1 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:06,120 We are still on Tuesday. It's Holy Week. 2 00:00:06,520 --> 00:00:10,080 Jesus is going to the cross. He came in Sunday morning. 3 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:14,720 The triumphal entry, all the big to do. 4 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:18,440 Everybody knows who Jesus is. Everybody knows that there is 5 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:21,480 this rabbi who is just changing everything. 6 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:23,760 He's healing people. People are going, is he the 7 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:24,920 Messiah? Is he the Messiah? 8 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:26,720 I think he might be. People are calling him the Son 9 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:29,280 of David. He keeps calling himself the Son 10 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,840 of Man, which is a messianic label. 11 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:35,360 So he's not hiding the fact that he is the Messiah and that he 12 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,640 believes he's the Messiah. So this is already appalling to 13 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:41,320 the Jewish leadership. But now he's come in and he has 14 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:42,960 overturned the tables in the temple. 15 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,520 This wasn't just a side gesture. There wasn't just some small 16 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:48,080 operation. This was a massive extortion 17 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:52,120 that was taking place season after season, year after year. 18 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:55,560 And Jesus comes in and acts like he has authority over the whole 19 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:59,680 temple, rebukes everybody, flips his stuff over and says, stop. 20 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:00,880 This should be a House of prayer. 21 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:03,360 And they're going OK. It was one thing when he was 22 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:05,720 doing his stuff out in the wilderness and traveling around 23 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,000 in different places and preaching, but now he's coming 24 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:09,400 in and getting up in our business. 25 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:13,560 You can start to see, oh, This is why these guys are going to 26 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,040 kill him. But as we go through even more 27 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:19,800 today and then especially when we start in chapter 23, you're 28 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:22,560 going to you're going to have the fullest context probably 29 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:25,320 then you've never even seen before of going 0. 30 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:27,480 I completely understand why they killed him now. 31 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:29,640 Like it all makes sense. It sounds like man, he's just a 32 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:33,400 good guy loving people. Yes, absolutely, yes. 33 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:37,960 And also he is very much poking them in the eye over and over 34 00:01:37,960 --> 00:01:41,800 and over and over and saying I'm king over you and everybody. 35 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:45,400 So because of their hard hearts, they don't respond well to that. 36 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:48,720 So in this case, though, it's still Tuesday, we've broken this 37 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,400 up in multiple sermons because Jesus is a much better preacher 38 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:52,840 than me and it takes me a lot longer. 39 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,040 But we had the fig tree this morning. 40 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:58,840 There have been multiple tests of this Lamb of God, the 41 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:02,080 Pharisees, the Herodians, the Sadducees, and the scribes. 42 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:04,840 There have been questions about His authority, questions about 43 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:08,080 taxes, questions about the resurrection, questions about 44 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:10,960 the law. Jesus is found perfect and His 45 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:15,800 testers are found lacking. And this is His transition now 46 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,560 to fully unload on the Jewish leaders in chapter 23. 47 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:24,000 Here we are in verse 41 now, while the Pharisees were 48 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,280 gathered together. So they're still there, 100,000 49 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,840 people in the temple courts, massive, massive crowd. 50 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:34,760 It's not like 65 people. Everybody's everywhere, 51 00:02:34,920 --> 00:02:36,880 Everybody's listening, everybody's paying attention. 52 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:38,480 What's going on? They've confronted him. 53 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:41,400 They've asked this question. He answered it perfectly. 54 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:45,280 He tells a parable against them. He tells another parable against 55 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,120 them. He tells another parable against 56 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,600 them. All this back and forth is going 57 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:52,200 on. He just shares the greatest 58 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:53,640 commandment. After they asked about the 59 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:56,760 resurrection and now while they're still gathered together, 60 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:01,040 Jesus asked them a question saying, What do you think about 61 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,240 the Christ? Whose son is he? 62 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:07,200 They said to him, the son of David. 63 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:13,240 He said to them, how is it then that David in the Spirit calls 64 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:17,840 him Lord saying, and here's where he quotes Psalm 110. 65 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:23,920 The Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand until I put your 66 00:03:23,920 --> 00:03:29,720 enemies under your feet. If David then calls him Lord, 67 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:33,640 how is he his son? And no one was able to answer 68 00:03:33,640 --> 00:03:37,800 him a word, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any 69 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:39,840 more questions. Lord, we love you. 70 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,720 I pray that you would just help us to honor Jesus even more this 71 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:46,040 morning, to to recognize His greatness, His glory, His 72 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:50,520 awesomeness, and that we would be moved to a joyful obedience. 73 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:54,040 That we would be moved to a joyful delight, to just smile, 74 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:56,520 to just worship. That we would be drawn 75 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:59,760 vertically because we recognize how perfect you are, how wise 76 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:02,480 you are, and how good you are and how wild it is. 77 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:04,920 That You would love us so much that you would care, that you 78 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:07,960 would sacrifice, that you would even bother with us, and yet 79 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,800 that you would set Your affection upon us and then still 80 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:15,200 set us at the right hand with the Lord Jesus Christ. 81 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:17,920 He earned it, Lord, and He deserves it, and He's worthy of 82 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:20,360 it. And now because of His 83 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,520 righteousness, we become righteous as well. 84 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:24,840 Lord, thank you for your great kindness. 85 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,520 Bring revelation as Your word is preached. 86 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:29,320 Lord, I pray for anointing right now. 87 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:32,600 I pray that power would come, that your Saints would be 88 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,840 blessed, that they would be helped, that they would be 89 00:04:35,840 --> 00:04:38,680 encouraged, that they would receive everything they need, 90 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:42,320 that you would perform surgery, that you would bring correction, 91 00:04:43,280 --> 00:04:45,840 that you would bring wisdom, that you would bring boldness. 92 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:48,800 In Jesus name, we thank you, Amen. 93 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,680 So now Jesus turns the corner. They've been testing and they've 94 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:55,840 been testing and they've been testing and they've been testing 95 00:04:55,840 --> 00:04:58,800 and they've been testing him. This is the transition statement 96 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:00,560 for what's about to come in chapter 23. 97 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,720 Spoiler alert, it gets crazy. I've already told you he's been 98 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,680 going nuclear. So it's like come on pastor, how 99 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,880 are you going to escalate? You'll see like it. 100 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:11,080 It just gets even more more direct. 101 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,240 He's already been direct. He's already talked to them like 102 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:15,120 no one has ever spoken to them before. 103 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:19,360 They're already outraged. And still this is his 104 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:21,560 transition. He's going, OK, I've passed all 105 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:23,560 the tests. They're standing there looking 106 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:25,000 like idiots in front of everybody. 