1 00:00:00,050 --> 00:00:04,019 Marcel: We're going to look at the triumph, the tragedy and the temple, 2 00:00:04,569 --> 00:00:07,319 the triumph, the tragedy and the temple. 3 00:00:07,319 --> 00:00:09,170 Let's go to father in prayer. 4 00:00:09,170 --> 00:00:13,069 Father in heaven, I thank you so much for already this chance to 5 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:15,940 build each other up to encourage. 6 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:17,259 I know I've been encouraged. 7 00:00:17,259 --> 00:00:21,759 I've been strengthened in my faith just in some few conversations and God, we're 8 00:00:21,759 --> 00:00:26,250 grateful that we can sing some songs, God, and that we can think about who you are 9 00:00:26,250 --> 00:00:28,590 through the words that we sing out to you. 10 00:00:28,965 --> 00:00:33,255 We can be reminded of your promises and your faithfulness to us. 11 00:00:33,495 --> 00:00:38,085 And Father, we're grateful so much for the gospels that recorded your son's 12 00:00:38,085 --> 00:00:40,425 life, his death, and his resurrection. 13 00:00:40,425 --> 00:00:44,205 Thank you for the, uh, uh, uh, example that Jesus set. 14 00:00:44,205 --> 00:00:49,154 Thank you so much that we can learn from the scriptures and apply his teachings, 15 00:00:49,154 --> 00:00:51,915 his, his truth to our lives today. 16 00:00:52,184 --> 00:00:56,805 God, we ask for you to, to, to cast to the side anything that would distract. 17 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:02,020 So that we can focus in and commune and hear from you this morning. 18 00:01:02,020 --> 00:01:04,290 In the name of Jesus, Amen. 19 00:01:04,950 --> 00:01:05,459 Amen. 20 00:01:05,470 --> 00:01:07,440 There's a, uh, we have a little handout. 21 00:01:07,470 --> 00:01:08,980 We'd like to do this for a series. 22 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:10,669 Uh, we have a little handout. 23 00:01:10,669 --> 00:01:15,300 If you want a physical copy, you can go and raise your hand and some of 24 00:01:15,300 --> 00:01:17,050 the ushers will go ahead and do that. 25 00:01:17,050 --> 00:01:20,110 But we're going to be going through the Gospel of Luke. 26 00:01:20,110 --> 00:01:23,200 It's also in your, uh, in, on the church app. 27 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:27,060 So if you, uh, have the church app and you go to the inbox there, maybe it 28 00:01:27,060 --> 00:01:28,890 already popped up as a notification. 29 00:01:29,220 --> 00:01:32,690 But, uh, you can go there and there's a, a, a handout on there. 30 00:01:32,690 --> 00:01:37,259 But we didn't make a, a, a, a copy for every single person because we know that 31 00:01:37,259 --> 00:01:40,169 as soon as you hit those doors, you are going to fold this and throw it away. 32 00:01:41,139 --> 00:01:43,780 And so we gave you a digital copy so you can look through it and 33 00:01:43,780 --> 00:01:47,580 you can get a little background about the gospel of Luke. 34 00:01:47,580 --> 00:01:49,289 And so just real quickly here. 35 00:01:49,925 --> 00:01:53,945 The Gospel of Luke is really a biography about Jesus. 36 00:01:54,225 --> 00:01:59,854 And so Luke was actually not, uh, he was actually not a direct disciple of Jesus. 37 00:02:00,315 --> 00:02:05,115 He became a disciple of Jesus later after Jesus's death and resurrection. 38 00:02:05,205 --> 00:02:09,115 He was actually a companion and missionary of the Apostle Paul. 39 00:02:09,314 --> 00:02:11,484 And he was a doctor by profession. 40 00:02:11,484 --> 00:02:16,734 But as we can see through his work, he also really was a great historian for us. 41 00:02:16,734 --> 00:02:19,095 Especially we reap the benefits of his working. 42 00:02:19,314 --> 00:02:21,105 So he decided I'm going to research. 43 00:02:21,105 --> 00:02:22,865 I'm going to go to the eyewitnesses. 44 00:02:23,150 --> 00:02:26,550 And I'm going to interview them and I'm going to go ahead and write out 45 00:02:26,550 --> 00:02:30,810 a biography about Jesus and he sent it to a person named Theophilus and 46 00:02:30,810 --> 00:02:35,570 so we speculate as to who that was and what all that was about there 47 00:02:35,570 --> 00:02:40,549 and in the context but it was written approximately in the in the 60s A. 48 00:02:40,570 --> 00:02:40,950 D. 49 00:02:41,129 --> 00:02:43,900 Most scholars believe it was before 70 A. 50 00:02:43,900 --> 00:02:44,230 D. 51 00:02:44,230 --> 00:02:48,700 And so he writes this gospel so that again we can know who Jesus is that we 52 00:02:48,700 --> 00:02:51,829 can trust in what we know about our faith. 53 00:02:52,170 --> 00:02:58,390 In Jesus, and so we're going to walk through again the last couple of chapters 54 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:03,510 of the gospel of Luke and we're going to look at the final days of Jesus's 55 00:03:03,539 --> 00:03:07,730 life before his death and resurrection and, and, uh, look at some of the days 56 00:03:07,730 --> 00:03:09,190 of which we call the passion week. 57 00:03:09,655 --> 00:03:14,285 And so this is from Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Jesus's resurrection 58 00:03:14,505 --> 00:03:15,785 until the day of resurrection. 59 00:03:15,815 --> 00:03:18,585 That's what we're going to be doing for the next several weeks. 60 00:03:18,585 --> 00:03:25,174 And so that gives us some context here of our series and of the gospel of Luke. 61 00:03:25,215 --> 00:03:26,245 Church, are you with me? 62 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:27,820 All right. 63 00:03:27,870 --> 00:03:30,120 So let's go ahead and let's get into it. 64 00:03:30,130 --> 00:03:34,640 We're going to actually start off in Luke chapter 9 in verse 51. 