Every Moment Matters When Forever Is Your Measure

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Welcome to Tribe's podcast. Hey, we just wanna say thank you for making this message a part of your week. Our prayer is that these messages will inspire you to make the name of Jesus famous in your life and to the uttermost bounds of the earth. If you're ever in Jackson Hole, we'd love for you to visit our tribe fam in person. To learn more about us, you can find us online or at Facebook by searching tribejh.com.

We're gonna try really hard to land the plane here, and the title of the conversation that we're going to have this morning is called worthy. Just one word, worthy. Where have we been starting each and every week with these conversations? If you have your bible with you this morning, would you turn to and where have we been Endlessly. Second John.

We have just been camped out in second John. If you have a bible with you this morning, do not turn to second John. Yeah. It's like yeah. Let's do it.

If you have a Bible with you this morning, turn to the book of Revelation. Oh, I haven't even started y'all. Revelation chapter 22 verse 12. Would somebody please read that? This morning, Huxley has the mic and he'll be running the mic around the room.

Obviously, we don't need the mic in this small venue but the mic is for all of our friends and families that are traveling and watching the livestream. And so, that's why we have the mic in the room. But we have one verse, and you can read it either from your translation or from up on the screen. But would somebody please read Revelation chapter 22 verse 12. And

behold, I am coming quickly, and my reward is with me to give to everyone according to his work.

Okay. It's always important to to get the the most out of the passage, especially if we are going to just read one verse. There are a number of occasions today that we're gonna just read one verse. You have to be careful when the preacher, like, really launches just off of one verse because the you don't always have the benefit of the context of the verses before or verses after. So just be mindful.

Be edge be smart. Be smart sheep. Who wrote the book of Revelation? John. And who is John?

The one whom Jesus loved the most, that's self proclaimed. So that is true about him. What else about John? He faster than Peter to the tomb. Yep.

Yep. Yep. And he had to put that flex in there. What else about John? John was exiled for a number of years on the island of Patmos.

He finally was released and then came back to love and and help shepherd the churches that he planted in what's known as modern day Turkey today. But he was exiled on the island of Patmos for a while. The main thing I know that you'd be like, well, I was just about to say this is John, the author of the book of Revelation, was a disciple of Jesus and was an apostle or a sent one. And he wrote the Gospel of John, first, second, and third John, and the book of Revelation. So that gives us some context about Exiled to a feast time hotel

or what was the place that

exiled. So the he was arrested because the political system of the day didn't know what to do with this guy. They tried to kill him by boiling him in oil. And he was like, I had to try harder than that. My work's not done.

And they're like, I don't know. Let's exile him out onto a remote island. While he was on this remote island, he records that he was in the spirit on the Lord's day, and he has this incredible encounter with the Lord. He writes it down. He writes it down, and that's what call that's what we have as the book of Revelation.

That's a yeah. That is a really good quiet time if you get the book of Revelation to come out of that. And so that's the context of the author and when it was written. Now let's look at this verse specifically. Look.

I am coming soon. In this verse, who is speaking? Jesus. Now what we can't cover by the the verses preceding and the verses after, we can still lay a bit of a foundation by giving you some a little bit of context about John and the writing of this book. So you are you are correct.

Jesus is speaking, and he says this, look, which means consider, take note of, do not treat casually, stop what you're doing because I'm about to ruin the images. Never mind. No. No. No.

No. No. Look. I am coming soon, bringing my reward with me to repay all people according to Gretchen, your translation said, works?

According to

his works. Okay. Now if you were to separate the last five weeks that we've been in this, you might interpret this verse either by scratching your head or you're not quite sure or or you could misinterpret this verse, but I want you to put your full reward glasses on for a moment considering second John one eight where we've been. And I'd like to hear from you what does Jesus mean by this passage in light of what we've been talking about. You tell me.

Does my question make sense? Yes. It does. Yes. In light of full reward.

Here's what this passage here's what Jesus is getting at with this passage. Couple things. You don't necessarily need to write this down. Number one, his return, he says, is soon. Number two, he's bringing what he says my reward, but when he says my reward, is that reward for him?

No. Who is the reward for? Us. Is it a present that we don't deserve? Correct.

