1 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:31,000 Christ is risen. Let's begin by reading from the 2 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,500 word of God in 1st Corinthians. Chapter 1. 3 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,500 First grand chapter 15 beginning in verse 1. 4 00:00:42,300 --> 00:00:49,000 This is the message of Easter. This is the exclusive message 5 00:00:49,500 --> 00:00:56,500 for everyone every day. Now, I would remind you Brothers 6 00:00:56,500 --> 00:01:00,500 of the Gospel, I preached to you, which you received in which 7 00:01:00,500 --> 00:01:06,500 you stand and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to 8 00:01:06,500 --> 00:01:11,300 the word, I preached to you. Unless you believed in vain. 9 00:01:11,300 --> 00:01:16,700 For I delivered to you as of first importance, what? 10 00:01:16,700 --> 00:01:22,000 I also received that Christ died for our sins. 11 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:28,200 He had not died as A victim. He died a substitutionary death 12 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:32,800 for our sins. He was in complete control of 13 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:38,800 his death, burial and Resurrection. he was in full 14 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:44,800 control of the timing and of the method of his death, the day and 15 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:52,400 the way Verse 4. That he was buried. 16 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:58,400 He was raised on the third day in accordance with scripture and 17 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,800 that he appeared to cephas. Then there are 12 then he 18 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,400 appeared to more than 500 Brothers. 19 00:02:04,500 --> 00:02:08,800 At one time, most of whom are still alive though. 20 00:02:08,900 --> 00:02:14,300 Some have fallen asleep then he appeared to James. 21 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:21,200 Then to all the apostles last of all as to when untimely born, he 22 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:31,000 appeared also To me. And he wants to appear to you 23 00:02:31,300 --> 00:02:36,700 this afternoon. That you may receive him as your 24 00:02:36,700 --> 00:02:40,000 lord as his Lord ruler of your lord and savior, if you have not 25 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:42,800 done that. So yet, let us pray. 26 00:02:48,100 --> 00:02:53,300 Our God and Father, we thank you for our Lord and Savior Jesus 27 00:02:53,300 --> 00:02:58,200 Christ. We think, if you have died, he 28 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:00,600 died for our sins, and he was buried. 29 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:04,500 And, yes, he rose the third day Victorious. 30 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:12,900 Victor over death over sin, over the powers of Darkness, but we 31 00:03:12,900 --> 00:03:16,900 thank you that your son. Jesus has he pleased you in 32 00:03:16,900 --> 00:03:22,300 everything he has done Even then. 33 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:28,700 At the beginning of his ministry at his baptism. 34 00:03:30,100 --> 00:03:36,800 You said this is my beloved Son in whom I am pleased and they 35 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:41,000 are not many days before the cross again on that mountain of 36 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:46,000 transfiguration who declared. Again, this is my beloved Son, 37 00:03:46,100 --> 00:03:53,600 in whom I am pleased to hear him and through that is reduction. 38 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:58,800 What a powerful declaration that the Christ is a truly. 39 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:03,700 The Son of God. He has pleased, you father in 40 00:04:03,700 --> 00:04:07,000 everything he has done and that is a reduction, just approve of 41 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,500 that at. You are satisfied and you are 42 00:04:09,500 --> 00:04:13,300 pleased. Completely. 43 00:04:15,100 --> 00:04:19,600 In what he has done, he has completed the work, he has 44 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:24,100 finished the task, he has a brought salvation and 45 00:04:24,100 --> 00:04:29,300 justification to all those who put their trust in him and Lord 46 00:04:29,300 --> 00:04:32,500 this afternoon. We pray that if there is any one 47 00:04:32,500 --> 00:04:37,800 Among Us who does not know yet Christ as his Lord and Savior. 48 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:42,600 We bread, even this afternoon that you will reveal your son to 49 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:47,400 him or to her we pray. That this afternoon you bring 50 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:51,700 people from death into life in Christ Jesus as you were revived 51 00:04:51,700 --> 00:04:57,900 us again Lord we wait upon you, we expect this afternoon. 52 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:03,900 The work of God Among Us as we submit to the Son of God and as 53 00:05:03,900 --> 00:05:07,700 we worship Him in spirit and Truth, Lord, we give your son 54 00:05:07,700 --> 00:05:11,900 this afternoon, all the glory, all the praise and all the 55 00:05:11,900 --> 00:05:14,700 worship, and in his holy precious name, we pray. 56 00:05:14,900 --> 00:05:16,700 Ray. I mean. 57 00:08:16,900 --> 00:08:21,100 the Sabbath was cast, Mary Magdalene Mary, the mother of 58 00:08:21,100 --> 00:08:25,100 James, and Salome brought spikes They might go. 59 00:08:26,700 --> 00:08:28,900 Very early on Thursday of the week. 60 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,799 The sun had risen. They went to the tomb and they 61 00:08:32,799 --> 00:08:45,300 were saying During the tube. 62 00:08:45,300 --> 00:08:48,300 They saw a young man sitting on the right side dressed in a 63 00:08:48,300 --> 00:08:52,300 white robe and they were alarmed and he said to them do not be 64 00:08:52,300 --> 00:08:55,100 alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth who 65 00:08:55,100 --> 00:11:50,400 was crucified Christ is risen. 66 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:54,400 Amen. And I am excited to open up 67 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:57,700 God's we're with you in a few moments to just discover the 68 00:11:57,700 --> 00:12:01,000 implications of the resurrection and our present-day, how 69 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:05,400 Christ's Resurrection transforms transforms us transforms. 70 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:09,100 The way we view everything including day-to-day life. 71 00:12:09,300 --> 00:12:12,100 If you're here for the first time, which is very common. 72 00:12:12,300 --> 00:12:14,300 During this time of the year, we want to welcome you. 73 00:12:14,300 --> 00:12:16,000 We're so glad that you can join us. 74 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:20,100 Perhaps you have come because you desire to just see what this 75 00:12:20,100 --> 00:12:23,400 is all about out of curiosity. Or perhaps you're here because 76 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:26,900 you've been compelled you made a promise or maybe a deal with 77 00:12:26,900 --> 00:12:29,400 somebody that if you come they would have to do something for 78 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:30,800 you. Regardless of the reason you're 79 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:34,600 here, you are here and our hope and prayer is that, you will 80 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:38,600 hear the truth that can transform your life and change. 81 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:42,200 You not just today, but for all of eternity and it's during this 82 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:45,700 time where we, as Christians, we give to the Lord as an act of 83 00:12:45,700 --> 00:12:47,900 worship because we believe that God has given us all things. 84 00:12:47,900 --> 00:12:49,900 So if it is on your heart, Believers to do. 85 00:12:49,900 --> 00:12:53,200 So do so with a cheerful heart and And a couple of gentlemen, 86 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:55,200 will be here in a moment to help you with that. 87 00:12:55,700 --> 00:12:59,500 And as that is happening, it is my duty to give some 88 00:12:59,500 --> 00:13:02,700 announcements that are important concerning the church. 89 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:06,800 And as we celebrate, Resurrection Sunday today. 90 00:13:06,900 --> 00:13:12,400 Next week is going to be one of the most clear demonstrations of 91 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:15,000 what Christ does and human life because people will be 92 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,500 identifying with Christ, through the act of baptism. 93 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,300 And so we have many Souls who are saying yes to Jesus, through 94 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:25,500 that act of obedience, and they will be baptized in that balcony 95 00:13:25,500 --> 00:13:28,800 over there next week, and they will stand where I'm standing 96 00:13:29,100 --> 00:13:33,100 and in a brief moment, explain, just what Jesus Christ has done 97 00:13:33,100 --> 00:13:35,700 in their Lives though. They all have the common 98 00:13:35,700 --> 00:13:39,300 salvation, they have a unique story, and we invite you to be a 99 00:13:39,300 --> 00:13:41,400 part of that experience to see that. 100 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:44,200 In all this chaos that we are seeing in our world Christ is 101 00:13:44,208 --> 00:13:45,700 still in the business of redemption. 102 00:13:46,300 --> 00:13:50,200 He still saving souls and we want you to see that and so we 103 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:53,300 invite you to be here next week at 1:00 p.m. to witness those 104 00:13:53,300 --> 00:13:57,600 testimonies. And with that, That's pretty 105 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:01,900 much all that I have in terms of announcement other than if you 106 00:14:01,900 --> 00:14:06,900 are willing after this service church is not about performance. 107 00:14:06,900 --> 00:14:10,700 Like this is not an event that we do to, you know, impress 108 00:14:10,700 --> 00:14:12,800 people, to make sure that they feel a certain way. 109 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:16,000 Leaving this place church is a family and Maranatha Bible 110 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:19,600 Church. Really takes a much joy knowing 111 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:23,200 that we are community. So we are going to Feast after 112 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:26,300 the service and there will be a potluck downstairs where we 113 00:14:26,300 --> 00:14:30,000 will. So I invite you to not run away 114 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,200 today. Don't run away. 115 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,600 Stay with us fellowship with us. At least say hello. 116 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:40,400 Grab a bite to eat and just see what Christ has done in people's 117 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:42,600 lives as you just talk to them and get to know them. 118 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:46,600 And that will be immediately after the service. what I love 119 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:49,200 about the teaching of the Resurrection, that it is 120 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:54,600 intensely, practical As much as it is theological, it is, it is 121 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:59,200 profound Paul, never ceases to make this intensely relatable to 122 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:02,600 our day-to-day lives. And I wish today we can spend 123 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:05,700 our time talking about what what would happen if the resurrection 124 00:15:05,700 --> 00:15:08,600 wasn't true. But let me give you a glimpse. 