1 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:09,040 We're going to do a preach today called Aunt Peter and Peter, and 2 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:10,800 my next door neighbour's name is Peter. 3 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:12,240 So we're going to say Aunt Peter. 4 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:17,680 So it's Aunt Peter and Peter. And so if my neighbour's here 5 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:20,280 today, I don't know if he is, but his wife's name is Hesti and 6 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:23,880 Peter I get bioforyoche petiriviak Vietni hukomni 7 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:27,440 Mahdiri Namit in my heart. Kurt climb in the yellow VX AG 8 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:32,960 net in Peter and Peter and Peter say and Peter say and Peter. 9 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:35,680 And let's put some more names up. 10 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,840 I just asked Ricky to make a list of names, and this is the 11 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:43,320 list of names he made. That's the scripture, the names 12 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:47,280 there. And Adam and Amanda and Abigail 13 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:52,680 and Albert and Alejandra and Ashley and Bazelik and Blair and 14 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:57,440 Bobby and Butamelo and Bongani and Byron and Caleb and Karine 15 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:01,520 and Carlos and Kathleen and Shaul and Cowan. 16 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:07,920 Griselda and Dion and Dionne and Delinka and David and Dimitri 17 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:15,040 and Diteto and Eddie and Elenae and Ellie and Eloisa and Este 18 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:19,840 and Ivan and Fabricio and Faith and Farrow and Franco and 19 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,880 Francois and Fuzz. If you don't know who that is, 20 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:27,320 it's the guy who does the sound. And Gabriel and Gabriella and 21 00:01:27,320 --> 00:01:31,680 Georgie and Gerald and Khat and Gillian and Homo Lemo and 22 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:36,760 Grayson and Heiko and Hundley and Hannah and Hannah and Helen 23 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:41,040 and Helcher and Henry and Ian and Ignatius and Isabella and 24 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:43,880 Isaac Who? And Jack and Jacques and Jayden 25 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:48,080 and James and Jean Luc and Joanne and Johan and Judah and 26 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:53,320 Cochentla and Cara and Carabu and Katrina and Kenzie and Kiona 27 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:57,560 and Komodzo and Kirsten and Latisha and Laura and Leandre 28 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:03,160 and Lani and Liam and Linka and Lindy and Lily and Logan and 29 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:07,680 Louie and Luan and Luza and Mandy and Marguerite and Marcus 30 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:12,120 and Megan and Marilyn and Michael and Mila and Milton and 31 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:16,760 Peter and Peter and Morgan and Paul and Nadia and Natasha and 32 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:21,080 Elias and Nikki and Nina and Nico and Olivia and Owen and 33 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:25,680 Patrick and Philip and Puno and Rachel and Renard and Renee and 34 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:30,200 Ryan and Roy and Stefanus and Samuel and Sarah and Sean and 35 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:35,840 Simonet and Sky and Stella and Sumari and Telita and Tamarin 36 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:39,920 and Tabiso and Theo and Tinnis and Tiffany and Tyler and Ulrich 37 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,840 in Valda and Vanessa and Veronica and Wade and Wendy in 38 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:49,600 Wagner in Villum in Zander and Yvette and Zack and Zanay or 39 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:57,600 Zain and Zoe Say and Peter. Let's turn to Mark. 40 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:05,480 Chapter 16, please. Good morning. 41 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:08,040 If your families are with you, it's great to have you with us. 42 00:03:08,640 --> 00:03:10,240 It's an incredible day for the church. 43 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:14,320 There'll be over 3 billion people meeting across the world 44 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:18,400 today. And one of the great testimonies 45 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:22,120 or one of the great witnesses of the resurrection is that there's 46 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,920 so many who serve Jesus and so many that are prepared to put 47 00:03:24,920 --> 00:03:27,320 their lives at risk for serving Jesus. 48 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:30,840 Because of the resurrection. The disciples were scattered and 49 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:34,200 shattered, and on the witness of a resurrected Christ, the 50 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:36,240 movement was birthed. That cannot be stopped. 51 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:39,880 But I want to look at just individuals today. 52 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:45,480 And so whether your name is Peter or Peter or Luke or Dennis 53 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:49,560 or Annie, my Indian friends who were not meant to be here today 54 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:52,400 but got on the plane last night to be back for the service this 55 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:54,600 morning. Whether you came from Sun City, 56 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:58,880 it's good to have you. When the Sabbath was over, Mary 57 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:03,640 Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices 58 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,480 so they might go to anoint Jesus body. 59 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:12,320 Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, 60 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:15,080 they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other 61 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,920 who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb. 62 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:24,800 I haven't seen Dalian for two years probably, but we've always 63 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,240 preached on the same team who will roll the stone away from 64 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:30,360 the entrance to the tomb. But when they looked up, they 65 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:32,880 saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled 66 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,480 away. As they entered the tomb, they 67 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,400 saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right 68 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:43,360 side, and they were alarmed. Don't be alarmed, he said. 69 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:47,400 You're looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. 70 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:50,880 He has risen. He is not here. 71 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:53,440 See the place where they laid him. 72 00:04:53,960 --> 00:05:02,360 But go tell his disciples. Say it with me, but go tell his 73 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:05,800 disciples. Why do you think He did that? 74 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:13,440 Why do you think He did that? Go and tell his disciples. 