Finding Purpose Through The Gospel Of Christ

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So here at our church, if you're visiting with us today, we call the building The Junction and we have a Junction Cafe that comes during the week and that happens every day of the week actually. We're open seven days. Uh, and The Junction is about five years ago, Pastor Kev had a vision that we have this the middle of Burley that sits empty every day of the week, except Friday nights for youth and Sunday mornings.

And we went on this journey of rethinking church. What could it look like to have a building that is filled with people from the community every day of the week? And For nearly five years on now, we actually have that where we have people from the community coming in to this space and loving the space, the cafe area, having connection with themselves, others, and ultimately with God.

So that has been the vision and the journey of The Junction to date. And I wanted to share this morning, uh, out of, we're just playing this in the background, it's a video Chris made probably a few years ago highlighting just, I, I feel like it captures everything of what the Junction is about. Um, it's the home of our church, love this city, uh, and we, exist basically to be for the Gold Coast and to connect.

Uh, just some pictures there if you haven't been to our cafe during the week of people coming in and connecting. But that has been a real, uh, journey for us. And our next phase of, uh, vision for this space, and it ties in with Scylla being able to share her story, uh, was that we have developed in that backroom.

back there. A, uh, production, uh, podcast studio. So we can have, be set up during the week to be able to record stories. Uh, we want to be able to make that space, uh, available to the community to be able to hire, to come in and be able to record. record podcasts and things like that. And the idea of that is that we would be able to generate funds that would help us to be able to pay for our production needs here at The Junction.

So what you may not know is that the original view of The cafe and the development of the cafe was to be able to generate funds outside of your faithful giving, your tithes and offerings, to be able to generate funds through the cafe so we can pay for the utilities of the building, the, uh, mortgage repayments, the, uh, the lighting, uh, the costs of running air conditioning, water, that sort of thing, the utility costs.

So we are actually doing that now. The cafe is funding the utility costs of the building, which means that your faithful, generous tithes that are given are being used for mission and discipleship purposes, which was always the aim of that. That was the dream. That was the journey that we've been on and the, in the same way, the studio, we hope, will grow and develop to be able to raise funds so that we can cover the production needs.

So, technical things cost money to run our lights, to Our band, our instruments, all of that sort of thing. So the idea would be eventually, with the studio, to be able to rent that space out to the community and gather funds to be able to fund those production needs that we have. That's one thing. You've heard Ruth talk about that.

the workspaces next door. We've had some lease, um, hiccups and bumps with that, but it looks like it's coming online early in 2025. So we have some junction workspaces next door that we'll be able to rent out to people that have businesses and be able to generate funds in that way as well. For the cafe outside, and something that we've been talking about as a staff and eldership team for quite some time, we would love the cafe to extend.

We have a beautiful space outside, and how awesome would it be if it was open into the evening? Now, I, It's a big vision to think that we could be open from 7 in the morning till 9 at night every single day. But we are facing in our community and on the Gold Coast an epidemic of loneliness. People are lonely.

They are seeking community. And the people that we talk to are the most lonely at night time when they are home alone or they don't have family or they are in a difficult place and they, they work full time. They can't make it in here during the week. to come and connect, but perhaps they could come if we were open at night to come and connect with someone here at the junction just for a meal, uh, a hot chocolate, uh, they might listen to some live music if we have music playing out there.

So we wanted to share that this morning just as an idea of, I'm not saying that the, the small staff team that we have here at the junction want to work seven in the morning till nine at night. We definitely don't. And it's a God sized dream that we would have this space open every day and night of the week.

But what if God could do it? He could raise up a team of volunteers, uh, second barista teams that would be available to run the cafe and we could actually run into the evening. It's a beautiful space and we love to use it for mission and discipleship. It would be awesome to see this space used day and night, uh, be able to run courses like Alpha and Emotionally Healthy Spirituality and things in our, uh, learning spaces and rooms and be able to extend that into the evening.

So I wanted to just share a little bit of that to, um, throw that out there to you because we never know. So we've been talking about it here as a a staff team. But we are a family here and there might be people sitting in this room who are also passionate about making that happen. And we want to share that so that we give you opportunity to share your ideas and thoughts about how that might work as well.

I'm going to invite Kev up to sit next to me this morning and we're going to wrap up our series Everyday Gospel. So we've been in a series for the last six weeks, uh, and. Right at the beginning, oh, the thing I've loved about this series is just how simple it has been. Ruth said in her message, I think it was about three weeks in, it's just really simple.

