1 00:00:00,050 --> 00:00:01,490 Speaker: Matthew 28 16. 2 00:00:01,490 --> 00:00:02,419 That's where you're gonna be. 3 00:00:02,810 --> 00:00:04,969 So in our game, right? 4 00:00:04,969 --> 00:00:08,689 In our game, we had to, we had to describe some things with just one word. 5 00:00:09,139 --> 00:00:11,419 And I want you to think of right now, think. 6 00:00:11,870 --> 00:00:15,770 If I was gonna describe a Christian with one word, how would 7 00:00:15,770 --> 00:00:18,410 I describe someone who's saved? 8 00:00:18,410 --> 00:00:21,860 How would I describe a Christian in one word? 9 00:00:21,950 --> 00:00:22,610 What would you think? 10 00:00:22,670 --> 00:00:23,300 What would you say? 11 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:27,050 What comes to mind when you say, oh, how would I describe a Christian in one word? 12 00:00:27,050 --> 00:00:31,820 Well, I think that in to Knight's passage we're gonna see what, at least Matthew, 13 00:00:31,820 --> 00:00:36,980 and, and probably Jesus would say, if he was gonna say one word to describe 14 00:00:36,980 --> 00:00:39,650 a Christian, that word is disciple. 15 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:40,640 Disciple. 16 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:42,800 That's the word I think that, that Jesus would use. 17 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:45,379 And that's the word that Matthew for sure would use. 18 00:00:45,379 --> 00:00:47,960 So if you don't know what it means to be a disciple, or if you have a 19 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:51,680 wrong idea about being a disciple, then you're probably doing the 20 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:52,790 whole Christian thing wrong. 21 00:00:52,849 --> 00:00:56,360 If you don't know what, what it means to, to be a disciple of Jesus, if you 22 00:00:56,360 --> 00:01:00,259 don't know what discipleship is or looks like, then you might be, you 23 00:01:00,259 --> 00:01:04,310 might have a totally wrong idea of what it's like to be a Christian and 24 00:01:04,310 --> 00:01:05,900 what being a Christian is all about. 25 00:01:05,900 --> 00:01:06,980 So tonight that's what we're gonna learn. 26 00:01:06,980 --> 00:01:08,270 We're gonna learn that discipleship. 27 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:12,530 Is living all in for King Jesus with his help. 28 00:01:12,890 --> 00:01:16,700 The discipleship is living all in for king Jesus with his help. 29 00:01:16,700 --> 00:01:19,910 That's what Matthew and Jesus are gonna tell us. 30 00:01:20,180 --> 00:01:20,539 Tonight. 31 00:01:20,539 --> 00:01:27,109 So look with me at your passage, Matthew chapter 16, or chapter 28, verse 16. 32 00:01:27,109 --> 00:01:29,299 So we're picking up right after the resurrection. 33 00:01:29,299 --> 00:01:34,699 Jesus is alive and the angel announces it, and then the woman go tell the disciples. 34 00:01:34,699 --> 00:01:38,030 And then, um, Jesus said, Hey, I'm gonna meet you guys in Galilee. 35 00:01:38,090 --> 00:01:39,560 Meet me in Galilee. 36 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:40,639 So verse 16. 37 00:01:40,945 --> 00:01:45,505 Now the 11 disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain, 38 00:01:45,505 --> 00:01:46,945 which Jesus had directed them. 39 00:01:47,005 --> 00:01:48,115 So this was the plan. 40 00:01:48,115 --> 00:01:49,134 They're like, all right, let's do it. 41 00:01:49,585 --> 00:01:52,555 And when they saw him, they worshiped him. 42 00:01:53,420 --> 00:01:55,158 But some doubted. 43 00:01:55,610 --> 00:01:58,519 So they see Jesus and they worship him, but some of them aren't sure. 44 00:01:58,519 --> 00:02:01,849 Some of them are either not sure if they should worship him or not sure who he is. 45 00:02:02,180 --> 00:02:03,949 We don't know exactly, but some of them doubted. 46 00:02:04,190 --> 00:02:08,959 Then verse 18, Jesus came and said to them, all authority in heaven 47 00:02:08,959 --> 00:02:10,940 and on earth has been given to me. 48 00:02:11,659 --> 00:02:15,440 All sovereignty, all authority, all power, all the rights 49 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:17,329 to rule is belongs to Jesus. 50 00:02:17,329 --> 00:02:20,360 It's been given to Jesus now as the resurrected king. 51 00:02:21,425 --> 00:02:28,024 Therefore go therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the 52 00:02:28,024 --> 00:02:31,805 name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe 53 00:02:31,805 --> 00:02:37,385 or obey all that I have commanded you and behold, look, I'm with you always. 54 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,190 To the end of the age, right? 55 00:02:40,190 --> 00:02:41,300 Nice short passage for us. 56 00:02:41,300 --> 00:02:43,310 I forgot to put up on the screen for you, but that's our passage. 57 00:02:43,310 --> 00:02:44,450 It all fits on one slide. 58 00:02:44,450 --> 00:02:45,170 Isn't that crazy? 59 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:46,400 It all fits on one slide. 60 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,490 So Jesus, he meets the disciples, some of them worship, and then 61 00:02:49,490 --> 00:02:50,690 he gives them this announcement. 62 00:02:50,780 --> 00:02:56,870 He says, look, all I have all authority everywhere because of that, I want you to 63 00:02:56,870 --> 00:02:59,840 go make disciples of everyone everywhere. 64 00:03:00,170 --> 00:03:04,220 I want you to baptize them, and I want you to teach them what I've commanded you. 65 00:03:05,060 --> 00:03:09,380 By the way, I'm always gonna be with you for the rest of history. 66 00:03:10,399 --> 00:03:17,060 Now, the main, the main message that Jesus is saying right is, is this section 67 00:03:17,060 --> 00:03:21,050 here, it starts with all authority, ends with to the end of the age. 68 00:03:22,145 --> 00:03:24,065 He starts in a really interesting place. 69 00:03:24,065 --> 00:03:24,215 Right? 70 00:03:24,215 --> 00:03:26,375 If you were gonna send out a group of people, right? 71 00:03:26,375 --> 00:03:29,795 If you were gonna say, you know what, I want you guys to go and tell people 72 00:03:29,795 --> 00:03:31,505 about Jesus, what would you start with? 73 00:03:31,805 --> 00:03:32,885 If you were gonna say, you know what? 74 00:03:32,915 --> 00:03:36,215 We're gonna start with 11 people and we're gonna go and try to change the world 75 00:03:36,215 --> 00:03:39,035 and tell everyone about Jesus, what's the first thing you would tell them? 76 00:03:39,755 --> 00:03:42,065 Well, Jesus says, this is what I'm gonna start with. 77 00:03:42,635 --> 00:03:46,235 All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 78 00:03:47,045 --> 00:03:49,445 Therefore go and make disciples. 79 00:03:49,565 --> 00:03:51,215 So whenever you see it, therefore in the Bible, you know 80 00:03:51,215 --> 00:03:51,875 what you're supposed to ask. 81 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:56,225 What's therefore, what's the, therefore, therefore, right? 82 00:03:56,225 --> 00:03:58,475 Whenever you see it, therefore, in the Bible, you gotta look backward. 83 00:03:58,655 --> 00:04:01,745 So it, what it does is it relates this to this. 84 00:04:01,775 --> 00:04:04,700 So all authority therefore go, right. 85 00:04:04,700 --> 00:04:05,435 That's what Jesus is saying. 86 00:04:05,825 --> 00:04:07,205 You see that all authority. 87 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:08,450 It has been given to Jesus. 88 00:04:08,540 --> 00:04:10,820 Therefore, I want you to do this thing. 89 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:12,080 This is a command that he's giving. 90 00:04:12,500 --> 00:04:16,399 So discipleship actually comes from Jesus' authority. 91 00:04:16,970 --> 00:04:20,930 Discipleship comes from the fact that Jesus is in charge. 92 00:04:21,350 --> 00:04:23,630 That's where discipleship starts, and that's our first point. 93 00:04:23,630 --> 00:04:27,560 Tonight, discipleship is a response to Jesus' authority. 94 00:04:29,630 --> 00:04:32,180 Discipleship is based on the authority of Jesus. 95 00:04:32,690 --> 00:04:36,050 It comes from the fact that Jesus is the king of kings. 96 00:04:38,570 --> 00:04:41,690 The first thing I want you to know about being a disciple of 97 00:04:41,690 --> 00:04:43,580 Jesus, someone who follows Jesus. 98 00:04:44,060 --> 00:04:46,549 Jesus has all authority, and maybe you've heard that before. 99 00:04:46,549 --> 00:04:47,960 You've heard that growing up from your parents. 100 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:49,609 You've heard that in kids, men. 101 00:04:49,820 --> 00:04:52,760 Maybe you've heard that Jesus has all authority, but I want you to just think 102 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:54,650 about what that means about Jesus, right? 103 00:04:54,650 --> 00:04:58,370 It means that Jesus has all authority over every country. 104 00:04:59,359 --> 00:05:02,239 So if Jesus, all authority of every country, think about that. 105 00:05:02,239 --> 00:05:04,400 Jesus could tell every country what to do. 106 00:05:05,330 --> 00:05:06,500 Jesus could tell Russia what to do. 107 00:05:06,500 --> 00:05:07,640 Jesus could tell he ran what to do. 108 00:05:07,730 --> 00:05:09,830 Jesus could tell the US what to do. 109 00:05:10,100 --> 00:05:12,950 Jesus could tell every single world country, Hey, do that. 110 00:05:13,970 --> 00:05:17,750 And he has the right to say that and enforce that Jesus' authority 111 00:05:17,750 --> 00:05:22,700 over every cell on earth, every molecule, every disease, Jesus 112 00:05:22,700 --> 00:05:24,500 can tell, every sickness, stop. 113 00:05:25,010 --> 00:05:25,700 Jesus can do that. 114 00:05:25,700 --> 00:05:27,620 Jesus has the authority to do that. 115 00:05:28,130 --> 00:05:32,360 Jesus has authority over every animal, right? 116 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:33,800 People talk about training their dogs. 117 00:05:34,055 --> 00:05:35,675 Jesus authority over every animal. 118 00:05:35,675 --> 00:05:37,145 He can tell every animal, here's what I want you to do. 119 00:05:37,475 --> 00:05:37,865 Go do it. 120 00:05:38,525 --> 00:05:40,355 Jesus authority, over, over everything. 121 00:05:40,385 --> 00:05:40,534 Right? 122 00:05:40,534 --> 00:05:41,975 He's authority over every person. 123 00:05:42,485 --> 00:05:42,665 Right? 124 00:05:42,665 --> 00:05:43,595 Not just maybe. 125 00:05:43,595 --> 00:05:44,015 Oh yeah. 126 00:05:44,015 --> 00:05:45,034 And Jesus has authority over every person. 