[ Organ plays ]
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[ Congregation sings ]
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>> Amen, and that is what we
have come to do this morning, is
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to worship the King. But
I want you to turn to your
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neighbor right now and
ask him, "Have you heard?"
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Okay, turn to your
neighbor. "Have you heard?"
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>> Have your heard?
>> What, you don't know?
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What, you don't know?
Well, let me tell you.
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Apparently, you guys are looking
at each other wondering what you
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haven't heard. So,
here, I'm gonna tell you
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about it. Every night this week,
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our young people are telling
the world about our God, our
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King, and our
Creator. Isn't that amazing?
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Maybe you've seen it. It's this
thing called The Tent, right
over by Alumni House.
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I watched it last night on
Facebook, so if you're watching
us right now and you want to
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know what this is, you can go on
Facebook. Or if you live right
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here, go tonight and hear them
at 5:00 and 7:00 talking about
our King. Is there anything more
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beautiful and more precious than
these young Evangelists, Pastor
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Dwight? There isn't. They are
here to praise Him, and this
morning, we joined their
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voices in giving Him praise. We
want God to come to this place
and to our homes and to
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our hearts. We want Him to
fill us up with His goodness.
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So let's invite Him
into our hearts this morning.
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[ Congregation sings ]
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>> When you come under the
care of the King, there isn't
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anything that's outside
of His reach to grant you.
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He takes care of His people.
He takes care of all of His
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children. So
when you're with Him,
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you can have confidence that
God will grant you your heart's
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desire, that God will grant you
your petition and your request
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according to His will, because
He's not going to give you
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something that's
not good for you.
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And sometimes when He
says no, praise the Lord!
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Because He knew that something
better is in store for you.
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So, when we ask Him, we ask Him
in sincerity, with authenticity,
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and we know that He can grant
us our desire and our petition.
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So, this morning, if you have
something that you need to give
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to Him, we invite you
right now to bring it forward.
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You have some financial
need, you have some need in your
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marriage, you have some need
in your family, you have some
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health need -- We want
you to come forward and
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give that to Him and know
that He will fulfill it for you.
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But here's the other kind
of thing that we can ask Him.
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Maybe you are getting in your
own way of reaching out to the
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King. Maybe it's your pride.
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Maybe it's your
stubbornness. Maybe it's --
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You're clinging to something.
You're idolizing something.
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Why don't you decide to
give that up this morning?
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Come forward and say, "Lord,
I need you more than I need this
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thing that's getting in the way.
Let's draw closer to Him and
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know that He will answer
every one of our requests.
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Come forward as
we pray this morning.
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[ "Lord I Need You" plays ]
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[ Congregation sings ]
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>> Nice to see all of you today.
Here's a question to start off
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today's story. Thank you, story
scouts for the stories you find.
Here's the question --
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Anybody here been to a zoo? If
you've been to a zoo -- Boy,
that's pretty much all of
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us. Okay, so, here's a
story from Omaha, Nebraska.
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Because Kymica and Justin, her
husband -- they're just a young
couple -- they're going to the
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zoo today. She said, "I just
want to go to the zoo one more
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time," and so which animals
do you think we should go to see
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first? Which cage? How about the
aquarium? Because this is the
Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.
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So you can see the fishies plus
the animals. "Well, I'll tell
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you what," that's what her
husband said. "Let's do this --
Let's ride the zoo train."
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A lot of zoos have trains that
go around the zoo, you can kind
of see the lay of the land.
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"Where are we gonna go first?
Will it be the giraffes over
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there? How about the rhinoceros
over here?" So you just ride the
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train and look. But! Uh-oh!
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While they're on the train...
While they're on the train...
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"Ooh!" But she wasn't pointing
at anything. "Ooh!" she said
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again. Justin said, "Kymica,
what are you doing? There's no
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animals to even go "Ooh!"
about." "Ooh!" she said. "Ooh!"
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she said. She said, "Honey, we
got to get off this train. We
have to get to a -- Ooh!
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[ Groaning ] We have to get to
a hospital!" Because, you see,
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Kymica was pregnant, getting
ready for their very first baby.
And it's not gonna be born till
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the middle of May, and this was
a couple week ago, so... Justin
said, "Listen, girl,
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you're gonna be fine. You'll
be just fine. It's just a little
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bit of an exaggeration here.
Let's go see the cheetahs and
you're gonna feel a lot better
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when you see the cheetahs." But
as soon as they got off the
train, they only got about, oh,
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a few steps away from the train
station when she says, "I think
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it's coming!" And -- [ Gasps ]
-- Pop! [ Laughter ] Somebody's
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head looked out! "Is this where
I'm supposed to be? Nope, it's a
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zoo. No, I'm going back in."
Nope. She went down -- Kymica
went down, her husband
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grabbed her as they went down
together, and pretty soon,
people are stopping.
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Pretty soon people are pulling
out their cellphones. Pretty
soon people are taking
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videos. Because little Drea,
5 pounds, 5 ounces, was born
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right there in a
zoo! >> What? >> Yeah!
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In Omaha, Nebraska! So wait till
she grows up and people say,
"Hey, where were you
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born?" What can you say?
You got to tell the truth!
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Oh, but Justin didn't worry.
He said, "Oh, this is beautiful!
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This is beautiful! Now, what do
I do next? Okay, okay, okay!"
And little Drea -- D-R-E-A.
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Little Drea Hubbard comes
out. "Oh, this is our precious
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daughter." He didn't care that
the whole world was watching.
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You know what? When they were
talking with the reporters
afterwards -- Let's see a
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picture first. Let's see a
picture. Let's see a picture of
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little Drea. Oh, there she is
in her mother's arms. Oh, now,
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there she is. Oh, isn't she
precious? When they were talking
to the reporters afterwards,
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they said, "Listen, how you
gonna celebrate her birthday?"
