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>> Father God, it's in Your
presence that we come, today on
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this special Easter Sabbath,
celebrating the resurrection of
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Jesus Christ, who
paid the debt for us.
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Father God, we come with
thanksgiving, we come with
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rejoicing because of what
You have done in our lives.
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So today, Lord, let this be an
outpouring, a manifestation of
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Your love in us as
we worship You today.
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Thank You for
being here, Father.
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In Your name, I pray. Amen.
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>> Savior...
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>> Fill my life.
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>> Amen. Amen.
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>> Christ is
risen. Amen. >> Amen.
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>> He's the God that we serve,
and it's in Christ alone that we
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put our faith. And
today, as we sing our prayer
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song, I invite you to come
forward because in Christ we
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have the victory. It's
in Christ alone that we
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have the forgiveness of sins.
So now, come forward as we sing
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"Christ Alone," and lay
your burdens at the foot of the
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cross. Bring them
before Him because
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it's in Christ alone
that we worship today.
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>> Well, good morning, boys and
girls. Nice to see you on this
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Easter Sabbath. A little
cold out, little wet out.
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But a lot of warmth in our
hearts. Nice to have all of you
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here. We have some visitors
here. Always glad to have you.
We've got the regulars.
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Yep, I see that. Thank you,
Deacon Jones, for that, and
thank you, boys and
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girls, for bringing that
offering forward. This story is
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from my story
scout, Sharon Dudgeon.
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She runs the WAUS radio
station. She found this for me.
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It's from Titusville,
Florida. Anybody here been to
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Titusville,
Florida? I'd like to be in
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Titusville, Florida, right
now. Wouldn't that be wonderful?
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Titusville, Florida, a little
boy named Mason -- anybody here
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named Mason? -- he's
going to eat with Mom and Dad in
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'O' Brady's Restaurant in
Titusville, Florida, a few weeks
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ago. As he goes
in, he is so excited
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because there is a little place
in the restaurant, a little play
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area for children.
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So he says, "After I've eaten my
food, Mommy and Daddy, can I go
over there and play while you're
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still eating?" "Yes, you may,
Mason, but you eat all your food
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first." Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum.
He's gone. He's over in that
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play area. There's nobody else
there. No children there. Just
himself. He looks at this, he
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looks at that. [ Gasps ]
Ooh! Have you seen one of these?
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Have you seen these? It's a big
machine like this, glass windows
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all the way around, big machine.
Inside, there are toys! But you
have to put some money
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in the machine, and it has this
big claw that comes down. Have
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you seen those? Big claw comes
down, and it grabs a toy, and
you get a toy. Oh! Oh!
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"Oh, no," he says. "I don't have
any money. I do not have any
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money at all. What am I gonna
do?" Oh! Wow. I didn't see
that." As he got down low, he
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realized -- don't ask me how --
but that if he would just kind
of let all this air out...
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[ Breathing heavily ] [ Groaning
] He could crawl through that
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hole. He could get through that
hole. He would come up the other
side, inside, upside-down, and
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he -- Boom! He's inside the
glass box with all these toys!
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"Which one shall I play with
now? I don't know!" He starts
playing with them all.
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Finally, he looks -- He says,
"Oh, I need to leave. Well --
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Oops. There's no way out!" You
can get out the way you came in!
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Impossible! Let me see a picture
of Mason. Oh, I think he looks
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very, very worried. He looks
very -- Look at him crying.
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He's like, "Help! Help! Help!
Help! Help! Help!" Nobody can
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hear him! Finally -- oh, finally
-- Jeremy House, a volunteer
firefighter, he hears a child,
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he looks -- [ Gasps ] He said,
"Hey! Call 911! We got to go!"
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Phoom! He runs over there, and
soon the firemen are there.
Let's see the next picture.
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They're working around that.
They're saying, "There's got to
be a way to get this boy."
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"No, you know what, let's just
leave him there. He's gonna be
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happy the rest of his life. He
has toys. Just leave him there!
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He doesn't need to go home!" [
Laughs ] They found a way! They
found a way and got little
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Mason out. Hallelujah! You
know, when I saw that story
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about Mason, I said, "Hey, wait
a minute, some people say that
when you go into the grave,
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there's no way out. You are
stuck forever in that grave!"
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That's what they said about
Jesus. "If you go in that grave,
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you'll never come out again."
But guess what? He came out! He
came out of what they said
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could never become out of. And
because He did, He's coming soon
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so that you and me -- we all
can come out. What do you say to
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that? Let's clap. Let's just
clap if we're happy for Jesus at
opening up the door.
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We're not trapped! We're not
trapped! Jesus is alive and He's
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coming back to get us out.
Hallelujah. Who would like to
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thank Jesus? Young man, your
hand was up. Who would like to
thank Jesus? Come on. Come on
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up. What's your name? I like
those glasses. What's your name?
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>> Jaciel. >> Jaciel. Jaciel.
Jaciel's gonna pray, sissy.
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Watch this. So, Jaciel, I'm
gonna give you the microphone.
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Let's close our eyes. Thank
Jesus with Jaciel for getting us
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out. >> Thank you, Jesus, for
this day, and help us to be
nice. And thank you, Jesus, for
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getting us out and dying on the
cross for us so the sins can go
away and the happiness can come
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to us and help us, that we
can have a good day in Sabbath
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today. Amen. >> Amen.
