1 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:04,640 Thank you, Lord, that this is a day 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:05,240 that you've made. 3 00:00:05,340 --> 00:00:06,780 We rejoice and we're glad in it. 4 00:00:08,340 --> 00:00:09,720 We want to lift up the name of 5 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:11,360 Jesus in this house and I just pray 6 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:12,540 that you would be exalted. 7 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:15,200 Flesh wouldn't be exalted here. 8 00:00:15,379 --> 00:00:16,380 In Jesus' name we pray. 9 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:28,040 Reflecting on his kindness and his goodness toward 10 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:38,990 us, those things are not possible without 11 00:00:38,990 --> 00:00:42,590 the shed blood of Jesus, without the sacrifice. 12 00:00:44,700 --> 00:00:48,500 There's no blessing without the forgiveness of sins. 13 00:00:50,940 --> 00:00:55,280 So Jesus gave his life for us so 14 00:00:57,940 --> 00:01:00,340 that he could ransom us, pay the ransom 15 00:01:00,340 --> 00:01:00,980 for us. 16 00:01:05,450 --> 00:01:06,670 Does someone want to check on that? 17 00:01:14,100 --> 00:01:16,880 Yeah, let the redeemed of the Lord say 18 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:17,160 so. 19 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:20,040 We got nothing to be proud about. 20 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:23,500 We've got everything to be thankful about. 21 00:01:26,790 --> 00:01:29,650 I was thinking about the process and the 22 00:01:29,650 --> 00:01:31,850 prophecies and all the scripture that led to 23 00:01:31,850 --> 00:01:34,870 the fulfillment of Jesus' death on the cross 24 00:01:34,870 --> 00:01:35,910 and how that came about. 25 00:01:36,970 --> 00:01:38,530 It must have been hard as a young 26 00:01:38,530 --> 00:01:40,110 man when he began to hear the voice 27 00:01:40,110 --> 00:01:42,490 of his father and began to realize the 28 00:01:42,490 --> 00:01:45,970 purpose in which he came that he was 29 00:01:45,970 --> 00:01:47,590 going to give his life as a ransom 30 00:01:47,590 --> 00:01:52,970 for many and to allow himself to be 31 00:01:52,970 --> 00:01:57,490 obedient in all things even to the point 32 00:01:57,490 --> 00:01:58,490 of death on the cross. 33 00:02:01,450 --> 00:02:03,870 I wanted to read a little bit, a 34 00:02:03,870 --> 00:02:11,880 little unconventional, but how this began, how this, 35 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:15,220 the end events sort of took place. 36 00:02:15,420 --> 00:02:24,380 And I was looking in 37 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:31,520 Matthew chapter 26 in verse 6. 38 00:02:31,640 --> 00:02:33,200 It says, and Jesus was in Bethany. 39 00:02:34,620 --> 00:02:36,160 He was at the house of Simon the 40 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:40,660 leper and all of a sudden this certain 41 00:02:40,660 --> 00:02:44,260 woman came in having an alabaster flask, a 42 00:02:44,260 --> 00:02:48,640 very costly fragrant oil, and she poured it 43 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:51,200 on Jesus' head as he sat at the 44 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:51,460 table. 45 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:57,820 But when his disciples saw this thing, they 46 00:02:57,820 --> 00:03:02,520 became angry saying, why this waste? 47 00:03:06,260 --> 00:03:08,440 For this fragrant oil might have been sold 48 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:09,920 for much and given to the poor. 49 00:03:20,310 --> 00:03:22,130 But when Jesus was aware of it, he 50 00:03:22,130 --> 00:03:24,570 said to them, why do you trouble this 51 00:03:24,570 --> 00:03:24,910 woman? 52 00:03:25,970 --> 00:03:28,390 For she has done a good work for 53 00:03:28,390 --> 00:03:28,570 me. 54 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:33,700 For you have the poor with you always, 55 00:03:33,900 --> 00:03:35,740 but me you do not have always. 56 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,020 For in pouring out this fragrant oil on 57 00:03:40,020 --> 00:03:41,740 my body, she did it for my burial. 58 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:44,600 Surely I say to you, wherever this gospel 59 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:47,640 is preached in the whole world, what this 60 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:49,720 woman has done will also be told as 61 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:50,640 a memorial to her. 62 00:03:51,940 --> 00:03:54,740 It's very important for us to understand how 63 00:03:54,740 --> 00:03:55,960 the Holy Spirit is speaking. 64 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,560 We can get into arguments about different things, 65 00:04:00,580 --> 00:04:03,220 especially to do with money, how we should 66 00:04:03,220 --> 00:04:07,240 use money or whether we're wasting money or 67 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:10,200 what wisdom looks like. 68 00:04:10,980 --> 00:04:14,120 And you can see that as this woman 69 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:16,560 is pouring out this very expensive perfume, it's 70 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:18,440 looking like waste to most of the brothers. 71 00:04:20,180 --> 00:04:24,080 But to Jesus, it was preparing him for 72 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:24,400 burial. 73 00:04:24,580 --> 00:04:25,520 It was a sacrifice. 74 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:27,880 We don't know what was going on in 75 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:28,960 the heart of this woman. 76 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:32,300 You know, perhaps this woman had used this 77 00:04:32,300 --> 00:04:37,680 perfume for some say for prostitution or some 78 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:39,880 other means like that to lure men. 79 00:04:40,580 --> 00:04:43,860 And now she was pouring this instrument out 80 00:04:45,500 --> 00:04:52,900 and surrendering it completely, her life to the 81 00:04:52,900 --> 00:04:53,440 Lord Jesus. 82 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:57,760 And it was anointing him for burial. 83 00:04:58,340 --> 00:05:00,480 We know that he paid the penalty for 84 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:01,180 all of our sin. 85 00:05:02,860 --> 00:05:06,440 And it became like a sacrifice, a fragrance. 86 00:05:06,620 --> 00:05:08,120 The whole room was filled with an aroma. 87 00:05:11,550 --> 00:05:14,690 And this passage says all the brothers were 88 00:05:14,690 --> 00:05:15,010 angry. 89 00:05:16,310 --> 00:05:18,770 But I looked a little closer at it, 90 00:05:19,110 --> 00:05:24,680 and I saw that in John chapter 12, 91 00:05:25,700 --> 00:05:28,280 it gives a more clear picture of what 92 00:05:28,280 --> 00:05:29,060 was happening here. 93 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:37,520 John in chapter 12, starting verse one, then 94 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:40,820 six days before the Passover, Jesus came to 95 00:05:40,820 --> 00:05:43,640 Bethany where Lazarus was, who had been dead, 96 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:45,780 whom he had raised from the dead, and 97 00:05:45,780 --> 00:05:46,700 they made him supper. 98 00:05:47,540 --> 00:05:50,060 And Martha served, but Lazarus was one of 99 00:05:50,060 --> 00:05:51,840 those who sat at the table with Jesus. 100 00:05:53,260 --> 00:05:56,720 Then Mary took a pound of very costly 101 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:57,260 oil. 102 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:02,420 You see, it was Mary here of Spikenard 103 00:06:02,420 --> 00:06:05,300 and anointed the feet of Jesus. 104 00:06:05,860 --> 00:06:07,740 Obviously, it went from his head all the 105 00:06:07,740 --> 00:06:12,650 way to his feet and began wiping his 106 00:06:12,650 --> 00:06:13,670 feet with her hair. 107 00:06:14,590 --> 00:06:16,530 And the house was filled with the fragrance 108 00:06:16,530 --> 00:06:17,290 of the oil. 109 00:06:18,570 --> 00:06:20,610 Verse four, but one of the disciples, Judas 110 00:06:20,610 --> 00:06:25,630 Iscariot, Simon's son, who would betray him said, 111 00:06:25,910 --> 00:06:29,410 why was this fragrant oils not sold for 112 00:06:29,410 --> 00:06:31,330 300 Neri and given to the poor? 113 00:06:34,140 --> 00:06:38,180 This he said, not because he cared for 114 00:06:38,180 --> 00:06:41,560 the poor, but because he was a thief 115 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:43,800 and had the money box. 116 00:06:45,180 --> 00:06:46,820 And he used to take what was put 117 00:06:46,820 --> 00:06:47,180 in it. 118 00:06:48,060 --> 00:06:49,720 And Jesus said, leave her alone. 119 00:06:50,280 --> 00:06:51,920 She has kept this for the day of 120 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:54,100 my burial, for the poor you have with 121 00:06:54,100 --> 00:06:56,720 you always, but me, you do not have 122 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:57,640 with you always. 123 00:06:58,980 --> 00:07:00,760 Now we get another picture of what was 124 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:01,760 really going on here. 125 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:07,240 In this passage in Matthew, it seems as 126 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:09,000 though the brothers were very concerned about the 127 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:09,180 poor. 128 00:07:10,300 --> 00:07:11,120 Why such waste? 129 00:07:11,820 --> 00:07:13,000 But then what we see is there was 130 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,720 one insurrectionist among the brothers that stirred them 131 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:19,660 all up and began to talk about this 132 00:07:19,660 --> 00:07:20,120 waste. 