1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:08,480 We're Matthew Chapter 8. So Matthew has been walking us 2 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:11,480 through. So we see the genealogy of 3 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:13,640 Jesus, the birth of Jesus. We see the mystery of John the 4 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:16,280 Baptist. We see Jesus comes to be 5 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:18,280 baptized. We see Jesus goes into the 6 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:20,080 wilderness. We see Jesus comes back. 7 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:24,040 We see Jesus delivers the Sermon on the Mount chapter 5-6 and 8 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:25,760 seven. Jesus was showing what is the 9 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:27,960 Kingdom really like? He had already been telling 10 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,400 people repent, so we know that that's part of the Kingdom. 11 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:32,360 The the Kingdom message is one of repentance. 12 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:34,400 What else does this Kingdom really like? 13 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:36,520 Is this guy going to show us what anything's like? 14 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:39,240 Oh, does he ever? Over and over he keeps showing 15 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:41,680 healing, healing, healing, deliverance, deliverance, 16 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:44,240 deliverance. Repent, repent repent. 17 00:00:44,480 --> 00:00:47,640 We see the goodness, the kindness of God all all 18 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:49,560 simultaneously. It's not one or the other. 19 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:52,520 It's not God's just good to me. But he doesn't call me to 20 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:54,280 repent. God is good to me. 21 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:58,120 Therefore he calls me to repent. He's not taking something away 22 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:00,320 from me. He is giving me something higher 23 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:02,640 and better. And Jesus continues to bless. 24 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:05,319 Jesus continues to reveal what the Kingdom really looks like 25 00:01:05,519 --> 00:01:08,960 through his explicit teaching and through his ministry, 26 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:11,480 through the way he's living. And remember Matthew's motive in 27 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:14,560 writing this gospel. Who did Matthew write this 28 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:17,840 particular gospel for? Was he writing it to Gentiles or 29 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:20,680 was he writing it to Jews? He was writing it to Jews. 30 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:23,720 So over and over we see throughout the the Gospel of 31 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:26,840 Matthew, he's going to continue to say as it was written. 32 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:28,960 He continues to do that over and over and over. 33 00:01:28,960 --> 00:01:32,880 And Boden hit that a few weeks back whenever the someone was 34 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:34,920 healed. And then again he said this was 35 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,640 to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah. 36 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:39,880 So he keeps showing the Jews he goes, hey, remember this 37 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:42,160 prophecy about the Messiah And the Jews go, yeah, we know about 38 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:43,800 that. And Matthew goes, this is that 39 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:47,080 the Jews can go, whoa. And Matthew keeps going this, 40 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:48,800 this is that. This is that. 41 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:50,640 Over and over and over and over and over. 42 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:55,040 Hey, this is the Messiah, the one who calls himself the son of 43 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:59,040 man from Daniel Chapter 7, who is, who is enthroned with the 44 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:02,080 ancient of days. So Matthew is writing this 45 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:05,400 gospel to show Jews that Jesus is the Messiah. 46 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:09,560 And now the passage that we come to today, Mark and Luke also 47 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:11,120 record this. So we're going to read the 48 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:13,680 passage now. Matthew, Chapter 8, verse 23 49 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:19,040 through 27. And when he got into the boat, 50 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:23,800 his disciples followed him, and behold, there arose a great 51 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,880 storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the 52 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:28,720 waves. But he was asleep. 53 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,760 And they went and woke him, saying, Save us, Lord, we are 54 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,200 perishing. And he said to them, Why are you 55 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:39,000 afraid, O you, of little faith? And he rose and rebuked the 56 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,320 winds and the sea. And there was a great calm And 57 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:47,600 the men marveled saying, What sort of man is this, that even 58 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:51,240 the winds and the sea obey him. Lord, would you please bring us 59 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:55,000 more revelation of Jesus today to show us exactly what sort of 60 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,040 man, what sort of God you really are, that we would see and know 61 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,240 your nature, your character, your will and your design. 62 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:05,560 Even better in Jesus name, O God's people said Amen. 63 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:09,080 So remember what was the lead up in this moment? 64 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:11,880 Jesus gave everybody a test. And the passage we looked at 65 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:16,720 last week, now in verse 18. Now when Jesus saw a crowd 66 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:19,760 around him, as you read your word, as you read the Gospels 67 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:22,440 over and over and over, whenever you see a crowd around Jesus, 68 00:03:22,640 --> 00:03:24,240 he's getting ready to sift them out. 69 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:26,640 It's just the opposite of what we would think. 70 00:03:26,640 --> 00:03:28,200 This is the moment to capture momentum. 71 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:30,560 You know, that's that's what the ministry teaches us, right, 72 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:32,320 Alex? Like this is the moment you got 73 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,160 to capitalize on this. And Jesus sees all the crowds 74 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:37,920 and goes, how can I sort these people out? 75 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:39,960 He goes, hey, I'm going to the other side of the lake and 76 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,800 they're going, This is a test, right? 77 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:45,920 Well, is Jesus trying to get rid of people? 78 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:48,440 No, but the test is to draw you nearer to him. 79 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:50,640 The test is not intended to push you away. 80 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:54,240 The test is intended to actually draw you nearer, in a deeper 81 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:56,960 devotion and a deeper love and a deeper faithfulness. 82 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:58,560 And yet you get to cast your vote. 83 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,440 Are you going to make the journey, the the many, the many 84 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,480 mile journey around the sea? Or are you going to go? 85 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:06,680 This is where I get off. Hey, I was a big fan of the 86 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,000 miracles though. Jesus, keep it up. 87 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:11,440 Thank you for healing me. Thank you for healing my family. 88 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:14,040 Thank you for healing. Like everybody who came to you, 89 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:17,120 it was awesome to be a part of, but now it's going to cost me 90 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:19,320 something. When it cost you something, I 91 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:22,480 was a big fan of it, Jesus. But to be your disciple, if it's 92 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,800 going to cost me something like it's been real, appreciate it. 93 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,160 That was the difference we saw between the crowd and the 94 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,000 disciple. Well, which am I? 95 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,040 Well, you get to cast that vote. You get to determine churches 96 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:35,080 are filled with both crowd and disciples. 97 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:38,680 It feels safe to be in the orbit of Jesus, but being in the orbit 98 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,000 of a planet is not the same thing as being on the planet. 