1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,440 And let me just say this, we're so thankful that you would take 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:07,720 a little portion of your holiday weekend and be in God's house. 3 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:11,640 And we just really believe that God that wants to speak to you, 4 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:15,080 that the God of the universe loves you and he has a word for 5 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:19,680 every single one of us today. So I'm so glad you're in the 6 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:23,360 house and and anybody maybe you noticed you picked up on our 7 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:28,360 theme this year and that is there's power in the name of 8 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:30,400 Jesus. Did you catch the little part 9 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:32,880 about or all over the place about names? 10 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:36,960 Come on, somebody say the name of Jesus And listen, we around 11 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:38,680 here at Next Level Church love to have fun. 12 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:42,480 And, and so over the last few weeks, I actually have done some 13 00:00:42,480 --> 00:00:48,640 research on actual names of real cities in the United States of 14 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:51,480 America. These are real places. 15 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:54,440 And maybe you've heard of them. I bet you haven't heard of a lot 16 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:56,600 of them. And so I did some research. 17 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:59,760 I double checked the research. I had several people say to me 18 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:01,960 already, no way that's a real place. 19 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:03,880 It's real. Let me show you a few of them. 20 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:06,280 Defiance. OH, actually is. 21 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:07,800 Is there anybody heard of Defiance? 22 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:10,400 OH, yeah. I've actually preached at a 23 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,320 church in Defiance. OH, I preached on rebellion. 24 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:18,760 It just felt right, just it just felt like the right thing to do. 25 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:21,080 There's another place called Hell, Michigan. 26 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:24,760 If you've ever said or thought to yourself, man, I feel like 27 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:25,920 I'm going through hell right now. 28 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:28,480 I have actually, though, I've been to both those place. 29 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:30,800 Hell, Michigan, it's not a big city, but it's, it's, it's 30 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:32,680 there's a sign that says welcome to hell. 31 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:39,240 It's so that's that's true. Here's another actual true city 32 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:41,520 in the United States, and that's Chicken Alaska. 33 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:45,040 Actual place. Apparently they wanted to name 34 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:48,760 it after like this exotic bird that's found in Alaska, but 35 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:51,800 there was an argument about what kind of what the actual name of 36 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:54,120 the bird was. And so somebody said, let's just 37 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:56,600 call it a chicken, and that became the name of the town. 38 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:58,040 Chicken Alaska. There you go. 39 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:02,600 For those of you Christmas enthusiasts, Santa Claus IN I've 40 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,040 been there again. Yep, I love that. 41 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:09,039 And for those of you who love Hostess prepackaged Hostess 42 00:02:09,039 --> 00:02:13,680 Snacks, Ding Dong, Texas, that might be the place for you. 43 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,640 It's actually named because the little general store in their 44 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:20,320 little town, their little area had two bells and every time the 45 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:21,960 door would open, it would go Ding Dong. 46 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:25,760 And so people started calling it Ding Dong and it's stuck there. 47 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:29,120 You go to which at some point right now, many of you probably 48 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,760 listening to me or going, Pastor Matt, why are we doing this? 49 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:35,240 Good question. Same question people in why 50 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:39,600 Arizona were asking as well. Of course, if there's AY 51 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,000 Arizona, then that would have there would have to be a why not 52 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:43,760 North Carolina, right? There you go. 53 00:02:43,920 --> 00:02:45,800 True place. It's an actual place, Why not 54 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:47,680 North Carolina? And you're thinking to yourself, 55 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:49,240 no, no, no, surely that's an accident. 56 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,920 Same thing people in Maryland thought when they named their 57 00:02:51,920 --> 00:02:55,000 little town accident Maryland. And you may be thinking, well, 58 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,200 maybe it was a really bad car crash or a buggy crash, as it 59 00:02:58,200 --> 00:02:59,440 were. It wasn't. 60 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:02,520 It was actually just a little plot of land that two people 61 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,480 thought they owned or possessed and they had a different name 62 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:07,280 for it. And they said, well, this is 63 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,600 just a really bad accident. And that was the name And the 64 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,720 name of the town became accident Maryland. 65 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:14,040 One more. You ready for this? 66 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,200 Some people in Colorado, perhaps they were doing illegal 67 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:19,440 substances when they said, you know what, our town doesn't even 68 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:22,080 need a name. We're just going to call this no 69 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:26,440 name Colorado for real. There's power in the name. 70 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:30,080 Everyone say power in the name. Let me ask you, did you have a 71 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:31,800 nickname? Anybody have a nickname when you 72 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:33,440 were growing up? Anybody. 73 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:36,320 Maybe your friends called you something, or maybe your parents 74 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:37,760 called you something. Maybe your brother or sister 75 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:40,240 called you something. For me, my brother called me 76 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:44,520 Mashy Tashy for a long time. I don't know, in 30 years of 77 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:46,600 preach, I've never confessed that until right now. 78 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:48,600 Why not do it in front of several thousand people on 79 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:50,200 Easter? Let's do that, Mashy. 