1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:03,880 Speaker 1: The Lord has been speaking to me. Open your Bible. 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:06,600 Speaker 1: Stay standing, John chapter twelve. 3 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:09,559 Speaker 2: You're like, well, Pastor Stephen, we were only in John 4 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 2: one last week. How did we get to John twelve 5 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 2: so quick? 6 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 1: Easter's coming. We had to hit fast forward. We're skipping 7 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 1: a few scenes. 8 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 2: But we're gonna see the Lord ride in to Jerusalem 9 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 2: on a donkey, and we're going to see what that 10 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 2: means for me and for you. John Chapter twelve, Verse twelve. 11 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 2: I want to give a couple of birthday greetings. It 12 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,480 Speaker 2: is the thirteenth birthday of our Toronto campus. 13 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: Let's thank God for elevation Toronto. Praise the Lord. 14 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 2: Stephen Christen, the whole crew at Toronto, y'all go crazy, 15 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 2: y'all celebrate today. 16 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: It's a big birthday. 17 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 2: Our Raleigh location is moving into their brand new building today. 18 00:00:52,200 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 2: Let's go Raleigh. We're gonna have Resurrection Sunday and Raleigh 19 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 2: in a brand new build and it's going. 20 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: To be amazing. Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord. 21 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 2: This occasion that we celebrate today, of course, is mitigated 22 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 2: in his joy by the fact that for Jesus it 23 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 2: would represent his sacrifice as he rides into. 24 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: Jerusalem to give his life for you and I. 25 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 2: Now let me read the passage from John chapter twelve, 26 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:27,400 Speaker 2: verses twelve through sixteen, picking up right here mid flow. 27 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 2: The next day, the great crowd that had come for 28 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 2: the festival heard that Jesus. 29 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 1: Was on his way to Jerusalem. 30 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 2: They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, Hosanna, 31 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 2: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. 32 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 2: Blessed is the King of Israel. Now watch what Jesus did. 33 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: A study in contrast, Here are these. 34 00:01:53,800 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 3: Loud shouts from the crowd, and Jesus verse fourteen found 35 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 3: a young donkey and set on it. 36 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 1: As it is. 37 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 2: Written, do not be afraid, daughter's ion. See your king 38 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 2: is coming. In that good news, your King is coming. 39 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 2: Then that bless you to know your king is coming. 40 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:19,239 Speaker 2: Tell somebody next to you, the King is coming. The 41 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:21,959 Speaker 2: King is coming, the King, the King is coming. The 42 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 2: King is coming. See your King is coming. Seated on 43 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 2: a donkey's colt, h that's unexpected. Last week we talked 44 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 2: about the staying Jesus week when we talked about the 45 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 2: seeking Jesus. 46 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 1: This week we're going to talk about the seated Jesus. 47 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: Seated on a donkey's colt. Now one more verse I 48 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 1: want to give you, then you can be seated. This 49 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: is what I want to talk to you about today. 50 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 2: At first, his disciples did not understand all this. Only 51 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 2: after see, some things only make sense after only after. 52 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 2: Don't worry too much right now about what you don't understand. 53 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 2: Some things only make sense. Only after Jesus was glorified 54 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 2: did they realize that these things had been written about him, 55 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 2: and that these things had been done to him. And 56 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 2: that's where I want to stop today. I'm going to 57 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 2: give this message a simple title, and then we might 58 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:30,920 Speaker 2: call it something different online. 59 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: But I'm just gonna put it after a question. 60 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 2: Today, give your neighbor my title, look at him and 61 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 2: say what are you doing? 62 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 1: What are you doing? That's the message today. Well, don't 63 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: answer them just as a setup for a sermon. You 64 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: don't have to give him a report. Sit out. You 65 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: may be seated. What are you doing? Very common question? 66 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 2: Right you might just ask somebody that call him on 67 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 2: the phone, what are you doing? 68 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: Is it a good time or is it a bad time? 69 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: What are you doing? 70 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 2: You might have asked your kids at the other day, 71 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 2: what are you doing might've had a different tone and 72 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 2: inflection to it that way, What are you doing? Sometimes 73 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 2: you might ask yourself that, you know, after an hour 74 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 2: of scrolling stuff that you really don't want to look 75 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 2: at and you're not really interested in, and you don't 76 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 2: even really like cats, but you've been watching them do 77 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 2: stuff on your phone for like forty five minutes, what 78 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 2: are you doing? What are you You know what I'm 79 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 2: talking about, Like halfway through the stress eating exercise and 80 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 2: you're like, what are you doing? You know? You know, 81 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 2: like anytime I eat brisket after six thirty pm, I'm like, 82 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 2: what are you doing? You know this brisket is going 83 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 2: to make an encore. 84 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: Appearance tonight at about three am. What are you doing? 85 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 1: I just like the brisket. I don't know. I have 86 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 1: time to slow down and think about it and analyze it. 87 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 1: What are you doing? 88 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 2: Then there is that sense of a season of your 89 00:04:54,240 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 2: life when you even asked that question of God. Seasons 90 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 2: where it is not obvious or a parent, seasons where 91 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 2: you cannot point. 92 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:07,720 Speaker 1: To answered prayers, what are you doing? 93 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 2: Seasons where you can't discern why He would remove a 94 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:16,720 Speaker 2: certain someone from your life? What are you doing? I 95 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:20,840 Speaker 2: needed them. Lord, don't you know I needed them? What 96 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 2: are you doing? What are you doing? 97 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:23,479 Speaker 4: Lord? 98 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 1: Like God, I'm gonna. 99 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:28,039 Speaker 2: Need you to go ahead and give me a job 100 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 2: right now, because I got bills right now. 101 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 1: And I know that there's gonna be streets paid. 102 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 2: With gold in heaven, but right now, that is not 103 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 2: a currency for me to pay my power bill right 104 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 2: here on this earth that you put me on. 105 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 1: Lord, What are you doing? 106 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 2: And that's what I want to preach about today, because 107 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 2: you know, the Disciples are not the only characters in 108 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 2: this story that I read you from John chapter twelve 109 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 2: that we call Palm Sunday. I actually want to look 110 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 2: at four different perspectives today from this passage. 111 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 1: And this is the way I'd like to take you 112 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:02,679 Speaker 1: through the journey, because we're. 113 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:06,479 Speaker 2: Gonna see what four different characters or groups were doing 114 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 2: in the story. 115 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,919 Speaker 1: First, we're gonna look at the disciples and see what 116 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: they're doing. 