1 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:07,520 Welcome to Heaven Earth Church. 2 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:09,480 My name is Ross Stackhouse. 3 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:12,480 I'm the founding pastor of Heaven Earth Church. 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:16,680 From the beginning, our heart was to be a church for people who 5 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:18,400 don't fit neatly into church. 6 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,560 Our heart is to meet people where they are, to learn their stories, 7 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:24,120 to honor their stories. 8 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:27,280 Because in every human story is God's story. 9 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,160 In this podcast, you'll hear more about the people who now call 10 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:32,800 Heaven Earth Church home. 11 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:36,840 Their stories, in many cases of misfits who are discovering or 12 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:38,040 rediscovering faith. 13 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:41,560 If you want to know more about us, you can go to heavenorthchurch.org 14 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:45,080 Otherwise, we invite you now into the story. 15 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:48,480 Hello good people. 16 00:00:48,480 --> 00:00:53,160 Brad Miller here, the producer of the Heaven Earth Church podcast. 17 00:00:53,790 --> 00:00:57,190 One of the main benefits of being a part of the Heaven Earth 18 00:00:57,190 --> 00:01:03,310 Church community is our Sunday morning conversations taught by founding 19 00:01:03,310 --> 00:01:05,630 pastor Ross Stackhouse. 20 00:01:06,510 --> 00:01:11,230 You can watch and participate in the Sunday morning conversation 21 00:01:11,870 --> 00:01:19,350 this Sunday morning, 9:30am Eastern Time at YouTube.com Heaven 22 00:01:19,350 --> 00:01:20,270 Earth Church. 23 00:01:21,230 --> 00:01:26,190 The audio version of the Sunday morning conversation is available 24 00:01:26,190 --> 00:01:30,830 here on the podcast, which you can find at Apple Podcasts, Spotify 25 00:01:31,310 --> 00:01:39,710 and on the website, which is heavenearthchurch.org let's Join 26 00:01:39,710 --> 00:01:44,030 Now Pastor Ross Stackhouse and the Heaven Earth Church community 27 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:49,800 with the message how Jesus rules and how it can free us. 28 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:53,640 Lord, awaken us to your presence. 29 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:59,640 Help us to sense you beyond our senses, to hear your voice today 30 00:01:59,960 --> 00:02:03,080 so that we grow what is good with you. 31 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:05,400 In Jesus name, amen. 32 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:09,640 So in a minute, I have to tell you a story about my arch nemesis, 33 00:02:09,640 --> 00:02:10,440 the bmv. 34 00:02:11,060 --> 00:02:13,540 But first I wanted to ask you a question. 35 00:02:14,820 --> 00:02:17,700 Do you find as you go throughout your day to day life, 36 00:02:18,020 --> 00:02:21,460 when you're traveling through life, so to speak, do you tend to 37 00:02:21,940 --> 00:02:27,300 go with God everywhere you go, or do you hang on just a minute. 38 00:02:27,700 --> 00:02:30,340 Or do you tend to do something more like this? 39 00:02:33,060 --> 00:02:35,780 So maybe you have a little prayer time and then it's like, okay, 40 00:02:35,780 --> 00:02:37,620 thank you Jesus, it was a good time. 41 00:02:38,050 --> 00:02:41,650 And then you put him away in a compartment and then you stash him 42 00:02:41,650 --> 00:02:42,210 somewhere. 43 00:02:42,210 --> 00:02:45,490 And then you go throughout the rest of your day, where are you more 44 00:02:45,490 --> 00:02:45,810 at? 45 00:02:47,090 --> 00:02:52,290 Do you go with God everywhere you go or do you compartmentalize? 46 00:02:52,610 --> 00:02:53,890 Let's hear back from you. 47 00:02:54,290 --> 00:02:57,330 And online, you what? 48 00:02:57,490 --> 00:03:00,410 You go back and visit the box, you're like, oh yeah, hey, by the 49 00:03:00,410 --> 00:03:01,650 way, how are you? 50 00:03:01,970 --> 00:03:05,780 Hey, listen really quick, this coworker co worker sucks. 51 00:03:06,260 --> 00:03:07,700 Can you help me deal with that? 52 00:03:08,420 --> 00:03:09,700 Okay, thanks. 53 00:03:10,980 --> 00:03:12,620 This is not an idol, by the way. 54 00:03:12,620 --> 00:03:13,380 It's a symbol. 55 00:03:13,460 --> 00:03:17,700 Okay, what about the rest of you? 56 00:03:18,740 --> 00:03:20,740 Depends on how much I need him that day. 57 00:03:20,900 --> 00:03:21,580 So you go. 58 00:03:21,580 --> 00:03:22,180 Go to him. 59 00:03:22,180 --> 00:03:23,540 Maybe more when you need something. 60 00:03:24,020 --> 00:03:24,580 Yeah. 61 00:03:24,660 --> 00:03:25,100 All right. 62 00:03:25,100 --> 00:03:26,420 Thank you for that honesty. 63 00:03:26,500 --> 00:03:27,140 What else? 64 00:03:28,020 --> 00:03:28,740 Jamin. 65 00:03:29,550 --> 00:03:33,150 Depends on anything and everything that happens during school, 66 00:03:34,190 --> 00:03:37,230 so circumstances might determine that. 67 00:03:37,870 --> 00:03:38,350 Yeah. 68 00:03:38,830 --> 00:03:39,950 The rest of you. 69 00:03:39,950 --> 00:03:44,590 Charles, another vote for both. 70 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,840 So sometimes Charles will be in a rhythm where. 71 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:01,480 In the. 72 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,440 In those rhythms, those spiritual rhythms help Charles to 73 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:08,680 be more in the spiritual mindset of, like, go wherever I go, 74 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:10,280 I'm going with the spirit. 