80 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:52,160 I hated it, man. I hated my brother called me 81 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:55,320 Mashy Tashy. When I was in in elementary 82 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:58,840 school, I started doing productions with with the 83 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:00,560 theater in our local high school. 84 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,600 And so because they would cast me in all the children's parts, 85 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:06,360 everybody obviously was older in age and size than me. 86 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:08,320 So I became known as Little Matt. 87 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:11,040 For several years I was Little Matt and then I went through my 88 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:14,560 growth spurt and was 61 and was like I'm not Little Matt 89 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:17,320 anymore. Take that and probably the name 90 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:20,279 that that rings in my ears. I can hear it even now. 91 00:04:21,399 --> 00:04:24,480 It was in my momma's voice. When I would do something as a 92 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:28,680 child that I was in trouble for, she would either yell up the 93 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,720 stairs or down the stairs to the basement, and she would use my 94 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,040 first and middle name. Matthew. 95 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:36,720 William, you get out here, right? 96 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,720 And I knew I was in trouble. Anybody else ever have a mom use 97 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,560 your first and middle name? And you knew, uh oh, there's 98 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:44,720 power in that name. I better come right now. 99 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:45,840 Hey. OK, here's what I want you to 100 00:04:45,840 --> 00:04:46,720 do. Audience participation. 101 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:48,880 Wherever you're at, every location, turn to the person 102 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:51,960 sitting next to you and tell them what your childhood 103 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:53,960 nickname was or something that people called you. 104 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:54,440 Come on. Go ahead. 105 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:56,480 Tell them what? Your what your how his nickname 106 00:04:56,480 --> 00:05:06,920 was when when you were a kid, somebody you were like, I can't 107 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:09,200 even say it. Like I'm not actually, I can't 108 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:13,200 I, I can't say that out loud. That's OK. 109 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:20,840 We understand in preparation and reading through the Easter story 110 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:27,080 this year, over the last few months, there's a there's a 111 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:31,880 detail in the Easter story that that stands out to me and I 112 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:33,400 actually want to draw our attention to it. 113 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:36,440 Maybe you've heard or you've read the Easter story throughout 114 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:38,480 your life. Maybe, you know, you attend on 115 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,160 every Easter, you come to church and you hear the the story of 116 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:43,840 Jesus and his death and burial and resurrection. 117 00:05:43,840 --> 00:05:46,680 And but I just think that it's possible that there's some of us 118 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,720 that that you're going to catch a detail in the story that may 119 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:54,160 even change the way you think about crosses, like the symbol 120 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:56,600 of a cross, because when we think about the cross that Jesus 121 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,040 died on, right, we think of like the main pole and then like 1 122 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,760 cross bar. But the Bible actually records 123 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:04,760 that that wasn't actually complete. 124 00:06:05,840 --> 00:06:08,640 So I want us to look at the story John chapter 19. 125 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:10,760 It's found in all four gospels. But I want us to look at John 126 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:13,960 chapter 19 this weekend and jump from there. 127 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:16,360 But before we turn there, let me set the stage for us. 128 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:19,840 So Jesus has been performing miracles, teaching for about 3 129 00:06:19,840 --> 00:06:21,960 years. And then he starts telling his 130 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,080 disciples and those of you who were in church last Sunday, you 131 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:26,560 remember we talked about this, that he needed to go up to 132 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:29,720 Jerusalem and when he got there, he was going to be betrayed and 133 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:31,280 crucified. And the disciples were kind of 134 00:06:31,280 --> 00:06:33,040 glossed over. They didn't really understand it 135 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:35,240 till after he was after the resurrection. 136 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:37,960 And so on Palm Sunday, a week before Easter or was the 137 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:42,400 Passover in those days, he goes up to Jerusalem. 138 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:44,760 And again, if you missed last Sunday, you can watch it online. 139 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,840 But we talked about Jesus triumphal entry, Palm Senate. 140 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:50,880 People are waving palm branches and praising him and and 141 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:53,600 worshipping him. But unfortunately their praise 142 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:55,440 and adoration of Jesus didn't last long. 143 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:01,960 And by Wednesday into Thursday, Jesus has been arrested for 144 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:06,160 inciting a riot and he's LED from one illegal trial to the 145 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:07,920 next. And by Thursday night, he's 146 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,840 sentenced to death by crucifixion. 147 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:15,720 And on Friday morning, what you and I know as Good Friday or 148 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:21,200 historically was known as Black Friday, Jesus was crucified on a 149 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:24,000 cross. Let me take you there. 150 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,160 John chapter 19 says this. So they took Jesus away, 151 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:31,000 carrying the cross by himself. He went to the place called 152 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,360 Place of the Skull in Hebrew Golgotha. 153 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,040 There they nailed him to the cross. 