1 00:00:01,920 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick. I'm the pastor of Elevation 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 1: Church and this is our podcast. I wanted to thank 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: you for joining us today. Hope this inspires you. Hope 4 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: it builds your faith. Hope it gives your perspective to 5 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: see God is moving in your life. Enjoy the message. Well, 6 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 1: take a seat. We're so glad you're here today. We're 7 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:22,959 Speaker 1: continuing in the series Savage Jesus from the Gospel of Mark. 8 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: Believe me when I say that, I never thought i'd say. 9 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: This is the tenth installment of this series. I usually 10 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 1: preach short and sweet, but I got in the Gospel 11 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: of Mark and then I couldn't get out. So today 12 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 1: we'll be in Mark chapter six. I want to introduce 13 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 1: my scripture by way of a story. When I wrote 14 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: my first book, I had the privilege to record the 15 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: audio book myself, and they sent a very professional recording 16 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 1: engineer from the publishing company to record the book. And 17 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 1: he would stop me and correct me if I'm made 18 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: any mistakes, if I got a little too southern. He 19 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:10,399 Speaker 1: was a Northern Pharisee and he judged my accent and 20 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: he'd say it's a little twangie let's get it again, 21 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 1: or if I smacked my lips or mispronounced the word, 22 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 1: he'd back it up and make me catch it again. 23 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 1: And it was annoying, but I appreciated his professionalism. And 24 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: because the publisher was the largest publisher in the world. Now, 25 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 1: not the publisher that I wrote for. The publisher that 26 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:31,960 Speaker 1: I wrote for was owned by a publisher who was 27 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: owned by a publisher that was the biggest publishing company 28 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:36,959 Speaker 1: in the world. This guy worked for the big publisher 29 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 1: and because of it, he had worked with a lot 30 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 1: of big names. And this was my first book and 31 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: my first time and I kept having to take breaks 32 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 1: and my mouth would get dry. And so during one 33 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: of those breaks, I realized that this guy had worked 34 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: with a lot of famous people, and I asked him 35 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: to tell me a story to entertain me during my break. 36 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: I said, tell me about somebody you worked with that 37 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: was difficult. And he told me a story about a 38 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: very well known political figure. I don't know if the 39 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: story is true, but why let the truth get in 40 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: the way of a good story. That's my motto. So 41 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell the story. I'm not gonna say the name, 42 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 1: but it was a famous political figure who was recording 43 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: his memoir about his life. That was after he had 44 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 1: served his term for eight years something like that in office. 45 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 1: Now I can tell who it was. But he said 46 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: that when they were recording the memoir, it was very long. 47 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 1: It was about a seven or eight hundred page book, 48 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: and it had to be an abridged version. And so 49 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 1: when they were recording the audiobook, they had to decide 50 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 1: which sections to leave and which sections to skip. And 51 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 1: at one particular point in the memoir, there was a 52 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: section about a scandal that happened in this particular notable 53 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: figure's life related to offices of oval nature and things 54 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: of this sort, that happened during his tenure in what 55 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:12,079 Speaker 1: some call the highest office in the United States of America. 56 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,519 Speaker 1: And when he was telling me about it, he said, 57 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:17,800 Speaker 1: when they got to the part about the scandal, he 58 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: said that the person who wrote the memoir, the former president, 59 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: said this is falling apart. Said uh, he stopped, and 60 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: he was going to skip it, and he stopped the 61 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: recording and he said, I don't think people really, I 62 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 1: think people are sick of hearing about this by now. 63 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 1: I think we can skip this part. I mean, do 64 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: you think this is really significant. And the audio engineer 65 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: said that it was a real challenge to look back 66 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 1: at somebody who had been the most powerful man in 67 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: the world at one point, and he said, I had 68 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 1: to look at him and say, yes, mister President, this 69 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 1: is significant. And that's my title for my message today. 70 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 1: Look at your neighbor and say, in your best Bill 71 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: Clinton voice, tell him this is significant. This is significant. 72 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 1: Our scripture lesson for today comes from Mark chapter six, 73 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:30,280 Speaker 1: something that marked the evangelist included in his gospel record 74 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: that he thought was significant for us to know about 75 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 1: the ministry of Jesus Christ. Mark six, verse forty five records. Immediately, 76 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:44,840 Speaker 1: Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go 77 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: on ahead of him to beth Sadom. He did not 78 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: tell them to pack ponchos. He did not give them 79 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:54,720 Speaker 1: a warning about the storm that they would encounter, just 80 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 1: a simple instruction. I wonder if God doesn't tell us everything, 81 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 1: because he knows we could not handle the details. So 82 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: he dismissed the crowd and sent the disciples to get 83 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:09,599 Speaker 1: a head start. I'll meet you on the other side. 84 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:11,280 Speaker 1: You're almost gonna die on the way. He didn't tell 85 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: him that, but after leaving them, he went up on 86 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 1: a mountain side to pray, and later that night the 87 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: boat was in the middle of the lake and he 88 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: was alone on land. He saw the disciples straining at 89 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 1: the oars because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn, 90 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 1: he went out to them walking on the lake. He 91 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: was about to pass by them, but when they saw 92 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost, 93 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: because God often looks like fear from a distance. They 94 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 1: cried out because they all saw him and were terrified. Immediately, 95 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: Mark's favorite word. He spoke to them and said, take courage. 