1 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:16,960 In John chapter 12, starting in verse 12, it is Palm Sunday. 2 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:20,040 Now you understand, traditionally a lot of people 3 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:21,280 are going to preach on Palm Sunday. 4 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:23,880 My wife asked me in the vehicle, we were coming back from the 5 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:26,480 governor's mansion. She was like, you know, it's 6 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:29,560 Palm Sunday Sunday. I said, ah, yeah, it is because, 7 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:32,000 you know, why do we not preach this? 8 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:34,120 You know why? I said, well, you know, it's 9 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:37,200 tradition. I said, you know, it's just 10 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:39,720 tradition. I understand that there is a 11 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:44,760 context of God coming into Jerusalem, but, you know, a lot 12 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:47,320 of times churches have just made certain things traditional. 13 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:50,520 Why do we talk about the death, burial, resurrection of Jesus on 14 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,520 Easter Sunday? I could preach at any Sunday, 15 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,400 you know, but because of tradition, right? 16 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:00,880 We talk about the birth of Jesus at Christmas. 17 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:04,400 We talk about the resurrection of Jesus at Easter, and then, 18 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:06,600 you know, whatever we're talking about from then on out. 19 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,480 So it's like, so the world is telling me what I'm supposed to 20 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,760 preach. Well, that's not true. 21 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,000 That's why sometimes on Resurrection Sunday, I won't 22 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,440 even preach about the death, burial and resurrection because 23 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:20,360 for those people who have only come on Easter, it's the only 24 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:23,120 message they hear. So we give them something else. 25 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:26,280 Now that won't be the case this next Sunday. 26 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:30,480 I am preaching on it. OK, so sometimes we do, but 27 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:32,080 sometimes we don't. Don't. 28 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,240 I've never preached about Palm Sunday. 29 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,560 I'm going to talk a little bit about Palm Sunday today. 30 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:40,160 OK, John chapter 12 verse 12 through 16 says it this way. 31 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:45,040 It says on the next day a large crowd had come to the feast and 32 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:47,400 they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 33 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,840 They took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet 34 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:56,160 him and begin to shout, Hosanna. Blessed is he who comes in the 35 00:01:56,160 --> 00:02:05,280 name of the Lord, even the king of Israel, even the king of 36 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:07,840 Israel. Verse 14 says Jesus finded a 37 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:11,440 young donkey sat on it. And as it is written, as it is 38 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,080 written, as it is written, as it is written, Why? 39 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,800 Because Jesus fulfilled the word. 40 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:22,800 God always fulfills his word. Always. 41 00:02:23,640 --> 00:02:27,360 Verse 15, Fear not, daughter of Zion, behold, your king is 42 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:29,960 coming. Who's coming, who's coming, 43 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,920 who's coming? Your king is coming seated on a 44 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:36,840 donkey's colt. These things the disciples did 45 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,480 not understand at first, but when Jesus was glorified now 46 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:41,280 that's after his death, burial, and resurrection. 47 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:45,320 Then they remembered that these things were written of him and 48 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:47,360 they had done these things to him. 49 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,520 Now this particular it is written came from Zechariah 50 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:55,040 Chapter 9, verse 9. Luke's gospel has this account 51 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:58,000 saying it this way. In Luke chapter 19, verses 35 to 52 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:03,120 40, it says They brought to him, brought it to him to Jesus, and 53 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:06,960 they threw their coats on the colt and put Jesus on it. 54 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,800 As he was going, they were spreading their coats on the 55 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:14,960 road, and as soon as they were approaching near the descent of 56 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,920 the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began to 57 00:03:17,920 --> 00:03:21,240 praise God joyfully with a loud voice, with all the miracles 58 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:24,960 which they had seen shouting. Blessed is the King, who comes 59 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:29,200 in the name of the Lord, peace in heaven, and glory in the 60 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:32,160 highest. Some of the Pharisees in the 61 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:38,920 crowd said to him, Teacher, rebuke your disciples. 62 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:44,880 But Jesus answered, I tell you, if these become silent, the 63 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:49,800 stones will cry out. Hallelujah, Hallelujah. 