1 00:00:00,050 --> 00:00:02,509 Speaker: Alright, we are almost done with the gospel of Matthew. 2 00:00:02,509 --> 00:00:05,000 Matthew, chapter 26 is where we're at. 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:10,280 So turn the arrhythmia in your Bibles to Matthew chapter 26 Now. 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:17,480 As I was studying this passage, I was reminded of Avengers end game, and I 5 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:21,380 did some research because Avengers End game, I think of Avengers End game. 6 00:00:21,410 --> 00:00:26,030 My, my only thing I didn't like about it was that all the characters. 7 00:00:26,345 --> 00:00:29,105 Don't get much screen time right, because there's so much going on. 8 00:00:29,105 --> 00:00:29,225 Right. 9 00:00:29,225 --> 00:00:32,555 They gotta tie in all these plots, they gotta tie in all the infinity stones, 10 00:00:32,555 --> 00:00:33,995 they gotta tie in all these things. 11 00:00:34,145 --> 00:00:35,525 There's so much going on. 12 00:00:35,735 --> 00:00:39,095 It's like, okay, I, I wanted more of that and I wanted more of 13 00:00:39,095 --> 00:00:40,025 that, and I wanted more of that. 14 00:00:40,025 --> 00:00:42,275 But the point is that it's like this grand finale, right? 15 00:00:42,455 --> 00:00:44,195 It's, it's the like 10. 16 00:00:44,765 --> 00:00:48,545 10 years of, of movies that have built up to, to one movie. 17 00:00:48,815 --> 00:00:49,145 Right. 18 00:00:49,205 --> 00:00:51,545 And that's kind of what's happening here in the gospel of Matthew. 19 00:00:51,545 --> 00:00:54,575 Matthew is, is taking all of these things that have happened in the 20 00:00:54,575 --> 00:01:00,305 past 25 chapters and he's bringing them all into to one moment. 21 00:01:00,575 --> 00:01:03,440 And so I'm not gonna be able to read all of these verses, but I, 22 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:08,045 I want to just give you guys an overview of what we've got going on. 23 00:01:08,045 --> 00:01:11,075 So these are all the verses we're gonna cover, and this is kind of 24 00:01:11,075 --> 00:01:12,905 my brief summary of each section. 25 00:01:12,935 --> 00:01:13,085 Okay. 26 00:01:13,580 --> 00:01:16,760 So the first part, Matthew 26, if you wanna follow along in 27 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:18,020 your Bibles, you can do that too. 28 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:23,990 The first part starts with when Jesus had finished all these sayings, everything. 29 00:01:23,990 --> 00:01:24,920 So it's almost like this is it. 30 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:25,970 Jesus is done teaching. 31 00:01:26,210 --> 00:01:27,860 Now he's, he's here to do what? 32 00:01:27,860 --> 00:01:32,270 He's, what The main task he has, which is to go to the cross and and die for sin. 33 00:01:32,509 --> 00:01:33,200 That's the main thing. 34 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,840 So Jesus, he's finished all these things and he tells his disciples 35 00:01:36,020 --> 00:01:38,090 in two days it's gonna be Passover. 36 00:01:38,150 --> 00:01:40,789 Now, Passover, Jewish Festival, think Exodus, right? 37 00:01:40,789 --> 00:01:42,770 Exodus, they had to, um. 38 00:01:43,770 --> 00:01:46,595 To lay the lamb and put the blood over the door, right? 39 00:01:46,595 --> 00:01:50,705 So the angel of death would pass over them and so that the firstborn wouldn't die. 40 00:01:50,705 --> 00:01:52,895 So the lamb died instead of the firstborn, right? 41 00:01:53,045 --> 00:01:56,104 That's Passover, if you remember that from, from your time in kids' ministry. 42 00:01:56,225 --> 00:01:59,825 So in two days that feast is coming up and the son of man, that's 43 00:01:59,825 --> 00:02:02,765 Jesus talking about himself, will be delivered up to be crucified. 44 00:02:02,765 --> 00:02:04,955 So Jesus says, look, I'm gonna die. 45 00:02:05,195 --> 00:02:08,255 And then the next few verses we, we see the chief priest, the Jewish 46 00:02:08,255 --> 00:02:10,145 leaders, they're like, you know what? 47 00:02:10,175 --> 00:02:11,825 We want to kill Jesus, but. 48 00:02:12,530 --> 00:02:15,320 We don't wanna kill him yet because there's all these people in town 49 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:17,990 for this festival, for the Passover festival, and that'll be crazy, right? 50 00:02:17,990 --> 00:02:20,090 If we kill Jesus during the festival. 51 00:02:20,315 --> 00:02:21,545 There's gonna be all these people here. 52 00:02:21,545 --> 00:02:23,555 They think he's a prophet, they think he's a teacher. 53 00:02:23,555 --> 00:02:25,204 Maybe they like Jesus, they're gonna get upset. 54 00:02:25,204 --> 00:02:26,015 It's gonna be crazy. 55 00:02:26,225 --> 00:02:28,475 And the reason they don't want it to be crazy is because the 56 00:02:28,475 --> 00:02:30,155 Romans are in charge, right? 57 00:02:30,305 --> 00:02:33,125 And the Romans, if they saw a bunch of Jews going crazy, they'd 58 00:02:33,125 --> 00:02:35,495 be like, all right, we gotta take away more of their stuff. 59 00:02:35,645 --> 00:02:38,855 We gotta send the police in and, and beat them up to make sure 60 00:02:38,855 --> 00:02:39,965 they're not being crazy anymore. 61 00:02:40,115 --> 00:02:43,655 So that's why the Jewish leaders don't want to make a commotion 62 00:02:43,655 --> 00:02:45,155 or an uproar as your Bible. 63 00:02:45,454 --> 00:02:47,255 Might say, but they've decided to kill Jesus. 64 00:02:47,255 --> 00:02:48,305 So that's that first section. 65 00:02:48,545 --> 00:02:53,915 Then we, we zoom into this place called Bethany, and Jesus is staying 66 00:02:53,915 --> 00:02:55,415 at this guy named Simon's house. 67 00:02:55,415 --> 00:02:58,595 And this woman comes up to him and she dumps this really 68 00:02:58,595 --> 00:02:59,825 expensive oil on his head. 69 00:02:59,885 --> 00:03:01,834 And that is like the idea of anointing, right? 70 00:03:01,834 --> 00:03:05,584 She's anointing him with oil, but in her mind, she's just showing 71 00:03:05,735 --> 00:03:07,084 Jesus how much she loves him. 72 00:03:07,355 --> 00:03:11,825 But Jesus says, actually what she's doing is she's preparing me for burial now. 73 00:03:12,664 --> 00:03:13,204 You're like, what? 74 00:03:13,204 --> 00:03:14,045 What does that do with anything? 75 00:03:14,224 --> 00:03:16,084 Well, Jesus, he's like, look, I'm gonna die. 76 00:03:16,414 --> 00:03:16,654 Right? 77 00:03:16,654 --> 00:03:17,704 Jesus knows he's gonna die. 78 00:03:17,704 --> 00:03:19,144 He knows he's going to the cross. 79 00:03:19,505 --> 00:03:24,935 And so what happens is when someone was gonna die, right? 80 00:03:25,115 --> 00:03:26,885 Dead people smell bad, right? 81 00:03:27,125 --> 00:03:31,355 And so what Jesus is saying is She's putting all this nice smelling perfume on 82 00:03:31,355 --> 00:03:33,815 me so that I don't smell bad when I die. 83 00:03:33,815 --> 00:03:36,094 So she's preparing me before I die. 84 00:03:36,334 --> 00:03:38,015 That's what's going on in those verses. 85 00:03:38,015 --> 00:03:39,154 And then we, we. 86 00:03:39,410 --> 00:03:40,640 Fast forward to Judas. 87 00:03:40,820 --> 00:03:43,040 Now Judas, he's decided to betray Jesus. 88 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:47,270 So he goes to the chief priest and say, Hey, I wanna, I want Jesus dead. 89 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,940 How much will you pay me if I give him over to you guys? 90 00:03:50,150 --> 00:03:52,340 And they, they tell him and they give him a price. 91 00:03:52,340 --> 00:03:53,540 And he says, all right, sounds good. 92 00:03:53,540 --> 00:03:54,079 Let's do that. 93 00:03:54,260 --> 00:03:55,100 So that happens. 94 00:03:55,430 --> 00:03:57,470 And then all these other things happen, right? 95 00:03:57,740 --> 00:04:03,470 All of these things are, are going on in the lead up to the cross now. 96 00:04:04,445 --> 00:04:06,845 What we're gonna see, because I don't have, I don't have time to 97 00:04:06,845 --> 00:04:10,175 go through all of these sections, but there's three things I think 98 00:04:10,175 --> 00:04:15,275 Matthew wants us to know about Jesus' death and, and the lead up to it. 99 00:04:15,305 --> 00:04:15,635 Okay? 100 00:04:15,845 --> 00:04:20,555 And these three things all show us that Jesus is the right guy. 101 00:04:20,915 --> 00:04:21,875 Jesus is the Savior. 102 00:04:22,055 --> 00:04:23,645 He's the one that we need to trust. 103 00:04:23,645 --> 00:04:25,715 He's the one who's come to die for sin. 104 00:04:25,895 --> 00:04:27,365 Jesus is the right one. 105 00:04:27,845 --> 00:04:32,675 Jesus is worthy of your trust, and I think he has that same message for you tonight. 106 00:04:32,825 --> 00:04:35,765 He's, he's put all of these scenes together, all of these 107 00:04:35,765 --> 00:04:36,875 things that Jesus is doing. 108 00:04:36,995 --> 00:04:40,265 All these things that people are doing to Jesus, he's doing all of that. 109 00:04:40,265 --> 00:04:42,875 He's, he's pulling it all together at the end of his book. 110 00:04:43,250 --> 00:04:46,130 So, you know the most important thing about Jesus, and that's that 111 00:04:46,130 --> 00:04:48,260 Jesus is worthy to be trusted. 112 00:04:48,260 --> 00:04:52,100 So our main point tonight is to trust Jesus as the Savior you need. 113 00:04:52,100 --> 00:04:52,880 That's the main point. 114 00:04:52,909 --> 00:04:54,650 That's the main takeaway from this sermon. 