1 00:00:00,050 --> 00:00:02,900 All right, so we're gonna continue going through our sermon series, 2 00:00:03,019 --> 00:00:05,869 which has been titled The Real Jesus. 3 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:06,349 All right? 4 00:00:06,355 --> 00:00:09,320 And we've been studying out the book of Luke and I made, and we made a 5 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:11,480 lot of observations about Jesus. 6 00:00:11,795 --> 00:00:15,934 You know, we've seen that Jesus is not religious but righteous, 7 00:00:16,324 --> 00:00:20,795 that Jesus is a world changer and he challenges our worldviews. 8 00:00:21,275 --> 00:00:24,364 Last week we learned about how Jesus has real expectations for 9 00:00:24,364 --> 00:00:25,894 all of us here in this room. 10 00:00:26,114 --> 00:00:29,315 And we also have been having a communal prayer for the church weekly. 11 00:00:29,464 --> 00:00:32,554 Last week we prayed that our church to carry our cross and hold 12 00:00:32,554 --> 00:00:34,835 to Jesus' expectations for us. 13 00:00:35,434 --> 00:00:41,335 And now, uh, this week we're gonna talk about the real Jesus how to be okay. 14 00:00:41,525 --> 00:00:43,594 You guys probably like the real Jesus, how to be Daniel. 15 00:00:43,599 --> 00:00:44,224 Doesn't make sense. 16 00:00:44,224 --> 00:00:45,394 Just be how to be the real Jesus. 17 00:00:45,394 --> 00:00:45,664 Okay. 18 00:00:45,664 --> 00:00:46,234 Well, guess what? 19 00:00:46,239 --> 00:00:46,594 I'm sorry. 20 00:00:46,594 --> 00:00:47,855 I just graduated college, right? 21 00:00:47,855 --> 00:00:48,634 I'm a criminal justice made. 22 00:00:48,634 --> 00:00:50,134 We need to read that much English class here. 23 00:00:50,434 --> 00:00:56,014 But before I dive in, I just want to ask you all, what do you value? 24 00:00:56,884 --> 00:00:57,244 All right. 25 00:00:57,784 --> 00:00:59,494 What do you value? 26 00:00:59,585 --> 00:01:00,574 Forgot how to slide there. 27 00:01:00,964 --> 00:01:01,744 All right. 28 00:01:01,804 --> 00:01:05,674 For some of us in this room, we may value our kids. 29 00:01:07,835 --> 00:01:09,424 We may value school. 30 00:01:11,224 --> 00:01:12,964 We may value work. 31 00:01:13,924 --> 00:01:18,574 And assuming that the people who are here in this room today at church, I'm 32 00:01:18,574 --> 00:01:20,854 assuming to an extent we value God. 33 00:01:21,934 --> 00:01:24,154 And now that you've been thinking about your values, we are now 34 00:01:24,154 --> 00:01:26,554 gonna be looking at Jesus' values. 35 00:01:26,974 --> 00:01:30,755 So if you don't mind, let's turn our Bibles to Luke 10 25. 36 00:01:30,814 --> 00:01:31,624 All right. 37 00:01:31,654 --> 00:01:33,904 And we'll be looking over the parable of the Good Samaritan. 38 00:01:34,594 --> 00:01:38,014 And the Good Samaritan is one of the most popular parables out there. 39 00:01:38,074 --> 00:01:40,964 And it doesn't really matter if you are a church goer like yourself 40 00:01:40,969 --> 00:01:42,334 here or someone in the world. 41 00:01:42,874 --> 00:01:45,604 The Good Samaritan is a popular parable. 42 00:01:45,934 --> 00:01:48,664 You know, it's so popular in fact that sociologists refer to this 43 00:01:48,664 --> 00:01:53,223 story to, you know, really spur on uh, one another to motivate people 44 00:01:53,223 --> 00:01:55,084 to do good deeds and help the poor. 45 00:01:55,894 --> 00:01:58,503 And you know, this is my criminal justice side here, but there's even 46 00:01:58,503 --> 00:02:00,814 a law called the Good Samaritan Law. 47 00:02:01,234 --> 00:02:05,824 And with that, the Good Samaritan law is the duty to help a person who's in 48 00:02:05,824 --> 00:02:07,654 danger or in an emergency situation. 49 00:02:08,929 --> 00:02:11,239 Now here in California, that law doesn't apply to us. 50 00:02:11,239 --> 00:02:13,010 So I guess we'll gonna have to help people in need. 51 00:02:13,219 --> 00:02:14,059 No, I'm just kidding, guys. 52 00:02:14,059 --> 00:02:14,630 That's a joke. 53 00:02:14,630 --> 00:02:15,139 Sorry. 54 00:02:15,530 --> 00:02:18,079 Before we go through that, let's go to God in prayer right now. 55 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:20,960 Uh, father God, just thank you for this morning. 56 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:22,130 God, just thank you for this time. 57 00:02:22,130 --> 00:02:23,599 We just get to worship you. 58 00:02:23,599 --> 00:02:26,840 God worship you in our singing, worship you communion, 59 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:27,920 worship you with our offering. 