It is think of it in terms of wages earned from work done. And I will repay all people according to their deeds or one more time, Gretchen. Works? His work. His work.

Oh, yeah. Each person's work. Now there should be a hyper and you can you can make this actual note in your bible with a pen that's on your seat next to the connect card there of what passage in Psalms. All of my deeds have been recorded in your book. Psalms one thirty nine, is it, verse 16?

I mean, we've only been there a 100 times. It's not in my notes right now. But the idea is that when Jesus returns, he's going to bring our reward with him. Here's a question that I have. What exactly is that reward?

What exactly is it? Is it material? Is it physical? Can we touch it? Can we put it on a shelf?

Exactly. What is it? So is the reward proximity and unity with Jesus? I would say, yes. Yes.

Yes. I think that's part of the package. Okay. Yes. Not salvation.

That's not salvation. Right. Okay. So so so listen. In in first Corinthians, I love to see your little hands popping up.

I'll I'll I'll get to you. In first Corinthians, Paul talks about our reward and he uses a a metaphor of gold that's refined, things that we build with gold, silver, and jewels. Those are refined. Our works or deeds done in the flesh, wood, hay, and straw consumed by the fire. So Paul talks about gold, like like actual gold.

Then Peter, and we've covered all of these verses, says that the reward is our faith, which is more precious than gold. Is it proximity? Is it actual gold? Is it our faith? What is the actual reward?

Now let's turn to another passage to get any to get even more confused for just a moment. Luke 19. Jesus is telling a parable and a parable is a word that is only ever used in church and all of us spend more well, I mean, I spend a lot of time in the church, but this building is not the church. But the word parable is not used at your I mean, when's the last time you heard the word parable at work or or, like, out on the soccer pitch or at the cowboy bar? Like, no.

We don't use it. A parable is what? It is a little story with a big meaning. A parable is a little story with a big meaning. Jesus is telling a parable and in Luke chapter 19 verse 17, we get towards the end of the parable and Jesus is speaking and he says this, he's speaking in the voice of the king.

Well done, the king exclaimed. You are a good servant. You have been faithful with the little I have entrusted you. So, you will be governor of 10 cities as your what? Reward.

Reward. I said that, we we this passage was mentioned here in church, a couple of years ago when we were talking about the return of Jesus and, finish line waiting, and Nancy was like, oh lord, I can barely manage my own household. I don't need 10 cities as my reward. Yeah, right. Yeah.

Yeah. Right. Right. So I get it. I get it.

But look. Paul talks about gold in first Corinthians. Peter talks about faith more precious than gold. Jesus tells a parable where this reward is the increased the the honor of increased responsibility and prestige. So what what is it?

I wrote this down in my notes. To be honest, the reward is somewhat unclear. It's talked about a lot of different ways from a lot of different angles. I mean, it gold or is it governance of cities? Like, to connect those two with a thread.

So so what is it? But all of these things represent honor, victory, achievement, increased responsibility in the millennial reign of Jesus. And all of them can be symbolized by a crown. It was a good point to go. This symbol of a crown is spoken of in several different ways.

And in fact, I remember when Joy was serving on staff, we had talked about doing a series on all of the different crowns mentioned in the Bible, and and we're gonna look at at at just a few of those, but they get in a Venn diagram, they all fit kind of within the same circle. But hang a right to the book of James near Revelation. A real tour today. Sometimes we camp out in one spot. Sometimes we're on the move.

James chapter one. I'll put it up there. Verse 12, James chapter one verse 12. God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward, when does the reward come?

After. Afterward. After what? Patiently enduring testing and temptation. Afterward, they will receive the crown of life that god has promised to those who love him.

And this word love him, what did Jesus say about that in John? If you love me, you will

Obey me.

Obey me. Obedience according to the plan that he has for us each day and for our life. Reward is attached to obedience, and it is symbolized. James uses the language of a crown. Let's go to another place talking about a crown.

Revelation. Back to Revelation. Yes. We are on the we're on the move today. Revelation chapter two verse 10.

So here's my here's my goal. When when whenever we preach, we, when we do this together, my hope is that when as we're go going through this material, going through these verses, that you would get the highlights, you get the key points, which is the word of God, and every now and then, like, a memorable faith phrase, like every moment matters when forever is your measure. I got that. But that you would be taking notes and you would be writing these addresses down so that you can come back later, look at the greater context, chew on it, consider it, and see if the holy spirit wouldn't create a hyperlink in your heart for a great quiet time as you unpack these yourselves. Can anybody remember the very first address that we went to this morning?

