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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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0:00 Alright. Hey, if we haven't met yet, my name is Aaron. I get the opportunity to be 1 of the pastors on the team. Thank you so much for that round of applause. But don't clap for me. Can you can we give it up for our0:11 leaders, pastor Adam and pastor Ashley? Don't we love our leaders here at Patriot? Don't take it for granted that I get entrusted to be in these moments. And while we're clapping, church is not just songs and0:22 sermons. Can you help me give it up to our Patriot kids team, our Patriot youth team, our production team, our safety security team? We have so much going on. Did you guys see pastor Julio in the0:34 back? Like, we have so much gifts in this house. So we're just vibing to announcements, that's just what we do at Patriot. So thank you for your gifts, and thank you for being the church. Amen?0:46 Amen. Alright. Who's ready to squeeze some scriptures? We're gonna go to Exodus chapter 32. I encourage you to read all of it for homework. We're gonna pick at it tonight. But but if you're0:57 new to At The Movies, go to our YouTube series because this is week 3. In week 1, we what what we're doing is we're looking at the story of Moses. And if we remember week 1, we1:09 talked about how God writes your story. So we looked at Moses, and then we look at in parallel with to our life, God is writing our story. And remember last week when pastor Adam pulled his toes out? Remember we're1:21 talking about, hey, God wants to see the real you, because week 3, God has called you to be a hero. God's called you to be a hero. But the tension that we're gonna talk1:33 about tonight is there's a difference between how the culture defines a hero and how the kingdom defines a hero. So let's all stand to our feet. You're gonna go to Exodus chapter1:44 32. And what we'll look at tonight is Moses and Aaron. And it looked like Moses and Aaron had different definitions on what a hero is. So1:56 Exodus chapter 32, I'm gonna read from the ESV. It'll be on the screens. I'm just gonna read verses 1 through 4 and then verse 7. Now, let's do this as a community. Anytime you2:08 see the word up, we'll say it together. Anytime you see the word down, we'll say it together. You guys good? Online, you good? You'll just type up or you'll type down. You guys ready?2:19 Okay. When the people saw that Moses delayed to come Down. From the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him What? Make us gods who2:31 will go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us What? Out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him. So Aaron said to them, take off the rings of2:43 gold that are in your ears of your wives, your sons, your daughters, and bring them to me. So all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. And he received the2:55 gold from their hand from their hand and fashioned with it with a graving tool and made a golden calf. And they said, these are our gods, o Israel, who bought you3:07 God. Out of the land of Egypt. Let's go to verse 7, and then we'll pray. This is now the Lord talking to Moses while Aaron and the Israelites are turning up. Okay? So3:19 verse 7, it says, and the Lord said to Moses, go Go. For your people whom you brought Go. Out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves. Let's3:31 pray. God, we acknowledge that your word is true. Your word is powerful. Your word has the power to convict and inspire. I pray in3:43 the name of Jesus that we're encouraged tonight, that we're transformed tonight, Father God. I pray in the name of Jesus that you get me out of the way, and it just seems somehow, some way, those that are in person and3:55 online, it just seems like I'm having a 1 on 1 with each individual. Holy Spirit speak tonight. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. You may be seated. Hey,4:07 life has ups and downs. And if we're honest, we don't like the downs. We just like going up. Right? But I I highlighted the ups and downs because if you look at4:18 verses 1 through 4, you don't see God whatsoever. You see a people talking to Aaron helping him to go up, but then there's tension because in verse 7, God4:30 is already with Moses at the top of the mountain, and God called Moses to go down. So what is a hero? And before we talk about what what a kingdom4:42 hero is, I'm a give you 3 keys tonight. Let's kinda like squeeze a little bit here because how did we get here, church? In Exodus chapter 14, what ends up happening is Moses does 1 of4:54 the greatest miracles ever through God. And they walk through dry ground and their enemies died. Exodus 15, they're praising God. And now in Exodus 32, they5:06 took the gold that God gave them, tricked it off and made a golden calf. Then what they did was they said, I don't know about Moses. I don't know about God. Make