1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,890 I fancy myself a really good driver. 2 00:00:02,130 --> 00:00:05,970 If you ever have the privilege of driving with me, I will show you several amazing 3 00:00:05,970 --> 00:00:07,290 things about how you should drive. 4 00:00:07,980 --> 00:00:11,160 But have you ever had the experience where you think you know something 5 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:14,309 and you would die to be like, this is the way it's supposed to be. 6 00:00:14,370 --> 00:00:15,000 This is the way it is. 7 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:19,860 This only to be shown that you are actually wrong about the thing 8 00:00:19,860 --> 00:00:21,360 that you were so confident about. 9 00:00:23,370 --> 00:00:24,965 Talking about things that I never saw coming. 10 00:00:25,724 --> 00:00:26,685 So here's my dilemma. 11 00:00:26,715 --> 00:00:28,014 All right here's the situation. 12 00:00:28,494 --> 00:00:30,895 I'm at a U-turn, and I know some of you guys don't drive yet. 13 00:00:30,895 --> 00:00:31,734 You're gonna get there soon enough. 14 00:00:32,155 --> 00:00:33,024 I'm at a U-turn. 15 00:00:33,804 --> 00:00:36,864 There's a flashing yellow light in front of me, which means I can make 16 00:00:36,864 --> 00:00:38,754 the U-turn, but I have to wait. 17 00:00:38,754 --> 00:00:40,914 I have to yield to the oncoming traffic. 18 00:00:41,875 --> 00:00:47,544 But what happens if there's a person who's making a right turn 19 00:00:47,634 --> 00:00:50,754 into the flow of traffic, right where you're making the U-turn? 20 00:00:51,265 --> 00:00:53,455 Who has the right of way? 21 00:00:55,525 --> 00:00:56,185 Right turn. 22 00:00:57,595 --> 00:00:59,725 Seems like all of you know the correct answer to this. 23 00:01:00,535 --> 00:01:04,765 I would have argued to my death saying that the U-turn person 24 00:01:04,765 --> 00:01:08,785 should go the U-turn person that they're in the flow of traffic. 25 00:01:08,785 --> 00:01:11,365 If that right turn person goes and they get in my way, that's on them. 26 00:01:11,635 --> 00:01:15,355 I found out after arguing with the driver on the road that wasn't like 27 00:01:15,355 --> 00:01:16,825 a, weren't fighting or nothing. 28 00:01:17,215 --> 00:01:21,475 We exchanged a few gunshots, but besides that, it was pretty normal conversation. 29 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:25,840 I was making a U-turn and the person in the car was like, what are you doing? 30 00:01:25,869 --> 00:01:26,830 You could see their face. 31 00:01:26,830 --> 00:01:29,619 They were mad at me and I'm like, I'm doing the right thing, homie. 32 00:01:30,429 --> 00:01:32,890 So I got in front of them and I brake checked them 33 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:37,270 with the compass sticker on my car. 34 00:01:39,580 --> 00:01:42,220 Anyway, I went home that day and I gotta figure this out. 35 00:01:42,289 --> 00:01:44,240 I'm like 99.9% 36 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:48,259 sure that the U-turn person is supposed to go, but I found out that's not true. 37 00:01:48,770 --> 00:01:52,070 The U-turn has to yield the right of way to the guy making the right 38 00:01:52,070 --> 00:01:54,080 turn into the flow of traffic. 39 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:57,590 Sir, there's certain things that you can get wrong and it's not a big deal. 40 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:01,070 This is, this is a big deal if you get in an accident, not a massive deal, 41 00:02:01,490 --> 00:02:05,360 but there are things that you can get wrong about God and the Bible and 42 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:08,870 following Christ that if you get them wrong, it's more than just an accident. 43 00:02:08,870 --> 00:02:10,070 It's really a disaster. 44 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:14,600 Tonight we're gonna talk about what you should not get wrong about 45 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:18,170 the way that Jesus saves, about the way that you are a Christian. 46 00:02:18,530 --> 00:02:21,620 Tonight, I want to be sure that you understand what Matthew 15 is 47 00:02:21,620 --> 00:02:25,400 gonna tell us is that Jesus saves everyone who trusts in him, not just 48 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:26,840 those people who do the right thing. 49 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:30,110 In fact, Jesus doesn't say people who think that they're doing the right thing. 50 00:02:30,920 --> 00:02:32,780 Jesus doesn't say people who trust in their works. 51 00:02:32,780 --> 00:02:36,470 Jesus saves people who believe and trust in Him and Him alone. 52 00:02:37,430 --> 00:02:39,020 We're gonna jump into Matthew chapter 15. 53 00:02:39,020 --> 00:02:43,100 We've got a lot of ground to cover, and I plan on being fairly short tonight. 54 00:02:44,180 --> 00:02:45,800 Normally I preach 55 minutes. 55 00:02:46,115 --> 00:02:48,245 I'm probably gonna be closer to 53 minutes tonight, so it's 56 00:02:48,245 --> 00:02:49,295 gonna be a really short night. 57 00:02:50,135 --> 00:02:51,575 Alright, let's jump into where we're at. 58 00:02:51,875 --> 00:02:55,265 Let me first orient you as you guys open up your Bibles at Matthew chapter 15. 59 00:02:55,655 --> 00:02:57,035 Let me show you where we are in the world. 60 00:02:57,665 --> 00:02:59,015 Israel is a real place. 61 00:02:59,015 --> 00:03:00,035 Jesus is a real man. 62 00:03:00,035 --> 00:03:01,775 He lives in a real city with real people. 63 00:03:02,075 --> 00:03:05,255 And you'll notice as we enter into this text here we're still back in Israel. 64 00:03:05,405 --> 00:03:07,955 In fact, as we zoom in, this is a modern map. 65 00:03:09,995 --> 00:03:10,415 There we go. 66 00:03:10,925 --> 00:03:11,915 I zoomed in too far. 67 00:03:12,185 --> 00:03:16,204 This is a modern map of this of this the state of Israel. 68 00:03:16,625 --> 00:03:20,885 So you see, you have Amman here, you have Israel down there, you've got Jerusalem. 69 00:03:20,885 --> 00:03:24,725 There are some cities that has still exist today that existed thousands of years ago. 70 00:03:24,725 --> 00:03:25,565 So this is really cool. 71 00:03:26,255 --> 00:03:28,265 Today we're looking here a little up north. 72 00:03:29,085 --> 00:03:29,954 Here we go. 73 00:03:31,954 --> 00:03:33,065 I can't see from over here. 74 00:03:33,125 --> 00:03:33,485 All right. 75 00:03:34,445 --> 00:03:35,525 There's Jericho, the Jerusalem. 76 00:03:35,615 --> 00:03:35,825 Now. 77 00:03:35,855 --> 00:03:36,395 Okay, here we go. 78 00:03:36,425 --> 00:03:39,965 Top of that, top of the screen here, you'll see the Sea of Galilee. 79 00:03:40,490 --> 00:03:41,540 The sea of Tiberius. 80 00:03:41,810 --> 00:03:43,970 That's where Jesus is spending most of his time. 81 00:03:43,970 --> 00:03:44,780 It's still there today. 82 00:03:44,780 --> 00:03:48,320 If you go to Israel, you can still see the places where Jesus taught 83 00:03:48,650 --> 00:03:50,060 and interacted with a lot of people. 84 00:03:50,060 --> 00:03:51,200 It's really actually quite cool. 85 00:03:51,829 --> 00:03:53,060 So this is the modern map. 86 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,480 Here's the old school map minus a lot of the things that we have today. 87 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:57,980 So this is not Google Maps anymore. 88 00:03:58,250 --> 00:03:59,570 This is what it looks like today. 89 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:03,060 You'll see the Sea of Galilee right here now. 90 00:04:03,769 --> 00:04:05,090 And you have Tiberius. 91 00:04:05,390 --> 00:04:07,040 You have Razin, you have Beeta. 92 00:04:08,015 --> 00:04:09,814 You have this place called The Desolate Place. 93 00:04:09,814 --> 00:04:11,584 We'll talk about that in just a few moments here. 94 00:04:12,135 --> 00:04:15,015 You've got Cana of Galilee, of Nazareth down here. 95 00:04:15,505 --> 00:04:18,863 This section over here is often called the Decapolis. 96 00:04:19,224 --> 00:04:21,173 It's a confederation of 10 cities. 97 00:04:21,173 --> 00:04:24,355 They're a group of cities that say, Hey, let's work together to do the same thing. 98 00:04:25,135 --> 00:04:26,996 And way up here is Caesarea Philippi. 99 00:04:27,054 --> 00:04:28,344 That's gonna become important in a minute. 100 00:04:28,705 --> 00:04:32,155 And way over here to my left is Tire and Sidon. 101 00:04:32,155 --> 00:04:34,914 That's gonna be important too, 'cause that's not Jewish territory. 102 00:04:34,914 --> 00:04:36,174 That's where the Gentiles live. 103 00:04:36,999 --> 00:04:39,729 Now, Jesus is somewhere in this region right here, and I'm not 104 00:04:39,729 --> 00:04:43,150 entirely sure where he is, but when we left, we last left off Jesus 105 00:04:43,150 --> 00:04:46,179 inert, which is about right here. 106 00:04:46,900 --> 00:04:50,169 So we're probably in this region here right now in this particular text. 107 00:04:50,590 --> 00:04:52,539 And if you zoom in just a little further, here's again here. 108 00:04:52,539 --> 00:04:53,590 Here's what it looks like today. 