WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:10.400 So I want to as we get into this message, I want to uh just address something really quick, and it's this because I I would love for everybody to be um ready to receive. 00:00:11.679 --> 00:00:26.160 I went Friday uh with my son to the skate park, and um and he's the last time we stopped going was when I blew out my hamstrings skating, and so I'd been nervous to go. 00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:28.000 Uh and but he's getting back into it. 00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:29.199 So I'm like, let's let's do it. 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:30.879 And we had the whole park to ourselves. 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:39.119 It was favor of God, and uh, and I was super grateful because probably about 45 minutes into it, I was like, you know what? 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:44.079 I'm gonna ride up that ramp and off the other side, and it's gonna be great. 00:00:44.399 --> 00:00:49.280 And uh within moments, all I can recount is like my head bouncing off the pavement. 00:00:49.439 --> 00:00:58.399 I was wearing a helmet, praise God, and I was flat on my back and bam, it you know, hit the pavement, and um and I didn't miraculously get hurt. 00:00:58.560 --> 00:01:12.239 I was a little bit sore today and and yesterday, but in that moment, I was like, oh, not too bad, you know, and I was a big scratch on the back of my helmet, and uh, I'm getting up, and my son's standing over me, he's like, You're okay. 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:13.760 I believe in you. 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:16.159 He's nine, right? 00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:18.560 You're okay, dad. 00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:19.599 I believe in you. 00:01:19.840 --> 00:01:24.640 And uh, and then we proceeded to ride up that ramp and off the other side, and uh, it was great. 00:01:24.959 --> 00:01:30.079 But there was a moment that that hit me in that, and I was like, man, you know, he learned that from somewhere. 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:32.879 He doesn't just come up with that, but he's heard a lot. 00:01:33.120 --> 00:01:35.280 Hey, you it's okay. 00:01:35.439 --> 00:01:38.640 The people that aren't getting bruises are the people that aren't trying, right? 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:42.239 The people that the people that aren't falling are the people that aren't trying to move forward. 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:54.799 And uh, and there can be a lot of shame when you come into church sometimes and you feel like you had a rough week and maybe didn't handle life right, or maybe you've had a rough season and you didn't handle things right or conversations right. 00:01:54.959 --> 00:02:00.640 There's a lot of things that can go on that you can look at and say, I probably took the fall right there. 00:02:01.519 --> 00:02:07.519 And uh I love that Proverbs says that uh seven times the righteous fall, but each time they get back up. 00:02:07.760 --> 00:02:09.599 And so you're here right now. 00:02:09.759 --> 00:02:20.560 So don't let condemnation or shame or any feeling of less than whisper in your ear that you don't belong or that you can't receive because I'm proud of you, that you are here. 00:02:20.719 --> 00:02:21.840 I believe in you. 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:22.800 You can do this. 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:25.039 Let's get up and let's keep going forward, yeah? 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:35.120 So if you've had a week that you're less than proud of, or a season you're less than proud of, or anything like that, know that it's covered by the blood of the Lamb, that Jesus paid a price for it. 00:02:35.199 --> 00:02:40.719 You don't have to live under the shame of it, and let's come in together to receive whatever God wants to speak into our lives, yeah? 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:47.280 And if you wouldn't mind, after you get done with this service, pray that I would feel better. 00:02:48.400 --> 00:02:51.919 And and that the falls would be less often at the skate park. 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:52.400 Yeah? 00:02:52.639 --> 00:02:53.680 Because we're going back. 00:02:53.840 --> 00:02:54.080 Amen. 00:02:54.319 --> 00:02:55.439 This is gonna be good. 00:02:56.400 --> 00:03:01.039 If you see me trying to Ollie some steps, you stop me and say, Joey, that is not of the Lord. 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:01.599 Okay. 00:03:02.159 --> 00:03:04.080 We're in Acts chapter 2. 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:05.280 Acts chapter 2. 00:03:05.360 --> 00:03:09.199 We know Acts 1, Jesus ascends to heaven. 00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:12.400 He says, Don't leave Jerusalem until the Holy Spirit comes. 00:03:12.479 --> 00:03:14.960 I'm I'm I'm sending the helper, right? 00:03:15.280 --> 00:03:19.280 So last week we talked about the beginning of Acts chapter 2. 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:22.400 The day of Pentecost is the day that we're on. 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:24.400 There's a sound like a windstorm. 00:03:24.639 --> 00:03:29.120 It looks like as all the believers are gathered together, it looks like flames of fire landing on their heads. 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:35.840 They begin speaking in unknown languages, like the presence of God, the empowerment of God for his church to be his witnesses. 00:03:35.919 --> 00:03:37.599 The church is birth, right? 00:03:37.759 --> 00:03:38.639 We talked about last week. 00:03:38.719 --> 00:03:43.439 The breath of God, the ruach of God is breathed upon that room and upon those people. 