The Where & The Way // Judah Smith

I'm just passionate to share this message with you and so if I don't seem like myself I'm not totally myself but you know sometimes you don't feel well and you're like you know what I'm not going to stand for this we just we just announced that we're Church home and I got something to say and sometimes you're just sick because you're sick and then other times you're like you know what I'm not feeling well and I got a hunch it's not from God it's never from God it might be from the other place and I am just gonna resist this so is that okay I might even sit in the chair a little bit so but I'm here and we're here and we're together and I just I love you so much and thank you for taking time out of your life and you're scheduled to be here there's a lot going on in our world and a lot going on in our country and what we need more than ever is Jesus the love of Jesus and the person of Jesus so if you're new to this experience my name is Judah and along with my wife of 18 years and over a hundred staff including David crow who just came down the middle aisle who I love so much and just had a baby well David didn't but his wife Jenna had a baby you're both in camo is that is it what are kind of camo okay I'm like am I am I really am i whoa we have camo pastures this is deer in the army of the Lord this is awesome well that's great love you guys so if you're new to this experience we're really glad that you're here I'm gonna take the next few minutes and we're gonna talk from this book the Bible and in fact I don't know if you can see this but the staff gave me a church home Bible of kin is there any way that you could see it's embossed with church home see if you can see this can you see it can you see there it is yes go on yeah even has my name on it so it's pretty awesome all right we're gonna go to John and chapter 14 John in chapter 14 and begin reading here in verse 1 and we're doing a study here of this particular portion of Scripture and we've titled these talks home for Humanity home for Humanity and if you haven't heard the city church we're still here we have a new name Church home and I drove past our new signs a couple days ago and I thought oh my word my only fear is that someone will drive by and go wow that's a bummer City Church is gone we're not gone we've just updated our name and we're now Church home we're still here and if you don't mind we're gonna be here for a long time deal I love this city don't you love Seattle don't you love this time of year oh my word I love this time of year the I definitely sound like I'm 40 but I love this time of year I love the leaves changing and I love I just I'm ready for the cold I'm ready for like layering fashion needs layers you know like it's is so important so ok John chapter 14 will begin reading in verse 1 the words of Jesus now were we're jumping in on the Last Supper the most famous dinner in human history is literally happening in front of us it ranges from about John in chapter 11 to about John chapter 19 and I'm sure you've heard of it the Last Supper you've seen the painting that sort of thing we're jumping in now Jesus says this at the dinner table he says let not your hearts be troubled believe in God believe also in me in my father's house are many rooms if it were not so what I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you and if I go and prepare a place for you I will come again and will take you to myself that way I am you may be also now notice this next verse verse four Jesus says and you know the way to where I'm going I want to underscore that in your reading this morning you know the way to where you know the way to where I'm going the way to where if I had like a separate title for this talk it would be the where and the way you know the way to where Jesus combines the way and the where Thomas says this Lord we do not know where you're going period how can we know the way Jesus says I am the way the truth and the life what an amazing statement about himself no one comes to the Father except through me if you had known me you would have known my father also from now on you do know him and you've seen him Jesus is saying I'm I'm right in front of you Thomas and Philip we'll go on both Thomas and Philip we don't get a lot of airtime in the Bible narrative both kind of have a low moment here and it's recorded for human history and they're now an eternity like really God like could we have gotten a little bit like more positive airtime but it's cool Philip goes on as is Lord will just show us the father and then it will be enough and Jesus exasperated later says how can you say show us the father I'm right in front of you I am the father the father and the son we are one in the spirit I'm literally in front of you would you join me in prayer as we prepare Jesus thank you for the moments that we shared Lord I ask for strength in my physical body to articulate what you want to say to our church in our community we thank you that you are present and you're in this room and you make all the difference in our life we thank you Lord for bi-week help us to get all healed and healthy for the Seattle Seahawks and help everyone in our division lose today that would be that would be great and certainly help the Patriots lose in Jesus name amen amen feel good about that kind of a kind of a rough weekend maybe that's why I'm not feeling