1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,579 Speaker: So Matthew chapter 21. 2 00:00:02,879 --> 00:00:04,530 Now how many of you guys. 3 00:00:04,905 --> 00:00:06,495 Have started driving. 4 00:00:06,735 --> 00:00:08,175 How many of you guys have started driving? 5 00:00:08,444 --> 00:00:10,095 Got a lot of, a lot of drivers. 6 00:00:10,095 --> 00:00:11,715 A lot of people who probably shouldn't have been driving. 7 00:00:11,895 --> 00:00:13,125 I started driving. 8 00:00:13,814 --> 00:00:15,105 Does this scare you, by the way? 9 00:00:15,585 --> 00:00:18,015 These three boys all raised their hand in the front row. 10 00:00:18,165 --> 00:00:24,465 Anyway, the first time, the very first time I ever drove to school, 11 00:00:24,645 --> 00:00:28,635 the very first time I drove myself to school, um, I had my permit. 12 00:00:28,635 --> 00:00:31,064 My mom was sitting shotgun. 13 00:00:31,665 --> 00:00:33,975 I ran not one. 14 00:00:34,484 --> 00:00:40,064 But two red lights consecutively in a row. 15 00:00:40,544 --> 00:00:43,874 And the reason I did that is because when I got to a yellow light, I'm 16 00:00:43,874 --> 00:00:46,544 driving, Kristen probably knows this street 'cause reco hills. 17 00:00:47,234 --> 00:00:48,614 Brianna probably knows this street FR goes. 18 00:00:48,614 --> 00:00:54,224 I was driving on Santa Margarita Parkway down the hill towards Marguerite, 19 00:00:54,284 --> 00:00:55,874 I think right by where you guys go. 20 00:00:55,874 --> 00:00:56,954 Mes used to live. 21 00:00:57,044 --> 00:01:01,364 I was coming down the hill and the light turned yellow and I froze. 22 00:01:01,724 --> 00:01:02,685 I didn't know what to do. 23 00:01:02,685 --> 00:01:03,794 I was like, do I go for it? 24 00:01:03,794 --> 00:01:04,544 Do I break? 25 00:01:04,544 --> 00:01:05,414 What do I do? 26 00:01:05,565 --> 00:01:08,474 And so I didn't do anything and I just kept going. 27 00:01:08,745 --> 00:01:14,984 And then I ran the red light, and then one intersection later, same 28 00:01:14,984 --> 00:01:17,533 thing happens, light turns yellow. 29 00:01:17,714 --> 00:01:18,704 What do I do? 30 00:01:18,914 --> 00:01:22,154 I'm too far away for it to be easy decision, and I just do nothing. 31 00:01:22,334 --> 00:01:26,264 And I go right on through the red light once again. 32 00:01:26,925 --> 00:01:30,104 Now, later on, what I realized is the best thing to do. 33 00:01:30,449 --> 00:01:35,130 When you get to yellow light is something, something. 34 00:01:35,279 --> 00:01:37,380 Either speed up or slow down. 35 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:42,149 Do one of those things because that way you have a way better chance of 36 00:01:42,149 --> 00:01:45,209 not breaking the law and stopping when you're supposed to stop or 37 00:01:45,209 --> 00:01:47,310 going when you're supposed to go see. 38 00:01:47,369 --> 00:01:49,649 When you come to a yellow light, it's really not telling 39 00:01:49,649 --> 00:01:51,899 you to slow down necessarily. 40 00:01:51,899 --> 00:01:53,789 It might be telling you to speed up. 41 00:01:53,789 --> 00:01:56,310 So really what it's telling you is make a decision. 42 00:01:56,789 --> 00:01:58,320 A yellow light isn't necessarily. 43 00:01:59,145 --> 00:01:59,775 Caution. 44 00:01:59,775 --> 00:02:03,495 It is telling you to decide you need to do something. 45 00:02:03,495 --> 00:02:07,365 When you see that light change, you can't just sit passive and, 46 00:02:07,365 --> 00:02:08,954 and let your car keep going. 47 00:02:08,954 --> 00:02:09,854 You gotta do something. 48 00:02:10,785 --> 00:02:14,175 This passage that we're looking at tonight is like a yellow light. 49 00:02:15,015 --> 00:02:18,555 This passage is telling you to do something and see when it comes 50 00:02:18,555 --> 00:02:22,755 to what you do with Jesus, you really only have two options. 51 00:02:22,785 --> 00:02:25,425 They're not speed up and slow down your two options. 52 00:02:25,425 --> 00:02:27,344 When you stand before King Jesus, when he. 53 00:02:27,540 --> 00:02:29,969 He comes and says to you, here I am. 54 00:02:29,999 --> 00:02:30,869 I'm the king. 55 00:02:30,959 --> 00:02:32,459 Here's the message of the gospel. 56 00:02:32,459 --> 00:02:36,570 Your two options are really repent or die. 57 00:02:37,079 --> 00:02:38,489 You have two options. 58 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:41,280 You have two options from Jesus tonight. 59 00:02:41,609 --> 00:02:43,978 When you hear his word, when you hear this sermon, when you go through 60 00:02:43,978 --> 00:02:47,249 small groups, you're being faced with the decision with two options. 61 00:02:47,489 --> 00:02:49,499 Repent or die. 62 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:55,050 And that's what Jesus is gonna show us tonight in Matthews chapter 21 and 22. 63 00:02:55,055 --> 00:02:55,244 So. 64 00:02:56,219 --> 00:03:00,269 Last week in Matthew chapter 20, the last thing that happened was Jesus. 65 00:03:00,269 --> 00:03:04,829 He's on his way to Jerusalem, he's going to Jericho and on, and 66 00:03:04,829 --> 00:03:07,019 that's on the way up to Jerusalem. 67 00:03:07,049 --> 00:03:10,619 And there's this big crowd, and he walks by these two blind men and they 68 00:03:10,619 --> 00:03:14,609 say, son of David have mercy on us. 69 00:03:15,749 --> 00:03:17,310 They call him the son of David. 70 00:03:17,310 --> 00:03:19,978 Now, if we've been paying attention and earlier in Matthew, we had 71 00:03:19,978 --> 00:03:21,269 two blind men do the same thing. 72 00:03:21,524 --> 00:03:24,075 They called Jesus son of David, and he healed them. 73 00:03:24,075 --> 00:03:26,084 And then what did Jesus tell 'em after he healed them? 74 00:03:26,564 --> 00:03:29,684 He said, don't tell anyone anything. 75 00:03:29,744 --> 00:03:30,674 Keep it a secret. 76 00:03:30,825 --> 00:03:31,544 And then what did they do? 77 00:03:31,964 --> 00:03:33,103 They went and told everyone, right? 78 00:03:33,134 --> 00:03:36,853 But this time Jesus heals them and he doesn't say that. 79 00:03:37,034 --> 00:03:39,043 And so the crowd gets bigger and bigger. 80 00:03:39,103 --> 00:03:41,894 He doesn't tell 'em to keep it a secret, and that's because something's changed 81 00:03:41,894 --> 00:03:47,834 at this point in the story of Matthew, at this point in Matthew, Jesus is about 82 00:03:47,834 --> 00:03:50,984 to make a big statement about who he is. 83 00:03:52,469 --> 00:03:53,339 I probably should have showed you this. 84 00:03:53,339 --> 00:03:55,349 This is exactly what I was talking about, Matthew chapter 20. 85 00:03:55,349 --> 00:03:56,728 That's how the last chapter ended. 86 00:03:56,728 --> 00:03:59,070 So now Jesus, he's got this big crowd. 87 00:03:59,070 --> 00:04:03,389 He's just healed These, these blind men and the blind men, they know who Jesus is. 88 00:04:03,389 --> 00:04:05,729 They say, Jesus, you're the son of David. 89 00:04:05,940 --> 00:04:08,309 You're the king that the Old Testament talked about. 90 00:04:08,309 --> 00:04:11,309 You're the king that's gonna fulfill all these promises that God made. 91 00:04:11,309 --> 00:04:14,339 You're the king that's gonna make everything right and fix everything 92 00:04:14,339 --> 00:04:16,499 that's wrong with the world. 93 00:04:16,529 --> 00:04:19,019 That's what the blind men are thinking, and that's what the crowds 94 00:04:19,019 --> 00:04:20,279 start thinking when they hear this. 95 00:04:20,565 --> 00:04:21,495 Son of David. 96 00:04:21,495 --> 00:04:23,265 So look at me at Matthew chapter 21. 97 00:04:23,565 --> 00:04:24,255 Jesus. 98 00:04:24,260 --> 00:04:27,765 He, he gets to Jerusalem, he gets to the Mount of Olives in verse one, and 99 00:04:27,765 --> 00:04:31,545 then he sends these two disciples and he says, all right, go to the village and 100 00:04:31,545 --> 00:04:33,465 you'll see this donkey and this colt. 101 00:04:33,465 --> 00:04:36,165 So a donkey, and then the colt is like the, the little donkey. 102 00:04:36,165 --> 00:04:37,755 It's, it's like the, the kid, right? 103 00:04:37,815 --> 00:04:41,415 So you've got mama, donkey and, and little donkey. 104 00:04:41,625 --> 00:04:44,325 And he says, untie them and bring them to me. 105 00:04:44,865 --> 00:04:45,615 And then. 106 00:04:46,590 --> 00:04:50,369 What we're gonna see in verse four is Matthew says that this happened. 107 00:04:50,369 --> 00:04:51,655 Jesus said, 'cause it's like, why? 108 00:04:51,690 --> 00:04:53,249 Why does Jesus want these two horses? 109 00:04:53,430 --> 00:04:54,479 Why does he care about this? 110 00:04:54,659 --> 00:04:59,700 Matthew says that this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet. 111 00:05:00,270 --> 00:05:02,130 What prophet will the prophet zacharia? 112 00:05:02,340 --> 00:05:03,840 And this is what Zacharia says. 113 00:05:03,840 --> 00:05:05,609 He says, say to the daughter of Zion. 114 00:05:05,924 --> 00:05:06,914 The Zion, that's Israel. 115 00:05:06,914 --> 00:05:11,294 So he's saying, say to the people of Israel, look, your king is coming to you. 116 00:05:11,774 --> 00:05:15,284 Humble and mounted on a donkey, on a cult. 117 00:05:15,344 --> 00:05:16,634 The full of a beast of virgin. 118 00:05:16,634 --> 00:05:19,455 So Jesus is coming as a king, right? 119 00:05:19,455 --> 00:05:19,965 Your king. 120 00:05:19,965 --> 00:05:20,804 That's what the prophet said. 121 00:05:20,804 --> 00:05:25,514 The king is gonna come, but he's not gonna come as his strong, mighty king 122 00:05:25,664 --> 00:05:28,244 with a fancy horse, like a battle horse. 123 00:05:28,244 --> 00:05:29,414 He's gonna ride a donkey. 124 00:05:29,414 --> 00:05:30,044 A donkey. 125 00:05:30,134 --> 00:05:31,784 If you've ever seen a donkey before, they're small. 126 00:05:31,784 --> 00:05:33,764 They're, they don't look that impressive. 127 00:05:33,794 --> 00:05:34,874 They're just kind of there. 128 00:05:35,955 --> 00:05:40,125 Jesus is riding a, a lame horse into Jerusalem. 129 00:05:40,425 --> 00:05:44,805 But he's doing this because he is making a statement. 