1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,040 Welcome to the Illuminate Church podcast. 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:05,640 We hope today's message is encouraging to you. 3 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:10,480 We're in this series called Abandoned, and in this series 4 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:13,000 I've been getting some feedback from you all that it's actually 5 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:16,560 changing the attitude of your heart, the posture of your mind 6 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:19,640 as you approach the Lord. In this series, we're doing 7 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,280 singing and then we do the Word and then we do confession and 8 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:27,800 then we do more singing at the end as a response to what God is 9 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:30,360 doing in this series. Abandoned. 10 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:34,120 Abandoned is the the world, the word you want to hold on to as 11 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,880 we're considering what I feel like God has put on our hearts 12 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:40,920 for 2026, which is to leave behind the world and its 13 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:42,560 trappings that come with bondage. 14 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:44,840 It's incomplete, it's unsatisfying, it's not 15 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,440 fulfilling, it's broken. All of this is over here. 16 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:51,680 And to embody, to walk into the fullness of our identity as sons 17 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:55,200 and daughters of the living God, citizens of the Kingdom of 18 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:58,360 heaven, where there is no shortage, where there is 19 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:01,440 abundance in surplus, Right? It's not just a little bit of 20 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:03,760 more, it's a lot of more. There's wholeness, there's 21 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:06,080 completeness. You're not dissatisfied, which 22 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:07,280 we're going to talk about next week. 23 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:09,720 Satisfied. Finally, if you're going to come 24 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:15,880 to the next sermon, do I call these sermons sermons? 25 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:18,320 Who calls them sermons anymore? This the next message in the 26 00:01:18,320 --> 00:01:20,800 series. So how do we do that Is is by 27 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:22,920 abandoning and how do we abandoned? 28 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:24,600 That's what we've been teaching in this series. 29 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:28,240 Abandonment looks like worship to abandon the world and walk in 30 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:29,800 our fullness of as children of God. 31 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:33,640 It looks like is worship. Everyone say worship, worship, 32 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:35,560 Amen. Worship is the path that we walk 33 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:38,600 to abandon our old life and walk into the newness of life with 34 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,720 Jesus Christ. But what exactly is worship? 35 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:47,240 Is it Z 88.3 Orlando right? Is that what it is? 36 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,400 Is worship just singing? We have this working definition. 37 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:53,120 It's not really a definition of worship. 38 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:55,200 It's just how it functionally works. 39 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:59,840 It looks like this God acts and humanity response. 40 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:02,520 Is it up there? Let's all say it together. 123, 41 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:07,320 God acts and humanity responds. Last week, we talked about how 42 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:09,680 God acts. And I pray that you left feeling 43 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,960 like you just received a big old hug of love from God. 44 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:14,880 Anybody. Anybody feel this last week? 45 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,440 Yeah. So precious, so powerful and so 46 00:02:17,640 --> 00:02:21,240 personal to each of you is the love of God. 47 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:25,040 And it causes us to respond. We always have a reason to 48 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,640 respond. God acts, humanity responds. 2 49 00:02:27,640 --> 00:02:31,000 years ago this month, we opened the campus of Illuminate Church 50 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,080 to the world. Yeah. 51 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:35,360 Anybody remember? Yeah. 52 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:39,680 Here's what I remember. The roof shook and reverberated 53 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,920 with the praise of God's people because we were literally 54 00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:47,120 walking on, standing in God's promises for years. 55 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:51,080 We made thousands of laps of prayer around this land. 56 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:54,160 Literally thousands of lap. Kim Linaway did 1000 by herself. 57 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:56,560 Kim, are you here? She's usually over there. 58 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:58,360 Maybe she's at the 9. And I didn't say her name. 59 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:02,360 And now I feel bad. Kim that in the past we were 60 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:05,240 talking about you. So we prayed over this land and 61 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,440 one of the promises we pray was Genesis chapter 1317. 62 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,920 It was on a sign way over there and it says walk the length and 63 00:03:11,920 --> 00:03:15,000 breadth of the land for I the Lord your God am giving it to 64 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,760 you. And on February 2024 we realize 65 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:20,360 that promise. There was a sign over here, 66 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:24,120 Zechariah chapter 2 verse five that says I will be the fire 67 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:27,240 around and I will be the glory within. 68 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,040 And when we walked into the building February 2024, we 69 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:32,920 witnessed, we experienced the promise of God that He is the 70 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:34,800 glory, He is the fire, He is the one thing. 71 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:38,360 Aren't you glad he's the fire today in Jesus name, Hallelujah. 72 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:40,760 So we were standing in the promises. 73 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,640 And because we were standing in the promises and saw them 74 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,400 fulfilled, the response was overwhelming. 75 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:49,080 It sounded like the courses of angels in the heavens. 76 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:52,320 Just worship and worship and worship is incredible time. 77 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:56,160 We had a reason to respond. God acts, humanity responds. 78 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:58,760 The question we're trying to answer today is what is the 79 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,640 proper response? Last week we talked about what 80 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:03,760 God does. Now what is our part? 81 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,360 Turn with me in the Bible to Luke chapter 24. 82 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:08,240 If you need a Bible, raise your hand. 83 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:11,280 We will bring you one. I'm trying BYOB this year. 84 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,560 Bring your own Bible to church. When you go to the mall, you 85 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:18,600 bring your say it wallet or your purse. 86 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:22,120 And when you come to the church, you bring your Bible. 87 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:26,400 Say it and in some churches you bring your wallet to anyway, 88 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:32,800 Luke chapter 24, I'm going to read just the first couple of 89 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,120 words and then I have to give context. 