1 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:11,120 Hi and welcome to the VR Zion Sermon podcast. 2 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:14,400 We are a local church based here in Chennai, India. 3 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:17,840 We are so glad you are with us and hope that this will 4 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:21,160 encourage, inspire, and instill fresh faith in you. 5 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:25,400 We want to wish you a blessed Resurrection Sunday and hope 6 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:28,760 that you experience the risen Christ in all of His power and 7 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:31,080 glory. We looked today at how the 8 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:35,440 resurrection power that was at work in Jesus is still alive and 9 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:37,640 working in each of us, His followers. 10 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:41,880 Will you ask God to fill you with that power so that you live 11 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,720 radically free and transformed for his glory? 12 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:48,200 Hi Church. It's such a joy and a privilege 13 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:52,240 to be bringing God's word to you today, even as we globally and 14 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,040 around the world are celebrating Easter Sunday. 15 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:58,200 And even before I start, I just want to wish each and everyone 16 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:02,880 of you, whoever is watching, who was listening to us, that I pray 17 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:07,160 that God's resurrection power is working in and through your 18 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:08,920 life. I pray even as you gather around 19 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:13,200 your loved ones that you will have a blessed Easter Sunday. 20 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,440 You know as a lead up to this week, especially with Palm 21 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:21,240 Sunday kicking in and then us walking all the way through Good 22 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:25,720 Friday and into Easter. I'm just excited that we get to 23 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:28,240 see God and he gets to rejuvenate us. 24 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:30,720 We've been through probably many Easters. 25 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:33,560 We've been probably through many of these Sundays where we've 26 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:36,680 celebrated his resurrection. And yet we've gone back to a 27 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:39,840 Monday where we felt so low, where we felt God. 28 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:43,360 I'm back to the same rut. But God wants to remind us today 29 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:46,200 that who He is. God wants to remind us what He 30 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:48,040 has done. Even for those of you who 31 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,640 listened to our Good Friday service, who watched it online 32 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:54,840 or listened to it, I believe His blood is at work. 33 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:57,560 How many of you believe that? You know, even as Tina spoke 34 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:01,040 about appropriating his blood over our lives, we've been 35 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:02,720 claiming His blood time and again. 36 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:06,520 In times when things have been uncertain, in times when you 37 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,840 know we don't know what to do, we've claimed his blood. 38 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:12,680 In times of desperation we've held on to it. 39 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:17,280 In times of, you know, being in a place of not being protected, 40 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,760 we've just used that and applied it over our lives and said, God, 41 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,040 you're protecting us. His blood has been more than 42 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:26,480 enough even 2 days back as we saw His blood wipes away all our 43 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:29,400 sins. But I believe his blood also 44 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:33,120 sets us apart as Tina spoke. And so today, with that 45 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:38,840 assurance, even as we move into Resurrection Sunday, we see that 46 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:42,640 Jesus is alive. But many at times it's just a 47 00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:46,080 statement that we believe it's not something that's working in 48 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:47,800 and through us. It's not something that we see 49 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:50,760 God live out completely in our lives. 50 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:54,240 And today I want to take some time to assure us from His word 51 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,280 why we celebrate this Easter Sunday. 52 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:58,800 What is this Easter Sunday all about? 53 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:04,000 And so today my sermon title is Resurrection Power at the Tomb, 54 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:08,640 Resurrection Power at the Tomb Today, as we've gathered here, 55 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:14,560 you know, and as we've as we look through the Easter story, 56 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:18,600 we are sitting on the 31st of March 2024. 57 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:23,880 For those of us here in India, it's the end of a financial 58 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:25,840 year. First April is the start of a 59 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,480 new financial year. But for some of you, you might 60 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:30,800 be just looking at, OK, the first quarter, the first three 61 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,160 months have not meant much, Lord. 62 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:38,600 And today I want to tell you Jesus is here to say my 63 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:42,240 resurrection power is with you. My resurrection power is with 64 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:43,880 you. Even the passage that I've taken 65 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:46,680 today is from one Peter. It's from one Peter, chapter one 66 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,080 verses three to five. And this is what it says. 67 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:53,280 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 68 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:57,160 According to His great mercy, He has caused us to be born again 69 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:00,720 to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ 70 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:05,040 from the dead to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, 71 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:09,240 and unfading, kept in heaven for you who by God's power are being 72 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:12,680 guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed 73 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:16,160 in the last time. One of the words that has been 74 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:20,440 recurring especially is to look to keep our eyes on eternity. 75 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:24,640 The prize is that, and even as we read this verse, Peter is 76 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:30,160 emphasizing this specifically to an audience, and they call 77 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:34,040 themselves the Elect Exiles, and Peter coins his word Elect 78 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:37,280 Exiles. Basically to say, we are exiles 79 00:04:37,280 --> 00:04:40,320 of a greater Kingdom. We are exiles of one where we 80 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:43,240 are, our eyes are in eternity, our eyes are in heaven. 81 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:48,480 And pretty much to sum it up, to say that our hope is only that 82 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:52,160 today you and I need this hope, the hope of eternity, because a 83 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:56,280 lot of us today are just living to a day-to-day hope, which many 84 00:04:56,280 --> 00:04:59,960 at times is being squashed, is is many at times being, you 85 00:04:59,960 --> 00:05:03,280 know, trampled upon by the disappointments of life. 86 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:08,040 But today can I ask you, could you once again turn your eyes to 87 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:14,280 this living hope? This living hope comes when we 88 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:17,720 as dead in our areas which we really need hope and start 89 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:19,920 looking up. When we start looking to our 90 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:21,480 savior. When we start looking at saying 91 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:26,040 Jesus, I need you more than ever before, Peter in fact goes on to 92 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:28,560 say in that first Peter chapter one, he tells his fellow 93 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,680 listeners saying we are living in this world, A lot of you are 94 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:35,520 undergoing persecution but that living hope is within you. 95 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:40,480 So today let it not be something which you just make it as a 96 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:43,360 statement, wear it on AT shirt, use a sticker. 97 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:47,200 All that is good, but maybe something that we live by may be 98 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:50,680 something that we hold on to even when things are getting 99 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:54,240 tough. Jesus's resurrection is so 100 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:58,360 important in our Christian faith because without that, nothing 101 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:00,880 else makes sense. Everything else we are one among 102 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:04,240 the crowd, with everyone else worshipping every other God. 103 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:12,280 Jesus's resurrection is the hinge that holds our door into 104 00:06:12,280 --> 00:06:14,960 eternity. So today, if you do not believe 105 00:06:15,280 --> 00:06:18,680 Jesus is risen, we can go on to say that he's not God. 106 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:25,080 The faith that we profess is when we say Jesus is risen from 107 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:28,880 the dead is to say that Lord, you reign over everything. 108 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:32,160 There's nothing that you do not control. 