107 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:27,520 He's already exposed them in multiple ways. 108 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:31,120 There's layers to his to his correction. 109 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:34,120 There's layers of depth. And the more you look at it, you 110 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:37,480 go, Oh my goodness, he does this, but he's also doing this. 111 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:40,400 He's amazing. He's Jesus and he it. 112 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:42,560 All these things should draw you to worship. 113 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:44,800 Like I tell you all the time, the Bible's not boring. 114 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,080 You're boring if you think the Bible's not awesome. 115 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:49,040 It's not a Bible problem. I assure you. 116 00:05:49,280 --> 00:05:50,800 Everything is here. There's light, there's 117 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:52,680 revelation. It's exciting when we can 118 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:54,160 understand what's really taking place here. 119 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,120 So remember, here we are, verse 41. 120 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:01,800 Jesus has already made multiple references to the Messiah to 121 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:06,640 himself already today on this Tuesday, most potently, most 122 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:11,600 powerfully in chapter 21. I'm going to go there really 123 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:16,720 quick. Turning to the left in chapter 124 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:25,600 21, in verse 42, Jesus said to them, have you never read in the 125 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,360 Scriptures? Which is already a slap in the 126 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:29,760 face. Yeah, they had read in the 127 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:31,400 Scriptures. Have you never read in the 128 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:33,600 Scriptures? The stone that the builders 129 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,040 rejected has become the cornerstone. 130 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:40,200 This was the Lord's doing and it's marvelous in our eyes. 131 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:43,320 Therefore, I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken 132 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:47,680 away from you and given to a people producing its fruits. 133 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:50,440 He ties everything in. He's tying in the fig tree. 134 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:53,360 He's just, he's just weaving everything perfectly. 135 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,680 So the application he's making, he's calling himself the 136 00:06:57,680 --> 00:06:59,680 cornerstone. They understood that He was 137 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:01,840 calling himself the cornerstone because it comes right at the 138 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:06,280 end of him giving the parable of the tenants, the unfaithful 139 00:07:06,280 --> 00:07:07,760 tenants. Remember the master says, hey, 140 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:10,640 work my vineyard and then he says send me the fruit and my 141 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:12,720 harvest that you owe me. He sends his servants to 142 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:14,120 collect. They kill the servant. 143 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:15,560 He sends the servants, they kill the servant. 144 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,480 He sends the OR they abuse them and he says I'll send my son. 145 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:19,960 They'll really recognize my authority. 146 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:23,400 Now they kill the son. They tell Jesus is telling his 147 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:26,320 parable against them and he says, haven't you read? 148 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,640 The stone that the builders rejected has become the 149 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,800 cornerstone. And he says and the one who 150 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,320 falls on this stone will be broken to pieces and when it 151 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:37,880 falls on anyone, it will crush him. 152 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:40,840 This is very clear Messiah language. 153 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:44,440 So Jesus has made multiple references to himself already 154 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:47,280 today. That's him quoting Psalm 118, 155 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:48,640 that passage about the cornerstone. 156 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:51,120 He's pointing out that he's the Messiah. 157 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,800 He's going to do it a lot more in chapter 23, but Jesus is done 158 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:58,200 being asked questions. He now fully steps into asking 159 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:00,280 his own question about the Messiah. 160 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:03,320 That's what's taking place here. He's like, I can receive all of 161 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:05,080 your tests. I can handle everything that you 162 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:07,560 guys can throw at me. He passes everything Florida 163 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:13,080 State and he goes my turn and now he asks another, another 164 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:15,280 question. Earlier in the exchanges, the 165 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:18,480 chief priests and the elders of Israel, they ask, by what 166 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:21,440 authority are you doing these things and who gave you this 167 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:23,000 authority? That was in chapter 21. 168 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,000 So he comes in, he disrupts everything. 169 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:28,560 That's not a genuine question. They're not saying, hey, we're 170 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:31,160 just really curious, like, where did you get the power? 171 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:33,720 No, they're saying, who do you think you are? 172 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:36,679 Like they haven't arrested him yet because he walks with that 173 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:38,559 much power. It's one man. 174 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,600 Why don't you just grab him? Well, they fear the people, but 175 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:44,720 I think they also fear Jesus to a degree because they're going 176 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:48,160 like him. Who do you think you are? 177 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:50,280 And he goes, you want to know who I am? 178 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:52,760 And they're like, yeah, he goes, then I'll ask you a question. 179 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:56,600 Since you're such excellent judges of whether or not someone 180 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:58,680 has come from heaven or from earth. 181 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:03,520 This is him mocking them. He says John's baptism, John's 182 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:05,200 baptism, ministry for repentance. 183 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:09,920 And they go, yeah, did that come from heaven or did that come 184 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:12,880 originate with man? And he just hit him between the 185 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:15,120 eyes again because he knows they're cowards and liars, like 186 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:17,920 like most politicians. And so instead of answering the 187 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:21,400 direct question with a direct answer, they go, If we say it 188 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:23,040 came from heaven, then he'll say, then why didn't you believe 189 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:24,160 John? So then he's got us. 190 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:27,000 And if we say no, it's a man made origin. 191 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:29,560 All the people know that John was a prophet, but we deny it. 192 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:31,680 So they come back and say we don't know. 193 00:09:31,680 --> 00:09:35,440 And he goes, then neither will I tell you since you don't know 194 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:37,920 whether or not something comes from heaven or not. 195 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:41,000 Does it really matter if I were to answer your question? 196 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:44,520 You can't determine either way. He's showing them. 197 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:48,120 He's showing all these people that the, the, the scribes, the 198 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:52,320 Pharisees, the Herodians, the Sadducees, all the rulers that 199 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:54,680 all the people were impressed with, they make Jesus sick. 200 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:58,760 They stink in the nostrils of God and God is furious with them 201 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:00,200 because they have misled his people. 202 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:04,680 They're blind guides and he wants the flock to see that they 203 00:10:04,680 --> 00:10:06,560 have blind guides. He's going. 204 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:09,440 They don't even know. But see, everybody did know that 205 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:10,920 they knew. Just like when you and I watched 206 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:13,640 political debates and the person asks both politicians the 207 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:16,720 question and neither answers it. And we're screaming at our TV 208 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:18,160 going, oh, just answer the question. 209 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:19,760 And they, they're, they're crafty. 210 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:23,480 They're Serpentine. They're not innocent as doves. 211 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:25,680 They are wise as serpents. And they have the venom of 212 00:10:25,680 --> 00:10:27,480 serpents. That's what these guys are. 213 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:29,360 They're venomous. They're snakes. 