1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:29,980 Thank you. 2 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:59,980 Thank you. 3 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:29,980 Thank you. 4 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:11,200 All right. Good morning. We are glad that you are here this morning on the time change 5 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:16,820 breakfast. So it kind of feels like we're all here extra into this clock. I thought 6 00:04:16,820 --> 00:04:21,360 I was running late, but it turns out I'm actually an hour ahead of time. And the good 7 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:28,400 news is this may be maybe the last time we have to go through this. We'll see. But that 8 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:34,220 would be nice. So all that said, we are glad you're here, and we're excited to worship together 9 00:04:34,220 --> 00:04:39,840 as we talk about God's goodness and His grace. And so before we do that, I'm going to have a 10 00:04:39,840 --> 00:04:44,900 word of prayer, and then we're going to stand and read some Scripture together, and then we will 11 00:04:44,900 --> 00:04:52,780 spend some time in worship. So let's go ahead and... Father in heaven, I thank you for your 12 00:04:52,780 --> 00:04:59,440 grace. I thank you for your mercy. I thank you for how you change and transform our lives. And so I 13 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:06,320 ask this morning that through our time of worship, you would encourage us, that you would empower us, 14 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:12,800 that you would help us to see the goodness of the gospel, and that as we live through the rest of 15 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:17,600 this week, that you would help us to share that good news with the world. And so I just ask that 16 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:22,100 you would replenish us, that you would restore us, that you would strengthen us, and that you would 17 00:05:22,100 --> 00:05:28,160 be with us this morning. It's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. And so we're going to stand and we're 18 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:34,880 going to read from Titus chapter 2 about the grace of God and how the grace of God goes to 19 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:41,020 work in our life, transform us and move us in hope. So let's go ahead and read together. 20 00:05:41,020 --> 00:05:47,640 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 21 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:53,060 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, 22 00:05:53,060 --> 00:06:00,540 and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 23 00:06:00,540 --> 00:06:03,400 waiting for our blessed hope, 24 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:09,620 the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 25 00:06:09,620 --> 00:06:15,260 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness, 26 00:06:16,020 --> 00:06:21,040 and to purify for himself a people for his own possession, 27 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:23,880 who are zealous for good works. 28 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:25,480 This is the word of the Lord. 29 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:29,680 We're going to begin by singing a song we started with last week, 30 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:30,900 kind of introducing it. 31 00:06:30,900 --> 00:06:35,020 So now we've been through it once, we'll know it a little better, 32 00:06:35,020 --> 00:06:37,360 so we're going to sing His Mercy is More. 33 00:06:46,020 --> 00:06:52,400 What love could remember, no wrongs we have done 34 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:57,220 Our nations all knowing, ye counsel of their son 35 00:06:57,220 --> 00:07:02,580 Thrown into a sea without bottom or shore 36 00:07:02,580 --> 00:07:08,200 Our sins they are many, His mercy is more 37 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:16,060 Praise the Lord, His mercy is more 38 00:07:16,060 --> 00:07:24,040 Stronger than darkness, you every morn 39 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:29,620 Our sins, they are many, His mercy is more 40 00:07:29,620 --> 00:07:42,300 What patience would wait as we constantly roam 41 00:07:42,300 --> 00:07:47,000 What father so tender is calling us home 42 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:52,880 He welcomes the weakest, the vilest, the poor 43 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:58,680 Our sins they are many, his mercy is more 44 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:06,120 Praise the Lord, His mercy is more 45 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:13,860 Stronger than darkness, new every more 46 00:08:13,860 --> 00:08:19,420 Our sins, they are many, His mercy is more 47 00:08:19,420 --> 00:08:32,340 What riches of kindness He lavished on us 48 00:08:32,340 --> 00:08:37,140 His blood was the payments, His life was the cost 49 00:08:37,140 --> 00:08:43,020 We stood neath a debt we could never afford 50 00:08:43,020 --> 00:08:48,820 Our sins, they are many, His mercy is poor 51 00:08:48,820 --> 00:08:57,220 Praise the Lord, His mercy is more 52 00:08:57,220 --> 00:09:04,000 Stronger than darkness, new every morn 53 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:09,380 Our sins, they are many, His mercy is more 54 00:09:09,380 --> 00:09:17,380 Praise the Lord, His mercy is more 55 00:09:17,380 --> 00:09:24,620 Stronger than darkness, pure every more 56 00:09:24,620 --> 00:09:29,480 Our sins, they are many, His mercy is more 57 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:34,760 Our sins, they are many, His mercy is more 58 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:46,880 As we've been reading in 1 Peter, we've been reading about living hope 59 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:50,200 And so we are going to move right into Living Hope. 60 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:32,400 turned to heaven and spoke your name into the night then through the darkness your loving kindness 61 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:45,680 tore through the shadows of my soul the work is finished the end is written 62 00:10:46,880 --> 00:11:02,820 Jesus Christ, my living hope Who could imagine so great a mercy 63 00:11:02,820 --> 00:11:16,360 What heart could fathom such boundless grace The God of ages stepped down from glory 64 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:21,860 To wear my sin and bear my shame 65 00:11:21,860 --> 00:11:28,280 Jesus has spoken, I am forgiven 66 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:34,700 The King of kings calls me his own 67 00:11:34,700 --> 00:11:41,720 Beautiful Savior, I'm yours forever 68 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:48,300 Jesus Christ, my living hope 69 00:11:48,300 --> 00:11:56,280 Hallelujah, praise the one who set me free 70 00:11:56,280 --> 00:12:02,900 Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me 71 00:12:02,900 --> 00:12:06,280 You have broken every chain 72 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:09,580 There's salvation in your name 73 00:12:09,580 --> 00:12:15,820 Jesus Christ, my living home 74 00:12:15,820 --> 00:12:25,580 Then came the morning that sealed the promise 75 00:12:25,580 --> 00:12:31,520 Your buried body began to breathe 76 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:38,560 Out of the silence the roaring lion 77 00:12:38,560 --> 00:12:44,560 Declared the grave has no claim on me 78 00:12:44,560 --> 00:12:52,400 Then came the morning that sealed the promise 79 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:58,440 Your buried body began to grieve 80 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:05,500 Out of the silence the roaring lion 81 00:13:05,500 --> 00:13:27,400 Declare the grave has no claim on me, Jesus yours is the victory, hallelujah, praise the 82 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:35,480 one who set me free, hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me, hallelujah, hallelujah, 83 00:13:35,500 --> 00:13:39,280 You have broken every chain 84 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:42,580 There's salvation in your name 85 00:13:42,580 --> 00:13:48,740 Jesus Christ, my living hope 86 00:13:48,740 --> 00:13:50,500 Hallelujah 87 00:13:50,500 --> 00:13:55,900 Praise the one who set me free 88 00:13:55,900 --> 00:13:57,800 Hallelujah 89 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:02,900 Death has lost its grip on me 90 00:14:02,900 --> 00:14:06,300 You have broken every chain 91 00:14:06,300 --> 00:14:09,840 There's salvation in your name 92 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:16,000 Jesus Christ, my living hope 93 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:29,300 Jesus Christ, my living hope 94 00:14:29,300 --> 00:14:32,540 You may be seated 95 00:14:32,540 --> 00:14:34,880 as we're moving into our prayer and share time. 96 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:36,620 If you're joining us online, 97 00:14:36,620 --> 00:14:40,220 we'll be muted here for just a minute for privacy 98 00:14:40,220 --> 00:14:41,980 and we'll be right back in just a minute. 99 00:15:02,540 --> 00:15:32,520 Thank you. 100 00:15:32,540 --> 00:16:02,520 Thank you. 101 00:16:02,540 --> 00:16:32,520 Thank you. 102 00:22:32,540 --> 00:22:49,500 All right, as we prepare to gather together and celebrate together the Lord's Supper, 103 00:22:49,500 --> 00:22:53,940 we're going to sing, This is Amazing Grace. 104 00:23:02,540 --> 00:23:19,020 Who breaks the power of sin and darkness? Whose love is mighty and so much stronger? The King of glory, the King above all kings. 105 00:23:22,140 --> 00:23:37,100 Who shakes the whole earth with holy thunder, who leaves us breathless in awe and wonder, the King of glory, the King above all kings. 