1 00:00:14,119 --> 00:00:17,359 Welcome to the Lansdale Life Church podcast. 2 00:00:18,379 --> 00:00:24,100 If you're seeking a closer relationship with Jesus Christ, this podcast is for you. 3 00:00:24,900 --> 00:00:26,899 Thank you for joining us today. 4 00:00:36,939 --> 00:00:39,780 Wow. Isn't that awesome? 5 00:00:40,179 --> 00:00:40,759 The risen way. 6 00:00:40,939 --> 00:00:43,759 He is the way, the truth, and the life. 7 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:44,159 Amen. 8 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:47,640 No man comes to the Father except through Him. 9 00:00:48,380 --> 00:00:48,759 Praise the Lord. 10 00:00:48,899 --> 00:00:52,520 I just, when I watched that, it just really captured my heart, you know, 11 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:55,619 you know, seeing that picture of them running to the tomb. 12 00:00:55,719 --> 00:00:58,060 We're going to look at that a little bit today. 13 00:00:58,759 --> 00:00:59,479 It's so great. 14 00:00:59,579 --> 00:01:00,240 He is risen. 15 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:01,520 He's alive. 16 00:01:02,380 --> 00:01:03,000 He lives. 17 00:01:03,219 --> 00:01:03,380 Amen. 18 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:09,620 Hey, I was thinking we did this last year now that your vocal chords are nice 19 00:01:09,620 --> 00:01:11,500 and loosened up and primed. 20 00:01:11,859 --> 00:01:14,359 What do you say we try a little song together? 21 00:01:14,459 --> 00:01:15,959 We sang it last year, right? 22 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:24,599 Because he lives, I can face tomorrow. 23 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:35,260 Because he lives, all fear is gone. 24 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:54,159 Because I know he holds the future and life is worth the living just 25 00:01:54,159 --> 00:01:57,560 because he lives. 26 00:01:58,239 --> 00:01:59,079 Let's sing a verse. 27 00:01:59,319 --> 00:02:00,219 I think we can keep going. 28 00:02:00,359 --> 00:02:00,739 What do you think? 29 00:02:00,900 --> 00:02:01,819 You sound beautiful. 30 00:02:02,599 --> 00:02:02,780 Ready? 31 00:02:02,780 --> 00:02:06,079 God sent his son. 32 00:02:07,939 --> 00:02:12,039 They called him Jesus. 33 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:17,740 He came to love. 34 00:02:18,620 --> 00:02:21,620 He'll and forgive. 35 00:02:23,900 --> 00:02:27,900 He lived and died. 36 00:02:27,900 --> 00:02:45,039 To buy my part and an empty grave is there to prove my Savior is ready. 37 00:02:47,099 --> 00:02:49,539 Because he lives. 38 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:50,639 Hallelujah. 39 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:55,159 I can face tomorrow. 40 00:02:55,159 --> 00:03:21,759 Because he lives, all fear is gone because I know he holds the future and life is 41 00:03:21,759 --> 00:03:29,860 worth the living just because he lives. 42 00:03:30,319 --> 00:03:30,960 Hallelujah. 43 00:03:31,860 --> 00:03:32,740 Praise the Lord. 44 00:03:33,039 --> 00:03:36,259 Man, you should have all been in the choir. 45 00:03:36,860 --> 00:03:36,979 Amen. 46 00:03:37,500 --> 00:03:38,199 Praise God. 47 00:03:38,979 --> 00:03:40,979 Father God, we just thank you so much. 48 00:03:42,159 --> 00:03:47,979 Man, you've given us new life, new hope, new freedom, Lord, that we never had 49 00:03:47,979 --> 00:03:54,680 before you came and lived as one of us only perfect and to die and rise again 50 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:58,659 and ascend to heaven and give us your very power to live this life 51 00:03:59,500 --> 00:04:01,780 victoriously in a resurrected state. 52 00:04:02,439 --> 00:04:04,919 Father God, we thank you for that Lord and Lord. 53 00:04:05,020 --> 00:04:08,780 I just picture you see at the right hand of the Father right now and 54 00:04:08,780 --> 00:04:09,159 Jesus. 55 00:04:09,419 --> 00:04:10,539 We want to just say hi. 56 00:04:11,300 --> 00:04:15,360 We just want to say hello to you this morning, Lord, and thank you 57 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:17,959 for making life worth living. 58 00:04:18,259 --> 00:04:18,779 Amen. 59 00:04:19,339 --> 00:04:20,060 Praise the Lord. 60 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:20,879 Amen. 61 00:04:21,519 --> 00:04:22,300 Praise God. 62 00:04:24,259 --> 00:04:30,240 You know, it's always a it's a struggle like Easter and Christmas, these 63 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:35,100 main holidays, you know, because there's so much to choose from, right? 64 00:04:35,759 --> 00:04:39,180 And the Gospels have such different takes of all of it. 65 00:04:39,259 --> 00:04:42,139 You're thinking, well, I want to just really tap into the perfect. 66 00:04:42,319 --> 00:04:44,839 So I read through all of them again and again and again and again. 67 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,860 And then finally, I just say, Lord, you know, we just figure it out 68 00:04:48,860 --> 00:04:52,420 here because this is too complex for my peon brain to figure out. 69 00:04:52,959 --> 00:04:56,560 But I believe the Lord wants us to look today at the Gospel of 70 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:57,120 John. 71 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:02,720 And if you could turn to the Gospel of John chapter 20, and 72 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,720 we're going to be looking at a lot of the chapter, but we're 73 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,620 going to be stopping, you know, infrequently. 74 00:05:10,420 --> 00:05:13,600 And this is such a picture because it actually ties in that 75 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:20,000 video of Peter and John running to the tomb and John makes it 76 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:24,379 a point to make sure we know that he won the race. 77 00:05:25,100 --> 00:05:25,860 Okay, I love that. 78 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,740 You know, by the way, I got there before Peter did, but it's 79 00:05:29,740 --> 00:05:31,959 such a cool picture of so many things. 80 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:36,839 And so we're looking at John chapter 20 and we're going to stop 81 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:41,500 like I said a few times and look at some key parts here. 82 00:05:42,199 --> 00:05:44,300 So you ready chapter 20 verse 1. 83 00:05:45,060 --> 00:05:49,100 Now the first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to the 84 00:05:49,100 --> 00:05:54,180 tomb early while it was still dark and saw that the stone 85 00:05:54,180 --> 00:05:58,579 had been taken away from the tomb and she ran and came to 86 00:05:58,579 --> 00:06:03,279 Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved which 87 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:07,319 was John and said to him they have taken away the the Lord 88 00:06:07,319 --> 00:06:11,100 out of the tomb and we do not know where they have laid 89 00:06:11,100 --> 00:06:14,800 him and Peter therefore went out and the other disciple 90 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:19,360 as well and were going to the tomb and so they both ran 91 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:23,879 together and the other disciple outran Peter and came to 92 00:06:23,879 --> 00:06:28,759 the tomb first and he stooped and he stooping down and 93 00:06:28,759 --> 00:06:33,060 looking in saw the linen clothes lying there yet he did 94 00:06:33,060 --> 00:06:37,900 not go in and then Simon Peter came following him and 95 00:06:37,899 --> 00:06:41,399 went into the tomb and he saw the linen clothes lying 96 00:06:41,399 --> 00:06:44,019 there and the handkerchief which is interesting about 97 00:06:44,019 --> 00:06:48,180 this the handkerchief that had been around his head not 98 00:06:48,180 --> 00:06:51,980 lying with the linen clothes but folded together in 99 00:06:51,980 --> 00:06:53,480 a place by itself. 100 00:06:54,519 --> 00:06:57,199 So Jesus was very meticulous about the way he rose. 101 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:04,879 He folded that napkin and and so then the other disciple 102 00:07:04,879 --> 00:07:10,220 who came to the tomb first went in also and he saw and 103 00:07:10,220 --> 00:07:15,379 he believed for as yet they did not know the scripture 104 00:07:16,180 --> 00:07:20,579 that he must rise again from the dead and then the 105 00:07:20,579 --> 00:07:23,660 disciples went away again to their own homes. 106 00:07:23,939 --> 00:07:26,899 I just want to stop there for a second when it says for 107 00:07:26,899 --> 00:07:30,939 they did not yet know the scripture that he must rise 108 00:07:30,939 --> 00:07:31,360 again. 109 00:07:31,860 --> 00:07:34,279 I just thought that was interesting because Jesus had 110 00:07:34,279 --> 00:07:36,459 said this many times to them. 111 00:07:37,019 --> 00:07:37,040 Okay. 112 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:40,240 He had said at least three specific times. 113 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:43,079 He said I'm going to be rising from the dead. 114 00:07:43,180 --> 00:07:45,000 I must die and I must rise again. 115 00:07:45,519 --> 00:07:49,660 Remember the first time when when Peter realized you 116 00:07:49,660 --> 00:07:52,920 are there at Cesariah Philippi and and he was there 117 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,439 he says you are the son of the living God. 118 00:07:55,899 --> 00:07:57,939 Okay, and then Jesus said you are right and then 119 00:07:57,939 --> 00:08:00,779 he started saying I must suffer and die but I will 120 00:08:00,779 --> 00:08:03,399 rise again and then remember Peter said this must 121 00:08:03,399 --> 00:08:06,420 never happen to you like he's rebuking Jesus Peter 122 00:08:06,420 --> 00:08:09,600 is and then he turns to Peter says get behind me 123 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:14,060 Satan you have the will of man not of God right the 124 00:08:14,060 --> 00:08:16,220 other time when they're on the Mount of Transfiguration 125 00:08:16,220 --> 00:08:17,279 it's interesting. 