214 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:31,440 They're devouring the people. They're not true shepherds of 215 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:32,720 the people. They don't love the people. 216 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:34,360 They don't lay down their lives for the people. 217 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:37,080 They don't help the people. They just want to impress the 218 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:39,080 people. They just want the people to 219 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:43,240 look up to them and call them rabbi and teacher, and they want 220 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:46,480 the prime seats and they want honor in the culture and they 221 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,720 want authority. So Jesus has exposed them. 222 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:52,800 They're not actually curious. They're saying, who do you think 223 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:54,480 you are? It's an accusation. 224 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:58,960 They're accusing him of not having the authority to do what 225 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:03,680 he's done, but he's exposed them and he's revealed to everybody 226 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:06,800 that these guys would not recognize a move of God if it 227 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:09,840 dunked half of Israel in the Jordan River, because that's 228 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:11,880 about what John did. And they still couldn't 229 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:14,560 recognize that God was calling his people to repentance and 230 00:11:14,560 --> 00:11:20,320 preparing the way of the Lord. So funny enough, now after all 231 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:24,440 these tests that they've given him, he actually leads them to 232 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:26,080 the answer of their original question. 233 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:30,240 He's actually come full circle. He goes, you want, you want to 234 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:31,280 know where my authority comes from? 235 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:33,960 And they go, yeah, tell me about John's ministry. 236 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:37,200 Is that from heaven or from man? We don't know. 237 00:11:37,560 --> 00:11:40,080 Yeah, you do know. But you're liars and you won't 238 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:42,160 say it out loud, so I'm not going to answer your question 239 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:44,240 either. But now, after he, after he 240 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:47,160 takes them through, answers their questions and then tells 241 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:49,600 parables against them, he actually comes full circle right 242 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:50,840 now. And he is answering it. 243 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:52,680 He's come all the way to this moment. 244 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:55,560 He's leading them to the answer of the original question. 245 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:57,920 He's given them the parables of the two sons. 246 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:00,880 Remember, they're the son who says I will obey father right 247 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:04,320 away, and then does nothing. He gives the parable the 248 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:06,520 tenants. They're the wicked tenants who 249 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:09,200 kill, who abuse the servants and kill the son. 250 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,320 And then he gives the parable the wedding feast. 251 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:14,600 They're the man who comes into the banquet, but he refuses to 252 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:17,200 be clothed by the host, so he gets thrown out. 253 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:20,600 And now once they're done testing him and he emerges as 254 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,960 the spotless lamb, he re establishes his authority and he 255 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:27,120 shows that he is greater than all, even greater than their 256 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:31,400 hero David. He's answering their original 257 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:35,800 question. What do you think about the 258 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:38,520 Christ? This is a very common thing. 259 00:12:38,680 --> 00:12:41,040 Rabbis, they would they would talk to one another and ask one 260 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:44,040 another questions. Hey, what about this, What about 261 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:45,120 this? How do we interpret that? 262 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:47,040 What's the, what's the right way to view this? 263 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:50,400 What does the text say? How should we read it? 264 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:53,840 So it's a very common thing. He goes, hey, what do you think 265 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:56,400 about the Christ? Whose son is he? 266 00:12:56,520 --> 00:13:00,200 He knows exactly what they're about to say because they have a 267 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:05,320 giant theological error. It is a giant ignorance that all 268 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:08,240 of Israel had. They knew that the Christ was 269 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:13,320 the Son of David, meaning he is a descendant of King David. 270 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:17,080 They knew that that is accurate, but he knew that's all they 271 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:21,760 thought the Messiah was. This is all that the Jewish 272 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:25,480 audience, This is all that the Jewish readers of Matthew 273 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:28,160 thought about the Messiah. He is a great man. 274 00:13:28,560 --> 00:13:33,720 He's anointed by God. He is sent by God to restore our 275 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:38,080 power and our Kingdom. They did not understand His 276 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:40,200 deity. They did not believe that He 277 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:42,360 would be God coming to be with them. 278 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:46,120 They thought He was God sending a man, and they still thought 279 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:50,440 that David was greater. So Jesus is exposing this right 280 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:53,520 in front of everybody, and they're thinking to themselves, 281 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:57,400 where did this guy come from? He didn't come from our system, 282 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:03,120 our our priestly system, our temple system, our hierarchy of 283 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:05,320 the way it worked, the way that you can work up through the 284 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:09,320 ranks by following and or being the son of somebody who was 285 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:11,160 already in it. He didn't come through Rome's 286 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:15,080 system and their minds. These are the only two options. 287 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:17,280 Where did Jesus come from? Who do you think you are? 288 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:20,200 We got our system and there's Roman authority. 289 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,200 What else is there? We see this problem today, don't 290 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:26,120 we? People are like, the government 291 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:27,400 didn't give you permission for that. 292 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:30,080 Guess what? There's an authority bigger than 293 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:32,560 the government. Oh my goodness. 294 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:34,520 Did the church give you permission for that? 295 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:36,480 There's an authority bigger than the church. 296 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:38,600 Did your father give you permission for that? 297 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:40,720 There's an authority bigger than the household. 298 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,360 All three of those authorities are established by the authority 299 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:46,840 of heaven. What system did he come from? 300 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:49,360 Who is he? What other option is there? 301 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,000 Well, we'll tell you, Colossians tells us. 302 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,760 Who is he? He is the image of the invisible 303 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:58,080 God, the first born of all creation. 