1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,600 All right. 2 00:00:00,660 --> 00:00:06,300 So, uh, last week, week we had a call really to a revival and that's 3 00:00:06,300 --> 00:00:09,120 a revival to the cause of Jesus. 4 00:00:09,150 --> 00:00:13,870 And so there are many causes in the world, but we are called as Christians to the 5 00:00:13,875 --> 00:00:17,430 cause of Jesus to be deeply committed. 6 00:00:18,090 --> 00:00:22,920 To be willing to defend, to be willing to advocate, to live, 7 00:00:22,980 --> 00:00:26,070 promote and die for Christ. 8 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:30,030 And so that's the eternal cause that you and I are a part of. 9 00:00:30,030 --> 00:00:35,280 Any particular in our context here in 2023 in Orange County. 10 00:00:35,430 --> 00:00:41,520 We have within this course to know, follow and show the real Jesus for us to know 11 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:45,780 him, for us to be able to follow him, and then to show him in our life and in 12 00:00:45,780 --> 00:00:49,410 our promotion again of Jesus the Christ. 13 00:00:49,410 --> 00:00:52,800 And so we talked about a prayer last week, and so I wanted to remind us 14 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,980 that the prayer for last week was to pray, and hopefully you did. 15 00:00:55,980 --> 00:00:58,260 If not, you can still add this to your prayer list. 16 00:00:58,410 --> 00:01:03,870 This week is to pray for all of us to know the real Jesus to follow. 17 00:01:04,185 --> 00:01:05,114 The real Jesus. 18 00:01:05,114 --> 00:01:10,035 And to show the real Jesus to our friends, family members, coworkers, 19 00:01:10,039 --> 00:01:12,825 classmates, and those around us. 20 00:01:12,885 --> 00:01:14,835 And so we said, this is what we're gonna do. 21 00:01:14,865 --> 00:01:18,975 We're gonna go ahead and we're going to study out for the beginning of the 22 00:01:18,980 --> 00:01:21,155 year for the first quarter, Jesus. 23 00:01:21,765 --> 00:01:26,145 And so our, our new sermon series is the Real Jesus. 24 00:01:26,235 --> 00:01:27,825 And so we're trying to search for it. 25 00:01:27,825 --> 00:01:31,815 We're trying to discover the real Jesus. 26 00:01:31,935 --> 00:01:35,055 And so that's what we're gonna be looking at for the next, uh, 27 00:01:35,115 --> 00:01:36,705 maybe eight or so weeks here. 28 00:01:36,825 --> 00:01:39,854 And so we're gonna look at what was Jesus really like? 29 00:01:40,185 --> 00:01:41,835 What does it mean to follow? 30 00:01:43,020 --> 00:01:45,060 The Jesus of Nazareth. 31 00:01:45,060 --> 00:01:48,870 What does it mean in our context today? 32 00:01:48,930 --> 00:01:51,870 And so I sent out, actually, uh, those are on the church app. 33 00:01:51,870 --> 00:01:54,390 If you look, maybe you got the notification a couple of minutes 34 00:01:54,395 --> 00:01:58,860 ago, but actually there's a handout, if you will, in which we have about 35 00:01:58,860 --> 00:02:01,470 our series in the book of Luke. 36 00:02:01,470 --> 00:02:03,900 And so Alan right here, so you can raise your hand if you want 37 00:02:03,900 --> 00:02:07,410 a hard copy, cuz Alan will, will go ahead and give you that. 38 00:02:07,500 --> 00:02:09,419 And so it just kind of breaks down a little bit of our 39 00:02:09,419 --> 00:02:11,670 series in the study of Luke. 40 00:02:11,670 --> 00:02:13,650 We're gonna study out the book of Luke. 41 00:02:13,650 --> 00:02:18,600 And Luke was a, uh, doctor who became a follower of Jesus and really became 42 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,180 kind of historian, uh, of Jesus. 43 00:02:21,185 --> 00:02:25,410 And, and, and, and so he wrote this documentary, not documentary here, if 44 00:02:25,410 --> 00:02:27,000 you will, but kind of like a biography. 45 00:02:27,180 --> 00:02:31,380 And so we have some information about that and you can follow along in the app. 46 00:02:31,530 --> 00:02:36,000 Just go to, uh, notifications, click on North oc and it should be there. 47 00:02:36,005 --> 00:02:37,800 Or actually, I don't even think you have to click on North oc, 48 00:02:37,920 --> 00:02:39,150 just go ahead and click on there. 49 00:02:39,150 --> 00:02:39,420 What'd you say? 50 00:02:40,530 --> 00:02:41,130 Newsfeed. 51 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:42,720 There you go, right on the newsfeed. 52 00:02:42,780 --> 00:02:47,130 You can go over there and this will help you for yourself and also help 53 00:02:47,130 --> 00:02:51,150 you throughout the time here in which we'll be studying out the book of Luke. 54 00:02:51,150 --> 00:02:54,300 And I wanna encourage you as well to join us. 55 00:02:54,390 --> 00:02:57,630 I know many of us, we have a lot of Bible studies we're doing on our own, 56 00:02:57,780 --> 00:03:01,740 but I wanna encourage you to also walk through the Book of Luke as well 57 00:03:01,740 --> 00:03:07,530 with us as a congregation so that we can all come to know the real Jesus. 58 00:03:07,710 --> 00:03:12,240 And so again, if you want to, uh uh, uh, there's many resources that I put 59 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:16,440 in on the sheet there, some books to read as well, or you can follow along 60 00:03:16,470 --> 00:03:20,400 with some commentaries, a lot of great commentaries out there, some not so great. 61 00:03:20,550 --> 00:03:24,120 But if you even want some, uh, suggestions on some commentaries to walk through it, 62 00:03:24,300 --> 00:03:27,150 I can go ahead and give you that as well. 63 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:31,200 So again, we're gonna be looking at some observations about Jesus and what 64 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:33,930 it means to follow the real Jesus. 65 00:03:34,020 --> 00:03:37,050 Now I wanna say this real quickly and I'm probably gonna offend a 66 00:03:37,050 --> 00:03:38,880 number of you and that's okay. 67 00:03:39,595 --> 00:03:40,475 Jesus did. 68 00:03:40,475 --> 00:03:42,255 Sorry, Jesus did offend it. 69 00:03:42,255 --> 00:03:45,465 We'll see that here in a second here, but I wanna share something 70 00:03:45,465 --> 00:03:49,305 real quickly and you know, it's, yeah, it's been something, man. 71 00:03:49,310 --> 00:03:52,095 I'm actually grateful that I had this opportunity to share this. 72 00:03:52,095 --> 00:03:53,655 I wanna share this real quickly here. 73 00:03:53,655 --> 00:03:59,415 Is that this, I'm not sure what happened there and, and, and the formatting there. 74 00:03:59,745 --> 00:04:02,925 These are quote unquote images of Jesus. 75 00:04:03,075 --> 00:04:04,545 You're familiar with these, aren't you? 76 00:04:04,785 --> 00:04:05,275 Yeah. 77 00:04:05,775 --> 00:04:08,955 You've seen probably most of these, the one in the, in the bottom right. 78 00:04:08,985 --> 00:04:12,975 That's the newest one that's come out in which they've tried to do some scientific 79 00:04:12,975 --> 00:04:16,995 research that said, here's kind of what we think Jesus might look like. 80 00:04:18,825 --> 00:04:21,375 Here's a little shocker for all of us. 81 00:04:23,085 --> 00:04:24,975 That's not the real Jesus. 82 00:04:25,695 --> 00:04:27,225 Even those pictures don't even match. 83 00:04:27,225 --> 00:04:29,085 You guys get what I'm saying here, right? 84 00:04:29,145 --> 00:04:31,605 And so those aren't the pictures of the real Jesus. 