1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:01,200 Steve Stevenson: Amen. 2 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:07,830 I love, love, love that video, and it's such a perfect setup for today's lesson 3 00:00:07,830 --> 00:00:10,590 as we talk about the triumphal entry. 4 00:00:11,340 --> 00:00:18,510 And when I think about Jesus, there is so much amazing stuff in today's topic 5 00:00:19,140 --> 00:00:22,620 that I'm not gonna be able to hit it all, but I'm gonna be asking you guys 6 00:00:22,620 --> 00:00:24,570 to go back home and do some homework. 7 00:00:25,020 --> 00:00:29,520 But, uh, this is, this clip really captures the joy. 8 00:00:29,909 --> 00:00:33,210 And the excitement of the triumphal entry. 9 00:00:33,870 --> 00:00:39,420 And I really want us to really think about today, how does this apply to us? 10 00:00:39,480 --> 00:00:42,660 How does this apply to our context today? 11 00:00:43,019 --> 00:00:48,060 Because the reality as Jesus came in from the Mount of Olives, went 12 00:00:48,060 --> 00:00:52,680 down into the Kidron Valley, went up and through, they went through the 13 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:55,769 east gate and then up to the temple. 14 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:58,025 You know, he was traveling a path. 15 00:00:58,710 --> 00:01:03,030 That needed to be traveled because of things that had happened in the 16 00:01:03,030 --> 00:01:05,790 past, which I'll get to in my lesson. 17 00:01:06,030 --> 00:01:09,690 But before we do that, I did want to just say it's great to be here. 18 00:01:09,870 --> 00:01:14,550 It's good to be able to speak to the church, uh, in the new era. 19 00:01:14,610 --> 00:01:20,250 It's good to be able to dig into God's word and to study out the things that 20 00:01:20,250 --> 00:01:25,440 I believe God is calling each one of us to do and to be in his kingdom. 21 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:25,890 Amen. 22 00:01:25,890 --> 00:01:25,980 Yes. 23 00:01:26,789 --> 00:01:27,430 Let's go ahead and pray. 24 00:01:27,750 --> 00:01:27,840 Earth. 25 00:01:28,710 --> 00:01:30,030 Father, I wanna thank you. 26 00:01:30,090 --> 00:01:32,370 God, it is so encouraging 27 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:35,910 to dig into your word. 28 00:01:36,270 --> 00:01:42,750 It is so inspiring to be able to worship you, to be able to honor 29 00:01:42,750 --> 00:01:45,030 you, to be able to lift you up. 30 00:01:45,030 --> 00:01:51,720 I pray God, that we would hold your scriptures in high regard, that we 31 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:56,250 would've a high view of your word and that we would make decisions today. 32 00:01:56,550 --> 00:02:00,090 Not to simply listen to the word and deceive ourselves, 33 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,600 but to truly do what it says. 34 00:02:03,930 --> 00:02:07,980 God, I pray that today as I preach the word that this lesson would be a 35 00:02:07,980 --> 00:02:11,610 demonstration of your Holy Spirit's power. 36 00:02:12,270 --> 00:02:14,580 Work through me for your glory. 37 00:02:14,610 --> 00:02:15,420 Work through me. 38 00:02:15,420 --> 00:02:16,380 For your honor. 39 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:17,820 I love you. 40 00:02:17,940 --> 00:02:20,160 I ask all this in Jesus name. 41 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:20,910 Amen. 42 00:02:20,910 --> 00:02:21,060 Amen. 43 00:02:21,660 --> 00:02:25,980 As you can see, the title of today's lesson is Hosanna. 44 00:02:26,310 --> 00:02:26,490 Amen. 45 00:02:27,180 --> 00:02:30,600 You know, in Mark chapter 11, if you can turn your Bibles there, mark 46 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,060 chapter 11, verse one through 11. 47 00:02:33,780 --> 00:02:35,280 I'm gonna go ahead and read this. 48 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:36,990 I know, Vicki, I just took off my glasses. 49 00:02:36,990 --> 00:02:40,890 You don't like it when I do that, but I'm gonna go ahead and do it anyway. 50 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:47,670 Um, in Mark chapter 11, in verse one, it says, as they approached Jerusalem 51 00:02:48,180 --> 00:02:53,850 and came to Beth Phage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent 52 00:02:53,850 --> 00:02:56,190 two of his disciples saying to them. 53 00:02:56,940 --> 00:03:02,760 Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you'll find a cult tied 54 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,640 there, which no one has ever ridden. 55 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,730 Untie it and bring it here. 56 00:03:09,090 --> 00:03:12,600 If anyone asks you, why are you doing this? 57 00:03:13,590 --> 00:03:18,210 Say, the Lord needs it and he will send it back here shortly. 58 00:03:18,870 --> 00:03:23,100 So they went and they found a coal outside the street tied it a doorway. 59 00:03:23,775 --> 00:03:29,204 As they untied it, some people standing their ass, what are you doing untying? 60 00:03:29,204 --> 00:03:34,065 That cult, they answered as Jesus had told them, the Lord needs 61 00:03:34,065 --> 00:03:37,335 it and the people let them go. 62 00:03:38,145 --> 00:03:42,825 When they brought the cult to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on it. 63 00:03:43,275 --> 00:03:47,415 Many people spread their cloaks on the road while others spread branches. 64 00:03:47,415 --> 00:03:49,065 They had cut in the fields. 65 00:03:50,175 --> 00:03:54,195 Those who went ahead and those who followed, shouted, Hosanna. 66 00:03:54,765 --> 00:03:57,855 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. 67 00:03:58,335 --> 00:04:03,015 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father, David, Hosanna 68 00:04:03,195 --> 00:04:04,755 in the highest heaven. 69 00:04:05,385 --> 00:04:10,035 Jesus entered Jerusalem and he went into the temple courts. 70 00:04:10,425 --> 00:04:15,225 He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, he 71 00:04:15,225 --> 00:04:18,045 went out to Bethany with the 12. 72 00:04:19,394 --> 00:04:23,205 You know, this passage of scripture is, 73 00:04:25,875 --> 00:04:28,245 I mean, this story's in all four gospels. 74 00:04:28,935 --> 00:04:30,495 It was an important story. 75 00:04:30,765 --> 00:04:35,925 It was an important setup for what will be the Easter service next week, 76 00:04:36,375 --> 00:04:41,985 and so I'm excited about next week, but I'm also excited for today because 77 00:04:41,985 --> 00:04:47,145 today can prepare our hearts if we will allow it to prepare our hearts. 