125 00:15:09,300 --> 00:15:12,200 Paul says, in First Corinthians 15 the same chapter that Pastor 126 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:16,600 Daniel read from in verse 30, he says, why are we in danger every 127 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,500 hour? As Believers as Christians as 128 00:15:19,500 --> 00:15:21,300 Christian leaders. He goes, why are we in danger 129 00:15:21,300 --> 00:15:24,500 every hour? I protest Brothers by my pride 130 00:15:24,500 --> 00:15:28,500 in you which I have in Christ Jesus our lord, I die every day. 131 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:32,600 Not a physical death of course but a death to self selfish 132 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:37,100 ambition to sin. I die every single day. 133 00:15:38,300 --> 00:15:41,900 What do I gain if humanly speaking, I fought with beasts 134 00:15:41,900 --> 00:15:44,100 at Ephesus. He's not speaking about actual 135 00:15:44,100 --> 00:15:46,900 animals, he speaking about people who are acting like 136 00:15:46,900 --> 00:15:48,700 animals. What do I gain? 137 00:15:48,700 --> 00:15:53,500 If I wrestle with such people? If the dead are not raised, then 138 00:15:53,500 --> 00:15:57,300 he goes on to say, let us eat and drink for tomorrow, we die. 139 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:02,100 If Christ didn't raise. Can I tell you something? 140 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:04,400 We are wasting our time, this afternoon. 141 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:10,300 If Jesus Christ. That Jewish man who walked the 142 00:16:10,300 --> 00:16:14,600 Earth 2,000 years ago. Who was historically crucified 143 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:17,900 on a Roman cross who was buried but we believe as Christians who 144 00:16:17,900 --> 00:16:24,200 Rose from the grave, if Christ did not actually arise that may 145 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:26,700 I say something? Let every Church shut their 146 00:16:26,700 --> 00:16:30,300 doors. Let every Pastor quit their 147 00:16:30,300 --> 00:16:34,900 jobs. Let every Seminary refund their 148 00:16:34,900 --> 00:16:38,700 students that every private Christian School, send back 149 00:16:38,900 --> 00:16:43,200 those children to their homes because of Christ is not raised. 150 00:16:43,300 --> 00:16:48,600 Then our faith is in vain. Preaching is in vain, singing is 151 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:52,500 futile. This is all a complete waste of 152 00:16:52,500 --> 00:16:55,100 time. Let's just go eat. 153 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:58,100 This is go drink that. Just go be married. 154 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:02,400 Let's just live for self. But if Christ did die. 155 00:17:04,300 --> 00:17:07,200 Then this is the most important thing that you will hear. 156 00:17:08,300 --> 00:17:13,300 That truth Alters reality, Jesus Christ, arising from the grave 157 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:17,800 changes, everything. Changes everything, and you will 158 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,800 hear how it changes everything, how we can change everything, 159 00:17:21,700 --> 00:17:23,700 but we come here not to hear something that we haven't heard 160 00:17:23,700 --> 00:17:25,400 before. We come here to rehearse a true 161 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:27,700 that we've believed, and that's why we sing. 162 00:17:27,700 --> 00:17:32,400 We are singing not to a theory, not to a theological Point, not 163 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:36,400 to some historical fact, we are singing to a living, God, a 164 00:17:36,408 --> 00:17:39,800 living Christ who hears us and sees us and who will do 165 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:42,900 something with us one day. Would you stand with me as we 166 00:17:42,900 --> 00:17:45,500 rejoice in the resurrection and give God the glory? 167 00:22:40,900 --> 00:23:06,900 Nothing nothing. 168 00:28:12,300 --> 00:28:15,200 We give you all the thanks. Praise honor and Glory this 169 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:19,000 morning, Lord, on the cross. You showed us that you were 170 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,200 willing to save us. Lord in your Resurrection, you 171 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,500 show that you are able to save us Praise you. 172 00:28:25,500 --> 00:28:29,300 God, we ask that you would send your spirit can do Mighty things 173 00:28:29,300 --> 00:28:32,000 this morning. Make yourself tangible to us. 174 00:28:33,300 --> 00:28:35,100 Lord, we pray that you would Open the Eyes of the 175 00:28:35,100 --> 00:28:38,500 spiritually. Blind God, we pray Lord for the, 176 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:42,100 the weary Christian that you would renew their hope in God, 177 00:28:42,100 --> 00:28:45,300 we prayed fill us with joy inexpressible this morning. 178 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:51,200 Your servant and his preaching. God, we ask that you would speak 179 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:54,000 to us clearly this morning by your word Jesus. 180 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:34,600 The Apostle Paul said that if Christ had not been risen, then 181 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:38,100 preaching is in vain, but if Christ has risen them, preaching 182 00:29:38,100 --> 00:29:41,600 is of utmost importance. And what you and I are going to 183 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:46,100 experience in this moment is a transaction of truth that can 184 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:51,100 literally alter the Eternal Destiny of the person who would 185 00:29:51,100 --> 00:29:54,300 rightly respond to what will be communicated in a few moments 186 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:56,500 and so maybe you don't have a Bible. 187 00:29:56,600 --> 00:30:01,200 But if you do turn with me to the book of Acts and Let's 188 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:05,000 explore what the word of God has to say about this celebration, 189 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:08,500 that we are observing together. Now, I've talked to many 190 00:30:08,500 --> 00:30:11,400 Believers over the years, who have expressed a certain 191 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:15,800 enjoyment when they read through the book of Acts and maybe you 192 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:19,400 are among those who can Echo that sentiment. 193 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:24,300 And I wonder if the excitement is encouraged by the powerful 194 00:30:24,300 --> 00:30:29,300 conversion stories that lux second volume describes or maybe 195 00:30:29,300 --> 00:30:33,900 it's the Milestones of the advancements of the early church 196 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:39,500 that was moved by early believers who fearlessly ran 197 00:30:39,500 --> 00:30:42,500 into a dark world that was drowning and depravity. 198 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:47,300 Or maybe it includes a fact that there are just amazing Miracles 199 00:30:47,300 --> 00:30:50,500 that take place that God has enabled the early church to 200 00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:55,600 perform in order to validate the authenticity of the Christian 201 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:58,800 message. I'm sure that the thrill that 202 00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:03,700 people read through this books includes those observations, but 203 00:31:03,700 --> 00:31:07,600 one of the things that never ceases to charge, me and 204 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:11,900 challenge me, whenever I read through, the book of Acts is the 205 00:31:11,900 --> 00:31:15,400 way in which the Christian shared their faith. 206 00:31:16,900 --> 00:31:20,700 And not necessarily because of the unusual boldness that they 207 00:31:20,700 --> 00:31:24,700 displayed, or the willingness to patiently endure suffering as 208 00:31:24,700 --> 00:31:29,800 they traveled and suffered for the sake of this message, would 209 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:33,500 always grips me, what always brings me to a place of 210 00:31:33,500 --> 00:31:37,400 contemplation, is the emphasis of their message. 211 00:31:38,700 --> 00:31:43,500 It's what the apostles and the early Christians highlighted, 212 00:31:43,500 --> 00:31:48,800 whenever they spoke on behalf of the Kingdom of God and the good 213 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:53,500 news of Jesus Christ. And what that is really, if 214 00:31:53,500 --> 00:31:55,700 you've noticed it, I'm sure, you know what I'm talking about. 215 00:31:55,700 --> 00:31:57,600 If you haven't, then you will see it today. 216 00:31:58,300 --> 00:32:03,400 The fascinating idea that whenever they preached, 217 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:06,400 especially to those who did not believe, or who are unaware of, 218 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:10,500 what the Christian message is, they always introduced and 219 00:32:10,500 --> 00:32:15,000 explained and heralded the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 220 00:32:15,700 --> 00:32:20,400 That Christ arose that he's alive, not that he just died, 221 00:32:20,700 --> 00:32:27,200 but that he was Vindicated. And that he is now exalted, they 222 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,000 shared that continually. There are faithful to that 223 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,300 message. They were consistent in that 224 00:32:32,300 --> 00:32:36,400 presentation. And as you realize it, it 225 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:40,200 challenges you to think about why it's not an emphasis in Our 226 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:43,700 Gospel presentation, you read through the book of Acts and 227 00:32:43,700 --> 00:32:46,100 you'll see it in their teaching you See it and they're 228 00:32:46,100 --> 00:32:50,200 evangelizing, you'll even see it in certain dialogues and you get 229 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:52,900 the Impressions that the apostles and the early 230 00:32:52,900 --> 00:32:58,000 Christians, really believe that this component was crucial to 231 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,300 understanding the core of what we believe. 232 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:06,100 It's not secondary, it's not optional, it's not a side issue, 233 00:33:06,500 --> 00:33:12,500 the Lord Jesus Christ, died and was buried, and bodily arose, 234 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:17,900 and ascended into heaven. That truth is not something that 235 00:33:17,900 --> 00:33:19,600 should be highlighted once a year. 236 00:33:20,700 --> 00:33:24,300 It shouldn't because it was emphasized and explain 237 00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:30,600 continually and so many contexts by these Apostles and these 238 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:33,700 ambassadors of Jesus Christ. So then again I ask the 239 00:33:33,700 --> 00:33:35,700 question. Why is it so often? 240 00:33:35,700 --> 00:33:38,700 I'm speaking to the believer. Why is it so often me included 241 00:33:38,700 --> 00:33:42,200 that when we tell somebody about the message that can save them? 242 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,200 We rarely bring up the resurrection. 243 00:33:49,100 --> 00:33:51,300 Why is it that we point to his suffering? 244 00:33:51,300 --> 00:33:55,500 But we don't we don't really talk about how he is alive. 245 00:33:56,900 --> 00:34:00,800 And I think one evidence of our ignorance in that if you're 246 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:04,200 honest, with yourself, as I was, when I was thinking about this, 247 00:34:04,500 --> 00:34:07,600 even when you think about the Prophecies of Jesus Christ, as 248 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:11,500 the Messiah, from the Old Testament, we can we can easily 249 00:34:11,500 --> 00:34:15,699 shoot off those that speak about his crucifixion and even as 250 00:34:15,699 --> 00:34:19,000 burial, but are we as quick to do, so, when we speak about his 251 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,300 resurrection, can we point to where it says in the Old 252 00:34:22,300 --> 00:34:24,600 Testament? Not that he would just die but 253 00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:27,300 that he would also be made Live again. 