1 00:00:00,050 --> 00:00:03,530 Marcel: Alright, well my name is Marcel Hall and uh, uh, with my 2 00:00:03,530 --> 00:00:06,949 wife Karina, we have the honor and privilege of being able to serve full 3 00:00:06,949 --> 00:00:12,230 time in the ministry here and just so grateful for our church family. 4 00:00:12,230 --> 00:00:16,160 So grateful for the church family that we have all across the globe, but so 5 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:19,970 grateful for the church family we have right here in North Orange County. 6 00:00:19,970 --> 00:00:23,870 As I look around, I can see certain things, uh, that I connect with certain 7 00:00:23,870 --> 00:00:28,490 people on, whether it's sports, even if we like different teams, like, you know, 8 00:00:28,490 --> 00:00:32,989 my good friend Brian over there with this LA Dodgers hat, and, and, uh, even though 9 00:00:32,989 --> 00:00:35,269 I'm an Angels fan, I, I, I still love him. 10 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:36,709 Still love him to death there. 11 00:00:36,709 --> 00:00:37,244 You know what I'm saying? 12 00:00:37,910 --> 00:00:42,230 Uh, we got, we have so many things and points of connection and, and whether it's 13 00:00:42,230 --> 00:00:45,980 been through hard times where we've cried together, where we've laughed together, 14 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:48,289 uh, or whether we've served together. 15 00:00:48,289 --> 00:00:51,019 So grateful for this spiritual family. 16 00:00:51,019 --> 00:00:54,080 So grateful for the, uh, chance that my kids have. 17 00:00:54,459 --> 00:00:59,229 To be a part of this spiritual family and to have you guys as uncles and aunties and 18 00:00:59,229 --> 00:01:01,899 older brothers and cousins to look up to. 19 00:01:01,899 --> 00:01:05,949 So thank you for, uh, being that for our family here. 20 00:01:06,309 --> 00:01:10,119 Um, we had a great time as was mentioned, that there was. 21 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:14,740 Uh, last weekend, the, uh, international Campus Ministry Conference, which 22 00:01:14,740 --> 00:01:19,449 was called Proclaim, and then we had the, uh, LA Jubilee take 23 00:01:19,449 --> 00:01:21,399 place for the rest of us there. 24 00:01:21,399 --> 00:01:24,550 And wasn't that a fantastic time? 25 00:01:24,820 --> 00:01:29,229 And so whether you were there from Wednesday, like I was, or you only made 26 00:01:29,229 --> 00:01:33,070 it on Sunday, how incredible was it again to be in there with a, a worship 27 00:01:33,070 --> 00:01:35,139 service at the Anaheim Convention Center? 28 00:01:35,139 --> 00:01:37,149 Over 5,000 people there, right. 29 00:01:37,670 --> 00:01:40,609 I mean, that was so, it was so cool driving up and seeing, you know, the 30 00:01:40,609 --> 00:01:42,560 name on the Anaheim Convention Center. 31 00:01:42,710 --> 00:01:44,300 It's like, that's my church right there. 32 00:01:45,500 --> 00:01:47,329 I even fired up about stuff like that. 33 00:01:47,329 --> 00:01:49,070 I'm like, disciples are in the building. 34 00:01:49,070 --> 00:01:49,970 You know what I'm saying? 35 00:01:50,419 --> 00:01:53,630 And so it was so encouraging, so uplifting. 36 00:01:53,900 --> 00:01:57,889 Uh, I know personally for me, minister to my soul, being able to see friends 37 00:01:58,100 --> 00:02:02,030 for many years and being able to connect friends I haven't seen in years and 38 00:02:02,300 --> 00:02:04,039 being able to connect right on the spot. 39 00:02:04,505 --> 00:02:08,945 And just being able to, uh, remember and think about the connection that 40 00:02:08,945 --> 00:02:13,175 we have and how we've helped each other to stay faithful in Christ. 41 00:02:13,175 --> 00:02:17,915 And so it was a fantastic time and it was so cool to have, uh, uh, college 42 00:02:17,915 --> 00:02:18,906 students from all across the country. 43 00:02:20,030 --> 00:02:25,250 Uh, as well being able to, uh, be inspired and all of us in LA Church and 44 00:02:25,250 --> 00:02:27,950 Pacific Southwest to be inspired by God. 45 00:02:28,070 --> 00:02:30,860 And I know God ministered to many of us and he ministered 46 00:02:30,860 --> 00:02:32,420 to me through the messages. 47 00:02:32,420 --> 00:02:35,960 I know I'm inspired, uh, to be a better, a better father. 48 00:02:36,110 --> 00:02:39,230 I'm always trying to be a better father, but man, I heard a message and I was 49 00:02:39,230 --> 00:02:41,055 like, man, I still have a long way to go. 50 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:41,630 Amen. 51 00:02:42,470 --> 00:02:44,510 And I was inspired to be a better minister. 52 00:02:44,510 --> 00:02:47,060 I was like, man, I need to be the minister again. 53 00:02:47,329 --> 00:02:52,429 Uh, that God wants me to be, to continue to become more and more like Jesus. 54 00:02:52,429 --> 00:02:52,940 Amen. 55 00:02:53,420 --> 00:02:56,060 And so don't know about you, but I know even talking on Wednesday for 56 00:02:56,060 --> 00:03:00,679 our midweek, many of you share how God has been ministering to you and 57 00:03:00,679 --> 00:03:06,230 how he's calling you, uh, to draw more and more to him in relationship 58 00:03:06,230 --> 00:03:08,510 and to become more and more like him. 59 00:03:08,885 --> 00:03:11,195 In character and in nature. 60 00:03:11,195 --> 00:03:14,195 And so, uh, now we've had this experience. 61 00:03:14,195 --> 00:03:19,415 We've had the ICMC, we've had the Jubilee, and we are called to proclaim 62 00:03:19,415 --> 00:03:22,115 the Jubilee the year of the Lord's favor. 