Holy Father, on this
weekend of the passion
00:00:31.67\00:00:35.78
how glad, how great
00:00:35.81\00:00:37.41
the
pronouncement Christ is alive.
00:00:37.44\00:00:42.06
We believe in Him, oh, God.
00:00:42.09\00:00:44.02
We believe in the
beauty of His character,
00:00:44.05\00:00:46.18
the triumph of His death,
00:00:46.21\00:00:48.37
the glory of His resurrection
and the promise of His return
00:00:48.40\00:00:53.19
and so we come to worship
You through Him who was dead
00:00:53.22\00:00:56.44
and is alive for evermore.
00:00:56.47\00:00:59.18
Christ is alive!
Let Christians sing
00:00:59.21\00:01:01.43
His cross
stands empty to the sky
00:01:01.46\00:01:04.49
Let streets and
homes with praises ring
00:01:04.52\00:01:07.20
His love in death
shall never die Hallelujah.
00:01:07.23\00:01:13.47
Amen.
00:01:13.50\00:01:14.56
Christ is alive!
Let Christians sing
00:01:44.10\00:01:50.45
His cross
stands empty to the sky
00:01:50.48\00:01:57.49
Let streets and
homes with praises ring
00:01:57.52\00:02:04.43
His love in
death shall never die
00:02:04.46\00:02:10.43
Christ is alive! No longer bound
00:02:13.47\00:02:19.67
To distant years in Palestine
00:02:19.70\00:02:26.94
He comes to
claim the here and now
00:02:26.97\00:02:34.09
And conquer every place and time
00:02:34.12\00:02:40.09
In every insult, rift, and war
00:02:43.86\00:02:49.83
Where color,
scorn or wealth divide
00:02:49.86\00:02:56.86
He suffers still,
yet loves the more
00:02:56.89\00:03:03.98
And lives,
though every crucified
00:03:04.01\00:03:11.78
Christ is alive! Ascended Lord
00:03:29.37\00:03:36.22
He rules the
world His Father made
00:03:36.25\00:03:43.89
Till, in the end His love adored
00:03:43.92\00:03:51.89
Shall be to all
on Earth displayed
00:03:51.92\00:03:59.89
He became sin who knew no sin
00:04:23.08\00:04:28.24
That we might
become His righteousness
00:04:28.27\00:04:33.62
He humbled Himself
and He carried the cross
00:04:33.65\00:04:40.55
Love so amazing
00:04:40.58\00:04:45.59
Love so amazing
00:04:45.62\00:04:50.69
Jesus Messiah
00:04:50.72\00:04:55.90
Name above all names
00:04:55.93\00:05:01.04
Blessed Redeemer
00:05:01.07\00:05:05.91
Emmanuel
00:05:05.94\00:05:10.74
The Rescue for sinners
00:05:10.77\00:05:15.61
The Ransom from heaven
00:05:15.64\00:05:21.05
Jesus Messiah
00:05:21.08\00:05:26.05
Lord of all
00:05:26.08\00:05:33.17
His body the
bread His blood the wine
00:05:33.20\00:05:37.35
Broken and
poured out all for love
00:05:37.38\00:05:42.72
The whole earth
trembled And the veil was torn
00:05:42.75\00:05:49.10
Love so amazing
00:05:49.13\00:05:54.22
Love so amazing
00:05:54.25\00:05:59.42
Jesus, Messiah,
00:05:59.45\00:06:04.41
Name above all names
00:06:04.44\00:06:09.50
Blessed Redeemer
00:06:09.53\00:06:14.47
Emmanuel
00:06:14.50\00:06:19.20
The Rescue for sinners
00:06:19.23\00:06:24.13
The Ransom from heaven
00:06:24.16\00:06:29.46
Jesus, Messiah
00:06:29.49\00:06:34.51
Lord of all
00:06:34.54\00:06:39.87
All our hope is in You
00:06:39.90\00:06:44.80
All our hope is in You
00:06:44.83\00:06:49.63
All the glory to You God,
00:06:49.66\00:06:56.37
the Light of the world
00:06:56.40\00:07:01.56
Jesus, Messiah
00:07:01.59\00:07:06.78
Name above all names
00:07:06.81\00:07:12.33
Blessed Redeemer
00:07:12.36\00:07:17.35
Emmanuel
00:07:17.38\00:07:22.59
The Rescue for sinners
00:07:22.62\00:07:27.55
The Ransom from heaven
00:07:27.58\00:07:32.94
Jesus, Messiah
00:07:32.97\00:07:38.10
Lord of all
00:07:38.13\00:07:43.07
Jesus, Messiah
00:07:43.10\00:07:48.40
Name above all names
00:07:48.43\00:07:53.74
Blessed Redeemer
00:07:53.77\00:07:59.00
Emmanuel
00:07:59.03\00:08:04.75
The Rescue for sinners
00:08:04.78\00:08:10.46
The Ransom from heaven
00:08:10.49\00:08:16.44
Jesus, Messiah
00:08:16.47\00:08:22.55
Lord of all
00:08:22.58\00:08:25.84
Can be seated.
00:08:25.87\00:08:26.90
I stand amazed in the presence
00:08:40.79\00:08:48.12
Of Jesus the Nazarene
00:08:48.15\00:08:54.94
And wonder how He could love me
00:08:54.97\00:09:02.19
A sinner condemned unclean
00:09:02.22\00:09:08.98
Singing how
marvelous, how wonderful
00:09:09.01\00:09:16.93
And my song shall ever be
00:09:16.96\00:09:23.84
How marvelous, how wonderful
00:09:23.87\00:09:31.08
Is my Savior's love for me
00:09:31.11\00:09:37.36
He took my sins and my sorrows.
00:09:47.09\00:09:49.80
He took my sins and my sorrows
00:09:49.83\00:09:57.06
He made them His very own
00:09:57.09\00:10:03.79
He bore the burden to Calvary
00:10:03.82\00:10:10.93
And suffered and died alone
00:10:10.96\00:10:17.38
Singing how
marvelous, how wonderful
00:10:17.41\00:10:25.38
And my song shall ever be
00:10:25.41\00:10:32.32
How marvelous, how wonderful
00:10:32.35\00:10:39.26
Is my Savior's love for me
00:10:39.29\00:10:46.78
Singing how
marvelous, how wonderful
00:10:46.81\00:10:53.78
And my song shall ever be
00:10:55.06\00:11:02.87
How marvelous, how wonderful
00:11:02.90\00:11:10.53
Is my Savior's love for me
00:11:10.56\00:11:18.53
And when with
the ransomed in glory
00:11:23.18\00:11:30.50
His face I last shall see
00:11:30.53\00:11:37.61
It will be my
joy through the ages
00:11:37.64\00:11:44.73
To sing of His love for me
00:11:44.76\00:11:51.08
Singing how
marvelous, how wonderful
00:11:51.11\00:11:58.82
And my song shall ever be
00:11:58.85\00:12:05.41
How marvelous, how wonderful
00:12:05.44\00:12:12.29
Is my Savior's love for me
00:12:12.32\00:12:19.67
Singing how
marvelous, how wonderful
00:12:19.70\00:12:26.67
And my song shall ever be
00:12:27.85\00:12:35.12
How marvelous, how wonderful
00:12:35.15\00:12:42.86
Is my Savior's love for me
00:12:42.89\00:12:50.45
Amen.
00:12:55.12\00:12:56.15
I'm forgiven,
because You were forsaken
00:13:08.02\00:13:15.27
I'm accepted, You were condemned
00:13:15.30\00:13:22.31
I'm alive and well,
Your Spirit is within me
00:13:22.34\00:13:28.47
Because You died and rose again
00:13:28.50\00:13:33.09
Amazing love, how can it be
00:13:36.51\00:13:43.54
That You my KING
would die for me?
00:13:43.57\00:13:50.57
Amazing love, I know it's true
00:13:50.60\00:13:57.75
It's my joy to honor You
00:13:57.78\00:14:02.51
In all I do, let me honor you
00:14:02.54\00:14:08.89
I'm forgiven,
because You were forsaken
00:14:22.26\00:14:29.35
I am accepted,
You were condemned
00:14:29.38\00:14:36.14
I'm alive and well,
Your Spirit is within me
00:14:36.17\00:14:42.06
Because You died and rose again
00:14:42.09\00:14:46.38
Amazing love, how can it be
00:14:50.31\00:14:56.95
That You my King
would die for me?