126 00:08:17,439 --> 00:08:19,819 He tells them these things many times after something 127 00:08:19,819 --> 00:08:20,800 amazing happens. 128 00:08:20,899 --> 00:08:22,980 He says yeah, but there's going to be some tough 129 00:08:22,980 --> 00:08:25,899 times ahead, you know, and he told them then and 130 00:08:25,899 --> 00:08:29,079 then when they're heading into the triumphal entry 131 00:08:29,079 --> 00:08:32,179 when he was heading into Jerusalem and the palm 132 00:08:32,179 --> 00:08:35,460 branches and all the celebration and the disciples 133 00:08:35,460 --> 00:08:37,940 are probably thinking yes, we're going to really 134 00:08:37,940 --> 00:08:39,620 be ruling now, right? 135 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:42,419 And Jesus said by the way, I'm going to have to 136 00:08:42,419 --> 00:08:44,220 suffer die, but I'll rise again. 137 00:08:44,419 --> 00:08:47,000 You know, so he's told them many times compared 138 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,860 himself to Joan in the belly of the whale. 139 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:50,240 He warned them. 140 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:53,960 He warned them they heard it, but they didn't know 141 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:58,080 it. Have you ever heard Scripture, but you don't 142 00:08:58,080 --> 00:08:59,059 really know it. 143 00:08:59,860 --> 00:09:02,220 I mean, I know I have I've heard things and heard 144 00:09:02,220 --> 00:09:06,659 things but until I actually go through it, then I 145 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:10,419 know it, you know, I'll never forget like even early 146 00:09:10,419 --> 00:09:13,460 getting saved, you know, I always heard that I was 147 00:09:13,460 --> 00:09:14,259 a new creation. 148 00:09:14,700 --> 00:09:17,080 I always heard that I was brand new all these 149 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:22,279 things. I knew that academically, but it wasn't 150 00:09:22,279 --> 00:09:26,279 until I tried to sin the way I did before that 151 00:09:26,279 --> 00:09:31,480 this incredible unexplainable groaning and 152 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:34,759 mourning and sorrow was deep in my core. 153 00:09:34,940 --> 00:09:37,000 I'm like, like, what is this? 154 00:09:37,139 --> 00:09:40,080 Like I wasn't I didn't do anything that bad and 155 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:43,860 I wasn't much worse than I ever have been, but 156 00:09:43,860 --> 00:09:48,000 it was suddenly deep and heavy and sadness. 157 00:09:48,179 --> 00:09:50,360 I'm like, what is going on? 158 00:09:51,019 --> 00:09:52,279 And it was finally there. 159 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:53,179 I was wait a minute. 160 00:09:54,220 --> 00:09:55,120 I'm a new creation. 161 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:58,220 I'm born again. 162 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:00,879 I have a new spirit within me that isn't going to 163 00:10:00,879 --> 00:10:02,100 allow me to live any way. 164 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:04,799 I want to live there's going to be a tearing apart. 165 00:10:05,139 --> 00:10:07,419 There's going to be a tug of war inside my soul 166 00:10:07,419 --> 00:10:11,279 and suddenly there it went from no it went from 167 00:10:11,279 --> 00:10:13,740 hearing it to knowing it. 168 00:10:13,919 --> 00:10:16,299 Wow, this is it and it was actually exciting. 169 00:10:16,779 --> 00:10:18,840 So I really am a new creation. 170 00:10:19,039 --> 00:10:21,299 You know, it's exciting when things that you 171 00:10:21,299 --> 00:10:24,960 you have heard and learn become things that you 172 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:27,320 actually know through experience. 173 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:31,299 So these two they two these two have heard it many 174 00:10:31,299 --> 00:10:34,220 times Jesus warned them but now they went through 175 00:10:34,220 --> 00:10:34,399 it. 176 00:10:34,700 --> 00:10:35,500 So let's continue. 177 00:10:37,700 --> 00:10:40,159 And I just think it's interesting too that like 178 00:10:40,159 --> 00:10:42,740 as they were running, you know, we saw a picture. 179 00:10:42,879 --> 00:10:45,840 I'm glad they showed it how you know, we don't 180 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:47,659 know why John was faster. 181 00:10:47,659 --> 00:10:50,000 Maybe he just took track in school. 182 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:50,639 I don't know. 183 00:10:50,899 --> 00:10:54,240 Yeah, but he was he got there faster, but I thought 184 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:58,559 it was interesting how they showed reasons that 185 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:02,879 you can put conjecture as to why he wasn't diligently 186 00:11:02,879 --> 00:11:07,500 running to that tomb, you know, because of his denial 187 00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:12,500 of Christ because of all of his prideful times of 188 00:11:12,500 --> 00:11:15,200 all the times that he actually was rebuking Christ 189 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:17,980 and trying to prove himself to Jesus why he was 190 00:11:17,980 --> 00:11:20,879 worthy to be on his team that kind of stuff, 191 00:11:20,879 --> 00:11:25,120 you know, and and he was like and he suddenly that 192 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:28,399 way you could just imagine saying like is he going 193 00:11:28,399 --> 00:11:29,759 to be happy to see me? 194 00:11:30,299 --> 00:11:33,460 I mean, I know I'm just I'm just hypothesizing, 195 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:37,860 but you can only imagine right and so he's way down, 196 00:11:37,860 --> 00:11:40,820 you know by these things, you know, I wonder how 197 00:11:40,820 --> 00:11:44,620 many times people don't run to the to the risen 198 00:11:44,620 --> 00:11:50,679 Christ because of past shame, you know, like 199 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:54,340 yeah, I just if that's all real that he doesn't 200 00:11:54,340 --> 00:11:57,799 want me because I have done way too many bad things. 201 00:11:58,519 --> 00:12:03,080 He can never take me, you know, or possibly it's 202 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:06,299 pride and Peter had a lot of that too didn't he? 203 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:09,080 He was always the one speaking out about how great 204 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:11,860 he was compared to everybody else, you know, and 205 00:12:11,860 --> 00:12:14,220 maybe pride, you know, maybe a lot of people say 206 00:12:14,220 --> 00:12:16,440 oh, that's not real all that Jesus stuff. 207 00:12:16,580 --> 00:12:17,539 You don't need Jesus. 208 00:12:18,339 --> 00:12:21,159 You know, you just have to live right then you'll 209 00:12:21,159 --> 00:12:22,220 have a good life. 210 00:12:22,460 --> 00:12:24,679 You know, you know, whatever it might be whatever 211 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:28,179 their philosophy might be but it's pride and 212 00:12:28,179 --> 00:12:32,679 arrogance, you know, or disappointment, you know, 213 00:12:32,820 --> 00:12:35,179 life isn't going the way I had hoped it would go. 214 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:39,500 There's so many reasons we don't run to Jesus. 215 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:41,960 I'm just so glad at one point in my life. 216 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:46,919 I just knew I got nothing until you realize you 217 00:12:46,919 --> 00:12:49,519 have nothing to offer Jesus. 218 00:12:50,519 --> 00:12:51,440 You're just here. 219 00:12:51,779 --> 00:12:52,379 You're just mud. 220 00:12:53,299 --> 00:12:54,220 You're just clay. 221 00:12:54,580 --> 00:12:56,559 Just Lord, take what you got. 222 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:58,480 You're the one that says you could do something 223 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:00,299 with me. Here I am. 224 00:13:00,879 --> 00:13:03,820 Take me, you know, until we get to that place. 225 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:05,940 I don't know that we can ever really grasp what 226 00:13:05,940 --> 00:13:08,740 he's done for us, you know, but you know, you 227 00:13:08,740 --> 00:13:13,840 see John running to Jesus, right, because he knew 228 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:15,500 he was loved by Jesus. 229 00:13:15,500 --> 00:13:17,399 You know, you see throughout scripture. 230 00:13:17,580 --> 00:13:20,320 John is always right there attached at the hip 231 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:21,559 to Jesus, right? 232 00:13:21,899 --> 00:13:23,879 In fact, remember at the Last Supper, you know, 233 00:13:24,419 --> 00:13:26,659 Jesus saying, you know, someone's going to betray 234 00:13:26,659 --> 00:13:30,580 me here and and like John is just kind of 235 00:13:30,580 --> 00:13:31,779 laying back on Jesus. 236 00:13:31,980 --> 00:13:32,639 You ever have a friend? 237 00:13:32,799 --> 00:13:34,120 I have had friends in the past. 238 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:35,399 Our kids are like that. 239 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:38,240 Our family's very huggy and leany, you know, 240 00:13:38,659 --> 00:13:41,100 and that kind of thing where you just kind of 241 00:13:41,100 --> 00:13:44,860 feel so comfortable and and John felt so comfortable 242 00:13:44,860 --> 00:13:47,580 with Jesus. He was just always like, so what are 243 00:13:47,580 --> 00:13:48,019 we doing? 244 00:13:48,279 --> 00:13:50,860 You know, just like what's next? 245 00:13:50,980 --> 00:13:54,139 You know, just hanging on him and and as Jesus 246 00:13:54,139 --> 00:13:56,480 says someone's going to betray me, you know, 247 00:13:56,580 --> 00:13:57,940 Peter's probably over here like saying, well, 248 00:13:58,039 --> 00:13:59,919 it ain't me. It's not John. 249 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:02,639 Ask him who it is, you know, like because 250 00:14:02,639 --> 00:14:04,679 he was tight with Jesus. 