1 00:00:00,050 --> 00:00:01,370 Well, good morning everybody. 2 00:00:01,375 --> 00:00:02,720 How we doing this morning? 3 00:00:06,860 --> 00:00:12,019 My name is Kyle Landsbury and along with my wife Jasmine Landsbury, we help 4 00:00:12,019 --> 00:00:14,720 lead our college ministry here in oc, 5 00:00:18,380 --> 00:00:20,780 getting some, some love from them right now. 6 00:00:20,780 --> 00:00:21,559 That's awesome. 7 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:26,240 Well, before I start, I gotta preface I'm a little discouraged this 8 00:00:26,240 --> 00:00:34,460 morning because I was at that UCLA USC game and my dad is a UCLA brew. 9 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:37,950 And it was a heartbreaker for ucla. 10 00:00:37,950 --> 00:00:40,350 All right, sc they got the win. 11 00:00:40,380 --> 00:00:41,430 It was a great game. 12 00:00:41,430 --> 00:00:44,820 My voice is a little scratchy cuz I was out there screaming and jumping. 13 00:00:44,820 --> 00:00:45,840 It was a lot of fun. 14 00:00:46,110 --> 00:00:47,370 Um, great memory. 15 00:00:47,370 --> 00:00:48,000 A lot of fun. 16 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,340 And you know, Marcel, happy for you bro. 17 00:00:50,345 --> 00:00:55,790 I know you've been waiting a long time for sc to be good again, so for you. 18 00:00:55,795 --> 00:00:56,190 Yeah. 19 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:59,880 So we're getting some feedback here still. 20 00:00:59,990 --> 00:01:00,540 I, I think. 21 00:01:00,690 --> 00:01:04,890 Um, but anyways guys, it's great to be with you all this morning. 22 00:01:04,890 --> 00:01:08,970 I hope you guys are doing well and, um, you know, we're gonna be continuing our 23 00:01:08,975 --> 00:01:12,539 Belong Believe become theme here together. 24 00:01:12,545 --> 00:01:16,190 And today we're gonna be talking about becoming an overcomer. 25 00:01:16,220 --> 00:01:16,710 Okay? 26 00:01:16,710 --> 00:01:16,980 All right. 27 00:01:16,980 --> 00:01:18,590 Becoming an overcomer. 28 00:01:18,590 --> 00:01:20,130 Let's see if this clicker works. 29 00:01:20,190 --> 00:01:23,460 Oh, Jacob already did it. 30 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:25,289 All right. 31 00:01:25,350 --> 00:01:25,710 There we go. 32 00:01:25,710 --> 00:01:26,160 It's up there. 33 00:01:26,460 --> 00:01:29,370 Sorry, we don't have monitors up here, so I can't see my slides, 34 00:01:29,370 --> 00:01:30,750 so you have to bear with me there. 35 00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:34,740 But, um, you know, I wanna start off this morning by asking you a question. 36 00:01:34,830 --> 00:01:35,820 Very simple question. 37 00:01:35,850 --> 00:01:36,360 Okay. 38 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:39,780 Do you believe that you can overcome? 39 00:01:39,930 --> 00:01:40,420 Okay. 40 00:01:42,509 --> 00:01:42,840 All right. 41 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:44,460 Some of us are saying yes. 42 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:47,430 Do you believe that you can overcome? 43 00:01:47,460 --> 00:01:49,380 It's a good question to think about. 44 00:01:49,620 --> 00:01:53,360 You know, I wanna share a story with you all before we jump into the scriptures 45 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:58,350 this morning that I found that I thought was really impactful for me and just 46 00:01:58,650 --> 00:02:00,539 as far as perspective is concerned. 47 00:02:00,870 --> 00:02:02,070 And I wanna start off here. 48 00:02:02,070 --> 00:02:05,340 It says, A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. 49 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:12,180 He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled 50 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:16,500 to force its body through the little hole at the end of the cocoon. 51 00:02:17,850 --> 00:02:20,550 Eventually the butterfly stopped making progress. 52 00:02:21,525 --> 00:02:26,805 And it appeared as if it had gone as far as it could and could go no farther. 53 00:02:28,125 --> 00:02:32,645 The man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and he snipped 54 00:02:33,045 --> 00:02:35,655 off the remaining bit of the cocoon. 55 00:02:36,825 --> 00:02:40,685 The butterfly then emerged easily, but it had a swollen 56 00:02:40,690 --> 00:02:43,695 body and small shriveled wings. 57 00:02:44,805 --> 00:02:47,655 The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that 58 00:02:47,655 --> 00:02:51,735 at any moment the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the 59 00:02:51,735 --> 00:02:54,885 body, which would contract in time. 60 00:02:55,905 --> 00:03:01,605 Neither happened in fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around 61 00:03:01,605 --> 00:03:04,575 with a swollen body and shriveled wings. 62 00:03:05,175 --> 00:03:06,855 It never was able to fly. 63 00:03:08,295 --> 00:03:12,375 What the man in his kindness and has did not understand. 64 00:03:13,019 --> 00:03:18,000 Was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly 65 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:23,340 to get through the tiny opening where nature's way of forcing fluid from the 66 00:03:23,340 --> 00:03:29,039 body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once 67 00:03:29,039 --> 00:03:31,800 it achieved its freedom from the cocoon. 68 00:03:33,420 --> 00:03:38,280 You know, sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in life. 69 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:42,000 If nature allowed us to go through our life without any 70 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,119 obstacles, it would cripple us. 71 00:03:45,990 --> 00:03:48,809 We would not be as strong as what we could have been. 72 00:03:48,900 --> 00:03:53,940 And we too, like the butterfly could never fly Brothers and sisters. 73 00:03:53,940 --> 00:03:57,750 This morning we're gonna be talking about overcoming challenges and 74 00:03:57,750 --> 00:04:01,769 obstacles, and I wanna share that it's an essential part of our lives 75 00:04:01,775 --> 00:04:06,210 as humans, but it's also an essential piece of our spiritual walk with God. 76 00:04:06,215 --> 00:04:06,720 Amen. 77 00:04:07,409 --> 00:04:09,510 That we too have to overcome. 78 00:04:10,395 --> 00:04:12,105 Obstacles and challenges in our lives. 79 00:04:12,105 --> 00:04:16,575 And so today we're gonna look at an example of an overcomer in the Bible. 80 00:04:16,635 --> 00:04:17,144 Amen. 81 00:04:17,894 --> 00:04:19,995 And before we jump into that, I'm gonna say a word of prayer. 82 00:04:20,024 --> 00:04:20,475 Let's pray. 83 00:04:22,215 --> 00:04:25,695 Lord, thank you so much for this morning, this chance to come together 84 00:04:25,700 --> 00:04:29,805 to be able to look at your word, to be able to worship and fellowship 85 00:04:30,495 --> 00:04:31,905 with my brothers and sisters. 