00:14:56.98\00:15:03.65
Amazing love, I know it's true
00:15:03.68\00:15:10.63
It's my joy to honor You
00:15:10.66\00:15:15.24
In all I do, let me honor You
00:15:15.27\00:15:21.08
You are my King
00:15:26.98\00:15:33.01
Jesus, You are my King
00:15:33.04\00:15:40.72
You are my King
00:15:40.75\00:15:46.59
Jesus, You are my King
00:15:46.62\00:15:51.59
Amazing love, how can it be
00:15:54.98\00:16:01.37
That You my King
would die for me?
00:16:01.40\00:16:08.23
Amazing love, I know it's true
00:16:08.26\00:16:15.11
It's my joy to honor You
00:16:15.14\00:16:19.84
In all I do, let me honor You
00:16:19.87\00:16:25.48
Christ the Lord is
risen today, Alleluia!
00:19:03.77\00:19:10.77
Sons of men and
angels say, Alleluia!
00:19:12.63\00:19:19.63
Raise your joys and
triumphs high, Alleluia!
00:19:21.69\00:19:28.69
Sing, ye heavens, and
earth reply, Alleluia!
00:19:30.73\00:19:37.73
Lives again our
glorious King, Alleluia!
00:19:41.77\00:19:48.77
Where, O death, is
now thy sting? Alleluia!
00:19:50.87\00:19:57.38
Once He died, our
souls to save, Alleluia!
00:20:00.38\00:20:07.01
Where thy victory,
boasting grave? Alleluia!
00:20:10.08\00:20:16.04
Love's redeeming
work is done, Alleluia!
00:20:20.87\00:20:27.65
Fought the fight,
the battle won, Alleluia!
00:20:30.53\00:20:37.37
Death in vain
forbids His rise, Alleluia!
00:20:40.15\00:20:46.58
Christ hath opened
paradise, Alleluia!
00:20:50.18\00:20:57.48
Soar we now then where
Christ hath led, Alleluia!
00:21:29.05\00:21:34.95
Following our
exalted Head, Alleluia!
00:21:38.39\00:21:45.09
Made like Him, like
Him we rise, Alleluia!
00:21:48.47\00:21:54.69
Christ the cross, the
grave The skies, Alleluia!
00:21:58.69\00:22:05.84
Holy Father, because it is true,
00:22:17.53\00:22:19.34
ours the cross,
the grave, the skies.
00:22:19.37\00:22:22.83
We have the courage
and hope to worship today.
00:22:22.86\00:22:28.50
Keep the fires of both that hope
00:22:28.53\00:22:31.59
and courage burning brightly
through Christ our Lord,
00:22:31.62\00:22:35.55
we pray, amen.
00:22:35.58\00:22:37.98
Be seated, please.
00:22:38.01\00:22:39.04
I love that story of hers
00:22:46.52\00:22:50.69
that comes out of
this immense catastrophe.
00:22:50.72\00:22:56.27
This past week in central Italy
00:22:56.30\00:23:00.38
98-year-old Maria D'Antuono
00:23:00.41\00:23:04.53
was asleep when that
6.3 magnitude earthquake
00:23:04.56\00:23:09.27
struck her tiny
little village of Tempera.
00:23:09.30\00:23:12.51
And for 30, count them,
00:23:12.54\00:23:14.55
30 long, dark,
interminable hours
00:23:14.58\00:23:20.56
she was trapped beneath
the rubble of her stone house.
00:23:20.59\00:23:26.90
So you can imagine the
roaring cheer that goes up
00:23:26.93\00:23:32.14
when that crowd of onlookers
watching those rescuers claw
00:23:32.17\00:23:36.58
through the debris to
find that trapped lady.
00:23:36.61\00:23:41.49
A cheer the goes up as they
bring her out alive and well.
00:23:41.52\00:23:46.36
As they are carrying her out
00:23:46.39\00:23:47.89
somebody in the
crowd called out to her,
00:23:47.92\00:23:50.03
asking, what she did
to while away those hours
00:23:50.06\00:23:53.97
while she was waiting
for somebody to rescue her?
00:23:54.00\00:23:57.14
And the
98-year-old matriarch shot back
00:23:57.17\00:24:00.45
why I crocheting of course.
00:24:00.48\00:24:04.05
When I heard that I said
00:24:04.08\00:24:05.15
how could it be the
world is coming down around you
00:24:05.18\00:24:08.11
and she's found something
00:24:08.14\00:24:09.47
with those hooks
and the yarn and wool
00:24:09.50\00:24:11.79
and she's just crocheting,
they'll come, they'll come.
00:24:11.82\00:24:16.39
I love the London
Guardians write observation
00:24:16.42\00:24:19.45
whatever falls Maria D'Antuono
00:24:19.48\00:24:22.19
may have wasting
time is not one of them.
00:24:22.22\00:24:26.22
And by the way
there's more to the story.
00:24:26.25\00:24:28.43
As they're taking her
to the waiting ambulance
00:24:28.46\00:24:32.21
great Grandma Maria had one more
00:24:32.24\00:24:34.41
astonishing line
for the onlookers
00:24:34.44\00:24:36.30
when she called out
"does anybody have a comb,
00:24:36.33\00:24:40.29
I want to get this
dust out of my hair
00:24:40.32\00:24:41.99
before I go to the hospital."
00:24:42.02\00:24:44.00
Leading the Guardian to quip.
00:24:44.03\00:24:45.50
There is new meaning
to that Italian phrase
00:24:49.34\00:24:52.39
"bella figura"
keeping up appearances.
00:24:52.42\00:24:56.41
I tell you what a glad story
00:24:56.44\00:24:58.40
particularly when you remember
00:24:58.43\00:25:00.20
how utterly sad
that catastrophe.
00:25:00.23\00:25:02.15
I saw the news
last night 215 coffins
00:25:02.18\00:25:06.52
lined up beside
each other in the plaza
00:25:06.55\00:25:09.49
of that devastated city
00:25:09.52\00:25:11.58
for a corporate funeral service.
00:25:11.61\00:25:15.05
And now here is the story.
00:25:15.08\00:25:16.22
You know it's an
"almost resurrection story."
00:25:16.25\00:25:19.13
You think about
it, she was underground
00:25:19.16\00:25:20.99
for nearly as long as Christ was
00:25:21.02\00:25:24.17
and she comes
out, out of that rubble
00:25:24.20\00:25:26.65
and debris she comes out alive.
00:25:26.68\00:25:30.20
Have you ever noticed in reading
00:25:30.23\00:25:31.48
the resurrection
account in the New Testament
00:25:31.51\00:25:34.03
how scarce I mean almost absent
00:25:34.06\00:25:38.47
is any detail
about Jesus resurrection.
00:25:38.50\00:25:42.55
I mean, I
understand why number one,
00:25:42.58\00:25:44.35
they gonna arrive
when assistance set
00:25:44.38\00:25:45.51
for those fainting Roman guards
00:25:45.54\00:25:48.34
and number two, how
could you possibly describe
00:25:48.37\00:25:51.42
this near fishing movement
00:25:51.45\00:25:54.06
when divinity
explodes at human house
00:25:54.09\00:25:56.76
back to life again
00:25:56.79\00:25:58.16
but no details
except from Matthew.
00:25:58.19\00:26:01.36
The only details we have
at the actual resurrection
00:26:01.39\00:26:04.34
are found here in Matthew.
00:26:04.37\00:26:05.43
I want to go to Matthew account.
00:26:05.46\00:26:07.19
Find your gospels
please open your Bible
00:26:07.22\00:26:11.01
to the gospel of
Saint Matthew Chapter 28.
00:26:11.04\00:26:13.85
If you didn't bring up Bible
with you on this Easter weekend
00:26:13.88\00:26:17.99
grab the pew
Bible in front of you
00:26:18.02\00:26:19.92
open it with us that
will be the New King James,
00:26:19.95\00:26:21.83
I will be in the TNIV.
00:26:21.86\00:26:24.18
Well, let's go
to Matthew's account
00:26:24.21\00:26:25.53
the only gospel with
any word at all about
00:26:25.56\00:26:28.53
what happened early
that Sunday morning.
00:26:28.56\00:26:31.45
Matthew Chapter 28,
pew Bible its page 672,
00:26:31.48\00:26:37.83
Matthew Chapter 28.
00:26:37.86\00:26:40.05
All right, read the
account once again verse 1.
