Up, In, Out: Experiencing the Kingdom Today - Luke 18:1-17

Luke chapter 18, will be reading, verses 1 to 17. Y'all hungry. Hope you all are hungry today. You say seeded for this, reading the Luke 18 verses 1 to 17. Jesus when Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. He said in a certain town, there was a judge who, neither feared God nor cared what people thought there was a widow in that town to get come and get him with a plea, grant me Justice against my adversary for some time, he refused. But finally, he said to himself even though I don't fear God or your people think that because this Widow keeps bothering me. I will see that she gets justice so that she won't eventually come and attack me. And the Lord said, listen to what the unjust judge says. And what not God bring about Justice for his chosen ones who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will see that they get Justice and quickly. However, when the son of man comes he will, will he find faith on the Earth? The song who were confident of their own righteousness, look down on everyone else. Jesus told this Parable two men went up to the temple, to pray, one, a Pharisee and the other a tax collector Pharisee stood by himself and pray God, I think you that I'm not like other people robbers, evildoers adulterers even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all like it, but the tax collector Student Assistance. He would not even look up to heaven. But beat his breast and said, God have mercy on me a sinner. I tell you that this man rather than the other went home Justified before God, for all those who exalt themselves will be humbled. And those who humble themselves will be exalted. People were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. When the disciples told us, they were Buick them. But Jesus called the children to him. And instead, let the children come to me, do not hinder them for the kingdom of God, belongs to such as these. Truly, I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God, like a little child will never enter it. The word of God for the people of God. Thanks, be unto God. June 6th, 1944. That date ring a bell for you. So if you history Bots D-Day, the first D-Day. It was unaware of the what? That was just a little recap D Day June 6th 1944. That was the largest amphibious Invasion ever in history especially regarding World War II. Many people consider D-Day to be a significant moment, significant time in the entirety of World War II. The 160,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches in Normandy France. Many people. Consider that in retrospect, that was the beginning of the end of the war. Those of you who are where no history, well, the war was not officially over until September second, nineteen forty-five on V-J Day victory, over Japan day. What's in? Between that time, right here in a couple months, everything that happened in between you could say it was an actual ization or realization of the victory that come in Sunday day. The trajectory of the war was determined on, D-Day, the Allied Powers had the grippe, they had the strength, they had the momentum, and then little by little after that day, on until the very end of the war. The world as a whole both experience and recognized the victory that was secured and bought on that day through the many lives of the Allied powers.

No, you not as Christians are you might see where I'm going with this few nights Christians are Redemption. Our Victory, our salvation with secured when Jesus first came to the world, through the Virgin conception. But that's what we celebrate about Christmas. The government will be upon his shoulders. The world is coming to rest upon Christ. Jesus is the true king, who's in the world, the kingdom of God came through his person in in Mary's room initially. And then, of course, when he was born in the manger but the renewal of the world will be long for his people, as individuals as Christians, the renewal of the world was secured through Jesus's life, his death in his resurrection. Are they cost life to secure our Victory much like the victory that we experienced after World War II? In reality is, as we read the New Testament, as we read Luke 24, at the end of the gospels, as we see in Revelation news, flash for you. Jesus has one, right? Jesus has won the victory, is his, the victory is now ours, through Christ. But we all know we don't yet Fully live and experience that Victory. We're still in this in-between time. As we await Jesus to come back to inaugurate, fully is full reign as king. And I thought it was quite timely when Pastor Jeff Scott came a couple weeks ago while we were in Mexico. I was able to listen to the sermon on Facebook and it was timely in terms of what he shared cuz if you just don't recall your brain he shared in between the now and then not yet. In other words, how do we use Christians live in the in between time? We be focusing on and he sure wonderful truth from the book of Isaiah and a lot of the Bible, believe it or not, is dedicated to this very question. How do you and I, as Christians live in this in-between time, the victory has been won for through Jesus. We await its future day. What do we do now in the meantime? Well, the answer is you're not called to sit on our bombs and do nothing. I would have to just sleep and snooze the days away, but it's Titus. Chapter 2 talks about very wonderful, E, X, 213, tells us we as Christians, we are waiting this blessed. Hope we looking forward