WEBVTT 00:00:00.479 --> 00:00:02.160 We've been in a series. 00:00:02.479 --> 00:00:08.800 We've been in a series talking about our responsibility as the Church of Jesus Christ. 00:00:09.279 --> 00:00:12.640 Being that we are the church, we are members of one body. 00:00:12.720 --> 00:00:14.240 Can you say one body? 00:00:15.039 --> 00:00:18.800 Members of one body with Christ as the head. 00:00:19.120 --> 00:00:25.679 We understand that we need to receive our signals from the head, which is Jesus Christ. 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:28.399 Jesus Christ is the head of the church. 00:00:28.559 --> 00:00:30.399 Do you believe that this morning? 00:00:31.359 --> 00:00:35.039 No longer are we receiving signals from the world. 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:44.000 No longer are we receiving signals from somebody else, but we look to Jesus Christ as we continue out our assignment here on earth. 00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:47.359 Yes, we might be part of a church. 00:00:47.759 --> 00:00:52.159 We might be part of a church, but we are not church-minded. 00:00:52.399 --> 00:00:58.799 We are not simply church-minded thinking about our own spiritual appetite. 00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:01.920 Sometimes church-minded people might do that. 00:01:02.159 --> 00:01:04.640 We think about our own spiritual appetite. 00:01:04.799 --> 00:01:11.680 We think about our feelings, where we fit in in all of this, how our needs can be met. 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:12.799 No, no, no. 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:17.200 Paul tells us that we are to have the mind of Christ. 00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:20.799 And we know that the mind of Christ is all about what? 00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:23.120 Being kingdom-minded. 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:27.120 The mind of Christ is all about the kingdom of God. 00:01:27.439 --> 00:01:33.519 Where it's not about you, it's all about the kingdom and what you can do for the kingdom of God. 00:01:34.079 --> 00:01:39.439 When Christ came on the scene, he began preaching the kingdom of God. 00:01:39.680 --> 00:01:47.680 Christ's ministry on earth, his death, his resurrection were all about ushering in this kingdom of God. 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:50.719 See, Christ was kingdom-minded. 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:54.560 Christ was kingdom-minded, so we are kingdom-minded. 00:01:54.719 --> 00:01:56.560 Can I get an amen this morning? 00:01:56.719 --> 00:02:00.480 Do I have any kingdom-minded people here in the house? 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:02.239 What does this mean? 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:20.479 This means that just like Christ is going about drawing people, watch, drawing people from all backgrounds, drawing people from all pasts, from all different types of lifestyles, and pointing them to life more abundantly. 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:22.960 That's our job, men and women of God. 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:39.280 We have a responsibility as the church to also be kingdom-minded, drawing people from all backgrounds, all pasts, all lifestyles, and pointing them to life more abundantly, which is Jesus Christ. 00:02:41.039 --> 00:02:44.879 Do we do this by worrying about ourselves all the time? 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:50.400 Can we accomplish this by doing it and thinking about ourselves all the time? 00:02:50.639 --> 00:03:00.800 Absolutely not, because in Matthew 20 we see Jesus, verse 28, just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, right? 00:03:01.759 --> 00:03:06.560 But to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many. 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:12.719 We're not sitting in the restaurant waiting for the waiter or the waitress to come on over and take our order. 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:19.599 It's time to get up and get to work and start to serve in the kingdom of God. 00:03:19.919 --> 00:03:23.840 Just as Christ set the example for each and every one of us. 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:31.039 Being kingdom-minded is realizing, hey, the world is lost, and the world needs you and I to what? 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:32.719 Reflect his love. 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:36.080 We need to reflect his selflessness. 00:03:36.319 --> 00:03:38.560 We need to reflect his goodness. 00:03:39.039 --> 00:03:46.080 And not only does being kingdom-minded require us to have the mind of Christ, but we said this last week. 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:52.080 Being kingdom-minded requires us to be out of the ordinary. 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:54.000 To be out of the ordinary. 00:03:54.159 --> 00:03:59.599 Some of you smile when I say that because you're naturally out of the ordinary, and I get it. 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:04.479 But being kingdom-minded requires us to be out of the ordinary. 00:04:04.639 --> 00:04:05.680 Why do I say this? 00:04:05.919 --> 00:04:12.960 Last week we looked at two narratives, two narratives that just so happened towards the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. 00:04:13.120 --> 00:04:22.560 And in the two stories that we recounted, Jesus points out the difference between those who are kingdom-minded and those who are not. 00:04:23.120 --> 00:04:32.000 And you'll notice, and in pointing out these differences, we see that the acts that take place were out of the ordinary. 00:04:32.399 --> 00:04:36.079 Those that were being kingdom-minded were doing things out of the ordinary. 00:04:36.399 --> 00:04:40.959 Mary, who we talked about, she takes that expensive perfume. 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:44.160 What would have been worth a year's wages? 00:04:44.319 --> 00:04:45.600 Could you imagine? 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:52.240 Taking a year's worth of your wages and pouring it at the feet of Jesus. 00:04:52.560 --> 00:04:53.920 Could you imagine? 