1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,659 We are going to continue in the sermon series that we mentioned earlier 2 00:00:03,664 --> 00:00:08,730 called uh, the Real Jesus, because we're in search of the real Jesus. 3 00:00:08,730 --> 00:00:12,779 And, uh, if you have our church app, again, you can get some helpful 4 00:00:12,779 --> 00:00:16,889 information because we're studying out the biography, if you will, 5 00:00:16,889 --> 00:00:20,699 of Luke, which documents Jesus' life in primarily his ministry. 6 00:00:21,269 --> 00:00:24,570 And so we're making observations about Jesus and what it means 7 00:00:24,570 --> 00:00:26,639 to follow the real Jesus. 8 00:00:26,639 --> 00:00:31,480 And some of our observations so far, Jesus is powerful. 9 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:35,519 Uh, Jesus was not religious, but he was righteous. 10 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,329 Jesus is a world changer who welcomed interruptions. 11 00:00:39,449 --> 00:00:44,920 And last week we talked about how the real Jesus challenges our worldviews. 12 00:00:45,239 --> 00:00:49,619 And so we've been having a, a united prayer, uh, for this series. 13 00:00:49,619 --> 00:00:53,969 And so last week our prayer was, let's all pray for each other that our church 14 00:00:53,974 --> 00:00:59,940 would've the humility to submit our worldview to the Lordship of Jesus. 15 00:00:59,940 --> 00:01:02,960 And now this week we are going to be talking about how the 16 00:01:02,965 --> 00:01:05,010 real Jesus has real expect. 17 00:01:06,570 --> 00:01:09,480 The real Jesus has real expectations. 18 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:11,370 Let's go to the Father and prayer. 19 00:01:11,370 --> 00:01:16,470 Father, I thank you so much for allowing us to be filled up this morning. 20 00:01:16,470 --> 00:01:19,980 As we've been singing, I know my heart has been stirred, the words that we 21 00:01:19,985 --> 00:01:24,240 have been singing out in the truth, in the words, God, and how we can 22 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:27,900 praise you in the mountains, or we can praise you on the mountaintop. 23 00:01:27,900 --> 00:01:30,060 We can praise you when the mountain is in our way. 24 00:01:30,060 --> 00:01:32,039 We can praise you in the valleys. 25 00:01:32,039 --> 00:01:36,120 And God just hearing even John's experience in how you have transformed 26 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:40,019 his view of Jesus, God, we pray that whether we've been in the faith for 27 00:01:40,025 --> 00:01:44,910 25 years, or we've been here only in the faith for maybe 25 minutes, God, 28 00:01:44,910 --> 00:01:50,519 that we can, uh, really establish a, a conviction about who Jesus is 29 00:01:50,550 --> 00:01:52,620 and what that means for our lives. 30 00:01:52,620 --> 00:01:55,710 And God, I pray right now that you will minister to every 31 00:01:55,715 --> 00:01:57,690 soul in the name of Jesus. 32 00:01:57,695 --> 00:01:58,350 Amen. 33 00:01:59,310 --> 00:02:01,480 All right, so, uh, I, um, I'm in this. 34 00:02:02,190 --> 00:02:05,730 Assistant coach for my son Dominique's baseball team. 35 00:02:06,630 --> 00:02:07,050 Amen. 36 00:02:07,050 --> 00:02:08,009 I appreciate that. 37 00:02:08,009 --> 00:02:08,400 All right. 38 00:02:09,179 --> 00:02:12,510 And so this is actually, um, so last year was his first year. 39 00:02:12,510 --> 00:02:13,470 He was three years old. 40 00:02:13,474 --> 00:02:16,769 I was surprised they were even able to have a league in which you'd 41 00:02:16,775 --> 00:02:19,110 have three year olds playing T-Ball. 42 00:02:19,230 --> 00:02:24,630 And so my expectations going into this were pretty small cuz I, I know my son and 43 00:02:24,780 --> 00:02:29,490 we're doing stuff at the house and I, I felt like he was pretty good for his age. 44 00:02:29,490 --> 00:02:32,909 And then, so I figure when we get to T-Ball, we're not gonna really 45 00:02:32,909 --> 00:02:36,389 expect a lot, but just, just to have some fun and a little bit of growth. 46 00:02:36,394 --> 00:02:37,320 You guys with me here? 47 00:02:38,159 --> 00:02:40,949 And then we go there and the coach, his name is Coach Andrew. 48 00:02:41,099 --> 00:02:44,429 Coach Andrew had higher expectations for these kids. 49 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:49,769 And so he's showing them some stuff that's really like, you know, true fundamentals. 50 00:02:49,980 --> 00:02:52,860 And I'm going, whoa, my son is three years old. 51 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:54,869 I don't think he's gonna get this. 52 00:02:54,929 --> 00:02:57,420 And so part of me is getting a little insecure, you know? 53 00:02:57,420 --> 00:02:59,039 And if you're a parent, you know what I'm talking about. 54 00:02:59,579 --> 00:03:03,299 You start to say things to hide the fact like, oh well you know, we tried 55 00:03:03,299 --> 00:03:05,610 this or you, you know, you start to say something cause you're really insecure 56 00:03:05,610 --> 00:03:08,819 cause you're like, uhoh, my kid isn't maybe living up to my expectation and 57 00:03:08,824 --> 00:03:10,289 so therefore it's an indictment on me. 58 00:03:10,349 --> 00:03:11,849 You parents, you know what I'm talking about. 59 00:03:12,929 --> 00:03:15,599 And so, so he's going around and we're doing this and as 60 00:03:15,599 --> 00:03:17,909 the weeks progress, I see whoa. 61 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:21,690 There's a huge difference between our little T-Ball team 62 00:03:21,719 --> 00:03:23,219 and every other T-Ball team. 63 00:03:24,539 --> 00:03:26,819 Our team is roping it big, big. 64 00:03:26,824 --> 00:03:30,179 I mean, we're not hitting off the T, we're pitching the ball. 65 00:03:30,179 --> 00:03:33,000 Everybody else is trying to hit the T and they're swinging, 66 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,349 hitting the T all over the place. 67 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:35,519 Our to team. 68 00:03:35,549 --> 00:03:37,411 He's pitching and kids are big beep beep. 69 00:03:37,415 --> 00:03:39,389 And other people are like, what is going on? 70 00:03:40,409 --> 00:03:42,480 And I'm tender every week we would feel guilty. 71 00:03:43,019 --> 00:03:46,289 We're like, man, our team shouldn't be this good you. 72 00:03:46,289 --> 00:03:47,069 You know what I'm saying? 73 00:03:47,074 --> 00:03:49,230 Like, I really was like, people were like, what are you doing over there? 74 00:03:49,230 --> 00:03:50,250 How old are these kids? 75 00:03:50,250 --> 00:03:54,059 You know, like, I don't know, maybe one of 'em has a driver's license but still. 76 00:03:55,109 --> 00:03:57,000 And so these, and so we started seeing it. 77 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,949 I'm like, whoa, this is phenomenal. 78 00:03:58,949 --> 00:04:02,339 And I thought, well, I'm so grateful for our coach. 79 00:04:03,239 --> 00:04:06,989 I'm like, man, he had expectations that led to a different 80 00:04:06,994 --> 00:04:08,549 result than everybody else. 81 00:04:09,839 --> 00:04:14,699 Because expectations affect your behavior, your view, it affects your life. 82 00:04:15,869 --> 00:04:20,069 And the sad truth, spiritually speaking is that we live in a time, especially in 83 00:04:20,069 --> 00:04:26,069 Western society, where many have a false version of Jesus because they believe 84 00:04:26,069 --> 00:04:31,589 Jesus has very little to zero expectations for those who would claim to be followers. 85 00:04:34,020 --> 00:04:36,960 And so unfortunately, and we've addressed some of these things, as you look at 86 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:38,849 the real Jesus, you start to see way. 87 00:04:38,849 --> 00:04:45,270 He's not the way many people perceive him today, but in the religious circles, the 88 00:04:45,270 --> 00:04:51,000 real Jesus isn't what is seen practice priests taught or portrayed as well. 89 00:04:51,629 --> 00:04:54,329 And so we're gonna look and see how Jesus, the real Jesus. 