1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,040 Welcome to the Illuminate Church podcast. 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:05,640 We hope today's message is encouraging to you. 3 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:10,120 All right, all right, good morning to you. 4 00:00:10,120 --> 00:00:12,440 Welcome everybody. If you're brand new to 5 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:14,960 Illuminate Church, you want to say thank you for being here. 6 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:17,840 This is not normal. We're doing stuff different. 7 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:20,680 You may feel like who moved my cheese? 8 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:25,000 And the answer is the Lord God. He is giving us an idea in this 9 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:28,520 series we're starting today that we do things differently, where 10 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:33,200 we sing first and then we open the word of God and then we're 11 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:36,040 going to have confession. Everyone say confession. 12 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:38,840 Yeah, we built a giant brown box. 13 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:42,560 We're going to be right here. There's a thing in the middle. 14 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:45,240 I'm going to be on this side and you're going to be on this side 15 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:53,960 and your side has a microphone. You're like, well, I'm used to 16 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:57,280 like 20 minutes of worship. Like I can get my mojo going and 17 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:59,880 the Holy Spirit. I'm used to like it's still dark 18 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:02,520 in the room and I can come in late and nobody's going to see 19 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:05,680 me. But now we're all going to see 20 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:09,640 everybody. Nobody look, nobody look right. 21 00:01:10,960 --> 00:01:14,760 But we're really the, the intent of this series is to sing a song 22 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:18,760 so that we are pointed ourselves to the Lord God and then open up 23 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:22,240 his word and then spend the rest of our time together after we, 24 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:25,720 we learn from the word to respond to the word. 25 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:30,280 And sometimes we, we, we sing a lot, then we do the word and 26 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:32,880 then you, you go spend your money at Panera. 27 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:36,560 And then it's like, what? Did how come we didn't respond? 28 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,080 And so we are going to have a time of confession, Not what 29 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:41,360 you're thinking, not the brown box is something different. 30 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:43,840 And then we'll have a time of singing. 31 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:46,720 To end the service instead of beginning the service. 32 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:50,720 And you'll notice I'm saying word confession and singing and 33 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:54,360 not word confession and worship because we tend to think of the 34 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:55,840 musical part as the worship part. 35 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,880 But all of it together is worship. 36 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:02,000 All of it together is an offering to the Lord. 37 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:07,560 When we go ahead, when we open the Word and study the 38 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:09,960 Scriptures together, what we're saying is I'm offering my. 39 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:13,440 Heart to this word. So that I'll be transformed by a 40 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:15,240 word. I don't add anything to your 41 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:18,760 word, Lord, You add it to me. And when we offer ourselves in 42 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,120 confession, what we're doing is saying, OK, Lord, I've heard 43 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,240 your word. Now I'm doing some introspection 44 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,240 and noticing where there's a disparity, and I'm confessing 45 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,320 that I'm out of alignment, but I'm also confessing I'm coming 46 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:31,400 into alignment. And then we'll respond with 47 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:34,800 singing the highest praise because he's worthy of what he's 48 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:36,520 done in the word and in confession. 49 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:38,520 Amen. Do you understand what we're 50 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:40,480 doing? Good. 51 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,320 Praise God. Well, before, oh, I need to tell 52 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,400 you this, everyone take out your phones. 53 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:47,360 I mean, this nobody in the 9:00 AM did it. 54 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:49,440 And then I got upset and had a little tissy in front of 55 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,320 everybody because I'm like, what's the point of preaching if 56 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:56,240 nobody does anything? And you did it of Doctor MO did 57 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:57,560 it. I forgot and and like three 58 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:59,240 others. So everyone have your phone out. 59 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:02,760 Say yes, OK, you're going to say whatever you say to make it 60 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:04,920 magically do stuff. Watch what happens with mine and 61 00:03:04,920 --> 00:03:07,040 do what I do after I do it. I'm going to say hey Siri. 62 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:14,520 Remind me next week at 12:30 PM on Sunday to pump up the jams. 63 00:03:19,780 --> 00:03:23,580 I messed up. I meant to say 10:30, not 12:30 64 00:03:23,580 --> 00:03:28,060 because that's after service. So hey Siri, will you change my 65 00:03:28,060 --> 00:03:30,860 last reminder to be 10:30 AM please? 66 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:33,960 It's not doing it, but you understand, I, I kind of messed 67 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:35,440 it up. So you need to tell your phone 68 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:37,560 right now. Go ahead, take the time next 69 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:41,200 week 1030, pump up the jams. Pump it up. 70 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:44,680 OK, you follow me. Are you putting are you doing 71 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:47,760 this or just staring at me mezzanine. 72 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,800 Are you doing it online? Are you doing it? 73 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,680 Here's what I mean. Y'all can, can, can we have A 74 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,720 Little Dream together here? What would it look like next 75 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:04,280 Sunday if we all showed at the church already ready to go? 76 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:09,080 Because on the drive here you pumped up the jams. 77 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,200 Meaning at 10:30 next week your phone's going to remind you 78 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:14,240 like, oh, I always forgot about this. 79 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:16,399 Good thing I did what they said in service. 80 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:19,200 And from 10:30 till the time you get here. 81 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:21,800 You're going to be worshipping. That's that's, that's the jams. 82 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,520 By the way, don't don't turn on Tone Locke or something else 83 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,800 that's a great musician. Anyway, you want to turn on 84 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:33,920 something like I did this morning on the way to church. 85 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:35,680 Acapella. That's the name of a group, 86 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:39,920 1993, this album called Set Me Free. 87 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:42,600 Anybody. Anyone ever heard this album? 88 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:43,520 Peter. Yeah. 89 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:45,080 Come on. I saw those hands. 90 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:47,880 Yeah. The loudest I have my worship 91 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,320 music during the week is usually on the Sunday drive in. 92 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,200 I'm just cranking it up. If your kids start getting loud, 93 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,920 just crank up the music louder. I don't hear you. 94 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,960 I'm worshiping Jesus, all right? Are you going to do it? 95 00:04:59,960 --> 00:05:05,280 Say I will, I promise. Let your yes be yes and your no 96 00:05:05,280 --> 00:05:09,440 be no. Two more things #1 today is day 97 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:13,040 number one of our 21 day fast. Everybody clap your hands. 98 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:21,560 Excellent. 21 days of fasting. The Bible tells us that while 99 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:23,440 we're fasting to not put on sour faces. 100 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,640 In fact, coat our faces and oil so that nobody knows that we're 101 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:28,840 fasting so we're not going to tell the world like I'm fasting. 102 00:05:28,840 --> 00:05:31,600 Look at me, aren't I awesome? We're just going to fast and 103 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:34,600 what we're doing is telling our flesh you are subservient to the 104 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:37,120 Spirit of God and so I'm fasting. 105 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,720 If you need help with anything fasting wise on your church 106 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:41,680 center Rap is this button. There's resources there. 107 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:45,400 You can also opt in to our emails that go out every single 108 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:47,440 day. The first e-mail went out today. 109 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:48,480 Did anybody? Read it. 110 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,160 Yep, Devante Brunson who's playing bass. 111 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:52,880 He wrote it. 2 claps for Devante. 112 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:56,000 Amazing, amazing word that's in there. 