1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:03,400 Welcome to the Cross Power Church podcast. 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:06,800 You're listening to a service from our church in Campbell, TX. 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,480 We pray this message strengthens your faith and points you to the 4 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:12,840 cross. Now let's join the service. 5 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:15,680 Father God, we come before you, Throne. 6 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:20,440 Lord, we gathered in your house tonight on a weeknight, Lord, 7 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:24,880 because we love you and we want to set at your feet and hear 8 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:28,560 your word. And Lord, as we come to you, we 9 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:31,200 can come boldly before your throne and we make these 10 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,920 petitions known. Lord, you've touched this one, 11 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:39,200 Ryan, with stage 4 cancer, Father, because you're in 12 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,080 control. The enemy is not in control, 13 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:45,120 Lord, but you are in control. And if he doesn't know you, 14 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,720 Lord, I pray for salvation. Lord, I pray for my Ryan. 15 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:52,320 I pray that you just continue to strengthen his body, Lord, and 16 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:55,840 lift him up our precious candy with cancer, Father. 17 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:58,960 I pray for her, Lord, that you she had that chemo treatment 18 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:01,040 today. Father, You go before her and 19 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:05,360 give her peace in her body. Lord, just help her through this 20 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:08,560 Time Lord, because we know that you can take us. 21 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:13,840 Yeah, though we walk through the valley of the shadow, Father, we 22 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:17,160 will fear no evil because we know that you're in control. 23 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:20,600 And Lord we pray for this one that lost their family member 24 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:24,120 today, Lord God and and they buried that today. 25 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:26,960 Father, we ask that you just move upon them because you word 26 00:01:26,960 --> 00:01:30,560 says you came to heal the broken hearted Lord and I know their 27 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:34,040 families hearts are broken. Loretta's heart is broken. 28 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:37,800 Lord Jerry's children and grandchildren, they're all 29 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:42,200 broken right now Father, but I know you're able to put your 30 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,200 arms around them and love them through this time. 31 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:48,800 Lord. I ask for help tonight Lord, as 32 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,240 we bring the word to your people. 33 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:55,080 Father, just help me to say what I need to say, what you want me 34 00:01:55,080 --> 00:02:01,000 to say in Jesus name, Amen. Thank you guys. 35 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:12,240 I know we're done with Easter, but I want to talk about what we 36 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,400 celebrate as Easter. It's a resurrection. 37 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,760 It's what I want to be talking about tonight is resurrection. 38 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,920 The resurrection changed everything. 39 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,920 Everything changed at the after the resurrection. 40 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:34,880 I want to go to Luke 24, start with verse 2 and then I want to 41 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:42,520 jump to 1st Corinthians 15. So give you a minute to go 42 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:48,360 there. Luke 24 to start with verse 2 it 43 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:51,280 says but they found the stone rolled away from the tomb. 44 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:55,160 Then they went in and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 45 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:59,240 And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, 46 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,560 that behold, 2 men stood by them in shining garments. 47 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:06,240 Then as they were afraid, and bowed their head faces to the 48 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:10,520 earth, they said to them, Why do you seek the living among the 49 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:15,560 dead? He is not here, but is risen. 50 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:19,400 Remember how he spoke to you when he was still in Galilee, 51 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:22,640 saying, The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of 52 00:03:22,640 --> 00:03:26,760 sinful man and be crucified. And the third day rise again. 53 00:03:26,920 --> 00:03:30,440 And they remembered his words. Then they returned from the tomb 54 00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:34,640 and told all these things to the 11 and to all the rest. 55 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:43,360 First Corinthians 15. Verse 1 So it's moreover, 56 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:47,040 brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preach to you 57 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:48,280 now. This is Paul. 58 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:52,480 Luke was a disciple. What I read previously, this is 59 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:57,760 Paul's writing. Paul never met Jesus in his 60 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:00,240 ministry while Jesus was on this earth. 61 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,000 I know he met him later, but not while they were on their face to 62 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,360 face. So this is Paul's writing. 63 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:14,160 And if you remember Paul, Paul was a a zealot, for lack of a 64 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:18,519 better terms, a zealot for the religion, for the Jewish 65 00:04:18,519 --> 00:04:23,480 religion, and he was ready to kill people for that. 66 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:26,800 So here's Paul's writing after his conversion. 