133 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:24,640 But then when Jesus knows the heart, he 134 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:26,540 sees the heart of Judas and he sees 135 00:07:26,540 --> 00:07:30,040 this guy has been stealing from this box 136 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:31,180 for a very long time. 137 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:33,960 And he's angry only because the money was 138 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:35,860 not sold and put in that box because 139 00:07:35,860 --> 00:07:36,660 he wanted the money. 140 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:39,220 And this thing triggered him. 141 00:07:40,140 --> 00:07:42,400 This thing triggered Judas and set him in 142 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:45,340 motion to betray Jesus. 143 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:48,180 And we as brothers and sisters, we have 144 00:07:48,180 --> 00:07:50,820 to be careful that circumstances that happen in 145 00:07:50,820 --> 00:07:53,280 the day to day life don't trigger us 146 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:56,920 to take a direction which will alter the 147 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:57,960 course of your future. 148 00:07:58,800 --> 00:07:59,880 We can be triggered. 149 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,780 We can get angry about something and have 150 00:08:03,780 --> 00:08:06,620 a because of something that's in us that 151 00:08:06,620 --> 00:08:07,340 is unclean. 152 00:08:08,220 --> 00:08:09,880 Judas was a thief. 153 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:12,360 There was uncleanness there and he'd been doing 154 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:13,120 it for a while. 155 00:08:13,820 --> 00:08:15,720 And now there is a trigger that happens 156 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:17,320 that sets the course of his future. 157 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:20,040 And he's angry and he stirs up the 158 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:20,940 brothers to be angry. 159 00:08:20,940 --> 00:08:22,740 And he's saying, you know, you should have 160 00:08:22,740 --> 00:08:23,760 give the money to the poor. 161 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:26,260 And Jesus is saying, listen, the poor are 162 00:08:26,260 --> 00:08:26,880 with you always. 163 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:29,860 He's not saying we shouldn't be generous and 164 00:08:29,860 --> 00:08:31,020 help the poor and the widows. 165 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:34,140 But what he's saying is we need you 166 00:08:34,140 --> 00:08:36,280 need to examine the motive and intent of 167 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,440 your heart because John 12 says you don't 168 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,539 care about the poor, you care about yourself. 169 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:47,620 So we need to be careful because the 170 00:08:47,620 --> 00:08:49,640 Lord tests the hearts. 171 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:52,680 Blessed are those who are pure in heart 172 00:08:52,680 --> 00:08:53,760 for they shall see God. 173 00:08:54,220 --> 00:08:55,680 We want to make sure that our heart 174 00:08:55,680 --> 00:08:58,220 is pure and our thoughts are clean because 175 00:08:58,220 --> 00:09:01,640 the Lord searches the motives and the intents 176 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:02,220 of our heart. 177 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:03,820 You can justify anything. 178 00:09:05,180 --> 00:09:08,880 We don't want to self-justify ourselves because 179 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:10,400 we get ourselves into a bad way. 180 00:09:11,900 --> 00:09:13,860 Now we see what happens here. 181 00:09:16,180 --> 00:09:19,440 Verse 14 of Matthew 26, then one of 182 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:21,180 the 12 called Judas Iscariot. 183 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:25,320 He went to the chief priests and he 184 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,640 said, what are you willing to give me 185 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:30,560 if I deliver Jesus to you? 186 00:09:30,560 --> 00:09:31,960 This is right after this. 187 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:35,840 What are you willing to give me if 188 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:37,720 I deliver this Jesus to you? 189 00:09:38,560 --> 00:09:40,580 And they counted out for him 30 pieces 190 00:09:40,580 --> 00:09:41,160 of silver. 191 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:44,000 And from that time, he sought an opportunity 192 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:45,060 to betray Jesus. 193 00:09:46,780 --> 00:09:48,560 You see what the love of money can 194 00:09:48,560 --> 00:09:48,780 do? 195 00:09:49,820 --> 00:09:51,880 The love of money can make you wise 196 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:52,860 in your own eyes. 197 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:55,820 But in your heart, you could be a 198 00:09:55,820 --> 00:09:58,520 greedy thief and not even know it. 199 00:09:59,500 --> 00:10:01,020 And then you come to a place where 200 00:10:01,020 --> 00:10:03,420 even Jesus himself, you get bitter and angry 201 00:10:03,420 --> 00:10:08,640 with him because he's doing things that are 202 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:09,420 not wise. 203 00:10:10,680 --> 00:10:13,420 Because you self-justified your stealing and your 204 00:10:13,420 --> 00:10:15,520 lying and your deceitfulness. 205 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:18,860 You believed your own lies and now all 206 00:10:18,860 --> 00:10:21,740 of a sudden in your anger, you sin. 207 00:10:22,540 --> 00:10:24,740 You go and you say, listen, I'm going 208 00:10:24,740 --> 00:10:26,700 to kill two birds with one stone here. 209 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:28,780 I'm going to get what I can out 210 00:10:28,780 --> 00:10:29,300 of this deal. 211 00:10:29,860 --> 00:10:31,840 And I'm going to humble Jesus because Jesus 212 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:33,440 humbled me here in front of my brothers. 213 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:35,160 And you know what? 214 00:10:35,220 --> 00:10:37,060 We have to be okay with being humbled 215 00:10:37,060 --> 00:10:38,780 by Jesus. 216 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:41,520 Because there's sometimes if we don't humble ourselves, 217 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:42,460 we're going to get humbled. 218 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:45,640 And in this case, it had to do 219 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:47,660 with money and it had to do with 220 00:10:47,660 --> 00:10:48,020 pride. 221 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:51,160 Judas got humbled in front of the brothers. 222 00:10:55,620 --> 00:10:57,280 So he went and he made a plan 223 00:10:57,280 --> 00:10:59,840 and he set the plan in motion and 224 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:01,300 he later would regret the plan. 225 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:05,900 We have to be careful because sometimes we 226 00:11:05,900 --> 00:11:08,400 take decisions that will affect the course of 227 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:10,560 the future for others and for ourselves. 228 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:13,500 And it's not just so easy to find 229 00:11:13,500 --> 00:11:15,060 forgiveness for some of these things. 230 00:11:15,780 --> 00:11:17,660 Judas never found forgiveness for this thing. 231 00:11:19,940 --> 00:11:21,680 He found condemnation is what he found. 232 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:25,920 So we go from there and Jesus begins 233 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:28,600 to prepare the Passover and they're going to 234 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:29,400 eat the Passover. 235 00:11:30,300 --> 00:11:31,840 And then we look in verse 26, he 236 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:35,460 says, Jesus took the bread and he blessed 237 00:11:35,460 --> 00:11:37,780 the bread and he broke the bread and 238 00:11:37,780 --> 00:11:39,020 he gave it to his disciples. 239 00:11:39,020 --> 00:11:40,920 And he said, take this and eat this. 240 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:42,380 This is my body. 241 00:11:43,300 --> 00:11:45,040 His body was broken for us. 242 00:11:46,500 --> 00:11:48,900 So this is where they're preparing the Passover. 243 00:11:49,060 --> 00:11:53,160 The initial Passover was established in Egypt before 244 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:55,580 they came out, the plagues had come. 245 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:59,640 And then the last plague was to put 246 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:01,660 a death blow on the firstborn. 247 00:12:02,700 --> 00:12:05,280 And he sent an angel of death and 248 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:07,740 he instituted Passover and he told them, instructed 249 00:12:07,740 --> 00:12:09,920 the people of God and everybody, even the 250 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:12,760 strangers, whoever would associate with the people of 251 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:15,220 God, even see Gentiles included in this year. 252 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:18,000 There were other peoples that joined them. 253 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:21,860 And when they came together and they participated 254 00:12:21,860 --> 00:12:25,320 in those things that God had commanded, it 255 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:27,240 became a law unto them as well. 256 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:29,200 And God became their people. 