64 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:56,440 What will the stones cry out? That he is the King, that he is 65 00:03:56,440 --> 00:04:01,840 the king, That he is the king, that he is the king, that he is 66 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:04,760 the king. You know, the king has come and 67 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:08,920 the king is coming. I said the king has come, but 68 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:11,800 the king is coming, glory to God. 69 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:15,840 And here's the thing, the nation of Israel wanted the king. 70 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:20,279 They have been waiting for this prophesied king that would come 71 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:24,480 and establish his Kingdom, that Israel would have a king that 72 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:29,680 would rule the world, and they were looking for this king. 73 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,720 They wanted this king. In their mind they had an idea 74 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:38,960 of what this king would look like, but there was a group that 75 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:46,720 did not want this king, this group that was blinding the eyes 76 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:50,040 of the nation of Israel. For they were not rightly 77 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:53,840 interpreting Scripture, but they were turning scripture into 78 00:04:53,840 --> 00:04:58,480 tradition so that they can maintain power with a different 79 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:02,480 king. So we see in this passage that 80 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:07,160 if we take this into account, Jesus now has told his disciples 81 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:11,400 going to town, there is a donkey that no one has ever ridden. 82 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:15,760 And why is it there? Because I'm going to ride it. 83 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:19,680 It was prophesied. I would do this from long ago. 84 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:22,120 He says, now you go get that donkey. 85 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:24,800 And if anyone stops you and says, what are you doing now? 86 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:27,560 This is like somebody come in and try getting into your 87 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,160 vehicle. You need to understand this 88 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:33,360 context, right? It's not taking your dog for a 89 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:36,800 walk, some mode of transportation, a beast of 90 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,680 burden, something that people would use to be able to 91 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,400 transport stuff. It's like a pickup truck, you 92 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:45,840 know, in the community. And so they go down, start 93 00:05:45,840 --> 00:05:47,680 untying, and people just do that. 94 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,880 They go, what are you doing? In essence, this isn't yours. 95 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:54,080 But they said if they try to stop it, you tell them this. 96 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:57,720 The Lord has need of it. Now. 97 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:01,360 Lord is not a religious word because a lot of times when we 98 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:05,640 hear Lord, we think in terms of religion, but that is not a term 99 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:08,080 that anyone in that nation would have thought of. 100 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:10,480 They would have saved. The one who has authority has 101 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:16,280 just asked for this animal. And so who are they to deny the 102 00:06:16,280 --> 00:06:19,800 one who has supreme authority from being able to have this 103 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:21,880 because all that is here is theirs. 104 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:25,200 Hallelujah. And so they said, the Lord has 105 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,400 need of this, and we'll go ahead and take it to the Lord, the one 106 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,920 who has supreme authority. And they take this to Jesus. 107 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:36,400 Now, when Jesus comes into town, not all the gospels proclaim it 108 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:38,480 this way. They say hosanna in the highest, 109 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:40,880 they say. But these two gospels literally 110 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:46,440 have the herald announcement that the king has arrived in 111 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:51,560 Jerusalem. Whoa, glory to God, Amen. 112 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:55,840 The king has arrived in Jerusalem and remember, Jesus 113 00:06:55,840 --> 00:07:01,240 rebuked Jerusalem and says you have missed your day of 114 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:04,480 visitation. He said, oh, how I long to be 115 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:09,440 able to pull you in like a a hen brings in her chicks and gets up 116 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:14,360 underneath her and protect her. But man, you have missed your 117 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:18,120 day of visitation. And so he comes in and there's 118 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:24,880 this declaration that he is, he is the king, and the city is in 119 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:29,160 the uproar and people are shouting you're the king, you're 120 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:33,200 the king, you're the king, you're the king, you're the 121 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:38,240 king. But listen, just 'cause you 122 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:42,000 calling king doesn't mean he, you serve him as king, Amen? 123 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:48,280 Just because the crowd declared he was king as it came in, and 124 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:50,280 it wasn't just his immediate disciples. 125 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,720 There were others. They get in 'cause if you see 126 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,600 Scripture, a lot of times the crowd would just go along even 127 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:56,960 though they don't know what's going on. 128 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,440 And now coats are being thrown down and branches are being cut 129 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:04,520 off and thrown into the street. In essence, it's like a red 130 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:07,520 carpet affair because royalty is coming into town, Amen. 131 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:12,320 And so through that action, they are saying this is the King, 132 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:15,120 this is the one, Oh, this is what we should do because the 133 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:22,840 King is coming. Yet they missed their day of 134 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:26,080 visitation. I'm concerned that the church 135 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,280 itself may miss its day of visitation. 