65 00:03:34,860 --> 00:03:38,309 It says, as the time approached for him talking about Jesus to 66 00:03:38,319 --> 00:03:43,969 be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. 67 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:47,490 And so we start there so that we can understand so starting off 68 00:03:47,500 --> 00:03:53,570 from chapter 9 verse 51 all the way until the rest of the gospel is 69 00:03:53,570 --> 00:03:56,509 talking about this travel narrative. 70 00:03:56,849 --> 00:04:00,679 And so Jesus is now so everything you read from this point on all the 71 00:04:00,679 --> 00:04:06,850 way up until chapter 19 is Jesus on his way to Jerusalem for the Passover 72 00:04:06,850 --> 00:04:11,779 feast, which is one of the three major holidays for the Jewish nation. 73 00:04:12,410 --> 00:04:15,960 And so Jesus now, as we're going to go here into the text, he's 74 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:19,000 been on his way knowing this is it. 75 00:04:19,140 --> 00:04:20,730 This is what I came for. 76 00:04:21,589 --> 00:04:24,159 This is my mission and this is my purpose. 77 00:04:24,330 --> 00:04:27,920 And so he resolutely sets out for Jerusalem, knowing what he 78 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:32,779 will face, knowing he will face the cross, but also knowing that 79 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,550 he will raise on the third day. 80 00:04:36,185 --> 00:04:39,485 And so we take it up and we're going to start off with the triumphal 81 00:04:39,515 --> 00:04:44,195 entry in Luke chapter 19 and verse 28 church Are you with me here? 82 00:04:44,885 --> 00:04:49,264 All right, let's go after Jesus had said this he went on ahead going up to 83 00:04:49,264 --> 00:04:53,804 Jerusalem as he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount 84 00:04:53,805 --> 00:04:57,965 of Olives He sent two of his disciples saying to them go to the village ahead 85 00:04:57,965 --> 00:05:01,625 of you And as you enter it, you will find a cold tide there, which no one has 86 00:05:01,625 --> 00:05:03,945 ever ridden Untied and bring it here. 87 00:05:03,945 --> 00:05:05,745 If anyone asks you, why are you untying it? 88 00:05:05,745 --> 00:05:08,925 Say The Lord needs it, man, you gotta love that about Jesus. 89 00:05:09,735 --> 00:05:11,205 I wish I had that type of authority. 90 00:05:11,775 --> 00:05:12,555 Why are you doing this? 91 00:05:12,555 --> 00:05:13,815 Well, because the Lord says so. 92 00:05:13,845 --> 00:05:14,265 Okay. 93 00:05:15,105 --> 00:05:19,095 And then he says on, he says, those who were sent ahead when and founded 94 00:05:19,095 --> 00:05:23,025 just as he had told them, as they were untying the coats, its owners asked 95 00:05:23,025 --> 00:05:24,315 them, why are you untying the coat? 96 00:05:24,315 --> 00:05:26,865 They replied, the Lord needs it. 97 00:05:27,405 --> 00:05:31,215 They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the coats and put Jesus on it. 98 00:05:31,665 --> 00:05:34,375 As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road. 99 00:05:34,635 --> 00:05:37,925 When he came near the place where the road goes down to the Mount of Olives, 100 00:05:38,255 --> 00:05:43,644 the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices 101 00:05:43,655 --> 00:05:46,304 for all the miracles they had seen. 102 00:05:46,314 --> 00:05:51,034 The Gospel of John talks about how Jesus had raised Lazarus from the dead. 103 00:05:51,034 --> 00:05:54,325 So that was one of the miracles that they had seen. 104 00:05:54,845 --> 00:05:57,275 And so if you had seen this, you would be impressed. 105 00:05:57,805 --> 00:05:58,635 As well. 106 00:05:58,945 --> 00:06:02,425 And so as they're walking around, they say, blessed is the King who 107 00:06:02,465 --> 00:06:04,755 comes in the name of the Lord. 108 00:06:04,765 --> 00:06:10,975 Citing an Old Testament verse, peace in heaven and glory in the highest. 109 00:06:11,305 --> 00:06:16,305 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, teacher, rebuke your disciples. 110 00:06:16,665 --> 00:06:21,645 I tell you, he replied, if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out. 111 00:06:21,655 --> 00:06:23,695 Let's stop right there. 112 00:06:24,405 --> 00:06:31,455 This is the triumphal entry because this is Jesus declaring publicly that 113 00:06:31,465 --> 00:06:35,255 he is the long awaited King and Messiah. 114 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:40,840 Up until this point in his ministry, Jesus has really deferred or 115 00:06:40,840 --> 00:06:45,790 kind of dodged a lot of public admit, uh, uh, uh, admiration. 116 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:48,890 When people wanted to make him king and they want to do some, Jesus 117 00:06:48,930 --> 00:06:50,850 said, no, we're not going to do that. 118 00:06:51,020 --> 00:06:58,880 But here and only here in this moment, he allows this praise, this public display. 119 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:05,440 To announce to all that the king has come. 120 00:07:06,195 --> 00:07:09,555 That the Messiah is here. 121 00:07:09,985 --> 00:07:13,095 And so Jesus makes this king's entrance. 122 00:07:13,655 --> 00:07:15,334 And he rides in on a donkey. 123 00:07:15,334 --> 00:07:19,124 And in ancient times, if a king rode in on a donkey, it 124 00:07:19,124 --> 00:07:20,995 meant he was coming for peace. 125 00:07:21,365 --> 00:07:24,145 If he rode in on a horse, he was coming for war. 126 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:28,960 And so Jesus, as he rides in, he's declaring, I'm the 127 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:31,310 king who's coming for peace. 