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Sermon #B691 - This Same Jesus
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Dr. Byrd: I want to
invite you to take your Bibles
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and turn with me to the book of
Acts, Acts Chapter 1. In regards
to Acts 1:9-11. Acts 1:9-11 at
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this time. Acts 1 9-11, the word
of God from the King James
Version Three simple verses.
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He says to us Acts 1:9, the word
says, "And when he had spoken
these things, while they beheld,
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he was taken up; and a
cloud received him out of their
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sight." Verse 10, "And while
they looked steadfastly toward
heaven as he went up, behold,
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two men stood by them in white
apparel." Verse 11, "Which also
said, Ye men of Galilee,
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why stand ye gazing up into
heaven? This same Jesus, which
is taken up from you into
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heaven, shall so come in like
manner as ye have seen him go
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into heaven." Today, we are just
going to spend a little time
talking about Jesus. Our title
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today is "This Same Jesus." Let
us pray. God we ask that you
would bless us now. Fill us with
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your spirit. Anoint us with your
grace. Breathe in this place
right now. Breathe on me right
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now. Lord, set captives free
right now. Break chains today.
Oh God, alleviate addictions in
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the name of Jesus. Lord speak
for your servant is here, and
then we be careful to give you
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the praise and the glory.
Forgive me of my sins and Lord,
as you do every week hide me
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behind your cross. I am so
unworthy, but I thank you for
those twins called Grace
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and Mercy that make me worthy
to stand here today. So move by
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Your Spirit and God, I pray that
when the appeal time comes the
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men, women, boys and girls will
respond to Your voice and Oh,
God, we will be able to say
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together, "It was this same
Jesus." Pray this prayer. It is
in Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
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Amen. This same Jesus. As many
of you know, I am a PK. If you
do not know what a PK is, a PK
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is you are a pastor's kid or a
preacher's kid. Traveling and
moving in my childhood were
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commonplace for me growing up.
The one thing that was constant
in my childhood, every summer
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during my adolescent years, my
sister, my twin brother and I
would always spend the summer
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with our grandparents who lived
in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Now,
regardless of where we lived in
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our lives or regardless of
whatever we were doing, every
summer, we spent time at my
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grandparents' house. That is the
house in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1220 Mayhaw Drive, Baton Rouge,
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Louisiana 70807. Now, you need
to understand when we stay with
our grandparents in the summer,
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we were living our best lives.
The zoo, the train at the zoo,
the fair, staying up late,
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eating all the time, getting
whatever we wanted; it was
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great. I must say I do not know
what it is about being a
grandparent. I mean my wife and
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I, Danielle, look at our parents
today and we always say that if
we did the things that our kids
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now do in our parents, their
grandparents presents, when we
were kids, we would get
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disciplined and I am not talking
about time out either. You see
back in those days,
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parents believe that if you
spare the rod, you spoil the
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child. I wish I had somebody who
knew what I was talking about.
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But after staying for a few
weeks in the summer at my
grandparents' home,
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it was time for us to return to
our home. Our parents would
drive to Baton Rouge to pick us
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up. While we loved our parents,
we did not want to leave our
grandparents' house,
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because we knew that when we
return home, there would be no
more getting what we wanted
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or doing what we
wanted all the time.
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When it was time to go home, we
would load up the car. We would
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pack the car. We would have
prayer in a circle, and then we
would get in the car. My parents
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would be in the front seat. My
siblings and I would be in the
backseat. My dad would begin to
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drive out of the driveway very
slowly. All of a sudden, as we
were pulling out of the driveway
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in reverse, it would get very
quiet in the car. No one was
arguing about who is touching me
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in the backseat. No one would be
arguing about who had to sit in
the hump in the middle in the
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back seat. It was very quiet. No
one was saying anything. A tear
or two would roll down me and my
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siblings' cheeks. My parents did
not think we saw them, but I can
see them looking through the
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rearview mirror. No one said
anything. We were sad. Why? We
had to say goodbye.
