What's Really Important - Pt. 2 // Judah Smith

hey guys it's Judah I am so excited to announce version 2.0 for the church home app has arrived it is here it's a much more personalized experience it's gonna cater to ensuring that you're connecting with people face-to-face relationships and there is daily guided prayers Chelsea and I are gonna be your guide a Lee guiding you through prayers that I think will deepen your relationship with God and help you in your overall experience here on earth I am so grateful for each and every one of you I want to encourage you tonight this Monday is a very special day in our country it is a day to honor the life and legacy and leadership of dr. Martin Luther King and I am so grateful amen it's our privilege and honor to continue that same journey in believing for justice and equality for our people that is the message that is the story that is the heart of Jesus that is a primary passion of our community and I do hope that you get a chance not just to post a quote but I hope you get a chance to not only pause your day on Monday maybe even every day and think about how you and I can be a part of the difference can be a part of the solution and we can do our best to learn about each other and learn about each other's steps and journey and what it might be like and so I hope that you'll take time to have a conversation to reflect on the life and legacy of dr. King that continues he has passed on to eternity that opportunity is now ours to be proponents of equality and justice and love for all people can I hear an amen that is who we are and that is what we're about I love you so much I'm really excited to spend these minutes with you I'm gonna take the next few minutes gonna share from the story of Jesus the story of God which was near and dear to the heart of dr. King and then what we will do is the band will join me again is it all is it all guys tonight is it all guys is it all guy well that's what I'm asking it just looks like it's all all guys I'm just wonder if there's any ladies joining us yeah okay okay okay so um the band will join us and we will sing some songs and these songs are designed to help us engage with God this great big wonderful God who loves us by the way if you brace yourself for bad news because when you go to church you hear how bad you are how bad things are how bad it keeps getting how bad it is out there how bad it is in here our church it's not real complicated we're just simply committed to good news a lot of people don't know that the gospel which is a term used for the story of God's forgiveness and his love actually literally means news that is good so we've designed this entire community around good news how many know we got enough bad news by a bad news and we need some good news all right don't get too excited all right all right fantastic Luke chapter 5 I'm gonna go to Luke chapter 5 and I'm gonna go to John chapter 21 if you don't have a Bible it's no worries at all it's gonna be up on the screen so you can read along for your viewing enjoyment and here's what we're talking about here's the idea in this space the idea in this room here's the question we're asking what's most important what's most important in life another way could you could ask yourself why am I here where should I spend my time what should I give my energy to what should be my focus what should actually get me worked up what should I let go of what should I say I no big deal that's not my life or my wife I'm moving on one of my favorite phrases my wife is sitting over here married 20 years girl I love you love you best wife in the room deal with it alright alright calm down we're gonna we're gonna fly to South Africa tomorrow and yeah I'm just me you girl like I take it too far and start talking about what we're gonna do on the plane okay here we go Luke chapter five are you well that's twice and I've gotten just the most really tired loli okay here we go we'll get we get we'll get going we'll get going it's all good Luke chapter five verse one since on one occasion while the crowd was pressing on him to hear the word of God he Jesus was standing by the lake of Gennesaret and he saw two boats by the lake but the fishermen had gone out of them and they were washing their nets get into one of the boats which was Simons or Peters he asked him to put out a little from the land Jesus was gonna use the water for amplification it's an ancient microphone really and he sat down and taught the people from the boat using the water as an amplifier when he'd finished speaking he said to Simon put out into the deep and use those those Nets you've been clean and put out the nets and you're gonna you're gonna get a catch Peter says master ah Peter's a pro fisherman by the way Jesus is a carpenter that's his special case Oh Peters like all right hold and say it I'm a fisherman you're a carpenter let me fill you in he's like master which is a sign of respect I was like I respect you I love you I'm just saying we've 12 doll night it took nothing but that's your word I will let down the nets lot of conjecture of why Peter said this I'd like to suggest I think the reason Peter said this is because Jesus is speaking about something Peter doesn't think he knows anything about so Peter doesn't want Jesus to be embarrassed so Peters like hey you know actually that's not how it works on this body of water anybody water we've already been fishing and this isn't really the time to fish the time to fish is in the middle of the night but we'll do it because you said so Peter is still learning about who Jesus is when they had done this they enclosed a large number of fish so much the nets were breaking they signal to their partners in the other boat to come and help them so now and they came and both boats so we got two boats that are sinking because they are so many fish in this supernatural catch when Simon Peter saw it notice what he does he falls on his knees in the boat at Jesus feet and he says this is gonna be important in terms of where we're going to helping us decipher what's