1 00:00:01,520 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick. 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,840 Speaker 2: I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and this is our podcast. 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: I wanted to thank you for joining us today. Hope 4 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith. 5 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 2: Hope it gives your perspective to see God is moving 6 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 2: in your life. 7 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 1: Enjoy the message. Well, welcome, y'all. Messed up our Easter service. 8 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: It was supposed to be nice. 9 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 3: And calm, dignify how many people love Jesus in this place. Father, 10 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 3: We thank you for your presence. Now, we thank you 11 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 3: for your power. We thank you for the ways you've 12 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 3: provided for us. You've seen us through so many seasons, 13 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 3: and we call you faithful. 14 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: We thank you for this day we celebrate. 15 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 3: We celebrate that the God of miracles triumphed gloriously with 16 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 3: scars in his hands, declared victory over the grave. We 17 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 3: thank you for blood that was shed so we could 18 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 3: be spotless. We thank you for breaking through the barrier 19 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:30,039 Speaker 3: of death itself so that we could be justified, raised 20 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:34,400 Speaker 3: to life in your name. And now I ask you, Jesus, 21 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 3: the Jesus who rose from the grave, the Jesus who 22 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 3: lives in my heart. I ask you to speak to 23 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 3: every person who came today. A personal word, A personal 24 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 3: word that can turn their life around. A personal word, 25 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 3: a personal word that can bring hope in the darkness. 26 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 3: A personal word, a personal word so specific that you 27 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 3: can shout it or with h for it. But we 28 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 3: lean in now declaring that you are Lord of all. 29 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 3: I thank you for the enthusiasm of the faith of 30 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 3: the people around me. They were not dancing because they've 31 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 3: never been depressed. They were dancing because they are delivered 32 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 3: from depression. They were not dancing because they've never been down. 33 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 3: They were dancing because you got up and you reached down, 34 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,519 Speaker 3: and you lifted us with you. So we praise you today, 35 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:33,640 Speaker 3: Great God. Now, Lord, with all that you showed me 36 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 3: in your word, help me to have the miracle of 37 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 3: talking fast, and help them to listen fast as well, 38 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 3: so that you can say all that you want to 39 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 3: say in Jesus' name. Amen, remain standing. Put your hands together. 40 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 3: If you know that our God is God and beside him, 41 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 3: there is no other. Thank you, choir, Thank you for 42 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,639 Speaker 3: coming today. God bless you. I'm glad you're here. 43 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: Wow, remain standing. 44 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 3: I'm going to read our scripture and then give you 45 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 3: our topic for today, and we're gonna be sharing from 46 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 3: John chapter twenty and I want to go from verse 47 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,800 Speaker 3: twenty four to verse twenty nine and share something with 48 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 3: you that I believe is very pivotal and powerful on 49 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 3: this the most pivotal day in human history. 50 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 1: Now, when I read this to you, don't be confused. 51 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:33,639 Speaker 3: Jesus at this point in John's Gospel has been up 52 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 3: from the grave for a week, and the Bible says 53 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 3: that he appeared to his disciples. He went to the 54 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 3: women first, all the women make some noise. Went to 55 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 3: the women first, he did. That's just the fact. He 56 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 3: went to the women first. But then he showed up 57 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 3: to the disciples, and the Bible tells us about one 58 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 3: of them. Now, the reason that I believe the Holy 59 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 3: Spirit selected this passage today is us. 60 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: He wants to speak to each one of us. 61 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 3: And this is not a public appearance of Jesus as 62 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 3: much as it is a private audience that he has 63 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 3: with the disciple named Thomas, the one that you mistakenly 64 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 3: have called all your life doubting Thomas. But I'm going 65 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 3: to show you why it's a mistake to label him 66 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 3: that way. In just a moment, the Bible says in 67 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 3: John chapter twenty, verse twenty four. Now Thomas, one of 68 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 3: the twelve called the twin, was not with them when 69 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:36,599 Speaker 3: Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, we have 70 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 3: seen the Lord. But he said to them, unless I 71 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 3: see in his hands the mark of the nails, and 72 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 3: place my finger into the mark of the nails and 73 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 3: place my hand into his side, I will never believe. Now, 74 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 3: give him some credit. This was before Ai. But Thomas 75 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 3: feels like this is unlikely that this has happened, just 76 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 3: like they said. But just after he says, I will 77 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,839 Speaker 3: never believe. Put that back up in verse twenty five. Please, 78 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 3: I will never believe. The Bible says. Eight days later, 79 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 3: his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. 