67 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:30,160 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached 68 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:33,840 to you, which also you received, in which you stand, by which 69 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:37,520 also you are saved if you hold fast at the word which I 70 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:40,200 preached to you, unless you believed in vain. 71 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:42,480 I mean, he puts it pretty clear, unless you just didn't really 72 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,360 believe. For I deliver to you first of 73 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:49,520 all that which I also received, that Christ died for our sins 74 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:52,960 according to the Scripture, and then he was buried, and that He 75 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,520 rose again the third day according to Scripture. 76 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,320 And then He was seen by Cephas, which is Peter. 77 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:03,720 Then by the 12 after that, he was seen by over 500 brethren at 78 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:07,960 once, of whom the greater part remained to the present. 79 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:09,800 But some of them have fallen asleep. 80 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:13,560 In other words, some of them are passed on one more group of 81 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:15,800 scripture. Colossians 15. 82 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:18,960 I hope that's what I got here. I just got the CEO. 83 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:27,600 So verse 16 again, Peter, I mean Paul. 84 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:32,760 For if the dead did not rise, then Christ is not risen. 85 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:36,120 And if Christ is not risen, our faith is futile. 86 00:05:36,840 --> 00:05:40,760 You are still in your sin. Then also those who have fallen 87 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:45,200 asleep in Christ have perished. If in this life only we have 88 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:48,760 hope, in Christ we are of all men most pitiful. 89 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:54,040 But now Christ has risen from the dead and has become the 90 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:57,680 first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. 91 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,040 The resurrection of Jesus. And we sang about it. 92 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:04,960 The first song you sing, we sing about the resurrection, the 93 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:09,040 empty tomb. The resurrection of Jesus Christ 94 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:13,160 is the cornerstone of our Christian faith. 95 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:16,920 Yes, the cross. Yes, it was necessary. 96 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,320 His blood had to be shed as our sacrifice. 97 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:23,880 But it's because of the resurrection that we know that 98 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:28,520 we have victory over death, we have victory over sin, we have 99 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:32,000 victory over the grave because of the resurrection. 100 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:34,960 That's what changed when the resurrection happened. 101 00:06:35,280 --> 00:06:41,440 The resurrection provides believers us justification 102 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:44,720 before God. It provides the power of the 103 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:48,160 Holy Spirit. The resurrection provided the 104 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:53,920 promise of eternal life. Because he lives, we have hope, 105 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,760 purpose, and a mission. I think pastors preached on that 106 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:01,360 now a time or two about having hope, purpose, and a mission. 107 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:06,720 Now we because he lives, we have that because he rose from the 108 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:10,360 dead. The resurrection of God is of 109 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:16,680 Jesus is God's proof that Jesus's sacrifice was sufficient 110 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:20,080 for our sins. Now I want you to think about 111 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:22,440 that. We don't talk enough about the 112 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:24,920 resurrection. We talk about the cross and 113 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:28,160 that's, that's one. I mean, that's needful. 114 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:31,640 No, I don't take any, but we need to understand the 115 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:34,240 resurrection. When he came out of that grave, 116 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:40,000 it sealed, sealed everything. He was telling us that was going 117 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,800 to happen when he come out. That was the seal. 118 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:49,400 That was what made it real and the proof that Jesus's sacrifice 119 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:51,720 was sufficient to pay for all of our sins. 120 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:56,800 When he come up out of that tomb, we can know that we know 121 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:02,400 that we know that we know that our sins have been paid because 122 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:08,000 of the resurrection. When we celebrate Easter, I'm 123 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,160 almost to the point I don't even like to say Easter anymore. 124 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:13,480 I don't even like it. I don't, I don't like, I don't 125 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:15,120 like Christmas either. So there you go. 126 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:19,600 I'm just one of those people. Because we don't celebrate it 127 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:23,040 like we should celebrate it. I mean, we have eggs and we have 128 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:25,800 the Bunny and blah, blah, blah. And I know the kids love it, but 129 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:31,480 we need to teach our children that it's about the resurrection 130 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:38,000 of Jesus Christ because we may pass away. 131 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:43,200 We're realizing, Bob and I are realizing a lot of our friends 132 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:51,920 are gone, are going quickly. My grandkids and great grandkids 133 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,960 will see stuff that I may never see. 134 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:59,240 And if they don't know, if they don't know about the 135 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:02,480 resurrection, what will they stand on? 136 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:06,920 They can't stand on the Easter Bunny, and they can't stand on a 137 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:11,680 bunch of candy and eggs. Oh, please don't take me the 138 00:09:11,680 --> 00:09:15,240 wrong way, but we need to teach them. 139 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:18,120 We need to teach our children. I found this out Sunday. 