1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,290 Steve Stevenson: Happy Father's Day 2 00:00:03,768 --> 00:00:04,077 I said happy Father's Day. 3 00:00:04,077 --> 00:00:05,508 Happy Father's Day. 4 00:00:07,017 --> 00:00:08,988 I know we got a lot of Father's Day. 5 00:00:09,037 --> 00:00:10,798 I know we got a lot of fathers in here. 6 00:00:12,028 --> 00:00:14,427 And so, uh, I guess it's already there twice now. 7 00:00:14,517 --> 00:00:16,827 So it's, I guess they're three times. 8 00:00:17,577 --> 00:00:17,868 All right. 9 00:00:17,868 --> 00:00:23,698 Well, I am a father, and so I wanted to just have a few pictures of my kids. 10 00:00:24,638 --> 00:00:26,618 Uh, this just happened last month. 11 00:00:27,037 --> 00:00:34,908 My, uh, daughter married her husband, and that's John, Jonathan Acue, and this 12 00:00:34,908 --> 00:00:38,017 was in the botanical gardens in Hawaii. 13 00:00:38,048 --> 00:00:38,528 Okay? 14 00:00:38,537 --> 00:00:38,547 Whoo. 15 00:00:39,298 --> 00:00:41,678 So it's pretty awesome, pretty encouraging. 16 00:00:41,678 --> 00:00:46,187 So, uh, my daughter's here, and I'll talk a little bit more about her 17 00:00:46,187 --> 00:00:50,687 later, but I'm super encouraged, uh, to have both of my kids here today. 18 00:00:50,717 --> 00:00:53,198 My son will be coming out to read in a little bit. 19 00:00:54,147 --> 00:00:55,177 Um, this is my son. 20 00:00:55,177 --> 00:00:57,478 He got married back in August. 21 00:00:57,787 --> 00:01:00,257 This was his wedding in San Clemente. 22 00:01:00,867 --> 00:01:05,568 Uh, his wife is not here because she's finishing up her time in the 23 00:01:05,577 --> 00:01:08,147 military, six years in the Army Reserve. 24 00:01:08,158 --> 00:01:08,178 Whoa. 25 00:01:08,967 --> 00:01:14,967 And so she's flying in to, uh, John, John Wayne, and my son will 26 00:01:14,967 --> 00:01:16,648 be leaving early to pick her up. 27 00:01:17,067 --> 00:01:23,896 But, uh, super encouraging just, uh, being a father to these two amazing kids. 28 00:01:24,308 --> 00:01:27,627 Uh, and then I also am a son to a father. 29 00:01:28,317 --> 00:01:29,607 Uh, this is my dad. 30 00:01:29,997 --> 00:01:33,277 I- and, uh, this is, uh, Soren and my dad. 31 00:01:33,287 --> 00:01:33,747 We went… 32 00:01:33,797 --> 00:01:37,607 We chartered a boat, and we went fishing in Lake Mille Lacs. 33 00:01:37,607 --> 00:01:39,787 My son caught a big walleye. 34 00:01:39,787 --> 00:01:40,538 It's beautiful. 35 00:01:41,107 --> 00:01:42,607 Uh, I didn't have room for the picture. 36 00:01:43,687 --> 00:01:49,277 But, uh, you'll just have to believe me, and I know fish, I know fish stories. 37 00:01:49,896 --> 00:01:50,567 I know. 38 00:01:50,698 --> 00:01:53,007 I know fish stories are a real thing. 39 00:01:53,018 --> 00:01:53,038 Yeah. 40 00:01:53,377 --> 00:01:54,557 But it was a big one. 41 00:01:54,948 --> 00:01:58,618 And, uh, anyways, I'd like to say that the fish I caught were bigger, 42 00:01:58,618 --> 00:02:00,247 but they were absolutely not. 43 00:02:00,268 --> 00:02:00,708 Okay? 44 00:02:01,537 --> 00:02:03,417 Uh, so… 45 00:02:03,717 --> 00:02:05,587 And then this is new for me. 46 00:02:05,728 --> 00:02:07,967 Happy Grandfather's Day. 47 00:02:12,023 --> 00:02:17,634 Our grandson was born May 15th, and, uh, his name is Daniel 48 00:02:18,043 --> 00:02:23,623 La'akea, which means sacred light in Hawaiian, uh, 'cause his father's 49 00:02:23,623 --> 00:02:27,243 Hawaiian, and, uh, last name is Aku. 50 00:02:27,694 --> 00:02:29,603 And so it's super encouraging. 51 00:02:29,643 --> 00:02:30,664 I, I don't know, I've… 52 00:02:30,683 --> 00:02:35,803 Maybe I've neglected in the past to say Happy Grandfather's Day 'cause 53 00:02:35,803 --> 00:02:39,293 it just wasn't part of my experience, and I wasn't thinking that way. 54 00:02:39,643 --> 00:02:41,923 So I wanna apologize to all the grandfathers. 55 00:02:42,913 --> 00:02:47,763 If I've never said that before, this is my repentance, okay? 56 00:02:48,373 --> 00:02:50,473 Now I'm part of the cool grandpa club. 57 00:02:51,293 --> 00:02:56,333 And so now when I come up here, I will always say Happy Grandfather's Day. 58 00:02:56,344 --> 00:02:56,844 Amen? 59 00:02:57,264 --> 00:02:57,304 Amen. 60 00:02:57,623 --> 00:02:58,333 All right. 61 00:02:59,103 --> 00:03:00,493 Now, I did wanna just say something. 62 00:03:00,493 --> 00:03:02,123 This is just a little free plug. 63 00:03:02,543 --> 00:03:10,133 Every Friday morning at 6:00 AM- Whoo … a bunch of brothers and I get 64 00:03:10,133 --> 00:03:13,923 together, and we pray for our kids, okay? 65 00:03:14,573 --> 00:03:18,033 And we've kinda kept it to a small group, but we decided, you know what? 66 00:03:18,033 --> 00:03:21,473 We're seeing God do a lot of amazing things in our families. 67 00:03:22,233 --> 00:03:26,454 We're seeing God work in our kids' hearts, and we wanna open this 68 00:03:26,454 --> 00:03:29,794 up for any fathers that would actually want to be a part of it. 69 00:03:30,193 --> 00:03:35,533 So, you know, it's, uh, it's been an amazing experience for me, and we've been 70 00:03:35,533 --> 00:03:37,563 doing this for years and years and years. 71 00:03:37,564 --> 00:03:37,984 Amen? 72 00:03:39,473 --> 00:03:43,093 So again, today's, uh, series, we're continuing on with 73 00:03:43,103 --> 00:03:46,823 the series Life on the Vine. 74 00:03:47,723 --> 00:03:50,944 You know, when you're living life on the vine, you're feeling fine. 75 00:03:51,233 --> 00:03:52,723 I'm starting to sound like Marcel. 76 00:03:55,440 --> 00:04:02,790 So anyway, today we are like, uh, we're gonna dig into a new 77 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:04,850 fruit of the spirit, patience. 78 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:09,280 And so I'm gonna be talking about Jesus is patient with us. 79 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:09,930 That's right. 