257 00:12:29,380 --> 00:12:30,960 And so it was that as they were 258 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:34,460 eating the Passover, he gave specific instructions that 259 00:12:34,460 --> 00:12:36,060 the blood was to be put on the 260 00:12:36,060 --> 00:12:38,000 doorposts and on the lintel of the homes 261 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,620 so that when the angel of death would 262 00:12:40,620 --> 00:12:44,800 come, he would pass by whenever he saw 263 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:45,260 the blood. 264 00:12:46,260 --> 00:12:48,820 I'm telling you, it is important for us. 265 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:50,840 It doesn't matter what men teach about the 266 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:51,480 blood of Christ. 267 00:12:51,620 --> 00:12:53,320 It's not like semen. 268 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:54,640 It's not like saliva. 269 00:12:55,560 --> 00:12:57,940 It's the shed blood of Christ and the 270 00:12:57,940 --> 00:12:58,660 death of the cross. 271 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:00,100 Together we have the communion. 272 00:13:01,260 --> 00:13:02,700 And when the angel comes, if he does 273 00:13:02,700 --> 00:13:05,080 not see the blood, there is no passing 274 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:05,400 over. 275 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:06,680 Death will come to that house. 276 00:13:07,900 --> 00:13:10,040 And in the New Testament, as brother shared, 277 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,960 he has a revelation from Hebrews 9 that 278 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:15,340 we are God's house and we are God's 279 00:13:15,340 --> 00:13:15,660 building. 280 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:19,040 And when God comes and he enters into 281 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:21,900 heaven itself now, because he said heaven is 282 00:13:21,900 --> 00:13:24,980 my throne and also the earth is my 283 00:13:24,980 --> 00:13:27,360 footstool, so we become part of heaven. 284 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:29,640 Even on this earth, you say, sounds like 285 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:31,980 a heresy, but he says you are seated 286 00:13:31,980 --> 00:13:33,280 with him in heavenly places. 287 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:35,140 I am you and you and me. 288 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:37,320 So heaven is his throne and the earth 289 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:38,180 is his footstool. 290 00:13:38,580 --> 00:13:39,980 Where is the house you built for me? 291 00:13:40,260 --> 00:13:41,720 Where is the place of my rest? 292 00:13:42,300 --> 00:13:44,580 And brother Sean shared, on this one will 293 00:13:44,580 --> 00:13:44,980 I look. 294 00:13:46,620 --> 00:13:48,960 On the one who is humble, who is 295 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:50,500 contrite and trembles at my word. 296 00:13:50,940 --> 00:13:53,140 That's the one where the blood is applied. 297 00:13:54,060 --> 00:13:54,820 That's the one. 298 00:13:54,900 --> 00:13:56,480 When we're humble and we're obedient to what 299 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:58,900 God says, the blood is applied. 300 00:13:59,100 --> 00:14:00,080 We're whiter than snow. 301 00:14:00,680 --> 00:14:01,740 That's the justification. 302 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:04,700 So it's not only enough that his body 303 00:14:04,700 --> 00:14:06,940 was broken, but it had to be that 304 00:14:06,940 --> 00:14:10,040 perfect, spotless lamb of God. 305 00:14:11,100 --> 00:14:12,740 In the shedding of blood of bulls and 306 00:14:12,740 --> 00:14:14,500 goats as a reminder year by year. 307 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:17,400 But the blood on the doorpost and on 308 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,020 the lintels, that is what is the key 309 00:14:20,020 --> 00:14:21,920 for death to pass over. 310 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:25,380 If any man be in Christ, he is 311 00:14:25,380 --> 00:14:26,180 a new creation. 312 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:29,500 He says in Ephesians 2, you were dead 313 00:14:29,500 --> 00:14:31,980 in trespasses and sins, but he made us 314 00:14:31,980 --> 00:14:33,880 alive together with Christ. 315 00:14:34,940 --> 00:14:37,800 And this is where the communion is instituted, 316 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:39,940 where he also goes on from here. 317 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:42,420 And he says, then he took the cup 318 00:14:42,420 --> 00:14:45,280 and he gave thanks and he gave it 319 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:47,980 to them saying, drink from it, all of 320 00:14:47,980 --> 00:14:48,400 you. 321 00:14:49,820 --> 00:14:52,520 For this is the blood of the new 322 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:54,080 covenant, or this is the blood of the 323 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:58,000 covenant, which was shed for many for the 324 00:14:58,000 --> 00:14:59,040 forgiveness of sins. 325 00:15:00,180 --> 00:15:01,480 But I say to you, I will not 326 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:03,500 drink the fruit of this vine now until 327 00:15:03,500 --> 00:15:05,920 the day when I drink it anew with 328 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:07,140 you in my father's kingdom. 329 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:11,300 And then they sang a hymn and they 330 00:15:11,300 --> 00:15:12,760 headed out to the Mount of Olives where 331 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:16,700 he was in the Garden of Gethsemane, where 332 00:15:16,700 --> 00:15:20,820 he would endure the last trial, the last 333 00:15:20,820 --> 00:15:23,560 temptation, the last test to seek to save 334 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:23,940 his life. 335 00:15:26,500 --> 00:15:30,460 Communion is instituted with the bread, which is 336 00:15:30,460 --> 00:15:32,300 his body, which was broken and with the 337 00:15:32,300 --> 00:15:34,980 wine, which is the blood of the covenant. 338 00:15:35,540 --> 00:15:37,040 You can't have one without the other. 339 00:15:38,740 --> 00:15:40,540 You can't just take one without the other. 340 00:15:40,660 --> 00:15:45,980 They both signify the death, burial, resurrection, and 341 00:15:45,980 --> 00:15:48,880 Jesus now entering into heaven itself and not 342 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:50,600 without blood, it says in Hebrews 9. 343 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:54,080 And he offered for us by one sacrifice 344 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:57,880 forever, those who are being sanctified. 345 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:00,420 That's the finished work of the cross right 346 00:16:00,420 --> 00:16:02,840 there in the offering of blood and making 347 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:04,780 atonement on the mercy seat for us. 348 00:16:05,500 --> 00:16:08,140 And we know that when Christ is in 349 00:16:08,140 --> 00:16:10,980 us, it's just as if we've never sinned. 350 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:12,960 That's how God is able to see us. 351 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:15,980 That's how he's reconciled us to himself through 352 00:16:15,980 --> 00:16:17,600 the blood of his cross. 353 00:16:21,210 --> 00:16:27,790 Yet Judas, Judas took another decision. 354 00:16:28,990 --> 00:16:30,310 Judas went after the money. 355 00:16:31,610 --> 00:16:32,530 Judas made a compromise. 356 00:16:33,390 --> 00:16:34,390 He was angry. 357 00:16:34,490 --> 00:16:35,010 He was bitter. 358 00:16:35,810 --> 00:16:37,730 His greed got the best of him and 359 00:16:37,730 --> 00:16:39,390 he seemed as though he was going to 360 00:16:39,390 --> 00:16:40,090 get justice. 361 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:44,540 You know, there's a scripture that says, be 362 00:16:44,540 --> 00:16:45,720 angry and don't sin. 363 00:16:46,780 --> 00:16:48,480 Don't let the sun go down when you're 364 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:48,780 angry. 365 00:16:49,900 --> 00:16:50,980 You know, it can happen. 366 00:16:51,500 --> 00:16:53,020 Children can get angry with parents. 367 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:56,160 But you better be careful that you don't 368 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:57,080 hang on to your anger. 369 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:58,740 It will turn to bitterness and unforgiveness. 370 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:01,840 You'll find yourself praying the Lord's Prayer till 371 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:02,820 you're blue in the face. 372 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:05,280 Forgive me of my sins. 373 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:07,920 But if you don't apply the last part, 374 00:17:08,020 --> 00:17:10,319 which says, as we forgive everyone who sinned 375 00:17:10,319 --> 00:17:11,040 against us. 376 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:16,319 And you'll find yourself with unforgiveness, bitterness, resentment, 377 00:17:16,319 --> 00:17:17,920 and you'll be a miserable person. 