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,
00:21:18.44\00:21:21.64
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
00:22:00.15\00:22:02.75
You give them? "And Jesus
answered and said to them:
00:22:02.95\00:22:04.92
'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:
00:22:16.83\00:22:19.10
"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. "
00:22:45.73\00:22:47.46
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
00:22:50.93\00:22:53.97
but by a "big
God theory. " Amen!
00:22:54.17\00:22:57.57
All of a sudden the
heart of Jesus begins to pulse
00:22:57.77\00:23:01.61
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.
00:23:29.44\00:23:32.67
The great stone
was in its place.
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The Roman seal was unbroken.
00:23:34.91\00:23:37.31
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
00:23:52.03\00:23:55.20
the prince of
darkness with his apostate army
00:23:55.60\00:23:59.40
would have kept forever sealed
00:23:59.60\00:24:01.97
the tomb that
held the Son of God. "
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But I'm going to
say: "It's not possible! "
00:24:04.44\00:24:06.24
"Had it been possible... "
What a powerful word! "Had it
00:24:07.18\00:24:09.88
been... " But it's not possible.
00:24:10.08\00:24:12.08
Also among this wonderful
display of demonic might
00:24:12.38\00:24:18.32
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
00:24:33.40\00:24:35.44
Jesus - even in death -
had Secret Service protection.
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Amen! Even in death!
00:24:39.14\00:24:42.18
When you're a
King, your Secret Service
00:24:43.41\00:24:46.28
does not abandon You.
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If the president of the U.S.
has it all the days of his life,
00:24:48.85\00:24:52.09
what about Jesus?
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He had it when He was a
baby. That's why Satan couldn't
00:24:54.46\00:24:56.46
touch Him. He had it
in the Garden of Eden.
00:24:56.69\00:24:58.16
That's why the devil
could not recuse Him.
00:24:58.36\00:24:59.89
He had it wherever He
went, and at His death
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they just sat
there. Ellen White says
00:25:02.40\00:25:04.43
"Angels that excel in
strength were guarding the tomb
00:25:04.63\00:25:07.54
just waiting to welcome
the Prince of Life. " Amen!
00:25:07.67\00:25:11.34
They were waiting for
God to say: "It's time! "
00:25:11.54\00:25:13.68
"It's time! " You see,
all of a sudden in the kingdom
00:25:14.21\00:25:17.05
of perfection Operation
Countdown is initiated.
00:25:17.25\00:25:20.25
They tear the envelope and now
it's taken to the next level.
00:25:20.45\00:25:22.85
Like an enthusiastic
announcer at a Super Bowl
00:25:23.59\00:25:25.95
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.
00:25:39.87\00:25:41.37
Two more
minutes... two more minutes.
00:25:41.57\00:25:45.04
The sun was seeping away in ca-
dence with the divine calendar.
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"Just two more
minutes... one more minute! "
00:25:50.41\00:25:52.58
"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\00:26:07.86
and dormant graves will
be ripped opened, never to be
00:26:08.06\00:26:10.80
occupied again.
Jesus said: "I came down
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and when I leave I'm
going to take a sample. "
00:26:14.67\00:26:16.50
"I'm going to take a sample. "
00:26:16.71\00:26:18.61
There are some people in heaven
that know what it's like to cry.
00:26:19.01\00:26:21.54
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
00:26:27.65\00:26:30.09
residing in the judgment
that understands your weakness.
00:26:30.29\00:26:32.75
That understands our failures.
00:26:33.15\00:26:34.96
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
00:26:40.53\00:26:44.30
that glorious day when
we can reunite with them.
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Come on, say hallelujah!
00:26:47.00\00:26:48.34
The angel clothed in
the panoply of heaven,
00:26:48.47\00:26:52.21
the splendor of
God, this angel... whoo!
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You see, when the
two minutes expired
00:26:57.25\00:26:59.51
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
00:27:13.43\00:27:16.90
of earth. He tucks his
wings close to his perfect frame
00:27:17.10\00:27:20.07
to minimize turbulence.
00:27:20.27\00:27:21.97
He says: "I'm on my way! "
00:27:23.20\00:27:24.94
He says: "How
quickly can you get there? "
00:27:25.34\00:27:27.18
They gave him turbo
boosters, and I imagine somehow
00:27:27.38\00:27:30.55
that the stars may
have moved out of the way
00:27:30.75\00:27:32.38
so as not to obstruct the
resurrection of their Lord
00:27:32.58\00:27:35.95
either! All of
creation was clapping.
00:27:36.15\00:27:38.59
"Move Gabriel. "
"Go get Him, Gabriel. "
00:27:38.79\00:27:41.16
"It's time to wake up
the Prince of Heaven. "
00:27:41.36\00:27:44.13
Amen! The Bible
says... the Bible says
00:27:44.33\00:27:47.00
"And behold... and behold
there was a great earthquake
00:27:47.20\00:27:50.37
for an angel of the
Lord descended from heaven. "
00:27:50.77\00:27:53.20
It was like... it was
like Operation Desert Storm.
00:27:53.60\00:27:56.97
They heard the thunder but
they didn't see him coming.
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But they knew
something was about to break!
00:28:00.31\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\00:28:21.73
Oh how wonderful it was.
00:28:22.13\00:28:23.87
The angel of the
Lord descended from heaven
00:28:24.07\00:28:26.03
and came and
rolled back the stone.
00:28:26.23\00:28:27.70
The Bible says: "He
rolled back the stone. "
00:28:28.50\00:28:30.94
Ellen White says: "He
moved the stone as though
00:28:31.14\00:28:33.78
it was a pebble. " Whoo!
00:28:33.98\00:28:36.58
And it describes
what he looked like.