304 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:03,560 For by Him all things were created in heaven and on earth, 305 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:09,240 visible and invisible, whether Thrones or dominions or rulers 306 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:15,800 or authorities, All things were created through Him and for Him. 307 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:22,280 And he is. Before all things and in Him all 308 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:26,520 things hold together, and He is the Head of the Body, the 309 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:29,280 Church. He is the beginning, the first 310 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:33,160 born from the dead, that in everything He might be 311 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:37,000 preeminent. For in Him all the fullness of 312 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:41,040 God was pleased to dwell, and through Him to reconcile to 313 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:46,440 Himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace 314 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:50,560 by the blood of his cross. He sits at the right hand of God 315 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:53,240 the Father Almighty. From there he will come to judge 316 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:56,080 the living and the dead. That's who he thinks he is. 317 00:15:56,720 --> 00:16:02,280 He's Jesus, the eternal King. Then now, forever, always Jesus, 318 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:04,960 only Jesus. There can be no other name by 319 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:08,040 which man can be saved except for the name and the blood of 320 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:10,160 Jesus. This is who he is. 321 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,360 And they're going, we don't even like that this guy's calling 322 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:15,960 himself the Messiah. We don't like that. 323 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:18,680 But in their mind still, the Messiah was just a man. 324 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:22,520 So Jesus, even though he quotes all the time, he says I'm the 325 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:24,400 Son of man. They knew that was messianic 326 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:26,360 language. So he's like, I'm the Son of 327 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:27,320 man. They're like, he's quoting 328 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:29,200 Daniel Chapter 7. He's calling himself the 329 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:31,760 Messiah. But he's so. 330 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:35,000 Brilliant in that they didn't understand and they did not 331 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:38,400 interpret that passage properly because they still didn't think, 332 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:41,360 even though we read it now, Hindsight's 2020, right? 333 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:44,640 We read him like, of course, he's eternally God, but they 334 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:48,480 thought it was poetic language. They thought, no, it just means 335 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:52,320 he's a great man, anointed by the Lord to restore the Kingdom 336 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:55,880 to us. They still made it about them, 337 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:58,520 everything they saw. When the Messiah comes, what's 338 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:01,560 he going to do? He's going to give everything to 339 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:04,640 us instead of seeing the will of the Father for the Messiah. 340 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:07,640 It's all about Jesus. Everything's about Jesus. 341 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:10,520 Everything's about him. Well, do we get blessed in the 342 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:11,760 process? Yeah. 343 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:15,720 That's the crazy part, that we become the righteousness of God 344 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:18,280 through Jesus, through the Messiah. 345 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:20,280 But they didn't understand that. So when he says I'm the Son of 346 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:22,520 Man, they're like he's saying he's the Messiah. 347 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:25,079 They knew he was saying he was the Messiah, but they didn't 348 00:17:25,079 --> 00:17:28,480 have yet the extra offense that he's teaching them right now. 349 00:17:29,120 --> 00:17:31,960 They did not have the revelation that he's saying, hey, just so 350 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:34,680 you guys know, you know how every time I said Son of Man 351 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:38,160 over the past few years, they go, yeah, he's going, what I was 352 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:40,880 saying was the proper intake, proper interpretation of the 353 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:43,240 Scriptures, which is I'm actually divine. 354 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:46,200 I'm actually the Son of God, which is why when he's on trial, 355 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:48,760 he's saying, and you will see the Son of Man seated at the 356 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:51,920 right hand of God and they they RIP their clothes in that 357 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:54,840 moment. They go, what you've been saying 358 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:57,800 you're the Messiah for three years, but now you're saying 359 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:01,520 you're divine, crucify him and they lose their minds. 360 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:03,240 And we're just like, what? These Jewish guys are really 361 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:06,320 upset about some stuff. The the revelation was fully 362 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:10,440 landing on them and crashing on them like a building, like the 363 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:13,120 cornerstone finally crushing them. 364 00:18:13,120 --> 00:18:16,440 And they're going, I can't believe he's going welcome. 365 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:20,360 It's always been my game and you're just a part of it. 366 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,160 It's always pointed to me. It's always about me. 367 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:27,600 You may crucify me now and then I'm going to take up my life 368 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:29,800 again and then I'm going to rule over you. 369 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,560 You're everybody's going to bow down to Jesus one way or 370 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:37,720 another. So this is what he's starting to 371 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:40,880 walk them into. This is what he's toying with 372 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:43,120 them. He is trolling them in a sense. 373 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:49,600 David's son or or the Messiah? What? 374 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:51,320 What? I'm misquoting him now. 375 00:18:54,360 --> 00:18:55,800 Whose son is he? What do you think about the 376 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:59,200 Christ? Whose Son is he, son of David 377 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:02,640 True. True, but it's not the whole 378 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:04,400 truth. It's part of the truth. 379 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:07,840 He is actually a descendant of David that was prophesied. 380 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:11,320 It has to be so. But they thought he was only a 381 00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:14,600 descendant of David. And this is what he's starting 382 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:16,600 to open their eyes up to. This is why. 383 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:19,440 This is why when you get to the end here and they says no one 384 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:22,040 was able to answer him a word because they're like, is he 385 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:26,480 saying that's what he's saying? That's why this was so crazy. 386 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:30,200 That's why this is such a crazy mic drop and a crazy slap in the 387 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:36,440 face and a chain, a crazy shift of gears because he's going so 388 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:41,280 if if he's a son of David, why would David call his descendant 389 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:44,400 his Lord? So that's what's happening in 390 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:48,200 the text there of 110 of Psalm 110 that Jesus is quoting in 391 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:51,000 verse 44. So David in the Spirit is saying 392 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,720 the Lord said to my Lord, let me interpret this for you. 393 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:58,040 He's saying the Father God said to the Son. 394 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:01,080 That's what David is understanding as he's, as David 395 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:03,440 is interpreting from the Holy Spirit. 396 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:05,880 So you're like the Lord said to my Lord, is he talking to 397 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:06,880 himself? No. 398 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,920 So think of it this way. The Father said to the Messiah, 399 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:12,120 OK that. That's. 400 00:20:12,120 --> 00:20:15,760 How they would have read this text, the David said, the Father 401 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:20,320 said to the Christ, sit at my right hand until I put your 402 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:23,680 enemies under your feet. But but David calls the second 403 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:26,160 one his Lord. So it's one thing for David say 404 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:30,520 the Lord said to my descendant. The Lord said to my son, It had 405 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:33,320 been one thing that David said, the Lord said to my offspring, 406 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:37,880 but he said the Lord said. To my. 407 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:41,720 Lord, and they hadn't seen it. They'd read it, but they had not 408 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:43,560 seen it and they still might not see it. 409 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:48,520 Right now he's going, how can David call a descendant his 410 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:50,560 master? Because you got to understand 411 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:54,120 David is like pinnacle for them. David is legendary. 412 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:58,080 Patriarchal status like David is the dopest. 413 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:00,360 They love David. Nobody can be greater than 414 00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:02,240 David. And in Jewish culture anyway, 415 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:03,960 your descendants can't be greater than you. 416 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:08,040 The OR the originator is greater than the follower than the one 417 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:11,120 who comes later. So it just makes no sense for 418 00:21:11,120 --> 00:21:13,760 them whatsoever. How can David call his future 419 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:16,320 descendant greater than him? They're like, no, no, no, the 420 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:18,040 Messiah is going to be great, but he's not going to be greater 421 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:19,840 than David. He's going to be a king like 422 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:22,360 David. He's going to be anointed like 423 00:21:22,360 --> 00:21:24,880 David was, but he's he's not greater than David. 