It's beautifully simple, the gospel. And that's what I love about it. I love to simplify things. that are, uh, complex and we've loved learning about the four quadrants of the gospel, which is something you spoke about. So if we can pop that slide up, Kev, I'll get you just to talk through that one. Basically, I shared this last week.

If you weren't here, you get another look at it. The gospel covers our sins. That's Christ died for us. That's the forgiveness of our sins. But it does something else when the light of the gospel comes in, it puts to get to death, your old sin nature. Which is the next stage. It deals with your old self. God can deal with sin, but the trouble is with our sin nature, it's like a factory of sin within us, so he's got to deal with the factory that does it, which is the self.

Then you realise that Christ died as me. That's when you begin to realise it's no longer I that live. But it's Christ lives in and through me. That's what Sila was kind of talking about. It's that, it's that intimate relationship with God that deals with the justification before God. Once you deal with that, now you're ready in position for the third section, which is Christ living through you.

This is where you're conformed to the image of Christ. You take on the character and the nature of Jesus and you start to Feel the things that God feels. You get passionate about what God's passionate about, not what you're passionate about. And you fall more in love with that. Which leads to the final stage, which is then God can actually move through you.

Which is you then helping someone else to love Jesus the way that you love Jesus. I mean, you can't help but love Jesus if you go and talk to Scylla. That's why I said she's a young lady. She feels like she's really young, you know. And if you talk to her, she is so passionate. And it is so simple. It's simple.

Unfortunately, the church has made it very difficult over the years because we, we've encumbered the gospel with a whole bunch of religious things which are not necessarily part of God's plan. So, there it is. That's human nature too, just to complicate things. We tend to overthink. I know I do overthink things and all of a sudden it becomes more complex than it needs to be.

But this series, everyday gospel has been impacting to me in that I love to just revisit ways that I can apply the gospel to my life. Uh, today we want to look at how the gospel, so for those of you who may not know, or maybe you're just coming today for the first time, the gospel is the good news of Jesus.

So to, uh, summarize that, the good news of Jesus and what that can mean for your life. This morning, I want to just highlight and unpack how that. gospel can impact every phase and stage of our lives. So having worked in the youth and children's space, we talk about phases a lot. Uh, it's just a phase you say when you have the child crying or sleeping in your bed.

It's just a phase. It'll pass like from when they're very young. Uh, it's just a phase. They're chewing on everything, but we want to look this morning at phases of our and how the gospel can transform and impact, uh, every phase. So if we can put the first one up, uh, it's children. So as children, the gospel provides a foundation of love, security, and identity in Christ.

It shapes our kids worldview and moral compass, helping them to understand God's love and forgiveness. I just wanted to talk to that for a moment. Um, and the word identity really stands out there. So as children, the gospel provides a foundation of love and security when we're raising our kids and we're talking about, uh, their identity in Christ, it really makes a difference when they know who they are.

And whose they are. Who do they belong to? How did God create them? Uh, He knit them together. He knew them before they were even born. And if we are teaching our kids that, uh, foundational truth about the gospel, they are, uh, their identity is based in something that cannot be shaken. Yeah. And having worked with children, uh, in a teaching setting at school, school having worked here at the church in our kids ministry and also raising my own children.

I have really seen the impact of speaking into their identity in who they are and whose they are. Making sure that that foundation is secure because the truth of the gospel in that sense makes a huge difference to how they operate in the world and how they see the world around them Sure does because it also helps them understand who they're not.

So if they understand who they are and who they are not, like John the Baptist, when he was asked, Are you the Christ? He said, No, I'm just a voice. I'm just a pathway. And there's something freeing in understanding who you are not. So if kids grow up understanding their identity is in their God. And their God loves them.

They don't have to be God. Takes the pressure off. Takes away all the issues of anxiety and stress. Because if you have to be God, it's a very big job description. And there's a lot to manage. So it's cool. Yeah. So, uh, I wanted to also highlight that maybe some of you didn't grow up in the church or knowing the truth of the gospel at a young age, uh, and that's okay because when you come to Christ, like Scylla said in her sermon, story.

