I Don't Understand

turn your Bibles to Luke chapter 24 Luke chapter 24 we're going to continue this morning our series on the dirty dozen talking about the 12 disciples and what we can learn from their lives and uh I wanted to talk to you a little bit about this week in Luke chapter 24 they're is after the crucifixion it's after the resurrection uh two the disciples are uh it said the Bible says they're on their way to emus in verse number 13 Luke 24 verse 13 it says behold two of them went that same day to a village called emus which was from Jerusalem about three score furlongs and they T together of all these things which had happened and it came to pass that while they communed together in reason Jesus

himself Drew near and went with them but their eyes were H Holden and they should that they should not know him yeah you ever met somebody somewhere that you didn't expect to meet him and you didn't recognize him I had that happen one time I was going through an airport and uh walk right by a good friend of mine walk right by him because I wasn't looking for him and he said pastor Wayne and I turned around came back and there he was and another time was in another airport airports are good places to happen I guess and I I was getting on a plane the guy behind me said tap me on the shoulder say pastor Wayne right and I said yeah and uh begin to make the connections of who we were and

sometimes when you're not looking for somebody that's when you kind of see them you don't recognize them and that's what happened to disciples they weren't looking for Jesus they weren't expecting him and their eyes were closed they just couldn't see him and verse 17 he said unto them what manner of communications are these you have one to another a as you speak as you walk and as you are and are sad he he said what what what are you talking about what's what's bothering you so much and and and so they begin talking about they told him about how that uh they went through the whole thing that happened the the res the crucifixion all that had happened and um and the Bible says in verse number

25 it says then he said unto them oh fools and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken ought not Christ to have suffered these things that enter into his glory and beginning at Moses and all the prophets expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concern themselves and they drew nigh onto the village whether they were went and he made as though he would have gone further but they constrained him saying abide with us for it is toward the evening and the day is far spent and he went in to Terry with them them and it came to pass as he as he sat at meat with them he took bread and blessed it and break it and gave it to them and their eyes were opened and they knew

him and he vanished out of their sight and they said one to another did not our heart burn within us while he talked with us by the way and while he opened to us the scriptures you know if I didn't know better I would think that the disciples if I didn't know they were Jews I would think that they were blondes because it seemed like everything just kind of went over their head now I know that statement is going to get me in trouble with some of you in the church and uh last week I told a bunch of egg jokes and this week uh I thought about telling a bunch of blonde jokes but I decided I didn't want to get in trouble and and besides that uh I also realized that the jokes are probably over the

blonde's head anyway and so uh uh no we know the stereotype but these these disciples everything just seem go right over their head it seems like they they they just missed it all here they were and and they still didn't understand the resurrection they still didn't understand what Jesus had come to do and sometimes we look at in fact Jesus in Luke chapter chapter 24 in verse number 25 he says then he said unto them oh fools and slow of heart to believe he said you guys are just stupid he really what he said to him he said you're just being dumb you just haven't caught on to it you haven't figured this out and sometimes we look at him say boy these guys really had problems but you know we

have the same problems don't we in fact I'm going to give you a test right now see how smart you really are okay and and the test goes like this I want you to figure this out 30 cows in the field and 28 chickens how many didn't 30 cows in the field and 28 chickens how many didn't now how many you figured it out already raise your hand uh as few of you have all right 30 cows in the fills and 20 of them ate chickens so how many didn't eat chickens see sometimes it does go right over your head doesn't it but the point is the disciples every time Jesus talked it seemed like it just went right over their heads they they're just like what I I don't understand and and and that's what I titled my

message today is I don't understand now there are some things in life that are hard to understand how many of you like me had trouble with algebra understanding algebra in school how many were like that you know and uh my some of my kids homeschool for a while and and so my wife said well would you teach them Algebra I said you don't want them teach me teaching them algebra because I didn't do very well with algebra when I was in school so I would go to the the nukes in the church the guys in the nuclear submarines you know had all that math and I'd show them the problems they couldn't figure out made me feel better and uh there's something just hard understand another things hard to

understand is the tax code have you figured that out yet I certainly haven't uh I have a computer program that tells me what to do because I have no clue what to do with that another thing that's hard to understand is the rail system how it's taking so long and so much money and it's still not done and it goes to nowhere I I just don't understand that there are just some things in life that are hard to understand but you would think Jesus would not be that hard to understand he was pretty clear with his disciples and yet his disciples even though they were sincere sinere they were sincerely wrong go over to Matthew chapter 16 Matthew chapter 16 and look at verses 13- 23 Matthew chapter 16

