Welcome to 3ABN's
Spring Camp Meeting:
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Live from the
3ABN Worship Center.
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Hello and welcome again
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to Spring Camp
Meet... No, yeah: Spring.
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Spring Camp Meeting 2016.
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Oh my goodness! It
is such a blessing.
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Have you... have
you been blessed? Amen!
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I'll tell you what:
these meetings for me have been
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life changing... life changing.
So I'm so glad that you're here.
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For those of you that are watch-
ing at home, we welcome you.
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We are so blessed
to be here, and tonight
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we are going to
have a wonderful speaker.
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It's Pastor John
Lomacang. Amen... amen.
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He is no stranger to
us here at 3ABN and to you
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I'm sure. He is the
pastor - he's MY pastor -
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here at the Thompsonville
Seventh-day Adventist church
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and he's also the
director of world evangelism for
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Three Angels
Broadcasting Network.
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So we are thrilled to
have him this evening.
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He is going to be
preaching on A Risen Savior.
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Pastor Lomacang
is my family here.
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He and his wife
Angie are family to me.
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So he has a special place in my
heart. My dad was his principal,
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and my dad gave him "the wire.
" So I just want you to know
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he got "the wire." But anyway...
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anyway, we're going to
be blessed this evening.
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But before Pastor
Lomacang comes to us
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we have Bro. Tim Parton
who is going to be playing
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and I hope singing
as well People Like Me.
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Pastor Lomacang is
going to do the opening prayer
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after Tim Parton. God bless.
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Peter had a temper;
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Thomas had his doubts;
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Jacob was a liar;
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and Jonah headed south.
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Martha had her worries
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and Sarah was too old.
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David wasn't faithful
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and Moses wasn't bold.
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But I used to see them
as stained-glass saints...
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they seemed almost divine.
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But now I see
them as flesh and blood
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with a heart a lot like mine.
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People like me
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in the hand of a gracious God.
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And though He sees
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where I've been and what I'm not
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oh what a wonder,
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what a beautiful mystery,
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that He chooses and uses
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people like me.
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None of us are perfect;
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we're all broken... we are weak.
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But I see a cloud of witnesses
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and we're in great company.
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With all of our
failures and all of our faults
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and all our fears
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the Father still has a plan
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for everybody here...
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just people like me
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in the hands of a gracious God.
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And though He sees
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where I've been and what I'm not
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oh what a wonder,
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what a beautiful mystery,
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that He chooses and uses
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people like me
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to be His hands and feet.
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Oh I believe it's true:
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He's changing this
world through people like you
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and people like me.
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God uses people like me.
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Oh what a wonder,
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what a beautiful mystery,
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that He chooses and uses
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people like me.
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God uses people like me.
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Just people like me.
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Amen. Amen.
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Can we say amen again? Amen!
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Bro. Tim Parton. What a
privilege to have him a part
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of our team. And I was
privileged to work with him
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on my CD entitled The Call.
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Also Reggie and Ladye
Love Smith were on there.
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And I had entitled it The
Call because there's a call
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on every one of our lives.
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Bow your heads with me
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as I ask for God to give
me wisdom for this message.
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Loving Father in heaven,
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this is no ordinary topic
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but I'm just an ordinary man.
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Send now Your Holy
Spirit's understanding
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and may my lips be under
the divine command of the holy
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instrument that Jesus and
the beauty of His risen...
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the beauty of His resurrection
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may be understood
and seen by us all.
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I pray in Jesus'
holy and precious name,
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Amen. Amen.
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The Risen Savior.
It's a simple text
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but I would need years to give
you the profound understanding
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behind it. Luke
chapter 24 verses 5-6
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is our springboard
text for this evening.
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Very simple, but we will only
understand the complexity of it
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when we make it to the kingdom.
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"Why do you seek the
living among the dead?
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He is not here but is
risen. " Can you say amen?
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Amen! Come with me to
the scene of the crime.
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Stand with me at the
intersection of what was
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and what will be.
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Pause for a moment
and inhale the scene.
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Like blackened soot escaping
the mouth of an angry furnace
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the finality of
death paints the night air.
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If you listen carefully,
you will hear the cacophony
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of demons rejoicing.
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The restless
clamor of Satanic praise
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collides with the discordant
racket of hellborn dissonance
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as the orchestrator of this
symphony of death stands erect
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proudly leading
his rebellious minions
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in the chorus of
temporary victory.
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When Jesus
proclaimed "It is finished! "
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what He actually was
saying is "Satan is finished! "
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Come on somebody. Amen!
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In The Desire of Ages
page 758 Ellen White says:
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"Christ did not yield up His
life until He had accomplished
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the work which He came to do.
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And with His
parting breath He exclaimed:
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"It is finished! "
The battle had been won.
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His right hand and His holy
arm had gotten Him the victory.
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As a conqueror He planted His
banner on the eternal heights. "
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As the United States did
when they landed on the moon,
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they planted their banner. When
Jesus died on Mount Calvary,
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when Jesus died on
that hill called Golgotha,
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heaven did not just
see a defeated Savior
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they saw a Savior
that planted the cross
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of victory over sin.
What do you say today? Amen!
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The question was asked: was
there not joy among the angels?
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Ellen White says: "All
heaven triumphed in the Savior's
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victory and Satan was defeated
and he knew that his kingdom
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was lost. " But that
was not half the story.
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The chief priests and Pharisees,
they accomplished their evil
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desires and yet in the
recesses of their minds
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there was something
about the name Jesus
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that kept their
wicked hearts troubled.
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Matthew records their
attitude. Matthew chapter 27.
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You've gotta be quick with me...
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verses 62-64. Unable to
dismiss the possibility of
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His divinity...
Hear me carefully...
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they devised a plan. They
thought... The Bible says:
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"On the next day which
followed the day of Preparation
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the chief priests and
Pharisees gathered together
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to Pilate. And they
said: 'Sir, we remember
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while He was still
alive how that deceiver said
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'After three
days I will rise. ' "
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Well let me ask the
question: if He was a deceiver
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why are you so concerned? Amen!
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They continued: "Therefore
command that the tomb was made
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secure until the third day.
" In other words, help us out.
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"Lest His disciples come
by night and steal Him away
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and say to the people
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'He has risen from the
dead' so that the last deception
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will be worse
than the first. ' "
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The fact of the matter is,
the purity of the life of Jesus
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led them to question
the permanence of His death.
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And I can almost hear the
Jewish contingency say to Pilate
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"In the event
that He is the Christ
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we need to make sure
that He does not come out! "
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You see, Satan said: "Shut Him
up. " But what he did not know
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in less than 72 hours the
Father would say: "Get Him up! "
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Come on somebody. Amen!
"Shut him up" is quite different
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than "Get Him up! "
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Pilate's hands were washed
but his heart was troubled
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and he said in
Matthew 27 verse 65:
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"Pilate said to them:
'you have a guard; go your way.
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Make it as secure as you know. '
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And so they went and
made the tomb secure:
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sealing the tomb
and setting the guard. "
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The tomb was sealed. The
Roman guards stood proudly
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manning their post.
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But the problem was: deceived
by the darkness of understanding
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the betrayers of Christ -
willingly ignorant of the fact
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that by the death of Jesus
the plan of salvation would be
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accomplished.
I'll say that again.
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By the death of
Jesus the plan of salvation
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would be accomplished.
But they didn't know that.
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They thought that by His
death the plan of salvation
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would be defeated. They did not
see things the way that heaven
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saw it. "Where there is no
shedding of blood there is no
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remission of sin. "
SOMEBODY had to die.
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"The wages of sin is death.
" Jesus chose to take what
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belonged to us that we
might have what belongs to Him.
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Somebody say amen. Amen!
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You see, Satan
planned an assassination
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but heaven planned
a vindication. Amen!
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The redemptive promise -
though 4,000 years delayed -
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could not be denied.
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Outside the gate of
man's perfection Jesus declared
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4,000 years earlier that
"I will but enmity between you
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and the woman and
between your seed and her Seed.
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He shall bruise your head
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but you're only
going to bruise His heel. "
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His death was not
orchestrated by hell.
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Listen carefully: the death
of Jesus was not orchestrated
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by hell... it was
ordained by heaven.
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Somebody had to die.
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"The Lamb of God, slain from
the foundation of the world "
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is the way that
John the Revelator says
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in Revelation 13 verse 8.
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This plan was put in place be-
fore sin even entered the world.
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"In the event that Your creation
dies, are You willing? "
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And the Father and the Son
were in chorus about what to do
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in the event that man -
His loving creation: man -
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in the event that they fell
under the ignominious nature
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of sin and death,
Jesus was willing.