90 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:37,440 Otherwise they're just floating in the air with these words. 91 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:42,640 Verse 36 says while they were still talking about this, who's 92 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:46,520 the they and what's the this these unidentified pronouns. 93 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,680 They are the disciples, not just the 12, but the followers of 94 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:53,200 Jesus, as many as there were then that could fit into the 95 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,200 upper room, had gone back up into the upper room where Jesus 96 00:04:56,200 --> 00:05:00,200 had his Last Supper with them. And there they are with the 97 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:03,720 doors locked. Jesus is dead. 98 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:06,680 They're worried about the tumult in the city. 99 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,120 Are the people going to come and rat us out and drag us down? 100 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,160 They just killed our leader. Like we don't think about it 101 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:14,880 like they just assassinated our leader. 102 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:17,680 What are they going to do to us? So they've locked themselves in 103 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:20,040 the room and they're discussing this. 104 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:23,440 What's this? Well, there are two guys who 105 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:27,120 have just returned from Emmaus. They had left Jerusalem, and 106 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:30,240 they were walking home, and they're just pondering what's 107 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:32,200 happened, what just happened. This is crazy. 108 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:34,760 And this other guy comes and stands next to them and starts 109 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:37,480 walking with them. And he asked them question, 110 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:39,040 like, do you understand what's happened in Jerusalem? 111 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:42,520 And they're like, not really. Like, there's this guy. 112 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:44,320 And we thought he was. I'm not sure. 113 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,400 And then this stranger starts to tell them exactly what's 114 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:51,200 happened here. Here's why this guy died and 115 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,320 here's why it had to happen. And here's what's good. 116 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,480 And their hearts are like, what? They're coming to this 117 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:59,120 revelation and they're just amazed and they're astonished to 118 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:00,840 what they're hearing. And they're like, they're so 119 00:06:00,840 --> 00:06:02,240 amazing. Like, will you have dinner with 120 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:03,280 us? The guys like, I got to keep 121 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:04,680 going. Like, I know you have to have 122 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:07,880 dinner with us. So he, this stranger comes 123 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:11,520 inside, sits at the table and he reaches out that normally the 124 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:14,880 the host would do this, but the stranger reaches out and grabs 125 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,640 the bread and he lifts it up and he breaks it. 126 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:21,400 And as soon as he broke the bread, these two other guys 127 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:24,600 realized they're looking at Jesus. 128 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:29,840 This is the living God, the one they crucified is here with us. 129 00:06:29,840 --> 00:06:33,440 And as soon as they recognize it was Jesus, he disappeared. 130 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:35,680 I don't know how he disappeared. I was like, excuse me? 131 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:39,440 And left or he just, I don't know what happened, but he was 132 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:42,240 no longer there. So they run back to Jerusalem. 133 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:44,960 They're in the upper room, locked doors with all the 134 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:46,440 disciples. They're discussing it. 135 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:48,680 And as they're discussing it, look what it says. 136 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:53,280 Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, hi, y'all. 137 00:06:56,120 --> 00:07:01,040 He said, peace be with you. They were startled and 138 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:04,040 frightened. Can you imagine thinking they 139 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:06,200 saw a ghost? He said to them, Why are you 140 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:08,320 troubled and why do doubts arise in your minds? 141 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:10,880 Look at my hands and my feet as I myself touch me. 142 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,960 See, a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I 143 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,320 have. When he had said this, he showed 144 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,840 them his hands and feet, and while they were while and while 145 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:21,680 they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he 146 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:23,920 asked them, Do you have anything here to eat? 147 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:33,000 And so they gave him a piece of blackened mahi mahi and he took 148 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:34,480 it. That's the only kind of fish 149 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:36,240 I'll eat. Well, no, I'll eat some tuna. 150 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:39,240 Sorry. ADD moment happening right here 151 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:42,640 in front of you, verse 43. And he took it and ate it in 152 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:44,240 their presence. Now the next couple of verses, 153 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,280 this is what happens. Jesus does to the people in the 154 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:49,000 room what he just did to the people on the road to Emmaus. 155 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:51,920 He opens the scriptures, opens their minds to understand 156 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:54,480 everything that happened. All the Old Testament prophecies 157 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:56,800 are fulfilled in him and what he did on the cross. 158 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:59,120 And now he's standing there alive in front of them. 159 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:01,920 And if that's not it, he says, now you are to be my witnesses. 160 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:03,600 You're going to go all throughout the world and tell 161 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,560 people exactly what I've just told you and why I had to die 162 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:09,040 and why, and now I'm back to life and there's a new Kingdom 163 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:10,560 that's coming to earth. That's what you're going to do. 164 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:13,160 And by the way, I'm going to give you the Holy Spirit so you 165 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:18,520 can do it. This is amazing, best day ever. 166 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:21,960 Luke 2450. When he had led them out to the 167 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:25,400 vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands, He blessed them, 168 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,760 and while he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up 169 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:31,040 into heaven. Then they worshipped him and 170 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:34,919 returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and they stayed continually 171 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:41,159 at the temple, praising God. Wow, what a day. 172 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:47,680 If worship is when God acts and humanity responds, then right 173 00:08:47,680 --> 00:08:51,440 here at the end of Luke, we are centered in the midst of some of 174 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:55,040 God's greatest acts ever. In short order, a bunch of them 175 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,800 all together. This isn't the warm up band. 176 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:03,280 This isn't the opening act. This is the grand finale that we 177 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:05,320 are witnessing in Luke chapter 24. 