00:04:54.399 --> 00:05:01.600 So out of the ordinary, the natural mind would say, Why was this waste made? 00:05:02.319 --> 00:05:06.959 Why would you waste such expense on Christ? 00:05:07.600 --> 00:05:18.560 Yet she gave her very, very best, not even realizing that it would represent the anointing of his body for what was to come on the cross. 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:25.839 Last week we said Jesus kneeling at the feet of his disciples, remember at the Last Supper? 00:05:26.879 --> 00:05:34.399 Kneeling to wash the disciples' feet, the natural mind would say, Lord, thou shalt never wash my feet. 00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:37.600 I'm not touching those disgusting things. 00:05:38.480 --> 00:05:39.759 You've said it. 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:55.600 But Christ humbling himself, setting an example of how the disciples, but not only the disciples, how the church, even today, how we should be treating each other. 00:05:57.279 --> 00:06:12.639 How we should treat each other after he ascended into the heavens and not too long after, they would put this act into work where they were they would begin serving one another and begin the church of Jesus Christ. 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:19.680 See, both acts are so out of the ordinary, yet both acts point to the kingdom of God. 00:06:20.160 --> 00:06:31.040 See, when you live out God's word, when you open up God's word, and when you put it into practice, it might not be the popular thing to do. 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:35.920 People might say, Why do you give the way that you do? 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:39.600 Why do you spend so much time at church? 00:06:40.079 --> 00:06:42.399 Why do you love the way that you do? 00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:48.639 Why do you keep on forgiving the way that you do when people have wronged you? 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:51.199 When they've been so hurtful. 00:06:51.360 --> 00:06:54.720 Hey, why do you serve the way that you do? 00:06:55.360 --> 00:06:57.519 Why do you go to church faithfully? 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:00.319 Why do you give selflessly? 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:03.759 Because I choose to be kingdom-minded. 00:07:04.160 --> 00:07:12.079 I choose to be kingdom-minded, and in doing so, it causes me to do things out of the ordinary. 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:16.480 In 1 Peter, we read in chapter 2, verse 9. 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:18.959 I want you to read this passage with me. 00:07:19.120 --> 00:07:21.040 Let's look up to the screens. 00:07:21.279 --> 00:07:22.879 But ye are a what? 00:07:23.839 --> 00:07:30.240 Keep reading, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people. 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:38.240 That ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness and into his marvelous light. 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:39.600 Praise the Lord. 00:07:39.759 --> 00:07:41.199 You're different. 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:42.959 You're different. 00:07:43.279 --> 00:07:44.720 You're different. 00:07:46.079 --> 00:07:48.399 Today is Palm Sunday. 00:07:48.959 --> 00:07:54.480 Today's Palm Sunday, and we celebrate Jesus' triumph and entry into Jerusalem. 00:07:54.800 --> 00:08:01.839 And if we look at this account, it's special because it's found in all four Gospels Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. 00:08:02.000 --> 00:08:04.639 But this morning I want to read from the book of Matthew. 00:08:04.959 --> 00:08:10.800 And Sarah had recounted a portion of it during worship this morning. 00:08:10.959 --> 00:08:14.160 Beautiful worship time this morning, praise the Lord. 00:08:14.560 --> 00:08:38.799 And in Matthew chapter 21, if you want to open up your Bibles or you can follow on the screen, starting in verse 1, when they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives, Jesus had sent two disciples, saying to them, Go into the village opposite of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with it. 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:42.399 Untie them and bring them to me. 00:08:42.879 --> 00:08:52.559 And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, The Lord needs them, and he will send them on immediately. 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:54.240 I love that passage. 00:08:54.480 --> 00:08:56.240 The Lord has need of them. 00:08:56.399 --> 00:09:01.519 I preached a sermon, I think it was last year, Palm Sunday or the prior year, you can look it up. 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:03.519 The Lord is in need of you. 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:06.320 And when the Lord needs you, you just go. 00:09:36.879 --> 00:09:47.039 Now the crowds going ahead of him, and those who followed were shouting, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. 00:09:57.919 --> 00:10:04.559 If you read this account, there is quite a spectacular that is going on that is taking place. 00:10:04.879 --> 00:10:11.440 Jesus receiving a welcome into Jerusalem like none other. 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:17.279 Jesus receiving a welcome into Jerusalem like that of a king. 00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:29.360 Like that of a king, yet instead of riding on a normal uh on a noble steed, like we would imagine a king would do, what does Jesus come in on? 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:30.799 A donkey. 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:43.360 Instead of a parade of soldiers, Jesus comes with his group of misfits, or as Sammy would put it, his broken toys. 00:10:45.840 --> 00:10:53.679 Being kingdom-minded, we see again Jesus is doing something out of the ordinary. 00:10:53.759 --> 00:10:58.000 Remember, we said that kingdom-minded, it's out of the ordinary. 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:08.720 The crowds are spreading their cloaks on the road while others are cutting palm branches down from the trees, spreading them out on the road as Jesus approached Jerusalem. 00:11:08.879 --> 00:11:14.080 People shouting, Hosanna in the highest, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. 