99 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:43,840 So a lot of times I can be comforted by being I'm around 100 00:04:43,840 --> 00:04:45,040 it. I'm around Christendom, I'm 101 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:48,240 around Christianity, I'm around faithful Saints, All good 102 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,480 things, obviously. And yet it could potentially 103 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:54,720 provide a false comfort to me. I could be falsely comforted and 104 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:58,520 go well because I'm around it, because I hear it, because I see 105 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,720 it, because I've experienced it, or because my mom and dad were 106 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:05,200 so faithful or because my spouse is so faithful, Or maybe I think 107 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,560 my pastor is so faithful. All good things. 108 00:05:07,840 --> 00:05:10,520 It can bring me a comfort to say I too am so faithful. 109 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:12,520 Well again, I get to cast my own vote. 110 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:16,960 So Jesus had been sifting out the crowd and one man steps up 111 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:20,000 and says I'll follow you wherever you go and Jesus 112 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:21,880 doesn't wink at him and go, good for you. 113 00:05:22,280 --> 00:05:23,880 Jesus raises the bar again and goes well. 114 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:25,840 It's going to be challenging. It's not going to be 115 00:05:25,840 --> 00:05:28,000 comfortable. It starts with discomfort and it 116 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,040 ends with agony on the cross. And then he says take up your 117 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:34,480 cross so Jesus doesn't say, man, let me make it as easy as 118 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:36,600 possible. I just want to make the easiest 119 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,520 on ramp for everybody. Jesus is just not good at 120 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:41,640 building a ministry. Like he needs to read more books 121 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:44,600 and listen to more podcasts. And then he would know not to 122 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,880 say obnoxious things to people like eat my flesh and drink my 123 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:51,760 blood to sift out the crowd. The disciples like, no, we have 124 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:55,600 Lord, this was our chance. Jesus going, I know what I'm 125 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:57,440 worth. I want to see if they know what 126 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:59,760 I'm worth. Do you know who I am? 127 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:03,640 Do you know what I'm worth? So now this is the culmination 128 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:05,840 of that, he said, let's go to the other side. 129 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:07,720 And now this is the moment of it. 130 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:12,040 They get in the boat. His disciples followed him. 131 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,840 So Jesus has been teaching with power and authority, and there's 132 00:06:15,840 --> 00:06:17,800 a lot of things we're going to see out of these verses today. 133 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,240 But the the most obvious thing that we need to acknowledge that 134 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:24,840 every hearer of this text and every reader of this text would 135 00:06:24,840 --> 00:06:30,800 always get out of it first and foremost is that that everything 136 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:33,520 has to obey Jesus. There's a lot we'll get from 137 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:35,640 this passage, but the first, most obvious thing is this. 138 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:39,680 Jesus has power over nature. This is the thing. 139 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,120 So there's many allegories that we'll get out of this, and there 140 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:43,680 will be many times, and I'm going to, and I'm going to 141 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,000 preach it that way to you this morning as well, that the Lord 142 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,400 will get you through your storms. 143 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:50,160 But that is a secondary application to the primary thing 144 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:53,120 that Matthew was communicating and that Jesus was even 145 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:55,800 revealing in that moment. So we've seen over and over, 146 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:59,760 sickness obeys Jesus. Injuries obey Jesus. 147 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:03,520 Disease obeys Jesus. Demons obey Jesus. 148 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:07,760 Disciples obey Jesus. And the wind and the waves and 149 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:11,680 nature itself obeys Jesus. The Jews reading this, the 150 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:13,840 Gentiles, like you and me reading this, everybody has to 151 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:18,160 continually recognize, I have to reckon with with this man now I 152 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:21,520 have to cast a vote on him. I cannot call this person a good 153 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:23,960 moral teacher. Jesus seems like a good guy who 154 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:27,400 taught some nice things. What are you reading? 155 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:30,240 You're not reading the Bible. Where did you get that from? 156 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:33,240 Well, I saw it on the Internet. Well, OK, well. 157 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:35,880 But. But Jesus doesn't leave you to 158 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:37,440 wonder who he is or what he's about. 159 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:40,560 He continues to show that he is dominant over everything. 160 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,040 All authority in heaven and earth belongs to him. 161 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:45,440 He'll tell us that explicitly at the end of Matthew. 162 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:50,480 So Jesus teaches with authority. He acts with authority and all 163 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:53,440 that we've seen him do is to show love and to reveal the 164 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:56,880 Father's goodness and bring deliverance to needy people like 165 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:59,280 us. So let's look more closely. 166 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:01,960 In verse 18, he gave orders to go to the other side. 167 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:04,280 Here we have the explicit will of God. 168 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:05,680 What did Jesus want to have happen here? 169 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:06,920 He wanted to go to the other side. 170 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:09,360 Let's not get fancy with it. It's pretty simple. 171 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:13,080 This is the will of God that the disciples can confidently trust 172 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:14,560 in. If Jesus says you're going to 173 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:16,440 the other side, guess what you're going to do? 174 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,960 You're going to the other side. Whether it's a lake, whether 175 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:21,600 it's the trial, whether it's death. 176 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,560 When we crossover the river and we go to the other side and 177 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:26,880 we're in the presence of the Lord, you can take it to the 178 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,400 bank. And then in verse 23, when he 179 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:32,480 got in the boat, his disciples followed him. 180 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:35,360 Mark gives us more clarity in his gospel and says there were 181 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:37,919 other boats. So remember, there were other 182 00:08:37,919 --> 00:08:40,559 disciples who followed Jesus faithfully from the beginning. 183 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:42,559 We know this also from the book of Acts. 184 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:46,200 Whenever Judas's spot needs to be filled, we had 12 disciples. 185 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:48,240 One of them was a traitor who went to hell. 186 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:50,240 And now we need to replace his spot. 187 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:53,040 Who are we going to do it with? The disciples said it needs to 188 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:55,200 be someone who was an eyewitness from the beginning. 189 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:57,240 There was other eyewitnesses from the beginning. 190 00:08:57,320 --> 00:08:59,200 Yeah, there were. So Matthias was. 191 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,640 Then they prayed. And then, funny enough, they 192 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:04,120 cast lots. It's such a funny story to me. 193 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:06,000 You think they're going to pray and they'll be like, oh, we all 194 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:07,960 just know who it is. And they're like, they prayed 195 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:11,280 and they're like, let's draw straws, OK, Matthias, because 196 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:14,280 the Lord cast the lot. The Lord reveals who who it 197 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:17,200 comes to. So we know there were there were 198 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:19,080 other disciples. Others go in boats. 199 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:22,880 Others probably went around. But then the crowd leaves and 200 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:25,880 Jesus is able to say, hey, my disciples can draw near to me. 201 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:28,280 My disciples can follow me closely. 