00:03:43.520 --> 00:03:46.000 And the church is birthed and it's alive. 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:54.479 And so everybody's showing up because they heard the wind, and now they hear the apostles and all these believers speaking in languages that they don't know. 00:03:54.719 --> 00:04:01.439 And they said that we hear these people speaking the wonderful things that God has done, but they're not from our area. 00:04:01.599 --> 00:04:04.479 They don't know our language, but we hear them speaking it. 00:04:04.639 --> 00:04:08.000 And they're shouting out and declaring the wonderful things God's done. 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:12.479 And before we get into our text, we see that there's two different people we talked about last week. 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:14.479 There's the curious and there's the critical. 00:04:14.719 --> 00:04:18.160 Verse 12 said, the people uh stood there amazed, perplexed. 00:04:18.319 --> 00:04:19.199 What can this mean? 00:04:19.360 --> 00:04:25.360 Some people are curious, and then there's another group, but others in the crowd ridiculed saying, they're just drunk, that's all. 00:04:25.600 --> 00:04:28.560 When's the last time you got drunk and learned a new language? 00:04:28.879 --> 00:04:29.519 Right? 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:33.360 A critical spirit doesn't always have to make sense, it just has to mock. 00:04:33.600 --> 00:04:34.000 Yeah? 00:04:34.399 --> 00:04:35.839 It doesn't make any sense. 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:40.079 This whole room got drunk and they magically learned new languages. 00:04:40.319 --> 00:04:43.600 That doesn't make any sense, but a critical spirit is meant to tear you down. 00:04:43.759 --> 00:04:45.199 It doesn't have to make sense. 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:51.040 The purpose of it is to make you afraid, make you fearful, make you feel stupid, make you feel less than. 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:55.600 A critical spirit is always they're designed to attack your identity. 00:04:57.120 --> 00:05:06.560 Because if you have to start to try to defend your identity or in this case, make excuses for why this is not weird, man, like you get off course. 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:07.279 But check this out. 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:09.759 They're like, man, these guys are just drunk, that's all. 00:05:09.920 --> 00:05:11.120 Here's where we're starting today. 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:12.079 Verse 14. 00:05:12.319 --> 00:05:18.240 Then Peter stepped forward with the 11 other apostles and shouted to the crowd. 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:24.560 So I'm gonna try to get past this section today, but I don't know that I'll be able to because we got a lengthy ways to go. 00:05:26.319 --> 00:05:39.680 Just about 50 days ago, this same Peter and the other 11 apostles, they are hiding and afraid for their life because their rabbi has been captured, brutally beaten, crucified. 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:44.879 And what happens in that culture is if you're a rabbi, something happens to your rabbi, it's gonna happen to you. 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:49.759 So fear has gripped them because they're like, our death sentence is coming. 00:05:50.079 --> 00:05:52.639 Peter has already denied knowing Jesus. 00:05:52.879 --> 00:05:57.680 Remember, if you can rewind back to Luke, Peter has already denied knowing Jesus, right? 00:05:57.759 --> 00:06:02.959 When Jesus is captured and he's taken and he's getting put on trial, and everybody's like, hey, you're with Jesus. 00:06:03.040 --> 00:06:03.600 You know that guy. 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:04.240 You're with the rest. 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:05.759 He's like, No, I don't know him. 00:06:05.920 --> 00:06:10.480 And Jesus says, You're going to deny me three times before the rooster crows, and that's what happens. 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:16.639 And now this same Peter is the one stepping up, and everybody's saying, These guys are just drunk. 00:06:16.879 --> 00:06:22.480 And Peter and the other, I love that it says, with the 11 other apostles, there's power and unity. 00:06:22.560 --> 00:06:23.680 I want you to know something. 00:06:23.839 --> 00:06:26.800 The church family is never a lone ranger game. 00:06:27.040 --> 00:06:29.759 The church family is never a lone ranger plan. 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:33.279 The enemy loves to isolate you with your issues, with your problems. 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:34.319 Can I tell you something? 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:37.040 You can show up to church and still remain isolated. 00:06:37.839 --> 00:06:40.079 There's that I've talked to I talk to people. 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:41.279 I'm like, how are you doing? 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:42.639 They're like, I'm doing good. 00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:46.720 15 minutes later, you found out that everything wrong happened in life. 00:06:46.959 --> 00:06:49.279 Their dog has worms, right? 00:06:49.600 --> 00:06:52.560 Their AC just conked out, like all these things. 00:06:52.720 --> 00:06:54.079 And that's light work. 00:06:54.319 --> 00:07:02.800 They don't want to get into stuff like, here's what's going on in marriage, here's what's going on with my kids, here's what's going on with my workplace, here's what's going on with my extended family. 