109 00:04:54,010 --> 00:04:55,539 All this place is populated. 110 00:04:55,539 --> 00:04:59,020 If you wanna fly to Israel, you could see all the cool places that Jesus spent time. 111 00:04:59,380 --> 00:05:02,530 We have a reasonable degree of confidence of where he was and what he was doing. 112 00:05:02,530 --> 00:05:05,259 Again, here's the zoom in of what it looked like in the past. 113 00:05:05,995 --> 00:05:06,325 Okay. 114 00:05:06,685 --> 00:05:09,205 With that said, Matthew chapter 15, we're gonna look at what 115 00:05:09,205 --> 00:05:11,544 Jesus says as he communicates. 116 00:05:11,544 --> 00:05:16,255 Now in response to this group of people that come to pick a fight with him, the 117 00:05:16,255 --> 00:05:18,325 scribes and the Pharisees enter the scene. 118 00:05:18,594 --> 00:05:21,114 They're sent from Jerusalem to Jesus. 119 00:05:21,114 --> 00:05:22,614 Their official delegation of people. 120 00:05:22,884 --> 00:05:25,104 They're coming to pick a fight with Jesus, and here's what they say. 121 00:05:25,104 --> 00:05:29,604 Essentially, look, your disciples are not eating their food with washed hands. 122 00:05:29,830 --> 00:05:32,530 Now when your mom and dad say, Hey, wash your hands before you have dinner, 123 00:05:32,770 --> 00:05:34,030 they're not talking about ceremony. 124 00:05:34,030 --> 00:05:34,929 They're talking about cleanliness. 125 00:05:34,929 --> 00:05:37,210 They don't want you to eat food with germs in their hands. 126 00:05:37,659 --> 00:05:40,330 These guys are saying you're breaking the tradition of the elders. 127 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:45,039 That is the oral tradition saying every time you eat a meal, you're 128 00:05:45,039 --> 00:05:48,520 supposed to wash your hands so that you could be ceremonially pure, 129 00:05:48,940 --> 00:05:53,979 ceremonially clean ceremonially, so they could be pure ritually. 130 00:05:54,924 --> 00:05:55,134 No. 131 00:05:55,134 --> 00:05:56,004 So that's what's happening here. 132 00:05:56,004 --> 00:05:57,984 They say, Jesus, why do you let your disciples do this? 133 00:05:57,984 --> 00:06:00,114 And Jesus says, whoa, check yourself. 134 00:06:00,114 --> 00:06:03,114 Because the real problem is not that my disciples don't wash their hands. 135 00:06:03,384 --> 00:06:08,034 The problem is that you are breaking God's law in order to honor your traditions. 136 00:06:08,034 --> 00:06:09,444 And he talks about one in particular. 137 00:06:09,444 --> 00:06:13,884 He says, look, you guys say that it's okay to dishonor your mother and your father 138 00:06:13,884 --> 00:06:15,924 by not providing for them financially. 139 00:06:16,554 --> 00:06:21,744 If you say about your money, my money is dedicated to God, it would be like this. 140 00:06:22,629 --> 00:06:24,729 Let's say your parents say, look, you guys, you got a job now. 141 00:06:24,729 --> 00:06:27,699 You're working at the Whataburger, you're making two 50 an hour. 142 00:06:27,699 --> 00:06:28,779 You're loaded with cash. 143 00:06:29,149 --> 00:06:30,319 This coming Tuesday. 144 00:06:30,319 --> 00:06:31,789 We want you to pay for dinner. 145 00:06:32,299 --> 00:06:34,189 We want you to buy dinner for the whole family. 146 00:06:34,639 --> 00:06:37,729 And so you say, oh man, mom and dad, sorry I would do that. 147 00:06:38,219 --> 00:06:41,909 But I've actually dedicated all of my money to God going forward. 148 00:06:42,689 --> 00:06:43,949 And they might say that's really cool. 149 00:06:43,949 --> 00:06:44,699 What do you mean by that? 150 00:06:44,749 --> 00:06:47,249 What I mean is that you can't touch my money. 151 00:06:47,474 --> 00:06:47,924 You can. 152 00:06:48,629 --> 00:06:51,058 You can look at my bank account, but you can't actually do anything with it. 153 00:06:52,119 --> 00:06:56,259 And what the Pharisees and the scribes are doing is saying, look, my money belongs to 154 00:06:56,259 --> 00:07:00,309 God, even though I haven't given it to God and not planning on giving it to God, even 155 00:07:00,309 --> 00:07:03,819 in my lifetime, it still belongs to God, so you can't be supported by my money. 156 00:07:04,840 --> 00:07:05,619 This was a big deal. 157 00:07:05,619 --> 00:07:07,599 And so Jesus said, look, you're breaking the law of God in 158 00:07:07,599 --> 00:07:08,979 order to honor your tradition. 159 00:07:09,759 --> 00:07:11,379 And then Jesus calls them in. 160 00:07:11,379 --> 00:07:13,389 In verse seven, I have verse 30, verse seven. 161 00:07:13,389 --> 00:07:14,529 Jesus says something really. 162 00:07:15,399 --> 00:07:18,280 Actually lemme go back here in verse seven, Jesus says about them, 163 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:19,509 look, you guys are hypocrites. 164 00:07:20,079 --> 00:07:23,289 He says, you hypocrites, you guys are fakes and phonies. 165 00:07:23,469 --> 00:07:27,189 You have the outward appearance of looking really righteous and really holy. 166 00:07:27,399 --> 00:07:28,929 You look like you're the right people. 167 00:07:29,109 --> 00:07:31,839 He says, but in actuality, the Bible says this about you. 168 00:07:32,169 --> 00:07:35,570 You guys are actually liars and hypocrites and he says this, 169 00:07:35,570 --> 00:07:38,510 people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. 170 00:07:39,170 --> 00:07:40,310 In vain do they worship me. 171 00:07:40,685 --> 00:07:42,965 Teaching as doctrines, the commandments of men. 172 00:07:43,505 --> 00:07:46,385 There's a kind of religion that someone can have where 173 00:07:46,385 --> 00:07:47,675 they say all the right things. 174 00:07:47,675 --> 00:07:50,465 They do all the right things, they go to the right church, they have the right 175 00:07:50,465 --> 00:07:51,995 Bible, they have the right study Bible. 176 00:07:51,995 --> 00:07:55,085 They listen to the right teachers, they podcast the right sermons. 177 00:07:55,325 --> 00:07:59,195 They say all the right things, but Jesus says there's a kind of person 178 00:07:59,195 --> 00:08:04,565 who might say the right things and yet still have a very wrong life because 179 00:08:04,565 --> 00:08:05,645 of what's happening on the inside. 180 00:08:05,645 --> 00:08:06,034 In fact. 181 00:08:06,425 --> 00:08:09,065 He says, what actually makes someone unclean and impure 182 00:08:09,065 --> 00:08:11,195 before God is not what they eat. 183 00:08:11,795 --> 00:08:14,225 It's not whether you eat with wash hands or unwashed hands. 184 00:08:14,225 --> 00:08:16,625 He says, what really matters is the heart. 185 00:08:16,865 --> 00:08:19,355 He says, it's not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, 186 00:08:19,355 --> 00:08:20,825 but what comes outta the mouth? 187 00:08:21,095 --> 00:08:22,955 What you say that defiles you. 188 00:08:22,955 --> 00:08:24,725 It's what you say that makes you unclean. 189 00:08:25,505 --> 00:08:28,835 Then the disciples are like, Hey Jesus, we just want you to know what you're saying. 190 00:08:29,255 --> 00:08:31,794 Really offensive to the Pharisees and the scribes. 191 00:08:32,395 --> 00:08:33,755 Jesus is really you. 192 00:08:33,755 --> 00:08:35,255 You gotta know that you're being really offensive. 193 00:08:35,820 --> 00:08:38,490 When you're saying these things and he says, you know what, 194 00:08:38,490 --> 00:08:39,600 they can dig their own grave. 195 00:08:39,929 --> 00:08:42,270 If they're gonna have an issue with this, let them have the issue. 196 00:08:42,780 --> 00:08:46,230 He says, because every plant that my father has not planted is gonna 197 00:08:46,230 --> 00:08:49,980 be uprooted, which is to say, those guys are on the way to judgment. 198 00:08:50,010 --> 00:08:55,200 Even though they look like they have their lives in order, their lives are in danger. 199 00:08:55,740 --> 00:08:57,240 He goes on to say, do you not see that? 200 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:00,630 Whatever goes into the mouth, passes into the stomach and is expelled? 201 00:09:01,095 --> 00:09:04,215 Jesus is saying, when you eat the food, you drop it in the toilet afterward. 202 00:09:04,215 --> 00:09:04,635 That's it. 203 00:09:05,145 --> 00:09:08,175 You, the food doesn't make you any better with God or any worse with God. 204 00:09:08,805 --> 00:09:12,225 He says What actually matters though is what comes outta the mouth, 205 00:09:12,435 --> 00:09:13,815 which perceives from the heart. 206 00:09:14,085 --> 00:09:15,885 This is what defiles a person for. 207 00:09:15,885 --> 00:09:20,595 Out of the hearts come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, 208 00:09:20,985 --> 00:09:23,055 theft, false witness and slander. 209 00:09:23,355 --> 00:09:24,585 Catch what Jesus is saying here. 210 00:09:24,735 --> 00:09:25,725 What's really important to see. 211 00:09:25,725 --> 00:09:28,995 He says that what your heart is doing on the inside is what will produce 212 00:09:28,995 --> 00:09:30,645 the words that you say on the outside. 