that tax, give me everything in the tax box. 526 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:54,920 Just bring me the treasure. It's mine. 527 00:26:55,360 --> 00:26:57,360 Everything's mine. The whole world's mine. 528 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:01,160 Your mind, that's my breath that I'm letting you have right now. 529 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,720 Everything. I've formed you, I built you, I 530 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:06,800 hold the whole universe together by my power. 531 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,360 But Jesus says, you know what, to not offend anyone. 532 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:12,840 I'll move forward with gentleness. 533 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:16,680 We should pursue the wisdom of Jesus and in the same way not 534 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,200 seek to offend if it's not necessary. 535 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:23,200 Our message is offensive all by itself. 536 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:25,520 The message of the gospel is offensive. 537 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:29,560 The message of the gospel says you're doomed, and you're filthy 538 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:31,600 and you're a Wretch and you're going to hell. 539 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:36,000 PS You deserve it, and forever won't be enough to satisfy the 540 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,880 payment that you owe. But God is rich in mercy. 541 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:44,360 So our message has good news, but it implies bad news to start 542 00:27:44,360 --> 00:27:45,960 with. And there's a lot of offensive 543 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,120 things in the Scripture. Why? 544 00:27:48,120 --> 00:27:50,560 Because the world is broken and upside down, and the Lord's 545 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,640 Kingdom is right side up. So we say all kinds of things 546 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:57,520 that the world hates right now, and the church always is going 547 00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:01,080 to be dealing with some lie with some false doctrine. 548 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:04,320 We talk often as a church about how we prioritize and we fight 549 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:07,280 where the fight is. So there are certain things that 550 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:09,240 the body of Christ needs to stand up for all the time 551 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:11,040 because they're just good, wholesome Christian doctrine. 552 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:12,880 And then there are certain things where we look around our 553 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,800 society and go, OK, this needs to be a priority right here, 554 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,320 right now. So there are certain things that 555 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:21,440 are offensive all by themselves, but we don't need to add 556 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:23,880 offensive personalities on top of it. 557 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:28,680 We don't need to add again our demands on top of what the Lord 558 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:31,200 is already required of everyone. We don't need to become 559 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:34,280 Pharisees and put a standard on top of something where the Lord 560 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,800 didn't put one. Obey the Lord's standard. 561 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:40,000 And beyond that, remember we have a lot of freedom. 562 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,240 So you got to learn along with me, especially if you're 563 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:45,520 somebody like me who tends towards, well, I'm going to tell 564 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:48,280 the truth, anybody else, just like I'm going to tell the 565 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:50,160 truth. I'm not going to be a coward. 566 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:53,080 That's a great fear of mine. So the great fear of being a 567 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:57,280 coward often pushes me to an extreme where that I'm repenting 568 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:00,680 and then I'm going, God help me to grow in wisdom. 569 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,600 And I've been praying and seeking the Lord for years and 570 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:07,000 continue to grow and continue to air like Peter and I continue to 571 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,440 say, God help me. I want to be a truth teller. 572 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:11,840 I don't want to be a coward, but I want to be wise and I want to 573 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:14,280 be compassionate. I want to be the I want to be 574 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:18,800 like Jesus, which is the right thing at the right time, the fit 575 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:22,280 word for the for the moment, what's the right thing in the 576 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:25,120 right moment? And we need the Holy Spirit for 577 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:26,760 this. So if you're like me in any of 578 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,920 that, then you can tell the truth. 579 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:35,040 But we can tell the truth with wisdom because it's possible to 580 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:38,000 be correct in the truth, but lacking in wisdom. 581 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,200 You can be. I was correct in everything I 582 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:41,320 said. That's true. 583 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:44,080 But it wasn't wise. It wasn't gracious. 584 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:47,320 It wasn't seasoned with salt. I gave them the food they 585 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:48,800 needed, but you could have seasoned it. 586 00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:51,120 There was a way that you could have seasoned it and you didn't. 587 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:52,880 So this is where we want to grow. 588 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:56,600 This is where we look at the Master and see like, man, So as 589 00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:59,120 much as I've pointed out to you that he goes nuclear on people 590 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:02,560 and it's only going to get worse as we get closer to the cross, 591 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:07,040 we don't miss these moments. So there's Christians who again, 592 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:09,480 they, they were tempted toward the ditches. 