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:06.879 You can be together in a group and you can still be isolated. 00:07:07.199 --> 00:07:08.319 You with me on that? 00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:16.879 So I uh I'm looking at this moment and I see that there's a unity among the apostles, and there needs to be a unity among the church. 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:19.439 And that unity needs to be a vulnerability. 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:21.040 A vulnerability for a couple things. 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:29.279 If things are going wrong in your life, or if there's things that you need help with, opening up and being vulnerable enough to say, hey, there's some areas I need some help with, right? 00:07:30.480 --> 00:07:39.920 There also needs to be a vulnerability that if you've been offended, to come to those who have offended and say, hey, listen, this has gone on, and we need to talk. 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:41.920 I just need to share with you my heart. 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:55.600 Maybe this wasn't your intent, because the enemy loves to work through offense and have church people stay silent, and yet the bitterness builds until there's a wall and there can't be communication because there's so much time passed, right? 00:07:56.000 --> 00:08:01.839 And so what I want to say as a church family is there's gonna be times where you're not gonna be super soaked about something that I do. 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:02.240 Why? 00:08:02.399 --> 00:08:03.839 Because I'm a person. 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:06.000 Shocker, right? 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:13.920 I'm gonna have times where you're like, hey, Joey, man, this went on, and and and and I wish it would have happened differently, and we can talk about it. 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:18.720 And God can redeem relationships and renew relationships, and I can ask for forgiveness. 00:08:19.360 --> 00:08:21.759 But we as a family have to be willing to do that. 00:08:21.839 --> 00:08:22.800 Are you with me on that? 00:08:23.040 --> 00:08:25.519 Because if there's gonna be unity, you gotta fight for it. 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:27.519 It doesn't just happen accidentally. 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:31.759 If you're gonna have unity in a church, it's gotta be cultivated. 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:35.039 It's not just like we don't just say unity because it's a fun word. 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:39.360 It's like we're united, and then we're completely fractured under the surface. 00:08:39.679 --> 00:08:45.759 Because people, whether they serve Jesus or not, you can walk into a room and you can know if there's tension or not. 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:47.120 Right? 00:08:47.360 --> 00:08:52.559 And you can also know if you're in a place where there is a spirit of unity. 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:56.159 Because we talked about last week, in a spirit of unity, there's a commanded blessing. 00:08:56.399 --> 00:09:02.480 And I pray that we'd walk in the blessing of God because it's commanded over us, because we cultivate unity within our lives. 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:04.000 Yeah? 00:09:04.399 --> 00:09:10.000 So when there is persecution, you guys are just drunk crazies. 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:19.759 Now we stand up together and now we're people that are going after Jesus and what Jesus says about our life and what Jesus wants us to do with our life, and we're going wherever the Holy Spirit leads us in our life. 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:20.799 That's what we're about. 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:23.279 We're about seeing people restored, people loved. 00:09:23.440 --> 00:09:25.519 We're about seeing anxiety leave people's life. 00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:31.679 We're about seeing people that have suicidal thoughts know that there's hope for them and that they don't have to end it today. 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:33.120 We're about that kind of life. 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:35.279 We're about laying hands on the sick and seeing them recover. 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:36.480 That's what we're about. 00:09:36.799 --> 00:09:40.240 And so the the critical has just spoken. 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:44.159 They're just drunk, that's all, trying to dismiss what God's doing. 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:48.080 Then Peter stepped forward with the 11 other disciples and shouted to the crowd. 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:53.440 Man, I love that Luke is so detailed in the word that he uses, is shouted to the crowd. 00:09:55.360 --> 00:10:01.440 They didn't get in a circle and like, well, if they just knew what we've been experiencing, then we wouldn't, they wouldn't be talking so foolishly. 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:03.919 Nice shouts to the crowd. 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:12.960 I uh in John 21. 00:10:14.080 --> 00:10:18.320 In John 21, there's a moment where the guys are out fishing. 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:20.240 And Jesus is on shore. 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:21.120 You guys remember this? 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:24.480 We talked about it a little bit on Easter Sunday, if you can recall that far back. 