WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:03.560 Today, my heart is excited. I got a room full 2 00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:06.879 of people who love the Lord, and I'm gonna just 3 00:00:06.919 --> 00:00:09.679 share the best I can whatever God's put in my heart. 4 00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:12.640 I'm gonna share a message. It's called the Greatest among Us. 5 00:00:13.439 --> 00:00:16.440 It's a message I actually shared this Wednesday with the youth, 6 00:00:16.920 --> 00:00:19.280 and I try to shake it. I did. I was like, 7 00:00:19.399 --> 00:00:21.839 I don't want to share this again. That was for 8 00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:26.079 the youth. That's not for Sunday. And the Lord just 9 00:00:26.120 --> 00:00:31.719 did not give me anything. And you know, we can easily, 10 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:36.039 as men and women given a free will, we can 11 00:00:36.119 --> 00:00:41.679 easily open this beautiful, holy, amazing, life breathing thing and 12 00:00:42.799 --> 00:00:45.560 come up with something amazing and it will all be good. 13 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:51.840 There's nothing here that is bad. It's all good. But 14 00:00:52.240 --> 00:00:56.399 I always am troubled to share something that He's doing 15 00:00:56.520 --> 00:00:59.719 internally in my heart and my life. I wanted to 16 00:00:59.759 --> 00:01:01.840 be a effective, I wanted to be powerful, and he 17 00:01:01.960 --> 00:01:05.200 was giving me nothing else. So today we're going to 18 00:01:05.239 --> 00:01:10.680 get the youth sermon. So get your gears ready, dial 19 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:17.760 down your vocabulary. Let's go simple, because in simplicity there's power. Cool. 20 00:01:18.599 --> 00:01:20.959 Would you close your eyes for a second and say, 21 00:01:20.959 --> 00:01:27.000 Holy Spirit, give me your grace to see what you 22 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:35.959 see and experience your presence. Amen. Okay, So while I 23 00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:41.159 was questioning this sermon if I should or shouldn't, I 24 00:01:41.239 --> 00:01:44.439 asked the Lord that he would confirm it, and he 25 00:01:44.519 --> 00:01:47.200 shared it through several people. So I was super excited 26 00:01:47.719 --> 00:01:50.439 that this is the word of the Lord for this morning. 27 00:01:50.760 --> 00:01:54.599 So thank you all for coming the greatest among us. 28 00:01:57.120 --> 00:02:01.599 When we hear the word great or great or great tists. 29 00:02:02.879 --> 00:02:06.719 There's certain ways that just because we're in this world, 30 00:02:06.799 --> 00:02:11.039 there's certain patterns of thought that we're used to thinking 31 00:02:11.759 --> 00:02:15.080 when it comes to greatness. And for a lot of us, 32 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:20.759 when we ask who would you say is great? And 33 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:27.039 many times we'll start pointing to people who have what 34 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:34.639 we call achievements, things that they have accomplished, achieved things 35 00:02:34.639 --> 00:02:39.000 that are very honorable, and we say, this person right here, 36 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:43.560 they're great. And then we may ask, well, who else 37 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:47.000 is great? Then we may go all the way to 38 00:02:47.159 --> 00:02:52.000 the other side, and we might say those maybe that 39 00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:56.360 don't have all the achievements, but they have all the possessions, 40 00:02:57.520 --> 00:03:00.560 they have all the stuff that all of us may 41 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:04.680 want in life. So you got people who have amazing 42 00:03:04.719 --> 00:03:07.680 achievements and they've done so much. And then you have 43 00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:10.080 people who just have all the stuff. A lot of 44 00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:13.719 times they're just super wealthy and they just have everything 45 00:03:13.759 --> 00:03:18.000 that anybody could ever imagine and more. And we're thinking, man, 46 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:20.840 these people are great. And if it's not for the 47 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:24.520 things you've done or the stuff you have, it's the 48 00:03:24.639 --> 00:03:30.080 power you carry. And we perceive greatness through the things 49 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:33.159 you've done, through the things you have, or the influence 50 00:03:33.240 --> 00:03:36.400 or the power you carry. And so a lot of 51 00:03:36.439 --> 00:03:40.360 times when we're thinking about the greatest among us, we're thinking, well, 52 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:42.879 who's done the most, who has the most, and who 53 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:49.240 has the most influence and greatness we're perceiving and understanding 54 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:52.960 through the realm of how we grew up in this world. 55 00:03:53.560 --> 00:03:57.439 And it's interesting because there was a point where the 56 00:03:57.520 --> 00:04:01.479 disciples were arguing about who is the great greatest You 57 00:04:01.479 --> 00:04:05.560 guys remember that story, and Jesus, as amazing as he is, 58 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:09.000 he calls the child to his lap, and the child 59 00:04:09.039 --> 00:04:12.159 sits down, and then he says to them, if any 60 00:04:12.199 --> 00:04:15.080 of you want to experience the Kingdom of God, you 61 00:04:15.199 --> 00:04:19.720 must become like one of these, like a child, like 62 00:04:20.639 --> 00:04:27.720 one that has nothing achieved, no possessions, and no influence, 63 00:04:28.279 --> 00:04:31.759 and he's saying, do any of you want to experience 64 00:04:31.800 --> 00:04:36.160 the greatest thing, you must become like one of these. 