96 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:56,840 Speaker 1: It is I. Don't be afraid. Then he climbed into 97 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: the boat with them and the wind died down. Day 98 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: were completely amazed. Touch the neighbor you've been ignoring and 99 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: say this is significant. So if you've ever been around 100 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: church at all, you've heard this Bible story. If you've 101 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:18,159 Speaker 1: ever been anywhere near a church, you've heard about this 102 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 1: Bible story. If you ever happened to drive by a 103 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:22,600 Speaker 1: church by accident, you heard this. If you ever played 104 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: on church softball team, you heard curse words and this 105 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: Bible story. It's a significant story because it teaches us 106 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 1: that Jesus Christ is lord of all creation. Theologically, he 107 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:43,719 Speaker 1: is sovereign. He is sovereign. It's an epiphany story in 108 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:46,159 Speaker 1: that it gives us a revelation of Jesus Christ that 109 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 1: is consistent with the revelation of Jesus Christ that was 110 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: given in the Old Testament in a concealed form, when 111 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 1: a bush burned and a man named Moses was meeting 112 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: with God. The disclosure at that point was I am. 113 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:06,559 Speaker 1: Moses said, who are you? God said, I am. Now. 114 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 1: It's interesting how God would spend the next several centuries 115 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 1: filling in that blank. That they would need to know 116 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 1: him to be water in a dry place, that they 117 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 1: would need to know him to be a warrior in 118 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: their battles. They would find all of this out, that 119 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: He is sustainer in their weariness. And really, the rest 120 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 1: of your life will be filling in that blank. And 121 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: just about the time you think you've got it figured 122 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: out who God is, life will so shift beneath your 123 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: feet that you will realize you didn't know him at all. 124 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: The disciples have been with Jesus now for quite an 125 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 1: extensive class. They've seen him touch lepers, they've seen him 126 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 1: heal paralytics. They've even seen him raise dead people in 127 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 1: certain situations, and yet there was something that amazed them 128 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 1: in this moment, something that they had not seen about 129 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 1: him before. It is significant that Jesus told them to 130 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 1: go forward and the wind was against them. That's significant, 131 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 1: significant because a lot of times I assumed in my 132 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 1: life that if God sent me to do something, the 133 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 1: wind would work with me. That's pretty much the premise 134 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 1: of early Christianity. You know, turn your life over to 135 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 1: God and he'll take your burdens away. Turn your life 136 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 1: over to the Lord, and you know, what used to 137 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 1: keep you up at night won't keep you up at 138 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:36,680 Speaker 1: night anymore because it'll be replaced by other stuff that'll 139 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:39,680 Speaker 1: keep you up at night. Fill in the blank. You 140 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:44,959 Speaker 1: realize that a lot of times claims to faith are 141 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 1: actually our efforts to manipulate God, until we discover in 142 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: the course of time that just because the wind is 143 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 1: against you doesn't mean that God is not for you. 144 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: Many times, the confirmation that God has spoken to you 145 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 1: is the fact that the wind is against you. We're 146 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 1: discovering this in our study of the Gospel of Mark. 147 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 1: We are learning that resistance is often the greatest place 148 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: for revelation. Would you please take that elevation pin that 149 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 1: cost about eleven or twelve cents, and before you steal 150 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 1: it from the church and use it to sina check 151 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 1: this week, write it down. Resistance leads to revelation. Resistance 152 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 1: leads to revelation. The wind was against the disciples not 153 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: because they disobeyed the words of Jesus, but because they 154 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:39,199 Speaker 1: went in the direction of his command. He sent them 155 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 1: to beth Seda. They went to Bethseda. I got it 156 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:45,559 Speaker 1: when it was Jonah, because the wind was against Jonah 157 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 1: because he wasn't going to Ninevah. He was going to Tarsish. 158 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 1: And God said, go to Ninevah. And when you go 159 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 1: to Tarsish, when you should go to Ninevah, expect the 160 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: wind to be against you. Because God didn't send you 161 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 1: to Tarshish, He sent you to NINEVH. So I expect 162 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:57,959 Speaker 1: the wind to go against me. When God told me 163 00:09:58,000 --> 00:09:59,680 Speaker 1: to go to Ninevah and I went to Tarsish. But 164 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:00,839 Speaker 1: when he tell me to go to Best, say that, 165 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 1: and I went to Best, sayda, I expect the wind 166 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 1: to work with me. I expect God to bless me 167 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 1: when I come to church. I expect good parking places 168 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 1: because I came to church. I expect those shoes to 169 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:17,680 Speaker 1: go on sale because I came to church. I expect 170 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:21,440 Speaker 1: a promotion because I came to church. Makes me mad 171 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: when somebody who didn't come to church, they slept in 172 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: and they get a raise, and I get fired. And 173 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 1: I can't understand how God could be with me and 174 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:34,079 Speaker 1: the wind could be against me. But often the confirmation 175 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:36,839 Speaker 1: of the word of God is the resistance of the 176 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 1: enemy to show you you're on the right track. Here's 177 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 1: why I feel I preach it. Here's why I'm gonna 178 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: have somebody you want to turn around and go back 179 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 1: home because the wind is against you. The wind is 180 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:51,960 Speaker 1: against you, so that you will know that it is 181 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:56,839 Speaker 1: the Lord's presence with you that makes you successful. If 182 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: the wind was working with you, you would think the 183 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 1: wind when you got to your destination. If it were easy, 184 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 1: you would think the wrong things. If the wind wasn't 185 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:08,680 Speaker 1: against you, you wouldn't need the Lord to come and 186 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 1: step into the wind and speak peace to the wind. 187 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:15,199 Speaker 1: So the wind has to be against you to prove 188 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: that the Lord is with you. Calm down, verdict. This 189 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:32,319 Speaker 1: is just the introduction and so Jesus, savage Jesus, the 190 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 1: Jesus that's in the Bible, not the Jesus this on Pinterest, 191 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 1: Savage Jesus, real life Jesus, Monday morning Jesus. Yeah, Friday Jesus, 192 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 1: Saturday Jesus. Not the Jesus that is playing a harp 193 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 1: and stroking the wool of the lamb. But the Jesus 194 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 1: who sends his disciples into a storm and watches them strength. 