90 00:04:54,645 --> 00:04:56,804 Has real expectations. 91 00:04:56,804 --> 00:04:58,094 Brother and sisters, are you ready? 92 00:04:58,964 --> 00:05:00,224 All right, so here's what I need for you to do, cause you're 93 00:05:00,224 --> 00:05:01,304 gonna take some notes here, okay? 94 00:05:01,304 --> 00:05:01,664 All right. 95 00:05:01,664 --> 00:05:04,875 And we'll see depending on time here, but I want you to start taking notes 96 00:05:04,875 --> 00:05:07,964 as we go through the scriptures and hopefully I'll give you some time, 97 00:05:07,964 --> 00:05:12,614 but take a little bit of time and just write down one expectation you see that 98 00:05:12,614 --> 00:05:15,074 Jesus has from the text that we read. 99 00:05:15,074 --> 00:05:16,364 All right, church, you're with me here. 100 00:05:16,544 --> 00:05:19,214 And if you're online you can go ahead and put it in the chat. 101 00:05:19,214 --> 00:05:22,724 All right, so let's go on over to Luke chapter nine in verse one. 102 00:05:22,724 --> 00:05:24,494 Church, are you with me here? 103 00:05:24,494 --> 00:05:24,645 Yes, sir. 104 00:05:25,454 --> 00:05:26,324 Luke chapter nine. 105 00:05:26,324 --> 00:05:29,895 We just finished up Luke chapter eight and we saw some incredible 106 00:05:29,895 --> 00:05:31,484 things and so now we take it up. 107 00:05:31,484 --> 00:05:35,774 It says, when Jesus had called the 12 together, he gave them power and authority 108 00:05:35,774 --> 00:05:39,914 to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to proclaim 109 00:05:39,914 --> 00:05:42,884 the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. 110 00:05:43,244 --> 00:05:44,954 He told them, take nothing for the journey. 111 00:05:44,954 --> 00:05:47,744 No staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt. 112 00:05:48,384 --> 00:05:50,984 Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that town. 113 00:05:51,255 --> 00:05:54,344 If people do not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust off 114 00:05:54,344 --> 00:05:56,594 your feet as a testimony against them. 115 00:05:56,924 --> 00:06:00,375 So they set out and went from village to village, proclaiming the good 116 00:06:00,375 --> 00:06:03,404 news and healing people everywhere. 117 00:06:03,464 --> 00:06:04,875 Okay, go ahead, take real quick. 118 00:06:04,875 --> 00:06:05,594 Second there. 119 00:06:05,594 --> 00:06:10,065 Write down what expectation do you see that Jesus has? 120 00:06:17,804 --> 00:06:20,505 And again, if you're online, go ahead and type it in the chat there. 121 00:06:24,134 --> 00:06:26,204 I'll give you 30 quick seconds, 30 quick seconds. 122 00:06:26,204 --> 00:06:28,335 Go ahead and share with the person to your right there. 123 00:06:28,335 --> 00:06:28,784 All right. 124 00:06:28,844 --> 00:06:29,864 Share with the person to your right. 125 00:06:29,864 --> 00:06:30,764 What, what stood out to you. 126 00:06:30,764 --> 00:06:34,005 Any expectations that Jesus has from this passage that we see. 127 00:06:34,005 --> 00:06:35,683 Go ahead and share that with your neighbor. 128 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:48,929 Okay, stop. 129 00:06:48,929 --> 00:06:49,558 Alright, sorry. 130 00:06:49,679 --> 00:06:51,090 I don't know if that was 30 seconds or not. 131 00:06:51,090 --> 00:06:51,329 Okay. 132 00:06:51,335 --> 00:06:51,690 Alright. 133 00:06:52,949 --> 00:06:55,780 But hopefully you wrote something down or hopefully even hearing somebody 134 00:06:55,784 --> 00:06:56,969 else, you go, Hmm, that's interesting. 135 00:06:56,969 --> 00:06:58,020 I never thought about that. 136 00:06:58,050 --> 00:07:01,110 Here's an observation that I have here for us. 137 00:07:01,110 --> 00:07:06,139 Number one here is that Jesus expects participants and not spectators. 138 00:07:07,679 --> 00:07:08,670 Did you catch that? 139 00:07:09,869 --> 00:07:12,869 He calls the 12 and he says, Hey guys, here's what you're gonna do. 140 00:07:12,869 --> 00:07:14,010 I'm gonna send you out. 141 00:07:14,070 --> 00:07:18,210 You have the power, a power and authority to do what I've 142 00:07:18,210 --> 00:07:21,510 been doing and what do they do? 143 00:07:21,750 --> 00:07:22,889 They said, no, that's okay. 144 00:07:22,889 --> 00:07:23,369 Jesus. 145 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:23,670 No. 146 00:07:23,670 --> 00:07:24,481 They went out and did it. 147 00:07:25,845 --> 00:07:30,224 The 12 went out and did it, and he expected his father to participate and 148 00:07:30,224 --> 00:07:32,625 not just observe what he had been doing. 149 00:07:32,625 --> 00:07:36,215 They had seen his ministry, they had been part of his ministry. 150 00:07:36,215 --> 00:07:38,625 They saw the work that he was doing, but guess what? 151 00:07:38,630 --> 00:07:40,664 Now it was their turn to go out and do it. 152 00:07:41,954 --> 00:07:43,034 An interesting, cool thing. 153 00:07:43,034 --> 00:07:43,935 This is a sight notice. 154 00:07:43,965 --> 00:07:45,255 He qualified them. 155 00:07:45,944 --> 00:07:47,715 He was like, you're qualified to do this. 156 00:07:48,914 --> 00:07:50,685 I'm sure some were like, I don't think I'm qualified. 157 00:07:50,685 --> 00:07:53,295 And some were chopping at the bitch like, yeah, here's my chance. 158 00:07:54,404 --> 00:07:57,164 But he qualified them and here's what he told 'em to do. 159 00:07:57,170 --> 00:07:57,975 To do what? 160 00:07:58,305 --> 00:07:59,685 To preach and heal. 161 00:08:00,685 --> 00:08:02,235 Now think about that for a second. 162 00:08:03,225 --> 00:08:04,425 To preach and heal. 163 00:08:04,425 --> 00:08:05,355 What is Jesus? 164 00:08:05,625 --> 00:08:06,375 What does he want? 165 00:08:06,375 --> 00:08:08,444 What does he, what does he desire for people? 166 00:08:08,475 --> 00:08:13,185 He desires not just a part of a person, but the whole person. 167 00:08:14,835 --> 00:08:19,154 Yes, there's a spiritual component to my ministry, the salvation, your faith. 168 00:08:19,215 --> 00:08:23,805 But then there's just a practical side of life that I want you to be whole in. 169 00:08:24,944 --> 00:08:26,594 And so it's not either or. 170 00:08:26,594 --> 00:08:28,335 It's all together. 171 00:08:28,724 --> 00:08:32,144 And if you see Jesus' ministry, especially as it describes it, it will always say 172 00:08:32,144 --> 00:08:34,453 He's preaching, teaching, and healing. 173 00:08:35,323 --> 00:08:39,193 And so Jesus' ministry wasn't just okay, we just preached the word 174 00:08:39,193 --> 00:08:41,264 and we just let any need go by. 175 00:08:41,323 --> 00:08:43,683 And it wasn't just, Hey, we just try to serve needs and we 176 00:08:43,683 --> 00:08:47,144 just hope and guess that they'll maybe ask a question about Jesus. 177 00:08:47,234 --> 00:08:49,364 No, it was all together. 178 00:08:50,295 --> 00:08:54,974 And so the ministry of Jesus, even today should what include some form 179 00:08:54,974 --> 00:08:58,904 of me physically meeting needs and obviously preaching and teaching. 180 00:08:59,625 --> 00:09:03,255 And I'm so grateful that in our church here in North Sea, several years ago, our 181 00:09:03,255 --> 00:09:05,054 court group, our core group, got together. 182 00:09:05,730 --> 00:09:08,730 And just for the family ministry business expanded to all the north 183 00:09:08,730 --> 00:09:11,730 o c and we talked about, Hey, what are some of our core values? 184 00:09:11,730 --> 00:09:15,150 And so, uh, we have five core values in discipleship, our relationship 185 00:09:15,150 --> 00:09:18,270 with God, family, the family of believers, our, our own physical 186 00:09:18,270 --> 00:09:19,770 families, but also evangelism. 