1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker: I wanna tell you about a really cool experiment that took place several 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:04,970 years ago in that 1960s, give or take. 3 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:08,119 This was called the Stanley Milgram Experiment. 4 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:10,019 Here's how it worked out. 5 00:00:11,019 --> 00:00:16,540 They hired actors to be learners and then they hired Vol hired. 6 00:00:16,540 --> 00:00:22,749 They asked their volunteers to issue shocks to the learners 7 00:00:23,110 --> 00:00:25,480 when they got the answer wrong. 8 00:00:26,199 --> 00:00:32,110 They wanted to find out how far the participant would go in. 9 00:00:32,110 --> 00:00:35,019 Shocking the person who got the answer wrong. 10 00:00:35,740 --> 00:00:39,730 They found out something that will, that would rock your world. 11 00:00:40,730 --> 00:00:47,960 Most of the participants in the Stanley Milgram experiment shocked the learners 12 00:00:48,050 --> 00:00:54,410 who are just actors all the way up to 450 volts, which is for reference, is 13 00:00:54,410 --> 00:00:59,289 enough to kill you, to create cardiac arrest, to ruin your your central nervous 14 00:00:59,289 --> 00:01:06,880 system to fry your insides and to leave you basically on the floor, the learners. 15 00:01:07,540 --> 00:01:10,620 On the other side of the curtain would make noises every time the 16 00:01:10,620 --> 00:01:14,100 person issued the shock, issue a shock when they got the answer wrong. 17 00:01:14,155 --> 00:01:15,685 And the person would say, ah. 18 00:01:16,405 --> 00:01:19,405 And they would look to the experimenter and say, should I keep going? 19 00:01:19,405 --> 00:01:21,354 And the experimenter said, yes, you must keep going. 20 00:01:21,895 --> 00:01:26,364 And they would keep going up to 450 volts. 21 00:01:26,815 --> 00:01:27,445 Crazy. 22 00:01:28,445 --> 00:01:29,555 Unbelievable. 23 00:01:29,914 --> 00:01:33,395 In fact, this experiment was so shocking that people started to 24 00:01:33,395 --> 00:01:36,755 question how then should people act when it comes to authority? 25 00:01:37,175 --> 00:01:40,445 How do people know a good authority from a bad authority? 26 00:01:40,445 --> 00:01:43,175 In fact, the reason that we even did this experiment in the first place 27 00:01:43,205 --> 00:01:47,945 was because everybody was wondering how did Hitler rise to power and have 28 00:01:48,110 --> 00:01:51,845 all of these people do such evil acts? 29 00:01:51,845 --> 00:01:55,445 And the answer they found that in part was because of authority. 30 00:01:56,445 --> 00:02:01,455 Authority in your life has the power to radically change the way that you 31 00:02:01,455 --> 00:02:06,885 live your life, which is why you have to be careful who your authority is. 32 00:02:07,245 --> 00:02:11,325 You have to ask the question, who should be my life authority? 33 00:02:11,775 --> 00:02:12,585 Who should lead me? 34 00:02:12,645 --> 00:02:14,205 Who should tell me what I think is right? 35 00:02:14,205 --> 00:02:15,405 Who should tell me what I think is wrong? 36 00:02:15,525 --> 00:02:18,135 Because at the end of the day, people are designed to follow. 37 00:02:18,285 --> 00:02:21,945 We're designed to follow somebody, and if we don't follow the rights, somebody. 38 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:26,700 We could make some really bad decisions that can really hurt a lot of people. 39 00:02:26,940 --> 00:02:30,030 So the question I have for you then is, who are you following? 40 00:02:31,030 --> 00:02:33,820 Who can you trust to lead you the right way? 41 00:02:34,210 --> 00:02:35,620 And how do you know? 42 00:02:36,190 --> 00:02:37,930 How do you know who you can trust? 43 00:02:38,770 --> 00:02:43,840 You need to figure out who in your life or outside of your life is 44 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:45,850 worth you trusting and following. 45 00:02:46,850 --> 00:02:48,560 We just finished the gospel. 46 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:53,390 Of Matthew's big meaty section called the Sermon on the Mount. 47 00:02:53,390 --> 00:02:56,960 It's chapters five, six, and seven, and in these chapters, Jesus was 48 00:02:57,079 --> 00:03:00,920 saying all these authoritative things don't steal, don't commit adultery. 49 00:03:00,980 --> 00:03:04,070 He's saying things that other people were surprised by. 50 00:03:04,070 --> 00:03:07,640 In fact, Lewis said last week, he ended on a section where it's where it said 51 00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:11,270 this, when Jesus finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at 52 00:03:11,270 --> 00:03:14,750 his teaching because he was teaching them as one who had authority. 53 00:03:15,275 --> 00:03:15,965 Not as his Christ. 54 00:03:16,175 --> 00:03:19,295 Jesus comes on the scene and says, here's how you're supposed to live life. 55 00:03:19,385 --> 00:03:22,235 And everyone is shocked and amazed saying, wow, who is this guy? 56 00:03:22,235 --> 00:03:23,225 He's got authority. 57 00:03:23,465 --> 00:03:27,515 And here now Jesus is laying down the gutman saying, this is the way life is. 58 00:03:27,755 --> 00:03:28,385 Follow me. 59 00:03:28,385 --> 00:03:29,345 Take the narrow road. 60 00:03:29,345 --> 00:03:30,425 Do what I say. 61 00:03:30,545 --> 00:03:31,265 I'm the Lord. 62 00:03:31,325 --> 00:03:32,135 I'm the judge. 63 00:03:33,135 --> 00:03:35,675 And then people are now wondering, prove it. 64 00:03:36,215 --> 00:03:36,635 Prove it. 65 00:03:37,085 --> 00:03:40,805 If what you're saying is true, Jesus, if what you're saying is authentic. 66 00:03:41,135 --> 00:03:45,365 Then there ought to be a way for us to confirm that what you're saying carries 67 00:03:45,365 --> 00:03:48,545 the authority that you seem to possess. 68 00:03:48,695 --> 00:03:50,195 And so this is Jesus' response. 69 00:03:50,195 --> 00:03:53,405 Now, chapter eight that we're gonna look at tonight is Jesus' 70 00:03:53,405 --> 00:03:56,795 way of saying, here's how you can know that what I'm saying is true. 71 00:03:57,005 --> 00:03:59,915 Here's how you can be confident that I'm an authority that you 72 00:03:59,915 --> 00:04:03,755 can and should trust, and this is a matter of life and death. 73 00:04:03,815 --> 00:04:06,785 You don't want to be this guy issuing shocks because you followed a bad 74 00:04:06,785 --> 00:04:10,145 leader, but following a bad leader isn't just about shocking somebody. 75 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,550 It's really about the way that you experience life. 76 00:04:14,330 --> 00:04:14,990 You ever play the game? 77 00:04:14,990 --> 00:04:17,420 Follow the leader person who's in the front. 78 00:04:17,420 --> 00:04:20,260 They go, they jump over the log, and then you jump over the log and then 79 00:04:20,260 --> 00:04:22,750 they crawl under the tunnel thing and you crawl under the tunnel. 80 00:04:22,840 --> 00:04:23,559 That's a fun game. 81 00:04:23,559 --> 00:04:26,090 Back in elementary school, here's the thing. 82 00:04:26,090 --> 00:04:27,380 Adults play this game too. 83 00:04:27,830 --> 00:04:28,909 Teenagers play this game. 84 00:04:28,909 --> 00:04:29,960 We play all the leader. 85 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:32,030 The question is, who's the leader? 86 00:04:32,750 --> 00:04:33,650 Not a big deal. 87 00:04:33,650 --> 00:04:36,919 If you're following the leader across the playground and they're on the monkey 88 00:04:36,919 --> 00:04:38,990 bars, and then you go on the monkey bars. 89 00:04:39,470 --> 00:04:42,770 And then they go and they roll in the grass, and then you roll in the grass. 90 00:04:43,220 --> 00:04:47,179 But it starts to get a little sus when your leader starts doing some suss things. 91 00:04:47,870 --> 00:04:52,150 If your leader is using potty language okay, maybe I'm okay with potty language. 92 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:55,840 If your leader is watching things on the internet or following people, 93 00:04:55,840 --> 00:04:57,025 that your mom and dad would say no. 94 00:04:57,525 --> 00:04:59,055 Then it starts becoming a problem. 95 00:05:00,045 --> 00:05:03,924 Who you follow will make all the difference in the world for you. 96 00:05:04,924 --> 00:05:07,169 Jesus tells you why you should follow him. 97 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:11,959 In fact, the whole reason Jesus does what he does, he proves his 98 00:05:11,959 --> 00:05:13,579 authority so that you can submit to it. 99 00:05:14,179 --> 00:05:16,309 He tells you, here's what you need to believe. 100 00:05:16,339 --> 00:05:17,809 Here's why you should believe it. 101 00:05:17,990 --> 00:05:18,919 And then he shows you. 102 00:05:18,949 --> 00:05:21,949 Here, let me prove to you why you can trust my words. 103 00:05:22,949 --> 00:05:24,869 You choose Jesus as your authority. 104 00:05:24,989 --> 00:05:28,079 You submit to his authority, man, you're gonna live life the right way. 105 00:05:28,679 --> 00:05:33,549 If you choose your own authority or you choose an authority besides Jesus, 106 00:05:33,579 --> 00:05:34,959 you're gonna have a difficult time. 107 00:05:35,334 --> 00:05:40,014 Because no one is smart enough or wise enough or strong enough to 108 00:05:40,014 --> 00:05:42,024 lead you the way that Jesus can. 109 00:05:42,864 --> 00:05:44,154 He is your only option. 110 00:05:45,154 --> 00:05:50,224 We're gonna go really fast through the gospel of Matthew, specifically chapter 111 00:05:50,224 --> 00:05:56,854 eight tonight, and I wanna show you four scenes where Jesus tells you why 112 00:05:56,854 --> 00:05:58,444 you should submit to his authority. 