me a God that I can worship. How did5:18 we get here? Well, there's 2 words in verse 1. It says that Moses delayed, and then it says, hey, we don't know what's next. So think5:29 about our life. Have you ever been in a season where God blesses you? And then, when you're trying to keep going forward and keep going up, there's delays.5:41 There's uncertainty. Hey, what's supposed to happen next, God? Why are you delaying? And when things don't happen on our time, sometimes we take things in our own hands instead of surrendering5:53 it to God. I wonder what things in your life, these delays or these uncertainties in your life, because delays and uncertainties test our faith. It's not6:05 till we're delayed or don't know what's next when we have to depend on God. And right here, they don't depend on God, they're depending on a person. But they build a golden calf. This is not a coincidence.6:18 Whenever there's delays in our life or whenever there's uncertainties, sometimes we just go back to what we're used to. See, they are from Egypt, and while they were in Egypt, they saw the Egyptians6:30 worshiping golden calves. There was an Egyptian god called Apis. So now, here they are, I don't I don't hear God in my life. I don't know what's next, so then I'm gonna build6:42 something that I could control taking me back to a season I committed not to go back to. Now instead of us being like, man, that's crazy, man. Like, I would never build a golden6:53 calf. Oh, wait wait wait. Have you ever been in a delay? Have you have you ever been in a bad relationship? You get out of that relationship, you're single, but then there's a delay.7:05 There's an uncertainty, and then you go back to that situationship. Have you ever said, you know what? I'm not going back to that bar again, but God isn't speaking the way I thought God was speaking. In7:16 this uncertainty, I find myself back with the same homies, back at the same bar, back with the same drugs. And this is the Egyptians going back to bondage. Now when7:28 we look at the text, we grow once we say, you know what? I'm the children of Israel. I can in 1 season worship God, and then the next season be like, well, what can I control7:40 or what can I do? So the question for us is, what is your 2025 golden calf? I have I have I have some illustrations of this. You know, have you ever been in a season7:52 where you're praying and you're asking God to move and you're asking God to bless, and then you get the job, you get the promotion, and all of a sudden, there are signs. All of a sudden,8:04 it's like, yeah, God is good. You know what I'm saying? I just wanna thank my Lord and savior Jesus Christ. You know what I mean? You know you know, I once was lost, but now I'm fine. You know what I'm saying? I'm just8:14 doing my thing. You know what I'm saying? Because God is faithful. You know what I'm saying? Like, I this is how I and they'd be like, where does humility go? I can't preach with these. Now, there's nothing8:26 wrong with wearing gold. Nothing wrong with having gold. It's everything wrong with gold having you. You can flex. That's fine. You could be okay with having good things, but if the8:38 good things have you and we forget about Jesus, it becomes an idol in our life. What about our ladies? Man, I want that new I want that new Chanel,8:50 Goyard, Louis. Have have you ever have you ever spent all your money on the purse? And now you got no money to go to go out? You go out, you9:02 hungry? No. No. I'm fasting. I'm fasting. I but this is how we are sometimes. Focusing on everything on the outside broke on the inside.9:13 I forgot I had these on. I forgot I had these on. And some of you guys are like, pastor, I I I don't I don't rock with that. I am generous. I am a good person.9:25 I give my tithes. If you're a good person, that's wonderful. But what are the motives of why you do good? See, some of us, we're not moved by the gold chains and the purposes, but we're9:37 moved by the affirmation. Oh, you're a good pastor. Oh, that was such a good story. Hey, do you crave the affirmation of people? You do something and it's like, hey, you know, you're so responsible and you do such a good9:49 job. See, the test of this is when you do something for somebody and they don't say thank you, and they don't honor you, and they do don't do something for you, you'd be like, wait, hold up, hold up. Where's my honor?10:00 Wait, what? Are you doing this for people or are you doing this for God? Now, do I look like a hero? Kinda, Kinda,10:12 Okay. So so we're gonna talk about 3 keys to be a kingdom hero. Here's the first key. Heroes please God instead of people. Heroes please God instead of people. First10:24 Thessalonians 2 4 says, but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel Oh, okay. Alright. Hey, look. Great sermon. Okay. I'll I'll keep it here.10:36 Not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts. God has already approved us. And when we