to this Davis ahead. And as we wait, you and I are called to live active obedient lives to Christ. We are called to work while we wait. We are called to pray while we patiently. Wait, now as we long for that day, we call to love others. Luke 7, 18 verses 1 to 17. Jesus provides Clarity for how we are to live in this in-between time. Cuz if you noticed in the previous passage, that we went over a couple weeks ago. It's been awhile since we've been at Luke's, I'm glad to be back in it with you, but Loose, 1720, that's when Jesus first began kind of this conversation. Brought it up with the Pharisees regarding the Kingdom, right? When is this Kingdom coming? When can we expect it? When are we going to see it? When can we were so experience the benefits of the kingdom? When is the perfect Rule and reign of God coming into the world? Jesus talks about the kingdom, it's not something you see visually because you realize the kingdom is in your midst is here through my person and what my work is, what I'm going to do. Turn this light of the Kingdom Jesus. Now in verse 1, chapter 18 then Jesus told his disciples a parable. So he's it's in conjunction to this in connection to this from this passage. What would I think withdrawals? All these three kind of section are three Realms three areas three directions in which God calls you and I to live as Christians upward Inward and outward to be taking notes as we anticipate the kingdom. The three things that God calls us to do is firstly, pray. Persistently number to cultivate humility and number three, serve compassionately. And I'll say this before jumping to the first point. God. God wants you to experience Kingdom Victory today. He wants you to taste to see to experience in part. The victory that has been one for you on the cross. I will experience that in different ways, not fully but we none of us get the taste of his goodness today. That's the wonderful God that we serve and the way that we experience that is by obeying his word in the text. So beginning vs128, pray persistently. Without You noticing first one, it says, when Jesus told his disciples, a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up some Parables it. As you recall, we've been in the Gospel of Luke for a little bit, it's a boys can be a little bit hard. Understand might be wondering, what does Jesus actually staying here? And in my own mind I think of the parable of the shrewd manager chapter 16, it's just what it, what is the main point? They're kind of seems weird what it what is Jesus saying but here Luke the human author. He gives us a little bit of a window into what Jesus is communicating in this Parable. Specifically, you cannot miss the meaning. There's no kind of, you know, a lot of allegory hear, it's quite clear. Jesus told this Parable in particular, so that his disciples, his followers might always pray and not give up your translation. Might say don't lose, heart. Always pray, continually pray, never give up Frank and don't lose heart, don't give up. And you notice how do you, how does God encourage us to do that? Where do you find the strength to do that? Where do you find the motivation to do that? Because you see in scripture In this passage, in particular, whatever God gives you command the way that you follow it, the strength and motivation to do it, is it from God incessantly hammering you in the head with it, but some of us need to have that happen. A lot, right? How many seem to be courage to forgive a lot more than we ought to do. Right? So we need to hear that, but usually the way that you and I obey the commands of God Is by being rooted in who God is and that's clear in the text pray. Always don't give up. And we see the reason for that is because who is God a kind, how good how gracious is he? But he contrasts himself first with this. Parable been worse to be said, Jesus said a certain town. There was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. There was a widow in that town to get coming to him with the plea, grant me Justice against my adversary. CC off. The first character, there is a judge this judge tells us he no need to fear God nor cared what people thought he had no reverence of God, no respect for the law of God, the justice of God, and it's not just that, it's not that he was just an atheist know he didn't care about, people didn't care about serving the poor serving, those who have been oppressed serving, those who've been wrong, you don't care about any of that. He was in this profession for the money he was in at all for himself, it's all self-serving, what can I get out of it? You know who the lucrative cases, I can kind of follow and find so I can make the most money, make the most fulfillment out of my own job, no recollection or thought for God or other people. That's the first character we meet in the first three. There was also a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea grant me Justice against my adversary. The Widow in the story. Even today to degree, the Widow here is somebody who easily be taken advantage of especially back then. We don't know who this adversary was and Forestry but we do know that somebody perhaps it was a family member, maybe it was a brother-in-law, somebody maybe it was a child. Somebody who's trying to take advantage of a widow of their mother of their sibling, their sibling in law, they wanted to lay claim of the land. They wanted the superior possessions they were trying to cheat her out of what was due her. We don't know