WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.160 --> 00:00:05.480 Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Wednesday Service, Episode three. I 2 00:00:05.519 --> 00:00:09.679 am your host, Josh Monday. This is Wednesday Service, brought 3 00:00:09.679 --> 00:00:12.839 to you by could Conspiracy Podcast. Thank you so much 4 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:16.199 for joining me. As you could tell, I have somewhat 5 00:00:16.199 --> 00:00:19.640 of a cold, So I'm gonna try to push through 6 00:00:19.679 --> 00:00:23.160 this if I can. If you hear me coughing, I 7 00:00:23.199 --> 00:00:27.600 do apologize. I want to. I still want to get 8 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:29.960 the Bible study out. I don't want to have to 9 00:00:29.960 --> 00:00:32.000 show you guys like an old episode like I did 10 00:00:32.039 --> 00:00:34.840 on a on Sunday Service, you know, I want to 11 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:38.119 try to definitely get this out. So I appreciate you 12 00:00:38.119 --> 00:00:40.960 guys joining me. And today we're gonna be going over 13 00:00:41.079 --> 00:00:46.320 Matthew eight to start, and last week we went over 14 00:00:46.479 --> 00:00:50.200 Matthew one through seven, which was an awesome episode. I 15 00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:53.359 really appreciate you guys, you know, tuning in and thank 16 00:00:53.399 --> 00:00:57.759 you for leaving comments, you know, on on Spotify. That 17 00:00:57.799 --> 00:00:59.880 way I can kind of see what you guys. You know, 18 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:02.520 where you guys are at with it, and if you're 19 00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:05.920 enjoying the episodes and and what you guys like about it. 20 00:01:06.079 --> 00:01:08.239 So if you guys could please leave a comment on 21 00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:11.319 Spotify or you can d m me at Josh Monday 22 00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:15.359 Underscore podcast on Instagram, and I would love to hear 23 00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:18.519 from you. It really helps me out to know exactly 24 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:21.400 what to do with the show and also what you know, 25 00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:24.120 the takeaways that you got from the show. If you 26 00:01:24.159 --> 00:01:27.159 need prayer, if you're going through spiritual battles and you 27 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:30.319 need help, I will try to do my best. You know. 28 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:34.799 I definitely like to answer people when they when they 29 00:01:34.879 --> 00:01:38.400 hit me up. I do have people that go through 30 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:40.920 things and I go through things myself. You know, sometimes 31 00:01:40.920 --> 00:01:43.920 we can bounce ideas off each other. I could maybe 32 00:01:44.159 --> 00:01:47.400 help people out with what things that I've been through 33 00:01:47.400 --> 00:01:53.480 in my life, you know, alcohol, womenizer, womanizer, I mean, 34 00:01:56.280 --> 00:01:59.840 you know, been into drugs, had a whole bunch of stuff, 35 00:01:59.840 --> 00:02:02.719 you know, and and I could definitely help people out 36 00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:05.560 with addiction stuff like that. So if you guys ever 37 00:02:05.599 --> 00:02:07.480 have any questions for me, like if I go over 38 00:02:07.519 --> 00:02:09.240 something on the show that that maybe you have a 39 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:13.719 question about, you can d m me. And I can't 40 00:02:13.759 --> 00:02:15.800 really answer you back on Spotify because I don't I 41 00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:18.199 don't have the account, you know, So the easiest thing 42 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:20.120 it would to do is is you could you could 43 00:02:20.159 --> 00:02:25.840 leave a question on on a on the Spotify commat 44 00:02:25.919 --> 00:02:29.240 section and you could try to d M me and 45 00:02:29.400 --> 00:02:31.280 uh and I will definitely try to answer your question 46 00:02:31.479 --> 00:02:34.639 or if you have any concerns. So thank you so much. 47 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:37.719 I really appreciate everybody. Thank you, Jonathan, thank you Jacob. 48 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:39.719 Like I say, I always appreciate you guys giving me 49 00:02:39.759 --> 00:02:42.199 the platform to be able to do a Bible study 50 00:02:42.199 --> 00:02:46.599 for your audience. I know, guys, listen, okay, I understand, man. 51 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:50.319 The conspiracies they get you, you know, they suck you in, 52 00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:52.759 you know, and it's very important to know the conspiracy 53 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:56.000 so that you know your enemy, right. You want to 54 00:02:56.039 --> 00:02:59.439 know your enemies. So I know exactly why you guys 55 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:03.759 are into and while I'm into it and I definitely 56 00:03:03.800 --> 00:03:06.120 get sucked into it. But what I try to tell 57 00:03:06.159 --> 00:03:11.159 people is the truth is the most important because we 58 00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:13.759 are truthers. That's what we are trying to find out. 59 00:03:14.240 --> 00:03:17.680 So for me, when I have an audience like you guys, 60 00:03:17.759 --> 00:03:20.120 it really makes me excited and happy because I know 61 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:24.479 you guys are looking for the truth and I personally 62 00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:29.439 believe that the Bible is the