1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:04,480 It has tragically just been revealed that the list is now 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:07,200 out. This is the 10 people who messed 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,240 around with God in 2024 and I know. 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:12,600 You've already guessed. Who #1 is? 5 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:14,720 OK. Firstly, the 10th person who 6 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:17,440 made our list today is Kevin Hart. 7 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:20,960 The comedian was just on the popular Kai Sanat stream when 8 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:24,320 Kai decided to give thanks to God for the meal in front of 9 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:26,320 them. This is what Kevin 10 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:27,880 disrespectfully did. Food they were about. 11 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:36,600 To eat to make sure our new streets are back. 12 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:43,840 Under normal circumstances, I would avoid talking about #9 13 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:47,280 because I personally believe kissing crosses for good luck is 14 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,360 idolatry. However, I will make an 15 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:52,320 exception because I personally also believe that the way that 16 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:55,080 this boxer was treated is very wrong. 17 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:59,240 This is Alexander Usyk, and he is the current heavyweight 18 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:02,240 champion of the world. Now, before every boxing match, 19 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:07,040 Usyk kisses a metal cross to demonstrate his Eastern Orthodox 20 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:10,680 Christian beliefs. But in December 2024, in his 21 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:14,680 match against Tyson Fury, Saudi Arabia didn't allow him to do 22 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,320 this. So if you are a boxing fan, I 23 00:01:17,320 --> 00:01:18,880 know exactly what you're thinking. 24 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:21,680 You're saying it's because both boxers were only allowed to have 25 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,040 water touch their lips before the bouts. 26 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:27,640 And OK, yes, I hear you. But I can't help but wonder if 27 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:31,400 Saudi Arabia would have been a strict with other religions. 28 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:32,840 If you catch. My drift? 29 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,720 I can see why some of you would disagree that Saudi Arabia 30 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:40,600 should not be on this list, but no one will disagree with who I 31 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:44,520 have chosen as our number one biggest disrespector of 32 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:48,720 Christianity. In 2024 #8 was another 33 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:52,560 absolutely insane example of messing around with God. 34 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:55,440 But this time it actually happened in a church. 35 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:59,960 In April 2024, a mega church pastor called Mark Driscoll was 36 00:01:59,960 --> 00:02:03,200 due to give his message at a Christian men's conference in 37 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:07,200 Missouri, but sadly he couldn't get the image out of his mind of 38 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,080 what he had seen take place the night before. 39 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:13,080 You remember how I said that this was a Christian conference? 40 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,880 Well, the organisers decided it would be a good idea to set a 41 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:20,680 pole on the stage and pay a man to do something in front of all 42 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:24,640 the attendees that I am too ashamed to talk about publicly 43 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:28,320 on the Internet. Anyway, listen carefully to how 44 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,920 the events organiser I tried to shut down Mark Driscoll as he 45 00:02:31,920 --> 00:02:35,640 addressed what he had seen. Thank you I. 46 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:48,520 Talked to Mark for 1/2 hour. There was not one word of. 47 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:53,080 That one name I did not expect to make our list is Shaquille 48 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:54,520 O'Neal. For starters. 49 00:02:54,520 --> 00:03:00,040 I had no idea that the former NBA star is now a DJ, and DJ 50 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:03,280 Shaq, as he's called, really showed some dark things in 51 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:07,200 August 2024 when he performed his 360 show in LA. 52 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,320 As you watch this, please know that I've blurred out some of 53 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:14,120 this to keep your precious eyes from seeing things that God 54 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:28,450 would not want you to see. Number six nearly went as viral 55 00:03:28,450 --> 00:03:31,330 as numbers one and two on our list because it happened at one 56 00:03:31,330 --> 00:03:34,530 of the world's biggest sporting events, the Super Bowl, with one 57 00:03:34,530 --> 00:03:36,610 of the world's fastest growing stars. 58 00:03:36,890 --> 00:03:45,640 I spice. Did you catch it? 59 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:48,880 Well, if you blink, you'll miss what she does next at the end of 60 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:55,480 this prayer. What do you think of #5 and the 61 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,000 recent drama that's been surrounding his name? 62 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:02,320 Billy Carson has been saying a lot of dumb things about Jesus 63 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:06,200 in the Bible for many years now. For instance, you better have 64 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,480 sufficient proof if you were going to claim that Jesus didn't 65 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:12,720 really die on the cross. If you say that Jesus had a 66 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:16,200 wife, or if you say you was a student of the Egyptian God 67 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,920 Thoth, you better back it up with some pretty big evidence. 