1 00:00:01,520 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick. 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:05,800 Speaker 2: I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and this is our podcast. 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:08,320 Speaker 2: I wanted to thank you for joining us today. Hope 4 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:11,040 Speaker 2: this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith. Hope it 5 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 2: gives your perspective to see God as moving in your life. 6 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: Enjoy the message. 7 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 3: Hey, welcome to Elevation Church. My name is Larry Brye. 8 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 3: I'm one of the pastors here at Elevation and everybody 9 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 3: calls me LB. So in the chat if you want 10 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 3: to call me LB, we'll be friends. I love it 11 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 3: and my wife and had the privilege of being one 12 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 3: of the original eight families that sold their homes and 13 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 3: quit their jobs nineteen years ago to start. 14 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:40,279 Speaker 1: Elevation Church and. 15 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 3: Surely one of the biggest honors of our lives to 16 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 3: have a front row seat. But every time I get 17 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:48,160 Speaker 3: up in the pulpit, there's a couple things that I'm. 18 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 1: Always encouraged by. 19 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 3: One is Pastor Stephen, you do this every week, My goodness, 20 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 3: thank you for standing in the pulpit every week faith 21 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 3: inly preaching the word of God. I honor you, we 22 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 3: love you. 23 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: And it makes me grateful for our church. 24 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:06,399 Speaker 3: Nineteen years ago we had eight families, and now we've 25 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 3: got nineteen physical locations. 26 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 1: Come on balancein. 27 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 3: Let's welcome all the other locations joining us today. It's amazing, Ronoke, 28 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 3: I love you. And then our very first Sunday, we 29 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:22,839 Speaker 3: had one hundred and twenty one people joining us for church. 30 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 3: Now today, the team told me, on this a weekend 31 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 3: like this, an average weekend, there'll be one hundred and 32 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 3: eighty countries watching elevation chirts. 33 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: So let's welcome everybody. 34 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:38,839 Speaker 3: Joining us from countries all around the world, Denmark and Sweden, Kenya, 35 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 3: the country of California, the country of Texas City, and well, 36 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 3: gratefully you joined in today because we believe God's got 37 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 3: a word for you. Let me give you one versus 38 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 3: scripture to set off where we want to go today. 39 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 3: This is an Acts, chapter four, Verse fourteen says, Then 40 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 3: Peter stood up with the eleven raised his voice. Let 41 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 3: me say it again, then Peter, he stood up, and 42 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 3: he raised his voice, and he addressed the crowd. Fellow 43 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 3: Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem. Let 44 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 3: me explain this to you. Listen carefully to what I say. 45 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 3: I think Peter's got a sermon he's gonna preach for 46 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:19,839 Speaker 3: us today, and we need to listen to the words 47 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 3: of Peter. But not just the words he's gonna preach with, 48 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 3: but he's gonna preach with his very posture, because it 49 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 3: says if he stood up, he was sitting down. And 50 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:34,839 Speaker 3: I think there's some of you that have sat down 51 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 3: in some things that God's calling you out of. And 52 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:39,799 Speaker 3: so he's not just gonna preach with his words. He's 53 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 3: gonna preach with his posture. And the title for today, 54 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 3: I got it from my mom, Dorothy. She's four foot 55 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 3: eleven on a good day, and when I was a kid, 56 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 3: I would not want to get out of bed, like 57 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 3: the curtains were closed. 58 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 1: I love it dark. 59 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 3: I'd be curled up in my blankets and my mom 60 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 3: would walk in with all authority of Heaven and she 61 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 3: would throw all open the windows and the light would 62 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 3: flood in, and she says, time to rise and shine. Larry, 63 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 3: that's the title I got for our message today. 64 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: Time to rise and shine. 65 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 3: How about your look at your neighbor, tell him to 66 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 3: rise and shine. Worship Team, thank you for leading us today. 67 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 3: You guys can have a seat. This text that were 68 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 3: jumping into this character Peter in Acts two fourteen. It's 69 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,360 Speaker 3: the day of Pentecost. It's kind of the birth of 70 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 3: the church. The promise of the Holy Spirit had showed up, 71 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 3: and they started to do profound things that were filled 72 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:40,839 Speaker 3: with the spirit. And it spills out of a little 73 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 3: room into the street. And this is like nine in 74 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 3: the morning, and all the people who didn't quite understand 75 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 3: what was going on looked at and said, these people 76 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 3: got to be drunk. And then it says Peter, he 77 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 3: stood up, he raised his voice because there was a 78 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:57,839 Speaker 3: murmur in the crowd trying to drown out what God 79 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 3: was doing. And there's always a in the crowd to 80 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 3: try to drownd out what God wants to do in you. 81 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 3: And threw you in all around you. And Peter recognized 82 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 3: the situation because he was he stood up out of 83 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 3: something and he raised his voice. That was not just 84 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 3: him going, I think that is. 85 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: The Holy Spirit. 86 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 3: Saint Peter, you were prepared for this moment. Stand up, 87 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 3: lift your voice, and I'll speak something over these people. 88 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 3: And he got up out of something. But we don't 89 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,720 Speaker 3: appreciate Peter standing up as much if we don't actually 90 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 3: know where he sat down, because if you only see 91 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 3: the second half of the movie, you don't appreciate as 92 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 3: much if you don't understand where it began. So as 93 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 3: you look at our character Peter, some of us are 94 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:36,719 Speaker 3: going to identify. 95 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: I love Peter. I so relate to Peter, and so 96 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: do you. 97 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:42,119 Speaker 3: Because Peter's the guy who would always say some dumb 98 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 3: things at the wrong time. 99 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 1: Just call me Peter. That's that's me. 100 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 3: But if we rewind just a couple months, in fact, 101 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 3: fifty three days, just flip over a couple chapters in 102 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 3: Luke twenty two, verses thirty one to thirty four, it says, 103 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 3: and Simon, this is the moment at the Last Supper 104 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 3: that Jesus is going to have with his disciples before 105 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 3: he goes to do what he was created to do. 106 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,159 Speaker 3: And he's got this moment with Peter. Pastor Stephen actually 107 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 3: preached on this a couple of weeks ago in a 108 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 3: sermon called the Prayer that Repairs. 