They said, "We're coming to the
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zoo every single year to have
her birthday party." And we're
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giving her a new nickname. It's
not just Drea. We're gonna call
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her Pooh Bear. >> Aww! >>
Aww! So, where were you born?
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Go on, where were you born? Do
you know? Do you know? Somebody
very special was with
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you. Somebody very special
was with you when you were born.
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Who's that someone special?
>> Mommy! >> Oh! Your mother
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happened to be there when you
were born. Oh, my... Aren't you
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lucky to have a mother like her?
You know what, it's not easy
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being a mom. Come on, I've
watched the mothers around here.
It's not easy being a mom.
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Sometimes we act like we were
born in a zoo. Sometimes we act
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like we're born in a barn!
That's what my dad used to say
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about me. [ Laughter ] But you
know what? Our mothers just keep
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loving us. They never get tired.
They never quit loving on us.
Oh, and how Jesus loves mothers.
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Do you know what? Jesus, when
he's dying on the cross, he's
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thinking about his mother. He's
thinking about his mother. He
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loved her so much. Do you love
your mom? Oh, I know you do.
We're gonna give you something
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that you can take right back to
your mom in just a moment, but
first, I want a young boy to
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pray, 'cause I had a little girl
in the first service, so is
there a boy here who would like
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to thank Jesus for our mothers?
A little boy. All right. We got
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a lot of girls. Okay, Joshua,
come here. All right. We're
gonna pray with Joshua.
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Thank you, Joshua. Bless you.
And we're gonna thank Jesus for
our wonderful, wonderful mothers
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that we love so much. Will
you close your eyes and will you
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fold your hands as Joshua thanks
Jesus? >> Yes, I am very
thankful for my mommy, and I
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thank God. I also am thankful
for my dad. Very thankful. Amen!
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>> Amen, Joshua. What a
beautiful prayer. And you know
what? This is what I want you to
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do with your mother right now,
okay? This is what I want you to
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do. But before you do -- Joshua,
this goes for you, too. Before
you do, I want you to
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pick up a beautiful flower for
your mother. So there's gonna be
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-- Let's see, we have Pastor
Sharon, Pastor Sabine, we have
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Claudia right over there. Don't
go back to your chair without
getting a flower for
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your mommy! Get a flower for
your mommy. Happy Mother's Day,
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dear beloved mothers.
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¤¤
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Wow, that was beautiful. Thank
you, Byron and students. And the
concert that you're
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having at the HPAC is Tuesday
night. This group at 7:00.
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We need to be out for that,
as well. Let's pray together.
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Oh, God, this is our father's
world in the midst of all the
craziness that life has become
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on this planet. These colorful
splashes are a reminder You
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still reign supreme. There is
nothing out of your purview, and
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you are King. The music that
just swept us heavenward, we
bless Your name. We come to the
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word of God now. We bless Your
name. Let it be clear, we humbly
pray in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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You ever heard the expression,
"Don't look a gift horse in the
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mouth," you ever heard that?
"Don't look a gift horse in the
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mouth." Better
yet, have you ever even
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looked at a horse in the mouth?
After today, you'll always be
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able to say, "Yes, I have."
I want you to take a look at a
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horse's mouth. Man,
what is wrong with that?
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What a mouth! I love those
teeth. Well, how about another
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one? There's a guy that hasn't
been to the dentist yet. But you
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know what? Hey, come on, some of
you English speakers, you know
we talk about this is "long in
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the tooth." "Long in the tooth"
is actually from the horse.
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That's how they measure a
horse's age -- long teeth and
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how many teeth. So they count
them. But the point of the
little proverb, "Never look a
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gift horse in the mouth" is --
"Listen, don't be so particular
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about your gift. You got a gift.
Just be thankful you had a gift.
If it's a horse, just take the
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horse. Don't count the teeth.
Don't look the horse in the
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mouth." And that's great
counsel. "Never look a gift
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horse in the mouth." You ever
heard this proverb? "Never look
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a gift fish in the mouth."
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Me, neither, but it's a great
story, and I want to go to that
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story with you right now.
Open your Bible with me, please,
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to the Gospel of
Matthew 17. Let's go.
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A short little story
with a major, major point.
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Matthew 17. You
didn't bring a Bible, grab
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the pew Bible in front of
you. It's going to be page 662.
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I think those of you watching
live-stream right now are seeing
00:24:32.83\00:24:36.57
the title for this brand-new
little miniseries called
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"Nuclear
Fishin'." Do you see it?
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"Nuclear Fishin'." You
have to be a chemist or a
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physicist to get
that. "Nuclear Fishin'."
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We just did "Gone
Fishin'." Four parts.
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Now we're gonna
do "Nuclear Fishin'."
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Four parts. Some
powerhouse stories that
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still have fish in them.
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So, we're going to go now -- No
study guide, by the way. Those
of you watching and those
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of your here, as well, you're
just gonna lock this away in
your heart, I pray.
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So, this is Matthew 17. You
found Matthew 17? I'm in the
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NIV. You got the pew Bible
there. You got your own Bible.
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Whatever. Let's
go. Matthew 17:24.
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Now, I need to tell you,
Capernaum is the hometown of our
big fisherman buddy named
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Simon Peter. That's where
he lived. That's home base.
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In fact, I've been to the
Capernaum, and the
archaeologists will with great
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credibility tell you, "We
believe this foundation here is
the foundation of Peter's
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house." It's just been
preserved. They have a special
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roof over it to protect it, but
that's where Peter was born,
that's where he grew up, that's
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his hometown. So, they're coming
back to Peter's home base.
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So, Verse 24.
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Oh, and by the way, I need to
tell you that that is now Jesus'
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hometown. His
hometown really is Nazareth,
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but the people in Nazareth
could never quite stomach the
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immense popularity of
their hometown boy, and for some
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reason -- it's just absolutely
ludicrous -- they would not
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accept him. And so
Jesus decides to change
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his home address from
Nazareth to Capernaum.