68 00:04:19,959 --> 00:04:23,040 And I can promise you this, if you want to start teaching that 69 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:26,560 God didn't really create the universe, but rather gods or 70 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:29,840 advanced beings deserve the credits, you again better hope 71 00:04:29,840 --> 00:04:32,920 that you don't meet somebody who actually knows what they're 72 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:35,280 talking about. Well, thankfully, such a 73 00:04:35,280 --> 00:04:40,240 meeting, or rather debate, went viral in December 2024, where 74 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:44,800 the Bible scholar Wes Hough schooled Billy Carson for two 75 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:48,240 hours straight. According to the Sinai Bible, 76 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:49,920 Jesus wasn't crucified in that Bible. 77 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:51,080 Do you? Mind if I ask a clarifying 78 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:53,200 question? Sure, when you say the Sinai 79 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,160 Bible, I'm what are you referring to specifically refer 80 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:58,600 to the Sinai Bible? Would you be referring to Codex 81 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:01,200 Sinaticus like the codex that comes? 82 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:04,640 OK, that's why I was trying to get some clarification, because 83 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:08,200 I actually have, I have a facsimile. 84 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,280 So I have a photocopy of Codex Sinoticus that I work with in my 85 00:05:11,280 --> 00:05:13,560 office. I mean, I can go on right now, 86 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:17,760 Codex Sinoticus and I can look up Matthew 27 where it has Jesus 87 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:20,680 being crucified. And that's in Codex Sinoticus or 88 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:22,800 John 19 or any of the other ones. 89 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:26,520 So my confusion is that it, it doesn't read any differently. 90 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:27,880 Where was that piece? I found a. 91 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:30,480 Text where I was referencing. Actually, I was misquoted. 92 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:32,480 I, I misquoted there. It's the Gospel of Barnabas. 93 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:35,400 Please everyone, look at me because I'm really sad to 94 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:39,440 announce our next name has reached #4 especially after his 95 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:42,760 incredible profession of faith in 2019. 96 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,960 Kanye West not only isn't bearing fruit as a Christian 97 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:48,920 believer with the many things he's been doing recently, but he 98 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,720 is now openly disrespecting the living God, saying one of the 99 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,920 worst things a man or woman could ever say. 100 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,600 Are you in that space where you're comfortable enough to 101 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:01,280 say, this is where I am right now? 102 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:06,120 I'm still a man of God. Jesus still is king, but this is 103 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:07,560 vultures right now. This is where I am. 104 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,800 This is but I, you know, I, I have my issues with Jesus. 105 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:13,360 There's a lot of stuff I went through that I prayed and I 106 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:17,880 ain't see Jesus show up because, you know, because I'm God and 107 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,480 anyone who disagree, I'm the God of me. 108 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:25,200 And you can't tell me who I am. I can't tell y'all. 109 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:28,120 I could tell y'all. It's y'all job to listen. 110 00:06:28,840 --> 00:06:31,920 I'm the God of me. Guys, the next three, in my 111 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:36,520 opinion, are the worst things people did in the whole of 2024 112 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:41,000 to laugh at Christianity before I reveal #1 which I think you 113 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:45,440 probably have already guessed #3 really does need to be mentioned 114 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,280 because it particularly saddens my heart. 115 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:52,360 England, my country, has fallen lower than you could imagine. 116 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:55,640 They just recently removed the word Christmas from Christmas 117 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,720 markets across the land and instead they want to call them 118 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:01,440 winter markets to appeal to all faiths. 119 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:04,440 And whilst trying to erase Christ from Christmas is bad 120 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:08,120 enough, the Church of England sunk even lower by funding a 121 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:13,040 scheme which will try to drop the word church and instead swap 122 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:16,200 it with a more acceptable name like communities. 