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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 Values of Vision 0:00 We have a new series called the Values of Vision. And before I say anything, I just wanna honor our lead pastor for entrusting me to open up the series. I've never opened0:12 up a series on a weekend, so I just honor my lead pastor, Pastor Adam, for entrusting me for this. It was an inspiration from him, so thank you Pastor Adam. Who's ready to squeeze the scriptures this morning?0:25 Yeah. We're gonna we're gonna be in John chapter 13. So if you brought your bible, go ahead and go to John chapter 13, and I'll give a little bit of the why behind our values of vision series.0:37 We have so many new families that are joining us in our Patriot. We have people here for decades. We have people here that are first time guests, and we thought we would spend an entire month as a refresher to0:49 some or introduction to some on who our vision and our values are. So many of you know our vision. We have a threefold vision, and our vision is to1:02 Yes. And our values are? Price, price, and return, and demand. So you see how we had less participation there.1:14 I'll share this generally, and then I'll share the, the heart behind our values. You need vision and values to get victories. Vision plus values equal victories. Like, if you only haveChrist's Love and Leadership 1:26 vision and you have no values, you'll compromise to get victories. If you only have values, but you have no clear vision, you'll never know if you have victories. So this week, over the next 4 weeks,1:38 we're going to lean into those 4 C's, Christ, Community, Character, and Commitment. Those are the guardrails of how we execute the vision of seek the lost, teach the found, send the disciples.1:50 I want to honor our founding pastor, Pastor Diego. He started this church with 12 people in his home with that vision of seek the lost, teach the found, and send the disciples. But back then in his home, he didn't have2:01 HR, he didn't have policies and procedures, didn't have, employees, but then we grew, and as we grew, Pastor Diego put 2 documents in place: staff values and the culture of2:13 a l f c, And all staff have used these as our guiding principles of how we execute the vision. But when it was in Pastor Diego and Pastor Adam's heart to expand to campuses,2:25 what we wanted to do as a team is reduce these documents to 4 words. So the very start of the church of those values are those same words, Christ, community,2:37 character, and commitment. This weekend, we get to learn more about the value of Christ, And we pray that not only will you learn more about patriot, but that your gifts and your2:49 talents will be activated in our in our patriot, so we can seek the lost, teach the found, and send the disciples together. Amen? Amen. Let's all stand to our feet. John chapter 13.3:01 I'm going to read verse 1 through 5. I'm going to reduce the entire talk to 1 phrase right now. Christ loves, Christ leads, and Christ is3:12 Lord. Christ loves, he leads and he's Lord. I'll be reading from ESV. Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus3:24 knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the father, Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. During supper, when the devil had already put3:36 it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him, Jesus, knowing that the father had given all things into his hands Everybody say hands. Hands. We just had communion3:48 elements in our hands. And that he had come from God and was going back to God, rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments and taken a towel, tied it around his waist. Then he4:00 poured water into a basin, began to wash the disciples feet, and to and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. Let's pray. God,4:12 thank you for the vision and values of patriot. I thank you, Christ, for you showing your love to us. Now God, as we get into your scriptures,4:24 may we learn not just about the disciples, but as we are disciples, help us to learn these values for ourselves so we can apply them in our lives. In Christ's name we pray.4:37 Amen. You may be seated. You may be seated. When we look at John chapter 13, verse 1 through 5, I think this is 1 of the best examples of4:48 Christ demonstrating love. Because you have the Father who is saying, Hey son, I'm going to put all things in your hands. All authority is in your5:00 hands. Now I want you to think, family, if God came to you and said, Hey, I'm going to put anything you want in your hand right