1 00:00:00,050 --> 00:00:05,420 And so we started off the year talking about this idea that we all have a cause. 2 00:00:05,599 --> 00:00:07,820 Some of us, our cause might be politics. 3 00:00:07,820 --> 00:00:11,960 It might be uh, uh, uh, uh, going green or, or, or some force, 4 00:00:12,079 --> 00:00:13,760 some something of some nature. 5 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:18,650 We all have a cause, but as disciples of Jesus, we have the greatest cause. 6 00:00:19,519 --> 00:00:25,010 And that's the cause of Jesus Christ, Jesus the Lord, Jesus the Messiah. 7 00:00:25,369 --> 00:00:27,650 We are not part of something that will fade or pass. 8 00:00:27,655 --> 00:00:30,980 We're not part of something that we will not even talk about in a few years. 9 00:00:31,130 --> 00:00:35,300 We're part of something that's been going on since the creation of the universe. 10 00:00:35,930 --> 00:00:41,720 And so we have the opportunity to know, to follow, but then also show the real Jesus. 11 00:00:42,394 --> 00:00:44,855 To our neighbors, our friends, and our coworkers. 12 00:00:45,365 --> 00:00:48,495 And there's something that's really cool that's been going on and I, I, 13 00:00:48,495 --> 00:00:50,135 I, I, I'm hopeful, I've been praying. 14 00:00:50,135 --> 00:00:54,365 I feel like God, you want a revival here in the West, whether 15 00:00:54,365 --> 00:00:56,555 it's in America or or in Europe. 16 00:00:56,555 --> 00:01:00,184 I believe that God wants and is working on having a revival. 17 00:01:00,215 --> 00:01:02,644 And in our churches we need a revival. 18 00:01:02,644 --> 00:01:03,215 Amen. 19 00:01:05,015 --> 00:01:06,605 And so we see something really cool. 20 00:01:06,605 --> 00:01:09,815 I don't know if you guys have been taking notes, but you know, there's some things 21 00:01:09,815 --> 00:01:13,085 that have been going on in our world in which, you know, there's always been 22 00:01:13,090 --> 00:01:16,865 some, you know, when it came to the Great Awakening over in the 18 hundreds, or 23 00:01:16,894 --> 00:01:21,695 you talk about the, the Jesus movement of the sixties and seventies, our heritage 24 00:01:21,695 --> 00:01:26,405 of churches has always been a part of these movements and been pivotal in 25 00:01:26,405 --> 00:01:29,855 God's word, advancing across the land. 26 00:01:30,619 --> 00:01:33,199 And just a, a few weeks back there, some of you know, I 27 00:01:33,199 --> 00:01:34,880 know big social media people. 28 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:38,869 You, uh, most of you guys are, uh, there was some, some uh, uh, kinda like a mini 29 00:01:39,229 --> 00:01:43,848 old school revival tent revival taking place over in Kentucky at a small, uh, 30 00:01:43,854 --> 00:01:47,809 university that that really started to spread and be something really large. 31 00:01:47,809 --> 00:01:52,098 And then we seen the chosen series and we've also seen, uh, the Jesus 32 00:01:52,098 --> 00:01:56,598 Revolution movie come out, which are having actually phenomenal success. 33 00:01:57,408 --> 00:01:58,729 And so people are taking notes. 34 00:01:58,848 --> 00:02:03,440 Something is going on right now, and my prayer is that our fellowship, we 35 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:06,740 won't be in the back row, but we'll be in the front lines of what God is doing. 36 00:02:06,740 --> 00:02:07,340 Amen. 37 00:02:08,090 --> 00:02:10,250 And so we've been looking at and studying out. 38 00:02:10,250 --> 00:02:12,470 I believe God is working out the time. 39 00:02:13,519 --> 00:02:16,190 I don't believe it's a coincidence as we start to go back and go, 40 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:21,559 Hey, let's focus, let's get back to who the real Jesus is and was. 41 00:02:21,920 --> 00:02:25,610 And so that's what we've been studying out for the last couple of weeks. 42 00:02:25,610 --> 00:02:27,559 Or, oh, sorry, got a little ahead on myself, who. 43 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:30,349 But some of y'all go, oh yeah, yeah. 44 00:02:30,349 --> 00:02:30,829 Sorry. 45 00:02:31,610 --> 00:02:32,269 Had to prepare you. 46 00:02:32,269 --> 00:02:33,349 That was the Lord preparing you. 47 00:02:33,490 --> 00:02:33,809 Yeah. 48 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,690 And so we've been studying now since the beginning of the year, 49 00:02:38,900 --> 00:02:41,570 what we are calling the real Jesus. 50 00:02:41,780 --> 00:02:45,380 And so we're walking through and studying out and walking through 51 00:02:45,380 --> 00:02:51,039 the whole biography or letter of Luke that was written, documenting 52 00:02:51,045 --> 00:02:52,400 Jesus's life in ministry. 53 00:02:53,450 --> 00:02:58,250 And we've been learning what does it mean to follow the real Jesus. 54 00:02:58,579 --> 00:03:00,260 And so we've learned a lot of good things. 55 00:03:00,260 --> 00:03:05,059 And last week Kyle did a phenomenal job and showing us that Jesus finds what 56 00:03:05,065 --> 00:03:09,410 was lost, that he's continually seeking and searching out for those of us who 57 00:03:09,410 --> 00:03:13,099 are lost so that we can be found again. 58 00:03:13,789 --> 00:03:18,139 And so we're gonna continue this week, and so we're gonna be talking about 59 00:03:18,139 --> 00:03:21,170 how the real Jesus wasn't American. 60 00:03:22,340 --> 00:03:22,730 Ooh. 61 00:03:22,730 --> 00:03:23,660 Uh oh. 62 00:03:25,265 --> 00:03:26,345 Uh oh. 63 00:03:26,585 --> 00:03:28,595 Yes, he went there. 64 00:03:29,765 --> 00:03:31,325 Some of y'all don't like that. 65 00:03:33,005 --> 00:03:36,845 Here's the thing, and this is why it's so important that we dive into who 66 00:03:36,845 --> 00:03:40,835 Jesus really is, because what will happen, what does happen, which you 67 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:45,095 and I have done with societies and countries have done, what churches have 68 00:03:45,095 --> 00:03:50,975 done, is we begin to have Jesus start to mold into what we want him to be. 69 00:03:52,475 --> 00:03:58,595 So he begins to think the way we think, and so we insert or we put upon Jesus 70 00:03:58,835 --> 00:04:05,045 our current context, our philosophy, our customs, our traditions into Jesus, 71 00:04:05,045 --> 00:04:08,075 and they go, here's how Jesus would be. 72 00:04:08,855 --> 00:04:13,775 But what happens is that we actually veer from following the real Jesus church. 73 00:04:13,775 --> 00:04:15,455 Are you with me here again? 74 00:04:15,460 --> 00:04:16,654 Every single one of us has done this. 75 00:04:16,660 --> 00:04:19,414 That's why we even have these false images of what Jesus looks 76 00:04:19,414 --> 00:04:22,775 like, because everybody wants Jesus to fit into their context. 77 00:04:25,130 --> 00:04:31,190 This is why again, it's so important that we know the real Jesus and therefore we 78 00:04:31,190 --> 00:04:34,850 make decision to follow the real Jesus. 79 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:38,210 And again, if you're a follower of real Jesus, then now you are part 80 00:04:38,210 --> 00:04:42,409 of this opportunity of showing those around you who the real Jesus is. 81 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:46,670 Cuz right now we have a misunderstanding or uh, an inaccurate 82 00:04:46,670 --> 00:04:49,550 depiction of who Jesus really is. 83 00:04:50,030 --> 00:04:52,909 And so again, we're part of this great cause. 