good the Cougars and the Huskies lost like I was so pumped about the Apple Cup until Friday and Saturday so but it's gonna be good we're gonna win out and the Apple Cup is gonna be great and the Huskies will come back and and that'll be great are you bummed you don't seem like you even care so that's cool so that's that's super cool I have a prayer list right now and it started several months ago and I just I felt like God said hey I want you to only to ask big and maybe you were at the celebration our 25th anniversary and I kind of shared a letter that that or a note that I felt like God kind of gave me for our church and and then that I felt like God was saying hey I want you to ask big I want you to believe and so I've started a brand new prayer list and I haven't had a prayer list in a long long time but it's it's all these things that I'm asking God for and it's like big stuff in fact I Chelse and I prayed together and oftentimes I do the prayer list with her and there's several things in there she's like I don't really want that so I'm not agreeing with you but you know and that's fine whatever obviously God lands her in my prayers and not hers but one of the things on my prayer list is it's about my golf game it's actually one of the most important things on my prayer list and it was about this summer I prayed this summer that I would win our local golf championship and at a Golf Club and I prayed that I would shoot in the 60s that I would shoot under par this summer neither one of those things happened in fact it gets worse I was playing in our local golf tournament and I had a really good chance of winning until the last three holes where if you're a golfer you understand this terminology I went a bogey double bogey and happy birthday triple bogey so I when just in case you were wondering and at the at the end of the tournament and now at the end of the summer like ice it's all my prayer list oh lord help me shoot in the 60s this summer help me win the golf tournament and and and and and God didn't answer at all in fact it's it's it's it's it's worse I might have it might have happened until the last three holes now at this point you're thinking like Judah relax like it's just golf a night to that I would say you relax you relax it's my perilous it's not yours so so leave me alone like don't leave right now but you know I got upset you know and I was upset with myself and and and maybe this is bad to admit maybe I'm really not feeling well but I was like really God you know like we I thought we had like a thing you know I thought we had like an agreement you told me to make a prayer list I did I asked you for it multiple times and I could see I could see that I was gonna win and then and then and then what happened where were you you know you you left me you departed from me now you're thinking like Judah you really shouldn't be this emotional like you know God answers prayer and then sometimes he doesn't answer prayer and you need to again you need to relax but but I was really worked up about the fact that God didn't answer my prayer and I shouldn't be right now like I'm 39 now by the way on Monday I turned 39 can you believe that don't clap oh god don't clap yeah that's like maybe that's why I don't feel very good I'm facing 40 whether I like it or not it's the beginning of my fortieth year isn't it my word Jenna and I went to high school together can you believe it Jenna here we are right my word your husband has gray hair I mean this is just our life what can we do about it tell you you are the gray hawk what does that mean anything could happen like I can't feel my face I don't feel very good so anything could happen you cannot hold this Sunday against me tell you that even a pastor needs a down day okay but um yes I kind of got frustrated a little bit you know with the Lord I guess I never happened to you have you ever like you know prayed for something asked for something and then like you you don't get it or worse you can kind of like it's right there in front of you and then you you miss out on it have you ever prayed to get married only to get married and then maybe go through divorce you ever prayed for a child only to you know lose that baby in pregnancy have you ever had pain like that it we're laughing about a golf game but it's it's real isn't it the pain of Lord I I felt like you know your book says to ask you for stuff and I mean you ever read that Scripture you have not because you ask not you know that's the scripture you read then you go start going wow alright I'm just gonna start asking God for everything and you you get it or you don't get it and you have it and then you lose it and it's like god this is painful this is difficult I want to if we can lean into that reality for those of us that are following Jesus and talk to Jesus if we were honest we would admit that there are those days where what you ask for doesn't happen or worse what you ask for you get only to lose it and those are difficult days those are difficult moments those are difficult times and I want to lean into that and think about that this morning if we can because I actually think that at this most famous dinner in human history Jesus gives us a clue into why we feel so much pain why we feel so much disappointment I don't want to dismiss your pain or your disappointment this morning there are people literally right now sitting here and