65 00:04:37.319 --> 00:04:39.680 How many of us know that there's more depth than 66 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:42.399 just to the surface of what Jesus was talking about. 67 00:04:42.959 --> 00:04:46.360 He's saying, He's saying, all the things that you've done, 68 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:49.279 all the things that you have, and who you think 69 00:04:49.319 --> 00:04:52.199 you are needs to go to the trash when it 70 00:04:52.240 --> 00:05:00.199 comes to this question of greatness. So you have in 71 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:04.000 the Bible, there's a story. I love this story. You 72 00:05:04.040 --> 00:05:07.839 have these two guys names James and John. Have you 73 00:05:07.879 --> 00:05:13.439 heard of them? James and john Sons of Thunder and 74 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:18.800 James and John. They devised the plan which they consulted 75 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:21.360 their mother for. How many of us know it gets 76 00:05:21.360 --> 00:05:25.639 real when the mom gets involved. Oh yeah, things just 77 00:05:25.839 --> 00:05:28.720 start happening. And they said, Mama, we need you to 78 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:32.759 come with us and be our spokesman. How many of 79 00:05:32.839 --> 00:05:36.959 us know women know how to communicate things well, they 80 00:05:37.000 --> 00:05:41.120 know how to articulate things men can't even think of. Like, 81 00:05:41.959 --> 00:05:44.959 for example, if I'm trying to tell you how I feel, 82 00:05:44.959 --> 00:05:47.480 it takes me five minutes to figure out how I feel. 83 00:05:49.759 --> 00:05:55.199 I want to say this carefully. If my wife I 84 00:05:55.319 --> 00:05:58.399 love her so much. If she wants to tell me 85 00:05:58.519 --> 00:06:02.680 how she feels, she knows ten different ways to tell 86 00:06:02.720 --> 00:06:07.519 me the same thing. Some of you women in this house, 87 00:06:08.279 --> 00:06:12.079 there's a voice God's put on you. It's anointing from 88 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:16.360 Heaven that instead of using for the kingdom, we use 89 00:06:16.399 --> 00:06:21.319 for gossip. Now, this is not where I'm going with 90 00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:24.839 the message, but I'm just saying God's raising the standard 91 00:06:25.079 --> 00:06:29.879 in the way we speak. The tongue. Shake my hand, somebody. 92 00:06:30.279 --> 00:06:34.920 This tongue has the power like a flame in a 93 00:06:35.079 --> 00:06:38.920 dry forest, like a little spark to blow it all up. 94 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:42.439 Yet it has the same power as a little rotor 95 00:06:42.519 --> 00:06:46.720 on a ship to change course of everything. It can 96 00:06:46.879 --> 00:06:53.680 speak grand speeches and then go and blaspheme everything in 97 00:06:53.759 --> 00:06:57.600 everyone this tongue. How many of us know, God's raising 98 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:01.759 the standard for the believer. But it's interesting because this 99 00:07:01.920 --> 00:07:05.160 tongue is tied into something deeper. It's tied into a root, 100 00:07:05.800 --> 00:07:10.560 so it goes based on what's inside. How many of 101 00:07:10.600 --> 00:07:12.439 us says something like I don't know why that slipped up? 102 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:18.399 Why did that come out? It's a good question. Maybe 103 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:23.480 we shouldn't jump over that question so quickly. But with 104 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:28.240 the tongue it's amazing. Is what is available to us 105 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:31.879 if we can make peace or we can start wars. 106 00:07:33.040 --> 00:07:36.920 That's the power of it. So James and John they're like, Mama, 107 00:07:36.959 --> 00:07:40.160 we need your help. So they show up to Jesus 108 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:45.800 and what happens is the mother kneels before Jesus. And 109 00:07:45.839 --> 00:07:50.360 when she kneels before Jesus with James and John, everybody 110 00:07:50.399 --> 00:07:54.160 knows she about to ask something serious, and she goes 111 00:07:54.480 --> 00:07:58.920 after jesusays, what is your request? She says, my request 112 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:03.160 is that in your kingdom, my sons, James and John, 113 00:08:04.160 --> 00:08:09.199 they would sit at your right and at your left. 114 00:08:09.639 --> 00:08:13.839 And Jesus, he's amazing. He's like, oh, I don't think 115 00:08:13.839 --> 00:08:17.639 you know what you're asking. Are you ready to drink 116 00:08:17.800 --> 00:08:21.040 of the bitter cup of suffering? I am about to drink. 117 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:26.600 James and John come out, Yes, we're ready, And Jesus says, 118 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:30.720 you sure will. But I am not in the position 119 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:34.720 to say who sits at my right and left? So 120 00:08:34.799 --> 00:08:38.600 watch this verse Matthew twenty I think it's verse twenty 121 00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:42.039 twenty four. This is right after Jesus gets done saying 122 00:08:42.080 --> 00:08:46.200 that when the ten others heard what James and John 123 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:53.600 had asked, they were indignant. They were angry. There that 124 00:08:53.720 --> 00:08:56.799 thing rows up the greatest among us. Who do you 125 00:08:56.919 --> 00:09:00.320 think you are? There's ten of us here too, Why 126 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:02.879 don't we all sit next to him? Why