00:26:40.08\00:26:47.95
"After the Sabbath, at dawn
on the first day of the week,
00:26:47.98\00:26:52.53
Mary Magdalene
and the other Mary
00:26:52.56\00:26:54.54
went to look at the tomb."
00:26:54.57\00:26:55.89
Verse 2 "There was
a violent earthquake"
00:26:55.92\00:26:59.18
that's how we know there was one
00:26:59.21\00:27:00.27
there was a violent earthquake,
00:27:00.30\00:27:02.61
"for an angle of the
Lord came down from heaven
00:27:02.64\00:27:05.72
and, going to the tomb,
00:27:05.75\00:27:06.78
rolled back the
stone and sat on it."
00:27:06.81\00:27:08.68
Can you see Him?
00:27:08.71\00:27:11.11
Just flick that
thing to the side
00:27:11.14\00:27:12.44
and then sits on it, I
need a chair and sat on it.
00:27:12.47\00:27:17.37
Now verse 3 "His
appearance was like lightning."
00:27:17.40\00:27:21.54
Now we ask them
humdinger lightening storm
00:27:21.57\00:27:23.61
is here in Michigan
00:27:23.64\00:27:24.67
and if you're at you know
how bright that white light is.
00:27:24.70\00:27:27.99
"His appearance
was like lightning,
00:27:28.02\00:27:29.86
and his clothes
were white as snow."
00:27:29.89\00:27:31.36
Verse 4 "The guards
were so afraid of him
00:27:31.39\00:27:33.37
that they shook and
became like dead men."
00:27:33.40\00:27:37.19
Gone, they're down.
00:27:37.22\00:27:38.59
I want to read
you another account.
00:27:41.72\00:27:45.76
It feels like an
eye witness account.
00:27:45.79\00:27:47.71
This is from the
classic on the life of Jesus
00:27:47.74\00:27:49.83
called Desire of Ages.
00:27:49.86\00:27:51.84
Let me just read a line or two
to kind of set this up today.
00:27:51.87\00:27:56.10
"The night of the first day
00:27:56.13\00:27:57.16
of the week had
worn slowly away.
00:27:57.19\00:27:59.66
The darkest hour, just
before daybreak, had come.
00:27:59.69\00:28:01.97
Christ was still a
prisoner in His narrow tomb.
00:28:02.00\00:28:04.77
The great stone
was in its place,
00:28:04.80\00:28:06.88
the Roman seal was unbroken,
00:28:06.91\00:28:08.24
the Roman guards
were keeping their watch."
00:28:08.27\00:28:10.76
As you'll see this
afternoon in the passion.
00:28:10.79\00:28:14.66
"And there were unseen watchers.
00:28:14.69\00:28:18.82
Hosts of evil angels
were gathered about the place.
00:28:18.85\00:28:22.78
Had it been possible,
00:28:22.81\00:28:23.84
the prince of
darkness with his apostate army
00:28:23.87\00:28:26.12
would have kept
forever sealed the tomb
00:28:26.15\00:28:27.57
that held the Son of God."
00:28:27.60\00:28:28.88
You bet nobody is coming
here this is our piece of earth.
00:28:28.91\00:28:33.69
Had it been
possible it would have.
00:28:33.72\00:28:35.71
I love this.
00:28:35.74\00:28:36.77
"But a heavenly host
surrounded the sepulcher.
00:28:36.80\00:28:40.66
Angels that excel in strength"
you have a guardian besides you
00:28:40.69\00:28:44.84
let me tell you my friend,
00:28:44.87\00:28:46.57
if that angel
chose to reveal himself
00:28:46.60\00:28:48.92
what happened to the guards
00:28:48.95\00:28:50.01
would happen to
whoever is harassing you.
00:28:50.04\00:28:52.51
You are always
under the care of an angel
00:28:52.54\00:28:55.68
who excels in strength no matter
00:28:55.71\00:28:58.94
what the evil
one may whisper you.
00:28:58.97\00:29:02.47
You have a
stronger unseen companion.
00:29:02.50\00:29:06.77
"Angels that excel in
strength regarding the tomb
00:29:06.80\00:29:09.47
and waiting to
welcome the Prince of life."
00:29:09.50\00:29:11.43
And then there
is this earthquake
00:29:11.46\00:29:12.89
and the quote from
Matthew that we just read.
00:29:12.92\00:29:16.04
"Clothed with the
panoply of God, this angel."
00:29:16.07\00:29:18.70
Okay, the angel that came down.
00:29:18.73\00:29:19.85
"This angel left
the heavenly courts.
00:29:19.88\00:29:21.78
The bright beams of
God's glory went before him,
00:29:21.81\00:29:24.50
and illuminated his pathway."
00:29:24.53\00:29:25.89
So you have this angel
just shooting down, just--
00:29:25.92\00:29:30.48
but in front of
him it's just like
00:29:30.51\00:29:32.19
it's like a waterfall of light.
00:29:32.22\00:29:35.02
This light is just
cascading in front of him
00:29:35.05\00:29:36.99
and he's
swallowing that light trap
00:29:37.02\00:29:39.25
all the way down to
that guarded sepulcher.
00:29:39.28\00:29:41.56
"The earth trembles."
00:29:44.56\00:29:46.05
As the angels are
approaching the earth trembles.
00:29:46.08\00:29:48.48
"The hosts of darkness flee,
and as he rolls away the stone,
00:29:48.51\00:29:52.29
heaven seems to
come down to the earth.
00:29:52.32\00:29:53.76
The soldiers see
him removing the stone
00:29:53.79\00:29:56.38
as he would a pebble
and they hear the angel cry,
00:29:56.41\00:30:01.47
Son of God, come
forth, Thy Father calls Thee.
00:30:01.50\00:30:04.99
They see Jesus come
forth from the grave,
00:30:05.02\00:30:06.97
and hear Him proclaim
over the rent sepulcher,
00:30:07.00\00:30:10.51
'I am the
resurrection, and the life.'
00:30:10.54\00:30:14.98
And as He comes forth
in majesty and glory."
00:30:15.01\00:30:17.21
Oh, if there had only
been a security camera
00:30:17.24\00:30:19.23
that have been
turned on that day
00:30:19.26\00:30:20.53
we'd to have the
pictures of that night.
00:30:20.56\00:30:23.67
Watch this, "As He comes forth
00:30:23.70\00:30:25.88
in majesty and
glory, the angel host."
00:30:25.91\00:30:29.53
He is commander and
chief of this whole army.
00:30:29.56\00:30:33.24
"The angel host
bow low in adoration
00:30:33.27\00:30:38.17
before the Redeemer,
00:30:38.20\00:30:41.26
and welcome Him
with songs of praise."
00:30:41.29\00:30:45.60
One line more.
00:30:45.63\00:30:46.67
"He who had
vanquished death and the grave
00:30:46.70\00:30:49.08
came forth from the tomb
with the tread of a conqueror,
00:30:49.11\00:30:52.16
amid the reeling of the earth,
the flashing of lightning,
00:30:52.19\00:30:55.19
and the roaring of thunder."
00:30:55.22\00:30:57.72
This was not shh...
it's not one of those.
00:30:57.75\00:31:02.39
This was an
explosive nuclear moment.
00:31:02.42\00:31:07.61
Jerusalem slept
through it but nobody there
00:31:07.64\00:31:12.38
that predawn
moment would ever forget.
00:31:12.41\00:31:17.34
Let's be honest
the story of Easter
00:31:17.37\00:31:20.44
is not the
easiest story in the world
00:31:20.47\00:31:22.97
to believe, come on.
00:31:23.00\00:31:26.57
Naturalism that's this
philosophical worldview
00:31:26.60\00:31:31.15
that says "there
is no supernatural
00:31:31.18\00:31:32.95
and we will not let there be."
00:31:32.98\00:31:34.14
That's what naturalism is.
00:31:34.17\00:31:35.20
Naturalism rules
the American Academy,
00:31:35.23\00:31:38.21
the entertainment
industry the secular media.
00:31:38.24\00:31:41.08
Secular godlessness is the name
of the game and I will tell you
00:31:41.11\00:31:43.67
what Christian faith
and Christian's faith--
00:31:43.70\00:31:48.78
it's tough, this is not
an easy story to believe in.
00:31:48.81\00:31:53.57
That's why I am particularly
invigorated by this book
00:31:53.60\00:31:56.48
I am reading right now
written by Timothy Keller.
00:31:56.51\00:31:58.48
Let me give you
the title of the book,
00:31:58.51\00:32:00.53
"The Reason for God,
00:32:00.56\00:32:01.86
Belief in an Age of Skepticism."