213 00:09:30,885 --> 00:09:33,585 Have you ever said to somebody, oh, I didn't mean what I said. 214 00:09:33,645 --> 00:09:36,135 You said something mean to them, and you said, oh, I, I didn't mean what I said. 215 00:09:36,825 --> 00:09:38,325 Jesus is saying, no, you did though. 216 00:09:38,955 --> 00:09:42,020 You did, because what comes out of your heart at, or what comes outta 217 00:09:42,105 --> 00:09:43,965 your mouth is coming from your heart. 218 00:09:44,505 --> 00:09:46,005 That is, it comes from who you are. 219 00:09:46,845 --> 00:09:49,755 And if what you say scares you, you said something to your mom like, oh, you 220 00:09:49,770 --> 00:09:50,770 I remember when I was in high school. 221 00:09:52,285 --> 00:09:54,385 I literally meant it to my mom. 222 00:09:54,445 --> 00:09:57,175 We had this terrible fight and I said, I hate you. 223 00:09:58,075 --> 00:09:58,585 I remember that. 224 00:09:58,795 --> 00:09:59,125 I remember. 225 00:09:59,125 --> 00:10:00,235 'cause it's such a powerful word, right? 226 00:10:00,235 --> 00:10:02,305 You don't say that to people unless you really mean it. 227 00:10:02,605 --> 00:10:04,165 And even then, it's probably not a good thing. 228 00:10:04,285 --> 00:10:06,565 I said it to my mom and I realized, man, that's a powerful word. 229 00:10:06,955 --> 00:10:10,075 But I was looking for any word I could to stab her in the heart the 230 00:10:10,075 --> 00:10:11,065 way I felt like she stabbed me. 231 00:10:12,370 --> 00:10:16,450 Jesus says that when you hate, when you have evil thoughts or murderous 232 00:10:16,450 --> 00:10:19,120 thoughts or adulterous thoughts or any kind of thoughts that are evil, they're 233 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:20,830 not coming from out there somewhere. 234 00:10:21,250 --> 00:10:22,450 They're coming from within you. 235 00:10:22,930 --> 00:10:24,010 Your heart is the problem. 236 00:10:24,010 --> 00:10:26,410 And so Jesus is saying that their issue is not whether you have 237 00:10:26,410 --> 00:10:27,760 clean hands or not clean hands. 238 00:10:28,060 --> 00:10:29,620 The issue is whether you have a clean heart. 239 00:10:30,100 --> 00:10:34,270 These are what defile a person, but to eat with unwashed hands doesn't defile anyone. 240 00:10:35,290 --> 00:10:37,420 Jesus is making a big distinction here. 241 00:10:37,870 --> 00:10:40,630 There's a difference between a good kid and God's kid. 242 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:44,170 There's a difference between a church kid and Christ's kid. 243 00:10:44,830 --> 00:10:47,440 There's a difference between a kid who does all the right things 244 00:10:47,680 --> 00:10:50,800 versus a kid who, because he loves Jesus does all the right things. 245 00:10:51,370 --> 00:10:54,370 There's a kid who does all the right things on the outside, dresses the 246 00:10:54,370 --> 00:10:55,960 right way, she says the right things. 247 00:10:55,960 --> 00:11:00,640 Again, she prays the right prayers, but doesn't have her heart dedicated to God. 248 00:11:01,630 --> 00:11:04,780 Here's the big mistake against Jesus, saves everyone who trusts in 249 00:11:04,780 --> 00:11:07,060 him, not those who obey the rules. 250 00:11:07,885 --> 00:11:11,335 Number one, you ought to be sure that you trust in Jesus not in rules. 251 00:11:11,605 --> 00:11:14,365 Don't put your trust in having the right clothes or the right 252 00:11:14,365 --> 00:11:15,805 words or the right attire. 253 00:11:16,255 --> 00:11:19,525 Having the right church that you go to, you can have all the right things. 254 00:11:19,525 --> 00:11:20,695 You can even have the right parents. 255 00:11:20,695 --> 00:11:22,825 You have great parents who train you well. 256 00:11:22,825 --> 00:11:24,025 They teach you the right things. 257 00:11:24,385 --> 00:11:26,485 You can have parents who, who go out of their way to send 258 00:11:26,485 --> 00:11:27,535 you to the right schools. 259 00:11:27,775 --> 00:11:31,165 You get catechized with the right words, and you have in 260 00:11:31,165 --> 00:11:32,785 your mind all the advantages. 261 00:11:33,505 --> 00:11:36,175 The Jewish people once came to Jesus and said, Jesus, we 262 00:11:36,175 --> 00:11:37,585 have Abraham as our father. 263 00:11:38,125 --> 00:11:38,815 We're great. 264 00:11:39,175 --> 00:11:40,285 We're good with you, aren't we? 265 00:11:41,065 --> 00:11:43,585 And Jesus says, try again. 266 00:11:43,945 --> 00:11:44,905 That's the wrong answer. 267 00:11:45,235 --> 00:11:48,895 Your pedigree, your family affiliation does not make you right with God. 268 00:11:49,615 --> 00:11:52,555 Even if your family's the Godliest family that goes to the church. 269 00:11:53,935 --> 00:11:57,835 I want you to be sure that you trust in Jesus and not in obeying the rules. 270 00:11:58,585 --> 00:11:59,545 Obeying the rules is good. 271 00:12:00,490 --> 00:12:01,510 You should obey the rules. 272 00:12:01,510 --> 00:12:03,610 It's better than disobeying the rules, that's for sure. 273 00:12:04,510 --> 00:12:07,840 But if you're obeying the rules and you think that doing the right thing 274 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:12,280 makes you right with God, you have to think again, this is the critical error 275 00:12:12,580 --> 00:12:14,740 that most youth group students make. 276 00:12:15,310 --> 00:12:17,290 They think I must be right with God because when I'm 277 00:12:17,290 --> 00:12:18,715 in worship, I lift my hands. 278 00:12:18,715 --> 00:12:20,410 I even feel the emotions sometimes. 279 00:12:20,740 --> 00:12:22,180 We're singing some of those great songs. 280 00:12:22,610 --> 00:12:24,950 The worship pastor picks some of the best worship music I've 281 00:12:24,950 --> 00:12:27,320 ever heard, and it's so moving. 282 00:12:27,710 --> 00:12:29,150 Sometimes I just get really emotional. 283 00:12:29,150 --> 00:12:30,680 That must mean that I'm a Christian, right? 284 00:12:31,310 --> 00:12:32,210 Jesus would say no. 285 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:33,620 Doesn't mean that you're a Christian. 286 00:12:33,650 --> 00:12:35,990 Having the right emotions doesn't mean that you're a Christian. 287 00:12:36,500 --> 00:12:38,900 Having the right church doesn't mean that you're a Christian. 288 00:12:39,290 --> 00:12:42,710 Having the right Bible, again, if you have a nice ESV Bible, you might feel 289 00:12:42,710 --> 00:12:44,210 like, man, I feel pretty good about that. 290 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:48,500 I'm not one of those weird people with an LSB or A CSB or an NIV. 291 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:49,850 No, I got the right Bible. 292 00:12:49,850 --> 00:12:52,670 I got an ESV and I got an ESV John MacArthur study Bible. 293 00:12:54,110 --> 00:12:56,930 Be sure that you're not trusting in anything. 294 00:12:57,680 --> 00:12:58,640 Besides Jesus, 295 00:13:01,190 --> 00:13:05,240 one of my favorite Christmas presents that he ever got was wrapped in a 296 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:09,260 big box, something like this, and it sat there for the whole month 297 00:13:09,260 --> 00:13:13,070 of December and I just could not wait to figure out what was inside. 298 00:13:14,060 --> 00:13:19,940 My family has this weird tradition where on Christmas Eve we stay up all the way up 299 00:13:19,940 --> 00:13:25,250 to midnight and then my mom would let us all open one present, and so we did that. 300 00:13:25,250 --> 00:13:26,240 It was Christmas Eve. 301 00:13:26,645 --> 00:13:27,905 The heater was on. 302 00:13:27,905 --> 00:13:30,845 We were drinking some or chatta and some chocolate milk, I think. 303 00:13:30,845 --> 00:13:31,565 I forget what it was. 304 00:13:31,565 --> 00:13:34,655 It was just one of those really sweet, like the things that you imagine 305 00:13:34,655 --> 00:13:36,275 in your memory, what Christmas is. 306 00:13:36,275 --> 00:13:37,055 That's what it felt like. 307 00:13:37,625 --> 00:13:40,175 And so Christmas Eve comes, it turns to midnight. 308 00:13:40,175 --> 00:13:41,555 It's now technically Christmas day. 309 00:13:41,555 --> 00:13:43,325 And so she's like, all right, you guys can open one present. 310 00:13:43,595 --> 00:13:44,795 So I go for the big one. 311 00:13:45,995 --> 00:13:50,285 I open it up, and at first I'm surprised like this. 312 00:13:50,495 --> 00:13:51,485 What am I looking at? 313 00:13:52,115 --> 00:13:55,985 As I start taking pieces out of the box, I realize, oh man, this is a boom box. 314 00:13:55,985 --> 00:13:57,095 It's a stereo system. 315 00:13:57,675 --> 00:13:59,205 You guys don't do that today, I don't think. 316 00:13:59,745 --> 00:14:04,775 But this thing played CDs and cassette tapes, and it connected to the radio. 317 00:14:04,775 --> 00:14:06,035 It was so cool. 318 00:14:06,635 --> 00:14:09,395 And on top of that, I had this Michael Jackson cd. 319 00:14:09,725 --> 00:14:11,615 It was my introduction to Michael Jackson. 