115 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:56,930 Trust Jesus as the Savior. 116 00:04:57,140 --> 00:04:58,010 You need. 117 00:04:58,820 --> 00:05:01,400 Jesus is he's, he's the guy. 118 00:05:01,430 --> 00:05:03,260 He's the right one to save you. 119 00:05:03,500 --> 00:05:06,410 No one else is worthy of your trust in that way. 120 00:05:06,410 --> 00:05:08,960 That's our main point tonight. 121 00:05:10,985 --> 00:05:12,545 Maybe you're thinking, I don't need a savior. 122 00:05:12,605 --> 00:05:15,575 Or maybe you're thinking, I don't know if Jesus is really someone 123 00:05:15,575 --> 00:05:16,685 that I want to give my life to. 124 00:05:16,685 --> 00:05:19,835 I don't wanna make all my decisions in relationship to Jesus. 125 00:05:19,835 --> 00:05:20,645 I wanna do my own thing. 126 00:05:21,695 --> 00:05:26,795 Matthew is gonna tackle all of those objections tonight in our passage. 127 00:05:27,034 --> 00:05:32,735 So keep looking with me at, at Matthew 26, Matthew wants us to know 128 00:05:32,915 --> 00:05:35,975 that Jesus is worthy of our trust. 129 00:05:35,975 --> 00:05:38,555 And the first thing he's gonna do is he's gonna show us. 130 00:05:39,500 --> 00:05:45,680 That Jesus is someone you can put your confidence in that Jesus is someone 131 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:47,630 who, who you can say, you know what? 132 00:05:48,140 --> 00:05:49,159 Jesus is in control. 133 00:05:49,340 --> 00:05:50,570 Jesus can do everything. 134 00:05:50,659 --> 00:05:52,159 Jesus knows everything. 135 00:05:52,310 --> 00:05:55,670 Jesus is someone that I can trust with my life because he's got all 136 00:05:55,670 --> 00:06:00,920 these other things under his control so surely he can take care of me. 137 00:06:00,950 --> 00:06:04,940 And so our first point tonight, build your confidence in Jesus to save you. 138 00:06:05,420 --> 00:06:06,409 Build your confidence. 139 00:06:07,340 --> 00:06:08,780 Jesus to save you. 140 00:06:10,580 --> 00:06:12,710 Now, it sounds really similar to our main point and that that's 141 00:06:12,710 --> 00:06:17,419 the idea is Matthew is trying to tell us that Jesus is in control. 142 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:20,840 And so he's gonna give us all of these details that show us that 143 00:06:20,840 --> 00:06:23,330 Jesus is the one in control. 144 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,060 Now it's kind of like, I don't know if you, you remember this? 145 00:06:26,210 --> 00:06:30,289 Um, but there is, I was thinking about, man, what's someone that like. 146 00:06:31,069 --> 00:06:32,270 You wanna count on, right? 147 00:06:32,270 --> 00:06:34,760 And I was like, man, the kicker on a football team is the guy 148 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:35,780 you want to count on, right? 149 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:39,919 Or the closer on a baseball team, you send that guy in, you know it's done right? 150 00:06:40,429 --> 00:06:42,949 The cowboys, I remember this one game very specifically. 151 00:06:43,189 --> 00:06:45,829 Their kicker missed four extra points in one game. 152 00:06:45,829 --> 00:06:47,630 So, you know, score a touchdown at the end. 153 00:06:47,719 --> 00:06:48,589 Touchdown six points. 154 00:06:48,589 --> 00:06:49,429 Most people think it's seven. 155 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:51,679 The reason is 'cause you're supposed to be able to make the extra point, right? 156 00:06:51,679 --> 00:06:53,449 You're supposed to be able to make the extra point at the end of the game. 157 00:06:53,870 --> 00:06:56,929 Now this cowboys kicker, he missed it four times in a row. 158 00:06:57,199 --> 00:06:58,250 Every time he missed it. 159 00:06:58,895 --> 00:07:03,664 Now, imagine if that guy was your kicker and you're losing 27 to 24 160 00:07:03,725 --> 00:07:06,515 game on the line, and you're like, all right, we got in the field goal range. 161 00:07:06,515 --> 00:07:08,554 We're gonna send our kicker in to try to tie the game. 162 00:07:09,034 --> 00:07:10,294 How are you feeling about that guy? 163 00:07:11,585 --> 00:07:13,924 You're like, do we have, can we just, can we just throw it? 164 00:07:13,985 --> 00:07:15,275 Like, do we have to kick it? 165 00:07:15,515 --> 00:07:15,755 Right? 166 00:07:15,755 --> 00:07:17,164 That's how you're feeling in that moment. 167 00:07:17,164 --> 00:07:19,775 You wanna put your confidence in someone that is in control 168 00:07:19,775 --> 00:07:20,824 of the situation, right? 169 00:07:20,824 --> 00:07:22,745 You wanna put your confidence in someone that knows what they're doing. 170 00:07:23,044 --> 00:07:26,794 You wanna put your confidence in someone you can count on. 171 00:07:26,810 --> 00:07:29,840 That's what Matthew is showing us about Jesus. 172 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:33,230 Now, I showed you that big slide with all the things that happen. 173 00:07:34,430 --> 00:07:38,300 This section of Matthew 26, the the first, honestly, almost the whole 174 00:07:38,300 --> 00:07:42,409 chapter is filled with things that Matthew wants you to know about Jesus 175 00:07:42,620 --> 00:07:44,240 and showing that he's in control. 176 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:45,230 Look at, look at all this. 177 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:48,920 So remember that first part about Jesus knowing what's gonna happen. 178 00:07:49,010 --> 00:07:51,170 He's like, oh, in two days I'm gonna go and I'm gonna die. 179 00:07:52,235 --> 00:07:53,495 Jesus is doing this on purpose. 180 00:07:54,065 --> 00:07:55,445 Jesus isn't like surprised. 181 00:07:55,445 --> 00:07:57,695 He's not like, oh, oh shoot, I have to die. 182 00:07:57,845 --> 00:07:58,625 I didn't know that. 183 00:07:58,625 --> 00:07:59,705 He's not like surprised by that. 184 00:07:59,735 --> 00:08:01,865 He's not like, oh man, I'm really scared. 185 00:08:02,045 --> 00:08:03,245 Uh, I don't know what's gonna happen to me. 186 00:08:03,245 --> 00:08:03,485 No. 187 00:08:03,515 --> 00:08:04,895 He knows exactly what's gonna happen. 188 00:08:05,105 --> 00:08:05,495 Right? 189 00:08:06,035 --> 00:08:09,035 And now if you look closely, look with me at verses three through five, okay? 190 00:08:09,035 --> 00:08:10,985 Right here with the chief priests and, and the elders. 191 00:08:11,015 --> 00:08:12,935 Verse verse three of chapter 26. 192 00:08:13,790 --> 00:08:17,810 The chief priest and the elders, they gathered in the place the, the palace of 193 00:08:17,810 --> 00:08:20,990 the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, and they plotted together in order to 194 00:08:20,990 --> 00:08:22,670 arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. 195 00:08:22,970 --> 00:08:26,960 But they said not during the feast, lest there be an up or among the people. 196 00:08:27,260 --> 00:08:30,590 Now, when do they actually arrest Jesus? 197 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:34,100 During the feast or after the feast, they actually end up 198 00:08:34,100 --> 00:08:35,390 arresting him during the feast. 199 00:08:35,570 --> 00:08:38,299 They make this whole plan, let's wait till after. 200 00:08:39,049 --> 00:08:42,080 And their plan is literally gone like in 10 verses. 201 00:08:42,620 --> 00:08:45,410 Their plan's gone, but Jesus, he's in control. 202 00:08:45,770 --> 00:08:48,170 His plan is exactly what it's supposed to be. 203 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:50,360 His plan in verse two, right? 204 00:08:50,390 --> 00:08:53,420 You know that after two days, the Passover is coming and the son of man 205 00:08:53,420 --> 00:08:54,770 will be delivered up and crucified. 206 00:08:54,890 --> 00:08:55,670 That's Jesus' plan. 207 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,830 His plan is under control. 208 00:08:58,010 --> 00:08:59,090 Their plan changes. 209 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:02,900 This next part with the woman who anoints him with oil and 210 00:09:02,900 --> 00:09:04,130 prepares him for burial, right? 211 00:09:05,090 --> 00:09:08,060 Jesus says she's doing this to prepare me for burial. 212 00:09:08,150 --> 00:09:08,930 No one else knew that. 213 00:09:08,930 --> 00:09:10,100 Everyone was like, what are you talking about? 214 00:09:10,100 --> 00:09:10,430 Jesus? 215 00:09:10,895 --> 00:09:12,245 Jesus knows what's happening. 216 00:09:12,245 --> 00:09:12,935 He's in control. 217 00:09:13,775 --> 00:09:16,235 Moving on, even to the next part, Jesus and his disciples, 218 00:09:16,235 --> 00:09:17,974 they go to this, this room. 219 00:09:18,245 --> 00:09:22,415 He's like, all right, when you get there, let's look with verse 17. 220 00:09:22,685 --> 00:09:25,985 Now, first day on lemon red disciples came to Jesus saying, where will you have 221 00:09:25,985 --> 00:09:28,444 us prepare for you to eat the Passover? 222 00:09:28,535 --> 00:09:28,714 Right? 223 00:09:28,714 --> 00:09:30,305 Disciples are like, where do we go? 224 00:09:30,454 --> 00:09:30,995 What's happening? 225 00:09:31,535 --> 00:09:34,324 Jesus said, go into the city to a certain man. 226 00:09:34,805 --> 00:09:37,925 Say to him, the teacher says, my time is at hand. 227 00:09:38,345 --> 00:09:41,165 I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples. 228 00:09:42,125 --> 00:09:43,595 Does that sound like Jesus knows what's going on? 229 00:09:44,285 --> 00:09:45,695 Does that sound like Jesus is in control? 