Sermon #S031 -
Perfect Timing - (Part 1)
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Pastor Snell: I want to invite
you to stand to your feet for
the reading of the word this
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afternoon, and so today, our
goal is to be a little bit
briefer, as the sermon on
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communion is in the sacraments.
I want to invite you to turn
with me, however, a couple of
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places. We're going to begin at
John chapter 12, and we're going
to begin together at verse
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number 31, John 12:31, and then,
if you don't mind, put your
finger over in Romans chapter 8.
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Then we will conclude in Matthew
chapter 26. John chapter 12,
beginning at verse number 31,
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and when you get there, just say
Pastor, I'm here. John 12:31,
Jesus speaking, says, now is the
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Judgment of this world. Now the
ruler of this world will be cast
out, and he says if I am lifted
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up from the Earth. I will draw
all people to myself, this. He
said, signifying by what death
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he would die. Now go over to
Romans 8:32. Romans 8:32, when
you get there, say, Pastor, I'm
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ready. Romans 8:32, Paul says
this, he who did not spare his
own what? [ Congregation: Son]
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but delivered him up for us all.
How shall he not be with him?
Also, what? Freely.
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Did you all catch this? If he
gave us his Son, the word says
he will freely give us what? All
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things. Now, lastly, let's go to
Matthew chapter 26. Matthew
chapter 26, and we'll begin
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reading together verse number 1.
Matthew chapter 26, and we'll
begin together at verse 1,
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through 5, and then we'll pick
it up at verse 14. When you get
there, just say Amen.
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Matthew 26:1, It came to pass
when Jesus had finished all
these things that he said to his
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disciples, "You know, that after
two days is the Passover, and
the son of man will be delivered
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up to be crucified." Then
the chief priests, the scribes,
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and the elders of the people
assembled at the palace of the
high priest called Caiaphas,
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who plotted to take Jesus by
trickery and kill him, but they
said not during the what? Feast,
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lest there be an
uproar amongst the people.
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Then in verse 14, the Bible says
then one of the twelve, called
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Judas Iscariot, went to the
chief priests and said, "What
are you willing to give me if I
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deliver him to you?" and they
counted out to him 30 pieces of
silver so that from that time,
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he sought an opportunity to
betray him. Today, Saints, for
just a little while, I want to
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talk to you about the subject.
Perfect timing. Perfect timing.
Let's pray, Father, in this
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little while, would you say
much? Would you allow your
spirit to be so dense in this
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space, so dense online, that it
smothers and overwhelms all
rivaling principalities.
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Father, I asked their God
that you would overwhelm this
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service, Lord, deluding every
distraction and everything that
would draw our attention away
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from the glory of the cross. So,
once again, would you hide in
the shadows of the cross that at
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the end of our service today,
Christ Alone might be seen and
heard and Jesus alone be
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praised. We ask this in the name
of him, who is altogether
lovely. It is in the name of
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Jesus that we pray. Let God's
people say together. Amen, and
amen. You may be seated in the
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house of the Lord. As a child,
one of the songs I would hear in
and around Church was by Sister
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Dottie Peoples and the People's
Choice Chorale. I remembered
Dottie Peoples saying he's an
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on-time God. Yes, he is, and
unwittingly, the choir raised a
theological tension when they
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went to the chorus. They said he
might not come when you want
him, but he'll be there on time.
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He's an on-time God. Yes, he is,
and the tension is that we serve
a God, who may not come when I
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want him to come, yet he is
still on time. The tension that
every believer must have to
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master and manage is trusting a
God that does not move in my
time but moves at his own pace.
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You see, one of the things that
you will learn on the journey is
that you can't rush God, even a
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little bit. God cannot be
hurried. God cannot be frenzied.
God does not panic. God does not
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speed up and know that there is
no human circumstance that is
time sensitive to God.
