1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,139 well, good morning everybody. 2 00:00:01,139 --> 00:00:01,919 How we doing? 3 00:00:02,099 --> 00:00:02,909 Good morning. 4 00:00:03,899 --> 00:00:07,679 I'm actually gonna use this table because it's one of the few tables that, uh, 5 00:00:07,739 --> 00:00:09,750 is tall enough for me, so that helps. 6 00:00:10,949 --> 00:00:13,170 Well, it's great to be with you all this morning. 7 00:00:13,170 --> 00:00:16,980 For those who don't know who I am, my name is Kyle Lsk, like I 8 00:00:16,980 --> 00:00:19,800 mentioned earlier, and I help lead the campus ministry, make some noise. 9 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:20,579 Campus ministry. 10 00:00:20,585 --> 00:00:21,030 Come on. 11 00:00:23,460 --> 00:00:23,699 All right. 12 00:00:23,699 --> 00:00:24,420 That was okay. 13 00:00:24,420 --> 00:00:24,980 That was all right. 14 00:00:26,849 --> 00:00:29,670 . I'm, uh, I'm gonna judge you guys on that one. 15 00:00:29,670 --> 00:00:30,539 Let's try it one more time. 16 00:00:30,539 --> 00:00:31,110 How about that? 17 00:00:31,199 --> 00:00:31,409 All right. 18 00:00:31,409 --> 00:00:32,610 Can we, can we get loud for them? 19 00:00:32,610 --> 00:00:34,139 Let's wake the church up a little bit. 20 00:00:35,190 --> 00:00:35,400 All right. 21 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:36,119 Make some noise. 22 00:00:36,125 --> 00:00:37,139 Campus ministry. 23 00:00:37,210 --> 00:00:37,699 Yeah. 24 00:00:38,170 --> 00:00:38,659 Yeah. 25 00:00:39,900 --> 00:00:40,349 All right. 26 00:00:40,349 --> 00:00:40,889 There you go. 27 00:00:40,889 --> 00:00:41,369 Amen. 28 00:00:41,375 --> 00:00:41,759 Amen. 29 00:00:41,759 --> 00:00:44,639 Well, you know, it's, uh, great to be with you all. 30 00:00:44,639 --> 00:00:48,119 I'm very encouraged and excited to be able to preach the word today. 31 00:00:48,449 --> 00:00:52,619 Um, you know, like Marcel mentioned, we are going through our series here called 32 00:00:52,619 --> 00:00:56,489 The Real Jesus, and we've been talking about how Orange County doesn't need just 33 00:00:56,494 --> 00:00:58,710 another church and needs the real Jesus. 34 00:00:58,710 --> 00:00:59,190 Amen. 35 00:00:59,195 --> 00:00:59,619 Amen. 36 00:00:59,625 --> 00:01:03,000 And so, as we've been studying out the Book of Luke together, it's been so 37 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:07,949 impactful and so convicting personally to me, Um, to see the interactions Jesus 38 00:01:07,949 --> 00:01:09,960 has been having with certain individuals. 39 00:01:09,960 --> 00:01:10,529 Right. 40 00:01:10,679 --> 00:01:14,819 And obviously last week, uh, Marcel preached a, a fire lesson about 41 00:01:14,819 --> 00:01:20,369 how Jesus was not religious, but he was righteous and it was very 42 00:01:20,369 --> 00:01:22,559 convicting to see how Jesus may call. 43 00:01:22,769 --> 00:01:25,199 Uh, he does things that are countercultural, right. 44 00:01:25,230 --> 00:01:28,110 He calls the outcasts to follow him. 45 00:01:28,380 --> 00:01:28,590 Right. 46 00:01:28,594 --> 00:01:33,479 The fishermen, he touches the unclean leper and he makes 'em clean. 47 00:01:33,569 --> 00:01:33,630 Yeah. 48 00:01:34,110 --> 00:01:38,219 And he calls Matthew the tax collector, who in that society was not looked well 49 00:01:38,219 --> 00:01:40,949 upon to follow him and be his disciple. 50 00:01:40,949 --> 00:01:45,509 And so today we're gonna look at another, uh, interaction that Jesus has with 51 00:01:45,509 --> 00:01:50,848 someone that hopefully, uh, will be convicting to you and inspiring to you. 52 00:01:50,854 --> 00:01:51,420 Amen. 53 00:01:51,690 --> 00:01:52,179 Amen. 54 00:01:52,184 --> 00:01:53,729 With that, I'm gonna go ahead and say we're a prayer, that we're 55 00:01:53,729 --> 00:01:55,170 gonna jump right into the passage. 56 00:01:55,408 --> 00:01:56,250 Let's bow our heads. 57 00:01:56,848 --> 00:01:59,200 Lord, thank you so much for this morning and this time to worship. 58 00:01:59,579 --> 00:02:03,420 You we're so grateful to be able to experience to see. 59 00:02:03,809 --> 00:02:08,190 To, to be able to, uh, live with and walk with the real Jesus God. 60 00:02:08,190 --> 00:02:12,840 We're so grateful that you sent your son Jesus down to this earth to give us an 61 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:20,699 opportunity of salvation, an opportunity to live our lives as new creations. 62 00:02:20,699 --> 00:02:24,059 And we're so grateful that Jesus saved us from so much God. 63 00:02:24,065 --> 00:02:28,469 And so I pray today that as we dig into your word, remove me from this 64 00:02:28,469 --> 00:02:33,000 stage that it's you speaking today, God, that it's not me or my thoughts, 65 00:02:33,090 --> 00:02:34,559 but it's you and your spirit. 66 00:02:34,650 --> 00:02:35,280 Lord, we love you. 67 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:36,900 We thank you and pray this in Jesus name. 68 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:37,710 Amen. 69 00:02:37,980 --> 00:02:38,340 Amen. 70 00:02:38,579 --> 00:02:43,019 Let's turn our Bibles to Luke chapter seven, verse 36, and the 71 00:02:43,019 --> 00:02:46,349 title today of my lesson here. 72 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:47,460 This thing works. 73 00:02:47,460 --> 00:02:47,760 There you go. 74 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,190 The real Jesus is a world changer. 75 00:02:50,490 --> 00:02:50,519 Okay. 76 00:02:50,610 --> 00:02:51,030 All right. 77 00:02:51,030 --> 00:02:58,619 The world changer, Luke 7 36 there reads, and we're gonna read just verse 36. 78 00:02:58,619 --> 00:03:03,179 To start says, when one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him. 79 00:03:03,764 --> 00:03:07,784 He went to the Pharisees house and reclined at the table. 