60 00:02:27,920 --> 00:02:29,989 God, uh, God, today, God is pray. 61 00:02:29,989 --> 00:02:31,159 You just, uh, speak through me. 62 00:02:31,159 --> 00:02:34,250 God, remove me, God, and just, uh, speak whatever, uh, you 63 00:02:34,250 --> 00:02:35,570 put on my heart this morning. 64 00:02:35,570 --> 00:02:35,989 God. 65 00:02:36,139 --> 00:02:38,869 God, I really pray that you minister to each and every person 66 00:02:38,869 --> 00:02:40,130 here in this room this morning. 67 00:02:40,369 --> 00:02:42,800 You believe so much and Jesus name, amen. 68 00:02:42,869 --> 00:02:43,360 Amen. 69 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:47,329 All right, so I'm gonna read verse 10 through 25, or chapter 10, 25 to 70 00:02:47,329 --> 00:02:51,349 28 says, on one occasion, an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. 71 00:02:51,619 --> 00:02:54,679 Teacher, he asked, what must I do to inherit eternal life? 72 00:02:55,250 --> 00:02:56,300 What is written in the law? 73 00:02:56,329 --> 00:02:58,519 Jesus replied, how do you read it? 74 00:02:59,269 --> 00:03:03,170 He answered, love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and 75 00:03:03,170 --> 00:03:06,860 with all your strength, and with all your mind and love your neighbor as yourself. 76 00:03:07,430 --> 00:03:08,599 You have answered correctly. 77 00:03:08,599 --> 00:03:12,440 Jesus, uh, replied, do this and you will live. 78 00:03:12,740 --> 00:03:15,230 So we see that a lot has happened here just in these three or 79 00:03:15,235 --> 00:03:16,369 four verses we just read. 80 00:03:16,369 --> 00:03:20,420 We have a expert in the law and Jesus, and we hear expert in the law. 81 00:03:20,420 --> 00:03:22,730 I don't want you guys to think about a lawyer, all right? 82 00:03:22,735 --> 00:03:24,720 Don't think about a lawyer who's gonna defend a good Samaritan law. 83 00:03:24,920 --> 00:03:25,340 No. 84 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,099 Think about someone who studies out the Bible, who knows the 85 00:03:28,099 --> 00:03:29,329 Bible, who knows the truth. 86 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:34,610 And what says here that on one occasion the expert law stood up to test Jesus. 87 00:03:35,180 --> 00:03:36,079 Now it's interesting. 88 00:03:36,260 --> 00:03:38,809 Why would he stand up to test Jesus? 89 00:03:39,180 --> 00:03:41,119 And not only that, he stand up to test Jesus. 90 00:03:41,125 --> 00:03:44,360 He asked him, how do I inherit eternal life? 91 00:03:45,289 --> 00:03:49,220 Now it's, I find it very interesting that the expert asked us, because 92 00:03:49,220 --> 00:03:52,909 by this question, being an expert, I feel like you know the Bible already. 93 00:03:52,909 --> 00:03:54,230 So why are you asking Jesus? 94 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:55,400 How do you inherit eternal life? 95 00:03:55,940 --> 00:03:56,900 You already know that. 96 00:03:57,019 --> 00:04:00,860 I feel like the expert here probably isn't even interested in learning something new. 97 00:04:00,860 --> 00:04:02,869 He just wants to hear what Jesus has to say. 98 00:04:02,930 --> 00:04:05,059 See if it aligns with his own belief here. 99 00:04:06,319 --> 00:04:10,279 And we see here that Jesus responded to the question with the question. 100 00:04:10,279 --> 00:04:13,609 Pretty much He tells the man, Hey, what is written the law? 101 00:04:13,939 --> 00:04:14,989 How do you read it? 102 00:04:15,589 --> 00:04:17,439 And then, of course, the ex fed love the Lord you God with without 103 00:04:17,439 --> 00:04:19,189 your heart and with all your soul, with all your mind and strength. 104 00:04:19,428 --> 00:04:21,139 And he says, love your neighbor as yourself. 105 00:04:22,259 --> 00:04:23,520 Now I know. 106 00:04:24,529 --> 00:04:25,219 Oh, sorry. 107 00:04:25,699 --> 00:04:26,359 So today, sorry. 108 00:04:26,509 --> 00:04:29,689 We'll, we'll get two separate points that highlight the greatest commandment. 109 00:04:29,689 --> 00:04:30,739 These two greatest commandment. 110 00:04:30,739 --> 00:04:32,989 Love the Lord of God and love your neighbor. 111 00:04:33,079 --> 00:04:35,750 All right, so we're gonna continue reading, but first, 112 00:04:35,754 --> 00:04:36,770 I know it's kind of confusing. 113 00:04:36,799 --> 00:04:39,589 I know he says, love your neighbor yourself and do this. 114 00:04:40,489 --> 00:04:42,709 The expert asks pretty much, Hey, who is my neighbor? 115 00:04:42,949 --> 00:04:43,909 It's a great question. 