63 00:03:22,325 --> 00:03:26,195 But here's my question for us today, the Jubilee. 64 00:03:26,195 --> 00:03:26,855 Now what? 65 00:03:29,359 --> 00:03:33,049 Now what we've had the ICMC, we've had the Jubilee. 66 00:03:33,170 --> 00:03:37,190 We had a sermon series that led us to these great, phenomenal 67 00:03:37,190 --> 00:03:40,609 conferences and where we looked at the heart of the Jubilee and 68 00:03:40,609 --> 00:03:43,519 how God wants to reset his people. 69 00:03:43,519 --> 00:03:47,630 He wants to release his people from what can hold his captive and how 70 00:03:47,630 --> 00:03:49,700 he wants to restore what's lost. 71 00:03:49,849 --> 00:03:53,329 And then we had this great experience, this mountaintop 72 00:03:53,329 --> 00:03:55,579 experience this past weekend. 73 00:03:56,435 --> 00:03:57,214 So now what, 74 00:03:59,255 --> 00:04:00,245 so here's what I wanted you to do. 75 00:04:00,245 --> 00:04:01,894 I want you to answer those questions, okay? 76 00:04:02,225 --> 00:04:05,225 I want you amongst each other there in twos and threes. 77 00:04:05,225 --> 00:04:09,245 And if you weren't here, uh, obviously you can't answer that question, but you can 78 00:04:09,245 --> 00:04:11,105 receive some answers from those around us. 79 00:04:11,195 --> 00:04:13,415 So let's go ahead and let's share with one another. 80 00:04:13,565 --> 00:04:15,425 What do you believe now? 81 00:04:15,860 --> 00:04:20,570 For us as a church and maybe for you individually coming from this 82 00:04:20,630 --> 00:04:24,410 kind of season, if you will, or beginning of a season of a jubilee. 83 00:04:24,410 --> 00:04:27,140 So let's go ahead and give you a couple minutes to share with each other. 84 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,590 And if you're online with us, you can go ahead and put on the chat there 85 00:04:30,590 --> 00:04:34,670 whether YouTube, Facebook, put on the chat and we can share with one another. 86 00:04:35,150 --> 00:04:36,920 What do we believe God wants? 87 00:04:36,980 --> 00:04:40,640 After the Jubilee, we had a sermon series Jubilee. 88 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:42,110 Now what? 89 00:04:42,561 --> 00:04:43,191 Okay. 90 00:04:43,551 --> 00:04:50,326 Alright, so let's, uh, let's, let's, let's run this risk right here. 91 00:04:51,711 --> 00:04:53,751 Let's go ahead and have a couple people share. 92 00:04:54,411 --> 00:04:57,051 Uh, what do you believe now the jubilees happen? 93 00:04:57,051 --> 00:05:00,531 We had a sermon series to prepare our hearts to understand what the Jubilee was 94 00:05:00,531 --> 00:05:03,141 about and how Jesus fulfills the Jubilee. 95 00:05:03,141 --> 00:05:06,471 And we've had this great time at the ICMC, the Jubilee. 96 00:05:06,471 --> 00:05:06,861 Now what? 97 00:05:06,861 --> 00:05:09,231 So let's go ahead and let's have a couple people share. 98 00:05:09,231 --> 00:05:10,761 Now, here are some parameters. 99 00:05:10,821 --> 00:05:12,141 It has to be brief. 100 00:05:14,271 --> 00:05:18,501 So I know some of you, and I love every one of you, but some of you we know. 101 00:05:19,731 --> 00:05:22,131 You wanna get up here for 30 more minutes and share? 102 00:05:22,131 --> 00:05:23,751 That's not what we're doing right now. 103 00:05:24,201 --> 00:05:25,611 That's not part of the answer. 104 00:05:25,641 --> 00:05:26,121 Okay. 105 00:05:26,781 --> 00:05:31,341 So, but we can have in one to two sentences brief but yet descriptive 106 00:05:31,341 --> 00:05:35,961 and not two run on sentences, but one or two sentences being able 107 00:05:35,961 --> 00:05:39,651 to share what do you believe as a church or you at individually. 108 00:05:39,861 --> 00:05:40,701 We had the jubilee. 109 00:05:40,701 --> 00:05:41,121 Now what? 110 00:05:41,121 --> 00:05:41,931 You guys with me here? 111 00:05:42,411 --> 00:05:43,431 Alright, so let's go ahead. 112 00:05:43,431 --> 00:05:45,381 Let's have a couple people go ahead and share. 113 00:05:45,431 --> 00:05:45,881 Okay. 114 00:05:45,881 --> 00:05:46,451 All right. 115 00:05:46,451 --> 00:05:46,991 Thank you. 116 00:05:48,491 --> 00:05:52,391 A need for trust and to pray that God's will be done and not my own. 117 00:05:52,391 --> 00:05:53,081 Okay, great. 118 00:05:53,081 --> 00:05:53,561 Awesome. 119 00:05:53,561 --> 00:05:56,651 All right, uh, let, let, let's go right here. 120 00:05:56,701 --> 00:05:56,991 Okay. 121 00:05:57,026 --> 00:05:57,446 Alright. 122 00:05:57,446 --> 00:06:02,036 Allen said he feels like it's a call now to build relations and 123 00:06:02,036 --> 00:06:03,896 my man signed up for the man camp. 124 00:06:03,896 --> 00:06:04,856 Come on, let's go. 125 00:06:05,456 --> 00:06:06,776 I signed up last week. 126 00:06:06,776 --> 00:06:08,126 It's for the low, low price. 127 00:06:08,126 --> 00:06:08,726 Did y'all see that? 128 00:06:08,726 --> 00:06:09,596 $55. 129 00:06:09,596 --> 00:06:10,076 That's good. 130 00:06:10,886 --> 00:06:12,566 It's a low, low price right there. 131 00:06:12,896 --> 00:06:15,416 I mean, you go to Chick-fil-A, you spending $55. 132 00:06:15,416 --> 00:06:16,166 You know what I'm saying? 133 00:06:16,556 --> 00:06:17,996 That's on one meal. 134 00:06:17,996 --> 00:06:19,076 Or at least that's my family. 135 00:06:19,376 --> 00:06:19,826 All right. 136 00:06:19,826 --> 00:06:21,476 I saw it $70 the other day. 137 00:06:21,476 --> 00:06:23,336 I said, we are never ordering drinks again. 138 00:06:23,336 --> 00:06:24,146 You know what I'm saying? 