80 00:03:08,625 --> 00:03:09,764 So we're gonna stop for a moment. 81 00:03:09,764 --> 00:03:11,744 I want to paint the picture of what's going on here. 82 00:03:11,744 --> 00:03:12,585 Can I do that? 83 00:03:12,855 --> 00:03:12,914 Yeah. 84 00:03:12,914 --> 00:03:15,914 I think it's important for us to understand what's really happening 85 00:03:16,065 --> 00:03:19,545 in this culture and this time in this context of the story. 86 00:03:19,545 --> 00:03:23,324 Because for us reading it in 2023 with the westernized view of 87 00:03:23,324 --> 00:03:26,505 society, we may not fully understand what's really happening here. 88 00:03:26,505 --> 00:03:26,985 Okay? 89 00:03:27,194 --> 00:03:29,775 So what's happening here is that it says that Jesus was 90 00:03:29,775 --> 00:03:32,594 invited to have dinner With who? 91 00:03:33,144 --> 00:03:33,944 Pharisees. 92 00:03:33,949 --> 00:03:36,255 Pharisees, right. 93 00:03:36,554 --> 00:03:39,074 Last week Marcel mentioned a little bit about who the Pharisees 94 00:03:39,074 --> 00:03:42,105 were, and these were sort of the religious teachers of the law, right? 95 00:03:42,105 --> 00:03:44,985 They were sort of the, the highest of the highest religious 96 00:03:44,989 --> 00:03:46,934 respected officials in that time. 97 00:03:47,505 --> 00:03:50,204 And as we see the scripture, as we've been studying out, for those who have 98 00:03:50,204 --> 00:03:54,464 been studying it with us, we're seeing, okay, Jesus keeps to an extent opposing 99 00:03:54,464 --> 00:03:55,844 Pharisees a little bit here, right? 100 00:03:55,844 --> 00:03:59,324 Some of the things he says are sometimes like little digs at at the 101 00:03:59,324 --> 00:04:01,934 Pharisees, and so it's interesting. 102 00:04:02,324 --> 00:04:06,734 At least in my opinion, to see that the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner. 103 00:04:07,274 --> 00:04:07,994 All right. 104 00:04:08,504 --> 00:04:11,834 And then it goes on to say that he reclined at the table. 105 00:04:12,164 --> 00:04:12,734 Right? 106 00:04:12,764 --> 00:04:14,804 So Jesus was ready to have a great meal. 107 00:04:15,614 --> 00:04:19,664 But what I wanna make mention of, and I appreciate Eric Enes mentioning this to 108 00:04:19,664 --> 00:04:24,194 me, cuz he actually lived in the Middle East for some time, is that they didn't 109 00:04:24,194 --> 00:04:26,324 have the classic kitchen table like we do. 110 00:04:26,624 --> 00:04:26,714 Yeah. 111 00:04:27,404 --> 00:04:29,774 They were sitting on the ground, right. 112 00:04:29,954 --> 00:04:32,594 That, that's, that's a common way of eating dinner in the 113 00:04:32,594 --> 00:04:33,914 Middle East or eating a meal. 114 00:04:33,919 --> 00:04:36,464 As you sit, as you can see in this picture, sort of on the ground, 115 00:04:36,464 --> 00:04:37,724 there's a, a spread laid out. 116 00:04:37,729 --> 00:04:39,194 You got some cushions on the ground. 117 00:04:39,433 --> 00:04:41,264 This was customary. 118 00:04:41,834 --> 00:04:45,494 And so he's almost, instead of reclining like we think in like a lazyboy 119 00:04:45,494 --> 00:04:50,204 recliner, no, he's actually sort of laying down on his side, eating this 120 00:04:50,209 --> 00:04:52,124 meal, talking with the Pharisees. 121 00:04:53,144 --> 00:04:57,194 And so I think that's another important piece to, to recognize it. 122 00:04:57,194 --> 00:05:00,554 It shows that he felt a comfortability, a normalcy. 123 00:05:01,125 --> 00:05:04,034 Right that he was in this space of, man, I'm just gonna enjoy this 124 00:05:04,034 --> 00:05:05,534 meal and have this conversation. 125 00:05:05,924 --> 00:05:08,864 I'm gonna have this interaction with the Pharisees. 126 00:05:08,864 --> 00:05:12,584 You know, some scholars say that meals like this, when there were the Pharisees 127 00:05:12,589 --> 00:05:16,964 were together, that they would actually leave the door open to the dinner. 128 00:05:17,084 --> 00:05:21,044 And the reason for that was so that uninvited guests could enter 129 00:05:21,194 --> 00:05:25,424 and sit around by the walls to be able to witness and listen to the 130 00:05:25,424 --> 00:05:26,895 conversations that were being had. 131 00:05:26,895 --> 00:05:29,294 Cuz they may have been very insightful conversations. 132 00:05:29,625 --> 00:05:31,694 So this is a very unique setting, right? 133 00:05:31,754 --> 00:05:34,364 Typically we wouldn't say, you know, Hey, come over for dinner, 134 00:05:34,364 --> 00:05:36,494 I'm gonna leave the door open for whoever wants to just roll in there. 135 00:05:36,524 --> 00:05:36,974 Right? 136 00:05:36,979 --> 00:05:37,034 Yeah. 137 00:05:37,064 --> 00:05:37,964 It's a little different. 138 00:05:38,354 --> 00:05:40,364 So I think that's important to also understand. 139 00:05:40,364 --> 00:05:43,574 So we see here that the scenery has been set. 140 00:05:44,024 --> 00:05:46,094 Jesus is enjoying a nice meal. 141 00:05:46,304 --> 00:05:49,933 He's reclining at the table and he's teaching and talking 142 00:05:49,933 --> 00:05:50,895 with the Pharisees here. 143 00:05:50,895 --> 00:05:51,314 Amen. 144 00:05:51,444 --> 00:05:51,933 Amen. 145 00:05:51,939 --> 00:05:54,104 So hopefully that helps give you a little picture here. 146 00:05:54,104 --> 00:05:55,304 Let's continue reading in the story. 147 00:05:55,334 --> 00:05:59,294 Verse 37 there reads a woman in that town. 148 00:06:00,089 --> 00:06:04,650 Who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisees house. 149 00:06:05,250 --> 00:06:08,609 So she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. 150 00:06:09,210 --> 00:06:12,389 As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to 151 00:06:12,389 --> 00:06:15,299 wet his feet with her tears. 