187 00:09:19,770 --> 00:09:22,890 We wanna see Orange County North o c Reach. 188 00:09:22,950 --> 00:09:24,570 We wanna see it be reached with the good news. 189 00:09:25,229 --> 00:09:29,519 But also service, serving each other, but also serving in our communities and fun. 190 00:09:29,519 --> 00:09:33,809 And it's so incredible to see our church not just, uh, uh, uh, talk about these 191 00:09:33,809 --> 00:09:37,769 values, but really make intentional strides to live out these values. 192 00:09:37,769 --> 00:09:42,300 And so we've even had recently here, just started back up our Saturday Academy, 193 00:09:42,750 --> 00:09:44,369 which we're really excited about. 194 00:09:44,369 --> 00:09:48,119 They just started, uh, uh, for the first time a couple years after Covid. 195 00:09:48,329 --> 00:09:49,649 And so this is an aw man. 196 00:09:49,649 --> 00:09:50,670 This is so incredible. 197 00:09:50,670 --> 00:09:53,880 And so we're helping fourth and fifth graders in Santa Ana and, 198 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:56,880 and we're helping 'em with math, literacy, and character development. 199 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:58,979 And these are situations that are really tough. 200 00:09:58,979 --> 00:10:00,779 We're not getting the honor roll students. 201 00:10:00,779 --> 00:10:04,349 We're going, Hey, can we get the students who are going into the principal's 202 00:10:04,349 --> 00:10:09,449 office for behavior issues, can we have those kids come to our program? 203 00:10:10,140 --> 00:10:12,119 . And so it's so cool to see it resurrected. 204 00:10:12,119 --> 00:10:14,820 And by God's grace, we, we we're having an impact there. 205 00:10:14,824 --> 00:10:18,659 We have, uh, the several members going to Tecate orphanage trips. 206 00:10:18,659 --> 00:10:21,420 We have the food pantry for Cal State Fullerton. 207 00:10:21,540 --> 00:10:26,220 We support the, uh, the, the work of Hope worldwide with the TJ Center of Hope. 208 00:10:26,225 --> 00:10:29,579 And, and so some people are going actually to TJ tomorrow, uh, 209 00:10:29,579 --> 00:10:30,989 to, to go to the Center of Hope. 210 00:10:30,989 --> 00:10:34,290 And so it just makes me so proud to see Jesus' followers 211 00:10:34,290 --> 00:10:35,730 continuing this ministry today. 212 00:10:35,730 --> 00:10:36,329 Amen. 213 00:10:36,380 --> 00:10:36,869 Amen. 214 00:10:37,230 --> 00:10:39,930 And so this is what we are a part of, but we should always be a part of. 215 00:10:39,930 --> 00:10:43,380 These should never be just cool additional items. 216 00:10:43,710 --> 00:10:48,720 This should always be the core components of our church, and not just 217 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:50,850 as a church, but of us individually. 218 00:10:50,850 --> 00:10:54,300 And so we see here the following of real Jesus meets participating 219 00:10:54,300 --> 00:11:00,180 in Jesus's ministry and not just watching others do it, but we ourselves 220 00:11:00,180 --> 00:11:02,430 are participating in it as well. 221 00:11:02,430 --> 00:11:03,390 Church, are you with me? 222 00:11:03,869 --> 00:11:07,230 And we see this even some more as we look at Luke chapter nine. 223 00:11:07,230 --> 00:11:08,550 Let's continue reading here. 224 00:11:09,449 --> 00:11:12,569 When the apostles returned, they reported to Jesus what they had done. 225 00:11:13,350 --> 00:11:16,140 Then he took them with them and they withdrew by themselves 226 00:11:16,140 --> 00:11:17,670 to a town called Bethesda. 227 00:11:17,909 --> 00:11:19,800 But the crowds learned about it and followed him. 228 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:22,859 He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and he 229 00:11:22,859 --> 00:11:24,390 healed those who needed healing. 230 00:11:24,659 --> 00:11:28,170 Later in the afternoon, the 12th came to him and said, send the crowd away so 231 00:11:28,170 --> 00:11:32,100 they can go to the surrounding villages in countryside and find food and lodging, 232 00:11:32,100 --> 00:11:33,720 because we are in a remote place here. 233 00:11:33,930 --> 00:11:35,309 It makes sense at this time. 234 00:11:35,309 --> 00:11:36,059 There's thousands. 235 00:11:36,059 --> 00:11:37,920 We're gonna read, there's over 5,000 people there. 236 00:11:38,100 --> 00:11:39,569 They're going, Hey, it makes sense. 237 00:11:39,569 --> 00:11:41,220 This is a reasonable thought. 238 00:11:41,430 --> 00:11:45,569 This isn't, I don't think, uh uh, an evil wicked thought from the apostles 239 00:11:45,569 --> 00:11:47,130 here, but check what Jesus says. 240 00:11:47,130 --> 00:11:48,689 He says, you give them something to eat. 241 00:11:51,569 --> 00:11:52,380 So they were like, who? 242 00:11:53,939 --> 00:11:55,979 What'd you say get, you know what I'm saying? 243 00:11:55,979 --> 00:11:57,029 They start speaking another language. 244 00:11:57,029 --> 00:11:57,239 Right? 245 00:11:57,340 --> 00:11:57,579 Right. 246 00:11:57,630 --> 00:11:58,739 What, what language are you speaking? 247 00:11:58,739 --> 00:11:59,220 Jesus? 248 00:12:00,494 --> 00:12:01,395 Did you give them something? 249 00:12:01,395 --> 00:12:05,385 The answer, we have only five loaves of bread and two fish unless we go 250 00:12:05,385 --> 00:12:06,855 and buy food for all this crowd. 251 00:12:06,975 --> 00:12:10,125 About 5,000 men were there, but he said to the disciples, have them 252 00:12:10,125 --> 00:12:11,895 sit down in groups of about 50 each. 253 00:12:12,285 --> 00:12:15,375 The disciples did so and everyone sat down taking the five loaves and the 254 00:12:15,375 --> 00:12:16,965 two fish and looking up to heaven. 255 00:12:16,970 --> 00:12:18,255 He gave thanks and broke them. 256 00:12:18,675 --> 00:12:21,675 Then he gave them to the disciples to distribute to the people 257 00:12:21,915 --> 00:12:23,265 they all ate and were satisfied. 258 00:12:23,265 --> 00:12:26,954 And the disciples picked up 12 basket fools of broken pieces that were left 259 00:12:27,165 --> 00:12:29,805 over him again with the disciples. 260 00:12:29,954 --> 00:12:32,055 Their response, I don't think is unreasonable. 261 00:12:32,235 --> 00:12:35,744 If I were to ask, uh, you know, if I were to ask Daniel 262 00:12:35,744 --> 00:12:37,365 Sammo, Hey, you know what, man? 263 00:12:37,365 --> 00:12:39,704 Everybody's hungry after service and that's real, isn't it? 264 00:12:40,725 --> 00:12:42,225 ? Hey man, you go ahead and feed these people. 265 00:12:42,225 --> 00:12:43,215 Well, well hold on brother. 266 00:12:43,215 --> 00:12:44,775 I, you know, I only make so much money. 267 00:12:46,215 --> 00:12:47,385 He gonna be like, hold on, Marcel. 268 00:12:47,385 --> 00:12:48,315 I said, will you give him something? 269 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:48,555 Right? 270 00:12:48,915 --> 00:12:51,585 We, we can understand this, but what is Jesus doing? 271 00:12:51,585 --> 00:12:53,505 He's doing a number of things here. 272 00:12:53,535 --> 00:12:57,075 He's, he's leading my understanding, Hey, God is a God of provision. 273 00:12:57,075 --> 00:12:57,915 He will provide. 274 00:12:58,575 --> 00:12:59,595 We need to trust him. 275 00:12:59,595 --> 00:13:04,335 We need to have faith, but we also need to go ahead and do something ourselves. 276 00:13:04,905 --> 00:13:06,105 We need to serve. 277 00:13:06,825 --> 00:13:07,755 And again, Jesus is comp. 278 00:13:08,025 --> 00:13:11,235 He's caring about the whole, the compassion upon the people. 279 00:13:11,235 --> 00:13:12,885 They had been hearing him speak. 280 00:13:12,915 --> 00:13:16,935 He's healing, but he knows there's, there's real needs and therefore we 281 00:13:16,935 --> 00:13:19,245 have to do our best to meet those needs. 282 00:13:19,875 --> 00:13:22,965 And so again, Jesus's compassion for the whole. 