85 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,550 Now what happened is after years when people first started drawing 86 00:04:35,550 --> 00:04:38,940 pictures of Jesus, they were really just trying to capture like what 87 00:04:38,940 --> 00:04:40,590 he was doing and what he was like. 88 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:45,990 But in as years went by, people started to create an image of Jesus. 89 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:49,230 And a lot of times in their particular culture, they would 90 00:04:49,230 --> 00:04:51,150 have a different form of Jesus. 91 00:04:51,210 --> 00:04:54,930 So here you have many different cultures, all having a picture of Jesus. 92 00:04:54,930 --> 00:04:56,190 So which one is He? 93 00:04:57,600 --> 00:04:59,130 Guess what He, none of those. 94 00:05:00,690 --> 00:05:04,380 We don't know exactly what Jesus looked like, and that's okay, 95 00:05:05,280 --> 00:05:07,420 but this isn't the real Jesus. 96 00:05:08,370 --> 00:05:12,270 And I look, let, let's do this here cuz I think this is important here. 97 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,420 And again, if you wanna use those images, amen. 98 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:16,530 But let me do this here. 99 00:05:16,535 --> 00:05:18,390 My, my, my good friend, uh, here. 100 00:05:18,420 --> 00:05:19,260 Here's my good friend. 101 00:05:19,265 --> 00:05:20,670 We all know the campus minister, right? 102 00:05:20,910 --> 00:05:22,920 Uh, Kyle Lsk, right? 103 00:05:22,950 --> 00:05:23,040 Yes. 104 00:05:23,280 --> 00:05:23,580 Okay. 105 00:05:23,580 --> 00:05:23,850 Yeah. 106 00:05:23,850 --> 00:05:25,580 So here's a picture of Kyle Landsbury. 107 00:05:29,205 --> 00:05:30,945 Now Jasmine's like, that's not my husband. 108 00:05:32,685 --> 00:05:35,145 But what if we said from here on out, every time we, we showed a 109 00:05:35,145 --> 00:05:38,565 picture of Kyle Lansbury, the campus minister, we showed that picture. 110 00:05:39,825 --> 00:05:42,645 Now I'm sure some might be like, well that's an upgrade for Kyle. 111 00:05:42,650 --> 00:05:47,475 But Jasmine would say, don't you dare, but that's not Kyle. 112 00:05:47,475 --> 00:05:51,705 But hey, there's similar features, both tall Caucasian guys. 113 00:05:51,705 --> 00:05:52,995 At least he looks tall to me, 114 00:05:56,085 --> 00:05:56,685 And you go, what? 115 00:05:57,165 --> 00:06:00,375 So we have to ask the question, but then we said, well wait, but this is Kyle. 116 00:06:00,375 --> 00:06:02,115 So which was the real Kyle? 117 00:06:03,645 --> 00:06:05,775 Actually that guy on the left, right? 118 00:06:05,775 --> 00:06:08,235 My left that actually, his name is Kyle Landsbury. 119 00:06:09,885 --> 00:06:12,495 . So hopefully I don't get sued or anything like that, cuz that really 120 00:06:12,495 --> 00:06:14,235 is a Kyle Landsbury found online. 121 00:06:14,235 --> 00:06:14,565 Okay. 122 00:06:14,565 --> 00:06:15,165 All right. 123 00:06:15,435 --> 00:06:18,735 But for us, we know that's not the Kyle Landsbury, we know, right? 124 00:06:19,215 --> 00:06:23,415 And so think about this, if for years all your family had pictures of you throughout 125 00:06:23,415 --> 00:06:27,465 your generations and it wasn't a picture of you, how would that make you feel? 126 00:06:29,280 --> 00:06:32,400 I just want to give some food for thought here as we talk about the real Jesus. 127 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:33,240 You know what I'm saying? 128 00:06:33,540 --> 00:06:34,950 And again, some of you might be offended. 129 00:06:34,950 --> 00:06:36,120 You want to throw your stones? 130 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:36,840 That's okay. 131 00:06:36,990 --> 00:06:39,030 No, I love those pictures of Jesus. 132 00:06:39,034 --> 00:06:39,630 Amen. 133 00:06:39,750 --> 00:06:42,450 But I just wanna says we're going to study out as we're gonna 134 00:06:42,940 --> 00:06:45,870 discover, as we're gonna attempt to follow and show the real Jesus. 135 00:06:46,020 --> 00:06:50,460 Let's make sure we know who the real Jesus is, and let's make sure 136 00:06:50,460 --> 00:06:52,170 we don't settle for counterfeits. 137 00:06:53,220 --> 00:06:54,060 Let's go ahead and pray. 138 00:06:54,060 --> 00:06:54,720 I need to pray. 139 00:06:54,990 --> 00:06:57,870 Father, I thank you so much for the scriptures. 140 00:06:57,870 --> 00:06:59,520 I thank you so much for Jesus. 141 00:06:59,820 --> 00:07:03,630 God, I know I've been so inspired over the last couple months, but even 142 00:07:03,635 --> 00:07:08,610 this week, just studying out Jesus, I'm so excited again to dive deeper 143 00:07:08,610 --> 00:07:13,050 into Jesus, to understand who he is, his divinity, but yet his humanity. 144 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,630 God, it is so inspiring. 145 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:19,200 It is so awe, uh, uh, it it keeps me in awe. 146 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:22,500 Father, as I, as I look, and I, I just wish sometimes I was like, 147 00:07:22,500 --> 00:07:23,970 I wish I would've been there. 148 00:07:24,345 --> 00:07:28,125 To hear those words, I wish I would've been there to see, but God, I'm 149 00:07:28,585 --> 00:07:31,665 grateful to be on this side of the cross, God, knowing that we have your 150 00:07:31,665 --> 00:07:36,945 Holy Spirit who gives us the ability to come in contact with the real Jesus 151 00:07:36,945 --> 00:07:38,595 so that we can follow and show him. 152 00:07:38,895 --> 00:07:41,835 I pray right now, God, that your word may be spoken. 153 00:07:41,955 --> 00:07:44,505 May your word be spoken. 154 00:07:44,685 --> 00:07:46,215 We pray in the name of Jesus. 155 00:07:46,335 --> 00:07:46,965 Amen. 156 00:07:48,165 --> 00:07:49,095 I want you to do this here. 157 00:07:49,095 --> 00:07:51,675 What with a personal to your right or left, uh, share. 158 00:07:51,675 --> 00:07:56,955 What's one word that you would use, uh, as an to describe Jesus? 159 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,385 So some type of attribute that you either appreciate. 160 00:07:59,415 --> 00:08:00,015 Just one. 161 00:08:00,045 --> 00:08:00,345 Okay. 162 00:08:00,345 --> 00:08:02,775 Just go ahead right now with a person next to you. 163 00:08:02,925 --> 00:08:04,845 One word about Jesus. 164 00:08:11,745 --> 00:08:12,045 Okay. 165 00:08:12,075 --> 00:08:12,345 All right. 166 00:08:12,345 --> 00:08:13,215 It was just one word. 167 00:08:13,215 --> 00:08:13,425 Okay. 168 00:08:13,425 --> 00:08:13,845 Here we go. 169 00:08:14,295 --> 00:08:15,555 All right, let's get a couple hands here. 170 00:08:15,555 --> 00:08:17,925 I want to hear what's, what's the one word that you used? 171 00:08:17,925 --> 00:08:18,195 All right. 172 00:08:18,195 --> 00:08:19,815 What's the one word that you used? 173 00:08:19,815 --> 00:08:21,375 Okay, we'll go both Alexanders. 174 00:08:21,375 --> 00:08:21,585 Yes. 175 00:08:23,295 --> 00:08:23,455 Powerful. 176 00:08:23,605 --> 00:08:24,215 Secure. 177 00:08:24,405 --> 00:08:25,015 Secure. 178 00:08:25,305 --> 00:08:25,575 Influencer. 179 00:08:26,505 --> 00:08:27,315 Influencer. 180 00:08:27,315 --> 00:08:28,005 Come on, man. 181 00:08:28,005 --> 00:08:28,425 There you go. 182 00:08:28,425 --> 00:08:28,905 Look at you. 183 00:08:28,905 --> 00:08:29,685 All right. 