The Chosen - Season 2 - Brothers of Thunder

[Music] um [Music] [Music] uh [Music] you know that if you tried to write every single thing he did the world itself could not contain the books that would be written hmm a disclaimer that's good i'm going to say that you see mother if i do not write these things down they will be lost to history james with the green where will you start in the beginning naturally i'm just um not sure which beginning his birth earlier his ancestry i'm pretty sure matthew has that covered maybe the prophecies the promise to abraham i thought about starting with abraham but still so much came before him what was before abraham noah and before him you could start there but i wanted to be known that he was much more than what could be seen or or touched what was before the garden in the beginning the earth was formless and void i cannot hear it without thinking of you two i cannot believe how much he put up with others they will not even remember the sound of his voice don't just be words he said they weren't just words remember heaven and earth will pass away but my words will never pass away in time the words would be written down powerful words that would transform the world but first there is seed that needs to be sown miracles to be seen and a savior a savior must rise victorious over death but these things have to be experiences the words don't exist until they are spoken and history cannot be written until it actually happens and as someone who grew up on a farm a field to produce any kind of harvest must first be plowed the apostle john would write a book that would transform the world but first he himself had to be transformed i'd rather clean up the holes after a long weekend you drink for a month i'd rather mend every hole in abba sales and probably saw your hands together in the process yeah i would rather wrestle a swordfish just get in the water with it i meant on the hook but i'd snatch it out of the water with my bare hands if it meant not spending a night with these people you know it has a sword on its face right we lucked out brother planting this field while the others tried to keep up with rabbi in cicar it wasn't luck he chose us you're going two thumbs deep yeah yeah yeah rose three hundredths apart so why do you think he did that we're good workers and maybe he knows we don't like samaritans maybe jesus just likes us best yes that must be it so why do you think he likes me best for the same reasons i like you best you pose no threat to anyone intellectually or physically thank you brother wait a second what i want to know is who are we planting this for he said it would feed generations i assume travelers people passing through like us hospitality isn't just for those with homes john don't quit your day job it's too late for that yeah me too come on let's pick it up i don't want to lose this job jesus and his followers had traveled from canaan to saikar a city of samaria sumeria was a hostile place for jews ancient rivals that dated back to jacob and created rifts between jews and samaritans leading to warfare and mutual acts of destruction while they shared a heritage and lineage and worshiped the same god tribal conquest and idolatry had ripped them apart they now recognize each other as bitter enemies a wall had separated the two we see such divisions today when neighboring nations seek violent solutions when races discriminate democrats versus republicans to vaccinate or not to vaccinate maybe it's how we live our life as christians but really it's not reflecting the life of christ what i say versus what i do am i right and are they wrong when i'm not willing to challenge my mindset and adopt a new perspective walls instead of bridges samaria in short was not a usual place for a jew like jesus to choose to spread his message because we know that god pursues the sick more than the healthy think of it this way are there any sheep herders in the crowd ayah ah welcome we are honored you are here i have a very warm place in my heart for shepherds who is standing your flock now my brother we're taking turns how many sh 100 teacher say one of them goes astray what'd you do i'd go look for it of course of course but what about the other 99 i'd have to leave them behind i can't lose the one sheep hmm and if you find it i laid over my shoulders and bring it home and i would probably do a little dance and what would you say to your friends who are worried for you rejoice with me i have found my lost sheep do you see what they just said there he rejoices more for one sheep than over the 99 who never went astray so it is not the will of my father that one of these should perish in the same way i tell you there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous persons who need no repentance look at them i couldn't tell jew from samaritan the way they're listening galatians 6 9 says so let's not get tired of doing what is good at just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up jesus came to samaria to plant seeds yet even his own disciples would struggle to understand how he would experience a harvest where are we going i don't know any more than you jesus gave them an errand and said come with i don't get it either they describe moving stones and digging are they leaders now i don't know it didn't sound much harder than fishing but i've never performed hard blades guess you'll just have this tag along like the rest of