75 00:04:10,519 --> 00:04:14,600 But other times, if you're out of rhythm, out of balance, maybe 76 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:16,520 we're more in the compartmentalized life. 77 00:04:16,840 --> 00:04:17,880 The rest of you. 78 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:20,920 Adam, it looked like that was Kaylee's hand, but it was actually, 79 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:21,560 so I had to. 80 00:04:21,710 --> 00:04:22,350 Yeah, go ahead. 81 00:04:22,510 --> 00:04:22,990 Yeah. 82 00:04:28,910 --> 00:04:29,390 Yes. 83 00:04:29,550 --> 00:04:29,990 Yeah. 84 00:04:29,990 --> 00:04:30,550 Adams. 85 00:04:30,550 --> 00:04:31,310 Here's the question. 86 00:04:31,310 --> 00:04:34,670 Is God a resource or a friend? 87 00:04:34,990 --> 00:04:35,550 Yeah. 88 00:04:35,550 --> 00:04:36,630 I like silence. 89 00:04:36,630 --> 00:04:37,150 Do you? 90 00:04:38,750 --> 00:04:39,910 I know the answer to that. 91 00:04:39,910 --> 00:04:40,830 Most people don't. 92 00:04:41,150 --> 00:04:47,790 Well, I went to the bmv and I feel like they get some sort of sick 93 00:04:47,790 --> 00:04:51,210 joy out of making you wait 30 minutes. 94 00:04:52,010 --> 00:04:53,170 And then it's like a. 95 00:04:53,170 --> 00:04:53,930 It's like a. 96 00:04:54,250 --> 00:04:56,490 Like a duel, like a sparring match. 97 00:04:56,970 --> 00:04:59,370 Like, did you bring your title with you? 98 00:04:59,690 --> 00:05:01,690 And so like this, because I. 99 00:05:01,770 --> 00:05:02,890 Last time I went. 100 00:05:03,050 --> 00:05:06,530 I went back and forth three times, and this time I had. 101 00:05:06,530 --> 00:05:08,890 I had just brought the filing cabinet with me. 102 00:05:09,690 --> 00:05:10,730 I'm like, they're losing. 103 00:05:10,730 --> 00:05:11,850 This time I win. 104 00:05:13,770 --> 00:05:17,240 So she's like, I had to get the new registration for the car. 105 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:22,440 First of all, it's next number we're serving is 170. 106 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:24,760 My little ticket said like 325. 107 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:25,560 And I was like, cool. 108 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:26,200 This is great. 109 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:29,760 I'd already gone on Monday and Monday was closed. 110 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:30,600 I came back on Tuesday. 111 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:32,440 Now everybody's getting their stuff done. 112 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:35,320 So I had the whole filing cabinet. 113 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:35,720 And then. 114 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:36,560 And then I get up there. 115 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:37,320 It's my time. 116 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:38,760 And she did it. 117 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:44,050 She's like, do you have your title with you? 118 00:05:44,690 --> 00:05:45,650 I sure do. 119 00:05:46,050 --> 00:05:47,010 What about your id? 120 00:05:47,010 --> 00:05:47,890 Oh, come on. 121 00:05:47,890 --> 00:05:48,450 Easy. 122 00:05:48,610 --> 00:05:49,330 There you go. 123 00:05:50,450 --> 00:05:51,890 Insurance policy number. 124 00:05:53,650 --> 00:05:55,730 Hi, can I get my insurance policy number? 125 00:05:57,090 --> 00:05:58,930 You almost had me, but I got you. 126 00:05:59,570 --> 00:06:00,610 Get all the way done. 127 00:06:00,850 --> 00:06:05,050 We're at the finish line and she says, how would you like to pay 128 00:06:05,050 --> 00:06:05,410 today? 129 00:06:06,950 --> 00:06:09,030 We have no tap to pay features, by the way. 130 00:06:09,110 --> 00:06:13,950 Well, see, when I went to Walgreens about a month back, I paid 131 00:06:13,950 --> 00:06:16,590 for my prescription in the drive thru, and they gave me my card 132 00:06:16,590 --> 00:06:19,150 back in that little white envelope and stapled it to all the 133 00:06:19,150 --> 00:06:20,550 medicine baggage stuff. 134 00:06:21,510 --> 00:06:23,030 Well, then we threw all that away. 135 00:06:24,310 --> 00:06:25,750 So the debit card is gone. 136 00:06:26,630 --> 00:06:29,950 And also in the last few months, I had lost my credit card 137 00:06:29,950 --> 00:06:30,230 too. 138 00:06:30,870 --> 00:06:35,110 So then in this duel, the lady across from the counter was like, 139 00:06:35,810 --> 00:06:36,370 gotcha. 140 00:06:36,530 --> 00:06:37,570 We'll see you next time. 141 00:06:37,570 --> 00:06:38,050 All right? 142 00:06:38,450 --> 00:06:40,850 And so I went out of the BMV disgruntled. 143 00:06:41,570 --> 00:06:46,450 And then I was inclined to rule my world. 144 00:06:47,250 --> 00:06:48,250 Last week, we remember. 145 00:06:48,250 --> 00:06:49,650 Do we need to sing the song again? 146 00:06:51,810 --> 00:06:55,330 We may not want to rule the world, but we want to rule our world. 147 00:06:55,570 --> 00:06:56,930 We want to make it our kingdom. 148 00:06:56,930 --> 00:06:59,170 We want to set the rules for how it's ruled. 149 00:06:59,170 --> 00:07:00,770 And so I just said, now it's my time. 150 00:07:00,770 --> 00:07:01,530 So what did I say? 151 00:07:01,530 --> 00:07:03,090 I went out and I'm like, that's it. 152 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:03,680 Guess what? 153 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:04,680 They're getting a bad review. 154 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:08,520 I'm going to give it to them on Google. 155 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:10,120 Now's my time. 156 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:12,400 And, man, I got them. 157 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:13,120 I got on there. 158 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,080 I sat in my car, and I was like, you know what? 159 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:16,280 Three stars. 160 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:16,840 Boom. 161 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:19,680 In 2025. 162 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:22,600 It's unconscionable that they have no tap to pay features. 