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Greg Laurie - Jesus and the Doubters

March 17, 2025 | S25:E65

Greg Laurie - Jesus and the Doubters
Join Pastor Greg Laurie for a time of encouragement, worship, and Bible study.
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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - Jesus and the Doubters | March 17, 2025
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  • Greg laurie: sometimes we misunderstand god in his word.
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  • Like when tragedy hits in the life of a godly man or woman,
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  • And we ask, "why?"
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  • When a child dies, or a loved one gets cancer, we ask, "why?
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  • Why did god do this to me?"
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  • We find ourselves interpreting god in the light of the tragedy
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  • Instead of the other way around.
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  • So, john is effectively saying, "lord, why haven't you
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  • Helped me?"
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  • And so, he's doubting.
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  • And everyone deals with doubt in some way, shape, or form in
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  • Their life.
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  • ♪ this is the day, ♪
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  • ♪ the day when life begins. ♪
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  • ♪ this is the day, ♪
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  • ♪ the day when life begins. ♪♪
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  • Greg: heard a story about a father and son that walked into
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  • A hardware store.
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  • There was a big old jar full of candy sitting out there on
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  • The counter.
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  • The owner of the store said to the little boy, "son, why don't
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  • You grab yourself a handful of candy?
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  • It's free."
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  • The little boy just looked up at his father.
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  • The store owner said, "son, did you hear what i said?
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  • I said grab a handful of candy, it's free."
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  • Again, the little boy looks up at his father.
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  • So, finally the dad reaches in, grabs a handful of candy, and
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  • They're walking out of the hardware store.
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  • And the dad asks his boy, "son, why didn't you grab that handful
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  • Of candy?
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  • It was free."
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  • And the little guy said to his dad, "because dad, your hand is
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  • Bigger than mine."
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  • I like that.
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  • And that to me is a picture of god.
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  • Some people envision god as being stingy or cheap or
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  • Wanting to withhold his blessings, but as we read the
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  • Bible, we find the opposite is the case.
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  • God loves to lavish his blessings on us.
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  • He wants to bless us even more than we want to be blessed.
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  • I mean, i think it's an amazing thing that of all of the
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  • Pictures jesus could have chosen to show us what god is like, he
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  • Chose to portray god as a loving father in what we call the
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  • Parable of the prodigal son.
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  • That son of the father went out and dragged the family name
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  • Through the gutter and did all kinds of things he shouldn't
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  • Have done, but yet when he came to his senses and returned home,
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  • Jesus portrays his dad as someone who missed his son and
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  • Ran to him and threw his arms around him and forgave him.
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  • And that was a picture from christ of god himself.
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  • So, you wanna know what god is like?
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  • Jesus just told you, he's like a loving, heavenly father that
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  • Longs for relationship and friendship with us, not because
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  • He needs us.
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  • God doesn't need us.
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  • We have nothing to offer him that he is lacking, but he does
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  • It because we need him, you see, and because he loves us.
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  • And that is why jesus came.
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  • Jesus was god with skin on.
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  • Jesus was not just a good man, he was indeed the god man.
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  • Jesus was god spelling himself out in language we
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  • Could understand.
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  • God had a face.
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  • God came near.
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  • And there's never been anyone who has ever walked this earth
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  • More influential than jesus christ.
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  • You know, we may gauge a person's influence by how many
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  • Followers they have on social media or when someone is honored
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  • At an event, they're chosen to be the man or the woman of
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  • The year.
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  • Every december, time magazine releases an issue pointing out
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  • Who they consider to be the person of the year.
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  • Then every ten years, they have the person of the decade.
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  • But there's only one person that divides human history in half,
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  • And that's jesus christ.
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  • That's how significant he is.
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  • The name of jesus is the most powerful in all of the universe.
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  • If you don't believe me, just say his name out loud in a
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  • Crowded room.
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  • You'll get an immediate reaction.
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  • It's a name that is above all names.
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  • But the first person i want to look at in this series, "jesus
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  • And you," is the cousin of christ.
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  • We know him best as john the baptist.
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  • In fact, john the baptist recognized jesus before either
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  • One of them was even born.
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  • Because they were both in the wombs of their mothers, john in
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  • The womb of elizabeth, jesus in the womb of mary.