you are in one of those moments you are in one of those days Jesus says let your heart not be troubled it's like easier said than done Jesus my heart is trouble I had a friend lose a family member yesterday we lost a dear friend of ours that volunteered at our church yesterday like life is fleeting it's painful it's challenging and so maybe you feel troubled today if you do feel troubled this message is for you of course we've talked about this passage Jesus Jesus says don't be troubled because I there's a house there's a home that I'm preparing for you this is not your home you're here temporarily but you're on you're on your way home remember you don't fit here and then Jesus says don't be troubled because I've prepared a place for you I've done for you what you cannot do for yourself I I took upon myself your sin your air and your wrong I prepared a place called righteousness for you and you can receive it just by believing right I prepare to place and then Jesus says I know or you know or we know the way and the where to where I'm going the way and the where don't be troubled because you know the way and you know where we're going what does Jesus say well notice he he combines where and weh-weh and where why is that significant Jesus is telling the disciples something that's absolutely imperative for us to underscore and understand he is saying you you know the destination of life and you know how to get there don't be troubled you're gonna go through troubling times you're gonna go through pain you're gonna go through loss but you actually know the point of life and you know how to get there that's quite a statement and I mean we're all sitting here as human beings trying to figure out this thing called life and Jesus says to the now eleven disciples present Judas has gone off to prepare his betrayal but there are eleven young men sitting in front of Jesus having eaten a meal and Jesus says you know the point of life you know the destination and you know how to get there don't be troubled and Thomas such a classic human being and you know we can be little thomas or we can relate to thomas we don't know where you're going period and how can we know the way you can hear thomas like jesus i hate when you talk like this and we did we don't know what you're talking about why are you doing this you say don't be troubled and then you speak in troubling terms right like no we don't know the point of life we don't know how to get there Jesus looks at Thomas and notice he's not like Thomas calm down behave have a good attitude where's your gratitude you know like he just says I am anytime Jesus opens up his mouth and says I am we should always pay attention but we should pay attention al extra he is revealing himself he says Thomas I'm I'm the destination I'm the way to get there now we hear I am the way the truth and the life and much has been made of I am the way the truth and the life but the simplest interpretation of that is Jesus is answering if you will Thomas question he's st. Thomas I'm the point of life and I am how to get there wait why didn't it and then Philip goes on and Philip goes just well just you speak of the Father show us the father and then it will be enough Jesus now getting a little exasperated he goes Philip how can you even say that how can you say show me the Father I'm right in front of you I am the father I am home I am the way I am life I am the truth right and no wonder John at the beginning of his gospel John 1:1 in the beginning was the word and the Word was with God and the Word was God and John wants to introduce to us immediately that Jesus is the fullness of the Godhead and by early form he is righteousness he is goodness he is grace he is truth he is all in one and I kind of feel better about myself this morning I'm not gonna lie because these guys Thomas and Philip they had been living eating walking talking with Jesus for almost three years and at a dinner what did they say when Jesus says hey don't be troubled you know the point of life and you know how to get there kind of like right guys and Thomas is like no weed out and he almost is like a spokesman for the other eleven they're like yeah what he said we don't know Jesus is like three years and you don't know and Philip takes it further and he's like well if you showed us a little bit more then it would be enough but he's like more I've been with you for three years and you can't see the forest for the trees no wonder right do you feel encouraged this morning if you're like yeah I kind of have this you with God yeah I kind of struggle with my faith be encouraged so did the guys who physically literally actually walked with Jesus for three years and Jesus has to spell it out in plain terms guys do I have I'm the way wait what I'm the point of life you are and I'm how to get there really really yeah I am the father show us a little bit more and then we'll he's like Philip ah you have no lines in this story except bad ones you know poor Philip Peter has a lot of bad lines but he has some really good ones too remember the one where it's like and I'm gonna build my church on what you just said Peters like and then he says something really dumb right after that and Jesus is like you're like Satan get behind me so like Peter has his moments right Philip just gets generally bad ones so does Thomas you remember Thomas like Thomas laters the guy like Jesus