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Biblická úvaha: Svatý týden (7/9): Zacheus. Autor, čte: Pavel Mošner.

This is for everyone out there celebrating people losing their jobs as the hands of DOGE. It's mostly right. Y'all are tweeting your absolute delight as bureaucrats get laid off. You're filled with glee. It brings you pleasure to see pain in others. Dare I say that watching government workers get laid off seems to be your kink. It's a fetish. And it's gross. I don't know them and you don't either - so how can anyone be so sure thousands out of work don't deserve theirs? I just love how MAGA went from America First to Americans last. From complaining the system is rigged and the deep state is oppressing us to getting you to root for the downfall of your fellow countryman. Just remember that a house divided cannot last. Letting the rich and powerful pit us against each is playing into their hand. Instead of pointing the finger at the top 1% and those in charge of wealth inequality, let's blame the middle class working man. Let me introduce you to Zaccheaues. He was a tax collector that was hated by everyone so much- even by Jesus's followers- that he had to climb up a tree just to catch a glimpse of Christ. He wasn't accepted in society, even among a group of jesus' followers, those seeking his favor and grace, even though they had no compassion for Zacheus. But Jesus did. *** Thanks for listening to Overnight Opinions, a recurring news show on topics the mainstream media isn't telling you. Here you'll get current events blended with spicy commentary directed at our elected leaders. You can check out Ladies Love Politics website to read a transcript/references of this episode at www.ladieslovepolitics.com.Be sure to follow the Ladies Love Politics channel on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Truth Social, Brighteon Social, Threads, and Twitter. Content also available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever else you stream podcasts. Background Music Credit: Music: Hang for Days - Silent Partner https://youtu.be/A41A0XeU2ds ***

Father Edward Looney reads and comments on The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations: From the Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich.Day 226Volume 3THE RAISING OF LAZARUS. JESUS IN THE LAND OF THE THREE KINDS.Chapter 1: Jesus in Bethabara and Jericho. Zacheus the Publican.LEARN MORE - USE COUPON CODE ACE25 FOR 25% OFFThe Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations: From the Visions of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich Four-Book Set - https://bit.ly/3QVreIsThe Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ: From the Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich - https://bit.ly/4bPsxRmThe Life and Revelations of Anne Catherine Emmerich Two-Book Set - https://bit.ly/3yxaLE5The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary: From the Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich - https://bit.ly/3wTRsULMary Magdalen in the Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich - https://bit.ly/4brYEXbThe Mystical City of God Four-Book Set - https://bit.ly/44Q9nZbOur Lady of Good Help: Prayer Book for Pilgrims - https://bit.ly/3Ke6O9SThe Life of Jesus Christ in a Year: From the Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich is a podcast from TAN that takes you through one of the most extraordinary books ever published. Follow along daily as Father Edward Looney works his way through the classic four-volume set, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, by reading a passage from the book and then giving his commentary. Discover the visions of the famous 19th-century Catholic mystic, Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich, a nun who was privileged by God to behold innumerable events of biblical times.Anne Catherine's visions included the birth, life, public ministry, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, as well as the founding of His Church. Besides describing persons, places, events, and traditions in intimate detail, she also sets forth the mystical significance of these visible realities. Here is the infinite love of God incarnate and made manifest for all to see, made all the more striking and vivid by the accounts Blessed Anne has relayed.Listen and subscribe to The Life of Jesus Christ in a Year: From the Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich on your favorite podcast platform or at EmmerichPodcast.com.And for more great ways to deepen your faith, check out all the spiritual resources available at TANBooks.com and use Coupon Code ACE25 for 25% off your next order.

Father Edward Looney reads and comments on The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations: From the Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich.Day 225Volume 3THE RAISING OF LAZARUS. JESUS IN THE LAND OF THE THREE KINDS.Chapter 1: Jesus in Bethabara and Jericho. Zacheus the Publican.LEARN MORE - USE COUPON CODE ACE25 FOR 25% OFFThe Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations: From the Visions of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich Four-Book Set - https://bit.ly/3QVreIsThe Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ: From the Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich - https://bit.ly/4bPsxRmThe Life and Revelations of Anne Catherine Emmerich Two-Book Set - https://bit.ly/3yxaLE5The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary: From the Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich - https://bit.ly/3wTRsULMary Magdalen in the Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich - https://bit.ly/4brYEXbThe Mystical City of God Four-Book Set - https://bit.ly/44Q9nZbOur Lady of Good Help: Prayer Book for Pilgrims - https://bit.ly/3Ke6O9SThe Life of Jesus Christ in a Year: From the Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich is a podcast from TAN that takes you through one of the most extraordinary books ever published. Follow along daily as Father Edward Looney works his way through the classic four-volume set, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, by reading a passage from the book and then giving his commentary. Discover the visions of the famous 19th-century Catholic mystic, Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich, a nun who was privileged by God to behold innumerable events of biblical times.Anne Catherine's visions included the birth, life, public ministry, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, as well as the founding of His Church. Besides describing persons, places, events, and traditions in intimate detail, she also sets forth the mystical significance of these visible realities. Here is the infinite love of God incarnate and made manifest for all to see, made all the more striking and vivid by the accounts Blessed Anne has relayed.Listen and subscribe to The Life of Jesus Christ in a Year: From the Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich on your favorite podcast platform or at EmmerichPodcast.com.And for more great ways to deepen your faith, check out all the spiritual resources available at TANBooks.com and use Coupon Code ACE25 for 25% off your next order.

Did you ever hear big news, and think it was the most important event in history? In today's message, Pastor Dion tells us that the biggest news was not Jesus' ascension into heaven, but that he descended to earth in the first place. Jesus left the glory of heaven to come to a lost, dark, and cursed world to save us. We are the reason for His coming. Just like Zacheus, Jesus knows our names, And He pursues us and seeks to save us. When it comes to salvation, Jesus takes the first step. We are lost and He finds us.

 1 And entering in, he walked through Jericho.Et ingressus perambulabat Jericho.  2 And behold, there was a man named Zacheus, who was the chief of the publicans, and he was rich.Et ecce vir nomine Zachaeus : et hic princeps erat publicanorum, et ipse dives :  3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was, and he could not for the crowd, because he was low of stature.et quaerebat videre Jesum, quis esset : et non poterat prae turba, quia statura pusillus erat.  4 And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore tree, that he might see him; for he was to pass that way.Et praecurrens ascendit in arborem sycomorum ut videret eum : quia inde erat transiturus.  5 And when Jesus was come to the place, looking up, he saw him, and said to him: Zacheus, make haste and come down; for this day I must abide in thy house.Et cum venisset ad locum, suspiciens Jesus vidit illum, et dixit ad eum : Zachaee, festinans descende : quia hodie in domo tua oportet me manere.  6 And he made haste and came down; and received him with joy.Et festinans descendit, et excepit illum gaudens.  7 And when all saw it, they murmured, saying, that he was gone to be a guest with a man that was a sinner.Et cum viderent omnes, murmurabant, dicentes quod ad hominem peccatorem divertisset.  8 But Zacheus standing, said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wronged any man of any thing, I restore him fourfold.Stans autem Zachaeus, dixit ad Dominum : Ecce dimidium bonorum meorum, Domine, do pauperibus : et si quid aliquem defraudavi, reddo quadruplum.  9 Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.Ait Jesus ad eum : Quia hodie salus domui huic facta est : eo quod et ipse filius sit Abrahae.  10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.Venit enim Filius hominis quaerere, et salvum facere quod perierat. This day is salvation come to this house, the Church.

⁠1 ⁠And entering in, he walked through Jericho.Et ingressus perambulabat Jericho. ⁠ 2 ⁠And behold, there was a man named Zacheus, who was the chief of the publicans, and he was rich.Et ecce vir nomine Zachaeus : et hic princeps erat publicanorum, et ipse dives : ⁠ 3 ⁠And he sought to see Jesus who he was, and he could not for the crowd, because he was low of stature.et quaerebat videre Jesum, quis esset : et non poterat prae turba, quia statura pusillus erat. ⁠ 4 ⁠And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore tree, that he might see him; for he was to pass that way.Et praecurrens ascendit in arborem sycomorum ut videret eum : quia inde erat transiturus. ⁠ 5 ⁠And when Jesus was come to the place, looking up, he saw him, and said to him: Zacheus, make haste and come down; for this day I must abide in thy house.Et cum venisset ad locum, suspiciens Jesus vidit illum, et dixit ad eum : Zachaee, festinans descende : quia hodie in domo tua oportet me manere. ⁠ 6 ⁠And he made haste and came down; and received him with joy.Et festinans descendit, et excepit illum gaudens. ⁠ 7 ⁠And when all saw it, they murmured, saying, that he was gone to be a guest with a man that was a sinner.Et cum viderent omnes, murmurabant, dicentes quod ad hominem peccatorem divertisset. ⁠ 8 ⁠But Zacheus standing, said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wronged any man of any thing, I restore him fourfold.Stans autem Zachaeus, dixit ad Dominum : Ecce dimidium bonorum meorum, Domine, do pauperibus : et si quid aliquem defraudavi, reddo quadruplum. ⁠ 9 ⁠Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.Ait Jesus ad eum : Quia hodie salus domui huic facta est : eo quod et ipse filius sit Abrahae. The Mother and Mistress of all Churches throughout the world, the Church of Saint John Lateran, or the Archbasilica of the Most Holy Saviour, was the first publicly consecrated. It was built by Constantine, the first Christian Emperor and consecrated by Pope St Sylvester on November 9, A.D. 324.

