CROSS TO COMMISSION | Mercy For The Villain | Matthew 27:2-10 | Arik Hayes

Welcome to 2819 church Thankful and grateful for for those that came out to join us today We are a church that is a house of prayer presence and proclamation I want to welcome my online community digital disciples clap it up for them. Some may actually be in the building No doubt those in the chat high in the chat beloved. We love you And I also want to welcome the unbeliever. This is a place where you absolutely can belong Before you believe clap it up for the unbeliever in the building tuning in questioning the claims of Christ It is our hope and prayer and planning to support The development of your faith man in hopes that the Holy Spirit the same one that already pricked our hearts Will prick yours one day that you would come upon the arc of safety and Get to know the true and living God have everlasting life. Amen My man, and I just want to pause right now I want to honor the pastor of this ecclesia Philip Anthony Mitchell That's want to take time to do that pause pause and honor the pastor of this house No, you haven't seen them in a couple of weeks You are not forgotten he loves you With that being said we if you've been here or been following us online or even even join us at Westside It's been a tough year. Amen All right, we had to vacate premises and that wasn't on our timeline all right back at Westside, but the Lord provided the space that we're in today and Typically actually takes a sabbatical again sometime in the summer, but we were heavy in the middle of ministry So we actually did that during December and I just want to say and you could take this for yourself rest is holy And say it again on this side of the room rest is holy All right So we want to definitely give him and his family the time to be able to do that. So As the church we are continuing to walk through the book of Matthew in a series We've titled cross to commission and I have the honor and privilege of preaching this sermon that I've titled mercy for the villain Mercy for the villain

Amen by your head, please allow me to pray for us again. Holy Father. I just thank you for Just your grace and your goodness for your written word for your scriptures for the inspiration of the Holy Spirit in the scriptures God and truth that we can come back to and meditate on and actually help to conform us into the image of Christ and Give us an anchor in our souls in a in a weary land. Oh God In a world that preaches everything against what we believe Thank you for the scriptures God I thank you for everybody that's in the building on the way to the building that just logged on across this camera God If it happens to be the recording go up god, I just thank you for everybody Attentive here God, I I seek to decrease that you would increase That your son would be glorified That your love would be made known By your precious Holy Spirit Have your way in this experience Oh God for these people with this sermon So Jesus stay my prayer Amen and hey Frank my hanging out with me brother. I appreciate you appreciate you I'm not a movie buff, but it doesn't take a lot or a lot of dedication to know that Especially in movies and sometimes a real life We don't like the villain If I could use language my mom, you know, you gotta catch the language like I'm gonna use the H word the hate We hate the villain Is that true we hate the villain Those that are movie buffs all right, if I if I say you to picture one of your favorite movies as you look at all the time and And I have I say hey man, you know, tell me about the villain a lot of times There's if you love the movie or if it was written in the way that you love the main character You really have a visceral reaction to the villain No, man, like nowadays it wasn't always like that now you have like Instagram

You can like follow the actor like and you can see this person and you just forget they got a whole real life They got like kids and a wife or whatever when you see them you see the villain You can see them in the airport You look at them, you get a scowl on your face, why? Because you was the villain, and you hurt the main character. Some villains played their part so good, you cannot wipe it out of your mind. It could actually hurt them when they get recast with someone, like in another movie. If you played that villain very well, it could take you out of business. We can't just cast you as a loving father over here, it's not even believable. You played that so well because you were the villain. Some of us have played the villain. I know we like to talk about how the villain was played to us, but in somebody's story, you may be the villain. I know you don't like thinking about it, but if I ask somebody that knew you, they don't necessarily have the, he's blessed and highly favored testimony. They have the villain story about you, not the person sitting next to you, I'm talking about you. I know you're sweet now, but in somebody's life, you may have played the villain. And you can forget the main character, but you can remember the villain. With that being said, beloved, you can be saved,