106 00:23:38,000 --> 00:24:04,920 This is amazing, this is unfair, that you would take my place, that you would bear my cross, you would lay down your life, that I would be set free. 107 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,840 Jesus i sing for all i've done for me 108 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:31,680 chaos back into order who makes the orphan i serve the king of glory the king above all kings 109 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:39,040 Rules the truth with truth and justice 110 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:43,620 Shines like the sun in all of its brilliance 111 00:24:43,620 --> 00:24:45,600 The King of Glory 112 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:49,440 The King above all kings 113 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:53,920 This is amazing grace 114 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:58,240 This is unfailing love 115 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:02,900 That you would take my place 116 00:25:03,900 --> 00:25:07,480 That you would bear my cross 117 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:11,700 You would lay down your life 118 00:25:11,700 --> 00:25:17,120 That I would be set free 119 00:25:17,120 --> 00:25:25,320 Jesus, I sing for all that you've done for me 120 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:30,300 This is amazing grace 121 00:25:30,300 --> 00:25:34,360 This is unfailing love 122 00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:39,540 That you would take my place 123 00:25:39,540 --> 00:25:43,460 You would bear my cross 124 00:25:43,460 --> 00:25:47,740 You would lay down your life 125 00:25:47,740 --> 00:25:52,180 That I would be set free 126 00:25:56,080 --> 00:26:01,160 Jesus, I sing for all that you've done for me. 127 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:31,740 news of the gospel as he institutes the Lord's Supper, explaining to them that this is his 128 00:26:31,740 --> 00:26:35,860 body which was given for them, that it's his blood of the new covenant. 129 00:26:35,860 --> 00:26:42,360 And as they finish this meal after instituting the Lord's Supper, what Jesus will do, and 130 00:26:42,360 --> 00:26:49,500 recorded in the gospel of John, is he will spend time teaching, encouraging, and preparing 131 00:26:49,500 --> 00:26:52,000 the disciples for what is to happen next. 132 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:56,620 Because for these disciples, the next event is going to be earth-shattering. 133 00:26:56,620 --> 00:26:59,420 Jesus is going to be arrested. He's going to be crucified. 134 00:26:59,420 --> 00:27:04,240 Jesus knows that this will not be a permanent end to his life 135 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:07,920 because Jesus knows of the resurrection, but the disciples don't. 136 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:13,700 And so in doing this, one of the things that Jesus will do 137 00:27:13,700 --> 00:27:19,740 as he is teaching the disciples is that he will begin to pray. 138 00:27:19,740 --> 00:27:28,760 And in John the 17th chapter, Jesus, as he prays, will pray for himself and about what is going to happen to himself. 139 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:32,060 And then he is going to do something remarkable. 140 00:27:32,060 --> 00:27:37,100 And I'll read to you from John the 18th chapter, beginning in verse 20. 141 00:27:37,100 --> 00:27:41,600 He says, I do not ask for these only, so he's praying. 142 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:49,720 He says, I don't ask just for my disciples who are here right now, but also for those who will believe in me through their words. 143 00:27:49,740 --> 00:27:55,980 And I want you to catch what is happening here, because Jesus, as he prays, he says, 144 00:27:55,980 --> 00:28:00,640 I don't pray just for those who are with me in this room right now, but I pray for those 145 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:06,720 who will believe in me through the word that these disciples will proclaim. 146 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:10,140 And Jesus, in that moment, he is praying for you. 147 00:28:10,140 --> 00:28:11,200 He's praying for me. 148 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:14,260 He's praying for us as a church. 149 00:28:14,260 --> 00:28:16,980 And here is what he specifically prays. 150 00:28:18,220 --> 00:28:43,760 I do not ask for these only but also for those who will believe in me through their word that they also may be one just as you father are in me and I in you that they may also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me the glory that you have given me I have given to them that they may become perfectly one so that the world may know that you sent me and have loved them even as you loved me. 151 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:47,860 And one of the pictures of the gospel that we see 152 00:28:47,860 --> 00:28:50,060 is that it saves us from our sins, 153 00:28:50,060 --> 00:28:51,700 it brings us into victory, 154 00:28:51,700 --> 00:28:53,680 and saves us from fear, 155 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:56,700 but additionally, as it does these things, 156 00:28:56,700 --> 00:28:58,540 it creates a community. 157 00:28:58,540 --> 00:29:00,540 And for the church, 158 00:29:00,540 --> 00:29:03,180 one of the ways in which we remember our salvation, 159 00:29:03,180 --> 00:29:05,380 and remember that we are not alone, 160 00:29:05,380 --> 00:29:08,720 and remember that we are in community, 161 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:10,740 is through this meal. 162 00:29:10,900 --> 00:29:14,060 So we're going to pray and then partake together. 163 00:29:14,060 --> 00:29:22,960 So, Father in heaven, I thank you for your goodness. 164 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:29,180 I thank you for how you have cared for us. 165 00:29:29,180 --> 00:29:33,720 I ask that you would instill in us the good news of the gospel. 166 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:39,460 That you would help us to see the grace that has been poured out in our life. 167 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:44,360 That you would help us to see the community that you have put us into. 168 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:49,240 That you would remind us that we as Christians do not walk through this life alone. 169 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:53,040 And so I ask that you bless this bread, and that you bless this cup, 170 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:54,880 and that you help us to proclaim your Son. 171 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:58,320 It's in his name we pray. Amen. 172 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:04,660 If you would take the bread with me, as Jesus did with his disciples, 173 00:30:04,660 --> 00:30:08,500 just moments before praying for us as a church. 174 00:30:08,500 --> 00:30:16,180 and he will tell the disciples that this bread is his body which is given for us. 175 00:30:16,180 --> 00:30:26,100 Paul will say in the same way also he took the cup after supper saying, 176 00:30:26,100 --> 00:30:28,040 this cup is the new covenant in my blood. 177 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:31,020 Do this as often as you drink it in remembrance of me. 178 00:30:31,020 --> 00:30:37,620 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, 179 00:30:37,620 --> 00:30:41,080 you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. 180 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:48,320 We're going to jump into these two verses of this section, 181 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:51,520 moving through over the past two weeks. 182 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:55,640 And then as we move past this, 183 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:58,740 one of the things we're going to do as we get closer to Easter, 184 00:30:58,740 --> 00:31:03,440 we're going to begin to sort of move toward Jerusalem with Jesus 185 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:10,380 to see his sacrifice for us and to celebrate the resurrection together on Easter. 186 00:31:10,380 --> 00:31:15,020 So before we jump into this, let's go ahead and have a word of prayer. 187 00:31:15,020 --> 00:31:18,260 Father in heaven, I thank you for grace. 188 00:31:18,260 --> 00:31:22,340 I thank you for your church and for your people. 189 00:31:22,340 --> 00:31:26,020 And so I ask this morning that you would strengthen us in your word, 190 00:31:26,020 --> 00:31:31,160 that you would help us to see the treasure that we are seeing this morning 191 00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:34,480 in your provision for us and in your grace 192 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:37,700 and in the rejoicing that when we see the gospel 193 00:31:37,700 --> 00:31:39,880 explodes out of our life in joy, 194 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:42,380 that you would help us to see this is not a treasure 195 00:31:42,380 --> 00:31:43,540 that we put on a shelf. 196 00:31:43,540 --> 00:31:46,520 It's not a treasure that we hide 197 00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:48,480 and just bring out to show our friends, 198 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:51,780 but it is a treasure that radically changes us, 199 00:31:51,780 --> 00:31:54,600 that it protects us from discouragement and from sin, 200 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:58,240 that it will help us to be humble 201 00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:02,660 and that we will see how you have provided and called us to yourself. 202 00:32:02,660 --> 00:32:05,120 It's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 203 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:11,860 So context, I think, for most of us, we would realize, maybe not intentionally realize, 204 00:32:11,860 --> 00:32:15,600 but if we think about it for a minute, context is important. 205 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:21,020 The events that surround something help us to understand that a little more deeply. 206 00:32:21,020 --> 00:32:25,340 And so if you're one of my neighbors and you come out and you just go, 207 00:32:25,340 --> 00:32:30,700 man, that guy is always yelling at his kids, right? Well, the question is, what's the context 208 00:32:30,700 --> 00:32:35,320 surrounding the yelling at my kids? Am I just having a bad day, and I'm mad, and I'm yelling 209 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:41,780 at my kids? Or is it that Amazon is pulling into the parking lot at 45 miles an hour, and they're 210 00:32:41,780 --> 00:32:46,080 riding my bikes, they're riding their bikes, and I'm yelling at them to get out of the way because 211 00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:51,420 the Amazon driver doesn't see that there's a whole bunch of kids on bikes, right? There's a big 212 00:32:51,420 --> 00:32:58,940 difference in that scenario, right? One of those, the yelling is kind of unnecessary and because of 213 00:32:58,940 --> 00:33:05,800 a bad mood. And on the other hand, the yelling is necessary and it's a picture of love and protection 214 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:11,680 for the children. And so one of the things that happens when we try to understand something 215 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:19,520 is that we have to pay attention to the context. Because it's very easy for us to sort of zoom in 216 00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:23,640 on one particular little piece of information 217 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:28,000 and miss the larger sort of picture of what is happening. 218 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:32,160 And so these verses, these 1 Peter chapter 1, 10 through 12, 219 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:35,120 these three verses are bigger context. 