Jaciel, you're gonna be a
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preacher. God bless you.
That was a beautiful prayer.
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Can you say what Jaciel said
in your heart as you go back to
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your seat now? Thank you, Jesus.
Thank you, Jaciel. Thank you
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very much. Very well done.
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>> Amen. >> Amen. >>
Oh, God, we have opened our
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hearts to You. That is
our single hope. And we go on.
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Ours, the cross, the grave,
the skies. One day. Together at
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last. Forever and ever. Speak to
us. Yet, in this moment, alone
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with You and Your word, we pray
in Christ's name, the living
one. And all the people said,
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"Amen." Amen.
Have a seat, please.
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You have to suppose that it's
a bit instructive, this business
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of the story of Easter that
we just heard a moment ago as we
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began this
glorious worship service.
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It's a bit instructive for us,
how that story in the particular
version we read addresses, it
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seems, one of the great fears
that is no longer a great fear.
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You come to any American, and
you say, "Listen, what are you
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afraid of?" And
Americans over the years
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have said, "Well,
death and public speaking."
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It's just always in the surveys.
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But a survey was released
this last fall from Chapman
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University. It's the fourth
annual survey, a survey of
American fears. 1,200 Americans
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across this land were asked the
question "What makes you afraid
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or very afraid?" Incredible. I
want to read to you the top 10.
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I have all 48 here, but let me
just read to you the top 10.
Would these have been one of
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yours? We'll start with
number 10, air pollution.
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Number 9, North Korea
using weapons. Number 8, global
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warming and climate change.
Number 7, the U.S. will be
involved in another World War.
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Number 6, high medical bills.
Number 5, not having enough
money for the future.
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Number 4, pollution of drinking
water. Number 3, pollution of
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oceans, rivers, and lakes.
Number 2, American Healthcare
Act, or "Trumpcare."
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Either one. Number one --
corrupt government officials.
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The top fears of America this
Easter. And where is "fear of
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death?" It's number 48.
And where is "fear of public
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speaking?" Number 52.
Something's changed. This list
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is so significant, that next
Sabbath, you and I are gonna
spend a few moments just looking
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carefully at really what is
being told to us. Because
listen, folks, if we're gonna
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engage America's heart, we have
to address America's fears. And
they aren't the old fears that
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we thought they were. We'll talk
more about that next week. I'll
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explain this. Christopher Bader,
a Professor of Sociology at
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Chapman University
led the team effort.
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He makes this --
He concludes this.
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Put it on the
screen. Fascinating.
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Quoting him... Hmm.
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What was the question the girls
asked on the way to the tomb?
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"Who will roll
this stone away for us?"
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Truth of the matter is, you and
I, we may not be our fears in
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that top 10, but there is not
a soul here that doesn't have a
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fear, that does not have an
uncertainty, that does not have
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an anxiety that is intimidated
by this huge stone, whatever it
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may be in your life. This
huge stone that is blocking
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your way, and you're asking the
question -- "Who's gonna move
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this stone for me?"
Can anybody roll it away,
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or am I destined to be pinned to
this cold earth with that fear?
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Let's go back to
that Easter story.
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Gospel of Mark. Open
your Bible, please, to the
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Gospel of Mark. Chapter 16.
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He has a little slant to it,
and you'll see the way it ends,
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that no other
Gospel writer demonstrates.
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Mark 16. I'm in
the New King James
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version today. You
didn't bring your own Bible,
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grab the pew
Bible in front of you.
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We've got some of our friendly
ushers also coming your way.
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They have study guides.
It's no fill-in-the-blank study
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guide today. It's a
"keep the study guide for
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the quotations" day.
And you're gonna want these
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quotations. All
right, so this is Mark 16:1.
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They read it to
us just a moment ago.
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Needless to say.
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Now, watch this -- Verse 8.
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Fear.
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We all have
them. Attitude. Fear.
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In the shadows of Jesus'
now-empty tomb, there's a
question we need to confront.
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How important, how vital is this
thing, this spirit, this
attitude that's within us?
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How important is attitude? Just
a few weeks ago, my friend
Sherry Davis sent me an e-mail.
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It was Friday afternoon.
I'm trying to get through my
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e-mails. I'm here at the office
all alone, and she says, "Hey,
Dwight, I've read something
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you're gonna be interested in.
You're gonna like it." So she
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sends me a link. And I shoot her
an e-mail back. "Thanks so much,
Sherry. Blessings on you.
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Bye-bye. Oh, I will read it,
don't worry about it. See ya."
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But then -- and this happens to
you -- you say, "I should have
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read it." I'll forget. I just
know I'll forget to go to the
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link. So I quickly go to the
link. It's an article written by
a young Australian woman.
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Her name -- Maritza Brunt. And
in the article, she quotes
Charles Swindoll, and when I
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read those words from Swindoll,
I tell you what, something just
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came over me. Those words are
still reverberating in my soul,
and I just have to share those
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words with you. Do you
know who Charles Swindoll is?
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He's the popular American
writer. He's been a pastor.
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He's a university chancellor.
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These words are in that study
guide that you'll take home.
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You'll never forget them.
I'll put them on the screen for
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you. Chuck Swindoll writing...
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There's that word.
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And then here's the
keeper, here's that last line.
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End quote. You
like that? Attitude!