has resurrected and Thomas's like comes late to the party and locked-room member they're all scared and Thomas is like I will not believe unless I put my hand in in his hands that her Pierce and his side and then jesus walks through the wall and appears he's like Thomas you want to do it now and Thomas is like oh my bad right so that's this guy all right Thomas Jesus is telling them now in plain terms I'm I'm the point of life I don't know if you can see it and it took me some time to see it but verse four Jesus even the original language seems to combine again the way and the where he's saying where you're going is me and the way to get there is me now notice what Thomas does in verse 5 you can see this in your Bible or you can see it on the sky Bible says Lord we do not know where you're going period and then he says how can we know the way question mark in that interesting what Jesus combines Thomas splits what Jesus combines Thomas separates Jesus says this is a one stop shop I am where you're going and I'm the way to get there Thomas maybe without even knowing it interesting isn't it that the recorders of scripture John the beloved ear in his gospel puts it in two sentences it's telling us something that oftentimes what Jesus combines in himself what he fulfills in himself we often based on our nature and our human experience we separate Jesus says I am the way and I am where you're going Thomas cuz what Lord we'd how can we know where you're going period we don't know the point of life and how do we get there and Thomas is doing something that we often do we split and separate what Jesus in himself combines without knowing it without knowing it I'm not saying we always mean to do this Jesus becomes a means to an end now I don't blame you for this and let's not blame ourselves but this is our human nature right and I'm gonna try to stand up here if I throw up we'll just keep moving on okay I'm a little dizzy but we're gonna be just fine if I pass out just pray for me if this is the destination of life and this is the way to get there Jesus says that's all me I am home and I am the way to get there now Jesus also without even saying it specifically he also puts heaven in perspective doesn't he in fact Jesus is telling us something that the point and destination of this life is actually not heaven heaven only matters because he's there heaven is actually not our home clearly he is our home he says I go to my father's house I'm gonna come back and I'm gonna take you where it should say to my father's house but he says I'm gonna take you to myself so he's saying what makes the father's house the father's house is that the father is there and you get to be with him the house heaven eternity is is nothing without him so so Jesus is the point of life and the way to get to Jesus is Jesus how's that hey like them apples but what do we do in this life whether knowingly or unknowingly Jesus becomes a means to an end for instance maybe you were invited by a friend to come to church and you thought to yourself church would probably be a good thing for me Church could probably improve my life a little bit you know I've tried a lot of things I've never tried Church I should try Church I should try religion I should try spirituality I should try to kind of get more I don't know miss chuckle that would be a good thing and so you've come to church and you're hearing a preacher who's not totally himself but you're listening you're like this is good this is gonna improve my overall human experience and now religion God Jesus again this is not a wrong thing this is this is actually more normal and natural becomes an additive to improve our experience and then you find out that perchance there might be this place called heaven and hell you either go up or you go down and we all prefer to go up so Jesus becomes this aid so that when we do die we assure that we go up and not down right we want sunshine not darkness right we want non-smoking and not smoking you seen those bumper stickers I mean they get me every time is that helping anyone but anyways eternity smoking or Nam yeah that's like come on anyways Jesus becomes and if you're here today and you're like wow that I guess that's kind of one of the reasons I'm here it makes sense frankly it makes sense I just think we're missing the point now for those of us that are here you're like you know Jesus for me Judah it's not you know it's it's not just a means to an end like I I love Jesus I have a relationship with Jesus and I pray to Jesus and Jesus has answered a lot of my prayers I've seen miracles I've seen healings I've seen deliverance I've seen people who didn't have a job give job like Jesus is real and he is literally he's working and moving in my life and I love him and I think that's awesome but if we're not careful even those of us you know you love Jesus and you've seen the miracles of Jesus if we're not careful Jesus also becomes a means to an end ie winning your golf tournament and why am I so troubled when I don't because Jesus you told me to ask I did and you didn't do it and what am i what am I proving about myself that Jesus often times still I'm not saying the disappointment isn't real but big picture if Jesus becomes a means to just save our marriage or just get the raise we want or just get the job we want I'm not mad at you I'm just going to tell you the truth you are going to be troubled