1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:04,240 Welcome to the official podcast of Rock Hill Baptist Church 2 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,480 where we are focused on glorifying God, spreading the 3 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:11,840 gospel, and making disciples of Jesus Christ right here in the 4 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:16,520 heart of Greenville, SC. Each week we bring you a life 5 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:20,600 changing word from our Senior Pastor, Pastor Matthew D Long 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,760 Junior, or one of our anointed guest speakers. 7 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:27,920 We pray this message strengthens your faith, deepens your 8 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:32,479 understanding, and empowers you to elevate in every area of your 9 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,840 life. Let's join the service already 10 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,040 Matthew chapter 28, verse #1 says, and the end of the 11 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:49,560 Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the 12 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:53,880 week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the 13 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:56,000 Supplica. Verse 2. 14 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:59,440 And behold, there was a great earthquake, for the Angel of the 15 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:03,960 Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone 16 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:09,080 from the door, and sat upon it. Verse 3. 17 00:01:09,320 --> 00:01:12,640 His countenance was like lightning at his remnant, right 18 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:16,680 as snow. For and for fear of Him the 19 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:20,360 keepers did shake, and became as dead men. 20 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:25,680 Everybody say dead men. Verse 5 And the Angel answered 21 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:30,120 and said unto the women, Fear not ye, for I know that you seek 22 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:35,160 Jesus, which was crucified. Verse 6 He is not here, for he 23 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:41,480 is risen as he said, Come see the place where the Lord lay. 7 24 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:44,640 And go quickly tell his disciples that he is risen from 25 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:47,520 the death. And behold, he goeth before you 26 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:51,880 into Galilee, and there shell ye see him, lo, I have told you. 27 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:57,160 And they departed quickly, if I say quickly, quickly, and from 28 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:02,400 the sepulchre with fear and great joy, and did run to bring 29 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:05,760 his disciples word. And as they went to tell his 30 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:09,720 disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. 31 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:13,680 And they came, and held him by the feet, and worshipped him, 32 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:17,960 and then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid. 33 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:23,400 Go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee and there shall and 34 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,720 they shall see me again. The word of God for the people 35 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:28,880 of God. Thanks be unto God. 36 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:31,160 If you mind you, take your seat today. 37 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:35,120 I'm going to preach very quickly, shortly, briskly from 38 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:37,280 the thought the grave made a mistake. 39 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,320 Let's see if I can get a few people. 40 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,440 Just help me ride real quick. Help me out. 41 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:50,480 Turn to them and say, hey neighbor, the grave made a 42 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:53,600 mistake. Under brothers and sisters, 43 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:56,680 there are some mornings that do more than start a day. 44 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:58,560 Now. There are some mornings that 45 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:02,000 shift history. There are some mornings, Deacon 46 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:07,360 Glen, that do not just bring sunlight, they bring sight, they 47 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,240 bring strength. They bring a sound from heaven 48 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:14,920 that tells earth what you thought was over is not over 49 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,640 after all. And my dear brothers and 50 00:03:17,640 --> 00:03:21,080 sisters, this is the kind of morning before us in this text. 51 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,720 DJ. This is not just any sunrise. 52 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,920 This is not just any visit to the cemetery. 53 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:32,520 Matter of fact, this is not just any procession of pain. 54 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:37,280 No, this morning when sorrow got interrupted, this is the morning 55 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:42,080 when grief got confronted. This is the morning when Death 56 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,720 Deacon Hauser discovered it had touched somebody it could not 57 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:48,880 hold. And if we're honest, many of us 58 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:53,440 know what it is like to walk into a morning carrying a heavy 59 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:56,080 spirit. We know what it is to get up 60 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,640 with tears in our eyes and pressure on our chest. 61 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:04,200 OK, matter of fact, there's a few of us who really know what 62 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:08,040 it is like to keep moving while our heart is still hurting. 63 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,520 OK, maybe I didn't find. Yeah, maybe, maybe it is that 64 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:16,360 that moment to to wake up and have to keep going in public 65 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,120 with a smile while I'm bleeding in private. 66 00:04:19,959 --> 00:04:22,840 We know, but it is like to come to church just up on the outside 67 00:04:22,840 --> 00:04:25,840 while carrying so much disappointment on the inside. 68 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:30,160 But I came to preach to somebody who has walked with something 69 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:32,600 heavy. I came to tell you can't tell 70 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:34,640 you. Came to tell you for the one 71 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:38,000 who's buried hope for his buried joy, who might even buried some 72 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:39,840 confidence, peace or expectation. 