now. What would you choose? If you could5:12 have 1 thing, He's going to put it in your hand right now. What would you choose? Well, just survey what you've been praying for. Some of you are praying for the mortgage rates to drop.5:26 Some of you are praying for your spouse. Some of you are praying for your health. Some of you are praying for your kids. And all those things are good, but Christ showing the value of love with all things that he could5:37 have in his hands, decides to put our feet to wash us in his hands. What love of Christ. I have all authority. I have all options.5:49 Give me those dirty feet. That's why we're looking at the value of Christ here. And see, what we're gonna do is talk a little bit about cultural context, so it can6:01 help us. So back in the day, the disciples weren't wearing Jordans. They were wearing sandals. And then when they would walk, they were clean, but they would walk in a fallen, dirty6:12 world. So then their sandals, and probably a picture on the screen, this is what a disciple's feet would look like. Well, some of your feet today look like this right now, but that's okay. But what happened was, custom6:24 back then, there would be these water basins at the front of people's house, and it was the job of the slave to wash the feet of those who come in the house. Here's why. There's a lot of6:36 times in scripture, when they're eating dinner or supper, the scripture will say they reclined at table. So when they were sitting at table, they weren't just sitting how you and I sit where you can't see the feet. What6:47 will happen is when they will recline at table, their culture, it will be a low table, they will use their left elbow for support, and they will use their right hand to eat, and their feet will be out like this.6:59 Now picture Jesus looking at the dirty feet of the disciples. Man, your feet is in my face. Your feet by my pita bread. Right? So so what what Jesus is trying to do7:11 is say, hey, nobody washed the disciples' feet. He saw the need and he took the lead, so he washed the feet because the disciples wouldn't do it. And the reason7:23 why I'm saying he's doing that for us because it brings more color to the scripture when you know the story of the disciples that were there. So for love, lead, and Lord, what we're going7:35 to do is zoom in to the life and story of 1 of the disciples, so we can apply our life to how Christ would treat us. You guys down to do that? And I don't have the sandals that the disciples have, but7:47 I have the best thing. I have the new version of disciple sandals. They're called Crocs. These Crocs are amazing. They're discipleship shoes. You can baptize in them. You can preach7:59 in them. They're very comfortable. They save your feet. Right? But these are the 12 disciples. It looks at their diversity, but when we looked at the first part, it said that you have the father directing Jesus8:11 to love, but you have Satan directing Judas to betray. So what we're gonna do is come out of our shoes, and we're gonna go into Judas' shoes. Now,8:23 here's Judas' shoes. They're pretty nice. You could dress these up. The difference between these crocs and the other ones, there's no holes in it. And no matter what Christ tried to do for, for Judas, it never penetrated8:34 his heart. Right? So as I as I as I'm trying to put on these these shoes oh shoot. Judas, he always get he always got money stuffed everywhere. He always he's always focusing on money. Look8:46 at Judas. Hey, Judas, he got money on his mind. Now, when I'm when I'm putting on the shoes and I'm thinking about Judas' story, I'm actually feeling kinda good right now. I got a good job, I'm hanging with8:58 Judas, I got good gifts and everything like that, but I have money on my mind. And it's a question that what I want to ask all of us is what do you value more,9:10 your resume or your eulogy? Because your resume is how you describe you to get in the room. Your resume is how you describe you9:22 to get approval from people. Your eulogy is how others describe you when you're no longer in the room. Which 1 do you value more? Because I went to Israel9:34 recently, and I just so happened to negotiate to get some artifacts, and I was able to purchase Judas' resume. You guys wanna see Judas' resume? Okay. It's not in mint condition. Here's9:46 Judas' resume right here. Let me pull it out. And this is Judas. It was in a scroll back then, so here it is. This is Judas. He he's the CFO of Kingdom Operations, and and and when he9:57 sent his resume and he had pictures, this is him flexing with the chief priests. He would always