130 00:05:45,105 --> 00:05:48,855 He's doing this to show the Jews, Hey, remember what Zacharia said? 131 00:05:49,755 --> 00:05:50,534 I'm that guy. 132 00:05:50,955 --> 00:05:51,675 I'm the king. 133 00:05:51,705 --> 00:05:53,925 I'm the promised Messiah. 134 00:05:55,034 --> 00:05:59,144 Who's coming and fulfilling everything from the Old Testament. 135 00:05:59,144 --> 00:06:02,114 So the disciples, verse six, they, they do what Jesus says. 136 00:06:02,264 --> 00:06:05,354 They bring it, and he comes in and the crowd, they start putting 137 00:06:05,354 --> 00:06:07,185 their cloaks down on the road. 138 00:06:07,185 --> 00:06:08,264 Now, what does, what does that mean? 139 00:06:08,624 --> 00:06:11,414 Well, that's something that people did here to show honor and respect. 140 00:06:11,414 --> 00:06:14,354 They're saying that we don't, we're, we think you're so worthy of respect, 141 00:06:14,354 --> 00:06:17,055 Jesus, that we don't want you to have to touch the ground, right? 142 00:06:17,055 --> 00:06:19,904 We're gonna put our cloaks down on the road and make sure it's all nice 143 00:06:19,904 --> 00:06:21,974 for you to come in and they get. 144 00:06:22,004 --> 00:06:22,064 It. 145 00:06:22,784 --> 00:06:26,744 They get really excited and they shout Hosanna, which means save 146 00:06:26,744 --> 00:06:28,424 us Hosanna to the son of David. 147 00:06:28,514 --> 00:06:31,215 Blessed he is he who comes in the name of the Lord. 148 00:06:31,215 --> 00:06:32,894 And that's a quotation from the Psalms. 149 00:06:33,044 --> 00:06:35,474 So there's a lot of Old Testament stuff happening right now, and 150 00:06:35,474 --> 00:06:39,254 that's because Matthew is telling us that Jesus is the king. 151 00:06:39,254 --> 00:06:45,524 Jesus is the one from the Old Testament that God has promised to come and see. 152 00:06:45,524 --> 00:06:47,594 Jesus today is the same king. 153 00:06:47,864 --> 00:06:50,835 He's the same king, the only king that can give you what you really. 154 00:06:51,404 --> 00:06:51,705 Need. 155 00:06:51,705 --> 00:06:54,884 See, the Jews thought the Messiah was the, the, the one 156 00:06:54,884 --> 00:06:56,114 person who could fix everything. 157 00:06:56,114 --> 00:06:59,744 He could do what they thought was, was best for the world. 158 00:06:59,744 --> 00:07:02,925 Who could get rid of maybe the Romans or, or even in the Old Testament, 159 00:07:02,925 --> 00:07:04,514 it talks about getting rid of sin. 160 00:07:04,514 --> 00:07:05,894 That's what the king would do. 161 00:07:05,894 --> 00:07:07,244 That's what the Messiah would do. 162 00:07:07,514 --> 00:07:12,344 And Jesus is the same king today, the only king that you should put your trust in. 163 00:07:12,344 --> 00:07:16,935 And so our first point tonight is to submit to the humble Messiah. 164 00:07:18,195 --> 00:07:20,925 Submit, follow right swear allegiance. 165 00:07:21,254 --> 00:07:23,925 To Jesus as your king. 166 00:07:26,984 --> 00:07:33,134 See, I put that word messiah there, not king on purpose because 167 00:07:33,134 --> 00:07:36,045 Messiah carries all the weight of the Old Testament, right? 168 00:07:36,045 --> 00:07:37,244 Jesus isn't just any king. 169 00:07:37,395 --> 00:07:39,014 He's God's chosen king. 170 00:07:39,375 --> 00:07:42,375 He's gonna do exactly what God said he's gonna do. 171 00:07:42,375 --> 00:07:44,505 That's why we call him the Messiah. 172 00:07:44,625 --> 00:07:45,945 That's why we call him Christ. 173 00:07:45,945 --> 00:07:47,325 That's not Jesus' last name. 174 00:07:47,445 --> 00:07:50,145 That's the Greek translation of Messiah. 175 00:07:50,175 --> 00:07:52,335 So Jesus Christ, Jesus, Messiah, same thing. 176 00:07:52,575 --> 00:07:53,715 Jesus the king. 177 00:07:54,435 --> 00:07:55,305 But why humble? 178 00:07:55,365 --> 00:07:55,545 Right? 179 00:07:55,545 --> 00:07:58,935 Why did Jesus choose this specific prophecy, right, about riding 180 00:07:58,935 --> 00:08:00,170 on a donkey into Jerusalem? 181 00:08:00,195 --> 00:08:00,405 Why? 182 00:08:00,405 --> 00:08:01,425 Why did he do that? 183 00:08:02,325 --> 00:08:06,045 Well, he wanted the Jews to see that he first came as a humble king. 184 00:08:06,374 --> 00:08:09,435 Him not what they wanted, which was a political king. 185 00:08:09,465 --> 00:08:11,144 They wanted a king who was gonna get into Rome. 186 00:08:11,264 --> 00:08:14,835 'cause the Romans were occupying the Jewish area at this time 187 00:08:15,164 --> 00:08:15,884 and they didn't like them. 188 00:08:15,914 --> 00:08:18,134 They were like, we don't want these foreigners running our 189 00:08:18,134 --> 00:08:19,394 country, so let's get 'em out. 190 00:08:19,394 --> 00:08:23,325 We knew want the Messiah to come and, and do what we want him to do. 191 00:08:23,864 --> 00:08:27,404 We want a king who would get rid of our problems that we think are important. 192 00:08:28,065 --> 00:08:30,075 But Jesus is a humble king. 193 00:08:30,675 --> 00:08:34,183 He came not to get rid of the Romans, not to to set up. 194 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:40,558 A, a, a political kingdom where he would do his, his thing from like a 195 00:08:40,558 --> 00:08:44,369 physical throne and, and start having different taxes and different laws. 196 00:08:44,369 --> 00:08:45,240 He didn't do that. 197 00:08:45,510 --> 00:08:47,069 He came to die. 198 00:08:47,460 --> 00:08:49,500 That's what we've been learning in Matthew, that's what we learned last week. 199 00:08:49,500 --> 00:08:52,710 Jesus came to die as a sacrificial substitute. 200 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:53,430 Right. 201 00:08:53,490 --> 00:08:56,250 A, a lamb not to kick out the Romans. 202 00:08:56,250 --> 00:08:59,550 So even though the crowds are all excited about Jesus and they're shouting and 203 00:08:59,550 --> 00:09:03,000 they're worshiping him, and they're, there's all this excitement it, and. 204 00:09:03,615 --> 00:09:06,735 The passage we just read, it said that the crowd was, or the city was 205 00:09:06,735 --> 00:09:08,655 stirred up like it was shaken up. 206 00:09:08,835 --> 00:09:10,875 Like, you know when you get a snow globe and you just shake it? 207 00:09:11,175 --> 00:09:12,825 That's what Jerusalem was like at this time. 208 00:09:12,825 --> 00:09:18,105 It's, it's crazy, but they, the crowds, they're so excited about Jesus. 209 00:09:18,105 --> 00:09:21,464 But once they realize that he's not doing what they want him to 210 00:09:21,464 --> 00:09:26,055 do, instead of shouting Hosanna, they're gonna shout something else. 211 00:09:27,015 --> 00:09:29,115 They're gonna start shouting, crucify him. 212 00:09:29,295 --> 00:09:33,165 The same people who are so excited about Jesus are gonna start shouting, 213 00:09:34,035 --> 00:09:38,865 we want you dead because he's not doing what they want him to do. 214 00:09:39,765 --> 00:09:43,605 Now, see, maybe that's why you have such a hard time following Jesus. 215 00:09:44,685 --> 00:09:46,964 You want Jesus on your terms. 216 00:09:47,265 --> 00:09:51,285 You want Jesus to do what you think he should do, and then Jesus comes 217 00:09:51,285 --> 00:09:53,355 and you read about Jesus and you hear about Jesus and you're like, wait, 218 00:09:53,355 --> 00:09:54,974 that's not what I want Jesus to do. 219 00:09:56,175 --> 00:09:58,125 Jesus asked me to do things I don't want him to do. 220 00:09:58,875 --> 00:10:00,795 I don't wanna follow Jesus like that. 221 00:10:01,395 --> 00:10:03,165 Jesus, you want me to love that person? 222 00:10:03,375 --> 00:10:03,675 Jesus. 223 00:10:03,675 --> 00:10:05,145 You want me to stop saying those things? 224 00:10:05,145 --> 00:10:06,915 Jesus, you care about what I think about Jesus. 225 00:10:06,915 --> 00:10:07,605 You care about what? 226 00:10:07,665 --> 00:10:08,685 What my words are. 227 00:10:09,375 --> 00:10:09,645 Jesus. 228 00:10:09,645 --> 00:10:10,545 You want me to be patient? 229 00:10:10,545 --> 00:10:10,875 Wait. 230 00:10:10,935 --> 00:10:12,255 I don't want Jesus to do that. 231 00:10:12,255 --> 00:10:15,525 Jesus, I want follow you the way I want to follow you. 232 00:10:15,525 --> 00:10:19,275 And that's why it's important we that to submit to him because we, 233 00:10:19,275 --> 00:10:21,704 we say, Jesus, you're the king. 234 00:10:21,944 --> 00:10:23,234 I follow you. 235 00:10:24,689 --> 00:10:27,689 It's kind of like, so right now the NBA playoffs, the basketball 236 00:10:27,689 --> 00:10:29,189 playoffs are in full swing, right? 237 00:10:29,219 --> 00:10:32,489 And whenever a team gets knocked outta the playoffs, it's like the world's ending. 238 00:10:32,519 --> 00:10:34,109 And they're always like, oh, what are they gonna do? 239 00:10:34,109 --> 00:10:35,339 Is their team gonna stay together? 240 00:10:35,339 --> 00:10:35,759 And all that? 241 00:10:35,819 --> 00:10:39,209 And usually what happens this time of year is there's like a superstar player 242 00:10:39,239 --> 00:10:42,419 who's on a team that gets knocked outta the playoffs and they're like, oh, he's 243 00:10:42,419 --> 00:10:44,339 gonna leave, he's gonna leave the team. 244 00:10:44,429 --> 00:10:48,869 'cause they didn't do what the, what the team expected. 245 00:10:49,139 --> 00:10:49,739 Right. 246 00:10:49,829 --> 00:10:50,339 And. 247 00:10:50,699 --> 00:10:52,199 Some NBA players. 248 00:10:52,229 --> 00:10:54,179 They're like so excited about their new coach. 249 00:10:54,179 --> 00:10:55,979 And then the year later they get knocked outta the playoffs 250 00:10:55,979 --> 00:10:57,689 and they're like, I'm, I'm out. 251 00:10:57,749 --> 00:10:58,379 I'm leaving. 252 00:10:59,639 --> 00:11:02,579 They like their coach until he does something they didn't like. 253 00:11:03,119 --> 00:11:04,649 They're like, oh, we, we like the coach. 254 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:04,829 Oh. 255 00:11:04,829 --> 00:11:06,780 But then he started telling me to pass the ball. 256 00:11:07,019 --> 00:11:08,339 He started telling me to play defense. 