1 00:00:08,390 --> 00:00:10,290 You don't realize it, but sometimes I'm just, 2 00:00:10,410 --> 00:00:12,070 I'm back there and I just laugh, saying, 3 00:00:12,190 --> 00:00:15,950 Lord, I can't believe what, 25 years ago, 4 00:00:16,010 --> 00:00:17,630 honestly, I would, I just laughed at you 5 00:00:17,630 --> 00:00:18,010 guys. 6 00:00:19,030 --> 00:00:20,610 My mom will tell you, she's here this 7 00:00:20,610 --> 00:00:20,890 morning. 8 00:00:21,570 --> 00:00:22,430 Why are you putting up your hand? 9 00:00:22,490 --> 00:00:23,230 That's just weird. 10 00:00:23,730 --> 00:00:24,910 You guys are so weak. 11 00:00:26,030 --> 00:00:27,170 What is this sissy stuff? 12 00:00:27,210 --> 00:00:28,150 This is for girls. 13 00:00:29,390 --> 00:00:32,330 Mocking, mocking, mocking, until God broke my heart. 14 00:00:32,650 --> 00:00:33,510 See, it was a heart issue. 15 00:00:33,510 --> 00:00:37,330 Now when the scriptural truths come alive, I 16 00:00:37,330 --> 00:00:38,070 have to worship. 17 00:00:39,010 --> 00:00:39,830 I have to worship. 18 00:00:39,930 --> 00:00:41,970 Tell the woman that Jesus freed from several 19 00:00:41,970 --> 00:00:43,490 demons not to worship anymore. 20 00:00:44,670 --> 00:00:45,470 She has to. 21 00:00:45,930 --> 00:00:46,990 I have to. 22 00:00:47,290 --> 00:00:48,530 It's like I have to get up in 23 00:00:48,530 --> 00:00:48,890 the morning. 24 00:00:49,110 --> 00:00:50,190 I have to drink water. 25 00:00:50,310 --> 00:00:51,170 I have to eat breakfast. 26 00:00:51,470 --> 00:00:52,750 I have to worship God. 27 00:00:53,090 --> 00:00:53,850 It's not me. 28 00:00:53,970 --> 00:00:54,770 It's not my flesh. 29 00:00:54,870 --> 00:00:58,050 There's something in me crying, Abba, Father, because 30 00:00:58,050 --> 00:00:59,270 the heart's been broken. 31 00:00:59,270 --> 00:01:01,930 And I understand that I was one choice. 32 00:01:02,150 --> 00:01:03,690 I don't even know why I'm here this 33 00:01:03,690 --> 00:01:03,910 morning. 34 00:01:03,970 --> 00:01:06,110 I should have been dead 20 times over 35 00:01:06,110 --> 00:01:08,990 and buried in Lancaster 25 years ago. 36 00:01:09,270 --> 00:01:12,590 Total, two different vehicles, lit a crazy, why 37 00:01:12,590 --> 00:01:14,070 didn't God, why, why God? 38 00:01:14,270 --> 00:01:16,450 Because through His grace and His mercy, He 39 00:01:16,450 --> 00:01:17,810 reached down and He saved me. 40 00:01:17,990 --> 00:01:20,390 So when I sing amazing grace, how sweet 41 00:01:20,390 --> 00:01:22,650 the sound that saved a wretch like me, 42 00:01:22,650 --> 00:01:25,350 it's like it jumps within my soul because 43 00:01:25,350 --> 00:01:26,750 I've experienced it. 44 00:01:27,590 --> 00:01:28,810 That's the difference. 45 00:01:29,730 --> 00:01:31,670 That right there is the difference. 46 00:01:35,330 --> 00:01:37,410 When you're falling as a follower of Christ, 47 00:01:37,490 --> 00:01:39,350 you need to be a worshiper and a 48 00:01:39,350 --> 00:01:39,630 worker. 49 00:01:40,670 --> 00:01:43,270 But what can happen is sometimes we fall 50 00:01:43,270 --> 00:01:45,050 in this worker camp only. 51 00:01:45,810 --> 00:01:47,610 And this is dangerous because you can be 52 00:01:47,610 --> 00:01:50,570 so busy and doing things for God and 53 00:01:50,570 --> 00:01:52,590 being so tied up in the things of 54 00:01:52,590 --> 00:01:54,290 God that you forget about being the worshiper. 55 00:01:55,910 --> 00:01:58,830 You can focus on the external but not 56 00:01:58,830 --> 00:01:59,430 the internal. 57 00:01:59,570 --> 00:02:01,310 And that's why we encourage people when possible 58 00:02:01,310 --> 00:02:05,270 to rotate ushering, rotate sound, rotate media, rotate 59 00:02:05,270 --> 00:02:08,850 even worship because if it's all about working 60 00:02:08,850 --> 00:02:10,970 and working and working, you forget the worshiper 61 00:02:10,970 --> 00:02:11,390 aspect. 62 00:02:12,010 --> 00:02:13,430 And let me remind you that worship is 63 00:02:13,430 --> 00:02:14,550 what changes the heart. 64 00:02:15,870 --> 00:02:17,490 Worship changes the heart. 65 00:02:17,490 --> 00:02:19,610 And it kind of breaks my heart that 66 00:02:19,610 --> 00:02:21,090 on nights when we do have worship nights, 67 00:02:21,130 --> 00:02:22,090 there's not as many people. 68 00:02:22,790 --> 00:02:24,830 And it's often it's the workers who are 69 00:02:24,830 --> 00:02:25,770 not at the worship night. 70 00:02:25,830 --> 00:02:26,530 Isn't that interesting? 71 00:02:28,110 --> 00:02:32,130 Because we sometimes get caught in this, you 72 00:02:32,130 --> 00:02:33,310 know, I've got to work for God when 73 00:02:33,310 --> 00:02:35,490 God says the priority is seeking me and 74 00:02:35,490 --> 00:02:36,390 getting your heart right. 75 00:02:37,310 --> 00:02:39,510 Now the danger with the worshiper is the 76 00:02:39,510 --> 00:02:41,210 famous saying all of you have heard, you're 77 00:02:41,210 --> 00:02:45,610 too heavenly minded to be any earthly good. 78 00:02:46,410 --> 00:02:48,250 That's what the worshiper is. 79 00:02:48,350 --> 00:02:50,150 They're too heavenly minded sometimes. 80 00:02:50,550 --> 00:02:51,630 So you have to work. 81 00:02:51,810 --> 00:02:53,270 A worshiper has to work. 82 00:02:53,650 --> 00:02:55,230 And that's kind of the difficulty sometimes. 83 00:02:55,350 --> 00:02:56,790 They just want to worship God. 84 00:02:56,850 --> 00:02:58,410 They don't want to work and serve in 85 00:02:58,410 --> 00:02:59,070 any capacity. 86 00:03:00,110 --> 00:03:02,850 But then the worker, the downside to just 87 00:03:02,850 --> 00:03:05,130 worker is found in revelation. 