She feels like a child again. She's learning that identity. She is able to circle back to knowing the truth of who God created her to be and orienting that around her identity in Christ. I say, stay a child. Yep. Just refuse to grow up. I refuse to grow up. Peter Pan. Peter Pan. I'm going to be like Peter Pan.

I'm just refuse to grow up. Kev's favourite movie. You can't stop growing old. That's it. Biological clock. That's it. Sorry, you're gonna go old, but you do not have to grow up. You can remain childlike in your heart. Yeah. And you will experience the wonder of God every day. And in Matthew 19, it says that Jesus welcomes the little children and to come as a, as a small child to him, have a childlike faith.

The next phase that I want to highlight is youth. So there's some of our young people in our cafe. This is the phase that breaks everything in the auditorium. Puts holes in walls. Oh no, that's not in there. They always get blamed for that, don't they? So for youth, the truth of the gospel, the good news of the gospel, offers purpose and direction during a time of self discovery.

It guides them through challenges, peer pressures, and the important life decisions. Yeah. So, I want to highlight this morning that being a teenager is really hard work. Yeah. So, there's been so much research done about the teenage brain and brain development at this phase of life. And I want to say if you are older than a teen or if you have teens.

Think back to when you were a teenager and really try and grow your grace and empathy for this age group of kids. They are facing challenges in our world today that we never faced growing up. They are facing things in society that we never had to and I think the most challenging thing for youth is, and Ruth spoke about this, actually, so did Simon and Pauline alluded to it in their messages too, one of our values here at our church has been counterculture, standing against the pattern of the world and being transformed by the renewing of our mind.

And when we have the gospel at the centre of who we are, and as a teenager, when we can, they can stand and know whose they are and who they are. It offers purpose and direction during a time that can be quite confusing. I love, uh, the idea, and this goes into young adults as well, but we can, in this phase of life of being a teenager or a youth, it can become very much about me, myself, my needs, and selfish desires, things that I want.

Um, and the gospel encourages us to be outward looking, to be looking at what sort of a purpose and direction can I bring that would make a stand against popular culture and would help, um, me to be able to speak into situations, uh, in life as well with friends. Yep. Different circumstances. Do you want to add anything to that one?

Yeah. I hear a lot. There's, there's common things happen in youth culture and things like that. And the whole big thing at the moment is like this, that they're a narcissist. It's a narcissist. I, if I hear that once, I hear that a billion times. Listen. Everybody that doesn't know Christ, that hasn't surrendered themselves to the second part of the quadrant, is a narcissist.

Because all they care about is themself. It's just part of life. So forget about all these kind of like looking traits and things like that. That's just who a human being is when they don't know Christ. When they don't know God. And they have to be God for themselves. It's just about me. So, Don't get all caught up in that, you know, just follow Christ and don't conform to those patterns because they want to make you follow patterns.

Go against the culture and believe what God says about you. Find his purpose. Find your identity in him. That's what I would say. And I would also, and our youth leaders do this on. The regular on a Friday night will remind our students. What does God say about that? What is God's word? How does that align to what he's saying and and parents?

I want to encourage you that you already know this but you are not the loudest voice in your teenagers world When they are teens, they are looking to their peers and their friends We can't control who our kids are friends with necessarily, but we can control the environments that we put them in. So, if you have a teen in your world and you want them to be in a positive environment, do what you can to have them here at your school.

Youth on a Friday night or connecting with other teens who are in a good place. Young adults is our next area. Um, this is a photo of the young adults actually in that podcast studio at the back there. When they recorded, uh, some thoughts about the youth. across discussion a little while back. They have some podcast episodes that you can tap into and listen to on Spotify as well.

A little plug there for the podcast, but young adults find meaning and vocation through the gospel's call to serve God and others. It influences the gospel influences in this phase, career choices, relationships, and lifestyle decisions. So to focus in there on the word meaning, uh, looking at. in the world of a young adult, they are making huge life decisions and the gospel can impact that.

It may impact the type of career that they choose, looking at who they are, how they're wired, uh, and it adds and gives meaning to that. Kev, you spoke, well, you have a message. From many many years ago that I always refer back to because I think it's key And it's about the god's will and call And looking at what his will is and what his call is on our life Can you briefly give us the two minute summary of that?

Yeah, I don't think the church has done a very good job of this I think we've intrinsically tied the will of god to vocation and that puts a massive stress on kids because a couple of things happen. Number one is that they don't actually make a decision because I'm frightened of stepping out of the will of God and not finding it, or they get into it and then they confuse, this is God's will for my life.