152 00:06:16,170 --> 00:06:21,809 Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and poured perfume on them. 153 00:06:23,130 --> 00:06:29,130 So during this time, it was customary if you invited guests over into your home, it 154 00:06:29,134 --> 00:06:31,289 was a customary thing to wash their feet. 155 00:06:32,699 --> 00:06:37,380 And so interesting enough, we see here that for some reason, this 156 00:06:37,380 --> 00:06:42,058 tradition, this honor, was not completed for Jesus by the Pharisees. 157 00:06:43,319 --> 00:06:44,819 There was something that was missed. 158 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:48,329 You know how he's laying down there? 159 00:06:48,329 --> 00:06:50,308 He's, he's eating, he's kind of having this conversation. 160 00:06:50,308 --> 00:06:52,380 His feet are filthy cuz the roads are dirty. 161 00:06:52,380 --> 00:06:54,808 They didn't have paved robes like we do today. 162 00:06:56,759 --> 00:06:58,710 And so it's almost as if this woman. 163 00:06:59,444 --> 00:07:04,274 Has very easy access to the feet cuz he is laying down in a position where his feet 164 00:07:04,274 --> 00:07:08,234 are away from the table and he's sort of eating there, talking with the Pharisees. 165 00:07:09,134 --> 00:07:12,824 You know, some, some may say that this woman was attempting 166 00:07:12,824 --> 00:07:17,114 to get as close as she could to Jesus without being too close. 167 00:07:17,714 --> 00:07:23,024 That the feet aren't necessarily the most intimate thing on someone's body, right? 168 00:07:23,835 --> 00:07:26,504 The feet are, are a dirty thing, especially in this time 169 00:07:26,509 --> 00:07:27,764 with the dirt all over them. 170 00:07:29,085 --> 00:07:33,045 Yet she gets close and wants to, to wash his feet for him. 171 00:07:33,524 --> 00:07:34,514 And then it goes on to des. 172 00:07:34,754 --> 00:07:38,274 Describe how she did that, that she used her hair, right? 173 00:07:38,355 --> 00:07:43,754 That the, that her hair was being used as sort of a towel to clean his feet. 174 00:07:44,774 --> 00:07:48,344 You know, in this time hair was considered almost seductive. 175 00:07:49,395 --> 00:07:53,683 They covered their hair in the Middle East, they don't show their hair. 176 00:07:54,074 --> 00:07:58,484 So for a woman to come in there, And use her hair to wash his feet. 177 00:07:58,544 --> 00:07:59,624 It was saying something. 178 00:08:01,334 --> 00:08:05,744 And so we see there's a clear tension in the room at this moment. 179 00:08:07,274 --> 00:08:10,274 All the attention now has been focused on this interaction 180 00:08:10,274 --> 00:08:12,194 between Jesus and this woman. 181 00:08:12,224 --> 00:08:12,284 Yeah. 182 00:08:12,974 --> 00:08:17,624 And an intimacy is being had with Jesus and the woman that is being welcomed. 183 00:08:18,194 --> 00:08:18,314 Great. 184 00:08:19,994 --> 00:08:24,974 You know, this isn't an inappropriate intimacy or an unholy moment. 185 00:08:24,974 --> 00:08:27,824 This is actually an act of worship from this woman. 186 00:08:28,304 --> 00:08:28,364 Yeah. 187 00:08:28,369 --> 00:08:28,804 Yeah. 188 00:08:29,054 --> 00:08:31,514 And some may interpret this, I'm sure the Pharisees interpreted 189 00:08:31,514 --> 00:08:33,044 this in a completely different way. 190 00:08:33,404 --> 00:08:34,693 They're like, what is this woman doing? 191 00:08:34,693 --> 00:08:38,144 Which we'll get to in a little bit, but I believe it's really important 192 00:08:38,144 --> 00:08:42,943 for us to take a moment to acknowledge the bravery that this woman has to 193 00:08:42,943 --> 00:08:46,034 step out on faith and interrupt Jesus. 194 00:08:47,504 --> 00:08:51,824 Think of the bravery required to interrupt Jesus in the middle of a meal 195 00:08:51,824 --> 00:08:53,724 with all the, the highest officials. 196 00:08:54,584 --> 00:08:55,084 Think about that. 197 00:08:57,540 --> 00:08:57,719 Yet. 198 00:08:57,719 --> 00:09:01,379 Jesus honors it and he welcomes this woman's interruption. 199 00:09:02,219 --> 00:09:06,179 And so one point I wanna make this morning, oh, there's a picture 200 00:09:06,179 --> 00:09:07,199 of kind of what's going on. 201 00:09:07,619 --> 00:09:12,060 One point I wanna make this morning is that world changers welcome interruption. 202 00:09:12,099 --> 00:09:12,579 Okay? 203 00:09:13,409 --> 00:09:16,769 The real Jesus welcomes interruption. 204 00:09:17,159 --> 00:09:19,859 He welcomes this woman into this moment. 205 00:09:19,889 --> 00:09:21,929 And so let's be honest for ourselves. 206 00:09:22,560 --> 00:09:24,869 No one really likes to be interrupted during dinner. 207 00:09:25,109 --> 00:09:26,609 No, you right, you. 208 00:09:26,609 --> 00:09:29,369 You don't want solicitors going knocking on your door in the 209 00:09:29,374 --> 00:09:32,549 middle of dinner trying to sell you something or tell you about something. 210 00:09:32,549 --> 00:09:35,219 Or telemarketer phone calls can be an irritation. 211 00:09:35,219 --> 00:09:37,589 You know iPhones, now they say spam risk, right? 212 00:09:37,619 --> 00:09:40,319 When it's coming in there, you're like, man, I don't want to be interrupted. 213 00:09:41,310 --> 00:09:45,389 When we sit down and eat, we want to enjoy our food and our time with our family. 214 00:09:45,389 --> 00:09:46,079 You guys with me? 215 00:09:46,290 --> 00:09:46,779 Yeah, sir. 216 00:09:46,784 --> 00:09:47,819 Can we be real about that? 217 00:09:47,824 --> 00:09:49,560 It's important for us sometimes. 218 00:09:49,739 --> 00:09:52,919 And so on a, you know, this may be true on a normal evening, but 219 00:09:52,919 --> 00:09:54,939 especially at a dinner party, right? 220 00:09:55,739 --> 00:10:00,029 So can you imagine an uninvited guest coming into your dinner party? 221 00:10:01,079 --> 00:10:01,259 Right. 222 00:10:01,259 --> 00:10:04,230 The Pharisees are throwing this big dinner for Jesus. 