251 00:14:05,220 --> 00:14:06,620 So John ran. 252 00:14:07,059 --> 00:14:08,960 That's why he was the last one at the foot 253 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:09,539 of the cross. 254 00:14:10,299 --> 00:14:12,580 That's why he was assigned to care for Jesus's 255 00:14:12,580 --> 00:14:17,620 mother because he knew he was special to Jesus. 256 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:19,840 I think we all need to know that, you know, 257 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:24,379 that we need to know how special we are to Jesus 258 00:14:25,180 --> 00:14:27,320 because if you just think you're disposable, 259 00:14:28,159 --> 00:14:30,899 you're replaceable, you're interchangeable, 260 00:14:30,899 --> 00:14:32,039 you're not that important. 261 00:14:32,159 --> 00:14:33,559 Then you're going to live like that. 262 00:14:33,779 --> 00:14:34,399 You really are. 263 00:14:34,639 --> 00:14:38,340 That's the whole purpose of the new creation 264 00:14:38,340 --> 00:14:41,700 mindset, the identity mindset in Christ is 265 00:14:41,700 --> 00:14:45,039 you have to know how cherished you are. 266 00:14:45,559 --> 00:14:46,320 And you know what happens? 267 00:14:46,559 --> 00:14:49,059 We rise to the standard, don't we? 268 00:14:49,940 --> 00:14:52,799 You know, when someone believes in you, guess what? 269 00:14:53,299 --> 00:14:55,200 Like maybe they know something I don't. 270 00:14:55,899 --> 00:14:57,539 Okay, if they're entrusting me with this, 271 00:14:57,620 --> 00:15:00,419 then I guess and you step into it because you're 272 00:15:00,419 --> 00:15:03,860 so believed in, you know, think about that. 273 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:05,940 All the people have made it the greatest impact 274 00:15:05,940 --> 00:15:08,100 in my life weren't the ones telling me how 275 00:15:08,100 --> 00:15:09,080 lousy I was. 276 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:11,639 They were seeing something in me that probably 277 00:15:11,639 --> 00:15:12,559 wasn't even there. 278 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:15,960 They were prophesying it into my life saying things 279 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:18,360 that were not necessarily true at the time, 280 00:15:18,539 --> 00:15:20,519 but I stepped up to it, you know. 281 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:22,799 So there's John just running to Jesus. 282 00:15:22,980 --> 00:15:24,279 I love that picture, you know. 283 00:15:25,059 --> 00:15:26,620 And so let's pick it up in verse 11. 284 00:15:27,299 --> 00:15:30,299 But Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping 285 00:15:31,279 --> 00:15:33,779 and as she wept, she stooped down, 286 00:15:33,899 --> 00:15:37,039 looked into the tomb and she saw two angels 287 00:15:37,039 --> 00:15:41,120 in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet 288 00:15:41,839 --> 00:15:43,960 where the body of Jesus had lain. 289 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:46,100 And then they said to her, 290 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:47,700 woman, why are you weeping? 291 00:15:48,620 --> 00:15:52,379 And she said to them, because they have taken away my Lord 292 00:15:53,039 --> 00:15:56,100 and I do not know where they have laid him. 293 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:59,419 Now, I just always thought this was kind of funny 294 00:15:59,419 --> 00:16:01,879 is that here's two angels. 295 00:16:02,159 --> 00:16:05,539 Now, every time you hear about angels, they're giant. 296 00:16:06,959 --> 00:16:09,440 They radiate, they glow, okay? 297 00:16:10,299 --> 00:16:12,279 They're like anyone who ever sees them, 298 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:13,940 like the Roman guards who were guarding the tomb, 299 00:16:14,340 --> 00:16:15,500 you fall on your face. 300 00:16:15,679 --> 00:16:17,940 You're just like, I'm gonna die, I'm gonna, what is this? 301 00:16:18,379 --> 00:16:22,960 Like this is like power, this celestial thing, what is it? 302 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:26,299 And they just tremble and they quake and they fall. 303 00:16:26,820 --> 00:16:28,740 They melt in front of these things. 304 00:16:29,220 --> 00:16:32,120 And here's Mary saying, where's Jesus? 305 00:16:32,919 --> 00:16:34,240 She didn't care about them. 306 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:36,179 She wanted to know where Jesus was. 307 00:16:36,519 --> 00:16:37,120 Isn't that amazing? 308 00:16:37,220 --> 00:16:40,519 I love that verse, it says perfect love casts out fear. 309 00:16:41,639 --> 00:16:43,679 She loved Jesus so much that she was ready 310 00:16:43,679 --> 00:16:45,960 to rough those angels up if they didn't tell her 311 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:48,179 where they put Jesus. 312 00:16:48,419 --> 00:16:51,639 And I'm kidding, of course, but she didn't see the fear. 313 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:54,580 She was looking for the Jesus, you know? 314 00:16:54,879 --> 00:16:57,460 The thing is, is she wasn't looking for the risen Jesus. 315 00:16:57,620 --> 00:17:00,039 She was looking for the hidden Jesus, you know? 316 00:17:00,279 --> 00:17:01,500 She thought someone took them. 317 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:03,080 She still didn't get it, right? 318 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,279 And so she's yelling at the angels. 319 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,380 And again, I know I'm putting some human spin on this. 320 00:17:08,559 --> 00:17:11,779 You get it, but she's answering to the angels. 321 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:12,819 Where did you put them? 322 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:16,819 And now verse 14, and now when she had said this, 323 00:17:16,819 --> 00:17:19,579 she turned around and saw Jesus standing there 324 00:17:20,120 --> 00:17:22,359 and did not know that it was Jesus. 325 00:17:23,619 --> 00:17:26,559 And Jesus said to her, woman, why are you weeping? 326 00:17:27,180 --> 00:17:28,700 Whom are you seeking? 327 00:17:29,660 --> 00:17:34,099 And she, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, 328 00:17:34,420 --> 00:17:36,740 sir, if you have carried him away, 329 00:17:36,980 --> 00:17:40,579 tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away. 330 00:17:41,059 --> 00:17:42,019 And it's funny too. 331 00:17:42,180 --> 00:17:44,119 I mean, she may have been with another lady or two, 332 00:17:44,180 --> 00:17:45,980 but how are they gonna carry this grown man 333 00:17:45,980 --> 00:17:48,660 who's been mummified anywhere, right? 334 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:51,079 And yet she just has full confidence 335 00:17:51,079 --> 00:17:53,019 because of her love for Jesus. 336 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:56,140 Last Easter, I talked all about how people 337 00:17:56,140 --> 00:18:02,039 who knew Jesus tremendously well did not recognize him. 338 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:04,700 So I didn't wanna go get into that again today, 339 00:18:04,819 --> 00:18:07,400 but if you ever wanna look back on our website, 340 00:18:07,420 --> 00:18:09,059 you could find last year's Easter. 341 00:18:09,460 --> 00:18:11,000 And it's really a lot of symbolism 342 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:12,539 because three times at least, 343 00:18:12,940 --> 00:18:14,980 we see that people who see Jesus 344 00:18:14,980 --> 00:18:18,420 aren't seeing who they thought Jesus was. 345 00:18:18,500 --> 00:18:19,819 They didn't recognize him. 346 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:21,400 And I think there's reasons for that. 347 00:18:21,619 --> 00:18:22,859 It's pretty cool. 348 00:18:23,220 --> 00:18:24,980 So if you ever get a chance, look at that. 349 00:18:24,980 --> 00:18:27,400 But here Jesus is, if you know someone, 350 00:18:27,599 --> 00:18:33,660 I mean, if Jesse was standing behind several bushes, okay, 351 00:18:34,099 --> 00:18:36,579 and I could just see a little bit of him, okay, 352 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:40,819 and then he talked to me, I'd be like, that's Jesse. 353 00:18:41,460 --> 00:18:44,279 I wouldn't need to climb over the bushes and see. 354 00:18:44,539 --> 00:18:48,019 I would know, she knew everything about Jesus. 355 00:18:48,660 --> 00:18:53,480 Jesus delivered her from seven demons, you know? 356 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:56,059 And you know, at the state of seven demons, 357 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,819 you are just wrecked with evil. 358 00:18:59,839 --> 00:19:02,720 You are a den of wickedness is what you are by then. 359 00:19:03,279 --> 00:19:06,660 And he extracted all of those demons out of her. 360 00:19:07,420 --> 00:19:08,799 He was her life. 361 00:19:09,740 --> 00:19:11,400 He was it, you know? 362 00:19:11,619 --> 00:19:13,160 She had no life apart from Christ. 363 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:14,880 Like he gave her life, 364 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,059 and I really believe he gives all of us life. 365 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,500 Until you find Jesus, you don't really find yourself. 366 00:19:21,259 --> 00:19:23,119 You can't know who you are 367 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:27,380 until you know your author, your creator, 368 00:19:28,079 --> 00:19:30,700 the one who designed you, who always knew you, 369 00:19:30,759 --> 00:19:32,420 wonderfully and fearfully made 370 00:19:32,420 --> 00:19:34,900 within before you're ever in your mother's room, 371 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:36,460 he always knew you. 372 00:19:36,559 --> 00:19:39,019 I just think that's just knowledge 373 00:19:39,019 --> 00:19:46,099 that is far beyond my ability to understand. 