1 00:00:00,500 --> 00:00:03,700 How many of you are graduating this term? 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:06,800 Are you graduating this term? That's great. 3 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:09,600 We'd love you to come down, come on down. 4 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,400 We want to honor you. Wow. 5 00:00:13,900 --> 00:00:16,000 What a beautiful group of graduates. 6 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:20,900 So Craig has a gift. He's going to come and bring 7 00:00:20,900 --> 00:00:23,500 you. And then I would like to pray 8 00:00:23,500 --> 00:00:25,800 for you off because it's a big transition. 9 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:34,800 Well, let's pray and we want to say thank you, Jesus. 10 00:00:35,700 --> 00:00:39,300 Because these are degrees that were significantly impacted by 11 00:00:39,300 --> 00:00:43,300 covid, where they didn't get to have all the normal university 12 00:00:43,300 --> 00:00:46,300 experiences. And so we say thank you Jesus. 13 00:00:46,300 --> 00:00:50,200 That you kept their health, and their advisers, and their 14 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:53,600 professors health, and that you have brought them to this 15 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:56,400 moment. We thank you, Jesus, for 16 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:58,800 learning. We thank you, Jesus, for even in 17 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:01,500 the midst of covid, friendships that were made. 18 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:04,700 And then we want to pray for them. 19 00:01:04,700 --> 00:01:08,100 Because Lord, there's transitions, we want to cast 20 00:01:08,100 --> 00:01:13,300 every anxiety, that might be there about just compensation in 21 00:01:13,300 --> 00:01:16,300 the next job. Finding a place to live finding 22 00:01:16,300 --> 00:01:20,300 who to live with finding someone to live with long-term in life. 23 00:01:20,300 --> 00:01:24,000 All these different things, that transitioning and graduating 24 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,600 brings up. We passed the anxieties of that 25 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:33,000 on you and because we know that you love each of these we asked 26 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:40,600 Jesus that you would allow times of rest and restoration to come 27 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:45,800 for each of them where they've done that final push to be done, 28 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:50,500 maybe came at the expense of their friendships and they're 29 00:01:50,500 --> 00:01:52,300 expensive, they're time with you. 30 00:01:53,500 --> 00:01:57,200 And so we ask for rest, we asked for a renewed hunger for your 31 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:00,800 word. We ask for friends to reach out 32 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:05,900 and celebrate with them and we pray and join with. 33 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:13,600 My who some 2600 years ago said that you have plans for them to 34 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:18,300 flourish plans to bring about what is good and I pray that 35 00:02:18,300 --> 00:02:24,800 they would each see in their lives, how you have been working 36 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:29,800 out, their next steps. Lord, I pray that you would 37 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:34,200 allow them to Value themselves for the not just this 38 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,900 accomplishment but for the care, Doctor you have given them for 39 00:02:37,900 --> 00:02:40,800 the ways. They have overcome troubles in 40 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:45,700 you have brought them this far. I pray that they will continue 41 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:53,200 to walk with a spirit of Jesus. And Lord, I ask if they have a 42 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:57,800 faith quake as they graduate that they would turn to people 43 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:04,300 who love them and would sit with them in that, And then Lord, I 44 00:03:04,300 --> 00:03:11,000 pray over the learning and expertise that they have worked 45 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:15,000 hard to get Lord. That they would use that in ways 46 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:19,300 that bring you honor and glory. And that bless many people that 47 00:03:19,300 --> 00:03:23,400 they would not grow weary in doing good with opportunities, 48 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:29,500 they have for these education. And so may you fill them because 49 00:03:29,500 --> 00:03:33,500 lord it's also a season to celebrate and I pray that they 50 00:03:33,500 --> 00:03:37,900 would have all of the best moments of Celebration and 51 00:03:37,900 --> 00:03:41,400 Thanksgiving for that. You have brought them here and 52 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:45,100 expectation of what you are about to do in their lives. 