184 00:08:29,805 --> 00:08:30,415 Loving. 185 00:08:30,525 --> 00:08:31,135 Loving. 186 00:08:32,525 --> 00:08:33,135 Honest. 187 00:08:33,585 --> 00:08:34,365 Honest. 188 00:08:34,544 --> 00:08:34,934 Okay. 189 00:08:34,934 --> 00:08:35,445 Yes. 190 00:08:35,855 --> 00:08:35,934 Faithful. 191 00:08:36,135 --> 00:08:40,605 Faithful, forgive, forgiving servant servants. 192 00:08:40,610 --> 00:08:40,815 Okay. 193 00:08:40,934 --> 00:08:41,745 Up top. 194 00:08:41,775 --> 00:08:42,575 Obedience. 195 00:08:42,735 --> 00:08:43,455 Obedience. 196 00:08:43,455 --> 00:08:43,695 Okay. 197 00:08:43,695 --> 00:08:43,995 All right. 198 00:08:43,995 --> 00:08:45,405 So a lot of good words. 199 00:08:45,615 --> 00:08:48,495 And so I want us to do this, and we're gonna study out the book of Luke, but 200 00:08:48,495 --> 00:08:51,735 I want us go to the end, and then we're gonna come back toward the beginning. 201 00:08:51,735 --> 00:08:52,065 All right? 202 00:08:52,065 --> 00:08:53,815 So let's go on over to Luke chapter 24. 203 00:08:54,825 --> 00:08:58,515 We're gonna start off here in, uh, actually, verse 13. 204 00:08:58,785 --> 00:09:00,855 It says, now, That same day. 205 00:09:00,885 --> 00:09:01,875 Now, Jesus had died. 206 00:09:01,875 --> 00:09:05,745 He had resurrected and he appeared to the women who came, but he had not 207 00:09:05,745 --> 00:09:08,265 yet appeared to his male disciples. 208 00:09:08,325 --> 00:09:09,165 And so here we go. 209 00:09:09,165 --> 00:09:12,615 It says now that same day, two of them were going to a village called May, 210 00:09:12,615 --> 00:09:14,445 said about seven miles from Jerusalem. 211 00:09:14,745 --> 00:09:17,205 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 212 00:09:17,505 --> 00:09:20,235 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself 213 00:09:20,235 --> 00:09:23,655 came up and walked along with them, but they were kept from recognizing them. 214 00:09:23,805 --> 00:09:27,345 He asked them, what are you discussing together as you walk along? 215 00:09:27,885 --> 00:09:28,695 They stood still. 216 00:09:28,695 --> 00:09:29,925 Their face is downcast. 217 00:09:29,925 --> 00:09:33,135 One of them named Cleopas asked them, are you the only one visiting Jerusalem 218 00:09:33,405 --> 00:09:36,435 who does not know the things that have happened there in these things? 219 00:09:36,435 --> 00:09:37,425 What things he asked? 220 00:09:37,425 --> 00:09:39,405 You know, I think the real Jesus had a sense of humor. 221 00:09:40,905 --> 00:09:43,635 He's over here playing around like, Hey, Y yeah, what y'all doing? 222 00:09:43,665 --> 00:09:45,185 Uhhuh, . Hey, what? 223 00:09:45,185 --> 00:09:45,545 What? 224 00:09:45,545 --> 00:09:46,395 What happened to Jerusalem? 225 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:47,745 I don't really know what you tell me. 226 00:09:47,745 --> 00:09:48,465 You know what I'm saying? 227 00:09:48,615 --> 00:09:50,445 So the real Jesus, he was fun to hang out with. 228 00:09:50,445 --> 00:09:50,865 Amen. 229 00:09:51,045 --> 00:09:56,085 Alright, so we continue and it says here, and uh, there we go. 230 00:09:56,085 --> 00:09:58,485 Alright, Eric, about Jesus from Nazareth, they reply. 231 00:09:58,875 --> 00:10:03,375 He was a prophet, powerful and word indeed before God. 232 00:10:03,465 --> 00:10:10,335 And all the people interesting as two of his followers, tell me about this Jesus. 233 00:10:10,335 --> 00:10:12,075 And the first thing they said is what? 234 00:10:12,075 --> 00:10:14,275 Gene said, powerful. 235 00:10:16,515 --> 00:10:20,025 Now, the very first thing you think of when you're describing a friend is 236 00:10:20,025 --> 00:10:21,315 the very first thing that you think. 237 00:10:21,315 --> 00:10:23,145 That's the attribute that comes to mind. 238 00:10:23,145 --> 00:10:23,685 Correct. 239 00:10:23,895 --> 00:10:26,685 You think of your mom, your father, your best friend, your teacher. 240 00:10:26,805 --> 00:10:30,395 That first word is the word that's predominantly the the the 241 00:10:30,405 --> 00:10:33,645 uh, uh, your recounting of who they are and their character. 242 00:10:33,795 --> 00:10:38,655 And the very first thing they say, this man was powerful. 243 00:10:39,735 --> 00:10:41,415 In word indeed. 244 00:10:41,415 --> 00:10:43,785 So I want us to look at that today. 245 00:10:43,965 --> 00:10:48,105 And so we see here that the real Jesus is powerful. 246 00:10:48,110 --> 00:10:51,025 The real Jesus is powerful. 247 00:10:51,030 --> 00:10:56,685 And in fact, this connection between Jesus and power is at least nine times 248 00:10:56,895 --> 00:10:59,565 just in the Gospel of Luke alone. 249 00:10:59,715 --> 00:11:04,275 And so we could see here some of the times here in which, uh, Luke mentions 250 00:11:04,305 --> 00:11:06,735 that power in Jesus were connected. 251 00:11:06,975 --> 00:11:09,195 And we looked at one of 'em already, and we're gonna look 252 00:11:09,195 --> 00:11:10,815 at two of them some more here. 253 00:11:10,815 --> 00:11:13,395 But we see this was a theme throughout. 254 00:11:13,395 --> 00:11:19,185 As Luke went around, as he heard the eyewitnesses account, it kept coming back 255 00:11:19,185 --> 00:11:23,505 to this idea of what Jesus being powerful. 256 00:11:24,975 --> 00:11:26,535 And so let's go on over. 257 00:11:26,970 --> 00:11:28,290 To Luke chapter four. 258 00:11:28,290 --> 00:11:29,940 And so let's do a quick recap here. 259 00:11:29,940 --> 00:11:32,370 This is a real, a simple summary. 260 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:35,130 We're gonna go into Luke chapter four here, but in Luke chapter 261 00:11:35,130 --> 00:11:37,080 one, Jesus' birth is foretold. 262 00:11:37,350 --> 00:11:39,900 Luke chapter two, Jesus is born. 263 00:11:39,990 --> 00:11:42,990 And in Luke chapter three, Jesus' bathroom, there's more stuff that took 264 00:11:42,990 --> 00:11:44,520 place, but you gotta read on your own. 265 00:11:44,670 --> 00:11:46,380 But that's the point about Jesus. 266 00:11:46,530 --> 00:11:51,180 Now we get to Luke chapter four, and this is where it starts to pick up. 267 00:11:51,330 --> 00:11:54,480 We've been picking up steam and it starts to get into action now. 268 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,960 Now this is one of the most rich passages about Jesus. 269 00:11:57,965 --> 00:12:02,490 His life is character in his ministry because we see the real Jesus being 270 00:12:02,490 --> 00:12:07,410 revealed in Luke chapter four, the fulfillment of the Promised Messiah, and 271 00:12:07,410 --> 00:12:10,200 then the words and actions that show it. 272 00:12:10,410 --> 00:12:13,170 And so we take it up in Luke chapter four in verse one. 273 00:12:13,175 --> 00:12:14,910 Brother and sisters, are you with me this morning? 274 00:12:15,150 --> 00:12:15,300 Yes, sir. 275 00:12:15,780 --> 00:12:17,040 Luke, chapter four, verse one. 276 00:12:17,045 --> 00:12:21,645 It says, Jesus, after he was baptized, Jesus full of the Holy Spirit left 277 00:12:21,645 --> 00:12:25,665 the Jordan that was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for 40 278 00:12:25,665 --> 00:12:28,095 days he was tempted by the devil. 279 00:12:28,365 --> 00:12:31,575 He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them, he was hungry. 