374 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:48,940 He's always known you. 375 00:19:49,279 --> 00:19:51,980 I love in Romans eight, I say it all the time, 376 00:19:51,980 --> 00:19:57,220 but it's such a great reminder that those he foreknew, 377 00:19:57,539 --> 00:20:00,819 he also predestined, those who predestined, 378 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:03,640 he called, those he called, he justified, 379 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:06,160 those he justified, he glorified. 380 00:20:06,259 --> 00:20:09,059 He's always known you from the very beginning. 381 00:20:09,559 --> 00:20:10,240 Isn't that amazing? 382 00:20:10,700 --> 00:20:11,359 That's beautiful. 383 00:20:12,079 --> 00:20:13,579 And so she knew Jesus, 384 00:20:13,940 --> 00:20:15,900 yet she didn't recognize him at the moment. 385 00:20:16,579 --> 00:20:20,700 And so he asked her, whom are you seeking? 386 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,660 And then she said, just tell me where he is. 387 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:28,119 And verse 16, and Jesus said to her, Mary, 388 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,259 and you know, at that moment he pierced through 389 00:20:32,259 --> 00:20:35,440 by saying her name, Mary. 390 00:20:36,059 --> 00:20:37,900 And you know how many Marys there were back then? 391 00:20:38,660 --> 00:20:41,059 I'll tell you, Mary was like more popular 392 00:20:41,059 --> 00:20:43,440 than way more popular than John, okay? 393 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:45,220 In fact, at the foot of the cross, 394 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:46,559 there's four women they mentioned, 395 00:20:46,799 --> 00:20:48,059 three of their names were Mary. 396 00:20:48,859 --> 00:20:51,019 Like, come on, be a little creative. 397 00:20:51,599 --> 00:20:57,420 Anyway, so, yeah, but he says, Mary, 398 00:20:57,799 --> 00:21:00,779 and she knew which Mary he was talking to. 399 00:21:01,460 --> 00:21:06,660 Oh, Mary, like, it's you, it's you. 400 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:09,819 She turned and said to him, 401 00:21:10,019 --> 00:21:11,839 Rabboni, which is to say teacher. 402 00:21:12,759 --> 00:21:14,859 And Jesus said to her, do not cling to me 403 00:21:14,859 --> 00:21:17,299 for I have not yet ascended to my father, 404 00:21:17,299 --> 00:21:20,759 but go to my brethren and say to them, 405 00:21:20,759 --> 00:21:23,900 I am ascending to my father and your father, 406 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:26,559 and to my God and your God. 407 00:21:27,519 --> 00:21:30,299 And Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples 408 00:21:30,299 --> 00:21:32,740 that she had seen the Lord 409 00:21:33,379 --> 00:21:36,880 and that he had spoken these things to her. 410 00:21:37,819 --> 00:21:39,819 You know, unfortunately, what we don't read 411 00:21:39,819 --> 00:21:43,700 is in Mark 16, 13, when she told them, 412 00:21:43,839 --> 00:21:46,039 none of them believed her, you know? 413 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:49,660 We're gonna see a lot of lack of faith here. 414 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:52,460 And early on, you think of all times, you know? 415 00:21:52,819 --> 00:21:53,819 It's like, you know, 416 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,539 they should have been expecting this to happen. 417 00:21:57,460 --> 00:22:00,599 And yet they lacked faith, they didn't believe. 418 00:22:00,859 --> 00:22:02,799 They didn't believe, Mary's just like, 419 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,119 I just talked to him, I really met, 420 00:22:05,339 --> 00:22:07,480 he, it's him, he's risen. 421 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:09,440 And you know, John was there 422 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:10,880 and they probably had a feeling, 423 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:13,440 but they weren't fully in yet, right? 424 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:17,200 And so what also happened in the midst of this, 425 00:22:17,319 --> 00:22:20,539 and again, this is why it's great to read all the gospel 426 00:22:20,539 --> 00:22:23,059 so you get all the pieces that aren't mentioned 427 00:22:23,059 --> 00:22:26,599 because so many things, if you read the gospels 428 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:31,720 and you don't realize that some gospels say one thing 429 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:35,240 but they don't bother saying something else, okay? 430 00:22:35,859 --> 00:22:38,480 But then the other gospel says that thing 431 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:40,200 but doesn't mention that thing. 432 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:41,779 All of a sudden it could seem like 433 00:22:41,779 --> 00:22:43,279 these are contradicting each other. 434 00:22:43,779 --> 00:22:46,019 But when you start to slide all the pieces in, 435 00:22:46,039 --> 00:22:48,359 they really do line up because it's a puzzle. 436 00:22:49,019 --> 00:22:51,799 You know, I don't know why the Lord had these writers 437 00:22:51,799 --> 00:22:53,359 leave some out and put some in, 438 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:56,000 but thank God we have all four of the gospels, right? 439 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:57,779 So we can actually piece it together. 440 00:22:58,279 --> 00:22:59,700 But what had happened in the meantime 441 00:22:59,700 --> 00:23:02,700 is Jesus did appear to Peter, okay? 442 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:04,859 In between this next section. 443 00:23:06,259 --> 00:23:07,819 But then he had also met with the two 444 00:23:07,819 --> 00:23:09,640 on the way to Emmaus, do you remember that? 445 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:11,579 And you can read that on your own 446 00:23:11,579 --> 00:23:15,440 in Luke 24, verses 13 to 33. 447 00:23:16,059 --> 00:23:17,619 And then he revealed himself. 448 00:23:18,019 --> 00:23:20,700 And they were so, it's almost like midnight. 449 00:23:20,940 --> 00:23:23,000 They're like, wow, that was him. 450 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:26,220 Like, wow, you know what, there was something about him. 451 00:23:26,339 --> 00:23:28,019 Again, they didn't recognize him, okay? 452 00:23:28,019 --> 00:23:29,440 While they were walking with him. 453 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:33,000 But they said, we just saw the risen Jesus. 454 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:36,220 So they ran back to Jerusalem to tell everyone. 455 00:23:36,539 --> 00:23:37,579 And when they got there, 456 00:23:37,799 --> 00:23:39,579 it was like a bunch of people were there saying, 457 00:23:39,579 --> 00:23:42,099 yeah, well, actually he appeared to a couple of people now. 458 00:23:42,319 --> 00:23:44,920 So they're all like, say, oh my gosh, it's real. 459 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:45,839 This is amazing. 460 00:23:46,299 --> 00:23:50,940 So now we pick it up here in verse 19. 461 00:23:52,339 --> 00:23:53,700 Then the same day at evening, 462 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:55,440 being the first day of the week, 463 00:23:56,180 --> 00:23:57,539 when the doors were shut, 464 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:01,119 where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, 465 00:24:01,339 --> 00:24:03,259 Jesus came and stood in the midst 466 00:24:03,980 --> 00:24:05,960 and said to them, peace be with you. 467 00:24:06,899 --> 00:24:08,500 And when he had said this, 468 00:24:08,660 --> 00:24:12,440 he showed them his hands and his side. 469 00:24:13,420 --> 00:24:16,740 And then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 470 00:24:18,599 --> 00:24:19,539 And isn't that interesting? 471 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:25,339 Like the first thing he does is show them his hands, 472 00:24:25,660 --> 00:24:28,279 his side, he probably saw his feet, you know, 473 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,160 because he wanted to say, look, it's me. 474 00:24:31,759 --> 00:24:35,940 You know, Jesus chose to rise from the grave. 475 00:24:36,539 --> 00:24:38,839 And maintain those scars. 476 00:24:40,220 --> 00:24:41,640 You know, I personally believe 477 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:44,240 he still has those scars in heaven now, 478 00:24:45,019 --> 00:24:47,559 because I think to him, they're such a, 479 00:24:48,299 --> 00:24:49,619 they tell the whole story. 480 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:52,200 You know, they tell everything 481 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,700 because that's how much he loves mankind. 482 00:24:56,220 --> 00:24:57,380 Why get rid of scars? 483 00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:59,359 I have scars on me, okay? 484 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:02,259 And from surgeries and this and that, 485 00:25:02,519 --> 00:25:04,859 and they aren't the story, okay? 486 00:25:04,859 --> 00:25:08,279 In fact, a lot of sometimes stories I'd rather forget, right? 487 00:25:08,839 --> 00:25:10,940 You know, but they don't, aren't the story. 488 00:25:11,180 --> 00:25:13,680 There might be a story behind them, okay? 489 00:25:14,099 --> 00:25:16,160 But they're not the story with Jesus. 490 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:19,720 His scars are the entire story. 491 00:25:19,799 --> 00:25:24,099 Like, look, this is how much I love mankind, amen? 492 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:26,880 Like I've had some things. 493 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:28,200 Yeah, I remember one time, 494 00:25:29,019 --> 00:25:30,720 I've probably told these stories before, 495 00:25:30,779 --> 00:25:32,559 but one time I had knee surgery. 