116 00:04:44,270 --> 00:04:46,969 We'll continue reading here in verse three, how Jesus 117 00:04:46,969 --> 00:04:48,319 responds to that question. 118 00:04:48,949 --> 00:04:53,359 It says here in reply, Jesus said, A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho. 119 00:04:53,719 --> 00:04:57,289 When he was attacked by robbers, they stripped him of his clothes, beat him, 120 00:04:57,319 --> 00:04:59,719 and went away, leaving him half dead. 121 00:04:59,808 --> 00:05:01,669 A priest happened to be going down the same road. 122 00:05:01,729 --> 00:05:04,129 And when he saw the man he passed by on the other side. 123 00:05:04,714 --> 00:05:07,954 So to a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, uh, 124 00:05:07,984 --> 00:05:09,604 pass by on the other side. 125 00:05:09,904 --> 00:05:12,844 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was. 126 00:05:13,054 --> 00:05:15,364 And when he saw him, he took pity on him. 127 00:05:16,414 --> 00:05:19,534 He went to him and banded his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. 128 00:05:19,594 --> 00:05:21,604 Then he put the man in his own donkey, brought him to 129 00:05:21,604 --> 00:05:22,804 an inn and took care of him. 130 00:05:23,194 --> 00:05:25,804 The next day, he took out two dery and gave them to the inkeeper. 131 00:05:26,014 --> 00:05:29,135 Look after them, he said, and when I return, I will reimburse you 132 00:05:29,140 --> 00:05:31,324 for an extra expense you may have. 133 00:05:31,804 --> 00:05:34,594 Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell 134 00:05:34,594 --> 00:05:35,734 into the hands of the robbers? 135 00:05:36,094 --> 00:05:39,784 The expert in the law replied, the one who had mercy on him. 136 00:05:40,264 --> 00:05:43,594 Jesus told him, go and do like wise. 137 00:05:44,584 --> 00:05:47,674 Now, before, uh, you know, we answered the question, who is our neighbor? 138 00:05:47,704 --> 00:05:49,204 I wanna give you some context here. 139 00:05:49,204 --> 00:05:51,694 So Jesus speaking to the expert, he's speaking to a Jew and a 140 00:05:51,699 --> 00:05:53,374 Jew, were God's chosen people. 141 00:05:53,644 --> 00:05:57,514 And Jews believed during that time that their neighbors were other Jews. 142 00:05:57,694 --> 00:05:57,964 All right? 143 00:05:57,964 --> 00:06:01,024 So that gave them an excuse not to love The Samaritans, loved the 144 00:06:01,024 --> 00:06:02,314 Gentiles, to love any of them. 145 00:06:02,314 --> 00:06:03,424 They only want to love themselves. 146 00:06:04,114 --> 00:06:07,384 And I was preparing this lesson, I was kind of like, oh, of course 147 00:06:07,654 --> 00:06:08,974 God's people messing up again. 148 00:06:09,264 --> 00:06:10,564 Alwa as always, nothing new. 149 00:06:11,254 --> 00:06:15,214 But then I realized for myself, I was like, oh, wait, Daniel, you 150 00:06:15,214 --> 00:06:16,744 may have the same heart as well. 151 00:06:17,104 --> 00:06:19,474 Maybe when you think of love your neighbor, Daniel, that just 152 00:06:19,474 --> 00:06:22,564 means loving God's people means loving people in this room. 153 00:06:22,834 --> 00:06:24,844 Okay, that's a scary thought church. 154 00:06:26,434 --> 00:06:30,724 But Jesus began to speak on this issue and began to tell this story after 155 00:06:30,724 --> 00:06:33,124 the man asked him, who is my neighbor? 156 00:06:33,814 --> 00:06:36,874 And of course, Jesus tells the story of a, of a man who was walking, 157 00:06:36,874 --> 00:06:40,414 Jewish man was walking down the road from Jericho to Jerusalem, and 158 00:06:40,414 --> 00:06:44,674 yet he was robbed and beaten and left half to, uh, half to death. 159 00:06:45,214 --> 00:06:48,183 And before I break it down, I just wanna sh uh, I don't have the slide 160 00:06:48,183 --> 00:06:52,264 anymore, but I just want you to just imagine what this road looked like. 161 00:06:52,264 --> 00:06:53,254 I looked it up online. 162 00:06:53,254 --> 00:06:54,454 I saw a video of it. 163 00:06:54,724 --> 00:06:57,394 The road is literally like a hiking trail, guys. 164 00:06:57,770 --> 00:07:01,159 And with hiking trails, you know, you can't really fit two cars on the road. 165 00:07:01,159 --> 00:07:03,589 So it's not a road where it's like, you know, there's a crosswalking walk. 166 00:07:03,589 --> 00:07:07,219 It's not a big road, it's a hiking trail, which means that, pretty much 167 00:07:07,224 --> 00:07:11,329 that whenever the priest and the Levi saw this half dead man on the street, 168 00:07:11,329 --> 00:07:16,250 pretty much he saw, uh, they had a close interaction with this man, which 169 00:07:16,250 --> 00:07:21,589 means that, you know, they're probably this fur, uh, this much away from 170 00:07:21,649 --> 00:07:23,750 the man from me to this table here. 171 00:07:24,230 --> 00:07:27,949 So as they pass on the other side of the, the road, as the scripture said, 172 00:07:28,009 --> 00:07:29,750 really, they had to look down on him. 173 00:07:31,940 --> 00:07:33,259 My side. 174 00:07:33,319 --> 00:07:33,799 There it is. 175 00:07:33,829 --> 00:07:34,129 All right. 