YPC 9:30 Service Nov 6

Because eternity is a high and we all sit in the name of Jesus mean. Amazon driving. Suites me today. He came down from Brisbane to do a bit of an Ivan W Hawk. He wanted to wait until all the winter in the snow and all that stuff. A disappeared. And and he could climb map call Tio. Oscar, and can't, they arrived? And not, he's a photo of East Camp. So I don't think we're going to have up there in a second. If we get, there is not a sermon at 1 tonight, we're in the middle of this, right? And it's just snow and mountains and craziness, he sent me this photo and I looked at it and I thought any such a bit of it. An animal that you were. There is something so cool about tanks are all the bulbs, especially lot like, Hawking taint. All the technology that goes into engineering, this like this big lot, white text. And so small is Bump, proof locks impressed if that was his home. Because it's a temporary out by there, always meant to be temporary, you not meant to leave permanently in a 10. In fact, that will be a thing of pity to have a normal walkington into leaving her to the rest of your life. If you try to renovate the tent enough money for that, if she thought you put tiles on the roof, if you wanted a proper, a bathroom that doesn't work. And that's the sloth and that's this world. It's temporary lost. It's not meant to Lost and the fact that everything that we aren't breaks down and deteriorates is God's really helpful Ramada to us. This is not going to last. You might see he people talk about going, a homo building a home and refer to it as their forever home. In fact, it's a TV show called Forever home features forever. Is it 50? 60 years? But there is a forever home and suffer it behind. That's Mansions really for the first Convoy Jesus, as he looks to move towards heaven. And I think that he's Heavenly destination, the total distance Nation really gives us the key to what's going on in this passage that when Heaven is your forever home and you see this Earth as temporary, that fundamentally change the way you think. It'll shine what you get worked up about. It'll change what you prioritize. And so, I will look at this in two parts today a source of all that Jesus Kingdom replaces malice with Mercy. And then we'll look at 3, why? So their priorities a changed when we few Heaven as their Eternal hun. We are continuing. Looks goes with hair loss. Look at Luke's gospel for a wall in the next two weeks. We got to look at the sounds of a saint. And then we going to get into the Book of Judges, big heavy stuff. We were put off for a while. We have seen Jesus just previously predicting. He's dancing, his disciples and really showing how greatness in his kingdom is very different to a definition of gripe at Subway. Continuing are these theme of Hell at good. Things of God are so different to the things of men and that comes out. In this passage to pick it up. I need 51 and hero resolutely For Jerusalem. On the first of all I can see explicit reference to the Ascension from Jesus Is In this passage that he said he's not simply going to try and go into the ground and then just we'll honor spot he wills and after a short tour of the father on his Heavenly throne, And in order to get the finals, the pastors, at Ascension in that glory is Jerusalem. It's already told he resolutely City's fight. He sits out resolutely for Jerusalem. Why does he have to resolutely head to Jerusalem? Because Jerusalem is the arena of suffering, for him at the trial. Mockery crucifixion in the end, the most horrendous thing you could imagine Whitesville Hindi, That Jesus well he is God is also a man and as me and he experiences Temptation and he's on his journey and I can imagine The Temptations that would fight him if he spots a North block of what's going on by the water recently. At a time the possibility of marrying and having probably beforehand. And yet he doesn't He resolutely sits his face for Jerusalem because he knows through Jerusalem is his forever home. He's a total Shrine a white true suffering in three days. Until he cools off, he's destination, which is unlike other destinations, because he views his Earth simply temporary. His whole, understanding of what really matters is shown to be very different engines that we say he first 52. He said he's messages on a head who went into a Samaritan Village to get things ready for him for the people, they do not welcome him because he was

A Jesus name, I will be tall. Continuously is on the road to Jerusalem again, and again, look for remote is, he's on the road, he's on the road Jesus, he's essentially on his death march to his execution and as he is wait all that he asks some of he's probably just awful to go on ahead to Samaria to this Village to prepare for him and he's rejected was he rejected

Is it because he chooses, not with, we don't even know the time now. It's because he's on the way to Jerusalem. That's why he's rejected white hype to head out of the Middle East in a gyro side. We hope to visit a friend of his who is a missionary serving in the Middle East and be great. If we came to go to Israel, it's apparently

That you can pull out if your passport is a slip of paper signed that you have arrived officially through the proper channels. And then when you leave, you receive another slip of paper. And the reason for that is because if you have a nice Riley, passport stamp on your passport, there are 11 neighboring countries, that will not let you into them at any point.