113 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,360 I hope that you look at it. Also, I need you to know that 114 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:01,880 every Tuesday during the fast, the next three Tuesdays from 115 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:05,360 noon to one, right here in the sanctuary, we're having a time 116 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:06,800 of prayer. And singing. 117 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:08,960 So you can join us here. We may have ten of us, we may 118 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,320 have 1000, I don't know. But please, if you're able to, I 119 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:15,120 know this work and such, if you're able to join us right 120 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:18,440 here during the fast on Tuesdays, noon to one will be 121 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:19,480 here. Amen. 122 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:22,640 Amen. Praise God. 123 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:27,000 Last thing I want to tell you is that men's conference called Man 124 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,120 Up is happening at the end of February. 125 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:32,360 We're just about 5 weeks away from men's conference. 126 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:38,040 Amen. Give me, give me, give me one 127 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:40,120 minute to speak to the men. Men, are you here? 128 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:48,640 So, yeah, you're here today, whether you recognize it or not, 129 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:51,720 because God wants to radically touch you and transform your 130 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:55,480 life to bring about the fullness of what he promised in his Word 131 00:06:55,520 --> 00:07:00,800 for you, to you, through you. And I have seen very few things, 132 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:05,640 if any, do that in a microwave. Short, short season, like a 133 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:08,360 men's conference. What I've seen happen to the men 134 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,080 at the men's conference and later in the fall, the women's 135 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:13,480 conference. It's incredible how the Holy 136 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:16,800 Spirit touches when we spend the time apart with the Lord. 137 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:20,120 Thursday evening, all day Friday, Saturday morning, 138 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:23,280 $125.00. You think, wow, that's a lot. 139 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:26,280 I'm telling you, it's tiny compared to what it does for the 140 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:30,040 rest of your life. It is a small investment to make 141 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:31,680 that will impact the rest of your life. 142 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:33,400 Not just your life, but your family. 143 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:37,240 Even if you're single, you still have family, your Co workers, 144 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:40,040 wherever you go. You'll be a different man if you 145 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:43,400 would just make the investment. So I made the challenge at the 146 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,120 first service. I said hey we're at 147, can we 147 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:47,600 get to 148? I was wrong. 148 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,520 We were really at 144. But standing here before you now 149 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:53,840 we're at 155 because 15. 16 How many is that? 150 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:56,840 11 men in the first service went ahead and registered. 151 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:00,040 So I'm looking at the second service thinking we can do more 152 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:01,800 than that at the second service, can we? 153 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:05,760 We can do more than that at the second service, can we? 154 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:12,200 So really, I'm looking for #156 And I'm going to count to 3. 155 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:15,200 And if you're the man in the room who's going to say I'm 156 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:19,160 going to be the 156 man to sign up, then when I count to three, 157 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:21,760 I just want you to pop out of your chair and, and what you're 158 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:23,200 doing is you're seating the room with faith. 159 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:26,400 If one man would stand up and say I'm signing up, then maybe 160 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:28,360 other men would say, you know what, me too. 161 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:38,280 So who it is, who it is, who it is on a #156 what Counted 12312. 162 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:39,720 Keep standing. I see you. 163 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:41,679 Keep standing. Don't sit down. 164 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:44,560 Don't sit down. Don't sit down. 165 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:45,880 Come on. Keep standing. 166 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:52,280 All right, Keep standing. Are you wearing a Bears jersey? 167 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:57,880 All right, all right, hold on. Keep standing. 168 00:08:57,880 --> 00:08:59,680 All right. Now I'm going to count to 3. 169 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:01,840 And if there's any wife who wants her husband to go and he's 170 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:06,480 sitting next to you on the count of three, go like this 123. 171 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:11,640 Hey Lord bless these men. Let their yes be yes and then 172 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:13,880 nobody know. Let them all Sign up today in 173 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:15,600 the name of Jesus from the mezzanine to here if you're 174 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:18,600 online anyone. Thank you men for saying yes and 175 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,120 I believe there's more to come. Following you in Jesus name, the 176 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:23,440 plan. Is next week, when I stand in 177 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:26,160 front of you, I will tell you there are 200 men already 178 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:29,120 registered for the Man Up Men's Conference. 179 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:32,720 Amen. Let's go. 180 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:34,320 Have a seat. Thank you. 181 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:37,720 Were you the first one? He was the first one up. 182 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:38,640 Yeah. What's your name? 183 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:40,600 Sir? Jerry. 184 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:44,320 Oh, over here. Oh, but now there's an argument. 185 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:47,800 Let there be unity. Are you? 186 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:49,840 You're giving it to him. He was first. 187 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:50,920 Yeah. What's your name, Sir? 188 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:52,880 Austin. Who? 189 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:55,280 Where's Austin? Oh, right there. 190 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:56,400 I'm not looking in the right place. 191 00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:58,360 Hey, man. Thank you. 192 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:02,960 There you go. And in this case, we all should 193 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,880 be all together. Hallelujah. 194 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,120 Bless you, brother. Thank you. 195 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:12,200 Where am I now? All right, if you missed week 1 196 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:14,600 of this year, not week one of the series, that's today. 197 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:17,040 We cast vision. And what we felt like the Lord 198 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:20,520 is saying in this house is that we are ejecting from our earthly 199 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:24,520 citizenship and walking over and embodying the citizenry that we 200 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:27,680 have in heaven as part of the royal family, as believers in 201 00:10:27,680 --> 00:10:31,040 the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, Jesus Christ, to walk 202 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:33,880 away. From that which entraps us, from 203 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:37,600 that which puts us in bondage for that which looks like tasty 204 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:41,240 food but actually is empty calories and rots out our teeth 205 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:45,320 and crushes our spiritual guts. And leave that all behind to 206 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:50,280 embrace the peace and the beauty and the glory and the fullness 207 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:55,760 of joy in Jesus Christ. As citizens of heaven, the 208 00:10:55,760 --> 00:11:00,360 question is how do we do that? How do we go from here to here? 209 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,520 And not just in a spiritual sense, like, hey, I'm saved and 210 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:06,680 now I'm a part of the citizenry of heaven, but actually living 211 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:09,960 as a citizen of heaven is the goal. 212 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:13,520 OK, so how do we do that? I felt like the Lord wanted to 213 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:15,200 set this in front of your spiritual eyes. 214 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:19,360 The first thing here in 2026, this series called Abandoned and 215 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:23,200 this directive. Live with Abandoned. 216 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:26,560 Repeat it with me. Live with Abandoned. 217 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:35,960 Go ahead, Go ahead. One more time, my man. 218 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:38,800 Yeah. So what does, what does that 219 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:40,200 mean? How do we live with abandoned? 220 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:43,000 I believe the Lord's going to reveal it to us today in the way 221 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,600 He does through His Word, so that all of us will. 222 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:47,280 Choose. By the time we walk out of here 223 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:50,880 like I'm abandoning my old life, I'm going to live with 224 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:51,880 abandoned. That's the goal. 225 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:53,880 Luke chapter 17 is where we're going to be. 226 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:55,880 If you have a Bible, open it up to Luke 17. 