00:28:37.41\00:28:39.48
"His countenance
was like lightning
00:28:39.68\00:28:41.48
and his clothes
as white as snow.
00:28:41.68\00:28:43.39
And the guards shook for fear of
him and became like dead men. "
00:28:43.59\00:28:47.66
Desire of Ages
again. Can I go back there?
00:28:47.86\00:28:49.49
"Brave soldiers that have
never been afraid of human power
00:28:50.33\00:28:53.23
are now as captives
taken without sword or spear.
00:28:53.43\00:28:55.90
The face they look upon is
no face of a mortal warrior.
00:28:56.83\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\00:29:06.81
"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\00:29:29.50
The soldiers see him removing
the stone as he would a pebble
00:29:29.70\00:29:33.17
and they hear him cry:
'Son of God: come forth!
00:29:33.37\00:29:36.81
Thy Father
calleth Thee. ' " Amen!
00:29:37.01\00:29:40.18
"Enough of this Sabbath rest.
00:29:40.98\00:29:42.81
It's Sunday morning...
we've got work to do! "
00:29:43.01\00:29:45.11
And Jesus comes forth and
says: "I am the resurrection
00:29:45.31\00:29:48.15
and the life. I am He who lives
00:29:48.35\00:29:51.19
and was dead, and
behold I am alive forever more.
00:29:51.39\00:29:53.96
And I've got something
else: I've got the keys of death
00:29:54.36\00:29:56.93
and the grave. " I
want to tell you today
00:29:57.13\00:29:59.39
if you've got somebody
dead, Jesus has got the keys.
00:29:59.59\00:30:01.76
Amen! He's going to open
them one day one lock at a time.
00:30:01.96\00:30:04.50
But He's going to do it
divinely all at the same time.
00:30:04.70\00:30:06.70
Hallelujah to that!
00:30:06.90\00:30:08.24
She says that: "Christ came
forth from the tomb glorified. "
00:30:08.34\00:30:11.31
And the Roman guards beheld
Him. "Their eyes, " she says,
00:30:11.51\00:30:15.81
"were riveted upon His face...
00:30:16.01\00:30:17.35
upon the face of
Him whom recently mocked
00:30:17.55\00:30:22.05
and derided had no
sign of His former estate.
00:30:22.25\00:30:26.09
In this glorious being
they beheld the prisoner
00:30:26.29\00:30:29.59
whom they had seen
in the judgment hall,
00:30:29.79\00:30:31.96
the One for whom they had
plaited a crown of thorns.
00:30:32.16\00:30:34.93
This was the One who had
stood unresistant before Pilate,
00:30:35.33\00:30:40.47
and Herod, His form
lacerated by the cruel scourge.
00:30:40.67\00:30:43.94
This was He who had
been nailed to the cross,
00:30:44.34\00:30:47.21
at whom the priests and
rulers full of self-satisfaction
00:30:47.41\00:30:51.21
had wagged their heads
saying: "He saved others;
00:30:51.61\00:30:54.82
Himself He cannot save. "
"You see, He can't save Himself
00:30:55.02\00:30:57.92
and save us too. "
00:30:58.12\00:30:59.45
He thought of us not of Himself.
Praise the Lord somebody?
00:30:59.52\00:31:02.02
"This was He, " she says,
"who had been laid in Joseph's
00:31:02.52\00:31:06.16
new tomb. The decree of
heaven had loosed the captive. "
00:31:06.36\00:31:09.90
And I like this part. She says:
"Mountain piled upon mountain
00:31:10.13\00:31:13.54
over the sepulcher could not
prevent Him from coming forth! "
00:31:13.74\00:31:17.31
Amen! Even if
Mount Everest was there
00:31:17.51\00:31:20.48
they would move Mount
Everest just to get Jesus out.
00:31:20.68\00:31:22.64
Mount Vesuvius,
Mount Kilimanjaro,
00:31:23.21\00:31:25.25
no matter what the mountain
was, it could not prevent
00:31:25.45\00:31:27.82
the King of
Heaven from coming forth.
00:31:28.02\00:31:30.05
And I can imagine
when that angel came down.
00:31:30.45\00:31:32.89
Ellen White also says: "As
He comes forth in majesty. "
00:31:33.32\00:31:36.89
Desire of Ages page 779:
"As He comes forth in majesty
00:31:37.09\00:31:42.00
and glory, the
angels... the angel host bow low
00:31:42.20\00:31:46.67
in adoration before the
Redeemer. " And she says:
00:31:46.87\00:31:49.87
"And they
welcome Him with song. "
00:31:50.07\00:31:52.57
Amen! They began to
sing: "Christ the Lord
00:31:52.77\00:31:56.98
is risen today! Hallelujah! "
00:31:57.28\00:32:03.39
I imagine every song writer that
spoke about the resurrection
00:32:03.59\00:32:06.19
had to find their
inspiration in Desire of Ages
00:32:06.39\00:32:09.36
and in the Word of
God. Amen somebody. Amen!
00:32:09.56\00:32:12.09
Jesus declared: "I am
the Alpha and the Omega,
00:32:12.29\00:32:14.30
the beginning and the
end. " And the Lord said:
00:32:14.73\00:32:20.30
"Who is, who was,
and who is to come...
00:32:21.04\00:32:25.24
the Almighty. "
00:32:25.44\00:32:26.78
Oh, I tell you brothers and
sisters, this is a good message.
00:32:27.04\00:32:29.68
Not because I put it together
but because it's about Jesus!
00:32:30.41\00:32:32.95
Amen! You see, when you get
discouraged and you think that
00:32:33.15\00:32:36.22
this is all that there
is, when you get discouraged
00:32:36.42\00:32:40.22
and you think that this is
all there is, you've got to
00:32:40.42\00:32:42.59
remember... you've got to
remember what Jesus went through
00:32:42.79\00:32:46.16
to pull us through. Amen!