and beginning with verse number 13 it says when Jesus came to the coast of cesaria Philippi he asked his disciples saying when what whom do men say that I am I the son of man am and they said on they said some say that thou art John the Baptist and some say Elias and others Jeremiah and or one of the prophets he sayth him but whom say ye that I am and Simon Peter answered and said Thou Art the Christ the son of the Living God I I mean here Peter did get it he did understand he got the answer right in fact he got the answer so right the next few verses Jesus is praising says he says well done in verse number 17 and and Jesus answers and said unto him blessed art thou Simon bar Jonah for Flesh

and Blood hath not revealed this unto thee but the father by my Father which is in heaven but I said also unto thee that thou art Peter and Upon This Rock I will build my church and the Gates of Hell shall not Prevail against it now he wasn't say he was going to build his church on Peter he was using a plan words Peter Means A Little Rock a little Stone he said thou are a little Stone but Upon This Rock this statement Thou Art the Christ the son of the Living God I will build my church and he goes on to verse number 19 I I will get give unto them the unto thee the kings of kingdom of heaven and whatsoever Thou shalt bind on Earth shall be bound in heaven whatsoever thou shal loose on Earth

shall be loosed in heaven and then charge the disciples that they should not tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ and so they they they got it right there but then just one verse later Jesus starts telling the disciples how he's going to to die and be buried and raised again verse 23 or 21 from that time forth Jesus began Jesus show on disciples how that he must go in Jerusalem and suffer many things the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed and be raised again the third day then Peter took him and began to rebuke him saying be it far from thee Lord this shall not be unto thee and he turned and said un Peter get thee behind me Satan for thou art an offense unto me for thou

savest not the things that be of God but th the the those that be of men in one verse Jesus is saying Peter you got it and the next verse he doesn't have it uh that quick he went from the right answer to the total wrong answer answer now was Peter sincere when he said Jesus you can't die he was sincere with all his heart he said Lord you can't die he loved Jesus he was sincere but he was sincerely wrong I I think it was George Burns that said the key to success is sincerity if you can fake that you've got it made and a lot of us we're sincere but we're sincerely wrong see sincerity is not enough enough the Bible tells us in in Matthew chap 16 and: 15- 16 it says he say him but whom say ye

that I am and Simon Peter ansers said Thou Art the Christ the son of the Living God you see it's not just enough to be sincere in your religious beliefs you need to believe in Jesus you need to believe in Christ himself you see we need understand that he's not just good but he is God in Mark chap 10: 18 it says in Jesus said unto him why callest thou me good there is none good but one that is God you see Jesus is either God or he's not good because he claimed to be God and if he's not God he's a liar and if he's not if he's a liar he's not good so Jesus cannot be good if he's not God if you take God out of good you have nothing left and we need to understand that there are a lot of people

that are sincere in their beliefs about Jesus but they're sincerely wrong because you have to believe that he died was buried and rose again see what je what Peter didn't want to accept that Jesus had to die he didn't want to accept the truth of the gospel and you and I need to understand that he's not just good he's God and he's the only way to heaven in John chapter 14 Thomas asks Jesus he says show us the Father and Jesus says unto him well if you've seen me you've seen the father and he kind of rebuked Thomas says I've been with this all this time you don't understand that yet and then in John 14 and verse number 6 the Bible tells us in in John 14:6 he says I am the way the truth and the

life no man cometh unto the father but by me you see no matter how sincere you are in your religion and no matter how sincere you are in your beliefs and at that moment Peter was sincere when he grabbed Jesus said you can't die he was very sincere he loved the Lord but he did not understand the truth truth of the Gospel that sincerity alone is not enough but you need to believe in Jesus Christ who is the way the truth and the life no man cometh on the father but by him you see in John chapter 14 Thomas asked what's the way and Jesus said there's only one way and that's me in verse 7 it says if we had known me you should have known my father also from henceforth you know him and have seen him

you see we see the father through Jesus Christ and it's only through Christ that we can have salvation you see we need to have what he said we need to have we need to believe in who he is in Romans chap 10: 9- 10 it says that if thou shal confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and Shall Believe in thine heart that God has raised the dead Thou shalt be saved for with the heart man believeth un righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation in Romans 10:3 13 it says for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved not only do you need to believe in Jesus you need to receive Jesus there are a lot of people that are going to miss Heaven by 18 Ines 18 inches is