you can be a disciple, new convert, or not even know God. Most of us have heard of the villain named Judas. In raps, in songs, in pop culture, it's very well known, when you say Judas, you're talking about snakeish behavior. And the way that he did it too, he was betrayed. He didn't come up and steal off on Jesus, nothing like that. He actually came and betrayed with a kiss. With a kiss. At least let me know you coming. At least be straight up, say, I don't like you. I know what I'm dealing with. You were betrayed with a kiss. And back to the movies, man, the reality is like, they'll give you like a really, like serious villain. But sometimes what they'll do is, after that, the success of that movie, they'll back up and give you like a part two, but it'll be a prequel to give you like the backstory of the villain. And a lot of times with that, you'll start to see the villain in a different way. Like you start to see why they got there, how they got there, like their origin story, five, six, seven, what happened to them to make them so evil? And as we dive into Matthew 27, one through 10, we're gonna talk about the villain Judas, but I'm also gonna give you a prequel in scripture to let you know how we got there. You with me, beloved? All right, amazing.

We're gonna jump into verse one and two, Matthew 27. And I should be turning with you on some of this. And we're gonna look at the scriptures together, amen? All right, verse one, it says, when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death. And they bound him and led him away and delivered him over to Pilate, the governor. Now, in my last sermon two weeks ago, we saw where Christ was put through. He actually submitted through what I would call a mock. It was like the mockery trial. It was a corrupt trial where they actually sentenced him to death. In fact, though, when they sentenced him to death, because they were under Roman rule at that time, they didn't even have the power to do it. How wicked are you? How are you gonna send somebody or something? You don't even have the power to do it. But since they conspired and they came together and gave him a sentence, they're actually taking him over to Roman court now, because at that time, the Romans did have the power to execute. And I'll jump in to verse three. It says, then when Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he changed his mind and brought back the 30 pieces of silver

to the chief priests and the elders. Now, in the last experience, somebody yelled out, well, too late, right? Some of y'all, you didn't yell it out. You probably feel that way. Like, okay, you know, brought it back. My Christ is already in prison. Whoop-dee-doo, I don't care. Right? But now I actually wanna, I'm gonna take you back to the prequel. And let's talk about the villain story, all right? I'm gonna jump into a couple of verses. The first one starting with John 12, three through six. John 12, three through six. It reads as Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. So you got this amazing worship moment where Mary broke her alabaster box on the feet of Jesus. But here's Judas in verse four. It said, but Judas Iscariot, one of the disciples, he who was about to betray him said, why was this ointment not sold for 300 denarii and given to the poor? Verse six tells you exactly why he said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief

and have in charge of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it. All right? So at the beginning of this story here, talking about his backstory, listen, he was, Judas was revealed as a thief. Come on, family. He was stealing the church's money. Like we're gonna judge sins? That's gotta be some of the lowest of the low, right? In our human estimation. A thief, acting like he cares for the poor. Hey man, we could have done something for the poor. You have no care for the poor. You are a thief. We could have done something for them. You have no plans for them. No outreach plans in your back pocket. You just want to take the money. And my guess is he wanted enough in there so now he can pinch off. Well, it's not a lot in there. We got eyes on it so I can't pinch off. So now you're being sneaky with your thievery. A sneaky thief. All right, let's jump into John 13, one and two. John 13, one and two reads, verse one. It says, now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the father,

having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. Verse two says, during supper, when the devil had already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him. So this is another point in the story. Yes, he was a sneaky thief. But now we see that Judas is dealing with warfare that he don't know how to deal with. It said, Satan put the thought in his heart. Notice, it didn't just say a regular demon. Judas is dealing with Satan himself in a warfare he is not prepared for. And if I can stop right here, some of us are doing the same thing. You out here trying to battle a thought with a thought and you are losing. Losing left and right. Satan or a demon, put a thought, right, because he can't suggest to you. Everything that comes to your soul does not originate with you. You need to know that, beloved. You have to have discernment. That is not me. That may be the enemy. That may be my flesh. But I don't think Judas has that theological understanding. Mercy for the villain. All right, let's drop down in that same chapter,