378 00:17:18,599 --> 00:17:20,440 And you will feel the guilt of your 379 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:20,760 sin. 380 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:24,859 Because when the blood is applied and we're 381 00:17:24,859 --> 00:17:27,580 whiter than He doesn't cover over sins like 382 00:17:27,580 --> 00:17:28,360 in the Old Testament. 383 00:17:28,540 --> 00:17:29,820 He takes it away. 384 00:17:30,100 --> 00:17:32,660 And it's a tangible feeling of being lighter, 385 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:35,880 feeling liberated, being able to breathe like someone 386 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:37,140 was sitting on your chest. 387 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:39,540 You just take deep breaths and you feel, 388 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:40,680 thank you, Lord. 389 00:17:41,340 --> 00:17:43,700 He's taken away the guilt of my sin. 390 00:17:44,140 --> 00:17:46,260 Not just the guilt of my sin, having 391 00:17:46,260 --> 00:17:48,840 cleansed my conscience from dead works, because that's 392 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:49,560 what the blood does. 393 00:17:49,860 --> 00:17:51,340 It cleanses our conscience. 394 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:54,500 So it's just like we never committed those 395 00:17:54,500 --> 00:17:54,720 sins. 396 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:56,640 We know of them, we can think about 397 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:58,340 them, but we don't feel the guilt. 398 00:17:58,800 --> 00:17:59,820 There's no more shame. 399 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:03,040 Because He who knew no sin became sin 400 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:03,580 for us. 401 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:06,260 That we might become the righteousness of God. 402 00:18:11,140 --> 00:18:13,380 I can hear him even now saying, what 403 00:18:13,380 --> 00:18:14,960 will you give me if I give him 404 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:16,040 to you, if I betray him? 405 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:17,960 What will you give me? 406 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:20,140 Brother, be careful. 407 00:18:21,020 --> 00:18:23,240 Man's life does not consist in the abundance 408 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:25,020 of things he possesses. 409 00:18:25,220 --> 00:18:26,260 I'll tell you that for sure. 410 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:28,500 We can't serve God in money. 411 00:18:28,620 --> 00:18:29,960 You're going to love one, hate the other. 412 00:18:30,360 --> 00:18:32,320 And if you compromise in the area of 413 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:34,380 money, it's just a matter of time. 414 00:18:34,980 --> 00:18:36,920 You'll find yourself like Jesus. 415 00:18:37,980 --> 00:18:41,180 You'll find yourself like Judas, betraying Jesus for 416 00:18:41,180 --> 00:18:41,500 money. 417 00:18:45,390 --> 00:18:46,950 You can think that you're wise and you 418 00:18:46,950 --> 00:18:47,850 know lots of scripture. 419 00:18:48,610 --> 00:18:50,130 But you know, I'll tell you something, Solomon 420 00:18:50,130 --> 00:18:52,050 was wise and he knew lots of scripture. 421 00:18:53,010 --> 00:18:54,850 A lot of it's written because he spoke 422 00:18:54,850 --> 00:18:55,070 it. 423 00:18:55,770 --> 00:18:58,150 It was recorded but didn't do him much 424 00:18:58,150 --> 00:18:59,650 good when it comes down to bowing the 425 00:18:59,650 --> 00:19:00,970 knee to other gods and idols. 426 00:19:02,850 --> 00:19:03,770 Worthless idols. 427 00:19:04,070 --> 00:19:07,610 Idols of gold and silver and bronze, making 428 00:19:07,610 --> 00:19:09,850 shrines and temples unto them for his wives. 429 00:19:11,290 --> 00:19:14,070 It's important just to obey rather than sacrifice. 430 00:19:14,930 --> 00:19:17,110 God doesn't delight in burnt offering and sacrifice. 431 00:19:17,330 --> 00:19:18,230 He desires obedience. 432 00:19:19,330 --> 00:19:22,170 Simple childlike faith, just obey it, even though 433 00:19:22,170 --> 00:19:23,970 you don't understand, even doesn't make sense. 434 00:19:26,260 --> 00:19:27,060 Why should I obey? 435 00:19:27,180 --> 00:19:28,840 Because mommy and daddy said that's why. 436 00:19:29,500 --> 00:19:31,460 And one day you'll get a revelation that 437 00:19:31,460 --> 00:19:32,620 God said and that's why. 438 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:36,820 It's important for us not just to analyze 439 00:19:36,820 --> 00:19:38,720 these scriptures, to talk them away, but to 440 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:40,660 to do the word of God. 441 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:42,160 Blessed are those who do the works of 442 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:42,500 God. 443 00:19:50,620 --> 00:19:54,520 Verse 31, Jesus began to speak to them 444 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:55,860 and he said, all of you will be 445 00:19:55,860 --> 00:19:57,880 made to stumble because of me this night. 446 00:19:59,120 --> 00:20:01,120 It is written, I will strike the shepherd 447 00:20:01,120 --> 00:20:02,280 and the sheep will be scattered. 448 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:05,900 There is a fulfillment of what was written 449 00:20:05,900 --> 00:20:07,200 that was going to happen. 450 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:12,540 But after I've been raised, I will go 451 00:20:12,540 --> 00:20:13,560 before you to Galilee. 452 00:20:13,660 --> 00:20:15,660 And Peter said, even if all are made 453 00:20:15,660 --> 00:20:17,300 to stumble because of you, I will never 454 00:20:17,300 --> 00:20:18,200 be made to stumble. 455 00:20:19,540 --> 00:20:21,220 You can have the best intention. 456 00:20:22,580 --> 00:20:24,300 You can have all kinds of zeal. 457 00:20:24,300 --> 00:20:27,680 But I'll tell you that all will be 458 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:28,480 made to stumble. 459 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:31,600 If you're not walking in covenant with the 460 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:33,740 Lord, and if you're not walking in faith 461 00:20:33,740 --> 00:20:35,680 with him, and if the blood is not 462 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:39,240 on the on the sacrifice in your life, 463 00:20:39,580 --> 00:20:42,140 then we're going to find ourselves in a 464 00:20:42,140 --> 00:20:42,620 bad way. 465 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:45,560 Doesn't matter how much zeal, how much passion, 466 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:47,960 how much commitment, how much loyalty you have. 467 00:20:48,660 --> 00:20:50,380 We stand by grace, my friends. 468 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:53,420 And if we get proud and we think 469 00:20:53,420 --> 00:20:55,020 that we stand by some other means, you'll 470 00:20:55,020 --> 00:20:56,920 find yourself licking the pavement in Hastings. 471 00:20:57,740 --> 00:20:59,220 I've seen it 100 times. 472 00:20:59,940 --> 00:21:01,080 It doesn't take much. 473 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:04,700 God is opposed to a proud heart, but 474 00:21:04,700 --> 00:21:05,800 he gives grace to the humble. 475 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:10,020 It's not how we come from a good 476 00:21:10,020 --> 00:21:10,300 home. 477 00:21:10,360 --> 00:21:11,880 And you know, that will never happen to 478 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:12,040 me. 479 00:21:12,420 --> 00:21:15,000 You'll be amazed what happens to good folks 480 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:16,460 when they become proud. 481 00:21:17,220 --> 00:21:19,460 God is able to humble them and bring 482 00:21:19,460 --> 00:21:20,760 them to their faces. 483 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,520 So it happened that Peter said, I will 484 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:27,340 never deny you. 485 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:30,900 And Jesus said in 34, surely I say 486 00:21:30,900 --> 00:21:32,660 to you before the rooster crows, you will 487 00:21:32,660 --> 00:21:35,600 deny me not once Peter, but three times 488 00:21:36,220 --> 00:21:37,160 you'll deny me. 489 00:21:38,460 --> 00:21:40,360 And Peter said, even if I have to 490 00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:42,540 die with you, I will never deny you. 491 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:44,960 Well, let me say this, let God be 492 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:46,500 true in every man a liar, because you 493 00:21:46,500 --> 00:21:48,760 don't know what we're but for the grace 494 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:49,180 of God. 495 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:52,200 That's why we shouldn't become wise in our 496 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:53,720 own eyes, we should choose the fear of 497 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:54,040 the Lord. 498 00:21:57,360 --> 00:21:59,340 So it came to pass as Jesus was 499 00:21:59,340 --> 00:22:01,740 going to get 70, he took three brothers 500 00:22:01,740 --> 00:22:03,080 with him, Peter, James, and john. 501 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:05,660 And he said, sit here a while, and 502 00:22:05,660 --> 00:22:06,820 I'm going to go pray over there. 503 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,780 And when Jesus went over there, his soul 504 00:22:09,780 --> 00:22:11,860 was exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. 