know that God has already approved us, we don't need the approval of10:47 man. And the test of that is when you don't get the applause from man. Now, let's go a little deeper. Let's talk about Aaron and Moses. I like looking at their names in Hebrew because it gives us a little bit more. If10:58 you look at Aaron, especially, there's a my name is Aaron. If you look at Aaron, his name means exalted, high mountain, lifted up, prominent. Aaron's are gifted. Aaron,11:10 Moses' brother, was a communicator. He knew how to do church work. He was a priest. But Aaron's struggle with, I wanna be at the top. I wanna be the Hefei. I wanna be exalted11:22 high. Now, you look at the you look at the contrast with Moses. Moses in Hebrew means drawn out. It's a part of his story. He almost died. He was carried in the water. He was drawn out of the water. And that's why God11:32 will call him to draw millions out of the water. But there's a tension on carrying out how God has called you to be a hero, not how he's called your brother11:44 to be a hero. Moses and Aaron are 3 years apart. How do I know that? I just make it up so that way it just sounds more realistic. I'm just kidding. Read your Bibles. Exodus chapter11:56 7 verse 7. It says, Moses was 8 80 years old and Aaron was 83 years old when they spoke to Pharaoh. So hold up. Aaron's the older brother, but he's serving the younger brother.12:08 Both of them are leaders. Aaron's in the support role. You seeing some of the tension? Where I'm the gifted 1, I'm the older 1, but why do I report to Moses? We have this12:20 in Exodus 17. I'm just giving you some context because when we look at the psyche of people in the Bible, if we want the power to change, then we gotta recognize, man, I'd be doing that sometimes. Exodus 17 verse12:32 12, what happened was, you gotta read it yourself, the children of Israel were fighting. Moses was at the top of the mountain, Aaron's name. And Moses is lifting his hands up, and whenever his hands were lifted, they12:44 would win. But he got weary, so he needed the support from Aaron and her to keep his hands lifted up. Now, can you picture Aaron sometimes? Where12:55 I'm holding Moses' arms up. Why is Moses so weak? I do more push ups than Moses. He's always asking me to speak for him. I I see so see so insecure. See, this could13:07 be going on in his mind, but sometimes this goes on in our mind when God tells us to support the hero. And as us supporting the hero, that's our assignment in being the hero. But maybe that's13:19 not enough for you and I. How do I know that? Because my name is Aaron. And I have a brother that's 3 years younger than me. And God likes to get in my face when I read the bible. So13:31 I'm gonna tell you a little bit about me. I had dreams of playing in the NBA, but people weren't signing up to put people on the team that were 4 11 in high school. So my13:43 freshman year in high school, get cut. Sophomore year in high school, I get cut. Junior year in high school, I get cut from the basketball team. While this is going on, my brother Jonathan is the basketball star. He13:54 already has a beard. He's tall. He's handsome. So when he was in high school, they were like, oh, Jonathan, he looks like Morris Chestnut. And they were like, oh, Aaron, he's cute. He looks like Steve Urkel. And I'm14:05 like, come on, man. But see, this is a picture of my brother Jonathan played professional basketball for 10 years, Germany, Austria, blah blah blah. So when I was in high school actually, when I graduated from high14:16 school, I would come home from work and see my brother, Jonathan, and my parents in the living room with all the recruiters from different schools trying to put them on the team. There was just something on the inside of14:27 me. Why wasn't I chosen? Why why am I 5 8 and 3 quarters? What's going on with this? And so so so my brother, remember when my brother Jonathan, he won the14:39 championship in Germany. There's a picture when he won the championship in Germany. And and what happened was we were celebrating, and then when we come out, because he let me wear all of the all of his, like, jersey14:50 gear with the team, The people didn't know English. So there's these like young females and they were coming up to me with the calendar because the team will be on the calendar. And they were like talking in German like,15:01 hey, whatever they're saying. And then, was like, oh, they want my autograph. I'm not on the team. But I was like, well, they think I'm on the team. Look for the shortest black guy and just put my15:13 Man, I wanted to be a hero. I'm next to my brother while he's on the bench and I'm encouraging him, But he's the star, and I'm supporting him. But I would be lying to you if not on the way home15:25 on the air in my on the flight. God, why did I have to get cut? Why am I not chosen? Man, he's the hero. Am I the only 1 church?15:37 Where instead of looking at God, you start looking