actually important in the world in the universe depart from me Peter says I got issues I got I'm broken I'm a sinful man Oh Lord for he this is basically verse nines trying to explain why Peter did what he did in verse eight for Peter and all the guys were blown away flabbergasted astonished I loved flabbergasted what a great word we should use that more hey I'm just flabbergasted by this day 2020s flabbergasting they were flabbergasted at the cash the catch of fish which they had taken and also were James and John the sons of Zebedee who were partners with Simon and Jesus said to Simon don't be afraid and that's one of the most important do not be afraid you'll ever see in the Bible and I'll explain in a few minutes do not be afraid from now on you'll be catching people you'll your life will be about people not fish when they had brought their boats to land they left everything and followed him now we're gonna get some Bible reading today so prepare yourself okay I want you to keep that in your proverbial back pocket and I want us now to travel three years ahead we're gonna go three years from that story to John chapter 21 which we read last week and let's read this story which you'll find some incredible parallels and similarities after this Jesus revealed himself this is now post resurrection Jesus has died on the middle cross between two thieves he was buried in a rich man's tomb he rose again on the third day just like he said and now he is appearing to his key leaders and followers and disciples this is resurrection he predicted his death burial resurrection pulled it off it's one of the reasons it's the reason I believe Jesus is God he's the hope of the world he's changed my life love of my life and I endeavor to follow him every single day and side note I believe he is alive and he is in this actual room that's what I believe you don't got to believe that that's what I believe after this Jesus revealed himself again the disciples by the sea of Tiberias and he revealed himself like this this is how he revealed himself and he reveals himself in a way he revealed himself three years before the same kind of cast the characters Simon Peter Thomas Nathanael came to Galilee sons of zebedee to others and his disciples were together verse three Simon Peter said to him I'm gonna go said to them I'm gonna go fishy and they said we're gonna go with you we're gonna go with you Jesus it appeared twice they'd go fishing they need some margin need some headspace I need to clear their head kind of figure some things out what's going on Jesus is resurrected what does that mean what are all the implications they went out got in the boat but that night I can similarly Luke 5 they catch nothing a man just as day was breaking Jesus they didn't know Jesus sit on the shore yet the disciples didn't hide hell that it was Jesus I jumped a little early on that verse and from the shore Jesus says hey guys did you catch anything oh we don't know who probably Peter yells back no have a good day Jesus once again gives horrific fishing advice he says cast your net on the right side of the boat and you'll find some now probably because three years earlier he did something similar they're probably starting to go it might be maybe let's check this out boom they drop in their net seven and a half feet to the right across the boat and it says so they cast it now they were not able to haul it in because there were so many fish verse seven the disciples whom Jesus loved this is now John talk about himself in his own gospel says to Peter it's him it's Jesus it's the Lord when Peter heard that it was the Lord he put on his outer garment and he was stripped for work he threw himself into the sea and swam a hundred yards in to shore the other disciples came in the boat dragging the net full of fish for they were not far from the land there it is again about a football field length away when they got out on land they saw a charcoal fire in place with the fish later on it and bread and Jesus said to them bring some of the fish you've just caught so Simon Peter went aboard hauled the net ashore full of large fish 153 of them and although there were so many although there were so many John just wants you to know this time the net wasn't torn three years ago the net store and the boat sank this time the Nets aren't breaking and Jesus says and one of my favorite quotes it's 2020 and I've quoted this multiple times in the new year come and have breakfast I'm gonna give that to you as a gift for 2020 okay someone says you should be fasting you should be like have you ever heard the quote of Jesus saying come and let's have breakfast come on somebody now nobody says anything right it's such a moment they're like nope nobody says who are you for they knew it was the Lord Jesus came took the bread gave it to them and so with the fish and this was the third time Jesus revealed himself to his disciples after he was raised from the dead here's what we're going to do tonight okay we're going to look at Luke chapter 5 and we're gonna look at John 21 again okay and here's what we're gonna do we're going to try to decipher if in Luke 5 before Peter and the guys particularly Peter spend three years following Jesus around and watching him teach preach and do miracles and and and bless children and families let's see what they valued here let's see what was important here and let's see if we can decipher what's important here my premise is simple I'd like to suggest to you that just three short years with Jesus will completely shatter what you think is important in this life I'd like to suggest tonight that we don't have to take three years we can do about thirty minutes something like Judah you've never preached in thirty minutes maybe tonight it'll be the night if you would believe maybe you would Advan doubter hey but what didn't if you would have in a few minutes we could we could travel back and forth through time and we could come to the conclusion without spending three years of what's actually truly important in this life will you pray with me