254 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:32,699 So indeed, it is challenging because we find ourselves in 255 00:34:32,699 --> 00:34:36,199 that place. Then perhaps it is an indication 256 00:34:36,199 --> 00:34:40,500 that we don't really understand the full implications of the 257 00:34:40,500 --> 00:34:45,000 Resurrection. It has almost become a secondary 258 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:49,699 point, a sub point to the gospel and that cannot be. 259 00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:52,699 Because when we come to Apostolic Christianity, what you 260 00:34:52,699 --> 00:34:55,199 see is that, it was in the Forefront of their preaching. 261 00:34:55,300 --> 00:34:58,300 And if we are serious, if we are truly Evangelical. 262 00:34:58,300 --> 00:35:02,300 If we truly preach this news and share it, unashamedly, then we 263 00:35:02,300 --> 00:35:06,900 have to imitate what they did. And that is to emphasize the 264 00:35:06,900 --> 00:35:12,700 resurrection. I hope that truth stirs you to 265 00:35:12,700 --> 00:35:14,500 consider what will be said today. 266 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:18,600 Because we could thank God that in the preaching of the Apostles 267 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:21,700 they give us they give us the implications of the 268 00:35:21,700 --> 00:35:24,700 Resurrection. They give us the results of 269 00:35:24,700 --> 00:35:27,900 Jesus being alive and that he was risen. 270 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:32,000 And so today in this brief time together, I present to you for 271 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:37,200 outcomes. For results, astonishing 272 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:40,700 realities that are not only connected to the resurrection, 273 00:35:41,300 --> 00:35:45,300 but are unachievable without it. And as you and I hear these 274 00:35:45,300 --> 00:35:49,400 truths today, the prayer before this meeting is that we would 275 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:51,800 not just be all believers and the resurrection, but 276 00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:55,300 Proclaimers of it. We would know why we need to 277 00:35:55,300 --> 00:35:59,500 tell it as we would the cross. And the first point I bring 278 00:35:59,500 --> 00:36:04,800 today is found in Acts 2 24. And actually 24. 279 00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:07,800 This is the first Christian message that was preached by an 280 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:10,800 unlikely candidate one, who betrayed Christ more than once. 281 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:14,600 Oh, the mercy of God. And we read here in a short 282 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:16,500 verse in the middle of this sermon. 283 00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:22,900 Peter says, in verse 24, God raised him up loosening, the 284 00:36:22,900 --> 00:36:27,600 pangs of death because it was not possible for him to be held 285 00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:30,400 by it. It was not possible for him to 286 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:33,700 be held by it. and so if we have to understand anything about the 287 00:36:33,707 --> 00:36:37,000 resurrection, let us understand this first crucial point, that 288 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:40,800 the resurrection of Jesus Christ, dismantles, death, it, 289 00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:48,300 disarms death, What a powerful statement death could not hold 290 00:36:48,300 --> 00:36:52,000 him. Jesus Christ was raised by God, 291 00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:56,200 not excluding the fact that he himself and the spirit of God 292 00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:59,100 were included in an active way in the resurrection. 293 00:36:59,300 --> 00:37:03,700 But to see one Vantage Point, Jesus Christ was raised by the 294 00:37:03,700 --> 00:37:09,000 father because death had no grip death had. 295 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:12,100 No hold on him. And whenever I come across this 296 00:37:12,100 --> 00:37:16,400 verse, I cannot help but Saw defied death in my mind and 297 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:22,700 visualize how death must have reacted when he was faced with 298 00:37:22,700 --> 00:37:26,800 Christ in the grave. I love to just imagine the utter 299 00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:29,800 shock of death. When he looked Upon A man that 300 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:34,100 he has never seen and all of the history of mankind entering into 301 00:37:34,100 --> 00:37:36,900 his realm. You see death was able to claim 302 00:37:36,900 --> 00:37:41,400 so many bodies of millions of millions of people leading up 303 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:43,800 and tracing all the way back to our first parents. 304 00:37:43,900 --> 00:37:48,200 It's one after the other before Christ. 305 00:37:48,300 --> 00:37:52,100 Not one man was able to die without the dread of decay. 306 00:37:53,300 --> 00:37:57,800 Because of the corrupt flesh, there was a clutch that death 307 00:37:57,800 --> 00:38:00,200 had upon them to a certain degree. 308 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:06,000 But something happens, 2,000 years ago For thousands of years 309 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:09,700 before that death is undergone an unbroken routine. 310 00:38:11,300 --> 00:38:14,400 A possessing one, descendant of Adam after the next. 311 00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:19,300 Until something happened. For the first time in deaths, 312 00:38:19,300 --> 00:38:22,800 long dealing with mankind, he encounters a man who on the 313 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:26,500 surface seem to have died. A criminal's death was unlike 314 00:38:26,500 --> 00:38:28,100 any man that he's ever faced before. 315 00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:32,700 On that Friday night. Jesus Christ of Nazareth enters 316 00:38:32,700 --> 00:38:38,700 into the realm of sheol and as he comes his arrival is there, 317 00:38:38,700 --> 00:38:43,100 he was examined for the sins that would forfeit his flesh to 318 00:38:43,100 --> 00:38:47,400 Deaths ownership. But something strange happened 319 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:50,700 on that evening. When the record of Jesus life 320 00:38:50,700 --> 00:38:52,500 was presented, there was no trace of sin. 321 00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:55,900 Was there any wickedness in his deeds? 322 00:38:55,900 --> 00:38:59,600 Not one. Was there any iniquity on his 323 00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:01,800 lips? Not a whisper. 324 00:39:03,500 --> 00:39:05,700 Was there any transgression in his thoughts? 325 00:39:06,500 --> 00:39:11,400 Free from corruption? Obedient to the law perfectly 326 00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:15,100 observed. And death while staring at their 327 00:39:15,100 --> 00:39:20,100 record of Christ Perfection and his unspotted righteousness for 328 00:39:20,100 --> 00:39:22,500 the first time. Admitted, that he could not, he 329 00:39:22,500 --> 00:39:27,200 could not arrest that, undefiled pure and holy body. 330 00:39:27,700 --> 00:39:34,500 And for the first time he witnessed God glorify flesh and 331 00:39:34,500 --> 00:39:39,900 exalted into his presence. The Lord Jesus. 332 00:39:41,500 --> 00:39:45,300 The Lord Jesus was convinced of this truth even while he was 333 00:39:45,300 --> 00:39:46,500 alive. Do you remember what he told his 334 00:39:46,500 --> 00:39:51,700 disciples in that discourse in John 14:30 I will not talk much 335 00:39:51,700 --> 00:39:54,900 with you for the ruler of this world is coming. 336 00:39:55,200 --> 00:40:00,900 He has no claim on me. He has no claim on me. 337 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:07,300 Accusation is not even possible. There is no legal, right for 338 00:40:07,300 --> 00:40:12,300 death to be able to say you stay here under my possession. 339 00:40:13,900 --> 00:40:18,100 The pangs of death were loosened. and God, in a sense 340 00:40:18,100 --> 00:40:24,000 was obligated to Raised Christ. And for the first time, death 341 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:30,100 felt felt the body. Loosen from his clutch and he 342 00:40:30,100 --> 00:40:34,900 witnessed the Resurrection, The firstfruits of those who have 343 00:40:34,900 --> 00:40:38,000 fallen asleep in Christ. What does that have to do with 344 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:40,400 you and me? Well, Jesus said it, did he not? 345 00:40:40,500 --> 00:40:45,000 Because I live, you also will live Paul added to that by 346 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:48,800 marvelously stating to the Corinthians as I just said, 347 00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:52,500 Christ is the first fruits he went before us and he set the 348 00:40:52,500 --> 00:40:56,100 example, and the expectation that the same way he escaped 349 00:40:56,100 --> 00:40:58,500 death, the same way. Death could not hold him death. 350 00:40:58,500 --> 00:41:03,300 Cannot hold you. It cannot keep you and must 351 00:41:03,300 --> 00:41:06,100 legally, Give You Up, not because of your own 352 00:41:06,100 --> 00:41:08,200 righteousness. But because by faith, you've 353 00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:10,600 been clothed in the righteousness of Christ and that 354 00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:15,100 goes with you into the grave. And so, as death examines, you 355 00:41:15,100 --> 00:41:18,400 from head to toe and looks into your thought life and looks at 356 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:21,300 what you've done in private. And in public with your hands, 357 00:41:21,300 --> 00:41:24,200 with your feet, with your eyes, when he will see, is what he 358 00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:29,000 saw, two thousand years ago. Christ spotless righteousness, 359 00:41:29,500 --> 00:41:34,700 imputed unto you and me. And then he has to say I cannot 360 00:41:34,700 --> 00:41:38,000 hold them down and God can say he's mine. 361 00:41:38,500 --> 00:41:42,700 She's mine and puts us up from the grave and Embraces us for 362 00:41:42,700 --> 00:41:47,200 all of eternity. Christ's victory over the grave 363 00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:50,500 paves the way for our bodies that were once tainted by sin to 364 00:41:50,500 --> 00:41:52,400 be gloriously. Transformed. 365 00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:55,300 You know what I always find fascinating, whenever I come to 366 00:41:55,300 --> 00:41:58,200 this time of the year and reflect upon the resurrection, 367 00:41:58,300 --> 00:42:01,200 not just of Jesus but a fallen men who have put their faith in 368 00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:03,600 him. Why didn't Christ just give us 369 00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:07,500 brand new bodies? Why didn't he just let these 370 00:42:07,500 --> 00:42:10,500 bodies rot in the grave and he can just close us with something 371 00:42:10,500 --> 00:42:12,500 completely new. Because what we believe about 372 00:42:12,500 --> 00:42:17,500 the resurrection is it is these bodies Go in and we'll come up. 373 00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:25,700 Planted mortally raised up into immorality, perishable into the 374 00:42:25,700 --> 00:42:29,500 imperishable. We do not believe that because 375 00:42:29,500 --> 00:42:32,700 we put our faith in Christ, these bodies remain. 376 00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:36,300 And there's a new suit waiting for us at the Gates of Heaven. 377 00:42:37,300 --> 00:42:39,700 That diminishes the power of Salvation. 378 00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:45,200 What we believe is that these bodies we'll be saved. 