88 00:03:05,510 --> 00:03:06,730 And you know this verse as well. 89 00:03:07,210 --> 00:03:09,730 I know your work, your labor, and all 90 00:03:09,730 --> 00:03:11,110 that you do, but you have left your 91 00:03:11,110 --> 00:03:11,790 first love. 92 00:03:12,930 --> 00:03:14,750 You have left your first love. 93 00:03:14,750 --> 00:03:16,850 And folks, just hear my heart on this 94 00:03:16,850 --> 00:03:17,210 topic. 95 00:03:18,590 --> 00:03:21,170 I think one danger that we're seeing is 96 00:03:21,170 --> 00:03:22,570 we have a lot of workers, but not 97 00:03:22,570 --> 00:03:23,490 a lot of worshipers. 98 00:03:26,660 --> 00:03:30,580 One way you can discern is if some 99 00:03:30,580 --> 00:03:32,500 of these songs are just too emotional for 100 00:03:32,500 --> 00:03:32,740 you. 101 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:35,700 Saying, oh, Jesus, yeah, yeah, Jesus, you know, 102 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:36,820 it's happy. 103 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,080 I'm just, your hearts, there could be something 104 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:41,080 wrong with the heart. 105 00:03:41,660 --> 00:03:43,220 Because if we just work, work, work, and 106 00:03:43,220 --> 00:03:45,600 we don't worship, the heart doesn't change. 107 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:47,980 And we become cold and callous. 108 00:03:48,580 --> 00:03:49,600 Here's a quick test. 109 00:03:51,260 --> 00:03:55,020 Just don't raise your hand, but say, Lord, 110 00:03:55,140 --> 00:03:55,540 is it I? 111 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:59,620 Are you known to be full of joy 112 00:03:59,620 --> 00:04:03,500 and peace and love and gentleness and kindness, 113 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:05,180 longsuffering? 114 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:06,420 You're a worshiper. 115 00:04:06,700 --> 00:04:07,600 God's changed your heart. 116 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:14,020 Or are you overbearing, dogmatic, hard, rigid, arrogant, 117 00:04:14,460 --> 00:04:14,820 mean? 118 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:16,839 And that's what will happen to a worker. 119 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:18,860 Been there, done that, right? 120 00:04:19,459 --> 00:04:21,480 And I can go back there real quick 121 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:22,800 if I'm not careful, if I don't jump 122 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:24,080 back on the worshiping side. 123 00:04:24,620 --> 00:04:27,480 But that's what happens to a worker without 124 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:31,280 worshiping, without that broken heart, without that tender 125 00:04:31,280 --> 00:04:31,700 heart. 126 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,100 They become very rigid and very hard to 127 00:04:35,100 --> 00:04:35,640 work with. 128 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:36,960 Yeah, but I'm working for God. 129 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:38,500 Yeah, but you're hurting everybody else. 130 00:04:40,990 --> 00:04:42,750 Let's read that verse if it's not convicting 131 00:04:42,750 --> 00:04:43,230 enough. 132 00:04:44,210 --> 00:04:46,210 I know your works, Revelation 2.2. I 133 00:04:46,210 --> 00:04:50,130 know your works, your labor, your patience, and 134 00:04:50,130 --> 00:04:51,950 you cannot bear those who are evil. 135 00:04:52,890 --> 00:04:54,550 And you've tested those who say they are 136 00:04:54,550 --> 00:04:56,950 apostles and are not, and have found them 137 00:04:56,950 --> 00:04:57,630 liars. 138 00:04:58,590 --> 00:05:01,430 And you have persevered and have patience and 139 00:05:01,430 --> 00:05:03,710 have labored for my namesake and have not 140 00:05:03,710 --> 00:05:04,470 become weary. 141 00:05:04,470 --> 00:05:07,010 Now, to me, this is amazing because just 142 00:05:07,010 --> 00:05:08,630 reading over it, people might say, well, Jesus, 143 00:05:08,770 --> 00:05:09,370 you're being too hard. 144 00:05:09,430 --> 00:05:10,150 Look at these people. 145 00:05:10,530 --> 00:05:11,410 They had works. 146 00:05:11,830 --> 00:05:12,710 They had labor. 147 00:05:13,030 --> 00:05:13,730 They were patient. 148 00:05:13,850 --> 00:05:15,430 They pointed out false teachers. 149 00:05:15,830 --> 00:05:17,610 In other words, they were biblically sound. 150 00:05:18,070 --> 00:05:19,110 They were biblically sound. 151 00:05:19,190 --> 00:05:20,130 They knew their Bible. 152 00:05:20,250 --> 00:05:21,610 They pointed out all error. 153 00:05:22,450 --> 00:05:23,130 They were patient. 154 00:05:23,270 --> 00:05:23,810 They were hardworking. 155 00:05:23,930 --> 00:05:26,110 They were even tired from working so hard. 156 00:05:27,350 --> 00:05:29,450 And Jesus gives a strong rebuke. 157 00:05:29,450 --> 00:05:33,390 Nevertheless, I have this against you, that you 158 00:05:33,390 --> 00:05:35,730 have left your first love. 159 00:05:38,460 --> 00:05:40,720 And he goes on to say, remember from 160 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:41,840 where you have fallen. 161 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,860 This person, a worker, a worker who's not 162 00:05:44,860 --> 00:05:46,100 a worshiper has fallen. 163 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:47,840 They have fallen. 164 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:50,800 They are drifted away from God because it's 165 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,080 all about rules and regulations and all these 166 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:53,280 things. 