hang with them for opportunities. But if you look at his skills, his skills are financial management, negotiation,10:08 strategic planning, confidentiality. Look at his references. Jesus Christ is his reference. The chief priests are his reference. But here's what we don't see in someone's10:20 resume. He does have negotiation skills. He does have confidentiality, but not to value Christ, to betray Christ. He used his skills to finesse10:32 with the chief priest to betray Christ. You know what's so crazy? When you think about Judas and he's getting his feet washed10:44 by Jesus, can you picture Christ washing his feet while he has this in his pocket? And that sounds like a lot10:56 of you guys a lot of us on our faith journey, we come to church and we allow Christ to wash us, but we're still holding on to what has our attention. I wonder what we're11:08 valuing that when Christ tries to wash us, it really can't penetrate our hearts because this is on our minds so much. It was money for Judas. I don't know what it is for you, but11:19 when Christ tries to wash us, he wants us to release everything out of our hands so we can be free in Christ. And this is what11:31 Christ would do. Christ doesn't try to, dominate us and dominate notice Christ, he washed Judas' feet. He was like, Everybody's loyal except Judas. No, he's not like that because Christ11:43 Christ loves. But here's what Christ will do. He will try to influence you to change your values by allowing you to see others in your life that already have their values changed.11:55 I'll give you an example. Have have you ever, gone out to lunch with a friend, and then you order food, and you'll be like, Let me get those chicken wings, let me get French fries, Doctor Pepper, and then let me get a12:06 chocolate shake. Right? And then your friend says, Oh, can I get quinoa? Let me get a Do you have a multivitamin and some organic water? He be like, We got some different values. You ever been on12:18 a double date, and then you're walking with your partner, and the other partner, they're holding hands, they're skipping, they have pet names for each other, they're kissing each other, and you're looking at your partner12:28 like, Man, we don't even we don't get down like them. Is something wrong with us? I I remember recently getting challenged in my values, because I was traveling with pastor Adam and pastor Ashley. We're at a12:39 conference, and I was like, next morning, I'm a get up, and I'm a go to the gym and run on the treadmill. So I get up, I go to the gym, Pastor Ashley's already in the gym. She's staring in the mirror, looking at her12:51 shoulders. And I'm like, different values. Different values. Why am I saying that?13:02 Because we're in John chapter 13, but as well as well if you look at at John chapter 12. Because in John chapter 12, there will be another dinner party, but it would be Jesus' feet that would be13:14 anointed by Mary of Bethany. Judas was at that dinner party. So while Christ was washing Judas feet, what he was thinking about is his money or Mary who13:26 was already already honoring Jesus. And I just so happened to have Mary's eulogy. I got Mary's eulogy. You guys want to see Mary's eulogy? Yeah,13:38 yeah. Yeah, hopefully the church will reimburse me for all these things. But if we look at the life and the legacy of Mary Bethany, I'm not going to read it all, but they instructed me13:49 about her homegoing service. There were some pictures that was on her program, and she was always at Jesus' feet. When her brother died, she was at his feet. Lord, if you had been14:01 here, my brother Lazarus wouldn't have died. Luke chapter 10 verse 25, she sat at his feet for his teaching. And then in John chapter 12, what she would do is break some perfume14:14 and break it on Jesus' feet and use her hair to anoint his feet. So what it says here in lieu of flowers, the family has requested those who wish to honor Mary's memory take a moment to sit at14:26 the feet of the Lord, listen to his teachers, and seek a deeper relationship with him just as Mary did. That's good stuff. Resume or eulogy.14:39 And as we try to apply this in our life, there's 3 questions that I want to ask us that I've been challenged with. And the 3 questions should be on the screen. What's more important to you,14:50 values or valuables? Values or valuables? Because you know, with Mary, she broke a pure nard imported from Northern15:02 India, and it was worth 300 denarii. Judas betrayed Christ for 30 pieces of silver. 