202 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:33,080 So His disciples followed him. Those who he had called up to 203 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:35,880 that point joined him in a boat. But other disciples followed as 204 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:37,600 well. Some got in other boats, Some 205 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:38,800 began the journey around the lake. 206 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:42,200 But disciples follow Jesus. What can we take from that? 207 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:43,600 That one's pretty direct, isn't it? 208 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:47,400 That one's a bit on the nose. Disciples follow Jesus. 209 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:50,240 There's no such thing as a Christian who doesn't actively 210 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:53,560 follow Jesus. And following Jesus means 211 00:09:53,560 --> 00:09:57,320 obeying Jesus. We should go where the master 212 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:00,280 goes. I want to I want you to turn to 213 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:06,840 the book of Ruth. Ruth is in the Old Testament. 214 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:22,560 Joshua judges Ruth. We're going to look at 215 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:24,400 determination to follow. We're going to look at 216 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:38,650 faithfulness to follow Ruth, Chapter one. 217 00:10:40,690 --> 00:10:45,610 So a couple of contexts here. So Naomi has two sons. 218 00:10:45,730 --> 00:10:50,680 These sons are married to her daughters in law, and her sons 219 00:10:50,680 --> 00:10:53,200 die. Now her daughters in law are 220 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:55,520 here and they're trying to determine what to do. 221 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:58,880 So Naomi, verse 8. Naomi said to her two daughters 222 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:02,560 in law, go return each of you to her mother's house. 223 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:07,240 May the Lord deal kindly with you as you have dealt with the 224 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,600 dead. That means my sons and with me 225 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:12,720 the Lord. Grant that you may find rest 226 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,560 each of you in your house, in the House of her husband. 227 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:20,080 Then she kissed them and they lifted up their voices and wept. 228 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,880 And they said to her, no, we will return with you to your 229 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:26,240 people. So these women were not Jews, 230 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:28,640 but they're saying, Naomi, we want to be with you, with your 231 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:31,760 God and with your people. But Naomi said, turn back my 232 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:33,800 daughters. Why will you go with me? 233 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:36,920 Have I yet sons in my womb that they may become your husband's? 234 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:38,760 She's saying I'm not giving you any more sons. 235 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:40,040 I'm not. I'm not giving you any more 236 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:42,680 husbands at this point. Turn back my daughters. 237 00:11:42,680 --> 00:11:45,080 Go your way, for I am too old to have a husband. 238 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:48,000 If I if I should say I have hope. 239 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:51,800 Even if I should should have a husband this night and should 240 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:53,920 bear sons. Will you therefore wait until 241 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:55,400 they were grown? She's like why? 242 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:57,240 Why would you stay with me? I have nothing to offer you. 243 00:11:57,640 --> 00:11:59,200 I have nothing to give you. What's she doing? 244 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:01,960 She's talking him out of it. This reminds me of Jesus. 245 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:04,720 Hey, we're going. I'll follow you anywhere Jesus 246 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:06,680 goes. Let me push. 247 00:12:06,680 --> 00:12:08,360 Let me push back on that a little bit. 248 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:09,880 Let me give a little bit of challenge here. 249 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:12,720 We wait till they're grown. No, my daughters, for it is 250 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:16,800 exceedingly bitter to me. For your sake, that the hand of 251 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:18,440 the Lord has gone out against me. 252 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:20,840 Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. 253 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:25,240 And Orpa kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to 254 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:27,080 her. So one daughter-in-law says, OK, 255 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:29,200 I'll leave. She kisses her goodbye. 256 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:31,040 They they're weeping. It's all tragic. 257 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:33,480 But Ruth says, no, I'm not leaving. 258 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:37,600 And she said, see, So Naomi, Naomi is saying to Ruth now see 259 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:40,720 your sister-in-law is going back to her people, and to her gods 260 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:44,880 return after your sister-in-law. But Ruth said, do not urge me to 261 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,160 leave you or to return from following you. 262 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:50,960 For where you go I will go. And where you lodge, I will 263 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:53,760 lodge. Your people shall be my people. 264 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:58,080 And your God, my God. Where you die, I will die, and 265 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:01,400 there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me, and 266 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:05,200 more, if anything, but death parts me from you. 267 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:08,880 And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she 268 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:13,080 said no more. Ruth was a stubborn woman for 269 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:16,160 the glory of God and for faithfulness to God. 270 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:20,560 She she actually has the incredible privilege of becoming 271 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:25,080 the great grandmother to King David because of this, because 272 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,320 of what she does here. If you're the great grandmother 273 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:30,520 to King David, do you know who else that makes you an ancestor 274 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:34,440 of the privilege and the honor of being the ancestor of the man 275 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:37,520 who calms the storm in the boat because of her faithfulness. 276 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:40,840 To say, I won't leave, I won't separate, it is going to cost 277 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:41,720 me. What might it mean? 278 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:44,080 I don't know what the future means, but I know I don't want 279 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:46,280 to be separated from you and your God. 280 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:49,120 I know I don't want to be separated from the Kingdom. 281 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:51,800 This is what faithfulness looks like and faithfulness always 282 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:53,680 looks like Extremism to the unfaithful. 283 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:57,200 The unfaithful will always call the faithful extreme. 284 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:59,360 They will. The unfaithful always call the 285 00:13:59,560 --> 00:14:03,960 the faithful fanatical, excessive, off the deep end. 286 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:08,440 Just a little bit too out there. Spoken like lukewarm. 287 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:11,320 Spoken like an unfaithful. Are you condemning? 288 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:13,080 Not at all condemning. Are you judging? 289 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:15,280 Absolutely. Of course. 290 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:19,440 I'm making a judgement, a clear understanding of the difference 291 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:21,000 in things. That's what judgement is. 292 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:23,800 But everyone can be that faithful. 293 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:27,920 So we're not condemning Orpa. But Orpa missed out, to say the 294 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:30,000 least. To return to her people into 295 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:32,800 into her gods. Will we see Orpa in the Kingdom? 296 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,360 I don't know. Will we see Ruth? 297 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:38,680 Absolutely. The great grandmother of King 298 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:41,800 David And more importantly, an ancestor of the man who calms 299 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:44,360 the storm in the boat, the man who calls his disciples, but the 300 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:46,120 man who also tests his disciples. 301 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:48,000 Hey, I'm going over here. Will you follow? 