WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:09.759 Welcome to Pinoy Tagalog Sermon Podcast. Your daily does of inspiring, 2 00:00:10.039 --> 00:00:13.800 heartfelt tagalog sermons from different factors and speakers all over 3 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:16.679 the Philippines. We hope that this podcast finds you in 4 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:23.000 good shape. And now here's your methage. You got to 5 00:00:23.039 --> 00:00:26.640 participate every day and that yes God and no devil, 6 00:00:27.160 --> 00:00:32.039 so that you win. Amen. We're looking at a series 7 00:00:32.079 --> 00:00:38.119 we began last week. Jesus is okay, and I just 8 00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:42.880 want the character, the nature, the quality of the Lord 9 00:00:42.920 --> 00:00:48.079 to come alive. All of us have thoughts ideas how 10 00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:51.200 we were raised, maybe what we've studied up to this point, 11 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:55.600 pictures all this of who we think Jesus is and 12 00:00:56.119 --> 00:00:58.840 what he looked like or what he did and so forth. 13 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:00.799 But I think if we can under stand him even 14 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:04.959 more as a person because he was a man. I 15 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:08.760 said he was a man, you can relate to him 16 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:13.000 even more. Now who's here on earth representing him right now? 17 00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:16.120 The Holy Spirit is here to help you to be 18 00:01:16.120 --> 00:01:19.840 able to relate to the man who's God but a man. 19 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:23.319 And I believe when we get that in our heart 20 00:01:23.359 --> 00:01:28.079 and our spirit, it helps bridge this gap that we 21 00:01:28.120 --> 00:01:30.239 can have, because we don't need a gap. We need 22 00:01:30.280 --> 00:01:32.799 to see Jesus and who he is. So last week 23 00:01:32.840 --> 00:01:36.079 we looked at he's my best friend and what we 24 00:01:36.159 --> 00:01:39.359 developed through that is the first thirty years of his life, 25 00:01:39.560 --> 00:01:43.480 he was just a person. I said. He lived life. 26 00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:47.079 He was probably a carpenter for eighteen years. He would 27 00:01:47.079 --> 00:01:49.400 have gone in the family business at age twelve. He 28 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:54.079 did that to age thirty. He dealt with customers that 29 00:01:54.159 --> 00:01:58.120 weren't satisfied. As I said last week, no nail gun, 30 00:01:58.599 --> 00:02:02.760 no power saws. He did all this by hand. His 31 00:02:02.840 --> 00:02:06.079 family thought he was crazy when he went into ministry. 32 00:02:06.519 --> 00:02:09.520 They actually came to capture him one time. Read it. 33 00:02:09.520 --> 00:02:12.360 It's a drama in the Bible. Can you imagine your 34 00:02:12.360 --> 00:02:14.919 family coming with the straight jacket here put this on. 35 00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:18.120 I mean that's basically what they were doing. They thought, 36 00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:21.000 who in the world, what is he thinking and doing? 37 00:02:21.240 --> 00:02:25.159 So we looked at several things that he did so 38 00:02:25.199 --> 00:02:28.240 that we can relate to him with our human nature, 39 00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:31.879 because he was a human being. Oh, yes, he's God. 40 00:02:31.919 --> 00:02:35.960 We're not diminishing that. We're not diminishing the three years 41 00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:38.159 of his ministry and all that he did. And we'll 42 00:02:38.159 --> 00:02:40.599 get into that as we get closer to Easter. But 43 00:02:40.719 --> 00:02:43.360 he still was a person. So that was that week, 44 00:02:43.400 --> 00:02:45.280 and then two weeks ago when I was out of state, 45 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:48.680 Jeanette spoke and I still have people calling me and 46 00:02:48.719 --> 00:02:50.840 texted me and stopping me every day what they did 47 00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:53.039 for him. So I haven't heard that message yet, but 48 00:02:53.039 --> 00:02:56.120 please listen to it about your assignments. And the week 49 00:02:56.159 --> 00:02:59.080 before that, Pastor Eric Gilbert was here and did a 50 00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:03.000 fantastic job. But we're using this is a theme verse 51 00:03:03.039 --> 00:03:06.439 as we launch it. In one Corinthians two one through two, 52 00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:10.159 Paul is speaking. He says, you'll remember, friends, that when 53 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:12.719 I first came to you, this is now after the 54 00:03:12.759 --> 00:03:15.840 Lord has descended to heaven and so forth. I didn't 55 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:20.719 try to impress you with polished speeches and the latest philosophy, 56 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:24.599 which is what many people even want today. They would 57 00:03:24.680 --> 00:03:27.439 rather have philosophy that they can tuck into their brain 58 00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:32.400 that doesn't challenge the transformation that they need in their life. 59 00:03:33.199 --> 00:03:37.520 And we all need transformation. And I don't care how 60 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:41.520 long you've been saved, you still need transformation. It's an 61 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:46.120 ongoing process. Or you can just be satisfied with philosophy. 