Alright. Good. I'll ask you again tomorrow and you'll be able to use your notes. If you're taking them. James chapter one verse 12, we just read.

Now, Revelation chapter two verse 10. Jesus is speaking to a church in in the New Testament and he says this, don't be afraid of what you are about to suffer. The devil will throw some of you into prison to test you. You will suffer for ten days, but if you remain faithful even when facing death, and the clear implication is that some of you will die for your faith. I will give you the crown of life.

Let me read it one more time, and then I have a a question for you. Don't be afraid of what you are about to suffer. The devil will throw some of you into a prison to test you. You will suffer for ten days. But if you remain faithful even when facing death, I will give you the crown of life.

Here's the question. How do you think this passage applies to Charlie Kirk? This I will wait for discussion. According

to the fruit of his life, That we are now still seeing the fruit which is what should be for every believer. That their ministry and their fruit continues to produce whether they're here or not. He has received the crown of life which to me is eternity in heaven. This his fruit is still producing even though he's not the one saying it.

I like how you emphasize the fruit of his life. Hugs right here.

I think he he knew that he had the opportunity to face death based on how outspoken he was. So being faithful throughout that, his his ministry and his life was he was facing death, but I think this speaks more to his wife and children now. And I pray that they encounter this these verses. Because I'm sure when you lose your husband like that, it feels like death. Yeah.

Yeah. I hadn't thought of that.

Obviously, there is controversy around this, but I think that if you can set aside, just like with all of us, we have different viewpoints and opinions. And if you can set aside his political views and anything like that, which we, you know, as a free country, we all can have different opinions on. And you were to just look at, did he stand on the word of God to the best of his ability and go into a generation that is seemingly, you know, moving further and further and further away from the biblical truths. That the fact that he kept doing what he was doing regardless of whether you liked how he did it or his personality, totally we can all have our own views. But if we all were to drill down to the core, did he preach Jesus?

The answer is yes. And so I think that that part of remaining faithful, like it's a it's a I think for all of us eating the meat and spitting out the bones, like did he remain faithful to what he read in scripture regardless of being popular or facing death? I mean he received millions of death threats and he still went out there and did that. So he stood on some truth that he believed in and so that's how I see this is just that ability. I think to myself, would I have if I had received death threats?

Would I continue to go out in public regardless of the platform or how I did it or what my other views were? So yeah, think it's a his life to me is a challenge. What do I stand on? What do I believe in? And would I go out even though and continue to do what I felt like God called me to do?

What's the scripture that we keep going back to you said from the beginning? And this was John something? Second John one eight. And and that the next verse after that talks about the work being defined as abiding in me as the work. And I feel like if a guy like Charlie Kirk or any of us are abiding in God truly, then fear of death, fear of man, fear of being shot, fear of being mocked, and hearing your call and understanding your call is gonna be clearer and more, just you have to do it because you're abiding in him.

So that to me feels like the core of any of this to get there, to get the crown of life is that verse you keep going back to, which the next verse after that says, you know, did you abide in me? Are you abiding in me? Yeah. Abiding.

Abiding. We always think of abiding in Jesus as wonderful and sweet and, you know, sitting in the, as it says in the Song of Solomon, sitting under the shade tree feeding me with apples. It's in Song of Solomon, abiding. A lot of people don't like to think of abiding with Jesus will get you killed.

Just like it did him.

Just like it did him. And saints before him. Now there would be those who would say, Charlie Kirk was killed for his political views. Well, I would question back, where did he get those political views from? The bedrock foundation of his political platform was the Bible.

That he talks about frequently and regularly having a radical encounter with Jesus, I believe as a sophomore in high school, and getting saved and beginning to abide with Jesus. Now, maybe you would think like, are we really talking about him again in church this week? The answer is yes. We are. Kirk Church.

Oh. In German, maybe? Scottish. Scottish. Well,

well, how about that?