178 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:08,520 Let's just go over them maybe a couple times for emphasis. 179 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:11,000 First of all, there's his torture and death. 180 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:15,200 Jesus has been merciless, mercilessly. 181 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:17,600 That's a hard word to say. Stripped, beaten, whipped, mock 182 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:21,840 spit upon crown of thorns. They lead him to the cross and 183 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:24,200 they execute them. A criminal's death. 184 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:27,440 Nails in his hands, his feet, a spear in his side. 185 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:32,160 And Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus, they come and they 186 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:36,960 lovingly, gently take Jesus body down, wrap them in the the the 187 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:38,720 spices that we talked about at Christmas. 188 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:41,800 You remember frankincense and myrrh and laid him in the garden 189 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:47,840 tomb. Jesus is just stared down sin 190 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:52,640 and death, the darkness of evil and you get into this period 191 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:54,880 where we find the disciples where they're thinking it's 192 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,520 over. As far as the disciples 193 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:00,320 understood it, their three-year journey with Jesus had come to 194 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:05,080 an end just like that and they're wondering is our faith 195 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:06,760 folly? Are we now going to return to 196 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:09,480 our homes that everyone be like? There's the idiots who followed 197 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:17,040 the weird guy, but wait, he's alive. 198 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:20,440 I mean it. It's hard for us to feel what 199 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:25,000 they felt, but put yourself there three years. 200 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:29,640 The miracle man, the waymaker, the healer, the one who spoke 201 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:31,800 truth like never before, the one who spoke in authority. 202 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,960 He's he's extinguished in their mind, he's dead, gone. 203 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:38,800 And then they start to hear he came back to life. 204 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:42,840 He came what? Some of them have been to the 205 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:44,280 garden tomb, but Jesus isn't there. 206 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:45,880 They see the gardener, they see some angels. 207 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:49,040 They don't see Jesus. And now here are these two guys 208 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:54,520 who are telling us we saw Jesus and then he and as they're 209 00:10:54,520 --> 00:11:05,450 talking about it, Jesus Caspers. That took a while. 210 00:11:07,690 --> 00:11:09,170 You remember Casper the friendly ghost? 211 00:11:09,210 --> 00:11:13,480 I mean, they think he's a ghost without opening a door, without 212 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:15,520 unlocking the door, without cracking a window. 213 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:19,800 Jesus is suddenly standing right there and the Bible says they're 214 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:22,760 startled and frightened. Can you imagine the gasps, 215 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:29,560 shrieks, people backing up, chairs falling over like this is 216 00:11:29,560 --> 00:11:32,800 an epic moment. The root word of the word 217 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:36,680 frightened in the Scripture is the same root that we have for 218 00:11:36,680 --> 00:11:40,400 our word phobia. Anyone here have a phobia? 219 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:43,280 Yeah, my phobia is public speaking. 220 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,680 That would be terrible. Actually. 221 00:11:48,680 --> 00:11:51,280 I have two phobias. I'm not claiming them in Jesus 222 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:52,600 name. I don't have any phobias, but 223 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:55,720 sometimes I have acrophobia and trypanophobia. 224 00:11:56,680 --> 00:11:58,280 Yep. Trypanophobia has nothing to do 225 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:00,120 with tryptophan. I love me some Turkey. 226 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:03,760 Acrophobia is the fear of heights and trypanophobia is the 227 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:07,360 fear of needles. So take me to the top of the 228 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:10,480 Eiffel Tower and give me a shot. Would be a really bad day. 229 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:16,440 A really bad day in Jesus name, Hallelujah. 230 00:12:16,560 --> 00:12:18,360 But this is what these guys are feeling. 231 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:20,760 Whatever you feel when you get phobic, frightened, startled, 232 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:24,040 terrified, the scientific term is freaked out. 233 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:26,440 That's what they're feeling in this moment. 234 00:12:26,560 --> 00:12:28,160 Jesus is in the room. There's lots of parts of 235 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:30,200 scriptures where I like to be a family on the wall and see it. 236 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:33,840 This is one of the top five, that moment where the man that 237 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:35,960 they thought was dead is suddenly in the room with him. 238 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:39,520 He is alive. There he is. 239 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,400 He's eating fish. It's amazing. 240 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:46,400 And then it says that they started to grasp that it was 241 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:48,600 Jesus in the room. He's not only not dead, but he's 242 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:52,120 now here with us, miraculously just appeared in the room. 243 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,240 And they go from being riveted in fear to this, these other 244 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:59,360 terms, joy and amazement. The original language for 245 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:03,880 amazement is also telling. It means this astonished out of 246 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:08,120 one's senses. The scientific term for this is 247 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:13,280 freaking out, just going nuts, losing bodily control of 248 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:14,880 yourself. I know I showed you one of these 249 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:16,320 videos at Christmas, but I love them. 250 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:19,200 So I have a second video that shows the same that explains to 251 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:21,640 you what it looks like when somebody loses bodily control of 252 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:25,080 themselves because of amazement. Here are children opening 253 00:13:25,080 --> 00:14:12,960 Christmas gifts Part 2 2. Everybody clap your hands. 254 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:16,160 All right, OK. Crazy. 255 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:18,320 Out of their senses. This is what's happening. 256 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:20,560 I mean, again, put yourself in their position. 257 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:23,400 They go from being terrified of this ghost that's appeared, and 258 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:29,080 then they realize he's back. And then they lose their minds 259 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:31,680 rejoicing, screaming, joy and amazement. 