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And it's his hometown.
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Hit the pause
button right there.
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This is the old half-shekel.
Half-shekel temple tax that
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every Jew who's a male and who's
over 20 years of age is required
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to pay. Got to pay it.
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You're a Jew, you're
20 or higher, you pay.
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Now, it doesn't have the same
kind of sacrosanct attachment
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that tithing does. Oh,
the Jews know about tithing,
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as well. The
whole world knows about
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tithing now. That's
a dynamite promise, by
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the way, that's spread out for
the people living in Jesus' day.
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I'll put that -- Let's
put Malachi 3:10 and just
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remind us what that promise is.
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That would be the Lord of Hosts.
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The two-drachma
temple tax is not tithe.
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No, completely different.
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Because in the tithe promise
that God makes, note this -- In
the tithe promise, God is not
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promising this only to Jewish
males 20 years or older. The
tithe promise is to males
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and females, Jews and gentiles.
Black, white, yellow, red, brown
-- it doesn't matter.
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This is my promise to the human
race. So when the tax collectors
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come and they grab Peter, they
say, "Yo!" They're not thinking
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tithe. They're talking about the
temple tribute, the temple tax.
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Now, let's read the
whole verse here, Verse 24.
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"Yo, Pete!" And, by
the way, the "your" is
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plural. So
they're singling Pete out,
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but they're talking to
all the boys hanging around.
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Those would be the disciples.
"Yo, Pete, doesn't your teacher
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pay the temple tax? Oh, my.
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What Peter does not know --
Bless his heart -- is that this
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is an elaborate ruse to catch
Peter off guard and trick him
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into compromising
Jesus. Because, you see, the
00:28:33.88\00:28:36.68
two-drachma temple tax, while
it's required of all Jewish
00:28:36.68\00:28:40.22
males 20 years and older,
the exceptions happen to be if
00:28:40.22\00:28:43.65
you're a priest or a Levite
-- Obviously you work in the
00:28:43.65\00:28:47.12
temple, so why should you
have to pay tax for where you're
00:28:47.12\00:28:50.66
working? Or you're
a prophet, you work
00:28:50.66\00:28:52.59
for the Lord of the
Temple. You don't have to pay.
00:28:52.59\00:28:56.23
Oh, very clever. A
trap embedded in this trick
00:28:56.23\00:29:01.07
question -- "Doesn't your
master pay the temple tax?"
00:29:01.07\00:29:04.61
Because if Peter says,
"Why, of course he does."
00:29:04.61\00:29:07.58
Oops! Then they
will crow that Jesus
00:29:07.58\00:29:09.91
obviously is not the prophet
he's been saying he is and that
00:29:09.91\00:29:13.48
the people think is because,
"Hey, prophets don't pay the
00:29:13.48\00:29:16.92
temple tax, and this guy does."
But if Peter says, "Oh, no, are
00:29:16.92\00:29:20.06
you kidding? He
doesn't pay that temple tax,"
00:29:20.06\00:29:21.96
oh, they'd go
hollering to everybody.
00:29:21.96\00:29:23.56
"Whoa! This Jesus of Nazareth,
he's trying to tear down the
00:29:23.56\00:29:27.00
temple service."
They've got Pete nailed whether
00:29:27.00\00:29:30.90
he says yes or
whether he says no.
00:29:30.90\00:29:34.94
And, of course,
Peter's a fisherman.
00:29:34.94\00:29:37.27
He's not really
suave. Is it "suave?"
00:29:37.27\00:29:42.31
How do you pronounce
it? Is it suave? Okay.
00:29:42.31\00:29:44.45
He's not really suave.
He's not really suave when it
00:29:44.45\00:29:48.15
comes to the nuances of
logic embedded in hastily thrown
00:29:48.15\00:29:52.12
questions in his face, and
so Peter just blurts it out.
00:29:52.12\00:29:56.02
Oops! Yeah.
00:29:56.02\00:29:59.79
Peter goes into the house.
Jesus is there to meet him.
00:29:59.79\00:30:03.83
Next verse, Verse 24.
00:30:03.83\00:30:06.13
Hit the pause
button right there.
00:30:09.87\00:30:11.04
Please note, there's not gonna
be any recrimination, there's
00:30:11.04\00:30:14.01
not gonna be any "Shame,
shame, shame, shame, shame!"
00:30:14.01\00:30:16.68
There's no scolding,
there's no raised voice.
00:30:16.68\00:30:20.62
Jesus says, "Hey, I just
have a question for you."
00:30:20.62\00:30:23.08
"What's the question, master?"
"What do you think, Simon?"
00:30:23.08\00:30:27.69
Jesus asked.
00:30:27.69\00:30:29.59
"Well, of course --
That's a very dumb question.
00:30:38.07\00:30:41.47
Do you think there's a
king alive who would tax his own
00:30:41.47\00:30:43.87
child? Are you kidding?
00:30:43.87\00:30:45.21
It's gonna be from the
others." Oops! He gets it.
00:30:45.21\00:30:50.05
He knows exactly
what Jesus has just asked.
00:30:50.05\00:30:53.68
But Jesus says,
"It's okay." Verse 27.
00:30:53.68\00:30:58.39
The end. That's
the story. That's it.
00:31:12.60\00:31:16.20
The end. Wow.
00:31:16.20\00:31:23.55
But what about this little, uh,
trap that the Pharisees set for
00:31:23.55\00:31:29.98
him? Our friend
George Knight in his
00:31:29.98\00:31:32.55
wonderful little commentary on
the Book of Matthew, it's called
00:31:32.55\00:31:36.06
the Amplifier Commentary.
As only George can do, he sees
00:31:36.06\00:31:39.23
another angle to this, and I
want to share his angle with you
00:31:39.23\00:31:42.56
on the screen. So
just read his words there.