140 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:20,800 We went out to lunch Sunday after after service. 141 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:24,400 And we were sitting there and there was a guy, two guys 142 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:27,480 sitting the next booth over from where we were. 143 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:32,120 And this guy was so loud and he was just like talking about the 144 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:33,920 Bible. And he kept saying, well, I 145 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:36,160 don't believe because of this and I don't believe because of 146 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:37,840 that. And I was trying to hear and 147 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:39,960 everybody else was talking, you know, I was trying to listen. 148 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:45,440 What are you saying? And, and oh, I, I just got this 149 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:49,600 feeling that it wasn't right, you know, have you ever had the 150 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:51,400 feeling that it's not quite right? 151 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:59,560 And Kaden being Kaden, wanted to go talk to him. 152 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:06,680 I said not ready, not ready, not quite ready for that. 153 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:10,400 But there was something not right and the guy was just, it 154 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:13,280 reminded me of the time. Remember when the disciples were 155 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:15,880 preaching and going about and doing their business and this 156 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:18,480 woman was following them. Oh, these are the men of God. 157 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:20,680 These are the men of these are Jesus followers. 158 00:10:20,680 --> 00:10:23,160 These are followers. And they turned around and 159 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:26,840 rebuked her. That's what it reminded me of. 160 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:32,640 I got that feeling. And little Mr. Kaden wanted to 161 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:37,000 go talk to him. He's bold. 162 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:39,880 But it's going to, we're going to have to have a lot of those 163 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:43,600 bold kids and we're going to have to have a lot of those kids 164 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:47,600 that stand upon the word of God that know that they know. 165 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:51,560 We got to have a lot of those kids that know what the 166 00:10:51,560 --> 00:10:55,120 difference is and well, what you think and what is what the Word 167 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:58,600 says. And I'll give you kudos. 168 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:01,120 Again, Miss Donna is a fabulous teacher. 169 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:04,960 She's teaching the kids the word of God, not just going back 170 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:07,960 there playing games with them. She's teaching them the word. 171 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:11,680 And I thank God for that. It's an awesome thing. 172 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:17,640 But they need to know that that our sins are fully forgiven and 173 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:22,320 our faith is not in vain because of the resurrection. 174 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:26,160 We can know that. We know that that's happened. 175 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:31,440 We can come boldly before the throne because of the 176 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,000 resurrection. Why is that? 177 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,840 Because Jesus is not in the tomb. 178 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,200 He's sitting at the right hand of the Father making 179 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:45,240 intercession for us. So because of the resurrection, 180 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:50,120 we can come boldly before the throne of God and say, Lord, 181 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:52,480 I'm, I'm coming to you again one more time. 182 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:55,040 I got this going on and that's going on and I got a friend 183 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:57,400 that's, you know, this and that and the other thing. 184 00:11:57,560 --> 00:11:59,720 And we can do that, Lord, I failed again. 185 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:03,120 I failed, I messed up God. And we can come boldly before 186 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:05,840 the throne of God and say those things because of the 187 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:09,600 resurrection, Jesus is sitting at the right hand of the Father 188 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:14,360 saying that's mine. She's a mess, but she's mine. 189 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:16,720 She'll get better. We'll teach her. 190 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:18,360 Let the Holy Ghost deal with her. 191 00:12:19,560 --> 00:12:25,200 And he does. But we should not treat the 192 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:31,720 resurrection as a cold truth that we've heard so many times. 193 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,000 We shouldn't treat a lot of things that way. 194 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:42,440 Don't let your understanding and the presentation of the gospel 195 00:12:42,680 --> 00:12:48,320 be just about the death of Jesus alone, OK? 196 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:51,680 We can talk about Jesus. Yes, He died for your sins. 197 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:58,440 OK, but he rose again, and because he rose again, we can go 198 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:00,360 to him. We can know that our sins are 199 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:04,360 forgiven because He took his blood to the throne. 200 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,720 The the actually it was the judgement seat and He took his 201 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:09,960 blood and applied it to the mercy seat. 202 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:13,360 When his blood was applied, it became a mercy seat for us 203 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:18,200 because of the resurrection. We can know that and we can do 204 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:20,480 that. So we should never treat the 205 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:24,640 resurrection as just some old holiday that we get to, you 206 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:30,400 know, have dress up, have fun, should not do that, should not 207 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:35,160 do that. Shouldn't our understanding and 208 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:38,800 the presentation of the gospel when we talk to people should 209 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:42,360 include, always include the resurrection? 