is it you? 127 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:10.559 They became angry, jealous, bitter, indignant. But Jesus called them 128 00:09:10.559 --> 00:09:15.639 together and said, you know that the rulers in this 129 00:09:15.679 --> 00:09:20.039 world lord it over their people, and the officials flaunt 130 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:25.159 their authority under them. Watch this next verse. But among 131 00:09:25.320 --> 00:09:31.759 you it will be different. I want you to notice 132 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:36.519 that word different, because Jesus is still talking about the 133 00:09:36.559 --> 00:09:42.679 same thing. He's talking about greatness, and it's amazing. Go 134 00:09:42.720 --> 00:09:46.200 back to the first verse twenty five. Yeah, you know 135 00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:50.639 that the rulers in this world lord their rulership over 136 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:55.000 the people, and the officials flaunt their authority over those 137 00:09:55.159 --> 00:09:59.519 under them. But among you it will be different. Not 138 00:09:59.679 --> 00:10:03.879 if should be different, not it might be different, It 139 00:10:04.200 --> 00:10:12.200 will be different. How many of us know that when 140 00:10:12.279 --> 00:10:16.879 Jesus makes a distinction, we need to pay attention for 141 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:22.960 we might grow up in the church living like the world. 142 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:31.000 So here's the greatness distinction. The world sees greatness through achievements, possessions, 143 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:36.679 and power. But among you, what must it be whoever 144 00:10:37.039 --> 00:10:40.559 wants to be your servant, or excuse me, whoever wants 145 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:46.559 to be your leader, must become your servant. Next verse, 146 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:50.399 and whoever wants to be first among you must become 147 00:10:50.480 --> 00:10:57.519 your slave. This right here will mess with everybody and 148 00:10:57.679 --> 00:11:03.039 every leadership conference you've ever been to the words of Jesus. 149 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:06.519 How many of us know that he is going way 150 00:11:06.559 --> 00:11:12.080 deeper than the surface. The world sees greatness on the exterior, 151 00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:15.639 the fruit of it. But Jesus says, greatness is way 152 00:11:15.720 --> 00:11:19.639 beyond the exterior. It goes deep within. It starts from here, 153 00:11:19.879 --> 00:11:22.480 from the interior. So if you want to be first, 154 00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:25.120 you must become a servant. If you want to be great, 155 00:11:25.200 --> 00:11:29.960 you must become a slave. And it's amazing because when 156 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:34.559 Jesus says servant and slave, he's touching up on something, 157 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:40.120 something deeper than what just is at hand. He's talking 158 00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:45.120 about a position or a condition of your insides, internals. 159 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:49.039 He's talking about something deeper than just the fruit of 160 00:11:49.200 --> 00:11:51.919 being a servant or being a slave. He's saying that 161 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:56.360 servant and slave comes from a deeper place within you. 162 00:11:56.879 --> 00:11:58.360 How many of us know that you can just go 163 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:01.559 ahead and start serving and becoming a slave and doing things, 164 00:12:01.559 --> 00:12:04.320 but you're still not great in the Lord's eyes. So 165 00:12:04.399 --> 00:12:07.240 what he's touching up on is something way deeper. And 166 00:12:07.279 --> 00:12:10.559 I want to quickly go to First Corinthians, chapter thirteen. 167 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:17.919 Jesus is defining greatness, and I believe that these next 168 00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:22.519 few passages right here will help us understand the heart 169 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:25.799 of Jesus when he speaks. Paul writes, if I could 170 00:12:25.879 --> 00:12:29.519 speak all the languages of the earth and of the 171 00:12:29.559 --> 00:12:39.240 angels but did not love, I would be super annoying. 172 00:12:39.799 --> 00:12:43.799 That's what he's saying to the Lord. He's not talking 173 00:12:43.799 --> 00:12:48.240 about people. He's talking about to the Lord, super annoying. 174 00:12:49.039 --> 00:12:52.080 One that has achieved so much to know all the 175 00:12:52.159 --> 00:13:01.639 languages of men and of angels, but has no love. Noisy, gong, clinging, annoying, 176 00:13:02.519 --> 00:13:08.080 just making noise. That's what the Lord sees. If I 177 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:13.039 could speak everything, I would just be annoying. Next verse. 178 00:13:14.480 --> 00:13:17.879 If I understood the gift of prophecy, or had the 179 00:13:17.919 --> 00:13:20.840 gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God's 180 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:25.480 secret plans and possessed all knowledge and had such faith 181 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:30.559 that I could move mountains. How many of us know 182 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:33.200 that if you were that person in this room, you'd 183 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:36.320 be the guest speaker at every big event. Everybody would 184 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:39.519 want you at the schedule. You'd be the president, and 185 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:42.639 then after that you would be the counsel to every president. 