280 00:12:31,935 --> 00:12:35,445 The devil said to him, if you are the son of God, tell this stone to become bread. 281 00:12:35,625 --> 00:12:36,405 Jesus answered. 282 00:12:36,435 --> 00:12:39,315 It is written, man shall not live on bread alone. 283 00:12:39,445 --> 00:12:40,935 We'll stop right there. 284 00:12:40,995 --> 00:12:41,835 You know what it says? 285 00:12:41,835 --> 00:12:45,075 He was tempted for 40 days. 286 00:12:46,695 --> 00:12:47,385 Many of us, I know. 287 00:12:47,390 --> 00:12:49,815 I first read it, I, I used to always think, oh, he had just 288 00:12:49,815 --> 00:12:52,305 been in the wilderness for 40 days and then he was tempted. 289 00:12:53,325 --> 00:12:58,095 No, he had been undergoing temptations for 40 days, and now we're gonna rev up 290 00:12:58,095 --> 00:13:00,705 to some major temptations here by Satan. 291 00:13:01,905 --> 00:13:06,135 And let me ask you, this is resisting temptation easy? 292 00:13:06,775 --> 00:13:07,125 No. 293 00:13:07,395 --> 00:13:07,455 No. 294 00:13:07,545 --> 00:13:08,835 Every single one of us say no. 295 00:13:08,835 --> 00:13:09,255 Right. 296 00:13:09,990 --> 00:13:13,560 Whether it's man, we're, we're, we're tempted to eat something we shouldn't eat. 297 00:13:13,740 --> 00:13:16,050 We're tempted to look at something we shouldn't look at. 298 00:13:16,110 --> 00:13:18,870 We're tempted to gossip, whatever the case may be. 299 00:13:19,020 --> 00:13:21,450 It's a lot easier said than done, isn't it? 300 00:13:22,230 --> 00:13:28,020 And so even the ability to resist temptation for 40 days from the tempt 301 00:13:28,025 --> 00:13:31,800 himself reveals what, how powerful he was. 302 00:13:34,050 --> 00:13:37,230 Because again, it takes strength to be able to resist. 303 00:13:37,350 --> 00:13:39,690 And sometimes we can resist on day one, can't we? 304 00:13:40,380 --> 00:13:42,060 We can resist on day two maybe. 305 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:45,060 But day three, four and five boys starts to getting tougher and tougher. 306 00:13:45,540 --> 00:13:46,200 Many of us. 307 00:13:46,205 --> 00:13:49,170 We decided we're gonna go ahead and get in shape this year. 308 00:13:49,710 --> 00:13:52,350 And we're like, uh, it hasn't gone so well recently. 309 00:13:52,355 --> 00:13:52,770 Right? 310 00:13:53,070 --> 00:13:53,280 Why? 311 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:57,450 Cuz the temptation to give in to how you feel has started to win. 312 00:13:57,780 --> 00:13:58,920 You guys get what I'm saying? 313 00:13:59,250 --> 00:14:04,770 And so for Jesus to persevere, Shows again what why they would remember him is what? 314 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:06,720 Powerful in word. 315 00:14:06,780 --> 00:14:07,560 Indeed. 316 00:14:07,620 --> 00:14:11,580 And then he goes on, we won't have time to read it, but he resisted temptation 317 00:14:11,820 --> 00:14:16,830 to go ahead, or even in this case, to eat after he's been fasting for 40 days. 318 00:14:17,790 --> 00:14:22,120 Jesus is hungry and they got some meals for 'em. 319 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:23,130 And what does he say? 320 00:14:23,130 --> 00:14:25,800 No, no, I'm not gonna eat that meal right there, boy. 321 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,320 Oh boy, I don't know about you, but that, that, I'm sure that was, 322 00:14:28,325 --> 00:14:29,970 that was self denial right there. 323 00:14:30,450 --> 00:14:34,680 But then he goes and he resists the temptation to take control and 324 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:36,720 not trust God's timing and plan. 325 00:14:37,530 --> 00:14:38,850 You ever struggle with that? 326 00:14:39,750 --> 00:14:40,960 You ever want to take control? 327 00:14:42,150 --> 00:14:46,760 You ever want to circumvent and undercut God's timing in God's. 328 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:50,130 But Jesus resists that temptation. 329 00:14:50,490 --> 00:14:54,120 He resisted temptation of pride and things of this world. 330 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:56,430 And we take it on over to verse 14. 331 00:14:56,460 --> 00:14:57,750 We're gonna look at Luke chapter four. 332 00:14:57,750 --> 00:15:00,000 We're not gonna be able to hit on every single part, but we're 333 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,500 gonna try to get as much as we can. 334 00:15:01,650 --> 00:15:06,810 So in Luke chapter four, verse 14, Jesus returned to Galilee in the power 335 00:15:06,810 --> 00:15:11,250 of the Spirit and news about him spread throughout the whole countryside. 336 00:15:11,460 --> 00:15:13,830 He was teaching in their synagogues. 337 00:15:14,460 --> 00:15:14,880 Uh, yes. 338 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,130 He was teaching in their synagogues and everyone praised him. 339 00:15:17,430 --> 00:15:19,590 He went to Nazareth where he had been brought up. 340 00:15:19,595 --> 00:15:23,280 And on the Sabbath, he went into the synagogue as was his custom. 341 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:24,480 Did you catch that? 342 00:15:25,380 --> 00:15:28,380 The synagogues When on Saturdays, on the Saturday, that's when the Jewish 343 00:15:28,380 --> 00:15:32,640 people came together to worship God and said Jesus went as was His what? 344 00:15:33,780 --> 00:15:35,760 So did Jesus go to church service? 345 00:15:35,910 --> 00:15:37,740 Yeah, he sure did. 346 00:15:38,310 --> 00:15:41,010 So should you and I, if we're gonna follow real Jesus, should 347 00:15:41,015 --> 00:15:42,390 we be at the church service? 348 00:15:43,245 --> 00:15:43,605 Amen. 349 00:15:43,605 --> 00:15:44,325 I'm glad you're here. 350 00:15:44,325 --> 00:15:44,535 All right. 351 00:15:44,535 --> 00:15:45,375 Let's continue reading. 352 00:15:45,735 --> 00:15:48,045 He stood up to read and then scrolled from the prophet. 353 00:15:48,045 --> 00:15:50,235 Isaiah was handed to him, unrolling it. 354 00:15:50,385 --> 00:15:52,845 He found a place where it has written a spirit of the Lord is on 355 00:15:52,845 --> 00:15:56,115 me because he has anointed me to proclaim the good news to the poor. 356 00:15:56,385 --> 00:15:59,685 He has sent me to reclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery, 357 00:15:59,715 --> 00:16:05,145 recovery of sight for the blind, and to set the oppressed free to 358 00:16:05,145 --> 00:16:08,055 proclaim the year of the Lord's favor. 359 00:16:08,205 --> 00:16:11,445 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. 360 00:16:11,745 --> 00:16:14,205 The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fasting on him. 361 00:16:14,205 --> 00:16:20,805 He began by saying to them, today, this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing. 362 00:16:22,725 --> 00:16:25,875 This was Jesus announcement to the world. 363 00:16:25,905 --> 00:16:26,685 Hey, guess what? 364 00:16:26,685 --> 00:16:28,125 Something big's going on right now. 365 00:16:28,845 --> 00:16:35,265 You don't understand, but something is happening in your midst, and those who are 366 00:16:35,265 --> 00:16:37,485 able to catch, were like, wait a second. 367 00:16:37,485 --> 00:16:38,625 This is this. 368 00:16:38,625 --> 00:16:42,405 This is, this is just, this is in our regular Sabbath teaching right now. 369 00:16:43,635 --> 00:16:46,635 . And so Jesus point, and he says, guys, you know, there's prophecies. 