302 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:51,520 Yeah, I'm in. I'm all in. 303 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:54,080 And this is what we were supposed to be told when we 304 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:57,960 first came into the Kingdom. Some of us were given a gentle 305 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:01,160 on ramp and praised God for faithfulness and and the fact 306 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:03,720 that we can grow. But the gospel as it was 307 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:06,800 preached by Jesus and the disciples was not as slow on 308 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:09,680 boarding that you would then reveal more commitment to 309 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:12,760 people. As time and years went on Jesus 310 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:14,680 called people to the cross from day one. 311 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:18,440 He never did a bait and switch. He was always very sincere, 312 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:20,960 always very plain. Always saying it's going to cost 313 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:22,480 you everything. Hey, if you don't hate your 314 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:24,280 father and mother you can't be my disciple. 315 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:26,640 And they're like, what? I'm out of here. 316 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:29,520 Hey, if you don't take up your cross and follow me, you can't 317 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:31,600 be my disciple. Modern interpretation. 318 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:35,600 If you don't get in the electric chair, just like I get in the 319 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:39,120 electric chair To to what? To crucify your flesh and to 320 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:40,800 follow me, then you can't be my disciple. 321 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:42,280 So he was never unclear about it. 322 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:46,120 He was always saying I require complete allegiance and total 323 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:48,120 faithfulness. Lord, I'm afraid I can't do it 324 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:50,520 perfectly. Do it faithfully. 325 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:53,760 You won't do it perfectly, but you can do it faithfully. 326 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:56,840 You can't do it perfectly, but you can do it faithfully. 327 00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:59,680 The Christian life is 1 marked by repentance, not by 328 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,520 perfection. So we continue in faithfulness, 329 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:04,160 right? How many spouses in here are 330 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:06,840 still married? Have you been perfectly faithful 331 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:09,160 to keep all of your vows that you made on the wedding day 332 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:10,880 perfectly? Have you? 333 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:15,120 Perfectly, Because I haven't. And yet, Natalie and I still 334 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:17,640 have good fellowship and a solid marriage. 335 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:21,400 Our marriage hasn't evaporated because we didn't keep our vows 336 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:23,760 with perfection, but we did keep them with faithfulness. 337 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:28,240 We have been faithful to one another continually, and in the 338 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:29,960 same way. As we walk with our master, he 339 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:33,160 remembers that we're just dust. And yet he has set his affection 340 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:36,120 upon us, and he has filled us with his spirit, and we actually 341 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:38,320 have. He gives us the desire and He 342 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:40,200 gives us the power to walk with him. 343 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:42,840 This is not a white knuckle faith where I'm holding on for 344 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:45,480 it to your life. But there is a determination 345 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:47,200 that comes even from the Spirit of God. 346 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:51,160 He is the one who empowers. He is the one who quips so that 347 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:52,640 I can even follow him faithfully. 348 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:56,880 So we want that attitude of Ruth, not the attitude of the 349 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:58,640 crowd that says this is where I get off. 350 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:02,000 But like the disciple who follows anywhere, the disciple, 351 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:05,680 the disciple doesn't have any limits that he places, hey 352 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:07,800 Jesus, your Lord here, But you're not Lord here. 353 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:09,200 That's not how a disciple thinks. 354 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:12,359 It's not how a disciple acts. Jesus your Lord everywhere. 355 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:16,920 That's not how Lordship works. Jesus is Lord or you are Lord. 356 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:20,920 Those are the possibilities. No, He's Lord in all these other 357 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:22,040 areas. I'm just Lord. 358 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:24,240 Here. Also known as Jesus isn't Lord, 359 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:28,119 so Jesus is Lord or your Lord. So is there anything in your 360 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:31,520 life that Jesus can't have? Is there somewhere that you that 361 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:33,160 you've determined not to follow him? 362 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:36,920 Jesus knows that we won't carry a cross if we can't make it 363 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:39,920 across a lake. If we can't walk around the lake 364 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:41,800 to meet him there. Well, I'm going to have to do 365 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:43,640 this and that. What about this one about that? 366 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,320 Settle it for yourself. Let the dead bury their own 367 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:48,760 dead. It's going to be uncomfortable. 368 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:51,480 He just made that promise, and it gets very uncomfortable very 369 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:52,400 quickly. Of course. 370 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:57,320 Let your prayer be what the scribe told him in the previous 371 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:58,800 verses. I will follow you wherever you 372 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:01,320 go. Let your prayer be like that of 373 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:03,560 Ruth. One with sincerity, one with one 374 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:05,480 with devotion. She cast her whole vote right 375 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:07,760 here. She didn't say like, hey, let's 376 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:09,440 go for a few months and see what happens. 377 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:11,400 You know, like, don't don't send me off. 378 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:14,000 Let me try this thing out. She was like, there's no 379 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,560 testing. May the Lord curse me. 380 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:19,360 If anything other than death separates you from me, ever. 381 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:21,200 I'm going with you. Don't. 382 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:23,120 Don't tell me to try. And don't try and get me to 383 00:18:23,120 --> 00:18:24,280 leave again. Naomi. 384 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:26,920 Don't try and talk me out of it. I'm all in and Naomi goes. 385 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:29,600 OK, then. All right. 386 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:31,560 It looks like you're here to stay. 387 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:34,320 Did the Lord honor that? Did the Lord bless that? 388 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:44,360 Yes, he did. Go back to Matthew 8, verse 24 389 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:50,360 and behold there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the 390 00:18:50,360 --> 00:18:52,240 boat was being swamped by the waves. 391 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:56,200 But he was asleep. What do we see here? 392 00:18:56,440 --> 00:19:00,080 Following Jesus does not mean that we will not face storms, 393 00:19:00,120 --> 00:19:04,160 and all the Saints said, duh, following Jesus doesn't mean 394 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:07,000 that we won't face storms. Jesus already told everyone that 395 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:10,360 in the Sermon on the Mount he says everybody's going to get 396 00:19:10,360 --> 00:19:12,760 storms. The faithful and the unfaithful. 397 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:15,160 That was how he finished the sermon on the Mount. 398 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:17,000 The obedient and the disobedient. 399 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:20,920 They experienced the same storm. So don't be surprised St. when 400 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:23,040 you find yourself in a bad storm. 401 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:25,720 It was promised. But it was also promised that 402 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:28,440 with that when the storm is gone, you will not be. 403 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:32,320 That's the distinction. The man who builds his life on 404 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:35,640 Christ's words. That means obedience to him when 405 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:37,680 you build your life that way. Storms are still coming. 406 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:38,960 I can't believe the storm is coming. 