WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.759 --> 00:00:06.679 Hey everyone, it's Daily Hope with Pastor Rick Warren. So 2 00:00:06.759 --> 00:00:10.240 we're continuing with this series called Daring Faith the Key 3 00:00:10.279 --> 00:00:13.119 to Miracles. And in this series you're learning how to 4 00:00:13.199 --> 00:00:17.440 have a bold, unshakable faith. And so far this series 5 00:00:17.559 --> 00:00:21.320 is giving all of us powerful tools to share our faith, 6 00:00:21.719 --> 00:00:24.800 a faith that gives you courage to impact the world 7 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:27.960 around you. Okay, here's Pastor Rick with part one of 8 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:30.359 a message called Daring to commit. 9 00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:36.399 Your life is actually shaped by your commitments. We become 10 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:41.039 whatever we are committed to. If you don't commit yourself 11 00:00:41.079 --> 00:00:47.920 to anything, you become nothing. In life, you're shaped by 12 00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:51.920 your commitments. Great people are just ordinary people who've made 13 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:56.719 a great commitment to a cause greater than themselves. Nobody 14 00:00:56.840 --> 00:01:00.560 is naturally great. You're not naturally great. I'm not naturetually great. 15 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:05.920 We're just normal ordinary people. People become great men or 16 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:09.920 great women of God when they commit themselves to something 17 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:13.319 greater than themselves. You need a cause bigger than you 18 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:15.879 to live for. If the only thing you're living for 19 00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:18.359 is you, that's not a big enough reason to get 20 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:20.439 out of bed. Just call it in and stay in 21 00:01:20.480 --> 00:01:24.840 bed tomorrow. Instead, you need something bigger than yourself. 22 00:01:24.879 --> 00:01:27.560 To live for, which draws you out of. 23 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:31.359 Yourself, which makes you bigger than yourself, which brings out 24 00:01:31.439 --> 00:01:35.959 greatness in your life. We become whatever we're committed to. 25 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:37.159 Now. 26 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:40.200 The problem is a lot of people are afraid of 27 00:01:40.239 --> 00:01:43.920 making commitments, and we see that in our society day. 28 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:45.079 We have a lot of people who don't want to 29 00:01:45.120 --> 00:01:49.439 commit to anything. There's no loyalty in our nation really 30 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:53.000 much anymore. And for a lot of people, it's kind 31 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:55.959 of like going down a buffet line, and the fear 32 00:01:55.959 --> 00:01:59.280 of commitment comes from there might be something better a 33 00:01:59.319 --> 00:02:01.840 little bit later on. And so you stand there in 34 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:04.280 front of the salad area, you know, at the first 35 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:06.920 of the you know, the buffet, and you go, well, 36 00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:08.479 I really don't want to fill up my plate. There 37 00:02:08.520 --> 00:02:10.439 might be something better. And then you get a little 38 00:02:10.439 --> 00:02:13.479 bit further down in the you know, the the casse 39 00:02:13.599 --> 00:02:15.439 roles or whatever, and you go, well, there might be 40 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:18.240 something better, and you get down the end of the 41 00:02:18.319 --> 00:02:19.800 meet said, well, well there might you know, I'll wait 42 00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:21.759 for the desserts to get down the in the desserts 43 00:02:21.800 --> 00:02:24.439 don't look gathered because you haven't committed yet. You don't 44 00:02:24.439 --> 00:02:29.039 have anything on your plate because you were afraid to commit. 45 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:34.680 You cannot live a life without making some kind of commitments. 46 00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:37.039 You can buy a house without making a commitment. You 47 00:02:37.039 --> 00:02:39.719 can buy a car without making a commitment. You can't 48 00:02:39.759 --> 00:02:42.719 have a job without making a commitment, so you have 49 00:02:42.800 --> 00:02:45.479 to make some commitment. You can't get married without making 50 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:50.800 a commitment. So commitments define our lives. And the key 51 00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:54.199 is to make good ones, to make fewer bad commitments, 52 00:02:54.240 --> 00:02:57.879 and to make more good commitments. Now the Bible says 53 00:02:57.919 --> 00:03:00.919 this about commitment Romans chapter six. Top of your outline, 54 00:03:01.919 --> 00:03:06.000 give yourself completely to God. That's a commitment, give yourself 55 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:08.479 completely to God, every part of you, for you've been 56 00:03:08.479 --> 00:03:11.039 brought back to life, and you want to be tools 57 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:15.360 in the hands of God, used for his good purposes. 