186 00:13:42.679 --> 00:13:47.360 After that, you would be in such place of regard 187 00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:51.440 and such place of honor, and such place of greatness 188 00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:53.360 that the whole world would want to know what's your 189 00:13:53.399 --> 00:13:58.679 next move? Possessing all knowledge, possessing all that prophecy had 190 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:02.759 to offer, possessing so much power that you can move mountains. 191 00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:07.519 But if you had all that but didn't love others, 192 00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:15.919 how much would it be zero? In whose eyes? Let 193 00:14:15.960 --> 00:14:21.600 me ask you a question. If it's God's perspective that matters, 194 00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:26.879 why are we so focused on each other's If it's 195 00:14:27.039 --> 00:14:34.120 his attention that matters. Why are we so condemned by 196 00:14:34.159 --> 00:14:39.120 each other's judgments? Why are we so convicted by even 197 00:14:39.200 --> 00:14:44.799 our own thoughts or judgments about ourselves? If it's God's 198 00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:49.879 that matters. Deception is when you take the place that 199 00:14:49.919 --> 00:14:52.639 belongs to God and give it to another, even yourself. 200 00:14:57.120 --> 00:15:01.600 I would be nothing next verse if I gave Now 201 00:15:02.039 --> 00:15:05.240 this is an interesting one because in the church we 202 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:09.639 understand love has an action. You know, it has a fruit. 203 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:13.519 It looks like something. So what's Paul right? If I gave, 204 00:15:14.440 --> 00:15:18.279 If I gave, if I did everything that you say 205 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:21.000 love to us, if I gave everything I had to 206 00:15:21.039 --> 00:15:24.559 the poor and even sacrifice this body, I could boast 207 00:15:24.600 --> 00:15:27.840 about it. But if I love, if I had no 208 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:33.480 love for others, what would I be? What would I gain? Nothing? 209 00:15:35.240 --> 00:15:40.840 This is so like mind boggling. How many of us 210 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:44.679 know God is really interested and not just the fruit 211 00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:48.960 of what you're doing, but where it's coming from. How 212 00:15:49.000 --> 00:15:51.879 many of us know that you can do all these things? 213 00:15:51.919 --> 00:15:55.080 But if the intention is not pure, it's a zero 214 00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:57.879 to the one who sees it. I can't see your intention. 215 00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:04.120 I can't see why you're doing what you're doing. Your 216 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:09.200 spouse can't see it, your friends can't see it. The 217 00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:11.559 ones you want to be seen by can't see it. 218 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:20.480 But there is one that can. Yeah. Now, listen, if 219 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:22.679 you want to give everything you have to the poor 220 00:16:22.799 --> 00:16:25.519 and bring it in here, we'll help with that. Listen. 221 00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:28.039 We'll hook you up with the right connections. We'll get 222 00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:31.519 that all settled for you. But keep your heart good, 223 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:34.440 Keep your heart good. Next verse, I want you to 224 00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:44.799 catch this. Love is patient and kind, interesting, Love is 225 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:53.440 not jealous, boastful, proud watch this next verse or first, 226 00:16:53.879 --> 00:17:03.080 or rude. Well, I'm just being honest. No, you're being rude. 227 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:06.039 Well I'm just telling them how it is. No, you're 228 00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:12.680 being rude, and that isn't love. It's amazing how love 229 00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:18.319 can keep your heart right. But it's interesting that love 230 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:21.000 is so truthful that it will still tell you the truth, 231 00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:24.200 but it will be kind in the way it does it. 232 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:30.559 It's just this is so amazing. It does not demand 233 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:37.279 its own way. Right here, we're in marriage counseling right now. 234 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:48.839 Love does not demand its own way. It it is 235 00:17:48.880 --> 00:17:57.119 not irritable some of us. Well, God is so good, 236 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:07.640 and it keeps no records of being wronged. If you're married, 237 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:13.119 raise your hand. It's good marriage counseling. Put your hand on. 238 00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:15.880 If you're single, raise your hand. Keep it up now 239 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:28.000 look around, kid, So everybody knows. But love is very interesting. 