A Place Forever

``But do you believe that Jesus and Jesus alone offers you security? Does that mean we we shouldn't try to do other things? That's not what Jesus is saying here. He he appreciated the legacy of the Jewish faith. He's saying, I've come to fulfill all that no one else could fulfill. It's not a bad thing. But when our entitlement of who we think we are gets in the way of his grace, we are on the wrong side. we may think we are right all the time, but when we miss the grace of Jesus, we are always wrong. [01:01:58] (45 seconds)  #SecureInJesus

Jesus can offer us security this day because he is eternal. The meaning of that word means he has no beginning and no end. Before, in the beginning, there was Jesus. And after the end, there is Jesus. if you struggle with that, think like an author. When you start the story, you had already existed as an author prior to that first word of the first page of the first line. And when the book is finished, that story may be done, but you still exist. God is the author of all things. [01:00:27] (49 seconds)  #JesusIsEternal

Jesus says, then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. In a few short chapters in our way of thinking of things, Jesus will go on to say, I am the truth. Jesus and Jesus alone is the source of our freedom and our security. That's why we can sing no fear in life. Is this world a scary place? Absolutely. Are there days I wish I lived under a rock? Absolutely. But I don't I'm I'm not afraid, of things in the sense of I become so petrified that I cannot continue on because I know where my future is. [01:02:48] (52 seconds)  #TruthSetsYouFree

You know, they try to say, don't you know where I belong to? Or sometimes and this is where we start to intersect with our passage this morning. Sometimes religious traditions, we say, well, don't you know I'm Baptist? I mean, I think Baptists are good people. But anytime we start going, don't you know I'm Baptist? And putting our our, entitlement on our faith tradition, we are on some wrong ways because we are gonna get in the way of grace. [00:46:42] (29 seconds)  #NoEntitlementFaith