195 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: I got to go. You don't believe this. You about 196 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 1: to be really jealous. I got to go and sit 197 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: on the mountain where Jesus prayed. And the man who 198 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 1: took us there last year, he knew everything about everything. 199 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 1: I think he was Jesus. He took us up there, 200 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: he said, here's where Jesus was praying in March chapter six. 201 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 1: And then he pointed to the lake that the Bible 202 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 1: mentions where the storm was, and from that mountain you 203 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 1: can see the whole lake. And he dropped this on 204 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 1: us right before he left us. He said, so the 205 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: whole time they were straining, Jesus could see them. And 206 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 1: he walked off and I cried, I have a picture 207 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: of me sitting on that mountain and there's Kleenex all 208 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 1: around me because Holly just kept handing them to me, 209 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:58,679 Speaker 1: one after another, that he saw them in the storm, 210 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: that he saw them in the storm. And then I 211 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: was after I got done crying, because I realized he 212 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 1: sees me in my storm, and he knows what I'm 213 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 1: going through, and he knows what I deal with, and 214 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 1: he knows what people have done to me, and he 215 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 1: sees tears that I've cried on my pillow that nobody 216 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 1: else knows about him, that he sees what's going on 217 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:22,560 Speaker 1: in my soul. That I can cover up in front 218 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 1: of people, but I can't hide from him. After I 219 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 1: got done crying about that, I got kind of angry 220 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 1: because I thought, if he could see them, why didn't 221 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 1: he stop it? All of a sudden, it felt kind 222 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 1: of cruel to me that he would send them into 223 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:43,200 Speaker 1: a storm and see them in the storm and not 224 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 1: stop the storm. So I think it is significant that 225 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: the Bible says that he saw the disciples verse forty eight, 226 00:13:56,080 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 1: straining at the oars because the wind was again shortly 227 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 1: before dawn. He went out to them, this is forty 228 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 1: eight b walking on the lake. He was about to 229 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 1: pass them by I thought he would never leave me. 230 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 1: I thought he would never forsake me. I thought he 231 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 1: promised his presence to me. And so he's about to 232 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 1: pass them by, and they were afraid. One interesting thing 233 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 1: about this particular record in Mark's Gospel is that it 234 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: was recounted by a man named Peter. Have you heard 235 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 1: of him. He was a very outspoken disciple of Jesus Christ. 236 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 1: He was the one, I don't know if you're like this. 237 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 1: He would say what everybody else thought he would. He 238 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 1: was filter free, and so when he was right, he 239 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 1: was really right. When he was wrong, he was really wrong. 240 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 1: I prove it to you. He said, you are the Christ, 241 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 1: the son of the Living God. She said, you are 242 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 1: petross this rock. You're Peter, not Simon, not shifty upon 243 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: this rock. I'll build my church the rock of his 244 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 1: revelation of who Jesus was. A few verses later, Jesus said, 245 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 1: get behind me, Satan, and he was pointing at Peter, 246 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:20,520 Speaker 1: because Peter said, you can't go to the cross. And 247 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 1: Peter opposed the very thing that Jesus came to do. 248 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: All in the same Bible chapter. This is Peter. Peter 249 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 1: is the one telling Mark about this story so Mark 250 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 1: can write it down. Peter is the one recording the audiobook. Okay, 251 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 1: Peter is the one giving Mark the gospel account. Mark 252 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 1: wasn't a disciple. Mark was an evangelist. He compiled the story, 253 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 1: and Peter told, look, I'm gonna sell you something. We 254 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 1: have four of these. We have four gospel accounts. The 255 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 1: gospel is the good News of Jesus Christ. When we 256 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 1: say the Gospel of Mark, it's the gospel according to Mark. 257 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 1: When we say the Gospel of Luke, the Gospel of John, 258 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 1: the Gospel of Matthew, that's the gospel account that they 259 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 1: wrote down. John said that Jesus did so much. If 260 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 1: you wrote a whole book, if you tried to write 261 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:12,800 Speaker 1: down everything he did, the whole world could not contain it. 262 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 1: If you wrote down all the works Jesus did, wikipedia 263 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 1: would break. So they had to decide what was significant 264 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 1: enough to put in the gospel account that would prove 265 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 1: what they wanted to prove about who Jesus was. So 266 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: when Mark got ready to write, he said, Jesus walked 267 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 1: to the disciples in a storm, and when he got 268 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 1: in the boat, the winds died down. When Matthew got 269 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 1: ready to write it. He included something that Mark left out, 270 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 1: and I'm going to read you now from Matthew fourteen. 271 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 1: It's the same story, but there's one detail in this 272 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 1: story that is omitted in Mark's gospel, which is based 273 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 1: on the recollection of Peter, and it's in Matthew's gospel 274 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 1: but not Mark. So here's what will this will be 275 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:04,159 Speaker 1: an interactive class. When I get to the part that 276 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:07,879 Speaker 1: wasn't in Mark's gospel, stop me. When I get to 277 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:10,680 Speaker 1: the part that where you're saying, wait, that wasn't in 278 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 1: the other one that you read before, I want you 279 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 1: to wave your hands and stop me. This is the 280 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:16,960 Speaker 1: only time that you are allowed to tell me to 281 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,919 Speaker 1: stop preaching. You can tell me to preach anytime you 282 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 1: want preach fast, But when I get to this part today, 283 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 1: I want you to stop me at every location. Let's 284 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 1: start in verse twenty two. Immediately Jesus made the disciples 285 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:29,679 