86 00:04:32,715 --> 00:04:36,915 God, I pray that as we look at the story of the apostle Peter, as we look at 87 00:04:36,915 --> 00:04:42,885 his life and the example that he lived, that we can imitate, the way that he 88 00:04:42,885 --> 00:04:48,195 overcame, the way that he relied on you, the way that he turned to you in times 89 00:04:48,195 --> 00:04:50,705 of struggle and times of obstacles. 90 00:04:50,710 --> 00:04:52,365 He turned to Jesus. 91 00:04:52,455 --> 00:04:56,325 And even in times when he fell, fell short and failed, you were 92 00:04:56,325 --> 00:04:57,975 still there to pick him back up. 93 00:04:58,245 --> 00:05:00,885 And God, I pray that as we look at the scriptures and apply it to our 94 00:05:00,885 --> 00:05:04,425 lives, that we too can connect with how at times we may fall short. 95 00:05:05,100 --> 00:05:08,370 We may not be able to overcome the obstacles on our own, but with 96 00:05:08,370 --> 00:05:11,160 God and his spirit, we are able. 97 00:05:11,940 --> 00:05:12,810 And Lord, we love you. 98 00:05:12,810 --> 00:05:13,590 We thank you. 99 00:05:13,620 --> 00:05:16,770 We pray for the hearts this morning as we look at your words, speak to us. 100 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:17,610 In Jesus name. 101 00:05:17,970 --> 00:05:18,300 Amen. 102 00:05:18,580 --> 00:05:19,070 Amen. 103 00:05:20,100 --> 00:05:20,430 Amen. 104 00:05:20,430 --> 00:05:21,900 Well, we're gonna look at the story of Peter. 105 00:05:21,900 --> 00:05:23,880 So before we jump into that, let me tell you a little bit about, 106 00:05:23,940 --> 00:05:25,500 a little bit about who Peter was. 107 00:05:25,500 --> 00:05:26,220 All right. 108 00:05:26,280 --> 00:05:30,360 Peter was one of Jesus' first disciples, and he became the 109 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:32,730 spokesman for the apostles. 110 00:05:32,970 --> 00:05:36,450 He was a man of faith, but he had many ups and downs. 111 00:05:37,050 --> 00:05:40,260 You know, he was also, he was a Jew from Beth Sada. 112 00:05:40,620 --> 00:05:45,630 And he never made the cut to be chosen by a Jewish rabbi to follow. 113 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:46,620 Right. 114 00:05:46,650 --> 00:05:49,470 And that time it, it was a part of the culture that if you were a Jew, 115 00:05:49,470 --> 00:05:52,920 you would study the Torah and that the, the rabbi would eventually pick 116 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:55,120 the best students to come follow him. 117 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:57,480 And he didn't get picked. 118 00:05:57,990 --> 00:06:02,280 Rather, he had to go and learn his father's trade, which was fishing. 119 00:06:02,700 --> 00:06:03,960 He became a fisherman. 120 00:06:05,295 --> 00:06:10,305 . So some would say that Peter was maybe an unschooled ordinary man, right? 121 00:06:10,305 --> 00:06:12,405 We've heard of that before for some of us. 122 00:06:13,305 --> 00:06:17,505 But what we see throughout the life of Peter is he had to experience some 123 00:06:17,510 --> 00:06:23,205 difficult moments in his life in order to become an overcomer for Christ. 124 00:06:23,235 --> 00:06:23,655 Amen. 125 00:06:23,825 --> 00:06:24,315 Yeah. 126 00:06:24,405 --> 00:06:25,905 So what we're gonna do is a little different today. 127 00:06:25,905 --> 00:06:28,185 We're gonna go through a timeline of Peter's life. 128 00:06:28,185 --> 00:06:28,695 All right? 129 00:06:28,725 --> 00:06:30,225 So I made this slide here. 130 00:06:30,285 --> 00:06:31,725 I don't know if it's okay. 131 00:06:31,755 --> 00:06:32,175 There we go. 132 00:06:32,180 --> 00:06:35,055 So I made this slide, and we're gonna go and break down some key 133 00:06:35,055 --> 00:06:38,985 moments that I feel that really explain the story of Peter. 134 00:06:38,985 --> 00:06:39,555 Okay? 135 00:06:39,885 --> 00:06:44,085 The first here is when he first gets called, and the top left there 136 00:06:44,145 --> 00:06:46,095 in Mark chapter one, verse 16. 137 00:06:46,095 --> 00:06:47,565 If you want to turn there, go for it. 138 00:06:47,685 --> 00:06:51,915 It reads, as Jesus walked beside the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his 139 00:06:51,915 --> 00:06:55,605 brother Andrew, casting Annette into the lake for they were fishermen. 140 00:06:56,145 --> 00:06:57,555 Come follow me. 141 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:01,275 Jesus said, and I will send you out to fish for people. 142 00:07:02,100 --> 00:07:04,410 At once they left their nets and followed him. 143 00:07:05,910 --> 00:07:09,270 So what happens here is Peter has been waiting his whole life 144 00:07:09,270 --> 00:07:15,210 to be called by a rabbi, and he gets called by the perfect rabbi. 145 00:07:15,300 --> 00:07:17,760 Jesus, the son of God. 146 00:07:18,059 --> 00:07:21,690 How amazing it is that Jesus calls Peter, right? 147 00:07:21,690 --> 00:07:22,320 We see that. 148 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:25,170 And at this time his name wasn't Peter, yet it was Simon. 149 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:27,120 A little bit later. 150 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:30,450 We'll see when he comes Peter, but his name was Simon and 151 00:07:30,450 --> 00:07:31,830 Jesus calls him to fall. 152 00:07:31,835 --> 00:07:34,800 He was directly chosen by Christ. 153 00:07:35,820 --> 00:07:40,770 Many of us in here actually, in fact, all of us in here have been chosen by Christ. 154 00:07:40,770 --> 00:07:41,308 Amen. 155 00:07:41,539 --> 00:07:42,030 Amen. 156 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:46,530 So we see this is an amazing start to the story of of Peter Simon Peter. 157 00:07:46,770 --> 00:07:48,360 He's getting called by Jesus. 158 00:07:48,420 --> 00:07:51,450 He's like, oh my gosh, I'm gonna go, I've been waiting for this my whole life. 159 00:07:51,450 --> 00:07:55,140 He drops his nets, he goes and he follows Jesus at once. 160 00:07:55,140 --> 00:07:58,409 It says he left his nets and he followed Jesus. 161 00:07:58,620 --> 00:07:59,520 And then we see. 162 00:08:00,465 --> 00:08:02,954 . And the second part here, and the second part of the timeline, he's 163 00:08:02,954 --> 00:08:04,545 given the keys to the kingdom. 164 00:08:04,545 --> 00:08:08,265 So, so sometime goes by he, he's walking with Jesus, he's 165 00:08:08,265 --> 00:08:10,305 living his life following Jesus. 166 00:08:10,305 --> 00:08:13,635 Jesus is teaching and training and preaching, and he's learning. 