In deze zomervakantie-serie kijken we naar enkele 'ontmoetingen met Jezus'. Verhalen uit de bijbel, over échte mensen, die écht Jezus ontmoeten, waardoor hun leven en hun wereld er écht anders uit is gaan zien. Bestaat dat ook vandaag? Een ontmoeting met Jezus? Kunnen we in deze tijd ruimte maken om even te ont-moeten, en Jezus uit te nodigen om ons hier en nu te ontmoeten? 11-08-2024, Geert van den Enden

When Jesus comes through town, Zacheus famously climbs a tree just to get a glimpse. Jesus invites himself to Zacheu's house, showing us that Jesus came to seek and save the lost.  Speaker: Jordan Hogue

When Jesus comes through town, Zacheus famously climbs a tree just to get a glimpse. Jesus invites himself to Zacheu's house, showing us that Jesus came to seek and save the lost.  Speaker: Jordan Hogue

Romans 2. David, Joseph's Brothers and Zacheus all had to deal with guilt.

And entering in, he walked through Jericho.Et ingressus perambulabat Jericho.  2 And behold, there was a man named Zacheus, who was the chief of the publicans, and he was rich.Et ecce vir nomine Zachaeus : et hic princeps erat publicanorum, et ipse dives :  3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was, and he could not for the crowd, because he was low of stature.et quaerebat videre Jesum, quis esset : et non poterat prae turba, quia statura pusillus erat.  4 And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore tree, that he might see him; for he was to pass that way.Et praecurrens ascendit in arborem sycomorum ut videret eum : quia inde erat transiturus.  5 And when Jesus was come to the place, looking up, he saw him, and said to him: Zacheus, make haste and come down; for this day I must abide in thy house.Et cum venisset ad locum, suspiciens Jesus vidit illum, et dixit ad eum : Zachaee, festinans descende : quia hodie in domo tua oportet me manere.  6 And he made haste and came down; and received him with joy.Et festinans descendit, et excepit illum gaudens.  7 And when all saw it, they murmured, saying, that he was gone to be a guest with a man that was a sinner.Et cum viderent omnes, murmurabant, dicentes quod ad hominem peccatorem divertisset.  8 But Zacheus standing, said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wronged any man of any thing, I restore him fourfold.Stans autem Zachaeus, dixit ad Dominum : Ecce dimidium bonorum meorum, Domine, do pauperibus : et si quid aliquem defraudavi, reddo quadruplum.  9 Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.Ait Jesus ad eum : Quia hodie salus domui huic facta est : eo quod et ipse filius sit Abrahae.  10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.Venit enim Filius hominis quaerere, et salvum facere quod perierat. The two Basilicas, of St Peter on Vatical Hill and of St Paul without the Walls, on the Ostian Way, were erected by Constantine on the site of the martrydom of these Apostles. They were consecrated by St Sylvester on November 18 A.D. 325.

1 And entering in, he walked through Jericho.Et ingressus perambulabat Jericho.  2 And behold, there was a man named Zacheus, who was the chief of the publicans, and he was rich.Et ecce vir nomine Zachaeus : et hic princeps erat publicanorum, et ipse dives :  3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was, and he could not for the crowd, because he was low of stature.et quaerebat videre Jesum, quis esset : et non poterat prae turba, quia statura pusillus erat.  4 And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore tree, that he might see him; for he was to pass that way.Et praecurrens ascendit in arborem sycomorum ut videret eum : quia inde erat transiturus.  5 And when Jesus was come to the place, looking up, he saw him, and said to him: Zacheus, make haste and come down; for this day I must abide in thy house.Et cum venisset ad locum, suspiciens Jesus vidit illum, et dixit ad eum : Zachaee, festinans descende : quia hodie in domo tua oportet me manere.  6 And he made haste and came down; and received him with joy.Et festinans descendit, et excepit illum gaudens.  7 And when all saw it, they murmured, saying, that he was gone to be a guest with a man that was a sinner.Et cum viderent omnes, murmurabant, dicentes quod ad hominem peccatorem divertisset.  8 But Zacheus standing, said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wronged any man of any thing, I restore him fourfold.Stans autem Zachaeus, dixit ad Dominum : Ecce dimidium bonorum meorum, Domine, do pauperibus : et si quid aliquem defraudavi, reddo quadruplum.  9 Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.Ait Jesus ad eum : Quia hodie salus domui huic facta est : eo quod et ipse filius sit Abrahae.  10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.Venit enim Filius hominis quaerere, et salvum facere quod perierat. The Mother and Mistress of all Churches throughout the world, the Church of Saint John Lateran, or the Archbasilica of the Most Holy Saviour, was the first publicly consecrated.  It was built by Constantine, the first Christian Emperor and consecrated by Pope St Sylvester on November 9, A.D. 324.

Dad and the kids have two stories! When Jesus goes to Zacheus house He changes his life. And then Jesus tells a parable about what three men did with the money their king left them when he was gone and what it tells us about what we should be doing as we wait for Jesus to come back.

On this week's podcast, we jump into Revelation 4:8, going a little deeper into the importance of seeing, because your victory is in your vision. We will journey into the stories of David, St. John, to Zacheus, and Paul and see how what they saw significantly determined how they walked in this life. If you can see it, you can have it! All you need is just one glimpse of His Glory and everything changes. During this episode, I release anointings for healing and deliverance. I know some of our listeners are facing hard times, and I declare that you are about to make a leap of elevation. I am convinced that if you could just catch a glimpse of His Glory (John 1:14) on a regular basis, you would live a dominating victorious life! Receive the anointing and a fresh word from the Lord, “Come up here and see the goodness of the Lord that I have been planning for you from before time began”.    Much Love, Barry C. Maracle   #WUIYD #dreamagain #hope #podcast #trending #christian #listener #victory  

On this podcast of Sonshine USA our Bible study teacher Warren Landis expounds from Luke 19:1-10. In these verses we read about an encounter Zacheus has with Jesus. Luke is the only Gospel write who tells us about Zacheus, who was a tax collector who became very rich by cheating folks out of their money. People hated guys like Zacheus. Yet Jesus gladly greeted Zacheus and went to his house. When one has a true encounter with Jesus, it is life changing. Discover what Jesus can do for you.....just trust Him all the way.....you'll be glad you did --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/warren-landis4/support

Week 1 of our series "Who are you, Lord?" We will be seeking to answer that question by looking at Jesus through the stories of individuals who had life-changing encounters with him, women and men who met him and met themselves in the process. As we hear their stories, we will find ourselves face-to-face with him, looking at ourselves reflected in his eyes, and we too will be forever changed.

[1]And entering in, he walked through Jericho. Et ingressus perambulabat Jericho. [2] And behold, there was a man named Zacheus, who was the chief of the publicans, and he was rich. Et ecce vir nomine Zachaeus : et hic princeps erat publicanorum, et ipse dives : [3] And he sought to see Jesus who he was, and he could not for the crowd, because he was low of stature. et quaerebat videre Jesum, quis esset : et non poterat prae turba, quia statura pusillus erat. [4] And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore tree, that he might see him; for he was to pass that way. Et praecurrens ascendit in arborem sycomorum ut videret eum : quia inde erat transiturus. [5] And when Jesus was come to the place, looking up, he saw him, and said to him: Zacheus, make haste and come down; for this day I must abide in thy house. Et cum venisset ad locum, suspiciens Jesus vidit illum, et dixit ad eum : Zachaee, festinans descende : quia hodie in domo tua oportet me manere. [6] And he made haste and came down; and received him with joy. Et festinans descendit, et excepit illum gaudens. [7] And when all saw it, they murmured, saying, that he was gone to be a guest with a man that was a sinner. Et cum viderent omnes, murmurabant, dicentes quod ad hominem peccatorem divertisset. [8] But Zacheus standing, said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wronged any man of any thing, I restore him fourfold. Stans autem Zachaeus, dixit ad Dominum : Ecce dimidium bonorum meorum, Domine, do pauperibus : et si quid aliquem defraudavi, reddo quadruplum. [9] Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham. Ait Jesus ad eum : Quia hodie salus domui huic facta est : eo quod et ipse filius sit Abrahae. [10] For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. Venit enim Filius hominis quaerere, et salvum facere quod perierat. Hymn (Third tone) Tristes errant Aposoli De Christi... When Christ, by His own servants slain, Had died upon the bitter Cross, Th' apostles , of their joy bereft, Were weeping their dear Saviour's loss.