109 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:37,440 Peter emphasizes this and many at times why I'm coming back to 110 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,920 this thing is we're living in a day and age where we are 111 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:45,000 questioning even the events that have happened, even the events 112 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:46,400 that have happened. I was just listening to a 113 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:50,040 podcast where this guy was talking about going to the 114 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:55,360 Houston Space Centre and he meets this wife of an astronaut. 115 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:58,160 And even as he's talking to her, he says, you know what, why 116 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,640 don't you talk to him? Takes a phone out and starts 117 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:03,240 dialing. And you know he's one among the 118 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:08,640 eight who's living right outside the Earth and above the Earth in 119 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:13,000 the space station. And the way communication works, 120 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,160 it blows our mind. Sometimes you're unable to 121 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:22,520 fathom the way God brought about creation, the way God created 122 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:27,680 space and earth and everything. And he says the problem with 123 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,840 today's generation is we've made it look like a conspiracy 124 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:32,560 theory. We made it look like, oh, this 125 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:34,760 was done in the studios, you know, man didn't actually land 126 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:38,960 on the moon and all that, That even the very facts that have 127 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:41,440 happened, they're starting to question, they're starting to 128 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:44,600 disbelieve, they're starting. So why would someone believe 129 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:48,560 that Jesus rose from the dead 2000 years back if you and I are 130 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,920 not believing it today? Jesus does not make any sense 131 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:53,440 today. And so today I would request 132 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,680 each and every one of you to make that honest declaration 133 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,600 with your mouth, declaration with your heart, saying Jesus, 134 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:02,800 you are alive. I believe that that is who I 135 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,080 believe. A God who lives, A God who's 136 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:08,800 risen, a God who's coming back, a God who's seated on the throne 137 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:10,600 even right now. And I can call on to him and 138 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:14,200 he'll answer. If you read in the amplified 139 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:17,480 version the same chapter, verse and verse three, it says 140 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:21,040 blessed, gratefully praised and adored be the God and Father for 141 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:24,280 Lord Jesus Christ who according to his abundant boundless mercy 142 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:28,160 has caused us to be born again. That is, to be reborn from 143 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:32,240 above, spiritually transformed, renewed and set apart for his 144 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:35,440 purpose to an ever living hope and confident assurance through 145 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:38,039 the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 146 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:40,880 There are three things that he says here, He says we need to be 147 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:45,280 reborn, spiritually transformed, renewed and set apart. 148 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:49,760 Three areas where we'll be called to be reborn, spiritually 149 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:52,840 transformed so that we're not spiritually in that same rut 150 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:55,360 again. We become overcomers in a 151 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:57,520 spiritual body, in a spiritual being. 152 00:08:57,760 --> 00:08:59,760 Our minds are starting to be renewed. 153 00:08:59,880 --> 00:09:02,120 So we no longer are having a mind of the world, but we're 154 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:04,160 having a mind of a risen Saviour. 155 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:07,280 And we understand that we're set apart for a purpose because my 156 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,400 body is being transformed, my spiritual man is being 157 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,400 transformed, and my mind is being transformed. 158 00:09:12,560 --> 00:09:15,600 It starts revealing in the physical acts that I'm doing. 159 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:20,160 I set myself apart. I start keeping myself away and 160 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:22,400 doing things. Not what the world requires, but 161 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:26,560 I'm doing what he requires. I came across this and it says 162 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:28,520 philosophy. Emmanuel can believe that the 163 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:32,920 only way life is livable if there is life after death. 164 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:35,800 He says that there's only way that's life livable is life 165 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:38,840 after that, and that comes only in Jesus. 166 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:49,560 Just imagine if you know all the dictators have died and all the 167 00:09:49,560 --> 00:09:51,600 people who've done good works, who've lived right, who've been 168 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:54,720 compassionate, who've didn't think of themselves here but 169 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:57,640 have lived for others who've also died. 170 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:00,160 As I said that there are two sections of people. 171 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,720 If they both died and we say that there's no life after 172 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:07,920 death, it becomes meaningless. Might as well be. 173 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:09,680 All could have lived the way we liked. 174 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:13,600 But there is life after death because of Jesus. 175 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:18,000 There's even hope that everyone who follows him will be with 176 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,080 him. So today, you and I have an 177 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:25,160 unparalleled hope that evil will be undone and that justice will 178 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:27,600 begin. Evil will be undone. 179 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:30,920 You and I have that hope. With that, when we rise up 180 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:32,800 again, that only justice will prevail. 181 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:35,800 There's a clear demarcation between right and wrong. 182 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:40,360 To live without hope is to cease living. 183 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:45,240 The three facts that we have to come to terms in the fact in 184 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:48,400 this resurrection story, even as we look later from Luke, chapter 185 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:51,640 24, verses one to two, is the fact that that it's an empty 186 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:53,880 tomb. It is an empty tomb. 187 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:57,720 The Pharisees and the Sanhedrin went ahead. 188 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:01,760 They sealed it, but the stone was supernaturally moved by the 189 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:05,640 power of the resurrection God. You cannot say that the tomb was 190 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:09,280 just suddenly, overnight a whole bandit group of people came and 191 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:11,800 they'd no, it was a supernatural fact. 192 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:16,320 God chose women to testify about his resurrection. 193 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:20,560 Why would God choose women in a society where women's You know, 194 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:23,440 if they had to stand in the court of law they didn't even 195 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:29,400 have a standing. God chose appeared before people 196 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:34,400 because he wanted to prove that he is God and Lord. 197 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:38,200 He could have come back to in all of his glory. 198 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:40,640 But he realized that it's far greater because he didn't just 199 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:43,720 come for a nation. His resurrection power. 200 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:47,200 Even though he came out of Israel and he died, he came for 201 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,520 entirety of mankind. And so in his resurrection power 202 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:52,520 he wanted to set everything right. 203 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:54,840 His resurrection power was setting. 204 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:59,240 Mankind was bringing heaven here to earth, which is if women were 205 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:02,640 not given a standing for their testimony, He gave them a 206 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:04,800 standing. If people didn't believe in the 207 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:07,960 supernatural work of God. He made sure that the tomb was 208 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:12,120 empty and it was only Him alone who could have done it and no 209 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:15,080 one else. And the third thing is when we 210 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:18,680 see what He did because of His resurrection part is He granted 211 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:22,200 each and every one of us that hope to live here on this earth 212 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:24,600 so that when we believe in Him, we live different. 213 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:27,360 When we believe in Him, He starts working in and through 214 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:28,440 us. When we believe in Him 215 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:32,960 wholeheartedly, we are living out His life to the fullest here 216 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:34,360 on this earth till we close our eyes. 217 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:37,240 Because when we close our eyes, we are assured that we will see 218 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:43,200 Him face to face. So today the resurrection part 219 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:45,840 is within you and is within me today. 