1 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:08,520 This is Living Waters of Grace, the teaching ministry of Lewis 2 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:12,200 Harold, assistant pastor of Calvary Chapel of Westmoreland 3 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:16,520 County in Greensburg, PA. Now here's Pastor Lewis as he 4 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:18,920 continues teaching through God's Word. 5 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:40,640 I'm just thinking about all the times that we run into a 6 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:46,440 complicated or difficult situation, a circumstance that 7 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:50,960 seems like a mountain that we can't get over or can't move. 8 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:55,120 And how many times do we look into the Word of God, which 9 00:00:55,120 --> 00:01:00,920 gives us an assurance that Jesus is there with us, but not only 10 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:05,200 that, He will give us evidence that he's with us? 11 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:10,120 The Easter season is the single most joyous time of the year for 12 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:13,160 those of us who call ourselves followers of Jesus. 13 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:17,040 It's the time of year when we celebrate the resurrection of 14 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:19,960 Jesus. The grave could not hold him. 15 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:24,320 The tomb was found to be empty. All that God had said about the 16 00:01:24,320 --> 00:01:28,440 coming Messiah was fulfilled during this time of year. 17 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,800 Today, Pastor Lewis continues unpacking the story of the 18 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:36,640 resurrection, highlighting the evidence of the resurrection as 19 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:40,600 a way for us to have increased faith and trust in God. 20 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:45,160 Now here's Pastor Lewis in Matthew chapter 28 with today's 21 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,760 edition of Living Waters of Grace. 22 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:52,200 This Angel, he, he's giving them an invitation now, an invitation 23 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,840 to come and validate what he just said. 24 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,880 So they go when they look in and they see, well, he's not there. 25 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:04,480 He's not there. I've never been to Israel, I've 26 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:07,680 never been to Jerusalem. I've never been to this tomb, 27 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:11,800 but I know many people who have my pastor have a Clark, you've 28 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:15,640 been to this tomb, correct? So and I know many people have 29 00:02:15,640 --> 00:02:19,720 been there several times, several times. 30 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:25,040 So I want to ask a question because I know that when the 31 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:28,760 people that I asked when they were there at this tomb and they 32 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,320 said, well, you want to go over to Jerusalem, I said I don't 33 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:32,560 need to. You were there. 34 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:40,120 You said he wasn't in there. You said he wasn't there. 35 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:43,600 So I believe he wasn't there. The Bible says he wasn't there. 36 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:48,880 That's two witnesses. Pastor Clark, when you went to 37 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:55,440 Jerusalem, when you went to the tomb, when you looked in, was he 38 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,120 there? I have no reason to have to go. 39 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:04,720 My pastor said he wasn't there, He's not there, and indeed he is 40 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,840 going before you into Galilee. There you will see him. 41 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,840 Behold, I have told you. And he did. 42 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:16,520 He told him just that. Jesus told them on the last time 43 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:19,600 in the book of Matthew when he told him that he was going to be 44 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:24,120 killed and he was going to be buried and he was going to rise 45 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,240 again. He said, but I will go before 46 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:30,480 you in Galilee. If you go back to Matthew 47 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:34,720 chapter 26, which is a should be just a couple pages over and 48 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,800 verse 32 and I'm going to start reading here in verse 31. 49 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:43,200 Then Jesus said to them, all of you will be made to stumble 50 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:47,520 because of me this night. For it is written, I will strike 51 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:52,320 the shepherd, meaning that he was going to be stricken, 52 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:57,160 beaten, He's going to suffer and he's going to die, and the sheep 53 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:00,480 of the flock will be scattered. And that's exactly what they all 54 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:04,520 did when he was being beaten. They ran, they left them. 55 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:06,160 Even Peter who said that he wouldn't. 56 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:14,120 Verse 32 But after I have been raised, I will go before you to 57 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:16,760 Galilee. So just like the Angel said, 58 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:21,120 look just like he said, just like he told you, OK, He's going 59 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:24,600 to go before you