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His heart was so moved
with compassion and love for us
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He could not
settle with the thought
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that eternity would roll
without His children there.
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Praise God for that!
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They couldn't take
Him down. John 10:18 said:
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"Jesus proclaimed: 'No
one takes My life from Me
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but I lay it down of Myself.
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I have power to lay it down and
I have power to take it again.
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This command I have
received from My Father. ' "
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The devils of hell could not put
Jesus to death until the time.
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Amen! There was no rush.
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They didn't sneak up on Jesus.
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Many occasions
had come and gone.
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They made several
attempts to shut Him up,
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but the Lord had a
plan. He said: "My will is...
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my meet is to do the will
of the Father that sent Me. "
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And no power in
hell, NO POWER IN HELL,
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could prevent Jesus from
accomplishing heaven's design.
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How could they take life
from the One who IS life?
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"In Him was life, and the
life was the light of men. "
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John 1 and verse 4.
Desire of Ages Ellen White says:
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"In Christ is life: original
unborrowed, underived. "
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He is not a second God;
He is not a lesser God...
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He is God Almighty!
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Jesus became what He was not...
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this is the good news...
He became what He was not
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so that we could
become what we ARE not.
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The apostle Paul
said it this way:
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"For He made Him who knew
no sin to be sin for us...
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that we might become... "
How amazing is the transaction!
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"that we might
become... " How lovely!
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Can God do it? "that we
might become... " you and me...
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"that we might become
the righteousness of God
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in Jesus. " You see, Satan
planned to bring Jesus down
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but heaven
planned to lift Jesus up!
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He said: "If I be lifted
up from the earth I will draw
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all men unto Me. "
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Sometimes when we look
at what happened to Jesus
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we look at the
nationality of His persecutors.
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We look at the nation of origin
of those who carried out His
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assassination. And it's easy to
say that the Jews and the Romans
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were really to
blame. But Isaiah said
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in Isaiah 53 and verse 5:
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"He was wounded
for OUR transgressions;
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He was bruised
for OUR iniquities;
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the chastisement of
OUR peace is upon Him
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and by His stripes...
" Who's healed, somebody?
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"WE are healed. " Glory to God!
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However - I want to say this
- even though we can't pin it
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on Rome and say that they
were the reasons why He died
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the Bible also says
the betrayers of Jesus
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would have been
better not to have been born.
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The Son of Man indeed goes,
just as it is written of Him.
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Mark 14:21.
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"But woe to that man by
whom the Son of Man is betrayed.
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It would have
been good for that man
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had he never been born. "
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I had a chance to read three
chapters in Desire of Ages.
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I want to assure you I don't
have five hours but I wish I did
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because when you open
the book Desire of Ages
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you've got to be ready to
step into a divine theatre.
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Amen! You've got to be
ready to step into an ultra HD
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three-dimensional
revelation of a divine panoply
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that you cannot even imagine.
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Surround
sound... it pulls you in.
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It is as though you are
standing there in virtual
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divine reality and
you can't even breathe.
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You've gotta breathe slowly.
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I tried my best to explain the
sermon to my wife last night,
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but I couldn't breathe. I
tried to do it this morning
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but I could not
prevent myself from crying
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so I said:
"Honey, give me the day
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so that I can get
past the emotion of it. "
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"I need to get past the emotion
so that I can communicate
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the importance. " You see,
the Bread of Life was broken.
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The blood of the
covenant was poured out.
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All sanctuary language:
the Passover Lamb was slain
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and at last - at
last - Jesus was at rest.
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His long day of shame
and torture had ended.
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The Son of God
now lay in tranquility
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in the tomb of Joseph.
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You know, I think about that.
Jesus probably said to Himself:
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"That was a big to-do... I
just need to take a rest. "
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"Man, if they only knew
what they put Me through...
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but if they only know what
I'm going to put them through. "
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And He laid in tranquility
in the tomb of Joseph,
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His work completed. His hands...
Ellen White says when He laid
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"His hands were
folded in peace. "
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In the last rays of the
setting sun, as Jesus laid
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Friday night swept
itself away into eternity.
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Sabbath morning
Jesus kept the Sabbath.
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Come on, somebody, say amen.
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Amen! He did what He
asked His creation to do:
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He rested on the Sabbath Day.
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You see, the women that
followed Jesus, they returned
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and they prepared
spices and fragrant oils.
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Ellen White says
that a hundred pounds...
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a hundred pounds of
embalming oil were prepared
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for the body of Jesus. But they
never got a chance to apply it
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because He never
began to corrupt.
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So when the last
rays of the setting sun
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of Sabbath began to
fade into the horizon,
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when the last rays of
the setting sun began to fade
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into the horizon... Whoo!
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I've gotta pause
and take that in.
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There's so much going on in
my mind I've gotta just pause
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and take that in. When the
rays of the setting sun of the
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Sabbath began to
fade into the horizon
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every molecule in the
body of Jesus began to remember
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its divine mission. The
pulse of that divine heart
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began to beat in cadence
with the rhythm of the voice
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of the angels. The unfallen
worlds watched this scene.
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They thought somehow,
because the destiny of all...
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the fallen world, the unfallen,
the destiny of everybody
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hung on this single event.
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Even though the other
worlds had not fallen,
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if Jesus had failed, creation
would be forever without
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its Lord. All the planets
would cease to be in order
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because the One that kept
them in order would be gone
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and the world would have been
transformed into one dark prison
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of sin and death throughout
the ceaseless ages of eternity.
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I'd like to borrow the lyrics
of one of the famous songs:
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"What a difference a day makes!
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Twenty four little hours. "
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It's amazing how the rising
sun chase away the darkness.
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All of a sudden, as the
Jews begin to see the set of the
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Sabbath, their wicked minds...
they're no longer thinking about
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potluck. They're no longer
thinking about AY. Come on,
00:21:18.51\00:21:21.71
somebody help me out.
They spent their wicked day in
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church on Sabbath after
they crucified the Lord.
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They were comfortable to bring
Him down before the Sabbath
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thinking that by
honoring the Sabbath
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it would remove their
guilt of the death of Jesus.
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But all of a sudden the
sun began to remind them
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that there's somebody with
whom you must given an account.
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All of a sudden the Jewish lead-
ers remembered the declaration
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of divinity in
John chapter 2 verse 18.
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The Jews once asked Jesus:
"What sign would You give us? "
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Since You do all these
things: since You raise the dead
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and heal the sick and
restore the sight of the blind
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and make the lame walk
again, what kind of sign would
00:22:00.18\00:22:02.78
You give them? "And Jesus
answered and said to them:
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'Destroy this temple
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and in three days I
will raise it up. ' "
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They met the divine architect
of creation. Come on, somebody.
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The Man who makes
worlds, who creates bodies.
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My good friend who is
a pathologist, he said:
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"When the Bible says God
'breathed into man's nostrils
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the breath of life and
he became a living soul ' "
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my friend who...
who... I'm not medical...
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I've got to get the word...
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who does autopsies
at the cellular level
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he says... "we have no
idea what God did when He
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knelt down and formed man
after His divine similitude. "
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He said: "We have no idea. "
00:22:45.79\00:22:47.53
That these organs working
in a cadence and a harmony
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that can only be done
not by a Big Bang Theory
00:22:51.03\00:22:54.07
but by a "big
God theory. " Amen!
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All of a sudden the
heart of Jesus begins to pulse
00:22:57.87\00:23:01.64
with the reality
that it's time to wake up.
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They could not comprehend
the fact that when they were
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interrogating Jesus
they were interrogating
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the life-giving Lord. Come
on, somebody, say hallelujah.
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The Desire of Ages... I
can't preach this sermon
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without Desire of
Ages. Is that all right?
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Page 780, Ellen White says:
"The night of the first day
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of the week had worn
slowly away. The darkest hour
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just before daybreak had come.
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Christ was still
prisoner in His narrow tomb.
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The great stone
was in its place.
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The Roman seal was unbroken.
00:23:34.98\00:23:37.38
The Roman guards
were keeping their watch.
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But there were unseen watchers.
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There were unseen watchers.
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Hosts of evil angels
are gathered about the place
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and had it been
possible... had it been possible
00:23:52.09\00:23:55.30
the prince of
darkness with his apostate army
00:23:55.70\00:23:59.50
would have kept forever sealed
00:23:59.70\00:24:02.00
the tomb that
held the Son of God. "
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But I'm going to
say: "It's not possible! "
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"Had it been possible... "
What a powerful word! "Had it
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been... " But it's not possible.
00:24:10.11\00:24:12.11
Also among this wonderful
display of demonic might
00:24:12.41\00:24:18.35
there were some
others that were there.