exactly what happened but nonetheless, there was an adversary who had wronged her taking advantage, ever done her wrong. So she would she was in distress. She was in trouble. And what she needed was a superior person. Superior judge to make it right to settle the dispute to grant for justice. And who is she going to call in the scenario? Not the Ghostbusters, but the scoundrel of a judge the only person in the area in that region. She kept coming to the judge with a plea. Grant me Justice against my adversary. What was the judges response. There's no money in this case. Now she's not that rich going to get anything from this guy. Just got more important things to focus on. But this lady is very persistent versus Ford 54. Sometime judge refused. But finally, he said to himself, even though I don't fear God or care what people think yet because this Widow keeps bothering me. I will see that she gets justice so that she won't eventually come and attack me. So he's at the grocery store, she was a judge, you know, you need to come take my case that the judge was at the gym judge you need that. You don't put those weights down come. Take my case. She would write him letters constantly banging on his door, constantly at home, just persistent in terms of getting what she wants. I want Justice, I want Justice. I want the wrong viewers to be punished on my cell phone to be Vindicated, you are called to do that work as the judge of this region. The man, the judge is down to a judge. He does it eventually, not because he's good. Because he cares. But for his own self-interest, get off my back. Leave me alone, I'll take your case. Jesus brings all of this home for you and I versus six to eight. The Lord said, listen to what the unjust judge says will. Not God, bring about Justice for his chosen ones who cry out to him day and night, will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will see that they get Justice and quickly. However, when the son of man comes, will he find faith on the Earth? If he charged the reality is like the Widow simile you and I experienced distress right? And it's in between time as we wait and I anticipate the future Kingdom and how many of us have been wrong. How many of us suffer Injustice, talkin about the court system? But how many of us have felt the devastating effect of sin of selfishness of greed? How that is wrecked our own lives, right? The lives of those, we love. And what you and I needed. It's a Serperior judge somebody who's more powerful than you and I could ever be to make the wrongs, right? We have that judge in heaven, his name is God, Almighty Psalm 7-Eleven tells us God, that's a memory verse for you. Write 7-Eleven. There you go to remember. Psalms 7-Eleven God is a righteous judge. May our God is a righteous judge. He is good, but more than that you have to realize He's not just a joke, he's not just God, he's not just a creator for you. And I who were Christians for, who, you know, who been born again for you, and I who trust and follow Jesus. We are now his children and God Almighty is. Now, our father, we have a father in Heaven who is Matthew 11:28 to 30000? He invites us to come to him. Come to me with your burdens, your request 1st. Peter 3:12 says that God's ear is attentive to our prayer since we are now his children 1st, Peter 5:7 tells of cast, all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. The commands of God are all predicated upon the character of God, pray persistently, because your father in Heaven cast, all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. You see the Promise there? Will not gotten for 7 will not God. Bring about Justice for his chosen ones who cry out to him day and night will keep putting them off. I tell you, he will see that they get Justice and quickly. As you read that, to me, that's perhaps the most problematic hard to grasp part of the whole passage hear the word quickly. What does that mean? What it, what is the word quickley mean? Does that mean in a minute that mean tomorrow does that mean in a year? But what is quickly mean? Very dependent on contacts and anyone who's actually talkin I think something helpful to know is that word that phrase that use their quickly issues about 20 other times throughout the Greek bible, give another occasion to convene immediately like this very next second. It can also mean soon another kind of big word. It's going to happen soon. Am I being suddenly? And that when it does happen it's going to come decisively and fast and quick when it happens or it can mean surely And that it will happen. It will absolutely happen. Decisively and certainly And I personally think, and in light of reality and light of scripture, it's that last aspect when Jesus says you, my people, my children Justice and quickly, Jesus a thing. Surely it is going to happen, it will happen in light of Eternity. This is the big thing in light of Eternity will happen very quickly in the 2nd Peter. 