into Galilee. So so far, everything that Jesus 60 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:29,560 has said was going to happen is coming to be verse 8 and 9 61 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:35,400 Martha do 10/2. He says so they went out quickly 62 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:41,360 from the tomb with fear and great joy and they ran to bring 63 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:44,880 his disciples word. So let's stop there for a 64 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:48,640 second. So they left with both fear and 65 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,080 joy. I I, I can certainly understand 66 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:53,280 that. And you just saw this Angel 67 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:58,920 sitting on a the stone of this tomb that it probably would have 68 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,560 taken about 30 men plus a machine to move of some type. 69 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:05,120 But this Angel was there by himself. 70 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:08,560 But the other accounts actually show that there were more than 71 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:10,600 one Angel there. We don't know exactly how many 72 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:12,400 angels were there, but there were more than one Angel. 73 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:13,760 There was more than one Angel there. 74 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:18,560 But this Angel was sitting there on this on a stone as in victory 75 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:20,520 over this thing. This is not important. 76 00:05:20,840 --> 00:05:22,840 You know, he's sitting there on a stone. 77 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:26,760 So I would imagine because everybody that sees an Angel, 78 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:29,000 the first thing the Angel has to say to them is fear. 79 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:33,760 Not because it's so horrific to see an Angel, so terrifying to 80 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:38,200 see the face of an Angel. So he says, so he says here that 81 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:42,000 he, they left there with fear in that fear, I'm sure from the 82 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,720 fact of having that encounter with the Angel, but also fear, 83 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,600 the fact that they don't know where their Lord is. 84 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:50,920 They don't know where their Lord is. 85 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,520 The Lord is not here in this tomb and we don't know where he 86 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,200 is. I'm sure there's fear there, but 87 00:05:56,200 --> 00:06:02,040 also great joy because the Angel has told them that he is risen, 88 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,880 so they have the hope that he is alive. 89 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:08,200 He's alive. So they ran there with great 90 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:10,920 joy. But once again, the Providence 91 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:16,120 and the foreknowledge of God to know that I need these women to 92 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:22,160 be convincing witnesses for me. I need them to have a conviction 93 00:06:22,280 --> 00:06:26,400 about the fact that Jesus Christ has risen and not just take it 94 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:29,120 from hearsay, but I need them to know. 95 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:31,560 So look at what happens in verse 9. 96 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:36,800 So as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met 97 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:43,520 them, and he said, rejoice. So they came and held him by the 98 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:47,440 feet and worshipped. Then Jesus said to them, do not 99 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:52,520 be afraid, go and tell my brethren to go to Galilee, and 100 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:59,480 there we they will see me. So they got the testimony from 101 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:03,680 the angels, but then the Providence and the foreknowledge 102 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:07,640 of God, they knew that their hearts had to be settled on 103 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:09,760 this. So as they were going on the 104 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:18,200 way, Jesus appears to them and he meets them on the way. 105 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:23,440 I'm just thinking about all the times that we run into a 106 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:29,120 complicated or a difficult situation, a circumstance that 107 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:33,480 seems like a mountain that we can't get over or can't move. 108 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:37,480 And how many times do we look into the word of God, which 109 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:43,160 gives us an assurance that Jesus is there with us, But not only 110 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:47,320 that, he will give us evidence that he's with us. 111 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:51,240 He will either send somebody with a with a word of 112 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:55,600 confirmation or send help from somewhere, or he will turn the 113 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:59,480 situation around supernaturally that we can't even explain. 114 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:07,240 He meets us right where we need him, where he met then and they 115 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:09,640 were able to see that he was alive. 116 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:13,880 Man, what that must have felt like, What that must have been 117 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:16,280 like. You're crying one night. 118 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:19,840 You're crying Friday night. You're crying all day Saturday. 