53 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:50,000 And so we thank you that these are people who have blessed us. 54 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:55,200 And will continue to bless others and that they are our 55 00:03:55,200 --> 00:04:02,100 Brothers and Sisters in Christ, who are equipped now for new and 56 00:04:02,100 --> 00:04:06,200 exciting things. And so we say both, thank you 57 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,700 Jesus and help them Lord, and your precious name. 58 00:04:09,700 --> 00:04:16,200 Amen. Some of you might be wondering 59 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:20,600 what it is. They got a previous original. 60 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:28,200 Her name's Marissa Wang has painted or drawn the origin 61 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:34,600 blessing in order to bless them. And so all the Bumblebees in the 62 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:38,900 picture are actually graduating. They've got a little Mortar 63 00:04:38,900 --> 00:04:45,200 board and the flower is the lily of the valley, which is a Flower 64 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:49,400 that was connected and sort of named to Jesus. 65 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:54,900 He's the lily of the valley and so there's a lot of meeting in 66 00:04:54,900 --> 00:04:59,700 there and our origin blessing is right there in the print there 67 00:04:59,700 --> 00:05:05,100 for you. You know, symbols matter a lot 68 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:08,900 in some ways, don't they? And graduation is one of those 69 00:05:08,900 --> 00:05:15,200 moments that symbolizes a lot. And so today, I want to speak to 70 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:19,600 the graduates, but I hope the rest of you will also listen, 71 00:05:20,300 --> 00:05:24,800 we're beginning a new series and Luke Chapter 5 called in view, 72 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:27,200 of God's mercy. So, I invite you to open your 73 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:32,600 Bible to Luke Chapter 5 and follow along as As I read a text 74 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:38,800 that really may seem familiar to many of you but to others of 75 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:43,800 you, it might be new and it might sound impossible. 76 00:05:44,300 --> 00:05:49,000 What happened in that moment and so I hope you will let that 77 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:53,700 sense of wonder and awe that came for the disciples. 78 00:05:53,700 --> 00:05:58,200 And that moment also arrived in your own life. 79 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:04,200 From Luke Chapter 5, beginning in verse 1. 80 00:06:05,900 --> 00:06:10,200 One day as Jesus was standing by the lake of ganesa turret, the 81 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:15,100 people were crowding around him and listening to the word of 82 00:06:15,100 --> 00:06:18,600 God. He saw at the water's edge to 83 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:22,500 boats left there by the fishermen who were washing their 84 00:06:22,500 --> 00:06:25,300 Nets. He got into one of the boats, 85 00:06:25,300 --> 00:06:29,900 the one belonging to Simon and asked him to put out a little 86 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:34,600 from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the 87 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,700 people from the boat. When he had finished speaking, 88 00:06:38,700 --> 00:06:45,700 he said to Simon put out into deep water and let down the nets 89 00:06:45,700 --> 00:06:50,100 for a catch. Simon answered Master. 90 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:55,800 We've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything. 91 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:03,800 But because you say so, I will let down the Nets when they had 92 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,500 done. So they caught such a large 93 00:07:06,500 --> 00:07:10,100 number of fish that their Nets began to break. 94 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:14,300 So they signaled their Partners in the other boat to come and 95 00:07:14,300 --> 00:07:20,100 help them and they came and filled both boats so full that 96 00:07:20,100 --> 00:07:26,900 they began to sink When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus 97 00:07:26,900 --> 00:07:33,900 knees and said, go away from me. Lord, I am a sinful man. 98 00:07:35,700 --> 00:07:39,000 For he, and all his companions were astonished at the catch of 99 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,900 fish, they had taken. And so were James, and John, the 100 00:07:42,900 --> 00:07:45,600 sons of Zebedee, Simon's partners. 