80 00:04:09,930 --> 00:04:11,650 That's our only point, okay? 81 00:04:11,659 --> 00:04:11,679 Yeah. 82 00:04:12,219 --> 00:04:14,590 And that really is the point . Yeah. 83 00:04:15,319 --> 00:04:19,428 Is that Jesus is patient with us, and we'll do a little 84 00:04:19,430 --> 00:04:21,160 bit of a, uh, study on this. 85 00:04:21,180 --> 00:04:23,640 Now patience, the Greek word is makrothymia. 86 00:04:24,499 --> 00:04:29,670 This Greek word, excuse me, describes the grace to bear 87 00:04:29,670 --> 00:04:32,289 with people in their weakness. 88 00:04:33,050 --> 00:04:39,099 The fruit of patience comes from God as we remain in the vine and 89 00:04:39,100 --> 00:04:41,659 walk in step with the Holy Spirit. 90 00:04:42,260 --> 00:04:44,459 And we gotta walk in step with the Spirit, don't we? 91 00:04:44,469 --> 00:04:44,489 Yeah. 92 00:04:45,179 --> 00:04:47,870 We have got to walk in step with the Holy Spirit. 93 00:04:47,870 --> 00:04:52,419 Biblical patience is not passive, but it's active. 94 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:58,869 It's a love-driven fruit of the Spirit, and it means long tempered. 95 00:04:59,639 --> 00:05:05,870 Long tempered, the word combines two Greek words, macros, long, and thymos, temper. 96 00:05:06,289 --> 00:05:11,889 So it's long tempered, the exact opposite of a short fuse. 97 00:05:11,899 --> 00:05:11,919 Wow. 98 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:14,729 The exact opposite. 99 00:05:15,489 --> 00:05:15,999 Now- 100 00:05:19,472 --> 00:05:22,762 Dads, I'm not gonna try to make you feel guilty, okay? 101 00:05:23,652 --> 00:05:28,832 But this is a s- the, this short-fused, this not being patient. 102 00:05:29,732 --> 00:05:33,221 Rusty's laughing probably 'cause, uh … Anyway, I won't say. 103 00:05:33,842 --> 00:05:41,832 But, uh, but it's, it's one of these things where men, 104 00:05:41,931 --> 00:05:43,222 we can struggle with anger. 105 00:05:44,611 --> 00:05:45,021 Why? 106 00:05:45,031 --> 00:05:51,561 Because anger is the least vulnerable emotion, and sometimes when we 107 00:05:51,652 --> 00:05:53,151 don't know how to be vulnerable 108 00:05:53,492 --> 00:05:54,871 Thank you for two waters. 109 00:05:54,871 --> 00:05:55,752 I appreciate that 110 00:05:57,808 --> 00:06:01,048 Sometimes when we don't know how to express our emotions, we don't know 111 00:06:01,048 --> 00:06:04,828 how to be vulnerable, 'cause men aren't good at that, we just express 112 00:06:04,828 --> 00:06:06,778 it in anger 'cause it's easier. 113 00:06:07,938 --> 00:06:10,558 For me, I get angry when I don't know what to do. 114 00:06:11,828 --> 00:06:15,487 I get angry when I don't know how to express what I'm really feeling. 115 00:06:16,667 --> 00:06:22,198 Uh, I get angry when I feel, like I said, just hurt by, by someone. 116 00:06:22,548 --> 00:06:24,777 And so I have to really be in touch with that. 117 00:06:24,788 --> 00:06:30,878 So I don't know if it was just the Holy Spirit that was like, "You're preaching 118 00:06:30,878 --> 00:06:34,337 on patience, because you need it." 119 00:06:34,398 --> 00:06:35,108 And you know what? 120 00:06:35,137 --> 00:06:35,857 I do. 121 00:06:35,947 --> 00:06:40,428 And whenever you find out you're preaching about something, I'm sure most people 122 00:06:40,428 --> 00:06:45,268 who preach know this, somehow you get tested all week long leading up to it. 123 00:06:46,027 --> 00:06:46,047 Yeah. 124 00:06:46,227 --> 00:06:49,647 Somehow you get tested all week long leading up to it. 125 00:06:50,047 --> 00:06:53,408 But I wanna just read our passage in Galatians 5, but I do 126 00:06:53,408 --> 00:06:54,837 wanna read a little bit before. 127 00:06:54,837 --> 00:06:58,918 The Bible says in Galatians 5:13, "You, my brothers and sisters, 128 00:06:58,927 --> 00:07:01,237 you were called to be free." 129 00:07:01,738 --> 00:07:03,827 I love that all of us were called to be free. 130 00:07:04,318 --> 00:07:07,307 It says, "But do not use your freedom to indulge in the flesh. 131 00:07:07,677 --> 00:07:10,497 Rather, serve one another humbly in love." 132 00:07:11,558 --> 00:07:16,637 Skips down to verse 16, "So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not 133 00:07:16,697 --> 00:07:20,167 gratify the desires of the flesh." 134 00:07:20,707 --> 00:07:24,707 Then he goes into all the different fleshly desires, and he talks 135 00:07:24,707 --> 00:07:30,277 about, hey, these are in conflict with what God desires for you. 136 00:07:30,967 --> 00:07:34,117 And so he says, "The acts of the sinful nature, the flesh, they're 137 00:07:34,117 --> 00:07:38,727 obvious," goes through it, but then he skips down to verse 22 and he says, 138 00:07:38,727 --> 00:07:45,727 "But the fruit of the Spirit," "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, 139 00:07:46,217 --> 00:07:52,347 peace, forbearance," talking about patience, talking about long-suffering. 140 00:07:53,267 --> 00:07:57,687 You know, I love that we serve a God that is patient with us. 141 00:07:57,997 --> 00:07:58,017 Yeah. 142 00:07:58,747 --> 00:07:59,537 I love that. 143 00:07:59,967 --> 00:08:01,837 That fires me up when I think about it. 144 00:08:02,957 --> 00:08:06,647 It makes me feel secure in my relationship with God. 145 00:08:06,977 --> 00:08:10,757 But what comes to mind when you think of patience? 146 00:08:11,778 --> 00:08:16,397 I'm not gonna have you answer for the sake of time, but in your head, what 147 00:08:16,397 --> 00:08:20,857 comes to mind when you think of patience? 148 00:08:21,947 --> 00:08:25,107 I'm gonna share with you what comes to mind when I think of patience. 149 00:08:26,712 --> 00:08:27,102 Okay. 150 00:08:28,442 --> 00:08:30,392 She said, "Please wait in the truck. 151 00:08:31,322 --> 00:08:34,282 I'll only be in the store for five minutes." 152 00:08:35,452 --> 00:08:36,152 Okay. 153 00:08:36,811 --> 00:08:44,192 This, this is where God has had to work on me in my patience. 154 00:08:45,352 --> 00:08:47,892 My wife will be like, "I'm just gonna run in Costco." 155 00:08:49,211 --> 00:08:50,942 "I'm just gonna run in Target. 