119 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:23,840 I'm sure they cried missing their savior early morning 120 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:26,840 Sunday on the way to the tomb. They're probably crying carrying 121 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:29,600 their spices. And then they get there and the 122 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:31,560 Angel said he's not there. Whoa, wait a minute. 123 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:34,000 He's not here. Hell, he's risen. 124 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:39,440 Oh, OK, OK, you say so and I'll go tell him like you told me to. 125 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:43,799 But then on the way they see Jesus standing there and he says 126 00:08:43,919 --> 00:08:48,400 rejoice, He doesn't have to say anything else, just rejoice, 127 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:52,920 rejoice. So the Bible says that they 128 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:56,640 grabbed him, they held on to his feet and worship him. 129 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:02,920 Which also deals with another issue that those who are want us 130 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:08,640 to deny Christ and those who want us to refute his deity and 131 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:11,680 want us to refute the fact that he was not only man but he was 132 00:09:11,680 --> 00:09:15,560 also God. They said that he grabbed him by 133 00:09:15,560 --> 00:09:19,120 the feet, which means this was not a phantom, this was not an A 134 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:24,360 figment of their imagination, this was not a just a spirit, 135 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:29,480 this was Jesus. Not only did they recognize him, 136 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:34,880 but they were able to touch him. They grabbed him by the feet and 137 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:38,240 they worshipped him. Glory to God. 138 00:09:38,680 --> 00:09:42,200 So now they're leaving there and they're going there with a heart 139 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:46,560 filled with peace, a heart filled with joy. 140 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:49,240 They can't wait to get to the apostles. 141 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:55,000 Now I know he's alive. So these women become the first 142 00:09:55,240 --> 00:10:01,320 evangelist and tell the true story about Jesus Christ was 143 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:06,280 dead and now he's alive. So they go and they and, and he 144 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:08,920 says go and tell, go and tell. This is the second time he said 145 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:11,720 that. He also said that back in verse 146 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:14,840 7. He said go and tell, go quickly 147 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:18,200 and tell his disciples. And then over here Jesus tells 148 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:22,000 them go and tell, go tell it, go tell it. 149 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:25,520 We have the truth. He revealed the truth for us. 150 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:32,160 We see the truth, go tell it. We should go tell it to share it 151 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:35,880 with other people. He gave it to us for us to do 152 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:39,200 that. So now looking at these next few 153 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:42,760 verses, verse 11 through 15, we're going to take it all 154 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:45,600 together. Now while they were going, 155 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:51,520 behold, some of the guard came into the city and reported to 156 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:55,280 the chief priests all the things that had happened. 157 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:58,560 Now I just want to say this. For generations upon generations 158 00:10:58,560 --> 00:11:00,920 upon generations upon generations, Satan has 159 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:13,480 consistently try to use people to defy the name Jesus, to deny 160 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:18,840 the name Jesus, and to deny the truth of Jesus. 161 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:24,840 Done it for generations. This lie about Jesus did not 162 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:29,360 resurrect from the dead. This lie starts here. 163 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:35,000 So verse 12, now the Bible says they went to the chief priest 164 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:38,640 and he reported all things that had happened. 165 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:42,120 We don't know if rather or not they actually saw Jesus. 166 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:44,120 In fact, I don't think that they actually did see you. 167 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:46,960 I think they were knocked out when Jesus came on out of that 168 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:48,640 tomb. They're probably knocked out 169 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:51,520 just by the fact that they saw those angels and they knew they 170 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:54,480 couldn't beat them. You know, you know, these are 171 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:57,280 these are tough men, but these angels come down looking like 172 00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:58,880 lightning and dressed in all white. 173 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:02,880 I don't know if we I don't know if my spear is going to go. 174 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:06,160 It's going to work here. So I'm sure these men were so 175 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:08,680 frightened and they like you said, they were they were out. 176 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,800 So when Jesus came out of that tomb, they probably didn't even 177 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:14,000 see them, but they know what had happened. 