505 00:22:12,620 --> 00:22:14,680 And he said, Please stay here and watch 506 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:15,160 with me. 507 00:22:15,620 --> 00:22:17,080 And he went a little farther, and he 508 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:18,020 fell on his face. 509 00:22:18,700 --> 00:22:20,240 Jesus fell on his face, and he prayed, 510 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:23,960 Oh, Father, if possible, if it's possible, let 511 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:26,340 this cup pass from me, nevertheless, not as 512 00:22:26,340 --> 00:22:27,500 I will, but as you will. 513 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:29,960 When he came back to his disciples, he 514 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:31,480 found them there sleeping. 515 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:33,640 And he said to them, he woke them 516 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:33,820 up. 517 00:22:33,860 --> 00:22:34,940 And he said to them, Could you not 518 00:22:34,940 --> 00:22:37,000 watch with me for one hour. 519 00:22:38,580 --> 00:22:41,200 Brothers, it's important that we are watchful in 520 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:41,760 our prayers. 521 00:22:42,540 --> 00:22:45,700 Because the enemy is not just like a 522 00:22:45,700 --> 00:22:47,880 roaring lion with no teeth. 523 00:22:47,980 --> 00:22:49,180 He is a roaring lion. 524 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:51,180 And he has teeth and I've seen many 525 00:22:51,180 --> 00:22:52,440 brothers devoured by him. 526 00:22:53,500 --> 00:22:56,060 The enemy has devoured and taken down many 527 00:22:56,060 --> 00:22:58,240 brothers who've been doing well spiritually. 528 00:22:58,460 --> 00:23:00,300 I've seen them go back to addiction, back 529 00:23:00,300 --> 00:23:03,460 to alcohol, back to drugs, back to sexual 530 00:23:03,460 --> 00:23:04,540 sins and all that. 531 00:23:05,060 --> 00:23:07,500 The enemy is out there to destroy us. 532 00:23:07,900 --> 00:23:09,900 But God is able to keep us from 533 00:23:09,900 --> 00:23:10,280 falling. 534 00:23:10,860 --> 00:23:13,080 If we continue to look to him to 535 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:15,740 watch and pray, lest we enter into temptation, 536 00:23:16,420 --> 00:23:17,720 lest we deny him. 537 00:23:19,420 --> 00:23:22,180 So it happened that he told them these 538 00:23:22,180 --> 00:23:22,500 things. 539 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:24,520 And he said, Listen, watch and pray, lest 540 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:26,420 you enter into temptation, verse 41. 541 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,500 For the spirit indeed is willing, but the 542 00:23:29,500 --> 00:23:30,360 flesh is weak. 543 00:23:31,180 --> 00:23:32,480 Our flesh is weak. 544 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:34,560 We can be doing really well in the 545 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:36,740 morning, have a devotion, spend two hours in 546 00:23:36,740 --> 00:23:37,060 the Word. 547 00:23:37,420 --> 00:23:38,840 In the afternoon, you get on your phone 548 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:40,460 and you get tempted with sexual stuff. 549 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:42,300 It can happen that fast. 550 00:23:42,740 --> 00:23:44,960 We have to be vigilant and watchful in 551 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:45,460 our prayers. 552 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:47,280 We can't take a day off. 553 00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:48,700 We can't take an afternoon off. 554 00:23:49,100 --> 00:23:50,980 We can't allow our eyes to just wander, 555 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:51,920 right? 556 00:23:51,980 --> 00:23:53,540 Because the eyes are like an open grave. 557 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,120 The scripture says they never have enough. 558 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:57,360 And so we need to have an eye 559 00:23:57,360 --> 00:23:58,280 single for the Lord. 560 00:23:58,660 --> 00:24:00,600 I always set the Lord before my face. 561 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:01,900 That's what the writer said. 562 00:24:02,420 --> 00:24:03,860 Job says, I made a covenant with my 563 00:24:03,860 --> 00:24:04,240 eyes. 564 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:05,540 I would not look at a young woman 565 00:24:05,540 --> 00:24:07,220 in my lust, in my desire. 566 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:09,200 We have to be careful. 567 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:11,500 We can also have a lust for things. 568 00:24:11,980 --> 00:24:13,160 We can get a lust for money. 569 00:24:13,300 --> 00:24:14,800 We can get a lust to make a 570 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:15,640 name for ourselves. 571 00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:17,720 We want people to respect us. 572 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:19,420 We want honor from men. 573 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:21,060 We didn't get it in our lifetime. 574 00:24:21,340 --> 00:24:22,300 It doesn't matter what it is. 575 00:24:22,380 --> 00:24:24,240 We can have a lust for whatever it 576 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:26,420 is, the lust of the flesh, the lust 577 00:24:26,420 --> 00:24:28,400 of the eyes, or the lust for the 578 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:29,480 boastful pride of life. 579 00:24:29,580 --> 00:24:32,420 We want to be esteemed, whether it be 580 00:24:32,420 --> 00:24:33,960 as a preacher or a man of God 581 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:34,960 or in some profession. 582 00:24:35,700 --> 00:24:37,740 Our motives, we don't even know them half 583 00:24:37,740 --> 00:24:38,140 the time. 584 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,240 And we spend and are being spent for 585 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:43,580 things in the flesh that do not profit. 586 00:24:44,540 --> 00:24:47,060 It's better to put our heart and our 587 00:24:47,060 --> 00:24:49,780 soul into seeking the Lord and being watchful 588 00:24:49,780 --> 00:24:51,680 in our prayers, lest we get led astray. 589 00:24:54,370 --> 00:24:56,830 And he came and he found them asleep 590 00:24:56,830 --> 00:24:58,370 again, for their eyes were heavy. 591 00:24:58,530 --> 00:24:59,950 And he left them and he prayed the 592 00:24:59,950 --> 00:25:00,210 same. 593 00:25:00,830 --> 00:25:02,230 And then he came another time and he 594 00:25:02,230 --> 00:25:04,290 said, the son of man is being betrayed 595 00:25:04,290 --> 00:25:05,410 into the hands of sinners. 596 00:25:05,590 --> 00:25:07,750 Verse 45, rise, let's be going. 597 00:25:07,850 --> 00:25:10,830 And while he was still speaking, Judas, one 598 00:25:10,830 --> 00:25:12,850 of the 12, he came with a great 599 00:25:12,850 --> 00:25:13,290 multitude. 600 00:25:13,510 --> 00:25:14,890 Boy, he made friends in a hurry, didn't 601 00:25:14,890 --> 00:25:15,030 he? 602 00:25:15,790 --> 00:25:18,290 Came with a great multitude with swords and 603 00:25:18,290 --> 00:25:18,590 clubs. 604 00:25:18,790 --> 00:25:21,750 And in they came from the chief priests 605 00:25:21,750 --> 00:25:23,010 and from the elders of the people. 606 00:25:24,210 --> 00:25:26,610 Now his betrayer had given them a sign 607 00:25:26,610 --> 00:25:30,310 saying, whomever I kiss, he is the one, 608 00:25:30,830 --> 00:25:31,490 seize him. 609 00:25:32,790 --> 00:25:34,950 And immediately went up to Jesus and said 610 00:25:34,950 --> 00:25:36,290 to him, greetings, rabbi. 611 00:25:37,270 --> 00:25:38,330 And he kissed him. 612 00:25:38,810 --> 00:25:40,370 Before this happened, when they were eating and 613 00:25:40,370 --> 00:25:42,990 drinking the cup, all the disciples, they asked 614 00:25:42,990 --> 00:25:44,750 one another, Jesus said, one of you is 615 00:25:44,750 --> 00:25:45,490 going to betray me. 616 00:25:46,430 --> 00:25:48,310 And he said, well, all of them came 617 00:25:48,310 --> 00:25:49,550 and said, Lord, is it me? 618 00:25:50,510 --> 00:25:51,270 Lord, is it me? 619 00:25:52,610 --> 00:25:54,490 Because I think something in them realized that 620 00:25:54,490 --> 00:25:58,050 there was a capability in them to betray 621 00:25:58,050 --> 00:25:58,510 the Lord. 622 00:26:00,050 --> 00:26:01,730 You know, they wanted to believe the best. 623 00:26:01,830 --> 00:26:03,090 They said, we'll never deny you. 624 00:26:04,090 --> 00:26:06,750 You know, obviously we'll never betray you, which 625 00:26:06,750 --> 00:26:07,850 is one worse. 626 00:26:09,350 --> 00:26:11,970 But yet they all asked him, is it 627 00:26:11,970 --> 00:26:12,370 me, Lord? 628 00:26:12,410 --> 00:26:13,050 Is it me, Lord? 629 00:26:13,290 --> 00:26:14,570 And he said, the one who dips his 630 00:26:14,570 --> 00:26:15,270 hand in the dish. 631 00:26:15,450 --> 00:26:16,770 And Judas asked him, is it me? 632 00:26:16,810 --> 00:26:17,870 And he said, you said it. 633 00:26:19,470 --> 00:26:22,590 But even having told him, you said it, 634 00:26:23,290 --> 00:26:24,930 it didn't change his mind. 635 00:26:25,050 --> 00:26:26,370 He'd already made a decision. 636 00:26:26,710 --> 00:26:28,010 His course was already set. 637 00:26:28,450 --> 00:26:29,390 And here he comes. 638 00:26:29,970 --> 00:26:30,770 Greetings, rabbi. 639 00:26:30,810 --> 00:26:32,230 And he gives Jesus a big kiss on 640 00:26:32,230 --> 00:26:35,370 the cheek, a brotherly kiss, greeting him with 641 00:26:35,370 --> 00:26:36,170 a brotherly kiss. 642 00:26:37,670 --> 00:26:39,810 I think of a scripture, and I have 643 00:26:39,810 --> 00:26:41,010 it written down here in my Bible. 