00:32:46.36\00:32:48.03
You've got to
remember what He gave up
00:32:48.23\00:32:49.83
to give us what
we could not possess.
00:32:50.03\00:32:52.83
Oh what a day it was when
Jesus came forth from that tomb!
00:32:53.37\00:32:55.90
He came forth not with
the garments He went in.
00:32:56.40\00:32:58.91
He folded His
clothes before He left.
00:32:59.31\00:33:01.88
We serve a neat Lord.
00:33:02.28\00:33:03.85
He said "I don't want anybody to
think that I'm a sloppy God. "
00:33:05.38\00:33:08.48
Let all things be done
decently and... you know.
00:33:08.68\00:33:11.82
He came... He said: "Let me
just... Wait up! I've got to do
00:33:12.02\00:33:14.36
some housecleaning.
" He left the place
00:33:14.56\00:33:16.09
better than He found it.
00:33:16.29\00:33:17.83
That's why Paul the apostle
says: "When you are discouraged
00:33:19.23\00:33:22.03
remember that we are not
preaching a message in vain. "
00:33:22.23\00:33:24.83
"If Christ be not risen,
then our preaching is in vain
00:33:25.23\00:33:27.64
and our faith is also in
vain. BUT now Christ IS risen
00:33:27.84\00:33:31.74
from the dead and has
become the firstfruits
00:33:31.94\00:33:34.48
of them that slept. "
00:33:34.68\00:33:36.04
I've got to take a breath.
00:33:37.65\00:33:39.18
Last night when
I was sitting down
00:33:42.72\00:33:44.99
at about 1:30 AM and I was
saying: "Lord, talk to me. "
00:33:45.19\00:33:50.09
I had to get up and go to
the kitchen to get some water.
00:33:51.69\00:33:53.96
It became too overwhelming
00:33:54.13\00:33:55.66
and I as transcended to the
place where the death of Jesus
00:34:00.14\00:34:04.21
will one day be replaced
with the coming of Jesus.
00:34:04.41\00:34:06.61
Amen! No longer coming as a
slain Lord and a defeated Lord
00:34:06.81\00:34:11.71
but coming forth with ten
thousand times ten thousand...
00:34:12.31\00:34:15.62
help me out, somebody...
and thousands of thousands.
00:34:15.82\00:34:18.95
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\00:34:25.96
And those who don't know
Him look for places to hide.
00:34:26.93\00:34:30.27
They run to the rocks and the
mountains and they say to the
00:34:30.47\00:34:33.30
rocks and the mountains:
"Hide us from the face of
00:34:33.50\00:34:36.40
Him that sits on the throne and
from the wrath of the Lamb. "
00:34:36.60\00:34:39.94
You see, if
Jesus had not risen...
00:34:40.24\00:34:42.34
Think about this: if
Jesus had not risen...
00:34:42.74\00:34:45.91
Are you ready for
this? If Jesus had not risen,
00:34:47.08\00:34:50.25
Elijah couldn't stay in heaven.
00:34:53.25\00:34:55.29
Moses would have to go back
to the state he was in before.
00:34:59.26\00:35:02.40
Because they were there on...
they were there on "credit. "
00:35:03.03\00:35:06.94
Jesus gave them an IOU.
00:35:10.91\00:35:13.58
"You come in early,
I'll pay for it later. "
00:35:15.94\00:35:18.55
Is that all right? He
said: "You can come in early;
00:35:19.15\00:35:23.18
I'll pay for it at Calvary. "
00:35:23.39\00:35:25.89
Enoch walked with God and
was not... for God took him.
00:35:26.29\00:35:29.59
And Enoch said "How is this pos-
sible? You haven't died yet. "
00:35:30.16\00:35:33.06
He said: "Enoch,
don't worry about it.
00:35:33.26\00:35:35.00
You just leave it in My
hands; I don't plan to fail. "
00:35:35.83\00:35:38.87
Enoch... Elijah... Moses
00:35:40.80\00:35:43.77
would have had to be
returned to their former estate.
00:35:45.51\00:35:48.24
Think about it. Lazarus,
who came forth, would never
00:35:48.88\00:35:52.81
come forth again.
00:35:53.01\00:35:54.55
The blind man whose sight
was restored... he would never
00:35:54.95\00:35:57.35
see again. Every grave
would forever be sealed.
00:35:57.55\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\00:36:08.30
If Jesus had
failed... If Jesus had failed,
00:36:08.50\00:36:11.87
the very courts of
heaven would now be under
00:36:13.07\00:36:16.34
new management -
Satanic management - because
00:36:16.54\00:36:19.07
for some reason he
would have proven his point:
00:36:19.27\00:36:22.14
that God is not
possible, God is not worthy.
00:36:22.34\00:36:25.01
"He's not worthy to be praised
00:36:25.21\00:36:26.55
and I have
proved it on Calvary. "
00:36:26.65\00:36:27.98
But I tell you: Jesus was
willing to go through ANYTHING
00:36:28.12\00:36:31.59
that we can go
through everything. Amen!
00:36:31.79\00:36:34.46
He was willing to
take what belonged to us
00:36:34.86\00:36:36.96
that one day we can have
by faith and by humble hearts
00:36:37.16\00:36:41.10
what only belongs to Him.
00:36:41.30\00:36:42.96
This divine baby... I'm
off script right now, I'm just
00:36:46.17\00:36:49.90
talking to
you... This divine baby
00:36:50.11\00:36:53.07
came to this earth
00:36:53.48\00:36:55.81
and He learned through
the veil of human flesh.
00:36:58.08\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\00:37:07.09
Can you imagine? If
Jesus sinned as a nine-year-old
00:37:07.29\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.