00:11:14.399 --> 00:11:16.559 These people were excited. 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:18.799 Why were they so excited? 00:11:19.360 --> 00:11:23.120 Jesus, it didn't even fully show his power yet. 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:26.240 But they had heard about Jesus. 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:31.759 They heard about Jesus, they heard about the miracles that he had performed. 00:11:33.279 --> 00:11:39.039 Some of them have had heard or even seen Lazarus walk out of the grave. 00:11:40.320 --> 00:11:43.519 This was a big spectacle, a big scene. 00:11:44.320 --> 00:11:48.799 It continues in verse 10 of the same chapter in Matthew 21. 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:55.519 When he had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, Who is this? 00:11:56.480 --> 00:11:57.679 Who is this? 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:05.279 And the crowds were saying, This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee. 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:10.080 See, Jesus had not yet walked to the cross. 00:12:10.240 --> 00:12:13.519 I love having these symbols here so I can paint the story. 00:12:14.399 --> 00:12:17.519 Jesus had not yet walked to the cross yet. 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:23.360 Jesus had not yet been raised out of the grave from the dead on the third day. 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:24.720 That's over here. 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:29.279 People thought he's just a prophet. 00:12:30.399 --> 00:12:37.600 Yet Jesus still was able to draw a crowd and cause a spectacle. 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:48.960 It reminds me of one of those moments, and I don't know if this has ever happened to you, where you're sitting in a restaurant or you're sitting at the airport. 00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:59.600 This happened to me while I was walking down the street, especially in New York City or Los Angeles, and you start to hear commotion going on. 00:13:00.159 --> 00:13:03.360 You look down and there's a little stir in commotion. 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:08.399 Everyone starts to move closer and closer and closer to see what's going on. 00:13:08.559 --> 00:13:09.679 You've done it too. 00:13:09.919 --> 00:13:15.679 You see the commotion, so you start to lean over, then you scoot your chair over a little bit more. 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:19.919 You don't need to walk that way, but you pretend you have to go to the bathroom and you're lost. 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:21.519 You've done it. 00:13:23.279 --> 00:13:26.000 People start taking out their phones. 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:29.600 Everyone's asking, who is it? 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:30.240 Who is it? 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:32.000 Who are they taking pictures of? 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:34.799 Who is everyone trying to get a glimpse of? 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:41.600 Come to find out, it's just a YouTuber or somebody on a show that you don't watch or care about. 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:43.600 That's typically who it is. 00:13:44.639 --> 00:14:00.000 If you think if the triumphant entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem happened today, I think you would see people waving their cell phones instead of palm branches, trying to get a glimpse of what was going on. 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:01.679 Who is this Jesus? 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:03.279 Who is this person? 00:14:03.679 --> 00:14:07.200 Who is this person causing such a spectacle? 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:12.159 Scripture says the city was stirred, saying, Who is this? 00:14:12.799 --> 00:14:14.639 Why all the commotion? 00:14:14.960 --> 00:14:17.919 Why does everyone have their palm branches out? 00:14:19.120 --> 00:14:21.279 Because Jesus had come. 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:24.240 Jesus had come. 00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:36.799 Jesus, at this point in this story leading up to Resurrection Sunday, Jesus becomes the it person. 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:39.679 Jesus becomes the it person. 00:14:40.320 --> 00:14:44.320 Not because he is on the Forbes 100 magazine. 00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:50.720 Jesus becomes the it person not because he is the most handsome man alive. 00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:56.879 Jesus becomes this it person not because he's a famous actor. 00:14:57.919 --> 00:14:59.840 He did not win the Super Bowl. 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:02.399 He did not win a Nobel Prize. 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:11.279 But Jesus becomes the it person because he is reflecting the supernatural power of God. 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:21.759 Jesus becomes the it person because he is reflecting the supernatural power of the Almighty God. 00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:40.480 See, in John's account, we see people coming to see this miracle worker, as I said before, but if we look at John 12, verse 17, it says, So the people who were with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify about him. 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:47.679 For this reason, all the people went to meet him because they had heard that he had performed the sign. 00:15:48.639 --> 00:15:57.679 Whether it was the things that Jesus said, whether it was the things that Jesus did, these people knew that Jesus was somebody special. 00:15:59.039 --> 00:15:59.679 Why? 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:05.360 Because he was a reflection of God, he reflected God. 00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:08.240 So what did they do? 00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:17.600 They ran out to meet him, they celebrated his arrival, they chased after him. 