593 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:12,160 I just think Jesus pet barnyard animals and told everybody he 594 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,040 loved him and that was his whole ministry. 595 00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:17,400 And then we have over here the people who think all he did was 596 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:19,960 flip over the tables of the money changers and crack whips 597 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:22,600 on people, which is it? He's the right thing at the 598 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:25,760 right time. We never did that, but but he's 599 00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:27,040 the right thing at the right time. 600 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:29,960 He's gracious. But the Jesus you're going to 601 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:32,320 get depends on the way you respond to Jesus. 602 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:35,040 You come in humility. I can guarantee you what you're 603 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:36,440 going to get. You're going to get mercy. 604 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:40,040 You come with pride. God opposes the proud. 605 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:46,280 That's a dangerous place to be. Jesus is so gracious, He's so 606 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:48,120 generous, He's so long-suffering. 607 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:52,200 He's not even upset, of course, about paying a tax to his 608 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:54,360 father's house. The principal, the thing, he's 609 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:57,240 not going, what's this tax going to explain it to me. 610 00:30:57,240 --> 00:30:59,000 Let's get Doge in there. I want to make sure all the 611 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:01,240 temple tax is being spent properly. 612 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,320 Jesus is saying this is my father's house. 613 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:07,040 It's not like he has some issue with it. 614 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:10,520 So again, even if he's free, which I think is an interesting 615 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:12,920 argument as well for for the tithe. 616 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:17,000 So the tithe tithing is 10% of our income that we bring is 617 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:19,400 worship to the Lord. I believe it is a part of our 618 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:21,040 New Testament obedience to the Lord. 619 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:23,960 But there are some Christians who disagree and they say, no, 620 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:26,840 the tithe comes from the Old Testament law, which is 621 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,760 incorrect because the tithe predates the Old Testament law. 622 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:33,200 The tithe comes before the Old Testament law because Abraham 623 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:36,400 gave tithe to Melchizedek, Matt's favorite Bible guy. 624 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:41,520 So the tithe is a long standing thing and it's a great starting 625 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:42,800 point. Do I have to tie? 626 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:45,160 Do I not have to tie? Do I not have to time you get to 627 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:46,760 tithe? Why are you being so weird about 628 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:48,680 having a tithe? It's like, do I have to feed my 629 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:50,480 kids? Like thought you would want to. 630 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:54,120 I thought you'd want to do I have to like take care of my 631 00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:56,200 wife? Like it's a strange question, 632 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:57,800 bro. Do we have to tithe? 633 00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:00,600 Like what? I just, I just think at the 634 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,800 tithe is a starting point like, well, of course I'm going to 635 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:05,280 tithe. Not to mention all the 636 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:08,640 protections it brings for me to continue to keep my heart free, 637 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:09,920 the love of money and always just go. 638 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:13,280 That's a great starting point. And then go, well, there's can 639 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:15,640 be offerings on top of that. Well, I'm free from it. 640 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:20,200 If you believe that, I disagree. But if you believe that, here's 641 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:23,160 a lesson from Jesus. I'm free from, I'm free from I'm 642 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:27,280 going to, I'm going to give because what, what happens? 643 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:30,480 What happens when someone gives? Are they reduced? 644 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:34,280 Are they made less when we give, when we give with a generous 645 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:37,640 heart as a cheerful giver, are we reduced somehow or are we 646 00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:41,280 multiplied somehow? Did we sow seed or do we eat our 647 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:43,120 seed? No, just the opposite. 648 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:45,000 When, when I hold on to things, that's what I'm just devouring 649 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:48,160 my seed instead of planting it. So I don't want to make, I don't 650 00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:50,680 want to make the point about tithing to be the benefit that 651 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:54,360 you receive, although there is much and I have much testimony 652 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:57,240 to go along with that. But again, it's the it's the 653 00:32:57,240 --> 00:33:00,680 bigness of the heart of Jesus. He's not upset about paying the 654 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:04,800 tax to his father's house. He's wise enough to know also 655 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,640 that. Think about what would happen if 656 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,320 this famous rabbi refuses to pay the temple tax. 657 00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:12,920 Do you think word could get out? You think the tax collectors for 658 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:14,760 the temple tax could have told some other people? 