it's John 13, 21 through 27. John 13, 21 through 27. And it reads, after saying these things, Jesus was troubled. He was in trouble. He was in trouble. He was in trouble. He was in trouble. He was in trouble. He was in trouble. He was in trouble. Jesus was troubled in his spirit. and testified, truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me. The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke. One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining at a table at Jesus' side, at the same table that Jesus, let me stop here. Right, so this is interesting, right? Like, y'all ever dealt with somebody that speaks about themselves in the third person? Some of y'all are the people that speaks about themselves in the third person. We just gotta look at you weird. I want you to say myself, right? John did the same thing. John wrote the Gospel of John. And in the middle of that, he says, one of his disciples in 23, whom Jesus loved,

was reclining at the table at Jesus' side, right? And it's a little funny, but let me tell you something. If you keep meditating on the truth, it'll start to change you. Many of you identify yourselves as many things, but it's not that you're one of the disciples that Jesus loves. How could your life change if you ran into situations? I don't know, I don't care what's going on. I don't know what's going on, but I am one of the disciples that Jesus loves. I know I don't look bright right now, but I know one thing. I am one of the disciples that Jesus loves. I don't know how it's turning out right now, but it's gonna work it out for my good because I am one of the disciples that Jesus loves. Look at me sideways, you feel like it. John didn't care and we shouldn't care either. Keep reading, verse 24. It says, so Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus of whom he was speaking. So Simon Peter motioned to John to ask Jesus, what does he mean here? So that disciple, speaking of John, this third person stuff. So that disciple leaning back against Jesus said to him, Lord, who is it? And Jesus actually answered. He said, it is he to whom I will give this morsel of bread

when I have dipped it. So when he had dipped the morsel, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. Two things, two things, two things. There's something about being close to Christ that is underrated, right? Even Peter, right? I'm gonna break it down, right? So I understand just being like positionally close, right? It wouldn't make sense that Peter is sitting right beside him for him to motion to John, right? So John positionally, like in real life, was sitting close. Actually, I'm gonna say in like to amplify, it say he actually leaned back on his chest right there. That's how close he was. And he got special information that nobody else got. Wow. Some things you don't know because your soul is not leaning against Christ. It's not because he doesn't want you to know, right? You think he don't want me to know? No, no, no, no. He was in a position to ask. Oh my goodness. As disciples, we are in a position to ask. It says he who wants wisdom. It said, ask him. You know what I love about it? He didn't say, ask him. He said, he actually gives it liberally.

You get to know stuff by leaning into the scriptures. Don't make us preach all the scriptures to you. Go get to know them for yourself. He will tell you things. Why? Because you're one of the disciples that he loves. Come on now. Come on now. Verse 27, where I want to land. It says, then after he had taken the morsel, speaking of Judas, it said, Satan entered into him. It said, Jesus then said to him, what you are going to do, do it quickly. So we went from a sneaky thief to being courted by Satan in your soul with your thoughts in spiritual warfare. And now we see Judas has full on been possessed by the devil. Am I making it up? It said entered into him. I didn't even say oppressed by, it says entered in. You are possessed by the devil. The devil. Possessed. Can I insert here? I believe it made it easier for him to do that. Way back in seed form. When he just regarded iniquity in his heart with a little bit of still there, a coin here, a coin there, right? I was just talking, how beautiful would it have been

if right beside Mary, breaking her alabaster box, that Judas came right beside and confessed his sin and gave his life to the Lord there. But yet in the middle of a display of worship, the idolatry in his heart was highlighted. Hey, are you one of those that say, hey man, it don't take all that. Maybe your idolatry in your heart has been highlighted. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus. On the church every Sunday, it don't take. No, no, maybe that's your idolatry being highlighted. You're gonna forgive all. Maybe it is your idolatry in your heart being highlighted. Sneaky thief, courted by Satan himself. Possessed by Satan. Let's go to Matthew 26, 14 through 16. Matthew 26, 14 through 16. Let's go. Verse 14 says, I love to hear them pages turning. I'm gonna wait a few seconds for you. All right. Verse 14, then one of the 12, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests, it says he went y'all, and said, what will you give me if I deliver him over to you? And they paid him 30 pieces of silver. Verse 16, and from that moment, he sought an opportunity to betray him, right?