230 00:09:46,235 --> 00:09:49,385 Does that sound like Jesus is worthy to be trusted? 231 00:09:49,385 --> 00:09:50,075 He's got a plan. 232 00:09:50,075 --> 00:09:51,155 He's executing the plan. 233 00:09:51,155 --> 00:09:57,725 He's doing everything that he says is gonna happen right then. 234 00:09:57,905 --> 00:10:00,005 He also knows that Judas will betray him. 235 00:10:00,485 --> 00:10:03,365 We see that later on in the the next few verses here. 236 00:10:03,695 --> 00:10:06,065 Verse 2025, they're talking during dinner. 237 00:10:06,095 --> 00:10:09,665 The disciples and Jesus are talking and he says, truly, I say to 238 00:10:09,665 --> 00:10:11,795 you, one of you will betray me. 239 00:10:12,425 --> 00:10:14,675 And then eventually Judas is like, is it me? 240 00:10:15,125 --> 00:10:17,345 And Jesus is like, you said it. 241 00:10:18,215 --> 00:10:20,645 So Jesus even knows who's gonna betray him. 242 00:10:20,885 --> 00:10:23,255 So Jesus is in total control of this situation. 243 00:10:23,510 --> 00:10:27,755 And then we go on and we see more of what Jesus knows. 244 00:10:27,905 --> 00:10:32,345 And then this next part is something that I really wanna show you about how Jesus. 245 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:35,150 Is worthy of your trust. 246 00:10:35,180 --> 00:10:35,510 Okay? 247 00:10:35,689 --> 00:10:40,460 So verses 49 to 54, when Jesus gets arrested, okay, so Jesus, he's 248 00:10:40,460 --> 00:10:44,060 praying in the garden and then he's like, all right guys, it's time. 249 00:10:45,199 --> 00:10:50,360 And then Judas, he came up to Jesus at once and said, greetings, rabbi. 250 00:10:50,630 --> 00:10:51,680 And he kissed him. 251 00:10:51,680 --> 00:10:54,230 Now that is just like a cultural thing that they did, right? 252 00:10:54,230 --> 00:10:54,590 Jesus. 253 00:10:54,620 --> 00:10:56,030 Jesus and Jesus aren't like making out. 254 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:57,770 This is like a friendly thing, right? 255 00:10:57,770 --> 00:10:58,310 This is what they did. 256 00:10:58,310 --> 00:10:59,720 This is like, you know, bro hug. 257 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:00,949 This is what they did back in the day. 258 00:11:00,980 --> 00:11:01,340 Okay? 259 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:02,600 Verse 50. 260 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,450 Jesus said to him, friend, do what you came to do. 261 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:05,660 Right? 262 00:11:05,660 --> 00:11:06,440 You know why you're here. 263 00:11:07,190 --> 00:11:08,180 Jesus isn't messing around. 264 00:11:08,210 --> 00:11:09,800 He's like, Judas, you know why you're here. 265 00:11:09,860 --> 00:11:10,640 I know why you're here. 266 00:11:10,790 --> 00:11:11,000 Right? 267 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,160 This is like, you know when you're, when you're like trying to sneak 268 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:16,370 something around your parents and they're like, look, we both 269 00:11:16,370 --> 00:11:17,630 know what's going on here, right? 270 00:11:17,810 --> 00:11:19,130 That's what Jesus is doing to Judas. 271 00:11:19,490 --> 00:11:21,680 Then the soldiers, they come up to Jesus. 272 00:11:21,680 --> 00:11:22,730 They laid hands on Jesus. 273 00:11:22,730 --> 00:11:24,440 They arrest him and then. 274 00:11:24,935 --> 00:11:25,625 One of those. 275 00:11:25,655 --> 00:11:27,815 Imagine, okay, imagine you're like one of the soldiers, okay? 276 00:11:27,875 --> 00:11:30,485 You're like, all right, we gotta arrest this guy for whatever reason, 277 00:11:30,725 --> 00:11:32,855 you know, they said he's causing trouble, so we're gonna arrest him. 278 00:11:32,885 --> 00:11:33,215 Okay? 279 00:11:33,455 --> 00:11:39,125 So you go to arrest him and his followers are there, and one of the followers takes 280 00:11:39,125 --> 00:11:43,445 his sword out and like attacks one of your fellow soldiers and cuts his ear off. 281 00:11:44,285 --> 00:11:44,615 Right? 282 00:11:44,615 --> 00:11:47,135 At that moment, you're probably like, we're just gonna kill 283 00:11:47,135 --> 00:11:48,125 all these people, right? 284 00:11:48,335 --> 00:11:49,895 Because they attacked us, right? 285 00:11:49,895 --> 00:11:50,855 This is, this is how it works. 286 00:11:51,305 --> 00:11:53,495 If you're, if you're a soldier and someone attacks you, you're 287 00:11:53,495 --> 00:11:54,965 like, all right, we're coming in. 288 00:11:54,965 --> 00:11:55,595 We're gonna kill them. 289 00:11:56,075 --> 00:11:58,205 Then Jesus is like, hang on, stop. 290 00:12:00,095 --> 00:12:06,155 And then in John, what we see that Jesus does is Jesus heals this guy. 291 00:12:06,425 --> 00:12:07,745 So imagine you're a soldier. 292 00:12:08,645 --> 00:12:14,975 Some dude cuts your friend's ear off, and then the leader is like, hang on, bro. 293 00:12:15,095 --> 00:12:15,965 Don't cut his ear off. 294 00:12:16,325 --> 00:12:18,725 Puts the ear back and heals him. 295 00:12:20,015 --> 00:12:24,875 Now you'd be like, I don't want that, that Jesus guy to do anything to me, right? 296 00:12:24,875 --> 00:12:27,334 Because if he can reattach this guy's ear, he can probably do 297 00:12:27,334 --> 00:12:28,745 a lot worse than that, right? 298 00:12:28,745 --> 00:12:30,935 So this is kind of like the biggest flex ever. 299 00:12:30,935 --> 00:12:35,285 Jesus is like, look, I don't need your help sword guy who we find out is Peter. 300 00:12:35,795 --> 00:12:39,935 He's like, don't you think that I can appeal to my father and he will at once 301 00:12:40,055 --> 00:12:42,844 send me more than 12 legions of angels? 302 00:12:44,405 --> 00:12:47,765 See, the soldiers think that they're arresting Jesus, right? 303 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:50,630 Who's really in control here. 304 00:12:51,530 --> 00:12:52,550 Jesus is right. 305 00:12:52,579 --> 00:12:57,260 Even as he's being arrested, Jesus is the one in control. 306 00:12:59,689 --> 00:13:02,600 And in verse 54, you see how then should the scriptures be fulfilled? 307 00:13:02,810 --> 00:13:04,310 Jesus is saying, this is on purpose. 308 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:06,260 Everything that I'm doing here is on purpose. 309 00:13:06,650 --> 00:13:08,300 I've got this all under control. 310 00:13:08,930 --> 00:13:12,140 I am the one who's really making things happen here. 311 00:13:12,350 --> 00:13:16,610 Everything is happening the way Jesus wants, and so that's why. 312 00:13:17,045 --> 00:13:20,585 Hopefully for you that's building your confidence in the kind of 313 00:13:20,585 --> 00:13:22,775 savior that Jesus is, right? 314 00:13:22,775 --> 00:13:28,595 Maybe in your life you're thinking, man, I don't know if Jesus is in control 315 00:13:28,595 --> 00:13:30,905 of, of what's going on with me, right? 316 00:13:31,055 --> 00:13:32,465 Is just in control of my parents. 317 00:13:32,465 --> 00:13:34,655 Maybe your parents are going through a hard time, is just in 318 00:13:34,655 --> 00:13:36,620 control of my, my classes at school. 319 00:13:36,875 --> 00:13:39,725 You know, I'm not sure how this class is gonna go. 320 00:13:39,725 --> 00:13:42,275 I'm not sure if I'm gonna be able to make it into, into this. 321 00:13:42,815 --> 00:13:45,815 College, I'm not sure if I can make it onto this team, or I don't 322 00:13:45,815 --> 00:13:47,195 know how this is gonna work out. 323 00:13:47,465 --> 00:13:51,095 Maybe you're anxious about something or you're, you're doubting something 324 00:13:51,665 --> 00:13:52,865 or you're afraid of something. 325 00:13:52,865 --> 00:13:55,415 Jesus is the one who's in control. 326 00:13:55,565 --> 00:14:00,785 If Jesus is in control of his arrest, Jesus is surely in control of everything 327 00:14:00,790 --> 00:14:03,425 that you've, that you worry about. 328 00:14:04,505 --> 00:14:10,715 See, confidence in Jesus will protect you from anxiety, from doubt, from fear. 329 00:14:11,285 --> 00:14:11,765 All these things. 330 00:14:11,765 --> 00:14:12,515 Think about it, right? 331 00:14:12,605 --> 00:14:16,805 If, if you're anxious, let, let's say, let's say you've got 332 00:14:16,805 --> 00:14:18,275 a big test coming up, right? 333 00:14:18,275 --> 00:14:20,945 And you're like, man, I don't think I'm gonna pass this test. 334 00:14:20,945 --> 00:14:23,135 I've studied hard, I've done my job, right? 335 00:14:23,135 --> 00:14:25,415 I'm not, I'm not anxious because I'm unprepared, right? 336 00:14:25,415 --> 00:14:26,105 That's different. 337 00:14:27,395 --> 00:14:30,425 I'm anxious just because it's hard and I'm not, I'm worried about how 338 00:14:30,425 --> 00:14:34,835 it's gonna go now, in that moment, how does confidence in Jesus help you? 339 00:14:35,525 --> 00:14:38,855 Well, you could say, one, I'm confident that. 340 00:14:40,355 --> 00:14:45,125 My worth is more than just my grades, right? 341 00:14:45,635 --> 00:14:50,075 And my worth is not just my score on this test or my grade in this class. 342 00:14:50,885 --> 00:14:54,065 And I know that because I know that from Jesus, my worth is, is 343 00:14:54,065 --> 00:14:56,285 defined by God, not by my grades. 344 00:14:56,615 --> 00:14:58,565 So maybe that's how confidence in Jesus helps you. 345 00:14:58,805 --> 00:14:59,795 Or maybe you say, you know what? 346 00:14:59,795 --> 00:15:01,355 Whatever happens on this test, right? 