00:31:42.56\00:31:45.10
This is Dr. Knight commenting
on this particular story,
00:31:45.10\00:31:48.74
Matthew 17.
00:31:48.74\00:31:51.01
In other words, it turns out to
be the perfect response. They
say, "How did Jesus know
00:31:57.05\00:32:02.98
that?" "Well, I know how he knew
it, because he has an inside
00:32:02.98\00:32:06.59
track to the Father. He has a
back door where he gets into
Heaven and he gets all his
00:32:06.59\00:32:10.16
instructions." Wrong,
wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.
00:32:10.16\00:32:12.36
You know the only way Jesus
knew it? Jesus will say to his
00:32:12.36\00:32:15.83
disciples in Luke 12:11-12,
he'll say, "Listen, when you get
hauled off to court, don't worry
00:32:15.83\00:32:21.40
about what you're gonna say.
Please. Don't worry. Don't panic
because -- I love it
00:32:21.40\00:32:25.81
in the New Living Translation --
because it will be given to you.
By the spirit of my father, it
00:32:25.81\00:32:31.48
will be given to you." This
is NLT. "While you are standing
00:32:31.48\00:32:37.19
there, you'll get it. Just say
what I give you." Jesus had no
00:32:37.19\00:32:42.96
inside -- "Well, I'll do this
-- I'll pull this little fish
00:32:42.96\00:32:45.79
trick." No. Obviously the spirit
just said... And Jesus said...
00:32:45.79\00:32:50.67
So George Knight here...
00:32:51.23\00:32:53.13
Good for you, Jesus!
00:32:57.11\00:32:59.01
How do you do that?
Number two! Here it comes.
00:33:11.82\00:33:15.29
Only George could find this.
00:33:17.29\00:33:19.19
Hold on there. Just
hit pause right here.
00:33:24.70\00:33:26.77
"Keep his mouth shut." I
remind you, this is one time,
00:33:26.77\00:33:29.57
and somebody -- Where is this?
00:33:29.57\00:33:31.17
Somebody came after first
service and slid this under the
00:33:31.17\00:33:33.88
door, having
heard this teaching.
00:33:33.88\00:33:35.61
They said, "Hey, listen, Dwight,
you're gonna need this," and
00:33:35.61\00:33:38.11
they didn't put a name on
it. Listen, this is one time --
00:33:38.11\00:33:40.95
True story. This is
one time where Peter
00:33:40.95\00:33:43.52
could go fishing and be
absolutely certain he's gonna
00:33:43.52\00:33:46.39
catch something
today. [ Laughter ]
00:33:46.39\00:33:48.42
'Cause Jesus said,
"You're gonna catch something.
00:33:48.42\00:33:50.16
The first you catch,
open its mouth -- Boom!
00:33:50.16\00:33:52.43
Go pay our taxes." Wow.
00:33:52.43\00:33:55.93
So, reading George again.
00:33:55.93\00:33:57.83
¤ Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! ¤
Where do you think I got this,
00:34:03.10\00:34:05.71
guys? Where do you think?
00:34:05.71\00:34:06.78
I'll give you five guesses
and the first six don't count!
00:34:06.78\00:34:10.75
You think Peter's
gonna be silent about this?
00:34:10.75\00:34:13.52
No, he's gonna say, "He
doesn't have to pay the taxes."
00:34:13.52\00:34:16.42
Oops! "You know where he got his
00:34:16.42\00:34:18.72
money? You're not
gonna believe this."
00:34:18.72\00:34:22.06
Of course he
told everybody he met.
00:34:22.06\00:34:24.63
George says, "Even he
told the tax collectors."
00:34:24.63\00:34:26.80
I think he
probably did. Keep reading.
00:34:26.80\00:34:31.17
Jesus really is a prophet and
he doesn't have to pay the tax.
00:34:35.10\00:34:38.84
Made them both
disappear. Now, third...
00:34:38.84\00:34:42.34
Well, whose money was
it? It's the fish's money,
00:34:47.05\00:34:49.12
of course! The money
belonged to the fish.
00:34:49.12\00:34:53.12
Got it. Oh, good for you, Jesus.
00:34:53.12\00:34:57.86
Good for you. And, by
the way, it was good for
00:34:57.86\00:35:00.56
Jesus. Because Jesus is modeling
00:35:00.56\00:35:03.97
something for you and me to
get. To get, to get, to get.
00:35:03.97\00:35:07.14
This about this --
Avoid confrontation if you can
00:35:07.14\00:35:12.47
do so without
compromising truth.
00:35:12.47\00:35:16.48
Don't pick a fight.
Turn the other cheek.
00:35:16.48\00:35:20.05
Walk the extra
mile. Don't do it!
00:35:20.05\00:35:23.32
I'm the exact opposite.
In this day and age, when
00:35:23.32\00:35:26.19
everyone has the inalienable
right to display their ignorance
00:35:26.19\00:35:29.62
through what they post online...
In this day and age, I must
00:35:29.62\00:35:34.30
admit, I struggle with not being
like Jesus in this instance
00:35:34.30\00:35:38.17
because every now and then,
I get an e-mail from Peter.
00:35:38.17\00:35:40.94
You ever get one of those
e-mails where the writer has
00:35:40.94\00:35:44.31
obviously written
before even thinking?
00:35:44.31\00:35:46.88
I get those
e-mails... [ Exhales sharply ]
00:35:46.88\00:35:50.61
My first response is to fire a
two megaton e-mail back and nuke
00:35:50.61\00:35:54.35
that vacuous
criticism and criticizer.
00:35:54.35\00:35:56.79
One stone, two birds.
Yeah, I'm embarrassed to tell
00:35:56.79\00:36:01.79
you that. So,
when I watch Jesus here
00:36:01.79\00:36:04.53
totally disregard his critics...