This is why, again, I believe it started here. Listen, when he went to betray Jesus, it was already in seed form in his life. So I'm asking you, what sin are you coddling in your heart? Because you think it'll never get that far. Do you think Judas thought it would ever get that far when he was just siphoning off a little coin there for the poor? You know one of the most arrogant things we do as believers? We actually try to predict how the sin will affect us. We justify the sin by saying, it's just a little white lie, it'll be okay. It's just a little money, it'll be okay. It's just a little adultery, nobody will find out. It's just a little resentment, not knowing that you may end up with a straight, cold heart. And unfortunately, beloved, especially those that are coming to the faith rededicated, we have had a habit of coddling sin like a pet viper. Just walking around, you're a little pet viper. Hey, what's that? It's my pet viper. It's a viper, it wants to bite. It's not going to calm down. You keep feeding it, it will only grow. Just get the imagery. Every night you sleep in a sleeping bag. Every time you do it, you actually put that pet viper right at the bottom and zip up and go to sleep. It's comfy, just go to sleep.

Look, spiritually, we say, man, I ain't gotta give up that, do I? Ksss. It ain't that serious. Ksss. Just a little envy, it ain't that bad, is it? Ksss. Little jealousy, it's okay. I can look at other things and ksss. Little covetousness, these are all the little sins that nobody talks about. Little backbiting, ksss. Little gossip, ksss. And you can come to leadership, we preach, and we just sound so judgmental to you. But all we hear, we look at you, we see, all we hear is you got a pet viper at the bottom of your sleeping bag. It's only a matter of. Time. Only a matter of time. You see, but that's not judgmental. You know, but that's actually love. When you talk about sin. Elders, we look, amen, we're trying to be gracious. We talk, they got a pet viper, elder. Pet and viper don't even go together. Pet viper, put in it, rabbit, anything. Just don't put a viper there, it's going to bite. And this is what's tough.

You know what makes it tough? When sometimes you're counseling somebody, you're a little spiritually mature, you realize, or you remember when you've been bitten yourself. I've had a pet viper before, and it bit me too. The viper isn't going to change its nature. You have to change yours. By the power of the Holy Spirit and His grace and scriptures and truth and community, conformed to the image of Christ. So that when you see a viper, can I tell you something? It's not that I don't get tempted to sin. I just, I've been time, had a time with the Lord almost three decades, that now I see more of the end from the beginning. Not perfect, but I can look at that, but although it may seem tempting, that's a viper. Once you come over here, I see it. It may appeal to my flesh. I'm still being conformed, but I'm like, nah, that's a viper, I'm good on that. I don't have to get as close anymore. As you mature, you start to sharpen your discernment. You're like, I know they got a wig on, but that's a viper. Snatch that wig off, you a viper. Amen. The way that his flesh cracked and he betrayed Christ was already seed form in his life. And then he let up, he let a thought be planted by Satan.