123 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:19,400 I'm confident you are shaking your head now but listen to 124 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:21,960 this. They are also replacing Bible 125 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:26,080 studies for nature walks. This makes me so angry because 126 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:28,720 we all know that the church is not the building, it's the 127 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:30,320 people. So if you don't want to meet 128 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,360 together and study the Bible anymore, fine. 129 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,440 If you want to go on a nature walk instead, fine, that's fine. 130 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:39,360 But don't you dare lay hands on what God has called holy. 131 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:42,840 And don't you dare try and reinvent what Christ Jesus died 132 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:45,760 for the church, just so that you can try and appease. 133 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:48,240 A few woke. People who've already changed 134 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:50,800 every single corner of our society. 135 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:53,480 I actually made a video on this subject when it was first 136 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:56,560 released and I titled it something like they just removed 137 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:59,720 church and I expect God will and judgments. 138 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:04,640 So I do want to qualify my next statement now by saying this was 139 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:07,040 not a prophecy. I can't even predict what my 140 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:10,120 wife will do in the next minute, let alone what's going to happen 141 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:12,040 in the future. So when I said this, I wasn't 142 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:14,720 prophesying in any way. But there is something we do 143 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:16,920 know. We know that God will not be 144 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:19,520 patient forever. We know that God will not stand 145 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:22,880 by silently forever as his name is disregarded by the people. 146 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:26,600 And we also know that what a man sows that he will also reap. 147 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:28,600 So what happened three months later? 148 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:32,400 The Archbishop of Canterbury suddenly was made to resign 149 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:35,760 after the entire Church of England fell to pieces 150 00:08:35,919 --> 00:08:38,760 overnight. Between You and me #2 could 151 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:44,280 easily have made number one in 2023's list and 2022's list, but 152 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:47,440 because it didn't quite reach the same scale as our number 153 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:51,760 one, that's why it's #2 today, little Narsex, desperate again 154 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:55,280 for attention, decided to be really original. 155 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:57,360 I hope you can hear the sarcasm in my voice. 156 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:00,440 What did you decide to do? He decided to laugh at Jesus 157 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,720 Christ again, not any other religion, but Jesus Christ, 158 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:07,280 because he knows two things. A, he knows that it's made him 159 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:10,840 really famous in the past when he made videos that disrespected 160 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:14,240 biblical teachings in the Bible, like what he did in Montero. 161 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:18,160 And B, he knows that we as Christians will turn the other 162 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:21,400 cheek and instead of doing anything, we'll just pray for 163 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:22,920 him. Which is, by the way, what I 164 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,840 encourage every single one of you to do right now, not just 165 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:28,680 for little Nas, but for all the people on this list today. 166 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:31,520 Let's pray for them that their eyes will be open to the truth 167 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:34,200 and they will feel a true. Conviction of sin. 168 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,440 For what they are doing against the living God. 169 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,520 So what did little Nas do? At the beginning of the year he 170 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:43,720 released a song called J Christ where he pretended to be Jesus 171 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,240 on the cross. He then dressed as Jesus and 172 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:49,200 whilst being dressed as Christ he then played a game of 173 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:53,080 basketball with the evil one. Later in the video he also 174 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:56,560 dressed up as Noah in an attempt to laugh at what Christians 175 00:09:56,560 --> 00:09:59,080 believe in. Some would even argue that his 176 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:02,760 TikTok promotion was even worse where he created a skit of him 177 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:05,560 eating all of the communion bread and drinking all of the 178 00:10:05,560 --> 00:10:08,560 wine dressed as Jesus at the Lord's supper. 179 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:11,680 So come on guys, over to you. Who do you think got the 180 00:10:11,680 --> 00:10:15,600 shameful crown for the biggest disrespect of Christianity in 181 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:18,520 2024? You were right, the Paris 182 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:23,080 Olympics are our #1 During the Olympic Games opening ceremony 183 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:27,200 they decided in a very disrespectful way to recreate 184 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:30,200 the Last Supper. Which then and sent a ripple 185 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:34,320 throughout the entire world. The organizers later released an 186 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:37,680 apology video, which, if we're honest, wasn't any kind of 187 00:10:37,680 --> 00:10:39,800 apology. And all of this just left more 188 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,040 and more people asking the same question. 