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:31.600 And uh there's a moment where Jesus has an encounter with Peter, and it's Peter, do you love me? 00:10:32.559 --> 00:10:34.559 And he's like, feed my lambs. 00:10:35.200 --> 00:10:36.080 Peter's like, yeah, I love you. 00:10:36.159 --> 00:10:37.039 He's like, feed my lambs. 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:38.240 Peter, do you love me? 00:10:38.559 --> 00:10:39.919 Yeah, I love you. 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:42.399 Peter, feed my sheep. 00:10:42.559 --> 00:10:43.759 Peter, do you love me? 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:45.120 Exasperated. 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:47.919 Peter says, I love you. 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:57.200 What is happening in John 21 is that Peter is getting healed, he's getting restored, and he's being commissioned. 00:10:58.240 --> 00:11:03.759 What happens sometimes in our life is that we hear about there's a power of God that can come upon us. 00:11:04.080 --> 00:11:05.120 Acts chapter 2. 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:11.200 We know that it's a promise of God, and we like the idea that we can be empowered to be his witnesses. 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:20.639 But if you don't have John 21 before you have Acts chapter 2, you're gonna be a hurting person that doesn't have a testimony to give when the power of God comes upon you. 00:11:21.200 --> 00:11:34.000 And here's the thing: we don't like having to go to the dark places to let God heal us because we have to remember the shame of the enemy, but it can only be there for a minute because when the presence of God shows up, the shame has to leave. 00:11:34.320 --> 00:11:34.960 Right? 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:36.559 Condemnation is this. 00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:38.639 Let me tell you what condemnation is because there's conviction. 00:11:38.799 --> 00:11:43.120 Conviction will say, man, it's the Holy Spirit saying, This is not God's best for you. 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:45.679 You're going down a path that's not right. 00:11:46.080 --> 00:11:48.159 You're handling things wrong in that relationship. 00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:52.879 There's this the conviction puts you in a direction towards freedom. 00:11:53.120 --> 00:12:02.080 Condemnation is what the enemy whispers in your ear and he lies to you, and he lies, you will never be good enough that God will ever want to have a relationship with you. 00:12:02.480 --> 00:12:10.320 So that the seed is planted, and the thought is this you ever get a phone call from a person, or maybe it's just as unknown. 00:12:10.639 --> 00:12:12.639 This happens to me all the time. 00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:13.840 Unknown. 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:15.679 And do you want to know what I do? 00:12:15.919 --> 00:12:17.840 I do I don't answer. 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:19.279 Right? 00:12:19.679 --> 00:12:28.720 Now, culturally, if you get into a moment where you're frustrated with somebody and they call you and you don't want to talk to them, you can not answer. 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:31.279 You can either like there's two buttons, right? 00:12:31.440 --> 00:12:35.039 I I don't pay that much attention, I just hit, you know, I don't know what I hit. 00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:40.960 Anybody ever get confused when you're on the phone and somebody calls and is like, how do I switch between a call and not hang up on everybody? 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:43.759 I panic with that all the time. 00:12:44.480 --> 00:12:51.279 But if you have a problem with somebody and they call you and you don't answer because you don't want to talk to them, there's a cultural term called ghosting. 00:12:51.679 --> 00:12:52.639 Familiar with that term? 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:54.080 I'm just gonna ghost you. 00:12:55.759 --> 00:13:04.480 Um condemnation is the thought that God's gonna ghost you when you talk to him because he's so mad at you he doesn't want to hear from you. 00:13:05.279 --> 00:13:08.080 So you're gonna call, but he's gonna not answer. 00:13:08.799 --> 00:13:13.200 Condemnation is like, no, you've done too much stupid stuff for God to want to have any conversation with you. 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:16.639 And then he just lies to you. 00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:20.960 And then you're like, well, he doesn't want to talk to me, so I'm not gonna talk to him, so then you just isolate. 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:27.360 I love that Jesus approaches Peter because Peter probably didn't have the courage to approach Jesus. 00:13:27.440 --> 00:13:35.360 He knows that Jesus died, he knows that Jesus is resurrected, but it's Jesus that approaches the pain in Peter's life. 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:36.799 Peter, do you love me? 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:37.840 Now check this out. 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:40.000 Does he remind Peter of the mistake? 00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:41.120 Nope. 00:13:41.600 --> 00:13:45.200 He reminds Peter that he loves Jesus, right? 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:47.600 He reminds Peter, Peter, I know you love me. 00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:49.039 Say it out loud. 00:13:49.360 --> 00:13:53.759 Peter, I know, listen, not only do you love me, but I still have plans for you. 00:13:54.080 --> 00:14:00.240 We get so consumed with what God thinks about our mistakes that we forget that he's got a future for us because he's already taken care of the mistakes. 