109 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:15,840 Speaker 1: Go back and watch that. 110 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 3: That is so good, Jesus says Simon, Simon, Satan has 111 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,799 Speaker 3: asked to sift you as we but I prayed for you, Simon, 112 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 3: that your faith will may not fail. And when you 113 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 3: turn back strengthen your brothers. But he replied, Lord, I'm 114 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 3: ready to go to to go to you. I'm ready 115 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:36,679 Speaker 3: to go with you to prison and to death. Peter's loud, 116 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 3: He's like, I'll take a stand for you. 117 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: Will. 118 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 3: I will take a stand in front of everybody. And 119 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:46,559 Speaker 3: Jesus like, yeah, surely you will, because he's he says, 120 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 3: I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, he 121 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 3: will deny three times that you know me. And so 122 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 3: at the last Supper, Jesus gives this parting word to Peter, 123 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,840 Speaker 3: and then they go out to the garden, and Jesus 124 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 3: know about what's gonna happen. After that moment, the disciples 125 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,720 Speaker 3: had heard Jesus talk about three times you'll be crucified. 126 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 3: But now they start to see the story unfold. And 127 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 3: it's a little bit of disbelief, I think as they 128 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:12,280 Speaker 3: go around with this. But if you go to Midnight 129 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 3: just a few hours later Luke twenty two, it says 130 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 3: this verse fifty four says then seizing him him being Jesus, 131 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 3: they led him away and took him into the house 132 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 3: of the High Priest, and Peter followed at a distance. 133 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 3: Now it's really interesting to see the story and fold 134 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 3: like this. Remember, Peter, I'll never deny you. I'll go 135 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:36,159 Speaker 3: to prison with you, but you just got to restle. 136 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:37,480 Speaker 1: Like, well, just a little bit of distance. 137 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 3: I don't know if I want all that. I signed 138 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 3: up to follow you, Jesus, but maybe just not quite 139 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 3: that close. And sometimes we don't understand what we sign 140 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 3: up for until we see it in. 141 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 1: Front of us. And like, I don't know if I 142 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 1: signed up from eh. 143 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:54,280 Speaker 3: But before we beat Peter up, I think we need 144 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 3: to celebrate him a little bit. Because Judas he betrayed Jesus. 145 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:59,279 Speaker 3: Where are the other ten apostles? 146 00:06:59,360 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 1: They left? 147 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 3: They deserted Jesus. Peter might be following out a distance, 148 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:06,600 Speaker 3: but praise God for Peter, he's at least following. Can 149 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 3: we celebrate Peter just a little bit. He's at a 150 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 3: distance because there's somebody watching this sermon right now, and 151 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 3: you're afraid that your parents might hear it. So you 152 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 3: got the tone, you got the volume way down. You're 153 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 3: following Jesus. It might be at a distance. And we 154 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 3: have brothers and sisters around the world that if this 155 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 3: sermon were to be played in public, they would be 156 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 3: persecuted for their faith. They might feel like they're following 157 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 3: at a distance, but they're doing the best they can. 158 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 3: And for those of you who took every ounce of 159 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 3: energy to click on the link, Praise. 160 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 1: God, you're following at a distance. 161 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 3: For every one of you that had everything you could 162 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 3: do just to get in the car to get the 163 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 3: church today, Praise God. You're following at a distance. But 164 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:50,239 Speaker 3: Jesus said, you'll deny me three times. But Peter doesn't 165 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 3: realize the denial has already started. Because the destination of 166 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 3: denial starts with just a little bit of distance. The 167 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 3: devil doesn't need much space to work in your life. 168 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 3: I wonder where you've got some distance in your life. 169 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 3: You just got a little bit of distance from the 170 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 3: word of God. You got a little bit of distance 171 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 3: from your small group you just haven't. 172 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 1: Gone in a couple of weeks. 173 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 3: A little bit of distance from your small group, a 174 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 3: little bit of distance at work. Maybe the path you 175 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 3: would normally take to get your desk at work, you're 176 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 3: going just a little bit of a longer way because 177 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 3: the person, the guy at work, gave you a little 178 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 3: bit of a tension, and he noticed your haircut, and 179 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 3: your husband didn't and now you're just adding a little 180 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 3: bit of distance, trying to fulfill something that God wants 181 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 3: to feel, just not that way, just a little bit 182 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 3: of distance. And then. 183 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: And when some there had. 184 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 3: Kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and 185 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 3: had sat down, Peter sat down with them. 186 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 1: Two in the morning. 187 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 3: Peter's been following at a distance. I want to be 188 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 3: right close with you, Jesus, but I don't know. 189 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:09,079 Speaker 1: I don't know. 190 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 3: When he's dismayed and he's discouraged, and he sees them 191 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 3: making a fire in the middle of the courtyard, and 192 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 3: it says, and he sat down, we love talking about 193 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 3: Acts two fourteen. He stole up, he stood up, and 194 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 3: he preached boldly. But he sat down fifty three days 195 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 3: earlier in this situation. 196 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,079 Speaker 1: He doesn't know that he's gonna deny Jesus. 197 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 3: He said, I will never And now he sits down 198 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 3: in something that in a sane moment, he would have 199 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 3: never gone close to. Why did he sit down in 200 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:43,439 Speaker 3: that moment? What's two in the morning. Temperatures would have 201 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 3: been in the high thirties. It's a fire, he's cold. 202 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 3: He just the guy he's been following for three years, 203 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 3: just got to arrest and he's like, I don't even 204 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:54,199 Speaker 3: know what's happening around me. And sometimes you get punched 205 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:55,680 Speaker 3: in the face and you sit down in something that 206 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 3: you wouldn't have picked, but it's. 207 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: Just there, and he sat down in it. 208 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 3: And what I want you to understand, the denial is 209 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 3: already in motion. It started with a little bit of 210 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:10,320 Speaker 3: distance and then he sat down. We live in North 211 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 3: Carolina now, and I didn't see the ocean till I 212 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:16,719 Speaker 3: was twenty five. I was born and raised in Minnesota, 213 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 3: and I had all these images in my head of 214 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 3: what the ocean's going to be like, in the surf 215 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 3: and the oh. And then I went there and I 216 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 3: hate it. I hate the ocean. I hate all of it. 217 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 3: Oh my soul. They paint this picture of it's going 218 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 3: to be amazing, and you go out there and you 219 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 3: bak and you just lay there and you have dirt 220 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 3: all over it and you feel filthy. 