1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,240 Pablo Padilla: I have the honor of, uh, leading the sermon today and, 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:06,210 uh, we're gonna have a good time. 3 00:00:06,210 --> 00:00:06,750 Amen. 4 00:00:06,990 --> 00:00:07,770 What's up, Jamie? 5 00:00:07,770 --> 00:00:13,110 It is good seeing all of you here and, uh, what a, an amazing song that talks about 6 00:00:13,110 --> 00:00:15,390 men who dream and women who dream, right? 7 00:00:15,990 --> 00:00:19,830 It's all about the ladies too, and it is just wonderful to be with all of you. 8 00:00:19,830 --> 00:00:20,880 OC Church, welcome. 9 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:23,700 It's great to just have the privilege to speak before you. 10 00:00:23,700 --> 00:00:26,160 Same to those who are watching online. 11 00:00:26,190 --> 00:00:28,590 We wanted to acknowledge them and it's grateful. 12 00:00:28,919 --> 00:00:30,660 I'm grateful that we're all here together. 13 00:00:30,660 --> 00:00:33,540 And today I wanted to talk about Jesus's honor, ma'am. 14 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:39,540 And, uh, I have an incredible story here that I wanted to just, uh, mention 15 00:00:40,050 --> 00:00:43,710 that I think will prepare our hearts as we take communion in a short while. 16 00:00:44,519 --> 00:00:46,650 I'm just gonna make sure that our slides are working. 17 00:00:46,710 --> 00:00:47,220 There it goes. 18 00:00:47,220 --> 00:00:48,725 Let me see. 19 00:00:53,820 --> 00:00:54,390 All right. 20 00:00:57,629 --> 00:01:00,420 It's a cool little green laser up here, so I dunno if I'm pointing 21 00:01:00,420 --> 00:01:01,920 it the right direction, but, 22 00:01:04,620 --> 00:01:07,800 well, you know what, I'll just old school say next slide until we figure this out. 23 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:08,580 Is that okay? 24 00:01:09,090 --> 00:01:12,090 So, uh, we are gonna talk about today about Jesus Honor. 25 00:01:12,090 --> 00:01:16,020 I hope you could see it behind me and in the next slide. 26 00:01:16,289 --> 00:01:19,050 Honor is something very difficult to achieve. 27 00:01:20,039 --> 00:01:22,020 It's not something that's easily given, right. 28 00:01:22,215 --> 00:01:25,905 Yeah, I mean, you gotta ask yourself, who do you honor today? 29 00:01:26,745 --> 00:01:28,664 What kind of honor do you want? 30 00:01:28,695 --> 00:01:30,075 What honor are you seeking? 31 00:01:30,885 --> 00:01:35,414 And as a church, we've been studying out this year trusting in God, and 32 00:01:35,414 --> 00:01:40,245 one of the great things that we're learning about trusting in God is that 33 00:01:40,245 --> 00:01:42,405 it's not about us, it's about him. 34 00:01:43,095 --> 00:01:47,445 A lot of times we're fighting for what we want, our needs, hence our 35 00:01:47,445 --> 00:01:50,145 honor, what we think we deserve. 36 00:01:50,804 --> 00:01:53,774 But at the end of the day, it's really all about Jesus' honor. 37 00:01:54,075 --> 00:01:54,285 That's right. 38 00:01:54,465 --> 00:01:58,035 And so I thought as the elders and the, some of the staff had asked 39 00:01:58,035 --> 00:02:00,195 me, could you speak on Sunday? 40 00:02:00,195 --> 00:02:03,735 And if you can, can you talk about something that could really capture 41 00:02:03,795 --> 00:02:08,384 how God is working in the midst of our region, our church, and what God is doing? 42 00:02:08,384 --> 00:02:12,075 And I started thinking, okay, Easter's in a couple of weeks from now, right? 43 00:02:12,105 --> 00:02:12,165 Yeah. 44 00:02:12,645 --> 00:02:16,215 Next week is what we classically call Palm Sunday, which is. 45 00:02:16,710 --> 00:02:19,290 In the Bible, you'll see it's about six days before the Passover. 46 00:02:19,290 --> 00:02:21,870 So some people say it's Saturday, Sunday, or Monday. 47 00:02:21,870 --> 00:02:22,530 It depends. 48 00:02:22,530 --> 00:02:26,100 But the whole point, it's about a week before, and I started reading 49 00:02:26,100 --> 00:02:27,840 the Bible, okay, God give me ideas. 50 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:29,519 What do you want me to speak to your people? 51 00:02:29,519 --> 00:02:31,290 'cause I don't know what I should speak on. 52 00:02:32,100 --> 00:02:34,290 And so I said, trusting in God, trusting in God. 53 00:02:34,290 --> 00:02:38,579 But God gave me a great idea and I started thinking what 54 00:02:38,579 --> 00:02:41,430 happened right before Palm's Day. 55 00:02:41,670 --> 00:02:42,000 Right. 56 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:43,260 And if we could go to the next slide. 57 00:02:47,325 --> 00:02:50,985 It says here, well, I'll just pick it up in Mark, chapter six, verse four. 58 00:02:51,615 --> 00:02:55,155 It says that a prophet is not without honor, except in his own town, 59 00:02:55,245 --> 00:02:57,915 amongst relatives and in his own home. 60 00:02:59,475 --> 00:03:01,215 So it's difficult to achieve honor. 61 00:03:01,215 --> 00:03:05,625 And if we go to the next slide after that, right, we know that it's the day 62 00:03:05,625 --> 00:03:10,035 before, palms day, if you will, and what's happening if we go to the next slide. 63 00:03:13,140 --> 00:03:15,090 Jesus is building momentum. 64 00:03:15,570 --> 00:03:17,820 He's facing a lot of tension. 65 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,180 He's doing incredible works, incredible miracles. 66 00:03:21,510 --> 00:03:24,420 And if we go to the next slide after that, right? 67 00:03:24,420 --> 00:03:27,870 He's resolutely set out setting out for Jerusalem. 68 00:03:28,620 --> 00:03:30,120 So he's on a mission. 69 00:03:31,095 --> 00:03:34,485 In this mission, he's trying to help people be saved. 70 00:03:34,485 --> 00:03:35,985 He's trying to help people be healed. 71 00:03:36,015 --> 00:03:38,505 He's trying to help the Apostles all be together. 72 00:03:38,625 --> 00:03:40,425 How many of you have been watching The Chosen lately? 73 00:03:41,475 --> 00:03:42,075 A few of you have. 74 00:03:42,075 --> 00:03:42,765 Some of us. 75 00:03:43,095 --> 00:03:44,655 If you have a chance, go watch it. 76 00:03:44,655 --> 00:03:46,305 Especially go watch it in the movie theaters. 77 00:03:46,305 --> 00:03:49,665 I watched part two yesterday in the movie theaters, which were episodes three, 78 00:03:49,665 --> 00:03:52,035 four, and five, and it was phenomenal. 79 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:55,215 But as you could see, it's building a lot of tension. 80 00:03:55,245 --> 00:03:55,995 It's so thick. 81 00:03:55,995 --> 00:03:57,735 You could literally cut it with a knife. 82 00:03:58,500 --> 00:04:01,560 When you see the interactions between Judas and Jesus. 83 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:07,230 But Jesus, it says here, he's resolutely setting out for Jerusalem even though 84 00:04:07,230 --> 00:04:08,730 he knows he's gonna die, right? 85 00:04:08,820 --> 00:04:12,570 So if we go to the next slide, in John chapter 12, the Bible reads, 86 00:04:12,570 --> 00:04:13,590 this is where we pick it up. 87 00:04:13,590 --> 00:04:18,720 Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus lived, 88 00:04:19,050 --> 00:04:21,089 whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 89 00:04:21,584 --> 00:04:22,575 Very controversial. 90 00:04:22,575 --> 00:04:24,015 By the way, here. 91 00:04:24,015 --> 00:04:26,355 A dinner was given in Jesus' honor. 92 00:04:26,355 --> 00:04:28,995 That's where we get the title from today's sermon. 93 00:04:29,805 --> 00:04:33,675 Martha served while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him. 94 00:04:33,885 --> 00:04:38,325 Then Mary took about a pint of pure Nard, an expensive perfume. 95 00:04:38,715 --> 00:04:44,055 She poured on Jesus's feet and wiped his feet with her hair, and the house was 96 00:04:44,055 --> 00:04:46,455 filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 97 00:04:47,265 --> 00:04:51,225 If we go to the next slide, my very first point is you gotta pour out your best. 98 00:04:51,705 --> 00:04:52,905 For Jesus's honor. 99 00:04:54,284 --> 00:04:55,665 Jesus is not mediocre. 100 00:04:56,715 --> 00:04:58,605 Jesus doesn't like second best. 101 00:04:58,965 --> 00:05:01,455 He's not into just gimme your leftovers. 