And then he was possessed by Satan. And then the betrayal, it was just a matter of. So now let's jump back into the primary text. Let's go Matthew 27, verse three. I'll read it a little bit over again. Verse three again, it said, then when Judas his betrayer saw that Jesus was condemned, it says he changed his mind and he brought back 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. Take that down. Listen, listen, can I keep it a book? Judas actually did a better job of repenting than some of us. He was broken in heart and he brought the money back. Some of us would have been sorry, but we'd have kept the money or already spent it, right? But no, that actually cements to me how remorseful he was. I believe much like the parable in the, that Christ said about the prodigal son, I believe when he saw, he saw Christ and they were transporting him. I believe he came to himself. Now I may not be all in, you know what I'm saying? This called him teacher, he didn't call him Lord. That's a conversation for another day. But man, I don't want this to happen to him. Amen. He bought the 30 pieces of silver back to the chief priests and the elders. And this shows how remorseful he was. He says in verse 4, he says, I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.

Let's stop here. Take that down. So now we have in word and in deed, hey man, I don't want nothing to do with this no more. I, he's innocent, man. We betrayed an innocent man. Here these chief priests go. In the verse 4 after he said, I have sinned by betraying an innocent blood. Verse 4. He said, they said, what is that to us? See to it yourself. I really don't like these guys, man. What do you mean? See to it myself, you a whole chief priest, your primary job is to be a mediator between the people and God and deal with their sins. What do you mean? Deal with it yourself. He has no way of dealing with it himself. That's not the way things are set up of which you teach. You have to bring a sacrifice and bring it to God. And the people were not allowed. They had to go to the chief priests, the high priests and the elders. Verse 5. So they said that to him. Verse 5 says, and throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, he departed and he went and hanged himself. He went and hung himself, man. He was actually remorseful. I believe he tried to run it back. Like I think, come on, man, let's, this is going too far. I've come to, I've come to try to make this thing right.

I've come to the high priest. Like surely you guys care about righteousness, don't you? Here's even the money. I didn't even spend none. I'm a known thief. I didn't even spend none. Come on, come on. Let's stop this. What's that got to do with us, fam? Go deal with that yourself. See how you can get a little more mercy for the villain. You know what? This is big. We're going to get into how he felt, right? Because if you judge him that way, when you get in the jam and you betrayed him, you're going to judge yourself like that. And instead of running to Christ, you're going to run away. If you judge other people like that, you're not going to give them grace and forgiveness and compassion. You're going to say, you know what? Go. People can come and actually apologize to you. What that got to do with me? You already did what you did. I'm done with you. Enter cancel culture. Hey, as disciples, we need to chill out. I understand the world, but how much have we been forgiven? No, no, no, no. Tally your sin.

How much have we been forgiven? I'm not saying all situations need, you need to come back and be in close. I understand there's abuse. I'm not minimizing what they did. But the scripture says, God, if you counted iniquity, who could stand? Yeah. If he counted iniquity, you mean you want to put them in line and you want to talk about all their sins, don't you? Well, you jump right behind them. Now me, I want none of that smoke. Keep it all under the blood. And if we're wise, we would do the same. You know what? It would make us much more gracious people. Much more loving people after, by the way, it actually says that in the scriptures, disciples shall be known by. Our love But as I was prepping man, I feel like the Lord supernaturally just gave me a glimpse of like despair And if he did that no doubt some of us are just dealing with despair I'm talking about your soul is dark You're walking around probably like a thick gray dark black cloud of sorts Because you believe what you're currently in is your end And you either see no way of escape or you think this the way of escape ain't there for you Because what I believe about Judas is He was remorseful He went to the high priest he was trying to undo it and I think what what drove him into deep despair is That the one person he knew would hear him He does not have access to him now And not just that he played a pivotal part in ushering him into imprisonment How much despair you think he was dealing with