163 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:25,960 I did not submit that review. 164 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:28,280 Luckily, that day, I. 165 00:07:28,930 --> 00:07:31,050 I had spent my morning meditation time. 166 00:07:31,050 --> 00:07:33,370 I'll tell you another story that's a failure on the other side 167 00:07:33,370 --> 00:07:35,090 of the ledger, so don't think I'm a hero. 168 00:07:35,730 --> 00:07:39,570 So there was this nudge, and it was this voice that just. 169 00:07:40,690 --> 00:07:42,850 That just said, hey, what are you doing? 170 00:07:43,170 --> 00:07:45,570 Are these people a means to an end for you? 171 00:07:45,730 --> 00:07:47,810 Are they just inconveniences to you? 172 00:07:48,050 --> 00:07:49,690 So let me get this straight, Ross. 173 00:07:49,690 --> 00:07:50,690 This is all in my head. 174 00:07:50,690 --> 00:07:52,730 Is it my conscience, or is it the Holy Spirit? 175 00:07:52,730 --> 00:07:53,170 Yes. 176 00:07:53,490 --> 00:07:55,390 And God is saying, wait, who. 177 00:07:55,460 --> 00:07:56,740 Who lost the credit cards? 178 00:07:57,140 --> 00:07:58,260 Oh, okay. 179 00:07:59,060 --> 00:08:01,140 Yeah, that was you. 180 00:08:01,460 --> 00:08:04,100 So you're going to now make their lives bad? 181 00:08:04,740 --> 00:08:06,060 They're just a means to an end. 182 00:08:06,060 --> 00:08:07,220 They're just an inconvenience. 183 00:08:07,220 --> 00:08:07,860 They're just. 184 00:08:08,340 --> 00:08:09,220 They don't matter. 185 00:08:09,460 --> 00:08:11,220 So now you're going to give them a bad review. 186 00:08:11,540 --> 00:08:12,180 Okay. 187 00:08:13,620 --> 00:08:18,020 And that would be me ruling like everybody else in the world 188 00:08:18,020 --> 00:08:20,660 rules where people are just expendable. 189 00:08:21,790 --> 00:08:24,790 And when they make you upset, you just do whatever you need to 190 00:08:24,790 --> 00:08:26,910 do to make yourself feel okay about it. 191 00:08:27,630 --> 00:08:34,190 Well, that day, the Holy Spirit, I was traveling with him 192 00:08:35,070 --> 00:08:39,270 everywhere I go, and it didn't work out for me because I had to 193 00:08:39,270 --> 00:08:41,310 do this thing that I don't like called accountability. 194 00:08:44,110 --> 00:08:48,520 But it started with there was an elderly lady sitting next to me 195 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:53,280 that day, and she was struggling to tie her shoes, and 196 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:57,520 people were watching her struggle to tie her shoes, and she 197 00:08:57,520 --> 00:08:58,840 was sitting right next to me. 198 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:02,440 And so I didn't compartmentalize Jesus. 199 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:07,480 I was with him at the bmv and I thought about that golden rule. 200 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:12,400 If I were in her shoes, literally, what kind of consideration 201 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:13,720 and love would I hope to receive? 202 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:16,880 And I went, mm, I wouldn't want somebody just rush in and do 203 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:19,360 it for me because maybe that's embarrassing to her. 204 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:22,000 Maybe she really wants to get this shoe tied. 205 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:25,480 So then finally I watched her struggle for a minute and then I 206 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:29,840 just said to her, ma' am, would you like help tying that shoe? 207 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,160 I got three kids, I need some good practice. 208 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:37,200 And she said, she laughed and said, I think I can get it. 209 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:38,720 I said, okay, great, good. 210 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:39,920 And I said, well, I'll make you a deal. 211 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:43,560 The time it takes me to go up to that counter and get back, let's 212 00:09:43,560 --> 00:09:44,000 make a deal. 213 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,280 If you haven't gotten it done yet, how about I'll help? 214 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:47,400 She said, okay. 215 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:51,000 I passed her when I was storming out, getting ready to leave 216 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,920 my three star Google review, right? 217 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:54,840 Jesus was with me at the bmv. 218 00:09:56,279 --> 00:09:59,920 Jesus was not with me at the Triple A baseball field at Greenwood. 219 00:09:59,920 --> 00:10:02,680 Little League one night, nine and ten year olds, guys. 220 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,880 And this umpire, I mean, he came in professional for 9 and 10 221 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:07,160 year olds. 222 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:08,440 He's got on all the stuff. 223 00:10:08,790 --> 00:10:10,940 Well, well, he calls the game at time limit. 224 00:10:10,940 --> 00:10:14,540 At the end when it's supposed to be an unlimited inning for us, 225 00:10:15,340 --> 00:10:17,260 it's 15 to 12, my team is rolling. 226 00:10:17,260 --> 00:10:18,060 We're going to win. 227 00:10:18,620 --> 00:10:19,980 You know what I said to him? 228 00:10:19,980 --> 00:10:21,020 I gave him a review. 229 00:10:21,340 --> 00:10:23,060 I said, do you want to get this right guy? 230 00:10:23,060 --> 00:10:24,140 Because you're getting it wrong. 231 00:10:24,220 --> 00:10:27,500 I put Jesus over here in my little storage bin and I started 232 00:10:27,500 --> 00:10:29,180 ruling the world like everybody else does. 233 00:10:29,900 --> 00:10:30,700 Competition. 234 00:10:30,860 --> 00:10:32,260 This guy's a means to an end. 235 00:10:32,260 --> 00:10:33,300 He doesn't matter to me. 236 00:10:33,300 --> 00:10:34,380 I'm going to get what I want. 237 00:10:34,380 --> 00:10:35,500 I'm going to use him to get it. 238 00:10:35,710 --> 00:10:36,350 What about you? 239 00:10:38,270 --> 00:10:41,470 Are you just ruling the way that everybody else rules? 