167 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:55,000 And God says, come back to the heart 168 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:55,560 of the matter. 169 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,400 Remember where you have fallen. 170 00:05:57,800 --> 00:05:58,300 Repent. 171 00:05:58,820 --> 00:06:00,780 To tell a worker they need to repent 172 00:06:00,780 --> 00:06:02,040 is anathema. 173 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:07,400 They just be accursed. 174 00:06:07,860 --> 00:06:11,560 They're like, you can't say that. 175 00:06:11,940 --> 00:06:12,880 You can't say that. 176 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:13,600 But, yes, you can. 177 00:06:13,660 --> 00:06:14,920 A worker needs to repent. 178 00:06:15,980 --> 00:06:17,640 A worshiper needs to repent as well. 179 00:06:17,740 --> 00:06:20,100 If all they're into is worshiping and worshiping 180 00:06:20,100 --> 00:06:21,360 and they don't do any work. 181 00:06:22,180 --> 00:06:24,160 And what can happen, I've seen this side 182 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:26,480 too, is we need you in children's ministry. 183 00:06:27,460 --> 00:06:28,580 Oh, no, I'm not good with kids. 184 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:30,080 I'm just going to worship. 185 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:32,460 We need you helping usher. 186 00:06:32,980 --> 00:06:34,700 Oh, I'm not good with people. 187 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:36,900 Okay, how about sound and media? 188 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:38,060 No, I don't know how to use a 189 00:06:38,060 --> 00:06:38,400 computer. 190 00:06:38,860 --> 00:06:40,180 I'm just going to worship. 191 00:06:41,860 --> 00:06:44,520 But that can become lazy, actually. 192 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:48,220 If all we do, because work flows out 193 00:06:48,220 --> 00:06:50,520 of our heart, being in a right relationship 194 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:51,120 with God. 195 00:06:51,700 --> 00:06:54,720 So he tells the worker, remember from where 196 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:55,380 you have fallen. 197 00:06:55,380 --> 00:06:57,480 Repent and do the first works or else 198 00:06:57,480 --> 00:06:59,540 I will come to you quickly and remove 199 00:06:59,540 --> 00:07:02,580 your lampstand from its place unless you repent. 200 00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:04,240 Here's the sad thing that I see a 201 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:04,360 lot. 202 00:07:04,460 --> 00:07:05,720 You have the worker here. 203 00:07:06,280 --> 00:07:08,100 And God calls them to repent. 204 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:10,180 And a worker doesn't want to repent because 205 00:07:10,180 --> 00:07:11,620 they think they are already humble. 206 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:13,240 They don't need to repent. 207 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:14,260 Everybody else needs to repent. 208 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:18,400 So they never, never feel the total filling 209 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:19,180 of the Holy Spirit. 210 00:07:19,660 --> 00:07:21,580 They never have that love and peace and 211 00:07:21,580 --> 00:07:23,320 joy of the Holy Spirit. 212 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:24,800 This brokenness that I talk about. 213 00:07:25,020 --> 00:07:27,440 They can just sit and worship God for 214 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:27,780 an hour. 215 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:29,840 And I don't mean to keep belaboring the 216 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:31,000 point, but I really want to bring this 217 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:32,180 point home. 218 00:07:32,420 --> 00:07:34,160 This is why it's hard for many people 219 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:34,580 to worship. 220 00:07:37,030 --> 00:07:38,710 Because their heart is not right before God. 221 00:07:39,670 --> 00:07:41,250 They don't want to worship because a worshiper. 222 00:07:41,930 --> 00:07:43,210 Worshiping is a cry of the heart. 223 00:07:44,930 --> 00:07:46,470 If you would have sang those songs 25 224 00:07:46,470 --> 00:07:47,970 years ago, I would have laughed and called 225 00:07:47,970 --> 00:07:48,850 you a bunch of sissies. 226 00:07:50,710 --> 00:07:51,930 Big strong guy, right? 227 00:07:51,930 --> 00:07:53,730 Bench pressing, a lot of weight, wanting to 228 00:07:53,730 --> 00:07:54,530 beat people up. 229 00:07:54,770 --> 00:07:56,510 What are you guys doing in there? 230 00:07:57,210 --> 00:07:58,950 Come to Jesus, please. 231 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:04,700 He was just a carpenter. 232 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:07,240 Turned the other cheek guy. 233 00:08:07,460 --> 00:08:08,280 He's not a man. 234 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:11,520 And then I came to read the Bible. 235 00:08:11,700 --> 00:08:12,780 And oh boy, was I wrong. 236 00:08:15,330 --> 00:08:16,490 I mean the Bible talks about. 237 00:08:16,690 --> 00:08:19,670 You know all the different passages that said 238 00:08:19,670 --> 00:08:21,830 he was led to the slaughter. 239 00:08:21,990 --> 00:08:23,130 He opened not his mouth. 