1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,580 Um, I'm getting a little older. 2 00:00:05,990 --> 00:00:07,260 I appreciate you saying no. 3 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:10,059 But from a distance, you can't see the gray hair. 4 00:00:10,059 --> 00:00:12,110 But once you get up close, you like, Oh, this brother's getting old. 5 00:00:12,110 --> 00:00:12,749 You know what I'm saying? 6 00:00:13,399 --> 00:00:16,880 And as you get older, you start to realize that slum up some of the slang 7 00:00:16,889 --> 00:00:19,139 terms you use are no longer in fashion. 8 00:00:20,939 --> 00:00:21,980 Did you ever notice that? 9 00:00:22,910 --> 00:00:25,050 You say things and people are like, I don't know what you're talking 10 00:00:25,050 --> 00:00:28,640 about, you know, or you hear things and you're like, what does that mean? 11 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,439 And so I reached that, that, that status in my life now. 12 00:00:32,439 --> 00:00:35,540 And that's pretty humbling for me because I want to be in the know. 13 00:00:35,769 --> 00:00:39,339 Uh, but, but I do try to stay in the know with my kids there and even drop 14 00:00:39,339 --> 00:00:40,790 some lines on them that they don't know. 15 00:00:40,790 --> 00:00:42,330 I'm like, Oh, you didn't know that one, did you? 16 00:00:43,690 --> 00:00:48,680 And so anyhow, I've been watching the NBA playoffs and uh, you know, we obviously 17 00:00:48,689 --> 00:00:50,280 have some political stuff going on. 18 00:00:50,380 --> 00:00:51,760 There's a lot going on in the world. 19 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:56,140 But there's a lot vying for positions to be, you know, back 20 00:00:56,140 --> 00:00:57,340 in the day, we would say the man. 21 00:00:58,390 --> 00:00:59,520 And like, yo, he's the man. 22 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:01,269 That dude's a beast. 23 00:01:01,270 --> 00:01:01,999 He's a savage. 24 00:01:01,999 --> 00:01:02,760 You guys get what I'm saying? 25 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:03,839 I'm seeing some people nod their heads. 26 00:01:03,839 --> 00:01:04,800 You know what I'm talking about. 27 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:05,190 Okay. 28 00:01:05,559 --> 00:01:08,619 But things change and, you know, there's some new terminology, 29 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:10,349 uh, that's taking place. 30 00:01:10,350 --> 00:01:11,570 Like, he's him. 31 00:01:12,830 --> 00:01:13,810 See the young people got that. 32 00:01:13,820 --> 00:01:15,100 The old folks, y'all didn't get that. 33 00:01:15,100 --> 00:01:15,889 You're like, what'd he say? 34 00:01:16,985 --> 00:01:21,345 Or, uh, you know, that's, he's that guy or she's that girl and, uh, 35 00:01:21,375 --> 00:01:24,264 meaning that they're the man or the woman, you get what I'm saying? 36 00:01:24,934 --> 00:01:27,375 And so as I've been, you know, hearing these things and thinking about these 37 00:01:27,404 --> 00:01:30,854 things, it made me start thinking about Jesus, how Jesus really is him. 38 00:01:30,864 --> 00:01:31,684 He's the himothy. 39 00:01:32,094 --> 00:01:33,155 He's that guy. 40 00:01:33,634 --> 00:01:37,225 And so that's actually the title for our sermon today is Jesus is that guy. 41 00:01:38,404 --> 00:01:40,414 And for my old folks, I help you out here. 42 00:01:40,434 --> 00:01:41,384 Jesus is the man. 43 00:01:41,384 --> 00:01:41,744 Okay. 44 00:01:41,744 --> 00:01:45,085 All right, just so that you know what we're talking about. 45 00:01:45,085 --> 00:01:45,455 Okay. 46 00:01:45,455 --> 00:01:45,914 All right. 47 00:01:45,925 --> 00:01:48,695 So Jesus is that guy. 48 00:01:48,725 --> 00:01:50,295 Can we go to the father in prayer? 49 00:01:50,695 --> 00:01:51,503 Let's go father. 50 00:01:51,505 --> 00:01:57,545 We are so grateful for who you are the fact that Jesus reveals you to us 51 00:01:58,645 --> 00:02:03,295 the fact that we get a chance to call you father Abba daddy because of our 52 00:02:03,295 --> 00:02:05,774 relationship with you through your son. 53 00:02:07,220 --> 00:02:08,410 Father, I've been excited. 54 00:02:08,410 --> 00:02:11,109 I've been inspired over the last couple of days and especially just 55 00:02:11,309 --> 00:02:16,529 delving more into this, uh, topic of your son, Jesus, and seeing who he 56 00:02:16,529 --> 00:02:21,759 is and being able to appreciate again all that he is and all that he does. 57 00:02:22,079 --> 00:02:25,589 Father, I pray right now that you will allow us to be in awe of you. 58 00:02:25,739 --> 00:02:30,529 You allow us to be inspired and come away with stronger convictions about who 59 00:02:30,529 --> 00:02:36,739 you are, how much you love us and our response to all of that in Jesus name. 60 00:02:37,329 --> 00:02:37,899 Amen. 61 00:02:38,920 --> 00:02:42,168 We're going to study out a little bit of the book of Colossians. 62 00:02:42,170 --> 00:02:46,845 And so, uh, the apostle Paul wrote a letter that To the church that met 63 00:02:46,845 --> 00:02:52,125 in the city of Colossae and, uh, he really is trying to, uh, refute and 64 00:02:52,125 --> 00:02:56,545 deal with some false doctrine that's starting to take place in the church. 65 00:02:56,545 --> 00:03:00,565 And really this doctrine, we don't know the particulars of it, but we 66 00:03:00,565 --> 00:03:04,614 do understand that basically what's taking place is, you know, they need 67 00:03:04,614 --> 00:03:09,415 to correct that, that somehow Jesus was being lowered in their view. 68 00:03:10,375 --> 00:03:14,985 And so Colossians is really trying to help the church there, uh, uh, get away 69 00:03:14,985 --> 00:03:21,515 from this false doctrine and remember who Jesus is in our response to Jesus. 