78 00:04:47,355 --> 00:04:47,534 Amen. 79 00:04:48,465 --> 00:04:50,805 Let's go ahead and get into the study. 80 00:04:51,435 --> 00:04:54,435 Again, we just read this, but in Mark 11 verse one through two, as they 81 00:04:54,435 --> 00:04:58,155 approached Jerusalem, they came to Beth Phage, Bethany at the Mount of Olives. 82 00:04:58,215 --> 00:05:01,635 Jesus sent two of his disciples saying to them, go to the village 83 00:05:01,635 --> 00:05:06,945 ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you'll find a cult tied there. 84 00:05:08,745 --> 00:05:11,085 I forgot we had those screens, so I'm gonna look at that now. 85 00:05:11,115 --> 00:05:11,565 Okay. 86 00:05:13,365 --> 00:05:14,625 It's pretty awesome actually. 87 00:05:15,315 --> 00:05:17,505 Uh, saying to them, go to the village ahead of you, just as you 88 00:05:17,505 --> 00:05:20,775 enter it, and you will find a cold tide there, which no one has ever 89 00:05:20,775 --> 00:05:23,055 ridden, untied, and bring it here. 90 00:05:23,625 --> 00:05:26,265 Why is it important that it had never been ridden? 91 00:05:26,865 --> 00:05:33,765 Well, we know that Jesus is the, we know Jesus is the Messiah, and 92 00:05:33,765 --> 00:05:36,405 we know that Jesus is our king. 93 00:05:36,465 --> 00:05:42,224 We understand that, and Jesus knew that he was a king. 94 00:05:42,975 --> 00:05:46,875 But Jesus knew that when he came in that he was not gonna 95 00:05:46,875 --> 00:05:48,675 be on this white stallion. 96 00:05:48,675 --> 00:05:54,165 He wasn't gonna be the kind of king, he wasn't gonna be the kind of Messiah that 97 00:05:54,165 --> 00:06:00,585 people throughout history had been sitting around the campfire telling their kids 98 00:06:00,795 --> 00:06:05,690 about David was this warrior like king, and one day a Messiah is gonna come. 99 00:06:06,255 --> 00:06:11,025 And he's gonna be like David, and he's gonna be this powerful king, and he 100 00:06:11,025 --> 00:06:16,215 is gonna be this powerful warrior, and he's going to deliver his people. 101 00:06:16,335 --> 00:06:18,854 And so this is what people were expecting. 102 00:06:19,245 --> 00:06:24,375 So Jesus comes in on a donkey, which really means he would come in in 103 00:06:24,435 --> 00:06:29,445 peace, but also that donkey could never have been ridden because if you 104 00:06:29,445 --> 00:06:33,945 are a king, you only ride a donkey that no one else has ever ridden. 105 00:06:34,950 --> 00:06:39,990 No one else is allowed to ride that donkey except the king himself. 106 00:06:40,020 --> 00:06:42,720 Or if it was a horse, the horse himself. 107 00:06:43,890 --> 00:06:47,700 You know, this is a prophecy fulfilled in Zacharia. 108 00:06:47,700 --> 00:06:52,860 Nine nine, about 550 years earlier, the Bible said, rejoice greatly. 109 00:06:52,860 --> 00:06:53,880 Daughter of Zion. 110 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:55,890 Shout daughter of Jerusalem. 111 00:06:56,159 --> 00:07:02,760 See, your king comes to you righteous and victorious, lowly. 112 00:07:03,090 --> 00:07:09,240 And riding on a donkey on a cult, the full of a donkey. 113 00:07:10,110 --> 00:07:12,659 And you go, wow, this was, this is amazing. 114 00:07:12,690 --> 00:07:12,750 Yeah. 115 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:18,270 Like it's amazing that the, that these prophecies are fulfilled and, 116 00:07:18,540 --> 00:07:25,140 and, and even that was proceeded by this, in, in Genesis 49, 8 117 00:07:25,650 --> 00:07:29,430 through 11, uh, as, as Jacob was. 118 00:07:30,225 --> 00:07:34,875 Blessing the patriarchs as he was blessing his sons as he was giving 119 00:07:34,875 --> 00:07:36,405 them their particular blessings. 120 00:07:36,405 --> 00:07:41,745 The one he gave to Judah was this Judah, your brothers will praise you. 121 00:07:42,495 --> 00:07:44,325 You were a lion's cub. 122 00:07:44,355 --> 00:07:48,105 Judah, the scepter will not depart from Judah. 123 00:07:48,105 --> 00:07:50,175 The scepter meaning like a king. 124 00:07:51,405 --> 00:07:57,585 For the ruler staff from between his feet until he to whom it belongs shall come and 125 00:07:57,585 --> 00:08:00,645 the obedience of the nations shall be his. 126 00:08:00,855 --> 00:08:05,955 He will tether his donkey to a vine, his cult, to the 127 00:08:05,955 --> 00:08:09,075 choice, to the choices branch. 128 00:08:09,285 --> 00:08:14,775 He will wash his garments and wine, his robes in the blood of grapes. 129 00:08:15,525 --> 00:08:17,385 This is thousands of years before. 130 00:08:17,620 --> 00:08:17,979 Right, right. 131 00:08:17,979 --> 00:08:17,989 Yeah. 132 00:08:20,085 --> 00:08:26,145 Guys, this blows me away that this blows me away. 133 00:08:26,355 --> 00:08:31,485 There's other scriptures I can't even get into, and there's multiple prophecies 134 00:08:31,485 --> 00:08:38,205 about Jesus, about this day, about this donkey, about, you know, Jesus coming in. 135 00:08:38,205 --> 00:08:39,585 I mean, it's amazing. 136 00:08:39,585 --> 00:08:42,914 And I go, how amazing is God's word? 137 00:08:44,145 --> 00:08:47,085 I mean, how amazing is God's word? 138 00:08:47,910 --> 00:08:50,699 When you look at this, these prophecies that are fulfilled, 139 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:55,500 this is not part of my lesson, but I just, I just have to say this. 140 00:08:55,500 --> 00:08:55,650 Come on. 141 00:08:57,329 --> 00:09:07,949 The Old Testament had approximately 324 prophecies that Jesus fulfilled. 142 00:09:08,970 --> 00:09:10,050 Is that amazing? 143 00:09:10,410 --> 00:09:13,350 I mean, Alfred Eiders Shine, who's a famous church historian, 144 00:09:13,350 --> 00:09:14,579 he says conservatively. 145 00:09:15,180 --> 00:09:18,120 At least 300 prophecies during his earthly ministry. 146 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:24,120 The Jewish voice website says, no, it's 324, but this 147 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:25,440 is just a quick little thing. 148 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:30,180 The chance of one single man, let's say this is fulfilling 149 00:09:30,180 --> 00:09:32,550 even 48 of the prophecies. 150 00:09:32,820 --> 00:09:37,950 And the reason I'm choosing 48 is because a mathematician named Peter Stoner 151 00:09:38,010 --> 00:09:40,260 was asked about the probabilities. 152 00:09:40,950 --> 00:09:45,300 Of any one person fulfilling even a small number of those prophecies. 