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The disciples are with
Jesus, in their lifetime,
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they had seen and witnessed
Jesus turning water into wedding
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punch. They had seen Jesus feed
five thousand men plus women and
children with two fish and five
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loaves of bread. They had seen a
woman touched Jesus' robe and
find more medicine in the Hem of
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His garment than from any
doctors anywhere. They had seen
Lazarus raised from the dead
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they had seen Jesus work
miracles. They had seen Jesus
preached to multitudes. But now,
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they had also seen Jesus
crucified. They were saddened.
They were down. But then the
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good news is they have seen
Jesus resurrected, and they were
filled with great joy. The Bible
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says that for forty days, Jesus
walked with them. Jesus talked
with them. Jesus communed with
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them, but then something
happens. Jesus performs his
final earthly miracle. He exits
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from the earth and He is taken
up to heaven. It is a hard
goodbye for the disciples. Tears
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begin to fall from their cheeks.
They are sad. They are down.
They are speechless as Jesus is
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now being taken up into heaven.
But Jesus, as He is taken up
into heaven, there is no
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airplane. There is no
helicopter. Jesus just ascends
into a cloud. He disappears and
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the disciples never see him.
Again. Jesus is gone. Jesus
earthliest work is complete. But
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then something else happens. As
they are looking into the sky
not knowing where Jesus is. Two
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men dressed in white suddenly
say to them, "This same Jesus
who has been taken from you into
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heaven will come back in the
same way you have seen him go
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into heaven." Now, for the
theologians out there - I wish I
had time but I do not have much
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time - but notice the Bible does
not say two angels. The Bible
just says two men dressed in
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white, but I am grateful
for the ministry of Ellen White
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because she says in The Desire
of Ages page eight hundred
thirty-one that these two men
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are two angels in the form of
two men. They say, this same
Jesus born in Bethlehem,
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smuggled into Africa, reared in
Nazareth, baptized in the muddy
Jordan, heal the sick, raise the
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dead, five thousand hungry souls
He fed. This same Jesus walks on
water, arrested in Gethsemane,
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condemned by Pilate, crucified
on Calvary, buried in a borrowed
tomb, but on the third day,
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He rose again. He ascended back
to Heaven. This same Jesus who
woke you up this morning,
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started you on your way, put
food on your table, clothing on
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your back. This same Jesus
answered your prayers, made a
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way out of no way. This same
Jesus who has been taken up from
you into heaven will come back
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in the same way you
have seen Him go into heaven.
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The disciples had to say goodbye
and there are three things that
now would have to take place.
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Number one, the disciples
teaching period was over
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and it was now time for them to
spread the Gospel of Jesus to
everybody everywhere.
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After the ascension, after Jesus
was taken up, their job was to
spread the gospel everywhere.
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It was now time for them to
exercise the Holy Ghost power
that have been imparted to them
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to share the gospel. Jesus, just
before the two angels
declaration in verse 11,
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had made a declaration in a
transfer of this power to
disciples, his disciples, in
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verse 8. If you look back in
Acts 1:8, it says, "But ye shall
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receive power, after that the
Holy Ghost is come upon you: and
ye shall be witnesses unto me
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both in Jerusalem, and in all
Judea and in Samaria, and the
unto the uttermost part of the
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earth." And so friends of mine,
although the disciples had to
say goodbye to Jesus,
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they began operating in this
same power that this same Jesus
had transferred to them that if
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somebody ought to shout right
there. In Acts 2:43, it says
that the apostles then begin to
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perform many miracles. Peter
healed the lame man at the
temple in Acts Chapter 3.
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Peter healed many from various
cities in Acts Chapter 5.
Stephen wrought great miracles
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and signs at Acts Chapter 6.
Philip did great miracles and
signs at Acts Chapter 8.
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Ananias healed Paul's blindness
at Acts Chapter 9. Peter healed
Aeneas in Acts Chapter 9.
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Peter raised Dorcas from the
dead in Acts Chapter 9. Paul
blinded Elymas in Acts Chapter
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13. Paul perform miracles. It is
Iconium in Acts 14. Paul healed
a crippled man in Acts 14.
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Paul healed a woman possessed
by an evil spirit in Acts 16 .