379 00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:49,100 So that death nor Satan can never say there is a part. 380 00:42:49,300 --> 00:42:52,200 Of atoms race that we were able to keep to ourselves. 381 00:42:52,300 --> 00:42:56,800 God, redeems, the whole man, not just your spirit, not just your 382 00:42:56,800 --> 00:43:00,600 soul but your flesh. What a triumphant call of 383 00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:04,500 Victory to say even these bodies will be redeemed. 384 00:43:04,500 --> 00:43:08,000 That is the extent and the completion of the saving work of 385 00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:11,900 Jesus Christ, you understand? This is not a matter of just 386 00:43:11,900 --> 00:43:14,500 debate and if you stand on there, that's fighting, no, no. 387 00:43:14,500 --> 00:43:19,100 This assaults, the gospel, if we dare even say that these bodies, 388 00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:22,600 These will not be raised. They will be raised and it will 389 00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:26,900 be a declaration to death and Hades that Christ was even able 390 00:43:26,900 --> 00:43:31,900 to redeem flesh. The resurrection of Jesus. 391 00:43:32,300 --> 00:43:36,700 This arms death. But the resurrected Christ also 392 00:43:36,700 --> 00:43:40,300 makes Faith relevant. So come with me now to Acts 393 00:43:40,300 --> 00:43:43,900 chapter 3. When I mean the resurrection of 394 00:43:43,900 --> 00:43:46,500 Christ makes Faith relevant, I don't mean culturally relevant. 395 00:43:46,500 --> 00:43:52,400 You know that But relevant to our day-to-day life. 396 00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:56,400 After Peter and John called for the healing of a man who was 397 00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:58,200 lame from birth at the gate called beautiful. 398 00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:01,100 That's an axe chapter 3. You can imagine that such a 399 00:44:01,100 --> 00:44:03,700 miracle stunned, the crowd who witnessed it. 400 00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:09,000 And so as this astounded group of people come Peter and John, 401 00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:11,700 take advantage of the moment because they have the best 402 00:44:11,700 --> 00:44:14,200 sermon illustration. You can imagine a man who was 403 00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:17,600 born crippled who comes up and is now walking and leaping in 404 00:44:17,600 --> 00:44:20,100 the temple, time for a sermon. Don't you think? 405 00:44:21,100 --> 00:44:23,600 I saw you addresses the crowd, perhaps just like this, but I 406 00:44:23,607 --> 00:44:25,700 believe, obviously, there is much more because thousands were 407 00:44:25,700 --> 00:44:29,000 saved and he looks at them in the face and fearlessly 408 00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:32,100 addresses them and communicates the gospel. 409 00:44:32,100 --> 00:44:35,100 And would, you know, it, he brings up the resurrection from 410 00:44:35,100 --> 00:44:40,300 the dead and what he says here in Acts 3, 15 is for 411 00:44:40,300 --> 00:44:43,500 observation. And you look what he says to 412 00:44:43,500 --> 00:44:47,200 this group of Jews. You killed the author of Life. 413 00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:53,400 Whom God raised from the dead. To this, we Are Witnesses and 414 00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:56,100 His Name by faith. In his name, has made this man, 415 00:44:56,100 --> 00:44:59,700 strong whom you see and know, and the faith that is through. 416 00:44:59,700 --> 00:45:04,100 Jesus has given the man this perfect health and the presence 417 00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:11,500 of you all, you killed them, you are guilty. 418 00:45:12,700 --> 00:45:16,900 He does not pull any punches. He looks at this group, who 419 00:45:16,900 --> 00:45:20,800 probably early on were calling for the crucifixion of Jesus 420 00:45:20,800 --> 00:45:24,500 Christ on those streets in Jerusalem. and it does not 421 00:45:24,500 --> 00:45:29,200 diminish the crime and how heinous such an offense is and 422 00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:31,900 so he addresses them and he says you are the one who stand 423 00:45:31,900 --> 00:45:38,400 guilty, but then, he goes on to say that Jesus was responsible 424 00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:43,700 for this man who was just healed Notice the flow of thought, 425 00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:47,000 Peter mentions God, raising Jesus Christ from the dead and 426 00:45:47,008 --> 00:45:49,300 the next breath. He deals with the faith in his 427 00:45:49,300 --> 00:45:52,300 name, being the cause for this miracle, there's a connection 428 00:45:52,300 --> 00:45:54,900 there. There is a connection there. 429 00:45:55,100 --> 00:45:58,300 And the reason for this explanation is back in verse 12, 430 00:45:58,400 --> 00:46:02,400 when he sees the Jaws dropping of this site, he wants to make 431 00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:05,100 it in fatica Lee, clear that there is nothing of his own 432 00:46:05,100 --> 00:46:09,400 power, or John's or of their piety that made this possible. 433 00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:14,500 And he quickly explains that the only reason the cause for this 434 00:46:14,500 --> 00:46:18,600 miracle of taking place is because of faith in the name of 435 00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:21,900 the resurrected Lord. It is Jesus Christ who has 436 00:46:21,900 --> 00:46:27,100 performed this miracle in your presence as any true servant of 437 00:46:27,100 --> 00:46:29,100 God. Would he gives the credit to the 438 00:46:29,100 --> 00:46:34,200 Lord but it is also something to be said of how this this deals 439 00:46:34,200 --> 00:46:37,900 with us. Faith in the name of Jesus 440 00:46:37,900 --> 00:46:39,900 Christ. That's not some magical thing 441 00:46:39,900 --> 00:46:42,300 that we believe. It's not that if you just put 442 00:46:42,300 --> 00:46:44,800 certain words together things can happen. 443 00:46:45,000 --> 00:46:48,900 It deals with authority. It deals with ability. 444 00:46:49,700 --> 00:46:51,600 There's something about that name. 445 00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:55,300 That's connected to the person that when we do things in his 446 00:46:55,300 --> 00:46:57,400 name asked in his name things happen. 447 00:46:57,500 --> 00:47:02,000 What does that imply that when I pray in the name of Jesus or 448 00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:05,300 live for the name of Jesus or invoke the name of Jesus? 449 00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:09,700 For Christ to intervene upon that faith means that he is 450 00:47:09,700 --> 00:47:15,100 alert and he is aware, and he can intervene, which means what 451 00:47:15,700 --> 00:47:18,200 he's alive. He's alive. 452 00:47:18,900 --> 00:47:21,200 This is not just Theory. Again, this is not just some 453 00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:23,900 magical recipe. That if you say certain things, 454 00:47:24,300 --> 00:47:27,100 things will happen. What we are being told here is 455 00:47:27,100 --> 00:47:30,200 that Peter and John possessed the trust in the Lord to perform 456 00:47:30,200 --> 00:47:33,800 this wonder. And Christ was able to deliver 457 00:47:33,900 --> 00:47:38,000 because Christ is alive. Do you remember how the gospel 458 00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:41,000 of Mark ends? You remember that glorious. 459 00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:45,000 Highlighted insight about Christ even after his resurrection. 460 00:47:45,100 --> 00:47:49,500 Let me read it to you and realize that it applies today in 461 00:47:49,500 --> 00:47:54,000 Mark, 16 19. So then the Lord Jesus after, he 462 00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:58,600 had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the 463 00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:01,900 right hand of God. Okay, great. 464 00:48:01,900 --> 00:48:06,300 We'll see you in heaven, Lord. He was taken up into heaven 465 00:48:06,500 --> 00:48:10,100 bodily, ascended, gloriously seated at the right hand of 466 00:48:10,100 --> 00:48:13,200 God.. No. 467 00:48:13,700 --> 00:48:17,300 Then we are told in verse 20 and they being the disciples went 468 00:48:17,300 --> 00:48:22,000 out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them, 469 00:48:24,700 --> 00:48:27,000 While the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by 470 00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:30,600 accompanying signs. Jesus taken up into heaven, 471 00:48:31,500 --> 00:48:33,700 still working with them while they preached. 472 00:48:34,900 --> 00:48:36,200 What? I love so much about the way 473 00:48:36,200 --> 00:48:41,100 Mark ends this gospel. Is because Mark, by the spirit, 474 00:48:41,400 --> 00:48:44,800 gives us a certain facet of Christ that the other gospels do 475 00:48:44,800 --> 00:48:48,900 not give remember marks intention of showing Christ is 476 00:48:48,900 --> 00:48:52,900 to show that he was the perfect servant of God, right? 477 00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:56,100 That's why there are less Parables and mark less teaching 478 00:48:56,100 --> 00:48:59,200 and more action. More active, duty performed by 479 00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:03,200 Christ to show. This is the one whom Isaiah and 480 00:49:03,200 --> 00:49:07,200 the others spoke of not, just the Fulfillment of the servant, 481 00:49:07,300 --> 00:49:12,300 the perfect Israel. who obeyed God perfectly but our model, as 482 00:49:12,300 --> 00:49:15,100 Christians to see how we should serve the father with a 483 00:49:15,107 --> 00:49:19,100 particular attitude and ambition as Christ showed us being man 484 00:49:19,100 --> 00:49:24,000 himself And what you see there in that gospel is so much 485 00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:28,700 happening at such a rate. And what encourages me so much 486 00:49:28,700 --> 00:49:32,100 is that when you consider all of that, the spirit of God chooses 487 00:49:32,100 --> 00:49:35,400 to end the account of the servanthood of Jesus Christ by 488 00:49:35,400 --> 00:49:40,700 telling us that even after he arose, he still working. 489 00:49:43,100 --> 00:49:46,900 He worked while on Earth and after he arose as a serving that 490 00:49:46,900 --> 00:49:48,400 he was described in Mark, guess what? 491 00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:50,700 He's still doing. He's still working. 492 00:49:54,100 --> 00:49:56,600 The main point is this because he is alive our faith. 493 00:49:56,600 --> 00:50:00,000 Not only promises Christ intervention and death. 494 00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:05,000 It assures us Christ intervention in life in life 495 00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:07,600 today. Now, Peter indirectly is 496 00:50:07,600 --> 00:50:11,400 teaching us that Christ sees us. He hears us. 497 00:50:12,500 --> 00:50:14,900 He's leading us. He's guiding us and in his 498 00:50:14,900 --> 00:50:19,300 perfect wisdom, as a situation demands, he can intervene right 499 00:50:19,300 --> 00:50:23,100 before our eyes. He is still working. 500 00:50:23,900 --> 00:50:27,000 He's still Sovereign, he's still here. 501 00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:30,400 And we would say about the resurrection, we have no fear in 502 00:50:30,408 --> 00:50:32,100 death. Can you add something to that? 503 00:50:32,100 --> 00:50:37,100 Please, there is no fear in life either, not just in death, but 504 00:50:37,100 --> 00:50:40,300 even today because we serve a risen Christ. 505 00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:42,600 And as the Lord worked with the apostles, while they live for 506 00:50:42,600 --> 00:50:45,900 his glory, we do not believe that Christ will work with you 507 00:50:46,400 --> 00:50:51,900 and through you and in you. As you have the resurrection in 508 00:50:51,900 --> 00:50:54,500 the Forefront of your thinking and your meditation and you're 509 00:50:54,500 --> 00:50:58,300 planning, he is with me. He is with me. 510 00:50:59,100 --> 00:51:02,000 If you have faith in Christ that is the guarantee through the 511 00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:04,800 resurrection. It is not just I will see you 512 00:51:04,800 --> 00:51:08,300 when you give your final breath, I am with you in every breath. 