176 00:07:34,859 --> 00:07:38,808 But then it says here that a Samaritan took pity on him. 177 00:07:39,619 --> 00:07:44,899 Okay, well the Jews don't love Samaritans, so why would the Samaritans love this 178 00:07:44,989 --> 00:07:47,029 Jew who's left for dead on the road? 179 00:07:48,799 --> 00:07:49,399 I don't know why. 180 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:49,849 Hmm. 181 00:07:50,179 --> 00:07:53,569 I mean, you see the priests and the Levi who are also a part of the Jewish 182 00:07:53,569 --> 00:07:56,808 culture, you saw that didn't even lift up one finger to help this man. 183 00:07:57,139 --> 00:07:57,860 On the road. 184 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:00,230 And I have two points today. 185 00:08:00,259 --> 00:08:04,699 And the first I wanna bring up is Jesus wants us to be compassionate. 186 00:08:05,869 --> 00:08:08,389 You know, why does he want us to be compassionate? 187 00:08:09,559 --> 00:08:11,900 Because compassion is a product of our love. 188 00:08:12,259 --> 00:08:15,349 And if we don't have love, we don't have compassion. 189 00:08:16,070 --> 00:08:20,509 And compassion is not just a feeling or an idea, it requires action. 190 00:08:21,650 --> 00:08:22,880 You know what good is it? 191 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:26,960 If the Samaritan saw this dead man and was like, oh, hey man, I'm so sorry. 192 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:28,429 You look really beat up, man. 193 00:08:28,639 --> 00:08:29,750 Ah, best of luck to you. 194 00:08:31,009 --> 00:08:32,210 Does that really help? 195 00:08:32,690 --> 00:08:33,409 No. 196 00:08:33,409 --> 00:08:37,549 I mean, I'm pretty sure the Levite and the priest had compassion. 197 00:08:37,549 --> 00:08:38,328 I'm pretty sure they something. 198 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:39,469 Oh man, I'm sorry. 199 00:08:39,980 --> 00:08:45,110 But the Samaritan not only had compassion, but he backed it up with action, you know? 200 00:08:45,349 --> 00:08:47,150 Um, sorry. 201 00:08:47,989 --> 00:08:53,090 And I asked you guys this, how do you like real compassion? 202 00:08:53,494 --> 00:08:55,175 I think I, I'm saying real compassion. 203 00:08:55,175 --> 00:08:59,014 I'm saying real compassion in a sense of being backed up by your actions. 204 00:08:59,554 --> 00:09:03,244 And I feel like, hey, come, I can fall short in so many areas of this, you 205 00:09:03,244 --> 00:09:08,645 know, is it in your family towards your coworkers, strangers on the street. 206 00:09:09,784 --> 00:09:12,125 But I think a more important question to ask this morning 207 00:09:12,304 --> 00:09:14,824 is why we lack real compassion. 208 00:09:15,755 --> 00:09:17,165 Is it our arrogance? 209 00:09:17,915 --> 00:09:21,425 Is it our pride, our selfishness? 210 00:09:22,204 --> 00:09:27,605 Maybe we're too busy, maybe we have a lack of love, lack of spirituality. 211 00:09:29,224 --> 00:09:34,505 And if I'm being honest here, church, I know I have no compassion at times. 212 00:09:34,534 --> 00:09:35,255 I lack it. 213 00:09:35,824 --> 00:09:40,025 And it's evident in how I love and forgive very little. 214 00:09:40,625 --> 00:09:42,275 I feel like it's evident in my household. 215 00:09:42,304 --> 00:09:45,185 You can ask my roommate at time, keep evident in my relationship. 216 00:09:45,185 --> 00:09:46,235 You can ask my girlfriend. 217 00:09:46,835 --> 00:09:50,764 It's evident in my workplace and my friendship and effort, so many 218 00:09:50,764 --> 00:09:52,235 people around me as a result of it. 219 00:09:53,540 --> 00:09:58,159 But church, I am also realizing that real compassion is not just 220 00:09:58,159 --> 00:10:02,060 meeting people's needs, physical needs, which I believe church, 221 00:10:02,060 --> 00:10:03,590 we've been doing a great job at it. 222 00:10:04,130 --> 00:10:06,829 I believe in, uh, meeting each other's physical needs. 223 00:10:06,829 --> 00:10:09,829 There's so many people here in this church that are mourning over so many 224 00:10:09,829 --> 00:10:14,150 losses and to see all of us rallying up to really be there for the family, 225 00:10:14,150 --> 00:10:17,570 for the individuals, I think we've been doing great as a, as a church. 