God thank you for the moments we share thank you for your story we want to now jump in and make it real can let it come alive we want to experience you and see you thank you for your grace thank you for your love help the Seahawks and the offseason make all the right moves and help the Tennessee Titans win the Superbowl that's my prayer in Jesus name Amen that's my prayer to Titans any Titan fans in here why you from Nashville you are is that you saying yes we're from Nashville it's amazing are you single are you married oh that's amazing how long you guys been married one year and a half honeymoon honeymoon your husband is sitting there not saying a word is that a good sign or a bad sign this guy's like she's like one year am i making this up that's your body language let's talk after okay honestly but first year is the hardest you'll be fine you'll be fine I'll be fine I'm kidding I'm kidding Ashville man it's hard on marriages so I want planes every now and again right tomorrow we're gonna take another plane trip I think is is going to South Africa one of the longest flights you can take I think it is I think it is I'm not bragging but it is I had the craziest experience in fact Elijah and Amory were with us our best friends and all of our seven kids come to think of it but of course I was not close to the kids because we get upgraded for for free and they had upgraded Chelsea and I away from our children it's wonderful when that happens so our seven kids were way back there and it's gonna be a real simple flight done in a million times right we're gonna fly from Seattle to LA right no big deal it's gonna be great I'm not gonna say which airline we were flying I'm not here to call out Airlines I'm not here to call out anyone I want to bless all airlines everywhere but I think this particular pilot was having a rough go that that night okay I want to give him some credit I'm sure he's a great man I don't know his name okay we're not gonna say his name I'm not gonna find out his name so that I can have a little fun with this story because this is real life and this actually happened but just a few weeks ago okay it's kind of a later flight I'm kind of getting home I think from from the holidays from Christmas well we were going LA to Seattle you know baby I don't know if that was important enough for you interrupt my sermon but that's fine 20 years of marriage this is still happening good luck you guys man anything else you want to correct babe before I keep going or we we good I call her doctor exact that's 20 years of marriage you get nicknames that are kind of shots fired like Oh doctor exact okay so Chelsea would like you to know it's very important and critical to this sermon we were not flying Seattle to LA we were flying LA to Seattle that changes everything um pilot gets on this is how the flight begins we haven't taken off right even close we're still two gay he goes hey lazy gentlemen thank you for flying this particular airline it's great to have you tonight now folks listen this isn't gonna be a long flight going all the way up to Seattle from LA and it's only about 20 about two hours maybe 205 listen the flight attendants in our crew they're here really to serve you here's here's here's here's the truth folks if you keep getting up out of your seat we're not gonna be able to do our job serious what I'm gonna ask this is a true story here's what I'm gonna ask when I ask did you go ahead and stay in your seats now unless you absolutely have to get up the more you stay in your seats the more we can do our job right and suddenly his tone is like he's patting everyone on the top of their head hey boys and girls welcome to kindergarten right and I'm kind of looking at Chow so I'm like are you are you picking up on the tones here like are we are we are we putting out this pilot is he frustrated that we bought tickets to fly on his plane like it so my god you know no big deal I'm gonna follower of Jesus we bless him we love Him we're moving on free upgrades I'm a happy camper okay it gets worse we don't leave we don't leave the gate for quite some time quite some time he finally comes on the air and he's like well ladies and gentlemen we're just as confused as you are not getting a lot of communication here we'll update you when we can whatever you do stay seated Chelsey's I got her Kindle out she's reading some book about Jesus I'm trying to get the movie thing to work come like it's not it doesn't work to what it you know so no word of a lie about 45 minutes goes by silence by the way when someone would get up the plane hasn't moved yet okay when someone get up a flight of 10 we get well ladies and gentlemen we're gonna need you to stay in your seats we could move at any time some of those were my children coming up to to see us in our seats I was like go get away it's really happen finally pushed back from the gate I'm like no big deal my I've been reasonably good at my attitude of course I've been saying horrible curse words in in my thoughts but we found about 45 minutes we finally pushed back everyone's like yeah everyone claps little did we know we start we start kinda we're moving but man we are just this must be the longest runway in the world and this literally happened the pilot comes on he goes well folks if you think we're driving in circles we are that's all we got now people are like what's wrong with this guy you know like when people get restless is like what is wrong with this guy and everyone's getting upset you know what I'm about to tell you is a true story this actually happened but two weeks ago and here's the reason I'm telling this story is here's a pilot who forgot what's actually important he comes on the air we're like an hour 45 now okay everyone it was didn't we took us two hours but I just want to make sure I get the story right about an hour 45 he gets on his like listen folks we're all hostages together [Applause] well there's so many words you could have used we're all in this together we're all companions we're all friends where I know humans hostages I'm