496 00:25:33,179 --> 00:25:36,720 And so after I was recovering, 497 00:25:37,099 --> 00:25:39,000 about four months later, it felt like, 498 00:25:39,059 --> 00:25:40,500 I think I'm okay now, you know? 499 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:42,240 And so we had a blizzard. 500 00:25:42,339 --> 00:25:43,380 Do you remember the blizzard of like, 501 00:25:43,380 --> 00:25:44,880 I think 2015 or something? 502 00:25:45,299 --> 00:25:47,799 And back then we had a long driveway, right? 503 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,539 So it was like couple feet thick at least. 504 00:25:50,779 --> 00:25:51,940 I mean, it was deep, right? 505 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:57,420 And so we hired this backhoe guy 506 00:25:57,420 --> 00:26:00,339 to come and plow out our driveway, okay? 507 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:03,339 So he's plowing it out and as he's plowing it out, 508 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,700 I just got my shovel and I started cleaning things up, 509 00:26:06,700 --> 00:26:08,859 you know, that were still left. 510 00:26:09,539 --> 00:26:11,099 And as I'm doing that, okay, 511 00:26:11,660 --> 00:26:14,839 I'm kind of going down this slope, okay? 512 00:26:15,019 --> 00:26:19,099 And I slip and I re-tear my knee, okay? 513 00:26:20,039 --> 00:26:22,380 Clean off the knee cap, right? 514 00:26:22,500 --> 00:26:24,359 So my quad tears off. 515 00:26:25,079 --> 00:26:26,900 And so I fall on the ground 516 00:26:26,900 --> 00:26:29,279 and I just knew exactly what it was. 517 00:26:29,279 --> 00:26:30,980 It was not attached and I'm like, 518 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:34,079 so my neighbor who had happened to be there 519 00:26:34,079 --> 00:26:36,099 who actually found the backhoe guy, okay? 520 00:26:36,579 --> 00:26:39,099 He was kind of a scrappy kind of guy. 521 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,259 He's drinking beer after beer, you know? 522 00:26:41,539 --> 00:26:42,240 And he's out there. 523 00:26:42,839 --> 00:26:46,740 And as he's out there, you know, he sees me fall, you know? 524 00:26:46,799 --> 00:26:49,680 And we had been talking a lot before that and so forth. 525 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:51,660 And he said, here, let me help you up. 526 00:26:51,740 --> 00:26:53,920 And I'm like, I can't walk. 527 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:55,720 Like I've been here before. 528 00:26:55,940 --> 00:26:57,240 I'm not gonna walk, all right? 529 00:26:57,799 --> 00:26:59,720 So, because it's not attached, you know? 530 00:27:00,339 --> 00:27:03,440 So what we ended up doing is I called Jill. 531 00:27:03,819 --> 00:27:05,559 I had my phone, I said it happened again. 532 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:06,119 Like, what? 533 00:27:08,099 --> 00:27:10,960 So to get me down to the house, okay? 534 00:27:11,759 --> 00:27:15,680 We got the backhoe guy to kind of scoop me up, okay? 535 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,500 So he pulled in with the bucket, okay? 536 00:27:19,859 --> 00:27:22,579 And I shimmied on and he lifted me up 537 00:27:22,579 --> 00:27:26,700 and he's driving down the driveway with me in the bucket. 538 00:27:26,700 --> 00:27:30,240 And the guy he's drinking, you know, walking along with me 539 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:31,299 and he's like, hey, you want a beer? 540 00:27:31,460 --> 00:27:32,819 I'm like, nah, I'm good right now. 541 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:33,839 And he goes, oh, you know. 542 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:37,000 And he's like, you know, so we're talking 543 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,380 and just something like was so interesting. 544 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:42,319 I realized there's something happening here. 545 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:45,660 And he says, you know, I wish, you know, I'm an alcoholic 546 00:27:45,660 --> 00:27:49,039 and I just, I'm always drinking and I wish I could stop. 547 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:51,259 And I'm like, and I just started talking to him 548 00:27:51,259 --> 00:27:52,700 about the Lord, right? 549 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:55,200 And I realized, and this is on the driveway, 550 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:56,599 our driveway wasn't that long. 551 00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:57,940 So this all happened pretty quick. 552 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:00,920 And as he's driving me down, he's walking along 553 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:02,559 and I sort of tell him about the Lord. 554 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:04,339 And by the time we got down to the bottom, 555 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,200 I think you came out by then, but I'm sitting there. 556 00:28:07,279 --> 00:28:09,059 I'm like, you know, do you want to just receive Jesus? 557 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:11,039 And he said, I do. 558 00:28:11,740 --> 00:28:13,759 And so he prayed and accepted Christ. 559 00:28:14,259 --> 00:28:15,619 I mean, that's like, wow, you know? 560 00:28:16,099 --> 00:28:20,480 And so now this scar has a story behind it, 561 00:28:20,839 --> 00:28:22,880 but the scar wasn't the story. 562 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,180 The scar was I didn't wait long enough to heal 563 00:28:25,180 --> 00:28:27,940 before I started shoveling and stupid me. 564 00:28:28,180 --> 00:28:30,759 But at least there's a story that I can connect with it. 565 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:31,140 That's good. 566 00:28:31,519 --> 00:28:35,160 But with Jesus, his scars were the story. 567 00:28:35,599 --> 00:28:36,660 You know, I have a brother-in-law 568 00:28:38,079 --> 00:28:40,880 that selfishly gave up his kidney 569 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:42,380 for someone he didn't even know. 570 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:45,720 It was, what did I just say, selfish? 571 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:47,279 Shellfish? 572 00:28:47,460 --> 00:28:49,240 I'm not talking about shellfish up here, no. 573 00:28:49,839 --> 00:28:50,759 Selfless, thank you. 574 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:55,500 She's my chat GPT corrector up here. 575 00:28:57,619 --> 00:29:03,980 But, so, but, you know, for his, thank you, Frank. 576 00:29:04,740 --> 00:29:12,160 So for his son's friend's mother needed a kidney transplant. 577 00:29:12,460 --> 00:29:15,420 So he gave up his kidney perfectly healthy. 578 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:16,460 He gave it up. 579 00:29:16,579 --> 00:29:20,039 He still scars today because he gave up his kidney. 580 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:21,319 I'm like, wow, that's like, 581 00:29:21,919 --> 00:29:22,900 that's significant. 582 00:29:23,900 --> 00:29:26,420 And those scars are his story. 583 00:29:26,619 --> 00:29:28,220 I mean, that tells the whole story. 584 00:29:28,279 --> 00:29:32,039 That's how much he was willing to be sacrificial 585 00:29:32,039 --> 00:29:34,339 in his own bodily organ, right? 586 00:29:34,500 --> 00:29:36,259 For someone he didn't even know, right? 587 00:29:36,819 --> 00:29:39,559 Well, Jesus did that, but he knew all of us. 588 00:29:40,259 --> 00:29:43,140 His scars are the story, you know? 589 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:45,839 We have scars in this life, right? 590 00:29:46,380 --> 00:29:47,259 Lots of scars. 591 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:49,160 And I don't believe, thank God, 592 00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:52,460 we're gonna move on to eternity with them, right? 593 00:29:53,039 --> 00:29:55,599 Because those scars that we sustain, 594 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:59,680 whether from our own foolishness, our own sins, 595 00:29:59,900 --> 00:30:02,099 or someone else's sins against us, 596 00:30:02,539 --> 00:30:04,440 when we get that redeemed body, 597 00:30:05,420 --> 00:30:07,880 those scars are not even a memory. 598 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:08,599 They're gone. 599 00:30:09,599 --> 00:30:11,359 But the only scars in heaven 600 00:30:11,900 --> 00:30:13,960 are gonna be Christ's scars for us. 601 00:30:14,380 --> 00:30:17,200 I love what he says to, in Isaiah, 602 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:19,960 he said to Israel, he said, 603 00:30:20,079 --> 00:30:24,640 I have engraved you in the palms of my hands. 604 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,480 Like, wow, what a prophecy that is, right? 605 00:30:27,740 --> 00:30:30,640 He's speaking to his people really about the Messiah 606 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:32,200 who would one day come. 607 00:30:32,980 --> 00:30:35,720 And so, thank the Lord, 608 00:30:35,759 --> 00:30:38,019 I was listening to this song this morning. 609 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:40,619 I thank you for my, thank you for the scars. 610 00:30:40,799 --> 00:30:44,460 You ever hear that by some band? 611 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:45,759 Anyway, it's a good one. 612 00:30:45,759 --> 00:30:49,240 But really, I mean, I know we don't typically think, 613 00:30:49,380 --> 00:30:53,259 I wanna thank the Lord for scars, you know? 614 00:30:53,819 --> 00:30:56,799 But nonetheless, we learn so much from them. 615 00:30:57,220 --> 00:30:58,779 You know, I wanna just say one other thing, 616 00:30:59,140 --> 00:31:02,960 kind of rewinding a little bit to Mary Magdalene, right? 617 00:31:04,140 --> 00:31:06,339 What I think is impressive about her, 618 00:31:08,079 --> 00:31:10,599 besides the fact that these demons were cast out, 619 00:31:10,740 --> 00:31:14,480 besides the fact that she knew Jesus so well, 620 00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:17,859 but did you notice she was the last one at the grave 621 00:31:17,859 --> 00:31:19,819 when they rolled the stone across. 