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  • And when mary came to visit elizabeth, john the baptist, not
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  • Born yet but very alive and already full of that unique
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  • Personality that he had, the bible says, "lept in the womb."
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  • So, there was an immediate connection.
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  • And even the story of john is quite a miraculous story, not on
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  • The level of christ who was supernaturally conceived in the
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  • Womb of a virgin, but john's parents were elderly, far past
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  • The age of bearing a child, and the angel gabriel came and
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  • Announced to them that they were gonna have a son, and his name
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  • Would be john, and he would be a prophet of the most high, and he
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  • Would prepare the way of the lord.
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  • And then when john emerged on the scene, he began his
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  • Preaching ministry.
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  • It was so significant, many thought that he actually was
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  • The messiah.
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  • The ancient historian, josephus, actually wrote more about john
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  • Than he did about jesus.
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  • So, john was a rock star, john was a very popular figure.
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  • He would have had more followers on instagram than jesus
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  • Had, okay.
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  • I don't know if i'd scream at that, but the point is, he was
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  • So popular, but he had a short--what's going on
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  • Over here?
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  • Okay, so yeah.
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  • He had a short-lived ministry because his job was just sort of
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  • The end of the scene, get the attention of the people, he was
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  • Hard to miss.
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  • He dressed in animal skins, his diet consisted of locusts and
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  • Wild honey.
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  • So, he would have been the guy when you go out to order in a
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  • Restaurant that would be problematic.
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  • There's always one of those people, "excuse me, i'm
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  • Lactose intolerant."
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  • And they have all these issues and they want to substitute
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  • Everything for everything, right?
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  • John, yeah, "you got any locust and wild honey here in
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  • This restaurant?"
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  • You know, he would have fit perfectly on "duck dynasty" with
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  • All those guys, right?
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  • So, you couldn't miss john.
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  • He wasn't dressed in the beautiful robes of the
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  • Religious leaders.
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  • And in fact, he called them out without any apprehension.
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  • He said in matthew chapter 3, verse 7, "they're a brood of
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  • Snakes facing the judgment of god."
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  • So, john's job, if you will, was to prepare the way of
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  • The messiah.
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  • He was to be the voice of one crying in the wilderness.
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  • And so, one day as he's baptizing people in the jordan
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  • River, who shows up?
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  • Jesus himself and jesus said, "john, i want you to
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  • Baptize me."
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  • John says, "baptize you?
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  • You should be baptizing me."
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  • And jesus says, "no, john, you need to do this.
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  • Let this happen right now, so we can fulfill all righteousness."
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  • So, john baptized jesus and you remember the amazing things
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  • That happened.
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  • The holy spirit came upon christ in the form of a dove, and there
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  • Was a voice from heaven, the father saying, "this is my
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  • Beloved son, in whom i'm well pleased."
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  • There you see the trinity in action.
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  • The son being baptized, the holy spirit is manifested, the father
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  • Is speaking.
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  • Now john's job is done.
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  • As he himself said, "he must increase," speaking of christ,
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  • "and i must decrease."
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  • And he said to his own disciples, "behold the lamb of
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  • God who takes away the sin of the world."
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  • In other words, boys, we're done here.
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  • I want you to follow jesus, and they did.
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  • And now the public ministry of jesus is beginning.
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  • So, john is waiting because he, like most people of this time,
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  • Had a misunderstanding of the role of messiah.
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  • It was their view that when messiah came that he would
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  • Overthrow the ruling power, in this case rome, and he would
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  • Establish his kingdom of righteousness on the earth.
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  • But time is now passing.
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  • In fact, 18 months have passed and none of this is
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  • Taking place.
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  • And john is wondering, "wait, did i get something wrong?
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  • Did i misunderstand?
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  • Is jesus actually the messiah?"
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  • And he finds himself discouraged and grappling with doubt.
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  • The title of my message is, "jesus and the doubter."
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  • So, if you've ever entertained doubts, you'll connect to
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  • The story.
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  • Let's read about it.
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  • Matthew 11 starting in verse 1, "and when john had heard in
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  • Prison about the works of christ, he sent two of his
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  • Disciples and said to him, 'are you the coming one, or should we
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  • Look for another?'
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  • Jesus answered and said, 'you go tell john the things that you
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  • Hear and see.
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  • The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the
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  • Deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have the
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  • Gospel preached to them.
