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Adam Mesa is Lead Pastor of Patria Church and speaks to a congregation of 12,000 about how the gospel of Jesus Christ brings purpose to every life. Patria
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The Parable of the Rich Fool 0:00 We're going to jump into the word of God. We're going to jump into a series that now we kind of do annually in the month of November, what we call family business. It's kind of where we talk about God's kingdom, finances0:11 in God's word. And also, what we'll start doing every number, we'll also talk about vision for our if you've been part of our church for any number Yeah. And we0:23 do, an anniversary service where we celebrate the you've0:26 been part of our church for any number. Yeah. And and we do, an anniversary service where we celebrate the0:26 you've been part of our church for any number. Yeah. And and we0:26 do, an anniversary service where we celebrate the you 3 projects that we're working on. 1 may deal with 1 of our campuses, another may deal with an international project, and others may deal with, like, a0:38 local project. And what we decided to do this year was, notice we didn't do an anniversary offering at all.0:50 Because we actually, from here going forward, we want to separate those 2. We want to have our anniversary service every year. We just kind0:56 of celebrate God's faithfulness over the years. And then in November, we0:56 want to have celebrate God's faithfulness over the years. And then in November We want to have a vision Sunday. And so next Yeah. Daydreams your home church. We want to encourage you to come back next Sunday1:08 or watch online next Sunday, talk about vision for our church. There's a lot of updates we want to make with you all. We want to update some things about this1:20 campus. We want to share about some projects about this campus. We want to share about some international projects we're doing. But also, we're going to share about what's happening next year in 20 25. Okay? So we have1:31 some new service times we're going to be announcing and stuff like that. And so you want to be able to come next Sunday to hear the vision. Month, starting next we'll be doing a 1 time1:43 offering to take care of some of these projects. Okay? So normally, we would do that in April. We've moved to November. So that we can celebrate vision together going into the next year. So I encourage you to join1:55 us this week is really where we launched The A. R. A. Family business. So if you have a bible with us today, would you2:00 turn to Luke2:00 chapter 2? Luke chapter 2 is where we parable that Jesus shares. Here's what's important to know before we get started. A parable in the word2:12 of God, especially the gospels, normally only Jesus taught,2:25 parable and it's gonna sound very natural, but he's actually talking about something very super natural. So that's what we're going to see together as we see what God's business is. God cares about his2:37 kingdom, the kingdom. You and I, when we say yes to ji, we are citizens of that kingdom.3:40 I don't have room for all my crops. In other words, he's living life in a. Then he said, I know. I'll tear down my barns and I'll build bigger ones. Then I'll have3:52 enough room to store all my wheat and other goods. And I'll sit back and say to myself, you stored away for years to come. Now take it easy.4:04 It drink and be but God said to him, you4:19 get everything you worked for.4:27 Rich4:28 relationship with God. You may be seated. You know, if you were to just read that without any context, we would think to ourselves,4:40 so God is against a savings account. God's against a 4 0 1 ks? Wait, wait. So so the the retirement plan that I've been putting a little bit aside every like, am I supposed to put, like,4:52 I can't do that? Or if you like, my great grandma, growing up, I had heard that she didn't trust banks, and so she put her bank under her mattress. And so, all of her savings account was under5:04 her mattress. We hear that? We say, oh, am I not allowed to do that? That's not what Jesus is talking about. You see, there's a few things in this parable that5:16 stick out. Number 1, the moment the man started to experience God's blessing in his life, he didn't say just to himself, he said to his soul what he needs to5:27 do. And there's a lot of times where there are decisions being wake in this life when it comes to our finances that are wisdom. And there's other things that we say to our soul.5:40 And you have to be able to know through a rich relationship with God what is wisdom, and what is building up for self in your soul. See this man in the parable, he's5:52 building for himself. So in other words, he's already blessed. He's already doing well. He starts because of his harvest to do better in life. And what he says to his soul is, I6:04 know. Should I do with this increase? God, who should I bless with this increase? He says to himself, I'm gonna continue to hoard this for6:15 myself. I'm gonna build bigger barns, and I'm gonna sit on it. That it is your appointed time, that you will no longer6:27 