the distance from your head to your heart there are a lot of people that believe in Jesus here but they've never believed in Jesus here you can be sincere but be sincerely wrong you see Jesus had to die go over to Matthew chapter 16 Matthew chapter 16 again look at verses 21 and 22 where he said that from that time forth begin Jesus show on disciples how that he must go in Jerusalem and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed and be raised again the third day then Peter took and began to rebuke him saying be it far from thee Lord Thou shalt not uh this shall not be unto thee see Jesus had to Die the gospel is is the death the burial and the resurrection

of Jesus Christ that's what the Bible preaches and without the gospel without that death and burial of Christ there is no gospel there is no good news it's only through Jesus Christ who died for us and he had to die see I think there's a lot of people that are sincere but they're sincerely lost in Matthew chapter 7 turn over there if you would Matthew chapter 7 and look at verses 21 through verse 23 Matthew Matthew chapter 7 beginning with verse number 21 it says not everyone that saith to me Lord Lord shall enter into the kingdom of heaven but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven many will say to me in that day Lord Lord have we not prophesied thy name and thy name have

cast out devils and th name done many wonderful works and then will I say profess unto them I never knew you depart from me ye that do in that work iniquity here were people that that talked about Jesus and all the great things that they were doing for the Lord and yet they did not have Jesus in their heart and their life you see folks Jesus had to die upon the cross and many sincerely believe in the Jesus of the Bible but they don't believe in his death his burial his resurrection see in Titus Chapter 3 and verse number five it says not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to his Mercy has saved us by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost you see

our good works is not good enough only Jesus is good enough for salvation and you may be sincere in your religion and you may be sincere in the rituals which you perform and you may be sincere in your own righteousness but it's not by works of righteousness but it is the righteousness of Jesus Christ the one who died and was buried and rose again to give you salvation don't let the Simplicity of the Gospel will confuse you here were his disciples and every time Jesus started talking about how he was going to have to die they didn't want to hear it they didn't understand it they they even rejected it and they were with him for all that time and yet they didn't seem to understand it sometimes

it's the Simplicity of the Gospel that confuses Us in 1 Corinth 2 Corinthians chap 11: 3 and 4 says but I fear lest that by any means as a servant beguiled Eve Eve through her subtlety through his subtlety so your mind should be corrupted from the Simplicity that is in Christ for if he that pre cometh preaches another Jesus whom Heath not preached or if receive another Spirit which we have not received or another gospel which you have not accepted you might well bear him he said listen I I I I'm worried about you that the Simplicity of the Gospel will confuse you and you will accept some other gospel a gospel of Works a gospel of religion a gospel is not the true Gospel of the death the

burial and the resurrection of Jesus Christ and sometimes people look at the gospel and say is it that simple is it simply asking Jesus to be your savior and to come into your heart and your life and to take away your sins and give you eternal life it it just seems too simple folks you know to have these lights in our auditorium today is very simple I walked in this morning about 7:00 this morning and I pushed a button and all the lights came on such a simple thing to do but it's not simple to produce the electricity it's not simple to transmit the electricity it's not simple to uh put all the wiring and everything into the building so that you can have lights but somebody else did all that

for me so I could push a button and the lights would come on and you see salvation sounds so simple but folks it was not simple for Jesus to leave Heaven it was not simple for God to give his only begotten son it was not simple for Jesus to come on this Earth and be born in a manger and to live the life of a man even though he was truly God it was not simple for Jesus to be crucified and nailed to that cross and to die and be buried to be raised again but that was all done for me so that I might say Lord Jesus save me a sinner and know that I have eternal life don't let the Simplicity of the Gospel confuse you you need to put your faith and trust in Jesus Christ to call upon him as your

personal savior you can be sincere and be sincerely wrong the disciples they didn't want to hear about jesus' death they didn't want to hear about what was going to have to happen in fact Peter said no Lord it can't happen to you and he was sincere with all his heart but he was sincerely wrong don't be wrong about salvation make sure of your salvation today in 1 John 5: 12 and 13 it says he that hath a son hath life he that hath not the Son of God hath not life these things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the son of God that you may know that you have eternal life that you may believe on the name of the son of God do you know for sure that you're going to heaven do you