424 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:27,520 Like nobody's greater than David and Jesus is. 425 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,880 He just asked a question. It's a very, very wise teaching 426 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:33,080 tool. I need to grow in wisdom and be 427 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:35,800 more like Jesus. It's a very wise teaching tool 428 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:37,760 Whenever you know somebody believes the wrong thing about 429 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:40,200 something, instead of just saying, here's 17 reasons you're 430 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:43,640 wrong, which can kind of be my my angle of approach a lot of 431 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:47,160 times, but to ask to go, well, if that's true, then what about 432 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,680 this? And you step back and you let 433 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:53,720 their you let them come to humility and repentance, or you 434 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:56,920 let their head explode or they walk away in silence. 435 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:04,240 When we understand who Jesus is, it changes your entire life. 436 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:07,480 You don't say the stupid things that people say about him all 437 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:09,440 the time. Ignorant things sometimes, 438 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:13,080 rebellious things sometimes. But if we really understand who 439 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:16,360 Jesus is, it draws you to obedience. 440 00:22:16,360 --> 00:22:18,520 It changes your Sunday afternoon. 441 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:21,840 It changes your Monday morning. It changes your Tuesday nights. 442 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:24,320 It affects every part of your life because you're going hang 443 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:26,400 on a second. I now have to reconcile with 444 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:28,720 this man Jesus. I now have to reconcile with 445 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:32,880 this Messiah, not just one sent by God to bless people and teach 446 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:35,320 some good things, which all those things are true. 447 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:37,160 They're massive understatements, but they're true. 448 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,880 But the one who is God? And the one who? 449 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:45,840 Demands obedience, the one who commands my loyalty and love, 450 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:50,320 and the one who loved me first. It will make you sweeter to your 451 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,080 spouse. It will make you more diligent 452 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:56,520 as you disciple your children. It will send you with enthusiasm 453 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:59,600 to share the gospel with others. When you really see Jesus for 454 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:02,280 who he is, you're just going like, what have I been doing 455 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:05,120 with my life? And he's like, not much, but you 456 00:23:05,120 --> 00:23:07,520 can now. Now you can have the life that's 457 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:10,000 truly life, the only life you were ever intended for. 458 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:11,480 The life where you actually walk with me. 459 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:15,760 Everything else is what what? Prove it, make explain it to me. 460 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,920 Explain how anything else could have value apart from Jesus. 461 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:21,120 He's our creator. All things were made by Him. 462 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,040 All things are made for him. That includes me. 463 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:26,680 So I'm going to find my greatest pleasure, fulfillment, and 464 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:29,920 satisfaction when I operate according to my design. 465 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:32,800 You can use a screwdriver to do a lot of different things. 466 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,400 You can stab someone with it. You could pry something open 467 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:36,480 with it. But that's not what a 468 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:40,080 screwdriver is for. And you and I are our 469 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:42,480 screwdrivers. We will be wounded if we're used 470 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:44,440 to do the wrong things. But. 471 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:45,560 When we're used. Properly we go. 472 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:48,440 This is my purpose. It is satisfying, it is 473 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:51,520 pleasing, it is right. There is good news. 474 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:55,120 There's only good news in Jesus. He's a cornerstone that crushes. 475 00:23:55,360 --> 00:23:57,280 Yeah. He's also the cornerstone of the 476 00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:00,000 church that we build upon. And you can be one of the stones 477 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,400 in the body of Christ that aligns yourself perfectly to the 478 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,880 cornerstone. He sets the standard. 479 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:07,480 Those are the only options, though. 480 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,520 Be crushed by the cornerstone or align yourself to the 481 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:11,440 cornerstone. No, no, no. 482 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:12,040 I'm with you. You guys. 483 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:13,760 Good. That's that's the right place to 484 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:15,000 be. You're welcome here. 485 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,520 You're loved here. And he's building his Kingdom 486 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:24,320 through his people. What do you think? 487 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:27,280 About the Christ, whose son is he? 488 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:29,200 So he knew what they were going to say. 489 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:33,800 They they knew. He was, he knew they were going 490 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:35,840 to say, a descendant of David, a son of David. 491 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,680 Remember, Matthew wrote his gospel for Jews. 492 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:41,240 So that's who Matthew was intending his audience through. 493 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:43,480 So remember the Jewish readers, not just those who were there 494 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:45,400 that day in the temple courts who focused a lot on them, but 495 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,880 also remember the Jewish audience reading this is gone. 496 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:50,560 Wow. And Matthew's going, yeah, I'm 497 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:54,000 telling you guys like, we didn't understand the scriptures, that 498 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,000 his own disciples didn't understand the scriptures. 499 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:59,360 Even after the resurrection, they're walking down the road 500 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:01,800 all sad. And the resurrected Jesus comes 501 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:03,680 to them, speaks with them. They don't recognize it's him. 502 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:05,840 And he says, what's wrong? They're like, dude, do you not 503 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:08,080 know what's happened? Are you the only person in this 504 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:09,960 region who doesn't know what's happened here in these days? 505 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,400 Proving again my point that everybody knew everything about 506 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:14,960 what was taking place and everybody knew about this Jesus 507 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:16,600 who was. He's like, what things? 508 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:20,680 And they tell him, and then he starts to open them, open the 509 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,800 Scriptures from Moses all the way through and show them 510 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:25,920 everything all day long as they walk on the road. 511 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,600 And then they arrive in Emmaus, and he acts as though he'll go 512 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:30,160 on farther. And they said, no, please stay 513 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:32,160 with us. You're like the best Bible study 514 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,680 bro we've ever had. And he comes in with them. 515 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:38,160 He reveals himself to who he is. And they go and he vanishes. 516 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:41,200 They Sprint back the miles that they had just walked to 517 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:44,240 Jerusalem and say, you guys aren't going to believe this. 518 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:46,760 But even then, they finally could see. 519 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:49,240 It was always in the Scriptures, but they couldn't see it. 520 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,440 This is why as we come to the next couple of chapters that are 521 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,320 often interpreted for end times events, This is why your pastor 522 00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:57,960 is going to approach them the way that he does. 523 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:01,400 You know, prophecies much easier to look at on the back end than 524 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,080 it is on the front end. We see that over and over and 525 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:05,680 over in Scripture. Everybody goes, I think this 526 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:08,600 means that we'll see. We'll see. 527 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,760 You know, when I like to tell you what prophecy means on the 528 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:13,800 back end, I go, I can tell you exactly what that meant. 