283 00:13:23,685 --> 00:13:26,595 And he expected them to take care of the people practically. 284 00:13:26,595 --> 00:13:27,585 I just love that sentence. 285 00:13:27,704 --> 00:13:28,965 You give them something to eat. 286 00:13:30,315 --> 00:13:30,735 Wow. 287 00:13:31,995 --> 00:13:33,735 And then Jesus feeds the people. 288 00:13:34,845 --> 00:13:41,175 But who actually gave the people the food, the disciples there? 289 00:13:42,435 --> 00:13:42,915 Huh? 290 00:13:43,425 --> 00:13:44,415 That's interesting, isn't it? 291 00:13:45,315 --> 00:13:46,935 Wasn't Jesus going around giving all the. 292 00:13:48,180 --> 00:13:50,820 , but Jesus was, was preparing it and serving it in whatever 293 00:13:50,820 --> 00:13:52,230 miraculous way, right? 294 00:13:52,290 --> 00:13:53,400 But it was the disciples. 295 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:54,600 Now, here's the interesting part. 296 00:13:54,869 --> 00:13:57,960 Throughout this whole part, right before it kept talking about the apostles 297 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:02,040 and the 12, you remember that it was apostles that went out and did these 298 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:04,920 things, and then the 12, and then it gets down here and it says, but 299 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:06,630 now it give it to all the disciples. 300 00:14:06,630 --> 00:14:07,560 Wait a second. 301 00:14:08,820 --> 00:14:12,360 All the disciples, meaning it was more than just the 12 who were what? 302 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:14,350 Participating in the Jesus Ministry. 303 00:14:15,210 --> 00:14:15,930 It was them. 304 00:14:15,930 --> 00:14:17,460 It was all of them who were what? 305 00:14:17,909 --> 00:14:18,720 Distributing the food. 306 00:14:18,810 --> 00:14:22,560 Again, hey, if you're gonna follow me, this isn't a spectator sport. 307 00:14:22,619 --> 00:14:24,720 You're supposed to participate in this. 308 00:14:25,380 --> 00:14:26,350 We all serve. 309 00:14:27,150 --> 00:14:29,490 It's not just the leaders who serve. 310 00:14:29,970 --> 00:14:30,840 It's not just a few. 311 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:36,240 That 80 20 roll, that should never take place in the church because we all 312 00:14:36,300 --> 00:14:41,940 contribute and just imagine somebody getting mad at Jesus and going, well, why 313 00:14:41,940 --> 00:14:43,380 aren't you over here feeding these people? 314 00:14:44,115 --> 00:14:45,285 Why aren't you handing it out? 315 00:14:45,525 --> 00:14:49,305 He's like, man, I'm over here providing the food, those 316 00:14:49,305 --> 00:14:50,535 disciples to learn something. 317 00:14:50,535 --> 00:14:51,405 Every single one of 'em. 318 00:14:51,405 --> 00:14:55,035 Wait a second, we are all supposed to do this. 319 00:14:56,025 --> 00:14:57,165 It's not just a few. 320 00:14:58,245 --> 00:15:03,375 We all participate in this healing teaching and preaching ministry, and 321 00:15:03,375 --> 00:15:07,845 so we see Jesus expects us all to do ministry, expect us all to serve. 322 00:15:07,905 --> 00:15:10,875 Let's continue in Luke chapter nine, church, or you still with me here? 323 00:15:11,895 --> 00:15:14,865 Once, when Jesus was praying and private and his disciples were with him, he 324 00:15:14,870 --> 00:15:16,395 asked him, who did the crowds say? 325 00:15:16,395 --> 00:15:19,905 I am Now, that's a great question. 326 00:15:20,715 --> 00:15:25,875 At this time, there's different ideas about who Jesus really is, huh? 327 00:15:26,565 --> 00:15:31,875 Same situation today, many different views about who Jesus really is, 328 00:15:32,085 --> 00:15:35,505 and in fact, this is what our sermon series is trying to address. 329 00:15:35,715 --> 00:15:38,445 Address who is Jesus really? 330 00:15:40,034 --> 00:15:43,274 It may say here, well, some say John the Baptist, others say Elijahs 331 00:15:43,274 --> 00:15:46,604 to others that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life. 332 00:15:46,634 --> 00:15:47,835 But what about you? 333 00:15:47,835 --> 00:15:51,044 He asked, who do you say I am? 334 00:15:52,064 --> 00:16:01,274 It's important that his followers have the rights clear understanding of who 335 00:16:01,364 --> 00:16:07,154 Jesus is because if they're off in any way, that's going to affect their faith, 336 00:16:07,214 --> 00:16:11,099 that's going to affect their behavior, and the ministry will start to what? 337 00:16:11,594 --> 00:16:13,694 Deviate from what Jesus has been doing. 338 00:16:14,924 --> 00:16:20,354 And so it's important that those who want to follow Jesus have a clear 339 00:16:20,534 --> 00:16:22,454 understanding of who he really is. 340 00:16:22,454 --> 00:16:27,614 And the same applies for us today in 2023 because again, if you have 341 00:16:27,614 --> 00:16:31,634 a false idea of Jesus, then it will affect your following your faith, and 342 00:16:31,724 --> 00:16:34,274 ultimately you're standing with God. 343 00:16:35,940 --> 00:16:38,220 Because if you have this false view and then you start following 344 00:16:38,220 --> 00:16:39,780 this false view, guess what? 345 00:16:39,810 --> 00:16:42,540 That will affect your standing with God. 346 00:16:42,570 --> 00:16:45,240 And you may think, man, I'm in the right spots. 347 00:16:46,079 --> 00:16:49,050 But no, you've been following the false version of Jesus the whole time. 348 00:16:50,250 --> 00:16:52,920 So this question is vital, isn't it? 349 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:55,950 Church, and this again, while we're studying out, and 350 00:16:55,950 --> 00:16:57,329 Peter says, what does he say? 351 00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:59,280 He says, you are God's Messiah. 352 00:17:00,540 --> 00:17:01,620 He says, you are God's messiah. 353 00:17:01,810 --> 00:17:04,770 You're the long awaited king, the one we've been waiting for. 354 00:17:05,099 --> 00:17:09,450 You're the one who, who is the anointed one to Christ, which has been 355 00:17:09,450 --> 00:17:11,520 prophesied for hundreds of years now. 356 00:17:11,579 --> 00:17:14,970 You are, it Peter's feeling really good about himself. 357 00:17:14,970 --> 00:17:18,480 And, and Mark, I believe it says how he was able to understand this 358 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:20,310 is that God had revealed it to him. 359 00:17:20,310 --> 00:17:23,220 He said, look, you, I, I'm gonna allow you to get this little glimpse. 360 00:17:23,220 --> 00:17:26,010 And they don't fully capture what that meant, but, but they 361 00:17:26,010 --> 00:17:27,450 got it right, right there. 362 00:17:29,130 --> 00:17:30,000 And it's interesting. 363 00:17:30,629 --> 00:17:34,649 That no matter how many times you and I can share the good news with each other, 364 00:17:34,649 --> 00:17:40,529 with others, it always comes down to us having a personal discovery of Jesus. 365 00:17:41,370 --> 00:17:45,960 So even as we study it out, we can provide all these tools and sources and resources. 366 00:17:46,139 --> 00:17:51,250 However, every single one of us has to make a personal choice to initiate 367 00:17:51,254 --> 00:17:52,710 and discover who Jesus really is. 368 00:17:52,710 --> 00:17:53,759 You guys get what I'm saying. 369 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:57,689 And so even for us parents, our kids, they have to make their own 370 00:17:57,689 --> 00:18:03,449 choice, but we have a responsibility to lead them to the real Jesus so 371 00:18:03,455 --> 00:18:05,339 that they can make their own choice. 372 00:18:05,580 --> 00:18:08,519 And so we have to ask ourselves, what are they seeing in our homes? 373 00:18:09,420 --> 00:18:12,689 Or they seeing religiosity, or are they seeing the real Jesus? 