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  • And blessed is he who is not offended because of me.'"
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  • Let's stop there.
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  • So, where is john?
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  • He's in a dungeon.
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  • And why is he in a dungeon?
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  • He's in a dungeon because he called out king herod, who was
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  • Living an immoral lifestyle.
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  • John didn't pull his punches.
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  • It ticked off herod, so he imprisoned this great man
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  • Of god.
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  • Here's a guy that loves to be out in the open air fulfilling
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  • His ministry, trapped in this horrible little dungeon, and
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  • He's hearing about jesus, but he doesn't like what he's hearing.
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  • "oh, that jesus, he's hanging out with sinners."
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  • "hanging out with sinners?
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  • Oh, i thought that he was gonna establish his kingdom.
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  • Did i get something wrong?"
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  • See, the problem was he was looking at things bc, not before
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  • Christ, but before calvary, before jesus would wear many
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  • Crowns, he would first wear the crown of thorns.
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  • Before there would be the throne, there would be
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  • The cross.
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  • And it was after christ died and rose again, they all understood
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  • Those two disciples who were discouraged on the road to
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  • Emmaus, leaving town after christ was crucified, and
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  • Happened to be joined by jesus himself incognito, said this,
  • 00:11:15.985 --> 00:11:21.090
  • "we had hoped," past tense, "he would have been the one to
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  • Deliver israel."
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  • This paraphrase, "yeah, he didn't quite measure up.
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  • He let us down."
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  • And then jesus is like, "what's wrong with you guys?"
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  • You know, and then he took them to the scriptures, pointing them
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  • To all the passages that showed that this was always part of
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  • The plan.
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  • The messiah would suffer, messiah would die for the sin of
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  • The world, messiah would rise again from the dead.
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  • The messiah would return one day, and that one day is still
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  • In our future.
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  • But don't be too quick to judge these guys because we can do the
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  • Same thing.
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  • Listen to this, sometimes we need to go through the foyer
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  • Of doubt to get into the sanctuary of certainty.
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  • That's not original to me.
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  • It's a good statement though, isn't it?
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  • We have to go through the foyer, we'll say, lobby to make it
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  • Easier because that's french, foyer, foyer.
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  • We have to go through the lobby of doubt to get into the
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  • Sanctuary of certainty.
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  • A french proverb says, "he who knows nothing doubts nothing."
  • 00:12:25.821 --> 00:12:30.893
  • It's also been said doubt is not the opposite of faith, it's an
  • 00:12:30.893 --> 00:12:35.030
  • Element of faith.
  • 00:12:35.030 --> 00:12:36.732
  • Doubt is not necessarily a sign that a person is wrong, rather
  • 00:12:36.732 --> 00:12:40.469
  • It's a sign they're thinking.
  • 00:12:40.469 --> 00:12:42.571
  • So, it's okay to have moments of doubt.
  • 00:12:42.571 --> 00:12:45.174
  • Even great men of the bible had their doubts.
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  • Moses was ready to quit on one occasion in complaining to god
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  • About the israelites.
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  • He said, "if they're gonna treat me like this, lord, i'd
  • 00:12:56.018 --> 00:12:58.988
  • Appreciate it if you would just take me out, just kill me now."
  • 00:12:58.988 --> 00:13:02.691
  • Little dramatic, right?
  • 00:13:02.691 --> 00:13:05.694
  • Elijah was ready to quit after hearing of the threats
  • 00:13:05.694 --> 00:13:09.498
  • Of jezebel.
  • 00:13:09.498 --> 00:13:11.367
  • And he said, "lord, just take my life."
  • 00:13:11.367 --> 00:13:14.270
  • We all remember doubting thomas.
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  • He wanted to see the risen lord himself.
  • 00:13:18.174 --> 00:13:20.976
  • He said, "i'll believe him when i can put my hand in the wound
  • 00:13:20.976 --> 00:13:23.746
  • In his side."
  • 00:13:23.746 --> 00:13:25.114
  • Then christ appears and he says, "that's okay.
  • 00:13:25.114 --> 00:13:27.483
  • My lord and my god," right?
  • 00:13:27.483 --> 00:13:29.652
  • But he just wanted to know for himself, there's nothing wrong
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  • With that.
  • 00:13:33.455 --> 00:13:34.790
  • Nothing wrong with you saying, "i want to see it for myself.