58 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:17.639 That's the highest commitment you can make in life, to 59 00:03:17.759 --> 00:03:20.560 give yourself completely to God, to be used for the 60 00:03:20.560 --> 00:03:24.199 purposes that He made you, that he created you. Romans twelve, 61 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:27.800 Verse one says pretty much something similar. Since God has 62 00:03:27.840 --> 00:03:33.240 shown us great mercy, and he has offer your lives 63 00:03:33.439 --> 00:03:36.080 as a living sacrifice, a circle the word offer and 64 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:40.400 circle the word sacrifice. Offer your lives as a living sacrifice. 65 00:03:40.719 --> 00:03:46.199 Your offering must be only for God. And pleasing to Him, 66 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:49.520 which is the spiritual way for you to worship. 67 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:54.319 This is talking about your life. Offer your life. 68 00:03:54.479 --> 00:03:56.919 As a sacrifice to God. 69 00:03:58.039 --> 00:04:00.439 What I want to do this weekend is to talk to. 70 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:03.439 You about how your five deepest needs in your life 71 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:08.560 are met by five great commitments. You know that we 72 00:04:08.639 --> 00:04:11.919 believe that there are five purposes for life. They're covered 73 00:04:11.960 --> 00:04:14.919 in the Great Commandment and the Great Commission. In fact, 74 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:18.120 the matto the slogan the saddle backed Church for thirty 75 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:22.839 five years has been this, a great commitment to the 76 00:04:22.879 --> 00:04:26.519 Great Commandment and the Great Commission will grow a great church. 77 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:31.120 That's the saddle slogan for thirty five years. A great 78 00:04:31.160 --> 00:04:35.600 commitment to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission will 79 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:38.160 grow a great church. It's been copied by tens of 80 00:04:38.199 --> 00:04:41.399 thousands of other churches. The Great Commandment and the Great 81 00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:44.800 Commission are the two great statements of Jesus, where he says, 82 00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:46.800 love God of all your heart, love your neighbors, yourself, 83 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:49.480 Go make disciples, baptizem and teach them to do everything 84 00:04:49.519 --> 00:04:52.800 I've commanded you from those two passages, the Great Commandment 85 00:04:52.839 --> 00:04:55.199 the Great Commission. There are five verbs, and there are 86 00:04:55.240 --> 00:04:57.399 five things God wants us to do with our lives. 87 00:04:57.680 --> 00:05:01.240 He wants us know him, to love him, to grow 88 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:04.759 in him, to serve him, and to share him with others. 89 00:05:05.199 --> 00:05:09.360 We call this membership, maturity, ministry, mission, magnification. We call 90 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:15.600 it worship, discipleship, fellowship, ministry, evangelism. Doesn't really matter the 91 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:18.800 words you use. The fact is God has five purposes 92 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:21.720 for your life, but they're worthless unless you commit to 93 00:05:21.759 --> 00:05:24.360 each of them. Now you've heard me teach on the 94 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:27.319 purposes of life many many times, but one of the 95 00:05:27.319 --> 00:05:28.600 things I want to point out this. 96 00:05:28.519 --> 00:05:30.160 Morning is that you cannot. 97 00:05:29.759 --> 00:05:35.040 Fulfill God's purpose for your life by yourself. I'll say 98 00:05:35.040 --> 00:05:39.040 it again, you cannot possibly, possibly at all. There's no 99 00:05:39.040 --> 00:05:41.519 way you're going to do this, fulfill God's purpose for 100 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:45.079 your life by yourself. We were made for each other, 101 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:49.639 we were wired for community. We're made for relationships. The 102 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:52.079 Bible says it's not good for man to be alone. 103 00:05:52.199 --> 00:05:55.600 Whether you marry or not, you need relationships in your life. 104 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:58.920 You need a spiritual family. And some things you can 105 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:01.959 only do with a you can only learn with others, 106 00:06:02.000 --> 00:06:04.120 you can only be with others. And we're going to 107 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:07.160 talk about those five commitments this morning. 