Speaker 1: get into the boat and go on ahead of him 286 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 1: to the other side while he dismissed the crowd. After 287 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 1: he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountain 288 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 1: side by himself to pray. Later that night, he was 289 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 1: there alone and the boat was already a considerable distance 290 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:41,399 Speaker 1: from land, buffeted by the ways because the wind was 291 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 1: against it. So far, so good, We're good. Keep on, 292 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 1: keep on. Yeah, similar, very similar, very similar, few words, different, 293 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:49,360 Speaker 1: same stuff. Shortly before dawn, Jesus went out to them 294 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:50,919 Speaker 1: walking on the lake, and when the disciples so I'm 295 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:52,720 Speaker 1: walking on the lake. They were terrified. It's a ghost, 296 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 1: they said, and cried out in fear. But Jesus immediately 297 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 1: said it didn't take courage it as I don't be afraid. Lord, 298 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:05,679 Speaker 1: if it's you, Peter replied to come. Okay, okay, okay, 299 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:13,680 Speaker 1: what's wrong with you? Lord? If it's you, Peter replied, 300 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 1: tell me to come to you on the water. Come, 301 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:22,680 Speaker 1: He said, this is this is amazing. Hey, hey, if 302 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 1: I was writing my memoir, I'll put this in because 303 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 1: what's what happens next. Then Peter got down out of 304 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,439 Speaker 1: the boat, walked on water, and came toward Jesus. Well, 305 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 1: I'm totally putting that in. I'm totally including the part 306 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 1: where everybody else was in the boat crying out in fear, 307 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:44,080 Speaker 1: and I was walking on water, transcending the laws of buoyancy. Mabe, 308 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: if I ever walk on water, and then I die 309 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 1: and they're writing a story about my life. You make 310 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:51,440 Speaker 1: sure they don't take that part out. If I ever 311 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 1: walk on water, and I know I do metaphorically in 312 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:59,680 Speaker 1: your heart, but if I ever physically, if they ever 313 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 1: write about me, I'm not saying they will, but if 314 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 1: they do, leave this in touch, somebody say this is significant. 315 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:11,560 Speaker 1: So how can Peter? This is a good question. How 316 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:16,440 Speaker 1: can Peter walk on water? And when it comes time 317 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:20,439 Speaker 1: to tell Mark what to write about this night on 318 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: the sea, tell Mark, you know, I think people probably 319 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 1: just about sick of hearing about this. Do you really 320 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 1: think this is to your neighbors? Say yes, mister president, 321 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 1: this is significant. I wonder if I wonder if you 322 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:53,360 Speaker 1: left it out because of verse thirty, I mean, because 323 00:19:53,440 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 1: verse so far this is amazing. Peter. Peter's like, if 324 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 1: it's you tell me to come. She's like, it's me come. 325 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:07,400 Speaker 1: And you know the wind is blowing so you can't 326 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:10,440 Speaker 1: hear that. Good. So Peter's like, did you hear it? 327 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 1: He said it is me come? And John. John's like, no, 328 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 1: he said, Peter, You're dumb, because I mean, two people 329 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 1: can hear the same thing. It's Yanny, not Laurel. But 330 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:34,680 Speaker 1: by the way, it's Yanny. It's Yanny. It's Yanny. Come 331 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 1: to the altar. It's Yanny. You need your ears open. 332 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 1: I lost half the church. You're the same word a 333 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 1: different way. And the other disciples were operating on what 334 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:58,480 Speaker 1: Jesus told them before they left, which is go go 335 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:01,360 Speaker 1: to bed, say that I'll meet you on the other side. 336 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 1: Peter is operating out of what he feels in the moment, 337 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,679 Speaker 1: and he says to Jesus, if it's you tell me 338 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 1: to come. And I've often preached about Peter getting out 339 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:18,119 Speaker 1: of the boat, but sometimes the more significant faith is 340 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:22,440 Speaker 1: the willingness to stay in the storm, not the impulse 341 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 1: to escape it. I'm not saying Peter was wrong. I'm 342 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:30,440 Speaker 1: just saying that it takes faith to keep rowing when 343 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:34,400 Speaker 1: you can't see the shore. Sometimes it takes even more 344 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 1: faith to stay in the boat than it does to 345 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:41,000 Speaker 1: step out of it. Peter gets to this part of 346 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:45,440 Speaker 1: the story in his recollection. He does not see fit 347 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 1: to include the part of the story where he said 348 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: to Jesus, if it's you tell me to come, And 349 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 1: I wonder if it's because of what happened in verse 350 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 1: thirty that he left this out of his gospel account 351 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 1: because the Bible says that he took several steps towards Jesus, 352 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:07,399 Speaker 1: and for a moment he was walking on the water, 353 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 1: and for a moment he was experiencing a miracle. But 354 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:15,720 Speaker 1: Verse thirty says, when he saw the wind, see he 355 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 1: heard the word. But then he saw the wind. And 356 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 1: I relate to this because sometimes I pay more attention 357 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:29,879 Speaker 1: to what I see than what God said. And anytime 358 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:33,639 Speaker 1: I give more focus to what I see than what 359 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:38,880 Speaker 1: God spoke, I start to sink. Peter's doing pretty good 360 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:41,359 Speaker 1: as long as he's going off of what he heard, 361 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:45,199 Speaker 1: because faith comes by hearing, and hearing comes by the 362 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:48,160 Speaker 1: word of God, and all you need is one word 363 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:52,479 Speaker 1: from God. Peter wasn't walking on water. He was walking 364 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:56,080 Speaker 1: on a word. And when you have a word from God, 365 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:59,879 Speaker 1: your kids can be acting crazy, your money can be 366 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:03,199 Speaker 1: acting funny, you can be in the darkest night of 367 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 1: your life. But declare He is Lord. And then he 368 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:17,440 Speaker 1: saw the wind, And the Bible says when he saw 369 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:24,160 Speaker 1: the wind, he began to sink, and he cried out, Lord, 370 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:28,640 Speaker 1: save me. And I thought, well, that's why Peter left 371 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 1: it out, Because I think people don't really need to 372 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:41,360 Speaker 1: hear about this. We can leave that out, can't we. 373 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:47,440 Speaker 1: You know, you want to leave certain things out of 374 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 1: your story, skip over certain parts and certain failures. And 375 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 1: there's some stuff, honestly, that you don't need to share 376 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 1: with everybody. There's some stuff that they don't even need 377 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:07,199 Speaker 1: to know about. Sometimes your greatest testimony is that you 378 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:09,200 Speaker 1: went through the fire, but you don't smell like smoke. 