in this life you are heading down a road that will ultimately almost always if not surely leads you to disappointment why because the point of this life is actually not your job the point of this life is actually not your comfortability it's not just your tranquility Jesus says I'll give you peace that passes understanding why do we need peace that passes understanding because if we just have peace based on understanding we're not going to have a lot of grief because this doesn't make any sense down here and I feel troubled Jesus says I'm gonna give you peace that's beyond your circumstance that's beyond your current job status or marriage status or emotional status or physical status I'm gonna give you peace that goes beyond your current flu okay that was a little too personal but I'm gonna give you peace peace even when you're dizzy and you're preaching peace we need what is that what does that peace come from why does he keep telling these eleven guys hey don't be discouraged don't be troubled how can we not be you say you're leaving and then you speak in terms we don't understand Jesus is saying remember this life it's about me what's Jesus saying he's saying I'm I'm gonna go now but I want you to keep living the way we've been living for these three years listen to what he's saying you know the way and you know where you know the destination you know how to get there keep living not gonna be physically visibly here but I want you to keep living as if I am later he will tell them I'm gonna give you my spirit that will live on the inside and I want you to live following me I want you to live every morning wake up and keep asking Jesus where are we gonna go today Jesus what's the plan I know I won't be there but I'll be there and I want you to keep living like that because that's the point of life have you in your own heart have you separated what's been combined in Jesus he is the point of life Colossians 1 can I can I read this to you Colossians 1 I believe it's verse 16 for by him all things were created in heaven and earth visible and invisible whether Thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities all things listen now we're created through him and for him and a friend recently asked me and I don't pretend to have the answer to this but he said why um why are we here man like why are we here gladsome that's a loaded question he goes you know why are we here why okay if there's a god why did he make us and I said well I said there's the scripture in the Bible that says before the foundations of the world were formed the lamb was slain Jesus speaking of himself that the Bible says before the universe was spoken by God into existence he had given his life like wait a second you know try to wrap your brain around that it probably won't work it's like when I was a little kid and my dad did Bible answer man every night before he went to bed and I would be like who Oh whoo I stuttered who who who is God's dad and my dad like he doesn't have a dad he always is always will be always was like he's the same and your brain just goes Boing like it's like what no I can't like tilt I can't think of that the Bible says before the universe was made the Son of God had given his life why are we here I wonder now I'm not feeling well so this you know this could be this could be crazy but I wonder if we're here for one reason so that the God of heaven and earth the God beyond our understanding could reveal to the one being that bears his image and has been given an eternal soul if he could show us what he's wanted to show us all along and that is who he is that's all that we exist for one reason so God can say what do you think and we go because our height is it cool it's I you're so beautiful thank you I love you I I love you too that's all it's not complicated and when we get to eternity we're all gonna go oh my word I was busy thinking about denim I was so into fashion it was cool but I Wow I was so caught up in Major League Baseball playoffs forgot it was about how fickle are we right how funny are we I was really into like jewelry down there I know it sounds weird in light of you right but yeah anyways never mind I was I was really into like this raise I worked like 32 years and I got this raise and we went on like this cruise the Caribbean you made it do you remember and I'm not I'll pray for that cruise with you I'll pray for the the job raised you've heard me say this before I'm so down like let's believe God you want you believe God for children or you want a job or we're gonna believe God you can go on that vacation but God cares about all that stuff and it's clear in the Bible that we can go there with God that's why I prayed for my golf game and I still pray for my golf game and I believe my prayers will be answered next summer absolutely but but hey let's not forget and all of our living and all of our moving and all of our vacationing and all of our jobbing and all of our adulting which is a new term now apparently you get congratulated for being an adult this is what a great world but let's not forget that the point is him the goal is actually not to use him and walk with him as long as he gets you to where you want to go you ever had one of those days where you're mad at him because you feel like part of the deal was that he was supposed to get you where you wanted to go and now he won't or he hasn't and you're like you