178 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:17,520 They know what had happened. So in verse 12 it says when they 179 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:20,600 had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they 180 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:22,600 gave a large sum of money. Here we go. 181 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:28,440 Here we go, a large sum of money to the soldiers, saying tell 182 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:33,080 them his disciples came at night and stole him away while we 183 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:35,640 slept. And if this comes to the 184 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:41,760 governor's ears, pilot's ears, if we we will appease him and 185 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:44,960 make you secure, we're going to make sure you're OK Don't worry 186 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:49,000 about it. So they took the money and did 187 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:53,280 as they were instructed. And this saying is commonly 188 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:57,600 reported among the Jews until this day. 189 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:03,680 So many questions in this group of Scripture here, so many 190 00:13:03,680 --> 00:13:06,760 questions. But the main question comes 191 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:15,560 here, the Pharisees who knew that Jesus probably would not be 192 00:13:15,560 --> 00:13:18,720 there because they knew that he said he was going to resurrect. 193 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:20,560 So they knew that that was a possibility. 194 00:13:20,560 --> 00:13:23,520 He would not be there. They weren't afraid of the of 195 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:27,000 the, the, the believers coming and taking them. 196 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:30,920 They put a guard there. So if you put a guard there, how 197 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:37,160 in the world did some men just come and take Jesus? 198 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:40,080 So that means if you were so sleepy, that means you had to 199 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:42,040 sleep through them moving the stone. 200 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:47,400 You had to sleep through them going in to the the tomb and you 201 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:52,240 had to be asleep as they carried this dead man out of the tomb 202 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:55,240 and away from you. You had to sleep through all 203 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:57,600 that. I mean, that just doesn't even 204 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:00,040 make sense. But that's the enemy. 205 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:04,120 The enemy Satan will will put together lies that don't even 206 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:09,480 make sense might make sense to him, but it don't make sense 207 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:14,520 doesn't make sense. So, so, so they, so they started 208 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:17,600 this lie and just like the Scripture says, so they took the 209 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:20,960 money because you know, you know, if, if you're not in the 210 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:27,040 Lord Jesus Christ, you have a price, you have a price. 211 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:30,200 What would it take for you to compromise? 212 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:33,320 What would it take for you to deny what you know about Jesus 213 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:37,440 Christ? Is there anything in your life 214 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:44,000 that might cause you to compromise Jesus Christ? 215 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:47,320 Is there any ungodly relationship? 216 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:51,280 Is there any possession? Is there any amount of money? 217 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:58,520 Is there anything that's in your life that may cause you to 218 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:02,720 compromise and to deny the truth about Jesus Christ? 219 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,800 We all have to ask ourselves those questions and pray that 220 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:13,360 the Holy Spirit will give us strength, will give us strength 221 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:21,360 because we are, we're people and we are prone to wander, we're 222 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:25,880 prone to fail. But through the power of the 223 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:31,560 Holy Spirit, he can give us the strength to stand and to not 224 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:38,600 waver and to not compromise. So it says, and this has been 225 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:44,400 done and, and, and it's, it's, it's been spoken and that's been 226 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:48,000 the story ever since. So there's 2. 227 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:51,000 So there's two stories that's in history today. 228 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,360 There's two stories. First of all, no Jesus and one 229 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:54,840 story. Jesus didn't rise, he didn't 230 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:56,720 resurrect. That's one story. 231 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:01,320 Second stories that he did resurrect, He is the Messiah. 232 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:05,360 One story is that he's not the Messiah, but he's some madman. 233 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:07,400 The other stories, no, he is the Messiah. 234 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:11,280 He is the truth. He's the way and he is the life. 235 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:15,720 And the question is, what story do you believe today? 236 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,480 There's so much proof here that Jesus resurrected. 237 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:23,800 There's so much proof because it says hereafter. 