240 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:33.880 It doesn't seek its own and it doesn't hold the 241 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:38.160 record of being wronged. That doesn't mean that I don't 242 00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:42.079 trust you if you've wronged to me, but it means 243 00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:44.119 I don't hold it against you, and I can forgive you. 244 00:18:46.599 --> 00:18:48.720 How many of us if we just close the service 245 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:52.039 right now we can go and repent from something. Yeah, yeah, 246 00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:54.559 would you be honest? Raise your hand. Cool, that's good, 247 00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:58.880 that's a healthy sign. But it's interesting that in all 248 00:18:58.960 --> 00:19:01.839 that the Lord is trying to teach his disciples, He's 249 00:19:01.880 --> 00:19:04.759 trying to take him to the core of who we 250 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:08.079 are in the Lord. See Jesus, when he came, he died, 251 00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:10.960 and he rose from the dead. He wanted to restore 252 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:13.640 the original image that you and I were formed in, 253 00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:17.920 and that image was love and for love. It wasn't 254 00:19:17.920 --> 00:19:20.559 for ourself, it was for one another. It was for 255 00:19:20.640 --> 00:19:24.599 the Lord. And the closer we can get to that 256 00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:28.319 picture of what real love looks like, the more we 257 00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:31.759 will fall into our true identity. Now, for the sake 258 00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:33.640 of time, I have a lot on my heart, but 259 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:36.160 I gotta get to this. I'm gonna ask I need 260 00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:39.200 to demonstrate something. I'm gonna share a story right out 261 00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:42.680 of the scripture. I need three volunteers, Mister Frank, can 262 00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:46.240 I do I have my Sons of Thunder in here? Jameson, 263 00:19:46.559 --> 00:19:49.680 where are you at? Sons of Thunders? Come here? Give 264 00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:53.640 it up for Leon Kenneth, pastor Frank, bring three chairs? 265 00:19:53.680 --> 00:20:00.960 Would you there was a situation that happened the scriptures. 266 00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:05.759 May see what you bring my props. How many of 267 00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:11.480 us know that sometimes a visual helps understand a deeper picture, y'all. 268 00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:16.079 There was a situation also talking about greatness and the 269 00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:18.880 way that the Lord wants it. Yeah, that's perfect, just 270 00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:23.640 right back there, that's amazing. Can you see them all? Good? 271 00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:32.720 In John chapter thirteen, this piece of gospel is written 272 00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:36.079 at the very end of Jesus's walk here on earth. 273 00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:39.599 Jesus did ministry for about three and a half years, 274 00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:43.160 and in his three and a half years, this is 275 00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:46.759 one of the last days he's on the earth, and 276 00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:51.000 he's sitting in a room called the Upper Room with 277 00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:55.359 his disciples. And this is some might say, this is 278 00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:59.279 the most highest place that Jesus has been. This is 279 00:20:59.279 --> 00:21:02.480 his pinnacle of ministry. This is the greatest place he's 280 00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:07.440 been thus far. He just got done raising Lazarus from 281 00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:11.119 the dead. He just got done walking into Jerusalem, or 282 00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:15.119 riding into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey, where 283 00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:19.200 everybody was bowing before him, saying, behold the King of Israel, 284 00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:22.319 Blessed be on the one who can't comes in the 285 00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:25.440 name of the Lord. This is the place that he's 286 00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:28.680 at the height and everybody's ready for his next move. 287 00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:36.759 And this passage in John, it says, Jesus knew that 288 00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:42.960 his time was ending. Happens to be that this is 289 00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:49.160 the night before his crucifixion, this is the night he 290 00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:53.160 was betrayed, And so what does he do? Verse three? 291 00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:58.599 Let's go to verse three John, chapter thirteen. Jesus knew 292 00:21:59.119 --> 00:22:02.880 that the Father had given him authority over everything, and 293 00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:06.039 that he had come from God and would return to God. 294 00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:09.720 Jesus knew at this moment how great he really was. 295 00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:15.079 He knew that he was above absolutely everything. The Father 296 00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:20.359 has given him everything, And so what did he do? 297 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:26.319 Verse four? He got up from the table, He took 298 00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:34.200 off his robe, wrapped the towel around his waist. And 299 00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:39.759 then what did he do? He poured water into a basin. 