00:37:14.20\00:37:17.57
And the genocide in Africa
would have nothing on what Satan
00:37:19.63\00:37:22.04
would have done to this planet.
00:37:22.24\00:37:23.61
Same-sex marriage would
have been 5,000 years old...
00:37:25.47\00:37:28.18
and growing.
00:37:29.51\00:37:30.95
It would have
been normal by now.
00:37:31.38\00:37:33.08
That's why I don't
believe in traditional marriage.
00:37:33.92\00:37:36.89
You can breathe.
00:37:40.79\00:37:43.22
I believe in
scriptural marriage.
00:37:44.83\00:37:46.70
Amen! Amen somebody.
00:37:46.90\00:37:48.30
Think about what kind
of world we would have had
00:37:49.33\00:37:51.70
had Jesus
failed... had He failed.
00:37:51.90\00:37:54.87
There would be no churches.
00:37:56.37\00:37:58.47
There would be no songs to sing
00:37:59.91\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
00:38:10.12\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
00:38:20.23\00:38:23.97
and nothing would be off limits.
00:38:25.10\00:38:27.54
I saw a commercial once where...
00:38:28.20\00:38:30.91
I forgot the name of the show.
I didn't see it, praise God
00:38:31.07\00:38:33.07
for that. There are certain
things you should not see.
00:38:33.27\00:38:35.01
And I think the theme of it...
You know, sometimes you could be
00:38:37.78\00:38:40.52
watching a good
program and at the commercial
00:38:40.72\00:38:42.12
you've got to turn your eyes.
00:38:42.32\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\00:38:49.12
But they gave a 24-hour period
in which you could do whatever
00:38:49.32\00:38:53.09
you wanted: kill
somebody; murder somebody.
00:38:53.29\00:38:56.16
That's the kind of
world this would have been
00:38:56.36\00:38:58.37
had Jesus failed at Calvary.
00:38:58.57\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\00:39:07.61
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
00:39:24.16\00:39:26.13
that when that time
comes and that trumpet sounds
00:39:26.33\00:39:28.20
I'll hear my name in the
chordant notes of that glorious
00:39:28.60\00:39:31.87
glorious choir. "
00:39:32.07\00:39:33.57
I want to be there
one day, what about you?
00:39:33.77\00:39:35.44
I want to stand where no
man has ever stood before.
00:39:35.64\00:39:38.94
That is, outside
of the special group.
00:39:39.14\00:39:43.78
I want to be there to see
Jesus re-create the earth again,
00:39:44.18\00:39:47.22
what about you? Amen!
I want to be there to see
00:39:47.42\00:39:49.68
sin forever eradicated.
00:39:49.88\00:39:51.92
I remember being down
in southern California.
00:39:52.32\00:39:54.26
I'm not done yet.
00:39:54.42\00:39:55.76
This is a rest area...
I'm coming back on board.
00:39:57.69\00:40:00.90
I remember being down in LA once
when we lived in California.
00:40:03.10\00:40:05.73
My wife and I
went and found our way
00:40:06.13\00:40:08.47
next to the Kodak theater.
00:40:08.67\00:40:10.37
We lived in northern
California at the time.
00:40:10.77\00:40:12.21
And all of a sudden, before
we knew it we were in the midst
00:40:12.41\00:40:14.61
of all these black
limousines... long, stretch,
00:40:14.81\00:40:17.95
black limousines.
Well, we put 2 and 2 together
00:40:18.15\00:40:22.02
and we discovered: "Hey,
this is an Awards weekend. "
00:40:22.22\00:40:25.05
We saw the red carpet.
00:40:25.25\00:40:26.59
Obviously we were not invited.
00:40:26.65\00:40:28.36
But in our humanity we...
we strained to see through
00:40:32.56\00:40:35.50
those darkened windows to
hopefully catch a glimpse of
00:40:35.70\00:40:38.93
somebody that we
thought was famous.
00:40:39.13\00:40:41.30
And I saw a window coming down
00:40:46.21\00:40:48.01
but it only came down that much.
00:40:48.21\00:40:49.58
And I said: "Who was
that? " "Oh, I couldn't see.
00:40:49.78\00:40:52.15
I only saw an eyebrow. "
00:40:52.35\00:40:53.68
And I was so
disappointed. We tried our best.
00:40:54.85\00:40:57.02
We looked, we stretched...
we were trying to see somebody
00:40:57.22\00:40:59.15
who had a status that we
probably would never have.
00:40:59.35\00:41:02.49
And we drove back
to northern California
00:41:03.36\00:41:05.26
quite disappointed. Why would
they have blackened windows
00:41:05.46\00:41:09.00
on these limousines?
Why wouldn't they let us see
00:41:09.20\00:41:11.23
them for a change?
00:41:11.43\00:41:12.77
And God tapped me on the back
and said: "John, don't you worry
00:41:12.97\00:41:15.17
about it. You don't see
what they have, but one day
00:41:15.37\00:41:19.11
they're going to see
what you have. " Amen!
00:41:19.31\00:41:21.08
"Because when I make the
New Jerusalem the walls are
00:41:21.48\00:41:23.35
going to be transparent.
" Come on, somebody.
00:41:23.55\00:41:25.35
So don't worry about what they
have because they're walking on
00:41:26.18\00:41:28.72
carpet. One day
you're going to walk on gold!
00:41:28.92\00:41:30.85
Amen! They're passing
through a... I can't even speak
00:41:31.02\00:41:35.09
right now. They're going
to be entering a theater;
00:41:35.29\00:41:38.33
you're going to be
entering a glorious city. Amen!
00:41:38.53\00:41:41.23
So don't worry about it.
00:41:41.43\00:41:42.76
I remember one day
sitting on the bed in our house
00:41:42.80\00:41:44.40
and I got caught up in
an Oprah show where she was
00:41:44.80\00:41:46.77
giving everybody cars.