75 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:17,760 Say it. Go and tell his disciples. 76 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:22,440 And Peter, he is going ahead of you into Galilee. 77 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:26,840 Jesus always goes ahead of us into Galilee. 78 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:30,520 There you will see him just as he told you. 79 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:35,000 Trembling and bewildered, the woman went out and fled from the 80 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,840 tomb. They said nothing to anyone 81 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:42,320 because they were afraid. Friends, this is an unbelievable 82 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:46,560 It just absolutely gripped my heart that two or three billion 83 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,440 people are going to be around the world reading this 84 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:54,080 incredible thing and God somehow just adds these two words. 85 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:58,320 And Peter and Peter. I don't know if your name is 86 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,360 Peter today or whatever your name is, but on this Easter 87 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:05,120 Sunday with billions of people meeting all over the world, just 88 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:08,600 remember this. God knows your name. 89 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:13,120 God knows your name. What's your name, Sir? 90 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:19,040 Yanush from Poland. Yanush from Poland. 91 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:22,520 I saw you staying next to my next door neighbor last night. 92 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:26,480 I saw your car parked outside. Is that true, Yanis? 93 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:29,480 God knows your name. God knows your name. 94 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,560 Bring you all the way from Poland to South Africa to work, 95 00:06:32,840 --> 00:06:35,120 to come and stay opposite me. Peter's this side. 96 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:38,520 You were staying that side. Yanis, I can see you and Peter. 97 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,240 Friends, I want to take you just quickly through a journey of 98 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:47,480 Peter and see if you've been on any of this journey. 99 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:49,840 The first one is what we call the declaration. 100 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:56,560 If you can put it up in Mark 14, please, you will all fall away. 101 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:58,920 Jesus told them, foot is written. 102 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:01,520 I will strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered. 103 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:06,160 But after I've risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee, Peter 104 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:11,440 declared. Even if all fall away, I will 105 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:14,400 not. I will serve God. 106 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,720 I will show Pretoria. I will stand up in front of the 107 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:19,480 church. I will lead the way. 108 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:21,960 I will worship. I will stay generous. 109 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:25,680 I will be radical for God. I will give my money to Jesus. 110 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:30,000 I tell you the truth, Jesus answered today, yes, tonight, 111 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:34,120 before the rooster crows twice, you yourself will disown me 112 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:37,680 three times. But Peter insisted emphatically, 113 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:46,400 Even if I have to die, even if I have to die, where's it? 114 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:54,240 I will never disown you. And all the others said the 115 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:58,680 same. Never God. 116 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:00,960 I have been in the ministry for 35 years. 117 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:05,120 I have had thousands of people in my office saying I make a 118 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:09,520 decision for Christ today and I will never deny him. 119 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:14,960 And God knew that everybody, including all the disciples and 120 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:17,560 all the women who were scared would eventually leave him. 121 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:20,680 And so because of that, he had to put 2 words into the book of 122 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:27,640 Mark and Peter and Peter. And I want to say to you every 123 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:30,440 declaration that you've ever made for Jesus. 124 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:33,520 Oh, I'm going to give him X amount of my money. 125 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:36,520 And after three months you get bored of it and you don't see 126 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:39,440 the miracles, so you stop it. And then you feel guilty about 127 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:42,000 it. May all guilt and shame and 128 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:46,240 condemnation lift off you. Today with two words and Peter, 129 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,920 I've declared many. I've seen young men declare I 130 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:55,560 will never, I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever again 131 00:08:55,560 --> 00:08:59,040 ever in my life ever watch pornography. 132 00:09:00,560 --> 00:09:05,200 It doesn't last 48 hours. They're back at the TV screens 133 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:07,120 and you think, what chance is there for me? 134 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:13,520 The chance is Easter Sunday when God calls you by name. 135 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:19,320 When God calls you by name. And Peter, he could have gone 136 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:21,480 him and said, Peter, you stood in front of everyone. 137 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,520 You said you'd never fall away. You said you'd die for me. 138 00:09:24,680 --> 00:09:27,880 And with a little bit of tension, Peter, you just backed 139 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:32,200 out, like most of us have done most of our lives. 140 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:35,840 On this day, this incredible day, Just hear the whisper of 141 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:42,160 Peter and Rory and Melanie and James and Yanis and Peter and 142 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:45,960 David and Ashley and Amy and Abigail. 143 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:50,320 Just hear the name and Stephen and Almin. 144 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:56,240 What's your name, Sir? Francois and Francois and 145 00:09:56,240 --> 00:10:03,720 Francois, the second thing that happened with Peter was distance 146 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:10,640 when they're walking towards Jerusalem, it says. 147 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:12,720 But Peter followed him at a distance. 148 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:18,720 Say distance this Easter Sunday, friends, is to take whatever 149 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:21,600 distance there might be and to close it. 150 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:28,120 Because when times are tough, the first thing that goes is, is 151 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:31,040 our faith goes and, and we start to go cold. 152 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:35,200 We start to go distant from God and, and when one of your, your 153 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:36,640 family gets sick, you can't think. 