370 00:16:46,635 --> 00:16:49,875 You know, we, every week we look at a prophecy and, and we look at one 371 00:16:49,875 --> 00:16:54,135 of the prophets and he goes, this one right here is bean fulfilled. 372 00:16:56,145 --> 00:16:57,525 That's a bold claim, isn't it? 373 00:16:59,205 --> 00:17:01,335 And he says, he went, and that's where he started. 374 00:17:01,695 --> 00:17:03,615 And that was his sermon right there. 375 00:17:04,214 --> 00:17:06,915 And he goes, and he sits down, because back then you would stand up as you 376 00:17:06,915 --> 00:17:10,275 read the word in the, in the synagogue, and then you would sit down and teach. 377 00:17:10,484 --> 00:17:14,325 And so he goes, and he, he, he drops the mic, but then he picks it back up moment. 378 00:17:14,325 --> 00:17:15,045 Do you know what I'm saying? 379 00:17:15,135 --> 00:17:18,365 He's like, this is gonna be sit down. 380 00:17:22,724 --> 00:17:23,595 He told me, yeah. 381 00:17:23,595 --> 00:17:27,115 They're like, whoa, hold on, man. 382 00:17:27,115 --> 00:17:28,315 This, this dude's off the hook. 383 00:17:29,685 --> 00:17:34,785 And Jesus is going and he's showing, Hey guys, the kingdom of God is here. 384 00:17:34,785 --> 00:17:35,505 It's upon you. 385 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:40,920 The Messiah, the long way to Messiah is here and people are fired up. 386 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:42,960 At first, they're like, man, this is cool. 387 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:45,960 You hear Jesus, man, whoa, this is awesome. 388 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:47,070 You hear his words. 389 00:17:47,250 --> 00:17:50,400 But then as he keeps going, people get upset. 390 00:17:50,610 --> 00:17:51,330 They turn. 391 00:17:51,330 --> 00:17:52,170 You ever seen that happen? 392 00:17:52,170 --> 00:17:53,820 People love you and then they turn on you. 393 00:17:54,060 --> 00:17:55,950 We see it all the time in cancel culture, don't we? 394 00:17:57,180 --> 00:18:00,780 And so he, he says something to his hometown that starts 395 00:18:00,780 --> 00:18:02,940 to offend his hometown. 396 00:18:03,630 --> 00:18:07,230 And he goes on and he ruffles their feathers cuz he starts making these 397 00:18:07,235 --> 00:18:11,430 connections between the Gentiles who are non-Jews and how they'll be blessed. 398 00:18:11,430 --> 00:18:15,240 And those who want signs or those who won't believe in him, how 399 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:17,010 they'll actually be part of judgment. 400 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:19,530 And so they take offense to this. 401 00:18:20,190 --> 00:18:23,250 And we take it up in verse 27 and it says, and there were 402 00:18:23,250 --> 00:18:25,080 many in Israel with leprosy. 403 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:29,520 This is Jesus finishing off here in the time of Elisha to prophet, yet not one of 404 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:32,010 them was clean, only naming the Syrian. 405 00:18:32,580 --> 00:18:35,910 Now this really got them fired up because the Gallens, the 406 00:18:35,910 --> 00:18:37,800 Syrians were their rivals. 407 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:39,480 So they hated them. 408 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:43,860 So now he says, Hey man, remember this time we're only the one 409 00:18:43,860 --> 00:18:45,360 who was a part of your enemies. 410 00:18:45,420 --> 00:18:46,860 He was the one blessed by God. 411 00:18:46,890 --> 00:18:48,510 And they get upsets. 412 00:18:49,860 --> 00:18:50,350 What? 413 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:53,370 What did you just say? 414 00:18:54,210 --> 00:18:57,450 It says, all the people in his synagogue were furious when they heard this. 415 00:18:57,660 --> 00:19:00,480 They got up, drove him out of the town and took him to the brow, the 416 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:04,890 hill on which the town was built in order to throw him off the cliff. 417 00:19:05,730 --> 00:19:08,670 But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way. 418 00:19:09,650 --> 00:19:11,280 Picture that scene. 419 00:19:13,230 --> 00:19:14,430 People are so mad. 420 00:19:14,430 --> 00:19:16,440 Wait, I like what you said, but hold on. 421 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:17,460 Now I'm offended. 422 00:19:18,270 --> 00:19:18,750 You know what? 423 00:19:18,755 --> 00:19:19,860 I'm offended too. 424 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:20,310 You know what? 425 00:19:20,310 --> 00:19:21,150 I'm offended too. 426 00:19:21,180 --> 00:19:22,260 Hey man, can we talk to you? 427 00:19:22,260 --> 00:19:22,830 Jesus? 428 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:23,040 Hey. 429 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:23,190 Yeah. 430 00:19:23,190 --> 00:19:26,370 Come walk with us over here and they're walking over and now they 431 00:19:26,370 --> 00:19:28,290 wanna throw 'em off the cliff. 432 00:19:31,710 --> 00:19:34,470 And Jesus does what they make. 433 00:19:34,470 --> 00:19:35,550 Get about my way, man. 434 00:19:37,500 --> 00:19:39,240 , it says he walked right through them. 435 00:19:40,620 --> 00:19:43,230 Jesus said, man, that's not going down today. 436 00:19:43,500 --> 00:19:46,170 I just started my preaching and teaching in this town. 437 00:19:47,190 --> 00:19:47,730 He said, no. 438 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:49,230 He says he walked right through. 439 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:52,110 If we had all the biggest fellas in here, you know what I mean, all 440 00:19:52,110 --> 00:19:53,720 around me, and I just said, man, 441 00:19:59,870 --> 00:20:01,920 That's what the scene was like for Jesus. 442 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:07,020 Now, let me ask you this. 443 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:12,120 Is that someone you would consider to be weak? 444 00:20:13,620 --> 00:20:13,860 Again? 445 00:20:13,860 --> 00:20:17,490 What are we seeing powerful in Word? 446 00:20:17,550 --> 00:20:18,390 Indeed. 447 00:20:18,540 --> 00:20:22,080 You can see now why that would be one of the first things that these disciples 448 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:24,060 would say because they remember. 449 00:20:24,060 --> 00:20:24,810 They can recall. 450 00:20:24,810 --> 00:20:25,590 They know the stories. 451 00:20:25,710 --> 00:20:27,520 Whoa, wait a second. 452 00:20:28,335 --> 00:20:32,385 He was no pushover, and in my language, Jesus was no punk. 453 00:20:33,315 --> 00:20:34,845 You probably haven't heard that in the sermon before. 454 00:20:34,845 --> 00:20:39,765 Have you And we see here, Jesus walked right through again. 455 00:20:39,770 --> 00:20:42,105 What powerful in Word? 456 00:20:42,165 --> 00:20:42,615 Indeed. 457 00:20:42,615 --> 00:20:43,425 Let's continue church. 458 00:20:43,425 --> 00:20:44,145 Are you still with me? 459 00:20:45,225 --> 00:20:48,835 Then he went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilean on a Sabbath. 460 00:20:48,835 --> 00:20:50,415 He taught the people, there's that Sabbath again. 461 00:20:50,625 --> 00:20:54,375 They were amazed at his teaching because his words had authority. 