659 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:19,000 At what conclusions do you think people might have come, Rabbi, 660 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:20,920 Jesus doesn't pay the temple tax. 661 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:23,840 He says that we're free from it. Like that's not what happened 662 00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:25,880 there. So Jesus again in his wisdom 663 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:31,160 going, I see it all, I recognize it all, I love my Father. 664 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:35,400 Peter, you put your foot in your mouth and I can cover for you 665 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:38,120 too. It's all right. 666 00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:41,440 I'm going to solve this. I'm going to take care of this. 667 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:44,880 I like I said, I think he's also being kind to Peter and backing 668 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:46,480 what Peter has said. Does your master pay? 669 00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:48,400 Does your master not pay the tax? 670 00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:54,960 He does. And Jesus going, I'm paying it 671 00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:56,920 today then. Thanks. 672 00:33:56,920 --> 00:34:00,240 Peter. Is this the Pope? 673 00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:04,840 Is this the perfect Pope? No, no, I think it's funny. 674 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:07,440 It's like we right after, you know, remember right after the 675 00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:10,400 the so-called Pope verse, which of course is not the Pope verse. 676 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:13,880 You know, Peter, just like foot in mouth, foot in mouth, foot in 677 00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:16,639 mouth. That's not the rock that Jesus 678 00:34:16,639 --> 00:34:19,159 built on the rock he's built on is the revelation of who he is 679 00:34:19,159 --> 00:34:23,880 and the confession of who he is. So he's being kind of Peter back 680 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:26,400 in what Peter said instead of making him go back and correct 681 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:29,280 his answer. But Peter loves and is faithful 682 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:32,520 to his master, like we said earlier, and now his master is 683 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:36,760 also faithful to him. So what's Jesus's instruction to 684 00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:42,080 Peter to clean up Peter's mess, to pay the tax that Jesus 685 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:46,760 doesn't owe? Verse 27, however, not to give 686 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:51,800 offense to them, go to the sea, cast a hook and take the first 687 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:55,440 fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you'll find a 688 00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:57,600 shekel. Take that and give them. 689 00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:00,120 Give it to them for me and for yourself. 690 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:03,920 So your translations may have different kinds of money listed. 691 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:06,800 So there's Roman money and there's Jewish money, coin, but 692 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,320 this would be enough. This would take care of of both 693 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:12,720 of these guys because they owe half a shekel for each of them. 694 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:14,960 So the full shekel is going to cover both of them. 695 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:20,000 Go to the sea and cast a hook. There's a right way to interpret 696 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,480 this verse, and there's a wrong way to interpret this verse. 697 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:25,280 The wrong way to interpret this verse would be to say when you 698 00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:27,440 owe taxes, just ignore it and go fishing. 699 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:31,440 That would be that. I owe a lot in taxes and they 700 00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:35,040 just go fishing. That's what the Bible says like 701 00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:37,040 that is you do have a verse for that. 702 00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:39,040 I'll give you that. But is that what the Scripture 703 00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:41,040 teaches? I don't think so. 704 00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:43,760 I think what's going on here instead, when you owe taxes, 705 00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:47,720 here's what we should do. Do your job like always, but 706 00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:51,040 trust the Lord to put his super on top of your natural. 707 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:54,000 Do you have debt? Do you have something that 708 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:55,000 you're facing? Do you have something 709 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:56,520 overwhelming? What am I supposed to do? 710 00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:58,680 He sent a fisherman to go do what? 711 00:35:59,880 --> 00:36:04,680 To do something he knew, man, I, I owe a lot of money or I need 712 00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:07,360 to provide all these things. Do what you know, do what the 713 00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:09,280 Lord has given and put into your hands. 714 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:12,600 If you're welding, if you're cutting the metal, if you're, if 715 00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:16,600 you're building spreadsheets, if you're building landscapes, if 716 00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:20,080 you're plumbing pipe, if you're raising babies, do whatever it 717 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:22,640 is that you know and that the Lord has given to your hands. 