73 00:04:39,840 --> 00:04:44,600 I came to tell you that when God gets ready to move, the grave 74 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,840 does not get the last word. I thought you would holler a 75 00:04:47,840 --> 00:04:50,760 little better right there. And that's where we find 76 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,680 ourselves, in between the black and white pages of the book 77 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,920 before us, or the electronic device of which you may be 78 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:00,200 reading from. And Matthew's Gospel, chapter 79 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:02,680 28. But Jesus has now been 80 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,680 crucified. He has been beaten, He has been 81 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:09,640 mocked, he has been pierced, and now he has died. 82 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:12,720 Oh, he died. Yeah. 83 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:17,240 Didn't he die? He he died, he died and now he 84 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:20,600 has been laid in a borrowed tomb. 85 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:26,000 The stone is sealed and the soldiers are posted and the 86 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,480 situation looks grim, bleak and even final. 87 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:35,560 The chapter appears closed, but heaven has a way of stepping 88 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:40,160 into closed situations and opening with everybody else 89 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:43,880 thought was finished. My dear brothers and sisters, I 90 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:47,680 want to let you know that the grave made a mistake and it's 91 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,200 here we find just a few movements worth exploring 92 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:52,800 together. Are you reading number one? 93 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:56,440 We find that they came carrying grief, but God was already 94 00:05:56,440 --> 00:06:01,680 working the morning. OK, Matthew chapter 28 verse #1 95 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:07,240 says in the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the 96 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:12,240 first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to 97 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:14,560 see the sepulchre. Notice. 98 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:17,800 Notice my friend, I have the text opens. 99 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:24,960 It says as it began to dawn. That means the light was coming 100 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:30,720 but it was not fully there yet. The sun was rising but the scene 101 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:34,200 was still dim. Morning was breaking, but 102 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:37,280 clarity had not completely arrived. 103 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:41,960 Because there are some seasons in life when it is just simply 104 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:47,000 dawning but not yet day. There are some moments in when 105 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:51,320 God is God is moving, but we cannot fully see it's Yeah, 106 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:53,800 there are. There are times when darkness is 107 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:57,920 lifting, but the evidence has not fully presented itself or 108 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,800 appeared. There are seasons when all we 109 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:05,400 can say is I know something is shifting, but I can't explain it 110 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:08,440 yet. And here your Bible says that 111 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:13,600 these women came to the tomb with love in the hearts but 112 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,600 grief on their minds. And according to the other 113 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:19,320 gospel accounts, they were carrying spices. 114 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:21,640 They were. They came ready, came ready, 115 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:25,000 came ready. They came ready, prepared for 116 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:29,920 death. They came expecting to deal with 117 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:34,200 a body. They came ready to honor what 118 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:39,600 they thought was over. Balloons in hand, T-shirts made, 119 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:43,840 they came ready. That means they were faithful 120 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:45,720 but hurt. Again, it shows us that they 121 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:50,760 were devoted but disappointed. They were present, but even 122 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:53,080 pained. My new brothers and sisters, 123 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:56,200 there is something powerful about that because many people 124 00:07:56,440 --> 00:08:00,880 think faith means never hurting. I'm gonna say it again because I 125 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:03,480 don't think you heard me. I said sometimes, sometimes we 126 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:06,480 have this misnomer that faith means never hurting. 127 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:11,160 But these women prove that real faith can still show up with 128 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:14,840 tears in its eyes. I don't like your voice. 129 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:15,920 Help me out. Turn to neighbor. 130 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,800 Say neighbor. It's all right to cry. 131 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:23,840 It's all right to cry. It's all right to cry because 132 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:26,960 real faith can still walk while the heart is broken. 133 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:32,720 Real faith can still move toward God while carrying pain. 134 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,559 And And here's the very first lesson from the text. 135 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:40,240 Just because pain is in your hands doesn't mean God is absent 136 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:43,960 from your morning. You ain't gonna help me work. 137 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,720 It's all right. They came carrying spices, 138 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:51,000 Sister Shirley, but heaven had already scheduled a surprise. 