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:28.720 If you read on in the book of John, one verse later, after what I just read, watch the Pharisees' reaction to all of this commotion. 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:36.799 In verse 19, it says, So the Pharisees said to one another, You see that you are not accomplishing anything. 00:16:36.960 --> 00:16:39.200 They're talking amongst themselves. 00:16:39.679 --> 00:16:43.039 Look, the world has gone after him. 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:46.320 Look, the world has gone after him. 00:16:46.559 --> 00:16:52.240 See, being kingdom-minded, Jesus reflected the power of the Almighty God. 00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:55.759 And so the world had gone after him. 00:16:57.120 --> 00:17:04.079 This morning, men and women of God, being kingdom-minded, yes, it's having the mind of Christ. 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:09.200 Being kingdom-minded, it's definitely thinking out of the ordinary. 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:17.200 But I want to tell you this morning that being kingdom-minded is reflecting the supernatural power of God. 00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:25.279 If you are kingdom-minded, you should be reflecting the supernatural. 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:28.319 Reflecting the supernatural. 00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:35.680 Typically, when we hear of being kingdom-minded, we tend to limit it just the way that we think. 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:38.640 Oh, I'm being kingdom-minded. 00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:43.759 If we have the kingdom on our minds, we are being kingdom-minded. 00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:47.680 If we have the mind of Christ, we are being kingdom-minded. 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:53.359 If we do what the word of God tells us, we are kingdom-minded. 00:17:53.599 --> 00:18:04.079 But in this narrative that we just read this morning, Christ shows us that being kingdom-minded is more than just thoughts. 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:06.240 I'm going to go even further. 00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:10.160 Being kingdom-minded is more than just action. 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:25.200 You can do all of you, you can do all you want, but if you're not reflecting who God is, if you're not reflecting the supernatural, then something is missing. 00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:35.119 Kingdom-minded is reflecting the supernatural power of God so that others will be drawn to who God is. 00:18:35.359 --> 00:18:39.680 Jesus makes reference to this internal experience of the kingdom. 00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:42.559 Watch what he says in Luke chapter 17. 00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:44.880 This is going back. 00:18:59.279 --> 00:19:05.599 Neither shall they say, Lo here or lo there, for they were waiting for a certain thing. 00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:09.119 Behold, the kingdom of God is what? 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:14.559 The kingdom of God is what? 00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:19.920 The kingdom of God is what? 00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:22.799 Just making sure. 00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:30.240 In another translation, it says, the kingdom of God is in your midst. 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:32.559 The kingdom of God is among you. 00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:46.799 When you have the mind of Christ, when you are willing to think out of the ordinary, when you begin to allow the words of Christ to transform your life, you should see a reflection of Christ within you. 00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:49.759 You should see a reflection of Christ. 00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:55.039 Watch, others should see a reflection of Christ within you. 00:19:56.960 --> 00:20:01.200 You should be able to see a reflection of the kingdom of God within you. 00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:06.240 I ask you this morning, what are you a reflection of? 00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:09.119 What are you a reflection of? 00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:12.720 What do you reflect? 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:16.720 Are you a reflection? 00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:19.200 Are you looking at the monkey picture? 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:20.319 No. 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:25.200 What are you a reflection of? 00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:27.920 Are you a reflection of your parents? 00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:32.160 Are you a reflection of your mom or your dad? 00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:33.519 Think about it. 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:35.599 Watch this. 00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:40.480 Are you a reflection of something that you saw on television or in a movie? 00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:48.160 Are you a reflection of your friends and the people that you associate with? 00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:52.640 Your coworkers, are you a reflection of them? 00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:56.000 Are you a reflection of your company that you work for? 00:20:59.279 --> 00:21:06.240 If I look at Emara, our baby girl, I see a reflection of mom sometimes. 00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:09.680 Sometimes I see a reflection of dad. 00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:13.279 Sometimes I see a reflection of coconut. 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:20.000 And if you don't know what cocoa melon is, it's what all the babies are watching on Netflix. 00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:31.039 And they might not watch coconut, it could be blippy, it could be all the other ones, and you start to see a reflection in your child of the things that they're watching on TV. 00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:32.559 Where did she learn that? 00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:34.319 I don't know, cocoa melon. 