238 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:27,160 If we read a little further and go into first First Corinthians 239 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:32,320 chapter 15 verses 2 and three, it talks about how not only did 240 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:36,680 these men did he show himself to these men and to these women, 241 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:41,280 but the Bible says that he was seen by more than 500. 242 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:47,000 Now keep in mind you only need 2 to 3 witnesses to make every 243 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:50,360 word confirmed. According to the Jewish 244 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:54,800 tradition and Jewish law, in the mouth of two or three witnesses, 245 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:59,720 every word is established. They have more than 500 246 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:05,839 witnesses that would have that have seen Jesus alive after his 247 00:17:05,839 --> 00:17:14,079 resurrection afterwards. Not only that, he has us as 248 00:17:14,079 --> 00:17:17,560 witnesses that Jesus is not dead, but he's alive. 249 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:23,520 And how do we know? Because he lives in me, He lives 250 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:28,240 in you. He lives in you, He lives in 251 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:30,840 you. Your life demonstrates the true 252 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:36,920 life of Jesus Christ. So because we know that Jesus 253 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:40,760 did die as he said, he was killed. 254 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:47,320 And because we know that Jesus was buried, as he said, and 255 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:53,440 because we know that he rose again out of that grave from the 256 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:56,920 dead, as he said. So how does that impact our 257 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:00,520 lives? Well, first of all, as we just 258 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:04,440 talked about last week with Jude, Jude tells us that we 259 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:09,760 should contend for the faith that was once delivered to us to 260 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:14,080 stand on the word of God. I was driving through Greensburg 261 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:16,320 yesterday, and I wonder how many of you were driving through 262 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:18,680 Greensburg on Main Street going in front of the courthouse. 263 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:22,600 And they had this protest going on. 264 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:26,200 So on the left side of the street, there was probably about 265 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:29,920 four or 500 people who were, you know, it doesn't matter what 266 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:32,560 they represent. It was 2 or 4, about 3 or 400 267 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:34,680 people, 5 or 600 people on this one side of the street. 268 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:37,880 And over here, there's a little less people, but they were all 269 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:41,680 still protesting. Right through the middle were a 270 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:45,600 number of police cars making sure that it was separated and 271 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,640 that there was no, no violence going on. 272 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:55,240 But as I was coming through there, I was thinking, man, look 273 00:18:55,640 --> 00:19:01,760 how passionate these people are about whatever it is that 274 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,720 they're believing. And I don't even know what it 275 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:09,320 was, but look how passionate they are about it. 276 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:12,800 And I looked to the other side of the street, said, look how 277 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,960 passionate they are about what it is they believe. 278 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,520 Obviously it's different than what they believe. 279 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:24,080 And then I thought, are we that passionate about what we 280 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:27,640 believe? We're not told that we go out 281 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:30,800 and carry picket signs or anything like that, but we are 282 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:35,760 told to contend for the faith. Do we stand on the truth of 283 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,200 Jesus Christ? Do we stand on the truth of the 284 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:43,400 apostles and the and the and the the teaching of the apostles, 285 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:47,480 the doctrines of the apostles when we share our faith with 286 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:53,320 someone or do we flip flop? Do we contend for the truth? 287 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:56,400 And then a little further down in the in the book of Matthew 288 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:00,400 chapter 28, it tells us he says that we should obey the, the 289 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:06,240 Great Commission. He said go and make disciples of 290 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:11,160 all people, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, 291 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:13,720 and in the Holy Spirit and teaching them. 292 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:17,960 To observe all things that I have taught you. 293 00:20:18,120 --> 00:20:24,680 Are we doing that? That's how we live, you know, in 294 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:26,640 the resurrection of Jesus Christ, of knowing the 295 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:29,240 resurrection of Jesus Christ. We don't live for the here and 296 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:31,720 now. We live for what's going to 297 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:35,480 happen for us later, for the life to come. 298 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:43,240 That's what we live for and also tells us over in first 299 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:48,080 Corinthians 5815 and 58. He says that we should stand 300 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:53,400 fast, be steadfast, and we should be unmovable and we 301 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:56,800 should always be abounding in the work of the Lord, the 302 00:20:56,800 --> 00:21:01,840 ministry of the Lord, the life of the Lord, abounding in it 303 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:04,720 every day. It should fill our hearts. 