220 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:39,200 And that bigger context is sort of this run-on sentence 221 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:42,660 that Peter begins back in verse 3. 222 00:33:42,660 --> 00:33:45,240 And we've probably learned about those in English 223 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:47,340 where you're writing a sentence and it's like, 224 00:33:47,340 --> 00:33:48,580 hey, you need to use a period. 225 00:33:48,780 --> 00:33:51,700 You can't write a whole paragraph and just call it a sentence. 226 00:33:51,700 --> 00:33:56,060 Peter obviously didn't do that. 227 00:33:56,060 --> 00:34:02,280 He didn't learn that lesson because he's so excited in this moment about what God has done. 228 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:08,960 Verse 3 all the way down through verse 12 is just one big giant sentence in Greek. 229 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:14,340 Peter is so excited that he just can't stop talking about what God has done. 230 00:34:14,900 --> 00:34:20,240 And in this sentence, there is one main clause that begins in verse 3. 231 00:34:20,240 --> 00:34:25,340 It is, Blessed be the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 232 00:34:25,340 --> 00:34:30,500 And everything else between verse 3 and verse 12 answers the question, why? 233 00:34:30,500 --> 00:34:32,960 Because I will hear something like, 234 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:36,680 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 235 00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:39,600 And our question might be, why? 236 00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:42,580 And Peter is going to go ahead and tell us why. 237 00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:47,320 He's going to tell us why by, first of all, unpacking what our salvation looks like. 238 00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:51,620 He's going to talk about how our salvation brings us through dark valleys. 239 00:34:51,620 --> 00:34:59,280 And now he's going to talk about sort of this explosive rejoicing in terms of our salvation. 240 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:04,220 And so everything in this sentence is meant to tell us why. 241 00:35:04,220 --> 00:35:07,040 So let's hear these verses and then dive into them. 242 00:35:07,980 --> 00:35:12,740 Concerning the salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours 243 00:35:12,740 --> 00:35:15,320 searched and inquired carefully, 244 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:20,500 inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating 245 00:35:20,500 --> 00:35:24,520 when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. 246 00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:29,320 It was revealed they were serving not themselves but you 247 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:31,420 and the things that have been announced to you 248 00:35:31,420 --> 00:35:36,340 through those who preach the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, 249 00:35:36,740 --> 00:35:40,460 things into which angels long to look. 250 00:35:40,460 --> 00:35:44,220 Now, the other part of the context that we need to understand 251 00:35:44,220 --> 00:35:46,440 is not just how Peter writes, 252 00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:50,220 not just that this is part of a giant statement 253 00:35:50,220 --> 00:35:54,300 and overflowing of praise in the life of Peter. 254 00:35:54,300 --> 00:35:59,420 And Peter here is not simply seeking to engage our intellect with facts, 255 00:35:59,420 --> 00:36:03,440 but he's seeking to move a church that is struggling with persecution 256 00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:05,420 that they can see coming, 257 00:36:05,660 --> 00:36:07,920 And they're wondering, what should I do? 258 00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:12,260 And Peter doesn't begin by engaging their intellect or giving them a to-do list. 259 00:36:12,260 --> 00:36:17,720 He begins by pointing their hearts to the goodness of God. 260 00:36:17,720 --> 00:36:23,500 And so he is seeking to encourage the struggling by moving us to worship. 261 00:36:23,500 --> 00:36:27,160 And he's going to do so in this whole thing by telling us thing after thing 262 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:30,500 about how wonderful the salvation of God is. 263 00:36:30,500 --> 00:36:33,960 And so that's what I want to do just very briefly this morning. 264 00:36:34,060 --> 00:36:41,280 Take a look at like a diamond, some of the facets of the salvation that Peter is describing in this text. 265 00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:49,740 And the first thing that we see in these verses is that salvation is not an accident and it's not an afterthought. 266 00:36:49,740 --> 00:36:55,720 So maybe you're familiar with Bob Ross where he has that very, probably a lot of us know it, 267 00:36:55,720 --> 00:36:58,840 very famous quotation where he says, happy little accidents. 268 00:36:59,300 --> 00:37:04,300 You're painting a picture and you make a little mistake and you turn it into a little happy tree 269 00:37:04,300 --> 00:37:05,880 because it was a happy little accident. 270 00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:12,340 And he talks about how sometimes the mistakes are turned into something that look good. 271 00:37:12,340 --> 00:37:16,380 It's one of his misquotes, but he also had another one. 272 00:37:16,380 --> 00:37:20,520 He said, ever make mistakes in life, make them into little birds. 273 00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:24,140 So you're up there painting the sky and you make a mistake, so turn it into a bird. 274 00:37:24,140 --> 00:37:29,880 and this happy little accident, mistake that you made, turns into something good. 275 00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:34,460 And we've probably all experienced at some point in our life maybe a happy accident, 276 00:37:34,460 --> 00:37:39,760 something unexpected that sort of comes into our life that turns out good. 277 00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:45,480 And as I was reading through my notes last night in preparation, I was thinking about our day yesterday. 278 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:50,640 We had gone for lunch with the kids. It had been a really crazy busy week. 279 00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:56,020 And so we went out to get some pizza, and we're sitting there, and we got our appetizers, and we ate. 280 00:37:56,020 --> 00:38:01,420 And I kept looking at my watch, and the pizza wasn't there, and the pizza wasn't there, and the pizza wasn't there. 281 00:38:01,420 --> 00:38:07,140 And I look over, and the guy who had been serving us and bringing our food was kind of angrily talking to the kitchen. 282 00:38:07,140 --> 00:38:12,260 And he comes back to us, and he goes, well, they had your pizza, and they really overcooked it. 283 00:38:12,260 --> 00:38:18,100 And he says, I told him to make it again, because I understand sometimes kids don't want to eat pizza that's burnt to a crisp. 284 00:38:18,100 --> 00:38:20,460 I was like, well, neither do adults, but thank you very much. 285 00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:23,900 And so he goes back, they remake the pizza and bring it back. 286 00:38:23,900 --> 00:38:27,120 And he says, all right, we're just going to take one of these completely off your bill. 287 00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:30,640 And at that point, I was like, oh, that's a happy little accident, right? 288 00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:32,480 You know, we all got good pizza. 289 00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:35,280 I didn't have to fight with my kids because the pizza was charcoal. 290 00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:40,160 And they ended up paying a whole bunch less than what I had originally planned. 291 00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:45,620 And you and I are familiar with those moments that maybe things don't turn out quite like we think. 292 00:38:45,620 --> 00:38:48,520 But then all of a sudden, something good happens, right? 293 00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:52,180 You go to Target, just expecting to go in and grab what you need, 294 00:38:52,180 --> 00:38:54,540 and then you meet a friend, and you end up being encouraged. 295 00:38:54,540 --> 00:38:57,040 It's just a happy little accident. 296 00:38:57,040 --> 00:39:00,600 Now, when it comes to our salvation, 297 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:08,300 our salvation isn't just an unplanned event that just so happens to turn out well. 298 00:39:08,300 --> 00:39:12,440 It's not that God says, oops, this happened. 299 00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:14,500 How can I turn this into something good? 300 00:39:14,500 --> 00:39:17,080 And we'll see that in just a moment in this text. 301 00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:20,200 I would also add that your salvation is not an afterthought. 302 00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:23,140 And what I mean by that is we've all experienced this 303 00:39:23,140 --> 00:39:25,260 where maybe we have somewhere to go, 304 00:39:25,260 --> 00:39:28,660 and at the last minute we realized there was something we needed to bring with us. 305 00:39:28,660 --> 00:39:31,800 And so it's like running around trying to figure it out. 306 00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:36,140 I remember my first Halloween that I was here, 307 00:39:36,140 --> 00:39:38,040 and I was not expecting any trick-or-treaters. 308 00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:40,280 In fact, I don't even remember if I knew it was Halloween. 309 00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:44,080 I'm a bachelor. I had lived here for like a month and a half. 310 00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:48,680 And all of a sudden there's like kids knocking on my door and I'm like, what do I have? 311 00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:55,320 I was like, here's a can of soup for you, a can of chili for you, here's some bacon for you, I got an onion for you, right? 312 00:39:55,320 --> 00:40:01,280 Just a complete afterthought because I had no idea that anybody was going to be showing up at my door. 313 00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:06,740 Your salvation in God's eyes is not God going, oh no, I got to get them something, what can I do? 314 00:40:06,740 --> 00:40:08,800 What can I give them? 315 00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:14,060 Your salvation is not an accident and it's not an afterthought. 