260 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,040 They're right. They're going nuts. 261 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:37,760 And then Jesus opens their eyes. He helps them to see. 262 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:40,520 He reveals to them the fullness of what's happened, and he gives 263 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:43,080 them their mission and he tells them that the Holy Spirit is 264 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:44,440 coming. I imagine this moment is like 265 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:46,880 the best locker room speech ever given. 266 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:51,960 They're about to go out to war and Jesus, like, I'm back, you 267 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:54,880 got a mission, You're going to tell the world about me and the 268 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:58,480 Holy Spirit's coming and they're like, let's go, right? 269 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:01,480 I'm just imagining. And then he ascends. 270 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:04,040 Next thing you know, he raised up his hands. 271 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,680 He speaks a blessing and then arises invisible elevator up to 272 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:12,480 heaven, up he goes. All I'm trying to show you is 273 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:17,760 that God has acted a bunch. He bore the weight of all 274 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:18,840 humanity. Sin. 275 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:21,560 He came back to life a resurrection. 276 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:24,120 He's Casper. The ghost appeared into a room. 277 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:25,720 He's helped them finally understand their story. 278 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:27,800 He's given them their mission. He's told them the Holy Spirit's 279 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:29,640 coming. And then he flies up to heaven 280 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,840 right in front of their eyes. God has acted a lot. 281 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:38,120 The result? They worship a lot. 282 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:43,240 Did you hear the inverse? They, after seeing and 283 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:48,200 witnessing all this, continually stayed at the temple praising 284 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:50,120 God. They weren't like, wait a 285 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:55,200 second, this is supposed to be over in an hour and that homeboy 286 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:59,280 still preaching. I got to go spend $72 on my 287 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:07,360 salad at Shun the Non believer. Yeah. 288 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:11,240 I'm sorry, if you work at Panera or you have stock in Panera, 289 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:16,160 don't sue me. I can't afford it. 290 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:22,880 That's why I don't go to OK. Anyway, so God acts a bunch and 291 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:25,840 this is their response? Long lasting worship. 292 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:28,480 You know this to be true. When God acts, people are 293 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:30,320 changed forever. It happened with the disciples. 294 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:34,960 They're changed forever by the events that are happening here. 295 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,280 God did something in their life, and they're never ever the same 296 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:40,200 again. And they continually then stay 297 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:41,920 at the temple to praise the Lord. 298 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:46,840 I want to introduce you to a strange concept. 299 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:48,120 But put all this together at the end. 300 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:50,760 But it's called PBRO. You say it. 301 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:56,520 Did you need help, PBRO? Yeah. 302 00:16:56,680 --> 00:17:00,040 What in the world is PBRPBRO is the opposite of PTSD. 303 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:04,599 PTSD is post traumatic stress disorder where trauma hits the 304 00:17:04,599 --> 00:17:08,280 body, the mind, the spirit, the soul so hard that it literally 305 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:11,880 rewires the brain. And then years later, days 306 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:14,680 later, it doesn't even matter if there's something that makes 307 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:18,760 your brain go towards this newly rewired neural pathway, it 308 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:20,920 suddenly takes you back to the trauma. 309 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,599 And because of it, you could be paralyzed, like just stuck in 310 00:17:24,599 --> 00:17:28,880 fear, listless, depressed, anxious, you name it, it comes 311 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:31,360 on suddenly. When this neural pathway is 312 00:17:31,360 --> 00:17:36,520 recharged up, the stress, the trauma can happen in an instant, 313 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:39,000 a horrific event, or it can be overtime. 314 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,720 You just accumulate stress through abuse, trauma, through 315 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:44,280 abuse, whatever. Over and over and over this 316 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:47,600 neural pathway is formed in your mind. 317 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:51,680 PTSD. Now I have this strange question 318 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:53,160 for you. Maybe this just reveals how my 319 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:56,840 brain thinks. But if our brains can be rewired 320 00:17:56,840 --> 00:18:00,800 by a powerful negative experience, can't they also be 321 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:03,960 rewired by a powerful positive experience? 322 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:05,480 Amen. Is that true? 323 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:10,240 Yeah. That's PBRO post blessing 324 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:17,320 relief, Order PBR. Oh, post blessing relief or to 325 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:20,920 the opposite of PTSDI. Try to find the science on PBRO. 326 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:23,680 Like I didn't use AI and I just used my own brain. 327 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:25,720 I couldn't find the science on it. 328 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:29,640 However, standing in front of you telling you about PBROI feel 329 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:34,080 like the man in John Chapter 9 that meets Jesus and Jesus says 330 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:35,800 your eyes don't work, you're blind. 331 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:37,360 He's like, I know. Well, that's not exactly what 332 00:18:37,360 --> 00:18:41,840 happens, but in my mind. And so Jesus heals him of his 333 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:45,520 blindness and the guy is walking around seeing and everyone's 334 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:47,400 like that guy used to be blind, now look at him. 335 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:49,080 And so because of it, there's a hubbub. 336 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:52,360 People start asking questions. The Pharisees, the the bigwigs, 337 00:18:52,360 --> 00:18:54,600 they all start asking questions. And finally the guys like in 338 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:56,960 John Chapter 9 verse 25, Listen, I don't know. 339 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:01,040 All I know is I once was blind and now I can see. 340 00:19:01,360 --> 00:19:04,560 I can't explain it to you, but Jesus, this man who you're 341 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:07,880 questioning and interrogating, he's the man who healed my eyes. 342 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:10,760 I don't know how it works, but one thing I do know, I once was 343 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:14,520 blind, but now I see. In other words, I have evidence. 344 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:16,920 In other words, I am the evidence. 345 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:20,960 Amen. It's PBR for him. 346 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:26,240 But listen to this. We have evidence, too, and we 347 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:29,920 may not be able to explain what God has done, but there are 348 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:32,880 things that have happened in our lives that are so radically 349 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:35,160 incredible that they've changed us. 350 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:38,760 The birth of a child. Haley, are you in here? 351 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:43,280 Yeah. Who's holding the baby? 352 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:44,920 Tester Davis. Holding the baby. 353 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:47,960 How old's the baby? How old? 354 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,120 Seven weeks. You said 7. 