The Greatest "Yes" In Human History

Say yes to him and believe that that is enough, and then go tell the world about it, then you'll be saved. So let me ask you today, since Jesus already said yes to you, what's really keeping you from saying yes to him? Since before this world was created, he said yes to you, What's keeping you from saying yes to him? When he went to the cross, he was saying yes to you. What's keeping you from saying yes to him? While you had your back turned towards him, he said yes to you. What's keeping you from saying yes to him? There should be nothing that stands in the way. Although, be excuses, and there'll be thoughts, none of them are relevant compared to the amazing grace and the love of Jesus Christ. [00:37:25] (65 seconds)  #SayYesToJesus

Believe in your heart that you're made right with God not by works, not by trying to do things that impress others, but by just simply humbling yourself and saying, Jesus, you said yes to me while I was still a sinner, and I'm saying yes to you. It's not by my works that please you. Not not that first, but it's by openly also declaring your faith that you're saved. It's by this woman going into the town and letting everybody else know, Jesus is out at the well. I've chosen to follow him. Come out and meet this guy. He's gonna change your life. [00:36:25] (46 seconds)  #FaithNotWorks

Jesus is here, and he's saying yes to you. And some of you, just like this woman, you believe that there is a God, but you have really never said yes to Jesus. You've known the story about Jesus, and you've been around church, but you have never ever made him personal in your life. And today, I wanna be super clear. I'm not talking about religion with Jesus. I'm not talking about just going through the motions of religiosity. That is disgusting and dead. What I'm talking about is the same thing Jesus was talking about with the woman at the well, a relationship with a life transforming living God. The one who chose you first and the one who said yes to you first. [00:34:42] (42 seconds)  #RelationshipOverReligion

I've never met you before, but I know everything about you. You've had five husbands, and the man that you're currently living with is not your husband. And I can almost see her trying to fill these water jugs, being told this, about ready to drop them in in shock that somebody knows this stuff that she's actually tried to hide from so many people for so many years. But Jesus knows all the details, and she sits down her water jug, and she looks Jesus in the eye, and she says these words like, you must be a prophet. [00:28:42] (32 seconds)  #JesusSeesYou

You can't forget your past. It keeps coming along with you like like a bad suitcase full of junk. But I'm here to tell you today, there's only one who can unpack that, reorganize it, restructure it, and redeem your past and put you on a path that will transform your life forever, and his name is Jesus. So we're all like this woman. We all have things in our past, things that we hope that never get uncovered, never get discovered, things that we've been trying to hide, but I'm here to tell you today that Jesus is here today to meet you, not with guilt and with shame, but with hope, my friends. [00:33:30] (41 seconds)  #RedeemYourPast

So, no, I'm not going to the town to feed my hungry stomach. I've got a hungry soul that's on her last legs, and she desperately needs to know that I am a God who created her, and I love her. This messy woman is the one who met Jesus. But notice that what Jesus didn't do, Jesus didn't Jesus didn't harp guilt and shame on her. Jesus didn't double down and remind her how messed up she was. No. He called it out for sure. She knew. He knows everything about me, but he loves me anyways. He gave her hope. [00:31:47] (44 seconds)  #NoShameOnlyGrace

I think oftentimes we think that Jesus showed up on the scene somewhere two thousand years ago, but we forget about the fact that Jesus is God. That way before Jesus said yes to the cross, he was saying yes to creation. Look with me at Colossians chapter one verses 15 through 18. It says this, that Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation. [00:18:37] (29 seconds)  #JesusIsCreator

But I want you to notice this. It's like Jesus strategically positioned himself at the well because he knew that the woman, a person in that town with one of the most messed up lives in that town, was gonna come to that well that day, and he was gonna speak life to her. And what happened in her life was gonna transform an entire town. The most unlikely person, the most overlooked person, the person with the most messed up life, Jesus was like, I wanna meet with that person. [00:31:14] (33 seconds)  #MeetingTheMarginalized