101 00:07:46,500 --> 00:07:51,800 Then Jesus said to Simon. Don't Be Afraid from now on. 102 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:55,900 You will fish for people. So, they pulled their boats up 103 00:07:55,900 --> 00:08:00,900 on shore left, everything and followed him. 104 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:12,500 Don't fear from now on you will be catching people. 105 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:18,600 It's quite a fascinating little phrase that Jesus used their 106 00:08:19,300 --> 00:08:24,000 don't fear. Don't Be Afraid from now on. 107 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:28,300 You will be catching people. This is actually a phrase that 108 00:08:28,300 --> 00:08:34,299 is filled with the mercy of God. You might not see it yet but I 109 00:08:34,299 --> 00:08:38,600 hope as we move through this text, you will see it and that 110 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:44,200 you will begin to process what Paul says in view of God's 111 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:47,700 mercy. Offer your bodies as a Living 112 00:08:47,700 --> 00:08:52,100 Sacrifice. This is your reasonable act of 113 00:08:52,100 --> 00:08:57,600 worship. and so to the graduates who have been part of origin in 114 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:02,500 this time, I'd like to say live your life in view of God's 115 00:09:02,500 --> 00:09:05,900 mercy. Live your life in view of God's 116 00:09:05,900 --> 00:09:09,400 mercy. I'd also like to say stay with 117 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:12,700 us a while. We like you, we'd love for you 118 00:09:12,700 --> 00:09:15,500 to stay. If you can't move into the UBC 119 00:09:15,500 --> 00:09:17,600 Community, move into the Oakridge. 120 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:23,200 Langara Community live among us, help us be a part of the 121 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,400 continuing Mission, but that's because I'm a little bit 122 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:31,800 selfish. But wherever the Lord's takes 123 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:34,900 you, live your life in view of God's mercy? 124 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:38,900 Can you imagine the moment in the future or maybe it's what 125 00:09:38,900 --> 00:09:42,700 you're living in. Now, where you've been at work, 126 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:47,800 you are in the market place and things aren't going well. 127 00:09:49,500 --> 00:09:53,100 None of your experiments are working the kids. 128 00:09:53,100 --> 00:09:55,000 You are teaching aren't listening. 129 00:09:55,300 --> 00:10:00,200 It's one of those days. The markets have crashed and 130 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:03,200 your portfolio has lost a lot of money. 131 00:10:05,300 --> 00:10:09,900 Wherever you've tried to go in that day, there's been a lot of 132 00:10:09,900 --> 00:10:13,100 traffic and you're like, I hate traffic. 133 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,700 And then you think but I'm part of traffic. 134 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:22,200 Do you know for Peter James and John? 135 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,900 They were in the marketplace, they were in the workplace, they 136 00:10:25,900 --> 00:10:30,500 had worked all night and it had been unsuccessful. 137 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:36,700 There were no fish in the morning for the people who were 138 00:10:36,700 --> 00:10:40,000 lined up at the shore at the fish market. 139 00:10:41,300 --> 00:10:46,000 No fish. No one was in a hurry that 140 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:49,200 morning. And Jesus shows up. 141 00:10:52,100 --> 00:10:55,700 And Jesus begins to teach the people and the crowd gathers in 142 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:59,100 and he asked Simon, would you let me sit in your boat and 143 00:10:59,100 --> 00:11:01,700 teach. So they pushed out a little from 144 00:11:01,700 --> 00:11:05,700 the water and Jesus addressed that crowd, that was there. 145 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:11,900 How would you feel at your workplace if Jesus showed up on 146 00:11:11,900 --> 00:11:21,900 your most unsuccessful day? Peter had already had a run-in 147 00:11:21,900 --> 00:11:26,300 with Jesus. It had been a miraculous moment. 148 00:11:26,300 --> 00:11:30,900 His mother-in-law was quite sick, and Jesus prayed for her 149 00:11:30,900 --> 00:11:35,600 and the fever Departed. So he knew what Jesus could do. 150 00:11:37,900 --> 00:11:43,400 And In This Moment, Jesus presses in it's an act of Mercy. 