117 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 2: And then we're gonna look at the crowds, the crowds 118 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 2: that were gathered, and we're gonna see what the crowds 119 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 2: are doing. And then we're gonna look at the donkey 120 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 2: and talk about what the donkey was doing. And then 121 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 2: I want to talk about the king and see what 122 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 2: he was doing, the disciples, the crowds, the donkeys. 123 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:33,599 Speaker 1: And the king, and we'll have our outline for today. 124 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:40,280 Speaker 2: Everybody say, the disciples, the crowds, the donkey, the king. 125 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 2: Put all four of those in the comments you're watching online. 126 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:47,840 Speaker 2: Put the disciples, the crowds, the donkey, and the king. 127 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: What are you doing well? 128 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 2: The disciples, of course, are walking with Jesus, which sounds simple, 129 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:59,039 Speaker 2: and it is simple until it isn't. It's easy for 130 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:01,919 Speaker 2: us to judge the disciples when we read a verse 131 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 2: like John twelve sixteen. 132 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,919 Speaker 1: At first, his disciples did not understand all this. Only 133 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 1: after Jesus was glorified did. 134 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 2: They realize these things had been written about him and 135 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 2: that these things had been done to him. There is 136 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 2: a part of you that wants to say, after all 137 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 2: you've seen and after all you've experienced walking with Jesus, 138 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 2: how could you still be wondering what he is doing? 139 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 2: But keep in mind before you judge the disciples, that. 140 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 1: We know what they don't. 141 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 2: When you read John chapter twelve, you have an advantage 142 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 2: over the disciples because. 143 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 1: You know what they don't. 144 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 2: You know about the third Day they don't you know, 145 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 2: perhaps about the messianic fulfillment that is represented in this passage, because. 146 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 1: You have a cross reference in your Bible. 147 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 2: And it says if you want to read John chapter twelve, 148 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 2: verse fifteen about the king writing on a cult a 149 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 2: baby donkey, that that's taken from Zechariah nine to nine, 150 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 2: which is in the Old Testament, And just as soon 151 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 2: as you can flip the pages, you can go, oh, well, 152 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 2: of course he wrote on a donkey. 153 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 1: Zachariah prophesied it five hundred years ago. He's fulfilling prophecy. 154 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 2: They don't know that because they are living that, and 155 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 2: certain things in your life while you are living them 156 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 2: don't look like they look after they're over. There's a 157 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 2: difference between looking at something and living in something. So 158 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 2: when we see Jesus riding in on a donkey, we 159 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:32,679 Speaker 2: see it as a sign of humility and peace and 160 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 2: prophecy fulfilled for them. 161 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:37,559 Speaker 1: It was very confusing to watch. 162 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 2: The Master and the CEO of the universe uber into 163 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 2: Jerusalem to do the most important task that a human 164 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 2: has ever done. You know what they don't, And it's 165 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 2: important to remember that we get a big picture of Jesus. 166 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: From John's Gospel. 167 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 2: We know about him turning water into wine, and they 168 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 2: saw that. And we know about him talking to a 169 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 2: woman at a well, and they saw that. 170 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: And we know about him feeding five and. 171 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 2: Hungry souls and women and children, and they saw that. 172 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:07,439 Speaker 2: But they saw all these things while they walked with him. 173 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 2: And we worship him because we read about these things. 174 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,959 Speaker 1: But they had to walk with him as they realize 175 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:14,680 Speaker 1: these things. 176 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:18,679 Speaker 2: And sometimes it is easier to worship a Jesus that 177 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 2: you read about than it is to walk with a 178 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:28,079 Speaker 2: Jesus who is frustrating your expectations and confusing your emotions 179 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:31,200 Speaker 2: by heading to the cross when you need him to 180 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 2: be a king. So I just want to talk about 181 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 2: for a moment, for all of you who are going 182 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 2: through a season of your life that looks like what 183 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:39,680 Speaker 2: are you doing? 184 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 1: Keep walking? 185 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 2: Keep walking because the what ifs that you have about 186 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 2: your marriage, the what ifs that you have about your health, 187 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 2: the what ifs that you have about your children, the 188 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:53,440 Speaker 2: what ifs that you have about your career, the what 189 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 2: ifs that you have about your emotions, the what ifs 190 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 2: that you have will only be answered when you walk. 191 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:04,319 Speaker 2: So keep walking. That's all the disciples did they walked 192 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 2: with him. The Disciples are walking. Everybody say the Disciples 193 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 2: are walking, and the disciples are walking with the Jesus 194 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 2: that they do not fully understand even though they have 195 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 2: been radically changed, even though they have been wonderfully exposed. 196 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: The Disciples are living in it. 197 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 2: And there is a difference between living in it and 198 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 2: looking at it. Now you're like you already said that, 199 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 2: I'm gonna say it again, because it is so easy 200 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 2: for you to look at somebody else's life and envy 201 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 2: them and be jealous of them. But you might be 202 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:41,560 Speaker 2: jealous of a life that you're only seeing the front 203 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 2: side of. And if you ever saw the backside of 204 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 2: their life, you might not be bitter about yours. Because 205 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 2: there is a chance that the cost that they are 206 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 2: paying to be who they are is greater than the 207 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 2: toll that you would want to pay. So don't be jealous, 208 00:10:56,240 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 2: and also don't judge. Judge because we are all walking. 209 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:05,839 Speaker 2: We are like the Disciples. 210 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 1: There are things that we don't understand and we will not. 211 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 2: Until after I heard about a poem that Corey ten. 212 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:17,559 Speaker 1: Boone used to love. I thought that she wrote it, 213 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 1: but I found out that She. 214 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 2: Was quoting it from Grant Colfax Tuller, who was a poet, 215 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:28,080 Speaker 2: And I want you to listen to this because she 216 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 2: read it as a Holocaust survivor. She read it after 217 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:37,559 Speaker 2: forgiving people who tortured her family. She read it after 218 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 2: surviving something that most of us would have stumbled over. 219 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:46,840 Speaker 2: And she read this poem called the Weaver. My life 220 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 2: is but a weaving between my God and me. I 221 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 2: cannot choose the colors. He weaveth steadily. Oftentimes he weaveth sorrow, 222 00:11:57,160 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 2: and I, in foolish pride forget he sees the upper. 223 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:10,559 Speaker 1: And I the underside the underside. 224 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:14,679 Speaker 2: Not till the loom is silent and the shuttles cease 225 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 2: to fly, will God unroll the canvas and reveal the 226 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 2: reason why the dark. 227 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:27,440 Speaker 4: Threads are as needful in the weaver's skillful hand as 228 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:31,599 Speaker 4: the threads of gold and silver in the pattern he 229 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 4: is planned. 