April 19, 2026 - Jesus knew ... so can you John 13 (part 2)

everybody we meet is an eternal being. Everybody we see at the store, everybody we cut off on the road, everybody we belittle is an eternal being. And he says, as eternal beings a thousand years from now, if you're able to see them, they'll either be so glorious because they'll have been in the presence of Jesus and and glorified that you'll be tempted if you were to see him now to fall down and worship them. Or they'll be so monstrous and hideous because they have been shaped by hell and Satan that if you were to see them now, it would only be in your worst nightmare. [00:28:42] (45 seconds)  #EternalBeings

Jesus got up from the meal. He got up from heaven. He emptied himself of the glory. He came and took on the the the towel. After having taken off the outer, he puts on the towel of a servant. Right? Because the only people who wash feet are servants. So he puts on the towel to wash their feet. It tells us that Jesus didn't just come to Earth. He didn't walk around like a a god that people just fell before. He took on humanity. He took on the very nature of a servant. And then he washed us as a servant, not with water, but with his blood on the cross. [00:32:36] (41 seconds)  #ServantKing

And so I just want you to have this in in your mind that that what's going on here is is like the beginning of this process, is the the evil one will tempt us, will insert ideas, will will try to convince us of something by lying to us. And if we do not reject that, and if we do not get cleansed from that, if we do not walk away from that, then the next step will be that if we agree with it and we act on it, that will no longer be an external influence. It'll become more part of who we are. And who we're becoming and and what that is is actually an adversary against God. [00:46:00] (46 seconds)  #ResistTheLie

When you start doing funerals for people that are younger than you and not because of a car accident or something, you start realizing that eternity is a whole lot closer than it used to be. But do we understand the moment? Do we understand the hour? Do we understand how that plays and what God has called you to do? Now let me pause for a minute because I'm I'm encouraging you in part to play hurt like Michael Jordan did, like Kirk Gibson did. And recognize that that you can't wait until everything's perfect because the moment is serious. [00:36:35] (36 seconds)  #SeizeTheMoment

I'm not trying to guilt you. I'm not trying to shame you, but I'm trying to just be honest in this place. We're family here and realize we all have our brokenness. We all have stuff we're struggling with. But if you're willing to be honest today, don't don't just kick the can down the road. There are people who care. There are people who are ready to pray. There are people who are ready to help you find the right therapy. There's people who are ready to hold you accountable, to encourage you. I just I want you to take serious the moment that eternity is the long period. But this prenatal time, so to speak, where we're in the womb, when we're on this this world shapes eternity for us and for others. [00:52:56] (49 seconds)  #DontDelayHealing

In the book, he's trying to talk about how life works on this side of eternity. It all goes back in the box. It all goes back in the box except for relationships. Your relationship with Christ, your relationship with people. When you play a game, how crazy is it that if you're trying to have a family time together that you're actually gonna, do damage to a relationship so you can win that monopoly? That's silly. It's silly, but it happens. I I know too well it happens. [00:49:16] (51 seconds)  #RelationshipsMatter

And so look what does he does. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now loves them to the to the final step. He knows the hours here, so he's gonna love them to the final step. What's that final step? The evening meal was in progress and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot to betray Jesus. Jesus knew that the father had put all things under his power and that he had come from God and was returning to God. So he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist, and then we know what he does next. Right? He goes and he washes their feet. [00:30:38] (43 seconds)  #LoveToTheEnd

And you may be financially hurt. You may be hurt with some emotional wounds. You may have been burned in a church. You may have some things, but but you need to play hurt. But let me say something to balance this. Okay? And I'm not trying to just have it both ways. The Bible balances this. The same Jesus who recognized this hour and he got up and he and he kinda played hurt, right, leaned into what was to come, was the same Jesus who at the beginning of his ministry, after he had been baptized and the father said, this is my son who I'm well pleased, that gives him a calling. What's the first thing he does? The Holy Spirit leads him into the wilderness for forty days to work on himself. [00:37:11] (42 seconds)  #WorkOnYourself