622 00:31:20,700 --> 00:31:22,339 She was the last one there. 623 00:31:23,339 --> 00:31:25,960 And she was the first one to the grave 624 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:28,799 when the stone was rolled away. 625 00:31:29,900 --> 00:31:33,380 Like, she was the last and she was the first. 626 00:31:33,819 --> 00:31:34,880 And I love that picture, 627 00:31:34,940 --> 00:31:38,819 cause Jesus says those who will be last will be first. 628 00:31:39,140 --> 00:31:42,420 In her life, she probably felt like the most 629 00:31:44,500 --> 00:31:45,900 disgraced woman, you know, 630 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:47,579 the things that would happen, you know, 631 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:50,819 in demon possession you can only imagine, you know? 632 00:31:51,339 --> 00:31:55,000 And the things, the reputation she had, you know, 633 00:31:55,380 --> 00:31:58,859 the fact that people would just avoid her at all costs. 634 00:31:59,039 --> 00:32:03,099 And yet Jesus saw her and loved her 635 00:32:03,860 --> 00:32:05,980 and redeemed her, delivered her. 636 00:32:06,599 --> 00:32:09,779 And as a result, she was never gonna leave Jesus. 637 00:32:10,140 --> 00:32:11,000 And I love that picture. 638 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:14,039 Those who will be last will be first. 639 00:32:14,359 --> 00:32:17,819 Those who realize how much we've been forgiven of, 640 00:32:17,839 --> 00:32:19,440 we're the first to run, 641 00:32:20,519 --> 00:32:24,559 to see where Jesus is moving, what he's doing, amen? 642 00:32:25,660 --> 00:32:27,880 So let's read on and we'll finish up. 643 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:34,660 Verse 21, so Jesus said to them again, 644 00:32:35,380 --> 00:32:38,660 peace to you, as the Father has sent me, 645 00:32:39,380 --> 00:32:42,299 I send you, and when he had said this, 646 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:44,400 he breathed on them and said, 647 00:32:45,119 --> 00:32:46,799 and said, I'm sorry, he breathed on them 648 00:32:46,799 --> 00:32:49,299 and said to them, receive the Holy Spirit. 649 00:32:49,759 --> 00:32:52,720 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them. 650 00:32:53,380 --> 00:32:57,619 If you retain the sins of any, they are retained. 651 00:32:58,240 --> 00:32:58,880 Now, you know what? 652 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:01,579 There's a lot right there, okay? 653 00:33:02,059 --> 00:33:04,839 Now, first of all, some people say that Jesus did give them 654 00:33:04,839 --> 00:33:06,220 the Holy Spirit right then and there. 655 00:33:06,819 --> 00:33:08,440 You know, okay, I tend to think 656 00:33:09,019 --> 00:33:11,279 that he was preparing them for Pentecost, 657 00:33:11,559 --> 00:33:13,819 but whatever it might be, 658 00:33:14,019 --> 00:33:16,079 one thing he was saying right there 659 00:33:16,079 --> 00:33:21,200 is that without the Holy Spirit, we really can't forgive. 660 00:33:22,460 --> 00:33:24,359 You know, really, you and I are vessels, 661 00:33:25,740 --> 00:33:28,059 vessels of forgiveness from God. 662 00:33:28,319 --> 00:33:30,160 Like, you know, people say I forgive you, 663 00:33:30,180 --> 00:33:31,420 and maybe they actually do, 664 00:33:31,839 --> 00:33:34,680 but we forgive and those sins 665 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:37,660 no longer have a hold on us. 666 00:33:38,299 --> 00:33:39,480 Because you know, you can't, 667 00:33:39,559 --> 00:33:41,839 it almost sounds like we're forgiving sins on behalf of God. 668 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:42,640 We can't do that. 669 00:33:43,339 --> 00:33:44,079 We can't do that. 670 00:33:44,220 --> 00:33:46,559 I remember we were down at City Hall 671 00:33:46,559 --> 00:33:49,799 at the ministry down there, and there was this guy, 672 00:33:49,859 --> 00:33:50,940 remember Philly Jesus? 673 00:33:51,980 --> 00:33:53,259 That guy that would walk around, 674 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:54,500 and I don't know his whole deal, 675 00:33:54,819 --> 00:33:58,279 but he would walk around dressed up like Jesus, 676 00:33:58,660 --> 00:34:01,160 and he went to the feeding line, 677 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:03,559 and everyone that came up, he said, 678 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:04,539 your sins are forgiven. 679 00:34:06,359 --> 00:34:07,319 Your sins are forgiven, 680 00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:08,800 and finally they chased him away. 681 00:34:09,260 --> 00:34:11,360 You know, the people from our church that were down there, 682 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:13,579 because you know, you don't have the power 683 00:34:13,579 --> 00:34:16,400 to forgive people's sins on behalf of God, 684 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:21,099 but you can forgive sins on behalf of yourself. 685 00:34:21,900 --> 00:34:24,039 You see, when you get, 686 00:34:25,460 --> 00:34:28,059 when there's an offense against you, 687 00:34:29,099 --> 00:34:30,840 you immediately go to the fact that, 688 00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:34,440 yeah, but Jesus Christ forgave me of multitude 689 00:34:35,099 --> 00:34:36,619 upon multitude of sins. 690 00:34:37,039 --> 00:34:38,900 Like I don't even deserve salvation. 691 00:34:40,340 --> 00:34:43,559 How can I not forgive anyone of anything? 692 00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:45,659 It's so easy when you realize 693 00:34:45,659 --> 00:34:46,980 how much you've been forgiven of, 694 00:34:47,099 --> 00:34:50,000 those who have been forgiven much, love much. 695 00:34:50,300 --> 00:34:51,599 You know, it's so easy to just say, 696 00:34:51,639 --> 00:34:52,800 well, no, no, okay. 697 00:34:53,460 --> 00:34:54,480 You know, it's almost like getting, 698 00:34:54,940 --> 00:34:57,079 you ever get snagged by a hook, a fishing hook? 699 00:34:57,619 --> 00:34:58,920 No, oh, you haven't lived. 700 00:34:59,919 --> 00:35:02,900 No, well, I have, and it's like probably one of the kids, 701 00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:04,380 and they're like casting, and they're like, 702 00:35:04,519 --> 00:35:05,519 whoa, whoa, wait a minute. 703 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:07,860 You know, I'm like going with the, stop, stop, 704 00:35:08,019 --> 00:35:10,079 and it's like getting that barb out of your skin. 705 00:35:10,519 --> 00:35:12,559 Well, we could say, wait a minute, 706 00:35:12,659 --> 00:35:14,000 this isn't staying in me. 707 00:35:14,099 --> 00:35:17,380 No, no, no, no, I forgive you. 708 00:35:18,019 --> 00:35:20,519 What you've done is not part of me. 709 00:35:21,340 --> 00:35:23,500 I forgive it, just like Jesus said, 710 00:35:23,579 --> 00:35:27,699 you know what, I never longer hold your sins against you. 711 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:30,059 I have redeemed you. 712 00:35:30,679 --> 00:35:32,219 It doesn't mean there won't be consequences 713 00:35:32,219 --> 00:35:34,480 of sin and all that, you know, obviously, 714 00:35:34,940 --> 00:35:36,420 but he has forgiven you. 715 00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:38,099 As far as Jesus from the west, 716 00:35:38,260 --> 00:35:41,219 he will remember your sins no more, right? 717 00:35:41,559 --> 00:35:44,739 So we can know that we are forgiven, redeemed. 718 00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:47,139 And so let's finish up here. 719 00:35:49,420 --> 00:35:54,179 Verse 24, now Thomas called the twin, 720 00:35:54,179 --> 00:35:57,760 one of the 12 was not with them when Jesus came. 721 00:35:58,820 --> 00:36:00,900 The other disciples therefore said to him, 722 00:36:01,119 --> 00:36:02,539 we have seen the Lord. 723 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:06,460 And so he said to them, unless I see in his hands 724 00:36:06,460 --> 00:36:10,159 the print of the nails and put my finger 725 00:36:10,159 --> 00:36:14,760 into the print of the nails and put my hand into his side, 726 00:36:15,099 --> 00:36:16,739 I will not believe. 727 00:36:17,980 --> 00:36:22,599 And after eight days, his disciples were again inside 728 00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:25,260 and Thomas with them this time. 729 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:28,000 And Jesus came, the doors being shut. 730 00:36:28,119 --> 00:36:30,119 I love how Jesus never goes through doors. 731 00:36:30,659 --> 00:36:33,440 He just kind of slips right through the wall, okay? 732 00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:36,719 He just, he's spirit and yet he still eats food, right? 733 00:36:37,139 --> 00:36:40,000 He just, he doesn't need, just like those linen clothes 734 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:41,400 by the way would have been wrapped 735 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:43,519 and wrapped around like a mummy, okay? 736 00:36:44,139 --> 00:36:47,739 And they would have been covered with all kinds of aloes 737 00:36:47,739 --> 00:36:51,679 and all kinds of gels and mers and all this stuff. 738 00:36:51,679 --> 00:36:53,820 And it becomes almost like a cake. 739 00:36:54,699 --> 00:36:56,519 So you're embodied in this cake. 740 00:36:56,679 --> 00:36:57,980 Remember Lazarus, when he got up, 741 00:36:58,099 --> 00:36:59,159 he like came out like this 742 00:36:59,159 --> 00:37:01,539 and they said, take those grave clothes off of him 743 00:37:01,539 --> 00:37:03,019 because he wasn't gonna do it himself. 744 00:37:03,579 --> 00:37:06,780 But Jesus slipped out of those clothes. 745 00:37:06,900 --> 00:37:08,480 He just laid there, remember it just said, 746 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:10,780 they were just, and it wasn't bundled up like the video. 747 00:37:11,460 --> 00:37:13,179 They were just laying, okay? 748 00:37:13,579 --> 00:37:16,260 Flat, like he just, he just came out of them. 749 00:37:16,380 --> 00:37:17,800 He passed through things. 