00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:41.039 I don't know if this has ever happened to you. 00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:45.279 But once in a while I'll come across an old favorite movie. 00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:48.799 Movies that we used to watch as kids when we were younger. 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:50.480 And we had the VHS. 00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:53.519 This is before you could stream whatever you want. 00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:59.759 Especially if you would rent a movie and you only had like three days, you would watch it as many times as you could as a kid. 00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:01.599 Because you knew it had to go back. 00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:04.960 And mom and dad weren't paying the$20 to keep it. 00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:16.880 But I remember I watch, sometimes I'll sit down and I'll watch some old movies that we watched growing up, or a favorite TV show that we used to watch. 00:22:17.119 --> 00:22:28.079 And while I'm watching these movies, all of a sudden I'll start to see characteristics of myself in these characters. 00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:32.079 Lines that I've memorized, lines that I use today. 00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:40.640 I'll watch some movies and TV shows, and I'll be like, that's me, that's Sarah, that's Timmy, my brothers and sisters. 00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:48.880 We didn't even realize, but we were becoming these characters, a reflection of these characters. 00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:59.359 I'll find a phrase that I said that I might still use, a reaction that I make, a way of doing things. 00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:05.599 As we allow these things into our minds, we eventually become a reflection of them. 00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:08.559 And unfortunately, you can't even help it. 00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:14.559 But I ask you again, what are you a reflection of? 00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:20.559 Christ reflected the supernatural power of God. 00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:25.359 That's why people were running, that's why they were waving. 00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:27.759 They didn't even know that he was the Son of God. 00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:32.880 They didn't know that he was part of the Trinity, the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. 00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:39.200 They just thought he was a prophet, but yet he was reflecting the supernatural. 00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:45.440 He was reflecting the supernatural with the words that he spoke. 00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:53.920 He was reflecting the supernatural with the miracles that were unfolding around him when he would walk into the room. 00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:56.799 The peace that would ensue. 00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:18.240 As he rides into Jerusalem, this spectacle occurring, people are saying, Who is this Jesus? 00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:20.960 Who is this Jesus? 00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:28.559 At the time, they only thought he was a prophet, a prophet of Galilee. 00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:35.119 But we know Peter says, we read that last week, you are the Son of the living God. 00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:36.640 Peter knew. 00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:47.759 After Jesus is arrested in the garden, that happens over here, beaten and forced to breathe his last breaths on a cross. 00:24:47.920 --> 00:25:06.079 If you look at Matthew 27, and this is a powerful moment, it says in verse 54, now when the centurion and they that were with him watching Jesus saw the earthquake and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, What? 00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:09.920 Truly this was the Son of God. 00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:19.039 They saw such power, they saw such miraculous unfold. 00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:26.160 They had to acknowledge, hey, truly this is the Son of God. 00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:29.759 They didn't even see him walk out of the grave yet. 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:43.440 If the Pharisees were concerned about the world going after Jesus before he died on the cross, imagine the excitement when Jesus is resurrected from the grave in three days. 00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:45.440 Praise the Lord. 00:25:45.920 --> 00:26:00.160 The power of the Almighty God is reflected through every aspect of Jesus Christ, showing that there is a living God who desires to do the supernatural in the world today. 00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:03.519 If we read the Lord's Prayer, it says, What? 00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:10.640 Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:21.440 Thy kingdom come, the kingdom within you, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:29.359 Being a reflection of the kingdom of God as we go about our assignment here on earth. 00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.319 Why? 00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:36.000 Because people need to know that there is a living God out there. 00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:40.880 People need to know that there's somebody who loves them. 00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:46.079 People need to know as they're having thoughts about taking their lives. 