know what God you need a timeout I'm gonna give you a timeout and I'm not gonna go to church for a little while and I'm definitely not gonna read your book cuz I'm not so sure about you you haven't got me to where I want to go aren't we funny we keep telling ourselves if if I'll get there then I'll be happy only to get there and invent a new there am I the only one you get there you're like well this is pretty good but I've seen clearly now that I need I need to get over there and once I get over there that will be the there that will make me a complete person and I will be happy and then God gets you there too okay this is my second straight there that I've gotten to that have totally disappointed but I'm sure I just need some more and if I do shells now were driving in the car a couple days ago yes it's so funny when I was a custodian at City Church church home I I used to dream about stuff you know write books and doing different stuff and I used to think of my school that'll be that'll be the days that'll be the best we're driving in the car and I'm like now I'm there and it's just a lot of drama a lot of the time it's a lot of pressure no one told me that your publishers will be mean to you sometimes and you're like oh oh that's right it's still about Jesus it's only ever about Jesus what I think Jesus is trying to do for the disciples which he's also trying to do for us today is save us the pain save us the trouble save us the by saying hey it's about me and when you get to where you're going or you don't get to where you're going you're probably going to experience the same emotional despair you get what you want and then you're like ah Mo Money mo problems biggie is so right what well that's right so I say we use the disappointment or the trouble for not getting there or having got there to remember it's only ever about him can I encourage you today have you lost what you've loved have you earned what you've always dreamed of and has it left you despondent has it left you disappointed has it left you agitate it frustrated wondering God what I thought well that's right let us recall let us remember let us rehearse it's about Jesus now this leads us to the kind of church I believe God's called us to be think about it for a moment if we're already there the the big there in life if we've already arrived and we're already there then all of a sudden how does that transform our dynamics of relationship think about the kind of church we could be if we actually internalize digested and believed that we have already arrived in life because we are home in Jesus how would that affect our networking how would that affect our interaction I wonder if we would stop using people and start serving people if all the sudden I don't need you to get me to that career or to get me that meeting or to get me that connection now I just want to serve you I don't want to use our life and social media of course is intense this but so much of the social interaction of our world now is I'll scratch your back you scratch mine I'll do this for you and you do this for me is that inherently wrong no I don't think so but boy it can hurt a lot of people I need you why do you need me why are we friends you ever gonna have to coffee with someone and thought why are we having coffee and you're waiting for the cat it's just great hanging out with you hey by the way what do you just as we're taking off can I get your number I just love to talk to you about here comes here comes I wonder if we could be the kind of community I just felt a lot more like home than a conference room making a business deal in conference rooms and business deals are not bad I'm not saying that but I wonder if we could be the kind of church home where it's like oh I know it's okay don't I don't need anything I'm I'm already there I'm good I wouldn't be cool as a church if we weren't trying to go somewhere we're just trying to go to people wouldn't be cool if we could be the kind of community like we're actually not trying to get over there we're just trying to get to you we just love people the goal actually isn't buildings and programs and projects and continents and countries and cities that the goal is just people and actually no amount of buildings and progress and programs will add any value to our soul because we're already home we're already there we've already arrived his name is Jesus he's the destination and he's the way to get there and so now what are we we're free for whom the Sun sets free is free all the way see Jesus came to set us free from the rat race came to set us free from being the proverbial gerbil trying to get there and then get there and then get there I'm all for successful I'm all for planning I'm all for preparing I'm all for retirement saving up I don't that against all that as long as it has its proper place in the grand scheme of the universe which is why am I here to see him and to be wowed by him for before the foundations of the world were formed and framed He gave His life for us why would he do that because that was his plan all along see we're actually not getting there is not the point I can prove it to you remember the original design by God the garden which God knew would be compromised but he built it anyways because he wanted us to see what this was for remember the garden the Garden of Eden Genesis can I ask you a question did Adam and Eve have to go