127 00:05:45,034 --> 00:05:45,305 Cool. 128 00:05:45,395 --> 00:05:45,635 No. 129 00:05:45,635 --> 00:05:47,645 Jesus has authority over, over every person. 130 00:05:48,155 --> 00:05:52,595 Oh, Jesus has authority over you, over what you do, what you think, what you 131 00:05:52,595 --> 00:05:57,575 say, how you live, the decisions you make, where you go to school, who you 132 00:05:57,575 --> 00:05:59,375 date Jesus authority over Everything. 133 00:05:59,405 --> 00:06:00,785 How you spend your time, what you watch. 134 00:06:01,730 --> 00:06:04,400 Who you're friends with Jesus authority over all of these things. 135 00:06:05,450 --> 00:06:08,690 That's what it means when Jesus says, all authority and discipleship 136 00:06:08,750 --> 00:06:12,260 following Jesus is someone who recognizes that and goes along with it. 137 00:06:12,650 --> 00:06:13,219 They say, you know what? 138 00:06:13,219 --> 00:06:13,670 That's right. 139 00:06:14,090 --> 00:06:17,870 I agree with that and I'm gonna follow what Jesus says. 140 00:06:18,710 --> 00:06:21,200 Now, maybe you're someone who doesn't think Jesus is all authority. 141 00:06:21,650 --> 00:06:23,479 Does that change how much authority Jesus has? 142 00:06:24,349 --> 00:06:27,680 Does you thinking how much Jesus authority has change anything about Jesus? 143 00:06:28,490 --> 00:06:28,760 No. 144 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:28,940 Right. 145 00:06:28,940 --> 00:06:30,710 Whether you like it or not, Jesus is in charge. 146 00:06:31,354 --> 00:06:35,884 One day, Jesus is gonna come and set up his kingdom fully. 147 00:06:37,144 --> 00:06:41,014 And at that point, you won't have the freedom that you have now to say, uh, 148 00:06:42,244 --> 00:06:43,354 I don't want anything to do with Jesus. 149 00:06:43,534 --> 00:06:45,455 Or, uh, I kind of like Jesus, but I'm gonna do whatever I want. 150 00:06:46,715 --> 00:06:51,425 One day you're gonna run into Jesus authority and Jesus will show 151 00:06:51,425 --> 00:06:53,465 you I'm in charge of everything. 152 00:06:54,545 --> 00:06:57,575 Jesus has all authority, but he has all authority over everything 153 00:06:57,575 --> 00:06:58,835 that you interact with, right? 154 00:06:58,985 --> 00:07:02,165 Everything you think about all the people that you see, all 155 00:07:02,165 --> 00:07:03,545 the situations you're in, right? 156 00:07:03,545 --> 00:07:05,915 Maybe you're, you're scared of, of something happening. 157 00:07:05,945 --> 00:07:07,415 Well, Jesus is in control of that, right? 158 00:07:07,415 --> 00:07:09,995 And that's such a comfort that you are following someone 159 00:07:10,055 --> 00:07:12,785 who has all authority, right? 160 00:07:13,385 --> 00:07:16,685 You're not just following a, a nice teacher, right? 161 00:07:16,685 --> 00:07:20,495 You're following someone who has authority over every situation you're ever gonna 162 00:07:20,495 --> 00:07:22,205 face, anything you're worried about. 163 00:07:22,700 --> 00:07:25,040 You can say, you know what, Jesus is in control of that. 164 00:07:25,519 --> 00:07:28,999 Jesus can can work this exactly the way he wants to. 165 00:07:29,030 --> 00:07:31,790 If you're not sure how, how this thing with your family is gonna play 166 00:07:31,790 --> 00:07:35,149 out, or you're not sure how, how this situation and your social life with your 167 00:07:35,149 --> 00:07:38,119 friends is gonna work out or you don't know how your health is, is gonna be. 168 00:07:38,509 --> 00:07:41,180 Jesus has authority over that and he's in control and you can trust him. 169 00:07:41,180 --> 00:07:43,969 And that's such a freeing thing for you to know. 170 00:07:44,570 --> 00:07:50,180 Jesus has all authority, but also what I want you to see is that because use is 171 00:07:50,180 --> 00:07:51,800 all authority, he's actually giving this. 172 00:07:52,145 --> 00:07:53,735 As a command, right? 173 00:07:53,765 --> 00:07:55,145 He says, I have all authority. 174 00:07:55,385 --> 00:07:59,465 Therefore, because of that, do this make disciples. 175 00:07:59,795 --> 00:08:02,315 The, the main command in this passage is, is make disciples. 176 00:08:03,065 --> 00:08:05,165 Um, that's the way Matthew wrote it in his language. 177 00:08:05,165 --> 00:08:09,395 This is a, a command, and this is a less strong verb in Matthew's language. 178 00:08:09,575 --> 00:08:11,705 If you want, you can learn Greek with me and talk about that later. 179 00:08:11,885 --> 00:08:14,825 But this is the main, this is the main command of this passage. 180 00:08:14,945 --> 00:08:16,895 Make disciples so it, it's a command. 181 00:08:16,895 --> 00:08:18,485 It's not just a suggestion, right? 182 00:08:18,485 --> 00:08:21,275 It's not just, oh, Jesus, you know, was like, if, if you have time. 183 00:08:21,710 --> 00:08:25,249 Make some disciples for me, or, oh, you know, well, only the super important 184 00:08:25,249 --> 00:08:26,690 Christians, I want you to make disciples. 185 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:30,800 Making disciples is a command given to, to every, every person 186 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:32,720 who calls themself a Christian. 187 00:08:33,649 --> 00:08:36,470 It's actually the reason the church exists. 188 00:08:36,470 --> 00:08:38,389 This is kind of like Jesus' mission statement. 189 00:08:39,289 --> 00:08:42,500 You ever seen like a mission statement from a company like this company exists 190 00:08:42,500 --> 00:08:44,420 to, or like a college you're applying to? 191 00:08:44,660 --> 00:08:45,950 This college exists for this purpose. 192 00:08:45,950 --> 00:08:48,290 I looked up some online just that were fun. 193 00:08:48,350 --> 00:08:50,630 So like Disney's, I don't even know if this is true, this is what someone 194 00:08:50,630 --> 00:08:52,790 said online, but imagine that is true. 195 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:55,760 Disney's mission statement is to create happiness for 196 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:57,890 people of all ages everywhere. 197 00:08:58,460 --> 00:09:01,550 So they're saying that's why Disney exists, right? 198 00:09:01,550 --> 00:09:03,770 That's what, that's what Disney wants you to know. 199 00:09:03,860 --> 00:09:06,290 This is their main job is creating happiness. 200 00:09:06,560 --> 00:09:07,250 That's what they're all about. 201 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:10,280 So if something doesn't create happiness, guess what Disney's not gonna do? 202 00:09:10,610 --> 00:09:11,270 They're not gonna do that. 203 00:09:11,329 --> 00:09:11,660 Right? 204 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:13,760 They're all about creating happiness, and they want you to 205 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:16,490 know that they're, they're creating happiness for everyone, everywhere. 206 00:09:16,550 --> 00:09:17,720 All types of people, right? 207 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:19,880 That's what Disney wants you to know about happiness or like apple. 208 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:20,540 This one was fun. 209 00:09:21,290 --> 00:09:24,410 Apple to challenge the status quo to think differently. 210 00:09:25,700 --> 00:09:27,500 Notice how like vague these are, they have nothing to do with 211 00:09:27,500 --> 00:09:28,520 like the industry they're in. 212 00:09:29,060 --> 00:09:31,700 Disney didn't say anything about movies or about amusement parks. 213 00:09:31,849 --> 00:09:34,010 Apple didn't say anything about like iPhones or whatever. 214 00:09:34,069 --> 00:09:36,890 They didn't say like, to make the best technology ever, right. 215 00:09:37,130 --> 00:09:38,839 They said, we just want to be different. 216 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:41,510 So like that's Apple's mission statement. 217 00:09:41,599 --> 00:09:45,410 I like the McDonald's mission statement, just for fun to be the world's best 218 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:50,870 quick service restaurant experience without an ice cream machine, I guess. 219 00:09:51,260 --> 00:09:54,650 Um, but yeah, that was McDonald's mission statement. 220 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,589 It's interesting, right, to see, like, it tells you a lot about the company. 221 00:09:57,905 --> 00:10:00,964 To know what, what do they think is the most important thing that we're gonna do? 222 00:10:01,444 --> 00:10:02,525 This is what we're all about. 223 00:10:03,845 --> 00:10:04,625 Starbucks. 224 00:10:05,075 --> 00:10:07,325 Inspire and nurture the human spirit. 225 00:10:07,325 --> 00:10:10,595 This doesn't just sound like Starbucks, to inspire and nurture the human 226 00:10:10,595 --> 00:10:17,045 spirit, one person in one cup at a time, so you can really tell a lot 227 00:10:17,045 --> 00:10:19,444 about a company and what they value. 228 00:10:19,444 --> 00:10:25,325 Or one more Coca-Cola to refresh the world and inspire moments of optimism. 229 00:10:25,730 --> 00:10:27,785 Is this, is this how you feel when you drink a Coke? 230 00:10:29,165 --> 00:10:30,995 Totally right. 231 00:10:32,675 --> 00:10:35,825 But yeah, these are, these are these company's mission statements. 232 00:10:38,555 --> 00:10:41,495 These are these company's mission statements, and what I want you 233 00:10:41,495 --> 00:10:45,035 to see is that this is, this is Jesus' mission statement. 234 00:10:45,395 --> 00:10:46,895 This is the church's mission statement. 235 00:10:46,895 --> 00:10:50,255 This, if you call yourself a Christian or if, if your parents go 236 00:10:50,255 --> 00:10:52,415 to church, this, this is the example. 237 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:57,920 Everything that Jesus wants from his church as a, as a group, and 238 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:00,620 also everything that he wants individually from you as a disciple, 239 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:02,900 your job is to make disciples. 240 00:11:02,900 --> 00:11:03,560 That's your mission. 241 00:11:03,770 --> 00:11:04,579 That's why you're here. 242 00:11:05,060 --> 00:11:07,430 You're not here to have fun. 243 00:11:07,430 --> 00:11:08,599 You're not here to, to do this. 244 00:11:08,599 --> 00:11:10,040 You're not here to, to make a bunch of money. 245 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:11,300 You're not here to, to make friends. 246 00:11:11,329 --> 00:11:12,260 You're here to make disciples. 247 00:11:12,260 --> 00:11:13,970 That's your, that's your main mission statement. 248 00:11:14,300 --> 00:11:17,060 And so just like these companies, right, they wanna filter everything 249 00:11:17,060 --> 00:11:18,890 through their mission statement, right? 