[1]And entering in, he walked through Jericho. Et ingressus perambulabat Jericho. [2] And behold, there was a man named Zacheus, who was the chief of the publicans, and he was rich. Et ecce vir nomine Zachaeus : et hic princeps erat publicanorum, et ipse dives : [3] And he sought to see Jesus who he was, and he could not for the crowd, because he was low of stature. et quaerebat videre Jesum, quis esset : et non poterat prae turba, quia statura pusillus erat. [4] And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore tree, that he might see him; for he was to pass that way. Et praecurrens ascendit in arborem sycomorum ut videret eum : quia inde erat transiturus. [5] And when Jesus was come to the place, looking up, he saw him, and said to him: Zacheus, make haste and come down; for this day I must abide in thy house. Et cum venisset ad locum, suspiciens Jesus vidit illum, et dixit ad eum : Zachaee, festinans descende : quia hodie in domo tua oportet me manere. [6] And he made haste and came down; and received him with joy. Et festinans descendit, et excepit illum gaudens. [7] And when all saw it, they murmured, saying, that he was gone to be a guest with a man that was a sinner. Et cum viderent omnes, murmurabant, dicentes quod ad hominem peccatorem divertisset. [8] But Zacheus standing, said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wronged any man of any thing, I restore him fourfold. Stans autem Zachaeus, dixit ad Dominum : Ecce dimidium bonorum meorum, Domine, do pauperibus : et si quid aliquem defraudavi, reddo quadruplum. [9] Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham. Ait Jesus ad eum : Quia hodie salus domui huic facta est : eo quod et ipse filius sit Abrahae. [10] For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. Venit enim Filius hominis quaerere, et salvum facere quod perierat. Music: Hymn: Ave maris stella. (First tone)

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Martin Zaťko // Lk 19, 1-10

Hovoří: Milan Michalko, Tom Michalko

Evanjelium podľa Lukáša 19,1-10 Potom vošiel do Jericha a prechádzal cezeň. A hľa, muž menom Zacheus, ktorý bol nad colníkmi a bol bohatý, žiadal si vidieť Ježiša, ktorý to je. Ale nemohol pre zástup, lebo bol malej postavy. Pobehol teda vopred a vyliezol na divý figovník, aby Ho videl, lebo mal ísť tadiaľ. Keď Ježiš prišiel na to miesto, […]

Autor, čte: Pavel Mošner

Autor, čte: Pavel Mošner

Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion: Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done April 10, 2022 Fr. Brian Larkin 
This week's Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041022.cfm 
The Lord's Prayer: https://www.usccb.org/prayers/our-father “You and I are not like other people; we are bought by the blood of Christ.” —Fr. Brian Larkin Holy Land: Topography & landscape St. Jerome calls the Holy Land the “5th Gospel.” “I thought that going to the Holy Land would limit my imagination… but was wrong. When you go to the Holy Land, it's as if your faith is brand new.” —Fr. Brian Larkin House of Caiaphas: https://www.holylandsite.com/house-of-caiaphas Mount Calvary: https://holy-land-tours.com/gordons-calvary-the-garden-tomb/ Steps of Jesus https://abcnews.go.com/International/holy-stairs-believed-climbed-jesus-prior-crucifixion-unveiled/story?id=62331625 Jesus spends most of his life up in Galilee, then moves to the Jordan River, then moves to the Dead Sea, which is the lowest place that's above water, on earth. That's where Jericho is. Luke 19, Jesus heals a blind man and encounters Zacheus. Then, he starts climbing. He keeps telling the same parable over and over, about a king who has been away and who is returning. The parable of the Talents: Matthew 25: 14–30 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/25 Messiah: Means, “The Anointed One,” but it refers to the great king whom God would send to make all things right. 
Are you the Messiah? “Jesus keeps avoiding the question.”—Fr. Brian Larkin “They've been climbing, and you have to imagine the energy of the crowd. He's making his way to Jerusalem, and the crowds are following, and everyone is wondering if he is The One. On Palm Sunday, he doesn't just acknowledge that he's the King, he shouts it from the rooftops. ‘If they don't say it, the very rocks will cry out.'” —Fr. Brian Larkin “Jerusalem is the symbol of your soul.” —Fr. Brian Larkin “Today, the Lord comes to reign as king in Jerusalem, which is your soul. Jesus couldn't have said it any louder.” —Fr. Brian Larkin Zecheriah 9:9 “When the Messiah comes, he will come humbly, riding on a donkey.”
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/zechariah/9 Palm Sunday is the fulfillment of that prophesy. “It's like a king who left his city. Today, he comes back.” —Fr. Brian Larkin 
“Hosanna to the Son of David. Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.”
Psalm 118: The Psalm that is sung at the coronation of a king. This is the chant they sing when a king receives his crown. https://bible.usccb.org/bible/psalms/118 “I have surrendered my soul at times to different rulers besides you. I've surrendered my soul to false gods, to egoism and vanity, to jealousy, to avarice and lust and pride. Lord, I've surrendered myself to these things. The reason Jesus enters Jerusalem, brothers and sisters, and for all of us today, …is because your Savior desires to reign in your soul. But, the way he does it—He does not ride into Jerusalem on a war horse. He does not come with a conquering army—he will not force you. The way the Lord gains his kingdom is by humility and suffering. And that's what He'll do for you.” —Fr. Brian Larkin “Your task is to allow Him to cast out every other ruler that reigns inside of you. That there would be no one and nothing that rules inside your soul except Jesus.”—Fr. Brian Larkin Zechariah 9: “Shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem! Behold: your king* is coming to you, a just savior is he, Humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” https://bible.usccb.org/bible/zechariah/9 “That prophesy was written for you.” —Fr. Brian Larkin “Lord in every soul today, ‘thy kingdom come, thy will be done.'” —Fr. Brian Larkin

Hovoří: Milan Michalko, Tom Michalko

Hovoří: Milan Michalko, Tom Michalko

Midtown Church exists to renew the reputation of the local church by revealing the kingdom of Jesus in Kansas City. A CULTURE OF ANONYMITYHarvey Cox in his book The Secular City, argues from Christianity that it is good that there are cities without a singular religious commitment– that our God is at work in the secular as much as he is in the sacred.Anonymity | an·o·nym·i·ty 1. not being known by name; unknown by name2. unknown or unrememberedHarvey Cox makes the argument that the anonymity we experience in urban life is a good thing. In small-town living, everyone knows your name, your family, and your business, but that cannot be replicated in the city. His solution is to enjoy the anonymity of urban life as the freedom to choose who you maintain a friendship with. Harvey Cox argues that it is okay, that you don't know the name of your mailman, barista, or neighbor– that you are free to choose those with whom you would like to have a friendship. The problem with this is left to my own devices, why would I select friendships and relationships that challenge any of my own pre-existing ideas or comfortabilities? The Church does has adopted a functional theory of anonymity as well. A MEAL WITH JESUS Jesus had a habit of eating and drinking with sinners that brought the anger of the Pharisees. (Luke 5)It was at dinner a broken woman broke an expensive perfume bottle and poured it on the feet of her king. (Luke 7)It was at a dinner that Jesus instructed his disciples to invite those on the margins to their table, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. 13 But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.” (Luke 14)It was after a meal with Jesus that the notorious Zacheus declared – “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.” (Luke 19:8)It was in the breaking of bread that two disciples who were heartbroken by the death of their rabbi, realized he was not dead but was alive. (Luke 24)In the last few hours of his life, Jesus chose to spend it with his disciples saying– “I eagerly desired to eat this meal with you… and do this in remembrance of me. Many of us are familiar with this story as it is told by the pastor every time we take communion “Do this”– was not a tiny cracker and a sip of juice– it was an invitation to do life around the table. In remembrance is not a simple reflection of the cross and Christ's death, but the proclamation of Jesus' story. THE FRACTIO PANIS (Frac-she-o Pa-niece)There is a fresco painting that archeologists discovered in the 1800s believe dates back to the 2nd century – so within the first 150 years of the Church after Jesus had already died, resurrected, and ascended. It is called “Fractio Panis” or in English the “Breaking of Bread”The early church understood that as they gathered around the table it was as if Jesus was there with them. 03. DEVOTED TO ONE ANOTHERActs 2:42-47 (ESV) | 42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and (1)the fellowship, to the (2)breaking of bread and the prayers. 43 And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. 44 And all who believed (3)were together and had all things in common. 45 And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. 46 And day by day, attending the temple together and (4)breaking bread in their homes, they (5)received their food with glad and generous hearts, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.You'll notice, Luke describes 4 specific activities–Devoted to teaching to the apostles' teaching To fellowship and Breaking breadSharing (had all things in common)The prayersWe see this throughout the NT as Paul writes his letters to churches in passages like Romans 16, Colossians 4, Philemon 1.Romans 16:3–5 (ESV): “Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus.. [and] also the church in their house.”Colossians 4:15 (ESV): “15 Give my greetings to the brothers at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her house.”Philemon 1–2 (ESV): “To Philemon our beloved fellow worker 2 and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house.”BECOMING FAMILY AROUND A TABLEThe beauty of gathering around a table is that the stranger, becomes a neighbor and a neighbor becomes family. Philoxenia (NT term for hospitality) – Love for strangerXenophobia – fear of the stranger.is essentially the opposite of xenophobia. In fact, the Greek term for hospitality is philoxenia or literally, love of stranger. This is the exact opposite of xenophobia or fear of the stranger. Gathering around a table is not simply what we do as a church– it is who we are as the people of God. For us to be hospitable people, we must learn to welcome all around our table. SPIRITUAL PRACTICE – THE MEAL AT MIDTOWN CHURCH One of the ways we learn to resist a culture of anonymity and become a hospitable people, is through microchurch. Microchurch is a small gathering of people around prayer, scripture, mission, and a simple meal. Next StepsIf you have never been a part of a microchurch, now is the time to join one. FIll out the form– midtownkc.church/microchurchIf you have been a part of a microchurch for a while, maybe now is the time to start a new one.