108 00:06:07.519 --> 00:06:08.600 Now let's get right into it. 109 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:11.759 The first commitment is the one that causes your faith 110 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:15.199 to be strengthened. And unless you make this commitment, your 111 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:18.800 faith will not be strengthened on a regular basis for 112 00:06:18.839 --> 00:06:20.439 the rest of your life. And here it is number one, 113 00:06:20.480 --> 00:06:24.600 the first commitment. To strengthen my faith, I must unite 114 00:06:25.040 --> 00:06:29.879 with others in worship. To strengthen my faith, I must 115 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:34.240 unite with others in worship. Now, worship is for God, 116 00:06:34.480 --> 00:06:37.319 but it brings benefits to you. And I could give 117 00:06:37.360 --> 00:06:39.879 you fifty benefits of worshiping God. 118 00:06:40.079 --> 00:06:41.240 Let me just mention two. 119 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:47.720 It renews your faith and it restores your joy. It 120 00:06:47.800 --> 00:06:50.439 renews your faith and restores your joy. When you come 121 00:06:50.480 --> 00:06:53.439 to worship like this and you get together with other 122 00:06:53.439 --> 00:06:55.879 people and you worship, it renews your faith and. 123 00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:58.040 It restores your joy. Let me show you two verses. 124 00:06:59.279 --> 00:07:02.319 Those who weigh on the Lord will renew their strength. 125 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:05.800 They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will 126 00:07:05.879 --> 00:07:09.439 run and not be weary, they will walk and not faint. 127 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:13.160 How many times have you gotten up on a Sunday 128 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:16.480 morning or whatever and you said, I am so tired. 129 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:19.079 I really don't have any energy to go to. 130 00:07:19.079 --> 00:07:21.600 Church, to go to worship, and that you went to 131 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:24.360 worship and afterwards you were more energized. 132 00:07:24.360 --> 00:07:26.399 How many you would say that, Yeah. 133 00:07:26.519 --> 00:07:31.360 Of course, because it renews your strength. You're not gonna 134 00:07:31.360 --> 00:07:35.959 get your strength renewed watching golf on TV. That's just 135 00:07:36.040 --> 00:07:39.959 gonna make you lazier and lazier. You get renewed, your 136 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:43.680 strength gets recharged. Sometimes I think of myself like the 137 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:48.920 coach on Rocky. You know, Rocky's out there in every episode, 138 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:52.720 I mean in every session in that fight, and he's 139 00:07:52.720 --> 00:07:54.959 out there and he's, you know, pouring his heart out 140 00:07:54.959 --> 00:07:57.319 and he's just getting beat to a pulp and the 141 00:07:57.360 --> 00:07:59.319 bell rings. He goes, thank God, the bell rings, and 142 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:01.800 he comes back in the corner and the coach comes 143 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:04.079 over and says, you're doing a good job. Throw some 144 00:08:04.120 --> 00:08:06.120 water on and pats them on the back, slaps him. 145 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:06.360 On the face. 146 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:10.120 Now get back out there. And sometimes I feel that's 147 00:08:10.160 --> 00:08:11.639 what I'm doing on Sunday for you. 148 00:08:14.079 --> 00:08:15.079 I'm going you're. 149 00:08:14.879 --> 00:08:17.120 Doing a good job, Now get back out there. It's 150 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:19.920 Monday morning, tomorrow morning. Don't let them beat you up. 151 00:08:20.120 --> 00:08:23.279 You're okay, you can make it. And so you come 152 00:08:23.319 --> 00:08:26.639 in here and I kind of take spiritual jumper cables 153 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:30.639 and Buddha and I renew your strength. 154 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:31.480 Well, it's not me. 155 00:08:31.759 --> 00:08:35.440 It's the Word of God, and it's music, and it's worship, 156 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:38.480 and that's what renews our strength. Look at this other verse. 157 00:08:38.919 --> 00:08:43.679 Worship the Lord with gladness. Now it says come before him, 158 00:08:43.799 --> 00:08:46.639 singing with joy in the in the in the Bible, 159 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:49.399 some one hundred says I was glad when they said, 160 00:08:49.519 --> 00:08:51.600 unto me, let's go into the House of the Lord. 161 00:08:51.759 --> 00:08:54.519 Not I was mad, Not I was sad. Like, oh, brother, 162 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:56.679 I'll let you know my bias. I think it ought 163 00:08:56.720 --> 00:08:59.679 to be fun to go to church. That may be 164 00:08:59.759 --> 00:09:02.919 showing to you. But the Bible says I was glad, 165 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:04.919 Not I was mad. Not I was sad, Not I 166 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:07.039 was bored, Not I was guilty. Now I felt like 167 00:09:07.080 --> 00:09:08.519 I had to go out of duty. The thing I 168 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:12.320 love about Sadolebach church. Nobody comes out of duty. They're 169 00:09:12.360 --> 00:09:14.480 here because they want to be here. I was glad 170 00:09:14.960 --> 00:09:16.559 when they said to me, let's go into the House 171 00:09:16.559 --> 00:09:19.080 of the Lord. Worship the Lord with gladness, come before 172 00:09:19.159 --> 00:09:21.720 and with singing. Now here's the second life commitment. First 173 00:09:21.759 --> 00:09:25.039 life commitment gives me spiritual strength. And that is my 174 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:29.519 commitment to be in worship regularly with other people that 175 00:09:29.759 --> 00:09:33.919 energizes me, restores my strength, renews my joy. Number two 176 00:09:34.039 --> 00:09:37.639 second commitment. This is the commitment that helps you discover 177 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:40.519 your identity. And this is the commitment that helps you 178 00:09:40.559 --> 00:09:43.639 discover your purpose in life. It may shock you, but 179 00:09:43.720 --> 00:09:47.039 this is how you discover it. I must connect with 180 00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:53.240 others in fellowship. I must connect with others for fellowship. 