154 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:39,640 Two others were crucified with him, one on either side with 155 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:42,240 Jesus between them. Verse 19 here. 156 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:44,240 This is what I want us to see this week in church family. 157 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,200 And Pilate, who was kind of in charge of the whole thing, 158 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:54,800 posted a sign on the cross that read Jesus of Nazareth, the king 159 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:58,280 of the Jews. And the place where Jesus was 160 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:00,840 crucified was near the city. And the sign was written in 161 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:05,240 three languages, Hebrew, Latin and Greek so that many people 162 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:09,920 could read it. So Jesus, when he's crucified on 163 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:13,480 the cross, the Bible tells us that there was a sign that was 164 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,800 placed above him in Hebrew, Latin and Greek, 3 languages. 165 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:20,240 It would have looked similar to to this above his head. 166 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:24,760 And it said Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the Jews. 167 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:27,520 Well, of course, when the religious leaders of the day 168 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:29,880 heard that, they got mad. They didn't, they didn't like 169 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:31,440 that. So, so look verse 21. 170 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:33,960 Then the leading priests objected and they said to 171 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:38,280 Pilate, change it, change it from the king of the Jews to he 172 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:43,520 said, or he, he, he proclaimed like he thought he was the king 173 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:45,440 of the Jews. And I love this Pilot replied, 174 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:51,800 no, what I have written, I have written when Jesus was crucified 175 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:57,160 on the cross on that Good Friday, there was a sign, there 176 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:00,760 was a label, there was a name above his head. 177 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:07,240 So Father, we thank you, but today on Easter, we can 178 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:12,160 celebrate your death, burial and resurrection. 179 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:15,280 Lord Jesus. Father, I pray that in the next 180 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:16,880 few moments you would speak to us. 181 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:20,680 Lord, our hearts are open. God, we want to hear from you. 182 00:09:20,680 --> 00:09:23,080 We're desperate to hear from you. 183 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:25,320 Speak. We're listening. 184 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:29,160 And everyone who agreed with that prayer said Amen. 185 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:35,520 There was a sign above Jesus on the cross. 186 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:46,240 Ever thought about what sign would be above your life if 187 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:50,120 there was 1 ever thought? Maybe you've never thought about 188 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:52,680 it. Maybe maybe you've thought about 189 00:09:52,680 --> 00:09:54,120 it often. Never thought about what what 190 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:56,920 the label would be over your life? 191 00:09:56,920 --> 00:10:00,120 What the what the name would be over your life? 192 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:02,520 Let me ask it a little bit further. 193 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:06,880 Let me take it a step further. Would you like the label, the 194 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:11,640 name that would be put over your life? 195 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:14,440 Would, would, maybe some of us, we would be embarrassed by it or 196 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:22,000 we would feel ashamed of it. See, I think if we, if we went 197 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:27,360 around the room today, wherever location you're at, I, I, I have 198 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:31,640 a sense that most of us would probably not be proud of the 199 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:37,800 name over our life. Maybe you're listening to me 200 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:41,880 right now and as I've asked the question, what name, what label, 201 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:45,720 what would be on over your, over your life? 202 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:49,560 Maybe the word failure or disappoint. 203 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:58,560 Maybe it's maybe it's the word addict because you just can't 204 00:10:58,560 --> 00:11:04,440 seem to break free. Maybe, maybe it's irresponsible 205 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:08,920 or or a mistake. Maybe someone has told you your 206 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:12,680 entire life you're a mistake. You you were unwanted, you were 207 00:11:12,680 --> 00:11:16,280 unplanned, you maybe, maybe the word over your life this Easter, 208 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:18,680 if you're being honest, is is the word forgotten because you 209 00:11:18,680 --> 00:11:22,360 feel like life has happened to you and it seems as if no one 210 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:28,040 can see you anymore? Maybe it's the word messed up or 211 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:32,640 a mess up. Maybe the word over your life 212 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:37,800 this Easter, if we're being honest, is regret or promise 213 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,720 breaker. Maybe some of you the word is 214 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:43,400 imposter because you feel like you're just you're just faking. 215 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:45,840 You're just going through life faking everybody else. 216 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:49,120 Maybe, maybe, maybe it's maybe it's womanizer or cheater. 217 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:53,000 Maybe it's thief. Maybe the word over your life is 218 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:56,440 guilty or the bad one. Maybe someone in your life, 219 00:11:56,560 --> 00:12:00,400 since you were small, labeled you're the bad one, your sister, 220 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:02,280 she's the good one, but you're the bad one. 221 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:06,480 Your brother, he's the OR maybe flip it over, you're the good 222 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:10,080 one and you felt this pressure on you to perform. 223 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:12,440 You felt this pressure. I can't ever screw up. 224 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:15,080 I have to be perfect. I have to be the good one. 225 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:19,360 I have to live in too. The name maybe your name is 226 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:23,000 self-made and you've looked on and you've went I've I've pulled 227 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,320 myself up. I've I'm a self-made man. 228 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:29,240 I'm a self-made woman. Maybe your word is independence 229 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,920 and you've lived your life shaking your fists and everybody 230 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:34,080 around you. Maybe it's rogue, maybe, I don't 231 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:37,000 know. Maybe it's defiant or arrogant. 