257 00:11:08,459 --> 00:11:08,639 Oh. 258 00:11:08,639 --> 00:11:11,519 He started bringing in this other guy to, to take more shots. 259 00:11:13,109 --> 00:11:14,219 We do that with Jesus. 260 00:11:14,219 --> 00:11:16,649 Sometimes we start saying, wait, Jesus. 261 00:11:17,250 --> 00:11:20,460 I thought following you was gonna be like this, but now you're 262 00:11:20,460 --> 00:11:21,870 saying it's actually like this. 263 00:11:21,870 --> 00:11:24,300 I, I don't know if I can do this anymore. 264 00:11:24,329 --> 00:11:25,349 I don't want that anymore. 265 00:11:26,069 --> 00:11:31,170 Jesus, I only want to follow you when my plans line up with your plans. 266 00:11:32,790 --> 00:11:36,540 That's not how Jesus as the king works, right? 267 00:11:36,540 --> 00:11:40,500 So when I ask you student, do you submit to God only when his 268 00:11:40,500 --> 00:11:41,970 plans line up with your plan? 269 00:11:41,970 --> 00:11:45,974 Us when you're like, oh, well I really want to date that person, 270 00:11:45,974 --> 00:11:50,415 but I know that, that God says that person wouldn't be good for me. 271 00:11:51,435 --> 00:11:53,085 Now you have trouble following Jesus. 272 00:11:53,085 --> 00:11:53,595 Right? 273 00:11:53,744 --> 00:11:57,764 Or maybe you're saying, oh, I, I, I really wanna watch those things and 274 00:11:57,764 --> 00:12:02,175 my friends do that, or, I really wanna dress that way, but I, I know that 275 00:12:02,175 --> 00:12:04,185 that wouldn't be, be good for my soul. 276 00:12:04,185 --> 00:12:06,105 I would know that wouldn't be loving to other people. 277 00:12:08,010 --> 00:12:12,810 See, Jesus is the only king who can give you what you really, really need. 278 00:12:13,230 --> 00:12:15,089 Even if he doesn't give you what you think you want. 279 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:17,939 He gives you what you really need. 280 00:12:18,270 --> 00:12:23,490 And see right now in his first coming when he came to Earth, he comes 281 00:12:23,490 --> 00:12:27,839 humbly to serve, to die, to save. 282 00:12:29,939 --> 00:12:34,560 He's holding back justice, to give you time to willingly come. 283 00:12:35,550 --> 00:12:41,639 So I wanna invite you two to come to Jesus as the king who 284 00:12:41,639 --> 00:12:44,550 offers what you desperately need. 285 00:12:44,609 --> 00:12:48,240 See, you think you want things because you're like, oh, that 286 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:49,800 would be so awesome if I had this. 287 00:12:50,010 --> 00:12:52,500 But the problem is, is sometimes we want things that really 288 00:12:52,500 --> 00:12:53,939 aren't good for us, right? 289 00:12:53,939 --> 00:12:55,439 We've talked about this a lot in the gospel. 290 00:12:55,439 --> 00:12:59,399 Matthew, we, we talked about this with, with Angelo and Levi, right? 291 00:12:59,579 --> 00:13:03,329 When it was raining outside Levi's like, oh, I don't wanna wear Levi's like. 292 00:13:03,659 --> 00:13:04,290 Five years old. 293 00:13:04,290 --> 00:13:06,839 He's Angela's son and he's like, oh, I don't wanna wear my jacket, dad. 294 00:13:06,839 --> 00:13:07,649 I don't wanna wear my jacket. 295 00:13:07,649 --> 00:13:09,270 Angela's like, you need to wear your jacket. 296 00:13:09,449 --> 00:13:11,669 'cause otherwise you're gonna get a cold and you're gonna get sick 297 00:13:11,669 --> 00:13:12,689 and you're not gonna want that. 298 00:13:12,689 --> 00:13:13,079 Right. 299 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:15,780 But see, Levi, he, he's small, he's little. 300 00:13:15,780 --> 00:13:16,949 He doesn't think like things like that. 301 00:13:16,949 --> 00:13:18,089 So he's like, oh, I don't wanna do it. 302 00:13:18,089 --> 00:13:19,229 You're such a mean dad. 303 00:13:19,229 --> 00:13:20,669 You're making me do things I don't wanna do. 304 00:13:20,729 --> 00:13:22,740 But really, it's good for Levi to wear the jacket, right? 305 00:13:22,770 --> 00:13:23,790 Levi doesn't wanna get sick. 306 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:25,439 Levi doesn't want to have to, you know? 307 00:13:25,469 --> 00:13:27,510 I bet if Levi got sick, he'd, you're really like, man, I 308 00:13:27,510 --> 00:13:28,379 should have worn my jacket. 309 00:13:29,325 --> 00:13:30,615 That's us with God. 310 00:13:30,974 --> 00:13:32,234 God's like wear the jacket. 311 00:13:32,234 --> 00:13:33,825 And we're like, I don't wanna wear the jacket. 312 00:13:33,825 --> 00:13:34,155 Right? 313 00:13:34,214 --> 00:13:35,565 God says, love that person. 314 00:13:35,565 --> 00:13:36,764 Be patient with that person. 315 00:13:36,915 --> 00:13:38,055 Forgive that person. 316 00:13:38,625 --> 00:13:44,175 Or hey, stop doing, stop watching those things, or stop thinking those thoughts 317 00:13:44,175 --> 00:13:46,365 or stop gossiping about that person. 318 00:13:46,365 --> 00:13:47,655 And we're like, oh, I don't wanna do that. 319 00:13:47,655 --> 00:13:49,185 And then when you think about it, you're like, really? 320 00:13:49,185 --> 00:13:51,405 You know, that actually would be so good for me. 321 00:13:51,915 --> 00:13:55,484 Or sometimes God lets you sin and you're like, oh man, God was right. 322 00:13:56,550 --> 00:13:57,210 I should have done it. 323 00:13:57,210 --> 00:14:00,089 That left me so empty that didn't satisfy me. 324 00:14:00,089 --> 00:14:01,500 That didn't help me. 325 00:14:02,670 --> 00:14:04,379 See, Jesus gives you what you really need. 326 00:14:04,379 --> 00:14:07,649 'cause deep down what we really want, we want hope, right? 327 00:14:07,649 --> 00:14:10,470 We're always putting our hope, our confidence in something. 328 00:14:10,950 --> 00:14:14,910 We're always saying, oh, when I get here, then my life is gonna be great. 329 00:14:14,940 --> 00:14:15,119 Right? 330 00:14:15,125 --> 00:14:19,440 When I, uh, once I move schools, once I get out of this class, 331 00:14:19,500 --> 00:14:23,670 once I can drive, once I get here, then things will be great. 332 00:14:24,270 --> 00:14:27,569 And then you get there and you're like, oh, and when I 333 00:14:27,569 --> 00:14:29,159 get to here, it'll be better. 334 00:14:29,670 --> 00:14:30,599 Jesus gives us hope. 335 00:14:30,659 --> 00:14:32,819 We're, we're always looking for something to put our hope in. 336 00:14:33,180 --> 00:14:36,060 We're always looking for something to be like, oh, I, I really want to get there. 337 00:14:36,060 --> 00:14:37,920 And once I get there, I'll be good. 338 00:14:38,819 --> 00:14:39,930 Jesus gives us that. 339 00:14:40,349 --> 00:14:45,899 He says, if you, if you trust me, I will protect you and, and lead you all the way 340 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:49,139 to heaven, and there'll be no more pain and no more suffering, and no more guilt 341 00:14:49,139 --> 00:14:53,639 and no more conflict, and no more anger, and no more bitterness and no more gossip. 342 00:14:54,389 --> 00:14:57,359 And you can put your hope on that and, and bank on that. 343 00:14:58,499 --> 00:14:59,790 We also, we all want peace. 344 00:14:59,790 --> 00:15:00,749 We want security, right? 345 00:15:00,749 --> 00:15:02,759 We want someone to make us feel okay. 346 00:15:03,119 --> 00:15:04,560 That's why we wear the things we do. 347 00:15:04,589 --> 00:15:07,050 'cause, oh, maybe if I dress this way, I'll feel good about myself. 348 00:15:07,050 --> 00:15:09,929 Or that's why we care so much about how we look or how we talk, or how 349 00:15:09,929 --> 00:15:11,219 we sound, or who we're friends with. 350 00:15:11,249 --> 00:15:12,659 'cause we want to feel okay. 351 00:15:13,020 --> 00:15:15,869 Or once I, once I start dating, then I'll feel love. 352 00:15:16,379 --> 00:15:19,470 Or, oh, once this happens to me, then I'll, I'll feel good enough. 353 00:15:19,470 --> 00:15:22,319 Or once I make this team or get these grades, then I'll 354 00:15:22,319 --> 00:15:23,879 feel good, I'll feel okay. 355 00:15:24,930 --> 00:15:27,810 And those things always leave you empty. 356 00:15:28,290 --> 00:15:31,649 But Jesus offers lasting security because you can say, you know what? 357 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:37,409 When I'm in Christ, when I'm connected to Jesus, God looks at me and I can't 358 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:42,869 earn any more favor than I already have because I'm love for, for Jesus' 359 00:15:42,869 --> 00:15:44,639 sake, not because of things I do. 360 00:15:45,555 --> 00:15:47,595 Or I'm fully justified in Jesus. 361 00:15:47,595 --> 00:15:49,365 I don't have to worry about that person's opinion of me because 362 00:15:49,365 --> 00:15:53,685 I know that the creator of the universe loves me and his opinion 363 00:15:53,895 --> 00:15:56,264 matters way more than anyone else's. 364 00:15:57,885 --> 00:15:59,474 These, the same thing works with joy, right? 365 00:15:59,474 --> 00:16:03,165 We look for things to make us happy, but really they leave us wanting more. 366 00:16:04,035 --> 00:16:05,744 But Jesus satisfies. 367 00:16:05,744 --> 00:16:08,925 He gives us lasting joy that for the most amount of time. 368 00:16:10,395 --> 00:16:12,764 And ultimately we need salvation. 369 00:16:12,824 --> 00:16:17,324 We have a a problem, which is that we are guilty before a holy God, and we 370 00:16:17,324 --> 00:16:18,585 aren't good enough to go to heaven. 371 00:16:18,615 --> 00:16:20,954 And Jesus offers salvation. 372 00:16:22,454 --> 00:16:27,014 So submit to the humble Messiah because he will give you everything you really need. 373 00:16:28,095 --> 00:16:31,034 And when you have a hard time following Jesus because the things 374 00:16:31,034 --> 00:16:35,115 you think you need aren't happening, remember that Jesus loves you and 375 00:16:35,115 --> 00:16:37,514 he trusts you, or you can trust him. 376 00:16:38,879 --> 00:16:40,319 To do what's best for you. 377 00:16:40,530 --> 00:16:44,339 You can trust him to, to not give you something because, oh, you know what? 378 00:16:44,339 --> 00:16:47,220 Jesus knows that that would be bad for me in the long run. 379 00:16:47,220 --> 00:16:48,869 So he's not giving me that. 380 00:16:51,149 --> 00:16:57,209 So submit to the humble Messiah, even when your plans don't line up with his. 381 00:16:58,740 --> 00:17:02,939 So we've seen that the crowd is really excited about Jesus, right? 