181 00:09:53.720 --> 00:09:57.480 We only learn who we are in relationship. 182 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:02.919 We only learn our true identity in community. 183 00:10:03.039 --> 00:10:07.000 You'll never learn who you really are by yourself. You 184 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:11.159 only learn it in relationships. For instance, if you had 185 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:15.320 been born and you lived your entire life to adulthood 186 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:19.519 with no human contact, none at all, you wouldn't. 187 00:10:19.240 --> 00:10:20.960 Have the slightest idea of who or what you were. 188 00:10:22.559 --> 00:10:23.919 You wouldn't even know you were a human being. 189 00:10:25.240 --> 00:10:27.519 You only know that because you're in relationship to other 190 00:10:27.679 --> 00:10:33.200 human beings. You learn your identity by being in relationships. 191 00:10:33.639 --> 00:10:35.720 If you had no human contact, you would know who 192 00:10:35.759 --> 00:10:38.279 you are. Here's what the Bible says. The Bible says 193 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:42.759 that specifically we need to be connected to God's family. 194 00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:46.000 We need to be connected in fellowship. We need connected 195 00:10:46.039 --> 00:10:49.120 to the body of Christ. That's the phrase it's used 196 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:53.960 for the Church Romans twelve four and five. We are 197 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:57.159 like the various parts of the human body, and each 198 00:10:57.279 --> 00:11:00.799 part gets its meaning circle the word means. That's where 199 00:11:00.799 --> 00:11:03.080 you find your meaning in life. Each part gets its 200 00:11:03.159 --> 00:11:07.200 meaning from Christ's body as a whole, not the other 201 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:13.759 way around. Each of us finds our meaning and our function. 202 00:11:14.600 --> 00:11:18.240 That's your purpose in life as a part of his body. 203 00:11:19.080 --> 00:11:22.440 But as a chopped off finger or a cut off toe. 204 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:25.759 We wouldn't amount too much, would we. Now this is 205 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:26.519 kind of obvious. 206 00:11:26.840 --> 00:11:31.519 My ear only functions, only fulfills its purpose by being. 207 00:11:31.320 --> 00:11:32.200 Connected to the body. 208 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:34.320 If my ear was cut off and it's laying on 209 00:11:34.320 --> 00:11:36.240 the ground over there, what's the value of a cut 210 00:11:36.279 --> 00:11:36.679 off ear. 211 00:11:36.919 --> 00:11:39.399 None. It can't hear anything. 212 00:11:41.320 --> 00:11:43.320 My nose if it got cut off and it's laying 213 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:44.960 over there on the ground, what's the purpose of a 214 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:48.000 cut off nose None? It has no purpose. It cannot 215 00:11:48.039 --> 00:11:52.720 smell anything by itself. My eyes, if they're not in 216 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:56.039 my eye sockets attached to my body, what is the 217 00:11:56.080 --> 00:11:57.240 purpose of my eye? 218 00:11:57.480 --> 00:11:57.840 None? 219 00:11:58.240 --> 00:12:01.279 It has no value. It has no purpose unless it's 220 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:04.799 connected to the body. The purpose that God made you 221 00:12:04.879 --> 00:12:08.799 for can only be discovered connected to the body, the 222 00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:12.000 Body of Christ. If you're not connected to the Church, 223 00:12:12.320 --> 00:12:14.559 then you're not going to know the purpose. You're not 224 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:16.480 going to know your role. You're not going to know 225 00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:18.840 your function, you're not going to know your value and 226 00:12:18.879 --> 00:12:23.000 your meaning in life disconnected. If my hand is cut off, 227 00:12:23.519 --> 00:12:26.360 it just withers and dies. It can't grasp anything. It 228 00:12:27.159 --> 00:12:30.039 has no use at all. The hand is only useful 229 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:34.480 as it is connected to the body. Your value, your use, 230 00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:39.840 your purpose, your identity comes in relationship to God's body, 231 00:12:40.120 --> 00:12:42.000 to God's family, the Church. 232 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:44.960 It's all about relationship. 