00:32:01.89\00:32:04.41
And the reason I am finding
00:32:04.44\00:32:05.47
this such an
inspiring read this because
00:32:05.50\00:32:07.25
I know little
bit about the author.
00:32:07.28\00:32:08.80
The author has spent 20-years
in New York City in Manhattan.
00:32:08.83\00:32:12.91
You seen your pastor
00:32:12.94\00:32:13.97
of the Redeemer
Presbyterian Church,
00:32:14.00\00:32:15.58
he raised up that
church 20-years ago
00:32:15.61\00:32:17.31
with his wife
and two little girls
00:32:17.34\00:32:18.75
they now are spread out
00:32:18.78\00:32:19.81
6,000 worshippers
all over the city.
00:32:19.84\00:32:22.02
They have daughter
churches around the world.
00:32:22.05\00:32:23.73
He is dealt with the
bright young minds of New York
00:32:23.76\00:32:27.97
dealing with
skeptics he writes this book.
00:32:28.00\00:32:30.73
I want to put a line
on the screen for you.
00:32:30.76\00:32:32.90
He is challenging,
Keller is challenging
00:32:32.93\00:32:34.59
the skeptic challenger.
00:32:34.62\00:32:36.14
Read this on the screen
00:32:36.17\00:32:37.20
"The only way to
doubt Christianity rightly"
00:32:37.23\00:32:39.18
okay so you got some questions,
let me tell you doubt it.
00:32:39.21\00:32:41.82
"The only way to doubt
Christianity rightly and fairly
00:32:41.85\00:32:44.83
is to discern
the alternate belief
00:32:44.86\00:32:46.83
under each of your doubts
00:32:46.86\00:32:48.26
and then to ask yourself
00:32:48.29\00:32:49.52
what reasons you
have for believing it."
00:32:49.55\00:32:51.67
Come on? You have
an alternate believe.
00:32:51.70\00:32:53.68
What reasons do you have?
00:32:53.71\00:32:55.85
"How do you know
your belief is true?"
00:32:55.88\00:32:57.60
He goes on.
00:32:57.63\00:32:58.66
"It would be inconsistent
to require more justification
00:32:58.69\00:33:01.27
for Christian belief
than you do for your own
00:33:01.30\00:33:03.39
but that is
frequently what happens."
00:33:03.42\00:33:04.84
And now listen "In fairness
you must doubt your doubts."
00:33:04.87\00:33:09.95
I like that.
00:33:09.98\00:33:11.33
You got to doubt
your doubts, come on.
00:33:11.36\00:33:12.96
You weren't with these doubts.
00:33:12.99\00:33:15.48
You weren't born
with them. Challenge them.
00:33:15.51\00:33:20.07
How can you challenge faith
when you don't challenge doubt?
00:33:20.10\00:33:23.20
And then Keller.
00:33:23.23\00:33:24.26
Let me put this one
liner on the screen for you.
00:33:24.29\00:33:25.80
"Doubt like
faith, has to be learned.
00:33:25.83\00:33:30.18
It is a skill."
00:33:30.21\00:33:33.30
Ladies and gentlemen,
nobody is born with doubt.
00:33:33.33\00:33:36.08
And by the way I got
to flip that coin over,
00:33:36.11\00:33:37.51
nobody is born with faith.
00:33:37.54\00:33:39.75
You have to
learn doubt as a skill.
00:33:39.78\00:33:42.32
You got to teach
yourself how to doubt.
00:33:42.35\00:33:44.53
The ontogenesis is just as true.
00:33:44.56\00:33:46.21
You have to learn how to trust.
00:33:46.24\00:33:48.38
You have to teach
yourself about faith.
00:33:48.41\00:33:51.29
Neither can have
an edge or monopoly
00:33:51.32\00:33:53.98
or the playing
field is not left.
00:33:54.01\00:33:56.74
Both require a skill
00:33:56.77\00:33:58.93
and you have to
learn that skill.
00:33:58.96\00:34:00.89
Now look at I know I am preacher
00:34:00.92\00:34:01.95
of the choir right now.
00:34:01.98\00:34:03.93
We got a room full of people
00:34:03.96\00:34:04.99
who have learned
the skill of faith.
00:34:05.02\00:34:07.41
That doesn't make however
00:34:07.44\00:34:08.88
the story of
Easter easy to believe.
00:34:08.91\00:34:11.76
But I tell you what it does.
00:34:11.79\00:34:12.82
It does radically transform
that story into a power
00:34:12.85\00:34:18.26
that we can embrace
in our own faith journey.
00:34:18.29\00:34:22.93
That's why the
greatest Christian whoever lived
00:34:22.96\00:34:24.60
and by the way he was a
skeptic and an unbeliever
00:34:24.63\00:34:28.11
when it came to
the risen Christ.
00:34:28.14\00:34:30.39
The might writer the brilliant
writer and Apostle Paul
00:34:30.42\00:34:33.70
that's why he is so
adamant about learning faith
00:34:33.73\00:34:37.65
and the power of an empty tomb.
00:34:37.68\00:34:40.02
I want to go
for our other texts.
00:34:40.05\00:34:43.01
Nobody ever goes to
00:34:43.04\00:34:44.07
who goes to
Ephesians 1 for Easter.
00:34:44.10\00:34:45.79
Nobody does but I
want you to take a look
00:34:45.82\00:34:47.52
at a little eye inductive way.
00:34:47.55\00:34:49.65
What a message of
hope and courage for us.
00:34:49.68\00:34:51.67
Ephesians Chapter
1 in the pew Bible
00:34:51.70\00:34:54.72
that would be page 787.
00:34:54.75\00:34:57.32
Take a look at this.
00:34:57.35\00:34:59.00
Here is the Easter story
told in a very different way.
00:34:59.03\00:35:03.01
Ephesians Chapter 1
let's pick it up on verse 18.
00:35:03.04\00:35:06.62
Okay, Paul writing here
00:35:11.02\00:35:12.17
"I pray that the
eyes of your heart
00:35:12.20\00:35:16.31
may be enlightened in
order that you may know
00:35:16.34\00:35:18.87
the hope to which
he has called you,
00:35:18.90\00:35:20.75
the riches of his glorious
inheritance in his people,
00:35:20.78\00:35:23.47
and his incomparably great power
00:35:23.50\00:35:26.50
for us who believe.
00:35:26.53\00:35:27.75
That power is the same
as the mighty strength"
00:35:27.78\00:35:31.07
verse 20 "that he exerted
00:35:31.10\00:35:32.62
when he raised Christ
from the dead" there it is
00:35:32.65\00:35:36.13
"and seated him
at his right hand
00:35:36.16\00:35:37.73
in the heavenly realms" verse 21
00:35:37.76\00:35:39.27
"far above all
rule and authority,
00:35:39.30\00:35:41.04
power and dominion,
00:35:41.07\00:35:42.10
and every name
that can be invoked
00:35:42.13\00:35:43.42
not only in the present age
00:35:43.45\00:35:44.49
but also in the one to come."
00:35:44.52\00:35:46.06
I hold in my hands a
clipping from this week
00:35:52.71\00:35:56.08
this week South Bend Tribune.
00:35:56.11\00:35:58.36
There is little
column Finance Watch
00:35:58.39\00:36:00.82
it's a headline
that caught my eye
00:36:00.85\00:36:01.91
let me read this to you.
00:36:01.94\00:36:02.97
"Money worries
multiply couples' stress."
00:36:03.00\00:36:06.59
All right, and I say
00:36:06.62\00:36:09.63
that's not a new
thought I don't suppose
00:36:09.66\00:36:12.04
but here is opening line
00:36:12.07\00:36:13.10
"They say money
can't buy happiness.
00:36:13.13\00:36:14.75
But financial
strain can certainly help
00:36:14.78\00:36:17.75
undo a relationship."
00:36:17.78\00:36:19.99
And then there are six bullets.
Let me read the bullets to you.
00:36:20.02\00:36:22.03
Bullet number one,
"Seventy percent of Americans
00:36:22.06\00:36:24.26
said they had so much debt
00:36:24.29\00:36:26.42
it contributed to
distress in their home lives."
00:36:26.45\00:36:29.75
Isn't that something, seventy
percent of Americans saying
00:36:29.78\00:36:32.41
we're having problems at home
because we are in so much debt?