looking around you know when you're trying to make eye contact with strangers hostages did you just say hostages so people people just start getting up this is like people are just like walking around my kids my kids are like meeting people that the waters are texting us what are you doing right people just walking around the flat tenet has lost all control the plane please sit down please sit down we're like everyone's standing now we're like no we won't sit down and then you know we land we land in LA no we land in Seattle Seattle and elope Isla it's so awesome he's like hey thanks for flying like nothing happened thanks for flying with us see you again real soon it took us like eight hours to get where we're going I got off the plane I'm thinking about this gentleman I don't know his name I won't tell you what what airline we were flying Alaska um and I couldn't help myself but uh oh no I I never worked for an airline so bear it with me okay I'm ignorant and a lot of fronts here but I think airplanes and Airlines are about like people people kind of going places and last time I heard you know the old cliche like it's not about the destination it's about the journey right it's about being together now you can argue that a little bit but thought to myself this pilot has kind of lost touch with reality right he's using words he shouldn't use in in a cockpit shouldn't use in an airplane and I think I think at one point of flight attendent got on there and she's like hey we are all in this together this is hard on us just as it's hard on you I wanted to yell except you're getting paid so it's really different actually the longer we sit here the more you get paid you know like we're not getting paid we paid to be here you know it's not really the same but it's amazing how life can wear you down whatever industry you're in preachers are just as guilty as everybody else in the nitronic preachers like me we care more about sermons sometimes are ornate delivery and our cadence and our rhythm and our words and we do about whether or not people were served and helped and cared for and experienced forgiveness and love and care and concern so whatever industry you unless we pick on pilots and flight attendants the truth is life does it to assault it is so natural normal and easy to actually forget lose sight of it doesn't even cross your mind anymore what's actually important like like here's a question it's an old one it's it's pretty cliche but why did you get involved in what you're doing now to begin with I tell you my little story I tell you exactly where it happened Twin Rocks camp Portland Oregon I'm like 12 years old 11 years old and Jesus told me in my heart I just felt his presence and he's like you're gonna you're gonna tell people about Jesus and I remember crying and I'm at the altar and I got my arms right my skinny little arms they're still pretty skinny and I would be like Jesus I love anybody grow up in church and like you go to youth camp everyone screams I love you right in there and the most the most amazing gonna do during the worship set is when the music laws Jesus and your friends are like all right I'll go anywhere do anything I just love you to look people right but over time amazing how we allow other things to become way more important than that listen if I if I just you know paused you and put you on the spot and said hey what's the most important thing about your job you're probably not immediately gonna go money cuz you're smart on that you're gonna go purpose and we're all gonna go amazing but is that what you really think about most right because what's most important is actually what our mind revolves around what our emotions are connected to so you have to tell anybody tonight but can you dig down just for a moment within yourself and ask yourself what is actually the most reoccurring theme of your lifestyle and your actions and your daily happenings what moves you what's on your mind what motivates you what gets you excited what gets the juices going it's just a weird phrase but anyways what really gets you excited that if we're honest has become whether intentionally or unintentionally what's most important so that's the question we're asking for the next several weeks in 2020 what's actually important what's really important and here's the problem we live in a marketing age unlike any other and we are told by every product and every company and every subculture and every entity that everything is most important oh my word your teeth are yellow you need to get teeth whitening teeth whitening is everything when your teeth are white you will be your best self on the word teeth that's my have to have white teeth right bright teeth is the key some of your like why do you have to go there literally I'm watching you guys look everything is important well if everything is important nothing's important what's actually important now let's let's bring that into our spirituality let's bring that into for those of us that follow Jesus and worship Jesus what is most important and again I'm not asking just that question I'm asking you to be honest about your emotions your thoughts your motivations and your desires when I say following Jesus what gets you excited what gets you excited what gets you pumped can I pick on preachers again because I is one preachers are famous for being more excited about their sermons than God and I've been there I get more excited about walking on stage and talking about him that actually being with encountering him like I'd rather tell you how to follow Jesus than I actually follow Jesus right and that just begins to tell you what has become important what's actually important now if you look at the history I was gonna say the historicity because I just like it but if you look at the history of Christianity let's say you look at a lot of the ages and the eras and the centuries in the decades of church history and Christian history and you'll notice these alarming trends where what becomes most important amongst Jesus followers and Jesus worshippers is