355 00:19:52,120 --> 00:19:53,400 And pause. I'm like, he grew quick. 356 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:59,520 Seven weeks. Change your life, opens up your 357 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:00,720 heart in ways you can't even fathom. 358 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:03,440 Doesn't have to be your own kid. You could be somebody else's 359 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,160 kid. A grandkid like life. 360 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:10,520 Unbelievable. You ever had a relationship that 361 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:17,000 was rocky that gets reconciled and the moment of hugs and tears 362 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:20,280 and saying to the other person, I am holding nothing against 363 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:21,520 you. That's what forgiven means. 364 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:25,440 You have 0 debt with me. I forgive you. 365 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:28,520 And there's that like. So much angst and all of a 366 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,200 sudden, just reconciled. It changes you. 367 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:33,560 It's a positive blessing that changed you. 368 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:35,880 Have you ever had a gift that you didn't think you deserve? 369 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:37,560 Something extravagant. And they give it to you. 370 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:43,680 And you're like, for me. And it's so profoundly touching 371 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:46,520 that it changes you. Anybody. 372 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:49,120 Yeah. There's a guy actually. 373 00:20:49,120 --> 00:20:52,960 He was a boy, little boy, lived in a city and his family was 374 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:56,560 like destitute, beyond destitute, barely had enough for 375 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,080 meals. And Thanksgiving was approaching 376 00:20:59,920 --> 00:21:03,160 and he thought to himself, we're not going to have Thanksgiving. 377 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:06,560 And he's bumming inside, but he doesn't go dare talk to his 378 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:09,480 parents because he knows his parents will feel terrible that 379 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:13,120 he feels terrible that they're not going to have a Turkey feast 380 00:21:13,120 --> 00:21:20,920 like the rest of America. Thanksgiving Day comes and he's 381 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:24,600 a knock at the door, goes to the door, opens the door. 382 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:33,440 There's nobody there, but there is a gigantic box of food. 383 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:36,840 To him as a boy, it was like the biggest thing he's ever seen and 384 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:40,160 everything necessary for Thanksgiving was in the box. 385 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:45,520 Turkey, bread, stuffing, yams, potatoes, green beans, 386 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:47,360 everything necessary. Which means there was no 387 00:21:47,360 --> 00:21:56,040 cranberry. Yeah, What do I mean? 388 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:59,400 Good question. So I want you to know that the 389 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:04,040 boy looking at this, this box was rewired forever. 390 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:08,840 He said, my goodness, somebody loves us, somebody cares for us. 391 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:11,400 Somebody brought this food, doesn't even want the 392 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:13,640 recognition, spent all this money on us. 393 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:18,040 And standing in front of the box, he said to himself, as soon 394 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:20,000 as I have enough money, I'm doing this for somebody else. 395 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:24,400 High school came, he got enough money, he did it, delivered a 396 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:29,040 box, ran away from the door. The next year he did 222 baskets 397 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:31,360 of food. Then he invited some friends and 398 00:22:31,360 --> 00:22:34,040 then it was 4, then it was 8, and then this is back in the 70s 399 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:36,120 and 80s. Now here in the 20 twenties, 400 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:39,720 this same group that's grown gives away 10s of thousands, if 401 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:43,200 not hundreds of thousands of baskets of food every single 402 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:49,440 Thanksgiving because of one man, one life changing thing that 403 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:50,760 changed the course of his life forever. 404 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:52,960 By the way, this little boy's name is Tony Robbins. 405 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:56,000 You may have heard of him. He talks like this because he 406 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:59,000 talks too much. He's lost his voice motivating 407 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,360 people. I don't agree with everything 408 00:23:01,360 --> 00:23:04,240 Tony Robbins says, but I do agree that when something 409 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:06,320 blesses you so much, it changes you forever. 410 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:09,760 And that's what happened to him right then, right there. 411 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:14,440 He got PBRO rewired for good. It happened to him. 412 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:16,880 I'm going to put this all together at the end, but the 413 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:19,800 blessing of God is meant for good, for good, for good. 414 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:23,240 Let's say it all together, ready for good, for good, for good. 415 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:25,600 One more time for good, for good, for good. 416 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:26,760 Look at your neighbor, say for good. 417 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:31,000 Yeah, I'm not just being redundant here. 418 00:23:31,120 --> 00:23:32,640 I mean, three different ways. It's for good. 419 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:34,360 First of all, it's for your good. 420 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,560 The blessing of God is God's favor upon you. 421 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:39,520 He wants you to know that he loves you. 422 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:41,040 He wants you to know that he's for you. 423 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:42,680 He wants you to know that he's on your side. 424 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:46,760 He's trying to aid you with his supernatural spiritual ability 425 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:48,480 to affect your life. He's blessing you. 426 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:51,320 It's for your good. Anyone want some blessing from 427 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:53,040 God? Would it be good? 428 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:55,200 Yeah. God is good, and all he does is 429 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:58,480 good. But it's also for good. 430 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:01,520 Meaning that every time that we receive a blessing, it's so that 431 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:03,760 we can bless somebody else. That's why it's called the 432 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:05,920 abundant life. Not to the just barely enough 433 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,200 life. When God blesses you, He blesses 434 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:10,000 you abundantly so that you have enough to share. 