00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:53.519 They need to know that somebody has a plan and a purpose and a future for them. 00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:58.799 Why do you need to reflect the kingdom? 00:26:59.119 --> 00:27:04.960 You can go about reflecting anything you want, but why do you have to reflect the kingdom? 00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:06.720 Because people need it. 00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:23.519 If you and I could allow just a piece, just a portion of the supernatural to shine through us, we would allow others to see that there is a living God, praise the Lord. 00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:29.359 Not one in the grave, not one that's carved. 00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:37.599 There's a living God who is still doing supernatural things today. 00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:44.240 Listen, there's a God who loves you, there's a God who cares about you. 00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:45.920 Could you imagine that? 00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:50.960 He cares about all the nonsense that you face every day. 00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:59.519 There's a God who is able to do immeasurably more than you could ever think or ask. 00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:09.839 See, being kingdom-minded is reflecting the supernatural power of the Almighty God, so that others would run. 00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:12.799 They might not have palm branches in their hands. 00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:26.240 But being kingdom-minded is reflecting the supernatural power of God so that all of humanity will run to take part in the kingdom of God as well. 00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:30.160 What is the supernatural power? 00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:31.519 You might ask this. 00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:33.599 What is the supernatural? 00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:40.880 Pastor Stephen, I don't know if I'm so bold to go pray for the sick and have the faith to watch healing. 00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:42.160 You work on it. 00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:49.039 You continue to ask for that gift and allow God to do the supernatural, but guess what? 00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:55.359 You can start with the small supernaturals that you don't even realize. 00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:59.279 What is this supernatural that you can reflect? 00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:05.680 What is this supernatural that you can reflect as you go as you go about being kingdom-minded? 00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:06.720 Guess what? 00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:12.000 Christ, he started by just reflecting love. 00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:14.559 Could you do the same? 00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:19.119 Could you reflect supernatural love? 00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:24.319 Not the way the world gives it, but something supernatural. 00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:27.119 Something so out of the ordinary. 00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:33.359 Something that nobody else would even do, but you choose to love like Christ supernaturally. 00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:36.240 How about this? 00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:41.599 Christ reflected forgiveness. 00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:46.079 Could you reflect supernatural forgiveness? 00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:51.200 A forgiveness so out of the ordinary, it's supernatural. 00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:53.359 Supernatural? 00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:57.680 Could you reflect sacrifice? 00:29:59.119 --> 00:30:01.680 Could you reflect healing? 00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:04.720 Christ did. 00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:09.440 Could you reflect the supernatural this morning? 00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:21.039 On his ride into Jerusalem, Jesus Christ, he reflected supernatural humility. 00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:23.599 Could you reflect that this morning? 00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:27.279 A humility so out of the ordinary. 00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:58.960 Could you reflect the same? 00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:04.880 Imagine, imagine if you reflected the power of God. 00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:11.599 Imagine sitting in a restaurant and you're just a reflection of the supernatural. 00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:19.359 Imagine walking into work and you're just reflecting the supernatural power of God. 00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:26.319 Imagine you're just walking into providence, not riding anything spectacular. 00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:28.960 You're just driving an old beat-up car. 00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:36.799 Yet you're reflecting the supernatural, the supernatural power of God. 00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:58.559 Imagine if you reflected love, imagine if you reflected forgiveness and healing and humility, imagine if you reflected that there is a living God who desires to give life abundantly to all who are in desperate need of a living God who operates in the supernatural. 00:31:58.960 --> 00:32:08.720 If you were just like Paul, if you were to allow people to follow you as you follow Christ. 00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:10.960 Oh, that's daring. 00:32:11.599 --> 00:32:16.000 That takes confidence that only the Holy Spirit can give. 00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:24.319 Imagine if you were kingdom minded, imagine if you reflected the supernatural power of God.