240 00:10:41,790 --> 00:10:44,910 Are you compartmentalizing Jesus, putting him in? 241 00:10:45,870 --> 00:10:51,430 You know you got him with you sometimes, but other times he's not 242 00:10:51,430 --> 00:10:51,829 with you. 243 00:10:51,829 --> 00:10:55,390 And you're ruling the way everybody else rules, Jack, selective 244 00:10:55,390 --> 00:10:55,950 listening. 245 00:10:56,510 --> 00:10:58,430 Yes, sir, I'm with you on that. 246 00:10:58,910 --> 00:11:02,840 At the bmv, I listened to at the diamond, I wasn't even trying 247 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:03,480 to listen. 248 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:05,320 Probably when it's easier, right? 249 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:08,440 Or like some of the folks said in here, when the circumstances make 250 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,000 me more primed to listen. 251 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:15,040 I may not be listening, but man, when I need something, when 252 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:18,400 I feel like I'm down and out, God's like, oh, hi, good to see you 253 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:18,680 again. 254 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:20,360 I want to show you. 255 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:21,880 First of all, I want to. 256 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:24,520 We're in a series called Growing what Is Good with God. 257 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:26,600 I want to talk to you about this. 258 00:11:27,010 --> 00:11:27,370 Huh? 259 00:11:27,370 --> 00:11:28,050 There it is. 260 00:11:28,850 --> 00:11:33,890 Jesus comes to invite us to a whole life of companionship with 261 00:11:33,890 --> 00:11:37,410 His Spirit, not a compartmentalized life. 262 00:11:37,730 --> 00:11:41,290 So when you go to the bmv, when you go to your school, when 263 00:11:41,290 --> 00:11:45,770 you go to the grocery store, when you're on vacation, when you're 264 00:11:45,770 --> 00:11:51,890 at work, a whole life of companionship corresponding to our 265 00:11:51,890 --> 00:11:53,250 discipleship essential one. 266 00:11:53,250 --> 00:11:56,450 We want to be shaped from the inside out by continuous companionship 267 00:11:56,450 --> 00:11:59,580 with God, not a compartmentalized life with God. 268 00:11:59,580 --> 00:12:02,820 In other words, sometimes I put God in a storage bin and put 269 00:12:02,820 --> 00:12:07,340 it on the shelf, and then I go over here and do my thing. 270 00:12:07,580 --> 00:12:11,500 I want to show you how this worked in Scripture today. 271 00:12:11,500 --> 00:12:16,180 I want to show you how Jesus rules and how he's inviting us to 272 00:12:16,180 --> 00:12:19,580 rule as he does and grow what is good with him. 273 00:12:19,740 --> 00:12:23,260 Remember last week we talked about, like, how sometimes when we 274 00:12:23,420 --> 00:12:26,500 want what we want, we want what we don't have, we create our 275 00:12:26,500 --> 00:12:28,140 own kingdoms with our own rules. 276 00:12:28,700 --> 00:12:32,100 And we stop paying attention to how God has invited us or created 277 00:12:32,100 --> 00:12:33,820 us to rule, to live. 278 00:12:34,940 --> 00:12:35,820 So watch this. 279 00:12:36,460 --> 00:12:38,220 This is in Luke chapter 22. 280 00:12:38,380 --> 00:12:41,020 There are four Gospels, four accounts of Jesus's life. 281 00:12:41,020 --> 00:12:42,220 Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. 282 00:12:43,340 --> 00:12:47,460 In Luke 22, this is right before Jesus dies. 283 00:12:47,460 --> 00:12:51,100 It is truly right after the last supper. 284 00:12:51,260 --> 00:12:54,780 In Luke chapter 21, Jesus has pointed to a widow who's dropped 285 00:12:54,780 --> 00:12:57,060 off a little spare change in the treasury box. 286 00:12:57,060 --> 00:12:58,140 And he's like, do you see that? 287 00:12:58,710 --> 00:13:01,190 And then they've had this Passover meal together. 288 00:13:01,190 --> 00:13:03,190 They've been with Jesus for about three years. 289 00:13:03,590 --> 00:13:07,590 And after three years and all that, a dispute also arose among 290 00:13:07,750 --> 00:13:08,110 them. 291 00:13:08,110 --> 00:13:08,950 Who's them? 292 00:13:09,190 --> 00:13:10,150 The disciples. 293 00:13:10,710 --> 00:13:12,550 Jesus closest companions. 294 00:13:13,030 --> 00:13:15,990 As to which one of them was to be regarded as the. 295 00:13:16,310 --> 00:13:20,390 As to which of them was to be regarded as the man. 296 00:13:20,390 --> 00:13:23,030 That's an American core value, greatness. 297 00:13:23,350 --> 00:13:27,770 There's even a book I love by Jim Collins called Good to Great. 298 00:13:28,410 --> 00:13:30,410 He says the good is the enemy of the. 299 00:13:30,410 --> 00:13:31,050 Of the great. 300 00:13:31,290 --> 00:13:34,090 Actually, for a person who follows Jesus, it's the reverse. 301 00:13:34,730 --> 00:13:37,530 The pursuit of greatness is the enemy of the good. 302 00:13:37,690 --> 00:13:41,810 They've been with him for three years, and right at the end, 303 00:13:41,810 --> 00:13:44,930 a dispute also arose among them as to which one of them was 304 00:13:44,930 --> 00:13:46,170 to be regarded as the. 305 00:13:46,490 --> 00:13:49,210 Here's something that Jesus, he already knew this. 306 00:13:49,370 --> 00:13:52,820 He already knew this, but now he was, like, super aware of it. 307 00:13:53,300 --> 00:13:59,220 These fellas and gals may have been physically present With Jesus 308 00:13:59,220 --> 00:14:00,020 for three years. 309 00:14:00,580 --> 00:14:02,820 They were there, they were walking with him. 310 00:14:04,100 --> 00:14:08,740 However, they were also not always with him emotionally and spiritually. 311 00:14:08,740 --> 00:14:09,540 Are you with me? 312 00:14:09,780 --> 00:14:12,340 They were living that compartmentalized life. 313 00:14:12,340 --> 00:14:13,580 Jesus could be right there. 314 00:14:13,580 --> 00:14:14,340 But guess what? 315 00:14:14,820 --> 00:14:16,420 He wasn't their only teacher. 