232 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:39,160 Maybe the word above your head is jerk. 233 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:44,040 What's your name? What's your label? 234 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:44,960 What? What's your sign? 235 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:50,480 Jesus was crucified with a sign over his head. 236 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:56,800 When Jesus gave his life not for his own sin, because he lived a 237 00:12:56,800 --> 00:13:00,000 perfect sinless life. When Jesus gave up his life on 238 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:09,320 that cross for your sin and mine, he shed his blood so that 239 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:11,440 we could be forgiven. And the Bible tells us that by 240 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:13,240 mid afternoon the world had gone dark. 241 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:16,800 Jesus breathed his last and he said the words. 242 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:20,600 It is finished and then the Bible tells us that there was a 243 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,880 great earthquake, that the curtain in the temple was torn 244 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:26,320 from top to bottom. In other words, symbolizing for 245 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:30,200 us that the that there's no distance between US and God any 246 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:34,240 longer. The gap has been broken. 247 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:42,360 A man named Joseph of Arimathea, the Bible says, went to Pilate. 248 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:46,320 It says he took courage and he went before Pilate and he asked 249 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:50,480 for Jesus body. Pilate granted his request and 250 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:56,240 they took his body down on that first Good Friday and they 251 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:59,720 buried Jesus in a borrowed tomb and the tomb and they rolled a 252 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:02,400 giant stone in front of the tomb. 253 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:10,040 This Friday moved into Saturday, the Sabbath. 254 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:16,840 The world went quiet, and on Sabbath, nothing happened. 255 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:21,640 His followers were left to wonder what would come, what 256 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:27,480 would be. But as Saturday turned into 257 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:35,800 Sunday, that first resurrection Sunday, well, look what 258 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:38,040 happened. Matthew 28 says this after the 259 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:41,520 Sabbath. It dawned on the first day of 260 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:45,520 the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the 261 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:48,720 tomb and there was a violent earthquake. 262 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:52,240 I love this for an Angel of the Lord came down from heaven and 263 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:56,440 going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and then look at this 264 00:14:56,440 --> 00:15:02,360 part and sat on it. That's our God, that's our God. 265 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:05,920 He rolled back this heavy stone and then he just sat on it and 266 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:11,440 went what up world love it Verse 3 his appearance the Angel was 267 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:13,560 like lightning in his clothes were white as snow. 268 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:17,440 The guards look at this were so afraid of him that they shook 269 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:20,480 and became like dead men. They just passed out. 270 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:25,920 Love it Verse 5 Look the Angel said to the women, do not be 271 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:30,160 afraid for I know that you are looking for Jesus who was 272 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:32,440 crucified. Look at this part church family, 273 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:44,120 he is not here. He has risen just as he said he 274 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:46,480 would come and see the place where he laid. 275 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:51,400 Church family, Jesus rose and when he did, he gave you and I 276 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:56,440 power to have a new name over our life. 277 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:00,680 That's the God we serve. That's the God we serve. 278 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:04,120 He is risen. He is risen in. 279 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:07,400 So this Easter, I want, I want you to remember three things. 280 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:09,800 I want you to remember 3 things through Jesus. 281 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:12,320 Here's the first one. Number one, we have our true 282 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:14,560 identity. Everyone say our true identity. 283 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:17,800 Through Jesus, we have our true identity. 284 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:22,600 Listen, I don't know what the label is that's been put on your 285 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:24,240 life. I don't know what people have 286 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:27,880 called you or inferred you. I don't know what that name is 287 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:31,040 that has rattled around in your head for your entire life. 288 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:34,000 But can I tell you something according to the word of God 289 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:39,080 that Jesus came in so that you and I could be called sons and 290 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:43,040 daughters of God? That's who we are. 291 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:47,000 Galatians chapter 3, verse 26 For you are all sons and 292 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,840 daughters of God. Look, here's how through faith 293 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:53,120 in Jesus Christ. When we put our faith in Jesus 294 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:56,880 Christ, we become sons and daughters of God. 295 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:03,120 Maybe you've been living under under that negative identity. 296 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:06,839 Can I tell you something? No matter what name has been 297 00:17:06,839 --> 00:17:10,560 stamped on you, no matter what name has rolled around in your 298 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:13,240 brain, has defined you up until now. 299 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:18,680 Good news, because of Jesus, our true identity is no longer what 300 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:21,880 they said about us, what they say about us, what they infer 301 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:25,160 about us. Our true identity is found in 302 00:17:25,319 --> 00:17:28,240 Him. We are sons and daughters of 303 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:34,760 God. When my oldest son Will got 304 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:39,080 married a few years ago, right after they got engaged, they 305 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:42,680 they came up with a hashtag because apparently you can't get 306 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:44,320 married these days without a hashtag. 