1 00:01:03,720 --> 00:06:01,610 Yeah. Well, good morning. 2 00:06:01,610 --> 00:06:04,930 Welcome to church. We're glad you're with us. 3 00:06:04,970 --> 00:06:08,490 We introduced a few weeks ago. You're our bachelors on Sunday. 4 00:06:08,490 --> 00:06:11,410 So let's figure it out today. Goodbye yesterday. 5 00:06:13,250 --> 00:06:17,570 Goodbye yesterday. I'm living in the light of a new 6 00:06:17,650 --> 00:06:20,050 day. I won't waste another minute in 7 00:06:20,250 --> 00:06:25,840 my old ways. Praise, I've been born again. 8 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,880 Goodbye yesterday. I'm living in the light of a 9 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:32,800 dude. I won't waste another minute in 10 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:37,640 my whole way. Praise the Lord, I've been born 11 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:42,960 again. I'm right. 12 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:44,920 I've been born again, again, again. 13 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,960 Get it again. You rescued me out of the mess I 14 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,280 was in. You trained my sorrow for 15 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:02,000 something to sing. Now dancing on the grave at all 16 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:04,480 once lived in. Goodbye yesterday. 17 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:10,760 I'm living in the light of the noon, and I won't waste another 18 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:16,040 minute in my whole ways. Praise the Lord, I've been born 19 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:18,360 again. Goodbye yesterday. 20 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:24,720 The Spirit of the Lord is upon. I've got a resurrection in my 21 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,560 veins. Praise her. 22 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:31,120 I've been bored. Again and again and again and 23 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:34,440 again. You rescued me out of the mess I 24 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:36,520 was in. You traded my sorrow for 25 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:40,240 something to say. No, there's it on the grave that 26 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:43,880 I once lived in. Again and again and again and 27 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:47,160 again. You rescued me out of the mess I 28 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:48,680 was in. Great. 29 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:52,800 In my sorrow for something that says now dancing on the grave 30 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:56,880 that I once lived in, I have decided. 31 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:07,640 I have decided to follow Jesus, the world behind the cross 32 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:10,520 before. I won't turn back. 33 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:20,360 I have decided to follow Jesus the world behind the cross 34 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:23,360 before. I won't turn back. 35 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:33,200 I have decided to follow Jesus the world behind the cross 36 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:37,520 before. I won't turn back. 37 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:46,000 I have decided to follow Jesus. The world behind the cross 38 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:54,040 before I won't turn back. No, I won't turn back, but I 39 00:08:54,520 --> 00:09:00,440 won't turn back. Down behind the cross before I 40 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:05,240 won't turn back. I won't turn back. 41 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:13,800 I won't turn back The world behind the cross before I won't 42 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,000 turn back again and again and again. 43 00:09:17,560 --> 00:09:20,520 You rescued me out of the mess I was in. 44 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:25,600 Traded my sorrow for something to sink now dancing on the grave 45 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:28,640 that I want to sleep in. Again and again and again and 46 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:32,840 again. You rescued me out of the mess I 47 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:35,320 was in. Traded my sorrow for something 48 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:39,560 to sink now dancing on the grave that I want to sleep in. 49 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:46,680 Praise the Lord, I've been born again. 50 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:53,120 Praise the Lord, I've been born again. 51 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:15,600 I've been born again. Come on, we're dancing. 52 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:21,920 Dancing on the crate that I once named it. 53 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:24,440 Dancing on the crate that I once landed. 54 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:28,600 Dancing on the crate that I once landed. 55 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:30,480 Dancing on the crate that I once landed. 56 00:10:31,680 --> 00:10:34,040 Dancing on the crate that I once landed. 57 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:36,800 Dancing on the crate that I once landed. 58 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:39,720 Dancing on the crate that I once landed. 59 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:42,840 Dancing on the crate that I once landed. 60 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:47,960 I've been. Yeah, what a great day. 61 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:50,800 Hey, we're so glad you're with us this morning. 62 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:53,520 Thank you for choosing to join us and be in the room even 63 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:56,320 though it's wet outside. Aren't you thankful we have a 64 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:58,600 roof? Come on. 65 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:01,720 I think of people across the world that don't have any in 66 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,240 this. And I think of people that are 67 00:11:04,560 --> 00:11:08,640 wrestling with figuring out how to cover their family, how to 68 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:12,120 cover their lives. And so I just am so thankful 69 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,000 that you chose to be with us this morning. 70 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:18,280 Hey, hear the Word of God today as just a simple encouragement 71 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:21,560 and a reminder that in first John 5, it says this. 72 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:25,560 And this is the testimony. This is our testimony that God 73 00:11:25,560 --> 00:11:28,400 has given us eternal life and this life is in His Son. 74 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:32,360 So whoever has a son has life. Whoever doesn't have the Son of 75 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:34,840 God does not have life. That doesn't mean it stops. 76 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:37,640 It doesn't mean that you're not, that you're hopeless and you 77 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:40,040 don't have a way today. It means that we have life 78 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:43,280 because of Jesus and his sacrifice in our lives. 79 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:46,480 And so today, if you come in this place not knowing what to 80 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:50,880 do, not knowing how to maybe cry out, know that we have a God 81 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:53,400 that we call on. And when we say the name, that's 82 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:56,040 where sustain happens. That's where all of our 83 00:11:56,040 --> 00:12:00,600 fulfillment of hope, grace, peace that we can't give to our 84 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:02,920 neighbors by ourselves is found in Him. 85 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:05,480 So this morning, can I pray with you before we continue to 86 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:08,120 worship this morning, Let's just invite God to do what he wants 87 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:10,280 to do this morning. Jesus, thank you for your 88 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:12,240 presence. Thank you for your sacrifice. 89 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:13,760 Thank you that we have life in you. 90 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:18,080 And when we call on your name, new life happens. 91 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:21,160 We come out of the grave we were once in because we've been born 92 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:23,680 again through your Son. Jesus got through your 93 00:12:23,680 --> 00:12:28,480 sacrifice, his resurrection, His life is in US. 94 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:31,120 And so today, God, we are so thankful that we can celebrate. 95 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:35,200 So today, God, move in this place, have your way speak to us 96 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:37,320 in your name you pray, Amen. Come on church, let's continue 97 00:12:37,320 --> 00:13:03,760 to worship today. I knew a name that can empty out 98 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:06,760 of rain. I knew a name. 99 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:17,120 It's the only name that says and is worthy of all praise. 