156 00:08:51,721 --> 00:08:53,712 I'm just gonna run in Walgreens. 157 00:08:54,262 --> 00:08:56,691 I'm just gonna run into the store real quick. 158 00:08:56,711 --> 00:08:59,251 I'll be back in five minutes." 159 00:09:01,336 --> 00:09:07,086 And man, whoo, there was a time where I'd be like, "I'm putting her on the clock." 160 00:09:08,456 --> 00:09:11,946 "And if she comes back late, I'm gonna let her know." 161 00:09:13,395 --> 00:09:17,376 And let's just say that didn't go so well. 162 00:09:18,755 --> 00:09:21,856 Let's just say that didn't work for the marriage. 163 00:09:22,526 --> 00:09:26,996 Let's just say that didn't work for God as someone who's calling 164 00:09:26,996 --> 00:09:29,986 me to be a person with patience. 165 00:09:31,145 --> 00:09:37,675 And so, you know, patience, what I have found is that it's very powerful 166 00:09:40,016 --> 00:09:40,926 But why? 167 00:09:41,646 --> 00:09:43,896 Why is patience so powerful? 168 00:09:45,176 --> 00:09:48,366 You know, I believe that it calms conflicts 169 00:09:50,672 --> 00:09:56,202 Proverbs 15:18 tells us that patience calms quarrels, 170 00:09:58,222 --> 00:10:02,292 while a hot-tempered person stirs up conflict. 171 00:10:03,652 --> 00:10:07,892 See, when I would get upset, when I would get angry, whether it's with 172 00:10:07,902 --> 00:10:12,651 my wife taking longer than five minutes, or whether it's with my 173 00:10:12,672 --> 00:10:18,722 kids doing something that I would prefer maybe that they didn't do 174 00:10:21,174 --> 00:10:22,224 I would get angry. 175 00:10:23,654 --> 00:10:26,984 And God's like, "No, that's not the fruit of the Spirit. 176 00:10:27,684 --> 00:10:32,454 If you're gonna walk in step with the Spirit, that has to change. 177 00:10:33,524 --> 00:10:40,263 If you're going to live the free life that I want you to live, this has to change." 178 00:10:41,334 --> 00:10:41,374 Amen. 179 00:10:41,434 --> 00:10:45,364 The other thing about that makes it so powerful is that 180 00:10:45,364 --> 00:10:47,383 it reflects the life of Jesus. 181 00:10:48,274 --> 00:10:48,314 Amen. 182 00:10:48,793 --> 00:10:53,473 People see a patience in you that's really different. 183 00:10:54,484 --> 00:10:59,593 When they see that you're different than other people, it makes a huge difference. 184 00:11:00,014 --> 00:11:02,333 In fact, it reflects the life of Jesus. 185 00:11:02,374 --> 00:11:07,233 The ultimate model of this fruit of the Spirit is Jesus. 186 00:11:07,813 --> 00:11:07,853 Amen. 187 00:11:08,124 --> 00:11:13,304 He maintained his composure, and he dealt gently with the doubts 188 00:11:13,834 --> 00:11:15,863 and betrayal by his disciples. 189 00:11:16,604 --> 00:11:21,693 His patience provides healing for those who are willing to be healed 190 00:11:23,856 --> 00:11:27,736 You know, we're gonna talk a little bit about Jesus and his patience today. 191 00:11:28,186 --> 00:11:32,486 Kinda do a character study of Peter specifically, okay? 192 00:11:33,186 --> 00:11:38,426 But we coulda done it about Thomas, because Thomas was constantly doubting, 193 00:11:39,445 --> 00:11:42,065 and Jesus was patient with him. 194 00:11:42,776 --> 00:11:44,075 He would say, "Why you doubt?" 195 00:11:44,075 --> 00:11:46,665 But then he would go, "Here, l- let me help you." 196 00:11:47,456 --> 00:11:49,346 He goes, "Touch my, touch my side. 197 00:11:50,245 --> 00:11:51,406 Look at my hands." 198 00:11:52,055 --> 00:11:53,526 He was very patient with him. 199 00:11:53,885 --> 00:11:59,866 You think about Paul, the Apostle Paul, he was persecuting and killing Christians, 200 00:12:00,435 --> 00:12:04,445 and yet Jesus was patient with him. 201 00:12:04,915 --> 00:12:10,195 And if you read Paul's writings, he talks a lot about the patience of Jesus 202 00:12:12,272 --> 00:12:14,432 But Peter is the one I wanna talk about today 203 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:23,710 Because when we focus on patience and the spirit of patience and living in this 204 00:12:23,710 --> 00:12:30,540 way, it allows you to partner with God to either write or rewrite your story 205 00:12:33,072 --> 00:12:38,402 If you are patient, you can change the trajectory of your life 206 00:12:40,624 --> 00:12:42,964 You can change your family. 207 00:12:43,654 --> 00:12:46,434 You can change your impact in your neighborhood. 208 00:12:46,674 --> 00:12:52,523 You can change your impact at work if you have a sh- if you have a 209 00:12:52,763 --> 00:12:56,033 long fuse instead of a short fuse. 210 00:12:56,814 --> 00:12:58,933 We all know someone with a short fuse, don't we? 211 00:13:01,082 --> 00:13:02,092 Don't say any names. 212 00:13:03,312 --> 00:13:05,262 But we all know somebody, don't we? 213 00:13:05,792 --> 00:13:08,922 And we're like, "Man, this person, they just, ugh." 214 00:13:10,042 --> 00:13:14,211 But the reality is it's just so inspiring. 215 00:13:14,211 --> 00:13:16,302 It's such a fruit of the Spirit when we're patient. 216 00:13:16,322 --> 00:13:16,762 Amen? 217 00:13:17,602 --> 00:13:17,642 Amen. 218 00:13:17,871 --> 00:13:19,762 2 Peter 3:8-9. 219 00:13:20,111 --> 00:13:23,962 It says, "But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord 220 00:13:23,962 --> 00:13:28,172 a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day." 221 00:13:29,392 --> 00:13:31,781 That verse alone should tell you God's patient. 222 00:13:31,791 --> 00:13:31,811 Yeah. 223 00:13:32,562 --> 00:13:34,461 You're going, "Oh, this is taking a whole day." 224 00:13:34,461 --> 00:13:37,040 It's like, if it took 1,000 years, it wouldn't… 225 00:13:38,121 --> 00:13:38,601 You know? 226 00:13:39,151 --> 00:13:41,262 That's just, He- God is not time. 227 00:13:41,881 --> 00:13:43,922 He's not restricted by time. 228 00:13:44,211 --> 00:13:44,331 Yeah. 229 00:13:45,031 --> 00:13:50,661 It's often time that makes us impatient, because we put time limits. 230 00:13:51,052 --> 00:13:53,822 If I start to go too long in this lesson- 231 00:13:55,984 --> 00:13:57,714 It's gonna test your patience. 