Check me out. Now if he's coming back and say I don't want to do it the possession from the devil is over It's nice come themselves. He's looked at what he's done. He's looked at what he's in He tried to repent that didn't work and Christ the compassionate one Is no longer within his grasp And some of you feel that way I've Gone too far My sin is too bad. I Have done too much evil. I have outrun the grace of God and Beloved I want to tell you that is not the gospel of Jesus Christ It says we're sin abounds Grace super abounds Again I will reiterate what you're saying is that God doesn't do good math You won't say that out loud, but that's what you're saying you're saying when he did all the calculation for all of the sin of all all the world and all mankind and He nailed them to the cross in Christ Jesus and put the iniquity of the whole world on him he left yours out I got you did bad math. You let see you forgot something Now none of us will say that out loud how many of us have felt that way Maybe even got rebel. It just felt that way. I felt that way before I knew the gospel I I Really said we're sin abounds grace super abounds So should we continue in sin? Absolutely not But if we sin we have an advocate with the father His name is Jesus You are not the same situation that uses you have access to the real high priest So I'm not saying you won't have down times you absolutely have to walk out the human experience But you are never without the power of the Holy Spirit to sustain you You are never without

Christ who redeems Our Heavenly Father who restores The One who heals the brokenhearted the one who provides the one who conforms us into the image of Christ The one who sets the captives free I Mean my elder we're talking you know what our primary problem is and what our primary problems We put God on a time limit So You got a self-imposed time limit you saying if God don't show up here it ain't gonna happen and it leads us to despair and We feel desperate But that's not our God The sister of Lazarus said Jesus if you would have been here He would not have died But she did not know she was talking to the resurrection. He's never too late. You can die when he shows up. The resurrection is there. You can be in the middle of depression when he shows up. He's already there. I've got to watch my wording. That's the thing. You actually think that God needs to come. He's already there. In the middle of your closet, in the middle of your car, he's already there. And much like John, one of the disciples whom Jesus loves, you can just lean in. I'm preaching right now. I'm telling you, you can lean into his presence, beloved, and you can get freedom. But you've got to lean in.

Some of you are leaning in, and it's not yet, but you're being sustained while you're leaning. You've got to steal Holy Ghost power. Give me verse six, man. The chief priest, Cogan. So at the end of five, Judah still left the money, right? He threw it into the temple. So the chief priest, they taking the pieces of silver, said in verse six, it is not lawful to put them into the treasury since it is blood money. The more and more I think about this thing, man, Judas was just left out to dry. He was used and abused and left out. And that is exactly what idolatry does. You think you're having a good time. You think it's too, you're winning. And then it runs on a little longer, and you see how it has destroyed your soul. And then you know what sometimes? We come back and jump right back in line and get used and abused again by another idol God. Then we go to Jesus, and he restores us, and then we go on, and then instead of standing here, we get right back in line to get used and abused again. You know what the love of our souls, our, I'm included here, you know what the love of our souls does? He has compassion upon us. He embraces us because he knows our frame. He knows we're going to lose some. Now, should we purposefully lose some? No. It's called idol worship, idolatry, sin, living in the flesh. No, we should walk in the spirit, but he's compassionate. That's the thing. Judas didn't have access to the compassionate one.

He ran into the woman at the well, told her how many husbands she had, didn't judge her. The woman caught in adultery. She was actually doing it. She was caught in it. She was guilty. Where are your accusers? Neither do I accuse you. Hey, don't do that no more. There was no judgment, it was compassion, and we should be known as compassionate people, beloved. There's too many mean Christians running around here. Come on, beloved, now. You know what that means? You haven't been leaning in. A byproduct of leaning into the presence of God is a softened heart. So they're saying it's blood money, verse seven. So they took counsel and bought with them a potter's field as a burial place for strangers. Therefore that field has been called the field of blood to this day. You know, our pastor says something. He said, I'm going to make my pain pay me. Can we learn from Judas's pain here? The very money that he used to justify betraying God, all of a sudden nobody wants to touch it. I Want that we can't put that with the real that's blood money man you gave it to him You supplied the blood money Now we come back at your feet in the temple get it out the temple. We can't do that. You see how wicked that is You saw crazy we look when we bow to anything other than Jesus You Don't close it here give me verse 9 Since then was fulfilled