actually not the person of Jesus but it's actually what we do for him what we do to represent him are we doing good are we doing right do we dress right do we talk right do we look right do we belong to the right church and that if you look at the years of Christianity has become it's interesting what you see in to certain centuries and eras what's most important well my brothers and sisters many faithful spiritual people are dead and gone we it is now our turn on the planet and so I ask us as spiritual people whether you're following Jesus considering following Jesus by the way this would be a great place tonight to be considering follow Jesus because I'd like to debunk and D funk for you some of the things you think Christianity is actually about I'd like to go on record tonight to tell you it's not what you think it is it's actually not about that and we're gonna use Luke 5 and John 21 to prove what's actually important now the scripture warns us against this thing called tradition the scripture tells us that what we are given two in our humaneness in spiritual settings like this is we get used to tradition now we're in an interesting space as a church for those that don't know we renamed our church Church home one of the reasons we did that is because we want Church to be like a home but we also believe people can have Church in their home you wouldn't believe the amount of Christians right now think I've lost my mind because I'm telling people they can actually gather with friends and neighbors and worship in their home it's as if I have left the faith now why is that because there's a new norm now and the new norm is a preacher preached from a stage by the way you have a band there's hazers there's lights and then you release an album right which i think that's awesome I really do but so now it's like church can't be in my living room what ends up happening is traditions become so important that we start to question the validity of someone's faith because they do not uphold the new tradition we need to be aware of that traditions are not what's most important and we're going to discover this tonight I would like to compare just two different things I'd like to compare the valuing work versus worship and then I want to compare the value of sin versus the Savior here's the premise I'll be working from I'd like to suggest that many of us by default unless we're intentional our relationship with God will become more about what we do and don't do and more about whether or not we're sinning and that becomes what we give our energy to what we give our focus to let me ask you a very simple question how many times in your walk with God or your consideration of believing in God or worshiping God you've had this thought or said this word I've got to get better this is how many in 2020 you started out the year like man this is I got it bro if I'm gonna do this I gotta get my stuff in order I have got to do this you know what I'm gonna do you get in what you will you get in you get out what you put in so what I need to do and start putting in the work I need to start sending less you know how I'm gonna send less I'm gonna tell my severed a every stop sinning you're bad you're dumb you suck so stop it in fact I'm gonna get an accountability partner oh if I had $5 for how many Christians asked me if I have an accountability partner here is the brokenness and accountability partners you can lie to them I've been I've been so many people probably your accountability partner how you doing good promise yeah all right that was productive so accountability partner is not the savior of the world Jesus is right but we say look and we tell our accountability partner in 2020 every time you see me sitting there you think I'm sinning I want you to call me on it brother every time you see me say brother that isn't it you stop it right now one minute god Hey would you look at her when she walked by what were you looking at I bet you weren't just looking at her hair what were you thinking bro you really want to know yeah then accountability turns into this weird like tell me more no wait a second wait what'd you watch last night okay tell me about the scene a little bit more this is for accountability right all right bro don't get me started I've been doing this way too long okay I know exactly how this works just for accountability tell me everything you watched over the weekend so I want us to get honest is the theme of our spiritual journey with Jesus is it what we do what we don't do in other words are working and our sin or is it worship and Jesus Jesus and worship now if already you're like oh man I'll be honest it's definitely not more about Jesus and worship it's definitely I think all about sin I think a lot about getting better welcome to the club it's normal it's very very normal by the way our culture is built like this cause and effect it's just is what it is everyone will tell you listen this is how it works if you want to get better you got to try harder you got to do more you got to put in the work put in the time and that's how it's gonna go and I'm telling you with this news it is so good it is different it's supernatural Peter let's just use Peter okay we could talk about other guys we're gonna focus on Peter I'd like to suggest that Luke 5 and John 21 really zero in on Peter as a wonderful portrait of the human condition Peter in Luke 5 before 3 years of following Jesus before time with Jesus and understanding Jesus and presence of Jesus and miracles of Jesus and love of Jesus said all these amazing times with Jesus and teachings of Jesus and words of Jesus Peter is being called by Jesus and Jesus does this phenomenal thing he gives them the catch they've always dreamed of it's such a big catch it's a career catch it's a career break it's everything Peter and the guys I've ever wanted in terms of the fishing industry they caught nothing all night at the word of Jesus they launch out into the deep during the day no one fished in the day there was no fish by the surface in the day that's not even the