80 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:24,600 Speaker 1: Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them. 81 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 3: Y'all missed a great place to shout, because although the 82 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 3: doors were locked, Jesus came. How many are thankful that 83 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:38,720 Speaker 3: he came anyway. He came anyway, through locked doors, through 84 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 3: a broken heart, through a divorce that you went through 85 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:45,159 Speaker 3: last year. He came anyway, even though you were trying 86 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 3: to push him back and tell him no, he came anyway, 87 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 3: He came through locked doors and stood among them and said, 88 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 3: peace be with you. And then he said to Thomas, hey, 89 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 3: I heard you've been talking about me, So let's do this. 90 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 3: Put your finger here and see my hands, and put 91 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 3: out your hand and place it in my side. Do 92 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:11,720 Speaker 3: not disbelieve, but believe. Thomas answered him with one of 93 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 3: the greatest confessions in all of scripture. My Lord and 94 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 3: my God. Now I want you to turn to your 95 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:22,600 Speaker 3: neighbor one more time and tell them my title. First 96 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 3: of all, just introduce it and say this. Say today, please. 97 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: Forgive me. 98 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:34,479 Speaker 3: If I seem a little focused. Tell him I can't 99 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 3: talk to you for the next thirty minutes. Don't bother 100 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 3: me for the next thirty minutes. Now give them my title. 101 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 3: Say this might be my God moment. This might be 102 00:06:53,760 --> 00:07:08,039 Speaker 3: my God moment in Jesus' name. Amen, be seated. So 103 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:13,559 Speaker 3: what did I miss? Thomas asked Peter after not coming 104 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 3: to the little prayer service on the Sunday that Jesus 105 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 3: rose from the dead. And Peter said, oh, man, Thomas, 106 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 3: you picked a bad time to miss prayer meeting. Jesus 107 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 3: came and Thomas is like and shut up. Quit playing 108 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 3: for real, though, what did I miss? He's like you 109 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 3: missed it. 110 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: He came. 111 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 3: Jesus came, you mean like his spirit. No, Jesus came. 112 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 3: He showed us where they put the nails. He showed 113 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 3: us where they pierced his side. 114 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 1: With the spear. It was him. 115 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 3: I know it was him because I would recognize that 116 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 3: voice anywhere. It's the voice that told me come over 117 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 3: choppy waters. 118 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: It was him. I know it was him. 119 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 3: And if I wasn't certain by his voice, I was 120 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 3: certain because I saw his scars. 121 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: It's amazing. 122 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 3: Sometimes when even words can't convince you, wounds will. Some 123 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 3: of the things in life that you and I have 124 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 3: to learn, we have to learn not. 125 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 1: Through words, but through wounds. 126 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 3: Sometimes you have to touch the hot stove to realize 127 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 3: why your mom told you not to. And yet in 128 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 3: the scripture we don't see Thomas learning from his own wounds, 129 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 3: but by the wounds of Jesus Christ. Let's clap our 130 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 3: hands and thank God that by his wounds we are healed. Yeah, 131 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 3: that the message of the Cross and the Resurrection is 132 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 3: that I don't have to do everything stupid in order 133 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 3: to receive what God has for me. And in this 134 00:08:56,880 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 3: particular passage of scripture, Thomas is missing on the day 135 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:04,679 Speaker 3: that Jesus appears, and since he missed the experience of 136 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 3: seeing Jesus, it is hard for him to believe what 137 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 3: he has never seen. Now, the Bible says in verse 138 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 3: twenty six, and I thought this was a very anointed verse. 139 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 3: Eight days later, his disciples were inside again and Thomas 140 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 3: was with them. In other words, he said, I Am 141 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:26,559 Speaker 3: not going to miss it again. And I believe that 142 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 3: there are some people listening to me preach on this 143 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,200 Speaker 3: Easter celebration that feel like you missed it. 144 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: You feel like you missed it. 145 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 3: You feel like you missed the opportunity to really be 146 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 3: there for your kids. You feel like you missed the 147 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 3: opportunity to really be what you could have been. It 148 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 3: could have been a mistake that you made, or it 149 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 3: could have been a distraction that had you pulled to 150 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 3: the side and you missed what God was doing. I 151 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 3: missed it, And the spirit of Thomas in this passage 152 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 3: is someone who said I'm not going to miss this again. 