232 00:13:58,744 --> 00:14:01,134 Now, I'm not, I'm gonna try not to test your patience. 233 00:14:01,134 --> 00:14:01,564 Amen? 234 00:14:02,374 --> 00:14:04,164 But you never know what the Holy Spirit's gonna do. 235 00:14:05,244 --> 00:14:08,604 But it says, "But the Lord is not slow in keeping His promise 236 00:14:09,024 --> 00:14:11,744 as some understand slowness. 237 00:14:12,234 --> 00:14:13,054 Instead…" 238 00:14:13,353 --> 00:14:15,764 This is Peter's view of Jesus. 239 00:14:16,603 --> 00:14:18,314 "Instead, He is patient with you." 240 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:25,300 Not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. 241 00:14:26,170 --> 00:14:29,960 Now, because of my voice, you probably haven't noticed- 242 00:14:30,770 --> 00:14:32,270 because you're so patient. 243 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:39,229 But because of my voice, I asked my son, since he ended up getting to come after 244 00:14:39,230 --> 00:14:41,759 all today, uh, to read these scriptures. 245 00:14:41,769 --> 00:14:42,249 Okay? 246 00:14:42,699 --> 00:14:46,620 So the thing I wanna ask you is why do you think Peter chose the 247 00:14:46,620 --> 00:14:52,820 word patience to describe Jesus' interaction with him or with us? 248 00:14:53,109 --> 00:14:53,549 Okay. 249 00:14:54,299 --> 00:14:55,830 So this is my son, Soren. 250 00:14:59,842 --> 00:15:04,912 He's, he serves as a campus minister at Cal State San Marcos in the 251 00:15:04,912 --> 00:15:07,012 San Diego church, he and his wife. 252 00:15:07,582 --> 00:15:12,972 So he's gonna go ahead and read these verses for me, and 253 00:15:12,972 --> 00:15:15,342 then I'll comment in between. 254 00:15:16,101 --> 00:15:16,581 So 255 00:15:18,882 --> 00:15:19,282 Soaren Stevenson: Awesome. 256 00:15:19,802 --> 00:15:20,162 Steve Stevenson: Go ahead. 257 00:15:21,202 --> 00:15:22,072 Soaren Stevenson: All right. 258 00:15:23,262 --> 00:15:27,752 John 18- John 18 … 15 through 18, and then I'm gonna read 25 through 27. 259 00:15:27,752 --> 00:15:28,551 That's a little bit of a typo. 260 00:15:29,572 --> 00:15:31,022 All right, John 18:15 through 18. 261 00:15:31,102 --> 00:15:33,652 "Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. 262 00:15:33,691 --> 00:15:37,512 Because this disciple was known to the high priest, he went with Jesus 263 00:15:37,512 --> 00:15:38,971 into the high priest's courtyard. 264 00:15:39,341 --> 00:15:41,282 But Peter had to wait outside at the door. 265 00:15:41,572 --> 00:15:44,801 The other disciple, who was known to the high priest, came back, spoke to the 266 00:15:44,802 --> 00:15:46,382 girl on duty there, and brought Peter in. 267 00:15:47,681 --> 00:15:49,101 'You are not one of his disciples, are you?' 268 00:15:49,141 --> 00:15:50,332 the girl at the door asked Peter. 269 00:15:50,672 --> 00:15:51,781 He replied, 'I'm not.' 270 00:15:52,242 --> 00:15:54,981 It was cold, and the servants and officials stood around a fire 271 00:15:55,271 --> 00:15:56,821 that they had made to keep warm. 272 00:15:57,422 --> 00:15:59,781 Peter also was standing with them, warming himself." 273 00:16:00,281 --> 00:16:00,651 Steve Stevenson: Thank 274 00:16:01,582 --> 00:16:01,602 Soaren Stevenson: you. 275 00:16:01,602 --> 00:16:03,391 25 through 27. 276 00:16:03,391 --> 00:16:06,412 "As Simon Peter stood warning him- warming himself, he was asked, 'You 277 00:16:06,412 --> 00:16:08,152 are not one of his disciples, are you?' 278 00:16:08,521 --> 00:16:10,392 He denied it again, saying, 'I'm not.' 279 00:16:11,001 --> 00:16:14,311 One of the high priest's servants, a relative of the man whose ear 280 00:16:14,312 --> 00:16:15,961 Peter had cut off, challenged him. 281 00:16:16,361 --> 00:16:18,141 'Didn't I see you with him in the olive grove?' 282 00:16:18,382 --> 00:16:22,111 Again, Peter denied it, and at that moment a rooster began to crow." 283 00:16:23,071 --> 00:16:23,761 Steve Stevenson: Hmm. 284 00:16:24,761 --> 00:16:26,571 How do you think Peter's feeling right there? 285 00:16:27,711 --> 00:16:28,751 He's hurting, right? 286 00:16:29,931 --> 00:16:34,642 He's in a situation where, if we read the next verse, he said he 287 00:16:34,642 --> 00:16:37,571 would never be in this situation. 288 00:16:38,321 --> 00:16:40,361 He said that it would never happen. 289 00:16:41,372 --> 00:16:48,831 And yet here he is sitting around a campfire, and he's basically denying 290 00:16:48,832 --> 00:16:54,142 that he even knows Jesus, which is just shocking because everything 291 00:16:54,142 --> 00:16:58,641 we know about Peter up to this point, nothing prepared us for this. 292 00:16:59,001 --> 00:17:04,501 Because sometimes we find ourself doing things that we never thought we would do. 293 00:17:04,512 --> 00:17:04,521 Mm. 294 00:17:05,631 --> 00:17:10,361 But the amazing thing about God is that even if we blow it, 295 00:17:10,421 --> 00:17:15,231 even if we make mistakes, those mistakes do not have to define us. 296 00:17:15,262 --> 00:17:15,692 Amen? 297 00:17:16,391 --> 00:17:16,611 Amen. 298 00:17:16,611 --> 00:17:17,340 Go ahead and go to the next verse. 299 00:17:18,060 --> 00:17:20,101 Soaren Stevenson: Matthew 26:33 through 35 300 00:17:23,788 --> 00:17:27,468 Peter replied, "Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will." 301 00:17:27,968 --> 00:17:30,808 "I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "this very night before the rooster 302 00:17:30,808 --> 00:17:32,908 crows, you will disown me three times." 303 00:17:32,978 --> 00:17:36,808 But Peter declared, "Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you." 304 00:17:36,837 --> 00:17:38,787 And all the other disciples said the same. 305 00:17:38,808 --> 00:17:39,938 And then verse 75 306 00:17:43,756 --> 00:17:46,746 Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: "Before the rooster crows, 307 00:17:46,756 --> 00:17:48,286 you will disown me three times." 