407 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:41,480 I build my life on the word. No, the storm's still coming. 408 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:44,000 We're also getting the storm. Why? 409 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:45,000 Why? Why? 410 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,000 Why? Because we live in a fallen 411 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,600 world. It's a simple answer. 412 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:50,120 It's a truthful answer, and it's enough. 413 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:52,880 The scripture oftentimes doesn't go into the details. 414 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:56,200 Why did this guy have a demon? Why was this person sick? 415 00:19:56,360 --> 00:19:59,080 Why were these all? Jesus healed him, Jesus 416 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:01,040 delivered him. We're given the conclusion. 417 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:03,560 Oftentimes we're shown the will of God, but we're not showing 418 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:06,320 all the all the particulars. Where did this storm come from? 419 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:09,320 Theologians love to pick this verse apart and argue about the 420 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:11,080 storm. Some argue that this was a 421 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:13,720 supernatural event. There's some, there's some 422 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:16,320 particulars in here that I think they they, I think they take, 423 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:18,520 and I think they take some extremes and take some liberties 424 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:20,920 that aren't there. This was a demonic thing. 425 00:20:21,120 --> 00:20:23,560 Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't, but the Lord didn't see fit to 426 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:26,360 explicitly tell us. So I just go, it was a storm. 427 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:30,680 Like it's weather happens and this thing was coming up. 428 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:32,880 But I look at the conclusion of the thing. 429 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:36,760 I look at where it's going. I look at what actually happened 430 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:39,880 with it. So the Bible doesn't tell us 431 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:41,560 that God sent it. The Bible doesn't tell us the 432 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:43,160 devil sent it. The Bible doesn't tell us the 433 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:45,080 disciples deserved it. It just was. 434 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:50,200 So what matters more than why was there a storm is the fact 435 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:53,160 that Jesus calms the storm. We don't get in depth 436 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:58,080 explanations of why this person was sick or leprous or paralyzed 437 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:00,880 or demon possessed, but we do get the will of God revealed for 438 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:03,880 those situations. And I I want to know why. 439 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,000 Like I ain't mad at you for wanting to know why. 440 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,280 I'm just saying I don't know that you're going to get a why I 441 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,440 don't know that you will. And the the the simplest why 442 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:14,400 that has always comforted me and I've always found it to be in 443 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:17,720 the scriptures is the devil is bad. 444 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:20,040 The world is broken. Joe Michael is stupid. 445 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:23,240 You add those things up, you can come up to to all kinds of 446 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:25,320 things. And I just go, I I don't know. 447 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:27,760 I just know he's faithful like that's that's the that's a 448 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:29,480 simple and Safeway for me to be a sheep. 449 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:31,480 Aren't you a little sheep? Absolutely. 450 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:32,920 The sheep of his pasture. Bah. 451 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:35,640 Like he's the shepherd. He's in charge. 452 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:38,880 He's he's the head. I'm not And I and I'm is this 453 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:40,600 supposed to comfort me? I've heard somebody say that 454 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:42,920 before and I go, I didn't say it's supposed to or not supposed 455 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:44,600 to do anything. I'm just telling you it's where 456 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:46,320 I land. It's what I see. 457 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:50,000 And it's where I live. So I just say I trust in the 458 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:51,680 shepherd. Though I walk through the valley 459 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:54,120 of the shadow of death. God help me to not fear evil. 460 00:21:54,120 --> 00:21:56,840 Because you're with me. You're with me in this storm. 461 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:58,800 You're with me in this valley, you're with me. 462 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:01,160 And you still prepare a table for me, even the presence of my 463 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:02,720 enemies. What's his will? 464 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:04,760 What's to lead you beside still waters? 465 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:06,840 It's to restore your soul. It's to make you lie down in 466 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:09,880 green pastures. So this is where he's taking 467 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:12,240 them. This is what the will of God 468 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:15,120 wants. Notice what the disciples don't 469 00:22:15,120 --> 00:22:15,680 say. They don't say. 470 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:18,640 Where did this come from? Why is this happening to us? 471 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:21,240 We live in a fallen world. Things go wrong. 472 00:22:21,360 --> 00:22:23,600 Simple enough. Notice what they do say. 473 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:26,000 Save us, Lord. We are perishing. 474 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:29,840 That's the response in crisis. That's the response in the 475 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:30,960 storm. Why? 476 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:37,760 Why? How about Save me? 477 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:42,000 Save me, Lord, I I'm scared. I'm afraid you have little 478 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:43,120 faith. Yes, God. 479 00:22:43,120 --> 00:22:46,680 But I still know where to go. I still know who to come to. 480 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:51,360 Why does he, Why does he say that they have little faith? 481 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:54,920 Well, Mark gives us more context of what they said to him as they 482 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:57,640 woke him. They didn't only say wake up. 483 00:22:57,640 --> 00:22:59,880 We're perishing. They woke him up and they said, 484 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,800 don't you care that we're perishing? 485 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,640 And many believe, and I believe that that's what Jesus was 486 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,120 rebuking. Don't I care. 487 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:13,840 Don't I care. So it's just what the leper said 488 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:17,920 earlier. Lord, if you're willing, if 489 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:21,680 you're willing, if you care enough about me, I know you can 490 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:24,400 do anything. Well, no, nobody's ever going to 491 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:26,920 say that God can't do something. No one would ever say that. 492 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:30,600 A heretic says that. So everybody agrees God can do 493 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:32,160 something. But the leper says, but if 494 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:35,000 you're willing and Jesus goes, well, let's answer that right 495 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:36,560 now. I am. 496 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,840 And the disciples wake him up. Lord, don't you care? 497 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:41,520 We're going to die. We're drowning. 498 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:42,760 And he goes, you have little faith. 499 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:46,280 Don't I care. Peace be still. 500 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:48,840 And instantly. And the Greek there makes it 501 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:50,360 very plain. There's a different word from 502 00:23:50,360 --> 00:23:53,200 what we would use in English, that it was an instantaneous 503 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,840 calm so that it wasn't like. And over the next 30 minutes the 504 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,720 storm moved on. Now the storm obeyed the words 505 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:02,280 of Jesus, just like all creation obeyed the words of Jesus. 506 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:05,360 Remember it was by him that all things were created. 507 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:07,680 It's by him that all things are held together. 