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Desire of Ages page 779:
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"A heavenly host also
surrounded the sepulcher. "
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The heavenly angels could not
be seen by the demonic angels.
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They were there. You
see, the fact of the matter is
00:24:33.44\00:24:35.50
Jesus - even in death -
had Secret Service protection.
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Amen! Even in death!
00:24:39.21\00:24:42.24
When you're a
King, your Secret Service
00:24:43.48\00:24:46.35
does not abandon You.
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If the president of the U.S.
has it all the days of his life,
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what about Jesus?
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He had it when He was a
baby. That's why Satan couldn't
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touch Him. He had it
in the Garden of Eden.
00:24:56.73\00:24:58.23
That's why the devil
could not recuse Him.
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He had it wherever He
went, and at His death
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they just sat
there. Ellen White says
00:25:02.43\00:25:04.47
"Angels that excel in
strength were guarding the tomb
00:25:04.67\00:25:07.54
just waiting to welcome
the Prince of Life. " Amen!
00:25:07.70\00:25:11.37
They were waiting for
God to say: "It's time! "
00:25:11.57\00:25:13.68
"It's time! " You see,
all of a sudden in the kingdom
00:25:14.24\00:25:17.05
of perfection Operation
Countdown is initiated.
00:25:17.25\00:25:20.28
They tear the envelope and now
it's taken to the next level.
00:25:20.48\00:25:22.88
Like an enthusiastic
announcer at a Super Bowl
00:25:23.59\00:25:25.99
heaven sounded the
alarm: "Two more minutes! "
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"Two more minutes!
In just two more minutes
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the King of Glory will
be declared victorious. "
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Amen! In just two more minutes
the chains of death will forever
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be broken. Come on, somebody.
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Two more
minutes... two more minutes.
00:25:41.64\00:25:45.11
The sun was seeping away in ca-
dence with the divine calendar.
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"Just two more
minutes... one more minute! "
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"In just one more minute the
risen Christ will sing again. "
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The hour of darkness will be
replaced with the hour of light.
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Bowed heads and sadness
will be forever raised in joy.
00:26:01.16\00:26:05.26
Sadness will
give way to exaltation
00:26:05.46\00:26:07.90
and dormant graves will
be ripped opened, never to be
00:26:08.10\00:26:10.83
occupied again.
Jesus said: "I came down
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and when I leave I'm
going to take a sample. "
00:26:14.70\00:26:16.54
"I'm going to take a sample. "
00:26:16.74\00:26:18.64
There are some people in heaven
that know what it's like to cry.
00:26:19.04\00:26:21.58
There are some people
that are called elders... 24.
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They know what it's like
to go through nights of want.
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Don't be discouraged. There's
somebody that's going to be
00:26:27.68\00:26:30.12
residing in the judgment
that understands your weakness.
00:26:30.32\00:26:32.79
That understands our failures.
00:26:33.19\00:26:34.99
That understands
what we don't have...
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they didn't have. But when Jesus
rose, He took them with Him.
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And there around that throne
24 elders today are waiting for
00:26:40.56\00:26:44.37
that glorious day when
we can reunite with them.
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Come on, say hallelujah!
00:26:47.04\00:26:48.37
The angel clothed in
the panoply of heaven,
00:26:48.54\00:26:52.27
the splendor of
God, this angel... whoo!
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You see, when the
two minutes expired
00:26:57.31\00:26:59.58
this polished
stealth-bomber named Gabriel
00:27:00.65\00:27:04.69
positioned his majestic
frame on the launch pad of the
00:27:05.62\00:27:08.49
Holy City. He leaves like
a fully-armored fighter jet
00:27:08.69\00:27:13.19
and he allows gravity to
pull him down in the direction
00:27:13.40\00:27:16.93
of earth. He tucks his
wings close to his perfect frame
00:27:17.13\00:27:20.10
to minimize turbulence.
00:27:20.30\00:27:22.00
He says: "I'm on my way! "
00:27:23.24\00:27:24.97
He says: "How
quickly can you get there? "
00:27:25.37\00:27:27.21
They gave him turbo
boosters, and I imagine somehow
00:27:27.41\00:27:30.58
that the stars may
have moved out of the way
00:27:30.78\00:27:32.41
so as not to obstruct the
resurrection of their Lord
00:27:32.61\00:27:35.98
either! All of
creation was clapping.
00:27:36.18\00:27:38.62
"Move Gabriel. "
"Go get Him, Gabriel. "
00:27:38.82\00:27:41.19
"It's time to wake up
the Prince of Heaven. "
00:27:41.39\00:27:44.16
Amen! The Bible
says... the Bible says
00:27:44.36\00:27:47.00
"And behold... and behold
there was a great earthquake
00:27:47.20\00:27:50.43
for an angel of the
Lord descended from heaven. "
00:27:50.83\00:27:53.27
It was like... it was
like Operation Desert Storm.
00:27:53.67\00:27:57.04
They heard the thunder but
they didn't see him coming.
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But they knew
something was about to break!
00:28:00.34\00:28:02.74
Heaven was about to carpet-bomb
all the evil angels of hell!
00:28:03.14\00:28:07.25
And the devils tremble
at the very thought that
00:28:07.75\00:28:09.85
"My hour has come. "
He knew he was defeated!
00:28:10.05\00:28:12.55
The Lord said: "I'm going to
take care of you a little later.
00:28:12.75\00:28:14.72
You just watch... you
just watch the destruction
00:28:14.92\00:28:18.09
and think about it
for the next 2,000 years
00:28:18.29\00:28:19.93
because when I'm
done you will be done. "
00:28:20.13\00:28:21.76
Oh how wonderful it was.
00:28:22.16\00:28:23.87
The angel of the
Lord descended from heaven
00:28:24.07\00:28:26.07
and came and
rolled back the stone.
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The Bible says: "He
rolled back the stone. "
00:28:28.54\00:28:30.97
Ellen White says: "He
moved the stone as though
00:28:31.17\00:28:33.78
it was a pebble. " Whoo!
00:28:33.98\00:28:36.61
And it describes
what he looked like.
00:28:37.48\00:28:39.51
"His countenance
was like lightning
00:28:39.71\00:28:41.52
and his clothes
as white as snow.
00:28:41.72\00:28:43.42
And the guards shook for fear of
him and became like dead men. "
00:28:43.62\00:28:47.69
Desire of Ages
again. Can I go back there?
00:28:47.89\00:28:49.52
"Brave soldiers that have
never been afraid of human power
00:28:50.33\00:28:53.26
are now as captives
taken without sword or spear.
00:28:53.46\00:28:55.96
The face they look upon is
no face of a mortal warrior.
00:28:56.87\00:29:00.57
It is the face of the
mightiest of the Lord's host. "
00:29:00.77\00:29:03.87
God didn't send an
angel... He sent the best angel.
00:29:04.27\00:29:06.78
"This messenger is the one who
fills the position from which
00:29:07.51\00:29:11.28
Satan fell. " This is
the one that God sent.
00:29:11.48\00:29:14.55
"It is he who on the
hills of Bethlehem proclaimed
00:29:14.75\00:29:17.85
Christ's birth. " That's
the same angel that was sent.
00:29:18.05\00:29:20.59
"The earth
trembles at his approach.
00:29:20.99\00:29:23.02
The hosts of darkness flee,
and as he rolls away the stone
00:29:23.22\00:29:26.73
heaven seems to
come down to earth.
00:29:26.93\00:29:29.53
The soldiers see him removing
the stone as he would a pebble
00:29:29.73\00:29:33.20
and they hear him cry:
'Son of God: come forth!
00:29:33.40\00:29:36.81
Thy Father
calleth Thee. ' " Amen!
00:29:37.01\00:29:40.18
"Enough of this Sabbath rest.
00:29:41.01\00:29:42.84
It's Sunday morning...
we've got work to do! "
00:29:43.04\00:29:45.15
And Jesus comes forth and
says: "I am the resurrection
00:29:45.35\00:29:48.18
and the life. I am He who lives
00:29:48.38\00:29:51.22
and was dead, and
behold I am alive forever more.
00:29:51.42\00:29:53.99
And I've got something
else: I've got the keys of death
00:29:54.39\00:29:56.93
and the grave. " I
want to tell you today
00:29:57.13\00:29:59.43
if you've got somebody
dead, Jesus has got the keys.
00:29:59.63\00:30:01.83
Amen! He's going to open
them one day one lock at a time.
00:30:02.03\00:30:04.57
But He's going to do it
divinely all at the same time.
00:30:04.77\00:30:06.74
Hallelujah to that!