379 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:22,719 Speaker 1: And when Peter was telling Mark what to right, I 380 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:28,359 Speaker 1: imagine Mark saying, shouldn't I put that part in where 381 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:33,119 Speaker 1: you climbed out of the boat, And Mark said, I 382 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:37,640 Speaker 1: don't think. I don't think you want to leave that out. 383 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 1: Peter said, no, no, it's been a while now, because 384 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: this gospel has written decades after it happened, you know. 385 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 1: And by this point Peter has discovered something verse fifty one. Mark, 386 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 1: chapter six, Verse fifty one. Then he climbed into the 387 00:24:54,359 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 1: boat with them, and the wind died down. Said it's 388 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:06,960 Speaker 1: not significant what happened when I climbed out of the boat. 389 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:13,840 Speaker 1: Let's read it again. Then Jesus climbed into the boat. 390 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:17,680 Speaker 1: Peter said, don't tell him what happened when I climbed out. 391 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 1: Tell him what happened when he climbed in. That's so good. 392 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,800 Speaker 1: I want to sit down and then stand up and 393 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 1: run a lap around this Balentine building all by myself. 394 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 1: It's not important what happened when Peter climbed out. It's 395 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:40,840 Speaker 1: not important what happened when Peter stepped out. It's not 396 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: important what happened when they were straining all night, All 397 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:47,879 Speaker 1: night long, they strained to get to Jesus. But the 398 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 1: wind didn't stop while they were straining. The wind did 399 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:55,159 Speaker 1: not die down because Peter came to Jesus. The wind 400 00:25:55,320 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 1: died down because Jesus came to Peter. And that's the gospel, 401 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:04,159 Speaker 1: Not that I came to God, not because I was 402 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:08,359 Speaker 1: so good, not because I was so glorious, not because 403 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:12,119 Speaker 1: I got my act together. No, I'm not praising him 404 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:15,119 Speaker 1: because I got out of the boat. I'm praising him 405 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:20,720 Speaker 1: because he got in and the wind died down. Now 406 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:26,879 Speaker 1: go ahead and worship him for eighteen seconds, not because 407 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:39,760 Speaker 1: I got up because he got in. Y whoa, WHOA. 408 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 1: I find somebody saying that's is significant, not that I 409 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:48,240 Speaker 1: loved God, but that he loved me. And I'm in 410 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:52,160 Speaker 1: a storm right now. But the storm is not significant 411 00:26:52,520 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 1: because help is on the way. It's the contrast of 412 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 1: straining versus submission. And he was showing them to do 413 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:26,119 Speaker 1: what he commanded the wind to do. Submit, and they 414 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 1: they were amazed at this. They were amazed. They were 415 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:35,680 Speaker 1: amazed that the wind did what he said. In fact, 416 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,160 Speaker 1: the wind did what he didn't even have to tell 417 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 1: it to do. Let me appreach to LJ for a minute. 418 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:45,240 Speaker 1: He gets bored back here because he has to play 419 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:47,000 Speaker 1: three times on the weekend. And I just want to 420 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:48,320 Speaker 1: tell him this real QUI because I didn't mentioned in 421 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:52,120 Speaker 1: any other of the worst experiences. Last time Jesus calmed 422 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:54,240 Speaker 1: the storm, he said, peace be still. So he calmed 423 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 1: the storm with his words this time. If you check 424 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:00,200 Speaker 1: the record, he didn't even say anything to the storm. 425 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 1: The storm stopped just because he sat down in the 426 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 1: boat with the disciples. That lets me know that all 427 00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:11,400 Speaker 1: I need is his presence. All I need is his presence. 428 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,600 Speaker 1: I don't need proof that he is with me. When 429 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 1: he got in the boat, the storm sat down. When 430 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 1: he sat down. Why he is a puppet. He is 431 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 1: the Lord, He is the great I am. He is 432 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 1: the bread of life. And he sent them against the 433 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:43,720 Speaker 1: wind because he needed a situation to reveal his sufficiency. 434 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 1: That's what he needed, and so the storm served that purpose, 435 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 1: just like the hungry crowd. Just like the hungry crowd, 436 00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:59,720 Speaker 1: because verse fifty two tells us why they were a 437 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:04,640 Speaker 1: me look at somebody said, this is significant. Come on, 438 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:06,680 Speaker 1: only about forty five percent of you did what I 439 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:11,680 Speaker 1: told you to do. Tell them this is significant. They 440 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:15,680 Speaker 1: were amazed, for they had not understood about the loaves. 441 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 1: Their hearts were hardened. What does bread have to do 442 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:30,200 Speaker 1: with a boat. And this is where we need to 443 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:36,080 Speaker 1: mention a significant miracle. This miracle is so significant that Matthew, 444 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:39,840 Speaker 1: Mark Luke, and John all put it in their memoir 445 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:46,479 Speaker 1: their audio book. They put it in even though it 446 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:51,200 Speaker 1: wasn't a resurrection or a healing. One day Jesus fed 447 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:56,800 Speaker 1: five thousand men, the women, and the children, and he 448 00:29:56,840 --> 00:30:00,840 Speaker 1: did it with a little boy's lunch. I personally think 449 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:03,520 Speaker 1: Peter beat up the little boy and took his lunch. 450 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:07,880 Speaker 1: Only reason why I have kids. I've never seen my 451 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:11,760 Speaker 1: kids voluntarily do anything sacrificial. So in my mind, the 452 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:14,120 Speaker 1: little boy did not willingly offer his lunch. But you 453 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:15,680 Speaker 1: read the Bible. How you want to read the Bible 454 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:17,400 Speaker 1: on your own time? Right now? I got the microphone. 455 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:19,640 Speaker 1: Peter beat up the boy, took his lunch, brought it 456 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 1: to Jesus. This is significant. This miracle is so significant 457 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:33,840 Speaker 1: because Jesus, when he was feeding the crowd, he was 458 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 1: revealing himself as the Christ, and everybody ate and they 459 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:46,560 Speaker 1: all got their fill that day pointed out real quick. 460 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 1: While we have a moment because I don't know when 461 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:49,680 Speaker 1: I'll get to see you again, somebody, you don't come 462 00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:55,280 Speaker 1: to church enough. Just while we're here. The miracle came 463 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:58,720 Speaker 1: from somebody who was not even included in the official count. 