139 00:06:24,656 --> 00:06:25,376 So I'm sorry. 140 00:06:25,376 --> 00:06:26,426 I'm just being vulnerable here. 141 00:06:26,426 --> 00:06:28,886 If you here for the first time, this is my therapy. 142 00:06:28,886 --> 00:06:29,276 All right. 143 00:06:29,276 --> 00:06:29,636 There you go. 144 00:06:29,786 --> 00:06:30,176 Alright. 145 00:06:30,206 --> 00:06:30,776 Uh, Jane. 146 00:06:30,776 --> 00:06:31,136 Yes. 147 00:06:31,243 --> 00:06:32,863 Alright, thank you very much. 148 00:06:33,463 --> 00:06:36,313 She talked about really the, the decision and the opportunity to 149 00:06:36,313 --> 00:06:38,893 experience joy and not just happiness. 150 00:06:38,893 --> 00:06:39,103 Okay. 151 00:06:39,103 --> 00:06:40,573 Let's get a college student over here. 152 00:06:40,603 --> 00:06:40,873 Okay. 153 00:06:40,873 --> 00:06:41,353 All right. 154 00:06:41,353 --> 00:06:41,563 Alright. 155 00:06:41,563 --> 00:06:42,193 Who is that right there? 156 00:06:42,193 --> 00:06:42,493 Go ahead. 157 00:06:42,493 --> 00:06:42,883 Yes. 158 00:06:43,033 --> 00:06:43,323 Okay. 159 00:06:43,378 --> 00:06:43,978 Awesome. 160 00:06:43,978 --> 00:06:44,668 Amen. 161 00:06:45,957 --> 00:06:46,948 It was Sam, correct. 162 00:06:47,353 --> 00:06:52,843 Yeah, so, so Sam, uh, said basically he feels the, the call to proclaim, 163 00:06:53,082 --> 00:06:54,913 uh, the word, not just in Long Beach. 164 00:06:54,913 --> 00:06:58,273 He's coming from Long Beach, but all across and other places. 165 00:06:58,453 --> 00:07:00,313 And it sounds like you're moving to Orange County. 166 00:07:00,778 --> 00:07:01,678 Oh, I'm already here. 167 00:07:01,903 --> 00:07:02,623 Oh, you're already here. 168 00:07:02,683 --> 00:07:03,823 Oh, cool. 169 00:07:04,423 --> 00:07:04,963 Alright. 170 00:07:04,963 --> 00:07:07,543 Maybe next week we'll have you up here for the new member spotlight. 171 00:07:07,543 --> 00:07:07,843 All right. 172 00:07:07,843 --> 00:07:08,263 There you go. 173 00:07:08,263 --> 00:07:09,073 He's like, what's that? 174 00:07:09,073 --> 00:07:09,643 Don't worry about it. 175 00:07:09,643 --> 00:07:10,153 We'll tell you. 176 00:07:10,158 --> 00:07:10,238 Okay. 177 00:07:10,933 --> 00:07:14,923 Alright, so as we can see there's things individually, but remember 178 00:07:15,193 --> 00:07:18,433 that God is ministers to us individually and he individual and 179 00:07:18,433 --> 00:07:20,053 he ministers to us collectively. 180 00:07:21,013 --> 00:07:23,683 And so he has a message for us collectively, and he 181 00:07:23,683 --> 00:07:25,273 also has something for us. 182 00:07:25,888 --> 00:07:30,688 Individually, and so now we've gone through a sea where we started something. 183 00:07:30,688 --> 00:07:32,848 We read, okay, what was the jubilee? 184 00:07:32,848 --> 00:07:36,628 What was God's heart behind the jubilee when he established it after 185 00:07:36,748 --> 00:07:40,138 Moses led the people outta slavery and they were entering the promised land 186 00:07:40,198 --> 00:07:44,158 and we saw how Jesus is the truth, fulfillment of the jubilee, then we've 187 00:07:44,188 --> 00:07:45,808 had these great classes and conference. 188 00:07:45,928 --> 00:07:50,128 So now what is God calling us to collectively? 189 00:07:51,028 --> 00:07:55,978 I believe that God is calling us to be Jubilee People Living a Jubilee Life. 190 00:07:56,878 --> 00:08:02,428 To be a jubilee people living the jubilee life. 191 00:08:03,088 --> 00:08:07,768 And in fact, I believe that this season that really the, you know, the Jubilee 192 00:08:07,768 --> 00:08:10,198 wasn't an event, it was a season. 193 00:08:10,198 --> 00:08:15,838 It was a year in which God called for his people for a whole year to trust in him. 194 00:08:16,048 --> 00:08:21,088 Yeah, for them to take a rest, for them to hit a reset button spiritually, 195 00:08:21,088 --> 00:08:24,748 emotionally, and even physically, and for the land to hit a reset button. 196 00:08:25,078 --> 00:08:28,888 And it was an opportunity that God wanted for his people to 197 00:08:28,888 --> 00:08:34,198 release and also be released from things that could hold us captive. 198 00:08:34,948 --> 00:08:40,948 And then God wanted this season where his people can restore what was lost. 199 00:08:41,788 --> 00:08:44,608 And we see again that Jesus fulfills all of that. 200 00:08:45,553 --> 00:08:47,023 And brings all of that to us. 201 00:08:47,023 --> 00:08:51,973 And so every single day of our lives as a disciple of Jesus, we have the 202 00:08:51,973 --> 00:08:54,673 opportunity to live a jubilee life. 203 00:08:54,673 --> 00:08:54,793 Amen. 204 00:08:56,383 --> 00:08:59,503 But God is reminding us, I believe, to be a Jubilee. 205 00:08:59,503 --> 00:09:04,033 People living the Jubilee life and as the Orange County Church, and especially here 206 00:09:04,033 --> 00:09:07,603 us in North Orange County, we wanna take the next several months and continue, 207 00:09:07,633 --> 00:09:12,703 not an event, but a season where we can really dive more and more into this. 208 00:09:13,108 --> 00:09:20,848 Reality that we can enjoy and experience of a reset of a release 209 00:09:21,328 --> 00:09:28,108 of a restoration in which we can proclaim the year of the Lord's favor. 210 00:09:28,948 --> 00:09:32,398 So that's our plans here for the next several months. 