320 00:14:11,975 --> 00:14:13,265 It was the best. 321 00:14:13,385 --> 00:14:14,525 It was such a cool gift. 322 00:14:14,525 --> 00:14:15,065 I loved it. 323 00:14:16,175 --> 00:14:18,305 Now imagine it's Christmas to this year. 324 00:14:18,395 --> 00:14:20,555 2025 is Christmas, which is not too far away. 325 00:14:21,155 --> 00:14:23,405 You have a gift just like this wrapped under the tree. 326 00:14:23,405 --> 00:14:30,185 It has your name on it, and it says to my beloved daughter or son to my fluffy kins. 327 00:14:30,545 --> 00:14:31,865 'cause that's what your parents call you. 328 00:14:31,955 --> 00:14:34,655 They call you fluffy kins, and they and you see it there. 329 00:14:34,925 --> 00:14:37,265 And then comes Christmas day and they're like, all right, fluffy kins. 330 00:14:37,355 --> 00:14:40,085 You can now open this amazing present we got for you. 331 00:14:40,805 --> 00:14:43,505 And so Carson begins to unwrap it. 332 00:14:45,155 --> 00:14:50,045 Carson Fluffy kins begins to unwrap it only to find out that what's inside. 333 00:14:51,665 --> 00:14:53,045 Is absolutely nothing. 334 00:15:00,215 --> 00:15:01,565 What a terrible gift, right? 335 00:15:01,685 --> 00:15:01,955 Nothing. 336 00:15:01,955 --> 00:15:02,135 What a, 337 00:15:05,165 --> 00:15:09,995 This is what Christianity is like for someone who's only doing 338 00:15:09,995 --> 00:15:11,375 the good things on the outside. 339 00:15:12,305 --> 00:15:16,115 A great looking rapper, a great presentation, but nothing on the inside. 340 00:15:16,115 --> 00:15:17,195 There's no changed heart. 341 00:15:17,195 --> 00:15:18,185 There's no changed life. 342 00:15:18,470 --> 00:15:20,270 It's just someone who's just going through the motions. 343 00:15:21,140 --> 00:15:25,100 The difference here is self-righteousness, saying that I can do enough good deeds. 344 00:15:25,100 --> 00:15:28,910 I can have the right pedigree versus saying I trust in Christ's righteousness. 345 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:33,050 Matthew 15 shows us that the Pharisees were diluted thinking 346 00:15:33,050 --> 00:15:36,470 I could be good enough if the bar to go to heaven is this high. 347 00:15:36,530 --> 00:15:37,190 I could do it. 348 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:41,270 They thought they were righteous enough in their own works to do 349 00:15:41,270 --> 00:15:44,300 what was right, but Jesus wants you to know that your righteousness 350 00:15:44,300 --> 00:15:45,470 is never gonna be good enough. 351 00:15:45,950 --> 00:15:47,930 You are not good enough. 352 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:50,720 Contrary to most of the things that you're hearing today, you're 353 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:52,070 not sufficient in yourself. 354 00:15:52,100 --> 00:15:54,920 You don't have, you don't have anything to offer. 355 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:55,250 God. 356 00:15:56,300 --> 00:16:00,680 This is why the gospel is so sweet, because Jesus says, even 357 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:03,560 though you don't have anything to offer, God, I can give you all 358 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:05,270 that you need to be right with God. 359 00:16:05,780 --> 00:16:09,290 I can forgive all of your sin, and I can give you 100% of the 360 00:16:09,290 --> 00:16:13,910 righteousness that you need with one second of decision on your part. 361 00:16:14,420 --> 00:16:17,690 You submit yourself to Christ, trusting in him fully and completely, 362 00:16:17,690 --> 00:16:19,070 and suddenly everything changes. 363 00:16:20,150 --> 00:16:21,170 So don't get it twisted. 364 00:16:21,980 --> 00:16:25,220 Bible reading is good, but don't trust in your Bible reading. 365 00:16:26,150 --> 00:16:30,140 Praying is good, but don't put your trust in the act of praying. 366 00:16:30,950 --> 00:16:34,220 Going to church is awesome, but don't put your trust in church attendance. 367 00:16:34,220 --> 00:16:37,100 Don't put your trust in the fact that you come to True North on Wednesday nights. 368 00:16:37,490 --> 00:16:42,080 These are all good things, but these are much like a protein bar. 369 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:43,910 Just like a protein bar. 370 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:46,550 This is a terrible illustration, but I'm gonna use it anyway. 371 00:16:46,580 --> 00:16:47,060 Okay, here we go. 372 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:51,950 Let's say you are starving and you come to me like, pastor Rod, I'm just starving. 373 00:16:51,950 --> 00:16:53,360 Will you please feed me something? 374 00:16:53,750 --> 00:16:56,640 And I go into my bag and I always have, I always have something in there. 375 00:16:56,940 --> 00:17:01,080 I have a protein bar, and so I say, oh, here's a pre a pure protein bar for you. 376 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:06,680 And so I give you the protein bar and you carefully unwrap it and 377 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:09,140 then you begin to eat the wrapper. 378 00:17:10,685 --> 00:17:11,494 I say no. 379 00:17:11,755 --> 00:17:12,025 No. 380 00:17:12,025 --> 00:17:13,045 You're supposed to eat the bar. 381 00:17:13,405 --> 00:17:15,685 No, but I really wanted the wrapper though, so please just 382 00:17:15,685 --> 00:17:17,244 let me be, I'm speaking my truth. 383 00:17:17,605 --> 00:17:20,214 I was eating my, and you start eating the wrapper and I'm concerned about you. 384 00:17:20,214 --> 00:17:22,855 'cause now all those microplastics are in your body and I just 385 00:17:22,855 --> 00:17:23,694 read a report about that. 386 00:17:23,694 --> 00:17:25,075 You're probably gonna get brain cancer. 387 00:17:32,620 --> 00:17:34,510 Obviously the wrapper's not the point. 388 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:35,970 The wrapper is important. 389 00:17:36,270 --> 00:17:41,070 Keeps the food fresh, protects the food, shows you what's inside and how many 390 00:17:41,070 --> 00:17:42,510 macros and there are, and all that stuff. 391 00:17:42,510 --> 00:17:43,740 But the wrapper's not the point. 392 00:17:44,220 --> 00:17:47,430 The wrapper leads you to the stuff on the inside. 393 00:17:48,300 --> 00:17:49,050 That's the idea. 394 00:17:50,145 --> 00:17:51,300 It tells you what's inside. 395 00:17:51,300 --> 00:17:53,100 It helps you to get to the food that's inside. 396 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:56,730 So that's what that's what Bible reading and prayer and church attendance is like. 397 00:17:57,120 --> 00:18:00,000 It leads you to what's truly nourishing on the inside. 398 00:18:00,270 --> 00:18:01,710 All of those things are like the wrapper. 399 00:18:01,830 --> 00:18:05,040 They're important, they're necessary, but if you're doing them as an end 400 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:07,200 in themselves, you're totally mi you're totally missing the point. 401 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:11,370 The wrapper is meant to say, eat what's inside Bible Reading, 402 00:18:11,370 --> 00:18:14,520 prayer, church attendance is meant to say, feast on Jesus. 403 00:18:14,670 --> 00:18:16,050 He's the sustenance that you need. 404 00:18:16,050 --> 00:18:17,160 He's the one that you should trust. 405 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:20,370 Not in the church attendance, not in the things that you do, but trusting in Jesus. 406 00:18:21,090 --> 00:18:22,350 But don't put your trust in the rapper. 407 00:18:23,085 --> 00:18:26,055 Let the, let all these things point you to Jesus himself. 408 00:18:26,055 --> 00:18:26,895 That's the idea there. 409 00:18:28,035 --> 00:18:31,395 Scripture says things like this, when you become a Christian, 410 00:18:31,875 --> 00:18:34,515 Jesus becomes your righteousness. 411 00:18:34,965 --> 00:18:35,745 That is your right. 412 00:18:35,745 --> 00:18:41,715 Standing before God doesn't wax and wane, it doesn't grow or shrink based on whether 413 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:43,095 you're having a good day or a bad day. 414 00:18:43,605 --> 00:18:44,415 Not ultimately. 415 00:18:45,015 --> 00:18:47,865 When you die and stand before God, you're gonna, you're not gonna say, look. 416 00:18:48,210 --> 00:18:48,600 God. 417 00:18:48,630 --> 00:18:49,260 Here's what I did. 418 00:18:49,290 --> 00:18:51,090 I went to Wednesday night youth ministry. 419 00:18:51,090 --> 00:18:53,040 I went to Sunday morning, heard pastor PJ preach. 420 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:54,490 I served, I helped. 421 00:18:54,970 --> 00:18:55,210 None. 422 00:18:55,210 --> 00:18:56,140 None of us are gonna say that. 423 00:18:56,140 --> 00:18:58,120 What we're gonna say is Jesus Christ is my righteousness. 424 00:18:58,120 --> 00:18:59,410 I trust him and him alone 425 00:19:03,250 --> 00:19:04,090 because of him. 426 00:19:04,330 --> 00:19:09,465 You are in Christ Jesus who became our righteousness, young person. 427 00:19:09,465 --> 00:19:10,450 This is so critical. 428 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:12,190 It's so simple, but so critical. 