at others. So then I became a people pleaser. And I said, you know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna climb the corporate ladder. And as long as people15:49 affirm me, I'll be good. So I go to Bank of America, I'm working, and I remember I trained managers in Virginia Beach, and I made my boss proud. And my boss said, hey, we're gonna promote 5 people today. And16:01 I just knew 1 of them was me. 5 people getting promoted. She's sending me to train. And as they're listing the 5 people, where's my name? And now that16:13 flight home from Virginia Beach feels a lot like that flight home from Germany. That little boy in high school that wasn't good enough, that was cut, that wasn't chosen, but God16:25 had to minister to me and say, hey, do you value being chosen by people or being chosen by me? You are already chosen by me. If you look to me, I have assignments for you to be a hero. You're not16:37 good in basketball, Aaron. But what has God called you to do? The challenge is don't look to the left, don't look to the right, look up at God. God has16:48 a special assignment for you because He loves you, He's called you, and you will be a hero when you look at what God has called you to do. Amen? Amen. There's a quote by R. C. Sproul that says,17:00 God does not choose us because we are good, He chooses us because He is good. Spend so much time trying to be good enough instead of just receiving God's goodness. So17:12 point number 1 is heroes please God instead of people. Point number 2, heroes pass the ball and catch the blame. He rose past the ball and catch the blame.17:24 Let's talk about this because in Exodus chapter 32, Aaron makes that poor decision, and now it's time for accountability. Now, let's look at the conversation between Moses and between17:35 Aaron. Verse 21, and Moses said to Aaron, what did these people do to you that you did this great sin? Aaron said, let not the anger of my Lord burn hot. You know the people, they17:47 are set on evil. For they said to me, make us gods that go before us. And before Moses, I don't know what happened with him. We don't know what's become of him. So I said to them, let anyone that has gold take it off.17:58 Look at this. So they gave it to me, I threw it in, and out came this calf. See, you want the promotion, but you can't handle the pressure.18:11 So now Moses, in verse 30 no, no, let's go down and see. Moses, The next day, he said to the people, you have sinned a great sin. He's talking to the people. But he said, now I will go up to the18:23 Lord. Perhaps I can make an atonement for your sin. So Moses returned to the Lord and said, alas, this people has sinned a great sin. They have made for themselves gods of gold. But now, if you will forgive their18:34 sin, but if not, block me out of your book that you have written. Heroes pass the ball and catch the blame. When Moses went18:46 up to the mountain, he said, hey, Aaron's in charge. It's Exodus chapter 24. He says that, and he says, if you got any problems, see Aaron. And now Aaron now gets in charge, and he's been waiting so much, he let that18:58 insecurity get the best of him and go out of God's will. He could have done better if he said, you know what, that's my fault. I'm a people pleaser. I let the people get the best of me. But he didn't do that. So Moses is19:10 the 1 that has to do that. And if you want to be a hero, it's not about you just scoring, it's about making sure your team wins. You know, I wanna I wanna I19:21 wanna give you an example because as leaders at Patria, we read this book called Hero Maker. We did this as staff, and it talked about don't not you just being the hero, but you finding19:33 gold in someone else and making them a hero. This is a this is a phenomenal book, and I wanna share a story that came to my mind when I was reading that book because it made me think about NBA coaches and their19:45 journey in the NBA. So I wanna do something together online. You guys ready? Yes. Rancho, you didn't have to say Okay. Okay. Rancho, you ready? Yeah. Okay. I'm gonna put a19:57 name on the screen. Uh-huh. When I put the name on the screen, for those that don't know the name, just start shouting out who he is. You guys ready? Alright. Let's put the name on the screen. What are some thoughts that20:09 come to mind about this person? Who is he? Coach. Talk to me. Online. Type it. Lakers. Lakers. Coach. Championships.20:21 Bulls? Player. Ah, okay. So let's so let's say Phil Jackson was in the front row. Phil Jackson has an opportunity to feel20:33 honored or triggered Because he could be like, wait wait wait wait. Y'all disrespected me. I played in the NBA. Y'all don't remember when I played for the Knicks?20:45 And we'd be like, you did? He's like, yeah, show the picture when I play for the Knicks. I gotta jump shot too. I can block shots too. I'm good as well. And we were like, hey, Phil, actually20:57 chill, bro. Like, you made it to the