167 00:08:13,695 --> 00:08:17,235 And then one day he comes up to Peter or he actually comes to the apostles 168 00:08:17,235 --> 00:08:19,184 and he asks them, who do they say I am? 169 00:08:19,875 --> 00:08:20,295 Who does? 170 00:08:20,325 --> 00:08:21,885 Who do the people think I am? 171 00:08:22,965 --> 00:08:28,035 And he goes to Peter in verse 15 of Matthew 16, he says, but what about you? 172 00:08:28,035 --> 00:08:30,225 He asked, who do you say I am? 173 00:08:30,885 --> 00:08:36,534 Simon Peter answered, you are the Messiah, the Son of the living God. 174 00:08:37,304 --> 00:08:41,203 Jesus replied, blessed are you Simon's son, Jonah, for this 175 00:08:41,203 --> 00:08:45,345 was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my father in. 176 00:08:45,885 --> 00:08:48,855 It and I tell you that you are Peter. 177 00:08:48,885 --> 00:08:50,055 This is where he gets his name. 178 00:08:50,235 --> 00:08:55,515 And on this rock, I will build my church and the gates of 179 00:08:55,515 --> 00:08:56,775 Hades will not overcome it. 180 00:08:56,835 --> 00:08:59,625 I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. 181 00:08:59,745 --> 00:09:02,025 Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven. 182 00:09:02,030 --> 00:09:04,275 Whatever you loose on earth will be loose in heaven. 183 00:09:04,455 --> 00:09:09,315 Then he ordered his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah. 184 00:09:10,425 --> 00:09:12,795 You know, we see in this moment, this is a high moment for Peter. 185 00:09:12,795 --> 00:09:14,025 This is an amazing time. 186 00:09:14,025 --> 00:09:16,425 Think of the times in your life when you have a spiritual high where you're 187 00:09:16,425 --> 00:09:18,495 like, oh my gosh, God is blessing me. 188 00:09:18,885 --> 00:09:20,565 God is doing so much in my life. 189 00:09:20,570 --> 00:09:21,705 He is taking care of me. 190 00:09:21,825 --> 00:09:24,885 And we see that Peter comes here and somehow he gets it right. 191 00:09:24,885 --> 00:09:25,305 Right. 192 00:09:25,365 --> 00:09:29,655 Some of them are saying, oh, maybe you're a prophet, maybe you're something else. 193 00:09:29,715 --> 00:09:31,245 But he is like, who do you say I am? 194 00:09:31,935 --> 00:09:33,825 And Peter's like, you're the Messiah. 195 00:09:35,055 --> 00:09:35,715 Bingo. 196 00:09:35,715 --> 00:09:36,735 Peter got it right. 197 00:09:36,740 --> 00:09:39,495 He hit the nail on the head. 198 00:09:40,485 --> 00:09:41,595 He got it right. 199 00:09:42,405 --> 00:09:43,275 And what did you just say? 200 00:09:43,275 --> 00:09:45,255 He says, I'm gonna build my church. 201 00:09:45,645 --> 00:09:48,945 On this rock, he proclaims that Jesus is a Messiah. 202 00:09:48,945 --> 00:09:54,435 And then Jesus gives him the name Peter and the keys to the kingdom of God. 203 00:09:54,435 --> 00:09:55,365 Isn't that amazing? 204 00:09:56,145 --> 00:09:59,445 So, so far, we already see two amazing moments with Peter in his life. 205 00:09:59,505 --> 00:10:01,965 He gets called by Jesus to follow him. 206 00:10:02,025 --> 00:10:02,655 Awesome. 207 00:10:02,805 --> 00:10:05,925 And then he gets the right answer that nobody could get. 208 00:10:05,985 --> 00:10:08,745 And he's proclaiming Jesus is the Messiah, the Savior. 209 00:10:09,945 --> 00:10:11,385 And Jesus is like, that's it. 210 00:10:11,385 --> 00:10:11,955 You got it. 211 00:10:12,405 --> 00:10:14,955 I'm gonna build my church on this rock. 212 00:10:16,065 --> 00:10:24,255 But then we see something happen after three years of following Jesus, walking 213 00:10:24,255 --> 00:10:28,275 with him every day, being close to him. 214 00:10:28,275 --> 00:10:32,475 We see what probably Peter's biggest blemish in his life 215 00:10:32,475 --> 00:10:34,515 is in spiritual walk, right? 216 00:10:34,515 --> 00:10:36,645 And many of us have heard of this moment. 217 00:10:36,645 --> 00:10:41,895 Let's turn to Matthew 26 for 69. 218 00:10:42,565 --> 00:10:43,385 I'm so proud. 219 00:10:45,475 --> 00:10:51,075 It says, now, Peter was sitting out in the courtyard and a servant girl came to him. 220 00:10:51,945 --> 00:10:53,955 You also were with Jesus of Galilee. 221 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:57,345 She said, but he denied it before them all. 222 00:10:57,405 --> 00:10:58,965 I don't know what you're talking about. 223 00:10:58,995 --> 00:11:04,335 He said, then he went out to the gateway where another servant girl saw 224 00:11:04,335 --> 00:11:09,645 him and said to the people there, this fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth. 225 00:11:10,095 --> 00:11:11,175 He denied it again with an oath. 226 00:11:11,205 --> 00:11:12,855 I don't know the man. 227 00:11:14,445 --> 00:11:17,985 After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter and said, 228 00:11:18,045 --> 00:11:19,245 surely you were one of them. 229 00:11:19,245 --> 00:11:21,135 Your accent, it gives you away. 230 00:11:21,885 --> 00:11:24,825 Then he began to call, call down curses, and he sorted them. 231 00:11:24,915 --> 00:11:29,085 I don't know the man, and immediately a rooster crow. 232 00:11:29,265 --> 00:11:33,765 Then Peter remembered the words, Jesus had spoken before. 233 00:11:33,765 --> 00:11:34,545 The rooster crows. 234 00:11:34,545 --> 00:11:39,105 You will disown me three times, and he went outside and wept bitterly. 235 00:11:40,995 --> 00:11:46,305 You know what I find the most interesting about this is that we 236 00:11:46,305 --> 00:11:49,755 see these high moments in Peter's life, these spiritual highs. 237 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:51,675 He's calling Jesus the Messiah. 238 00:11:51,795 --> 00:11:54,825 He's being told the church is gonna get built on you. 239 00:11:55,005 --> 00:11:59,805 You're gonna be one of the main leaders to, I don't even know the man. 240 00:12:03,075 --> 00:12:07,425 Imagine the shame he may have felt in that moment. 241 00:12:08,925 --> 00:12:15,195 Imagine the, the betrayal that he just portrayed. 242 00:12:16,935 --> 00:12:20,145 This is a low moment, this is a weak point. 243 00:12:21,615 --> 00:12:25,485 You know, he denied Jesus at Christ's most difficult time. 244 00:12:26,475 --> 00:12:33,435 Just before the cross, we see that Peter gave into his fear and gave 245 00:12:33,435 --> 00:12:35,775 up on Jesus in this low moment. 246 00:12:37,260 --> 00:12:38,010 brothers and sisters. 247 00:12:38,010 --> 00:12:40,170 Let's take a moment to think of the times where we may 248 00:12:40,170 --> 00:12:41,909 have gave in, given into fear. 249 00:12:44,130 --> 00:12:44,909 In what ways? 250 00:12:44,909 --> 00:12:47,880 Maybe you have given up on your faith this morning. 251 00:12:49,649 --> 00:12:52,439 Think of the times where, man, you, you may have fallen 252 00:12:52,439 --> 00:12:54,149 short or you made a mistake. 253 00:12:55,149 --> 00:12:58,631 Maybe there's things in your life where you're, you're lacking a 254 00:12:58,636 --> 00:13:00,510 lot of faith, and, man, God, I don't know what you're doing. 255 00:13:00,510 --> 00:13:01,920 I don't know how this is gonna happen. 