226 00:10:17,750 --> 00:10:18,320 Amen. 227 00:10:18,560 --> 00:10:19,050 Amen. 228 00:10:19,300 --> 00:10:24,770 However, real compassion means that we also meet the spiritual needs as well. 229 00:10:25,159 --> 00:10:27,960 It means that we're willing to speak the truth and love and call one another higher 230 00:10:28,250 --> 00:10:32,630 so that we can, uh, imitate Christ better. 231 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:36,619 If I can be honest, your church, I feel like we can lack 232 00:10:36,619 --> 00:10:38,239 compassion towards each other. 233 00:10:39,230 --> 00:10:43,310 You know, as a young man who wants to be zealous for God, I feel that 234 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:47,060 US Church right now, we are afraid to speak the truth to in love to 235 00:10:47,065 --> 00:10:49,889 each other for reasons I am not sure. 236 00:10:51,005 --> 00:10:52,655 Maybe cuz we're afraid of confrontation. 237 00:10:53,704 --> 00:10:55,775 Maybe cuz we're afraid that we're gonna offend someone. 238 00:10:56,764 --> 00:11:00,094 Maybe because I don't know, like it'll put a strain on a 239 00:11:00,099 --> 00:11:01,625 relationship we feel comfortable in. 240 00:11:02,554 --> 00:11:05,375 Or if you're like myself, it may hurt your pride. 241 00:11:06,125 --> 00:11:09,724 It'll force you to be humble when others call you higher to the standard of God. 242 00:11:10,005 --> 00:11:10,565 Right? 243 00:11:10,985 --> 00:11:13,895 Real compassion means caring for each other's souls and eternity. 244 00:11:14,284 --> 00:11:17,554 And like the man here, uh, who asked the expert, who asked Jesus. 245 00:11:17,560 --> 00:11:18,994 Now how do you inherit eternal life? 246 00:11:19,175 --> 00:11:20,105 I want that too. 247 00:11:20,224 --> 00:11:22,715 All of us in this room wanna inherit eternal life and we 248 00:11:22,715 --> 00:11:24,215 will not inherit eternal life. 249 00:11:24,219 --> 00:11:27,125 And we are just gonna be surrounded by people who just kind of tell us, you 250 00:11:27,125 --> 00:11:28,715 know, oh yeah, you know, it's okay. 251 00:11:28,715 --> 00:11:29,465 Pray about it, type of thing. 252 00:11:29,465 --> 00:11:32,255 No, I want us to call each other higher church. 253 00:11:33,275 --> 00:11:33,764 Amen. 254 00:11:34,235 --> 00:11:34,724 Amen. 255 00:11:34,954 --> 00:11:37,804 And I believe we can grow in this way if we imitate Christ's example 256 00:11:37,804 --> 00:11:39,815 of loving our neighbor as ourselves. 257 00:11:40,715 --> 00:11:45,094 And we've seen here so far throughout the Book of Luke that Jesus has not 258 00:11:45,099 --> 00:11:47,925 been falling short of this standard of loving your neighbor as yourself. 259 00:11:48,739 --> 00:11:51,079 I mean, we see him love the Pharisees. 260 00:11:51,469 --> 00:11:53,119 We see him love his own disciples. 261 00:11:53,569 --> 00:11:57,289 And I think one lesson that Marcel did, loving the women during this 262 00:11:57,294 --> 00:12:04,669 time, you know, Jesus expect us to be compassionate towards our neighbors now. 263 00:12:04,674 --> 00:12:05,539 No, I'm saying a lot. 264 00:12:05,599 --> 00:12:08,179 And you don't just wake up one morning, obviously, to be like, I'm gonna 265 00:12:08,179 --> 00:12:09,649 be compassionate to everyone else. 266 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:11,599 No, it takes time. 267 00:12:12,199 --> 00:12:17,239 But you can become compassionate if you are with Jesus being with Jesus here. 268 00:12:18,439 --> 00:12:21,589 And I think to close out here, I want to read a scripture 269 00:12:21,619 --> 00:12:24,619 from uh, Luke 10 38 through 42. 270 00:12:24,619 --> 00:12:25,939 And it's about Mary and Martha. 271 00:12:25,939 --> 00:12:29,629 And this story guys really is so impactful for me personally. 272 00:12:30,439 --> 00:12:34,609 It says here, as Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he 273 00:12:34,609 --> 00:12:38,839 came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 274 00:12:39,619 --> 00:12:44,449 She had a sister called Mary who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. 275 00:12:44,539 --> 00:12:47,599 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. 276 00:12:48,230 --> 00:12:51,170 She came to him and asked, Lord, don't you even care that my sister 277 00:12:51,170 --> 00:12:53,299 has left me to do the work by myself? 278 00:12:53,329 --> 00:12:54,259 Tell her to help me. 279 00:12:54,949 --> 00:12:55,369 Martha. 