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Paul raised Eutychus from
the dead in Acts Chapter 20,
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and Paul also healed those in
Melita island who were diseased
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in Acts 28. This same Jesus had
given the apostles this same
power. Oh, but I am so glad that
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that was then but this is now.
Because God wants to now impart
this same power from this same
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Jesus to us. Ellen White says in
volume six of the testimonies
that the fullness of divine
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power has been imparted to God's
people that they might impart to
others light and joy and
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refreshing. Listen to me friends
of mine, when Jesus ascended
back to heaven, there was a
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change. Let me say that again.
When Jesus ascended back to
heaven, there was a change
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because it was an end to
Jesus' earthly existence,
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and the disciples had to now
change their delivery of the
gospel because Jesus was God,
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and now they had to carry the
gospel themselves. But Jesus has
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change. It is important to us
today as well because as we deal
with this coronavirus pandemic,
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as we live in a new normal,
changes are taking place. We
cannot congregate like we used
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to. We cannot assemble it. We
cannot assemble like we used to.
We cannot meet like we used to.
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We cannot do mass public
evangelism like we used to.
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But just like we saw with the
early Church of Acts where there
was massive growth,
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I believe that we will grow
stronger as a church as we
change. God has greater things
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in store for us. We cannot carry
the gospel the same way we
carried it before COVID-19. We
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are dealing in a new normal, but
the church, I believe, will grow
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as we change. Somebody said that
a crisis is the vortex of
possibilities, and I must admit
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it - and I even hate to admit
it - that maybe, just maybe,
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it took a pandemic to get the
church to step up its ministry
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strategies and be relevant to
the world in which we live. I
see this as an opportunity,
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because you see, if the pandemic
had not come and I wish we did
not have the pandemic.
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I do not want you to
misinterpret me. Do not think
that I am happy about people
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dying, getting sick.
That is not what I am saying.
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But if the pandemic had not
come, some churches would still
be arguing over whether
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or not they should get cameras.
If the pandemic had not come,
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And so now, neither snow nor
rain, nor sleet, nor pandemic
will keep us from worshipping
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God. Thanks to the change
this transition is bringing.
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The ascension marked a change in
Jesus from His earthly existence
to his existence now
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and maybe this transition will
mark a change for the church as
well. But let me tell you this,
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even with his change, the same
Holy Ghost power that Jesus left
with the apostles is the same
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Holy Ghost power that Jesus has
left with us. You have power. I
have power. We have power.
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We got Holy Ghost power. Oh,
somebody still not getting this.
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Now, if you are in church,
somebody should shout right
there, but you are at home,
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so let me help
somebody with this.
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I was in the hospital one day
and I was visiting some church
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members and I saw these people
hooked up to life support. I saw
a nurse and I ask that nurse,
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"Nurse, can you explain to me
what happens in the storm around
here?" She said, "What are you
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talking about?" I said, "Well, I
know in my neighborhood,
sometimes when lightning
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strikes, all the lights go out.
The electricity goes out. The
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power goes out. What do you do
with all these people who are on
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life support, hooked up to all
these machines when the storms
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come? What do you do with all
these people when the lights go
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out? What do you do with all
these people when the power
goes? Understand they need power
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for life support." The nurse
said, "Pastor, you do not
understand." I said, "What are
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you talking about?" She said,
"Although these may be our
primary lights, we are equipped
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for the storm." I said, "Talk to
me." She said, "There is a room
down the hallway that has a big
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generator in it. It does not
have any external power. The
power is on the inside."
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Can I preach it like I want it?
You will never know how much
power is in that generator until
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the lights go off. You will
never know that generator exist
until the lights go off.
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But the moment these lights
go out, the power kicks in.
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I am trying to tell somebody to
understand that is what the Holy
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Ghost is. When you do not have
anything left, that is when the
Holy Ghost kicks in.
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When you are down to your
last dime, that is when the Holy
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Ghost kicks in. When your body
is rocking with pain, that is
when the Holy Ghost kicks in.
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When your something is driving
you crazy, that is when the Holy
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Ghost kicks in. When you feel
like giving up, that is when the
Holy Ghost kicks in,
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because greater is he that is in
me than he that is in the world.
I have got power today.
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You have got power
today. We have got power today.