00:30:06.94\00:30:08.27
She says that: "Christ came
forth from the tomb glorified. "
00:30:08.40\00:30:11.37
And the Roman guards beheld
Him. "Their eyes, " she says,
00:30:11.57\00:30:15.88
"were riveted upon His face...
00:30:16.08\00:30:17.41
upon the face of
Him whom recently mocked
00:30:17.61\00:30:22.12
and derided had no
sign of His former estate.
00:30:22.32\00:30:26.15
In this glorious being
they beheld the prisoner
00:30:26.35\00:30:29.66
whom they had seen
in the judgment hall,
00:30:29.86\00:30:32.03
the One for whom they had
plaited a crown of thorns.
00:30:32.23\00:30:35.03
This was the One who had
stood unresistant before Pilate,
00:30:35.43\00:30:40.57
and Herod, His form
lacerated by the cruel scourge.
00:30:40.77\00:30:44.04
This was He who had
been nailed to the cross,
00:30:44.44\00:30:47.28
at whom the priests and
rulers full of self-satisfaction
00:30:47.48\00:30:51.31
had wagged their heads
saying: "He saved others;
00:30:51.71\00:30:54.92
Himself He cannot save. "
"You see, He can't save Himself
00:30:55.12\00:30:58.02
and save us too. "
00:30:58.22\00:30:59.55
He thought of us not of Himself.
Praise the Lord somebody?
00:30:59.62\00:31:02.06
"This was He, " she says,
"who had been laid in Joseph's
00:31:02.56\00:31:06.19
new tomb. The decree of
heaven had loosed the captive. "
00:31:06.39\00:31:09.96
And I like this part. She says:
"Mountain piled upon mountain
00:31:10.17\00:31:13.60
over the sepulcher could not
prevent Him from coming forth! "
00:31:13.80\00:31:17.37
Amen! Even if
Mount Everest was there
00:31:17.57\00:31:20.54
they would move Mount
Everest just to get Jesus out.
00:31:20.74\00:31:22.71
Mount Vesuvius,
Mount Kilimanjaro,
00:31:23.28\00:31:25.31
no matter what the mountain
was, it could not prevent
00:31:25.51\00:31:27.88
the King of
Heaven from coming forth.
00:31:28.08\00:31:30.12
And I can imagine
when that angel came down.
00:31:30.49\00:31:32.95
Ellen White also says: "As
He comes forth in majesty. "
00:31:33.36\00:31:36.93
Desire of Ages page 779:
"As He comes forth in majesty
00:31:37.13\00:31:42.10
and glory, the
angels... the angel host bow low
00:31:42.30\00:31:46.77
in adoration before the
Redeemer. " And she says:
00:31:46.97\00:31:49.97
"And they
welcome Him with song. "
00:31:50.17\00:31:52.67
Amen! They began to
sing: "Christ the Lord
00:31:52.87\00:31:57.08
is risen today! Hallelujah! "
00:31:57.38\00:32:03.39
I imagine every song writer that
spoke about the resurrection
00:32:03.59\00:32:06.22
had to find their
inspiration in Desire of Ages
00:32:06.42\00:32:09.39
and in the Word of
God. Amen somebody. Amen!
00:32:09.59\00:32:12.13
Jesus declared: "I am
the Alpha and the Omega,
00:32:12.33\00:32:14.36
the beginning and the
end. " And the Lord said:
00:32:14.76\00:32:20.37
"Who is, who was,
and who is to come...
00:32:21.10\00:32:25.31
the Almighty. "
00:32:25.51\00:32:26.84
Oh, I tell you brothers and
sisters, this is a good message.
00:32:27.08\00:32:29.74
Not because I put it together
but because it's about Jesus!
00:32:30.48\00:32:33.01
Amen! You see, when you get
discouraged and you think that
00:32:33.21\00:32:36.28
this is all that there
is, when you get discouraged
00:32:36.48\00:32:40.26
and you think that this is
all there is, you've got to
00:32:40.46\00:32:42.66
remember... you've got to
remember what Jesus went through
00:32:42.86\00:32:46.23
to pull us through. Amen!
00:32:46.43\00:32:48.13
You've got to
remember what He gave up
00:32:48.33\00:32:49.93
to give us what
we could not possess.
00:32:50.13\00:32:52.93
Oh what a day it was when
Jesus came forth from that tomb!
00:32:53.44\00:32:56.00
He came forth not with
the garments He went in.
00:32:56.50\00:32:59.01
He folded His
clothes before He left.
00:32:59.41\00:33:01.91
We serve a neat Lord.
00:33:02.31\00:33:03.85
He said "I don't want anybody to
think that I'm a sloppy God. "
00:33:05.41\00:33:08.52
Let all things be done
decently and... you know.
00:33:08.72\00:33:11.85
He came... He said: "Let me
just... Wait up! I've got to do
00:33:12.05\00:33:14.39
some housecleaning.
" He left the place
00:33:14.59\00:33:16.12
better than He found it.
00:33:16.32\00:33:17.86
That's why Paul the apostle
says: "When you are discouraged
00:33:19.26\00:33:22.10
remember that we are not
preaching a message in vain. "
00:33:22.30\00:33:24.90
"If Christ be not risen,
then our preaching is in vain
00:33:25.30\00:33:27.70
and our faith is also in
vain. BUT now Christ IS risen
00:33:27.90\00:33:31.81
from the dead and has
become the firstfruits
00:33:32.01\00:33:34.54
of them that slept. "
00:33:34.74\00:33:36.11
I've got to take a breath.
00:33:37.71\00:33:39.25
Last night when
I was sitting down
00:33:42.78\00:33:45.05
at about 1:30 AM and I was
saying: "Lord, talk to me. "
00:33:45.25\00:33:50.16
I had to get up and go to
the kitchen to get some water.
00:33:51.76\00:33:54.00
It became too overwhelming
00:33:54.20\00:33:55.76
and I as transcended to the
place where the death of Jesus
00:34:00.17\00:34:04.24
will one day be replaced
with the coming of Jesus.
00:34:04.44\00:34:06.64
Amen! No longer coming as a
slain Lord and a defeated Lord
00:34:06.84\00:34:11.75
but coming forth with ten
thousand times ten thousand...
00:34:12.35\00:34:15.65
help me out, somebody...
and thousands of thousands.
00:34:15.85\00:34:18.99
White horses. On His thigh
the name is written: King of
00:34:20.06\00:34:23.73
Kings and Lord of
Lords. The Word of God!
00:34:23.93\00:34:25.99
And those who don't know
Him look for places to hide.
00:34:26.96\00:34:30.33
They run to the rocks and the
mountains and they say to the
00:34:30.53\00:34:33.34
rocks and the mountains:
"Hide us from the face of
00:34:33.54\00:34:36.47
Him that sits on the throne and
from the wrath of the Lamb. "
00:34:36.67\00:34:40.01
You see, if
Jesus had not risen...
00:34:40.31\00:34:42.41
Think about this: if
Jesus had not risen...
00:34:42.81\00:34:45.98
Are you ready for
this? If Jesus had not risen,
00:34:47.12\00:34:50.32
Elijah couldn't stay in heaven.
00:34:53.32\00:34:55.36
Moses would have to go back
to the state he was in before.
00:34:59.33\00:35:02.43
Because they were there on...
they were there on "credit. "
00:35:03.06\00:35:06.97
Jesus gave them an IOU.
00:35:10.91\00:35:13.58
"You come in early,
I'll pay for it later. "
00:35:15.98\00:35:18.58
Is that all right? He
said: "You can come in early;
00:35:19.18\00:35:23.22
I'll pay for it at Calvary. "
00:35:23.42\00:35:25.92
Enoch walked with God and
was not... for God took him.
00:35:26.32\00:35:29.62
And Enoch said "How is this pos-
sible? You haven't died yet. "
00:35:30.19\00:35:33.09
He said: "Enoch,
don't worry about it.
00:35:33.29\00:35:35.06
You just leave it in My
hands; I don't plan to fail. "
00:35:35.90\00:35:38.93
Enoch... Elijah... Moses
00:35:40.84\00:35:43.84
would have had to be
returned to their former estate.
00:35:45.57\00:35:48.31
Think about it. Lazarus,
who came forth, would never
00:35:48.94\00:35:52.88
come forth again.
00:35:53.08\00:35:54.62
The blind man whose sight
was restored... he would never
00:35:55.02\00:35:57.39
see again. Every grave
would forever be sealed.
00:35:57.59\00:36:01.69
There would be no singing;
there would be no rejoicing.
00:36:01.99\00:36:06.03
There would be
nothing to look forward to.