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We all have one. In
fact, attitude pretty much
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comes down to this. "No
can do" or "Yes, can do."
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Now, if like me, you've grown
up in a country where English is
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not the language and very
few knew it when I was there in
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Japan. You know,
you often run into
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"No can do." "Oh,
no, no, no, no, no!"
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That's the only
English they know.
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"No can do. No, no, no, no,
no. No, no, no, no. No can do."
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You never hear anybody
say, "Yes, can do," do you?
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No. It makes you
wonder, are we just
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automatically wired when
we're born for "No can do?"
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I mean, why is it -- why is it
that we can say "No," just like
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that, and "Yes" is just
like dragging it out of you?
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The nominating committee calls
you up and they're at work right
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now. The
nominating committee calls
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you up and you say, "No
can do." "I can't do that."
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Oh, yes, you can. Why
are we wired that way?
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"No can do." "Yes, can do."
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Which is it? And you
want to guess which way
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the resurrected
Christ tilts the needle?
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I'm gonna tell you in case
you're struggling to figure
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out the answer.
There is no question.
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The magnetic north of Holy
Scripture always points its
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needle to "Yes,
can do." Come on.
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12 spies reconnoitering this
raw Pagan land called Canaan.
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They come back. 10 of
them say, "No can do."
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But two of them
insist -- "Yes, can do."
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I'm telling you the
truth. The magnetic north of the
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Holy Scripture always points
the needle to "Yes, can do."
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Here's another
one. Lone prophet.
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By the way, one of
the greatest prophets.
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Lone prophet.
Against the hordes of Israel.
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Atop a mountain that
is about to be nuked.
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A mountain called Carmel.
And what does Israel say?
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"No can do! No
can do! No can do!"
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The lone prophet thunders
"Yes, can do," and fire comes
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down and
incinerates that summit.
00:34:10.65\00:34:14.02
Because the magnetic needle of
Holy Scripture always tilts to
00:34:14.02\00:34:19.82
"Yes, can do."
And, oh, by the way, the
00:34:19.82\00:34:22.72
Scripture doesn't play
heroes and hide all the defects.
00:34:22.72\00:34:25.63
12 hours later, the same
prophet, because he's insulted
00:34:25.63\00:34:31.17
Jezebel, who screams into this
torrential downpour -- "I will
00:34:31.17\00:34:37.27
kill you if it's
the last thing I do!"
00:34:37.27\00:34:40.94
That same "Yes, can do" prophet,
in now utter fear, flees with
00:34:40.94\00:34:46.68
the cry, "I quit! No can do!"
Apparently, the needle can go
00:34:46.68\00:34:52.65
like this pretty
fast in all of us.
00:34:52.65\00:34:55.62
But the magnetic north of
Holy Scripture always tilts the
00:34:55.62\00:34:58.79
needle to "Yes, can do."
Take the God of the universe,
00:34:58.79\00:35:01.76
made flesh as he's sobbing
alone in a dark and treacherous
00:35:01.76\00:35:04.83
garden. "No can
do. Abba, Father.
00:35:04.83\00:35:06.87
No can do. No can do."
But through the dark, through
00:35:06.87\00:35:10.61
the mysterious shadows, a
voice comes, "Oh, no, my son.
00:35:10.61\00:35:14.04
Yes, can do. Yes,
can do." 12 hours later,
00:35:14.04\00:35:20.28
when that same Jesus is hanging
on the center cross of Calvary,
00:35:20.28\00:35:24.42
the gaping, stunned universe is
concluding "No can do" has won.
00:35:24.42\00:35:31.79
"No can do" has won. Not
knowing that 36 more hours
00:35:31.79\00:35:37.93
and there will be such a seismic
shock that it goes off the
00:35:37.93\00:35:42.37
Richter scale inside that
sepulchre, and with blazing
00:35:42.37\00:35:46.64
light, "Yes, can do"
comes marching out, forever the
00:35:46.64\00:35:50.85
victor. "Yes, can do."
00:35:50.85\00:35:56.05
The needle of Scripture.
The needle of attitude always
00:35:56.05\00:36:05.53
always points to "Yes,
can do." You don't believe me?
00:36:05.53\00:36:11.20
Let me share with you the
greatest "Yes, can do" line
00:36:11.20\00:36:13.64
you've ever read in
your life. Here it is.
00:36:13.64\00:36:15.84
Move from Mark where
you were. Go to Philippians.
00:36:15.84\00:36:18.57
Find the little
book of Philippians.
00:36:18.57\00:36:20.04
Okay, that'll
take you a few seconds.
00:36:20.04\00:36:21.51
Philippians, moving towards
the end of the New Testament.
00:36:21.51\00:36:24.15
Keep going.
Philippians. Philippians 4.
00:36:24.15\00:36:26.75
Find that
chapter. Short little book.
00:36:26.75\00:36:29.48
Paul's in prison. Mr.
Big "Yes, Can Do," by the
00:36:29.48\00:36:31.59
way, one of the biggest
"Yes, can do" in the history
00:36:31.59\00:36:34.09
of Christianity. Attitude.
00:36:34.09\00:36:37.13
And he writes this.
He's in prison and he writes
00:36:37.13\00:36:39.76
this, Verse 13. Put
it on the screen, please.
00:36:39.76\00:36:42.56
Verse 13. Let's
read it outloud together.
00:36:42.56\00:36:45.20
Let's do that one more time.