153 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:51,450 So he said, Hey look, the chance of one single man fulfilling even 48 154 00:09:52,110 --> 00:09:59,070 of the 324 is one times 10 to 157. 155 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:02,125 Lemme say that again. 156 00:10:02,665 --> 00:10:07,410 That's one followed by 157 zeros. 157 00:10:08,895 --> 00:10:09,115 Wow. 158 00:10:12,660 --> 00:10:17,040 If you can't be down with the fact that the Bible is absolutely the word 159 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:21,030 of God, then this should help you. 160 00:10:21,570 --> 00:10:26,460 Because I'm like, how do you, I mean, that's amazing and I can't even 161 00:10:26,460 --> 00:10:28,560 imagine what the number have been. 162 00:10:28,560 --> 00:10:32,880 If you, what are the probabilities of all 324? 163 00:10:33,750 --> 00:10:35,310 I don't know if anyone can figure it out. 164 00:10:35,340 --> 00:10:36,360 I certainly can't. 165 00:10:38,204 --> 00:10:38,925 I certainly can't. 166 00:10:38,925 --> 00:10:44,775 I know Kyle definitely can't, and so I, I really want to encourage us to 167 00:10:44,775 --> 00:10:52,814 really look at the Bible and go, wow, what we are reading every single day 168 00:10:52,814 --> 00:11:00,405 as we open up to read our Bible in our times with God is the word of God. 169 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:00,540 Yeah. 170 00:11:01,770 --> 00:11:06,990 It's the powerful word of God that has the ability to transform 171 00:11:07,050 --> 00:11:09,630 every single one of our lives. 172 00:11:09,630 --> 00:11:10,170 Amen. 173 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:13,620 All right, mark chapter 11, verse three. 174 00:11:13,620 --> 00:11:15,840 If anyone asks, why are you doing this? 175 00:11:15,930 --> 00:11:18,960 Say, the Lord needs it and he will send it back to your shortly. 176 00:11:19,410 --> 00:11:19,620 Okay. 177 00:11:19,620 --> 00:11:25,440 The Lord, you know the, the Greek word curios, which is the Greek, Sept, or. 178 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:32,850 Curios, you know, in the original Greek has three possible Greek meanings. 179 00:11:32,850 --> 00:11:33,990 It could be, sir. 180 00:11:34,410 --> 00:11:36,329 So think about this, sir. 181 00:11:37,020 --> 00:11:38,160 The sir needs it. 182 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:40,110 Probably not it. 183 00:11:40,980 --> 00:11:42,780 The master needs it. 184 00:11:43,079 --> 00:11:44,760 Well, my master needs it too. 185 00:11:45,750 --> 00:11:50,100 Okay, well how about the sovereign Lord and King needs it. 186 00:11:50,370 --> 00:11:50,430 Yeah. 187 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:51,510 Alright, go ahead and take it. 188 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:53,579 Go ahead and take it. 189 00:11:53,579 --> 00:11:54,810 I'm not even gonna question that. 190 00:11:54,810 --> 00:11:54,900 Right. 191 00:11:56,069 --> 00:11:57,780 I mean, this is amazing. 192 00:11:58,079 --> 00:12:03,630 Just even how God had this planned in advance so many years in advance, 193 00:12:04,199 --> 00:12:09,089 verse four through six, they went and found a colt outside in the street. 194 00:12:09,599 --> 00:12:13,979 They tied it at the doorway, and as they untied it, some people standing their ass, 195 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:16,964 what are you doing on tying that cult? 196 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:23,339 They an, they answered as Jesus had told them to, and the people let them go. 197 00:12:23,955 --> 00:12:26,805 I just wanna share a few insights here that I think are important for 198 00:12:26,805 --> 00:12:29,745 us and how this can apply to us today. 199 00:12:30,705 --> 00:12:34,635 It's important for us to understand that God uses an ordinary cult 200 00:12:34,845 --> 00:12:37,125 to reveal the extraordinary. 201 00:12:37,965 --> 00:12:41,325 Already I've talked about how extraordinary the word of goddess, 202 00:12:41,985 --> 00:12:48,314 but think about how extraordinary this experience was as that, as that cult 203 00:12:48,314 --> 00:12:52,064 is just taking Jesus into the temple. 204 00:12:53,175 --> 00:12:54,375 Into Jerusalem. 205 00:12:54,375 --> 00:12:57,825 Think about how extraordinary that experience is and the, the 206 00:12:57,855 --> 00:13:02,115 people were so fired up as they'd come in to celebrate the Passover. 207 00:13:02,445 --> 00:13:06,705 Literally some people say there was as many as over a million people there. 208 00:13:09,405 --> 00:13:14,625 It was a high fever pitch of praising God, honoring God. 209 00:13:15,885 --> 00:13:19,695 So God uses an or the ordinary cult to reveal the extraordinary. 210 00:13:19,695 --> 00:13:21,080 I think he uses ordinary people. 211 00:13:22,140 --> 00:13:23,340 To do extraordinary. 212 00:13:24,330 --> 00:13:28,830 Jesus chose 12 unschooled ordinary men. 213 00:13:30,270 --> 00:13:33,360 Ordinary men can do extraordinary things with Jesus. 214 00:13:35,010 --> 00:13:35,550 I love this. 215 00:13:35,550 --> 00:13:39,420 The owner releases it when he understands the why. 216 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:41,940 Oh, why are you doing this? 217 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:43,200 The Lord needs it. 218 00:13:43,260 --> 00:13:44,160 Oh, okay. 219 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,510 Sometimes we don't release our gifts or our talents. 220 00:13:49,305 --> 00:13:53,385 Or even our money, as Ron talked about, unless you understand the 221 00:13:53,385 --> 00:13:56,625 real need, the Lord needs it. 222 00:13:56,655 --> 00:13:57,915 The Lord needs your gifts. 223 00:13:57,915 --> 00:13:59,324 The Lord needs your talents. 224 00:13:59,535 --> 00:14:03,915 As we've been trying to get this building prepared for the grand opening, which 225 00:14:03,915 --> 00:14:08,324 is next Sunday, there's been a lot of work that needs to be done, and I'm so 226 00:14:08,324 --> 00:14:14,925 grateful for all the work streams working together so that we can be set up. 227 00:14:14,970 --> 00:14:18,600 Yeah, so that the church will be ready. 228 00:14:19,290 --> 00:14:22,260 I'm so proud of the church and all the people that have worked 229 00:14:22,590 --> 00:14:26,130 so hard, but the Lord needs us, 230 00:14:28,410 --> 00:14:33,720 not because we 'cause we're such good people, but he needs us. 231 00:14:33,750 --> 00:14:38,100 He needs to see our hearts are engaged, that we're not just here. 232 00:14:38,850 --> 00:14:43,949 Just to fill a seat, but we are here to give our whole hearts to God. 233 00:14:43,980 --> 00:14:44,459 Amen. 234 00:14:45,329 --> 00:14:48,930 See, what is God asking you to release for his purposes? 