347 00:15:01,355 --> 00:15:05,555 Or whatever my parents say about my grade or whatever, my friends think about me. 348 00:15:06,185 --> 00:15:09,305 If I don't do well on this test, I know. 349 00:15:10,010 --> 00:15:10,939 God is in control. 350 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:16,280 And so whatever happens, it's because God is sovereign and God let that happen. 351 00:15:17,119 --> 00:15:21,649 And if God let that happen, surely it's coming from a good, loving God. 352 00:15:23,359 --> 00:15:27,409 Or maybe your confidence in Jesus is something bigger. 353 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:29,540 Maybe you're, you're dealing with something like, I don't 354 00:15:29,540 --> 00:15:33,200 know if I'm a Christian, how does confidence in Jesus help you there? 355 00:15:33,950 --> 00:15:37,760 Well, remember that Jesus knows if you're a Christian or not. 356 00:15:38,525 --> 00:15:39,725 Jesus already knows everything about you. 357 00:15:39,725 --> 00:15:41,045 He's in control of everything in your life. 358 00:15:41,315 --> 00:15:45,680 Jesus already knows if you're a Christian or not, and so if you're not sure, but 359 00:15:45,695 --> 00:15:49,055 you're like, oh, I really hope I am a Christian, you can come to Jesus and say, 360 00:15:49,055 --> 00:15:50,345 Jesus, I'm not sure if I'm a Christian. 361 00:15:50,345 --> 00:15:52,235 Will you please show me if I'm a Christian? 362 00:15:52,325 --> 00:15:53,465 Jesus knows He can show you. 363 00:15:53,555 --> 00:15:54,275 He can do anything. 364 00:15:54,695 --> 00:15:56,975 He can reattach a dude's ear on the spot. 365 00:15:57,395 --> 00:15:58,055 He can help you. 366 00:15:59,555 --> 00:16:02,705 Maybe you're thinking, okay, that, that sounds great, but I don't even know if 367 00:16:02,705 --> 00:16:04,355 Jesus, I don't even know if this is true. 368 00:16:04,835 --> 00:16:06,335 I don't even know if, if anything. 369 00:16:06,724 --> 00:16:08,464 I dunno if I can believe what the Bible says. 370 00:16:08,464 --> 00:16:09,365 It's a really old book. 371 00:16:09,454 --> 00:16:11,825 You know, someone at school told me that, you know, the church just put 372 00:16:11,825 --> 00:16:15,245 it all together and the three hundreds and Constantine did this and whatever. 373 00:16:15,245 --> 00:16:16,444 Maybe that's what you heard, right? 374 00:16:16,444 --> 00:16:17,615 And you're like, I don't even know if the Bible's true. 375 00:16:17,885 --> 00:16:19,115 Well, did you notice? 376 00:16:20,165 --> 00:16:22,355 Did you notice stuff like this in this passage? 377 00:16:22,505 --> 00:16:24,335 How then should the scriptures be fulfilled? 378 00:16:24,815 --> 00:16:27,425 There's been prophecies that Matthew is pulling together. 379 00:16:27,425 --> 00:16:30,545 We don't have time to look at all of them, but maybe one we can look at 380 00:16:30,545 --> 00:16:33,545 together right now, we can look at. 381 00:16:35,450 --> 00:16:36,260 Chapter 26. 382 00:16:36,260 --> 00:16:37,639 Let's go to verse 31. 383 00:16:38,599 --> 00:16:39,200 Verse 31. 384 00:16:39,379 --> 00:16:43,399 Jesus said to the disciples, you will all fall away because of me this night. 385 00:16:43,399 --> 00:16:46,700 For it is written, I will strike the shepherd and the sheep of 386 00:16:46,700 --> 00:16:48,619 the flock will be scattered. 387 00:16:48,770 --> 00:16:51,050 That's a quote from Zacharia chapter 11. 388 00:16:51,365 --> 00:16:51,585 So 389 00:16:53,810 --> 00:16:58,399 the Bible, their stuff written in the Bible before Jesus lived, right? 390 00:16:58,639 --> 00:17:01,520 All the Old Testament, everything before Matthew was written, before 391 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:03,319 Jesus lived, and it talks about Jesus. 392 00:17:04,250 --> 00:17:05,750 What Matthew's doing in this section. 393 00:17:05,810 --> 00:17:08,660 He's not just saying, you can be confident in Jesus because he is in control. 394 00:17:09,079 --> 00:17:13,220 You can be confident in Jesus because he really is who God says he is. 395 00:17:14,180 --> 00:17:17,660 He's got all these prophecies about him that Matthew's pulling together and he's 396 00:17:17,660 --> 00:17:19,730 saying, look, Jesus, for it is written. 397 00:17:19,819 --> 00:17:20,359 This happened. 398 00:17:20,510 --> 00:17:21,560 This happened, this happened. 399 00:17:21,890 --> 00:17:23,480 The Bible's the only book with stuff like that. 400 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:27,230 The Bible's the only book that has that kind of evidence that it's from God. 401 00:17:27,710 --> 00:17:27,859 Right? 402 00:17:27,859 --> 00:17:28,760 And you can do the research. 403 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:31,310 I challenge you if you're not sure, if you're like, oh, I don't know if, if. 404 00:17:31,775 --> 00:17:32,225 Bible's true. 405 00:17:32,225 --> 00:17:35,975 I don't know if, if God's real, do the research, do your homework and, 406 00:17:35,975 --> 00:17:42,185 and you'll find that God is, God has answers for your questions and so you 407 00:17:42,185 --> 00:17:44,105 can build your confidence in Jesus. 408 00:17:44,405 --> 00:17:46,385 Ultimately, you can trust that he can save you. 409 00:17:46,685 --> 00:17:47,795 That's what this comes down to. 410 00:17:48,155 --> 00:17:50,975 It's we wanna know if Jesus is someone we can trust with our life. 411 00:17:51,815 --> 00:17:55,085 'cause maybe you're thinking, well, I'd rather live for myself than live for God. 412 00:17:56,375 --> 00:17:57,725 In some ways that's a trust issue. 413 00:17:58,625 --> 00:18:00,755 You don't trust that living for God is better. 414 00:18:01,070 --> 00:18:02,840 Than living for yourself, right? 415 00:18:02,990 --> 00:18:08,330 You don't think that living God's way will make you happier than living your way. 416 00:18:08,360 --> 00:18:10,580 You're like, well, I know what's better for me. 417 00:18:11,330 --> 00:18:12,350 I know better than God. 418 00:18:12,620 --> 00:18:15,410 God says, don't do this, but I think if I did that, I'd be really happy. 419 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:20,030 Or God says, do this, and I know if I did that, I wouldn't be happy. 420 00:18:20,300 --> 00:18:21,860 What you're saying is, God, I don't trust you. 421 00:18:22,730 --> 00:18:23,930 I don't trust you to take care of me. 422 00:18:24,110 --> 00:18:25,190 I don't trust you to look out for me. 423 00:18:25,820 --> 00:18:27,950 I don't trust that your way is better for me. 424 00:18:29,150 --> 00:18:29,480 So. 425 00:18:30,395 --> 00:18:32,435 How can we build our confidence in Jesus? 426 00:18:32,435 --> 00:18:32,555 Right? 427 00:18:32,555 --> 00:18:33,725 Maybe you wanna follow God. 428 00:18:33,725 --> 00:18:38,015 You're just like, I don't really know if doing what God says is, 429 00:18:38,015 --> 00:18:41,135 is really gonna work out well for me in those moments, right? 430 00:18:41,135 --> 00:18:43,325 When you're, when you're afraid, when you're anxious, when you're tempted, 431 00:18:44,435 --> 00:18:45,845 do what Matthew's doing here, right? 432 00:18:45,845 --> 00:18:48,335 Matthew is giving you all of this evidence, right? 433 00:18:48,335 --> 00:18:48,995 We saw that. 434 00:18:49,625 --> 00:18:51,245 All of these reasons, right? 435 00:18:51,245 --> 00:18:55,625 These are, this is all evidence for you to look at and say, man, God is so big. 436 00:18:56,120 --> 00:18:57,740 Jesus is so powerful. 437 00:18:57,830 --> 00:18:58,760 Jesus is in control. 438 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:01,190 So remind yourself of those things, right? 439 00:19:01,190 --> 00:19:03,050 You can remind yourself and say, well, well, look. 440 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:04,490 Look what Jesus did in the past. 441 00:19:04,490 --> 00:19:04,760 Right? 442 00:19:04,970 --> 00:19:05,630 Look back. 443 00:19:05,990 --> 00:19:07,010 Look back at your own life. 444 00:19:07,100 --> 00:19:09,890 How did Jesus take care of me my whole life so far? 445 00:19:10,790 --> 00:19:14,090 How did Jesus take care of my friend, my parents, people at church? 446 00:19:14,090 --> 00:19:15,230 I know people in my small group. 447 00:19:16,130 --> 00:19:20,000 You can look around and and build your confidence in Jesus. 448 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:22,700 But see, the only reason any of this matters. 449 00:19:23,510 --> 00:19:27,260 Because Jesus is the only one who can get you to God. 450 00:19:28,250 --> 00:19:32,090 And that's why ultimately you wanna trust Jesus is because Jesus is the only person 451 00:19:32,090 --> 00:19:37,640 you can trust to get you eternal life to, to get you a relationship with God. 452 00:19:38,420 --> 00:19:42,410 And that's what Matthew does with this section on the Lord's Supper. 453 00:19:42,410 --> 00:19:45,680 So we're gonna zoom in for a bit on just three verses right here. 454 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:47,630 So look at verse 26 with me. 455 00:19:47,630 --> 00:19:47,960 Okay. 456 00:19:49,070 --> 00:19:50,210 Matthew 26. 457 00:19:50,210 --> 00:19:50,870 26. 458 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:53,270 So they're eating the Passover meal, right? 