513 00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:11,900 That's the truth of this. That's what makes Christianity. 514 00:51:11,900 --> 00:51:15,300 So, vibrant and Alive, we're not just here rehearsing some 515 00:51:15,300 --> 00:51:18,200 historical, things were here, realizing that there is a 516 00:51:18,207 --> 00:51:23,600 day-to-day Tea with Christ with Christ. 517 00:51:23,600 --> 00:51:27,100 As one of my favorite preachers said, how can we have a dead 518 00:51:27,100 --> 00:51:30,100 service with a living Christ and believe her? 519 00:51:30,100 --> 00:51:34,900 How can you have a boring? How can you have a boring 520 00:51:34,900 --> 00:51:37,300 existence? When you have the resurrection 521 00:51:37,800 --> 00:51:42,500 of Jesus Christ, imposed Upon Your Existence by faith. 522 00:51:44,300 --> 00:51:47,700 The resurrected Christ makes Faith relevant. 523 00:51:49,500 --> 00:51:51,300 Why? Preach of Christ hasn't raised 524 00:51:51,300 --> 00:51:56,700 well, what prey What hope? What's all this? 525 00:51:56,700 --> 00:52:01,700 What comfort? Thirdly the resurrected Christ. 526 00:52:01,900 --> 00:52:07,000 Now only makes Faith relevant. But inspires a Sanctified life, 527 00:52:07,700 --> 00:52:09,700 look at Acts chapter 4, do you notice that we're just going to 528 00:52:09,700 --> 00:52:13,800 one chapter after the next? In Acts chapter 4. 529 00:52:13,800 --> 00:52:16,500 Look with me here in verse 32. There's a just a few verses I 530 00:52:16,500 --> 00:52:19,500 want to read, but pay attention as I'm reading it, because this 531 00:52:19,500 --> 00:52:24,300 is important. now, the full number of those who believed in 532 00:52:24,300 --> 00:52:30,300 Acts 4:32, We're one heart. And soul. 533 00:52:31,200 --> 00:52:34,400 And no one said that any of the things that belong to him was 534 00:52:34,400 --> 00:52:39,900 his own, but they had everything in common and with great power, 535 00:52:39,900 --> 00:52:42,000 here it is. The apostles were giving their 536 00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:45,600 testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus and great. 537 00:52:45,600 --> 00:52:49,200 Grace was upon them. All there is not a needy person 538 00:52:49,200 --> 00:52:54,100 among them for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold 539 00:52:54,400 --> 00:52:59,500 them and brought the proceeds of what was sold It's interesting 540 00:52:59,500 --> 00:53:02,600 to note that in verse 32 and verse 34 we are informed of an 541 00:53:02,600 --> 00:53:06,400 exceptional unity and generosity that was shared among the early 542 00:53:06,400 --> 00:53:10,300 church, there is such a Detachment from possessions. 543 00:53:11,100 --> 00:53:16,200 There was such a joy in the Lord that more than owning there is a 544 00:53:16,200 --> 00:53:19,900 desire to serve. And there was an ambition, a 545 00:53:19,900 --> 00:53:22,500 corporate ambition, to make sure that there is not one person in 546 00:53:22,500 --> 00:53:25,700 the midst, that would be in genuine need and if your need 547 00:53:25,700 --> 00:53:28,700 requires something of me than with great Delight, I will give 548 00:53:28,700 --> 00:53:32,300 you what you need. You look at how inspirational 549 00:53:32,300 --> 00:53:34,700 decision, you wonder how can it be how can you come to this 550 00:53:34,700 --> 00:53:37,300 height of humility and compassion? 551 00:53:37,700 --> 00:53:41,300 How did this culture become the way it was? 552 00:53:42,300 --> 00:53:45,000 And you would say, perhaps like I did at first that this is 553 00:53:45,100 --> 00:53:47,200 obviously the influencing work of the Holy Spirit. 554 00:53:47,200 --> 00:53:50,100 When God, the spirit lives inside of you, he can bring you 555 00:53:50,100 --> 00:53:56,000 to such lengths of love. But tucked in between verse 32 556 00:53:56,000 --> 00:54:01,300 and verse 34, is an interesting detail that is not disconnected 557 00:54:01,300 --> 00:54:04,300 to the surrounding context. I believe that it actually is 558 00:54:04,600 --> 00:54:09,800 somewhat of an indication of the inspiration of this community of 559 00:54:09,800 --> 00:54:11,500 love. That was shared in the early 560 00:54:11,500 --> 00:54:14,800 church. What do we see here verse 33? 561 00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:18,500 The apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of 562 00:54:18,500 --> 00:54:21,200 the Lord, Jesus, and great. Grace was upon them. 563 00:54:21,200 --> 00:54:26,200 All That seems like a very strange detail to tuck in 564 00:54:26,200 --> 00:54:30,100 between two verses that are communicating the Deep care of 565 00:54:30,100 --> 00:54:33,600 the church. Unless of course, there's 566 00:54:33,600 --> 00:54:37,700 something there to consider. I wonder if the knowledge of the 567 00:54:37,700 --> 00:54:41,900 resurrection of Jesus being taught and proclaimed, was a 568 00:54:41,908 --> 00:54:46,600 catalyst for this kind of culture fruitfulness to be known 569 00:54:46,600 --> 00:54:51,200 among these believers. Something about Christ being 570 00:54:51,200 --> 00:54:56,100 alive, raining, exalted did something to them in a very 571 00:54:56,100 --> 00:54:59,800 practical way. Not just theologically it 572 00:54:59,800 --> 00:55:03,600 transformed their character. It made them deal with other 573 00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:07,700 people differently, viewing them differently, handling them 574 00:55:07,700 --> 00:55:09,900 differently, loving them differently. 575 00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:12,900 You see the doctrine of the Resurrection is not just a 576 00:55:12,900 --> 00:55:16,900 theological imperative but a truth that transforms us and 577 00:55:16,900 --> 00:55:20,500 every detail when properly understanding the significance 578 00:55:20,700 --> 00:55:24,900 of Christ rising from the dead, it radically Alters the way you 579 00:55:24,900 --> 00:55:27,900 and I live, especially in the way you and I relate to one 580 00:55:27,900 --> 00:55:31,100 another. Something about the resurrection 581 00:55:31,100 --> 00:55:35,200 of Jesus that touch these Hearts, making them want to 582 00:55:35,207 --> 00:55:39,300 touch other hearts. I can't help but think about 1st 583 00:55:39,300 --> 00:55:41,800 Corinthians 15, we heard it in the beginning we heard it during 584 00:55:41,800 --> 00:55:45,700 the announcements. If you have the time and if 585 00:55:45,700 --> 00:55:49,900 don't make the time read that chapter, it is a theological 586 00:55:49,900 --> 00:55:54,000 Masterpiece from Paul defending the case of Christ being raised 587 00:55:54,000 --> 00:55:57,900 from the dead and he's dealing with Skeptics in the church. 588 00:55:57,900 --> 00:56:00,100 He's dealing with those who are being tempted, not to believe 589 00:56:00,100 --> 00:56:04,200 that Christ arose. And he goes from one point to 590 00:56:04,200 --> 00:56:07,300 the next. He goes from one illustration to 591 00:56:07,300 --> 00:56:09,400 the next. He goes from one example to the 592 00:56:09,400 --> 00:56:13,400 next and it is so profound. It is so deep. 593 00:56:13,400 --> 00:56:16,400 But what so touches me is the way Paul ends the thing. 594 00:56:17,400 --> 00:56:22,100 After giving such a persuasive study of what it means for 595 00:56:22,100 --> 00:56:26,300 Christ to be alive and what that does for you and me he ends with 596 00:56:26,300 --> 00:56:31,800 an emphatic, therefore therefore what they're for something about 597 00:56:31,800 --> 00:56:34,200 the future. Therefore, something is dealt 598 00:56:34,200 --> 00:56:38,100 with in the past. Paul says you just heard and you 599 00:56:38,100 --> 00:56:41,200 just read what it means for Christ to be alive. 600 00:56:41,500 --> 00:56:44,500 Therefore, well, therefore therefore what? 601 00:56:45,700 --> 00:56:51,900 In verse 58 of chapter, 15. Therefore, my beloved Brothers, 602 00:56:53,100 --> 00:56:59,000 be steadfast. Immovable always abounding in 603 00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:03,000 the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord, your labor is 604 00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:09,400 not in vain. I challenge anybody that loves 605 00:57:09,400 --> 00:57:13,200 theology. If your theology doesn't doesn't 606 00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:16,000 make you a practical Christian, you're not doing theology, 607 00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:19,100 right? I don't care how much you know 608 00:57:19,100 --> 00:57:23,500 this is not matter if it does not influence the way you live, 609 00:57:24,100 --> 00:57:28,300 you're wasting your time. This Mastermind this colossal 610 00:57:28,300 --> 00:57:30,400 intellect. Found in the Apostle, Paul, he 611 00:57:30,400 --> 00:57:34,500 loved to use that word. Therefore And here he says, 612 00:57:34,500 --> 00:57:38,000 therefore after understand that Christ will be the first fruits 613 00:57:38,400 --> 00:57:41,100 of those who have fallen asleep after realizing that the 614 00:57:41,107 --> 00:57:44,200 perishable will raise the imperishable, after realizing 615 00:57:44,200 --> 00:57:47,500 that death has lost its sting, all these things out, we quote, 616 00:57:47,600 --> 00:57:49,300 and sing about. He says, oh, would you be 617 00:57:49,300 --> 00:57:55,200 steadfast now? And immovable always abounding 618 00:57:55,300 --> 00:58:00,400 in the work of the Lord. Let's examine this text in the - 619 00:58:01,000 --> 00:58:05,400 if I am inconsistent. If I am easily influenced by my 620 00:58:05,400 --> 00:58:09,100 feelings or circumstances of inconvenience, if I am 621 00:58:09,100 --> 00:58:13,300 sporadically involved in the work of the Lord, I can make a 622 00:58:13,308 --> 00:58:17,400 conclusion based on this tax and it is this that is very likely 623 00:58:17,400 --> 00:58:20,600 that I have a poor view of the Resurrection. 624 00:58:23,600 --> 00:58:26,300 I have a blurred understanding of what it means for Christ to 625 00:58:26,300 --> 00:58:31,100 be alive if I'm so easily. Shaken found so easily offended. 626 00:58:32,200 --> 00:58:35,900 If my sacrifice of my service to Christ is voluntary based on my 627 00:58:35,900 --> 00:58:39,400 own desires and plans, you have not understood the resurrection. 628 00:58:40,200 --> 00:58:42,600 Because Paul says, if you really understand that Christ is alive, 629 00:58:42,600 --> 00:58:44,800 there will be something of an anchoring devotion and 630 00:58:44,800 --> 00:58:48,600 consistency that will keep you moving forward until you meet 631 00:58:48,600 --> 00:58:53,000 this Resurrection Christ. To believe in the resurrection 632 00:58:53,000 --> 00:58:57,100 of Christ. Believes in my resurrection. 633 00:58:58,200 --> 00:59:01,000 Which means as Paul says here that my labor is not in vain. 634 00:59:02,200 --> 00:59:04,800 My labor is not in vain, I may not be encouraged by people. 635 00:59:04,800 --> 00:59:07,300 I may not be praised. I may not be love. 636 00:59:07,300 --> 00:59:11,100 That may not be appreciated. Look, what Paul says, put the 637 00:59:11,100 --> 00:59:16,500 resurrected Christ before you and you will know a strength and 638 00:59:16,500 --> 00:59:21,400 you will know a seriousness and you will know an ambition that 639 00:59:21,400 --> 00:59:23,900 will bulldoze over all the things that would hold you down. 640 00:59:23,900 --> 00:59:30,500 Otherwise How much of Christ being alive was used by these 641 00:59:30,500 --> 00:59:34,700 teachers and these authors of scripture to cause the 642 00:59:34,700 --> 00:59:36,500 Christians to live in a certain way. 643 00:59:36,500 --> 00:59:41,000 It's all the way at the end of the book even in Revelation when 644 00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:43,800 Christ himself, through John writes, personal letters to the 645 00:59:43,800 --> 00:59:45,600 churches. How many times has he said 646 00:59:45,600 --> 00:59:49,900 things to the effect of and the ones with eyes like fire, And 647 00:59:49,900 --> 00:59:52,000 the one who walks in the midst of the lampstands. 648 00:59:52,000 --> 00:59:54,000 What does that mean? Is that poetry? 