464 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:06,040 Speaker 1: It was five thousand men, women, and children. God's greatest 465 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:12,240 Speaker 1: miracles often come from what people consider insignificant sources. That's 466 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:15,040 Speaker 1: why you can't let the world ever define your significance, 467 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:18,600 Speaker 1: because the world celebrates all the wrong stuff, all the 468 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:26,400 Speaker 1: wrong stuff. We find significance in status. We find significance 469 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:30,680 Speaker 1: sometimes and we even call it our significant other. Okay, 470 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:34,560 Speaker 1: but this is an announcement. You don't need any other 471 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:38,680 Speaker 1: to be significant. I'm not against the term. I'm not 472 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:40,880 Speaker 1: against the term, but you don't have to be a 473 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:47,200 Speaker 1: duchess of Sussex to be significant, no, not to be 474 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:51,320 Speaker 1: significant in the eyes of God. If significance was predicated 475 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:56,520 Speaker 1: on marital status, Jesus was insignificant. He was never merit. 476 00:31:57,160 --> 00:32:00,880 Speaker 1: Neither was Paul. But the world celebrates all the wrong stuff, 477 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:04,560 Speaker 1: and so we wait for it significance to be assigned 478 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:09,920 Speaker 1: by something outside of God. But I am not significant 479 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:15,120 Speaker 1: because somebody recognized me as significant. I am significant because 480 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:19,000 Speaker 1: of someone who died for me, who created me, and 481 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 1: who lives in me. This is significant, real quick, real quick. 482 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:30,440 Speaker 1: I'm really proud of Elevation Worship. They got nominated for 483 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:37,240 Speaker 1: a Billboard Award Christian Album Christian song, Oh Come to 484 00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 1: the Altar, and I think that's really cool and I 485 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:44,320 Speaker 1: think it's wonderful, and I don't know if we'll win 486 00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:46,479 Speaker 1: it or not. Somebody said we probably won't win it 487 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:48,840 Speaker 1: this year, and it's not a competition, but I'd love 488 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:51,720 Speaker 1: to beat Hillsong. Don't put this online, edit this out, 489 00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:55,320 Speaker 1: and one day maybe we will. But I'm not waiting 490 00:32:55,360 --> 00:33:02,600 Speaker 1: to see if we win the award. Why I saw 491 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:06,080 Speaker 1: Oh Come to the Altar when it was born. I 492 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:08,800 Speaker 1: remember when we wrote it and imagined our church singing 493 00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:11,560 Speaker 1: it and then I saw the church start to sing it, 494 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:15,520 Speaker 1: and I saw people baptized while we were singing, Oh, 495 00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:19,240 Speaker 1: come to the altar. I saw people baptized while we 496 00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:22,800 Speaker 1: were singing The Father's arms are open wide. Forgiveness was 497 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:26,120 Speaker 1: bought with the precious blood of Jesus Christ. So I 498 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:29,360 Speaker 1: don't need Billboard to tell me what baptism already did. 499 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:36,680 Speaker 1: So if Chris Brown gets an award, that's wonderful. But 500 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:41,000 Speaker 1: if Billboard didn't recognize, Oh, come to the altar, touch 501 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:45,480 Speaker 1: somebody say, it's still significant. And if people appreciate me, 502 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:51,120 Speaker 1: that's wonderful. But if they never recognized me, I'm still significant. 503 00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:55,880 Speaker 1: There's a word for somebody. If I got a date, great, 504 00:33:56,360 --> 00:34:00,920 Speaker 1: If I don't, I'm still significant. If I get the job, wonderful. 505 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:04,680 Speaker 1: If I don't, I'm still significant. If you like me, 506 00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:16,520 Speaker 1: good less hung it out, but it not, Pops. I'm 507 00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:24,560 Speaker 1: almost stunned. This is significant. This is significant because I 508 00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:27,680 Speaker 1: saw Chris Brown in a prison during Love Week. He 509 00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:34,799 Speaker 1: wasn't a member, was there voluntarily for the record. He 510 00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:38,040 Speaker 1: was singing, and he finished singing, and we were leaving. 511 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:41,440 Speaker 1: I preached, He's saying, and a prisoner came up to 512 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:44,560 Speaker 1: me and said, before you go, can you single come 513 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:48,160 Speaker 1: to the altar. That's the song that got me through. 514 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,840 Speaker 1: And I hope he can get a billboard. But I 515 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:57,120 Speaker 1: watched him single come to the Altar to one prisoner, 516 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:14,319 Speaker 1: and that was significant. This is significant this season. It's 517 00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:16,520 Speaker 1: hard to see the significance of the season you're in. 518 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:19,520 Speaker 1: You see it better when you're out of it. That's 519 00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:24,120 Speaker 1: why it's hard to raise kids. I love being a parent. 520 00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:26,480 Speaker 1: I joke about it a lot. Is actually my favorite 521 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:29,000 Speaker 1: thing that I do. I just play around like as 522 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,160 Speaker 1: hard as really for me, it's just super easy. I 523 00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:38,799 Speaker 1: just I always know the wisdom and I'm always like 524 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:41,759 Speaker 1: watching my kids play all these sports. It's kind of 525 00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:44,279 Speaker 1: hard sometimes because now they've got so much pressure on 526 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:47,000 Speaker 1: us as parents. Maybe this is a suburban thing. I 527 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:51,640 Speaker 1: don't know. You gotta be at every recital or your 528 00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:54,360 Speaker 1: kid's gonna end up in therapy as a serial killer. 529 00:35:56,560 --> 00:36:00,720 Speaker 1: It's pressure. But I try to get out there running 530 00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:04,600 Speaker 1: around and is this significant? Is this significant? And then 531 00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:07,800 Speaker 1: I get I get caught up an insignificant things and 532 00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:11,360 Speaker 1: I missed significant things, like the Disciples almost missed the 533 00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:15,000 Speaker 1: miracle that day of the Feeding of the five thousand, 534 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:16,799 Speaker 1: the one that's in all four gospels. Maybe that's why 535 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:19,080 Speaker 1: they all included it, because they all almost missed it 536 00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:23,239 Speaker 1: because they wanted to send the crowds away. I show 537 00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:28,800 Speaker 1: you something real quick. This is this is Graham. You 538 00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:30,239 Speaker 1: got it in the back. I didn't use it the 539 00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:35,240 Speaker 1: other times, but yeah, this is Graham pinning a joker. 540 00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:43,239 Speaker 1: It was good. It was a little tournament that was 541 00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:47,800 Speaker 1: the championship match of the tournament. It was on a Saturday. 