anywhere or were they already there they were already there in fact I love how the Bible narrative introduces out of me it's just like there was Adam and there was Eve at what age were they introduced to the garden did you raise them as toddlers Lord no they just the narrative seems to tell us that Adam just like Papa and he's probably the perfect age like 39 come on Judah relax you're definitely not feeling well but they were just there worth that they were just there worth day they were just there and where was there the perfect environment with unbroken communion with God and the orchards were reflective of God and the animals reflective of God and the river reflective of God and the perfect climate God and the gold in the river God the Great God believes God the Son God the clouds God the blue skirt God and what were they supposed to do just be there what was their job a little bit of landscaping if you're a landscaper you are at job number one by the way right like oh that's right this life actually isn't to get there once you receive Jesus you're there and now you're free free indeed not to think that stuff and things and accolades and renown is going to fulfill you know you have the FULFILLER and he is filling your soul in your mind he is the all in all he is the beginning and the end he is everything your soul desires look no further you found him more specifically he found you what if we could be the kind of church that actually believe that that in the midst of turmoil and unrest and division divisive miss then all kinds of rhetoric that seems to be tearing at the fabric of being a human being wonder if we could be the kind of community that has confidence and that's a piece that has an ease that has a rest that has open arms this is we found him he found us you're welcome here well is there reason we're no no no we're just that coffee to have coffee we're actually here for caffeine that's all I just like Americanos and I like people well what else you gonna just love you we just love you will do oh that's like I met with a friend recently in LA and he goes Judah tell me so how does this work you meet with people and then do you charge them is that how you make a living either he said this cuz you're like a like a specialist right like a like a like a counselor so like do you build people like you spend time than you bill him like he's never been in church he's okay then how does the church make money because you make a lot of money not a lot of money this guy makes a lot of money by the way Oh people just give freely oh oh so you're spending time with me hoping I'll be one of those tithers is that how it works no yeah but you're gonna need people to give actually God we believe is like supplies for people come on man for real like you're meeting with me because you want me to join your church and be one of those givers right because that's how you make nah now I'm really hoping that you do come and you never give people are always looking for a catch can you blame him that's this life looking for a catch oh you're you're here because you want me to be a Christian that's why we met well it's changed my life but I love you regardless also you invited me to your church home cuz you're hoping I believe like you well I changed my life but I love you regardless really you do yeah it's kind of one of our things about our church everyone belongs it's we love you yeah well but you're you're hoping well something's changed my life I want to share it with you but it's your own decision I just I love you regardless come on I know you Christians you you're you're you're trying to convert us all you guys are converters well to be honest we we can't convert anybody couldn't even convert myself so I mean if God's not real then I definitely think you shouldn't engage you know but if God's real he could probably show himself to you and if he does great just love you so that so like when you brought your family over and you brought food it wasn't just to convert me no it's because you're a human and I'm a human and I love you I just think it's kind of the big idea of humanity oh you have a dream about living like that ever dream about just loving people red yellow black brown white all precious in the sight you ever just remove the getting there and accolades and pursuits and just kind of go yeah people imagine if you and I just kept living like that for a long time how about 10 years of that how about 20 years of that how about 40 you just I've hauled all the division all the hate all that I keep telling myself we're gonna outlast this the love of God we're gonna outlast this we're just gonna stay here you wanna know where to find us you can find us a Rose Hill you can find us downtown you can find something you will still be here with all the rhetoric and all the sound bites and all the divisive tweeting and texting and instagramming we're still going to be here what are we gonna do we're gonna love our neighbor as ourself that's what we're gonna do and instead of using people we're gonna serve people why cuz you're noble not at all cuz you're that kind not really actually feel pretty crummy today but he found me they saved me he's the point and now I don't have to seek there I'm already there so now what am I left with the way I'm already there so now I just have the way and if you've already arrived and you're just walking out the arrival