230 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 2: What she's saying is, I don't see the picture from 231 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 2: my perspective. I don't see what his hands are doing 232 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 2: while I am going through the hardships of my life. 233 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 1: And it is the weaver that I worship, and I 234 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:52,440 Speaker 1: walk with him, and I talk with him but I 235 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: often wonder what are you doing? I can tell I 236 00:12:57,360 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 1: might need to break this down a little bit. So 237 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 1: let me show you something. Holly and I have a 238 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:05,839 Speaker 1: great marriage. Great marriage. 239 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, I picked the right partner and I'm reaping the 240 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:09,199 Speaker 2: benefits ever since. 241 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:15,079 Speaker 1: Praise the Lord for our twentieth anniversary. 242 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 2: A while back, Shell made us this, this cross stitch. 243 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 1: Can you see. 244 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:29,960 Speaker 5: It kind of right? Like you can kind of tell 245 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 5: what it is. It kind of looks like she didn't 246 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 5: do a good job. 247 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 2: It kind of looks like she needs to go back 248 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 2: to cross stitch class, take a couple remedial weeks. But 249 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:45,679 Speaker 2: of course if you see the other side, you can 250 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 2: see she did pretty good. 251 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:49,880 Speaker 1: You can see she made. 252 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 2: Me look just like I did on that faithful day 253 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 2: with no beard, standing before my wife in my s 254 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 2: and case suit about three sizes too big for me. 255 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 1: And there we are. 256 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 2: Like this. 257 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 1: On this side. 258 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:12,559 Speaker 2: But every marriage does have an underside. And I just 259 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 2: want you to remember when you look at everybody's Easter 260 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 2: pictures on Instagram. In about a week, they're showing this, 261 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 2: but they probably went through this in the car before 262 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 2: they got the seers to take the picture. 263 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 1: That's a callback. Reference from the eighties. 264 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 2: You see what I'm saying. This is zin back in y'all, 265 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 2: what are you doing? This is what it looks like, 266 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 2: and this is how it's lived. I said, this is 267 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 2: what it looks like, and this is how it's lived. 268 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 2: She got out the car the other day and she 269 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 2: asked me, does my hair look good messy or bad messy? Now, 270 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 2: after twenty something years, I can tell you that the 271 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 2: answer to that automatically is a good mess But I 272 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 2: can also tell you there is a. 273 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 1: Difference between good messy and bad messy. And good messy is. 274 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:13,680 Speaker 2: When you are trusting God in your life to work 275 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 2: out the details that you can't control, and you are 276 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 2: trusting God's sovereignty in your life for situations that. 277 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 1: Are too big for you. 278 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 2: Good messy is in a marriage where we fight for 279 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 2: the marriage, where we fight with each other instead of 280 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 2: against each other, and we fight for each other because 281 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 2: every marriage has an underside. Every marriage that looks like 282 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 2: this looks like this somewhere. Every marriage that looks like 283 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 2: this where the couple has their debts paid off had 284 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 2: conversations about are you really bringing that coffee. 285 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 1: Table into my house? And did it really cost I. 286 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 2: Remember the first time she told me she wanted to 287 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 2: spend four hundred dollars on a coffee table. I said, 288 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 2: you better find one that has some dings and dents 289 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 2: in it. You better find one that's busted out the 290 00:15:58,080 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 2: top of it. 291 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 1: Four hundred dollars for a coffee table. 292 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 2: See, because we are still weaving together our values for money, 293 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 2: she has a value for a coffee table. I didn't 294 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 2: even drink coffee at the time. 295 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 1: How am I supposed to. 296 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 2: Pay four hundred dollars for something I don't even drink. 297 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 1: I'm not even gonna use. 298 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 2: It looks like this every marriage, in terms of sexual relationships, 299 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 2: in terms of communication, in terms of conflict. 300 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 1: Management, it always looks like this. 301 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 2: So what I'm trying to say is, don't confuse what 302 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 2: it looks like with how it's lived. Or you might 303 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 2: give up on something great because of something gross, and 304 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 2: you might give up on something miraculous because of something messy. 305 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 2: And when God is bringing something together in your life, 306 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 2: remember you have to trust him with the underside. That 307 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 2: might be the whole word for somebody today. Trust him 308 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:55,920 Speaker 2: with the underside. I know it's ugly, but trust him. 309 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 2: I know it's crazy, but trust him. I know it's confusing, 310 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 2: but trust him. I know is not coming together as 311 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:05,359 Speaker 2: fast as you want it, but trust him. I know 312 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 2: you can't figure out what it is yet, but trust him. 313 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:09,880 Speaker 1: I know everybody around. 314 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 2: You is acting kind of judgmental, but don't judge the underside, 315 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:16,880 Speaker 2: because in God's hand, the dark threads are just as 316 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:20,639 Speaker 2: important as the light threads, and all things work together 317 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:23,440 Speaker 2: for the good of them who are called according to 318 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:24,080 Speaker 2: his purpose. 319 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 1: So if he called me according to. 320 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 2: His purpose, that means there will be an underside that 321 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:34,120 Speaker 2: he oversees, and I cannot judge what He's making by 322 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 2: the moment that I'm in, or I will be like 323 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 2: the disciples that saw the cross as a failure. 324 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 1: But this was not the failure. This was the foundation. 325 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 2: And isn't it amazing that the disciples walked with Jesus into. 326 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:50,959 Speaker 1: The most confusing moments of their life. 327 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 2: But the most confusing moment was the one that He 328 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:57,880 Speaker 2: used the most. I can tell you, looking back on 329 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:01,119 Speaker 2: forty six years of living, some of the times that 330 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 2: I was most confused were some of the times that 331 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:07,479 Speaker 2: He most used. So don't give up on God just 332 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 2: because you're on the underside. 333 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:10,879 Speaker 1: It might be ugly. 334 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:14,400 Speaker 2: On the underside, it might be uncomfortable. On the other side, 335 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 2: it may be inconvenient. On the underside, it may be embarrassing, 336 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:21,679 Speaker 2: it may be humiliating. You might have to ask some questions. 337 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:30,120 Speaker 2: You may not understand until after when Jesus was glorified, 338 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:35,400 Speaker 2: they got it. And then they went, oh, is this 339 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 2: and the faith is to the faith is to make 340 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 2: it through the lows so you can get to the oh. Oh. 341 00:18:56,800 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 2: And meanwhile the disciples are walking and the crowds that's 342 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 2: number two are waving, and they are waving palm branches. 