139 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:55,960 They came expecting a funeral, but God was preparing A 140 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:59,840 revelation. They came ready to anoint a dead 141 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,080 Jesus. But Jesus had already settled 142 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:06,960 that death would not keep him. And maybe that's where some of 143 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:10,360 us are at this morning. This afternoon we came to this 144 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:14,760 season caring what we thought we would need for something dead 145 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:19,120 became caring spices for a relationship we thought was 146 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:23,640 over, became caring spices for a dream we thought was buried 147 00:09:24,560 --> 00:09:27,880 became caring spices for a ministry we thought that was 148 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:32,520 finished became caring spices for a version of ourselves we 149 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:39,080 thought would never rise again. But I've got a word today to 150 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:42,560 tell somebody in the room that you should not, you should not, 151 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:46,720 you should, you should not bring permanent language into a place 152 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:50,080 where God is still working. I don't like your response. 153 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:51,360 Are you away? Come back here. 154 00:09:51,560 --> 00:09:55,280 I said you should not bring permanent language into a place 155 00:09:55,280 --> 00:10:00,000 where God is still working. And you must know that the enemy 156 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:05,080 wants us to believe that night has the final say that I want 157 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:08,920 you to know that Dawn, it's proof that darkness has a 158 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:12,360 quitting time. That shouting grounds right 159 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:16,040 there because darkness has a quitting time. 160 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:24,840 Come here, David, reaping may endure for a night, but joy, 161 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:30,680 joy, joy, Jesus, joy, joy, joy. Morning has an assignment. 162 00:10:30,680 --> 00:10:33,000 And some of us need to hear this plainly. 163 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:38,240 The fact that it is still dim does not mean that day is not 164 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:41,680 coming. The fact that it is too hard 165 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:44,360 does not mean help is not on the way. 166 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:49,920 The fact that tears are still falling does not mean God has 167 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:52,600 forgotten. But I just want you to know it 168 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:56,480 actually means it's dawning. It's dawning, it's dawning it's 169 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,080 dawning it's dawning. I better keep on moving. 170 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:00,800 Y'all don't like my preach. It's all right. 171 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:04,840 I hear we find the second movement of the text in Matthew 172 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:12,400 chapter 28 verses 2 through 6. It says, And behold, I like that 173 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:14,960 word, Behold, behold, says, there's more to be seen. 174 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:21,120 And behold, there was a great earthquake, for the Angel of the 175 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:25,280 Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone 176 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:28,000 from the door, and sat upon it. Verse 3. 177 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:31,760 His countenance was like lightning, and his remnant, his 178 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:35,720 clothes right as snow. For and for fear of him the 179 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:39,080 keepers did shake and become as dead men. 180 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:46,920 And the Angel answered and said unto the woman, Fear not ye, for 181 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:52,480 I know that you seek Jesus, which was crucified. 6 For he is 182 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:55,160 not. Y'all ain't got your Bibles 183 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:55,960 over. Look at you. 184 00:11:56,160 --> 00:12:01,520 He is not here, for he is risen as he said. 185 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:04,760 Come see the place where the Lord lay. 186 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:08,240 Well, friend, the very second movement of this text worth 187 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:12,880 exploring together is the stone was moved not for his escape. 188 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:16,960 Come here, but further evidence. I know that's a lot to write. 189 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:20,520 Let me give it to you again. I said the stone was moved not 190 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:23,240 for his escape, but further evidence. 191 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:26,880 The text says there was a great earthquake. 192 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,880 Friend, family, don't don't miss that right there. 193 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:34,400 Don't miss that. Friday the earth shook when he 194 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:38,320 died, and then on Sunday the earth shook when he rose. 195 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:41,920 I'm gonna say it again. I said Friday the earth shook 196 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:46,240 when he died and Sunday the earth shook when he rose. 197 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:51,160 Creation was trembling because the Creator was doing business. 198 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:56,680 The ground responded because glory was in motion. 199 00:12:57,560 --> 00:13:00,760 And this is not a quiet little events in the corner. 200 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:04,160 This is literally heaven invading earth. 201 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,760 This is divine power breaking into human history. 202 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,760 This is not resuscitation. This is resurrection. 203 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,960 This is not somebody barely breathing again. 204 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:20,320 This is the Son of God getting up in victory. 205 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:25,920 And when the Angel arrives, he rolls back the stone and then 206 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,240 sits on it. Y'all don't know when to shop? 207 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,760 I said. He rose back the stone and then 208 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:36,440 sits on him. He sat on what had been shot. 209 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:42,160 He sat on what had been sealed. He sat on what had been used to 210 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:45,640 block access. In other words, Heaven took a 211 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:50,040 seat on the problem. I wish you had just a little 212 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:53,360 more energy because I would tell your own self to write your own 213 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:56,480 self a note in your own phone and to remind yourself that 214 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:58,600 Heaven is going to sit on the problem. 