316 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:18,380 And the reason that this matters so deeply for us 317 00:40:18,380 --> 00:40:24,080 is because it demonstrates to us the greatness of the love of God. 318 00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:28,260 And I want you to see how we see this reflected in this text. 319 00:40:28,260 --> 00:40:29,580 Listen to what Peter says. 320 00:40:29,580 --> 00:40:33,440 I'm going to read basically two verses and one phrase of verse 1. 321 00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:36,780 He'll start like this, concerning this salvation. 322 00:40:36,780 --> 00:40:39,400 And when Peter says concerning this salvation, 323 00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:42,180 he's bringing us back to the beginning of verse 3 324 00:40:42,180 --> 00:40:44,440 where he talks about that salvation. 325 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:49,140 that we are given a new life, we're born again, a living hope, an inheritance. 326 00:40:49,140 --> 00:40:52,500 We are guarded for the salvation of our souls. 327 00:40:52,500 --> 00:40:57,480 And just as he calls our mind back to those words about salvation 328 00:40:57,480 --> 00:41:00,540 and Peter's sort of song of praise here, 329 00:41:00,540 --> 00:41:02,960 he's reminding us that all of these things, 330 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:06,920 that the new birth, the living hope, the being guarded, the inheritance, 331 00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:12,400 the salvation of your soul is not something that was unplanned or accidental, 332 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:16,840 but rather God intended for this to happen. 333 00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:18,980 And the way that you see that is 334 00:41:18,980 --> 00:41:22,700 the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours 335 00:41:22,700 --> 00:41:25,240 searched and inquired carefully, 336 00:41:25,240 --> 00:41:29,180 inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them 337 00:41:29,180 --> 00:41:32,460 was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ 338 00:41:32,460 --> 00:41:33,800 and the subsequent glories. 339 00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:38,260 It was revealed they were not serving themselves, but you. 340 00:41:38,260 --> 00:41:40,480 And then he'll go on to talk about things 341 00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:42,540 in which the angels long to look. 342 00:41:42,540 --> 00:41:46,640 The simplest definition as we think about a prophet 343 00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:51,920 is a prophet is somebody who speaks for God. 344 00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:54,300 And sometimes that can be calling to repentance, 345 00:41:54,300 --> 00:41:55,540 people who are doing wrong. 346 00:41:55,540 --> 00:41:59,380 Sometimes that can be encouraging people who are struggling, 347 00:41:59,380 --> 00:42:02,500 but it can also mean speaking about the future. 348 00:42:02,500 --> 00:42:05,200 And there's a really fascinating thing happening here 349 00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:07,180 as Peter talks about prophecy. 350 00:42:07,180 --> 00:42:12,140 And what he's saying is the prophecy wasn't mainly for the prophets. 351 00:42:12,140 --> 00:42:16,380 The prophecy is mainly for those who look back 352 00:42:16,380 --> 00:42:21,060 and see how God was working in history to fulfill that prophecy. 353 00:42:21,060 --> 00:42:24,460 That your salvation was not an accident. 354 00:42:24,460 --> 00:42:27,280 That God had planned this. 355 00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:29,400 And he spoke about it. 356 00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:32,640 And people looked forward to it and they sought it. 357 00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:35,580 I want you to understand that your salvation, 358 00:42:35,580 --> 00:42:39,260 When God saves you, he doesn't save you sort of accidentally, 359 00:42:39,260 --> 00:42:42,860 and he doesn't save you as an afterthought. 360 00:42:42,860 --> 00:42:46,900 The second thing that we see as these prophets are prophesying 361 00:42:46,900 --> 00:42:50,260 is that God is active in our salvation. 362 00:42:50,260 --> 00:42:54,300 God doesn't just simply walk out and set out something and say, 363 00:42:54,300 --> 00:42:56,740 there you go, much like how we feed our dogs. 364 00:42:56,740 --> 00:42:59,300 We don't necessarily actively feed our dogs. 365 00:42:59,300 --> 00:43:03,360 We fill up a dish with dog food, set it down, and we say, there you go. 366 00:43:03,720 --> 00:43:08,520 One dog wants to eat it all at once, the other dog wants to eat it sort of at his leisure, 367 00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:12,300 but all we do is simply set it in front of them and say, there you go. 368 00:43:12,300 --> 00:43:19,700 When it comes to our salvation, God doesn't simply announce it and go, all right, there 369 00:43:19,700 --> 00:43:25,180 you go, good luck, maybe you can eat it, maybe you can find it, maybe you will be saved, 370 00:43:25,180 --> 00:43:29,060 but rather God is active in our salvation. 371 00:43:29,060 --> 00:43:31,900 Look at the sort of the middle of verse 12. 372 00:43:33,240 --> 00:43:36,120 In the things that have now been announced to you 373 00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:41,320 from those who preach the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. 374 00:43:41,320 --> 00:43:43,660 And I want you to see God's activity. 375 00:43:43,660 --> 00:43:46,880 First of all, He announces it. 376 00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:49,900 But He doesn't announce it in an impersonal way 377 00:43:49,900 --> 00:43:53,360 because there's announcements that I miss all the time. 378 00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:57,340 People are constantly in our world announcing things. 379 00:43:57,340 --> 00:44:00,440 Big things, small things, some things that don't even need announcements. 380 00:44:01,540 --> 00:44:03,880 And in this, we miss a lot of announcements. 381 00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:07,740 So notice God doesn't simply announce it in an impersonal way, 382 00:44:07,740 --> 00:44:09,840 but He announces it to you. 383 00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:11,380 Listen to what Peter says. 384 00:44:11,380 --> 00:44:15,320 In the things that have now been to you, 385 00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:19,980 and then he will talk about how His Spirit empowers that announcement 386 00:44:19,980 --> 00:44:22,840 by those who preach the good news. 387 00:44:22,840 --> 00:44:25,840 So this is an active movement, 388 00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:27,560 preaching the good news to you 389 00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:31,520 by the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. 390 00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:36,640 And I want you to see that we see God announcing here the good news, 391 00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:38,940 that he's not hiding it, it's not secret. 392 00:44:38,940 --> 00:44:43,580 One of the things that happened, and this is going to be a revelation for my children, 393 00:44:43,580 --> 00:44:47,940 is that when we're on a road trip sometimes, mom and I get the good snacks. 394 00:44:47,940 --> 00:44:51,120 And those good snacks, when the kids aren't looking, 395 00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:53,380 what we do is like Rachel will get into the good snacks 396 00:44:53,380 --> 00:44:56,800 and she'll sort of sneak a snack across where the kids can't see. 397 00:44:57,160 --> 00:45:00,100 And then you get to eat that snack without the kids knowing. 398 00:45:00,100 --> 00:45:03,320 When it comes to the announcement of your salvation, 399 00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:08,120 not just that God has planned it, prepared it, and brought it to pass, 400 00:45:08,120 --> 00:45:10,020 but now God has announced it. 401 00:45:10,020 --> 00:45:12,620 There's not a hidden thing where He says, 402 00:45:12,620 --> 00:45:14,720 here, I'll sneak it across to you. 403 00:45:14,720 --> 00:45:17,180 But God, through the power of the Holy Spirit, 404 00:45:17,180 --> 00:45:21,400 has announced it personally to us. 405 00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:26,240 And we begin to see this picture that God loves and cares enough about us 406 00:45:26,240 --> 00:45:28,860 to not treat us as an afterthought or an accident, 407 00:45:28,860 --> 00:45:31,600 that He actively pursues us, 408 00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:35,520 and then we see this, that this salvation is by grace. 409 00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:39,200 Peter says it this way, the grace that was to be yours. 410 00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:41,220 Now, I don't know about you, 411 00:45:41,220 --> 00:45:44,840 but I struggle sometimes to understand grace. 412 00:45:44,840 --> 00:45:46,880 And one of the things that happens 413 00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:49,480 when you and I struggle to understand something, 414 00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:54,100 one of the best ways for us to understand is by comparison. 415 00:45:54,780 --> 00:46:00,960 So if you're trying to describe what a food tastes like, one of the things we say is, well, that tastes like chicken, right? 416 00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:03,160 That's our sort of universal comparison. 417 00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:10,620 We know that you know what chicken tastes like, and so this tastes like chicken helps us to understand a little deeply. 418 00:46:10,620 --> 00:46:18,460 The other way that we sort of use comparison to help us understand is whether something is better or worse than something else. 419 00:46:18,460 --> 00:46:22,760 And so we will say perhaps of a cup of coffee, how good is that cup of coffee? 420 00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:28,180 Well, I'm better than the gas station who hasn't cleaned its coffee makers in 20 years, 421 00:46:28,180 --> 00:46:33,040 but it's probably not as good as another type of coffee. 422 00:46:33,040 --> 00:46:35,940 And so we use both a good and a bad comparison 423 00:46:35,940 --> 00:46:40,680 to help us understand where something falls along a spectrum. 424 00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:44,940 Now, grace is difficult because when we come to it, 425 00:46:44,940 --> 00:46:48,680 we don't have a lot of things to compare grace to. 426 00:46:49,220 --> 00:46:53,960 Grace is not a natural thing that happens in our world. 427 00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:57,820 So by definition, grace is free. 428 00:46:57,820 --> 00:47:03,160 And the problem with our world is that we generally don't find free things. 