truth. Jesus is the Way, 63 00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:33.439 the Truth, the life, and we are going to definitely 64 00:03:33.479 --> 00:03:36.280 be digging into some stuff in the New Testament on 65 00:03:36.319 --> 00:03:40.520 Wednesday's service, and we are going over stuff that Jesus 66 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:44.719 did during his ministry. What a blessing. Thank you Lord 67 00:03:45.159 --> 00:03:48.560 for this opportunity. Really, Lord, thank you so much for 68 00:03:48.599 --> 00:03:51.759 this opportunity. I really appreciate it. And for you to 69 00:03:51.879 --> 00:03:56.479 give me an audience like you guys for me to 70 00:03:56.560 --> 00:04:01.199 teach is such a blessing. You guys don't even know 71 00:04:01.759 --> 00:04:05.879 how much it helps me and assists me in my 72 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:09.759 daily life, in my daily walk. To be digging into 73 00:04:09.840 --> 00:04:12.919 Bible verses and then coming on and speaking to you 74 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:16.839 guys about it, it really really helps out. So, without 75 00:04:16.920 --> 00:04:20.959 further ado, let's get to the scriptures and if you 76 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:27.439 can see this on if you can see on video, 77 00:04:27.879 --> 00:04:30.040 which probably on the Patreon, I think that's the only 78 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:32.720 place that the video is available, then you guys will 79 00:04:32.720 --> 00:04:35.240 be able to see the verses on the screen. So 80 00:04:35.959 --> 00:04:40.879 let's go ahead and get into Matthew eight. Verse one, 81 00:04:41.839 --> 00:04:47.040 Jesus cleanses a leper when he had come down from 82 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:50.319 the mountain. Great multitudes follow him, and behold, a leper 83 00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:53.800 came and worshiped him, saying, Lord, if you are willing, 84 00:04:54.240 --> 00:04:57.199 you can make me clean. One thing we got to 85 00:04:57.199 --> 00:05:01.040 know about lepers. So back then, when you were walking 86 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:04.600 by a leper, they would have to scream unclean, uncleaned 87 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:10.319 because they people, if you touched the leper, then you 88 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:14.160 would be unclean. Uh, you know it's a disease that 89 00:05:14.279 --> 00:05:18.120 uh that's very contagious and and uh it's it's a 90 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:23.480 disease of the skin. Right, so people, if you touched 91 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:26.199 a leper, then you would be uncleaned. You know. So 92 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:31.360 Jesus does something here that's that just shows you that 93 00:05:31.480 --> 00:05:35.680 Jesus is greater than any disease. Okay, if he touches you, 94 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:39.240 then he's not unclean. And if he touches you, or 95 00:05:39.279 --> 00:05:41.959 if he chooses to, he can heal you. And he 96 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:44.199 doesn't even have to touch you. He can heal you 97 00:05:44.240 --> 00:05:47.959 from a distance, you know. But he ends up touching 98 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:52.360 people and healing them that way. Excuse me. So it says, 99 00:05:52.399 --> 00:05:54.920 then Jesus put out his hand and touched him, saying 100 00:05:54.959 --> 00:05:59.560 I am willing be cleansed. Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 101 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:03.759 Can you imagine being somebody like that, the leper that's 102 00:06:03.839 --> 00:06:08.639 walking around. People are persecuting you, and people are are 103 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:11.360 making fun of you. And also people don't even want 104 00:06:11.360 --> 00:06:14.680 to touch you after you become a leper. Back then 105 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:17.240 then that's what they would call him, like a leopard. 106 00:06:18.759 --> 00:06:20.519 After you become a leper, you don't really get to 107 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:23.680 feel human touch anymore because people don't want to touch you. 108 00:06:24.120 --> 00:06:26.600 People don't want to hug you. Your own family doesn't 109 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:28.720 want to hug you because they don't want to become 110 00:06:28.920 --> 00:06:32.000 unclean in the sight of other people. And also they 111 00:06:32.040 --> 00:06:35.319 don't want to be unclean, you know, if they catch leprosy. 112 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:37.800 They don't want to do that. So you actually don't 113 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:41.000 even get human touch. You know, I'm not really sure 114 00:06:41.040 --> 00:06:43.279 how that worked with, you know, somebody having a wife. 115 00:06:43.639 --> 00:06:45.639 I don't really know, you know, I wouldn't know that part, 116 00:06:45.800 --> 00:06:52.399 but I know that it's been said that, you know, 117 00:06:52.439 --> 00:06:56.759 people wouldn't touch you after you had leprosy, says and 118 00:06:56.879 --> 00:06:59.600 Jesus said to him, see that you tell no one, 119 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:03.040 but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and 120 00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:06.680 offer the gift that Moses commanded as a testimony to them. 121 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:15.399 So see that you tell no one but go your way, 122 00:07:15.519 --> 00:07:18.639 show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that 123 00:07:18.680 --> 00:07:23.879 Moses commanded. Is