00:41:46.97\00:41:48.47
And I thought: "Why
can't I get a car, Lord? "
00:41:49.47\00:41:51.71
She said: "You get a car and
you get a car and you get a... "
00:41:53.11\00:41:55.68
And I thought: "Why am
I caught up in something
00:41:56.08\00:41:58.61
that's going to grow old? "
00:41:58.81\00:42:00.32
One day God's going to
say: "You get a crown and you
00:42:00.52\00:42:02.55
get a crown... " Come
on... "and you get a crown
00:42:02.75\00:42:04.82
and you get a crown. "
00:42:05.02\00:42:06.42
I'm starting to get this thing
in perspective. After 30 years
00:42:06.86\00:42:09.29
of pastoring it's starting
to become clearer than it was
00:42:09.49\00:42:11.69
before. You see, this
was no ordinary moment.
00:42:11.89\00:42:14.60
When Jesus came forth from the
tomb - when He broke the seal
00:42:14.83\00:42:18.70
that Satan thought
had been forever locked -
00:42:18.90\00:42:21.54
when the demons of
hell ran for their lives.
00:42:21.74\00:42:24.41
Ellen White says the
soldiers ran with their
00:42:24.61\00:42:26.68
"legs trembling. " These
mighty men who feared nothing
00:42:26.88\00:42:31.38
finally found somebody to fear!
00:42:31.58\00:42:33.88
For when you don't
worship God you fear Him.
00:42:34.52\00:42:36.75
God has not given us the
spirit of fear but of love,
00:42:36.95\00:42:39.85
of power, and what
kind of mind? A sound mind.
00:42:40.06\00:42:43.12
What they did not know
is when Jesus came forth
00:42:43.32\00:42:45.46
from that tomb the Rose
of Sharon would bloom again.
00:42:45.66\00:42:49.23
The Bright and
Morning Star would rise again.
00:42:49.63\00:42:52.47
The Light of the World
would shine again. Come on,
00:42:52.67\00:42:54.90
somebody... help me out. Amen!
00:42:55.10\00:42:56.44
The Oil of
Gladness would flow again.
00:42:56.47\00:42:59.07
The Lion of the tribe
of Judah would roar again!
00:42:59.27\00:43:02.21
The Author of salvation
would now be given the right
00:43:02.41\00:43:05.38
to become the
Finisher of our faith.
00:43:05.58\00:43:07.42
The Mighty God would
become the Everlasting Father.
00:43:07.78\00:43:10.52
The Alpha would
now become the Omega.
00:43:10.72\00:43:12.82
Because the fact of the
matter is: Jesus is not "I was"
00:43:13.02\00:43:15.82
He is the Great I AM! Amen!
00:43:16.02\00:43:18.86
Somehow the devil forgot that.
00:43:19.93\00:43:21.60
But there was something about
that moment that reminded him:
00:43:22.10\00:43:24.03
this was the guy that I lost
the fight against in heaven.
00:43:24.23\00:43:26.90
He wins again... round two.
00:43:27.10\00:43:29.17
Round two. Amen, somebody.
Round... there's one more round
00:43:29.37\00:43:33.24
and it's going to be Jesus wins.
00:43:33.64\00:43:36.21
The Lamb of God would
become the Eternal Father.
00:43:36.81\00:43:39.15
He would now take
His rightful place.
00:43:39.55\00:43:41.12
And understand what He's doing
in reference to the sanctuary.
00:43:41.52\00:43:43.85
We now have a High Priest
00:43:44.15\00:43:46.22
that stands before the Father.
When the prayers of the saints
00:43:46.42\00:43:49.59
arise from the altar of
our hearts, even when it's not
00:43:49.79\00:43:52.76
clearly understood,
the Holy Spirit takes those
00:43:52.96\00:43:55.56
prayers that don't make
sense and He fixes it up
00:43:55.86\00:44:01.87
and delivers it to the Father.
00:44:02.47\00:44:04.51
And the Father understands
the needs of His children.
00:44:04.91\00:44:07.91
Praise God for that. Amen!
00:44:08.11\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
00:44:14.38\00:44:18.22
to make intercession
for us. " Say for us.
00:44:18.42\00:44:20.96
For us.
00:44:21.16\00:44:22.49
Jesus was arrested so
that we could be set free.
00:44:22.52\00:44:25.96
He was declared guilty so that
we could be declared innocent.
00:44:26.26\00:44:29.50
He was condemned so
that we could be pardoned.
00:44:29.90\00:44:33.07
He walked on our road so that
one day we can walk on His road.
00:44:33.30\00:44:37.27
I'm going to tell you
this: I don't need a mansion.
00:44:37.47\00:44:39.27
I just need a
sleeping bag. Amen!
00:44:39.47\00:44:42.78
Give me a pillow... as long as
I'm there. What about you? Amen!
00:44:42.98\00:44:46.51
Some people come to Camp
Meeting in a motor home...
00:44:46.72\00:44:48.55
some come in a tent. I
think they're all happy
00:44:48.75\00:44:50.35
no matter what
they're in, right?
00:44:50.55\00:44:51.89
When we get to heaven we are not
going to care what we're in...
00:44:52.12\00:44:54.36
we're just going
to be glad we're in!
00:44:54.56\00:44:56.42
As one of my favorite preachers
said: "I don't care about going
00:44:56.93\00:44:59.03
first or last as long as
the door shuts behind me. "
00:44:59.23\00:45:02.16
I don't know how He's going
to call that, but if it's going
00:45:06.17\00:45:08.10
to be alphabetic I'm going
to have to wait till He gets
00:45:08.30\00:45:09.74
to the L's. But I
begin to believe now...