113 00:05:58,879 --> 00:06:01,639 Starting with this first scene, there's 17 verses in it. 114 00:06:02,029 --> 00:06:04,969 Matthew chapter eight, verses one through 17. 115 00:06:05,269 --> 00:06:07,459 This first scene is verses one through four. 116 00:06:08,459 --> 00:06:10,319 This first scene is verses one through four, and it's 117 00:06:10,319 --> 00:06:12,149 when Jesus encounters a leper. 118 00:06:12,539 --> 00:06:14,399 A leper was someone with a skin disease. 119 00:06:14,669 --> 00:06:18,629 In the Old Testament, a leper is someone who wasn't able to have friends or 120 00:06:18,629 --> 00:06:23,104 family contacts because they were put outside, they were unclean, they were 121 00:06:23,124 --> 00:06:28,339 afraid to receive the same transmission, and when this leper came and saw Jesus, 122 00:06:28,669 --> 00:06:33,679 he came and said, Lord, if you will, you can make me clean, and he does 123 00:06:33,679 --> 00:06:34,909 something that he's not supposed to do. 124 00:06:35,029 --> 00:06:37,549 He comes and he kneels at Jesus' feet. 125 00:06:37,549 --> 00:06:38,869 You're not supposed to do this. 126 00:06:39,109 --> 00:06:40,069 You're unclean. 127 00:06:40,249 --> 00:06:43,579 It would be like someone day with the coronavirus, the flu virus, 128 00:06:43,579 --> 00:06:46,308 and the rhinovirus coming to you and saying, can I have a hug? 129 00:06:46,549 --> 00:06:47,569 You'd be like, bro, get off. 130 00:06:47,569 --> 00:06:48,259 Step back. 131 00:06:48,529 --> 00:06:49,579 This guy doesn't care. 132 00:06:49,579 --> 00:06:52,279 He comes to Jesus and he's tired of living a life that he lives. 133 00:06:52,459 --> 00:06:54,289 He says, Jesus, please if you will. 134 00:06:54,964 --> 00:06:57,334 If you want to, Jesus, you can make me clean. 135 00:06:58,334 --> 00:07:00,344 Here's the most amazing part of this scene. 136 00:07:01,184 --> 00:07:04,124 Jesus should have said, dude, give back. 137 00:07:04,694 --> 00:07:05,444 Stop touching me. 138 00:07:05,444 --> 00:07:07,544 You don't, you're not supposed to do this. 139 00:07:07,964 --> 00:07:08,924 This is unconventional. 140 00:07:08,924 --> 00:07:09,764 This is unclean. 141 00:07:09,764 --> 00:07:11,804 You're gonna, you're gonna, you're gonna make me dirty. 142 00:07:12,374 --> 00:07:14,834 But instead, Jesus does something remarkable with this guy. 143 00:07:15,614 --> 00:07:22,014 It says here in verse three, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him. 144 00:07:23,014 --> 00:07:24,304 That's against the rules. 145 00:07:24,514 --> 00:07:26,974 You're not supposed to do that, but here's what happens. 146 00:07:27,784 --> 00:07:30,574 Jesus says, I will be clean. 147 00:07:30,814 --> 00:07:35,914 And immediately his leprosy was cleansed and Jesus said to him, see that you say 148 00:07:35,914 --> 00:07:40,504 nothing to anyone, but go show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that 149 00:07:40,504 --> 00:07:42,454 Moses commanded for a proof to them. 150 00:07:42,664 --> 00:07:44,794 Jesus touches the leper and get this. 151 00:07:44,824 --> 00:07:45,814 He's not unclean. 152 00:07:45,933 --> 00:07:47,854 Jesus doesn't receive the cleanliness. 153 00:07:47,914 --> 00:07:50,494 Jesus gives wholeness and health. 154 00:07:50,884 --> 00:07:51,874 And protection. 155 00:07:51,874 --> 00:07:54,334 Jesus takes this guy's life, radically changes it and says, 156 00:07:54,334 --> 00:07:56,314 dude, go and see the priest. 157 00:07:56,464 --> 00:07:59,644 Now it's time to offer the sacrifice because you've just been cleansed. 158 00:07:59,884 --> 00:08:03,274 It's like on the Beast games, you just won $10 million. 159 00:08:03,334 --> 00:08:04,329 What are you gonna do with that? 160 00:08:04,684 --> 00:08:06,094 Life is never gonna be the same. 161 00:08:06,124 --> 00:08:08,284 Actually, it's gonna be a little the same 'cause you're gonna give half of 162 00:08:08,284 --> 00:08:11,794 that to the IRS, but the other five, you could do whatever you want with it. 163 00:08:11,794 --> 00:08:12,604 Life is different. 164 00:08:12,664 --> 00:08:15,364 This guy just received a $10 million human. 165 00:08:15,544 --> 00:08:16,654 This is something that wouldn't happen. 166 00:08:16,804 --> 00:08:17,794 Life is different with this guy. 167 00:08:17,794 --> 00:08:19,204 Now, scene number one. 168 00:08:20,179 --> 00:08:25,339 Scene number two, still among the healing, an Italian leader of 169 00:08:25,339 --> 00:08:31,379 men called a centurion comes to Jesus and he says he says, Lord, 170 00:08:31,409 --> 00:08:33,808 my servant is paralyzed at home. 171 00:08:33,808 --> 00:08:36,149 They're lying, paralyzed at home, suffering terribly. 172 00:08:37,149 --> 00:08:41,834 And then Jesus says in verse seven, I will come to him and heal him. 173 00:08:42,834 --> 00:08:46,014 Pretty remarkable because the Centurion pop quiz, answer the 174 00:08:46,014 --> 00:08:48,324 question, is a Centurion a Jew? 175 00:08:48,814 --> 00:08:48,924 No. 176 00:08:49,409 --> 00:08:50,339 He's an Italian. 177 00:08:50,609 --> 00:08:51,389 He's a Gentile. 178 00:08:52,169 --> 00:08:56,069 But this Centurion actually has a lot of help from his Jewish comrades. 179 00:08:56,069 --> 00:08:57,089 They're, they supported him. 180 00:08:57,209 --> 00:09:00,809 In fact, they, it's not in here, Matthew, but in Luke, he records that the 181 00:09:00,809 --> 00:09:02,789 Jewish leader said, please go help him. 182 00:09:02,939 --> 00:09:03,629 Jesus. 183 00:09:03,659 --> 00:09:04,379 He deserves it. 184 00:09:04,379 --> 00:09:05,969 He's a friend to the Jewish people. 185 00:09:06,209 --> 00:09:08,744 He he would be worthy of your care. 186 00:09:08,775 --> 00:09:10,604 And so Jesus says, I will come to him. 187 00:09:10,634 --> 00:09:11,504 I will heal him. 188 00:09:11,805 --> 00:09:14,624 But the next thing that happens is something also super remarkable. 189 00:09:14,685 --> 00:09:16,305 The Centurion says no, sir, no. 190 00:09:16,514 --> 00:09:21,699 Essentially he says this, let me read it to he says, Lord, Adam I am not 191 00:09:21,699 --> 00:09:24,550 worthy to have you come under my roof. 192 00:09:25,419 --> 00:09:27,129 I'm notworthy to have you come to my house. 193 00:09:27,430 --> 00:09:28,689 That's a big thing to say. 194 00:09:29,349 --> 00:09:32,409 He's saying, I'm, you're not, I'm not worthy to have you come in my house. 195 00:09:32,829 --> 00:09:33,669 He says, but. 196 00:09:34,464 --> 00:09:37,944 Only say the word and my servant will be healed. 197 00:09:38,424 --> 00:09:40,074 That is, I know all you have to do Jesus. 198 00:09:40,074 --> 00:09:44,364 You just say the word and even from a distance you can create healing. 199 00:09:45,364 --> 00:09:49,384 Jesus hears this man, and this is the only time in the gospel of 200 00:09:49,384 --> 00:09:51,004 Matthews says this about Jesus. 201 00:09:51,035 --> 00:09:53,704 He marveled his jaw. 202 00:09:53,704 --> 00:09:55,955 If I could say, hit the floor, Jesus you're kidding me. 203 00:09:56,890 --> 00:09:57,510 You get it. 204 00:09:57,875 --> 00:09:58,655 You get it. 205 00:09:58,865 --> 00:10:01,324 Jesus marveled and said to those who followed him, truly, 206 00:10:01,324 --> 00:10:03,305 I tell you, no one in Israel. 207 00:10:03,695 --> 00:10:04,085 No. 208 00:10:04,085 --> 00:10:07,175 And with no one in Israel have I found such faith. 209 00:10:07,415 --> 00:10:09,965 In other words, he's saying, this guy gets it, this centurion. 210 00:10:10,025 --> 00:10:14,675 He understands, he knows my authority, and Jesus does exactly what he says. 211 00:10:15,425 --> 00:10:20,004 He offers the healing and the sermon has healed that very hour, that scene 212 00:10:20,004 --> 00:10:25,769 number two, scene number three, Jesus goes back to his hometown in Capernaum. 213 00:10:25,829 --> 00:10:30,899 This is where Peter lives, and this is also where Peter's mother-in-law lives. 214 00:10:31,514 --> 00:10:37,634 Peter's mother-in-law means that Peter's married, his wife's mom is sick, and 215 00:10:37,634 --> 00:10:43,484 Jesus sees her lying in bed sick with a fever, so maybe she has the flu. 216 00:10:43,724 --> 00:10:44,954 Some of you guys had that recently. 217 00:10:44,954 --> 00:10:46,394 That kind of went around in my family. 218 00:10:46,694 --> 00:10:50,144 It's not fun, but Jesus goes over to her maybe after the prompting 219 00:10:50,144 --> 00:10:54,134 of Peter, and here's what he does in verse 15, he touched her hand 220 00:10:54,614 --> 00:10:59,744 and the fever left her get this and she rose and began to serve him. 221 00:11:00,294 --> 00:11:01,524 She got up and began the search. 222 00:11:01,674 --> 00:11:02,184 The back here. 223 00:11:02,634 --> 00:11:04,314 Sorry, my thing keeps on disconnecting. 224 00:11:05,314 --> 00:11:05,464 Let 225 00:11:05,464 --> 00:11:05,734 Speaker 2: me, 226 00:11:06,154 --> 00:11:07,264 Speaker: I'm just gonna move closer for this. 227 00:11:07,984 --> 00:11:08,344 Sorry. 228 00:11:08,494 --> 00:11:09,814 Just bear with me, ma'am. 229 00:11:10,534 --> 00:11:10,804 Okay. 230 00:11:10,804 --> 00:11:17,044 So he heals her and then that evening all these other people come to him 231 00:11:17,134 --> 00:11:18,934 and many were oppressed by demons. 232 00:11:18,994 --> 00:11:19,714 And here's what he does. 233 00:11:19,714 --> 00:11:23,224 He cast out spirits with the word and healed all who were sick. 234 00:11:23,269 --> 00:11:23,329 It. 235 00:11:24,199 --> 00:11:27,019 And then Matthew cites the prophet Isaiah and says, he took our 236 00:11:27,019 --> 00:11:29,059 illnesses and bore our diseases. 237 00:11:29,569 --> 00:11:31,519 Here's the thing about Jesus healing all of this. 238 00:11:31,519 --> 00:11:34,429 Remember, this is on the heels of everything that you just heard in 239 00:11:34,429 --> 00:11:35,779 Matthew chapters five through seven. 