235 00:14:51,510 --> 00:14:53,520 God asked him to release a donkey. 236 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:55,140 What's he asking you to release? 237 00:14:57,449 --> 00:15:02,790 It's something, I don't know what it is, but it's come to your mind already. 238 00:15:04,020 --> 00:15:05,550 You already know what it is. 239 00:15:07,545 --> 00:15:09,105 Don't be tight fisted. 240 00:15:11,175 --> 00:15:12,585 Don't hold on. 241 00:15:13,155 --> 00:15:14,265 I want it my way. 242 00:15:14,265 --> 00:15:15,855 I wanna do things my way. 243 00:15:17,145 --> 00:15:18,765 What about doing it Jesus' way? 244 00:15:18,770 --> 00:15:19,140 Come on. 245 00:15:20,505 --> 00:15:22,365 Don't hold on to bitterness. 246 00:15:22,965 --> 00:15:25,725 Don't hold on to greed. 247 00:15:25,755 --> 00:15:28,695 Don't hold on to an immoral relationship. 248 00:15:28,695 --> 00:15:29,805 Don't hold on to. 249 00:15:31,335 --> 00:15:34,725 Things that, you know, a job that's keeping you from seeking 250 00:15:34,725 --> 00:15:36,285 first the kingdom of God. 251 00:15:36,944 --> 00:15:41,564 Don't hold onto that stuff that keeps you from being the man or woman of 252 00:15:41,564 --> 00:15:43,845 God that God has called you to be. 253 00:15:44,475 --> 00:15:47,925 Imagine if this owner had been, no, you can't take my cult. 254 00:15:50,295 --> 00:15:54,105 And then imagine he's in that crowd and then he sees Jesus riding on a cult. 255 00:15:54,915 --> 00:15:58,215 He's like, oh, I missed the opportunity. 256 00:15:58,260 --> 00:16:00,840 Yeah, that could have been my cult. 257 00:16:02,550 --> 00:16:09,090 That could have been my cult, but I was so tight-fisted and I missed out on 258 00:16:09,150 --> 00:16:12,210 experiencing God's purposes for my life. 259 00:16:13,860 --> 00:16:15,240 We can't hold on. 260 00:16:16,170 --> 00:16:16,650 Good point. 261 00:16:17,545 --> 00:16:23,970 Because what we hold loosely, God can use miraculously. 262 00:16:24,990 --> 00:16:27,120 You know, I'm excited about special missions coming up. 263 00:16:28,410 --> 00:16:33,720 I'm really excited about it and you know that, but one of the things that I've seen 264 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:37,200 when it comes to special missions, this church has always risen to the occasion, 265 00:16:38,730 --> 00:16:40,230 at least in the time I've been here. 266 00:16:41,580 --> 00:16:42,030 Okay. 267 00:16:42,030 --> 00:16:49,800 It has always risen to the occasion, and when we hold 268 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:50,850 loosely and go, you know what? 269 00:16:50,850 --> 00:16:52,080 I wanna be generous. 270 00:16:52,830 --> 00:16:56,010 I know we got 53 churches in Mexico and Central America. 271 00:16:56,925 --> 00:17:01,604 But the result of your effort, we've already talked about this over a either. 272 00:17:01,665 --> 00:17:07,905 We've either planted directly or we've helped individually fund over a hundred 273 00:17:07,905 --> 00:17:10,304 churches just from Orange County. 274 00:17:11,534 --> 00:17:15,013 What you hold loosely, God can use miraculously. 275 00:17:16,365 --> 00:17:17,054 Amen. 276 00:17:17,294 --> 00:17:20,355 You should clap 'cause you guys have done that. 277 00:17:22,710 --> 00:17:24,180 You should clap even harder for that. 278 00:17:24,180 --> 00:17:26,010 That's, that's pretty awesome. 279 00:17:28,290 --> 00:17:33,360 That's the generosity of this church when it comes to special missions, 280 00:17:33,750 --> 00:17:38,399 because you've held that loosely and God has used it miraculously. 281 00:17:38,970 --> 00:17:41,879 There are so many things that God wants to do in our life. 282 00:17:42,210 --> 00:17:48,419 If we just are willing to release to surrender, I'm gonna forgive this person. 283 00:17:49,155 --> 00:17:51,614 I'm not gonna hold on to this bitterness any longer. 284 00:17:52,245 --> 00:17:53,655 I just want to be used by you. 285 00:17:53,655 --> 00:17:54,885 God, I'm sorry. 286 00:17:56,385 --> 00:17:57,675 Do you understand what I'm talking about here? 287 00:17:58,965 --> 00:18:02,774 Mark 11, verse seven and eight, when they brought the cult to Jesus and threw 288 00:18:02,774 --> 00:18:05,534 their cloaks over it, he sat on it. 289 00:18:06,584 --> 00:18:10,604 Many people spread their cloaks on the road while others spread branches. 290 00:18:10,965 --> 00:18:13,544 They had cut in the fields again. 291 00:18:13,544 --> 00:18:15,854 Why would people spread the cloaks on the road? 292 00:18:16,215 --> 00:18:17,354 I don't really understand that. 293 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:17,460 Yeah. 294 00:18:18,210 --> 00:18:20,880 Well, this is the biblical history of it. 295 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:21,330 Okay. 296 00:18:22,110 --> 00:18:29,190 Now, I love, I think there was some tension between Elijah and um, and Jehu. 297 00:18:29,220 --> 00:18:29,580 Okay. 298 00:18:29,610 --> 00:18:34,020 You're gonna see that maybe in here, but it says, when Jehu went out to 299 00:18:34,020 --> 00:18:39,630 his fellow officers, one of them asked him, is everything all right? 300 00:18:40,500 --> 00:18:42,750 Why did this maniac come to you? 301 00:18:42,780 --> 00:18:44,490 Because Elijah had just come to jail. 302 00:18:46,140 --> 00:18:48,960 He says, you know, the man and the sort of things he says, 303 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:53,670 Jehu replied, that's not true. 304 00:18:54,210 --> 00:18:55,530 Or JHU replied, excuse me. 305 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:57,840 And then they said, that's not true. 306 00:18:59,100 --> 00:19:04,080 And they said, tell us Jehu wasn't eager to be the leader. 307 00:19:04,650 --> 00:19:06,900 I think that's why he didn't go around bragging about it. 308 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:10,710 And then Jehu said, here's what he told me. 309 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:12,960 This is what the Lord says. 310 00:19:13,545 --> 00:19:16,845 I will anoint you king over Israel. 311 00:19:18,585 --> 00:19:24,765 They quickly took their cloaks and spread them under him on the bare steps. 312 00:19:25,215 --> 00:19:30,465 Then they blew the trumpet and they shouted, Jehu is king. 313 00:19:31,965 --> 00:19:33,915 See, in that video they said, Hey, when? 314 00:19:34,095 --> 00:19:37,425 When people see him coming in, in that donkey and when they see people. 