00:36:32.44\00:36:36.02
Number two "Money is the
No. 1 source of disagreement
00:36:36.05\00:36:40.47
in the early years of marriage."
00:36:40.50\00:36:44.20
The number one source.
00:36:44.23\00:36:46.63
Every time I give
premarital counseling
00:36:46.66\00:36:48.48
I've been doing
premarital counseling
00:36:48.51\00:36:50.15
for centuries now every time
00:36:50.18\00:36:53.36
it's not
changed I am telling you
00:36:53.39\00:36:54.45
it has not changed
the number one problem.
00:36:54.48\00:36:57.71
Somebody you
could newly weds to be
00:36:57.74\00:37:00.22
the number one
problem is the issue of money.
00:37:00.25\00:37:04.37
It's going-- and I
am telling you what
00:37:04.40\00:37:05.58
in this economic meltdown
now that's gonna way up.
00:37:05.61\00:37:09.86
All right here's
bullet number three,
00:37:09.89\00:37:10.92
"The odds of violent behavior
are nearly six times higher
00:37:10.95\00:37:13.40
for people who lose jobs."
00:37:13.43\00:37:14.46
Number four "The
financial strain of job loss
00:37:14.49\00:37:16.66
reduces overall
satisfaction in a relationship."
00:37:16.69\00:37:19.16
Any relationship.
00:37:19.19\00:37:20.29
If I had lost my job
00:37:20.32\00:37:21.36
my relationships don't
even mean as much to me.
00:37:21.39\00:37:23.18
I am losing it.
00:37:23.21\00:37:24.61
Number five "Job
loss can cause depression
00:37:24.64\00:37:26.88
or other symptoms
of poor mental health."
00:37:26.91\00:37:28.45
We kind of guess that one.
00:37:28.48\00:37:29.51
And finally number six
00:37:29.54\00:37:30.57
"Women are more
likely to get distressed
00:37:30.60\00:37:33.07
when husbands lose
jobs than vice versa."
00:37:33.10\00:37:36.90
Husband can take you
lost your the job honey,
00:37:36.93\00:37:38.52
okay it will be all right.
00:37:38.55\00:37:39.71
But if it's the other way around
00:37:39.74\00:37:40.85
the man is out of work
00:37:40.88\00:37:42.81
women are going
to become distressed.
00:37:42.84\00:37:45.25
We need to be
reminded by the way
00:37:49.23\00:37:51.79
that a bad economy such
as the one running right now.
00:37:51.82\00:37:54.68
This is not an
agnostic predicament,
00:37:54.71\00:37:56.96
this is not a
Christian predicament,
00:37:56.99\00:37:58.72
this is a human
being predicament.
00:37:58.75\00:38:01.38
Everybody goes through
this. Nobody gets a pass.
00:38:01.41\00:38:04.93
Nobody goes past
go and collects $200
00:38:04.96\00:38:07.84
everybody goes
straight through the meltdown.
00:38:07.87\00:38:10.94
There is no other way.
00:38:10.97\00:38:13.72
So how we're gonna survive this?
00:38:13.75\00:38:15.38
That is why
ladies and gentlemen,
00:38:15.41\00:38:16.83
we desperately
need secret number two.
00:38:16.86\00:38:20.60
Take out your study guide.
00:38:20.63\00:38:21.66
Let's go this is a continuing
mini series right here
00:38:21.69\00:38:24.57
in the Pioneer Memorial Church
00:38:24.60\00:38:25.68
delighted to have you
who are visiting us today.
00:38:25.71\00:38:27.61
This is-- today is
day for secret number two.
00:38:27.64\00:38:31.12
You didn't get this.
00:38:31.15\00:38:32.22
This study guide will be
worth one quotation on it.
00:38:32.25\00:38:34.78
One quotation
you have to have it.
00:38:34.81\00:38:36.81
Put your hands up.
00:38:36.84\00:38:37.87
Our ushers will get it to you
00:38:37.90\00:38:38.98
wherever you are in
our congregation today.
00:38:39.01\00:38:42.56
While the passion play is
going on live outside of us
00:38:42.59\00:38:45.61
we're gonna focus for a moment
00:38:45.64\00:38:46.67
on the resurrection
just one more moment.
00:38:46.70\00:38:49.90
All right those of
who are watching right now
00:38:49.93\00:38:51.34
we're delighted to have you.
00:38:51.37\00:38:53.17
I want to have
the same quotation
00:38:53.20\00:38:54.70
this is the dynamite
piece you got to have it.
00:38:54.73\00:38:56.55
Go to our website please
let me put it on the screen
00:38:56.58\00:38:58.62
www.pmchurch.tv
00:38:58.65\00:39:01.40
you see it right
there at the bottom.
00:39:01.43\00:39:03.08
P.M. church, Pioneer
Memorial Church dot T.V.
00:39:03.11\00:39:06.46
You're looking
for this mini series
00:39:06.49\00:39:07.58
its only four parts long.
00:39:07.61\00:39:10.40
Four Secrets to Surviving
the Coming Economic Earthquake.
00:39:10.43\00:39:15.37
Secret number two,
00:39:15.40\00:39:16.55
"Tap into the economy
of Empty," that's today.
00:39:16.58\00:39:19.45
And by the way don't
miss secret number three.
00:39:19.48\00:39:21.64
Going Over the
Head of Warren Buffet.
00:39:21.67\00:39:22.91
That's coming next
Sabbath. Don't you miss it?
00:39:22.94\00:39:25.00
And secret number
four the following week
00:39:25.03\00:39:27.97
how to not only
survive but thrive
00:39:28.00\00:39:31.33
in the mist of an
economic meltdown.
00:39:31.36\00:39:33.31
That's come in
the next two times
00:39:33.34\00:39:34.86
but I am glad you're
here for secret number two.
00:39:34.89\00:39:36.63
Grab that study guide let's go
00:39:36.66\00:39:37.90
because unbeknown
to the English reader
00:39:37.93\00:39:41.13
we'll get it.
00:39:41.16\00:39:42.19
See we don't
see it in the Greek.
00:39:42.22\00:39:44.11
Paul has intentionally chosen
00:39:44.14\00:39:45.83
three very different
synonyms for the word power.
00:39:45.86\00:39:50.84
And isn't just as
power. Notice the three.
00:39:50.87\00:39:54.17
Here we go with that study guide
00:39:54.20\00:39:55.23
I want to jot
these three down please.
00:39:55.26\00:39:57.11
Synonym number one, for
power Greek synonym number one,
00:39:57.14\00:40:02.27
Dunamis from what's
comes word dynamite.
00:40:02.30\00:40:05.35
What is that?
00:40:05.38\00:40:06.41
That's the power to
eliminate obstacles.
00:40:06.44\00:40:08.99
That's what dynamite
does. Doesn't it of course.
00:40:09.02\00:40:11.09
I love driving
through mountains.
00:40:11.12\00:40:12.39
Don't you love
through a mountain?
00:40:12.42\00:40:13.92
Do you know the only reason
we can drive through mountains
00:40:13.95\00:40:15.62
it's because somebody
took a stick of dynamite
00:40:15.65\00:40:17.52
and threw it at this
massive rock and blasted
00:40:17.55\00:40:20.71
the side of the mountain out.
00:40:20.74\00:40:21.78
That's the only way you
can drive through a mountain.
00:40:21.81\00:40:24.59
Dynamite removes obstacles.
00:40:24.62\00:40:27.58
So when Paul here in
this resurrection passage
00:40:27.61\00:40:30.08
describes God's
incomparably great mega--
00:40:30.11\00:40:33.44
his incomparably great power
and he uses the word Dunamis.
00:40:33.47\00:40:38.61
He is trying to tell you
and me that financial trouble
00:40:38.64\00:40:41.30
I know it can feel that stone
00:40:41.33\00:40:44.18
can feel the
size of Mount Everest
00:40:44.21\00:40:46.13
and that stone has the trapped
in the dark hole of debt.
00:40:46.16\00:40:49.06
It can have you trapped in
the dark hole of unemployment.
00:40:49.09\00:40:51.37
It can have you trapped
in the dark hole of poverty
00:40:51.40\00:40:54.16
that stone cannot be
moved from the inside.
00:40:54.19\00:40:58.21
But what Paul is trying to
tell us is there is a power
00:40:58.24\00:41:01.60
that emanates from an empty tomb
00:41:01.63\00:41:02.88
and that power like dynamite
00:41:02.91\00:41:04.62
can blast any
obstacle in your way.