102 00:05:01,815 --> 00:05:04,365 Give me what you saved, what you cooked from the day before. 103 00:05:04,575 --> 00:05:06,525 He wants you to cook him a fresh, hot meal that day. 104 00:05:06,525 --> 00:05:06,945 Amen. 105 00:05:07,875 --> 00:05:09,585 That's how Jesus is, and that's okay. 106 00:05:09,585 --> 00:05:10,275 He's our king. 107 00:05:10,275 --> 00:05:11,265 He's our Lord. 108 00:05:11,715 --> 00:05:12,465 He's our God. 109 00:05:12,465 --> 00:05:14,655 We should give him our best. 110 00:05:15,344 --> 00:05:17,115 And that's what Mary did. 111 00:05:17,475 --> 00:05:19,725 Mary gave her very best. 112 00:05:19,725 --> 00:05:20,955 If we go to the next slide. 113 00:05:21,840 --> 00:05:22,110 Right. 114 00:05:22,110 --> 00:05:23,760 We see a depiction here, an artist. 115 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:27,960 It wasn't like this of course, but a, an artwork of her humility. 116 00:05:28,170 --> 00:05:34,050 She came in there and literally with this jar full of this expensive perfume, 117 00:05:34,050 --> 00:05:38,460 and if we go to the next slide, this perfume nard, they shortened it or 118 00:05:38,460 --> 00:05:41,430 abbreviated it here in John 12 for us. 119 00:05:41,430 --> 00:05:45,000 But really the technical name is Spikenard, and it was a potent 120 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:49,800 fragrance that they transported it all the way from the Himalayan mountains. 121 00:05:50,175 --> 00:05:53,745 Now, if you don't know where the Himalayan mountains are, that's by Nepal, Northern 122 00:05:53,745 --> 00:05:56,505 India, and it's a very mountainous region. 123 00:05:56,505 --> 00:05:57,585 It's very difficult. 124 00:05:57,585 --> 00:05:58,935 You can't really walk there. 125 00:05:59,385 --> 00:06:02,145 I mean, you need a calvary to get you up and down these hills, 126 00:06:02,205 --> 00:06:03,795 up and down these mountains. 127 00:06:03,795 --> 00:06:07,935 And so when they found this type of fragrance there and cultivated 128 00:06:07,935 --> 00:06:12,195 it to bring it thousands of miles back to Jerusalem, to those ancient 129 00:06:12,195 --> 00:06:14,385 biblical lands for us in our time. 130 00:06:15,210 --> 00:06:16,020 It was a mission. 131 00:06:16,799 --> 00:06:18,690 I mean, there was no FedEx in those days, right? 132 00:06:18,690 --> 00:06:20,520 There was no UPS, no. 133 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:21,120 Amazon. 134 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:22,859 Hey, I'm gonna send this package over there. 135 00:06:23,099 --> 00:06:24,960 I mean, it took a lot of work. 136 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:29,070 So this perfume, this fragrance was very expensive. 137 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:29,700 Yeah. 138 00:06:29,700 --> 00:06:32,849 Now, I don't know exactly why Mary had this perfume. 139 00:06:32,969 --> 00:06:36,539 I know there's another story in the gospels that talks about someone 140 00:06:36,539 --> 00:06:40,229 who was wicked, a sinner, a woman who came before Jesus and had 141 00:06:40,229 --> 00:06:42,179 a similar interaction with him. 142 00:06:42,465 --> 00:06:45,705 At a Pharisees home, so that was a separate one. 143 00:06:45,705 --> 00:06:46,875 This is completely different. 144 00:06:46,875 --> 00:06:48,765 Mary's been part of Jesus' ministry. 145 00:06:48,825 --> 00:06:52,094 She has repented of her life, and Jesus has healed her over 146 00:06:52,094 --> 00:06:55,515 seven demons, and so she's here. 147 00:06:55,515 --> 00:06:58,065 We don't know, maybe it was something she inherited. 148 00:06:59,205 --> 00:07:03,045 Maybe it was some money she had saved up for her own burial. 149 00:07:03,435 --> 00:07:07,275 Maybe she thought one day when I go, I want to smell good and I want 150 00:07:07,275 --> 00:07:11,115 people to approach my body and say, Shalom, peace, and I wanna smell great. 151 00:07:11,805 --> 00:07:12,885 I have no idea. 152 00:07:14,535 --> 00:07:19,275 But all I know is that she said, this is my most coveted possession or physical 153 00:07:19,275 --> 00:07:20,715 possession I have on this planet. 154 00:07:21,975 --> 00:07:24,285 Now, if Jesus were to ask you today, Hey, can you give me 155 00:07:24,285 --> 00:07:25,815 your most coveted possession? 156 00:07:26,925 --> 00:07:33,885 Whatever you've been saving for your 401k, your jobs, your titles, degrees, 157 00:07:33,885 --> 00:07:38,655 whatever you put out there, yeah, your heirlooms that maybe has been 158 00:07:38,655 --> 00:07:40,275 passed down generation to generation. 159 00:07:40,740 --> 00:07:43,470 Would you be able to sacrifice it before Jesus' feet? 160 00:07:44,340 --> 00:07:45,960 That's the honor that Jesus is looking for. 161 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:46,200 Amen. 162 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:47,460 If we could go to the next slide. 163 00:07:48,450 --> 00:07:51,480 What you see here in this beautiful passage is an intersection 164 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:53,700 of four amazing characters. 165 00:07:53,909 --> 00:07:56,610 You have, uh, Martha, who's a servant, and I'm like her. 166 00:07:56,610 --> 00:07:57,600 I'm a worry person. 167 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:59,070 So I'm like, go, go, go. 168 00:07:59,070 --> 00:07:59,670 Do, do, do. 169 00:07:59,670 --> 00:08:01,170 What's the next thing on in line? 170 00:08:02,070 --> 00:08:03,240 So that's Martha. 171 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:04,590 And a lot of us can relate with that. 172 00:08:04,830 --> 00:08:07,260 You know, Mary the sinner, she had a heart that. 173 00:08:07,544 --> 00:08:08,265 It was so humble. 174 00:08:08,265 --> 00:08:11,685 She would fall before prostrate, right before Jesus' feet and 175 00:08:11,685 --> 00:08:13,335 say, Jesus, you are king. 176 00:08:13,484 --> 00:08:14,414 And she was a sinner. 177 00:08:14,414 --> 00:08:15,825 And I've been there before too, right? 178 00:08:15,825 --> 00:08:16,304 Every day. 179 00:08:16,304 --> 00:08:18,435 I'm a sinner, so I could relate with that. 180 00:08:19,695 --> 00:08:21,104 She felt so undeserving. 181 00:08:22,335 --> 00:08:24,825 And then you have Lazarus who's reclining at the table. 182 00:08:24,825 --> 00:08:26,864 He's kicking back, chilling, right? 183 00:08:26,895 --> 00:08:30,465 He's eating good food and he's just safe. 184 00:08:30,465 --> 00:08:31,575 He was dead for four days. 185 00:08:31,575 --> 00:08:33,584 So imagine his cow WBS in his mind, right? 186 00:08:33,885 --> 00:08:35,534 I mean, we can't blame him for reclining. 187 00:08:35,850 --> 00:08:38,190 He must have been like, dude, I was dead for four days. 188 00:08:38,700 --> 00:08:39,990 How do I recover from that? 189 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:43,980 But Jesus saved him after being four days. 190 00:08:43,980 --> 00:08:45,030 He was so smelly. 191 00:08:45,030 --> 00:08:47,430 I'm sure he got a shower right afterwards. 192 00:08:48,060 --> 00:08:50,130 They, you know, took care of him. 193 00:08:51,270 --> 00:08:54,705 And so he's there reclining, eating good, and he was saved. 194 00:08:54,705 --> 00:08:57,030 He was raised from the dead like many of us. 195 00:08:57,930 --> 00:08:58,890 But who was there too? 196 00:08:58,890 --> 00:09:02,970 The fourth and final most important characters, Jesus' Savior, was there. 197 00:09:04,125 --> 00:09:08,235 And so when you see these four characters always in the same 198 00:09:08,235 --> 00:09:10,455 room, the tension is gonna be high. 199 00:09:11,385 --> 00:09:16,665 The tension is gonna be thick, the tension is gonna be hard because you need to be 200 00:09:16,665 --> 00:09:18,615 spiritual to handle those moments there. 201 00:09:19,335 --> 00:09:22,695 And Jesus is trying to deal with all these situations. 202 00:09:23,325 --> 00:09:25,815 All at the same time, and you get a really good look at that 203 00:09:25,905 --> 00:09:26,895 when you watch the Chosen. 204 00:09:26,895 --> 00:09:29,715 If we go to the next slide, you know, speaking about honor, I 205 00:09:29,715 --> 00:09:32,655 wanna honor all the faithful disciples of Orange County Church. 