151 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:51,500 Jesus presses in with Peter and says, push out to the Deep, 152 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:57,100 let's catch some fish. What does a carpenter know about 153 00:11:57,100 --> 00:12:00,600 fishing? What does the rabbi know about 154 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:09,800 the waters and the fish and the depths Peter objects and says, 155 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:15,500 listen, we've been fishing all night long. but because you 156 00:12:15,500 --> 00:12:20,300 asked, What you're at? He concedes. 157 00:12:21,700 --> 00:12:25,100 But before we talk more about Peter, let's talk about Jesus. 158 00:12:26,100 --> 00:12:29,700 And the fact that Jesus can see what is happening in the depths. 159 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,600 Jesus can see what is happening in the depths of the water. 160 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:38,600 And Jesus can see what is happening in the depths of 161 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:44,000 Peter. And Jesus is crafting a 162 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:49,300 situation. He is providing the most Divine 163 00:12:49,300 --> 00:12:54,400 leadership at this moment, as he's crafting, this situation to 164 00:12:54,400 --> 00:13:00,100 get at something in the depth of Peter, the depths of Peters own 165 00:13:00,100 --> 00:13:06,000 conviction about God, his own conviction about himself, his 166 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:11,100 own convictions about the stuff of Earth and his own convictions 167 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:19,600 about people Jesus sees the depths Of you and of me, could 168 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:24,700 he not in his sovereignty as the resurrected Lord, craft the 169 00:13:24,700 --> 00:13:29,900 situations of Our Lives? In order to get at something, in 170 00:13:29,900 --> 00:13:34,900 the depths of us. He can do it. 171 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:42,400 He sees you, he knows you, he calls you by name. 172 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:47,100 This, one, who died on the cross died for you. 173 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:51,200 This one who was buried in the tomb was buried for you. 174 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:58,200 This one who was raised from the dead was raised for you. so, in 175 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:05,800 view of his Mercy, Will you open the depths to him even more? 176 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:12,300 Proverbs 20 says the purposes of a person's heart are deep 177 00:14:12,300 --> 00:14:17,800 Waters, but the one who has Insight draws them out does not 178 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:22,400 Jesus have the greatest Insight. Is he not the smartest human 179 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:29,900 there ever has been He has the intelligence of Heaven. 180 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:43,200 He sees deep into you and me. And Jesus is after something. 181 00:14:44,700 --> 00:14:50,500 He's after us. The second thing that I hope you 182 00:14:50,500 --> 00:14:55,400 will realize as a graduate is that Jesus does indeed allow for 183 00:14:55,400 --> 00:15:02,700 the crisis of his holy presence. He allows the crisis of this 184 00:15:02,700 --> 00:15:09,500 knowledge to be generated, in us a crisis about who are we and 185 00:15:09,500 --> 00:15:15,600 who is he Peter's, concession. Let's go for the Deep. 186 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:19,100 Okay, because you say so I will do. 187 00:15:19,100 --> 00:15:23,400 It was a yes, but a reluctant one. 188 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:28,600 Do you know God always uses our yeses? 189 00:15:29,100 --> 00:15:40,300 Even our reluctant yeses? Peter throughout the Nets. 190 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:44,300 His Partners throughout the Nets. 191 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:52,200 And as they begin to draw that net, they were drawing in the 192 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:55,800 largest catch. Perhaps they had ever seen. 193 00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:00,400 They're pulling it up into the boat. 194 00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:13,600 The boat begins to sink their signaling for help come come 195 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:18,100 come and the water sloshing in over the side as the can you 196 00:16:18,100 --> 00:16:20,600 imagine the wildness of the scene? 197 00:16:20,900 --> 00:16:29,400 All of those fish going to he must have been incredibly 198 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:36,200 exciting in that moment and then something is happening in Peter. 