When Zacheus heard the Messiah was coming his way, he climbed up into a sycamore-fig tree and immediately came down at the Lord's command. We had no idea before this message preached by Pastors Matthew Perot and Wade Sutherland just how analogous that is to the way the Lord is perfecting us. Jesus's word's cut Zacheus to the heart and produced immediate actions towards righteous living. That is the only way that we will bear fruit. We have to allow the Lord to gash us, to circumcise us in an ongoing manner. The "Signs of Circumcision" are seen in all Abraham's children & must be seen in us as well. Let this word from the Lord spur you on, trouble you even to press into bearing the ongoing signs of circumcision.

When Zacheus heard the Messiah was coming his way, he climbed up into a sycamore-fig tree and immediately came down at the Lord's command. We had no idea before this message preached by Pastors Matthew Perot and Wade Sutherland just how analogous that is to the way the Lord is perfecting us. Jesus's word's cut Zacheus to the heart and produced immediate actions towards righteous living. That is the only way that we will bear fruit. We have to allow the Lord to gash us, to circumcise us in an ongoing manner. The "Signs of Circumcision" are seen in all Abraham's children & must be seen in us as well. Let this word from the Lord spur you on, trouble you even to press into bearing the ongoing signs of circumcision.

When Zacheus heard the Messiah was coming his way, he climbed up into a sycamore-fig tree and immediately came down at the Lord's command. We had no idea before this message preached by Pastors Matthew Perot and Wade Sutherland just how analogous that is to the way the Lord is perfecting us. Jesus's word's cut Zacheus to the heart and produced immediate actions towards righteous living. That is the only way that we will bear fruit. We have to allow the Lord to gash us, to circumcise us in an ongoing manner. The "Signs of Circumcision" are seen in all Abraham's children & must be seen in us as well. Let this word from the Lord spur you on, trouble you even to press into bearing the ongoing signs of circumcision.

When Zacheus heard the Messiah was coming his way, he climbed up into a sycamore-fig tree and immediately came down at the Lord's command. We had no idea before this message preached by Pastors Matthew Perot and Wade Sutherland just how analogous that is to the way the Lord is perfecting us. Jesus's word's cut Zacheus to the heart and produced immediate actions towards righteous living. That is the only way that we will bear fruit. We have to allow the Lord to gash us, to circumcise us in an ongoing manner. The "Signs of Circumcision" are seen in all Abraham's children & must be seen in us as well. Let this word from the Lord spur you on, trouble you even to press into bearing the ongoing signs of circumcision.