382 00:17:02,970 --> 00:17:04,020 Jerusalem is. 383 00:17:04,634 --> 00:17:06,013 Shaken up like a snow globe. 384 00:17:06,013 --> 00:17:09,464 Everyone's off shouting and there's crazy things happening and there's a 385 00:17:09,464 --> 00:17:12,794 lot of excitement, but things are about to blow up in the gospel of Matthew. 386 00:17:12,794 --> 00:17:13,904 So keep going with me. 387 00:17:13,904 --> 00:17:17,624 We're gonna look at, um, the next few paragraphs together. 388 00:17:18,223 --> 00:17:19,185 Chapter 21. 389 00:17:19,185 --> 00:17:20,204 We're gonna start in verse 12. 390 00:17:20,204 --> 00:17:23,954 So, Jesus, he enters the temple and you, when the king enters the temple, 391 00:17:23,954 --> 00:17:27,194 you think, oh, it's gonna be some like triumphant thing and all this. 392 00:17:27,194 --> 00:17:29,415 And maybe it's gonna be, he's gonna be like, oh, I'm here. 393 00:17:29,415 --> 00:17:31,935 I'm gonna kick out the Romans and we're gonna do this together. 394 00:17:32,235 --> 00:17:33,495 What does he do when he gets in the temple? 395 00:17:33,810 --> 00:17:35,879 He flips over some tables. 396 00:17:36,870 --> 00:17:39,840 Why did that was not on my Jesus entering Jerusalem Bingo card? 397 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:40,470 What happened? 398 00:17:40,590 --> 00:17:41,970 How did, how did this happen? 399 00:17:42,990 --> 00:17:45,780 And then he's driving out people, 'cause there's people 400 00:17:45,780 --> 00:17:46,950 selling stuff in the temple. 401 00:17:46,950 --> 00:17:48,780 He's like, he's like driving them out. 402 00:17:48,780 --> 00:17:53,429 John says he made a whip and started driving them out of the temple. 403 00:17:53,909 --> 00:17:55,740 And then he tells them it is written. 404 00:17:55,740 --> 00:17:58,320 My house is supposed to be a house of prayer. 405 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:00,000 But you've made it a den of robbers. 406 00:18:00,060 --> 00:18:01,770 You're ripping people off in the tempo. 407 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:03,870 You're making them buy things that they don't need. 408 00:18:03,870 --> 00:18:05,340 You're charging them way too much. 409 00:18:05,790 --> 00:18:10,110 There's injustice in the temple, and then the blind and lame are brought to him in 410 00:18:10,110 --> 00:18:11,910 the temple and he starts healing people. 411 00:18:12,540 --> 00:18:16,020 And so then when the crowds see the healings, they're like, oh, this 412 00:18:16,020 --> 00:18:17,400 is the guy, this is the Messiah. 413 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:20,430 And I know he's been doing weird stuff and clearing out the temple, 414 00:18:20,639 --> 00:18:22,680 but he's healing the blinded lamb. 415 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:23,820 We know the Messiah does that. 416 00:18:23,820 --> 00:18:25,290 Okay, this is the Messiah. 417 00:18:25,290 --> 00:18:27,720 So they call him the Son of David again, and then the Pharisees 418 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:29,550 naturally are like way wait. 419 00:18:29,595 --> 00:18:31,815 Do you hear what these people are saying about you, Jesus? 420 00:18:31,875 --> 00:18:32,535 Is that okay? 421 00:18:32,535 --> 00:18:33,975 They're calling you the son of David. 422 00:18:34,125 --> 00:18:35,595 They're calling, they're saying Hosanna. 423 00:18:35,625 --> 00:18:38,205 That's something that they say to God in the Old Testament. 424 00:18:38,205 --> 00:18:40,335 Is that, okay, Jesus, are you gonna, are you gonna be okay 425 00:18:40,335 --> 00:18:41,625 with them calling you God? 426 00:18:42,705 --> 00:18:47,475 Jesus doubles down on this and then he said, he quotes Psalm 427 00:18:47,505 --> 00:18:51,075 eight and he quotes something that the psalmist says about God. 428 00:18:51,105 --> 00:18:53,565 Jesus is like, yep, that's about me. 429 00:18:54,375 --> 00:18:56,415 And the Pharisees are even more upset. 430 00:18:58,050 --> 00:19:03,000 But then Matthew pauses here, and so then Jesus, he goes, he leaves Jerusalem 431 00:19:03,210 --> 00:19:07,560 and then he, he spends the night away from Jerusalem and he comes back to 432 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:11,970 Jerusalem, and when he comes back to Jerusalem, he entered the temple. 433 00:19:12,120 --> 00:19:13,860 And then the chief priest, the elders, right? 434 00:19:13,860 --> 00:19:15,720 The Jewish leaders we're in verse 23. 435 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:19,050 Now if you're following along, they came up to him as he's teaching and 436 00:19:19,050 --> 00:19:23,189 they said, Hey, who said you had the authority to do stuff like that? 437 00:19:23,189 --> 00:19:25,995 This, you're teaching in the temple, you're healing people. 438 00:19:26,115 --> 00:19:28,665 You're flipping over tables, you're kicking people out who said 439 00:19:28,665 --> 00:19:30,375 you're allowed to do this, Jesus. 440 00:19:30,435 --> 00:19:32,985 And here's what Jesus says in chapter 21, verse 24. 441 00:19:33,315 --> 00:19:34,515 Jesus answered them. 442 00:19:36,015 --> 00:19:40,155 I'm gonna ask you a question, and if you answer my question, then I'll tell 443 00:19:40,155 --> 00:19:42,495 you by what authority I do these things. 444 00:19:42,795 --> 00:19:44,505 So this is Jesus question. 445 00:19:44,505 --> 00:19:45,255 He's making a deal with them. 446 00:19:45,255 --> 00:19:48,645 Hey, if, if you answer my question, then I'll answer yours. 447 00:19:48,975 --> 00:19:49,665 Here's the question. 448 00:19:49,965 --> 00:19:51,495 The baptism of John, right? 449 00:19:51,495 --> 00:19:52,785 John the Baptist with baptizing people. 450 00:19:53,340 --> 00:19:54,389 Where did it come from? 451 00:19:54,660 --> 00:19:56,490 Is it from heaven or from man? 452 00:19:56,790 --> 00:20:00,930 So did God send John or did John just start doing this for fun on his own? 453 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:03,690 And then they think about it. 454 00:20:03,690 --> 00:20:09,420 They're like, okay, well if we say that God sent John, then Jesus will be like, 455 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:10,530 well, you should have listened to him. 456 00:20:10,530 --> 00:20:11,310 God sent him. 457 00:20:11,310 --> 00:20:11,970 You should have listened. 458 00:20:13,050 --> 00:20:17,670 But if we say that John started doing this on his own, the people, the 459 00:20:17,670 --> 00:20:20,100 crowds are gonna get mad at us because. 460 00:20:21,015 --> 00:20:24,195 They think he's sent from God, so they're in a predicament. 461 00:20:24,465 --> 00:20:27,645 Because if they say, well, John is from heaven, he's a real 462 00:20:27,645 --> 00:20:31,275 prophet, then they're gonna be like, well, we should've listened. 463 00:20:32,055 --> 00:20:35,445 But if they say, oh, Johns just a regular guy doing some random stuff, 464 00:20:35,535 --> 00:20:39,975 then Jesus is gonna be like, well, everyone else knows he's a prophet. 465 00:20:40,215 --> 00:20:41,205 So they're, they're stuck. 466 00:20:41,205 --> 00:20:42,555 So they're like, we don't know. 467 00:20:42,585 --> 00:20:43,635 That's their cop out answer. 468 00:20:43,635 --> 00:20:43,815 Right? 469 00:20:43,815 --> 00:20:44,955 It's like when your parents ask you. 470 00:20:45,315 --> 00:20:48,585 Something like, well, did you do this or did your sibling do this? 471 00:20:48,585 --> 00:20:50,505 And like, you don't wanna tell on your sibling, but you don't want to 472 00:20:50,505 --> 00:20:52,755 admit that you did something wrong and you're like, oh, I don't know. 473 00:20:53,025 --> 00:20:54,555 That's what the Pharisees are doing here. 474 00:20:55,545 --> 00:21:00,135 So then Jesus says, well, I won't tell you where I got this authority either. 475 00:21:00,195 --> 00:21:02,745 But then Jesus goes on to tell three parables. 476 00:21:02,745 --> 00:21:06,045 So the, the Pharisees, the Jewish leaders, they're worked up about Jesus' authority. 477 00:21:06,405 --> 00:21:09,825 They're like, Jesus, why is it okay that you're doing all this stuff? 478 00:21:10,365 --> 00:21:12,885 And so then it creates this conflict, this battle between 479 00:21:12,885 --> 00:21:14,535 Jesus and the Jewish leaders. 480 00:21:14,535 --> 00:21:16,545 And we're about to see that in three parables right here. 481 00:21:16,545 --> 00:21:19,905 So there's three parables to, to finish out this section. 482 00:21:20,085 --> 00:21:21,705 It's Jesus versus the Jewish leader. 483 00:21:21,705 --> 00:21:23,505 So he tells them three parables. 484 00:21:23,565 --> 00:21:27,585 There's one about two sons, there's one about a master, and some they 485 00:21:27,585 --> 00:21:29,415 call 'em tenants or hired workers. 486 00:21:29,595 --> 00:21:32,655 And then there's a parable about a wedding feast and what these 487 00:21:32,655 --> 00:21:35,175 three parables all have in common. 488 00:21:36,465 --> 00:21:39,735 Is that the Jews have rejected Jesus. 489 00:21:39,735 --> 00:21:40,425 That's his point. 490 00:21:40,605 --> 00:21:44,865 The point of all these parables is that the Jews said, you know what? 491 00:21:44,955 --> 00:21:46,274 We heard from God. 492 00:21:46,365 --> 00:21:47,685 He sent us prophets. 493 00:21:47,715 --> 00:21:50,504 He sent us John the Baptist, and he sent us Jesus. 494 00:21:50,685 --> 00:21:54,225 And we said, no, not my thing. 495 00:21:54,375 --> 00:21:55,544 I don't want God. 496 00:21:55,635 --> 00:21:55,995 I don't. 497 00:21:55,995 --> 00:21:57,705 I want to live my own way. 498 00:21:58,605 --> 00:22:00,254 I'm good enough on my own. 499 00:22:00,675 --> 00:22:01,304 You can. 500 00:22:01,335 --> 00:22:02,625 You can go do your own thing. 