This, my vocation becomes an idol and it becomes destructive. God's will for all human beings is for you to be holy. That's number one. That's his will. His call is for you to be conformed to the image of Christ, which is the gospel, and then go help someone else be conformed to the image of Christ. And I've said this a few times, and I do upset people, and I apologize if I upset you again.

I don't think God gives a rat's what you do for your, for your actual vocation. I don't think he cares about it. Because this world, it says, is coming to an end. It'll be new heavens and a new earth. I don't think it's tied to that. What he cares about is whatever you decide to do, whatever it is. If you want to be a surgeon, great, but you're going to be held accountable.

Are you becoming more holy like he's holy? Are you being conformed to the image of Christ? So you're the best surgeon out there that represents Christ. Are you using that influence to help other people to start a relationship with Christ? So I think we've got that whole thing tied up wrong. I've watched it destroy so many people over the years, tying God's will to that vocation.

I don't think he cares. I think what he cares about is you represent him well, and you fulfill his call to be conformed to the image of Christ and make disciples. In whatever you choose to do. And when I was growing up, and probably some of you older ones growing up, we only had one kind of like job or maybe two.

But you young ones, you're going to have 15 or so across your lifetime. So you can't tie it, because if you tie it to your vocation, what happens when you can't do that vocation? Your whole world comes apart. So they're separate things. Yeah, that's good. Our next phase is singleness. Uh, in singleness, the gospel provides a sense of, poor Ruth.

I said, Chris, can we pick another single person? There's more single people in the church than Ruthie. She's not here to defend herself either. Fortunately, she's not even watching online because she's driving in brooms. Oh, are they? Oh, that's she'll watch later for sure and see that she got thrown under the bus.

Actually, Ruth spoke in her message about singleness. which is why that link. Uh, if you weren't here for it, it was a great photo. Yeah. Okay. So singleness is, uh, the gospel provides a sense of completeness and purpose. It encourages a strong identity in Christ, fostering meaningful community and service to others.

That word completeness is one I wanted to focus in on. What it means to live counter culturally, and Ruth said this in her message, is to choose to live not for ourselves, but for God in everything that we do. And the gift of singleness, I said to Kev yesterday when we were preparing for this, is that the world makes being married and having a family the ultimate thing.

But actually, singleness also. And it provides that focus and, uh, that you can have, you wanted to talk a little bit about this, but you can be, when Paul talks about content in being single, uh, you have more availability to do more to be able to seek after God and find that, um, completeness in him. Paul mentions a lot about that.

He, he will, that more could be like him, but not everybody does have that gift. But I do think once again, this is an area that the church has really elevated. probably to a point where it's not healthy. And for the ones like that do say, I know Ruthie's would like to have a partner, but she's not going to take anybody.

She's only going to take someone that is running with the same intensity after Christ as her, because she doesn't want to derail that. So she'd like to, but she's not going to like, She's not going to just accept anybody and compromise in that but here's a thing something for you to think about in I think it's Mark chapter 12 I think there's a story in the Sadducees come to Jesus Now this is a really fascinating because I want to ask him a question about the resurrection But the Sadducees didn't believe in the resurrection.

So it was a stupid question right from the start But they said, Hey Jesus, you know, like, you know, there was this guy and he had a wife and, but you know, like he died and didn't have any children. And so the law of the day said she was passed on to the second brother and then he died and then he was passed to the, anyway, all seven brothers.

Ended up with the wife. So whose wife is she is in the resurrection and Jesus says to you are in error You do not understand the scriptures in the time to come. There is no marriage in giving him marriage. You'll be like the angels So if ruthie doesn't get married, she's actually ahead of us She's ahead of the game Essentially when this life is over.

We're not in marriage statuses only for this age. It's not for what is to come. So You Keep it in perspective. I agree with you. Let's keep it, celebrate singleness as much as marriage. The next phase is marriage. So in marriage, uh, The Gospel transforms how husbands and wives relate to each other, fostering sacrificial love, forgiveness and mutual respect.

It provides a model for Christ centered partnership. So Pastor Simon spoke last week about the fruit of the Spirit and I think that there is no greater place for the fruit of the Spirit to be developed than in a marriage relationship. If you are probably would agree, because sacrificial love Uh, needs to be at the center of any relationship, uh, especially the marriage relationship where you're learning to love and be loved by someone and having that mutual respect.