62 00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:49.759 Lord change me in Jesus's name, And then he says 63 00:03:49.879 --> 00:03:53.280 I deliberately kept it plain and simple. I can relate 64 00:03:53.319 --> 00:03:59.479 to that. First, Jesus and who he is. That's what 65 00:03:59.479 --> 00:04:02.479 we're really are trying to study. Then Jesus in what 66 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:06.879 he did, Jesus crucified. Now, what is something we can 67 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:09.800 look at today that we can expand our perspective of 68 00:04:09.840 --> 00:04:12.639 who Jesus is. As I said last week, we looked 69 00:04:12.680 --> 00:04:15.000 at he was our best friend. Well, let's look at 70 00:04:15.080 --> 00:04:20.519 Jesus the teacher. Jesus the teacher. This is not a 71 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:23.839 complicated message, but the main thing I want you to 72 00:04:23.879 --> 00:04:31.600 see and remember, Jesus modeled everything he taught. That's the 73 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:37.160 takeaway for today. He modeled what he taught so that 74 00:04:37.240 --> 00:04:41.120 you could mimic and imitate what he did. That's a 75 00:04:41.160 --> 00:04:46.079 good teacher. That's the best teacher. Jesus was the greatest 76 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:49.759 teacher you ever lived. In the four Gospels Matthew, Mark, Luke, 77 00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:55.120 and John at least forty eight times he is mentioned 78 00:04:55.240 --> 00:04:58.959 or referred to as the teacher. So we couldn't pass 79 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:02.160 this up. People would follow Jesus to some of the 80 00:05:02.319 --> 00:05:05.399 most remote places when he was trying to rest or 81 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:08.639 be with his disciples, and yes, they were looking at 82 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:11.279 from miracles and healings and so forth, and we'll cover 83 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:14.360 that aspect is one of the things of his nature. 84 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:17.519 But they wanted to hear him speak too. They wanted 85 00:05:17.560 --> 00:05:21.319 to hear him teach because it was just taking everything 86 00:05:21.399 --> 00:05:23.680 from the Old Testament and bringing it over in the 87 00:05:23.800 --> 00:05:27.759 New Testament, where there's the whole transformation of your nature, 88 00:05:28.279 --> 00:05:31.879 and doing away with the rote of the law and 89 00:05:32.160 --> 00:05:36.399 mechanically serving God to understanding him with your heart. So 90 00:05:36.439 --> 00:05:40.920 they would find they would skip eating, hallelujah, whatever they 91 00:05:40.959 --> 00:05:43.639 had to do so they could hear him speak. He 92 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:47.319 was so relevant, he was authentic. He I mean, he's 93 00:05:47.399 --> 00:05:50.920 just so concerned. That's our Jesus. And when I think 94 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:54.759 about a great teacher, I think about what Jesus did, 95 00:05:54.839 --> 00:05:58.560 and he taught it by example. He lived it. He 96 00:05:58.600 --> 00:06:01.519 didn't just tell you what to do like a dictator 97 00:06:01.959 --> 00:06:05.680 who lived high moightily in a different echelon of life 98 00:06:06.120 --> 00:06:09.000 and come out and come down to his subjects and 99 00:06:09.040 --> 00:06:11.399 his servants and those that are supposed to obey him 100 00:06:11.399 --> 00:06:13.560 and tell them to do all this stuff and then 101 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:16.639 retreat back up to the hills somewhere and live a 102 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:20.480 totally different life. No, he shows us what to do. 103 00:06:20.600 --> 00:06:24.600 He demonstrated what to do so we could follow him. 104 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:29.199 Jesus the teacher has something to say. Not only is 105 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:32.279 it an answer for you, not only is he the 106 00:06:32.360 --> 00:06:35.800 answer for you, but you can follow him as an example. 107 00:06:36.279 --> 00:06:40.399 In John thirteen, Jesus was talking to his disciples and 108 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:43.759 he says this getting ready for his death, burial and 109 00:06:43.839 --> 00:06:46.480 resurrection eventually, and he's going to wash their feet and 110 00:06:46.519 --> 00:06:52.519 so forth. He says this, I have set you an example. 111 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:59.480 In other words, my life has been an example that 112 00:06:59.519 --> 00:07:04.000 you should do as I have done for you and 113 00:07:04.079 --> 00:07:08.680 of you that teach, you coach, you work with people, 114 00:07:09.160 --> 00:07:11.600 you have a staff, you have people under you at 115 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:14.959 work or whatever. You show them as an example what 116 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:18.160 you do, and then you want them to follow that example. 