When Jesus Is Your Jury | I Know That Voice | Steven Furtick | Elevation Church

Main message: When Jesus is your jury, you stop living to win human approval and instead focus on pleasing God and serving the people He entrusts to you; trust God's timing, refuse shame’s verdicts, and rely on Christ’s power to redeem and restore.

Key points:

• You are entrusted with what God has revealed; be faithful, not famous — do the work God gave you without performing for people who aren’t your jury.
• Identify whose voice you listen to: worldly praise or Jesus’ verdict. Craving human praise enslaves you; God’s praise is the only one that ultimately matters.
• Judge nothing before the appointed time — be patient; failures can produce fruit and God knows the full story you cannot yet see.
• Jesus stoops and advocates (not accuses); grace changes the unclean to clean — shame cannot save, but Christ’s saving power can restore you.
• Practical/application: preach, serve, parent and work to please Jesus and help the hurting (the preacher illustrated this with personal examples: preaching for “Jesus and John,” his son Graham, and a church member with Parkinson’s).

Scriptures mentioned: 1 Corinthians 4:1–5, John 8, John 11, Revelation 23