206 00:09:32,655 --> 00:09:33,165 Amen. 207 00:09:33,585 --> 00:09:37,305 You guys have done so much over the last many years. 208 00:09:37,785 --> 00:09:41,025 You have appointed five new elders in our congregation. 209 00:09:43,035 --> 00:09:44,115 The people chose them. 210 00:09:44,685 --> 00:09:45,885 It wasn't the leadership. 211 00:09:46,245 --> 00:09:47,295 We sought advice. 212 00:09:47,295 --> 00:09:49,515 We had a consultant, we did all that. 213 00:09:49,995 --> 00:09:51,795 But the people nominated those names. 214 00:09:51,795 --> 00:09:53,145 We went through a vetting process. 215 00:09:53,460 --> 00:09:56,490 And thank God we have those five elders and their wives. 216 00:09:57,180 --> 00:09:58,980 We have a financial plan in motion. 217 00:09:58,980 --> 00:10:01,140 You know, I appreciate Kenny Barber talking about that. 218 00:10:01,140 --> 00:10:03,810 I know a lot of us, Hey, we want the finances to be transparent. 219 00:10:03,810 --> 00:10:04,650 We're working on that. 220 00:10:04,650 --> 00:10:07,890 We're working on including you and inclusive, and please talk to your 221 00:10:07,890 --> 00:10:11,550 group leaders and your ministry leaders, because we include them in on the mix. 222 00:10:11,550 --> 00:10:11,970 Amen. 223 00:10:12,165 --> 00:10:15,555 They're fully briefed on most things, and we wanna make sure 224 00:10:15,555 --> 00:10:16,695 that they know everything. 225 00:10:16,695 --> 00:10:19,005 And if you wanna know, be in the know, please ask 'em. 226 00:10:19,005 --> 00:10:20,775 But there is a financial plan in motion. 227 00:10:20,955 --> 00:10:22,005 It's not perfect. 228 00:10:22,005 --> 00:10:22,545 It's not. 229 00:10:22,545 --> 00:10:24,645 It's always gonna be needed to get better. 230 00:10:24,645 --> 00:10:28,425 Of course, we gotta improve it, but we need your feedback and we appreciate that. 231 00:10:28,425 --> 00:10:30,495 That is something that's great that God is doing. 232 00:10:30,735 --> 00:10:33,525 We're also on the cusp of possibly hiring a new regional leader. 233 00:10:33,525 --> 00:10:34,005 Amen. 234 00:10:34,635 --> 00:10:36,675 And we're gonna be talking about that in our leadership team 235 00:10:36,675 --> 00:10:38,055 today with all the leaders from. 236 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,729 We have a vision to go back to the building at some point 237 00:10:41,729 --> 00:10:43,439 and be the one OC church. 238 00:10:43,439 --> 00:10:44,400 Isn't that incredible? 239 00:10:45,209 --> 00:10:46,709 Many of us have been wanting that. 240 00:10:49,109 --> 00:10:49,500 I know. 241 00:10:49,500 --> 00:10:51,930 When I heard that initially I was, that was not my cup 242 00:10:51,930 --> 00:10:53,400 of tea or coffee or any cup. 243 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:53,729 Hey man. 244 00:10:53,729 --> 00:10:55,380 I was like, wow. 245 00:10:55,380 --> 00:10:57,901 I, I love what we're building here in coastline, in, in 246 00:10:57,906 --> 00:10:58,979 the Huntington Beach area. 247 00:10:58,979 --> 00:10:59,729 I like the beach. 248 00:10:59,729 --> 00:11:01,199 I like the breeze weather. 249 00:11:01,199 --> 00:11:03,089 It gets a little warm inland, don't get me wrong. 250 00:11:03,089 --> 00:11:03,329 Right. 251 00:11:03,329 --> 00:11:04,229 I mean, it's true. 252 00:11:04,590 --> 00:11:06,840 But I'm like, I like being where I'm at. 253 00:11:06,870 --> 00:11:07,380 But you know what? 254 00:11:07,380 --> 00:11:09,810 After talking to my people, I wanted to listen to my people. 255 00:11:09,810 --> 00:11:11,220 I said, this is not my church. 256 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:13,410 I said, what do you guys want to do? 257 00:11:13,710 --> 00:11:16,530 And most of the people in cosign were like, we should go back to the building. 258 00:11:16,890 --> 00:11:19,020 Parents were like, Hey, we'll help my teens. 259 00:11:19,439 --> 00:11:20,880 My kids grow up with other kids. 260 00:11:20,970 --> 00:11:23,550 The singles were like, I want to be part with other singles. 261 00:11:23,970 --> 00:11:25,200 Pablo in, in cosign. 262 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:26,340 We don't even have a campus ministry. 263 00:11:26,340 --> 00:11:29,850 It'd be great to relate with the campus students and the leadership 264 00:11:29,850 --> 00:11:32,610 and the staff and the elders were like, let's go be back one. 265 00:11:32,610 --> 00:11:33,510 That's amazing. 266 00:11:33,525 --> 00:11:33,584 Yeah. 267 00:11:34,185 --> 00:11:37,545 You know, it took a lot of a lot of gritty work, and I wanna 268 00:11:37,545 --> 00:11:38,895 applaud the staff and the elders. 269 00:11:38,895 --> 00:11:42,015 It's a lot of gritty work that we have to do to talk 270 00:11:44,655 --> 00:11:44,925 that. 271 00:11:44,925 --> 00:11:47,295 That was, that's not an easy decision to make. 272 00:11:47,295 --> 00:11:47,745 Amen. 273 00:11:48,074 --> 00:11:49,725 Just to uproot and move on. 274 00:11:50,444 --> 00:11:51,824 More details to come about that. 275 00:11:51,824 --> 00:11:54,975 And lastly, and I think most importantly, we've been closer 276 00:11:54,975 --> 00:11:56,265 to God like never before. 277 00:11:57,165 --> 00:12:00,465 I'm really impressed by the eldership that we have the six 278 00:12:00,465 --> 00:12:01,725 couples, if you include the Willis. 279 00:12:03,315 --> 00:12:06,975 When you, when you, when you hear the things that they're doing, and, 280 00:12:06,980 --> 00:12:10,695 and they wouldn't say this but I'm gonna say it for them, they've been 281 00:12:10,695 --> 00:12:14,715 fasting, they've been taking turns, fasting every day amongst themselves. 282 00:12:15,735 --> 00:12:17,025 So remember they're six. 283 00:12:17,055 --> 00:12:18,645 Someone has to fast twice a week. 284 00:12:19,485 --> 00:12:23,475 So if you fast it on Sunday, you might have to fast on Saturday, and that is 285 00:12:23,475 --> 00:12:24,915 the rotation that they've been having. 286 00:12:25,215 --> 00:12:28,065 Isn't that amazing to withhold food. 287 00:12:28,065 --> 00:12:29,565 I can't even withhold a meal. 288 00:12:29,940 --> 00:12:31,710 I mean, it's just not my thing. 289 00:12:31,710 --> 00:12:33,930 Even last night we, we were going on a double date. 290 00:12:33,930 --> 00:12:34,890 I'm like, you want dessert? 291 00:12:34,890 --> 00:12:36,720 Technically, I'm not supposed to have it, but I'm gonna get it. 292 00:12:36,810 --> 00:12:37,650 Let's get the dessert. 293 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:40,770 So I got a nice apple crumble cheesecake type thing. 294 00:12:40,770 --> 00:12:41,460 It was amazing. 295 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:44,400 If we go to the next slide, 296 00:12:46,770 --> 00:12:50,010 but it says that one of his disciples, what happens when good things are 297 00:12:50,010 --> 00:12:54,030 going on and Jesus is building momentum, A disciple gets in the way. 298 00:12:54,030 --> 00:12:55,410 Can you believe that? 299 00:12:55,830 --> 00:12:57,330 You would think it would be a sinner. 300 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:02,010 You would think it would be a Roman soldier or some king or something. 301 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:05,340 In John 12, there's, here's a warning we gotta take to heart. 302 00:13:05,580 --> 00:13:09,630 One of his disciples, Judas, is scar it, who was later to betray him. 303 00:13:09,630 --> 00:13:10,380 Objected. 304 00:13:10,680 --> 00:13:14,160 Why wasn't this perfume sold and the money given to the poor not a terrible 305 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,770 idea, it was worth a year's wages. 306 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:21,330 He did not say this because he cared about the poor, but he, but because he was a 307 00:13:21,330 --> 00:13:26,700 thief, as keeper of the money of the bag, he used to help himself and get this. 308 00:13:26,970 --> 00:13:30,030 He would and to what was put into it. 309 00:13:31,020 --> 00:13:35,190 So my first point was Mary was pouring out her best for Jesus. 310 00:13:35,190 --> 00:13:38,010 And we need to imitate that of her to honor Jesus. 