256 00:13:03,810 --> 00:13:06,869 Maybe for some of us, for some of the parents, it's, it's some of our kids' 257 00:13:06,869 --> 00:13:11,430 faith that we've been praying for so long, we've been asking God for so long, and 258 00:13:11,430 --> 00:13:13,560 that the, the answer has not yet come. 259 00:13:14,819 --> 00:13:17,159 Or maybe for some it's our spouse's faith. 260 00:13:17,159 --> 00:13:20,550 Maybe some of our spouses in here are not faithful to Christ in this 261 00:13:20,550 --> 00:13:24,239 moment, but we're asking, God, please. 262 00:13:27,060 --> 00:13:31,050 Or maybe some of us it's financial struggles that we just can't get 263 00:13:31,050 --> 00:13:34,560 over the hump, or we're in debt, or we're trying to fight through some. 264 00:13:34,995 --> 00:13:41,625 Financial issue, or maybe for some of us, we've given up on our own faith 265 00:13:41,685 --> 00:13:47,715 that maybe God is not gonna use me anymore, that it's been too long. 266 00:13:48,135 --> 00:13:51,075 There's no glory left for me to share with God. 267 00:13:51,255 --> 00:13:55,245 There's no opportunity for me to actually give and serve God. 268 00:13:55,515 --> 00:13:56,445 And we've lost faith. 269 00:13:56,445 --> 00:14:00,345 We've given up hope that God can still do something with us. 270 00:14:00,855 --> 00:14:02,505 We've been overcome by fear. 271 00:14:02,505 --> 00:14:10,845 Some of us brothers and sisters, Peter was in the same spot in a low point. 272 00:14:10,875 --> 00:14:11,625 He denied. 273 00:14:11,630 --> 00:14:13,395 You said, I don't even know the man 274 00:14:16,845 --> 00:14:23,115 but one thing I love to see here is that in order to become an overcomer, we 275 00:14:23,115 --> 00:14:25,785 must follow the one who overcame death. 276 00:14:26,325 --> 00:14:26,415 Right? 277 00:14:26,925 --> 00:14:27,415 Amen. 278 00:14:27,485 --> 00:14:27,975 Amen. 279 00:14:30,090 --> 00:14:31,109 Did I say that right? 280 00:14:31,260 --> 00:14:31,319 Yeah. 281 00:14:32,130 --> 00:14:39,119 In order to become an overcomer, we must follow the one who overcame death. 282 00:14:40,109 --> 00:14:47,970 In this moment, Jesus hadn't died and resurrected yet guys, we live in 283 00:14:47,970 --> 00:14:52,680 a time where we know Jesus died and overcame death on a cross for our sins. 284 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:53,670 Isn't that amazing? 285 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:53,880 Amen. 286 00:14:54,119 --> 00:14:57,600 Jesus is the one who can help us to overcome. 287 00:14:58,199 --> 00:15:01,920 He helps Peter to overcome and as we continue looking at the life of 288 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:05,220 Peter, even though he was in a low moment, even though he really blew 289 00:15:05,220 --> 00:15:08,609 it and really made a mistake, we see that his life takes a different 290 00:15:08,609 --> 00:15:10,989 trajectory cuz he chooses to overcome. 291 00:15:10,994 --> 00:15:11,430 Amen. 292 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:14,970 He chooses to follow Christ, but Christ gives him an opportunity. 293 00:15:14,970 --> 00:15:17,520 And so we're gonna continue in the timeline here and we're gonna look 294 00:15:17,524 --> 00:15:19,710 at when Jesus reinstates Peter. 295 00:15:19,770 --> 00:15:20,390 All right. 296 00:15:20,449 --> 00:15:21,069 All right. 297 00:15:21,270 --> 00:15:23,609 Turn with me to John 21 verse 15. 298 00:15:23,614 --> 00:15:23,829 Come. 299 00:15:25,650 --> 00:15:28,470 There reads, when they had finished eating, Jesus said to 300 00:15:28,470 --> 00:15:33,900 Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these? 301 00:15:34,950 --> 00:15:35,640 Yes, Lord. 302 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:37,230 He said, you know that I love you. 303 00:15:38,070 --> 00:15:41,250 Jesus said, we'll, feed my lambs again. 304 00:15:41,255 --> 00:15:43,830 Jesus said, Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me? 305 00:15:44,730 --> 00:15:46,050 He answered, yes, Lord. 306 00:15:46,050 --> 00:15:48,000 You know that I love you. 307 00:15:48,510 --> 00:15:50,250 Jesus said, take care of my sheep. 308 00:15:51,030 --> 00:15:56,280 The third time he said to him, Simon, son of John, do you love me? 309 00:15:57,210 --> 00:16:00,930 And Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, do you love me? 310 00:16:01,770 --> 00:16:03,360 He said, Lord, you know all things. 311 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:05,310 You know that I love you. 312 00:16:05,940 --> 00:16:08,940 Jesus said, feed my sheep. 313 00:16:11,820 --> 00:16:16,050 Some context to the scripture, Peter had actually gone back out fishing. 314 00:16:17,190 --> 00:16:20,790 Peter had gone back to what he originally was doing before he was called by Christ. 315 00:16:20,790 --> 00:16:23,700 He went back to his old way and was fishing. 316 00:16:24,239 --> 00:16:28,440 And then Jesus comes up to him after dying and raising from the dead. 317 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:31,590 He appears to him and says, Peter, what are you doing? 318 00:16:31,590 --> 00:16:35,280 Come, let's have some breakfast, and they have a meal together. 319 00:16:35,310 --> 00:16:37,199 Good things happen when we eat meals together. 320 00:16:37,199 --> 00:16:39,449 All right, brothers and sisters, let's remember that. 321 00:16:39,780 --> 00:16:42,000 All right, rusty, I know that's Rusty's love language right there. 322 00:16:42,930 --> 00:16:44,970 Good things happen at the dinner table. 323 00:16:47,340 --> 00:16:50,159 And then Peter and Jesus have this conversation, this 324 00:16:50,159 --> 00:16:53,340 interaction, and they're saying, Jesus asked him, do you love me? 325 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:54,520 I find it interesting. 326 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:57,180 He asked him three times, do you love me? 327 00:16:57,180 --> 00:16:57,840 Why? 328 00:16:58,650 --> 00:16:58,949 I don't know. 329 00:16:58,949 --> 00:17:00,930 Maybe Jesus is just wanted to know. 330 00:17:00,930 --> 00:17:02,070 Maybe he's clever. 331 00:17:02,130 --> 00:17:05,790 I think it's because Peter denied him three times that it 332 00:17:05,790 --> 00:17:08,970 was a perfect picture of grace. 333 00:17:09,109 --> 00:17:09,760 Come on. 334 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:13,380 It was a perfect picture of, man, you're coming back with me. 335 00:17:14,500 --> 00:17:16,050 You, you messed up three times. 336 00:17:16,170 --> 00:17:16,739 I got you. 337 00:17:16,770 --> 00:17:18,569 I'm gonna cover you three times. 338 00:17:18,989 --> 00:17:19,800 And Jesus. 339 00:17:20,233 --> 00:17:25,665 Forgives him, reinstates him as an apostle and helps restore Peter's faith. 