221 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 1: Gosh. I hated it. 222 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 3: And then when the kids are little, you got to 223 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 3: take all. 224 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:44,599 Speaker 1: This stuff out there. Oh painful. 225 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 3: And then the kids are out playing in the water 226 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 3: and the waves are coming in, but the waves come 227 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 3: in a little bit of an angle. They don't come 228 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 3: straight into the shore. So they'll go out and they'll 229 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:01,719 Speaker 3: play in it, and then the waves will push them 230 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 3: up shore just a little bit. And then they go 231 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 3: back out and play and having their fun in the 232 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 3: boogie born and the surface pushing in and the waves 233 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 3: are just pushes them up shore just a little bit 234 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 3: of distance, and then they go back. 235 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 1: You're just having a grand old time. 236 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:24,480 Speaker 3: Twenty thirty forty minutes, and now they're way upshore and 237 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 3: they look up and they go, how did I get. 238 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 1: Here? 239 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 3: No one of these movements is significant, but when you 240 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:36,319 Speaker 3: add them all together, it creates a significant distance from 241 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 3: where you started. And what I want you to understand, 242 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 3: denial is a drift, because the drift wants to push 243 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 3: you away from the purposes of God. It is so subtle, 244 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:52,680 Speaker 3: it's so slippery, and you're just out there having fun. 245 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 3: You don't even recognize how far you're drifting away. So 246 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 3: when the kids were really little, I would take one 247 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 3: of the orange tents from elevation and I would put 248 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 3: it right on the shore one because I didn't want 249 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,839 Speaker 3: to bake in the sun is horrible. But what I 250 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 3: told the kids is every time you play and you're 251 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:16,320 Speaker 3: gonna get pushed. The world wants to push you away 252 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 3: from the purposes of God. All you do, Oh there's 253 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 3: my dad. Take one step over, and now I'm in alignment. 254 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 3: But what happens with the drift of denial is some 255 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 3: of you have drifted so far because you don't realize 256 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 3: you've drifted often until you go, how did I get here? 257 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 3: And now that little bit of distance is a massive 258 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 3: mile of shame. 259 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:45,199 Speaker 1: And the enemy wants to drown you here because you don't. 260 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 3: Feel like there's any way I could ever get back 261 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 3: to there. 262 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 1: That's what denial wants you. But it's a drift. It 263 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:54,360 Speaker 1: starts as just a little bit of distance. 264 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:57,719 Speaker 3: Holy Spirits, show us where we've allowed a little bit 265 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 3: of distance, a little bit of distance in our relationships, 266 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 3: a little bit of our distance in our relationship with 267 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 3: you and others and meaningful relationships. And he says, he 268 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 3: sat down. I wonder what did you sit down in? 269 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 3: Holy Spirit, show us where we sat down in situations 270 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 3: we would have normally avoided. 271 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 1: Where did you sit down? 272 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 3: Why did you sit down in that because you were 273 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 3: cold and it was a warm body. Why did you 274 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 3: sit down in that? Not because you wanted it. You 275 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 3: were led to it, or you were lied about it. 276 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 3: Maybe it was fun or it was familiar. As the 277 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:37,320 Speaker 3: story will unfold with Peter, you'll see him go back 278 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 3: to the very fishing ship that he said he was 279 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 3: going to leave to follow Jesus. Why would he go 280 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:47,320 Speaker 3: back to it because it was familiar? Some of you 281 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:49,600 Speaker 3: sat back down in it. God called you out of it, 282 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 3: but you went to it because you were so discouraged. 283 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 3: You went back to what was familiar. What did you 284 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:59,559 Speaker 3: sit down in and why did you sit down in it? 285 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 3: And as we look at the story of Peter unfold, 286 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 3: you already see the denials in motion, a little bit 287 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:05,679 Speaker 3: of distance. 288 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:07,680 Speaker 1: And then he sat down. 289 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 3: And then Matthew Chapter twenty six, verse sixty nine, it says, 290 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 3: now Peter sat outside. 291 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 1: In the courtyard. 292 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 3: A servant girl came to him, saying, you also were 293 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:19,560 Speaker 3: with Jesus of Galilee, weren't you? She comes up, and 294 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 3: she asked Peter a question. 295 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 1: Don't you know him? 296 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 3: Don't you you're one of his guys. You're from Galilee, 297 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 3: aren't you? In verse seventy. But he denied it before them, saying, 298 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 3: I don't know what you're saying. Here's what he did. 299 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 3: He deflected, girl, you crazy. You'll know what you're talking 300 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 3: about is somebody in your life who loves God is 301 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 3: trying to get you back into alignment, but you are 302 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 3: deflecting and blaming them. You see what happens when somebody 303 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 3: tries to call you out of the slippery slope of denial. 304 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 3: It's this drift that gets in motion and somebody comes 305 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 3: to you with a question. 306 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 1: It says, hey, weren't you don't you go to elevation? 307 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 3: Oh? 308 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 1: You crazy? Arms you're talking about? 309 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 3: You see how he's gaslighting her because the shame is 310 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 3: starting to seep up inside of him. That's a projection 311 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 3: of the shame that he's carrying because he's unaware of 312 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 3: the distance that has been created between him and Jesus. 313 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 3: And at nine pm, I will never deny you. It's 314 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 3: about two am. Now look how much distance has been 315 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 3: driven there. And then the story continues, and when he 316 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 3: had gone out to the gateway, another girl saw him 317 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 3: and said to those who were there, this fellow also 318 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 3: was with Jesus of Nazareth. So what you see now 319 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 3: is that it's not just a girl asking Peter a question. 320 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 3: It's a girl making a statement to the crowd. Hey, yo, 321 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 3: guys in the crowd, that guy was with Jesus. You 322 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 3: see how the enemy is increasing the size of the waves, 323 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 3: trying to push you away. You see the attack of 324 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 3: the enemy, trying to steal your purpose, just one wave 325 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 3: at a time. This has been in motion. This is happening. 326 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 3: And how does Peter respond to this? But he says 327 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 3: he denied it with an oath, I promise you on 328 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 3: the name of Jesus. I don't know Jesus. 329 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 1: He's now defending it with an oath. 330 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 3: Wow. Wow, the first time he was just deflecting. Are 331 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 3: you aware of your drifts? 