227 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:57,320 If you don't have a Bible, raise your hand. 228 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:00,160 Let me encourage you, church. Let this be the year you start. 229 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:02,400 Carrying that thing to church, you. 230 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:04,640 When you go to the mall, you take your wallet. 231 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:07,800 When you go to the church, you take your Bible. 232 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:09,560 No condemnation if you don't have it. 233 00:12:09,560 --> 00:12:11,360 I'm just encouraging you, inviting you. 234 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:15,120 Bring your Bible, BYOB, bring your own Bible. 235 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:18,440 But if you don't have one, we got one there for you. 236 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:20,040 Just raise your hand. Our ushers were given one. 237 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:24,640 We keep running out of Bibles, which is a good thing to do. 238 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:26,560 Luke chapter 17. While you're flipping there, let 239 00:12:26,560 --> 00:12:28,960 me just read the first few words to give some context. 240 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:31,440 It says now on his way to Jerusalem. 241 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:35,920 This is verse 11, His is Jesus. Jesus is going to Jerusalem, 242 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:40,480 which is customary for anyone in Israel to do 3 * a year. 243 00:12:40,680 --> 00:12:44,280 Most families at the very least one time a year you go to 244 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,600 Jerusalem. So Jesus is 33 now. 245 00:12:46,680 --> 00:12:49,760 He's been to Jerusalem at least 33 times, probably a lot more 246 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:51,760 than that, but he's on his way again. 247 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:54,640 And what's notable about this trip to Jerusalem is that he's 248 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,880 going for the final time. This is the end of the book of 249 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:00,040 Luke. We're getting to the scene where 250 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:04,800 Jesus is going to be. In a mock trial, he's going to 251 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:08,000 be tortured and eventually they're going to execute him, 252 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,280 assassinate him on the on the cross, a crucifixion. 253 00:13:11,680 --> 00:13:15,080 So that's what's happening here in Luke 17. 254 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:17,640 It says in verse 11 Jesus traveled along the border 255 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:21,400 between Samaria and Galilee. As he was going into a village, 256 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:25,960 10 men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance because 257 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:29,600 they're lepers and called out of a loud voice. 258 00:13:30,680 --> 00:13:35,960 Jesus Master, have pity on us. If you're a Bible writing kind 259 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:36,920 of person, you write in the Bible. 260 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:41,840 Underline the word master. When he saw them, he said go 261 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:44,600 show yourselves to the priest. And as they went, they were 262 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:47,760 cleansed, One of them. When he was healed. 263 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:50,720 Came back praising God in a loud voice. 264 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:55,600 He threw himself at Jesus feet and thanked him and. 265 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:02,240 He was a Samaritan. Jesus asked. 266 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:04,240 We're not all ten cleanse. Where are the other nine? 267 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:11,320 Has no one returned to pray? Give praise to God except this 268 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:15,680 foreigner. Then he said to him, rise and 269 00:14:15,680 --> 00:14:19,520 go. Your faith has made you well. 270 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:22,800 May the Lord bless the reading of His word. 271 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:29,400 I'm going to tell you a few stories and it's going to feel 272 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:32,640 like we're meandering, but follow me and we're going to 273 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:37,400 land somewhere, OK? The first story involves my mom. 274 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:40,120 My mom would teach us kids. I have two brothers, an older 275 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:42,600 and a younger that when an authority figure speaks, you do 276 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:47,040 it period, no questions asked. There was a sheriff's deputy 277 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,480 sitting in the 2nd row in the first service, Sheriff Deputy 278 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:50,800 Naresh. Many of you might know him. 279 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:53,480 I said when you're the authority, do people always obey 280 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:55,760 you? And he says most often not. 281 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:01,360 My Mama would not be happy. So we were on a white water 282 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:06,160 rafting trip when I was a young guy in Big Bend National Park in 283 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:09,760 southwest Texas. We're on the Rio Grande River 284 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:14,960 and my mom said if the river guide gives you an instruction, 285 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:18,480 you do it and you do it now because the authority has spoken 286 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:21,720 and it's going to save your life, so pay attention. 287 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:24,600 So we're going down the river. It's fun, it's beautiful, it's 288 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:27,800 incredible. And I'm chewing this gum that's 289 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:30,240 now become like flavorless Silly Putty in my mouth. 290 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:33,520 You know what I'm talking about. And I'm like, what should I do 291 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:35,360 with this gum? And so I don't want to throw it 292 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:37,000 in the water because it's beautiful. 293 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:39,240 So I looked to the guide, and I'm like, what should I do with 294 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:43,160 my gum? And the authority figure said, 295 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:46,440 stick it behind your ear. And so before a butterfly could 296 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:49,880 blink, I was like, right back here, just like that. 297 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:51,680 And you know what's behind your ear? 298 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:56,840 Hair. And you know what happens when 299 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:00,640 gum and hair touch? They become inextricably locked 300 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:04,800 forever together, never to divorce one another, always 301 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:07,200 together. So the end of the story is me 302 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:11,760 with a really weird haircut. That's story #1 remember it 303 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:16,880 story #2 also a true story. Harry and Charlotte Collier, 304 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:19,320 we're living in England with their eight-year old daughter 305 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:23,800 Marjorie, and they decided to go on an inaugural cruise of a boat 306 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:26,840 called the Titanic. They were moving to the United 307 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:32,000 States of America to go live in Idaho, for Charlotte's lungs 308 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:35,760 needed better air than what she was experiencing in wet, rainy 309 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:38,320 England. So they're moving to Idaho. 310 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:44,080 They're on the boat, 11:40 PM January 14th, 1921. 311 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:50,160 While they're in their bunks, the whole boat shutters and 312 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:55,000 makes a horrific sound, startle out of bed. 313 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:57,240 Harvey's like, listen, I'll go check it out. 314 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:00,360 Runs out the door. He's gone for a little bit. 315 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:05,520 He comes back and he says to Charlotte, we hit an iceberg. 316 00:17:06,319 --> 00:17:08,400 This is an actual quote because Charlotte lived. 317 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:13,000 Harvey didn't. Charlotte says or Harvey says, 318 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:18,680 we hit an iceberg, a big one, but don't worry. 319 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:23,640 The officer on duty told me we are safe. 320 00:17:31,130 --> 00:17:32,570 He says to his wife, we have a problem. 321 00:17:32,570 --> 00:17:35,090 It's a big one, but don't worry. The authority figure, the 322 00:17:35,090 --> 00:17:38,370 officer told me there's no danger. 323 00:17:40,410 --> 00:17:42,650 When an authority figure acts, you do what they say and this 324 00:17:42,650 --> 00:17:44,930 guy says no danger, and that's how they're behaving. 325 00:17:44,930 --> 00:17:47,730 You just do it. But what happens when the 326 00:17:47,730 --> 00:17:50,810 authority figure, as it was in my little boat and in the big 327 00:17:50,810 --> 00:17:53,930 boat of the Titanic, happens to tell you a lie? 328 00:17:56,240 --> 00:18:00,720 What happens if it's purposely or not, when the authority 329 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:06,320 figure is a deceiver? If you start to understand those 330 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:08,880 stories, you start to understand what it means to be a citizen of 331 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:13,040 Earth and bound. To the governor of the Earth, as 332 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:16,800 a citizen of the earth, I'm not suggesting you to you today that 333 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:19,480 our world. And its culture is starting to 334 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:21,520 sink. I'm telling you that from the 335 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:25,120 beginning in the garden, when humanity chose to rebel against 336 00:18:25,120 --> 00:18:28,680 God and pay attention to the the temporary authority in the 337 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:34,280 garden, that our whole world has been sinking since it's not 338 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:37,400 starting to sink. It's been sinking the whole 339 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,480 time, you know. This You feel it. 340 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:43,040 You see it on the news. What's happening in Minneapolis? 