league, but like, that's not what you're really known for. But what if he was prideful and for didn't be able to become a21:09 coach because he wanted to be the best player? If we look at the next picture on the screen, this is what his legacy is. 11 championships. Do you know how hard it is to coach Michael21:20 Jordan, Dennis Rodman and Scottie Pippen at the same time? But when you look at this picture, this picture is beautiful, not only because he21:31 continued his legacy, but there's another person on this picture on the left side. Anybody know who that guy is on the left side with a towel around his knee? Steve Kerr. So he's not getting playing time,21:43 obviously. I remember when I used to ride the bench, used to put a towel around my neck. Okay. I'm I'm part of it. You know? So so so he's not getting playing time, but he's in the league because he's a great 3 point21:54 shooter. Now, if you know Steve Kerr, what is his legacy? Coaching the greatest 3 point shooter ever, Stephen Curry. So let's look at this picture right here.22:06 See, this is how heroes take place. Not just focusing on your job description, focusing on what you can bring to the table, but God, how can you use me to get the best out of other people?22:20 Think about Steve Kerr for a moment. Because Steve Kerr, he can shoot. Well, who's a better shooter? Stephen Curry or Steve Kerr? Stephen Curry, the best. So picture them at the22:32 ARCO Arena and everybody's saying, Curry Curry Curry Curry Curry. Steve Curry has a decision to make. He could be triggered in his22:44 soul, man, I I had dreams of people saying my name. Or he could celebrate the fact, man, we win and we win and we champions. Thank you, Jesus, for letting me Now,22:55 what about you? There may be areas in your life that you're not so great at, but God will use you to help develop the next person. It's about legacy. It's about passing23:07 the ball and catching the blame. There's a quote by Ed Mylett. He says, you are most qualified to help the person you used to be.23:21 Whether you were a great coach or whether you had great failures. And when you bounce back and you show the goodness of the Lord, that's how heroes are made and heroes are multiplied. Amen? So23:33 to conclude, we said heroes please God instead of people. Heroes pass the ball and catch the blame. My last point is heroes point to God and glorify Him. Heroes point to23:45 God and glorify Him. Every single time you see Stephen Curry make a 3 point shot, he points up to God. So, the definition of glory is when something good happens in23:57 your life, who gets the credit? Because in the culture was a, Curry, you're amazing. And as you look at Curry, Curry says, no, give that to God. Let me give you an example where Moses24:09 did that. Thank you, sir. Exodus 14, when Moses does his greatest miracle through Jesus, is splitting the Red Sea with his staff. We'll talk about that next week. Notice his language in24:20 Exodus 14 13. Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord. There are some heroes that say, fear not.24:32 I'm here. Been working on this trick with water. Everybody stand back. I got it. Now, here's the thing. Anybody could be humble when they're losing.24:44 It's hardest to be humble when you're winning. So Moses gets this win in Exodus 14, and people are like, my God, Moses, we y'all, you go up to the mountain. You got something on God. We don't go But if we look at Exodus24:56 chapter 32, when Moses is upset about the golden calf, look at the language in verse 26. He says, who's on the Lord's side? Come to me.25:08 And if you wanna be a hero in the kingdom of God, you are more concerned with people following Jesus than following you. He's saying, if you're on the Lord's side, come to me. He's not saying,25:19 hey, who wants to win? Be on my squad. You you already know I'll be doing miracles. No. No. He's humble. Follow me as I follow Christ. That's what Paul said. Even Jesus would do this in John chapter 5.25:31 John chapter 5, 1 of Jesus' greatest miracle, man laying for 38 years, he heals them. And Jesus says in John 5 30, I can do nothing on my own, only as the Father25:43 directs me. Wait a minute, Jesus. You have the humility. You are the model on when something great happens, where the credit goes. It goes to God,25:55 not us. I wanna conclude with a story. You know, you kinda heard my basketball story. So I used to go to 24 hour fitness a26:07 lot. And we used to play this half court 3 on 3 basketball. And every single time I would go to the basketball court, I would lose. No matter who26:19 would be on my team, I would lose. And like, there would be the same 3 people on the court that are just beating us every single time. Anybody go to and play pickleball and you just see the same people26:31 on the court, they're dominating the court? So I said, you know what? I'm about to get better. I started going to another gym and I started practicing because as I