750 00:37:18,019 --> 00:37:20,880 So when he shows up, he just passes through the walls, 751 00:37:21,619 --> 00:37:27,280 and he passes through and stood in the midst 752 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:28,800 and said, peace to you. 753 00:37:29,659 --> 00:37:32,780 And then he said to Thomas, reach your finger here. 754 00:37:33,139 --> 00:37:34,300 Oh, how about it being Thomas? 755 00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:35,619 Could you imagine that? 756 00:37:35,780 --> 00:37:37,780 Like that kind of unbelief 757 00:37:37,780 --> 00:37:39,980 and now Jesus is calling you on it. 758 00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:43,039 Reach your finger here and look at my hands 759 00:37:43,039 --> 00:37:47,119 and reach your hand here and put it into my side. 760 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:50,320 Do not be unbelieving, but believing. 761 00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:56,300 And Thomas answered and said to him, my Lord, my God. 762 00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:59,059 I don't even believe he touched those scars in my opinion 763 00:37:59,799 --> 00:38:02,039 because he's like, wow, I just, 764 00:38:02,300 --> 00:38:04,260 I have no question this is him. 765 00:38:04,860 --> 00:38:07,119 And verse 29, and Jesus said to him, 766 00:38:07,219 --> 00:38:10,019 Thomas, because you have seen me, you have believed. 767 00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:13,420 Blessed are those who have not seen 768 00:38:14,099 --> 00:38:15,960 and yet have believed. 769 00:38:17,260 --> 00:38:18,699 You know, we're in that camp. 770 00:38:19,019 --> 00:38:19,559 Do you know that? 771 00:38:19,739 --> 00:38:23,559 We are in the camp of blessed because we don't see. 772 00:38:24,059 --> 00:38:26,800 You know, Jesus in his high priestly prayer in John 17, 773 00:38:27,340 --> 00:38:28,940 he prayed for his disciples, 774 00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:32,119 the ones whom you've given me, he said to his father, 775 00:38:32,619 --> 00:38:37,239 but not only them, but all those who believe their words. 776 00:38:37,460 --> 00:38:38,039 That's us. 777 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:40,000 I remember the first time I read that being saved, 778 00:38:40,099 --> 00:38:42,380 I'm like, wow, I actually broke into tears 779 00:38:42,380 --> 00:38:46,519 because I'm thinking, Jesus is praying about me. 780 00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:49,159 Like he was already preparing in advance, 781 00:38:49,579 --> 00:38:50,960 protect them from the evil one. 782 00:38:51,340 --> 00:38:52,980 And Lord, I pray, Father God, 783 00:38:53,119 --> 00:38:55,880 for those who will believe these words. 784 00:38:56,500 --> 00:39:00,139 You know, we don't see the scars of Jesus, 785 00:39:01,500 --> 00:39:04,159 but we have some of our own scars in life, right? 786 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:07,079 But by his stripes, we are healed. 787 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:09,760 Like we can go through anything in this life. 788 00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:10,639 Do you realize that? 789 00:39:10,639 --> 00:39:13,420 Like when we go through whatever we go through, 790 00:39:13,420 --> 00:39:16,980 we're like, yeah, but the risen resurrection Christ 791 00:39:17,679 --> 00:39:19,059 lives in me. 792 00:39:19,139 --> 00:39:21,880 I can overcome over and over again. 793 00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:25,500 Nothing will take me out. 794 00:39:26,679 --> 00:39:29,219 Because in fact, Paul says, because I've already died 795 00:39:30,039 --> 00:39:33,800 and my life is now hidden with God in Christ, right? 796 00:39:34,179 --> 00:39:35,699 So I've already died. 797 00:39:35,820 --> 00:39:37,039 What else can happen to me? 798 00:39:37,199 --> 00:39:39,300 I remember Jesus said, don't worry about those 799 00:39:39,300 --> 00:39:40,500 who can just kill the body. 800 00:39:41,500 --> 00:39:43,179 Well, that's kind of, I don't know. 801 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:45,119 I'm a little worried about that, right? 802 00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:46,659 Don't worry about that. 803 00:39:46,820 --> 00:39:50,320 But the one who can kill soul and body, meaning God, 804 00:39:50,500 --> 00:39:52,420 we have nothing to worry about the latter part 805 00:39:52,420 --> 00:39:56,380 of that sentence because we already died. 806 00:39:57,139 --> 00:39:59,099 Yeah, there will be a day that we fall asleep. 807 00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:00,360 That's what it says about saints. 808 00:40:00,559 --> 00:40:05,079 We fall asleep, but we will never die a second death. 809 00:40:05,199 --> 00:40:05,340 Amen? 810 00:40:06,179 --> 00:40:07,780 Because we have risen with Christ. 811 00:40:09,380 --> 00:40:09,820 Amen. 812 00:40:10,159 --> 00:40:12,320 You know, these, wow, these scars, 813 00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:14,739 these scars that we go through, 814 00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:19,019 I know when Paul, he had gone through so much in life, 815 00:40:19,260 --> 00:40:21,820 you know, and he knew it because Jesus said, 816 00:40:21,980 --> 00:40:25,019 I must show him how much he must suffer for my namesake. 817 00:40:25,579 --> 00:40:26,719 How's that for a ministry? 818 00:40:27,619 --> 00:40:31,019 You know, Israel, I got a great ministry for you, okay? 819 00:40:31,519 --> 00:40:34,280 And I'm gonna show you how much you must suffer 820 00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:35,199 for my namesake. 821 00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:37,500 You're like, well, you've grown in the Lord, 822 00:40:37,500 --> 00:40:40,159 you realize, well, then he's gonna get me through it, right? 823 00:40:40,780 --> 00:40:42,719 But when you first hear that, you know, he was new. 824 00:40:43,699 --> 00:40:46,599 He learned over time what that really meant, 825 00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:50,159 and yet it fired his ministry. 826 00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:53,519 It fueled it because it didn't stop him. 827 00:40:53,599 --> 00:40:56,719 When they stoned him to death, it didn't stop him. 828 00:40:56,960 --> 00:41:00,199 When he got scourged three times, 829 00:41:00,900 --> 00:41:01,739 it didn't stop him. 830 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:03,659 When he was beaten with sticks five times, 831 00:41:03,739 --> 00:41:05,460 it didn't stop him, right? 832 00:41:05,460 --> 00:41:10,360 When he was out at sea for three days, didn't stop him. 833 00:41:10,820 --> 00:41:12,539 It didn't stop him when he was shipwrecked, 834 00:41:12,539 --> 00:41:14,079 I'm sorry, he was shipwrecked three times, 835 00:41:14,699 --> 00:41:17,719 and he was left out to sea for a day and a half, 836 00:41:17,739 --> 00:41:20,079 just floating like that, wondering, 837 00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:23,360 I hope there's, I hope Jaws isn't in the area, okay? 838 00:41:24,019 --> 00:41:25,260 You know, he just knew, 839 00:41:25,539 --> 00:41:28,980 but God is going to get me through. 840 00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:31,840 And he said this in Galatians, 841 00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:33,420 because he was getting so much grief 842 00:41:33,420 --> 00:41:36,840 from the early church, he said in Galatians 6, 17, 843 00:41:36,900 --> 00:41:38,739 I love it, because, you know, 844 00:41:39,179 --> 00:41:40,539 everybody was giving him grief. 845 00:41:41,500 --> 00:41:45,380 Everyone was trying to like, belittle him. 846 00:41:46,340 --> 00:41:47,840 Hey, he doesn't even speak very well. 847 00:41:48,079 --> 00:41:49,960 He's not very charismatic, you know? 848 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:52,980 He's so ordinary, okay? 849 00:41:53,079 --> 00:41:54,639 There's nothing special about him. 850 00:41:54,699 --> 00:41:57,659 I like Apollos, you know? 851 00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:00,699 And Paul's like, oh, I don't want to be special. 852 00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:01,699 I don't want to be sensational. 853 00:42:01,699 --> 00:42:04,480 I just want to tell you about Jesus. 854 00:42:05,059 --> 00:42:06,380 It's all about Jesus. 855 00:42:07,219 --> 00:42:10,099 And then he said, from now on, let no one trouble me. 856 00:42:10,179 --> 00:42:11,420 They're all troubling him. 857 00:42:11,860 --> 00:42:16,539 For I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. 858 00:42:17,139 --> 00:42:18,739 He had plenty of scars 859 00:42:19,300 --> 00:42:22,219 to prove what he went through for Jesus Christ. 860 00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:23,860 But you know what I believe? 861 00:42:25,079 --> 00:42:26,880 He probably doesn't have any of them now, 862 00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:30,219 because he has a new body. 863 00:42:31,179 --> 00:42:34,079 In fact, he's going to have to show us pictures, okay? 864 00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:36,579 It's the only way we're going to know about him, right? 865 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:38,820 Because the Lord redeems them all, 866 00:42:39,019 --> 00:42:40,199 and they're all treasures. 867 00:42:40,619 --> 00:42:41,179 Think about that. 868 00:42:41,380 --> 00:42:43,139 They're all crowns. 869 00:42:43,139 --> 00:42:45,219 You know, they're all crowns that we're going to receive, 870 00:42:45,340 --> 00:42:46,320 and I'm going to throw at his feet, 871 00:42:46,679 --> 00:42:48,300 but still, they're crowns we're going to receive 872 00:42:48,300 --> 00:42:50,000 for everything that we went through. 873 00:42:51,599 --> 00:42:55,519 I love Romans 8, 11, you know? 874 00:42:55,519 --> 00:43:00,179 Now, if the spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead 875 00:43:00,179 --> 00:43:02,300 dwells in you, does he dwell in you? 876 00:43:03,119 --> 00:43:03,820 Are you sure? 877 00:43:08,599 --> 00:43:09,800 There's no question. 