00:45:09.94\00:45:12.14
I'm beginning to
believe that when Jesus calls us
00:45:12.34\00:45:15.81
He's going to be able
- Are you ready for this?
00:45:16.51\00:45:20.75
You see, in mass mailing
they are able to send out
00:45:21.15\00:45:23.79
50 million
e-mails at the same time
00:45:23.99\00:45:26.49
and you all get
it at the same time.
00:45:26.69\00:45:28.52
If man can do that, I
believe that God can call
00:45:28.72\00:45:31.26
all of our names at
the same time. Amen!
00:45:31.46\00:45:34.76
That's why He specified
"Lazarus... come forth! "
00:45:35.83\00:45:39.13
If He'd just said: "Come forth"
it'd have been something else!
00:45:39.77\00:45:42.74
I think He's going to
say just: "Come forth! "
00:45:43.14\00:45:45.34
and we're going to come forth
clothed in the beauty of heaven.
00:45:45.74\00:45:49.11
He wore our thorns so that
one day we will wear His crown.
00:45:49.31\00:45:52.41
To God be the glory! He
suffered the shame of our death
00:45:52.61\00:45:55.55
so that we could
share the glory of His life.
00:45:55.75\00:45:57.59
Jesus rose to take His
rightful place, and today
00:45:57.99\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
00:46:10.80\00:46:13.64
birth of Jesus. They now
remember as He comes forth.
00:46:13.84\00:46:16.81
These priests that
had understood at one time
00:46:17.01\00:46:19.21
the clarity of God's
Word... they now remember
00:46:19.41\00:46:21.44
at the birth of Jesus the
declaration: "He will be great
00:46:21.64\00:46:25.21
and will be called
the Son of the Highest.
00:46:25.41\00:46:27.52
The Lord God will give Him
the throne of His father David
00:46:27.72\00:46:30.42
and He will reign over
the house of Jacob forever.
00:46:30.62\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
00:46:37.79\00:46:40.40
reserved for you and for me.
00:46:40.60\00:46:42.20
There's a kingdom for everyone
who calls and trusts in the shed
00:46:42.60\00:46:46.70
blood of Jesus. There's a
kingdom today that we can be
00:46:46.90\00:46:50.17
citizens of. There's no reason
why any of us should be left out
00:46:50.37\00:46:53.74
of that eternal
kingdom. What about you?
00:46:53.94\00:46:55.58
When I think about what
Jesus has done for me...
00:46:55.98\00:46:58.11
Oh, I tell you: we
all have struggles.
00:46:58.51\00:47:00.15
You got any struggles? I
want to tell you: Jesus sees us
00:47:00.35\00:47:03.72
not just as we are. He
sees us as we are going to be.
00:47:04.12\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\00:47:15.53
Do you love the Lord? Amen!
00:47:15.73\00:47:17.47
We've gotta love Him
more than that, though.
00:47:17.63\00:47:19.10
We can't just love
Him intellectually.
00:47:19.30\00:47:21.07
We can't just love Him verbally.
00:47:21.27\00:47:22.84
We've got to love Him with
our whole heart, our whole life.
00:47:23.04\00:47:25.47
We've got to live that
His glory might be revealed.
00:47:25.87\00:47:27.78
We can't just say: "I love the
Lord" and now show up in church
00:47:28.18\00:47:30.35
on Sabbath morning. We
can't say: "I love the Lord"
00:47:30.55\00:47:33.18
and want to get out of
church as 12! Come on now!
00:47:33.42\00:47:35.95
We can't say: "I love the
Lord" and don't want to come to
00:47:38.09\00:47:40.26
prayer meeting! We
can't say: "I love the Lord"
00:47:40.46\00:47:43.46
and don't want to
pay an honest tithe.
00:47:43.66\00:47:45.26
We can't say: "I love
Jesus" and don't want to support
00:47:45.96\00:47:48.50
a ministry like this!
00:47:48.70\00:47:50.23
I didn't plan that!
00:47:50.43\00:47:52.13
If you love God, you love
Him with your whole heart!
00:47:52.63\00:47:55.44
Somebody was getting baptized
once, and he said to the
00:47:55.64\00:47:57.87
pastor: "Wait, let
me remove my wallet. "
00:47:58.07\00:47:59.47
He said: "No, I want
to baptize that. too! "
00:47:59.67\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.
00:48:16.76\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.
00:48:22.16\00:48:25.23
There ain't enough
tanks to get me to heaven.
00:48:25.93\00:48:28.17
They told me about
Orion. Scientists say that Orion
00:48:29.00\00:48:31.44
is stretching. I
was sitting down one day
00:48:31.64\00:48:34.94
and all of a sudden God gave me
a picture. And my wife and I...
00:48:35.24\00:48:38.61
She was listening to it
and all of a sudden my mind was
00:48:38.81\00:48:41.08
taken some place that
I'd never been before.
00:48:41.28\00:48:42.98
And I said: "I can
imagine the day when we ascend
00:48:43.39\00:48:45.42
from earth, when we are
now clothed in the beauty of
00:48:45.62\00:48:48.72
immortality. When we come
forth from the grave we can hear
00:48:48.92\00:48:52.16
clearly. No more need
for glasses...come on.
00:48:52.36\00:48:54.96
No more need for canes; Lorraine
will be walking perfectly.
00:48:55.16\00:48:58.73
No more
Remicade... somebody say amen.
00:48:59.23\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\00:49:07.11
Doctors: I love you but you
won't have a job in the kingdom
00:49:07.51\00:49:09.94
because the Master Physician
will be in charge of every case.
00:49:10.18\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\00:49:27.66
the healing of the
nations? You know why?
00:49:27.86\00:49:29.60
Because there's so
much division in this earth:
00:49:29.80\00:49:31.40
racial division, ethnic
division, educational division.
