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As we come out of another Christmas season and head into another NEW YEAR...
There are certain things in life that I think the world would RALLY around and declare to be - HIGHLY VALUABLE...
Things that even people from different cultures and different backgrounds would say - ARE THINGS WORTHY of our HIGHEST PURSUIT!
HEALTH
PURPOSE
FREEDOM
PEACE
FOOD, WATER, SLEEP, OXYGEN
ALL of these things finding there way into the various CAUSES around the world...
As HUMAN RIGHTS take a forefront position in the world today.
Another area that we’ve seen MAJOR movements in over the decades has been the:
SELF-IMPROVEMENT movement
And it’s actually something that is extremely popular still today!
A Millennial is anyone born from 1981 - 1996…and
According to one survey, 94% of millennials reported making personal improvement commitments and said they’d be willing to spend nearly $300 a month on self-improvement.
SEE - self-improvement promises to help you “transcend your limitations” and “unlock your potential” as a human being.
And so - MILLENNIALS today - and many others - GRAVITATE to it!
Those that find the time to WORK OUT and get in shape - are GLAD THAT THEY DID...
And those that DON’T wish that they would!
I’m sure we’ve heard these slogans over the years!
Just Do It (Nike)
Think Different (Dell)
There is No Finish Line (Nike)
Because You’re Worth It (L'Oréal Paris)
Impossible is Nothing (AMX)
It's your world.
Take control (Apple)
Get more out of now (Electronic Arts)
Challenge everything (Ford)
Built for the road ahead (Fujitsu)
The possibilities are infinite (Gatorade)
Win from within (IMAX)
We BREATHE this air…every day!
We look around and we are PUSHED to BETTER OURSELVES...
to reach for the next RUNG in the ladder!
“Be the Best Version of You for Today!”
Heard this before?
The WORLD has many OPINIONS as to how you can ACHIEVE this...
And NONE of them would point to our TEXT today as a BLUEPRINT as to how to make this happen...
Our text today GOES SO MUCH AGAINST the GRAIN of AMERICA...
That if we DARE to walk down it’s path…we will SURELY change...
Let’s get to it!
If we remember 2 weeks ago - we finished our passage by seeing how the Pharisees has responded to Jesus ENTERING Jerusalem...
“Look, the WORLD has gone after Him”
The Pharisees look out - see Jesus coming into town…and see Jew AND Greek alike coming to Him…
celebrating Him
They see the influence that Christ is having over not JUST the Jewish people…but Greeks as well…
And it reiterates in the minds of the Pharisees that Jesus is here…and He’s playing hard ball!
See they’re in the POWER-GAME…
They desire POWER - and Ultimate INFLUENCE…in the lives of the people
And Jesus comes along…and He’s now the POPULAR one!
The Pharisees see NO VALUE FOR the people - to follow Jesus…They don’t think it would BENEFIT the people - for them to follow Jesus
And you can hear their disappointment in the verse from 2 weeks ago…
“We are gaining nothing…the world has gone after him”
And it’s THIS heart posture that forms the BASIS of the CONTRAST that will RISE UP against what Jesus says to us today!
As we walk through our text today - as Christ ELEVATES what it means to BE A CHRISTIAN…we’ll SEE that truth AGAINST the backdrop of this HEART Posture of the Pharisees!
We’ll see that the Pharisees didn’t POSSESS what Christ will bring us today…
So Greeks hear that Jesus is coming and they WANT to see Him…
As we ALL KNOW - there are many groups and clubs that we have opportunity to belong to…
book clubs
workout gyms
biking clubs
alumni groups
fraternities
sororities
art clubs
cooking groups
scouts
ALL of these groups - FOCUSED on a particular aspect of life…
SO - If you join a book club, you shouldn’t expect to discuss politics at your meetings
BUT SEE - what Jesus was doing…
healing the lame
giving sight to the blind
raising the dead
THESE THINGS - CUT ACROSS cultures…and societies…
And they IMPACT - a certain group?
NO - EVERYONE!
And so - EVERYONE comes to see this man - Jesus!
NOW - as we get into what Jesus says here - KEEP in your mind - What the Pharisees had said and their heart behind it…
Remember - WE are the Pharisees…Even if we’re REDEEMED - SAVED - we often times struggle and we EMBRACE the same heart posture of the Pharisees…
“my power is being attacked”
“[I] want control”
“[I] am in control of ME”
“I bow to NO ONE”
We struggle with these things…And so when we HEAR what Jesus is about to say:
We know how HARD these things are for us…
Jesus calls us to a HARD life…These are HARD things….YET Blessings come.
And we’ll walk thru both today.
So these Greeks want to see Jesus…
They want to HEAR what He has to say…they want to LISTEN and LEARN…
BUT DO THEY REALLY WANT to hear what Jesus has to say today…
Many people - EVEN BACK THEN - treat Jesus like a FAD…
He’s INTERESTING!
He’s NEW
He’s speaking what seems to be ABSTRACT philosophy…AND SO - yeah - let’s check him out
Let’s LISTEN - AS LONG AS WE LIKE WHAT WE HEAR
And we ALL have to take heed here - ARE WE THE SAME WAY?**
Are we here to HEAR the Word or HEAR the word?
Where one leaves us DOING what we hear, while the other leaves us VOID of the DOING!
As we walk through how Jesus responds to these men wanting to see Him…
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