343 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:13,679 Speaker 2: And these palm branches are not random. I remember a 344 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:16,359 Speaker 2: few years ago in church. Actually it must have been 345 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:18,119 Speaker 2: about fifteen years ago, because this is back when I 346 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:20,200 Speaker 2: used to copy everything my buddy Perry Noble did in church. 347 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:21,680 Speaker 1: God I know what I was doing. 348 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:24,280 Speaker 2: And he had people break these glow sticks one Sunday, 349 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 2: and on Palm Sunday, they all raised them in the air, 350 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 2: and they were singing, shine your light and let the 351 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 2: whole world see for the glory of the risen King. 352 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:32,439 Speaker 2: And everybody broke the glove stick and raised it up 353 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 2: in the air on Palm Sunday, and we were using 354 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 2: it to represent all the people we wanted to see 355 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 2: come to Christ, and we were raising the glow sticks. 356 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 2: And I read this young girl on Twitter. She said, 357 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:43,680 Speaker 2: my mom asked me, did we have palm branches in church. 358 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 1: On Palm Sunday? And I had to tell her no, 359 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 1: they had glow sticks. 360 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 2: And I was like, that's just elevation, right, Like not 361 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:50,600 Speaker 2: a lot of tradition around here. In fact, this is 362 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 2: the first time I've preached on the donkey on Palm 363 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:57,919 Speaker 2: Sunday in about ten to fifteen years. But before I 364 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 2: can even talk about the donkey, I gotta talk about 365 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:08,159 Speaker 2: the crowds, because we named this Sunday after what the 366 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:12,200 Speaker 2: crowds held in their hand and what they waved as 367 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:16,919 Speaker 2: a sign of victory. The palm branch represented victory like 368 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 2: when a great conquering. 369 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:21,360 Speaker 6: King would take a new. 370 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:24,240 Speaker 2: Territory and come back into town on a war horse. 371 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 2: They would wave these palm branches and these myrtles, and 372 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:34,719 Speaker 2: they would shout, HOSEA, blessed is he who comes in 373 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 2: the name of the Lord, and they do it three times, Joseanda, 374 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 2: blessed is he. Because the victory was coming back and 375 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 2: they would wave the branches tomba. 376 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:47,160 Speaker 1: Hoosella, blessed is he. 377 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 2: This is a scripture that they were quoting from Psalm 378 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 2: one eighteen, verse twenty six. Hosella, blessed is he who. 379 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 1: Comes in the name of the Lord. 380 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:03,080 Speaker 2: Now Jesus is headed to a cross, and he's coming 381 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:06,200 Speaker 2: through Jerusalem, and about one hundred and twenty thousand people 382 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 2: are gathered to celebrate the Passover festival and is crowded 383 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 2: in the streets of Jerusalem. 384 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 1: And they're shouting out save now. That's what Hosanna means, 385 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: save now, because don't we want. 386 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:21,480 Speaker 2: God to get it out of us and get us 387 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 2: out of it right now? And don't we want God 388 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:26,920 Speaker 2: to do what He's gonna do right now? And since 389 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 2: they just got word that Lazarus was in the ground 390 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 2: but he got up, maybe they figured that this prophet, 391 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 2: this priest, this messiah, whatever he was, could do for 392 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 2: them what they had waited for the king to do. 393 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:44,960 Speaker 2: And so they are shouting Hosanna, blessed is he who 394 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:46,359 Speaker 2: comes in the name of the Lord. 395 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:47,919 Speaker 1: And they're shouting loud. 396 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:51,359 Speaker 2: I believe that as they are shouting Hosannah, which is 397 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 2: a praise word Jesus can already hear the echoes of 398 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:59,679 Speaker 2: crucify Him, which the same crowds would be shouting on 399 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 2: frid Don't ever get too attached to people's praise. Don't 400 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:09,360 Speaker 2: ever get too attached to people's praise. 401 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 1: Because if you live by it, you'll die when they 402 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 1: take it away. 403 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,640 Speaker 2: Even don't be too attached to When your kids think 404 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:18,920 Speaker 2: you're a good parent. Sometimes you might have to take 405 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:21,119 Speaker 2: their phone and they might call you the devil. 406 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:22,680 Speaker 1: Now what you're gonna do about it? 407 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 2: You're run in a popularity contest or a household. Don't 408 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:29,880 Speaker 2: be too attached to people's praise. Don't even be too 409 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 2: attached to your parents' praise. Sometimes your parents see you 410 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:35,920 Speaker 2: as their product, and they can't even guide you as 411 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 2: good as God can because they're trying to get you 412 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:40,920 Speaker 2: to fulfill something that they didn't accomplish in their life. 413 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,639 Speaker 2: And only God can show you what your next step is. 414 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:44,879 Speaker 2: So don't be too. 415 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 1: Attached to their praise. 416 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:48,760 Speaker 2: If you live when they give it, you'll die when 417 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 2: they take it away. 418 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 1: Don't be too attached to people's praise. Don't be too 419 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 1: attached to the likes. 420 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 2: Don't be too attached to the encouragement of your boss. 421 00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:59,359 Speaker 2: What you're gonna do if your boss moves divisions, what 422 00:22:59,440 --> 00:22:59,879 Speaker 2: you're gonna do. 423 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 1: You get a boss that doesn't. 424 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:03,879 Speaker 2: Like you, You're still gonna work hard because you're God's child. 425 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 2: Jesus never moved by the approval of people. Jesus never 426 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 2: moved for the yaize of the crowds. Jesus never moved 427 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:14,400 Speaker 2: for the high fives, even of his own disciples. Jesus 428 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 2: was not moved by the crowd. He moved through the crowd. 429 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:24,240 Speaker 2: I'm going somewhere. The disciples are walking. The crowds are waving, 430 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:28,359 Speaker 2: and they are shouting Hosanna. But they will not still 431 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 2: be shouting when he is led like the lamb to 432 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 2: the slaughter. They will not still be shouting when pilot 433 00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 2: puts him up, turns him over, and hangs him to die. 434 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:40,359 Speaker 2: They will not still be shouting on Saturday when his 435 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 2: body lays in a tomb. 436 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:43,440 Speaker 1: What are you trying to say? 437 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 2: Don't confuse loud with loyal, don't confuse loud with loyal. 438 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 1: The crowds are waving, The crowds will wave. That's fine. 439 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:01,879 Speaker 7: But Jesus was not moved by the crowds, and I 440 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:05,160 Speaker 7: don't know who this point is for, because it's really 441 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:07,680 Speaker 7: just an incidental point to get me to the main 442 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:08,919 Speaker 7: point of this message. 443 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:15,119 Speaker 1: Because while the crowds are waving the donkey, can we 444 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 1: talk about the donkey? 445 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 2: I know we're all impressed by Palm Sunday, Well why 446 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 2: can't we call it donkey Sunday because it. 447 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 1: Doesn't have the same ring to it. 448 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 2: Because while the disciples are walking and the crowds are waving, 449 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:34,400 Speaker 2: watch what the donkey is doing. The donkey is waiting. 