He could have jumped up and
00:36:04.53\00:36:07.60
said, "No, no, no, no."
Totally disregard his critics,
00:36:07.60\00:36:10.80
and keep calm with his own
disciples who have muffed a
00:36:10.80\00:36:14.54
beautiful moment that they
could have testified to, but no.
00:36:14.54\00:36:18.54
All Jesus does
is he just complies.
00:36:18.54\00:36:23.08
I want to learn something. I
want to tear a page out of his
00:36:23.08\00:36:25.38
playbook, don't you? Yeah.
00:36:25.38\00:36:29.68
Avoid confrontation if you
can do so without compromising
00:36:29.68\00:36:32.65
truth. Hey, this is from
00:36:32.65\00:36:33.86
Desire of Ages, and it nails
it on the head, this very point.
00:36:33.86\00:36:36.09
The words on the screen --
00:36:36.09\00:36:37.99
"I don't have to do this."
00:36:44.83\00:36:46.74
Someday we're gonna remember
this line because it's very
00:36:52.31\00:36:55.58
important. Don't get
the established order
00:36:55.58\00:36:58.15
all agitated by
the way you fight back.
00:36:58.15\00:37:00.62
Just keep your mouth shut.
00:37:00.62\00:37:05.05
Let it go! Come on. That
e-mail writer, the person
00:37:18.33\00:37:21.14
who calls, the individual who
drops by your place and offers
00:37:21.14\00:37:24.41
you a piece of her mind
or his mind, just let it go.
00:37:24.41\00:37:27.31
Take the high road. You
know you're right anyway.
00:37:27.31\00:37:32.18
"But, Dwight, what if
they're right and I'm wrong?"
00:37:32.18\00:37:34.92
Well, then, take
it and then let it go.
00:37:34.92\00:37:36.85
Get on! Get over it!
00:37:36.85\00:37:40.92
One short little story.
It paints a beautiful and
00:37:41.66\00:37:47.30
powerful picture
of our Lord Jesus.
00:37:47.30\00:37:50.33
I want to share three musings
with you from this story, and
00:37:50.33\00:37:52.43
then I'll sit
down. Three musings.
00:37:52.43\00:37:54.07
You don't have a study guide?
I'll put them on the screen for
00:37:54.07\00:37:55.80
you.
00:37:55.80\00:37:57.21
Have you noticed that? "Yo,
Pete, throw your line into the
00:38:02.44\00:38:06.21
lake. The first fish you catch,
open its mouth, pull the coin
out, and go and pay my tax."
00:38:06.21\00:38:11.85
By the way, this is the only
place in the New Testament --
Did I already mention this?
00:38:11.85\00:38:15.02
This is the only place in the
New Testament where fishing by
00:38:15.02\00:38:20.70
line is shown. Everywhere else,
how do they fish? Everywhere
00:38:20.70\00:38:22.43
else! Come on, we just finished
"Gone Fishin'." Everywhere else,
00:38:22.43\00:38:25.03
they pull the net in! I'm making
you fish for people 'cause I
want lots of people,
00:38:25.03\00:38:28.77
not just one. I want lots.
00:38:28.77\00:38:31.04
This is the only time a line,
and I'm assuming a hook, is
00:38:31.21\00:38:35.54
mentioned. "So, go
throw that line in,
00:38:35.54\00:38:38.35
Peter! First
fish you get, open the
00:38:38.35\00:38:40.88
mouth, pull that four drachmas
coin out, go pay my tax and
00:38:40.88\00:38:44.72
yours.
00:38:44.72\00:38:48.72
You know what Peter does?
He said, "Amen! I got it, Lord.
00:38:48.89\00:38:54.36
I'll go do it." And that's
exactly what he does. He throws
his line in, pulls the fish out,
00:38:54.36\00:38:59.40
pulls out the tax, and pays
Jesus' tax and his own. Never
forget. Never forget that Christ
00:38:59.40\00:39:05.57
of Creation is the Jesus of the
Gospels. He's the creator of the
00:39:05.57\00:39:11.95
universe. So, when Jesus cries
out, "Let there be light," in
00:39:11.95\00:39:16.35
half a nanosecond, before the
words even left his lips... In
half a nanosecond, that word
00:39:16.35\00:39:21.12
instantly creates the reality
it describes. Ever heard that
00:39:21.12\00:39:26.19
before? Boom! Because when he
says, "Let there be light,"
what's the next split
00:39:26.19\00:39:29.40
second? What
happens? There is light.
00:39:29.40\00:39:32.67
His word, he just
speaks it. Look at Psalm 33.
00:39:32.83\00:39:35.27
Jot these three verses down.
If you've never gotten these
00:39:35.27\00:39:38.17
before, never forget them
for the rest of your life.
00:39:38.17\00:39:40.84
Psalm 33:6 and 33:9.
00:39:40.84\00:39:42.74
That's how powerful it
is. Don't forget to jot down
00:39:53.62\00:39:55.92
Isaiah 55:11.
Keep your pen moving.
00:39:55.92\00:39:58.36
Isaiah 55:11.
00:39:58.36\00:40:00.26
When I speak it, it will happen.
That's why Jesus in John 6:63,
00:40:08.20\00:40:13.68
Jesus says... "It's all in the
word. I speak it to you." Say
Amen to the word of Christ
00:40:18.51\00:40:24.69
as Peter did. "Amen! I'll
go do it." And it will be.
00:40:24.69\00:40:30.16
He spoke it into reality. Wow.
I shared my testimony last fall
00:40:30.16\00:40:36.80
when we were doing a series
called "#RXF4NOW." Righteousness
00:40:36.80\00:40:42.34
by Faith For Now. And you
remember in the opening message,
I told you about my struggle
00:40:42.34\00:40:47.54
with fear, my personal struggle
with fear. Multiple fears.