us the list of things he might do is long first there's a leper colony to the west and they're begging him to come they're not allowed into the city so they have no way to hear them both jewish and samaritan purity laws for big coming within four cubits of aleppo what distance do we have to keep from these samaritans we've been within four cubits of a leopard beforehand i'm just saying if he breaks the law it might cause a stir and for dinner we've been invited to the home of the town treasure and we have to juggle that invitation with another one to have dinner at the home of the high priest of sikar which could get messy why miss samaritan beliefs are so at odds with jewish beliefs he might want to trap jesus in his words don't think he's afraid of being trapped by his words i'm just saying we could be somewhere else with people who actually want to listen to him and not argue if he convinces the rabbi of the town his message would be preached long after we leave this village let's leave it to the boss eh what do you think dinner the treasure or the high priest neither dinner with whom then you know there are a lot of people who want to talk to him yes but he wants to make dinner that's the errand oh yeah that's the errand yeah you guys are really enjoying this being in the know huh coming from you simon what does that mean he told us his plans so matthew distribute the money accordingly thaddeus buy bread enough for 12 13 13 people eleven unleavened rice brought its bill assortment your choice thirteen who are the others little james buy a leg of lamb including the knuckle and the fillet no no two two legs of lamb we only have andrew grapes currents chetties if you can find them at this rate we will not have enough for the start of this trip we didn't expect to find a bag of gold did we putting it to good use simon yes three skins of wine done [Music] matthew black pepper chips salt olive oil this course will not make it to judea have faith matthew in him mary look for leeks garlic and onions okay what are you guys gonna do we are going to get out of the streets why scenarios biggest problem too many samaritans [Music] god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son god so loved the world god loves the entire world not just one particular race nationality gender or political party he loves everyone he doesn't bear affection for rich people over poor people or one group over another group of people god so loved the world this whole entire messy wonderful world and like james and john sometimes we can miss this crucial point because we want god to favor me and mine over anyone else that is why we need to forever keep in our hearts that god so loved this world everywhere and everyone in it god so loved the world that he gave his one and only begotten son god gave us a gift in the form of his son jesus this gift was for everyone not just for samaritans not just for jews for everyone this gift transcends borders races religious groups and political ideologies a free gift not just for our people but for all people this is some expert work my boys exceptional you should have seen this place weeds and branches piled everywhere we cleared and sold it in a single afternoon so you've told us well done very well uh what are we doing here rabbi this is where we'll be dining tonight someone lives here you must be mello i am you're the teacher i'm jesus of nazareth these are my students i believe i owe you a debt of gratitude i would bow but uh as you can see it's john and big james here that put in the sweat are you on the field i do we thought it was for travelers okay so spit it out what's the catch catch you don't know me from adam you're a jew you come all the way from galilee to preach in town you send your students to work my land for tina told us you were in need she told me all about you so what do you want from me i don't have any money i can't make a donation to your ministry can't even feed my family that's what i want what i would love for you to share a meal with me and my friends yeah i'm really so very sorry but uh we don't have any food not even for ourselves we've got that covered please we would be honored the boat almost flipped then the net strained so hard i thought my arms would come out of their sockets and james and john took the sweet time coming to help us i had to call for help five times before you move so you followed him all the way into some area we did suggest the alternate route along the jordan you didn't think could be dangerous for you of course when i was a little girl my father told me the messiah would bring an end to pain and suffering if you are people are saying you are when will you do that i'm here to preach the good news of the kingdom of heaven a kingdom that is not of this world a kingdom that is coming soon where yes sorrow and sighing will flee away i make a way for people to access that kingdom but in this world bombs will still break hearts will still break but in the end the light will overcome darkness speaking of broken bones what's the story i fell off a horse i didn't see a pasture yet uh it wasn't mine ah a friend's horse that's always dangerous no not not exactly oh look you've already done so much for me that i didn't serve come rebecca it's time for bed yes because nice to your new friends good night good night good night if you knew who i am you would never have helped me that's not true this is what we jews do i