462 00:20:55,485 --> 00:20:57,585 In the synagogue, there was a man possessed by a demonn. 463 00:20:57,585 --> 00:21:00,105 In impure spirit, he cried out the top of his voice. 464 00:21:00,165 --> 00:21:01,185 Go away. 465 00:21:01,245 --> 00:21:02,355 What do you want with us? 466 00:21:02,360 --> 00:21:03,435 Jesus of Nazareth. 467 00:21:03,495 --> 00:21:05,265 Have you come to destroy us? 468 00:21:05,445 --> 00:21:06,465 I know who you are. 469 00:21:06,465 --> 00:21:07,935 The holy one of God. 470 00:21:08,405 --> 00:21:09,405 Be quiet. 471 00:21:09,990 --> 00:21:12,000 Jesus says sternly come out of him. 472 00:21:12,330 --> 00:21:15,510 Then the demonn threw the man down before them all and came 473 00:21:15,510 --> 00:21:16,620 out without injuring him. 474 00:21:16,860 --> 00:21:20,340 All the people were amazed and said to each other, what words are these 475 00:21:20,610 --> 00:21:25,230 with authority and a power he gives order to impure spirits, and they 476 00:21:25,230 --> 00:21:30,480 come out and the news about 'em spread throughout the surrounding area. 477 00:21:32,070 --> 00:21:32,640 Wow. 478 00:21:36,150 --> 00:21:37,650 That, that, that was powerful, wasn't it? 479 00:21:38,820 --> 00:21:42,120 We see this situation in which do you have this man who's possessed? 480 00:21:42,125 --> 00:21:44,910 We don't know exactly what that looked like, but Jesus 481 00:21:44,910 --> 00:21:47,430 goes and says, shut up again. 482 00:21:47,430 --> 00:21:48,510 That's a Marcel version. 483 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:52,560 As he cried, he's like, but you be quiet. 484 00:21:53,070 --> 00:21:54,090 Get about this man. 485 00:21:54,090 --> 00:21:59,070 Right now, I don't know about you, but when I get around people that seem to 486 00:21:59,070 --> 00:22:03,870 maybe be potentially, uh, uh, uh, in a, in a off position, you know what I'm saying? 487 00:22:04,350 --> 00:22:08,580 Uh, I tend to want to make sure I'm looking for the clear exits. 488 00:22:09,690 --> 00:22:11,970 I wanna make sure that I'm safe and others are safe. 489 00:22:11,970 --> 00:22:14,910 And so there's a defensive posture, there's a, Hey, let's just make 490 00:22:14,910 --> 00:22:16,290 sure everything's gonna be okay. 491 00:22:16,290 --> 00:22:17,400 You know what I mean? 492 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,210 But Jesus goes over here and he doesn't shy away from it, but he 493 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:22,860 approaches it and confronts it. 494 00:22:23,970 --> 00:22:25,230 Could you please be quiet? 495 00:22:26,370 --> 00:22:27,450 Is that what he did? 496 00:22:27,630 --> 00:22:28,120 Amen. 497 00:22:28,620 --> 00:22:29,640 Get a be quiet. 498 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:32,190 In fact, you wanna get outta here. 499 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:36,990 And he says, the demon left him again. 500 00:22:36,995 --> 00:22:39,150 He's powerful in Word. 501 00:22:39,180 --> 00:22:40,200 Indeed. 502 00:22:40,350 --> 00:22:44,010 And then we see here this mention here that his words had authority 503 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:45,960 and what authority and power. 504 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:46,950 And so what? 505 00:22:46,950 --> 00:22:49,950 What happened here again, is during this time, all the rabbis, 506 00:22:49,950 --> 00:22:52,050 they would quote former rabbi. 507 00:22:52,050 --> 00:22:55,470 So if they ever did some teaching, you weren't supposed to say things really, 508 00:22:55,470 --> 00:23:01,080 from the I perspective, it was, Hey, rabbi so-and-so, or according to this so-and-so. 509 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:02,790 But Jesus didn't do that. 510 00:23:02,820 --> 00:23:05,220 He came in and had the I statements. 511 00:23:08,070 --> 00:23:10,530 And so he's not pointing, Hey, remember you've heard this, 512 00:23:10,530 --> 00:23:12,120 or Rabbi so-and-so said this. 513 00:23:12,180 --> 00:23:14,940 He's saying, truly, truly, I tell you. 514 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:21,420 And so he's speaking with what authority, even authority 515 00:23:21,425 --> 00:23:23,820 over the spiritual realm here. 516 00:23:24,210 --> 00:23:30,000 And so Jesus again is showing us how powerful in Word indeed he is. 517 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:31,230 Brother and sister, let's keep going here. 518 00:23:31,230 --> 00:23:31,710 Are you with me? 519 00:23:31,710 --> 00:23:35,700 Church, we going over to the end of the chapter, it says that 520 00:23:35,700 --> 00:23:39,390 daybreak, so at right before this, it was, it was nighttime. 521 00:23:39,390 --> 00:23:41,190 It was the end of the Sabbath day. 522 00:23:41,195 --> 00:23:44,610 And so he had started healing and he was helping people at night. 523 00:23:44,610 --> 00:23:49,470 And now it says that daybreak is so, Jesus' schedule is pretty packed. 524 00:23:50,100 --> 00:23:55,590 He's denying himself takes some power and some strength to deny yourself. 525 00:23:55,595 --> 00:23:55,890 Doesn't. 526 00:23:57,120 --> 00:24:00,750 And so he goes and says that daybreak Jesus went out to a solitary place. 527 00:24:00,930 --> 00:24:03,810 The other gospel will tell us that he went out to pray and it says 528 00:24:03,810 --> 00:24:05,010 the people were looking for him. 529 00:24:05,010 --> 00:24:07,890 And when they came to where he was, they tried to keep him from leaving them. 530 00:24:08,070 --> 00:24:11,700 But he said, I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other 531 00:24:11,705 --> 00:24:15,510 towns also because that is why I was sent. 532 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,780 And he kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea. 533 00:24:19,470 --> 00:24:21,930 Jesus shows us here, look, this has just begun. 534 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:25,470 I have a cause. 535 00:24:25,470 --> 00:24:28,380 I have a mission to proclaim the good news. 536 00:24:28,380 --> 00:24:30,510 And it can't just be local. 537 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:32,270 It must get out to everyone. 538 00:24:32,370 --> 00:24:37,500 Everyone must know about the kingdom of God and its arrival that the 539 00:24:37,500 --> 00:24:42,840 King Messiah is here revealing God, revealing truth and revealing 540 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:45,960 salvation not only to Jews, but to all. 541 00:24:46,830 --> 00:24:50,280 And so Jesus is about the cause that, again, brothers and sisters we're 542 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,620 reminded that we have the cause of Jesus. 543 00:24:54,120 --> 00:24:58,770 And that we too should follow this real Jesus, that we are committed, 544 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:02,640 that we don't wanna see just our own households, but we wanna see all the 545 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:06,690 towns here in North Orange County have a chance to hear the good news of Jesus. 546 00:25:07,710 --> 00:25:11,360 We want every single soul to be able to hear and know that Jesus 547 00:25:12,060 --> 00:25:13,860 was powerful in Word indeed. 