What had been spoken by the Prophet Jeremiah saying and They took the 30 pieces of silver The price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel And they gave them for the potters field as the Lord directed me It's actually a quote of an Old Testament prophecy That's I want to I want to lean in there and just draw the point God knows the end from the beginning And one of the things that absolutely will lead to despair is if you only really lean on your understanding Like one of the most recent revelations I got from the Lord is he is the one that sees around all corners He knows your end so instead of trying to know all just focus on knowing him Say that again, so are you trying to plan? You got stuff coming up that you didn't you did not plan for XYZ and we're stressing out and we're in despair Because it's not adding up Okay, you're going crazy for Christmas and rent is due on the first it's still do I Promise you it's gonna be due So instead of tying our identity and having to give a gift for people and trying to save face Why don't we just chill out on all that? The real gift is Jesus anyway I Some of us have extended ourselves financially Emotionally with relations or professionally or parentally man and and and it's driven us into despair it's got a thick cloud and I Understand man, I mean there's gonna be a lot of good times had this this this holiday season, but we're not we're not oblivious to the fact that like Sometimes for some of you guys It's some of the most stressful time of the year This your first second third Christmas without your father who passed or your mother or a grandmother Or you're going through a divorce and maybe this the time you actually don't have your kids I'll do an alternating thing Or why everybody else is having fun. You're you're submitting resumes and you're trying to get listen. Listen, I don't want to minimize that Like I understand how that can rattle your soul, but ultimately our God sustains

And he provides And he heals the broken-hearted And he loves He's the lover of our soul and he gives peace and he gives joy And he gives covering And he gives covering And he gives wisdom try leaning in like John one of the disciples Jesus loves And I hope with this beloved Will start to give a little more mercy to the villain Even if the villain is you By your head, let me pray for us Holy Father. I just thank you for today The fact that you do give Mercy to the villain for the scripture say you justified the ungodly and that was us And while we were yet sinners Christ died on the cross for us God I pray for those that are heading to the season and they're feeling lonely God I pray you give them the revelation that they are never alone And that during this time they would spend time in this holiday season leaning into you And God I thank you for meeting them in that place God with sustenance of the soul and power of the Holy Spirit to change the human heart to the glory of God. Is there anybody in here, you're dreading going into this holiday season? Like you may be depressed. I'm not trying to make a preacher moment. I just want to pause. You're dreading going into this holiday season. I see you, sister. I see you, sister. I see you, sister.

I see you, brother. I see you. Holy ghost. If you want prayer for that, come to the front. I just want to pray with you. Come to the front, go and move. I just felt a nudge of the Holy Spirit there. I just felt a nudge of the Holy Spirit there. Start to worship. Oh, come let us adore you. Jesus, come this way, come this way, come this way. Oh, come let us adore you. Oh, come let us adore you. Oh, come let us adore you. Oh, come let us adore you. Oh, come let us adore you. Christ the Lord, oh, come, oh, come let us adore you. Oh, come let us adore you. Oh, come let us adore you. Christ the Lord, oh, come let us adore you. Oh, come let us adore you. Say, oh, come. Oh, come let us adore you. Christ the Lord. For he alone is worthy. For he alone is worthy. For he alone is worthy. For he alone is worthy. For he alone is worthy. For he alone is worthy.

Christ the Lord. We give you all the glory. We give you all the glory. Christ the Lord. We give you all the glory. We give you all the glory. Christ the Lord. We give you all the glory. We give you all the glory. We give you all the glory. We give you all the glory. Christ the Lord. We give you all the glory. We worship you, our Lord. You are worthy to be praised. We give you. We give. You are the glory We worship You, we worship You Our Lord, You are worthy to be praised Yeah, we give You all, we give You all The glory We worship You, we worship You Our Lord, You are worthy to be praised We give You all, we give You all All the glory We worship You, we worship You Our Lord, You are worthy to be praised Yeah, we give You all, we give You all The glory