250 00:11:18,890 --> 00:11:19,760 If it doesn't do that. 251 00:11:20,330 --> 00:11:20,960 We're not about it. 252 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,060 If it doesn't accomplish our mission, we're not, we're not gonna do that. 253 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:25,819 So what Jesus is giving you is he's giving you a filter to say, okay, 254 00:11:25,819 --> 00:11:27,650 well, does this help me make disciples? 255 00:11:28,550 --> 00:11:30,770 Well, if it doesn't, that's not my job. 256 00:11:30,980 --> 00:11:32,330 That's not part of the mission, right? 257 00:11:32,330 --> 00:11:39,020 Everything we do as a, as Christians, as a disciples is about making more disciples. 258 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:41,840 It's like a filter that filters out the stuff you don't need 259 00:11:41,990 --> 00:11:42,980 and the stuff that you do need. 260 00:11:43,460 --> 00:11:46,280 So Jesus is giving you and the church your a, a mission. 261 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:49,069 So use the individual and the church as a group, right? 262 00:11:49,069 --> 00:11:52,819 That's why that a group of people moved from California to Texas and 263 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:54,620 just out of the blue, seemingly, right? 264 00:11:54,620 --> 00:11:57,650 Just because they, they wanted to, because they wanted to do what 265 00:11:57,650 --> 00:12:02,210 Jesus commissions or, or sends the church to do to make more disciples. 266 00:12:03,319 --> 00:12:05,120 So if you're a Christian, if you call yourself a Christian in this 267 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:07,790 room, I want you to ask yourself, is that what my life is really about? 268 00:12:08,329 --> 00:12:10,130 Is my life really about making disciples? 269 00:12:11,089 --> 00:12:14,990 Do I really think about, okay, why am I on my sports team to make disciples? 270 00:12:15,980 --> 00:12:18,800 Why am I at this school to make disciples? 271 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:20,660 Why am I with these friends? 272 00:12:20,839 --> 00:12:24,530 Why am I with these family members to make disciples? 273 00:12:24,650 --> 00:12:26,510 Why am I gonna pick the college I'm gonna go to? 274 00:12:26,900 --> 00:12:29,180 Why am I gonna pick the the schedule that I want? 275 00:12:29,329 --> 00:12:30,290 Well, it's to make disciples. 276 00:12:30,290 --> 00:12:32,120 That's what you need to filter everything through, because it's a 277 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:34,220 command from the authoritative king. 278 00:12:34,700 --> 00:12:36,230 This isn't the great suggestion, right? 279 00:12:36,230 --> 00:12:37,160 This is the great commission. 280 00:12:37,190 --> 00:12:39,770 This is a mission that, that Jesus himself has given you. 281 00:12:40,819 --> 00:12:44,839 If you call yourself a Christian, that's what it means to follow. 282 00:12:45,260 --> 00:12:45,680 Jesus. 283 00:12:45,710 --> 00:12:47,780 It's not an optional suggestion. 284 00:12:47,780 --> 00:12:49,430 It's not an age dependent suggestion either. 285 00:12:49,430 --> 00:12:52,790 You notice that Jesus didn't say, oh, when you're older, make disciples. 286 00:12:53,450 --> 00:12:59,810 Once you learn this much about the Bible, make disciples once you graduate 287 00:12:59,810 --> 00:13:01,340 from high school, make disciples. 288 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:06,200 Once you feel good about your relationship with God, make disciples. 289 00:13:06,410 --> 00:13:06,980 He didn't say any of that. 290 00:13:06,980 --> 00:13:09,050 He just said, if you're, if you're a Christian, make disciples. 291 00:13:09,964 --> 00:13:10,415 What he said. 292 00:13:10,625 --> 00:13:13,745 It's not a, it looks different maybe in different seasons of your life. 293 00:13:13,745 --> 00:13:17,735 You know, making disciples as a parent or as a mom, or as a dad, or as a grandparent 294 00:13:17,735 --> 00:13:19,295 or as a student, looks different. 295 00:13:20,555 --> 00:13:25,355 But that's always gonna be your mission, is to make disciples. 296 00:13:25,865 --> 00:13:27,694 It's not conditional on anything. 297 00:13:27,694 --> 00:13:31,175 Well, I don't feel like making disciples, oh, I don't love those people very much. 298 00:13:31,505 --> 00:13:33,005 Or, oh, whatever. 299 00:13:33,035 --> 00:13:34,505 My life isn't going the way I wanted it to. 300 00:13:34,505 --> 00:13:35,735 I'm really stressed out right now. 301 00:13:37,115 --> 00:13:39,754 Your job is still in those moments to make disciples. 302 00:13:39,784 --> 00:13:42,845 And yes, it'll look different, but that's still your mission. 303 00:13:42,875 --> 00:13:44,825 That's still why you are here. 304 00:13:46,024 --> 00:13:49,115 So because Jesus has all authority, discipleship making other 305 00:13:49,115 --> 00:13:51,514 disciples is a response to Jesus. 306 00:13:51,784 --> 00:13:57,214 Following Jesus is what discipleship is all about. 307 00:13:57,214 --> 00:13:59,435 And because Jesus is all authority, you can trust him, right? 308 00:13:59,435 --> 00:14:00,514 You can say, well, you know what? 309 00:14:00,994 --> 00:14:02,315 Jesus is in control of everything. 310 00:14:02,315 --> 00:14:03,544 So if he sends me to do something. 311 00:14:04,790 --> 00:14:06,319 He probably is gonna help me do it. 312 00:14:06,319 --> 00:14:07,940 It's probably gonna work out pretty well. 313 00:14:08,150 --> 00:14:10,099 If the king of the universe says, I want you to do this. 314 00:14:10,490 --> 00:14:11,240 I'm asking you to do this. 315 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:12,319 I'm commanding you to do this. 316 00:14:13,755 --> 00:14:16,130 The, the person with all authority has sent you to do this. 317 00:14:16,130 --> 00:14:18,619 You ever like run an errand for someone really important? 318 00:14:19,190 --> 00:14:22,819 Like at my middle school, there were these office aides, you know, and they 319 00:14:22,819 --> 00:14:26,420 come in with their pass and they can like walk through and pull people outta class 320 00:14:26,420 --> 00:14:28,970 and do this stuff because they're coming with the authority of the principal. 321 00:14:29,030 --> 00:14:29,540 You know what I mean? 322 00:14:29,540 --> 00:14:33,290 Like they've got the authority of the, the most important person on the campus. 323 00:14:34,235 --> 00:14:35,255 They can just walk around. 324 00:14:35,255 --> 00:14:37,745 They, they can go, you know, became a supervisor, says, Hey, 325 00:14:37,745 --> 00:14:38,495 what are you doing outta class? 326 00:14:38,495 --> 00:14:39,485 They can just hold up their badge. 327 00:14:39,485 --> 00:14:40,535 You know, like, look at me. 328 00:14:40,715 --> 00:14:41,405 I'm an office aid. 329 00:14:41,435 --> 00:14:42,005 I'm so cool. 330 00:14:42,005 --> 00:14:43,775 I don't have to do anything and just walk around. 331 00:14:43,895 --> 00:14:44,825 Or they can do that, right? 332 00:14:44,825 --> 00:14:47,015 Because they, they have the authority of the person sending them. 333 00:14:47,525 --> 00:14:51,785 If you're, if you're a disciple of Jesus, Jesus is sending you out of his authority. 334 00:14:53,015 --> 00:14:57,365 So if someone is telling you don't make disciples, they're, you 335 00:14:57,365 --> 00:14:58,805 can say, talk to my boss, right? 336 00:14:58,805 --> 00:14:59,825 This is what he told me to do. 337 00:15:00,125 --> 00:15:00,935 Talk to the principal. 338 00:15:00,935 --> 00:15:01,985 He set me on this mission. 339 00:15:01,985 --> 00:15:02,615 That's what I'm gonna do. 340 00:15:02,974 --> 00:15:05,555 So you can also trust Jesus with that and say, you know what? 341 00:15:05,585 --> 00:15:08,944 This is what Jesus asked me to do, so I'm gonna do it regardless of any 342 00:15:08,944 --> 00:15:11,494 opposition that might come my way. 343 00:15:12,694 --> 00:15:15,545 But because Jesus is all authority, following him means 344 00:15:15,545 --> 00:15:17,825 he lays claim to your entire. 345 00:15:18,095 --> 00:15:18,515 Life. 346 00:15:18,694 --> 00:15:18,845 Right? 347 00:15:18,845 --> 00:15:20,885 Being a disciple is not just a, what we talked about. 348 00:15:20,885 --> 00:15:22,805 It's not just a, a seasonal job. 349 00:15:22,805 --> 00:15:24,395 It's not just an optional suggestion. 350 00:15:24,395 --> 00:15:28,175 It's, it's an authoritative and wholehearted pursuit. 351 00:15:28,444 --> 00:15:30,635 Look with me at verses 19 and 20. 352 00:15:30,635 --> 00:15:32,825 So main command make disciples. 353 00:15:33,125 --> 00:15:33,965 How do we do that? 354 00:15:33,965 --> 00:15:34,385 Jesus. 355 00:15:34,565 --> 00:15:35,405 Well, here's what it looks like. 356 00:15:35,435 --> 00:15:39,635 It looks like going, it looks like baptizing, and it looks like teaching. 357 00:15:40,415 --> 00:15:41,225 That's what Jesus is saying. 358 00:15:41,255 --> 00:15:41,944 Make disciples. 359 00:15:41,944 --> 00:15:42,725 How do you wanna do that? 360 00:15:43,055 --> 00:15:44,285 Well, this is what we're gonna do. 361 00:15:44,540 --> 00:15:45,770 Right coach. 362 00:15:45,770 --> 00:15:46,970 Jesus says, here's what we're gonna do. 363 00:15:47,389 --> 00:15:49,970 We're gonna go, we're gonna baptize and we're gonna teach. 364 00:15:50,030 --> 00:15:51,109 That's how we make disciples. 365 00:15:51,740 --> 00:15:55,639 Now, if you notice all of these things, they, what they do is they, they take 366 00:15:55,639 --> 00:15:57,290 hold of every aspect of your life. 367 00:15:57,859 --> 00:16:03,440 These, these three activities involved in disciple making, they creep into 368 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:04,879 every single part of your life. 369 00:16:04,879 --> 00:16:06,109 You're not just making disciples. 370 00:16:06,305 --> 00:16:09,275 Sometimes you're making disciples all the time, and these things 371 00:16:09,275 --> 00:16:10,355 are gonna reorient your life. 372 00:16:10,385 --> 00:16:13,085 If you're really a disciple, if you're really a follower of Jesus, 373 00:16:13,415 --> 00:16:15,815 your life is gonna change thoroughly. 374 00:16:15,905 --> 00:16:17,345 It's not just gonna change on Sundays. 375 00:16:17,464 --> 00:16:18,485 It's not just gonna change on Wednesdays. 376 00:16:18,725 --> 00:16:19,835 It's gonna change all the time. 377 00:16:19,835 --> 00:16:20,464 So 0.2, 378 00:16:20,765 --> 00:16:25,535 discipleship is a comprehensive and committed process. 379 00:16:27,095 --> 00:16:29,735 Comprehensive that means full, right? 