136 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:31,680 For we have accepted Savior Jesus so much that we have 137 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:33,640 forgotten He actually sits on a throne, Amen? 138 00:08:34,919 --> 00:08:38,880 And we have made a confession of faith or acknowledging Jesus 139 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:43,080 saves us, but yet are we allow? Are we serving him with our very 140 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:46,320 lives? Have we got caught up in coming 141 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:50,840 to service and saying blessed is the King and sing praises, yet 142 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:54,080 walk out as if he's not king of our lives, Amen. 143 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:56,800 Amen. It's very important for us to 144 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:00,800 recognize because you know, there's a thing going on today 145 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:04,720 that I find really interesting, extremely interesting. 146 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:08,800 In fact, I'm almost like, wow, how strategic is this? 147 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:12,080 Now you understand the events that are going on. 148 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:14,600 You know, a lot of times they don't understand the 149 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:18,200 implication. You and I, because we are born 150 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:20,480 of God, we have the light of God. 151 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:24,920 I could show you things in the natural that are always pointing 152 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:28,080 towards the king types and shadows. 153 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:31,760 You know, movies that you watch, it's all about a savior. 154 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:35,080 A lot of times, you know, it's about something, you know that 155 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:37,880 they can put their object towards something to save them. 156 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:42,760 I mean, there's so many types and shadows of of Jesus Christ. 157 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,000 And you know, a lot of times the world gets moving in this 158 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:49,160 direction, not even recognizing that really this is just a type 159 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:50,560 and shadow of the Kingdom of God. 160 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:52,320 This is really what you're looking for. 161 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:56,120 This is really what you want. Yet there is another voice in 162 00:09:56,120 --> 00:10:00,160 the earth that is trying to hinder or keep people dark in 163 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:03,640 darkness from the things that are happening. 164 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:06,560 How many believe that Jesus is going to return? 165 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:10,600 I cannot tell you he'll return in my lifetime, but I'm 166 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:13,840 believing He will. And you know, with the events 167 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:18,280 going on, maybe I maybe it's definitely more is closer today 168 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:21,320 than it's ever been before. But at the end of the day, when 169 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:24,840 Jesus comes, will he come back as a suffering servant? 170 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,160 Will he come back as just a lamb? 171 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:31,920 He'll come back as what, the king of glory? 172 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:34,880 Hallelujah. Well, you know, in our nation 173 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:38,480 right now, there are rallies called no kings. 174 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:43,520 And yet they are modeling something that I'm going to show 175 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:47,200 you happens in Scripture. This is not a new event. 176 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:51,960 This event has been happening since Jesus walked on the 177 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:55,040 planet. Because Jesus came in and 178 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:58,520 declared he was king. It was announced he was the 179 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:02,880 king. Yet the religious always resist 180 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:08,240 the Kingdom. Religious people always resist 181 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:11,800 the Kingdom. Why do religious people resist 182 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:15,200 the Kingdom? Because the Kingdom is the only 183 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:20,240 thing that requires or forces the person to acknowledge. 184 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:24,920 I must submit to the authority in religion. 185 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:30,320 We can or the religious can say I will tell God how I will 186 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:35,520 worship them and he must accept my worship on my terms. 187 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,760 That's just the religious. That's why there's so many 188 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:49,520 religions is because we're going to determine who God is, how God 189 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:52,440 is. You can even say God is Jesus, 190 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:57,880 yet tell Jesus how you'll worship him. 191 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:07,040 Yet the Kingdom says Jesus is king and Jesus is the one that 192 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:12,640 tells us how to worship him. And that's life, that's love, 193 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:17,640 that's freedom, that's liberty, that's blessings, that's health 194 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:21,200 and healing. Because he is the supreme and 195 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:25,840 authority and I want to lay down my will to follow his will. 196 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:28,840 That's the Kingdom. But the religious will say, 197 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:33,400 quiet that down. That's good. 198 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,480 The religious will say, well, now, you know, maybe you're just 199 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:44,400 getting a little too, you know, fanatical, you know, I mean, I, 200 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:48,800 I want to do some things here still, you know, there's some 201 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:51,320 things I enjoy here. God understands. 