To be fair cuz I hide is Robert Israel's, not Rubicon the night, but it's a different situation. Is this is fighting who are the Samaritans to spoil the Jews. Diet set up their own drawful Temple to the Jews to worship God, and I had their first, and it's the first five books of the Bible of panda cheeks. Just spoil spoil. A regular prayer in the synagogue was Lord. Do not let I Samaritan into the kingdom of God. imagine teaching the kids at then I told him he's dogs. they already embarrassing reminder to the Jews of the conquest of the northern kingdom by the Assyrians because the Samaritans of the product of the interbreeding between these two, two Nations like height them, I talked to Lisa spices that and the disciples to, of the disciples come up with a suggestion on how to do with this one was 54 when the disciples James and John. So, this is us, or do you want us to coalfire Dan from Heaven to destroy them? These guys, when they denied, the sounds of thunder, can you work at walleye? But you resist telling and rebuked them and then he and his disciples went to another Village. It seems, I have probably thinking of the story of Elijah who I had actually met up on the mountain with Jesus Ascension beforehand, who cold and Farrakhan enemies at one point. What we should do And my guess is that the disciples? Who were not speaking up at this point. The other 10 Gause Boulevard. Shocking ahead, go you know who they saw capasso?

And your choices doesn't do that. We really do have to understand. So I sort of racial tension that's at the heart of this. Who are the top most hated people to the Jews. At this point, they're the Samaritans, and the other Romans. And there are any two parts in the. In the gospels, I can see a violent streak stoffels and it's here with the Samaritans and then in chapter 22 towards a Roman soldier. When Peter cuts off his ear,

Now, who was the primary enemies of Jesus? The Jews. It's interesting is that sometime this easy to hide some people more than others.

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stealing from the disciples doesn't come out towards the Jews, but towards the Samaritans, and towards the Romans, the Jesus replaces malice. With Mercy.

How does Jesus treat his enemies? Jesus will walk into Jerusalem and he will with Ivar's. Jesus will heal the soldiers ear. Jesus Will continuously. As we read in a passage, at looking at the Lord's, Supper that I will continuously showing Mercy instead of Hydra

When Heaven is your home. Everything Changes. And the stuff that we get worked up about in this world. What makes your blood boil are? We looked at it last year, the Book of James tells us when we do what we want. I deserve respected. You. Showing me respect, I deserve recognition or deserve that promotion or deserve that money, I deserve that relationship, I deserve that person. Somebody gets in the way or I get angry for the Jews. Say what was getting in? The wife is in, they respect their reputation, they Freedom, all sorts of things in it.

It's very easy to be angry towards people when you don't get what you want. But when Heaven is your forever home, when you are moving towards the kingdom of God, and you are part of the kingdom of God, that we called United in the return of Jesus, all things will be sit rod. Some legal stuff that goes wrong in this world doesn't really matter as much. Because it's more nude in the face of Eternity.

This passage I think challenges to why that we as Christians, think about those who oppose Christianity, cuz that's as well. How do you feel towards those who oppose Christianity? How do you feel towards the work list? Ecrew those who want to introduce views of humanity and sexuality that are so opposed to scripture those who want to introduce restrictions on how we as Christians should be able to read the boss. Promote the ball album speak a bit

And yet Jesus. Oh, I think Mortals, I love, animu see that the far is that Rosario Butterfield. Read her book, The Gospel comes with a hastily and because V for it and it looked exciting process and Tye Tribbett, and cuz Eric's are bad. If I started reading it, is there a Butterfield was about as work lifty as I come, she was a lesbian feminist University, Professor who was hell-bent on attacking the robot Wings live version of Christianity and in doing that, she had to do some research. And she came across one guy in particular who responded to her know that she was receiving in her litter box in her emails by Christians. Genuine respect and love and a couple of whale pointed questions and she says, other than excited months or so, and she was invited into this guy and he's watched home and I showed her love and hospitality. And eventually the point where she realized my teeth is, how Christianity is actually true. She wasn't pissed. Why did through hostile Facebook posts or thru-hike mile or three people looking down their nose at her and sneering at her and saying how disgusting the world these People. I love mercy and understanding. Man, that's really hot. That's a lot of things to do. But when you realize that mursi has been shy to you and that you have an eternity somewhere else with Jesus, that makes all the difference and the difference in what we really are with horse. Jesus says that he in three little interactions that show that he is anything but a Salesman. Three directions, where he read something into what these people are saying is I approached him and he recognizes there's something fundamentally wrong with a understanding of what it means to follow. Jesus this morning for us at the first guy turns out has a walking along the road is 57

Jesus replied foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the son of man has no place to lay his head. Cisco has been swept up in the popularity of Jesus and he wants to be part of this and

And Jesus says, you got to understand that if you follow me, this past is not about comfort and convenience. In the New Testament, there are examples of people who have hives. Infect, the New Testament start the church started at with House shows of people had hyams. He's not signed at that's wrong but that a few priority comfort and convenience

Then this is not the path for you. What a beautiful things about renting a house with the Dayton Ohio to play snare, but we rent it for you. One of the great things about a training is a constant reminder of this doesn't belong to you. That's a really cool Ramada. It's does Annoying, rental inspections, Randolph, I suck, but it's a great Ramon, de Bueno Hefe long. We can get through those about to run home to the thinking, get we're around for a long time. Waiting on Jesus was harmless, even even have a place to lay his head. Because this was a nice time. Those 59 he said to another man following me and he replied. Lord first let me go and bury my father. Jesus said let the dead bury their I ended that you got.