435 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:14,920 So it's for your good, but it's also for their good, Amen. 436 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:18,000 And it's also for good, for good, for good, for good. 437 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:22,560 Meaning it's for your good, it's for their good, and it's for 438 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:24,280 good. Meaning for the rest of your 439 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:26,400 life you've been changed in such a way. 440 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,000 You've been blessed in such a way that now you are different, 441 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:33,480 You've been rewired. I used to live this way and then 442 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:35,880 something happened in my life and in this case God touched my 443 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,720 life and I was different. It happened to Tony Robbins, 444 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:44,760 happened to Moses at the burning Bush, happened to Paul on the 445 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:47,920 road to Damascus when he met Jesus, happened to the woman at 446 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:49,680 the well. When she meets Jesus, it changes 447 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:51,600 her life forever. It happened to Zacchaeus when he 448 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:54,000 came down from the tree. It changed his life right there 449 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,080 on the spot forever. PBRO. 450 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:58,880 His brain rewired under the counsel of the Holy Spirit. 451 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:04,640 And then that's what happened to these guys in this room and 452 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:08,160 girls, the followers of Jesus, gathered together. 453 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:10,480 It changed them forever. You know that most of the 454 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,680 disciples went to their death because of what happened in this 455 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,320 room. He's alive. 456 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:20,080 He's given us a mission, and I'm going to give my life to it. 457 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:22,280 Some people believe that the church was born on Pentecost, 458 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:24,160 when the Holy Spirit comes in the book of Acts. 459 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:26,400 And I agree with it. But I think the church was 460 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:29,160 conceived in the upper room the day that Jesus appeared to them 461 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:32,000 and gave them their mission and they praised them. 462 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:33,600 Is that what we're still doing to this day? 463 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:36,960 On church days, Sundays, we gather together here, our 464 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,360 mission, and then we spend time praising the God, praising the 465 00:25:39,360 --> 00:25:43,000 God, praising God him alone. Isn't that what we're? 466 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,240 Isn't that what we're doing church? 467 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:46,920 Because somebody affirm this? Isn't that what we're doing? 468 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:49,400 I better believe it in Jesus name. 469 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,560 Yeah. So it's happened for Moses and 470 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:54,680 Paul and Zacchaeus and the woman at the West. 471 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,560 Happened for these disciples. Again, I ask you, has it 472 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:01,560 happened for you? Has it happened for you? 473 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:04,080 Has the love of God so penetrated your life that it's 474 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:06,200 changed you forever? It's rewired the way that you 475 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:09,920 think and the way that you respond because God has acted. 476 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:13,040 Now it's time for me to respond. The question, I guess, is when I 477 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:15,960 remember the acts of God, is my actual response. 478 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:18,840 Worship, which you can't answer unless you know what worship 479 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:21,720 actually is. Well, tell me what worship is 480 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:23,360 then. Here it is, week 3. 481 00:26:23,360 --> 00:26:24,920 We're finally here. Here's the definition of 482 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:26,480 worship. Proskuneo. 483 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:29,520 It's a Greek word. It's in the Bible. 484 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:36,000 It means to fall prostate on the ground and to kiss the ground in 485 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,120 front of somebody that you deem is superior to you. 486 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:43,160 Pros means to go towards and down and kaneo means to kiss 487 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:46,680 proskaneo. This is worship to go on the 488 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:50,080 ground and prostate yourself before superior and to kiss. 489 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:54,360 It's a posture that a person takes when they want to respond 490 00:26:54,360 --> 00:26:59,520 to the goodness of God. Proskaneo The church has many 491 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:03,640 postures. They're on purpose, but we've 492 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:06,040 kind of just religiousized them and we just do them without 493 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:08,120 thinking about what they mean, right? 494 00:27:08,120 --> 00:27:09,600 Stand up, sit down, sit up, kneel. 495 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:13,720 Standing is a posture of the church. 496 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,080 When we stand, what it means is I have risen with Christ. 497 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,840 I'm standing as a risen person of Christ. 498 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,240 I'm seeing from a different perspective now because I'm 499 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:26,000 standing with the risen Savior Jesus Christ. 500 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:29,280 I'm also standing to honor. We stand on purpose. 501 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:32,120 It's not just something to do to to make our legs tire while we 502 00:27:32,120 --> 00:27:33,880 sing. Can we sit down now? 503 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:42,120 We've been singing too long. Kneeling is a posture of the 504 00:27:42,120 --> 00:27:45,360 church. Kneeling is a sign of penance, 505 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:50,640 usually with the head bowed, and it's simply is this to the Lord 506 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:53,000 God, I'm sorry for cheapening your grace. 507 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:57,320 I'm sorry that you sent your Son to die on the cross to forgive 508 00:27:57,320 --> 00:27:59,560 me of my sins. And yet I still continue to sin. 509 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:02,480 And so I kneel before you in penance. 510 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:07,200 I'm sorrowful. He's good to forgive you. 511 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,640 Amen. Sitting is a posture in the 512 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,360 church. It's not just means to like rest 513 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:21,240 or to sleep during the sermon. I can see you, by the way, if 514 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,080 you can see me, right, I can see you. 515 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:29,320 Sitting is for focus. When I was standing around here, 516 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,240 bodies move. We're sitting down so we can 517 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:35,440 focus and we can meditate. What the Lord has for us, it's 518 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:38,720 on purpose. It's not just to give us a rest 519 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:42,760 because our legs are tired. And then there's worship, 520 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:50,000 Proskaneo to lie on the ground and to kiss it, or some people 521 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:52,240 to find out like this, lying the ground and blow kisses to the 522 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:54,720 sky. Kind of looks weird, doesn't it? 523 00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:58,320 Now imagine I'm just going to be here for a minute. 524 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:02,880 Get over it. I've I've tried to teach that 525 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:07,440 abandoned, to leave the world behind, enter into the life of 526 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:09,520 the Kingdom of heaven is to worship. 527 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:12,200 And now I'm telling you to worship is to lie in the ground. 