508 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:13,320 He is pre eminent. That is the response in the 509 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:14,760 storm. Save us, Lord. 510 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:17,880 We are perishing. That is the right response in 511 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:19,440 your storm. Save me Lord. 512 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:21,400 Save me Lord. Save me Lord. 513 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,920 God is so good and so loving. Even though Jesus rebukes them 514 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,440 for being afraid and for having little faith and and for 515 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:30,760 doubting his goodness, and even though they were amazed that he 516 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:33,560 calmed the storm, they went to Jesus for help. 517 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:36,160 They did do that, right? They didn't just say what are we 518 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:40,080 going to do when Jesus wakes up and goes hello me. 519 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:47,520 He didn't have to do that. They did go to him and they went 520 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:48,760 to him in the moment of their need. 521 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:52,800 So who you put your faith in matters more than the size of 522 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,280 your faith. Guys, we talked about this at 523 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:58,040 the round table Friday night. Is there something to grow in 524 00:24:58,040 --> 00:24:59,240 your faith? Absolutely. 525 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:01,600 Absolutely there is. Because over and over, Pete, 526 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:03,920 Jesus, repeat, rebukes people for little faith. 527 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:06,280 So we can't, we can't gloss over that. 528 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:09,040 Over and over, Jesus rebukes people for a little faith and 529 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:13,160 yet no matter what happens, keep getting in the boat that Jesus 530 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,600 is in. Well, do I have this faith or do 531 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:16,560 I have that faith or do I have this? 532 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,400 Just go where Jesus is. Get in his boat. 533 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:21,040 Get in his boat. Don't get hung up. 534 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:22,880 Don't get caught up on your faith. 535 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:27,400 Just get focused on the person of Jesus because that is the 536 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,400 source of faith. So faith isn't something that 537 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:33,360 you cultivate on your own in a vacuum all by yourself. 538 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:35,640 I'm just going to go be alone and get faith. 539 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,320 No, you're not. Faith comes from the word of 540 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:41,680 God, and in particular also the Word of God made flesh. 541 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,520 So the closer you get to Jesus, faith is a byproduct. 542 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:47,560 Faith isn't something to be chased and pursued. 543 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:51,880 Jesus is the one to be pursued and faith will come as you 544 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:54,120 pursue Jesus. Faith comes from hearing the 545 00:25:54,120 --> 00:25:57,920 word of God, from being with the word of God and having the word 546 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:02,000 of God inside of you. So by all means, grow your 547 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,360 faith, grow your faith, but no matter what, keep getting in the 548 00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:08,680 boat that Jesus is in. And that means follow wherever 549 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:13,440 he leads you in life and go to him as the deliverer for any 550 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:18,840 storm that you're in. And in the meantime, between the 551 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:21,000 start of the storm, that's the beginning moment. 552 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:22,880 That's where we go, Whoa. I did not see this coming. 553 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:26,520 And by the way, why did these fishermen get surprised by a 554 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:28,040 storm? These guys are seasoned. 555 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:30,400 These dudes have been out on the sea many times. 556 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:33,440 This place is set. The lake is set below sea level 557 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:35,200 by quite a bit and surrounded by mountains. 558 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:38,840 So you actually can't see the horizons, you can't see what's 559 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:40,640 coming. So storms could come in pretty 560 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:42,960 quickly, and a lot of strong wind can come off the mountains. 561 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,560 To this day, the Sea Galilee can be a very rough place. 562 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:51,040 It's it's not that big of a of a lake, but waves can get up to 563 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:53,840 around 20 feet. So very significant. 564 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:56,840 Their boat was not, you know, it wasn't a kayak. 565 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:01,680 I mean at least 13 men fit in it and one man was asleep in it in 566 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:04,360 a very rough storm. So there there's some details 567 00:27:04,360 --> 00:27:06,440 there that we don't know that that don't matter that much. 568 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:09,760 But they get in the boat and this storm rolls up. 569 00:27:10,120 --> 00:27:13,240 But in the meantime, between the start of the storm and his 570 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:15,680 deliverance, what? What should I do in the meantime 571 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:17,640 when I'm waiting? What do we do? 572 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,000 We talked about peace, but what else do we do? 573 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:21,480 How? How do we get to that place? 574 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:25,800 James tells us what to do. Consider it pure joy when you 575 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:29,160 face trials of many kinds. What? 576 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:32,120 Why would I do that? Here's why. 577 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,440 Because you know that the testing of your faith produces 578 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:38,680 perseverance. Ah, so I'm being matured in 579 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:40,320 this. Is that an? 580 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,320 Is that a claim that everything bad that always happens is the 581 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:46,960 will of God for perseverance? No, but that is the that is the 582 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:49,920 claim that the Lord says. But I will in everything. 583 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,360 In everything. I will mature you. 584 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,360 I will grow you. Because you know that the 585 00:27:55,360 --> 00:27:57,760 testing of your faith produces perseverance. 586 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:00,840 Let perseverance finish its work. 587 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:04,720 That you may become mature and complete, not lacking anything. 588 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:09,120 That's James 1/2 through 4:00. So Saints, God gives us answers 589 00:28:09,120 --> 00:28:12,720 for everything. Not only does he say, yes, I am 590 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:16,760 your deliverer, but he also says, And in the meantime count 591 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,040 it all joy. No, no, no, Lord, Just go to the 592 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:21,560 delivering part. I'm going to be miserable and 593 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:24,000 accusatory and grumpy until you deliver me. 594 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,440 And he says, well then, but that's not that's not what I 595 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:28,320 want for my disciples. That's not the way of the 596 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:30,360 Kingdom. I actually want you to say, 597 00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:33,880 Lord, I trust your deliverance. And also in this challenge, help 598 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,720 me to lean on you more. Help me to persevere. 599 00:28:37,360 --> 00:28:38,840 Make me mature. Help me to suffer. 600 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:41,080 Well. Is it the will of the Lord that 601 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:42,840 I I should suffer? I don't believe so. 602 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:46,880 And yet help me to suffer well. Help me to be faithful. 603 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,080 Why? As the suffering servant was. 604 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,520 As the Son of Man was faithful. Faithful. 605 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:57,560 But this is unjust. Remember who you're talking to. 606 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:00,640 He knows what injustice feels like. 607 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:04,640 So if you can suffer faithfully, then, then you get to be counted 608 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,640 worthy, to suffer for the name. Then you get to be just like 609 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:10,680 this is unjustice comes from the enemy or this is the brokenness 610 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:11,880 of the world. Yes. 611 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,160 And that's why your Lord wants to deliver you from it. 612 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:16,880 And yet he says, hey, but I'm also enough. 