In Mark 1, we see Jesus begin to build his kingdom of light as he overcomes temptation, preaches the good news, and calls people to follow him. - SERMON TRANSCRIPT - We continue in our study of this incredible gospel of Mark. And for me, as a lover of history, it's fascinating to see how the greatest empires of the world got their start. How they were built. Alexander the Great was 21 years old when his father or Phillip of Macedon, died. And he immediately seized that moment by assassinating his two most powerful rivals, and then building a coalition of city-states into a massive Greek army, and then going east to topple the Persian empire. He moved out with such decisiveness and ruthlessness, and rapidity that the book of Daniel likens him to a leopard with four wings or to a beast that moves across the earth without even touching the ground. Ruthlessness and speed, Alexander the Great. Then there's Julius Caesar, who used political cunning and strategic marriages to aristocratic women to angle himself and position himself so that he could become the head of a powerful army of Roman legions, then used his military genius to conquer Gaul, which is modern-day France in nine years. He trains his soldiers personally with meticulous care, the care of a skilled craftsman. And then he led from the front boldly and courageously. And again, we see the same thing, relentless ambition, ruthlessness, and power. Then there's Genghis Khan, much the same. Clever, ruthless, and treacherous, built together a band of waring tribes into a massive world-conquering force after his first battle against the Tatars. He slaughtered everyone who was taller than an axle wheel. This is the kind of ruthlessness with which these world conquers build their kingdom. Now Jesus Christ is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. And it is true that his kingdom conquers all enemies and extends, and the end will extend to the ends of the earth and will last for all time. But his manner of building his empire is very different. Very different than what all of these world conquerors have done. Now, the power of Jesus Christ is absolute. There's no one in this room that has a full sense of the magnitude of Jesus' power. His omnipotence. No one could have stood before him. Demons knew it, and they trembled before him and instantly obeyed every one of his commands. Jesus controlled the weather. The winds and the waves obeyed his voice. His word commanded them. Jesus controlled nature. Fish swam into nets to prove his power. What army of mere mortals could have withstood him? He could not be killed unless he chose to lay down his life. He said plainly, "No one can take my life from me. But I lay it down freely." So what that means is if the Romans, who had the most powerful empire on earth at the time, had assembled all of their legions from around the world and met him in a plane of battle, he could have stood alone against them. Alone. And if he had willed and said, "Be dead," to all of them, they would have instantly dropped dead. That's the kind of power he had. But that's not how the prince of peace will to build his kingdom. Mark 1 shows the beginning of him moving out. Moving out to build an empire, a kingdom that will last for all eternity. We see a very different approach. The building of the only kingdom that will last forever and ever. A kingdom of love. A kingdom of peace. A kingdom of justice and righteousness. A kingdom where all of the subjects were at one point enemies of the king but now delight in the king and delight in each other. A kingdom illuminated by the glory of God and in which there will be no more death, mourning, crying, or pain. So Mark 1, the text we're looking at today, gives us a sense of the beginning conquest if we could call it that way, of this perfect kingdom of light. First, Jesus fights Satan's temptations with the word of God and overcomes him. "A kingdom illuminated by the glory of God and in which there will be no more death, mourning, crying, or pain. " Secondly, Jesus goes out, moves out to Galilee, and commands sinners to enter his kingdom through the dual command of repent and believe. Repent and believe. And then he calls on servants to follow him, to leave their livelihood behind, their fishing, and follow him and become with him fishers of men, building the kingdom. These are the strategies, the beginnings of this incredible kingdom. More than anything, we're going to see that Christ expands his kingdom by the irresistible force of attraction within people, the people it is conquering. It gives them a sense of God's glory. A fragrance of delight. A foretaste of pure goodness. A glimpse of perfect beauty. A yearning to be close to a perfectly good king. He advances the kingdom of God by revealing to all people how perfectly good the king of the kingdom of heaven really is. And enabling people to see it and savor it and search for it and yearn for it. Then resistance melts, and they drop the weapons of their former rebellion, and they run into the welcoming arms of a loving father. Rather than being crushed by a cruel tyrant. By revealing God as the good news, former enemies become not just friends. Not just friends, but adopted sons and daughters who are secure in the family of God. That's how this King builds his kingdom. And we get to walk through the beginning stages of it today as we look at Mark 1:12 through 20. I. Christ Conquers Satan to Inaugurate His Kingdom And it starts with Christ taking on his bitterest foe, his enemy, Satan. Christ conquering Satan to inaugurate his kingdom. Look at verses 12 and 13, "At once the Spirit sent him out into the desert, and he was in the desert 40 days being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him." So at once or immediately, Mark likes that word immediately. Things are moving. And so once Jesus moves out, He's going. And so at once, immediately after his baptism, as soon as he is done being water baptized by John the Baptist, at once the Spirit moves him out into the desert. He is compelled by the Spirit. It's a strong word in the Greek. He's driven out into the desert. Driven out. Almost like cast out of society. It's similar to his reason for being water baptized. He had to identify with us as sinners. And so he is driven out to be tempted and to immerse himself in a world of temptation driven out by the Spirit. It's so beautiful how in Luke's gospel, he goes into the desert in the power of the Spirit, and he comes out of the desert in the power of the Spirit. Wouldn't all of you like to face all of your temptations the same way. Wouldn't you love to enter into your temptations, face your temptations and come out still empowered by the Spirit? How awesome would that be? And Jesus, that's what he did. Now we saw last time that the Kings of Israel were anointed with oil as representing the coming of the Spirit on them and how King Saul was changed into a different man and started moving out militarily to save Israel from their enemies. The same thing happened with David. David was anointed by Samuel with a horn of oil. And in 1 Samuel 16:13, it says, "From that day on, the Spirit of the Lord came upon David in power." And then the very next chapter, 1 King 17, he has his famous battle, hand-to-hand combat with Goliath. Boldy went out and fought Goliath in the name of the Lord and the name of Almighty God, and the nation of Israel rallied behind David's bold military leadership, and they defeated the Philistines that day. That's how David built his kingdom when the Spirit came on him. Now Jesus' initial battle is similar in some ways to David and Goliath, but it's different. It's different. So in both cases, they go out as our champion representing us. Fighting a bitter foe, but our opponent is invisible. Our opponent is Satan and sin and death. And Jesus goes out as our champion and fights for us and defeats Satan's temptations. "Our opponent is Satan and sin and death. And Jesus goes out as our champion and fights for us and defeats Satan's temptations." He goes out in the desert, the site of the battle is the desert of Judea, a wasteland. It's a picture of austerity. There's nothing to eat, nothing to drink. There's nothing beautiful to look at. It's a wasteland. It's a picture of really austerity, the harsh treatment of the body even. And so, while Jesus spent most of his ministry eating and drinking, feasting even, and was criticized for it, no one fasted like Jesus. And so he had all of his appetites very much under control. And so, for 40 days, he ate and drank nothing like Moses. Now, Matthew says the end of that time, Mark implies perhaps throughout that time comes the temptation. So it could be that there's temptation all the way through, but it reached a crescendo at the end of the 40 days of fasting. Now Mark gives us no details about the actual temptations by Satan. Mark moves very, very quickly. Moves ahead. But it's okay for us from time to time to reach out to Matthew and Luke to those parallel passages and see what happened. And so Matthew and Luke give us the details of the temptations. And there were three main headings, main temptations in Matthew's gospel. It's first, the temptation to use his power, his wonder-working power to feed his stomach. Turn these stones into bread so that he'll use his power to take care of his own physical needs. And then secondly, he takes him to the highest point of the temple, the pinnacle of the temple, and says, "Cast your yourself down from here for God will command his angels concerning you, and they'll lift you up in their hands so that you'll not strike your foot against a stone." Quoting Psalm 91. Satan can quote scripture too. And Jesus answers that one as well. And he will not force God the Father to react to him. He's a servant of God, and He's going to do what God wants. He's not going to move out ahead of God, and then God has to scramble and catch him because He's thrown himself precipitously from the temple. And then thirdly, the worst of all, the worst thing I think any creature has ever done, Satan shows Jesus all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor in an instant and says, "All of these things are mine. They've been given to me, and I can give them to anyone I want to. So if you will bow down and worship me, it'll all be yours." As I said before, it's the worst thing any creature has ever said to God the creator. "Worship me, and I'll give you the world." Now, in all three cases, Jesus fought against these temptations by quoting scripture saying, "It is written." It is written. It is written. Quoting the book of Deuteronomy 6:18. Fights against him. Now, Mark doesn't give us any of those details. He just wants us to know Jesus was tempted. And as the author to Hebrews makes it very plain how important that temptation of Jesus is, it qualified him to be our mediator. It qualified him to be our great high priest. It qualified him to be our sacrifice. Our substitutionary atonement. So it says in Hebrews 4:15, "We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who's been tempted in every way just as we are, yet was without sin." We have an undefeated warrior who's gone out ahead of us and shown us he has defeated all temptations. And by his Spirit, he lives within each of us. We're able by the power of that same Spirit to put to death all of the temptations that come to us as Christians. So Jesus is our warrior. And He's not unable to sympathize, he knows what it's like to be tempted. And then, as the author to Hebrews said earlier in Hebrews 2:18, "Because he himself suffered when he is tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted." Now it's vital for us to understand these temptations and that Jesus conquered them. It also says, Mark tells us that the beast, the wild beast surrounded him. He doesn't specify what these beasts were. Isaiah 30:6 speaks of lions and lionesses and adders and darting snakes out in the desert. So we can imagine all of that. I don't know why he mentions it, except that I think it's the fulfillment of the dominion that man has over planet earth. And Jesus is the quintessential man, the son of man. And so, all of creation is subject to him. And he rules over it. It also says the angels came and attended him. And this is amazing because Jesus is the king of angels. They veil their faces before him in heaven when he is on his throne of heavenly glory, but in his incarnation, He's weaker than them. For he is for a little while made lower than the angels. So the angels are more powerful than him in this sense. He's weakened as he is from 40 days of fasting. And so the angels come and ministered him. You see the same thing at the end of Jesus' life in Gethsemane. When He's wrestling with the drinking of the cup of God's wrath. He's wrestling with whether he will drink that cup and go to the cross. And it's such an anguish to him. And he is knocked to the ground and sweating great drops of blood. And then God, again, dispatched angels to come and strengthen him and minister to him physically. And so angels here attended him in his moment of weakness. Now in all of this, the significance is Christ's sinlessness. Sinlessness. The fact that Jesus made it through all of these temptations, all of these battles with sin unscathed. He is our pure savior. Pure savior. He would not have been able to make atonement for our sins if he had stumbled and fallen. The author to Hebrews tells us he would have then had to atone for his own sins. But because he was sinless, he is able to be our substitute. He's able to die in our place on the cross as the spotless lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. 1 Peter 2:22 says, "He committed no sin, and there was no deceit found in his mouth." And two verses later, it says, 1 Peter 2:24, "He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree that we might die to sins and live for righteousness. By his wounds, you have been healed." So those go together. His sinlessness enables him to be our substitute. Substitutionary atonement so he makes it through this battle with Satan pure and holy. II. Christ Commands Sinner to Enter His Kingdom Secondly, we see Christ moving out in the beginning of his ministry, commanding sinners to enter his kingdom. Look at verse 14 and 15. "After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee proclaiming the good news of God. The time has come. He said, “The Kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news.'" So, John, the Baptist is removed from the scene. He was put in prison. We'll learn more details about this God willing in Mark 6, how that all came about. Why he was arrested. But he was providentially by God the father removed from the scene. One preacher I heard once summarized John the Baptist ministry in three phases. He came to prepare the way, he came to proclaim the way, and then he came to get out of the way. And so he says in John 4, "He must increase and I," or John three, "He must increase, and I must decrease." He was very famous. Very famous. And some of his disciples, early on, when Jesus started coming on the scene and started ministering, were concerned about John the Baptist market share. John 3. It's like, "Other people are going to him. We got to do something. We got to up our profile here a bit." It's like, "You don't understand who I am. The bride belongs to the bride groom. I'm just the friend of the bride groom is testifying. He must increase, and I must decrease." So that was John. So God removes him. And that's the time now Jesus moves out into Galilee to begin his public ministry. Goes up into the Northern area, the area that's saturated with Gentiles, intermarriage, all that kind of area, an area despised. He went and began his public ministry up there and to the next phase of his public ministry. Now the gospel of John gives us some sense of very early ministry that Jesus did in Judea around the time of his water baptism. And so he is there at the time of Passover, he cleanses the temple in John 2. He moves through Samaria, and he has to deal with the Samaritan woman and lead her. So that's all that ministry, I think, happens before this time here in Galilee. But now He's moving out, and Galilee is going to be his home base for the next phase of his ministry. And it says that He's proclaiming the good news of God. He begins by the simple act of preaching. Just by preaching. Though Jesus would do many astonishing miracles. His preaching of the word of God would have the most significant and lasting impact on the souls he came to win. The miracles didn't convert anyone, but the ministry of the Word does. The ministry of the word transforms hearts because faith comes from hearing the word. And so Jesus preached. Everyone where he went, it was always his top priority to proclaim the word, to preach, to teach the word. That was central to him. The other things were just signs and displays of his power, but it was the preaching, the simple verbal proclamation of God's perfect Word, that transform souls and changes the world. Now it is vital for every healthy church to realize this. And to not back away from what I'm doing right now. And what other teachers of the word do in different phases throughout the week. The simple, clear teaching of the word of God is foundational to the health of every church. The church is called on, 1 Timothy 3, to be the pillar and foundation of the truth. It's what we're called to do. It's what Jesus did. Preaching the word. Now you may wonder, what can such a simple act do much of what we're going to see in the gospel of Mark, you will have heard it before. You'll say it's milk. It's so simple, a child can understand. The problems of the world are complex. Complex. The most super geniuses, the Nobel prize winners, can't figure everything out. The economic issues, the international issues, the racial issues, the social issues, all of the complexities of the human condition. And Jesus's strategy for transforming this world of mess and complexity is this, preach the word clearly. Preach the kingdom, the message of the kingdom. That's what we're called on to do. So churches need to resist the temptation to go after glitzy programs that are entertainment based or are fundamentally, all they do is meet felt needs. Or address hot button topics that are discussed on the news outlets all the time. That that's what the church needs to do. We need to be relevant and talk about all these things. Jesus gave us the role model. He is our role model for how to approach ministry. Preach the word, preach the kingdom. That's what he did now. Now, what does he say? He is proclaiming, the text says, the good news of God. So I was going to preach this sermon a week ago. This is where this sermon is different than what I would have preached a week ago. I spent a week meditating on this one phrase. This one phrase. The good news of God. The good news of God. You're like, "Pastor, you're a weird man. An entire week on the good news of God." But if you understand the significance of this, John Piper wrote a whole book entitled ‘God is the Gospel’. Gospel is good news. God is the Good News. And so we've got this interesting phrase, the good news of God. What is the of? It's one of those mysterious ofs. Is it the good news from God, or is it the good news about God? Well, how about both, friends? How about the good news that God sends that he himself is the good news? I think it's both. He is the good news. So what does it mean, God is the gospel? God is the good news. All of the lesser blessings of the gospel, all of them get us to God, who is good. They get us into a relationship with a perfectly good God. So that includes the blessings of forgiveness of sins, of justification, by faith alone. The healing of our souls through regeneration, being born