240 00:11:35,779 --> 00:11:37,069 This is the Sermon on the Mount. 241 00:11:37,129 --> 00:11:38,869 Jesus offers authoritative words. 242 00:11:38,929 --> 00:11:40,099 Take the narrow way. 243 00:11:40,129 --> 00:11:42,619 Don't steal, don't kill, don't commit adultery. 244 00:11:42,829 --> 00:11:45,529 And by the way, let me prove to you that I am who I say I am. 245 00:11:45,709 --> 00:11:46,549 I'm the healer. 246 00:11:46,579 --> 00:11:50,559 I can overcome even the most awful sicknesses that you can imagine. 247 00:11:50,619 --> 00:11:52,809 And this is proof that you can trust him. 248 00:11:53,454 --> 00:11:57,144 Point number one, I want you to submit to Jesus because he rules over sickness. 249 00:11:57,534 --> 00:12:01,764 Jesus proves his authority by showcasing his authority over 250 00:12:01,794 --> 00:12:06,384 sickness, illness, disease, distortion, things that are broken. 251 00:12:06,384 --> 00:12:07,314 Jesus fixes them. 252 00:12:08,314 --> 00:12:10,204 I don't know if I told you guys before, I know I've mentioned it at 253 00:12:10,204 --> 00:12:12,564 least my younger brother had cancer. 254 00:12:12,834 --> 00:12:13,944 He had canceled when he was a kid. 255 00:12:13,944 --> 00:12:15,025 It was an awful situation. 256 00:12:15,204 --> 00:12:18,504 We took him to tons of doctors and he was sick for years. 257 00:12:18,564 --> 00:12:19,974 All these things he, we went to these. 258 00:12:20,725 --> 00:12:24,115 These, I don't know, these organizational, these events, these 259 00:12:24,115 --> 00:12:27,834 parties of sorts where they would invite celebrities there because all 260 00:12:27,834 --> 00:12:31,705 these kids part of this event were dying, and so they brought celebrities 261 00:12:31,705 --> 00:12:32,875 to come and hang out with the kids. 262 00:12:32,875 --> 00:12:33,475 It was really fun. 263 00:12:33,475 --> 00:12:37,775 I got to meet some cool people, but what I found out is that God healed my 264 00:12:37,775 --> 00:12:41,345 brother through the use of chemotherapy and radiation therapy and all these 265 00:12:41,345 --> 00:12:42,845 incredible things, God healed me. 266 00:12:42,845 --> 00:12:43,595 That was remarkable. 267 00:12:43,925 --> 00:12:45,605 That really changed my family's trajectory. 268 00:12:45,605 --> 00:12:47,645 In fact, that was one of the reasons that I knew God was healed. 269 00:12:48,215 --> 00:12:49,445 God healed my brother. 270 00:12:49,475 --> 00:12:55,145 We saw that and I realized, okay, I don't have the doubt God is real, which God and 271 00:12:55,175 --> 00:12:56,585 how do I know that this is the right God? 272 00:12:56,585 --> 00:12:57,785 There's lots of questions in my mind. 273 00:12:57,785 --> 00:12:58,085 Sure. 274 00:12:58,235 --> 00:13:00,275 But I believe that God ruled over sickness. 275 00:13:00,275 --> 00:13:03,515 I saw and I saw that they healed my brother through the means of the doctors. 276 00:13:04,515 --> 00:13:08,565 This is one thing that God continues to do, continues to heal, but not always. 277 00:13:08,985 --> 00:13:09,465 Not always. 278 00:13:09,585 --> 00:13:14,055 In fact, one of the things about sickness is that sickness is not. 279 00:13:15,055 --> 00:13:18,200 Sickness is not always promised to be healed in this life. 280 00:13:18,950 --> 00:13:22,100 Sickness is something that may stay with you, something you might get sick. 281 00:13:22,430 --> 00:13:25,700 You might become sick in ways that leave you in a wheelchair 282 00:13:25,700 --> 00:13:26,870 or leave you bedridden. 283 00:13:27,140 --> 00:13:29,090 God doesn't promise that you're gonna be healthy for your whole 284 00:13:29,090 --> 00:13:33,680 life, but Jesus does promise that he will heal the sickness someday. 285 00:13:34,655 --> 00:13:37,415 I wanna show you three lessons about sickness based on the 286 00:13:37,415 --> 00:13:38,375 people that we just saw. 287 00:13:38,495 --> 00:13:41,755 Starting with the lepard comes to Jesus and says, look, I Lord, I have a 288 00:13:41,755 --> 00:13:44,845 lifelong illness, and then I want you to notice the words I highlight for you. 289 00:13:45,085 --> 00:13:49,525 He comes to Jesus and says, if you will, what you ought to learn from that is 290 00:13:49,525 --> 00:13:51,655 that Jesus doesn't need to heal you. 291 00:13:52,315 --> 00:13:54,655 He's not obligated to change your life. 292 00:13:54,655 --> 00:13:56,845 He's not obligated to take away your sickness. 293 00:13:56,845 --> 00:13:59,515 If you were sick recently, I know we had a flu outta my place. 294 00:13:59,990 --> 00:14:03,800 All the kids were sick and coughing, and Kristen was dying. 295 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:05,000 She's taking antibiotics right now. 296 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:05,690 We were all done. 297 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:06,470 It was awful. 298 00:14:07,100 --> 00:14:07,760 But you know what? 299 00:14:07,970 --> 00:14:11,420 As we got better, we started thinking, God, man, health is awesome. 300 00:14:11,420 --> 00:14:12,500 We love to be healthy. 301 00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:15,950 God does not promise to heal us, though not in this life. 302 00:14:16,950 --> 00:14:19,620 Jesus is not obligated to take away your illness. 303 00:14:20,620 --> 00:14:21,520 But if he does. 304 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:24,680 It is a good thing that you should thank him for, and you should 305 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:26,630 say, Lord, I want to be useful to you because you've healed me. 306 00:14:27,630 --> 00:14:28,710 Jesus doesn't mean to heal you. 307 00:14:29,010 --> 00:14:30,030 The leper understands this. 308 00:14:30,030 --> 00:14:33,210 He says, Lord, if you will, you can heal me. 309 00:14:34,210 --> 00:14:35,650 Sickness is under God's domain. 310 00:14:36,650 --> 00:14:39,170 Some of you will get sick in grievous ways. 311 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:42,320 Some of you'll have friends and family members that get sick, and 312 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:46,010 maybe God uses that very sickness to take them home to take their lives. 313 00:14:46,910 --> 00:14:48,590 Sickness is under Jesus domain. 314 00:14:49,445 --> 00:14:51,605 Second, I want you to look at now the centurion. 315 00:14:52,235 --> 00:14:54,905 The centurion comes to Jesus and he says, Lord, I am not worthy. 316 00:14:55,905 --> 00:14:57,165 That is Jesus. 317 00:14:57,165 --> 00:14:59,025 You're higher than I'm, you're greater than I'm. 318 00:14:59,565 --> 00:15:00,825 I don't want to bring you to my house. 319 00:15:00,825 --> 00:15:03,075 I'm not worthy to have you enter into my home. 320 00:15:04,075 --> 00:15:06,205 That's the same kind of mindset that I'd love for you to see. 321 00:15:06,775 --> 00:15:09,925 You are not worthy to receive the mercy and grace of Christ. 322 00:15:10,925 --> 00:15:13,925 I want you to think like the centurion as you recognize 323 00:15:13,925 --> 00:15:15,425 that Jesus rules over sickness. 324 00:15:15,770 --> 00:15:19,790 It's not only that he's not obligated, you're not worthy to receive his healing. 325 00:15:20,150 --> 00:15:22,730 You're not in a position to make demands upon Jesus to 326 00:15:22,730 --> 00:15:24,260 say, Jesus, you should heal me. 327 00:15:24,260 --> 00:15:25,160 I'm a good person. 328 00:15:26,090 --> 00:15:28,250 The Centurion knows that about himself. 329 00:15:28,250 --> 00:15:31,700 I'm not a good person, and he was a good guy according to local standards. 330 00:15:31,700 --> 00:15:32,690 People liked him a lot. 331 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:35,270 He was a help to the church or the Jewish synagogues. 332 00:15:35,270 --> 00:15:38,940 Anyway, I want you to recognize that you are not worthy to receive the 333 00:15:38,940 --> 00:15:40,500 mercy and grace that God offers. 334 00:15:40,740 --> 00:15:41,790 Now, here's the striking thing. 335 00:15:42,150 --> 00:15:44,160 Jesus offers it freely. 336 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:46,660 But not because you're a good person. 337 00:15:47,660 --> 00:15:51,590 None of us are good people, and what we deserve is not health and wholeness. 338 00:15:51,590 --> 00:15:54,320 What we deserve is condemnation. 339 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:59,410 Last Peter's mother-in-law, she's like sick. 340 00:16:00,070 --> 00:16:01,030 This is such a flex. 341 00:16:01,030 --> 00:16:03,580 Jesus is like, Hey, I got you. 342 00:16:03,610 --> 00:16:03,730 Homegirl. 343 00:16:04,330 --> 00:16:05,680 Picks her up, touches her. 344 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:07,910 And she's let me make you a sandwich. 345 00:16:07,910 --> 00:16:08,930 Yep, that's right. 346 00:16:09,020 --> 00:16:09,980 Let's do this. 347 00:16:10,070 --> 00:16:10,790 I'm hungry. 348 00:16:11,780 --> 00:16:12,710 I love this because 349 00:16:12,710 --> 00:16:15,620 Speaker 4: Jesus like he heals her and he's Hey, can I have a sandwich now? 350 00:16:16,620 --> 00:16:17,550 It's so practical. 351 00:16:17,550 --> 00:16:18,390 Speaker: I love this. 352 00:16:18,780 --> 00:16:22,950 Here's the thing, one of the things that we should do, if God does heal us, if 353 00:16:22,950 --> 00:16:26,550 God gives us help, if God gives you two working legs and two great eyeballs, and 354 00:16:26,550 --> 00:16:30,690 two, working like hands and arms, you ought to use your help to serve Jesus. 355 00:16:31,575 --> 00:16:33,225 Jesus rules over sickness. 356 00:16:33,345 --> 00:16:35,565 And so when you get sick, it's under his domain. 