450 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:38,440 Speaker 2: So now the crowds are. 451 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:41,120 Speaker 1: Walking, calm down for it, give it to him slow. 452 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:47,200 Speaker 2: The crowds are waving Hosanna, Hosanna, and the donkey is waiting. 453 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 1: Now this is really fun. Go back to John chapter eleven, 454 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 1: verse four. 455 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 2: You know, John doesn't give a lot of details about 456 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:57,119 Speaker 2: the donkey. In fact, when he talks about the donkey, 457 00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 2: he says something so simple you almost just read right 458 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:05,440 Speaker 2: over it said, Jesus found a young donkey and sat 459 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 2: on it. And that's all the details we get from John. John, 460 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 2: like a true man, just gives you the bottom line. 461 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:16,479 Speaker 2: Hey found a donkey and he sat on it. But 462 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 2: you know what this tells me. I'm speculating, But I 463 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 2: have good reason. 464 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:21,159 Speaker 1: I studied. 465 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 2: John wasn't one of the disciples that got sent to 466 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:29,639 Speaker 2: get the donkey. That's what it tells me. It's like 467 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:31,440 Speaker 2: my kids fighting around the table. You know, they'll be 468 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,320 Speaker 2: trying to tell a story at dinner and they'll be like, 469 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 2: shut up, let me tell it, or I'm sorry. 470 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:37,120 Speaker 1: We're at church, we're pastor Stanley. 471 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 2: Please be quiet, please park it onto my voice. 472 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 1: That's what they say. At my table. What's your table? 473 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:43,359 Speaker 1: They say, shut up? At your house? 474 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 2: What's wrong with you? You're a terrible parent. They say, 475 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 2: shut up? Is my story, Let me tell it? And 476 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:55,680 Speaker 2: I almost felt when John said Jesus found a young 477 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 2: donkey and sat on it and then just went right 478 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 2: on to someone eighteen twenty six in the palm branches 479 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:05,160 Speaker 2: and all of the wonderful things. I almost felt Peter 480 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:09,800 Speaker 2: speak up and say, shut up, John, you weren't there. 481 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 1: Let me tell it. 482 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 2: So in Mark's Gospel, flip over to Mark real quick, 483 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:20,239 Speaker 2: because this is the underside. This is the side of 484 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:22,600 Speaker 2: the story from the one who was there. In Mark 485 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 2: chapter eleven, you get a little fuller account. You get 486 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 2: more than just Jesus found a donkey and sat on 487 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 2: it in and rode on into Jerusalem. You get a little 488 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,400 Speaker 2: bit clearer picture, and you get a little bit more detail. 489 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:36,360 Speaker 1: And I want to read it to you from Mark 490 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 1: chapter eleven. 491 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:42,760 Speaker 2: As they approached Jerusalem, same disciples walking toward Jerusalem, and 492 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:46,200 Speaker 2: King Tibeth, Phage and Bethany. At the Mount of Olives, 493 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 2: Jesus sent two of his disciples. 494 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:51,159 Speaker 1: We don't know which too. I'm speculating that it was 495 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 1: Peter based on the nature of the job. 496 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,720 Speaker 2: You know, you got some disciples that you need to 497 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:59,479 Speaker 2: pray for you, and then you have some disciples that 498 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:01,920 Speaker 2: you need to do other stuff for you that isn't 499 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 2: quite as spiritual. 500 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:05,760 Speaker 1: And watch what Jesus told him to do verse. 501 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:09,360 Speaker 2: Two, saying to them, go to the village ahead of. 502 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 1: You, and just as you enter it, you will find. 503 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 2: A cult that's a baby donkey tied there which no 504 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:18,240 Speaker 2: one has ever ridden. 505 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:20,720 Speaker 1: Untie it and bring it here. 506 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:25,440 Speaker 2: If anyone asks you why are you doing this, say 507 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:32,360 Speaker 2: the Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly, Skinner, 508 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 2: I can't skip over this and talk about the donkey 509 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 2: being borrowed, because I'm thinking about the fact that Jesus 510 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 2: borrowed two things around Easter. 511 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:44,160 Speaker 1: One was a donkey and one was a tomb. 512 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 2: But see it wasn't exactly borrowed the appropriate way, right. 513 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:51,920 Speaker 2: This is not technically how you should borrow something, right. 514 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 2: And so that's why I think that Jesus needed Peter 515 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:58,720 Speaker 2: to do something that was so dumb that it would 516 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,760 Speaker 2: take a dumb disciple to do it. Do I have 517 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:06,400 Speaker 2: any dumb disciples in the room today who aren't the smartest, 518 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:12,360 Speaker 2: who aren't exactly the sharpest tools in the drawer. But Jesus, 519 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 2: if you need something to hit something, I'll hit something 520 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 2: for you. 521 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:16,600 Speaker 1: That's Peter. 522 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:20,399 Speaker 2: Peter's kind of dull, but he'll do it. Tell your neighbor, 523 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 2: I'm dull, but I'll do it. That's why I think 524 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:26,239 Speaker 2: the Lord called me to start the church when I 525 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:29,680 Speaker 2: was twenty five, when I was dumb enough to do stuff. 526 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,640 Speaker 2: I didn't know how to run a profit and lost statement. 527 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,119 Speaker 2: I didn't know how to check a ledger. All I 528 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:37,359 Speaker 2: knew how to do was ask the Lord. And if 529 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:39,960 Speaker 2: the Lord told me to give everybody glove sticks, I 530 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 2: gave him a glow sticks. 531 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:43,720 Speaker 1: I didn't care if aunt Ethel liked it or not. 532 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:46,640 Speaker 2: I was dumb enough to break a gloss stick and 533 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 2: tell him Happy Easter. 534 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 1: I was dumb enough to do some stuff. And the 535 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,040 Speaker 1: problem with some. 536 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:55,120 Speaker 2: Of us is that we've gotten smarter than a donkey. 537 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:58,320 Speaker 2: But when Jesus was looking for something to come into 538 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,680 Speaker 2: town on, he did not look for a scholar. He 539 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 2: did not look for the head of the class. He 540 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 2: did not look for a valedictorian to be his decil. 541 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:09,880 Speaker 1: He said, I need a donkey. 542 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 2: I wonder who I can trust enough to take my 543 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:18,480 Speaker 2: word without detail, to take my word without explanation, to 544 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:21,520 Speaker 2: take my word without the cross reference, and. 545 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:26,600 Speaker 1: Do what I need you to do now. 546 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:34,040 Speaker 2: The Bible says in verse five of Mark chapter eleven, 547 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:40,280 Speaker 2: there's some people standing there asked what are you doing? 548 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:48,960 Speaker 2: Just like the title of our sermon, Just like they 549 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 2: were wondering about Jesus, and they're wondering what Jesus is doing. 550 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,200 Speaker 1: Jesus, are you really gonna let them kill you like this? 551 00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:01,680 Speaker 2: Jesus, are you really going to ride up into Jerusalem 552 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:05,560 Speaker 2: in a jalopy? I mean, Jesus, you're a king. Don't 553 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:08,080 Speaker 2: you hear them calling you a king? A king can't 554 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:11,320 Speaker 2: drive a kiah. Jesus at least let us put in 555 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,240 Speaker 2: a good word with somebody who has a train. 556 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:17,160 Speaker 1: You know they got luxury donkeys. You know they got. 557 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:20,200 Speaker 2: Big grown donkeys. Did you say you want a baby donkey? 