374 00:18:13,319 --> 00:18:15,389 Are they seeing us sacrifice for God? 375 00:18:15,420 --> 00:18:18,059 Or are they seeing us sacrifice God for other things? 376 00:18:18,809 --> 00:18:22,439 Ooh, homework, grades a college, whatever the case may be. 377 00:18:22,830 --> 00:18:23,759 What are they seeing? 378 00:18:23,764 --> 00:18:27,679 What's being communicated, whether it's verbal or non-verbal communication. 379 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:31,530 I have to ask and wrestle with this all the time. 380 00:18:31,530 --> 00:18:32,190 Let's continue. 381 00:18:32,310 --> 00:18:33,539 Luke 9 21. 382 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:36,180 Jesus strictly warned him not to tell this to anyone. 383 00:18:36,180 --> 00:18:37,770 He say, Hey, don't tell this to anyone. 384 00:18:37,770 --> 00:18:38,010 Why? 385 00:18:38,010 --> 00:18:39,240 Why would he say such a thing? 386 00:18:39,390 --> 00:18:43,050 Well, many of us believe that if, if the disciples win and started saying, Hey, 387 00:18:43,050 --> 00:18:44,310 here's the Messiah, here's the Messiah. 388 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:48,060 Those people would hear it and get the wrong idea because 389 00:18:48,250 --> 00:18:49,830 they're expecting a military king. 390 00:18:49,890 --> 00:18:53,610 And Jesus doesn't want that to stop his ministry at this point. 391 00:18:53,790 --> 00:18:54,730 So we continue. 392 00:18:55,110 --> 00:19:00,420 And he said, the son of man must suffer many things and be rejected by the 393 00:19:00,420 --> 00:19:03,750 elders, the chief priest and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed. 394 00:19:03,750 --> 00:19:10,200 And on the third day, raised to life, whoa, think about this for a second. 395 00:19:10,650 --> 00:19:12,690 You're the apostles, you're the disciples. 396 00:19:12,690 --> 00:19:14,400 And Jesus says, Hey, you know what? 397 00:19:14,430 --> 00:19:15,210 You got it right. 398 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:16,050 I'm the Messiah. 399 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:18,030 Wow, that's awesome. 400 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:21,810 The longer awaited king, the one we've been waiting on, the one 401 00:19:21,810 --> 00:19:25,110 that's been promised, and they're thinking, okay, well, he's gonna 402 00:19:25,110 --> 00:19:27,060 be a king the way King David was. 403 00:19:27,554 --> 00:19:31,784 He's gonna be this powerful figure and that we're gonna have a kingdom 404 00:19:31,845 --> 00:19:34,635 that's gonna be even better than the kingdoms in the past, the kingdom 405 00:19:34,635 --> 00:19:38,114 that we had heard about, and he's gonna conquer all these foreign lands. 406 00:19:38,205 --> 00:19:42,434 And so that's the picture and the image that they would have during this time. 407 00:19:42,554 --> 00:19:45,165 And in Jesus turns the whole thing upside down. 408 00:19:45,944 --> 00:19:46,755 And what does he say? 409 00:19:46,755 --> 00:19:47,385 Hey, guess what? 410 00:19:47,385 --> 00:19:48,375 The Messiah's gonna be like? 411 00:19:48,495 --> 00:19:49,455 He's gonna suffer. 412 00:19:50,835 --> 00:19:53,024 Not only is he gonna suffer, he's gonna be rejected. 413 00:19:53,654 --> 00:19:56,534 Not only is he gonna be rejected, but then he's gonna be killed. 414 00:19:59,864 --> 00:20:00,404 What? 415 00:20:01,604 --> 00:20:02,894 What did you just say? 416 00:20:04,274 --> 00:20:04,604 Wait. 417 00:20:04,604 --> 00:20:08,144 If you're God's Messiah, you're supposed to come in and Jesus says, no, no, no, 418 00:20:08,144 --> 00:20:11,984 no guys, this is why I don't want you to tell anybody, because you won't get 419 00:20:11,984 --> 00:20:17,505 it until you understand who the real Messiah is and what he's supposed to do. 420 00:20:18,885 --> 00:20:22,654 The Messiah is not going to come and kill, but he's going to be kill. 421 00:20:23,250 --> 00:20:26,880 He's not going to conquer wicked foreign, foreign nations, but he's 422 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:28,979 going to conquer death itself. 423 00:20:29,550 --> 00:20:31,199 He's not just gonna save a nation. 424 00:20:31,229 --> 00:20:36,689 He's coming to save mankind, and he's gonna raise from the grave, 425 00:20:36,719 --> 00:20:40,979 which nobody would see coming, proving himself to be what? 426 00:20:41,099 --> 00:20:42,210 God's Messiah. 427 00:20:43,290 --> 00:20:47,340 And so Jesus turns this whole idea on its head, and then 428 00:20:47,340 --> 00:20:49,290 we continue in this context. 429 00:20:49,290 --> 00:20:51,989 Remember, this is what he just said. 430 00:20:51,989 --> 00:20:55,559 He's revealing, and I'm sure that the guys are wrestling with this, and here's 431 00:20:55,559 --> 00:20:59,040 what he says in verse 23, which many of us in our church are familiar with. 432 00:20:59,069 --> 00:21:05,460 He says then to them all again, this is the context I just told you 433 00:21:05,460 --> 00:21:07,979 that the Messiah, he's gonna suffer. 434 00:21:09,389 --> 00:21:12,689 Now here's what I'm, now, here's the next line for you. 435 00:21:12,719 --> 00:21:15,599 He says, guess what, whoever, whoa, excuse me. 436 00:21:15,599 --> 00:21:16,159 Go back here. 437 00:21:16,694 --> 00:21:20,024 He says, he said to them, oh, whoever wants to be my disciple 438 00:21:20,085 --> 00:21:23,715 must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. 439 00:21:25,125 --> 00:21:30,045 That's the context of our church's famous Luke 9 23 passage. 440 00:21:31,395 --> 00:21:34,935 It's right after hearing about how the Lord, the Messiah's gonna suffer. 441 00:21:35,085 --> 00:21:35,625 Guess what? 442 00:21:35,654 --> 00:21:38,295 If anybody wants to be a Christian, guess what? 443 00:21:38,685 --> 00:21:39,585 You're gonna suffer too. 444 00:21:42,585 --> 00:21:47,024 You're gonna have a life where there's going to be challenges and rejection. 445 00:21:50,055 --> 00:21:51,105 And he says, whoever. 446 00:21:51,109 --> 00:21:54,645 So who does that apply to everybody? 447 00:21:54,645 --> 00:21:57,795 He says, whoever wants to be my disciple and and inter entertain the 448 00:21:57,795 --> 00:21:59,055 world with Christian right there. 449 00:21:59,145 --> 00:22:01,784 Whoever wants to be a Christian must. 450 00:22:02,444 --> 00:22:03,735 Deny themselves. 451 00:22:03,855 --> 00:22:06,345 Take up their cross daily and follow me. 452 00:22:06,465 --> 00:22:08,385 You see the real Jesus here. 453 00:22:08,444 --> 00:22:10,185 Oh, then he goes on, let's, let's continue reading. 454 00:22:10,395 --> 00:22:12,975 Whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses 455 00:22:12,975 --> 00:22:14,055 their life for me will save it. 456 00:22:14,205 --> 00:22:16,425 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world and yet 457 00:22:16,425 --> 00:22:18,165 lose or forfeit their very self? 458 00:22:18,465 --> 00:22:21,824 Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, a son and man will be ashamed of them when 459 00:22:21,824 --> 00:22:24,885 he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. 460 00:22:25,065 --> 00:22:29,055 Truly, I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before the sea. 461 00:22:29,145 --> 00:22:30,675 The kingdom of God. 462 00:22:30,735 --> 00:22:33,404 Jesus has some real expectations here, and here's the expectation. 463 00:22:33,404 --> 00:22:34,935 He expects real discipleship. 464 00:22:36,645 --> 00:22:39,284 He expects real discipleship. 465 00:22:39,885 --> 00:22:40,545 And what does that mean? 466 00:22:40,545 --> 00:22:44,925 That means to follow Jesus, not just to claim to like Jesus, not 467 00:22:44,925 --> 00:22:48,045 just say, oh, you know what, I, I, I, I like what you're saying. 468 00:22:48,045 --> 00:22:52,034 I agree with you're saying your, your speech is so inspiring, 469 00:22:52,665 --> 00:23:00,645 but to actually follow in his footsteps, to receive suffering. 