128 00:07:31,510 --> 00:07:36,909 And the peace that Jesus wants to make is the peace between God and mankind. 129 00:07:38,319 --> 00:07:44,900 And so he makes this public display and he rides in and he declares himself not only 130 00:07:44,900 --> 00:07:51,499 as the king of peace, but the long awaited Messiah, the chosen one, the Christ. 131 00:07:52,034 --> 00:07:56,565 Who had God's people have been looking for, for many and many years and searching 132 00:07:56,565 --> 00:08:00,425 and waiting for Jesus saying, I am him. 133 00:08:01,705 --> 00:08:06,174 And he goes and he fulfills one of the prophecies in Zechariah chapter 134 00:08:06,174 --> 00:08:08,015 9 verse 9, which is a prophecy. 135 00:08:08,155 --> 00:08:13,295 And those in this and during this time of Jesus knew and understood that this was a 136 00:08:13,305 --> 00:08:16,135 prophecy about the long awaited Messiah. 137 00:08:16,285 --> 00:08:17,865 It reads, Rejoice greatly. 138 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:19,480 Daughter Zion. 139 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:21,180 Shout daughter Jerusalem. 140 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:25,710 See your king comes to you righteous and victorious lowly 141 00:08:25,710 --> 00:08:27,790 and riding on a donkey on a coat. 142 00:08:28,059 --> 00:08:30,500 The foil of a donkey. 143 00:08:30,500 --> 00:08:34,580 And so Jesus is declaring making it known everybody. 144 00:08:34,710 --> 00:08:36,210 The man is here. 145 00:08:37,370 --> 00:08:39,640 The Messiah is here. 146 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:41,030 The king is here. 147 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:44,749 And here's what's incredible about it is that the gospel John tells 148 00:08:44,750 --> 00:08:46,680 us that hey there was actually. 149 00:08:46,974 --> 00:08:48,374 Jesus was a marked man. 150 00:08:48,874 --> 00:08:52,064 The, the, the leaders at this time said, Hey, if you guys see 151 00:08:52,064 --> 00:08:55,665 Jesus come over to the Passover, let us know so we can arrest him. 152 00:08:56,874 --> 00:08:58,045 And what does Jesus do? 153 00:08:59,114 --> 00:09:02,064 He doesn't come in hiding and sneaking around. 154 00:09:02,555 --> 00:09:04,924 He doesn't come in talking about, Don't call me Jesus, call me Jesus. 155 00:09:07,895 --> 00:09:11,225 Jesus comes in loud and we're talking he's coming down from the Mount of Olives 156 00:09:11,445 --> 00:09:15,055 and he has to cross the Kidron Valley and I've been in Jerusalem and so I've 157 00:09:15,055 --> 00:09:18,794 actually stayed in a hotel in the Mount of Olives and so you come down and he's on 158 00:09:18,794 --> 00:09:23,854 a donkey so he's taking his sweet little time and he goes in and the people are 159 00:09:23,854 --> 00:09:27,195 yelling they're throwing cloaks and we know from the other part the other Gospels 160 00:09:27,355 --> 00:09:31,625 they're putting palm branches on the on the ground that he walks in so everybody 161 00:09:31,625 --> 00:09:37,070 knows what's going on why because they're shouting Blessed be the highest in king. 162 00:09:37,730 --> 00:09:40,510 And Jesus is declaring the king is here. 163 00:09:40,510 --> 00:09:43,170 Now some people get it and some people don't. 164 00:09:44,079 --> 00:09:45,480 Some people understand. 165 00:09:45,749 --> 00:09:48,589 Some people think he's the Messiah but they're thinking it's a political kingdom. 166 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:52,040 Some people understand what he's doing. 167 00:09:52,749 --> 00:09:54,450 And now the Pharisees, they're upset. 168 00:09:55,765 --> 00:09:59,595 And potentially, they're maybe also afraid that, hey, if you, they keep 169 00:09:59,595 --> 00:10:01,935 calling you this king and the Roman officials are going to get upset, 170 00:10:01,935 --> 00:10:02,835 we're going to have a problem. 171 00:10:03,035 --> 00:10:03,785 Don't do that. 172 00:10:03,995 --> 00:10:08,714 Or they just know, man, you have the audacity to allow these people to 173 00:10:08,714 --> 00:10:10,405 proclaim that you're the Messiah. 174 00:10:11,295 --> 00:10:12,935 You've got to stop them right now. 175 00:10:13,945 --> 00:10:14,915 And what does Jesus say? 176 00:10:15,905 --> 00:10:20,994 He says, even if they stop, the stones will cry out. 177 00:10:22,150 --> 00:10:25,030 And there's so much that we can learn from this, but that the 178 00:10:25,030 --> 00:10:27,090 praise for Jesus is appropriate. 179 00:10:27,140 --> 00:10:29,380 Jesus is saying, Hey, this praise right now, it's appropriates. 180 00:10:32,300 --> 00:10:33,150 It's reasonable. 181 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:33,400 Why? 182 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:34,740 Because it's true. 183 00:10:35,570 --> 00:10:41,640 But also his kingship is a reality, whether it is recognized by people or not. 184 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:46,640 You see, Jesus is Lord, whether you or those outside of this 185 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:48,609 room recognize it or not. 186 00:10:49,260 --> 00:10:53,920 But he is the true, the one and only Son of God, the Messiah, the 187 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:55,619 King of kings and the Lord of lords. 188 00:10:56,989 --> 00:11:01,109 He said, even if we don't have a worship service, I'm still that guy. 189 00:11:03,329 --> 00:11:06,839 So we continue to the tragic reality. 190 00:11:07,780 --> 00:11:12,890 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, 191 00:11:12,910 --> 00:11:17,719 if you even you had only known on this day, what would bring you peace? 