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So, even when Jesus heard that
Lazarus was sick, notice that
Jesus did not amend his
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schedule, but the Bible says
that he spent an additional two
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days where he was. When Jesus
was on the way to heal Jairus'
daughter, he stopped in the
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middle and healed a woman with
the issue of blood and listened
to her, tell her 12-year
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testimony, and even though he
did not come when they wanted
him to come, in both instances,
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Jesus still showed up right on
time. See, God's timing requires
you to walk by faith
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because the truth is that we
want Jesus to pay the bill
before the money runs out,
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but sometimes God waits until
there is not a dime left in the
bank before he shows up to pay
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the bill. Sometimes we want God
to show us the spouse while
we're still attached to Mister
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Wrong, but sometimes God needs
you to break up with the wrong
one to show you the right one.
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Sometimes, we want God to give
us healing before we change our
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habits, but sometimes it is the
change of habits that is the
evidence that we believe in God
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for healing. You're mighty quiet
today. Sometimes our students
want 18 semesters of tuition
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stacked up before we trust God,
but sometimes God doesn't show
up until the day of financial
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clearing just so that, you know,
he's on time. I guess what I'm
saying today, church is, we've
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got to spend a little less time
focusing on God's timing and
spend more time focusing on his
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character and his track record.
Let me repeat it. Focus less on
his timing and more on his time,
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track record, and character.
It's amazing that earlier this
year, my kids were getting ready
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to go on a field trip to school.
They were so excited about the
trip that every day, they would
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come home and remind me, Daddy,
the money was due soon, and
every day, they would come home
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reminders that the money needed
to be turned in. So one day, in
frustration, I gave them two
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assurances. The first thing I
said was, " I need you to know I
heard you, " and then I needed
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to call their attention to my
track record. The second thing I
asked was when was the last time
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you ever missed a trip because
your parents didn't provide what
you needed. I guess I'm saying
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today, friends, that you don't
have to keep begging God
repeatedly. Number one, because
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he heard you. [
Congregation Member: Shouts]
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Anybody knows that whenever
you call on the name of Jesus.
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[ Congregation: Shouts]
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something happens, but the
second thing God is calling your
attention to is his track
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record. The words of Jehovah to
somebody today is, when was the
last time I ever failed you?
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When was the last time you went
hungry? When was the last time
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you slept outside? [
Congregation: Clapping]
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When was the last time I didn't
answer my prayers? In other
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words, I've allowed you to be
inconvenienced but guess what? I
have never failed you.
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Where are you at today, Church?
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[ Congregation: Cheers]
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In other words, it may be
inconvenient, but guess what?
God has never failed.
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He's an on-time God. Yes, he is,
and so, friends, as we dig
quickly into these brief texts,
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there are two and a
half points I want to make.
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The first thing I want to say to
the Church today is that as we
maneuver in the Journey of
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Faith. Number one, you've got to
trust his word above what it
looks like. Let me say it again.
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If you're going to operate by
faith, you got to trust his word
more than you trust what it
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looks like. Now, we read there
in the text, in Matthew chapter
26, that Jesus said to his
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disciples, "In two days is the
Passover, and I'm going to allow
myself to be delivered up and
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there, I'm going to be
crucified." Understand that this
prophetic utterance takes the
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disciples completely off guard.
Number one, they're upset
because they can't believe that
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Jesus will allow himself to be
arrested, taken, and crucified
by force. But the second reason
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they can't believe this is
because it doesn't seem likely
to happen. Do you see?
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Understand that this is Tuesday
in the passion week, and they
can't believe this is going to
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happen because of the context of
what took place. You see, just
two days before, they threw palm
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branches At His Feet. Just two
days before, they shouted,
"Hosanna in the highest." Just
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two days before, they announced
that he was the king of Israel.
They couldn't believe this was
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going to happen because
circumstances suggested that
things could not ship this badly
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but uderstand that the
crucifixion of Jesus nwas
designed to teach the disciples
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how quickly things can change.