300 00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:48.079 Just like that, he poured water into a basin, and 301 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:53.279 then they began to wash their feet. Some of you 302 00:22:53.559 --> 00:23:01.640 are a little bit nervous right now. Let you say, Frank, 303 00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:05.680 keep your shoes on. Nobody needs to pass out, bro, 304 00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:12.000 Nobody needs to know I'm kidding. Some may ask, why 305 00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:15.799 would Jesus do that? You see, back in the day 306 00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:20.279 they wore sandals. Everybody say sandals, and their feet were 307 00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:23.960 really dirty. Say dirty. When you have dirty feet and 308 00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:27.039 you have food, what do you want to do? Wash 309 00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:30.400 your feet? So typically what they had when they came 310 00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:34.039 into a house, they had a servant there, or somebody 311 00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:37.200 could be the person of the house washing the feet 312 00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:40.759 of those that would enter. That's why I remember when 313 00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:45.279 Jesus was addressing the super spiritual Pharisee and he said, listen, 314 00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:48.359 this woman Mary has been washing my feet with their 315 00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:50.559 tears and drying it with my hair. But when I 316 00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:52.960 came into your house, you didn't offer me any of that. 317 00:23:56.480 --> 00:24:00.200 So what Jesus did is he took off the identity 318 00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:03.160 that you and I so hold to in this world, 319 00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:09.200 took off that outer garment, put a towel around his waist, 320 00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:12.799 and he began to wash the feet of his disciples. 321 00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:20.799 It's interesting that Jesus started to do this. So now 322 00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:24.079 feet were dirty back in the day. What do we 323 00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:29.880 all have today, shoes? What's your only point of contact 324 00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:34.720 in this world? It's your feet, It's your shoes. And 325 00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:38.480 it's interesting because when Jesus washes the feet, he's doing 326 00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:41.839 something in the natural. Yet he's showing the spiritual aspect 327 00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:46.160 of it. He's saying, in the natural, your body is clean, 328 00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:48.960 but your feet are dirty. In the spiritual he's saying, 329 00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:51.640 you are clean, but sometimes you walk in in this world. 330 00:24:53.359 --> 00:24:56.680 Catch that and watch what he does. He comes up 331 00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:59.680 to James, is I, James, can I see your foot? 332 00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:01.880 Can I serve you? James is like, yes, my master, 333 00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:05.960 you can. And then, oh boy, that's so dirty. That's 334 00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:09.200 so messy. Buddy, you've been but you've said some nasty 335 00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:13.200 things recently. Buddy, that's really dirty. Do you guys get 336 00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:17.000 what I'm saying. He comes to James and he's saying, James, 337 00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:21.240 let me serve you, not only cleaning the mess off 338 00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:24.160 your feet, but also let me have a reach into 339 00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:28.480 your soul. And so he's cleaning, he's cleaning. It's looking 340 00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:31.079 nice as right. There you go, buddy, love you man. 341 00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:34.440 You can do better than that, because I'm in you. 342 00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:36.960 You'll be all right. Just trust me when that person 343 00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:40.279 says something against me, don't don't you get all riled up. 344 00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:43.920 It'll be all right. Trust God. I'm I'll smite them 345 00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:46.079 from heaven if I need to. But don't put it 346 00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:49.279 in your own hand, all right, my man boom, And 347 00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:53.400 then it says that Jesus went to the next He 348 00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:57.880 went to John James and John my man. Son's a thunder. 