So the gospel definitely impacts our marriages in that way. And Christ. We need to love our partners in marriage as Christ loved the church. That is what the scripture talks about. And the kids love them the same way. And that's what that fruit of the spirit comes out. Now, if you happen to have kids that are totally angelic, like they never push your buttons to grow in the relationship.

If you happen to have one of those, I have some advice for you. Buy a Cavoodle.

That'll grow the fruits of the spirit. That's pushing every button I've got. It's growing Kev's fruit of the spirit. Our puppy, we've got a 17 week old Cavoodle. He's cute. He's cute. He eats a lot of things. That's another word. So, um, So the fruit of the Spirit we can see in, in marriage, uh, in sacrificial love.

The next phase I want to talk about the Gospel impacting is in our parenting. As parents, the Gospel shapes how we raise and disciple our children. It influences our parenting style, our family values, and the spiritual atmosphere of our home. Kev already said about pressing buttons. I think parenting is a journey.

Any parent that's gone on the parenting journey would know that you. Maybe our kids are sent into our lives to grow, develop and refine us and grow us in the fruits of the Spirit also. Um, I think a scripture I always love it when, when, when couples come to me and they go, we're not really connecting that well and there's a bit Uneasiness.

And we think if we have a child, it'll help. Nope. Resolve the other bit first. It's true. Pauline shared a scripture out of John 14 verse 27. It said,

I think that that is a scripture as a parent I hold on to all of the time, uh, in seeking to raise and disciple our kids. We need peace. We need God's supernatural peace and enabling of the Holy Spirit. No one knows our kids better than the Holy Spirit does. And he can guide and lead us and give us the perfect parenting advice that we need to be able to raise our children.

So, The gospel definitely impacts our parenting in that phase. The last phase I want to highlight is empty nesters and retirees. So. Beautiful Leonard Look. Couple, they are so beautiful. Um, only recently retired, um, both of them, but empty nesters and retirees. The gospel continues to provide meaning and opportunities for ministry.

It shapes how you steward your time, resources, and life experience to impact others. And Len and Dot were a great. picture to put up there of that because they actually do this. Mentoring younger generations, using their time to serve and giving to the Junction here, giving, I'm sure many of you have been a recipient of a meal made by DOT in service.

And, uh, when she uses her gift in the kitchen to be able to bless others. So, looking for those opportunities as an empty nester when you might have more time. A retiree, a few weeks ago, we shared about Graham and his gift here at the Junction. He comes in during the week. We have a Graham is awesome list in our office.

Graham comes in and he has every, um, He comes in and he crosses things off it. Yep. Before doing them. He's No. Poor Graham. We're like, Graham, sorry, there's another. But he serves practically, uh, fixing things, uh, fixing up broken things, painting walls, cleaning things, all of the little tasks that need doing.

And he's recently retired as well and comes and uses that as an opportunity to serve, uh, the wider community. church at the junction and also, uh, in this season of being an empty nester and retiree. Before you go there, I've got to put this in for Ruthie because this is Ruthie's dream. This is what she thinks about love this city.

One of her. She really feels like God said, we need to really help with the lack of accommodation that faces our city in every, and it's not just in the domestic violence and it's not in homelessness, it's, it's right across the board. And she has it in her heart. That one day love this city will activate Um people who are in that empty nester phase that can be house parents They'll be willing to open their home to someone that's broken bring them in and then help them actually discover a relationship with christ and let the gospel work through them or Put something on their property and as i'm to a house on the property or something like that.

So, just putting that out there because if I don't put it out there, Ruthie will get stuck in there when she gets back. So, some people are already doing that. I look around the room, um, some people are, have a granny flat on their property and they have opened it up to people that are broken and are doing that in this season as well.

Um, the, you, in your message, Kev, you said that everyday gospel power leads to our finest hour. Yeah. So that little rhyme, but it really does that the there's power in the gospel and it does help us to be able to serve and give A great story, um, here of, I'll share quickly so that we can move on to the next point, but an empty nester.

I want to highlight, um, an Eddie Dixon. So they did this and they, this was actually a story from years ago and I'm not even sure that Dot knows that I know about this, but they lived in a duplex next door to a couple, a young couple. Uh, and we met them I met this young couple at our antenatal class the year that India was born and this, uh, she was pregnant at the same time I was and we ended up having our babies within a few months and we were in that same class together.