84 00:04:53,330 --> 00:04:56,630 And so we're gonna go ahead and look into who the real Jesus was 85 00:04:56,635 --> 00:04:58,970 and how he wasn't American Church. 86 00:04:58,970 --> 00:05:00,080 Are you with me here? 87 00:05:00,620 --> 00:05:01,250 All right. 88 00:05:01,250 --> 00:05:04,670 Again, the real Jesus got some people upset, so I know there's already some 89 00:05:04,670 --> 00:05:06,620 people upset and you wanna cancel me? 90 00:05:06,620 --> 00:05:07,430 That's okay. 91 00:05:09,350 --> 00:05:11,390 Because at least my wife and my kids love me. 92 00:05:12,530 --> 00:05:14,510 Well, at least they love me on certain days. 93 00:05:14,515 --> 00:05:15,380 You know what I'm saying? 94 00:05:16,490 --> 00:05:18,380 But let's go ahead and let's go to the father and prayer. 95 00:05:18,380 --> 00:05:19,270 Father, thank you so much. 96 00:05:20,270 --> 00:05:21,949 Ready for this chance to worship you. 97 00:05:22,199 --> 00:05:24,860 God, you are a God who is worthy of our worship. 98 00:05:25,009 --> 00:05:28,579 And as we sang here today, God, we can raise a hallelujah. 99 00:05:28,730 --> 00:05:29,989 We can say hallelujah. 100 00:05:29,989 --> 00:05:33,469 We can say, praise the Lord, because you are good, because you have 101 00:05:33,469 --> 00:05:35,119 rescued many of us in this room. 102 00:05:35,125 --> 00:05:38,239 And God, we know you wanna rescue those who haven't been rescued yet. 103 00:05:38,840 --> 00:05:43,280 And God, we pray right now that we can not only observe, we cannot only 104 00:05:43,759 --> 00:05:47,300 consider, we cannot not only reflect, but God, that we can submit a surrender 105 00:05:47,300 --> 00:05:52,639 to the Lordship of Jesus, God, that we can make decisions today to not 106 00:05:52,639 --> 00:05:54,289 only know you, but to follow you. 107 00:05:54,980 --> 00:05:58,520 And God, we know Easter's coming up pro Father, we pray that we can see more 108 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:04,130 and more souls have the opportunity to themselves know and follow the real Jesus. 109 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:05,630 It's in His name we pray. 110 00:06:05,869 --> 00:06:06,559 Amen. 111 00:06:07,610 --> 00:06:09,290 I got to mention a couple quick things there. 112 00:06:09,350 --> 00:06:12,920 Um, uh, the Morriss from South Orange County are part of our church are 113 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:17,510 here, and, uh, they have a, a really cool thing called Higher Grounds. 114 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:21,560 And, uh, they're setting up their coffee set up outside for us after service. 115 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:25,430 So you can go ahead and get your, your fix in and, uh, go ahead and have some 116 00:06:25,430 --> 00:06:26,600 fellowship with the higher ground. 117 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:27,740 So we want to thank the Mors. 118 00:06:27,740 --> 00:06:29,750 I saw them earlier around here where they're setting up, 119 00:06:29,750 --> 00:06:31,310 and we're excited about that. 120 00:06:31,310 --> 00:06:31,820 Amen. 121 00:06:33,020 --> 00:06:38,090 And real quickly, all those part of the sound class meet on stage after service. 122 00:06:38,095 --> 00:06:38,360 Right? 123 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:38,870 Amen. 124 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:42,380 Uh, you know, in the church here, uh, at least in our, our, our, our North O 125 00:06:42,385 --> 00:06:47,060 Sea ministry, we, we like to also join in on what America is celebrating this. 126 00:06:47,060 --> 00:06:50,120 So, uh, in February there's Black History Month, and then we 127 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:53,150 also have Women's History Month that is currently taking place. 128 00:06:53,570 --> 00:06:54,680 And so, all right, come on. 129 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:55,100 There you go. 130 00:06:55,100 --> 00:06:56,360 Melody's fired up. 131 00:06:56,690 --> 00:06:59,510 Hey man, her husband better be fired up, you know what I'm saying? 132 00:06:59,810 --> 00:07:01,160 She's over here like, yeah, yeah. 133 00:07:01,340 --> 00:07:01,730 Woohoo. 134 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:02,620 Where's your cheering at? 135 00:07:03,860 --> 00:07:05,120 He's like, honey, you know, I love you. 136 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:09,290 All right, so, uh, you know what's really cool is we, we, yeah, we, we 137 00:07:09,290 --> 00:07:10,820 value women the way Jesus value women. 138 00:07:10,820 --> 00:07:13,940 But we're excited here today to go over, have a little treat, and we're 139 00:07:13,940 --> 00:07:18,290 gonna actually have my wife, Karina Hall come up on stage here with us today. 140 00:07:23,690 --> 00:07:26,990 And so, uh, Karina and I gonna go ahead and, uh, walk through some Luke 141 00:07:26,990 --> 00:07:31,520 here and, uh, make some observations here and, uh, we can go ahead 142 00:07:31,580 --> 00:07:33,320 and, uh, get into it real quick. 143 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:38,150 Now, I will say this here, this is so important here and just like we talked 144 00:07:38,155 --> 00:07:44,000 about a few weeks ago, when Jesus challenges our worldviews is gonna lead us 145 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:49,730 to a point where we have to do something, we're either gonna make a decision that 146 00:07:49,730 --> 00:07:54,530 we're just gonna reject who the real Jesus is or what he teaches, and just say, you 147 00:07:54,530 --> 00:07:55,940 know what, no, I'm not gonna do that. 148 00:07:55,940 --> 00:07:59,120 I'm just gonna still follow what I wanna follow and believe what I want to believe. 149 00:07:59,630 --> 00:08:02,450 Or we can make a decision that I'm going to minimize it. 150 00:08:03,230 --> 00:08:08,090 What he's saying to justify what I'm currently doing and what I desire. 151 00:08:08,930 --> 00:08:15,230 Or we make a decision that we are gonna surrender, submits, and follow 152 00:08:15,230 --> 00:08:20,510 him as Lord, and then make sure that covers my current context of life. 153 00:08:20,515 --> 00:08:21,710 You guys get what I'm saying. 154 00:08:22,220 --> 00:08:25,850 And so it's important here again, as we see this, that, that we understand 155 00:08:25,850 --> 00:08:27,260 we're all gonna have to make a decision. 156 00:08:27,260 --> 00:08:31,580 There's gonna be one of those three choices to either reject, to minimize, 157 00:08:31,940 --> 00:08:34,370 or to accept and follow you guys with me. 158 00:08:34,370 --> 00:08:37,610 Church, turn over in your Bibles to Luke chapter 16. 159 00:08:38,659 --> 00:08:40,010 Luke chapter 16. 160 00:08:40,549 --> 00:08:41,830 As we, uh, go there. 161 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:46,340 Let's, uh, Karina, I know many of the people know you, but let's go ahead and 162 00:08:46,340 --> 00:08:50,480 maybe you can introduce yourself and share a little bit about who you are. 163 00:08:50,930 --> 00:08:51,200 Sure. 164 00:08:51,290 --> 00:08:57,200 Um, my name is Karina and I have been a Christian now for. 165 00:08:57,605 --> 00:09:02,645 Uh, 22 years and, um, I am a wife. 166 00:09:03,215 --> 00:09:05,345 I have the best husband in the world. 167 00:09:05,635 --> 00:09:06,125 Amen. 168 00:09:06,475 --> 00:09:06,965 Amen. 169 00:09:09,605 --> 00:09:10,085 Fired up. 170 00:09:10,805 --> 00:09:12,815 I can go to bed well tonight. 