649 00:59:54,200 --> 00:59:57,300 No, it's all indications. That Christ is here. 650 00:59:57,300 --> 01:00:04,900 He sees he hears, he observes he's taking into account. so, if 651 01:00:04,900 --> 01:00:10,700 Christ is not raised, Then the white serve, what is this? 652 01:00:11,700 --> 01:00:15,200 It's in vain. But if he has risen from the 653 01:00:15,207 --> 01:00:19,200 dead, and there is great, joy in knowing that there is a reward, 654 01:00:20,000 --> 01:00:24,300 think about Paul the Apostle and how he suffered over and over 655 01:00:24,300 --> 01:00:26,400 again. And you know what he says, you 656 01:00:26,400 --> 01:00:29,900 know, what he says when he's standing and trial with chains 657 01:00:29,900 --> 01:00:34,700 around around his hands and his feet, it is with respect to the 658 01:00:34,707 --> 01:00:37,500 resurrection of the Dead that I am on child before you this day. 659 01:00:38,700 --> 01:00:42,600 This man was willing to go to prison, to be sued to be 660 01:00:42,600 --> 01:00:46,100 slandered for what the resurrection. 661 01:00:47,100 --> 01:00:49,900 I'm standing here because I believe this truth and I 662 01:00:49,900 --> 01:00:52,500 preached this truth and I'm willing to suffer for this 663 01:00:52,500 --> 01:00:55,300 truth. I'm telling you there's 664 01:00:55,300 --> 01:00:57,600 something that needs to be healed in our vision. 665 01:00:57,800 --> 01:01:02,400 Concerning Christ being alive. And one of the ways in which you 666 01:01:02,400 --> 01:01:06,200 will know, if you want to check the pulse of your faith in this 667 01:01:06,200 --> 01:01:08,800 truth, then look at your steadfastness. 668 01:01:09,500 --> 01:01:11,900 Are you movable? Are you easily bendable? 669 01:01:13,200 --> 01:01:15,000 Are you a bounding? You know, I bounding means like 670 01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:19,800 overwhelmingly serving the lord If that's not there, if you can 671 01:01:19,808 --> 01:01:21,500 be honest, and say that's not true. 672 01:01:21,900 --> 01:01:23,900 Then ask yourself. Do I really believe that Christ 673 01:01:23,900 --> 01:01:27,100 is alive? Do I really, really believe that 674 01:01:27,100 --> 01:01:30,500 these sermons that I here, week after week deals with a God, who 675 01:01:30,500 --> 01:01:32,700 is real? One. 676 01:01:32,700 --> 01:01:35,600 Who conquered death? Do I really understand that? 677 01:01:36,500 --> 01:01:37,800 And he will give you understanding. 678 01:01:38,900 --> 01:01:43,100 Christ is risen is not a slogan for once a year, Christ is risen 679 01:01:43,100 --> 01:01:44,800 as the banner over the Christians life. 680 01:01:46,200 --> 01:01:47,700 Because to believe Christ is risen. 681 01:01:48,000 --> 01:01:54,500 Also means Christ, will return. Which brings me to my final 682 01:01:54,500 --> 01:01:57,800 point. The resurrected Christ. 683 01:01:58,900 --> 01:02:05,100 Asher's coming judgment. We will ski skip a few chapters 684 01:02:05,100 --> 01:02:08,000 here. Let's go to Acts chapter 17 and 685 01:02:08,000 --> 01:02:14,200 this is Paul not speaking to is that speaking to two Jews. 686 01:02:14,200 --> 01:02:19,600 He's speaking to a gentile audience in Athens. some would 687 01:02:19,600 --> 01:02:23,700 say that Paul Sermon here was one of One of the failures of 688 01:02:23,700 --> 01:02:28,400 his ministry that he didn't mention Christ here, he didn't 689 01:02:28,400 --> 01:02:31,900 emphasize on the gospel. He was more philosophical. 690 01:02:31,900 --> 01:02:35,900 And his approach was in the best then that's debatable. 691 01:02:36,800 --> 01:02:40,400 Especially when you come to verse 13 of chapter 17, as he 692 01:02:40,400 --> 01:02:44,900 ends this sermon before a group of intellects with their noses 693 01:02:44,900 --> 01:02:48,400 in the air. We were told earlier all they 694 01:02:48,400 --> 01:02:51,700 did their entertainment in life was to hear something new. 695 01:02:52,900 --> 01:02:54,900 Just like what philosophy is all about. 696 01:02:55,300 --> 01:02:57,700 I remember being in my college class for philosophy and one of 697 01:02:57,707 --> 01:03:00,500 the first things, the teacher said was, if you think that you 698 01:03:00,500 --> 01:03:03,600 have the understanding of objective truth, you're wrong. 699 01:03:04,300 --> 01:03:06,100 That's not what philosophy is about. 700 01:03:06,100 --> 01:03:08,800 So my oh great, what's the point? 701 01:03:09,800 --> 01:03:11,900 We're just going to be running around in circles talking about 702 01:03:11,900 --> 01:03:14,700 things that don't matter. And I having an exclusive 703 01:03:14,700 --> 01:03:17,200 understanding of what this is all about, no, thank you. 704 01:03:17,200 --> 01:03:18,800 Just give me my great so I can move on. 705 01:03:21,000 --> 01:03:24,700 And these people just they just wanted to hear something fresh 706 01:03:24,700 --> 01:03:27,600 and something new. And so they they her Paul 707 01:03:27,600 --> 01:03:30,100 speaking and they invite him into their little classroom and 708 01:03:30,100 --> 01:03:31,800 say, tell us what you're saying, man. 709 01:03:33,700 --> 01:03:37,900 And they were in for a shock. Because in verse 30, we read the 710 01:03:37,900 --> 01:03:41,800 times of ignorance, God overlooked but now he commands 711 01:03:41,800 --> 01:03:46,600 all people everywhere to repent. Because he fixed a day on which 712 01:03:46,600 --> 01:03:49,000 he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he 713 01:03:49,008 --> 01:03:51,600 has appointed now, look at this and have this. 714 01:03:51,600 --> 01:03:58,400 He has given Assurance to All by raising him from the dead so 715 01:03:58,400 --> 01:03:59,100 far. We've heard that the 716 01:03:59,100 --> 01:04:04,500 resurrection guarantees victory over Death Christ supervision 717 01:04:05,000 --> 01:04:08,600 and intervention in our lives and provides the motivation to 718 01:04:08,600 --> 01:04:12,400 persist, and a Sanctified way of life in Christ imitation. 719 01:04:12,800 --> 01:04:16,300 And as we conclude with this, As we learn of another consequence 720 01:04:16,500 --> 01:04:20,300 of Christ, conquering death. And it is this because the 721 01:04:20,300 --> 01:04:25,000 resurrection is true. Repentance is necessary. 722 01:04:26,900 --> 01:04:29,700 Because the resurrection is true. 723 01:04:31,100 --> 01:04:36,600 Then repentance is necessary. I believe that this message here 724 01:04:36,800 --> 01:04:40,800 at least at this point Ruffles, our view of our traditional 725 01:04:40,800 --> 01:04:45,900 understanding of Easter. We write with rehearse as we 726 01:04:45,900 --> 01:04:51,000 sang and heard earlier that what Christ has done seals and 727 01:04:51,000 --> 01:04:57,500 assures us that God has declared his satisfaction in the atoning 728 01:04:57,500 --> 01:05:00,800 work of Jesus Christ by raising him from the dead. 729 01:05:00,800 --> 01:05:04,800 He is declaring to the world. He was sinless and his work on 730 01:05:04,800 --> 01:05:09,300 the cross was enough and it's suffice has and faith in him, 731 01:05:09,400 --> 01:05:15,000 guarantees your future to be like his But it comes to a text 732 01:05:15,000 --> 01:05:17,800 like this, and I see another dimension of assurance, another 733 01:05:17,800 --> 01:05:22,100 guarantee that the resurrection declares and it is not just the 734 01:05:22,100 --> 01:05:25,000 fact that you and I will conquer death. 735 01:05:25,400 --> 01:05:27,500 It is the fact that judgment is on its way. 736 01:05:30,700 --> 01:05:33,000 I have a feeling that this is not going to be emphasized and 737 01:05:33,000 --> 01:05:35,700 many places on Resurrection Sunday. 738 01:05:36,500 --> 01:05:42,800 It's a shame. because Paul preached, it Christ, raising 739 01:05:42,800 --> 01:05:47,300 from the dead was a warning to every generation that he's on 740 01:05:47,300 --> 01:05:50,500 his way. He's on his way. 741 01:05:51,800 --> 01:05:55,300 This is not just some cute thing where we think about Jesus at a 742 01:05:55,300 --> 01:05:57,800 distance who helps us in life and when we die, we'll have a 743 01:05:57,808 --> 01:06:02,300 warm embrace. There is a sounding alarming 744 01:06:02,300 --> 01:06:04,500 truth from the Resurrection. The moment it happened. 745 01:06:04,500 --> 01:06:11,100 It is this the world is speeding towards a judgment Jew and 746 01:06:11,100 --> 01:06:14,100 Gentile, small and great will be examined. 747 01:06:14,200 --> 01:06:18,300 And evaluated by the righteous standard of Jesus Christ. 748 01:06:19,300 --> 01:06:24,200 The one that God has chosen and has declared that I have, indeed 749 01:06:24,300 --> 01:06:29,400 appointed him to be the universal ruler, and a decider 750 01:06:29,400 --> 01:06:34,600 of the Eternal fate of every descendant of our first parents. 751 01:06:35,100 --> 01:06:42,200 You know, that means you and me, what a All say he will judge the 752 01:06:42,200 --> 01:06:45,400 world. By what standard in 753 01:06:45,400 --> 01:06:47,800 righteousness. There's going to be no curve 754 01:06:47,800 --> 01:06:49,900 here. There's not going to be 755 01:06:49,900 --> 01:06:52,100 favoritism. You can't have your lawyer 756 01:06:52,100 --> 01:06:55,100 stepping in your place. You can't have your pastor speak 757 01:06:55,100 --> 01:06:57,600 on your behalf. He will judge in righteousness 758 01:06:57,800 --> 01:07:02,900 and perfect Justice, perfect discernment, Perfect holiness. 759 01:07:05,700 --> 01:07:08,100 And that is exactly why the apostles preached the 760 01:07:08,100 --> 01:07:11,700 resurrection because it is inseparable from repentance. 761 01:07:14,200 --> 01:07:16,800 Did you see the pattern in the book of Acts, read it next time 762 01:07:16,800 --> 01:07:18,900 with those eyes and realize whenever the resurrection is 763 01:07:18,900 --> 01:07:22,300 mentioned, there was always a call to repentance Christ is 764 01:07:22,300 --> 01:07:24,700 risen. So repent the Lord conquered 765 01:07:24,700 --> 01:07:26,400 death. So give your life to the one who 766 01:07:26,400 --> 01:07:28,100 holds the keys of death and Hades. 767 01:07:31,200 --> 01:07:33,400 And I wonder if the reason why we don't emphasize the 768 01:07:33,400 --> 01:07:36,400 resurrection is means because we have to also speak about 769 01:07:36,400 --> 01:07:40,200 repentance and we don't want to do that, right? 770 01:07:41,900 --> 01:07:45,000 But the apostles did it and I don't know about you, I want 771 01:07:45,000 --> 01:07:50,200 this kind of Christianity. Not the modern fluffy version of 772 01:07:50,200 --> 01:07:53,700 it. The cotton candy idea of Christ. 773 01:07:54,800 --> 01:07:59,900 I want the real Jesus and the real gospel and real conviction 774 01:07:59,900 --> 01:08:03,700 and real conversion. I'm so glad to be in a 775 01:08:03,700 --> 01:08:07,900 congregation who believes in the totality of this book which 776 01:08:07,900 --> 01:08:11,000 includes lovingly calling people to repent. 777 01:08:11,000 --> 01:08:14,400 But may I remind, you Faithful believer of the why to our 778 01:08:14,400 --> 01:08:17,500 repentance the. Why to our repentance is because 779 01:08:17,500 --> 01:08:20,399 Christ is risen. That's why. 780 01:08:22,399 --> 01:08:25,899 And there's a fixed appointment that he will fulfill that God 781 01:08:25,899 --> 01:08:28,000 has determined on a specific day. 782 01:08:29,100 --> 01:08:33,300 That will deal with every soul. So when we go about, telling 783 01:08:33,300 --> 01:08:37,100 people about the gospel, we are not informing them. 784 01:08:37,100 --> 01:08:39,200 That there is a Christ who is raining. 785 01:08:39,200 --> 01:08:42,899 We are also saying with just, as much importance that, yes Christ 786 01:08:42,899 --> 01:08:45,000 is raining but he is also returning. 787 01:08:47,700 --> 01:08:50,700 I wonder what Easter Sunday would look like every year. 788 01:08:50,800 --> 01:08:54,700 If every assembly took advantage of visitors coming in to say 789 01:08:54,700 --> 01:09:01,500 that, Christ is returning. I'm reminding you that today as 790 01:09:01,500 --> 01:09:04,800 you're going to go have a lovely dinner with your family who are 791 01:09:04,800 --> 01:09:07,800 probably a mixed breed of Believers and non-believers. 792 01:09:09,000 --> 01:09:13,399 Regardless, let me tell you, as you go back to your day today 793 01:09:13,899 --> 01:09:18,399 Christ is coming back. He's not staying up there. 794 01:09:18,600 --> 01:09:21,899 He didn't stay in the grave and he's not staying in heaven. 