211 00:09:32,428 --> 00:09:36,328 Here is for us to do this, but this is the title of the lesson today, 212 00:09:36,328 --> 00:09:39,328 Jubilee, people Living the Jubilee Life. 213 00:09:39,328 --> 00:09:40,468 Can I go ahead and pray for us? 214 00:09:41,098 --> 00:09:44,218 Father, thank you so much for allowing this to already be filled 215 00:09:44,218 --> 00:09:47,758 up to even to hear what others have shared and how you administer to 'em. 216 00:09:47,758 --> 00:09:51,718 I'm excited about these, uh, uh, things that you are doing in their lives 217 00:09:51,718 --> 00:09:53,218 and the things that will be produced. 218 00:09:53,368 --> 00:09:56,428 God, I pray right now as we look at a few scriptures that we are 219 00:09:56,428 --> 00:10:01,918 reminded of truth and reality, that we allow nothing to get in our way 220 00:10:01,918 --> 00:10:04,438 from hearing your voice this morning. 221 00:10:04,708 --> 00:10:08,308 And Father, we pray that, that we can walk away with greater faith. 222 00:10:08,773 --> 00:10:12,313 Greater trust and a greater faithfulness to you. 223 00:10:12,463 --> 00:10:13,453 In Jesus name. 224 00:10:13,513 --> 00:10:14,083 Amen. 225 00:10:14,893 --> 00:10:15,313 Amen. 226 00:10:15,313 --> 00:10:15,913 Let's go ahead. 227 00:10:15,913 --> 00:10:17,953 Let's go on over to Luke chapter four. 228 00:10:18,733 --> 00:10:20,173 Luke chapter four. 229 00:10:20,863 --> 00:10:24,103 Again, we're gonna have a couple reminders here, and so we're gonna 230 00:10:24,103 --> 00:10:29,473 look at a couple of scriptures that many of us are very familiar with. 231 00:10:29,713 --> 00:10:33,313 But what I want to ask of you as we look through these is to look 232 00:10:33,313 --> 00:10:37,813 through the lens of a jubilee, people living a jubilee life. 233 00:10:37,813 --> 00:10:38,893 You guys with me here? 234 00:10:39,223 --> 00:10:42,523 So it's a fresh take here on some of these verses, but let's 235 00:10:42,523 --> 00:10:44,863 be reminded that Jesus fulfills. 236 00:10:45,328 --> 00:10:46,138 The Jubilee. 237 00:10:46,138 --> 00:10:48,898 And a couple weeks ago we, we studied this out, but we'll read it again. 238 00:10:48,898 --> 00:10:53,218 Luke chapter four, Luke was a doctor, he became a Christian, and he decided 239 00:10:53,218 --> 00:10:57,778 I'm gonna do some interviews about Jesus and I'm gonna write this biography. 240 00:10:57,778 --> 00:11:00,058 And it's a letter that he wrote to someone. 241 00:11:00,088 --> 00:11:03,988 And he writes this, really, this biography capturing Jesus and his ministry. 242 00:11:04,138 --> 00:11:08,458 So we take it up in chapter four in verse 16, talking about Jesus. 243 00:11:08,458 --> 00:11:11,158 He says he went to Nazareth where he had been brought up. 244 00:11:11,158 --> 00:11:14,608 And on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue as was his custom. 245 00:11:14,908 --> 00:11:17,308 He stood up to read and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah 246 00:11:17,308 --> 00:11:19,108 was handed to him, unrolling it. 247 00:11:19,108 --> 00:11:20,488 He found a place where it is written. 248 00:11:20,488 --> 00:11:23,548 The spirit of the Lord is on me because he is anointed me to 249 00:11:23,548 --> 00:11:25,228 proclaim good news to the poor. 250 00:11:25,438 --> 00:11:29,488 He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for 251 00:11:29,488 --> 00:11:34,318 the blind, to set the oppressed free to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor. 252 00:11:35,098 --> 00:11:38,638 And then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. 253 00:11:38,638 --> 00:11:41,218 The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fasting on him. 254 00:11:41,368 --> 00:11:43,563 He began by saying to them, today this scripture. 255 00:11:44,458 --> 00:11:47,038 Has been fulfilled in your hearing. 256 00:11:47,728 --> 00:11:50,908 Jesus again, brought the true jubilee because he's the 257 00:11:50,908 --> 00:11:52,798 embodiment of the jubilee. 258 00:11:53,338 --> 00:11:57,148 He brought a reset and he still continues to bring a reset. 259 00:11:57,328 --> 00:12:02,908 He released and he still continues to release and he restores as he did then. 260 00:12:03,328 --> 00:12:07,978 And so we saw in his ministry, as we study out the gospels, we see his ministry. 261 00:12:08,668 --> 00:12:13,168 Fulfill these things prophesied about here in Isaiah 61. 262 00:12:13,168 --> 00:12:18,718 So let's take a quick snapshot, look at Jesus's ministry to see that not 263 00:12:18,718 --> 00:12:24,538 only did he preach this, but he, again, he fulfilled this call in his life. 264 00:12:24,538 --> 00:12:27,183 And we take it up in Matthew chapter nine, verse 35. 265 00:12:27,183 --> 00:12:28,858 Brother and sister, are you still with me here? 266 00:12:29,008 --> 00:12:29,158 Amen. 267 00:12:30,208 --> 00:12:33,988 Well, Jesus went through all the towns and villages teaching in their synagogues, 268 00:12:33,988 --> 00:12:38,608 proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness. 269 00:12:39,763 --> 00:12:43,543 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were harassed and 270 00:12:43,543 --> 00:12:45,703 helpless like sheep without a shepherd. 271 00:12:45,703 --> 00:12:49,453 Then he said to his disciples, the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. 272 00:12:49,453 --> 00:12:54,763 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. 273 00:12:54,763 --> 00:12:58,453 We get a snapshot of Jesus in his ministry and what's he doing? 274 00:12:58,453 --> 00:13:02,173 He's proclaiming the good news again, that the Lord's favor is here. 275 00:13:02,173 --> 00:13:02,383 Why? 276 00:13:02,383 --> 00:13:03,548 Because the Messiah is here. 277 00:13:04,543 --> 00:13:06,373 And he's healing and he's preaching. 