70 00:03:21,834 --> 00:03:24,835 And so we're going to take it up in Colossians chapter 1. 71 00:03:24,865 --> 00:03:25,905 Church, are you with me? 72 00:03:26,935 --> 00:03:31,815 Colossians chapter 1, it reads, Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, by the 73 00:03:31,815 --> 00:03:36,875 will of God, and Timothy, our brother, to God's holy people in Colossae, the 74 00:03:36,885 --> 00:03:39,259 faithful brothers and sisters in Christ. 75 00:03:39,260 --> 00:03:43,110 Grace and peace to you from God, our Father. 76 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:47,490 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you. 77 00:03:47,810 --> 00:03:51,840 Because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus. 78 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:54,520 And of the love you have for all God's people. 79 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,900 The faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven. 80 00:03:59,370 --> 00:04:01,500 And about which you have already heard. 81 00:04:01,770 --> 00:04:02,599 The faith of Jesus Christ. 82 00:04:03,630 --> 00:04:05,859 And love that spring from the hope, uh, well, that's 83 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:06,720 something happened there, right? 84 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:06,989 Okay. 85 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:07,480 All right. 86 00:04:07,700 --> 00:04:10,640 Uh, the whole sort of for you in heaven about what you have already heard in 87 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:14,700 the true message of the gospel that has come to you in the same way. 88 00:04:15,109 --> 00:04:18,589 The gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world. 89 00:04:18,599 --> 00:04:21,809 Just that is has been doing among you since the day you 90 00:04:21,809 --> 00:04:23,510 heard it and truly understood. 91 00:04:23,835 --> 00:04:25,015 God's grace. 92 00:04:25,315 --> 00:04:28,794 You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful 93 00:04:28,794 --> 00:04:31,044 minister of Christ on our behalf. 94 00:04:31,065 --> 00:04:35,484 And who has also told us of your love in the spirits. 95 00:04:35,655 --> 00:04:37,444 We'll stop right there. 96 00:04:37,615 --> 00:04:41,115 Then he goes on in verses nine through 14 and talks about the 97 00:04:41,135 --> 00:04:43,695 prayer that he has for the church. 98 00:04:43,695 --> 00:04:45,835 And then we take it up in verse 15. 99 00:04:46,055 --> 00:04:51,105 He says, the son is the image of the invisible God, the 100 00:04:51,105 --> 00:04:52,974 firstborn of all creation. 101 00:04:53,435 --> 00:04:56,105 For in Him, all things were created. 102 00:04:56,125 --> 00:04:57,855 Things in heaven and on earth. 103 00:04:58,095 --> 00:04:59,585 Visible and invisible. 104 00:04:59,805 --> 00:05:04,074 Whether thrones or powers or rulers or authority, all things 105 00:05:04,075 --> 00:05:05,745 have been created through Him. 106 00:05:06,359 --> 00:05:12,030 And for him he is before all things and in him all things hold together And he 107 00:05:12,030 --> 00:05:16,639 is the head of the body the church He is the beginning and the firstborn from 108 00:05:16,639 --> 00:05:21,799 among the dead so that in everything he might have the supremacy For god was 109 00:05:21,809 --> 00:05:27,840 pleased to have all his fullness dwell In him and through him to reconcile to 110 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:33,015 himself all things whether things on earth or things in heaven By making peace 111 00:05:33,135 --> 00:05:38,515 through his blood shed on the cross Once you were alienated from god and were 112 00:05:38,545 --> 00:05:43,933 enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior But now he has reconciled you 113 00:05:43,935 --> 00:05:50,074 by christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight without 114 00:05:50,075 --> 00:05:56,155 blemish and free from accusation If you continue in your faith established and 115 00:05:56,155 --> 00:06:01,405 firm and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel this is the gospel that 116 00:06:01,405 --> 00:06:05,754 you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven and of 117 00:06:05,754 --> 00:06:13,255 which I Paul have become a Servant we'll stop right there G right now Paul really 118 00:06:13,265 --> 00:06:18,375 breaks down and he really highlights this point that Jesus is that guy That Jesus 119 00:06:18,415 --> 00:06:22,435 is the man a few years ago back in LA. 120 00:06:22,435 --> 00:06:25,755 I preached a sermon called Jesus El Presidente You're not 121 00:06:25,755 --> 00:06:27,155 there was around political time. 122 00:06:27,155 --> 00:06:28,614 He like Jesus is the president. 123 00:06:28,625 --> 00:06:33,815 He's the man He's the God and we see this in the scriptures laid out But 124 00:06:33,815 --> 00:06:37,495 makes me think who are the people today that we think are that guy 125 00:06:37,685 --> 00:06:39,425 who are some of those individuals? 126 00:06:39,975 --> 00:06:45,099 Maybe it's the Wayne the rock Johnson He, you know, he swole, he got those 127 00:06:45,099 --> 00:06:46,180 big muscles, you know what I mean? 128 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:50,010 Man, we think it's, uh, I don't know, Ryan Gosling or Ryan Reynolds and, 129 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,320 and the actors there or Michael B. 130 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:52,780 Jordan. 131 00:06:53,140 --> 00:06:56,759 Uh, Tom, uh, Tom Brady or Patrick Mahomes. 132 00:06:57,469 --> 00:07:02,090 Lionel Messi, uh, LeBron James, uh, James Bezos, right? 