199 00:16:37,300 --> 00:16:43,100 Something from the depths of him has this, aha Epiphany moment, 200 00:16:44,100 --> 00:16:49,400 where he realizes something about Jesus, and he calls him 201 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:56,000 Lord for the first time. Go away from me, Lord. 202 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:02,300 I am a sinful man. Lord. 203 00:17:03,300 --> 00:17:06,800 He has a realization about who Jesus is. 204 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:11,000 He's catching a glimpse of the glory and majesty and power of 205 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:14,000 Jesus. That this Carpenter sees the 206 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:21,700 depths This carpenter has in his hands, the command of the 207 00:17:21,700 --> 00:17:30,800 creator. It's a crisis for Peter. 208 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:35,500 It was a crisis, in some ways for Moses when he saw that 209 00:17:35,500 --> 00:17:39,200 burning bush. And from the bush, God spoke and 210 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:44,900 says, Moses take off your shoes. This is Holy Ground. 211 00:17:46,700 --> 00:17:50,400 It was a crisis for Isaiah. When he stood in the temple, 212 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:55,600 grieving the fact that the king had died and Israel, he could 213 00:17:55,600 --> 00:18:00,700 see the brakes and Quakes coming in the country and he there in 214 00:18:00,700 --> 00:18:03,400 the temple. Sees the glory and Majesty of 215 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:07,500 God and he says, woe is me. I am undone. 216 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:13,700 I'm coming apart because I'm a man of unclean lips and I come 217 00:18:13,700 --> 00:18:16,400 from a people of unclean lips. Oops. 218 00:18:17,300 --> 00:18:21,900 The vision of God's holiness was unraveling him. 219 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:25,200 And he couldn't hold it all together. 220 00:18:27,300 --> 00:18:32,800 And so Peter has this sense of the greatness and Holiness of 221 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:37,800 Jesus and he says go away. Go away Lord. 222 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:41,900 I'm a sinful man. He sinks to his knees and a 223 00:18:41,900 --> 00:18:46,700 sinking ship was there something more important in that moment. 224 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,300 Like getting the water out of the boat. 225 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:56,200 No, there was nothing more important in that moment than 226 00:18:56,200 --> 00:19:03,300 settling himself with Jesus. Nothing was more important. 227 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:08,900 Than settling himself with Jesus in that moment. 228 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:15,300 His little, Yes, to Jesus. Now opened up the depth of his 229 00:19:15,300 --> 00:19:19,700 own life. And he says, I'm a sinful, man. 230 00:19:20,300 --> 00:19:24,700 Peter threw himself into that Collective group called Tax 231 00:19:24,700 --> 00:19:27,100 Collectors, prostitutes, and sinners. 232 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:32,400 He just lumped himself in I'm a sinner. 233 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:36,800 I'm not wholly with that confession. 234 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:39,500 He was saying, I'm not what you are. 235 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,700 But there was something else mixed in in that moment, a sense 236 00:19:44,700 --> 00:19:51,100 of Shame for he says go away. I don't know what he thought. 237 00:19:51,100 --> 00:19:54,200 Jesus was going to do. He didn't know it yet, but Jesus 238 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:57,500 could walk on water. Jesus could have turned and 239 00:19:57,500 --> 00:20:01,400 said, okay, I'm out of here and he could have gotten off the 240 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:13,300 boat and had a walk. I wonder why ft shame creates 241 00:20:13,300 --> 00:20:20,100 that kind of pushing away. When we want to push Jesus away, 242 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:24,800 when were shamed. When we feel shame, when we 243 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:28,300 realize the truth about ourselves, when were filled with 244 00:20:28,300 --> 00:20:32,700 some sense of regret for what we've done, we want to push 245 00:20:32,700 --> 00:20:36,500 Jesus away and so it's sort of surprising. 246 00:20:36,500 --> 00:20:41,100 When we, perhaps have pushed the church away, we've pushed the 247 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:46,900 worship songs away, we put the scripture away, and then Jesus 248 00:20:46,900 --> 00:20:51,500 shows up at work. He can do that, you know? 249 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:55,000 He can show up on your worst day. 250 00:20:56,200 --> 00:21:03,500 And invite you in. And there's the shame. 