357 00:16:35,625 --> 00:16:38,325 When you're getting, when you get healthy again, it is under his domain. 358 00:16:38,415 --> 00:16:39,225 He heals you. 359 00:16:39,495 --> 00:16:41,235 He chooses to keep you alive. 360 00:16:41,235 --> 00:16:45,135 He chooses to make you walk and talk and keep you from hacking out your lungs. 361 00:16:45,255 --> 00:16:47,835 When you're healthy, use your health to serve Jesus. 362 00:16:47,835 --> 00:16:48,045 Why? 363 00:16:48,045 --> 00:16:49,755 Because he rules over it all. 364 00:16:50,265 --> 00:16:52,635 He's giving you health, not so you can serve yourself, but so 365 00:16:52,635 --> 00:16:56,145 you can serve him, which is gonna look a lot like serving others. 366 00:16:57,145 --> 00:17:01,055 Continuing onto our text, I want to take a look now at verses 23 through 367 00:17:01,055 --> 00:17:04,085 27, we're skipping verses 18 to 22. 368 00:17:04,085 --> 00:17:05,405 We're gonna come back to that at the end. 369 00:17:05,765 --> 00:17:07,355 This is a section that you guys know. 370 00:17:07,625 --> 00:17:10,375 This is where Jesus says, Hey let's go into a boat. 371 00:17:10,405 --> 00:17:11,694 We're gonna cross over. 372 00:17:11,815 --> 00:17:14,244 And in the middle of that, Jesus knocks out. 373 00:17:14,244 --> 00:17:18,204 He's so tired after a long day of teaching, he's in the bottom of the ship 374 00:17:18,714 --> 00:17:22,464 and the ship now, as they're crossing the sea of Galilee, is storm top. 375 00:17:22,569 --> 00:17:25,089 I don't know if you've ever been on a boat in the middle of the ocean. 376 00:17:25,089 --> 00:17:25,720 It's not fun. 377 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:28,840 Sea of Galilee is big, not an ocean, but it's big enough to 378 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:32,530 have these large storms take place that can actually take a boat out. 379 00:17:32,590 --> 00:17:33,280 Pretty gnarly. 380 00:17:33,940 --> 00:17:36,340 So the boat is taking in all this water. 381 00:17:36,340 --> 00:17:40,240 In fact, they found a boat recently in the Sea of Galilee that was pretty close, 382 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:42,250 dated to the close to the time of Christ. 383 00:17:42,460 --> 00:17:43,630 This is what it looks like. 384 00:17:43,810 --> 00:17:46,930 In fact, this is where the images come from, that you'll see today that show 385 00:17:46,930 --> 00:17:48,370 us what the boat actually look like. 386 00:17:48,370 --> 00:17:49,640 So the disciples are in the boat. 387 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:51,170 This is much bigger than it looks like. 388 00:17:51,605 --> 00:17:53,555 But Jesus is underneath here taking his news. 389 00:17:53,555 --> 00:17:57,115 He's so tired that even in the midst of a storm he's taking a nap. 390 00:17:57,595 --> 00:17:59,395 That's the kind of Jesus that we have. 391 00:17:59,395 --> 00:18:01,465 He's working hard, serving all day long. 392 00:18:01,465 --> 00:18:02,395 Takes a nap in the boat. 393 00:18:02,895 --> 00:18:05,975 The disciples are freaking out because they're taking in so much water. 394 00:18:05,975 --> 00:18:07,535 They're afraid that they're going to drown us. 395 00:18:07,535 --> 00:18:10,805 So they say, Jesus, save us. 396 00:18:10,865 --> 00:18:11,585 We're perishing. 397 00:18:11,615 --> 00:18:12,455 We're dying. 398 00:18:12,935 --> 00:18:14,075 Jesus, get up, 399 00:18:14,165 --> 00:18:14,855 Speaker 4: please. 400 00:18:15,155 --> 00:18:15,815 We're about to grow. 401 00:18:15,815 --> 00:18:16,805 We're about to drown. 402 00:18:17,805 --> 00:18:18,705 Speaker: Jesus probably is. 403 00:18:19,205 --> 00:18:25,425 Wipes his eyes a little bit, looks around, sees the waves, looks at 404 00:18:25,425 --> 00:18:28,855 them and says, why are y'all afraid? 405 00:18:29,855 --> 00:18:30,515 What's wrong? 406 00:18:30,695 --> 00:18:31,595 What, what's going on? 407 00:18:31,595 --> 00:18:32,765 What are you afraid of? 408 00:18:33,515 --> 00:18:37,205 In fact, that the term there owe you a little faith is it's, that's 409 00:18:37,205 --> 00:18:39,695 a good translation, but it's like saying it's like a nickname. 410 00:18:39,875 --> 00:18:40,955 It's like calling someone little faith. 411 00:18:41,555 --> 00:18:42,335 Why are you afraid? 412 00:18:42,335 --> 00:18:42,695 Little faith? 413 00:18:43,475 --> 00:18:45,095 It's like you give someone a cute nickname. 414 00:18:45,365 --> 00:18:47,045 I think he's teasing his disciples a little bit. 415 00:18:47,045 --> 00:18:47,915 It's saying, what are you doing? 416 00:18:48,575 --> 00:18:50,285 Like, why are you so afraid about this? 417 00:18:50,375 --> 00:18:51,395 Don't you know by now? 418 00:18:52,395 --> 00:18:53,565 Then he rose. 419 00:18:53,625 --> 00:18:55,425 Jesus gets out of the hole of the ship. 420 00:18:55,485 --> 00:18:56,985 He gets up and stands up, right? 421 00:18:56,985 --> 00:18:58,480 He's sitting he's still climbing out. 422 00:18:58,570 --> 00:19:02,500 He rose and he rebukes the winds in the sea. 423 00:19:02,500 --> 00:19:03,490 I don't know what this sounded like. 424 00:19:03,940 --> 00:19:05,530 Maybe Jesus put his hands up. 425 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:09,400 Maybe he just offered a word and said, stop. 426 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:12,350 Maybe, I don't know, maybe he called it. 427 00:19:12,350 --> 00:19:14,000 He said, Lord, stop. 428 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,360 I don't know what he did, but he rebukes the winds in the sea. 429 00:19:18,140 --> 00:19:19,070 Now get this. 430 00:19:19,685 --> 00:19:20,885 You have to imagine this, okay? 431 00:19:20,885 --> 00:19:25,115 I know today you, you know the story, but imagine you're in a storm tossed boat. 432 00:19:25,175 --> 00:19:27,545 Things are coming, there's waves crashing down. 433 00:19:27,545 --> 00:19:29,225 You hear the, his of the wind. 434 00:19:29,435 --> 00:19:30,935 You see the waves are huge. 435 00:19:30,940 --> 00:19:33,940 They're coming into the boat and then Jesus stands up. 436 00:19:33,970 --> 00:19:35,020 We don't even know how he does that. 437 00:19:35,050 --> 00:19:38,530 He's standing up on a boat that's being storm tossed, and then he says 438 00:19:38,530 --> 00:19:40,630 something like this, maybe quiet. 439 00:19:41,290 --> 00:19:45,560 And then in that same moment, everything just, and you could hear a pin drop. 440 00:19:46,310 --> 00:19:48,170 Now tell me you are in that moment. 441 00:19:48,170 --> 00:19:51,260 Tell me, you would not be freaked out. 442 00:19:52,260 --> 00:19:54,180 You'd be like, I'm about to go myself over this boat. 443 00:19:54,700 --> 00:19:55,600 This is not right. 444 00:19:55,630 --> 00:19:56,380 This is weird. 445 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:57,010 What just happened? 446 00:19:57,490 --> 00:19:58,360 I'm about losing it. 447 00:19:58,360 --> 00:20:00,280 Lord, this, I don't know if this is better or worse. 448 00:20:00,580 --> 00:20:03,160 I don't know if it's better that we're in the storm stop sea, or that you're 449 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:04,450 in here and you could stop to sea. 450 00:20:04,450 --> 00:20:07,660 I don't know what to do with this, but Jesus calms the sea. 451 00:20:07,690 --> 00:20:08,890 There's a great calm. 452 00:20:09,730 --> 00:20:10,420 A great calm. 453 00:20:11,140 --> 00:20:14,230 Now notice here in verse 24, there's a great storm. 454 00:20:14,845 --> 00:20:20,335 Jesus gets up and now there's great calm, massive tumult, sudden 455 00:20:20,335 --> 00:20:23,435 quietness, and the men marvel. 456 00:20:23,525 --> 00:20:24,125 Here's the word again. 457 00:20:24,185 --> 00:20:24,545 Marvel. 458 00:20:24,545 --> 00:20:26,375 Jesus marvels at the sumter's faith. 459 00:20:26,525 --> 00:20:30,405 Now the men marvel at Jesus saying, who is this? 460 00:20:31,140 --> 00:20:31,360 Who? 461 00:20:31,575 --> 00:20:32,925 Who do we have in the book, guys? 462 00:20:33,375 --> 00:20:34,485 Peter, who is this? 463 00:20:34,485 --> 00:20:34,845 James? 464 00:20:34,845 --> 00:20:35,505 Who is this? 465 00:20:35,655 --> 00:20:36,675 John Who is this? 466 00:20:36,915 --> 00:20:39,415 And it is funny 'cause I'm wondering if they're thinking about Psalm 467 00:20:39,415 --> 00:20:41,455 67 or Psalm 65, verse seven. 468 00:20:41,905 --> 00:20:45,895 They know that Psalms like this say that God is the one who steals the 469 00:20:45,895 --> 00:20:49,615 roaring of the seas and the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples. 470 00:20:49,615 --> 00:20:52,795 God does this, and yet we just had this guy talk to you in the wind, in 471 00:20:52,795 --> 00:20:55,915 the waves and say, stop and everything stopped, and now everything's great, calm. 472 00:20:56,185 --> 00:20:57,145 He's freaking out. 473 00:20:58,145 --> 00:21:03,125 Point number two, you ought to submit to Jesus because he rules over nature. 474 00:21:03,485 --> 00:21:07,145 Only God can do what Jesus does, and Jesus does what God does. 475 00:21:07,145 --> 00:21:08,555 Therefore, Jesus is God. 476 00:21:08,705 --> 00:21:10,925 His authoritative words and the sermon on the mountain. 477 00:21:11,165 --> 00:21:15,095 Verses or chapters five through seven are now affirmed in chapter eight. 478 00:21:15,335 --> 00:21:16,655 Authoritative words. 479 00:21:16,835 --> 00:21:22,205 Authoritative works you ever been in a, an airplane with a lot of turbulence. 480 00:21:22,745 --> 00:21:25,055 I found that recently turbulence can actually be really dangerous. 481 00:21:25,635 --> 00:21:30,610 This flight attendant broke her ankle stop by, broke her ankle in 482 00:21:30,615 --> 00:21:36,235 seven places when turbulence causes the plane to shoot up 500 feet. 483 00:21:36,475 --> 00:21:37,435 Isn't that crazy? 