210 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:45,400 We should never leave that out. It should. 211 00:13:45,560 --> 00:13:50,080 The resurrection has changed the way we should share the gospel. 212 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:53,800 And I know y'all know all this and I know I'm just repeating 213 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:55,640 things. I'm just reminding you of stuff 214 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:58,800 that you need to know. But it's because of the 215 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:01,440 resurrection. We need to tell people that 216 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:04,320 Jesus is alive and he's no longer in the tomb. 217 00:14:04,680 --> 00:14:10,400 Talk about it all year long with the same excitement as his 218 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:13,480 death. Jesus died for you. 219 00:14:13,560 --> 00:14:14,760 Jesus died for you. Jesus. 220 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:20,240 Jesus rose for you. He's no longer in the tomb. 221 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:24,240 Hallelujah. The same excitement as we have 222 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:29,320 when we're talking about Easter or Christmas. 223 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:31,880 We should have that same excitement. 224 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:34,960 It's because that baby was born in a Manger and he's going to 225 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:35,880 the cross. He was. 226 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,200 He was born to die for your sins, and because he died for 227 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:42,960 your sins and because he rose again, we know that. 228 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:44,760 We know that our sins are forgiven. 229 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:47,840 That's exciting. That's the same thing as we 230 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:50,320 speak to people. That's what we need to do. 231 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:52,840 The resurrection is not just a metaphor. 232 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:57,480 It is a historical reality. It's not just some story 233 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:02,080 made-up, scientifically proven. OK? 234 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:05,320 So don't be ashamed of it. Talk to people about it. 235 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:09,040 Don't be ashamed of it. Talk about it all the time, not 236 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:14,600 just on Easter. Have I said that enough? 237 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:21,720 OK, After the resurrection, Jesus proved that he was 238 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:25,520 physically alive. He approved that He was not a 239 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:28,320 hallucination. How did he do that? 240 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:32,000 He walked with the people, He talked with the people. 241 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:38,120 He cooked fish on the campfire. He ate with the people for 40 242 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:43,880 days and nights. He did that to show the people 243 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:47,400 that he's real. He was real just as real after 244 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:51,840 the resurrection in a glorified body as he was prior to the 245 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:56,120 resurrection in a fleshly body. He's still real. 246 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:58,960 That should give us a lot of hope, folks, because one of 247 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:02,200 these days we're going to put on one of those glorified bodies. 248 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:08,160 Yay. Hallelujah, but he's 40 days on 249 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:12,080 this earth specifically 1 to deepen our faith. 250 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:15,280 He did that so our faith could be deepened. 251 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:18,400 And you can read and historically find all of this 252 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:20,240 stuff. You know, he walked with the 253 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:23,280 disciples, the guys going to on the road to Emmaus. 254 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:25,680 Y'all know the story on the road to Emmaus. 255 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:28,720 And he was opening the scripture and he was talking about himself 256 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:31,680 and he he showed how he fulfilled all the laws and he 257 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:33,720 showed how he fulfilled all the prophets. 258 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:36,840 He did all of that after the resurrection correction. 259 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:40,120 And remember when the guys, I love this story because when the 260 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:45,800 guys finally figured out it's Jesus, they walked seven miles 261 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:49,000 from Bethlehem, the House of bread. 262 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:54,240 They walked back to Emmaus, but when they found out it was 263 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:58,280 Jesus, they ran back to Bethlehem to tell the people 264 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:01,760 they ran back to tell them he's alive. 265 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:03,080 I met him. I talked to him. 266 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:07,040 So there's no doubt. He, he doesn't leave doubt, 267 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:09,680 doubting Thomas, remember doubting Thomas, you know, and 268 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:13,200 other people who doubted the transfiguration, the the 269 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:19,040 transforming, you know, and he changed Thomas into a witness 270 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:25,880 Thomas who had, I don't know, guys, I'm not going to believe 271 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:28,880 it until I actually see the holes in his hands and his feet 272 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:32,600 and put my finger in the side. I'm not really going to believe 273 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:34,400 that. So he walks in a room where the 274 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:38,200 doors were locked. He appears in the room and he 275 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:44,960 appears to Thomas on that time he comes in, he says, Thomas, 276 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:48,160 touch me. There's no doubt. 