154 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:38,840 Oh, but God, why are you not answering my prayers and all of 155 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:40,560 it? There's lots of reasons why we 156 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:43,200 and then you pray for a job. I got a letter from a man this 157 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:44,600 week. He said, Rory, I'm in your 158 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:46,840 church for 22 months. He said, I want to tell you when 159 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:50,920 I came back from overseas, I was in the church and for 21 months 160 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:54,240 I had no job. You know what happens? 161 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:58,480 You start to get a distance. And he wrote and he said, Rory, 162 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:00,080 I don't understand how you lead the church. 163 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,560 Sometimes you sing the same song for 15 minutes. 164 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:05,840 And he said sometimes you just stand up at the front and you 165 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:07,480 smile at people and you keep quiet. 166 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:13,080 But God wants all of the time he can so that the distance which 167 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:16,040 goes further and further because of attitude or because things 168 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:19,280 that get into our heart or because of somebody who's died, 169 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:21,680 that the distance might become closed. 170 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:24,960 And maybe you sitting here and you only come to church on 171 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:27,880 Easter and, and, and maybe you got forced to come to church and 172 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:31,200 maybe you don't even know Jesus because you're so far from God. 173 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:34,160 I want to tell you friends, you will never ever be able to get 174 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:35,640 close to God. God will only be able to get 175 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:39,160 close to you. And on Easter, he came down to 176 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:41,400 become close to you. So that distance that exists 177 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:43,440 between you and him, he will close by. 178 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:50,920 The I've realized this and I served God for a long time, 35 179 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:52,640 or 37 years, I've served the Lord. 180 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:55,040 I realized this time God feels far for me. 181 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:56,800 But the Bible says he's omnipresent. 182 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:00,160 He's always with me. And so do not let your feelings 183 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:05,200 dictate your faith because your feelings are a very poor compass 184 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:07,960 in a storm. And so when you're in a storm, 185 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:10,640 friends, instead of walking away from God and saying he's 186 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:12,640 abandoned me, he will never abandoned you. 187 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:15,720 You'll never, ever abandoned you. 188 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:18,880 They're 4 gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. 189 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:21,880 Jesus says 7 things on the cross. 190 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:25,440 Father, forgive them for the known of what they do. 191 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:28,400 I tell you today you'll be with me in paradise. 192 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:30,560 I am thirsty. Take the list. 193 00:12:30,560 --> 00:12:33,800 I it is finished. But the book of Mark is written 194 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,760 from Peter's sermons by John. Mark, who he calls the one Peter 195 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:38,560 5. He calls him his son, the one 196 00:12:38,560 --> 00:12:41,520 who left Paul behind. That is the one that Peter 197 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:43,640 disciple. John Mark took Peter's sermons 198 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,360 and he wrote the book of Mark. The book of Mark is written from 199 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:51,000 Peter sermons and there's only one saying on the cross that 200 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:54,840 Peter records or Mark records in the book of Mark as Peter 201 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:57,520 sayings. And this is a saying Eloy, Eloy 202 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:01,600 Lamasa Bakhtini, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me? 203 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:05,040 Because that was so unbelievably close to Peter, because Peter 204 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,600 knew that he forsake Jesus at the deepest time. 205 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:11,560 And the only one that he wrote was that one, because he knew 206 00:13:11,680 --> 00:13:14,600 that Jesus had to be forsaken so that he himself say Aunt Peter, 207 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:19,880 Aunt Peter could be saved. And so if you feel distant from 208 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:23,280 God, I want to tell you this, that Jesus Christ died on the 209 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:26,960 cross and became distant from his father so that today the 210 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:31,520 distance can be closed. Peter and Abigail and Amy and 211 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:37,560 Luke and Lucas and and Paul. Amen. 212 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:47,360 The third scripture please. We, we don't have a chance to 213 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:49,040 look here now, but keep the scripture up. 214 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:53,720 But you've got to ask people the question, why do they deny God? 215 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:59,240 Why do people deny God? There are many reasons, but the 216 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:02,120 Scripture just above this and the Scripture in Matthew just 217 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:04,280 above this. Don't you mind standing, Sir? 218 00:14:05,680 --> 00:14:08,000 And, and, and some of you men come and stand with me. 219 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:14,720 Come and stand with me. So there's a whole group of men 220 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:18,680 standing around Jesus. They're standing around, they're 221 00:14:18,680 --> 00:14:21,800 spitting, Bible says, spitting in their face. 222 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:35,180 I don't, I don't. Spitting, spitting, spitting in 223 00:14:35,180 --> 00:14:41,380 his face, spitting in his face and hitting him with fists, with 224 00:14:41,380 --> 00:14:47,140 fists, blood nose, split lip getting smashed. 