558 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,920 Speaker 2: A little donkey? Can we at least get a big 559 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:25,760 Speaker 2: donkey Jesus? And Jesus said, no, I need to be big, 560 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 2: So I need what I ride on to be small 561 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 2: so they can see how big I am. 562 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:30,640 Speaker 1: Oh God. 563 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:34,640 Speaker 2: And so what God will do if you have the 564 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:38,240 Speaker 2: faith to trust him with stuff that you don't understand, 565 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:41,280 Speaker 2: is that he will pick something that you never would 566 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:44,720 Speaker 2: have chosen, and he will ride into situations that you 567 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:46,040 Speaker 2: never would have gone into. 568 00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:48,160 Speaker 1: Who is this message for today? 569 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:51,640 Speaker 2: The King is coming, but he's not coming in a chariot. 570 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,760 Speaker 2: The King is coming, but he's not coming with a banner. 571 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:57,480 Speaker 2: The King is coming, but he's not gonna do what 572 00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:58,680 Speaker 2: you wanted him to do. 573 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:00,920 Speaker 1: He's gonna do on a donkey. 574 00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:05,360 Speaker 2: But if you got enough faith to untie that donkey, 575 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:08,240 Speaker 2: if you got enough faith to obey what he. 576 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:11,440 Speaker 1: Show you, here's the word of the Lord. 577 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:16,200 Speaker 2: God said, Obey it now and I'll explain it later. 578 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:21,160 Speaker 2: Obey it now and I'll explain it later. 579 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:24,719 Speaker 1: So I know this doesn't make sense. 580 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,320 Speaker 2: I know it looks like a mess, but it's a 581 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 2: good kind of messy. 582 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:32,720 Speaker 1: I know you don't understand why I would ride into 583 00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:33,840 Speaker 1: town on a donkey. 584 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:38,200 Speaker 2: I imagine the disciples untieing the cult, and somebody says, 585 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:41,600 Speaker 2: what are you doing untieing that cult? There's somebody in 586 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:44,240 Speaker 2: a situation right now, and maybe even the voices in 587 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:46,200 Speaker 2: your head are saying, what are you doing forgiving them? 588 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:47,959 Speaker 2: What are you doing moving on for that? What are 589 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,200 Speaker 2: you doing in church today? What are you doing trying 590 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,760 Speaker 2: this again? What are you doing going back into recovery? 591 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:54,920 Speaker 2: What are you doing studying the Bible? What are you 592 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:57,360 Speaker 2: doing praying and worshiping God? What are you doing being 593 00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:59,360 Speaker 2: nice to them after they were nasty to you? What 594 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:01,000 Speaker 2: are you doing get back up again after you fell 595 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:03,520 Speaker 2: out seven times? What are you doing watching another business? 596 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:05,800 Speaker 2: What are you doing taking another step? What are you 597 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,240 Speaker 2: doing calling that family member and saying, let's try again? 598 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,760 Speaker 2: What are you doing taking your next step? What are 599 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:12,400 Speaker 2: you doing stumbling into tomorrow? 600 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:14,440 Speaker 1: What are you doing? Still trusting God? 601 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:17,880 Speaker 2: Hands lifted hard, praising him, not with hands to say 602 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:19,600 Speaker 2: save now, but hands. 603 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 1: To say I trust in God? Enough to obey you 604 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:27,440 Speaker 1: now and you can explain it later. 605 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:33,360 Speaker 2: Oh, the Lord said to tell you the donkey was found, but. 606 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:35,320 Speaker 1: It wasn't free yet, so. 607 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:38,920 Speaker 2: Hot fought somebody in Say you're about to be set 608 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:44,000 Speaker 2: free because that donkey. 609 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:48,080 Speaker 1: Oh, I gotta preach about the donkey. I gotta preach 610 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,840 Speaker 1: about the donkey to somebody. 611 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:55,200 Speaker 2: Who feels useless, to somebody who feels common, to somebody 612 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:56,120 Speaker 2: who feels. 613 00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:56,640 Speaker 1: Like your life is. 614 00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:57,360 Speaker 3: And mone. 615 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:04,720 Speaker 2: Can we think about the fact that for five hundred 616 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:09,320 Speaker 2: years it has been prophesied that Jesus would ride into 617 00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:11,120 Speaker 2: town on a donkey. 618 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:15,640 Speaker 1: So that means for fifty. 619 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:22,160 Speaker 2: Decades, five hundred years, God has been getting this donkey's 620 00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:23,880 Speaker 2: DNA ready for. 621 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:27,560 Speaker 1: Jesus to sit on it. Because look what Jesus said. 622 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:29,200 Speaker 2: I don't know if his verse three mark chapter eleven 623 00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:30,640 Speaker 2: or verse four, but we're gonna find it on the 624 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:34,240 Speaker 2: screen today because I gotta show you this. I gotta 625 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:36,000 Speaker 2: show you this. Tell somebody you got to see this. 626 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:43,400 Speaker 2: It's actually verse two go to the village ahead of you. 627 00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:46,480 Speaker 2: Side note is not behind you. God is moving you 628 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:49,240 Speaker 2: forward in this season. It's not behind you. It's not 629 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,720 Speaker 2: behind you. It's not gonna be anybody who left you 630 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:53,120 Speaker 2: that God uses to bless you. 631 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:54,280 Speaker 1: It's ahead of you. 632 00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:57,280 Speaker 2: It's not gonna be anybody that walked away. See, because 633 00:33:57,280 --> 00:33:59,240 Speaker 2: there's somebody in there. I'm preaching to you, and somebody 634 00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:01,760 Speaker 2: just left your life recently, and you thought, God, what 635 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:06,280 Speaker 2: are you doing removing them? And God said, I'm making. 636 00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:08,319 Speaker 1: Room for me to move. So I had to get 637 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:11,120 Speaker 1: that out of the way. Because what I'm gonna bless you, 638 00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:12,120 Speaker 1: Oh God, what I'm. 639 00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:14,920 Speaker 2: Gonna bless you with, is always ahead of you. 640 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:18,000 Speaker 1: Go to the village ahead of you, and just as 641 00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,440 Speaker 1: you enter it, it's not gonna take long. 642 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:23,759 Speaker 2: When you get to where I send you, you will 643 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:28,400 Speaker 2: find a cult, a donkey, a baby donkey there which 644 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:30,920 Speaker 2: no one has ever ridden. 645 00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:34,680 Speaker 1: Untie it, set it free and bring it here. 646 00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:36,680 Speaker 2: Now there's an important detail, no. 647 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:39,240 Speaker 1: One has ever ridden it. So that means this. 648 00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:45,680 Speaker 2: Donkey, this cult, this baby donkey, this unclean animal, this 649 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:48,520 Speaker 2: thing that the King wanted to ride in on and 650 00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:53,160 Speaker 2: reserved it. He made sure that no one ever sat 651 00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:55,880 Speaker 2: on this donkey, so that he could be the first 652 00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:57,080 Speaker 2: one to sit. 653 00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:58,040 Speaker 1: On this donkey. 654 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:02,680 Speaker 2: God said, it wasn't rejection, it was preparation. It wasn't rejection, 655 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:07,080 Speaker 2: it was reservation. God was saving you for this moment 656 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:10,040 Speaker 2: because there's something he wants to do in your life. 657 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:13,760 Speaker 2: And God said, I want a donkey that is inexperienced. 658 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,120 Speaker 2: Isn't it crazy? If we would have been submitting our 659 00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:18,840 Speaker 2: resume to bring the King into Jerusalem, we would have 660 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:22,399 Speaker 2: listed our experience, but our very experience that we would 661 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:25,680 Speaker 2: have listed would have disqualified us for the job, because 662 00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:29,280 Speaker 2: God said, I want a donkey that stumbles into Jerusalem. 663 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,160 Speaker 2: I want a donkey that's awkward to write on. I 664 00:35:32,239 --> 00:35:33,880 Speaker 2: want a donkey that no one. 665 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,160 Speaker 1: Is set on because I'm doing a new thing. 