277 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:52,560 There was no doubt for Thomas, none at all. 278 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:57,720 And he did after the resurrection. 279 00:17:58,120 --> 00:18:04,560 The resurrection changed the way we carry out our mission. 280 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:10,680 It's mobilized. I was watching the series 281 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:12,600 Testament. I don't know if anybody watched 282 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:14,840 it or not. I looked at it, turned it off, 283 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:16,640 looked at it, turned it off. So finally I watched it. 284 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:21,400 And we are commissioned to do what? 285 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:22,880 Sit at home? Come to church? 286 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:27,520 What are we commissioned to do? Spread disciples? 287 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,720 Make disciples? Spread the gospel just in church 288 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:35,960 everywhere. And it's because of the 289 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:40,360 resurrection that our mission has been mobilized. 290 00:18:40,360 --> 00:18:44,080 You know why? Because at that time, after the 291 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:47,880 resurrection, almost a year later, the disciples all stayed 292 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:50,440 in the little huddle and they had more disciples and they all 293 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:53,120 added together and they, it says they live together and shared 294 00:18:53,120 --> 00:18:58,440 all things in common until the Lord let the enemy get a little 295 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:01,920 hot on them and they had to disburse. 296 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:05,360 Thank God they did because now we have the gospel. 297 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:09,440 They dispersed all over and started spreading the word of 298 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:14,720 God because of the resurrection. It changed the way the mission 299 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:17,960 was carried out. He commissioned the followers to 300 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:23,560 take the message of repentance and forgiveness everywhere, not 301 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:27,560 just in your holy huddle. Because He will disrupt your 302 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:31,400 holy huddle if you're not careful, He will. 303 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:34,320 Because of the resurrection, things have changed. 304 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:40,040 Because Jesus lives, our lives are changed. 305 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:46,040 I mean should be changed because of the resurrection. 306 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:49,040 Because He lives. Because of the resurrection, 307 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:54,720 believers are called to live in resurrection power. 308 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:58,960 I say that with my hands on my head. 309 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:05,840 We're called to live in that power because the same power 310 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:10,280 that was in God Jesus that brought him up out of the grave 311 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:12,640 now lives in each one of you if you're a believer. 312 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:20,240 We're called to live that resurrection power to spread the 313 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:26,440 gospel, proclaim the gospel, proclaim repentance, proclaim 314 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:30,680 forgiveness to everybody all over the place. 315 00:20:32,120 --> 00:20:39,000 We are a living hope. The way we live our lives should 316 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:43,320 be a witness to others. How can you go through this 317 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:46,560 thing and not be all apart, falling apart? 318 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:49,960 And how can you go through your whatever you're going through 319 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:52,840 and not be just all upset and cry and carry on? 320 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:57,480 Because let me tell you why, Because my Lord lives in me. 321 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:01,280 He's not dead. He lives in me. 322 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:04,880 That's our witness. That's what we what we should 323 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,960 say. We are a living hope to people. 324 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:13,400 We have a living Savior who gives us victory over fear of 325 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:16,560 death. It is what it is. 326 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:18,360 We're all going to die eventually. 327 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:22,160 Don't be afraid of it. If you're afraid of it, maybe we 328 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:24,920 need to do a little praying. You know what I mean? 329 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:29,480 We have that power in US. The same spirit as I said that 330 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:34,240 raised Jesus from the dead lives in US, enabling us to conquer 331 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:37,920 sin. I get really aggravated. 332 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:40,800 Y'all know me by now I get really aggravated to well, I 333 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:45,840 just can't get rid of that sin. I just the spirit, the because 334 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:50,200 of the resurrection, because of the power that lives in us. 335 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:55,200 If you are saved, you have the power to defeat sin in your 336 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:57,600 life. Is it easy? 337 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:00,840 Didn't say it was, but you can do it. 338 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:03,720 You can defeat that sin in your life. 339 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:07,120 We can conquer sin in our own lives and we can live in 340 00:22:07,120 --> 00:22:08,680 victory. You can do it. 341 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:17,320 We have the boldness to be witnesses because of the 342 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:21,840 resurrection. We can proclaim the good news 343 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:26,080 with confidence. I love the word confidence. 