225 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,280 And he said to this guy, hey, do you know him? 226 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:53,920 And you just see the spit covered blood covered face. 227 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:56,840 No, no, no, no, I don't know him. 228 00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:59,320 I don't want this group of guys to do what he's doing to him, to 229 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:00,800 me. So I just deny him. 230 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:05,040 That's what it says. The scripture before this says 231 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:06,600 that can be seated. Thank you. 232 00:15:12,140 --> 00:15:14,300 While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the seven 233 00:15:14,300 --> 00:15:15,900 girls of the high priest came by. 234 00:15:16,500 --> 00:15:19,020 When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked closely at 235 00:15:19,020 --> 00:15:22,040 him. You also were with him at 236 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:26,000 Nazarene. Jesus, he said. 237 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:30,360 But he did, but he denied it. I don't know understand what 238 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:34,080 you're talking about, he said, and went out into the entryway. 239 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:37,320 When the servant girl saw him there, she said again to those 240 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:39,680 standing around, This fellow is one of them. 241 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:48,160 Again, he denied it. Many reasons for denying Christ. 242 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:52,880 I've seen boys go to boarding school and the peer group 243 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:55,720 pressure within the board dormitory, they will deny 244 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:58,360 Christ. I've seen people go for drinks 245 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:02,240 at work and in the pressure of the bosses drinking like 246 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:05,520 maniacs, I've seen them deny Christ. 247 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:09,160 Some of you, some of you in the last two or three weeks at an 248 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:12,840 office party while your boss and the directors of the company are 249 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:15,120 hitting shooters, you denied Christ. 250 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:18,080 There are many reasons for denying Christ. 251 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:25,120 That's why we need Easter Sunday to just remind us and Peter and 252 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:29,400 Peter because Jesus is showing us a very difficult to be his 253 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:33,040 disciple. All of us have got issues and we 254 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:43,780 need him to say our name. On Easter Sunday began to call 255 00:16:43,780 --> 00:16:46,480 down. Surely after a little while, 256 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:49,240 those standing here, Peter said, surely you're one of them for 257 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:53,840 you're a Galilean. He began to call down curses on 258 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:59,560 himself and he saw to them, I don't know this man you're 259 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:01,600 talking about curses on yourself. 260 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:05,920 I swear to God, I swear to God I don't know him. 261 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:10,359 I swear to God, I promise you on my oath, by the I swear to God, 262 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:16,680 I don't know him. We serve a God. 263 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:21,680 Even if you deny his name, he will call you by name. 264 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:27,040 Even if you deny his name, he will call you by name. 265 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:30,320 Maybe you only come on Easter Sunday and Christmas Day. 266 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:32,800 I want to tell you this, God knows you by name. 267 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:37,280 You can deny him for 364 days of the year, but on this day he 268 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:43,880 calls you by name. And Peter And Peter remembered 269 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:46,600 the word that Jesus spoke to him before the rooster crows twice. 270 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:49,560 You'll disown me three times. And he broke down and wept. 271 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:51,640 Just put the next last verse up, please. 272 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:57,560 The next one immediately the rooster crowed the second time. 273 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:00,280 Then Peter remembered the word Jesus spoke to him before the 274 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:03,160 rooster crows twice. You'll disown me three times, 275 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:04,920 And he broke down. Say broke down. 276 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:08,600 This is the first guy who has a nervous breakdown in the Bible. 277 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:17,200 I've had a nervous breakdown. Some of you sitting here have 278 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:20,840 had nervous breakdowns. I want to tell you on Easter 279 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:25,760 Sunday, God knows what it means to break down. 280 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:31,080 I saw one of my friends over there lost their husband 281 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:36,160 recently. I did his funeral and I spoke to 282 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:37,800 before. The service is very tender 283 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:38,920 hearted. There's something that's 284 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:42,440 breaking down inside here. I have a friend. 285 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:45,560 I actually prayed for Francois in my phone. 286 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:47,600 I've got this name, Francois Haberkock. 287 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:51,120 He's watching online now. He's actually staying at my 288 00:18:51,120 --> 00:18:55,400 house, Francois Haberkock. Because when I had a nervous 289 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,080 breakdown, Francois always sits over there. 290 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:01,600 I know you Afrikaans don't fill other people's seats. 291 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:05,600 Those empty seats there. OK, relax. 292 00:19:06,120 --> 00:19:08,480 I know they ever told me Bucky's is going to blix on me. 293 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,160 But don't worry. He's had a shoulder operation. 294 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:15,160 He won't catch me. So do you know yours here? 295 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:18,480 Of course I know yours here. But Francis, it's about over 296 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:22,680 there. And in my breakdown, I had three 297 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:24,160 months before we built this building. 298 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:25,480 I had three months in bed. My. 299 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,560 I was just completely. I was like a nervous wreck. 300 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:32,280 He can't believe it, but I was just cry. 301 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:34,680 My wife would leave the home. My heart would start racing. 