316 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:20,560 What he saw in this moment is that they were being taught around 317 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:23,280 the clock by their other teachers. 318 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:24,560 Do you know what I mean? 319 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:28,560 So the question is, who is teaching you, Ross, who is teaching 320 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:28,880 you? 321 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:29,920 Here's what I mean. 322 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:32,320 Jesus points it out. 323 00:14:32,479 --> 00:14:34,960 Jesus goes, oh, I know what this is coming from. 324 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:39,080 They're speaking from the vantage point of being in the classroom 325 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:40,040 with their other teachers. 326 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:41,280 Who are their other teachers? 327 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:43,120 The kings of the Gentiles. 328 00:14:43,570 --> 00:14:47,570 He says, oh, you want to be great? 329 00:14:48,450 --> 00:14:49,730 Like they're great. 330 00:14:50,290 --> 00:14:54,130 They've been with Jesus, they've watched the way Jesus rules. 331 00:14:54,130 --> 00:14:56,130 And yet that's not what stuck. 332 00:14:56,850 --> 00:15:01,810 What has stuck are these other teachers, these other kings, these 333 00:15:01,810 --> 00:15:03,890 other rulers who are in power. 334 00:15:03,890 --> 00:15:05,410 And what do they do with their power? 335 00:15:05,650 --> 00:15:07,330 They lord it over people. 336 00:15:08,450 --> 00:15:11,890 They want these people who are below them and beneath them to feel 337 00:15:12,290 --> 00:15:13,560 their power might. 338 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:20,760 They're up here and these people are an inconvenient means 339 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:25,480 to an end to them, to amass power and wealth and status. 340 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:27,960 And so Jesus goes, oh, I get it. 341 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:30,840 I've been teaching you some. 342 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:33,320 They've been teaching you more. 343 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:36,360 Who's teaching you how to rule? 344 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:37,800 Ross, who's teaching you? 345 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:40,640 The kings of the Gentiles lorded over him, and those in authority 346 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:42,440 over them are called benefactors. 347 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:46,820 Literally, in ancient Rome, if you were a wealthy person, you could 348 00:15:46,820 --> 00:15:50,300 make a big donation or be a benefactor to somebody in a way. 349 00:15:50,300 --> 00:15:52,980 So you would get a statue built for yourself in that town. 350 00:15:54,020 --> 00:15:55,780 Forget anonymous donor. 351 00:15:56,580 --> 00:16:00,540 It was like, hey, here's a million dollars. 352 00:16:00,540 --> 00:16:02,500 Now let's talk about where my statue goes. 353 00:16:02,660 --> 00:16:04,500 Jesus says, I've been teaching you some. 354 00:16:04,820 --> 00:16:06,180 They've been teaching you more. 355 00:16:07,620 --> 00:16:08,900 I've been teaching you some. 356 00:16:11,530 --> 00:16:12,490 They've been teaching you more. 357 00:16:12,490 --> 00:16:13,290 Who's teaching you? 358 00:16:14,570 --> 00:16:16,170 Who are you spending the most time with? 359 00:16:16,570 --> 00:16:20,810 Even if you are like a hall of fame prayer. 360 00:16:21,210 --> 00:16:25,810 So like, you spend an hour in the morning, which I know all of 361 00:16:25,810 --> 00:16:28,250 you do, you block out an hour. 362 00:16:28,890 --> 00:16:33,290 You get up at 5:30 in the morning, you don't even eat right. 363 00:16:33,530 --> 00:16:36,570 You have 15 minutes of stillness and silence, right? 364 00:16:37,540 --> 00:16:40,820 You read some scripture, you digest it, you pray. 365 00:16:40,980 --> 00:16:41,660 Everybody. 366 00:16:41,660 --> 00:16:42,660 An hour in the morning. 367 00:16:42,820 --> 00:16:44,020 Everybody in here, right? 368 00:16:44,980 --> 00:16:45,380 Yeah. 369 00:16:45,380 --> 00:16:45,940 Okay. 370 00:16:46,340 --> 00:16:47,500 Thou shalt not lie. 371 00:16:47,500 --> 00:16:48,900 And all of you are going, uh huh. 372 00:16:50,980 --> 00:16:52,180 Even if you do that. 373 00:16:52,739 --> 00:16:56,620 But you treat your relationship with Jesus As a compartmentalized 374 00:16:56,620 --> 00:16:57,300 relationship. 375 00:16:57,540 --> 00:17:02,620 So you pray for an hour and then you go, jesus. 376 00:17:02,620 --> 00:17:04,900 Oh, man, that was really good for my spirit. 377 00:17:05,300 --> 00:17:05,940 Thank you. 378 00:17:06,499 --> 00:17:07,779 Alright, I gotta go to work now. 379 00:17:09,859 --> 00:17:13,779 Okay, now let's get to my goals for the day and my to do list. 380 00:17:14,579 --> 00:17:16,899 And you get to work and you're like, oh, there's Bob. 381 00:17:18,339 --> 00:17:19,619 Insufferable Bob. 382 00:17:19,699 --> 00:17:21,059 Don't come and talk to me. 383 00:17:21,059 --> 00:17:23,219 Or you have a student or a peer. 384 00:17:23,459 --> 00:17:26,779 Or you're like me at the Diamonds, treating the umpires like 385 00:17:26,779 --> 00:17:27,779 they're an inconvenience. 386 00:17:28,179 --> 00:17:30,579 I've got my goals I need to win. 387 00:17:31,379 --> 00:17:34,990 And at AAA Division of Greenwood Little League, not Greenwood 388 00:17:34,990 --> 00:17:35,950 Parks, different league. 389 00:17:36,670 --> 00:17:37,630 I gotta win. 390 00:17:38,590 --> 00:17:40,110 Who are your teachers, Ross? 391 00:17:40,190 --> 00:17:42,590 All the competitive sports people you love. 392 00:17:43,710 --> 00:17:46,190 Competition and achievement is your idol. 393 00:17:47,549 --> 00:17:49,990 If Jesus were with me, I would've remembered the main thing. 