341 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:47,280 Is our world sinking? Whichever way you view it, it's 342 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:49,760 not good. So what's going on? 343 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:53,680 Excuse me, Ephesians chapter 2. You don't need to turn there 344 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:57,800 because I'm going to read quick. We learn about the authority 345 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:00,040 figure of the earth. Verse one says, and you were 346 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:03,320 dead in your trespasses and sins in which you once walked 347 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:06,480 following the course of this world, following the Prince of 348 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:10,560 the power of the air, the authority in the earth that the 349 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:13,240 Spirit that is now at work in the sons and daughters of 350 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:16,640 disobedience. Paul also explains it in Second 351 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:19,720 Corinthians 44 saying the God lowercase G. 352 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:24,720 Do you see that it's lowercase the lowercase G God of this age 353 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:27,640 in this earth? Has blinded the minds of 354 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:31,320 unbelievers so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that 355 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:34,760 displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 356 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:38,320 Satan himself is the power is the Prince with the power on the 357 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:40,840 earth. Satan himself is the God of this 358 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:43,280 age who was blinding the minds of all people. 359 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:46,160 In fact, you may be here today and you've never trusted in 360 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:49,240 Jesus. That's all condemnation. 361 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:53,120 This is a regular state of humans to be blinded by the 362 00:19:53,120 --> 00:19:58,120 power of the Prince of the air. The God of this age is blinding 363 00:19:58,120 --> 00:20:01,920 you so that you might not see and love the Lord your God who 364 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:05,360 just wants to pour his love on you and to save you and to 365 00:20:05,360 --> 00:20:07,920 redeem you. That's why Jesus says in John 366 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:11,520 chapter 16, he says in this world, because of this Prince, 367 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:16,320 because of this lowercase G God, you will have trouble this 368 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:18,400 authority figure who's lying to you. 369 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:21,640 You're going to have trouble, he goes on to say, but take heart, 370 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:23,280 I've overcome the world in Jesus name. 371 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:26,800 This is why Paul writes that the wages of sin, the wages of 372 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:30,960 living under the lying of this authority that's on the earth is 373 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:34,680 spiritual death and physical death. 374 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:37,080 We were never meant to die. In the garden was a tree of life 375 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:38,520 that we could have eaten from forever. 376 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:46,720 Here's some good news. What the Prince who's on the 377 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:53,280 Earth forgets is that he's a Prince and we have a king. 378 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:59,120 Are you here, church? What the lowercase G God forgets 379 00:20:59,120 --> 00:21:03,040 is that there's a capital G God and his name is Lord of Lords 380 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:04,840 and King of Kings. Are you here, church? 381 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:10,920 That's why Jesus gave an escape. He on the sinking earth, He gave 382 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:14,520 us a lifeboat, if you will, John chapter 12, Jesus replied. 383 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:17,520 And this is the way that we start to move from the earthly 384 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:20,600 citizenship to living in the heavenly citizenship. 385 00:21:21,360 --> 00:21:23,600 The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 386 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:25,800 This is his crucifixion and resurrection. 387 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,000 Very truly, I tell you. Unless a kernel of wheat falls 388 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,960 to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. 389 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:34,720 But if it dies, it produces many. 390 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:41,080 Seeds verse 25 Abandoned. Anyone who loves their life will 391 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:45,800 lose it, while anyone who loses, abandons their life in this 392 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:48,680 world will keep it for eternal life. 393 00:21:50,120 --> 00:21:53,400 Now certainly there is salvation in Jesus that moves us into the 394 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:57,720 royal family, but living as a citizen of heaven and receiving 395 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:00,880 all that that entails comes. But I put it in a sentence. 396 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:04,680 The life you are looking for will only be found when you lose 397 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:08,200 the life you're living now. It's this exchange that happens. 398 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:12,160 I'm abandoning my earthly citizenship and I'm taking up, 399 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:15,640 I'm losing this life so that I can take up this life. 400 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:23,000 And if you feel stuck in the mundaneness or the tentacles of 401 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:26,600 the earth wrapped around your neck and like I'm saved, why am 402 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:29,720 I still suffering and still sinning? 403 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:32,400 It's because we need to make this transition. 404 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:35,000 It's abandoned. I'm leaving this life behind and 405 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,400 I'm embodying the life. That Jesus has paid his life for 406 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,800 me to receive not just faith and salvation, but the life of 407 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:44,880 abundance that comes after it. So how do we lose our lives 408 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:48,480 while still living on earth? How can you live but but lose 409 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:50,440 your life? It's what we're preaching in 410 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:51,480 this series. It's abandoned. 411 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:54,360 Live with abandoned, abandoned the earthly Kingdom. 412 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:56,960 Live in the Heavenly Kingdom and the story of the 10 lepers. 413 00:22:57,120 --> 00:23:01,120 We see 10 people healed, but we only see one person who lives 414 00:23:01,120 --> 00:23:05,000 with abandoned. If I was to tell you what this 415 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,240 message series is about and something I would love for you 416 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:11,120 to live for the rest of the year is to be that one guy or girl, 417 00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:18,240 to be the 10% to live with abandoned. 418 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:20,720 How do we do that? I'm going to get to in a second 419 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,320 but before we go I want to clarify 2 terms that you saw in 420 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:27,000 Luke chapter 17. One was cleaned or cleansed. 421 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,920 Everyone say cleansed and the other is made well. 422 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:33,600 Both of these are great gifts from the Lord, but one of them 423 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:35,720 is greater than the other. And I think in the American 424 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:38,960 church, maybe in the church across the world, we've reversed 425 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,880 these and we made the wrong one, the main one, when the other one 426 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:44,200 is what matters more. What am I saying? 427 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:48,320 What cleansed means to detox, to remove admixture? 428 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:52,360 These guys had healthy bodies and then leprosy was mixed in, 429 00:23:52,360 --> 00:23:56,880 added in admixture and when Jesus cleanse them, he's doing 430 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,920 their physically healing by removing what's been mixed in. 431 00:23:59,920 --> 00:24:01,920 He removes the leprosy from them. 432 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:05,320 And did you notice I heard somebody go when I read it, 433 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:12,960 their cleansing came when they. Obeyed Jesus said, Go show 434 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:17,320 yourself to the priest. He spoke his word, they obeyed 435 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:22,600 his word, they went, and as they were obeying his word, they were 436 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:26,360 healed. The mixture was taken away from 437 00:24:26,360 --> 00:24:30,800 them. And notice these guys, these ten 438 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,920 call Jesus master, somebody that are in the Bible a lot. 439 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:37,240 You'll know that masters not used very often. 440 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:42,960 In fact, most people call them teacher or rabbi because a 441 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,440 teacher or rabbi you can choose to agree with or not. 442 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:50,880 You may be right, but a master is an authority figure. 443 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:54,280 And when an authority figure speaks, you do what he says. 444 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:58,240 So they call him master, because in fact, these ten guys are the 445 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:01,720 only ones to call him master besides the disciples in the 446 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:03,360 Bible. It's pretty incredible because 447 00:25:03,360 --> 00:25:05,560 he's the authority and they obey him. 448 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:08,680 And because they obey him, their bodies are made pure. 449 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:11,560 And this is a massive relief, as it would be for anybody. 