251 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:06,800 I'm unworthy, I'm not good enough for this. 252 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:18,900 Go away, Lord. Do you know this is a grace 253 00:21:18,900 --> 00:21:25,000 mercy moment. But most of us grow up. 254 00:21:26,500 --> 00:21:32,800 With an immense fear of being judged and critiqued, we grow up 255 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:37,900 with an immense fear of sticks and stones and words that might 256 00:21:37,900 --> 00:21:41,100 break our bones and break our hearts. 257 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:45,800 And so we fortified ourselves with a theme song. 258 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,200 You shoot me down but I won't fall. 259 00:21:51,500 --> 00:21:57,900 I am titanium. It's our theme song. 260 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:02,100 It's your generations theme song, you shout it loud but I 261 00:22:02,108 --> 00:22:05,300 can't hear a word. You say, I'm talking loud, not 262 00:22:05,300 --> 00:22:08,200 saying much, I'm criticized but all your bullets. 263 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:11,500 Ricochet, you shoot me down but I get up. 264 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:14,100 You shoot me down but I won't fall. 265 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:21,400 I am titanium. you carry that view in relationship to each 266 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:26,000 other and the world in light of the fact that sometimes we fail 267 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,300 in light of the fact that sometimes we are unsuccessful 268 00:22:29,500 --> 00:22:34,500 and lie to the fact that we are, critiqued criticized and judged 269 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:42,900 and then comes Jesus and we confuse Jesus with Society I am 270 00:22:42,900 --> 00:22:48,900 titanium. And so we pretend to have no 271 00:22:48,900 --> 00:22:55,500 shame. We eliminate the law and word of 272 00:22:55,500 --> 00:22:58,700 God and say, well, it doesn't really matter. 273 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:07,100 It's just words in a book. And if we bring the, I am 274 00:23:07,100 --> 00:23:10,700 titanium. We will do what we're warned of 275 00:23:10,700 --> 00:23:14,700 in Hebrews chapter 2, and that is we will miss the grace of 276 00:23:14,700 --> 00:23:18,100 God. We will miss the mercy of God 277 00:23:18,100 --> 00:23:23,600 available to us. And Hebrews 2, the writer says 278 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:28,200 we must pay the most careful, attention to what we have heard. 279 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:34,600 So that we do not Drift Away. How shall we escape? 280 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:36,800 If we ignore. So great. 281 00:23:36,900 --> 00:23:42,300 A Salvation, this little phrase, so drift away is very difficult 282 00:23:42,300 --> 00:23:47,100 in English to translate it might actually be better as if we said 283 00:23:47,300 --> 00:23:52,900 it drifted past us. How shall we escape? 284 00:23:52,900 --> 00:23:58,100 If we ignore such Grace it's going to drift past us. 285 00:23:58,100 --> 00:24:02,100 Imagine you're standing at the waters and you're watching a red 286 00:24:02,100 --> 00:24:04,300 maple leaf. Come down the stream. 287 00:24:04,500 --> 00:24:07,200 It's just drifting away in a moment. 288 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:11,400 You could have reached and grabbed it, but you hesitated. 289 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:16,100 And then It's God. It went. 290 00:24:19,500 --> 00:24:24,600 If you carry the I am titanium, view into your relationship with 291 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:29,000 God. You miss the moment. 292 00:24:30,500 --> 00:24:36,000 And so for Peter, he set aside the I'm a tough and seasoned 293 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:42,600 fisherman he said it aside. And in that moment he truly 294 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:44,900 entered into a relationship with Jesus. 295 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,800 Oh Jesus from his gut. He's praying. 296 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:52,300 Go away from me, Lord. I'm a simple man. 297 00:24:53,900 --> 00:24:58,500 And it's that confession that then opened up all the grace of 298 00:24:58,500 --> 00:25:03,000 God. It's that confession that mercy 299 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,500 of grace that brought him to that confession. 300 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:12,000 That turned him ultimately into the leader, who establishes the 301 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:18,400 church. It's fitting. 302 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:27,900 That Peter responds first with great conviction of heart. 