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Your boyfriend along the church on Christmas morning. So I can. Your friend starts crying and says, this is fantastic. I want to keep my life to Jesus. He comes up to me, or you told him we would, you friend of his me and his friend. Since you all want to start coming home to church on Sunday.

Would you have a problem with me or whatever from with me?

What's Jesus? I want a dumb. Damn. What you decide. Because what he's saying is he's brutal. It's idiots. However, Scholars opinion. I think they probably brought them. I said probably, isn't dead yet. Because the Jews had such strict, Audis, and regulations, as to what it is, you need to do in bearing. A father that is very little chance that just having a chat with Jesus. At least point you would have been very busy regardless of that. The point that Jesus is my king. So, it seems that the whites and then I'll bury him and then I'll join you. What's yours is a sign? He's doing up to lie. And what you listen to sign is that family doesn't come before my kingdom.

That's a hot one here, I think.

because I think, as Christians, if there is anything of value family greatly, but he saves anything that we kind of value above, God's Kingdom, Often, it's family. And pastas will tell you and and all outside the same thing as so often what you will see she freak a person's faith is then prioritizing family of God's Kingdom.

Do you think I smell and it just a short amount of time with her to join? Brought some kites drive-thru close family, and what that communicates to playful and to a family is it? This stuff is so important to us. You are so important you as family are so important because it is even more important, that is a fantastic weakness. Sudley eat his, his kingdom is more important than company convenience than family or even. And then finally then the past 61 still another said I'll Follow You Lord but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family in Jesus replied no one who puts a hand, is he in the play out? And looks back his feet for the service. In the kingdom of God, Jesus has seen in. What is doing that? There is such an attachment to his past He's not going to probably be following Jesus. That's what seems to be going on. The he says he still in love with his old wife. Too much, sorry that the kingdom will not be his priority any longer Lobby time. Chris went to a church in the way since I was a CD. My cousin. Ricky, on my cousin's husband, Ricky. And all I walked out were convicted by the sun is powerful. We walked up, I will crawl language. I've ever lost to Jesus. Expect us to change dramatically straw to slide prices. Rick was a drug dealer until the next day, he started up his drug business. Again, you can guess, he was Christian lot of pain.

God calls us in following him to leave the past behind can be very easy to glorify, opossum hold on to it is for me. It's Let It Go. And a push forward resolutely sitting, as ice as Jesus, did to the New Jerusalem. Blows us a question years ago with the family one. You probably been asking you still falling at the Cracker. The question is, if Jesus asks you to give something up now.

Is there anything? That you would fall. And Too hard. Anything that you would say no to

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Khabib status. Could you open session in an organization? Could be your house? Your car gifting that you have some sort of ability. Yul Korea. Is there anything? That you feel might be too hard. and if so, You can drive down jaw. Because Jesus says, if you want in on my kingdom it must come first. The king of a grand entry into the kingdom of God is free. But the ongoing subscription make no mistake about it is very closely. The reward. Is out of this world. literally, I'm going to go away while I was in the western suburbs with little tan choates, those bottles, and I played it with seconds in charge of Telstra. Supa Hot Fire. And while I was there, he was in the process of a transfer and he moved to Qantas where he took on a position, why you lower that had file, a spy. And I remember him being off the Baptist in my hearing

He said it's because of my Wednesday night, bible study group. Because, you know, I position to Telstra I just couldn't get there. On the time that I could get the, I was just so exhausted from this work that I had to make a change. Now, the Christian ceramic tile, that's not you should have stayed in that position. You could have been more generous to the church and given to come up with all sorts of justification. As to why he craves what he holds on to. That's a great example. Assign not gold Kingdom matters more than anything else.

Saw that we try Lord. If there is an air of a loss tonight, it has taken such a hold of us as to become idolatrous. That you would make it clear. And if there's anyone here this morning, Lord, who was convicted by that now, and he's feeling the sense of that nail loading your mercy, help them to hand it, over to you and trusting you loading everything, let al-hol ethics Values priorities in Monson. Be shaped by the fact that this world want lost that comfort in this world and convenience. You son mom and Terry out that nothing is more important than you are. You aware will be fraternity. We praise you for that in Jesus name, in