153 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 3: In the same that some of us feel drawn to 154 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:04,839 Speaker 3: church today, and we were not dragged to church. We 155 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 3: were drawn to church. Let me say my theology. Even 156 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 3: if somebody dragged you, God drew you. Even if they 157 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 3: made you come, God got you here. Even if your 158 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:19,079 Speaker 3: mom told you she was going to beat you within 159 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 3: an inch of your life if you didn't get dressed 160 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 3: and get in the van, that was God speaking through 161 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,199 Speaker 3: your mom, threatening a beating through your mom, using your 162 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 3: mom as the instrument of his rat so that he 163 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 3: could bring you to the place of his mercy. And 164 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 3: it's amazing how moments can happen in the presence of 165 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 3: God that can supersede all of the moments that came 166 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 3: before it. That's what we celebrate on the cross, that 167 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:44,959 Speaker 3: every sin that was committed up till that point in 168 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 3: human history was on the back of our Savior, and 169 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 3: in that moment when he died for you and I, 170 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 3: it made a way for all of us to be forgiven. 171 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 3: Let's clap our hands again and thank our Savior that 172 00:10:56,040 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 3: he made a way for us. I'm making you clap 173 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 3: today because I don't want you to miss it. 174 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:07,600 Speaker 1: I want you to celebrate the resurrection. I don't want 175 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:09,960 Speaker 1: you to miss it. Some of y'all. 176 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:11,960 Speaker 3: When I came out here, I was dancing, and you 177 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,959 Speaker 3: didn't dance you missed it. You could have got your 178 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 3: church and your cardio all in one package deal, but 179 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:21,959 Speaker 3: you missed it. And if we dance again at the 180 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:24,319 Speaker 3: end of service, I want you to get ready because. 181 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:25,240 Speaker 1: You're not going to miss it again. 182 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 3: If I have to come out there and dance with you, 183 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:31,079 Speaker 3: if I can dance with my limited rhythm in front 184 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 3: of thousands, you can dance too. 185 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: I'm not going to miss this. 186 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 3: Thomas said, I'm gonna be in church next Sunday. And 187 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 3: this shows us a very important lesson because I think 188 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,680 Speaker 3: as much as Thomas has become a villain for those 189 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 3: who doubt, I believe he is also an architect, an 190 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 3: archetype of those of us who press through doubt in 191 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 3: order to find true faith. 192 00:11:57,160 --> 00:12:00,320 Speaker 1: And Thomas shows up on a Sunday. 193 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 3: Eight days after Now they counted the days from It's complicated, 194 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 3: but it's basically been a week. The first Sunday that 195 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 3: they met together was the Sunday Jesus got up from 196 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 3: the grave. It's been eight days in the way that 197 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 3: the Jewish calendar runs, and it's Sunday again, and Thomas says, 198 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 3: I'm coming to church with you. Yeah, but you said 199 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 3: you didn't believe. I don't yet, but I'm coming. Here's 200 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 3: the principle. Sometimes you've got to show up unsure. And 201 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 3: I said that just in case you're here today feeling 202 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 3: like I don't know if I really believe this. The 203 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 3: fact that you showed up is enough for God to 204 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 3: show up and show you who he is, even though 205 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 3: you're not sure. Sometimes you've got to show up to 206 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:56,199 Speaker 3: work unsure. Sometimes you've got to show up to a 207 00:12:56,559 --> 00:13:01,319 Speaker 3: doctor's office unsure what the diagnosis will be. Sometimes you've 208 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:06,200 Speaker 3: got to show up in prayer, unsure, even wondering, Lord, 209 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 3: are you listening? Now? I won't ask you to raise 210 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 3: your hand, but have you ever been praying about something 211 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 3: and wondered, Lord, are you listening? Somebody pull out your 212 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 3: phone real quick. How many believe that your phone is 213 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 3: listening to you? Raise your hand. If you believe your 214 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:36,120 Speaker 3: phone is listening to you, how do you know? Because 215 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:42,320 Speaker 3: stuff shows up because you said something, but you didn't 216 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 3: type anything, and you weren't even talking to the phone. 