344 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:30,120 I like walking in confidence. You know, a confident person, 345 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:35,400 you know, and you just go. They get it all together because 346 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,520 of the resurrection. Some of us have it all together. 347 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:39,600 Some of y'all got it all together. 348 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:43,440 Not so much. Yeah, but we could walk in 349 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:48,600 confidence with our story that we tell about Jesus. 350 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:51,920 The resurrection is not something. 351 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:55,160 Well, let's see. The resurrection is not just 352 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:59,040 about going to heaven. Let me say that sometime later, 353 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:01,720 sometime later in the future, we're going to go to heaven. 354 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:04,920 The resurrection is not just about that. 355 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:09,760 It's about living in newness of life right now. 356 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:13,920 Right now we're supposed to be living in newness of life 357 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:17,720 because of the resurrection. It isn't just a doctrine that we 358 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:21,880 believe, but it's a truth that should change our behavior. 359 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:28,960 Because of the resurrection. We know that it's the truth that 360 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:32,720 Jesus is alive, and because of that, our behavior should 361 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:37,320 change. Our behavior should be 362 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:43,200 different. Romans six suggested we're 363 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:49,640 called to die to the flesh and live in a new resurrected life. 364 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:52,480 That's what the resurrection is all about. 365 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:57,560 We die to the flesh and we're supposed to be living in a new 366 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:02,360 resurrected life. Our bodies are not resurrected. 367 00:24:02,360 --> 00:24:05,080 Our bodies have not been transformed, but the spirit 368 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:08,440 inside of us has been because of the resurrection. 369 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:12,080 We're supposed to live a resurrected life full of power, 370 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:14,920 full of truth, full of boldness, full of confidence. 371 00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:19,880 Because of the resurrection, it changed everything because 372 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:23,760 before Jesus had his 12 and then he had the people that he fed 373 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:27,080 and he had the people that he healed and they were there. 374 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:30,200 And then after the after the resurrection, the disciples 375 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:34,600 still stayed into their little holy huddles until the enemy, 376 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:39,040 the Lord, let the enemy get so hot that they had to disperse. 377 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:42,800 That's what they do in their Commission. 378 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:47,160 That's what He told them to do, go out and share the gospel. 379 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:53,120 It's what he told them to do. Now the resurrection demands a 380 00:24:53,120 --> 00:24:57,640 response. Are we living a resurrected life 381 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:04,000 in boldness? Are we closet believers? 382 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:08,120 I know closet believers. You probably know a bunch of 383 00:25:08,120 --> 00:25:11,080 them too. But we're not supposed to be 384 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:14,840 closet believers. We're supposed to be out there 385 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:18,280 sharing the gospel, not whispering and whimpering the 386 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:21,640 gospel of Jesus. I'm a Christian. 387 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:25,800 Don't tell the body. My God, my God. 388 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:30,920 That's right, sis. If you're ashamed of me, I'll be 389 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:35,160 ashamed of you. Our lives must reflect the 390 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,080 resurrection by our concern for others. 391 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:41,480 We should have a broken heart for people who are dying and 392 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:44,720 going to hell. Not just people who are sick, 393 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:47,920 but people who are dying. We should have that broken heart 394 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:54,160 and we should be able to endure our own hardships with hope and 395 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:56,640 faith because of the resurrection. 396 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:01,280 People are watching you. How you going through that? 397 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:05,400 Because of the resurrection? I've got hope and I've got faith 398 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:09,040 and I know God's in control. I'm going to say this. 399 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,720 It's not anywhere here, but I just feel like I need to say it. 400 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:17,360 During the time of tribulation, the enemy is not in control. 401 00:26:19,360 --> 00:26:24,560 Satan is never in control unless you give him power to control. 402 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:30,160 God is in control. I felt like I needed to say that 403 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:37,160 because of the resurrection, I got just a little bit more and 404 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:46,050 I'm we'll be done. Two more sets of scripture I 405 00:26:46,050 --> 00:26:50,690 want to share with you. The first of all, I want to say 406 00:26:50,690 --> 00:26:54,450 this, one of the reasons the disciples were crushed by 407 00:26:54,570 --> 00:26:57,010 Jesus's crucifixion. Remember, they went hid, they 408 00:26:57,010 --> 00:26:59,930 just locked themselves in the room and they were scared to go 409 00:26:59,930 --> 00:27:06,130 out and was afraid because they didn't hold on to the promises 410 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:11,440 that he had already given them. We read when I started, he had 411 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:15,200 already told you what was going to happen, the Angel said. 412 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:19,680 Don't you remember? He told you, but he had to 413 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:23,480 suffer at the hands of the evil, wicked people, sinful people. 