215 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:02,560 And some of us, some of us have been staring at stones. 216 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:07,560 Stones of fear, stones of death, stones of diagnosis, stones of 217 00:14:07,560 --> 00:14:11,880 shame, stones of opposition, stones of grief, stones of 218 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:16,400 systems bigger than us, stones of doors closing in our face. 219 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:20,920 But the text says your Bible says that God can sit down on 220 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:23,640 the very thing that was stressing us out. 221 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:28,840 The stone that was big enough to block the tomb was not big 222 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:30,760 enough to block my God, come here. 223 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:32,720 I hear you. My mom, my mom would say he's 224 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:37,360 too big to get over here. He's too wide to get around. 225 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:40,640 He matter of fact, and he's too large to get underneath. 226 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:44,440 He's God by himself. I better get on out of here. 227 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:50,040 But the text says here that there was a seal, a seal placed 228 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:53,920 on the stone. The seal was official enough to 229 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:57,560 satisfy Rome, but it was not official enough to stop 230 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:00,960 resurrection. Those guards were strong enough 231 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:05,080 to intimidate people with their badges, but they were not strong 232 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:10,080 enough to stop prophecy. And the keeper shook and became 233 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:14,960 your Bible says as dead. The living men, the living men, 234 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:20,600 the living men started looking dead and the dead Jesus was 235 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:22,680 alive. I don't know if you're reading 236 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:26,600 the same Bible I'm reading. I said the living man started 237 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:30,480 looking dead and the dead Jesus was alive. 238 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,080 That's divine reversal, Sister Hauser. 239 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:38,520 That's even a holy irony. That is God saying, I know how 240 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:42,920 to flip a situation. And I came to give you that. 241 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:47,320 The stone was not moved so Jesus can get out, but by resurrection 242 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:49,360 power. He did not need help getting up, 243 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:52,520 but the stone was moved so he can get in and see. 244 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:55,800 But the stone was not moved even for his escape. 245 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:59,200 The stone was moved simply for evidence. 246 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:03,200 Let me say it another way because he still seemed a little 247 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:06,520 skeptical. God remove some things in our 248 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:12,800 lives, not because He needs an opening, but but because this 249 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:14,280 out you ready? But because we need 250 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:19,200 confirmation. He will open doors so we can see 251 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:23,760 what He has already done. He will shift barriers so we can 252 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:26,440 witness what heaven has already settled. 253 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:30,560 And because some doors are not opening so we can escape, some 254 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:36,000 doors are opening so we can see. That means resurrection is not 255 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:40,760 just an event to admire. It's not just a day to put on 256 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:42,520 your bright colored pastel suits. 257 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:47,280 It is not just a day to have eggs and chocolate, money and 258 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:50,240 fun. That it is not just a day to hop 259 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:54,600 along with bunnies and rabbits. That is not just a day to gather 260 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:57,200 at somebody's house and tell more lies. 261 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:00,880 That it is not just a day to celebrate the yardbird being 262 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:04,920 fried. But resurrection is a truth that 263 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:08,040 addresses fear. No y'all don't know when to 264 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:10,680 shout. I came to tell you that this is 265 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:14,560 the day to allow all your fears to know that I'm coming back 266 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:18,200 better than ever. Fear says it's over but 267 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:22,800 resurrection says I'm still God. Fear says the stone is too big 268 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:26,359 but resurrection says I move but people cannot manage. 269 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:30,720 Fear says death one but resurrection says look again. 270 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:35,280 And then the Angel here in the text says with some nerve, 271 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:39,600 Deacon Davis, he's not here, for he is risen as he said. 272 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:45,800 My friend, those 3 words are large enough to make anybody 273 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:51,480 have church all by themselves. Those 3 words as he said, those 274 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:58,520 3 words as he said, Those 3 words as he said, he rose as he 275 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:01,640 said, he defeated death as he said. 276 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:04,160 He fulfilled prophecy as he said. 277 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:09,400 He kept his word as he said, and that means if he kept his word 278 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:13,440 in the grave, he can keep his word in every area of our life 279 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:20,360 as he said. Here's here's my homilotical 280 00:18:20,360 --> 00:18:23,760 highlight for you. The resurrection is proof that 281 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:27,760 God can be trusted in places where human logic runs out. 282 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:32,680 Because if he said it, the grave cannot cancel it. 283 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:35,080 If God said it, hell cannot block it. 284 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:38,280 If God said it, time cannot rot it. 285 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:42,040 If God said it, time cannot drown it. 286 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:46,000 Matter of fact, if God said it, Sunday will eventually answer 287 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:49,240 Friday's problems. I better get on out of here. 288 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,280 I said I was going to keep you for a few minutes. 