3:8 tells us with the Lord a day is like a thousand years 1,000 years like a day cuz God is outside the realm of time. But Justice is coming quickly. And this is the command right? Church in light of that. In light, of the fact that God hears us. A lot of the fact that we have a father in Heaven in light of the fact that he cares for us. You and I are called to pray persistently, right? As we feel the weariness of the world, as you experience the Brokenness and relationships as you experience The Emptiness of sin, as your heart, is weary as you launch for justice, as you long for all wrongs to be made, right? You and I are called to pray, don't lose heart. Aaron prayer. You might be wondering what's the point or if it's going to happen. Why do I pray? It's going to happen a little bit way. That's not going to happen today, when I want it, why should I pray? But you have to understand, the nature prayer, and that is prayer connects you to God. Her connection to. It, reminds you of the God, we serve. Is all's-well Chambers, it said right in prayer, we keep our eyes on God, not on our problems, and it's true with you. And I are, even though we may not get the immediate answer if we want this very moment right now during the service, God will hear us. He will answer in his due time and prayer. Connects us to his heart. I love WhatsApp. One lady said, her name is Ann Murchison. She said the power of prayer isn't. In the words, I pray. Not the place. I pray the way I pray. How loud I pray along. I pray, the power of prayer is found in the one to whom I pray. I know you're not be encouraged with that truth. God Almighty. Here's as our good righteous perfect judge and father keep praying. Keep praying. Keep staying connected to him as you await the kingdom. At least for the second through second command. As you anticipate the kingdom, cultivate humility. This is from versus 9214 cultivate humility. Jesus tells us here to some who confident of their own righteousness, look down on everyone else. Jesus told this parable, you have to know it's what Jesus is doing. And that the structure of this passage, where Jesus is speaking about the Heart, Right upward direction, right upwardly? Pray to God and worldly. This is related up early while they're there. All right, we're holistic being rich. You can't compartmentalize a person, but nonetheless, it is talking about the heart, what's going on in your inner being Jesus, who sang the inner part of your heart manifests itself through actions? Call Jesus. Highlights hear the visible actions of these two men praying, right? He Compares and contrasts these two men in public reading out loud, right? It's their speech. It's what's coming out of their bodies. The focus is on what's going on inside of them. He says the first nine to some who were confident of their own righteousness and look down on everyone else than internal think. That's an internal attitude, internal disposition versus 10, 11 12, Is a manifestation of that inner reality. Okay, listen to Jesus. Speaking about two men, went up to the temple to pray, one Pharisee, the other a tax collector, the Pharisee stood by himself. And prayed, God, I think you that, I'm not like other people robbers, evildoers, adulterers or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get

You see the the Pharisees issue here. It is doesn't suffer from this self delusion of perfection, right? Not claimed to be perfect. Is that claim to have it all together? Here, he's suffering from the disease of better than ism. Better than ISM compared to other people. I'm doing pretty good. Just pretty good. I'm a lot better than those people over there. Then Robert Robert evildoers adulterers and tax collectors and just a quick little footnote there regarding the tax collector. That's somebody who typically the Jew, who basically sold their entire personhood to go work for the Roman people in functionally, the people around them, they felt as though this tax collector, they betrayed us, they betrayed their family, they betrayed their people, They Don't Care About Us at the people. They're working with the Romans who are oppressing over our nation. They are backstabbers. They Don't Care About Us and tax collectors were that's why they're listed it constantly with all the other bad people of the day, right? Adulterer Tax Collectors. They were vile in the eyes of Jews. And the Pharisee is saying, I'm better than all of them, but I heard one Pastor paraphrase, you know, God thank you that. I'm not like a serial killer. Thank you that I haven't been apart of the drug cartel. Thank you that my family hasn't been on the Jerry Springer Show. Write. Thank you guys are family that I'm not a terrorist fill in the blank, whatever your modern-day equivalent might be. But it is in your part of this, too. If you have any, some of you might be thinking, oh, I never do that. I never compare myself with people like that. Used to it. If you do, if that's your attitude, you just did the very thing. I'm not like that Pharisee. I never do that. I never come. You just fit the bill of the Pharisees problem, comparing yourself to other people, because if you do, it's always always always easy to find somebody. You're better than And that the analogy I've used before, I've heard before from Ray Comfort, is it if there's a sheep and a beautiful green pasture? And you look at the Sheep, all it looks nice, beautiful and white. But if you take that same sheep and there's a fresh blanket of snow that drops on that field is that sheep? Look clean anymore. Know, it looks dirty looks filthy, you see it for its true colors. That's the same with you. And I do not compare ourselves to the backdrop against other people, especially other people's faults, right? We always compare the best of ourselves to the worst of other people. If you do that, you look like a sheep in the Greenfield. But if you compare yourself to get Perfection of God, it's your word of the word of God. You will see how filthy you truly are. And that's kind of what Jesus is alluding to.