470 00:23:01,215 --> 00:23:05,505 To take rejection and to keep going forward so that one day two, we 471 00:23:05,505 --> 00:23:08,415 will rise with our heavenly Father. 472 00:23:09,135 --> 00:23:12,495 And so Jesus here expects real discipleship. 473 00:23:12,495 --> 00:23:13,395 What does he say? 474 00:23:13,455 --> 00:23:14,445 Deny yourself. 475 00:23:14,450 --> 00:23:19,035 Take up your cross daily and follow me following Jesus. 476 00:23:19,245 --> 00:23:22,665 His expectation for his followers is you're gonna have a lifestyle 477 00:23:22,695 --> 00:23:24,555 where you deny yourself. 478 00:23:27,285 --> 00:23:29,965 You're gonna deny yourself of sin, but you're gonna deny yourself 479 00:23:29,965 --> 00:23:34,125 the things that are contrary to my teachings and my lifestyle. 480 00:23:34,845 --> 00:23:36,465 He didn't say it's an optional thing. 481 00:23:36,465 --> 00:23:38,535 He says this is a must thing. 482 00:23:38,535 --> 00:23:39,735 You guys hear what I'm saying? 483 00:23:40,605 --> 00:23:42,615 He says, you gotta carry your cross. 484 00:23:43,095 --> 00:23:48,195 The cross meant the utmost self denial here meant, uh, uh, uh, conspiracy 485 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:50,655 speaking to, to die, to oneself. 486 00:23:51,465 --> 00:23:53,235 And again, the context is what he says. 487 00:23:53,355 --> 00:23:55,035 Guys, I'm going to die. 488 00:23:55,125 --> 00:23:56,775 I'm going to take on the cross. 489 00:23:56,955 --> 00:23:59,505 So you too are gonna have to take up a cross. 490 00:24:00,150 --> 00:24:03,510 So Jesus calling them to what, what he's doing, but even more 491 00:24:03,510 --> 00:24:08,580 so, he does even more than what we can even accomplish or achieve. 492 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,510 This isn't just a bunch of sunshine and lemonade. 493 00:24:12,510 --> 00:24:15,450 He says, no, you're gonna have to deny yourself. 494 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:16,560 And then follow me. 495 00:24:17,610 --> 00:24:19,440 We're all familiar with being a follower of something. 496 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:22,290 We follow, uh, people's Instagram, their talks, right? 497 00:24:22,350 --> 00:24:25,440 All these, he said that that's not the type of following that I'm looking for. 498 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:26,670 That's not what I expect. 499 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:28,170 I don't want you to agree with me. 500 00:24:28,260 --> 00:24:34,950 I want you to actually follow me the way I move, I want you to move the way I think. 501 00:24:34,950 --> 00:24:39,060 I want you to think the way I behave, the way I speak, the way I view people. 502 00:24:39,180 --> 00:24:42,960 This is how you're supposed to view and act as well. 503 00:24:43,470 --> 00:24:46,470 Here's expectations on how Christians should live. 504 00:24:47,010 --> 00:24:50,670 You know, Christ calls it disciples to committed action and demands more 505 00:24:50,820 --> 00:24:52,950 than a simple confession of faith. 506 00:24:53,010 --> 00:24:55,050 It's more than coming down and doing an alter call. 507 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:58,020 It's more than coming down and saying a life's little prayer. 508 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:02,070 He says, no, it's gonna require you to change your lifestyle 509 00:25:03,090 --> 00:25:07,020 and not just once, but daily. 510 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:13,230 Then not deny, carry across, follow him are the expectations 511 00:25:13,380 --> 00:25:15,330 for being a true Christian. 512 00:25:15,930 --> 00:25:19,530 Anything less means you're following not the real Jesus. 513 00:25:20,340 --> 00:25:22,890 A different false version of Jesus. 514 00:25:22,895 --> 00:25:24,570 And he goes in some more here. 515 00:25:24,570 --> 00:25:25,920 Church, are you still with me here? 516 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:26,880 Look at this. 517 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:27,330 Look at this. 518 00:25:27,330 --> 00:25:27,870 Luke nine. 519 00:25:27,870 --> 00:25:30,040 Oh man, I love this passage is so challenging. 520 00:25:30,120 --> 00:25:32,850 He says, as they were walking along the road, a man said to him, I 521 00:25:32,850 --> 00:25:34,320 will follow you wherever you go. 522 00:25:34,325 --> 00:25:35,640 That sounds good, right? 523 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:37,380 Hey, I will go wherever you go. 524 00:25:37,380 --> 00:25:39,270 And Jesus said, man, that's what's up. 525 00:25:39,270 --> 00:25:40,140 I'm fired up man. 526 00:25:40,145 --> 00:25:41,520 Let's go get some chicken wings. 527 00:25:44,095 --> 00:25:45,975 No, that's not quite what, what Luke remembers. 528 00:25:45,975 --> 00:25:49,275 He says, well, foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the son of 529 00:25:49,275 --> 00:25:50,715 man has no place to lay his head. 530 00:25:51,525 --> 00:25:51,975 Wow. 531 00:25:51,975 --> 00:25:53,715 He didn't seem really fired up about this. 532 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:58,665 I, I think he is, but I think this is also somewhat, Hey, you gotta count the cost. 533 00:25:59,715 --> 00:26:00,705 You're gonna follow me. 534 00:26:00,975 --> 00:26:04,725 Oh man, there's so many blessings, but you gotta count the cost. 535 00:26:05,775 --> 00:26:09,435 Then he goes on, he, now Jesus said to another man, Hey, follow 536 00:26:09,435 --> 00:26:12,525 me, but he replied, Lord, first let me go and bury my father. 537 00:26:12,525 --> 00:26:15,645 That seems like a very reasonable thing to do. 538 00:26:16,574 --> 00:26:18,705 Jesus said to him, let the dead bury their own dead. 539 00:26:18,855 --> 00:26:20,715 But you go and proclaim the kingdom of God. 540 00:26:20,715 --> 00:26:23,595 Who I thought Jesus was like Mr. 541 00:26:23,595 --> 00:26:24,074 Rogers. 542 00:26:24,074 --> 00:26:25,455 He just says nothing but nice things. 543 00:26:27,074 --> 00:26:27,885 He's Elmo. 544 00:26:27,885 --> 00:26:28,935 You know what I'm saying? 545 00:26:29,915 --> 00:26:34,574 Jesus goes over here, man, and we'll break this down here in a second here still. 546 00:26:34,574 --> 00:26:37,215 Another said, I will follow you Lord, but first let me go back 547 00:26:37,215 --> 00:26:38,835 and say goodbye to my family. 548 00:26:38,895 --> 00:26:40,605 And all the parents are like, yes. 549 00:26:41,625 --> 00:26:43,095 Jesus said, oh, yeah, go ahead. 550 00:26:43,095 --> 00:26:44,564 In fact, tell him I said hi. 551 00:26:45,854 --> 00:26:48,675 He's replied, no one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit 552 00:26:48,675 --> 00:26:50,175 for service and the kingdom of God. 553 00:26:50,175 --> 00:26:50,444 Whoa. 554 00:26:52,545 --> 00:26:55,154 You see, the real Jesus expects full commitments. 555 00:26:57,944 --> 00:27:00,225 The real Jesus expects full commitments. 556 00:27:01,635 --> 00:27:03,135 He doesn't expect anything less. 557 00:27:03,135 --> 00:27:04,694 He's not asking for a, you know what? 558 00:27:04,694 --> 00:27:06,675 Just gimme half commitments. 559 00:27:07,574 --> 00:27:10,215 I would love it if you just could gimme a 10th of your time. 560 00:27:11,715 --> 00:27:14,385 Jesus expects full commitments. 561 00:27:14,864 --> 00:27:16,245 We go back and what happens? 562 00:27:16,364 --> 00:27:21,135 The first guy says, Hey, I will follow you wherever you go, however, just, just, 563 00:27:21,555 --> 00:27:23,324 just, just jump up for joy for this. 564 00:27:24,375 --> 00:27:25,305 I believe he's happy. 