429 00:47:03,160 --> 00:47:05,960 And when we do find free things, what happens? 430 00:47:05,960 --> 00:47:08,380 There's conditions attached. 431 00:47:08,380 --> 00:47:11,940 You're eating at IHOP, and your kids who can now read, 432 00:47:11,940 --> 00:47:13,880 look at the little thing that's sitting on the table and go, 433 00:47:13,880 --> 00:47:15,920 look, you can get free pancakes. 434 00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:18,780 It's like, yeah, I can sign up to get free pancakes. 435 00:47:19,060 --> 00:47:21,980 And then they're going to email me 17 times a day 436 00:47:21,980 --> 00:47:25,700 telling me about all these pancake flavors that I don't care about. 437 00:47:25,700 --> 00:47:28,680 Yeah, they're going to give me like three little pieces for free, 438 00:47:28,680 --> 00:47:32,660 but it's going to cost me some personal information, right? 439 00:47:32,660 --> 00:47:36,920 And so, so many times when we have free in this world, 440 00:47:36,920 --> 00:47:39,120 we hear, yeah, what's the catch? 441 00:47:39,120 --> 00:47:42,260 Because free things in our world are not even free. 442 00:47:42,260 --> 00:47:46,680 In fact, if you begin to look at some of these contests that people win 443 00:47:46,680 --> 00:47:53,300 I mean, we might desire to win. So many times along with those things are taxes included. So 444 00:47:53,300 --> 00:48:00,080 right, you may win a new car, but then you're going to order, you're going to owe taxes on that 445 00:48:00,080 --> 00:48:05,680 car viewed as income. In one case, I remember, I think it was in Market Watch, she was saying, 446 00:48:05,680 --> 00:48:11,960 yeah, I won this brand new car and now I owe $13,000 on the new car, right? So yeah, you got 447 00:48:11,960 --> 00:48:19,060 a free car. Great. But yeah, I also got a bill to the government that I now have to pay. And so in 448 00:48:19,060 --> 00:48:25,240 our world, often don't mean free. And so when it comes to grace, and we hear the word free, our 449 00:48:25,240 --> 00:48:33,320 struggle is, well, I've never seen that in this world. And so we struggle to understand grace. 450 00:48:34,360 --> 00:48:42,140 And so by definition, grace is simply a free, and here's the other part, undeserved gift. 451 00:48:42,140 --> 00:48:47,920 Often in close conjunction with mercy, not getting the bad thing you do deserve, 452 00:48:47,920 --> 00:48:51,860 grace is getting the good thing that you don't deserve. 453 00:48:51,860 --> 00:48:56,720 And there aren't very many examples in our world of grace. 454 00:48:56,720 --> 00:49:02,800 But in Luke chapter 15, Jesus tells the story of a father who has two sons. 455 00:49:03,320 --> 00:49:06,080 Right, the older son is good and he's responsible. 456 00:49:06,080 --> 00:49:08,480 The younger son is just a huge mess. 457 00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:11,700 And the younger son will say to his rich father, 458 00:49:11,700 --> 00:49:15,440 give me the inheritance that is mine. 459 00:49:15,440 --> 00:49:17,600 And in doing so, what is he saying to his dad? 460 00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:18,520 I wish you were dead. 461 00:49:18,520 --> 00:49:21,000 Split up the property, give me what I have. 462 00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:22,320 I don't want to wait for you to die. 463 00:49:22,320 --> 00:49:24,620 I don't want to be around from near you. 464 00:49:24,620 --> 00:49:25,660 He takes that money, 465 00:49:25,660 --> 00:49:29,480 and then he goes as far from his father as possible, 466 00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:33,040 both geographically and morally. 467 00:49:33,320 --> 00:49:40,180 And then he will spend his time and his money doing everything opposite from his father. 468 00:49:40,180 --> 00:49:44,160 And eventually that younger son will hit rock bottom. 469 00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:49,440 And after feeding pigs, will sit there and say, 470 00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:56,940 even the servants back home have better food, and they have better clothes, and they have better things. 471 00:49:56,940 --> 00:50:01,980 So he goes back to his father, and he has this speech in his mind that's all prepared, 472 00:50:01,980 --> 00:50:04,740 that I'm not worthy to be called your son 473 00:50:04,740 --> 00:50:08,620 and I want you to come and hire me as a servant 474 00:50:08,620 --> 00:50:11,760 and I will work my way back into your life. 475 00:50:11,760 --> 00:50:14,560 And if you remember what Jesus says in Luke 15, 476 00:50:14,560 --> 00:50:18,720 the father, when he looks up and sees him from a long way off, 477 00:50:18,720 --> 00:50:23,260 will run to him and he will wrap him up in his arms. 478 00:50:23,260 --> 00:50:26,180 The son doesn't even get to explain. 479 00:50:26,180 --> 00:50:28,860 The father leaps off the porch, 480 00:50:29,200 --> 00:50:34,660 grabs his son who is covered in filth both morally and physically 481 00:50:34,660 --> 00:50:38,820 and brings his arms around him, brings him into his home, 482 00:50:38,820 --> 00:50:43,200 gives him a new robe, a new ring which is saying this is my son 483 00:50:43,200 --> 00:50:47,680 and he's brought back into my life and all of that happens by grace. 484 00:50:47,680 --> 00:50:51,400 The younger son, the only thing that he did was wrong. 485 00:50:51,400 --> 00:50:55,180 The only thing that he brought into his father's life was brokenness 486 00:50:55,180 --> 00:50:59,960 but by grace, the father welcomes the son back in. 487 00:50:59,960 --> 00:51:02,020 Now, part of me really loves that 488 00:51:02,020 --> 00:51:03,820 because God gives grace to the unworthy 489 00:51:03,820 --> 00:51:05,240 and then part of me goes, 490 00:51:05,240 --> 00:51:09,940 yeah, but he really could have done some repenting first, right? 491 00:51:09,940 --> 00:51:13,080 Part of me goes, man, maybe he could have cleaned himself up. 492 00:51:13,080 --> 00:51:16,580 Maybe he could have been a little more responsible. 493 00:51:16,580 --> 00:51:19,340 And that's the struggle of grace 494 00:51:19,340 --> 00:51:22,960 because when we see it in the lives of others, 495 00:51:22,960 --> 00:51:25,540 we begin to be like the other brother in the story. 496 00:51:25,540 --> 00:51:28,000 The one who thinks they've got it all together 497 00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:29,460 and we've forgotten the grace 498 00:51:29,460 --> 00:51:32,000 that the Father has shown to us. 499 00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:33,100 And here's the thing. 500 00:51:33,100 --> 00:51:35,280 The reality is that grace is uncomfortable. 501 00:51:35,280 --> 00:51:39,820 For us who receive it, grace is free. 502 00:51:39,820 --> 00:51:42,120 But to those who offer it, 503 00:51:42,120 --> 00:51:44,320 grace is so very costly. 504 00:51:44,320 --> 00:51:47,600 Think of the story of the prodigal son. 505 00:51:47,600 --> 00:51:49,980 And as the father welcomes the son back 506 00:51:49,980 --> 00:51:52,940 and understand the cost of this grace to the father, 507 00:51:52,960 --> 00:51:59,900 right? He's risking that this son will do the exact same thing again, right? And it's not just 508 00:51:59,900 --> 00:52:05,800 a risk financial, but it's a bad bet because this kid has proved himself to be nothing but trouble 509 00:52:05,800 --> 00:52:10,680 and you're going to extend your heart back to him and wrap him up in your arms and bring him 510 00:52:10,680 --> 00:52:18,600 back into the family and throw a feast for him. For the father, this is costly, right? It's the 511 00:52:18,600 --> 00:52:25,720 risk of his heart. It's the risk of his reputation. It's the risk of more of his estate. For the Son, 512 00:52:25,720 --> 00:52:33,180 grace is free, but for the Father, the grace is so very costly. And Peter will even draw our 513 00:52:33,180 --> 00:52:39,140 attention to that as he talks about how these prophets, as they prophesied two things about 514 00:52:39,140 --> 00:52:46,320 Jesus. What time or person the Spirit of Christ in them was indicated when he predicted the 515 00:52:46,320 --> 00:52:47,940 sufferings of Christ. 516 00:52:47,940 --> 00:52:50,540 The suffering servant passages 517 00:52:50,540 --> 00:52:52,100 in Isaiah. 518 00:52:52,100 --> 00:52:54,420 Psalm 22, oh my 519 00:52:54,420 --> 00:52:56,180 God, my God, why have you 520 00:52:56,180 --> 00:52:57,320 forsaken me? 521 00:52:57,320 --> 00:53:00,440 There is suffering involved in the 522 00:53:00,440 --> 00:53:02,560 grace that was given to us, not by us 523 00:53:02,560 --> 00:53:03,460 but by God. 524 00:53:03,460 --> 00:53:06,280 But also they point to 525 00:53:06,280 --> 00:53:07,260 the triumph. 526 00:53:07,260 --> 00:53:10,320 Psalm 2, he would set 527 00:53:10,320 --> 00:53:12,640 his king on the holy hill and the resurrection 528 00:53:12,640 --> 00:53:14,440 of Jesus. He will rule with 529 00:53:14,440 --> 00:53:16,440 the rod of iron in Isaiah 9. 530 00:53:16,440 --> 00:53:18,140 The government will be on His shoulders 531 00:53:18,140 --> 00:53:20,560 and the end of His kingdom there will be no end. 532 00:53:20,560 --> 00:53:23,540 The picture here is that Jesus would both suffer 533 00:53:23,540 --> 00:53:25,300 and He would triumph 534 00:53:25,300 --> 00:53:27,920 and that God would take our sin 535 00:53:27,920 --> 00:53:31,920 and give us the victory of Jesus. 536 00:53:31,920 --> 00:53:35,700 The third or fourth facet of this 537 00:53:35,700 --> 00:53:36,720 that Peter points to 538 00:53:36,720 --> 00:53:39,320 is that salvation is wonderful 539 00:53:39,320 --> 00:53:41,400 and he says it in a very strange way. 540 00:53:42,140 --> 00:53:45,760 Things into which angels long to look, right? 541 00:53:45,760 --> 00:53:51,420 Your amazement often depends on how big your experience is, right? 542 00:53:51,420 --> 00:53:56,380 So depending on what you see, maybe if you're very sheltered, you're amazed by little things. 543 00:53:56,380 --> 00:53:59,240 If you've seen a lot of things, you're amazed at big things. 544 00:53:59,240 --> 00:54:02,740 And I remember the very first time, I was probably like 11 or 12, 545 00:54:02,740 --> 00:54:07,480 and we were at a cousin's house, and they had Microsoft Flight Simulator. 546 00:54:07,480 --> 00:54:11,100 Like, this is early 90s Microsoft Flight Simulator, right? 547 00:54:11,100 --> 00:54:13,100 He has like three bell rings in the whole thing. 548 00:54:13,100 --> 00:54:17,160 And we're playing this, and my mind is just exploding, right? 549 00:54:17,160 --> 00:54:20,100 Here we are, flying a plane with a mouse and a keyboard, 550 00:54:20,100 --> 00:54:21,340 and then they got a joystick. 551 00:54:21,340 --> 00:54:24,160 It's like, oh, I'm flying a real plane, right? 552 00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:27,520 And 11-year-old Brandon's mind just exploded. 