280 00:12:55,369 --> 00:12:56,750 Martha, the Lord answered. 281 00:12:57,049 --> 00:13:00,440 You are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed. 282 00:13:00,949 --> 00:13:05,779 Or indeed, only one Mary has chosen what is better and it 283 00:13:05,779 --> 00:13:08,719 will not be taken away from her. 284 00:13:09,380 --> 00:13:15,829 So we see here that Jesus was at the Lord's feet and reading this and going 285 00:13:15,829 --> 00:13:18,619 through Luke, I don't know, something, uh, another thought in my mind that 286 00:13:18,619 --> 00:13:22,009 happened is like, wow, like they're really worshiping the Lord's feet. 287 00:13:22,489 --> 00:13:23,480 And I think about it for me today. 288 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:26,929 I'm like, wow, if I did that to Jesus, like Jesus is not wearing shoes or socks. 289 00:13:26,989 --> 00:13:28,790 This man's walking around barefoot and dirt and everything. 290 00:13:28,790 --> 00:13:30,349 Yet they're worshiping me at his feet. 291 00:13:30,560 --> 00:13:33,650 As we saw the lesson, uh, left previous back, we talked seeing 292 00:13:33,650 --> 00:13:37,339 how the woman was crying on his feet and cleaning with her hair. 293 00:13:37,449 --> 00:13:41,810 Now here we have Mary Jesus and Mary and Martha's House, who are Mary's 294 00:13:41,810 --> 00:13:44,360 worshiping the Lord at his feet. 295 00:13:45,139 --> 00:13:46,369 Mary knew what was important here. 296 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,369 She knew that Jesus was important. 297 00:13:49,579 --> 00:13:51,440 He was in the presence. 298 00:13:51,444 --> 00:13:53,000 She was in the presence of Jesus. 299 00:13:53,659 --> 00:13:58,609 But Jesus had to remind Martha that few things are needed or indeed only one. 300 00:13:59,690 --> 00:14:02,599 And how often do you think we can imitate Martha? 301 00:14:02,810 --> 00:14:07,339 Well, we get distracted by so many other things in this life right now. 302 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:08,359 Have a few slides. 303 00:14:08,359 --> 00:14:10,279 I'd like to show you some things we are distracted by. 304 00:14:10,909 --> 00:14:11,150 All right. 305 00:14:11,150 --> 00:14:13,219 This is gonna attack some of the young professionals in 306 00:14:13,224 --> 00:14:16,339 campus ministry, , social media. 307 00:14:16,670 --> 00:14:18,109 Oh my goodness. 308 00:14:18,114 --> 00:14:21,079 I don't have social media, but I heard this statistic. 309 00:14:21,079 --> 00:14:24,349 Someone told us during a retreat that, uh, my generation, I don't 310 00:14:24,349 --> 00:14:29,119 know what generation I am, but we spent over 40 hours a week on social 311 00:14:29,119 --> 00:14:31,040 media, just on our phone scrolling. 312 00:14:32,150 --> 00:14:35,929 So next time you see us stressed out, it's because we're in school and we also have 313 00:14:35,929 --> 00:14:37,339 a full-time job being on social media. 314 00:14:37,339 --> 00:14:37,819 Apparently. 315 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:40,099 another one. 316 00:14:40,190 --> 00:14:42,379 Oh, this is big for me and some of the guys here. 317 00:14:42,949 --> 00:14:44,299 What about sports? 318 00:14:44,389 --> 00:14:45,210 Oh man. 319 00:14:46,459 --> 00:14:48,829 Here are a few of the, the, yeah. 320 00:14:48,829 --> 00:14:49,669 Michael joining the Wizards. 321 00:14:49,669 --> 00:14:49,819 Yeah. 322 00:14:49,824 --> 00:14:52,939 You see where, uh, I, I see 'em standing in the goat conversation. 323 00:14:52,939 --> 00:14:56,060 But look, we see here sports is a big issue. 324 00:14:56,060 --> 00:14:57,589 I feel like it's a big distraction. 325 00:14:58,039 --> 00:15:00,769 If you don't believe me, you can ask any soccer player here in this 326 00:15:00,774 --> 00:15:04,309 room or a soccer fan, what they're doing in December, being up at 5:00 327 00:15:04,309 --> 00:15:05,869 AM what they been with the Lord. 328 00:15:05,899 --> 00:15:06,560 Hey, possibly. 329 00:15:06,564 --> 00:15:08,869 But more likely they're watching the World Cup to be honest with you guys. 330 00:15:14,239 --> 00:15:14,719 what about this? 331 00:15:14,719 --> 00:15:16,729 Oh, what about we ha we have this to-do lists. 332 00:15:16,734 --> 00:15:18,889 Maybe we are waking up early and we're like, Hey, we're 333 00:15:18,894 --> 00:15:19,759 gonna spend time with God. 334 00:15:19,759 --> 00:15:20,929 We're gonna read our Bible, we're gonna pray. 335 00:15:20,935 --> 00:15:24,109 But then as you're doing that, you're like, oh wait, did I send that work email? 