I'm on a group thread with other pastors of the Valley, and last week after his murder, I asked, like, like, are y'all y'all gonna say anything? One church was like, yep. They devoted a whole sermon to it. Another church was like, oh, where the message has already been prerecorded, that's what's gonna roll out. Another church I was checked in with said that they made nominal mention of it.

I would say last week we mentioned Charlie Kirk. This week we're talking about him again in my text thread with pastors of churches this week. I checked in with him. How and none of them are talking about him this week. It's just an observation.

Us are still hurting, talking about it amongst us.

I still

I am. I am.

How were the the disciples dismayed?

Exactly. They were they were broken. Were wounded. They were scared. A lot of them were hiding.

They were in But

they were searching in their heart why? Why did this happen? Why did this happen to the one who only spoke the gospel?

Yeah. Kat, what were you gonna say? You had the mic. Right? Before we get too far go ahead.

Sure. This verse seems pretty daunting, but what I love about the first sentence, don't be afraid of what you're about to suffer. Charlie's number one thing was to be a happy warrior. So if you wanna take anything away from this, he waltzed onto these college campuses with pure joy to potentially suffer to go up against people who disagree with him, but he he took it on with with pure joy. So he truly was a happy warrior.

So this isn't to seem overpowering with, oh, it's gonna just be terrible. I mean, Steven, it before he was stoned to death, his face shone brighter than an angel's. Right? So that was that was Charlie. So if you wanna take something away from this, be a happy warrior.

When

well, that's good. I love the hyperlinks that we are making. Do you think that when Stephen, the first Christian martyr, when when the crowd just had enough and snapped and stoned him to death, do you think that the church talked about his murder for more than one gathering? What about when James, who we just read from and who was the lead pastor of the church in Jerusalem, when he was beheaded, do you think that they talked about the ripple effects and the implications of his death for more than one Sunday? Yeah.

Yes. Yes. Of course. Of course, they did. For people that are having a really hard time with the church or me discussing Charlie Kirk in church, I would say I I would oh, I wrote this down.

It's worth reading. This is what I wrote in my notes. I ain't trying. I ain't trying to elevate Charlie to some sort of sainthood. What I'm saying is that he burned like a blazing torch for Jesus impacting millions of college students across America.

And if the light of his life causes you to recoil, you may need to examine your heart why and reconsider the narrative that you have been fed about him. And I want to try to let some air out of the balloon of resistance or fussiness by saying, did you know that you can grieve the loss of his life and disagree with his politics? You can do that. Did you know that you can dislike his tactics and still call him a brother in Christ? That was murdered for his faith.

And did you know that you can be a Democrat and share the same biblical values that he had? You would be surprised at how many people act in the church, in tribe, and in Jackson. Lock up at that. It's worth reading one more time. Did you know that you can be a democrat and share the same biblical values that he did?

You can. Today, they're having a memorial service for him in Phoenix at a football stadium that can hold 66,000 people. Last night and at 2AM, there were thousands of people gathered waiting to go into the service. They even rented the hockey arena next door as an overflow for his memorial service. And this likely what's unfolding right now and will unfold today will be probably, in all likelihood, the single largest the proclamation of the gospel to the single largest audience in human history?

And there are millions in the church who have gotten distracted by a narrative that causes them to reject him and the biblical values that he stood for in the proclamation of his savior Jesus. And that breaks my heart. One more thing to say about this and then continue on. This is why my heart, my heart is so troubled and grieved personally about this. But then I have a duty and a responsibility to, when I sit here, to set that aside, personal stuff aside.

But in this seat, my heart grieves because history is repeating. I see history repeating itself. When Jesus came the first time, the world, nation of Israel, was expecting him to be a liberator, a conqueror, a redeemer, a savior, and he was all of those things, but the present came wrapped in a package of poverty and humility and came from no nobility. He sat with notorious sinners. He had meals with prostitutes, and people rejected him, the present, because of the wrapping paper.

That is exactly like the character, nature and character of God. And I would suggest to you that the same thing is happening today. Don't hear what I'm not saying? I am not saying that Charlie is Jesus. What I am saying is that millions in the church that proclaim to love and follow Jesus have rejected the present of Charlie Kirk because they disagree with the wrapping paper of his political activism.