644 00:26:41,170 --> 00:26:43,590 It says from Matthew 15 verse 8, it 645 00:26:43,590 --> 00:26:45,850 says, these people honor me with their lips. 646 00:26:46,430 --> 00:26:48,450 They honor me with their mouth, but their 647 00:26:48,450 --> 00:26:51,290 hearts are far from me, and their worship 648 00:26:51,290 --> 00:26:52,450 towards me is in vain. 649 00:26:54,210 --> 00:26:56,030 We can come and we can say, I 650 00:26:56,030 --> 00:26:56,710 love you, Lord. 651 00:26:57,090 --> 00:26:58,830 And I lift up my voice to worship 652 00:26:58,830 --> 00:26:59,170 you. 653 00:26:59,950 --> 00:27:01,230 But God looks at the heart. 654 00:27:02,590 --> 00:27:03,690 Is it with a kiss? 655 00:27:03,870 --> 00:27:05,130 You honor me this morning? 656 00:27:05,730 --> 00:27:07,130 You give me lip service? 657 00:27:08,530 --> 00:27:10,610 While your heart is greedy for money? 658 00:27:11,950 --> 00:27:13,830 Well, you'll do whatever it takes to get 659 00:27:13,830 --> 00:27:14,130 more? 660 00:27:15,850 --> 00:27:17,690 We wonder why the spirit of God doesn't 661 00:27:17,690 --> 00:27:19,430 move in our life, in our homes. 662 00:27:19,670 --> 00:27:22,330 It's because things have been hit off kilter. 663 00:27:23,330 --> 00:27:24,830 The house is being built and it's crooked. 664 00:27:25,970 --> 00:27:27,750 We have to be careful that we build 665 00:27:27,750 --> 00:27:30,030 in such a way that the house stands 666 00:27:30,030 --> 00:27:30,750 steadfast. 667 00:27:30,890 --> 00:27:33,710 We talk about having a heritage, right? 668 00:27:34,050 --> 00:27:35,010 Leaving a legacy. 669 00:27:35,770 --> 00:27:37,750 We can leave a legacy with money and 670 00:27:37,750 --> 00:27:40,250 with business and, you know, with being successful 671 00:27:40,250 --> 00:27:42,770 and all that and having integrity among the 672 00:27:42,770 --> 00:27:43,050 people. 673 00:27:43,470 --> 00:27:45,150 But how does Jesus see us? 674 00:27:46,630 --> 00:27:49,230 You know, Judas was seemingly leaving himself a 675 00:27:49,230 --> 00:27:51,570 legacy there, talking about the poor and all 676 00:27:51,570 --> 00:27:53,990 that, and even convinced all the brothers to 677 00:27:53,990 --> 00:27:54,910 defend his cause. 678 00:27:55,770 --> 00:27:56,910 Yeah, what about the poor? 679 00:27:57,310 --> 00:27:59,070 How come we're not giving to the poor? 680 00:28:02,230 --> 00:28:03,950 But our hearts can be greedy. 681 00:28:03,950 --> 00:28:05,730 Our hearts can be evil. 682 00:28:06,450 --> 00:28:09,430 We can miss Christ while we're giving him 683 00:28:09,430 --> 00:28:11,870 lip service, sitting in church, singing their songs, 684 00:28:12,350 --> 00:28:13,490 making long prayers. 685 00:28:14,890 --> 00:28:16,650 Talked about two men who went to pray 686 00:28:16,650 --> 00:28:18,730 and one man said, thank you, Lord, making 687 00:28:18,730 --> 00:28:21,550 fastings three days a week, making some good 688 00:28:21,550 --> 00:28:22,090 prayers. 689 00:28:22,970 --> 00:28:24,330 You know, thank you, Lord, I'm not like 690 00:28:24,330 --> 00:28:26,350 these sinners that go to Joshua House and 691 00:28:26,350 --> 00:28:28,930 all that, saying these kinds of things. 692 00:28:29,450 --> 00:28:31,690 And meanwhile, the man was there. 693 00:28:31,830 --> 00:28:33,770 He didn't even have enough confidence to look 694 00:28:33,770 --> 00:28:36,030 up, beat his chest and said, Lord, have 695 00:28:36,030 --> 00:28:36,970 mercy on me, a sinner. 696 00:28:37,790 --> 00:28:40,270 He said, which one went home justified? 697 00:28:41,490 --> 00:28:42,790 God looks at the heart. 698 00:28:43,730 --> 00:28:45,170 It's not that the one man committed a 699 00:28:45,170 --> 00:28:46,430 thousand more sins than the other. 700 00:28:46,750 --> 00:28:49,290 He said one man was repentant and the 701 00:28:49,290 --> 00:28:50,810 other man was self-righteous. 702 00:28:52,490 --> 00:28:55,270 If we become self-righteous, then we're going 703 00:28:55,270 --> 00:28:57,350 to leave our prayer times and our gatherings 704 00:28:57,350 --> 00:28:59,010 just exactly the same. 705 00:29:00,310 --> 00:29:02,910 But if we can humble ourselves before God, 706 00:29:03,210 --> 00:29:06,150 as Brother Dan shared, when that onion gets 707 00:29:06,150 --> 00:29:09,230 smaller, first the skins come off easy in 708 00:29:09,230 --> 00:29:10,930 the beginning, and then it gets tougher to 709 00:29:10,930 --> 00:29:11,510 get them off. 710 00:29:12,030 --> 00:29:13,430 They get thinner and they get hard. 711 00:29:14,630 --> 00:29:15,770 Our hearts can be like that. 712 00:29:16,550 --> 00:29:18,310 We need to allow the Lord to get 713 00:29:18,310 --> 00:29:21,550 at the deep things of the heart, to 714 00:29:21,550 --> 00:29:23,510 search us and to try us and to 715 00:29:23,510 --> 00:29:27,210 see about these unclean ways in us that 716 00:29:27,210 --> 00:29:29,170 he might take us deeper with him. 717 00:29:29,730 --> 00:29:32,770 The scripture says deep calls unto deep at 718 00:29:32,770 --> 00:29:34,250 the noise of thy water spout. 719 00:29:34,350 --> 00:29:36,330 He has deep dealings with his people. 720 00:29:36,970 --> 00:29:39,070 All your billows have passed over me. 721 00:29:39,170 --> 00:29:40,690 You wonder what's going on. 722 00:29:40,750 --> 00:29:43,150 Lord, why are you allowing all this hell 723 00:29:43,150 --> 00:29:44,310 to break loose on us? 724 00:29:44,990 --> 00:29:46,930 Why are all these billows going over me? 725 00:29:46,970 --> 00:29:49,070 Because I want you to go deeper, because 726 00:29:49,070 --> 00:29:51,670 there's these hard layers of self-righteousness and 727 00:29:51,670 --> 00:29:54,410 pride, and I need to chisel them off 728 00:29:54,410 --> 00:29:57,890 so that your heart would become soft, that 729 00:29:57,890 --> 00:29:58,970 you would have compassion. 730 00:29:59,570 --> 00:30:01,990 Sometimes we hear him say these words, go 731 00:30:01,990 --> 00:30:03,090 learn what this means. 732 00:30:03,230 --> 00:30:04,190 I desire mercy. 733 00:30:04,830 --> 00:30:06,230 Go learn what this means. 734 00:30:06,330 --> 00:30:07,470 I desire compassion. 735 00:30:08,470 --> 00:30:09,950 Sometimes we write a check and we put 736 00:30:09,950 --> 00:30:10,710 it in the box. 737 00:30:10,910 --> 00:30:11,830 Well, that's good. 738 00:30:12,390 --> 00:30:15,750 But God would rather us fill the altar 739 00:30:15,750 --> 00:30:18,810 with tears and go home and make changes 740 00:30:18,810 --> 00:30:19,410 in our life. 741 00:30:20,110 --> 00:30:21,450 That's more important to him. 742 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:25,580 It's not the poor he's concerned about. 743 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:26,780 It's the poor in spirit. 744 00:30:27,780 --> 00:30:29,140 It's the contrite in heart. 745 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:30,680 That's what pleases God. 746 00:30:30,780 --> 00:30:33,700 That's the sacrifice of God, not a check 747 00:30:33,700 --> 00:30:35,160 to pay for the poor. 748 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:37,820 Yes, it's good to help the poor, but 749 00:30:37,820 --> 00:30:39,480 what's more important is to be poor in 750 00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:41,520 spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 751 00:30:48,350 --> 00:30:49,810 I thought of another scripture when I was 752 00:30:49,810 --> 00:30:50,710 reading this passage. 753 00:30:51,070 --> 00:30:53,410 Greetings, rabbi, and he sends a kiss. 754 00:30:54,370 --> 00:30:57,510 Proverbs 27.6 says, faithful are the wounds 755 00:30:57,510 --> 00:30:59,970 of a friend, but the kisses of an 756 00:30:59,970 --> 00:31:01,010 enemy are deceitful. 757 00:31:03,700 --> 00:31:06,320 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but 758 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:08,920 the kisses of an enemy, they're deceitful. 759 00:31:10,660 --> 00:31:15,720 Here's Judas bringing deceitful kisses, one intention to 760 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:20,080 fulfill his promise, because he got money for 761 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:21,560 doing a job for the devil. 762 00:31:25,780 --> 00:31:30,260 Better to have a friend strike you and 763 00:31:30,260 --> 00:31:34,340 be a kindness, tell you something about, hey 764 00:31:34,340 --> 00:31:37,440 man, be careful, beware of covetousness. 765 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,160 You know, life doesn't consist in the abundance 766 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:42,500 of things a man possesses. 767 00:31:42,580 --> 00:31:45,200 Recently, you know, all of a sudden the 768 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:47,580 siblings are all talking, and you know, there's 769 00:31:47,580 --> 00:31:50,820 an inheritance to be divided coming up in 770 00:31:50,820 --> 00:31:54,860 the near future, and boy, everybody's got their 771 00:31:54,860 --> 00:31:56,520 knife out, we're ready to carve the turkey 772 00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:59,100 and see who's going to get the nice 773 00:31:59,100 --> 00:31:59,980 portions. 774 00:32:01,260 --> 00:32:03,460 And I thought of a scripture, and Jesus 775 00:32:03,460 --> 00:32:05,440 had a man come to him and said, 776 00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:07,940 tell my brother to imbibe the inheritance with 777 00:32:07,940 --> 00:32:08,180 me. 778 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:11,520 And I was thoroughly convicted when I thought 779 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:11,960 of the scripture. 780 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:14,120 The Holy Spirit brought it to me, brought 781 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:14,780 it to remembrance. 782 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:16,680 He says he's going to bring things to 783 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:18,340 remembrance, and the Holy Spirit's going to teach 784 00:32:18,340 --> 00:32:18,520 us. 785 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:19,580 I made some calls. 786 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:20,420 I said, what do you think? 