One Question, Two Answers: Mercy, Faith, Surrender

He has Calvary on his calendar. He has betrayal and denial and a crown of thorns scheduled on the days ahead. He's carrying the weight of every sin that has ever been committed and every sin that will ever be committed and he's walking that road with purpose and intention and he stopped. stopped but one man. One man on the side of the road. Here it is. Nobody's important. Nobody by the world standard. No title, no position, no clout, just a cloak, and a cry, and a need, a condition that nobody had the power to meet. I want you to get this today, and Jesus stopped. [01:51:26] (50 seconds)  #JesusStopped

He said you gotta stop begging the crowd to do only what he can give. You gotta throw down whatever bit you've been holding on to for security that was never really securing you anyway. And you gotta open up your mouth and open up your heart and say the honest thing, the real thing, the thing you stop believing was possible because here's what I know about Jesus. He's the man who stopped when everybody else kept walking. Jesus is the one who heard the voice crying above the crowd that was trying to silence it. He's the Jesus who didn't expose you when he had every right to. He's the Jesus who's been patient with you. [01:54:19] (47 seconds)  #LetGoToReceive

See, here it is. My first question for you today and for me today is what is going on in your life and in your spirit and in your experience that you're willing to cry out to god for and tell everyone forget you. It's just me and Jesus now. Amen. Cries out all the more won't won't won't be quiet, won't be silent. Son of David, have mercy. And here it is. Look at what the Bible says. That in the midst of walking, when he cried out all the more, Jesus stood still. Walking, walking, walking. Jesus, son of David. Son of David, have mercy on me. Jesus, stand still. [01:30:59] (61 seconds)  #CryOutLoud

But I came today to let you know that Jesus is still walking the Jericho Road. He's still asking the same question. He asked it of James and John, two men who had seen miracles, who had walked with him, who had every religious credential you could want, and the question exposed that they were still seeing the opportunity instead of seeing him. He asked it of a blind man with nothing and that same question opened the door that nobody else could open. Same question, same Jesus, two different hearts, and two different responses. [01:53:07] (42 seconds)  #JerichoRoad