278 00:13:06,373 --> 00:13:06,583 Why? 279 00:13:06,583 --> 00:13:08,983 Because he has compassion upon the people. 280 00:13:08,983 --> 00:13:10,813 Things are being transformed. 281 00:13:11,023 --> 00:13:13,813 Things are changing because lives are being changed. 282 00:13:13,873 --> 00:13:18,163 Communities are being transformed by the word that Jesus brought, and 283 00:13:18,163 --> 00:13:19,498 by his healing and his teaching. 284 00:13:20,158 --> 00:13:23,968 That he brought to those who would hear and you say, well, 285 00:13:23,968 --> 00:13:27,868 okay, well what happened after Jesus's death and resurrection? 286 00:13:27,868 --> 00:13:29,968 Well, we take it up in Acts chapter two. 287 00:13:29,968 --> 00:13:32,758 Again, a passage many of us are very familiar with, but 288 00:13:32,758 --> 00:13:35,728 look at this again through the lens of Jubilee, people living. 289 00:13:36,058 --> 00:13:37,168 The Jubilee Life. 290 00:13:37,408 --> 00:13:41,518 Acts chapter two, again, is a really documenting what the church was like 291 00:13:41,518 --> 00:13:46,648 after Jesus' resurrection and the Holy Spirit filled up every follower of Christ 292 00:13:46,828 --> 00:13:51,628 and led the church to great things to transform the the ancient near East in 293 00:13:51,628 --> 00:13:54,388 which will eventually transform all of. 294 00:13:54,778 --> 00:13:55,318 The earth. 295 00:13:55,318 --> 00:13:59,128 And so we take it up in Acts chapter two, verse 42, talking about the day 296 00:13:59,128 --> 00:14:02,428 the church was, uh, right after the day the, the church was initially 297 00:14:02,428 --> 00:14:06,268 inaugurated and, and started, and it says, this is a snapshot of what the 298 00:14:06,268 --> 00:14:07,768 church was like in the first century. 299 00:14:07,978 --> 00:14:11,878 They devoted themselves to the apostles teaching and to fellowship, to the 300 00:14:11,878 --> 00:14:13,438 breaking of bread and the prayer. 301 00:14:13,798 --> 00:14:16,678 Everyone was filled with all of the many wonders and signs 302 00:14:16,678 --> 00:14:17,938 performed by the apostles. 303 00:14:18,208 --> 00:14:21,868 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 304 00:14:22,228 --> 00:14:27,508 They so property and possession to give to anyone who had need. 305 00:14:28,258 --> 00:14:30,898 Every day they continue to meet together in the temple courts. 306 00:14:31,018 --> 00:14:34,528 They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and 307 00:14:34,528 --> 00:14:39,658 sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. 308 00:14:40,288 --> 00:14:45,178 And the Lord added to their number daily, those who were being saved. 309 00:14:46,048 --> 00:14:46,738 What happened here? 310 00:14:46,738 --> 00:14:48,838 The church is established and what happens? 311 00:14:49,108 --> 00:14:50,878 The church becomes a jubilee. 312 00:14:50,878 --> 00:14:51,478 People. 313 00:14:51,913 --> 00:14:58,093 Living the Jubilee life, they experienced the heart of the Jubilee through their 314 00:14:58,093 --> 00:15:00,463 relationship with God, through Jesus. 315 00:15:00,523 --> 00:15:04,003 They had a reset in their lives. 316 00:15:04,453 --> 00:15:08,563 They had a release from their past and from their sin, and then a 317 00:15:08,563 --> 00:15:14,983 restored view of who God really is in a restored relationship with God. 318 00:15:16,213 --> 00:15:20,383 And so they have this, they experienced this, and not only did they join, 319 00:15:20,443 --> 00:15:25,483 enjoy the Jubilee through Jesus, but they joined Jesus and bring 320 00:15:25,483 --> 00:15:27,553 the Jubilee to their communities. 321 00:15:27,913 --> 00:15:28,033 Amen. 322 00:15:28,483 --> 00:15:32,323 They just didn't say, man, this is awesome to experience, but they went 323 00:15:32,323 --> 00:15:38,713 out and brought the jubilee life to their surrounding communities, 324 00:15:39,133 --> 00:15:40,993 and you see radical sharing. 325 00:15:42,238 --> 00:15:46,468 Radical love, radical relationships. 326 00:15:47,278 --> 00:15:49,858 What scholars believe is that as they came in, remember they're coming from 327 00:15:49,858 --> 00:15:55,438 all across the known world at this time, and that 3000 of them got baptized. 328 00:15:55,438 --> 00:15:59,008 So you have over now this new fellowship of over 3000 and many 329 00:15:59,008 --> 00:16:03,598 people stayed there, and so they have, they need a place to stay. 330 00:16:04,588 --> 00:16:06,658 Now they're living with their brothers and sisters who they 331 00:16:06,658 --> 00:16:08,158 just met after their baptism. 332 00:16:08,788 --> 00:16:10,948 That's some radical living right there, isn't it? 333 00:16:11,878 --> 00:16:14,638 I like all of y'all, but I don't know if I can house all of y'all. 334 00:16:15,808 --> 00:16:18,838 Some of y'all might eat my favorite snacks and we just can't have that. 335 00:16:18,838 --> 00:16:19,678 You know what I'm saying? 336 00:16:20,338 --> 00:16:24,628 But there's radical relationships to anyone who had need. 337 00:16:24,628 --> 00:16:29,638 They sold property for one another, we gonna take care of you. 338 00:16:30,808 --> 00:16:32,218 They enjoyed each other. 339 00:16:32,218 --> 00:16:33,688 They didn't say they tolerated each other. 340 00:16:33,688 --> 00:16:34,378 Did you catch that? 341 00:16:35,098 --> 00:16:35,158 Yeah. 342 00:16:35,578 --> 00:16:37,558 They said they enjoyed being around each other. 343 00:16:37,873 --> 00:16:38,113 Beautiful. 