340 00:17:27,165 --> 00:17:29,835 The coolest thing brothers and sisters about following Christ 341 00:17:29,835 --> 00:17:31,274 is, yeah, we're gonna mess up. 342 00:17:31,364 --> 00:17:34,095 We're gonna have our flaws, we're gonna have our mistakes, but we 343 00:17:34,100 --> 00:17:36,165 have a chance to be forgiven. 344 00:17:36,795 --> 00:17:36,915 Amen. 345 00:17:37,125 --> 00:17:41,745 We have an opportunity at a new creation, the way that Peter 346 00:17:41,745 --> 00:17:43,364 was given the same opportunity. 347 00:17:43,364 --> 00:17:43,935 Amen. 348 00:17:44,064 --> 00:17:44,555 Amen. 349 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:46,274 And so now we get to look at the fun stuff. 350 00:17:46,274 --> 00:17:48,284 We get to see the repentance of Peter. 351 00:17:48,345 --> 00:17:51,765 We get to see the change in Peter's life and change in Peter's mind. 352 00:17:52,635 --> 00:17:56,715 And we look in verse or in Acts chapter two, verse 36, when he starts the church. 353 00:17:56,715 --> 00:18:00,585 Cuz remember he said that Jesus said, I wanna build my church on this rock. 354 00:18:01,005 --> 00:18:03,915 And he starts the church at Pentecost and Acts 2 36. 355 00:18:04,125 --> 00:18:06,045 He says, therefore this is Peter. 356 00:18:06,104 --> 00:18:08,444 Let all Israel be assured of this. 357 00:18:08,534 --> 00:18:13,604 God has made this Jesus whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah. 358 00:18:14,234 --> 00:18:17,205 When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said 359 00:18:17,205 --> 00:18:19,484 to Peter and the other apostles, brothers, what shall we do? 360 00:18:20,580 --> 00:18:25,380 Peter replied, repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of 361 00:18:25,380 --> 00:18:30,210 Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you'll receive 362 00:18:30,215 --> 00:18:31,860 the gift of the Holy Spirit. 363 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:37,185 The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, for 364 00:18:37,530 --> 00:18:40,950 all whom the Lord our God will call. 365 00:18:41,310 --> 00:18:44,100 The promise is for us in 2022. 366 00:18:44,100 --> 00:18:44,730 Amen. 367 00:18:44,735 --> 00:18:45,210 Amen. 368 00:18:45,300 --> 00:18:48,990 The promise is for us, and we see that Peter has this mind change, 369 00:18:48,990 --> 00:18:54,360 this repentance, this overcoming of his weakness because he chose 370 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:56,880 to accept the grace of Christ. 371 00:18:57,120 --> 00:19:01,710 He chose to follow Jesus again, and Peter preaches that Pentecost 372 00:19:01,710 --> 00:19:03,210 and we see miracles happen. 373 00:19:03,390 --> 00:19:07,050 He calls people to repent and be baptized for the forgiveness of our 374 00:19:07,055 --> 00:19:10,530 sins, and 3000 were baptized that day. 375 00:19:11,460 --> 00:19:12,360 Isn't that amazing? 376 00:19:12,660 --> 00:19:12,720 Yeah. 377 00:19:12,870 --> 00:19:16,050 3000 people decided to follow Jesus. 378 00:19:18,180 --> 00:19:19,380 So brothers and sisters. 379 00:19:20,475 --> 00:19:27,394 I wanna remind you this morning, you are chosen by Christ to overcome, okay? 380 00:19:27,734 --> 00:19:35,234 You are chosen by him, and you have a choice to either overcome or 381 00:19:35,234 --> 00:19:39,915 continue to give in to the fear or the struggles that are before you. 382 00:19:41,415 --> 00:19:44,875 And Jesus gives you the strength to overcome. 383 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:45,465 Amen. 384 00:19:46,274 --> 00:19:49,875 Jesus is the one who gives us the possibility to overcome. 385 00:19:51,255 --> 00:19:56,925 And so we're gonna close out my favorite passage and Acts four, verse seven. 386 00:19:59,745 --> 00:20:05,085 This is when Peter goes from denying Jesus up to standing before the 387 00:20:05,085 --> 00:20:09,795 Sanhedrin, which is the strongest and most powerful religious council, 388 00:20:10,335 --> 00:20:12,135 and he, they're questioning him. 389 00:20:12,194 --> 00:20:14,205 They're saying, by what power do you have this By? 390 00:20:14,505 --> 00:20:17,535 And we pick up in verse seven, it says, they had Peter and John brought before 391 00:20:17,535 --> 00:20:21,765 them and began to question them by what power or what name did you do this? 392 00:20:22,005 --> 00:20:24,285 Then Peter filled with what? 393 00:20:24,285 --> 00:20:25,995 The Holy Spirit. 394 00:20:26,865 --> 00:20:32,085 Jesus was right there with them, filled with the Holy Spirit said to them, rulers 395 00:20:32,090 --> 00:20:36,285 and elders of the people, if we are being called to account today for an act 396 00:20:36,285 --> 00:20:41,655 of kindness, shown to a man who is lame and are being asked how he was healed, 397 00:20:41,865 --> 00:20:47,445 then know this, you and all the people of Israel, it is by the name of Jesus 398 00:20:47,445 --> 00:20:52,905 Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, but whom God raised from the dead. 399 00:20:52,935 --> 00:20:55,275 That this man stands before you healed. 400 00:20:55,785 --> 00:21:02,085 Jesus is the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone and 401 00:21:02,085 --> 00:21:08,775 salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given 402 00:21:08,775 --> 00:21:11,535 to mankind, by which we must be saved. 403 00:21:13,859 --> 00:21:15,029 Isn't that powerful? 404 00:21:15,689 --> 00:21:20,460 Isn't that amazing that we see this transformation that Peter went from 405 00:21:20,460 --> 00:21:25,710 denying Jesus saying, I don't know the man to standing up and defending the gospel, 406 00:21:26,519 --> 00:21:32,220 risking his life, saying, it's no longer me living, but it's Christ living in me. 407 00:21:32,220 --> 00:21:35,949 And he goes from denying Jesus to a servant girl, to standing 408 00:21:35,955 --> 00:21:39,180 up to the highest religious court defending the gospel. 409 00:21:41,279 --> 00:21:46,500 One of the things we see back in John 21 when Jesus reinstates him is 410 00:21:46,500 --> 00:21:49,349 that Peter was broken about his sin. 411 00:21:50,399 --> 00:21:55,470 Peter realized, wow, I've, I've stooped solo. 412 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:57,300 I've fallen so short. 413 00:21:58,949 --> 00:22:00,180 And he decided to repent. 414 00:22:00,870 --> 00:22:02,399 He decided to change. 415 00:22:02,639 --> 00:22:07,139 He decided to move forward to have a new view of how the world looks in his eyes. 416 00:22:07,260 --> 00:22:10,620 And it's no longer about him, but it's about Christ. 417 00:22:12,120 --> 00:22:15,880 Look what he did because he chose to change and overcome. 418 00:22:15,885 --> 00:22:18,920 Brothers and sisters come on, he chose to overcome. 419 00:22:18,925 --> 00:22:21,750 This is the difference in followers of Christ. 420 00:22:21,900 --> 00:22:23,580 When we become overcomers. 421 00:22:24,030 --> 00:22:27,900 When we become overcomers, we make impacts. 