553 00:54:27,520 --> 00:54:33,780 Now, if 11-year-old Brandon's mind could have seen what 42-year-old Brandon sees now, 554 00:54:33,780 --> 00:54:37,660 where you can get online and you can order yourself a whole bunch of screens 555 00:54:37,660 --> 00:54:39,100 that wrap all the way around you, 556 00:54:39,100 --> 00:54:41,820 a full set of realistic airplane controls, 557 00:54:41,820 --> 00:54:44,520 and this setup that will allow you, 558 00:54:44,520 --> 00:54:46,320 as you fly flight simulator, 559 00:54:46,320 --> 00:54:49,580 to go down and up and side to side. 560 00:54:49,580 --> 00:54:51,060 You're going to spend some money on it. 561 00:54:51,060 --> 00:54:53,720 But, right, my amazement 562 00:54:53,720 --> 00:54:58,720 when I see with no experience one thing and another thing. 563 00:54:58,720 --> 00:55:01,060 And so what Peter is doing here is saying 564 00:55:01,060 --> 00:55:04,000 that here are people who've seen everything that's amazing, right? 565 00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:06,600 Brandon, who sees, 42-year-old Brandon, 566 00:55:06,680 --> 00:55:10,300 who looks back on 11-year-old Brandon's flight simulator experience 567 00:55:10,300 --> 00:55:11,360 and goes, that's not that amazing. 568 00:55:11,360 --> 00:55:12,520 Look at what we have now. 569 00:55:12,520 --> 00:55:14,140 That's our tendency. 570 00:55:14,140 --> 00:55:17,320 Here are the angels who have seen God create. 571 00:55:17,320 --> 00:55:19,200 They have seen God work. 572 00:55:19,200 --> 00:55:21,060 They have seen God save. 573 00:55:21,060 --> 00:55:24,140 They have seen things beyond our imagination 574 00:55:24,140 --> 00:55:26,840 and they look at the good news of the gospel 575 00:55:26,840 --> 00:55:29,420 and go, I can't stop looking at it. 576 00:55:29,420 --> 00:55:32,580 And the reason that they long to look into it 577 00:55:32,580 --> 00:55:35,780 is not because they're prohibited from it, 578 00:55:35,860 --> 00:55:40,320 but rather because they have not sinned and they don't need it. 579 00:55:40,320 --> 00:55:44,240 But the angels who have seen all of God's work 580 00:55:44,240 --> 00:55:51,040 stand in amazement at the salvation you and I so often take for granted. 581 00:55:51,040 --> 00:55:57,600 And what Peter is trying to say is that angels have seen some amazing things, 582 00:55:57,600 --> 00:56:01,580 and yet they still long to see the wonder of the gospel. 583 00:56:01,580 --> 00:56:05,400 So there's people who, when they tell us something is good, 584 00:56:05,460 --> 00:56:10,260 we should believe. One of the things that I like to have is I like to have somebody who I know who 585 00:56:10,260 --> 00:56:16,640 knows more about something than I do. And so I have a steak guy, a guy who knows more about steak, 586 00:56:16,640 --> 00:56:23,020 whether it's cuts or cooking, than I do. And so when I go to buy a steak, I'll text him and be 587 00:56:23,020 --> 00:56:28,980 like, hey, is this good? Is this bad? How do I cook this? How do I make this taste amazing? 588 00:56:29,860 --> 00:56:34,140 And so when he tells me, the guy who I know who's the stake expert, 589 00:56:34,140 --> 00:56:37,960 that this is good and it's the best thing he's ever had, 590 00:56:37,960 --> 00:56:41,920 I can't wait to see it because he's seen more than I have, 591 00:56:41,920 --> 00:56:45,200 more experience than I have, and I trust what he has to say. 592 00:56:45,200 --> 00:56:48,300 What Peter is saying with the angels is that when they say 593 00:56:48,300 --> 00:56:51,120 they can't stop looking at the gospel, 594 00:56:51,120 --> 00:56:53,140 when they are amazed at the gospel, 595 00:56:53,140 --> 00:56:58,960 here are beings who are bigger and greater in every way 596 00:56:58,960 --> 00:57:02,020 and they're looking at what you have 597 00:57:02,020 --> 00:57:04,040 and they say, I can't believe the love 598 00:57:04,040 --> 00:57:06,320 and the mercy and the grace of God 599 00:57:06,320 --> 00:57:07,880 and they respond in worship 600 00:57:07,880 --> 00:57:09,900 and so many of us, 601 00:57:09,900 --> 00:57:12,480 we just say, oh yeah, it's the gospel. 602 00:57:12,480 --> 00:57:14,880 Yeah, Jesus died in my place for my sins, 603 00:57:14,880 --> 00:57:16,420 rose again for my victory. 604 00:57:16,420 --> 00:57:19,640 We're missing the worship and the bigness 605 00:57:19,640 --> 00:57:21,860 and the power of the gospel. 606 00:57:21,860 --> 00:57:22,920 Just like when we have a friend 607 00:57:22,920 --> 00:57:24,080 who's an expert in something 608 00:57:24,080 --> 00:57:25,440 and they say, this is good, 609 00:57:25,440 --> 00:57:26,540 we go, oh yeah, that's good. 610 00:57:26,540 --> 00:57:28,800 Peter is saying the same thing should happen here 611 00:57:28,800 --> 00:57:31,660 when we consider the angels and the Gospel. 612 00:57:31,660 --> 00:57:34,320 And the Gospel is this treasure. 613 00:57:34,320 --> 00:57:39,380 It's a treasure that is brought to us. 614 00:57:39,380 --> 00:57:40,980 It's not an afterthought or an accident. 615 00:57:40,980 --> 00:57:43,400 It's a treasure that is brought to us 616 00:57:43,400 --> 00:57:44,820 through the power of the Holy Spirit. 617 00:57:44,820 --> 00:57:46,980 It's a treasure full of grace 618 00:57:46,980 --> 00:57:49,080 and it's a treasure full of wonder, 619 00:57:49,080 --> 00:57:53,120 but it is not designed to sit on the shelf of our life. 620 00:57:53,120 --> 00:57:57,200 So I want you to see what this treasure in the Gospel does. 621 00:57:57,940 --> 00:57:59,360 And the first thing I want you to see 622 00:57:59,360 --> 00:58:01,200 is this treasure of the Gospel. 623 00:58:01,200 --> 00:58:03,680 The good news about what Jesus has done 624 00:58:03,680 --> 00:58:06,400 is that it will shield you from discouragement. 625 00:58:06,400 --> 00:58:09,440 And you know and you live 626 00:58:09,440 --> 00:58:12,300 and you're actively refreshing your heart 627 00:58:12,300 --> 00:58:13,160 in the Gospel. 628 00:58:13,160 --> 00:58:17,080 It's going to do good things in your life. 629 00:58:17,080 --> 00:58:20,140 So for example, when we hear about good things, 630 00:58:20,140 --> 00:58:21,780 many times we say, well that's not for me 631 00:58:21,780 --> 00:58:22,840 or I couldn't have that 632 00:58:22,840 --> 00:58:25,620 or I don't qualify for that. 633 00:58:27,000 --> 00:58:28,240 And if you think about the roots 634 00:58:28,240 --> 00:58:30,040 of some of our discouraging thoughts, 635 00:58:30,040 --> 00:58:31,680 especially about our faith, right? 636 00:58:31,680 --> 00:58:33,120 I'm not good enough. 637 00:58:33,120 --> 00:58:35,800 I'm not wanted enough. 638 00:58:35,800 --> 00:58:38,640 And then we come to the Gospel 639 00:58:38,640 --> 00:58:40,060 and we say, yeah, there's grace. 640 00:58:40,060 --> 00:58:42,560 Yeah, God saves these people, 641 00:58:42,560 --> 00:58:43,840 but what about me? 642 00:58:43,840 --> 00:58:46,140 And in our dark moments, 643 00:58:46,140 --> 00:58:47,840 we find ourselves discouraged 644 00:58:47,840 --> 00:58:49,520 and we find ourselves hopeless. 645 00:58:49,520 --> 00:58:51,380 Let me show you how the Gospel 646 00:58:51,380 --> 00:58:53,040 shields your heart. 647 00:58:53,040 --> 00:58:55,740 You see, God knows you. 648 00:58:56,680 --> 00:58:59,440 And he's not upset that he saved you. 649 00:58:59,440 --> 00:59:01,940 And he does not regret that you saved you. 650 00:59:01,940 --> 00:59:04,180 On Wednesday night, we're going through the book of James. 651 00:59:04,180 --> 00:59:11,440 And one of the things that has stuck with me is that Matt Chandler says that God knew what he was getting into when he bought you. 652 00:59:11,440 --> 00:59:15,800 That he doesn't have buyer's remorse about you. 653 00:59:15,800 --> 00:59:17,640 You ever had buyer's remorse? 654 00:59:17,640 --> 00:59:19,920 I remember I was probably eight or nine. 655 00:59:19,920 --> 00:59:22,760 And I'd been in Cub Scouts for like a year and a half. 656 00:59:22,760 --> 00:59:25,340 I kept the magazine, though, Boy's Life. 657 00:59:25,400 --> 00:59:30,040 And in the back of that magazine, there was this, like, amazing survival watch, right? 658 00:59:30,040 --> 00:59:32,740 It was big and bulky and military-looking. 659 00:59:32,740 --> 00:59:34,380 And you could take the top off. 660 00:59:34,380 --> 00:59:38,620 And there was, like, a fishing kit and all these supplies and a compass built in. 661 00:59:38,620 --> 00:59:41,520 And so I got my change together. 662 00:59:41,520 --> 00:59:43,600 I got Mom to write a check, sent it off. 663 00:59:43,600 --> 00:59:48,140 And, like, eight or nine weeks later, after I had forgotten that I ordered it, it showed up. 664 00:59:48,140 --> 00:59:49,020 And I opened it up. 665 00:59:49,020 --> 00:59:55,340 And while externally I appeared probably to be excited, my first thought was, wow, this is a piece of junk. 666 00:59:55,400 --> 01:00:01,380 right you know nothing lined up you went to screw in the waterproof capsule with the fishing line 667 01:00:01,380 --> 01:00:06,680 and it doesn't quite line up and it doesn't look like it lines up right and the fishing line like 668 01:00:06,680 --> 01:00:11,540 yeah you can probably fish with it if your water is about this deep right and it was just 669 01:00:11,540 --> 01:00:17,700 disappointing and i've regretted all of my expectation and all of my joy and there are 670 01:00:17,700 --> 01:00:26,180 times as a Christian where I feel like God must look at my life and go, man, that guy? Did I really 671 01:00:26,180 --> 01:00:33,020 save that guy? Look at what he's doing. And maybe you feel the same, that you look at your life and 672 01:00:33,020 --> 01:00:42,920 you think that, how could God want me? How could God use me? The gospel here in this text is pointing 673 01:00:42,920 --> 01:00:44,880 to this to you as a fact that 674 01:00:44,880 --> 01:00:46,580 there is encouragement. 675 01:00:46,580 --> 01:00:48,620 That when those dark 676 01:00:48,620 --> 01:00:50,760 doubts of depression and 677 01:00:50,760 --> 01:00:52,620 discouragement come, that God 678 01:00:52,620 --> 01:00:54,760 wouldn't want me. We go back 679 01:00:54,760 --> 01:00:56,800 to the fact that your salvation is not an 680 01:00:56,800 --> 01:00:58,740 accident. That it's by grace 681 01:00:58,740 --> 01:01:00,660 that God actively pursued 682 01:01:00,660 --> 01:01:02,720 you. And what you find is 683 01:01:02,720 --> 01:01:04,500 that when you preach the gospel to yourself, 684 01:01:04,500 --> 01:01:05,940 it will be a shield 685 01:01:05,940 --> 01:01:08,600 against the discouraging darts 686 01:01:08,600 --> 01:01:10,900 of the devil. But also 687 01:01:10,900 --> 01:01:12,740 as you move into the gospel, you'll 688 01:01:12,740 --> 01:01:19,760 find that this is going to be a shield against sin. And if you think about how sin forms in our 689 01:01:19,760 --> 01:01:23,960 life, it comes in a lot of different ways, but I want you to think about two different ways, 690 01:01:23,960 --> 01:01:30,820 right? Sometimes we sin out of fear, right? I don't want this to happen, so if I do this, 691 01:01:30,820 --> 01:01:37,920 and it may be lie, maybe it's hide, maybe it's take something, right? Because we're afraid if 692 01:01:37,920 --> 01:01:42,120 something's going to happen, so we move into sin over here to try to prevent that. 693 01:01:42,120 --> 01:01:45,240 The other way that we move into sin, and there's a lot of ways we move into sin, 694 01:01:45,240 --> 01:01:48,940 but one of the other ways you and I move into sin is through desire, right? 