414 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:25,520 But on the third day he was going to rise. 415 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:30,520 That just baffles me when I read that story, because those women 416 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:33,040 were going, they're not expecting him to be gone. 417 00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:35,880 They were expecting him to still be in there. 418 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:42,000 They brought stuff to finish the Mary, the burial they bought 419 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,120 brought stuff to finish the burial, and they were shocked 420 00:27:45,120 --> 00:27:49,560 when the tomb was open. How much like that are we? 421 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:52,920 So and so got healed. Oh praise God. 422 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:56,400 Oh, that's exciting. That should get normal to us. 423 00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:02,280 And I believe one day it's going to one day it's going to be 424 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:05,880 normal for us. I've laid hands on a lot of 425 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:09,520 folks, prayed for a lot, a lot of people to be healed. 426 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:14,640 And not to scare you, but a lot of those people died anyway 427 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:17,760 because God's in control. It's not Linda that's in 428 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:19,680 control. It's God that's in control 429 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,080 almost to the point I was afraid to pray for anybody for a long 430 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:24,920 time when I was pastor. And I'm going, I don't know if I 431 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:28,720 want to party for you or not. You know, you sure you want me 432 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:31,600 to lay hands on you, But God is in control. 433 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:36,720 It's not me, it's God. And we have to understand that 434 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:42,360 the God that lives in us because of the resurrection Scripture. 435 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:48,120 Back to the Scripture, Linda, John, 20 and 29, says Jesus said 436 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:52,720 to them, to him, rather, Thomas, because you have seen me, you 437 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:59,080 have believed. Blessed are those who have not 438 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:03,800 seen and yet have believed. That's us. 439 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:07,920 We are blessed people because we believe. 440 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:10,000 We didn't see him, we didn't walk with him, we didn't talk 441 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,880 with him. We believe without seeing 442 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:17,400 because we have the Holy Spirit. We have God the Holy Spirit 443 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:20,240 drawing us, unctioning us, showing us, giving us 444 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:23,760 revelation, knowledge. Romans 8 and 24 says for we were 445 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:29,320 saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. 446 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:33,440 For why does one steal hope for what he sees? 447 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:38,520 We're saved in hope and we haven't seen. 448 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,840 We haven't seen what they saw yet. 449 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:48,240 We believe and we know Steven. One of the characters in that 450 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:51,080 little series that I watched from the it's mostly about 451 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:54,120 Steven. One of the things that stood out 452 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:59,480 to me was he had never seen Jesus face to face. 453 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:05,280 He was there and it wasn't until after actually the Pentecost 454 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:09,480 that when the day of Pentecost came that he really was one of 455 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:12,680 those groups that got some Remember there was 3500 people 456 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:15,040 got saved that day. He was one of them. 457 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:19,160 He had never walked with Jesus face to way face and talked with 458 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:21,520 Jesus face to face on his earthly ministry. 459 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:27,800 Yet, Stephen, listen to this was the first disciple to be 460 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:31,400 martyred for his belief in Jesus. 461 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:38,560 He was one of the 1st and he had never seen Jesus walk on this 462 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:41,640 earth. And he stood boldly and he's 463 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:44,800 preached the gospel in the synagogue to the people, so much 464 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:46,840 so that they grabbed him, carried him out and stoned him 465 00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:50,320 to death. He was a young boy, young kid. 466 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:54,840 That's why I said at the beginning that our the next 467 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:57,480 generation and I don't know which one that would be after 468 00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:58,720 me. There's a lot of generations 469 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:06,160 after me, but the kids coming up today, your grandbaby, we don't 470 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:13,920 know what she's going to see. We need to be teaching them, not 471 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:18,320 playing with them. We need to be teaching the word 472 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:20,560 of God. They need to know. 473 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:23,240 They need to understand. I've got one more thing to read 474 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:24,760 you and I'll be done. Not scripture. 475 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:27,400 So y'all can just chillax for a second. 476 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:33,280 It's a not a poem but it was something I heard. 477 00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:38,400 It's by Elizabeth Amani Amani Amani. 478 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:47,120 Now imagine watching your hope die on Friday and heaven stays 479 00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:51,120 silent. On Saturday, the day after the 480 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:55,400 crucifixion, Jerusalem wakes up, but everything feels different. 