666 00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:53,560 Speaker 2: Happy Palm Sunday, everybody. Because while the disciples are walking 667 00:35:54,920 --> 00:36:00,560 Speaker 2: and the crowds are waving, and the donkey is waiting. Oh, 668 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:03,960 Speaker 2: I figured, if we can't be good disciples, at least 669 00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:05,320 Speaker 2: let us be good donkeys. 670 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:09,640 Speaker 1: At least let us invite the presence of. 671 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:13,439 Speaker 2: God into our situation. Even if we're awkward, at least 672 00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:18,880 Speaker 2: let us stumble forward. Because the disciples are walking, the 673 00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:23,759 Speaker 2: crowds are waving, and the donkey is waiting, and all 674 00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:27,840 Speaker 2: that time, the King, the King. 675 00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:37,960 Speaker 1: Is weaving. My life is but a weaving between my 676 00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:38,640 Speaker 1: God and me. 677 00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:42,640 Speaker 2: I can't talk to anybody else about this right now, 678 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:46,600 Speaker 2: but it's between my God and me. Nobody else is 679 00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:49,600 Speaker 2: really seeing the mess on the underside of my family 680 00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:54,840 Speaker 2: right now. But it's a weaving between my God and me. 681 00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:59,440 Speaker 2: I cannot choose the colors. He weaveth steadily. Oft times 682 00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:02,120 Speaker 2: he weave it, and I and foolish pride forget. 683 00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:06,920 Speaker 1: He sees the upper and I. 684 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:12,520 Speaker 2: The undersigh. The Lord told me to tell you keep walking. 685 00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:21,640 Speaker 2: He's weaving. Keep walking. He's weaving. He's weaving. See because 686 00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:25,279 Speaker 2: at some point, the Bible says that after Jesus was glorified, 687 00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:28,960 Speaker 2: this is his death, this is his burial, this is his. 688 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,120 Speaker 1: Resurrection, this is his ascension. 689 00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:34,919 Speaker 2: The Bible says that the disciples did what Jesus told 690 00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:38,239 Speaker 2: them to do, even though they didn't understand it. Will you, 691 00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:43,319 Speaker 2: while you're asking God, what are you doing? Maybe he's 692 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:47,200 Speaker 2: asking you the same, what are you doing? Because there 693 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:49,480 Speaker 2: are some things in this season of your life where 694 00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:51,960 Speaker 2: he's called you to trust him, and he's called you 695 00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:54,720 Speaker 2: to have integrity, and he's called you to be kind, 696 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:57,440 Speaker 2: and he's called you to be patient, and he's called 697 00:37:57,480 --> 00:37:59,560 Speaker 2: you to be giving and he's called you to be 698 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,200 Speaker 2: a serve, and he's called you to prayer, and he's 699 00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:04,719 Speaker 2: called you to worship, and he's called you to pray. 700 00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:09,600 Speaker 2: So can you and will you do what he gave 701 00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:14,200 Speaker 2: you to do? As they are untying the donkey, the king, 702 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:20,800 Speaker 2: Jesus is weaving. See he's weaving. They're walking, crowds are waving. 703 00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:25,560 Speaker 2: A donkey is waiting, and Jesus is weaving. He's reaching 704 00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:29,960 Speaker 2: back five hundred years, all the way to Zechariah's prophecy. 705 00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:32,400 Speaker 1: And he says, I can't have a pretty horse. 706 00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:35,800 Speaker 2: Zechariah didn't say a pretty horse, he said a donkey. 707 00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:37,720 Speaker 1: I gotta sit on a donkey. 708 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,880 Speaker 2: Because the word said a donkey, and I got to 709 00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:42,600 Speaker 2: fulfill the word. God knows the word he spoke over 710 00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:45,000 Speaker 2: your life. God knows the word that was in your 711 00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:47,840 Speaker 2: spirit before your body came out of your mother's womb. 712 00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:50,920 Speaker 2: God knows what he has for you. God knows the 713 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:52,279 Speaker 2: plans he has for you. 714 00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:59,920 Speaker 1: And he's weaving. He's weaving some things together. It was 715 00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:02,640 Speaker 1: only after he got up from. 716 00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:06,920 Speaker 2: The grave that they realized what he did on the cross. 717 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,440 Speaker 1: They realized he was cross stitching. 718 00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:20,360 Speaker 2: I said, They realized that he was cross stitching. 719 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:24,120 Speaker 1: They realized that every drop. 720 00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:29,480 Speaker 2: Of blood he said was on purpose. It was not spilled, 721 00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:33,319 Speaker 2: it was born out. And God says, nothing will be 722 00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:36,759 Speaker 2: wasted in the hands of the weaper, not once here, 723 00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:49,479 Speaker 2: not one broken heart, not one lonely night. Because while 724 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:54,240 Speaker 2: the disciples were walking, and while the crowds were waving 725 00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:57,799 Speaker 2: and the donkey was waiting, there was a king who 726 00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:02,480 Speaker 2: was weaving. I know when they had their moment. But 727 00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:10,560 Speaker 2: at some point Peter looked at John and said, oh, oh, 728 00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:11,680 Speaker 2: the donkey. 729 00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:15,959 Speaker 1: The donkey. And John's like, what are you on about, Peter. 730 00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:18,480 Speaker 1: The donkey, Yeah, the. 731 00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:21,319 Speaker 2: Donkey, the one that Jesus didn't tell you to go 732 00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:23,279 Speaker 2: get because he knew you were too quiet to say 733 00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:25,560 Speaker 2: what he needed to say. And John's like, shut up, Peter, 734 00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:28,239 Speaker 2: Well what about the donkey? And Peter, I don't know 735 00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:30,040 Speaker 2: what he was thinking about that night, but he just 736 00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:34,359 Speaker 2: goes Zechariah, Zechariah Cecariah nine to nine Zechari. I mean 737 00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:36,600 Speaker 2: there were't actually technically chapters and verses in the Bible 738 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:37,759 Speaker 2: at this point in time, but gold me, for the 739 00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:40,520 Speaker 2: sake of an illustration, he goes Zechariah nine nine. 740 00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:41,400 Speaker 1: It was an old Testament. 741 00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:45,520 Speaker 2: Rejoice greatly, daughter Zion, Shout, daughter Jerusalem, see your king 742 00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:49,000 Speaker 2: comes to you, righteous and victorious, lovely and riding on. 743 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,680 Speaker 1: A donkey on a colt, the full of a donkey. 744 00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:54,239 Speaker 2: I thought it was crazy when he sent us to 745 00:40:54,239 --> 00:40:56,440 Speaker 2: get the donkey. I thought it was weird when he 746 00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:58,279 Speaker 2: sent us to get the donkey. I thought it was 747 00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:00,880 Speaker 2: crazy when he let me go through it and he 748 00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:03,239 Speaker 2: didn't stop it. I thought it was crazy. When the 749 00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:05,719 Speaker 2: doctor said you have this disease and you're gonna have 750 00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:08,240 Speaker 2: to go through treatment. I thought that it was crazy, 751 00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:10,280 Speaker 2: and I asked, God, what are you doing? 752 00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:12,440 Speaker 1: But now I realized that there. 753 00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:15,359 Speaker 2: Was a purpose that he was fulfilling that I. 754 00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:18,640 Speaker 1: Could not see at the time. And I'm telling you 755 00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:20,040 Speaker 1: to trust. 756 00:41:19,719 --> 00:41:30,239 Speaker 2: Him in the lows so you can get to the oh. 757 00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:34,160 Speaker 2: And I came to encourage somebody keep walking. Tell your 758 00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:39,000 Speaker 2: neighbor keep walking. He's weaving. He's weaving. That's what you 759 00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:41,760 Speaker 2: gotta believe in every season of your life. 760 00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:43,719 Speaker 1: He's weaving. He's weaving. 761 00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:46,360 Speaker 2: And as you're going through things that you don't understand, 762 00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:48,920 Speaker 2: give me John Chapter twelve, verse sixteen, and I'll close 763 00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:52,799 Speaker 2: with this. The Bible says At first they did not understand. 764 00:41:54,000 --> 00:42:01,040 Speaker 2: Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize these things 765 00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:04,640 Speaker 2: had been written about him, and these things. 