133 00:07:02,280 --> 00:07:06,130 Mark Zuckerberg, all these guys, Bill Gates, all these guys, we can think, 134 00:07:06,130 --> 00:07:07,880 man, they're that guy, they're the man. 135 00:07:08,270 --> 00:07:10,870 You know, I personally can think of, uh, Gabe Strobel. 136 00:07:12,015 --> 00:07:16,385 I think of Chris Lewis, you know what I'm saying? 137 00:07:16,445 --> 00:07:18,125 Chris Kitty Barber, right? 138 00:07:18,635 --> 00:07:19,875 I can think of those guys. 139 00:07:19,875 --> 00:07:22,085 I think of Charles Lennox, you know, like mine. 140 00:07:22,094 --> 00:07:23,355 They're the guy, you know what I'm saying? 141 00:07:23,355 --> 00:07:26,595 That's that dude right there, you know, but usually when we think 142 00:07:26,605 --> 00:07:28,235 of this, what are the reasons? 143 00:07:28,235 --> 00:07:28,645 Why? 144 00:07:30,044 --> 00:07:34,055 Usually what they maybe have money power. 145 00:07:35,075 --> 00:07:36,515 They're very intelligent. 146 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:40,790 People we think are, are charismatic, uh, best in their 147 00:07:40,790 --> 00:07:43,080 field, or just flat out cool. 148 00:07:43,409 --> 00:07:43,770 Right? 149 00:07:43,770 --> 00:07:47,129 These are the people, the traits that we think of when we think 150 00:07:47,129 --> 00:07:50,899 of people being that guy, that, that, that, that guy or that girl. 151 00:07:51,339 --> 00:07:55,290 But this passage reveals that Jesus is more than all of them together. 152 00:07:56,670 --> 00:08:02,160 That Jesus is far superior than any man who's ever walked the earth. 153 00:08:02,510 --> 00:08:05,180 Than any woman who's ever walked the earth. 154 00:08:05,420 --> 00:08:10,370 Jesus is all in it all because Jesus is everything. 155 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:16,270 And we see this in the scripture and we see this and I want us to break down 156 00:08:16,450 --> 00:08:21,570 this Colossians one Passage and so we see several things that the Apostle 157 00:08:21,570 --> 00:08:26,729 Paul mentioned He says an Apostle of Christ Jesus brothers and sisters in 158 00:08:27,039 --> 00:08:33,600 Christ faith in Christ Jesus and a minister of Christ you see for Paul 159 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:41,020 he was bringing back the church to remember that Everything is about Jesus. 160 00:08:41,709 --> 00:08:44,169 It's all about him. 161 00:08:44,729 --> 00:08:48,240 And so he refers to everything in accordance into their 162 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:50,720 relationship to Jesus. 163 00:08:51,579 --> 00:08:53,969 You know, oftentimes we can think of Paul's spirituality. 164 00:08:53,979 --> 00:08:55,370 We're like, man, Paul is so cool. 165 00:08:55,549 --> 00:08:57,050 But we forget him. 166 00:08:57,060 --> 00:08:58,560 Paul would probably rebuke all of us. 167 00:08:58,949 --> 00:08:59,890 It's not about me. 168 00:08:59,890 --> 00:09:00,819 It's about him. 169 00:09:01,650 --> 00:09:02,670 It's about Jesus. 170 00:09:03,770 --> 00:09:07,960 You know, the term Christian, many of us know here in the room, the term Christian 171 00:09:08,020 --> 00:09:10,510 actually came from non Christians. 172 00:09:12,060 --> 00:09:17,719 In the first century, the brothers and sisters, they kept going around and kept 173 00:09:17,719 --> 00:09:20,380 talking about Jesus being the Christ. 174 00:09:21,140 --> 00:09:24,579 And they were talking about the Christ came the anointing when the Messiah came 175 00:09:24,759 --> 00:09:27,829 and they kept talking about it And they were trying to bring people to the faith 176 00:09:27,999 --> 00:09:32,589 to know the Christ And so these non christians they actually started making 177 00:09:32,589 --> 00:09:35,669 fun of these people and they were like hey Those are those people that keep talking 178 00:09:35,669 --> 00:09:37,270 about the Christ those little Christ. 179 00:09:37,270 --> 00:09:42,145 Those are those Christians And you say, well, why did that happen? 180 00:09:42,145 --> 00:09:45,435 Because they, that their life was about Jesus. 181 00:09:45,895 --> 00:09:48,285 They kept talking about Christ. 182 00:09:48,645 --> 00:09:53,095 There's a man named Pliny, the younger, he's now credited as a Roman historian. 183 00:09:53,405 --> 00:09:57,255 And he wrote a letter in the year one 10 AD to the Roman emperor. 184 00:09:57,725 --> 00:10:00,355 And he says, as he mentioned that the follower of Christ. 185 00:10:00,975 --> 00:10:02,735 Gathered early in the morning. 186 00:10:02,745 --> 00:10:03,465 Hallelujah. 187 00:10:03,465 --> 00:10:04,935 I don't know if this is early in the morning, but we're 188 00:10:04,935 --> 00:10:05,845 gathering in the morning. 189 00:10:06,315 --> 00:10:12,324 He says they gathered early in the morning to chant a song to Christ as if to a God. 190 00:10:13,884 --> 00:10:18,055 And so he's taking observation because the church is springing up is spreading. 191 00:10:18,055 --> 00:10:19,424 The gospel is moving. 192 00:10:19,584 --> 00:10:22,474 And he writes this letter and he's like, hey, they keep talking about this Christ. 193 00:10:22,474 --> 00:10:26,425 And in fact, they get together in the morning and they chant songs 194 00:10:26,425 --> 00:10:28,555 to Christ as if he was a God. 195 00:10:28,555 --> 00:10:28,989 Yeah. 196 00:10:30,230 --> 00:10:35,700 Again, this is observation because the church it was all about the Christ. 197 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:42,880 It was all about Jesus and as we go and we continue we can see why it has to 198 00:10:42,890 --> 00:10:49,130 always be about Jesus the Christ look over in Colossians chapter 1 in verse 199 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:54,570 15 here We're gonna break this down some it says the Sun is the image of 200 00:10:54,570 --> 00:10:58,100 the Invisible God did you catch that? 201 00:10:59,765 --> 00:11:03,165 Man, it always makes me pause every time I read that passage. 