484 00:21:37,795 --> 00:21:41,125 You're in an airplane and the turbulence hits it and just sends it sailing 485 00:21:41,125 --> 00:21:42,445 into the sky, another 500 feet. 486 00:21:42,445 --> 00:21:43,255 That's a pretty big deal. 487 00:21:43,435 --> 00:21:46,315 The gravitational of forces that would push you down are gnarly. 488 00:21:47,315 --> 00:21:49,865 I was in an airplane situation with a lot of turbulence. 489 00:21:49,865 --> 00:21:50,735 It was a small plane. 490 00:21:50,735 --> 00:21:52,835 It wasn't like a big 7 47, 7 4 7. 491 00:21:53,375 --> 00:21:55,115 I don't know even know where we're going, but I was by youth 492 00:21:55,115 --> 00:21:58,865 group and my youth pastor was in there and she was freaking out. 493 00:21:59,105 --> 00:21:59,315 Yes. 494 00:21:59,315 --> 00:22:05,295 I said she, a long time ago, there was a girl there who was just losing her mind. 495 00:22:05,850 --> 00:22:08,550 She was sitting in the airplane scene, clutching it so hard, 496 00:22:08,670 --> 00:22:10,020 her knuckles are turning white. 497 00:22:11,010 --> 00:22:15,160 I look at her and, the plane is shaking pretty violently and I thought can be 498 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:17,380 helpful to her and I can encourage her. 499 00:22:17,500 --> 00:22:18,670 It's a nice thing for me to do. 500 00:22:19,450 --> 00:22:20,920 There was no romantic vibes there. 501 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:21,730 It was not that kind of thing. 502 00:22:21,730 --> 00:22:22,810 It was just like, Hey, I wanna help her. 503 00:22:23,350 --> 00:22:28,720 So I unbuckle my seat and I walk over to Gavin was her name. 504 00:22:29,140 --> 00:22:29,980 I walk over to Gavin. 505 00:22:30,980 --> 00:22:34,580 And I kneel by not Jasmine, Jasmine knee up next to her seat. 506 00:22:34,580 --> 00:22:36,710 I said, Hey ya, it's cool. 507 00:22:36,710 --> 00:22:37,490 We pray with you. 508 00:22:37,610 --> 00:22:38,330 This is all right. 509 00:22:38,330 --> 00:22:39,110 We're gonna live. 510 00:22:39,950 --> 00:22:40,930 And so she's okay. 511 00:22:40,930 --> 00:22:43,000 Just freaking out, holding the thing really tightly. 512 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:45,550 So I prayed with her and I said, all right, head back to my seat. 513 00:22:45,550 --> 00:22:49,250 Before I die, I turn around and then I die. 514 00:22:49,250 --> 00:22:50,360 Guys say, what's the worst thing? 515 00:22:50,915 --> 00:22:51,405 Kidding. 516 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:52,970 It's a terribly stupid thing. 517 00:22:52,970 --> 00:22:56,690 But imagine this, I go to ya and I say, Hey ya, watch this 518 00:22:57,380 --> 00:22:57,830 Speaker 2: calm. 519 00:22:58,830 --> 00:23:00,540 Speaker 4: And then the plane just smooth sailing. 520 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:01,800 Imagine what happened there. 521 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:04,950 I think she'd have every reason to be like, you get outta my face. 522 00:23:04,950 --> 00:23:06,180 That's a terrifying, don't ever do this 523 00:23:06,180 --> 00:23:06,450 Speaker: again. 524 00:23:07,450 --> 00:23:09,550 Just imagine if you had that kind of power that Jesus has. 525 00:23:09,820 --> 00:23:11,260 Jesus calms the waves. 526 00:23:11,380 --> 00:23:12,880 Imagine you have this power. 527 00:23:13,660 --> 00:23:15,370 What would you do with Jesus palate? 528 00:23:16,370 --> 00:23:17,330 What would you do with Jesus palate? 529 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:17,930 I don't know. 530 00:23:17,990 --> 00:23:20,000 Maybe you probably make fun of your friends, but you have, you'd 531 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:21,170 have some fun with your friends. 532 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,140 They go to the bathroom and you park the sea in the toilet. 533 00:23:25,140 --> 00:23:28,165 Like they, she does her hair and then outside she gets a 534 00:23:28,165 --> 00:23:29,365 tornado right on her head. 535 00:23:29,935 --> 00:23:30,955 Speaker 3: Only your head, 536 00:23:31,955 --> 00:23:32,825 Speaker: he comes outside. 537 00:23:32,825 --> 00:23:33,465 It's a cold day. 538 00:23:33,465 --> 00:23:36,875 He's swd in warm clothes and then you flip a switch and it's 110 outside. 539 00:23:37,875 --> 00:23:39,915 Goes inside changes, he comes back out. 540 00:23:39,945 --> 00:23:41,985 You flip a switch at 65 degrees in the answer. 541 00:23:42,985 --> 00:23:43,945 We would do all sorts of fun things. 542 00:23:43,945 --> 00:23:46,555 Jesus doesn't do these things in order to entertain. 543 00:23:46,555 --> 00:23:49,015 He's not just trying to do fun things to get our attention. 544 00:23:49,045 --> 00:23:53,215 He's trying to make a point, and the point is, he's the Lord over everything. 545 00:23:53,455 --> 00:23:55,045 He's the Lord over nature. 546 00:23:55,165 --> 00:23:58,195 He has the power to control and contain all things. 547 00:23:58,345 --> 00:23:59,665 Why wouldn't you trust him? 548 00:23:59,785 --> 00:24:00,910 Why wouldn't you follow him? 549 00:24:01,910 --> 00:24:04,495 I learned that when you're in an airplane and you hit turbulence, one 550 00:24:04,495 --> 00:24:05,990 of the people that you look at is who? 551 00:24:06,990 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 3: Your mom? 552 00:24:07,860 --> 00:24:08,250 Speaker: Yes. 553 00:24:08,250 --> 00:24:09,060 If your mom's with you. 554 00:24:10,060 --> 00:24:12,700 Besides your mom, if she's not there. 555 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:13,990 You look at the flight attendant. 556 00:24:14,170 --> 00:24:14,260 Yes. 557 00:24:14,950 --> 00:24:17,860 And if the flight attendant's freaking out, you have permission to freak out 558 00:24:18,010 --> 00:24:19,600 because things are getting really bad. 559 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:22,760 But who you really want to see is the pilot, right? 560 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:24,470 You can look at the flight attendant 'cause they've been 561 00:24:24,470 --> 00:24:26,360 doing that for a minute, but I'm wanna see what the pilot's doing. 562 00:24:26,780 --> 00:24:30,415 If he's comfortable, then I can be like, okay I can trust this. 563 00:24:30,415 --> 00:24:31,825 I, we're probably gonna land. 564 00:24:31,885 --> 00:24:32,695 It's probably not a big deal. 565 00:24:33,550 --> 00:24:37,400 But if I see a pilot gripping the yoke, and he's flipping out, I'm in trouble. 566 00:24:37,460 --> 00:24:38,240 We're all in trouble. 567 00:24:38,270 --> 00:24:38,810 We're gonna die. 568 00:24:39,810 --> 00:24:42,750 Jesus is the pilot of everyone's life. 569 00:24:42,810 --> 00:24:45,420 Even if you're not a Christian, he's piloting your life. 570 00:24:46,290 --> 00:24:49,680 He's controlling the ups and the downs, and when turbulence hits, 571 00:24:50,190 --> 00:24:51,630 it's not like he's surprised by it. 572 00:24:51,870 --> 00:24:54,240 In fact, he wrote into the Turbulences on purpose. 573 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:57,910 You might be freaking out 'cause you're in the cabin saying what's happening? 574 00:24:58,030 --> 00:24:59,080 I don't know where we're going. 575 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:00,250 I'm looking out the window. 576 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:01,420 There's no way for me to go. 577 00:25:01,420 --> 00:25:01,990 I'm stuck. 578 00:25:01,990 --> 00:25:02,770 What's gonna happen, Lord? 579 00:25:02,770 --> 00:25:06,490 But the pilot, Jesus, he's piloting my life and he knows exactly what he's doing. 580 00:25:07,270 --> 00:25:08,080 You want to trust him? 581 00:25:08,470 --> 00:25:11,050 Now, how crazy is it if I get up out of my seat, I got buckle my 582 00:25:11,050 --> 00:25:13,600 seat from the regular class seats and I go to the pilot's books and 583 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:15,140 Speaker 4: pilot 584 00:25:15,170 --> 00:25:15,620 Speaker: what's going 585 00:25:15,620 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 4: on? 586 00:25:16,340 --> 00:25:17,960 Like it's crazy back here. 587 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:18,710 Help us. 588 00:25:19,070 --> 00:25:19,700 Let me in there. 589 00:25:19,700 --> 00:25:20,540 I can fix this. 590 00:25:21,050 --> 00:25:21,800 And yet all 591 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:23,570 Speaker: the time we go to Jesus all the time. 592 00:25:23,570 --> 00:25:24,080 We hear Jesus. 593 00:25:24,170 --> 00:25:26,930 I know you control nature and I know you control sickness, but if you just 594 00:25:26,930 --> 00:25:28,670 let me control my life, I'll be better. 595 00:25:29,360 --> 00:25:30,710 If you just let me fly the airplane and my 596 00:25:30,710 --> 00:25:32,810 Speaker 4: life, things are gonna be way better. 597 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:34,680 You don't know half of what you need to know. 598 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:38,050 Speaker: I submit to Jesus because he rules over nature. 599 00:25:39,050 --> 00:25:42,830 Submit to his leadership because he knows where he's going submit to his 600 00:25:42,830 --> 00:25:44,870 word because he's smarter than you are. 601 00:25:45,870 --> 00:25:47,400 Jesus didn't just go to pilot school. 602 00:25:48,315 --> 00:25:49,605 He invented everything. 603 00:25:50,605 --> 00:25:51,565 So much more to say about that. 604 00:25:51,565 --> 00:25:52,195 But let's continue on. 605 00:25:52,195 --> 00:25:54,775 Matthew chapter 8 28 to 34. 