220 00:12:46,560 --> 00:12:49,520 So even right now, we're just going to watch this particular 221 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:53,440 passage of Luke chapter 24, verses 1 to 12 from the Luma 222 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:56,000 Project. And as we watch, I just want us 223 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,760 to see what the resurrection part entailed. 224 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:04,160 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the 225 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:07,040 women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 226 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:14,120 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they 227 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:17,320 entered they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 228 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:21,640 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in 229 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:28,480 clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them in 230 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:31,120 their fright. The women bowed down with their 231 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:35,080 faces to the ground. But the men said to them, Why do 232 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:36,920 you look for the living among the dead? 233 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:40,800 He is not here. He has risen. 234 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:44,640 Remember how he told you while he was still with you in 235 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:48,200 Galilee? The Son of Man must be delivered 236 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:52,480 over to the hands of sinners, be crucified, and on the third day 237 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:57,160 be raised again. Then they remembered his words 238 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:02,480 when they came back from the tomb. 239 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:06,360 They told all these things to the 11 and to all the others. 240 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:11,720 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and 241 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:14,440 the others with them who told this to the apostles. 242 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:17,880 But they did not believe the women, because their words seem 243 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:25,000 to them like nonsense. Peter, however, got up and ran 244 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:33,160 to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips 245 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:39,560 of linen lying by themselves, and he went away wondering to 246 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:44,880 himself what had happened. As I said earlier the tomb is 247 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:48,600 empty. God's identified and started to 248 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:52,160 you know give a standing to those who didn't have standing. 249 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:55,880 And the resurrection part was meant to be taken to the ends of 250 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:59,320 the earth, was not just meant to be contained within a nation not 251 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:02,280 a people group but was meant for entirety of mankind. 252 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:05,560 So three things that this resurrection part that I believe 253 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:09,720 we need to hold on to. Today's step out boldly into a 254 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:14,000 Mondays into a week ahead is the first thing is his resurrection 255 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,320 path. Demolishes the power of death 256 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:19,840 over our lives. Demolishes the power of death 257 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:22,720 over our lives. You know when we look at a 258 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:27,960 physical tomb, a grave, it's pretty much set in stone. 259 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:34,560 Literally set in stone that it's it's it's buried, it's done once 260 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:37,040 and for all. There's nothing I can do to 261 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:40,560 resurrect it, but his resurrection power gives us a 262 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:45,200 living hope wherein to say if the enemy has taken anything 263 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:48,280 away from you, if the enemy has stolen, or probably you're 264 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:50,200 living out the consequences of your sin. 265 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:55,200 Or probably you are on the stage of life where you you've gone 266 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,640 through a hardship and you're and a struggle and a fallout, 267 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:00,160 and you're dealing with that fallout. 268 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:04,240 He's saying I can still give you my resurrection power and I can 269 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:09,760 bring good out of this. I can rewrite the wrong that has 270 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:13,160 been written. So today are we coming to a 271 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:17,080 place where we can say, Lord, guilt and shame is no more, 272 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:24,800 guilt and shame is no more? God wants to move that 273 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:27,280 gravestone away from our very own lives? 274 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:31,520 That we've many, there are many instances, many seasons, many 275 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:34,240 places where we've actually rolled A gravestone and said, 276 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:35,640 you know what, I'm not going to do this anymore. 277 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:40,560 And many a times it's the God ordained thing, that God wants 278 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:44,480 you to step into that place again because the resurrection 279 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:46,840 power is not about you, but it's about him. 280 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:49,360 The resurrection part is not about your strength, but it's 281 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:51,960 about his strength. Resurrection part is not on your 282 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:57,600 timing but on his timing. So it's demolishes power, every 283 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:00,560 form of power, every spoken word of death. 284 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,680 God can turn it around. One Peter, one verse 3. 285 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:09,240 And the Passion says this. It says celebrate with praises 286 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:13,760 the God. When we even as we read one 287 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:17,000 Peter, one verse three in the Passion, it says that he shows 288 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:20,839 us extravagant mercy. For his fountain of mercy has 289 00:17:20,839 --> 00:17:24,880 given us a new life. We are reborn to experience a 290 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:28,960 living, energetic hope through the resurrection, a fountain of 291 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:31,680 mercy. His resurrection power will give 292 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:34,560 you mercy. Satan won't give you mercy. 293 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:38,720 Satan probably would give you mercy to accomplish something 294 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:40,880 more sinful so that you live in that guilt and shame. 295 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:46,440 But the mercy that Jesus gives is one of life even as we look. 296 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:49,120 I want to look specifically in Romans chapter 8 verses 9 to 11, 297 00:17:49,120 --> 00:17:51,680 and this is what it says. But if God himself has taken up 298 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:55,000 residence in your life, you can hardly be thinking more of 299 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:58,440 yourself than of him. Anyone, of course, who has not 300 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:02,560 welcomed this visible but clearly pleasant God, the Spirit 301 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,680 of Christ, won't know what we're talking about. 302 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:10,320 But for you who welcome him in whom he dwells, even though you 303 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:14,200 still experience all the limitations of sin, you yourself 304 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:18,000 experience life on God's terms. It stands to reason, doesn't it, 305 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:20,760 that if the alive and present God who raised Jesus from the 306 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:24,520 dead moves into your life, he'll do the same thing in you that he 307 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:28,080 did in Jesus, bringing you alive to himself. 308 00:18:28,360 --> 00:18:32,280 But God lives and breathes in you, and he does as surely as he 309 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:35,040 did in Jesus. You are delivered from the dead 310 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:38,280 life with his spirit living in you. 311 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:40,760 Your body will be alive as Christ. 312 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:46,080 So today I want you all who are listening to come to a place, 313 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:49,800 say, God, I commit myself holy to you. 314 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:55,040 You know, probably a lot of you are struggling in areas where 315 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:58,720 abuse has touched you. A lot of you are probably 316 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:02,360 struggling in areas where you know a certain addiction has 317 00:19:02,360 --> 00:19:06,800 plagued you and has caused you to move into a season of guilt. 