202 00:11:03,665 --> 00:11:07,685 I'm like, Whoa, the sun is the image of the invisible God. 203 00:11:08,584 --> 00:11:12,174 You see God in the flesh in Jesus. 204 00:11:13,205 --> 00:11:14,365 That's incredible. 205 00:11:14,804 --> 00:11:17,184 I mean, just imagine if you were in the first century and you 206 00:11:17,185 --> 00:11:18,715 were able to touch Jesus hand. 207 00:11:20,255 --> 00:11:23,015 You wouldn't even realize, but you were touching the creator of life. 208 00:11:24,210 --> 00:11:27,450 To be able to get a hug, to be able to see into the eyes. 209 00:11:27,450 --> 00:11:30,720 You're like, well, I'm looking into the creator of all. 210 00:11:31,550 --> 00:11:35,190 I mean, that's just, that just blows my mind to think about that, that he 211 00:11:35,190 --> 00:11:37,880 is the image of the invisible God. 212 00:11:38,099 --> 00:11:41,360 And it says he is the first born over all creation. 213 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:45,370 And, and this can have a duality in its meaning there in, in, in time, 214 00:11:45,380 --> 00:11:49,430 but really the first born was really talking about his rank and status. 215 00:11:50,060 --> 00:11:55,100 really his supremacy as the firstborn over all creation. 216 00:11:55,540 --> 00:12:00,550 We go to verse 16 and it says for in him, all things were created. 217 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:04,904 All things have been created through him and through him. 218 00:12:05,075 --> 00:12:09,955 For him he created the heavens and earth what's visible the tangible 219 00:12:10,165 --> 00:12:16,294 and the invisible The things that we cannot see thrones and powers rulers 220 00:12:16,294 --> 00:12:22,974 and authorities He created all of these and then it says for him Wow 221 00:12:23,815 --> 00:12:30,215 That's incredible Then we go on and it says here that in him all things hold 222 00:12:30,625 --> 00:12:35,425 together You know, we can be impressed when people are able to balance their 223 00:12:35,425 --> 00:12:39,835 checkbook, their schedule and get good grades or do well at their job, right? 224 00:12:40,455 --> 00:12:41,694 But here we have Jesus. 225 00:12:41,695 --> 00:12:45,745 He has all these things and he holds them together. 226 00:12:47,174 --> 00:12:48,374 He is the creator. 227 00:12:48,525 --> 00:12:51,204 He is the sustainer of life. 228 00:12:51,685 --> 00:12:55,355 Jesus is the beginning of creation, the end of creation, and the 229 00:12:55,365 --> 00:12:58,795 goal for the end of the world. 230 00:12:59,530 --> 00:13:05,250 He has the power and he has the power to hold creation together. 231 00:13:06,250 --> 00:13:06,960 Jesus. 232 00:13:07,530 --> 00:13:14,820 Is that guy we continue, it says, and he is the head of the body in 233 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:18,210 everything he might have the supremacy. 234 00:13:18,580 --> 00:13:20,740 Jesus is the head of it all. 235 00:13:20,740 --> 00:13:22,559 He's the man in charge. 236 00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:23,430 He's the boss. 237 00:13:23,489 --> 00:13:26,769 He is Lord of all. 238 00:13:26,770 --> 00:13:28,400 He's the shot caller. 239 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:29,310 He's our president. 240 00:13:29,620 --> 00:13:30,770 He's the man. 241 00:13:30,860 --> 00:13:31,970 He's the boss. 242 00:13:33,630 --> 00:13:38,360 Says he is the head, the leader, the head honcho of it all. 243 00:13:38,870 --> 00:13:43,410 And then it goes on and it says, for God was pleased to have all. 244 00:13:45,550 --> 00:13:55,830 Not some, not most, not much, but all his fullness dwell in Christ. 245 00:13:59,070 --> 00:14:00,280 All the fullness. 246 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:04,440 Is embodied in Jesus. 247 00:14:05,790 --> 00:14:09,810 When you look at the sun, you see the father. 248 00:14:12,100 --> 00:14:16,229 And we want to know what would God be like as a human being? 249 00:14:16,560 --> 00:14:18,019 How would he maneuver? 250 00:14:18,020 --> 00:14:19,080 How would he think? 251 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:20,139 How would he behave? 252 00:14:20,139 --> 00:14:21,409 How would he interact? 253 00:14:21,779 --> 00:14:25,670 We have that answer in the son, Jesus. 254 00:14:27,225 --> 00:14:31,785 And we go, wow, Jesus's love, his patience, his strength, 255 00:14:31,785 --> 00:14:36,155 his power, his conviction, his warning, all of that is God. 256 00:14:37,905 --> 00:14:41,195 And so the fullness of God, the fullness, how do you have 257 00:14:41,195 --> 00:14:43,284 the fullness of God captured? 258 00:14:43,845 --> 00:14:46,965 We can't really, but it's captured in Jesus. 259 00:14:48,865 --> 00:14:52,945 So as he walked on earth, we're talking about God's holy presence touching 260 00:14:52,945 --> 00:14:54,475 the floor and touching the ground. 261 00:14:54,475 --> 00:14:59,805 That's His words are the words of eternal life. 262 00:15:00,915 --> 00:15:03,644 All the fullness of God. 263 00:15:04,365 --> 00:15:10,955 Dwells in Jesus we continue it says through him talking about Jesus to 264 00:15:10,955 --> 00:15:17,094 reconcile all Things whether things on the earth or things in heaven by making 265 00:15:17,145 --> 00:15:24,075 peace through his blood Jesus is one who reconciles all things there was animosity 266 00:15:24,075 --> 00:15:29,550 there was tension There was a separation, but Jesus brings it together Not just 267 00:15:29,570 --> 00:15:33,390 what's on earth, but what's in heaven, man, that's a whole theology right there. 