542 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,320 Speaker 1: Normally I'd be preaching that particular Saturday. I had somebody 543 00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:53,520 Speaker 1: else preaching for me. Look who he's looking at. Now, 544 00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,520 Speaker 1: guess who he's looking at when he's a minute, I mean, 545 00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:58,640 Speaker 1: he just pinned him. The ref just slapped the mat 546 00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:04,560 Speaker 1: and he looks up like what. And I like it 547 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:08,600 Speaker 1: because I like it because what he said to me 548 00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:12,600 Speaker 1: when he came back up. I said, isn't they cool? 549 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:14,440 Speaker 1: How I wentn't preaching today so I could watch you 550 00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:17,359 Speaker 1: in this tournament? And what if I had missed it? 551 00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:20,480 Speaker 1: He said, well, if you had missed it, I probably 552 00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:29,640 Speaker 1: wouldn't have won it. And I was like, if you 553 00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:35,480 Speaker 1: never say anything, just never talk again until you go 554 00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:45,200 Speaker 1: to college. Let's end on that note the same thing. 555 00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:50,040 Speaker 1: You could take it down, although I'd be happy to 556 00:37:50,239 --> 00:38:03,719 Speaker 1: put it on Instagram for you Instagram anyway, It's hard 557 00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:08,160 Speaker 1: to know. Sometimes you don't always get to see the 558 00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:10,879 Speaker 1: gold medal. They don't hand out a gold medal. In fact, 559 00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:15,520 Speaker 1: when it says that the disciples did not understand about 560 00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:19,439 Speaker 1: the loaves, they were amazed, because show the verse again, 561 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:23,440 Speaker 1: verse fifty two. This first got my attention. Really, this 562 00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:27,920 Speaker 1: is my whole message, because it says they were amazed 563 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:30,160 Speaker 1: when he got in the boat and the winds died 564 00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:34,520 Speaker 1: because they had not understood about the loaves. It just happened. 565 00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:38,880 Speaker 1: It was the thing that happened right before the storm. 566 00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:42,120 Speaker 1: It had just happened. It wasn't years later, and they 567 00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:45,480 Speaker 1: forgot it had just happened. You know how God provides 568 00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:49,040 Speaker 1: for you, and then you go into a different test 569 00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:51,120 Speaker 1: and you forget the lesson because it's a different test, 570 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:55,359 Speaker 1: and God provided for you in a bigger way back there. 571 00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:57,640 Speaker 1: But now you're struggling with a little thing here and 572 00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:01,040 Speaker 1: you trip over an insignificant thing. God has already done 573 00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:03,600 Speaker 1: the most significant thing, which is to save your soul. 574 00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:11,920 Speaker 1: They understood about the loaves on one level, physically they ate. 575 00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:15,840 Speaker 1: They understood about the loaves on one level, the crowds 576 00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:19,920 Speaker 1: were fed. But what they didn't understand is that Jesus 577 00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:22,399 Speaker 1: did not feed the multitudes so they could know what 578 00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:26,040 Speaker 1: he did. He fed the multitude so they could know 579 00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:31,160 Speaker 1: who he was. The lesson of the loaves is not 580 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:35,000 Speaker 1: I am your burger, king your way right away. The 581 00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:37,200 Speaker 1: lesson of the loaves is not that you will never 582 00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:39,279 Speaker 1: be hungry, or you will never hurt, or you will 583 00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:42,480 Speaker 1: never wonder, or you will never doubt. The lesson of 584 00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:48,560 Speaker 1: the loaves is I am the bread of life. I am. 585 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:52,320 Speaker 1: It is me. It was me when you were hungry. 586 00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:55,560 Speaker 1: It was me when you were lonely. It was me 587 00:39:55,640 --> 00:39:59,040 Speaker 1: when you were depressed. It was me when you were anxious. 588 00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:02,200 Speaker 1: It was me on the mountaintop, it was me in 589 00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:05,040 Speaker 1: the valley. The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not 590 00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:07,960 Speaker 1: want I will fear no evil. He is with me 591 00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:14,920 Speaker 1: in this moment. It's me. It was me then, and 592 00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:18,360 Speaker 1: it's me now. It was me that got you through that. 593 00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:21,200 Speaker 1: It's me that will see you through this. And if 594 00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:23,600 Speaker 1: I am in the boat, the wind must submit to 595 00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:31,200 Speaker 1: my word. I am with you. And they didn't get 596 00:40:31,239 --> 00:40:37,439 Speaker 1: it they saw the miracle, They experienced the miracle. They're 597 00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:39,680 Speaker 1: the ones who handed out the bread to the people. 598 00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:45,840 Speaker 1: But you can experience a miracle and miss the significance. 599 00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:53,759 Speaker 1: So God saved you, But what did he save you 600 00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:57,040 Speaker 1: for so you could spend the rest of your life 601 00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:59,200 Speaker 1: carrying the shame he died to take away and nail 602 00:40:59,239 --> 00:41:01,520 Speaker 1: to his cross? Is that what he saved you for? 603 00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:04,759 Speaker 1: God saved you, But what did he save you for 604 00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:06,600 Speaker 1: so you could live the rest of your life just 605 00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:08,560 Speaker 1: as selfish as you lived the first part of your life, 606 00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:10,719 Speaker 1: but with a cross around your neck this time? What 607 00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:17,840 Speaker 1: did he save you for? You can experience the miracle 608 00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:21,680 Speaker 1: of salvation but miss the significant something. God didn't just 609 00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:27,560 Speaker 1: save you from. He saved you for a purpose, a mission, 610 00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:38,799 Speaker 1: a calling. And the miracle was not just that the 611 00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:42,920 Speaker 1: people were fed. The miracle was not just that they 612 00:41:43,080 --> 00:41:46,919 Speaker 1: ate bread. The miracle is not just what God does 613 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:51,680 Speaker 1: for you. The miracle is that you see who He is. 614 00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:58,160 Speaker 1: This is beautiful. It is so beautiful that it bears repeating. 615 00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:04,200 Speaker 1: It bears repeating, and in Mark chapter eight, this miracle 616 00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:07,400 Speaker 1: is so significant it happens again. One way you can 617 00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:10,280 Speaker 1: tell when something is important is when it is repeated. 618 00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:16,960 Speaker 1: So the disciples find themselves in a situation that is 619 00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:20,880 Speaker 1: very similar. There's a big crowd and there's no food. 620 00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:24,759 Speaker 1: You know, like last time when you were worried and 621 00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:27,160 Speaker 1: upset and you didn't think you were gonna make it, 622 00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:29,800 Speaker 1: and you made it. And now here you are again, 623 00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:32,279 Speaker 1: and the wind's blowing again, and you don't think you're 624 00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:37,160 Speaker 1: gonna make it. A spoiler alert, you will. That's thee 625 00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:40,759 Speaker 1: lesson of the Lows. That's the lesson of the I 626 00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:43,000 Speaker 1: didn't mean to ruin the movie for you. But at 627 00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:45,720 Speaker 1: the end of this thing, you're gonna be in Beth Sayda. 628 00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:48,000 Speaker 1: Because if he told you I'll meet you on the 629 00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:50,480 Speaker 1: other side, you don't die in the lake in the 630 00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:58,520 Speaker 1: middle of the night. Come on, cherch has he not 631 00:42:58,760 --> 00:43:03,239 Speaker 1: shown you? Don't you see it? Don't you hear it? 632 00:43:03,239 --> 00:43:09,400 Speaker 1: It's the same voice, the same God. And so he 633 00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:13,840 Speaker 1: feeds the crowd. In Mark chapter eight, and the Bible 634 00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:17,399 Speaker 1: says Mark eight fourteen, the disciples had forgotten to bring bread. 