332 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 1: Are you aware of when you. 333 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 3: Start deflecting things that God's trying to bring into your life? 334 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 1: And now you start. 335 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 3: Defending your things with an oath on my mama's grave. 336 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 3: So a serving girl turns to the crowd. Isn't it 337 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 3: funny how we're so easily swayed by the crowd. We 338 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 3: love the applause, but then when the criticism comes, the 339 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 3: crowd is very fickle. But what you see is the 340 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 3: start of a servant girl asking him a question. Now 341 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 3: it's another girl talking to the crowd. And here's the 342 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:02,560 Speaker 3: third time a little later those who stood by, This 343 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 3: is gonna be at. 344 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:06,400 Speaker 1: Like five thirty in the morning. You see. 345 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:09,640 Speaker 3: He sat down at the fire at two and now 346 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 3: the third denials at about five thirty or six m 347 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:13,639 Speaker 3: because that's when the sun comes up, and that's when. 348 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 1: The rooster crows. 349 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:17,560 Speaker 3: And a little later of those who stood by came 350 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 3: up and said to Peter, Now, this is the crowd 351 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 3: that are all murmuring with each other like that guy, 352 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:26,679 Speaker 3: oh yeah, yeah, yeah. And Peter's trying to escape it. 353 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:29,359 Speaker 3: He's just trying to find a safe place to stay warm. 354 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 3: He should have gotten out of the courtyard a little there. 355 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:34,160 Speaker 3: Those who stood by came up and said to Peter, 356 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 3: surely you were one of them for your speech, but 357 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:44,680 Speaker 3: trays you see, you're from Galilee, that's up north. We're 358 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 3: in Jerusalem here in the south. Now. I was raised 359 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 3: in Minnesota once upon this time, if you would have 360 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 3: heard me talk, I would have said things like, oh yeah, sure, 361 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 3: don't you know, yeah yeah, go out and about oh 362 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 3: yeah you bet y'ah yeah yeah sure sure, uh huh. 363 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:01,879 Speaker 3: And when I'm moved to the South, I went to 364 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 3: a grocery store and ask a woman where. 365 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: Do I buy the pop. 366 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 3: And this woman looked at me. She's like, boy, you 367 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:14,480 Speaker 3: ain't from around here, are you. I said, no, ma'am. 368 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:16,879 Speaker 3: She says, do you know do you know what we 369 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:17,960 Speaker 3: call you Northerners? 370 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:21,120 Speaker 1: I said no. She goes, we call you Yankees? 371 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:23,959 Speaker 3: And then she says, do you know what we call 372 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 3: you yankees that move to the south, Those darn Yankees. 373 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:38,120 Speaker 3: That's because shame was rising as the pressure was mounting, 374 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 3: and something's leaking out of Peter. That's betraying who he 375 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 3: really wants to be, And it says verse seventy four. 376 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 3: Then he began to say, those darn Yankees. He began 377 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 3: to curse and swear. The first denial was a deflection, 378 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 3: The second one was a defense. Now the third one 379 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 3: is a disgust, he said, disgust in himself, he says. 380 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:06,679 Speaker 1: Then he began to curse and swear. I don't know 381 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:07,160 Speaker 1: the man. 382 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 3: And immediately the rooster crowed for seventy five, and Peter 383 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 3: remembered the words that Jesus said said to him, it 384 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:16,880 Speaker 3: was only nine hours earlier. 385 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:20,399 Speaker 1: How quickly we forget? Just nine hours? 386 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:22,640 Speaker 3: He forgot what Jesus said to him, but he remembered 387 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 3: the words before the rooster crows, you will deny me 388 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 3: three times. 389 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 1: So he went out and he wept bitterly. 390 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 3: I think he sat down at this point and said, 391 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,840 Speaker 3: how did I get. 392 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:38,119 Speaker 2: You? 393 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:39,400 Speaker 1: See what Shane wants to do. 394 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:42,639 Speaker 3: He wants to get you so far away from purpose. 395 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:44,240 Speaker 3: You feel like the only way out is to do 396 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:50,679 Speaker 3: what Judas did. And for some of you, your speech 397 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 3: betrays you. 398 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:55,639 Speaker 1: You kiss your mama with that mouth. You're acting like 399 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 1: you don't belong. 400 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 3: To Jesus, because here's the reality. You'll drift far enough 401 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:01,840 Speaker 3: that his tongue will become a Judas and betray the 402 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 3: allegiance to CHRISTO, Why are you acting like that? Why 403 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:12,560 Speaker 3: are you behaving like that? It's not because you love Jesus. 404 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:17,639 Speaker 3: I've just drifted so far away. And that's what happens. 405 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 3: And that's what the enemy wants to is to get 406 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:23,200 Speaker 3: you to drift so far away. And Peter doesn't realize 407 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 3: it until he remembers what Jesus said, and he says, 408 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 3: how did I get here? And as I thought about 409 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:33,200 Speaker 3: Peter sitting in that place, I wonder what he felt 410 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 3: after he realized he had denied Jesus three times. 411 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 1: The shame, the. 412 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 3: Way, I believe he felt like the complete and utter failure. 413 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:43,400 Speaker 3: And I often thought about that story, and I would 414 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:45,800 Speaker 3: always assume, of course Peter fail. Look at what he did, 415 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 3: that's what an ultimate failure like. It's easy to see 416 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 3: his failure in that one. But did he really fail? 417 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 3: And it went back to the text, And this is 418 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:55,919 Speaker 3: the part that God really showed me in this sermon. 419 00:20:57,760 --> 00:20:59,639 Speaker 3: If we go back to the encounter with Christ at 420 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 3: nineteen Luke twenty two to thirty one says Simon, Simon, 421 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 3: Satan's as. 422 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:05,160 Speaker 1: The shifty as weak. 423 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 3: But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith 424 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:13,480 Speaker 3: may not fail. I so skipped over that because I 425 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:16,679 Speaker 3: like to focus on the dysfunction of man. I so 426 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 3: identify with the denial. I couldn't even consider Christ's prayer. 427 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,159 Speaker 3: I wonder what Jesus was praying. I wonder what it 428 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 3: sounded like. I wonder if he prayed out loud right 429 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:26,640 Speaker 3: in front of him, or said I prayed in back 430 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 3: and I got all prayed up and then I came 431 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:31,399 Speaker 3: out to you. But Jesus prayed for Peter, And what 432 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,400 Speaker 3: did he pray? That your faith would not fail? Your 433 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:38,280 Speaker 3: behaviors failed, your actions failed, but the faith I prayed 434 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:41,359 Speaker 3: for that. I didn't pray for your behaviors. I didn't 435 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:44,959 Speaker 3: pray for your actions. I prayed for your faith God. 436 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 3: The Bible says, the prayers of the righteous are powerful 437 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 3: and effective. Jesus is righteousness, He gives us his righteousness. 