422 00:22:28,050 --> 00:22:33,450 We change the direction of the world, we change the direction of people's eternal 423 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:36,400 destinies when we choose to be overcomers. 424 00:22:37,140 --> 00:22:39,180 And that's what we see Peter did here. 425 00:22:40,170 --> 00:22:43,470 And so what we're gonna do right now is we actually have a special treat to 426 00:22:43,470 --> 00:22:47,400 be able to hear from one of the college students in our campus ministry who's 427 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:53,400 been able to overcome many things in his life and how he has chosen to put 428 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:55,960 Christ first and become an overcomer. 429 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,290 And I give you Daniel Samo, he's gonna share a little bit of his story. 430 00:23:03,630 --> 00:23:03,780 Yeah. 431 00:23:06,185 --> 00:23:07,185 Let's go Dan. 432 00:23:07,484 --> 00:23:08,355 Hello Church. 433 00:23:08,415 --> 00:23:09,315 Uh, Kyle mentioned. 434 00:23:09,315 --> 00:23:10,755 My name is Daniel Samo. 435 00:23:10,755 --> 00:23:13,265 I am a in the campus ministry. 436 00:23:13,265 --> 00:23:16,515 I actually finished school this winter, so I'm super excited about that. 437 00:23:16,574 --> 00:23:21,465 Uh, but, uh, as Kyle mentioned, I'm gonna share with you, uh, how I overcame, 438 00:23:21,525 --> 00:23:25,995 uh, a certain, uh, issue in a time of my life, which wasn't too long ago. 439 00:23:26,055 --> 00:23:29,355 Um, but closer. 440 00:23:29,835 --> 00:23:35,385 But yeah, so, uh, for me, something I had to overcome was honestly my trust, 441 00:23:35,835 --> 00:23:39,915 my trust in, you know, God's people, but more importantly my trust in God. 442 00:23:40,245 --> 00:23:42,795 And in order for me to like explain that, I feel like I would tell you 443 00:23:42,795 --> 00:23:44,085 a little bit more about my life. 444 00:23:44,085 --> 00:23:48,795 So growing up, I grew up in a church, uh, sys church in la uh, and 445 00:23:48,975 --> 00:23:52,965 something I realized at a very young age is how relational our church is. 446 00:23:54,195 --> 00:23:57,375 For those who kind of grew up in, who's like a teen or in campus now, 447 00:23:57,375 --> 00:24:01,784 like you remember those times like where people came over your house or 448 00:24:01,904 --> 00:24:03,705 you went over another uh, personality. 449 00:24:03,705 --> 00:24:05,925 Your parents just interact with their friends. 450 00:24:05,925 --> 00:24:09,045 You just see them have that deep friendship, that deep connection, that 451 00:24:09,045 --> 00:24:13,095 deep relationship where you see them pray, you see them just talk, cry together 452 00:24:13,125 --> 00:24:14,985 and something I saw that at a young age. 453 00:24:14,985 --> 00:24:17,955 I was like, wow, like for some reason I want that, you know, I want to have 454 00:24:17,955 --> 00:24:19,665 those deep relationships with people. 455 00:24:19,935 --> 00:24:22,904 And whether that was, you know, through sports on my baseball team, whether it 456 00:24:22,904 --> 00:24:26,324 was that through school friends or the church especially, like I did get those. 457 00:24:26,324 --> 00:24:30,015 And for church for example, like I had those relationships, you know, 458 00:24:30,015 --> 00:24:34,725 ever since I became a disciple back in 2014, you know, I've developed 459 00:24:34,965 --> 00:24:38,745 these strong relationships with some of the other teen guys in my life. 460 00:24:39,015 --> 00:24:40,364 So that was so encouraging. 461 00:24:40,364 --> 00:24:40,904 I was like, wow, God. 462 00:24:40,904 --> 00:24:43,995 Like I finally get all of this, like, it's amazing. 463 00:24:44,385 --> 00:24:47,725 But however, you know, back in 2019, the church I was attending, we went 464 00:24:47,925 --> 00:24:49,154 through a little bit of turmoil. 465 00:24:49,530 --> 00:24:53,280 And in a place where I thought was a place to worship God, you know, with, 466 00:24:53,340 --> 00:24:57,660 with my friends and brothers and sisters turned to a place of like, choosing sides. 467 00:24:57,660 --> 00:25:01,110 Like came to a point where it was like a, a ugly divorce and I had to choose 468 00:25:01,290 --> 00:25:02,700 which parent I wanted to be with. 469 00:25:03,300 --> 00:25:05,970 And, you know, that's something I was like, wow, okay. 470 00:25:06,150 --> 00:25:07,230 Um, interesting. 471 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:11,970 But what hurt the most about that time was the fact that the, I had two very 472 00:25:11,970 --> 00:25:13,320 close friends that I call my brothers. 473 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:18,510 And the fact that they decided, you know, to leave, I, it left an empty hole 474 00:25:18,515 --> 00:25:22,470 in my heart just because, you know, I always desired that deep relationship. 475 00:25:22,770 --> 00:25:24,210 And, you know, I finally got it. 476 00:25:24,210 --> 00:25:27,570 You know, I was there with them through thick and thin, but in the end I feel 477 00:25:27,570 --> 00:25:30,690 like they left me when I most needed, when I needed them the most in my life. 478 00:25:30,690 --> 00:25:31,710 So left a hole in my heart. 479 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:32,610 So I was like, wow. 480 00:25:32,615 --> 00:25:35,580 Like that's where my mistrust in God's people kind of began. 481 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,940 And then later that year, as somebody you may know, my dad had a stroke 482 00:25:39,090 --> 00:25:41,580 and he eventually passed away. 483 00:25:42,060 --> 00:25:46,800 And I remember throughout that time, you know, um, I remember getting 484 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:50,100 those, uh, Bible scriptures, those verse of the days on the Bible app. 485 00:25:50,130 --> 00:25:55,350 And I got this one notification and it was Isaiah 41, verse 10, and it 486 00:25:55,350 --> 00:25:57,750 reads, so do not fear for I'm with you. 487 00:25:58,050 --> 00:26:02,130 You do not, uh, do not be dismayed for I'm your God. 488 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:03,930 I will strengthen you and help you. 489 00:26:04,140 --> 00:26:06,390 I would uphold you with my righteous hand. 490 00:26:07,290 --> 00:26:10,800 And just reading that, I remember throwing my phone on the ground just so angry. 491 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:13,020 I was like, God, what are you talking about? 