30 pieces of silver is worth less than 300 denarii. So15:14 she gave more than double than what Judas took. Resume, eulogy, values are valuable. The second thing is, how can your value of Christ impact an entire15:26 room? Can you picture everybody in John chapter 12? They're coming to the dinner party, and they smell something. Now what is that smell? It smells so good. What is that? And then you get directed to Jesus'15:38 feet? I wonder what you and I can do to use our gifts that from our kitchen table, from our jobs, wherever we're at, that people will see what we value, and our values impact an entire room,15:50 and the things that we do bring more value and attention to Christ. And the last 1 is, what do we want, more approval of people, or acceptance of Christ?16:03 What's more important to you? How you look, or how you make Christ look? Here's an artifact that I got from Israel. This is my last artifact. I have the actual hair weave that16:15 Mary had when she washed Jesus' feet. Why y'all hating me? Her hair wasn't that long. So, what she did was, she had just got her16:27 hair done. She took off her hair piece, that's why it was efficient. She was able to get down, and she was able to wash the feet, and then she was able to put it back and keep it pushing. That's what she did.16:39 I'm just making sure you guys are awake. But here's the thing, what if Christ compels you to do something, but you just got your hair done? You just got your nails done. You don't feel like16:51 doing it. Then what do you value more? How you look or how Christ looks? Amen. Amen.17:06 You may want to use that for 1 of my daughters. So Christ loves. He loves, but the second point is that he leads. He leads. And17:18 this is very interesting because he loves, and that's how we seek the loss. The way that Patriot seeks the loss, we turn or burn. We're down on the street corners, judge me. That's not our style.17:30 Our style is the goodness of God leads to repentance. So we're going to love you as is. This is a place where you belong, and we trust Christ that his love will influence you to change. That's why we seek the loss.17:42 But we lead in the way that we strive to lead is by example, teaching the found. But here's what's hard about teaching the found as I've been on my faith journey. It's more about unlearning than learning, and unlearning17:53 is harder than learning. And that's why we're gonna see a 1 on 1 meeting with Jesus and Simon Peter, because Simon Peter is already an entrepreneur, but I'm not too influenced by him yet because I18:05 haven't put his shoes on yet. Let me take Judas shoes off, and let me let me go to the big boys. Because if because there was 12 disciples, but Peter, James, and John, they were his inner circle. That's why18:17 these crocs are a little bigger. So this is Peter, he's the number 1 leader. So as I'm putting on Peter's crocs, I got a high business acumen. Because I'm an entrepreneur.18:29 I've already had a fishing business. I'm a leader. I like to take action. I don't really like taking off my sandals. It kind of wastes time because we've got more things to go do. Let's move. Let's move forward. And18:41 Jesus will want to pause and allow Peter to spend time with him in his presence. It'll be wise for us to understand a little bit more of the story of Simon Peter. If we go18:53 to John chapter 1, verse 42, I see something beautiful on how Christ would love and lead Peter. What he says to him is, I love you, Simon. You are Simon. I19:05 accept you as you are. But you shall be Cephas, which means Peter. Now here's what, Simon Peter means. Simon means listen. Peter means19:17 rock. What he's saying to Simon Peter, what he's inviting us is, if you listen to me, you could be a rock in my church. So I love you as is, but in order for me to lead you, you gotta listen to me,19:29 and then you could be more established. And what Jesus would do is turn Peter's stubbornness into boldness. So if you're a leader and you take action, you may want19:40 to lean into this. John chapter 13 verse 6 through 11. John chapter 13, 6 through 11. He came to Simon Peter,19:53 who said to him, 'Lord, do you wash my feet?' Jesus answered him, What I'm doing now you don't understand, but after you will understand unlearning. Peter said to20:04 him, You shall never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I do not wash you, you have no share with me. Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet, but my hands and my head. See how he's trying to20:16 maintain some level of control? It's good to know the story of people. Jesus said to him, the 1 who has bathed doesn't need to wash except for a seed, but is completely20:28 clean and you are clean. But not every 1 of you is clean. He's in his inner circle so he can tell him a little more information. For he knew who was going to betray him, that is why he said, not all of you are20:40 clean. A 1 on 1 leadership session with Peter and Jesus. See, here's the thing that Peter has to unlearn. He's an entrepreneur, but Jesus is training him as20:52 an intern. And it's hard for an entrepreneur to be an intern, that's humility training. And it's hard for us as leaders, we're the ones that are used to giving the calls, used to giving the place, people asking us21:03 questions, and now Jesus is saying, no, no, no. This season I need you to follow my lead. And this conversation with Jesus and Peter reminds me a lot of my conversations with me and my wife.21:15 Because just like when he said, Lord, do you wash my feet? You're not going to wash my feet. So, like, my wife would be like, Husband, what are we going to eat for dinner? We shall eat firehouse subs.21:27 My wife, We shall never eat firehouse subs. What I'm doing now, you don't understand, but if you get the turkey club sandwich, you will be You like you like that21:38 firehouse. Right? But here's the thing, my wife was like, hey, I'm a follow your lead, but make it seem like I'm not. Like, I'm a I'm a do what you tell me to do, but like put it in a way that and that's Peter. Where I21:50 wanna be the leader, and I trust you as the leader, but I'm a leader too, so how are we gonna work this thing out? And what happens is it's hard for leaders to submit22:02 to another leader. When you look when you look at Peter's story, Peter is probably washing see Jesus wash all the disciples' feet, and he's probably thinking, how long is this going to22:14 take? We're just going kumbaya and just talk about our feelings and we just no. We gotta move. We gotta move forward. We gotta and it's hard for leaders to sit down and just be in the22:26 presence of God. Can you imagine the quality time that Simon Peter would have with Christ? Remember last Sunday, Pastor Nathan talked about those covenant22:37 friendships? Jesus, being a gentleman, will set out a chair for you, and he'll serve you by washing your feet, if you allow him to. So Simon Peter is fidgety because22:49 he wants to take action, and Jesus is saying, I'm trying to do something that you're going to need for a future season. So if you imagine Simon Peter, now he's settled, and Jesus is washing23:01 his feet, and he's probably thinking about Matthew chapter 14 verse 30. When they were in a storm, and he said, Christ, is that you? Let me come to you right now.23:13 And he tried to use his feet to get to Christ, and his feet failed. And now he's in a future season, and he's recognizing the very area I failed is the area that Christ wants to wash23:24 me. And any area that you failed is the exact area where Christ wants to wash you. Here's what he has an opportunity to unlearn23:36 if we sit in the presence of God. I was trying to be good enough to get to Christ, when I'm learning is Christ was good enough to get to me. Can you picture him? Because he's23:48 an entrepreneur. He takes ownership. And his mindset, if I caused it, I'll clean it. And Christ is saying, no, no, no. If you cause it, confess it, and I'll clean it. Because24:00 first John 1 9 says, Confess your sins, he is faithful and just to forgive you of your sins and cleanse you from all unrighteousness. Can you picture that quality time that Christ and Peter would24:12 have, when Christ will look at Peter and say, you are clean. I would long to sit in the presence of God and hear God say,24:24 you are clean. How do we do that? We start every morning renewing our mind to the word of God. Who cares about yesterday? We've repented. We've moved forward. You are clean. I fought with24:36 my spouse last night. You're in the presence of God. You are clean. I don't know what tomorrow is going to hold, but I gotta trust God. You are clean. Look to your neighbor and say, you24:48 are clean. Simon Peter would recognize, I don't have to live in my shame of25:00 how I failed. Because leaders, what they do is they take action, and sometimes they miss. Remember you tried to cut off Malchus' ear?25:23 We learn that Christ will lead. Now let's see if we'll trust him as Lord. As we conclude, let's look at the last disciple. I'm a put back Peter, put him back here with the big boys, Peter,Show more In this video 0:00 The Values of Vision1:22 Christ's Love and Leadership25:25 Trusting Christ as LordComments No comments yet. Start the conversation.
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