  • 00:13:34.790 --> 00:13:38.160
  • I want to know it for myself."
  • 00:13:38.160 --> 00:13:40.329
  • This is all part of growing.
  • 00:13:40.329 --> 00:13:42.231
  • Even the great apostle paul was discouraged.
  • 00:13:42.231 --> 00:13:46.001
  • He writes about it in 2 corinthians 1:8.
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  • He was burdened beyond measure.
  • 00:13:48.604 --> 00:13:51.540
  • And he said, "we despaired even of life."
  • 00:13:51.540 --> 00:13:53.943
  • So, if you're struggling with discouragement and doubt, you
  • 00:13:53.943 --> 00:13:57.179
  • Are not the first, nor will you be the last.
  • 00:13:57.179 --> 00:14:01.016
  • The problem with john is he had a troubled mind and a
  • 00:14:01.016 --> 00:14:03.919
  • Broken heart.
  • 00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:05.521
  • Hey man, the guy was in a dungeon, cut him some slack.
  • 00:14:05.521 --> 00:14:09.124
  • Things are not going the way he thought they would go because
  • 00:14:09.124 --> 00:14:11.894
  • He misunderstood.
  • 00:14:11.894 --> 00:14:13.229
  • So, he sends two friends, "just ask jesus this question, 'are
  • 00:14:13.229 --> 00:14:16.765
  • You the one or should we look for another?'"
  • 00:14:16.765 --> 00:14:19.535
  • Now notice how christ responds.
  • 00:14:19.535 --> 00:14:21.804
  • He refers to old testament prophecies that he is the
  • 00:14:21.804 --> 00:14:25.608
  • Messiah, alluding to isaiah 35 and isaiah 61.
  • 00:14:25.608 --> 00:14:31.247
  • Jesus says, matthew 11, verse 4, "you go tell john, the blind are
  • 00:14:31.247 --> 00:14:36.318
  • Seeing, the lame are walking, the lepers are cleansed, and the
  • 00:14:36.318 --> 00:14:40.389
  • Deaf hear, and the dead are raised up."
  • 00:14:40.389 --> 00:14:43.359
  • So, you could really be offended by that question, you know.
  • 00:14:43.359 --> 00:14:47.796
  • The question is, "john wants to know if you're really the one or
  • 00:14:47.796 --> 00:14:50.833
  • Should he look for another?"
  • 00:14:50.833 --> 00:14:52.201
  • What? hello?
  • 00:14:52.201 --> 00:14:53.535
  • And so, he's really questioning the ministry of our lord jesus.
  • 00:14:53.535 --> 00:14:57.740
  • Could have said, "you know what?
  • 00:14:57.740 --> 00:14:59.608
  • Got a little offended.
  • 00:14:59.608 --> 00:15:01.610
  • My cousin's always been a little weird, okay.
  • 00:15:01.610 --> 00:15:03.812
  • Come on, let's get real.
  • 00:15:03.812 --> 00:15:05.681
  • Really locusts and wild honey, is that necessary?"
  • 00:15:05.681 --> 00:15:09.518
  • Now he didn't do that at all.
  • 00:15:09.518 --> 00:15:10.886
  • In fact, jesus did the very opposite.
  • 00:15:10.886 --> 00:15:13.455
  • He looked for this.
  • 00:15:13.455 --> 00:15:14.790
  • He saw this as an opportunity to speak of the greatness of john.
  • 00:15:14.790 --> 00:15:19.228
  • Look at matthew 11, he says, "as the disciples were leaving,
  • 00:15:19.228 --> 00:15:24.466
  • Jesus began talking."
  • 00:15:24.466 --> 00:15:26.568
  • Matthew 11 rather, "began talking about him to the crowds.
  • 00:15:26.568 --> 00:15:30.072
  • He said, 'what kind of man did you go into the wilderness
  • 00:15:30.072 --> 00:15:33.609
  • To see?
  • 00:15:33.609 --> 00:15:34.977
  • A reed just blowing in the wind?
  • 00:15:34.977 --> 00:15:37.546
  • Someone unstable with no courage?
  • 00:15:37.546 --> 00:15:39.481
  • Some kind of a snowflake?
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  • This is john the baptist, people.