a testimony to them. Okay, so excuse me. 124 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:32.000 So we have a Jesus heals a centurion's servant. It says, now, 125 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:37.399 when Jesus had entered Capernaium, a centurion came and came 126 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:39.879 to him, pleading with him, saying, Lord, my servant is 127 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:46.680 lying at home, paralyzed, dreadfully tormented. Okay, so let's look 128 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:51.800 at something real quick. So in Matthew's version, it says 129 00:07:51.800 --> 00:07:55.160 that the centurion came to him, pleading with him, saying, Lord, 130 00:07:55.199 --> 00:07:58.720 my servant is lying at home, paralyzed, dreadfully tormented. But 131 00:07:58.800 --> 00:08:02.959 if you go to Luke's, which Luke is always more detailed, 132 00:08:03.279 --> 00:08:07.399 Matthew always gives you like an abbreviated version. He's not 133 00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:12.480 like super detailed. So it's actually not the centurion that 134 00:08:12.519 --> 00:08:16.199 came himself. It's actually let me show you what it 135 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:20.000 actually is. And just to let you know the reason 136 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:24.079 why Matthew does this, because if spun, if somebody comes 137 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:27.279 back then and speaks on your behalf, it's as if 138 00:08:27.360 --> 00:08:30.920 you are speaking. Okay, so that's the reason why Matthew 139 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:34.399 did this. But in Luke seven, verses one through five, 140 00:08:34.519 --> 00:08:38.120 let's read that. Now, when he concluded all his sayings 141 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:41.399 in the hearing of the people. He entered Copernium and 142 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:45.080 a certain centurion servant who was dear to him, was 143 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:48.759 sick and ready to die. So when he heard about Jesus, 144 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:51.960 he sent elders to the Jews to him, pleaded with 145 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:54.720 him to come and heal his servant. And when they 146 00:08:54.759 --> 00:08:58.480 came to Jesus, they begged him earnestly, saying that the 147 00:08:58.519 --> 00:09:02.080 one for whom he should do this was deserving, for 148 00:09:02.200 --> 00:09:05.639 he loves our nation and he and he has built 149 00:09:05.799 --> 00:09:11.679 us a synagogue. So he sent elders of the Jews 150 00:09:11.720 --> 00:09:15.639 to him. So he's a Roman centurion and he sent 151 00:09:15.799 --> 00:09:19.320 elders of the Jews to him, right, So that's what 152 00:09:19.480 --> 00:09:22.799 really happened. But they were speaking on the Centurnian's behalf. 153 00:09:23.320 --> 00:09:26.519 So when Matthew says that the Saturnian came to him 154 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:28.639 and pleaded with him, saying, Lord, my servant is lying 155 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:32.840 at home, paralyzed, drectfully tormented, that's the abbreviated version. It's 156 00:09:32.879 --> 00:09:37.320 not actually the centurion, it's actually the Jewish elders that came. 157 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:40.159 So the centurion asked the Jewish elders to come and 158 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:42.960 speak to him on his behalf. And I just want 159 00:09:42.960 --> 00:09:46.000 to let you know that because it's when you get 160 00:09:46.039 --> 00:09:47.919 to Luke. When we get to Luke and you hear 161 00:09:47.960 --> 00:09:50.639 that same exact story retold, I don't want you to 162 00:09:50.679 --> 00:09:52.240 be like, hey, you told me that it was the 163 00:09:52.279 --> 00:09:56.360 centurion that came. No, it's actually the Jewish elders that came. 164 00:09:56.720 --> 00:09:59.159 So I just won't let you know that, okay. And 165 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:03.200 I know because Luke is usually more detailed. He was 166 00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:09.240 a doctor, he was super smart, intelligent, educated man, not 167 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:12.960 saying that Matthew was not smart. But you know, Luke 168 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:15.039 is a doctor, he's educated. So I think he just 169 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:18.200 wrote with more detail. I think Matthew gives you the 170 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:24.559 abbreviated version, okay. And Jesus said to him, I will 171 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:28.639 come and heal him. The centurion answered and said, Lord, 172 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:31.320 I am not worthy that you should come under my roof, 173 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:37.360 but only speak a word and my servant will be healed. See, 174 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:42.759 for I am also a man under authority, having soldiers 175 00:10:42.840 --> 00:10:46.440 under me. And I say, and I say to this one, 176 00:10:46.519 --> 00:10:49.240 go and he goes to another. Come and he comes 177 00:10:49.559 --> 00:10:51.919 and to my servant, do this, and he does it. 178 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:54.879 So the centurion is saying, Lord, I am not worthy 179 00:10:54.919 --> 00:10:57.600 that you should come under my roof. Basically, I'm not 180 00:10:57.720 --> 00:11:01.000 worthy for you to come to my house. I know 181 00:11:01.080 --> 00:11:05.480 that you were powerful enough to just speak the word 182 00:11:06.159 --> 00:11:08.720 and his servant will be healed. So he has faith 183 00:11:08.759 --> 00:11:10.799 that Jesus doesn't even have to go to his house. 