311 00:13:38,430 --> 00:13:43,200 But when you're about self and into that, you're, when you pour into 312 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:45,240 self, it disrupts Jesus's honor. 313 00:13:45,780 --> 00:13:47,130 Now, let me be very clear. 314 00:13:47,190 --> 00:13:50,700 You'll never stop Jesus from getting all the honor even on the cross. 315 00:13:50,700 --> 00:13:54,180 He got all the honor when people didn't believe the resurrection. 316 00:13:54,180 --> 00:13:55,050 He got all the honor. 317 00:13:55,170 --> 00:13:55,260 Yes. 318 00:13:55,920 --> 00:14:00,599 So no matter what happens, Jesus is gonna get the honor, but our role can 319 00:14:00,599 --> 00:14:02,459 disrupt that process a little bit. 320 00:14:02,790 --> 00:14:07,170 God is always gonna work his way, but ourselves, when we pour 321 00:14:07,170 --> 00:14:09,510 into ourselves, it disrupts. 322 00:14:09,510 --> 00:14:13,410 Now that might be paradoxical to many of us because we think don't, shouldn't. 323 00:14:13,410 --> 00:14:15,420 We do self-care, and if we go to the next slide, 324 00:14:19,290 --> 00:14:20,790 it's a matter of the heart. 325 00:14:20,850 --> 00:14:24,570 Yeah, because here in Luke 5 37, Jesus addresses this. 326 00:14:24,570 --> 00:14:26,250 No one pours new wine. 327 00:14:26,250 --> 00:14:26,460 Right? 328 00:14:26,460 --> 00:14:29,670 God's new teaching, new vision into old wineskins. 329 00:14:29,670 --> 00:14:32,880 An old crabby disrupted hard heart. 330 00:14:33,870 --> 00:14:35,700 Otherwise, a new wine will burst. 331 00:14:35,700 --> 00:14:41,370 Because what happens with the leather wine holder, it breaks. 332 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,730 I mean, leather at some point will get so dry and brittle. 333 00:14:44,730 --> 00:14:45,390 It will break. 334 00:14:45,390 --> 00:14:46,560 It will start to disintegrate. 335 00:14:46,814 --> 00:14:51,435 And the wine and the gases that has been in there will disrupt that and we'll burst 336 00:14:51,435 --> 00:14:55,964 them and the wine they'll burst, the wine skins and it says that the wine will run 337 00:14:55,964 --> 00:14:58,395 out and the wineskins will be ruined. 338 00:14:58,395 --> 00:15:05,175 No, the new wine must be poured into new wineskins, so we don't need to worry about 339 00:15:05,204 --> 00:15:09,375 the wine that Jesus is presenting to us, his teaching and the His best for us. 340 00:15:09,464 --> 00:15:12,135 What we need to worry about is our hearts being open to him. 341 00:15:12,495 --> 00:15:12,915 Let's hope. 342 00:15:12,915 --> 00:15:14,175 Go to the next slide please. 343 00:15:15,255 --> 00:15:17,775 Here's an incredible scripture that I want to spend a minute on. 344 00:15:17,775 --> 00:15:22,395 In two Corinthians chapter six, verse three to 13, it says, this is 345 00:15:22,395 --> 00:15:26,625 Paul's heart for the church in CORs, we put no stumbling block, right? 346 00:15:26,625 --> 00:15:28,005 He doesn't wanna be disruptive. 347 00:15:28,755 --> 00:15:31,425 He's like, how can I help God's purpose move forward? 348 00:15:31,905 --> 00:15:33,464 I don't wanna get in the way. 349 00:15:33,734 --> 00:15:39,615 So he says, we put no stumbling block in anyone's path, anyone's path, so that 350 00:15:39,615 --> 00:15:41,984 our ministry will not be discredited. 351 00:15:42,074 --> 00:15:43,214 It won't be dishonored. 352 00:15:43,290 --> 00:15:43,439 Amen. 353 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:47,160 Rather, as servants of God, we commend ourselves in every way. 354 00:15:47,310 --> 00:15:52,020 In great endurance in OC church, you have endured in troubles, in 355 00:15:52,020 --> 00:15:58,410 hardships, distresses, beatings, imprisonments, riots, and hard work, 356 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:02,400 sleepless nights and hunger impurity. 357 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:04,349 It's a struggle to stay pure, right? 358 00:16:05,010 --> 00:16:10,530 Understanding, patience, kindness in the Holy Spirit and insincere love. 359 00:16:10,935 --> 00:16:14,925 In truthful speech and in the power of God with weapons of righteousness 360 00:16:14,925 --> 00:16:19,875 in the right hand and in the left through glory and dishonor. 361 00:16:20,535 --> 00:16:21,945 Bad report, good report. 362 00:16:21,945 --> 00:16:23,655 Genuine, yet regarded as inspo. 363 00:16:23,655 --> 00:16:27,495 Imposters, known yet regarded as unknown. 364 00:16:28,095 --> 00:16:28,845 Dying. 365 00:16:29,145 --> 00:16:30,075 Yet we live on. 366 00:16:30,075 --> 00:16:31,575 Come on, Kevin Mains. 367 00:16:31,845 --> 00:16:33,765 His spirit lives on amongst our fellowship. 368 00:16:33,765 --> 00:16:34,275 Amen. 369 00:16:34,275 --> 00:16:34,425 Amen. 370 00:16:35,610 --> 00:16:38,010 Beaten yet not killed, sorrowful yet. 371 00:16:38,010 --> 00:16:42,689 Always rejoicing poor, yet making many rich, having nothing 372 00:16:43,110 --> 00:16:45,630 yet possessing everything. 373 00:16:46,319 --> 00:16:51,900 We have spoken freely to you Corinthians, and opened wide our hearts to you 374 00:16:51,900 --> 00:16:55,525 see Paul's heart here, he's like, I'm opening my heart to you guys. 375 00:16:56,355 --> 00:16:58,140 He's not worried about what's being poured in. 376 00:16:58,740 --> 00:17:00,660 He's worried about what's going out. 377 00:17:00,660 --> 00:17:00,810 Amen. 378 00:17:01,155 --> 00:17:01,214 Yeah. 379 00:17:02,235 --> 00:17:04,065 He's like, how can I honor the church? 380 00:17:04,065 --> 00:17:05,565 How can I honor Christ's body? 381 00:17:05,773 --> 00:17:09,135 And in verse 12, it says, we are not withholding our affection from you, 382 00:17:09,493 --> 00:17:11,865 but you are withholding yours from us. 383 00:17:11,865 --> 00:17:16,273 Yes, as a fair exchange, I speak as to my children. 384 00:17:16,545 --> 00:17:17,865 Open wide. 385 00:17:17,865 --> 00:17:19,365 Your hearts also. 386 00:17:19,365 --> 00:17:19,483 Amen. 387 00:17:20,385 --> 00:17:21,375 You wanna be refreshed? 388 00:17:21,523 --> 00:17:22,243 Open your heart. 389 00:17:22,273 --> 00:17:24,285 Get open, confess a sin. 390 00:17:24,285 --> 00:17:24,435 Come on. 391 00:17:25,305 --> 00:17:26,835 You don't even have to confess multiple sins. 392 00:17:26,835 --> 00:17:27,825 Just confess one. 393 00:17:28,003 --> 00:17:28,905 Start with one. 394 00:17:29,115 --> 00:17:30,465 That'll build your courage. 395 00:17:32,355 --> 00:17:34,815 You're not open to some ideas, talk about it. 396 00:17:34,815 --> 00:17:36,825 Get open, get help, seek some input. 397 00:17:36,825 --> 00:17:39,855 Sit down with people, invite people over to your house. 398 00:17:40,875 --> 00:17:42,975 So many times, no one invites me to these meetings. 399 00:17:43,034 --> 00:17:46,185 Why don't you open up your house and open people to come to your house 400 00:17:46,754 --> 00:17:48,284 and say, Hey, I prepare a meal. 401 00:17:48,284 --> 00:17:49,605 Let's talk about it. 402 00:17:49,965 --> 00:17:52,605 I have some questions, I have some thoughts, and I made a meal. 403 00:17:52,754 --> 00:17:56,595 I have some dessert in the oven 'cause I wanna talk about these issues. 404 00:17:58,274 --> 00:17:59,504 Let's go to the next slide. 405 00:18:00,900 --> 00:18:06,480 But you know what sometimes we could do is we could be cynical and let me be, 406 00:18:06,510 --> 00:18:08,460 from an outside perspective moving in. 407 00:18:08,820 --> 00:18:12,510 I'm so proud to be a part of the OC Church, my former ministry. 408 00:18:12,510 --> 00:18:13,500 It's a great ministry. 409 00:18:13,500 --> 00:18:17,460 It went through a lot of tumultuous times and during the pandemic, God 410 00:18:17,460 --> 00:18:22,080 miraculously worked through that region, uh, Metro LA and, and it was amazing. 411 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:25,950 And God has been healing that ministry and strengthening that ministry. 412 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:28,260 And when we ended up moving over. 413 00:18:28,290 --> 00:18:31,440 To, um, orange County. 414 00:18:31,830 --> 00:18:33,420 We were like, wow, they're in good hands. 415 00:18:33,420 --> 00:18:33,540 Now. 416 00:18:33,540 --> 00:18:35,430 We wanna help another ministry situation. 