192 00:11:19,020 --> 00:11:20,650 But now it's hidden from your eyes. 193 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,770 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an 194 00:11:23,770 --> 00:11:27,290 embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. 195 00:11:27,759 --> 00:11:30,659 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. 196 00:11:30,860 --> 00:11:34,339 They will not leave one stone on another because you did not recognize 197 00:11:34,349 --> 00:11:36,900 the time of God's coming to you. 198 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:39,230 There's a tragic reality here. 199 00:11:39,670 --> 00:11:45,030 As Jesus approaches, he looks out and he sees the city and it brings him to tears. 200 00:11:47,314 --> 00:11:47,824 And why? 201 00:11:48,955 --> 00:11:51,745 Because God's people don't recognize who he is. 202 00:11:53,555 --> 00:11:56,385 The people don't fully get it. 203 00:11:56,395 --> 00:12:00,104 They don't know that the Messiah, the one that they've been waiting for, they've 204 00:12:00,104 --> 00:12:03,944 been praying for, that he is here and he's not bringing a political kingdom. 205 00:12:04,055 --> 00:12:07,485 He's bringing God's eternal, universal, spiritual kingdom. 206 00:12:07,615 --> 00:12:08,925 They don't recognize it. 207 00:12:09,465 --> 00:12:10,755 And he's saddened by it. 208 00:12:12,654 --> 00:12:13,574 And he knows. 209 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:19,709 You guys have seen and you've heard the miracles, but you missed out on who I am. 210 00:12:21,599 --> 00:12:25,749 Some think he's a political figure, a false teacher, or just a miracle worker. 211 00:12:26,469 --> 00:12:28,670 But they rejected him as Lord. 212 00:12:31,769 --> 00:12:35,949 And now Jesus, knowing what's going to happen, knows that there's 213 00:12:35,959 --> 00:12:39,189 judgment that awaits those who reject. 214 00:12:40,204 --> 00:12:43,974 And in this particular instance, he's actually prophesying what would happen 215 00:12:43,994 --> 00:12:51,755 to Jerusalem and the Jewish nation at this time is that in AD 70, the Roman 216 00:12:52,015 --> 00:12:57,784 Empire would go and destroy the temple and that there is no walls that would 217 00:12:57,785 --> 00:13:03,094 stand for the people in Jerusalem. 218 00:13:04,115 --> 00:13:06,555 And so even to this day you have the wailing wall and that was just the wall 219 00:13:06,555 --> 00:13:11,415 that would hold up the uh, uh, uh, the, the, the, um, the, the temple there. 220 00:13:12,554 --> 00:13:15,915 And so Jesus knows it and he said, he's like, man, this is 221 00:13:15,915 --> 00:13:18,625 just, it moves him to tears. 222 00:13:19,665 --> 00:13:20,245 Why? 223 00:13:21,005 --> 00:13:23,135 You're going to suffer the consequences. 224 00:13:23,355 --> 00:13:27,295 You rejected me because you didn't recognize who I am. 225 00:13:27,425 --> 00:13:31,274 You didn't know that you had peace available to you. 226 00:13:32,505 --> 00:13:37,665 Not only peace for this life, which I believe Jesus offers, but eternal peace 227 00:13:38,025 --> 00:13:43,935 with God, the father and the people forfeited by rejecting God's son. 228 00:13:44,564 --> 00:13:47,375 And so one of the things I think we can learn is there's no peace with 229 00:13:47,375 --> 00:13:50,655 God for anyone who rejects Jesus. 230 00:13:52,285 --> 00:13:58,055 There's no peace with the almighty for anyone who rejects Jesus. 231 00:13:59,645 --> 00:14:04,325 All because they did not recognize nor accept God's coming through Jesus He 232 00:14:04,325 --> 00:14:08,585 says you didn't recognize the time of God's coming to you God has been here the 233 00:14:08,585 --> 00:14:14,194 divine one has been here and you missed out you forfeited and you rejected it 234 00:14:14,195 --> 00:14:20,365 and Now there's consequences for their rejection, you know, the tragic reality 235 00:14:21,015 --> 00:14:24,655 Caused Jesus to weep what compassion? 236 00:14:25,610 --> 00:14:26,080 What's there? 237 00:14:26,290 --> 00:14:28,640 I know for me, I wouldn't have had that type of compassion. 238 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:31,440 I would have been like, yeah, that's what y'all get. 239 00:14:33,180 --> 00:14:33,880 You acting up. 240 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:35,269 You want to be stubborn, stiff neck. 241 00:14:35,300 --> 00:14:35,860 Mm hmm. 242 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:36,650 Go ahead. 243 00:14:37,710 --> 00:14:40,960 But Jesus is still making an appeal to the masses. 244 00:14:41,999 --> 00:14:43,319 The king is here. 245 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:45,450 Please take advantage now. 246 00:14:46,090 --> 00:14:52,300 Because if you don't, you'll miss out in this lifetime and in the lifetime to come. 247 00:14:53,910 --> 00:14:54,560 Tragic. 248 00:14:55,110 --> 00:14:58,590 Reality we go to the temple clearing church. 249 00:14:58,590 --> 00:14:59,700 Are you still with me here? 250 00:15:00,530 --> 00:15:03,420 Says when Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive 251 00:15:03,420 --> 00:15:04,970 out those who were selling. 252 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:08,849 It is written, he said to them, my house will be a house of prayer, but 253 00:15:08,849 --> 00:15:11,570 you have made it a den of robbers. 254 00:15:12,030 --> 00:15:15,010 Every day he was teaching at the temple, but the chief priest, the 255 00:15:15,010 --> 00:15:18,590 teacher, the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him. 256 00:15:18,740 --> 00:15:24,120 Yet they cannot find any way to do it because all the people hung on his words. 