308 00:17:48,286 --> 00:17:50,176 And he went outside and wept bitterly 309 00:17:52,288 --> 00:17:55,428 Steve Stevenson: Here's Peter, and he's literally weeping bitterly 310 00:17:55,448 --> 00:17:57,148 over mistakes that he made. 311 00:17:58,108 --> 00:17:59,908 He's denied his best friend. 312 00:18:00,858 --> 00:18:02,258 He's feeling the guilt. 313 00:18:02,268 --> 00:18:03,798 He's feeling the shame. 314 00:18:04,487 --> 00:18:08,878 And probably if things were to have been left in that situation, 315 00:18:09,198 --> 00:18:14,968 every time he would sit around a campfire, he would be reminded 316 00:18:17,300 --> 00:18:19,280 I denied Jesus around a campfire. 317 00:18:20,790 --> 00:18:23,800 And in that culture, he was gonna sit around a lot of campfires. 318 00:18:25,390 --> 00:18:30,760 And it was gonna be really, really difficult for him to ever process 319 00:18:30,819 --> 00:18:35,929 and reframe this in a way that would be healing in any way for his life. 320 00:18:36,629 --> 00:18:39,910 And so you can imagine the guilt, the shame. 321 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:44,959 The Bible says that he ended up weeping bitterly over this. 322 00:18:45,930 --> 00:18:49,490 Have you ever wept bitterly over things, mistakes that you've made? 323 00:18:52,700 --> 00:18:57,930 I think about times where I have hurt my kids or hurt my 324 00:18:57,930 --> 00:19:00,890 wife, and I just wept bitterly. 325 00:19:00,910 --> 00:19:02,210 Like, "God, why? 326 00:19:02,530 --> 00:19:03,690 Why did I get angry?" 327 00:19:03,690 --> 00:19:05,479 Or, "God, why did I do this?" 328 00:19:05,940 --> 00:19:10,680 I remember early on in, in our marriage, there was a time where my wife would 329 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:15,180 always say, like … 'Cause I'd always say, "Hey, if we get into conflict, 330 00:19:15,210 --> 00:19:16,999 we have to resolve it right now." 331 00:19:17,729 --> 00:19:19,809 And she'd be like, "I need time. 332 00:19:20,659 --> 00:19:22,140 I can't resolve it right now." 333 00:19:22,290 --> 00:19:24,159 And I'd be like, "No, right now." 334 00:19:25,390 --> 00:19:26,849 Very impatient. 335 00:19:27,899 --> 00:19:31,849 And I remember one time I just kept pushing her, kept pushing 336 00:19:31,850 --> 00:19:37,710 her, kept pushing her, and then she just broke down, crying. 337 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:41,440 And I remember sitting there looking at her going 338 00:19:44,616 --> 00:19:45,956 And I'm not saying you should do this unless you mean it. 339 00:19:47,586 --> 00:19:52,676 But I sat there and I watched her, and I felt helpless to help her. 340 00:19:53,676 --> 00:20:01,456 And I said, "God, if I ever do this again to my wife, kill me." 341 00:20:03,315 --> 00:20:06,975 'Cause I don't ever wanna treat my wife like that ever again. 342 00:20:07,676 --> 00:20:12,745 I wanna be patient with her when she's in these situations where she's 343 00:20:12,756 --> 00:20:14,915 not ready to talk about something. 344 00:20:15,266 --> 00:20:17,495 I wanna give her her space. 345 00:20:18,695 --> 00:20:23,205 I don't wanna push her to a place where it hurts her, where she's not 346 00:20:23,206 --> 00:20:27,095 ready, where she needs to be able to process the things she's feeling. 347 00:20:27,335 --> 00:20:28,905 I don't wanna do that to her 348 00:20:30,966 --> 00:20:34,456 Just a couple days ago, I was with my daughter, and we were talking 349 00:20:34,456 --> 00:20:38,416 about things, and my daughter was being incredibly patient with me. 350 00:20:39,555 --> 00:20:46,046 Again, they just moved here from Hawaii, and they're living with us for a period 351 00:20:46,046 --> 00:20:52,506 of time that's-- We don't know the exact amount of time, but I'm patient 352 00:20:53,806 --> 00:20:56,296 because I know that God's in control. 353 00:20:56,296 --> 00:20:56,706 Amen? 354 00:20:57,456 --> 00:20:57,666 Yes. 355 00:20:57,716 --> 00:21:03,556 But we had this amazing talk, and she was sharing things with me. 356 00:21:03,556 --> 00:21:08,056 She was being incredibly patient, sharing different experiences that 357 00:21:08,056 --> 00:21:12,955 she had in our relationship, and she made a decision roughly nine or ten 358 00:21:12,956 --> 00:21:18,455 years ago that she was no longer gonna be part of the church, and she wanted 359 00:21:18,456 --> 00:21:24,195 to explore a different lifestyle, um, outside of, you know, the church. 360 00:21:24,245 --> 00:21:27,175 And I-- And amen, we all have free will. 361 00:21:27,436 --> 00:21:28,155 All of us do. 362 00:21:29,095 --> 00:21:37,255 So she went on her journey, and I would pray every day, "God, I know my 363 00:21:37,255 --> 00:21:39,906 daughter's building an amazing testimony. 364 00:21:40,945 --> 00:21:43,325 I know she's building an amazing testimony." 365 00:21:44,415 --> 00:21:55,816 Um, but as we're having this talk, all of a sudden, just nine years of dreaming 366 00:21:55,816 --> 00:22:03,835 and being so, like, wounded in a sense in the relationship, ways I've hurt her 367 00:22:06,476 --> 00:22:08,916 It weighs… 368 00:22:08,956 --> 00:22:10,086 I mean, we hurt each other. 369 00:22:10,096 --> 00:22:10,136 Amen. 370 00:22:11,396 --> 00:22:14,356 And I just broke down weeping. 371 00:22:15,256 --> 00:22:15,386 Wow. 372 00:22:16,126 --> 00:22:21,106 And I was like, because I see God working in her heart, 373 00:22:21,136 --> 00:22:23,526 which also works in my heart. 374 00:22:24,345 --> 00:22:24,385 Amen. 375 00:22:24,566 --> 00:22:27,615 And I'm just like, "God, you are so patient. 376 00:22:28,435 --> 00:22:30,215 You are so patient." 377 00:22:30,515 --> 00:22:34,726 Just like God was patient with me when I studied the Bible, 378 00:22:35,255 --> 00:22:36,976 God was patient with me. 379 00:22:37,126 --> 00:22:38,436 He would not let… 380 00:22:38,445 --> 00:22:41,635 He would not treat me as my sins deserved. 381 00:22:41,676 --> 00:22:41,886 Yes. 382 00:22:42,546 --> 00:22:45,646 He would not do it, and he won't do it for… 383 00:22:45,676 --> 00:22:49,345 He won't treat any of us as our sins deserve. 