240 00:08:23,130 --> 00:08:25,530 He's a lion from the tribe of Judah. 241 00:08:26,430 --> 00:08:28,010 He's a conquering king. 242 00:08:28,290 --> 00:08:29,470 He's a coming savior. 243 00:08:30,310 --> 00:08:32,850 Even the devil must bow at the name 244 00:08:32,850 --> 00:08:33,770 of Jesus Christ. 245 00:08:34,830 --> 00:08:36,770 And I would read stories where Jesus would 246 00:08:36,770 --> 00:08:38,870 walk out in legions of demons. 247 00:08:39,429 --> 00:08:40,710 I mean if somebody said there's a legion 248 00:08:40,710 --> 00:08:41,870 of demons in that room. 249 00:08:42,530 --> 00:08:44,050 I mean most of us would be like 250 00:08:44,050 --> 00:08:44,530 uh-oh. 251 00:08:45,010 --> 00:08:46,530 What's going to happen even though we know 252 00:08:46,530 --> 00:08:48,910 greater is he that's in me than he 253 00:08:48,910 --> 00:08:49,470 that's in the world. 254 00:08:49,470 --> 00:08:51,070 But Jesus would just walk out. 255 00:08:51,690 --> 00:08:53,850 And they would tremble in his presence. 256 00:08:54,350 --> 00:08:56,450 Jesus, don't throw us into the abyss. 257 00:08:57,630 --> 00:08:58,710 He's a conquering king. 258 00:08:58,810 --> 00:09:00,390 He's a lion from the tribe of Judah. 259 00:09:00,870 --> 00:09:03,270 He died for us. 260 00:09:03,390 --> 00:09:05,030 And you read in Revelation that a sword 261 00:09:05,030 --> 00:09:06,570 goes out of his mouth that he strikes 262 00:09:06,570 --> 00:09:07,310 the nation. 263 00:09:07,670 --> 00:09:09,250 And rules the nation with a rod of 264 00:09:09,250 --> 00:09:09,490 iron. 265 00:09:09,650 --> 00:09:10,950 Treads a winepress. 266 00:09:11,230 --> 00:09:13,850 And the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 267 00:09:14,710 --> 00:09:16,650 So you see this image of Jesus is 268 00:09:16,650 --> 00:09:18,950 not this weak, wimp person. 269 00:09:18,950 --> 00:09:22,410 It's this magnificent savior full of grace and 270 00:09:22,410 --> 00:09:22,830 mercy. 271 00:09:23,250 --> 00:09:24,630 And when he changes your heart, when he 272 00:09:24,630 --> 00:09:26,030 truly changes your heart. 273 00:09:26,090 --> 00:09:27,530 I'm not talking about just playing church. 274 00:09:27,810 --> 00:09:29,750 But when he breaks your heart to such 275 00:09:29,750 --> 00:09:31,770 a degree that you say God I need 276 00:09:31,770 --> 00:09:32,130 you. 277 00:09:32,650 --> 00:09:33,850 Then you have to worship. 278 00:09:34,290 --> 00:09:35,830 That's where worship comes from. 279 00:09:35,890 --> 00:09:37,910 It comes from a heart that's been forgiven. 280 00:09:38,430 --> 00:09:40,150 A hard heart can't worship God. 281 00:09:42,460 --> 00:09:45,360 A hard, arrogant heart cannot worship God. 282 00:09:45,420 --> 00:09:46,980 And that's my concern for workers. 283 00:09:47,820 --> 00:09:48,940 And I've been on this camp. 284 00:09:48,940 --> 00:09:50,500 And I can slip back in this camp 285 00:09:50,500 --> 00:09:51,420 if I'm not careful. 286 00:09:52,580 --> 00:09:54,660 Is we have a view of ourselves that's 287 00:09:54,660 --> 00:09:55,600 really not healthy. 288 00:09:55,860 --> 00:09:57,860 Because we think we're doing so much. 289 00:09:57,900 --> 00:10:00,360 And God says it's but filthy rags in 290 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:00,940 my sight. 291 00:10:02,020 --> 00:10:03,220 Unless you're a worshiper. 292 00:10:06,630 --> 00:10:07,550 And then he says repent. 293 00:10:07,790 --> 00:10:09,050 My favorite word as you know. 294 00:10:11,670 --> 00:10:12,150 Repent. 295 00:10:12,350 --> 00:10:12,830 Repent. 296 00:10:12,990 --> 00:10:13,610 And repent. 297 00:10:13,810 --> 00:10:14,510 Please repent. 298 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:19,820 If this is convicting, I would encourage the 299 00:10:19,820 --> 00:10:21,480 mother who's convicted to repent. 300 00:10:21,680 --> 00:10:22,940 Your children need you broken. 301 00:10:22,940 --> 00:10:25,420 The father who's convicted, repent. 302 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:27,400 Your family needs you broken. 303 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:29,700 How are we supposed to lead our families 304 00:10:29,700 --> 00:10:31,540 in these dire times if we're not broken 305 00:10:31,540 --> 00:10:33,440 and humble before God and worshiping him. 306 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:37,280 And I want to remind you too that 307 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:39,600 repentance is not good intentions. 308 00:10:41,910 --> 00:10:43,930 Because what happens is people go yeah, that's 309 00:10:43,930 --> 00:10:44,450 a good point. 310 00:10:45,030 --> 00:10:45,990 I need to work on that. 311 00:10:47,870 --> 00:10:49,230 That's not repentance. 312 00:10:50,510 --> 00:10:52,190 Repentance actually works on that. 313 00:10:52,870 --> 00:10:54,650 Repentance actually says God I've been wrong. 314 00:10:55,050 --> 00:10:55,970 I've been a worker. 315 00:10:57,610 --> 00:10:59,710 And I wonder why, let's just be honest. 316 00:10:59,930 --> 00:11:00,890 As if we haven't already. 317 00:11:02,130 --> 00:11:04,010 Why are so many people bored during worship? 318 00:11:08,130 --> 00:11:09,590 Why do many people look like they're sitting 319 00:11:09,590 --> 00:11:10,310 in a DMV? 320 00:11:14,390 --> 00:11:15,130 Stepping on toes. 321 00:11:15,210 --> 00:11:16,350 Yeah, it's time to step on toes. 322 00:11:16,430 --> 00:11:18,050 Because unless you step on toes, you don't 323 00:11:18,050 --> 00:11:18,610 move your foot. 324 00:11:20,150 --> 00:11:21,150 But why is that? 325 00:11:21,170 --> 00:11:22,930 I'm not talking about weirdness, folks. 