117 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:21.399 That's what Jesus has done for us. The question is 118 00:07:21.519 --> 00:07:28.959 are we following his example? This was way before any 119 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:31.839 other thing in his heart. Let me live it, let 120 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:34.079 me be your friend, Let me live it so you 121 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:37.160 can glean it from my life and then follow me. 122 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:40.720 And at this point right here is really going to 123 00:07:40.720 --> 00:07:44.360 demonstrate humility. He didn't just say be humble. He got 124 00:07:44.399 --> 00:07:48.920 down on the ground and he washed their feet, knowing 125 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:52.480 what was getting ready to happen. The teacher elevated the 126 00:07:52.480 --> 00:07:57.120 feet of Judas, knowing that he was going to betray him. 127 00:07:57.279 --> 00:07:59.120 I think about it, if you knew somebody's getting ready 128 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:02.120 to betray you, you might elevate their feet and then 129 00:08:02.120 --> 00:08:04.639 flip them over. You know what I'm saying. Oh no, 130 00:08:04.720 --> 00:08:09.600 not Jesus. He washed his feet. He elevated the feet 131 00:08:09.639 --> 00:08:14.879 of Peter, knowing he was going to deny him. See 132 00:08:15.519 --> 00:08:17.360 when you've read the Bible so many times in his 133 00:08:17.519 --> 00:08:21.360 end of that, you can just gloss over the emotion 134 00:08:21.720 --> 00:08:26.000 or the personhood of Jesus and what he's teaching us. 135 00:08:27.639 --> 00:08:32.879 Jesus knew the disciples would face situations that if they 136 00:08:32.919 --> 00:08:35.200 weren't humble, like he was going ready to show them, 137 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:37.240 they're going to mess up. Their mouth was going to 138 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:41.440 get them in trouble. I know none of us are 139 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:44.799 mouths ever got us in trouble, But you might know 140 00:08:44.879 --> 00:08:49.320 someone you know, when you don't have an example, and 141 00:08:49.360 --> 00:08:53.080 who is our greatest example, because he's the best teacher, 142 00:08:53.840 --> 00:08:56.879 and you don't know what to do, then you just 143 00:08:57.000 --> 00:09:01.000 kind of follow yourself or the example that you set yourself. 144 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:04.840 Proverbs fourteen twelve. There's a way which seems right to 145 00:09:04.960 --> 00:09:10.679 a man my way, but its end is the way 146 00:09:10.840 --> 00:09:16.799 of death. So left to ourself, we is in trouble. 147 00:09:18.440 --> 00:09:23.360 We need a teacher what's his name? Yes, So with 148 00:09:23.480 --> 00:09:27.120 the absence of that relationship, the one who wants to 149 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:28.879 be our best friend, the one that wants to be 150 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:34.759 a teacher by example, we have some tendencies with no example. 151 00:09:34.799 --> 00:09:37.120 We're on our own and we don't know what to do. 152 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:41.279 So how we handle things. We're going to fix it ourself. 153 00:09:42.600 --> 00:09:44.840 Now I'm not saying that's always bad. I mean God 154 00:09:44.879 --> 00:09:48.879 gives us common sense, I understand that. But things that 155 00:09:48.919 --> 00:09:52.080 are beyond us, things that are more complicated. If we 156 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:55.159 try to fix it in ourselfs we approach it with 157 00:09:55.200 --> 00:09:59.879 an independent approach. So if there's a marriage issue, or 158 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:04.399 an addiction issue, or struggle, or a sin issue, don't 159 00:10:04.440 --> 00:10:15.120 rely on yourself. Jesus led by example. If ever, you 160 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:18.799 have gone to our local detention center to minister, or 161 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:24.399 you've gone to a prison to minister. A common denominator 162 00:10:24.679 --> 00:10:28.039 amongst all the men there especially is they did not 163 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:32.320 have a father, They did not have an example to follow. 164 00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:37.679 There wasn't someone guiding them. There's not someone saying don't 165 00:10:37.720 --> 00:10:42.399 do that or do this or watch for this. And 166 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:47.039 when we fix it ourselves, without teachers, without examples, without 167 00:10:47.080 --> 00:10:52.799 the ultimate teacher, we mess up. I will mess up, 168 00:10:53.080 --> 00:10:56.720 you will mess up. Then what happens Then we try 169 00:10:56.720 --> 00:10:59.679 to learn to live with it. This is my lot, 170 00:11:00.440 --> 00:11:03.399 this is my situation, this is what I've done. Got 171 00:11:03.440 --> 00:11:06.039 to make the best of it, and believing that then 172 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:08.879 there would be some change. And when you get to 173 00:11:08.919 --> 00:11:13.759 the place where you quit and don't seek help and guidance, 174 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:19.039 it's just we're just being stubborn. I said, We're being stubborn, 175 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:22.320 and we've got to be able to say, wait, I've 176 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:25.679 tried this, that didn't work. Am I just going to 177 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:29.000 live with this? Or I'm going to allow quote my 178 00:11:29.120 --> 00:11:33.600 salvation experience and feeling of holy ghost experience to take 179 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:36.279 me to a new spot in the lord? Or am 180 00:11:36.279 --> 00:11:38.720 I just going to put it on cruise and just 181 00:11:38.799 --> 00:11:41.960 kind of suck air and grow old and die. I 182 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:45.240 don't want to do that, I said, I don't anybody 183 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:48.360 else want to do that. We need to keep changing 184 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:54.679 and changing and changing because the teacher wants to help