233 00:12:45.200 --> 00:12:47.519 This, by the way, is why when you're in conflict 234 00:12:47.600 --> 00:12:51.240 with somebody, your life sucks. Everything could be going good 235 00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:52.679 in your life. You've got a lot of money, you 236 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:55.159 got a lot of health, you look good, you feel good, 237 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:56.919 all these things, and then all of a sudden, you 238 00:12:57.000 --> 00:13:01.759 have a conflict with somebody and they criticize you, or 239 00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:05.000 they betray you, or they reject you, and you have 240 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:07.120 conflict with that person. All of a sudden, no matter 241 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:08.799 what else is going on good in your life, your 242 00:13:08.799 --> 00:13:13.759 life stinks because we don't like conflict, because we get 243 00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:16.600 our identity, and we get our purpose, and we get 244 00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:20.759 all of these things in our relationships. It's why conflict 245 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:24.759 is so miserable and so painful, and it's why God 246 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:28.159 wants we accept Christ into our lives, wants us to 247 00:13:28.200 --> 00:13:33.840 become peacemakers, reconcilers, and people who, rather than create conflict 248 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:34.600 in the world. 249 00:13:34.559 --> 00:13:36.440 We create harmony in the world. 250 00:13:36.639 --> 00:13:41.440 The Bible calls it the ministry of reconciliation. And your job, 251 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:44.240 if you're a follower of Jesus Christ, is to make 252 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:48.399 relationships better, not make them worse. To create peace and 253 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:53.720 harmony and love, not conflict. Now, the Bible says this 254 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:58.919 Ephesians chapter two. Christ brought us together through his death 255 00:13:59.000 --> 00:14:00.799 on the cross, and we brought us. 256 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:01.759 Who's he talking about. 257 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:05.519 He's talking about all the races, all the ethnic groups, 258 00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:08.679 all of the people who are different from you, all 259 00:14:08.679 --> 00:14:10.000 of the different languages. 260 00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:10.480 He says. 261 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:14.240 Christ brought all of us together, every background, every nation, 262 00:14:14.399 --> 00:14:18.840 every tribe. Threw his death on the cross. The cross 263 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:21.799 got us to embrace because at the ground is level, 264 00:14:21.799 --> 00:14:24.919 at the foot of the cross, nobody's better than anybody else. 265 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:27.480 At the cross doesn't matter what color your skin is, 266 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:31.639 doesn't matter what language you speak. We're all equally loved 267 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:34.679 by God, equally valued by God, equally important to God, 268 00:14:34.840 --> 00:14:38.159 have equal dignity before God. The Cross got us to embrace, 269 00:14:38.440 --> 00:14:42.120 and that was the end of hostility. God invented the 270 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:45.919 church as a agent for reconciliation in the world. God 271 00:14:45.960 --> 00:14:49.039 invented the church to be the one place where there's 272 00:14:49.080 --> 00:14:52.519 no distinction between how you look, how much money you make, 273 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:53.360 who you are. 274 00:14:53.960 --> 00:14:55.080 And that's true. In our church. 275 00:14:55.240 --> 00:14:58.960 We got rich and we got poor, we got handsome 276 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:05.200 and ugly, we got smart people, uneducated people. We've got 277 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:07.759 every race, every space, every life. You know, I've told 278 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:10.639 you so many times. We speak sixty seven languages in 279 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:13.759 our church, and the A in saddleback stands for all 280 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:17.240 nation congregation because we want our church to look like 281 00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:20.679 Heaven's gonna look when you get to heaven. Everybody isn't 282 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:25.320 gonna look like you. And if you don't like diversity here, 283 00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:30.679 you're gonna hate Heaven, because in Heaven we're all gonna 284 00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:33.879 be every The Bible says, every race, every language, every tribe, 285 00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:37.559 every nation, every skin color, it's all we're all gonna be. 286 00:15:38.080 --> 00:15:42.480 God invented that you look like you do because God 287 00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:45.279 wanted you to look like you, and the person he 288 00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:47.480 made sitting next to you, he wanted them to look 289 00:15:47.559 --> 00:15:51.840 like them. When you reject your race or your background, 290 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:54.440 you're basically rejecting God. You're saying God, you didn't do 291 00:15:54.440 --> 00:15:57.480 a good job. Because he made you. He wants you 292 00:15:57.519 --> 00:15:58.639 to be you, and he doesn't want you to be 293 00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:03.919 somebody else. So we are to build harmony with each other. 