302 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:38,680 I've got a doctor here who looked after me, but I wrote 303 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:42,240 this down on the piece of paper. I said Lord Jesus, after about 2 304 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:44,680 1/2 months. Lord Jesus, I believe you've 305 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:47,280 called me to be a preacher, but I don't feel I'll ever have the 306 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:56,310 guts or the courage to ever stand up in front of people 307 00:19:56,310 --> 00:20:02,470 again and to preach the gospel. Please will you speak to me? 308 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:08,760 And I was in a town in Wellington where I stayed with 309 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:14,040 people who had no food, but every time a meal came, we'd sit 310 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:16,440 around the table and we'd pray. People would bring food. 311 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:18,600 And I went to bed that night. And I read from the book of 312 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:21,920 Habakkuk and it says, though the fig tree doesn't blossom and the 313 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:26,240 fruit produces no vine, yet I will serve you, my God and the 314 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:29,080 king. Like Hinds. 315 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:33,480 Feet on the high places. Suicide Reebok of the word placa 316 00:20:35,120 --> 00:20:36,920 and I prepared a sermon in the next week. 317 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:39,600 My pastor asked me to preach, and the first time I ever 318 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:41,120 preached was from the book of Habakkuk. 319 00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:44,400 Now the fig tree doesn't blossom and the vine produces no fruit. 320 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:46,200 Yet I will serve you, my God and my king. 321 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:50,680 Two days later, Francois who sits there who's watching online 322 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:55,800 now, wrote me a letter and said, hey, my friend, I'm busy praying 323 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:59,520 for you. God spoke to me from the book of 324 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:03,680 Habakkuk, chapter 3. Though the fig tree doesn't 325 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:06,720 blossom and the fruit produces no vine yet I will serve you, my 326 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:09,280 God, and my King. The entry before that, Lord God, 327 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:14,280 would I ever preach again. And now I stand in front of 328 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:18,960 thousands of people and I want to say to you, if you've had a 329 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:24,360 breakdown, if you've broken down and find yourself weeping 330 00:21:24,360 --> 00:21:31,000 bitterly, God says this to you. Peter. 331 00:21:33,360 --> 00:21:47,120 Peter, Rosemary, Julia, Jason, Brandon, Greg. 332 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,080 So Peter goes on this hole from making this incredible 333 00:21:55,080 --> 00:22:00,080 declaration all the way through to the distance, to the denial, 334 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:02,880 to the depression. Can you imagine what his 335 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:06,240 Saturday was like? We all had decent Saturday as I 336 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:09,120 watched the rugby yesterday, so silent Saturday. 337 00:22:09,120 --> 00:22:10,840 But Can you imagine what Peter said he was like? 338 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,080 You know when you've lost the game, when AFIZ are playing 339 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:19,640 against their main rivals and in the very last minute of the game 340 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:22,520 all you have to do is catch the ball and put it down and you 341 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:26,240 fumble it on the line. You saw it when the school was 342 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:28,960 playing against Gray College in the North State. 343 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:32,000 All the boy had to do was catch the ball and put it down and he 344 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,240 dropped it. Can you imagine what his Sunday 345 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,200 was like? Can you imagine what his Sunday 346 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:39,480 was like? We watched the Hilton, my class, 347 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:43,200 the big Derby of our school last year and and my class should 348 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,400 have won. And a boy kicked the ball and 349 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:48,640 and the full back just waited and waited and waited and 350 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:50,440 waited. And the next minute this Hilton 351 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:53,440 boy just came and he dived between his legs and he scored 352 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,800 and he won the game. Can you imagine what that full 353 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:59,040 back Saturday would have looked like with Sunday? 354 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:01,640 Can you imagine what some people who are sitting here, imagine 355 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:03,280 what they're like, think? I've messed it up. 356 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:05,840 I completely and utterly messed it up. 357 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:10,440 I messed it up. I spoke to a man who had an 358 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:12,360 affair and he got divorced. He just came to see me. 359 00:23:12,360 --> 00:23:16,560 He said, Rory, I've completely and utterly messed it up. 360 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:21,840 Now so did Peter. So did Peter and he was broken. 361 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:25,760 He was weeping, he was isolated, he was hiding. 362 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:29,960 But when Jesus throws up, he said this tell the disciples and 363 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:36,760 he restored him instantly. He restored him instantly. 364 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:40,120 Friends, some of you know this story, but let me tell you. 365 00:23:40,120 --> 00:23:43,240 But it comes from an Ernest Hemingway book. 366 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:46,720 But he tells the story of a dad who has fallen out with his son 367 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:50,360 Packer. All those tears are coming. 368 00:23:50,360 --> 00:24:03,560 Hey Sir, what's your name? Barnard and Barnard and Peter 369 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:08,160 and Barnard and Rory. What's your name? 370 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:21,680 Man Filler and Ashley Nervis. Hemingway writes this story of a 371 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:25,560 father who's fallen out with his son, and he can't find his son 372 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:29,600 because he's in Spain. And so he puts an advert in the 373 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:33,640 newspaper. He just writes, hey, Paco, all 374 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,520 is forgiven. Let's meet outside the Hotel 375 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:40,160 Montana tomorrow at 12:00 in the city square. 