429 00:19:13,555 --> 00:19:18,025 You're trusting in anything else in this life besides Jesus for your 430 00:19:18,025 --> 00:19:25,525 salvation, you will go to hell for that trust because it's a false trust. 431 00:19:25,945 --> 00:19:29,635 If you're trusting in anything else in the world besides Jesus for your 432 00:19:29,635 --> 00:19:35,035 salvation, your trust is misplaced and it's ultimately going to destroy you. 433 00:19:37,315 --> 00:19:39,415 Heavy place to start, but a very necessary one. 434 00:19:39,445 --> 00:19:41,695 This is why Jesus said, look, you guys got it all wrong. 435 00:19:41,725 --> 00:19:43,315 You think that your traditions make you right with God. 436 00:19:43,315 --> 00:19:43,705 They don't. 437 00:19:44,155 --> 00:19:47,155 What does make you right with God is a new heart that Jesus alone can give you. 438 00:19:47,965 --> 00:19:53,335 So Jesus now takes us into this next section here where he interacts with 439 00:19:53,335 --> 00:19:55,555 this gal that is so interesting. 440 00:19:55,765 --> 00:19:57,115 It actually looks like Jesus is mean. 441 00:19:57,115 --> 00:19:57,535 At first. 442 00:19:58,285 --> 00:20:01,255 Jesus is gonna move northward again to the region of tire and 443 00:20:01,255 --> 00:20:02,665 seiden far up here to the left. 444 00:20:02,665 --> 00:20:02,995 So this is. 445 00:20:03,325 --> 00:20:04,855 This is the Sea of Galilee down here. 446 00:20:05,365 --> 00:20:07,765 Jesus moves all the way up to this region over here and he is gonna 447 00:20:07,765 --> 00:20:10,555 meet a woman, and his interaction with her is gonna challenge the 448 00:20:10,555 --> 00:20:11,905 way that you understand Jesus. 449 00:20:12,685 --> 00:20:14,515 But I need you to see something really important because the way 450 00:20:14,515 --> 00:20:16,915 he interacts with her, there's more than what meets the eye. 451 00:20:19,105 --> 00:20:21,895 Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyra inside. 452 00:20:21,895 --> 00:20:24,415 And what I just pointed out to you, behold they canon, that woman came from 453 00:20:24,415 --> 00:20:25,975 that region and came out and was crying. 454 00:20:26,245 --> 00:20:27,385 Have mercy on me. 455 00:20:27,655 --> 00:20:29,365 Oh Lord, son of David. 456 00:20:29,935 --> 00:20:29,965 Okay. 457 00:20:31,015 --> 00:20:31,495 Canaanite woman. 458 00:20:31,495 --> 00:20:32,665 Canaanite is a bad word. 459 00:20:32,905 --> 00:20:34,045 It means she's an outsider. 460 00:20:34,045 --> 00:20:34,915 She's not Jewish. 461 00:20:35,035 --> 00:20:38,995 She's one of the people that Israel was told to destroy when Israel went 462 00:20:38,995 --> 00:20:40,495 to take their land that God gave them. 463 00:20:40,795 --> 00:20:43,465 And so this Canaanite woman comes to Jesus, and she doesn't just know 464 00:20:43,465 --> 00:20:45,865 him as a teacher, she says, oh Lord. 465 00:20:46,245 --> 00:20:49,305 Which is a, it could be a respectful way of saying sir, or it could be Lord. 466 00:20:50,115 --> 00:20:53,205 I think she's saying Lord as in Lord Jesus because of how she calls him. 467 00:20:53,385 --> 00:20:54,195 Son of David. 468 00:20:54,825 --> 00:20:55,605 Think for a second. 469 00:20:55,845 --> 00:20:57,675 What does the term Son of David mean? 470 00:20:59,295 --> 00:21:04,785 It means that she recognizes that he's Messianic, that he's the Messiah, 471 00:21:04,785 --> 00:21:08,105 son of David, means the offspring of David who would build the shore house. 472 00:21:08,465 --> 00:21:09,785 So she calls him son of David. 473 00:21:10,025 --> 00:21:12,755 She says, my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon. 474 00:21:14,375 --> 00:21:16,655 But Jesus, look at this, did not answer her. 475 00:21:17,225 --> 00:21:18,020 He didn't say a word to her. 476 00:21:18,510 --> 00:21:20,225 He just gave her the cold shoulder. 477 00:21:21,275 --> 00:21:22,955 This woman though, is undeterred. 478 00:21:23,885 --> 00:21:25,865 His disciples came and begged him saying. 479 00:21:26,180 --> 00:21:29,870 Jesus send her away for she is crying out after us. 480 00:21:30,530 --> 00:21:32,000 In other words, this woman's not going away. 481 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:33,530 She's advocating for her daughter. 482 00:21:33,530 --> 00:21:35,720 She's begging Jesus, son of David to do something. 483 00:21:36,050 --> 00:21:39,020 And then he answered to the disciples, look, guys, I can't 484 00:21:39,020 --> 00:21:40,010 do what you're asking me to do. 485 00:21:40,250 --> 00:21:42,950 It seems like the disciples are saying just heal her and send her away. 486 00:21:42,950 --> 00:21:44,390 She's becoming super annoying. 487 00:21:45,410 --> 00:21:49,310 Jesus says, I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 488 00:21:50,030 --> 00:21:51,770 Remember, she's a Canaanite girl. 489 00:21:51,770 --> 00:21:53,570 She's actually Phoenician. 490 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:54,620 She's just from that region. 491 00:21:55,175 --> 00:21:58,055 Not technically a Canaanite, but she's an outsider. 492 00:21:58,055 --> 00:21:59,825 And Jesus says that I'm not sent to the outsider. 493 00:21:59,885 --> 00:22:00,425 Not yet. 494 00:22:00,755 --> 00:22:01,565 I'm sent to Israel. 495 00:22:03,035 --> 00:22:04,835 But she came and knelt before him. 496 00:22:04,835 --> 00:22:09,065 Now she's kneeling in front of him and she says, Lord, help me. 497 00:22:09,995 --> 00:22:12,095 She's now pleading with Jesus on her knees. 498 00:22:12,995 --> 00:22:14,675 And then Jesus says something shocking. 499 00:22:14,735 --> 00:22:15,875 He says, it's not right. 500 00:22:16,115 --> 00:22:19,085 It's not right for me to take the children's bread that is Israel's 501 00:22:19,085 --> 00:22:21,305 bread and throw it to the dogs. 502 00:22:22,175 --> 00:22:23,465 That's kinda harsh, Jesus. 503 00:22:25,085 --> 00:22:27,425 Still, the woman is undeterred. 504 00:22:28,805 --> 00:22:29,885 She said, yes, Lord. 505 00:22:30,815 --> 00:22:34,715 Yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table. 506 00:22:36,005 --> 00:22:40,595 Jesus answered, oh woman, great is your faith. 507 00:22:40,925 --> 00:22:45,365 This is one of the few people in the gospels that Jesus 508 00:22:45,365 --> 00:22:46,985 says, your faith is awesome. 509 00:22:48,035 --> 00:22:49,535 The disciples had little faith. 510 00:22:49,595 --> 00:22:50,765 Oh, you of little faith. 511 00:22:50,765 --> 00:22:53,885 He said to them and to many of the crowds, but to her, she says, oh woman, great. 512 00:22:53,885 --> 00:22:57,595 Is your faith, be it as be it done for you as you desire. 513 00:22:57,595 --> 00:22:59,485 And her daughter was healed instantly. 514 00:22:59,845 --> 00:23:03,745 This woman who pleads before Jesus is initially rejected 515 00:23:03,745 --> 00:23:05,155 by Jesus at least so it seems. 516 00:23:05,425 --> 00:23:09,925 But instead of Jesus actually sending her away, he invites her closer to himself 517 00:23:10,165 --> 00:23:11,995 and ultimately answers her prayer request. 518 00:23:12,295 --> 00:23:14,755 You should expect Jesus to do the same to you if you have real faith. 519 00:23:15,115 --> 00:23:18,325 If you have a real faith in Jesus, you should expect point number two for 520 00:23:18,325 --> 00:23:21,295 Jesus to put your faith to the test. 521 00:23:21,715 --> 00:23:23,905 He won't just let your faith stay where it is. 522 00:23:24,145 --> 00:23:28,615 Jesus is gonna call you to a deeper and stronger and more robust faith. 523 00:23:28,615 --> 00:23:30,265 And here's what that's gonna mean for you short term. 524 00:23:30,445 --> 00:23:33,385 If Jesus saves those who trust in him and not on the rules, he's 525 00:23:33,385 --> 00:23:37,285 gonna call you closer to himself by causing you to trust him more. 526 00:23:38,305 --> 00:23:41,215 Your faith does not have to be large for it to be effective. 527 00:23:41,215 --> 00:23:42,505 Lewis talked about that right? 528 00:23:43,405 --> 00:23:44,785 The plane situation, right? 529 00:23:44,795 --> 00:23:47,855 If you're a scared person in the plane, you're still gonna get to the destination. 530 00:23:48,455 --> 00:23:51,695 It's not the quality of your faith that makes or breaks you, 531 00:23:52,355 --> 00:23:53,735 it's where the faith is placed. 532 00:23:55,085 --> 00:23:58,565 You need to expect Jesus to test your faith, which means Jesus is 533 00:23:58,565 --> 00:23:59,795 gonna put obstacles in your life. 534 00:24:00,425 --> 00:24:03,035 He's gonna challenge you because he wants you to trust him. 535 00:24:05,675 --> 00:24:06,635 Speaking of challenges. 536 00:24:07,025 --> 00:24:10,605 One of my favorite pastimes, I don't have many hobbies, but I guess I would 537 00:24:10,605 --> 00:24:13,755 call this one kind of a hobby, is I love watching Food Challenge videos. 538 00:24:15,315 --> 00:24:16,995 Eric The Electric is one of my favorites. 539 00:24:17,295 --> 00:24:19,065 Matt Stoney always a character. 540 00:24:19,065 --> 00:24:19,935 I like him too. 541 00:24:20,475 --> 00:24:22,695 Randy Santel, one of my favorites as well. 542 00:24:22,695 --> 00:24:26,715 He recently proposed to Catina Katina, who eats carbs. 