384 00:22:49,996 --> 00:22:51,216 Praise God, right? 385 00:22:51,805 --> 00:22:51,925 Yes. 386 00:22:52,365 --> 00:22:58,645 And so I just wept, and then my daughter came over and she comforted me. 387 00:22:59,706 --> 00:23:04,995 And we need that time sometimes to just get in touch with what we're 388 00:23:05,005 --> 00:23:10,186 feeling, and what we're going through, and the challenges that we're facing. 389 00:23:10,806 --> 00:23:13,706 It was an incredibly healing time for me. 390 00:23:14,586 --> 00:23:16,485 I believe it was for her as well. 391 00:23:17,005 --> 00:23:23,145 But the truth is, is Peter was feeling a lot because he had done something 392 00:23:23,145 --> 00:23:28,075 he said he would never do, just as, you know, I had hurt my daughter and 393 00:23:28,556 --> 00:23:34,055 had said things that I never should have said, and was grateful by her 394 00:23:34,056 --> 00:23:36,025 willing to for- willingness to forgive. 395 00:23:37,635 --> 00:23:38,936 Let's keep moving because… 396 00:23:39,035 --> 00:23:39,976 But amen. 397 00:23:40,005 --> 00:23:43,035 Praise God it wasn't left there with Peter, okay? 398 00:23:43,675 --> 00:23:43,755 Hallelujah. 399 00:23:43,755 --> 00:23:49,305 There's a second act to the story here, and I believe it's a divine reversal 400 00:23:49,385 --> 00:23:55,555 of God saying, "Let me take something that seems impossible to change, 401 00:23:55,755 --> 00:23:58,005 and let me completely transform it." 402 00:23:58,615 --> 00:23:59,875 And so here we are. 403 00:23:59,946 --> 00:24:02,425 The scene is another fire. 404 00:24:02,476 --> 00:24:02,516 Amen. 405 00:24:03,435 --> 00:24:04,955 Another fire, okay? 406 00:24:05,226 --> 00:24:05,675 Let's go. 407 00:24:05,785 --> 00:24:06,005 Soaren Stevenson: Okay. 408 00:24:06,086 --> 00:24:09,545 John 21:1-8. 409 00:24:09,546 --> 00:24:12,966 "Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Tiberias. 410 00:24:13,016 --> 00:24:16,965 It happened this way: Simon Peter, Thomas, Nathaniel from Cana in 411 00:24:16,965 --> 00:24:20,115 Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. 412 00:24:20,625 --> 00:24:24,046 'I'm going out to fish,' Simon Peter told them, and they said, 'We'll go with you.' 413 00:24:24,395 --> 00:24:25,855 So they went out and got into the boat. 414 00:24:26,105 --> 00:24:27,805 But that night they caught nothing. 415 00:24:28,215 --> 00:24:30,786 Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples 416 00:24:30,786 --> 00:24:32,346 did not realize that it was Jesus. 417 00:24:32,675 --> 00:24:35,115 He called out to them, 'Friends, haven't you any fish?' 418 00:24:35,465 --> 00:24:36,385 'No,' they answered. 419 00:24:36,575 --> 00:24:39,485 He said, 'Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.' 420 00:24:39,965 --> 00:24:42,495 When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because 421 00:24:42,495 --> 00:24:44,015 of the large number of fish. 422 00:24:44,515 --> 00:24:48,025 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, 'It is the Lord.' 423 00:24:48,166 --> 00:24:52,225 As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, 'It is the Lord,' he wrapped his outer garment 424 00:24:52,245 --> 00:24:54,316 around him and jumped into the water. 425 00:24:54,586 --> 00:24:58,665 The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they 426 00:24:58,666 --> 00:25:01,096 were not far from shore, about 100 yards." 427 00:25:02,086 --> 00:25:02,535 Steve Stevenson: Read first. 428 00:25:04,694 --> 00:25:07,234 Soaren Stevenson: When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals 429 00:25:07,254 --> 00:25:09,033 there with fish on it and some bread 430 00:25:11,146 --> 00:25:12,556 Steve Stevenson: Okay, so here's the scene. 431 00:25:13,516 --> 00:25:17,036 Remember, Jesus had betrayed, even knowing Jesus. 432 00:25:17,706 --> 00:25:25,785 Now, Jesus is sitting on the shore, he's resurrected, and the disciples 433 00:25:25,786 --> 00:25:29,616 are now seeing him again, but they're not even sure that it's him on shore. 434 00:25:30,055 --> 00:25:35,135 But they can't catch any fish, and Jesus yells from the shore, you know, kinda 435 00:25:35,135 --> 00:25:36,976 like sometimes Rusty can't catch fish. 436 00:25:37,585 --> 00:25:37,955 But 437 00:25:40,332 --> 00:25:43,962 But which, you know, sometimes I can't either, okay? 438 00:25:45,142 --> 00:25:48,052 Um, but, but the reality is this. 439 00:25:49,212 --> 00:25:52,642 They throw the net on the other side, which makes zero sense. 440 00:25:53,332 --> 00:25:55,252 If I was Peter, I would be impatient. 441 00:25:55,292 --> 00:25:56,902 Look, I fish every day. 442 00:25:57,312 --> 00:26:01,332 You're trying to tell me to cast the net on the other side as though 443 00:26:01,332 --> 00:26:03,781 that is actually a way to fish? 444 00:26:04,281 --> 00:26:07,971 He could have been really impatient, but he's like, "Hey, let's do it." 445 00:26:08,512 --> 00:26:09,202 So he does it. 446 00:26:09,202 --> 00:26:15,961 He catches so many fish, about 153 fish, and then he sees this guy 447 00:26:15,962 --> 00:26:21,561 in this, on the shore, and I think instinctively he knew, "It's Jesus. 448 00:26:22,411 --> 00:26:23,342 It's Jesus." 449 00:26:24,411 --> 00:26:30,021 And so I love that he came to meet with Jesus, and let's read this last part 450 00:26:32,406 --> 00:26:33,116 Soaren Stevenson: Verse 15. 451 00:26:33,346 --> 00:26:36,956 "When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, 'Simon, son of John, 452 00:26:36,966 --> 00:26:38,806 do you truly love me more than these?' 453 00:26:39,186 --> 00:26:41,206 'Yes, Lord,' he said, 'You know that I love you.' 454 00:26:41,596 --> 00:26:43,396 Jesus said, 'Feed my lambs.' 455 00:26:43,705 --> 00:26:46,716 Again, Jesus said, 'Simon, son of John, do you truly love me?' 456 00:26:47,136 --> 00:26:48,235 He answered, 'Yes, Lord. 457 00:26:48,235 --> 00:26:49,185 You know that I love you.' 458 00:26:49,566 --> 00:26:51,195 Jesus said, 'Take care of my sheep.' 