00:36:49.24\00:36:51.14
There they are, those
two little words -- "can do."
00:36:54.28\00:36:57.91
"Can do." Yeah,
but, Dwight, you said --
00:36:57.91\00:37:02.15
You said that the magnetic north
of Holy Scripture always points
00:37:02.15\00:37:05.89
the needle to "Yes, can
do." There's no "Yes" in that.
00:37:05.89\00:37:10.49
You are really picky
on an Easter weekend.
00:37:10.49\00:37:13.83
I can't believe
that. You want a "yes,"
00:37:13.83\00:37:16.43
I'll give you a "yes."
Just turn a few pages back to
00:37:16.43\00:37:19.13
2 Corinthians 1. Come
on, just a handful of pages
00:37:19.13\00:37:22.54
back. 2 Corinthians 1.
00:37:22.54\00:37:24.47
You want the "yes," here
you go. 2 Corinthians 1.19.
00:37:24.47\00:37:29.04
Now, keep reading. Verse 20.
00:37:42.92\00:37:44.83
There's the "yes" you
wanted. "Yes, can do."
00:37:53.03\00:37:56.84
All the promises of God.
00:37:56.84\00:37:59.41
All of them are "yes" in
Christ. Wow. Why is that?
00:38:00.28\00:38:10.35
It's because Jesus is God's
all-caps -- Jesus is God's
all-caps "YES, CAN DO" creator,
00:38:10.35\00:38:20.66
and "YES, CAN DO" savior.
All caps! He created the entire
00:38:20.66\00:38:26.30
universe. This "YES, CAN
DO" mind and being creates the
00:38:26.30\00:38:32.94
entire universe. "Yes, can do."
Creator of the universe. Beloved
savior of the world.
00:38:32.94\00:38:38.51
"Yes, can do." He saves the
entire human race. In the death
00:38:38.51\00:38:47.39
that he poured out at Calvary.
"Yes, can do." That's why the
00:38:47.39\00:38:54.10
magnetic north of Holy Scripture
always tilts the needle to "Yes,
can do." Because that's the way
00:38:54.10\00:38:58.90
God is. God so loved the world.
And, by the way, when he loved
you and me, we were at our
00:38:58.90\00:39:03.00
un-loveliest. Write that down.
"Un-loveliest." That's what you
00:39:03.00\00:39:08.04
were. Un-loveliest. And he
looked at you and he looked at
00:39:08.04\00:39:12.48
me, and he said,
"Hey, Gabriel, yes, can do."
00:39:12.48\00:39:15.95
We can get her. We can get
him! We can get them. Let's try.
00:39:16.12\00:39:24.06
"Yes, can do." That's why.
By the way, just last week --
00:39:24.06\00:39:28.43
not this week, but the
week before --Christianity Today
00:39:28.43\00:39:31.47
came out with this spectacular
very moving commemorative
00:39:31.47\00:39:34.77
edition in honor of
Billy Graham -- the great
00:39:34.77\00:39:37.81
Evangelist Billy Graham, who,
by the way, was the founder of
00:39:37.81\00:39:40.78
Christianity Today. The
Evangelical magazine exists
00:39:40.78\00:39:43.18
today because he said, "We need
a magazine for Evangelicals."
00:39:43.18\00:39:46.11
So this is just chock-full of
stories and articles from front
00:39:46.11\00:39:49.15
to back, and one of the
stories told me about how when
00:39:49.15\00:39:51.89
Billy Graham ever sat down
in front of a microphone --
00:39:51.89\00:39:54.59
So he's gonna give an interview,
so he's gonna check the mic.
00:39:54.59\00:39:57.63
They'd say, "Reverend
Graham, can we just test your
00:39:57.63\00:39:59.79
microphone?" Oh,
he's standing up in the
00:39:59.79\00:40:01.46
stadium. Tonight
it'll be filled, but
00:40:01.46\00:40:03.06
he's standing in
that empty stadium.
00:40:03.06\00:40:04.63
They said, "Mr. Graham,
would you speak into the mic?"
00:40:04.63\00:40:06.80
Every time he's given an
opportunity in his lifetime, do
00:40:06.80\00:40:10.47
you know what he said?
"For God so loved the world,
00:40:10.47\00:40:13.88
that he gave His only begotten
Son, that whosoever believes in
00:40:13.88\00:40:17.95
Him shall not perish,
but have everlasting life."
00:40:17.95\00:40:21.42
And you know why he did
that? Because there may be some
00:40:21.42\00:40:24.12
technician somewhere, this will
be the only Gospel he will hear
00:40:24.12\00:40:28.26
as he adjusts the gauges.
"For God so loved the world..."
00:40:28.26\00:40:32.63
"Yes, can do!" When
he looked at you and he
00:40:32.63\00:40:35.70
looked at me. Wow.
00:40:35.70\00:40:36.93
But the question
is, let's be honest --
00:40:36.93\00:40:39.60
I mean, how do we experience
this attitude adjustment that
00:40:39.60\00:40:43.34
will turn us from the
usual "No can do" default?
00:40:43.34\00:40:46.51
Because that's the way we were
born, and by the way, the older
00:40:46.51\00:40:50.45
you get, the more "No can
do" becomes your language.