336 00:15:24,459 --> 00:15:26,869 Ooh, how's my kid doing right now? 337 00:15:27,259 --> 00:15:28,639 Oh, did I finish that assignment? 338 00:15:29,629 --> 00:15:29,989 Mm. 339 00:15:30,019 --> 00:15:32,329 We get distracted by other things. 340 00:15:32,749 --> 00:15:36,329 And you know, I feel like we live in a society that is hurried, 341 00:15:37,699 --> 00:15:39,469 and I read this book last year. 342 00:15:39,469 --> 00:15:43,039 It's called The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, and it's by Pastor John Comer. 343 00:15:43,610 --> 00:15:47,180 And he talks about how being busy destroyed his mental health and 344 00:15:47,180 --> 00:15:50,269 affected his relationship and weakened his connection to his faith. 345 00:15:51,260 --> 00:15:54,949 But he said, by slowing down and limiting his commitments, he gained happiness 346 00:15:54,949 --> 00:15:57,019 and wellbeing in every area of his life. 347 00:15:57,470 --> 00:15:59,449 Now I wanna talk about the slowing down and living. 348 00:15:59,449 --> 00:16:01,760 His commitment when he slowed down and limit his commitment, he didn't 349 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:03,380 say, oh, I'm gonna draw back from God. 350 00:16:03,409 --> 00:16:03,949 No. 351 00:16:04,220 --> 00:16:06,710 He said, I'm gonna run towards God because all these other things in 352 00:16:06,710 --> 00:16:09,590 my life aren't as important because I love the Lord my God, with all 353 00:16:09,590 --> 00:16:10,909 my heart, soul, mind, and strength. 354 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:14,869 And I'm gonna live that out cuz that is a commandment that Jesus had for me. 355 00:16:16,279 --> 00:16:20,390 And when reading the book, I started to make connections for myself and 356 00:16:20,390 --> 00:16:23,449 my generation and my generation. 357 00:16:23,930 --> 00:16:26,810 They struggled to pay attention for more than 10 seconds. 358 00:16:27,439 --> 00:16:28,250 You know what that means? 359 00:16:29,689 --> 00:16:31,699 I'm talking to you, campus young professionals. 360 00:16:32,239 --> 00:16:34,699 That means that when I got up here and said, hi, my name is Daniel. 361 00:16:34,699 --> 00:16:36,109 You guys tuned out right after that, 362 00:16:40,429 --> 00:16:40,759 Just kidding. 363 00:16:40,764 --> 00:16:41,029 Love you. 364 00:16:41,029 --> 00:16:46,250 Campus . We guys think about, Martha was no different. 365 00:16:46,639 --> 00:16:50,299 She was so worried and consumed with distractions that she didn't even 366 00:16:50,299 --> 00:16:52,639 take time to be with God in the flesh. 367 00:16:53,359 --> 00:16:55,339 We can be the same way. 368 00:16:55,669 --> 00:17:00,799 Jesus reminded her that the most important thing is to be with him. 369 00:17:02,179 --> 00:17:03,649 Do you church have the value? 370 00:17:03,799 --> 00:17:10,729 That being with Jesus is number one for us to even have compassion, 371 00:17:10,848 --> 00:17:12,618 gift to others and build God. 372 00:17:12,625 --> 00:17:15,348 Church must be connected to the Son. 373 00:17:16,250 --> 00:17:20,659 And I love how this story of Mary Martha comes after the Good Samaritan. 374 00:17:20,929 --> 00:17:22,398 Cause we see her at the Good Samaritan. 375 00:17:22,429 --> 00:17:25,098 It showed how important it was to give to our neighbors, to 376 00:17:25,098 --> 00:17:26,479 give to those who are in need. 377 00:17:26,989 --> 00:17:29,269 But this story, Martha and Mary, it shows two things to me. 378 00:17:29,899 --> 00:17:34,309 First one, it shows that Jesus was compassionate to Martha, that he 379 00:17:34,309 --> 00:17:36,330 wasn't upset that she was doing. 380 00:17:36,980 --> 00:17:38,090 Other things. 381 00:17:38,270 --> 00:17:39,050 All right. 382 00:17:39,470 --> 00:17:44,000 But I think that, uh, you know, Jesus calling, responding to her. 383 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:44,780 I mean, think about it. 384 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:45,770 I think I have the slide. 385 00:17:46,010 --> 00:17:46,520 I have the slide. 386 00:17:46,700 --> 00:17:47,030 Cool. 387 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:48,200 I have the slide here. 388 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:50,000 Uh, where is it? 389 00:17:50,060 --> 00:17:52,430 Oh, you literally have Martha pretty much screaming at the 390 00:17:52,430 --> 00:17:55,310 Lord, like, tell her to help me. 391 00:17:55,340 --> 00:17:56,210 I saw the exclamation point. 