202 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:56,160 Well, does he? Well, what's after this event? 203 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:59,720 A series of things occur and then we find ourselves in John 204 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:04,640 chapter 18, verse 3733 to 37. This is a familiar passive 205 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:06,520 scripture if you've been with Anchor Faith Church for quite 206 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:09,080 some time. And it says Jesus now, who's 207 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:11,480 being betrayed, had been betrayed by one of his own 208 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:17,040 disciples, Judas, for 30 pieces of silver, because he was a 209 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:22,600 selfish ambition, a disciple that stayed in selfish ambition 210 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:26,920 and wanted finance. He wanted accolades. 211 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:31,360 He wanted to be close to the one that would rule so that he could 212 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:35,280 seem like he's a ruler. I mean, if Jesus would have 213 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:40,080 taken the throne in in Jerusalem, Judas would have done 214 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:42,040 everything. He could be at his right hand so 215 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:44,360 that later he could cut his throat and take the seat, 216 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:47,920 because that is the position of the devil. 217 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:53,760 I want the throne of God. He's not satisfied that he's by 218 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:57,800 the throne. That's good. 219 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:02,280 He wants the throne. And so Judas realized this guy's 220 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:08,280 not going to take the throne. So let me go to the other power. 221 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:12,280 I'm trying to be with the most powerful people. 222 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:17,600 And so he goes to the religious, because the religious resists 223 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:21,240 the Kingdom. And they said, what will you pay 224 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:27,800 me to betray Hallelujah? So now we're at this point where 225 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:31,160 he's been taken before. The governor of Rome says, 226 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:35,960 therefore Pilate entered into the the pretorium and summoned 227 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,920 Jesus and said to him, are you the king of the Jews? 228 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,080 Jesus answered, now why am I in this vein? 229 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:46,600 I'm telling you why I'm in this vein because every resurrection 230 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:52,080 Sunday we focus solely, a lot of times there becomes a focus 231 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:56,480 solely on the Lamb that was slain that we miss. 232 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:00,240 There's an announcement of a king the whole time. 233 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:08,720 Listen, Jesus is not king. Was is not limited to his king 234 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:13,120 status in the millennial reign. He's king now. 235 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:17,560 Amen. He is king even before he laid 236 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:18,480 his life down. Yes, Amen. 237 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:24,120 Hallelujah. He's King. 238 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:29,680 Our king saved us, yes. Our King is our Savior, yes. 239 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:35,960 But if he is your savior, you must recognize His kingship, not 240 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:40,400 just his saving power. Amen cuz in order for his saving 241 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:47,200 power to flow in your life, you must obey, yield and submit to 242 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:53,640 his lordship cuz all kings are Lords of their domain. 243 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,840 Hallelujah. Does he own you? 244 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:00,520 Have you been bought with a price? 245 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:08,040 Is he your Lord and Savior? Does his words matter? 246 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:11,560 So Pilate says, Are you the King of the Jews? 247 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:13,400 Jesus answered. Are you saying this on your own 248 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,400 initiative or did others tell you about me? 249 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:18,320 He doesn't deny it. He's wanting to know how did you 250 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:23,040 arrive to this revelation? But it will get even more 251 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:26,920 technical. Pilate answered and says I'm not 252 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:28,960 a Jew. Am I your own nation? 253 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,560 And the chief priest delivered you to me. 254 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:34,800 What have you done? Jesus then answers and says My 255 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:41,000 Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world 256 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:44,240 then my servants would be fighting so that I would not be 257 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:46,680 handed over to the Jews. But as it is my Kingdom is not 258 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:49,400 of this realm. Now notice what Jesus is not 259 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:52,560 saying is My Kingdom is in heaven and heaven alone. 260 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:56,640 That's not what he's saying. What he's saying is my Kingdom 261 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:01,600 does not function or is not a part of the world, world's 262 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:04,720 kingdoms. The kingdoms you see, mine's 263 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:10,680 nothing like it because if mine was like the ones you see, my 264 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:13,680 servants would not let me be handed over to the Jews. 265 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:19,119 And so he's saying, listen, when you enter into my Kingdom, what 266 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:21,880 you think you know about kingdoms, you got to get rid of 267 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:27,640 that and how you function in these kingdoms to get ahead. 