315 00:19:37,470 --> 00:19:40,740 Putting those blankets down, they're gonna know Zacharia Nine. 316 00:19:40,740 --> 00:19:42,600 Nine, they're gonna know two Kings, nine. 317 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:43,740 They're gonna know. 318 00:19:43,740 --> 00:19:45,150 It's gonna be obvious. 319 00:19:45,270 --> 00:19:49,740 And anyone who's a student of God's word, which many of them were 320 00:19:49,740 --> 00:19:54,990 because it was a hardcore focus, they would know what's happening. 321 00:19:56,220 --> 00:19:59,400 And so they knew, Hey, this is what they did for Jehu. 322 00:19:59,700 --> 00:20:01,500 This is what we're gonna do for Jesus. 323 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:03,300 It was kind of a known thing. 324 00:20:03,300 --> 00:20:04,740 That's what they had done for All King. 325 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:07,889 Does that make sense? 326 00:20:07,919 --> 00:20:07,980 Yeah. 327 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:09,780 So that's what's happening. 328 00:20:11,100 --> 00:20:12,450 That's what's happening there. 329 00:20:13,110 --> 00:20:17,550 So spreading their cloaks in the road was a show of honor and royal recognition. 330 00:20:18,270 --> 00:20:27,000 It was an act of submission and surrender given to a king when you put your cloak 331 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:30,510 down, which for many people is one of their most valuable things, you're 332 00:20:30,510 --> 00:20:32,760 saying, here's my most valuable things. 333 00:20:33,495 --> 00:20:36,045 I am under your authority. 334 00:20:38,085 --> 00:20:41,295 You know when we say we're part of the kingdom and the Bible says 335 00:20:41,295 --> 00:20:43,425 seek first the kingdom of God. 336 00:20:43,515 --> 00:20:46,545 It isn't just make it a priority to come to church. 337 00:20:47,775 --> 00:20:49,485 That's not what it is alone. 338 00:20:49,515 --> 00:20:49,665 Now. 339 00:20:49,665 --> 00:20:50,235 That's true. 340 00:20:50,235 --> 00:20:50,660 You should do that. 341 00:20:52,139 --> 00:20:56,550 But it's seeking first the reign and rule of Christ in 342 00:20:56,580 --> 00:21:00,480 every single area of your life. 343 00:21:00,990 --> 00:21:02,939 That's what the original Greek tells us. 344 00:21:02,939 --> 00:21:04,320 That's what it's really saying. 345 00:21:05,340 --> 00:21:13,860 And so here is this idea of laying down the cloak and a question, are you still 346 00:21:13,860 --> 00:21:15,810 throwing down your cloak for Jesus? 347 00:21:18,810 --> 00:21:19,475 Are you still doing it? 348 00:21:22,824 --> 00:21:27,240 I mean, I know when you got baptized you were like, oh, it's amazing. 349 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:27,810 Right? 350 00:21:28,110 --> 00:21:29,280 You were so fired up. 351 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:30,449 It was such an occasion. 352 00:21:30,449 --> 00:21:33,510 It was like that video for, you're like, yeah, it's amazing. 353 00:21:33,780 --> 00:21:38,669 When I baptized my mom, you know, the, the whole church was filled and it 354 00:21:38,669 --> 00:21:43,740 was like, I just remember baptizing her and the whole church erupted. 355 00:21:45,615 --> 00:21:48,825 And that's the most cheer I can ever remember for any baptism 356 00:21:48,855 --> 00:21:50,295 ever that I've been a part of. 357 00:21:56,055 --> 00:22:01,635 It was easy to be a disciple at that moment because things were going great. 358 00:22:02,265 --> 00:22:05,685 I had just become a Christian a few months earlier and my mom was become a Christian. 359 00:22:06,330 --> 00:22:07,800 Girlfriend became a Christian. 360 00:22:08,070 --> 00:22:12,780 Uh, the guy who I invited to church when before I was a Christian, uh, he's the 361 00:22:12,780 --> 00:22:14,760 one who said, Hey, you're a hypocrite. 362 00:22:14,820 --> 00:22:15,870 You need to repent. 363 00:22:16,169 --> 00:22:17,669 You taught me false doctrine. 364 00:22:17,669 --> 00:22:23,190 You told me to pray Jesus in my heart, and now he's saying, 365 00:22:23,190 --> 00:22:24,389 you taught me false doctrine. 366 00:22:24,389 --> 00:22:27,960 He said, you need to come to my church and learn that you need to repent and be 367 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:32,760 baptized for the forgiveness of your sins so that you'll receive the Holy Spirit. 368 00:22:34,395 --> 00:22:37,575 And I was like, wow, this guy is, he's bold. 369 00:22:38,415 --> 00:22:40,695 This guy's got no shame in his game. 370 00:22:45,225 --> 00:22:46,995 But I was far, I got, I got Peter. 371 00:22:47,715 --> 00:22:51,765 That's who Peter, I got my mom, I got my ex-girlfriend. 372 00:22:52,425 --> 00:22:55,635 Um, I got tons of friends who were coming to church with me. 373 00:22:56,115 --> 00:22:57,405 Things were good. 374 00:22:58,425 --> 00:22:59,835 Christian life was good. 375 00:23:00,360 --> 00:23:03,600 It was easy to lay on my cloak at that time. 376 00:23:04,709 --> 00:23:07,679 But are you still joyfully surrendering to Jesus? 377 00:23:08,490 --> 00:23:11,939 Are you still as joyfully surrendering Jesus as the day when you threw down 378 00:23:11,939 --> 00:23:14,100 your cloak and proclaimed Jesus'? 379 00:23:14,100 --> 00:23:17,220 Lord, that's a good test for me. 380 00:23:18,419 --> 00:23:26,965 There's been many times since 1989 when I have wanted to not throw it on my cluck. 381 00:23:28,139 --> 00:23:31,710 When I wanted to, you know, pick up my cloak. 382 00:23:32,399 --> 00:23:34,980 Have you taken up your cloak, your Lordship decision? 383 00:23:34,980 --> 00:23:36,179 Have you taken it back? 384 00:23:38,580 --> 00:23:41,100 I would still be sold out for God. 385 00:23:41,100 --> 00:23:46,139 If my kids had become Christians, I would still be sold out for God 386 00:23:46,139 --> 00:23:49,199 if everything had gone smoothly the way I thought they would. 387 00:23:50,610 --> 00:23:54,720 I would still be so loud for God if God gave me everything I thought I 388 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:56,520 would have the day I was baptized. 389 00:23:58,515 --> 00:24:02,205 I would still be so out for God if he had given me a spouse. 390 00:24:04,395 --> 00:24:07,845 I would still be so out for God if he had given me the career I envisioned. 391 00:24:10,965 --> 00:24:13,965 But sometimes when it doesn't happen, we pull back our hearts 392 00:24:17,870 --> 00:24:18,250 the truth. 