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Jesus has imparted the power of
the Holy Ghost to us" power to
make you walk right,
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power to make you talk right,
power to make you act right,
power to make you live right,
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power sickness, power over
demons, power over devils, power
over doubts, power over death,
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power over depression, power
over defeat, power over divorce,
power over the enemy.
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Why are you walking around
pitiful? You have got power!
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It is like driving a car and not
knowing all the stuff in the
car. You have not read the
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manual. Do you not realize you
have got power? I dare you to
open up the Word of God and
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realize you have power. Let me
tell you something in this
coronavirus pandemic. Do not get
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upset because somebody cannot
come to your house or your
hospital room to visit you
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during the pandemic. Let me tell
you something. Pray for
yourself. You have got power.
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Sometimes, you got to encourage
yourself in the Lord. Getting
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upset because somebody will not
lay hands on you. Lay hands on
yourself. Cast demons out for
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you yourself. You have got
power. God said whatever you
abide on Earth, He abide in
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heaven. Whatever you lose on
Earth, He lose in heaven. You
got power. I am tired of these
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Christians coming with batteries
not included. Quit waiting for
batteries. When you accepted the
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Lord Jesus Christ in your life,
you got everything you need
inside of you. Just reach down
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inside and tap into that power!
When Jesus was taken up into
heaven, He left us with power.
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Jesus is coming back, but He is
not coming back anywhere until
the gospel goes everywhere.
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The gospel must go forward!
Jesus ascends back to Heaven.
The disciples say goodbye.
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But God's power is on us and he
wants us to use this power to
take the gospel to the world.
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But God said something else
would happen after Jesus went
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back to Heaven. Number two,
Jesus would be seated at the
right hand of the father
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and he seated at the right hand
of the father and he is
interceding on our behalf.
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Somebody asked where is Jesus
right now? I know He was on
Earth. I know He ascended back
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to Heaven, but where is he right
now? Jesus ascended from earth
to the right hand of God,
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which by the way is a position
of high honor. In this position,
Jesus who has authority and He
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has honor. Thank you, Jesus. He
is interceding for us. He is
mediating for us. Picture that.
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The head of the Church, Jesus,
is seated at the right hand of
God interceding for us.
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Now, that is to make somebody
else want to shout. That means,
friends, in our ups and our
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downs, when we pray over the
prayer list. the number of
people praying is not just the
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prayer team. It is not just the
church. It is not just our
friends praying or our family
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praying, but Jesus right now is
seated at the right hand of the
father and He is praying for us.
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He is interceding for us. He is
seated at the right hand of God.
The Ascension is critical,
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because it reminds us that Jesus
is at the right hand of God
interceding, praying
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and mediating on
our behalf. Hallelujah.
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Let me tell you something.
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You could have been dead. Locked
up right now, suicidal. You
could have collapsed on the
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floor. But this same Jesus, who
is seated at the right hand of
the father, this same Jesus
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delivered you. This same Jesus
rescue you. This same Jesus
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saved you. Do not let anybody
tell you that you do not have a
right to praise Him.
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Anybody been through what you
have been through. You got a
right to praise him.
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You do not care what anybody
thinks. You do not care what
anyone says. You do not care
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what you have on. You do not
care who is looking at you. You
are just glad you are not in the
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hospital somewhere. You are just
glad needles are not sticking
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out of your arms. You are just
glad you are not locked up in a
jail cell right now.
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You are just glad that this same
Jesus is seated at the right
hand of the Father interceding
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for us. But there
is one more thing.
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Oh, number three, and I feel my
health coming. Because of the
Ascension, Jesus is coming back.
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I said because of the
Ascension, Jesus is coming back.
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This same Jesus who has been
taken from you into heaven will
come back in like manner as ye
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have seen him go into heaven;
which means friends of mine, one
day, very soon. I said one day,
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very soon, Jesus will descend
from heaven in a bodily form.
This same Jesus is coming back
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and the same way He left is the
same way He is coming back. He
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left in a cloud. He is coming
back in a cloud. He left in the
air. He is coming back in the
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air. We are living right now in
a between time, which the
Ascension reminds us of .