565 00:27:25,310 --> 00:27:28,574 I, I believe this is good, but I also believe this is somewhat of a test, and 566 00:27:28,580 --> 00:27:31,095 I also think he's trying to teach him, Hey, you're gonna have to trust me. 567 00:27:32,715 --> 00:27:35,685 Look, I, I don't have anywhere to go, so if you're gonna follow me, that 568 00:27:35,685 --> 00:27:36,944 means you're gonna have to trust me. 569 00:27:37,394 --> 00:27:38,715 I'm a God of provision. 570 00:27:39,614 --> 00:27:41,774 , and I think he's also trying to teach him, Hey, look, I don't 571 00:27:41,774 --> 00:27:43,095 live for the material world. 572 00:27:44,415 --> 00:27:47,864 Hey, look, look, I don't even have a place to stay, and so if you're 573 00:27:47,864 --> 00:27:51,435 gonna follow me, that means we're scrapping being materialistic. 574 00:27:52,154 --> 00:27:53,925 Ooh, that's tough for us in America, isn't it? 575 00:27:55,545 --> 00:27:58,755 Then the second man says, Hey, can I just bury my father first? 576 00:27:59,475 --> 00:28:01,755 You see, here's, here's something important here for us to understand the 577 00:28:01,755 --> 00:28:06,495 context even more so in how challenging this really was of a statement by Jew. 578 00:28:06,495 --> 00:28:11,234 See, you see the Jews at this time, they considered a proper burial as of 579 00:28:11,295 --> 00:28:14,375 utmost importance to leave a father Unbe. 580 00:28:14,375 --> 00:28:17,625 Unbury was something that would be scandalous to a Jew, 581 00:28:20,685 --> 00:28:26,564 the duty of burial to a precedence over the study of the law, the temple service, 582 00:28:26,805 --> 00:28:31,335 the killing of the Passover sacrifice, and even the observance of circumcision. 583 00:28:31,335 --> 00:28:34,845 So all these nice things that God wants, they're like, Hey, look 584 00:28:34,904 --> 00:28:37,965 what takes precedence over all that you go bury your father. 585 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:41,580 , what did Jesus say to this? 586 00:28:42,390 --> 00:28:44,609 Let the dead bury the dead. 587 00:28:44,609 --> 00:28:47,850 Whoa, man, that sounds offensive. 588 00:28:47,850 --> 00:28:49,020 Like, man, how rude. 589 00:28:49,029 --> 00:28:50,760 How, how could you be so mean? 590 00:28:51,150 --> 00:28:54,090 Well, let's let, let, again, let, let, let's, let's take the point here, but 591 00:28:54,090 --> 00:28:55,980 let's also present a couple options here. 592 00:28:56,130 --> 00:29:00,449 It's possible that the father, many scholars believe they all 593 00:29:00,449 --> 00:29:01,920 vary on different opinions here. 594 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:03,960 It's possible the father actually wasn't dead yet. 595 00:29:05,340 --> 00:29:08,250 And so what he's saying is if the father's not dead is, Hey, 596 00:29:08,279 --> 00:29:12,060 hey, he's gonna pass, but let me, I'll follow you once he passes. 597 00:29:12,210 --> 00:29:14,220 So let me put this on hold. 598 00:29:16,350 --> 00:29:18,239 Jesus, I wanna follow you, but let me follow you. 599 00:29:18,239 --> 00:29:19,230 Lemme put a pause on this. 600 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:22,290 I'll get to you after this. 601 00:29:23,235 --> 00:29:27,105 Another possibility is that he was actually referring to having to 602 00:29:27,105 --> 00:29:29,235 wait to rebury his father's bones. 603 00:29:29,235 --> 00:29:33,465 You see, well, at this time here, um, uh, what, what people would do is they 604 00:29:33,465 --> 00:29:36,465 would bury their parents, but then about a year later after the flesh 605 00:29:36,465 --> 00:29:39,765 rotted out, they would then take the bones and then they would rebury them. 606 00:29:40,125 --> 00:29:41,445 You guys get what I'm saying here, right? 607 00:29:41,625 --> 00:29:42,705 So they found these things. 608 00:29:42,705 --> 00:29:43,965 I forgot what they're technically called. 609 00:29:43,965 --> 00:29:44,715 I should have wrote it down. 610 00:29:44,955 --> 00:29:49,575 And so that's also a possibility is that he's saying, you know what? 611 00:29:49,665 --> 00:29:52,425 I just buried my dad, but I'm gonna have to rebury him, so I'll 612 00:29:52,425 --> 00:29:54,555 get to following you in a year. 613 00:29:57,465 --> 00:29:58,965 Or, Hey, you know what? 614 00:29:59,025 --> 00:29:59,595 He's already dead. 615 00:29:59,595 --> 00:30:00,405 I just gotta rebury him. 616 00:30:00,405 --> 00:30:01,995 So let me just go rebury him right now. 617 00:30:02,115 --> 00:30:03,795 And so you see here, what is Jesus saying? 618 00:30:03,795 --> 00:30:07,575 Regardless, Hey, following me takes priority over anything. 619 00:30:08,595 --> 00:30:12,345 It takes priority even over your family's. 620 00:30:14,114 --> 00:30:16,965 . Then we have the last option where he says to the, Hey, man, I just 621 00:30:16,965 --> 00:30:19,364 wanna say bye to my parents response. 622 00:30:19,444 --> 00:30:22,665 Hey, hey, if you put your hand to the plow and look back, you're not fit for this. 623 00:30:22,755 --> 00:30:23,564 You don't get it. 624 00:30:24,015 --> 00:30:24,915 You're gonna have to be focused. 625 00:30:24,915 --> 00:30:27,404 You're gonna have to be a hundred percent committed to this. 626 00:30:27,404 --> 00:30:30,015 He's saying, there's many reasons, but there's no excuse. 627 00:30:31,484 --> 00:30:33,915 I believe personally, this is just Marcel Hall's opinion. 628 00:30:34,154 --> 00:30:37,034 I believe that all these things and instances were 629 00:30:37,064 --> 00:30:39,165 really a test for these people. 630 00:30:40,515 --> 00:30:42,705 My personal belief, this isn't, that's it. 631 00:30:42,705 --> 00:30:43,665 The Lord here, okay? 632 00:30:43,845 --> 00:30:46,364 My personal belief, they'd have said, okay, yeah, let's do it. 633 00:30:46,515 --> 00:30:48,015 I think Jesus would said, Hey, you know what? 634 00:30:48,074 --> 00:30:49,784 Go bury your dad though, and then come follow me. 635 00:30:50,354 --> 00:30:51,915 I just wanna see if you're really for me. 636 00:30:51,915 --> 00:30:53,625 I wanna see if you have real full commitments. 637 00:30:54,225 --> 00:30:55,034 Hey, you wanna say by your pants? 638 00:30:55,064 --> 00:30:55,935 Okay, cool. 639 00:30:55,995 --> 00:30:56,955 Hey, but you're gonna follow me. 640 00:30:56,984 --> 00:30:57,314 Okay. 641 00:30:57,375 --> 00:30:57,765 You know what? 642 00:30:57,795 --> 00:30:58,694 We'll stop by that way. 643 00:30:58,694 --> 00:31:00,015 We'll stop by your parents' house. 644 00:31:00,194 --> 00:31:01,484 That, that's my personal belief. 645 00:31:01,574 --> 00:31:05,055 But I believe you was testing them to see would you be fully committed or 646 00:31:05,060 --> 00:31:06,435 would you just be partially committed? 647 00:31:06,585 --> 00:31:06,645 Me. 648 00:31:09,225 --> 00:31:11,534 You see, God did this with Abraham, didn't he? 649 00:31:11,534 --> 00:31:12,284 Didn't he test him? 650 00:31:12,345 --> 00:31:13,814 Hey, with his own son, Isaac. 651 00:31:14,475 --> 00:31:16,875 And then once Isaac passed the test, he's like, no, no, no, no, no. 652 00:31:16,935 --> 00:31:17,835 That's not part of my plan. 653 00:31:17,864 --> 00:31:18,645 Here's my plan. 654 00:31:18,649 --> 00:31:20,895 But I see that you're what committed to me. 655 00:31:20,899 --> 00:31:21,705 You trust me. 656 00:31:22,965 --> 00:31:25,784 And so that's just my personal belief of what Jesus is doing here. 657 00:31:25,784 --> 00:31:29,574 But regardless here, we see that following Jesus is the number one priority. 658 00:31:29,715 --> 00:31:32,415 Let me introduce you to the real Jesus. 659 00:31:33,385 --> 00:31:35,505 Boy, boy, he has some expectations, doesn't he? 660 00:31:36,734 --> 00:31:39,705 You know, there's this idea of what, what some called easy believism 661 00:31:40,665 --> 00:31:42,165 in which you, you believe in. 662 00:31:42,165 --> 00:31:44,685 So you go to church and maybe have the right doctrine in our church. 663 00:31:44,685 --> 00:31:46,545 You, you know, you got the doctrine on, right? 