695 01:01:48,940 --> 01:01:51,880 We see something that we want, and we take it. 696 01:01:51,880 --> 01:01:55,580 That's why in the commandments it talks about don't covet your neighbor's land 697 01:01:55,580 --> 01:01:57,360 or your neighbor's stuff, your neighbor's wife, 698 01:01:57,360 --> 01:02:01,260 because so many times we see that desire, and then we just take it. 699 01:02:01,260 --> 01:02:07,820 And then what happens strangely in our life is this thing where we have fear, 700 01:02:07,920 --> 01:02:10,460 and we have desire, and they come together. 701 01:02:10,460 --> 01:02:13,300 So we're both running from something in sin, 702 01:02:13,300 --> 01:02:16,900 and we're running towards something we think will fix the problem, 703 01:02:16,900 --> 01:02:18,480 and we say, you know what? 704 01:02:18,480 --> 01:02:20,560 Yeah, I know God said, don't do this, 705 01:02:20,560 --> 01:02:24,540 but I'm going to do it because I see it as the only way out. 706 01:02:24,540 --> 01:02:28,680 I want you to see how the gospel changes this. 707 01:02:28,680 --> 01:02:32,820 I don't have to hide anymore because of the gospel. 708 01:02:32,820 --> 01:02:34,440 My sins are taken away. 709 01:02:34,440 --> 01:02:37,160 Those things that maybe I was afraid of 710 01:02:37,820 --> 01:02:39,960 And for example, maybe we sin by lying 711 01:02:39,960 --> 01:02:41,840 to hide the truth, right? 712 01:02:41,840 --> 01:02:43,720 The Gospel says you don't have to hide anymore. 713 01:02:43,720 --> 01:02:47,000 You don't have to fear those things 714 01:02:47,000 --> 01:02:49,460 because the Gospel allows you 715 01:02:49,460 --> 01:02:50,800 to safely tell the truth. 716 01:02:50,800 --> 01:02:54,960 The Gospel allows you to safely depend upon God. 717 01:02:54,960 --> 01:02:58,720 The Gospel allows you to have those desires 718 01:02:58,720 --> 01:03:00,620 that are in the depth of your heart 719 01:03:00,620 --> 01:03:03,740 that we try to fill with all these superficial things. 720 01:03:04,360 --> 01:03:09,260 Entertainment, enjoyment, food, sex, all of these things that we say, 721 01:03:09,260 --> 01:03:13,000 this is going to fill the emptiness of my life and it's going to satisfy my desires. 722 01:03:13,000 --> 01:03:17,260 The good news about Jesus is the only thing that will do that. 723 01:03:17,260 --> 01:03:23,960 And so when you come to the gospel, it's going to be a shield against the discouragement that wars against you. 724 01:03:23,960 --> 01:03:32,060 And it's going to be a shield against the sin that seeks to help you run from your fear and pull you towards your desires. 725 01:03:33,340 --> 01:03:36,920 And third, the Gospel will shield you from pride. 726 01:03:36,920 --> 01:03:40,960 That idea that I am great and I am good 727 01:03:40,960 --> 01:03:43,480 and I have accomplished that in the Gospel, 728 01:03:43,480 --> 01:03:44,180 what do you find? 729 01:03:44,180 --> 01:03:47,300 That you're not good, you're not great. 730 01:03:47,300 --> 01:03:48,940 And pride says, look at me. 731 01:03:48,940 --> 01:03:50,800 And the Gospel says, yeah, look at you. 732 01:03:50,800 --> 01:03:53,480 The one who was such a sinner 733 01:03:53,480 --> 01:03:55,660 that Jesus, the Son of God, 734 01:03:55,660 --> 01:03:58,900 had to come and die in place for your sins 735 01:03:58,900 --> 01:04:00,280 in order to save you. 736 01:04:00,660 --> 01:04:04,140 Pride and the gospel cannot exist in the same place. 737 01:04:04,140 --> 01:04:07,800 And when the gospel comes in, it will destroy your pride. 738 01:04:07,800 --> 01:04:09,900 And it doesn't replace it with discouragement. 739 01:04:09,900 --> 01:04:11,320 It replaces it with joy. 740 01:04:11,320 --> 01:04:14,960 And rather than look at what I have done, 741 01:04:14,960 --> 01:04:18,300 it becomes look at what Jesus has done for me. 742 01:04:18,300 --> 01:04:21,320 If you can see the treasure of the gospel, 743 01:04:21,320 --> 01:04:24,620 and you take it off the shelf, 744 01:04:24,620 --> 01:04:27,100 and you bring it into your life, 745 01:04:27,100 --> 01:04:33,000 What you're going to see is that the Gospel, if you live in the Gospel, will shield you from discouragement. 746 01:04:33,000 --> 01:04:36,120 It's going to shield you from those desires of sin. 747 01:04:36,120 --> 01:04:42,400 And it's going to shield you from that arrogance that puts yourself as the focus. 748 01:04:42,400 --> 01:04:53,360 The other thing that happens as we begin talking about context is we need to realize that context isn't just for books, 749 01:04:53,360 --> 01:04:55,960 for yelling at our kids in the parking lot, 750 01:04:55,960 --> 01:04:57,500 making sure the neighbors understand why 751 01:04:57,500 --> 01:04:59,460 and the context of our yelling. 752 01:04:59,460 --> 01:05:03,760 The world you and I live in needs context, right? 753 01:05:03,760 --> 01:05:06,000 And we've struggled to find one, right? 754 01:05:06,000 --> 01:05:08,900 We've tried to explain away the brokenness 755 01:05:08,900 --> 01:05:11,260 and the futility and the hurt in our world 756 01:05:11,260 --> 01:05:13,580 because we're trying to find the context 757 01:05:13,580 --> 01:05:17,440 into which all of these things make sense. 758 01:05:17,440 --> 01:05:20,900 And the problem is we're looking in the wrong direction 759 01:05:20,900 --> 01:05:22,280 and in the wrong places. 760 01:05:22,280 --> 01:05:24,840 And the problem of the brokenness 761 01:05:24,840 --> 01:05:27,120 in this world is ultimately us. 762 01:05:27,120 --> 01:05:28,880 In the beginning, 763 01:05:28,880 --> 01:05:30,680 literally how the Bible starts, 764 01:05:30,680 --> 01:05:32,280 God creates everything 765 01:05:32,280 --> 01:05:33,600 and it is good, right? 766 01:05:33,600 --> 01:05:34,940 The world is good. 767 01:05:34,940 --> 01:05:36,260 Marriage is good. 768 01:05:36,260 --> 01:05:37,540 Work is good. 769 01:05:37,540 --> 01:05:38,680 Family is good. 770 01:05:38,680 --> 01:05:41,380 Your vocation and your calling is good. 771 01:05:41,380 --> 01:05:44,060 And our relationship with God is good. 772 01:05:44,060 --> 01:05:46,620 And in seeking the good 773 01:05:46,620 --> 01:05:49,600 in the One who has created all things 774 01:05:49,600 --> 01:05:51,620 and who sustains all things. 775 01:05:51,620 --> 01:05:54,060 You and I, we turn to ourselves. 776 01:05:54,060 --> 01:05:57,120 Not just our first parents in Genesis, 777 01:05:57,120 --> 01:06:00,600 but every one of us after. 778 01:06:00,600 --> 01:06:05,340 We've sought the context of this world 779 01:06:05,340 --> 01:06:06,900 in our desires. 780 01:06:06,900 --> 01:06:10,720 We've sought the context in this world 781 01:06:10,720 --> 01:06:12,240 by following those desires. 782 01:06:12,240 --> 01:06:14,400 And those desires will lead us 783 01:06:14,400 --> 01:06:16,820 into brokenness in every area of our life. 784 01:06:16,820 --> 01:06:19,360 And God, who is both great and good, 785 01:06:19,560 --> 01:06:23,100 He could have simply, in his justice, said, you know what? 786 01:06:23,100 --> 01:06:25,960 They broke it. It's their problem. 787 01:06:25,960 --> 01:06:28,100 But God does not do that. 788 01:06:28,100 --> 01:06:32,060 He literally steps into human history. 789 01:06:32,060 --> 01:06:35,680 He walks on this earth. 790 01:06:35,680 --> 01:06:40,300 He's arrested and he dies for our brokenness. 791 01:06:40,300 --> 01:06:45,840 And in victory, he rises again and gives that victory to us. 792 01:06:45,840 --> 01:06:48,920 You see, he takes our sin, our brokenness. 793 01:06:49,560 --> 01:06:52,060 and He gives us a brand new life. 794 01:06:52,060 --> 01:06:54,900 And the context that you and I are looking for 795 01:06:54,900 --> 01:06:58,820 isn't going to be found in some sort of big fix out there, 796 01:06:58,820 --> 01:07:01,200 but it's a big fix in here. 797 01:07:01,200 --> 01:07:04,260 Because the context of brokenness in the world, 798 01:07:04,260 --> 01:07:06,200 the source of the hurt and the pain, 799 01:07:06,200 --> 01:07:08,060 is in the sinfulness of our lives, 800 01:07:08,060 --> 01:07:10,180 and the only way that that is addressed 801 01:07:10,180 --> 01:07:12,920 is by turning to the One who can save you. 802 01:07:12,920 --> 01:07:17,460 And then, when we have been saved, 803 01:07:17,580 --> 01:07:20,940 God calls us to join Him on this mission. 804 01:07:20,940 --> 01:07:23,400 To share the good news with the world. 805 01:07:23,400 --> 01:07:26,400 The context for your brokenness is sin. 806 01:07:26,400 --> 01:07:30,380 And the healing and restoration that brings you home is found in Jesus. 807 01:07:30,380 --> 01:07:33,780 And so we hear these things. 808 01:07:33,780 --> 01:07:38,440 And as Christians, you and I need to realize the context that this world needs 809 01:07:38,440 --> 01:07:42,220 for the hurt and the brokenness they are experiencing is the good news of the gospel. 810 01:07:42,220 --> 01:07:44,620 That Jesus is the one who saved you. 811 01:07:44,620 --> 01:07:46,280 That Jesus changes how you live. 812 01:07:46,280 --> 01:07:49,960 He changes how you live from forgiveness to love 813 01:07:49,960 --> 01:07:52,740 to how you deal with family, work, and money 814 01:07:52,740 --> 01:07:55,740 that is found in the answers that you seek are in Jesus. 815 01:07:55,740 --> 01:07:57,860 That's our message to this world. 816 01:07:57,860 --> 01:08:01,840 But there's also a call here 817 01:08:01,840 --> 01:08:03,840 that if you're not a Christian, 818 01:08:03,840 --> 01:08:07,200 if you're trying to find that context 819 01:08:07,200 --> 01:08:08,460 into which your life fits, 820 01:08:08,460 --> 01:08:12,760 the way that it only makes sense is through Jesus. 821 01:08:12,760 --> 01:08:14,820 We're going to go ahead and have a word of prayer 822 01:08:14,820 --> 01:08:17,080 and then we're going to sing together. 823 01:08:17,080 --> 01:08:20,420 Father in heaven, thank you for grace and for Jesus. 824 01:08:20,420 --> 01:08:24,220 Just be with us as we consider the gospel. 825 01:08:24,220 --> 01:08:26,540 That it would not just simply be 826 01:08:26,540 --> 01:08:28,660 an intellectual or emotional thing, 827 01:08:28,660 --> 01:08:31,760 but that you would drive it deep into our hearts, 828 01:08:31,760 --> 01:08:34,520 that you would put it deep into our minds, 829 01:08:34,520 --> 01:08:37,040 and that you would let it flow out in our hands. 830 01:08:37,040 --> 01:08:39,340 That this week as we encounter discouragement, 831 01:08:39,340 --> 01:08:41,260 you would remind us the gospel. 