376 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:47,480 And at 12:00 in Spain, in the city square, 800 men called 377 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:55,680 Paco. 800 men called Paco came to meet their dad. 378 00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:59,400 Don't you remember that incredible story of Les 379 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,680 Miserables? Some of you would watch that in 380 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:03,040 London. You had the privilege of 381 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:07,280 watching one of the longest running shows ever, show of 382 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:11,640 unbelievable redemption with a man called Jean Valjan, who went 383 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:14,480 to jail for stealing a loaf of bread and spent 19 years in 384 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:16,080 jail. And when you came out of jail, 385 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:18,440 you got a yellow passport. You know, the the, the musical 386 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:20,560 that goes about. And with a yellow passport, 387 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:22,560 nobody would take you in because you're a criminal. 388 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:24,880 You had been in jail. And then the priest finds him 389 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,240 with the yellow pastor. He says, Jean Valjean, what are 390 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:28,840 you doing? He said nobody will take me in. 391 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:30,480 He said, no, you come and stay at my house. 392 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:33,600 And while he's having dinner at the priest's house, he sees all 393 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:39,600 the silverware. And while Jean, while the priest 394 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:43,480 is sleeping, Jean Valjean wakes up and he takes all the silver 395 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,040 where he steals it. And he's about to go out and the 396 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,000 priest confronts him. He says, what are you doing? 397 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:51,600 And he smacks him with one of the pieces of silver, splits his 398 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,760 eye open and disappears. And the whole story is about the 399 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:58,920 police chasing Jean Valjean, the law trying to catch you, like 400 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:01,240 many of you feel like you're running away from the law. 401 00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:04,960 You've got to stop on Easter Sunday and let the grace of God 402 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:09,440 arrest you in your place and call you Peter, Rory or Melanie 403 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:12,320 or whatever your name might be. But stop running. 404 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,800 When they brought him back to the priest's house with all the 405 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,840 silver, the policeman gladly said, we have caught the man who 406 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:22,200 stole your silver. And the priest takes the two 407 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:23,840 prize candlesticks off the table. 408 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:25,880 He said, no, I gave him the silver. 409 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:29,200 But Jean Valjean, you left the greatest pieces behind. 410 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:31,960 Take these two silver candlesticks and go and change 411 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:33,880 your life. And the rest of the story is 412 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:37,080 about him graciously bringing the Kingdom of God to the earth. 413 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:42,560 Friends, this is the day. This is the day that God calls 414 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:47,240 you by name and forgives you of all your sin and all your shame 415 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:52,440 and all your shortages and all your oaths that you've broken 416 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:55,520 and declared that you've bust. God sets it all free. 417 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:59,600 Today you walk out of this place with your name being spoken from 418 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:02,320 heaven, even if you've denied God. 419 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:07,920 Why Galilee? Why Galilee? 420 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:11,120 Why did he say, I'll meet you in Galilee? 421 00:27:13,120 --> 00:27:16,600 He said, well is it I'm going to go ahead and I'll meet you in 422 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:17,840 Galilee? Well, let's have a look at 423 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:27,500 Matthew chapter 4 as Jesus walking besides the Sea of 424 00:27:27,500 --> 00:27:32,700 Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his 425 00:27:32,700 --> 00:27:35,380 brother Andrew, and they were casting a net into the lake, for 426 00:27:35,380 --> 00:27:39,020 they were fishermen. Come follow me, Jesus said, and 427 00:27:39,020 --> 00:27:41,800 I will make you fishes of men. Why Galilee? 428 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:46,720 Because he had to take him back to the beginning. 429 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:49,720 He had to take him back to the place that he was called. 430 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:53,920 He said, Simon, I called you, Peter, I called you and I'm 431 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,280 going to make you a fisherman. What kind of men, Jesus? 432 00:27:56,440 --> 00:28:00,600 Men like you, men like you, Peter, men who are going to deny 433 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:03,280 me, men who are going to distance themselves from me, men 434 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:04,440 who are going to do all sorts of things. 435 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:05,720 I'm going to make you a fisherman. 436 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,640 I'm going to have have a run and then you're going to let me down 437 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:10,400 and then I'm going to take you back to the beginning. 438 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:13,000 I'm going to remind you why I called you and we're going to 439 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:17,480 have another run. Isn't God good? 440 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:20,760 He speaks to us again, takes us back to the beginning. 441 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:22,560 See, but I've messed this all up. 442 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:25,440 So let's go back and remind yourself I called you in Galilee 443 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:28,360 to go and touch people who are going to mess up their lives 444 00:28:28,360 --> 00:28:30,520 just like you. That's why you need you and I 445 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:31,880 need to be gracious with each other. 446 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,320 You know, friends, there's an amazing story in the book of 447 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:39,600 John because Peter cuts off Malkus's ear, he cuts off the 448 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:44,120 guy's ear. And in the book of John, when 449 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:48,360 they standing on the fire, it says one of his relatives said, 450 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:51,920 I saw you in the garden cutting off his ear. 451 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:54,400 They'll always be somebody to remind us. 452 00:28:54,480 --> 00:29:02,720 I saw you at Brow House, bro. I saw you at Brow House, 453 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:09,520 Akatyoka sin bedye black. I saw you on the road. 454 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:14,880 I saw you cut them off. I saw you dancing on the table. 