787 00:32:20,460 --> 00:32:21,360 How should I handle this? 788 00:32:21,580 --> 00:32:24,740 I called some real respected brothers, some real 789 00:32:24,740 --> 00:32:25,580 respected ones. 790 00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:28,140 And somehow in my spirit, I felt as 791 00:32:28,140 --> 00:32:29,760 though it wasn't the word from the Holy 792 00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:31,860 Spirit, and then the Holy Spirit gave me 793 00:32:31,860 --> 00:32:34,260 some good counsel, said beware of covetousness. 794 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:37,800 Write the inheritance off in your heart, buddy. 795 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:41,320 Life does not consist in the abundance of 796 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:42,700 things a man possesses. 797 00:32:43,700 --> 00:32:46,160 Tell my brother to imbibe the inheritance with 798 00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:46,360 me. 799 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:47,340 I deserve it. 800 00:32:51,140 --> 00:32:53,000 If we set our heart on an inheritance, 801 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:56,540 you're going to die a miserable man. 802 00:32:57,960 --> 00:32:59,860 You'll be one of the most miserable men, 803 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,560 because money does not make you happy. 804 00:33:03,740 --> 00:33:05,680 The more you have, the more you try 805 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:07,120 to figure out how you're going to keep 806 00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:09,200 it, how you're going to invest it, and 807 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:10,480 what you're going to do with it, and 808 00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:12,120 you're worried about people ripping you off and 809 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:12,720 stealing it. 810 00:33:14,020 --> 00:33:15,740 The man who does not have, but he's 811 00:33:15,740 --> 00:33:19,120 rich toward God, that one has righteousness, peace, 812 00:33:19,180 --> 00:33:20,380 and joy in the Holy Spirit. 813 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:25,840 We're going to wrap it up here. 814 00:33:28,380 --> 00:33:31,180 One brother grabbed his sword, cut an ear 815 00:33:31,180 --> 00:33:33,980 off, because Jesus told him to take a 816 00:33:33,980 --> 00:33:36,440 sword, and Jesus, not in this passage, but 817 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:38,660 another took the ear, and he said, those 818 00:33:38,660 --> 00:33:40,220 who live by the sword die by the 819 00:33:40,220 --> 00:33:41,620 sword, and he healed a man. 820 00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:45,780 He said, if we were, if my kingdom 821 00:33:45,780 --> 00:33:48,340 was of this world, my servants would fight, 822 00:33:49,220 --> 00:33:51,040 but we're not supposed to be fighting for 823 00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:54,300 our rights, fighting for our dignity, fighting for 824 00:33:54,300 --> 00:33:56,140 our reputations, and fighting for our money. 825 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:00,420 If you want to fight, the weapons of 826 00:34:00,420 --> 00:34:02,120 our warfare are not carnal, but mighty in 827 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:02,320 God. 828 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:03,020 Fight in prayer. 829 00:34:03,140 --> 00:34:03,800 Watch and pray. 830 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:06,520 Fight for your children's salvation. 831 00:34:07,179 --> 00:34:09,280 Fight for your family's salvation, that the devil 832 00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:10,260 wouldn't destroy them. 833 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:12,159 Stand in the gap. 834 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:14,540 Be one of those wailing women. 835 00:34:15,060 --> 00:34:16,780 It said, who will call for the wailing 836 00:34:16,780 --> 00:34:19,460 women, who will weep, and wail, and mourn, 837 00:34:19,639 --> 00:34:22,219 and sigh, and lament over the abominations done 838 00:34:22,219 --> 00:34:25,400 in the house of God, to intercede, to 839 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:26,219 be an intercessor? 840 00:34:27,540 --> 00:34:28,239 Fight for that. 841 00:34:33,730 --> 00:34:34,590 They took Jesus. 842 00:34:34,730 --> 00:34:35,389 They led him away. 843 00:34:37,150 --> 00:34:38,389 They spit in his face. 844 00:34:38,489 --> 00:34:39,010 They beat him. 845 00:34:39,150 --> 00:34:39,929 Others struck him. 846 00:34:41,710 --> 00:34:43,889 They said, prophesy to us, if you're the 847 00:34:43,889 --> 00:34:45,929 Christ, which one struck you? 848 00:34:46,929 --> 00:34:48,949 Peter sat outside, and there was a girl 849 00:34:48,949 --> 00:34:51,710 there, said, you're one of them, and he 850 00:34:51,710 --> 00:34:52,070 denied. 851 00:34:52,870 --> 00:34:54,790 A little while later, there was another girl 852 00:34:54,790 --> 00:34:55,110 there. 853 00:34:55,710 --> 00:34:57,490 She said, I'm sure your speech gives you 854 00:34:57,490 --> 00:34:57,670 away. 855 00:34:57,730 --> 00:34:58,410 You were one of them. 856 00:34:58,830 --> 00:34:59,990 He called down curses. 857 00:35:01,410 --> 00:35:03,870 He lied, and called curses, and denied the 858 00:35:03,870 --> 00:35:04,050 Lord. 859 00:35:05,290 --> 00:35:07,870 They all ran away, but Peter, he made 860 00:35:07,870 --> 00:35:09,190 the absolute fool of himself. 861 00:35:10,190 --> 00:35:15,290 Exactly as the scripture said, three times, he 862 00:35:15,290 --> 00:35:16,970 denied the Lord, called down curses. 863 00:35:16,970 --> 00:35:18,450 I don't know the man. 864 00:35:18,530 --> 00:35:19,370 I don't know the man. 865 00:35:19,430 --> 00:35:21,470 And immediately, the rooster crowed, and he remembered 866 00:35:21,470 --> 00:35:22,790 what Jesus had said. 867 00:35:24,350 --> 00:35:26,210 Brothers, sisters, we stand by grace. 868 00:35:27,750 --> 00:35:30,710 We don't stand because we're smart guys, or 869 00:35:30,710 --> 00:35:31,690 we know lots of scripture. 870 00:35:32,030 --> 00:35:33,170 We've got it all figured out. 871 00:35:33,250 --> 00:35:35,070 We stand because God says we stand. 872 00:35:36,550 --> 00:35:38,570 And if we remain humble, and little in 873 00:35:38,570 --> 00:35:41,470 our own eyes, then God is able to 874 00:35:41,470 --> 00:35:42,250 keep us from falling. 875 00:35:44,030 --> 00:35:45,510 And may we never become proud, and look 876 00:35:45,510 --> 00:35:46,210 down on others. 877 00:35:47,010 --> 00:35:49,610 Because they fell, because they denied the Lord. 878 00:35:50,330 --> 00:35:52,890 And may we never betray the Lord, especially 879 00:35:52,890 --> 00:35:53,570 with a kiss. 880 00:36:01,510 --> 00:36:03,610 Peter remembered the word, and he had said, 881 00:36:03,790 --> 00:36:06,690 and the rooster crowed, and he went out, 882 00:36:06,810 --> 00:36:09,570 and he wept bitterly, and he repented. 883 00:36:09,730 --> 00:36:11,030 And Jesus told him, he said, you're going 884 00:36:11,030 --> 00:36:12,790 to deny me, but he said, after you 885 00:36:12,790 --> 00:36:15,590 return, strengthen your brothers. 886 00:36:16,610 --> 00:36:18,690 We don't want to deny the Lord by 887 00:36:18,690 --> 00:36:19,350 our actions. 888 00:36:19,790 --> 00:36:23,270 It says in Titus in chapter 1, verse 889 00:36:23,270 --> 00:36:25,170 15 and 16, it says, to the pure, 890 00:36:25,430 --> 00:36:26,450 all things are pure. 891 00:36:27,530 --> 00:36:30,090 But to those who are defiled and unbelieving, 892 00:36:30,910 --> 00:36:31,630 nothing is pure. 893 00:36:31,770 --> 00:36:35,570 Even their minds, even their consciences become defiled. 894 00:36:35,710 --> 00:36:37,070 They profess to know God. 895 00:36:37,610 --> 00:36:38,790 They honor him with their lips. 896 00:36:39,790 --> 00:36:42,170 But by their actions, they deny him. 897 00:36:43,170 --> 00:36:46,450 Being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified. 898 00:36:48,650 --> 00:36:53,150 Disqualified, that word is 7 to 8, ad 899 00:36:53,150 --> 00:36:55,130 hocimos, a reprobate. 900 00:36:56,050 --> 00:36:57,610 We don't want to be reprobates. 901 00:36:58,710 --> 00:37:01,150 We want to be sons of God, daughters 902 00:37:01,150 --> 00:37:01,630 of God. 903 00:37:02,570 --> 00:37:04,190 May the Lord help us not to deny 904 00:37:04,190 --> 00:37:07,430 him, but to confess and renounce our sin, 905 00:37:07,490 --> 00:37:08,890 to keep short accounts with the Lord. 906 00:37:09,250 --> 00:37:11,290 Don't let the sun go down when you're 907 00:37:11,290 --> 00:37:11,590 angry. 908 00:37:12,170 --> 00:37:13,950 Make things right with your husband, with your 909 00:37:13,950 --> 00:37:14,230 wife. 910 00:37:14,370 --> 00:37:16,410 Make things right with your brothers and your 911 00:37:16,410 --> 00:37:16,790 sisters. 912 00:37:19,140 --> 00:37:20,060 Forgive your enemies. 913 00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:22,640 Love those who hate you. 914 00:37:23,420 --> 00:37:24,560 Bless those who curse you. 915 00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:26,060 Bless and don't curse. 916 00:37:27,300 --> 00:37:28,920 Ask the Lord for the grace to overcome. 917 00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:31,620 Ask the Lord to keep you from the 918 00:37:31,620 --> 00:37:33,900 love of money, to keep you from being 919 00:37:33,900 --> 00:37:35,780 boastful and proud, for seeking to make a 920 00:37:35,780 --> 00:37:36,860 reputation for yourself. 921 00:37:37,720 --> 00:37:39,960 Sometimes it's not about money, it's about reputation. 922 00:37:40,740 --> 00:37:42,820 Wanting to seek honor from one another. 923 00:37:42,980 --> 00:37:44,060 Seeking honor from men. 924 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:48,500 The last thing I wanted to share is 925 00:37:48,500 --> 00:37:51,640 a scripture that the Lord showed me from 926 00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:52,180 Luke 9. 