380 00:16:30,125 --> 00:16:32,315 All the way, like a comprehensive final, right? 381 00:16:32,315 --> 00:16:32,645 It's on. 382 00:16:32,885 --> 00:16:34,085 It's like the two worst words. 383 00:16:34,565 --> 00:16:35,194 In school. 384 00:16:35,375 --> 00:16:36,845 Comprehensive exam, right? 385 00:16:37,055 --> 00:16:39,965 That means it's a test on everything you've learned that semester or that year. 386 00:16:41,405 --> 00:16:44,615 Discipleship is comprehensive and it's committed, right? 387 00:16:44,615 --> 00:16:49,295 It's, it's something that that takes time and it's something that 388 00:16:49,295 --> 00:16:52,745 takes effort and it's something that takes resolve and it's a process. 389 00:16:53,015 --> 00:16:54,275 It's gradual, right? 390 00:16:54,275 --> 00:16:58,444 It's not just something like, boom, I've been discipled as much as I need to. 391 00:16:59,135 --> 00:16:59,735 I made it. 392 00:16:59,944 --> 00:17:00,725 It's a process. 393 00:17:01,025 --> 00:17:03,275 It doesn't happen all in an instant, but it also. 394 00:17:03,875 --> 00:17:05,525 Takes, takes time. 395 00:17:05,944 --> 00:17:11,165 And so is make, so making disciples and being discipled are both a process. 396 00:17:11,375 --> 00:17:13,265 They don't just, there's not just one conversation, boom, 397 00:17:13,265 --> 00:17:14,105 I discipled that person. 398 00:17:14,135 --> 00:17:14,494 I'm done. 399 00:17:14,915 --> 00:17:17,974 Or, oh, I talked to my leader once and now I'm discipled. 400 00:17:18,035 --> 00:17:18,724 That's not how it works. 401 00:17:18,724 --> 00:17:18,994 Right. 402 00:17:19,535 --> 00:17:22,744 Discipleship is a, is a process, but it's very thorough and it 403 00:17:22,744 --> 00:17:25,234 takes everything you've got. 404 00:17:25,234 --> 00:17:25,385 Right. 405 00:17:25,385 --> 00:17:28,625 And our main point, discipleship is living all in for king Jesus. 406 00:17:30,260 --> 00:17:34,010 So making disciples, as we saw, involves going, baptizing and teaching. 407 00:17:34,010 --> 00:17:35,930 Those are the three things that Jesus wants you to know 408 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:37,250 about how to make disciples. 409 00:17:37,370 --> 00:17:41,030 So this first one, here's what we can learn about discipleship. 410 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:44,480 When we talk about going discipleship interrupts and 411 00:17:44,540 --> 00:17:47,450 alters the direction of your life. 412 00:17:48,170 --> 00:17:52,850 Jesus saying, to make disciples, you're gonna have to go, you're 413 00:17:52,850 --> 00:17:55,010 gonna have to have a direction. 414 00:17:55,940 --> 00:17:56,720 It's gonna look. 415 00:17:57,380 --> 00:17:58,520 You're, you're on the move. 416 00:17:58,550 --> 00:18:01,430 It's gonna look like you're moving a certain way. 417 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:03,830 There's a, there's a path I want you to go on. 418 00:18:04,850 --> 00:18:08,240 Discipleship means going, so it's gonna interrupt your life. 419 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:11,240 Remember when Jesus calls his disciples, they're fishing in the boat. 420 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:14,420 Uh, Simon and Andrew are fishing in the boat, or James and John are fishing in the 421 00:18:14,420 --> 00:18:15,950 boat and Jesus says, Hey, come follow me. 422 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:16,850 So what do they do? 423 00:18:17,330 --> 00:18:19,130 They leave their stuff and they come follow him. 424 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:21,620 There's a, there's an altered direction. 425 00:18:22,010 --> 00:18:24,950 There's something that changed in their life. 426 00:18:25,310 --> 00:18:28,820 They were interrupted by Jesus and then they started following Jesus. 427 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:32,840 The best way I could describe this is one of my favorite games. 428 00:18:34,970 --> 00:18:35,810 You ever seen this one? 429 00:18:37,100 --> 00:18:38,390 You ever seen this one from Game Pigeon? 430 00:18:38,390 --> 00:18:40,010 It's the knockout game with the penguins. 431 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:47,300 So right when this, when this penguin is coming and this penguin is coming, 432 00:18:48,020 --> 00:18:49,280 what's gonna happen when they intersect? 433 00:18:51,260 --> 00:18:54,020 They're gonna go out different directions, right? 434 00:18:54,365 --> 00:18:58,205 Their trajectory, the way they were going is gonna look different, right? 435 00:18:58,205 --> 00:19:00,875 This penguin is probably gonna end up over here and this penguin is gonna 436 00:19:00,875 --> 00:19:02,675 end over here and this guy's gonna win. 437 00:19:02,795 --> 00:19:03,125 Right? 438 00:19:03,515 --> 00:19:04,325 That's how it's gonna work. 439 00:19:04,595 --> 00:19:09,365 So when this penguin gets bumped, he's gonna go a different direction. 440 00:19:09,365 --> 00:19:11,645 He thought he was gonna go this way and he's gonna go this way. 441 00:19:13,085 --> 00:19:14,915 That's kind of like what happens when you become a Christian. 442 00:19:16,025 --> 00:19:18,725 Your life changes the direction of your life change. 443 00:19:18,725 --> 00:19:20,225 That's why repentance is turning. 444 00:19:20,285 --> 00:19:21,395 That's the, that's what the word means. 445 00:19:21,395 --> 00:19:21,995 It means to turn. 446 00:19:23,105 --> 00:19:24,725 The direction of your life for changes. 447 00:19:24,785 --> 00:19:28,115 Second Corinthians five 15 says that Christians stop living for 448 00:19:28,115 --> 00:19:30,365 themselves and start living for God. 449 00:19:31,205 --> 00:19:32,345 There's a direction change. 450 00:19:32,345 --> 00:19:34,325 There's a trajectory that's changed. 451 00:19:34,565 --> 00:19:37,715 You were going this way, and then Jesus came and bumped 452 00:19:37,715 --> 00:19:39,125 into you and changed your life. 453 00:19:39,125 --> 00:19:41,135 He took you from death to life. 454 00:19:41,135 --> 00:19:43,535 He took you from not his people to his people. 455 00:19:43,595 --> 00:19:46,205 He took you from not saved to saved. 456 00:19:46,925 --> 00:19:48,545 And he changed the direction of your life. 457 00:19:48,815 --> 00:19:50,015 He gave you new desires. 458 00:19:50,165 --> 00:19:52,715 He gave you a new heart, he gave you new habits. 459 00:19:52,715 --> 00:19:54,635 He, he gave you all these things. 460 00:19:54,665 --> 00:19:57,665 He gave you the Holy Spirit, and it changes your life. 461 00:19:57,665 --> 00:19:58,625 It sends you off a different way. 462 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:01,325 You, you start maybe, maybe you do some of the same activities. 463 00:20:01,325 --> 00:20:02,735 Maybe you still play the same sport. 464 00:20:02,825 --> 00:20:04,145 Maybe you still live in the same place. 465 00:20:04,205 --> 00:20:08,315 Maybe you still have the same friends, but the direction of your life is 466 00:20:08,315 --> 00:20:12,365 totally different now if you're really a disciple, because now you're 467 00:20:12,365 --> 00:20:14,435 not doing those things for you, you're doing those things for God. 468 00:20:15,305 --> 00:20:18,725 So the direction of your life Jesus bumped into you and, and sense 469 00:20:18,725 --> 00:20:19,865 you go on a different direction. 470 00:20:20,525 --> 00:20:24,485 So discipleship alters the, the trajectory, it alters 471 00:20:24,485 --> 00:20:26,555 the path of your life, right? 472 00:20:26,555 --> 00:20:28,565 My life is totally different than what I thought it was gonna 473 00:20:28,565 --> 00:20:29,555 be before I became a Christian. 474 00:20:29,915 --> 00:20:32,765 And I'm sure all of your leaders can say really similar things 'cause 475 00:20:32,795 --> 00:20:34,925 their core fundamental desire change. 476 00:20:35,860 --> 00:20:38,855 They, they who they are changed what they wanted changed, their 477 00:20:38,855 --> 00:20:42,185 priorities changed, and that sent them in a different direction than 478 00:20:42,185 --> 00:20:43,270 what they thought they were gonna do. 479 00:20:44,510 --> 00:20:47,210 And so if you call yourself a disciple, look for that in your life. 480 00:20:47,750 --> 00:20:51,410 If you, if you wanna become a Christian, expect that to happen when you get saved. 481 00:20:51,860 --> 00:20:53,480 If you say you are a Christian or you're not sure if you're 482 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:54,230 a Christian, look for that. 483 00:20:54,260 --> 00:20:57,380 Look for, look for a a time period, maybe not an exact day, but look for a 484 00:20:57,380 --> 00:21:01,010 time period where Jesus bumped into you and sent you flying in a different way. 485 00:21:01,335 --> 00:21:04,820 And maybe it's gradual, it's a process. 486 00:21:05,030 --> 00:21:07,790 But look for the different direction, right? 487 00:21:08,090 --> 00:21:09,860 Look for a change in direction. 488 00:21:09,860 --> 00:21:11,540 I was living for myself, now I'm living. 489 00:21:11,900 --> 00:21:12,350 For God. 490 00:21:12,380 --> 00:21:14,240 That's what being a disciple is. 491 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:19,520 And also when you think about go, being a disciple means you're sent, right? 492 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:20,420 You have a new mission. 493 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:22,790 Your mission before was live for myself. 494 00:21:23,210 --> 00:21:24,650 Now your mission is make disciples. 495 00:21:25,250 --> 00:21:28,640 So now you're, you're sent out to go out of your way to do that, right? 496 00:21:28,820 --> 00:21:31,610 If you never talk to anyone in your life, you're never gonna make any disciples. 497 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:38,150 Christians are inherently outgoing people, maybe not in personality, but in posture. 498 00:21:38,630 --> 00:21:40,850 We, we go to where the people are. 499 00:21:41,390 --> 00:21:43,520 We need to make people disciples. 500 00:21:44,210 --> 00:21:47,270 So your mission has changed. 501 00:21:47,270 --> 00:21:50,990 You are sent out by God with a new purpose to do something for him. 502 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:52,850 That's what being a disciple is. 503 00:21:53,420 --> 00:21:54,620 The second part we saw going. 504 00:21:54,710 --> 00:21:56,840 The second part is being baptized. 505 00:21:56,870 --> 00:22:00,650 Baptizing, baptism symbolizes. 506 00:22:01,730 --> 00:22:03,230 You think about what is baptism symbolize, right? 507 00:22:03,230 --> 00:22:06,740 You're going down under the water and you're coming up out of the water, right? 