455 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:16,720 I. There will always be somebody 456 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:21,720 who can testify against us. Jesus testifies for us. 457 00:29:27,810 --> 00:29:31,330 Let's read 1 Peter chapter 2. One Peter chapter one. 458 00:29:31,330 --> 00:29:39,080 This is a book that Peter wrote. We're nearly done one Peter 459 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:42,560 chapter one. They never turn the clock on, 460 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:46,280 which means I can preach longer. Now relax, I know you're outside 461 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:47,880 there because you want to get out fast. 462 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:52,120 And one guy, I saw his mate in the car park, he was trying to 463 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:56,360 push in on Friday and he shake shook his first and then he 464 00:29:56,360 --> 00:30:06,060 went. So when you want to race out, 465 00:30:06,060 --> 00:30:07,620 you just shake your first on you. 466 00:30:07,620 --> 00:30:11,460 But there'll always be one who sees you. 467 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:14,760 Always be one. I'm so scared to go to shopping 468 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:16,120 centers because there's so many of you now. 469 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:21,720 Now do something wrong somewhere. 470 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:25,520 Just remember Peter, just remember Peter. 471 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:29,880 So Peter writes this book and he says praise be to the God and 472 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:34,360 Father by Lord Jesus Christ in his great mercy. 473 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:40,080 In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope 474 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:42,680 through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 475 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:47,360 He's writing to us, Peter, the guy who's messed it up in 476 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:50,720 writing a book and he's saying praise be to the God and Father 477 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:53,560 of our Lord Jesus Christ in his great mercy, Say great mercy. 478 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:58,440 He denied Christ great mercy. He stepped out of the boat and 479 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:00,400 he fell in the water, Great mercy. 480 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:04,000 He fell asleep while Jesus was praying, great mercy. 481 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:07,400 He cut the guy's ear off, great mercy. 482 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:14,560 But there's a time, friends, when Jesus asked this question 483 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:17,920 and he says, who do people say that I am? 484 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:20,720 They say some say that you're Elijah, some say that you're a 485 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:23,200 prophet. He says, but you Peter, who do 486 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,600 you say that I am? He said you are Christ, the Son 487 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:27,840 of the living God. And in the book of Matthew, it 488 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:30,920 says you are right. What you say this has been given 489 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:34,400 to you by God, not by man. And Peter on this rock I will 490 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:36,840 build my church. But that's not what the book of 491 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:39,440 Mark says. The book of Mark is not the 492 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:40,840 whole lot of things disappearing. 493 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:44,240 And in the book of Mark, after he makes that statement, he says 494 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:47,600 he takes because Jesus said I'm going to die on the third day, 495 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:49,200 I'm going to rise and I'm going to Galilee. 496 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:51,400 Peter takes him aside and he rebukes him. 497 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:55,720 Peter rebukes Jesus. You know what Jesus says to him? 498 00:31:56,120 --> 00:32:00,480 You get behind me, Satan. Get behind me, Satan. 499 00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:04,320 Maybe you've been here involved in satanic stuff and you don't 500 00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:07,960 know how God can fix it. He fixes it on Easter Sunday 501 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:11,440 because even when there's been satanic behavior in our lives, 502 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:17,640 God redeems it in his great say it in his great mercy. 503 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:21,440 When Peter writes this, friends, this is not some kind of holy 504 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:23,440 apostle. This is a man who's deeply 505 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:25,520 broken, who's had an encounter with Christ. 506 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:30,520 He says I've really messed up my life, but Jesus was so gracious 507 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:34,320 that when 3 billion people meet, they're going to mention my 508 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:38,320 name. And God is going to save me from 509 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:44,080 all my mistakes, even when I represented Satan, even when I 510 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:47,560 represented Satan, his mercy is going to save me. 511 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:55,840 Isn't that amazing in his great mercy has given us new birth 512 00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:59,720 into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 513 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:03,840 Say living hope, living hope, friends, you know, you know when 514 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:07,400 we don't have time to read the story of John, but many of you 515 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:10,160 know it. But Peter loses it and he goes 516 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:12,360 back fishing and he takes all the disciples fishing. 517 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:15,320 And if you fished in Galilee, the sun would come up behind 518 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:18,840 you, and when you stood up, the shadow would be in front of you. 519 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:23,040 And Jesus is on the beach. Jesus on the beach making fish. 520 00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:27,840 Bry and Peter would have got off the boat. 521 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:30,880 He's walking towards Jesus and the Son is behind him and his 522 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:33,600 shadow is in front of him. Everything that he's done wrong, 523 00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:36,560 he's, he's denied Christ, he's distanced himself from Christ. 524 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:39,520 He's had a nervous breakdown. He's been hiding away from 525 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:42,040 everybody because it's a complete and utter failure. 526 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:45,240 He's gone back to what he thinks that God and, and, and, and he 527 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:47,560 starts walking and his shadow would have been in front of him. 528 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:50,680 And the closer and closer he gets, the Son behind him and the 529 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:53,160 Son of man in front of him, the closer he's gets. 530 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:54,640 The shadow would have come into him. 531 00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:02,400 And then the Bible says there's a shadow that goes behind him, 532 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:05,840 and when he walks through the book of Acts, that shadow starts 533 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:09,239 to heal people. Wherever he goes, a shadow 534 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:11,600 starts to heal people. You know those shadows that 535 00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:13,040 haunt you? You know those things in your 536 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:15,960 life that completely haunt you. You can't go to sleep at night 537 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:18,840 because they haunt you on Easter Sunday. 