223 00:10:04,230 --> 00:10:07,409 They're, they're, they're having this conversation and this woman who it 224 00:10:07,849 --> 00:10:13,259 describes in the text as a sinner comes in there probably pretty emotional, 225 00:10:13,264 --> 00:10:18,029 maybe a little inappropriate or obnoxious, and it probably irritated 226 00:10:18,029 --> 00:10:20,040 some of those Pharisees a little bit. 227 00:10:20,129 --> 00:10:20,690 Mm-hmm. 228 00:10:21,599 --> 00:10:24,629 . But we see that there was a theological moment that was being 229 00:10:24,634 --> 00:10:26,969 had between Jesus and the Pharisees. 230 00:10:28,139 --> 00:10:34,049 Yet he welcomes such a unique interruption and he ends up using 231 00:10:34,049 --> 00:10:35,940 that to teach on something else. 232 00:10:35,944 --> 00:10:36,529 Mm-hmm. 233 00:10:36,614 --> 00:10:40,589 , he uses that moment to teach on something else, and he welcomes 234 00:10:40,829 --> 00:10:43,290 the interruption in his life. 235 00:10:44,159 --> 00:10:50,310 So I want to ask you this morning, do you welcome interruption into your life? 236 00:10:50,315 --> 00:10:50,719 Okay. 237 00:10:51,270 --> 00:10:53,250 It's a unique thing to think about. 238 00:10:53,759 --> 00:10:53,969 Right. 239 00:10:53,969 --> 00:10:55,949 We, our view of interruption is bad, right? 240 00:10:55,949 --> 00:10:57,270 We tell the kids, Hey, don't interrupt. 241 00:10:57,270 --> 00:10:58,409 You need to, you need to wait. 242 00:10:59,029 --> 00:10:59,590 Right? 243 00:11:00,810 --> 00:11:03,840 But what I'm talking about is the interruption of man, what is the 244 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:05,969 spirit leading me to think and do? 245 00:11:06,119 --> 00:11:09,509 And what is he interceding for me in my life? 246 00:11:10,170 --> 00:11:12,360 You know, uh, someone brought this up to me. 247 00:11:12,420 --> 00:11:13,500 Uh, Eric brought this up to me. 248 00:11:13,500 --> 00:11:15,480 The Good Samaritan experiment. 249 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:17,250 Who has heard of the Good Samaritan experiment? 250 00:11:17,940 --> 00:11:18,420 Okay. 251 00:11:18,869 --> 00:11:19,860 Few of us, right? 252 00:11:19,889 --> 00:11:21,119 It's an amazing experiment. 253 00:11:21,125 --> 00:11:23,250 It's really convicting and we see that seminary. 254 00:11:23,279 --> 00:11:27,179 So what it is, is seminary students had to go prepare a talk 255 00:11:27,179 --> 00:11:28,920 about the Good Samaritan, right? 256 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:31,529 So they're in, in training, they're being taught, and they have to go 257 00:11:31,529 --> 00:11:34,679 prepare this, this, uh, they're gonna teach on the Good Samaritan, right? 258 00:11:34,980 --> 00:11:38,670 So upon arriving to the classroom when they're ready to do their 259 00:11:38,670 --> 00:11:43,170 talk, they were told that the class location had been moved elsewhere and 260 00:11:43,170 --> 00:11:45,239 only had a few minutes to get there. 261 00:11:45,630 --> 00:11:48,360 So you gotta go across campus to the other classroom to be 262 00:11:48,389 --> 00:11:49,469 able to do your co your talk. 263 00:11:50,189 --> 00:11:52,739 And on the route to the classroom, there was someone that had been 264 00:11:52,739 --> 00:11:57,719 placed in their path that was in need, someone who needed help. 265 00:11:58,469 --> 00:12:01,889 And the experiment was designed to see what percentage of the seminary 266 00:12:01,889 --> 00:12:07,020 students would stop to help the person in need, despite being rushed to the 267 00:12:07,024 --> 00:12:09,929 classroom to teach on the Good Samaritan. 268 00:12:11,849 --> 00:12:16,319 The stats were pretty sad overall. 269 00:12:16,324 --> 00:12:20,219 Only 40% of the students offered some sort of help to the 270 00:12:20,219 --> 00:12:23,129 victim in low hurry situation. 271 00:12:23,129 --> 00:12:26,819 So what they did was they changed the, the time, uh, hey, you got, you know, 20 272 00:12:26,819 --> 00:12:29,899 minutes to get there, says 63% helped. 273 00:12:30,299 --> 00:12:33,329 They stopped, they saw him and they helped in medium hurry. 274 00:12:33,329 --> 00:12:37,799 So maybe like five, 10 minutes, 45% of the people stopped. 275 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:44,489 But in people who were late, high hurry, only 10% stopped 276 00:12:44,489 --> 00:12:45,779 to help the person in need. 277 00:12:47,579 --> 00:12:48,569 So what does that say? 278 00:12:49,859 --> 00:12:54,959 It says a person in hurry is less likely to help people even if 279 00:12:54,964 --> 00:12:58,139 they are going to speak on the Parable of the Good Samaritan. 280 00:12:59,909 --> 00:13:02,669 So there's something in how we think. 281 00:13:02,699 --> 00:13:06,269 There's something about who we are in our DNI DNA as people. 282 00:13:06,959 --> 00:13:11,219 There's something that we lack here that Jesus emulates perfectly, that 283 00:13:11,219 --> 00:13:14,549 we should imitate exactly like him. 284 00:13:15,719 --> 00:13:21,209 You know, however, we see that Jesus takes the moment to be interrupted. 285 00:13:21,214 --> 00:13:25,289 And so I think it's important for us to ask, how would you respond if you 286 00:13:25,294 --> 00:13:30,929 were at the dinner, if you were in this moment, if you were with Jesus seeing 287 00:13:30,929 --> 00:13:34,709 him interact with this woman, what? 288 00:13:34,714 --> 00:13:35,969 What would be your response? 289 00:13:36,029 --> 00:13:40,064 I know for me, brothers and sisters, it would be, . I know naturally I would 290 00:13:40,474 --> 00:13:41,684 probably be feeling a lot of things. 291 00:13:41,684 --> 00:13:42,974 I'd be like, why is she doing this? 292 00:13:42,974 --> 00:13:45,194 What's I would be questioning, I'd be uncomfortable. 293 00:13:45,284 --> 00:13:46,154 I'd feel frustrated. 