00:40:50.45\00:40:54.58
Sorry. How can
we can go through an
00:40:54.58\00:40:57.49
attitude adjustment so that
we can move from this default
00:40:57.49\00:41:00.66
"No can do" to the mighty
appealing "Yes, can do" attitude
00:41:00.66\00:41:03.83
of God? How can it happen?
00:41:03.83\00:41:05.23
I'm gonna show you how, and it
is so simple, you're not gonna
00:41:05.23\00:41:07.76
believe it. Let's go back to
00:41:07.76\00:41:09.20
Philippians 4:13. You
don't even have to go back.
00:41:09.20\00:41:11.57
It goes like this...
00:41:11.57\00:41:13.47
Now, it turns out that the
oldest manuscripts in Greek do
00:41:17.34\00:41:21.58
not have the name
of Christ. Mnh-mnh.
00:41:21.58\00:41:25.68
And, generally, the old
manuscripts are the most
00:41:25.68\00:41:27.95
accurate. So newer
translations -- some of
00:41:27.95\00:41:29.82
you were following along
in your newer translations.
00:41:29.82\00:41:31.95
Newer translations
render it this way.
00:41:31.95\00:41:33.49
In fact, let me just
show you. David Bentley Hart.
00:41:33.49\00:41:36.89
He is down here at Notre Dame,
but he came out withYale Press,
00:41:36.89\00:41:39.86
a new translation
of the New Testament.
00:41:39.86\00:41:41.93
Terribly wooden
but extremely engaging.
00:41:41.93\00:41:45.17
It's just called
"The New Testament."
00:41:45.17\00:41:47.30
This is how he renders.
We'll put it on the screen.
00:41:47.30\00:41:50.21
He's American Orthodox. He
is an expert at Greek, okay?
00:41:52.41\00:41:56.14
So, who's this "him"
that Paul is referring to?
00:42:01.82\00:42:05.05
Well, it's really
not a huge discovery.
00:42:05.05\00:42:09.59
If you just look behind Verse
13 and then look twice after
00:42:09.59\00:42:13.09
Verse 13, it's Christ Jesus.
Christ Jesus -- three times.
00:42:13.09\00:42:16.50
Christ Jesus. So
it's a no-brainer case.
00:42:16.50\00:42:19.97
He's talking about Christ Jesus.
However, if the antecedent still
00:42:19.97\00:42:25.81
remains uncertain, you
could just as well say that the
00:42:25.81\00:42:31.68
antecedent to him
is the Holy Spirit.
00:42:31.68\00:42:35.98
"Oh, you cannot, Dwight."
Yes, you can. Let me show you.
00:42:35.98\00:42:38.25
You still here
in 2 Corinthians 1?
00:42:38.25\00:42:40.82
Look at Verse 20. We
just read that, but we'll go
00:42:40.82\00:42:42.82
beyond. Verse 20.
00:42:42.82\00:42:45.16
Now, keep reading.
00:42:48.80\00:42:50.70
Keep reading.
00:42:54.97\00:42:56.87
The gift of the Holy Spirit
-- Did you catch that? -- is the
00:43:04.95\00:43:08.95
divine guarantee that all God's
promises are a mighty "yes,"
00:43:08.95\00:43:13.19
an almighty
"yes" in Christ Jesus.
00:43:13.19\00:43:16.06
That's it, right there.
So Philippians 4:13 could
00:43:16.06\00:43:18.69
actually read this way.
Let's read this one out loud
00:43:18.69\00:43:21.36
together. It could
actually read this way.
00:43:21.36\00:43:23.87
Yep. Speaking
of which, the other
00:43:29.27\00:43:34.01
day, our twice-retired dear
Pastor Don -- Don Dronen -- was
00:43:34.01\00:43:38.91
having an early-morning worship
and he sent me a quotation he
00:43:38.91\00:43:41.88
came across. This is
so dynamite, I have to
00:43:41.88\00:43:44.12
share it with you right
now. It's in your study guide.
00:43:44.12\00:43:46.45
You'll take it home.
But put in on the screen,
00:43:46.45\00:43:48.39
please.
00:43:48.39\00:43:50.29
In and out. "Daily"
-- there's that word we
00:44:05.41\00:44:08.54
came to know.
00:44:08.54\00:44:11.01
So she's saying, "Lookit,
in front of you -- you're on a
00:44:19.15\00:44:21.42
journey, and in front of
you are these vast fields..."
00:44:21.42\00:44:24.59
Now, keep going!
00:44:28.60\00:44:30.50
When that Holy Spirit comes into
you, when he takes up residence,
00:44:36.97\00:44:41.61
every day, vast
sources of power.
00:44:41.61\00:44:44.25
Now, she says..."
00:44:44.25\00:44:46.15
She's quoting David now.
"Dear Lord, you may take from me
00:44:47.02\00:44:50.55
whatever you wish. No kidding.
00:44:50.55\00:44:52.12
You may take from me whatever
you wish, but what I'm asking
00:44:52.12\00:44:54.82
you is, please, do not
take the Holy Spirit from me."
00:44:54.82\00:44:57.29
And then her last line...
00:44:57.29\00:44:59.19
Hey, come on.
Time out, time out.
00:45:02.80\00:45:04.27
Let me just ask you this.
Wouldn't you love to be daily
00:45:04.27\00:45:07.44
inspired with the omnipotence of
God, this "Yes, can do" attitude
00:45:07.44\00:45:11.37
every day
through the Holy Spirit?