00:41:04.65\00:41:08.24
By the way we're
thinking financially
00:41:08.27\00:41:09.64
but if you prefer
to think socially,
00:41:09.67\00:41:11.35
if you prefer
to think physically
00:41:11.38\00:41:13.15
because some of you are going
00:41:13.18\00:41:14.21
through a massive
physical crisis now
00:41:14.24\00:41:16.04
with your body and your life.
00:41:16.07\00:41:17.51
You can think
martially, you can think
00:41:17.54\00:41:20.04
whatever you wish
that power is the same.
00:41:20.07\00:41:24.05
Greek synonym for
power number one, dynamite,
00:41:24.08\00:41:28.09
the power to
eliminate obstacles.
00:41:28.12\00:41:31.04
That angel comes down and like
a pebble just cast that stone.
00:41:31.07\00:41:35.14
It's nothing.
It's nothing to heaven.
00:41:35.17\00:41:37.24
All right, here
comes number two,
00:41:37.27\00:41:38.72
Greek synonym
for power number two.
00:41:38.75\00:41:40.44
The power and this
is the word kratos.
00:41:40.47\00:41:43.29
It is the power
to exert authority.
00:41:43.32\00:41:46.57
Authority, power of authority.
00:41:46.60\00:41:50.12
Have you been
following the story?
00:41:50.15\00:41:51.81
I mean you know Pastor Ester
mentioned it in the prayer.
00:41:51.84\00:41:55.32
I guess it's still going on.
The piracy and the hijacking.
00:41:55.35\00:42:00.51
The first time in 200 years
of American maritime history
00:42:00.54\00:42:04.75
the first time a
foreign power has boarded
00:42:04.78\00:42:08.79
a pirate power has boarded
00:42:08.82\00:42:10.88
a flagged US
vessel, the first time.
00:42:10.91\00:42:15.15
And everybody is
asking the question.
00:42:15.18\00:42:16.54
Okay, stars and stripes
00:42:16.57\00:42:17.94
we do see the flag
on the back of this ship
00:42:17.97\00:42:21.09
where is it from
Northfork Virginia.
00:42:21.12\00:42:22.68
We see this, we see
the stars and stripes
00:42:22.71\00:42:24.44
who is got the
authority to settle this one.
00:42:24.47\00:42:28.13
And there is this huge standoff.
00:42:28.16\00:42:29.84
Who has the authority?
00:42:29.87\00:42:32.42
When that angel comes down
on that resurrection morning,
00:42:32.45\00:42:35.21
Paul uses the second
word to describe to us
00:42:35.24\00:42:37.97
how the demons of hell fled
00:42:38.00\00:42:39.47
in the presence
of supreme authority.
00:42:39.50\00:42:43.02
The God of empty tomb.
00:42:43.05\00:42:44.29
The power that emanates
from that empty tomb today
00:42:44.32\00:42:46.89
is the power of
supreme authority.
00:42:46.92\00:42:49.00
Do you know what that means?
00:42:49.03\00:42:50.06
Financial crisis be a
personal or collective
00:42:50.09\00:42:52.85
you can feel like we're
being held by an alien power.
00:42:52.88\00:42:55.40
Let's be honest
it feels like that.
00:42:55.43\00:42:57.53
But the power
of the risen Christ
00:42:57.56\00:42:59.97
can usurp the pseudo power
of that financial obstacle,
00:43:00.00\00:43:06.96
that financial crisis
that financial bondage
00:43:06.99\00:43:10.09
that's holding you right now.
00:43:10.12\00:43:11.81
Hallelujah,
they're three of these.
00:43:11.84\00:43:13.62
Three synonyms
don't get in the English.
00:43:13.65\00:43:15.62
Let me give you number three.
00:43:15.65\00:43:16.74
The Greek word for
power number three is ischus.
00:43:16.77\00:43:19.42
It's the power to
evidence strength to show
00:43:19.45\00:43:23.06
and this is
physical strength and it says
00:43:23.09\00:43:24.89
love God with all your heart
its soul and your strength.
00:43:24.92\00:43:27.18
Physical strength
that's the word right there.
00:43:27.21\00:43:30.24
When I was a
boy I used to cringe
00:43:30.27\00:43:34.42
when my dad would resort
00:43:34.45\00:43:36.38
to some of his
self deprecating humor.
00:43:36.41\00:43:38.99
And if you knew my dad
is he was a wonderful man.
00:43:39.02\00:43:41.56
I just idolized him.
00:43:41.59\00:43:42.93
But I hated it when he would
tell the story about himself.
00:43:42.96\00:43:45.69
Hey get out my little
buddies surrounding him.
00:43:45.72\00:43:47.65
He said "hey guys, come here
00:43:47.68\00:43:48.71
I want to tell you something."
00:43:48.74\00:43:50.06
My dad grew up in
Brooklyn New York.
00:43:50.09\00:43:51.89
He says "hey guys, I
want to tell you something.
00:43:51.92\00:43:55.03
When I was a boy I
was the toughest kid
00:43:55.06\00:43:59.28
in our neighborhood."
00:43:59.31\00:44:00.69
Oh, I remembered the first time
00:44:00.72\00:44:02.22
I heard the story I
said "yeah go, dad?"
00:44:02.25\00:44:05.19
Yeah, I was the
toughest kid in my neighborhood
00:44:05.22\00:44:07.63
every time I came around
the children started running.
00:44:07.66\00:44:11.68
Would you go, dad? But
they can never catch me.
00:44:11.71\00:44:14.87
The first time I
heard that I just
00:44:19.65\00:44:22.83
"Oh, dad, did you
have to tell that story?"
00:44:22.86\00:44:25.96
It was ha, ha
moment for all my buddies.
00:44:25.99\00:44:28.39
But nobody wants his dad to
be a he be a little weakling
00:44:28.42\00:44:31.27
you know that they
can never catch me.
00:44:31.30\00:44:35.11
Paul uses the word
intensely to describe
00:44:35.14\00:44:37.15
physical prowess,
superior physical strength
00:44:37.18\00:44:40.95
so that when
that angel comes down
00:44:40.98\00:44:42.28
not only to the
demons of hell flee
00:44:42.31\00:44:44.33
because of supreme
authority even the Roman guards
00:44:44.36\00:44:46.72
who've stood up
to the toughest enemy
00:44:46.75\00:44:47.94
in empire fall like dead man.
00:44:47.97\00:44:49.88
That's the promise.
00:44:54.07\00:44:57.32
It's good news for those of us
00:44:57.35\00:44:58.38
who know what its like
00:44:58.41\00:44:59.44
to tremble before the
bully of financial intimidation.
00:44:59.47\00:45:02.90
We're in debt
up to our eyeballs.
00:45:02.93\00:45:06.23
We got the
collection agency calling,
00:45:06.26\00:45:08.30
leaving messages
on answering machine.
00:45:08.33\00:45:12.94
We lost our job.
00:45:12.97\00:45:14.57
The cutting back
hours it's almost
00:45:14.60\00:45:16.39
you're mind is
well have lost it.
00:45:16.42\00:45:19.89
Hallelujah, there is an
empty tomb today in Palestine
00:45:19.92\00:45:22.92
out of which emanates a power
that is a physical strength.
00:45:22.95\00:45:26.84
There is no
bullying the neighborhood
00:45:26.87\00:45:29.42
that will not run
when our God shows up.
00:45:29.45\00:45:33.38
Praise His name.
00:45:33.41\00:45:35.16
Three Greek synonyms for power
00:45:35.19\00:45:37.91
there they are the
divine power of the empty tomb.
00:45:37.94\00:45:42.20
And by the way
three Greek synonyms
00:45:42.23\00:45:44.51
one divine truth, jot it down
00:45:44.54\00:45:47.21
the power that
empty Christ coffin.
00:45:47.24\00:45:50.35
"The power that
empty Christ coffin
00:45:50.38\00:45:53.08
is the promise that can
fill our empty coffers."
00:45:53.11\00:45:58.79
Hallelujah, I like that.
00:45:58.82\00:46:00.96
I ye, when
you're running on empty
00:46:00.99\00:46:04.32
all you have to do is remember
00:46:04.35\00:46:05.79
there is a coffin
that today is still empty.
00:46:05.82\00:46:09.57
The power that
emptied his coffin
00:46:09.60\00:46:12.20
is the same power that can fill
our coffers with by the way,
00:46:12.23\00:46:16.73
by the way with resources,
00:46:16.76\00:46:20.68
we have no inkling of yet.