live. And then what will happen is you no longer have it, and then everyone just fights over it. And so what Jesus introduces is this thought that6:39 it's okay to be blessed by God. It's okay to be resourced by God as long as we have concern for his kingdom first.7:01 If you're taking notes, here's the first thought I want to share with you. What Jesus reveals to us in this parable is this, God is missional not material. At the7:13 very best, we can do God's will. At the very worst, we can build a life on sinking sand. Here's what here's what happens when it comes to God. A lot of times, we7:24 like to impress others by material or we find value by material. This is what happened with the guy. He starts being blessed. Immediately what he thinks to himself is, it's time for an upgrade.7:36 So, oh man. I can upgrade the house. I can upgrade the car. For him, he's like, I can upgrade my barns. That was money back then. You get some barns now. You upgrade your farm. And what happens is he thinks that's what's7:48 impressive. But when he dies, he can't take his barns with him. And so this man, the original guy who goes to Jesus and says, Jesus, tell my brother to split the estate with me. He8:00 thinks that Jesus cares whether he has more in his life or not. He thinks that for some reason that's going to get Jesus excited. But instead, Jesus says, out of8:12 your mouth should be questions of the kingdom, not questions of the material. And a lot of times, we our first thoughts in the morning are the material instead of the immaterial, the things of8:24 God. Okay to be aware or have wisdom in the material, but we cannot make a personality out of the material, because God is immaterial.8:36 And so what often happens is we get to a place where we have to recognize God. Mission here on earth? That's our vision here at our church. Seek the lost, teach the found, and send the8:48 disciples. What our vision is not here is to build big buildings and build great things that are physical and all that stuff. Stuff. That may come alongside of our gathering, but at the end of the day, we9:00 seek, we teach, and we sit. Those are things that are not connected to the material. That's connected to the heart of God, his mission. So you and I are called to partake in the Lord's.9:14 You know, there's a story I once heard. And, they say it's true, but how many of you guys have heard a story that was so good that you're like, there's no way this could be true. Could9:25 not be true. Okay? So but the meaning is all the same. Don't knock me if it if it's so good, it just comes to reality it wasn't true. But it's claimed online it's a true story.9:38 Exactly when the year was, but it was at a time when you know, when you many of you were kids where you could just go down to the local supermarket or pharmacy and you could get a soda or an ice cream. You didn't have to9:49 have your parents with you. You guys remember I think my generation was probably the last tail end of getting some of that. And I know my dad's generation, I don't think they ever had adults watching them when they were10:00 kids. They just roamed the streets and just went everywhere. So I think it this story is connected to 1 of those years. And so what happened was, is, there was a young girl and her parents10:12 and she had a little her little brother had gotten very sick. And as her little brother got very sick, the parents were doing treatment after treatment after treatment, trying to help cure whatever10:24 the problem was that he had. And so the parents, they had taken loans. The parents had sold all of their valuable things. They had even downsized their homes so that they can afford the treatments for10:36 their son. Doctor and the issue had gotten worse. And so what happened was, the little girl, Tess, who's 8 years old, she overhears10:48 her parents at night talking all of our finances. We've spent everything that we can. He needs to have a surgery in order for this, issue to be fixed, but we11:00 just do not have the money anymore and we cannot get any loans. And so the father says to the wife, we need to just pray for a miracle. So the little girl overhears that her little11:12 brother needs a miracle. So she goes to her room, she breaks her piggy bank open, and she pulls out from her piggy bank a dollar and 11 cents. She pulls out a dollar and 11 cents, and she11:24 slips out of the house, and she runs to the local pharmacy. She's waiting in line in the pharmacy, and in front of her is a man in a suit talking to the pharmacist. She waits for 3 minutes11:36 and he doesn't notice her. She waits for 10 minutes and he doesn't notice her. It's about 15 minutes and finally, she says, excuse me sir. Can you help me? The pharmacist looks at her and says, little girl,11:47 I'm talking to my brother who's out of town. You need to wait your turn. I'll get to you as soon as I'm done talking to my brother. And the little girl says, all I need to do is purchase something from you really11:59 quickly. So the pharmacist looks at her and says, what do you need to purchase? And she said, I just need to buy a miracle from you, for