508 00:22:07,610 --> 00:22:08,990 Um, baptism. 509 00:22:10,610 --> 00:22:11,000 Yes. 510 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,820 This, Jesus is talking about physically being dunked in the 511 00:22:13,820 --> 00:22:15,379 water and coming back up, right? 512 00:22:15,379 --> 00:22:18,290 Jesus is saying, you should baptize your disciples that you make. 513 00:22:18,770 --> 00:22:18,950 Right? 514 00:22:18,950 --> 00:22:21,080 They should be baptized if you're, if you call yourself a Christian, 515 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:24,649 you've never been baptized to obey Jesus, you need to be baptized. 516 00:22:25,250 --> 00:22:28,850 That's, that's one thing that Jesus's saying, but the physical act of baptism 517 00:22:28,850 --> 00:22:30,320 is supposed to be a symbol of something. 518 00:22:30,530 --> 00:22:32,389 Just like the Lord's Supper is a symbol of something. 519 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,210 Baptism is a symbol of something and what it symbolizes. 520 00:22:36,215 --> 00:22:37,025 You're different now. 521 00:22:37,235 --> 00:22:38,315 Your identity has changed. 522 00:22:38,315 --> 00:22:40,085 You were dead and now you're alive. 523 00:22:40,445 --> 00:22:43,535 You were someone else and now you're connected to Jesus. 524 00:22:43,535 --> 00:22:44,195 And so you're different. 525 00:22:44,195 --> 00:22:45,305 You have new life. 526 00:22:45,305 --> 00:22:46,235 You're a new person. 527 00:22:46,475 --> 00:22:49,805 That's what, um, Paul talks about in, in Romans chapter 528 00:22:49,805 --> 00:22:50,915 six, and he talks about baptism. 529 00:22:51,395 --> 00:22:52,715 He's not talking about physical baptism. 530 00:22:52,715 --> 00:22:55,085 He's talking about what happens to you when you become a Christian. 531 00:22:56,045 --> 00:22:59,585 You're different now, so who you are is different. 532 00:23:00,125 --> 00:23:00,335 Right. 533 00:23:00,335 --> 00:23:04,295 The the closest thing I could think of to like an identity change is. 534 00:23:05,225 --> 00:23:07,805 Specifically, uh, when ladies get married, right? 535 00:23:07,895 --> 00:23:10,055 This kind of thing happens, right? 536 00:23:10,115 --> 00:23:12,785 You become a different person, right? 537 00:23:12,785 --> 00:23:17,045 You, you go from Thomas Elli to Azuma in my lovely wife's case, right? 538 00:23:17,045 --> 00:23:20,045 You become a, a different person, your identity changes, and then you have to 539 00:23:20,045 --> 00:23:24,305 do all this paperwork, and it's a mess, and it's terrible, but it's awesome 540 00:23:24,365 --> 00:23:26,105 because your identity changed, right? 541 00:23:26,105 --> 00:23:28,085 So now, right? 542 00:23:28,085 --> 00:23:32,435 We're not just, we're not just two separate people in according to Jesus. 543 00:23:32,870 --> 00:23:34,970 If you get married, you're one flesh, right? 544 00:23:34,970 --> 00:23:36,200 God brought you together. 545 00:23:36,590 --> 00:23:40,460 God changed you, so now you're fundamentally a different 546 00:23:40,460 --> 00:23:42,350 person because you got married. 547 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:45,650 That's what happens when you become a Christian, right? 548 00:23:45,860 --> 00:23:47,270 When you become a Christian, your identity changes. 549 00:23:47,300 --> 00:23:48,350 Who you are changes. 550 00:23:48,710 --> 00:23:52,790 Not just outwardly, not just your habits, not just how you spend your time, not 551 00:23:52,790 --> 00:23:59,270 just what you maybe do or how you look, but who you are on the inside changes. 552 00:23:59,870 --> 00:24:02,630 Everything that's core to who you are is different when you become a Christian. 553 00:24:03,590 --> 00:24:06,680 That's what baptism symbolizes is, is an identity change. 554 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:11,690 It also means a new relationship with God, right? 555 00:24:11,690 --> 00:24:13,460 You, you're no longer apart from Christ. 556 00:24:13,460 --> 00:24:17,120 You're in Christ baptizing the name of the Father of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. 557 00:24:17,990 --> 00:24:21,170 Now you have a new relationship with God before you didn't 558 00:24:21,170 --> 00:24:22,190 have access to God, right? 559 00:24:22,190 --> 00:24:23,060 You're a, you're a sinner. 560 00:24:23,060 --> 00:24:26,240 You're separated from God, but then when you're baptized, 561 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:27,650 you're baptized into Christ. 562 00:24:28,175 --> 00:24:29,735 Which means you're, you're placed into Christ. 563 00:24:29,735 --> 00:24:31,385 You're connected to Christ. 564 00:24:31,865 --> 00:24:36,185 And so now when God sees you, he doesn't say you deserve judgment. 565 00:24:36,365 --> 00:24:37,955 He says, Jesus paid for your sin. 566 00:24:38,165 --> 00:24:41,465 So now I've adopted you and I've welcomed you to my family. 567 00:24:41,675 --> 00:24:44,285 So you have a new relationship with God because of you're connected to 568 00:24:44,285 --> 00:24:46,325 Jesus, you're baptized in Christ. 569 00:24:46,475 --> 00:24:47,105 That's what that means. 570 00:24:47,585 --> 00:24:50,375 You now have a new identity, but also you have a new relationship with God. 571 00:24:51,035 --> 00:24:54,725 You, you can call him Father, you can talk to him like your father. 572 00:24:55,085 --> 00:24:57,005 You have access to him through Jesus. 573 00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:58,280 You have your sins taken away. 574 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:02,840 You have a new relationship with God because of being a disciple. 575 00:25:02,900 --> 00:25:08,420 So baptism symbolizes your new identity, and that's part of being a disciple. 576 00:25:08,900 --> 00:25:13,190 Being a disciple means your identity is changed. 577 00:25:14,330 --> 00:25:17,060 So if that's not you, then you're not a disciple, right? 578 00:25:17,060 --> 00:25:18,860 But if you are, you should see that. 579 00:25:19,370 --> 00:25:20,480 You should see that in your life. 580 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:22,220 I'm not the person I used to be. 581 00:25:23,585 --> 00:25:25,895 So making disciples involves going, it involves baptizing 582 00:25:26,135 --> 00:25:27,965 and it also involves teaching. 583 00:25:28,445 --> 00:25:30,725 So discipleship means living Jesus way. 584 00:25:35,105 --> 00:25:37,175 So baptism talks about identity. 585 00:25:37,955 --> 00:25:41,765 So even though baptism or discipleship, discipleship is more than a way 586 00:25:41,765 --> 00:25:46,715 of life, it's more than just external rule following and doing 587 00:25:46,715 --> 00:25:48,005 different things than I used to do. 588 00:25:48,005 --> 00:25:50,675 It's, it's discipleship is much more comprehensive than that. 589 00:25:51,140 --> 00:25:54,950 It changes everything about you, not just your habits or your actions, but 590 00:25:55,010 --> 00:25:56,420 it's not less than that either, right? 591 00:25:56,630 --> 00:25:59,600 Being a disciple means, remember what Jesus said, teaching them to 592 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:01,250 obey everything that I've commanded. 593 00:26:01,940 --> 00:26:06,980 There's a, there's physical evidence because you, you, your identity changes. 594 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:10,280 Jesus interrupted your life, your identity changes, and now you start doing 595 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:13,010 the things that Jesus wants you to do. 596 00:26:14,030 --> 00:26:16,490 The word disciple actually means learner. 597 00:26:17,060 --> 00:26:21,139 So the, the word just means a student, like a learner. 598 00:26:21,530 --> 00:26:24,980 And so if you're a disciple, you're who you are. 599 00:26:24,980 --> 00:26:25,850 Is is a learner. 600 00:26:26,180 --> 00:26:30,320 And, and what that means is your posture as a disciple is always to grow. 601 00:26:30,650 --> 00:26:32,960 It's always, oh, Jesus is the, the teacher. 602 00:26:32,990 --> 00:26:35,690 Jesus is, is the one I'm learning from. 603 00:26:35,990 --> 00:26:37,400 That's what being a disciple is. 604 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:38,750 Your, your mission as a disciple. 605 00:26:38,750 --> 00:26:41,900 Part of it is to, to do everything that Jesus said. 606 00:26:42,260 --> 00:26:43,850 So you're always gonna be growing, you're always gonna be learning. 607 00:26:43,850 --> 00:26:45,889 That's why we said in our second point, it's a process. 608 00:26:46,625 --> 00:26:47,465 Discipleship is a pro. 609 00:26:47,495 --> 00:26:51,455 It's a lifelong process of living Jesus' way. 610 00:26:51,875 --> 00:26:55,745 You're never going to be done, oh, I'm, I'm done being discipled. 611 00:26:57,035 --> 00:27:00,005 So it's a, it's a process and there's ups and downs that process, right? 612 00:27:00,125 --> 00:27:02,135 Sometimes it takes a while for you to learn things. 613 00:27:02,435 --> 00:27:03,155 Just like in school. 614 00:27:03,155 --> 00:27:04,265 It takes you for a while. 615 00:27:04,445 --> 00:27:06,095 Sometimes there's certain things you get right away. 616 00:27:06,215 --> 00:27:08,435 There's some things that take you a while to get, you have to practice them. 617 00:27:08,435 --> 00:27:09,575 You have to think about them. 618 00:27:09,575 --> 00:27:12,275 Your teacher has to explain it in a cool way, and then you start getting it. 619 00:27:12,875 --> 00:27:14,705 That happens with, with disciples, with God. 620 00:27:15,020 --> 00:27:17,090 You know, so maybe you're a Christian, you're like, well, I see some changes. 621 00:27:17,090 --> 00:27:19,820 I don't see another big change that I, I really wanna grow in. 622 00:27:20,030 --> 00:27:20,930 So that might take time. 623 00:27:21,830 --> 00:27:27,950 You know, God works through slow process sometimes, and so sometimes your, your 624 00:27:28,460 --> 00:27:33,260 growth is gonna be slow learning, but you always should be as a disciple, learning 625 00:27:33,500 --> 00:27:38,090 to obey everything that Jesus said, and that's also part of being a disciple. 626 00:27:38,090 --> 00:27:42,440 He said, just teach them to obey everything that I've commanded you. 627 00:27:43,295 --> 00:27:46,205 Not just your favorite commands, not just the ones you're good at, not just the 628 00:27:46,205 --> 00:27:49,925 ones that the world applauds and says, oh yeah, that's good, but everything. 