417 00:18:35,430 --> 00:18:39,659 And in the last four or five years since we've been here, people may say, man, 418 00:18:39,659 --> 00:18:41,760 the church OOC struggles with pride. 419 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:44,250 Or maybe they struggle with this situation or that situation. 420 00:18:44,879 --> 00:18:46,110 Selfishness, maybe. 421 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:49,379 You know what our biggest sin, I think is today, is we're cynical. 422 00:18:51,450 --> 00:18:52,830 We don't think things are gonna change. 423 00:18:53,220 --> 00:18:55,860 Hmm, that leader's never gonna grow. 424 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:57,750 That leader's never gonna change. 425 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:00,060 These people are never gonna have soft hearts. 426 00:19:00,210 --> 00:19:02,580 We're never gonna give to what we used to give to. 427 00:19:02,670 --> 00:19:06,120 Since Kevin Main's past in 2017, things have not been the same. 428 00:19:07,650 --> 00:19:08,280 But you know what? 429 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:09,480 They can get even better. 430 00:19:10,500 --> 00:19:13,590 And I know Kevin from the other side, he's rooting for us. 431 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:16,140 He's telling us, you guys can change. 432 00:19:16,380 --> 00:19:23,160 You guys can grow, bring back the honor to Christ, but stop being cynical. 433 00:19:23,175 --> 00:19:23,235 Wow. 434 00:19:24,165 --> 00:19:25,754 And I had to repent of that. 435 00:19:25,754 --> 00:19:26,835 If we go to the next slide, 436 00:19:28,965 --> 00:19:32,475 because I was doing therapy for people, uh, where I work out here 437 00:19:32,475 --> 00:19:36,315 in Laguna Beach, and I remember many individuals would come and see me. 438 00:19:36,315 --> 00:19:38,294 Paolo, I've been traumatized since the pandemic. 439 00:19:38,445 --> 00:19:39,555 I had a lost one. 440 00:19:39,825 --> 00:19:43,784 Uh, recently, even this week I had a, a, uh, a mother who came, she 441 00:19:43,784 --> 00:19:45,465 lost two of her children recently. 442 00:19:46,365 --> 00:19:48,165 It was so heartbreaking. 443 00:19:48,165 --> 00:19:50,115 I was like, oh my goodness. 444 00:19:50,115 --> 00:19:51,105 What do we do here? 445 00:19:51,135 --> 00:19:55,665 Yeah, and I remember using this narrative therapy technique with her and with many 446 00:19:55,665 --> 00:19:59,115 of my patients the last many years since I've been in Orange County, and even I use 447 00:19:59,115 --> 00:20:01,605 this with disciples in our ministry there. 448 00:20:01,605 --> 00:20:05,175 And I'd like to pass it on to you that narrative therapy is a form 449 00:20:05,175 --> 00:20:08,805 of psychotherapy that focuses on helping individuals understand and 450 00:20:08,805 --> 00:20:13,125 change the stories they tell about themselves and their experiences. 451 00:20:13,515 --> 00:20:16,365 It is based on the premise that people's identities and problems 452 00:20:16,365 --> 00:20:17,685 are shaped by the narrative. 453 00:20:18,120 --> 00:20:19,080 They create. 454 00:20:19,470 --> 00:20:21,690 What narrative are you creating today for yourself? 455 00:20:25,050 --> 00:20:28,440 The key principles are you gotta externalize, Hey, separate yourself. 456 00:20:28,470 --> 00:20:30,240 Look from 10 feet away. 457 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:32,220 Okay, I see the problem and I'm over here. 458 00:20:32,220 --> 00:20:33,480 I'm not with the problem. 459 00:20:34,410 --> 00:20:37,500 Then you gotta deconstruct it and then you gotta re-author it. 460 00:20:37,500 --> 00:20:41,490 You gotta come up with a new narrative and make yourself the star of it. 461 00:20:42,030 --> 00:20:44,760 Because one of the things I told that lady, I'm really sorry 462 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:46,170 that you lost your two children. 463 00:20:46,455 --> 00:20:50,024 And I know this is gonna sound controversial, I told her this, but 464 00:20:50,115 --> 00:20:53,655 even the loss of your children, that's not the star of the show of your life. 465 00:20:54,045 --> 00:20:55,754 You are the star of your life. 466 00:20:56,145 --> 00:20:57,555 And she broke down crying. 467 00:20:58,425 --> 00:21:02,085 She says, I've been holding this for years, Pablo, thank you so much. 468 00:21:02,445 --> 00:21:03,524 I wanna see you next week. 469 00:21:03,524 --> 00:21:08,085 She said, and I empowered her and I said, you don't have to live that life that. 470 00:21:08,475 --> 00:21:12,375 You know, this tragedy's gonna define you, it's gonna shape you, it's gonna 471 00:21:12,375 --> 00:21:16,395 make an impact, but you could still be the star of the show and we can 472 00:21:16,395 --> 00:21:18,765 honor your kids through your legacy. 473 00:21:19,575 --> 00:21:23,895 If we go, and I do wanna give a shout out to some of the sisters who had a a, we 474 00:21:23,895 --> 00:21:27,615 call 'em passion groups when they meet for midweeks for a couple of months. 475 00:21:27,615 --> 00:21:31,485 And they discussed some of the tough topics and they, their group 476 00:21:31,485 --> 00:21:34,905 was called Mind Change and uh, I wanted to lift them up because if 477 00:21:34,905 --> 00:21:36,135 you've never heard of mind change. 478 00:21:36,390 --> 00:21:39,720 Talk to my wife or talk to some of the sisters that participated in that. 479 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:41,790 It's really, really helpful and healthy. 480 00:21:41,790 --> 00:21:44,880 If we move on to the next slide, one of the things that I wanted 481 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:48,420 to just call the ministry to is we wanna do 15 days of honor. 482 00:21:48,420 --> 00:21:52,020 And man, this was just my idea that I think God provided to me is that 483 00:21:52,020 --> 00:21:55,830 so many times we're cynical and we complain, and all we do is sometimes 484 00:21:55,830 --> 00:21:57,480 in our minds focused on the negative. 485 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:00,570 And so in a way, to honor one another about ourselves, I'd like 486 00:22:00,570 --> 00:22:03,840 to ask between now 15 days from now, we'll be exactly Easter. 487 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:04,260 Amen. 488 00:22:04,550 --> 00:22:04,840 Yeah. 489 00:22:06,405 --> 00:22:10,365 No complaining, no negativity, no criticizing. 490 00:22:10,635 --> 00:22:11,205 I'm lucky. 491 00:22:11,235 --> 00:22:13,095 'cause after this, you can't criticize a sermon. 492 00:22:13,095 --> 00:22:13,425 Amen. 493 00:22:13,425 --> 00:22:14,145 So I'm blessed, 494 00:22:16,485 --> 00:22:21,705 but next week, if you hear from Marcel or Kyle or whoever, Martine, 495 00:22:21,975 --> 00:22:26,205 whoever speaks in your ministry, Ron or James, let's not criticize 'em. 496 00:22:26,205 --> 00:22:27,945 Let's encourage them. 497 00:22:28,665 --> 00:22:31,965 If someone does a communion and they don't do it, well lift them up. 498 00:22:32,295 --> 00:22:32,625 Man. 499 00:22:32,625 --> 00:22:33,585 You had the courage. 500 00:22:33,585 --> 00:22:35,265 Yeah, right. 501 00:22:35,505 --> 00:22:37,065 Anybody who does anything, hey you. 502 00:22:37,065 --> 00:22:38,625 Those cupcakes aren't the best, but you know what? 503 00:22:38,625 --> 00:22:39,855 Awesome job, sister. 504 00:22:41,865 --> 00:22:42,195 Bro. 505 00:22:42,195 --> 00:22:43,395 You look like you're losing weight. 506 00:22:43,395 --> 00:22:45,525 Not really, but you're looking like you're losing weight. 507 00:22:46,995 --> 00:22:51,915 Let's honor one another and refrain from being critical. 508 00:22:51,915 --> 00:22:54,135 I wonder what God can do in two weeks. 509 00:22:56,505 --> 00:22:59,325 I wonder what the spirit can do in two weeks time. 510 00:22:59,325 --> 00:23:00,525 Be before now. 511 00:23:01,215 --> 00:23:05,745 And to set you up your success for your Palm Sundays and your Easter services. 512 00:23:06,465 --> 00:23:10,695 'cause you're gonna bring your friends and family, and I want them to come and 513 00:23:10,695 --> 00:23:12,075 see the body of Christ and be blown away. 514 00:23:12,075 --> 00:23:14,265 Like, what is this fellowship all about? 