318 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:10,680 And you're just tripping on shame because you're like you're 319 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:12,120 you feel like you're letting people down. 320 00:19:12,120 --> 00:19:14,960 You feel like you know what you're you're good for no one. 321 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:20,280 You don't deserve anything. And what God's not just about 322 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:23,360 changing behaviour. He's wanting to change the very 323 00:19:23,360 --> 00:19:25,320 outlook that you have of who you are. 324 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:30,280 Probably a lot of you are even, you know, cancelling yourself 325 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:34,040 because of the way you look. You're unable to look yourself 326 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:36,680 in the mirror. You buy clothes, but you're not 327 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:40,800 able to wear it because you think, God, this is not who I 328 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:43,440 I've been and you've been speaking death over your life. 329 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:47,640 You've not seen miracles happen. So you think the problem is with 330 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:49,400 you. And today I want to read this 331 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:54,640 passage over you because I believe that if we come to a 332 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:58,400 place and say, God, I wholly trust you have resurrected, 333 00:19:59,120 --> 00:20:01,520 would that same Resurrection Park come into me? 334 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:04,120 And you know, the beautiful thing is, he doesn't change it 335 00:20:04,120 --> 00:20:07,360 overnight. But five years from now, you'll 336 00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:10,360 see so many changes happen because you've walked in 337 00:20:10,360 --> 00:20:13,400 obedience to his Resurrection Park. 338 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:17,080 You've walked in alignment to his resurrection path. 339 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:20,200 I love what it says here. When God lives and breathes in 340 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:24,760 you as He does, as surely as He did in Jesus, you are delivered 341 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:29,840 from that dead life. Even everything you're feeling 342 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:34,200 emotionally, you're feeling you know not great about yourself. 343 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:37,560 Every selfish thought, every thought that pulls you down, 344 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:39,680 committed to the resurrected path. 345 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:43,480 He wants to bring life. What does life look like? 346 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:48,000 Life looks like having hope. You wake up knowing that God, 347 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,200 you're in control of that day. I'm not in control. 348 00:20:51,360 --> 00:20:54,880 You wake up knowing that God today, even as I step out, I 349 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:56,600 know your presence is coming out with me. 350 00:20:57,520 --> 00:20:59,680 You know when you're going into the meeting, God, I'm committing 351 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:01,200 this meeting. I'm presenting this. 352 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,040 I pray that, Lord, you will work it out. 353 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:04,120 It's not my strength. What? 354 00:21:04,120 --> 00:21:06,880 It's your strength. It's not my will, but your will. 355 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:11,600 It's not my control. But it's your your plan that's 356 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:15,600 unfolding in my life. Romans 8 verses 15 to 17 says 357 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:18,400 this because you've committed yourself to allow Jesus, this 358 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:20,960 very spirit that brought about Jesus to life. 359 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:23,120 You allow that into your body. This is what happens, this 360 00:21:23,120 --> 00:21:24,960 resurrection life you've received from God. 361 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:28,400 It's not a timid, grave tending life. 362 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:33,120 It's adventurously expectant greeting God with a child. 363 00:21:33,120 --> 00:21:37,040 Like, what's next, Papa? God's spirit touches our spirit 364 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:40,920 and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know 365 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:45,800 who we are, Father and children, and we know we are going to get 366 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:49,360 what's coming to us. An unbelievable inheritance. 367 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:52,040 We go through exactly what Christ goes through. 368 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:55,040 If we go through the hard times with him, then he certainly is 369 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:57,000 going to go through the good times with him. 370 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:00,760 And what we read from this passage is simple. 371 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:06,480 We come expectant. We come with an adventurous 372 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:09,480 spirit. We come saying God touch our 373 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:12,960 spirits again. I want to wake up knowing that 374 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,240 you're in control. I want to wake up knowing that 375 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:17,880 this is you who is leading me into this area. 376 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:23,880 When we see Jesus after he resurrected, there are certain 377 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:26,040 things he did. And one of the things that he 378 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:29,000 did is he went back even as Peter. 379 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:33,880 When we read in John, we read specifically the power of death 380 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:37,680 that was on Peter was being demolished once and for all. 381 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:42,240 And we see because of that we see Peter thriving in who Jesus 382 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:46,000 called him to be in John Chapter 21, verses 15 to 19, this is 383 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:47,600 what it says. It says when they had finished 384 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:50,840 eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, do 385 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:54,160 you love me more than these? Yes, Lord, he said, you know 386 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:57,200 that I love you. Jesus said, feed my lamps. 387 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,640 And then Jesus said, Simon, son of John, do you love me? 388 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,520 He answered, Yes, Lord, you know that I love you. 389 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:08,080 Jesus said take care of my sheep The third time, he said to him, 390 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:10,840 Simon, son of John, do you love me? 391 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:15,080 Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time. 392 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:18,240 Do you love me? He said, Lord, you know all 393 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:19,720 things, you know that I love you. 394 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:25,000 Jesus said, feed my sheep. Very truly I tell you, when you 395 00:23:25,120 --> 00:23:28,440 were younger, you dressed yourself up and went where you 396 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:30,080 wanted. But when you're old, you will 397 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:33,280 stretch out your hands and someone else will dress you and 398 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:36,520 lead you where you do not want to go. 399 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:39,760 Jesus said this is to indicate the death by which Peter would 400 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,520 glorify God. Then he said to him, follow me. 401 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:47,360 And the reason why I'm taking this passage is Peter stood 402 00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:54,040 there back at what he was good at, doing what he thought he was 403 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:57,160 good at. And that's where Jesus meets him 404 00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:00,960 again. After Jesus risen, he tells him, 405 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:02,360 have you caught anything? No. 406 00:24:02,360 --> 00:24:04,520 Cast your net. They catch and he knows this 407 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:06,520 Jesus. He comes to Jesus. 408 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:07,760 All the other disciples are quiet. 409 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:09,040 They didn't want to open their mouth. 410 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:12,440 He sits and eats. And what does Jesus do? 411 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:17,160 Jesus, in the quietness of that place, redeems the guilt and 412 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:21,840 shame that Peter carried. And so today, church, I just 413 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:26,360 want you to come to a place. For those of you listening, if 414 00:24:26,360 --> 00:24:29,760 probably you sitting right behind the screen. 415 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:37,280 And if you have been hurt by church, I want to boldly declare 416 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:39,280 this. Jesus wants to redeem that. 417 00:24:40,120 --> 00:24:42,520 You're too precious for him to just let you go. 418 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:46,280 His church was never meant to hurt you. 419 00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:49,280 People in the church will hurt you. 420 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:51,560 His church was never meant to hurt you. 421 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:55,960 If his church, the so-called church you serve, the so-called 422 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:59,480 place that you were spoke death over you spoke and said things 423 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:04,120 that were go back to Jesus and say, God, I forgive what was 424 00:25:04,120 --> 00:25:07,240 happened, but I'm coming back to this resurrecting power. 425 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:09,920 Would you redeem me? I've been plaguing myself in 426 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:13,320 this guilt and shame. He's willing to come and speak 427 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:17,320 over your life. You know, most scholars say that 428 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:19,840 you know the words that Peter used here. 429 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:26,080 His response was the failure love, but Jesus response was one 430 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:31,520 of the agape love. His love is different from what 431 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:34,880 we've experienced. His love and his care. 432 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:38,320 His touch is way different than what we've experienced as 433 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,360 humans. Let's not take a human 434 00:25:40,360 --> 00:25:45,440 experience and try it to mask it on a God and say this is what 435 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:46,640 the experience will be. No. 436 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:51,720 You and I have to find Jesus for ourselves, have to experience 437 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:55,800 them personally, for ourselves. We can preach, We can lead you 438 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:59,040 to see the Scripture. But the revelation and what the 439 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,880 Scripture says has to come solely from the Spirit who 440 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:04,880 birthed out these words, because it's that spirit which carries 441 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:09,240 life. Peter was grieved. 