know that your sins are forgiven do you know that you have eternal life you know Peter in essence what he did is he grabbed Jesus said Jesus you're lying you're lying you know there's some people you just never call a liar somebody that's bigger than you are you don't call them a liar somebody's got a gunpoint you don't call him a liar I mean sometimes you just don't call somebody a liar and and Peter said Jesus you're lying but don't we do the same thing even as Christians when we get Sav saved and we don't get baptized are we say Lord you're a liar because Jesus said that after we get baptized the next step of obedience is B after we get saved the except of obedience is baptism when we

move to a new place and we don't join a church when Jesus said not forsaken the assembling of yourselves together as the manner of some is but exhorting one another and so much the more isday approaching when we don't go to church what we're what are we saying God that's is not necessary you're lying when we don't go out SE when when Jesus said go into all the world and preach the gospel we don't tell anybody about Jesus are we calling God a liar when we uh don't give and God says it's more blessed to give than receive are we not calling God a liar you see we'll get on Peter's case and say Peter how could you grab Jesus and say no Lord you're lying you can't die but yet we do it all the time

by our actions do we not because we know what God's told us to do but we say I really don't have to do that it doesn't count for me it's not necessary you see Peter had a Zeal without knowledge in Romans 10 10:3 it says for I bear them a record that they have a Zeal of God but not according to knowledge if Zeal was all that was needed then many religions out Zeal us there are religions where they go out knocking on doors much more than we do there are religion where they give more money than we do there are religions where they're more involved and more active and doing more things it's not about how zealous you are God wants us to have a Zeal but he wants us to have a Zeal with knowledge I

know unsaved people that out Zeal some Christians I know they're more excited about life and doing things than some Christians are we need a Zeal with knowledge in Matthew 16:23 Jesus said unto Peter get thee behind me Satan th defense unto me and so often you and I were offence to the gospel in 1 Corinthians 10:31 and 32 it says whether therefore you eat or drink or whatso you do do all to the glory of God give none offense neither to the Jews nor to the Gentiles nor to the Church of God and so often what happens is our rejection of the truth as Christians is an offense to the world they reject Jesus not because of Jesus but because of us because of the Hypocrites they've seen because of

people that claim be Christians but aren't living like Christians and we need to be careful that we're not an offense to the gospel and somehow we think that we're different go to Matthew chapter 26 Matthew chapter 26 and look at verses 31-35 Matthew chap 26 and verse number 31 then said Jesus unto them all ye shall be offended because of me this night for it is written I will Smite the shepherd and the sheep of the flocks shall be shall be scattered abroad but after I am Arisen again I will go before you unto Galilee Peter answered and said unto him though all men shall be offended because of thee yet well I I never will be offended Jesus said unto him verily I say unto thee before that

this night before the Crow Thou shalt deny me Thrice Peter said un him though I should die with thee yet will I not deny thee likewise also said all the disciples Peter said I'll never deny you Lord and that's exactly what he did and so often we think we're different and we think well I won't it won't happen to me I'm different and that's what ends up getting us in trouble disciples sometimes somehow thought well we are the chosen ones where are the disciples we are the 12 and and somehow they thought that they were different and somehow they thought they were better because they were stronger and Peter didn't realize that I'm not strong I'm weak and we have to come to that point that we

realize that I'm not different and I can fail God just like the disciples failed God sometimes we think we're different we think I can handle it I'm Different it won't happen to me go over to Acts chapter n Acts chapter 9 beginning verse number 10 says there was a certain disciple of Damascus named ananas and he to him said the Lord in a vision ananas he said behold I am here Lord and the Lord said him rise and go into the streets uh which is called straight and chir to the house of Judas for one called Saul and Tarsus he beheld him praying and hath seen in a vision uh a man named ananas coming in and put putting his hand on them that he might receive his sight then ananas and said answered