tell and listen to stories how stories connect us tell me your story in luke chapter 10 jesus teaches us what it means to be a good neighbor in the parable of the good samaritan jesus describes a jewish man beaten and left for dead by the side of the road two supposed men of faith passed the men by leaving him to die the men were afraid of getting involved think about it if they were afraid of helping a jew a man of their own tribe how would they feel about helping a samaritan a man they see as an enemy but then a samaritan came to the man and felt compassion for the jew he bandaged the man up took him to an end for healing and paid the innkeeper to ensure the man was well taken care of in this parable jesus teaches that it was the samaritan in his acts of kindness coming to the aid of a jewish traveler who had displayed a far greater act of faith than the two religious scholars and jesus did come to samaria to bless a samaritan however it was not the one you might expect we ran out of money and food my little rebecca i could see her ribs to her skin and hedwa her eyes turned gray it had been a drought so there was no work in town i had a friend in tiratana who was also in bad straits we travel south past the frame and lighten weights along the road from jerusalem to jericho we attacked a jew who was traveling alone pulled him down from his horse took all his money and all his clothes he fought back so deshawn knocked him down hit his head on a rock i thought he was probably dead the sean was to take the jew's belongings and sell them the pawn traders and hannah thought i was to ride north and sell the horse at a roman outpost but i wasn't on for 10 minutes when she reared up through me broke my leg i had to i had to crawl on my elbows and forearms to the nearest town and beg for a ride back to sikar worse often before so now you know what you've done the kind of man you've helped every day i think about that jew naked and alone on the road possibly dead i could be a murderer he didn't die somebody came along and helped him how do you know melik i know i promise you he did not die [Music] why me why did you come all the way out here isn't everyone in town falling at your feet this shepherd leaves the 99 on the mountain to search for the one that went astray what do you want believe my words return to synagogue search torah i never learned to read and listen to the word read aloud and let it affect your heart see what happens then what tell others you know the crime i committed in cold blood you helped someone like me he would jesus teaches us that we are not defined by the worst thing we've ever done a mistake we've made a wrong we've committed a bitter word we've spoken these actions do not define us unless we allow them to define us john chapter 1 and verse 9 says if we confess our sins he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness if we define ourselves by our mistakes we will be crippled by them if we define ourselves in jesus we find healing from our mistakes [Music] [Music] him rabbi ah you couldn't wait could you we're sorry we just uh wanted to clean a few things up if that's okay by all means your jewish boys are far from home yes as a matter of fact we are shalom to you too here's our traditional jewish greeting for you don't lift the feet that was a warning try it again and see what happens quiet big james shalom to you too you filthy dogs i said quiet let us do something what would that achieve defending your honor they reviled and humiliated they deserve to have bolts of lightning right now and incinerate them yes fire from the heavens fire you said we could do things like that say the word and it will happen why not we knew we couldn't trust these people we shouldn't have come here in the first place they don't deserve you [Music] why do you think i had you work melek's field what was i trying to teach you to help do you think it was just to be more helpful or to be better farmers it was to show you that what we're doing here will last for generations what i told fotina at the well and what she then told so many others it's sowing seeds that will have a lasting impact for lifetimes can you not see what's happening here these people that you hate so much are believing in me without even seeing miracles it's the message the truth that we're giving them and you're going to get in the way of that because a few people from a region you don't like were mean to you that they're not worthy what you're so much better you're more worthy well let me tell you something you're not that's the whole point it's why i'm here our world is filled with hatred and prejudice it drips with a desire for vengeance a hostile word is met with a more hostile word a mean post on social media is met with a another meme post martin luther king jr said darkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that hate cannot drive out hate only love can do that hatred locks people in chains it destroys all that it touches it wraps warm hearts in darkness and consumes them john chapter 1 says the light shines in darkness and the darkness can never extinguish it darkness is overcome by lot hatred is overcome by love jesus he is light jesus he is love we are called to reflect the light of jesus into the world illuminating the darkness and spreading his love how can we do this we do it by seeking to understand the emotional struggles and challenges of those who are not like us