268 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:32,720 Define happiness, define peace, define prosperity. 269 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:36,160 That doesn't exist that way in mind. 270 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:39,920 Mine's a totally different way of functioning. 271 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:43,800 It functions totally different. In fact, the world does not know 272 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:48,120 how mine operates. It was here once, it's coming 273 00:17:48,120 --> 00:17:52,960 back, but you cannot model it off of the existing kingdoms. 274 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:59,160 You see that this is really important because we in our time 275 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:03,240 of separation from God, we live by sight. 276 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:09,240 We made decisions on how we felt about things, what we how we had 277 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:11,320 learned about things through our intellect. 278 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:16,320 We made choices and we did things out of selfishness, out 279 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:21,600 of us getting what we wanted. And we are in the same system 280 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:24,440 everyone else was. But the Lord's like my system, 281 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:27,840 my kingdom's totally different. It looks different, it functions 282 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:30,960 different, it operates there. It's not even of this realm. 283 00:18:32,360 --> 00:18:39,440 So you cannot find me in these kingdoms because I don't operate 284 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:42,040 that way. He then goes on and says, 285 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:46,000 therefore Pilate says to him, so you are king because if Jesus is 286 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:52,080 claiming my Kingdom, then he must be the king of the domain 287 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:55,960 that he's over because Kingdom simply is King's dominion or the 288 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:59,920 King's domain. That which he overseas he is a 289 00:18:59,960 --> 00:19:04,400 sovereign of, he is ruler of and Jesus says my Kingdom. 290 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:09,720 Oh, so you are king. And Jesus answers, you say 291 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:15,400 correctly that I am a king. Notice Pilate, it is not talking 292 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:19,720 to Jesus about Christianity. He's not talking to Jesus about 293 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:24,520 a new religion coming. He is talking to him on 294 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:26,840 government terms. For Pilate himself is in 295 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:30,440 government. He is a governor of the king. 296 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:35,160 His name is Caesar, and he sits on his throne in Rome. 297 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:37,640 So he says, so you are king, He said. 298 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:39,120 You say correctly that I'm a king. 299 00:19:39,360 --> 00:19:42,040 For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the 300 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:46,120 world to testify the truth. Everyone who is of the truth 301 00:19:46,360 --> 00:19:50,160 hears my voice. So we have to understand the 302 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:53,560 Kingdom he rules does not like the kingdoms of this world. 303 00:19:58,360 --> 00:20:01,280 And he says that I've come to testify the truth. 304 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:09,800 Notice he comes into town a few chapters earlier and the city's 305 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:13,120 in the uproar saying behold, our king is here. 306 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:21,720 But through a few series of events, he's back in the same 307 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:26,720 town and there's no shouts when he came in. 308 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:32,720 And now he's being questioned about his kingship. 309 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:37,040 And he's saying, look, my kingdom's not like this world. 310 00:20:39,120 --> 00:20:41,680 And when I speak, truth is heard. 311 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:46,960 But here's the thing. When true, when his truth 312 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:56,760 collides with your truth, then will you be like the rest who no 313 00:20:56,760 --> 00:21:01,480 longer acknowledge him as king? That's good. 314 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:04,720 Amen. See The thing is, is when your 315 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:09,400 expectation of him changes, then your reference to him as king 316 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,960 will change as well, Amen. Because we will see a city 317 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:18,680 that's in an uproar calling him king, only to find in John 318 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:24,440 chapter 19 after this event that they have a different take on 319 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:29,600 Jesus's kingship. So the reality is this, a 320 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:33,560 rejection of Jesus as King is a rejection of truth, Amen. 321 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:40,000 That's a good word, Amen. John chapter 19 verses 12 to 15 322 00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:44,360 says it this way. As a result of this pilot made 323 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:49,160 efforts to release him. Now this is after he scourges 324 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:54,440 him, he puts his has his Roman soldiers put a crown of thorns 325 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:59,400 on his head, robe him in a purple robe, slap him in the 326 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:05,080 face, take a a scepter and beat him on the head with that crown 327 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:09,400 of thorns and say, you know, hell, the king of the Jews, they 328 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:16,360 are mocking him as a king for the Roman soldier, they have a 329 00:22:16,360 --> 00:22:19,240 king. His name's Caesar and to him 330 