268 00:15:33,390 --> 00:15:36,450 We don't have time to get into, but all you can say is wow to 269 00:15:36,450 --> 00:15:39,160 that is that he reconciles it. 270 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:45,010 How through his blood, his precious, his pure, untainted 271 00:15:47,509 --> 00:15:52,640 blood that was shed up on the cross for you and for me. 272 00:15:52,860 --> 00:15:55,360 And the incredible thing is only he could do that. 273 00:15:56,555 --> 00:16:01,445 No other saint, no other, uh, patriarch, no other matriarch, nobody on the 274 00:16:01,485 --> 00:16:05,234 face of the earth from the beginning of time from Adam until now could 275 00:16:05,304 --> 00:16:09,474 actually make peace for you and me with God because they have sinned. 276 00:16:09,474 --> 00:16:15,644 So therefore they no longer qualify as a righteous atonement and sacrifice for God. 277 00:16:16,964 --> 00:16:18,344 But there's Jesus. 278 00:16:19,224 --> 00:16:22,774 He's the only one who can and did. 279 00:16:24,199 --> 00:16:29,314 And then we continue and it says he reconciled you by Christ's physical 280 00:16:29,314 --> 00:16:37,840 body through death to present you holy without blemish and free from accusation. 281 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:45,180 Jesus makes you holy, sacred, separated, and set apart for God. 282 00:16:47,250 --> 00:16:49,390 He's made you pure and righteous. 283 00:16:49,945 --> 00:16:52,885 Like man, I don't know if i've ever had one righteous day in my life, but 284 00:16:52,885 --> 00:16:58,654 because of christ you are righteous in god's sight Without blemish you go man. 285 00:16:58,654 --> 00:16:59,785 I got that perfect figure. 286 00:16:59,785 --> 00:17:04,444 Well, I don't know about that, but you got the perfect spiritual figure Without 287 00:17:04,444 --> 00:17:10,454 blemish and free from accusation we can accuse ourselves can't we And we can 288 00:17:10,454 --> 00:17:15,665 definitely have others accuse us But jesus says before the throne of god you 289 00:17:15,665 --> 00:17:24,790 stand without accusation That's incredible Jesus is that God, you know in Hebrews 290 00:17:24,790 --> 00:17:31,459 and in Acts chapter 3, it says that he's the author of life the originator and the 291 00:17:31,469 --> 00:17:39,229 perfecter of our faith Jesus is Lord of all because of his role in creation and 292 00:17:39,229 --> 00:17:46,870 because of his role in the redemption of mankind Jesus is Lord Means he's master. 293 00:17:46,870 --> 00:17:47,389 He's ruler. 294 00:17:47,389 --> 00:17:48,449 He's divine. 295 00:17:48,779 --> 00:17:55,060 He is Lord of all And you know, we have the election coming up and uh, 296 00:17:55,070 --> 00:17:58,070 we're not going to talk politics I know some of you went there your 297 00:17:58,070 --> 00:18:01,649 blood pressure already started going up You want to get on your soapbox? 298 00:18:01,649 --> 00:18:03,979 This is not the time and please don't do it on social media. 299 00:18:03,979 --> 00:18:04,310 Okay. 300 00:18:04,310 --> 00:18:06,749 All right And so here's the thing here. 301 00:18:06,759 --> 00:18:11,239 It made me start thinking You know There's many titles and 302 00:18:11,239 --> 00:18:13,360 roles and authority for the u. 303 00:18:13,360 --> 00:18:13,550 s. 304 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:15,804 Presidents You The U. 305 00:18:15,804 --> 00:18:15,935 S. 306 00:18:15,935 --> 00:18:18,504 President is called, uh, the head of state. 307 00:18:19,225 --> 00:18:23,834 Uh, some, some other things, the head of government, the leader of the free world. 308 00:18:23,834 --> 00:18:25,674 Man, that's, that's a huge title right there. 309 00:18:26,044 --> 00:18:27,794 The commander in chief. 310 00:18:28,365 --> 00:18:32,864 But then when we think about Jesus and we compare and contrast his titles, 311 00:18:32,954 --> 00:18:35,405 here are some that we find in scripture. 312 00:18:35,405 --> 00:18:39,675 He's the wonderful counselor, mighty God, everlasting father, prince 313 00:18:39,675 --> 00:18:42,504 of peace, the holy one of God. 314 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:48,699 Bright Morning Star, The Lion, The Lamb, The Beginning and End, The First 315 00:18:48,699 --> 00:18:55,189 and Last, The Alpha and Omega, Lord and Savior, Son of Man and Son of God. 316 00:18:56,409 --> 00:18:58,389 Those are some lofty titles right there, aren't they? 317 00:18:59,369 --> 00:19:02,480 Leader of the Free World, Leader of the Creation and Universe. 318 00:19:02,490 --> 00:19:03,350 Hmm. 319 00:19:06,310 --> 00:19:07,209 Jesus is that guy. 320 00:19:08,039 --> 00:19:12,850 I think the roles and authority for our presidents, they're the 321 00:19:12,850 --> 00:19:15,769 executive, the leader of the executive branch of our government. 322 00:19:16,149 --> 00:19:21,659 They sign and veto bills, they lead the armed forces, they appoint judges, uh, 323 00:19:21,659 --> 00:19:24,279 uh, uh, cabinet members, ambassadors. 324 00:19:24,719 --> 00:19:29,610 And then we go back to Jesus and we get reminded of his authority and we go back 325 00:19:29,610 --> 00:19:34,829 to Colossians one in verse 18, and he is the head of the body, the church. 326 00:19:35,355 --> 00:19:37,035 That's the universal church. 327 00:19:37,035 --> 00:19:39,925 He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead so that in 328 00:19:39,995 --> 00:19:43,775 everything he might have the supremacy. 329 00:19:45,805 --> 00:19:48,925 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him and through him to 330 00:19:48,925 --> 00:19:55,155 reconcile to himself all things whether things on earth or things in heaven. 