171 00:09:12,905 --> 00:09:13,445 Amen. 172 00:09:13,835 --> 00:09:15,875 Okay, so I get that new thing that I wanted. 173 00:09:15,875 --> 00:09:16,505 No, I'm just kidding. 174 00:09:18,935 --> 00:09:19,625 . I said it. 175 00:09:19,655 --> 00:09:20,675 Um, they're just kidding. 176 00:09:20,885 --> 00:09:22,475 Um, I did tell her to say that. 177 00:09:22,475 --> 00:09:23,925 I did tell her to say that. 178 00:09:24,065 --> 00:09:27,035 Um, no, I have um, I have three kids. 179 00:09:27,035 --> 00:09:30,125 We have three kids, uh, 12, 10, and four. 180 00:09:30,395 --> 00:09:32,855 And, um, let's see. 181 00:09:33,335 --> 00:09:39,245 Um, I am one of, uh, six kids, so I have lots of family, uh, that are all local 182 00:09:39,275 --> 00:09:41,465 and um, that's a little bit about me. 183 00:09:41,465 --> 00:09:44,675 Oh, and I work full-time in the ministry. 184 00:09:44,705 --> 00:09:48,455 Um, but also recently I started, um, substitute teaching as well. 185 00:09:48,455 --> 00:09:50,375 So little fun fact. 186 00:09:51,305 --> 00:09:52,025 Amen. 187 00:09:52,925 --> 00:09:53,375 Awesome. 188 00:09:53,435 --> 00:09:55,055 Alright, well let's go ahead and let's get into it. 189 00:09:55,055 --> 00:09:56,375 Luke chapter 16. 190 00:09:56,380 --> 00:09:56,675 Church. 191 00:09:56,675 --> 00:09:57,305 Are you with me? 192 00:09:57,875 --> 00:09:58,895 All right, so here we go. 193 00:09:58,895 --> 00:10:02,315 So in Luke chapter 16, we'll have to take it up here cuz we're gonna 194 00:10:02,315 --> 00:10:07,865 see that Jesus is going to approach the topic and subject of money. 195 00:10:09,815 --> 00:10:10,055 Ooh. 196 00:10:10,055 --> 00:10:10,775 Oh yeah. 197 00:10:11,195 --> 00:10:13,565 People tell me hate when we talk about money in the church here. 198 00:10:13,565 --> 00:10:13,865 Okay? 199 00:10:13,865 --> 00:10:14,555 All right. 200 00:10:14,615 --> 00:10:14,855 All right. 201 00:10:14,855 --> 00:10:16,355 This is not a plea to get more money. 202 00:10:16,355 --> 00:10:19,175 This is not what it is, but we're gonna see the real Jesus wasn't 203 00:10:19,175 --> 00:10:23,585 American because as Americans, what does our culture and society value? 204 00:10:23,705 --> 00:10:24,185 Money. 205 00:10:25,325 --> 00:10:28,895 And so this is a big part of our fabric as a culture. 206 00:10:28,895 --> 00:10:32,495 And so Jesus is going to talk about money and wealth and possessions, but we're 207 00:10:32,495 --> 00:10:36,215 gonna take it up right after He talks about this parable of the shrewd manager. 208 00:10:36,215 --> 00:10:38,435 And he says something here in in verse nine. 209 00:10:38,435 --> 00:10:42,605 He says, I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves 210 00:10:42,605 --> 00:10:47,015 so that when it is gone, you'll be welcomed into eternal dwellings. 211 00:10:47,145 --> 00:10:50,615 Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much. 212 00:10:50,885 --> 00:10:54,635 And whoever dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. 213 00:10:54,995 --> 00:10:58,715 So, if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who 214 00:10:58,715 --> 00:11:00,515 will trust you with true riches? 215 00:11:00,905 --> 00:11:03,935 And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else's property, who 216 00:11:03,935 --> 00:11:06,155 will give you property of your own. 217 00:11:06,860 --> 00:11:08,389 No one can serve two masters. 218 00:11:08,860 --> 00:11:12,050 Either they will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted 219 00:11:12,050 --> 00:11:13,760 to the one and despise the other. 220 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,159 You cannot serve both God and money. 221 00:11:16,550 --> 00:11:21,020 The Pharisees who loved money hurt all this and were sneering at Jesus. 222 00:11:21,020 --> 00:11:21,619 That's interesting. 223 00:11:21,949 --> 00:11:22,699 Sneering at 'em. 224 00:11:22,704 --> 00:11:26,510 So, so they're upset that they, what he's saying and how it applies to them, 225 00:11:26,510 --> 00:11:30,650 they're turning their nose up at Jesus as he says these things, and he said 226 00:11:30,650 --> 00:11:34,849 to them, you are the one to justify yourselves in the eyes of others. 227 00:11:35,090 --> 00:11:37,520 But God knows your hearts. 228 00:11:37,909 --> 00:11:42,829 What people value highly is detestable in God's sights. 229 00:11:43,130 --> 00:11:44,780 Let's go ahead and stop right there. 230 00:11:44,780 --> 00:11:47,210 Karina, maybe you could share, what were some of the things that stood 231 00:11:47,210 --> 00:11:49,130 out to you about the real Jesus. 232 00:11:49,835 --> 00:11:53,525 Yeah, I think the biggest thing was obviously that um, he was 233 00:11:54,045 --> 00:11:58,115 challenging their view of money and how, and specifically how uh, 234 00:11:58,145 --> 00:11:59,975 they used it, how we were using it. 235 00:11:59,975 --> 00:12:03,185 And so that story of the parable of the shrewd manager 236 00:12:03,185 --> 00:12:04,985 is a little interesting to me. 237 00:12:05,165 --> 00:12:11,615 Um, but what I got from it is he's, he's kind of turning things upside down. 238 00:12:11,615 --> 00:12:13,715 He's like, okay, I'm giving you this. 239 00:12:13,985 --> 00:12:19,715 Um, money is, is a tool and the way you're using it, you've is not 240 00:12:19,715 --> 00:12:21,095 the way you should be using it. 241 00:12:21,305 --> 00:12:26,315 Um, but I think what really stood out to me was verse 13, where he's, it 242 00:12:26,315 --> 00:12:28,775 says, no servant can serve two masters. 243 00:12:29,015 --> 00:12:33,305 Either he will hate the one and love the other, or will he will be devoted 244 00:12:33,305 --> 00:12:35,285 to the one and despise the other. 245 00:12:35,495 --> 00:12:38,405 You cannot serve both God and money. 246 00:12:39,335 --> 00:12:45,785 And I, I think that really stood out to me because it's interesting that he said, 247 00:12:45,815 --> 00:12:47,915 you cannot serve both God and money. 248 00:12:48,844 --> 00:12:51,844 , but you think about money, money is an object. 249 00:12:52,085 --> 00:12:54,424 Um, and it's supposed to serve us. 250 00:12:55,054 --> 00:12:58,985 Um, it's the tool that we have for our purposes. 251 00:12:58,985 --> 00:13:05,224 Like, so I just, it just made me think, wow, how do we then serve money? 252 00:13:05,224 --> 00:13:09,034 How then does money become personified? 253 00:13:09,335 --> 00:13:15,125 Um, and how then does money become a God or in the place of God? 254 00:13:15,154 --> 00:13:17,105 How does it become a master? 255 00:13:17,525 --> 00:13:20,045 Um, because that's really what Jesus is saying. 256 00:13:20,585 --> 00:13:23,315 Hey, you can't serve both God and money, but money. 257 00:13:23,614 --> 00:13:28,174 Like I can't picture this, you know, taller Bill as, as a God. 258 00:13:28,444 --> 00:13:30,844 Um, obviously, but that's what he's saying. 259 00:13:30,844 --> 00:13:36,574 You, this is the, this is your master money then becomes what is going to 260 00:13:36,579 --> 00:13:39,154 dictate what you do and how you live. 261 00:13:39,454 --> 00:13:45,185 Um, and so I thought about, okay, well how can money become, um, a master? 