Anyway, over time we got to know each other and we got talking and I found out that they lived next door to Eddie and, uh, Dot Dixon at the time. And she started just to share a story of how Eddie and Dot, they were. in Queensland, that her husband was from overseas, from Japan, they had no family in Queensland and Eddie and Dot became like grandparents to their kids.

So I stayed in contact with her over the years and she would always share about how much love Eddie and Dot poured into their kids and that they got to be that grandparent figure. And, uh, I just think that, that's that it's awesome that there was someone in the community who knew Eddie and Dot's love for God and that they were then able to pour that love into this young family and be grandparents for, and they would get, go to the grandparent days at school and be connecting with them, uh, through, because they were looking for opportunity to love and they were in the house right next door.

So it's not about coming here on a Sunday and serving on the door or handing out newsletters or serving in the cafe, although that's important. We love that too, but take your, But the truth of the gospel in your life and the impact that it has had, take it out with you and do it out there because they will know us by our love for one another, for how we serve each other in the community, for the people in our street.

How do they, do they know your love for God by how you serve them? Yeah. Um, yeah. So that was just, I think the coolest story about that is that we didn't get to discover that until Eddie's passing, if I remember correctly, it was at the funeral, wasn't it? Yes. Yes. That's when we discovered the story.

They're out there, everyday gospel, living mission, all the time. And that everyday gospel, it, what I said, everyday gospel power leads to your finest hour. Your finest hours in your childhood are going to be through the gospel. Same in your youth, same in your singleness, same in your marriage, same in your emptiness.

It's the finest hours that are going to be in there from the gospel's power in and through us. So throughout all phases of our life, the gospel continually renews our mind. transforms our desires and deepens relationship with God and others. And that's something that we would like you to grasp this morning and really recognize, uh, that the gospel makes life better and actually makes us better at life.

Scylla said that in her testimony and I only picked it up after watching it last night in preparation for today. She alluded to that. My life is better. And it's because of the encounter with the Gospel. The Gospel makes life better and it makes us better at life. So, yeah, I just wanted to highlight that this morning.

Um, you talked about, well, the practical application of today's message and the culmination of this whole series would be that we take the Gospel that has impacted us at every phase of life and we take it out to the world. And we share it with others because that's what's going to impact the most. The gospel was put, I put it into a jigsaw from ages ago to help you understand it.

Once again, it's around the four quadrants. It's the same thing. Loving God with all our heart, mind, soul and strength. Following Jesus in obedience to what he teaches us how to live, love other people out of that place of health and purity of thought and motivation. Then go make disciples. What does that mean?

What does it mean make disciples? It means go help someone else love God. That's all it means. And your whole life and all of the seasons of your life makes sense if it's framed by the gospel and foundation. This is the back of the gospel, so. So listen, this whole thing about the everyday gospel, this is really about the Father's heart.

It's really about communicating the Father's heart and through the Spirit, us being conformed to the image of Christ so that we are effective for Him in this world. Jesus last words that He said before He was taken up to heaven is interesting. This is what it was. It's out of Matthew chapter 28. It says, When they saw Him, so this is after the resurrection, they worshipped Him, but some doubted.

So it's okay to doubt. It's okay. Just be chilled about that. It's okay to have some doubts. Then Jesus came to them and said, all authority in heaven and earth has been given to me. Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations. And you notice he didn't say nation. He's finished with nation. A nation, he's, he's pulling people out of all nations now to do what His work baptize them and the Father and son and the Holy Spirit.

And then teaching them to obey everything I've commanded you and surely I'm with you always. Now this statement is after the resurrection so Jesus has now taken the gloves off and he's put other gloves on but what he doesn't say is as instructive as what he does say. All authority on heaven and earth has been given to me.

Up until this Moses, this time, this moment, Moses was your man. Now I'm your man and that's gone. That's gone. That's finished. You need to let that jump off that plane. Get on this one now because this is a new plane and we've got some new things going on. You need to get on board here. So it's, they, this is how they would have heard it.

Okay, so Moses is not the guy anymore. Now you're the guy. Yeah, go teach him to obey. Make all disciples. It doesn't say make all disciples. It doesn't make another nation great. No, no, no. No, it says he's going to pull people out of all nations. It's now an all nations gig. So it's very, very important.