442 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:14,000 Jesus knew where to touch that pinched nerve. 443 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,120 You know when you have a pinched nerve somewhere we are unable to 444 00:26:17,120 --> 00:26:18,640 do certain things, especially in your neck. 445 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,720 When you wake up with a sore neck and you're unable to even, 446 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:23,800 you're stiff like this. You can't even turn to your 447 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:28,600 right or to your left. He knows where to come put his 448 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:31,680 healing hand and say, son and daughter, I'm here to touch you. 449 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:35,480 I'm here to bring life into everything that has been spoken. 450 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:38,200 Death. So today you might be wondering, 451 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,080 you know what, Geshram? You're saying all this but the 452 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:42,280 effects of certain things. I walked in. 453 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:46,240 The abuse, the, the, the hardships are so real and 454 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:48,760 painful. But the beautiful thing is when 455 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:52,760 you look to Jesus, when you bring it to Jesus, what you're 456 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:56,160 going to experience is nothing to do with the earthly love that 457 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:59,040 you received so far or the earthly love that you didn't 458 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:01,120 receive. You need to go back to the 459 00:27:01,120 --> 00:27:05,360 Father, because the Father knows how to love you just the way he 460 00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:08,200 knows how. There's There's no playbook 461 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,240 here. There's no guidebook here of how 462 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:12,640 to say a step by step. This is how he's going to do it. 463 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:15,840 So today, I don't know who I'm talking to, but I'm going to 464 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:21,000 tell you, the Cross is where our history ends. 465 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:26,440 Our his resurrection is where our new beginning begins. 466 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:28,880 The Cross is where our history ends. 467 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:30,280 This is what Watchman niece says. 468 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:32,400 Our old history ends with the Cross. 469 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,360 Our new history begins with the resurrection. 470 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:40,040 So today, what is this rebirth that I mentioned earlier from 471 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:43,120 one Peter causing us to do? As I said, it causes us to do 472 00:27:43,120 --> 00:27:45,280 three things. The first thing I believe 473 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:49,200 strongly is that when He transforms us, He transforms us 474 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,520 from being controlling to being committed. 475 00:27:52,360 --> 00:27:55,200 We rather than trying to control everything, we are committed to 476 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:57,080 something because we know Jesus is in control. 477 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:01,320 I'm not in control. So we stop striving and we start 478 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:04,760 committing to Him. As I read in that we are 479 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:09,840 spiritually transformed. We start realizing that I I 480 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:12,320 can't work out my salvation. But the Holy Spirit starts 481 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,920 working in me. And in due time, as he starts 482 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:17,480 working in me, I am spiritually transformed. 483 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:19,800 So I start seeing things with the spirit lens. 484 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:23,040 What does that look like? It looks entirely with us having 485 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:26,640 life in our lenses. When you look at something, 486 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:28,440 there's no sunset. We're like, you know what? 487 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:30,960 If that is where God is pointing us? 488 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:33,280 In the direction I'm heading in that direction. 489 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:36,560 And even as you're heading in the direction, you'll soon 490 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:39,520 realize God is asking you to raise people up so that it'll 491 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:42,560 continue beyond your lifetime. Because His resistance power is 492 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:47,440 working beyond our lifetime, we stop fretting about the future. 493 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:52,600 So today, even as you and I are wanting this resurrection power, 494 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:55,440 may I encourage you, may his resurrection power come over you 495 00:28:55,680 --> 00:29:00,600 so that it will invade every dead area and bring life, so 496 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:04,240 that you won't walk in condemnation or guilt or shame. 497 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:08,400 But you would walk with life that is everlasting, life that 498 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:10,600 comes only from him knowing him personally. 499 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:14,680 The second thing is his resurrection power makes room 500 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,600 for miracles. His resurrection power makes 501 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:24,040 room for miracles. When I put this point down, when 502 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,440 I when I was reading the resurrection story, I realized 503 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:32,120 God is basically, if there's a hole with doubt, he plugs the 504 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:37,160 hole up with faith. If there's holes in our life 505 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:39,480 with doubt, he plugs it up with faith. 506 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:43,800 And soon they are all covered. And you know he's able to do the 507 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:47,400 work that He requires us to do. You know, we don't have to be 508 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:53,240 sick to experience a miracle. We don't have to be in in want 509 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:56,200 to experience a miracle. Those are those are how we see. 510 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:59,200 Sometimes you know the word miracle is coming to it, but 511 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:03,720 sometimes it's even in just being that in our we have a 512 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:08,640 tendency to disapprove certain things of God and he wants us to 513 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:11,480 exercise faith in that. And when I read specifically 514 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:17,720 from the life of Thomas, we see that he wanted to take away 515 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:20,360 these doubts. He wanted to take away these 516 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:25,480 doubts his Jesus when he came he this this wasn't just, you know, 517 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:28,440 like a ghost appearing here and then no, he walked with them. 518 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:31,640 He was there till an appointed time when he was taken up to 519 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:34,880 heaven. In John chapter 20, verse 30, it 520 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:37,880 says Jesus performed many of the signs in the presence of his 521 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:39,840 disciples which are not recorded in this book. 522 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:43,600 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus the 523 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:46,840 Messiah, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life 524 00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:50,080 in His name. And the reason why I think many 525 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:51,360 aren't written is they didn't want. 526 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:55,120 I think the Holy Spirit wanted to just give enough for us to 527 00:30:55,120 --> 00:31:00,680 have faith because if we if we had way too much it's John goes 528 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,000 on to write that might not be room to write and I believe that 529 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:08,120 but I also believe God wanted to raise a generation who will take 530 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:11,400 Him at His word? Who will take him at His word 531 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:17,840 today? A lot of us are in this place 532 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:19,800 where we're seeing deconstruction of the Christian 533 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:22,840 faith, deconstruction of the church, deconstruction of Jesus. 534 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:26,920 And honestly though, the the world stage is not the place to 535 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:30,160 look at because people are using religion and especially 536 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:34,640 Christian faith to kind of have their own agenda and own way of 537 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:38,840 making things happen. But today, even in your process 538 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:42,560 of your doubt and your fear and all that you're going through, 539 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:46,680 because sometimes in the very existence of doubt, when doubt 540 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:49,880 exists and then the deconstruction happens, don't do 541 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:53,840 it alone. Deconstruct everything on the 542 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:58,000 Christian faith with Jesus. Invite the Holy Spirit into the 543 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:02,280 deconstruction so that he will be able to reveal something you 544 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:04,840 know. It doesn't require anything to 545 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:06,760 tear someone down when they're not present. 