927 00:37:59,220 --> 00:38:00,520 Luke 9, 23. 928 00:38:00,700 --> 00:38:04,100 Then he said to them all, if anyone 929 00:38:04,100 --> 00:38:07,320 desires to come after me, being Jesus, let 930 00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:08,380 him deny self. 931 00:38:09,500 --> 00:38:12,160 The opposite of denying self is denying Christ. 932 00:38:14,490 --> 00:38:15,850 If you're going to love self, you're going 933 00:38:15,850 --> 00:38:16,670 to deny Christ. 934 00:38:17,130 --> 00:38:18,490 You'll deny him by your actions. 935 00:38:19,770 --> 00:38:21,190 But if you want to come after Jesus, 936 00:38:21,410 --> 00:38:22,890 you're going to have to deny self. 937 00:38:23,770 --> 00:38:26,230 Just as Jesus denied self when he went 938 00:38:26,230 --> 00:38:28,530 to the cross, you also are going to 939 00:38:28,530 --> 00:38:31,030 have to pick up your cross and follow 940 00:38:31,030 --> 00:38:31,330 him. 941 00:38:31,470 --> 00:38:33,890 It says, take up his cross daily and 942 00:38:33,890 --> 00:38:34,490 follow me. 943 00:38:35,810 --> 00:38:38,130 For whoever desires to save his life in 944 00:38:38,130 --> 00:38:39,190 this world will lose it. 945 00:38:39,830 --> 00:38:42,250 But whoever loses his life for my sake 946 00:38:42,250 --> 00:38:43,790 will save it. 947 00:38:44,950 --> 00:38:46,710 And what profit is it to a man 948 00:38:46,710 --> 00:38:48,710 if he gained the whole world and he 949 00:38:48,710 --> 00:38:50,410 himself is destroyed or lost? 950 00:38:51,790 --> 00:38:53,690 Make sure the choices that you make every 951 00:38:53,690 --> 00:38:56,530 day, they're life and death choices, some of 952 00:38:56,530 --> 00:38:56,690 them. 953 00:38:57,830 --> 00:39:00,810 That we take them to prayer before we 954 00:39:00,810 --> 00:39:02,790 go and marry some divorced woman and think 955 00:39:02,790 --> 00:39:04,170 that we're going to get God to bless 956 00:39:04,170 --> 00:39:04,490 us. 957 00:39:04,870 --> 00:39:07,250 Or we go and we commit sexual sin 958 00:39:07,250 --> 00:39:09,350 and think there's an easy fix and easy 959 00:39:09,350 --> 00:39:10,790 forgiveness and greasy grace. 960 00:39:11,310 --> 00:39:12,790 Or we decide we're just going to use 961 00:39:12,790 --> 00:39:14,910 and hope for the best and come back 962 00:39:14,910 --> 00:39:16,290 and return as always before. 963 00:39:16,890 --> 00:39:18,750 This isn't guaranteed every single time. 964 00:39:20,470 --> 00:39:22,490 And judgment delayed is not judgment denied. 965 00:39:22,890 --> 00:39:25,030 For everything that the man does, we have 966 00:39:25,030 --> 00:39:26,110 to give an account of it in the 967 00:39:26,110 --> 00:39:28,010 day of judgment and even every idle word 968 00:39:28,010 --> 00:39:28,890 that we speak. 969 00:39:30,530 --> 00:39:32,210 Verse 26, I want to leave you with 970 00:39:32,210 --> 00:39:32,450 this. 971 00:39:32,590 --> 00:39:34,250 It says, whoever is ashamed of me and 972 00:39:34,250 --> 00:39:34,750 my words. 973 00:39:34,790 --> 00:39:37,390 You know, some of us, we're ashamed, Josh, 974 00:39:37,850 --> 00:39:39,750 to come up here and testify what God 975 00:39:39,750 --> 00:39:40,570 has done in my life. 976 00:39:40,610 --> 00:39:41,030 We're ashamed. 977 00:39:41,290 --> 00:39:42,630 We're worried about what people are going to 978 00:39:42,630 --> 00:39:42,810 think. 979 00:39:42,930 --> 00:39:44,310 Maybe we have a little lisp or something. 980 00:39:45,010 --> 00:39:46,670 We cannot be ashamed of the Lord. 981 00:39:47,830 --> 00:39:49,750 If we're ashamed of him, he's going to 982 00:39:49,750 --> 00:39:50,790 be ashamed of us. 983 00:39:51,910 --> 00:39:54,050 It's not about how your speech is so 984 00:39:54,050 --> 00:39:56,570 awesome or when you pray, you know, what 985 00:39:56,570 --> 00:39:58,090 do people think if the prayer is not 986 00:39:58,090 --> 00:39:58,630 very good? 987 00:39:59,430 --> 00:40:00,870 We want, we're praying to the Lord. 988 00:40:00,990 --> 00:40:02,430 It doesn't matter what anybody thinks. 989 00:40:02,770 --> 00:40:04,830 And if you're worried about what people think, 990 00:40:05,310 --> 00:40:07,970 there were people who believed in Jesus, but 991 00:40:07,970 --> 00:40:09,730 when they were in the synagogue, they wouldn't 992 00:40:09,730 --> 00:40:11,470 confess him because they were afraid they were 993 00:40:11,470 --> 00:40:12,690 going to get put out of the synagogue. 994 00:40:13,370 --> 00:40:15,670 If you become ashamed of the Lord Jesus 995 00:40:15,670 --> 00:40:18,690 himself at your workplace, you're one of those 996 00:40:18,690 --> 00:40:19,970 secret Santas. 997 00:40:20,630 --> 00:40:22,190 You know, you're one of those secret service 998 00:40:22,190 --> 00:40:22,630 Christians. 999 00:40:22,990 --> 00:40:24,590 We did this thing called secret Santa. 1000 00:40:24,670 --> 00:40:26,050 What a demonic thing, Santa. 1001 00:40:27,330 --> 00:40:28,630 Secret service Christians. 1002 00:40:29,150 --> 00:40:30,790 You're a Christian, just nobody knows. 1003 00:40:31,410 --> 00:40:32,970 Wow, you must be one of the wisest 1004 00:40:32,970 --> 00:40:34,110 Christians there ever was. 1005 00:40:34,470 --> 00:40:36,050 I'll tell you, you will get a surprise 1006 00:40:36,050 --> 00:40:38,210 on that day because the scripture says, whoever 1007 00:40:38,210 --> 00:40:40,970 is ashamed of me and my words, of 1008 00:40:40,970 --> 00:40:43,030 him the son of man will be ashamed 1009 00:40:43,030 --> 00:40:45,410 when he comes in his glory and in 1010 00:40:45,410 --> 00:40:46,970 his father's glory with the angels. 1011 00:40:48,450 --> 00:40:50,270 We need to be careful that we're not 1012 00:40:50,270 --> 00:40:51,170 ashamed of the Lord. 1013 00:40:51,530 --> 00:40:52,990 I'm not saying everybody has to rush up 1014 00:40:52,990 --> 00:40:55,550 here and say something, but I'm saying that 1015 00:40:55,550 --> 00:40:57,910 we do not want to be ashamed of 1016 00:40:57,910 --> 00:40:58,230 Jesus. 1017 00:40:59,170 --> 00:41:01,210 And if anyone asks you of the hope 1018 00:41:01,210 --> 00:41:02,930 of why you're different, they're going to know 1019 00:41:02,930 --> 00:41:04,350 you're different because you're not going to be 1020 00:41:04,350 --> 00:41:05,130 putting them down. 1021 00:41:05,430 --> 00:41:06,570 You're not going to be mocking them. 1022 00:41:06,850 --> 00:41:07,910 You're not going to be making light of 1023 00:41:07,910 --> 00:41:08,070 them. 1024 00:41:08,330 --> 00:41:09,710 Why are they doing the things they're doing? 1025 00:41:10,010 --> 00:41:11,870 Because they are not regenerate. 1026 00:41:11,950 --> 00:41:12,690 You're born again. 1027 00:41:13,190 --> 00:41:13,990 You're a new creation. 1028 00:41:14,530 --> 00:41:16,350 Of course, if you see a bug flying 1029 00:41:16,350 --> 00:41:19,530 in the darkness and a cockroach crawling in 1030 00:41:19,530 --> 00:41:22,490 a dark corner, of course, this is what 1031 00:41:22,490 --> 00:41:22,830 they do. 1032 00:41:22,890 --> 00:41:25,050 They hide because they're of the darkness. 1033 00:41:25,410 --> 00:41:26,350 We're of the light. 1034 00:41:26,730 --> 00:41:28,550 Let your light shine before men. 1035 00:41:29,110 --> 00:41:30,650 So when people say, oh, you're a Christian. 1036 00:41:30,770 --> 00:41:31,550 Yes, I'm a Christian. 1037 00:41:31,830 --> 00:41:33,010 Oh, you're one of them and they have 1038 00:41:33,010 --> 00:41:33,650 a big laugh. 1039 00:41:34,050 --> 00:41:34,410 You know what? 1040 00:41:34,750 --> 00:41:36,730 It shouldn't even bother us one bit because 1041 00:41:36,730 --> 00:41:38,290 Christ bled and died for us. 1042 00:41:38,810 --> 00:41:40,610 We want to be associated with Jesus. 1043 00:41:40,990 --> 00:41:43,770 I'm not ashamed of the gospel, Paul says 1044 00:41:43,770 --> 00:41:46,390 in Romans in chapter 1 verse 16, for 1045 00:41:46,390 --> 00:41:48,910 it is the power of God unto salvation 1046 00:41:48,910 --> 00:41:50,410 to everyone who believes. 1047 00:41:51,230 --> 00:41:53,430 Don't be ashamed of Jesus or he'll be 1048 00:41:53,430 --> 00:41:54,270 ashamed of us. 1049 00:41:54,750 --> 00:41:56,770 May the Lord give you grace to walk 1050 00:41:56,770 --> 00:41:58,510 boldly, to stand with confidence. 1051 00:41:58,770 --> 00:41:59,810 Ask for the Holy Spirit. 1052 00:42:00,090 --> 00:42:02,270 There are people who were fearful when the 1053 00:42:02,270 --> 00:42:03,690 persecution was breaking out. 1054 00:42:03,970 --> 00:42:04,870 Peter was fearful. 1055 00:42:05,230 --> 00:42:08,270 He denied the Lord, you know, and the 1056 00:42:08,270 --> 00:42:09,250 church was fearful. 1057 00:42:09,870 --> 00:42:11,410 And then they prayed for the Holy Spirit 1058 00:42:11,410 --> 00:42:12,370 to give them boldness. 1059 00:42:12,590 --> 00:42:14,310 And it says the whole place shook and 1060 00:42:14,310 --> 00:42:16,210 they all began to proclaim the word of 1061 00:42:16,210 --> 00:42:17,030 God boldly. 1062 00:42:17,510 --> 00:42:19,530 And then the persecution goes up and all 1063 00:42:19,530 --> 00:42:22,410 those firebrands were spread out and lit fires 1064 00:42:22,410 --> 00:42:24,350 all across Europe there, wherever they were in 1065 00:42:24,350 --> 00:42:26,170 Asia or wherever in the Mediterranean. 1066 00:42:26,630 --> 00:42:29,130 And the gospel went out everywhere because they 1067 00:42:29,130 --> 00:42:32,290 all spoke the word of God boldly. 1068 00:42:32,350 --> 00:42:34,330 May the word of God go forth from 1069 00:42:34,330 --> 00:42:36,470 you boldly in whatever way, whether it be 1070 00:42:36,470 --> 00:42:38,450 by your actions, whether it be giving an 1071 00:42:38,450 --> 00:42:39,950 answer of the hope that you have. 1072 00:42:40,730 --> 00:42:42,410 You know, may the Lord give you the 1073 00:42:42,410 --> 00:42:45,350 grace to confess him before men because he 1074 00:42:45,350 --> 00:42:47,830 will confess us to his Father in Jesus 1075 00:42:47,830 --> 00:42:48,170 name.