257 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:26,300 You know, I love this passage. 258 00:15:26,460 --> 00:15:27,560 Man, I wish I could see it. 259 00:15:27,890 --> 00:15:30,340 I went and did some research a couple years ago, like, I wonder what 260 00:15:30,350 --> 00:15:32,430 movies, like, capture this scene. 261 00:15:33,220 --> 00:15:35,350 And, uh, there's one that was wild. 262 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:37,590 Like, Jesus is like a samurai. 263 00:15:37,620 --> 00:15:38,539 You know what I'm saying? 264 00:15:38,540 --> 00:15:40,426 Like, they got this whip, and he's like, Hi ya! 265 00:15:40,426 --> 00:15:41,017 Hi ya! 266 00:15:41,017 --> 00:15:41,609 Hi ya! 267 00:15:41,610 --> 00:15:42,309 You know what I'm saying? 268 00:15:42,310 --> 00:15:44,000 I was like, I don't think that's how it went. 269 00:15:45,450 --> 00:15:47,010 But I love that imagery. 270 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:47,670 You know what I'm saying? 271 00:15:47,730 --> 00:15:50,160 Cause sometimes we get Jesus like, Oh, he's got the little lambs. 272 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:51,670 You know, peace, peace, peace. 273 00:15:51,910 --> 00:15:53,590 Jesus came through like, man, I'm wrecking shop. 274 00:15:55,470 --> 00:15:57,020 Man, y'all better get up outta here. 275 00:15:57,350 --> 00:16:00,120 Man, get, get, man, you better get up outta here with that. 276 00:16:01,740 --> 00:16:03,459 He's with no punk, you know what I'm saying? 277 00:16:04,969 --> 00:16:06,630 But he clears out the temple. 278 00:16:07,339 --> 00:16:07,919 Why? 279 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:11,850 Because they dishonored and misused the temple for themselves. 280 00:16:13,140 --> 00:16:16,070 They dishonored God's name and glory. 281 00:16:17,140 --> 00:16:20,380 You see this court where they were selling was the court of the Gentiles. 282 00:16:20,380 --> 00:16:23,700 So all non Jews who worship God, this was the area they can go. 283 00:16:23,700 --> 00:16:25,210 They couldn't go beyond that. 284 00:16:26,020 --> 00:16:29,249 And so this area is supposed to be their area for worship. 285 00:16:29,779 --> 00:16:31,739 However, now it's a marketplace. 286 00:16:31,779 --> 00:16:35,869 Now it's a, it's a flea markets and now things are being sold. 287 00:16:35,979 --> 00:16:38,840 And what also would take place is there was exploitation. 288 00:16:39,285 --> 00:16:40,975 You had to transfer your coinage. 289 00:16:40,975 --> 00:16:43,015 And so, you had to have a certain coinage. 290 00:16:43,015 --> 00:16:45,705 And then, you had to purchase animals for the sacrifice. 291 00:16:45,845 --> 00:16:48,064 And so, people would jack up the prices. 292 00:16:49,475 --> 00:16:51,034 Just like, you know, some industries do. 293 00:16:51,034 --> 00:16:53,105 They know, Oh, something big is in town. 294 00:16:53,185 --> 00:16:54,985 We're gonna jack up the prices. 295 00:16:55,514 --> 00:16:57,055 And so, people were doing that. 296 00:16:57,655 --> 00:16:59,835 And so, now you have exploitation. 297 00:16:59,985 --> 00:17:01,695 And Jesus can't take it. 298 00:17:01,905 --> 00:17:03,355 I know this has been going on. 299 00:17:03,485 --> 00:17:04,645 But we're gonna make a statement. 300 00:17:04,645 --> 00:17:07,025 And this is gonna stop here this week. 301 00:17:09,490 --> 00:17:15,220 And so Jesus, he defends God's glory and he defends the people. 302 00:17:17,020 --> 00:17:19,290 Have you ever noticed what Jesus gets upset about? 303 00:17:21,940 --> 00:17:27,970 When people defile God's name and glory, or they misuse and mistreat people. 304 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:31,730 What do you and I get upset about? 305 00:17:33,750 --> 00:17:35,560 Do we get upset about the same things? 306 00:17:36,540 --> 00:17:39,040 Or do we have a laundry list to go in addition to that? 307 00:17:40,420 --> 00:17:45,059 You know, it's crazy when Jesus, when He endured ridicule or people said negative 308 00:17:45,100 --> 00:17:47,010 things, He doesn't clear out the people. 309 00:17:47,010 --> 00:17:48,769 He doesn't get upset like this. 310 00:17:49,189 --> 00:17:54,460 But yet when people defile God's name and glory, or when they try to misuse and 311 00:17:54,460 --> 00:17:57,270 exploit people, that gets them riled up. 312 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:00,120 Ooh, how I want to be like Jesus. 313 00:18:00,850 --> 00:18:03,350 There's too much that I get upset about because it's about me. 314 00:18:04,700 --> 00:18:08,260 And it's not about God, and it's not about people. 315 00:18:10,090 --> 00:18:13,889 And it says that he, that they clung to his words. 316 00:18:14,190 --> 00:18:16,850 You know, it's interesting, he clears out the temple, and where does he teach? 317 00:18:17,790 --> 00:18:18,629 Right at the temple. 318 00:18:19,759 --> 00:18:22,659 He said, we're gonna have the businessmen exit, and we're gonna 319 00:18:22,659 --> 00:18:23,840 allow the worshippers to come in. 320 00:18:25,060 --> 00:18:26,450 And this is gonna be my classroom. 321 00:18:26,450 --> 00:18:29,200 It used to be a marketplace, but now it's my classroom. 322 00:18:29,790 --> 00:18:30,750 And I'm gonna teach. 323 00:18:31,445 --> 00:18:34,195 And he's going to teach powerfully and they're captivated by it. 324 00:18:34,635 --> 00:18:35,725 They hung on his words. 325 00:18:36,595 --> 00:18:37,175 Wow! 326 00:18:38,225 --> 00:18:38,995 This is incredible. 327 00:18:38,995 --> 00:18:40,585 We haven't heard this teaching before. 328 00:18:42,414 --> 00:18:45,064 And so we see the triumph. 