Lord I have heard by many of this man how much evil Heath done to the Saints of Jerusalem he said he had Authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name but the Lord said and go thy way for he has chosen vessel unto me to Bear my name before the Gentiles and Kings and the children of Israel for I will show him how great things he must suffer my name's sake you know Paul is the the baker dozen Apostle he's chosen after due time and yet here in ananas and God says anas I want you to go to Paul and I anas says no Lord I I can't do that because he's persecuting Christians see so often we second guess God and we think we know better than God and Lord this won't work and I can't

do that in my marriage I can't do this in my situation and we keep telling God what we can and cannot do the disciples struggled with unbel belief in Matthew chapter 17 they they were struggling and turn over there Matthew 17 look at verse number 18 Matthew chapter 17 and verse number 18 Matthew 17:18 the Bible says and Jesus rebuked the devil and he departed out of him and the child was cured from that very hour then came the disciples Jesus apart and said why could not we cast him out and Jesus said because of your unbelief for verily I say unto you if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed you shall say to this mountain remove hence To Yonder place and it shall remove and nothing shall

be impossible unto you how be this kind cometh out not out but by prayer and fasting see so often we struggle with unbelief we struggle with looking at the situation and say there's no hope in the situation instead of looking at our God and how great our God is and how he is the god of the impossible and we get our eyes off of the Lord and we get our eyes on the circumstances like Peter we began to sink in the water see these disciples they struggled with a lack of understanding and a lack of belief they also struggled with asking questions in Mark chapter n when Jesus told them how that they were going have to die turn over there if you would Mark chapter 9 and look at verses 30-32 Mark

chapter 9 beginning with verse number 30 says he departed then and passed through Galilee and he would not that any man should know it for he taught his disciples said unto them the son of man is delivered unto the hands of men and they shall kill him and after that he's killed he shall rise the third day but they understood not that saying were afraid to ask him they were afraid to ask him the only dumb question is a question not ask see don't be that fool that doesn't ask don't be the fool that doesn't doesn't want to get the right answer and Luke 24:25 it says oh fools and slow of heart to believe they they were slow of heart because they weren't listening and they weren't willing to ask

and they weren't willing to learn in Hebrews 11: one the Bible says now Faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen in verse number six it says but without faith is impossible to please him for he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him and so often folks the reason we struggle is because we're not willing to ask the questions you're struggling in your walk with the Lord but but you know a lot of times I'll I'll say people read this book and they don't read the book or watch this video and they don't watch the video or here's some Bible passages and they don't go to the Bible passages they're not looking for the answer we think somehow God's magically

going to fix everything and we're not willing to study to show our self reproved we're not willing to seek out what does the Lord have for me in my marriage in my walk with the Lord in my family whatever the situation that I'm facing in Mark chapter 16 and verses 9-14 Mark chapter 16 and beginning with verse number nine mark 16:9 it says now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week he appeared at first to Mary Magdalene out of whom he had cast for seven de devils and she went and told them that had been with him as they mourned and wept and they went and they when they had heard that he was alive and had been seen of her believed not after that he appeared in another form onto

two of them as they walked and went to the country and they went and told it unto the residue neither believed they on them afterwards he appeared onto the 11 as they sat at meat and abraded them with their unbelief and Hardness of Heart because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen and he said unto them it goes on and it it just the problem was how many times you have to be told how many times you have to have the evidence staring you right in the face how many times s do you have to be told the same thing over and over again where you finally believe it and sometimes just takes that when God opens our eyes and we see it all of a sudden wow this is what I wasn't

seeing sometimes it's right there in the word it's right there in front of us in Romans 10:17 the Bible says faith come by hearing and hearing by the word of God in Mark 8: 18 Jesus said to the disciples having eyes see you not and having ears see you not and do you not remember these were disciples that were with him for over a year and a half they were with him on a daily basis they heard the messages they saw the Miracles they they were right there with Christ listening to him and yet they were not hearing and folks I see Christians that come to church week after week after week after week and nothing changes and we've got to open our ears to listen and these disciples who were right

there with Jesus they just seemed to go right over their heads and they did not get it they didn't hear it in John 5:39 the Bible says search the scriptures for in them you think you have eternal life and they are they which testify of me if you're having trouble understanding it get back in the word of God because that's where the answers are 2 Timothy 2:15 study to show thyself approved un to God a Workman that need not be ashamed rightly dividing the word truth you know I think these disciples were kind of like I was in with the algebra in high school when I took algebra in high school my teacher he was the kind of guy that wanted to students to like him so if you sat up towards the front

of the class right by his desk and you were really nice to him he'd let you use the teacher's book to look up the answers and I really liked him he was one of my favorite teachers in high school but guess how much I learned about algebra nothing because I didn't need to listen and so often we come to church week after week after week and we don't listen as God speaks to our hearts it was all right there for them to see in Acts 1711 it says these were more noble than those in thessalonica and that they received the word with all Readiness of mind and searched the scriptures da where those things are so and they heard it but it did not change them so why didn't they get it why why didn't they