606 00:25:54,775 --> 00:25:57,885 I have another scene for you in this particular scene. 607 00:25:58,885 --> 00:26:00,565 This is one of the famous scenes that you know about. 608 00:26:00,565 --> 00:26:04,374 Jesus crosses the ocean or the Sea of Galilee to this place called gatherings. 609 00:26:05,154 --> 00:26:05,995 Or that guitar. 610 00:26:05,995 --> 00:26:06,834 There's a couple names for it. 611 00:26:06,834 --> 00:26:08,424 But anyway, he goes to this place called the Gines. 612 00:26:08,695 --> 00:26:11,064 He encounters two demon possessed men. 613 00:26:11,215 --> 00:26:12,024 They're flipping out. 614 00:26:12,205 --> 00:26:15,504 They're hanging out in the tombs, and then they come to Jesus. 615 00:26:15,504 --> 00:26:16,404 And here's what's amazing. 616 00:26:16,524 --> 00:26:19,914 They come to Jesus, and I want you to see what they say to him. 617 00:26:19,974 --> 00:26:20,274 Okay? 618 00:26:20,274 --> 00:26:20,994 Pay attention. 619 00:26:20,994 --> 00:26:21,444 Demons. 620 00:26:21,444 --> 00:26:22,494 Remember we're talking about demons. 621 00:26:22,704 --> 00:26:24,804 Notice how they talk to Jesus. 622 00:26:24,804 --> 00:26:25,464 They come to Jesus. 623 00:26:25,464 --> 00:26:26,124 And here's what happens. 624 00:26:27,124 --> 00:26:29,464 Verse 29, behold they cried out. 625 00:26:30,214 --> 00:26:30,544 Ah. 626 00:26:31,309 --> 00:26:32,539 Behold they cried out. 627 00:26:33,109 --> 00:26:35,179 What have you to do with us. 628 00:26:35,269 --> 00:26:37,669 Oh, what do they call 'em? 629 00:26:37,669 --> 00:26:37,819 Son of 630 00:26:38,584 --> 00:26:38,744 Speaker 2: God. 631 00:26:38,839 --> 00:26:39,109 Son 632 00:26:39,109 --> 00:26:39,649 Speaker: of God. 633 00:26:40,649 --> 00:26:41,729 These are demons. 634 00:26:42,299 --> 00:26:43,379 Aren't demons liars? 635 00:26:43,799 --> 00:26:44,879 Aren't they deceivers? 636 00:26:45,149 --> 00:26:46,739 And yet they come to him. 637 00:26:46,739 --> 00:26:49,649 They come to Jesus and they acknowledge who he really is. 638 00:26:50,249 --> 00:26:53,184 They say, oh, what have you to do with this son of God? 639 00:26:53,804 --> 00:26:56,864 Have you come here to torment us before the time they recognize 640 00:26:56,864 --> 00:26:58,064 their timeframe is short. 641 00:26:58,364 --> 00:27:01,454 God promises to deal with all the demonic entities at some 642 00:27:01,454 --> 00:27:03,804 point, and the demons begged him. 643 00:27:04,134 --> 00:27:04,944 Notice they're begging you. 644 00:27:04,944 --> 00:27:06,054 They're pleading with Jesus. 645 00:27:06,084 --> 00:27:11,274 Please Jesus, if you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs. 646 00:27:11,514 --> 00:27:14,394 Now we know this is Gentile territory because there's pigs there. 647 00:27:14,964 --> 00:27:16,764 Jewish people did not hang out with pigs. 648 00:27:16,764 --> 00:27:17,604 They're unclean. 649 00:27:18,144 --> 00:27:21,084 Verse 32, Jesus lets them. 650 00:27:21,669 --> 00:27:22,929 They asked for his permission. 651 00:27:23,139 --> 00:27:24,129 Jesus says, okay. 652 00:27:24,129 --> 00:27:24,999 He says, go. 653 00:27:25,059 --> 00:27:28,299 So they came out, went into the pigs, and they drown in the waters. 654 00:27:28,299 --> 00:27:30,609 The pigs all collect together. 655 00:27:30,609 --> 00:27:34,869 They run over the cliff and they drown The demons drown the pigs 656 00:27:34,869 --> 00:27:37,609 at Jesus word, the herdsman. 657 00:27:37,609 --> 00:27:38,479 Now think about the herdsman. 658 00:27:38,539 --> 00:27:39,529 They see this account. 659 00:27:39,529 --> 00:27:40,309 Remember the disciples? 660 00:27:40,309 --> 00:27:41,659 They just saw Jesus calm the water. 661 00:27:41,839 --> 00:27:43,429 They freaked out the herdsmen. 662 00:27:43,429 --> 00:27:44,269 They're freaking out too. 663 00:27:44,269 --> 00:27:47,299 They go back to the city and they tell everyone what happened. 664 00:27:48,259 --> 00:27:51,919 All the city came out to me, Jesus, and they welcomed him gladly and 665 00:27:51,919 --> 00:27:56,149 said, please come and teach us and tell us all the things that you know. 666 00:27:56,329 --> 00:27:57,619 You must be important. 667 00:27:57,679 --> 00:28:00,289 We'd love to have you come and tell us what's true. 668 00:28:00,499 --> 00:28:03,259 They welcome him into the city and he became their king, and 669 00:28:03,259 --> 00:28:05,929 they all lived happily ever after. 670 00:28:05,929 --> 00:28:07,609 Go ahead and underline that in your Bible. 671 00:28:07,849 --> 00:28:10,109 Go that part crazy. 672 00:28:10,199 --> 00:28:11,459 Here's what really happens. 673 00:28:12,449 --> 00:28:15,569 They came out to meet Jesus and when they saw him. 674 00:28:16,569 --> 00:28:18,429 They begged him to leave. 675 00:28:19,329 --> 00:28:20,529 Remember, the demons are begging him. 676 00:28:21,529 --> 00:28:23,689 The two tormented men begged him. 677 00:28:23,749 --> 00:28:25,219 They said, please heal us. 678 00:28:25,369 --> 00:28:29,179 The demons begged him, and the demons are saying, please let us go to the pigs. 679 00:28:29,449 --> 00:28:31,759 These people are begging him to leave. 680 00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:33,319 Isn't that crazy? 681 00:28:33,889 --> 00:28:36,889 They're saying, it's better for you to leave us and get away from us than for 682 00:28:36,889 --> 00:28:38,359 us to have these demon possessed men. 683 00:28:38,704 --> 00:28:42,124 We'd rather have the demon possessed men and our pigs than have you 684 00:28:42,124 --> 00:28:44,284 come and disrupt all of our lives. 685 00:28:44,794 --> 00:28:45,934 This is crazy, right? 686 00:28:45,934 --> 00:28:48,664 I'm stunned by this, and maybe you should be stunned too, because this 687 00:28:48,664 --> 00:28:50,914 is something you may not pay close attention to, but point number three 688 00:28:50,914 --> 00:28:54,184 is you want to submit to Jesus because he also ruled over the spiritual realm. 689 00:28:54,919 --> 00:28:57,589 Jesus has full authority over everything out there. 690 00:28:57,649 --> 00:28:59,659 The demons ask for his permission. 691 00:28:59,749 --> 00:29:00,949 The demons flee. 692 00:29:00,949 --> 00:29:03,259 They treble, they ask, please send us over here. 693 00:29:03,289 --> 00:29:04,219 And Jesus says, go. 694 00:29:04,219 --> 00:29:04,999 And then they go. 695 00:29:05,059 --> 00:29:06,949 Jesus doesn't have to negotiate, doesn't argue. 696 00:29:06,949 --> 00:29:08,029 He just tells them, go. 697 00:29:08,089 --> 00:29:12,539 And then they go, Jesus only has to say it one time. 698 00:29:12,599 --> 00:29:15,659 Unlike your parents who probably say things multiple times, 699 00:29:15,990 --> 00:29:17,369 honestly, I'm gonna single mice. 700 00:29:17,610 --> 00:29:19,379 Jesus only says it once and they respond. 701 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:22,500 Today there's a lot of options for spiritual leadership. 702 00:29:23,235 --> 00:29:26,055 In fact, one of the things that I did when I was in high 703 00:29:26,055 --> 00:29:27,015 school, I don't recommend this. 704 00:29:27,015 --> 00:29:27,675 Please don't do this. 705 00:29:27,675 --> 00:29:28,605 I'm just telling you what I did. 706 00:29:28,605 --> 00:29:29,385 It's an example. 707 00:29:29,445 --> 00:29:30,255 It's an illustration. 708 00:29:30,255 --> 00:29:31,605 I'm not telling you to do what I did. 709 00:29:31,605 --> 00:29:32,235 This is what I did. 710 00:29:32,235 --> 00:29:32,955 Don't do what I did. 711 00:29:32,955 --> 00:29:33,945 Please don't do what I did. 712 00:29:34,155 --> 00:29:35,385 Please don't do what I did. 713 00:29:35,445 --> 00:29:36,885 Don't tell your parents I told you to do this. 714 00:29:36,885 --> 00:29:38,025 Don't do what I did. 715 00:29:38,415 --> 00:29:39,195 Is this clear? 716 00:29:40,155 --> 00:29:40,305 No. 717 00:29:40,485 --> 00:29:41,625 I played with the Ouija board. 718 00:29:42,625 --> 00:29:45,865 We asked in all sorts of fun questions, don't do this. 719 00:29:46,865 --> 00:29:47,765 We asked fun questions. 720 00:29:48,125 --> 00:29:48,845 And it was silly. 721 00:29:48,845 --> 00:29:49,445 We were laughing. 722 00:29:49,445 --> 00:29:50,555 We thought it was totally weird. 723 00:29:50,795 --> 00:29:52,745 But then I had one question that came to my mind. 724 00:29:52,745 --> 00:29:56,165 I was already learning about church and Jesus, and I started following 725 00:29:56,165 --> 00:29:57,155 Jesus, at least in some way. 726 00:29:57,395 --> 00:30:01,085 I said to the Ouija board, which is this demonic device where you 727 00:30:01,085 --> 00:30:03,095 conjure up the dead, don't do it. 728 00:30:04,055 --> 00:30:10,545 I said to the Ouija board, is Jesus really the way, the truth and the life and that 729 00:30:10,545 --> 00:30:12,405 no one comes in the Father except for him. 730 00:30:12,405 --> 00:30:13,635 I knew John 14, six. 731 00:30:14,625 --> 00:30:16,455 We all have our hands on that little. 732 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:21,630 Puck, whatever it is, it does this thing, which is really weird, by the way guys. 733 00:30:21,630 --> 00:30:22,830 It's such a freaky thing. 734 00:30:23,310 --> 00:30:29,530 It does the thing and it takes us all the way down to the, yes. 735 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:30,910 I was the, 736 00:30:31,910 --> 00:30:34,970 Speaker 4: I was flipping out 'cause I'm like, no, why would the, this 737 00:30:34,970 --> 00:30:36,380 is supposed to be from the devil. 738 00:30:36,410 --> 00:30:36,590 How? 739 00:30:36,590 --> 00:30:39,620 Why is the devil telling me that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life? 740 00:30:39,650 --> 00:30:40,610 I don't get it. 741 00:30:41,610 --> 00:30:43,020 Speaker: This story makes a little more sense to me though. 