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:02.320 And so he wants to have a conversation with you. 00:14:02.399 --> 00:14:08.000 He wants to have John 21 moment with you, where if you'll come to him and say, listen, I'm afraid that you're gonna ghost me. 00:14:08.080 --> 00:14:09.759 I'm afraid that I've done too much wrong. 00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:13.759 I'm afraid that you can't use me, that you don't even want to hear from me. 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:16.879 But I want to bring this fear before you, God, and just lay it out. 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:21.200 I want to face all the ugly in my life, and I want to ask you, how do you want to deal with it? 00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:24.799 And when you have that encounter with the Lord, the Lord's gonna heal those moments. 00:14:25.039 --> 00:14:25.919 Listen to me. 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:40.080 He's not seeing you as a person who has an addiction, he's not seeing you as a person who has failure, he's not seeing you as a person who's less than he's seeing you through the blood of the cross as one who's been made righteous, and he wants to have relationship with you. 00:14:40.480 --> 00:14:47.200 And so you he there is not a condemnation, for there's no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, is what the scripture says. 00:14:47.440 --> 00:14:51.840 There's never a moment where he doesn't want to hear from you, there's never a moment where he doesn't want to encounter with you. 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:58.720 But if you don't allow John 21 to happen in your life, Acts 2 becomes a difficult moment to work through. 00:14:59.039 --> 00:15:02.559 But Peter has had John 21 in his life. 00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:06.559 He's been healed, he's been restored, and he's commissioned. 00:15:06.879 --> 00:15:10.799 And now he is empowered by the Holy Spirit. 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:15.120 So he stands up and he begins to speak. 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:17.360 I want to say something right now. 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:24.000 Uh would you risk today revealing the ugly parts of your life to the Lord? 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:29.200 Would you risk today the things that you don't want to talk about with him? 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:33.519 Would you risk sharing just saying in a private moment, Lord? 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:38.159 I'm acknowledging this struggle that I'm having in your presence. 00:15:38.240 --> 00:15:39.840 I just want to acknowledge you. 00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:41.679 I want to acknowledge this issue. 00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:44.559 I want to acknowledge, I can't stop looking at that screen. 00:15:44.720 --> 00:15:46.159 I can't stop picking up that Bible. 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:48.480 I can't stop puffing on that vape. 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:50.240 I can't stop whatever it is that you've got going. 00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:56.960 I can't stop, I can't stop gossiping, I can't stop lying, I can't stop getting angry, I can't stop losing my temper. 00:15:57.120 --> 00:16:00.879 God, I just want to invite you into all these areas of my life. 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:07.200 Because he wants to come to those areas and he wants to bring healing. 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:15.840 So Peter has walked through this, and it doesn't mean that Peter's perfect anymore because you keep reading, man. 00:16:15.919 --> 00:16:17.200 Peter makes some mistakes. 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:19.519 I appreciate me some Peter. 00:16:20.240 --> 00:16:20.799 Right? 00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:22.960 Because you're not gonna be perfect. 00:16:23.039 --> 00:16:25.840 I'm not gonna be perfect, but praise God, Jesus was for us. 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:36.720 And we, when we fall, we get back up and we run into his throne of grace and mercy, sit on his lap, and let us we let ourselves be healed, restored, and commissioned. 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:38.480 Okay, so Peter is talking. 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:40.159 Everybody's like, these guys are drunk. 00:16:40.320 --> 00:16:41.039 Peter steps up. 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:44.480 Listen carefully, all of you, fellow Jews and residents of Jerusalem. 00:16:44.559 --> 00:16:46.720 I love that he addresses the crowd. 00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:48.960 Make no mistake about it. 00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:52.159 And make no mistake about this. 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:56.480 These people are not drunk, as some of you are assuming. 00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:59.600 Nine o'clock in the morning is much too early for that. 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:00.559 So check this out. 00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:02.240 So it's Pentecost. 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:06.480 Uh there's a festival going on, and let alone it's 9 a.m. 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:11.279 and they wouldn't be drunk like that, but there's a festival going on, they would not be drunk like that. 00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:13.200 There's a moment where they're honoring God. 00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:19.920 So as some of you are assuming, nine o'clock in the morning is too early for that, much too early to be drunk. 