  • 00:15:41.784 --> 00:15:44.954
  • And i loved him, and let me tell you a little something about
  • 00:15:44.954 --> 00:15:49.124
  • John," and then he goes on to describe who john really was.
  • 00:15:49.124 --> 00:15:51.727
  • And you know, here's what it comes down to.
  • 00:15:51.727 --> 00:15:54.430
  • You know, it's really not what others think about us or even
  • 00:15:54.430 --> 00:15:57.700
  • What we think about ourselves.
  • 00:15:57.700 --> 00:15:59.301
  • I'm interested in what jesus thinks about me.
  • 00:15:59.301 --> 00:16:02.638
  • Jesus had some good thoughts about john.
  • 00:16:02.638 --> 00:16:06.108
  • And jesus has some good thoughts about you too.
  • 00:16:06.108 --> 00:16:09.478
  • I want you to know that.
  • 00:16:09.478 --> 00:16:11.413
  • Now, we know what happens when jes--when we get bragged on by
  • 00:16:11.413 --> 00:16:14.483
  • God in heaven.
  • 00:16:14.483 --> 00:16:15.818
  • We saw that in the book of job.
  • 00:16:15.818 --> 00:16:17.820
  • It's like, hey, let's not be bragging too much in
  • 00:16:17.820 --> 00:16:20.055
  • Heaven, okay.
  • 00:16:20.055 --> 00:16:21.390
  • After i look at the calamities that befell your servant.
  • 00:16:21.390 --> 00:16:24.293
  • But you know, i love jeremiah 29:11.
  • 00:16:24.293 --> 00:16:27.396
  • I think you know that by now, i quote it quite often.
  • 00:16:27.396 --> 00:16:30.132
  • But here's what god thinks about you, "'i know the thoughts that
  • 00:16:30.132 --> 00:16:33.035
  • I think toward you,' says the lord, 'thoughts of peace and not
  • 00:16:33.035 --> 00:16:36.338
  • Of evil, to give you a future and a hope.'"
  • 00:16:36.338 --> 00:16:39.208
  • See, a lot of us think god is mad at us when in reality, god
  • 00:16:39.208 --> 00:16:43.112
  • Is mad about us.
  • 00:16:43.112 --> 00:16:45.347
  • He loves us, that's what we see so clearly in scripture.
  • 00:16:45.347 --> 00:16:49.651
  • So, now jesus says this about john, verse 11.
  • 00:16:49.651 --> 00:16:52.388
  • Let me tell you something, "among those born of women there
  • 00:16:52.388 --> 00:16:55.357
  • Has not been one greater than john the baptist."
  • 00:16:55.357 --> 00:16:59.895
  • John the baptist was the last of the old testament prophets.
  • 00:16:59.895 --> 00:17:05.267
  • Not only was he the last, but he was the greatest of the old
  • 00:17:05.267 --> 00:17:09.338
  • Testament prophets.
  • 00:17:09.338 --> 00:17:10.973
  • Now that's pretty amazing.
  • 00:17:10.973 --> 00:17:12.641
  • How could john be greater than samuel, elijah, isaiah, ezekiel?
  • 00:17:12.641 --> 00:17:18.313
  • John never called fire down from heaven like elijah did.
  • 00:17:18.313 --> 00:17:21.817
  • He never parted the red sea as moses did.
  • 00:17:21.817 --> 00:17:25.821
  • He did not write a book of the bible like isaiah, or ezekiel,
  • 00:17:25.821 --> 00:17:29.925
  • Or even minor prophets like micah.
  • 00:17:29.925 --> 00:17:32.094
  • That doesn't mean that he was underage micah.
  • 00:17:32.094 --> 00:17:34.663
  • Being a minor prophet just meant shorter book.
  • 00:17:34.663 --> 00:17:37.533
  • He didn't write a book.
  • 00:17:37.533 --> 00:17:39.001
  • He didn't do a miracle.
  • 00:17:39.001 --> 00:17:40.769
  • But jesus says, "of men born of women, there has never been a
  • 00:17:40.769 --> 00:17:43.972
  • Greater than john the baptist."
  • 00:17:43.972 --> 00:17:46.308
  • Why was john the greatest of the old testament prophets?
  • 00:17:46.308 --> 00:17:50.379
  • Answer, because john and john alone was the direct forerunner
  • 00:17:50.379 --> 00:17:55.517
  • Of jesus.