184 00:11:11.559 --> 00:11:14.200 He doesn't even have to travel to his house. He 185 00:11:14.279 --> 00:11:18.639 has faith that Jesus can heal him from where he's at. Okay, 186 00:11:18.759 --> 00:11:23.159 that is that is true faith. And Jesus recognizes that. 187 00:11:23.960 --> 00:11:28.879 He recognizes that nobody else would talk to was talking 188 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:31.519 to Jesus like that. You know, this is a leader. 189 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:34.200 Speak it to a leader. Though you know, when Jesus 190 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:40.200 heard it, he marveled. So Jesus marveled at the belief 191 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:42.600 that the that the Centurnion he had. Right, that the 192 00:11:42.960 --> 00:11:46.720 faith that the centurion had, there's only like one other 193 00:11:46.799 --> 00:11:51.440 place that that that I saw that Jesus marveled. And 194 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:56.799 it's actually instead of somebody's belief or faith, it was 195 00:11:56.879 --> 00:11:59.879 the lack of belief or lack of faith, and that 196 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:05.799 in Mark six four through six. But Jesus said to them, 197 00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:08.679 a prophet is not without honor, excepting his own country, 198 00:12:08.879 --> 00:12:12.480 among his own relatives, and his own house. Now he 199 00:12:12.519 --> 00:12:15.639 could do mighty work there, except that he had laid 200 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:19.039 his hands on a few people, sick people, and healed them. 201 00:12:19.360 --> 00:12:22.440 And he marveled because of their unbelief. Then he went 202 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:26.399 about the village in a circuit teaching. See he marvels 203 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:33.799 in this verse about their unbelief. You see. So, but 204 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:36.480 right here it says, when Jesus heard it, we're going 205 00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:40.399 to go back to Matthew verse ten. When Jesus heard it, 206 00:12:40.480 --> 00:12:43.840 he marveled and said to those who followed, as surely 207 00:12:44.039 --> 00:12:47.200 I say to you, I have now found such great faith, 208 00:12:47.279 --> 00:12:49.879 not even in Israel. And I say to you that 209 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:53.240 many will come from east and west and sit down 210 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:56.759 with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven. 211 00:12:57.159 --> 00:12:59.960 But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out 212 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:03.799 in the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing 213 00:13:04.080 --> 00:13:08.039 of teeth. Then Jesus said to the centurion, go your way, 214 00:13:08.720 --> 00:13:12.240 as you believed, So let it be done for you, 215 00:13:12.559 --> 00:13:16.879 as your servant was healed that same hour. So, Jesus, 216 00:13:17.600 --> 00:13:22.879 you see, when God sees that you have faith, you know, 217 00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:24.279 it says like if you have the faith of a 218 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:27.600 mustard seed. Right when God sees that you have faith 219 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:34.080 like that where you automatically think that someone's going to 220 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:36.919 be healed, then then God he really loves that, you know, 221 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:42.200 you could tell he marvels at that kind of faith. 222 00:13:44.799 --> 00:13:50.840 But what's up with this part where he says many 223 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:53.519 will come from the east west and sit down. See 224 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:56.559 it says not even in Israel. So we speaking of 225 00:13:56.600 --> 00:13:59.360 the of the Jews right here, he says, and I 226 00:13:59.519 --> 00:14:02.399 say to you that many will come from east and 227 00:14:02.639 --> 00:14:06.360 west and sit down from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and 228 00:14:06.399 --> 00:14:09.360 the Kingdom of Heaven. But the sons of the Kingdom 229 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:11.919 will be cast out in the outer darkness. So he's 230 00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:15.440 talking about the Jews. He's saying that many gentiles will 231 00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:19.000 come from the east and the West and be saved 232 00:14:19.600 --> 00:14:22.159 and be able to sit down with Abraham, Isaac and 233 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:25.200 Jacob and the Kingdom of Heaven. But the sons of 234 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:29.360 the Kingdom, the Jews that think they're the chosen, who 235 00:14:29.480 --> 00:14:33.120 don't believe in Jesus and who have no faith because 236 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:37.240 we're saved by grace through faith, will But the sons 237 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:40.720 of the Kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness, 238 00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:45.000 and there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. You understand. 