635 00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:20,640 Speaker 1: Stand up, it'll make me close, quicker, don't leave, it'll 636 00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:27,200 Speaker 1: make me angry. The disciples had forgotten to bring bread 637 00:43:29,239 --> 00:43:33,240 Speaker 1: except for one loaf. They had with them in the boat. 638 00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:36,440 Speaker 1: I don't mean to correct the scripture, but there were 639 00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:39,520 Speaker 1: actually two loaves in the boat. One of them was 640 00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:47,400 Speaker 1: the bread they could see. Be careful, Jesus warned them, 641 00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:50,799 Speaker 1: watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that 642 00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:55,720 Speaker 1: of Herod. He is warning them against the seemingly insignificant 643 00:43:55,719 --> 00:44:00,920 Speaker 1: compromises that corrode your faith. Watch out, he said, your 644 00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:06,960 Speaker 1: words are significant, your habits are significant, your friendships are significant. 645 00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:10,440 Speaker 1: Watch out for that yeast. And when he said yeast, 646 00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:15,960 Speaker 1: they thought about bread. And they discussed this with one 647 00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:22,200 Speaker 1: another and said, it is because we have no bread. 648 00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:26,920 Speaker 1: They still didn't get it. They saw him do it, 649 00:44:27,960 --> 00:44:32,439 Speaker 1: and they still didn't get that he was it. They're 650 00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:37,839 Speaker 1: still worried about provision. You're still worried about bills. You're 651 00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:41,200 Speaker 1: still worried. We're still thinking on the level of what 652 00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:45,759 Speaker 1: we can see. Jesus, aware of their discussion, asked them 653 00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:51,800 Speaker 1: a question, why are you talking about having no bread? 654 00:44:53,120 --> 00:44:57,120 Speaker 1: Why are you worrying about something that I've already worked out? 655 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:03,440 Speaker 1: Why are you doubting something that you've already seen me 656 00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:11,880 Speaker 1: do so many times before. Do you still not see 657 00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:16,600 Speaker 1: or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes 658 00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:19,479 Speaker 1: but fail to see? And ears but failed to hear? 659 00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:23,879 Speaker 1: Do you still hear Laurel when it's really Yanny? And 660 00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:30,200 Speaker 1: don't you remember when I broke the five loaves for 661 00:45:30,239 --> 00:45:34,200 Speaker 1: the five thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you 662 00:45:34,239 --> 00:45:38,120 Speaker 1: pick up? Twelve? They reply? When I read that, I 663 00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:40,400 Speaker 1: thought the significance of the miracle is in the numbers. 664 00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:42,440 Speaker 1: You know, five is the number of grace in the Bible. 665 00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:47,640 Speaker 1: It represents graces symbolic, twelve disciples, twelve tribes, a number 666 00:45:47,680 --> 00:45:50,320 Speaker 1: of government. So I thought it was about the numbers. 667 00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:53,200 Speaker 1: But then verse twenty says when I broke the seven 668 00:45:53,239 --> 00:45:55,840 Speaker 1: loaves for the four thousand, how many basketballs and pieces 669 00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:57,800 Speaker 1: did you pick up? And then I said, well, seven's 670 00:45:57,800 --> 00:46:02,760 Speaker 1: the number of completion and four thousand. Really, I can't 671 00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:08,040 Speaker 1: really do anything with that. They answered seven. He said, 672 00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:11,080 Speaker 1: do you still not understand? And then I read it 673 00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:14,480 Speaker 1: again verse nineteen, Verse nineteen, verse nineteen when I broke, 674 00:46:16,840 --> 00:46:22,400 Speaker 1: And then I read verse twenty when I broke, and 675 00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:25,880 Speaker 1: I realized the significance of the miracle is that the 676 00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:37,000 Speaker 1: bread had to be broken. They wouldn't understand this really 677 00:46:37,080 --> 00:46:39,000 Speaker 1: until he went to the cross, they ate the bread, 678 00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:43,320 Speaker 1: but they did not understand the significance until he was 679 00:46:43,400 --> 00:46:49,080 Speaker 1: crushed for our transgressions and bruised for our iniquities, because 680 00:46:49,120 --> 00:46:56,560 Speaker 1: the bread couldn't be given until it was broken. When 681 00:46:56,600 --> 00:47:00,200 Speaker 1: you were in a breaking season of your life, being 682 00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:05,640 Speaker 1: broken of your pride and your stubbornness, your opinions, and 683 00:47:05,719 --> 00:47:10,640 Speaker 1: you're straining against the wind, it is easy to begin 684 00:47:10,680 --> 00:47:12,520 Speaker 1: to believe that it is going to break you. But 685 00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:16,000 Speaker 1: God will not allow life to break you. That's his job. 686 00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:20,399 Speaker 1: And when you're in his hands, like the song said, 687 00:47:21,560 --> 00:47:23,279 Speaker 1: prepare that chorus of do it again, We're going to 688 00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:26,200 Speaker 1: sing it. I'm still in your hands. We're going to 689 00:47:26,239 --> 00:47:29,120 Speaker 1: sing that, and we're going to understand that the lesson 690 00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:30,920 Speaker 1: of the loaves is not that everybody went home with 691 00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:34,600 Speaker 1: a full belly. The lesson of the loaves is this. 692 00:47:37,040 --> 00:47:39,920 Speaker 1: The end of your story is not that you are broken. 693 00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:44,719 Speaker 1: The end of the story is the basket false. This 694 00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:51,880 Speaker 1: story does not end in brokenness. This story ends with leftovers. 695 00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:55,960 Speaker 1: I want to let you know today this is significant. 696 00:47:56,840 --> 00:48:00,040 Speaker 1: God is not done with you. I set God, it 697 00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:03,400 Speaker 1: is not done with you. I'm preaching this word for 698 00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:07,160 Speaker 1: somebody who's been straining against the wind. Grace is coming 699 00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:10,520 Speaker 1: to your pope. The bread is in the Master's hands, 700 00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:17,000 Speaker 1: and the bread was only broken to be given. Lift 701 00:48:17,040 --> 00:48:19,240 Speaker 1: your hands in the presence of God, no one moving. 702 00:48:21,120 --> 00:48:29,040 Speaker 1: This is my confidence that he is faithful, faithfulness. I'm 703 00:48:29,120 --> 00:48:40,080 Speaker 1: stealing your hands. This is my conference. You never you 704 00:48:40,400 --> 00:48:52,160 Speaker 1: promise seals stands. Greed is your faithfulness, faithfulness. I'm sealing you. 705 00:48:54,360 --> 00:49:03,880 Speaker 1: This is my contents. You never you draw mes SEUs 706 00:49:04,120 --> 00:49:22,560 Speaker 1: its greed is your faithless faith seals. This is my confidence. Listen, 707 00:49:22,600 --> 00:49:25,719 Speaker 1: here's what you do. You take what you learned from 708 00:49:25,760 --> 00:49:31,680 Speaker 1: the loaves, and you remember it in the storm. You 709 00:49:31,760 --> 00:49:36,320 Speaker 1: take the basketful from the last time that God provided 710 00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:39,880 Speaker 1: for you, and the next time the wind begins to 711 00:49:39,960 --> 00:49:43,600 Speaker 1: rage in your life, you remember that if Jesus is 712 00:49:43,640 --> 00:49:47,480 Speaker 1: in this boat with me, if I draw near to God, 713 00:49:48,440 --> 00:49:52,120 Speaker 1: he will draw near to me. And as we worship 714 00:49:52,200 --> 00:49:55,719 Speaker 1: him as the Son of God, today the wind has 715 00:49:55,840 --> 00:49:59,800 Speaker 1: to die down. Anxiety has to shut its mouth in 716 00:49:59,840 --> 00:50:03,880 Speaker 1: the bressives of God. Because we know who he is, 717 00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:08,759 Speaker 1: and we've seen what he's done. We have faithful what 718 00:50:08,800 --> 00:50:12,480 Speaker 1: He's gonna do to see anybody believe He's with you 719 00:50:12,600 --> 00:50:20,040 Speaker 1: in this season. Time. Well, I hope you enjoyed the 720 00:50:20,080 --> 00:50:22,479 Speaker 1: podcast today. If you did, there are just a couple 721 00:50:22,600 --> 00:50:26,000 Speaker 1: things I'd love for you to do. Number One, subscribe 722 00:50:26,040 --> 00:50:28,919 Speaker 1: to our show. That way, the most recent episode will 723 00:50:28,920 --> 00:50:32,120 Speaker 1: always be in your feed, waiting for you, ready when 724 00:50:32,160 --> 00:50:35,440 Speaker 1: you are. 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