294 00:13:46,154 --> 00:13:47,954 I was like, we're just trying to have a conversation with Jesus 295 00:13:47,959 --> 00:13:48,914 and you have to do this right now. 296 00:13:48,919 --> 00:13:49,904 What's your problem? 297 00:13:49,964 --> 00:13:50,054 Mm-hmm. 298 00:13:51,734 --> 00:13:54,674 , my prideful nature would be to kick this woman out. 299 00:13:55,304 --> 00:13:55,874 Get outta here. 300 00:13:55,874 --> 00:13:56,354 What are you doing? 301 00:13:56,984 --> 00:13:57,474 Yeah. 302 00:13:58,124 --> 00:14:01,184 And selfishly enjoy my meal and my guests. 303 00:14:02,804 --> 00:14:07,304 I don't know what your response would be, but how many of us miss moments 304 00:14:07,304 --> 00:14:10,634 like this because of our selfishness and pride in our daily lives? 305 00:14:12,854 --> 00:14:14,714 How often do we miss these moments? 306 00:14:15,044 --> 00:14:18,404 How many of us miss the opportunities that God is giving us to imitate 307 00:14:18,409 --> 00:14:20,654 him and welcome interruption? 308 00:14:23,654 --> 00:14:27,944 You know, what would it look like if we welcomed interruption into our lives? 309 00:14:27,974 --> 00:14:28,664 What would it look like? 310 00:14:28,669 --> 00:14:29,534 Let's talk about it. 311 00:14:30,044 --> 00:14:33,584 What would it look like if you welcomed interruption? 312 00:14:33,584 --> 00:14:36,114 Maybe some of the conversations that you'd have at the grocery 313 00:14:36,114 --> 00:14:38,024 store would be much more fruitful. 314 00:14:38,064 --> 00:14:38,864 There you go. 315 00:14:39,014 --> 00:14:42,674 Maybe you'd be willing to listen and take a moment to hear what the, what 316 00:14:42,674 --> 00:14:44,834 the clerk has going on in their lives. 317 00:14:45,164 --> 00:14:50,174 Maybe the, the person who's homeless on the street, who's in desperate need. 318 00:14:50,174 --> 00:14:52,304 Maybe there's something that can connect there. 319 00:14:53,204 --> 00:14:55,874 Maybe you're able to help and meet that need. 320 00:14:56,804 --> 00:14:59,894 You know, maybe some of our coworkers are crying out for help, 321 00:14:59,894 --> 00:15:04,994 yet we're too busy and we never make the time to connect with them. 322 00:15:06,404 --> 00:15:11,234 You know, maybe some, some of us, it's, man, we don't associate with 323 00:15:11,234 --> 00:15:14,924 certain types of people because they make us uncomfortable. 324 00:15:15,174 --> 00:15:15,664 Okay? 325 00:15:15,794 --> 00:15:19,004 Maybe it's the gay person who's looking to learn about Jesus, but 326 00:15:19,004 --> 00:15:22,574 never gets an opportunity cuz we feel uncomfortable talking to them. 327 00:15:22,744 --> 00:15:23,304 Come on. 328 00:15:24,794 --> 00:15:29,954 Maybe it's the person who has completely different political views than you, who is 329 00:15:29,959 --> 00:15:32,744 searching for a purpose beyond themselves. 330 00:15:32,749 --> 00:15:33,064 Okay. 331 00:15:33,134 --> 00:15:33,494 Come on. 332 00:15:35,264 --> 00:15:36,404 But you're too closed off. 333 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:41,130 Because you're not welcoming interruption, you know, unfortunately, we can 334 00:15:41,130 --> 00:15:45,599 sometimes miss these opportunities because we're too focused on our own 335 00:15:45,605 --> 00:15:51,599 needs or we're too busy that we're not willing to welcome people into our 336 00:15:51,599 --> 00:15:53,280 lives who may make us uncomfortable. 337 00:15:53,969 --> 00:15:55,920 Jesus does this in this moment. 338 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:56,579 It's beautiful. 339 00:15:58,349 --> 00:16:01,530 You know, and I wanna share a brief story here of a week of, of a moment 340 00:16:01,530 --> 00:16:05,880 that I missed the interruption Jesus was trying to place in front of me. 341 00:16:06,090 --> 00:16:09,570 The campus probably has heard this story, but when I was a freshman in high 342 00:16:09,574 --> 00:16:12,210 school, I had just become a disciple. 343 00:16:12,630 --> 00:16:16,679 And, um, it was my Spanish class, my first Spanish class. 344 00:16:16,679 --> 00:16:19,889 I go in there second period, I'm sitting in there, everyone's talking. 345 00:16:20,460 --> 00:16:22,650 And there was this really nice guy who was saying hi to me. 346 00:16:22,650 --> 00:16:23,880 I was like, wow, this guy's really nice. 347 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:27,060 We started becoming, you know, acquaintances, but in the high 348 00:16:27,060 --> 00:16:30,150 school world, he was considered maybe more on the nerdy side. 349 00:16:30,584 --> 00:16:30,854 Right. 350 00:16:30,854 --> 00:16:33,194 Maybe more of the quiet, not very cool. 351 00:16:33,194 --> 00:16:37,604 And so in my insecure and and selfish nature, I was like, ah, I don't really 352 00:16:37,604 --> 00:16:39,314 want to like get too close to this guy. 353 00:16:40,724 --> 00:16:45,614 And so I had just become a Christian and I ended up never even talking 354 00:16:45,614 --> 00:16:48,524 to him about Jesus and what Jesus had done for me in my life. 355 00:16:48,554 --> 00:16:50,444 And I missed an opportunity with him. 356 00:16:51,374 --> 00:16:55,274 Well, fast forward four years later, it's my freshman year of college. 357 00:16:55,279 --> 00:16:58,904 I go to a college devotional, campus ministry devotional, and 358 00:16:58,904 --> 00:17:00,284 Luke who walks right in the door. 359 00:17:01,124 --> 00:17:01,994 It's that guy. 360 00:17:03,044 --> 00:17:07,243 And he walks in there and he was going to a completely different school than I was. 361 00:17:07,844 --> 00:17:09,074 Completely different school. 362 00:17:09,164 --> 00:17:12,104 And someone else in our ministry had invited him out to church. 363 00:17:12,344 --> 00:17:15,614 He ends up coming out, he starts studying the bible, joins 364 00:17:15,614 --> 00:17:16,993 our ministry, gets baptized. 