294 00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:06.840 By the way that verse where it says Jesus brought 295 00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:07.919 us all together. 296 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:09.399 Do you know the history behind us? 297 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:16.240 The Temple in Jerusalem was the most segregated building in 298 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:16.759 the world. 299 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:20.039 It was incredibly segree. 300 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:22.080 None of us, not one of us, would be able 301 00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:25.480 to go into the Temple in Jerusalem because inside the 302 00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:27.639 temple there was the Holy of Holies, there was the 303 00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:30.080 inner court, and there was the outer court, and no 304 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:33.120 Jews were allowed, and no non Jews were allowed in 305 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:36.720 the temple. We would be called gentiles and we would 306 00:16:36.759 --> 00:16:39.039 be on the outside. Whether we're from Africa or Asia, 307 00:16:39.159 --> 00:16:41.320 or Latin America or Europe or we would all be 308 00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:45.480 considered a gentiles, and so none of us would be 309 00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:48.080 allowed to go in, even into the outer court. In fact, 310 00:16:48.279 --> 00:16:50.200 do you know what the law said that if you, 311 00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:53.759 as an Asian or an African or European, walked into 312 00:16:53.799 --> 00:16:56.720 the and you weren't Jewish and you walked in the 313 00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:57.799 outer court, they could. 314 00:16:57.679 --> 00:16:59.799 Kill you the death. 315 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:06.119 Now you talk about segregation, that's the ultimate segregation. 316 00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:07.640 Walk in here and you die. 317 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:11.960 The Bible says, Jesus came, he said, you've finished with that. 318 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:13.119 He said, no way. 319 00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:16.119 When Christ died on the cross, not only was the 320 00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:20.559 veil in the temple destroyed between God and man, but symbolically, 321 00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:25.319 that outer court wall came down, and he said, now everybody. 322 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:28.240 He not only tore down the wall, he invented an 323 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:32.640 entire new organization. And it's the only organization on the 324 00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:34.960 planet for everybody. 325 00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:38.759 Is called the Church. Whether you're red, yellow. 326 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:40.400 Black and white, all are precious in his sight. 327 00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:43.599 The Church is for everybody. 328 00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:49.720 It's a whole radical concept, amazing grace for every race. 329 00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:53.359 And that's that's the second thing here that if you 330 00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:56.880 become a follower of Jesus, you have to commit to that. 331 00:17:57.759 --> 00:17:58.640 You have to commit to that. 332 00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:03.359 Look, here's what the Bible says tewod Corinthians five. Now 333 00:18:03.400 --> 00:18:05.839 God has reconciled. 334 00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:06.079 Us to himself. 335 00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:10.400 That's salvation through Christ and what happens after I'm saved. 336 00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:15.799 He's given us the ministry of reconciliation and the message 337 00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:20.920 of reconciliation. Do you think either of those are needed 338 00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:26.039 in the world today? Hello, have you been watching the 339 00:18:26.119 --> 00:18:32.240 news this last week? If anybody needs reconciliation right now? 340 00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:35.160 We have so many divisions in our nation right now, 341 00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:41.160 between gender, between races, between economic status, and Christians ought 342 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:43.319 to be at the forefront saying hey, there's one place 343 00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:46.319 where everybody's welcome, no matter where they are from. 344 00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:47.359 It's the church. 345 00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:52.480 We should be the place showing love, showing fellowship. You know, 346 00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:57.559 this week I was watching on TV and I was 347 00:18:57.640 --> 00:19:00.400 watching and I was kind of just shocked because Ben 348 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:03.759 Watson is a NFL player, a place for the New 349 00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:06.519 Orleans Saints, and he got on one of these shows 350 00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:08.839 and he started preaching and I had to tape. 351 00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:09.519 But watch this. 352 00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:14.440 Your message is getting out there, and it's a great message. 