331 00:19:56,615 --> 00:20:02,234 And so we think if we compare we contrast Jesus's authority his role and we see 332 00:20:02,234 --> 00:20:04,405 he's the ruler of heaven and earth. 333 00:20:05,305 --> 00:20:11,485 He's the head of the executive branch of the kingdom of heaven His word is the 334 00:20:11,485 --> 00:20:15,875 law of life We're judged by his word. 335 00:20:16,264 --> 00:20:20,244 It doesn't just provide it but that's the standard by which we are 336 00:20:20,245 --> 00:20:26,334 judged He appoints angels and he can direct nature wind Fire storms wind 337 00:20:26,374 --> 00:20:32,055 with sun all that he has control over that and the power of life and 338 00:20:32,315 --> 00:20:37,480 death And the forgiveness of sins. 339 00:20:38,590 --> 00:20:39,450 Jesus is that guy. 340 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:40,950 He's the man. 341 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:42,150 He's El Presidente. 342 00:20:42,420 --> 00:20:43,860 Jesus is something else. 343 00:20:43,860 --> 00:20:48,520 He's someone in which we should be in all of when we get a 344 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:51,340 chance to reflect on who he is. 345 00:20:53,050 --> 00:20:56,050 And that's really why I'm talking about this today. 346 00:20:57,190 --> 00:20:59,780 Because I believe it's so vital. 347 00:21:00,595 --> 00:21:06,575 For our souls, our faith that we remember who it is that we serve and follow. 348 00:21:08,455 --> 00:21:13,034 We need a time where we take a step back and we reflect and we get a chance to 349 00:21:13,034 --> 00:21:18,114 appreciate which I believe leads to all which leads to inspiration and leads to 350 00:21:18,114 --> 00:21:20,885 more depth in our relationship with him. 351 00:21:22,334 --> 00:21:27,114 Because we can tend to drift or easily forget and lose hearts 352 00:21:27,435 --> 00:21:28,844 when we don't remember, can't we? 353 00:21:30,790 --> 00:21:35,210 I know for me, you guys, a lot of you guys have this. 354 00:21:35,310 --> 00:21:39,990 Uh, you have smartphones and you have the opportunity with your 355 00:21:39,990 --> 00:21:43,750 photos to take a picture and it can blur out like the background. 356 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:44,770 You guys know what I'm talking about? 357 00:21:45,460 --> 00:21:47,419 Some of you have iPhones, you don't know what I'm talking about, right? 358 00:21:47,419 --> 00:21:48,580 You can't do that feature, right? 359 00:21:48,610 --> 00:21:50,409 You can't, Oh, I went there. 360 00:21:50,409 --> 00:21:50,740 All right. 361 00:21:50,740 --> 00:21:51,179 I'm sorry. 362 00:21:51,179 --> 00:21:53,360 You know, I always got to play with my iPhone people, right? 363 00:21:53,450 --> 00:21:53,730 All right. 364 00:21:53,749 --> 00:21:54,830 So, but on phones, right? 365 00:21:54,830 --> 00:21:55,760 On pictures, right? 366 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:57,349 You can, you can have focus, right? 367 00:21:57,480 --> 00:21:58,159 And what does it do? 368 00:21:58,179 --> 00:22:00,049 It blurs the background, right? 369 00:22:00,360 --> 00:22:04,159 And so you see something more clearly, but it blurs the background, highlighting 370 00:22:04,159 --> 00:22:05,429 the picture, making it really cool. 371 00:22:05,580 --> 00:22:11,480 You know, I can do that spiritually where I start to blur Jesus and 372 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:12,960 everyone focused on other things. 373 00:22:14,515 --> 00:22:18,055 Can you relate and a lot of times these things are really good. 374 00:22:18,095 --> 00:22:23,145 They're not bad things But they become my focus and Jesus starts to fade to 375 00:22:23,145 --> 00:22:28,234 the background and gets a little blurry He's there, but he's not in focus. 376 00:22:28,234 --> 00:22:29,365 You get what I'm saying? 377 00:22:30,215 --> 00:22:35,305 And so that can affect my faith and then it affects my demeanor my response 378 00:22:35,315 --> 00:22:41,225 to life The way I start to think the way I interact and I see it and and 379 00:22:41,225 --> 00:22:46,514 honestly then I start to I start to lose some of the inspiration for what 380 00:22:46,514 --> 00:22:53,695 I do and I focus in on the frustration and the challenges and start like, 381 00:22:53,705 --> 00:22:55,484 man, why am I doing this again? 382 00:22:56,395 --> 00:22:58,164 Why am I enduring this? 383 00:22:59,475 --> 00:23:04,495 And really it's because Jesus went from the focus to the blur. 384 00:23:05,804 --> 00:23:11,404 And so we need time to reverse that so that Jesus becomes our focus. 385 00:23:12,300 --> 00:23:14,320 And other things fade to the background. 386 00:23:14,330 --> 00:23:15,870 You get what I'm saying, church. 387 00:23:16,390 --> 00:23:20,139 And so I believe it's so vital that we get a chance to remember who 388 00:23:20,140 --> 00:23:23,080 it is that we serve and follow. 389 00:23:23,740 --> 00:23:25,399 That's what Paul was trying to get. 390 00:23:25,500 --> 00:23:27,339 Hey, you, you, you got some things going. 391 00:23:27,340 --> 00:23:28,219 It's getting twisted. 392 00:23:28,220 --> 00:23:31,540 It's going to wreck, it's going to shipwreck your faith eventually. 393 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:36,750 So let me get you back to him who is the image of the invisible God. 394 00:23:37,830 --> 00:23:43,870 The one who's redeemed and reconciled you through his death and resurrection And so 395 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:46,929 us we too need to fix our eyes on jesus. 