394 00:17:49,990 --> 00:17:54,830 The main thing is to center these children, to invest in them. 395 00:17:55,630 --> 00:17:57,710 Win or lose, we have three rules. 396 00:17:58,130 --> 00:18:00,410 Rule one, if my son were here, you'd repeat him. 397 00:18:00,410 --> 00:18:01,010 Have fun. 398 00:18:01,970 --> 00:18:03,410 Two, cheer for your teammates. 399 00:18:03,410 --> 00:18:05,090 Three, get better at the game of baseball. 400 00:18:05,170 --> 00:18:07,370 If Jesus would have been with me, I would have been centered in 401 00:18:07,370 --> 00:18:07,890 those things. 402 00:18:08,530 --> 00:18:09,250 I wouldn't be. 403 00:18:09,410 --> 00:18:12,290 I wouldn't be hollering at some cadet umpire who's 16 years 404 00:18:12,290 --> 00:18:12,610 old. 405 00:18:18,450 --> 00:18:19,890 Yeah, yesterday. 406 00:18:21,410 --> 00:18:25,850 Yesterday I was like Bryson, that was outside, not different kid. 407 00:18:25,850 --> 00:18:28,050 Hey, look, we're trying to be vulnerable here, right? 408 00:18:29,410 --> 00:18:30,930 I did well at the bmv. 409 00:18:31,490 --> 00:18:33,090 Not so well when it comes to sports. 410 00:18:33,330 --> 00:18:35,530 I look demon possessed when I'm playing sports. 411 00:18:35,530 --> 00:18:36,130 Sometimes. 412 00:18:36,130 --> 00:18:38,850 Lord help me when I want to win at all costs. 413 00:18:39,010 --> 00:18:40,690 You can tell who my teachers are. 414 00:18:40,930 --> 00:18:41,570 Not him. 415 00:18:42,530 --> 00:18:43,250 Politics. 416 00:18:43,730 --> 00:18:44,850 Who are our teachers? 417 00:18:45,010 --> 00:18:46,610 Do we want to make America great? 418 00:18:47,330 --> 00:18:48,850 Do we want to make America good? 419 00:18:48,930 --> 00:18:50,370 And I could go to the left too. 420 00:18:50,370 --> 00:18:55,810 Folks, my allegiance is to Jesus, not Republicans or Democrats. 421 00:18:55,810 --> 00:18:56,890 Who are our teachers? 422 00:18:57,850 --> 00:19:01,850 Wealthy, powerful congressional leaders or him? 423 00:19:02,570 --> 00:19:04,650 Jesus says, I know who your teachers are. 424 00:19:05,370 --> 00:19:08,290 Jesus says, but here, you read that next line. 425 00:19:08,290 --> 00:19:11,050 It starts with but and you can finish to the. 426 00:19:11,050 --> 00:19:12,170 Let's do it like class. 427 00:19:12,170 --> 00:19:13,530 Come on, some enthusiasm. 428 00:19:13,530 --> 00:19:14,250 Start with but. 429 00:19:14,250 --> 00:19:14,730 Right there. 430 00:19:14,730 --> 00:19:15,210 Go ahead. 431 00:19:17,990 --> 00:19:19,510 Jesus says, that's how I rule. 432 00:19:19,990 --> 00:19:21,670 Let's review how Jesus rules. 433 00:19:23,270 --> 00:19:24,310 I'll make it fast. 434 00:19:24,310 --> 00:19:25,430 It's just this page. 435 00:19:25,430 --> 00:19:26,230 Stick with me. 436 00:19:26,310 --> 00:19:26,870 Oh, man. 437 00:19:26,870 --> 00:19:28,190 But I got Mother's Day plans. 438 00:19:28,190 --> 00:19:29,670 I don't want to hear how Jesus rules. 439 00:19:30,550 --> 00:19:32,230 Don't live a compartmentalized life. 440 00:19:32,230 --> 00:19:32,670 Be present. 441 00:19:32,670 --> 00:19:34,310 Here, Digest this. 442 00:19:34,950 --> 00:19:35,510 Okay? 443 00:19:35,750 --> 00:19:37,030 Let this help you today. 444 00:19:37,110 --> 00:19:38,070 It helps me. 445 00:19:38,150 --> 00:19:40,670 I'm gonna think about you guys when I go to the baseball diamond 446 00:19:40,670 --> 00:19:40,910 next. 447 00:19:40,910 --> 00:19:42,710 Jason's gonna be there to Monitor me. 448 00:19:42,710 --> 00:19:44,990 He's a lovely guy and comes and watched my son play. 449 00:19:44,990 --> 00:19:45,670 Isn't that cool? 450 00:19:45,910 --> 00:19:47,510 But he's also going to be giving me a review. 451 00:19:47,510 --> 00:19:48,910 He's going to report back to you all. 452 00:19:48,910 --> 00:19:50,470 Like Ross was still a jerk. 453 00:19:53,990 --> 00:19:56,990 Starting In Luke chapter 4, Jesus interprets His role as the 454 00:19:56,990 --> 00:20:00,430 Anointed One as the way Isaiah 61 envisions it. 455 00:20:00,430 --> 00:20:04,310 He quotes Isaiah 61 and says, I've come to release the captives, 456 00:20:04,470 --> 00:20:07,150 give recovery to the sight to the blind, and let the oppressed 457 00:20:07,150 --> 00:20:07,670 go free. 458 00:20:08,390 --> 00:20:09,670 That's how Jesus rules. 459 00:20:10,310 --> 00:20:14,130 When no one else would touch a man with skin disease, they wouldn't 460 00:20:14,130 --> 00:20:16,770 be next to him because it would make him unclean. 461 00:20:16,770 --> 00:20:22,210 Jesus touched him and healed him to make himself unclean. 462 00:20:22,290 --> 00:20:23,650 That's how Jesus rules. 463 00:20:24,450 --> 00:20:27,170 Everybody else wanted popularity and fame. 464 00:20:27,410 --> 00:20:30,770 Jesus withdrew to deserted places to be alone. 465 00:20:30,770 --> 00:20:35,330 He resisted fame and popularity to commune with the Father. 466 00:20:35,330 --> 00:20:36,530 That's how Jesus rules. 467 00:20:36,690 --> 00:20:40,090 He healed a man on the Sabbath in the synagogue, even though he 468 00:20:40,090 --> 00:20:42,370 knew he'd get backlash from the powerful leaders. 469 00:20:43,810 --> 00:20:45,330 He did it again for a woman. 470 00:20:45,810 --> 00:20:50,850 And then he did it again on the Sabbath in the home of a religious 471 00:20:50,850 --> 00:20:51,170 leader. 472 00:20:51,170 --> 00:20:54,970 So he ate with his enemies, he ate with his opposition, but he stayed 473 00:20:54,970 --> 00:20:56,450 authentic while he was doing it. 474 00:20:56,770 --> 00:20:58,130 That's how Jesus rules. 475 00:20:59,170 --> 00:21:03,410 He made a point to cross the lake and go to the land of the garrisons. 476 00:21:03,410 --> 00:21:07,730 Foreigners, strangers, gentiles, they eat bacon. 477 00:21:08,130 --> 00:21:12,210 And he did it just to free one demon possessed man. 478 00:21:12,750 --> 00:21:13,870 That's how Jesus rules. 479 00:21:14,590 --> 00:21:17,990 He gave his power and authority away to his followers. 480 00:21:17,990 --> 00:21:21,230 In Luke chapter nine, he said that phrase literally, I give you 481 00:21:21,230 --> 00:21:22,030 my authority. 482 00:21:22,750 --> 00:21:23,870 That's how he rules. 483 00:21:24,350 --> 00:21:27,710 He empties himself of power and authority to build others up. 484 00:21:27,710 --> 00:21:28,750 That's how he rules. 