393 00:24:18,300 --> 00:24:19,995 We've had a few hard years here. 394 00:24:21,525 --> 00:24:26,010 I would say that I've experienced maybe some of the hardest part of it. 395 00:24:29,070 --> 00:24:29,850 And I'm tested. 396 00:24:31,260 --> 00:24:33,150 Is Jesus still Lord to your life? 397 00:24:37,230 --> 00:24:43,620 Is he hosanna in the highest when things are great? 398 00:24:44,310 --> 00:24:48,840 Is he still hosanna in the lowest when things are difficult? 399 00:24:50,610 --> 00:24:52,800 Is he hosanna forever? 400 00:24:52,845 --> 00:24:52,905 Yeah, 401 00:24:55,575 --> 00:24:57,465 we gotta ask ourself these questions. 402 00:24:57,795 --> 00:25:00,765 Or maybe you're visiting today for the first time, have you personally 403 00:25:01,005 --> 00:25:08,055 thrown down your cloak in complete surrender to Jesus your Lord in baptism? 404 00:25:10,335 --> 00:25:11,955 If you haven't done that, I wanna encourage you. 405 00:25:12,825 --> 00:25:16,185 Ask the person who brought you, Hey, can you study the Bible with me? 406 00:25:16,395 --> 00:25:17,955 I wanna throw it on my cloak. 407 00:25:18,420 --> 00:25:19,920 I wanna surrender to Jesus. 408 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:22,230 I wanna be who Jesus has called me to be. 409 00:25:22,230 --> 00:25:27,900 I wanna be a part of what is going on in the church. 410 00:25:28,770 --> 00:25:31,410 I don't wanna be tight-fisted with my life. 411 00:25:31,860 --> 00:25:33,060 I wanna be open-handed. 412 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:37,410 Mark 11, verse nine through 10. 413 00:25:37,410 --> 00:25:41,220 Those who went ahead and those who followed, shouted, Hosanna. 414 00:25:42,375 --> 00:25:44,595 Blessed is who comes in the name of the Lord. 415 00:25:44,835 --> 00:25:48,465 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our Father, David. 416 00:25:49,274 --> 00:25:54,014 Again, this is when you hear blessed is the coming kingdom of our father, David. 417 00:25:54,075 --> 00:25:57,405 They're thinking a warrior like King, they're thinking 418 00:25:57,405 --> 00:25:59,205 a different kind of kingdom. 419 00:26:01,230 --> 00:26:03,315 Hosanna in the highest heaven. 420 00:26:04,245 --> 00:26:10,514 You know, this was the fire that was going on the Sunday before Jesus. 421 00:26:11,205 --> 00:26:12,345 Rose from the dead. 422 00:26:12,345 --> 00:26:12,975 Amen. 423 00:26:14,085 --> 00:26:16,035 But in between this stuff happened. 424 00:26:16,155 --> 00:26:16,995 Okay? 425 00:26:17,205 --> 00:26:19,035 In between this stuff happened. 426 00:26:19,035 --> 00:26:19,815 And you know what? 427 00:26:19,935 --> 00:26:25,275 In between our baptism and the day that we stand before God, things will happen. 428 00:26:25,995 --> 00:26:26,295 That's the truth. 429 00:26:26,895 --> 00:26:29,025 And how are you going to respond? 430 00:26:31,005 --> 00:26:36,465 On Monday, Jesus cleanses the temple and he confronts the Pharisees. 431 00:26:38,355 --> 00:26:39,915 Suddenly what? 432 00:26:39,915 --> 00:26:40,125 Who. 433 00:26:40,710 --> 00:26:42,840 This guy just yesterday, he was coming down. 434 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:44,040 It was amazing. 435 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:48,180 Now he's cleansing the temple and he is saying, get these things outta here. 436 00:26:48,210 --> 00:26:54,660 And he was upset that people were stealing and cheating people coming 437 00:26:54,660 --> 00:26:58,590 into Jerusalem for the Passover and their lambs weren't good enough. 438 00:26:58,590 --> 00:27:00,180 So they would say, your lamb doesn't pass. 439 00:27:00,180 --> 00:27:01,125 You have to buy one of mine. 440 00:27:02,100 --> 00:27:06,420 At an exorbitant rate, your money needs to be exchanged and ripping 441 00:27:06,420 --> 00:27:11,610 'em off in the exchange, Jesus' like, oh no, no, that ain't happening. 442 00:27:13,140 --> 00:27:14,130 That is not happening. 443 00:27:14,490 --> 00:27:16,320 That is not gonna fly. 444 00:27:16,860 --> 00:27:17,760 Tuesday. 445 00:27:17,940 --> 00:27:20,910 Jesus prophesize the destruction of the temple. 446 00:27:21,300 --> 00:27:21,660 You know? 447 00:27:21,660 --> 00:27:26,970 He's like, Hey, look, this temple, it's gonna be destroyed 70 years from now. 448 00:27:26,970 --> 00:27:27,870 Watch it will happen. 449 00:27:30,375 --> 00:27:31,814 And that's exactly what happened. 450 00:27:31,814 --> 00:27:32,115 Still. 451 00:27:32,115 --> 00:27:36,225 If you go to Jerusalem today, you, and he says there won't be one stone on top of 452 00:27:36,225 --> 00:27:37,695 the other if you go to Jerusalem today. 453 00:27:38,175 --> 00:27:43,125 The stones, they left him there on purpose to remind us. 454 00:27:47,715 --> 00:27:48,645 It's pretty intense. 455 00:27:50,084 --> 00:27:53,895 Wednesday, Jesus returns to Jerusalem to teach in the temple. 456 00:27:54,225 --> 00:27:57,915 Thursday, Jesus in the Apostles, they eat their Passover meal. 457 00:27:57,915 --> 00:27:59,385 He shares his final words. 458 00:27:59,715 --> 00:28:04,004 Judas betrays him, and then he goes to Gethsemane to pray, which is a good thing 459 00:28:04,004 --> 00:28:08,564 to do after someone betrays you Friday. 460 00:28:08,564 --> 00:28:09,855 Jesus is arrested. 461 00:28:10,064 --> 00:28:13,485 He's falsely condemned, he's abandoned, he's denied. 462 00:28:13,485 --> 00:28:15,135 He's flogged and he's crucified. 463 00:28:15,314 --> 00:28:17,415 And he's buried in a borrowed tomb. 464 00:28:17,655 --> 00:28:19,605 Didn't even have his own tomb. 465 00:28:22,125 --> 00:28:24,705 He laid down his life for us. 466 00:28:25,605 --> 00:28:27,795 This is the Jesus that we serve. 467 00:28:28,545 --> 00:28:33,825 Saturday, Jesus' body was resting in a heavily guarded, secured, and sealed tomb. 468 00:28:34,125 --> 00:28:36,405 And I know for some of you're going, but there was a lot going 469 00:28:36,405 --> 00:28:38,655 on in the background and spiritual. 470 00:28:38,655 --> 00:28:40,455 I was like, yeah, I know there is, but I'm not gonna get into 471 00:28:40,455 --> 00:28:41,445 that for the sake of time. 472 00:28:41,445 --> 00:28:41,925 All right. 473 00:28:43,065 --> 00:28:46,875 Sunday, of course, he has risen, just as he said. 474 00:28:47,085 --> 00:28:48,225 And we'll leave that one to Greg. 475 00:28:48,225 --> 00:28:48,675 Amen. 476 00:28:50,745 --> 00:28:52,695 So Mark 11, verse nine. 477 00:28:52,695 --> 00:28:56,175 Those who went ahead and those who followed, shouted, Hosanna. 