307 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:47,320 And so I love it. Suggest my my future 308 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:48,440 daughter-in-law, now daughter-in-law. 309 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:52,160 Her hashtag that she came up with when as soon as Will gave 310 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:56,560 her the ring and she said yes, her hashtag was call her a 311 00:17:56,560 --> 00:18:01,360 Keller. I was like, yeah, like it, call 312 00:18:01,360 --> 00:18:03,560 her a Keller. So everything with their wedding 313 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:06,600 online was all about hashtag call her a Keller. 314 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:08,120 And then she got married and guess what? 315 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:11,360 She took on a new name. Not that her old name was bad, 316 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:14,360 but her new name was Keller. And I like that name a lot. 317 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:19,280 See, listen, when you and I come into Jesus, when you and I come 318 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:22,000 and relate into relationship with the King of Kings and the 319 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,800 Lord of Lords, Jesus, guess what? 320 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:30,040 He gives us a new name because our identity can be permanently 321 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:35,480 changed in Him. Jesus is our true identity. 322 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:38,320 Here's the second thing I hope you'll remember this Easter #2 323 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:41,520 through Jesus we have our best connection. 324 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:45,320 Everyone say best connection. Through Jesus we have our best 325 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:47,840 connection. Let me ask you something. 326 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:51,040 Have you ever been around someone who is like a 327 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:54,480 professional name dropper? Anybody know what I'm talking 328 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:56,560 about? I have a friend who, well, he's 329 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:57,520 not. I wouldn't even say he's a 330 00:18:57,520 --> 00:18:59,120 friend. He's more of an acquaintance. 331 00:18:59,120 --> 00:19:02,120 But every time I get around this guy, every time I get around 332 00:19:02,120 --> 00:19:05,800 this guy, like within seconds my man is dropping names. 333 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:08,440 Now, to his credit, he knows a lot of people. 334 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:13,200 Like you just ask him like he like, for real. 335 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:15,760 Like he like next. Like within minutes my man is 336 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:18,000 like, well, hey, I was on so and so's boat the other day and 337 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,000 yeah, a few weeks ago we're on vacation with so and so. 338 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:22,280 Then I was on this. That was the plane and the thing 339 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:24,280 I saw so and so and that was the so and so's house. 340 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:30,920 I'm like, wow, brother, you know a lot of people, you know, that 341 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:34,600 has nothing to do with anything except you'd like him. 342 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:40,960 He's a good time. So several years ago, Sarah and 343 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:44,040 I and our team, several of us were at Christ Fellowship for 344 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:45,560 Christ Fellowship Conference in West Palm. 345 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:48,360 Christ Fellowship Pastors Todd and Julie Mullins, who who are 346 00:19:48,360 --> 00:19:51,880 our pastors, which by the way, Pastor Todd Mullins is going to 347 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:54,800 be preaching in the house with us next Sunday. 348 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:58,280 Next Sunday. He released a book in the last 349 00:19:58,280 --> 00:19:59,640 year. And so we're doing a whole 350 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,160 series based on his book. So make sure you're here in the 351 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:03,320 house. So anyway, Pastor Tal, we're 352 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:06,840 there at Christ Fellowship. And, and so before the 2nd 353 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:10,360 evening service, which Pastor Jensen Franklin was going to be 354 00:20:10,360 --> 00:20:13,200 preaching at that night, we had dinner in the green room. 355 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:15,440 And so I actually got to sit next. 356 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaking of name dropping, here I go, right? 357 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:23,640 I got to have dinner with Pastor Jensen Franklin. 358 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:24,680 That's kind of fun. So it was. 359 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:28,000 So I was sitting there. I really did just name drop. 360 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:34,280 Wow, it feels good, actually. So I'm sitting at the table and 361 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:36,560 then Pastor Jensen was next to me and then next to him at the 362 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:40,760 end of the table was a guy that he didn't know who had spoken in 363 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:43,360 the earlier afternoon session. And then Pastor Todd and a few 364 00:20:43,360 --> 00:20:45,760 other people around the table, So I'm listening to Pastor 365 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:47,840 Jensen and this guy at the end of the table who had spoken 366 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:51,040 earlier have this conversation and, and they're just getting to 367 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:53,280 know each other and asking about ministry and what they're doing 368 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:55,680 and all of that. And then Pastor Jensen asked him 369 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:58,440 a question that I actually thought when I heard it, he had 370 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:01,240 misspoke, that he looked at the guy at the end of the table and 371 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:06,440 he said, who are you from? And I was like, did he mean 372 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:09,440 like, where are you from? He didn't. 373 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:12,440 He looked right at this guy and he said, who are you from? 374 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:16,000 And the guy had actually served with Craig Rochelle at Life 375 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,960 Church in Oklahoma, the biggest church in America. 376 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:20,040 He had served on his staff for several years. 