00:49:31.60\00:49:37.01
People living in a
high area and a low area.
00:49:37.41\00:49:40.11
Financial division.
00:49:40.51\00:49:42.11
But when we get to
heaven it's not going to matter
00:49:42.31\00:49:44.18
where you're from.
All that's going to matter
00:49:44.38\00:49:46.11
is where you end up. Amen!
00:49:46.31\00:49:48.15
From one blood came all nations.
00:49:48.35\00:49:50.02
To one blood all
these nations must go.
00:49:50.22\00:49:54.19
So today, if we're going to
be in heaven, we've got to break
00:49:54.39\00:49:56.83
those walls down now. Amen!
00:49:57.03\00:49:59.26
Come on... tell it,
tell it. Hallelujah!
00:49:59.49\00:50:02.70
That's right.
We're having a sermon.
00:50:07.40\00:50:09.40
Those walls have got
to come down when? Now!
00:50:11.57\00:50:14.64
The wall of separation... love
between brothers and sisters...
00:50:16.61\00:50:20.32
that wall has to come down now!
00:50:20.52\00:50:22.35
Come to church on Sabbath
morning and you walk up that
00:50:23.28\00:50:25.19
aisle; the person you
hate walk up that aisle.
00:50:25.39\00:50:27.12
That's gotta
come down now. Amen!
00:50:27.32\00:50:29.99
Dedication to the service of
God: that's gotta be our heart's
00:50:30.19\00:50:32.99
pulse now. If you really believe
that Jesus is coming again,
00:50:33.19\00:50:37.20
you've got to work as
though He's coming tomorrow!
00:50:37.40\00:50:40.37
Amen!
00:50:40.57\00:50:43.17
Somebody said: "We have
to live as though Jesus died
00:50:43.47\00:50:45.87
yesterday, rose today, and
He's coming back tomorrow. "
00:50:46.07\00:50:48.74
What a day of rejoicing that's
going to be when we see Jesus.
00:50:49.84\00:50:52.38
What do you say? Amen!
I'm going to see my mother.
00:50:52.58\00:50:54.88
I got caught up in that.
One day about 7 years ago
00:50:55.08\00:50:57.59
I was preaching a sermon
right here in this pulpit
00:50:57.79\00:50:59.45
for Camp Meeting
and I got caught.
00:50:59.65\00:51:01.82
I was preaching about the
resurrection. I got caught
00:51:02.02\00:51:04.13
and I got in a
quandary. I said: "Father,
00:51:04.33\00:51:06.90
I want to be in Brooklyn
to see the lady that raised me
00:51:07.30\00:51:09.60
come forth from the grave,
00:51:09.80\00:51:11.13
but after I met my mother, I
want to be in the Virgin Islands
00:51:11.40\00:51:13.80
to see her come forth from
the grave. " The Lord said:
00:51:14.00\00:51:15.74
"John, forget about all that.
Why don't you just meet them
00:51:15.94\00:51:18.01
in the air? " Amen!
00:51:18.21\00:51:20.08
One of my sound men that's
now a member of the church...
00:51:23.01\00:51:25.45
I remember when I was doing the
program with Pr. John Stanton
00:51:25.65\00:51:28.12
House Calls. I'm not
going to give his name.
00:51:28.32\00:51:30.29
I'll leave it up to him.
00:51:30.69\00:51:32.29
He was not yet converted.
00:51:32.69\00:51:34.52
He was not yet a
member of our church,
00:51:34.92\00:51:37.19
and so the message I preached
was not something that brought
00:51:37.39\00:51:39.96
settled comfort to his heart.
00:51:40.16\00:51:41.76
And I found out a few years
later when he told me himself.
00:51:41.96\00:51:44.40
He said: "Pastor, whenever
you and Pr. John Stanton had
00:51:44.60\00:51:47.07
House Calls I
would leave work angry. "
00:51:47.27\00:51:49.77
"I would go home
and argue with myself. "
00:51:50.74\00:51:52.61
He said "But one day I heard you
talk about the resurrection. "
00:51:52.81\00:51:55.81
And he said: "When
you preached that message
00:51:56.01\00:51:58.48
you made God sound like
He knows what He's doing. "
00:51:58.68\00:52:02.25
And he invited me
into his sound room
00:52:04.12\00:52:06.09
and he said to me: "Pastor
John... " And I looked at him...
00:52:06.29\00:52:08.46
I thought: "I
heard about him before.
00:52:08.66\00:52:10.43
He's always upset. What's
he going to tell me today? "
00:52:10.63\00:52:12.36
And he said to me: "I give up! "
00:52:12.56\00:52:14.30
"I give up! What do I
have to do to become a member
00:52:15.86\00:52:19.50
in this church? " Whenever
I put something on Facebook
00:52:19.70\00:52:22.34
he said: "That's my pastor! "
00:52:22.54\00:52:24.01
I tell you: God can
take you from where you are
00:52:24.41\00:52:26.17
to where He wants you
to be. Come on, somebody.
00:52:26.37\00:52:27.84
This is a resurrection message.
00:52:28.24\00:52:29.94
We don't preach the cross.
The cross is just a part of it.
00:52:30.15\00:52:33.01
If the cross was it,
He would still be dead!
00:52:33.21\00:52:35.65
But there's an
empty tomb somewhere!
00:52:37.05\00:52:38.89
When you go to the Middle East
or when you go to the Holy Land
00:52:39.39\00:52:41.76
I call it the Bible land...
00:52:41.96\00:52:43.29
there ain't
nothing holy about it.
00:52:43.39\00:52:44.93
Think about it.
00:52:50.33\00:52:52.20
It used to be holy...