262 00:13:45,185 --> 00:13:50,960 And I thought in just for anyone, and I think overworking to have it, 263 00:13:50,989 --> 00:13:55,369 you can overwork, um, so that you can have more of it, uh, you can 264 00:13:55,369 --> 00:14:00,110 compromise your righteousness, uh, to save more or to have more of it. 265 00:14:00,619 --> 00:14:07,699 Uh, and also our decisions and the way that we think can be ruled by money, and 266 00:14:07,699 --> 00:14:10,579 that can be in subtle or obvious ways. 267 00:14:10,579 --> 00:14:14,509 Like I clearly don't wake up in the morning and bow down to a dollar 268 00:14:14,509 --> 00:14:21,050 bill . That would be maybe, um, aside from weird, that would be more obvious. 269 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:26,329 Uh, but also, um, it can be obvious in just how, oh, this 270 00:14:26,329 --> 00:14:28,009 person's obviously ruled by money. 271 00:14:28,009 --> 00:14:29,750 That's all they, you know, wanna do. 272 00:14:29,750 --> 00:14:31,759 Like they, they just work and work for money. 273 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:36,380 Um, but I think it can also be in subtle ways, um, the, the little shortcuts that 274 00:14:36,386 --> 00:14:44,270 we can make, um, to save a little more or to have a little more, or, um, you 275 00:14:44,270 --> 00:14:46,340 know, the times when you say it's just. 276 00:14:47,585 --> 00:14:52,864 It's just, and something else follows because really what it is, um, is 277 00:14:52,864 --> 00:14:54,965 you're, you're making an excuse. 278 00:14:54,965 --> 00:14:58,054 And so I think those are the subtle ways that I think can be a 279 00:14:58,060 --> 00:15:00,364 little bit, um, the scarier side. 280 00:15:00,784 --> 00:15:03,935 Um, but then there's something else. 281 00:15:03,965 --> 00:15:05,525 Do I go on or do you wanna Okay. 282 00:15:06,454 --> 00:15:14,105 . Um, I think also, um, in verse 14, um, you know, he calls out the 283 00:15:14,105 --> 00:15:16,324 Pharisees, who he says loved money. 284 00:15:16,775 --> 00:15:22,895 Uh, and then in verse uh, 15, he says, he said to them, you are the ones 285 00:15:22,895 --> 00:15:27,605 who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your heart. 286 00:15:29,045 --> 00:15:32,465 And you know, I, I feel like I've heard that term. 287 00:15:32,465 --> 00:15:35,704 God knows my heart or God, you know, you hear that a lot. 288 00:15:35,974 --> 00:15:39,994 So it was, it just stood out to me this time reading it that Jesus used that. 289 00:15:39,994 --> 00:15:42,454 Like Jesus said, God knows your hearts. 290 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:46,730 But when we say it, it's a little bit of a justification. 291 00:15:46,730 --> 00:15:53,090 Like, I just did something, but God knows my heart . And yet Jesus is 292 00:15:53,095 --> 00:15:55,130 not saying it as a justification. 293 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:56,840 He's saying it as a judgment. 294 00:15:57,740 --> 00:16:03,440 God knows your hearts and he knows, like he's, you know, he knows that you 295 00:16:03,470 --> 00:16:06,470 justify yourselves in the eyes of men. 296 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:11,540 And that's a scary thought because I think we can fall into that same trap, that 297 00:16:11,570 --> 00:16:18,260 when we can make excuses for ourselves and want to justify ourselves, um, and 298 00:16:18,265 --> 00:16:26,150 compare ourselves to others, and, you know, um, we can kind of see it's easy 299 00:16:26,150 --> 00:16:28,790 because I think we live in the society. 300 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:32,930 And so it's easy to find someone who's a lot more greedy or 301 00:16:32,930 --> 00:16:35,420 who is using money unwisely. 302 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:40,060 Um, but it doesn't matter, um, if there's someone else who's, who's. 303 00:16:40,804 --> 00:16:44,375 , um, making bad choices or there's someone who has more money. 304 00:16:44,375 --> 00:16:47,884 That's the other thing that I think, I can not think about this 305 00:16:47,884 --> 00:16:50,405 as much cuz I feel like, well, you know, I don't have a lot of money. 306 00:16:50,405 --> 00:16:51,304 I'm not wealthy. 307 00:16:51,514 --> 00:16:56,405 Um, and so you can find somebody else who has more wealth or who has made other bad 308 00:16:56,405 --> 00:16:59,285 decisions and think God sees my heart. 309 00:16:59,945 --> 00:17:06,155 But that's a scary thought, , I think, um, really because, um, if I 310 00:17:06,155 --> 00:17:10,115 have to say that, like, if, if I have to say, oh, God sees my heart, then 311 00:17:10,115 --> 00:17:12,785 it's probably, uh, not a good thing. 312 00:17:12,815 --> 00:17:18,125 And you know, when you think about it, he's talking to the Pharisees who were 313 00:17:18,185 --> 00:17:24,395 in many ways righteous, um, who believed in God, who followed the commands, or at 314 00:17:24,395 --> 00:17:26,194 least appeared to follow the commands. 315 00:17:26,194 --> 00:17:27,513 They gave a tithe. 316 00:17:27,905 --> 00:17:31,955 Um, and so on the outside it looked like they were doing the 317 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:34,594 right things and people thought they were doing the right things. 318 00:17:34,804 --> 00:17:36,634 But Jesus saw that in their hearts. 319 00:17:37,384 --> 00:17:42,004 There was a love of money that wasn't good, and it just makes me wonder what's 320 00:17:42,004 --> 00:17:47,585 in my heart that Jesus would call out, you know, the, the part that where you 321 00:17:47,585 --> 00:17:55,054 just shared there, the personification of money, that's, that's like, that's 322 00:17:55,054 --> 00:17:59,344 just deep to me because, you know, let's just go back to it, right? 323 00:17:59,344 --> 00:18:04,594 Like in the first part he says there and, uh, he says, use worldly wealth. 324 00:18:05,585 --> 00:18:10,264 And then you go on and now he says, don't serve God in money. 325 00:18:11,825 --> 00:18:19,054 So that transition from it being a tool to now being personified, there's 326 00:18:19,054 --> 00:18:21,514 something that took place, right? 327 00:18:21,514 --> 00:18:25,504 It's supposed to be used, but now it's something that's worshiped and 328 00:18:25,504 --> 00:18:30,395 submitted and surrendered to, and that's just why we, we wouldn't personify a 329 00:18:30,395 --> 00:18:31,714 lot of things, you know what I mean? 330 00:18:31,719 --> 00:18:33,665 Like, we wouldn't personify this chair. 331 00:18:33,665 --> 00:18:34,895 This chair's obviously used. 332 00:18:35,540 --> 00:18:36,080 To sit on. 333 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:37,250 We're like, yeah, you just use that chair. 334 00:18:37,250 --> 00:18:41,330 But now if I go, Hey, let's set up a mosque to this chair, or let's set 335 00:18:41,330 --> 00:18:43,490 up, you know, you'd be like, well that's, that's ridiculous, right? 336 00:18:43,490 --> 00:18:44,120 What are you doing? 337 00:18:44,120 --> 00:18:47,870 And so, but yet we can do that with wealth and money and not even 338 00:18:47,875 --> 00:18:53,690 realizing it becomes, uh, a being as opposed to a, a thing there. 339 00:18:53,690 --> 00:18:55,700 And so that, that just stood out to me. 340 00:18:55,705 --> 00:19:01,400 And then that last part, what, what people highly value is detestable in God's sight. 341 00:19:01,429 --> 00:19:05,870 I mean, wow, that's, it makes me think of, uh, you know, tasting something, at least 342 00:19:05,875 --> 00:19:10,475 for me, uh, like tasting something that you don't like and then you got that face. 343 00:19:11,990 --> 00:19:13,100 You, you know what I'm saying? 