481 00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:59,880 Yesterday, outside the city walls, Jesus was crucified, 482 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:03,360 executed like a criminal. The man who healed the sick, 483 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,880 raised the dead and preached about the Kingdom of God was 484 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:11,200 buried in a borrowed tomb, a heavy stone rolled into place, 485 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:17,480 Roman guards posted outside. From every visible angle, the 486 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:24,120 story looked finished. Then come Saturday, no miracles, 487 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:30,040 no angels, no crowd, just silence. 488 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:35,000 Disciples were hiding. Fear was had replaced their 489 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,720 boldness. Among them was Peter, still 490 00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:40,200 haunted by the denying of Jesus three times. 491 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:44,080 Mary Magdalene, who had been delivered from demons, was also 492 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:48,000 there. The disciples had seen the sick 493 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,680 and lame, healed and dead, raised back to life. 494 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:55,160 This doesn't just seem like the death of a man, it seems like 495 00:32:55,160 --> 00:33:00,760 the death of a future. The religious leaders remember 496 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:03,880 that Jesus said what Jesus said and went to Pilate in the tomb 497 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:06,440 was sealed and guards were posted and they were making the 498 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:09,800 sure the sure of the story stayed buried. 499 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:14,920 While the earth sits in silence. Heaven is not inactive. 500 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:18,080 The cross had already done its work. 501 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:20,840 Sin had been paid for. Death had been challenged. 502 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,120 The quiet of Saturday was not defeat. 503 00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:27,240 It's the pause before victory. I feel like that's where we're 504 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:30,720 at now. Seems awful quiet sometimes. 505 00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:34,760 God, where are you? But it's the pause before 506 00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:37,520 victory. Saturday teaches the truth we 507 00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:41,240 don't like. Sometimes God works in silence. 508 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:45,000 Not every miracle comes immediately. 509 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:48,320 Sometimes there's a space between the promise and the 510 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:54,080 fulfillment, between Friday's pain and Sunday's breakthrough. 511 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:59,000 Sometimes the greatest miracles are preparing in quiet. 512 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:05,000 Saturday looked like the end, but no one realized Sunday was 513 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:08,960 already on its way. If you are in a Saturday moment, 514 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:11,120 you can trust that the resurrection breakthrough may be 515 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:16,600 closer than it looks. That good that Saturday. 516 00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:20,560 I never thought about that Saturday before he died. 517 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:23,840 And you get up and you think, where's Jesus? 518 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:29,360 And it's quiet and it's sad and it's scary. 519 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:33,400 I kind of feel like that. Maybe that's where we're at in 520 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:37,440 our walk with the Lord. Sometimes I we talk about it, 521 00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:41,040 Bob and I talk about the times that people would run the aisles 522 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:44,800 and shout and holler and get healed, slain in the spirit. 523 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:47,679 And now it just seems to be quiet. 524 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:53,159 Anybody else see that? Just quiet and we go, God, where 525 00:34:53,159 --> 00:34:54,320 are you? What, what's where? 526 00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:56,159 Where are you what? Why aren't we seeing these 527 00:34:56,159 --> 00:34:57,480 people healed? Why aren't we seeing these 528 00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:00,480 people delivered from demons and delivered from alcohol and 529 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,480 delivered from whatever they get delivered from need deliverance 530 00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:06,920 from. It just seems occasionally we 531 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:10,560 see people sometimes, but it's a rare thing. 532 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:16,040 Y'all with me? But the resurrection changed 533 00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:18,880 everything. Now we're not waiting on the 534 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:21,400 resurrection, cause the resurrection's already happened. 535 00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:24,680 Our job is to move forward and keep preaching in the boldness 536 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:27,360 and the confidence and live that life that we're supposed to be 537 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:31,160 living for people. But we can now proclaim not just 538 00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:33,360 the resurrection, but he's coming. 539 00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:38,360 He's coming back for you and me and everybody that's ready. 540 00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:40,280 Amen. Amen. 541 00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:42,840 That's all. I'm done. 542 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:44,560 Y'all. Let's stand and go to the Lord 543 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:47,240 in prayer. Thanks for listening to the 544 00:35:47,240 --> 00:35:50,600 Cross Power Church podcast. May you know that true hope, 545 00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:53,720 peace, and salvation can only be found in Jesus. 546 00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:57,840 If you're near Campbell, TX, we would love for you to join us in 547 00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:00,320 person. You can find service times at 548 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:01,920 crosspowerchurch.com.