329 00:18:45,454 --> 00:18:47,975 We see the tragedy. 330 00:18:48,385 --> 00:18:51,135 And we see the temple being cleared out. 331 00:18:52,705 --> 00:18:54,415 What does that mean for you and me? 332 00:18:54,425 --> 00:18:56,915 What is that, how can we respond to this? 333 00:18:56,915 --> 00:19:00,895 How does this apply for you and me today in 2025? 334 00:19:01,505 --> 00:19:04,305 If you have something the Spirit's ministering to you now, go ahead and 335 00:19:04,305 --> 00:19:07,725 write that down because God wants you to take note of that and He wants you 336 00:19:07,725 --> 00:19:11,815 to think about that and allow that to minister to you later so it can produce 337 00:19:11,855 --> 00:19:13,645 some type of fruit that He desires. 338 00:19:14,375 --> 00:19:17,804 I want to share some things, I'm going to rattle off some things here that 339 00:19:17,804 --> 00:19:26,045 I believe that God wants us to apply and think about in response to this. 340 00:19:26,595 --> 00:19:31,115 And the main thing that I believe God is calling you and me to Is 341 00:19:31,115 --> 00:19:33,445 this, is that the time is now. 342 00:19:34,825 --> 00:19:38,295 The time is now. 343 00:19:39,115 --> 00:19:44,035 The time is now to recognize who Jesus truly is. 344 00:19:44,985 --> 00:19:47,964 And I know I'm talking to many who know who Jesus is. 345 00:19:48,134 --> 00:19:54,875 But we better recognize and we better hold on to the truth of who Jesus truly is. 346 00:19:55,445 --> 00:19:59,254 We better see Jesus for who he is and not something that he's not. 347 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:02,190 Just like many people missed it. 348 00:20:02,330 --> 00:20:04,180 We don't want to miss it today. 349 00:20:05,130 --> 00:20:10,550 Jesus is not some miracle worker, not a problem solver, a good guy, a moral 350 00:20:10,580 --> 00:20:13,640 teacher, or one of many historic figures. 351 00:20:13,699 --> 00:20:17,129 But he's the son of God, the Christ, and the Lord. 352 00:20:17,839 --> 00:20:19,589 That's who Jesus is. 353 00:20:19,590 --> 00:20:21,740 And we better recognize that. 354 00:20:23,590 --> 00:20:27,760 We also know it's the time to recognize the time of God's coming. 355 00:20:28,345 --> 00:20:29,875 The God's coming to you. 356 00:20:29,995 --> 00:20:32,285 People didn't recognize that God had came to them. 357 00:20:32,445 --> 00:20:37,465 And Jesus is coming to every one of us today. 358 00:20:38,485 --> 00:20:42,355 You know, God comes to everyone giving all a chance. 359 00:20:42,785 --> 00:20:46,934 Some, he gives a number of chances for a long period of time. 360 00:20:47,104 --> 00:20:49,935 And for others, it's fewer times. 361 00:20:49,945 --> 00:20:51,665 It's for a shorter period of time. 362 00:20:52,625 --> 00:20:57,375 And so the time is now to respond to Jesus. 363 00:20:58,355 --> 00:21:05,875 The time is now to respond to Jesus, not tomorrow, not next year, but today. 364 00:21:09,955 --> 00:21:11,434 And we better take advantage. 365 00:21:12,245 --> 00:21:18,464 And you and I, and I call you to take advantage of your chance to seek God. 366 00:21:19,564 --> 00:21:23,515 Whether you have been a disciple of Jesus for 30 plus years, or 367 00:21:23,515 --> 00:21:26,335 this is your first time hearing about the gospel for 30 minutes. 368 00:21:27,745 --> 00:21:29,645 God is calling you to seek. 369 00:21:30,015 --> 00:21:34,625 Your chance to seek him out, because if not, then you miss out on the peace 370 00:21:35,015 --> 00:21:42,355 that is available to you and you also Unfortunately will suffer the consequences 371 00:21:42,375 --> 00:21:46,015 later That's what we saw, right? 372 00:21:46,214 --> 00:21:50,955 Jesus said hey, you you don't understand peace is available to you If you don't 373 00:21:50,965 --> 00:21:55,015 get it now, man, you're gonna suffer you're gonna miss out and you're gonna 374 00:21:55,025 --> 00:22:01,824 suffer consequence so if you and I If we don't respond to who Jesus really is, 375 00:22:02,865 --> 00:22:07,534 then we're going to miss out on what's available, but then we'll face judgment. 376 00:22:09,195 --> 00:22:13,754 And we're reminded again that judgment is real and it will come. 377 00:22:14,994 --> 00:22:20,024 And it reminds me, I was, I was, uh, this week, no, it was last week. 378 00:22:20,395 --> 00:22:23,495 Last week, as I was reading, I was reading through the Gospels 379 00:22:23,745 --> 00:22:24,985 and I said, man, you know what? 380 00:22:25,024 --> 00:22:26,204 Am I urgent anymore? 381 00:22:28,145 --> 00:22:31,465 Am I urging in my repentance or do I go? 382 00:22:31,514 --> 00:22:34,784 Uh, yeah, I'll just get open, but I'm not really going to be 383 00:22:34,834 --> 00:22:36,834 urgent about dealing with my sin. 384 00:22:38,485 --> 00:22:41,614 And then I thought about my neighbors and my friends and I go, yes, I 385 00:22:41,624 --> 00:22:43,164 have a heart and yes, I reach out. 386 00:22:43,354 --> 00:22:46,374 But am I urgent with getting the good news out to people? 387 00:22:48,245 --> 00:22:52,705 Because the day of God's visiting is there and he wants me to share so 388 00:22:52,705 --> 00:22:56,695 that they can know and have a chance at a relationship with the almighty. 389 00:22:57,544 --> 00:22:59,475 But I'm thinking I'll give it next week. 390 00:23:01,144 --> 00:23:02,784 I'll get to it another day. 391 00:23:04,264 --> 00:23:05,625 I go, man, I need to be urgent. 392 00:23:05,655 --> 00:23:09,615 The time is now for me to respond and work in conjunction with the 393 00:23:09,615 --> 00:23:11,125 Holy Spirit and what Jesus wants. 