528 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:17,720 So how do you do that when you're driving on I-4? 529 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,440 How do you do this when you're making dinner? 530 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:26,720 How do you worship in Chick-fil-A? 531 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:32,360 A lot of you do. You definitely don't want to do 532 00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:38,280 this in the bathroom at work. OK, I got to stand up now. 533 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:46,480 Could take a minute. So what are we to do if to 534 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:49,440 abandon the world is to worship, and worship means to lie 535 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:51,640 prostate on the ground and the kiss the ground in front of the 536 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,320 superior Here. Here's the real truth of it all. 537 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:58,520 Worship, at its core, is less about the posture of your body 538 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:00,480 and more about the posture of your heart. 539 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:03,680 In fact, it's all about the posture of your heart because 540 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:06,560 you could put your body into a posture and have no meaning 541 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:09,360 behind it if your heart posture doesn't align with your body. 542 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,640 I'm just raising my hands in church because it's cool to do 543 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:16,200 because all the other kids are doing it, or I'm stuffing my 544 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,840 hands in my pocket because I'm too prideful to lift my hands in 545 00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:21,680 worship. It's all about the attitude of 546 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:26,640 the heart. So I want to give you one last 547 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:29,000 word today. It's a strange word, but it 548 00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:32,040 describes to you what worship looks like when the attitude of 549 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:36,680 your heart is correct. It's actually an English word. 550 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:40,280 Even though it's going to sound foreign, it's obeisance. 551 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:43,640 Everyone say obeisance. Does the first part of that word 552 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:46,880 sound familiar? Obeisance. 553 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:50,400 Obeisance means deferential respect. 554 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:55,360 It means that I come before you and I have a different opinion 555 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:57,400 of you. But because I Revere you, I'm 556 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:00,840 going to defer my opinion underneath your higher opinion. 557 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:08,320 It means that I gladly choose your way. 558 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:12,760 In fact, I want your way because I Revere you. 559 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:15,640 Your ways better. Your thoughts are higher, your 560 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,000 words are higher, your opinions, your desires are higher than my 561 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,920 thoughts, words, opinions. And so I deferentially say I'm 562 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:27,880 going to do what you prefer. Obeisance is the heart of 563 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:33,680 worship. God acts, humanity responds. 564 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:36,840 And this right here is our proper response. 565 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:37,840 Ready. This is what it looks like. 566 00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:42,440 Whatever you say God, this is worship. 567 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:49,280 We think of it as singing and it includes singing, but it's 568 00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:51,680 actually obedience. I put in a little sentence it 569 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:54,720 really similar to the proper response is praise and 570 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:58,160 obedience. When God acts in your life. 571 00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:00,840 The proper response is praise, which we're used to doing to one 572 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:04,280 in the joy FM come to church. That's praise. 573 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:07,560 Praise really means eulogy. Anyone familiar with this word? 574 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:09,120 Eulogy. Yeah. 575 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:11,640 Eulogy is what we do at funerals when we talk great about the 576 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:13,560 person who no longer can hear that they're great. 577 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:16,920 We should be eulogizing each other while we're alive. 578 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:20,840 Silas, you're an incredible man, The way you worship. 579 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:22,640 I love it. I love that you love your 580 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:24,840 family. I'm glad you come to church here 581 00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:26,880 with passion and honor. I love that you're here. 582 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:31,120 Silas, this is a eulogy, right? Agree. 583 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:32,120 Come on. Anyone else? 584 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:37,760 Anyone else? Yeah, that wouldn't really weird 585 00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:41,160 if they didn't collapse Silas to have counseling. 586 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:45,200 That's a eulogy. When we praise God and worship, 587 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:49,200 we're eulogizing him. We're telling him what he is and 588 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:52,400 who he is and what he's meant to us, how great he is. 589 00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:53,880 And we're singing, singing, singing. 590 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:57,440 Obeisance is obedience, and it's the other side of worship. 591 00:32:57,440 --> 00:33:00,360 And I'm going to give you the greatest line of worship in all 592 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:06,680 of Scripture. Jesus in the garden, considering 593 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:13,600 the cost, his flesh says, I do not want to walk this path with 594 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:16,280 sin and darkness. I don't want to walk this path 595 00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:20,640 where my body will be ripped to shreds with the whip and pierced 596 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:23,440 here and here, the crown of thorns. 597 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:29,640 I don't want to be left behind by my father and face the grave 598 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:34,120 alone. Please Father, if there's any 599 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:37,760 way, let this cup of of suffering pass from me. 600 00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:40,760 And here's the greatest line of worship ever spoken. 601 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:44,680 Not my will be done, but yours be done. 602 00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:51,920 Jesus, the King of kings, deferentially respects his 603 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:56,000 Father and we think that he died on the cross for us, which is 604 00:33:56,000 --> 00:34:00,480 true, but he also died on the cross because it was obedient to 605 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:03,280 his Father and it was act of worship. 606 00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:08,639 I set an example for us today. When you came in, you got your 607 00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:10,120 communion elements. If you want to grab those. 608 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:12,920 Now, if you need comedian elements, want to raise your 609 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:15,719 hand, we'll bring them to you. Just keep it up high because 610 00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:18,639 there's a lot of heads around and they're coming to you. 611 00:34:18,639 --> 00:34:20,600 May take a second. If you need gluten free 612 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:23,080 elements, then you just go like this and we have those as well. 613 00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:25,760 If you're at home, you have 30 seconds to go to the fridge, 614 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,080 grab some juice or some water and a piece of bread. 