344 00:19:13,460 --> 00:19:15,320 Like, I taste something that people always make fun. 345 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:16,790 Like, oh, Marcel, you're picking, you're picking. 346 00:19:16,790 --> 00:19:21,919 I'm like, no, I'm selective . But then when you taste something, 347 00:19:21,919 --> 00:19:23,330 you're like, mm, that's nasty, right? 348 00:19:23,335 --> 00:19:27,169 You like spit it out, like, and it's like, wow, that's how God 349 00:19:27,469 --> 00:19:31,520 views our view or valuing of money. 350 00:19:32,810 --> 00:19:35,450 Or he can if we have this type of thing there. 351 00:19:35,450 --> 00:19:35,750 So is. 352 00:19:35,780 --> 00:19:38,060 Would there, would you add anything more to that idea of 353 00:19:38,060 --> 00:19:41,930 personification or this last part of being detestable in God's side? 354 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:42,530 No. 355 00:19:42,860 --> 00:19:43,130 Okay. 356 00:19:43,190 --> 00:19:44,510 Alright, let's keep going. 357 00:19:44,570 --> 00:19:46,550 Luke 16 to verse 19. 358 00:19:46,790 --> 00:19:50,090 It says, there was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine 359 00:19:50,090 --> 00:19:52,970 linen and lived in luxury every day. 360 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:56,870 At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to 361 00:19:56,870 --> 00:19:58,880 eat what fell from the rich man's table. 362 00:19:59,090 --> 00:20:01,040 Even the dogs came and licked his sores. 363 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:05,540 The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him into Abraham's side. 364 00:20:05,630 --> 00:20:09,020 The rich man also died and was buried in Hades, where he was in torment. 365 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:14,510 He looked up and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side, so he called 366 00:20:14,510 --> 00:20:18,770 him Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of 367 00:20:18,770 --> 00:20:23,600 his finger in water and cool my tongue because I am an agony in this fire. 368 00:20:28,250 --> 00:20:29,179 What's going on here? 369 00:20:29,179 --> 00:20:29,990 It's not, it's not going to. 370 00:20:29,990 --> 00:20:30,919 The next slide there. 371 00:20:30,980 --> 00:20:33,259 Can you go to the next slide there, please, uh, wan. 372 00:20:35,360 --> 00:20:38,839 But Abraham replied, son, remember that in your lifetime you received 373 00:20:38,839 --> 00:20:43,280 good things, your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he 374 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:45,650 is comforted here and you are in agony. 375 00:20:46,219 --> 00:20:49,669 And besides all this, between us and you, a great chasm has been set 376 00:20:49,669 --> 00:20:53,060 in place so that those who wanna go from here to you cannot nor can 377 00:20:53,060 --> 00:20:54,919 anyone cross over from there to us. 378 00:20:55,129 --> 00:20:55,610 He answered. 379 00:20:55,610 --> 00:20:59,990 Then I beg you father sin Lazarus to my family before I have five brothers. 380 00:21:00,230 --> 00:21:03,950 Let him warn them so that they will not come to this place of torment. 381 00:21:03,980 --> 00:21:07,040 Abraham replied, they have not, they have Moses and the prophets. 382 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:08,600 Let them listen to them. 383 00:21:08,870 --> 00:21:14,030 No, father Abraham, he said, but if someone from the dead, if someone 384 00:21:14,030 --> 00:21:19,280 from the, sorry about that, but if someone from the dead, what's that? 385 00:21:20,004 --> 00:21:20,775 Both of them. 386 00:21:20,775 --> 00:21:22,384 Those, to them, they will repent. 387 00:21:22,445 --> 00:21:26,105 He said to them, if they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, 388 00:21:26,105 --> 00:21:30,245 they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead. 389 00:21:31,145 --> 00:21:32,225 Let's go ahead and stop right there. 390 00:21:32,225 --> 00:21:34,084 Karina, what, what were some things that stood out to you? 391 00:21:34,955 --> 00:21:38,945 Yeah, I think the first thing I, it reminded me, I think we talked about it in 392 00:21:38,950 --> 00:21:44,134 one of the previous sermons, how the rich were considered blessed by God while the 393 00:21:44,134 --> 00:21:47,044 poor, uh, were considered cursed by God. 394 00:21:47,134 --> 00:21:52,655 Um, but, and so here's this rich man and he's clothed, um, in purple and fine 395 00:21:52,660 --> 00:21:54,815 linen and lives in luxury every day. 396 00:21:54,815 --> 00:22:01,235 And so obviously he is wealthy and only the, and not only, um, somewhat wealthy, 397 00:22:01,235 --> 00:22:05,794 but very wealthy because only those, um, who had great wealth were able to 398 00:22:05,794 --> 00:22:08,254 be clothed in purple and fine linen. 399 00:22:08,705 --> 00:22:15,485 Um, and yet their eternal locations, um, after they die indicate. 400 00:22:16,190 --> 00:22:21,020 A different story than what most people would've thought as far as, um, 401 00:22:21,050 --> 00:22:23,000 who was blessed and who was cursed. 402 00:22:23,420 --> 00:22:28,520 Um, and, and so here's, um, this rich man. 403 00:22:28,700 --> 00:22:35,240 Um, and I think the thing that com that was, that stood out to me, uh, the most 404 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:41,120 was I read this commentary, um, and it pointed out how the rich man didn't do 405 00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:43,790 anything inherently evil to Lazarus. 406 00:22:43,970 --> 00:22:48,860 Like, we don't see that the rich man kicked him. 407 00:22:48,860 --> 00:22:52,160 It says he, you know, there was this beggar named Lazarus covered 408 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:56,180 with sores and longing to eat wolfel from the rich man's table. 409 00:22:56,330 --> 00:23:02,570 And it tells us that he was, he laid at the gate of the rich man, but it doesn't 410 00:23:02,570 --> 00:23:04,640 say that the rich man did anything to him. 411 00:23:04,645 --> 00:23:06,080 It didn't say that he kicked him. 412 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:07,640 It didn't say that he mocked him. 413 00:23:07,940 --> 00:23:11,380 Um, it just says that he laid there and. 414 00:23:12,094 --> 00:23:12,964 That's it. 415 00:23:13,054 --> 00:23:19,924 Um, and so I, I think about that and I think about how, um, the flaw of 416 00:23:19,924 --> 00:23:25,475 the rich man was not noticing him, um, was walking past him and ignoring him. 417 00:23:25,924 --> 00:23:32,164 And that's really convicting to me because I think Wow, like there's a 418 00:23:32,169 --> 00:23:36,544 lot that I can say like, oh, I didn't do this, or I didn't do that . Um, but 419 00:23:36,544 --> 00:23:41,435 what, what, you know, that doesn't mean that my heart is in the right place. 420 00:23:41,554 --> 00:23:48,874 Um, and you know, the rich man, um, you know, was, sorry, I 421 00:23:48,874 --> 00:23:50,674 skipped my, I skipped my place. 422 00:23:50,704 --> 00:23:50,975 Oh. 423 00:23:51,035 --> 00:23:54,304 Um, he, he was just simply negligent. 424 00:23:54,395 --> 00:23:56,405 Um, and I don't wanna be negligent. 