353 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:15.799 Yeah, it is. 354 00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:18.839 And you know, honestly, we all have a problem, and 355 00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:20.599 I've said it before, we all have a sin problem 356 00:19:20.640 --> 00:19:22.720 as human beings, and it's something that we're born with 357 00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:25.359 and we just see it manifest in different ways and 358 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:29.240 in this situation. It's racial, it's brutality, it's people breaking 359 00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:32.240 a little awe, it's the smoke, but the underlying fire 360 00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:33.839 is something that we all have to deal with and 361 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:36.640 that's our sin. And only through a relationship with Jesus 362 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:39.160 christis that we can really deal with these situations and 363 00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:41.519 deal with our problem, and then we can move forward 364 00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:45.400 and have reconciliation. Then we can move forward and create jobs. 365 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:48.039 Then we can move forward and have better relations between 366 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:50.640 the community and police officers. Then we can move forward 367 00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:52.680 and truly love our brothers with the love of God 368 00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:55.279 once we have that in our own hearts. And so 369 00:19:55.319 --> 00:20:00.319 when I see things like this happen, I really hurt 370 00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:02.440 because it is a heart change that needs to happen 371 00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:03.200 in America. 372 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:05.480 Right now in order for us to be reconciled, you know. 373 00:20:05.160 --> 00:20:08.359 And we should have taken your message after Ferguson. You know, 374 00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:10.839 maybe if maybe, if a lot of the communities had, 375 00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:13.480 you know, had taken your message to heart then a 376 00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:15.559 little bit more and focused on some of the bigger 377 00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:17.359 problems that we have. 378 00:20:17.400 --> 00:20:17.920 You know. 379 00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:20.039 Unfortunately, you know, so we have to we go through 380 00:20:20.079 --> 00:20:23.240 these different episodes where now we watch Baltimore two nights 381 00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:26.880 ago with burning US Senior Center. Senior Center was burned, 382 00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:29.400 and you know, now tonight a very tense situation is 383 00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:31.079 that you know, what's it going to take for all 384 00:20:31.119 --> 00:20:32.599 us to sort of sit down and really work on 385 00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:33.319 these problems. 386 00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:35.400 Well, first of all, I think that that there is 387 00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:38.000 great hope, and I've said, you know, the Gospel gives 388 00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:41.480 us hope, it gives mankind hope. But I've seen people 389 00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:44.359 join together. I've seen pastors in these communities. I've seen 390 00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:47.880 different community leaders join hands. I've seen and heard myself 391 00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:50.759 from people who are in the police force who aren't, 392 00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:53.160 who don't have these same feelings, who aren't a part 393 00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:55.759 of the brutality, who want those scenes to change. So well, 394 00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:58.119 while it may seem when we're watching on TV and 395 00:20:58.119 --> 00:21:00.880 we're away from it, that there's nothing happening, nothing positive happening, 396 00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:03.279 I'm encouraged that there really are people out there who 397 00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:05.799 are trying to make a change. And as soon as 398 00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:09.160 we understand that we all have this susceptibility to do 399 00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:11.640 these things, and we address our sin problem, I really 400 00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:13.480 believe we'll be able to move forward as a country. 401 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:18.119