  • 00:17:55.517 --> 00:17:56.885
  • His greatness came as a result of his closeness to christ.
  • 00:17:56.885 --> 00:18:01.490
  • And now jesus drops his bombshell, verse 11, "and he who
  • 00:18:01.490 --> 00:18:05.394
  • Was least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he."
  • 00:18:05.394 --> 00:18:09.598
  • What that means is, you as a christian, in the new covenant
  • 00:18:09.598 --> 00:18:14.369
  • Now, are greater than john.
  • 00:18:14.369 --> 00:18:16.939
  • You say, "how could i be greater than john?
  • 00:18:16.939 --> 00:18:18.740
  • He was the direct forerunner.
  • 00:18:18.740 --> 00:18:20.542
  • He was the voice crying in the wilderness."
  • 00:18:20.542 --> 00:18:22.478
  • I know, but you see, you have a relationship with god that john
  • 00:18:22.478 --> 00:18:26.949
  • Did not have.
  • 00:18:26.949 --> 00:18:28.717
  • John was a herald of the king.
  • 00:18:28.717 --> 00:18:31.720
  • You're a friend of the king.
  • 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:33.455
  • John was a friend of the bridegroom, you're the bride of
  • 00:18:33.455 --> 00:18:37.826
  • The bridegroom, right?
  • 00:18:37.826 --> 00:18:40.395
  • So, this all happened because of the death and resurrection
  • 00:18:40.395 --> 00:18:45.000
  • Of christ.
  • 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:46.335
  • So, i titled this message, "jesus and the doubter," jesus
  • 00:18:46.335 --> 00:18:50.739
  • And you.
  • 00:18:50.739 --> 00:18:52.241
  • Now maybe you're struggling with doubt right now.
  • 00:18:52.241 --> 00:18:54.776
  • There's a difference between doubt and unbelief.
  • 00:18:54.776 --> 00:19:00.249
  • You know, doubt asks questions, unbelief doesn't want answers.
  • 00:19:00.249 --> 00:19:06.021
  • Doubt can be overcome and resolved, but unbelief is an act
  • 00:19:06.021 --> 00:19:09.791
  • Of disobedience.
  • 00:19:09.791 --> 00:19:11.693
  • So, it's okay to come with your doubts and say, "lord, i don't
  • 00:19:11.693 --> 00:19:14.897
  • Get this, help me."
  • 00:19:14.897 --> 00:19:16.265
  • Like that one guy that said, "lord, i believe, help
  • 00:19:16.265 --> 00:19:19.434
  • My unbelief."
  • 00:19:19.434 --> 00:19:21.470
  • So, when you're praying about something, you say, "lord, we're
  • 00:19:21.470 --> 00:19:24.373
  • Praying for this, we're asking this in the name of jesus.
  • 00:19:24.373 --> 00:19:27.476
  • We're praying about this together, but lord, we're also
  • 00:19:27.476 --> 00:19:30.979
  • Saying we believe but help our unbelief."
  • 00:19:30.979 --> 00:19:34.917
  • Because sometimes our faith is not as strong as it should be,
  • 00:19:34.917 --> 00:19:38.987
  • But god understands that.
  • 00:19:38.987 --> 00:19:40.322
  • He'll more than meet you halfway.
  • 00:19:40.322 --> 00:19:43.458
  • So, let's wrap this up now.
  • 00:19:43.458 --> 00:19:45.260
  • How did jesus deal with doubt in the life of john and how does he
  • 00:19:45.260 --> 00:19:50.666
  • Wanna deal with doubt in our life?
  • 00:19:50.666 --> 00:19:52.901
  • Number one, he refocused john's priorities.
  • 00:19:52.901 --> 00:19:57.639
  • He refocused john's priorities.
  • 00:19:57.639 --> 00:20:00.475
  • John misunderstood, as i said, the mission and purpose of the
  • 00:20:00.475 --> 00:20:03.879
  • Coming of christ, and it was true of the disciples as well.
  • 00:20:03.879 --> 00:20:08.584
  • He refocused him.
  • 00:20:08.584 --> 00:20:09.952
  • He didn't rebuke him, he refocused him.
  • 00:20:09.952 --> 00:20:13.322
  • Because the problem with john was not that he was asking too
  • 00:20:13.322 --> 00:20:16.558
  • Much, it's that he was asking too little.