100 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:21,880 Come on, I call you Jesus. I call you. 101 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:27,600 I call you healer rising and reigning in power. 102 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:37,960 Something comes out of the grave every time I call you Jesus. 103 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:42,840 I call you. I call you Satan worthy and 104 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:48,240 glory forever. Something comes out of the grave 105 00:13:50,520 --> 00:14:08,520 every time I call your name. I have a king with dominion over 106 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:21,890 10 in his holy nail. Scarhead is the heave I serve in 107 00:14:21,970 --> 00:14:24,890 10 the directing. Great I am. 108 00:14:24,890 --> 00:14:32,280 I call you Jesus, I call you. I call you neither. 109 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:38,000 Rising and raining in power. Something comes out of your 110 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:43,760 grave every time I call you Jesus. 111 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:49,720 I call you. I call you St. worthy of glory 112 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:55,040 forever. Something comes out of your 113 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:59,120 grave. Every time I call you. 114 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:04,080 Chains break, tribals wait. Every time I call your name, the 115 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,920 gates of hell shake. Every time I call your name, 116 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:22,960 chains break, Tribals wait. Every time I call your name the 117 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:33,480 gates of hell. Every time I call your name, 118 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:55,000 every time I call your name dead is now yours. 119 00:15:56,320 --> 00:16:03,800 Thing anywhere. Oh great, your victory and 120 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:14,640 where? Oh, death is now your sink, and 121 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:18,760 where? Oh great, your victory and where 122 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:33,640 of death is now your. Of deep in the way of great 123 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:43,640 glory, glory, let things come alive, let things come alive. 124 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:49,160 Let things come alive. In the name of Jesus, let things 125 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:52,080 come alive. Let things come alive. 126 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:56,160 Let things come alive in the name of Jesus. 127 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,400 Let things come alive. Let things come alive. 128 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:04,000 Let things come alive in the name of Jesus. 129 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:08,839 Let things come alive. Let things come alive. 130 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:11,880 Let things come alive in the name. 131 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:17,280 I call you Jesus call you, I call you. 132 00:17:17,319 --> 00:17:20,720 We love rising and raining in hours. 133 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:32,440 Something comes out of the rain every time I call you Jesus, I 134 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:37,520 call you. I call you Satan worthy of glory 135 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:42,520 forever. Something comes out of the rain 136 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:53,760 every time I call your name. Change, break tribe or wait. 137 00:17:53,840 --> 00:18:01,640 Every time I call your name the game of hell day. 138 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:04,160 Every time I call your name dead. 139 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:08,160 Please come alive dead. Please come alive dead. 140 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:11,520 Please come alive in the name of Jesus. 141 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,880 Let things come alive. Let things come alive. 142 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:19,920 Let things come alive in the name of Jesus. 143 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:47,720 Yes they do. When I pray, be your welcome. 144 00:18:49,440 --> 00:19:00,800 Let your songs be your sign. We are here for you, We are here 145 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:10,240 for you. Let your man come from heaven. 146 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:18,440 Fill our hearts with your life 'cause we are here for you. 147 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:27,000 We are here for you. You can just doubt that your 148 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:31,400 hearts are open. You, our hearts are open. 149 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:42,200 Nothing here is hidden. You are A1 desire you alone, our 150 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:54,840 holy, only our worthy God. Let your fire fall down, Let us 151 00:19:54,840 --> 00:20:00,720 shout be your end. You're renowned. 152 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:06,320 Here's the sky that we are here for you. 153 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:20,840 We are here for you. Let your world move in power, 154 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:28,960 let what stand come to life 'cause we are here for you. 155 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:43,160 We are here for you. You, our hearts are open. 156 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:48,200 Nothing here is here. And you, our one desire. 157 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:55,720 You are not holy, only you are worthy. 158 00:20:56,320 --> 00:21:04,880 God, let your fire fall down. You, our hearts are open. 159 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:11,320 Nothing here is here. And you, I want this. 160 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:22,400 I you, Lord, our holy, holy Lord, be God, but your fire fall 161 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:47,080 down. Oh, we welcome you with race. 162 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:54,320 We welcome you with race. Almighty God of love, be welcome 163 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:58,280 in this place. We welcome you with race. 164 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:05,120 We welcome you with race. Almighty God of love, be welcome 165 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:11,120 in this place. Every heart of God, in every 166 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:18,880 soul way, Almighty God of love, be welcome in this place and be 167 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:24,640 around you with race. Be welcome you with race. 168 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:29,840 Almighty God of love, be welcome in this place. 169 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:36,360 Oh be welcome in this place. Oh God. 170 00:22:55,480 --> 00:23:02,640 Be well God you. Our hearts are open, nothing 171 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:09,160 here is hidden. You are A1 desire. 172 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:16,840 You alone are holy, only you are worthy. 173 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:22,320 God, let your fire fall down to you. 174 00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:28,840 You, our hearts are open, Nothing here is hidden. 175 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:37,280 You are our one desire, You alone as you alone, our holy, 176 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:44,920 Only You are worthy. God, let your fire fall down. 177 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:56,320 Jesus, in this place, we're so thankful that we can say these 178 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:59,520 words, that we believe that there's power in your name to 179 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:03,360 sustain and to provide. But God, we welcome you to move 180 00:24:03,360 --> 00:24:08,800 and to speak, to change, to do what you want to do. 181 00:24:10,360 --> 00:24:12,280 Too often we come in this place with an agenda. 182 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:15,400 And so today, God, we just want to say we're sorry. 183 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:20,360 We don't need that agenda today. We don't need to check a box. 184 00:24:20,360 --> 00:24:25,840 God, we just want you to move in our lives and to have just a 185 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:31,080 fresh refill, a fresh overflowing. 186 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:34,840 Or maybe, God, someone's needing just a little bit of you because 187 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:38,400 they're completely empty today because they come in this place 188 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,600 tapped out. God, the week has been really 189 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:43,600 difficult. Their month, their year has been 190 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:46,320 really difficult. Maybe they're changing jobs, 191 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:49,880 maybe they're moving homes, maybe they're uniting families. 