629 00:27:50,795 --> 00:27:55,565 So think about, am I someone who just picks and chooses what Jesus says? 630 00:27:55,565 --> 00:27:58,835 Like, well, I'll obey that and I won't do that, or, I like it when I get to do these 631 00:27:58,835 --> 00:28:01,385 things for Jesus, but I don't like it when I get to do those things for Jesus. 632 00:28:01,775 --> 00:28:03,125 I wanna serve at church this way. 633 00:28:03,125 --> 00:28:04,505 I don't wanna serve at church that way. 634 00:28:06,095 --> 00:28:09,395 Well, are you picking and choosing what Jesus asked you to do? 635 00:28:09,395 --> 00:28:11,225 Are you saying, Jesus, here I am. 636 00:28:11,885 --> 00:28:12,425 Send me. 637 00:28:12,965 --> 00:28:15,155 You get to decide how I follow you. 638 00:28:15,215 --> 00:28:17,075 You don't get to decide how you follow Jesus. 639 00:28:17,915 --> 00:28:20,285 You're following Jesus on his terms, not your terms. 640 00:28:20,285 --> 00:28:22,265 You don't get to say, oh, well, Jesus, I'll follow you this far, 641 00:28:22,445 --> 00:28:24,995 but if I'm single for the rest of my life, not gonna do it, I'm out. 642 00:28:25,895 --> 00:28:29,705 You don't get to say, oh, Jesus, uh, I'll follow you this way, but if all my friends 643 00:28:29,705 --> 00:28:33,635 leave me, I'm out, or if I have to share the gospel with people, then I'm out. 644 00:28:33,995 --> 00:28:36,365 Or, oh, if, if you really want me to believe that about 645 00:28:36,365 --> 00:28:37,715 homosexuality, then I'm out. 646 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:43,310 Jesus wants you to obey everything he's commanding. 647 00:28:43,399 --> 00:28:45,050 This isn't Buffet Christianity. 648 00:28:45,050 --> 00:28:46,970 You can't just pick, oh, well, I like what the Bible says about that. 649 00:28:47,180 --> 00:28:48,139 Don't like what it says about that. 650 00:28:49,220 --> 00:28:50,030 It's comprehensive. 651 00:28:50,060 --> 00:28:55,970 Everything that you see in God's word is for you and it matters, and you can't 652 00:28:55,970 --> 00:28:58,430 just pick and choose the parts you like. 653 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:01,370 Also, it's living Jesus' way, right? 654 00:29:01,370 --> 00:29:03,020 Not just learning information about Jesus. 655 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:06,110 Discipleship isn't just gaining information and facts like, 656 00:29:06,110 --> 00:29:08,240 oh, I, I learned this and I learned this and I learned this. 657 00:29:08,630 --> 00:29:08,840 Right? 658 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:09,440 It's learning. 659 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:10,640 That translates into living. 660 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:11,540 It's living. 661 00:29:11,540 --> 00:29:13,730 There's, there's action, there's feelings. 662 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:17,480 There's not just information that you learned about Jesus. 663 00:29:17,690 --> 00:29:22,400 And then lastly, throughout teaching, Jesus is telling the disciples to teach. 664 00:29:22,670 --> 00:29:23,000 Right? 665 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:24,710 So disciples are learners. 666 00:29:24,710 --> 00:29:26,150 Yes, but they're also teachers. 667 00:29:26,795 --> 00:29:28,745 Disciples are supposed to make more disciples. 668 00:29:28,985 --> 00:29:33,755 So if you are a Christian, you should be thinking about how am 669 00:29:33,755 --> 00:29:35,315 I going to disciple other people? 670 00:29:36,815 --> 00:29:39,875 Maybe you are a new Christian, so there's not much that you've learned that you 671 00:29:39,875 --> 00:29:44,705 can pass on, but at some point you should be thinking, oh, I need to pass 672 00:29:44,705 --> 00:29:50,255 on my learning, my knowledge, my wisdom, my love for Jesus to other people. 673 00:29:50,885 --> 00:29:52,145 I had one guy, um. 674 00:29:52,565 --> 00:29:53,645 One of the coolest guys I've ever met. 675 00:29:53,975 --> 00:29:57,365 He was in a men's bible study group that I was in, and he had a brain tumor. 676 00:29:57,905 --> 00:30:01,865 Um, one of the coolest dude, just the way he trusted God, the way he followed 677 00:30:01,865 --> 00:30:03,935 Jesus through that was, was really cool. 678 00:30:04,085 --> 00:30:06,725 But he gave me this illustration that I've, I've never forgot since then. 679 00:30:06,725 --> 00:30:11,495 He talked about the difference between, um, he used roads, but I'm 680 00:30:11,495 --> 00:30:12,695 using water 'cause it's more fun. 681 00:30:12,875 --> 00:30:14,045 The difference between a cul-de-sac. 682 00:30:14,675 --> 00:30:16,025 A thoroughfare, like right. 683 00:30:16,025 --> 00:30:17,675 A road that just goes all the way through. 684 00:30:17,825 --> 00:30:18,785 Or a road that's like a circle. 685 00:30:18,785 --> 00:30:19,715 So water makes more sense. 686 00:30:19,715 --> 00:30:20,945 'cause you guys don't even know what thoroughfare is. 687 00:30:21,185 --> 00:30:24,185 So you ever seen one of these things, you ever seen one of 688 00:30:24,185 --> 00:30:25,925 these standing water, right? 689 00:30:26,255 --> 00:30:27,485 Where all the mosquitoes come from? 690 00:30:27,935 --> 00:30:29,975 And for some reason they named a city in Oklahoma after this. 691 00:30:30,305 --> 00:30:33,575 But this is, this is still water, right Standing. 692 00:30:33,575 --> 00:30:35,225 Water standing. 693 00:30:35,225 --> 00:30:35,885 Water's gross. 694 00:30:36,380 --> 00:30:39,050 There's, there's nothing coming in to, there's nothing, sorry. 695 00:30:39,050 --> 00:30:39,860 There's nothing going out. 696 00:30:40,070 --> 00:30:41,060 There might be water coming in. 697 00:30:41,060 --> 00:30:41,990 There's rain that comes in. 698 00:30:41,990 --> 00:30:44,360 Maybe they, there's water that comes in, but it doesn't, it doesn't leave. 699 00:30:44,510 --> 00:30:48,140 And it just sits there and it gets real gross, right? 700 00:30:48,140 --> 00:30:49,910 It, it, it ends up looking like this. 701 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,400 And then these people probably have a million mosquito bites 702 00:30:52,550 --> 00:30:53,510 and they can't use their pool. 703 00:30:53,510 --> 00:30:54,410 It can really clean. 704 00:30:54,410 --> 00:30:55,190 It's terrible, right? 705 00:30:56,180 --> 00:30:59,750 But this kind of water, running water is beautiful, right? 706 00:30:59,870 --> 00:31:02,510 It flows, it's clean, it's great. 707 00:31:02,750 --> 00:31:03,740 You can swim in it. 708 00:31:04,070 --> 00:31:04,700 You could drink it. 709 00:31:04,700 --> 00:31:08,930 If you're adventurous, you could do all sorts of things with flowing water. 710 00:31:09,260 --> 00:31:14,180 See, being a disciple, you want to be this, you wanna be like this. 711 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:17,450 So when, when God shows you things, when you learn things, 712 00:31:17,570 --> 00:31:20,090 starting with the gospel, right, the gospel's the best example. 713 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:22,010 You don't just keep the gospel to yourself. 714 00:31:22,340 --> 00:31:23,690 You're like, oh, I, I heard the gospel. 715 00:31:23,690 --> 00:31:24,650 I responded great. 716 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:26,870 No, God wants you to take it to other people. 717 00:31:26,900 --> 00:31:31,129 He wants you to, to let it flow through you to people around you. 718 00:31:31,340 --> 00:31:33,440 He doesn't want you to just be like, all right, cool, I got it. 719 00:31:34,820 --> 00:31:35,180 Sweet. 720 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:36,350 He doesn't want you to do that. 721 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:39,709 He wants you to pass it on. 722 00:31:40,129 --> 00:31:44,180 So if you're a Christian, you at least know the gospel, right? 723 00:31:44,180 --> 00:31:45,200 You've at least been saved. 724 00:31:45,410 --> 00:31:47,899 You've heard the good news about Jesus, you've responded to him. 725 00:31:47,990 --> 00:31:48,709 You love Jesus. 726 00:31:48,709 --> 00:31:49,790 You can at least pass that on. 727 00:31:49,790 --> 00:31:51,950 Maybe you don't know very much, and that's okay, right? 728 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:52,970 We all start somewhere. 729 00:31:52,970 --> 00:31:54,439 Maybe you don't know very much about the Bible. 730 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:55,910 Maybe you don't know very much about Jesus. 731 00:31:55,910 --> 00:31:58,879 Maybe you haven't been a Christian very long, but there's still things that you 732 00:31:58,879 --> 00:32:02,240 can pass on to other people, and if you're a disciple, God expects you to do that. 733 00:32:02,704 --> 00:32:06,485 He expects you to, to let what he teaches you and what you've learned 734 00:32:07,265 --> 00:32:10,354 flow through you to other people, right? 735 00:32:10,354 --> 00:32:11,675 You don't wanna be gross standing water. 736 00:32:12,004 --> 00:32:13,834 You wanna be nice, pretty flowing water. 737 00:32:14,524 --> 00:32:20,285 So discipleship, there's three parts going baptizing and teaching right now. 738 00:32:21,215 --> 00:32:23,149 It might sound like so far that Jesus asking a lot. 739 00:32:23,765 --> 00:32:24,785 From his disciples, right? 740 00:32:24,785 --> 00:32:26,765 He's telling, he's like, I've all authority. 741 00:32:26,945 --> 00:32:28,355 You gotta do these things for me. 742 00:32:28,535 --> 00:32:29,165 You gotta go. 743 00:32:29,165 --> 00:32:31,295 I'm gonna interrupt your life and you're gonna do what I say. 744 00:32:31,295 --> 00:32:32,015 You're gonna live for me. 745 00:32:32,195 --> 00:32:33,185 I'm gonna change who you are. 746 00:32:33,185 --> 00:32:36,995 You might think, well, Jesus is just, you know, putting all these, these burdens 747 00:32:36,995 --> 00:32:38,285 on me, asking me to do all this stuff. 748 00:32:38,495 --> 00:32:40,055 Well, that's partly true, right? 749 00:32:40,055 --> 00:32:43,805 Jesus has every right to tell you what to do, and we don't like that sometimes. 750 00:32:43,865 --> 00:32:47,495 But Jesus has every right to tell you what you're supposed to do with your life. 751 00:32:48,035 --> 00:32:51,035 Jesus has every right to tell you what college you go to, what friends 752 00:32:51,035 --> 00:32:52,505 you should have, who you should date. 753 00:32:52,774 --> 00:32:55,325 Jesus has every right to tell you all of those things. 754 00:32:55,504 --> 00:32:57,754 What you do with your free time, what videos you watch. 755 00:32:58,655 --> 00:33:00,934 Jesus has every right to tell you all of those things. 