said, when I come back, I am26:43 gonna win. So I started working on my 3 point shot, y'all. Started working on my HESI, started working on my left hand scoop. Like, I had everything ready. So I go back to the gym, and26:55 the same 3 people are on the court winning every single time. You know who these 3 people are? I think you know them as well. The flesh, the world,27:07 and Satan. Every single time I'm trying to get on this basketball court and beat them, every single time I try to get people to help me, they dominate. Every time. So I said, no,27:19 we're win this time. We're win. I've improved. I've worked on my jump shot. So what I did, I'm scanning the gym looking for people good enough to play. You know, somebody tried to be on your team like, hey, you got I27:30 already got my squad, you know. So so what happens is God the Father and the Holy Spirit walk in the gym. Big boys. I'm like, oh, shoot. There's27:42 God the Father right there. So so so I go up to God the Father, like, yo, yo, God, God. First of all, thank you. And, you know, I'm sick of losing, man. So I figured you guys could be on my27:54 team because I'm a shooter. You guys are big. You guys can help me with rebounds, and we can take them. You wanna play on my team? You know, God the Father and the Holy Spirit, they didn't even look at me.28:06 They ignored me. They looked right past me, and I got very angry. Actually, I got hurt. I was deflated because I'm like, I thought God said he loved me. I I thought I thought God would help me. I thought God would be28:18 there for me. And the game is almost over. I'm next. I'm just sitting at the sideline, and all of a sudden, Jesus walks in the gym. Jesus looks good, y'all. He got cornrows,28:30 got the latest Jordans, he got kids all around him, Forrest Frank in the background. And and he comes right up to me and he says, yo, I'm good. He wouldn't28:42 say what's good, but he's good. So he here's what he said, I'm good. So I said, hey, Jesus. Can you talk to God the father? I went up to God the father and I asked him to be28:54 on the team and can you believe God ignored me? So I was hoping, hey, you go talk to them. Maybe they could be on our squad and then I can beat the flesh, the enemy in the in the world.29:06 And Jesus, he chuckled and he said, you were trying to talk to God the father without going through me? I said, what do you mean? He said, haven't29:18 you read John 4 14 6? I am the way. I am the truth. I am the life. No 1 goes to the father except through me. I said, well, I I ain't got that far yet. And he29:30 looks at me and he says, hey, do you really wanna win? Yes. I wanna win. Hey, do you really wanna win, Aaron? I said, yeah, man. I wanna win. Jesus29:42 said, then pass the ball and give it to me. So in that moment, I'm frustrated because I've been doing all this practicing and working on29:54 my skills, and I was I had it pictured in my mind that I was gonna get the glory because finally, I'm gonna win. And Jesus looks at me and he says, hey, I love you.30:06 I see your insecurities. I see your jealousies. I see your tendency to people plead. I've seen the rejections. I've seen you try and try and try and lose. When are you gonna surrender30:18 and give it to me? So I said, Jesus, what what do I do? He said, look, you stay on the court on the sideline, let30:30 me play for you. God the Father, Holy Spirit, we're the 3 that's supposed to win, and you'll be on the sidelines. So was like, what am supposed to do? I'm supposed to have the ball. And you know what Jesus did? He gave30:40 me a pom pom. I said, Jesus, you're being disrespectful, bro. He said, no, no, no, you don't understand it. You've been playing the wrong30:52 role on team Jesus. You've been trying to get playing time to score, but if you really wanna win, there are so many people like you, Aaron, that people please. There's so many people like you that are fighting things.31:02 And your job is to say, hey, join team Jesus. He loves you as is. He died on the cross for your sin. Look at him right there. He took your pain. He took your shame. He's the 1 that's glorified. Nobody31:15 don't don't look at me. Look at him. He said, that's your role. And I did that Easter of 2010. And I've been on team Jesus ever31:26 since. Not trying to improve to be good enough to God, for God, but receiving that Jesus was good enough to get to me. What about you? Have you been31:38 trying to be the hero? Do you wanna score or do you wanna win? If you wanna win, put the ball down, man. Whatever whatever31:50 is in your hand that you're trying to improve in. Right now, I believe the Holy Spirit is showing you what that is. Might be a relationship. It may be a job. It may be perfection. Whatever32:02 that is, what Jesus is saying is, hey, I already carry that for you. Will you trust me with your sin? Will you trust me with your shame? And you32:14 live a life cheering me on, not just by singing songs, but how you treat