478 00:28:56,205 --> 00:28:58,875 And again, Hosanna means save now. 479 00:29:00,104 --> 00:29:02,804 But someone in the proclaim, some in the crowd proclaimed. 480 00:29:03,074 --> 00:29:08,625 Save now from Rome's oppression verses Save me now. 481 00:29:09,524 --> 00:29:10,695 Save me from my sin. 482 00:29:11,595 --> 00:29:13,995 Save me from my empty way of life. 483 00:29:14,145 --> 00:29:19,155 Save me from the choices that I have made that I know didn't please you, God. 484 00:29:20,325 --> 00:29:24,915 And some turned on him and they shifted from Hosanna to crucify him 485 00:29:25,905 --> 00:29:31,725 in just a few short days because he wasn't the savior that they expected. 486 00:29:33,285 --> 00:29:35,865 He didn't live up to their expectations. 487 00:29:38,685 --> 00:29:39,195 Can I just. 488 00:29:40,185 --> 00:29:41,175 Encourage the church. 489 00:29:41,175 --> 00:29:46,755 Can we determine today that the OC Church will be a church who matures to sing 490 00:29:46,755 --> 00:29:54,795 Hosanna in the highest, hosanna in the lowest hosanna to Jesus, our king forever. 491 00:29:54,945 --> 00:30:00,795 In the good times, in the bad times, in the hard times, in the glorious times. 492 00:30:01,245 --> 00:30:02,775 Can we be a church? 493 00:30:03,090 --> 00:30:07,560 Who matures and understands that those things can be 494 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:09,990 difficult, considerate, pure joy. 495 00:30:09,990 --> 00:30:16,649 When you face trials of many kinds, God is trying to make you mature and 496 00:30:16,649 --> 00:30:20,340 complete so you won't lack anything. 497 00:30:20,939 --> 00:30:26,219 But if we don't process pain properly, it can lead to bitterness. 498 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:28,409 It can lead to abandoning your faith. 499 00:30:30,330 --> 00:30:33,270 When the church doesn't meet your expectations of what 500 00:30:33,270 --> 00:30:34,830 you think should happen, 501 00:30:37,170 --> 00:30:38,160 some just leave. 502 00:30:43,170 --> 00:30:44,250 Now, obviously you're here. 503 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:44,730 Amen. 504 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:47,640 And I'm fired up about that. 505 00:30:50,250 --> 00:30:54,300 But we are not here to be consumer Christians. 506 00:30:55,785 --> 00:30:55,935 Come on. 507 00:30:57,015 --> 00:30:59,205 We're here to serve the risen king. 508 00:30:59,445 --> 00:30:59,535 Yes. 509 00:30:59,925 --> 00:31:00,525 Amen. 510 00:31:00,660 --> 00:31:00,880 Yes. 511 00:31:02,445 --> 00:31:08,565 We're here to serve King Jesus, and we should be waving our, our palm leaves. 512 00:31:08,565 --> 00:31:11,655 In fact, there'll be this, one of these rows is gonna have palm leaves 513 00:31:12,375 --> 00:31:14,025 and, and when we sing, oh yeah. 514 00:31:14,025 --> 00:31:14,685 There we go. 515 00:31:14,685 --> 00:31:15,255 Awesome. 516 00:31:15,465 --> 00:31:17,595 We should be waving these things. 517 00:31:17,595 --> 00:31:18,465 Awesome. 518 00:31:19,159 --> 00:31:24,735 And, and, and we should be so fired up and, and, and process pain better. 519 00:31:24,915 --> 00:31:27,044 And we've not been good at teaching on that. 520 00:31:27,044 --> 00:31:31,695 And I'll take responsibility for that with the people that God has called me to lead. 521 00:31:33,225 --> 00:31:34,844 We've gotta get good at suffering. 522 00:31:34,844 --> 00:31:39,375 We need a good theology of suffering so that we can process it, so 523 00:31:39,375 --> 00:31:42,524 that we can sing Hosanna in the good times and the bad times. 524 00:31:43,274 --> 00:31:46,965 And then mark 11, verse 11, and we'll close it out here. 525 00:31:46,965 --> 00:31:48,014 This is our final. 526 00:31:48,540 --> 00:31:51,240 Scripture in Mark, although there'll be a little bit more to it. 527 00:31:52,770 --> 00:31:56,100 Jesus entered Jerusalem and he'd go, okay, this is awesome. 528 00:31:56,100 --> 00:31:59,940 He just had this triumphant procession, and then it says he entered Jerusalem 529 00:31:59,940 --> 00:32:01,889 and he went into the temple courts. 530 00:32:02,129 --> 00:32:05,550 He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, he 531 00:32:05,550 --> 00:32:07,169 went out to Bethany with the 12. 532 00:32:07,740 --> 00:32:08,250 He's like, what? 533 00:32:08,254 --> 00:32:10,050 That's, that's how it ends. 534 00:32:10,785 --> 00:32:11,805 Like, what, what? 535 00:32:12,105 --> 00:32:13,605 What was going on there? 536 00:32:13,665 --> 00:32:16,755 There must be something else, and hopefully when you read your Bible and 537 00:32:16,755 --> 00:32:20,415 go, that doesn't seem like the act, that doesn't seem like the logical next step. 538 00:32:21,045 --> 00:32:22,635 There must be a reason why. 539 00:32:23,595 --> 00:32:27,705 You see, Jesus had resolutely set up for Jerusalem and he actually arrived, 540 00:32:28,155 --> 00:32:32,445 but his first order of business in Jerusalem was to go to the temple courts. 541 00:32:32,955 --> 00:32:38,295 Jesus wanted to look around and the Greek word there is examine the temple. 542 00:32:38,790 --> 00:32:42,540 To see how the sacrifices had been offered. 543 00:32:43,649 --> 00:32:43,949 Why? 544 00:32:43,949 --> 00:32:48,540 Because Jesus knew that this temple was gonna be destroyed at some 545 00:32:48,540 --> 00:32:54,449 point in the future, and he, he would be the ultimate sacrifice. 546 00:32:55,830 --> 00:32:58,770 And John too says that he is the temple. 547 00:32:59,820 --> 00:33:03,870 And so the truth of the matter is, is Jesus was trying to figure out, 548 00:33:03,870 --> 00:33:05,370 he's trying to process this like. 549 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:05,970 Wow. 550 00:33:05,970 --> 00:33:07,680 What's going on with this temple? 551 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:09,090 Something's not right. 552 00:33:10,290 --> 00:33:11,340 Sometimes we gotta look. 553 00:33:11,340 --> 00:33:13,050 We are the temple of the Holy Spirit. 554 00:33:13,050 --> 00:33:18,420 Sometimes we gotta look at our own heart and go, what's, what's going on? 555 00:33:19,530 --> 00:33:22,080 Am I sowing to please the Holy Spirit? 556 00:33:22,290 --> 00:33:24,900 Are I sowing to please my sinful nature? 557 00:33:26,220 --> 00:33:30,540 We gotta ask ourself these questions as Christians, if we're going to 558 00:33:30,540 --> 00:33:34,655 continue to grow and mature and become all that God wants us to be. 559 00:33:35,460 --> 00:33:37,950 In Orange County with 3.2 560 00:33:37,950 --> 00:33:44,220 million people waiting for us to bring glory and honor 561 00:33:44,220 --> 00:33:46,560 to God in everything we do. 562 00:33:47,100 --> 00:33:49,110 And I hope you bring friends next week. 563 00:33:49,770 --> 00:33:51,120 I hope this place is packed out. 564 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:52,680 I hope you have to get extra chairs. 