192 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:52,200 God, whatever The thing is happening in their lives, when 193 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:56,800 someone comes in this place and we call on your name, a savior, 194 00:24:56,800 --> 00:25:00,760 healer, sustainer, provider, God, you're everything we could 195 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:03,280 ever need. God, may they find hope in you 196 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,800 today. May they find peace today. 197 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:16,160 May they find. What you're doing in our lives, 198 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:20,760 and we're different because of how you've changed us, not 199 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:22,920 because we're acting right now, because we're saying the right 200 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:25,520 things, but because you are changing our hearts and our 201 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,640 minds. So God, as we honor you with our 202 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:31,760 song, but we also honor you with our lives. 203 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:34,120 And everything that we do is Pastor Alice comes and speaks 204 00:25:34,120 --> 00:25:40,040 about what it means to reconcile our lives to be more in line 205 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:41,520 with yours. Would you give him the words to 206 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:45,720 speak, to change our hearts, to change our minds, Not just 207 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:47,760 because of what he's saying to God, because the ways you're 208 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:50,320 working through all of us, the ways that we need to be more 209 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:55,200 like you. Help us come back, refill us 210 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:57,440 today. O God, fall fresh in our lives. 211 00:25:58,120 --> 00:26:01,440 You're so good and awesome and everything you do, we love you. 212 00:26:02,120 --> 00:26:03,480 Amen. You can have a seat. 213 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:07,640 It's good to be with you this morning. 214 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:10,640 Turn and tell someone. It's good to see you tell them. 215 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:16,880 And I want to welcome a very special couple guest with us 216 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:20,000 today. Pastor Deb and Brian Crabtree 217 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,520 are over here. Would you guys welcome them? 218 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:30,440 And if you're if if you're new Pastor Deb served on staff here 219 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,800 for over 20 years and then retired a few years ago and move 220 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,040 down to Florida. But it's always good to see you 221 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,400 back. And so it's good to see all of 222 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:40,360 you. Is it good to see me? 223 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,480 Oh, thanks. That makes me feel good. 224 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:46,680 Hey, it's going to be together in the House of Lord today. 225 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:50,320 And and we're talking about radical reconciliation. 226 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:52,600 We're talking about some tough stuff, but I got to tell you, 227 00:26:53,360 --> 00:26:55,720 there's really good stuff in God's Word. 228 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:59,040 It always is. Today there really is. 229 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:02,680 And, and so let me ask you this, have you ever been tested? 230 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:06,120 Have you ever been tested? Nod your head if you've been 231 00:27:06,120 --> 00:27:07,440 tested. Raise your hand if you've been 232 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:10,760 tested, if you ever just felt like, you know, I'm really being 233 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:14,320 tested right now. So this week we had Pizzagate 234 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,400 2025. I had some friends over the 235 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:20,160 house and we ordered some pizzas. 236 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:23,440 I won't tell you from where. It's a great place, but but I 237 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:26,360 ordered some pizzas and I went over our three large pizzas in a 238 00:27:26,360 --> 00:27:28,680 calzone. And so I went to the pizza 239 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:30,680 place. I got there, we ordered it about 240 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:32,520 5:50. They said it would be ready at 241 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:34,800 7:00. So I got there at 7 and there 242 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:36,640 was a big group of people right there. 243 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,920 I went up to the counter. I said my name is Alex Mahaffey. 244 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:41,640 They said, OK, it'll be out in just a minute. 245 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:44,720 And I went back and I sat with all of these people, probably 246 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:46,280 eight people sitting there waiting. 247 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:50,560 And I thought, this isn't good. There's eight people waiting on 248 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,160 pizza. This isn't good. 249 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:55,840 And so I sat there. Well, before I walked back, I 250 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,840 should have told you this. Another gentleman walked up 251 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:03,360 behind me, and he said my name is Alex, and he checked in. 252 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:06,560 So we got another Alex in the equation. 253 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:08,360 OK. And so I go sit down. 254 00:28:08,360 --> 00:28:09,800 I'm sitting there. I say, you guys all waiting on 255 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:11,000 pizza? Yeah, we're waiting on pizza. 256 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,280 OK. How long you been here? 257 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:13,440 A little while. OK. 258 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,320 So I sat there for a while. Well, then about 10 minutes 259 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:22,360 later, my, my new friend Alex walks past me with three pizzas 260 00:28:22,360 --> 00:28:27,480 and another box. And I thought, wait a minute, 261 00:28:29,120 --> 00:28:31,360 you know what? I'm a patient man sometimes. 262 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:33,760 And so, so I said, you know, I'm sitting there. 263 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:35,040 I said, I'll wait a little bit longer. 264 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,480 It's probably just a coincidence that Alex probably just, it's 265 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:40,000 probably just an Alex thing tonight, 3 pizzas in a calzone. 266 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:44,160 And so I sat there. I waited until about 7:25 and 267 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:45,880 I'm just thinking, OK, it's 7:30. 268 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:48,280 I'm going back up. I've been here almost 30 269 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:49,920 minutes. At 7:30, I'm going back up. 270 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:53,360 And so at 7:30 I walked up, I said, hey, Alex Mahaffey 271 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:55,400 checking back in. I've been waiting for a little 272 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:57,800 bit. And they said you already picked 273 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:01,440 up your pizza. I said no, no, I didn't. 274 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:05,400 I'm right here. And, and they said, oh man, you 275 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:08,160 know that the other Alex took your pizzas. 276 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:12,840 He only had one pizza and you had 3 + a calzone and he took 277 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:14,960 it. And I, I just thought it's 278 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:19,480 great, you know, they said if you'll just wait 2530 more 279 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:21,920 minutes, we'll get your order done. 280 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,840 Now listen, I was like, OK, you know, I'm being tested here. 281 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:27,840 Now, guys, this is tricky for me. 282 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:32,880 It's tricky for all of us. But as the pastor of a church, I 283 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:36,520 have to be careful how I act in public because you never know 284 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:39,840 who's going to show up to your church the next Sunday or the 285 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:43,160 Sunday after and say, that's that mean guy at the pizza 286 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:45,840 place. So I'm being tested. 