501 00:22:02,625 --> 00:22:03,465 God, we don't want you. 502 00:22:04,830 --> 00:22:10,229 And then in a couple of these parables, Jesus says, Hey, you 503 00:22:10,229 --> 00:22:14,610 guys are actually rejecting God so severely that you want to kill me. 504 00:22:15,629 --> 00:22:16,320 And he's right. 505 00:22:17,729 --> 00:22:19,919 They're so upset at Jesus. 506 00:22:19,919 --> 00:22:23,010 They're so hard in their hearts to God's message that they're just 507 00:22:23,010 --> 00:22:24,479 like, we're done hearing from God. 508 00:22:24,629 --> 00:22:26,790 Let's kill Jesus. 509 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:31,439 They haven't just heard God make a suggestion like, Hey, Jews. 510 00:22:32,100 --> 00:22:35,820 I really think you guys should start following Jesus. 511 00:22:35,820 --> 00:22:41,399 You guys should really start trusting in his work to save you and not your own. 512 00:22:41,460 --> 00:22:42,840 God's not making a suggestion. 513 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:49,830 God has come with the command and the Pharisees, the Jewish leaders, 514 00:22:49,830 --> 00:22:52,950 they've decided to kill the son of God because they hate him. 515 00:22:53,670 --> 00:22:56,070 Now, you might not want to kill Jesus. 516 00:22:56,625 --> 00:23:00,225 But all of us are in danger of the same mistake that the Pharisees 517 00:23:00,225 --> 00:23:02,595 are making in these three parables. 518 00:23:03,615 --> 00:23:07,935 We're all in danger of telling God, I'm better off without you. 519 00:23:09,015 --> 00:23:10,545 I'm better off without you. 520 00:23:10,575 --> 00:23:11,205 I don't need you. 521 00:23:11,205 --> 00:23:15,135 So point number two, repent of rejecting the ruling. 522 00:23:15,135 --> 00:23:15,705 Judge 523 00:23:18,105 --> 00:23:18,765 turn. 524 00:23:18,825 --> 00:23:19,725 That's what repent means. 525 00:23:19,725 --> 00:23:20,835 Turn 180 degree turn. 526 00:23:22,110 --> 00:23:28,320 Turn from rejecting the ruling judge who happens to be Jesus, turn from 527 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:31,499 rejecting Jesus to wanting Jesus, right? 528 00:23:31,499 --> 00:23:33,030 Instead of saying, God, I don't need you. 529 00:23:34,350 --> 00:23:35,489 I'm better off without you. 530 00:23:36,120 --> 00:23:38,610 Instead, we want to say, God, I need you. 531 00:23:39,899 --> 00:23:41,129 You're everything to me. 532 00:23:41,159 --> 00:23:42,749 You're the most important thing in the world. 533 00:23:42,870 --> 00:23:44,070 You're the one I love most. 534 00:23:44,070 --> 00:23:45,810 That's what we want to say to Jesus. 535 00:23:45,810 --> 00:23:48,209 Instead of saying, ah, I don't need you. 536 00:23:49,019 --> 00:23:49,709 I don't want you. 537 00:23:52,739 --> 00:23:56,879 Now the main reason that the Jews are rejecting Jesus 538 00:23:59,489 --> 00:24:03,600 is because they feel threatened by Jesus. 539 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,659 Now, that might sound weird to you, but how do they, Jesus isn't 540 00:24:06,659 --> 00:24:09,330 coming with like a sword and he's like, all right guys, here I come. 541 00:24:10,199 --> 00:24:11,729 How is Jesus threatening them? 542 00:24:11,850 --> 00:24:13,979 Well, let me illustrate this for you. 543 00:24:13,979 --> 00:24:18,659 So when I was in, when I was in fifth grade in elementary school, I was. 544 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:20,760 I was the smart kid. 545 00:24:20,820 --> 00:24:23,730 I was, I was in the GATE program, if you guys know what that is. 546 00:24:23,820 --> 00:24:27,120 And I was, I was the smart kid and everyone knew I was 547 00:24:27,120 --> 00:24:28,320 the kid in like math class. 548 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:31,110 When I finished my test, I would like slam my book and be like, done. 549 00:24:31,379 --> 00:24:32,370 I was that kid. 550 00:24:32,460 --> 00:24:33,389 I was super annoying. 551 00:24:33,389 --> 00:24:34,290 I was obnoxious. 552 00:24:34,290 --> 00:24:36,899 I'm so glad that God saved me 'cause I would be a terrible 553 00:24:36,899 --> 00:24:39,300 person even more than I am now. 554 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:42,360 So I was that kid. 555 00:24:42,360 --> 00:24:46,680 Now in fifth grade there was another high, there was another elementary school in. 556 00:24:47,114 --> 00:24:48,794 The great city of ranch and Margarita. 557 00:24:48,975 --> 00:24:50,294 I went to Truco Mesa. 558 00:24:50,324 --> 00:24:52,784 There was Cielo Vista Elementary School. 559 00:24:52,784 --> 00:24:53,114 Okay. 560 00:24:53,685 --> 00:24:59,084 These two kids transferred from, from Cielo Vista, Toco Mesa. 561 00:24:59,084 --> 00:25:02,564 So they came from this other school to my school because they wanted 562 00:25:02,564 --> 00:25:03,675 to be part of the GATE program. 563 00:25:03,705 --> 00:25:05,445 'cause that other school, they didn't have a GATE program, you know? 564 00:25:05,655 --> 00:25:08,804 So, um, they wanted to be part of the GATE program. 565 00:25:08,804 --> 00:25:13,425 So they came to my school and one of my friends knew these kids and he was like, 566 00:25:13,425 --> 00:25:15,764 these guys, these guys are really smart. 567 00:25:16,139 --> 00:25:19,379 So when they came naturally, you know what we did? 568 00:25:20,310 --> 00:25:28,020 We had a nerd off, we had a competition in the sandbox about who, who is smarter. 569 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:32,850 We had this competition and there was a mediator and he asked some questions 570 00:25:32,850 --> 00:25:34,439 and we would just rapid fire go. 571 00:25:34,590 --> 00:25:36,000 We had 10 questions that we all answered. 572 00:25:36,419 --> 00:25:41,429 Now I did win seven one, but um, I felt threatened. 573 00:25:41,879 --> 00:25:43,020 By these two kids. 574 00:25:43,139 --> 00:25:44,879 Their names were Diego and Nathan. 575 00:25:44,910 --> 00:25:45,840 I was threatened. 576 00:25:46,139 --> 00:25:47,280 I still remember 'em to this day. 577 00:25:47,325 --> 00:25:50,550 I, I was threatened by these kids 'cause they were coming on my turf. 578 00:25:50,580 --> 00:25:54,150 They were coming into my sandbox, into my school, into my gate class, and 579 00:25:54,150 --> 00:25:55,290 they were trying to be the smart kids. 580 00:25:55,290 --> 00:25:56,430 And I was like, hang on guys. 581 00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:58,710 I'm the smart kid around here. 582 00:25:58,950 --> 00:26:03,330 I was threatened by them, so I had to defend my territory right now. 583 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:08,129 Maybe you've never thought of it this way, but your selfishness 584 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:09,690 feels threatened by Jesus. 585 00:26:10,649 --> 00:26:12,120 That's why you reject him. 586 00:26:13,350 --> 00:26:16,320 You're saying, Jesus, you're coming in here saying, you need to follow me. 587 00:26:16,379 --> 00:26:19,769 You need to take up your cross and and die to yourself and follow me. 588 00:26:19,889 --> 00:26:21,659 Jesus is coming in saying, I'm the king. 589 00:26:21,989 --> 00:26:23,189 You need to listen to me. 590 00:26:23,249 --> 00:26:24,090 I'm in charge. 591 00:26:24,090 --> 00:26:24,779 I'm God. 592 00:26:24,779 --> 00:26:25,649 You are not. 593 00:26:26,129 --> 00:26:27,809 And our selfishness feels threatened. 594 00:26:27,809 --> 00:26:28,709 We're like, hang on. 595 00:26:29,489 --> 00:26:30,809 I wanna run my life. 596 00:26:30,929 --> 00:26:32,429 I want to do the things I want to do. 597 00:26:33,629 --> 00:26:36,090 I have a plan for how I want high school to go. 598 00:26:36,405 --> 00:26:38,145 I have a plan for my day. 599 00:26:38,145 --> 00:26:39,015 I wanna do my things. 600 00:26:39,015 --> 00:26:42,285 I wanna get home and play my games and do my stuff, and I don't wanna have 601 00:26:42,285 --> 00:26:43,515 to worry about what other people do. 602 00:26:43,635 --> 00:26:46,515 I don't wanna have to worry about serving people and loving people. 603 00:26:46,515 --> 00:26:51,855 I have my plan and my rules, my priorities, my preferences, and then 604 00:26:51,855 --> 00:26:55,515 Jesus comes and says, you're following me. 605 00:26:56,175 --> 00:26:58,605 And our selfishness doesn't like that. 606 00:26:58,605 --> 00:27:00,615 And so we feel threatened, so we push back. 607 00:27:03,705 --> 00:27:06,014 Even if you're a Christian, that can still happen to you. 608 00:27:06,075 --> 00:27:06,315 Right? 609 00:27:06,315 --> 00:27:09,045 You, we feel this as Christians, we feel this tension. 610 00:27:09,045 --> 00:27:14,985 Oh, I, my flesh wants to be selfish, but the the new heart in me that God gave me 611 00:27:14,985 --> 00:27:16,995 when he saved me, wants to follow him. 612 00:27:17,025 --> 00:27:18,795 There's this conflict, there's this tension, 613 00:27:22,004 --> 00:27:24,889 but sometimes rejecting Jesus. 614 00:27:25,379 --> 00:27:27,780 It doesn't look like this, right? 615 00:27:27,780 --> 00:27:29,280 This is, this is what the Pharisees did. 616 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:30,599 They said, here's the son. 617 00:27:30,660 --> 00:27:31,649 Let's kill him. 618 00:27:31,709 --> 00:27:31,950 Right? 619 00:27:31,950 --> 00:27:33,539 He's a threat to us. 620 00:27:34,919 --> 00:27:39,419 But see, in another parable, here's what the, the, the rejecting Jesus looks like. 621 00:27:39,419 --> 00:27:42,539 See in verse six, there's the people who want to kill the 622 00:27:42,539 --> 00:27:44,669 Son, the messengers of God. 623 00:27:45,300 --> 00:27:48,300 But look here in verse five, there's some people who just ignore it. 624 00:27:48,810 --> 00:27:50,430 You see that highlighted there. 625 00:27:50,490 --> 00:27:54,870 Some people, God's word comes to them, they hear the command, repent and believe. 