again, the healing of our bodies, the perfect healing of our bodies through bodily resurrection from the dead. All of these things make way for the real blessing. And that is, we get God when all is said and done. God is the outcome of this gospel. We get to be with him. And there's so many verses that give us indications. This is exactly what we get at the end of this Christian life. At the end of believing the gospel, what you get is a good God. Psalm 73 may be one of my favorite, 25 and 26. There the psalmist says these incredible words, "Whom have I in heaven but you. And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and," listen, "my portion forever." God is what I get when I'm done with this life. Or again, Psalm 16:11, "You make known to me the path of life. You will fill me with eternal pleasures, the fullness of joy, and eternal pleasures at your right hand.” Pleasures forevermore. God is the good news. Now John Piper asked a critical diagnostic question in his book God is the Gospel. “If you could have heaven with no sickness and with all the friends you ever had on earth and all the food you ever liked and all the leisure activities you ever enjoyed and all the natural beauties you ever saw and all the physical pleasures you ever tasted and no human conflict, and no natural’ disasters, could you be satisfied with heaven if Christ was not there? Or if God were not there?” Wow. It's like, "I would hope, pastor, I would give the right answer to that one." But you can see all of those things are lesser blessings and displays of the goodness of God. They're not the true treasure. The true treasure is God. It's what God said to Abraham after he refused to enrich himself with the plunder of the Kings of Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 14. And so God shows up and says to him, "Fear not Abram, I am your shield. I am your very great reward." I am what you get. And that's what all of the sons and daughters of Abraham get. The same. So here's the good news. Here's the GOOD NEWS. We were members of a wicked, rebellious race, the human race, and under the curse of sin and death. And though we have individually sinned against him. And though we deserve his wrath. God is willing actually gladly willing to forgive all of that and pay for our sins himself through his son, through the blood of his son and welcome us into his beautiful, radiant happy kingdom for all eternity. That's the good news. The good news of God. And that's what Jesus came to proclaim. And it says the time is fulfilled. The time is fulfilled. Powerful statement. What does that mean? The time is fulfilled. Well, it means that God has a perfect timing for everything. Everything's been worked out. history has a purpose. It has an order to it. Jesus is the alpha and the omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. There's a sequence. There's an A, then a B, then a C, then a D. There's a certain sequence. God worked all of this out before the foundation of the world. Planned everything out. From eternity past. Everything. Even the lesser things like the rise and fall of empires. That's lesser? Yes, it's lesser. And then Galatians 4:4 says that "When the time had fully come, God sent his son born of a woman, born under the law." In the fullness of time, Jesus was born. And now the time has come for him to preach. The time has come for him to move out and build his kingdom. The time is at hand. It's fulfilled. It's also a sense if I could put it this way of a limited-time offer. A limited-time offer. What does that mean? This is not going to go on forever. There is something called the day of salvation. The day of salvation is opened up now. A time when the kingdom is advancing by faith. And it's opened up now. And it says in 2 Corinthians 6:2, "In the time," God says this, "in the time of my favor I heard you. And in the day of salvation, I helped you." I tell you now is the time of God's favor. Now is the day of salvation. Or again, the author to Hebrew says in Hebrews 4:7, "Today, if you hear his voice, don't harden your hearts." So even now, I hope through my voice, through reading these words, you hear Christ calling on you to come into his kingdom. And if you came into this sermon or into this room today on the outside knowing yourself not to be a Christian, hear now Christ inviting you, holding his hands out to you, beckoning to you to enter the kingdom of God through repentance and faith. That's what's happening. The time is fulfilled for you. You don't know you're going to have another time. "So I'm interested in what the pastor's saying, but I'm not ready yet." You don't know that you'll have even tomorrow. So the time is at hand. "If today you hear his voice, don't harden your hearts." Enter the kingdom. And what does he mean by the king of God has drawn near? Look, whether we believe in God as king or not, He's king. He's king. But the scripture reveals that when we are wicked when we are sinful, we are distant from him in some way. He is omnipresent. He is very near each of us, sustaining our very existence. But we are relationally distant from him. Says in Psalm 138:6, "The proud he knows from afar." It's a distance between us and God. Now, in Christ, God has come near to us. Very near. That's the mystery of Emmanuel, God with us. So the kingdom of God is drawing near. Now, in one sense, if you know what's really going on, that could really terrify you. June 5th, 1944, a day before D-day. If you're under the Nazi boot and you hate that wicked regime, the impending invasion by the allies the very next day would be nothing but good news. But if you're an ardent Nazi soldier, is it good news for you? Not at all. So is it a good thing that the kingdom of God is drawing near to us? Well, in our rebellion and our wickedness, if we harden our hearts, it's a terrifying thing. We don't know what we're dealing with. But that's not what's happening with Jesus' birth into the world. He didn't get born of the Virgin Mary and come and immerse himself in the human condition to destroy us. He could have done that like Sodom and Gomorrah from heaven. He didn't have to enter the world. The reason he did that was to save us. As it says in John 3:17, "God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world but to save the world through him." And so in Jesus, the kingdom of God is drawing near in friendship and love and grace and a welcome and an invitation. And what is the invitation? The invitation is to repent and believe the good news. Repent and believe the good news. Now, you may say, wait a minute, is that an invitation or is that a command? Well, the more I meditate on that, the more I realize all of God's invitations are commands, and all of his commands are invitations. There is a big wedding banquet, and the feast is being spread, and you have been invited to come. It's not optional. If you don't come, you're going to be destroyed. Whoever believes will be saved, but whoever rejects will be condemned. And so it is an invitation. That's true because, and we think of invitation as a beautiful thing because it's going to something we really want to go to. But it's also a command from the king. This is not an option. He is commanding us to repent and believe. These are the two commands. He's commanding all people everywhere to repent and believe this gospel. God is the king of the universe. He made it. Everything that we see belongs to him because he created it. As the king, he also is the lawgiver. He makes laws. He makes laws by which we are to live our lives. The ten commandments. The two great commandments that summarize all of God's commandments. Love the Lord your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. And love your neighbor as yourself. That sums up all of God's law to the human race. And he has the right to command us, but not only He's the lawgiver, He's also the judge, and He's going to evaluate based on the law. Based on the law. And so he is calling on us to repent of our sins. Now, what does that mean? This is not a minor thing. The word simply means to think differently. Or change your mind. But we know it's far more pervasive than that. It's not just have a different opinion. It's that your whole being was wrapped up in sin. Your whole being loved wickedness and hated righteousness. He's calling on you to have a massive transformation of your basic central being. That you would have, as the scripture says, your heart of stone transformed into a living heart of flesh. That's what repent means. Some people liken it to a U-turn. You've been driving down one road, and you're turning, and now you're going down a different way. And that's fine, but I've never seen a U-turn that involved much more than the turning of the steering wheel. Alright? This is more profound than that. And this is something only God can work by his sovereign spirit. But he is calling on us to repent. And what that means is to think differently, and to realize He's calling on us to love what we used to hate and hate what we used to love to be transformed in every aspect of our lives. To think differently about our lives, about our money, about our time and about our relationships, about our bodies, about everything. Just repent of our sin and to be grieved over, to be broken over our sins, and to grieve and mourn and wail over them. And to yearn hunger and thirst for holiness and righteousness. That's what repentance is. And then, along with it comes a new way of living like Zacheus. You don't go on in your career as an exploiter of the people. That's done now. That's done. So you change. You bring forth fruit and keeping the repentance. That's what repent means. And the second command of the gospel is to believe the good news. This is the work of God to believe in the One he has sent. To believe that Jesus is the Son of God. To believe that he lived a sinless life, that he died on the cross, and that he rose again on the third day. And that if you trust in him, all your sins will be forgiven. Believe the good news. These two commands. These are the lasting abiding commands that we give. Next week I'm going to preach a whole sermon on one verse, God willing. Follow me, and I'll make you to become fishers of men. We are all called on to get involved in sharing this gospel, all of us. And there's just some people you are set up to meet and to interact with this week that I don't even know who they are. But you are called on to be witnesses. And when you share the gospel when all is said and done, you've shared about God and what He's like, that He's a king, a creator, a lawgiver, a judge, and you've shared about the human condition and all of our wickedness in our sin and how God wants a relationship with us. And you've shared about Christ and who he is and all that. You are going to call on them to respond. And the centerpiece of that response will be these two commandments, repent and believe the gospel. That's the culmination of all of our gospel presentation. III. Christ Calls Servants to Build His Kingdom So then in the final phase of this section, Christ calls his servants to build his kingdom. Look at verses 16 through 20. "As Jesus walked beside the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother, Andrew. Casting a net into the lake for they're fishermen. 'Come follow me.' Jesus said, 'and I will make you to become fishers of men.' At once, they left their nets and followed him. When he had gone a little farther, he saw James, son of Zebedee, and his brother John in a boat preparing their nets. Without delay, he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with a hired man and followed him." So here, the king of the kingdom of heaven is moving out, and He's recruiting fellow warriors and fellow servants to join with him in the kingdom-building effort. These are men who we will later know as apostles. In Mark 3, we'll find out that they have this designation. Apostle means sent ones. They're the first four of the 12. The 12 apostles. And they would be eyewitnesses of Jesus' life. Eyewitnesses of his words and his works. Eyewitnesses of his death and of his resurrection. And Paul will say in Ephesians 2:20, "That of the church of Jesus Christ, this grand, glorious spiritual structure is built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone." What does that mean? Every Christian that followed, all those that followed for 20 centuries, based their faith on the eyewitness testimony of the 12 apostles, which they eventually wrote down for us in the new testament. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, all of that is the eyewitness of the apostles. So that we could know who Jesus is and be saved. And so He's calling on them. This is what Robert Coleman calls the master plan of evangelism. This is Jesus' strategy. He's going to call out some men. He's going to spend time with them. He's going to eat with them. He's going to sleep with them. He's going to walk down the road with them. They're going to see him teach and interact. He's going to interact with all different kinds of people. With mighty powerful people. With downtrodden, oppressed people. He's going to operate with rich and poor. With those who love him and those who hate him. They're going to watch all of those interactions. They're going to watch how he prays and how he deals with every circumstance. And they're going to drink in all of that training, and they're going to be shaped and molded and prepared. Then he is going to send them out. And that's his strategy for building his kingdom. He's going to send them out, and they're going to win some people. And they're going to disciple them and pour the word of God into them. And they'll be sent out. And it's going to multiply exponentially. That is the strategy that he has. And so He's got these four men that he calls. Peter and Andrew who are brothers. And they're there casting a net into the lake for their fishermen. And then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, also brothers. And they're in the boat preparing their nets. Now you wonder, how in the world could these successful busy fishermen just be in the middle of their Workday, and Jesus walks along and says, "Follow me." And they drop everything and follow him? Now that's amazing. But God had been at work in these four men, preparing them. All four of them were disciples of John the Baptist first. They're already, their hearts are already moving in the direction of the kingdom of God. John was in prison now, they go back to their jobs, they go back to their work, but they're waiting for the next thing. And along comes the very one that John the Baptist had pointed to. The one he had spoken of earlier who was greater than I, who will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. This one whose sandals, John said, "I'm not worthy to untie." Then, when Jesus shows up and he says, "Behold, the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. I have seen, and I testify that he is the son of God." They were ready. And then Jesus walked by, and they were ready to follow him. God has prepared them, and they dropped their nets, and they drop everything, and they follow. And this is the king. He's not saying, "Would you guys think about a job change? Would you be interested? Maybe a career change here. Just give it some thought. Get back to me." He's not doing that. He's walking, and he says, "Follow me." And they do. Because He's the king, and he commands obedience, and they follow him. "And he appointed them that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach," it says in Mark 3:14. We'll talk about that in due time. Now next week, God willing, we're going to zero in on verse 17. This one verse. "Follow me," He says, "and I will make you to become fishers of men." We're going to zero in on that and talk about it, God willing, more next week. So as we finish, there's just a couple of lessons that I want us to focus on. First, temptation. I've already spoken to you about this. You're going to be tempted even this very day. Jesus said, "Temptations are sure to come." He did say we should pray, "Lead us not into temptation," but you're going to be tempted. Isn't it marvelous to know that the captain of your faith has gone out before for you and has won every battle? And he knows what it's like to be tempted in every way that you're facing. All of the sins of the flesh, all the sins of the heart and of the mind, He's aware of all of it. He's been through it. He himself suffered when he was tempted. He knows what it's like, but he never sinned. He's undefeated in this battle. And if you're a Christian, you have the spirit of Jesus inside you. Stand your ground this week. Stand your ground in the Spirit of Christ. Stand your ground. And by the power of the Spirit of Christ, put to death, every temptation that comes your way. Follow him in a kingdom of holiness. That's what He's calling on us to do. Now, Isn't it beautiful to know that the holiness he won by a life of perfect obedience to the father, he gives you as a gift? And so to some degree, repent and believe is like, get undressed of all of your filthy nasty garments and put on a radiant garment of righteousness that I won for you already. That's what repent and believe means to me. But now that I believe I am called on to follow him in holiness and to put sin to death. Temptation. And fight by scripture. Memorize scriptures. If you're weak in a certain area, anxiety or lust, covetousness, memorize some scripture. Get ready to say, "It is written. It is written." Fight the way Jesus did. Secondly, kingdom of God. The good news of God. Immerse yourself in that. Immerse yourself just in the fact that God is good. God is good. It is really hard for sinners to believe how good God is. But he is. He loves us. He's a loving heavenly father. And you have only begun to taste of the goodness of God. You're going to spend eternity drinking of the fountain of God's goodness. So look forward to that. But understand we're talking about a kingdom. Jesus is going to metaphorically walk by you this week and say, "Follow me." And He's going to call on you to drop what you're doing and do something different. He's calling you. That's the kingdom. He's not asking. He's commanding. So look at every area of your life. Look at how you're spending your money. Look at how you're spending your time. Look at everything and say, "Am I living a kingdom life? Am I living as though God is the good news of the gospel? Am I living a kingdom life?" And then finally next week we're going to talk about this, but I can't wait for next week. I believe that God may have orchestrated some evangelistic encounters that you are called on to do this week. It's not like, "Oh, gee, I didn't know we're supposed to do evangelism." Yes, you did. Yes, you did. So, get ready and say, "God make me a witness. Give me a chance at the workplace. Give me a chance at the coffee shop. Give me a chance to say something for Christ this week. And get me into a gospel conversation which I get to say repent and believe. Get me there, Lord. I want to be faithful." So next week we'll talk more about that. Close with me in prayer. Father, we thank you for the incredible way that Jesus moves out to build the kingdom. Thank you for the things we've learned today in Mark 1: 12 through 20. Help us, prepare us, oh, Lord, to do the good works you have called on us to do. Give us a chance, oh Lord. We pray, all of us join our hearts together in praying for evangelistic fruit. Help us to be faithful. This is a dark time. We're surrounded by spiritual darkness and people whose lives are broken. Father help us to be witnesses. And Lord, we thank you for the beauty of Christ, the beauty of the kingdom he came to proclaim and to build. It's in his name that we pray. Amen.