00:52:53.60\00:52:55.27
but when you reject Jesus
ain't nothin' holy about it.
00:52:55.67\00:52:58.77
Muslims on one side
and Jews on the other.
00:53:00.08\00:53:02.08
They can be saved, but
they've gotta accept Jesus
00:53:02.28\00:53:03.98
as the Savior. Amen!
When you go to the Bible lands
00:53:04.18\00:53:07.02
they give you a tour
to... One person says "Jesus was
00:53:07.22\00:53:09.48
here in this tomb. "
The other person says:
00:53:09.68\00:53:11.42
"He was there in that tomb.
" And they buy tickets to see
00:53:11.72\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\00:53:18.76
I ain't never been to the Bible
lands but I plan on being in the
00:53:21.30\00:53:24.47
holy land. Somebody help me out.
00:53:24.67\00:53:26.30
Today I'm making my declaration.
00:53:26.80\00:53:29.17
That's why this is an
all of a sudden message.
00:53:29.67\00:53:32.27
You see, when Jesus
came forth, all of a sudden
00:53:32.47\00:53:35.31
everything He once
proclaimed now made sense.
00:53:35.51\00:53:38.31
The message he had
been studying makes sense.
00:53:38.71\00:53:41.22
The truth he had questioned...
The truth you had questioned
00:53:41.42\00:53:43.75
suddenly makes sense. The
prayers you've been praying
00:53:43.95\00:53:46.02
suddenly get answered. The
job you've been searching for
00:53:46.22\00:53:48.72
suddenly comes your way.
00:53:48.92\00:53:50.39
The fear that robbed your
sleep suddenly leaves your mind.
00:53:50.59\00:53:53.56
The pain that you've been
carrying suddenly is lifted
00:53:53.76\00:53:56.33
by God's grace. The storm
that you've been battered by
00:53:56.53\00:53:59.40
suddenly passes
over. Hallelujah to that!
00:53:59.60\00:54:01.74
The children that
you've been praying for
00:54:02.14\00:54:03.91
suddenly accept Jesus.
00:54:04.11\00:54:05.97
And the Jesus that
you thought you knew
00:54:06.37\00:54:08.58
all of a sudden becomes real.
00:54:08.98\00:54:11.21
Do we really
believe that Jesus lives?
00:54:11.88\00:54:14.22
Oh, I want to see that. Do we
really believe that Jesus lives?
00:54:15.05\00:54:17.75
Amen! If you believe
that Jesus lives, you also
00:54:18.05\00:54:20.86
believe that one day
everything you have...
00:54:21.06\00:54:23.22
everything you have is
going to go up in flames.
00:54:23.63\00:54:26.90
Amen! That's right! Amen! Amen!
00:54:27.10\00:54:31.23
I used to worry
about the stock market.
00:54:31.77\00:54:34.00
I don't any more
00:54:34.37\00:54:35.94
'cause Jesus said my
bread and water shall be sure.
00:54:36.77\00:54:38.91
Whenever the stock
market takes a dive,
00:54:41.24\00:54:43.11
I remember that Jesus'
stock market never takes a dive.
00:54:43.51\00:54:46.48
Whenever difficulty comes
and I can't make ends meet
00:54:47.48\00:54:50.25
I know that Jesus knows
how to stretch those ends
00:54:50.45\00:54:52.49
and put them together.
00:54:52.69\00:54:54.02
This is a resurrection message;
we serve a risen Savior.
00:54:54.22\00:54:57.23
He's in the world today. That's
why I always sing that song.
00:54:57.43\00:54:59.59
We serve a what
kind of Savior? Risen!
00:54:59.79\00:55:01.80
A risen Savior.
The Jews found out;
00:55:02.00\00:55:04.47
Satan found out; the
evil angels found out
00:55:04.67\00:55:07.07
Gabriel always knew
it. The Father sent Jesus
00:55:07.27\00:55:10.24
not to be a defeated Lord but
a resurrected and risen Lord.
00:55:10.44\00:55:14.61
And today this church
stands on a foundation that
00:55:15.01\00:55:17.75
shall never be destroyed.
It may look like it's about to
00:55:17.95\00:55:20.92
fall apart, but it's
not going to fall apart.
00:55:21.12\00:55:23.05
Amen! Enfeebled and defective
though the church may be
00:55:23.25\00:55:26.15
we stand on the
foundation of a risen Lord!
00:55:26.35\00:55:29.16
And Jesus is coming again.
00:55:29.56\00:55:33.13
As I close, I've got to
go back to the beginning.
00:55:34.40\00:55:38.37
Those faithful ladies
that followed Jesus...
00:55:39.47\00:55:42.54
those faithful women...
Sometimes I say in my church:
00:55:42.94\00:55:47.38
"Brethren, forgive me.
This is not about my guy. "
00:55:47.58\00:55:50.51
Sometimes I say: "If
you want something said,
00:55:51.88\00:55:55.02
tell the men and if
you want something done,
00:55:55.22\00:55:58.65
tell the women. "
00:55:58.85\00:56:00.29
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
00:56:11.37\00:56:14.64
they met two guys that
they had never met before.
00:56:15.67\00:56:19.24
The angels said: "Let's
hang around just a little longer
00:56:19.81\00:56:24.05
to get the message started. "
00:56:24.45\00:56:26.85
And the women came to the tomb
00:56:27.72\00:56:30.39
early in that
morning... that Sunday morning
00:56:30.79\00:56:34.52
as the sun began
to peek its head up
00:56:34.72\00:56:36.83
on that morning of welcome.
00:56:37.03\00:56:39.36
And the angels said to them:
00:56:39.56\00:56:41.50
"Why do you seek the
living among the dead?
00:56:41.70\00:56:45.43
He is not here
but He is risen. "
00:56:45.83\00:56:48.47
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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