548 00:25:14,550 --> 00:25:19,050 And so we're deeply committed to the cause of knowing him and following him and 549 00:25:19,055 --> 00:25:24,240 showing him to our local communities, our coworkers, our classmates, our neighbors, 550 00:25:24,245 --> 00:25:25,710 our friends, our family members. 551 00:25:26,130 --> 00:25:28,980 We want 'em all to know the real Jesus brothers and sisters. 552 00:25:31,590 --> 00:25:34,050 And again, we see what we see in chapter four. 553 00:25:34,050 --> 00:25:40,320 Just as quick, brief overview, we see him fulfill the promises of 554 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:45,060 the Messiah, and we see him show it with his actions and with his words. 555 00:25:46,035 --> 00:25:51,975 And we see, whoa, this real Jesus is powerful in Word indeed. 556 00:25:52,335 --> 00:25:54,465 And so you say, well, what does that mean for me? 557 00:25:54,465 --> 00:26:00,585 Then what can that mean for you and I today in 2023 and in our lives 558 00:26:00,675 --> 00:26:03,135 and in our church life as well? 559 00:26:03,975 --> 00:26:08,505 And I believe that this is so cool, I'm so fired up about this, is that 560 00:26:08,505 --> 00:26:14,145 when we follow the real Jesus, that means we can have God confidence 561 00:26:17,925 --> 00:26:22,055 when we follow the real Jesus that will lead us to God confidence. 562 00:26:23,295 --> 00:26:24,655 You guys get what I'm saying here? 563 00:26:25,695 --> 00:26:30,525 And so what is confidence is this, it's humility before God 564 00:26:30,615 --> 00:26:32,865 and confidence in his presence. 565 00:26:34,365 --> 00:26:37,545 You see, it's not arrogance, it's not being naive and 566 00:26:37,545 --> 00:26:38,745 just going, oh, I got this. 567 00:26:38,745 --> 00:26:39,335 No, no, no. 568 00:26:39,340 --> 00:26:44,565 It's a humility that God is the one and only that God is sovereign. 569 00:26:45,270 --> 00:26:47,970 That he is the almighty, that he's everywhere. 570 00:26:47,970 --> 00:26:49,640 He's all known, he's all powerful. 571 00:26:49,645 --> 00:26:50,580 He's all loving. 572 00:26:50,700 --> 00:26:55,680 He's gracious that we are aware of that, that he is it, that we aren't 573 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:59,790 puffing ourselves up, but that he is who he is in a proper place. 574 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:03,040 But then we guess we know that he's with us. 575 00:27:04,590 --> 00:27:06,930 And because he is all those things we could be what? 576 00:27:07,410 --> 00:27:10,050 Confidence in his presence. 577 00:27:10,950 --> 00:27:14,010 And those of us who have repented him and baptized have the Holy Spirit. 578 00:27:14,100 --> 00:27:15,930 So his presence is always with us. 579 00:27:16,020 --> 00:27:19,410 So if we continue following the real Jesus, we have what? 580 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:22,920 Confidence, humility, and confidence. 581 00:27:22,925 --> 00:27:27,150 At the same time, all in one, aware of who God is. 582 00:27:27,300 --> 00:27:30,240 Impressed by God, wanting to know him and follow him. 583 00:27:30,330 --> 00:27:34,650 And then being able to have the confidence that he is in my midst. 584 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:41,310 He goes before me, he's with me, he supports me and he's within me. 585 00:27:43,035 --> 00:27:44,565 Brother and sisters, how cool is that? 586 00:27:45,675 --> 00:27:48,285 If we follow the real Jesus, this is what is at hand. 587 00:27:48,285 --> 00:27:53,205 This is what you and I have confidence that we are within his favor, that 588 00:27:53,205 --> 00:27:56,205 we have God's favor in our lives. 589 00:27:57,585 --> 00:28:05,506 I know for me, I can, I can often forfeit this confidence because I, I, I can 590 00:28:05,511 --> 00:28:10,275 start to forget that that that one God is with me and I start to think, okay, I'm 591 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,515 doing for God, but God's somewhere else. 592 00:28:13,515 --> 00:28:14,685 You get what I'm saying? 593 00:28:15,105 --> 00:28:19,365 And so when you start to feel like, I know God is, he sees, but I don't 594 00:28:19,370 --> 00:28:22,875 know if he's really right with me, then the confidence starts to 595 00:28:22,875 --> 00:28:25,095 fade and I start to get insecure. 596 00:28:25,815 --> 00:28:28,335 I'm not sure about this situation. 597 00:28:28,695 --> 00:28:32,225 And so my prayers aren't with confidence, but my prayers are likek. 598 00:28:32,230 --> 00:28:33,945 Good God, can you please do this? 599 00:28:36,285 --> 00:28:38,565 And so then I forget. 600 00:28:39,285 --> 00:28:40,875 But then when I'm reminded. 601 00:28:41,730 --> 00:28:44,310 . Now, wait, the one and only goes before me. 602 00:28:45,660 --> 00:28:48,389 The one and only is with me. 603 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:54,720 The one and only is supporting me, the one and only is living within me. 604 00:28:56,100 --> 00:28:57,960 Then that confidence comes back. 605 00:28:58,830 --> 00:29:00,810 I can approach situations differently. 606 00:29:00,810 --> 00:29:01,020 Now. 607 00:29:01,679 --> 00:29:03,870 I can see things in a different perspective. 608 00:29:03,870 --> 00:29:11,639 I'm now God-centered as opposed to maybe self-centered or others centered, 609 00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:13,920 and so that could be my challenge. 610 00:29:14,010 --> 00:29:16,770 What might be your challenge when it comes to this? 611 00:29:18,210 --> 00:29:23,220 Again, if we follow the real Jesus, this what it can lead to, but when 612 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:28,590 we veer from following him, we then lose this God confidence in our lives. 613 00:29:29,730 --> 00:29:32,790 But I don't know about you, but I want this God confidence in my life. 614 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:35,610 I want it this month. 615 00:29:36,389 --> 00:29:38,190 I need it this week. 616 00:29:38,835 --> 00:29:41,835 I need it in the next 25 minutes. 617 00:29:43,665 --> 00:29:49,935 Imagine having this confidence at your job tomorrow, at your school tomorrow. 618 00:29:50,924 --> 00:29:56,865 Imagine having this confidence when you gotta have that hard talk with so and so. 619 00:29:58,094 --> 00:30:01,395 You see, we can have this confidence in doing God's will. 620 00:30:01,905 --> 00:30:06,645 We can have confidence in choosing what's right over what's easy. 621 00:30:07,875 --> 00:30:13,125 We can have confidence as we go and try to show the real Jesus to those around us. 622 00:30:13,785 --> 00:30:17,535 Cuz see, once we know the real Jesus that we start following him, then 623 00:30:17,535 --> 00:30:21,705 that confidence will lead us to show the real Jesus to those around us. 624 00:30:22,785 --> 00:30:24,014 I say, hallelujah man. 625 00:30:24,014 --> 00:30:24,884 Jesus is good. 626 00:30:26,475 --> 00:30:27,375 I say, hallelujah. 627 00:30:27,380 --> 00:30:28,424 God is good. 628 00:30:29,025 --> 00:30:31,005 I said, man, oh man, this is so cool. 629 00:30:31,009 --> 00:30:32,685 I'm like, Jesus, you're so awesome. 630 00:30:32,804 --> 00:30:35,384 And I don't know about you, but I just, I've been so fired up this week. 631 00:30:35,384 --> 00:30:36,955 Cause I'm like, this is the one I get to follow. 