189 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:46,000 Why is it always Christianity? May I go deeper? 190 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:49,760 They not only felt that they had freedom of expression to laugh 191 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:53,200 at Jesus Christ, but they decided to restrict Christian 192 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:56,440 athletes from their own freedom of expression. 193 00:10:56,640 --> 00:11:00,760 For instance, a 16 year old skateboarder called Reyesa Leal 194 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:04,120 won bronze at the games and apparently during the award 195 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:07,840 ceremony, because she was told she couldn't verbally testify 196 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:12,440 about her savior, she decided to use sign language instead to say 197 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:16,240 Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life. 198 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:19,960 But I hear you, you say, come on Joe, isn't that just hearsay? 199 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:23,000 Well, another example of Christians being restricted was 200 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,760 the Olympic surfer Gabriel Medina. 201 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:29,600 He was told that if he did not remove the artwork of Jesus 202 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:33,400 Christ off his surfboard, he would not be allowed to compete 203 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:37,200 in the games. The fact is this guy's Paris 204 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:41,040 made a huge mistake and they lost the viewership of thousands 205 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:45,400 of Christians with sports fans like myself deciding to boycott 206 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,760 the whole games. I didn't watch anything apart 207 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:50,640 from maybe a few days later I saw that silly Australian 208 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:52,880 dancer. Some believers, they even. 209 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:55,280 Speculated that the. Blackout that happened 210 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:57,960 throughout the entire city on the night of the opening 211 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:01,840 ceremony was linked, and it was actually a mark of God's 212 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:04,600 disapproval on Paris and the Games. 213 00:12:04,680 --> 00:12:07,680 So how do we untangle all of this? 214 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:11,000 Well, I have a verse from the Bible that I think you should 215 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:15,120 write down. Psalm One verse one says, 216 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:19,320 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, 217 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:23,560 nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of 218 00:12:23,560 --> 00:12:27,920 the scornful, but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in 219 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:31,440 his law he meditates day and night. 220 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:33,400 Why do I share this verse with you? 221 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:37,480 Because I believe it's time for some of you to come out of the 222 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:40,040 world. Did you notice how it starts 223 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:42,920 with walking in the counsel of the ungodly? 224 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:46,400 You begin with just walking side by side with the world. 225 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:48,400 Yes, you're looking straight ahead. 226 00:12:48,560 --> 00:12:52,120 Yes, you've got your eyes on God in one sense, but you're 227 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,560 listening with your ears to what the world has to offer. 228 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:58,520 You're walking on the path towards Jesus, but you're 229 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:02,600 entertained by a little ungodly music or you're watching a 230 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:06,320 little ungodliness on the screen that you know you shouldn't, but 231 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:09,200 you don't worry too much about it because you're still moving 232 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,560 in the right direction. OK, then watch what happens to 233 00:13:12,560 --> 00:13:16,040 the next person. This man, he's standing in the 234 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:18,800 path of the sinners. So now you're stationary. 235 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:23,080 Now you've lost your direction. Now you're facing sin face to 236 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:26,480 face and you're locked in. It's got your attention and you 237 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:28,760 want to see what the world has to offer you. 238 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:33,680 So you stand on their path and you mix with their ideas and you 239 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:38,560 start to love what they love. Then the final picture we see is 240 00:13:38,560 --> 00:13:42,960 a person who's sitting down in the seat of the scornful. 241 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:46,360 Now you've joined them, now you're part of their group, and 242 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:50,440 you're one of them who also joins in with all the laughter 243 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:53,480 against the name of the Lord. Do you see the sequence here? 244 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:56,400 It starts with just a little bit of walking. 245 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:59,560 It starts with just a little bit, and then you're standing 246 00:13:59,560 --> 00:14:01,320 with them. And before you realize that, 247 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:04,920 you've settled down and you've become just just like the rest 248 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,120 of the world. You see, the truth is this. 249 00:14:07,680 --> 00:14:10,720 We become what we allow into our lives. 