626 00:27:54,930 --> 00:28:00,480 They hear the word of God and they just say, oh, well, and they just 627 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:04,980 ignore it because maybe you're like, well, I'm not rejecting Jesus. 628 00:28:05,310 --> 00:28:07,125 I'm not like opposed to Jesus. 629 00:28:07,125 --> 00:28:09,210 I don't like mind Jesus. 630 00:28:09,660 --> 00:28:13,380 I just don't want to be in charge of me, like I'm okay with Jesus. 631 00:28:13,410 --> 00:28:14,460 I like church. 632 00:28:14,610 --> 00:28:16,650 I like going, but. 633 00:28:17,010 --> 00:28:19,350 I'd rather just do my own thing most of the time. 634 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:21,210 But I like being around it. 635 00:28:21,210 --> 00:28:22,770 I think Jesus is, is good. 636 00:28:22,770 --> 00:28:27,540 I think I, I like the way Christians live, so maybe you're these people, maybe, 637 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:35,370 maybe you're not trying to, to get rid of Jesus, but you're just avoiding Jesus. 638 00:28:37,230 --> 00:28:39,419 Maybe you're just suppressing the truth, right? 639 00:28:39,450 --> 00:28:42,210 That just phrase from Romans, it's like when your trash is too full, but 640 00:28:42,210 --> 00:28:44,970 you don't take it out, so you put your foot in it and you suppress the truth. 641 00:28:46,274 --> 00:28:47,684 Maybe you're doing that with your sermons. 642 00:28:47,684 --> 00:28:50,504 You're like, well, I know that I'm holding on to this sin 643 00:28:50,504 --> 00:28:52,095 and I, I should repent of it. 644 00:28:52,095 --> 00:28:53,325 I should confess it. 645 00:28:54,135 --> 00:28:56,535 Maybe that's you, maybe you just distract yourself. 646 00:28:56,535 --> 00:28:59,110 You hear the sermon, you feel convicted, but then you're like, oh, well, I, 647 00:28:59,510 --> 00:29:01,095 I, I don't wanna think about that. 648 00:29:01,274 --> 00:29:04,245 And so you just go on and do your own thing and live your life, and you distract 649 00:29:04,245 --> 00:29:05,564 yourself and you don't think about it. 650 00:29:05,649 --> 00:29:08,294 And, and or whenever you're convicted about something, you're just like, oh, 651 00:29:08,294 --> 00:29:10,004 well, I, I'll go back to scrolling. 652 00:29:10,004 --> 00:29:11,024 I'll, I'll just move on. 653 00:29:11,204 --> 00:29:12,254 And you don't want to think about it. 654 00:29:13,590 --> 00:29:15,899 Or maybe your rejection of Jesus is postponing. 655 00:29:16,229 --> 00:29:18,959 You're like, oh, well, when I'm older, I'll become a Christian. 656 00:29:19,559 --> 00:29:23,219 Uh, when I, once I do these things, I'll become a Christian. 657 00:29:23,789 --> 00:29:25,499 Once I graduate, I'll become a Christian. 658 00:29:25,499 --> 00:29:28,769 Once I can do this with this person, I'll become a Christian. 659 00:29:29,610 --> 00:29:31,199 Let's all turn around and, and face me. 660 00:29:31,229 --> 00:29:31,800 Okay? 661 00:29:31,889 --> 00:29:33,300 I think that'll help you pay attention better, 662 00:29:35,639 --> 00:29:38,369 or maybe you're justifying your rejection of Jesus. 663 00:29:40,215 --> 00:29:41,865 Maybe you're saying, oh, it's, it's, it's okay. 664 00:29:41,865 --> 00:29:43,124 It's really not that bad. 665 00:29:43,844 --> 00:29:45,074 It's really not. 666 00:29:46,094 --> 00:29:48,465 You know, I, I'm a, I'm a decent person. 667 00:29:48,465 --> 00:29:50,445 I, I'm not a Christian, but I'm not a bad person. 668 00:29:50,445 --> 00:29:54,974 So I, I think it'll work out for me that's still rejecting Jesus. 669 00:29:54,974 --> 00:29:56,144 Because ultimately you're like these people. 670 00:29:56,144 --> 00:29:58,365 You're saying, oh, well I heard about Jesus, but I'm 671 00:29:58,365 --> 00:29:59,324 just gonna go do my own thing. 672 00:30:00,164 --> 00:30:00,794 Maybe that's you, 673 00:30:03,405 --> 00:30:04,994 or maybe you think you can get away with it. 674 00:30:04,994 --> 00:30:06,224 You're like, oh, I'm holding onto sin. 675 00:30:06,224 --> 00:30:06,764 I, but I. 676 00:30:07,304 --> 00:30:08,235 I can hide it. 677 00:30:08,385 --> 00:30:09,584 I can be okay. 678 00:30:09,824 --> 00:30:15,014 I can still sin and, and do what, what I wanna do and, and it won't matter. 679 00:30:17,144 --> 00:30:23,954 See if you keep rejecting Jesus, I realize that the second phrase of 680 00:30:23,954 --> 00:30:26,324 this point, he's the ruling judge. 681 00:30:27,284 --> 00:30:30,794 If you keep rejecting Jesus, whether it's distracting yourself or whether 682 00:30:30,794 --> 00:30:32,294 it's outright, I don't want this. 683 00:30:32,804 --> 00:30:34,124 He will expose you. 684 00:30:35,744 --> 00:30:41,985 One day or another, Hebrews four says that the word of God is like a two-edged sword, 685 00:30:42,224 --> 00:30:47,504 and it reveals the thoughts and intentions of the heart, and it cuts right between 686 00:30:48,674 --> 00:30:49,934 what you're thinking, what you're feeling. 687 00:30:49,934 --> 00:30:51,914 You can't hide anything from God. 688 00:30:54,195 --> 00:30:58,274 You will stand before God and you will have to answer. 689 00:30:59,774 --> 00:31:00,854 Did you repent? 690 00:31:00,885 --> 00:31:04,544 Him or not, did you follow Jesus or not? 691 00:31:04,995 --> 00:31:09,075 And you can't say, oh, well I liked Jesus, I liked church, 692 00:31:11,175 --> 00:31:13,665 but you, you, you didn't follow him. 693 00:31:16,544 --> 00:31:20,415 You will stand before God and he will expose you. 694 00:31:20,745 --> 00:31:23,564 But even if you're a Christian, if you keep sending, God will discipline you. 695 00:31:23,564 --> 00:31:25,064 Maybe you're a Christian, but you're like, oh, I don't wanna 696 00:31:25,064 --> 00:31:25,935 tell anyone about this sin. 697 00:31:25,935 --> 00:31:26,805 I'm too embarrassed. 698 00:31:27,195 --> 00:31:28,095 I don't wanna confess it. 699 00:31:28,095 --> 00:31:29,205 I don't wanna bring it to the light. 700 00:31:30,164 --> 00:31:31,004 I don't wanna tell my leader. 701 00:31:31,004 --> 00:31:32,115 I don't wanna tell my parents. 702 00:31:32,115 --> 00:31:33,254 I'm holding onto this sin. 703 00:31:33,885 --> 00:31:36,495 God loves you too much to let you keep sinning. 704 00:31:36,615 --> 00:31:39,914 If you're a Christian, God doesn't want you to hold onto that sin. 705 00:31:40,155 --> 00:31:40,934 It's killing you. 706 00:31:40,965 --> 00:31:41,745 You know it is. 707 00:31:41,805 --> 00:31:43,305 It's killing your conscience. 708 00:31:43,305 --> 00:31:44,354 It's hardening your heart. 709 00:31:44,414 --> 00:31:48,945 You know it's so bad for you, and God loves you too much to 710 00:31:48,945 --> 00:31:52,965 let you keep sinning, and so he will bring that sin to light. 711 00:31:53,684 --> 00:31:56,774 The Book of numbers says that your sin will surely find you out. 712 00:31:58,379 --> 00:32:04,770 Proverbs says that the the wicked run when no one is chasing them, your conscience 713 00:32:05,010 --> 00:32:12,810 will track you down until you turn, or maybe it won't, and you'll stand before 714 00:32:12,810 --> 00:32:19,979 God and have to deal with you, with his, with his gaze on you and your sin. 715 00:32:21,660 --> 00:32:25,140 But remember how, if, if that's you, if you're holding onto a sin, remember 716 00:32:25,140 --> 00:32:29,879 how Jesus responds to those who come in repentance, who come humbly. 717 00:32:30,959 --> 00:32:33,510 Remember how Jesus treats those people? 718 00:32:33,570 --> 00:32:35,820 When someone comes to Jesus and says, Jesus, I'm a sinner. 719 00:32:35,999 --> 00:32:36,689 I'm guilty. 720 00:32:37,140 --> 00:32:38,910 I, I'm a terrible person. 721 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:40,769 I'm so embarrassed to admit this. 722 00:32:41,189 --> 00:32:43,350 Does Jesus say, you suck? 723 00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:44,220 Go away. 724 00:32:45,615 --> 00:32:46,185 No. 725 00:32:46,274 --> 00:32:46,485 Right. 726 00:32:46,485 --> 00:32:49,245 Jesus wants you to bring your sin to him. 727 00:32:49,245 --> 00:32:50,955 He doesn't want you to hide it first. 728 00:32:50,955 --> 00:32:54,915 John says that if you confess your sin, if you agree with Jesus, I'm a sinner. 729 00:32:56,055 --> 00:32:57,105 He is faithful. 730 00:32:57,105 --> 00:33:00,105 And just to forgive it and get rid of it. 731 00:33:01,274 --> 00:33:04,754 So if you're so scared because you're like, oh, well God. 732 00:33:05,595 --> 00:33:07,365 Won't like my sin or God. 733 00:33:07,365 --> 00:33:09,405 God will, I'm so embarrassed about my sin. 734 00:33:09,405 --> 00:33:10,215 I don't wanna tell someone. 735 00:33:10,215 --> 00:33:11,805 Well, God already knows about it. 736 00:33:11,835 --> 00:33:12,585 He already sees it. 737 00:33:12,585 --> 00:33:13,425 You can't hide it. 738 00:33:13,485 --> 00:33:17,295 But also other Christians sin the same way. 739 00:33:17,295 --> 00:33:21,795 And I know you, you don't believe that, but remember how Jesus treats 740 00:33:21,855 --> 00:33:24,345 sinners who admit that they're sinners. 741 00:33:26,655 --> 00:33:30,045 He says, I've come for the sick, not the healthy. 742 00:33:32,414 --> 00:33:33,555 So the Pharisees, right? 743 00:33:33,584 --> 00:33:35,265 They didn't feel that way about Jesus. 744 00:33:35,265 --> 00:33:36,314 They didn't want to come to Jesus. 745 00:33:36,314 --> 00:33:37,394 They didn't wanna admit their sin. 746 00:33:37,664 --> 00:33:40,274 They realized that Jesus was calling them out with his parables. 747 00:33:40,455 --> 00:33:44,715 And so they tried to get him arrested, and they tried to get him discredited. 748 00:33:44,715 --> 00:33:46,814 They're like, Jesus, we don't like what you're doing. 749 00:33:46,814 --> 00:33:47,655 You're calling us now. 750 00:33:47,655 --> 00:33:48,434 You're exposing us. 751 00:33:48,434 --> 00:33:50,834 You're, you're saying that God's gonna judge us, so we 752 00:33:50,834 --> 00:33:51,914 wanna get rid of that, right? 