377 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,040 And he looked right back at Pastor Jensen without missing a 378 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:23,240 beat. And he said, I'm from Craig 379 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:25,800 Rochelle. And they said I served for him 380 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:29,000 13 years, whatever it was. And, and they just went right on 381 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:30,800 with their conversation. And Jensen was, oh, that's cool 382 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:33,040 and whatever. And I never forgot that 383 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,240 question. Who are you from? 384 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:39,600 Who are you from? See, here's what I think, 385 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,640 Church. I think some of us, when you 386 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:44,560 hear me ask the question, who are you from? 387 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:52,360 It throws you a little bit because who you're from or where 388 00:21:52,360 --> 00:21:56,760 you're from is not something that you're particularly proud 389 00:21:56,760 --> 00:22:03,360 of. I've just had this sense coming 390 00:22:03,360 --> 00:22:07,760 into this Easter weekend this year that God wants to set some 391 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:14,080 of us free because some of you, you're not proud of where you 392 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:17,160 came from. Some of you, you had a parent, a 393 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:21,600 father or mother who was incarcerated, who was in prison. 394 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,640 You, maybe you had a father who left you, who walked out on you 395 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:26,920 that you never knew. You never knew who you're from. 396 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:27,840 You don't even know where you're. 397 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:30,400 Maybe you've been adopted and you've kind of live with this 398 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:34,000 angst in your heart about your connection, who you're connected 399 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:35,760 to. Can I tell you something? 400 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:42,160 Thanks be to God through Jesus, we have a new identity, but we 401 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:48,480 also have our best connection. God wants to set you free, some 402 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:52,560 of you. You put your faith in Jesus and 403 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:57,880 you are literally changing your family tree because you have 404 00:22:57,880 --> 00:22:59,480 been ashamed of where you came from. 405 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:02,000 You have been, you've been discouraged because you're not. 406 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:05,240 You don't have some fancy name, you grew up on the wrong side of 407 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,720 the tracks or whatever. However you would say in that 408 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:11,720 neighborhood and God wants you to know this Easter in Jesus, 409 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,600 you have a better connection. Where are you from? 410 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:16,920 Who are you from? You are from Jesus. 411 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:22,680 That's who you are and you are literally, I'm so proud of you. 412 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:25,640 You are literally changing your family tree. 413 00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:29,080 If the stuff you have carried, the baggage you have carried 414 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:32,360 from your past, guess what? Your kids, your grandkids, 415 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:35,720 generations down the line from you, they're not going to have 416 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:38,520 to carry that the way you did. It ends with you. 417 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:41,280 Why? Because Jesus is our best 418 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:47,440 connection. He's our best connection #3 What 419 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:51,560 I want you to remember this Easter is through Jesus we have 420 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:55,240 our greatest power. Everyone say greatest power 421 00:23:56,760 --> 00:24:00,960 church, Can I tell you who some of the most powerful people in 422 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:05,400 the world are? Crossing guards? 423 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:15,200 No, think about it. You take a a retired old man or 424 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:21,960 a retired woman, retired woman, you put a crossing guard harness 425 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:24,480 on them and give them a little stop sign. 426 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:30,520 They can stop a soccer mom running late who hasn't had her 427 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:32,760 coffee yet. That's power. 428 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:41,120 That's power. Now what? 429 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:46,360 How can they stop buses? How can they stop soccer moms 430 00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:49,400 running late? Not in their own name. 431 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:54,040 Because in and of themselves, they're just as a person making 432 00:24:54,040 --> 00:25:00,440 12 bucks an hour, watch this. When they put on that sash and 433 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:04,560 hold up that stop sign, They're not standing in the middle of 434 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:06,520 the street in their own power, in their own name. 435 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:09,840 They're standing there with the school behind them. 436 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:13,840 They're standing there with the laws of our land behind them. 437 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:17,000 They're standing there with the safety of our children. 438 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,240 That makes me tear up with the safety of our children behind 439 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:23,440 them. That gives them a lot of power. 440 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:25,600 And can I tell you something this Easter? 441 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:27,960 Guess what? When you and I come in our name, 442 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:30,480 when you and I stand in our name, guess what? 443 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:32,000 We don't have a whole lot of power. 444 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:36,920 But there's a name. The Bible says it's greater than 445 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:39,440 every other name. There's a name that's bigger and 446 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:41,840 more powerful and stronger than any other name. 447 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:50,200 And that name is the mighty name of Jesus, man. 448 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:54,080 There's sometimes when Sarah and I will be facing a situation, 449 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:57,600 we're up against the wall, we're up against the deadline, we're 450 00:25:57,600 --> 00:25:59,960 up against something that seems impossible. 451 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:04,000 And can I tell you what we do? We don't stand there going well, 452 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:05,400 thank goodness I'm a good person. 453 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:07,560 Thank goodness we're we got into no, no, no, no, no. 454 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:09,320 Listen, you know what we do? We just start praying in the 455 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:11,520 name of Jesus. Why? 456 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:14,080 Because then Matt and Sarah Keller's that name doesn't do 457 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,360 much. But the name of Jesus. 