450 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:14,320 And Jesus spends a. Lot of his time on the earth 451 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:16,360 giving this cleansing to many people. 452 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:20,120 The blind see, the mute speak the death. 453 00:25:20,360 --> 00:25:22,560 Here the dead are raised to life. 454 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:27,040 It's incredible. It's wonderful to be cleansed of 455 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:29,960 God. Not cleansed of God, but 456 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:31,680 cleansed by God. You know what I mean? 457 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:39,640 There's a scene in Luke also where Jesus is healing a bunch 458 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:41,680 of people. They're lined up at a house. 459 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:43,680 He's like, I'm tired, I'm going to sleep. 460 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:46,800 He wakes up the next morning and they're still all waiting for 461 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:50,760 him to heal him to cleanse them, to remove the admixture of their 462 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:55,000 physical infirmity. And Jesus says, I'm not doing 463 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,160 it. And then he says these words for 464 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:00,760 I must go and do what my father sent me here to do. 465 00:26:02,120 --> 00:26:04,080 And if you're in the scene, you're like, ain't this it? 466 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:08,240 Like aren't, isn't this it healing all these people? 467 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:12,600 And he's like, there's something even greater that I must go and 468 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:17,080 do that my father sent me to do. What is it? 469 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:19,400 It's the second verse, the second word made. 470 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:21,520 Well, it literally means saved you. 471 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,720 It means to be delivered from danger into safety. 472 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:29,120 It's, you've heard me say it a few times already this morning. 473 00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:31,680 I'm not just leaving behind something, I'm entering 474 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,400 something new. I'm walking away from the power 475 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,360 and the penalty of sin, and I'm walking into the embrace of my. 476 00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:40,240 Father, where there is fullness of joy, His peace, His mercy, 477 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:42,520 His grace, His purpose for my life, it's all here. 478 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:44,720 But I'm going to abandon this and not just stand in the middle 479 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:48,640 like now what do I do? I'm leaving this to go here and 480 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:53,840 here. I made well between being 481 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:58,080 cleansed and being made well. Cleansed, made well, This is the 482 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:00,800 one you really want. This is temporary. 483 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:05,360 Being cleansed, being physically healed, this is eternal. 484 00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:10,600 Lazarus was cleansed. His body was made what? 485 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:14,320 His body was removed of death, and then he died again. 486 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:18,680 This man who fell at Jesus's feet was made well, and that 487 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:22,400 lasts forever. I'll put it this way. 488 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:26,160 Let's not settle for appetizers. You go to Chuy's. 489 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:30,440 Can I get a witness? And you get that The basket of 490 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:35,600 warm chips taste and see. And then you get dip it into the 491 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:41,480 jalapeno ranch. Sometimes you mix the ranch and 492 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:46,040 the salsa together and then your chimichanga shows up and you're 493 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,000 like, I filled up on the appetizer. 494 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,080 I don't have any room for the main course. 495 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:54,320 You know what I'm talking about if the American. 496 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:56,480 Church is obsessed. Only with healing we're going to 497 00:27:56,480 --> 00:28:00,880 miss the main course. Listen to me. 498 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:05,040 Part of Jesus's job description is to bring physical healing. 499 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:08,640 I'm not Downing it. I'm just reorienting us to the 500 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:12,760 greater miracle, which is He saves us eternally by making us 501 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:14,400 well. Amen. 502 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:19,440 Come on, get in there. You want to be made well. 503 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,720 You want to eat the chimichanga? So how was this man made Well, 504 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,240 Well, he lost his life. He abandoned at the moment that 505 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:29,440 he turned to Jesus. I'm going this away. 506 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,480 I have my physical healing, but I recognize something greater is 507 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:36,400 going on and I'm turning my. Life to Jesus. 508 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,680 Old lives die in a new life of worship, because that's what 509 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:43,360 this guy did. That's what abandoned is. 510 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:47,240 It's faith. Gratitude expressed in worship. 511 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:49,920 Now today, instead of defining the word worship, we're going to 512 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:52,120 do that later in the series. I just want to show you what 513 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:56,440 worship looks like because though it can involve singing, 514 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:59,640 it is so much more than just singing. 515 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:03,600 The one man of the 10 is a great example of where we can see what 516 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:07,400 does worship look like. So I want to give to you how to 517 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,680 live abandoned. And what I really mean by that 518 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:14,040 is how to eject from the earthly culture and the earthly 519 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:17,360 citizenry and the earthly Prince of the power of the Prince of 520 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:20,840 the air, the God of this age, that all that leave it behind. 521 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:24,120 And how do I abandoned that and get over here and live in my 522 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:28,400 identity as a son or a daughter? Of the king How do I do it? 523 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:31,680 Number 14 Things abandoned the crowd. 524 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:40,680 Bye 9 went one day, one way. This dude went the other the 525 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:46,320 majority the crowd is headed on this away and one guy's like 526 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:50,640 something more important this. Way I'm leaving behind. 527 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:52,760 I'm abandoning the crowd and going over here. 528 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:55,560 It's interesting to note in the scriptures we read that God is 529 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:58,640 holy, holy, holy, holy. Holy means set apart. 530 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:01,640 Think about what that means. You got all of this over here 531 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:03,120 where everyone and everything else is. 532 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:05,840 All this big conglomeration, the majority of the popular, the 533 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,240 opinion, all of this stuff is here and God's over here. 534 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:12,680 And when this man decides to abandon the crowd, he's moving 535 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:14,680 from all of this and everything, and he's moving over here 536 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:18,920 through the blood of Jesus. He makes us holy, set apart. 537 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:21,400 And yet somehow we still live in the crowd. 538 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:24,320 We have the ability to stand over here with the Lord to be 539 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:27,240 set apart, to abandon the crowd, but we keep dangling over here 540 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:31,480 and all of this, and this man says I'm abandoning the crowd 541 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:35,080 and going this way. I wrote this down. 542 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:39,280 If you find yourself in the majority too often and what's 543 00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:42,400 popular too often, you may be out of alignment with God. 544 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:48,680 Sometimes you're going to have to go against the flow, be 545 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:53,440 different, and it doesn't feel great at first. 546 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:56,800 Growing up, I was raised in the church. 547 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:00,960 Doors are open. We were there age 13. 548 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:04,400 I received Jesus as my Savior. Yesterday was my 39th spiritual 549 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:07,000 birthday. January 17th, 1987. 550 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:14,080 Hallelujah in youth group. President of my youth group, 551 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:15,880 whatever that means. Went to the University of 552 00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:18,720 Florida, went to a Campus Crusade for Christ, now called 553 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:20,720 Crew, went to the Wesley Foundation. 554 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:24,400 Super involved in ministry. Seven days after I graduated, I 555 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:28,120 started my career in ministry. August 21st, 1995. 556 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:32,120 All I'm trying to say is like, I just been submerged in all this 557 00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:35,640 Jesus stuff in the whole time. I'm in places where people are 558 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:42,120 not submerged in Jesus stuff. And I have had in my past this 559 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:45,760 grumbling in my spirit that I'm the oddball. 