289 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:55,640 And here we find NOW Saints, our third movement of the text. 290 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,440 It's in Matthew chapter 28. We read it already starting at 291 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:07,680 verse #7 Your Bible says and go quickly and tell his disciples 292 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:12,880 that he is risen from the dead. Lord, I can shot right there, 293 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:20,760 and behold, he goeth before you into Galilee, and there shall 294 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:23,640 you see him. Lo, I have told you. 295 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:29,360 Verse 8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre, with 296 00:19:29,360 --> 00:19:33,280 fear and great joy, and did run to bring his disciples. 297 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:38,720 Word 9 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Lord 298 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:43,800 Jesus, Jesus met them saying, all hell, and they came and held 299 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:48,520 him by the feet, and worshipped him. 10 And I'm gonna be done 300 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:52,600 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid. 301 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:59,280 Go tell my brethren that they'd go into Galilee, and there shall 302 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:02,920 they see me. Well, my brothers and sisters, 303 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:06,040 you've endured me long enough, and I think you're hot, just 304 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:08,520 like I'm hot, so we might as well leave together in a few 305 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:10,280 minutes. But I want you to know that the 306 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:14,360 very third movement of this text is the risen Christ turned to 307 00:20:14,360 --> 00:20:21,840 mourners into messenger. I said the risen Christ turned 308 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:25,840 the mourners into messengers. I love this part because the 309 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:29,880 text says they left the tomb with fear and great joy. 310 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:33,600 OK, all right, you're going to act like that. 311 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:34,760 It's OK. I got you. 312 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:36,760 Got you, got your Sunday mask on today. 313 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:39,920 But that's real life right there. 314 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:47,000 Fear and joy, trembling and testimony, shaking and shouting. 315 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:51,360 Because sometimes when God moves, we do not instantly 316 00:20:51,360 --> 00:20:56,120 become calm. Sometimes we are still trying to 317 00:20:56,120 --> 00:21:00,760 process what heaven has done. Sometimes our emotions have to 318 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:04,520 catch up with our miracle, and even sometimes our feet are 319 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:09,120 running while our minds are still catching up. 320 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:13,400 And sometimes we are blessed and bewildered at the same time. 321 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:15,960 But come here. The good news is this God, God 322 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:19,320 can still use people who are processing. 323 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:23,960 Lord, you miss your shout again, I said. 324 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:27,600 God can still use people who are processing. 325 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:34,040 They had fear and great joy, and still they ran with the message. 326 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:39,920 They were still trembling. They were still trembling. 327 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:42,280 I'm going to save one more time because I don't think you hear 328 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:46,240 me, I said. They were still trembling, and 329 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:50,480 still they testified. They were still trying to 330 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:54,040 understand it, and still they obeyed it. 331 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,920 That means we do not have to have every answer before we 332 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:01,760 carry the announcement. We do not have to understand 333 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:04,320 every mystery before we tell what God has done. 334 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:08,320 And as they went, Jesus met them. 335 00:22:09,120 --> 00:22:11,240 Lord, you mess, you missed it again. 336 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:14,080 You missed it again. Come here, let's try it again, I 337 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:17,280 said. And as they went, Jesus met 338 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:20,280 them. Could it be Jesus has not shown 339 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:24,480 up because you have not moved? Are you in the room? 340 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:29,440 Did you go to sleep on me? It says as they went, Jesus met 341 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:31,360 them. He met them in motion. 342 00:22:31,360 --> 00:22:33,960 Come here then. He met them in obedience. 343 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:35,640 OK, come on to the edge of your seat. 344 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:38,640 He met them while they were carrying the message. 345 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:42,000 And there may be somebody listening who has been waiting 346 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:45,600 for the Lord to meet you while standing still. 347 00:22:46,360 --> 00:22:50,160 But there are some encounters that happened while we are 348 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:53,520 obeying. There are some revelations that 349 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:58,000 come while we are moving. There are some manifestations 350 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,720 that show up while we are on the way. 351 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:06,440 And your Bible says right here in verse #9 that Jesus says all 352 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:11,000 hail. When they saw him, they held him 353 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:15,480 by the feet and worshipped him, thank God. 354 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:17,720 Can I spend 2 minutes? Let me take two minutes right 355 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:21,600 there. And they saw him, and then they 356 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:25,960 heard him. And then they held, told him 357 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,640 Lord. And then they worshipped him. 358 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,800 That means the resurrection is not theory. 