438 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:55,199 Speaker 3: So the prayers of the righteous, the peers of Jesus, 439 00:21:55,240 --> 00:22:01,920 Speaker 3: are powerful and effective. And if Jesus is praying for you, who, 440 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:05,679 Speaker 3: maybe there's something greater than just me. Maybe it's not 441 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:11,200 Speaker 3: based upon what I think failure and success is. Because 442 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:15,400 Speaker 3: I always thought that Peter failed. What's your definition of success? 443 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 3: Because you aren't often know what a failure is until 444 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,840 Speaker 3: you've defined success. I think most of us walk around 445 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 3: feeling like a perpetual failure because we have a bad 446 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 3: definition of success. 447 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:29,440 Speaker 1: Who gave you your definition of success? 448 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:32,920 Speaker 3: Who are you trying to impress that isn't even watching, 449 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 3: Who spoke a word over you that you have been 450 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 3: trying to prove them wrong and they can't even remember 451 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:39,480 Speaker 3: they said it, but you'll never forget it. 452 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:42,440 Speaker 1: Who gave you that definition for success? 453 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 3: Because when I don't define success correctly, I will always 454 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 3: feel like a failure. And when I look at Peter 455 00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:52,639 Speaker 3: sitting in that place of weeping bitterly. He felt like 456 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:57,879 Speaker 3: such a failure, But did he really fail? It all 457 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 3: depends on your definition of success. Because Jesus would leave 458 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:07,879 Speaker 3: that moment at the last supper, and Peter would. 459 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:09,240 Speaker 1: Get it, would would. 460 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 3: Go through this thing till six am, and then he 461 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:14,879 Speaker 3: denied Jesus at six am, and then at nine am 462 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 3: the next day, on Friday, is when Jesus would be 463 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 3: kneeled to the cross. And as the story continues to unfold, 464 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 3: to Luke chapter twenty three, it says this in verse 465 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:27,520 Speaker 3: forty four is about noon, and darkness came over the 466 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:30,439 Speaker 3: whole land until three in the afternoon. And what that 467 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 3: darkness reprisen is the wrath of God being placed upon 468 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 3: his son. There must always be a penalty paid for sin, 469 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:41,120 Speaker 3: and in that moment, the wrath of God, the sin 470 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:43,480 Speaker 3: of humanity and the shame of the world, and the 471 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:46,359 Speaker 3: darkness represents that shame of the world. 472 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 1: And for three. 473 00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 3: Hours Jesus sat underneath that not just for three hours 474 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:53,480 Speaker 3: until he died physically, but for three days he sat 475 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:57,399 Speaker 3: in a grave, underneath the weight of that condemnation that 476 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:00,920 Speaker 3: should have been placed upon us, and that this represents 477 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 3: the shame and it's coming on the world. And it's 478 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:06,760 Speaker 3: interesting because the scripture says this. It says until three 479 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 3: in the afternoon, verse forty five, for the sun stopped shining. 480 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 3: The sun was created to illuminate so everybody else could see, 481 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 3: but it stopped shining for a couple hours. 482 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 1: This was not an eclipse. This is a movement of 483 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:23,280 Speaker 1: God and. 484 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 3: It represents the shame of the world. The sun was 485 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:31,640 Speaker 3: created to do something. Hey, when Jesus said I prayed 486 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 3: for you that your faith would not fail, the word failed. 487 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:37,960 Speaker 3: There is only used a couple times in the Bible. 488 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,399 Speaker 3: One of the places where it's used is right here. 489 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 3: So when it says the sun stopped shining, it means 490 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 3: the sun failed. It did not operate according to its 491 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 3: original design. It failed to glorify, it failed to illuminate, 492 00:24:56,560 --> 00:25:00,480 Speaker 3: it failed to shine. And here's what I'm taking from text. 493 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:03,159 Speaker 3: We were created in the image of God. We are 494 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:06,800 Speaker 3: the image bearers of God. We are called to receive 495 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 3: and reflect the glory of God in the world. 496 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 1: Oh, you didn't catch it. 497 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:17,760 Speaker 3: So when Jesus said I prayed that your faith would 498 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:20,199 Speaker 3: not fail, I created you, Peter because I picked you. 499 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 3: I chose you. I knew you were gonna deny me, 500 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:24,359 Speaker 3: and yet I still picked you. I knew you were 501 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 3: going to do all that stuff, and yet I still 502 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:26,399 Speaker 3: picked you. 503 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:27,960 Speaker 1: I knew you were going to have all. 504 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 3: These questions, and yet I still picked you. And my 505 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 3: picking of you is not based upon your behavior. It's 506 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:41,199 Speaker 3: based upon me, because I know the world is going 507 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:44,199 Speaker 3: to try to make you drift, and the waves of 508 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 3: anxiety and the chaos, of the current of chaos will 509 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:52,200 Speaker 3: try to push you away from the promises of God. 510 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:55,840 Speaker 3: But when I think Jesus prayed for Peter, here's what 511 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:59,200 Speaker 3: I pictures that boat out on the lake being tossed 512 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,159 Speaker 3: about by the way, and then Jesus says, I just 513 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 3: got on your boat. Jesus, I am an anchor, and 514 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 3: I will go straight through the bottom, through all of 515 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 3: that depression, through all of that anxiety, through all of 516 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:12,320 Speaker 3: that stuff, and I will get to the bottom, and 517 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:14,920 Speaker 3: I will anchor your soul. And a good anchor only 518 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:16,160 Speaker 3: has so many feet of. 519 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:16,880 Speaker 1: Rope on it. 520 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:19,119 Speaker 3: And when the rope gets to the end of it 521 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 3: and the anchor does what it does, that boat will 522 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 3: go no further. Jesus says, I know you're gonna drift, 523 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:27,919 Speaker 3: but I have set by my grace how far you 524 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 3: will drift, because I am in control of the boat, Peter. 525 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 3: I'm in control of it. I know it feels like 526 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 3: the anxiety is sweeping you away, but I am an 527 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:43,920 Speaker 3: anchor for your soul. And the faith that Jesus is 528 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 3: talking about is not Peter's faith to Jesus. It's Jesus 529 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:54,720 Speaker 3: faith to Peter. So that faith I prayed that would 530 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 3: not fail. It's that remnant of why I picked you 531 00:26:57,119 --> 00:27:00,360 Speaker 3: and I gave it to you, because you see, we 532 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:04,200 Speaker 3: were created to be the image bearers of God. Saint 533 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:07,600 Speaker 3: Irenea says it like this. The glory of God is 534 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 3: man fully alive. In Roman, chapter three, verse twenty three, 535 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:16,240 Speaker 3: it says this, It says, for all of sinned and 536 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 3: fall short of the glory of God. I always first 537 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:21,159 Speaker 3: focused on the first half of that verse, all of sined. 538 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 3: It's easy for me to identify with the humanity, for 539 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 3: all of sin and fall short of the glory of God. 540 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 1: And I think when. 541 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 3: I look at that story of Peter and the failure. 