us. 185 00:11:55.440 --> 00:11:59.240 So at last, but not least, when you finally wake up, 186 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:01.879 what you do, then as you do, turn to God. 187 00:12:02.360 --> 00:12:04.039 And what would be like if we would do that 188 00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:07.759 with our first response all the time. What if we 189 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:14.960 modeled Jesus as the teacher and mimic him and his 190 00:12:15.080 --> 00:12:18.720 attitudes and his thoughts and his decisions until it becomes 191 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:22.720 part of our nature. Jesus walked the earth as a man, 192 00:12:23.720 --> 00:12:28.360 not a book of instructions. I said, he walked the 193 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:33.159 earth as a man, but a man who took humanity 194 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:37.519 through a process of things that you can see with 195 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:40.840 the disciples and others and be able to look at 196 00:12:40.879 --> 00:12:43.759 what they did and how they maneuvered in life and 197 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:47.399 follow that. He knew they would go through times they 198 00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:50.399 wouldn't know what to do, and so He's guiding them 199 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:54.480 way in advance so that they can make good choices. Again, 200 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:57.600 the ministry of the Holy Spirit today is to bring 201 00:12:57.679 --> 00:13:01.120 you the uninterrupted attention of Jesus Christ. So when you're 202 00:13:01.159 --> 00:13:03.480 in the Word, and then you're in praise and you 203 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:06.679 are in worship and you're seeking Him and you're praying, 204 00:13:06.840 --> 00:13:10.440 suddenly you can hear in your spirit the voice of 205 00:13:10.480 --> 00:13:13.480 the Lord what he did and what you're supposed to do. 206 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:18.000 Because he is the teacher and he wants to teach 207 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:21.240 you today, don't put yourself here, and he's way over 208 00:13:21.279 --> 00:13:23.679 there and there's this big gulf. No, he wants to 209 00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:27.960 walk real close. And if you remember the illustration last 210 00:13:27.960 --> 00:13:30.679 week that Connelly and Derek did, it was great because 211 00:13:31.559 --> 00:13:33.600 I'm sorry Derek. I mean, Derek had to be the 212 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:36.639 God who didn't care man, he had to look. He 213 00:13:36.679 --> 00:13:39.200 did a good job with that. And then Connley was 214 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:43.879 the Jesus walking close wanting to give you his uninterrupted attention. 215 00:13:44.759 --> 00:13:47.240 That's what he wants to do. And as he does it, 216 00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:50.080 it's not just to make your life easy. It's to 217 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:54.159 teach you so you can make right choices. And when 218 00:13:54.200 --> 00:13:57.159 you make the right choices, even sometimes when it's hard, 219 00:13:57.679 --> 00:14:02.039 he takes you from glory to glory. Turn to him, 220 00:14:02.120 --> 00:14:06.480 Just turn to him. Ephesians five, Verse one. Watch what 221 00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:09.679 God does. Now, how we're going to watch what he does? 222 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:13.120 What do we have to be in every day? And 223 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:17.080 then you do it? Watch what he does? Then you 224 00:14:17.200 --> 00:14:21.639 do it like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. 225 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:26.039 Mostly what God does is love. You keep company with him, 226 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:31.720 and you're going to learn a life of love. Thank you, Lord. 227 00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:35.559 Jesus did not only give us instructions. He gave us 228 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:39.720 a great example through his life. And there's a scripture 229 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:41.960 I love in one Corinthians eleven. It won't come up 230 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:45.399 on the screen, but Paul speaking, he says, be imitators 231 00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:50.240 of me as I am of Christ. Wow. So what 232 00:14:50.399 --> 00:14:54.480 he did He tried to live his life to imitate, 233 00:14:54.639 --> 00:14:57.960 not be fake, but bring it into his character and 234 00:14:58.000 --> 00:15:01.960 his nature. This is what did. So I'm going to 235 00:15:02.039 --> 00:15:04.080 live it out in front of you, and now you 236 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:09.279 can follow me. Here's a question. Can people follow you? 237 00:15:09.320 --> 00:15:14.320 Can they follow your life, your thoughts, your choices and 238 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:21.039 see Jesus Christ. Yes, everybody say yes, that's our aim, 239 00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:24.320 that's our goal. Oh the world needs tell me yep, 240 00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:29.360 what they need all of us to be examples someone 241 00:15:29.399 --> 00:15:32.559 who's listened to the teacher, and we're following his instructions. 242 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:37.159 So what are just a few examples today that Jesus taught. 