00:36:06.23\00:36:08.33
If Jesus had
failed... If Jesus had failed,
00:36:08.53\00:36:11.90
the very courts of
heaven would now be under
00:36:13.10\00:36:16.37
new management -
Satanic management - because
00:36:16.57\00:36:19.11
for some reason he
would have proven his point:
00:36:19.31\00:36:22.18
that God is not
possible, God is not worthy.
00:36:22.38\00:36:25.05
"He's not worthy to be praised
00:36:25.25\00:36:26.58
and I have
proved it on Calvary. "
00:36:26.68\00:36:28.02
But I tell you: Jesus was
willing to go through ANYTHING
00:36:28.15\00:36:31.62
that we can go
through everything. Amen!
00:36:31.82\00:36:34.49
He was willing to
take what belonged to us
00:36:34.89\00:36:36.99
that one day we can have
by faith and by humble hearts
00:36:37.19\00:36:41.16
what only belongs to Him.
00:36:41.36\00:36:43.03
This divine baby... I'm
off script right now, I'm just
00:36:46.23\00:36:49.97
talking to
you... This divine baby
00:36:50.17\00:36:53.14
came to this earth
00:36:53.54\00:36:55.88
and He learned through
the veil of human flesh.
00:36:58.15\00:37:01.55
He was tempted in
all points just as we are
00:37:02.75\00:37:05.32
yet He was without sin.
00:37:05.72\00:37:07.06
Can you imagine? If
Jesus sinned as a nine-year-old
00:37:07.26\00:37:09.46
we couldn't preach this sermon.
00:37:11.79\00:37:13.83
We would be prisoners in
a camp worse than Auschwitz.
00:37:14.23\00:37:17.57
And the genocide in Africa
would have nothing on what Satan
00:37:19.67\00:37:22.07
would have done to this planet.
00:37:22.27\00:37:23.61
Same-sex marriage would
have been 5,000 years old...
00:37:25.51\00:37:28.21
and growing.
00:37:29.54\00:37:30.95
It would have
been normal by now.
00:37:31.41\00:37:33.11
That's why I don't
believe in traditional marriage.
00:37:33.95\00:37:36.92
You can breathe.
00:37:40.82\00:37:43.26
I believe in
scriptural marriage.
00:37:44.86\00:37:46.73
Amen! Amen somebody.
00:37:46.93\00:37:48.36
Think about what kind
of world we would have had
00:37:49.43\00:37:51.77
had Jesus
failed... had He failed.
00:37:51.97\00:37:54.94
There would be no churches.
00:37:56.44\00:37:58.54
There would be no songs to sing
00:37:59.97\00:38:01.81
about the risen Lord,
about the forgiveness of sin.
00:38:02.68\00:38:04.98
Every hospital
visit would be final;
00:38:05.65\00:38:07.72
every funeral would be it.
00:38:07.92\00:38:09.68
Everyone would
enter their graves
00:38:10.09\00:38:11.79
never to come forth again.
00:38:11.99\00:38:13.69
Hate would be the norm.
00:38:13.89\00:38:16.06
Sin and suffering would
be an every-day activity.
00:38:16.46\00:38:19.69
"Do as you will"
would be the saying of earth
00:38:20.20\00:38:24.00
and nothing would be off limits.
00:38:25.13\00:38:27.57
I saw a commercial once where...
00:38:28.24\00:38:30.91
I forgot the name of the show.
I didn't see it, praise God
00:38:31.11\00:38:33.11
for that. There are certain
things you should not see.
00:38:33.31\00:38:35.04
And I think the theme of it...
You know, sometimes you could be
00:38:37.81\00:38:40.52
watching a good
program and at the commercial
00:38:40.72\00:38:42.15
you've got to turn your eyes.
00:38:42.35\00:38:43.69
It was showing in the commercial
where... I forgot the name
00:38:43.89\00:38:46.96
of the show... But I didn't see
it; I told you I didn't see it.
00:38:47.16\00:38:49.16
But they gave a 24-hour period
in which you could do whatever
00:38:49.36\00:38:53.13
you wanted: kill
somebody; murder somebody.
00:38:53.33\00:38:56.23
That's the kind of
world this would have been
00:38:56.43\00:38:58.43
had Jesus failed at Calvary.
00:38:58.63\00:39:01.10
That's why you
have to pause sometimes
00:39:03.14\00:39:05.14
and as Ellen White
says "focus on the cross. "
00:39:05.34\00:39:07.58
Spend a thoughtful hour. If
you pick up The Desire of Ages
00:39:07.78\00:39:10.58
and read it on a
day-by-day basis.
00:39:10.78\00:39:12.11
If you read
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
00:39:12.15\00:39:13.75
and you focus on
the theme of the cross
00:39:13.95\00:39:16.08
you ask yourself the question:
"Father, Father, please
00:39:16.28\00:39:19.12
do what You may that I may
be in that glorious kingdom! "
00:39:19.32\00:39:22.69
"Have Your way with me
00:39:24.13\00:39:26.13
that when that time
comes and that trumpet sounds
00:39:26.33\00:39:28.23
I'll hear my name in the
chordant notes of that glorious
00:39:28.63\00:39:31.90
glorious choir. "
00:39:32.10\00:39:33.60
I want to be there
one day, what about you?
00:39:33.80\00:39:35.47
I want to stand where no
man has ever stood before.
00:39:35.67\00:39:38.97
That is, outside
of the special group.
00:39:39.17\00:39:43.81
I want to be there to see
Jesus re-create the earth again,
00:39:44.21\00:39:47.25
what about you? Amen!
I want to be there to see
00:39:47.45\00:39:49.72
sin forever eradicated.
00:39:49.92\00:39:51.95
I remember being down
in southern California.
00:39:52.35\00:39:54.26
I'm not done yet.
00:39:54.46\00:39:55.79
This is a rest area...
I'm coming back on board.
00:39:57.73\00:40:00.93
I remember being down in LA once
when we lived in California.
00:40:03.16\00:40:05.80
My wife and I
went and found our way
00:40:06.20\00:40:08.54
next to the Kodak theater.
00:40:08.74\00:40:10.44
We lived in northern
California at the time.
00:40:10.84\00:40:12.27
And all of a sudden, before
we knew it we were in the midst
00:40:12.47\00:40:14.68
of all these black
limousines... long, stretch,
00:40:14.88\00:40:18.01
black limousines.
Well, we put 2 and 2 together
00:40:18.21\00:40:22.08
and we discovered: "Hey,
this is an Awards weekend. "
00:40:22.28\00:40:25.12
We saw the red carpet.
00:40:25.32\00:40:26.65
Obviously we were not invited.
00:40:26.72\00:40:28.42
But in our humanity we...
we strained to see through
00:40:32.63\00:40:35.60
those darkened windows to
hopefully catch a glimpse of
00:40:35.80\00:40:39.03
somebody that we
thought was famous.
00:40:39.23\00:40:41.40
And I saw a window coming down
00:40:46.31\00:40:48.11
but it only came down that much.
00:40:48.31\00:40:49.68
And I said: "Who was
that? " "Oh, I couldn't see.
00:40:49.88\00:40:52.25
I only saw an eyebrow. "
00:40:52.45\00:40:53.78
And I was so
disappointed. We tried our best.
00:40:54.95\00:40:57.09
We looked, we stretched...
we were trying to see somebody
00:40:57.29\00:40:59.25
who had a status that we
probably would never have.
00:40:59.45\00:41:02.52
And we drove back
to northern California
00:41:03.39\00:41:05.29
quite disappointed. Why would
they have blackened windows
00:41:05.49\00:41:09.06
on these limousines?
Why wouldn't they let us see
00:41:09.26\00:41:11.30
them for a change?
00:41:11.50\00:41:12.83
And God tapped me on the back
and said: "John, don't you worry
00:41:13.03\00:41:15.24
about it. You don't see
what they have, but one day
00:41:15.44\00:41:19.17
they're going to see
what you have. " Amen!
00:41:19.37\00:41:21.14
"Because when I make the
New Jerusalem the walls are
00:41:21.54\00:41:23.41
going to be transparent.
" Come on, somebody.
00:41:23.61\00:41:25.41
So don't worry about what they
have because they're walking on
00:41:26.25\00:41:28.78
carpet. One day
you're going to walk on gold!
00:41:28.98\00:41:30.89
Amen! They're passing
through a... I can't even speak
00:41:31.09\00:41:35.16
right now. They're going
to be entering a theater;
00:41:35.36\00:41:38.39
you're going to be
entering a glorious city. Amen!
00:41:38.59\00:41:41.33
So don't worry about it.