287 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,800 I said, you know what, that's OK, I'll I'll go somewhere, I'll 288 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:50,360 come back. It gave me an opportunity to go 289 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,880 get heartburn medicine because if I eat pizza, I need heartburn 290 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:54,560 medicine. So I went to the store and then 291 00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:56,920 I decided, you know, what would make me feel a lot better about 292 00:29:56,920 --> 00:30:00,840 this hour long wait is getting a nice Coca-Cola from McDonald's. 293 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:02,840 And so I drove over to to McDonald's. 294 00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:05,480 I got in line. There was one person in front of 295 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,560 me, nobody in front of them. I ordered. 296 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:10,520 They got up to the paying window. 297 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:15,040 They paid and then they had about a 5 minute conversation 298 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,440 just hanging out. How you doing? 299 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:20,120 What's going on with you? And I'm just sitting there 300 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:24,280 thinking, yeah, you know, I was here, now I'm here. 301 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:27,400 I'm about to be here. You know, you ever been like, 302 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:29,920 you know, you're just being tested and like you just kind 303 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:32,880 of, you know, just do this with me, do this with your hands, 304 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:34,960 come on. And just, you know, you ever 305 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:38,560 like something happens and it gets a little tighter and do you 306 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:43,440 feel what's happening here? And, you know, eventually I got 307 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:46,560 my Coca-Cola, I got the pizza. You know what? 308 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:51,200 Everything was fine. But but sometimes we live there, 309 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:53,920 don't we? Sometimes we live in that place. 310 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:57,480 In fact, we live in a world that is that is here, right? 311 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:01,600 It seems like so many people are just living with this angst, 312 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:06,880 with this, you know, just deep down anger and bitterness. 313 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:10,400 Today I want to talk about refreshing. 314 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:12,920 Turn to someone and say refreshed. 315 00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:18,240 We sang the we sang a song that said dead things come alive in 316 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:19,880 the name of Jesus. And here's the deal. 317 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:25,360 I think a lot of us, even us good Christian people sometimes 318 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:29,840 are walking around with this bitterness, this anger. 319 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:32,920 Today I believe God wants you to be refreshed. 320 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:36,400 We're in the series Radical reconciliation. 321 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:39,600 I just want to tell you today you have a choice. 322 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:45,640 You don't have to walk around better angry upset. 323 00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:49,760 You can be free. And so so we're in this series. 324 00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:52,320 The first week we talked about the fact that we're invited into 325 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:56,280 this Koinonia fellowship and and listen, praise the Lord you're 326 00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:58,280 here at church today. If you're online, I want to 327 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:01,960 invite you to come and be here with us because there's nothing 328 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:06,280 better than being a part of the body of Christ and you have the 329 00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:08,000 upper you're surrounded by good people today. 330 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:09,480 Look around. These are some good people. 331 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:13,200 These are all good people. There's not a bad one in here, 332 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:17,920 all good people. We are invited into the Koinonia 333 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:22,240 fellowship of the family of God, the body of Christ. 334 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:25,240 You're not just invited to be a part of the church, to come to a 335 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:26,880 church and say I go to that church. 336 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:30,960 God wants to invite you into this tight family that will love 337 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:33,880 you and care for you. And so you are invited. 338 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:36,520 In the second week, we talked about Agape. 339 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:39,320 Love. That radical reconciliation 340 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:43,240 happens because we as followers of Christ are called to love 341 00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:45,960 each other different. We're not just called to be 342 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:48,680 friendly. We're not just called to love 343 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:51,680 each other because we have to. We're supposed to have agape 344 00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:56,560 love, which is unconditional love that forgives and 345 00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:59,040 reconciles. Well, today we're going to talk 346 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:03,080 about being refreshed. So stand with me in honor God's 347 00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:04,080 Word. We're going to read the Word, 348 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,320 and I'm reading all of Philemon chapter 1. 349 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:10,240 It's 25 verses. I want to give you the context 350 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:11,520 really quick. I know some of you have been 351 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:14,280 here 2 weeks and you've heard this, but if you're new, I just 352 00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:15,680 want to catch you up on what's happening. 353 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:17,560 This is Paul's letter to Philemon. 354 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:21,480 Philemon was a member of the Church of Colossi and he had, he 355 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:24,760 was probably a wealthy member of the church and, and he had 356 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:27,320 slaves. And that day it was normal to 357 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:29,400 have slaves. If you are a wealthy person. 358 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:32,840 Sometimes that was because of a battle that somebody won and you 359 00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:35,640 took in slaves instead of eliminating them. 360 00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:39,040 Sometimes a family was in debt. And so they would kind of give 361 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:41,120 themselves or their family members as slaves. 362 00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:44,120 Listen, I, I want to say this, we're going to talk about this 363 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:48,080 more next week. God's Word does not say that 364 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:52,920 slavery is OK, but the reality is God always meets us in the 365 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:55,840 brokenness of our world and calls us to something better. 366 00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:58,080 So. So Philemon was probably a 367 00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:01,760 wealthy guy in the church and he had slaves and one of them was 368 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:04,560 Onissimus. And Onissimus at one point 369 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:07,600 wronged him. He probably we think stole from 370 00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:11,440 him and then he ran away. And when he ran away, he ended 371 00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:18,920 up 1300 miles away, ran into Paul, and God changed his heart. 372 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:24,880 And Onissimus realized he had been wrong and he accepted Jesus 373 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:30,239 as his savior and he changed. Now Paul is sending this letter 374 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:33,000 back with Onissimus. You're going to make the journey 375 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:34,560 back. You're going to take this letter 376 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:38,280 and you're going to seek reconciliation, radical 377 00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:41,239 reconciliation from Philemon. So that's the context of this 378 00:34:41,679 --> 00:34:42,400 letter. I'll read it. 379 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:43,880 You can follow along on the screen. 