326 00:11:23,110 --> 00:11:25,490 And every time, sometimes people say well, you 327 00:11:25,490 --> 00:11:26,650 know, we don't want to be charismatic and 328 00:11:26,650 --> 00:11:26,830 weird. 329 00:11:26,930 --> 00:11:27,650 No, neither do I. 330 00:11:28,710 --> 00:11:29,970 But I want to be a worshiper. 331 00:11:30,830 --> 00:11:32,750 So why do we look like we're, we 332 00:11:32,750 --> 00:11:34,430 look at our phones, we text, we talk, 333 00:11:34,590 --> 00:11:35,830 we're like we're in the DMV. 334 00:11:36,790 --> 00:11:38,990 When it's a powerful worship, the reason is 335 00:11:38,990 --> 00:11:40,430 there's something wrong with the heart. 336 00:11:41,150 --> 00:11:41,790 Plain and simple. 337 00:11:42,150 --> 00:11:43,190 I didn't come here to play church. 338 00:11:43,270 --> 00:11:44,370 I came here to shoot you straight. 339 00:11:44,890 --> 00:11:45,690 That's what's wrong. 340 00:11:45,830 --> 00:11:47,210 Something is wrong with the heart. 341 00:11:48,850 --> 00:11:51,430 I mean, if somebody on death row, you 342 00:11:51,430 --> 00:11:53,010 know the saying dead man walking. 343 00:11:53,270 --> 00:11:54,650 Where that comes from is somebody on death 344 00:11:54,650 --> 00:11:56,590 row, they're walking to their death. 345 00:11:56,590 --> 00:11:59,370 If the warden comes in and says, you 346 00:11:59,370 --> 00:12:02,490 know what, you've been released, there's a door. 347 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:06,540 How do you think they would act? 348 00:12:08,340 --> 00:12:09,760 Like they're in line at the DMV? 349 00:12:14,350 --> 00:12:15,970 He'd probably fall on his knees as soon 350 00:12:15,970 --> 00:12:17,130 as he got out of that place. 351 00:12:17,930 --> 00:12:18,810 He'd say, I've been set free. 352 00:12:18,890 --> 00:12:19,910 I can't believe it. 353 00:12:19,930 --> 00:12:20,670 I can't believe it. 354 00:12:20,690 --> 00:12:21,570 I've been set free. 355 00:12:22,170 --> 00:12:22,510 Why? 356 00:12:22,610 --> 00:12:24,430 Because the heart has been broken. 357 00:12:24,590 --> 00:12:28,050 The heart's been, he experienced the grace and 358 00:12:28,050 --> 00:12:28,470 forgiveness. 359 00:12:28,470 --> 00:12:31,450 So we should experience grace and forgiveness. 360 00:12:32,630 --> 00:12:34,030 People say, well, I like the old hymns. 361 00:12:34,070 --> 00:12:34,570 Well, me too. 362 00:12:34,950 --> 00:12:36,210 But do you know the old hymns used 363 00:12:36,210 --> 00:12:36,990 to be new hymns? 364 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:41,880 150 years ago, 200 years ago, those old 365 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:43,120 hymns used to be new hymns. 366 00:12:43,540 --> 00:12:46,140 And Martin Luther, when he wrote hymns in 367 00:12:46,140 --> 00:12:48,460 the 1500s, people didn't like his hymns because 368 00:12:48,460 --> 00:12:49,500 they were the new hymns. 369 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:50,760 They wanted to go back to the old 370 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:52,200 hymns and then the 1600s. 371 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:53,360 Why are we doing these new ones? 372 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:55,300 Let's go back to the 1400s, back to 373 00:12:55,300 --> 00:12:56,720 the old hymns, and back to, and all 374 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:58,120 the, the old hymns used to be the 375 00:12:58,120 --> 00:12:58,700 new hymns. 376 00:12:59,780 --> 00:13:01,340 So we get caught up in all these 377 00:13:01,340 --> 00:13:02,940 things and we say, well, I can't worship 378 00:13:02,940 --> 00:13:04,320 God unless I have this and this going 379 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:04,660 on. 380 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:06,720 But that's, the heart's not right. 381 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:08,780 And yes, we need to bring back the 382 00:13:08,780 --> 00:13:09,180 old hymns. 383 00:13:09,220 --> 00:13:11,300 I love those, those, those old hymns. 384 00:13:11,580 --> 00:13:13,180 But be very careful in this area. 385 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:17,240 And if you're a worshiper and not a 386 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:18,640 worker, you need to be both. 387 00:13:19,220 --> 00:13:20,700 And if you're a worker and you're not 388 00:13:20,700 --> 00:13:25,020 worshipping, you're not worshipping, then something's wrong. 389 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:26,420 And I would just encourage you this morning, 390 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:28,180 maybe the whole sermon is for that point. 391 00:13:28,860 --> 00:13:31,200 Because this, this gauges everything. 392 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:34,620 Me being a worshipper changes how I treat 393 00:13:34,620 --> 00:13:35,660 people, doesn't it? 394 00:13:36,540 --> 00:13:38,220 It changes how I treat my wife. 395 00:13:38,780 --> 00:13:40,640 It changes how I treat my kids. 396 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:45,140 I'll even submit to you that it, more 397 00:13:45,140 --> 00:13:47,920 than you realize, being a worshipper changes how 398 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:48,520 you preach. 