492 00:26:13,230 --> 00:26:14,670 I do not feel strengthened by you. 493 00:26:14,670 --> 00:26:16,080 I do not feel upheld by you. 494 00:26:16,085 --> 00:26:17,400 Like, where are you? 495 00:26:17,670 --> 00:26:17,970 I do. 496 00:26:18,210 --> 00:26:22,830 And I remember just cursing to God and just, you know, throughout that time 497 00:26:22,830 --> 00:26:29,130 just really falling into sin and being entangled by it and looking back on it, 498 00:26:29,330 --> 00:26:34,560 you know, that was a time where I really started to, to drift away to a point 499 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:39,120 where I even began to question, do I even wanna continue my relationship with God? 500 00:26:39,990 --> 00:26:45,045 And you know, and then after, you know, My dad passed a few months later, we 501 00:26:45,045 --> 00:26:48,255 were quarantined and right there I was like, that's a perfect opportunity. 502 00:26:48,284 --> 00:26:52,245 You know, perfect opportunity to slip through the cracks, you know, as churches 503 00:26:52,250 --> 00:26:57,225 online, uh, not really talking to people as much, just because I'm like, you know, 504 00:26:57,225 --> 00:26:59,925 I don't, they're just gonna leave me and I'm gonna be left hurt once again. 505 00:27:00,705 --> 00:27:02,715 Uh, but for some reason I was like, you know what, like, 506 00:27:02,955 --> 00:27:03,795 let's continue doing this. 507 00:27:03,795 --> 00:27:06,524 So in August of 2020, I moved here to Orange County. 508 00:27:06,854 --> 00:27:08,475 So I was like, wow, this is awesome. 509 00:27:08,475 --> 00:27:09,495 You know, new start. 510 00:27:09,644 --> 00:27:11,595 All my problems are gonna be left in Los Angeles. 511 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:12,074 Great. 512 00:27:12,824 --> 00:27:13,364 Nope. 513 00:27:13,455 --> 00:27:14,234 Exactly. 514 00:27:14,595 --> 00:27:15,885 The problem was just followed. 515 00:27:15,885 --> 00:27:19,095 And I remember moving here one of the first few weeks, I get a phone 516 00:27:19,095 --> 00:27:20,984 call from a random phone number and I was like, who the heck? 517 00:27:21,015 --> 00:27:23,684 So I pick up the phone and it was Kyle Lundberg who called just 518 00:27:23,684 --> 00:27:26,625 saying, Hey, like, you know, we just hired him as a campus minister. 519 00:27:26,625 --> 00:27:29,774 He's called me and you know, he is trying to make small so I get to know me. 520 00:27:29,774 --> 00:27:32,745 But I was like, I'm not here for it because, you know, one, he's a leader. 521 00:27:32,745 --> 00:27:35,415 I already don't have trust in leaders and they'll own God's people. 522 00:27:35,415 --> 00:27:36,705 So I'm like, why do I wanna do this? 523 00:27:37,110 --> 00:27:40,050 And even living in the house though too, I just remember, you know, my 524 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:42,720 roommates always asking questions about my life and somehow, you know, 525 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:45,659 I'll give 'em little bits and pieces of my an like, about my life, but 526 00:27:45,659 --> 00:27:46,980 not really tell 'em the full story. 527 00:27:47,370 --> 00:27:51,510 Uh, but in one day, um, I remember being in Long Beach. 528 00:27:51,750 --> 00:27:54,779 Uh, I forgot what for, but I just remember, uh, me and my old roommate 529 00:27:54,779 --> 00:27:58,980 Chris, actually, you know, we were talking and Chris is a guy, he's interesting. 530 00:27:58,980 --> 00:27:59,400 I love him. 531 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:01,710 He always asks questions and he is always a talker. 532 00:28:01,710 --> 00:28:02,340 And I'm like, dang. 533 00:28:02,340 --> 00:28:04,350 I'm like, I don't know how I can get around this guy. 534 00:28:04,350 --> 00:28:07,770 And then he would ask questions like, for this one specific day, I just 535 00:28:07,775 --> 00:28:11,819 remember him asking questions, like just drawing my heart out more and more. 536 00:28:11,819 --> 00:28:14,640 And then eventually I just remember just breaking down and crying to him. 537 00:28:14,940 --> 00:28:18,569 And I'm so grateful for Chris and all the people here in my life because if 538 00:28:18,569 --> 00:28:21,690 it wasn't for them, honestly, like I wouldn't have gotten open about it. 539 00:28:21,694 --> 00:28:23,850 I wouldn't have gotten open about, you know, where I was 540 00:28:23,850 --> 00:28:25,650 at in my life at that time. 541 00:28:25,980 --> 00:28:30,420 Um, and you know, I'm, like I said, I'm just so grateful because after 542 00:28:30,420 --> 00:28:33,840 doing that, like I just really felt all this weight just off my shoulders. 543 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:34,650 I don't know, it's almost like. 544 00:28:35,010 --> 00:28:37,200 When you've been in sin a lot, you've been hiding it. 545 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:39,360 It's kind of like when you kind of confess it, you just feel 546 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:41,130 the weight off your shoulders. 547 00:28:41,430 --> 00:28:43,620 And that's what it felt like, honestly. 548 00:28:43,710 --> 00:28:46,440 And you know, I just started to, I remember I started to rely 549 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,440 on God more, but I also started relying on his people more. 550 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:52,530 I remember just developing those deep relationships with my roommates and 551 00:28:52,535 --> 00:28:55,740 then deep relationships with the campus ministry, and then even with some of 552 00:28:55,740 --> 00:28:57,480 the married people here too as well. 553 00:28:57,690 --> 00:29:03,460 And a scripture that, uh, you know, helped me get through that time that strengthened 554 00:29:03,460 --> 00:29:07,770 me was in second Corinthians, uh, 12 verse nine through 10, which reads, this 555 00:29:07,770 --> 00:29:11,730 is Paul Ryan, he says, but he said to me, my grace is sufficient for you, for 556 00:29:11,730 --> 00:29:14,340 my power is made perfect and weakness. 557 00:29:15,150 --> 00:29:18,480 Therefore, I will boast, uh, all the more gladly about my weakness 558 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:20,130 so that Christ power may rest on me. 559 00:29:20,490 --> 00:29:23,250 That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight and weakness and insults in 560 00:29:23,250 --> 00:29:24,960 hardships and persecution difficulties. 561 00:29:24,965 --> 00:29:27,090 For when I am weak, then I am strong. 562 00:29:28,410 --> 00:29:29,490 Isn't that amazing church? 563 00:29:30,540 --> 00:29:32,850 Just how Christ's power is with us. 564 00:29:33,255 --> 00:29:34,485 Through weakness. 565 00:29:35,205 --> 00:29:38,085 And I just remember for some reason, like, you know, whenever I was weak 566 00:29:38,085 --> 00:29:38,925 I was like, no, I'm gonna fight it. 567 00:29:38,925 --> 00:29:39,375 I'm gonna fight it. 568 00:29:39,375 --> 00:29:40,065 I'm gonna get through it. 569 00:29:40,455 --> 00:29:42,645 But you know, it didn't come about. 570 00:29:42,645 --> 00:29:45,255 You know, obviously you see how my life, you know, was back 571 00:29:45,255 --> 00:29:46,905 then going off my own strength. 