459 00:26:51,626 --> 00:26:54,806 The third time he said to him, 'Simon, son of John, do you love me?' 460 00:26:55,285 --> 00:26:58,345 Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, 'Do you love me?' 461 00:26:58,736 --> 00:27:00,686 He said, 'Lord, you know all things. 462 00:27:00,695 --> 00:27:01,856 You know that I love you.' 463 00:27:03,105 --> 00:27:04,526 Jesus said, 'Feed my sheep. 464 00:27:04,986 --> 00:27:05,895 I tell you the truth. 465 00:27:05,905 --> 00:27:08,725 When you were younger, you dressed yourself and went where you wanted, but 466 00:27:08,725 --> 00:27:11,706 when you're old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will dress you and 467 00:27:11,716 --> 00:27:13,296 lead you where you do not want to go.' 468 00:27:13,736 --> 00:27:17,075 Jesus said to th- Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by 469 00:27:17,076 --> 00:27:18,605 which Peter would glorify God. 470 00:27:18,885 --> 00:27:20,595 Then he said to him, 'Follow me.'" 471 00:27:22,834 --> 00:27:22,984 Steve Stevenson: Good. 472 00:27:23,704 --> 00:27:24,124 All right. 473 00:27:24,624 --> 00:27:30,904 So I love this, I love this tension being resolved right here by the fire. 474 00:27:32,024 --> 00:27:36,433 Now Jesus is restoring him back to fellowship. 475 00:27:36,434 --> 00:27:39,294 He's reinstating him, and he's saying, "Look…" 476 00:27:40,584 --> 00:27:42,093 Actually, my son's gotta go, right? 477 00:27:42,373 --> 00:27:42,513 Yeah. 478 00:27:42,653 --> 00:27:43,034 All right. 479 00:27:43,034 --> 00:27:43,164 Gotta go. 480 00:27:43,164 --> 00:27:43,603 Love you, man. 481 00:27:44,133 --> 00:27:44,393 Love you. 482 00:27:44,393 --> 00:27:44,553 Thanks. 483 00:27:44,553 --> 00:27:44,853 See you guys. 484 00:27:44,854 --> 00:27:46,723 He's gotta, he's gotta go get his wife, okay? 485 00:27:50,060 --> 00:27:51,860 Yeah, he's been away from his wife for two weeks. 486 00:27:51,890 --> 00:27:53,630 I would rush out as well 487 00:27:56,108 --> 00:27:57,808 But here, here we are. 488 00:27:59,158 --> 00:28:02,288 Jesus is saying, "Let me resolve this tension. 489 00:28:03,448 --> 00:28:06,688 It was a fire where he, Peter denied me. 490 00:28:06,957 --> 00:28:08,848 I can't let Peter live with this. 491 00:28:09,608 --> 00:28:11,298 We've gotta change the narrative. 492 00:28:11,848 --> 00:28:13,718 It's gotta be something different. 493 00:28:13,727 --> 00:28:20,198 Let's, let's figure out how we can change his view of this experience 494 00:28:20,208 --> 00:28:21,398 for the rest of his life." 495 00:28:21,717 --> 00:28:28,307 So, He comes, He sits at a fire, and now three times he had denied Him at a fire. 496 00:28:28,527 --> 00:28:32,887 Now three times he reasserts his love for Jesus. 497 00:28:33,367 --> 00:28:36,688 And then Jesus restores him and says, "Hey, come follow me. 498 00:28:37,608 --> 00:28:38,408 Peter, come. 499 00:28:38,468 --> 00:28:39,367 Come follow me." 500 00:28:40,407 --> 00:28:45,477 And we know that this is transformational for Peter, because everything we 501 00:28:45,477 --> 00:28:50,867 see about Peter after this is that Peter is like, "Let's go, baby. 502 00:28:51,657 --> 00:28:53,037 Let's go help people. 503 00:28:53,077 --> 00:28:54,537 Let's change the world." 504 00:28:54,538 --> 00:28:57,297 He had this desire to make a difference. 505 00:28:57,727 --> 00:29:02,358 Peter, although had been afraid, even with the little girl, saying, 506 00:29:02,358 --> 00:29:03,767 "Hey, I think you're one of them." 507 00:29:03,957 --> 00:29:06,038 Even with the little girl, he got scared. 508 00:29:06,288 --> 00:29:10,527 But now Peter would go up against all the different people that 509 00:29:10,527 --> 00:29:12,428 he had denied Christ before. 510 00:29:12,867 --> 00:29:15,867 In Acts 2 we see that he preaches the word. 511 00:29:15,867 --> 00:29:21,667 3,000 people are saved because of his message when he called 512 00:29:21,667 --> 00:29:23,837 people to repent and be baptized. 513 00:29:25,218 --> 00:29:27,737 And I go, "Wow, God's amazing." 514 00:29:27,747 --> 00:29:27,767 Yeah. 515 00:29:29,578 --> 00:29:34,057 God isn't going to let our mistakes define us. 516 00:29:34,367 --> 00:29:34,497 No, no. 517 00:29:35,398 --> 00:29:41,438 If we're willing to take responsibility and look inside, 518 00:29:42,707 --> 00:29:44,807 God can change the narrative. 519 00:29:45,877 --> 00:29:48,547 God can change your experience. 520 00:29:49,117 --> 00:29:52,818 I don't know ways that maybe you've been hurt or different 521 00:29:52,818 --> 00:29:54,517 experiences that you've had. 522 00:29:55,608 --> 00:29:59,478 I don't know the way some of us may have spoke to our kids. 523 00:30:01,750 --> 00:30:03,350 Or spoke to our parents. 524 00:30:04,990 --> 00:30:07,120 But God wants us to change the narrative. 525 00:30:07,220 --> 00:30:07,260 Amen. 526 00:30:08,630 --> 00:30:13,910 God wants us to have a great experience around our fire. 527 00:30:13,999 --> 00:30:14,790 You know what I'm saying? 528 00:30:15,220 --> 00:30:15,310 Yeah. 529 00:30:16,270 --> 00:30:20,390 We don't have to be defined by the mistakes of the past - No … but 530 00:30:20,390 --> 00:30:24,670 we can be refined by them- Yes … through the fires of challenge. 531 00:30:24,709 --> 00:30:25,580 Does that make sense? 532 00:30:26,799 --> 00:30:26,819 Yeah. 533 00:30:26,829 --> 00:30:26,879 Come on. 534 00:30:26,879 --> 00:30:31,069 Patience helps us to be refined in that way. 535 00:30:31,500 --> 00:30:37,159 Peter appreciates and grasps that patience, and I'll go back to this 536 00:30:37,159 --> 00:30:41,500 verse, "So do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord 537 00:30:41,500 --> 00:30:46,169 a day is like a thousand years, a thousand years are like a day. 538 00:30:47,159 --> 00:30:52,369 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. 