399 00:13:52,260 --> 00:13:55,420 Because I could come up here, give you 400 00:13:55,420 --> 00:13:59,400 a wonderful dissertation, quote from my hermeneutics and 401 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:01,200 homiletics books, and show you that I use 402 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:04,660 a deductive approach to my sermon preparation, and 403 00:14:04,660 --> 00:14:08,200 the pneumatology and eschatology and theology and sotrology, 404 00:14:08,300 --> 00:14:10,080 and impress you with all these wonderful things. 405 00:14:11,060 --> 00:14:12,260 Work, work, work, work, work. 406 00:14:12,300 --> 00:14:14,420 I spent 30 hours this week on my 407 00:14:14,420 --> 00:14:15,140 sermon preparation. 408 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:16,460 Work, work, work, work, work. 409 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:19,900 But God prepares the messenger before they prepare 410 00:14:19,900 --> 00:14:20,520 the message. 411 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:23,960 So a good message must come out of 412 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:26,020 work and diligent study, but also a heart 413 00:14:26,020 --> 00:14:27,100 that's a worshipping heart. 414 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:30,960 Verse 26, And they were eating. 415 00:14:31,100 --> 00:14:32,940 Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and 416 00:14:32,940 --> 00:14:35,400 gave it to the disciples and said, Take, 417 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:36,800 eat, this is my body. 418 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:38,920 Then he took the cup and gave thanks 419 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:40,620 and gave it to them, saying, Drink from 420 00:14:40,620 --> 00:14:42,700 it all of you, for this is my 421 00:14:42,700 --> 00:14:44,340 blood of the new covenant, which is shed 422 00:14:44,340 --> 00:14:45,860 for many for the remission of sin. 423 00:14:46,340 --> 00:14:47,740 But I say to you, I will not 424 00:14:47,740 --> 00:14:49,480 drink of the fruit of the vine from 425 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:50,980 now on until the day when I drink 426 00:14:50,980 --> 00:14:52,680 it new with you in my Father's kingdom. 427 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:54,740 And when they had sung a hymn, they 428 00:14:54,740 --> 00:14:56,160 went out to the Mount of Olives. 429 00:14:59,660 --> 00:15:00,620 What is the new covenant? 430 00:15:00,620 --> 00:15:01,940 He says, I will make a new covenant. 431 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:03,340 We find it in Jeremiah 31. 432 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:05,480 I will put my law in their minds 433 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:07,520 and I will write them on their hearts. 434 00:15:07,860 --> 00:15:09,620 I will be their God and they will 435 00:15:09,620 --> 00:15:10,480 be my people. 436 00:15:12,620 --> 00:15:14,140 And this morning I spent about an hour 437 00:15:14,140 --> 00:15:18,080 just thinking about, I don't know, maybe it's 438 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:18,500 just me. 439 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:20,740 My mom said I have a tender heart 440 00:15:20,740 --> 00:15:21,200 sometimes. 441 00:15:21,940 --> 00:15:23,220 So I have a rough heart sometimes, I 442 00:15:23,220 --> 00:15:23,960 have a tender heart sometimes. 443 00:15:24,460 --> 00:15:26,240 But why was Jesus beat up? 444 00:15:26,700 --> 00:15:28,760 That hurts too. 445 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:31,260 I mean, just shed the blood, that's what 446 00:15:31,260 --> 00:15:31,860 the Bible says. 447 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:33,920 Just get over with. 448 00:15:36,330 --> 00:15:39,010 But to go and be physically hit with 449 00:15:39,010 --> 00:15:42,410 clubs, whipped with the cat of nine tails 450 00:15:42,410 --> 00:15:45,070 where his skin was coming off, and seeing 451 00:15:45,070 --> 00:15:48,390 his bone, crown of thorns placed on his 452 00:15:48,390 --> 00:15:52,290 head, Roman soldiers mocking him for hours, carrying 453 00:15:52,290 --> 00:15:54,070 your own crosses, your mother's watching. 454 00:15:54,330 --> 00:15:54,790 Why? 455 00:15:54,790 --> 00:15:58,680 And, of course, we know the Scriptures use 456 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:01,440 bruise for our transgressions and our iniquities and 457 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:05,180 the chastisement was on him for us all, 458 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:07,760 like a lamb led to the slaughter. 459 00:16:08,820 --> 00:16:11,240 And we know all that, but I don't 460 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:13,840 understand the body being broken. 461 00:16:14,100 --> 00:16:15,700 The Bible says that no bone was broken, 462 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:17,360 but that doesn't mean the body wasn't broken. 463 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:22,780 He was beyond recognition that our Savior allowed 464 00:16:22,780 --> 00:16:26,060 his creation to basically mangle him. 465 00:16:28,020 --> 00:16:29,620 So that's the point of communion. 466 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:32,720 When you come together and you break that 467 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:36,400 bread, remember the body that was broken for 468 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:36,780 you. 469 00:16:40,750 --> 00:16:43,070 And this is just an idleman insight, so 470 00:16:43,070 --> 00:16:46,150 don't come up and say, you know, I'm 471 00:16:46,150 --> 00:16:47,850 making a theological point out of this. 472 00:16:48,670 --> 00:16:50,130 But the blood was shed. 473 00:16:50,210 --> 00:16:51,530 We know the blood was shed for without 474 00:16:51,530 --> 00:16:54,550 the shedding of blood, there's no remission of 475 00:16:54,550 --> 00:16:54,810 sin. 476 00:16:55,190 --> 00:16:57,870 So life had to die in order for 477 00:16:57,870 --> 00:16:59,190 life to live eternally. 