664 00:31:46,545 --> 00:31:47,055 Whatever. 665 00:31:47,060 --> 00:31:49,364 And, and, and, and you go to church services. 666 00:31:49,845 --> 00:31:53,295 But yeah, you live contrary to the Bible, similar to what 667 00:31:53,295 --> 00:31:54,614 John was talking about earlier. 668 00:31:55,274 --> 00:32:00,375 Easy believism, or there's this partial commitment to Christ. 669 00:32:01,395 --> 00:32:05,505 But see, if we don't have a lifestyle in which there's denial, There's a caring 670 00:32:05,505 --> 00:32:07,455 of a cross, metaphorically speaking. 671 00:32:07,755 --> 00:32:10,965 If there's not a true following, then we're not following the real Jesus. 672 00:32:12,105 --> 00:32:14,385 And so we have to make a decision and we have to understand the real. 673 00:32:14,385 --> 00:32:16,635 Jesus has real expectations. 674 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:18,645 So brother and sisters, here's the question we have to ask. 675 00:32:18,795 --> 00:32:21,375 Am I holding to Jesus' expectations? 676 00:32:21,915 --> 00:32:26,055 Do my expectations of Christianity and his expectations, do they match? 677 00:32:26,895 --> 00:32:30,795 Does my lifestyle reflect his expectations? 678 00:32:31,485 --> 00:32:34,335 And for many of us, we have to ask, am I still holding on? 679 00:32:37,275 --> 00:32:42,405 Am I still holding to the expectations of Jesus? 680 00:32:43,185 --> 00:32:47,115 I did it 20 years ago, but am I still doing it today? 681 00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:49,365 As I was studying this out, the Holy Spirit convicted me. 682 00:32:49,455 --> 00:32:53,385 Marcel, you make sure that you hold to these expectations. 683 00:32:55,305 --> 00:32:57,675 And I had to write down, I wrote down on my little, my little notes there, 684 00:32:57,675 --> 00:33:01,965 and I said, I better make sure I do this before I can hold the church to. 685 00:33:04,679 --> 00:33:08,639 Because I can't get up here and preach it if I don't hold to it myself. 686 00:33:08,639 --> 00:33:10,500 And so that's how the spirit is speaking in me. 687 00:33:10,559 --> 00:33:13,259 I appreciate that brother saying, Hey, if you don't see it in 688 00:33:13,259 --> 00:33:14,279 me, go ahead and call it out. 689 00:33:14,370 --> 00:33:18,449 And so I have the same conviction that if you don't see it in me, then boy I better 690 00:33:18,455 --> 00:33:24,000 repent and make sure that I hold to the expectations that Jesus has for my life. 691 00:33:24,059 --> 00:33:27,779 So ask yourself, are you holding to Jesus' expectations? 692 00:33:28,620 --> 00:33:32,549 And if you're not, then today's a chance to renew that. 693 00:33:33,870 --> 00:33:35,069 If you say, well, I don't really know. 694 00:33:35,074 --> 00:33:35,819 I never knew about it. 695 00:33:35,824 --> 00:33:40,439 Today's a chance to get introduced to it, and I encourage you to study the Bible and 696 00:33:40,439 --> 00:33:44,549 get some help, but for all of us, here's what we can do, is we can carry our cross. 697 00:33:45,359 --> 00:33:46,559 That's what he says there. 698 00:33:47,099 --> 00:33:50,729 You know, we have to be more concerned about carrying this cross than around 699 00:33:50,729 --> 00:33:54,239 our shoulders, than carrying those little cute crosses around our necks. 700 00:33:55,889 --> 00:33:59,790 We have to go ahead and carry that cross and say, yes, I'm in the valley 701 00:33:59,790 --> 00:34:01,769 today, but I'm gonna carry the cross. 702 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:05,970 And I'm gonna carry that cross until I reach the mountain top 703 00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:08,520 because that's Jesus' expectation. 704 00:34:08,580 --> 00:34:11,480 And guess what He expects me to follow in his footsteps, 705 00:34:11,485 --> 00:34:12,960 cuz that's what he did first. 706 00:34:14,370 --> 00:34:16,320 They're not calling us to do something he didn't do. 707 00:34:16,949 --> 00:34:20,639 And in fact, we can't even drink that cup in which he had. 708 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:25,170 And so we gotta carry our cross brothers and sisters. 709 00:34:26,100 --> 00:34:27,719 And so that was one of the things I wrote down. 710 00:34:27,810 --> 00:34:30,900 I said, okay man, I'm, I'm gonna go ahead and I'm gonna pray every day. 711 00:34:30,900 --> 00:34:33,960 God, hey, hey, help me to carry my cross today. 712 00:34:34,679 --> 00:34:40,380 I need to be reminded of that imagery because if we do, then we 713 00:34:40,380 --> 00:34:45,300 can participate in this renewal, in this revival of knowing, following, 714 00:34:45,300 --> 00:34:47,340 and showing Jesus in our community. 715 00:34:47,340 --> 00:34:51,150 Just imagine if we had a whole church full of hundreds of people who 716 00:34:51,150 --> 00:34:52,710 held to the expectations of Jesus. 717 00:34:55,530 --> 00:34:58,560 I believe society's view of Jesus will then start to become more accurate. 718 00:35:01,125 --> 00:35:05,144 . I believe that easy Believism would be spotted out and rejected by those in 719 00:35:05,144 --> 00:35:09,255 the faith and would even be spotted by, rejected by those outside of the faith. 720 00:35:10,035 --> 00:35:10,724 And they say, no, no, no. 721 00:35:10,724 --> 00:35:12,554 I know what the real Jesus is supposed to look like. 722 00:35:12,554 --> 00:35:14,865 Cause those guys over there, they're actually doing it. 723 00:35:15,404 --> 00:35:16,394 That's stuff you're presenting. 724 00:35:16,635 --> 00:35:17,684 Uh, you're a phony. 725 00:35:19,514 --> 00:35:23,024 I believe also our communities would hear correct preaching of God's word. 726 00:35:23,175 --> 00:35:26,115 People being healed and held spiritually and physically, and our 727 00:35:26,115 --> 00:35:31,455 kids in the next generation would be inspired to know, to follow and 728 00:35:31,455 --> 00:35:34,455 show the real Jesus to their peers. 729 00:35:35,955 --> 00:35:41,385 Just imagine if we had a whole church who held true to the expectations of Jesus. 730 00:35:43,785 --> 00:35:45,255 Brother sisters, let's crawl, walk, and run. 731 00:35:45,260 --> 00:35:47,925 Let's let, let, let's get on that journey here today here. 732 00:35:47,929 --> 00:35:50,835 So here's some practical things here as we close out, action, 733 00:35:50,835 --> 00:35:52,545 step and prayer for the week here. 734 00:35:52,545 --> 00:35:54,554 First thing here, answer that question. 735 00:35:54,554 --> 00:35:57,014 Does my life match Jesus' expectation? 736 00:35:57,705 --> 00:36:02,085 And then number two here, pray with us daily that we will all carry our cross 737 00:36:02,265 --> 00:36:05,535 and hold to Jesus expectations for us. 738 00:36:06,285 --> 00:36:10,575 The real Jesus has expectations to be participants, not spectators 739 00:36:10,580 --> 00:36:14,595 to serving, to contribute true discipleship in a full commitment. 740 00:36:14,595 --> 00:36:15,705 Luke 9 23. 741 00:36:15,885 --> 00:36:19,875 Then he said to them all, whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and 742 00:36:19,875 --> 00:36:21,525 take up their cross daily and follow me. 743 00:36:21,825 --> 00:36:24,315 Whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever will lose 744 00:36:24,315 --> 00:36:25,845 their life for me will save it. 745 00:36:25,845 --> 00:36:28,335 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world and yet 746 00:36:28,335 --> 00:36:29,865 lose or forfeit their very self? 747 00:36:29,870 --> 00:36:33,135 Whoever's ashamed of me and my words, the son of man will be ashamed of them 748 00:36:33,135 --> 00:36:36,825 when he comes in His glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. 749 00:36:36,825 --> 00:36:40,995 B Brothern says, says, may we hold to the expectations of the real Jesus. 750 00:36:41,085 --> 00:36:41,445 Amen.