Garden variety of fears that
00:40:47.54\00:40:51.38
I've lived with all my life. And
I was thinking about it one
Sunday, you remember that, in
00:40:51.38\00:40:55.58
August, when God speaks to me,
as I'm thinking about my fears
and I'm thinking about this
00:40:55.58\00:40:59.35
great principle, and God says,
"Let not your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid."
00:40:59.35\00:41:03.22
And in that split second, I knew
that God had taken those fears
00:41:03.22\00:41:06.96
away. I just knew it. Now, a lot
of you heard that story, and you
00:41:06.96\00:41:10.07
said, "Yeah, well, that's just
Dwight. He's kind of a weird guy
anyway, so something like that
00:41:10.07\00:41:13.47
could happen to him." I got an
e-mail this week, and I want to
00:41:13.47\00:41:19.11
read it to you. This is one of
the e-mails that you don't nuke.
This is the one that brings
00:41:19.11\00:41:22.81
tears to your eyes and you hold
it to your chest and you say,
"Dear, Jesus, this was all you.
00:41:22.81\00:41:26.98
How do you do things like this?"
So, I got an e-mail from one of
our worshippers this week.
00:41:26.98\00:41:34.39
Young husband, young father,
attending the university. He
said, "Dear Pastor Nelson,
00:41:34.39\00:41:41.10
yada-yada-yada-yada-yada-yada-
yada-yada-yada-yada-yada-yada...
Oh, by the way, I don't know if
00:41:41.10\00:41:44.73
you intended it this way..." I
thought this was -- Praise God.
00:41:44.73\00:41:47.60
"I don't know if you intended it
this way, but those three
series, "#RXF4NOW" followed by
00:41:47.60\00:41:51.91
"Storm," and then followed by
"Gone Fishin'," those three
series have been like a
00:41:51.91\00:41:56.21
carefully laid pathway to
spiritual revival and renewal."
00:41:56.21\00:42:00.82
And you know what? It never
occurred to me at all. So, the
Holy Spirit said, "Dwight, I
00:42:00.82\00:42:07.19
don't have to tell you what I'm
doing." So I say "Praise God."
Now, here it comes.
00:42:07.19\00:42:10.13
One personal anecdote -- I
confess -- Okay, confession is
good for the soul -- "I confess
00:42:10.13\00:42:14.73
that I didn't get the whole
"omnipotent word of God" thing
the first time you shared it,
00:42:14.73\00:42:18.87
but you continued to preach it,
and then after re-watching your
sermon entitled "Believe"..."
00:42:18.87\00:42:23.24
That would be the first one in
last fall's series.
"...something clicked."
00:42:23.24\00:42:26.84
One day -- here it comes -- One
day as I was walking home from
class, I was thinking about
00:42:26.84\00:42:31.38
that sermon and telling God how
frustrated I was in my struggle
against selfishness and the
00:42:31.38\00:42:36.69
negative impact it was having on
my family, just a few steps from
00:42:36.69\00:42:42.49
home, the words of Galatians
2:20 popped into my head.
00:42:42.49\00:42:46.80
Galatians 2:20. "I am crucified
with Christ. Nevertheless, I
live, yet not I, but Christ
00:42:46.80\00:42:51.43
lives..." -- where? "...in me,
and the life I live, I live by
the faith of the son of God who
00:42:51.43\00:42:56.64
loved me and gave Himself for
me." That verse, just -- Boom!
And listen to this now --
00:42:56.64\00:43:01.68
Not me talking. This person. "In
that moment, something changed."
00:43:01.68\00:43:10.39
In that moment...
...something changed.
00:43:10.39\00:43:13.79
Hey, buddy. I know
exactly how you feel.
00:43:13.96\00:43:16.42
That's exactly
what happened to me.
00:43:16.42\00:43:18.59
"In that moment,
something changed.
00:43:18.59\00:43:20.56
I believed it, and God has given
me the upper hand in the battle
00:43:20.56\00:43:23.80
with selfishness.
There are still days..."
00:43:23.80\00:43:26.07
Important caveat.
"...when I struggle, but I now
00:43:26.07\00:43:28.60
know that I am no longer a slave
to selfishness, and I can't tell
00:43:28.60\00:43:31.91
you how much that
means to me and my family.
00:43:31.91\00:43:34.28
Praise God!" Amen.
00:43:34.28\00:43:40.55
Musing #1. How did it go?
Put it on the screen for us
00:43:40.55\00:43:43.82
again, please. Musing #1.
00:43:43.82\00:43:46.39
Here comes Musing #2. There are
only three of these, and then
00:43:49.26\00:43:51.56
I'm sitting down. Here comes #2.
00:43:51.56\00:43:53.46
"Yo, Pete! Go to the lake! Drop
in that line! Get the first fish
00:44:00.34\00:44:04.87
you catch. Open its mouth, and I
want you pull the coin out.
It'll be four drachma.
00:44:04.87\00:44:09.28
And I want you to pay
my tax and yours." Wow.
00:44:09.28\00:44:16.12
Peter hasn't even asked! God is
meeting a need that Peter has,
but he's never even asked
00:44:16.12\00:44:21.49
God about that need. Can you
believe this? Even if you never
00:44:21.49\00:44:28.33
ask God, He still knows your
need. You don't have to ask Him.
That's why Jesus and the mighty
00:44:28.33\00:44:35.34
Sermon on the Mount -- Just
a few pages earlier. I do wish
00:44:35.34\00:44:38.37
that you would see this in your
own Bible. Go back to Matthew 6.
All red letters in Matthew 6
00:44:38.37\00:44:41.88
because it's in the middle of
the Sermon on the Mount. Drop
down Matthew 6 to Verse 31,
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Jesus speaking -- See, this is
the point Jesus is making, Verse
00:44:47.38\00:44:51.02
31. Don't worry, be happy.
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They don't know how they're
gonna get them yet, so they just
00:45:04.53\00:45:06.67
are panicked by it. But
your Heavenly Father knows
00:45:06.67\00:45:08.84
what? What does
your Heavenly Father
00:45:08.84\00:45:10.64
already know? He
knows even if you never ask
00:45:10.64\00:45:13.71
Him, He already knows --
Your Heavenly Father already
00:45:13.71\00:45:17.81
knows that you need them.