718 00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:25,360 And then say, Lord, this is what I've got. 719 00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:29,200 I need you to put your super on top of my natural. 720 00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:32,040 I need you to do something here. Of course the Lord will speak to 721 00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:33,040 you. Of course the Lord will give you 722 00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:35,280 specific directions, just like you did for Peter. 723 00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:37,600 He didn't say Peter go fishing. He gave him specific 724 00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:38,760 instruction. Hey, make sure you open this 725 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:41,440 fish's mouth. Look, in there, there's going to 726 00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:43,200 be something that's going to take care of everything. 727 00:36:47,720 --> 00:36:49,800 The Lord sent Peter to do his regular work. 728 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:53,400 Peter the fisherman being told to go fish. 729 00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:58,400 He would tell me go coach husbands, he would tell you go 730 00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:01,440 do your work, but trust. Don't just do your work and 731 00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:04,200 think that you're the answer. Go do your work and trust. 732 00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:06,880 He'll tell Mark. Go sell houses. 733 00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:09,440 I don't know what, but do it in trust. 734 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:11,360 Don't rely on. Don't think it's you. 735 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:13,600 Don't think it's you. And that's the temptation, isn't 736 00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:15,840 it? The arm of flesh, man, I got to 737 00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:17,640 do better. I got to think because there is 738 00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:19,080 this. There is this dichotomy where 739 00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:22,600 the Lord wants faithfulness and diligence and at the same time, 740 00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,760 where is the rest and where is the enough? 741 00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:29,640 It's part of our Sabbath. I could work seven days a week. 742 00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:32,360 Yeah, everybody could. We don't stop working because 743 00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:34,880 the work was finished. We stopped working as an act of 744 00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:37,000 faith. We stopped working as an act of 745 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:40,600 trust and reliance on Lord and go, the work's not done, but 746 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:45,800 there is a God and I'm not him. This is me expecting the Lord to 747 00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:49,640 bring Lord you, you put your super on top of my natural. 748 00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:52,640 He does that with the tithe. He does that with our week. 749 00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:54,880 He does that with our margin. He does that with our worship. 750 00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:58,600 Lord, I'm bringing what I got and there's a limit and I'm 751 00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:00,280 going to deliberately cap myself. 752 00:38:00,720 --> 00:38:03,120 I'm not working seven days. Why? 753 00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:05,040 Because you're lazy? No. 754 00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:07,480 No. Because my God has commanded it. 755 00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:09,920 And I'm going to prioritize worship and rest and fellowship. 756 00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:12,920 But because my God is my shepherd, I have a shepherd. 757 00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:14,840 Praise God. That is good news. 758 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:18,240 You have a shepherd. He makes you lie down in green 759 00:38:18,240 --> 00:38:20,520 pastures. He makes you lie down. 760 00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:22,560 I don't want it. Lay down. 761 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:25,160 This grass is really nice. I know. 762 00:38:25,240 --> 00:38:29,000 Take a nap. Besides, still waters. 763 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:31,160 Isn't that beautiful? He's bringing you beauty. 764 00:38:31,240 --> 00:38:34,760 He sets a table for you in the presence of your enemies. 765 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,000 What's on it? Your cup overflows. 766 00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:40,400 There's abundance. That means there's enough for 767 00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:42,480 generosity. Whether or not you see it, 768 00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:45,600 whether or not you believe it, this is how your shepherd takes 769 00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:48,000 care of you. He is gentle with you, just like 770 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,520 he's gentle with Peter, just like he's gentle with me. 771 00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:53,800 Hey, go do what you know to do, but do it in faith. 772 00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:58,280 Do it with expectation. Don't keep it in the natural. 773 00:38:59,240 --> 00:39:02,920 Invite, welcome and host the Lord, and He will make it 774 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:06,280 supernatural. The Lord will provide for you. 775 00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:09,600 Unless the Lord builds the house anyway. 776 00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:14,520 You're working for nothing, so you could stay out all night on 777 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,400 your own fishing and not catch a thing, remember? 778 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:21,080 But when the Lord gets in your work, you cast your network, He 779 00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:23,800 tells you to, and you have more fish than you've ever seen. 780 00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:26,840 I've been working this job for months and nothing's happening. 781 00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:28,120 Nothing's happening. Nothing's happening. 782 00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:31,440 The disciples have been there. We fished all night. 