344 00:16:38,863 --> 00:16:40,363 They praise God. 345 00:16:40,363 --> 00:16:44,983 There was a joyful unity met needs, and they help people get restored to God. 346 00:16:45,733 --> 00:16:51,553 They help people find their true purpose and find their mission in life. 347 00:16:51,913 --> 00:16:55,783 You know, the early church, they were Jubilee people, living the Jubilee life. 348 00:16:56,653 --> 00:16:58,093 What should the church today be? 349 00:17:01,423 --> 00:17:02,323 Should it be any different? 350 00:17:02,648 --> 00:17:02,868 No. 351 00:17:04,663 --> 00:17:07,058 So then let me ask you this question then, are we. 352 00:17:08,458 --> 00:17:09,058 A Jubilee. 353 00:17:09,058 --> 00:17:10,798 People living the Jubilee Life 354 00:17:14,848 --> 00:17:15,178 question. 355 00:17:16,678 --> 00:17:18,028 I want you to think about that for a second. 356 00:17:18,928 --> 00:17:19,708 US right here. 357 00:17:20,608 --> 00:17:21,387 Are we a Jubilee? 358 00:17:21,387 --> 00:17:23,877 People living the Jubilee life? 359 00:17:27,387 --> 00:17:29,638 Some of us would say no. 360 00:17:32,698 --> 00:17:33,298 Am I right? 361 00:17:33,358 --> 00:17:33,448 Yes. 362 00:17:34,378 --> 00:17:34,768 Okay. 363 00:17:34,768 --> 00:17:36,328 We, we heard a couple people like yes. 364 00:17:37,048 --> 00:17:37,618 Someone say, yeah, 365 00:17:41,218 --> 00:17:43,288 I ain't heard a couple people we're trying. 366 00:17:46,648 --> 00:17:47,728 Here's what I would say. 367 00:17:50,098 --> 00:17:56,908 I would say we are, I would say without a doubt that this group of people, those 368 00:17:56,908 --> 00:18:01,353 of us who are disciples of Jesus, we are Jubilee people living a jubilee life. 369 00:18:01,723 --> 00:18:01,873 Amen. 370 00:18:02,713 --> 00:18:06,523 I believe that wholeheartedly we are, and this room is full 371 00:18:06,523 --> 00:18:11,053 of people who have experienced a spiritual reset in their lives. 372 00:18:11,173 --> 00:18:11,293 Amen. 373 00:18:11,623 --> 00:18:12,583 Am I wrong? 374 00:18:12,668 --> 00:18:12,888 No. 375 00:18:13,303 --> 00:18:13,603 No. 376 00:18:13,603 --> 00:18:16,843 'cause most of you wouldn't be here if you hadn't had that experience. 377 00:18:16,843 --> 00:18:17,443 Correct. 378 00:18:18,103 --> 00:18:22,153 So many of us in here, we've experienced the spiritual resets. 379 00:18:22,813 --> 00:18:27,883 Many of us have experienced being released and releasing others 380 00:18:28,003 --> 00:18:29,683 from our past sin and past. 381 00:18:31,903 --> 00:18:37,123 Many of us have experienced being restored in our relationship with God, restoring 382 00:18:37,123 --> 00:18:39,853 our view of God, our perspective of God. 383 00:18:40,903 --> 00:18:45,673 And so yes, we can lay claim to the fact that we've had a reset, we've had a 384 00:18:45,673 --> 00:18:47,833 release and a restoration in our lives. 385 00:18:47,953 --> 00:18:49,213 Can I get an amen? 386 00:18:49,298 --> 00:18:49,588 Amen. 387 00:18:50,203 --> 00:18:53,713 So yes, we've had that and we have so many stories. 388 00:18:53,713 --> 00:18:56,743 If we were to go around to get people on the stage, could we not 389 00:18:56,743 --> 00:19:01,423 have hours of stories of radical love and radical sacrifice? 390 00:19:03,433 --> 00:19:05,173 We could go around with stories. 391 00:19:05,533 --> 00:19:09,253 Some of you guys at the Jubilee, at the ICMC, you were connected with people. 392 00:19:09,253 --> 00:19:09,673 What was it? 393 00:19:09,673 --> 00:19:14,653 You remember the radical nature of your relationships and past. 394 00:19:15,013 --> 00:19:16,153 Remember that time? 395 00:19:16,243 --> 00:19:17,263 Remember so and so? 396 00:19:17,263 --> 00:19:18,613 Man, that was crazy. 397 00:19:20,503 --> 00:19:22,663 And remember all that we did. 398 00:19:23,023 --> 00:19:25,603 Remember the love, remember the relationships? 399 00:19:25,603 --> 00:19:31,003 There's radical stories right here in this room, and it wasn't just back in the day. 400 00:19:32,503 --> 00:19:34,033 It's still taking place. 401 00:19:35,653 --> 00:19:38,628 You know, there's there, there, there's radical relationships in this. 402 00:19:39,448 --> 00:19:39,898 Right. 403 00:19:40,228 --> 00:19:42,028 We have relationships for many years. 404 00:19:42,028 --> 00:19:45,538 There's love, there's, there's, there's intergenerational relationships. 405 00:19:45,628 --> 00:19:48,118 We have radical, uh, changes of lives. 406 00:19:48,118 --> 00:19:51,958 We've seen so many people over the years here in Orange County just over 407 00:19:51,958 --> 00:19:53,548 the last five years, just a snapshot. 408 00:19:53,548 --> 00:19:55,678 We had all those people and that wasn't even half. 409 00:19:55,708 --> 00:19:58,108 All those people had their lives change over the last five. 410 00:19:59,533 --> 00:20:04,363 We've had, uh, uh, we, we, we actually met our goal for our special missions. 411 00:20:04,663 --> 00:20:07,183 We gave over $330,000. 412 00:20:07,183 --> 00:20:11,773 Come on now, man, to raise up in over 330,000. 413 00:20:11,923 --> 00:20:13,813 That's some radical sacrifice right there. 414 00:20:15,433 --> 00:20:19,933 We've also helped plant the TJ Center for Hope, where they're giving free dental 415 00:20:19,933 --> 00:20:24,373 care for those, uh, uh, uh, kids in Tijuana who've never received dental care. 416 00:20:24,913 --> 00:20:29,353 We've also have our Saturday Academy, which we, we either have experienced or 417 00:20:29,353 --> 00:20:33,673 we sponsor, in which we help those at risk kids right here in our community. 