425 00:23:56,464 --> 00:24:01,445 I don't want to close my eyes or cover my ears to the needs around me, but at 426 00:24:01,450 --> 00:24:06,424 the same time, that's really overwhelming because there's a lot of needs around me. 427 00:24:06,485 --> 00:24:09,004 And, um, and so. 428 00:24:09,574 --> 00:24:14,884 And I do believe, I live in luxury in the sense that I think everyone in America 429 00:24:14,884 --> 00:24:17,225 lives in luxury for the most part. 430 00:24:17,225 --> 00:24:19,534 I think as Americans, we live in luxury. 431 00:24:19,914 --> 00:24:26,704 And yet, um, I, I don't wanna be , I don't wanna miss a, a 432 00:24:26,704 --> 00:24:29,164 Lazarus, um, by my gate, you know? 433 00:24:29,164 --> 00:24:33,214 And so it is really convicting to think about that, that what, you 434 00:24:33,214 --> 00:24:38,464 know, what is, what is God putting in front of me that I could be missing? 435 00:24:40,154 --> 00:24:45,424 You know, it's you, especially in America, we have, especially 436 00:24:45,429 --> 00:24:47,454 in Orange County, right? 437 00:24:47,614 --> 00:24:50,704 I mean, there's a lot of wealth and I know a lot of times we can think somebody else 438 00:24:50,704 --> 00:24:52,685 has more money and they, they probably do. 439 00:24:52,895 --> 00:24:56,554 But it's hard for us to be in touch with the needs around us. 440 00:24:57,065 --> 00:24:58,924 And so we can maybe not notice the needs. 441 00:24:58,924 --> 00:25:00,094 Not see the needs. 442 00:25:00,424 --> 00:25:05,404 And the thing that struck me even as you're sharing is that Jesus, he, he 443 00:25:05,404 --> 00:25:08,464 values faithfulness over finances. 444 00:25:09,950 --> 00:25:15,320 like he lifts up Lazarus because he was faithful, but yet the rich man is the 445 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:20,300 one who had the finances, and I'm sure he, he, he did some things in his, in 446 00:25:20,305 --> 00:25:23,750 his parable or some belief is a parable, some belief that, that, it's a real story 447 00:25:23,750 --> 00:25:27,770 here, regardless of the case here, that we would think, wow, he has character. 448 00:25:27,770 --> 00:25:30,470 He's obviously doing things to propel himself, set himself up. 449 00:25:30,470 --> 00:25:33,380 Maybe his generation's up for financial success. 450 00:25:33,380 --> 00:25:34,910 However, he wasn't faithful. 451 00:25:35,570 --> 00:25:38,390 And so the real Jesus is not looking at our bank account and seeing 452 00:25:38,395 --> 00:25:41,990 how, how, how we're successful in that realm, but how faithful we 453 00:25:41,990 --> 00:25:45,110 are to him and to God's commands. 454 00:25:45,380 --> 00:25:48,950 Let, let's continue going on over to Luke chapter 18 here. 455 00:25:48,950 --> 00:25:50,240 Now we jump on over church. 456 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:53,480 Are you still with us here, Luke 18. 457 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,790 We're gonna start off in verse uh, 18. 458 00:25:56,180 --> 00:26:00,050 It says, A certain ruler asked him, good teacher, what must 459 00:26:00,055 --> 00:26:02,240 I do to inherit eternal life? 460 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:03,830 That's a good question to ask, isn't it? 461 00:26:04,820 --> 00:26:05,540 Why do you call me? 462 00:26:05,540 --> 00:26:06,889 Good Jesus, answer. 463 00:26:06,889 --> 00:26:09,110 No one is good except God alone. 464 00:26:09,290 --> 00:26:10,400 You know the commandments. 465 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:12,050 You should not get admit adultery. 466 00:26:12,050 --> 00:26:12,740 You should not murder. 467 00:26:12,740 --> 00:26:13,400 You should not steal. 468 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:14,880 You should not give false testimony. 469 00:26:14,885 --> 00:26:16,040 Honor your father and mother. 470 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:18,380 All these I've kept since I was a boy. 471 00:26:18,385 --> 00:26:23,600 He said, when Jesus heard this, he said to him, you still lack one thing, so 472 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:26,960 everything you have and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven. 473 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:29,090 Then come follow me. 474 00:26:29,330 --> 00:26:32,810 When he heard this, he became very sad because he was very wealthy. 475 00:26:33,260 --> 00:26:36,050 Jesus looked at him and said, how hard is it for the rich 476 00:26:36,055 --> 00:26:38,180 to enter the kingdom of God? 477 00:26:38,450 --> 00:26:41,420 Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle 478 00:26:41,420 --> 00:26:44,900 than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God. 479 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:46,700 Those who heard this as well, who? 480 00:26:46,700 --> 00:26:47,960 Who then can be saved. 481 00:26:48,290 --> 00:26:52,430 Jesus replied, what is impossible with man is possible with God. 482 00:26:52,790 --> 00:26:55,790 Peter said to him, we had left all we had to follow you. 483 00:26:56,120 --> 00:26:58,610 Truly, I tell you, Jesus said to him, no one. 484 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:03,230 Who has left home or wife or brothers or sisters, or parents or children, for the 485 00:27:03,235 --> 00:27:07,880 sake of the kingdom of God will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this 486 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:12,050 age and in the age to come eternal life. 487 00:27:12,770 --> 00:27:15,740 And stop right there Karina, what, what, what stood out to you there? 488 00:27:16,310 --> 00:27:22,250 Well, the first thing that stood out to me, uh, was that this rich man, um, 489 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:24,800 was challenged to give to the poor. 490 00:27:25,190 --> 00:27:33,170 Uh, you know, it, it says, um, I lost the verse, but you saw it . Um, that, 491 00:27:33,230 --> 00:27:36,710 you know, when when he, he asked him all these questions about what 492 00:27:36,830 --> 00:27:39,950 he should do, he says, go sell your possessions and give to the poor. 493 00:27:39,950 --> 00:27:44,540 And I thought that was interesting because obviously just a couple of chapters 494 00:27:44,540 --> 00:27:49,580 before that, we see that there was a another rich man who was punished for. 495 00:27:50,389 --> 00:27:54,679 Um, for, for not being kind to the poor, for neglecting the poor. 496 00:27:54,679 --> 00:27:58,040 And so I thought it was interesting that Jesus then sees this rich 497 00:27:58,044 --> 00:28:01,969 man and gives him the opportunity, uh, to give to the poor. 498 00:28:02,810 --> 00:28:06,230 Um, but also what stood out to me is that he was, again, someone who, 499 00:28:06,290 --> 00:28:09,650 on the outside, looked good, on the outside, was doing the right things. 500 00:28:09,679 --> 00:28:15,290 Um, you know, he could have been, um, he could have been a member of this Sanhedrin 501 00:28:15,290 --> 00:28:18,020 or the, uh, the Jewish ruling council. 502 00:28:18,230 --> 00:28:21,889 Um, and here was someone again who was doing the right things on the outside. 503 00:28:21,889 --> 00:28:22,879 He looked good. 504 00:28:23,179 --> 00:28:28,070 Uh, and yet Jesus saw something inside of him that was lacking. 505 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:35,900 Um, and it was, it wasn't, again, you know, the, this obvious, dramatic 506 00:28:35,900 --> 00:28:39,350 thing, or, uh, or this outward sin. 507 00:28:39,620 --> 00:28:40,520 It was his heart. 