560 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:55,200 I'm the social leper, the nerd, the geek, the loser, the dork, 561 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:56,600 whatever where you want to put in there. 562 00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:59,400 Internally, I'm thinking this because you're at, I mean, in 563 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:02,240 high school and college, you go to these functions and there's 564 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:05,080 drinking and cussing and all sorts of like things that the 565 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:07,480 crowd does and you're the one not doing it. 566 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:11,960 Hey, guys, Nope. No drinking for me. 567 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:16,560 No cussing, no carousing. I love Jesus. 568 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:20,600 That's not how it's playing out, but that's how I feel inside. 569 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:22,960 Like, oh man, you're one of those losers. 570 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:25,520 Everyone's looking at you weird and they said nobody likes you 571 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:28,680 and it doesn't feel good. It feels awkward. 572 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:33,520 Be a social leper. Then we get to celebration here. 573 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:35,240 And but that's when we moved to celebration. 574 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:41,400 And I, what is that, 2011? And I'm walking in amongst these 575 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:45,040 these guys at like football games and like going kids are 576 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:46,960 playing football or soccer or baseball, whatever. 577 00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:49,600 And I'm like, they, they all know I'm the pastor. 578 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:53,800 And so again, I feel like this social leopard, like, oh, 579 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:55,760 there's the Jesus guy. And they're like the men. 580 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:57,440 We're men with football and baseball. 581 00:32:57,440 --> 00:32:58,680 And I hey. I love Jesus. 582 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:09,960 It filled felt awkward to be abandoning the crowd. 583 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:16,320 Anyone ever felt this way? One day I remember where we 584 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:18,080 were. I remember how the sun was 585 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,360 shining. I'm laying on like a picnic 586 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:25,040 blanket watching soccer, and I'm having this conversation with 587 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:27,200 the Lord. Like all these guys are like 588 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:30,760 buddies and I'm like the Bible thumper over here and all this 589 00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:32,200 is internal. I don't think that anybody 590 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:34,200 actually thought these. And maybe they did, who knows? 591 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:41,480 And I felt like the Lord zapped my spirit and essentially said 592 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:46,920 to me, hey, Tim, when you stand out like a star in the darkness, 593 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:51,000 when you swim against the current, go against the flow, 594 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:54,160 abandoned the crowd, it doesn't bug me. 595 00:33:55,720 --> 00:34:01,920 It delights me. It's like, I think I actually 596 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:06,400 like being different. I think I actually like living 597 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:11,400 for your name and letting other people see the joy in my heart 598 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:17,360 because of Jesus. And so you enter into places 599 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:22,199 differently. Jesus is over here. 600 00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:25,600 These guys are over there. Jesus. 601 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:30,040 Master, have pity on us, says Go show yourself to the priests. 602 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:31,679 They're like, all right, they start. 603 00:34:31,679 --> 00:34:35,800 Obeying, they're walking. They're like John's like, Oh my 604 00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:39,960 goodness, my hands coming back and Billy Bob's like my foot 605 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:45,239 feels good and Bocephus is like, I can feel my nose like they're 606 00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:48,639 getting rid of leprosy in the moment it's happening like woo. 607 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:51,600 And they're all like yay. And one guy's like. 608 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:59,200 Wait a second, you did this? He begins to shout at God with a 609 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:04,000 loud voice and he says he throws himself at Jesus feet. 610 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:08,480 He abandons the crowd to worship his king. 611 00:35:09,720 --> 00:35:11,760 When you abandoned the crowd, I'm talking about like you spend 612 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:16,400 your money different, you spend your time different, you behave 613 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:19,400 different, your heart, attitude, and your mindset is different. 614 00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:21,480 When you enter a space, you're not just a person, you're an 615 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:24,680 ambassador for Jesus because you're abandoning the regular 616 00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:28,240 ways of thinking and doing Americana because I'm no longer 617 00:35:28,240 --> 00:35:31,320 a citizen of America. I mean, you are, you understand, 618 00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:35,120 but my higher citizenry is a citizen of heaven. 619 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:38,400 I'm abandoning all of this. Do you understand what I'm 620 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:42,200 saying #2 abandoned the strikes against you. 621 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:44,080 Strike one, strike two. That's all it takes for this 622 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:45,280 guy. He doesn't even need to strike 623 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:48,120 three, he's out two strikes. Strike one, he's a leper. 624 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:53,280 Let's just have a little re affiliation with leprosy real 625 00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:56,560 quick, right? Leprosy is in the Bible. 68 * 55 626 00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:59,880 times in the Old Testament, 13 times in the New Testament. 627 00:35:59,960 --> 00:36:02,760 Many people think of as a skin condition, but it's not. 628 00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:06,320 It manifests in the skin typically, but it's actually a 629 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:09,680 neurological condition. Your nerves, you know how they 630 00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:11,760 work. Nerves are all over your body. 631 00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:13,960 A part of your body gets infected, let's say your finger. 632 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:16,560 It sends the nerves send a message to the brain. 633 00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:18,520 The brain sends messages to the white blood cells. 634 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:21,120 White blood cells go to the fingers and super special magic 635 00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:23,400 science stuff happens and all of a sudden your fingers healed. 636 00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:27,480 And it all happens because the nerves send a message. 637 00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:30,200 Put your hand on the stove. It's hot, right? 638 00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:33,000 Nerves send message to brain. Brain sends message to you. 639 00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:35,320 Move your hand, you idiot. Away you go. 640 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:42,240 Just like that in leprosy, this neural pathway breaks down, it 641 00:36:42,240 --> 00:36:45,760 stops working as it should. So no messages are going from 642 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:48,520 broken or hurting or infected parts of the body to the brain 643 00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:50,960 so that it can be healed. And so all of a sudden you look 644 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:54,000 down and your hand is sick and it's not getting healed. 645 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:55,440 It's infected, not getting healed. 646 00:36:57,120 --> 00:37:02,200 They said in Jesus's time, maybe before and after too, that 647 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:04,280 people with leprosy, this is kind of gross. 648 00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:12,400 So careful, rats would eat their feet and they wouldn't even know 649 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:15,400 it. There's no neural pathway to 650 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:16,680 tell them rats are eating your feet. 651 00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:19,080 You just look down 1 moment, you're like, oh, they're having 652 00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:22,080 dinner. Hey, I told you it was gross. 653 00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:29,920 Yeah, In the Old Testament, leprosy is usually looked at in 654 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:31,800 regards to sin. But in the New Testament, 655 00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:36,680 leprosy is more about separation, this group of people 656 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:43,320 isolated from their families, from their friends for the rest 657 00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:45,600 of their lives. While leprosy won't kill you, 658 00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:50,880 there's no cure for it then. And while leprosy won't kill you 659 00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:54,640 and there's no cure for it then, it was supremely contagious. 660 00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:57,200 So this is what would happen. You feel sick one day, maybe 661 00:37:57,200 --> 00:38:00,720 your foot's tingly, and you go into the doctor, and the doctor 662 00:38:00,720 --> 00:38:03,440 says it's leprosy. You'll never hug your mother 663 00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:07,600 again. Immediately you're transferred 664 00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:11,280 to what they called not a leper camp because camps. 665 00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:13,200 You just go and set up a tent and then you go home. 666 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:17,000 But they called it a leper colony because that's where you 667 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,560 went to live for the rest of your life. 668 00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:22,720 Separated from the rest of the world. 