546 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:09,880 It's easy to tear someone down when they're not present. 547 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:15,280 We might as well have that person defend themselves and 548 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:17,640 tear them down. So invite Jesus in. 549 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:20,520 Invite Jesus in. If it's about Jesus, invite 550 00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:22,200 Jesus. And if it's about this church, 551 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:28,240 invite him in. And that's where we need to be. 552 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:32,680 If we are longing for an invitation, missing Jesus, I 553 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:35,640 have this doubt. Come in, show it to me. 554 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:38,200 He's willing to plug it with faith. 555 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:42,400 John 20, verse 24 to 29. Now Thomas also known as didn't 556 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:46,200 miss one of the 12 was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 557 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:50,120 So the other disciples told him, we have seen the Lord but he 558 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:54,200 said to them, unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put 559 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:58,080 my finger where the nails were and put my hand into his side, I 560 00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:01,600 will not believe. A week later, his disciples were 561 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:05,280 in the house again and Thomas with them though the doors were 562 00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:07,480 locked. Jesus came and stood among them 563 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:10,760 and said, peace be with you. Then he said to Thomas, put your 564 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:15,200 finger here, see my hands, reach out your hand and put it into my 565 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:17,840 side. Stop doubting and believing, 566 00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:20,840 Thomas said to him, My Lord my God. 567 00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:23,920 Then Jesus told him, because you have seen me, you have believed. 568 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:26,840 Blessed are those who have not seen me yet and have believed 569 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:30,280 how ironic. We are all Indians here. 570 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:32,120 We are sitting in India. There's a church in India. 571 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:35,920 We are, in fact in Chennai, and this is where Thomas was 572 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:39,080 martyred. The guy who didn't believe. 573 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:41,960 But you know what? One of the beautiful things is 574 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:44,400 even if he didn't believe, he chose to be in the group which 575 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:48,120 believed. And that's where Jesus meets. 576 00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:53,000 That's where Jesus meets. Jesus meets us when we are with 577 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:57,720 the group that believes because it depends whose side you're on. 578 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:00,800 If Thomas had said OK, these guys have gone bonkers, you 579 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:03,120 know, let me just go to the market and be there here. 580 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:05,440 I've been just hearing rumours of certain things. 581 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,800 No, he chose to be with the group. 582 00:34:09,199 --> 00:34:13,280 And so today I want to ask each and every one of you, as much as 583 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:17,239 we're doing online and everything, Find the community 584 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:20,840 that believes Jesus. Participate in the community 585 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:24,120 that believes in Jesus. Show up with the community that 586 00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:27,320 believes in Jesus. So participate in what God's 587 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:29,239 doing. In your doubt, participate in 588 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:34,239 your not receiving a miracle. Participate in your questioning. 589 00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:37,159 Still participate, because that's where God shows up. 590 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:41,560 If you are unable to participate in that instance, or you'll soon 591 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:45,000 realize the crowd that you want to be part of is different and 592 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,120 you're starting to believe what they want to believe. 593 00:34:48,639 --> 00:34:50,560 And I love how Jesus concludes it. 594 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:52,760 It's like, literally Saint Thomas. 595 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:54,400 You believe, you ask, I'll show up. 596 00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:57,720 But blessed are those who still believe when they don't see me. 597 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:01,360 And we are a generation today. We have not seen physically 598 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:04,000 Jesus, but we believe. We believe in His name, we 599 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:07,600 believe in His work, we believe in His power, We believe in His 600 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:09,920 resurrection. Today, are you allowing His 601 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:15,720 faith to come in and plug in all your doubts, Even as the worship 602 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:18,720 team sang, This is a House of miracles. 603 00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:24,360 If you want to experience a miracle, I would rather be in 604 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:26,240 the House of miracles, because that's where I know I'll 605 00:35:26,240 --> 00:35:29,840 experience the miracle. One of the beautiful things I've 606 00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:33,840 seen happen in church, which I which I beautifully, even if I 607 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:36,880 think I think God even enabled me to speak there on Palm 608 00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:40,680 Sunday, is that the purpose and the plans that each and every 609 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:48,360 one of us have when it comes within the body of Christ, we 610 00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:53,000 realize it's far bigger, it's far wider, it's far, it's far 611 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:55,440 big. And God's not calling us to be 612 00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:59,240 in silos, to have our own tiny little Kingdom and think, you 613 00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:00,800 know what this is what Christian life is. 614 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:04,360 No, God's wanting us to come together 'cause that's where we 615 00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:06,920 will see a bigger work of his resurrection power. 616 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:09,760 We'll be amazed to see what God can do. 617 00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:13,480 As I said, the first thing, His resurrection power demolishes 618 00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:15,840 the power of death over our lives. 619 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:19,120 And the second thing we saw, His resurrection power makes room 620 00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:23,480 for miracles. It fills every doubt with faith. 621 00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:27,840 And the third thing that I want to conclude is his resurrection 622 00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:32,280 power propels us to reach the unreached. 623 00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:35,400 It breaks through every spiritual blindness. 624 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:38,520 You know, one of the beautiful things about the Easter story is 625 00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:43,600 that it came upon a group of people who didn't know why they 626 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:47,560 were called, why they followed Jesus for 3 1/2 years. 627 00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:50,920 They just, you know, it. There was a certain, I believe 628 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:53,440 in the physical. They saw something and they just 629 00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:57,240 followed him. But after Jesus left them, what 630 00:36:57,240 --> 00:37:01,080 continued to allow them to follow and do all that he had 631 00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:03,960 called them to do was the resurrection power. 632 00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:07,200 They literally were the first group of people who started to 633 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:12,200 reach the unreached, which means it broke through their spiritual 634 00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:14,160 blindness. They are their understanding of 635 00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:17,520 all that Jesus taught suddenly broke open and they were able to 636 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:21,040 see Jesus for who he was. They were able to see this is 637 00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:23,200 who God is. This is what he's meant. 638 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,800 This is what he wants me to do. This is what he's calling me to 639 00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:30,040 do. We see that even in the road 640 00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,800 when those two people, two of his disciples were walking, he 641 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:39,400 showed up and they concluded saying didn't are bodies burned 642 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:41,520 with something, that this guy is something else. 643 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,840 He's talking something else. They knew something was 644 00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:47,040 happening, this spirit, even when he was there physically 645 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:49,160 with them. The resurrection part in Matthew 646 00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:54,120 28 verses 18 to 20 message says Jesus, undeterred, went right 647 00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:57,080 ahead and gave this charge God authorized and commanded me to 648 00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:59,360 Commission. You go and train everyone you 649 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:03,120 meet far in here in this way of life, mocking them by baptism 650 00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:06,120 and the threefold name, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 651 00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:08,160 Then instruct them in the practice of all that I've 652 00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:11,080 commanded you. I'll be with you as you do this, 653 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:15,400 day after day after day, right up to the very end of age. 654 00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:21,120 And so today, if you and I are called, we are called to do this 655 00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:25,320 day after day after day. A lot of us have taken the 656 00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:29,280 Resurrection Path for a season, and I want to speak specifically 657 00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:32,920 into that because God does not. His resurrection power does not 658 00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:35,280 have a shelf life. His resurrection power does not 659 00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:39,040 have an expiry date. The expiry date is only when we 660 00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:40,440 close our eyes here on this earth. 