Let it ALL out! (Matthew 26.1-13)
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Let it out!
Matthew 26.1-13
When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he said to his disciples,
“You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
and they conspired to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
But they said, “Not during the festival, or there may be a riot among the people.”
Now while Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,
a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.
But when the disciples saw it, they were angry and said, “Why this waste?
For this ointment could have been sold for a large sum, and the money given to the poor.”
But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? She has performed a good service for me.
For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.
By pouring this ointment on my body she has prepared me for burial.
Truly I tell you, wherever this good news is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in remembrance of her.”
The atmosphere has to change in order to reveal Christ,
…….and in order for the change to happen, sacrifice is necessary!
..........and it won’t necessarily be the logical, pretty scenario.
........But sometimes things may just have to break open…
and......
.....sometimes those breaking points can appear as though the value of what is being sacrificed is decreasing
.......but faith says
..........God has an unlimited capacity of power that is able to get the most out of our sacrifices in radically broken areas!
Intro:
Freedom.....
Whenever we start looking at our visionary scope of Rebuilding Men, Restoring Women, and Reclaiming Children for Christ!
…………..we are continuing to see just how radical you really have to be…………
.....to pinpoint the value in the broken areas of our lives
(pause)
Because trying to limit an unlimited God……….to accomplish our vision
........is like trying to put the Atlantic ocean in a 8 ounce size cup!
(pause)
…………It is ludicrous
.......to do God sized things
........without God size POWER!
(pause)
Because at the end of the day…………..when you really know who Jesus is……….
you do stuff………..that makes you look like you have lost your mind!
And believe it or not……..
......It takes a RADICAL.......nature to be Christ like!
(pause)
We have trained ourselves to define what is radical in error……..
Radical is not being different from a worldly perspective……….
Radical is being different from a Righteous perspective……..
In other words……………
when we reach the true definition of being radical from a Righteous perspective…………
it takes the limits off………….from an inside – outside standpoint
(pause)
But if we only become Radical from a worldly viewpoint the change can never really get to the heart level
……….and we remain at the image level…….
(pause)
Because every time something radical comes forth from Christ…
…….it travels to an unfathomable level or degree of understanding!
(pause)
And Christ never stopped at trying to impress others into saying something great about who he was…………
If they did…………then…..great……………….
but that is not why he did what he did……….
(pause)
Because the reason you are doing what you are doing is based on the fact that God put you all the way out into the deep end………….
where folk just might ridicule you……………and call you everything in the book………
You may be called…….
Strange, Foolish, Idiot, Crazy, Off the rocker……
….and they might just call you radical……….
(pause)
But I wish I had somebody in the house……………that figured out……
……to live is Christ………….and to die is eternal gain
(pause)
Look at it now………….
When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he said to his disciples,
“You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
Notice now…………..
that Jesus explains the next steps of his experience as it relates to his mission as Messiah………..
(pause)
Why did Jesus feel the need to remind or tell this to the disciples?
They may have known it would happen………..but they did not know when……
And so Jesus says……………….
As the Son of Man………….I will be crucified………..
(pause)
And the significance here is based on the fact……
that this ties a radical action…………..to a real live person.
(pause)
Yes………….Jesus is the Son of God…………..
and he is also………..the Son of Man…………
(pause)
So…………….now here is a Man in Jesus…………….
who is telling the disciples…………
My human nature…………
is getting ready to be ripped apart…………
(pause)
I’m getting ready……………to be killed…………….
and not only that but I want this to happen…………..
(pause)
How do you know he wanted it to happen Pastor?
Well the reason I know he wanted it to happen is………….
because if Jesus was trying to avoid crucifixion…………..
he would have used the information he already knew that was against him…………
to get out of it………..
(pause)
But instead he tells the disciples………..in a very radical way………..
(pause)
It’s almost time for me to die…………..
(pause)
And the reason that it’s got to happen like this is……………
is because I believe Jesus want’s us to see………..
the kind of Jesus that we are connected to…………
(pause)
Jesus……………..
“let it all out!!!”
(pause)
And for me………….this means…………
if I want to be anything like Jesus………I got to be willing…………….to be radical!
(pause)
And the truth of the matter is...
we already know………..that most folk don’t want that……….
......because whenever we make a decision to be Radical for Christ
......it’s almost like our lives become a gravitational pull that attracts trouble our way!
And not only that......
.....But whenever we step into the Radical zone
......the status quo begins seeing us as DISRUPTORS
(pause)
But…………there is somebody………….
may not be everybody………..
but there is somebody………….
that has what it takes……………
to tell Jesus……….
(slight pause)
“I’m ready…...............
......to let it ALL OUT!”
(pause)
Look at it now……………I didn’t make this up………….it’s in the text!
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
and they conspired to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
Now…………this is SCANDAL…………..from a biblical perspective………
(pause)
And the good thing about this is……………..that ………….Jesus………….welcomes the opportunity……….to change the whole atmosphere……..
(pause)
Because according to the text the preachers………and the dignitaries……..and others of influence are coming together for a meeting……….