392 00:17:56,210 --> 00:17:59,780 I was like, dang, she's really screaming at Jesus right now in the presence of him. 393 00:18:00,530 --> 00:18:01,159 But guess what? 394 00:18:01,159 --> 00:18:04,700 Jesus calm responded, being compassionate, validating her while also, you 395 00:18:04,700 --> 00:18:06,320 know, lifting her up in the process. 396 00:18:06,710 --> 00:18:09,770 And I think for me, I want that response from you. 397 00:18:09,770 --> 00:18:10,310 Church. 398 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:14,270 I want you guys to lift me higher to make me recognize that wow, 399 00:18:14,270 --> 00:18:16,670 like what you're going through is, you know, nothing comparison to 400 00:18:16,670 --> 00:18:18,080 being the presence of the Lord. 401 00:18:18,650 --> 00:18:20,210 And a little side note here. 402 00:18:21,335 --> 00:18:24,514 You know, I think that, you know, with Kyle and Jasmine, uh, our campus 403 00:18:24,864 --> 00:18:26,854 ministers here, they've been great and I feel like they've been calling me 404 00:18:26,854 --> 00:18:29,194 higher in so many areas of my life. 405 00:18:29,255 --> 00:18:30,005 Quick story here. 406 00:18:30,010 --> 00:18:34,835 This past summer we had a, our roommate Justice move in and uh, where's Ja? 407 00:18:34,835 --> 00:18:38,795 He's up there doing av, but uh, yeah, so Justice was moving in and 408 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:41,554 obviously our house would, at first we were like, being clean roll, 409 00:18:41,554 --> 00:18:43,114 you know, we're clean, we're great. 410 00:18:43,205 --> 00:18:45,665 And then we started lacking towards the summer when Justin started moving in. 411 00:18:45,665 --> 00:18:48,814 I remember Kyle, Jasmine, a few other sisters, they came into our household 412 00:18:48,814 --> 00:18:50,224 and they were like, this is a mess. 413 00:18:50,224 --> 00:18:51,095 This is filthy. 414 00:18:51,545 --> 00:18:52,415 You know, get this outta here. 415 00:18:52,415 --> 00:18:53,165 I'm like, start cleaning. 416 00:18:53,675 --> 00:18:56,074 And I remember like, man, like, who are you guys at? 417 00:18:56,135 --> 00:18:58,264 Like, I woke in like, my home. 418 00:18:58,264 --> 00:19:01,054 Are you gonna start questioning like my apartment right now? 419 00:19:01,144 --> 00:19:04,205 I was getting mad, but then at the same time, I realized afterwards 420 00:19:04,205 --> 00:19:05,404 I was like, you know what? 421 00:19:05,465 --> 00:19:06,034 They're right. 422 00:19:06,095 --> 00:19:07,774 So we start cleaning and stuff like that. 423 00:19:07,774 --> 00:19:09,185 And, you know, justice moved in. 424 00:19:09,185 --> 00:19:09,875 It was great. 425 00:19:09,995 --> 00:19:12,304 Obviously we didn't do a good job because his mom had a call made to 426 00:19:12,304 --> 00:19:15,034 clean his part of the room, so we didn't do that much of a great job. 427 00:19:16,909 --> 00:19:20,570 But guys, I want us church to, you know, be like that. 428 00:19:20,574 --> 00:19:22,489 I mean, I know that was like a small little, but I want us to call 429 00:19:22,489 --> 00:19:23,930 each other out when we're in sin. 430 00:19:24,409 --> 00:19:25,040 All right. 431 00:19:25,610 --> 00:19:29,989 And lastly, just how, as important it's to give just like the Good Samaritan 432 00:19:30,230 --> 00:19:33,830 giving to this man who was dead on the road, you know, left for dead. 433 00:19:34,550 --> 00:19:35,449 It's important for the give. 434 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:38,060 It's also important that we receive as well. 435 00:19:38,330 --> 00:19:42,140 You know, we give out love, we give an encouragement, but I feel like we need 436 00:19:42,140 --> 00:19:46,850 to receive and love the encouragement, but most of all receive Jesus. 437 00:19:47,330 --> 00:19:52,340 Now, I'd like to close out here with the few action steps, action 438 00:19:52,340 --> 00:19:53,600 steps, and prayer for the week. 439 00:19:54,409 --> 00:19:56,090 All right, the first action step. 440 00:19:56,150 --> 00:20:00,080 I want us to take time to view scriptures about Jesus' life. 441 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:04,220 And I know, you know, we've been going through it here on Sunday service by, you 442 00:20:04,220 --> 00:20:08,570 know, I hope we've been doing this, uh, throughout our own times with God as well. 443 00:20:09,020 --> 00:20:09,949 And lastly, church. 444 00:20:11,300 --> 00:20:15,199 I want us to pray daily for the church to become more compassionate. 445 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:16,340 Amen. 446 00:20:16,340 --> 00:20:16,909 Love you church. 447 00:20:16,909 --> 00:20:17,360 Thank you.