239 00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:51.919 So the people that think but they have a seat 240 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:55.200 at that table, they don't have a seat at that 241 00:14:55.240 --> 00:14:59.799 table because they're still living under the law. So g 242 00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:04.720 Jesus past dies on the cross. You see, they're not 243 00:15:04.759 --> 00:15:06.639 going to believe, they're not going to have faith, they're 244 00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:09.360 not going to receive Jesus as the Messiah. Then they're 245 00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:12.639 going to be the ones that are cast into outer darkness. 246 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:16.559 And I'm not saying that every Jewish person or everybody's 247 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:19.840 on that list. No, He's saying that there's going to 248 00:15:19.919 --> 00:15:21.720 be many that will come from the East and West 249 00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:23.759 and sit down with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, with the 250 00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:29.240 Kingdom of Heaven, many gentiles, and the ones that think 251 00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:33.360 that they that they are chosen for that seat, and 252 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:35.120 they're not going to be sitting there at that table. 253 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:39.039 They'll be cast out in outer darkness. I think that's 254 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:44.759 super important for people to know. Then Jesus said to 255 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:48.879 the centurion, go your way as you believed, so let 256 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:51.120 it be done for you. And as servant was healed 257 00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:55.559 that same hour. Very very interesting. Right there, that is 258 00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:58.759 true faith right there, where you think it's autumn, you 259 00:15:58.799 --> 00:16:05.559 basically believe it's automat done already, that is faith. Peter's 260 00:16:05.559 --> 00:16:09.879 mother in law healed. Now, when Jesus came into Peter's house, 261 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:12.799 he saw his wife's mother lying sick with the fever. 262 00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:17.600 So we touched her hand, and the fever left her, 263 00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:23.759 and he arose and served them many healed in the evening. 264 00:16:24.320 --> 00:16:27.799 When evening had come, they brought to him many who 265 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:31.120 were demon possessed, and he cast out the spirits what 266 00:16:31.159 --> 00:16:34.200 they were, and healed all who were sick, that it 267 00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:38.200 might be fulfilled, which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, 268 00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:43.960 he himself took our infirmities and bore our sickness. Speaking 269 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:47.639 of sickness, Lord, please, Lord, ask you in Jesus's name, 270 00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:52.480 you show the Missack's name to heal me. Lord, heal 271 00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:57.320 my voice. Heal my voice, Lord, please Lord, and amen 272 00:16:58.759 --> 00:17:03.840 the cost of disciple. And when Jesus saw great multitudes 273 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:06.720 about him, he gave a command to depart to the 274 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:10.319 other side. Then a certain scribe came and said to him, Teacher, 275 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:14.119 I will follow you wherever you go. And Jesus said 276 00:17:14.119 --> 00:17:17.200 to him. Foxes have holes, and birds have the air 277 00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:19.880 of nests. But the son of man has nowhere to 278 00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:23.359 lay his head. So what Jesus is saying right here 279 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:29.640 is okay, you want to follow me, well, understand something. 280 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:34.240 Foxes have holes that they dig they get to burrow in, 281 00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:38.880 and that's their home. Birds of the air they have 282 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:42.039 a home too, They have nests. But Jesus is saying 283 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:46.319 he has nowhere to lay his head. He's homeless. So 284 00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:49.599 if you're ready to follow me, you better be ready 285 00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:52.759 to be homeless. You better be ready to be persecuted, 286 00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:56.160 and you better be ready for a hard ride. It's 287 00:17:56.200 --> 00:18:01.960 not easy, and I know that myself. You know, when 288 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:07.079 you start walking with God, your road is not easy. Okay. 289 00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:11.319 It is not about this prosperity gospel that people try 290 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:15.880 to say where if your road isn't easy, then it's 291 00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:18.519 because you ain't because you're sinning and you're not saved. 