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:25.359 No what you see was predicted long ago by the prophet Joel. 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:29.039 Peter brings scripture to the situation. 00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:30.160 This is what it says. 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:35.279 In the last days, God says, I will pour out my spirit upon all people. 00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:40.960 Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams. 00:17:41.119 --> 00:18:01.440 In those days I will pour out my spirit even on my servants, men and women alike, and they will prophesy, and I will cause wonders in the heavens above, and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and clouds of smoke, the sun will become dark, the moon will turn blood red before the great and glorious day of the Lord arrives. 00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:07.519 But everyone, check this out, but everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:09.119 Let's stop right there. 00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:11.680 Everyone that calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:13.359 Let's rewind to verse 17. 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:17.680 In the last days I will pour out my spirit upon all people. 00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:18.559 He is going back. 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:22.400 So Joel is pro as a prophet 800 years before Jesus. 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:24.960 And Israel has turned their hearts from God. 00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:27.920 And Joel, the book of Joel, is about come back to me. 00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:34.240 Don't just tear your garments because you're sad, tear your hearts because they're broken, because you've walked away from me. 00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:35.519 You've gone away from me. 00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:37.759 And it's a it's a restoration thing. 00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:43.920 And so Joel is prophesying that there is a day coming when the Spirit of God will pour out on his people. 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:46.960 And that day is Pentecost. 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:50.240 Peter's saying, what you hear about in Joel is what is happening right now. 00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:54.240 What God prophesied 800 years ago, this is happening right now in this moment. 00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:56.720 This is the pouring out, this is the kicking off. 00:18:56.880 --> 00:18:57.440 Check this out. 00:18:57.519 --> 00:18:58.799 We got to look at this. 00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:02.480 In the last days, I'll pour out my spirit on all people. 00:19:02.640 --> 00:19:03.279 Check this. 00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:07.839 Your sons and highlight that, underline that. 00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:11.519 Your sons and daughters will prophesy. 00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:24.480 Listen, don't tell me women cannot go into ministry because Joel prophesied 800 years before Jesus was on the scene that the Holy Spirit would pour out and sons and daughters will prophesy. 00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:27.519 Sons and daughters will prophesy. 00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:32.559 Women in this room, God wants to speak to you and through you to minister to people. 00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:37.920 If you've ever been sidelined because of your gender, you need to know that's not the plan of God. 00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:45.599 Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. 00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:46.799 Check this out. 00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:50.559 Your young men will see vision and your old men will dream dreams. 00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:54.079 Listen, you do not age out of being able to serve God. 00:19:54.720 --> 00:20:01.039 I don't care how young you are, you don't, it's not an age where finally now you can serve him, and there's not an age where you retire. 00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:02.880 You with me on that? 00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:05.119 If you're breathing, you have purpose. 00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:07.119 Don't talk yourself out of it. 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:20.799 Don't say, well, I'm too young to be able to speak into my my listen, kids going back to school, you go with a mission in mind that you're going to bring the life and the love of Jesus into your classroom, into your hallways, into your cafeteria. 00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:28.960 And listen, I I would get nervous about school, and there's things in my life that I can get nervous about until I realize I'm on mission. 00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:31.759 When you live on defense, you get nervous. 00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:34.079 When you live on offense, you get hungry. 00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:37.599 Feed me the ball. 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:39.440 I want to take it to the hoop, right? 