Jesus: Our Everything in a World of Nothing

So what is faith? Reminder, repeat, here we go, right? Faith is a present action response. So what we're not saying is faith is a magical, hopeful belief. Is it? When people say, are you a person of faith? Don't buy the idea that what you mean is you believe in magical things that you can't see. You have absolute certainty that Jesus is who he said he was, did what he said he did, and you are who you are because of him. [00:09:40] (28 seconds)  #FaithIsPresentAction

He is always constant, always faithful, always the one that stays the same and his will, his intention is never not realized. You know that? Jesus never has an intention that is not gonna become a reality. That's just us humans. So when he says who he is and says what he's done and says what he will do, you and I can be absolutely certain that as true as that was when he said it, it is true today and it will be true forever. [00:13:55] (31 seconds)  #DailyFaithReassembly

If our faith is being dismembered, we need to what? Remember it. That's right. We need to re-put it back together. We need to re-establish it. How many days? Every day. So what he's saying here is when we talk about holding fast, he's saying, man, hold fast every day, come back and re-member what has been dismembered today. [00:17:57] (24 seconds)  #OwnYourFaithResponsibility

Who gives us connection with God? Jesus and Jesus alone. That's why he says, now, therefore, since we have access to God through the blood of Jesus, our great high priest. Access to God any other way? Like three of you are like, no. Is there any other way to have real access to God outside of the blood of Jesus spilled on our behalf and his life, death, and resurrection? Absolutely not. [00:28:03] (27 seconds)  #FutureKingdomPerspective

You're that intentional? Even the Roman Empire didn't know they were pawns in the will of God. How awesome is that? How safe does that make you feel? The greatest empire on planet Earth that we know of was pawns in the hands of God, because God says here that Jesus died outside the city. It was all part of the plan from day one to show you that he is the animal that atones, except that he's no animal. He is the God of the universe who can do what no animal could ever have done before. [00:36:01] (32 seconds)  #JusticeStartsAtHome

People who look to the future of God's kingdom live differently in this kingdom of death. And he's like, don't forget, don't forget, the city we seek here is temporal, useless, and gets you nothing. Because Jesus is everything and everything else is nothing. [00:40:37] (20 seconds)  #CostlyFaithSacrifice

You once enjoyed the plastic, but then Jesus came, and you have feasted upon the glorious wonder of his redemption. And now he offers you every day for free, for free, to feast upon the glories of who he is, and join him in the mission of God. But if you'd like today, you can go eat the plastic crap. Did I say that out loud? Whoops, sorry children. You can eat the plastic. It's yours, it's available. But really, are you serious? If I had the opportunity to have that meal I had with Cullen, every lunch, every breakfast, every night, and it didn't cost me a dime. It was just offered to me. And the other table had that bologna sandwich with white bread plastic on it. I would literally be an idiot to walk over that table. And yet every day, I am that idiot on this planet. I choose some of the plastic throughout the day. And all the author of Hebrews is saying is, when you do, thank goodness your righteousness is tied to Jesus. [00:55:08] (61 seconds)

For you have the feast of Jesus. He is everything and everything else is nothing. And if you wanna feast on him every day, then this is what that praise looks like. This is the second thing he's saying. So feast on Jesus, and here's the second thing. Draw near, hold fast, right there, and then provoke one another toward love and good deeds. Let's join Jesus on his mission. [00:56:21] (24 seconds)