217 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:50,880 Speaker 3: But five minutes later, how did this hair replacement pill 218 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 3: get on my phone? All I did was look in 219 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 3: the mirror and think I got a little spot back here? 220 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 3: How is this on my phone is listening to me. 221 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,560 Speaker 3: I'm convinced that it's listening. I don't know who's spying 222 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 3: on me or what they want other than to sell 223 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 3: me stuff, but is listening to me. 224 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 1: Now, hold up your phone. You believe it's listening. 225 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 3: You believe that there is technology that was invented by 226 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 3: man that can know your thoughts from a farm and 227 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 3: can show you stuff that you said. You have more 228 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 3: faith in your phone than you do in your father, 229 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:34,320 Speaker 3: who made you. 230 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 1: Look phone was made by a man, but man was 231 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:41,120 Speaker 1: made by God. 232 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 3: And if my phone can hear me talk about going 233 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:47,840 Speaker 3: to Disney World and put it on my Instagram feed. 234 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 1: How much more can God here? I'll prove it to you. 235 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 3: When Thomas said, unless I touch his hand, I won't 236 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 3: believe Jesus wasn't in the room. 237 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: No, it means he's listening even when you're not looking 238 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 1: at him. 239 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 3: He's listening, even when you don't fully feel him. 240 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 1: He's listening, even. 241 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 3: When you don't have the courage to say what you think. 242 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 3: Touch your neighbor and say, my God listens. He's a 243 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 3: good listener. My God is a good listener. My God 244 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 3: doesn't break eye contact with me. My God was listening 245 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 3: when I was singing to him today. My God likes 246 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 3: to hear me sing. My God loves to hear me praise. 247 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 3: My God listens to me. He not only hears the 248 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 3: song that I sing. He hears the groans that are 249 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 3: within me. When I have a groan that is too 250 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 3: much for a word, his spirit intercedes for me. And 251 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 3: God listens even when I don't see him. He's listening, 252 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 3: even when I can't discern him. He's listening even when 253 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 3: I cannot trace him. I can trust him because I 254 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:07,160 Speaker 3: know he hears my prayer. We serve a Lord who listens, 255 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 3: so that when he shows up to tom As, he says, Hey, Tommy, 256 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 3: I heard you want to touch right here. 257 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 1: Go ahead and touch right here. 258 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 3: I heard you want to touch this one too, Go 259 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 3: ahead and touch both hands. 260 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 1: I've got time. 261 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 3: By the way, speaking of time, realized that God transforms 262 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 3: lives on his timeline, not ours, not ours, Especially if 263 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 3: there's somebody that you're praying for that you care about, 264 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 3: who you know is far from God. God knows the 265 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:48,960 Speaker 3: right time to show up and touch their heart, and 266 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 3: just because it hasn't happened yet doesn't mean he doesn't 267 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 3: hear your prayer. 268 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 1: I want to say that to a parent. 269 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:59,080 Speaker 3: Just because it hasn't happened for your child yet doesn't 270 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 3: mean he hasn't heard your prayer. I want to say 271 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 3: that for a wife who's praying for your husband and 272 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 3: he wouldn't come to Easter service. 273 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:09,959 Speaker 1: A lady told me the other day I met her 274 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 1: out on tour. 275 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:12,679 Speaker 3: She said, you're the only preacher I can get my 276 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:13,719 Speaker 3: husband to listen to. 277 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:15,200 Speaker 1: Please keep preaching. 278 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:17,680 Speaker 3: I can't get him to go to church with me yet, 279 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:21,399 Speaker 3: but he's listening. And I said, if he keeps listening, God. 280 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:22,120 Speaker 1: Will keep speaking. 281 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 3: And it is only a matter of time because God 282 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 3: transforms lives on his timeline, not mine, His timeline not mine. 283 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 3: Put it in the chat, his timeline, not mine. Lord, 284 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 3: are you listening, Yeah, I'm listening. Well, Lord, you're a 285 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 3: little late. And the Lord said, I'm listening. I'm not late. 286 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:58,399 Speaker 3: I'm waiting eight days on purpose, which begs the question. 287 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 3: If he waited eight days to come and tell Thomas 288 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 3: to touch him, why would he waste eight days when 289 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 3: he's only going to be on Earth fifty before his ascension. 290 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 3: That's almost a tenth of the time that he is 291 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:17,200 Speaker 3: going to be on earth that he wasted waiting. Now 292 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 3: here's the beautiful thing about this passage. And I'm going 293 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 3: to tell you why I chose Thomas for our Easter sermon. 