00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:41.200 Like get I want the ball in my hands. 00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:43.359 Let's let's let's get after this. 00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:45.680 I'm looking for people that are hurt. 00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:47.759 I'm looking for people that are hopeless. 00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:49.200 I'm gonna tell you something. 00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:51.680 School is a target-rich environment. 00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:58.559 Your workplace is a target-rich environment. 00:20:58.799 --> 00:21:00.240 What does that mean, Joey? 00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:05.119 It means that you don't have to look hard, search hard for somebody who needs the hope of Jesus. 00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:07.119 You don't have to be. 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:21.599 Listen, if the church does not stop being lazy and looking for opportunity to reach those that are lost, we are missing out on the commissioning of God. 00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:26.720 You don't have to look hard, but you have to be bold. 00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:36.960 And when you know how much you're loved and you know that your identity is in him, you're not gonna get nervous about somebody thinking you're stupid because the God of creation created you. 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:40.640 You were such a good idea in his mind that he made you. 00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:45.759 Why am I nervous about what somebody else is going to think about me when I share the gospel with them? 00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:57.440 In fact, let me just say it to you like this if you have a cure for a disease that can heal somebody and you don't share it with them, I would say that sounds more like evil than holiness. 00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:05.200 If you can like can you wrap your mind around that? 00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:12.880 If you walk into a room and everybody's dying and you've got the cure, but you're like, I feel weird if they're not gonna receive this. 00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:15.759 What are they gonna say if I don't? 00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:17.839 And so you just keep it to yourself. 00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:21.440 That sounds nothing like Jesus. 00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:26.640 The fear of man will leave you into will lead you into evil places. 00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:31.920 But the conviction of God will lead you into battles where He has already won the victory. 00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:33.920 You just gotta step into the fight. 00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:37.519 So the day's a day where I'm asking you, will you step into the fight? 00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:42.559 Will you know that you're loved, that God's not done with you, that you're breathing, you have purpose, step into the fight. 00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:45.920 And oh, by the way, you're empowered to be in the fight. 00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:51.920 Your failures do not preclude you, do not dismiss you, do not eliminate you from being in the fight. 00:22:58.240 --> 00:23:02.720 Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions. 00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:08.240 Your old men will dream dreams. 00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:13.839 In those days, I'm in the middle point right now because I feel like I get a few visions and a few dreams, right? 00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:16.880 It's kind of like a midlife issue going on right now. 00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:18.079 It's good though. 00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:21.119 It's good, it's fun, it's fun. 00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:29.519 In those days, I'll pour my spirit even on my servants, men and women alike, and they will prophesy. 00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:32.880 If prophecy is not happening in the church, something's wrong. 00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:35.680 If prophecy is not happening in the body of Christ, there's something wrong. 00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:37.680 Joey, well, what is prophecy? 00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:46.319 Uh scripture says his sheep hear his voice, and so when we're prophesying, we're doing our best to sense what God is speaking to us, and then we're sharing that with other people. 00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:49.039 So you don't have to listen to me. 00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:52.480 You don't have to be out there trying to prophesy about the next election. 00:23:58.880 --> 00:23:59.440 Right? 00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.880 Can I just tell you something? 00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:03.599 You're making it really hard for me if you're that person. 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:16.960 You don't got to prophesy about the next election, but get into somebody's life and let them know that the creator of the universe loves them enough he sent somebody in their path to risk looking foolish to say, hey, I sense God is wanting me to share this with you. 00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:20.240 May I just share this with you. 00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:30.160 If that's not happening, we're missing. 