380 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:48,679 He says Paul prisoner of Christ Jesus and Timothy, our brother 381 00:34:48,679 --> 00:34:51,719 to Philemon and our dear friend and fellow work, our dear friend 382 00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:54,719 and fellow worker. Also to Afia, our sister and 383 00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:57,480 archivist, our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets in 384 00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:00,080 your home. Grace and peace to you from God 385 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:01,880 our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 386 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:05,440 I always thank my God as I remember you and my prayers 387 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,360 because I hear about your love for all his holy people and your 388 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:12,120 faith in the Lord Jesus. I pray that our your partnership 389 00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:14,960 with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your 390 00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:18,280 understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of 391 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:21,760 Christ. Your love has given me great joy 392 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:25,200 and encouragement because you, brother, have refreshed the 393 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:27,120 hearts of the Lord's people. Say refreshed. 394 00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:32,920 Therefore, although in Christ I could be bold and I could order 395 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:36,120 you to do what you ought to do, yet I prefer to appeal to you on 396 00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:39,320 the basis of love. It is none other than Paul, an 397 00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:42,720 old man and now also a prisoner in Christ Jesus, that I appeal 398 00:35:42,720 --> 00:35:46,920 to you for my son Onissimus. He, he became my son while I was 399 00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:49,680 in chains. Formerly he was useless to you, 400 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:52,960 but now he has become useful both to you and to me. 401 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:56,600 I am sending him, who is my very heart back to you. 402 00:35:57,360 --> 00:36:00,000 I would have liked to keep him with me so that he could take 403 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:03,000 your place in helping me while I'm in chains for the gospel, 404 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:06,800 but I did not want to do anything without your consent, 405 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:10,480 so that any favor you do would not seem forced, but would be 406 00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:13,560 voluntary. Perhaps the reason he was 407 00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:16,680 separated from you for a little while was that you might have 408 00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:20,520 him back forever, no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, 409 00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:23,440 as a dear brother. He's very dear to me, but even 410 00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:25,720 dearer to you, both as a fellow man and as a brother and the 411 00:36:25,720 --> 00:36:29,000 Lord. So if you consider me a partner, 412 00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:32,480 welcome him as you would welcome me. 413 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:35,520 If he's done you any wrong or owes you anything, charge it to 414 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:38,120 me. I, Paul, am writing this with my 415 00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:40,920 own hand. I will pay it back, not to 416 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:43,800 mention that you owe me your very self. 417 00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:47,240 I do wish, brother, that I may have some benefit from you and 418 00:36:47,240 --> 00:36:51,600 the Lord. Refresh, say refresh, refresh my 419 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:54,840 heart in Christ, confident in your obedience, I write to you 420 00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:57,360 knowing that you will do even more than I ask. 421 00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:02,360 And one more thing, prepare a guest room for me, because I 422 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:04,960 hope to be restored to you and answer to your prayers. 423 00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:07,240 Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus sends you 424 00:37:07,240 --> 00:37:09,880 greetings. So to Mark, Aristarchus, Dimas 425 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:13,760 and Luke, my fellow workers, the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ 426 00:37:14,240 --> 00:37:16,200 be with your spirit. Praise Lord, you can have a 427 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:17,920 seat. Hey, way to go. 428 00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:23,800 We made it through 25 verses. Philemon, the Paul's letter to 429 00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:27,280 Philemon calling him to radical reconciliation. 430 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:30,320 So we've talked about being invited into the Koinonia 431 00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:33,240 fellowship, the body of Christ. We've talked about agape love. 432 00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:36,240 And last week I, I really hammered at home that we as 433 00:37:36,240 --> 00:37:39,000 followers of Christ are, are required. 434 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:42,000 I mean it. We can't follow Jesus without 435 00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:45,080 being a people of reconciliation and forgiveness. 436 00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:49,240 Today I want to talk about the fact that there's a cost and 437 00:37:49,240 --> 00:37:52,080 there's a reward to reconciliation. 438 00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:54,640 There's a cost and there's a reward. 439 00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:56,400 So First off, let's start with the cost. 440 00:37:56,400 --> 00:38:00,400 There is always a cost and reconciliation. 441 00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:02,080 I'm going to move pretty quick through this. 442 00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:06,400 In verse 12, Paul says I'm sending him who's my very heart 443 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:09,040 back to you. I would have liked to keep him 444 00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:11,960 with me so that he could take your place in helping me while 445 00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:14,480 I'm in chains for the gospel. But I did not want to do 446 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:17,960 anything without your consent so that any favor you would do, you 447 00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:21,800 do would not seem forced, but would be voluntary. 448 00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:23,920 There's a cost. There's a cost for Paul. 449 00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:26,280 I mean, Paul didn't even do anything wrong. 450 00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:28,000 He's just a minister for the gospel. 451 00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:32,400 But there's a cost to Paul. There's a cost to Onissimus who 452 00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:34,880 did something wrong. And then there's a cost to 453 00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:40,080 Philemon, who's being asked to bring, to forgive, to reconcile 454 00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:45,240 this. Paul's cost is this, Paul is in 455 00:38:45,240 --> 00:38:46,640 chains. He's in prison. 456 00:38:46,640 --> 00:38:50,400 He's writing this from prison and he has this new friend, this 457 00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:52,600 buddy that's helping him and taking care of him. 458 00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:55,960 Paul had a heart for the church. He was a minister and and he's 459 00:38:56,080 --> 00:39:00,800 he's stuck in chains, but he has this new brother or son, he says 460 00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:03,720 Onissimus, and that's a great thing for him. 461 00:39:03,720 --> 00:39:06,680 He says he's helping me doing the work that I need, that the 462 00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:08,560 work that you used to do. He's helping. 