508 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:43,639 It was, it was his love for money and. 509 00:28:44,254 --> 00:28:45,364 Um, that's all. 510 00:28:45,424 --> 00:28:48,574 Again, it's really convicting and it's really scary because I 511 00:28:48,574 --> 00:28:52,685 don't wanna just be deceived about where my heart is before God. 512 00:28:52,954 --> 00:29:00,694 And yet I think being in a society where money is highly valued, um, and not 513 00:29:00,694 --> 00:29:05,645 always used the way God wants us to use it, I think it can be easy to miss that. 514 00:29:05,794 --> 00:29:13,534 Um, but I do think that, uh, God has something, um, in store for us when 515 00:29:13,534 --> 00:29:18,185 we, when we make, when we make sure our hearts are in the right place. 516 00:29:19,534 --> 00:29:23,435 And so from, from looking at this, what I, what do you 517 00:29:23,435 --> 00:29:25,504 overall see about the real Jesus? 518 00:29:26,404 --> 00:29:32,554 Um, well, I think, you know, the other thing is, you know, when Jesus ends 519 00:29:32,554 --> 00:29:39,005 off, he says, um, he, he's talking to the disciples and he says, , he kind 520 00:29:39,005 --> 00:29:41,075 of gives them this, this promise. 521 00:29:41,135 --> 00:29:44,405 Uh, I tell you the truth, Jesus said to them, no one who has left home 522 00:29:44,405 --> 00:29:47,855 or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom 523 00:29:47,855 --> 00:29:53,645 of God will, will fail to receive many times and much as much in this age 524 00:29:53,645 --> 00:29:55,445 and in the age to come eternal life. 525 00:29:55,450 --> 00:30:01,355 And that is interesting because you, we just saw that when he, 526 00:30:01,355 --> 00:30:06,185 it's not finances and material possessions and money that he values. 527 00:30:06,875 --> 00:30:13,025 So when he says, Hey, if you give things up, you're gonna get something much more. 528 00:30:13,535 --> 00:30:16,264 It kind of circles back to chapter 16, right? 529 00:30:16,264 --> 00:30:20,735 Where he says What people have high value, highly is a testable in God's sight. 530 00:30:20,764 --> 00:30:26,855 And so it tells me that what Jesus is offering is so much more 531 00:30:27,035 --> 00:30:29,615 than material possessions and. 532 00:30:30,155 --> 00:30:33,635 I think when I think about this real Jesus, it makes me 533 00:30:33,635 --> 00:30:35,375 wanna examine my own heart. 534 00:30:35,675 --> 00:30:40,505 It makes me want to evaluate the way I'm using my money, um, and not just 535 00:30:40,505 --> 00:30:47,135 in comparison to worldly standards, but according to Jesus and his view of money. 536 00:30:47,195 --> 00:30:50,945 Um, the other thing I think it specifically makes me want to, 537 00:30:51,245 --> 00:30:57,695 um, evaluate, uh, his, his call to the poor, to give to the poor. 538 00:30:57,695 --> 00:31:01,475 And it makes me wanna evaluate my own, like, okay, what are, 539 00:31:01,475 --> 00:31:03,725 what is God calling me to do? 540 00:31:03,995 --> 00:31:07,565 Uh, you know, how is he calling me to help others? 541 00:31:08,225 --> 00:31:12,125 And I wanna make sure whatever I am doing already aligns with his will. 542 00:31:12,125 --> 00:31:15,455 And if there's something else that he wants me to do, I wanna make 543 00:31:15,455 --> 00:31:19,475 sure that I'm, I'm seeing that and that I, again, that I'm not 544 00:31:19,475 --> 00:31:21,365 missing the Lazarus at my gate. 545 00:31:22,555 --> 00:31:24,845 It what, it sounds like you already allude to this question, 546 00:31:24,845 --> 00:31:28,475 that this is how you, you see the real Jesus from these passages. 547 00:31:28,834 --> 00:31:31,804 . And so what, what, what is your response to that? 548 00:31:33,605 --> 00:31:36,275 I guess I already answered . I guess I, I skipped over. 549 00:31:36,605 --> 00:31:43,414 Um, yeah, I think that's my response is that I, I want to, I, I think even praying 550 00:31:43,414 --> 00:31:49,325 about that today, um, just, okay, what, there's just so much to think about. 551 00:31:49,355 --> 00:31:52,204 Um, and I don't want to be naive. 552 00:31:52,294 --> 00:31:57,155 Um, and I think minimize this, I think it's easy to minimize it, is what I see. 553 00:31:57,155 --> 00:32:04,775 I think, I see the real Jesus doesn't value, um, doesn't he, he doesn't 554 00:32:04,780 --> 00:32:11,464 have the same view as money as we do, and his use of money is not 555 00:32:11,464 --> 00:32:14,195 for what we would deem appropriate. 556 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:18,664 I think when we think of money, I think we use, uh, we think of money for 557 00:32:18,664 --> 00:32:20,945 our purposes to use for our benefit. 558 00:32:21,304 --> 00:32:25,714 Um, and yet Jesus sees a different use of money, um, and he. 559 00:32:26,660 --> 00:32:29,450 and the, and therefore the value of it is different. 560 00:32:29,510 --> 00:32:29,910 Mm-hmm. 561 00:32:29,990 --> 00:32:34,310 . Um, because it's no longer for our own purposes, but it's for God's purposes. 562 00:32:34,310 --> 00:32:40,340 And so then I, so then my response is, okay, how do I use, uh, where is my 563 00:32:40,345 --> 00:32:44,450 heart and how do I make sure that my money is being used for God's purposes? 564 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:45,380 Hmm. 565 00:32:46,170 --> 00:32:50,780 And, and so that, that's one of the things that's pretty remarkable here about Jesus 566 00:32:50,780 --> 00:32:57,740 and our American culture, is that we value money as, or view money as the end goal. 567 00:32:58,580 --> 00:32:58,670 Yeah. 568 00:32:59,180 --> 00:32:59,420 Right? 569 00:32:59,420 --> 00:33:01,010 Don't we do that here in America? 570 00:33:01,190 --> 00:33:04,310 Like, if we think about it, and I'm a, I'm a biggest promoter of higher education, 571 00:33:04,370 --> 00:33:05,780 so come on all my college students. 572 00:33:05,780 --> 00:33:06,230 Amen. 573 00:33:07,010 --> 00:33:07,880 Let's go Titans. 574 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:08,540 You know what I'm saying? 575 00:33:08,540 --> 00:33:09,260 Throw your tees. 576 00:33:09,260 --> 00:33:10,130 All right. 577 00:33:10,310 --> 00:33:11,180 And so I'm huge. 578 00:33:11,185 --> 00:33:13,130 I'm a big proponent, but growing up, what did we hear? 579 00:33:13,130 --> 00:33:14,810 You go to college so that you can do what? 580 00:33:17,420 --> 00:33:21,020 Get a better job so that you can make more money. 581 00:33:21,770 --> 00:33:23,000 So what's the end goal? 582 00:33:23,060 --> 00:33:23,480 Money. 583 00:33:24,350 --> 00:33:24,739 Right. 584 00:33:24,739 --> 00:33:27,709 And what is the goal, or at least money is so that we can do what? 585 00:33:28,100 --> 00:33:30,529 Buy things for ourselves, right? 586 00:33:30,529 --> 00:33:35,060 Or we can have some form of luxury or some sort of uh, uh, uh, recreational 587 00:33:35,065 --> 00:33:36,770 fund, whatever the case may be. 588 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:44,179 The end goal is money, but Jesus is saying, no, that's not the end. 589 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:45,379 That's not the goal. 590 00:33:45,379 --> 00:33:50,480 It's the means, but not even to self, not even for personal selfish gains. 591 00:33:50,629 --> 00:33:56,690 It's the means for kingdom purposes that money is supposed to be used for kingdom 592 00:33:56,959 --> 00:34:02,449 purposes, for relationships, for building, for helping the poor and the needy. 