292 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:25.920 Like that is just not true. If you notice the 293 00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:28.279 people that have an easy road and they're not being 294 00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:32.279 you know, devil's not attacking them, or demons aren't attacking them, 295 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:35.160 it's because you're already in the position the devil wants 296 00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:39.200 you to be. So once you start walking with God, 297 00:18:39.599 --> 00:18:44.440 the road gets hard, you know, because narrow is the path, right, 298 00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:47.559 It's not a wide path. It's narrow because you have 299 00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:53.839 to try to discipline yourself to be obedient. Right. That says, 300 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:56.559 Now we're going to get back to Matthew eight verse 301 00:18:56.599 --> 00:18:59.759 twenty one. Then another of his disciples said to him, 302 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:04.559 let me first go and bury my father. But Jesus 303 00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:07.680 said to him, follow me, and let the dead bury 304 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:11.279 their own dead. Now, some people will have a problem 305 00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:14.039 with this verse. I even had somebody talk to me 306 00:19:14.079 --> 00:19:17.079 on Instagram before about this verse and say, ah, that's look, 307 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:24.480 how terrible Jesus is. Oh my goodness. So if you're 308 00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:29.599 gonna follow me, Jesus is saying, drop everything and follow me, 309 00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:35.680 just leave it. Because I'm sure there was a lot 310 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:38.519 of people that said, Jesus, I'm gonna follow you. I'm 311 00:19:38.559 --> 00:19:41.039 ready to go, and they followed him and they were like, 312 00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:43.799 in no way, I'm done. A lot of people will 313 00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:48.160 probably weren't committing to the walk because it's not easy 314 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:54.039 and back then imagine that. Imagine Jesus saying, don't take 315 00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:56.599 any money with you, don't take any food with you, 316 00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:59.559 and you're not gonna have a place, and you don't 317 00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:02.759 have a home. We're gonna go town to town and 318 00:20:02.799 --> 00:20:08.240 we're gonna depend on the Lord to provide, God will provide. 319 00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:12.440 You know, you walking by faith the people, you know, 320 00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:14.319 for some of them, it's it's it's hard, you know. 321 00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:16.559 I mean it's hard for a lot of people to 322 00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:19.960 just walk by faith. Theyways got to be in control, 323 00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:24.279 you know, it's it's it's hard. But what he's telling 324 00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:26.160 them is follow me and let the deadbury of your 325 00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:31.599 own dead. What's more important. You know, Jesus doesn't want 326 00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:34.680 you to put your wife ahead of him, doesn't want 327 00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:37.119 you to put your kids ahead of him, doesn't want 328 00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:39.279 you to put your mom and dad, your mommy and 329 00:20:39.359 --> 00:20:43.079 daddy ahead of him. Jesus wants you to put him 330 00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:48.039 number one. God wants you to put him number one. Okay, 331 00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:51.839 that's what he wants, no matter what your your your work, 332 00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:57.599 your job, your business, your bank account, your food, your water, 333 00:20:58.160 --> 00:21:01.160 all that stuff, all that stuff that you need to live, 334 00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:05.200 you know, this life that we live. Your house, your cars, 335 00:21:05.599 --> 00:21:08.160 all this stuff that all gets put on the back burner. 336 00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:12.680 Place God first, seek God first, and everything else to follow. Right. 337 00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:16.960 So he's just telling this guy, the guy said, I 338 00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:20.480 will follow you wherever you go. Okay, well let's see that. 339 00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:26.319 Let me test you, say, he said he's homeless, and 340 00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:28.839 then that guy kind of backed out and said, let 341 00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:31.680 me go first and bury my father. And back then 342 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:35.799 it was very honorary for you to take care of 343 00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:39.960 your parents, so it was honory, you know. But Jesus 344 00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:42.039 probably knew that that the father is not going to 345 00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:44.400 die as fast as this guy thought, and it was 346 00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:47.839 probably just an excuse for this guy to go. It's 347 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:51.440 not explained here, but that's I think I'm kind of 348 00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:54.599 speculating that that's probably what happened. Jesus knows when that 349 00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:56.960 father's going to die, and this guy just thinks I 350 00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:58.799 need to go back and take care of my dad first. 