00:45:11.37\00:45:13.27
Wouldn't you love to have that?
Wouldn't you like to be daily
00:45:13.27\00:45:15.88
ignited by the Holy Spirit so
that you face your day no matter
00:45:15.88\00:45:19.18
what is going on in your life
right now -- what is happening
00:45:19.18\00:45:22.22
on this campus, what is
happening in your career, it
00:45:22.22\00:45:24.72
doesn't matter. But
you face the day now with
00:45:24.72\00:45:27.39
this "Yes, can do" attitude that
only the Spirit of Christ can
00:45:27.39\00:45:31.26
bring to you.
Wouldn't that be something?
00:45:31.26\00:45:34.83
Every single day. "I can
do all things through the
00:45:34.83\00:45:38.47
Holy Spirit who strengthens me."
What a powerful case for the
00:45:38.47\00:45:42.04
daily baptism of the Spirit.
I mean, just ask him every day.
00:45:42.04\00:45:44.64
Just ask him. You
know what you can say?
00:45:44.64\00:45:46.51
"Dear God, would you
give me the mind of Christ?"
00:45:46.51\00:45:51.38
Wait a minute, Philippians 2:5.
"Let this mind be in you which
00:45:51.38\00:45:54.05
was also in..." How does it go?
00:45:54.05\00:45:55.85
"...also in Christ
Jesus." But look at this.
00:45:55.85\00:45:57.92
In the New American Standard
Bible -- put it on the screen,
00:45:57.92\00:46:00.62
please. New American Standard.
00:46:00.62\00:46:02.56
How does it read?
00:46:02.56\00:46:04.46
There it is.
00:46:05.43\00:46:07.30
What attitude? The
"Yes, can do" attitude.
00:46:09.83\00:46:13.87
Have that
attitude in yourselves.
00:46:13.87\00:46:16.67
Who better to bring the
"Yes, can do" attitude to us,
00:46:16.67\00:46:19.91
that attitude of Jesus,
than the Holy Spirit himself?
00:46:19.91\00:46:24.58
You say, "Yeah, but, Dwight,
come on, come on, come on."
00:46:24.58\00:46:26.25
I mean, what are
all these things?
00:46:26.25\00:46:27.68
"I can do all things."
What are all these things?
00:46:27.68\00:46:31.15
Well, that's not
rocket science, either.
00:46:31.15\00:46:33.42
All these things would be
simply whatever God wants us to
00:46:33.42\00:46:36.39
experience, whatever
God wants us to achieve.
00:46:36.39\00:46:38.99
Higher than the
highest human thought?
00:46:38.99\00:46:40.56
That's what I want for you.
I want the very best for you.
00:46:40.56\00:46:42.80
Whatever he asks, whatever
he wants, whatever he wishes.
00:46:42.80\00:46:46.87
"Yes, can do." You
know why you can say
00:46:46.87\00:46:49.57
"Yes, can do" to
whatever God asks of you?
00:46:49.57\00:46:51.54
You can say "Yes, can do" simply
because when God asks me to do
00:46:51.54\00:46:58.15
something, He empowers
me to do that something.
00:46:58.15\00:47:02.75
Whatever He asks you to
do, He'll empower you to do.
00:47:02.75\00:47:06.12
There's a line
somewhere. Where is it found?
00:47:06.12\00:47:08.09
I have no idea. All
his biddings are enablings.
00:47:08.09\00:47:11.49
If He says, "Hey, hey, hey,
I'm gonna ask you to do this."
00:47:11.49\00:47:14.20
If you say, "Yes, can do,"
He says, "I got the power for
00:47:14.20\00:47:16.97
you." It's
omnipotent, by the way.
00:47:16.97\00:47:18.87
You can have it all. Wow.
00:47:18.87\00:47:22.50
That's why Romans
8:28, by the way...
00:47:22.50\00:47:26.11
Some of you are going through
a really rough time right now.
00:47:26.11\00:47:29.24
I know. Tough. It
hasn't been any worse than
00:47:29.24\00:47:33.01
this. It hasn't
been any worse than
00:47:33.01\00:47:35.45
this. But that's why Romans 8:28
00:47:35.45\00:47:40.36
whispers to you... "We
know that all things -- all
00:47:40.36\00:47:45.93
things work together for those
who love God and are called
00:47:45.93\00:47:51.60
according to His
purpose." Everything.
00:47:51.60\00:47:54.20
Hey, hey, hey, hey. Shh,
shh, shh, shh. Stop, stop.
00:47:54.20\00:47:57.81
It does not read --
some people think it does --
00:47:57.81\00:48:00.14
It does not read
"all things are good."
00:48:00.14\00:48:02.61
It does not
declare all things good.
00:48:02.61\00:48:04.71
All things are not
good. Some things are evil.
00:48:04.71\00:48:07.98
And what has happened to you
is from the hand of an enemy who
00:48:07.98\00:48:10.99
seeks only your death.
Who seeks only your death.
00:48:10.99\00:48:14.99
But as the translation reads...
"But we know that God causes all
00:48:14.99\00:48:21.70
things to work for good to
those who trust Him, who Love
00:48:21.70\00:48:26.53
him." You can take anything.
00:48:26.53\00:48:29.00
Look, He can take anything and
turn it into the greatest win
00:48:29.00\00:48:33.81
you will ever experience.
That's how he did it.