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:21,880 he's like, how do you, how can you even have this claim as 331 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:23,680 kingship? We have one. 332 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:25,600 But Jesus, like, I'm not like your king. 333 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:30,560 And he was not like Caesar. Glory to God, He was not like 334 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,400 Caesar. But they have beat on him now 335 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:37,040 they have scourge and have ripped the flesh off of his 336 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:41,400 back, sides, face, legs. You understand when they're 337 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:46,200 hitting him with those cat and nine tails, They are not staying 338 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:52,640 specific and layer upon layer of flesh is being picked off of 339 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:55,360 Jesus. Then when he brings them back in 340 00:22:55,360 --> 00:23:01,600 front of a jealous religious crowd, that pilot is aware that 341 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:06,320 they are only wanting him crucified because of jealousy, 342 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:13,520 envy and spite. And yet they he sees the resolve 343 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:19,920 of this man, how he is his presence, his countenance, 344 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:25,120 although Pilot is doing his very best to seem as an equal in 345 00:23:25,120 --> 00:23:28,040 government position. Meaning I'm governor of the 346 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:31,680 greatest king ever and you're acknowledging my king has 347 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:37,080 conquered this territory. Rome is the occupying empire. 348 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:41,560 And you're saying you're a king of the nation that my king has 349 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:45,440 conquered is the occupying Kingdom. 350 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:50,800 He's trying to look this way. His wife has come in and says 351 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:52,760 have nothing to do with this guy had a dream. 352 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,600 This guy has the touch of God on him. 353 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:59,680 Get away from this man. So Pilot has to determine, do I 354 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:05,160 listen to my wife? Then he addresses Jesus himself. 355 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,760 And as he begins to talk, he says Jesus, prior to this verse, 356 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:12,040 he said, don't you know I have the power to kill you? 357 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:13,360 He says you have no power. Amen. 358 00:24:13,360 --> 00:24:16,640 Amen. Unless it's given you whoo. 359 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:23,160 I mean, the that statement sent Pilate to his knees, not 360 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:26,760 physically, but to the point that he's like, I got to get rid 361 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:31,200 of this guy because Jesus was resolved. 362 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:35,360 That's right, Because he knows who he is. 363 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:39,880 I said he knows who he is. He knows who he is, He's 364 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:42,680 resolved in who he is. And he said, man, he wants to 365 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:45,440 release this person, so he makes every effort. 366 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,720 But look what it says here again, as a result of this, 367 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:50,480 Pilot made every effort to release him. 368 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:56,320 But the Jews cried out saying if you release this man, you are no 369 00:24:56,320 --> 00:25:00,920 friend of Caesar. And everyone who makes himself 370 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:05,880 out to be what a king opposes Caesar. 371 00:25:06,360 --> 00:25:11,160 Therefore, when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus 372 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:15,000 out, sat down on the judgment seat called the pavement in 373 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,040 Hebrew. Is that word there? 374 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:20,800 Let's go on now. It was the day of preparation 375 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:23,600 for the Passover. It was about the 6th hour. 376 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:27,440 And he said to the Jews, Behold your King. 377 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:32,880 And so they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. 378 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:36,040 Pilate said to them, Shall I crucify your king? 379 00:25:37,120 --> 00:25:40,720 And look what the religious say, The chief priests answered. 380 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:50,000 We have no king but Caesar. I find it interesting in our 381 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:54,720 society today, there's this movement of no kings, Amen. 382 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:58,920 And yet we may be closer to the return of the King that it 383 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:04,600 becomes in the psyche of our society that we resist this idea 384 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:07,960 of kingship. Yet their only hope is the King 385 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:14,640 of kings and the Lord of Lords. Their only salvation comes from 386 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:20,280 the King, the king of glory, and yet the enemy has done such a 387 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:23,520 good job of placing it within our society. 388 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:27,880 We will never bow to a king. We have resisted kings. 389 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,680 We are independent of kings and men. 390 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:34,720 Kings and man's Kingdom is not the Kingdom that we're a part 391 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:38,440 of. Yet I am concerned that even 392 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:43,000 believers have come to this point where they have 393 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:46,680 acknowledged Jesus Christ as Savior. 