613 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:20,200 I'm also enough for you. I'm also here with you. 614 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,640 You're not alone. You're not alone. 615 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:24,840 And you don't. And you and you're not the kind 616 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,760 of person anymore who can only thrive because everything's 617 00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:31,600 going your way. That that was us before Christ, 618 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:33,760 before Christ. I needed everything to go my 619 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:35,320 way. And then I would say I'm 620 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:38,480 thriving and in Christ. You just say I'm thriving 621 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:40,640 because I'm with Christ. You're in the valley of the 622 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,000 shadow of death. Yeah, but the shepherd's with 623 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:44,920 me. You're in a terrible storm. 624 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:47,560 Yeah, but the masters over there, Well, your masters 625 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:49,240 asleep. That means I should. 626 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:51,120 That means that maybe I should be at rest, too. 627 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:53,840 If he's. If he's resting, surely I can 628 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:55,200 rest. He ain't worried. 629 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:57,760 Why should I worry? If I can? 630 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:02,200 If he's with me now, if I look around and I don't see him, Then 631 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:04,320 I need to change something. There is a repentance that's 632 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:06,920 needed in my life. There's not an abandonment of 633 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:09,960 the the master has never abandoned his sheep, the 634 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:11,520 shepherd has never left the flock. 635 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:16,360 But but through repentance I can immediately turn and come back 636 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:21,840 to him in verse 26. And he said to them, why are you 637 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:23,280 afraid? Are you of little faith? 638 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:27,920 Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was 639 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:31,680 a great calm. We see that Jesus is dominant 640 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:35,560 over everything. There is nothing he doesn't have 641 00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:38,920 power over. Verse 24 said there was a great 642 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:41,280 storm. Now there is a great calm 643 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:44,640 brought on by a great savior. He did miracles for the leper, 644 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:47,040 for the mother-in-law, for the centurion, for the masses, for 645 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:49,080 the disciples. Do you wonder what his answer to 646 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:51,480 you is? I see you did this and this and 647 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:52,600 this and this and this and this and this. 648 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:56,520 I wonder, Do you really? Do you really have to wonder? 649 00:30:56,720 --> 00:31:00,200 He is all powerful and he is all willing believe the word of God. 650 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,240 If he did it for them, He'll do it for you. 651 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:06,360 Jesus even makes this point back in the sermon on the Mount, he 652 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:08,840 said. But if God so clothes the grass 653 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:12,080 of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown 654 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:14,840 into the oven, will he not much more clothe you? 655 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:18,200 Oh, you of little faith. So what do we see here? 656 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:23,160 So his willingness to provide food for birds and flowers for a 657 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:26,640 field is evidence. According to the perfect logic 658 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:29,000 of Jesus. That is evidence of his 659 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,840 willingness to provide food and clothing for you. 660 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,200 That was his proof. Like, that's a very that's basic 661 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:38,120 reading comprehension. This equals this. 662 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:44,320 If this, this is an if then statement, then you should also 663 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:47,880 see that his miracle working power for others is evidence of 664 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:51,120 his willingness to provide miracle working power for you. 665 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:53,840 Your God is the same yesterday, today and forever. 666 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:57,040 He's no respecter of persons. The centurion wasn't special. 667 00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:59,760 The leper wasn't special. You're not special either. 668 00:31:59,920 --> 00:32:02,600 Take comfort and know that we are all special because he has 669 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:06,400 set his affection upon us and he does provide his miracle working 670 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:08,680 power. And he loves to glorify his 671 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:11,200 name. He loves to deliver people from 672 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,120 evil. It's why he told us to pray it, 673 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:14,880 and it's why we should expect it. 674 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,880 It's an expectant prayer. We don't pray, Fingers crossed. 675 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:21,720 Saints God do it. I don't. 676 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:23,760 I don't know if he wants to, but I'm. 677 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:25,880 I'm asking him to, but I don't really know if he wants to. 678 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:28,840 How could anyone know? How could you really know what 679 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:32,200 he wants to do? Well, look at what he's done. 680 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:35,080 Look how Jesus reveals the Kingdom. 681 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:37,400 He preaches the Kingdom. He shows the Kingdom. 682 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:40,800 He teaches the Kingdom. He reveals the Kingdom God has 683 00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:42,400 miracle working power that he wants to show to you. 684 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:50,720 And now verse 27 And the men marvelled, saying, What sort of 685 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:55,040 man is this that even wins? And see obey him. 686 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:01,040 Demons obey him. Sickness obeys him, Disciples 687 00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:03,440 obey him, but now wins. And see obey him. 688 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,000 Jews hearing this letter, reading this letter would have 689 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:08,640 gotten the picture. We need to get the picture as 690 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:11,080 well. All authority in heaven and on 691 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:15,200 earth is his. The disciples had feared the 692 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:17,240 storm, but now they have a different kind of fear. 693 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:19,240 It's a fear of the Lord. It is an honor. 694 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:20,600 It is an all. It is a reverence. 695 00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:24,840 What sort of man is this? I mean this is a momentary shift 696 00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:28,120 from panic and chaos. Him rebuking the storm. 697 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:31,120 The instantaneous calm. The water lies down. 698 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:34,080 The wind stops. This thing just obeyed him. 699 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:37,400 He just told the weather what to do, and they're going. 700 00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:40,320 I've seen him, I've been following him. 701 00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:41,960 I've been listening to him, obviously. 702 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:46,280 And now I'm going. This is still wild, this is 703 00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:49,120 still powerful, This is still amazing. 704 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:52,160 They made enough of the mark on the disciples, of course, Like I 705 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:54,800 said that three of them recorded this in their Gospels. 706 00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:57,720 Who is this? Let's answer that question. 707 00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:00,080 It's God. That's who he is. 708 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:06,160 Jesus is God, the only one who can command the weather, and 709 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:08,440 we'll see next week as the boat makes landfall. 710 00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:12,840 What does he do right away? Blessing, restoring, and setting 711 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:16,280 people free again. That's what he does. 712 00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:19,199 He calls people to himself and he changes them. 713 00:34:19,679 --> 00:34:24,040 He says Follow me and I will make you into fishers of men. 714 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:26,600 Follow me and I'm going to turn you into something different. 