394 00:23:11,365 --> 00:23:14,854 Church, maybe you can't relate to that, but that's what God ministered to me with. 395 00:23:17,155 --> 00:23:20,745 And so I want to repent and feel like I've made a decision to repent now my 396 00:23:20,745 --> 00:23:28,925 deeds need to follow that decision But here's the thing as well the time is 397 00:23:28,925 --> 00:23:34,695 now because Jesus he will clear out hypocrisy and He's going to clear out 398 00:23:34,695 --> 00:23:37,575 the misuse of his name in his church 399 00:23:39,635 --> 00:23:43,954 You see the temple Was the place that represented God's presence and 400 00:23:43,954 --> 00:23:49,470 the people gathered And so now, what is the temple in modern day time? 401 00:23:51,270 --> 00:23:52,150 It's you and me. 402 00:23:53,090 --> 00:23:54,390 What do the scriptures teach? 403 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:56,970 Let's go ahead and let's look at it here real quickly here. 404 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:58,740 You know what, for some reason it's not clicking. 405 00:23:58,740 --> 00:24:00,790 Can you go ahead and click that there, Eric, for me please? 406 00:24:02,190 --> 00:24:05,840 1 Corinthians chapter 3, the modern temple of God is the 407 00:24:05,850 --> 00:24:07,910 church and it's us individually. 408 00:24:08,210 --> 00:24:11,830 Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's 409 00:24:11,830 --> 00:24:13,340 spirit dwells in your midst? 410 00:24:13,959 --> 00:24:17,060 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person, 411 00:24:17,229 --> 00:24:19,320 for God's temple is sacred. 412 00:24:19,979 --> 00:24:22,449 And you together are that temple. 413 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:24,939 He's saying the church is the temple. 414 00:24:24,959 --> 00:24:26,499 It's not this building. 415 00:24:26,610 --> 00:24:29,979 No, we are the building of God, which God dwells in. 416 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:34,710 Then he also says this in 1 Corinthians 6, Don't you know that your bodies are 417 00:24:34,710 --> 00:24:39,279 temples of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? 418 00:24:39,490 --> 00:24:40,440 You are not your own. 419 00:24:40,450 --> 00:24:41,579 You were bought at a price. 420 00:24:41,730 --> 00:24:44,540 Therefore, honor God with your bodies. 421 00:24:45,049 --> 00:24:48,340 Your time is now that we make sure that we keep the church 422 00:24:48,609 --> 00:24:51,619 and ourselves pure and holy. 423 00:24:53,059 --> 00:24:58,049 Because God's going to clear any pollution out. 424 00:24:59,220 --> 00:25:04,220 And so we need to work in conjunction in clearing out any pollution in our souls 425 00:25:04,350 --> 00:25:07,169 and any pollution amongst God's people. 426 00:25:08,460 --> 00:25:13,510 We need to address and confront sin and hypocrisy in our own lives 427 00:25:13,540 --> 00:25:15,969 first and then in the church. 428 00:25:19,430 --> 00:25:21,210 Oh, I only got a few amens on that. 429 00:25:22,930 --> 00:25:24,340 No, no, no, this is what Jesus does. 430 00:25:24,340 --> 00:25:26,910 If you're a follower of Jesus, then this is what you do. 431 00:25:27,635 --> 00:25:31,784 You make sure you deal with your own hypocrisy, your own sin, your own 432 00:25:31,784 --> 00:25:35,945 corruption, and then you work with God to help others deal with theirs. 433 00:25:37,625 --> 00:25:42,014 And you do it out of love, not out of superiority, not to look down, but because 434 00:25:42,014 --> 00:25:47,925 I love God's name, I love His people, and I refuse to allow that to be corrupted. 435 00:25:48,935 --> 00:25:52,195 So I'm going to speak the truth to you, brother, because I want you 436 00:25:52,195 --> 00:25:56,115 to speak the truth to me, because I don't want to see this corrupted. 437 00:25:57,945 --> 00:25:59,645 How dare I let this happen? 438 00:25:59,795 --> 00:26:02,665 How dare I let the temple become a den of robbers? 439 00:26:04,105 --> 00:26:05,735 It better be a place of worship. 440 00:26:06,814 --> 00:26:09,725 And I'm talking about myself, and I'm talking about the community. 441 00:26:11,024 --> 00:26:12,575 You see, Jesus is gonna clear it out. 442 00:26:13,844 --> 00:26:15,644 And it's either we're gonna be, we're gonna work with him. 443 00:26:16,574 --> 00:26:18,064 We're gonna be in conjunction with him. 444 00:26:18,254 --> 00:26:19,834 Or we're gonna be recipients of judgments. 445 00:26:21,385 --> 00:26:22,665 Oh, we don't want to hear that. 446 00:26:23,145 --> 00:26:24,035 That's old school. 447 00:26:24,035 --> 00:26:25,315 That's like that old school song. 448 00:26:25,415 --> 00:26:26,504 Sorry, that's reality. 449 00:26:27,495 --> 00:26:28,994 That's the tragic reality. 450 00:26:30,104 --> 00:26:31,535 But what a great opportunity. 451 00:26:32,665 --> 00:26:34,045 What a great opportunity to be with God. 452 00:26:34,754 --> 00:26:37,394 To see things be purified and be holy and righteous. 453 00:26:39,194 --> 00:26:40,225 Isn't that what you want? 454 00:26:41,375 --> 00:26:42,365 We all want that. 455 00:26:43,555 --> 00:26:46,274 But we have to make a decision that the time is now. 456 00:26:46,274 --> 00:26:47,215 It's not for later. 457 00:26:47,905 --> 00:26:48,735 It's for now. 458 00:26:49,545 --> 00:26:52,915 And we must hang on to every word of Jesus. 459 00:26:52,915 --> 00:26:58,195 We must let Christ's teachings once again be the central concern of our church. 460 00:26:58,645 --> 00:27:01,565 We hang on every word he says. 461 00:27:02,095 --> 00:27:04,325 We admire, we appreciate the word of God. 462 00:27:04,475 --> 00:27:07,434 We get in conversations after service over in the foyer 463 00:27:07,434 --> 00:27:09,275 outside when we go out to eat. 464 00:27:09,305 --> 00:27:10,975 And we're talking about God's word. 465 00:27:11,065 --> 00:27:12,985 Hey, how did it minister to you today? 