00:41:41.53\00:41:42.86
I remember one day
sitting on the bed in our house
00:41:42.90\00:41:44.50
and I got caught up in
an Oprah show where she was
00:41:44.90\00:41:46.87
giving everybody cars.
00:41:47.07\00:41:48.57
And I thought: "Why
can't I get a car, Lord? "
00:41:49.60\00:41:51.81
She said: "You get a car and
you get a car and you get a... "
00:41:53.21\00:41:55.78
And I thought: "Why am
I caught up in something
00:41:56.18\00:41:58.71
that's going to grow old? "
00:41:58.91\00:42:00.32
One day God's going to
say: "You get a crown and you
00:42:00.52\00:42:02.58
get a crown... " Come
on... "and you get a crown
00:42:02.78\00:42:04.85
and you get a crown. "
00:42:05.05\00:42:06.45
I'm starting to get this thing
in perspective. After 30 years
00:42:06.86\00:42:09.32
of pastoring it's starting
to become clearer than it was
00:42:09.52\00:42:11.73
before. You see, this
was no ordinary moment.
00:42:11.93\00:42:14.66
When Jesus came forth from the
tomb - when He broke the seal
00:42:14.86\00:42:18.77
that Satan thought
had been forever locked -
00:42:18.97\00:42:21.60
when the demons of
hell ran for their lives.
00:42:21.80\00:42:24.47
Ellen White says the
soldiers ran with their
00:42:24.67\00:42:26.74
"legs trembling. " These
mighty men who feared nothing
00:42:26.94\00:42:31.45
finally found somebody to fear!
00:42:31.65\00:42:33.92
For when you don't
worship God you fear Him.
00:42:34.58\00:42:36.79
God has not given us the
spirit of fear but of love,
00:42:36.99\00:42:39.92
of power, and what
kind of mind? A sound mind.
00:42:40.12\00:42:43.19
What they did not know
is when Jesus came forth
00:42:43.39\00:42:45.53
from that tomb the Rose
of Sharon would bloom again.
00:42:45.73\00:42:49.33
The Bright and
Morning Star would rise again.
00:42:49.73\00:42:52.57
The Light of the World
would shine again. Come on,
00:42:52.77\00:42:55.00
somebody... help me out. Amen!
00:42:55.20\00:42:56.54
The Oil of
Gladness would flow again.
00:42:56.57\00:42:59.17
The Lion of the tribe
of Judah would roar again!
00:42:59.37\00:43:02.24
The Author of salvation
would now be given the right
00:43:02.44\00:43:05.41
to become the
Finisher of our faith.
00:43:05.61\00:43:07.42
The Mighty God would
become the Everlasting Father.
00:43:07.82\00:43:10.55
The Alpha would
now become the Omega.
00:43:10.75\00:43:12.85
Because the fact of the
matter is: Jesus is not "I was"
00:43:13.05\00:43:15.86
He is the Great I AM! Amen!
00:43:16.06\00:43:18.89
Somehow the devil forgot that.
00:43:19.96\00:43:21.66
But there was something about
that moment that reminded him:
00:43:22.16\00:43:24.07
this was the guy that I lost
the fight against in heaven.
00:43:24.27\00:43:26.94
He wins again... round two.
00:43:27.14\00:43:29.24
Round two. Amen, somebody.
Round... there's one more round
00:43:29.44\00:43:33.31
and it's going to be Jesus wins.
00:43:33.71\00:43:36.28
The Lamb of God would
become the Eternal Father.
00:43:36.85\00:43:39.21
He would now take
His rightful place.
00:43:39.61\00:43:41.18
And understand what He's doing
in reference to the sanctuary.
00:43:41.58\00:43:43.89
We now have a High Priest
00:43:44.19\00:43:46.29
that stands before the Father.
When the prayers of the saints
00:43:46.49\00:43:49.66
arise from the altar of
our hearts, even when it's not
00:43:49.86\00:43:52.83
clearly understood,
the Holy Spirit takes those
00:43:53.03\00:43:55.66
prayers that don't make
sense and He fixes it up
00:43:55.96\00:44:01.90
and delivers it to the Father.
00:44:02.50\00:44:04.54
And the Father understands
the needs of His children.
00:44:04.94\00:44:07.94
Praise God for that. Amen!
00:44:08.14\00:44:10.15
"Therefore He is also now
able to save to the uttermost
00:44:10.35\00:44:14.22
those who come to God
through Him since He ever lives
00:44:14.42\00:44:18.25
to make intercession
for us. " Say for us.
00:44:18.45\00:44:20.99
For us.
00:44:21.19\00:44:22.52
Jesus was arrested so
that we could be set free.
00:44:22.56\00:44:25.99
He was declared guilty so that
we could be declared innocent.
00:44:26.29\00:44:29.56
He was condemned so
that we could be pardoned.
00:44:29.96\00:44:33.13
He walked on our road so that
one day we can walk on His road.
00:44:33.34\00:44:37.34
I'm going to tell you
this: I don't need a mansion.
00:44:37.54\00:44:39.34
I just need a
sleeping bag. Amen!
00:44:39.54\00:44:42.84
Give me a pillow... as long as
I'm there. What about you? Amen!
00:44:43.04\00:44:46.58
Some people come to Camp
Meeting in a motor home...
00:44:46.78\00:44:48.62
some come in a tent. I
think they're all happy
00:44:48.82\00:44:50.42
no matter what
they're in, right?
00:44:50.62\00:44:51.95
When we get to heaven we are not
going to care what we're in...
00:44:52.19\00:44:54.42
we're just going
to be glad we're in!
00:44:54.62\00:44:56.49
As one of my favorite preachers
said: "I don't care about going
00:44:56.99\00:44:59.09
first or last as long as
the door shuts behind me. "
00:44:59.29\00:45:02.20
I don't know how He's going
to call that, but if it's going
00:45:06.20\00:45:08.14
to be alphabetic I'm going
to have to wait till He gets
00:45:08.34\00:45:09.77
to the L's. But I
begin to believe now...
00:45:09.97\00:45:12.17
I'm beginning to
believe that when Jesus calls us
00:45:12.37\00:45:15.84
He's going to be able
- Are you ready for this?
00:45:16.54\00:45:20.78
You see, in mass mailing
they are able to send out
00:45:21.18\00:45:23.79
50 million
e-mails at the same time
00:45:23.99\00:45:26.52
and you all get
it at the same time.
00:45:26.72\00:45:28.56
If man can do that, I
believe that God can call
00:45:28.76\00:45:31.29
all of our names at
the same time. Amen!
00:45:31.49\00:45:34.83
That's why He specified
"Lazarus... come forth! "
00:45:35.93\00:45:39.20
If He'd just said: "Come forth"
it'd have been something else!
00:45:39.83\00:45:42.80
I think He's going to
say just: "Come forth! "
00:45:43.20\00:45:45.41
and we're going to come forth
clothed in the beauty of heaven.
00:45:45.81\00:45:49.18
He wore our thorns so that
one day we will wear His crown.
00:45:49.38\00:45:52.48
To God be the glory! He
suffered the shame of our death
00:45:52.68\00:45:55.62
so that we could
share the glory of His life.
00:45:55.82\00:45:57.65
Jesus rose to take His
rightful place, and today
00:45:58.05\00:46:01.26
He ever liveth to
make intercession for us.
00:46:01.46\00:46:04.73
Amen! Oh! Dr. Luke
says in Luke 1:32-33...
00:46:04.93\00:46:10.47
You see, the devil even took
these wicked men back to the
00:46:10.83\00:46:13.67
birth of Jesus. They now
remember as He comes forth.
00:46:13.87\00:46:16.84
These priests that
had understood at one time
00:46:17.04\00:46:19.24
the clarity of God's
Word... they now remember
00:46:19.44\00:46:21.48
at the birth of Jesus the
declaration: "He will be great
00:46:21.68\00:46:25.25
and will be called
the Son of the Highest.
00:46:25.45\00:46:27.55
The Lord God will give Him
the throne of His father David
00:46:27.75\00:46:30.45
and He will reign over
the house of Jacob forever.
00:46:30.65\00:46:33.56
And of His kingdom
there will be no... " End!
00:46:33.76\00:46:37.63
"there will be no end.
" Today there's a kingdom
00:46:37.83\00:46:40.40
reserved for you and for me.
00:46:40.60\00:46:42.26
There's a kingdom for everyone
who calls and trusts in the shed
00:46:42.66\00:46:46.74
blood of Jesus. There's a
kingdom today that we can be
00:46:46.94\00:46:50.21
citizens of. There's no reason
why any of us should be left out
00:46:50.41\00:46:53.78
of that eternal
kingdom. What about you?