351 00:21:59.119 --> 00:22:00.960 And it's like, wait, we got time for that, bro. 352 00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:04.440 If you want to follow me, let's go. If the 353 00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:07.640 dead can bury their own dead. And you know what, 354 00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:10.400 that might sound offensive to people, but it's not offensive 355 00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:13.079 when you know how your walk should be with the Lord. 356 00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:17.039 And he's talking to Jesus, God in the flesh himself 357 00:22:17.119 --> 00:22:21.359 right there. So the reason why I know it's right 358 00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:23.960 and I know it's okay is because Jesus said it. 359 00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:27.279 You know, then we know it's good. We know that 360 00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:31.039 Jesus is the way, the truth, the life. So what 361 00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:41.160 he's speaking right there is the truth. So wind and wave, 362 00:22:42.359 --> 00:22:45.519 the wind and waves obey Jesus. I'm reading the top. 363 00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:47.359 There's like a little porson that they give you right 364 00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:51.640 there there. All that basically kind of overviews what the 365 00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:54.480 what the verses are going to be like. So this 366 00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:58.680 is going to be Matthew eight, verse twenty three. Now 367 00:22:58.680 --> 00:23:01.640 what he got into a boat. His disciples followed him, 368 00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:05.359 and suddenly a great temptess arose in the sea, so 369 00:23:05.400 --> 00:23:08.440 that the boat was covered with waves. But he was asleep. 370 00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:11.960 Then his disciples came to him and awoke him, saying, Lord, 371 00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:15.519 save us, we are perishing. But he said to them, 372 00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:19.720 why are you fearful, oh you of little faith? Then 373 00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:22.359 he arose and rebuked the winds and sea, and there 374 00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:24.720 was a cop and that there was a great calm. 375 00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:28.039 So the men marveled, saying, who can this be that 376 00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:34.839 even the winds in the sea obey him? Stop there? Now, wow, 377 00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:37.640 we got the We got the winds and the seas 378 00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:44.319 and the storm obeying Jesus. So the storm was there 379 00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:46.960 that there was also fishermen's on thet There's like people 380 00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:49.640 that were fishermen on the boat. They know that Sea 381 00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:54.480 of Galilee, you know. And what he wanted from his 382 00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:57.119 disciples is to act in the spiritual and have faith 383 00:23:57.640 --> 00:24:00.799 and decided danger not the physical, and have fear like 384 00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:03.720 they had, you know, Like he wants them to not 385 00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:06.839 have fear, you know, he wants them to have faith, like, dude, 386 00:24:06.880 --> 00:24:10.359 this is Jesus. Dude. He's healing the blind, he's healing 387 00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:13.519 people that are paralyzed, he's healing people with leprosy. He's 388 00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:16.079 showing you all these miracles right in front of your face. 389 00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:19.480 And you know, but the thing is, they haven't seen 390 00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:22.559 him control the weather or stop the waves of the ocean. 391 00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:24.480 They know that they you know, are you know, to 392 00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:27.519 stop the seas like that. That's something that's like they 393 00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:29.079 thought maybe you might be out of his out of 394 00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:33.160 his realm, Like hey, he's able to heal, yes, you know, 395 00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:42.039 but they didn't know, you know, because they they know that, 396 00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:44.480 you know, God is the only one that could that 397 00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:46.880 could control the weather and and and and the seas 398 00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:51.160 and the waves. They probably knew because if you go 399 00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:53.839 to Psalms eighty nine, verses seven through nine, it says 400 00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:56.279 God is greatly to be feared in the Assembly of 401 00:24:56.319 --> 00:25:00.160