303 00:25:28,900 --> 00:25:30,900 And the confession about who he is. 304 00:25:34,500 --> 00:25:36,400 Do you know there's a third thing that happens here. 305 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:42,400 Jesus signals his Mercy Mission. This miraculous catch of fish is 306 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:47,400 a holy disturbance but what happens next is a prophetic 307 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:51,500 announcement. Jesus says Don't Be Afraid. 308 00:25:52,900 --> 00:26:00,300 Peter, don't be afraid. From now on you will be catching 309 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:06,200 people alive. From now on you will be catching 310 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:10,400 people alive. This little phrase that we tend 311 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:13,600 to say, you're going to catch people, you'll be fishing for 312 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,900 people is actually this phrase. You're going to be catching 313 00:26:16,900 --> 00:26:22,700 people alive. This was a term of warfare. 314 00:26:24,300 --> 00:26:28,900 It's a Warfare term for a conquering King who enters a 315 00:26:28,900 --> 00:26:35,100 city and takes people alive. And he takes these captives and 316 00:26:35,100 --> 00:26:39,300 carries them into a parade. And in that parade, he brings 317 00:26:39,300 --> 00:26:44,700 them to humiliate them in front of his own people and say, look 318 00:26:44,700 --> 00:26:48,600 who I have conquered. And in that parade of 319 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:52,200 humiliation, some will be tortured. 320 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:59,800 Some will be beaten Some will be enslaved and some will be 321 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:04,500 killed. But look at Jesus, look at 322 00:27:04,500 --> 00:27:08,300 Jesus. He's using the phrase of a 323 00:27:08,300 --> 00:27:15,300 conquering Tyrant Empire to give a phrase to the kingdom of God. 324 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:21,500 In chapter 4 right before this event, Jesus is in a town, and 325 00:27:21,500 --> 00:27:24,600 it's been praying and the people of come looking for him and 326 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,100 they're like, where are you? You need to be with us and he 327 00:27:27,100 --> 00:27:31,900 says, look, I've got to go, I've got to go, I've been sent and I 328 00:27:31,900 --> 00:27:34,400 must proclaim the good news of the Kingdom. 329 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:37,300 What's the good news of the Kingdom? 330 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:44,600 God is taking captives. And in his Mercy, they will live 331 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:48,700 in his Mercy. They will be lifted up and 332 00:27:48,700 --> 00:27:53,900 restored in his Mercy. They will be set free from the 333 00:27:53,900 --> 00:27:58,000 death that has inhabited them and corrupted them. 334 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:03,800 They will be mercied. And so this prophetic 335 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:07,300 announcement to Peter. Don't worry, you're going to be 336 00:28:07,300 --> 00:28:11,700 catching. People alive is actually a word 337 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:16,000 of Mercy. We're going to bring them into 338 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:20,300 the kingdom of God. It's gonna be so different. 339 00:28:21,500 --> 00:28:23,100 And you're going to be a part of it. 340 00:28:27,300 --> 00:28:31,700 What's Peter to do? Is it going to say? 341 00:28:31,700 --> 00:28:38,900 Yes, he's already said, yes. Once He's already said yes, 342 00:28:38,900 --> 00:28:42,800 wants to Jesus, he put out into the deep. 343 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:47,700 And throughout the Nets, that was the first invitation from 344 00:28:47,700 --> 00:28:50,800 Jesus. Put out into the deep. 345 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:54,100 Okay. Lord because you say, so let's 346 00:28:54,100 --> 00:29:00,400 go. And he says, yes, do you know 347 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:05,000 what they wrote To The Shore? They put their oars in, they 348 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:10,800 pull their Nets up and it says they left with Jesus and 349 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:14,800 followed him. What a moment. 350 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:21,600 Peter was captivated. He was captured. 351 00:29:23,500 --> 00:29:29,200 By Jesus Mercy. What does it mean for you as a 352 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:36,300 graduate to live in that Mercy? Would you let Jesus Take You 353 00:29:36,300 --> 00:29:39,400 Alive? It's the only kind of prisoner 354 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:44,300 he wants. The prisoner of Grace captivated 355 00:29:44,300 --> 00:29:48,300 by his Mercy, delighting in the Majesty of Jesus. 