753 00:33:51,914 --> 00:33:53,475 They, they don't just wanna plug their ears. 754 00:33:53,715 --> 00:33:55,455 They want to get rid of him, right? 755 00:33:55,754 --> 00:33:57,075 Like, it's like with your alarm clock, right? 756 00:33:57,075 --> 00:33:59,385 That when you wake up, you don't, you want it to stop your alarm's going off. 757 00:33:59,385 --> 00:33:59,955 You want it to stop. 758 00:34:00,419 --> 00:34:05,220 You can either snooze it and just ignore it, or you can just turn it 759 00:34:05,220 --> 00:34:06,450 off and get rid of the alarm, right? 760 00:34:06,450 --> 00:34:08,699 The Pharisees are like, we're just gonna throw the alarm clock out the window. 761 00:34:08,699 --> 00:34:09,600 We don't wanna deal with this. 762 00:34:09,900 --> 00:34:14,670 So that's what, that's what they're gonna do here in the rest of Matthew Chapter 22. 763 00:34:15,179 --> 00:34:19,080 So Jesus verses the Jewish leaders part two. 764 00:34:19,260 --> 00:34:23,040 So he's gonna ask, they're gonna ask him three questions about the law, and these 765 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:24,900 questions are designed to get Jesus. 766 00:34:25,275 --> 00:34:26,355 In trouble. 767 00:34:26,505 --> 00:34:28,965 The first question is, should we pay taxes to Caesar? 768 00:34:29,054 --> 00:34:32,324 Now, the Jews ask him this question because if Jesus says, don't pay 769 00:34:32,324 --> 00:34:33,855 taxes, guess what they can do? 770 00:34:34,904 --> 00:34:37,065 They can be like Jesus said not to pay taxes. 771 00:34:37,125 --> 00:34:38,565 The Romans should arrest Jesus. 772 00:34:39,404 --> 00:34:42,014 So if he says, don't pay taxes, Jesus gets in trouble. 773 00:34:42,315 --> 00:34:46,665 But if they say, you should pay taxes, are the Jewish people gonna like that? 774 00:34:47,114 --> 00:34:47,175 No. 775 00:34:47,295 --> 00:34:50,205 'cause they don't think they should pay taxes to Caesar because Caesar's 776 00:34:50,205 --> 00:34:52,275 like an evil occupying force, right? 777 00:34:52,304 --> 00:34:53,625 The Romans are occupying. 778 00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:56,460 And they're like, we shouldn't have to do this. 779 00:34:56,639 --> 00:34:57,930 So then the people aren't gonna like Jesus. 780 00:34:57,930 --> 00:35:01,020 So they think that they put Jesus in this impossible position and 781 00:35:01,020 --> 00:35:03,510 Jesus gives the most amazing answer you could ever think of. 782 00:35:03,660 --> 00:35:05,430 He says, you've probably heard it before. 783 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:09,780 Give to Caesar what Caesars and give to God what's God's perfect answer. 784 00:35:09,930 --> 00:35:10,500 Right? 785 00:35:10,890 --> 00:35:11,970 No one can get mad at that. 786 00:35:13,350 --> 00:35:17,430 Second question, they ask him, how does marriage work in the resurrection? 787 00:35:17,430 --> 00:35:20,130 Because they're like, well, if what if you ha, what if you were married 788 00:35:20,130 --> 00:35:23,279 and then your spouse died and then you married, you remarried, and then that 789 00:35:23,279 --> 00:35:26,460 spouse died and so on, and you ended up having seven different marriages. 790 00:35:26,460 --> 00:35:27,900 Who are you married to in heaven? 791 00:35:28,470 --> 00:35:32,160 And Jesus says, well, actually, well, you don't know, is that it 792 00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:33,240 doesn't work like that in heaven. 793 00:35:33,240 --> 00:35:33,990 In heaven. 794 00:35:34,590 --> 00:35:36,090 There you're not. 795 00:35:36,150 --> 00:35:37,259 You're not gonna be married. 796 00:35:38,085 --> 00:35:40,545 So then he answers that question perfectly. 797 00:35:40,605 --> 00:35:43,155 And then the last question, what's the greatest commandment? 798 00:35:43,905 --> 00:35:44,595 They're like, gotcha. 799 00:35:44,595 --> 00:35:47,655 Now Jesus, there's 600 something commandments. 800 00:35:47,715 --> 00:35:48,825 How are you gonna pick the greatest one? 801 00:35:48,825 --> 00:35:51,135 And Jesus says, love the Lord your God with all your heart, 802 00:35:51,135 --> 00:35:52,035 soul, mind, and strength. 803 00:35:52,395 --> 00:35:53,445 And then he adds a bonus one. 804 00:35:53,445 --> 00:35:54,405 The second is like it. 805 00:35:54,405 --> 00:35:56,175 It's like two sides of the same coin. 806 00:35:56,655 --> 00:35:58,365 Love your neighbor as yourself. 807 00:35:58,695 --> 00:36:02,175 So he answers these questions perfectly, and then Jesus turns the 808 00:36:02,175 --> 00:36:03,465 tables and he asks them the question. 809 00:36:03,465 --> 00:36:04,635 This is like one of my favorite moments. 810 00:36:04,980 --> 00:36:07,440 In the whole Bible, Jesus turns the tables on them. 811 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:09,900 They tried to trap him with all their smart people and 812 00:36:09,900 --> 00:36:11,280 all of their, their learning. 813 00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:13,200 They were like, ah, we can get Jesus on this one. 814 00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:14,220 And Jesus refutes them. 815 00:36:14,220 --> 00:36:17,430 And then he goes, I wanna ask you guys a question. 816 00:36:18,780 --> 00:36:20,130 I wanna ask you guys a question. 817 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:24,780 Here's what he says in chapter 22, verse 41. 818 00:36:24,780 --> 00:36:25,740 So the Pharisees are all there. 819 00:36:25,740 --> 00:36:27,930 And Jesus asked them a question, what do you think about the 820 00:36:27,930 --> 00:36:31,170 Christ whose son is the Christ? 821 00:36:31,290 --> 00:36:33,000 They said to him, the son of David. 822 00:36:34,170 --> 00:36:39,810 And he said to them, how is it then that David in the spirit, right in the Bible, 823 00:36:40,230 --> 00:36:47,009 calls the son of David Lord or sir, saying verse 44, which is a quote from 824 00:36:47,009 --> 00:36:49,710 Psalm one 10, the Lord said to my Lord. 825 00:36:50,070 --> 00:36:56,850 So Yahweh said to my Lord, sit at my right hand until I put 826 00:36:56,850 --> 00:36:58,049 your enemies under your feet. 827 00:36:58,230 --> 00:37:00,330 So David is calling his descendant. 828 00:37:00,900 --> 00:37:01,350 Sir. 829 00:37:01,380 --> 00:37:01,650 Right. 830 00:37:01,650 --> 00:37:02,490 You're, you're the Lord. 831 00:37:02,490 --> 00:37:03,330 You're in charge. 832 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:05,880 Normally, that's not how things work, right? 833 00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:09,930 You, your dad doesn't call you sir. 834 00:37:10,020 --> 00:37:10,530 Right? 835 00:37:10,590 --> 00:37:11,910 That's not how things work. 836 00:37:13,500 --> 00:37:17,400 So then Jesus asked him in verse 45, if David calls him, Lord, how is he his son? 837 00:37:17,790 --> 00:37:18,900 How does this work? 838 00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:22,410 How, how can you say that the Messiahs, the son of David, descended from 839 00:37:22,410 --> 00:37:24,720 David, but also greater than David? 840 00:37:26,955 --> 00:37:32,655 The reason right is because the Messiah is God, Jesus God in the flesh. 841 00:37:32,715 --> 00:37:33,945 That's why this works. 842 00:37:34,005 --> 00:37:35,595 The Pharisees have no clue. 843 00:37:36,495 --> 00:37:38,415 Verse 46, this is how it ends. 844 00:37:38,805 --> 00:37:43,635 No one was able to answer him a word, nor I love this from that day, did 845 00:37:43,635 --> 00:37:47,175 anyone dare ask him any more questions? 846 00:37:47,535 --> 00:37:50,445 They're just like, we're not gonna mess with this guy anymore. 847 00:37:50,565 --> 00:37:51,975 This he's, he's one. 848 00:37:51,975 --> 00:37:53,115 We're not even gonna try. 849 00:37:53,805 --> 00:37:55,455 He's utterly defeated them. 850 00:37:57,165 --> 00:38:01,725 See, Jesus has come as, as Matthew is describing him, Jesus has come as 851 00:38:01,725 --> 00:38:07,455 a prophet, he's mastered God's word and he's here to, to judge Israel. 852 00:38:07,455 --> 00:38:09,555 But more than that, Matthew's also saying, he's the king, 853 00:38:09,555 --> 00:38:12,600 he's the Messiah and he's God. 854 00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:15,435 And so point number three, if Jesus is God, we must 855 00:38:15,435 --> 00:38:18,075 worship the unrivaled prophet. 856 00:38:21,225 --> 00:38:24,285 Jesus isn't just giving us advice about God. 857 00:38:24,285 --> 00:38:26,235 He's not just explaining God's word. 858 00:38:26,535 --> 00:38:29,655 He has come as God in the flesh. 859 00:38:31,875 --> 00:38:36,975 There's no one like him, not the smartest person, not the wisest 860 00:38:36,975 --> 00:38:39,705 person, not the coolest person. 861 00:38:39,735 --> 00:38:42,435 There's no one like Jesus. 862 00:38:44,655 --> 00:38:46,665 If you had a conversation with Jesus. 863 00:38:47,295 --> 00:38:53,145 I'm confident that you would walk away floored everyone else did. 864 00:38:53,295 --> 00:38:55,215 In the gospels, you hear they're astonished. 865 00:38:55,215 --> 00:38:55,905 Remember they talk to Jesus. 866 00:38:55,905 --> 00:38:59,655 They're like, whoa, no one spoke like this guy. 867 00:39:00,135 --> 00:39:04,845 That's 'cause Jesus is God in the flesh, but he's, he's taking 868 00:39:04,845 --> 00:39:06,105 all of God's wisdom, right? 869 00:39:06,645 --> 00:39:10,485 God is, God is a genius and he, and he's bringing it into everyday life. 870 00:39:11,550 --> 00:39:13,470 He's the expert on everything. 871 00:39:13,470 --> 00:39:16,470 I don't know if you've ever felt this, you've ever been around someone or in some 872 00:39:16,470 --> 00:39:22,290 kind of situation, you're like, man, this person is completely out of my league. 873 00:39:22,530 --> 00:39:22,830 Right? 