right time to fish he says go and they throw the nets in and it's such a big catch listen now there's got to be a reason for this Luke likes us to know the nets were breaking and the boats were sinking I think this is important because there's a reason John and John 20:1 three years later says interestingly enough supernaturally the nets were not breaking but in Luke 5 before being with Jesus he gives them the success please hear me he gives them the results they want he gives them the answers they've been believing for I'm talking about he gave them the goals for 2020 well I got I need seven things from you in 2020 and God's like BAM and it says it was sinking them and I want to say what I said last week I want to say it again be careful what you wish for you use God like a vending machine an ATM most troubling thing that might happen is you might get your whole list and in the process of gaining the whole world you lose who you really are I'm telling you apart from Jesus success typically sinks people the more success sinks people the fastest it's this is classic this is cliche I don't have to go all the examples are there it's very the more success you have it sinks people interestingly enough they bring partners over and they give them some it's interesting how success for one person if you get too close to that person their success can sink you to that Jesus doesn't want to sink him he's just making a point a point he'll make differently three years later Peter sees the results when he sees the results he does what everyone for thousands of years has always done with God here's how God works if you do good if you work hard God will give you the results now Peters in a conundrum because he's like okay okay we didn't work for this and now we got it which means it's gonna work now is Jesus is going to ask us to earn this and deserve this and work for this and then Peter conscious of himself more than Jesus he thinks I can't do this why because what Peter thinks in is important is working more than worshiping because that's the way it's always worked I'll prove it to you Peter gets all freaked out he gets on his knees and he says you you got to get away from me I can't work for this I'm not this good I don't deserve this right cuz that's how it worked in your relationship with God I can't do this listen to what Jesus says please listen please listen Luke chapter five Jesus says don't be afraid now that for you is like how that's so nice of Jesus don't be afraid and you read on in Scripture ladies and gentlemen when Jesus says when Peter says I'm sinful I don't deserve all this and Jesus says don't be afraid everything is changing here's what I mean you go back to the Old Testament what can be more aptly told said as the Jewish Bible the Hebrew Bible the Old Testament that has been completely fulfilled by the life death burial and resurrection of Jesus now we'd no longer relate to God based on working earning deserving or doing Jesus worked earn deserved and did it all now it's finished we don't earn it or deserve it this gathering this congregation our premise is not let's do better and work harder we are here admitting we can't we're broken and God says I can and I have just trust me and I will dive more into that in a few minutes Jesus says don't be afraid did you know in every record of the appearance of God in the Old Testament do you know that every single person when God appears like for Moses guess what they are terrified God's big he's massive he's perfect he's holy they're not and they're like huh and essentially the Old Testament God's like you should be afraid Jesus shows up and what Peter expects Jesus he's still learning about who Jesus is but he knows he's God's representative he expects his fearful response Jesus says don't be afraid which leads us to believe and understand that why Peter's saying depart from he's cuz he's afraid he's afraid he's afraid he's afraid how many people are afraid of God you know people are here at night you're afraid of what you can't do what you didn't do what you did do what you should do you're afraid you're afraid I can't be as good as Judah I can't be as good as this person I don't belong here this isn't space for me I'm afraid I'm afraid I'm not good enough I'm afraid I'm not spiritual enough I'm afraid I don't even understand the scripture I don't even know I don't even know what the Old Testament is the New Testament is and so I'm afraid I don't belong here this is awkward this is wonky I got to get out of here hope he ends soon because we're afraid Jesus came and changed everything he now said this you are sinful you are broken but you no longer have to be afraid in my perfect presence because I'm gonna do for you what you cannot do for yourself when he says Peter don't be afraid Peters like but I am afraid because you're perfect and were not Jesus is changing everything now fast forward from this work mentality Peter has to a worship mentality by the time we get to John 21 many of you already know this Peter has denied Jesus three times do you remember the story he denies him Jesus says to Peter this night you're in deny me three times piers like I'll die for you Jesus like not really yeah eventually you will but not right now and so Peter goes I don't know Jesus I know Jesus by a bonfire with a junior high girl and she's like hey and he's like I don't know she's like okay geez you know like it gets pretty bad Jesus the crow crows the third time Jesus looks at Peter and he's like wow and he runs out they have not talked about that yet Peters on a boat just like three years ago you guys catch anything Peter so who's that no try the right side of the boat they grab the nets they got a hunch they had to they throw it in there like oh man John's like it's him Peter it's him and watch way does this time three years ago he said I can't I can't live up to this this is a man who's probably hurt Jesus more than any of us have ever hurt Jesus Jesus Lois moment Peter was like I don't even know I wait I don't know him I've never been with him they haven't