542 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 1: And the success and all those things. 543 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:39,120 Speaker 3: He says, Peter, when you're sitting down in shame, you're 544 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:44,440 Speaker 3: not standing up giving me glory, and so. 545 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 1: To me, failure. 546 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 3: Is to say seated when God gave you the opportunity 547 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 3: to stand up. A couple of years ago, my son 548 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 3: was doing a video shoot. His name is Corbin, and 549 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:00,200 Speaker 3: he was doing a video shoot for our youth. I'm 550 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 3: watching him do the video shoot and I'm like, oh, oh, 551 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:06,280 Speaker 3: I'm so proud of Him'm just beaming with excitement God. 552 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 3: And then we got in the car and he sat 553 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 3: down after we finished, and you could see in his 554 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:14,359 Speaker 3: face he was defeated and dejected. And he says to me, 555 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:18,480 Speaker 3: all right, Dad, give me some constructive criticism. 556 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:21,840 Speaker 1: And my heart broke and I'm like, son, I'm sorry. 557 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:23,879 Speaker 3: I need to apologize because you got that definition of 558 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:27,920 Speaker 3: success from your dad, and because he had the bad 559 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,679 Speaker 3: definition of success, he felt like a failure and he 560 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 3: could not share his father's pleasure. You see what sitting 561 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 3: down in shame does. It robs you of sharing in 562 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 3: your father's pleasure. And he's not making you aware of 563 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 3: where you sat down to rub your nose in it 564 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:49,280 Speaker 3: like a puppy, to throw you in the closet because 565 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 3: he's trying to punish you. He's wanting to make you 566 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:55,240 Speaker 3: aware of where you sat down because he wants you 567 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:57,440 Speaker 3: to recognize I sat down with you. 568 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:02,880 Speaker 1: Because Peter, I know you're gonna deny me, but. 569 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 3: Jesus says, when you are faithless, I will remain faithful. 570 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:09,840 Speaker 3: So when you have no faith, I've got enough for 571 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:11,880 Speaker 3: both of us, is what Jesus was saying to Peter. 572 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:15,840 Speaker 3: And so when you read themout and he stood up, yeah, 573 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:19,160 Speaker 3: we like that, and often will preach a message of 574 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 3: you just got to stand up, meaning I'm just going 575 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:24,280 Speaker 3: to do it my own strength, my own power, in 576 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,600 Speaker 3: my own way, and I will give you about six hours, 577 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:29,840 Speaker 3: but after that I'll forget because I grow tired and 578 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:33,200 Speaker 3: weary and I sit right back down. How many times 579 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:34,600 Speaker 3: do I go through the cycle of doing it in 580 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:37,400 Speaker 3: my own strength and sitting back down own strength, sitting 581 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:39,880 Speaker 3: back down before you get so exhausted, I just settle 582 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:43,560 Speaker 3: for here, and I'll paint a smile on on Sunday mornings. 583 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:46,280 Speaker 3: I'm blessed and highly favored. You just cussed your wife 584 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:50,880 Speaker 3: on the parking lot because your speech betrays you. 585 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 1: Some of you. 586 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,880 Speaker 3: The reason you're talking like that is you're so disgusted 587 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:59,600 Speaker 3: with yourself that rather than the recognize how far you've drifted, 588 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:04,120 Speaker 3: you blame everybody else around you. What have you sat 589 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:08,320 Speaker 3: down in? What have you settled for? That? The grace 590 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:10,440 Speaker 3: of God is saying, but I have prayed for you 591 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:16,400 Speaker 3: that your faith would not fail. So success, success isn't 592 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:20,440 Speaker 3: dependent upon my behavior. Success is my recognition that Jesus 593 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:21,440 Speaker 3: still holds. 594 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 2: On to me. 595 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:24,959 Speaker 3: And if he is still holding onto me, I'm successful. 596 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:31,520 Speaker 3: That's what it means. I wonder if your definition of 597 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:40,800 Speaker 3: success even includes Jesus. And so what I want you 598 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:42,400 Speaker 3: to hear at this point is all of us are 599 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:44,720 Speaker 3: going to sit in things, because that's the natural flow 600 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:47,840 Speaker 3: of humanity. But the grace of God is another wave, 601 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:54,600 Speaker 3: wave after wave after wave of grace. And to truly 602 00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:58,280 Speaker 3: stand up, to truly get up, it's not you doing 603 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:01,760 Speaker 3: it better, trying hard, Gosh darn it, New Year's resolution. 604 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:02,680 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do it. 605 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:05,560 Speaker 3: I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about a real faith. 606 00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 3: And you need two people to help you stand up. 607 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:12,040 Speaker 3: There are two key people in this whole story, because 608 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:15,320 Speaker 3: the last scene we had of Peter was him sitting 609 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,840 Speaker 3: weeping bitterly, and in one of the other gospel accounts, 610 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:21,560 Speaker 3: it says he saw Jesus in that moment, the one 611 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:24,920 Speaker 3: he just denied. He saw face and he wept bitterly. 612 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:29,560 Speaker 3: And that represents Peter moving forward. As some of you 613 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:32,560 Speaker 3: have been sitting in this place for twenty two years. 614 00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:36,840 Speaker 3: You gave a part of yourself twenty two years a 615 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:39,080 Speaker 3: part of yourself. Twenty two years ago you said you 616 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:42,520 Speaker 3: were going to keep sacred till marriage. And because you 617 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:46,120 Speaker 3: compromise that part of yourself, you'll feel so unworthy that 618 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:50,920 Speaker 3: you are settling for sitting down in shame. And I 619 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,080 Speaker 3: want you to know that God sees you, and he's 620 00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 3: not disgusted at you. He's not looking at you with 621 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:58,360 Speaker 3: a furrowed brow of disappointment, just waiting for you to 622 00:31:58,440 --> 00:31:59,600 Speaker 3: try harder and do better. 623 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:03,000 Speaker 1: No, he's coming to you. Because if this were. 624 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:05,040 Speaker 3: The end of the story, how depressing would that be. 625 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:07,920 Speaker 3: But the great God that we served, Jesus shows up. 626 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:12,240 Speaker 3: Jesus comes back for him. Jesus remembers, oh, I am 627 00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:16,800 Speaker 3: tied to his boat. He's not died to me. And 628 00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:19,880 Speaker 3: so Jesus is resurrected from the grave. Because you need 629 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,520 Speaker 3: three people, he need two people to help you get up. 630 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:26,480 Speaker 3: We believe in a God that's a trinity, Father, son, 631 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:31,400 Speaker 3: and spirit. Each one is full of God. God the 632 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:33,920 Speaker 3: Father always has been in you, as will be. God 633 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:35,840 Speaker 3: the Son always has been in you as will be. 634 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,360 Speaker 3: And God the Son took on flesh, and he made 635 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:39,440 Speaker 3: his dwelling amongst us. 636 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:41,560 Speaker 1: And the sin that. 637 00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 3: Should have been placed on us was placed on him. 638 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:46,480 Speaker 3: And he gave up his life, and he went into 639 00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:49,960 Speaker 3: a grave, and he sat down for three days. 640 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:52,720 Speaker 1: And after three days. 641 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:56,000 Speaker 3: The Father looked at the son and said, son, I 642 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:57,280 Speaker 3: created you for something. 