459 00:19:53,270 --> 00:19:53,900 Passover meal. 460 00:19:53,900 --> 00:19:57,860 They're celebrating what happened at the Exodus right now As they 461 00:19:57,860 --> 00:20:00,920 were eating, Jesus took bread and after blessing it, he broke it. 462 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:03,440 He gave it to the disciples and he said, take eat. 463 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:04,280 This is my body. 464 00:20:05,090 --> 00:20:07,820 He took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, drink 465 00:20:07,820 --> 00:20:12,200 it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out 466 00:20:12,380 --> 00:20:15,260 for many for the forgiveness of sins. 467 00:20:16,550 --> 00:20:17,030 So. 468 00:20:17,585 --> 00:20:21,035 What Jesus is doing is he's like repurposing the Passover meal 469 00:20:21,635 --> 00:20:24,695 and he's turning it into what we know as the Lord's Supper, right? 470 00:20:24,695 --> 00:20:25,325 As communion. 471 00:20:26,045 --> 00:20:28,055 That's what's happening right here. 472 00:20:28,055 --> 00:20:31,925 He's taking something in the Old Testament and saying, this actually points 473 00:20:31,925 --> 00:20:34,385 forward to what I'm about to do, right? 474 00:20:34,445 --> 00:20:39,305 He's talking about blood now in the Old Testament, what was blood for? 475 00:20:40,955 --> 00:20:41,855 Think of Leviticus. 476 00:20:41,855 --> 00:20:44,315 Think all the books that make you not wanna do the DBR, right? 477 00:20:44,705 --> 00:20:45,425 Those books. 478 00:20:46,790 --> 00:20:50,270 Are about atonement, they're about how does God, who's holy, 479 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:52,190 live with a sinful people. 480 00:20:52,670 --> 00:20:54,770 'cause remember at the end, how does the Book of Exodus end, 481 00:20:54,770 --> 00:20:55,520 anyone else, the top of their head? 482 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:56,570 How does the book of Exodus end? 483 00:20:57,440 --> 00:20:59,240 They build this tabernacle, right? 484 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:01,970 They, they start getting all the instructions for the, for the, for this 485 00:21:01,970 --> 00:21:03,230 big tent that they're gonna live in. 486 00:21:04,220 --> 00:21:06,140 And then it's like God's about to move into the tent. 487 00:21:07,100 --> 00:21:07,940 Now I have a question. 488 00:21:08,180 --> 00:21:13,940 If God is about to move in with you at your house, you'd be like, shoot. 489 00:21:14,495 --> 00:21:17,135 There's a lot of, there's a lot of issues with me, right? 490 00:21:17,135 --> 00:21:18,754 There's a lot, I've got a lot of problems. 491 00:21:19,024 --> 00:21:22,205 If God lived with me, right, you'd probably feel exposed. 492 00:21:22,685 --> 00:21:23,764 You'd probably feel really sinful. 493 00:21:24,635 --> 00:21:30,095 You'd be like, oh, man, if God's gonna live in my, like, in my neighborhood or 494 00:21:30,095 --> 00:21:36,185 in my house, there'd be a, a lot of, I, I'd feel so like, just guilty, right? 495 00:21:36,185 --> 00:21:39,574 All, all the things I think about, all the things I, I've maybe seen 496 00:21:39,574 --> 00:21:42,365 or, or watched or said or felt. 497 00:21:43,235 --> 00:21:43,625 Done. 498 00:21:43,835 --> 00:21:44,045 Right. 499 00:21:44,045 --> 00:21:44,705 I would feel so. 500 00:21:44,705 --> 00:21:47,045 So how does a holy God live with a sinful people? 501 00:21:47,735 --> 00:21:50,645 Well, something has to be done about sin, and that's what 502 00:21:50,645 --> 00:21:51,635 Jesus is talking about here. 503 00:21:51,635 --> 00:21:55,535 So in, in the Old Testament, they would substitute the lamb 504 00:21:55,535 --> 00:21:57,875 or the whatever animal for them. 505 00:21:58,175 --> 00:21:59,135 They would say, you know what? 506 00:21:59,135 --> 00:22:01,415 The wages of my sin is death. 507 00:22:01,925 --> 00:22:05,465 And so instead of me dying, this lamb is gonna die. 508 00:22:05,975 --> 00:22:06,875 That's what the priest would do. 509 00:22:07,055 --> 00:22:10,115 So you put your hand on the lamb and they'd come over and they would. 510 00:22:11,915 --> 00:22:16,685 You know, the lamb and um, the blood would get, would go all over. 511 00:22:16,685 --> 00:22:21,875 And the point was that your sin caused death and that should have been you. 512 00:22:22,655 --> 00:22:25,775 And so you had this vivid representation of my sin did that, 513 00:22:26,135 --> 00:22:26,915 and that should have been me. 514 00:22:27,815 --> 00:22:31,055 And Jesus is saying, that is actually all about me. 515 00:22:31,925 --> 00:22:33,215 That's what I'm about to do. 516 00:22:34,295 --> 00:22:38,945 Jesus is about to, to die to bleed for the forgiveness of sin. 517 00:22:41,690 --> 00:22:43,550 That's what the cross is about. 518 00:22:43,550 --> 00:22:47,420 And, and that's what you need to trust Jesus for so point to depend on 519 00:22:47,420 --> 00:22:50,300 Jesus, for your relationship with God. 520 00:22:56,000 --> 00:23:01,940 The idea here is that Jesus is the only way for you to, to have a relationship 521 00:23:02,270 --> 00:23:05,630 with God, to, to be connected with God. 522 00:23:07,790 --> 00:23:08,930 It's kind of like. 523 00:23:10,054 --> 00:23:14,885 Imagine that you were, imagine you were dating like the, the, the daughter or 524 00:23:14,885 --> 00:23:17,524 the son of a really famous person, right? 525 00:23:17,524 --> 00:23:21,485 Imagine you like this, you know, you just, you didn't know the parents, you just met 526 00:23:21,485 --> 00:23:25,205 this person and you started dating them, and then you found out, oh my goodness, 527 00:23:25,235 --> 00:23:27,845 like their, their dad's super famous. 528 00:23:27,845 --> 00:23:31,895 You know, like, oh, maybe they're, I don't know, maybe they're, let's just go with 529 00:23:32,195 --> 00:23:34,475 first famous person I thought of would be. 530 00:23:35,495 --> 00:23:35,915 Judge. 531 00:23:36,005 --> 00:23:37,895 Let's say their dad's Aaron Judge from the Yankees, right? 532 00:23:37,895 --> 00:23:40,955 Or let's say their dad is, I don't know, let's just, Donald Trump. 533 00:23:40,985 --> 00:23:41,405 I don't know. 534 00:23:41,435 --> 00:23:41,825 Right? 535 00:23:42,275 --> 00:23:43,745 Let's say their dad's super famous. 536 00:23:45,635 --> 00:23:47,885 The only reason you have a relationship with that person, 537 00:23:47,915 --> 00:23:49,265 with that, let's say with Mr. 538 00:23:49,265 --> 00:23:55,235 President is because you know someone they love, right? 539 00:23:55,235 --> 00:23:58,295 You know their daughter, you know their son, right? 540 00:23:58,295 --> 00:24:01,475 That's the only, that's the only way you're connected with them. 541 00:24:02,525 --> 00:24:03,785 You're associated. 542 00:24:04,115 --> 00:24:05,645 With their kid. 543 00:24:07,085 --> 00:24:09,725 So they love you by extension, right? 544 00:24:09,725 --> 00:24:10,985 They, they, they've never seen you. 545 00:24:10,985 --> 00:24:15,515 They've never met you, but because you're associated with their, with their kid, 546 00:24:16,115 --> 00:24:17,285 now they have a relationship with you. 547 00:24:17,285 --> 00:24:19,265 And now they, they care about you, right? 548 00:24:21,275 --> 00:24:26,195 Your connection with Jesus is the foundation for your relationship with God. 549 00:24:28,025 --> 00:24:31,385 That's why you hear about that phrase in Christ, right? 550 00:24:31,385 --> 00:24:33,065 In Christ, it's all over the New Testament. 551 00:24:34,325 --> 00:24:34,955 What does that even mean? 552 00:24:34,955 --> 00:24:37,445 Like I'm not literally in Christ, right? 553 00:24:37,475 --> 00:24:39,275 Just like you can't accept Jesus into your heart. 554 00:24:39,305 --> 00:24:40,385 Jesus isn't in there, right? 555 00:24:40,775 --> 00:24:43,445 You ever heard the story about like a little kid, they go to the doctor to get 556 00:24:43,445 --> 00:24:45,305 an X-ray and they're like, wait, stop. 557 00:24:46,175 --> 00:24:48,095 Jesus might be in there and he won't get hurt. 558 00:24:48,125 --> 00:24:50,105 Like, no, that's not how it works, right? 559 00:24:50,225 --> 00:24:53,975 So you're not literally in Christ, just like Jesus isn't literally in you, right? 560 00:24:53,975 --> 00:24:55,535 So how does that work? 561 00:24:55,535 --> 00:24:56,555 What does it mean to be in Christ? 562 00:24:56,555 --> 00:24:59,045 Well, think about like the term connected to Christ. 563 00:24:59,405 --> 00:25:00,785 You're united with Christ. 564 00:25:01,595 --> 00:25:03,965 You're closely associated with him. 565 00:25:04,865 --> 00:25:06,065 That's what it means to be a Christian. 566 00:25:06,605 --> 00:25:08,675 You're someone who said, I'm, I'm with Jesus. 567 00:25:09,725 --> 00:25:12,245 He's the only reason I can have a relationship with God. 568 00:25:12,605 --> 00:25:16,475 If I was by myself, I would have no reason to have a relationship with God. 569 00:25:17,195 --> 00:25:19,115 In fact, God should punish me for my sin. 570 00:25:20,555 --> 00:25:21,995 That's why all those animals had to die. 571 00:25:22,025 --> 00:25:23,495 'cause I'm a, I'm a guilty sinner. 572 00:25:24,215 --> 00:25:27,875 The wages of sin is death, but because of my association with Jesus. 573 00:25:28,820 --> 00:25:32,630 I trust him because I've, I've put my faith in him because I've 574 00:25:32,630 --> 00:25:38,630 connected myself to him by faith, I can now have a relationship with God. 575 00:25:40,490 --> 00:25:46,640 Now, the additional part of this is that you need blood for forgiveness. 576 00:25:46,790 --> 00:25:48,530 That's what the idea of death. 