742 00:30:44,020 --> 00:30:47,889 Because even though the demons are not on God's side, they 743 00:30:47,889 --> 00:30:49,360 are still under his authority. 744 00:30:50,170 --> 00:30:53,440 They still have to ask his permission to do their evil deeds. 745 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:58,210 And so I wonder if in that particular situation, if God made them tell the truth 746 00:30:58,570 --> 00:31:01,960 or if they're telling the truth, serve some nefarious purpose that I couldn't 747 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:03,909 tell, either went they told me the truth. 748 00:31:04,030 --> 00:31:06,580 Guys, the problem is that there's so many different options for you today. 749 00:31:06,969 --> 00:31:08,649 You have the internet, you have ai. 750 00:31:08,769 --> 00:31:11,799 You can search for all sorts of spiritual leadership in your life. 751 00:31:11,849 --> 00:31:14,879 You can look your chakras up and try to cleanse yourself with all 752 00:31:14,879 --> 00:31:16,019 these different kinds of things. 753 00:31:16,199 --> 00:31:19,769 You can start looking at astrology charts and asking, okay, what's my sign? 754 00:31:19,769 --> 00:31:20,549 When was I born? 755 00:31:20,699 --> 00:31:22,169 Who should I marry there for? 756 00:31:22,319 --> 00:31:26,049 You can start looking at tarot cards and ask the cards, okay what's my future 757 00:31:26,049 --> 00:31:28,959 gonna hold and who am I gonna marry and how much money am I gonna have? 758 00:31:29,455 --> 00:31:31,585 And you might even get curious and say let me just ask the cards. 759 00:31:31,585 --> 00:31:34,435 If Jesus is supposed to be the one I'm supposed to follow, and maybe they'll 760 00:31:34,435 --> 00:31:35,634 tell me the truth, maybe they won't. 761 00:31:35,935 --> 00:31:37,554 Guys, this is so dangerous. 762 00:31:38,185 --> 00:31:38,875 This is so dangerous. 763 00:31:38,965 --> 00:31:42,324 And furthermore, why would you go to that when you can go to Jesus? 764 00:31:42,324 --> 00:31:46,125 Why would you go to a second class or an imitation, a cheap knockoff, 765 00:31:46,215 --> 00:31:47,505 or rather than going to Jesus? 766 00:31:48,505 --> 00:31:53,575 I don't want you to overestimate or underestimate the power of demons, and 767 00:31:53,575 --> 00:31:55,315 that's what's behind all these options. 768 00:31:55,345 --> 00:31:59,335 There's demonic forces that want you to be entrapped in their teaching. 769 00:31:59,665 --> 00:32:00,625 That's the point. 770 00:32:01,345 --> 00:32:05,695 So if they have to tell you a little bit of truth so that you can swallow the 771 00:32:05,695 --> 00:32:07,465 whole lie, then that's what they'll do. 772 00:32:08,215 --> 00:32:11,845 I want you to be very careful about who you allow to lead you. 773 00:32:12,845 --> 00:32:14,195 ' cause you may unwitting me. 774 00:32:14,990 --> 00:32:17,150 Learn to follow demonic forces. 775 00:32:17,510 --> 00:32:18,500 Don't underestimate them. 776 00:32:18,530 --> 00:32:20,270 Don't overestimate, but don't underestimate them. 777 00:32:21,270 --> 00:32:24,220 Next I want you to expect demons to use truth. 778 00:32:24,220 --> 00:32:27,250 Only when it fits their purposes, they will do it. 779 00:32:27,250 --> 00:32:29,200 As I just told you now, I was looking at the Ouija board. 780 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:31,930 It told me the truth is Jesus the way, the truth in life. 781 00:32:31,930 --> 00:32:34,150 Now, only he's the only way to the Father. 782 00:32:34,150 --> 00:32:37,210 I said yes, which again, freaked me out. 783 00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:40,930 I don't expect them to always lie, which is what makes him even 784 00:32:40,930 --> 00:32:42,700 more dangerous, not more helpful. 785 00:32:43,375 --> 00:32:45,565 Number three, don't submit to lesser powers. 786 00:32:45,565 --> 00:32:46,525 Go to the source. 787 00:32:47,275 --> 00:32:50,660 Submit not to the spiritual mediums that are offered to you. 788 00:32:50,660 --> 00:32:51,745 Submit to Jesus. 789 00:32:52,165 --> 00:32:53,455 Jesus is the true power. 790 00:32:53,725 --> 00:32:55,165 He's the one who has all the answers. 791 00:32:55,765 --> 00:32:58,465 He's the one who says, come to me and I will give you rest. 792 00:32:58,555 --> 00:32:59,545 I've got the answers for you. 793 00:33:00,415 --> 00:33:01,675 I've got all the solutions. 794 00:33:01,795 --> 00:33:04,705 I've got every heartache that you have, every problem that you come to 795 00:33:04,705 --> 00:33:09,085 me with, I can resolve that or I may not resolve it, and I may drive you 796 00:33:09,085 --> 00:33:11,755 through the turbulence on purpose 'cause it's gonna, it's gonna serve you. 797 00:33:12,755 --> 00:33:17,555 All right, our last passage here, Matthew 18, H 18 through 22. 798 00:33:18,395 --> 00:33:20,465 I skipped this because it made sense to be our last point, 799 00:33:20,645 --> 00:33:21,455 and it's gonna be a quick one. 800 00:33:22,085 --> 00:33:23,955 Here's what happens now. 801 00:33:23,955 --> 00:33:26,295 When Jesus saw a crowd around him, notice this. 802 00:33:26,295 --> 00:33:27,615 He gave orders. 803 00:33:27,735 --> 00:33:28,425 He gave orders. 804 00:33:28,425 --> 00:33:29,295 He didn't give a request. 805 00:33:29,295 --> 00:33:32,825 He gave orders to his disciples to go over to the other side. 806 00:33:33,065 --> 00:33:35,345 They're about to go and they're gonna experience the wind and the waves. 807 00:33:35,825 --> 00:33:36,935 So two people come up to him. 808 00:33:37,085 --> 00:33:38,555 He is grind and a disciple. 809 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:42,290 The scribe comes up and says to him, teacher, I'll follow you 810 00:33:42,290 --> 00:33:44,720 wherever you go I'll be your guy. 811 00:33:45,260 --> 00:33:49,220 Jesus pushes back on him and says, wait a minute, foxes have holes. 812 00:33:49,250 --> 00:33:52,520 Birds of the air have nest, but the sun man has nowhere to lay his head. 813 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:55,010 In other words, are you sure that you're ready to sacrifice 814 00:33:55,010 --> 00:33:56,420 your comfort to be my disciple? 815 00:33:57,420 --> 00:33:58,590 You don't know how he answers. 816 00:33:59,490 --> 00:34:00,690 Person number two comes up to him. 817 00:34:01,350 --> 00:34:05,070 Another of the disciples said to him, Lord, let me first go and bury my dad. 818 00:34:05,745 --> 00:34:08,955 To which Jesus answers follow me and let the dead bury their own 819 00:34:08,955 --> 00:34:10,995 dead Sounds super callous of Jesus. 820 00:34:10,995 --> 00:34:12,165 Oh dude, his dad just died. 821 00:34:12,165 --> 00:34:13,545 Go let him bury his dad. 822 00:34:13,755 --> 00:34:15,195 But Jesus isn't doing this. 823 00:34:15,284 --> 00:34:18,315 The guy that comes to Jesus and says, let me bury my dad, is essentially 824 00:34:18,315 --> 00:34:22,215 saying, let me wait until my dad dies and then I'll come and do what you want. 825 00:34:22,425 --> 00:34:23,745 And Jesus is saying, no thanks. 826 00:34:23,745 --> 00:34:25,005 It's not how this works. 827 00:34:25,215 --> 00:34:29,054 He says, if there's gonna be, if my leading of your life is inconvenience, 828 00:34:29,054 --> 00:34:32,955 you ought to expect that these guys come to Jesus with conditions. 829 00:34:33,554 --> 00:34:34,545 But Jesus says. 830 00:34:35,100 --> 00:34:36,000 No conditions. 831 00:34:36,030 --> 00:34:38,730 If you're gonna be my disciple, you must surrender all. 832 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:39,870 I am the authority. 833 00:34:40,020 --> 00:34:40,889 I make the rules. 834 00:34:40,949 --> 00:34:41,580 You follow me. 835 00:34:41,580 --> 00:34:45,420 Point number four, you need to submit to Jesus without conditions. 836 00:34:46,420 --> 00:34:50,770 Your life, your choices today, right now really matter for the rest of your life. 837 00:34:51,130 --> 00:34:57,960 I want you to give Jesus full access into your life and gonna say, Jesus, whatever 838 00:34:57,960 --> 00:34:59,190 you want me to do, I'm gonna do that. 839 00:34:59,730 --> 00:35:03,060 If you don't like who I'm dating, I want you to tell me not to date that person. 840 00:35:03,510 --> 00:35:06,660 Use wisdom, use people that I love to tell me not to do that, and I'll do that. 841 00:35:07,590 --> 00:35:10,230 Jesus, if you want me to get this certain kind of job, or you want me to 842 00:35:10,230 --> 00:35:12,930 go to this certain kind of school, or you want me to do this certain kind of 843 00:35:12,930 --> 00:35:15,240 thing, and maybe I don't like doing that 'cause it's not my, it's not my cup of 844 00:35:15,240 --> 00:35:17,670 tea and Jesus says it, I'm gonna do it. 845 00:35:18,670 --> 00:35:21,280 Jesus is often gonna challenge you. 846 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:24,830 If you're always comfortable as a Christian, you're 847 00:35:24,830 --> 00:35:26,690 probably not following Jesus. 848 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,480 You're following you and you're calling it Christian. 849 00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:33,360 Jesus will always push you outside of your comfort zone. 850 00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:37,330 He'll make things hard for you, and that's because he's a good leader. 851 00:35:38,230 --> 00:35:40,930 He makes things hard for you so that you can learn and you can grow. 852 00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:42,790 You're always comfortable. 853 00:35:42,940 --> 00:35:43,870 You're likely not growing. 854 00:35:44,290 --> 00:35:46,750 Jesus calls us to submit to him without conditions. 