463 00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:14,120 I would love to have kept him here, but he needs to go to you 464 00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:19,720 and he needs to make this right. The first cost is this guy's 465 00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:26,000 reconciliation means that we choose what's right over what's 466 00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:30,920 easy, and that can be costly. Think about this. 467 00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:36,240 Paul not only sent his friend Oniss, Onissimus travelled a 468 00:39:36,240 --> 00:39:39,960 long way and we'll get to him in a minute, but there is a cost 469 00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:44,080 and reconciliation. Choosing to reconcile, choosing 470 00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:50,920 to forgive, choosing to to allow what's broken to be fixed is 471 00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:56,040 important because it's right. It's not easy. 472 00:39:57,200 --> 00:40:01,840 It's it's rarely ever easy. Reconciliation means choosing 473 00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:08,560 what's right over what's easy. It's worth doing because it's 474 00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:12,440 right. It's the right way to live. 475 00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:17,360 It's a it's a matter of our heart and our conscience, guys. 476 00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:20,920 If we are living with pain and brokenness, if we're living in 477 00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:28,200 this place, if we have broken relationships with others, it's 478 00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:30,080 right to fix it. It's not easy. 479 00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:32,280 Our culture says take the easy way out. 480 00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:36,760 Move to the other side of town, go to a different church, stop, 481 00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:37,960 talk. Sit on the other side of the 482 00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:41,400 sanctuary from them. Leave work, go to a different 483 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:43,600 place, shop at a different place. 484 00:40:43,720 --> 00:40:45,480 Do this. There's easy. 485 00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:47,840 The easy thing is to run away from something. 486 00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:51,000 The right thing is to fix it. And Paul says, listen, it would 487 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:54,760 be much easier for me if I if I kept Onissimus here. 488 00:40:55,720 --> 00:40:59,240 But it's not what's right. And what needs to happen is 489 00:40:59,240 --> 00:41:02,400 radical reconciliation. So I'm sending him back. 490 00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:05,680 That's Paul's part. But then he says this, this 491 00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:08,520 great thing. He says, I could order you to do 492 00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:09,840 this. I could tell you to do this. 493 00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:14,480 I have the authority to force you to reconcile, but instead 494 00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:18,440 I'm choosing to allow you to choose it. 495 00:41:18,720 --> 00:41:20,480 All right? I've got four boys. 496 00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:25,400 They fight on a daily basis. You guys know that, right? 497 00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:27,160 If you have kids, you know kids fight. 498 00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:32,560 Four boys daily basis fighting and it happens all the time 499 00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:36,720 where something happens and there's, you know, this, this is 500 00:41:36,720 --> 00:41:38,680 where we live a lot of times with the boys. 501 00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:42,160 And and if if you're a parent, then you know this. 502 00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:44,680 If you're not, then I'll just explain it to you. 503 00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:47,720 Usually as a parent, what we do in that situation, as we say, 504 00:41:47,720 --> 00:41:51,240 you need to go apologize to your brother for spitting on him, for 505 00:41:51,240 --> 00:41:55,480 hitting him, for jumping on him, for stealing from him for yeah, 506 00:41:55,480 --> 00:42:00,680 all those things happen guys. You need to go apologize, and 507 00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:03,320 you know what happens? Fine. 508 00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:13,120 I'm sorry, jerk. I mean, that's pretty much how 509 00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:15,640 it goes. We're not perfect, pastors, 510 00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:19,960 family not perfect. OK, we could force them to do 511 00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:20,640 it. We do. 512 00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:24,160 We need to as parents. But the truth is, if they're 513 00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:27,800 doing something because they're forced, there's not a lot of 514 00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:30,360 weight behind it. And usually when that happens, 515 00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:34,960 we say, hey, go back and say it like you mean it, fine. 516 00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:46,880 I'm sorry, jerk. The truth of the matter is this, 517 00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:50,400 you know, Paul says I have the authority to make you do this, 518 00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:53,200 but this is something you need to choose. 519 00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:57,840 And for Onissimus, and for Philemon, they needed to choose 520 00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:01,000 to do the right thing and to bring healing. 521 00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:04,360 He could say you're forced to, but that wouldn't really solve 522 00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:06,160 it, would it? There wouldn't really be true 523 00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:09,320 healing. And so Onissimus had a cost, 524 00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:12,240 too. He had to go back, and he had to 525 00:43:12,240 --> 00:43:14,480 admit what's wrong. How many of us like to admit 526 00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:19,120 when we're wrong? None of us like to admit when 527 00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:22,120 we're wrong. Onissimus had to travel back. 528 00:43:22,120 --> 00:43:24,600 He had to walk back into Philemon's house, and he had to 529 00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:27,600 say, I was wrong. I'm sorry. 530 00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:32,280 They just admit it. Don't be mean about it. 531 00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:33,480 Just tell them. Matter of fact. 532 00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:36,360 Just admit it. You know what? 533 00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:42,480 If we could get that part right, it would change so much if we 534 00:43:42,480 --> 00:43:44,480 can just admit when we're wrong. Guess what? 535 00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:47,160 I'm wrong all the time. Just the other day I had to 536 00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:48,560 admit Megan. I'm sorry. 537 00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:52,560 I was wrong. And I was boys. 538 00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:54,960 I'm sorry. I was wrong. 539 00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:57,320 I shouldn't have handled myself that way. 540 00:43:57,520 --> 00:43:59,040 You deserved it, but I shouldn't have. 541 00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:02,640 No, that's not how to say it. Just admit it. 542 00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:05,800 Onissimus had to walk back, and there was a cost. 543 00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:10,480 He had to take that risk. He had to humble himself. 544 00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:12,800 See. Reconciliation requires 545 00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:15,000 humility. We have to admit we're wrong. 546 00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:17,120 So I also have a dog. You've heard me talk about my 547 00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:18,400 kids plenty. You've heard me talk about my 548 00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:20,680 dog plenty. My dog Baxter. 549 00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:25,560 Not my favorite dog. Every once in a while Baxter 550 00:44:25,560 --> 00:44:28,360 will get into something he shouldn't and he'll get some 551 00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:30,440 trash. He'll get something, you know, a 552 00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:32,160 sock or a piece of clothing. And. 553 00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:35,800 And I go, and I say Baxter let go of it. 554 00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:39,640 And Baxter looks at me and laughs at me with his evil smile 555 00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:43,120 and I say let go of it. And then I grab the other end of 556 00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:47,400 it and he clinches tight. You know this again. 