396 00:23:46,929 --> 00:23:51,379 That's what it says in hebrews chapter 12 It says fixing our eyes on jesus 397 00:23:52,110 --> 00:23:56,980 The pioneer and again in the nasb it says the originator And perfecter of 398 00:23:56,980 --> 00:24:01,380 our faith for the joy set before him endured the cross scorned in his shame 399 00:24:01,570 --> 00:24:07,350 and sat down at the right hand of the throne of god consider him Who endured 400 00:24:07,350 --> 00:24:13,179 such opposition from centers so that you will not grow weary and lose hearts. 401 00:24:13,689 --> 00:24:17,000 Remembering Jesus helps us to hold on. 402 00:24:18,919 --> 00:24:20,399 We all have challenges. 403 00:24:21,429 --> 00:24:26,420 Phone call bills, whatever the case may be, medical issues, relational 404 00:24:26,430 --> 00:24:28,590 challenges, doubt in our faith. 405 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:35,750 But when we get a chance to fix our eyes on Jesus, to consider him, it helps us. 406 00:24:36,254 --> 00:24:44,455 To hold on to remain faithful and to see his promises fulfilled in the 407 00:24:44,455 --> 00:24:51,294 present, but also in the age to come, you know, a chance we get a chance 408 00:24:51,315 --> 00:24:54,005 now to remember that Jesus is our why. 409 00:24:55,854 --> 00:24:58,075 A lot of times we want to, that's the phrase, right? 410 00:24:58,075 --> 00:24:59,335 Hey, what's your why? 411 00:24:59,735 --> 00:25:03,805 You got to go back to your why our why is a person. 412 00:25:03,865 --> 00:25:05,154 It is Jesus. 413 00:25:05,925 --> 00:25:10,475 Jesus is our why he's the reason for everything. 414 00:25:10,475 --> 00:25:15,544 You know what Jesus is Christianity We can make Christianity the whole 415 00:25:15,544 --> 00:25:16,645 lot of things but guess what? 416 00:25:16,875 --> 00:25:23,865 It's all about him He is Christianity, there's no Christianity without Christ. 417 00:25:24,245 --> 00:25:24,884 Try that. 418 00:25:24,884 --> 00:25:31,535 It's entity Some of y'all got that He is our hope. 419 00:25:31,535 --> 00:25:32,505 He is our example. 420 00:25:32,505 --> 00:25:33,265 He's our faith. 421 00:25:33,275 --> 00:25:33,975 He's our friend. 422 00:25:33,975 --> 00:25:34,825 He's our support. 423 00:25:34,905 --> 00:25:35,615 He's our rock. 424 00:25:35,615 --> 00:25:36,455 He's our Redeemer. 425 00:25:36,525 --> 00:25:37,955 He's all that and more. 426 00:25:38,995 --> 00:25:41,655 It's all about Jesus. 427 00:25:42,664 --> 00:25:46,524 And so it makes me think wow, that's incredible. 428 00:25:48,435 --> 00:25:49,205 Man, the Jesus I serve. 429 00:25:49,534 --> 00:25:50,385 He's cool. 430 00:25:51,695 --> 00:25:54,355 The rock might have some muscles, but he don't have Jesus's muscles. 431 00:25:56,375 --> 00:25:58,565 Jeff Bezos might have some money, but he doesn't have the 432 00:25:58,565 --> 00:26:00,625 treasure of the kingdom of heaven. 433 00:26:00,795 --> 00:26:05,304 The way Jesus does Ryan Reynolds might have some cool movies, but 434 00:26:05,305 --> 00:26:07,545 nobody has the story like Jesus. 435 00:26:10,525 --> 00:26:14,465 Nessie and LeBron might be great athletes, but nobody inspires like Jesus. 436 00:26:15,874 --> 00:26:16,885 This makes me at all. 437 00:26:16,885 --> 00:26:19,395 It makes me humbled. 438 00:26:20,305 --> 00:26:21,065 Wow. 439 00:26:21,945 --> 00:26:23,464 I get a chance to follow. 440 00:26:24,565 --> 00:26:26,365 I get a chance to be called friend. 441 00:26:27,965 --> 00:26:30,294 You know, it says that we're called brothers with Christ. 442 00:26:30,315 --> 00:26:31,365 What in the world? 443 00:26:34,084 --> 00:26:35,385 I'm a part of his kingdom. 444 00:26:36,385 --> 00:26:37,195 I'm saved. 445 00:26:37,195 --> 00:26:39,625 I'm without blemish free from accusation. 446 00:26:40,235 --> 00:26:41,645 Hallelujah. 447 00:26:43,215 --> 00:26:45,415 Praise God the most high. 448 00:26:45,965 --> 00:26:47,675 Thank you, Lord Jesus. 449 00:26:48,695 --> 00:26:49,875 You get what I'm saying? 450 00:26:50,580 --> 00:26:56,020 It leads to all appreciation it leads to worship and it leads to inspiration to 451 00:26:56,030 --> 00:27:02,370 do something in response And I believe one of Or maybe this captures all of it. 452 00:27:02,579 --> 00:27:08,319 The response is this to honor jesus Jesus is that guy And as we 453 00:27:08,319 --> 00:27:10,090 remember that we reflect upon that. 454 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:10,890 What should we do? 455 00:27:10,890 --> 00:27:15,930 Well, we should honor jesus We should give him our very best We should give 456 00:27:15,930 --> 00:27:20,270 him the very best, not secondary, not leftovers, but we give him our lives. 457 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,610 We come to appreciate him, be in awe of him, wanting to 458 00:27:23,610 --> 00:27:25,670 share the good news about him. 459 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:31,159 But we fall more and more in love in our worship and in our following. 460 00:27:31,499 --> 00:27:35,389 Look what he says, Paul, to the church in Colossians as he goes on. 461 00:27:36,075 --> 00:27:40,235 He gets to the therefore he gets to how should we respond to this Jesus? 462 00:27:40,235 --> 00:27:45,915 He says so then just as you receive Christ Jesus says Lord continue to live your 463 00:27:45,915 --> 00:27:55,614 lives in him rooted and built up in him Strengthened in the faith as you were 464 00:27:55,614 --> 00:28:00,455 taught and overflowing with Thanksgiving in chapter 3 he says and whatever you 465 00:28:00,455 --> 00:28:07,705 do Whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving 466 00:28:07,705 --> 00:28:11,014 thanks to God the Father through Him. 467 00:28:11,774 --> 00:28:18,204 To honor, to worship, to obey Jesus, not with just most, not with just 468 00:28:18,224 --> 00:28:21,245 much, but with all that I have. 469 00:28:21,455 --> 00:28:23,104 And when I remember, I reflect. 