But I noticed doesn't in. There is a stark contrast verse 13. The tax collector, stood at a distance. He would not even look up the heaven, but beat his breast and said, God have mercy on me a sinner. Write the beating of the breast. That's just as a tangible visible. Sign of unworthiness in this context. He stood at a distance, he didn't feel like he could get close to the temple, close to the way, in which the place, which you could get close to God, physically speaking. You started the distance, kept his distance away from all the people from where you really are. The good people are He wouldn't even look up to heaven. He had no dignity. He, he, he felt so much of the weight of his own sin, but the only thing that he could utter is God, have mercy on me a sinner. In the Greek there. The word right there. A US. Enter the great there. It's the definite article. It's D. Have mercy on me The Sinner. And that your church is the true attitude of humility. What is humility might be wondering? Melody has to be components. It's an acute awareness of your sin and a bold confidence in Jesus writing verse 9, to some who were confident of their own righteousness. That's what self-righteousness is. That's what arrogance? Is that, what that's what pride is? I think that I'm better than I'm good. I'm good on my own, I'm better than others. BC humility is the opposite of boasting being confident in the righteousness of Jesus. Instead of looking down on everyone else. Instead humility says, I am like everyone else. Everyone else is like me and that we are all bad broken. Messed up people. What's up just that right, there is an acute specific. Focus on my own inner weariness. I am the center at Polson 1st, Timothy 1. I am the worst of Sinners is that your attitude? Is that your attitude that you constantly fall back on? Lord, I don't deserve you. I don't deserve Mercy but I need your mercy. Please have mercy on me The Sinner. I tell you was 14. I tell you this, man, the tax collector, the scoundrel, the dirty want the people, the person you would not, think would be made right with God. This man went home Justified before, God. All those who exalt themselves will be humbled and those who humble themselves will be exalted.

How many of, you know, somebody who is full of themselves? Hey buddy, somebody come to mind when you think of somebody's full of yourself. right, and I asked that to say, The reality. So some of that all of us, right? So all of us can have a little bit of wine better than on Superior. I'm good. I don't need any correction, I'm needing. The point is, if you're full of yourself, what room is there, left inside of you? SS. Charles Spurgeon said. I love what he said here. The Lord, pours most into those who are most empty of self. Those who have least of their own shall have the most of God. That's very accurate. You seem to experience the kingdom. This is what we're getting at cultivate humility. Why? Because import cultivating humility. You have access to the blessings in the riches in the grace and the mercy of God, if you are self-righteous, if you are prideful, if you say I'm good, I'm better than I don't need anything else. You are by definition saying God, I don't need you. I don't need your mercy. I don't need your strength. I don't need your wisdom. I'm good. I've got it covered. Prince humility. You were saying God. I need you. I need your grace. I need your strength. I need your love. I need your forgiveness. I need your spirit. Humility daily. Practicing humility that enables you to be connected to God to experience his kingdom today. so, if you want to experience the kingdom, few as you anticipate the kingdom, you and I are called to cultivate humility The one simple application point, they are, I'm going to leave you with this. I encourage you to read Romans chapter 1 to chapter 8, Or that's a little bit long version, do it or fusions to buy some of these passages in scripture where it's all about, this is how bad you Manatee is. This is how Wicked we are in one of ourselves. But this is how great and beautiful God is that is the key to humility. Acute, awareness of your stand in the Bold confidence in Jesus and both of those passages beautifully. Especially Romans 128 talks about the wickedness of our hearts and the beauty, the gospel read that the light in it, meditate on it, think about it so that you might further cultivate humiliating experiences blessing. Lastly, as you anticipate the kingdom store compassionately, right? Upward. Pray in word. What's going on in your heart out where now serve compassionately serve others verses 15 to 17. People were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. The Luke uses the word hear that refers to infants. It's not just children that five-year-olds for say. It's newborns tiny, little babies. Many parents and grandparents of that time. Are they heard about Jesus? That observe his miracles? I heard his sermons and they knew they may not have fully known that, he was gone himself that he was a Son of God, but I knew he was certainly a man of God. And I want this man of God to pray, for my child to bless my child to speak encouraging words over much, how it will shape and form the trajectory of his life. Speak words to Children early, it's the same principle we live by today. If struck children, even babies in the word so that when they're old or willing, they will not depart from it, or we want these. You, we want you. Jesus to come and touch and bless and pray for our children. So many people were bringing these tiny little babies to Jesus. But for 15, the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. Don't necessarily know what that rebuked entailed perhaps it was get out of here, right? Jesus is just trying to prepare for a sermon. Are you just give him a little space here or you know, he's busy doing other important things. He's trying to counsel this marriage is broken, you know? Just because I'm doing a very important stuff just get out of here. Give it give him some space. But then the disciples rebuked them. The master review, the disciples 416. Jesus called the children came and said let the little children come to me. Do not hinder them for the kingdom