878 00:43:11,739 --> 00:43:12,400 I know there's a question. 879 00:43:12,579 --> 00:43:13,619 I know somebody's got a question. 880 00:43:13,980 --> 00:43:15,300 Why question? 881 00:43:17,079 --> 00:43:20,719 You haven't been through a thing or two in faith 882 00:43:22,599 --> 00:43:23,880 until you know, I'm sorry. 883 00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:25,920 You only know when you've been through 884 00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:28,019 a thing or two in faith, then you know, 885 00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:30,099 the only way I got through that 886 00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:32,659 is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 887 00:43:33,179 --> 00:43:36,760 Like, the spirit of God came to my rescue 888 00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:41,340 and overcame every spiritual thing that was going on, 889 00:43:41,739 --> 00:43:43,780 every physical thing that was going on. 890 00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:49,539 The spirit of God came in power and my dunamis power. 891 00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:53,440 Like, that's the power, that's the resurrection power 892 00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:56,440 of God who lives in you. 893 00:43:57,679 --> 00:43:59,739 I mean, that's like powerful, isn't it? 894 00:44:00,239 --> 00:44:03,760 That means no matter what happens, you will overcome. 895 00:44:04,900 --> 00:44:06,400 We are overcomers. 896 00:44:08,820 --> 00:44:09,860 Where was I on that? 897 00:44:10,139 --> 00:44:12,099 He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead 898 00:44:12,099 --> 00:44:15,960 will also give you life to your mortal bodies 899 00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:19,099 through his spirit who indwells you. 900 00:44:19,519 --> 00:44:21,840 You know, he's talking about here and now. 901 00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:24,079 I know he's talking about someday, okay? 902 00:44:24,639 --> 00:44:26,139 Someday, new bodies, all that. 903 00:44:26,380 --> 00:44:28,159 He's talking about this earthen vessel, 904 00:44:28,719 --> 00:44:30,739 this earthen vessel that we have now. 905 00:44:31,079 --> 00:44:36,900 His power is in you, his resurrection power of God. 906 00:44:37,420 --> 00:44:40,460 It's because he defeated death, he overcame. 907 00:44:41,039 --> 00:44:44,980 I love in 1 Corinthians 15, 55 to 57, 908 00:44:45,199 --> 00:44:46,960 oh death, where is your sting? 909 00:44:47,579 --> 00:44:49,659 Oh Hades, where is your victories? 910 00:44:49,659 --> 00:44:54,360 The sting of death is sin, the strength of sin is the law. 911 00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:58,159 Now we're not under the law, he has fulfilled the law. 912 00:44:58,239 --> 00:45:00,380 In fact, the law has been fulfilled 913 00:45:01,219 --> 00:45:03,739 and for everyone who believes in the Lord. 914 00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:07,480 He brang, brang, brang, blah, blah, blah. 915 00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:09,179 He brought it to fruition. 916 00:45:09,679 --> 00:45:13,599 But thanks be to God who gives us the victory 917 00:45:13,599 --> 00:45:15,480 through our Lord Jesus Christ. 918 00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:17,980 If the worship team can come up 919 00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:36,739 and I know the power of God wants to enable us, 920 00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:43,239 empower us to live way beyond our earthen potential, right? 921 00:45:45,119 --> 00:45:47,380 Maybe he's going to heal you of things 922 00:45:47,940 --> 00:45:51,820 this year, maybe not, I know that bothers some of you. 923 00:45:52,099 --> 00:45:53,900 I don't wanna hear that, you know. 924 00:45:55,260 --> 00:46:00,239 Whatever happens, God's power is in you, okay? 925 00:46:00,739 --> 00:46:05,460 I believe in healing, mighty working healing power of God. 926 00:46:05,539 --> 00:46:09,099 I do, but I believe he's gonna allow things to happen 927 00:46:09,099 --> 00:46:10,519 for a better purpose. 928 00:46:11,460 --> 00:46:15,360 I'm okay with that because he's already empowered me 929 00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:17,980 to go through it and you too, right? 930 00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:20,119 Because greater is he who is in us 931 00:46:20,119 --> 00:46:22,019 than anything that is in this world. 932 00:46:22,659 --> 00:46:26,880 It's his power, his dunamis mighty power of God 933 00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:32,260 who enables us, equips us and empowers us to do 934 00:46:32,260 --> 00:46:35,900 whatever he wants us to do in this tent. 935 00:46:37,179 --> 00:46:38,659 Peter calls it his tent. 936 00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:42,719 That's all this is, is a tent meant for temporal times. 937 00:46:43,300 --> 00:46:46,820 Someday we'll get the eternal, immortal body. 938 00:46:47,239 --> 00:46:51,099 But in the meantime, his resurrection power lives in you. 939 00:46:51,179 --> 00:46:52,480 Amen, amen. 940 00:46:53,340 --> 00:46:56,360 So let's pray and we're gonna close this out 941 00:46:56,360 --> 00:46:57,199 with some worship. 942 00:46:58,260 --> 00:47:00,840 And if we haven't met yet, please come on up. 943 00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:02,559 We'd love to chat with you. 944 00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:05,940 And perhaps if you'd like to receive the Lord today, 945 00:47:05,940 --> 00:47:07,719 I think we should just take a moment 946 00:47:07,719 --> 00:47:08,940 to do that right now. 947 00:47:08,940 --> 00:47:12,960 You know, if you're feeling something here, okay, 948 00:47:13,820 --> 00:47:16,239 and you've never given your life to Jesus, 949 00:47:16,639 --> 00:47:18,880 I've been there and I've done that. 950 00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:21,360 Anyone who saved also has been. 951 00:47:22,019 --> 00:47:24,440 There's nothing new, okay? 952 00:47:25,380 --> 00:47:28,440 No new temptation to seize you, it's as uncommon a man, 953 00:47:28,719 --> 00:47:30,679 but God will always provide an escape. 954 00:47:30,980 --> 00:47:32,860 If you're feeling something right in here 955 00:47:33,740 --> 00:47:35,239 and you're feeling like tents, 956 00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:38,739 you're feeling like, you know, I don't like this feeling 957 00:47:38,739 --> 00:47:41,340 but I know there's something over the other edge 958 00:47:41,340 --> 00:47:45,039 or I just know something needs to happen. 959 00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:48,059 Right now, the Lord is saying, stand in the crossroads 960 00:47:48,059 --> 00:47:50,719 and look, ask which way should I go? 961 00:47:51,019 --> 00:47:53,800 I'm telling you, the Lord should say, walk in his way. 962 00:47:54,599 --> 00:47:56,179 He is the way, truth, and life. 963 00:47:56,480 --> 00:48:01,119 He's saying, stop going in your direction and go in mine. 964 00:48:01,420 --> 00:48:03,340 Today he's saying, give me your life. 965 00:48:04,460 --> 00:48:05,500 You know, it's all in. 966 00:48:05,719 --> 00:48:07,820 It's not like a partial, and I know that's, 967 00:48:07,820 --> 00:48:08,619 well, I don't want that. 968 00:48:08,860 --> 00:48:09,780 You do. 969 00:48:10,599 --> 00:48:12,059 You want his life. 970 00:48:12,239 --> 00:48:13,780 Aren't you tired of your life? 971 00:48:15,500 --> 00:48:19,239 I am so glad I said yes to him and no to me. 972 00:48:20,099 --> 00:48:25,760 32 years ago and said, Lord, I want your life for me. 973 00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:28,280 I don't want my old life. 974 00:48:29,099 --> 00:48:32,940 And that's why he died on the cross to be your old life 975 00:48:33,620 --> 00:48:36,599 so that you could rise again in his new life. 976 00:48:37,599 --> 00:48:37,940 Amen. 977 00:48:38,619 --> 00:48:41,840 So we could just pray, Father God, I know I'm a sinner 978 00:48:44,159 --> 00:48:46,760 and I know I desperately need a savior. 979 00:48:48,960 --> 00:48:51,659 And Lord, today, today, 980 00:48:52,460 --> 00:48:58,800 this resurrection day of 2026, I am giving you my life. 981 00:49:00,179 --> 00:49:02,699 I don't know what it's gonna look like beyond this. 982 00:49:04,699 --> 00:49:07,519 I don't know if it's gonna be a lot of hard work. 983 00:49:08,179 --> 00:49:12,099 Well, he says, come to me and rest 984 00:49:12,099 --> 00:49:13,619 because my burdens are light. 985 00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:17,079 I don't know what it's gonna be like, Father God, 986 00:49:17,159 --> 00:49:20,139 but today I know you're calling me into eternity. 987 00:49:20,579 --> 00:49:24,579 I know you're calling me to receive your life for myself. 988 00:49:25,159 --> 00:49:27,619 Today, I wanna live for you. 989 00:49:28,059 --> 00:49:31,960 Today, I implore you, be my savior. 990 00:49:33,099 --> 00:49:34,400 Save me, Jesus. 991 00:49:34,699 --> 00:49:37,139 Just like Hosanna in the highest, save now. 992 00:49:37,800 --> 00:49:38,960 Save me, Jesus. 993 00:49:39,519 --> 00:49:42,400 I give you my life right here, right now. 994 00:49:45,300 --> 00:49:48,199 Father God, fill me with your Holy Spirit 995 00:49:50,060 --> 00:49:51,340 and make me alive. 996 00:49:52,039 --> 00:49:56,099 A new creation to walk in the newness of life. 997 00:49:56,760 --> 00:50:00,119 In Jesus' name, amen, amen. 998 00:50:00,519 --> 00:50:01,980 Give the Lord a round of applause. 999 00:50:09,160 --> 00:50:12,460 Thanks for joining us at Lansdale Life Church 1000 00:50:12,460 --> 00:50:14,980 as we praise God and discuss his word. 1001 00:50:15,679 --> 00:50:18,739 Don't forget to join us for worship live Sunday mornings 1002 00:50:18,739 --> 00:50:21,139 at 10 a.m. Eastern on YouTube. 1003 00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:24,219 Be blessed and have a great day. 1004 00:50:31,980 --> 00:50:33,300 you