243 00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:40.960 We could be on this subject for weeks. But not 244 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:44.679 only did he teach it, he modeled it. He lived 245 00:15:44.679 --> 00:15:47.600 it out so that we would make the same choice 246 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:50.240 and live it out ourselves. So what are a few 247 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:53.639 things that we can see Jesus came to show us. 248 00:15:53.759 --> 00:16:01.279 Number one, how to overcome temptation. How to overcome temptation 249 00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:06.159 Jesus in the wilderness after he was water baptized is 250 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:10.080 one of the greatest teachings, one of the greatest examples. 251 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:15.480 It's so powerful. Jesus was in the wilderness, it says 252 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:18.679 in Matthew Ford. Look it up. Sometimes he was led 253 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:28.440 there to be tempted. Who understand why, because you've got 254 00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:39.919 to overcome it. You will be tempted, just face it. 255 00:16:39.919 --> 00:16:45.840 It's gonna happen, and normally it sneaks up on you unexpectedly. 256 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:49.600 And if you're not in the Bible understanding the moral 257 00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:51.360 will of God, remember the door we had up here 258 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:53.080 for a month and a half, the moral will of 259 00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:56.159 God and the sovereign will of God hearing his voice. 260 00:16:56.559 --> 00:17:01.000 If you're not in that, when temptation comes and you're 261 00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:03.840 not in relationship with the Body of Christ and people 262 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:07.960 that speaking life to you, it's easy to veer off, 263 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:13.920 open a door and go a wrong direction where temptation wins. 264 00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:20.440 So he was in the wilderness to be tempted. He 265 00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:23.640 knew it. He knew it was going to happen. And 266 00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:27.079 we're not immune to it either. You need to know him. 267 00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:31.440 You need to know he's going to happen. And I 268 00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:34.720 know I'm going over this over and over, because if 269 00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:38.160 you don't get strong and stay strong when it comes 270 00:17:38.200 --> 00:17:42.279 your way, you fall pray to it. Jesus was praying 271 00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:47.319 and fasting and seeking God in relationship and fellowship for 272 00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:52.599 forty days. You would think he's immune. Well, he's weak 273 00:17:52.640 --> 00:17:55.920 at that point physically, and temptation came. I don't know 274 00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:58.920 if you've noticed this, but sometimes the greatest temptations will 275 00:17:58.960 --> 00:18:02.920 come after one of your greatest victories. Tuck that in 276 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:06.759 your little spirit. Okay, you have some great victory in 277 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:11.200 your life and you're excited and you think, man, I'm 278 00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:15.480 making progress. Get ready, there could be a temptation coming 279 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:20.039 right after that. So he knew this was going to happen. 280 00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:24.279 And we're vulnerable. And guess who comes creeping in all 281 00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:33.039 three of these temptations. Jesus responded with what it is written, 282 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:36.039 All right, here's our door again. Just picture it up here. 283 00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:37.640 I guess I should have just kept it up here. 284 00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:41.960 But the morral will the Word of God, and I 285 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:44.039 know many many of you are reading the Word have 286 00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:47.200 got through this year, maybe even more than once. Come on, 287 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:50.559 let's give yourself a handclapfirm being in the word. Oh 288 00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:52.880 that's week. Come on, I ought to be better than 289 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:55.480 UK win in a basketball game, you're in the world. 290 00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:57.799 You want to win in life, You've got to be 291 00:18:57.839 --> 00:19:00.559 in the Word. And because when you're in the Word 292 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:05.160 on a consistent basis, when those things come, that stuff 293 00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:09.400 that you've put in your spirit comes out. It's there 294 00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:11.559 and you're able to You might not be able to 295 00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:13.400 find it, but thank God for your phone and you 296 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:16.319 can google it real quick and get it, and you 297 00:19:16.359 --> 00:19:19.640 can find that verse and you can get strength and overcome. 