  • 00:20:16.558 --> 00:20:20.128
  • "hey, john, i'm gonna do something even bigger than
  • 00:20:20.128 --> 00:20:21.797
  • You're expecting.
  • 00:20:21.797 --> 00:20:23.832
  • Overthrow the romans?
  • 00:20:23.832 --> 00:20:25.534
  • I'm gonna come and establish my kingdom on earth one day, and
  • 00:20:25.534 --> 00:20:29.371
  • The righteousness of the lord will fill the planet.
  • 00:20:29.371 --> 00:20:32.908
  • So, it's gonna be bigger than anything you ever dreamed."
  • 00:20:32.908 --> 00:20:35.844
  • So, he refocused his priorities.
  • 00:20:35.844 --> 00:20:38.380
  • Secondly, he used this scripture or brought john back to
  • 00:20:38.380 --> 00:20:42.517
  • The scripture.
  • 00:20:42.517 --> 00:20:44.052
  • He took john back to the bible.
  • 00:20:44.052 --> 00:20:45.554
  • "buddy, remember what the bible says.
  • 00:20:45.554 --> 00:20:47.589
  • Remember what the prophets say.
  • 00:20:47.589 --> 00:20:49.691
  • You need to go back."
  • 00:20:49.691 --> 00:20:51.059
  • I cannot say enough about how important the word of god is for
  • 00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:56.732
  • Everything in life that you are facing.
  • 00:20:56.732 --> 00:20:59.635
  • This is why we need to memorize scripture and know scripture.
  • 00:20:59.635 --> 00:21:04.773
  • When we fall into that little pit of despair, when we're
  • 00:21:04.773 --> 00:21:08.510
  • Dealing with hardship, when we're looking for direction,
  • 00:21:08.510 --> 00:21:11.947
  • Really whatever you're going through, know the word of god.
  • 00:21:11.947 --> 00:21:14.816
  • And as i've said to you, you need to think biblically.
  • 00:21:14.816 --> 00:21:18.153
  • So, jesus brings him back to the bible.
  • 00:21:18.153 --> 00:21:20.689
  • Number three, jesus kept right on with this purpose and asked
  • 00:21:20.689 --> 00:21:25.227
  • John to not be stumbled or annoyed.
  • 00:21:25.227 --> 00:21:28.297
  • He's just saying, "just trust me."
  • 00:21:28.297 --> 00:21:31.300
  • God never promised he would inform us all about his plan
  • 00:21:31.300 --> 00:21:34.736
  • Ahead of time.
  • 00:21:34.736 --> 00:21:36.104
  • He just promised us that he has one.
  • 00:21:36.104 --> 00:21:38.874
  • And ultimately, it's for our good and it's for his glory.
  • 00:21:38.874 --> 00:21:43.679
  • Let me say that again, god never promised he would inform us all
  • 00:21:43.679 --> 00:21:47.316
  • About his plan ahead of time.
  • 00:21:47.316 --> 00:21:49.318
  • He just promised that he has one and it's ultimately for our good
  • 00:21:49.318 --> 00:21:54.356
  • And it's for his glory.
  • 00:21:54.356 --> 00:21:56.658
  • I know there are things in life that don't make sense.
  • 00:21:56.658 --> 00:21:59.828
  • I know there are questions that remain unanswered.
  • 00:21:59.828 --> 00:22:03.398
  • I know you have times of disappointment as a follower of
  • 00:22:03.398 --> 00:22:07.369
  • Jesus, but one day it will all be made clear.
  • 00:22:07.369 --> 00:22:11.373
  • And whatever you've lost for the kingdom of god in this life,
  • 00:22:11.373 --> 00:22:14.676
  • Whatever you've suffered will be made up to you in the next life.
  • 00:22:14.676 --> 00:22:19.247
  • God has promised that in scripture.
  • 00:22:19.247 --> 00:22:21.616
  • So, right now the bible says, "we see through a glass darkly,
  • 00:22:21.616 --> 00:22:25.687
  • But then face to face."
  • 00:22:25.687 --> 00:22:28.457
  • You know, sort of like someone that has tinted glass on their
  • 00:22:28.457 --> 00:22:31.793
  • Car and you can't see in.
  • 00:22:31.793 --> 00:22:33.829
  • And that's how it is sometimes, we're trying to figure these
  • 00:22:33.829 --> 00:22:36.998
  • Things out.