565 00:33:53,190 --> 00:33:55,440 I hope that this is just gonna be an amazing time. 566 00:33:55,440 --> 00:34:01,770 But the reality is, is Jesus was really in an introspective mode right 567 00:34:01,770 --> 00:34:04,020 here, trying to think what's going on. 568 00:34:05,699 --> 00:34:08,520 You know that you've heard of Divine Reversal, right? 569 00:34:09,090 --> 00:34:12,360 This is amazing thing that this is a divine reversal. 570 00:34:13,020 --> 00:34:17,250 You know, I, if you guys remember when we did the special missions, the divine 571 00:34:17,250 --> 00:34:22,949 reversal is that, you know, about 3000 died when they touched Mount Sinai. 572 00:34:23,279 --> 00:34:24,000 They weren't supposed to. 573 00:34:24,989 --> 00:34:28,770 And then in Acts two, about 3000 were saved. 574 00:34:29,850 --> 00:34:32,190 And God's like, look, let me just switch it. 575 00:34:33,554 --> 00:34:36,824 You think about, you think about Peter and he, he's sitting around 576 00:34:36,824 --> 00:34:39,435 the campfire and he denies Jesus. 577 00:34:39,525 --> 00:34:44,594 And then John 21, Jesus is sitting with him around the campfire 578 00:34:44,984 --> 00:34:47,384 and he restores him again. 579 00:34:47,415 --> 00:34:48,645 Divine reversal. 580 00:34:48,734 --> 00:34:51,734 God will not let your sin define you. 581 00:34:52,980 --> 00:34:53,270 Amen. 582 00:34:53,775 --> 00:34:56,714 You are not defined by your sin. 583 00:34:57,645 --> 00:35:00,375 You're defined by your willingness to repent. 584 00:35:00,990 --> 00:35:05,220 And live out and be the, the, the Christian that God has called 585 00:35:05,220 --> 00:35:11,279 you to be when you lay down your cloaks for Jesus of baptism. 586 00:35:11,279 --> 00:35:11,879 Amen. 587 00:35:12,660 --> 00:35:17,669 God has such an amazing plan for all of our lives, but what happened 588 00:35:17,669 --> 00:35:21,634 here is in Ezekiel in 5 86 BC. 589 00:35:25,665 --> 00:35:27,825 God's people were in Babylonian captivity. 590 00:35:27,825 --> 00:35:28,995 They did not listen. 591 00:35:28,995 --> 00:35:35,895 God had to do something radical, and so we see that the glory of God left the 592 00:35:35,895 --> 00:35:41,985 temple, then went into the East Gate, then went down the Kidron Valley, and 593 00:35:41,985 --> 00:35:48,500 then went to the Mount of Olives in the Def, in the Jesus triumphal entry. 594 00:35:49,770 --> 00:35:54,420 We see that Jesus started at the Mount of Olives, went down in the Kidron 595 00:35:54,420 --> 00:35:59,850 Valley, went through the Eastgate and into the temple to restore 596 00:35:59,850 --> 00:36:02,790 peace, to restore the glory of God. 597 00:36:04,290 --> 00:36:06,570 Is that awesome guys? 598 00:36:06,570 --> 00:36:07,440 That's amazing. 599 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:09,390 It was a complete reversal. 600 00:36:09,390 --> 00:36:12,690 As I was studying it, I go, this must be a divine reversal. 601 00:36:13,065 --> 00:36:15,465 And I'm reading, I'm going, this has to be a divine reversal. 602 00:36:15,465 --> 00:36:16,395 Started doing research. 603 00:36:16,485 --> 00:36:17,625 Is this a divine reversal? 604 00:36:17,625 --> 00:36:18,435 Like absolutely. 605 00:36:18,435 --> 00:36:19,215 It's a divine reversal. 606 00:36:19,215 --> 00:36:21,194 I was like, this is inspiring. 607 00:36:22,335 --> 00:36:28,605 Again, God's people faced a pretty difficult time 608 00:36:30,855 --> 00:36:35,985 in Babylon, but that would not be the defining moment for them. 609 00:36:36,915 --> 00:36:42,645 The defining moment would be what Jesus would do, and I love that about Jesus. 610 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:45,750 I'm just gonna close it out with this passage. 611 00:36:46,830 --> 00:36:51,210 You know, revelation is written to a bunch of persecuted people who they're 612 00:36:51,210 --> 00:36:53,910 facing unbelievable persecution. 613 00:36:54,060 --> 00:36:57,810 They had a death before denial mindset. 614 00:36:57,870 --> 00:37:01,050 They would not stray in their faith. 615 00:37:01,050 --> 00:37:07,410 Many did, but many stayed faithful and they said, we will stand up for God. 616 00:37:07,590 --> 00:37:09,600 And so this vision comes. 617 00:37:10,005 --> 00:37:15,285 To John and John shares this with the people to help them like, hang on, 618 00:37:15,525 --> 00:37:19,605 don't let the difficulties of life, don't let the intense persecution 619 00:37:19,905 --> 00:37:22,485 make you quit or make you stop. 620 00:37:24,585 --> 00:37:28,935 And it says in Revelation seven, after this I looked and there before 621 00:37:28,935 --> 00:37:33,465 me was a great multitude that no one could count from every nation, 622 00:37:33,465 --> 00:37:36,795 tribe, people in language standing before the throne and before the lamb. 623 00:37:37,155 --> 00:37:40,785 They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their 624 00:37:40,785 --> 00:37:47,085 hands and they cried out in a loud voice, salvation belongs to our God 625 00:37:47,715 --> 00:37:50,265 who sits on the throne in the lamb. 626 00:37:51,765 --> 00:37:53,055 This was this vision. 627 00:37:53,865 --> 00:37:57,225 And he guys, this was the vision he gave them, and this is what's 628 00:37:57,225 --> 00:37:59,145 actually here in the church. 629 00:37:59,925 --> 00:38:05,085 People from every nation worshiping God, holding palm branches in their hands. 630 00:38:07,455 --> 00:38:10,485 Guys, we are part of an amazing church. 631 00:38:12,315 --> 00:38:13,485 We go through hard times. 632 00:38:13,485 --> 00:38:18,555 Yes, but read the book of Revelation. 633 00:38:19,875 --> 00:38:21,765 All seven churches had a hard time. 634 00:38:22,694 --> 00:38:26,025 Read all the epistles, all those church, you're like, whoa, what 635 00:38:26,025 --> 00:38:27,495 is going on with that church? 636 00:38:29,174 --> 00:38:33,525 We can't be surprised when hard times come, but we have 637 00:38:33,525 --> 00:38:34,995 to ask our ourself in closing. 638 00:38:35,415 --> 00:38:40,125 How can we bring God glory together as disciples in the OC Church, we 639 00:38:40,125 --> 00:38:47,294 can proclaim together hosanna in the highest, Hosanna in our lowest 640 00:38:47,595 --> 00:38:52,185 Hosanna to Jesus, our king forever. 641 00:38:52,274 --> 00:38:52,754 Amen.