661 00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:43,800 It's like us walking from 1:00 room into another. 662 00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:47,880 We walk from the physical life into an eternal life and God is 663 00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:50,680 saying my resurrection power will be upon you. 664 00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:55,120 We need to come to a place of saying God. 665 00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:58,680 I'm in deep discontent. I don't have enough. 666 00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:00,320 I need your resurrection, Pennsylvania. 667 00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:03,400 It's not about being comfortable. 668 00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:06,480 He's called us to keep our eyes wide open. 669 00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:10,000 The call was not to build a standoffish community or a 670 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:13,040 school or a college or a, you know, or a church. 671 00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:17,160 Noise call was to go out into the world, reach the unreached. 672 00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:21,320 They will look different. That's why Missions has existed 673 00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:24,120 all this while. That's why we are always looking 674 00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:25,880 out. Looking out, because people 675 00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:28,400 won't be like us. But we teach them the way of the 676 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:31,480 Lord. And in turn we also learn the 677 00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:34,520 our ways are different. We go into a culture and we 678 00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:37,560 learn the culture and we start seeing if God, Jesus has to come 679 00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:39,200 into this culture. What did it look like? 680 00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:43,400 You're not creating clones over here. 681 00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:46,160 No, we are understanding God. If this is who you're moving, if 682 00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:48,400 this is the way you're moving, I will abide by this. 683 00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:51,000 I will allow your resurrection part to work in and through 684 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:54,040 this. So today, if you are being 685 00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:57,320 placed specifically in a place where God's called you, would 686 00:39:57,320 --> 00:39:59,240 you invite the resurrection power? 687 00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:03,640 I believe God's raising up data scientists, God's raising up 688 00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:07,760 teachers, God's raising up artists, creatives, film makers, 689 00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:11,280 God's raising up venture capitalists, God's raising up. 690 00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:15,640 Each and everyone in the church influences whatever you want to 691 00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:19,720 call it, whatever you give the positional name that you want to 692 00:40:19,720 --> 00:40:23,160 give for whatever you're doing. He's calling each and everyone 693 00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:27,120 of you to walk in that resurrection Path solely that 694 00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:29,760 you'll be commissioned to do what he's called you to do. 695 00:40:31,240 --> 00:40:34,280 And I pray specifically that your spiritual blindness will be 696 00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:37,000 broken. I pray specifically that the 697 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:41,240 Great Commission that he gave forth in Matthew 28 will be 698 00:40:41,240 --> 00:40:44,360 lived out every day. When we lived out, you know 699 00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:45,400 what? When I went when I was in 700 00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:48,120 college and lived it out, but then when I came and got 701 00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:49,600 married, no, I couldn't live it out. 702 00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:53,320 No, it has to propel. It has to multiply in terms of 703 00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:55,360 X. When you it'll be 1X. 704 00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:58,200 When you're married becomes 2X. When you have a kid becomes 3X. 705 00:40:58,200 --> 00:40:59,920 When you have another kid becomes 4X. 706 00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:04,240 That's how we see the resurrection part taking effect. 707 00:41:04,720 --> 00:41:08,120 I want to read from one Peter chapter 2, verses 9 to 10, and 708 00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:11,240 this is what it says. But you are a chosen race, a 709 00:41:11,240 --> 00:41:14,280 royal priest to a consecrated nation, a special people for 710 00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:17,200 God's own position, so that you may proclaim the excellence, the 711 00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:20,880 wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections of Him who called 712 00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,000 you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 713 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:26,080 Once you are not a people at all, but now you're God's 714 00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:28,480 people. Once you had not received mercy, 715 00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:32,440 but now you've received mercy. One of the ways in which we'll 716 00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:36,840 see is resurrected power work is constantly We will go back and 717 00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:40,280 do what was done earlier in a different way so that it'll 718 00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:41,840 reach a whole new bunch of people. 719 00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:46,720 You know, I was just talking to some of the people who have who 720 00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:50,640 who are heading the The Jesus Film Project and it came out in 721 00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:54,400 1979. It's literally close to, you 722 00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:58,760 know, a little 40 years plus, and that it was a defining 723 00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:02,360 moment when many were able to see and accept Jesus for who he 724 00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:05,160 was. And that film still is being 725 00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:09,680 used for evangelistic purposes. But God raised up an Enrique 726 00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:12,080 group saying, hey, the people, the way they engage now is 727 00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:14,760 entirely different. We need to step into that space. 728 00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:17,000 What is that spiritual blindness? 729 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:19,520 If we are going to be building our own kingdoms, we will be 730 00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:21,600 spiritually blinded by what we want. 731 00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:25,880 But if we are being driven by His resurrection power, we will 732 00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:28,680 soon realize that His Spirit is breathing in US. 733 00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:31,440 His Spirit is causing us to do far more greater things than 734 00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:35,000 what we can imagine. And so they are coming out with 735 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:39,680 the Jesus animated film project, creating, you know, things with 736 00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:43,160 AR and VR so that it will engage an audience not just five years 737 00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:46,000 from now because five years from now we we will not be able to 738 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:49,760 engage a whole other generation. But with that in mind, if you're 739 00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:52,560 working, what does it look like? And they've come and it's 740 00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:55,920 marvelous to see how many are partnering along when they bring 741 00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:57,480 this out. It's going to come out in 2000 742 00:42:57,480 --> 00:42:59,360 plus languages. Before it just came out in one 743 00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:01,440 language. Now it's 2000 plus. 744 00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:04,440 Look at the way the resurrection power is working. 745 00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:10,800 So today, you and me cannot just be idling our way at work 746 00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:12,560 saying, you know what, I'm working in this because I just 747 00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:13,560 had to pay my ear. Mice. 748 00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:16,280 No, we have to have a far bigger way in allowing this 749 00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:18,160 resurrection part to work in and through you. 750 00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:23,400 Far too long we've played catch up, far too long we've had 751 00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:26,920 excuses. But today you and I have to come 752 00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:30,400 to a place where we are not just being tugged by the Spirit of 753 00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:32,520 God. No, we have overcome by the 754 00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:35,280 Spirit of God. We are saying Holy Spirit, His 755 00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:39,320 resurrection power, is going to come upon us and cause us to be 756 00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:42,560 awakened so that our spiritual blindness is broken, so that we 757 00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:45,680 are able to see far and wide of what God's calling us to do. 758 00:43:46,200 --> 00:43:48,200 We've used the language of safety. 