577 00:25:48,530 --> 00:25:49,700 The wage of sin is death. 578 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:55,580 'cause God can't just be like, well, you and Jesus are tight, 579 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:56,720 but there's all this sin. 580 00:25:57,395 --> 00:25:58,625 What's God gonna do about all the sin? 581 00:25:59,255 --> 00:25:59,465 Right? 582 00:25:59,465 --> 00:26:04,865 Think about, let's say, um, there's, there's a judge, a, a, a, a good judge. 583 00:26:05,345 --> 00:26:08,975 And let's say that I, let's say that I, I don't know, beat up 584 00:26:09,095 --> 00:26:10,925 Carson and took all his stuff, okay? 585 00:26:12,395 --> 00:26:13,475 Hypothetical, right? 586 00:26:14,015 --> 00:26:16,895 Let's say I beat up Carson, took all his stuff, and then Carson takes me 587 00:26:16,895 --> 00:26:18,515 to court and he's like, look, Mr. 588 00:26:18,515 --> 00:26:21,395 Judge Lewis beat me up and took all my stuff. 589 00:26:21,875 --> 00:26:25,115 And the judge is like, well, I'm a loving, kind. 590 00:26:25,790 --> 00:26:29,390 Forgiving judge, so you're good, Louis. 591 00:26:29,450 --> 00:26:30,050 Don't worry about it. 592 00:26:31,310 --> 00:26:32,870 You'd be like, what in the world? 593 00:26:32,990 --> 00:26:33,890 Like, what's wrong? 594 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:36,380 Come on, man, like you're not doing a good job. 595 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:38,720 Carson would be very upset, right? 596 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:41,120 Carson, you don't look so happy. 597 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:42,860 You're supposed to look upset. 598 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:43,790 There we go. 599 00:26:45,860 --> 00:26:46,280 Right? 600 00:26:46,430 --> 00:26:50,330 That judge isn't being a good judge because he's not doing 601 00:26:50,330 --> 00:26:52,040 his job in the same way. 602 00:26:52,730 --> 00:26:54,740 You can't just be like, oh, hey God. 603 00:26:55,355 --> 00:26:56,405 I'm sorry for my sin. 604 00:26:56,585 --> 00:26:57,185 Forgive me. 605 00:26:57,185 --> 00:26:57,755 We're good now. 606 00:26:57,755 --> 00:26:58,115 Right? 607 00:26:59,585 --> 00:27:03,155 Well, if, if you want God to do that with your sin, what if God 608 00:27:03,155 --> 00:27:04,145 did that with someone else's sin? 609 00:27:05,195 --> 00:27:06,845 What if God did that with Hitler's sin? 610 00:27:07,715 --> 00:27:10,175 What if God did that with the person who cut you in the lunch line? 611 00:27:10,835 --> 00:27:14,225 What if God did that with someone who did something terrible to your family? 612 00:27:14,975 --> 00:27:15,335 Right? 613 00:27:16,115 --> 00:27:17,375 You don't want God to do that with their sin. 614 00:27:17,705 --> 00:27:20,015 You don't think that's fair, but you want God to do it with your sin. 615 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:25,460 So, God, we, we want God to do something about sin. 616 00:27:25,490 --> 00:27:27,170 We want him to punish sin, right? 617 00:27:27,740 --> 00:27:30,410 So that's why Jesus had to die. 618 00:27:30,470 --> 00:27:31,940 That's why this is all happening. 619 00:27:31,940 --> 00:27:33,200 That's why we're talking about the crucifixion. 620 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:38,090 That's why we're talking about Jesus going to, to his death on a cross. 621 00:27:39,110 --> 00:27:42,230 God can't let your sin just be there. 622 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:44,420 He has to do something about it, and you want him to do something 623 00:27:44,420 --> 00:27:46,430 about it except for yours, right? 624 00:27:46,430 --> 00:27:47,750 We don't want God to do something about my sin. 625 00:27:47,750 --> 00:27:49,280 We also do something about everyone else's sin. 626 00:27:49,595 --> 00:27:50,255 That would be great. 627 00:27:51,725 --> 00:27:55,625 So you don't just acknowledge like, oh yeah, I like Jesus. 628 00:27:55,985 --> 00:27:58,295 We're gonna be buddies now I get to go to heaven. 629 00:27:59,675 --> 00:27:59,885 Right. 630 00:27:59,885 --> 00:28:01,925 We're, we're trusting Jesus for something. 631 00:28:02,255 --> 00:28:03,725 We're depending on Jesus for something. 632 00:28:04,115 --> 00:28:06,695 We're depending on Jesus to pay for my sin. 633 00:28:07,445 --> 00:28:09,665 You're depending on Jesus to pay for your sin. 634 00:28:09,665 --> 00:28:12,425 That's what it means to trust God, to have faith. 635 00:28:12,935 --> 00:28:14,225 What are you trusting God for? 636 00:28:14,255 --> 00:28:15,575 What are you depending on him for? 637 00:28:16,535 --> 00:28:17,855 Well, Jesus died. 638 00:28:18,425 --> 00:28:19,565 Because of my sin. 639 00:28:19,835 --> 00:28:23,284 The reason Jesus had to bleed on the cross, the reason Jesus had 640 00:28:23,284 --> 00:28:28,685 to suffer God's wrath was because he had to take away my sin. 641 00:28:30,095 --> 00:28:36,065 And I want God to take away my sin because I, I, I, I need 642 00:28:36,065 --> 00:28:37,085 something to be done with it. 643 00:28:37,085 --> 00:28:38,705 I can't make up for it. 644 00:28:38,855 --> 00:28:41,885 And that's what this next part of, of what we're gonna look 645 00:28:41,885 --> 00:28:44,225 at is talking about is that. 646 00:28:45,590 --> 00:28:47,240 Jesus didn't just take away sin. 647 00:28:47,300 --> 00:28:49,970 He also lived a perfect life. 648 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:54,230 And that's something else that Matthew wants us to see is that Jesus is 649 00:28:54,230 --> 00:29:00,560 faithful and, and righteous, and he's gonna contrast that with the disciples. 650 00:29:00,590 --> 00:29:06,440 So if you look in your Bible, if we've got two disciples that get a lot of 651 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:08,120 screen time in this chapter, right? 652 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:09,710 We've got Judas and Peter. 653 00:29:10,220 --> 00:29:12,440 They both get talked about a lot, right? 654 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:13,940 We've got Jesus. 655 00:29:14,855 --> 00:29:16,475 Talking about Judas Betrayal a lot. 656 00:29:16,475 --> 00:29:21,695 We even see Judas saying, Hey, I'm gonna sell Jesus out, literally and betray him. 657 00:29:22,115 --> 00:29:26,375 And then we, in verse 33, they're talking about Peter's denial, right? 658 00:29:26,375 --> 00:29:28,294 We know that Peter said, I'll never fall away. 659 00:29:28,564 --> 00:29:31,235 And then guess what he did, right? 660 00:29:31,294 --> 00:29:37,115 And all the other disciples actually fall away right at the end of the scene 661 00:29:37,115 --> 00:29:40,895 in the garden where Jesus tach the guy's ear, the disciples all run away. 662 00:29:41,375 --> 00:29:43,205 They flee, they, they abandon Jesus. 663 00:29:43,895 --> 00:29:44,675 They say, you know what? 664 00:29:44,675 --> 00:29:49,205 We followed you for three years, but now that you're getting arrested, we're done. 665 00:29:49,325 --> 00:29:49,745 We're out. 666 00:29:50,195 --> 00:29:51,125 The disciples all fail. 667 00:29:51,575 --> 00:29:53,405 They all let Jesus down. 668 00:29:53,764 --> 00:29:54,784 They all abandoned him. 669 00:29:55,925 --> 00:29:59,555 And if we're honest, we've all done that. 670 00:30:00,455 --> 00:30:02,105 We've all said, Jesus, you're not worth it. 671 00:30:03,185 --> 00:30:04,294 And we've done that by sinning. 672 00:30:04,445 --> 00:30:06,995 We've said, Jesus, I love this more than you. 673 00:30:07,565 --> 00:30:09,815 I love people's approval more than I love you. 674 00:30:10,295 --> 00:30:11,885 I love money more than I love you. 675 00:30:12,125 --> 00:30:13,925 I love pleasure more than I love you. 676 00:30:14,555 --> 00:30:15,335 We've all said that. 677 00:30:15,485 --> 00:30:17,885 I love control more than I love you, Jesus. 678 00:30:17,975 --> 00:30:18,785 We've all done that. 679 00:30:19,385 --> 00:30:21,215 We've all failed Jesus. 680 00:30:21,215 --> 00:30:22,265 We've all abandoned him. 681 00:30:22,775 --> 00:30:23,345 And that and that. 682 00:30:23,345 --> 00:30:28,115 Even Matthew even shows that when Jesus is on trial, Jesus is on trial and 683 00:30:28,115 --> 00:30:30,845 he's doing, he's he's being faithful. 684 00:30:31,055 --> 00:30:34,295 He's not giving in to the persecution. 685 00:30:34,415 --> 00:30:35,255 He's enduring it. 686 00:30:35,255 --> 00:30:36,245 He's not giving up. 687 00:30:36,575 --> 00:30:39,005 And then what's the next thing that happens after Jesus' trial? 688 00:30:40,175 --> 00:30:46,085 Verse 69, we now see Peter and Peter's on trial, but instead of getting beat 689 00:30:46,085 --> 00:30:50,615 up by the Roman guards and, and the Jews, Peter is talking to a little 690 00:30:50,615 --> 00:30:54,755 girl in the courtyard and she's like, oh, I thought I saw you with Jesus. 691 00:30:55,355 --> 00:30:57,815 And Peter's like, Uhuh, I wasn't with Jesus. 692 00:30:58,175 --> 00:31:04,085 So Peter's trial is a lot less scary, but Peter gives in, that's that big 693 00:31:04,085 --> 00:31:06,245 section at the end of chapter 26. 694 00:31:06,875 --> 00:31:07,475 And then. 695 00:31:08,930 --> 00:31:10,940 So actually I'm gonna go back to this big screen. 696 00:31:12,020 --> 00:31:12,530 See that? 697 00:31:13,100 --> 00:31:17,900 So Jesus is on trial right here, and then Peter is on trial and he denies Jesus. 