783 00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:35,080 We're professional fishermen. We know this lake. 784 00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:37,760 This doesn't make any sense. We don't know what we're doing 785 00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:39,760 wrong. Cast your net on the other side. 786 00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:43,400 Now that's a ridiculous command. That's ridiculous. 787 00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:47,520 Will you obey? I worked that neighborhood. 788 00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:50,520 I tried that thing. I did this kind of advertising. 789 00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:53,880 But if the Holy Spirit gives direction, jump to obey. 790 00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:57,000 Jump to obey because it's not natural and you don't want 791 00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,120 natural. You want His super on top of 792 00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:03,920 your natural. When the Lord cast tells you to 793 00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:05,960 cast the net, obey. When the Lord tells you to drop 794 00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:08,360 a line like he did with Peter, go drop the line. 795 00:40:09,720 --> 00:40:14,080 We're closing. This passage isn't just about 796 00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:17,200 what happened that day. There's more to it. 797 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:19,800 What's going on here? This passage is about the 798 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:23,920 atonement that Jesus provides. So I'm going to read to you from 799 00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:30,360 Exodus chapter 30, the passage that describes this tax in this 800 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:36,000 shekel that was due from each man, each one who is numbered in 801 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:37,800 the census. I'm reading from Exodus 30, 802 00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:42,600 verse 13 if you are curious. Each one who is numbered in the 803 00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:46,840 census shall give this half a shekel according to the shekel 804 00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:50,200 of the sanctuary, half a shekel as an offering to the Lord 805 00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:53,120 everyone who is numbered in the census. 806 00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:56,400 So notice there half a shekel was like sanctuary upkeep. 807 00:40:56,600 --> 00:41:01,240 The other half is is worship. Well, I thought they were both 808 00:41:01,240 --> 00:41:02,760 worship. Well, everything can be worship, 809 00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:04,680 but specifically the Lord named it. 810 00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:08,440 This is for the sanctuary. This one is an offering. 811 00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:11,400 So you could even maybe perhaps, although it's half and half, the 812 00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:14,000 math isn't the same. There's the tithe, and then 813 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,280 there's what's the offering on top of that. 814 00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:19,480 Everyone who is numbered in the census from 20 years old and 815 00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:21,600 upward shall give the Lord's offering. 816 00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:25,400 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less 817 00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:28,840 than half the shekel. When you give the Lord's 818 00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:32,440 offering to make atonement for your lives, you shall take the 819 00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:35,200 atonement money from the people of Israel and shall give it to 820 00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:38,520 the service of the 10 of meeting, that it may bring the 821 00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:42,120 people of Israel to remembrance before the Lord so as to make 822 00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:47,440 atonement for your lives. I might have read that wrong and 823 00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:50,960 the half shekel point, I think it's a half shekel total. 824 00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:54,600 I got my shekels and my drachmas mixed up. 825 00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:58,520 But the point is either then maybe it accomplished both. 826 00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:01,440 It's the half shekel for the sanctuary and the half shekels 827 00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:03,160 also. The offering under the Lord 828 00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:04,480 might have just been the language around it. 829 00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:07,760 But the point is, what is it? What does this do? 830 00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:12,000 You shall take the atonement money from the people of Israel 831 00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:15,800 atonement and you shall give it for the service of the tin of 832 00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:19,000 meeting that it may bring the people of Israel to remembrance 833 00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:21,760 before the Lord. So why do I why do they bring 834 00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:25,080 that offering to bring them to remembrance to the Lord and so 835 00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:27,320 as to make atonement for your lives. 836 00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:29,680 So the shekel was again another type of Christ. 837 00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:33,360 The shekel itself is another remembrance of I need atonement. 838 00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:36,360 What is atonement? Atonement is to means to purge, 839 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:41,560 to cover, to reconcile. This is what Peter this is what 840 00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:45,960 Peter experienced from Jesus that day and thank God, this is 841 00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:47,240 what you and I experienced as well. 842 00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:49,960 Notice what happened here. They they call this, we call 843 00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:53,680 this moment the the Christology where I always tell you there 844 00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:56,800 Jesus is always there. Plainly he's here. 845 00:42:56,960 --> 00:42:59,920 But the cross and redemption What happened that day? 846 00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:05,160 Jesus paid a tax that he did not owe for a man who could not pay. 847 00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:17,240 That's where they say that'll preach Jesus paid a tax for