543 00:24:26,715 --> 00:24:28,005 I forget her name, the name of her channel. 544 00:24:28,005 --> 00:24:29,205 She's another competitive eater. 545 00:24:29,805 --> 00:24:31,335 Anyway, Randy Sanel. 546 00:24:32,055 --> 00:24:34,035 I recently found out I. 547 00:24:34,455 --> 00:24:38,205 What goes into a food challenge that is these guys have massive 548 00:24:38,205 --> 00:24:41,505 stomachs, but they don't just have that, they actually train for that. 549 00:24:41,505 --> 00:24:45,375 So I watched a video about how you train to be a competitive eater, and 550 00:24:45,375 --> 00:24:49,095 he said you, you prepare at least the week ahead, but especially the 24 hours 551 00:24:49,095 --> 00:24:53,775 before you have the challenge, he eats at least a pound to a, to two pounds 552 00:24:53,775 --> 00:24:57,940 more the night before for what he's going to eat the day of the challenge. 553 00:24:58,750 --> 00:25:01,510 That means if his challenge is eight pounds, he's trying to eat 10 pounds 554 00:25:01,510 --> 00:25:04,720 of food before the day before to make sure that his stomach is stretched 555 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:10,510 out large enough, excuse me, so that he can put more food down. 556 00:25:12,850 --> 00:25:14,620 And of course the training is uncomfortable. 557 00:25:14,740 --> 00:25:16,480 You might think man, doesn't he feel like he's gonna throw up? 558 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:20,810 And yes they learn, they train to, to turn off that signal 559 00:25:20,810 --> 00:25:21,830 for their stomach to throw up. 560 00:25:21,860 --> 00:25:23,120 'cause if you throw up, you're disqualified. 561 00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:26,360 So he trains to eat tons of food. 562 00:25:27,405 --> 00:25:29,355 As you might imagine, this guy, he gave like a ton of weight. 563 00:25:29,805 --> 00:25:32,355 But the training is uncomfortable and painful, but it's not pointless. 564 00:25:33,075 --> 00:25:36,015 So just like food competitors stretch their stomachs with more than they 565 00:25:36,015 --> 00:25:40,635 think that they need, Jesus will often stretch our faith through trials that 566 00:25:40,635 --> 00:25:44,835 we think are bigger than we can handle, and the fact that usually is the case, 567 00:25:45,045 --> 00:25:47,205 Jesus doesn't give you easy believism. 568 00:25:47,205 --> 00:25:49,305 He's not just giving you a bar that you could just walk over. 569 00:25:49,605 --> 00:25:52,485 Jesus is giving you challenges that are gonna, like Jesus, this is too much. 570 00:25:52,485 --> 00:25:53,175 I can't handle this. 571 00:25:53,940 --> 00:25:54,930 I can't eat all this food. 572 00:25:54,930 --> 00:25:55,920 Jesus, I can't do this. 573 00:25:56,130 --> 00:25:57,150 And Jesus is saying, you're right. 574 00:25:57,150 --> 00:25:57,630 You can't. 575 00:25:57,870 --> 00:26:00,090 But if you rely on me, if you trusted me, you can't. 576 00:26:00,360 --> 00:26:01,740 You could do it by faith in me. 577 00:26:02,430 --> 00:26:05,310 And so one of the things that you need to know is that Jesus is gonna test you. 578 00:26:05,310 --> 00:26:06,030 It's gonna happen. 579 00:26:06,030 --> 00:26:06,840 If you have real faith. 580 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:08,490 You need to remember that the tests are coming. 581 00:26:08,490 --> 00:26:10,770 So recognize that Jesus is in control. 582 00:26:10,770 --> 00:26:12,060 You should trust his leadership. 583 00:26:12,270 --> 00:26:15,750 If Jesus puts a challenge in front of you and you say, Jesus, I can't do it. 584 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:19,350 He's saying, I know you can't by yourself, but trust me and I'll take you through it. 585 00:26:20,055 --> 00:26:23,195 The Canaanite woman the cyro Venetian woman came to Jesus because she 586 00:26:23,195 --> 00:26:25,115 knew he could handle her problems. 587 00:26:25,385 --> 00:26:26,315 She knew who he was. 588 00:26:26,465 --> 00:26:29,465 She knew what he was about, so she said, I'm gonna take my issues to Jesus. 589 00:26:29,675 --> 00:26:30,695 You ought to do that too. 590 00:26:30,905 --> 00:26:33,275 You need to respond to the challenges that Jesus takes to do 591 00:26:33,275 --> 00:26:34,685 by pursuing him through prayer. 592 00:26:35,345 --> 00:26:37,445 Remember, prayer is not a means in and of itself. 593 00:26:37,445 --> 00:26:39,005 It's not the rapper that you're going for. 594 00:26:39,545 --> 00:26:42,425 Prayer is the rapper that leads you to Jesus. 595 00:26:42,905 --> 00:26:45,125 It leads you to say, Jesus, I depend upon you. 596 00:26:45,335 --> 00:26:48,485 Prayer is the means by which you connect with the God who made you. 597 00:26:49,625 --> 00:26:50,285 Tests are coming. 598 00:26:51,185 --> 00:26:53,285 Your teachers tell you this at the beginning of your semesters, right? 599 00:26:53,285 --> 00:26:54,755 Hey, we're gonna have tests here, and here. 600 00:26:55,025 --> 00:26:55,865 You need to be ready for them. 601 00:26:55,865 --> 00:26:57,545 Some of you're doing star testing this week. 602 00:26:57,965 --> 00:26:58,685 Tests are coming. 603 00:26:58,685 --> 00:26:59,495 You know that they're there. 604 00:26:59,825 --> 00:27:02,285 And so the Bible is giving you a heads up. 605 00:27:02,285 --> 00:27:03,935 This is how he treats his people. 606 00:27:04,955 --> 00:27:06,635 Jesus is a good leader. 607 00:27:06,665 --> 00:27:07,625 He's also a good fa. 608 00:27:07,655 --> 00:27:08,315 He is not the father. 609 00:27:08,585 --> 00:27:13,175 The father's a good father, and any father cares about you is going to 610 00:27:13,175 --> 00:27:15,575 willingly put you in painful situations. 611 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:19,580 To grow you, not to heart, to hurt you, and the way that he 612 00:27:19,580 --> 00:27:20,960 grows you is through your faith. 613 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:25,430 Take a lesson from the Canaanite woman and learn to put your 614 00:27:25,430 --> 00:27:27,560 trust in Jesus going to him. 615 00:27:29,100 --> 00:27:30,300 What made her so tenacious? 616 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:33,690 This Canaanite woman who didn't, she didn't have the internet, 617 00:27:33,690 --> 00:27:35,780 didn't have Twitter, didn't have Facebook, didn't have any way of 618 00:27:35,780 --> 00:27:37,160 following and no, no YouTube channel. 619 00:27:37,340 --> 00:27:39,920 She knew something about him that I wonder if some of you guys really know 620 00:27:41,180 --> 00:27:42,890 and it's that Jesus actually cares. 621 00:27:43,340 --> 00:27:44,540 Jesus isn't just testing us. 622 00:27:45,500 --> 00:27:47,930 He's providing for us and that's what this last section's about 623 00:27:48,230 --> 00:27:49,970 Jesus is providing for our needs. 624 00:27:49,970 --> 00:27:50,420 Take a look here. 625 00:27:50,420 --> 00:27:51,110 He is gonna come back. 626 00:27:51,110 --> 00:27:54,230 Now I think Jesus is probably up here in the norther northern region of 627 00:27:54,230 --> 00:27:56,270 the Sea Galilee in the Bea region. 628 00:27:56,570 --> 00:27:58,940 I'm not sure if you could see that, but Jesus is probably there. 629 00:27:58,940 --> 00:28:01,820 He's in a largely gentile territory. 630 00:28:02,270 --> 00:28:04,970 So what we're looking at is probably a, a more Gentiles. 631 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:05,960 Here's what happens. 632 00:28:07,340 --> 00:28:10,310 Jesus went on from there and walked beside the Sea of Galilee and he went 633 00:28:10,310 --> 00:28:14,210 up on the mountain and he sat down there and great crowds came to him. 634 00:28:14,780 --> 00:28:20,540 Bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others. 635 00:28:20,870 --> 00:28:24,980 And they put him at his feet and he healed them so that the crowd wondered, 636 00:28:25,670 --> 00:28:28,130 they were in awe of Jesus' healing power. 637 00:28:28,670 --> 00:28:31,670 And when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled, healthy, the lame, 638 00:28:31,670 --> 00:28:35,570 walking in the blind, seeing they glorified the God of Israel. 639 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:39,110 This doesn't guarantee that this is a Gentile audience, but 640 00:28:39,110 --> 00:28:41,870 it does give at least the hint that's what's happening here. 641 00:28:41,870 --> 00:28:43,310 In fact, if we're gonna take Mark's account. 642 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:45,590 He's in the region of the De Capitalis. 643 00:28:45,620 --> 00:28:45,980 That's right. 644 00:28:45,980 --> 00:28:46,610 I forgot to mention that. 645 00:28:46,610 --> 00:28:49,340 He's in the region of the de Capitalis, which would make this a largely, 646 00:28:49,340 --> 00:28:51,200 if not completely gentile audience. 647 00:28:51,950 --> 00:28:56,150 And then what you have here is a miracle that Lewis preached on just last week. 648 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:58,580 We're seeing it again, but in a different audience. 