515 00:23:14,715 --> 00:23:16,035 This is amazing. 516 00:23:16,545 --> 00:23:18,825 You guys love each other, the diversity. 517 00:23:19,185 --> 00:23:20,535 You guys forgive each other. 518 00:23:20,535 --> 00:23:22,005 You guys are encouraging each other. 519 00:23:22,425 --> 00:23:23,565 It's amazing. 520 00:23:24,135 --> 00:23:27,135 That's what we want to do, but we gotta obey the Bible. 521 00:23:27,225 --> 00:23:28,905 Honor one another above ourselves. 522 00:23:28,905 --> 00:23:29,955 If we could go to the next slide. 523 00:23:31,290 --> 00:23:32,190 God has been blessing. 524 00:23:32,190 --> 00:23:32,730 Amen. 525 00:23:33,450 --> 00:23:33,600 Yes. 526 00:23:33,630 --> 00:23:37,470 The South singles Ministry, Armando Pineta, got baptized recently 527 00:23:43,470 --> 00:23:44,610 in the campus ministry. 528 00:23:44,610 --> 00:23:46,530 Peyton Wilson got, uh, baptized 529 00:23:51,105 --> 00:23:52,230 in the singles ministry. 530 00:23:52,230 --> 00:23:53,700 Ryan, to me, got restored. 531 00:23:56,010 --> 00:23:57,420 Shout out to Eric Scheffler. 532 00:23:58,515 --> 00:24:02,715 And, uh, Andrew Richmond and Tony and all the brothers there that helped 'em. 533 00:24:02,715 --> 00:24:03,585 It was amazing. 534 00:24:03,915 --> 00:24:04,755 God is working. 535 00:24:04,755 --> 00:24:06,645 And I do have some more good news. 536 00:24:06,645 --> 00:24:07,785 If we could go to the next slide. 537 00:24:09,435 --> 00:24:12,795 If, uh, I'm gonna ask in a few minutes anyone who's been baptized or 538 00:24:12,795 --> 00:24:14,355 restored to do me something simple. 539 00:24:14,355 --> 00:24:15,255 Two little things. 540 00:24:15,435 --> 00:24:17,805 You'll be asked to walk somewhere and you'll be asked to stand. 541 00:24:17,805 --> 00:24:18,495 That's how you're gonna do. 542 00:24:18,495 --> 00:24:18,885 Amen. 543 00:24:19,425 --> 00:24:22,845 So if you know of someone that got baptized or restored since 544 00:24:22,845 --> 00:24:26,295 the pandemic, we could even start as early as January of 2020. 545 00:24:26,295 --> 00:24:26,835 It don't matter. 546 00:24:27,225 --> 00:24:27,525 Right. 547 00:24:27,525 --> 00:24:28,905 This is, we're not legalistic here. 548 00:24:28,905 --> 00:24:32,175 Just whoever got baptized or restored in the last four or five months, I'm 549 00:24:32,175 --> 00:24:33,825 gonna four or five years I should say. 550 00:24:34,125 --> 00:24:37,695 I'm gonna ask them to come up in a short while, so get ready. 551 00:24:37,695 --> 00:24:38,175 Okay. 552 00:24:38,235 --> 00:24:39,585 Fix your hair a little bit. 553 00:24:39,945 --> 00:24:44,355 If you're wearing a jacket, you know, make sure you wanna look proper. 554 00:24:44,415 --> 00:24:45,045 I get it. 555 00:24:45,045 --> 00:24:48,165 You may be a little shy, but I wanna build up your courage 'cause you can do it. 556 00:24:48,945 --> 00:24:52,935 I'm gonna ask you to do something really simple in a short while, but in John 557 00:24:52,965 --> 00:24:54,555 12, we're gonna close that out here. 558 00:24:55,230 --> 00:25:00,270 Jesus replied to Judas who was being disruptive, leave her alone. 559 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:01,379 Come on ladies. 560 00:25:01,379 --> 00:25:01,620 Right? 561 00:25:01,620 --> 00:25:02,970 Don't you wanna hear that all the time? 562 00:25:03,750 --> 00:25:04,590 Leave her alone. 563 00:25:06,510 --> 00:25:10,560 It was intended that she should say this perfume for the day of my burial. 564 00:25:11,010 --> 00:25:12,270 You'll always have the poor. 565 00:25:12,270 --> 00:25:16,439 We will always have issues you, but you will not always have me. 566 00:25:17,250 --> 00:25:19,439 If we go to the next slide, Jesus goes even deeper in 567 00:25:19,439 --> 00:25:21,600 Matthew 26, this version says. 568 00:25:21,975 --> 00:25:25,875 That when she poured the perfume on her, on his body, he, well, 569 00:25:25,875 --> 00:25:26,955 he's speaking, so I'll read it. 570 00:25:26,955 --> 00:25:31,485 In his, uh, in, in his perspective, when she poured this perfume on my body, 571 00:25:31,485 --> 00:25:33,315 she did it to prepare me for burial. 572 00:25:33,855 --> 00:25:37,125 Truly, I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached and it's preached 573 00:25:37,125 --> 00:25:42,285 right here in OC Church throughout the world, what she has done will also 574 00:25:42,285 --> 00:25:45,195 be told in memory of her AKA honor. 575 00:25:45,195 --> 00:25:45,375 Amen. 576 00:25:46,695 --> 00:25:48,165 Wow, Pablo. 577 00:25:48,165 --> 00:25:50,925 But, but I've been speaking up and I've been trying to champion these 578 00:25:50,925 --> 00:25:52,514 causes and I just don't feel it. 579 00:25:52,575 --> 00:25:53,715 Keep opening up your heart. 580 00:25:53,715 --> 00:25:55,245 God will return you the honor. 581 00:25:55,875 --> 00:25:55,965 Yeah. 582 00:25:55,965 --> 00:25:57,225 You don't have to fight for your honor. 583 00:25:57,675 --> 00:26:01,365 God will do it for you and in amazing ways as a better 584 00:26:01,425 --> 00:26:05,355 storyteller in my sin, in my shame. 585 00:26:05,985 --> 00:26:07,965 Um, I have a sister, her name is Ramona. 586 00:26:07,965 --> 00:26:08,865 She's incredible. 587 00:26:09,330 --> 00:26:12,689 And, uh, our relationship's been getting better, but my goodness, me and her 588 00:26:12,689 --> 00:26:14,340 we're step, uh, brother and sisters. 589 00:26:14,340 --> 00:26:15,959 Oh, we, uh, hated each other. 590 00:26:15,959 --> 00:26:17,429 Same mom, different dads. 591 00:26:17,850 --> 00:26:21,689 And I remember one time, um, my sister was in a real bad need and 592 00:26:21,689 --> 00:26:24,209 she needed to move into our home, and she brought her niece with her. 593 00:26:24,719 --> 00:26:28,590 And I remember asking my wife about it, and, uh, it's public knowledge. 594 00:26:28,590 --> 00:26:28,949 By the way. 595 00:26:28,949 --> 00:26:29,760 She shared this. 596 00:26:29,909 --> 00:26:32,879 She's been in our church and out of our church, and she was restored. 597 00:26:32,879 --> 00:26:33,449 She shared this. 598 00:26:33,764 --> 00:26:37,155 That she's, uh, battled with substance, uh, abuse, addiction. 599 00:26:37,725 --> 00:26:40,575 And uh, there was a point where she was sober and she was in our home. 600 00:26:40,575 --> 00:26:42,315 She got restored and it was great. 601 00:26:42,524 --> 00:26:43,425 It was phenomenal. 602 00:26:43,725 --> 00:26:47,415 And unfortunately she relapsed and was going through a very challenging time. 603 00:26:48,105 --> 00:26:51,284 I remember we got to the point where she was breaking a lot of boundaries 604 00:26:51,284 --> 00:26:55,274 and disobeying our household rules, and she was not contributing that 605 00:26:55,274 --> 00:26:57,465 I had to tell her, you know, I think you may need to move out. 606 00:26:58,395 --> 00:27:03,285 And what was really shameful was, I remember she came to the door and I told 607 00:27:03,285 --> 00:27:05,025 Nicole I was at work, change the locks. 608 00:27:05,205 --> 00:27:09,045 And so my wife being obedient, change the locks and my sister was knocking 609 00:27:09,045 --> 00:27:10,425 on the door and she couldn't get in. 610 00:27:11,055 --> 00:27:15,405 And I remember, I, I, I, she text me, I was in bed and she said, 611 00:27:15,675 --> 00:27:17,145 Pablo, please open the door. 612 00:27:17,145 --> 00:27:17,955 I'm out here. 613 00:27:18,135 --> 00:27:19,725 And I said, I'm not coming out to the door. 614 00:27:19,725 --> 00:27:20,865 She says, I'm gonna call the cops. 615 00:27:20,865 --> 00:27:21,825 I know my rights. 616 00:27:22,245 --> 00:27:23,685 And I said, you don't know nothing. 617 00:27:23,685 --> 00:27:24,735 This is my house. 618 00:27:25,950 --> 00:27:26,190 Right. 619 00:27:26,190 --> 00:27:27,510 I was poured into myself, right. 620 00:27:27,510 --> 00:27:28,170 My sin. 621 00:27:28,830 --> 00:27:30,420 I was like, this, this ain't your house. 622 00:27:30,420 --> 00:27:31,020 It's my house. 623 00:27:31,020 --> 00:27:32,159 It's me and my wife's home. 624 00:27:32,310 --> 00:27:33,899 And this is, I even use Jesus' name. 625 00:27:33,930 --> 00:27:35,580 And by the way, it's Jesus's home. 626 00:27:36,870 --> 00:27:38,190 So we don't do drugs here. 627 00:27:38,190 --> 00:27:41,909 We don't come at two in the morning partying and, uh, inebriated 628 00:27:41,909 --> 00:27:42,960 and we bring boys to the home. 629 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,030 We don't do none of that stuff, right? 