643 00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:01,120 Speaker 1: It's time for you to rise and shine. 644 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,800 Speaker 3: And Jesus heard the voice of his father calling him 645 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:06,400 Speaker 3: from the darkness he had sat in for three days. 646 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:08,280 Speaker 1: And because Jesus sat. 647 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:09,960 Speaker 3: Down in it for three days, you and I don't 648 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:11,320 Speaker 3: have to settle for sitting. 649 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:11,920 Speaker 1: Down in it. 650 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:20,720 Speaker 3: And that same Jesus, that same Jesus now shows up 651 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:24,080 Speaker 3: three days after he's resurrected. And who's the first disciple 652 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:27,920 Speaker 3: he appears to? Who's the first apostle he appears to Peter? 653 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:33,600 Speaker 3: And when Jesus shows up on the shore, he looks out, 654 00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:37,400 Speaker 3: and where does he see Peter sitting in a boat? 655 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:43,400 Speaker 3: I thought you left that boat to follow me. Jesus, 656 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:47,880 Speaker 3: I thought you left that to come after me. And 657 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:51,200 Speaker 3: why did Peter go sit back down in it? He 658 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:52,960 Speaker 3: didn't know what else to do, and it was familiar. 659 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:57,040 Speaker 3: And I hope that gives you encouragement to realize today 660 00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:59,160 Speaker 3: that Jesus sees you going back to the thing you 661 00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:04,160 Speaker 3: said you would never do. I'll never deny you until 662 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:07,560 Speaker 3: he did, and God said, I knew it was gonna 663 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:10,520 Speaker 3: happen along, and I still picked you. You're still my 664 00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:14,120 Speaker 3: first show and fantasy with selection Peter. I won't deny 665 00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:16,319 Speaker 3: you because I'd be denying myself, because my name is 666 00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:18,640 Speaker 3: on you, because I am the anchor on your boat, 667 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,239 Speaker 3: and I will only let you go so far. And 668 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:23,239 Speaker 3: why haven't you given up to this point? Because the 669 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:25,640 Speaker 3: grace of God has been an anchor to your soul 670 00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:27,520 Speaker 3: and says, I will only let you drift so far. 671 00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:29,719 Speaker 3: I will only let you get so far away from you. 672 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:33,719 Speaker 3: But because my grace is holding on to you, success 673 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:39,400 Speaker 3: is realizing that he is holding on to me, and 674 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:41,080 Speaker 3: the fails to think I got to do. 675 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:42,880 Speaker 1: It in my own strength. 676 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:47,040 Speaker 3: So the Father looks at the sun and says, Jesus, 677 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:50,680 Speaker 3: it's time to rise and shine, and Jesus kicks the 678 00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:52,400 Speaker 3: end out of a borrow to him because he was 679 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:56,400 Speaker 3: made to glorify the Father. And then Jesus shows up 680 00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:58,120 Speaker 3: and he sees Peter out on the boat that he 681 00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:00,960 Speaker 3: was supposed to walk away from, and he says, hey, 682 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:06,359 Speaker 3: you come back yet. So Peter makes his way back 683 00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:09,720 Speaker 3: into the shore, going through the same waves of chaos 684 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:13,359 Speaker 3: that he was drifted away by. Isn't that funny how 685 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:16,319 Speaker 3: God comes to you. All that stuff in your life 686 00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:17,959 Speaker 3: will have purpose when you see him face to face. 687 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:21,239 Speaker 3: And he calls him in to the shore and he 688 00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:23,960 Speaker 3: has this meal, and three times he asked him do 689 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:24,480 Speaker 3: you love me? 690 00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:27,160 Speaker 1: Do you love me? Do you love me? One for 691 00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:27,800 Speaker 1: each of those. 692 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:29,880 Speaker 3: Denials, because God's love is always greater than your denial, 693 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:32,239 Speaker 3: and he needed Peter to hear that for every one 694 00:35:32,239 --> 00:35:34,920 Speaker 3: of those denials, I've got something greater. I've got something greater, 695 00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:37,160 Speaker 3: I've got something right because I picked you for a purpose. 696 00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:40,480 Speaker 3: I picked you to show my love, to receive and 697 00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:45,759 Speaker 3: reflect my love. We were made to glorify God. But 698 00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:50,640 Speaker 3: when I sit in shame underneath the space here, I 699 00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:53,160 Speaker 3: don't bring him glory. 700 00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:54,920 Speaker 1: So when you go to work tomorrow. 701 00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:59,320 Speaker 3: Are you sitting down in something old or are you 702 00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:03,480 Speaker 3: hearing the voice of God saying stand up and glorify? 703 00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:05,600 Speaker 1: So in Acts two. 704 00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:09,480 Speaker 3: Fourteen, then Peter stood up. I wonder if he remembered 705 00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:13,120 Speaker 3: the bitter tears he wept when he denied Jesus. I 706 00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:15,480 Speaker 3: wonder if that was the soundtrack playing in the back 707 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,040 Speaker 3: of his mind on some level, going Okay, maybe this 708 00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:19,760 Speaker 3: time I'll get it right, but maybe I won't. 709 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:23,520 Speaker 1: I wonder. Peter was dealing with some doubt and like, 710 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:24,839 Speaker 1: could you really use me? God? 711 00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:28,120 Speaker 3: But something about it, the voice of God, the Holy 712 00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:31,480 Speaker 3: Spirit resonating in him, made him stand up, and he 713 00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:35,000 Speaker 3: spoke loudly and clearly, and he said, let me explain 714 00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:36,200 Speaker 3: the goodness of God to you. 715 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,080 Speaker 1: And who better to explain the. 716 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,759 Speaker 3: Goodness of God than a man who had just disappointed 717 00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:44,160 Speaker 3: and denied Jesus fifty three days earlier. He didn't need 718 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:46,560 Speaker 3: to go to a class, need to go to a 719 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:49,359 Speaker 3: twelve step program. Those are good, but he said, all 720 00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:52,360 Speaker 3: I need is Jesus on one side and then the 721 00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:54,520 Speaker 3: Holy Spirit on the other. So in Acts, here's the 722 00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:58,080 Speaker 3: way it begins. Here's the second person. Acts two, Verses 723 00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:03,719 Speaker 3: one through four. So that day that Peter gets up 724 00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:08,399 Speaker 3: and speaks, that day that he boldly proclaims Jesus, here's 725 00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:12,399 Speaker 3: the other person that comes into him. Starting in verse one, says, 726 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:15,360 Speaker 3: when the day of Pentecosts came, they were all together 727 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:17,640 Speaker 3: in one place. Suddenly the sound like the blowing of 728 00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:19,759 Speaker 3: a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole 729 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,880 Speaker 3: house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to 730 00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:26,040 Speaker 3: be tongues of fire separated and come to rest on 731 00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:28,440 Speaker 3: each of them. All of them were filled with the 732 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:31,440 Speaker 3: Holy Spirit and began to speak in tongues that the 733 00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:37,080 Speaker 3: spirit enabled them. So some of you have not placed 734 00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:40,160 Speaker 3: your faith in Jesus, and you are dead in your sin. 735 00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:42,400 Speaker 3: And what it would want you to do is to 736 00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:44,799 Speaker 3: hear the voice of Jesus calling you from the grave. 737 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:48,680 Speaker 3: Say rise and shine. It is time to rise and shine. 738 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:50,800 Speaker 3: It's time for you get up out of that grave cloth. 