715 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:29,400 Don't just follow me and keep being the same. 716 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:32,960 To follow me will transform you into something different. 717 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:36,040 The process will do it. But most importantly, there will 718 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:39,520 be a miracle moment. Greater than any storm that's 719 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:42,639 been calmed in nature. Greater than any leper that's 720 00:34:42,639 --> 00:34:45,159 been healed. Greater than any physical 721 00:34:45,159 --> 00:34:48,639 miracle that we have seen. Greater than any physical 722 00:34:48,639 --> 00:34:50,199 miracle that we're going to see. The Saints. 723 00:34:50,199 --> 00:34:52,639 I want your faith high. I want your expectations sky 724 00:34:52,639 --> 00:34:55,280 high. I want them set on Jesus, on the 725 00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:57,160 cross, and on His stripes for miracles. 726 00:34:57,520 --> 00:35:00,000 I want the Lord to move through us that way. 727 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:03,960 And yet the greater, more powerful miracle is the new 728 00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:06,880 birth. It is the person who was dead 729 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:09,200 and now is alive. I really want to see a dead 730 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,000 person raised from the dead. Me too. 731 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:13,760 The Lord does it, He tells His Saints. 732 00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:18,000 Carry my word, carry my power. You'll do the works that I do in 733 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:21,080 greater works. And yet the greatest work is 734 00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:25,280 still to see somebody go from death to life, the new birth. 735 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:28,840 Somebody who loved their sin. Not to just raise a carcass. 736 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:30,800 This carcass is now breathing again. 737 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:33,160 The person is back. That's a miracle. 738 00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:36,880 But what about the person who had, who had wrong desires, 739 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:40,680 brokenness and soul hatred towards God, To have love, 740 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:44,720 repentance, beauty and goodness restored in their spirit, To 741 00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:48,680 actually be made one with the Father through Christ, through 742 00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:52,320 the blood of Jesus. This is the the most powerful 743 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:53,800 miracle that we could ever experience. 744 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:57,440 It's it's to To compare it to a storm wouldn't even do it 745 00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:00,320 justice. What we experience outside of 746 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:01,800 Christ isn't a storm. It's death. 747 00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:05,600 And it's something that we can't deliver ourselves from. 748 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:09,240 We have to be saved. There has to be a hero, and his 749 00:36:09,240 --> 00:36:11,800 name is not you. There has to be a Lord, and it's 750 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:14,200 not us. Well, what can I do? 751 00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:19,320 You can't do anything apart from believe on the name, believe on 752 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:22,160 the name of Jesus, believe on the name of the Son who the 753 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:24,200 Father sent. Because God so loved the world 754 00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:27,720 that he gave his only Son, so that whoever would believe in 755 00:36:27,720 --> 00:36:30,000 him would not perish but would have everlasting life. 756 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:33,640 God didn't send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but 757 00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:35,120 that the world might be saved through him. 758 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:38,800 Why, The world was already condemned by default. 759 00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:40,360 That's our standard. That's our setting. 760 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:46,280 But through repentance, putting our faith in the name of Jesus, 761 00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:50,160 the one who took your sins, he got punished for everything 762 00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:53,280 you've ever done. The Father treated him as an 763 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:55,720 enemy so he could treat his enemies like a son. 764 00:36:56,960 --> 00:37:00,960 This is the gospel. It is the entry point that leads 765 00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:03,840 to all the other things. But we're not chasing things. 766 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:06,800 We're just following Jesus. Just keep getting in the boat. 767 00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:09,600 Where is Jesus? Calling you Saints, The Holy 768 00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:10,960 Spirit speaking to you? What is it? 769 00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:14,320 It's a subtle thing in life. Maybe it's a big thing in life. 770 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:16,560 Maybe scared. I'm afraid. 771 00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:18,200 He doesn't Afraid He's going to call me to India. 772 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:21,280 Maybe he's calling you to India. Maybe he's calling you to send 773 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,000 that text message and make that apology. 774 00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:25,960 Maybe he's calling you to invite that person to breakfast. 775 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:28,320 Maybe he's calling you to start that Bible study at work. 776 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,640 Maybe it's India. I don't know. 777 00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:34,720 But the disciple says, Lord, I'm yours. 778 00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:38,320 I'm holding nothing back. The disciples like Ruth to 779 00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:40,080 Naomi. I'm clinging to you. 780 00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:41,680 I don't know what it's going to cost. 781 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:43,480 It doesn't matter. I've cast my vote. 782 00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:45,160 It's settled on this day and this moment. 783 00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:48,000 I'm in. Count me in for the name of 784 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:51,080 Jesus, for the suffering of Jesus, for the cross of Jesus. 785 00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:53,040 I want it all. I want it all. 786 00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:54,760 Why? Well, because I know what he's 787 00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:56,040 worth. I know who he is. 788 00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:59,360 God, would you bless and strengthen your Saints right 789 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:00,920 now? Would you encourage and bring 790 00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:04,160 revelation? Would you bring health and 791 00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:09,680 healing? Would you bring repentance? 792 00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:13,720 Would you bring clarity? God help us to get into that 793 00:38:13,720 --> 00:38:16,480 boat. Help us to cross with you to the 794 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:18,400 other side. That we wouldn't be a part of 795 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:21,560 the crowd, but that we would be a disciple as close to you as we 796 00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:24,400 could possibly get, trusting on you, leaning on you. 797 00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:27,120 For those of us who are in storms right now, God forgive us 798 00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:29,960 for our our slowness. Forgive us for doubting your 799 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:32,720 goodness for questioning. Do you even care what I'm going 800 00:38:32,720 --> 00:38:34,760 through? God, are you even with me? 801 00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:37,320 Do you even care? God forgive us. 802 00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:41,680 We repent of our unbelief, forgetting your nature and 803 00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:44,440 character. We humble ourselves right now 804 00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:48,400 and we just say, God save us, We're perishing, Lord save us. 805 00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:51,320 We put all of our hope. We put all of our eggs in one 806 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:54,640 basket. All of our trust, all of our 807 00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:57,040 expectation. If we will be delivered, it will 808 00:38:57,040 --> 00:39:00,760 be by your hand. There is no other way. 809 00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:07,960 And no matter what God, let perseverance have its perfect 810 00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:15,600 work in US, mature us, grow us, disciple us, discipline as us as 811 00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:18,840 sons. Who you really love, we thank 812 00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:23,400 you for it. God And now the Lord bless you 813 00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:26,160 and keep you. The Lord make his face shine 814 00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:27,800 down upon you and be gracious to you. 815 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:31,160 The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you great 816 00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:33,240 peace. In Jesus name. 817 00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:34,400 Amen.