359 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:37,400 And it's not even a rumor, OK? It's not even a metaphor. 360 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:40,360 It's not wishful thinking. They touch him. 361 00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:43,440 Yeah. I just need to pull this out for 362 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:45,400 you. So you see it in your Bible. 363 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:49,720 I know we like to talk about 8 days later in the upper room and 364 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:51,440 they gather, but it's right here. 365 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,080 Your Bible says that they touched him. 366 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:59,760 They had so much going on that they were able to stop in the 367 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:03,720 moment and touch them. Can I suggest today, my dear 368 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:07,160 friend, as Kennedys coming down, that we all should take some 369 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:11,880 time to touch Jesus. We should touch them with our 370 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,240 praise. We should touch them with our 371 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:16,840 worship. We should touch them with our 372 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:20,040 love. At some point we ought to stop 373 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:24,920 and hold. Hold him, hold him, hold him, 374 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:28,240 hold him, hold him. They worshipped him, they 375 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:31,000 encountered him. And I got to let you know that I 376 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,320 love our faith. Our religion I believe is not 377 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:37,760 built on good advice from a dead teacher. 378 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,200 Easter let me do a little theological work that a 379 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:46,400 Christianity is built on the victory of a living savior. 380 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:53,560 Cause your Bible says Jesus says to them in verse #10 be not 381 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:59,200 afraid. Go tell my brother, look at that 382 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,080 grace, look at that, look at that. 383 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:03,720 He does not saying go tell those failures. 384 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:07,840 He doesn't say go, don't go tell those who ran away. 385 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:10,600 He didn't say go tell those who had hit. 386 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,880 He said go tell my brothers. Yeah. 387 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:16,800 He doesn't say go tell those quitters. 388 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:21,400 Yeah, but he does say to them, go tell my brothers. 389 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:24,720 You do know? You do know that after denial 390 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,840 Jesus still calls them brothers. You do realize that after 391 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:31,720 failure, Jesus still calls them brothers? 392 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:36,840 You do realize after fear, Jesus still calls them brothers. 393 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:41,160 And that means the resurrection is not just about power, it is 394 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:46,200 also about restoration. Peter denied him, but 395 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:50,480 resurrection had a word for him. The disciples ran, but 396 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,800 resurrection had a word for them. 397 00:25:53,120 --> 00:25:56,520 And maybe somebody in the room has failed, fumble, fallen, 398 00:25:56,800 --> 00:26:00,560 drifted, doubted, or even messed up, backed up and found yourself 399 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:02,960 broken down. But I've got good news today to 400 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,920 let you know that the reason Christ Savior has a word for all 401 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:10,880 of his brethren. He still comes for the ashamed, 402 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:15,680 and he still calls the wounded. He still restores the fallen, 403 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:20,880 and he still sends the shaking, and He still uses the people who 404 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:24,640 have been through something. And then he tells them, He tells 405 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:27,680 them, look at this. He tells them to go to Galilee. 406 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:33,520 Lord Jesus, Galilee is the place where calling was cultivated 407 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:38,040 after he came out of the wilderness in Luke chapter 4. 408 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:43,160 He then goes to Galilee. Galilee is where ministry took 409 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:45,560 shape. Galilee is where they first 410 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:49,680 walked with Him in a deeper way. In other words, resurrection 411 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:53,800 does not just bring relief, it reactivates assignments. 412 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:57,320 Lord, I'm preaching better than you shouting. 413 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:01,080 He gets up and then sends them forward. 414 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:07,680 He rises, then restores purpose. He defeats depth and deploys 415 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:10,360 disciples. And my friend, I need you to 416 00:27:10,360 --> 00:27:12,840 know that means this is bigger than a shout. 417 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,320 This is bigger than a dance. This is bigger than a tongue. 