a 848 00:43:17,240 --> 00:43:19,640 man. Jesus paid a tax that he did not 849 00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:24,440 owe for a man who could not pay. You are that man. 850 00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:29,400 I am that man. Jesus paid the tax that he 851 00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:31,480 didn't know. He didn't owe it, but he still 852 00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:32,800 went to the cross because he loved you. 853 00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:35,160 You couldn't pay it. Nothing I could do. 854 00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:37,560 What do we do? We remind ourselves of this 855 00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:41,040 gospel all the time. Every week we come back to the 856 00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:43,400 gospel. The whole Bible points to it. 857 00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:45,800 And we're getting closer to it as we March through Matthew, as 858 00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:48,280 we come to the conclusion, to the moment on the cross. 859 00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:49,880 It's the moment that changed everything. 860 00:43:50,240 --> 00:43:52,520 It's the moment that saved us. It's the moment that gave us new 861 00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:54,640 life. I can get distracted with my 862 00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:56,200 day-to-day and go, yeah, yeah, yeah. 863 00:43:56,200 --> 00:43:59,080 Thank you for the cross. And now let's move on, man. 864 00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:00,600 I can never move on from the cross. 865 00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:03,400 I got to come back to the cross. I got to come back to the empty 866 00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:05,960 tomb. That is the whole message. 867 00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:09,920 My gratitude is all built upon what Jesus did. 868 00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:12,640 Hey, Jesus. I kind of put my foot in my 869 00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:18,640 mouth how with my whole life, my whole life, I got I got myself 870 00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:20,600 into debt. I just went and said, yeah, I'll 871 00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:22,640 pay the tax. I'm I was born in debt. 872 00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:25,200 And Jesus says you got the money for it. 873 00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:28,680 I go, no, I was hoping you could help with that. 874 00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:30,640 And he goes, I will. I don't owe it. 875 00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:34,360 I want to clarify, I don't owe anything to anybody, but I'll 876 00:44:34,360 --> 00:44:37,520 pay him. He's got the solution because He 877 00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:42,600 is the solution. The wisdom of God, the Son of 878 00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:44,960 man, whose Kingdom will never end. 879 00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:49,320 Heavenly Father, we love you so much and we thank you so much 880 00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:52,480 for loving us. Jesus, you're so perfect in all 881 00:44:52,480 --> 00:44:54,640 of your ways. We pray You will continue to 882 00:44:54,640 --> 00:44:58,080 open our eyes that we would see more of Your greatness, that we 883 00:44:58,080 --> 00:45:00,920 would see more of your glory, that we would see more of Your 884 00:45:00,920 --> 00:45:06,080 majesty and more of Your wisdom as we read Your word and all of 885 00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:09,080 your perfection. I pray you will continue to 886 00:45:09,080 --> 00:45:14,120 bring Your lessons to our lives, into our minds, enlighten our 887 00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:18,640 hearts so that it would impact us and change our Monday morning 888 00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:24,160 or we don't want to just gain information, although we do 889 00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:28,120 rejoice and all of your scriptures draw us to worship or 890 00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:30,480 protect us from just being becoming puffed up with 891 00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:35,200 knowledge. Draw us to deeper obedience. 892 00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:38,280 I pray that in our work this week that we would make room, 893 00:45:39,320 --> 00:45:43,600 that you would draw us to pray and seek your super on top of 894 00:45:43,600 --> 00:45:46,960 our natural. We're just fishermen. 895 00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:50,560 We're doing our best, but we make mistakes. 896 00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:53,240 Help us to follow you more closely. 897 00:45:53,240 --> 00:45:55,000 Help us to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit. 898 00:45:57,080 --> 00:45:58,080 Jesus. Bring direction. 899 00:45:58,080 --> 00:46:00,480 I pray for those who need direction in their work. 900 00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:04,160 I pray that you would bring the revelation and the light. 901 00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:07,400 The thing, it might not make any sense on paper, it might not 902 00:46:07,400 --> 00:46:13,200 look good on the pros and cons, but it's the thing that you 903 00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:17,080 would direct that we are absolutely willing to look like 904 00:46:17,080 --> 00:46:20,840 fools for you. Whatever you would say, we 905 00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:24,560 submit to Him. Fill us with wisdom, God, or 906 00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:27,800 make us a people who is seasoned with salt that we would have the 907 00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:29,840 right word at the right time, that we would not offend 908 00:46:29,840 --> 00:46:35,480 unnecessarily, that we would be truth tellers who are wise and 909 00:46:35,480 --> 00:46:38,360 who are compassionate. Help us to be more like Jesus, 910 00:46:38,360 --> 00:46:44,320 the right thing at the right time, full of grace and truth. 911 00:46:47,200 --> 00:46:53,840 Jesus, we love you, the innocent one, the one who owes no debt, 912 00:46:54,760 --> 00:46:59,560 who paid for mine. We thank you again for your 913 00:46:59,560 --> 00:47:03,400 grace and your goodness. We love you in Jesus name. 914 00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:06,640 Now the Lord bless you and keep you. 915 00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:11,200 The Lord make his face Shinedown upon you and be gracious to you. 916 00:47:12,240 --> 00:47:15,560 The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you great 917 00:47:15,560 --> 00:47:19,440 peace in Jesus name, Amen.