(pause)
And this is not a meeting to see how they can make things better……….in a way that saves souls through Jesus……….
But they have gathered together in secret……….
.to figure out a way to murder……………
this radical Jesus………….
(pause)
And it is even in verse 5………….
that they conclude…………
that if we are going to be successful in killing Jesus……………
we have to take him out when nobody is looking…………
(pause)
Because………….it’s too risky………….
o mess with him…………when everybody is looking…………
(pause)
As a matter of fact the bible says…………….that they believe………..if somebody found out they were trying to kill Jesus……….
.it would create an uproar……..or…..
“They might start a riot!”
(pause)
So here we have now……………a scandalous situation…………
whereby everybody of influence…………
is determining how to kill this Radical Jesus……….
(pause)
And they are careful to figure out a way to do it……………
because if anybody finds out………….
that this is what they are trying to do………..
it will create absolute mayhem…………..
(pause)
Because the truth of the matter is that no matter how much they hate Jesus…………..and his radical nature………….
They know that what he has done in the lives of the people is so powerful………
that if they get in the way………….
the people will stand up!
(pause)
And it is in this very atmosphere of scandalous tension……intertwined with love and absolute righteousness……..
that we find the biblical text shifting us into as we go into verse 6 and following…………
Look at it now……..
Now while Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,
a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.
And so what we see now…………….is that there is this intense atmosphere where some decisions have got to be made……..
(pause)
Because now we got to see………….what it looks like to get all the way out in the deep…………with Jesus…………..and declare……..
“It’s time to let it all out…………..”
“Now is not the time to be careful with the oil…………”
“But now is the time…………..to pour everything out of the container…..”
“Down…………….to the last drop”(pause)
It’s too intense…………in the atmosphere………..to be holding back…….
(pause)
Because the time to hold back…………..
was before Jesus got here…....
(pause)
But now that Jesus is here…………………
you can’t be connected to this much revolution………………..
and nothing comes out of the container………
(pause)
What are you saying Pastor?
You did not Connect to Christ....
......and then enter into this Faith Community called Freedom
.......to go back to living life without making demonstrative IMPACT in the lives of those around you
(pause)
But on the contrary.......
What you were saying to every broken place/person around you is that........
........I’m getting ready to “POUR everything out of my container
.......so that your life can RESPOND to God’s glory!”
(pause)
And I see this woman………….
holding this alabaster box………….that represents money……………….and royalty……………
(pause)
And I see her saying to herself……………..
“It’s time.....
.....to let it all out………………”
“It’s……….time to let the oil flow…………..”
(pause)
“And….I’m not holding nothing back………………”
(pause)
“But because I am just as radical in my purpose as Jesus is in his
………I’m going to risk being talked about………”
“And………..I’m going to take what matters most to me………….
and give it all to Jesus…………”
And the bible says…………
she poured the oil on his head
.....UNSPARINGLY!
(pause)
And whenever you get a radical person for Christ……………
connecting with another radical person……………for Christ………..
(pause)
You better……………Watch out!
(pause)
Because………..
.......when 2 or 3 jokers come together who are absolutely UNSPARINGLY in their lives when it comes to CHRIST
(pause)
Somethings.........getting ready to happen!!
- UNSPARINGLY in their worship
- UNSPARINGLY in their prayers
- UNSPARINGLY in their giving
- UNSPARINGLY in their loving
(The three Hebrew boys correlation………of unity and power)
Freedom.....
......I’m crazy enough to believe God enough
.....to “LET it ALL OUT!”
(pause and expound)
And Christ is not showing up for a casual cup of tea….
But instead....
When Christ shows up…..
- It’s time for a revolution
- It’s time to break out of something that’s been holding everything down.
- It’s time to Introduce deliverance……and Rename destinies
(pause)
You ought to look at somebody close to you………….
and see if they got what it takes…………
to do something RADICAL!
(pause)
You don’t have to say nothing to them………….
but just look to see………if they got the same fire……………you got………..
(pause)
I don’t know about you but I’m looking for some radical JESUS FOLK……
(sliglht pause)
Freedom, Here it is........
Because what I did not mention earlier.......
.....is that when this woman decides to “OPEN the jar of oil”
......it requires her to BREAK the flask!
(pause)
And so what that means is that........
......Once she decides that this is what she’s going to do
......there aint no turning back!
(pause)
Either.......
“You ALL the way in”
........or you AINT!
(pause)
Freedom.....
There should be some OIL stains around your life from where you “Let it ALL out!”
You don’t get more OIL based on what you Hold back........you get more OIL based on what you LET OUT!
You can not Waste what is purposed for Anointing!
(pause and expound)
Freedom.....
Are you ready to change the Atmosphere?
Are you ready to REVEAL CHRIST?
Are you ready to BREAK OPEN the CONTAINER?
Freedom
- We are ANNOINTED to REBUILD
- We are ANNOINTED to RESTORE
- We are ANNOINTED to RECLAIM…