593 00:34:03,020 --> 00:34:10,400 And so that's how Jesus views, finances, wealth, possessions, 594 00:34:10,879 --> 00:34:15,770 which is totally counterculture to what we experience here in America. 595 00:34:16,730 --> 00:34:18,560 And we were born into this right? 596 00:34:19,174 --> 00:34:22,145 I mean, even if we tried to, to figure out a different way, this is what 597 00:34:22,145 --> 00:34:24,034 we were born into in our society. 598 00:34:24,034 --> 00:34:27,094 I'm the biggest victim o of it and, and probably was the biggest 599 00:34:27,094 --> 00:34:29,435 proponent of it in many ways as well. 600 00:34:29,435 --> 00:34:31,804 But we see Jesus is like, no, no, no, no, no. 601 00:34:32,043 --> 00:34:33,725 I don't live in America. 602 00:34:33,784 --> 00:34:36,665 I'm not American, and this is what's righteous. 603 00:34:37,864 --> 00:34:45,844 And so again, we are now called to evaluate ourselves and say, will 604 00:34:45,844 --> 00:34:50,014 we reject how Jesus views money? 605 00:34:50,614 --> 00:34:57,185 Will we minimize it to justify ourselves or will we submit, surrender 606 00:34:57,185 --> 00:35:03,365 and adopt his view of money and apply that to our lives and our context? 607 00:35:04,595 --> 00:35:06,485 And as we've been reading in this, I mean, I've just been. 608 00:35:07,775 --> 00:35:08,824 I'm just like, wow. 609 00:35:08,824 --> 00:35:10,494 I mean, I, I'm just challenged. 610 00:35:10,494 --> 00:35:13,744 You know, I, I, I got, uh, somebody gave me some money for some, some services 611 00:35:13,744 --> 00:35:15,275 that, uh, I just did as a minister. 612 00:35:15,279 --> 00:35:17,555 I'm like, I, I do this for free, you know, it's okay. 613 00:35:17,584 --> 00:35:19,475 And they gave me some money and the first thing I thought is, 614 00:35:19,534 --> 00:35:21,244 hmm, what can I buy for myself? 615 00:35:23,195 --> 00:35:24,294 And honestly, you can argue, argue. 616 00:35:24,299 --> 00:35:25,475 That's not necessarily a bad thing. 617 00:35:25,534 --> 00:35:27,544 Somebody, I wasn't expecting this money, you know what I mean? 618 00:35:27,845 --> 00:35:30,095 But that's the way our mind works. 619 00:35:30,244 --> 00:35:35,614 Money is what it's going to give me what I want or desire. 620 00:35:35,914 --> 00:35:40,685 And it's not a need, but some form of luxurious living or desires that I have. 621 00:35:40,685 --> 00:35:41,735 You guys get what I'm saying? 622 00:35:42,154 --> 00:35:43,775 And I know we all can relate to this. 623 00:35:43,775 --> 00:35:47,945 And that's what's so outstanding here and so challenging as an 624 00:35:47,945 --> 00:35:52,624 American is, whoa, how am I going to react and respond to this? 625 00:35:52,985 --> 00:35:56,404 Because a real Jesus, he would spend his money differently than 626 00:35:56,404 --> 00:35:58,964 we would, and that's challenging. 627 00:36:00,065 --> 00:36:03,065 The real Jesus would view money differently than we do. 628 00:36:03,845 --> 00:36:06,185 And again, this is a hard, sobering truth. 629 00:36:06,799 --> 00:36:12,650 But this is also freeing of us to not be slaves to money now be slaves 630 00:36:12,650 --> 00:36:16,250 to our culture and society where we can live the way God wants us 631 00:36:16,250 --> 00:36:18,650 to, and invest in kingdom purposes. 632 00:36:18,650 --> 00:36:21,589 And see kingdom purposes, realize that our lives. 633 00:36:21,589 --> 00:36:22,250 Amen. 634 00:36:22,820 --> 00:36:26,509 And so I wanna go ahead and give us here, uh, a couple quick action, 635 00:36:26,509 --> 00:36:27,890 step and prayer for the week. 636 00:36:27,890 --> 00:36:32,330 We wanna have communal action steps and a communal prayer of the week here. 637 00:36:32,334 --> 00:36:37,250 And so the first one is to reflect on your view of money and then share 638 00:36:37,250 --> 00:36:38,570 your reflection with the friend. 639 00:36:38,570 --> 00:36:41,870 So a lot of us, we get together, we call these discipling times. 640 00:36:42,110 --> 00:36:45,140 And so to go ahead and reflect, you know, what is my view? 641 00:36:45,145 --> 00:36:46,940 Does it line with Jesus? 642 00:36:46,940 --> 00:36:48,740 Is it the same as Jesus? 643 00:36:48,770 --> 00:36:52,459 Or has it become, has it, has money become personified? 644 00:36:52,459 --> 00:36:54,530 Is it a master in my life? 645 00:36:54,530 --> 00:36:55,790 Do I have the same money? 646 00:36:56,120 --> 00:37:00,259 And if not, if I don't have the same view of Jesus about money, 647 00:37:00,290 --> 00:37:01,370 what am I gonna do about that? 648 00:37:02,705 --> 00:37:06,725 You know, not just reflect on it, but what am I gonna do after my reflection? 649 00:37:06,905 --> 00:37:09,875 But then share that with a friend there so we can have some good dialect and 650 00:37:09,875 --> 00:37:12,365 possibly some healthy accountability. 651 00:37:12,425 --> 00:37:17,375 And then here's the communal prayer, as if we could all pray every day this week 652 00:37:17,375 --> 00:37:22,295 that our church can have the same view and value about money that Jesus has. 653 00:37:22,985 --> 00:37:26,765 So for the next seven days here, let's all pray for each other that we 654 00:37:26,765 --> 00:37:31,085 can not only take this individually, but collectively live a radical 655 00:37:31,085 --> 00:37:34,055 life in our context in society. 656 00:37:34,475 --> 00:37:38,375 We have a radical view that is not the norm here in 657 00:37:38,375 --> 00:37:40,445 Orange County, but it's godly. 658 00:37:40,445 --> 00:37:44,225 And again, it's the real Jesus being not only known, followed, 659 00:37:44,225 --> 00:37:46,535 but shown in our society. 660 00:37:46,535 --> 00:37:47,285 Amen. 661 00:37:47,525 --> 00:37:51,754 And so, We have to ask ourselves this question, and I'm so grateful that 662 00:37:51,754 --> 00:37:56,105 the real Jesus does this, that, that he challenges our worldviews and he 663 00:37:56,105 --> 00:37:59,765 challenges something that's really deep and embedded into the culture and 664 00:37:59,765 --> 00:38:04,744 fabric here in Orange County here, and so that we can make sure that we view 665 00:38:04,775 --> 00:38:11,345 money properly, that it's a means it's not a master, that we can go ahead and 666 00:38:11,345 --> 00:38:17,164 have the same values that we can use it for kingdom treasures, not to obtain as 667 00:38:17,164 --> 00:38:19,805 many worldly treasures for ourselves. 668 00:38:19,805 --> 00:38:24,034 Let's use money to meet, needs to help people, and for kingdom purposes. 669 00:38:24,155 --> 00:38:27,095 Let's close out here in Luke 16, verse 13. 670 00:38:27,095 --> 00:38:29,254 It says, no one can serve two masters. 671 00:38:29,615 --> 00:38:32,345 Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you'll be devoted 672 00:38:32,345 --> 00:38:34,025 to one and despise the other. 673 00:38:34,294 --> 00:38:35,975 You cannot serve both God and money. 674 00:38:36,424 --> 00:38:39,485 The Pharisees who love money hurt all this and were sneering at Jesus. 675 00:38:39,490 --> 00:38:43,084 He said to them, you are the one to justify yourselves in the eyes of 676 00:38:43,084 --> 00:38:44,794 others, but God knows your heart. 677 00:38:45,169 --> 00:38:46,910 What people Highly valuable. 678 00:38:47,299 --> 00:38:48,620 What people highly value. 679 00:38:48,919 --> 00:38:53,390 What people value highly is detestable in God's sight. 680 00:38:53,390 --> 00:38:56,209 The real Jesus wasn't American. 681 00:38:56,209 --> 00:38:57,320 Thank you so much.