529 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,840 Much easier, much safer to do. But everybody goes, no, it's got 530 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:19,880 to mean this. Like I've seen a lot of folks 531 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:23,160 being real sure about a lot of things that were going to come 532 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:25,800 and then turns out it looked different from that. 533 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:30,320 So just some food for thought as we process what we're going to 534 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:31,760 come into the next couple of chapters. 535 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:35,720 He knew what they were. Going to say Matthew wrote this 536 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:37,840 gospel for the Jews. He wants their eyes to be 537 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:39,440 opened. He wants them to see. 538 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:42,720 But of course, Jesus is the greatest Bible teacher, and he's 539 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,080 showing everyone here something that they've never seen before. 540 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:47,800 Right there in the Psalms, right there was David, their hero. 541 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:50,720 They thought they were going to. Yet the Messiah was going to be 542 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:54,080 a great human ruler, a political and military descendant of David 543 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:57,120 who would restore Israel's Kingdom to them. 544 00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:00,240 They thought he'd be anointed by God, but not actually God. 545 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:03,360 They thought he'd be righteous, but only human. 546 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,920 They didn't ever think that he would actually be divine. 547 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,760 And they certainly did not think that when the Messiah came, he 548 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,880 would say, hey, I'm going to RIP everything away from you and 549 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:17,080 give it to someone else. That is not the vision that they 550 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:20,600 had for their Messiah. So he's giving them whiplash of 551 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:22,640 big time. Jesus Yanks the rug out from 552 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:24,000 unto them. I'm the Messiah. 553 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:25,880 What? I'm taking everything away from 554 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:26,600 you. What? 555 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:30,960 By the way, I'm God, What? Crucify this guy? 556 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,120 That's the only thing we can do with him because he's just way. 557 00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:34,920 He's presenting way too many problems here. 558 00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:37,640 He's messing up our theology and we don't like that kind of thing 559 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:41,560 around here. They can't. 560 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:43,640 Receive him because they don't recognize him. 561 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:47,120 This guy that they've. Got in front of them, is furious 562 00:27:47,120 --> 00:27:49,520 with them. He's told them that sinners are 563 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:51,400 going to enter the Kingdom of heaven before they will. 564 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:54,520 He tells them that they're going to be thrown out and crushed by 565 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:58,640 him even though they tried to dispose of him, that he is 566 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:00,160 selected and that they are rejected. 567 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:02,480 Can you see why that they're going to start to want to kill 568 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:03,880 him? Can you see why they already 569 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:07,480 want to kill him? Jesus still creates extreme 570 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:11,880 responses in people today. People still want to put him in 571 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:14,360 categories that he did not give you permission to put him in. 572 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:19,520 Well, I think Jesus is make sure whatever you say next coincides 573 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,920 with what he says about himself. Like it has to, you have to cast 574 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:25,240 a plain vote. CS Lewis famously said it and 575 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,160 said it excellently. Let us not say this nonsense 576 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:29,800 about him being a good moral teacher. 577 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:33,520 We have to deal with something. If I call myself a scrambled 578 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:36,760 egg, you have to say Joe Michael is one of three things. 579 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:38,720 Joe Michael's a liar. He knows he's not a scrambled 580 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,480 egg. Or you say, bless his heart, Joe 581 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:42,760 Michael thinks he's a scrambled egg. 582 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:47,600 He's crazy. Or you say, truly, John Michael 583 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:49,600 is a scrambled egg. I believe it with all my heart, 584 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:52,240 but you don't go. Well, you know, Jim, Michael's a 585 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:55,200 really good hang on, Isn't he big on the whole scrambled egg 586 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,520 thing? Yeah, I just kind of overlooked 587 00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:58,640 that. No, like, that's his whole 588 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:00,280 shtick. That's his whole thing. 589 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:03,320 You have to reconcile with his whole scrambled egg teaching 590 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:05,480 because it's the thing he says all the time. 591 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,520 So you don't get to put Jesus in any other category. 592 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:11,240 He is Lord and God bless his heart. 593 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,560 He thinks he's Lord and God. He's a he was a deceived crazy 594 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:16,520 man who also somehow changed the whole world and raised himself 595 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:18,680 from the dead. But these are things you have to 596 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:22,680 reconcile with or he's a liar. Lord Liar. 597 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:26,160 Or lunatic, the trilemma, as it's famously been called. 598 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,240 That's it. That's where he lands. 599 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,480 But he he still creates extreme responses in people. 600 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:36,800 Because I've got to. Reconcile with the King of Glory 601 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,760 and my spirit. If I am of my Father the devil 602 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:43,600 and I'm outside of Christ and I'm not responding in humility 603 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:48,440 and grace to the Lord, then I'm just going maybe for you, maybe 604 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:50,800 I may I say all kinds of stuff that just doesn't make sense. 605 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:53,600 It still does not address the heart and the root of the issue 606 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:58,680 where Jesus is taking us to. Jesus is not just the Son of 607 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:01,480 David. Jesus is the Lord of David. 608 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:07,360 When you get to heaven, you're going to see David worshipping 609 00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:10,200 the Lord Jesus Christ. He's not going to say, oh come 610 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:11,880 on, son, let me teach you a thing or two. 611 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:17,520 No, that's not how that works. Jesus created David, and Jesus 612 00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:20,240 is starting to bring that revelation to them fully, but 613 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:22,080 without even saying it, he's going to more. 614 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:25,960 When we get to chapter 23, he plainly just throws down even 615 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:30,720 more so. So he's taking them. 616 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:35,160 To Bible study. How is it then that David in the 617 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:37,400 Spirit? Calls his. 618 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:44,720 Son Lord and they're gone. They don't have an answer for 619 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:47,000 that. They don't have an answer that 620 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:49,080 that he just broke in their heads and they're and instead of 621 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:51,720 humbling themselves and saying please teach us, which is of 622 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:53,360 course, Jesus will always work with humility. 623 00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:55,480 Man. We always seen his strength week 624 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:57,240 after week after week. Pastor, I feel like Jesus just 625 00:30:57,240 --> 00:30:58,960 been dropping. Well, that's where we are. 626 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:00,040 That's where we were in the word. 627 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,840 Jesus is still the whole Jesus. He's he. 628 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:04,880 If you're hard hearted, this is the Jesus you get. 629 00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:07,440 If you're soft and tender, this isn't what you get. 630 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:09,880 You get. Restoration. 631 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:12,920 But he's taken them to Bible study. 