Luke 19:1-10 “19:1. And entering he walked through Jericho. 19:2. And behold, there was a man named Zacheus, who was the chief of the publicans: and he was rich. 19:3. And he sought to see Jesus who he was: and he could not for the crowd, because he was low of stature. 19:4. And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore tree, that he might see him: for he was to pass that way. 19:5. And when Jesus was come to the place, looking up, he saw him and said to him: Zacheus, make haste and come down: for this day I must abide in thy house. 19:6. And he made haste and came down and received him with joy. 19:7. And when all saw it, they murmured, saying, that he was gone to be a “guest with a man that was a sinner. 19:8. But Zacheus standing, said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wronged any man of any thing, I restore him fourfold. 19:9. Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham. 19:10. For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” Excerpt From The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-bible-douay-rheims-complete/id955129088 This material may be protected by copyright.

Luke 19:1-10 “19:1. And entering he walked through Jericho. 19:2. And behold, there was a man named Zacheus, who was the chief of the publicans: and he was rich. 19:3. And he sought to see Jesus who he was: and he could not for the crowd, because he was low of stature. 19:4. And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore tree, that he might see him: for he was to pass that way. 19:5. And when Jesus was come to the place, looking up, he saw him and said to him: Zacheus, make haste and come down: for this day I must abide in thy house. 19:6. And he made haste and came down and received him with joy. 19:7. And when all saw it, they murmured, saying, that he was gone to be a guest with a man that was a sinner. 19:8. But Zacheus standing, said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wronged any man of any thing, I restore him fourfold. 19:9. Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham. 19:10. For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” Excerpt From The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-bible-douay-rheims-complete/id955129088 This material may be protected by copyright.