get it go back to Luke chapter 24 look at verse number 25 Luke 24 and verse number 25 then he said un them oh fools and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken he says you you fools you you you're you're you're being stupid here now it's pretty bad when Jesus has to say something that strong to his disciples but they just weren't getting it what was the problem it was just going right over their head you you ever wonder why Marines have a flat forehead and Hunt shoulders because when you tell Marine's joke they go like and then when they get it about two hours later they go oh and a lot of Christians are the same way are they not a lot of Christians we we come to church

but we just don't catch it we don't get it when you get it there's going to be Joy look at Luke chapter 24 and look at verse number 41 Luke 24 and verse 41 and while they yet believed not for Joy they wondered and he said unto them have you here any meat finally they were starting to get it and finally they were starting to understand this is Jesus he's risen from the dead He's Got The Power of Life he's got the power over death he can change us and they were finally starting to get it look at verses 52 and 53 it says and they worshiped him and returned Jerusalem with great joy and were continually in the temple praising and blessing God Amen folks when it finally gets through that thick

skull when it finally gets down into your heart when you finally you realize this is what I need to make a difference this is how I can get the victory over that sin this is how I can change my marriage this is how I can change my family this is how I can get rid of that depression when you finally begin to see that Jesus is the answer his death his burial Resurrection is not just about salvation it's about the change that God brings in our lives it's about the joy we have in a relationship with Jesus Christ and when you get it there'll be joy and when you get it you want to tell others go over to 1 John chapter 1 1 John chapter 1 and look at verses 1-4 1 John chap 1 veres 1-4 that which was

from the beginning which we have heard which we have seen with our eyes which we have looked upon and our hands have handled of the word of life for the life was manifested we have seen it and bear witness and show unto you that eternal life which was with the father it was manifested unto us that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you that you also may have fellowship with us and truly our fellowship is with the father with his son Jesus Christ and these things write we unto you that your joy may be full folks when you really get it in your life you want to share it with everybody else you want them to see what you've finally seen we to go back to Luke Chapter n just a couple more

verses and we'll close Luke Chapter n look at verse number 44 Luke chapter 9 beginning with verse number 44 let these saying sink down into your ears for the son of man shall be delivered under the hands of men but they understood not the say it was hid from them that they perceived it not and they feared to ask him of that saying then there arose a reasoning among them which of which of them would be the greatest Jesus just finished talking about they's going to die he's going to be buried he's going to rais again he's going through all that they don't understand it they don't ask any questions and then what do they start asking about who's going to be the greatest in the Kingdom their

whole focus is on the wrong thing and so often we're the same way even at the last supper if you look at Luke chapter 22 Luke chapter 22 and look at verse number 20 Luke chapter 22 and beginning with verse number 20 the Bible says likewise also the cup after the supper saying this cup is the New Testament my blood which is said for you but behold the hand of him that betrayeth me is with with me on the table and truly the son of man goeth as it was determined but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed and they begin to Quire themselves which of them uh it was that should do this thing and it was also a stir among them which of them should be counted the greatest I mean Jesus gets done

telling one of you is going to betray me and they start out talking about who's going to betray him but then it morphs into but who's going to be the greatest in the Kingdom their whole Focus was on me it wasn't on Jesus it was not God it was not their relationship with him it was just going straight over their heads and they just missed it totally but when you finally get it it changes you you get the death the burial the Resurrection the whole New Testament the whole Bible is about that that's the focus of everything not only for our salvation but for our relationship with him who's the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven the first shall be last and the last shall be first because it's not

about me it's about him you know when time Thomas finally got it we call him doubting Thomas for a reason right when he finally realized that Jesus was truly resurrected from the dead what did he say and Thomas answered said to him my Lord and my God don't be like the disciples don't let it just go over your head today if you're here and you're not saved you need to understand that sincerity will not get you to heaven no matter how sincere you are in your religion your rituals or your own righteousness it is a relationship I am the way the truth and the life no man cometh on father but by me you need to take care of that today but as a Christian don't call God a liar when he speaks to you listen listen with ears that are open but more importantly list with a heart that's open and stop making Christianity all about you and realize that Christianity is all about Jesus and the more it's about Jesus then the more it becomes about me