The other thing it's designed to
teach us is that we've got to
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trust his word more than we
trust how it looks. [
Congregation: Amen]
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Can I just take a
moment and speak prophetically,
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because how many of us know that
we are spiraling toward the
Advent of Jesus Christ?
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and as we get closer to the
coming of the Lord, we've got to
trust his word, more than we
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trust, how things are going to
look. Are you with me today,
friends? Now, the reason I'm
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saying this Church is because we
live in a time of relative
comfort and in a time of
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religious liberty. For that,
we say, Amen, are you with me?
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In other words, it's cool and is
in style to put spiritual
sayings all over your Facebook
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page because there is no cost
or price tag for profession in
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Jesus Christ, but how many of
us know that you've got to trust
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his word? Not just what it looks
like because Daniel 12:1 says
that there will be a time of
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trouble, unlike any other
time since there was a nation.
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Remember that Paul says all who
will live godly in Christ Jesus
shall suffer persecution.
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Have you not read Revelation 1:3
about the beast that rises out
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of the Earth? The one that has
horns like a lamb and speaks
like a dragon that he's going to
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reach, as Ellen White
says, across the gulf,
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and he's going to shake hands
with that other beast that rises
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up out of the sea, the one that
had the deadly womb that has
been healed. He's going to pay
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homage to the first beast and
cause all those rich and poor,
free and bound to worship the
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beast. There's going to come a
time when there only be two
classes, those that have the
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Seal of God. [
Congregation: Amen]
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or those that have the mark of
the beast, and if you don't have
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his mark, you can't buy or
sell or interact in society,
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and the reason I'm saying this
is some of you all are looking
at me like I've got seven heads
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as I'm preaching this sermon,
and the reason you doubt its
validity is that you don't see
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signs of it in culture. It
doesn't look like it's going to
happen in our time.
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It doesn't look like things are
going to come to pass but
remember, Jesus says, as it was
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in the days of Noah, so shall it
be at the coming of the Son of
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man. The reason some didn't get
on the ark is they didn't
believe it was going to rain
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until they saw the rain, and
what I'm saying today, friends
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of mine, is we've got to get to
a place where we stopped waiting
to see certain things unfold,
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but you got to start getting
rooted in Christ today. You've
got to get your calling and
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election, sure, because the
truth is it can be Sunshine the
day before the hurricane. The
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day before an earthquake, the
ground is not shaking, and these
last moments are going to be
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final moments and quick moments,
and I've got to trust his word.
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[ Congregation: Shouts]
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Not just what it looks like. Are
you all hear me today, friends?
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Now again, I need you to know
that the positive is true, as
well, because remember, on dark
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Friday, he told them, I'm going
to be resurrected on the third
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day. Still, the thing he needed
the disciples to get was that on
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Friday, it was going to look
bad. When they put me in the
tomb, it's going to look dark.
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When they put a stone over the
tomb, it's going to look like I
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can't come out, but he came out
of the tomb early on Sunday
morning to remind the Church,
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don't function or what it looked
like. You've got to function
according to the word, you all,
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not with me. [
Congregation: Shouts]
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Ain't it crazy that none of the
male disciples showed up at the
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tomb Sunday? The reason they
didn't show up at the tomb was
that they went by what it looked
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like. Not by what he
said, are you all hearing me?
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What I'm saying to somebody
today is that no matter how bad
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it looks today, the promise of
God shall come to pass that many
are the afflictions of the
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righteous, but the Lord shall
deliver them from them all.
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I heard an old lady say it once
that it's going to be all right
in the end. So if it's not,
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all right, that just means it's
not the end. Oh God, I'm all by
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myself here today. [
Congregation: Applauds]
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In other words, I need somebody
to know, it's going to look
like, you will never stop
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crying, but the promise is he's
going to give beauty for ashes,
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oil for mourning, and a garment
of praise for the spirit of
heaviness. It's going to look
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for some like you're going to
always be. broke. It's going to
look like your kids will never
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mature. It'll look like the
dream will never come to pass.