Being a Christian is about following 'the Way' of Jesus. We call this discipleship. This week we take a look at getting to know Jesus better, and how it is just as important to teach as it is to learn. We look at some of the things that help us to learn, and how we can practically teach. Come find out how if we want to be disciples it is so important for us to be making disciples as we uncover 'the Way' of Jesus through the story of Zacheus in Luke 19. If you have any questions about this or any other teaching, don't hesitate to comment or email join@discover-life.ca or head to our website to find out more about who we are: https://discover-life.ca/ Do you want to support the work we do? Check out all the ways you can support us here: Support https://discover-life.ca/give/

How do we meaningly engage conversation around topics that are highly charged in our culture? Join our conversation with Anna Carter, the founder of Eden Invitation, a community for Catholics that promotes the fullness of personal identity beyond the LGBTQ paradigm. We talk about acceptance, relationship, and finding common ground under compassionate orthodoxy. ### QUOTES “One of the most critical things that is so simple yet so often overlooked, is the primacy of relationship with Christ in all these situations.” - Anna What does the human heart need above sexual fulfillment: love, belonging, acceptance. That doesn't mean accepting the entirety of the person. I feel acceptance and people don't accept every sin I commit. We do have bigger paradigms to operate under but all of a sudden our paradigm within this context just shrinks, and we think, I have nothing.” - Jason “If I love someone well, they stay. And I think that's the secret sauce of Jesus. It's the woman at the well, Zacheus, the leper—all these people realize, this man is loving me.” - Jason Part of [this] comes down to the individual accompaniment. Asking people, how is your prayer? What is the question behind their question? What's going on in other aspects of his life and the full context of his life?” - Anna “What would it look like if we suffered with those that are gender minorities? What are your pain points in the church? What are the expectations on your life? What's hard? What is the suffering and how can I be in it with you?” - Anna “It's easy to put a wall up when someone experiences passion in a way that we don't understand. When in reality, there are scorching passions inside all of us. Am I willing to be in tune with my own? Am I willing to be in tune with the way I cry out and to look at you from that gaze of understanding?” - Anna “You can't take someone into their story further than what you're willing to go into yourself.” - Jason *### The Important Things: * 7:40 - It's not just always about giving someone the right tools, it's the relationship that keeps us walking with the Lord. We have to let go and guide someone towards a deeper relationship. 10:21 - A lot of it comes down to the individual accompaniment and asking the questions behind their questions. What is their context? What other aspects are going on in their life? 12:15 - “I think we are guilty of the same thing we accuse the LBGTQ community of doing. Which is identifying by sexuality…. All of a sudden, everything we know about ministry gets tossed out the window. Everything we know about human development and human formation and spiritual formation, all of a sudden it drops out of our backpack and we don't know what to do. Which is sort of identifying them by it. It's saying, because you're this, I don't have ways to help you.” 14:00 - The principle is being confident in your life in Jesus in order to offer it to others. The second is giving people what they need from a human level: belonging, love, acceptance. 26:15 - What do we do when we don't know how to engage meaningfully? You have to consider: the internal reality of the hearer, your own intention, and how culture has infused words with different meanings. But what matters most of all is the heart. What is the intention behind the language and conversation? 48:08 - Compassionate orthodoxy: It can be empathy and understanding. But it can also be suffering with—to love, and be called to charity. What are their pains in culture and the Church? We can find common ground in the human experience of being in the wilderness. Lists & Resources https://www.edeninvitation.com/ https://www.instagram.com/edeninvitation/ https://www.facebook.com/edeninvitation/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmgNJUWwpyki1JlCP2Rbg

Lukáš 19:1 Potom vošiel do Jericha. 2 A tu, muž, menom Zachej, ktorý bol hlavným mýtnikom a bol bohatý, 3 túžil uvidieť Ježiša, aby vedel, kto to je, no pre zástupy ho nemohol zazrieť, lebo bol malej postavy. 4 Bežal teda napred a vyšiel na divý figovník, aby ho odtiaľ videl, lebo tadiaľ mal ísť. 5 Keď Ježiš prišiel na to miesto, pozrel hore a povedal mu: Zachej, poď chytro dolu, lebo dnes musím zostať v tvojom dome. 6 On chytro zišiel a s radosťou ho prijal. 7 Všetci, ktorí to videli, reptali: K hriešnemu človeku si vošiel oddýchnuť. 8 Ale Zachej povedal Pánovi: Pane, polovicu svojho majetku dávam chudobným a ak som niekoho v niečom oklamal, vrátim to štvornásobne. 9 Ježiš mu odpovedal: Dnes prišla spása do tohto domu, veď aj on je Abrahámovým synom. 10 Lebo Syn človeka prišiel hľadať a spasiť, čo zahynulo

Getting in God's way with Pastor Brian. The best place to be, is in God's way. Join us as we take a look at Zacheus and what he teaches us about seeking Jesus.

Kelly Brady, John Vandervelde, Beth Maas and Matt Marron discuss issues of faith and respond to questions from Kelly's sermon on May 23, 2021 This week's questions: Question 1 - Happy 200th episode and we missed you the last couple weeks! I have a question that I hope others relate to. How can those who feel that they are financially unstable (whether true or not (ie. graduate students, newly married, loss of job, etc.)) but can sense their own selfish desires in hoarding their mo ney and idolizing it, begin to submit to God's desire for us to be sacrificial in all areas of our lives? Another way of asking the question may be: What are tangible ways to lay the groundwork for living sacrificially with money for the entirety of our lives, who currently feel financially burdensome on others? Question 2 - Should a faith healer who has repented of his fraud be like Zacheus and give back the millions he got from the poor people he deceived. Question 3 - Loved the reminder that it's God's grace that teaches us to say no to ungodliness. But how does that work in parenting? You mentioned that we should parent with this in mind. I'm not sure what you mean. Question 4 - Seems like to me that Jesus is celebrating Zacchaeus' decision to give half his money away to the poor and pay back 4X's what he stole. How can we be sure that Jesus wasn't saying that these behaviors are actually what saved him? Question 5 - Kelly talks a lot about “idols” saying that this or that is a common or popular idol in our community. Wasn't that more of an Old Testament issue? Wouldn't be more accurate to simply talk about sin. I get that some sins are more common in one setting, or are shared among a group, but talk about idols and idolatry conjures up pictures of people bowing in front of their luxury car, or their McMansion.

Outside In: Jesus came to seek and save the Lost, just like Zacheus. Luke 19:1-10

On his way to Jerusalem, Jesus brought salvation (Himself) to Zacheus. As a result, Zaccheus' life changed as it began to line up with Christ and scripture (19:1-10). Having watched this shocking transformation, the pilgrim crowd began to form wrong ideas about Jesus and the work he would accomplish once he got to the city. To explain, Jesus shared with them a parable (19:11-27) but they still did not get it. They continued following him for their own reasons. Why do you follow Jesus?