365 00:17:16,993 --> 00:17:18,824 He's still faithful to this day. 366 00:17:18,934 --> 00:17:19,424 Amen. 367 00:17:20,503 --> 00:17:23,954 He's actually trying to go into the full-time ministry to become a teacher. 368 00:17:24,194 --> 00:17:25,993 He's gonna get his master's of divinity. 369 00:17:26,335 --> 00:17:26,895 Right. 370 00:17:27,344 --> 00:17:32,984 And so I look at that moment and I was like, wow, I missed the opportunity. 371 00:17:33,734 --> 00:17:35,685 I missed this interruption. 372 00:17:36,435 --> 00:17:40,844 I missed the opportunity to, man, just let me say something, but 373 00:17:40,844 --> 00:17:42,225 God never missed the opportunity. 374 00:17:43,185 --> 00:17:47,475 God never misses the opportunity, and we see Jesus never misses the opportunity. 375 00:17:47,475 --> 00:17:47,804 Amen. 376 00:17:47,804 --> 00:17:48,734 Brothers and sisters. 377 00:17:48,975 --> 00:17:49,094 Amen. 378 00:17:49,125 --> 00:17:54,614 Jesus takes the time to welcome interruption into his life. 379 00:17:54,975 --> 00:17:58,004 And so if we want to imitate the real Jesus and be world changers, then we've 380 00:17:58,004 --> 00:18:00,105 gotta welcome interruption in our lives. 381 00:18:00,105 --> 00:18:00,495 Amen. 382 00:18:00,764 --> 00:18:01,254 Amen. 383 00:18:01,304 --> 00:18:03,495 Let's continue reading the passage here. 384 00:18:04,605 --> 00:18:10,725 Verse 39 says, when the Pharisees who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, 385 00:18:11,384 --> 00:18:14,864 if this man were a prophet, he would know who was touching him and what kind 386 00:18:14,864 --> 00:18:16,904 of woman she is, that she's a sinner. 387 00:18:17,625 --> 00:18:18,585 Jesus answered. 388 00:18:18,645 --> 00:18:20,174 Simon, I have something to tell you. 389 00:18:21,044 --> 00:18:22,514 Tell me teacher he said. 390 00:18:25,455 --> 00:18:30,705 Two people owed a certain money lender one hi one owed him 500 Denar 391 00:18:30,734 --> 00:18:34,725 Denari, and the other 50, neither of them had the money to pay him back, 392 00:18:34,725 --> 00:18:36,705 so he forgave the debts of both. 393 00:18:36,944 --> 00:18:38,594 Now, which of them will love him more? 394 00:18:39,524 --> 00:18:42,884 Simon replied, I suppose, the one who had the bigger debt forgiven. 395 00:18:43,245 --> 00:18:45,374 You have judged correctly, Jesus said. 396 00:18:45,734 --> 00:18:49,424 Then he turned toward the woman and said to him, do you see this woman? 397 00:18:49,694 --> 00:18:50,834 I came into your house. 398 00:18:50,834 --> 00:18:54,975 You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her 399 00:18:54,979 --> 00:18:58,394 tears and wiped them with her hair. 400 00:18:58,574 --> 00:18:59,685 You did not gimme a kiss. 401 00:18:59,685 --> 00:19:03,614 But this woman from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. 402 00:19:04,214 --> 00:19:05,774 You did not put oil on my head. 403 00:19:05,774 --> 00:19:08,624 But she has poured perfume on my feet. 404 00:19:08,834 --> 00:19:12,914 Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven as her great 405 00:19:12,914 --> 00:19:18,584 love has shown, but whoever has been forgiven, little loves little. 406 00:19:19,245 --> 00:19:21,675 That Jesus said to her, your sins are forgiven. 407 00:19:21,824 --> 00:19:24,855 The other guests began to say to themselves, who is this? 408 00:19:24,855 --> 00:19:25,905 Who even forgive sins? 409 00:19:25,905 --> 00:19:28,485 Jesus said to the women, your faith has saved you. 410 00:19:28,485 --> 00:19:30,284 Go in peace. 411 00:19:32,985 --> 00:19:34,005 World changers. 412 00:19:34,005 --> 00:19:39,225 Recognize how much they've been forgiven of, okay, come on, this woman realize 413 00:19:39,230 --> 00:19:41,415 how much she had been forgiven of. 414 00:19:41,835 --> 00:19:45,645 I found a commentary that talked about how the point of this story of course, 415 00:19:45,645 --> 00:19:49,965 is that those who are aware of their great need have a great appreciation 416 00:19:49,965 --> 00:19:52,125 for the forgiveness they have received. 417 00:19:53,085 --> 00:19:56,715 They have a humility that comes with an appropriate sense of their sinfulness, 418 00:19:57,284 --> 00:20:01,605 but those who are blinded by their pride are unaware of how much they need it. 419 00:20:02,955 --> 00:20:06,705 So they don't have a proper appreciation for God's forgiveness. 420 00:20:07,605 --> 00:20:10,844 You know, and in the campus ministry we've been studying out Matthew, uh, 421 00:20:10,875 --> 00:20:14,205 chapter five, the, the Sermon on the Mount, the Be Attitudes, and it's 422 00:20:14,205 --> 00:20:16,065 been a great time going through those. 423 00:20:16,379 --> 00:20:18,209 And we're, we're really learning some good stuff. 424 00:20:18,209 --> 00:20:22,379 But the first one he says there, Matthew five, uh, verse three is he says, 425 00:20:22,384 --> 00:20:28,620 blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven, right? 426 00:20:28,624 --> 00:20:30,269 This idea of being poor in spirit. 427 00:20:30,269 --> 00:20:32,609 And so we talked about this with the college ministry at first was like, man, 428 00:20:32,609 --> 00:20:34,799 what does this mean to be poor in spirit? 429 00:20:34,799 --> 00:20:36,569 Such a unique and different concept. 430 00:20:36,569 --> 00:20:41,219 It's not something we usually think about, but what it really means is to acknowledge 431 00:20:41,219 --> 00:20:45,749 how much you've been forgiven of and understanding your need for God's mercy. 432 00:20:46,620 --> 00:20:51,149 Understanding that and recognizing that it's a sober judgment of yourself. 433 00:20:51,299 --> 00:20:55,199 It's to be sober minded and realize, wow, I need grace in my life. 434 00:20:55,799 --> 00:21:01,259 And so we've gotta be humble enough church to admit that we are sinful. 