470 00:28:23,264 --> 00:28:26,725 When I'm struggling, I'll get focused and I'll be inspired to 471 00:28:26,745 --> 00:28:29,084 do it again for the right reasons. 472 00:28:30,135 --> 00:28:33,845 You know, realizing Jesus, who he is, we become in awe of him. 473 00:28:35,215 --> 00:28:38,005 So this means man, just practically, all right, I need to read his word. 474 00:28:38,005 --> 00:28:42,075 I need to become more familiar with who he is and learn more from 475 00:28:42,075 --> 00:28:47,074 him and learn more from his word, building a relationship with him. 476 00:28:47,075 --> 00:28:50,655 That's intimate, you know, like trending topics online. 477 00:28:50,655 --> 00:28:51,565 You go online, right? 478 00:28:51,565 --> 00:28:55,665 You see what's trending online, whether social media, Google, whatever, you know, 479 00:28:55,665 --> 00:28:58,154 Jesus needs to be trending in our souls. 480 00:28:58,774 --> 00:29:03,135 The number one topic in our minds, in our conversations, in our thoughts, 481 00:29:03,135 --> 00:29:07,175 in our goals, in our dreams, in our actions and in our deeds. 482 00:29:07,934 --> 00:29:12,135 When we get a chance to focus in and remember him and honor him. 483 00:29:12,585 --> 00:29:15,834 When we honor Jesus, we grow in our faith. 484 00:29:15,844 --> 00:29:17,544 We grow in Christ. 485 00:29:18,294 --> 00:29:20,655 We stay connected to him. 486 00:29:21,054 --> 00:29:25,455 We please God because that's the proper response to the love that God 487 00:29:25,455 --> 00:29:27,124 has shown us by sending this son. 488 00:29:27,764 --> 00:29:32,575 But it satisfies our souls, you know when we're struggling we can remember 489 00:29:32,575 --> 00:29:38,005 the purpose of everything We could put Christ back into Christianity 490 00:29:38,875 --> 00:29:44,864 He could be our why and then it starts to make sense again and we go. 491 00:29:44,865 --> 00:29:50,535 Wow, you know what it's worth it And oftentimes because you know what? 492 00:29:51,495 --> 00:29:57,110 It's actually fun, too When we put Christ back into it, we go, man, it's worth it. 493 00:29:57,570 --> 00:29:59,370 Yes, this is why I'm enduring. 494 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:00,310 And you know what? 495 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:04,310 When I have that proper perspective, I have joy that's 496 00:30:04,339 --> 00:30:08,470 inexplicable to the common man. 497 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:17,475 And so as we come to a close, I pray that we too can gain the proper recognition 498 00:30:17,475 --> 00:30:22,514 or, or reputation and not doing this for reputation, but it's all about who 499 00:30:22,764 --> 00:30:26,665 Jesus the Christ, that he's our savior. 500 00:30:26,665 --> 00:30:27,605 He's our goal. 501 00:30:27,605 --> 00:30:28,634 He's our reason. 502 00:30:28,634 --> 00:30:29,654 He's our ending. 503 00:30:29,724 --> 00:30:31,965 He's our everything. 504 00:30:32,965 --> 00:30:34,925 He is our support, our strength, our friend. 505 00:30:34,925 --> 00:30:36,935 He's our loyal and faithful leader. 506 00:30:37,035 --> 00:30:39,405 He is our Lord. 507 00:30:40,575 --> 00:30:44,835 And so we recognize and acknowledge that he's a guy and we respond 508 00:30:45,505 --> 00:30:47,675 by honoring him right now. 509 00:30:47,675 --> 00:30:51,515 We're going to take communion and it's time where we remember and reflect 510 00:30:51,865 --> 00:30:57,774 and recognize Jesus's sacrifice on the cross for us for our salvation. 511 00:30:58,530 --> 00:31:02,260 And we take the emblems the bread and the juice will represent his body and his 512 00:31:02,260 --> 00:31:07,330 blood that was sacrificed for us And I want us to close out here in Colossians 513 00:31:07,510 --> 00:31:12,179 chapter 1 and verse 19 and read this again it says for God was pleased to 514 00:31:12,190 --> 00:31:17,759 have all his fullness dwell in him and Through him to reconcile to himself all 515 00:31:17,759 --> 00:31:23,105 things whether things on earth or things in heaven by making peace by Through his 516 00:31:23,105 --> 00:31:29,725 blood shed on the cross once you yes You and me were alienated from God and we're 517 00:31:29,755 --> 00:31:36,315 enemies in our minds because of our evil behavior But now he has reconciled us By 518 00:31:36,335 --> 00:31:41,715 Christ's physical body through death to present us wholly in his sight without 519 00:31:41,745 --> 00:31:49,845 blemish and free from accusation Let's go Father, we thank you so much for Jesus. 520 00:31:50,215 --> 00:31:51,375 God, I'm inspired. 521 00:31:51,375 --> 00:31:52,135 I'm in awe. 522 00:31:52,135 --> 00:31:54,795 I just appreciate your plan. 523 00:31:54,795 --> 00:31:56,445 I appreciate who you are. 524 00:31:56,644 --> 00:32:00,605 I appreciate that we see you in the fullness in your son, Jesus. 525 00:32:00,934 --> 00:32:04,355 Thank you that your son, Jesus, sent us the Holy Spirit with whom 526 00:32:04,355 --> 00:32:06,245 we have and dwells within us. 527 00:32:06,650 --> 00:32:11,660 Hey God, we thank you for Jesus's blood upon the cross, the pure blood 528 00:32:11,660 --> 00:32:18,400 that now covers over our sins, washes and cleanses us, allowing us to have a 529 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:23,390 relationship with you with no hindrance, no stumbling block, nothing in the way, 530 00:32:23,390 --> 00:32:26,294 but we have eternal fellowship with you. 531 00:32:26,695 --> 00:32:31,015 We thank you for Jesus, his titles, his roles in the story 532 00:32:31,295 --> 00:32:34,655 and for his place in our lives. 533 00:32:35,035 --> 00:32:37,425 God, we offer this time to you. 534 00:32:37,425 --> 00:32:39,525 We offer our lives to your response. 535 00:32:39,835 --> 00:32:44,574 We pray that we can honor you and grow in Christ in his name.