759 00:43:48,200 --> 00:43:50,760 We've used the language of being protected. 760 00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:53,600 We've used the language of, you know what, I can't do this 761 00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:55,800 because I might be exposing myself. 762 00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:58,440 But Jesus is saying no. My resurrection power is the one 763 00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:00,760 that shall protect you. My resurrection power is the one 764 00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:03,080 which will cause you to have success in everything that you 765 00:44:03,080 --> 00:44:05,520 do. A lot of us are using our own 766 00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:08,160 physical limitations. And I was just reading the story 767 00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:13,080 of Nick Vijic and it says he said if God can use a man 768 00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:16,800 without arms and legs to be his hands and feet, then he will 769 00:44:16,800 --> 00:44:21,840 certainly use any willing heart. And the reason why I'm touched 770 00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:25,560 this he knows how to appear for his audiences, for a Christian 771 00:44:25,560 --> 00:44:27,360 audiences. He brings Jesus right in. 772 00:44:27,640 --> 00:44:29,920 But for a world which does not believe. 773 00:44:30,120 --> 00:44:33,680 He goes out and says, hey, I don't have my limbs and I'm able 774 00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:38,000 to do so much. You have purpose and he's 775 00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:42,040 intertwining that and reaching. God will miraculously use each 776 00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:43,520 and every one of your story to reach. 777 00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:45,920 Are you willing, Are you willing his resurrect? 778 00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:47,560 Are you willing for his resurrection part? 779 00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:51,320 For you to tell his story? Are you willing for his 780 00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:53,800 resurrection part to work in and through you? 781 00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:57,520 God's causing you to be, you know, having a two pronged 782 00:44:57,520 --> 00:45:01,200 approach as you reach out. So when you go out into the 783 00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:04,760 world, you are going out and saying, hey, this is where where 784 00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:07,760 I can come, this is what I'm God will move you towards excellence 785 00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:09,760 wherein they'll be like you know what, you're good at this we 786 00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:14,040 want you to do it. But behind the pushing factor is 787 00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:17,280 the resurrection path. Behind is the fact that He is 788 00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:20,240 allowing you to move through. And you'll also be clear with 789 00:45:20,240 --> 00:45:23,760 your convictions as to where you stand, who Jesus is, what he's 790 00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:27,200 done, what you believe. And that's where we'll be able 791 00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:31,200 to live his resurrection life with his power to the fullest. 792 00:45:33,080 --> 00:45:38,960 So today, even as I conclude, may we come to a place of 793 00:45:38,960 --> 00:45:41,400 realizing Jesus, I can't do this without you. 794 00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:44,360 I need you more than ever before. 795 00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:48,680 Our Christian faith hinges on his resurrection, on the 796 00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:51,200 resurrection story, on the fact that he's living again. 797 00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:55,880 He died and he rose again. And all this while, if Easter 798 00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:59,240 has just been one one of those important days to you, I want to 799 00:45:59,240 --> 00:46:01,600 ask you if you will be able to make that commitment to, say, 800 00:46:01,720 --> 00:46:04,240 Jesus, I'm willing to commit myself to you. 801 00:46:04,240 --> 00:46:06,160 Can your resurrection power work in and through me? 802 00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:10,640 Can you pray? And as I pray, if you're not 803 00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:14,000 invited Jesus into your heart, Lord, I pray even right now that 804 00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:16,040 you would come, Lord, as those who are watching and listening, 805 00:46:16,040 --> 00:46:18,800 that they'll be able to see you, they'll be able to invite you 806 00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:20,840 into their hearts. Would you open your mouth and 807 00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:24,200 say, Jesus, I invite you into my heart, come into my heart. 808 00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:30,400 You're allowing his resurrection part to come in. 809 00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:34,880 I pray that Lord, they won't be bound by the death that was 810 00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:37,040 spoken over them. Lord Jesus, if they're reeling 811 00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:40,440 in guilt and shame and Lord and if they're suffering the 812 00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:43,360 consequences of their sin, that your life giving promise would 813 00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:45,960 come into their life, that they would walk in the assurance that 814 00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:50,000 you are alive. Lord, I pray every doubt will be 815 00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:53,880 plugged with faith. Lord Jesus, every doubt I pray 816 00:46:53,880 --> 00:46:57,040 they'll see the miraculous come. Lord Jesus. 817 00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:01,320 I pray they won't discount and be far away, but they'll be in 818 00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:05,280 community. Lord Jesus, in your place, with 819 00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:08,320 your people. Lord Jesus, we thank you his 820 00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:10,480 resurrection power. Lord Jesus, your resurrection 821 00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:13,560 power breaks through every spiritual blindness, and I pray 822 00:47:13,560 --> 00:47:16,840 right now it will breakthrough and they will see clearly what 823 00:47:17,240 --> 00:47:20,000 they're called for, what their purpose is, for what they're 824 00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:21,880 called to do that will be far bigger. 825 00:47:22,080 --> 00:47:25,680 They won't put a lid because the resurrection part didn't have 826 00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:27,640 anything It nothing could contain you. 827 00:47:27,640 --> 00:47:30,160 Lord Jesus, go before them, Lord. 828 00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:32,960 I pray especially, Lord, that there'll be peace, love and joy 829 00:47:32,960 --> 00:47:33,880 over them. Right now. 830 00:47:34,480 --> 00:47:36,920 I pray Lord, your healing power would come upon their homes 831 00:47:36,920 --> 00:47:39,520 right now, upon their situations, relationships, 832 00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:41,640 families. Right now, I pray your hand of 833 00:47:41,640 --> 00:47:44,840 grace come upon them right now. Lord Jesus, I pray resurrection 834 00:47:44,840 --> 00:47:46,440 power. Would you move in and through, 835 00:47:46,440 --> 00:47:49,360 Lord, so strongly that they'll be able to experience you. 836 00:47:49,360 --> 00:47:53,360 Lord Jesus, we thank you, Lord, we thank you. 837 00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:55,480 Be glorified. Be honoured. 838 00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:57,120 Be strengthened. Lord Jesus. 839 00:47:57,280 --> 00:47:58,720 Thank you, Lord. Strengthen people. 840 00:47:58,720 --> 00:48:00,240 Lord Jesus. I pray circumstances will 841 00:48:00,240 --> 00:48:01,960 change. Situations will change. 842 00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:05,400 Lord Jesus, we thank you. I pray even as family gathers, 843 00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:09,040 that there will be a time of your love to be experienced. 844 00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:13,280 Lord, that your life would be lived out in these places. 845 00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:17,520 Lord Jesus, we thank you. I pray especially not as we step 846 00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:19,840 out in the week. We won't step out timid, but we 847 00:48:19,840 --> 00:48:22,480 will step out with boldness and courage because your 848 00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:24,120 resurrection part is in our slot. 849 00:48:24,600 --> 00:48:26,880 Go before us and be with us. Lord, your most full name, we 850 00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:28,160 pray. Amen. 851 00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:30,960 Amen. So, Church, even as we just 852 00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:34,560 listened, I pray that even as you step out and as you go about 853 00:48:34,560 --> 00:48:37,360 your week, that you would go out with a resurrection power. 854 00:48:37,680 --> 00:48:40,200 Don't allow guilt. Don't allow shame to eat you up. 855 00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:43,240 Go back to His word, receive His resurrection power. 856 00:48:43,760 --> 00:48:46,800 Allow the miraculous to work so that no doubt can be in the 857 00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:48,480 forefront. But rather faith would be in the 858 00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:52,440 forefront and overcome the spiritual blindness so that 859 00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:55,360 you'll be able to see that He's called you to reach the 860 00:48:55,360 --> 00:48:58,400 unreached. So, Church, even as you go go in 861 00:48:58,400 --> 00:49:01,600 peace, I pray and Commission you that you will be able to do all 862 00:49:01,600 --> 00:49:04,000 that God's called out you to, that you would have His 863 00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:05,240 resurrection part in and through. 864 00:49:05,240 --> 00:49:06,920 You'll be confident in who he's called you. 865 00:49:07,800 --> 00:49:10,880 I pray that even as you gather around your families and loved 866 00:49:10,880 --> 00:49:12,120 ones, you'll have a wonderful time. 867 00:49:12,200 --> 00:49:15,880 His peace, his love and joy will be a portion, and his blood 868 00:49:15,880 --> 00:49:19,080 covering will be upon you. Wherever you go, pray that you 869 00:49:19,080 --> 00:49:21,200 all have a blessed Easter. God bless you all. 870 00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:23,760 Thanks for listening to this message. 871 00:49:24,080 --> 00:49:27,600 We hope you were blessed to hear more messages like this. 872 00:49:27,880 --> 00:49:31,920 Make sure to subscribe and check out our podcast channel for past 873 00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:34,240 episodes. If you like what you are 874 00:49:34,240 --> 00:49:38,800 hearing, consider rating us, subscribing and even sharing it 875 00:49:38,800 --> 00:49:41,400 with friends. That would really help us. 876 00:49:42,040 --> 00:49:46,640 For more content from Via Zion and to connect with us, go to 877 00:49:46,840 --> 00:49:51,880 via Zion dot in. Remember, Whoever Finds Jesus 878 00:49:52,120 --> 00:49:52,880 Finds Life.