485 00:21:29,310 --> 00:21:32,750 He had uncompromising integrity about his core values. 486 00:21:32,990 --> 00:21:34,470 He was so dedicated to it. 487 00:21:34,470 --> 00:21:40,090 When he illustrated the Golden Rule, he featured a story about who 488 00:21:40,330 --> 00:21:43,210 Luke chapter 10, a Samaritan. 489 00:21:43,930 --> 00:21:46,370 He wanted to teach people about how to love your neighbor. 490 00:21:46,370 --> 00:21:50,450 So he featured somebody who people thought is like this religious 491 00:21:50,450 --> 00:21:50,970 mutt. 492 00:21:51,850 --> 00:21:53,210 That's how Jesus rules. 493 00:21:54,330 --> 00:21:57,370 He called out leaders who hurt people they were supposed to represent 494 00:21:57,450 --> 00:21:58,090 and help. 495 00:21:58,090 --> 00:22:01,450 And he did it with concrete examples in a way that cost Jesus, 496 00:22:01,610 --> 00:22:03,450 not in a way that made people like him. 497 00:22:03,530 --> 00:22:05,930 We have a ton of people who think they're prophets today. 498 00:22:06,010 --> 00:22:08,730 If you're a prophet one, it costs you. 499 00:22:09,350 --> 00:22:12,510 And there's fruit out of your actions of love, joy, peace, patience, 500 00:22:12,510 --> 00:22:14,670 kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness and self 501 00:22:14,670 --> 00:22:14,950 control. 502 00:22:15,270 --> 00:22:17,990 We got a lot of prophets who are like, yeah, I'm a prophet, because 503 00:22:17,990 --> 00:22:18,670 it's costing me. 504 00:22:18,670 --> 00:22:21,270 But as it's costing them, they're not bearing good fruit and 505 00:22:21,270 --> 00:22:22,790 they're actually gathering more fame. 506 00:22:22,950 --> 00:22:26,390 Jesus did and said stuff that cost him and bear good fruit. 507 00:22:26,390 --> 00:22:27,590 That's how he rules. 508 00:22:27,830 --> 00:22:31,190 He called out one of the greatest ills of humankind, greed, 509 00:22:31,270 --> 00:22:32,270 repeatedly. 510 00:22:32,270 --> 00:22:35,590 But he also held himself accountable to not living in greed 511 00:22:35,590 --> 00:22:35,990 ever. 512 00:22:36,950 --> 00:22:41,590 He ate with his enemies not to gain power or influence, but to make 513 00:22:41,590 --> 00:22:41,870 change. 514 00:22:41,870 --> 00:22:42,950 That's how he rules. 515 00:22:44,230 --> 00:22:49,390 In chapter 14, he talked about rejecting popularity, embracing humility, 516 00:22:49,390 --> 00:22:50,950 which again, he embodied himself. 517 00:22:51,910 --> 00:22:52,790 Chapter 17. 518 00:22:52,790 --> 00:22:56,350 He advocated for people whom others labeled as enemies and lowlifes. 519 00:22:56,350 --> 00:22:58,950 He told another story about Samaritans. 520 00:22:59,830 --> 00:23:02,950 Jesus was not a people pleaser. 521 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:04,360 Anybody need to hear that? 522 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:05,080 I do. 523 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:07,320 Did I mention that Jesus taught against greed? 524 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:08,600 That's how he rules. 525 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:10,960 He didn't talk about doing justice. 526 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:14,280 He committed to sacrificial actions that made justice possible. 527 00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:15,640 Think about Zacchaeus. 528 00:23:16,120 --> 00:23:20,080 While everybody was grumbling about this tax collector, chief tax 529 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:23,600 collector, Jesus or Zacchaeus, Jesus went straight to him and said, 530 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:26,160 we got to eat in your house today because we got to make some 531 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:26,760 things right. 532 00:23:28,120 --> 00:23:31,800 Jesus didn't wrote in right into town with a caravan and a bunch 533 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:32,520 of powerful people. 534 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:34,120 He rode into town on a what? 535 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:35,960 On a donkey. 536 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:37,760 What a joke of a man he was. 537 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,080 Did I say he called out religious leaders in a way that was 538 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,520 costly to himself and empowering to vulnerable people. 539 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:44,640 That's how he rules. 540 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:46,320 What about you? 541 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:47,280 Who's your teacher? 542 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:51,200 So last thing I have for you today is this second part. 543 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:52,920 Jesus says, for who is greater? 544 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:54,080 The one who is at the table. 545 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:55,480 He says this to his disciples. 546 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:56,000 The one. 547 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:57,600 It's the one at the table, right? 548 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,160 But I am among you as one who. 549 00:24:00,730 --> 00:24:01,850 That's how Jesus rules. 550 00:24:02,090 --> 00:24:05,130 When Jesus washed his disciples feet In John chapter 13, 551 00:24:05,130 --> 00:24:08,330 that was a job of a lowly, lowly servant. 552 00:24:08,570 --> 00:24:10,170 Jesus emptied himself. 553 00:24:10,490 --> 00:24:13,010 He shared his riches with other people. 554 00:24:13,010 --> 00:24:16,490 He emptied himself of power, authority, riches for what? 555 00:24:16,569 --> 00:24:20,050 To enrich you, not so that you would hoard it, but that you would 556 00:24:20,050 --> 00:24:23,450 rule like he does, so that you would give away your riches to others 557 00:24:23,770 --> 00:24:24,810 to empower them. 558 00:24:24,890 --> 00:24:26,810 But I am among you as one Who. 559 00:24:27,380 --> 00:24:29,780 Who's your teacher, Ross? 560 00:24:29,780 --> 00:24:31,300 Who is your teacher, man? 561 00:24:31,780 --> 00:24:33,460 So here's my question to you. 562 00:24:34,580 --> 00:24:39,180 Will you live a whole life of companionship with the spirit of 563 00:24:39,180 --> 00:24:39,700 Jesus? 