756 00:33:01,655 --> 00:33:07,294 But he also is personally involved in helping his disciples follow him. 757 00:33:07,294 --> 00:33:11,524 Look with me at the beginning and the end of our passage. 758 00:33:11,524 --> 00:33:16,204 So verse 17, when the disciples saw him, they saw Jesus, which 759 00:33:16,204 --> 00:33:17,285 that would've been crazy, right? 760 00:33:17,285 --> 00:33:19,689 Imagine like you, you saw this guy die. 761 00:33:20,570 --> 00:33:22,399 Then now you're like, oh, there he is. 762 00:33:22,789 --> 00:33:24,050 That's crazy, right? 763 00:33:24,379 --> 00:33:26,360 So they saw him and they worshiped him. 764 00:33:27,110 --> 00:33:30,200 Which by the way, I said this last week, but if someone ever tells 765 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:31,789 you, Jesus never claimed to be God. 766 00:33:33,559 --> 00:33:35,539 If Jesus wasn't God, you know what He would've said right after this? 767 00:33:36,470 --> 00:33:36,950 Stop. 768 00:33:37,430 --> 00:33:38,240 Don't worship me. 769 00:33:38,300 --> 00:33:38,660 Right? 770 00:33:39,289 --> 00:33:39,860 But guess what? 771 00:33:41,269 --> 00:33:42,140 He doesn't say anything about that. 772 00:33:42,890 --> 00:33:45,410 So they worship Jesus, but some of them doubt it, and we don't 773 00:33:45,410 --> 00:33:45,979 know what they're doubting. 774 00:33:46,010 --> 00:33:47,780 We don't know if they're doubting, is this really Jesus? 775 00:33:47,780 --> 00:33:48,530 Maybe they're far away. 776 00:33:48,530 --> 00:33:49,249 They didn't recognize him. 777 00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:51,440 Maybe they doubted that he was really alive. 778 00:33:51,530 --> 00:33:53,840 Maybe they really, they, maybe they doubted that he was, God, we 779 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:54,680 don't know what they're doubting. 780 00:33:55,070 --> 00:33:58,430 Um, but the word doubt comes from like the word to be divided. 781 00:33:58,610 --> 00:34:00,140 So like they're, they're not sure. 782 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,840 There, there's some hesitancy, there's some, um, I don't 783 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:03,890 know, maybe some unbelief. 784 00:34:04,669 --> 00:34:05,120 They're doubting. 785 00:34:06,950 --> 00:34:10,370 And then Jesus came and said to them, Jesus didn't say, oh, you're 786 00:34:10,370 --> 00:34:12,500 doubting, you're a loser disciple. 787 00:34:12,949 --> 00:34:13,668 I'm not using you. 788 00:34:13,969 --> 00:34:14,179 Right. 789 00:34:14,179 --> 00:34:14,839 She just didn't do that. 790 00:34:15,679 --> 00:34:18,049 She didn't say, oh, well, you're not good enough to follow me. 791 00:34:18,768 --> 00:34:20,809 Jesus didn't say, oh, well, you're doubting. 792 00:34:20,870 --> 00:34:22,819 Well, I'm gonna ask other people to do my work for me. 793 00:34:23,748 --> 00:34:24,829 Jesus didn't say any of those things. 794 00:34:25,668 --> 00:34:27,620 Jesus comes to them, right? 795 00:34:28,159 --> 00:34:31,248 He came to them and said to them what He said, right? 796 00:34:31,248 --> 00:34:33,978 All authority has been given to me, and then I'll be with you 797 00:34:33,978 --> 00:34:34,879 always and give them mission. 798 00:34:34,938 --> 00:34:35,239 Right? 799 00:34:35,509 --> 00:34:40,370 So Jesus doesn't say, well, once you stop doubting, come 800 00:34:40,370 --> 00:34:41,569 follow me and make disciples. 801 00:34:42,228 --> 00:34:42,918 He doesn't say that. 802 00:34:43,069 --> 00:34:45,649 He goes to them and says, here's what I want you to do. 803 00:34:46,429 --> 00:34:50,870 He enters into their, their real imperfect Christian life and 804 00:34:50,870 --> 00:34:53,149 says, I have a mission for you. 805 00:34:53,659 --> 00:34:55,159 But he doesn't just give them a mission. 806 00:34:55,399 --> 00:34:57,379 He gives them everything they need to do the mission, right? 807 00:34:57,379 --> 00:34:58,190 We talk about all authority. 808 00:34:59,029 --> 00:35:01,430 Jesus has all authority. 809 00:35:01,730 --> 00:35:05,299 So if the disciples are ever scared or not sure if they can say, well, 810 00:35:05,305 --> 00:35:09,319 the, the guy who's in charge of the world sent me, so if you mess 811 00:35:09,319 --> 00:35:10,399 with me, you're messing with him. 812 00:35:10,730 --> 00:35:11,089 Right? 813 00:35:11,390 --> 00:35:14,660 So he gives them courage and he also gives them comfort. 814 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:20,690 So I want you to see that discipleship is a real relationship with a 815 00:35:20,690 --> 00:35:22,580 real Jesus, who's really with you. 816 00:35:22,940 --> 00:35:24,740 If you're following Jesus, he's really with you. 817 00:35:25,339 --> 00:35:29,359 He's not just watching you like, oh, well, when that person starts sitting 818 00:35:29,359 --> 00:35:30,680 less, then I'll, then I'll use them. 819 00:35:31,100 --> 00:35:34,475 Or, oh, when that person gets their act together or learns their learns more 820 00:35:34,475 --> 00:35:37,490 of their Bible, then I'll be with them, and then I'll ask them to serve me. 821 00:35:38,240 --> 00:35:42,620 Jesus comes to these disciples who, who trust him, and he says. 822 00:35:43,579 --> 00:35:44,389 I'm gonna help you. 823 00:35:44,450 --> 00:35:47,539 I'm gonna help you do exactly what I just asked you to do. 824 00:35:47,599 --> 00:35:48,200 So 0.3, 825 00:35:48,410 --> 00:35:51,709 discipleship is a relationship with a real person. 826 00:35:55,910 --> 00:35:57,979 Discipleship isn't just doing things for Jesus. 827 00:35:58,490 --> 00:35:59,599 It's not just hearing things. 828 00:35:59,599 --> 00:36:06,529 Jesus says, it's not just working really hard to make Jesus happy. 829 00:36:08,375 --> 00:36:12,665 Jesus is a real person and he really helps his disciples follow him. 830 00:36:15,995 --> 00:36:18,785 And maybe it's hard for you to wrap your mind around that Jesus is a 831 00:36:18,785 --> 00:36:20,134 real person and I get it right. 832 00:36:20,134 --> 00:36:22,115 Maybe you're like, man, I wish I could have been one of those 833 00:36:22,115 --> 00:36:24,335 disciples and actually seen Jesus and talked with him and touched him. 834 00:36:25,085 --> 00:36:28,085 But if Jesus wanted you to have that experience, if he thought that experience 835 00:36:28,085 --> 00:36:29,674 was good for you, he would still be here. 836 00:36:30,754 --> 00:36:33,274 If, if you're saying, oh, I really wish I could have seen Jesus. 837 00:36:34,805 --> 00:36:35,645 Why did Jesus leave? 838 00:36:36,260 --> 00:36:40,040 Jesus, the smartest guy who ever lived thought it was a good idea to give you 839 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:41,330 the Holy Spirit instead of staying here. 840 00:36:42,470 --> 00:36:42,650 Right? 841 00:36:42,650 --> 00:36:43,010 Imagine that. 842 00:36:43,010 --> 00:36:47,030 Imagine if Jesus was the pastor of some church in Austin. 843 00:36:49,340 --> 00:36:50,690 That would be really cool, right? 844 00:36:51,500 --> 00:36:54,380 If Jesus was the pastor of a church, everyone could go to that church. 845 00:36:54,380 --> 00:36:55,160 Like you could meet Jesus. 846 00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:56,150 You could hear Jesus preach. 847 00:36:56,300 --> 00:36:59,330 You could shake his hand after service and tell him, great sermon, Jesus. 848 00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:01,040 And then he'd be like, we'll see. 849 00:37:01,070 --> 00:37:01,490 No, I'm just kidding. 850 00:37:01,490 --> 00:37:01,880 He wouldn't say that. 851 00:37:02,180 --> 00:37:03,890 Um, no, but Jesus. 852 00:37:04,355 --> 00:37:05,495 What if he was the pastor of a church? 853 00:37:05,495 --> 00:37:07,055 You know, what if he was like your, I don't know. 854 00:37:07,265 --> 00:37:08,345 What if Jesus was your worship leader? 855 00:37:08,765 --> 00:37:08,945 Right? 856 00:37:08,945 --> 00:37:10,055 What if Jesus was your SM group leader? 857 00:37:10,055 --> 00:37:11,405 What if Jesus was one of your parents? 858 00:37:11,405 --> 00:37:11,585 Right? 859 00:37:11,585 --> 00:37:14,585 Like that would, you'd think that would be awesome, right? 860 00:37:14,585 --> 00:37:16,445 What if Jesus was alive and he was here? 861 00:37:17,255 --> 00:37:20,405 But Jesus, in all of his wisdom said, you know, it's actually better than that. 862 00:37:21,035 --> 00:37:26,135 I'm gonna give you the Holy Spirit, my presence with you, with every 863 00:37:26,135 --> 00:37:27,635 Christian, everywhere for all time. 864 00:37:28,625 --> 00:37:29,525 Jesus said, that's better. 865 00:37:30,950 --> 00:37:31,819 I heard one pastor. 866 00:37:31,819 --> 00:37:32,330 Put it this way. 867 00:37:32,569 --> 00:37:37,490 The Holy Spirit in you is better than Jesus with you in the sense of 868 00:37:37,490 --> 00:37:38,600 like physically with you next to you. 869 00:37:39,919 --> 00:37:43,039 The Holy Spirit inside you is better than Jesus beside you. 870 00:37:43,100 --> 00:37:43,759 That's the way he put it. 871 00:37:43,759 --> 00:37:44,509 That sounds a lot better. 872 00:37:44,899 --> 00:37:49,595 The Holy Spirit inside you is better than Jesus beside you, because if 873 00:37:49,669 --> 00:37:54,319 Jesus wanted you to have him here sticking around with him, he would. 874 00:37:54,589 --> 00:37:56,450 And if he thought that was better for you, he would do that. 875 00:37:56,870 --> 00:37:57,620 But instead he says. 876 00:37:58,595 --> 00:38:00,544 I'm gonna be with you through the Holy Spirit. 877 00:38:00,935 --> 00:38:05,015 So Jesus is a real person, but he's really with you. 878 00:38:06,874 --> 00:38:11,314 And the reason he is is because he wants to help you follow him. 879 00:38:11,944 --> 00:38:14,464 He's not just sitting there waiting for you to get your act together so he, 880 00:38:14,524 --> 00:38:16,745 you can follow him better next week. 881 00:38:17,104 --> 00:38:21,334 He's with you helping you do all the things that that you want to do for him. 882 00:38:23,075 --> 00:38:26,285 Has anyone here ever been in like a flipped classroom class? 883 00:38:27,035 --> 00:38:30,274 Those things where what they do is like the, you do the homework in class 884 00:38:30,545 --> 00:38:34,625 and then the teacher, like you watch the videos like outside of class. 885 00:38:34,625 --> 00:38:35,375 It's like the opposites. 886 00:38:35,375 --> 00:38:37,234 Normally you do the homework at home, it's a place called the homework, 887 00:38:37,475 --> 00:38:39,424 and then you do the lectures in class when you're sitting here. 888 00:38:39,754 --> 00:38:42,125 So, and one of my college classes was a flipped classroom. 