649 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:03,590 Jesus calls his disciples to him and said, look, I have compassion on the crowd. 650 00:29:03,775 --> 00:29:06,705 And the word for compassion is something that Jesus felt in his gut. 651 00:29:07,245 --> 00:29:10,525 Have you ever seen a person or maybe an animal suffering and you 652 00:29:10,525 --> 00:29:12,560 feel something in your gut that just says, man I care about that. 653 00:29:13,050 --> 00:29:17,000 It feels like there's something in your guts that makes you feel bad 654 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:18,710 or feel some something for somebody. 655 00:29:19,100 --> 00:29:22,460 Jesus feels compassion for people in his gut. 656 00:29:22,460 --> 00:29:24,500 This is not just a oh, I feel bad about that. 657 00:29:24,890 --> 00:29:27,980 He feels in his gut, the compassion for the crowd, and he says, 658 00:29:28,100 --> 00:29:30,260 they've been with me now three days and they have nothing to eat. 659 00:29:30,260 --> 00:29:30,950 That's a problem. 660 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:32,630 There is no seven 11. 661 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:36,540 You can't go grab, a big cup, a big slurp, a big whatever they're called. 662 00:29:36,930 --> 00:29:38,070 You can't go to the qt. 663 00:29:38,535 --> 00:29:40,785 You can't go to the local Walmart and pick up some talkies. 664 00:29:41,115 --> 00:29:43,455 You're in trouble if you have no food and you're in a desolate place. 665 00:29:43,875 --> 00:29:45,525 This is actually kinda reckless of the people. 666 00:29:45,615 --> 00:29:47,235 They're with Jesus and they have nothing to eat. 667 00:29:47,265 --> 00:29:47,955 What are they doing? 668 00:29:48,585 --> 00:29:52,395 This shows you how powerful Jesus' ministry was because people were willing 669 00:29:52,395 --> 00:29:54,855 to say, look, we don't have any food, but this is more important for us. 670 00:29:55,485 --> 00:29:56,925 I'd that'd preach to you guys. 671 00:29:57,165 --> 00:29:59,565 Jesus is more important than your bellies most of the time. 672 00:30:00,165 --> 00:30:03,705 So he says, look, I don't wanna send them away unless they faint on the way back. 673 00:30:03,705 --> 00:30:04,875 That's how little food they have. 674 00:30:04,875 --> 00:30:06,105 They're going on empty. 675 00:30:06,990 --> 00:30:10,195 The disciples said to him Jesus where do you want us to get enough 676 00:30:10,195 --> 00:30:12,035 bread in this desolate place? 677 00:30:12,035 --> 00:30:15,525 Now you're thinking wait, didn't he just multiply the fish and the loaves? 678 00:30:15,615 --> 00:30:16,515 How do they not know? 679 00:30:17,325 --> 00:30:19,695 There's a lot of things that could be happening here, but probably 680 00:30:19,695 --> 00:30:22,545 what's going on is that they're saying, Jesus, these are gentiles. 681 00:30:22,545 --> 00:30:25,065 Do you really are you gonna multiply bread for them too? 682 00:30:25,095 --> 00:30:28,445 That I, I, we get it for the Israelites, but for these guys too 683 00:30:28,495 --> 00:30:29,515 we don't think that's gonna happen. 684 00:30:29,515 --> 00:30:30,595 So what do you propose that we do? 685 00:30:30,595 --> 00:30:31,015 Jesus. 686 00:30:32,695 --> 00:30:34,765 Jesus said to them, how many loaves he got? 687 00:30:35,155 --> 00:30:36,845 Seven and a few small fish. 688 00:30:37,265 --> 00:30:39,725 And so then he did the same thing that he did with the 5,000. 689 00:30:39,965 --> 00:30:41,795 He distributes the fish and the loaves. 690 00:30:42,125 --> 00:30:43,625 And here's the cool thing, verse 37. 691 00:30:43,835 --> 00:30:46,505 All those people ate and here's words that really stood out to me. 692 00:30:46,745 --> 00:30:48,575 They were satisfied. 693 00:30:48,950 --> 00:30:51,290 They feasted on bread and their bellies were full. 694 00:30:51,530 --> 00:30:53,090 Jesus was not a stingy giver. 695 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:55,440 He wasn't just Hey guys, we're having Chick-fil-A tonight. 696 00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:56,820 You only get one sandwich per person. 697 00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:58,890 Jesus is the Chick-fil-A person that's Hey, you can have as 698 00:30:58,890 --> 00:31:00,030 many sandwiches as you want. 699 00:31:00,570 --> 00:31:01,770 You'll be satisfied. 700 00:31:02,010 --> 00:31:03,120 You want five sandwiches? 701 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:04,560 All of 'em spicy, fantastic. 702 00:31:05,100 --> 00:31:06,210 Jesus is not stingy. 703 00:31:06,260 --> 00:31:09,230 He gives and he gives until their hearts are fully satisfied. 704 00:31:09,230 --> 00:31:10,040 Their bellies actually. 705 00:31:10,790 --> 00:31:13,670 So they took up seven baskets full of broken pieces. 706 00:31:13,910 --> 00:31:17,030 Those who ate were 4,000 men besides women and children, which means 707 00:31:17,030 --> 00:31:20,300 this could have been closer to about 10,000 people all accounted for. 708 00:31:20,690 --> 00:31:22,100 Jesus does his great miracle. 709 00:31:22,310 --> 00:31:25,760 Here's the point I think that you ought to take home when you see things like this. 710 00:31:25,850 --> 00:31:29,720 I want you to recognize that even though Jesus is long gone from earth, 711 00:31:29,930 --> 00:31:31,430 he's not long gone from heaven. 712 00:31:31,430 --> 00:31:32,150 He's still around. 713 00:31:32,660 --> 00:31:34,940 And here's the thing, you might not believe this, but 714 00:31:34,940 --> 00:31:36,320 Jesus actually cares about you. 715 00:31:37,010 --> 00:31:39,620 He cares about Israelites, he cares about Gentiles, which is 716 00:31:39,620 --> 00:31:40,760 most of us in this room here. 717 00:31:40,970 --> 00:31:42,320 Jesus cares about you. 718 00:31:42,740 --> 00:31:45,950 You ought to point number three, never doubt Jesus genuine care for you. 719 00:31:46,850 --> 00:31:50,960 Jesus will save those who trust in him, and one of the things that prevent 720 00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:54,120 people from trusting in Him is that they don't think that he really cares. 721 00:31:54,420 --> 00:31:58,200 You might think Jesus is just a religious vigor who stands over me and promises 722 00:31:58,200 --> 00:31:59,490 to judge me if I don't do what he says. 723 00:31:59,820 --> 00:32:01,410 That's partially true, but that's not all of it. 724 00:32:01,740 --> 00:32:03,930 Jesus genuinely cares for you. 725 00:32:04,695 --> 00:32:07,935 The reason that you should become a Christian and stay a Christian for the 726 00:32:07,935 --> 00:32:10,395 rest of your life is because you're not gonna find anybody else who will 727 00:32:10,395 --> 00:32:12,495 care for you the way that Jesus does. 728 00:32:13,245 --> 00:32:14,435 And all you have, sorry about that. 729 00:32:14,795 --> 00:32:15,275 Excuse me. 730 00:32:16,055 --> 00:32:19,055 All you have to do is look at your life to this point and look 731 00:32:19,055 --> 00:32:20,255 at how God has provided for you. 732 00:32:20,255 --> 00:32:23,945 Look at how Jesus has taken care of your needs, practically, physically, 733 00:32:24,125 --> 00:32:26,345 emotionally Jesus has been there for you. 734 00:32:27,545 --> 00:32:29,195 I want you to imagine that you have a dog. 735 00:32:30,965 --> 00:32:32,195 If you do have one, you're blessed. 736 00:32:32,195 --> 00:32:36,755 Imagine it's that dog and you, and your dog is actually really sick, 737 00:32:36,755 --> 00:32:40,535 and you finally take your dog to the vet and the vet tells you that 738 00:32:40,535 --> 00:32:45,405 your dog needs several painful shots to bring about the healing process. 739 00:32:45,405 --> 00:32:46,485 And so there's your dog. 740 00:32:46,905 --> 00:32:48,345 He's sick, he's unhappy. 741 00:32:49,095 --> 00:32:52,415 And so the vet says here the way that this works, I'm gonna need you to 742 00:32:52,415 --> 00:32:55,265 hold your dog close to your chest. 743 00:32:55,895 --> 00:32:56,885 Not let him move. 744 00:32:56,915 --> 00:33:00,725 And I'm gonna stick these really big needles in his butt to heal him. 745 00:33:01,055 --> 00:33:02,135 And there's gonna be several. 746 00:33:03,095 --> 00:33:04,805 And so the doctor says, can you do this? 747 00:33:04,805 --> 00:33:05,795 And you say, I think so. 748 00:33:06,005 --> 00:33:06,905 What choice do I have? 749 00:33:06,905 --> 00:33:09,245 I need to do this in order to save my puppy, my dog. 750 00:33:09,245 --> 00:33:09,755 And he says, yes. 751 00:33:09,755 --> 00:33:10,835 It's exactly the way you need to do it. 752 00:33:11,165 --> 00:33:12,365 So you're holding your dog. 753 00:33:12,695 --> 00:33:16,385 And then he is jamming these bigs honking needles in his, in your dog's butt. 754 00:33:16,835 --> 00:33:18,455 And he is sticking the good stuff inside of him. 755 00:33:18,785 --> 00:33:19,445 Your dog. 756 00:33:19,505 --> 00:33:21,425 If the dog could think, what's your dog thinking? 