298 00:19:20.599 --> 00:19:24.480 He knew what to do. It is written. Listen, Jesus 299 00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:35.200 defeated the devil as a man, as a man, with 300 00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:40.599 the Word of God. Now you can read that. I understand. Yes, 301 00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:43.680 he was God's son, but he laid down all those 302 00:19:43.759 --> 00:19:47.359 privileges when he came to earth to live in a 303 00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:56.359 weakened state, hungry, exhausted, thirsty. A man defeated the devil 304 00:19:57.519 --> 00:20:03.559 with the word. You can defeat the devil as a man, 305 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:11.920 as a woman, as a child with the word. But 306 00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:15.920 you got to have the word. The teacher is telling 307 00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:19.759 us through his own life example. The power is in 308 00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:22.680 the words. So what is the solution temptation or the word? 309 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:27.759 Jesus did that those three areas that really any temptation 310 00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:29.880 can relate to the lust of the flesh, lust of 311 00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:32.759 the eye, and pride of life Matthew four to eleven. 312 00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:37.279 Then then the devil left him. Why because of the 313 00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:41.920 power of the word. Then the devil will leave you 314 00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:48.000 because of what the power it's not. Thank God for willpower, 315 00:20:48.119 --> 00:20:52.880 that's great. Thank God for positive thinking, that's great. Thank God. 316 00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:57.119 Running from temptation like Joseph did, that's great. But if 317 00:20:57.119 --> 00:20:59.359 you want to see the devil kind of leave or 318 00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:02.000 a season, and the Word of God has got to 319 00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:04.680 begin to come out of your mouth, out of your spirit. 320 00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:08.400 In combat, the devil left him and the angels came 321 00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:12.279 and attended him. Now wouldn't it be great if you 322 00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:15.200 could literally see the angels coming in strengthening you after 323 00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:19.960 you overcome a temptation. Jesus defeated the devil as a man, 324 00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:23.720 and you can draw strength through the word as well. 325 00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:30.359 Number two, Another thing Jesus the Teacher taught and displayed 326 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:37.519 is how to face impossible situations. How to face them? 327 00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:40.640 Now I know our nature because I've got one just 328 00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:46.039 like you. When we face impossible situations, we either try 329 00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:48.680 to fix it, or we try to deny it, or 330 00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:50.799 we try to run from it, or we're mad at it. 331 00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:53.519 Come on, help me out right, all that type of 332 00:21:53.599 --> 00:22:01.440 stuff because we don't like impossible situations, respecting them. I'm 333 00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:09.160 spearfilled believer. I'm not supposed to have hard thanks you're 334 00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:12.960 gonna have some hard things. I'm not a prophet of doom. 335 00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:16.839 It's just called earth. And you don't have to let 336 00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:21.759 that become your identity and fold up and quit. Think 337 00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:24.720 of the story of the Lord's friend Lazaruth see now, 338 00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:29.759 please go deeper, thinking him as a man, as a friend, 339 00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:34.599 he was our best friend, he's our teacher. Okay, Lazarus died, 340 00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:39.000 he's buried. Jesus gets there a few days after his burial, 341 00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:43.000 and the two sisters Mary Martha, they're really laying a 342 00:22:43.079 --> 00:22:46.799 guilt trip on him. I mean really they are. You know, 343 00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:50.440 if you had been here, this wouldn't happened, and all 344 00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:54.920 that type of stuff. They faced an impossible situation and 345 00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:58.799 they wanted it resolved on their own timetable. I understand 346 00:22:58.839 --> 00:23:02.160 that that's not bad. All of us want everything resolved 347 00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:07.559 on our timetable we do they did, and Jesus he 348 00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:12.240 had wept over this, and he wept over this when 349 00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:16.559 he got