572 00:29:47,325 --> 00:29:48,915 My life was not great at all. 573 00:29:49,095 --> 00:29:52,005 But then when I started relying on God more, I got to see, you know, 574 00:29:52,185 --> 00:29:55,125 through my weakness, accepting my weakness, relying on God more. 575 00:29:55,335 --> 00:29:57,945 You know, God really helped bless my life so much. 576 00:29:58,305 --> 00:30:00,975 And some of the things he blessed me, to be honest with you guys. 577 00:30:00,975 --> 00:30:04,455 Like for one, I never thought I would be in a dating relationship, right? 578 00:30:04,725 --> 00:30:07,245 But now I get to be in an awesome, godly dating relationship 579 00:30:07,245 --> 00:30:08,715 with my girlfriend, Savannah. 580 00:30:08,865 --> 00:30:11,385 And it's just so, thank you. 581 00:30:11,505 --> 00:30:11,925 Yes. 582 00:30:12,855 --> 00:30:18,225 It's just so incredible guys, just because for one, like, you know, we have 583 00:30:18,225 --> 00:30:21,015 fun, but we really get to honor God. 584 00:30:21,015 --> 00:30:23,625 He's the first person we honor at the forefront of our relationship 585 00:30:24,165 --> 00:30:25,995 because he is, he blessed me with it. 586 00:30:25,995 --> 00:30:27,375 So there's that. 587 00:30:27,375 --> 00:30:31,110 But then also, I get to have the most relational job ever, 588 00:30:31,110 --> 00:30:32,010 which I never thought I would to. 589 00:30:32,010 --> 00:30:35,850 I get to be a campus intern right now and that's been a fun time 590 00:30:35,850 --> 00:30:38,280 because like back then, if you asked me two years ago if I wanted to be 591 00:30:38,285 --> 00:30:39,780 an intern, I'll be like, no way. 592 00:30:39,810 --> 00:30:42,180 I remember Steve always asking me to do it and I'll be like, 593 00:30:42,180 --> 00:30:43,740 no, Steve, like Steve Stevenson. 594 00:30:43,745 --> 00:30:44,760 I was like, no, you're good bro. 595 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:45,210 Don't do it. 596 00:30:45,215 --> 00:30:48,810 But now I get to do it and it's been fun because now I get to, you 597 00:30:48,810 --> 00:30:51,600 know, build relationships with the people in the campus ministry, get 598 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:55,200 to be close with them, help with the, the younger, uh, campus people. 599 00:30:55,205 --> 00:30:56,400 Cuz I'm one of the older guys now. 600 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:58,560 It's kind of like, I'm always telling them like, hey, like 601 00:30:58,560 --> 00:30:59,850 don't make the same mistakes I do. 602 00:30:59,850 --> 00:31:01,470 I want you guys to, to thrive. 603 00:31:01,470 --> 00:31:01,770 Alright. 604 00:31:01,770 --> 00:31:04,170 Like, really rely on God, really love up on the people 605 00:31:04,170 --> 00:31:05,580 you have in your life right now. 606 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:10,080 Um, just because I feel like I didn't, you know, get to do that during my campus. 607 00:31:10,860 --> 00:31:15,330 Uh, but yeah, um, I know I shared a lot with you guys, but to wrap 608 00:31:15,330 --> 00:31:17,460 it all up, I'm just really proud to stand here before you day. 609 00:31:17,460 --> 00:31:21,450 Really, truly happy and content of my life where, where I am right now in my 610 00:31:21,450 --> 00:31:26,100 life, just overcoming my trust issues with, with God, with God's people. 611 00:31:26,190 --> 00:31:28,800 And if there's one thing I want you all to walk away with this 612 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:31,950 morning is if you wanna overcome whatever struggles you have, alright? 613 00:31:32,370 --> 00:31:33,390 Of course, there's the basics. 614 00:31:33,390 --> 00:31:36,660 You know, you know, dive into the word, be rooted in the word, be rooted 615 00:31:36,660 --> 00:31:38,010 in Christ, be rooted in the church. 616 00:31:38,250 --> 00:31:41,370 But there's one thing you want to do if you wanna overcome a struggle, especially 617 00:31:41,370 --> 00:31:45,840 if something in your past, like for me, is you just gotta accept your past, right? 618 00:31:46,110 --> 00:31:48,390 If you don't want to, you know, if you don't make peace with your 619 00:31:48,390 --> 00:31:51,120 past, it will never leave you and it will create your future. 620 00:31:51,569 --> 00:31:56,460 You know, just like Peter, who, you know, wasn't chosen to be a rabbi or, 621 00:31:56,520 --> 00:32:00,330 um, the fact that he denied Jesus, if he were to harp on that, he wouldn't 622 00:32:00,330 --> 00:32:03,930 have done so many great things such as, you know, preaching at the Pentecost, 623 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:07,920 calling people to repent and be baptized and having 3000 join the faith that day. 624 00:32:08,340 --> 00:32:12,540 You know, uh, overcomers know the only good time to look in the past 625 00:32:12,545 --> 00:32:13,739 is to see how far you've come. 626 00:32:14,100 --> 00:32:17,340 And just like Peter and myself, I'm proud to see how far I've overcome. 627 00:32:17,460 --> 00:32:17,850 Thank you. 628 00:32:25,199 --> 00:32:25,949 Amen. 629 00:32:26,819 --> 00:32:30,699 Appreciate you sharing Daniel and brothers and sisters, as we come to a close here. 630 00:32:31,199 --> 00:32:36,260 I want to remind us one more time here that when we rely on Christ, when we 631 00:32:36,265 --> 00:32:38,939 trust in him, we too can overcome. 632 00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:43,710 I know many of us in here have overcome so many things. 633 00:32:43,890 --> 00:32:44,010 Amen. 634 00:32:44,580 --> 00:32:47,189 And there's many heroes in the faith in this room today. 635 00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:51,870 I'm grateful for you guys that we get to look up to you. 636 00:32:51,870 --> 00:32:53,040 We gotta learn from you. 637 00:32:53,939 --> 00:32:54,870 Don't give up. 638 00:32:55,229 --> 00:32:57,630 Continue to set that example. 639 00:32:58,890 --> 00:33:04,140 And for those of us who maybe are struggling with this idea, I want you to 640 00:33:04,145 --> 00:33:10,500 examine yourself and ask yourself, are you willing to imitate Peter's example 641 00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:15,000 of overcoming not the bad stuff, right? 642 00:33:15,930 --> 00:33:21,569 But are you willing to imitate the repentance that Peter exemplify? 643 00:33:23,069 --> 00:33:23,790 Brothers and sisters? 644 00:33:23,790 --> 00:33:25,680 God gives us the chance to change. 645 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:27,689 And it's amazing when we change. 646 00:33:27,689 --> 00:33:29,130 It's, it's so fulfilling. 647 00:33:29,310 --> 00:33:33,770 And so as you think about your life this morning, are you willing to surrender 648 00:33:33,774 --> 00:33:35,890 to Christ and become an overcomer? 649 00:33:36,180 --> 00:33:36,600 Amen. 650 00:33:37,319 --> 00:33:37,529 Amen. 651 00:33:37,529 --> 00:33:37,979 Thank you guys.