832 01:08:41,260 --> 01:08:43,340 And as we encounter those who are hurting 833 01:08:43,340 --> 01:08:45,240 and discouraged that you would 834 01:08:45,240 --> 01:08:47,600 bring that love that you have 835 01:08:47,600 --> 01:08:48,820 shown in us 836 01:08:48,820 --> 01:08:51,500 out of our life and into theirs 837 01:08:51,500 --> 01:08:53,580 that you would help us as we fight 838 01:08:53,580 --> 01:08:55,560 sin that we would see 839 01:08:55,560 --> 01:08:57,580 your goodness and your grace and you 840 01:08:57,580 --> 01:08:59,420 would strengthen us through your spirit to 841 01:08:59,420 --> 01:09:01,980 fight sin and to stand for righteousness 842 01:09:01,980 --> 01:09:03,640 and that 843 01:09:03,640 --> 01:09:05,680 you would help see that it's not us 844 01:09:05,680 --> 01:09:07,540 who have achieved anything but 845 01:09:07,540 --> 01:09:09,640 you may we join you 846 01:09:09,640 --> 01:09:11,480 on mission to share the good news of 847 01:09:11,480 --> 01:09:13,500 Jesus and the world in which we live. 848 01:09:13,500 --> 01:09:15,440 It's in your son's name we pray. 849 01:09:15,440 --> 01:09:16,140 Amen. 850 01:09:16,140 --> 01:09:19,320 We're going to stand and sing 851 01:09:19,320 --> 01:09:21,360 10,000 Reasons. 852 01:09:21,360 --> 01:09:22,620 Bless the Lord. 853 01:09:22,620 --> 01:09:40,200 Bless the Lord, oh my soul. 854 01:09:41,060 --> 01:09:47,460 oh my soul worship his holy name 855 01:09:47,460 --> 01:10:01,460 sin like never before oh my soul i worship your holy name 856 01:10:07,060 --> 01:10:19,500 The sun comes up, it's a new day dawning, it's time to sing your song again. 857 01:10:19,500 --> 01:10:35,320 Whatever may pass and whatever lies before me, let me be singing when the evening dawns. 858 01:10:37,060 --> 01:10:43,080 Bless the Lord, O my soul 859 01:10:43,080 --> 01:10:46,380 O my soul 860 01:10:46,380 --> 01:10:51,340 Worship His holy name 861 01:10:51,340 --> 01:10:56,280 Sin like never before 862 01:10:56,280 --> 01:10:59,520 O my soul 863 01:10:59,520 --> 01:11:04,280 I'll worship Your holy name 864 01:11:04,280 --> 01:11:22,560 you're rich in love and you're slow to end up your name is great and your heart is kind 865 01:11:22,560 --> 01:11:29,600 For all your goodness I will keep on singing 866 01:11:29,600 --> 01:11:37,740 Ten thousand reasons for my heart to apply 867 01:11:37,740 --> 01:11:48,960 Bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul 868 01:11:48,960 --> 01:11:53,860 Worship His holy name 869 01:11:53,860 --> 01:11:58,760 Sin like never before 870 01:11:58,760 --> 01:12:02,040 Oh my soul 871 01:12:02,040 --> 01:12:07,900 I'll worship Your holy name 872 01:12:07,900 --> 01:12:15,040 And on that day 873 01:12:15,040 --> 01:12:21,820 When my strength is failing, the end draws me 874 01:12:21,820 --> 01:12:25,260 And my time has come 875 01:12:25,260 --> 01:12:32,520 Still my soul will sing your praise unending 876 01:12:32,520 --> 01:12:40,460 Ten thousand years and then forevermore 877 01:12:45,040 --> 01:12:57,400 Bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul, Worship His holy name. 878 01:12:57,400 --> 01:13:11,800 Sing like never before, O my soul, I'll worship Your holy name. 879 01:13:12,140 --> 01:13:23,880 Bless the Lord, oh my soul, oh my soul, worship His holy name. 880 01:13:23,880 --> 01:13:41,880 Sin like never before, oh my soul, I'll worship Your holy, yes I will worship Your holy. 881 01:13:42,140 --> 01:14:00,720 I want to thank you all for joining us this morning. 882 01:14:00,720 --> 01:14:02,600 We'll be back Wednesday night. 883 01:14:02,600 --> 01:14:06,220 We have been moving through the book of James. 884 01:14:06,220 --> 01:14:12,120 I think we're on, finished up chapter four, so we're moving into chapter five this Wednesday. 885 01:14:12,140 --> 01:14:17,260 If you would like to watch the video sessions that we have been going through together, 886 01:14:17,260 --> 01:14:20,880 the email we sent out yesterday has the link, but you can also let me know, 887 01:14:20,880 --> 01:14:22,120 and I can just text you the link. 888 01:14:22,120 --> 01:14:23,460 And it's just a playlist. 889 01:14:23,460 --> 01:14:24,440 You can click through. 890 01:14:24,440 --> 01:14:28,600 You can start at number one or click over to whichever one you would like to watch, 891 01:14:28,600 --> 01:14:32,000 but those are available for you to watch as well. 892 01:14:32,000 --> 01:14:37,060 Also, after we have our closing prayer and sing the doxology, 893 01:14:37,060 --> 01:14:40,320 are we going to grab any kids? 894 01:14:40,320 --> 01:14:43,380 We're going to gather them in this front area. 895 01:14:43,380 --> 01:14:47,120 We have a couple things we're going to do with them. 896 01:14:47,120 --> 01:14:50,620 So send the little people to that area. 897 01:14:50,620 --> 01:14:52,580 So we're going to go ahead and pray. 898 01:14:52,580 --> 01:14:55,180 I'll read a Scripture and we'll sing the doxology. 899 01:14:55,180 --> 01:14:58,040 Father in heaven, thank you for your goodness. 900 01:14:58,040 --> 01:15:02,460 Thank you for how you love us and how you have saved us. 901 01:15:02,460 --> 01:15:07,380 Help us to not just simply know this, but help us to live it. 902 01:15:07,380 --> 01:15:09,660 It's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 903 01:15:10,320 --> 01:15:12,620 In Romans 15, Paul said this, 904 01:15:12,620 --> 01:15:19,680 May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another in accord with Christ Jesus, 905 01:15:19,680 --> 01:15:26,220 that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 906 01:15:35,220 --> 01:15:40,060 Praise God from whom all blessings flow. 907 01:15:40,060 --> 01:15:45,140 Praise Him, all creatures here below. 908 01:15:45,140 --> 01:15:51,260 Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts. 909 01:15:51,260 --> 01:15:56,200 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 910 01:16:05,220 --> 01:16:35,200 Thank you. 911 01:16:35,220 --> 01:17:05,200 Thank you. 912 01:17:05,220 --> 01:17:35,200 Thank you. 913 01:18:05,220 --> 01:18:35,200 I'm going to go. 914 01:18:35,220 --> 01:19:05,200 Thank you. 915 01:19:05,220 --> 01:19:35,200 Thank you. 916 01:19:35,220 --> 01:19:37,220 I mean, you know, you're actually... 917 01:19:37,220 --> 01:19:38,220 You're actually... 918 01:19:38,220 --> 01:19:39,220 You're like... 919 01:19:39,220 --> 01:19:40,220 You're not a little broken. 920 01:19:40,220 --> 01:19:42,220 You're not a broken. 921 01:19:42,220 --> 01:19:44,220 You're not a broken. 922 01:19:44,220 --> 01:19:45,220 You're not a broken. 923 01:19:45,220 --> 01:19:47,220 I can't get them from a car police. 924 01:19:47,220 --> 01:19:49,220 Because I think it's true. 925 01:19:49,220 --> 01:19:51,220 You're not a broken child. 926 01:19:51,220 --> 01:19:53,220 I have my own hell of a year now. 927 01:19:53,220 --> 01:19:55,220 I mean, so the safe girl is hot. 928 01:19:55,220 --> 01:20:04,220 In Southern States, did somebody emerge? 929 01:20:04,220 --> 01:20:06,220 - We're lucky to see that. 930 01:20:06,220 --> 01:20:09,220 - We don't have to do that. 931 01:20:09,220 --> 01:20:11,220 - We don't have to do that. 932 01:20:11,220 --> 01:20:13,220 - We don't have to do that. 933 01:20:33,220 --> 01:21:03,200 Thank you. 934 01:21:03,220 --> 01:21:33,200 Thank you. 935 01:21:33,220 --> 01:21:53,420 Yeah, I know. 936 01:22:03,220 --> 01:22:19,200 Yeah, if you have me get them things out, you'd rather watch that thing I want to get it off of that thing in line. 937 01:22:19,200 --> 01:22:21,200 I've got to find out. 938 01:22:21,200 --> 01:22:26,200 If I go back, if I take Tommy, I can get it back on mine. 939 01:22:26,200 --> 01:22:29,200 They can send a good picture on me. 940 01:22:29,200 --> 01:22:34,200 - The monster, you never forget things. 941 01:22:59,200 --> 01:22:59,700 Yeah. 942 01:23:29,200 --> 01:23:59,180 I'm going to go to the next slide. 943 01:23:59,200 --> 01:24:02,440 I got to walk in and get some stuff done. 944 01:24:02,440 --> 01:24:04,360 There's none of that thing where they have to do. 945 01:24:04,360 --> 01:24:07,740 You know, you got to get 100% of the work. 946 01:24:07,740 --> 01:24:11,000 You got to get 100% of the work. 947 01:24:11,000 --> 01:24:12,000 They need to get out of the work. 948 01:24:12,000 --> 01:24:13,400 I mean, it's going to be in the work. 949 01:24:13,400 --> 01:24:14,400 Yeah. 950 01:24:14,400 --> 01:24:16,400 So that way, then I can get out of the work. 951 01:24:16,400 --> 01:24:18,200 I'm going to get out of the work. 952 01:24:18,200 --> 01:24:20,000 I'm just thinking about it's a lot of work. 953 01:24:20,000 --> 01:24:22,900 I'm coming down, George. 954 01:24:22,900 --> 01:24:23,900 Are you ready? 955 01:24:23,900 --> 01:24:24,900 Oh, yeah. 956 01:24:24,900 --> 01:24:25,900 I'm going to get out of the way. 957 01:24:25,900 --> 01:24:27,900 I'm going to get out of the way. 958 01:24:27,900 --> 01:24:28,740 - Oh yeah. 959 01:24:57,900 --> 01:24:59,600 I don't want to take a little bit of time. 960 01:24:59,600 --> 01:25:01,260 Eventually, I don't want to get out of it. 961 01:25:01,260 --> 01:25:01,440 I don't want to get out of it. 962 01:25:01,440 --> 01:25:01,540 I don't want to get out of it. 963 01:25:01,540 --> 01:25:02,040 I don't want to get out of it. 964 01:25:27,900 --> 01:25:31,420 talking about. Oh, hey, we're going to Austin for you. 965 01:25:57,900 --> 01:26:27,880 Thank you. 966 01:26:27,900 --> 01:26:57,880 Thank you. 967 01:26:57,900 --> 01:26:59,900 . 968 01:27:27,900 --> 01:27:31,900 We get $200,000 out of the house and $330,000. 969 01:27:31,900 --> 01:27:33,900 This is the last one. 970 01:27:33,900 --> 01:27:36,900 I'm just going to spend it here for like three or four months. 971 01:27:57,900 --> 01:28:02,900 - I love it. - I love it. 972 01:28:27,900 --> 01:28:29,260 All right. 973 01:28:57,900 --> 01:29:03,540 Why are you like the same thing as the rock? 974 01:29:27,900 --> 01:29:57,880 I don't know. 975 01:29:57,900 --> 01:30:04,900 . 976 01:30:27,900 --> 01:30:40,900 And uh, so she wrote a song and sang the song, "Hey, they're really over to, now I'm gonna treat you like this. 977 01:30:40,900 --> 01:30:45,900 Just uh, so, yeah. 978 01:30:45,900 --> 01:30:48,900 Oh, yeah. 979 01:30:48,900 --> 01:30:55,900 I'm pretty proud, I think this is going to be my show. 980 01:30:55,900 --> 01:31:01,060 And it's really like in 2019, but it's very close to you. 981 01:31:01,060 --> 01:31:05,320 I don't know how to do a dream up there. 982 01:31:05,320 --> 01:31:07,560 I don't know how to do a dream up there. 983 01:31:07,560 --> 01:31:09,860 I don't know how to do a dream up there. 984 01:31:24,880 --> 01:31:54,860 Thank you. 985 01:31:54,880 --> 01:32:24,860 Thank you. 986 01:32:24,880 --> 01:32:25,640 What do you got? 987 01:32:54,880 --> 01:33:24,860 Today, I ate the ice cream. 988 01:33:24,880 --> 01:33:45,960 I guess that's why we're not like this thing. 989 01:33:45,960 --> 01:33:48,940 I think where it's like, I really overestimated it. 990 01:33:48,940 --> 01:34:05,960 I don't know, I think I had on my mind for a hundred and a hundred, and a dollar or a hundred, and then you probably got the $8 that you knew, and you know, you know, we're going to rip everything out, because, yeah, so we're pretty close. 991 01:34:05,960 --> 01:34:07,960 We just hit a minute. 992 01:34:07,960 --> 01:34:08,960 Yeah. 993 01:34:08,960 --> 01:34:10,960 It was last number I saw. 994 01:34:10,960 --> 01:34:13,960 Yeah, so we're getting close. 995 01:34:13,960 --> 01:34:18,960 The big thing now is the logistics of... 996 01:34:43,960 --> 01:35:13,940 Thank you. 997 01:35:13,960 --> 01:35:14,960 Thank you. 998 01:35:43,960 --> 01:36:13,940 Thank you.