539 00:30:52,889 --> 00:30:55,719 Instead he is patient with you." 540 00:30:55,729 --> 00:30:55,749 Yeah. 541 00:30:56,699 --> 00:31:03,759 Peter could say this from experience because Jesus had been patient with him. 542 00:31:04,389 --> 00:31:05,049 And you know what? 543 00:31:05,060 --> 00:31:07,549 Jesus wants to be patient with you. 544 00:31:07,639 --> 00:31:07,659 Yeah. 545 00:31:08,429 --> 00:31:09,619 He wants to help you. 546 00:31:10,570 --> 00:31:12,550 He wants to strengthen you. 547 00:31:12,550 --> 00:31:17,120 He wants to help you resolve issues maybe that were hurtful in the past. 548 00:31:17,269 --> 00:31:23,029 He wants you to work through things in a way that will help you to 549 00:31:23,049 --> 00:31:27,409 even continue to mature and grow beyond what you ever imagined. 550 00:31:27,810 --> 00:31:30,689 This was years later when Peter is saying this. 551 00:31:31,129 --> 00:31:37,839 It's years later, as an elder, and he's communicating to the, the importance of 552 00:31:37,899 --> 00:31:40,430 understanding that he is patient with you. 553 00:31:40,990 --> 00:31:42,689 He wants everyone to perish. 554 00:31:42,759 --> 00:31:46,419 He do- excuse me, with you, not wanting anyone to perish. 555 00:31:46,420 --> 00:31:47,009 Excuse me. 556 00:31:47,719 --> 00:31:49,039 Woo, almost messed that up. 557 00:31:49,749 --> 00:31:52,100 That was some twisted scripture right there, man. 558 00:31:52,979 --> 00:31:53,449 Okay. 559 00:31:53,460 --> 00:31:53,510 Come on. 560 00:31:54,579 --> 00:31:59,729 Instead, he's patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish- Yeah … but 561 00:31:59,769 --> 00:32:02,109 everyone to come to repentance. 562 00:32:02,780 --> 00:32:06,189 You see, it's God's heart that we all repent. 563 00:32:06,939 --> 00:32:08,519 Repentance is a good thing. 564 00:32:08,530 --> 00:32:08,570 Amen. 565 00:32:09,469 --> 00:32:12,029 You know, when I was a young minister, our evangelist used 566 00:32:12,029 --> 00:32:14,199 to say, "Hey, repentance is fun. 567 00:32:14,949 --> 00:32:16,069 Are we having fun yet?" 568 00:32:17,510 --> 00:32:19,630 And I would go, "Yeah, I'm having fun, man. 569 00:32:19,630 --> 00:32:20,439 I'm repenting." 570 00:32:21,119 --> 00:32:25,129 Bible says, "Repentance brings times of refreshing from the Lord." 571 00:32:25,869 --> 00:32:30,329 Repentance is for everyone, not just non-Christians, but for Christians. 572 00:32:30,999 --> 00:32:34,569 And we can turn, we can turn away from whatever experience it was in 573 00:32:34,570 --> 00:32:37,270 the past, and we can turn toward God. 574 00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:38,809 That's what repentance is. 575 00:32:39,579 --> 00:32:42,070 And we can do what's right in the eyes of God. 576 00:32:42,490 --> 00:32:43,599 We can change. 577 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:44,410 We can grow. 578 00:32:44,410 --> 00:32:47,379 We can become all that God wants us to become. 579 00:32:47,719 --> 00:32:50,799 Jesus had a huge vision for Peter. 580 00:32:50,809 --> 00:32:50,829 Yeah. 581 00:32:51,469 --> 00:32:59,449 But it wasn't that he would sit around a campfire and be reminded of his failures. 582 00:33:01,324 --> 00:33:08,994 It was that he would be forgiven and that he would experience the victory, 583 00:33:09,334 --> 00:33:14,854 and he would know that Jesus wanted to change the narrative of his story. 584 00:33:14,854 --> 00:33:15,334 Amen? 585 00:33:17,784 --> 00:33:21,304 I just wanna share here, I told you that my daughter had left the church for a 586 00:33:21,304 --> 00:33:29,814 few years On Friday night at 11:00 PM she made a decision to repent and be baptized. 587 00:33:30,754 --> 00:33:31,224 Amen? 588 00:33:34,140 --> 00:33:34,600 She's right here. 589 00:33:34,620 --> 00:33:34,880 You wanna… 590 00:33:35,030 --> 00:33:35,280 Can you… 591 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:36,740 No, you wanna stand up? 592 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:37,240 Okay. 593 00:33:37,860 --> 00:33:38,930 She doesn't wanna stand up. 594 00:33:39,620 --> 00:33:39,920 Okay. 595 00:33:39,930 --> 00:33:43,520 She's the one there in the middle with the towel okay? 596 00:33:44,180 --> 00:33:46,010 She's got the towel right there. 597 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:47,600 She just got baptized. 598 00:33:47,609 --> 00:33:49,190 I- it's… 599 00:33:49,310 --> 00:33:53,559 Guys I love that God loves my daughter 600 00:33:55,668 --> 00:34:01,718 My God, I, I love that God isn't going to let her be defined by her past, but that 601 00:34:01,718 --> 00:34:04,088 He wants to give her a hopeful future. 602 00:34:04,798 --> 00:34:08,068 And I'm thankful for the women who were involved in the Bible study. 603 00:34:08,458 --> 00:34:14,118 I'm thankful for the opportunity to have watched God do miracles in her life. 604 00:34:14,516 --> 00:34:16,068 It helped build my faith. 605 00:34:16,087 --> 00:34:21,766 It helped me to understand how patient God is, wanting all people to be saved. 606 00:34:23,138 --> 00:34:27,056 So I just wanna encourage you, never give up on your kids. 607 00:34:27,777 --> 00:34:30,137 Fathers, never give up on your kids. 608 00:34:30,538 --> 00:34:32,568 Kids, never give up on your fathers. 609 00:34:33,668 --> 00:34:35,527 Never give up on your mothers either, okay? 610 00:34:35,527 --> 00:34:36,786 But it's Father's Day. 611 00:34:37,587 --> 00:34:38,878 It's Father's Day, okay? 612 00:34:39,726 --> 00:34:41,708 So give us one day, all right? 613 00:34:41,708 --> 00:34:42,598 Give us one day 614 00:34:45,156 --> 00:34:47,706 So as we close it out, I just want… 615 00:34:47,766 --> 00:34:51,166 I'm not gonna give you any to-dos today 'cause it's Father's Day, all right? 616 00:34:51,896 --> 00:34:53,716 I do wanna give a few statements. 617 00:34:54,306 --> 00:34:56,996 What is the Father's Day takeaway? 618 00:34:57,885 --> 00:34:59,796 What is the Father's Day takeaway? 619 00:35:00,295 --> 00:35:02,746 Jesus is able to reframe our pain. 620 00:35:03,026 --> 00:35:11,875 Our past does not define us, and Jesus is patient with us. 621 00:35:11,936 --> 00:35:12,396 Amen.