galatians chapter 6 says share each other's burdens and in this way obey the law of christ we do this every day share each other's burdens and all of our actions we must love our enemy as we do ourselves matthew 5 says if you love only those who love you what reward is there for that even tax collectors do that much if you are only kind to your friends how are you different from anyone else even pagans do that but you are to be perfect even as your father in heaven is perfect perfection takes practice you must be faithful in the small everyday kindness until the moment arrives when your enemy cries out for aid because you have been faithful in small acts of compassion you will understand how to meet this crowd with the proper response with the unyielding love of jesus christ as we gather others i need you to help show the way to be humble we will you wanted to use the power of god to bring down fire to burn these people up well it sounds a lot worse when you say it that way you too you're like a storm on the sea come on thunder exploding out of your chests at every turn in fact that's what i'm going to call you from now on james and john the sons of thunder the good thing or a bad thing today it was not good but strong passion can be a good thing when channeled for righteousness i just may have to delay giving you that authority we discussed earlier or in smaller doses until you to calm down a bit james john you look terrible what happened what happened is that james and john needed to be reminded we're here in samaria to plant seeds not to burn bridges in mark chapter 3 jesus calls 12 men to be his disciples including james son of zebedee and his brother john to them he gave the name bonergies which means sons of thunder jesus recognized the passion and fire within the sons of thunder he saw how it could be used for good and how it could be used for evil he was working to train the sons of thunder to harness their powers for good because soon they would be required to fulfill a divine task to make disciples of all nations each of us has gifts that we have been given by our creator these gifts can be used to bring people to the kingdom or to push people away from it it is up to us how we use our gifts and it is very important the choices we make as jesus time was coming to a close at soccer he was invited to read from the scroll of moses at the synagogue to decide on what passage to read jesus would turn to a friend for thus the five books of moses and no more they're missing out on so much yes but we have to start somewhere what do you think i should read i couldn't after today after yesterday i do not feel very much worthy i was worthy of anything you but no man apparently i'm a man john and yet i am who i am almost sorry uh almost they're getting restless out there so do you have a favorite passage from the first five um do you i don't know i like them all you don't say [Music] i suppose i love the beginning i love how god simply spoke and and the world came into being yes as david wrote by the word of the lord the heavens were made you know the greeks use word to describe divine reason what gives the world form and meaning i like that and it is a favorite memory oh [Music] [Music] [Music] a reading from a first scroll of moses in the beginning god created the heavens and the earth in the beginning was the word and the earth was void and without form and the word was with god and the darkness covered the face of the deep and the word was god then god said let there be light and there was light he was in the beginnings with god all things were made through him and without him was not anything made that was made [Music] in him was life and the life was the light of men the light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it [Music] the word love and words like it are seen over 40 times in the book of john john along with his brother james were dubbed the sons of thunder however the brothers would meet very different fates james was the first apostle to be killed john however would die of old age the final apostle to exit the earth once known as the son of thunder john would come to be known as the apostle of love he was a man transformed in christ and like john we all can be transformed words do not take form until they are spoken jesus is the word and speaks life and truth in love to us john chapter 1 says the word gave life to everything that was created and his life brought light to everyone yet the lot must be accepted it requires stepping out of the darkness are you ready to step out of darkness into the light what awaits you is transformation what awaits you is life change jesus came so our lives could be transformed in jesus is freedom from our mistakes and jesus is redemption from our past and salvation for your future jesus is the light shining to everyone but transformation requires change we have to want to change you have to want to change to let the lot of his love and truth penetrate your mind and your heart to step from the darkness that seeks to destroy you and walk into the light where everything can be seen all your mistakes scars regrets wrong mindsets all of your brokenness all of your sin to lay down your old life for an everlasting life today and every day we make the choice to put away our old self and live our true self through the power of jesus christ [Music] you

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Published: Sun Jul 11 2021