00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:31.200 We're missing. 00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:33.359 We're missing something. 00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:45.039 And I will cause wonders in the heavens above, signs of earth below, blood and fire and clouds of smoke, and the sun will become dark red, the moon will turn blood red before the great and glorious day of the Lord arrives. 00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:51.359 We understand that we are not going to be in this situation forever. 00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:55.200 There's a moment when the trumpet blasts and Jesus returns. 00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:57.440 Stay on mission. 00:24:58.000 --> 00:25:02.400 There's a listen, the shot clock, if there's a shot clock, it's winding down, right? 00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:11.680 And even Peter's writing here, and they're believing, they're thinking, man, we don't know when he's coming back, but we need to operate, activate, be in the fight right now. 00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:12.960 Yeah? 00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:16.079 But everyone who calls in the name of the Lord will be saved. 00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:27.279 Verse 22 people of Israel, listen, God publicly endorsed Jesus the Jesus the Nazarene by doing powerful miracles, wonders, and signs through him, as you well know. 00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:30.160 But God knew what would happen. 00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:34.720 And that his pre-arranged plan was carried out when Jesus was betrayed. 00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:40.559 With the help of lawless Gentiles, whoo! With the help of lawless Gentiles, you nailed him to a cross and you killed him. 00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.440 Check this out. 00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:44.880 Everybody's coming and they're hearing this sermon right now. 00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:49.359 And and and and Peter is coming for every toe in the room, right? 00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:53.839 He's coming for, he's he's everybody's catching, they're not strays, they're intentional. 00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.799 And this is what he says. 00:25:54.960 --> 00:26:00.480 Listen, with the help of lawless Gentiles, who was who was in control of Israel? 00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.680 Rome, right? 00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:03.759 Who was it that crucified Jesus? 00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:04.880 It was Romans. 00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:07.200 Who was it that said that he should be crucified? 00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:08.559 It was the Jews. 00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.359 Right? 00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:14.880 So the Romans acquiesced to the Jews and said, okay, we're gonna do what you want so that you stop causing trouble. 00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:19.200 Now we're still we're we're only seven weeks after all this has happened. 00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.400 So we know what? 00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:24.559 We know there are Roman guards, there's Roman soldiers in Jerusalem. 00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:29.440 We know that there's people that have come from all over the place in for this festival. 00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.960 So the city is crowded. 00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:32.880 Do you think Rome's like, oh, the city is crowded? 00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:34.000 There's probably not going to be any trouble. 00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:35.039 Let's just back out. 00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:37.920 No, don't be a dummy, right? 00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:40.720 Like Rome is there, they're on the scene. 00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:46.000 Can you imagine thousands of people spontaneously start showing up to this one location? 00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:51.759 I would imagine there are Roman soldiers like, what is going on here? 00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:53.519 Is there a revolt happening? 00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:54.640 Is there about to be a problem? 00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.759 Is there gonna be an issue? 00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:57.599 They got their hand on their sword. 00:26:58.960 --> 00:27:04.720 And Peter, seven weeks ago, was afraid for his life, denying Jesus, he was so afraid. 00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:08.079 He was so fearful that the same fate was awaiting him. 00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:09.359 He said, I don't know that guy. 00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:16.160 Now he's saying, Oh, by the way, there was lawless Gentiles, right? 00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:21.680 And you nailed him to a cross and killed him. 00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:26.960