00:45:17.81\00:45:21.92
Jesus says, "Your
Heavenly Father knows."
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That's why you can see in
Verse 33, just wrap it up here
00:45:31.23\00:45:34.23
in Verse 33...
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Given what I've just told you...
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Make God and his Kingdom numero
uno priority in your life.
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Make it the numero uno priority
in your life, and I'm telling
you, all that you want --
00:45:54.25\00:45:59.45
Oh, no, He didn't say all that
you want, did He? What did He
00:45:59.45\00:46:03.76
say? All that you... What'd
He say? Need! All that you need,
00:46:03.76\00:46:09.50
you can count on Him to come
through for you. Just say
"Amen!" Right now, some of you
00:46:09.50\00:46:14.67
are going through an immense
time of need. Personal, private
-- Nobody else but God knows.
00:46:14.67\00:46:18.84
I need you to know that you can
put your finger right on these
words that we just read, and you
00:46:18.84\00:46:23.61
say to God, I am seeking
first Your kingdom and Your
00:46:23.61\00:46:27.85
righteousness. I am pleading
with You, God. Meet the needs I
have! Meet the needs of my
00:46:27.85\00:46:32.69
little family! Meet the needs of
my career! Meet the needs of my
00:46:32.69\00:46:39.63
banking account. I'm just asking
you. I'm not asking for my
00:46:39.63\00:46:44.77
wants. I'm just asking for my
needs." You point your finger,
you say "Amen!" to that, you got
00:46:44.77\00:46:51.24
it! It may not come at this
split-second. You let God bring
00:46:51.24\00:46:54.64
it to you. You'll get it. You
say, "Dwight, you can't prove
00:46:54.64\00:46:57.31
that." I sure
can. David, Psalm 37.
00:46:57.31\00:47:00.25
Put it on the screen. Verse 25.
00:47:00.42\00:47:03.42
I've never seen them go hungry.
Oh, their cupboards can get
awfully scarce, but I've never
00:47:14.60\00:47:21.10
seen them go hungry.
Ever. And I'm an old man now.
00:47:21.10\00:47:26.17
But I have seen God take care.
Oh, my. "So, seek first, my
00:47:26.17\00:47:44.33
Kingdom and my Righteousness,
and all these things that you
need will be added to you."
00:47:44.33\00:47:52.60
I love the seven-word
credo. Do you still remember the
00:47:52.77\00:47:55.40
seven-word credo?
Let's not ever forget it.
00:47:55.40\00:47:57.01
Together, you and I, we'll
remember it as long as we live.
00:47:57.01\00:47:59.11
Hebrews 2:13. It's
only seven words long.
00:47:59.11\00:48:01.28
It goes like this.
00:48:01.28\00:48:03.18
That's how Jesus lived. "I'll
put my trust in Him." I'll count
00:48:09.38\00:48:15.32
on Him. I will trust Him. "So,
seek first His Kingdom and His
Righteousness, and all that
00:48:15.32\00:48:20.03
you need, all that you need will
be given, will be added to you."
00:48:20.03\00:48:23.77
And guess what? When you tithe
-- No kidding -- When you tithe,
that's exactly what you're
00:48:23.77\00:48:27.44
saying. When you fill out that
little tithe envelope and you
drop it in an offering plate,
00:48:27.44\00:48:31.91
you are saying, "God, I will put
my trust in You." Because let's
00:48:31.91\00:48:35.38
be honest. Can we just be honest
about this? There are times --
00:48:35.38\00:48:38.68
Come on, I know -- There are
times when having that little
10%... If we could just have
00:48:38.68\00:48:43.79
it... "Because of my debts,
because of my expenses... Okay,
okay, because of my wants
00:48:43.79\00:48:48.92
once in a while, would it be all
right if I just keep this, your
00:48:48.92\00:48:55.16
10% for me?" He said, "No, no,
no, no, no. Seven-word credo." I
will put my trust in Him.
00:48:55.16\00:49:00.97
That's how Jesus lived, Hebrews
2:13. I'm asking you to live the
00:49:00.97\00:49:04.84
same. I'll take care of you!
I promise you! I promise you, I
00:49:04.84\00:49:09.91
will take care of you. And
can you believe the promise?
00:49:09.91\00:49:13.21
Put it up one more time. We
saw it a little bit earlier,
00:49:13.38\00:49:15.48
Malachi 3:10.
00:49:15.48\00:49:16.89
You declare "Amen!" every time
you put that little tithe
envelope -- You pull the tithe
00:49:28.36\00:49:32.07
aside, you say, "I'm giving this
back to God." Every time you do
00:49:32.07\00:49:35.67
and you put that down, you say,
"God, this is yours," you say,
"Amen!" Those floodgates --
00:49:35.67\00:49:40.28
Amen! Open the floodgates for
me. Take care of me, please. I'm
00:49:40.28\00:49:45.05
asking you. Please take care of
me. "Seek first my Kingdom." You
00:49:45.05\00:49:51.05
got it. I'll put my trust in
Him. Hey, you just watch. You'll
00:49:51.05\00:49:54.06
see. Okay, there are three of
these. What's #1 again? On the
00:49:54.06\00:49:57.49
screen. Musing #1.
Here comes Musing #2.
00:50:00.70\00:50:02.73
And finally, here
comes #3. Musing #3.
00:50:07.84\00:50:11.17
Because I remind you, the hand
that plops the coin in the open
fish's mouth, the hand that
00:50:23.32\00:50:30.39
plops the coin is a
nail-scarred hand. Nail-scarred.