250 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:14,080 The more comfortable we become with listening to these singers, 251 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:17,320 with following these celebrities and watching these organizers 252 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:21,720 disrespect the Bible, the sooner we drift away from the God that 253 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:25,200 we love and we start to become like the rest of the world. 254 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:27,400 So what am I asking you to do right now? 255 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:30,920 Or more importantly, what might the Holy Spirit Himself be 256 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:33,800 convicting you to do right this very second? 257 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:39,520 I think we're all called to be separate, to stop lingering in 258 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:43,200 the same sinful ways, to stop watching, stop listening to and 259 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:46,640 stop being involved in all these things that the Lord God hates. 260 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:49,840 It's time for you and I to repent. 261 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:53,320 It's time to turn our minds and our hearts away from these 262 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:57,240 things and to turn our eyes on the Lord Jesus Christ, the one 263 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:01,160 who experienced all kinds of scorn on the cross, the one 264 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,240 where all the people turned against Him, all the people 265 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,360 pointed at him and jeered and said him, if you are the Son of 266 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:09,640 God, bring yourself down from the cross. 267 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:13,720 And Jesus just took it. That was the time when Jesus was 268 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:17,520 really made a fool of on the cross, when there he died in our 269 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:20,880 place for our sin. So can I ask you, has the Lord 270 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:24,680 Jesus Christ not endured enough scorn already? 271 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:26,480 Has he not been laughed at enough? 272 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:29,000 That with all of the things he went through on the cross, with 273 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:31,520 all the crowds laughing at him, with all the years we've had of 274 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:34,440 many, many years, even recent years of people laughing at him, 275 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:38,800 Has he not had enough disrespect over the years that the world 276 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:41,320 wants to keep piling it on year by year? 277 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:46,000 So now I am saying to you, we, you, whoever you are, we should 278 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,560 respect him. We should honor him, We should 279 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:52,080 crown him the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, and we should 280 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:55,920 bow the knee to the one who went to the cross for you and me. 281 00:15:56,280 --> 00:16:00,120 Can I ask you, is he your King? Is he your Savior? 282 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:03,400 Or are you like the rest of the crowds who just love laughing at 283 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:06,680 Jesus, who don't see it as any big deal when the Lord is 284 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:08,320 laughed at? They don't see His name as 285 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:10,760 special. So why is he so dear to us as 286 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:14,000 Christians then? Because on the cross, all of 287 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:17,680 your wrongdoing, the weight of your sin, the wrong things 288 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:21,520 you've done in all of your life, all of that was laid on Christ, 289 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:25,240 and there he died in your place so you can be forgiven. 290 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:28,400 Have you been forgiven? Have you asked the Son of God, 291 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:31,840 the Lord Jesus Christ, to wipe your slate clean, to give you a 292 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:33,880 new start? Here we are at the beginning of 293 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:37,800 2025, and some of you, you're desperate for a new start. 294 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:40,680 Or the Lord Jesus Christ can give you a fresh start. 295 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:44,040 All of your past can be washed away down in the river of 296 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:45,880 forgiveness. It can be gone forever. 297 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:49,680 And He can give you a new start, a clean life, forgiveness of 298 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:52,520 sins and salvation in His name alone. 299 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:54,840 If you really want it, it's yours. 300 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:58,400 If you call on His name, He'll give it to you like that. 301 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:00,720 Now let me put you under the test. 302 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:04,520 If the Paris Olympics are the group of people who disrespected 303 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:08,400 God the most in 2024, do you think you can remember who the 304 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:11,520 person was who caused the greatest disrespect to the name 305 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:15,000 of the Lord in 2023? If you think you've got the 306 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:19,440 right person, go and check out 2023's list to see if you are 307 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:20,880 indeed correct.