632 00:30:38,730 --> 00:30:40,710 And in some ways it'll reflect upon me. 633 00:30:40,710 --> 00:30:43,530 And if people will see the real Jesus, they'll see this, 634 00:30:43,620 --> 00:30:45,210 this powerful Jesus in my life. 635 00:30:45,210 --> 00:30:46,890 And I just go, wow, that's incredible. 636 00:30:47,670 --> 00:30:49,500 Again, I want my kids to see that. 637 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:51,330 I don't want them to see religiosity. 638 00:30:51,450 --> 00:30:53,970 I want them to see the real Jesus and see that he was powerful. 639 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:57,840 And if I follow the real Jesus, they'll see that. 640 00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:01,860 And then they'll make their choice on whether they now want to follow him. 641 00:31:02,310 --> 00:31:07,650 But brother and his sisters, we are so richly blessed to have the real Jesus 642 00:31:07,655 --> 00:31:13,620 before us, to have the real Jesus beside us, the real Jesus supporting us, and 643 00:31:13,620 --> 00:31:17,370 those who have repented and baptized to have the real Jesus living within you. 644 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:21,510 And so there's victory ahead. 645 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,200 There's victory this week. 646 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:27,660 There's victory tomorrow. 647 00:31:27,750 --> 00:31:32,070 There's victory in your life if you follow the real Jesus. 648 00:31:34,145 --> 00:31:37,065 And so therefore we can have confidence. 649 00:31:37,575 --> 00:31:39,015 Let's go ahead and let's close it out here. 650 00:31:39,015 --> 00:31:40,395 Brothers and sisters, are you still with me? 651 00:31:40,405 --> 00:31:41,005 Yes, sir. 652 00:31:41,505 --> 00:31:42,645 Let's close it out here. 653 00:31:42,795 --> 00:31:44,985 I wanna give a prayer for the week, actually, a prayer 654 00:31:44,985 --> 00:31:46,095 and action step of the week. 655 00:31:46,100 --> 00:31:50,835 So again, I'm asking the church here, can we all join in praying for one another? 656 00:31:50,835 --> 00:31:51,375 Amen. 657 00:31:51,585 --> 00:31:55,605 And so the first thing here is I want to ask you, please read Luke chapter 658 00:31:55,605 --> 00:31:59,625 five through six this week and just make your own observations, your own notes 659 00:31:59,805 --> 00:32:01,845 on what you notice about the real Jesus. 660 00:32:01,935 --> 00:32:04,335 And we're gonna see some things no matter what's going on in our life. 661 00:32:04,335 --> 00:32:05,325 And that's gonna be really cool. 662 00:32:05,325 --> 00:32:07,875 And maybe you can share throughout the week with those around you. 663 00:32:07,965 --> 00:32:09,825 But here's the prayer for the week. 664 00:32:09,855 --> 00:32:15,195 Pray for the church to experience Gods this week, not just you, but 665 00:32:15,195 --> 00:32:20,205 that every single one of us will be able to experience it this week. 666 00:32:20,205 --> 00:32:21,465 Can you join me in that prayer? 667 00:32:22,485 --> 00:32:23,925 If you can go ahead and take a picture, write it down, 668 00:32:23,930 --> 00:32:25,035 whatever it is you need to do. 669 00:32:26,115 --> 00:32:27,585 In a second, we're gonna take communion. 670 00:32:29,264 --> 00:32:33,975 And again, we close out here being reminded that the real Jesus is powerful. 671 00:32:34,365 --> 00:32:37,665 And when we follow the real Jesus that leads to confidence. 672 00:32:38,054 --> 00:32:42,195 And as we take communion, we take the emblems that represent his blood and body 673 00:32:42,195 --> 00:32:44,235 that will sacrifice for us on the cross. 674 00:32:44,625 --> 00:32:48,165 And so we do this every week so that we can remember Jesus' sacrificed, so that 675 00:32:48,285 --> 00:32:53,054 again, we can not only be God centered, but we can be cross inspired and that 676 00:32:53,054 --> 00:32:54,945 will lead to us being spirit led. 677 00:32:55,905 --> 00:32:59,775 And so as we go back and we think about Jesus on the cross, you can actually 678 00:32:59,780 --> 00:33:06,075 see even more so and maybe the greatest time of Jesus displaying his power. 679 00:33:06,794 --> 00:33:10,815 And so we read here in Hebrews chapter 12, it says, let us fix our eyes 680 00:33:10,815 --> 00:33:15,735 on Jesus, the author and perfector of our faith, who, for the joy 681 00:33:15,735 --> 00:33:19,245 before him endured the cross again. 682 00:33:19,250 --> 00:33:20,445 He is divine. 683 00:33:20,445 --> 00:33:21,554 He had the authority. 684 00:33:21,584 --> 00:33:26,745 He could have came down from the cross, but he decided to stay on. 685 00:33:27,540 --> 00:33:32,760 And endure the cross scorning its shame and sat down at the right hand 686 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:40,200 of the throne of God, what incredible power it took to choose to die, knowing 687 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:42,930 he had the power to release himself. 688 00:33:43,860 --> 00:33:46,050 And for that we say hallelujah. 689 00:33:46,950 --> 00:33:52,020 We say Thank you for exerting your power to resist the temptation 690 00:33:52,020 --> 00:33:56,010 to give in to what's easy, but instead to do what is right. 691 00:33:56,940 --> 00:34:03,120 And you and I benefit from that so that we too now can have salvation in Christ. 692 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:03,780 Let's pray. 693 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:05,281 Father, we thank you so much. 694 00:34:06,179 --> 00:34:09,299 We thank you for Jesus dying upon the cross. 695 00:34:09,570 --> 00:34:11,009 We thank you for the resurrection. 696 00:34:11,009 --> 00:34:13,199 We thank you for the life of Jesus. 697 00:34:13,199 --> 00:34:18,480 God, I just, I just get so excited when I look at the character of Christ, when 698 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:22,918 I see him, uh, quieting demons, when I see him walking through a crowd, when 699 00:34:22,918 --> 00:34:26,879 I, when, when I think about the words His, his power and his willingness to, 700 00:34:27,060 --> 00:34:30,509 to even speak truth to his hometown and, and even ruffle feathers and 701 00:34:30,509 --> 00:34:33,650 offend them, God, I get inspired. 702 00:34:33,958 --> 00:34:39,600 I go, wow, the Lord that I follow is powerful and Word indeed and God. 703 00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:43,259 Then to see that we have a chance to have this God, God, 704 00:34:43,259 --> 00:34:45,120 that we can see you clearly. 705 00:34:45,330 --> 00:34:50,810 We can see our role in your story, and then have the comforts knowing that your 706 00:34:51,129 --> 00:34:53,969 presence in favor is with and upon us. 707 00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:56,339 So thank you Lord Jesus. 708 00:34:56,730 --> 00:35:00,480 Thank you for saying no to the temptation to give in. 709 00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,990 Thank you for saying yes to the father's will. 710 00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:09,270 Thank you for leaving us an example to follow, and God, I pray that we fixed 711 00:35:09,270 --> 00:35:16,020 our eyes on you so that we too may resist temptation and follow in your 712 00:35:16,025 --> 00:35:22,380 footsteps, doing what's right to the glory of the Father in the name of Jesus. 713 00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:23,250 Amen.