698 00:31:17,990 --> 00:31:21,560 So Jesus endures and is faithful, Peter is not. 699 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:23,270 And then what's the next thing we see? 700 00:31:23,690 --> 00:31:26,210 There's this little, there's little part right here. 701 00:31:26,210 --> 00:31:27,020 And then Judas. 702 00:31:27,890 --> 00:31:30,170 So what Matthew's doing is he's putting all three of 703 00:31:30,170 --> 00:31:31,220 these guys next to each other. 704 00:31:31,220 --> 00:31:34,070 You see that pe Jesus, Peter, Judas. 705 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:35,750 'cause he wants you to see the difference. 706 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:37,040 He wants you to see, look. 707 00:31:37,625 --> 00:31:39,155 Jesus is righteous. 708 00:31:39,695 --> 00:31:44,465 Peter is a failure and Judas is worse, right? 709 00:31:44,645 --> 00:31:45,935 That's what Matthew wants you to see. 710 00:31:46,865 --> 00:31:49,054 We don't try to look at all of it, but that's the big picture 711 00:31:49,175 --> 00:31:50,195 that Matthew wants us to see. 712 00:31:50,675 --> 00:31:55,085 And what he's trying to help you see is that Jesus is righteous and you're not. 713 00:31:55,865 --> 00:32:00,485 And that's our third point tonight, once I get to it, rely on Jesus 714 00:32:00,485 --> 00:32:02,615 righteousness, not your own. 715 00:32:03,905 --> 00:32:06,575 Rely on Jesus righteousness, not your own. 716 00:32:09,679 --> 00:32:18,020 Jesus is faithful, but his disciples are failures and us like 717 00:32:18,020 --> 00:32:20,089 the disciples are also failures. 718 00:32:20,150 --> 00:32:23,299 And we see this actually all over Chapter 26. 719 00:32:24,199 --> 00:32:30,170 The disciples do not get a good look in chapter 26, and which honestly, 720 00:32:30,500 --> 00:32:32,690 if you're, maybe you're a skeptic, you don't think the Bible's true. 721 00:32:33,469 --> 00:32:36,380 If you made up Christianity and you were a disciple of Jesus. 722 00:32:36,725 --> 00:32:38,435 Why would you make the disciple look bad? 723 00:32:39,905 --> 00:32:40,145 Right? 724 00:32:40,145 --> 00:32:43,295 If you're an early church person trying to make up Christianity, why 725 00:32:43,295 --> 00:32:46,655 would you put, oh yeah, Peter denied Jesus, but Peter started the church. 726 00:32:47,795 --> 00:32:49,355 Like, why would you do that, right? 727 00:32:49,355 --> 00:32:51,485 If you're making this up, this is a horrible way to do it, right? 728 00:32:51,635 --> 00:32:52,625 So that's one. 729 00:32:52,625 --> 00:32:56,705 Another way, you know it's not made up right, is the disciples in the gospels 730 00:32:56,705 --> 00:33:00,635 and all the gospels actually aren't like the greatest people in the world. 731 00:33:00,665 --> 00:33:03,995 If you were making up a religion, you'd be like, I'm awesome. 732 00:33:04,475 --> 00:33:05,015 Look at me. 733 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:09,770 If they don't do that anyway, the point here that Matthew's making 734 00:33:09,770 --> 00:33:14,540 is that the disciples and Jesus, he's, he's contrasting them, right? 735 00:33:14,810 --> 00:33:20,840 Jesus faithful disciples are failures and we see that all over 26, the 736 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:23,240 disciples, remember that lady who anointed Jesus poured all the 737 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:25,820 expensive perfume on him disciples. 738 00:33:25,820 --> 00:33:26,750 You know, they said about that. 739 00:33:26,990 --> 00:33:28,190 They weren't like, oh, awesome. 740 00:33:28,190 --> 00:33:28,730 Look at this. 741 00:33:28,790 --> 00:33:30,860 This woman who's, who's worshiping Jesus. 742 00:33:30,950 --> 00:33:32,090 They were like, that's such a waste. 743 00:33:32,090 --> 00:33:32,690 Why are you doing that? 744 00:33:33,665 --> 00:33:35,495 Not a, not a good look for the disciples, right? 745 00:33:35,855 --> 00:33:40,475 Then we have Judas, who's betraying Jesus, for which, by the way, 30 pieces 746 00:33:40,475 --> 00:33:42,185 of silver, that's the price of a slave. 747 00:33:42,725 --> 00:33:45,965 So Jesus, Judas thinks Jesus is worth 30 pieces of silver, 748 00:33:46,205 --> 00:33:47,255 the same price as a slave. 749 00:33:47,555 --> 00:33:52,955 Meanwhile, that random woman from earlier put all this expensive 750 00:33:52,955 --> 00:33:54,935 perfume on Jesus and wasted it all. 751 00:33:55,745 --> 00:33:58,205 So she thought Jesus was worth more than even Judas was willing 752 00:33:58,205 --> 00:33:59,375 to sell him out for anyway. 753 00:34:00,035 --> 00:34:03,485 Then Judas betrays Jesus and the disciples all fall away. 754 00:34:03,485 --> 00:34:04,415 Peter's prideful. 755 00:34:04,415 --> 00:34:06,035 He's like, no, I'm never gonna fall away. 756 00:34:06,035 --> 00:34:06,725 And then what does he do? 757 00:34:07,325 --> 00:34:08,375 Deny Jesus three times. 758 00:34:08,975 --> 00:34:14,135 And then we have that contrast between Jesus, Peter, and Judas, and see, relying 759 00:34:14,135 --> 00:34:18,545 on your own righteousness will end, will leave you where the disciples were. 760 00:34:19,235 --> 00:34:23,945 You'll be just ashamed, embarrassed, and worn out. 761 00:34:24,755 --> 00:34:27,455 If you're depending on your own goodness, your own. 762 00:34:28,295 --> 00:34:33,695 Church going your own Bible knowledge, your own morality to make you feel 763 00:34:33,695 --> 00:34:38,525 good enough for God, it's, you're gonna, you're gonna let yourself down. 764 00:34:40,295 --> 00:34:42,185 You aren't good enough. 765 00:34:43,205 --> 00:34:44,435 You can't be good enough. 766 00:34:46,355 --> 00:34:50,435 And also you can't pretend to be good enough because God sees right through you. 767 00:34:50,764 --> 00:34:53,225 Jesus knew exactly what his disciples were gonna do. 768 00:34:53,255 --> 00:34:54,335 He knew they were gonna run away. 769 00:34:55,025 --> 00:34:56,284 He knew that they were gonna abandon him. 770 00:34:58,070 --> 00:35:02,930 So relying on your own righteousness, I, if you are thinking, well, I 771 00:35:02,930 --> 00:35:05,840 must be a Christian because my parents are Christians, or, I 772 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:08,300 must be a Christian because look at all the things I do, right? 773 00:35:08,300 --> 00:35:10,640 If someone asks you, oh, why are you a Christian? 774 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:11,840 Or, when did you become a Christian? 775 00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:12,710 Or, how did you become a Christian? 776 00:35:12,710 --> 00:35:14,180 You're like, look at all the stuff I did. 777 00:35:14,390 --> 00:35:18,890 I, you know, I, I did this, I did, I, I memorized the books of the Bible. 778 00:35:19,070 --> 00:35:22,250 I did this all, all these programs at church. 779 00:35:22,550 --> 00:35:24,560 I, you know, did all these things for God. 780 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:25,520 Look at what I did for you. 781 00:35:27,380 --> 00:35:28,910 That's, that's not good enough. 782 00:35:29,690 --> 00:35:31,130 You need perfect righteousness. 783 00:35:32,540 --> 00:35:35,900 You need 100% all of the time. 784 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:39,890 Heart level righteousness, not external. 785 00:35:40,310 --> 00:35:40,940 Look at all this stuff. 786 00:35:40,940 --> 00:35:42,320 I've done Jesus righteousness. 787 00:35:44,030 --> 00:35:48,680 Relying on your own righteousness will leave you exhausted, but it 788 00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:51,290 also will send you to hell because you're gonna stand before God. 789 00:35:51,290 --> 00:35:53,360 You're gonna say just like those people in Matthew seven, 790 00:35:53,420 --> 00:35:54,530 scariest verse in the Bible. 791 00:35:55,310 --> 00:35:56,240 Did I not do this? 792 00:35:56,240 --> 00:35:56,690 Jesus. 793 00:35:56,750 --> 00:35:57,950 And he's gonna say, I never knew you 794 00:36:00,500 --> 00:36:01,520 because you didn't trust me. 795 00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:02,510 You didn't depend on me. 796 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:05,120 You trusted yourself, because that's really what you're doing when you're 797 00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:08,330 relying on Jesus righteousness or relying on your own righteousness. 798 00:36:08,330 --> 00:36:09,500 You're, you're relying on yourself. 799 00:36:09,500 --> 00:36:11,120 You're saying, I'm good enough to go to heaven. 800 00:36:11,510 --> 00:36:12,530 I don't need Jesus. 801 00:36:12,530 --> 00:36:13,520 That's really what you're saying. 802 00:36:13,755 --> 00:36:18,410 So if, if that's you tonight, if, if you've been, if you've been playing the 803 00:36:18,410 --> 00:36:20,960 church game and, and you think, man, I, I. 804 00:36:23,345 --> 00:36:26,225 I deserve to go to heaven, or I'm a good person, so I should go to heaven. 805 00:36:26,225 --> 00:36:29,015 Or I've always, I've, I've always been a Christian. 806 00:36:29,015 --> 00:36:32,015 This is always what I've done and that's why I should go to heaven. 807 00:36:33,310 --> 00:36:36,365 If, if you've never admitted, I mean, I don't deserve to go to heaven. 808 00:36:37,235 --> 00:36:38,825 I actually deserve hell. 809 00:36:38,915 --> 00:36:40,235 I've, I've sinned against God. 810 00:36:40,265 --> 00:36:42,095 I've separated myself from him. 811 00:36:42,305 --> 00:36:44,765 I've chosen other things instead of him. 812 00:36:46,505 --> 00:36:50,165 If you have never admitted that and said, Jesus, I need your righteousness. 