394 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:52,400 But when it comes to King, they say we have no king but our 395 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:58,920 world, our way of doing Jesus, our family, our vacation, our 396 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:03,320 retirement. I'll come to church when I want 397 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:05,400 to. I'll serve how I want to. 398 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:09,400 I'll I'll praise like I want to. You can't make me come. 399 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:14,000 I'm not making you come anyway. My king said don't forsake the 400 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:19,840 assembly of yourself. The King says that we are 401 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:24,960 jointed and fitted together. The King said this. 402 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:33,120 I mean the church should have never looked so weak, but it 403 00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:39,080 will when those that look and see their king say we have no 404 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:49,840 king but Caesar. Notice the same people at one 405 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:57,200 time praised with reverence the King, the king, but then later 406 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:01,800 shouted with rebellion, crucify, crucify. 407 00:28:02,120 --> 00:28:06,960 It reminds me of that scripture that it says they acknowledge me 408 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,120 with their lips, but their heart. 409 00:28:09,120 --> 00:28:13,400 That's right. How do you know if a man's 410 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,200 hearts with the Lord? Is he serving him, Amen. 411 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:18,880 Is he submitted to him? Amen. 412 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,520 His every waking moment of his life is to wake up and say, 413 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:29,080 Lord, how do I please you today? How do I #1 build your church? 414 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,640 How do I stay connected to the brothers and sisters you've 415 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:36,280 assigned me to? How do we change our community? 416 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:40,320 Who do I speak to people today on your behalf? 417 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:45,600 Where do I need to lay down my will and take up Your will? 418 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:52,960 That's a person whose heart's fully his. 419 00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:00,200 Yet there are many that say, well, I asked him to be my 420 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,080 savior. Well then, where's your fruit? 421 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:10,600 For John the Baptist himself, say, well, have fruit in keeping 422 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:12,600 with repentance. That's right. 423 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:19,320 And this new generation coming up, they are wanting tradition. 424 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,400 Honestly, they want something that doesn't even look like I 425 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:26,320 was talking to our Creator. I said, man, I'm under the 426 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:30,240 impression that when we build out this sanctuary in JC Penney, 427 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:35,760 we need to look like a church. I know a church is not a 428 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:39,680 building, but there's something in the psyche of humans that we 429 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,160 need to not look like just a warehouse. 430 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:46,400 Amen. We're going to have to go back 431 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:49,480 to something that says hey, we don't look like the rest of the 432 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:51,360 buildings. We are a church. 433 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:57,640 Because honestly, we are already living totally different lives 434 00:29:57,800 --> 00:29:59,640 than those that are professing anyway. 435 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:05,200 Because your everyday life says Jesus is my king, not this 436 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:08,440 world. How in the world can it be that 437 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:13,280 we could work 40-50 hours a week and yet tell your king I don't 438 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:18,560 have time to come to service or get on social media and let 439 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:20,040 everyone know. You know what? 440 00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:21,960 If you're just tired of going, don't go. 441 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:26,320 Well, why don't you not go to work because you know you're 442 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:28,720 more tired of not working than you are going to church? 443 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:32,160 Because I don't have. I have very few people punching 444 00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:34,840 40 and 50 hour clocks in this building. 445 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:40,000 I have some, but most of you are not clocking those kind of 446 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,560 hours. And how could you get tired of 447 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:47,880 two hours? I mean, who wouldn't want to go 448 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:58,640 to work for two hours? So you must decide which Kingdom 449 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:04,720 you serve, his or Caesar's? His or Caesar's. 450 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:13,040 Just because you've praised him once does not mean you're living 451 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:19,920 that out. And here's Jesus's covenant 452 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:23,160 nation, the nation whom God loves. 453 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:28,680 He's in the city that will become the capital of all 454 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:35,640 creation, the universe, because the new Jerusalem will come down 455 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:38,000 out of heaven to the earth of which God will be here. 456 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:42,120 It will be the capital of the universe. 457 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:49,440 And the king rolls in and says you missed your day of 458 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:55,440 visitation because you have no king but Caesar. 459 00:31:57,400 --> 00:31:57,960 That's good. Amen. 460 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:07,760 Next week we're going to preach on Jesus and we're already 461 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:11,880 seeing a trickle of more come today in anticipation for next 462 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:18,160 week. I'm going to be from a pastoral 463 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:23,000 perspective, tomorrow is not my most excited service. 