It's going to look like Jesus is
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never coming again, but I'm at a
place where I'm not going to
forecast the weather two years
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from now based on the outlook
today. I'm going to trust what
his word says above what the
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outlook suggests. [
Congregation: Shouts]
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Okay, Let me say this way,
seeing this is why you got to
trust Jesus more than you trust
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your eyes. Anybody ever been
traveling down the road and
you've been guided by your GPS,
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and every now and then, as you
see the little icon, you'll see
that red line that says that
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there's a bunch of traffic
ahead? You all have been there
before, and I remember I was on
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the highway one time coming back
from Atlanta, and we got stuck
in a traffic jam, and that
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little red line came up, and
it's more as much as I pushed
it. I saw more red which looked
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like maybe I needed to get on an
alternative route, but when you
get stuck in traffic, the GPS,
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if she does not give you an
alternative route, she'll say
something like you're still on
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the fastest path. In other
words, she's suggesting that
I've looked at every option.
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I've evaluated every
path. [ Congregation: Shouts]
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And it may be hard where
you are, but you're still on the
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best road and see as much as
I'm tempted to change my path. I
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trust my GPS. Why? Because she's
not just looking where I am.
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[Congregation: Shouts]
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but she's looked down the road.
She's seen what is going to be,
and she gives me the best path.
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There is somebody that's stuck
in traffic today, but God's word
is that you're still on the best
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path. [Congregation: Cheers]
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You may want to change your
road, but God says, I see the
end from the beginning. I've
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looked down the highway. I see
what's on the other side, and
you have to be still and let me
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be God over your life. Secondly,
this teaches us that God does
all things in his time.
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Now, we read there Mathew 26:1
that they're making sure that
they try to time the murder of
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Jesus correctly. They say
listen, man, we can't kill Jesus
until after the feast because
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his popularity has reached its
zenith, its peak, and it will
create an uproar amongst the
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people. So they want to make
sure that they manage the timing
of the death of Jesus after the
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Passover is complete. So, as not
to make Jesus a martyr, but even
the Providence of God,
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would not allow them to hurry
the death of Jesus or delay the
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death of Jesus. You should
remember there were times when
they wanted to take Jesus almost
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a year, almost two years before
this. Still, there were times
when he would just slip away in
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the crowd. Still, then on this
day, they want to delay the
death of Jesus until after the
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Passover, once all of the people
have come back going back home
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but see, one of the things even
the death of Jesus teaches us is
that humanity is not in control
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of nothing when it comes to God.
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[ Congregation: Cheers]
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See you, you know, you are bad
mamajama. Not only when you say
when you are going to lay down
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your life but you bad, when you
can say, when am I take it up
again? Not now, not only are you
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bad. When you can say, when I'm
going to die, I'm going to
dictate the terms of when you
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kill me. [
Congregation: Applauds]
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Oh God, in other words friends
of mine, I need you to know that
there is a Divine timetable.
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At work even around
the death of Jesus Christ.
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See, in other words, Jesus says
I'm not going to let you hurry
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me up. I will not let you slow
me down because my death is on a
providential timetable.
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Some folk needs to be saved, and
if you delay it, they won't be
redeemed. You are all not with
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me yet. In other words, Simon of
Cyrene doesn't meet Jesus If he
gets killed till after the
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feast, but he says, I want to
save my brother Simon so that he
can take the gospel back to
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Africa. You all not with me
today? He says, if I died later,
then Barabbas is going to have
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to die on his cross, but I came
to take the guilty folk's place.