418 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:19,560 Matter of fact, it's bigger than a Sunday outfit and a brim hat. 419 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:23,600 This is bigger than a holiday service because erection and 420 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:27,360 resurrection means we cannot stay at the tomb. 421 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:32,160 Glory to God, Hallelujah. Resurrection mean we can't stay 422 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,920 at the grave, but we have to carry the news. 423 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:40,320 We have to live like death, loss, and we have to move like 424 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,440 Jesus lives. Matter of fact, we have to love 425 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:47,440 like hope is alive and we have to serve like the Kingdom is 426 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:49,680 real. But let me get on out of here. 427 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:52,640 But I can let you know the day that an empty tomb is not the 428 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:56,880 end of the sermon, but it's the beginning of an assignment that 429 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,840 as you go and sit around your kitchen table with your friends 430 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,840 and family today or you go to no, you're not going to cracker 431 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,360 as you go to whatever restaurant you go to. 432 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:09,600 I need you to know that I'm reminded of a story about a 433 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:13,320 little girl who was sitting beside her grandmother and by 434 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:16,480 her grandmother worked on a piece of embroidery from 435 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:21,200 underneath all the little girl 'cause she was not loose 436 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:25,520 threads, tangles and colors going in directions that made no 437 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:28,160 sense. The little girl said grandma 438 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:32,000 that looks like a mess, but the grandmother told her come around 439 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:36,160 here and look at it from my side baby and that the child had 440 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:39,760 moved and looked from above what seemed like a mess. 441 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:44,360 Underneath was a beautiful crown sticks together with care and 442 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:46,520 that's what Friday looked like from underneath. 443 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:50,200 It looked like nails and blood. It looked like thorns and 444 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:52,440 darkness. It looked like lost Dick and 445 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:54,600 Glenn. It even looked like the end. 446 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:59,280 But Sunday morning was God turning the fabric around. 447 00:28:59,960 --> 00:29:02,680 Now we can see what Friday was really doing. 448 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:07,040 Friday was not fill him. Friday was payment. 449 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:11,640 Friday was not defeat. Friday was redemption. 450 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:15,720 Friday was not the end. Friday was the cost. 451 00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:19,920 And they let my Jesus all up. God got this heal. 452 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:25,240 And you know that they stretched him wide, and they drove nails 453 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:28,040 through his hands and through his feet. 454 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:33,000 They lifted that cross between earth and the sky, and blood 455 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:37,080 came running down. You know, it ran down until the 456 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:41,240 sun refused to shine. And the veil in the temple was 457 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:45,360 torn from top to bottom. The earth begin to quake. 458 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:50,320 And Jesus hang on that cross from the 6th to the 9th hour, 459 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:52,760 Braylon said. But really what time was It was 460 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:56,720 from noon to 3:00 PM. And he hung down to and justice 461 00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,480 was satisfied. And you know what happened? 462 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:01,560 He died. Yeah. 463 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:04,560 Yeah, he really did. He died on that cross. 464 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:08,160 And he died until the centurion had to testify. 465 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,760 He died until a borrowed tomb had to be received. 466 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:16,240 He died until all the hell had started celebrating too soon. 467 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:21,240 But I'm so glad that on early, early Sunday morning, I was up 468 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:23,640 around 2:00 this morning because I said I want to get up with 469 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:27,400 Jesus. Early Sunday morning, before the 470 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:32,640 sun fully warmed the sky, before the city could clear it's 471 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:37,200 through, before the diners could rewrite the story, before the 472 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:41,400 enemies could secure the scene, Jesus got on up. 473 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:45,840 Lord, I'm sorry, I got happy. I said Jesus got on up. 474 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:51,520 He got up from that old grave. And then he is Jesus arise and 475 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:56,440 arisen from what should have kept him out and kept him under. 476 00:30:57,160 --> 00:31:00,760 But with a mighty triumph over his foes, he got up. 477 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:03,720 And because he got up, hope can get up. 478 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,160 And because he got up, joy can get up. 479 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:08,600 And because he got up, peace can get up. 480 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:11,160 And because he got up, that dreams can get up. 481 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:13,760 And because he got up, fallen people can get up. 482 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:16,120 And because he got up, the church can get up. 483 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:18,520 And because he got up, our future can get up. 484 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:21,000 And because he got a witnesses can get up. 485 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:23,520 And because he got a praise ought to go up. 486 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,280 Because the grave made a mistake. 487 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:30,440 It thought it was holding a victim, yeah, but it was really 488 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:34,280 housing a victor. It thought it was receiving a 489 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:37,280 body, but it was really witnessing glory. 