That was really good. Thank holy you, Wow. That was really good. And my heart grieves because in the days ahead, more this will happen more and more and more and more. I'm not talking about maybe necessarily Christian martyrs.

But what I'm saying is Jesus is going to drop more and more presence in trying to prepare the hearts for his return. And more and more people will will reject the present because they disagree or are confused by the wrapping paper. Let's talk about that. Let I have no eloquent segue. Next verse.

Second Timothy. Second Timothy four eight. Now the prize awaits me. Paul, who wrote the book of Timothy, is speaking to one of his, proteges, ministry leaders. And he says this.

It's a letter to Timothy. He usually addresses, my dear son or my son in the faith, Timothy. Paul is speaking. Now the prize awaits me. The crown of righteousness.

There's that crown again. The crown of life, the crown of victory, the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me when on the day of his return. And the prize is not just for me, but for all who eagerly look forward to finish line waiting, if that phrase resonates with you. Thank you, Chris. Look forward to his appearing.

First Peter, this is a let me just read this one to you. We'll put it up here. First Peter five four. And when the great shepherd appears, you will receive a crown of never ending glory and honor. These passages that we've talked about, a crown, what mental image comes into your mind when you hear this this word crown?

Royalty, bedazzled, Like like like Brad Wolf's back pockets. Bedazz tell him, Justin. No. No. Don't tell him.

We love you, Brad Wolf. You love him, Badassal Jeets. Oh, buddy. Okay. Go back.

Go back.

Remember that Oh. I'm scared.

Oh. We take our faith, but not ourselves, So many people get the idea in their mind when you hear this word crown, like like like royalty. You know, the pointy things and big gaudy jewels. And have any of you ever been to the Tower Of London and seen the crown jewels? The the scepter and the crown and the thing and the thing on the and it's worth, you know, quadrillions of dollars.

And you can't stop, but you have to, like, walk by you have to keep walking, but you can kinda, like, look. And then you have to you have to keep going. That's the image that we think of when we think of crown, but that's not the image that Jesus was thinking of, that the writers of the passages that we were thinking of. The the more accurate image of a crown looked more like this image here, Joe. Maybe next slide?

No. No. It's just a picture. There it is. Sorry.

Maybe I had them out of order. A laurel of olive leaves woven together and placed on a person's head. Now when you see a laurel of olive leaves, what hyperlink is in your mind? The Olympics. That is exactly what is intended.

So so the Olympics were happening in Jesus' day. Crazy. And guess how they guess how they performed in their events? Naked. Naked.

Side note? Just a side

note? Yeah. As a side note, I had to keep your attention. All so so afterwards, when the winner was announced, he would receive a crown. But it wasn't a bedazzled gold things that sits on top of your head.

It was a laurel of olive leaves. This is the crown that Jesus is thinking of. This is the crown that the New Testament writers are thinking of, not of royalty, but of victory and of achievement. That's another good spot to go, Oh. Yeah, let's let's let's go there.

No? No? Alright. Amanda's like, okay. But I'll say it anyways.

Enemy can only counterfeit. Right? He can never create. And so when the bible talks about the four horsemen coming, one of them is wearing a laurel.

I don't

know what the word is in here.

Horse, the white horse that goes out.

Yes. And so it'll be such a counterfeit of Jesus' return, riding on a white horse wearing one of these. Mhmm. And so at first, you're like, oh, it's Jesus. But if you really read, you're like, no.

It's not. That's the antichrist. So people will fall for that, you know, because it's gonna look the same. It's just a counterfeit version. Yes.

Which is why Jesus constantly says, warning, like, beware. Be on watch. Come inside.

You know? Yes. And how is, according to that passage in Revelation, how is the antichrist released? Who or what mechanism releases the antichrist? The scroll being opened in

who? That's released by Jesus opening the scroll. He's the only one that can.

Jesus breaks the seals, opens the scroll, and with that at Jesus' action Mhmm. The antichrist is released, which gives us great hope and peace and confidence that even the antichrist and his destructive agenda is under the control of king Jesus. He's the only one what's the word? Okay. We've touched on a lot of topics.

Let's just push on one more button since we're on a roll. Right? I wish Jay were here because his eyebrows would be wiggling. Do it. Do it.