766 00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:06,359 Speaker 1: Had been done to him. 767 00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:10,560 Speaker 2: And only did they see after he was glorified, that 768 00:42:10,680 --> 00:42:15,719 Speaker 2: while they were walking, he was weaving. I want you 769 00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:19,680 Speaker 2: to know he's weaving the good things and the bad things. 770 00:42:19,719 --> 00:42:21,879 Speaker 2: All things work together for the good of those who 771 00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:24,320 Speaker 2: love the Lord and are called according to his purpose. 772 00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:25,720 Speaker 1: The King is weaving. 773 00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:31,280 Speaker 2: The disciples are walking, the crowds are waving, the donkey 774 00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:31,760 Speaker 2: is waiting. 775 00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:35,480 Speaker 1: But Jesus King, Jesus is weaving. 776 00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:38,359 Speaker 2: And you got to believe that in seasons of your 777 00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:40,120 Speaker 2: life when people leave you, and you got to believe 778 00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:42,040 Speaker 2: in seasons of your life when people come. 779 00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:44,880 Speaker 1: He's weaving. They all left Jesus at the cross. He 780 00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:46,000 Speaker 1: never stopped weaving. 781 00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:49,920 Speaker 2: Don't let who leaves you stop you from believing in 782 00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:51,160 Speaker 2: the one who. 783 00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:52,560 Speaker 1: Is weaving and knitting. 784 00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:56,800 Speaker 2: He's a cross stitcher, And with every step of faith 785 00:42:56,840 --> 00:43:01,400 Speaker 2: you take, that's another stitch he's weaving. He's weaving some things, 786 00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:04,560 Speaker 2: your gifts and your weaknesses. 787 00:43:04,760 --> 00:43:05,480 Speaker 1: He's weaving. 788 00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:08,440 Speaker 2: You're past and you're present. 789 00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:12,800 Speaker 1: He's weaving the good days and the bad days. He's weaving. 790 00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:17,920 Speaker 1: The places are strong and the places you're not. He's weaving. 791 00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:20,320 Speaker 1: The King is weaving. 792 00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:24,200 Speaker 2: And so when you see your king coming on a colt, 793 00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:29,160 Speaker 2: don't be surprised. He likes to show up in situations 794 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:34,080 Speaker 2: that look small. He likes to show up in vehicles 795 00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:35,400 Speaker 2: that seem weak. 796 00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:39,320 Speaker 1: And when he weaves his strength with your. 797 00:43:39,160 --> 00:43:42,600 Speaker 2: Weakness, somebody shout, the King is coming. 798 00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:46,360 Speaker 1: Come on, touch seven people tell him the King is coming. 799 00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:50,239 Speaker 2: Everybody get up on your feet and shout, say the 800 00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:51,200 Speaker 2: King is coming. 801 00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:57,240 Speaker 1: The King is coming. I'll have to be afraid. I'll 802 00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:01,880 Speaker 1: have to turn around. I'll have i give up. I'll 803 00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:05,840 Speaker 1: have to give that. The King is coming. Turn my 804 00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:08,400 Speaker 1: mind up. The King is coming. 805 00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:13,560 Speaker 2: The King is coming, Sunday's coming, Glory is coming. 806 00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:18,040 Speaker 1: That three is coming, right through is coming. Feeling is coming. 807 00:44:21,640 --> 00:44:27,200 Speaker 1: He's weaving, he's weaving. Keep walking, he's weaving. Keep praying. 808 00:44:27,239 --> 00:44:30,680 Speaker 1: He's weaving. He knows what he's doing. God is a 809 00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:31,640 Speaker 1: cross stitcher. 810 00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:37,240 Speaker 2: You may not understand it right now, but after Jesus 811 00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:42,720 Speaker 2: is glorified, you will understand. Oh he took me through 812 00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:44,279 Speaker 2: that to show me who he was. 813 00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:47,959 Speaker 1: Oh, he took me through that. So that he could 814 00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:50,759 Speaker 1: be for me what I could not be for myself. 815 00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:55,160 Speaker 6: Oh it was good for me that I was afflicted, 816 00:44:56,560 --> 00:44:59,800 Speaker 6: because the times for me that were the most confusing, 817 00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:03,000 Speaker 6: the times he used the most What are you doing, God? 818 00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:05,200 Speaker 1: What are you doing? I'll tell you what I'm doing. 819 00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:09,719 Speaker 1: I'm weaving. I'm weaving. I'm weaving. I'm weaving. I got 820 00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:13,680 Speaker 1: good hands. Bring me my blanket. I close with this. 821 00:45:15,239 --> 00:45:17,719 Speaker 2: I was walking out to preach to you, and I 822 00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:20,719 Speaker 2: saw this on my couch, and I thought maybe this 823 00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:22,280 Speaker 2: could help me get my point across. 824 00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:27,160 Speaker 1: Because when I say he's weaving. 825 00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:31,680 Speaker 2: And when I say that you have to trust him 826 00:45:31,719 --> 00:45:37,080 Speaker 2: with the underside, you could look at this and faintly 827 00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:41,520 Speaker 2: make an outline of what it was. John Chapter twelve, 828 00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:46,560 Speaker 2: verse sixteen. They did not understand all of this at first. 829 00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:49,560 Speaker 2: They did not understand. 830 00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:51,280 Speaker 1: All of this at first. 831 00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:54,279 Speaker 2: My life is but a weaving between my God and me. 832 00:45:56,880 --> 00:45:59,200 Speaker 2: They did not understand. While they were walking. They did 833 00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:01,879 Speaker 2: not understand the crowds were waving. They did not even 834 00:46:01,960 --> 00:46:02,799 Speaker 2: understand while the. 835 00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:10,080 Speaker 8: Donkey was waiting. But on the other side, I saw 836 00:46:11,960 --> 00:46:18,319 Speaker 8: it was his hands. It was his hands. It was 837 00:46:18,360 --> 00:46:18,920 Speaker 8: his hands. 838 00:46:20,719 --> 00:46:25,240 Speaker 1: You see. 839 00:46:25,320 --> 00:46:28,759 Speaker 2: How when you're on the under side. It's kind of ugly. 840 00:46:29,719 --> 00:46:31,719 Speaker 2: You're like, I think this is God, but I'm not sure. 841 00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:33,359 Speaker 2: I don't know if this is God. And I'm just 842 00:46:33,440 --> 00:46:34,200 Speaker 2: been feeling. 843 00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:42,640 Speaker 1: Unfair right now. But when it's sorry, I'll practice my 844 00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:44,200 Speaker 1: illustration for next week. 845 00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:46,880 Speaker 2: For Easter, when the guests come, when it's his hands. 846 00:46:49,239 --> 00:46:51,000 Speaker 2: And then, and then I wanted to tell you. 847 00:46:52,440 --> 00:46:57,960 Speaker 1: To trust on this side what you can only trace. 848 00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:07,320 Speaker 1: On this side. He's weaving. 849 00:47:10,520 --> 00:47:15,240 Speaker 2: Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize these things 850 00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:17,719 Speaker 2: had been written about him, and that these things had 851 00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:20,359 Speaker 2: been done to him, and that these things God used, 852 00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:23,920 Speaker 2: and these things and these things and good things and 853 00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:27,720 Speaker 2: bad things, and high things and low things and pretty 854 00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:29,600 Speaker 2: things and painful things. 855 00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:33,799 Speaker 1: He's weaving. He's weaving. Father. 856 00:47:33,880 --> 00:47:36,080 Speaker 2: I bless you for your word today spoke to me 857 00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:39,279 Speaker 2: so much as I remember the times in my life 858 00:47:39,280 --> 00:47:41,240 Speaker 2: that I've looked back and seen that you were weaving 859 00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:44,400 Speaker 2: while I was walking, that you were weaving while I 860 00:47:44,520 --> 00:47:47,839 Speaker 2: was waiting. I praise you today, Lord, because you brought 861 00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:51,719 Speaker 2: somebody here to be reminded of the skillful touch of 862 00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:56,239 Speaker 2: your hand, the weaver's hand. I thank you that today, Lord, 863 00:47:56,239 --> 00:48:00,759 Speaker 2: as we stare into Easter Sunday and anticipate your resurrection. 864 00:48:01,680 --> 00:48:05,960 Speaker 2: That you have given us the faith to face Friday 865 00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:08,240 Speaker 2: knowing that the weaver will. 866 00:48:08,160 --> 00:48:11,520 Speaker 1: Never leave our side. Father, you know who you're speaking 867 00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:15,000 Speaker 1: to today. You know their name, you know their need, 868 00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:16,520 Speaker 1: You know the. 869 00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:19,080 Speaker 2: Need beneath the need, beneath the need that presents itself 870 00:48:19,120 --> 00:48:19,800 Speaker 2: as the problem. 871 00:48:19,880 --> 00:48:22,080 Speaker 1: And you are the weaver. God. 872 00:48:22,120 --> 00:48:24,080 Speaker 2: I thank you that all things do work together for 873 00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:26,240 Speaker 2: good for those who you love and are called according 874 00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:30,520 Speaker 2: to your purpose. And may we be better than the 875 00:48:30,560 --> 00:48:33,400 Speaker 2: disciples were because we know what the disciples did it. 876 00:48:34,560 --> 00:48:38,200 Speaker 2: May we walk in the light of our resurrected Savior. 877 00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:43,800 Speaker 2: May we worship our weaver who works all things together 878 00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:45,480 Speaker 2: for good.