349 00:25:58.160 --> 00:26:04.240 Let's go. He come in. John. Oh boy, John's a mess. John, Buddy, 350 00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:06.960 I thought she loved me. It's all good, buddy, let 351 00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:09.920 me restore that in you. Oh what what'd you say 352 00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:12.720 to her? Oh no, she was just she was just 353 00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:15.680 trying to be nice. He didn't have to get so offensive. Buddy. 354 00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:19.079 It's all good. It's all good, you know. So he 355 00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:23.680 washes the feet, he serves his disciples, He takes the 356 00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:28.319 lowliest place. And but watch what we do. Sometimes we're like, oh, 357 00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:32.599 John said what to who? Oh my god, I've got 358 00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:35.400 a go tell Oh, I've got a go tell Junior, 359 00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:39.119 junor you know what John said, John, John? Just John blasphemed. 360 00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:41.480 He said that woman she said, she said all that stuff. 361 00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:43.680 She offended that. And you know what she said to 362 00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:46.480 the other person. Oh my god, this goes deep. She said, 363 00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:48.839 my mom is gonna tell you something. And we go. 364 00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:51.119 We that's what we do. And then we come we come, 365 00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:55.119 We're like, oh no, that's what he did. Oh he 366 00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:59.160 punched her in the face. I gotta tell somebody, and 367 00:26:59.200 --> 00:27:02.720 we get so weird with each other's experience. We get 368 00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:05.559 more used to talking about each other than to each other. 369 00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:10.680 And what we do is we find the dirt on 370 00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:14.400 each other's feet. Because we're all believers, we know we're clean, 371 00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:18.920 we're gonna be eternity forever. But we find the dirt 372 00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:22.519 in each other's feet and feel better about ourselves. We 373 00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:26.759 feel better that maybe my shoes are better, my shoes 374 00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:28.279 look a little bit. I don't have that mess on 375 00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:32.000 my shoes. I'm not that messy, so I have the 376 00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:36.160 right to tell others about how messy they were. But 377 00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:39.920 Jesus doesn't do that, does he? He washes the feet. 378 00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:46.559 I want you to catch this next part. But when 379 00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:52.640 Jesus came to Simon, Peter, how you doing, Peter? You're 380 00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:59.559 doing all right. When Jesus came to Simon Peter, Peter 381 00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:05.000 set town. Lord, are you gonna wash my feet? Lord? 382 00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:10.799 Are you gonna wash my feet? Jesus replied, you don't 383 00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:15.000 understand now what I am doing, but someday you will. 384 00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:25.960 Next verse, No, he said, no, you will never ever 385 00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:30.359 wash my feet. He didn't just stop at never, He said, 386 00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:36.079 never ever wash my feet. This is amazing. This boggles 387 00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:40.880 my mind, Peter exclaimed, watch this. Jesus reply, Unless I 388 00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:44.880 watch you, you won't belong to me. And then Simon 389 00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:46.799 Peter the most. I don't know if there's a more 390 00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:50.200 unstable mentally person as far as the disciples go. He 391 00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:52.920 had he had Satan cast it out of him. He had. 392 00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:55.559 He's he's doing everything wrong at the right time, you know, 393 00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:59.079 that's what he's doing. And so he's like, never ever, 394 00:28:59.200 --> 00:29:01.599 will you wash my And then she's like, well, then 395 00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:03.599 you're not gonna have anything to do with me. Then 396 00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:06.880 just wash my hands, wash my head. I need my 397 00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:11.400 elbows clean, I need everything clean, he says, not just 398 00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:19.680 my feet. Next verse, Jesus replied that a person who 399 00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:22.240 has bathed all over does not need to be washed 400 00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:25.799 except for the feet to be entirely clean. Are you 401 00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:29.839