435 00:21:02,039 --> 00:21:05,879 We've gotta admit it, we've gotta acknowledge it, and we need God's mercy. 436 00:21:05,884 --> 00:21:09,359 Otherwise, it says we won't receive the kingdom of heaven. 437 00:21:09,569 --> 00:21:10,620 This isn't an option. 438 00:21:11,895 --> 00:21:16,245 This is a requirement in a sense that we've gotta be poor in spirit 439 00:21:16,245 --> 00:21:18,945 to receive the kingdom of heaven. 440 00:21:20,145 --> 00:21:22,485 You know, Jesus forgives the woman's sins. 441 00:21:22,485 --> 00:21:28,215 It says, because she had the humility to recognize her need to be forgiven. 442 00:21:29,175 --> 00:21:31,784 She had the humility to take us a leap of faith. 443 00:21:32,415 --> 00:21:34,395 She had the humility to say, you know what? 444 00:21:34,485 --> 00:21:35,534 I'm gonna use my hair. 445 00:21:36,375 --> 00:21:39,195 I'm gonna use this perfume that I have. 446 00:21:41,985 --> 00:21:43,364 Let's talk for a second church. 447 00:21:43,364 --> 00:21:43,965 Can I be real? 448 00:21:44,065 --> 00:21:44,465 Yeah. 449 00:21:44,654 --> 00:21:50,445 Let's talk for a second about the problems that can occur with not understanding 450 00:21:50,445 --> 00:21:51,975 how much we've been forgiven of. 451 00:21:52,154 --> 00:21:52,215 Yeah. 452 00:21:52,215 --> 00:21:52,705 Come on. 453 00:21:52,710 --> 00:21:54,735 Because this is a weakness for me, I'll be honest. 454 00:21:55,455 --> 00:21:59,175 It's, it's a tough thing to recognize. 455 00:21:59,835 --> 00:22:02,295 And so some of the problems with not recognizing how much you've been 456 00:22:02,295 --> 00:22:04,125 forgiven of is you can be prideful. 457 00:22:04,395 --> 00:22:04,485 Yep. 458 00:22:04,904 --> 00:22:08,205 And then if you're prideful, you lack compassion. 459 00:22:08,210 --> 00:22:08,505 Yep. 460 00:22:09,284 --> 00:22:10,665 , you lack compassion. 461 00:22:10,665 --> 00:22:14,235 So too many of us who have either maybe grown up in the church like myself, 462 00:22:14,985 --> 00:22:19,634 or maybe you've been around for many years, you've been faithful for many 463 00:22:19,634 --> 00:22:24,014 years, but maybe some of us have failed to completely understand our 464 00:22:24,014 --> 00:22:25,634 need for mercy, and we get prideful. 465 00:22:25,639 --> 00:22:26,065 Mm-hmm. 466 00:22:27,405 --> 00:22:29,174 , and we start to lack compassion. 467 00:22:29,355 --> 00:22:31,935 Maybe we start lacking compassion for those who have 468 00:22:31,935 --> 00:22:34,094 not yet been saved by Christ. 469 00:22:34,214 --> 00:22:35,145 The lost. 470 00:22:35,145 --> 00:22:35,204 Yeah. 471 00:22:35,655 --> 00:22:38,655 Because we're not in touch with how much he saved us from Yeah. 472 00:22:38,985 --> 00:22:40,124 We're not realizing it. 473 00:22:40,124 --> 00:22:42,105 We're not recognizing it, we're not seeing it. 474 00:22:42,105 --> 00:22:45,615 And so we don't have this overflow, man, I gotta share this. 475 00:22:45,914 --> 00:22:47,204 I've been forgiven of so much. 476 00:22:47,204 --> 00:22:47,905 I've gotta share it. 477 00:22:48,525 --> 00:22:49,334 I gotta spread it. 478 00:22:49,334 --> 00:22:51,374 I need my friends to know about this. 479 00:22:51,914 --> 00:22:53,624 And so we lack that compassion. 480 00:22:54,374 --> 00:22:55,605 We lack that zeal. 481 00:22:56,445 --> 00:22:56,624 You know? 482 00:22:56,624 --> 00:23:00,374 I think this can also lead to a lack of compassion that causes us to 483 00:23:00,374 --> 00:23:05,834 start pointing our fingers at maybe other churches or other people who 484 00:23:05,834 --> 00:23:07,264 are trying to live a life of Christ. 485 00:23:07,949 --> 00:23:09,839 And we start pointing to them and start saying, man, they're 486 00:23:09,839 --> 00:23:11,789 not living out true discipleship. 487 00:23:11,789 --> 00:23:15,989 And we start judging them all, just like the Pharisees do. 488 00:23:16,279 --> 00:23:16,769 Okay. 489 00:23:18,179 --> 00:23:18,569 All right. 490 00:23:18,839 --> 00:23:20,009 That lacks compassion. 491 00:23:20,039 --> 00:23:22,049 Who are we to start judging other churches? 492 00:23:22,054 --> 00:23:22,859 You guys with me? 493 00:23:22,919 --> 00:23:23,409 Okay. 494 00:23:23,489 --> 00:23:24,539 That's not our job. 495 00:23:24,539 --> 00:23:25,589 That's up to God. 496 00:23:25,594 --> 00:23:25,809 Mm-hmm. 497 00:23:27,929 --> 00:23:31,589 We cannot become arrogant like the Pharisees and think we're the only 498 00:23:31,589 --> 00:23:33,029 holy ones brothers and sisters. 499 00:23:33,029 --> 00:23:33,119 Mm-hmm. 500 00:23:33,839 --> 00:23:37,859 . We've gotta have the compassion and recognize our own sin. 501 00:23:38,249 --> 00:23:41,729 You know, another problem with not understanding how much we've been really 502 00:23:41,734 --> 00:23:43,379 forgiven of is we can get critical. 503 00:23:43,459 --> 00:23:43,949 Yeah. 504 00:23:44,249 --> 00:23:46,919 And when we get critical, this leads to becoming judgmental. 505 00:23:46,979 --> 00:23:47,469 Yeah. 506 00:23:48,419 --> 00:23:50,429 Criticalness leads to being judgmental. 507 00:23:50,429 --> 00:23:54,719 And so some of us can become critical of the very own church that 508 00:23:54,724 --> 00:23:56,369 has helped you learn about Jesus. 509 00:23:56,699 --> 00:23:56,819 Okay. 510 00:23:57,869 --> 00:24:01,499 And this leads to us being judgmental towards others in the church. 511 00:24:01,504 --> 00:24:01,869 Alright. 512 00:24:03,719 --> 00:24:05,819 You know, being critical towards the church. 513 00:24:06,509 --> 00:24:10,319 Or maybe the leaders in the church or certain practices we do in the church. 514 00:24:10,319 --> 00:24:14,369 It shows a lack of humility and empathy for those that are really 515 00:24:14,369 --> 00:24:16,049 trying to build God's church. 516 00:24:16,650 --> 00:24:16,770 Amen. 517 00:24:17,489 --> 00:24:18,749 We can't be critical. 