We receive our reward according to scripture when Jesus returns. Now there's a lot of buzz going around that on the Jewish feast or God's family tradition of Rosh Hashanah, which is this coming week, that the rapture of the church could occur, pulling the church off the earth before the tribulation starts. I'm not asking if you believe it. I'm asking have you heard of this? Raise your hand.

This week. This week.

We all know Jacob. Yeah. Me and her. We all know Jacob.

Listen. If if if the global body of Christ is poofed next week, it must mean that we will be done with the series and that is.

Well done.

The one contribution That's nice. And with every head bowed and every head comes. That was really good. On our pastor's council, his one contribution in sixteen months.

Well

well played. Well played.

Period of time, it's gonna happen. Yeah. Year, at this time, it's

gonna happen.

Yes. The

catching away, it's gonna

happen. Yes. Here we are again.

This year.

Here we are again. So I would say I would say this about, well, here we are this year. This year is this is unique. This is unique. There are a number of let's say let's just say I'm making up an arbitrary number of 10 boxes that need to be checked for Jesus to return.

Throughout history, let's say that there's been three boxes that have been checked, and then every now and then, we get to like four, maybe five boxes. Like, boxes being checked is a lot closer to his return than two boxes being checked, and what are those boxes? That's a whole another series that I may not start have to start next week. I'd say maybe there are six or seven boxes that are checked this time around, but not 10. He don't come back at seven boxes checked, eight boxes checked, nine boxes checked, nine and a half boxes checked.

He comes back at 10 boxes being checked. Okay? So let me just say this. If the global body of Christ is poofed next week, it must mean that Jesus has come back in the second advent. Scripturally, you cannot separate the return of Jesus and the rapture of the saints.

When he returns, when Jesus returns, he will physically return. The Bible tells us that he will set foot on the Mount Of Olives. That may not be where he lands on planet Earth, but he will set foot you can't set okay. He will set foot on the Mount Of Olives. He will rescue Israel that has fled the city of Jerusalem in the midst of unprecedented persecution in the form of a greater magnitude of a holocaust.

He will be the ground force commander of the Israeli defense form to force thank you. Israeli defense force to retake the city of Jerusalem from the armies of the Antichrist. He will cleanse a third temple that has been built, and the heart of the Jew will realize that Jesus is the Messiah and look to him for salvation. These are some of the things found in scripture that will happen when Jesus returns. You cannot separate the rapture of the church from the second coming of Jesus.

So if we are all poofed next week, there's a lot that's gonna unfold and happen. In seven days. In days. Two days. Two days.

Okay. So let's land the plane with the favorite part to this is the the the beautifully the beautiful silk bow of this whole series. What are we going to do with the reward that we receive? We have earned it. It is ours.

Jesus returns to give us the reward that we have earned. Anything that we've built out of wood, hand shrouds, burned up, but we're not heartbroken by it. We don't walk around, like, bummed out because we receive the reward. Jesus has it in his hands when he returns. This is yours.

Well done, good and faithful servant. Revelation four ten through 11. This crown, what do we do with this crown? The 24 elders fall down. The grammar is intentional, meaning that it is ongoing, existing outside of linear time.

So I guess grammatically, could call that present progressive. Okay. Getting a nod. The 24 elders fall down. It's happening right now.

And worship the one sitting on the throne, the one who lives forever and ever. And they lay their what? Crowns before the throne and say, you are worthy. Oh lord, our god, to receive glory and power and honor. For you created all things and they exist because you created what you pleased.

Revelation chapter 19 verse 12. Description of Jesus. His eyes were like flames of fire, and on his head were many, what? Crowns. And a name was written on him that no one understood except himself.

Listen, listen. We received a crown and then out of thankfulness, gratitude, and adoration. We will take the crown we have received, that we have earned, and we will lay it at his feet. I kinda like to hold on to mine. Why?

Why? Why? Do the multitudes lay their crowns at his feet? Why? Because he is worthy.

Last verse. Revelation five twelve through 13. Worthy. I mean, we could just stop right there. Worthy is the lamb who was slaughtered to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing and I felt like he would have kept going but he just ran out of adjectives and superlatives.

And the response of all creation, blessing, and honor, and glory, and power belong to the one sitting on the throne, and to the lamb forever and ever. Why do we work for reward? Because that enables us to give back to him more. When we get saved, we give him our sin and our shame and our failure And he he takes all of that as represented, pronounced in the curse in the garden that he wore for the world to see on the cross. And what was that?