669 00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:24,160 Isolation. That's all. 670 00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:28,040 These ten men nude. You guys remember COVID and 671 00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:30,960 quarantining? Yeah. 672 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:31,880 You. Somebody over here said it 673 00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:35,000 right. They said we don't like that. 674 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:36,680 We don't like isolation and separation. 675 00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:38,840 Unless you're an extreme introvert, you're like, this is 676 00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:44,920 the best time of my life. The 10 lepers, because of their 677 00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:48,920 social condition, their medical condition, were healed at a 678 00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:51,400 distance and they could have stayed at a distance. 679 00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:54,640 In fact, nine of them did. But one recognized this strike 680 00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:57,680 no longer counts against me. And he went directly and threw 681 00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:00,760 himself in close proximity to Jesus. 682 00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:03,520 This strike doesn't count against me anymore. 683 00:39:03,720 --> 00:39:08,080 It's as if he said my story of leprosy, my past no longer 684 00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:10,800 counts against me. I'm drawing near to Jesus. 685 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:13,680 And many people in this room, you'll stay far from Jesus 686 00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:17,880 because you're worried about the story of your past, your 687 00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:20,800 leprosy, and you'll stay at a distance. 688 00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:24,240 That's his first strike. Maybe yours #2 he was a 689 00:39:24,240 --> 00:39:30,200 Samaritan. Remember, of the 10, he's the 690 00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:35,320 one. Samaritan Jews and Samaritans 691 00:39:35,720 --> 00:39:40,360 were bitter rivals, warring rivals like in West Side Story, 692 00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:43,320 The Jets and the Sharks. You know what I'm talking about? 693 00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:46,920 Like in LA, the Bloods and the Crips. 694 00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:52,000 You know what I'm talking about. Like on Facebook in a political 695 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:55,000 season, the Democrats and the Republicans. 696 00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:02,520 Gators in the Seminoles. Need I say more? 697 00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:05,200 What do you even talk about? That other team that's playing 698 00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:06,960 tomorrow night? Yeah. 699 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:13,640 Go Hoosiers. I really don't care. 700 00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:19,560 I mean, good luck. Yeah. 701 00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:25,720 I don't believe in luck anyway. This man should not be anywhere 702 00:40:25,720 --> 00:40:27,360 near Jesus, is all I'm trying to say to you. 703 00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:31,160 And yet he doesn't allow this strike against him to count. 704 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:37,640 He abandons this strike as well. And he approaches Jesus, showing 705 00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:42,240 us physically what the apostle Paul writes in one of the most 706 00:40:42,240 --> 00:40:44,640 famous chapters of all scripture, First Corinthians 707 00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:48,320 chapter 13, the love chapter read at a lot of weddings. 708 00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:56,200 In there it says that God, who is love, Love keeps no record of 709 00:40:56,200 --> 00:41:04,200 wrongs. There's no strikes against you. 710 00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:09,080 According to the love of God, which means in your mind you 711 00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:13,760 have a list of all the strikes against you, your leprosy, your 712 00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:19,160 heritage, whatever it is you see that list, I'm here to tell you 713 00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:23,320 today based on the word of God, God does not see that list. 714 00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:28,400 And if you want to release from this citizenry and move over 715 00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:34,360 here to heaven, abandoned the list knowing this God in Christ 716 00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:36,200 Jesus has already. Abandoned it for you. 717 00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:44,600 It don't exist #3 Abandoned your concern for what others think of 718 00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:49,440 you. It's time to get undignified. 719 00:41:52,240 --> 00:41:53,560 That's what the man in our story does. 720 00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:57,400 He is abandoned his concern for what others think of him because 721 00:41:57,920 --> 00:42:01,040 this is now Jesus at age 33. This is the end of his life. 722 00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:03,640 And in the last three years of his life, Jesus was growing and 723 00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:05,560 growing in popularity, if you will. 724 00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:09,840 Where Jesus went, crowds went 4000 got fed 5000 got fed the 725 00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:13,000 the Sermon on the Mount the the mountain is. 726 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:15,200 Full of thousands of people listening to him. 727 00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:18,560 Jesus is walking. There's so many people around 728 00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:21,400 him that the woman has to touch the hem of his garment because 729 00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:24,120 she can't get to Jesus. Jesus has so many people around 730 00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:27,360 him in Luke chapter 19, just two chapters later, that Zacchaeus 731 00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:29,640 has got to climb up in a tree just to see Jesus. 732 00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:32,520 All I'm trying to say is while these 10 lepers are going 733 00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:35,040 around, there's probably a lot of people around Jesus. 734 00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:38,880 Lots of people are watching. And so this man suddenly says, I 735 00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:41,600 got to thank Jesus, but that's a little embarrassing in front of 736 00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:43,800 everybody. So I'm just going to stand and 737 00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:46,080 be like, thanks dude, I love you. 738 00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:52,200 This is me worshiping. He don't care what anybody 739 00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:57,080 thinks, says he shouted in a loud voice, praising the Lord. 740 00:42:57,320 --> 00:43:00,960 And then he walked over and the Scripture is the scripture. 741 00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:03,360 Let's not make it make anything else than it is. 742 00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:07,120 And it says he threw himself at Jesus's feet. 743 00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:10,000 Can you see the scene? He's not just walking up and 744 00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:12,600 timidly bowing down. He's running and jumping like 745 00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:17,400 Pete Rose in the second base, right in front of Jesus and 746 00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:20,960 worshipping him, not caring a world about what anybody thinks 747 00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:24,360 because all he cares about is what Jesus sees. 748 00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:29,640 Is this what our worship looks like on Sunday morning? 749 00:43:43,460 --> 00:43:46,420 Sometimes I think that we don't respond to God correctly because 750 00:43:46,420 --> 00:43:48,220 we don't remember what He's done for us. 751 00:43:49,220 --> 00:43:51,420 We don't remember that what it cost him. 752 00:43:52,260 --> 00:43:56,560 We don't remember how much we needed the gift, and so we don't 753 00:43:56,560 --> 00:43:58,440 respond appropriately. You know what they call it when 754 00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:00,480 somebody gives you a great gift and you don't respond 755 00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:01,960 appropriately? Like if you were to give me 756 00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:05,160 something great and I looked at him like and I just walked away. 757 00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:08,680 You know what they call that spoiled? 758 00:44:12,240 --> 00:44:15,320 Spoiled. I'm going to show you the 759 00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:19,360 opposite of spoiled, a term. I call it careless praise, 760 00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:24,560 meaning I don't care what other people think, I only care what 761 00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:26,440 he thinks. And I don't want him to think 762 00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:29,880 that I'm spoiled, that I've forsaken the gift that he's 763 00:44:29,880 --> 00:44:33,080 given me in Jesus Christ, the blessings and the love forever 764 00:44:33,080 --> 00:44:36,080 more, the blood of Jesus. So here's what I'm going to do 765 00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:39,560 just on Sunday morning. You could, you could put this in 766 00:44:39,560 --> 00:44:41,920 any context, but on Sunday morning, I'm going to get here 767 00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:45,640 early because he's worth it. If I got to wake up 30 minutes 768 00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:48,720 early, I'm getting here early. I want to be in my seat. 769 00:44:48,720 --> 00:44:51,240 And when the first note gets played and these people walk out 770 00:44:51,240 --> 00:44:53,200 because they're supposed to, like, encourage us to worship, 771 00:44:53,720 --> 00:44:55,680 I'm already ready. I'm frothy. 772 00:44:55,840 --> 00:44:57,880 I can't wait to sing. I pumped up the jams. 773 00:44:57,880 --> 00:45:00,360 Remember we talked about that early in my car and I came 774 00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:04,080 primed and ready, and as soon as that first note goes, you're 775 00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:06,440 going to hear me singing in my loudest voice? 