564 00:24:40,020 --> 00:24:41,260 Will you take him with you? 565 00:24:41,260 --> 00:24:43,140 Will you travel with him to the bmv? 566 00:24:44,180 --> 00:24:48,100 Even when that duel is happening at the counter, they're 567 00:24:48,100 --> 00:24:48,820 trying to get you? 568 00:24:49,780 --> 00:24:53,460 Will you travel with him to work, to school? 569 00:24:54,050 --> 00:24:55,690 Will you learn to rule as he rules. 570 00:24:55,690 --> 00:25:01,330 And will you grow what is good with him to teach us how he rules? 571 00:25:01,330 --> 00:25:01,810 I want to. 572 00:25:01,810 --> 00:25:05,490 I wanted us to have communion together today because I told you 573 00:25:05,490 --> 00:25:11,090 before this dispute arose, they ate this Passover meal together. 574 00:25:11,250 --> 00:25:15,250 Before Jesus died, he chose to eat with his friends because that's 575 00:25:15,250 --> 00:25:15,970 how he rules. 576 00:25:16,290 --> 00:25:20,090 For Jesus, power was much less about a throne than it is about a 577 00:25:20,090 --> 00:25:20,450 table. 578 00:25:21,580 --> 00:25:24,460 See, if you sit on a throne, it makes you higher than everybody 579 00:25:24,460 --> 00:25:24,860 else. 580 00:25:25,020 --> 00:25:30,220 But as Philippians 2 says, Jesus emptied himself and became 581 00:25:30,220 --> 00:25:33,420 obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 582 00:25:33,740 --> 00:25:34,860 Why did he do that? 583 00:25:34,860 --> 00:25:35,820 To enrich you. 584 00:25:37,100 --> 00:25:38,500 And he invites you to a table. 585 00:25:38,500 --> 00:25:40,940 For Jesus, power is about a table, not a throne. 586 00:25:41,340 --> 00:25:42,540 That's how he teaches. 587 00:25:42,540 --> 00:25:43,660 That's how he rules. 588 00:25:44,700 --> 00:25:45,980 And he ate this meal. 589 00:25:46,060 --> 00:25:47,100 Give me just a second. 590 00:25:51,420 --> 00:25:51,900 Thank you. 591 00:25:53,260 --> 00:25:57,740 He ate this meal to kick off a whole new era. 592 00:25:57,980 --> 00:26:00,740 He said, I'm eating this meal to start a new covenant. 593 00:26:00,740 --> 00:26:04,340 A covenant is like this relationship where both parties make 594 00:26:04,340 --> 00:26:08,460 sacrifices to ensure something amazing happens. 595 00:26:08,780 --> 00:26:12,540 Jesus rules by, like, putting his life on the line to establish 596 00:26:12,540 --> 00:26:13,940 this covenantal relationship. 597 00:26:13,940 --> 00:26:16,060 He pours his own blood to make it happen. 598 00:26:16,790 --> 00:26:20,350 He says when he eats this meal, he says, I have earnestly desired 599 00:26:20,350 --> 00:26:21,910 to eat this meal with you. 600 00:26:22,550 --> 00:26:24,870 In the original language, it's a repetition. 601 00:26:25,030 --> 00:26:26,070 It's redundant. 602 00:26:26,070 --> 00:26:27,510 That earnestly desire. 603 00:26:27,750 --> 00:26:28,710 Why do I say that? 604 00:26:28,710 --> 00:26:32,509 Is because the reason that Jesus comes is because he earnestly 605 00:26:32,509 --> 00:26:34,710 desires relationships with people. 606 00:26:35,110 --> 00:26:37,630 People are not an inconvenience to Him. 607 00:26:37,630 --> 00:26:38,550 They are the point. 608 00:26:38,950 --> 00:26:42,070 He earnestly desires you. 609 00:26:42,590 --> 00:26:45,630 He earnestly desires to be at this table with you. 610 00:26:45,950 --> 00:26:49,670 He earnestly desires to pour his grace into your heart, into your 611 00:26:49,670 --> 00:26:49,950 life. 612 00:26:50,830 --> 00:26:51,950 That's how he rules. 613 00:26:52,270 --> 00:26:58,430 And he took this bread, and he says, like, every time you eat it, 614 00:26:58,430 --> 00:27:00,990 remember that my body is broken for you. 615 00:27:00,990 --> 00:27:02,430 My body is broken with you. 616 00:27:02,430 --> 00:27:03,950 That is how I choose to rule. 617 00:27:04,190 --> 00:27:07,310 Not by stepping onto a throne, but by giving myself to you. 618 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:11,840 And he takes the cup and he says, every time you drink this, 619 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:17,040 remember that my blood is poured out for you and many for the 620 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:21,880 release from sins, release from the forces of evil and darkness. 621 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:29,480 And so I invite you to this time to be with Jesus at this table, 622 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:32,280 with His Spirit, not just so you can be with him at table here. 623 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,280 And then when you go to your family table later today, you forget 624 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:35,560 Him. 625 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,680 Now have supper with him here and supper with him there. 626 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:41,640 Okay? 627 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:46,600 So you'll receive a piece of bread and a cup, and together we 628 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:48,720 won't eat it, or today we won't eat it together. 629 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:52,480 Take it back to your seat, have time for meditation and prayer, 630 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:55,680 and that's how we'll close today. 631 00:28:09,530 --> 00:28:13,810 Thank you for participating in the conversation happening at Heaven 632 00:28:13,810 --> 00:28:14,890 Earth Church. 633 00:28:15,370 --> 00:28:20,730 Your next opportunity to do so live is this Sunday morning, 9:30am 634 00:28:21,770 --> 00:28:25,890 Eastern Time, either at the main campus at 3:09 East Maine and 635 00:28:25,890 --> 00:28:30,310 Whiteland, Indiana or online at YouTube Live. 636 00:28:30,710 --> 00:28:39,190 That's@YouTube.com heavenerthchurch the audio podcast 637 00:28:39,190 --> 00:28:44,710 is always available at Apple Podcast and on Spotify. 638 00:28:45,190 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