even talked about it yet and what's Peters response he swims as fast as he can to get close to him and this is what is moving me tonight as I come to a soon coming close here's my issue right now with you and with me we think what's more important is doing better working hard at ourselves to be good for god that's not what's most important in fact that's not even really on the list what's more important is that as broken as you are that all of your faults and weaknesses drive you to swim faster to him here's my question for you and for me when we are at our lowest and our weakest do we have a tendency to want to be close to Jesus or feel like we are a million miles away the reason we feel like we're a million miles away is what is called religion religion is man-made it's not God made it's man-made it's made to control people's lives and teach people to adhere to traditions so they perform correctly so that men and women feel powerful and feel in a way that they're doing something worthwhile religion has never changed anyone it's all conformity and it's fake its fake and it's all based on who can work the hardest who can look who can be the nicest bless you brother oh so good to see praying for you every day Oh bless your heart which is the Christian way of saying you are so out to lunch who is this Jesus that Peter knows so what's more important working or worshipping now worshiping we think is singing in the moment we're gonna sing singing is just one of the most considerable ways that we can actually worship God but worshiping God is talking about him it's thinking about him it can be even inventing and creating things while being consumed with him it can be walking with friends and thinking about him talking about it there's so many different ways worship can be just trusting him and surrendering to him there's so many different ways we can worship but I'm telling you that's way more important than working 20 24 you should be a lot more about just being with him than trying to be better for him you know it's amazing it's like in six months you're gonna do something so dumb right and so am i and at that moment because of how we understand that the linear time and space we're gonna be like god I know you're so bummed and gods like if I wasn't bummed in January I'm definitely not bummed in March cuz I already knew and that leads us to the concluding point sinner Savior let me ask you this are you more God conscious or self conscious God conscious or sin conscious religion will make you sin conscious the gospel will make you God conscious when the news is allowed to be what it is so good that everybody goes should we just keep sinning because that's when Paul tells the gospel in Romans he finally gets to a place in Romans where he says so should I just keep sinning he's like certainly not the news gets so good it starts to motivate you beyond yourself to live a life that looks like Jesus we are not here tonight promoting self-improvement I am over it part of the reason I'm over is because I am NOT type-a I am NOT driven and trying to improve myself discourages me so I was really made for the gospel I wasn't good at school wasn't good at a lot of things but I like to talk right so the gospel is great for me I'm like I'm gonna do this now has his kidding it's about being in Luke 5 remember what Peter said never what Peter said instead of Peter going who can make this many fish in our Nets and boats instead of Peter going he goes boat touch stuff works me bad leaf sounds so much like Christianity in 2020 god bless scene favorite have you ever gotten something so amazing you're like I want to screw it up this is so good I'm gonna screw this up oh my word it's - something's Bad's about to happen knock on plastic what's happening what and you're more self-conscious and God conscious but what happens what three years three years three years soaking in the good news three years soaking in the goodness of Jesus three years and when he sees the results when he sees the success when he sees all the goals fulfilled he goes and he runs to Christianity is more worship and God consciousness it's like the same thing did you know you're not gonna like this something you're gonna disagree and that's okay I'm right and you're wrong so Judah that's not encouraging but did you know that Jesus teaches that the more you sin the more he will be there we don't talk about this we don't talk about this I know where Jesus would be in this city where there's tons of sin that's where Jesus would be get me to prove it to you Romans chapter five verses 20 and 21 I didn't write the book God did the Old Testament the law all these rules were given so that people could see how sinful they were that's it no one can keep the rules but as people send more and more please hear this God's wonderful grace increased more and more look at the next verse so just the sin ruled over all people and brought them to death , now God's wonderful grace rules instead see what you don't know if sin is not running the earth anymore grace is and grace is not a principle or concept it's a person Jesus runs these streets and His grace is abundant His grace is upon it you don't have to see it feel it believe it ask for it it's there it's present where there is sin grace abounds what is Grace it is Jesus doing for us so we cannot do for ourselves in other words where God and sin are together forgiveness about before Jesus where God and sin were fear abound it for men had to bridge the gap the gap has been bridged by Jesus so everywhere you see sin you need to know forgiveness overflows in that space which leads us United like this but I'm right where you are most embarrassed said this before that secret little thing you can't shake guess where forgiveness flows the most just like blood in your body races to where you are hemorrhaging or in pain the blood goes there to do what to heal your body your body is telling you how the Creator works do you know what you all man we're about to start singing and I'm ready to sing I'm ready to say you know what you