my brother. And he says, little girl, we don't I don't12:11 have any miracles for sale. He she says, I have a dollar and 11 cents if that's enough to cover the miracle, but I can maybe get some more if it costs a little bit more. Do you have the miracle in stock?12:25 And upon that time, he says, little girl, that's not what a miracle is. The suit looks over to her and she says, young lady, what is it mere what miracle are you trying to purchase?12:36 And she says, my brother's head, it hurts. My mom and dad said he needs a surgery,12:41 but they said only a12:41 miracle can solve it. And but they said only a miracle can and lady, it just so happens that I might have that miracle, and it was gonna cost you a dollar and12:53 a And so he grabs the money from her and he says, take me to your mommy and daddy's house. When they get to the house, he asks mom and dad what's wrong with the little brother. It turns out when they were in that13:05 they're in Chicago, but the brother who was in the suit is actually a neuroscientist in New York. And he tells mom and dad, I want to take your son to New York with me, and I want to13:17 perform that surgery for your son. New York. They completely, did the surgery. The son turned out to be absolutely incredible. Mom and dad went to the doctor and said,13:29 how much do we owe you for this? Little girl and he says, it's already been paid for. You know,13:41 whether it's true or not, it's powerful nonetheless. Because here's the reality, God can do more with your a dollar and 11 cents than you could do with your entire bank account.13:54 And it's faith of a child who can hear a need, and can say, I don't have much, but guess what? In God's hands, it could do so much further. A lot of times we look at life14:06 in the grandness of the bills, the grandness of the surgery, and we're always saying, God, we need a miracle. But what we really need is we need faith to trust God to be connected to his story, to be14:17 connected to his mission, to be connected to his business. Jesus said that to his disciples 1 time, that he's about his father's business. Question we gotta ask is, are we14:29 connected to the father's? Do we walk out of the house and do we expect that God can do a miracle or do we pace in the bathroom? Do we pace in the living room and just14:41 say, oh, what was me? I don't have enough. Or what was me? We can't do this. Or this mission is too big. Or these things are too big. Or there's too many things going. So therefore, I need a miracle. Well, guess what?14:52 God can do miracles. When you read God's word, he does miracles all the time. Here's the second thing, God. God is generational, not national. AtGenerational Faith and God's Mission 15:04 the very Yeah. We can pour into our children's children. And at the very worst, we can merely pour into ourselves. When you read the word of God, God15:16 is concerned with passing an inheritance of faith to the next generation. God does not care what we build in our lifetime. He cares about whose next lifetime we will15:28 impact. Build the barns for himself. He thought he had plenty of days left. He thought he had plenty of opportunity left. But what would happen if not only we use15:39 wisdom in our life, but also we look at the next generation and we don't say, oh, the next generation has fallen. The next generation is far off. The next generation is so lost. Or we look at the next generation and we15:51 say, God, the next generation is ripe for revival. God, the next generation is ripe for awakening. The next generation, tomorrow and you think it needs jesus, then16:03 guess what? Your sons and daughters are the ones who are gonna share it, not some outsiders. Your children are the ones who impart the gospel.16:15 Next generation, showing them the grace of God, showing them the love of God, and passing down to the This church exists for the next generation. We don't want to get to the end of our life and16:27 say, wow, we did something really great for 30 years, and in 30 years, this will be some type of civic16:35 No.16:40 Impact the next generation. We want our children's children to still love Jesus through the church. Psalms has a beautiful verse about this. Psalm 70 eight:four says this, we will not hide them from their16:52 descendants. We will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power and the wonders he has done. It is not someone else's job17:04 to tell our children of the wonders of God. Have great things like education and and and a lot of times we take17:16 send our kids off to college and we think, okay, our kids will learn math by someone else. Our kids will learn English by someone else. Our kids will learn science by someone else. But guess what? You cannot outsource17:28 God to someone else. It's our job to teach our children. I know we're used to just, hey, you go to school and you handle you'll be like, my son, he asked me about math and they're doing that new type of math17:40 or whatever. They changed math. And I'm looking at it. I'm like, I don't know how to do this. But I can't look at the bible and my son wanna know about Jesus and be like, son, I