889 00:38:42,125 --> 00:38:46,595 So what we did is we'd watch these videos like Monday during the 890 00:38:46,595 --> 00:38:50,015 day at home or whatever, and then Tuesday we would come to class. 891 00:38:50,330 --> 00:38:51,680 We would do the work together. 892 00:38:51,710 --> 00:38:54,410 So we had this, it was Greek, so we, we'd do these like translations 893 00:38:54,410 --> 00:38:55,190 and all this stuff together. 894 00:38:55,190 --> 00:38:58,310 We'd work through all the problems and, and ask questions. 895 00:38:58,310 --> 00:39:01,700 And, and our teacher, what he would do is he, he we, he taught us through 896 00:39:01,700 --> 00:39:06,470 the video and then he taught us more by working with us on things. 897 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:09,410 He worked through all the, the challenges and he was there 898 00:39:09,410 --> 00:39:10,520 so we could ask questions. 899 00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:12,560 'cause what usually happens in these type of classes, like think about it, 900 00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:13,670 think about this with math, right? 901 00:39:13,670 --> 00:39:15,050 Imagine your math class, okay? 902 00:39:15,860 --> 00:39:18,290 Imagine, I'm sure you've been in this situation. 903 00:39:19,519 --> 00:39:20,959 You get your math lecture, right? 904 00:39:20,964 --> 00:39:23,720 You, you do the textbook, whatever, and the teacher does like the super 905 00:39:23,720 --> 00:39:27,049 easy, like obvious problems in class and you go home and you're doing the 906 00:39:27,049 --> 00:39:30,499 math homework and you're like, this is nothing like what the teacher said. 907 00:39:30,499 --> 00:39:32,059 This is nothing like what happened on the board. 908 00:39:32,149 --> 00:39:33,109 What is going on? 909 00:39:33,289 --> 00:39:34,729 Why is this the way it is? 910 00:39:34,759 --> 00:39:34,970 Right? 911 00:39:34,970 --> 00:39:36,499 That that's what usually happens in math class. 912 00:39:36,740 --> 00:39:38,329 So my brother had one of these math classes. 913 00:39:38,329 --> 00:39:39,109 It was a flip classroom. 914 00:39:40,025 --> 00:39:42,845 They would watch like the videos of the lecture and the textbook on 915 00:39:42,845 --> 00:39:45,785 their own and read the textbook on their own and then come to class. 916 00:39:45,965 --> 00:39:48,215 And then the teacher would do like the hard problems with them 917 00:39:48,395 --> 00:39:49,325 and they would work together. 918 00:39:49,505 --> 00:39:51,545 So they did the work, but the teacher would be there to help. 919 00:39:51,545 --> 00:39:52,475 He'd there to ask. 920 00:39:52,535 --> 00:39:54,395 They could ask him questions, he'd show 'em how to do things. 921 00:39:54,515 --> 00:39:57,845 When they ran into trouble, they could, they could say, Hey, you know, Mr. 922 00:39:57,845 --> 00:39:58,925 So and So, please help me. 923 00:39:59,195 --> 00:39:59,915 This doesn't make sense to me. 924 00:39:59,915 --> 00:40:00,755 'cause you explain that to me. 925 00:40:02,285 --> 00:40:05,285 Christianity is kinda like a flipped classroom when you think about it. 926 00:40:05,285 --> 00:40:07,745 Being a disciple is kinda like a flipped classroom because. 927 00:40:08,015 --> 00:40:11,255 Jesus didn't just be like, okay, here's the easy stuff. 928 00:40:11,674 --> 00:40:12,335 Figure out the rest. 929 00:40:13,355 --> 00:40:13,535 Right? 930 00:40:13,535 --> 00:40:16,325 Here's, here's the easy example problem on the board in the Bible, and then you 931 00:40:16,325 --> 00:40:17,285 go figure it out the rest on your own. 932 00:40:18,035 --> 00:40:19,654 Jesus, I'm with you always. 933 00:40:19,654 --> 00:40:20,165 Every day. 934 00:40:20,165 --> 00:40:21,245 That's what that word means. 935 00:40:21,395 --> 00:40:22,955 It means all the days always. 936 00:40:24,305 --> 00:40:26,435 He's there to help you follow him. 937 00:40:26,435 --> 00:40:29,435 He's there to help you work through all the problems, all the difficulties 938 00:40:29,435 --> 00:40:30,935 that come with being a disciple. 939 00:40:31,505 --> 00:40:34,924 He's not like, oh, well, sorry, you're on your own, right? 940 00:40:34,924 --> 00:40:36,755 Oh, you're scared to share the gospel with that person. 941 00:40:37,130 --> 00:40:38,090 Sucks to be you. 942 00:40:38,390 --> 00:40:41,330 Jesus doesn't say that like, oh man, your situation at home is really hard. 943 00:40:41,570 --> 00:40:45,200 Well come back next week for the lecture on how to do stuff at home. 944 00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:47,960 Like, no, Jesus is with you in that situation. 945 00:40:48,110 --> 00:40:52,070 He's with you in your difficulties, in your trials, in your doubt. 946 00:40:52,130 --> 00:40:52,790 Jesus is there. 947 00:40:53,540 --> 00:40:54,800 He's there to help you follow him. 948 00:40:55,190 --> 00:40:59,030 He's not distant, far off waiting for you to be better before he helps you. 949 00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:00,980 He's with you to help you. 950 00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:05,240 Jesus is involved in your discipleship and. 951 00:41:05,990 --> 00:41:10,100 Something you may not have ever thought about, but Jesus cares more about your 952 00:41:10,100 --> 00:41:11,480 relationship with him than you do. 953 00:41:12,860 --> 00:41:13,640 Have you ever thought about that before? 954 00:41:13,850 --> 00:41:17,210 Jesus cares more about you than you care about you. 955 00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:20,390 Jesus loves you more than you love you. 956 00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:23,000 Isn't that crazy? 957 00:41:23,030 --> 00:41:24,110 Jesus loves you. 958 00:41:24,110 --> 00:41:26,210 Jesus wants what's best for you more than you want. 959 00:41:26,210 --> 00:41:26,810 What's best for you? 960 00:41:27,245 --> 00:41:30,424 See, we sin and we do things that aren't good for us because 961 00:41:30,424 --> 00:41:31,805 we think we want them right? 962 00:41:32,075 --> 00:41:34,654 And then Jesus in his love and in his wisdom says, you know what? 963 00:41:34,654 --> 00:41:35,314 That's not gonna be good for you. 964 00:41:35,314 --> 00:41:36,125 I don't want you to do that. 965 00:41:37,265 --> 00:41:40,625 So Jesus cares more about you than you care about you. 966 00:41:41,105 --> 00:41:42,634 And so that frees you to trust him. 967 00:41:42,694 --> 00:41:43,384 Say, you know what? 968 00:41:43,835 --> 00:41:45,455 I don't just trust that Jesus, you have all authority. 969 00:41:45,544 --> 00:41:48,214 I trust that you love me and you want my best for me, and you care about me. 970 00:41:48,964 --> 00:41:52,115 So if you're having trouble following Jesus, you can always say, you know what? 971 00:41:52,579 --> 00:41:53,390 I can trust Jesus. 972 00:41:53,390 --> 00:41:53,899 'cause he loves me. 973 00:41:53,899 --> 00:41:54,589 He's with me. 974 00:41:54,589 --> 00:41:55,700 He promised to be with me. 975 00:41:55,879 --> 00:41:56,869 He promised to help me. 976 00:41:57,439 --> 00:41:59,390 He didn't just gimme a bunch of things to do and say, all right, 977 00:41:59,720 --> 00:42:00,529 come back when you're done. 978 00:42:00,829 --> 00:42:01,789 He said, no, I'll go with you. 979 00:42:01,819 --> 00:42:07,129 I'll go help you do the things that I'm calling you to do so you can 980 00:42:07,129 --> 00:42:09,470 always trust him that his way is best. 981 00:42:09,470 --> 00:42:11,809 You can always trust him to equip you and empower you with whatever 982 00:42:11,809 --> 00:42:13,849 situation you're in, right? 983 00:42:13,849 --> 00:42:16,099 Whatever difficulty you're faced, whatever trial you're faced, whatever 984 00:42:16,099 --> 00:42:19,039 emotions you're working through, whatever circumstances that aren't going your way, 985 00:42:19,039 --> 00:42:20,209 you can trust that Jesus is with you. 986 00:42:20,555 --> 00:42:23,045 As you follow him, he gives you everything you need to follow him 987 00:42:23,315 --> 00:42:25,985 in that situation, because he gives you himself, he says, I'm with you. 988 00:42:26,884 --> 00:42:33,095 So discipleship is living all in for king Jesus with his help. 989 00:42:33,605 --> 00:42:34,595 It's a, it's a lot of work. 990 00:42:34,985 --> 00:42:36,424 It's a whole life commitment. 991 00:42:36,904 --> 00:42:44,435 It's a lifelong pursuit of closeness with Jesus and making more disciples for Jesus. 992 00:42:44,855 --> 00:42:46,565 But he's the king with all authority. 993 00:42:47,194 --> 00:42:48,185 He's in control of everything. 994 00:42:49,460 --> 00:42:52,790 So he has every right to ask you to do things, but also, you know, 995 00:42:52,790 --> 00:42:55,580 he has all the power to help you, and he promises to be with you. 996 00:42:55,610 --> 00:42:57,950 He promises to help you follow him. 997 00:42:58,339 --> 00:43:00,589 So let's pray and we'll talk about that more in small groups. 998 00:43:04,730 --> 00:43:09,620 God, thank you that you don't want us to be on our own, that 999 00:43:09,620 --> 00:43:11,330 you promise to be with us. 1000 00:43:11,390 --> 00:43:16,250 I know it's hard to believe that sometimes we can't see you, we can't touch you. 1001 00:43:16,910 --> 00:43:20,900 I pray that right now you help us to be comforted by the fact that you are with 1002 00:43:20,900 --> 00:43:25,100 us, that you never don't do anything. 1003 00:43:25,100 --> 00:43:25,400 You say. 1004 00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:31,279 You always keep your promises, you, you're reliable, and I pray that you comfort 1005 00:43:31,279 --> 00:43:32,450 us by the fact that you're with us. 1006 00:43:32,750 --> 00:43:38,690 And I pray for students here who aren't disciples who haven't followed you, that 1007 00:43:38,720 --> 00:43:41,570 they would do that even tonight, but they would say, I'm, I'm done living 1008 00:43:41,570 --> 00:43:45,860 for myself and chasing things that are bad for me, and I want to trust you. 1009 00:43:46,299 --> 00:43:47,600 So I pray that you help 'em to do that. 1010 00:43:48,019 --> 00:43:51,410 Um, I pray that they would trust you to take away their sin and trust you, um, 1011 00:43:51,499 --> 00:43:58,580 to take them, um, on a, a, a journey to endless joy with you forever. 1012 00:43:59,059 --> 00:44:00,200 Help us to be focused in small groups. 1013 00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:02,299 Help us to be respectful and kind to each other. 1014 00:44:02,479 --> 00:44:05,779 Help us to be honest and help us to leave here loving you more than when we came. 1015 00:44:05,899 --> 00:44:06,740 We pray this in Jesus name. 1016 00:44:07,189 --> 00:44:07,490 Amen.