418 00:20:33,673 --> 00:20:34,813 Right here in Santa Ana. 419 00:20:35,023 --> 00:20:37,933 We are Jubilee people living a jubilee life. 420 00:20:40,063 --> 00:20:42,373 But why do we hesitate? 421 00:20:45,373 --> 00:20:48,463 Well, there is a reason to hesitate sometimes when we, if we were to 422 00:20:48,463 --> 00:20:50,378 answer that question, because perhaps. 423 00:20:51,733 --> 00:20:56,623 Maybe our problem is we know that we aren't living the Jubilee Life daily, 424 00:20:59,713 --> 00:21:01,063 or we know, you know what? 425 00:21:01,063 --> 00:21:05,623 I know as a whole, we're not living the Jubilee life daily. 426 00:21:06,613 --> 00:21:09,703 But let me ask you this, do you really think and ask, remember, it's just 427 00:21:09,703 --> 00:21:12,043 capturing basically the essence of church. 428 00:21:12,223 --> 00:21:12,643 Do you think. 429 00:21:13,693 --> 00:21:19,273 That every single disciple at every single moment at the exact same 430 00:21:19,273 --> 00:21:21,613 time, we're living a Jubilee life. 431 00:21:22,843 --> 00:21:26,233 No, because that's why we have the letters written by Paul and the others. 432 00:21:28,303 --> 00:21:28,963 Think about that. 433 00:21:29,413 --> 00:21:31,483 We read Acts two and go, they were perfect. 434 00:21:31,483 --> 00:21:32,173 No they weren't. 435 00:21:32,233 --> 00:21:33,403 Just get to Acts four. 436 00:21:34,693 --> 00:21:36,943 Just get to two more chapters later. 437 00:21:37,933 --> 00:21:38,683 People are lying. 438 00:21:38,683 --> 00:21:39,373 People are dying. 439 00:21:39,373 --> 00:21:40,243 It gets crazy. 440 00:21:40,243 --> 00:21:41,173 It gets real up in there. 441 00:21:43,813 --> 00:21:45,283 But there was a culture. 442 00:21:45,343 --> 00:21:49,303 It was, it was a snapshot of, that's in essence, essence who they are. 443 00:21:50,953 --> 00:21:54,343 And so perhaps for some of us, the reason that we're maybe not 444 00:21:54,343 --> 00:21:58,453 living the jubilee life is 'cause we forget the opportunity we have 445 00:21:58,453 --> 00:22:01,513 in Christ to live the Jubilee life. 446 00:22:02,773 --> 00:22:09,343 The opportunity for a reset, a release, and a restoration, A time of genuine, 447 00:22:09,973 --> 00:22:15,103 emotional and spiritual rest to truly trust in our father who is a provider. 448 00:22:16,003 --> 00:22:21,523 Sometimes we maybe get distracted by life and its worries, or we even 449 00:22:21,523 --> 00:22:27,523 regress and we get trapped and deceived by sin and, and the devil himself. 450 00:22:29,443 --> 00:22:30,673 And so that leads us to go. 451 00:22:30,673 --> 00:22:36,043 I, I don't know if we're living a jubilee life or I don't know 452 00:22:36,043 --> 00:22:39,718 if we still are a jubilee people. 453 00:22:42,628 --> 00:22:46,888 What I would argue is we don't need to become a jubilee 454 00:22:46,888 --> 00:22:48,538 people living the jubilee life. 455 00:22:48,898 --> 00:22:55,378 We need to remember that we live every day in the year of the Lord's 456 00:22:55,378 --> 00:22:58,978 favor in Christ because of Christ. 457 00:22:58,978 --> 00:23:03,538 We live every single moment in the year of the Lord's favor. 458 00:23:03,763 --> 00:23:03,823 Yeah. 459 00:23:04,873 --> 00:23:08,623 And we need to remember that we live Jubilee lives because we are 460 00:23:08,623 --> 00:23:13,573 Jubilee people because of Jesus who is the embodiment of the jubilee. 461 00:23:15,283 --> 00:23:20,323 And so our response, I believe again, to remembering that God is calling us to 462 00:23:20,323 --> 00:23:22,363 be Jubilee people live a jubilee life. 463 00:23:22,633 --> 00:23:28,363 I believe our call isn't to become something new, but it's to be who we are. 464 00:23:29,683 --> 00:23:35,308 To be who we are, jubilee people living the Jubilee life, not becoming 465 00:23:35,308 --> 00:23:41,848 something extra or new, but just being exactly who you are in Christ. 466 00:23:42,718 --> 00:23:44,698 That's who God is calling us. 467 00:23:45,223 --> 00:23:50,893 To be, to be who we are, and we need some reminders of what that looks like. 468 00:23:50,953 --> 00:23:52,783 Can I, can I get an amen to that? 469 00:23:52,963 --> 00:23:53,083 Amen. 470 00:23:53,143 --> 00:23:54,973 Second Corinthians five, verse 17. 471 00:23:54,973 --> 00:23:55,723 I want to read this. 472 00:23:55,723 --> 00:23:57,223 This is the Apostle Paul. 473 00:23:57,223 --> 00:24:00,283 He writes a letter to the church that met in the city of Corinth, and 474 00:24:00,283 --> 00:24:04,063 it says, therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come. 475 00:24:04,063 --> 00:24:06,643 The old is gone, the new is here. 476 00:24:08,023 --> 00:24:10,303 He's talking to people and that they didn't just get 477 00:24:10,303 --> 00:24:12,283 baptized, they had been baptized. 478 00:24:13,723 --> 00:24:19,093 All this is from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us 479 00:24:19,093 --> 00:24:24,643 the ministry of reconciliation that God was reconciling the world to himself 480 00:24:24,643 --> 00:24:28,483 in Christ, not counting people's sins against them, and he has committed 481 00:24:28,483 --> 00:24:31,363 to us the message of reconciliation. 