00:50:30.39\00:50:35.83
And if he can drop a coin in a
fishy's mouth and have you catch
it in order to provide for your
00:50:35.83\00:50:40.64
needs, is there anything in
the future worth fretting about?
00:50:40.64\00:50:44.27
Come on. Is there anything He
can't do? There is nothing He
cannot do. Except force you to
00:50:44.27\00:50:53.21
believe in Him. Just can't do
that one. "I will put my trust
00:50:53.21\00:50:56.95
in Him" has to come from you,
not Him. And if He loves you
that much -- So, here's the
00:50:56.95\00:51:03.36
deal. If He loves you that much,
what in the future is worth
00:51:03.36\00:51:10.40
fretting over now? Robert Farrar
Capon is his book, "The Third
Peacock: The Problem
00:51:10.57\00:51:13.97
of God and Evil," describes
-- I'll put his words on the
00:51:13.97\00:51:16.97
screen. This little phrase, I
00:51:16.97\00:51:18.74
think is
dynamite. He describes...
00:51:18.74\00:51:21.71
Let me repeat that.
00:51:26.01\00:51:27.92
The cross is immutable proof
that the hand that was nailed
00:51:33.86\00:51:39.09
for you and me not only manages
the past, not only manages the
00:51:39.09\00:51:43.67
present, but also
manages the future.
00:51:43.67\00:51:46.63
Before you and I ever get there,
the nail-scarred hand has been
00:51:46.63\00:51:51.31
there, and He
will take care of you.
00:51:51.31\00:51:54.24
Whatever is in your future,
He will take care of you.
00:51:54.24\00:51:58.68
You have nothing
to fear. Don't worry.
00:51:58.68\00:52:04.05
Don't be afraid. Wow.
00:52:04.05\00:52:08.39
God will surely take care of
you and me, no matter what comes
00:52:08.39\00:52:12.46
next. Hey, hey, hey, hey.
00:52:12.46\00:52:14.40
No matter what
doesn't come next.
00:52:14.40\00:52:17.73
Some of you are wanting
something to come so bad, you
00:52:17.73\00:52:20.70
can taste it. No
matter what doesn't come
00:52:20.70\00:52:23.10
next... You can trust Him.
00:52:23.10\00:52:26.78
You can trust Him. On
this Mother's Day, I think of
00:52:26.78\00:52:31.78
my beloved mother that we buried
back in January, and I remember
00:52:31.78\00:52:36.89
a song she and my dad used
to love to hum and sing to.
00:52:36.89\00:52:41.29
They put on that old
record, that recording.
00:52:41.29\00:52:45.03
It's a group of male voices.
And it's an old hymn, but I
00:52:45.03\00:52:49.46
remember that hymn in that tiny
little Japanese house on that
00:52:49.46\00:52:54.10
ancient old stereo
that my dad was so proud of.
00:52:54.10\00:52:57.81
I remember that hymn just
wafting through the air of our
00:52:57.81\00:53:01.44
little home, and my mother
singing to it in the kitchen.
00:53:01.44\00:53:08.58
You might have heard
this hymn. I don't know.
00:53:08.58\00:53:11.12
I'd love to be
able to sing it to you.
00:53:11.12\00:53:15.22
¤ Be not
dismayed whate'er betide ¤
00:53:15.22\00:53:23.00
¤ God will take care of you!
¤ ¤ Beneath His wings of love
00:53:23.00\00:53:36.28
abide ¤ ¤ God will
take care of you! ¤
00:53:36.28\00:53:46.42
¤ God will take care of
you ¤ ¤ Through every day
00:53:46.42\00:53:58.67
o'er all the way ¤ ¤
He will take care of you ¤
00:53:58.67\00:54:12.95
¤ God will take care of you! ¤
00:54:12.95\00:54:20.86
A short little story about
Jesus and Peter and you and me
00:54:24.23\00:54:30.63
and the incredible promise.
God will take care of you and
00:54:30.63\00:54:40.24
me. And to that, I say, "Amen!"
00:54:40.24\00:54:42.88
How about you? >> Amen.
00:54:42.88\00:54:44.78
>> Yeah. Amen!
00:54:44.78\00:54:46.51
[ Organ plays ]
00:54:46.68\00:54:51.09
So, Jesus says, "Seek first His
Kingdom and His Righteousness,
00:56:43.70\00:56:49.87
and all these things will
be given to you, as well."
00:56:49.87\00:56:55.18
So, may the grace of the
Father and the love of the
00:56:55.18\00:57:00.08
Lord Jesus Christ and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit be
00:57:00.08\00:57:03.02
with you all. Amen.
00:57:03.02\00:57:06.12
>> I'd like to take one more
moment with you here at the end
00:57:08.06\00:57:10.33
of our program to offer
you something I think is really
00:57:10.33\00:57:12.43
special. I want
to send to you this
00:57:12.43\00:57:14.36
little book
called "Story of Hope."
00:57:14.36\00:57:16.56
In this sweeping look at the
story of the Bible, you're gonna
00:57:16.56\00:57:19.47
journey from the dawn of the
human race in the Garden of Eden
00:57:19.47\00:57:22.37
through the stunning narratives
of the ancient patriarchs and
00:57:22.37\00:57:25.27
prophets and kings straight
to the breathtaking story of our
00:57:25.27\00:57:28.54
Lord Jesus, and then beyond the
New Testament, the story of how
00:57:28.54\00:57:32.45
life on this planet
ends and then begins again.
00:57:32.45\00:57:35.48
With my team of leaders, we are
reading through this book every
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Monday afternoon, and I promise
you, you're gonna get blessed.
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I want to make sure you get
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So grab your phone and
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Just give one of our friendly
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So be blessed. Until
the next time we meet, may
00:57:59.74\00:58:02.88
the peace of our
Lord Jesus go with you.
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