there. We can speculate numerous reasons. Number one, 350 00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:21.759 the loss that was his friend. Number two, he would 351 00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:24.920 have loved to have gotten there and seen the man 352 00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:28.000 healed instead of die, but he had to be obedient 353 00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:31.480 and he had to wait. And I have a feeling 354 00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:38.440 that was hard. Come on, Maybe he was even weeping 355 00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:41.039 that they didn't think he would still be able to 356 00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:46.440 do something. Just just think a moment, just let your 357 00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:51.160 brain think. What was he weeping about? The teacher our 358 00:23:51.200 --> 00:24:03.799 best friend. Jesus asked them, do you believe now your 359 00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:14.000 impossible situation? Let me ask you, do you believe now? 360 00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:17.519 For me? A test I can tell that I'm believing 361 00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:22.920 or trusting. Is I come at rest and I come 362 00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:27.680 at peace. Now the star might be around and all 363 00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:31.279 that type of stuff, but I come at rest and 364 00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:34.759 I come at peace. And so if you're not at 365 00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:37.599 rest and not at peace, don't leave your house, Okay, 366 00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:42.039 don't go out because you spread confusion. And we're supposed 367 00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:48.000 to be example of trusting in impossible situations. You come 368 00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:52.279 at rest and you come at peace. Lazarth had been 369 00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:55.119 dead for four days. It's not like they're still doing 370 00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:58.759 CPR on him. And maybe he's alive. I mean, he's 371 00:24:58.799 --> 00:25:03.640 stinking dead. Are you with me? Okay, he's dead. Jesus 372 00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:06.640 walked up and asked do you believe? And I believe. 373 00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:11.759 Jesus asked us that today, in our impossible situation as 374 00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:14.480 a teacher, do you think I can do it? Do 375 00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:18.680 you trust me? He really was letting the sisters know, 376 00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:24.920 trust me and let me demonstrate God in your life. 377 00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:29.119 Let me demonstrate the resurrection. Now, he said, you believe 378 00:25:29.160 --> 00:25:31.559 in resurrection? Oh yeah, non, he says, no, I am 379 00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:38.160 the resurrection and the life. So for your impossible situation, anybody, 380 00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:40.559 let me see anybody have something that seems impossible. Let 381 00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:44.079 me see your HND. Okay, all right, he is the 382 00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:49.640 resurrection and he's the life. I said, Jesus is your 383 00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:55.519 resurrection and the life for your impossible situation. That's what 384 00:25:55.799 --> 00:26:01.279 the teacher wants you to know today. The solution, what 385 00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:07.480 is it? Faith? Hebrews eleven six. Without faith, it is 386 00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:11.640 impossible to please him. Oh Lord, all I want to 387 00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:14.160 do is live for the glory of God. I've heard that, 388 00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:20.839 so many religious times. Well, great, trust him, live with 389 00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:24.039 faith in your life, because you're not going to please 390 00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:30.799 him otherwise. Living for the glory of God is loving, trusting, believing, 391 00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:34.000 knowing that He's bigger, and I want to please you God. 392 00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:40.119 Number three, they're getting None of these are complicated. But 393 00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:43.519 we've got to see the teacher relaying these not only 394 00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:46.160 to the disciples and the followers of that time, he's 395 00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:52.039 teaching us today how to submit to God's plan. How 396 00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:56.359 to submit to God's plan. Now, this is tough because 397 00:26:56.400 --> 00:27:00.519 we all have flesh. Right you ever hear the phrase, oh, 398 00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:02.680 they're just in the flesh. Have you heard that phrase before? 399 00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:07.440 Come on, let me see heh gens she said that phrase. 400 00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:10.400 What means is I'm about to sin big time. That's 401 00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:14.039