632 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:16,480 So for Jews, again, David's got this superior legendary 633 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:20,200 patriarchal status and now they're going wait a second, he 634 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:23,320 does call his descendant Lord. Whoa, whoa, whoa. 635 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:24,680 It's because he's not. Only human. 636 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:29,840 He's also divine. And now they have to hesitate 637 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,160 again and they go, we can't cast a vote on this for the same 638 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:34,360 reason that they wouldn't cast a vote on John the Baptist. 639 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:36,320 Is his ministry from heaven or from man? 640 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:38,680 And Jesus goes, what's this verse about? 641 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:44,200 And they go, oh boy, no comment again. 642 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:45,800 We're done. We don't want to. 643 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:48,120 We're done talking. We're going to take our ball and 644 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:49,400 go home. We don't want to do this 645 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:51,480 anymore. No fun, no fair. 646 00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:55,640 Jesus isn't just the Son of David, He's the Lord of David 647 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:59,560 because he is the Son of God. They wanted an. 648 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:02,200 Earthly king who was going to defeat Rome, but they got the 649 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:05,040 king of heaven who comes to defeat sin and death. 650 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:07,680 That was not their prediction. That was not their expectation. 651 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:10,800 And they had all the verses, they had all the scriptures and 652 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:13,360 still they were saying when the Messiah comes, he's going to 653 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:17,200 beat up the Romans. And Jesus said you were, you're 654 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:20,160 aiming way too small. When I come, I'm going to, I'm 655 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:21,880 going to do what no man has ever done. 656 00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:23,840 I'm going to change the hearts of people. 657 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:27,360 I can change the hearts of man. You can force them to do things 658 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:29,440 with the sword. Any idiot can do that. 659 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:32,840 Whoever's the mightiest, whoever's got the biggest army, 660 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:34,840 you win. He says. 661 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:37,960 I, I can do the miraculous and I can actually change the will of 662 00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:39,520 a man. I can change the will of the 663 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:43,080 ruler of a nation from the highest to the lowest. 664 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:47,920 Jesus can make people brand new. Jesus can reveal the Kingdom, 665 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,760 the Kingdom that matters most, the Kingdom that starts small 666 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:54,040 like a mustard seed, but it keeps growing and eventually it 667 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:57,440 covers the whole earth. They thought God would send the 668 00:32:57,440 --> 00:32:59,280 Messiah. They never imagined that God 669 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:02,960 would come as the Messiah, and now the King himself is 670 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:04,640 humiliating them with the scriptures. 671 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:07,760 If they would be humble, he would receive them, but since 672 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:10,640 they're prideful. They get crushed. 673 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:14,040 By the cornerstone, here's what's also also powerful about 674 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:18,320 in verse 44, the Lord said to my Lord, sit. 675 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:20,520 And so that that's the part he emphasizes. 676 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:23,320 The Lord said to my Lord, that's the part he zoomed in on. 677 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:24,400 He's gone. He calls him Lord. 678 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:25,920 But look at the rest of the verse. 679 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:28,080 The Lord said to my Lord, well, what did he say to him? 680 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:30,320 What does the father say to the son? 681 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:34,600 Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet. 682 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:39,360 So not only is he going pointing out the part about, hey, David 683 00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:41,640 calls his descendant his Lord, what are you guys going to do 684 00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:42,960 with that? Because you know what that 685 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,720 means, right? It means that his descendant has 686 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:49,880 to be divine. But it's also the threat, the 687 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:53,320 warning His enemies are going to be put under His feet. 688 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:57,280 So all the warnings are coming full circle and these guys are 689 00:33:57,280 --> 00:34:01,000 going and I think This is why they have the response that they 690 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:05,000 did in verse 46. I think they had enough fear of 691 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:08,600 God and enough hesitancy in the moment after He drops this one 692 00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:10,000 on them. This one might have gone over 693 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,480 some folks heads so it might have landed with everybody. 694 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:14,480 I don't know, I wasn't there. I don't know about everybody's 695 00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:18,560 understandings. And no one was able to answer 696 00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:21,360 him a word. From that day on, they did not 697 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:24,239 dare ask Him any more questions, 'cause they're going, he just 698 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:27,880 shifted gears. He just, he just put this thing 699 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:30,719 into a different gear entirely. Is he? 700 00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:36,600 Saying, I think he's saying he is saying we're closing. 701 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:41,320 There's this warning. In this threat, Christ will sit 702 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:44,440 at the right hand of the Father, and the Father will put the 703 00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:47,280 enemies of Christ under the Christ's feet. 704 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:50,880 So he's going to be enthroned and he's going to share the 705 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:53,360 Father's authority and he's going to put his foot on the 706 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:59,680 neck of his enemies. Psalm One. 10. 707 00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:08,680 What we read earlier, the whole thing's. 708 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:16,800 About Jesus, the Lord says to my Lord, sit at my right hand. 709 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:19,920 This is the Father delighting in the Son, until I make your 710 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:24,080 enemies your footstool. The Lord sends. 711 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:27,400 Forth from Zion, your mighty scepter rule in the midst of 712 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:32,400 your enemies your people will offer themselves freely on the 713 00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:34,960 day of your power in holy garments. 714 00:35:36,240 --> 00:35:40,320 Most scholars think that this chapter, this chapter 10, the 715 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:43,560 seven verses that this is prophecy about the coming of 716 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:46,880 Jesus the first time that it's also going to that it, this is 717 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:49,680 also descriptive of the church age as it's called that you and 718 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:53,040 I live in now. And that it also is referring is 719 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:55,880 referring to the final prophecy to be fulfilled. 720 00:35:55,880 --> 00:36:01,440 So most scholars say this chapter is super awesome because 721 00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:05,240 it's all about Jesus, but it's also super cool because it's 722 00:36:05,240 --> 00:36:07,520 partly fulfilled. Some of it's still being 723 00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:11,560 fulfilled right now as we preach, and then some of it is 724 00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:14,760 still to be fulfilled finally and totally later. 725 00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:18,520 They will offer. Themselves freely on the day of 726 00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:21,280 your power in holy garments, from the womb of the morning. 727 00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:23,200 The dew of your youth will be yours. 728 00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:25,440 The Lord has sworn. It will not change his mind. 729 00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:29,040 You are a priest forever after the Order of Melchizedek. 730 00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:32,720 So he's a priest and a king. He's not just one or the other, 731 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:34,880 unlike everybody else. You're a priest or you're a 732 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:37,080 king. Jesus is the priest and the 733 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:39,360 king, The Lord is at your right hand. 734 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:42,280 He will shatter kings on the day of his wrath. 