776 00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:11,200 Like what does that matter? His loud voice matched his loud 777 00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:14,480 desire to honor. It matched how much he wanted to 778 00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:16,400 honor the Lord. Yes, sometimes there's times to 779 00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:23,120 sing quietly and intimately with the Lord, and other times to let 780 00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:28,000 the Lord know at full throat, You have saved my life and I 781 00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:30,800 worship you. That's why they talk about a 782 00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:35,080 roar in heaven. It's not a whisper, it's a roar. 783 00:45:35,920 --> 00:45:39,000 Careless praise. This isn't a picture of a man 784 00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:41,880 bumbling around like a maniac. This is a picture of a man 785 00:45:41,880 --> 00:45:45,160 getting his posture right. He once stood for himself, now 786 00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:48,120 he's kneeling for his king. That's what abandoned looks 787 00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:50,160 like. That's what worship looks like. 788 00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:52,200 When's the last time you worship like that? 789 00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:56,440 Is he worth it? Is he worth it? 790 00:45:57,200 --> 00:45:59,880 Here's the last one abandoned, the throne of your life. 791 00:46:00,880 --> 00:46:04,280 Psalm 22, verse 3 says that he is enthroned on the praises of 792 00:46:04,280 --> 00:46:06,840 His people. He being the Lord God, is 793 00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:08,920 enthroned on the praises of His people. 794 00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:10,400 I was praying to hear just on Friday. 795 00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:12,800 I was over here on the right side looking back this way, 796 00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:15,720 praying, and all of a sudden in my mind's eye, maybe by the 797 00:46:15,720 --> 00:46:19,600 Spirit inspired me. I saw this gigantic golden 798 00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:23,640 throne right here in the middle of the room, 4 legs going up the 799 00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:25,920 armchairs. And then they're like a big back 800 00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:29,760 going up, even out through the roof, ornate, beautiful, all 801 00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:36,520 golden, but empty. And I just said, oh Lord, on 802 00:46:36,520 --> 00:46:41,080 Sunday when we lift our voices as one, I can't wait to see you. 803 00:46:41,080 --> 00:46:44,320 Sit down, right? There, right in Jesus name. 804 00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:47,880 Can you see it? He's enthroned. 805 00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:50,560 He sits upon the throne. Now you have a throne in your 806 00:46:50,560 --> 00:46:52,680 heart as well. And most of the time, if you're 807 00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:54,400 human, you're sitting there in that throne. 808 00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:57,880 But as you're rejecting and leaving behind the earthly 809 00:46:57,880 --> 00:47:00,640 citizenship and moving as a citizen of heaven, then you 810 00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:04,280 recognize it's when I worship that He sits down on the throne 811 00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:06,200 of my life. And when He sits down on the 812 00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:07,720 throne of your life, here's what happens. 813 00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:13,120 You're made well, so happy for the man you were made. 814 00:47:13,120 --> 00:47:15,960 Well, as he worshipped and as we worship, how are we made? 815 00:47:15,960 --> 00:47:18,400 Well, when the King of kings sits on the throne of your life, 816 00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:20,600 what was out of order becomes an order. 817 00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:27,600 What was broken becomes healed. What was stolen is returned. 818 00:47:29,880 --> 00:47:31,120 They're coming back to worship with us. 819 00:47:31,120 --> 00:47:32,280 I know you're all looking over there. 820 00:47:32,880 --> 00:47:35,040 That's Club 56. Fifth and 6th graders. 821 00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:40,960 Go ahead. Glad that you're here. 822 00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:45,560 Now let me just wrap this up by saying this back here, 823 00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:46,800 everybody. Those are just children. 824 00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:48,760 No, you're not. You're fine. 825 00:47:48,760 --> 00:47:50,600 Young men and women. I didn't mean to call you kids. 826 00:47:50,720 --> 00:47:52,120 Forgive me. You're welcome. 827 00:47:52,920 --> 00:47:58,320 You are welcome. This is how we abandoned our 828 00:47:58,320 --> 00:48:01,760 lives. We lose our lives and find a new 829 00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:06,000 life when we worship now we're going to define worship later, 830 00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:09,120 but in in the series. But I just want to give you a 831 00:48:09,120 --> 00:48:13,840 working idea what it looks like. God acts, we respond. 832 00:48:14,680 --> 00:48:16,160 My voice got it gave out. Sorry there. 833 00:48:16,320 --> 00:48:19,960 God acts, we respond. It's on the screen. 834 00:48:20,840 --> 00:48:22,520 It's not on the screen. My bad. 835 00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:26,920 God acts, we respond. First John chapter 4. 836 00:48:27,080 --> 00:48:31,440 We love God because he first loved us. 837 00:48:31,640 --> 00:48:36,800 He moved, and then we respond. We're going to spend a series 838 00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:38,880 remembering how God moves next week. 839 00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:41,240 I hope that you're here. I'm going to spend near the 840 00:48:41,240 --> 00:48:43,720 entire message helping us all together. 841 00:48:44,120 --> 00:48:48,600 Remember how much God loves us, how he moved first. 842 00:48:49,240 --> 00:48:52,200 I hope that you leave next week feeling more loved by God than 843 00:48:52,200 --> 00:48:56,000 you have in a very long time, just wrapped in a big hug of God 844 00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:59,800 loved, loved, loved week after that week 3, then we're going to 845 00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:01,880 learn what it means to respond. And there in week 3, we're 846 00:49:01,880 --> 00:49:04,400 finally going to define what worship actually means. 847 00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:06,600 This word, what does it look like? 848 00:49:06,600 --> 00:49:10,000 What do we do? And then week 4, we're going to 849 00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:13,120 answer this question, how can I finally be satisfied? 850 00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:16,120 And the truth is, it's all going to go back to worship. 851 00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:19,240 If you sit, you sit at the throne of God, you're not going 852 00:49:19,240 --> 00:49:21,000 to hunger or thirst for anything else. 853 00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:24,200 You will be satisfied in him. And then week 5, I'm so excited 854 00:49:24,200 --> 00:49:25,680 about this. We're having a Mao. 855 00:49:25,680 --> 00:49:29,920 Everyone say Mao. Mao means morning of worship. 856 00:49:29,920 --> 00:49:33,480 I guess it could be MO, but it used to be a now a night of 857 00:49:33,480 --> 00:49:34,840 worship. So it became a Mao. 858 00:49:35,960 --> 00:49:41,120 February 15th, all morning long, worship. 859 00:49:43,880 --> 00:49:46,120 And when you hear that, you hear, oh, we're going to sing 860 00:49:46,120 --> 00:49:49,760 the whole time. Nope, we're going to worship the 861 00:49:49,760 --> 00:49:53,360 whole time. There will be a lot of singing, 862 00:49:53,480 --> 00:49:55,880 more than normal, but also lamentation. 863 00:49:57,040 --> 00:50:00,600 Also silence. Learning what it means to come 864 00:50:00,600 --> 00:50:03,200 in and to go out of the presence of the Lord properly. 865 00:50:04,160 --> 00:50:06,560 Learning what praise means in the highest praise, what 866 00:50:06,560 --> 00:50:09,400 Hallelujah means. You said that we're all what's 867 00:50:09,440 --> 00:50:12,600 that mean? All of these things together, 868 00:50:12,600 --> 00:50:17,280 worshiping, giving ourselves to the Lord and offering of 869 00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:18,600 worship. I hope that you'll be here, but 870 00:50:18,600 --> 00:50:25,240 today let's finish this way. Confession what I want you to do 871 00:50:25,320 --> 00:50:28,720 not yet. I'll tell you when is to posture 872 00:50:28,720 --> 00:50:33,480 yourself at the feet of Jesus, whatever that looks like for 873 00:50:33,480 --> 00:50:35,360 you. If it's standing, stand. 874 00:50:35,360 --> 00:50:37,160 If it's kneeling, kneel. If it's sitting, sit. 875 00:50:37,160 --> 00:50:38,760 If it's coming to the altar, come to the altar. 876 00:50:38,760 --> 00:50:40,600 If it's laying on the ground, lay on the altar. 877 00:50:40,600 --> 00:50:43,720 If it's extending your hands, whatever it is for you to be 878 00:50:43,720 --> 00:50:46,960 like this man who throws himself at the feet of Jesus just to 879 00:50:46,960 --> 00:50:50,760 say. Thank you, I love you. 880 00:50:50,760 --> 00:50:52,440 I'm going to tell you when to do that. 881 00:50:52,440 --> 00:50:53,360 Are you ready? Say yes. 882 00:50:54,200 --> 00:50:56,760 Let's pray. Father, we thank you for this 883 00:50:56,760 --> 00:50:59,040 morning. Thank you for touching our 884 00:50:59,040 --> 00:51:03,840 hearts and openness up to the Word and to the worship for your 885 00:51:03,840 --> 00:51:06,400 sacrifice to us. God, we want to get into your 886 00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:10,440 presence and posture ourselves before Jesus as the man with 887 00:51:10,440 --> 00:51:12,960 leprosy did. So church right now, whatever 888 00:51:12,960 --> 00:51:16,480 that looks like for you. Stand, sit, kneel, lay down, 889 00:51:16,480 --> 00:51:20,600 come to the altar. Just posture yourself at his 890 00:51:20,600 --> 00:51:23,440 feet. He's in the room. 891 00:51:24,280 --> 00:51:26,000 He inhabits the praises of his people. 892 00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:29,400 He is here with us. Posture yourself before him. 893 00:51:30,680 --> 00:51:32,560 Don't care about what anyone else thinks. 894 00:51:33,840 --> 00:51:42,100 Only care what he thinks and let's make these confessions 895 00:51:42,100 --> 00:51:43,500 together. You don't have to repeat after 896 00:51:43,500 --> 00:51:48,940 me but just in your heart some confession. 897 00:51:48,940 --> 00:51:53,540 God, I confess that I've made the show about me and not about 898 00:51:53,540 --> 00:51:56,220 you. I have been the center of my 899 00:51:56,220 --> 00:52:02,940 attention and not you. Today I confess I'm a worship 900 00:52:02,940 --> 00:52:06,400 you. Can see you seated on the throne 901 00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:07,240 of my life. Is. 902 00:52:08,040 --> 00:52:11,080 The king of my life, the center of everything. 903 00:52:13,800 --> 00:52:15,560 God, I confess that I've been prideful. 904 00:52:15,560 --> 00:52:17,640 I've been too worried what other people think of me. 905 00:52:18,440 --> 00:52:20,080 So I haven't worshipped you properly. 906 00:52:20,840 --> 00:52:22,920 I'm afraid to lift my voice, to lift my hands. 907 00:52:22,920 --> 00:52:24,080 Why? My family's going to think I'm 908 00:52:24,080 --> 00:52:26,200 weird. My Co workers are going to think 909 00:52:26,200 --> 00:52:33,120 I lost my mind. God, I confess, I've been 910 00:52:33,120 --> 00:52:38,040 prideful and I'm laying it down. I care what you think and nobody 911 00:52:38,040 --> 00:52:42,520 else. Thanks for joining us today. 912 00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:45,600 We hope God is speaking to your heart through this message. 913 00:52:45,920 --> 00:52:48,560 If you'd like to connect with us, you can text connect to 914 00:52:48,560 --> 00:52:55,120 407-588-0115 or visit Illuminate dot church. 915 00:52:55,560 --> 00:52:56,800 Have a great week.