Oh God, you all did not hear me
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today. [ Congregation: Shouts]
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He says if I don't die on
schedule, the two thieves won't
make the invitation to join me
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in Paradise. See, remember when
Jesus spoke in John 12, he said,
"Listen, man, if I be lifted
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up." Now, understand that's not
talking about a statement of
praise and worship where we lift
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up Jesus and sing. He says, "if
I be lifted up from the earth,"
and he says, "I'm daring you to
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do it in front of a crowd. I'm
daring you to do it when a bunch
of folks is there." He says, "I
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dare you to lift me like that
because if you lift me, I'm
going to draw all men to
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myself." See, if he dies too
soon or too late, guess what?
The gospel is compromised, and
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the Miracle of Pentecost gets
missed by the masses. Okay, so
Pastor Williams. Remember, Jesus
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says, I have to die during the
what, Passover. You remember
that Pentecost was 50 days from
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the Passover. So, you would have
a crowd that would show up for
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the Passover. Then you would
have another crowd that would
show up at Pentecost at
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Passover, what you had was the
first roots of the ground that
would break the ground,
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which was the evidence or proof
that the rest of the Harvest was
going to come, and so guess
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what? There is a crowd that sees
the crucifixion of Jesus, but
guess what? They don't believe
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and follow right away. It looks
like what Jesus said was a lie
because he said, "I'll draw all
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men to myself," but understand
that the Harvest wasn't
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complete. [Congregation: Cheers]
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The first roots just broke the
ground that Sunday morning, but
fast forward 50 days,
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and it says the day of Pentecost
had fully come. The Holy Spirit
came, and men of every nation,
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kindred tribe, and tongue were
there, and when they heard Peter
preach, 5,000 got baptized in a
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day. How many of us know that
the 5,000 was just the delayed
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fruit? [
Congregation: Cheers and claps]
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Of the ministry and the
eyewitness death of Jesus. Are
you all hearing me today,
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friends? See, I need us.
Understand, beloved, that we
sometimes see our problem when
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we look at the cross, and we
understand his timing. Ah, see,
Jesus says I'm going to die on
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time. Okay. [
Congregation: Claps]
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Pastor Snell: I've got to go to
the grave on schedule. We miss
Romans 8:32, which says, "If God
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gave up his son, won't he also
freely with him, give us all
things." Louis, they are not
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with me yet. So, in other words,
if God gave me the Son on time.
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[ Congregation:
Shouts and claps]
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No, no. The word says if he gave
us the Son, won't he, with him,
give us all things?
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[ Congregation: All things]
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So if he gave me the Son on
time, won't he give me
everything else on time? You
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mean if Jesus died on time, you
think he won't pay the bills on
time? If he died on time, won't
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he get you married on time? If
God died on time, won't he get
you a house on time? If he died
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on time, won't he get that need
on time? Okay. See this issue.
See the problem with the way we
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view the cross, and it's
primarily a western thing that's
why we don't shout over Romans
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8:32. He says, if God gave us
the Son, won't he with him give
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us all things? Now the problem
with some of us. We don't shout
over the cross because, for some
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of us, the cross is
a theological truth.
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For some of us, it is just
theological terminology that
speaks to atonement,
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but we don't believe it
impacts our day-to-day life.
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That's why it goes over
our heads when we take these
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emblems. Because we see it
as something that happened 2,000
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years ago, how many of us
understand that the cross was
not just some theological truth
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back then? It is the
proof of God's love today.
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[ Congregation:
Cheers and claps]
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All right, listen, I'm
almost done. I promise.
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See, the problem is we put the
cross in this theological box
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all by itself, and what happens
is we put the cross in a box by
itself. Then we got another box
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for our bills and for our
job and our kids and our plans.
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It's crazy because what we do is
realize that everything else
affects one another my family
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and my health effects, my work,
it affects my finances, it
affects my stress level.
00:25:38.03\00:25:42.67
It affects how I deal with my
enemies and my plans. We believe
all that stuff touches each
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other, but the cross is in a box
by itself. But how many of us
know that the cross doesn't
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remain in isolation?
[ Congregation: Shouts]
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going to take care of everything
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