615 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:34,120 Go ahead. And as we're passing this out, 616 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:36,080 why don't we all go ahead and prepare our elements so that we 617 00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:37,639 got all the jostling over with, right? 618 00:34:37,639 --> 00:34:42,000 Just open the top, be careful, Don't lose the wafer. 619 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:43,880 And then open the juice and don't spill it. 620 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:45,360 We're coming. Is that the waving? 621 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:47,639 Yeah. Hey, can I have gluten free 622 00:34:47,639 --> 00:34:50,159 anyone? Do we have gluten free elements? 623 00:34:50,159 --> 00:34:52,320 We're coming to you. I see you. 624 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:53,000 I see that. Here. 625 00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:58,440 Come on. We'll wait. 626 00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:02,200 We're not going to rush. We have a lot of hands up. 627 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,360 Do we have extra staff, extra ushers? 628 00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:09,720 Here we come. We're coming to you. 629 00:35:09,720 --> 00:35:10,960 We're not leaving anywhere. Here we go. 630 00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:15,800 Here comes Garrett. The gluten free is right there 631 00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:17,200 in the in the sunglasses on her head. 632 00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:18,960 Oh, wait, now she's got 2. Go ahead. 633 00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:23,360 Double portion. Are you ready online? 634 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:25,440 Do you have yours? Mezzanine. 635 00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:29,400 Are we good this size? Good. 636 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:34,000 Are we good over here? Does anyone see a hand? 637 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:39,960 Does everyone have elements? Now think about this. 638 00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:45,680 Thank you. We've been saying in the series 639 00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:48,320 that worship is God acts and humanity responds. 640 00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:52,360 And the problem is we forget how God acts. 641 00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:56,000 We're very leaky. All of God's goodness leaks 642 00:35:56,000 --> 00:36:00,640 right out of us and we fixate on what's wrong instead of 643 00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:02,560 remembering what he has done. And that is right. 644 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:06,920 When Jesus was with his disciples in the upper room, he 645 00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:11,720 took the bread and he broke it and he said, this is my body 646 00:36:11,720 --> 00:36:15,760 broken for you. Every time that you eat of it, 647 00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:21,000 from now until then, January, February 1st, 2026, every time 648 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:28,280 you eat of the bread, Remember, Remember, every time that we 649 00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:31,800 have community is an opportunity for us to remind ourselves of 650 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:37,120 the goodness of God, His acts of love to us, even to perishing on 651 00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:42,040 the cross in our place. So Father, we thank you for your 652 00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:46,280 broken body and we eat of this bread to remind ourselves of 653 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:50,760 your goodness in Jesus name, Amen. 654 00:36:56,390 --> 00:37:00,120 Just hold your cup up like this. After supper, Jesus took the cup 655 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:02,800 and he lifted it up and he said, this is my blood poured out for 656 00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:09,600 the forgiveness of sins. The old way of sacrifice is 657 00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:12,880 gone. No more animals have to die in 658 00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:16,640 your place, for I, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of 659 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,880 the world, will sacrifice my life for you. 660 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:25,640 I'm going to pause the middle of communion and ask you to match 661 00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:42,650 this man's posture. He said every time you drink of 662 00:37:42,650 --> 00:37:51,730 it, be reminded of my goodness. So Father, we drink of the cup 663 00:37:53,330 --> 00:37:57,690 and we say we remember you are good and all you do is good. 664 00:37:58,450 --> 00:38:05,130 Let's drink praise and obedience. 665 00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:08,000 This is our response to communion. 666 00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:13,600 Because He is good, I'm going to praise Him and I'm going to obey 667 00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:15,400 Him, and I'm going to obey Him. Not then. 668 00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:19,320 I'm going to obey Him now, because not obeying now is 669 00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:22,120 disobedience. So whatever He's telling you to 670 00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:26,280 do here and now, do it here and now, including this. 671 00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:30,120 We're entering into a time of praising and singing. 672 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:33,600 And I've been telling you in this series, whatever you need 673 00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:38,040 to do to get at the feet of Jesus, do here and now sitting, 674 00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:41,000 standing, laying down, prostrating, coming down to the 675 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:44,760 altar, filling up the aisles. What whatever you need to do, 676 00:38:45,240 --> 00:38:46,960 obey God and do it. Here's what I'll tell you. 677 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:49,680 I say this often, don't do anything that's man made. 678 00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:53,320 Meaning, Oh, I'm supposed to because everyone else is or he 679 00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:56,400 said so. I'm not going to just replicate 680 00:38:56,400 --> 00:39:00,000 what I see others doing. That's called religion, right? 681 00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:06,400 Instead, let's not do anything man limited, which means my 682 00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:09,760 pride says I can't worship the way I want to because somebody's 683 00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:14,280 going to see me. I'm a sound funny, look funny, 684 00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:17,760 or that's for weird people, emotional people to worship that 685 00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:19,440 way. That's all man limiting. 686 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:23,360 Don't do anything man made, but also don't do anything man 687 00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:26,480 limiting. I'm a pray you get yourself in 688 00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:29,480 position and then we're going to worship the Lord in song 689 00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:31,760 together. Father, thank you for your life, 690 00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:33,960 your death and your resurrection. 691 00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:37,200 Thank you that you loved us enough to spare not your own son 692 00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:39,360 Jesus. We've come today to honor the 693 00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:42,920 King, to put his name on our lips and declare that he is 694 00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:46,040 worthy, that he alone is worthy, that he is holy, that he alone 695 00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:48,480 is holy. We give you honor in your house. 696 00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:52,160 Our hearts are full of praise. We are ready to eulogize your 697 00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:55,960 name and to give you glory, for you alone are worthy in Jesus 698 00:39:55,960 --> 00:40:00,280 name, Amen. Thanks for joining us today. 699 00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:03,360 We hope God is speaking to your heart through this message. 700 00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:06,360 If you'd like to connect with us, you can text connect to 701 00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:12,880 407-588-0115 or visit Illuminate dot church. 702 00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:14,560 Have a great week.