466 00:27:13,075 --> 00:27:14,455 Hey, what are you reading? 467 00:27:15,220 --> 00:27:16,590 How was God ministered to you? 468 00:27:16,670 --> 00:27:19,640 Hey brother, let me share this scripture that can encourage you. 469 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:23,070 Sister, let me share this scripture that can help purify you. 470 00:27:24,990 --> 00:27:25,889 We hang on his word. 471 00:27:25,900 --> 00:27:26,990 We're captivated by it. 472 00:27:27,129 --> 00:27:28,430 But we just don't admire it. 473 00:27:28,459 --> 00:27:32,389 We don't just put nice little cool tweets or Instagram photos with it. 474 00:27:32,510 --> 00:27:33,560 No, we live it out. 475 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:35,950 We're faithful. 476 00:27:36,490 --> 00:27:38,990 We hold to his teachings. 477 00:27:39,130 --> 00:27:42,650 That's how you and I are to hang on to every word of Jesus. 478 00:27:46,450 --> 00:27:50,360 I believe this is the only proper response to Jesus, the king, 479 00:27:52,490 --> 00:27:56,810 to Jesus, the Messiah, the provider of peace, 480 00:27:58,849 --> 00:28:05,080 the one who is holy and pure, the one who purifies God's temple and 481 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:08,070 has the words of eternal life. 482 00:28:10,030 --> 00:28:13,169 So as we can see, the triumph. 483 00:28:14,145 --> 00:28:18,415 The tragic reality in the temple clearing, it calls for you and me 484 00:28:19,195 --> 00:28:21,615 to realize that the time is now. 485 00:28:22,605 --> 00:28:27,385 So wherever God has ministered to you, wherever you are in your walk, do not 486 00:28:27,395 --> 00:28:32,825 allow it to just bounce off, but allow it to penetrate, to produce God's fruit 487 00:28:32,835 --> 00:28:36,115 that he wants in your life, so that you can have a more faithfulness with 488 00:28:36,115 --> 00:28:37,955 him and join him in his good work. 489 00:28:39,455 --> 00:28:41,425 We're on the road to the resurrection. 490 00:28:42,250 --> 00:28:48,880 The greatest day of all creation, where the Messiah rose again, conquering death, 491 00:28:49,140 --> 00:28:55,240 so that those who would believe could have eternal life with the Almighty. 492 00:28:57,140 --> 00:28:59,049 We're gonna close in communion. 493 00:28:59,049 --> 00:29:00,920 Brothers and sisters, are you still with me here? 494 00:29:01,970 --> 00:29:05,960 The emblems that we take right now represent Jesus body and blood 495 00:29:05,970 --> 00:29:10,680 that, uh, were sacrificed so that you and I can have an opportunity. 496 00:29:11,085 --> 00:29:13,455 An eternal relationship with God the father. 497 00:29:14,685 --> 00:29:19,665 And as we go to the road, to the as we go through the road to the resurrection, we 498 00:29:19,665 --> 00:29:28,275 know that's also through the cross where Jesus died and sacrificed himself for us. 499 00:29:28,665 --> 00:29:33,135 And Jesus is the king who was worthy of worship and praise. 500 00:29:33,615 --> 00:29:39,795 And the cross of Jesus leads us to praise, to worship, and to faithfulness. 501 00:29:40,245 --> 00:29:45,415 And so we'll read again, Luke 19 verse 38, blessed is the king who 502 00:29:45,445 --> 00:29:48,155 comes in the name of the Lord. 503 00:29:48,445 --> 00:29:52,714 Peace in heaven and glory in the highest. 504 00:29:52,864 --> 00:29:53,585 Let's pray. 505 00:29:53,975 --> 00:29:56,995 Father, we thank you so much for Jesus. 506 00:29:57,460 --> 00:29:59,330 For the road to the resurrection. 507 00:29:59,330 --> 00:30:01,990 Thank you so much for his teachings, his example. 508 00:30:02,650 --> 00:30:06,680 Thank you so much, God, that we have this opportunity, this grace 509 00:30:06,709 --> 00:30:09,360 that you give us today to respond. 510 00:30:10,210 --> 00:30:16,000 Father, may we be people that respond now, that respond to your 511 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:20,180 goodness, that respond to your grace, that respond to your gift 512 00:30:20,180 --> 00:30:23,120 of mercy, that is all through love. 513 00:30:23,910 --> 00:30:25,719 May we respond with faithfulness. 514 00:30:26,885 --> 00:30:27,965 May we admire. 515 00:30:27,965 --> 00:30:29,195 May we be in awe. 516 00:30:29,645 --> 00:30:36,185 May it never become numb in our hearts, but may we be grateful for who you 517 00:30:36,185 --> 00:30:42,224 are, for how much you love us and how we can even have the opportunity to 518 00:30:42,225 --> 00:30:44,404 partner with you and your good work. 519 00:30:45,015 --> 00:30:49,095 God, we are humbled and we are grateful and we praise you. 520 00:30:49,095 --> 00:30:50,565 Blessed be your name. 521 00:30:50,925 --> 00:30:52,085 You are the highest. 522 00:30:52,085 --> 00:30:54,915 You are the most, you are the, the, the, the almighty. 523 00:30:56,945 --> 00:30:57,825 You are God. 524 00:30:58,525 --> 00:30:59,615 You are Savior. 525 00:31:00,735 --> 00:31:01,605 You are King. 526 00:31:01,615 --> 00:31:02,405 You are Lord. 527 00:31:03,305 --> 00:31:04,684 You are inspiration. 528 00:31:05,784 --> 00:31:07,244 You are purpose, our goal. 529 00:31:07,244 --> 00:31:08,945 You are engine that drives us. 530 00:31:10,105 --> 00:31:11,115 We are grateful. 531 00:31:11,554 --> 00:31:12,415 We love you. 532 00:31:12,884 --> 00:31:13,925 Thank you for today. 533 00:31:13,935 --> 00:31:16,345 Thank you for the chance to hear. 534 00:31:17,415 --> 00:31:22,195 And thank you that you do all this in love, grace, and mercy. 535 00:31:22,654 --> 00:31:24,235 We pray in the name of Jesus. 536 00:31:24,305 --> 00:31:25,161 Amen. 537 00:31:25,161 --> 00:31:26,017 Amen.