00:46:20.71\00:46:25.82
They're ready to be applied.
You know what that means?
00:46:25.85\00:46:29.10
You can't give
up. You can't give up.
00:46:29.13\00:46:32.39
Don't quit. You
gonna all this power.
00:46:32.42\00:46:37.55
Look at you can learn
faith. You've learned doubt.
00:46:37.58\00:46:40.44
You taught
yourself how to doubt.
00:46:40.47\00:46:42.43
Listen, turn it around
00:46:42.46\00:46:43.50
now teach yourself how to trust.
00:46:43.53\00:46:44.99
Say I am gonna trust this God.
00:46:45.02\00:46:46.30
I am gonna trust the God
00:46:46.33\00:46:47.36
that came out
of that empty tomb.
00:46:47.39\00:46:48.62
I am going to believe
00:46:48.65\00:46:49.79
that His power is
able to crush the bully
00:46:49.82\00:46:52.85
that has me around the throat.
00:46:52.88\00:46:54.43
I am choking just trust Him.
00:46:54.46\00:46:57.26
You say "Dwight,
how you do that?"
00:46:57.29\00:46:58.32
Oh, it's not hard.
I got to tell you how.
00:46:58.35\00:47:04.93
This year from
my private worships
00:47:04.96\00:47:07.94
I am doing something I
have never done before.
00:47:07.97\00:47:09.52
I am reading two
books concurrently.
00:47:09.55\00:47:11.62
So I am
alternating story by story
00:47:11.65\00:47:14.32
through Genesis
and John all right.
00:47:14.35\00:47:17.80
The story yesterday Genesis,
00:47:17.83\00:47:19.16
today John so on back to forth.
00:47:19.19\00:47:21.25
And I don't know if
I'll ever do it again
00:47:21.28\00:47:22.72
but it gives me a
freshness of both testimonials
00:47:22.75\00:47:25.14
so that's what I am doing.
00:47:25.17\00:47:26.20
Anyway, but you know
maybe about ten days ago
00:47:26.23\00:47:30.07
I came I love
the story in John 6.
00:47:30.10\00:47:32.13
Don't you just
love story in John 6
00:47:32.16\00:47:33.60
where Jesus takes these
two skinny little fishes
00:47:33.63\00:47:38.14
and five wimpy little loaves
00:47:38.17\00:47:41.91
and he says "hey guys,
have everybody sit down
00:47:41.94\00:47:43.47
because I am gonna
feed everybody here.
00:47:43.50\00:47:44.76
Five thousand men,
plus women plus, children."
00:47:44.79\00:47:47.59
Every time I read
that story I say, yes.
00:47:47.62\00:47:50.74
With God's power
the little I have
00:47:50.77\00:47:53.30
can feed the
whole world, hallelujah.
00:47:53.33\00:47:57.34
So I am reading this story.
00:47:57.37\00:47:59.15
And I journal and
so I am getting ready
00:47:59.18\00:48:01.43
to finish the journal and
I say hey I gonna check this,
00:48:01.46\00:48:03.73
this classic on
the life of Jesus.
00:48:03.76\00:48:05.14
I am gonna read this
simultaneously with the others
00:48:05.17\00:48:07.44
but I say I just check it out.
00:48:07.47\00:48:08.56
So I open Desire of
Ages through that story
00:48:08.59\00:48:11.22
and I found a
promise so dynamite.
00:48:11.25\00:48:14.18
If I can borrow that word again.
00:48:14.21\00:48:15.46
So dynamite that I
went over to my laptop
00:48:15.49\00:48:18.06
and I send an email
to my senior leaders here
00:48:18.09\00:48:20.08
our pastoral staff
and I said hey guys,
00:48:20.11\00:48:21.52
you got to read this thing.
00:48:21.55\00:48:22.65
Take a look let
our hearts be filled
00:48:22.68\00:48:24.35
with hope and courage
00:48:24.38\00:48:25.50
for the uncertainty of
the year before us boom.
00:48:25.53\00:48:28.07
And then last Sabbath
00:48:28.10\00:48:29.90
I flew down to
Arkansas to Safe Television.
00:48:29.93\00:48:32.45
My friend Carlos
Pardeiro owns a station
00:48:32.48\00:48:34.79
he is the
president and he'd plan
00:48:34.82\00:48:36.57
on a little three
night live satellite event
00:48:36.60\00:48:39.02
with Lonnie
Melashenko, Monte Church and me
00:48:39.05\00:48:41.15
and so we're there and
I find out last weekend
00:48:41.18\00:48:45.68
I find out that in fact
00:48:45.71\00:48:47.69
Carlos I don't when
he found this promise
00:48:47.72\00:48:50.55
he found a promise
and then send it out
00:48:50.58\00:48:52.29
to his whole staff and have it
00:48:52.32\00:48:53.72
tapped on to doors
around the television studio.
00:48:53.75\00:48:56.67
I want you to
have the same promise
00:48:56.70\00:48:58.43
this is the one I am so
glad you got the study guide.
00:48:58.46\00:49:00.94
Take a look at this
Desire of Ages page 371.
00:49:00.97\00:49:03.65
Isn't this something
"The means in our possession
00:49:03.68\00:49:07.03
may not seem to be
sufficient for the work."
00:49:07.06\00:49:09.44
Somebody are
saying "hey, Dwight,
00:49:09.47\00:49:10.50
I just don't have enough.
00:49:10.53\00:49:11.56
There is no way we can survive."
00:49:11.59\00:49:13.14
I don't care
what the situation is
00:49:13.17\00:49:14.83
you may not have enough
00:49:14.86\00:49:16.91
recognition of
that truth is quotation.
00:49:16.94\00:49:20.49
Okay, it's true.
00:49:20.52\00:49:21.56
"The means in our possessions
may not seem to be sufficient"
00:49:21.59\00:49:26.06
but don't you quit.
Look at that next line.
00:49:26.09\00:49:28.44
"But if we will
move forward in faith."
00:49:28.47\00:49:31.49
That means you
got to learn faith.
00:49:31.52\00:49:33.29
Just like you've learned out
you've got to learn faith now.
00:49:33.32\00:49:35.87
"Move forward in faith."
00:49:35.90\00:49:37.35
Trust the God who
came out of that tomb.
00:49:37.38\00:49:40.45
"If we will
move forward in faith
00:49:40.48\00:49:42.40
believing in the
all sufficient power"
00:49:42.43\00:49:44.64
write that down that's
our keyword for this anomaly.
00:49:44.67\00:49:47.01
"Believing in the all
sufficient power of God"
00:49:47.04\00:49:50.52
can you not love this
00:49:50.55\00:49:51.61
"abundant resources
will open before us."
00:49:51.64\00:49:55.27
Hold on it gets even better.
00:49:55.30\00:49:56.80
"If the work be of God"
00:49:56.83\00:49:58.29
whatever it is
you're in if God is--
00:49:58.32\00:50:00.55
if you can look
to God and say God,
00:50:00.58\00:50:01.99
would you bless
this that I am in.
00:50:02.02\00:50:04.74
Some of you are finishing up
00:50:04.77\00:50:06.11
your academic career
here at Andrews University.
00:50:06.14\00:50:08.12
Of course, you can ask God, God,
00:50:08.15\00:50:09.23
would you bless this I mean it?
00:50:09.26\00:50:11.05
I got to have a job
00:50:11.08\00:50:12.11
after graduation
just a few weeks.
00:50:12.14\00:50:14.31
Would You bless me please?
Of course you can ask Him.
00:50:14.34\00:50:17.55
He is in that.
He got you this far.
00:50:17.58\00:50:20.26
He is not gonna dump you now.
00:50:20.29\00:50:22.46
Isn't it great?
00:50:22.49\00:50:23.52
"If the work be
of God he himself"
00:50:23.55\00:50:26.44
He's not gonna send an angel.
00:50:26.47\00:50:27.96
"He himself will
provide the means."
00:50:27.99\00:50:31.80
The money "for
its accomplishment.
00:50:31.83\00:50:35.38
'He will reward honest
simple reliance upon Him.'"
00:50:35.41\00:50:41.38
Here it is. You can learn faith.
00:50:41.41\00:50:43.05
My friend, don't
you let them tell you
00:50:43.08\00:50:45.49
that you can't learn faith.
00:50:45.52\00:50:46.75
You learned out I
learned out we can learn faith.
00:50:46.78\00:50:49.42
It is a skill
that can be learned.