795 01:09:22,000 --> 01:09:26,000 He's coming to judge. And I praise God for that 796 01:09:26,300 --> 01:09:30,800 because this world is a mess. And there's something even among 797 01:09:30,800 --> 01:09:34,100 those who don't have faith in Christ because we've been 798 01:09:34,100 --> 01:09:37,399 created in the image of God, too long for justice to be 799 01:09:37,399 --> 01:09:40,800 implemented. There is something wrong here. 800 01:09:40,800 --> 01:09:42,899 We're seeing corruption on every level. 801 01:09:43,100 --> 01:09:46,300 And why does that disturb us? Why is it that as humans? 802 01:09:46,300 --> 01:09:51,100 We have a court system, we have laws and dogs don't And monkeys. 803 01:09:51,100 --> 01:09:53,399 Don't you might believe that you're related to a monkey. 804 01:09:54,400 --> 01:10:00,700 I don't I believe I've been created in the image of God and 805 01:10:00,700 --> 01:10:04,900 instilled within that reality is a sense that there is right? 806 01:10:04,900 --> 01:10:07,900 And there is wrong. And when Romney has done and 807 01:10:07,900 --> 01:10:10,400 must be dealt with, where does that come from? 808 01:10:10,500 --> 01:10:15,300 Not from an explosion. But intricately woven from the 809 01:10:15,308 --> 01:10:18,800 beginning, God's intention to have something of himself in 810 01:10:18,800 --> 01:10:24,200 you. And in me, And so Christ is 811 01:10:24,200 --> 01:10:27,900 returning to make things, right? But here's the thing, if you're 812 01:10:27,900 --> 01:10:32,000 in the wrong, you're in trouble. He will judge the world in 813 01:10:32,000 --> 01:10:34,300 righteousness, not your standard of, what's good. 814 01:10:34,600 --> 01:10:35,800 Now, your standard of what's right? 815 01:10:35,800 --> 01:10:41,100 And wrong his and when you come to his standard, you will fall 816 01:10:41,200 --> 01:10:44,000 on your face. And Romans tells us your mouth 817 01:10:44,000 --> 01:10:47,200 will be stopped. When you see that the law of 818 01:10:47,200 --> 01:10:51,200 God, overshadows. All of us, including the best of 819 01:10:51,200 --> 01:10:53,100 us because we all fall short of his glory. 820 01:10:54,000 --> 01:10:56,800 All of us do including the preacher. 821 01:10:58,600 --> 01:11:03,700 We all will be found wanting. And so we are told here of a 822 01:11:03,700 --> 01:11:07,800 certainty of a judgment, but as certain as that judgment is so 823 01:11:07,800 --> 01:11:12,500 is the certainty of forgiveness. Because Christ isn't just raised 824 01:11:12,500 --> 01:11:15,900 from the grave. To say now you be a good boy 825 01:11:15,900 --> 01:11:18,000 down there and you be a good girl because when I come back 826 01:11:18,000 --> 01:11:19,900 I'm going to count your good works and make sure that it 827 01:11:19,900 --> 01:11:22,400 outweighs the bad. And if it does then you'll get 828 01:11:22,400 --> 01:11:27,900 in. the only thing that Christ will be looking for when he 829 01:11:27,900 --> 01:11:31,600 returns is, if you put your faith in him, If you have 830 01:11:31,600 --> 01:11:36,400 confessing admitted. I cannot attain my 831 01:11:36,400 --> 01:11:39,800 righteousness, and I cannot have eternal life. 832 01:11:40,200 --> 01:11:44,400 What hope is there for me with the news that judgment is on its 833 01:11:44,400 --> 01:11:45,900 way? And here it is. 834 01:11:46,200 --> 01:11:49,300 He drank that judgment on the cross. 835 01:11:50,100 --> 01:11:53,600 That's the good news. You don't have to fear what's on 836 01:11:53,600 --> 01:11:56,800 the way you don't have to shrink from shame. 837 01:11:57,600 --> 01:12:00,200 You don't have to lose sleep at wondering like I did in my 838 01:12:00,200 --> 01:12:02,000 college Years wondering if I stand before. 839 01:12:02,000 --> 01:12:05,000 God well I make it and I grew up with Should parents. 840 01:12:05,000 --> 01:12:07,100 I went to church a few times. I've read something of the 841 01:12:07,100 --> 01:12:08,600 Bible. Who would that be good enough? 842 01:12:08,600 --> 01:12:11,200 You don't have to be tormented with that uncertainty. 843 01:12:11,800 --> 01:12:16,900 You can have an assurance that is so powerful and so 844 01:12:16,900 --> 01:12:19,100 convicting. Convincing that you will remain 845 01:12:19,100 --> 01:12:24,000 immovable in your trust of love and eternal life, being yours in 846 01:12:24,008 --> 01:12:29,400 the name of Jesus Christ. And so, I call you today to not 847 01:12:29,400 --> 01:12:31,400 just be aware of the judgment to come. 848 01:12:32,900 --> 01:12:35,100 But of the love that already came 2,000 years ago. 849 01:12:36,300 --> 01:12:42,100 Christ longs to save you. He longs to redeem you, he longs 850 01:12:42,100 --> 01:12:44,900 to make you clean. He longs to wash away every 851 01:12:44,900 --> 01:12:47,800 record of wrong that would rightfully condemn. 852 01:12:47,800 --> 01:12:52,000 You he wants to bring you into his Fellowship forever and ever 853 01:12:52,000 --> 01:12:54,900 and ever, I don't care how black your sin is, I don't care how 854 01:12:54,900 --> 01:12:59,600 dark, how perverse, how twisted it may be Christ, knows it all 855 01:12:59,700 --> 01:13:03,400 and he considered every detail of your depravity when he went 856 01:13:03,400 --> 01:13:06,000 on that cross and drank the wrath of God on your behalf. 857 01:13:07,100 --> 01:13:10,200 You may be ashamed to say it to others Christ already knows it. 858 01:13:10,500 --> 01:13:13,200 So why why do you shrink from coming to him? 859 01:13:13,800 --> 01:13:15,200 Why do you convince yourself that I must? 860 01:13:15,200 --> 01:13:19,000 Wash something of my hands before I can even communicate 861 01:13:19,000 --> 01:13:20,100 with them? I was like that. 862 01:13:20,100 --> 01:13:22,700 I couldn't I couldn't bend my knee on the side of my bed and 863 01:13:22,700 --> 01:13:25,800 that basement apartment to try to even speak to God. 864 01:13:25,800 --> 01:13:30,100 Because I was a hypocrite, I called myself a Christian and I 865 01:13:30,108 --> 01:13:32,400 was telling other people about some truths of the Bible just 866 01:13:32,400 --> 01:13:34,400 because it was a moral code in my life. 867 01:13:34,800 --> 01:13:38,300 But oh, I lived in sin. Blakeley and when I came to the 868 01:13:38,300 --> 01:13:40,800 realization of True Discipleship and what it means to be a 869 01:13:40,808 --> 01:13:43,900 follower of Christ, when I try to get on my knees to speak to 870 01:13:43,900 --> 01:13:45,900 him. I immediately sprung back up 871 01:13:45,900 --> 01:13:49,700 saying I'm not worthy for you to hear me yet. 872 01:13:49,700 --> 01:13:52,100 The Bible tells me in Asher's me and convinces me. 873 01:13:52,300 --> 01:13:55,500 That it's not because of my worthiness but it's about 874 01:13:55,500 --> 01:13:58,000 receiving what Christ has done on my behalf that debt has been 875 01:13:58,000 --> 01:14:02,400 paid by his blood on that check and you receive it and you live 876 01:14:02,400 --> 01:14:05,200 with that freedom. And when you doubt it, look back 877 01:14:05,200 --> 01:14:08,700 at that, check and same. That has been paid, that blood 878 01:14:08,700 --> 01:14:13,600 made it sufficient. And then you preach to your 879 01:14:13,600 --> 01:14:17,400 heart, that truth until it becomes an experiential reality 880 01:14:17,400 --> 01:14:22,800 and you live with a liberty. You just heard about the 881 01:14:22,800 --> 01:14:25,900 resurrection. You just heard about the gospel 882 01:14:25,900 --> 01:14:29,200 again. And to come from that place of 883 01:14:29,200 --> 01:14:34,800 judgment to Child of God, is through the canal, through the 884 01:14:34,800 --> 01:14:37,000 channel of repenting and believing in him. 885 01:14:39,100 --> 01:14:42,700 But as I just preach this, as I close in a moment, it is very 886 01:14:42,700 --> 01:14:45,600 likely that there is at least three responses in your heart. 887 01:14:46,400 --> 01:14:48,200 Sometimes, you can see it in people's faces too. 888 01:14:50,000 --> 01:14:53,900 Three reactions to the idea of the resurrection and it's 889 01:14:53,900 --> 01:14:59,000 actually found here in Acts 17 32. now, when they heard of the 890 01:14:59,000 --> 01:15:04,000 resurrection of the Dead, some mocked, But other said, we will 891 01:15:04,000 --> 01:15:08,000 hear you again about this. So Paul went out from their 892 01:15:08,000 --> 01:15:11,500 midst but some men joined him and believed. 893 01:15:13,200 --> 01:15:16,500 First, it's very possible that in this place on this beautiful 894 01:15:16,500 --> 01:15:20,200 Sunday afternoon. You're mocking me. 895 01:15:22,100 --> 01:15:26,000 And maybe not me, you're mocking these ideas that I am trying to 896 01:15:26,008 --> 01:15:29,100 present to you. There are scorn in your heart. 897 01:15:30,900 --> 01:15:34,900 Your jeering. Think this is all just fairy 898 01:15:34,900 --> 01:15:38,500 tale stuff. And I wonder if these men mocked 899 01:15:38,500 --> 01:15:43,100 and ridiculed because they seem like absolute nonsense rising 900 01:15:43,100 --> 01:15:48,300 from the dead. I wonder if it was their 901 01:15:48,300 --> 01:15:50,700 intellect challenging them. This is scientifically 902 01:15:50,700 --> 01:15:52,200 impossible. This is outrageous. 903 01:15:52,200 --> 01:15:56,700 This is irrational. Maybe And maybe that's your 904 01:15:56,700 --> 01:15:59,500 reason. But I have a feeling that it's 905 01:15:59,500 --> 01:16:01,900 something else. Actually, that's the surface 906 01:16:01,900 --> 01:16:03,200 level. That's the excuse. 907 01:16:03,200 --> 01:16:07,400 That's the mask. Because down deep inside, You 908 01:16:07,400 --> 01:16:10,600 know. That if there is a resurrection 909 01:16:10,600 --> 01:16:14,900 of Christ, then there is a raining Christ and if there's a 910 01:16:14,900 --> 01:16:17,900 raining Christ, there's a returning Christ. 911 01:16:18,200 --> 01:16:21,100 And if there's a returning Christ you'll be held morally 912 01:16:21,100 --> 01:16:25,000 accountable for your life and you don't want that. 913 01:16:26,000 --> 01:16:29,100 I don't want that, I've talked to so many people. 914 01:16:30,300 --> 01:16:33,400 And we talked about dinosaurs and who wrote the Bible and week 915 01:16:34,000 --> 01:16:38,700 and I just I got so tired of the parroting that I just cut to the 916 01:16:38,700 --> 01:16:40,700 chase. Can you just be honest with me 917 01:16:40,700 --> 01:16:43,200 man. Do you love your sin? 918 01:16:44,700 --> 01:16:50,100 You just hate the idea of there being a lord over your life and 919 01:16:50,100 --> 01:16:52,800 with stammering lips, they admit. 920 01:16:52,800 --> 01:16:58,600 So yes. I'm the commander of my life. 921 01:16:59,800 --> 01:17:04,200 I'm the determiner of my fate. You're terribly wrong. 922 01:17:04,900 --> 01:17:09,700 And so people Mock and they scorn And they go back into what 923 01:17:09,700 --> 01:17:13,300 they love and that is Darkness. Refusing the light that would 924 01:17:13,300 --> 01:17:15,900 expose their Darkness, but then secondly, we hear that there are 925 01:17:15,907 --> 01:17:18,400 others who said we will hear you again about this. 926 01:17:18,700 --> 01:17:22,800 In other words, some were some were scorning While others, 927 01:17:22,800 --> 01:17:27,600 desired a delay and discovering what this is all about. 928 01:17:27,900 --> 01:17:29,600 And so, they told Paul will be back. 929 01:17:29,700 --> 01:17:32,400 I just love to visualize it. There is a few who probably 930 01:17:32,400 --> 01:17:34,600 interrupted his sermon by. Are you kidding me? 931 01:17:34,600 --> 01:17:37,000 Resurrection, who brought this guy in here? 932 01:17:37,600 --> 01:17:39,300 And they walked off. And then there is others with 933 01:17:39,308 --> 01:17:42,000 their hand on their chin. Genuinely curious. 934 01:17:42,200 --> 01:17:46,300 Perhaps and wondering we like to see you another day as they 935 01:17:46,300 --> 01:17:48,700 walked off and followed their friends who are mocking earlier. 936 01:17:50,000 --> 01:17:52,400 But can I tell you something, whether these men were sincerely 937 01:17:52,400 --> 01:17:57,400 skeptical. Or they were those who just as 938 01:17:57,400 --> 01:17:59,800 much didn't believe but we're less rude about it. 939 01:17:59,900 --> 01:18:07,000 One thing is for certain delay is just as dangerous delay is 940 01:18:07,000 --> 01:18:09,200 just as dangerous as immediate rejection. 941 01:18:11,500 --> 01:18:15,100 Why? Because you will miss the 942 01:18:15,100 --> 01:18:16,700 opportunity if you're not careful. 943 01:18:17,800 --> 01:18:19,300 Look what happened here in verse 33. 944 01:18:19,300 --> 01:18:23,100 So Paul went out from their midst when they said we'll come 945 01:18:23,100 --> 01:18:25,500 back to you and hear from you. Again, we'll come back to next 946 01:18:25,500 --> 01:18:29,100 week service and hear what you have to say, Paul left, they 947 01:18:29,100 --> 01:18:31,800 miss their opportunity. It was gone, whether they 948 01:18:31,800 --> 01:18:34,200 received another one. Now, we don't only God knows. 