739 00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:53,520 Speaker 3: It's time do you come into relationship with me. Some 740 00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:57,280 Speaker 3: of you have been following at a distance for so long, 741 00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:00,720 Speaker 3: but God says, I still got you, and I'm still 742 00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:03,480 Speaker 3: calling you. And today is the day that you're going 743 00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:06,279 Speaker 3: to hear jesus voice calling you from the boat of 744 00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:11,640 Speaker 3: doubt follow calling you from the boat of disappointment and 745 00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:15,160 Speaker 3: despair and disgust, and the grace of God wants. 746 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:16,680 Speaker 1: To wash over you and clean you and make you 747 00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:17,360 Speaker 1: a new creation. 748 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:21,480 Speaker 3: And when you come into relationship with Jesus, when you 749 00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:23,400 Speaker 3: place your faith in him, it says, when you believe 750 00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:25,399 Speaker 3: in your heart that he was raised from the dead, 751 00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:27,360 Speaker 3: and you confess with your mouth that he is Lord, 752 00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:32,319 Speaker 3: the Holy Spirit, the person of God comes to live 753 00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:34,239 Speaker 3: inside of you. This Holy Spirit's not a power or 754 00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:38,360 Speaker 3: an energy. It's not a viber of feeling. It's a person. 755 00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:42,440 Speaker 3: And the Holy Spirit desires to lead you so to 756 00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:44,439 Speaker 3: get up out of that grave. It's hearing the voice 757 00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:47,560 Speaker 3: of Jesus. But now once we come to Jesus, we 758 00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:49,440 Speaker 3: also want to sit right back down in that place. 759 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:54,000 Speaker 3: And if success is about you trying harder or doing better, 760 00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:58,279 Speaker 3: Earth success is more square footage. Earth success is a 761 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:01,040 Speaker 3: corner office, sir, a certain amount of money in the 762 00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:05,319 Speaker 3: retirement account, you may or may not be successful. But 763 00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:07,799 Speaker 3: if success is based upon what Jesus did for me, 764 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,719 Speaker 3: and if success is that he came back from me, 765 00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:15,439 Speaker 3: if success is recognizing that the Holy Spirit is tied 766 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:18,360 Speaker 3: to me living inside of me. And though you're gonna 767 00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:22,720 Speaker 3: sit back down in something, here's what I believe. 768 00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:26,560 Speaker 1: The Holy Spirit is a gentleman. 769 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:32,000 Speaker 3: He's not gonna kick down the door, but he's gonna 770 00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:34,439 Speaker 3: knock and say, I'm still here. 771 00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:39,319 Speaker 1: I've not left you. I'm right in this thing with you. 772 00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:43,440 Speaker 3: Would you respond to that voice, just as that voice 773 00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:45,960 Speaker 3: was so tender with Peter saying come here, Peter, get 774 00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:48,879 Speaker 3: out of that boat. I know you were sitting down 775 00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:51,920 Speaker 3: feeling disqualified, and you feel like you've got nothing to say. 776 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:55,799 Speaker 3: But to rise and shine is to hear the Holy 777 00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:57,080 Speaker 3: Spirit saying, come forth. 778 00:39:58,880 --> 00:39:59,800 Speaker 1: To respond to that. 779 00:40:00,719 --> 00:40:04,000 Speaker 3: Now, the waves are going to be loud, the waves 780 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:05,680 Speaker 3: of disappointment and doubt and discuss. 781 00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:08,160 Speaker 1: They're just crashing, they're crashing rush. 782 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:15,920 Speaker 3: But the voice I'm talking about, it's a whisper, Simon, Simon, 783 00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:21,400 Speaker 3: it's a Hebrew term of intimacy. 784 00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:22,839 Speaker 1: Because I'm close. 785 00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:26,240 Speaker 3: And the Holy Spirit's inside of you, and he's whispering 786 00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:30,680 Speaker 3: to you, rise and shine. I put you in that 787 00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:32,440 Speaker 3: job to give me glory. I put you in that 788 00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:35,920 Speaker 3: school to give me glory. And when you sit in shame, 789 00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:38,680 Speaker 3: you don't operate according to what you were created for 790 00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:43,240 Speaker 3: the sun stopped shining. It was created to shine because 791 00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:45,960 Speaker 3: of the shame that was in the world. You were 792 00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:50,120 Speaker 3: created to glorify God. Don't let the shame rob you 793 00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:52,520 Speaker 3: of giving him the glory. Would you stand your feet 794 00:40:52,560 --> 00:41:00,200 Speaker 3: at all of our locations, And what we want to 795 00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:02,240 Speaker 3: do at this point is offer an invitation for somebody 796 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:05,720 Speaker 3: to place their faith in Jesus as their Lord and savior. 797 00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:08,360 Speaker 1: And what I wanted you to hear today. 798 00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:10,239 Speaker 3: Is of a good God who sees you sitting down 799 00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:13,799 Speaker 3: in something that he says, I still picked you, I 800 00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:15,480 Speaker 3: love you, and I'm here. 801 00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:17,359 Speaker 1: Will you respond to it? 802 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:21,480 Speaker 3: Will you come out of the grave and say, I 803 00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:24,719 Speaker 3: need to give him glory? Will you receive the gift 804 00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:27,239 Speaker 3: of salvation that's found in him? The Bible says if 805 00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:30,640 Speaker 3: you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and 806 00:41:30,719 --> 00:41:32,600 Speaker 3: you believe in your heart that He was raised from 807 00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:34,680 Speaker 3: the dead, you will be saved. 808 00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:36,360 Speaker 1: Would you buy your heads? 809 00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:39,279 Speaker 3: Would you close your eyes at all over locations, in 810 00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:42,680 Speaker 3: everybody online, And if you need to place your faith 811 00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:46,919 Speaker 3: in Jesus, this is your prayer. I'm not talking about 812 00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:49,960 Speaker 3: a commitment to try harder or do better. I'm not 813 00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:52,040 Speaker 3: talking about a resolution to say I'm just going to 814 00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:55,719 Speaker 3: give it one more chance. Now I'm talking about confessing 815 00:41:56,200 --> 00:42:00,239 Speaker 3: you are dead in your sins and you cannot save yourself. 816 00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:02,399 Speaker 1: That is why Jesus had to die. 817 00:42:03,440 --> 00:42:05,880 Speaker 3: And if that's you, I want to lead you in 818 00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:08,200 Speaker 3: this prayer in the church family. I want us to 819 00:42:08,239 --> 00:42:11,359 Speaker 3: say this prayer together out loud for the benefit of 820 00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:15,359 Speaker 3: somebody who's making this decision to follow in Jesus. Pray 821 00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:18,280 Speaker 3: this with me, Church family. I believe that Jesus Christ 822 00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:23,200 Speaker 3: is the son of God who died on the cross 823 00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:25,040 Speaker 3: and rose from the grave. 824 00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:27,480 Speaker 1: So forgive me of my sins. 825 00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:31,560 Speaker 3: I give you my life, I give you my sin, 826 00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:36,960 Speaker 3: I give you my shame. Forgive me, and I'll spend 827 00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:41,040 Speaker 3: my life following you with your head still about in 828 00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:42,880 Speaker 3: your lives still close. If you just place your faith 829 00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:46,160 Speaker 3: in Jesus for the first time and you're recognizing I 830 00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:48,400 Speaker 3: need to be forgiven. If that's you, I'm going to 831 00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:50,840 Speaker 3: count to three, and when I get through without hesitation, 832 00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:52,000 Speaker 3: I want you to boldly. 833 00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:53,080 Speaker 1: Shoot your hand into the air. 834 00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:57,960 Speaker 3: One, two, three, shoots your hand up all across the sauditorum. 835 00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:03,239 Speaker 1: Come on, Church family, no, let's celebrate. 836 00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:07,040 Speaker 2: That thank you for joining us. Special thanks to those 837 00:43:07,040 --> 00:43:10,080 Speaker 2: of you who give generously to this ministry. Is because 838 00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:13,040 Speaker 2: of you that this ministry is possible. 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