630 00:27:45,030 --> 00:27:46,800 We respect the rules of the home. 631 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:48,690 And I was really just talking about me. 632 00:27:48,690 --> 00:27:49,620 Of course, my honor. 633 00:27:49,980 --> 00:27:51,240 Well, the police came. 634 00:27:51,795 --> 00:27:53,475 They knocked on my door, so I let them in. 635 00:27:53,475 --> 00:27:55,005 They told me, sir, have a seat. 636 00:27:55,065 --> 00:27:59,475 My sister came in, my wife was there, all witnesses about, like, they thought I was, 637 00:27:59,475 --> 00:28:04,245 I don't know, some, some crazy assassin because there was like three patrol cars 638 00:28:04,245 --> 00:28:06,345 out there, and I was so embarrassed. 639 00:28:06,345 --> 00:28:08,055 I was living in an area called Monterey Park. 640 00:28:08,055 --> 00:28:09,495 It's really calm and quiet. 641 00:28:09,675 --> 00:28:11,415 There's beautiful hills, and I was remembering at the 642 00:28:11,415 --> 00:28:13,425 time, this is so embarrassing. 643 00:28:15,255 --> 00:28:16,575 Why is this happening? 644 00:28:16,635 --> 00:28:19,575 I'm here to help my sister, but look, she, oh my gosh, I should 645 00:28:19,575 --> 00:28:20,865 have never let her, let her in. 646 00:28:21,450 --> 00:28:22,290 Look at all this. 647 00:28:22,290 --> 00:28:24,930 This is bringing shame to our family, to my home. 648 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:26,070 People know me here. 649 00:28:26,070 --> 00:28:27,300 I'm a therapist, I'm a minister. 650 00:28:27,300 --> 00:28:28,800 Why are cops coming to your house? 651 00:28:29,610 --> 00:28:33,180 So I remember the gentleman, the officer sat us down and said, has your 652 00:28:33,180 --> 00:28:34,500 sister lived here more than two weeks? 653 00:28:34,500 --> 00:28:35,070 And I said, yeah. 654 00:28:35,070 --> 00:28:39,090 And by the way, there's a law if you don't know that if, if someone lives with you 655 00:28:39,090 --> 00:28:40,980 on the 15th day, they're your tenant. 656 00:28:41,190 --> 00:28:44,250 Whether they pay rent, do drugs, don't do drugs, whether they eat 657 00:28:44,250 --> 00:28:47,100 your drink, your milk or not, right? 658 00:28:47,475 --> 00:28:48,555 They're your tenant. 659 00:28:48,645 --> 00:28:51,255 That is the law by California, because they're supposedly 660 00:28:51,495 --> 00:28:53,295 trying to decrease homelessness. 661 00:28:54,135 --> 00:28:57,225 So I said, yeah, she's been a tenant for five and a half months 662 00:28:57,495 --> 00:28:58,815 and I don't wanna make it six. 663 00:28:58,815 --> 00:29:00,405 So can you please get her outta here? 664 00:29:02,535 --> 00:29:03,945 And they say, we won't be able to do that. 665 00:29:03,945 --> 00:29:06,795 She has a right to live here, and if you want to do that, you have 666 00:29:06,795 --> 00:29:10,005 to put a notice on her door for 30 days that she has to leave. 667 00:29:10,379 --> 00:29:11,190 And she won't. 668 00:29:11,190 --> 00:29:15,990 And so after another 30 days, you go to the Pasadena Courthouse, you pay a hundred 669 00:29:15,990 --> 00:29:17,520 and something dollars to evict her. 670 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,550 And then on the 61st day, we will come out and pick her up 671 00:29:20,550 --> 00:29:21,930 and take her if she's still here. 672 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,440 And I said, I have to deal with this for another two months. 673 00:29:26,190 --> 00:29:27,720 And the officer said, absolutely. 674 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:32,820 And he said, look, sir, I just want to tell you, you and your 675 00:29:32,820 --> 00:29:34,050 sister, you guys are fighting. 676 00:29:34,590 --> 00:29:36,030 But I would just say drop the issue. 677 00:29:36,030 --> 00:29:39,209 And I was, you know, my heart, I was, my blood pressure was up. 678 00:29:39,209 --> 00:29:40,649 I wanted to slap the police officer. 679 00:29:40,649 --> 00:29:42,419 I was like, man, get outta here with that. 680 00:29:42,419 --> 00:29:43,590 I don't want to hear that. 681 00:29:45,389 --> 00:29:49,560 And I remember the police officer said, you know, I've lost loved ones and I 682 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:53,909 would give my right arm to bring them back just to spend a day with them. 683 00:29:54,629 --> 00:29:56,310 And he says, don't you love your sister? 684 00:29:56,310 --> 00:30:00,840 He started with me and me as an evangelist of God's kingdom, as 685 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:02,399 a disciple of Christ since 99. 686 00:30:03,855 --> 00:30:06,675 Through all that I've been through at the time. 687 00:30:06,675 --> 00:30:08,865 I said, no, I don't love her. 688 00:30:11,025 --> 00:30:18,285 And my sister's Faith fell and she was like, okay, my sister used the 60 days. 689 00:30:18,285 --> 00:30:21,525 Trust me, she didn't leave any, any earlier and she left. 690 00:30:22,635 --> 00:30:24,765 And it was a very heartbreaking situation. 691 00:30:24,855 --> 00:30:30,465 But in that moment, I brought Shing to my family and I dishon my sister, my mom. 692 00:30:31,679 --> 00:30:35,850 And the kingdom of God and God, most of all his love, because he 693 00:30:35,850 --> 00:30:37,470 wanted me at that time to say yes. 694 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:41,520 And man, it's taken many years and thank God our relationship's better now. 695 00:30:41,879 --> 00:30:45,240 My sister's been through, uh, we've celebrated our birthdays. 696 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:48,899 You know, we're, we're on better terms now, but I had to say sorry. 697 00:30:48,929 --> 00:30:55,020 A lot of times I remember it got so bad we had a, a picture of her on the 698 00:30:55,020 --> 00:30:56,700 refrigerator where she had been restored. 699 00:30:56,700 --> 00:30:58,800 And at that time we were doing monthly newsletters. 700 00:30:59,085 --> 00:31:00,615 And her face was on the picture. 701 00:31:00,885 --> 00:31:02,505 And I remember I had two copies. 702 00:31:02,505 --> 00:31:05,235 I had one in my office of that, so I said, I'm gonna keep it. 703 00:31:05,595 --> 00:31:08,625 But in my pride, I, when she left, I, I grabbed that thing and I 704 00:31:08,625 --> 00:31:13,335 crumpled it and I remember, man, whatever, I threw it in the trash 705 00:31:13,335 --> 00:31:14,985 can in the kitchen and I walked away. 706 00:31:15,075 --> 00:31:17,925 I have another copy, but I don't wanna see her face on my fridge. 707 00:31:18,135 --> 00:31:18,975 That's what I said. 708 00:31:20,115 --> 00:31:22,845 And I remember one day my mom was asking me, Hey Pablo, I lost something. 709 00:31:22,845 --> 00:31:23,955 Can you go in my closet? 710 00:31:23,955 --> 00:31:24,105 And. 711 00:31:24,405 --> 00:31:25,035 Figure it out. 712 00:31:25,035 --> 00:31:25,995 I'm like, oh mom. 713 00:31:25,995 --> 00:31:26,925 Okay, sure. 714 00:31:27,075 --> 00:31:31,035 So I go, I go to the closet, I'm trying to look through some documents 715 00:31:31,455 --> 00:31:35,565 and lo and behold, I look up in the closet and you know what I see 716 00:31:35,565 --> 00:31:40,395 inside of the closet, the crumpled up newsletter that I threw in the trash. 717 00:31:41,145 --> 00:31:41,205 Wow. 718 00:31:42,345 --> 00:31:47,055 My mom had more honor for my sister than I did as a disciple. 719 00:31:47,055 --> 00:31:47,115 Wow. 720 00:31:48,735 --> 00:31:51,075 And I was like, my mom didn't know I had another copy. 721 00:31:51,659 --> 00:31:52,139 And my mom. 722 00:31:52,139 --> 00:31:55,050 I suspected maybe Pablo or Nicole or somebody crumpled 723 00:31:55,050 --> 00:31:57,179 it up, but I was like, wow. 724 00:31:57,209 --> 00:31:58,409 Again, I brought shame. 725 00:31:58,679 --> 00:32:00,720 That's why I poured into myself. 726 00:32:01,409 --> 00:32:02,669 Don't be like Pablo today. 727 00:32:02,669 --> 00:32:03,149 Amen. 728 00:32:04,379 --> 00:32:05,459 Don't do that. 729 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:09,449 It causes division, and I am happy to report me and my sister on better terms. 