of God, belongs to such as these. Does. If Jesus were saying you see, my work is to welcome these children. The reason that I'm here is to serve these children my schedule. it's about serving the least of these Definition in my own heart, right? Got three kids. Now, one in one in the belly and then to there's almost running around cuz I loved children, but Just be honest, just be frank children babies, particularly infants, a newborn's. They are the weakest least significant, most unhelpful of any person or I just functionally speaking. Hey, I'm not even say my heart in this but they are. There's at least significant the most kind of people you can just brush aside. They don't especially newborns, they don't actively contribute it don't pick up the trash. They don't, you know, speaking cruising where he's going to thank you for parenting me so well and right, they don't do any of that. They constantly eat affection, they need care. They need love and eat food. They need to be loved his Blessing and seeing their smiles, right? That I get that, we have to understand what I'm saying. Jesus is powerfully saying, the kingdom of God is for such people. The kingdom of God my work. My love is for the least of these for the weakest for the most unhelpful, for the people that Society set it. Especially in America, the culture of death that we live in regarding children. My kingdom is for these people can easily be brushed aside in the eyes of the world. I love what one commentator said. Said Jesus doesn't bless the children for their virtues but for their deficits, they are important because of what they lack. They are small powerless without sophistication. They are overlooked. And their dispossessed. Jesus is the synthesized in the strongest possible way that the kingdom is offered to the helpless. Its offer to the needy to the powerless until the week. Indeed it belongs to them. Children have no roster of Torah achievements to their credit as does the Pharisee in chapter 3, verse 11 and 12, the children are rather like the tax collector. Whose only Merit is unworthiness. You have to see the beauty right there of Jesus his heart. Let the little children come to me. I love, I care for these children. I mean both symbolically. What they are. There's are so small and Weak and Powerless. I've come for such people. People who can't boast about themselves, people who can't boast about their own accomplishments. I've come to save, you blessing to be with such people. That is why Jesus has a such a heart for children. Why God has a heart wife, scripture command parents to watch out for your children is a most noble task. Jesus says, in verse 17, truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God, like a little child will never enter it. Was that mean? Well, she weighs, you know, how do children typically interact with their parents, right? There's a lot of humility. They don't initially, there's not a whole lot of questioning of the hearts, right? That's a lot of questions, but lately more less, trust the parents again in the ideal context in which God created. This ship is a simple. Faith is simple trust. They know by default. My parents are supposed to be the ones to provide for me. They trust in that.

But it's more. So I think right? Receive the kingdom like a little child that is receive it without boasting in yourself. Receive it not holding onto your strength, not holding on how great you are, but trusting fully in the sufficiency of your father. Fully relying upon the father as a little tiny newborn relies upon the mother. And the father,

Children aren't a hindrance to God. And neither should we view the massage? They are blessing to be welcomed into be served. This is the key, right? It's not just a command, because if it is, you see there's not explicit kemetic, September 16th. It says, let the little children come to me. Brighten the opposite of rebuking children. The opposite of hindering children from coming to Jesus weather, be sinful attitude, simple action, simple words, Jesus is Calling You. And I let the children come to me. Encourage children to come to me, Point children to come to me bless the children that they might taste and see of my goodness through. You be my hands and feet to Black and store the children. And of course, it applies to Children specifically, but to all people are blessed and serve the week, the broken, the helpless, the hurting, the people who need help, which is all of us. That's a human being. It all stems back 4:17. How have you first receive a kingdom? Do you humbly receive the kingdom? Have you? Tasted of the the way that God has treated you? Because just before I take some of us some of y'all all right what time is Godfrey this patience Grace love compassion. That's how God treats us as we receive that gospel, as we receive that. We are called to share that truth with others. With children, with adults, with the elderly with everybody. Serve as you have first been served by Christ. Welcome and bless is Crisis. First, welcome and blessed you that is the gospel. That is a command you and I or calls you live.

The church has paid the kingdom. To look forward to that day. Don't waste the days. Keep praying for assistant, Lee stay connected to God. Be reminded that he is our good father in Heaven. Cultivate you, melody. Invite the blessings of God into your life by constantly acknowledging. The simple phrase, Lord I need you may not be woven into your daily vocabulary. Lord I need you.

Did Leslie serve compassionately. When is Jesus's first serve, you you go and do likewise to the least of these to the helpless to the broken. In doing so, you will be able to taste of the victory of the kingdom of God. It's been one force, there's life death, and Resurrection coming one day, and fully consummated, the in-between time you. And I can experience his kingdom if we respond and live according to his word. A father. Now, we ask that you make your word effectual Holy Spirit, cleanse us, purify us. Do the work. We can't do. That is Transformer hearts.

Jesus name we pray. Amen. Grass, withers and the flowers fall but the word of God in 2 hours forever. Will you stand and sing the duck sology with us?