00:48:33.81\00:48:38.08
He took the worst of the worst
and turned it into the best of
00:48:38.08\00:48:42.02
the best. Trust
me," He says. "Trust me."
00:48:42.02\00:48:44.92
"Yes, can do." I
want to hear "Yes, can do"
00:48:44.92\00:48:47.26
from you. Don't
tell me "No can do."
00:48:47.26\00:48:48.89
That's why Jesus in the
garden kept saying, "No can do.
00:48:48.89\00:48:51.56
Father, no can do.
Abba, abba, no can do."
00:48:51.56\00:48:53.66
But finally, third prayer, God
sweeps over him, "Oh, yes, you
00:48:53.66\00:48:57.50
can," and then he says,
"Okay. Yes, can do. Your will.
00:48:57.50\00:49:03.61
Not what I want, what you want."
And God will win through you
00:49:03.61\00:49:07.81
just like he won
through the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:49:07.81\00:49:10.88
"Yes, can do." Ahh!
I'm gonna share a secret
00:49:10.88\00:49:14.78
with you and tell you a
story, and then sit down.
00:49:14.78\00:49:18.69
I'm gonna share a secret that
you may not have known before.
00:49:18.69\00:49:21.99
And then tell you a story.
There's one quotation, by the
00:49:21.99\00:49:28.20
way, that sets this up, that has
"can do" written all over it.
00:49:28.20\00:49:31.27
I couldn't come to the end
without sending this quotation
00:49:31.27\00:49:33.50
home with you, so I'm
putting it on the screen.
00:49:33.50\00:49:35.37
It's from that classic,
"Christ's Object Lessons."
00:49:35.37\00:49:37.37
You're gonna love
it. This is your keeper.
00:49:37.37\00:49:40.14
No, no, no, no.
It's not what you have.
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I put them in all caps for you.
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That would be me,
"what I can do..."
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Every soul that trusts
Him. Now here come three
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"He longs..."
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He's standing by you right
now, whatever it is you're going
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through and it seems like there
is a massive stone in front of
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you, and you're not gonna
get past this stone to eternity.
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Here comes number two.
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Don't sell him short!
Ask for the biggest gift you
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have ever asked
for in your life!
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Whatever the stone is that
is in front of you right now --
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Is it divorce?
Is it your health?
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Is it your
finances? It doesn't matter!
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Ask him to move the
stone! Just ask him.
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Just ask him.
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And then here's a line for our
university community like ours.
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You got four weeks left, but I'd
be claiming that all through the
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next four weeks. [ Laughter ]
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It's just my
counsel, humble as it is.
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"Yes can do!" He can do
it. I can do all things through
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Christ. "I can do
all things through the
00:51:25.78\00:51:27.95
Holy Spirit,
who strengthens me."
00:51:27.95\00:51:30.29
Yep. That's the truth
today. Go home with it.
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You'll never have
an Easter like this.
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Go home with it.
Your life will be changed.
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Ask for an attitude adjustment.
Move from your "No can do" to
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your "Yes, can do."
You'll be fine because let me
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tell you a secret. You
didn't know this, but I'm
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gonna pass this onto you.
People really love hanging with,
00:51:44.73\00:51:50.97
living with, working
with, schooling with positive
00:51:50.97\00:51:59.51
attitude of others. They
are the most popular people
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on this campus. In that
ad building, they're the
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most popular people.
Because when you're a
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"Yes, can do" leader, when
you have confidence, people
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just line up right behind
you. When you're a "Yes, can do"
00:52:13.63\00:52:16.90
follower, you line right up
behind a "Yes, can do" leader
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'cause it always takes
one to draw up the other.
00:52:19.73\00:52:21.90
When you hang with someone who
has a "Yes, can do" attitude --
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I mean, aren't
they a joy to be around?
00:52:26.61\00:52:29.81
Come on, let's be honest.
Aren't they a joy to be around?
00:52:29.81\00:52:31.81
I just being around
them. Why? Because they lift my
00:52:31.81\00:52:34.05
confidence. They lift my hope.
00:52:34.05\00:52:35.48
They give me faith.
They give me courage.
00:52:35.48\00:52:37.35
I feel like we
can make this thing.
00:52:37.35\00:52:39.09
This isn't the end!
Time of trouble going on?
00:52:39.09\00:52:43.39
This isn't the
end. "Yes, can do."
00:52:43.39\00:52:47.96
When a leader demonstrates
"Yes, can do" and a follower
00:52:47.96\00:52:50.60
demonstrates "Yes, can do,"
you got a winning combination.
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And there is nothing you can't
go through without the almighty
00:52:53.37\00:52:58.61
omnipotent, God of the
universe, steps in for you.
00:52:58.61\00:53:01.88
Don't tell him how to
do it. Ask him to do it.
00:53:01.88\00:53:06.48
Just ask him to do it.
That's a little secret.
00:53:06.48\00:53:10.52
If you'll be the "Yes, can
do" person in your little circle
00:53:10.52\00:53:12.89
where you live, in your
dormitory, in your office,
00:53:12.89\00:53:15.26
you're the "Yes, can do" person,
everybody will love being around
00:53:15.26\00:53:18.56
the water cooler with you.
Why? Because you are positive.
00:53:18.56\00:53:22.60
"Yes, can do." "I
can do all things through
00:53:22.60\00:53:27.27
Christ, or the Holy
Spirit, who strengthens me."