518 00:24:19,799 --> 00:24:22,980 Criticalness does not lead to anything good. 519 00:24:22,984 --> 00:24:23,249 Yeah. 520 00:24:23,579 --> 00:24:28,560 There's a healthy type of criticalness, but I'm talking about the unhealthy. 521 00:24:28,709 --> 00:24:32,279 I'm talking about the the prideful criticalness where it's, man, 522 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:33,569 look at all the problems here. 523 00:24:35,279 --> 00:24:37,560 We can't be like John Mayer waiting on the world to change. 524 00:24:37,565 --> 00:24:40,560 We gotta be proactive and help things change. 525 00:24:40,619 --> 00:24:41,159 Amen. 526 00:24:41,419 --> 00:24:41,909 Amen. 527 00:24:42,029 --> 00:24:43,289 He just sits there and waits. 528 00:24:43,289 --> 00:24:45,869 It's all the songs about, I'm waiting on the world to change. 529 00:24:46,589 --> 00:24:47,999 He ain't doing nothing about it. 530 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:49,379 Let's not be like that. 531 00:24:49,509 --> 00:24:49,869 Amen. 532 00:24:50,219 --> 00:24:50,709 Amen. 533 00:24:51,219 --> 00:24:56,969 Okay, so the real Jesus brothers and sisters, he, he forgives those who know 534 00:24:56,975 --> 00:25:03,029 they need forgiveness, and so let's imitate the humility of this woman who 535 00:25:03,029 --> 00:25:04,980 knew she needed the mercy of Jesus. 536 00:25:04,980 --> 00:25:05,459 This. 537 00:25:05,730 --> 00:25:07,169 Let's imitate that example. 538 00:25:07,169 --> 00:25:12,150 Let's recognize that with our lives and a few action steps as we close out 539 00:25:13,169 --> 00:25:17,310 Prayer for the week is I want us to ask God to reveal the ways that you 540 00:25:17,310 --> 00:25:19,259 can welcome interruption in your life. 541 00:25:20,250 --> 00:25:23,730 Start asking God, what are the ways I'm, what are the opportunities I'm missing? 542 00:25:24,750 --> 00:25:25,770 Please show them to me. 543 00:25:25,770 --> 00:25:26,940 Please help me understand them. 544 00:25:26,940 --> 00:25:30,240 Help me see the ways that I can welcome this interruption. 545 00:25:31,679 --> 00:25:36,160 And an action step is I want us to ask a trusted friend, what are the 546 00:25:36,165 --> 00:25:38,850 ways that I can grow in my humility? 547 00:25:40,799 --> 00:25:42,299 Come on, let's get some help in our lives. 548 00:25:42,299 --> 00:25:44,219 So let's get some vulnerability in our lives. 549 00:25:44,219 --> 00:25:44,940 So let's ask, man. 550 00:25:46,259 --> 00:25:46,560 All right. 551 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:47,520 I know I'm not perfect. 552 00:25:47,940 --> 00:25:49,530 What do I need to do to be more humble? 553 00:25:49,530 --> 00:25:53,610 How can I implement this idea of being poor and spirit into my life? 554 00:25:54,060 --> 00:25:55,799 What do you see in my character? 555 00:25:56,219 --> 00:25:56,700 Amen. 556 00:25:58,020 --> 00:26:01,350 So brothers and sisters, we're gonna in a few moments here, take communion together. 557 00:26:02,895 --> 00:26:04,155 Hopefully you can write these down. 558 00:26:04,155 --> 00:26:05,565 Take picture, whatever you gotta do. 559 00:26:05,625 --> 00:26:10,304 But as we close out and take commune, I want us to remember that disciples 560 00:26:10,304 --> 00:26:13,094 of the real Jesus welcome interruption. 561 00:26:13,995 --> 00:26:17,025 If you wanna be a world changer like Jesus, let's welcome 562 00:26:17,025 --> 00:26:18,705 interruption in our lives. 563 00:26:19,304 --> 00:26:23,264 And let's also remember that disciples of the real Jesus recognize their 564 00:26:23,264 --> 00:26:29,325 need for forgiveness and how the cross is what makes this possible. 565 00:26:29,330 --> 00:26:29,655 Amen. 566 00:26:29,755 --> 00:26:30,245 Amen. 567 00:26:30,375 --> 00:26:31,125 Let's say a word of prayer. 568 00:26:33,615 --> 00:26:35,655 Lord, thank you so much for this morning. 569 00:26:35,715 --> 00:26:41,325 Thank you so much for your son Jesus, to be able to see how he interacts with 570 00:26:41,325 --> 00:26:47,655 people, to see how he takes the moment and the time to be interrupted and 571 00:26:47,655 --> 00:26:53,355 welcome that, and value that and value others above himself is what the, the 572 00:26:53,355 --> 00:26:56,865 Bible, uh, says that he values others. 573 00:26:57,465 --> 00:27:00,165 He made himself nothing by becoming a servant. 574 00:27:01,860 --> 00:27:05,400 And God, I pray that as we reflect on the cross, as we reflect on the 575 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:10,889 communion right now, Lord, that you help us to connect with this idea of 576 00:27:10,889 --> 00:27:13,289 realizing our need for forgiveness. 577 00:27:14,429 --> 00:27:18,629 God, I know as a, as a young man who's grown up in the church, 578 00:27:18,629 --> 00:27:20,280 it's hard sometimes to see that. 579 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,730 It's hard to, but Lord, I know I need it. 580 00:27:23,940 --> 00:27:28,589 I know all of us need it because Jesus came here not for one, but for all. 581 00:27:29,310 --> 00:27:33,179 And God, I pray that as we take the community, we can remember that as 582 00:27:33,179 --> 00:27:40,020 disciples, we're called to love you with all of our heart, all of our mind, all 583 00:27:40,020 --> 00:27:41,520 of our soul, and all of our strength. 584 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:45,329 And remember that the grace that you've shown us through the cross 585 00:27:47,669 --> 00:27:49,980 is the best gift we could ever get. 586 00:27:50,730 --> 00:27:51,419 We love you. 587 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:52,169 We thank you. 588 00:27:52,289 --> 00:27:53,160 In Jesus name I pray. 589 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:53,669 Amen.