00:46:53.98\00:46:55.64
When I think about what
Jesus has done for me...
00:46:56.04\00:46:58.18
Oh, I tell you: we
all have struggles.
00:46:58.58\00:47:00.15
You got any struggles? I
want to tell you: Jesus sees us
00:47:00.35\00:47:03.69
not just as we are. He
sees us as we are going to be.
00:47:04.09\00:47:07.29
The Bible says: "Eye
hath not seen nor ear heard
00:47:08.19\00:47:10.39
neither has it
entered into the hearts of man
00:47:10.59\00:47:12.79
the things that God has prepared
for those that love Him. "
00:47:12.99\00:47:15.56
Do you love the Lord? Amen!
00:47:15.76\00:47:17.47
We've gotta love Him
more than that, though.
00:47:17.67\00:47:19.13
We can't just love
Him intellectually.
00:47:19.33\00:47:21.10
We can't just love Him verbally.
00:47:21.30\00:47:22.87
We've got to love Him with
our whole heart, our whole life.
00:47:23.07\00:47:25.51
We've got to live that
His glory might be revealed.
00:47:25.91\00:47:27.81
We can't just say: "I love the
Lord" and now show up in church
00:47:28.21\00:47:30.38
on Sabbath morning. We
can't say: "I love the Lord"
00:47:30.58\00:47:33.21
and want to get out of
church as 12! Come on now!
00:47:33.42\00:47:35.98
We can't say: "I love the
Lord" and don't want to come to
00:47:38.12\00:47:40.26
prayer meeting! We
can't say: "I love the Lord"
00:47:40.46\00:47:43.49
and don't want to
pay an honest tithe.
00:47:43.69\00:47:45.29
We can't say: "I love
Jesus" and don't want to support
00:47:45.99\00:47:48.56
a ministry like this!
00:47:48.76\00:47:50.27
I didn't plan that!
00:47:50.47\00:47:52.20
If you love God, you love
Him with your whole heart!
00:47:52.70\00:47:55.50
Somebody was getting baptized
once, and he said to the
00:47:55.70\00:47:57.94
pastor: "Wait, let
me remove my wallet. "
00:47:58.14\00:47:59.54
He said: "No, I want
to baptize that. too! "
00:47:59.74\00:48:01.61
It's all or nothing at all.
00:48:03.68\00:48:05.28
If you love Jesus, there's
nothing withheld from God.
00:48:05.48\00:48:07.75
And you know what He says?
"No good thing will I withhold
00:48:07.95\00:48:10.85
from those that walk up-
rightly. " To God be the glory!
00:48:11.05\00:48:13.99
When we get to heaven
we're not going to take
00:48:14.79\00:48:16.52
motor homes with us.
It's all right to have one.
00:48:16.73\00:48:19.09
I'd like to have one...
00:48:19.29\00:48:20.63
but it doesn't have enough
gas mileage to get me there.
00:48:22.20\00:48:25.27
There ain't enough
tanks to get me to heaven.
00:48:25.97\00:48:28.20
They told me about
Orion. Scientists say that Orion
00:48:29.04\00:48:31.47
is stretching. I
was sitting down one day
00:48:31.67\00:48:34.98
and all of a sudden God gave me
a picture. And my wife and I...
00:48:35.28\00:48:38.65
She was listening to it
and all of a sudden my mind was
00:48:38.85\00:48:41.12
taken some place that
I'd never been before.
00:48:41.32\00:48:43.02
And I said: "I can
imagine the day when we ascend
00:48:43.42\00:48:45.45
from earth, when we are
now clothed in the beauty of
00:48:45.65\00:48:48.76
immortality. When we come
forth from the grave we can hear
00:48:48.96\00:48:52.19
clearly. No more need
for glasses...come on.
00:48:52.39\00:48:55.03
No more need for canes; Lorraine
will be walking perfectly.
00:48:55.23\00:48:58.80
No more
Remicade... somebody say amen.
00:48:59.30\00:49:01.67
No more high blood or low
blood pressure medication.
00:49:02.07\00:49:04.87
Amen! No medication at all!
00:49:05.07\00:49:07.08
Doctors: I love you but you
won't have a job in the kingdom
00:49:07.48\00:49:09.94
because the Master Physician
will be in charge of every case.
00:49:10.15\00:49:13.58
All we need to do is get
together around the Tree of Life
00:49:13.78\00:49:16.12
which has fruit for the
healing of the nations. Amen!
00:49:16.32\00:49:18.29
I used to think that we're
going to be sick and that's why
00:49:18.49\00:49:20.32
the fruit will heal us.
No! What I've discovered is
00:49:20.52\00:49:22.59
we are not going to be
sick in heaven. The inhabitants
00:49:22.79\00:49:24.73
"shall not say I am sick"
so why would the fruit be for
00:49:24.93\00:49:27.70
the healing of the
nations? You know why?
00:49:27.90\00:49:29.63
Because there's so
much division in this earth:
00:49:29.83\00:49:31.43
racial division, ethnic
division, educational division.
00:49:31.63\00:49:37.01
People living in a
high area and a low area.
00:49:37.41\00:49:40.14
Financial division.
00:49:40.54\00:49:42.14
But when we get to
heaven it's not going to matter
00:49:42.34\00:49:44.21
where you're from.
All that's going to matter
00:49:44.41\00:49:46.15
is where you end up. Amen!
00:49:46.35\00:49:48.18
From one blood came all nations.
00:49:48.38\00:49:50.05
To one blood all
these nations must go.
00:49:50.25\00:49:54.22
So today, if we're going to
be in heaven, we've got to break
00:49:54.42\00:49:56.86
those walls down now. Amen!
00:49:57.06\00:49:59.29
Come on... tell it,
tell it. Hallelujah!
00:49:59.53\00:50:02.76
That's right.
We're having a sermon.
00:50:07.44\00:50:09.47
Those walls have got
to come down when? Now!
00:50:11.64\00:50:14.71
The wall of separation... love
between brothers and sisters...
00:50:16.68\00:50:20.38
that wall has to come down now!
00:50:20.58\00:50:22.42
Come to church on Sabbath
morning and you walk up that
00:50:23.35\00:50:25.25
aisle; the person you
hate walk up that aisle.
00:50:25.45\00:50:27.16
That's gotta
come down now. Amen!
00:50:27.36\00:50:30.03
Dedication to the service of
God: that's gotta be our heart's
00:50:30.23\00:50:33.06
pulse now. If you really believe
that Jesus is coming again,
00:50:33.26\00:50:37.27
you've got to work as
though He's coming tomorrow!
00:50:37.47\00:50:40.44
Amen!
00:50:40.64\00:50:43.27
Somebody said: "We have
to live as though Jesus died
00:50:43.57\00:50:45.97
yesterday, rose today, and
He's coming back tomorrow. "
00:50:46.17\00:50:48.84
What a day of rejoicing that's
going to be when we see Jesus.
00:50:49.94\00:50:52.48
What do you say? Amen!
I'm going to see my mother.
00:50:52.68\00:50:54.98
I got caught up in that.
One day about 7 years ago
00:50:55.18\00:50:57.69
I was preaching a sermon
right here in this pulpit
00:50:57.89\00:50:59.55
for Camp Meeting
and I got caught.
00:50:59.75\00:51:01.86
I was preaching about the
resurrection. I got caught
00:51:02.06\00:51:04.13
and I got in a
quandary. I said: "Father,
00:51:04.33\00:51:06.93
I want to be in Brooklyn
to see the lady that raised me
00:51:07.33\00:51:09.66
come forth from the grave,
00:51:09.86\00:51:11.20
but after I met my mother, I
want to be in the Virgin Islands
00:51:11.47\00:51:13.87
to see her come forth from
the grave. " The Lord said:
00:51:14.07\00:51:15.80
"John, forget about all that.
Why don't you just meet them
00:51:16.00\00:51:18.07
in the air? " Amen!
00:51:18.27\00:51:20.14
One of my sound men that's
now a member of the church...
00:51:23.08\00:51:25.51
I remember when I was doing the
program with Pr. John Stanton
00:51:25.71\00:51:28.18
House Calls. I'm not
going to give his name.
00:51:28.38\00:51:30.35
I'll leave it up to him.
00:51:30.75\00:51:32.35
He was not yet converted.
00:51:32.75\00:51:34.59
He was not yet a
member of our church,
00:51:34.99\00:51:37.23
and so the message I preached
was not something that brought
00:51:37.43\00:51:40.00
settled comfort to his heart.
00:51:40.20\00:51:41.86
And I found out a few years
later when he told me himself.