813 00:36:51,140 --> 00:36:53,090 I'm not bringing anything to the table. 814 00:36:53,930 --> 00:36:55,340 You bring the righteousness. 815 00:36:55,370 --> 00:36:56,810 I bring nothing. 816 00:36:59,930 --> 00:37:03,500 There's a famous theologian, he said that the only thing you 817 00:37:03,500 --> 00:37:07,010 contribute to your salvation is the sin that made it necessary. 818 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:11,295 All you bring to the table is you need to be saved, but 819 00:37:15,590 --> 00:37:18,830 also sometimes you, maybe you are a Christian. 820 00:37:19,745 --> 00:37:23,375 You rely on your own righteousness, not for salvation, but for assurance. 821 00:37:24,395 --> 00:37:28,444 And maybe that's you, maybe you're, you're, you know, you're a Christian, 822 00:37:28,444 --> 00:37:30,365 but you always are, aren't sure. 823 00:37:30,424 --> 00:37:32,615 You're always feeling like, oh, I don't know if I'm really a Christian 824 00:37:32,884 --> 00:37:36,814 because I, I did this, or I said this, or I keep sinning, or I do this. 825 00:37:37,595 --> 00:37:40,055 And maybe you're just, you're, you, it's maybe it's been years and you've 826 00:37:40,055 --> 00:37:43,595 always been like, oh, I'm not sure if I'm a Christian because I keep sinning. 827 00:37:45,154 --> 00:37:46,024 Well, one. 828 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:48,830 Newsflash, you're gonna sin for the rest of your life. 829 00:37:49,460 --> 00:37:50,780 Christians keep sinning, 830 00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:55,190 but Christians hate sin. 831 00:37:55,310 --> 00:37:56,450 Christians confess sin. 832 00:37:56,840 --> 00:37:58,670 Christians grow in godliness. 833 00:37:58,670 --> 00:37:59,810 Christians love Jesus. 834 00:38:00,860 --> 00:38:04,880 Christians aren't sinless, but they do as, as my old pastor 835 00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:07,490 put it, sinless Christians have. 836 00:38:07,490 --> 00:38:10,640 There's a trajectory of coming to God and repenting from sin. 837 00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:11,810 I don't wanna do this anymore. 838 00:38:12,260 --> 00:38:13,550 I stopped doing this. 839 00:38:14,330 --> 00:38:15,530 I hate this. 840 00:38:16,355 --> 00:38:22,984 I love God, I want to do this, but maybe you're thinking, well, I'm not sure if I'm 841 00:38:22,984 --> 00:38:26,855 a Christian and because of X, Y, and Z. 842 00:38:26,855 --> 00:38:27,605 I don't know. 843 00:38:27,605 --> 00:38:29,345 Some days I feel like I am, some days I'm not. 844 00:38:30,305 --> 00:38:31,475 What makes you a Christian? 845 00:38:32,855 --> 00:38:36,935 Is it again, are you saying, well, I don't know if I'm a Christian because 846 00:38:37,025 --> 00:38:38,045 look at all the stuff I've done. 847 00:38:39,935 --> 00:38:43,295 Your focus is on the wrong spot and that's why you're doubting. 848 00:38:43,940 --> 00:38:45,830 It comes down to, do you trust you this or do you not? 849 00:38:46,850 --> 00:38:53,630 Because if you're always looking to your own, your own performance as a Christian 850 00:38:53,630 --> 00:39:00,440 for your security with God, if you're saying, oh, well, I don't feel close to 851 00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:03,110 God, so I don't know if I'm a Christian, or if you're saying, well, I didn't do 852 00:39:03,110 --> 00:39:06,560 very well reading the Bible this week, so I don't know if I'm a Christian or 853 00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:11,750 you're saying, oh, well, I, I don't, I just, I, I gave into this one sin. 854 00:39:11,750 --> 00:39:12,440 I don't know if I'm a Christian. 855 00:39:13,505 --> 00:39:14,465 What makes you a Christian? 856 00:39:16,115 --> 00:39:16,865 What saves you? 857 00:39:16,865 --> 00:39:18,904 It's, it's Jesus, not you. 858 00:39:20,404 --> 00:39:25,235 So when you're doubting, look to Jesus, don't be like, oh, well, once I stop 859 00:39:25,235 --> 00:39:26,795 doing this, then I'll become a Christian. 860 00:39:28,085 --> 00:39:32,375 Or, oh, once I, you know, I, I would feel better if I, I just 861 00:39:33,785 --> 00:39:35,944 started being more righteous. 862 00:39:36,995 --> 00:39:40,205 Like one, you probably, if you are a Christian, you probably would feel better. 863 00:39:41,765 --> 00:39:45,125 Because maybe the reason you're doubting your sin or you're doubting your salvation 864 00:39:45,515 --> 00:39:48,665 is because you've got unconfessed sin in your life and you need to confess it. 865 00:39:49,265 --> 00:39:54,154 Maybe that's why you're doubting your salvation, but what saves you what? 866 00:39:54,154 --> 00:40:00,035 What makes you good enough for God is not how you're doing in your prayer life. 867 00:40:00,065 --> 00:40:04,715 It's not how much you know about the Bible, it's Jesus. 868 00:40:04,715 --> 00:40:08,645 That's what makes you good enough for God, because ultimately. 869 00:40:10,205 --> 00:40:14,975 Justification is about what you're looking for to make you feel good enough. 870 00:40:16,235 --> 00:40:18,785 See, what happens is a lot of the time 871 00:40:21,455 --> 00:40:24,575 we don't feel like we're good enough and so we, we reach for something. 872 00:40:25,715 --> 00:40:30,185 We say, oh, well, I don't feel strong enough, so I'm gonna start 873 00:40:30,185 --> 00:40:32,795 putting other people down, and then I'll feel better about myself. 874 00:40:32,795 --> 00:40:33,755 I don't feel respected. 875 00:40:33,965 --> 00:40:36,335 I don't feel liked by people, so I'm gonna start putting other people 876 00:40:36,335 --> 00:40:38,375 down and making them feel bad, and that'll make me feel better. 877 00:40:39,410 --> 00:40:42,200 You're, you're looking for that to make you feel good enough, right? 878 00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:46,550 Or maybe you're saying, oh, once I get to be with, you know, this boyfriend 879 00:40:46,550 --> 00:40:50,750 or this girlfriend, or maybe once I get to that school or once I get this 880 00:40:50,750 --> 00:40:54,110 much money, or once I make it to that career, then I'll be good enough. 881 00:40:54,590 --> 00:40:55,430 That's your idol. 882 00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:57,980 You're saying that's gonna make me good enough. 883 00:40:59,450 --> 00:41:01,430 And that's where Jesus righteousness comes in. 884 00:41:02,300 --> 00:41:07,910 'cause you can stand before God and say, I am perfectly acceptable because of Jesus. 885 00:41:08,915 --> 00:41:09,695 Because I trust him. 886 00:41:09,935 --> 00:41:11,285 I don't bring anything to the table. 887 00:41:11,495 --> 00:41:13,535 He brings everything and that's what makes me good enough. 888 00:41:13,535 --> 00:41:15,545 And that's what qualifies someone for heaven. 889 00:41:16,475 --> 00:41:19,355 It's not how well you're repenting. 890 00:41:19,595 --> 00:41:22,805 It's not how much you know. 891 00:41:22,985 --> 00:41:26,555 It's not who your parents are, it's Jesus. 892 00:41:26,765 --> 00:41:30,725 And so maybe you don't feel like you're worthy to go to heaven. 893 00:41:31,895 --> 00:41:35,225 It's a good place to be 'cause you're not on your own. 894 00:41:36,350 --> 00:41:38,120 That's why you need Jesus. 895 00:41:39,379 --> 00:41:46,700 So I hope even though we didn't read much of Matthew 26, that this flyover 896 00:41:46,700 --> 00:41:50,629 of Matthew 26 has helped you see that Jesus is worthy of your trust, that 897 00:41:50,629 --> 00:41:56,720 you can depend on Jesus because he's in control, because he took the penalty for 898 00:41:56,720 --> 00:41:59,569 sin and because he lived a perfect life. 899 00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:00,740 So let's pray and we'll go to small group. 900 00:42:03,530 --> 00:42:05,420 God, thank you for sending your son. 901 00:42:06,260 --> 00:42:11,030 You didn't have to, you went out of your way to save us. 902 00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:13,730 And so, God, I pray that you help us. 903 00:42:13,730 --> 00:42:20,030 Remember that what saves us is not anything we do, but it's what Jesus did. 904 00:42:20,510 --> 00:42:23,360 Jesus takes away our sin and and gives us righteousness. 905 00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:26,870 So I pray that, um, if we have any questions or if we're 906 00:42:26,870 --> 00:42:28,010 confused about something that you. 907 00:42:28,925 --> 00:42:30,905 Give us courage to ask in small groups. 908 00:42:30,905 --> 00:42:35,075 I pray that you would help us understand where we are before you. 909 00:42:35,075 --> 00:42:38,165 If, if there's anyone who's not sure if they're a Christian or maybe thinks 910 00:42:38,165 --> 00:42:42,335 they're a Christian or isn't a Christian, God, I pray that you would make that clear 911 00:42:42,425 --> 00:42:47,135 to them where they stand, and I pray that, um, we would be more confident in who 912 00:42:47,135 --> 00:42:50,945 Jesus is, that we would trust Jesus more, that we would love Jesus more, and that we 913 00:42:50,945 --> 00:42:55,445 would have more if we are saved, have more assurance that Jesus truly has saved us. 914 00:42:55,715 --> 00:42:55,985 Praise this. 915 00:42:56,045 --> 00:42:56,555 It's Jesus name. 916 00:42:57,065 --> 00:42:57,395 Amen.