304 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:07,680 Regardless of what you do professionally, regardless of 305 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:11,080 what high school you go to, regardless of what middle school 306 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:15,720 you go to, regardless of where you go on your job, from 9:00 to 307 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:19,440 5:00 or 8:00 to 5:00 or whatever it may be, are you, are we 308 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:21,520 abounding? Are we abounding in the work of 309 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:24,440 the Lord? When I meet with people in my 310 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:28,520 community, when I meet with people on the street or talk to 311 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:32,200 people in grocery stores, am I abounding in the work of the 312 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:36,360 Lord? It's his spirit, the one that 313 00:21:36,360 --> 00:21:40,400 people are seeing or they see in my old fleshly spirit. 314 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:44,160 Am I abounding in the things of the Lord? 315 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:47,960 That's how we should live. And of course, we're not living 316 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:51,800 to build up treasures or to lay up treasures in this life. 317 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:55,040 That's not what we're, that's not what we're doing. 318 00:21:56,320 --> 00:22:00,280 That's another part of us not living for this world. 319 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:06,040 You see, the treasures of this life, the moth and the rust, can 320 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:10,600 come in and cause it to be corrupt because it's not 321 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:14,720 permanent, It's temporary. Anything that we achieve in this 322 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:18,000 world is temporary. I was always taught that at one 323 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,360 point or another, everything that we have, it's either going 324 00:22:21,360 --> 00:22:22,640 to leave us or we're going to leave it. 325 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:28,640 Nothing is permanent in this world, but it's what we have in 326 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:31,160 heaven. The treasures that we lay up in 327 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:35,120 heaven that are eternal. So we lay up treasures in heaven 328 00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:39,120 with a moth and a rust does not corrupt, nor can thieves break 329 00:22:39,120 --> 00:22:43,160 in and steal, but we have an inheritance. 330 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:47,760 The Bible tells us we have an inheritance in Jesus Christ, an 331 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:51,760 inheritance that is incorruptible, an inheritance 332 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:56,880 that is, that is undefiled, an inheritance that will never, 333 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:03,880 ever, ever fade away. So I pray that with this 334 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:08,480 resurrection and understanding of this resurrection, it means 335 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,080 that we too will have a resurrection one day. 336 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:17,000 And this life is not our permanent home, but we're going 337 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:21,240 to be resurrected to resurrecting life one day where 338 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:25,040 not only will our bodies change, but our world will change. 339 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:30,040 It's going to be a new heaven and a new earth and all these 340 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,080 old things are going to pass away. 341 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:39,600 And we live looking for that, looking unto Jesus, the Author 342 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:45,200 and the finisher of our faith. That's what Resurrection Day 343 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:50,840 should mean to us all. Thanks for joining us today as 344 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:55,640 we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus here on Living Waters of 345 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:58,840 Grace. Pastor Lewis Harrell has been so 346 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:02,800 excited to share with us about the miracle of the resurrection 347 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,960 of Christ. The human race spent thousands 348 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:10,680 of years lost in sin before God sent His only Son, Jesus Christ, 349 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,920 to come be a perfect sacrifice for all mankind. 350 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:19,920 His blood is enough to atone for the sins of all mankind, and His 351 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:23,600 resurrection puts an end to death itself. 352 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:28,080 Our desire is to spread this good news of the gospel to as 353 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:32,120 many people as possible, but we need your help to do so. 354 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:36,320 The first way you can help us is by sharing this program with a 355 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:39,280 friend. 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