735 00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:45,800 He will execute judgement among the nations, filling them with 736 00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:48,400 corpses. He will shatter chiefs over the 737 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:50,800 wide earth. He will drink from the brook, by 738 00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:52,680 the way. Therefore, he will lift up his 739 00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:54,720 head. So the warrior is finished there 740 00:36:54,720 --> 00:36:56,840 at the end. That's at the very end of time 741 00:36:57,280 --> 00:36:59,280 when Jesus is all done. He's going to go. 742 00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:03,080 Let me sip some water now. And he lifts up his head. 743 00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:06,720 He's honored and glorified forever. 744 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:15,200 And no one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day. 745 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:18,200 Did anyone dare? Did they have the courage? 746 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:20,760 Did they have the boldness? Did they have the strength to 747 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:25,760 ask him any more questions? They were silenced that day, but 748 00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:30,360 were they convinced? Many Jewish leaders come to 749 00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:33,640 Christ and come to faith, but we don't know who and what, and we 750 00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:35,440 don't know who there. That day eventually follows 751 00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:36,880 through. We don't know who ends up being 752 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:39,720 saved. Enough about them. 753 00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:42,880 What about you? Are you merely impressed with 754 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:46,600 Jesus or are you following the divine King of heaven who became 755 00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:49,280 a man? He's impressive. 756 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:50,920 I didn't ask you, though, if he's impressive. 757 00:37:51,240 --> 00:37:52,840 His claim isn't that he's impressive. 758 00:37:53,240 --> 00:37:56,920 His claim is that he's God. The pleading that I do with you 759 00:37:56,920 --> 00:38:01,280 is to say follow him, follow him, love Him, choose him, enjoy 760 00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:04,760 him. Everyone will bow down before 761 00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:07,720 Jesus, either in worship or as conquered enemies. 762 00:38:08,240 --> 00:38:10,680 Those are the two ways everybody's going to be before 763 00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:12,880 Jesus. Is his foot going to be on the 764 00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:15,880 neck? Will you be his footstool that 765 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:19,280 he prompts that he props up? And the Father says, Yep, as it 766 00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:21,600 should be. Or are you? 767 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:28,640 Bowing down in worship, do you insist on retaining the illusion 768 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:29,960 of power that you have over your life? 769 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:30,960 That's what these guys are doing. 770 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:34,520 We have the power, we have it, and we will not yield it to this 771 00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:36,920 man. Or. 772 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:41,160 Do you surrender to the son of King David? 773 00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:44,200 And do you surrender to the King of King David? 774 00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:50,160 The call is to repent and to love and to follow him now. 775 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:52,520 Not because you're afraid of his foot on your neck. 776 00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:55,400 Love and follow him now because you're thankful that he actually 777 00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:58,560 loves you and that he came to rescue you for himself. 778 00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:00,640 So for all the greatness we've talked about, you go. 779 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:02,520 Who is this king now? I know. 780 00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:04,800 Spoiler alert, many of you already know the final story. 781 00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:08,600 And why did he come? He came because he was choosing 782 00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:12,480 the cross to save you and me from our sins. 783 00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:15,600 Why should you follow Jesus? Because Jesus loved you first, 784 00:39:16,720 --> 00:39:19,080 that's why. Is there a consequence if not? 785 00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:23,040 Oh undoubtedly that's that's just as plain as his love is. 786 00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:26,840 And still the motive, the call is to love the Lord your God 787 00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:29,440 with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. 788 00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:32,640 That's the command. That's the invitation, that's 789 00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:35,040 our purpose. We got nothing better to do. 790 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:37,560 You have nothing better to do with your life. 791 00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:40,680 Then love the Lord Jesus Christ with all your heart, soul, mind 792 00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:42,960 and strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. 793 00:39:43,720 --> 00:39:44,880 There's nothing you've dreamt up. 794 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:46,240 There's nothing that you hope for. 795 00:39:46,240 --> 00:39:49,480 Young man, young woman, old man, old woman, and everything and 796 00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:51,320 everybody in between. There's nothing. 797 00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:54,320 There's nothing we could come up that would be better than to say 798 00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:59,480 whatever pleases you, Lord. So respond in humility. 799 00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:06,320 Respond with love. God loves us, that King, that 800 00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:09,400 dominant king, the divine King, the prophesied king. 801 00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:11,600 The Holy. King. 802 00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:18,240 Sounds pretty. Scary He can be, but He came to 803 00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:20,360 love you. He came to save you and bring 804 00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:24,520 you to Himself so that you could be seated with Him in heavenly 805 00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:28,040 places. That's crazy. 806 00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:31,280 The Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand. 807 00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:33,760 Well, guess who also gets to sit with Jesus at the right hand? 808 00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:37,120 Because of Jesus, all of his precious people that he loves. 809 00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:42,360 The reason you see such heat, such anger from him is because 810 00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:45,280 he loved that flock. It's because he loves people. 811 00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:48,120 False teaching. He takes very seriously. 812 00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:52,440 And. Miss misguiding his his flock is 813 00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:53,800 something that he doesn't take lightly. 814 00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:57,480 Lord. I pray for your people, for 815 00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:59,760 those who know you and those who are walking with you, for those 816 00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:02,280 who are far off, for those who are backsliding. 817 00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:04,200 For those who. Are. 818 00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:07,480 Who are weak? For those who are strong. 819 00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:10,920 Lord everybody. 'S included in there. 820 00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:15,560 God, I pray that we would make much of Jesus in our hearts, not 821 00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:17,680 just with our heads, not with just with our knowledge, not 822 00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:20,440 just to say, wow, wow, the Bible's awesome. 823 00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:24,400 And it is. But then we would say Jesus, you 824 00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:27,760 are worthy, and that we would actually love you and follow you 825 00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:31,240 more deeply, more closely, more faithfully. 826 00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:34,280 Help us to. Surrender again to another 827 00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:36,960 level, Lord, Many of us are not in the place where these 828 00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:39,640 Pharisees, these Sadducees, these Herodians, and these 829 00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:42,880 scribes were. They were hypocritical and in 830 00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:46,240 such extreme ways, Lord, But our hypocrisy has found smaller ways 831 00:41:46,240 --> 00:41:48,600 to manifest. Our hypocrisy. 832 00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:53,680 Hides even from us. Continue. 833 00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:57,320 Lord, to reveal to us the ways that we can surrender to you and 834 00:41:57,320 --> 00:42:01,400 honor you as a perfect sacrifice. 835 00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:08,440 Worthy of love. And devotion walk among this 836 00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:15,040 church. Lord, touch us right now. 837 00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:27,280 Help us to feel your warmth. That you would be. 838 00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:28,800 Loved and feared and served well. 839 00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:33,720 Your people. Freely give themselves to you, 840 00:42:33,720 --> 00:42:45,030 Lord, and now the Lord bless you and keep you. 841 00:42:47,150 --> 00:42:49,750 The Lord make. His face Shinedown upon you. 842 00:42:50,470 --> 00:42:53,430 And be gracious to you. The Lord lift up. 843 00:42:53,430 --> 00:42:58,790 His countenance upon you and give you great peace in Jesus 844 00:42:58,790 --> 00:43:00,470 name, Amen.