God, we worship You, Jesus We worship You, our Lord You are worthy to be praised Yeah, we give You all, we give You all All the glory God, we worship You We worship You, our Lord You are worthy to be praised Worthy is Your name, Jesus You deserve the praise Worthy is Your name Worthy is Your name, Jesus You deserve the praise Worthy is Your name Worthy is Jesus You deserve the praise Worthy is Your name Worthy is Your name, Jesus You deserve the praise Worthy is Your name Be exalted, be exalted now in the heavens As Your glory fills this place You alone deserve our praise You're the name above all names Be exalted now in the heavens As Your glory fills this place You alone deserve our praise You're the name above all names Be exalted now in the heavens As Your glory fills this place

You alone deserve our praise You're the name above all names Be exalted, be exalted now in the heavens As Your glory fills this place You alone deserve our praise You're the name above all names Be exalted, be exalted now in the heavens As Your glory fills this place You alone deserve our praise You're the name above all names Be exalted now in the heavens As Your glory fills this place You alone deserve our praise ♪ Your name above all names ♪ ♪ Worthy is Your name, Jesus ♪ ♪ You deserve the praise, worthy is Your name ♪ ♪ Worthy is Your name, Jesus ♪ ♪ Jesus, You deserve the praise, worthy is Your name ♪ ♪ Worthy is Your name, Jesus, You deserve the praise ♪ ♪ Worthy is Your name, Jesus, You deserve the praise ♪ ♪ Worthy is Your name, Jesus, You deserve the praise ♪ ♪ Worthy is Your name, Jesus, You deserve the praise ♪ ♪ Death could not hold You, to fail to be for You ♪ ♪ You silenced the boast of unseemly greed ♪ ♪ The heavens are roaring, the praise of Your glory ♪ ♪ For You are raised to life again, You have no rival ♪ ♪ You have no rival, You have no equal, You have no equal ♪ ♪ Thou and forever, Jesus, Thou and forever God to reign ♪ ♪ God to reign, Yours is the kingdom, Yours is the kingdom ♪ ♪ Yours is the glory, Yours is the glory, Yours is the name ♪

♪ Yours is the name, the God of all names ♪ ♪ Death could not hold You, death could not hold You ♪ ♪ To fail to be for You, to fail to be for You ♪ ♪ You silenced the boast, silenced the boast of unseemly greed ♪ ♪ The heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling. ♪ The heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling. ♪ The heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling. ♪ The heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling. The heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, the heavens are rolling, and the angels sing holy, the heaven and angels sing holy, holy, holy, holy. Sing worthy is your name, worthy is your name. Jesus, you deserve the praise. Worthy is your name. Worthy is your name, Jesus. You deserve the praise. Worthy is your, worthy is your name. So be exalted, be exalted now in the heavens as the Lord reveals his place. You alone deserve our praise. You're the name above all names. Be exalted now in the heavens. You're the name above all names. You're the name above all names. You're the name above all names. So be exalted, be exalted now in the heavens as the Lord reveals his place. You alone deserve our praise.

You're the name above all names. Be exalted now in the heavens as the glory fills this place. You alone deserve our praise. You're the name above all names. Let us become more aware of your presence. Let us experience the glory of your goodness Let us become more aware of your presence Let us experience the glory of your goodness Let us become more aware of your presence Let us experience the glory of your goodness Let us become more aware of your presence Let us experience the glory of your goodness Let us become more aware of your presence Let us experience the glory of your goodness Let us become more aware of your presence Let us experience the glory of your goodness We say change, fall, fear, bow, heal And now Jesus you change everything Life, heal, hope is found right here And now Jesus you change everything Change, fall, fear, bow, heal And now Jesus you change everything Life, heal, hope is found right here And now Jesus you change everything I want to give these people that have come room to experience the Lord So I just want to formally dismiss you guys If you do not want to stay for prayer you are formally dismissed in the presence of the Lord Hope you enjoy the holiday season And remember Christ during this time Remember Christ and remember that he gives grace to the villain I love you guys, God bless you