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It is the in-between time when
Jesus ascends and when Jesus
descends. When Jesus descends,
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there will be no more crying, no
more dying, no more sickness, no
more pain. When Jesus descends,
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no more cancer, no more
coronavirus, no more arthritis,
no more diabetes, no more heart
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disease. When Jesus descends, no
more wheelchairs, no more
walking canes, no more
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heartaches, no more house notes,
no more car notes. When Jesus
descends, no more fighting, no
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more back biting, no more lying,
no more dying, no more wars, no
more killing, no more stealing,
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no more hurt. When Jesus
descends, the former things are
passed away. All things become
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new, and we have only a short
time left before Jesus comes. We
do not have time to be petty.
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We do not have time to sweat the
small stuff. We do not have time
to engage in the paralysis of
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analysis. I beg you. Stop
playing church. Stop playing
games. Stop being messy. Stop
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being hypocritical. I beg you.
We are running out of time. We
do not have time to worry about
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how cute your dress is or how
nice your suit is. We are
running out of time. Who cares
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if you got the biggest house in
the church? We are running out
of time. We got to preach now.
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We got to teach now. We got to
minister now. We got to sing
now. We got to testify now.
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Educate now. Evangelize now. We
are running out of time. I know
you feel like giving up, but
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this same Jesus. I know you feel
like throwing in the towel, but
this same Jesus. I know you feel
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like saying "I do not care," but
this same Jesus. I know you feel
like saying "It does not matter
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anymore," but this same Jesus. I
know we are troubled on every
side, but this same Jesus. I
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know we have got confusion
everywhere, but this same Jesus.
I know we have got problems
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everyday, but this same Jesus. I
know that evil is pressing on
every head, but this same Jesus.
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He is the same
yesterday, today and forever!
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He did it for Adam. He did it
for Eve. He did it for Noah. He
did it for Moses. He did it for
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Abraham. He did it for Sarah. He
did it for Isaac. He did it for
Jacob. He did it for Joseph. He
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did it for Esther. He did it for
Gideon. He did it for Samson. He
did it for Naaman. He did it for
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David. He did it for Daniel. He
did it for Jeremiah. He did it
for Nehemiah. He did it for
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Jonah. He did it for Mary. He
did it for Peter. He did it for
James. He did it for John. He
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did it for Paul. He did it for
Timothy. He will do it for you!
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He did it for me. This same
Jesus, and I am so glad.
Troubles do not last always.
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I am so glad that weeping may
endure for a night, but joy
comes in the morning time.
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I am so glad that after the
rain, the sun will shine again.
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He is coming back! I am ready to
take my seat for my soul is
getting happy. I know we have
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got the education. I know we
have got committees. I know we
have got policies. I know we
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have got procedures. I know
we've got protocols. I know we
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have got boards. But every now
and then, can you just give me
some Jesus? Jesus, sweetest name
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I know. Jesus, I will tell it
everywhere I go. Jesus, demons
tremble, Satan fickles. Jesus,
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He is savior. Jesus, He is
deliverer Jesus, He is healer.
Jesus, He is teacher. Jesus, He
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is preacher. Jesus, He is prayer
answerer. Jesus, He is way
maker. Jesus, He is mountain
00:26:40.30\00:26:48.10
mover. Jesus, He is heart fixer.
Jesus, He is bill payer. Jesus,
He is mind regulator. Jesus lily
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of the valley. Jesus, bright and
morning star. Jesus, fairest of
ten thousand. This same Jesus!
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She shall bring forth a son
and thou shall call his name
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"Jesus," for he shall save his
people from their sins, and
Jesus increased in wisdom and
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stature, and in favor with God
and man and there is no other
name under heaven. Whereby we
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can be saved. But save the name
of Jesus, and I am proud to tell
somebody today that this same
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Jesus who locked the lions; this
same Jesus who appeared in that
fiery furnace; this same Jesus,
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He will save your soul. Do you
want to be saved today? Do you
want Jesus to save your soul?
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When I was eight years old,
I was diagnosed with Crohn's
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disease. When I was fifthteen, I
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think about the time that I lost
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during my adolescent years, I
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treatment for my disease.
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