949 01:18:34,400 --> 01:18:37,500 But the point is this, that if God has spoken to your heart, 950 01:18:37,500 --> 01:18:40,600 this afternoon, if something in you was pricked, if you're 951 01:18:40,600 --> 01:18:44,100 conscious is going off, don't put that off. 952 01:18:45,700 --> 01:18:49,100 What you just heard is of utmost importance and so make it a 953 01:18:49,108 --> 01:18:51,900 priority in your schedule. Even if you have to cancel some 954 01:18:51,900 --> 01:18:56,200 things that would interfere with you knowing for certain that you 955 01:18:56,200 --> 01:19:01,700 will also have resurrected life. Come and talk to a pastor speak 956 01:19:01,700 --> 01:19:04,700 with your friend, over lunch or dinner with your relatives, who 957 01:19:04,700 --> 01:19:08,000 brought you today. And inquire more, God is Not 958 01:19:08,000 --> 01:19:13,100 intimidated by your doubts. If he is true and this is true, 959 01:19:13,300 --> 01:19:16,800 then it will be able to endure the scrutiny of skepticism. 960 01:19:18,600 --> 01:19:20,500 But speak about it, talk about it. 961 01:19:20,500 --> 01:19:23,200 Inquire about it. Search about it, don't put it 962 01:19:23,200 --> 01:19:26,500 off because being a Christian. Now, me seem inconvenient to 963 01:19:26,500 --> 01:19:34,700 your carnality Some. Some were skeptical. 964 01:19:36,400 --> 01:19:39,400 Paul moved on, they missed their chance. 965 01:19:40,300 --> 01:19:45,300 And the last group we read here. Lastly, we are told some men 966 01:19:45,300 --> 01:19:49,800 joined him and believed. Some men joined him and 967 01:19:49,800 --> 01:19:53,400 believed. I love this text as a preacher 968 01:19:54,400 --> 01:19:57,100 because it reminds me that you can get mixed reviews from your 969 01:19:57,100 --> 01:20:00,600 sermon. And you were in line with the 970 01:20:00,600 --> 01:20:02,200 Apostle Paul. You're okay. 971 01:20:04,200 --> 01:20:06,600 Some of you in here are probably totally unstirred, like you're 972 01:20:06,600 --> 01:20:09,000 going to walk out of here. Like nothing was just said 973 01:20:10,400 --> 01:20:14,300 That's not my responsibility. And some of you will have 974 01:20:14,300 --> 01:20:18,200 questions and maybe it will last beyond this meeting, and you'll 975 01:20:18,300 --> 01:20:21,700 get some satisfaction and answers, but you'll live on in 976 01:20:21,700 --> 01:20:25,300 your life. While others here today, perhaps 977 01:20:26,100 --> 01:20:29,100 will understand that God is calling your name and if you 978 01:20:29,100 --> 01:20:31,900 respond by faith, your life will never be the same. 979 01:20:32,900 --> 01:20:36,800 Resurrection power will come into your life and you will live 980 01:20:36,800 --> 01:20:43,000 a transformed born-again new existence in the name of the one 981 01:20:43,000 --> 01:20:49,200 who saved you. Some join Paul, they come to him 982 01:20:49,800 --> 01:20:53,500 or tell us more about this my conscience Bears witness that 983 01:20:53,500 --> 01:20:57,400 this is true, that there is a resurrection that we will all go 984 01:20:57,400 --> 01:21:00,200 somewhere after this, and we will stand before our creator. 985 01:21:00,300 --> 01:21:03,900 But I need to know how to be on the side of his pleasure in his 986 01:21:03,900 --> 01:21:07,100 goodness and his favor. And I'm sure Paul sat there 987 01:21:07,100 --> 01:21:09,100 with, I don't know how many of them maybe five of them. 988 01:21:09,600 --> 01:21:12,400 We have two names and there's others, uh, name and explained. 989 01:21:12,400 --> 01:21:15,200 And he explained, and he explained, and their names were 990 01:21:15,200 --> 01:21:16,500 written in the books. Of Life. 991 01:21:17,500 --> 01:21:20,700 Would you like yours to be written in the book of life? 992 01:21:20,700 --> 01:21:23,100 So that when God opens the books on the final day and looks for 993 01:21:23,100 --> 01:21:26,800 your name, the name that has been written in blood Christ, 994 01:21:26,800 --> 01:21:30,700 Royal precious blood Jesus said something in John 11. 995 01:21:31,300 --> 01:21:34,700 I am the resurrection and the life whoever believes in me, 996 01:21:34,900 --> 01:21:37,300 though. He die yet shall he live? 997 01:21:39,000 --> 01:21:41,100 I am the resurrection and the life. 998 01:21:42,300 --> 01:21:46,600 And the way in which you can inherit that same Resurrection, 999 01:21:47,200 --> 01:21:52,000 glorified secure in his presence, forever, belief. 1000 01:21:53,000 --> 01:21:57,900 Believe. Repent and believe turn from 1001 01:21:57,900 --> 01:22:03,000 your sin, reject, that which will damn you and embrace the 1002 01:22:03,000 --> 01:22:07,400 one who longs to save you. And if you're in this place and 1003 01:22:07,400 --> 01:22:10,300 you're saying, that is me, that is something in my heart is 1004 01:22:10,300 --> 01:22:13,500 saying, I must, I must Fly To The Cross if I have to I will 1005 01:22:13,500 --> 01:22:15,100 throw myself at the foot of the cross. 1006 01:22:16,200 --> 01:22:18,400 I want to tell you today that there is a resurrected Christ 1007 01:22:18,400 --> 01:22:22,600 who sees and hears you now and if you but just in your heart 1008 01:22:22,600 --> 01:22:29,100 look to heaven and say oh God please intervene Intervene have 1009 01:22:29,100 --> 01:22:31,600 mercy on me. Son of David resurrected. 1010 01:22:31,600 --> 01:22:35,200 Lord, please, would you rinse me from my wrong? 1011 01:22:35,600 --> 01:22:38,200 And would you redeem me with your love that this man is 1012 01:22:38,200 --> 01:22:41,300 trying to communicate to me? I need it in my life. 1013 01:22:42,600 --> 01:22:45,300 I know this based on the authority of the word of God, 1014 01:22:45,600 --> 01:22:48,300 those who come to him, he will never ever push away. 1015 01:22:49,800 --> 01:22:53,300 He will embrace you and you will walk out of this place, not just 1016 01:22:53,300 --> 01:22:55,300 to a lovely dinner. You will walk out of this place 1017 01:22:55,300 --> 01:22:57,800 with a hope that can never be taken from you. 1018 01:22:58,400 --> 01:23:01,100 I pray that you would I may never see your face again. 1019 01:23:01,100 --> 01:23:04,500 Just like, Paul never saw these teachers and students and Athens 1020 01:23:04,500 --> 01:23:08,300 again. But I pray that this would pluck 1021 01:23:08,300 --> 01:23:10,500 something of your heartstrings to the point where you'll be 1022 01:23:10,500 --> 01:23:13,400 able to sing the song of Salvation because you put your 1023 01:23:13,400 --> 01:23:15,700 trust in the Risen Lord. Let's pray. 1024 01:23:34,400 --> 01:23:38,500 But we thank you, as we pray, we're not praying Into Thin Air. 1025 01:23:40,700 --> 01:23:43,900 These words are not going to fall to the ground. 1026 01:23:45,400 --> 01:23:52,700 You hear us even now? And Lord, we ask that you would 1027 01:23:52,700 --> 01:23:55,300 be pleased with what you've seen and heard in this place. 1028 01:23:58,000 --> 01:24:01,000 And that Lord has we've done our part by singing and declaring, 1029 01:24:01,000 --> 01:24:04,300 the glory of the Resurrection, you would do what only you can 1030 01:24:04,300 --> 01:24:05,600 do. And that's make resurrection 1031 01:24:05,600 --> 01:24:10,900 power, real and people in us, and we ask Lord that we would 1032 01:24:10,900 --> 01:24:14,500 taste something taste, something of your life. 1033 01:24:15,500 --> 01:24:19,400 And of your goodness and of your ability to rescue and intervene. 1034 01:24:19,400 --> 01:24:22,300 And he'll thank you that because you're alive. 1035 01:24:22,300 --> 01:24:25,100 You said, ask in my name and I will do it. 1036 01:24:25,700 --> 01:24:28,100 I will do it. I will hear you and I will 1037 01:24:28,100 --> 01:24:31,100 perform it. We thank you that this name is 1038 01:24:31,100 --> 01:24:35,300 connected to a living God and we ask Lord that In This Moment by 1039 01:24:35,300 --> 01:24:39,200 your grace salvation would come to this house that people would 1040 01:24:39,200 --> 01:24:42,800 come from Death to life and that those who are redeemed, who find 1041 01:24:42,800 --> 01:24:45,400 great trouble and being consistent in their Our service 1042 01:24:45,400 --> 01:24:49,200 to that to that person truth. They once were enthralled by 1043 01:24:49,500 --> 01:24:51,200 Lord. We ask that as Paul said in 1044 01:24:51,200 --> 01:24:55,500 First Corinthians 15, help us. See just how awesome it is that 1045 01:24:55,500 --> 01:24:58,600 you are alive and let it influence our service and our 1046 01:24:58,600 --> 01:25:00,800 character and our treatment of one. 1047 01:25:00,800 --> 01:25:05,900 Another oh, Inspire in this. That truth again, that you may 1048 01:25:05,900 --> 01:25:10,700 be glorified, you are worthy. You are worthy of 10,000 lives 1049 01:25:10,700 --> 01:25:13,800 to be lived in your name. But with the one life that we 1050 01:25:13,800 --> 01:25:16,600 have week, Consecrate it for your namesake. 1051 01:25:17,100 --> 01:25:20,200 And when we feel weary and tired and when we are in doing trials 1052 01:25:20,200 --> 01:25:24,600 and suffering, may we be like Paul who is able to endure, who 1053 01:25:24,600 --> 01:25:28,900 is able to endure chains because of the Resurrection, because of 1054 01:25:28,900 --> 01:25:32,500 the hope for Israel. But we give you worship because 1055 01:25:32,500 --> 01:25:36,000 you are alive and because you made us alive in Christ and your 1056 01:25:36,000 --> 01:25:36,800 name. We pray. 1057 01:25:37,100 --> 01:25:39,100 Amen. Let's Stand Together, shall We 1058 01:25:39,100 --> 01:25:41,100 Worship the Lord Jesus Christ together? 1059 01:29:12,000 --> 01:34:55,900 Rejoice. He's alive. 1060 01:34:57,600 --> 01:35:00,900 And may, we not just revisit that truth next year. 1061 01:35:02,200 --> 01:35:05,400 Rehearse that truth every single day of your life Christ is 1062 01:35:05,400 --> 01:35:09,100 risen. He sees me, he hears me, he's 1063 01:35:09,100 --> 01:35:11,800 with me, he's behind me, he's beside me. 1064 01:35:11,800 --> 01:35:15,200 He's before me know that and if you don't know that that can all 1065 01:35:15,200 --> 01:35:19,500 change today that can all change for you by simple repentance and 1066 01:35:19,500 --> 01:35:23,100 faith in his name and watch how he will become more real to you 1067 01:35:23,100 --> 01:35:25,900 than anybody else. That, you know what, we ask that 1068 01:35:25,900 --> 01:35:28,200 you would make that true, please help us. 1069 01:35:28,200 --> 01:35:31,400 Lord, Lord shattered, the curse of familiarity. 1070 01:35:32,100 --> 01:35:36,000 Makes us numb to these things that at once, excited us O Lord. 1071 01:35:36,000 --> 01:35:38,700 Would you touch our hearts of fresh Lord? 1072 01:35:38,700 --> 01:35:42,200 There might be some in here like those those individuals before 1073 01:35:42,200 --> 01:35:45,500 Paul and Athens Who Will Mock and they may not mock audibly 1074 01:35:45,800 --> 01:35:47,600 but with their lives, they will reject it. 1075 01:35:47,600 --> 01:35:49,600 Oh Lord. Please let it not be the case 1076 01:35:50,100 --> 01:35:52,700 and for those who would delay because it's inconvenient for 1077 01:35:52,708 --> 01:35:55,700 the moment. Lord, even now as we close let 1078 01:35:55,700 --> 01:35:58,400 their eyes be open to the urgency of the matter. 1079 01:35:59,000 --> 01:36:02,400 And for those who believe who came here, Leaving. 1080 01:36:02,400 --> 01:36:06,600 Lord, may they go on believing in this Truth, for the sake of 1081 01:36:06,600 --> 01:36:08,600 your glory. We ask these things in the 1082 01:36:08,608 --> 01:36:12,900 precious name of the Risen Christ, the Lord Jesus Christ 1083 01:36:12,900 --> 01:36:15,100 himself. We pray these things. 1084 01:36:15,200 --> 01:36:16,400 Amen. And amen. 1085 01:36:16,400 --> 01:36:18,200 And amen. Glory to God? 1086 01:36:18,500 --> 01:36:29,600 Yes, we can applaud Now there are some food downstairs. 1087 01:36:29,600 --> 01:36:33,300 It's been prepared, Fellowship, join us. 1088 01:36:33,400 --> 01:36:35,400 Say hello. We would love to just get to 1089 01:36:35,400 --> 01:36:38,600 know you and for those that we've known, you know, the drill 1090 01:36:38,700 --> 01:36:40,300 we're family. So we'll see you soon. 1091 01:36:40,300 --> 01:36:42,100 God willing. We'll see you next week. 1092 01:36:42,200 --> 01:36:43,600 Have a wonderful day in the Lord. 1093 01:36:43,700 --> 01:36:44,200 Take care.