don't know how to do this. I I have to17:51 walk dwell in the shadow of the Almighty so that our children see when they look at a world and when depression is up and suicide is up and anxiety is up, they18:03 have to see mom and dad walking in the grace of God to say, oh, read the Bible, God's not national. Pastor Diego said that a bit ago. He18:15 said that Israel went through Persia, and they went through Babylon, and they went through this, and they went through Rome, and they went but in every single nation that they were under, they still were charged to18:26 follow God. It didn't matter their circumstances surrounding. Our circumstances and surroundings will always change. There will be times you'll be living in the best of life, and there'll be times where you feel like18:37 you're living in the worst of life. None of those contingencies should have anything to do with your worship and you following Jesus. None of it. And we have to show a next generation that we're18:49 rooted in Jesus. We're not rooted in society. We're not rooted in the world. We're rooted in the hope of Christ above all.19:04 Temporal. You see, God looks at totally different lenses than we do. At best in life, at best we can plan for old age, and it's my prayer that we all make it to old age. That19:16 is the best thing we can do is plan for a life of old age, but at the very worst we can live like no tomorrow. My twenties, the YOLO generation, the only19:28 you only live once generation. Guess what? You don't only live once. You live twice. You live in this earth and then you stand before God and you live again.19:41 And so either every day we can wake up and we can live like there's no tomorrow or we can recognize God if you would grace to have old age in this life. Let it make it when I go to the old19:53 age that there's a generation that loves Jesus under me. Make it that when I live an old age that my children's children follow and serve you.20:00 Make it when I'm an old age that I20:02 could be a financial blessing to my children and the next generation. We can plan it at best. God will20:08 give us old age, but20:09 at the very worst, we can just live every day. I do what I want. I live how I want. I say what I want. I invest in myself however I want, and I don't worry about anything else or anyone else.20:24 To be a blessing to those outside of this body. And as a chore, that's what we're going to do. And we're going to continue services a little different than today. But as I talk about as a church, because we're going to20:34 share next on Vision Sunday some things about the next generation and some things about why as a church we're so concerned. When you look at where the world is going, there is a priority that God's church has to preach20:45 the gospel. What we're going to do today is we're going to spend a few moments hearing from the next generation. And so I got some20:57 friends from Patriot Kids, and I got some friends from Patriot Youth and Junior High and High School, who are going to deliver an encouraging word with to us today. And what I want you to do is recognize hope that God21:09 cares about the next generation. And as you hear out of the mouth of babes, as Jesus would say, that it should stir us To believe that God21:21 is not done winning the next generation. And you and I have a part to play. We gotta nurture that fire. We gotta encourage that fire. And so I'm gonna have our friends start to come up. First up, we have from Patriot21:32 Kids, Ermias Davis. He's gonna come up. He's gonna share for a few moments with us about the joy of the Lord. So, Ermias, why don't you take it away my friend?21:47 Good morning everybody, and I want you to have a I hope you enjoy this message today. And we're gonna start off with our verse. It's,22:00 The joy of the Lord is my strength. And22:05 that22:08 raise your hand if you have something that you love, that brings you joy. Great, that's good.22:31 So, I just wanna say today, that you have joy all all the through this week that you have joy.22:43 And if you your challenge this week is that I want you to just actually If you see somebody that like22:55 doesn't know about God, like in our verse how it says, the joy of the Lord I'm Yeah. The joy of the Lord is my strength. Tell that person about God.23:07 Tell that person about joy. And then after that, they will feel that joy.23:25 So, all this I just wanna say through all this that you have joy through this week.23:50 And I'm gonna let, Pastor Adam take this away.23:55 Thanks, babe.23:56 Good job, dude. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Pastor Tommy. Alright, babe. Great job, Rebeis. Great job.24:06 Alright. Next up we have from our junior high student ministries is Jonah Martinez. He's gonna talk about the love of God. So Jonah, come on up here man, and take it away. He got his24:18 iPad. He's so studious. He's ready to go, man.24:25 Man. Good morning, Patriot. My name is Jonah Martinez, and I'm gonna talk about God's love and his power. So first, a little background information about me is I've been coming to this church24:37 since I was born, and my dad works in the music ministry, and my mom says, every Wednesday for Patriot kids. I'm in the seventh grade. I play football, track, and basketball, but that's just a24:49 little bit about me. So first, I want to talk about the difference between our love and God's love. An example25:00 of something I love is football. I play competitively, I play at recess, I basically play it at every chance I get. But God's love is sending His Son to die on the cross for25:12 our sins. God's love never fails. God's love is strong and gives us hope. When we think about love, we might think of maybe a person,25:24 a pet, a sport, or a hobby. But this isn't how God wants us to love. He wants us to think about it like this. Love is patient and kind. Love does not envy or boast, and it is not arrogant.25:37 First Corinthians first Corinthians 13 4. This is the kind of love God wants us to have in our daily lives. John 13 34, a new commandment I give25:49 you, love 1 another just as I have loved you, love 1 another. This reminds me of Ruth and Naomi. Ruth stuck with Naomi even when she had the opportunity to leave during a famine.26:01 This is an example of how God's love brings us together and how it's strong. Ruth stuck with Naomi even though Ruth26:13 knew Naomi would need help and because she loved her. So why is this important? This is important to know because when we sin, we might feel like God26:25 doesn't want us anymore, but that is incorrect and false. God will always love us and watch us and keep us no matter what.26:39 So some examples of God's love is maybe waking up in the morning or having food to eat, having a roof over head over our head and having clothes to wear. It's the small26:51 stuff that God chose is love in. God's love is everywhere. And lastly, how can we use this? We can use this not only to be affected by God's love, but to affect other27:03 people with it too. The devil will try to get us to think that maybe we just don't need God's love, But I'm here to say that if anything, the devil is a liar and you will always be27:20 1. Romans 8 35, who shall separate us from the love of Christ? So tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?27:32 What I'm trying to say is, nothing can separate the love that God has for us, no matter how hard it drives. Lastly, let us pray. Dear God,27:44 we thank you for this day. We ask you to help us love like you, God, in the love after you. And thank you for letting me preach this message, God. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen.27:56 Amen. Praise God. Praise God. There we go. Alright.28:09 We got 1 more at bat. We got, Justin all the way from our high school ministry. He's gonna come and deliver a word on courage.28:21 So yeah, my name is Justin Matthias. I am 16 years old. I'm a student at Los Osos High School. So yeah, Joshua 1 9 says, have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened and do28:33 not be dismayed. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. So for context, Joshua 1 9 happens at a moment for the Israelites where Moses has just died, who was Joshua's28:44 mentor, and Joshua is now in charge of leading the people into the promised land. They are about to face numerous enemies, so now Joshua is feeling the pressure. Joshua28:56 1 9 is a call to bravery and confidence rooted in in humility and surrender. God's call to Joshua is a call to an inward transformation, not just a call29:08 to outward bravery. So a lot of the time when when we think of courage, we think of it as an outward display, something's something others can see or admire. When in reality, true courage is the inner29:20 transformation aligning our hearts with God. God commands Joshua to be strong and courageous. Now this is not just because of the challenges. God knows Joshua is about to face ahead, but29:32 this is because a leader's heart must be rooted in the truth of God. Now many of the times we want a smooth and an easy path, but God shapes our character through crooked paths and challenging29:43 seasons. God uses our circumstances to expose and realign our hearts. Now there was a quote I said in the youth on 5 minutes of fire. I'm a say it again29:55 here. It's don't complain about a crooked path when you yourself have a crooked heart. Before we can walk God's path faithfully, we must examine our hearts for envy. We must examine our hearts for selfishness,30:08 envy, say, sin, hate or anything that could obstruct our way and lead us off of his path. God's guidance is more clearly seen when our hearts are aligned with his30:20 truths. Now as my second point is that courage is not the absence of fear but trust in God's presence. God tells Joshua not to be frightened or dismayed. Now it's normal to feel30:31 these feelings in the face of the unknown, but now what you do when you feel frightened or dismayed is the question. Dismayed in this context means to be shattered. The word courageous in the Hebrew is the word omits,30:43 which means to be steadfast, bold, and alert. To for Joshua, God was calling him to be physically alert and inwardly bold. 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