other people, with how with how you treat your enemies, or how you32:26 treat people that disagree with you. Because if you're on team Jesus, we glorify him. We don't glorify us. Let's pray. Heavenly father, in the name of32:38 Jesus, I thank you that you taught us tonight that your grace is more beyond our failure. As I was speaking32:49 tonight, God, I felt it, that people are in the room that are carrying things heavy, that people are in the room are trying to improve in areas you already died for. I thank you that33:01 supernaturally, people are passing the ball to you. People are picking up their pom poms, and they're cheering that you have died on the cross, that you have rose again, that33:13 we are worth dying for, and that our job is to recruit others to be on team Jesus. Amen. With all heads bowed and eyes closed, I believe this is a holy33:24 moment. If you're online, lock in with me. If you wanna be a hero, follow the 1 who already died for you. He loves you as is.33:36 We already prayed, but I'm gonna ask you to do something courageous online. I'm gonna ask you do something courageous that that are in person. With our heads bowed and our eyes closed,33:48 when I gave that demonstration, I felt like some of you saw your life. You saw areas that you're trying to improve. And what you learn today34:00 is Jesus is more concerned with your surrender because he's already accepted you as is. So I'm just gonna ask for your courage because Patriot is a safe place. We've been praying for you in this moment already.34:13 If you're online on the count of 3, I just want you to type yes if you gave your life to Christ. If you're here on per in person, I want you to raise your hand high in the air34:25 to celebrate the fact, you know what? I'm on team Jesus, and you're gonna see all of team Jesus celebrate you. But there's another group in here. You've already given your life to34:37 team Jesus. But there's some things that have happened in your life that have hurt you, that have scarred you. There's wounds. There's frustrations. And what Jesus wants to do in this moment is say, hey. You trust me to34:47 be your savior. You're not trusting me to be your Lord. Would you give your decisions to Jesus? Would you give him your desires? Would you give him those thoughts that stay stuck in your mind?34:59 If you're gonna make him your savior or you're gonna make him your Lord, on the count of 3, I want you to shoot your hand in the air so we can celebrate you. 1,35:11 2. Let's do this for Jesus. 1, 2, 3. Go ahead and raise your hand high. Raise your hand high. Raise your hand high. Oh my god. There's so many hands.35:19 Do me a favor. If you raise your hand, stand up. If you raise your35:22 hand, just stand up. This is a great moment. Let's come on, church. Let's celebrate people giving their life to Christ in the building, people giving their life to Christ online. Come on church. Let's celebrate. Jesus35:34 is on the throne. Jesus is God. Hallelujah. Hey, for those of you that are standing, just stay here for 1 more moment. Just 1 more moment. I just wanna tell you something35:46 briefly. Jesus is smiling. He loves you as is. You don't have to change anything about yourself to be more loved or less loved. But here's the power of God's35:58 love. His love is so influential, you'll start changing your values because you'll just wanna be like him. So the whole concept of church, this is just our weekly huddle to prepare us to36:09 go out in the world. So Patriot just wants to be a place that walks alongside you as you follow Jesus' decision by decision. You don't have to change everything, but what I would encourage you to do is leave your36:21 shame behind. God loves you. He's for you. Let's give it up for them 1 more time. You may be seated. Thank you. Man, God is doing some amazing36:33 things at Patriot, all of our campuses. I'm just so excited to be a part of that. And hey, if you gave your life to Christ, there's some information on the screens. This is 1 of the ways that we can stay connected with36:44 you. If you go to your phone and put w w w dot grow dot faith, you'll get a PDF book from our founding pastor, and it just talks about next steps in your faith journey. And speaking of faith journey, if36:55 you've been coming to our church, you're like, hey, how can I get more plugged in? Every Sunday at 9 AM, we have a class called growth track. It talks about our vision and our values, but most importantly, you. God loves37:07 you and he's wired you to make a difference in your family and in the kingdom of God. So we invite you to go to our website and register, or you could talk to anybody at the welcome counter and they can help you with37:17 Growth Track. Amen? Let's all stand to our feet. Are you guys blessed for week 3 of At The Movies? Hallelujah. If you need specific prayer, we'll have a prayer team that'll37:29 love to pray for you. 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