478 00:16:59,190 --> 00:16:59,830 The blood. 479 00:17:01,090 --> 00:17:03,170 But I often wonder if the body being 480 00:17:03,170 --> 00:17:06,990 broken and beat up was just absorbing the 481 00:17:06,990 --> 00:17:09,470 wrath of God, what's deserved in the body, 482 00:17:09,609 --> 00:17:11,450 the due penalty of our sin. 483 00:17:11,530 --> 00:17:13,329 The wages of sin is death, obviously eternal 484 00:17:13,329 --> 00:17:13,829 separation. 485 00:17:14,290 --> 00:17:17,290 But the body being absorbing the wrath of 486 00:17:17,290 --> 00:17:21,109 God and being punished by his creation, followed 487 00:17:21,109 --> 00:17:22,190 by the shedding of blood. 488 00:17:23,089 --> 00:17:24,609 And we're going to go into a time 489 00:17:24,609 --> 00:17:25,170 of communion. 490 00:17:26,270 --> 00:17:27,610 But I want to just throw this out 491 00:17:27,610 --> 00:17:27,790 there. 492 00:17:27,790 --> 00:17:29,430 Do you know who partakes in communion? 493 00:17:30,270 --> 00:17:31,810 We want to be careful because we don't 494 00:17:31,810 --> 00:17:33,350 want to just pass the plate and kids 495 00:17:33,350 --> 00:17:35,490 take it because they're hungry. 496 00:17:36,870 --> 00:17:38,750 What communion is, and we don't want people 497 00:17:38,750 --> 00:17:42,350 who are not believers to partake, because communion 498 00:17:42,350 --> 00:17:45,550 is special in that we are remembering what 499 00:17:45,550 --> 00:17:46,750 Jesus did on the cross. 500 00:17:47,650 --> 00:17:50,870 When you come together, remember the cross, remember 501 00:17:50,870 --> 00:17:53,030 Golgotha, remember the place of the skull. 502 00:17:53,790 --> 00:17:55,590 So if you're not a believer and you 503 00:17:55,590 --> 00:17:57,690 don't know God and you've kind of just 504 00:17:57,690 --> 00:18:00,590 been playing church and barely getting by, I 505 00:18:00,590 --> 00:18:02,690 would encourage you to change that this morning. 506 00:18:02,830 --> 00:18:04,330 All you have to say is, Lord, I 507 00:18:04,330 --> 00:18:05,110 confess you. 508 00:18:05,350 --> 00:18:07,370 As Savior and Lord, I repent of my 509 00:18:07,370 --> 00:18:07,670 sin. 510 00:18:08,730 --> 00:18:09,610 I acknowledge you. 511 00:18:09,670 --> 00:18:10,870 I'm giving my life to you. 512 00:18:10,930 --> 00:18:11,610 I'm repenting. 513 00:18:11,930 --> 00:18:13,690 I'm believing on the only name that saves. 514 00:18:14,110 --> 00:18:15,590 And then you can partake of communion. 515 00:18:17,050 --> 00:18:19,410 Or it's also a time for self-examination. 516 00:18:19,530 --> 00:18:20,570 I had time last night, I didn't have 517 00:18:20,570 --> 00:18:23,630 time this morning, where Paul actually encourages believers 518 00:18:23,630 --> 00:18:25,070 to examine your heart. 519 00:18:25,550 --> 00:18:27,210 And what was happening is they were getting 520 00:18:27,210 --> 00:18:28,850 drunk, and they were eating too much, and 521 00:18:28,850 --> 00:18:30,550 they were just taking the Lord's Supper and 522 00:18:30,550 --> 00:18:32,150 basically mocking it. 523 00:18:32,890 --> 00:18:35,930 And Paul said, oh, examine yourself, because you're 524 00:18:35,930 --> 00:18:37,750 bringing judgment on yourself. 525 00:18:38,750 --> 00:18:40,950 Some are asleep and some are dead among 526 00:18:40,950 --> 00:18:43,330 you because you're bringing judgment on yourself. 527 00:18:44,130 --> 00:18:46,010 In other words, they're continuing in the sinful, 528 00:18:46,170 --> 00:18:48,070 gluttonous lifestyle, like, yeah, I'll break the bread, 529 00:18:48,130 --> 00:18:49,030 give me some of that wine. 530 00:18:49,430 --> 00:18:51,310 And like, that's not a good thing. 531 00:18:51,790 --> 00:18:53,270 There's no reverence there. 532 00:18:53,270 --> 00:18:55,450 There's no respect for what's happening. 533 00:18:55,590 --> 00:18:57,850 It should come from a heart that's broken 534 00:18:57,850 --> 00:18:59,650 before God, and we go and we take 535 00:18:59,650 --> 00:19:00,130 communion. 536 00:19:01,270 --> 00:19:02,270 And that's what it's about. 537 00:19:02,970 --> 00:19:04,910 But before I get to the taking of 538 00:19:04,910 --> 00:19:07,310 the communion, I just wanted to paint the 539 00:19:07,310 --> 00:19:09,250 scene really quick that we've been talking about. 540 00:19:09,930 --> 00:19:12,230 You have Jesus here shortly that we're going 541 00:19:12,230 --> 00:19:13,230 to read in the next few weeks. 542 00:19:13,570 --> 00:19:15,650 He's going to be standing in Pilate's court, 543 00:19:16,350 --> 00:19:19,110 and the gavel falls, and the condemnation of 544 00:19:19,110 --> 00:19:20,630 death is set on Jesus. 545 00:19:20,630 --> 00:19:22,710 And you know all of hell is celebrating. 546 00:19:23,870 --> 00:19:25,370 All of hell is celebrating. 547 00:19:25,570 --> 00:19:26,270 We've killed Him. 548 00:19:26,330 --> 00:19:26,870 He's done. 549 00:19:26,950 --> 00:19:27,450 He's gone. 550 00:19:31,140 --> 00:19:32,340 He's brutally beat. 551 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:34,660 He's led up to the hill, up to 552 00:19:34,660 --> 00:19:35,820 Calvary. 553 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:38,820 They see Him hanging on a cross. 554 00:19:39,460 --> 00:19:41,100 Of course, for us, that's why we're here. 555 00:19:43,610 --> 00:19:45,990 And you can just imagine hell celebrating the 556 00:19:45,990 --> 00:19:46,890 religious leaders. 