557 00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:53,680 And we have this giant standoff Baxter and I do Baxter, let it 558 00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:57,400 go. You guys have this with your 559 00:44:57,400 --> 00:44:59,000 dog. Am I the only one? 560 00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:03,280 And Baxter is one of the most stubborn dogs and I'm probably 561 00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:06,720 one of the most stubborn people. So doesn't usually work well. 562 00:45:06,720 --> 00:45:09,800 But but here's the deal, like Baxter, you're not going to win. 563 00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:16,000 You're a 15 or 20 LB dog. I'm a £230 man and it's not 564 00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:17,760 going to end well for you. But he fights it. 565 00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:20,440 He fights. I'm not letting go. 566 00:45:21,240 --> 00:45:28,480 And eventually I win. See, at some point, we, we've 567 00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:31,960 we've got to admit we're wrong. Baxter's not very good at it. 568 00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:33,360 You know what? We're not very good at it, are 569 00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:34,920 we? But. 570 00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:38,480 But Onissimus has to go back and he has to admit that he's wrong. 571 00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:42,520 The cost is that he has to walk back in sheepishly and say, hey, 572 00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:49,040 I'm sorry, I blew it. Forgive me, that's hard for us. 573 00:45:49,040 --> 00:45:52,880 Then there's Philemon's cost. CEO Nismus comes back to him and 574 00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:56,440 Paul says, you know, when he comes back to you, he's gonna 575 00:45:56,440 --> 00:45:59,320 humble himself. But but there's a cost for you 576 00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:01,760 as well because see, you have been wronged. 577 00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:05,400 You have been maybe stolen from. We don't know exactly if it's 578 00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:08,000 stolen, but something wrong has happened. 579 00:46:08,120 --> 00:46:10,760 And then Onissimus ran away from you. 580 00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:13,400 It's not right what he did. But Paul says when he comes 581 00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:15,520 back, I want you to accept him back. 582 00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:18,560 He doesn't just say accept. He says I want you to welcome 583 00:46:18,560 --> 00:46:24,320 him back, not as a slave again. Welcome him back as if you're 584 00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:28,200 welcoming me. And so the cost in this is 585 00:46:28,200 --> 00:46:32,840 Philemon has to then humble himself and he has to let go. 586 00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:38,480 And he has to say, OK, I forgive you and I let it go. 587 00:46:38,760 --> 00:46:43,360 Guys, you know how often we hold on to things. 588 00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:48,200 You know how often we refuse to forgive over stupid things. 589 00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:52,560 Guys, how often do you hold on to something? 590 00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:57,040 I mean, guys, an hour waiting on pizza, who cares? 591 00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:01,520 Who cares 5 minutes in a drive through. 592 00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:06,480 And, and the, the tendency is for us to, you know, it just 593 00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:08,080 builds and it builds and it builds. 594 00:47:08,080 --> 00:47:11,400 And we live in a world that walks around with this chip on 595 00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:14,240 our shoulder with this anger, with this bitterness. 596 00:47:16,920 --> 00:47:20,800 And usually it's not even over anything super important. 597 00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:23,760 You know what Paul's saying to Philemon? 598 00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:26,120 He's saying there's a cost. You've got to let this go, 599 00:47:26,120 --> 00:47:30,040 You've got to forgive. But there's far more benefit 600 00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:34,640 than cost. Let it go, guys. 601 00:47:35,120 --> 00:47:38,480 Reconciliation means sometimes we've got to choose to forgive 602 00:47:40,120 --> 00:47:41,640 even when people don't deserve it. 603 00:47:42,800 --> 00:47:48,080 Not to treat people with what they deserve, but to treat them 604 00:47:48,480 --> 00:47:52,800 with reconciliation. Here's a here's the thing. 605 00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:58,080 Reconciliation requires choosing to be right with people instead 606 00:47:58,080 --> 00:48:01,760 of being choosing to be right over people. 607 00:48:02,360 --> 00:48:05,320 And there's a big difference. See, when someone wrongs you, 608 00:48:05,320 --> 00:48:09,960 you have the moral high ground. You can say, well, I hold this 609 00:48:09,960 --> 00:48:13,360 over you. Paul's saying don't do, don't 610 00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:19,600 live here because that's this. Choose to be right with each 611 00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:22,320 other instead of over each other. 612 00:48:23,120 --> 00:48:25,600 Listen guys, I want to tell you this, and this is super 613 00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:31,560 important. People matter far more than 614 00:48:31,560 --> 00:48:35,360 money or things or an hour of your night. 615 00:48:37,160 --> 00:48:40,320 The greatest gift that God gives us is His love and grace. 616 00:48:40,720 --> 00:48:43,560 Another great gift He gives us is the people around us. 617 00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:49,520 And we can live here and we can be at odds with others, or we 618 00:48:49,520 --> 00:48:54,840 can choose reconciliation and we can choose to be with each other 619 00:48:55,640 --> 00:48:56,960 instead of over each other, right? 620 00:48:56,960 --> 00:49:01,000 Here's your bonus point. Today when God calls us to 621 00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:06,880 reconcile, God's not calling us to do anything that he hasn't 622 00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:09,880 already done for us. Listen to verse 17. 623 00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:14,560 Paul says if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you 624 00:49:14,560 --> 00:49:17,080 would welcome me. If he's done anything, if he has 625 00:49:17,080 --> 00:49:20,040 done you any wrong or owes you anything, charge it to me. 626 00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:23,240 I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand. 627 00:49:23,240 --> 00:49:25,440 I will pay it back. And then these last words, these 628 00:49:25,440 --> 00:49:31,880 are clever words, he says, not to mention that you owe me your 629 00:49:31,880 --> 00:49:35,160 very self. Paul says, listen, I know he's 630 00:49:35,160 --> 00:49:38,840 wronged you. I know there's a cost and, and 631 00:49:38,840 --> 00:49:42,040 Paul says, listen, if there's a cost, I'll pay it, it's worth 632 00:49:42,040 --> 00:49:43,520 it. I'll pay it, charge it to me. 633 00:49:43,520 --> 00:49:45,640 But then he says, hey, don't forget Philemon. 634 00:49:46,040 --> 00:49:49,080 And, and I don't think Paul's trying to pull a power card 635 00:49:49,080 --> 00:49:50,720 here. I don't think this is a, a 636 00:49:50,720 --> 00:49:53,600 lawyer tactic saying you can't charge me anything. 637 00:49:53,720 --> 00:49:57,720 I think what Paul's doing here is he's reminding Philemon that 638 00:49:57,720 --> 00:50:02,480 that the cost that that Onissimus owes him is nothing 639 00:50:02,480 --> 00:50:07,160 different than the cost that he owed Jesus, that he owed God. 640 00:50:08,920 --> 00:50:11,640 And here's the truth guys. The things we hold on to, the 641 00:50:11,640 --> 00:50:14,840 things we, I can't, can't let that go. 642 00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:20,400 The truth is we have a savior that came, Jesus Christ, God's 643 00:50:20,400 --> 00:50:23,960 only son that came and died on a cross to pay for our sins. 644 00:50:23,960 --> 00:50:26,680 And so Paul is saying, listen, if there's something wrong, I 645 00:50:26,680 --> 00:50:30,560 will do the Christ like thing and I will take the penalty. 646 00:50:30,560 --> 00:50:36,480 But don't forget, Philemon, that your very life is a gift from 647 00:50:36,480 --> 00:50:39,920 God. That's huge, guys. 648 00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:45,480 When we're living here and we can't reconcile, just remember 649 00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:52,280 what God's done for you. You know, someone stole my 650 00:50:52,280 --> 00:50:58,320 pizza. I've told this story before. 651 00:50:58,320 --> 00:50:59,920 I won't, I won't spend a long time on it. 652 00:50:59,920 --> 00:51:04,560 But when I was in 7th grade all my friends used to walk down to 653 00:51:04,560 --> 00:51:08,120 the 711 after church every week and they they would steal just 654 00:51:08,520 --> 00:51:11,600 because they could and I never did. 655 00:51:11,600 --> 00:51:17,440 Except one day I didn't have any money so I went with them. 656 00:51:18,400 --> 00:51:21,600 I took one pack of chewy sprees, one stupid pack. 657 00:51:23,920 --> 00:51:30,480 I was wrong, and so how can I get mad at someone else for 658 00:51:30,480 --> 00:51:33,280 stealing a couple pizzas that I eventually got anyway? 659 00:51:34,280 --> 00:51:36,680 How can I be mad at someone else for stealing? 660 00:51:36,800 --> 00:51:39,680 How can I be mad at someone else for cutting me off in traffic 661 00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:41,880 when I cut people off in traffic all the time? 662 00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:51,640 Sorry, guys, probably cut some of you off in traffic, Paul 663 00:51:51,640 --> 00:51:54,000 says, welcoming back. Reconcile. 664 00:51:55,600 --> 00:51:58,920 Don't forget that there's a God that reconciled you. 665 00:51:58,920 --> 00:52:00,440 Here's the good news today, guys. 666 00:52:01,840 --> 00:52:07,240 I don't care, but it is. God loves you so much that He 667 00:52:07,240 --> 00:52:14,320 sent His one and only Son, and when you didn't deserve it, He 668 00:52:14,320 --> 00:52:17,880 paid the price for you to be reconciled. 