538 00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:23,000 Gives you a living hope. A living hope that means while 539 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,239 you're still alive, he takes your shadow, He pushes it back 540 00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:28,239 towards you, and then he sends it out behind you and that 541 00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:34,320 shadow starts healing people. You know what the Bible says? 542 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:36,080 It says Jesus goes ahead to Galilee. 543 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:42,120 He always goes ahead of us. He wants us to come to Him. 544 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:45,080 He wants us to leave where we are and come to him. 545 00:34:45,159 --> 00:34:47,600 Where are you today? Are you depressed? 546 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:50,400 Are you broken down and come to him? 547 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,040 It's a living hope. The Bible says he's seated at 548 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:57,080 the right hand of the Father, and I'm seated with him. 549 00:34:57,720 --> 00:35:01,400 I'm here and physically in three CR, but my spiritual position is 550 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,360 seated with Christ. And because of that I have a 551 00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:05,720 living hope. And I watch the markets do this 552 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:11,440 and I watch the country do this, and I watch the G&U do this, and 553 00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:14,280 I watch Prostor do that, and I watch SAA do this, and I watch 554 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:16,200 all these things, but I'm not seated here. 555 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:19,040 I'm seated with Christ and so I have a living hope. 556 00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:23,400 I've seen so many people leave this country and take their kids 557 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,240 to Australia and their kids don't serve Jesus. 558 00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:27,840 We have a living hope in this country, friends preached by 559 00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:30,360 Peter. Peter, whose life fell apart, 560 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:33,240 said we have a living hope. We are meant to be here at this 561 00:35:33,240 --> 00:35:36,960 time, speaking to this nation about Jesus, giving them a 562 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:46,560 living hope and an inheritance. An inheritance that can never 563 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:48,960 say never. It can never. 564 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:52,560 You can deny him, you can distance yourself from him, you 565 00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:58,800 can do whatever you like, but it will never perish, spoil, or 566 00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:02,440 fade. Kept in heaven for you who 567 00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:06,760 through faith are shielded, say, shielded, shielded by God's 568 00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:09,960 power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be 569 00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:13,040 revealed in the last time. Friends, He deals with my past 570 00:36:13,240 --> 00:36:16,280 in mercy. He deals with my present in 571 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:18,960 living hope. And he deals with my future by 572 00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:23,000 giving me an inheritance that can never spoil, perish, or 573 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:26,720 fade. I close with the Scripture and 574 00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:29,320 then we're going to pray. Acts Chapter 2. 575 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:41,400 In Mark 16 it says and tell the disciples and Peter who denied 576 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:44,080 me, distanced himself for me, had a nervous breakdown. 577 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:48,600 He's in a really bad place. I'm going to just use his name 578 00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:50,960 and I'm going to call him close. I'm going to meet him in Galilee 579 00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:54,040 to remind him of why I call the mother fishing into preaching. 580 00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:58,480 I mean, use a man called Francois of Reconst Man just to 581 00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:01,920 pray for his English pastor and write them a scripture so they 582 00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:05,600 continue to preach. Then Peter say Peter stood up 583 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:06,720 with the 11. It's gone around. 584 00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:09,000 It was disciples and Peter. Now it's Peter and the 11. 585 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:11,760 He's doing what he's called to do, raised his voice and address 586 00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:14,000 the crowd. Fellow Jews and all of you who 587 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:15,800 live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you. 588 00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:18,400 Listen carefully to what I say. These men are not drunk as you 589 00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:20,560 suppose. It's only 9 in the morning. 590 00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:28,840 Peter and Adam and Amanda and Abigail and Albert and Alejandra 591 00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:33,120 and Ashley and Basilique and Blair and Bobby and Bottemella 592 00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:36,600 and Bongani and Byron and Caleb and Corinne and Carlos and 593 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:40,520 Kathleen and Shawl and Cowan and Griselda and Dion and DNA and 594 00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:43,760 Delinka and David and Dimitri and Diteto and Eddie and Irani 595 00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:52,720 and Eli and Eliza and Estie. Stand up on Easter Sunday and do 596 00:37:52,720 --> 00:37:56,880 what God has called you to do, free from your past, delivered 597 00:37:56,880 --> 00:38:01,640 from your sins, redeemed from your failures, overshadowed by 598 00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:03,560 the goodness of God in your denial. 599 00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:08,760 Say this with me and Peter. Turn to the person next to you 600 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:28,720 and use their name. With faith, we're just going to 601 00:38:28,720 --> 00:38:32,520 say two things, English first, Afrikaans second, and Peter from 602 00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:38,480 the bottom of your heart say. And Peter and Peter and Peter. 603 00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:42,120 Don't ever forget 2 words that changed one man's life. 604 00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:44,120 That man's life has changed our lives. 605 00:38:44,720 --> 00:38:46,840 And you 2 are called to change people's lives. 606 00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:47,760 Happy Easter.