490 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:41,680 It thought it had the final word, but Jesus got it with all 491 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:45,680 power in his hands. And I'm so glad on this Eastern 492 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:49,200 Day that he got up with enough power for you and me. 493 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:54,400 That even with my failed self, even with my flawed self, that 494 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:59,560 he got up with enough power to cover me on Monday when I put 495 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:02,600 myself to my own misery. Yeah, he got up with enough 496 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:05,480 power. Yeah, to keep me on Tuesday when 497 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:08,200 I keep trying him with my bad self. 498 00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:11,800 That he got up with enough power for Wednesday, when I act a 499 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,720 little wonky with him. Yeah, he got up with enough 500 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:18,600 power for Thursday, when I keep trying him yet again. 501 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:23,720 But I'm so glad that even though Friday seemed like a problematic 502 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:27,840 day for Jesus, he got enough power for Friday, when I 503 00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:31,240 frighten my own self, and Saturday when I make my own 504 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:32,000 self. Sad. 505 00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:34,240 But it's something about that. Sunday, yeah. 506 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:38,720 Sunday morning, yeah. He got up with enough power. 507 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:41,320 Yeah. To bring me back to his house 508 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:46,640 again, to remind me yet again that he's got enough yes for my 509 00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:49,480 flaws. He's got enough yes, for my own 510 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:52,360 temperament. He's got enough yes for my own 511 00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:54,240 ways. I mean, he's, he's bigger than 512 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:57,320 anything I can think of. He's larger than anything I can 513 00:32:57,320 --> 00:33:00,600 imagine. And I'm so glad today that the 514 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:03,720 grave made a mistake. I'm just wondering, is there 515 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:08,320 anybody in the room today I can say, Lord, thank you, that the 516 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:11,560 grave made a mistake? A lot of people got up on 517 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:15,960 Friday, but I'm concerned about the one on Sunday, because the 518 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:22,640 one on Sunday he got up at all power, all power in his hands, 519 00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:29,440 healing power, saving power, redeeming power, forgiving 520 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:33,640 power, reviving power. I got to stop. 521 00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:35,520 I got to stop. I got to stop. 522 00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:40,040 He got up at all power, all power in this. 523 00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:46,840 The grave made a mistake. I made a mistake. 524 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:52,880 I want you to know there is nothing that can hold you if 525 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:56,360 they can't hold him. That's why we ought to thank God 526 00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:59,200 today. We ought to thank God for the 527 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:02,480 cross, but we ought to thank God for that grave. 528 00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:08,480 Because things come in life to try us, to tempt us, to test us, 529 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:12,520 to challenge us. I want you to know that just 530 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:17,159 like Jesus overcame the grave, we too can overcome holding 531 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:20,000 contraptions. We too can. 532 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:25,600 Yeah, we too can overcome, but tries to contain us in this old 533 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:29,600 life of us, some life of ours. Sometimes sickness and disease 534 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:32,600 acts like a grave and try to hold us bound. 535 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:36,679 You know those those those doctor notes sometimes seems to 536 00:34:36,679 --> 00:34:39,520 be a contraption to hold our hearts hostage. 537 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:43,040 Sometimes our kids and our family members, our business 538 00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:46,400 sometimes seems like it's it's a contraption to hold us down. 539 00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:50,520 But I want you to know that just like Jesus, we too can get up 540 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:53,320 from the grave on a Sunday morning. 541 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:55,280 Listen, you may not know Jesus and the free partner of your 542 00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:57,480 sin. I invite you to get to know him 543 00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:00,000 for yourself. I had to do is pray this short 544 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:03,360 prayer to me, said Lord Jesus. Lord Jesus come into my heart, 545 00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:07,240 save me. I want to be saved. 546 00:35:08,240 --> 00:35:12,960 Lord Jesus, thank you for dying on the cross of me. 547 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:19,360 Lord Jesus, thank you for rising out of the grave for me. 548 00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:27,840 Lord Jesus, thank you for soon coming again for me in Jesus 549 00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:31,200 name, Amen. Come and put those hands 550 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:32,640 together. Believe by faith that someone 551 00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:34,920 just received Jesus into the heart. 552 00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:37,800 Thank you for tuning in to the Rock Hill Baptist Church 2 553 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:41,040 Podcast. We pray today's message planted 554 00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:43,600 something in your spirit and gave you the strength to keep 555 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:47,080 growing here at the Rock Hill Baptist Church 2. 556 00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:50,560 We're a growing church, and growth starts with one step. 557 00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:53,840 If you're ready to go deeper, visit us online at 558 00:35:53,840 --> 00:36:00,440 www.myrockhill2.org and click Next Steps to get connected, 559 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:03,840 join a ministry, or give your life to Christ. 560 00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:08,320 Be sure to follow the podcast so you never miss a message and 561 00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:11,400 share this episode with someone you know is ready to grow too. 562 00:36:11,720 --> 00:36:15,160 And remember, no matter what comes your way, you were built 563 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:18,480 to elevate. Until next time, walk in 564 00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:21,880 purpose, live in power, and grow in grace.