458 00:26:17,360 --> 00:26:19,440 Well, let me show you Philippians chapter 2, verses 10 459 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:24,480 and 11 at the name of Jesus. Not our name. 460 00:26:25,360 --> 00:26:27,680 Not the name of our favorite politician or our political 461 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:29,880 party. Not the name of our favorite 462 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,720 sports team. We're our favorite podcaster. 463 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:33,880 No, no, no. At the name. 464 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:39,280 Come on, somebody, at the name of Jesus, every knee will bow. 465 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:42,960 Look at this, in heaven and on earth and under the earth. 466 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:46,360 In other words, even the demons have to respond to that name, 467 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:50,800 the name of Jesus, and every tongue confess or acknowledge, 468 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:52,840 look that Jesus Christ is Lord. Here. 469 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:59,720 Watch for one reason, for the glory of God the Father. 470 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:03,160 This Easter I want you to remember that in him, in Jesus, 471 00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:09,200 we have our true identity, we have our best connection, we 472 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:16,120 have our greatest power. When Jesus was crucified, he had 473 00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:19,400 a name written above him. You know what that what the name 474 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:21,160 was? King. 475 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:30,320 Let me ask you a question. Is Jesus king of your life? 476 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:37,360 Is he ruler of your heart? Is he, we would say, Lord of 477 00:27:37,360 --> 00:27:39,080 your life? Have you surrendered complete 478 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:43,520 control to him? Because that's the best way to 479 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:46,960 live. God's got an amazing plan for 480 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:51,040 us, the way he wants us to live. And it's not just cerebral. 481 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:53,840 It's not just a, a, a, a knowing in our mind. 482 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:57,960 No, no, no, Jesus wants to write a new name over our heart called 483 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:01,800 son and daughter, but he asked us to surrender. 484 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:05,040 Is Jesus Lord of your life? Is he ruler? 485 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:08,120 Is he King over all in your life? 486 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,280 Here's what I think. I think it's possible that there 487 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:16,800 are many who have come into one of our locations today, Cape 488 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:25,840 Coral or downtown or East here online, and you've heard about 489 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:30,720 Jesus, but you've never surrendered your life to His 490 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:35,680 Lordship. Maybe you've even accepted Him 491 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:41,720 as Savior, forgiven of your sins, but you've never fully 492 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:46,000 surrendered your life to Jesus. I want to give you an 493 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:51,400 opportunity to do that today for the sake of the privacy of this 494 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:52,760 moment. Can we just every location, can 495 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:54,680 we just bow our heads across every room? 496 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:56,920 Just bow. Let's just close our eyes even 497 00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:59,080 just just for the privacy of this moment. 498 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:03,960 If you're in one of our rooms today or online family, that's 499 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:07,480 you listen and you've never said yes to a relationship with Jesus 500 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:08,920 Christ. It's a free gift. 501 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:11,720 And it's as simple as acknowledging that you're a 502 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:14,360 Sinner, believing that what Jesus did on the cross was 503 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:17,320 payment for your sin and then confessing that. 504 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:20,040 I want to give you an opportunity to confess that 505 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:22,840 today. So whatever room you're in, I'm 506 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:24,280 going to count the three in just a moment. 507 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:27,520 And if you're ready to surrender your life to the lordship of G, 508 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:29,680 if you're ready to say yes, I need to be. 509 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:30,800 Pastor Matt. That's me. 510 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:33,680 Include me in. I want you to throw your hand up 511 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:35,360 whatever room you're in. Ready. 512 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,440 Come on. Let's do it. 123. 513 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:38,960 Pastor Matt, that's me. Just throw your hand up. 514 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:39,440 Awesome. Yeah. 515 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:40,440 Keep it up. That's it. 516 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:41,360 Keep it up. Just for a second. 517 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:42,080 Yeah. Thank you. 518 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:44,000 I see young hands. I see old hands. 519 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,440 I see hands in the middle. Somebody, anybody else I see, 520 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:47,320 man. Come on, man. 521 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:49,640 That's awesome. Ladies, put your Pastor Matt. 522 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:50,960 That's me. I'm ready to thank you, young 523 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:51,840 man. I'm ready. 524 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:54,120 Thank you, ma'am. I'm ready to surrender my life 525 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:55,800 to the lordship of Jesus. I'm ready. 526 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,160 I need, I need Jesus to forgive me. 527 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:00,440 I want to be in relationship with God. 528 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:06,080 Anybody else? East, downtown, Cape Coral, you 529 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:08,360 can put your hand down. Listen, for the sake of so many 530 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:11,920 who have lifted their hand today, I want to lead us all in 531 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:14,080 a prayer. And I want all of us to repeat 532 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:16,520 this prayer after me. And listen, if you lifted your 533 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:21,200 hand, I want you to pray from your heart what you're feeling 534 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,400 on the inside. I want you to vocalize it on the 535 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:24,920 outside. The Bible calls that confess. 