464 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:27,920 My most excited service is the service after resurrection 465 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:35,680 because honestly, next Sunday can be the most hypocritical 466 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:37,960 service in the United States. Amen. 467 00:32:45,770 --> 00:32:54,130 There are pastors right now. 3-4 services in anticipation for a 468 00:32:54,130 --> 00:33:01,650 crowd of people who know Jesus came, He died, he rose from the 469 00:33:01,650 --> 00:33:04,280 grave, and he's the only way to the Father. 470 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:08,800 And at some point they shouted, Jesus saved me. 471 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:18,160 But after that service, they'll serve the other king, the king 472 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:23,520 of this world, the God of Mammon, the God of work, the God 473 00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:27,080 of all the other distractions. And what's awesome is that when 474 00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:30,840 we serve the King, we can integrate within every sector of 475 00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:32,920 society, although it does not own us. 476 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,360 Amen. We know we are the light there. 477 00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:39,320 I'm not diminishing anything within those. 478 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,400 We are the light. We are to go. 479 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:45,000 However, we always maintain the priority. 480 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:51,600 I serve only one king. It's not the world, it's Jesus. 481 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:54,400 Amen. It's Jesus. 482 00:33:55,720 --> 00:34:00,480 So this Friday when we begin to fast, I'm not asking you to 483 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:04,960 fast. You're king cause your king 484 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:12,199 cares and your king desires that all who attend next week, come 485 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:18,199 on, come on, start attending every week. 486 00:34:20,679 --> 00:34:26,760 Yeah, And again, we do services on Wednesday, not because I say 487 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:34,440 so, but because in a world that keeps getting darker and darker 488 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:38,719 and deception is running more rampant, you really need to 489 00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:40,719 assemble more than once a week. Amen. 490 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:48,000 To maintain strength, vitality and courage, but more 491 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:59,000 importantly, resolve in truth. Resolving truth because it's 492 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:05,440 worth it to be in the House of the Lord, Amen. 493 00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:11,800 Where brothers and sisters are serving the King of Kings and 494 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:18,760 the Lord of Lords and lifting you up because they know the 495 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:22,160 kingdoms of this world you're in are not there to help you. 496 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:27,480 They are there to destroy you. And it's the in these moments of 497 00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:31,200 our meetings that we are encouraged, strengthened to go 498 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:35,120 back out into that place and continue to let that light 499 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:42,160 shine. Jesus said this literally in 500 00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:45,840 Hebrews and do not forsake the assembling of yourself together 501 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:52,160 as is the habit of sun and all the more as you see the day 502 00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:56,360 approaching and that day approaching is the return of the 503 00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:59,440 king. It's not too much to ask when 504 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:01,640 Jesus says hey I need you to come back together. 505 00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:04,000 I need you to get one mom 1 accord. 506 00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:07,040 I need you to pray. I need you to intercede. 507 00:36:07,240 --> 00:36:10,880 I need you to do this for your city called Saint Augustine for 508 00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:13,880 your city called Port St. Joe for your city called New 509 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:15,680 Delhi for your city called Managua. 510 00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:19,280 The places that we have anchor faith churches, and when we do 511 00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:25,880 this, we do something very significant because I'm not 512 00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:30,600 looking for an answer of where I where am I going to go when I 513 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:34,320 die? Heaven came to me when Jesus 514 00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:35,760 became the Lord of my life, Amen. 515 00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:42,080 And I live that life now and I live it abundantly because the 516 00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:50,760 King is amazing, Amen. So today I put before you, which 517 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:56,760 king will you serve? Will you be like those who've 518 00:36:56,760 --> 00:37:01,800 been around all the religious expressions of Jesus Christ? 519 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:05,680 And will you say I have no king but Caesar? 520 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:10,680 Or will you today say there's only one king I serve, and his 521 00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:14,160 name is Jesus? Whenever head bow and every eye 522 00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:17,800 close, no one's looking around. If that's you today in our 523 00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:20,280 society, it's running really deep. 524 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:26,280 No kings, no kings. But there is a king, There's 525 00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:33,360 only one, and he is Lord of all. For the scripture says he is the 526 00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:37,360 judge of the living and the dead. 527 00:37:38,240 --> 00:37:42,720 Whether you make him your king or not doesn't change. 528 00:37:42,720 --> 00:37:51,400 He is the King and you will have to be present before him 529 00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:57,160 sometime. It's better today than it is on 530 00:37:57,160 --> 00:37:58,520 the great day of Judgment.