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[4307.26 --> 4308.20] the scriptures teach us |
[4308.20 --> 4310.04] that at this very moment, |
[4310.64 --> 4312.72] Jesus is interceding for you |
[4312.72 --> 4313.86] and for me. |
[4314.70 --> 4315.76] Just take that in for a minute. |
[4316.46 --> 4317.48] That's what he's doing right now. |
[4317.84 --> 4319.78] Like the present tense ministry of Jesus |
[4319.78 --> 4321.24] is interceding for us. |
[4321.26 --> 4322.68] Let me read us a verse |
[4322.68 --> 4324.06] from Romans chapter eight. |
[4324.54 --> 4326.12] This is so powerful on so many levels. |
[4326.66 --> 4327.82] We read from Romans eight, |
[4327.82 --> 4329.80] who will bring any charge |
[4329.80 --> 4331.52] against those whom God has chosen? |
[4332.20 --> 4333.94] It's God who justifies. |
[4333.94 --> 4336.42] Who then is the one who can condemn? |
[4337.12 --> 4337.86] No one. |
[4338.58 --> 4340.14] It's Jesus Christ who died. |
[4340.30 --> 4340.86] More than that, |
[4340.94 --> 4342.48] who was raised to life |
[4342.48 --> 4343.72] is at the right hand of God. |
[4343.80 --> 4344.58] And listen to this, |
[4345.18 --> 4348.38] and is also interceding for us. |
[4348.40 --> 4349.36] And that is actually a phrase |
[4349.36 --> 4351.38] repeated in multiple passages. |
[4352.04 --> 4353.48] The Jesus who defeated death, |
[4353.78 --> 4354.68] the Jesus who is now |
[4354.68 --> 4355.66] at the right hand of the father |
[4355.66 --> 4357.36] is giving his time |
[4357.36 --> 4358.96] to intercede for you. |
[4359.76 --> 4360.32] And this, by the way, |
[4360.34 --> 4361.08] if you're here last night, |
[4361.16 --> 4362.04] this weaves together |
[4362.04 --> 4363.72] the priestly ministry of Jesus |
[4363.72 --> 4365.26] of interceding, |
[4365.64 --> 4367.72] of taking our concerns to God. |
[4367.82 --> 4369.38] Jesus is doing that very thing |
[4369.38 --> 4370.98] at the right hand of the father. |
[4373.32 --> 4374.84] Recently, I came across an artist |
[4374.84 --> 4376.48] whose name is Elizabeth Wang, |
[4376.98 --> 4377.94] Chinese artist, |
[4378.36 --> 4379.84] also a Catholic artist. |
[4380.04 --> 4383.36] And she has done like 10 pieces of art |
[4383.36 --> 4385.54] on the intercessory work of Jesus now. |
[4385.60 --> 4386.68] And I haven't actually come across |
[4386.68 --> 4387.96] a lot of art on this, |
[4388.06 --> 4389.10] but I think it's on the screen |
[4389.10 --> 4390.14] or it will be on the screen. |
[4390.78 --> 4391.40] There it is. |
[4391.40 --> 4392.58] Oh, it's not as huge |
[4392.58 --> 4393.32] as I'd like it to be, |
[4393.44 --> 4395.38] but I can walk us through it. |
[4395.44 --> 4397.86] So she's depicting a person praying. |
[4397.98 --> 4398.54] See at the bottom, |
[4398.66 --> 4399.36] the silhouette there, |
[4399.44 --> 4400.02] the person praying. |
[4400.08 --> 4400.88] There's a sense of like, |
[4401.16 --> 4402.36] they are in their life. |
[4402.62 --> 4403.32] There's almost a sense |
[4403.32 --> 4404.80] of being downcast in prayer |
[4404.80 --> 4405.86] and burdened by life. |
[4406.04 --> 4406.76] And then what do you see |
[4406.76 --> 4407.20] at the center? |
[4407.20 --> 4410.54] You see this huge Jesus, right? |
[4410.74 --> 4412.60] You see the nail holes in his hands |
[4412.60 --> 4415.16] and then you see the presence of God above him. |
[4415.22 --> 4416.84] And Jesus is just taking that prayer |
[4416.84 --> 4419.00] from us broken, weak humans |
[4419.00 --> 4421.00] and he's bringing it to the father, |
[4421.52 --> 4423.00] interceding on our behalf. |
[4423.38 --> 4426.44] Is that how you picture Jesus right now |
[4426.44 --> 4428.08] on behalf of the church, |
[4428.42 --> 4429.86] on behalf of our brokenness? |
[4429.86 --> 4431.84] That's the beauty of your savior, |
[4432.44 --> 4432.90] your king. |
[4435.82 --> 4438.78] Now I want to talk about the third thing |
[4438.78 --> 4440.76] that Jesus is doing right now |
[4440.76 --> 4441.82] in heaven, |
[4442.08 --> 4442.90] in real time. |
[4443.32 --> 4444.96] And that is equipping us |
[4444.96 --> 4446.26] for mission. |
[4446.96 --> 4448.44] Equipping every single one of us |
[4448.44 --> 4449.82] from the youngest to the oldest |
[4449.82 --> 4451.46] for ministry by the power |
[4451.46 --> 4452.30] of the Holy Spirit. |
[4453.10 --> 4454.98] In fact, there's this like strange verse |
[4454.98 --> 4456.56] in John chapter 14 |
[4456.56 --> 4459.02] where Jesus is preparing his disciples |
[4459.02 --> 4460.58] for his leaving. |
[4460.72 --> 4461.52] He says, I'm going to die, |
[4461.58 --> 4462.50] I'm going to rise and depart |
[4462.50 --> 4464.28] and then I'm going to ascend you to the spirit. |
[4464.40 --> 4465.22] And then he says this, |
[4465.32 --> 4466.78] it's better that I go. |
[4467.48 --> 4468.26] And the disciples are like, |
[4468.30 --> 4469.78] they're not buying that for one second. |
[4469.94 --> 4470.92] They're like, it's not better |
[4470.92 --> 4471.66] that you go, Jesus. |
[4471.74 --> 4473.10] We want you to stay right where you are. |
[4473.30 --> 4474.90] We want you to reestablish Israel. |
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