356 00:29:50,700 --> 00:29:54,000 He can make holy disturbances in your workplace. 357 00:29:55,500 --> 00:29:59,800 He can meet you on your most difficult day if you will. 358 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:03,500 Also let your life be aligned with the mission of his kingdom. 359 00:30:05,700 --> 00:30:08,900 He will draw you into a life and way of holiness. 360 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:12,600 That far exceeds what you can imagine. 361 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:17,300 This week. George ver were died. 362 00:30:18,500 --> 00:30:22,900 George Weber was the founder of operation mobilization. 363 00:30:24,900 --> 00:30:27,900 It's become one of he was born in 1938. 364 00:30:28,100 --> 00:30:34,500 He said yes to the Lord when he was 18, Before that he was known 365 00:30:34,500 --> 00:30:40,900 as a bit of a Rowdy kid. But he said yes to Jesus. 366 00:30:42,900 --> 00:30:47,600 In his first year of school, he got this idea about missions and 367 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,600 he said to his roommate. Are you ready to go? 368 00:30:51,300 --> 00:30:53,500 Let's go. Are you ready? 369 00:30:54,100 --> 00:30:56,300 His friends, like, it doesn't work like that. 370 00:30:56,700 --> 00:30:59,400 He said, yes it does. And they went and filled their 371 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:02,800 car with Bibles and carried them down to Mexico. 372 00:31:03,900 --> 00:31:07,200 Gave them away. That became the pattern of his 373 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:14,200 life just saying yes to Jesus. And going, finally, he realized 374 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:17,700 at one point that he wasn't his own words, a very good 375 00:31:17,700 --> 00:31:21,200 missionary. He says, I made so many blunders 376 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:25,000 and mistakes and messes. In fact, later in his life, 377 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:28,400 2016. So very recently he said, I've 378 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:32,300 made so many messes that I've just made a book called messy 379 00:31:32,300 --> 00:31:36,300 ology, just calling and making messes. 380 00:31:36,300 --> 00:31:40,800 He says, we don't need to make messes, but we do sometimes. 381 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:47,900 In just saying yes to Jesus. Are you ready? 382 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:52,100 He says of his testimony of Jesus, he says, I found that 383 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:57,800 Jesus could use me not by crushing my temperament or 384 00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:01,100 showing me to be a wretch that I was. 385 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:06,900 But instead by offering me love and working through me by the 386 00:32:06,900 --> 00:32:14,700 Holy Spirit, Last week in his last Blog video blog, he says 387 00:32:14,700 --> 00:32:19,000 that what he hoped he would be known for most was a Revolution 388 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:23,600 of Love. Revolution of Love. 389 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:29,300 Jesus, has he captured you alive? 390 00:32:31,100 --> 00:32:36,300 Can you say of it with? Gratefulness. 391 00:32:37,300 --> 00:32:41,100 He took me alive. In fact, really, I was 392 00:32:41,100 --> 00:32:45,800 spiritually dead. But he took me alive and he made 393 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:48,800 me more alive than I ever thought possible. 394 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:55,800 Let's pray together. Heavenly Father, we thank you 395 00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:58,800 for this Mercy that you've given to us. 396 00:33:02,700 --> 00:33:07,000 Would you help us inter truly into this spiritual warfare? 397 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,200 Those spiritual warfare of Jesus. 398 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:15,500 A conquering King over death over Satan over. 399 00:33:15,500 --> 00:33:18,600 All the powers that are arrayed against the knowledge of him. 400 00:33:19,900 --> 00:33:27,400 Our apathy our shame, our guilt, our fear, our love of comfort. 401 00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:34,400 And would you Lord Jesus do a work again today? 402 00:33:37,300 --> 00:33:44,700 Of Mercy. Lord, we surrender our titanium 403 00:33:44,700 --> 00:33:49,200 vests today. We just set them down. 404 00:33:49,500 --> 00:34:02,900 We set them aside. We invite your spirit to come 405 00:34:02,900 --> 00:34:06,500 and show us who you are and Who We Are. 406 00:34:14,199 --> 00:34:16,900 And whatever word you give to us. 407 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,199 Grant us, the courage to say, yes. 408 00:34:29,900 --> 00:34:31,500 It's stand in our ship together.