00:51:42.06\00:51:44.50
He said: "Pastor, whenever
you and Pr. John Stanton had
00:51:44.70\00:51:47.17
House Calls I
would leave work angry. "
00:51:47.37\00:51:49.87
"I would go home
and argue with myself. "
00:51:50.81\00:51:52.71
He said "But one day I heard you
talk about the resurrection. "
00:51:52.91\00:51:55.91
And he said: "When
you preached that message
00:51:56.11\00:51:58.58
you made God sound like
He knows what He's doing. "
00:51:58.78\00:52:02.28
And he invited me
into his sound room
00:52:04.15\00:52:06.12
and he said to me: "Pastor
John... " And I looked at him...
00:52:06.32\00:52:08.49
I thought: "I
heard about him before.
00:52:08.69\00:52:10.43
He's always upset. What's
he going to tell me today? "
00:52:10.63\00:52:12.39
And he said to me: "I give up! "
00:52:12.59\00:52:14.30
"I give up! What do I
have to do to become a member
00:52:15.93\00:52:19.57
in this church? " Whenever
I put something on Facebook
00:52:19.77\00:52:22.40
he said: "That's my pastor! "
00:52:22.60\00:52:24.07
I tell you: God can
take you from where you are
00:52:24.47\00:52:26.24
to where He wants you
to be. Come on, somebody.
00:52:26.44\00:52:27.91
This is a resurrection message.
00:52:28.31\00:52:30.01
We don't preach the cross.
The cross is just a part of it.
00:52:30.21\00:52:33.08
If the cross was it,
He would still be dead!
00:52:33.28\00:52:35.72
But there's an
empty tomb somewhere!
00:52:37.09\00:52:38.95
When you go to the Middle East
or when you go to the Holy Land
00:52:39.45\00:52:41.82
I call it the Bible land...
00:52:42.02\00:52:43.36
there ain't
nothing holy about it.
00:52:43.43\00:52:44.99
Think about it.
00:52:50.43\00:52:52.30
It used to be holy...
00:52:53.70\00:52:55.37
but when you reject Jesus
ain't nothin' holy about it.
00:52:55.77\00:52:58.87
Muslims on one side
and Jews on the other.
00:53:00.08\00:53:02.11
They can be saved, but
they've gotta accept Jesus
00:53:02.31\00:53:04.01
as the Savior. Amen!
When you go to the Bible lands
00:53:04.21\00:53:07.02
they give you a tour
to... One person says "Jesus was
00:53:07.22\00:53:09.52
here in this tomb. "
The other person says:
00:53:09.72\00:53:11.45
"He was there in that tomb.
" And they buy tickets to see
00:53:11.75\00:53:13.96
where He was. Why spend
money to see where He was
00:53:14.16\00:53:16.93
when you can see
where He is for free?
00:53:17.13\00:53:18.79
I ain't never been to the Bible
lands but I plan on being in the
00:53:21.36\00:53:24.53
holy land. Somebody help me out.
00:53:24.73\00:53:26.37
Today I'm making my declaration.
00:53:26.87\00:53:29.24
That's why this is an
all of a sudden message.
00:53:29.74\00:53:32.34
You see, when Jesus
came forth, all of a sudden
00:53:32.54\00:53:35.38
everything He once
proclaimed now made sense.
00:53:35.58\00:53:38.38
The message he had
been studying makes sense.
00:53:38.78\00:53:41.28
The truth he had questioned...
The truth you had questioned
00:53:41.48\00:53:43.82
suddenly makes sense. The
prayers you've been praying
00:53:44.02\00:53:46.09
suddenly get answered. The
job you've been searching for
00:53:46.29\00:53:48.79
suddenly comes your way.
00:53:48.99\00:53:50.43
The fear that robbed your
sleep suddenly leaves your mind.
00:53:50.63\00:53:53.60
The pain that you've been
carrying suddenly is lifted
00:53:53.80\00:53:56.43
by God's grace. The storm
that you've been battered by
00:53:56.63\00:53:59.50
suddenly passes
over. Hallelujah to that!
00:53:59.70\00:54:01.77
The children that
you've been praying for
00:54:02.17\00:54:03.94
suddenly accept Jesus.
00:54:04.14\00:54:06.01
And the Jesus that
you thought you knew
00:54:06.41\00:54:08.61
all of a sudden becomes real.
00:54:09.01\00:54:11.25
Do we really
believe that Jesus lives?
00:54:11.91\00:54:14.22
Oh, I want to see that. Do we
really believe that Jesus lives?
00:54:15.08\00:54:17.79
Amen! If you believe
that Jesus lives, you also
00:54:18.09\00:54:20.89
believe that one day
everything you have...
00:54:21.09\00:54:23.26
everything you have is
going to go up in flames.
00:54:23.66\00:54:26.93
Amen! That's right! Amen! Amen!
00:54:27.13\00:54:31.30
I used to worry
about the stock market.
00:54:31.83\00:54:34.04
I don't any more
00:54:34.44\00:54:36.00
'cause Jesus said my
bread and water shall be sure.
00:54:36.81\00:54:38.97
Whenever the stock
market takes a dive,
00:54:41.31\00:54:43.18
I remember that Jesus'
stock market never takes a dive.
00:54:43.58\00:54:46.55
Whenever difficulty comes
and I can't make ends meet
00:54:47.55\00:54:50.29
I know that Jesus knows
how to stretch those ends
00:54:50.49\00:54:52.55
and put them together.
00:54:52.75\00:54:54.09
This is a resurrection message;
we serve a risen Savior.
00:54:54.26\00:54:57.29
He's in the world today. That's
why I always sing that song.
00:54:57.49\00:54:59.66
We serve a what
kind of Savior? Risen!
00:54:59.86\00:55:01.83
A risen Savior.
The Jews found out;
00:55:02.03\00:55:04.50
Satan found out; the
evil angels found out
00:55:04.70\00:55:07.10
Gabriel always knew
it. The Father sent Jesus
00:55:07.30\00:55:10.27
not to be a defeated Lord but
a resurrected and risen Lord.
00:55:10.47\00:55:14.64
And today this church
stands on a foundation that
00:55:15.04\00:55:17.78
shall never be destroyed.
It may look like it's about to
00:55:17.98\00:55:20.95
fall apart, but it's
not going to fall apart.
00:55:21.15\00:55:23.08
Amen! Enfeebled and defective
though the church may be
00:55:23.28\00:55:26.19
we stand on the
foundation of a risen Lord!
00:55:26.39\00:55:29.19
And Jesus is coming again.
00:55:29.59\00:55:33.16
As I close, I've got to
go back to the beginning.
00:55:34.46\00:55:38.43
Those faithful ladies
that followed Jesus...
00:55:39.53\00:55:42.60
those faithful women...
Sometimes I say in my church:
00:55:43.00\00:55:47.44
"Brethren, forgive me.
This is not about my guy. "
00:55:47.64\00:55:50.58
Sometimes I say: "If
you want something said,
00:55:51.95\00:55:55.08
tell the men and if
you want something done,
00:55:55.28\00:55:58.72
tell the women. "
00:55:58.92\00:56:00.26
Don't say amen to that, please.
00:56:01.59\00:56:03.22
When these women came to
the tomb on that Sunday morning
00:56:06.66\00:56:10.17
with all the good intentions
of anointing the body of Jesus
00:56:11.47\00:56:14.67
they met two guys that
they had never met before.
00:56:15.77\00:56:19.27
The angels said: "Let's
hang around just a little longer
00:56:19.84\00:56:24.08
to get the message started. "
00:56:24.48\00:56:26.88
And the women came to the tomb
00:56:27.75\00:56:30.39
early in that
morning... that Sunday morning
00:56:30.79\00:56:34.56
as the sun began
to peek its head up
00:56:34.76\00:56:36.83
on that morning of welcome.
00:56:37.03\00:56:39.39
And the angels said to them:
00:56:39.59\00:56:41.56
"Why do you seek the
living among the dead?
00:56:41.76\00:56:45.50
He is not here
but He is risen. "
00:56:45.90\00:56:48.54
Hallelujah, somebody. "He
is not here but He is risen. "
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Not only is He
risen... He's coming again!
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And when He comes again, do
you want to be in that number?
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Amen! Oh, one day we're
going to be in that number
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to see not only the risen Lord
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but the reigning Lord.
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And one day
Satan will be no more.
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Death will be forever banished.
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There will be one harmonious
pulse throughout the limitless
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space of eternity,
and that declaration will
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be made: "It is finished! "
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And forever and
forever and forever
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sin will never rise again.
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That's why we
serve a risen Savior.
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