which you've already had it is finished well if it's finished can we all go home now the fight is fixed it's totally finished but I want you to walk it out oh well then we got to be the most confident walkers ever I mean people get look at doesn't me like then why are you so happy ah do you have a minute it's kind of hard to explain it's like it's like Back to the Future kinda it's already done and Jesus made me righteous and I'm already in and I'm already there and so I'm here temporarily it's pretty brief down here too and I'm just kind of like what so like I can't I can't lose I think that's how I say it I can't lose well but you lost your job yep but yeah I did that I can't lose though I can't so that's why I'm not really troubled I can't I know I can't find a parking spot but like I can't lose I know like my back is out but I can't lose I know I'm sick I miss my dad but I can't lose I'm gonna see him again I can't it's hard to explain but that's why I got confidence that's why I got rest that's why I got ease that's why I got an assurance that's why I got smiled that's why I got a joy that supersedes circumstances of situations and conflict and I that the joy of the Lord is my strength because I'm already there am i preaching to anybody I'm definitely feeling better since we've been together here in these few minutes if you feel sick just start preaching thank you - I'm not a preacher yes you are who I want to be a church home I think we could be a home for Humanity with an outlook like that with a perspective like that with lives like that with love like that can I pray for you Jesus we love you so much you are so beyond compare no one no one no one compares to you well I thank you for this extraordinary community I thank you for church home may we be a home for Humanity Lord we don't ask for just more buildings and more programs and more services we ask for more room in our heart we ask for bigger perspectives enlarge our view of the world and O God enlarge our view of you help us to remember why we're here help us to remember what matters most Jesus help us to remember that you in yourself have combined the where and the way and now we're free we thank you for that if you're here today and you said Jude I'd like to follow Jesus I'd like to exercise my freewill and become a follower of Jesus if that's you on the count of three I'm gonna ask you to lift up your hand and put it right back down the Bible declares the God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that who so ever believes in him would not perish but have everlasting life all it takes is one moment of receptivity and belief an acceptance of Jesus he who knew no sin became sin so that you might become right with God if that's you on the count of three I'm gonna ask you to lift up your hand and put it right back down 1 God loves you - you'll never be the same 3 if that's you but you looked up your hand all over the room some minutes may I'd like to make that decision thank you thank you beautiful beautiful beautiful anybody else you lift up your hand put it right back down Lord you see these hands you see these hands more importantly you see these hearts and all how you love us you love us so much it's it's beyond us I thank you for forgiveness I thank you for a new birth I thank you for a new life I thank you for new beginnings that only you can grant and only you can give and we thank you for that today secondly if you're here in a matter of moments we're gonna dismiss but if you're hearing you say Judah I've I've been troubled lately I got pretty worked up about getting there and I realize now that's that's not the point I want to leave here with a peace that passes all understanding I want to leave here with an ease and a confidence and a rest that I have already arrived I have already met the point of life in Jesus Christ and he is everything I need Jesus is enough then you want to leave with that skip in your step I'm not saying that all your circumstances will change but boy your perspective can change in one inspired moment in the presence of Jesus and you say I need that confidence I need that ease I need that peace I need that rest I don't want my heart to be troubled any longer with temporary things if that she would you lift up your hand all over the room say man God speaking to me God speaking to me so Lord we thank you we hear your words this morning let not your heart be troubled so we speak to our heart and we speak to our soul and we declare that we have a confidence we have an assurance what you started in us you'll be faithful to complete it you are the completer you are the end you are the author you are the finisher and you are everything we need in this life and so we fix our eyes on you you are the focus of our affection you are the point of all life comfort your people assure your people today of who you are in Jesus name in Jesus name you're physically able or willing would you stand with us we're gonna sing just for about one minute but would you join us and let's sing out what we believe about our God come on church hey we hoped you loved it we hope you had a good time there's more for you if you want to subscribe grace what do they do and if you want to see more videos you click right over here perfect we love you good bye

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Length: 56min 18sec (3378 seconds)

Published: Thu May 10 2018