From Hosanna to Crucify

It's really not questionable as to whether or not you came and walked the earth. It's really not questionable as to whether or not you did some of the things that scriptures say you did. But truthfully, you weren't alone in that. Other people were doing amazing things too. Our faith hinges on the fact that you gave of your life, but everyone dies. More importantly, we celebrate you rose again. You overcame the one thing in this life that not anyone here can overcome. Our faith hinges on the resurrection. [00:23:12] (56 seconds)  #FaithHingesOnResurrection

But that can't be it. It can't stop with just staying in front of a microphone, all glory to God. No. Change your your lifestyle. Change who you are. Don't be drawn into what this world has to offer. Be different from the world. God doesn't call us to retreat away from the world. He calls of us to be in it. He calls of us to live our lives in the thick of what this world has to offer, but to choose to be different from the world. [00:16:24] (35 seconds)  #LiveDifferentNotJustLoud

we know that Peter who denies him even though he said to Jesus, I wouldn't do it, has given forgiveness. We know that that Jesus best owed mercy on him. That's what Joe talked about last week and Peter. Seek out. Jesus seeks us out. And Jesus asked his disciples. He asked them, who are the people around us saying who I am? They say you're the Messiah. They get the the right answers. Jesus says to his disciples and he says to you and I, but who do you say I am? [00:19:14] (59 seconds)  #WhoDoYouSayIAm

And we know that it's hard. We know that Jesus said to Peter, Peter, you're gonna deny me and Peter says, no, no, no, no, no, not gonna happen. And yet three times, we know that it's hard. And the amazing thing that we get to know out of that is even though we're not consistent, even though we're with that crowd kinda going up and down a little bit, we know that Peter who denies him even though he said to Jesus, I wouldn't do it, has given forgiveness. [00:18:46] (38 seconds)  #ForgivenDespiteFailing

But to put off the behaviors of this world, to put off the things of this world, to recognize that that Christ himself said, the path is narrow. Do you choose to follow that path when everyone's shouting Hosanna? Do you choose to follow down that path when the crowds are shouting to crucify? [00:18:20] (26 seconds)  #ChooseTheNarrowPath

What Jesus is calling us to is not to not to get sucked up into this parade of of amazingness where people are shouting Hosanna and we we come into Christianity because that's the cool thing to do. Cause our group of friends is all Christians and that's why we wanna be there. Cause church is fun, cause the music's great, That's not why we become followers of Christ. We we choose to see what Jesus did as he went through his life and he was so consistent all the way through. Am I gonna do that perfectly? I'm not. [00:17:40] (40 seconds)  #FollowersNotFans

Is Jesus the one, the way, the truth and the life? Is Jesus the only short and narrow path towards heaven? Even when things aren't going great, even when things are going great. Is Jesus that constant reminder, the most important thing in our life. When we got married, talked about we we actually wove the three strands together. To become one when you become married, we became one household. And as we did this braided cord, it is Paula, myself and God all coming together. [00:20:37] (45 seconds)  #JesusWayTruthLife

Our focus of our life is that we continue on the mission that God has set us out towards. The crowds are gonna shout Hosanna. The crowds are gonna shout crucify. Where do you find yourself? Do you find yourself standing up for what you believe in at all places and times of your life? Do you find yourself hedging back a little bit depending on where you are? [00:21:22] (36 seconds)  #StandFirmAlways