757 00:33:21,770 --> 00:33:25,190 When you're holding him down and this guy's inflicting pain on his rear 758 00:33:25,190 --> 00:33:27,830 end, what's your dog thinking like? 759 00:33:27,835 --> 00:33:28,545 You hate me. 760 00:33:28,665 --> 00:33:29,805 You no longer love me. 761 00:33:30,195 --> 00:33:31,755 You're the worst master I've ever had. 762 00:33:31,785 --> 00:33:33,705 I'm disowning you effective immediately. 763 00:33:34,245 --> 00:33:35,385 Please take me to the pound. 764 00:33:35,385 --> 00:33:36,255 We're no longer friends. 765 00:33:36,465 --> 00:33:38,925 Your dog would honestly think you're the problem, right? 766 00:33:38,925 --> 00:33:39,675 You're the issue. 767 00:33:40,195 --> 00:33:42,265 If your dog could talk, you could reason with your dog. 768 00:33:42,265 --> 00:33:48,545 You'd say, look fluffy kins, Patrick, look, I'm doing this because I love you. 769 00:33:49,430 --> 00:33:50,540 I'm taking care of you. 770 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:56,990 And in fact, if your dog could understand, you would say, fluffy kins, we've 771 00:33:56,990 --> 00:33:58,790 cared for you every day of your life. 772 00:33:59,270 --> 00:34:01,610 Fresh food, fresh water, every day. 773 00:34:01,610 --> 00:34:03,230 I picked up your poop in the backyard. 774 00:34:03,410 --> 00:34:04,730 I've done everything for you. 775 00:34:04,730 --> 00:34:07,010 Fluffy, kins, everything. 776 00:34:07,290 --> 00:34:08,639 Why would we stop now? 777 00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:09,719 Tru, trust us. 778 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:10,800 We're trying to help you. 779 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:13,050 That's what you would tell your puppy who has to go to the vet 780 00:34:13,050 --> 00:34:14,190 and get the shots in the rear end. 781 00:34:15,300 --> 00:34:16,199 This is often. 782 00:34:16,815 --> 00:34:18,195 How we interact with God. 783 00:34:18,915 --> 00:34:22,514 We sometimes think because God's sending us through painful situations, or life 784 00:34:22,514 --> 00:34:25,695 is hard, there's another school shooting, or my friend who I knew from this 785 00:34:25,695 --> 00:34:29,295 other school got stabbed in the chest, or other issues that we go through. 786 00:34:29,445 --> 00:34:31,125 We think, oh, maybe God doesn't care. 787 00:34:31,665 --> 00:34:34,465 Maybe God is forgotten about me or something like that. 788 00:34:34,614 --> 00:34:37,045 And the reality is, no, God is doing what God needs to do in order 789 00:34:37,045 --> 00:34:40,284 to strengthen you and to deepen your faith and your trust in him. 790 00:34:41,005 --> 00:34:41,995 That's his mo. 791 00:34:43,074 --> 00:34:44,635 You ought to never doubt. 792 00:34:45,475 --> 00:34:48,685 Jesus genuine care for you, and all you have to do is just 793 00:34:48,685 --> 00:34:49,675 look backward at your life. 794 00:34:50,245 --> 00:34:52,465 Look at in, in order to make to go forward. 795 00:34:52,465 --> 00:34:53,005 Look backward. 796 00:34:53,005 --> 00:34:55,375 Look at the way that Jesus has taken care of you in the past. 797 00:34:56,905 --> 00:34:59,215 Now, look at the way that he's cared for you. 798 00:34:59,215 --> 00:35:00,985 Look at the way that he's answered prayers. 799 00:35:01,285 --> 00:35:02,995 Look at the way that he's cared for your family. 800 00:35:03,205 --> 00:35:05,635 Look at the way that he's given you guys food every night. 801 00:35:06,115 --> 00:35:08,845 You never lack a meal most of the time, right? 802 00:35:08,935 --> 00:35:11,455 You have shoes on your feet, you have clothes on your body. 803 00:35:13,180 --> 00:35:15,780 What you know about Jesus ought to carry you through when you're 804 00:35:15,780 --> 00:35:17,100 not sure what to feel about him. 805 00:35:17,670 --> 00:35:20,490 There are gonna be seasons where you feel distant from God and you're 806 00:35:20,490 --> 00:35:24,810 not sure that you can trust Jesus because your heart doesn't feel it. 807 00:35:25,740 --> 00:35:28,320 Trust what you know, not what you feel. 808 00:35:29,370 --> 00:35:32,430 Lastly, you ought to feed on what truly satisfies. 809 00:35:32,820 --> 00:35:36,630 Jesus gave this gentile crowd bread that satisfied their bellies. 810 00:35:37,650 --> 00:35:42,030 Jesus is the living bread that promises when you feast on Jesus, he will satisfy 811 00:35:42,030 --> 00:35:47,400 your soul in ways that nothing else can, and that really is the point. 812 00:35:48,270 --> 00:35:49,470 Jesus is the bread of life. 813 00:35:49,470 --> 00:35:52,050 Whoever comes to me, he says, shall not hunger. 814 00:35:52,170 --> 00:35:54,930 And whoever believes in me shall never thirst. 815 00:35:55,290 --> 00:35:57,000 Jesus wants you to feast on him. 816 00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:01,950 He wants you to trust him because Jesus will save everyone who trusts in him, 817 00:36:02,730 --> 00:36:06,300 not those who trust in the rules, not those who only look at the outside. 818 00:36:11,070 --> 00:36:14,040 The religious leaders in Matthew 15 were shocked at Jesus' Word. 819 00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:17,790 They were offended is what the disciples said, because Jesus says, your rules, 820 00:36:18,060 --> 00:36:20,400 your external tradition don't matter. 821 00:36:20,550 --> 00:36:27,120 What does matter Is your relationship with God, the heart Jesus exposed. 822 00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:29,370 The real reality is that their hearts were far from God. 823 00:36:29,370 --> 00:36:30,450 They said all the right things. 824 00:36:30,630 --> 00:36:31,740 They wore the right clothes. 825 00:36:32,130 --> 00:36:33,300 They washed the right hands. 826 00:36:33,300 --> 00:36:35,730 They did all the things that someone would expect of a religious person. 827 00:36:36,045 --> 00:36:37,245 Please don't talk while I'm preaching. 828 00:36:39,885 --> 00:36:40,275 Okay. 829 00:36:41,985 --> 00:36:42,615 Please focus. 830 00:36:42,705 --> 00:36:42,885 Okay. 831 00:36:43,305 --> 00:36:43,665 Thank you. 832 00:36:49,515 --> 00:36:54,405 So he rejects the religious authorities, but an outsider, a Canaanite woman 833 00:36:54,405 --> 00:36:57,525 comes to him and she's accepted. 834 00:36:58,950 --> 00:37:02,370 Only after she pursues him, Jesus gives her the stiff arm until 835 00:37:02,610 --> 00:37:04,860 she pushes hard enough to say, that's exactly what I wanted. 836 00:37:05,190 --> 00:37:06,060 Great is your faith. 837 00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:10,950 Jesus says, everyone who trusts in him, the gentile crowd comes to him. 838 00:37:11,730 --> 00:37:14,100 They trust him so much that they're willing to forego their food. 839 00:37:14,370 --> 00:37:16,950 And Jesus answers swiftly by saying, I'm gonna give them 840 00:37:16,950 --> 00:37:17,730 all the food that they need. 841 00:37:17,730 --> 00:37:18,870 I'm gonna satisfy their bellies. 842 00:37:18,870 --> 00:37:20,190 They're gonna be stuffed with good food. 843 00:37:20,940 --> 00:37:23,550 All of this points to the fact that Jesus wants you to trust in him. 844 00:37:24,180 --> 00:37:26,130 Not the rules, not the church. 845 00:37:27,180 --> 00:37:29,720 I guess the true church, but all those things are, again, the wrapper. 846 00:37:29,720 --> 00:37:30,980 They lead you to Jesus. 847 00:37:31,790 --> 00:37:36,470 So tonight, I'm gonna encourage you to not let another night go by. 848 00:37:37,010 --> 00:37:39,140 If you're unsure about where you are with Christ, tonight's 849 00:37:39,140 --> 00:37:40,190 a good night to figure it out. 850 00:37:41,060 --> 00:37:42,050 It's a really good night. 851 00:37:43,670 --> 00:37:46,640 If you're unsure about what's happening in your heart with Christ, tonight's 852 00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:47,930 a really good night to figure it out. 853 00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:49,490 Don't let another night go by. 854 00:37:50,210 --> 00:37:51,260 What do you gotta lose? 855 00:37:51,620 --> 00:37:53,480 You have everything to gain and nothing to lose. 856 00:37:53,885 --> 00:37:56,345 Tonight is a great night for you to figure some things out. 857 00:37:58,055 --> 00:37:58,865 Jesus cares for you. 858 00:37:59,375 --> 00:38:01,355 The fact that you're here is evidence that Jesus cares. 859 00:38:02,435 --> 00:38:03,125 I hope you see that. 860 00:38:04,535 --> 00:38:05,645 I hope you see what they can't see. 861 00:38:06,335 --> 00:38:06,725 Let's pray. 862 00:38:07,025 --> 00:38:08,705 God, please help us as we now go to our small groups. 863 00:38:08,705 --> 00:38:12,455 Give us grace to spend good time thinking and praying and talking. 864 00:38:12,455 --> 00:38:14,975 Help us to have some honest, real conversations. 865 00:38:14,975 --> 00:38:19,195 Let other be transparency and vulnerability appropriately help us 866 00:38:19,195 --> 00:38:22,225 to have great small groups where we walk away feeling great about our 867 00:38:22,315 --> 00:38:25,205 interactions and deepened in our understanding about who you are. 868 00:38:25,355 --> 00:38:26,585 We ask this in Jesus name, amen.