536 00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:28,240 And so come on, let's pray this together. 537 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:30,200 And listen, if you raise your hand, pray this prayer from your 538 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:31,960 heart. And the God of the universe who 539 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,880 loves you more than you can fathom or know is going to hear 540 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:38,400 your prayer come in and begin to change you from the inside out. 541 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:41,320 Come on, let's pray together. Say, dear Jesus, thank you for 542 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:43,440 loving me and bringing me here today. 543 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:49,000 In this moment I acknowledge that I'm a Sinner and I need a 544 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:52,720 Savior. I thank you Jesus, that you died 545 00:30:52,720 --> 00:31:02,960 on the cross for my sin. Right now I confess my sin and I 546 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:08,600 receive you. Help me from this moment forward 547 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:14,400 to go your way because it is the best way for the rest of my 548 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:17,640 days. In Jesus name I pray. 549 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:21,960 Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen. Wow. 550 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:25,040 Hey, come on, can we just celebrate that? 551 00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:31,040 Wow. Listen, if if that was you, any 552 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:33,360 of our locations, we have a free gift we want to give you. 553 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:35,200 This is a Bible. And if we have these at all of 554 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:38,760 our locations before you leave today, go to our next steps area 555 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:41,920 at your location and just tell them I said yes. 556 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,920 And our team is going to freak out high 5 yell and scream and 557 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:47,680 be so excited for you, but they want to put this in your hand. 558 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:49,600 And then there's AQR code right here. 559 00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:53,000 And if you'll scan that QR code before you leave the property, 560 00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:56,400 it's actually, we want to send you some videos that Pastor 561 00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:58,280 Sarah and I, my wife and I recorded. 562 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:00,840 Come on, you watch all kinds of videos on your phone anyway, 563 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:03,080 watch something that'll actually help you. 564 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:06,720 OK, Because we want to, that's a good word because we want to 565 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:09,040 help you in your relationship with Jesus. 566 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:11,560 So, so before you leave today, if you, if that was you, you 567 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:14,400 raise your hand, stop and grab this Bible because we and 568 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:16,720 download those videos because we want to, we want to be on your 569 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:17,400 team. Amen. 570 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:21,280 Wow, wow. Hey, you know what? 571 00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:23,560 Come on, can we stand together? Listen, we're not done yet. 572 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:26,200 I want to invite our worship team to come back at all of our 573 00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:27,840 locations. And here's why. 574 00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:31,440 Because we've been singing that song in the mighty name of 575 00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:33,360 Jesus. And I love that song. 576 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:35,720 Matter of fact, I want us to sing a little of that song here 577 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:39,040 for the next couple of moments. And I want us to speak it over 578 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:41,480 our lives, over our families, over our homes. 579 00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:43,160 And there's actually a line in there. 580 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:45,200 Maybe you've you've heard it and you've sung it and you were 581 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:46,280 like, I don't know what that means. 582 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:49,560 It says the blood of Jesus is on the door frame of my life. 583 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:52,120 You know what I'm saying? That line, that's a reference to 584 00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:56,080 the Old Testament Passover where the children of Israel had to 585 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,600 sacrifice a lamb and put the blood of the lamb on the door 586 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:02,200 frame of their house. Speak so the Angel of death 587 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:03,960 would pass them by. In other words, that them in 588 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:06,320 their house would be saved. Well, guess what? 589 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:10,280 Jesus came as our one and for all Passover lamb. 590 00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:12,120 That's why he died. And guess what? 591 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:15,480 His blood covers us. So come on team, I want us to 592 00:33:15,480 --> 00:35:51,960 sing that I speak the name of Jesus over 593 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:55,400 your sons and daughters. Father, you see the labels, the 594 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:59,840 names that they have walked into church with carrying over the 595 00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:02,560 over the door frame over there, the plate of their life. 596 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:06,280 And God, I pray that today the name changes. 597 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:08,960 God, I pray that you would give us a new perspective. 598 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:12,360 I pray that depression would go, anxiety would go. 599 00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:14,840 I thank you that in the name of Jesus there is healing. 600 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,600 So I speak healing over your sons and daughters. 601 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:19,920 I speak breakthrough over marriages. 602 00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:24,320 I speak provision God. I speak bonuses and and and 603 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:28,960 promotions in jobs, God, but I pray and speak new ideas in the 604 00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:32,080 name of Jesus for companies and businesses. 605 00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:37,280 God, I speak blessing over each of these, your precious ones, 606 00:36:37,720 --> 00:36:42,600 your sons and daughters, not in my name, in the mighty name of 607 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:44,400 Jesus. I speak and pray these things 608 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:48,120 and everyone at every location who will receive that said Amen. 609 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:49,880 Come on, let's give God the highest prayer.