730 00:32:09,449 --> 00:32:13,110 That's why I'm able to share this story with you and pray for her. 731 00:32:13,110 --> 00:32:13,919 Her name is Ramona. 732 00:32:13,919 --> 00:32:14,220 Amen. 733 00:32:14,220 --> 00:32:15,270 We're praying for her every day. 734 00:32:15,780 --> 00:32:19,500 But I want one day for her to re be returned to God's kingdom and 735 00:32:19,500 --> 00:32:22,649 be restored so that her story could be told all over the world. 736 00:32:23,580 --> 00:32:25,050 That's what we gotta do as disciples. 737 00:32:25,050 --> 00:32:25,320 Amen. 738 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:26,520 If we go to the next slide. 739 00:32:28,379 --> 00:32:33,030 Meanwhile, large crowd of of Jews found out that Jesus was there and came not 740 00:32:33,030 --> 00:32:36,240 only because of him, but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead. 741 00:32:36,389 --> 00:32:40,320 So the chief priest made plans to kill Lazarus as well for an account of him. 742 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:43,740 Many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and believing in him. 743 00:32:44,025 --> 00:32:48,225 And so we need some Jews and we need some disciples that became, uh, 744 00:32:48,225 --> 00:32:50,025 Christians over the four or five years. 745 00:32:50,025 --> 00:32:52,305 'cause you believe in Jesus and you're following Jesus. 746 00:32:52,305 --> 00:32:53,565 And we wanted to honor you today. 747 00:32:53,565 --> 00:32:56,925 So if you've been baptized or restored, I'd like to ask you 748 00:32:56,925 --> 00:32:58,065 to come and join me on stage. 749 00:32:58,065 --> 00:32:58,485 Amen. 750 00:32:58,485 --> 00:32:58,665 Amen. 751 00:32:59,235 --> 00:33:00,825 Because I'm about to pray. 752 00:33:03,075 --> 00:33:03,615 So yeah, 753 00:33:07,335 --> 00:33:07,965 because. 754 00:33:08,655 --> 00:33:10,785 Remember, this is not about our honor. 755 00:33:28,970 --> 00:33:29,920 Great to see you, sister. 756 00:33:30,750 --> 00:33:31,360 Good, look nice. 757 00:33:33,050 --> 00:33:35,200 We're gonna have to make some room, so let's come on in. 758 00:33:36,645 --> 00:33:40,695 So yeah, if you got baptized, restored, come on through. 759 00:33:47,270 --> 00:33:47,820 Great job. 760 00:33:49,590 --> 00:33:50,180 Great job. 761 00:33:50,350 --> 00:33:51,140 Great job, Brendan. 762 00:33:56,985 --> 00:33:57,525 Make room. 763 00:33:57,525 --> 00:33:58,125 Make room. 764 00:33:58,125 --> 00:33:59,415 There's a few more coming. 765 00:33:59,715 --> 00:34:02,415 Thank you guys for being courageous and coming up. 766 00:34:03,375 --> 00:34:04,514 Feel free to go to your right. 767 00:34:04,514 --> 00:34:05,355 More Parker. 768 00:34:05,355 --> 00:34:06,405 Good seeing you, my friend. 769 00:34:09,105 --> 00:34:10,965 Now, why did I wanna do this? 770 00:34:12,645 --> 00:34:14,534 It was to bring up Jesus's honor. 771 00:34:14,534 --> 00:34:15,014 Amen. 772 00:34:15,764 --> 00:34:22,844 That in the midst of losing our loved ones, people moving out, maybe to move to 773 00:34:22,844 --> 00:34:26,444 another state, to have a better life, and us being heartbroken and left with that, 774 00:34:26,775 --> 00:34:28,904 maybe some of us losing our friends and. 775 00:34:29,534 --> 00:34:34,815 Neighbors to, to COVID or or to division or whatever you call it, heartbreak. 776 00:34:35,355 --> 00:34:37,304 God is still always working. 777 00:34:38,565 --> 00:34:43,065 He's working with the servants, he's working with the sinners. 778 00:34:43,485 --> 00:34:46,605 He's working with those who are saved because he's the savior. 779 00:34:47,625 --> 00:34:51,315 And this is the product of God's love right here. 780 00:34:52,215 --> 00:34:53,174 And I wanted. 781 00:35:01,694 --> 00:35:06,480 And we wanted the staff and the elders wanted you to see this so that you could 782 00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:11,669 be encouraged that God still works in the midst of trials, that God still 783 00:35:11,669 --> 00:35:15,779 works in the midst of suffering, and that he will return the honor only if 784 00:35:15,779 --> 00:35:17,220 you hang in there and fight for it. 785 00:35:17,220 --> 00:35:17,640 Amen. 786 00:35:18,270 --> 00:35:21,359 If we go to, please stay here guys, uh, but we're gonna close out 787 00:35:21,359 --> 00:35:22,770 shortly if you go to the next slide. 788 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:25,140 I already did that. 789 00:35:25,140 --> 00:35:26,370 You brought you guys all up. 790 00:35:26,550 --> 00:35:27,780 I wanted to close out with this. 791 00:35:27,780 --> 00:35:32,670 As we think of communion, uh, Jesus says, this is my blood of the covenant. 792 00:35:32,700 --> 00:35:35,190 He made a new covenant with these amazing disciples, right? 793 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:39,390 But it says, which is poured out again, that's the theme today, 794 00:35:39,390 --> 00:35:41,340 honoring God by being poured out. 795 00:35:41,670 --> 00:35:43,830 It says, for many, for all these individuals here. 796 00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:47,160 And that is what Jesus did. 797 00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:48,870 He poured out his best for us. 798 00:35:50,325 --> 00:35:54,015 And said, I'm gonna die for these people so that they can 799 00:35:54,015 --> 00:35:55,485 have a second chance at life. 800 00:35:55,485 --> 00:35:58,545 And so what we're gonna do is we're gonna go arm in arm and I'm gonna 801 00:35:58,545 --> 00:36:00,285 close us out with their communion. 802 00:36:00,285 --> 00:36:03,645 If we can grab arm in arm, everyone, for those of you that are able, if 803 00:36:03,645 --> 00:36:07,065 you wanna hold hands or, or lock arms if you're close to someone. 804 00:36:07,815 --> 00:36:09,975 And we're gonna close out with communion. 805 00:36:10,005 --> 00:36:13,815 The ushers will be passing around communion sets if any of you need 'em. 806 00:36:13,815 --> 00:36:16,785 And we'll be listening to an amazing song during the moment. 807 00:36:16,785 --> 00:36:17,295 Let's pray. 808 00:36:18,915 --> 00:36:22,095 Father, we're so grateful for you because you've honored us. 809 00:36:22,154 --> 00:36:26,565 And it is true that sometimes we sadly bring this honor upon you. 810 00:36:27,194 --> 00:36:28,484 We break your heart. 811 00:36:28,995 --> 00:36:33,555 I know I've done it multiple times where I've been faithless, cruel, unloving. 812 00:36:34,185 --> 00:36:38,924 But thank you, father, that you stoop so down to reach a sinner like 813 00:36:38,924 --> 00:36:44,085 me in hell from the pit of hell, and to bring you even before me, 814 00:36:44,085 --> 00:36:45,585 to bring me before your presence. 815 00:36:46,334 --> 00:36:47,444 It's so undeserving. 816 00:36:47,865 --> 00:36:51,765 I do not deserve the honor, but I'm just grateful, father, that you've given me 817 00:36:51,765 --> 00:36:56,354 enough of courage, enough of strength, not just to me, to my fellow brothers and 818 00:36:56,354 --> 00:37:00,825 sisters here on stage, and to those in the audience and those watching online. 819 00:37:01,154 --> 00:37:04,604 I pray that you just comfort them, that you are with them, that I know 820 00:37:04,604 --> 00:37:07,845 some of them are wondering, when is my honor, Pablo, when is our turn? 821 00:37:08,234 --> 00:37:10,004 But Father, it will happen soon enough. 822 00:37:10,004 --> 00:37:14,115 We just need to be patient and fight and hold on to the miracles 823 00:37:14,115 --> 00:37:15,404 that you are about to provide. 824 00:37:15,675 --> 00:37:18,225 And I pray that today could be a display of honor to you. 825 00:37:18,225 --> 00:37:22,335 Father, as we take communion that remember that Jesus poured out his best for us. 826 00:37:22,335 --> 00:37:25,725 I pray that we humbly meditate on that and that we're encouraged 827 00:37:25,965 --> 00:37:29,325 that he would do such a thing, a noble act to love us that way. 828 00:37:29,505 --> 00:37:30,375 In Jesus, holy name. 829 00:37:30,375 --> 00:37:31,275 We pray all these things. 830 00:37:31,455 --> 00:37:31,845 Amen. 831 00:37:31,845 --> 00:37:31,995 Amen.