  • 00:22:36.998 --> 00:22:38.333
  • We squint our eyes, we're trying to see, you know, what is taking
  • 00:22:38.333 --> 00:22:42.137
  • Place and why god is doing it.
  • 00:22:42.137 --> 00:22:44.072
  • Another translation of that same verse there in 1 corinthians 13
  • 00:22:44.072 --> 00:22:47.976
  • Says, paul speaking, "i know now in a fragmentary fashion, but
  • 00:22:47.976 --> 00:22:55.550
  • Then i will fully known as i am known."
  • 00:22:55.550 --> 00:22:59.788
  • Yeah, i know you have questions you want to ask god.
  • 00:22:59.788 --> 00:23:02.758
  • But in that final day when we stand before god, we'll realize
  • 00:23:02.758 --> 00:23:06.528
  • He never sat on his hands because they were nailed to
  • 00:23:06.528 --> 00:23:10.599
  • A cross.
  • 00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:12.000
  • God's in control.
  • 00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:13.635
  • God is at work.
  • 00:23:13.635 --> 00:23:15.370
  • So, if you have a doubt, you just bring it to jesus.
  • 00:23:15.370 --> 00:23:17.672
  • And that's really to me the big story here.
  • 00:23:17.672 --> 00:23:20.342
  • John had his doubts, but he brought his doubts to jesus.
  • 00:23:20.342 --> 00:23:24.746
  • And that's what we need to do.
  • 00:23:24.746 --> 00:23:26.114
  • And jesus wants to more than meet you halfway.
  • 00:23:29.551 --> 00:23:32.587
  • He came to this earth, he walked among us.
  • 00:23:32.587 --> 00:23:35.357
  • He lived a perfect life, he died a perfect death.
  • 00:23:35.357 --> 00:23:38.527
  • He died on the cross for our sins and he rose again.
  • 00:23:38.527 --> 00:23:41.630
  • And now he stands at the door of our life, and he knocks and
  • 00:23:41.630 --> 00:23:44.766
  • Says, "if you'll hear my voice and open the door, i'll
  • 00:23:44.766 --> 00:23:47.536
  • Come in."
  • 00:23:47.536 --> 00:23:48.904
  • Sometimes people say, "i have a few questions, and if you can
  • 00:23:48.904 --> 00:23:51.206
  • Ask--answer these questions, i'll become a christian."
  • 00:23:51.206 --> 00:23:54.876
  • I think many times what we will see is when we become a
  • 00:23:54.876 --> 00:23:57.679
  • Christian, that's when the questions are answered.
  • 00:23:57.679 --> 00:24:00.715
  • Not all of them, but i will say this, most of them, most of the
  • 00:24:00.715 --> 00:24:04.619
  • Big ones for sure.
  • 00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:06.321
  • When you enter into this relationship with god that is
  • 00:24:06.321 --> 00:24:11.359
  • Available through jesus christ.
  • 00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:13.495
  • You know, i saw an interesting interview the other day between
  • 00:24:13.495 --> 00:24:17.799
  • Tucker carlson and elon musk.
  • 00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:20.802
  • And what an amazing guy elon musk is.
  • 00:24:20.802 --> 00:24:23.505
  • You know, i just saw a video of one of his rockets landing in
  • 00:24:23.505 --> 00:24:27.576
  • Some kind of a container of sorts.
  • 00:24:27.576 --> 00:24:30.745
  • I've never seen anything like that before.
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  • And then all the other things that he has created.
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  • The man is an absolute genius.
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  • And so, tucker asks elon, who's an engineer, knows a little bit
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  • About creating things, "do you believe in a creator?"
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  • And elon had to say he did believe in a creator.
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  • Of course he would because creators or engineers make
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  • Things for a purpose, and he realizes that all the things he
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  • Makes have a purpose, and the same must be true of god
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  • As well.
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  • But then elon said, "but i don't know that we can really know
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  • His nature."
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  • But we can and we must.
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  • And that is what i started this message with talking about how
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  • God is a loving, heavenly father that longs for a relationship
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  • With us, a friendship with us that comes through christ.
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  • Problem is, we were only a few feet from the shore.
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  • The lifeguard comes to rescue me.
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  • I say, "i think i'm okay."
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