00:50:49.45\00:50:53.90
I know that the
future for you feels
00:50:53.93\00:50:59.98
it feels...
00:51:00.01\00:51:01.97
so intimidating.
00:51:07.01\00:51:09.51
The future for you looks so dark
00:51:09.54\00:51:14.24
but I am telling
you what my friend,
00:51:14.27\00:51:16.34
don't you bailout.
00:51:16.37\00:51:18.07
There is a God that you
can learn to trust again.
00:51:18.10\00:51:23.43
You trust Him in the past
00:51:23.46\00:51:24.58
you say you kind of go
you can trust Him again.
00:51:24.61\00:51:26.56
You never trusted Him before
00:51:26.59\00:51:27.79
you can put Him on
the line trust Him now.
00:51:27.82\00:51:30.06
You can learn to trust
Him with your finances.
00:51:30.09\00:51:32.77
You can learn to
trust Him with your future.
00:51:32.80\00:51:34.71
You can trust Him
with your forever.
00:51:34.74\00:51:36.47
You can trust God.
00:51:36.50\00:51:38.37
I know two small fishes
00:51:38.40\00:51:39.79
and five little
loaves what is that?
00:51:39.82\00:51:41.78
It's not enough
to cover my debt,
00:51:41.81\00:51:43.12
its not enough
to reverse my losses
00:51:43.15\00:51:45.28
but you put the little you have
00:51:45.31\00:51:46.91
in the nails scarred
hands of the risen Christ
00:51:46.94\00:51:50.08
and He promised us to take it
00:51:50.11\00:51:52.29
and multiply it
to provide for you,
00:51:52.32\00:51:58.57
God will take care of you.
00:51:58.60\00:52:04.05
He will.
00:52:04.08\00:52:05.11
You can learn, you can
learn to trust the risen Christ.
00:52:05.14\00:52:11.88
My friend, trust Him.
00:52:11.91\00:52:14.87
With just that much trust,
00:52:14.90\00:52:18.58
just that much
like a mustard seed
00:52:18.61\00:52:22.40
that's all you need, trust Him.
00:52:22.43\00:52:25.64
God will take care of
you. I know its not it.
00:52:25.67\00:52:33.50
Look, I know its not Easter hymn
00:52:33.53\00:52:36.09
but after we sang
it last time together
00:52:36.12\00:52:37.75
I said "oh, please
God, we can't we can't
00:52:37.78\00:52:40.13
end this without singing
that same old gospel hymn."
00:52:40.16\00:52:43.81
Two stanzas of it.
00:52:43.84\00:52:44.87
Now I am gonna
give you the page number
00:52:44.90\00:52:46.18
you just look at the screen.
00:52:46.21\00:52:47.30
Two stanzas God
will take care of you
00:52:47.33\00:52:51.06
through all the way or everyday
00:52:51.09\00:52:54.32
He will take care of you.
My God will take care of you.
00:52:54.35\00:52:59.49
Trust Him, you can
learn, you can learn that skill
00:52:59.52\00:53:02.78
and trust the same Jesus.
00:53:02.81\00:53:04.82
Let's stand as we sing
those two stanzas together.
00:53:04.85\00:53:07.41
Be not dismayed whate'er betide
00:53:22.60\00:53:29.23
God will take care of you
00:53:29.26\00:53:35.50
Beneath His wings of love abide
00:53:35.53\00:53:42.31
God will take care of you
00:53:42.34\00:53:49.91
All you may need He will provide
00:53:49.94\00:53:57.08
God will take care of you
00:53:57.11\00:54:04.15
Nothing you ask will be denied
00:54:04.18\00:54:10.89
God will take care of you
00:54:10.92\00:54:18.13
God will take care of you
00:54:18.16\00:54:25.08
Through every
day O'er all the way
00:54:25.11\00:54:32.35
He will take care of you
00:54:32.38\00:54:39.35
God will take care of you
00:54:41.41\00:54:49.01
Oh, Father, we
needed to here that.
00:54:52.07\00:54:54.71
We needed to sing
it. We needed to say it.
00:54:54.74\00:54:57.87
We need to believe it.
00:54:57.90\00:55:01.35
What greater
truth could there be
00:55:01.38\00:55:02.94
from that empty
tomb then the truth
00:55:02.97\00:55:07.12
that You will take care of us.
00:55:07.15\00:55:09.28
No matter what, no
matter where, no matter who,
00:55:09.31\00:55:14.74
no matter when, no matter why,
00:55:14.77\00:55:18.34
You will take care of us.
00:55:18.37\00:55:22.14
We have learned to doubt
00:55:22.17\00:55:24.66
now Father, teach us to believe.
00:55:24.69\00:55:28.10
May we learn the skill of faith
00:55:28.13\00:55:30.82
and may we go forth
into this new season
00:55:30.85\00:55:34.15
with the hope and the courage
that indeed the risen Christ
00:55:34.18\00:55:39.83
He will take care of us.
00:55:39.86\00:55:44.80
And now to Him was able to do
00:55:44.83\00:55:48.04
immeasurably more
than all we ask or imagine
00:55:48.07\00:55:52.54
according to His power
that His at work within us.
00:55:52.57\00:55:56.07
To Him be glory in the
church and in Christ Jesus
00:55:56.10\00:56:00.33
throughout all generations
forever and ever, amen
00:56:00.36\00:56:06.21
I'd like to take a moment
here at the end of the service
00:56:18.61\00:56:20.48
to tell you
about one of the most
00:56:20.51\00:56:21.54
important groups of people
00:56:21.57\00:56:22.88
that make this
ministry possible.
00:56:22.91\00:56:26.00
They are team of
people, they are not afraid
00:56:26.03\00:56:28.02
to get down into
the thick of life itself
00:56:28.05\00:56:31.06
which is why
you're gonna find them
00:56:31.09\00:56:32.31
you will find them
moving forward on their knees.
00:56:32.34\00:56:35.61
They're our prayer partners,
00:56:35.64\00:56:37.35
a group of men and
women and young adults
00:56:37.38\00:56:40.53
who believe that this
humble television ministry
00:56:40.56\00:56:43.41
has been raised up by
God for such a time as this.
00:56:43.44\00:56:45.93
And so they pray earnestly
that God will use the preacher,
00:56:45.96\00:56:49.10
that God will use me,
00:56:49.13\00:56:50.16
that God will use the
countless other volunteers
00:56:50.19\00:56:52.81
to spread the everlasting gospel
00:56:52.84\00:56:54.71
and the Word of God
00:56:54.74\00:56:55.77
and ways we could
never have imagined before.
00:56:55.80\00:56:58.27
There are the
ones who are praying
00:56:58.30\00:56:59.75
that God is gonna open
up the hearts of the people.
00:56:59.78\00:57:03.10
Open up the hearts of viewers
00:57:03.13\00:57:04.59
around the
world for the message,
00:57:04.62\00:57:06.61
the critical message for
this end time generation.
00:57:06.64\00:57:10.78
And what I'd
like to do is ask you
00:57:10.81\00:57:12.71
would you be willing to
be a prayer partner with us,
00:57:12.74\00:57:15.41
a prayer partner
with New Perceptions?
00:57:15.44\00:57:17.30
You don't have to
call our toll free number.
00:57:17.33\00:57:18.87
You don't have to
go online to register.
00:57:18.90\00:57:21.11
All I need to know is
that you would be willing
00:57:21.14\00:57:23.69
to lift this little ministry
up day after day after day.
00:57:23.72\00:57:29.47
Pray that somehow
through radio and television
00:57:29.50\00:57:32.77
and the web God
will open up new doors,
00:57:32.80\00:57:35.19
new regions on earth
00:57:35.22\00:57:37.77
where the everlasting
gospel can be proclaimed.
00:57:37.80\00:57:40.43
There is no
question the power of prayer
00:57:40.46\00:57:42.99
has potential to take
this ministry to places
00:57:43.02\00:57:45.24
we could never
have imagined before.
00:57:45.27\00:57:48.26
So that's it, would you please
00:57:48.29\00:57:50.04
be willing to
partner with me in prayer?
00:57:50.07\00:57:52.79
The times are
urgent, the need is critical
00:57:52.82\00:57:56.50
and I hope you'll say yes.
00:57:56.53\00:57:58.32
Till we're together next time
may the prayer answering God
00:57:58.35\00:58:02.43
accompany you
every step of the way.
00:58:02.46\00:58:05.28