482 00:24:31,603 --> 00:24:34,693 We are therefore Christ's ambassadors as though God we're 483 00:24:34,693 --> 00:24:36,823 making his appeal through us. 484 00:24:36,943 --> 00:24:41,028 We implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God. 485 00:24:41,803 --> 00:24:46,033 God made him where no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might 486 00:24:46,033 --> 00:24:48,823 become the righteousness of God. 487 00:24:48,883 --> 00:24:53,533 As God's coworkers, we urge you not to receive God's grace in vain for he says, 488 00:24:53,533 --> 00:24:55,573 in the time of my favor, I heard you. 489 00:24:55,783 --> 00:24:57,763 In the day of salvation, I helped you. 490 00:24:57,973 --> 00:25:01,183 I tell you, now is the time of God's favor. 491 00:25:01,363 --> 00:25:04,423 Now is the day of salvation. 492 00:25:04,423 --> 00:25:04,573 Amen. 493 00:25:06,853 --> 00:25:10,363 The church then in Corinth and the church throughout the centuries in 494 00:25:10,363 --> 00:25:17,143 the church now is called to live out the heart of Jubilee, restoring 495 00:25:17,143 --> 00:25:23,833 relationships, reconciling people to God, and renewing hope in a broken world. 496 00:25:23,953 --> 00:25:28,813 We are ambassadors of reconciliation and agents of renewal. 497 00:25:28,873 --> 00:25:30,403 That's who we are. 498 00:25:30,523 --> 00:25:32,203 That's how we live. 499 00:25:32,458 --> 00:25:37,708 No, the Jubilee wasn't an events, and neither should our Jubilee or 500 00:25:37,708 --> 00:25:40,318 ICMC experience be just an events. 501 00:25:41,308 --> 00:25:48,748 It should be a call, a launching pad to be who we are, Jubilee 502 00:25:48,748 --> 00:25:52,048 people living the Jubilee life. 503 00:25:52,528 --> 00:25:57,388 And the fruit of the Jubilee is a lifestyle shaped by Jesus. 504 00:25:57,448 --> 00:26:02,098 It is Jesus shaping us, forming us, and how we live the choices we make, 505 00:26:02,158 --> 00:26:06,418 our perspective, our worldview, how we think, and how we talk. 506 00:26:07,378 --> 00:26:15,418 And we live Jubilee lies by how we forgive, how we give, how we restore 507 00:26:15,448 --> 00:26:19,378 and lift others like Jesus did. 508 00:26:20,338 --> 00:26:24,718 And through the spirit, we, the church, become a people of freedom. 509 00:26:25,648 --> 00:26:28,048 And a people of restoration. 510 00:26:29,158 --> 00:26:30,688 I dunno about you, but that sounds good. 511 00:26:31,648 --> 00:26:35,698 But that's who we are and that's how we live. 512 00:26:36,298 --> 00:26:40,528 And so yes, you are as a disciple of Jesus. 513 00:26:40,648 --> 00:26:43,378 You are a jubilee person. 514 00:26:43,888 --> 00:26:48,658 You are freed, you are forgiven, restored, and you are called 515 00:26:48,658 --> 00:26:51,478 to live in God's freedom. 516 00:26:52,378 --> 00:26:53,458 Now it's easy to forget. 517 00:26:54,433 --> 00:27:00,223 We can slip, we can regress, but here's my call for every single one of us this week. 518 00:27:00,793 --> 00:27:10,273 Return to who you truly are in Christ and live the Jubilee life today, 519 00:27:10,393 --> 00:27:14,713 this hour tomorrow and the day after. 520 00:27:14,983 --> 00:27:15,133 Amen. 521 00:27:16,243 --> 00:27:17,773 I wanna get real practical here. 522 00:27:17,773 --> 00:27:21,013 As we close on out, I wanna give some action steps here. 523 00:27:21,013 --> 00:27:24,468 First, we're gonna go ahead and have, I just wanna give one more, uh, 524 00:27:24,528 --> 00:27:26,083 uh, uh, reading plan for the week. 525 00:27:26,083 --> 00:27:26,923 So there's some questions. 526 00:27:26,923 --> 00:27:31,063 You can use it as a quiet time for personal devotional for yourself or not. 527 00:27:31,183 --> 00:27:34,573 But go ahead and, uh, uh, uh, uh, pull out your phone to get the QR 528 00:27:34,573 --> 00:27:36,343 code and you'll get that for the week. 529 00:27:36,343 --> 00:27:39,493 There's some questions and some, and some, uh, scriptures and some 530 00:27:39,493 --> 00:27:42,403 thoughts for every day this week that can help guide you there. 531 00:27:42,408 --> 00:27:42,548 All right. 532 00:27:43,108 --> 00:27:46,918 And then here's the other call for the week is to follow through on what you 533 00:27:46,918 --> 00:27:51,658 have decided from the Jubilee and ICMC, whatever it is that God put on your 534 00:27:51,658 --> 00:27:56,728 heart, whether it's joy, it's meeting people, it's moving to oc, et cetera, 535 00:27:56,728 --> 00:27:58,648 whatever it is that God put on your heart. 536 00:27:58,648 --> 00:28:01,828 And we talked a little bit about it at our midweek service, whatever 537 00:28:01,828 --> 00:28:08,788 it is, follow through this week and what you have decided, the Jubilee. 538 00:28:08,878 --> 00:28:09,568 Now what? 539 00:28:10,483 --> 00:28:15,733 You know God is calling us to be who we are, Jubilee people 540 00:28:15,943 --> 00:28:18,493 who live the jubilee life. 541 00:28:18,973 --> 00:28:23,413 God wants us to respond to his work in our hearts individually and 542 00:28:24,253 --> 00:28:29,683 collectively, and we need to follow through with the decisions we've made. 543 00:28:29,683 --> 00:28:33,463 We'll close out here in second Corinthians six as God's coworkers. 544 00:28:33,463 --> 00:28:36,313 We urge you not to receive God's grace in vain. 545 00:28:37,138 --> 00:28:39,688 For, he says, in the time of my favor, I heard you. 546 00:28:39,928 --> 00:28:41,878 And in the day of salvation, I helped you. 547 00:28:42,028 --> 00:28:45,838 I tell you, now is the time of God's favor. 548 00:28:46,228 --> 00:28:49,168 Now is the day of salvation. 549 00:28:49,168 --> 00:28:53,008 May we live or proclaim the Lord's favor today and may we be Jubilee 550 00:28:53,008 --> 00:28:55,258 people living the jubilee life. 551 00:28:55,258 --> 00:28:55,678 Amen.