874 00:39:22,830 --> 00:39:26,580 This person is so just much greater than, than I am. 875 00:39:27,660 --> 00:39:32,430 I, I remember this one time I played soccer with these Mormons and they invited 876 00:39:32,430 --> 00:39:35,010 me to, like, we were, we were trying to share the gospel with them, and they're 877 00:39:35,010 --> 00:39:36,180 like, oh, come play soccer with us. 878 00:39:36,330 --> 00:39:38,475 So we show up at this park at like 7:30 AM. 879 00:39:39,255 --> 00:39:41,805 And play or 6:30 AM play soccer with these Mormons. 880 00:39:42,855 --> 00:39:43,634 And I was like, okay. 881 00:39:43,634 --> 00:39:45,195 Like I'm, I'm pretty good at soccer. 882 00:39:45,195 --> 00:39:46,785 I could play, I can hang with these Mormons. 883 00:39:47,415 --> 00:39:50,355 And then I realized this wasn't just like a Mormon soccer game. 884 00:39:50,384 --> 00:39:51,915 This was like before work. 885 00:39:52,335 --> 00:39:54,465 Real soccer players are coming to play soccer. 886 00:39:54,735 --> 00:39:57,825 And I knew that as soon as the white pickup truck with the ladders on top and 887 00:39:57,825 --> 00:40:02,475 the paint stains pulled up and I was like, yeah, these people are outta my league. 888 00:40:02,985 --> 00:40:06,435 So, so these, these three guys who look kinda like Pastor Rod came 889 00:40:06,435 --> 00:40:07,845 outta that truck and I was like. 890 00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:09,420 I'm done. 891 00:40:09,510 --> 00:40:10,410 It's over. 892 00:40:10,895 --> 00:40:11,940 I, I am totally. 893 00:40:11,940 --> 00:40:15,780 And so we started playing, man, I have never felt that unathletic 894 00:40:15,780 --> 00:40:17,940 or uncoordinated in, in my life. 895 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:19,950 Like I, I was like, this is ridiculous. 896 00:40:19,950 --> 00:40:23,190 Like these people have played soccer their whole life and it was crazy. 897 00:40:25,050 --> 00:40:28,560 See, that's how, that's how you should feel around Jesus. 898 00:40:30,210 --> 00:40:31,890 Jesus is, is not just. 899 00:40:32,460 --> 00:40:35,280 He's not just giving you something to take your life from a three 900 00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:36,780 outta 10 to an eight outta 10. 901 00:40:36,780 --> 00:40:38,880 He's not just like, oh, here's some helpful stuff for you. 902 00:40:40,290 --> 00:40:43,530 He's not just giving you like a cheat code to be happier than most people 903 00:40:43,530 --> 00:40:45,960 or something to help you sleep at night when you're scared of dying. 904 00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:52,080 Jesus is God, and his words are life or death. 905 00:40:53,790 --> 00:40:55,410 They're not just, oh, that was helpful. 906 00:40:55,470 --> 00:40:56,280 That was interesting. 907 00:40:57,240 --> 00:40:58,530 They're the words of God. 908 00:40:58,935 --> 00:41:01,875 When Jesus comes and has something to say to you, when you read God's 909 00:41:01,875 --> 00:41:05,235 word in the morning, when you pray to him, when you hear a sermon, it's 910 00:41:05,835 --> 00:41:09,765 Jesus is, is the king of the universe, and he's saying something to you. 911 00:41:10,275 --> 00:41:12,645 He's not just saying, oh yeah, it'd be, it'd be nice if you did this. 912 00:41:14,145 --> 00:41:19,725 So do you treat Jesus with worship or with indifference? 913 00:41:19,755 --> 00:41:22,065 Are you just like, oh, okay, take it or leave it. 914 00:41:22,575 --> 00:41:24,525 Or do you come to Jesus when you pray to him? 915 00:41:24,870 --> 00:41:28,950 Or when you think about, oh man, Jesus asked me to, to do this, to live this way. 916 00:41:28,980 --> 00:41:31,020 Are you like, oh, oh, maybe I'll think about that. 917 00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:36,210 Or are you saying, man, Jesus is, is God and I mean him? 918 00:41:36,270 --> 00:41:38,070 I would die without Jesus. 919 00:41:38,490 --> 00:41:39,330 I'm amazed at Jesus. 920 00:41:39,330 --> 00:41:41,370 I'm so excited about Jesus. 921 00:41:41,370 --> 00:41:45,330 So how do you think and feel about Jesus when you think about God, 922 00:41:45,330 --> 00:41:47,490 when you sing songs in church, 923 00:41:49,650 --> 00:41:50,009 what? 924 00:41:50,009 --> 00:41:52,529 What's your heart posture towards Jesus? 925 00:41:56,820 --> 00:42:02,970 I got to see Messi play soccer last, almost about a year ago. 926 00:42:03,030 --> 00:42:07,800 I got to see Messi play soccer and one of the best experiences of my life. 927 00:42:07,860 --> 00:42:16,110 Now, when Messi walked out onto the field, everyone stands up and starts cheering. 928 00:42:16,110 --> 00:42:17,460 I've never been in front of anything like that. 929 00:42:18,975 --> 00:42:20,535 And he's so short, you're like, where is he? 930 00:42:20,775 --> 00:42:27,885 But no, um, I'm a Ronaldo guy, so I had to say that, but, um, no, but that it was 931 00:42:27,885 --> 00:42:29,145 unlike anything I've ever experienced. 932 00:42:29,145 --> 00:42:29,475 So mess. 933 00:42:29,475 --> 00:42:33,015 He's like warming up and he shoots the ball and everyone cheers. 934 00:42:33,015 --> 00:42:34,665 It is like, there's no goalie. 935 00:42:34,845 --> 00:42:36,675 It's like from like 10 yards out. 936 00:42:36,675 --> 00:42:38,505 Like, what, what's, everyone's like, oh me. 937 00:42:39,375 --> 00:42:40,605 It's crazy, right? 938 00:42:40,605 --> 00:42:42,255 They're reading his name in warmups. 939 00:42:42,255 --> 00:42:45,705 Like they, they, they call out the, the teams that they announced the players. 940 00:42:46,215 --> 00:42:47,295 This is in Kansas City. 941 00:42:47,295 --> 00:42:48,945 So he's the opposing team. 942 00:42:49,545 --> 00:42:52,425 Everyone's cheering, everyone's like number, trying lean on mess. 943 00:42:52,425 --> 00:42:52,935 Everyone goes, ah. 944 00:42:53,745 --> 00:42:55,185 And they read off some other guy from his team. 945 00:42:55,185 --> 00:42:56,625 Everyone, everyone's silent. 946 00:42:57,225 --> 00:42:59,085 And I was like, okay, well that makes sense. 947 00:42:59,565 --> 00:43:02,175 But that idea, right? 948 00:43:02,175 --> 00:43:04,335 We, we, you, we call that aura, right? 949 00:43:04,335 --> 00:43:07,125 When messy walks out, everyone's like, what? 950 00:43:09,645 --> 00:43:13,245 That's, that's how you should feel about Jesus. 951 00:43:13,575 --> 00:43:13,875 Right. 952 00:43:13,905 --> 00:43:16,395 We're, we're feeling this way about some five foot six guy, 953 00:43:16,425 --> 00:43:17,595 'cause he can kick a soccer ball. 954 00:43:19,335 --> 00:43:19,545 Right? 955 00:43:19,545 --> 00:43:22,665 How, how, how would you feel if Jesus walked in this room right now? 956 00:43:23,625 --> 00:43:25,155 How do you feel when you pray? 957 00:43:25,245 --> 00:43:26,535 How do you feel when you sing? 958 00:43:26,595 --> 00:43:28,095 How do you feel when you read your Bible? 959 00:43:29,325 --> 00:43:31,185 How do you feel when you serve his church? 960 00:43:31,455 --> 00:43:33,765 How do you feel about the Holy Spirit living inside you? 961 00:43:33,765 --> 00:43:34,515 If you're a Christian, 962 00:43:36,975 --> 00:43:40,425 what's your heart posture toward Jesus? 963 00:43:42,045 --> 00:43:42,465 See. 964 00:43:43,905 --> 00:43:49,095 King Jesus gives you two options when you hear his word. 965 00:43:50,715 --> 00:43:52,605 The gospel gives you two options. 966 00:43:53,475 --> 00:43:54,645 Follow Jesus, right? 967 00:43:54,645 --> 00:43:59,625 Turn from your sin, turn from yourself, and follow Jesus, or stand before God 968 00:43:59,685 --> 00:44:02,235 in judgment and suffer the consequences. 969 00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:08,805 So what I want to ask you tonight is what will you do with Jesus? 970 00:44:09,465 --> 00:44:11,715 Will you reject him and die? 971 00:44:12,675 --> 00:44:15,255 Will you repent and live? 972 00:44:16,425 --> 00:44:16,845 Let's pray. 973 00:44:19,335 --> 00:44:21,855 God, we want to be serious about you. 974 00:44:22,095 --> 00:44:24,165 I know it's so hard to be serious. 975 00:44:24,705 --> 00:44:27,975 There's so many fun things that happen, so many funny things, so 976 00:44:27,975 --> 00:44:31,485 many things that make us lighthearted and not take things seriously. 977 00:44:32,475 --> 00:44:39,315 But we want to remember that you are massive and we are small. 978 00:44:40,350 --> 00:44:42,270 Heaven is real and hell is real. 979 00:44:42,810 --> 00:44:46,410 And for those of us who who know you, we are safe. 980 00:44:47,070 --> 00:44:50,550 But at the same time, you are holy. 981 00:44:50,550 --> 00:44:51,750 You are not like us. 982 00:44:52,110 --> 00:44:54,780 And we, we ought to be in awe of you. 983 00:44:55,980 --> 00:45:00,780 And for those in this room who don't know you, as one famous preacher said, 984 00:45:00,780 --> 00:45:04,980 they are dangling over the fires of hell. 985 00:45:05,880 --> 00:45:06,750 One. 986 00:45:08,235 --> 00:45:13,155 Aneurysm or car accident would end their life and they would see 987 00:45:13,155 --> 00:45:17,955 you in all your glory and they would suffer for all of their sin. 988 00:45:17,985 --> 00:45:21,675 They would be naked and exposed before you, with no place to hide. 989 00:45:22,665 --> 00:45:27,285 So I pray tonight, God, that people who don't know you would, would go 990 00:45:27,285 --> 00:45:31,815 from death to life, that they would, they would realize they need you. 991 00:45:32,115 --> 00:45:34,605 They need the joy that you bring, they need. 992 00:45:35,220 --> 00:45:36,150 To follow you. 993 00:45:36,150 --> 00:45:39,990 They need to love you, but also that they need something to be done about their sin. 994 00:45:40,020 --> 00:45:42,840 They can't do it on their own. 995 00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:45,300 We pray that you help us to focus in small groups. 996 00:45:45,300 --> 00:45:46,710 Help us to take you seriously. 997 00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:49,200 Help us to honor you with what we talk about. 998 00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:50,340 We pray all this in Jesus name. 999 00:45:50,730 --> 00:45:51,120 Amen.