669 00:52:19,160 --> 00:52:23,600 How can we hold anything against anyone else? 670 00:52:26,320 --> 00:52:29,840 There's always a cost to reconciliation. 671 00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:33,200 Reconciliation always has a cost. 672 00:52:33,200 --> 00:52:37,240 But let me say this, reconciliation is always worth 673 00:52:37,240 --> 00:52:38,560 it. I'm going to zip through this 674 00:52:38,560 --> 00:52:43,840 last part, verse 11. He says that Onissimus formerly, 675 00:52:43,840 --> 00:52:50,040 formerly he was useless to you. Now he has become useful to both 676 00:52:50,040 --> 00:52:51,760 you and me. Now let me explain that. 677 00:52:51,760 --> 00:52:55,160 That sounds kind of, that sounds weird. 678 00:52:56,240 --> 00:52:59,720 What Paul's saying here is that, you know, before Philemon, you 679 00:52:59,720 --> 00:53:01,840 had a slave that you could order around. 680 00:53:01,840 --> 00:53:04,240 You could tell him what to do. And he did what you told him to 681 00:53:04,240 --> 00:53:06,680 do because he had to. But he was just a slave. 682 00:53:06,680 --> 00:53:08,600 He didn't love you. He didn't care about you. 683 00:53:08,840 --> 00:53:10,760 He wasn't all about your business. 684 00:53:10,880 --> 00:53:13,520 He just did what you told him to do because he had to. 685 00:53:13,520 --> 00:53:16,560 He said formerly he was pretty much useless to you, but now 686 00:53:16,560 --> 00:53:20,520 he's become useful. He says, I want you to welcome 687 00:53:20,520 --> 00:53:24,280 him back, not as a slave, as a brother. 688 00:53:25,760 --> 00:53:28,720 And so there's a reward with reconciliation. 689 00:53:29,560 --> 00:53:34,720 See, when we're at odds with someone, they're kind of useless 690 00:53:34,720 --> 00:53:39,200 to us, aren't they? I mean, if there's someone you 691 00:53:39,200 --> 00:53:41,640 can't even look at or talk to, there's it. 692 00:53:41,640 --> 00:53:43,560 It really damages the relationship. 693 00:53:43,560 --> 00:53:46,440 There's not much you're getting. In fact, I would even make the 694 00:53:46,440 --> 00:53:50,080 case that that that's only making you more and more bitter 695 00:53:50,080 --> 00:53:55,240 and angry, Paul says. But now Onissimus has changed, 696 00:53:56,640 --> 00:54:01,080 and now he's useful to us, not because we've got to use him, 697 00:54:01,080 --> 00:54:03,400 but because now we're all on the same team. 698 00:54:03,960 --> 00:54:06,760 We're on mission together. Reconciliation brings us 699 00:54:06,760 --> 00:54:09,360 together and puts us on mission together. 700 00:54:09,440 --> 00:54:12,440 We become not enemies, but we become allies. 701 00:54:12,440 --> 00:54:14,960 Guys, it's important in life to have allies, right? 702 00:54:16,840 --> 00:54:21,600 Reconciliation opens the door for enemies to become allies, 703 00:54:22,760 --> 00:54:27,480 and now we are all serving the same purpose, the same God. 704 00:54:29,320 --> 00:54:32,080 And verse 15, perhaps the reason he was separated from you for a 705 00:54:32,080 --> 00:54:34,280 little while was that you might have him back forever, no longer 706 00:54:34,280 --> 00:54:36,240 as a slave, but better than a slave, as a dear brother. 707 00:54:36,240 --> 00:54:39,680 He's very dear to me, but even dearer to you both as a fellow 708 00:54:39,680 --> 00:54:45,800 man, as a brother, and the Lord. Reconciliation puts us on 709 00:54:45,800 --> 00:54:49,320 mission together. It also ties us much more deeply 710 00:54:49,320 --> 00:54:52,120 together. When you go through something 711 00:54:52,120 --> 00:54:56,680 with someone, when you forgive something, when there's a 712 00:54:56,680 --> 00:55:00,720 brokenness or a wrong and it's made right, your relationship 713 00:55:00,720 --> 00:55:03,480 deepens far more than it ever could have been before. 714 00:55:04,320 --> 00:55:07,720 He says he was a slave. Now you gain a brother. 715 00:55:09,160 --> 00:55:14,600 That's a beautiful thing. Then this is where I really want 716 00:55:14,600 --> 00:55:20,880 to get to say refreshed with me. Verse 7, Paul says, your love 717 00:55:20,880 --> 00:55:24,120 has given me great joy and encouragement because you 718 00:55:24,120 --> 00:55:28,440 brother, have refreshed the hearts of the Lord's people. 719 00:55:28,440 --> 00:55:32,720 Then in verse 20, he says, I do wish brother, that I may have 720 00:55:32,720 --> 00:55:34,520 some benefit from you in the Lord. 721 00:55:35,360 --> 00:55:40,720 Refresh my heart in Christ. I do this again with me. 722 00:55:40,720 --> 00:55:42,160 Take your hands. I know, I know, I'm really 723 00:55:42,160 --> 00:55:44,040 making you do a lot today. This is good. 724 00:55:44,040 --> 00:55:48,400 This is interactive sermon and you know that sometimes when 725 00:55:48,400 --> 00:55:52,120 you're being tested, when you've had it up to here and it just 726 00:55:52,120 --> 00:55:55,080 keeps getting worse, you just just gets tighter and tighter. 727 00:55:55,160 --> 00:55:56,680 Do the keep doing this. Come on, it's good. 728 00:55:56,680 --> 00:56:00,400 I want you to feel this. And there's angst and there's 729 00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:03,040 bitterness and there's heaviness. 730 00:56:04,560 --> 00:56:10,120 And Paul says, hey, we need you to reconcile because when we 731 00:56:10,120 --> 00:56:13,440 reconcile, we are refreshed. Let me tell you what those words 732 00:56:13,440 --> 00:56:17,000 mean. The word refresh is anapao and 733 00:56:17,960 --> 00:56:24,920 it means to give rest or to ease up or to relax something that's 734 00:56:24,920 --> 00:56:27,320 strained. And so, so think about we were 735 00:56:27,320 --> 00:56:32,280 here and he says refresh my heart and refreshing means we we 736 00:56:32,280 --> 00:56:36,560 can rest, we can ease up. He says, refresh my heart. 737 00:56:36,560 --> 00:56:39,520 Now, I hate to tell you, but that word isn't necessarily 738 00:56:39,520 --> 00:56:44,640 technically translated heart. In fact, it's, it's splenon and 739 00:56:44,640 --> 00:56:51,800 it, it actually means your bowels, your inner being, 740 00:56:52,320 --> 00:56:55,520 because you guys know this guys when you're holding on to 741 00:56:55,520 --> 00:56:57,880 bitterness. And I know this because I've 742 00:56:57,880 --> 00:57:00,680 seen it. I've seen it and I've felt it 743 00:57:00,680 --> 00:57:02,120 before. When you're holding on to 744 00:57:02,120 --> 00:57:04,480 something, when you have anger and you have bitterness, you 745 00:57:04,480 --> 00:57:08,320 have this tightness inside, deep inside of you, and it's like you 746 00:57:08,320 --> 00:57:10,680 can feel the wrong that's going on. 747 00:57:12,200 --> 00:57:18,880 Paul says if you'll reconcile, you can ease up, you can relax, 748 00:57:19,960 --> 00:57:24,960 your insides can be refreshed. You don't have to walk around 749 00:57:24,960 --> 00:57:28,400 like this. You can walk around free. 750 00:57:29,760 --> 00:57:33,360 Reconciliation restores our soul. 751 00:57:33,680 --> 00:57:35,080 Guys. Today I got good news. 752 00:57:36,480 --> 00:57:42,280 If you're walking around and you're feeling it, if someone 753 00:57:42,280 --> 00:57:44,640 wronged you a long time ago and you've been carrying it with 754 00:57:44,640 --> 00:57:47,680 you, maybe just it's been a tough week and and it's just 755 00:57:47,680 --> 00:57:53,240 been getting more and more Today you can be refreshed. 756 00:57:54,320 --> 00:57:58,280 There's a God that loves you and if you'll surrender it to him, 757 00:57:58,760 --> 00:58:03,040 not only will he refresh your heart and soul, but then you can 758 00:58:03,040 --> 00:58:04,960 make things right with someone else. 759 00:58:06,160 --> 00:58:07,840 Stand with me, worship team, Come on up. 760 00:58:12,040 --> 00:58:14,240 Maybe someone stole some pizza from you this week. 761 00:58:16,320 --> 00:58:19,080 Maybe someone cost you an extra 5 minutes in a drive through. 762 00:58:20,360 --> 00:58:23,520 Maybe someone did something really, really bad to you a long 763 00:58:23,520 --> 00:58:26,960 time ago. Maybe someone hurt you in a 764 00:58:27,000 --> 00:58:35,160 major, major, major way. Maybe you hurt someone else and 765 00:58:35,160 --> 00:58:36,920 you've been living in this place. 766 00:58:38,080 --> 00:58:43,880 Our world is living here, guys. Our God says you're invited into 767 00:58:43,880 --> 00:58:47,600 the fellowship where you will love each other with an 768 00:58:47,600 --> 00:58:50,360 unconditional love. And today you can be free. 769 00:58:51,360 --> 00:58:53,120 So today I want to invite you. We're going to sing a couple 770 00:58:53,120 --> 00:58:55,600 songs, and I just want to invite you to respond to God's word. 771 00:58:55,600 --> 00:58:57,000 And listen, these altars are a place. 772 00:58:57,000 --> 00:59:01,320 They're not a place of shame. There's nothing wrong with 773 00:59:01,320 --> 00:59:02,880 coming to an altar. It doesn't mean you're a bad 774 00:59:02,880 --> 00:59:04,400 person. And in fact, it's a place of 775 00:59:04,400 --> 00:59:10,320 victory and freedom because when you're like this, he can free 776 00:59:10,320 --> 00:59:13,560 you. So if there's something in your 777 00:59:13,560 --> 00:59:16,200 life, maybe there's something that's been weighing on your 778 00:59:16,200 --> 00:59:19,600 mind today, I would invite you to surrender that. 779 00:59:20,120 --> 00:59:23,240 You can come to an altar. You can pray where you are. 780 00:59:23,720 --> 00:59:26,040 You can go find someone, whatever you got to do. 781 00:59:26,760 --> 00:59:28,440 Let's surrender and respond to God's Word. 782 00:59:28,440 --> 00:59:33,360 Father, I pray you'd speak to us today, lead us to refreshing. 783 00:59:33,960 --> 00:59:38,560 If there's anyone in here, it's walking in tightness and pain 784 00:59:38,920 --> 00:59:42,240 and heaviness. Today I pray we would surrender 785 00:59:42,240 --> 00:59:44,320 to you. We give you everything. 786 00:59:44,760 --> 00:59:49,640 Speak to us, lead us, guide us, help us to be obedient, refresh 787 00:59:49,640 --> 00:59:51,800 us. Lord in Jesus name, Amen.