00:53:27.27\00:53:30.14
All right. Here's that
story. Karen and I, through the
00:53:30.14\00:53:34.91
kindness of a friend have
been reading Max Lucado's book
00:53:34.91\00:53:37.81
"God Will Carry You Through."
In this book is the story of
00:53:37.81\00:53:41.22
little Cooper and
his mother and father.
00:53:41.22\00:53:44.02
Let me read the story to you.
"Melanie Jasper says her son
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Cooper -- I like that name
-- was born with a smile on his
00:53:47.86\00:53:50.93
face. The dimple
never left his cheek.
00:53:50.93\00:53:53.90
He won the hearts of every
person he knew -- his three
00:53:53.90\00:53:56.20
older sisters, his parents,
grandparents, teachers, and
00:53:56.20\00:53:58.60
friends. He loved
to laugh and love.
00:53:58.60\00:54:01.47
His father J.J.,
confessing partiality, calls him
00:54:01.47\00:54:05.17
practically the perfect child.
And Cooper was born to the
00:54:05.17\00:54:08.94
perfect family.
Farm-dwelling, fun-loving,
00:54:08.94\00:54:12.08
God-seeking, and Christ-hungry,
J.J. and Melanie poured out
00:54:12.08\00:54:16.12
their hearts into
their four children.
00:54:16.12\00:54:18.42
J.J. cherished every
moment he had with his only son.
00:54:18.42\00:54:21.69
That's why they were riding
in the dune buggy on July 17th.
00:54:21.69\00:54:25.53
They intended to cut the grass
together, but the lawn mower
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needed a spark plug, and so
while Melanie drove to town to
00:54:28.56\00:54:31.60
buy one, J.J. and 5-year-old
Cooper seized the opportunity
00:54:31.60\00:54:34.64
for a quick ride.
"You want to go with Daddy?
00:54:34.64\00:54:36.20
Let's go!" They had
done this 1,000 times,
00:54:36.20\00:54:40.68
zipping down a dirt
road in a roll-caged cart.
00:54:40.68\00:54:44.01
The ride was nothing
new, but the flip was.
00:54:44.01\00:54:47.12
On a completely level road with
Cooper safely buckled in, J.J.
00:54:47.12\00:54:52.69
made a circle, and
the buggy rolled over.
00:54:52.69\00:54:56.96
Cooper was unresponsive.
J.J. called 911, then Melanie.
00:54:56.96\00:55:00.23
"There's been an
accident," he told her.
00:55:00.23\00:55:01.76
I don't think
Cooper's gonna make it."
00:55:01.76\00:55:03.26
The next hours were every
parent's worst nightmare --
00:55:03.26\00:55:05.57
ambulance, E.R., sobs, and
shock, and finally the news --
00:55:05.57\00:55:09.27
Cooper had died.
J.J. and Melanie found
00:55:09.27\00:55:16.38
themselves doing the
unthinkable -- selecting a
00:55:16.38\00:55:19.01
casket, planning a funeral, and
envisioning life without their
00:55:19.01\00:55:22.35
only son. In the
coming days, they fell
00:55:22.35\00:55:24.49
into a mind-numbing rhythm.
Every morning upon awakening,
00:55:24.49\00:55:27.32
they held each other and sobbed
uncontrollably and, gathering
00:55:27.32\00:55:30.16
enough courage to climb out of
bed, they would go downstairs to
00:55:30.16\00:55:32.86
the family and
friends who awaited them.
00:55:32.86\00:55:34.73
They would soldier
through the day until bedtime.
00:55:34.73\00:55:36.90
Then they would go to bed, hold
each other, and cry themselves
00:55:36.90\00:55:39.60
to sleep." Some of
you have been there.
00:55:39.60\00:55:44.97
J.J. told me, "There is no class
or book on this planet that can
00:55:44.97\00:55:49.51
prepare you to have your
5-year-old son die in your
00:55:49.51\00:55:53.25
arms. We know
what the bottom looks
00:55:53.25\00:55:55.38
like." The bottom.
00:55:55.38\00:55:58.12
We pass much of life, if not
most of life, at mid-altitude.
00:55:58.12\00:56:02.86
Occasionally, we summit a
peak -- our graduation, our
00:56:02.86\00:56:05.56
wedding, a promotion, the birth
of a child -- but most of life
00:56:05.56\00:56:08.63
is lived at mid-level, Mondayish
obligations of term papers and
00:56:08.63\00:56:13.30
carpools and
expense reports and recipes.
00:56:13.30\00:56:16.54
But, on occasion,
the world bottoms out.
00:56:16.54\00:56:21.11
The dune buggy flips, the
housing market crashes, the test
00:56:21.11\00:56:25.55
results come back positive, and
before we know it, we discover
00:56:25.55\00:56:30.15
what the bottom looks like.
Today, J.J.'s hurts are still
00:56:30.15\00:56:34.96
deep, but his
faith is deeper still."
00:56:34.96\00:56:37.93
Attitude. Attitude.
"Whenever he tells the story of
00:56:37.93\00:56:43.67
losing Cooper, he says this --
'We know what the bottom looks
00:56:43.67\00:56:48.10
like and we know who is waiting
there -- it's Jesus Christ.'"
00:56:48.10\00:56:53.61
"Yes, can do." Amen.
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