should do next time your sin is heir wrong it's something you just know you just know it's real it's real sin is real sin is real dude I don't believe in sin let me punch your mom and ask you again do you believe in sin is it bad is real okay and we're built to know it when you're doing bad do you know the most genuine thing you can do in the universe while you're sinning you should worship you should worship while you're sinning I just said it thank you you're amazing Here I am cheating again lying again stealing again you forgive me again you still love me you never stop and all the sudden it occurred to me you know what I'm gonna be a really good worshipper in 2020 I can prove to you cuz I still do a lot of wrong things but I now know just like Peter what you say it's him that's him over there what are you doing Peter and when Peter got to Jesus he didn't say anything for a long time that can be worshipped too just being with him don't even talk about the stupid thing Peter did it's as if that said afterthought it's Peters just you know what sets you up for worship sin for where there's sin there is God and when God and sin get together there's no competition aggressive forgiveness always works you think sin is aggressive you think temptation is aggressive you think it's overwhelming you that addiction you can't break I'm telling you what's more aggressive than air and wrong and sin and addiction and brokenness I'm gonna tell you what's more aggressive I'm gonna tell you what won't let you go I'm gonna tell you what won't stop stop pursuing you his name is Jesus and with him comes unconditional love and unconditional forgiveness and he will never quit on you ha ha so now the more I sin the more I worship the more I sin the more conscious of God I become and I'm gonna taste something about the gospel oftentimes things get worse before they get better so don't freak out something like Judah I accepted the grace of Jesus and now it feels like I just got a credit card to do whatever I want and I'm forgiven that's where it starts I'm good I did something dumb last night it's all good I'm forgiven and you know what don't let anybody tell you different but I'm gonna tell you that forgiveness is gonna wear you down I'm telling you that forgiveness is gonna wear you down every time you sin God thank you don't forget I'll forgive you keep doing that for a while and all the sudden your appetites gonna start to change I don't think I want to do this anymore I'm already forgiven I know where the life is I know where the acceptance is I know where the forgiveness is I don't actually need this you know what this isn't really improving my life every time I do it I'm forgiven I might as well stop doing it that's what the power is perfect love casts out all fear man we're trying to build a church here that just we don't live in fear Bible teaches on all of God it does not teach any longer a terror of God we are no longer afraid of what God will do to us because were bad we already know what he did to us he forgave us and gave himself up in our place and now there is no more near for no more need for dread and terror all I have with God is confidence and acceptance and assurance and I'm telling you that devil himself is scared to death when we start empowering people who are broken and sinful - every time they fail worship and let that weakness remind you how great he is look how great he is he still loves me that's what's most important will you pray with me Jesus we thank you for the moments that we share but o God we thank you for you we're thinking that our life doesn't have to be defined but what we do or what we don't do life isn't defined by our work our sin our air it's defined by what you have done and we thank you for that we love you Jesus Lord it's my prayer for our church as we go through these 40 days every day spending a few moments with you thinking about you talking to you listening to you may God consciousness be top on our list just thinking about you letting your beauty and your majesty and your glory and Your goodness fill our mind thoughts and desires thank you God with your eyes closed I just want you to hear this you are loved you are accepted you're approved you're his you'll never be kicked out you'll never be removed you'll never be asked to leave you belong to Jesus you are his son and you are his daughter and he is proud of you you are the apple of his eye and you are in the palm of his hand your emotions your thoughts and desires they will attempt at times to deceive you but I'm telling you his truth is transcended what Jesus has done is completed and finished and you are who you are by the work of Jesus you can't earn it or deserve it you just accept that if tonight on this very night you would like to accept the free gift of forgiveness that only Jesus offers on the count of three with every head bowed and every eye closed if you would like to receive this forgiveness as your gift pure gift that's all it is you cannot do anything you just accept it you unwrap it you receive it you make it yours you say yes God I believe if you want to receive this forgiveness on the count of three I'm gonna ask you to lift up your hand and put it right back down you know who you are I only ask you to raise your hand because I believe when you physically respond on the outside to what's happening on the inside it makes it more real to you you know who you are 1 2 3 that's you to shoot your hand up all over the room thank you so many hands God we say we accept the free gift of forgiveness that is only accomplished and delivered through you Jesus we thank you for that we love you help us day by day now to remember what's most important what's most important what's most important it's our privilege now to practice what we've been talking about and let's use music harmonies and melodies as a platform to worship our great God if it weren't a neighbor would you stand with us and come on let's 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Length: 57min 15sec (3435 seconds)

Published: Tue Jan 21 2020