557 00:19:47,130 --> 00:19:49,390 Caiaphas, the high priest, who's supposed to know 558 00:19:49,390 --> 00:19:49,950 the Bible. 559 00:19:50,470 --> 00:19:52,990 Pontius Pilate said, I wash my hands of 560 00:19:52,990 --> 00:19:53,810 this innocent man. 561 00:19:55,010 --> 00:19:56,810 Herod, King Herod, all these men. 562 00:19:57,050 --> 00:19:57,510 We've won. 563 00:19:57,590 --> 00:19:58,170 Look at this guy. 564 00:19:58,350 --> 00:19:59,850 He's doomed. 565 00:19:59,950 --> 00:20:01,210 He wasn't who he said he was. 566 00:20:03,610 --> 00:20:07,150 But then they hear the cry, It is 567 00:20:07,150 --> 00:20:07,510 finished. 568 00:20:07,950 --> 00:20:09,550 And the Bible says, King James says, He 569 00:20:09,550 --> 00:20:10,390 gave up his ghosts. 570 00:20:11,770 --> 00:20:12,430 It's over. 571 00:20:12,590 --> 00:20:13,010 I'm done. 572 00:20:13,090 --> 00:20:13,570 It's finished. 573 00:20:14,870 --> 00:20:16,670 And then the sky became dark. 574 00:20:16,790 --> 00:20:17,730 The ground shook. 575 00:20:18,770 --> 00:20:21,090 The temple, the veil in the temple was 576 00:20:21,090 --> 00:20:22,230 just annihilated. 577 00:20:22,230 --> 00:20:24,950 And a Roman soldier trained to kill, maybe 578 00:20:24,950 --> 00:20:28,250 the same Roman soldier who struck Jesus, looked 579 00:20:28,250 --> 00:20:30,030 up and said, surely this was the Son 580 00:20:30,030 --> 00:20:30,450 of God. 581 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:34,400 And a few days later, all the celebration 582 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:35,060 was over. 583 00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:37,020 In hell. 584 00:20:40,100 --> 00:20:42,720 Folks, this isn't about our rights and doing 585 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:43,040 things. 586 00:20:43,140 --> 00:20:44,340 If we fought for our rights, we'd be 587 00:20:44,340 --> 00:20:44,960 in hell tonight. 588 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:49,520 And you think of all the men I 589 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:50,300 just mentioned. 590 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:52,500 Judas Iscariot, in hell. 591 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:53,560 Pilate, in hell. 592 00:20:53,700 --> 00:20:55,240 Arrogant King Herod, in hell. 593 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,120 Caiaphas, the high priest who represents the people 594 00:20:58,120 --> 00:20:59,380 of God, in hell. 595 00:21:00,500 --> 00:21:02,560 The Sadducees, in hell. 596 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:04,300 The Pharisees, in hell. 597 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:06,460 The scribes, in hell. 598 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:09,100 The Roman soldiers who didn't believe, in hell. 599 00:21:09,460 --> 00:21:12,240 The mocking crowd, in hell. 600 00:21:14,620 --> 00:21:16,820 Folks, you cannot live your life with a 601 00:21:16,820 --> 00:21:17,940 question mark here. 602 00:21:23,120 --> 00:21:28,660 Our whole nation is just going crazy over 603 00:21:28,660 --> 00:21:30,740 a gorilla that was killed innocently, of course. 604 00:21:31,420 --> 00:21:34,560 But they say nothing about our Savior who 605 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:35,480 died on the cross. 606 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:38,380 Talk about an innocent death. 607 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:41,840 A death He didn't deserve. 608 00:21:45,350 --> 00:21:46,410 So I don't know about you, but when 609 00:21:46,410 --> 00:21:48,010 I think about the cross, and I think 610 00:21:48,010 --> 00:21:49,970 about what He did for me, I could 611 00:21:49,970 --> 00:21:51,610 be in this group of people, the laugher, 612 00:21:51,730 --> 00:21:54,910 the scoffer, the mocking, the religious person, the 613 00:21:54,910 --> 00:21:56,110 religious pious person. 614 00:21:58,540 --> 00:21:59,800 Put things in perspective. 615 00:22:00,860 --> 00:22:03,240 Remember the blood that was shed for you. 616 00:22:07,450 --> 00:22:09,350 Every time I talk about this point, I 617 00:22:09,350 --> 00:22:13,350 remembered of a church in Lancaster, a large 618 00:22:13,350 --> 00:22:13,790 church. 619 00:22:15,210 --> 00:22:17,770 The pastor actually told his worship team to 620 00:22:17,770 --> 00:22:19,270 remove all the songs about the blood. 621 00:22:22,170 --> 00:22:23,850 Remove all the songs about the blood. 622 00:22:23,990 --> 00:22:24,170 Why? 623 00:22:24,230 --> 00:22:25,430 We don't want to offend people. 624 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:29,060 That's an offense to God. 625 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:32,160 Nothing but the blood. 626 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:33,400 Nothing but the blood. 627 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:36,500 Will save me, will set me free. 628 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:45,360 Folks, we've got to get back to being 629 00:22:45,360 --> 00:22:46,240 worshipers again. 630 00:22:46,660 --> 00:22:47,840 We've got to worship God. 631 00:22:50,820 --> 00:22:52,420 We're so in a hurry to get lunch, 632 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:53,780 or get out of here, or do this. 633 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:55,700 Your heart's got to break. 634 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:56,980 Your heart has to break.