A crown of thorns. He wears the crown of thorns. We receive the crown of victory and honor. And we take the crown that we receive, and we are so glad to lay it at his feet. Why?

Because we have a full revelation and understanding that he is worthy. I want you to receive a full reward so that you will have more to lay back at his feet. Listen. Every moment matters when forever is your measure. Holy Spirit, speak to us.

Let's stand and worship him.

And to you are all things. You You deserve the glory. Thank you.

Thank you. While we're singing that, just let me just keep your heart open. I just feel like I just see this picture regardless

we're

church. To And can we just be take a second as a church and that if his if god's word is preached today, his word, that's what matters. Yes. That there would be a great, great harvest.

Oh, Jesus. It would

be a great harvest today because of God's word and the truth of his gospel being preached today. Yes, Lord. Can we just take a minute? Can we just intercede? Yes.

I know that starts in about thirty minutes and then I I've heard that they're gonna do a call to salvation. We just pray today, god, right now. We intercede that there would be a great harvest for you, for your kingdom. A whole harvest of young people today, God, that you are calling forth. We ask, oh, Jesus.

Just intercede, just lift your prayer up. Yes. That God's kingdom would expand today.

Yes, sir. Oh, yes. Because of who God is.

Thank you.

And he is faithful. Jesus. We

ask you according to Psalms two, just ask and I will give you the nations as your inheritance. God, we ask for the nation of college students on campuses across America. Lord, with the truth of the gospel penetrate their hearts, cut through the lies and deception and misinformation and penetrate their heart with the truth and the love of Jesus that Charlie Kirk lived his life for and that he boldly proclaimed. God, we ask for soft hearts today that there would be a great, great, great harvest of souls come into your kingdom today. God, we ask you.

You deserve the glory. No one no one else. One more time. Stay standing. Look at me We're going to we're going to scoodle out of here.

We worship the lord in song. We worship the lord by honoring and considering the word that was preached today. We're going to worship the lord one more way with our tithes and offerings. Y'all know how to give at tribe and so, you know what to do. I'm going to pray over the offering and then I'll pray over you and then we will be dismissed, okay?

Jesus every good and perfect gift comes down from the father of heavenly lights. Thank you for one more day in Jackson Hole. Thank you for the jobs that we have. Thank you for the positions that you've placed us in even if it's difficult challenging right now in this season, we thank you. Thank you for our health.

Thank you for the job that we have. Thank you for our finances. And Lord, by an We're to do that. Finances in the form of tithes and offerings to make your name famous here at Tribe in Jackson Hole, the surrounding region, and to the uttermost bounds of the earth. We pray these things in Jesus name and everybody said, amen.

Before I bless you to get you out of here, need to ask my wife one question.

I

had to I had to clear it with mom before I asked for friends to come over. But the livestream of the service is going to start. Here at Tribe, we have one more service to do. And then Lisa and I are gonna scurry down to our house, and we're gonna sit on the couch. We have lots of pets.

So allergens, beware but if you would like to join us to watch the memorial service, we'll we'll rewind it from the beginning and we'll put it on at our house and so, soon as we dismiss, you can reply to the text the text blast number. We get the those messages come to us and we can give you directions or you can come up to us. I'll tell you directions or our address where we live just south of town and you're welcome to come watch the service with our family. Okay? It'll be about 01:00.

But it'll be about 01:00 by the time we get back to our house. Okay? So you're welcome. Just come find us. Can I pray over you?

Lord Jesus, oh, just see, as soon as I said, can I pray over you? I just see the the necklace that Andy Abbad is wearing, and it's of a cross. You know that the day that Charlie Kirk was murdered, just cost a little bit more to follow Jesus. It cost a little bit more for you to wear that necklace in public. Father, I command a blessing over each and every member of our tribe fam, and I pray that you would strengthen them to pay any cost to follow you and to be bold in their particular arena with their nation that they're called to.

I pray boldness over them and blessing and protection over them. Lord, give us a great week. We love you. We pray these things in Jesus' name, the strong son of God. And everybody said, amen.

I love you. Have a great week. You got this.