855 00:35:47,170 --> 00:35:51,015 These two guys who would be disciples say, oh I wanna follow you wherever you go. 856 00:35:51,015 --> 00:35:52,305 And Jesus said, I don't have a home. 857 00:35:52,515 --> 00:35:53,415 Are you ready to be homeless? 858 00:35:53,415 --> 00:35:54,015 For my sake. 859 00:35:54,915 --> 00:35:57,165 The other disciple said, let me go first, bury my father. 860 00:35:57,315 --> 00:35:59,235 And he said, look, it's now or never. 861 00:35:59,385 --> 00:36:01,935 Follow me right now and trust that I'll take care of you. 862 00:36:02,175 --> 00:36:03,585 Trust that I need to take care of your dad. 863 00:36:04,365 --> 00:36:06,225 Jesus doesn't want you to offer him conditions. 864 00:36:07,095 --> 00:36:09,105 Speaking of conditions, back in the 865 00:36:09,325 --> 00:36:13,955 back in the forties, 1945 specifically, the Germans had basically lost 866 00:36:13,955 --> 00:36:17,775 the war, and so their commander after Hitler killed himself. 867 00:36:18,540 --> 00:36:23,310 Came to the axis and said, please let us offer you a conditional surrender. 868 00:36:24,310 --> 00:36:25,990 And they said, not a chance. 869 00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:29,320 This is a full, unconditional surrender. 870 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:31,080 You don't get to make any pleas. 871 00:36:31,350 --> 00:36:33,450 We will dictate the terms of your surrender. 872 00:36:33,570 --> 00:36:34,890 And that's exactly what happened. 873 00:36:35,340 --> 00:36:38,390 Germany had no choice but to agree with what was being demanded. 874 00:36:38,450 --> 00:36:39,860 And so the newspapers ran. 875 00:36:40,220 --> 00:36:42,050 The newspapers ran the headline. 876 00:36:43,050 --> 00:36:48,115 Donnet has ordered unconditional surrender of all German troops. 877 00:36:48,835 --> 00:36:50,695 The E day comes to, to, to the fore. 878 00:36:50,905 --> 00:36:52,075 They celebrate wildly. 879 00:36:52,435 --> 00:36:54,295 That's exactly the situation you would iron in. 880 00:36:55,105 --> 00:36:58,885 When we come to Jesus, we're not coming to Jesus and saying, Hey, here's what 881 00:36:58,885 --> 00:36:59,905 I don't want you to mess up Jesus. 882 00:36:59,905 --> 00:37:01,675 I want to keep this, and this. 883 00:37:01,705 --> 00:37:03,085 I like my situation. 884 00:37:03,635 --> 00:37:04,685 I like my house. 885 00:37:04,685 --> 00:37:05,465 I like my car. 886 00:37:05,465 --> 00:37:06,365 I like my grades. 887 00:37:06,365 --> 00:37:06,965 I like this and that. 888 00:37:07,115 --> 00:37:08,465 You don't get to dictate the terms of Jesus. 889 00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:14,730 It's not half of my hands are up and the police tell you to put your hands up. 890 00:37:14,790 --> 00:37:15,990 You put your hands up like this. 891 00:37:16,050 --> 00:37:17,010 You don't do this. 892 00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:18,900 You wanna see your hands, right? 893 00:37:18,900 --> 00:37:19,260 That's what they say. 894 00:37:19,260 --> 00:37:19,950 Show me your hands. 895 00:37:20,010 --> 00:37:20,640 Show me your hands. 896 00:37:21,150 --> 00:37:21,870 This happened to me once. 897 00:37:21,870 --> 00:37:25,770 I was going home late at night, and I fit the description of a sus dude. 898 00:37:26,010 --> 00:37:29,910 So this cop pointed the light at, he pulled me over and said, show us your 899 00:37:29,910 --> 00:37:32,310 hands and step backward toward us. 900 00:37:32,340 --> 00:37:33,330 I'm okay. 901 00:37:33,390 --> 00:37:36,810 So I do my thing and I step back forward and then they do the thing. 902 00:37:36,810 --> 00:37:39,120 They take my backpack off and they start patting me down saying, 903 00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:40,140 do you have any weapons on you? 904 00:37:40,140 --> 00:37:41,460 Any sharp objects that are gonna poke me? 905 00:37:41,460 --> 00:37:42,060 And I said, no. 906 00:37:42,060 --> 00:37:43,860 And they start looking in my backpack. 907 00:37:43,860 --> 00:37:47,490 And anyway, long story short, what they wanted from me was full surrender. 908 00:37:47,610 --> 00:37:51,070 They didn't want me to say I can, I have one hand up and one hand in my pocket. 909 00:37:51,835 --> 00:37:54,565 How about both hands down, but I'll just keep them really close in my body. 910 00:37:54,895 --> 00:37:55,915 There was no negotiation. 911 00:37:56,065 --> 00:37:57,055 They had their guns drawn. 912 00:37:57,055 --> 00:37:58,465 They said, this is what we want to do. 913 00:37:58,525 --> 00:37:59,095 Okay? 914 00:37:59,095 --> 00:37:59,965 You're in authority. 915 00:38:00,235 --> 00:38:01,045 I have no power. 916 00:38:01,045 --> 00:38:01,705 I'm vulnerable. 917 00:38:01,765 --> 00:38:02,245 Hands are up. 918 00:38:02,245 --> 00:38:03,055 You do whatever you gotta do. 919 00:38:03,205 --> 00:38:05,595 Jesus doesn't want us to just come to him and say I'll do what you want. 920 00:38:05,595 --> 00:38:09,855 If you do this for me and Jesus, if you promise never to send me to China, if you 921 00:38:10,030 --> 00:38:13,515 promised to never make me give up my fill in the blank, then I'll be your disciple. 922 00:38:13,725 --> 00:38:19,125 So many of us do this, but here's the awesome thing, even though we're not. 923 00:38:20,125 --> 00:38:21,770 We're not in the best position to bargain with you. 924 00:38:22,730 --> 00:38:26,960 When you put your hands up to Jesus and you say, I submit, I 925 00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:28,220 will no longer rebel against you. 926 00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:29,360 I will be your servant. 927 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:35,020 You can be the master when you do this like the prodigal son, the 928 00:38:35,020 --> 00:38:37,650 father doesn't just say, okay fine. 929 00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:41,000 You can be part of my family, sit over there on that side of the 930 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:42,200 house where I'll never see you. 931 00:38:43,190 --> 00:38:43,730 No. 932 00:38:44,300 --> 00:38:46,910 He welcomes me and he says, come in. 933 00:38:47,495 --> 00:38:51,605 Gives you the best robe, puts nice clothes in your body, accepts you and 934 00:38:51,605 --> 00:38:56,225 celebrates because you are part of the family and you're not just a servant 935 00:38:56,225 --> 00:38:57,605 in the back where no one sees you. 936 00:38:57,815 --> 00:39:01,325 You're a real legitimate part of the family, takes care 937 00:39:01,325 --> 00:39:02,975 of you, you welcomes you. 938 00:39:03,815 --> 00:39:05,675 This is what submission to Jesus should look like. 939 00:39:06,395 --> 00:39:09,795 You give him everything and then he gives you everything. 940 00:39:10,795 --> 00:39:14,155 Jesus has authoritative words that he matches with his authoritative words. 941 00:39:14,605 --> 00:39:16,045 Question for you is, whatcha gonna do with that? 942 00:39:17,045 --> 00:39:22,095 You might say with your words yeah, Jesus is Lord, but your life has to match that. 943 00:39:23,095 --> 00:39:25,825 When I was young, I used to watch this TV show called something 944 00:39:25,825 --> 00:39:28,615 like Magic Secrets Revealed. 945 00:39:28,615 --> 00:39:29,635 This happened in the nineties. 946 00:39:29,965 --> 00:39:33,265 This guy got a lot of flack because he was telling people how magic tricks were done. 947 00:39:33,775 --> 00:39:36,625 It was super awesome and also terrible 'cause I just felt 948 00:39:36,625 --> 00:39:37,615 like my childhood was ruined. 949 00:39:38,275 --> 00:39:39,055 But I watched it anyway. 950 00:39:39,085 --> 00:39:41,395 It was interesting to watch all the magic tricks that he, he shared. 951 00:39:41,605 --> 00:39:44,365 People hated him for it, especially magicians. 952 00:39:45,365 --> 00:39:45,995 But whatever. 953 00:39:46,055 --> 00:39:47,315 He made his money, did his thing. 954 00:39:48,185 --> 00:39:49,205 Jesus is not a magician. 955 00:39:49,235 --> 00:39:50,915 This is where I started the graphic, a get to there. 956 00:39:50,915 --> 00:39:52,025 But Jesus is not a magician. 957 00:39:52,085 --> 00:39:53,645 Jesus is not doing the magic tricks. 958 00:39:53,825 --> 00:39:55,985 Someone's not gonna show up in 2000 years and be like here's 959 00:39:55,985 --> 00:39:57,425 how Jesus magic tricks work. 960 00:39:57,425 --> 00:40:00,905 They reveal Jesus doesn't have the desire to entertain you. 961 00:40:01,475 --> 00:40:03,995 He's not trying to pull rabbits outta the hat just to make your life happy. 962 00:40:04,955 --> 00:40:06,365 Jesus is not trying to entertain you. 963 00:40:06,365 --> 00:40:07,085 He's trying to save you. 964 00:40:07,805 --> 00:40:11,045 His acts are not magic, a miracle. 965 00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:15,290 And they're meant to showcase and testify that he's the Lord and you're the servant. 966 00:40:16,290 --> 00:40:17,490 Submit to Jesus. 967 00:40:17,700 --> 00:40:18,270 That's the call. 968 00:40:18,270 --> 00:40:18,600 Let's pray. 969 00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:21,570 God, give us grace now to not only submit to Jesus in our minds, 970 00:40:21,570 --> 00:40:22,530 but to do that in our lives. 971 00:40:22,860 --> 00:40:26,790 Help us in our small groups to put application that makes sense to think of 972 00:40:26,790 --> 00:40:30,600 it, to do it, to let you shape our lives. 973 00:40:31,410 --> 00:40:33,300 Tenderize our hearts, Lord, humble us. 974 00:40:33,510 --> 00:40:35,550 Help us to see who you are and to respond accordingly. 975 00:40:35,550 --> 00:40:36,630 We ask this in Jesus name. 976 00:40:37,110 --> 00:40:37,350 Amen.