294 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:25,959 Speaker 3: We've been in a series in our church called called 295 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 3: Very Creative. The series is called called We've been knowing 296 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 3: this twenty years. I'm running out of ideas. I just 297 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:35,159 Speaker 3: called it called But in all seriousness, has been for me, 298 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:37,479 Speaker 3: one of the most rich studies in scripture that I've 299 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:39,360 Speaker 3: ever done, because I'm going through different people that God 300 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 3: called by name, but specifically he called their name twice. 301 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:45,200 Speaker 1: Now, if you'll notice in the scripture, Jesus didn't. 302 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:48,879 Speaker 3: Call Thomas's name, but Thomas's name means twin and it 303 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:52,440 Speaker 3: says that in verse twenty four. 304 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:55,919 Speaker 1: Now Thomas one of the twelve. Watch this. 305 00:18:56,640 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 3: He still wanted the twelve even though he doesn't have faith. Yeah, 306 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 3: God knew it was going to take him a while 307 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 3: when he called him. He called him anyway, He's still 308 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:12,200 Speaker 3: one of the twelve. Now, Judas that didn't go so good, 309 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 3: So it's technically eleven. Judas is going to be replaced shortly, 310 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 3: but he's one of the twelve and watch this he 311 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:22,680 Speaker 3: has called the twin. That's literally what the name Thomas means, twin. 312 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 3: There's widespread speculation amongst scholars as to who Thomas's twin is, 313 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 3: and if you research that question, you'll get many different answers, 314 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 3: none of them satisfactory. 315 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:38,719 Speaker 1: The Bible doesn't tell us who twin is. 316 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:41,639 Speaker 3: But I want to suggest to you that there is 317 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 3: a twin in Thomas that reflects the twin in you, 318 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:50,399 Speaker 3: because regardless of who his actual brother or sister was, 319 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:54,199 Speaker 3: that was his twin. We see a man swing in 320 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 3: this passage from I will never believe to my Lord 321 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:04,840 Speaker 3: and my God in just a moment. Furthermore, he said, 322 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:09,120 Speaker 3: I'll never believe unless I touch Jesus's hands. I'll never 323 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 3: believe unless I touch Jesus's side. But if you'll notice 324 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 3: in the passage, the moment never came where he actually 325 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 3: touched Jesus's hand, because, in spite of all that he 326 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,919 Speaker 3: thought it would take for him to trust in God, 327 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 3: seeing Jesus alive was enough. And so Thomas, who you 328 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:35,119 Speaker 3: call doubting Thomas. The Bible does not call him doubting Thomas. 329 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:39,480 Speaker 3: Nobody called him doubting Thomas until a few hundred years 330 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 3: ago when the church began to canonize his dysfunctional moment 331 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:48,880 Speaker 3: and make it his identity. So who we call doubting 332 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 3: Thomas only doubted for eight days? He went on to 333 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 3: be one of the most effective disciples that ever lived. 334 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 3: So my question for you today is shouldn't we give 335 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:08,479 Speaker 3: him a better name than doubting Thomas, because doubting Thomas 336 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:12,920 Speaker 3: also had a twin and his name is not doubting Thomas. 337 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 1: But watch this. 338 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 3: I am renaming this disciple today on the spot because 339 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 3: Jesus didn't name him doubting Thomas. People, did you say 340 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:28,439 Speaker 3: he's doubting Thomas, I say he's trusting Thomas. And I 341 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:33,400 Speaker 3: say that he went from doubting Thomas to trusting Thomas 342 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 3: because Jesus loved him enough to show up, and not 343 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:41,400 Speaker 3: only show up, but to show him the scars where 344 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:44,439 Speaker 3: the nails had been, to remind him of the price 345 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:48,879 Speaker 3: that had been paid. And when Thomas saw the print 346 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,879 Speaker 3: of the nails, and when Thomas saw the wound in 347 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:55,640 Speaker 3: the side, he makes a confession that is very meticulous 348 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:57,760 Speaker 3: and we should observe it for a moment. 349 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 1: On Easter Sunday, he says, my Lord and my God. 350 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:06,800 Speaker 1: Now you say that's not a big deal. It most 351 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:07,640 Speaker 1: certainly is. 352 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 3: For a first century Jew to call any man Lord 353 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 3: would have been considered blasphemy unless that man was God. Furthermore, 354 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,680 Speaker 3: throughout the ministry of Jesus, many people called him Lord. 355 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:25,880 Speaker 3: It was a title given of respect. And so Thomas 356 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:30,159 Speaker 3: says two things. When he sees the proof of the 357 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 3: wounds of the one who won his salvation, he says, 358 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:39,919 Speaker 3: my Lord and my God. And let me show you 359 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 3: why I call him trusting Thomas. John's Gospel starts and 360 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 3: John one one says, in the beginning was. 361 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 1: The Word, and the word was with God, and the 362 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:51,919 Speaker 1: Word was God. 363 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:56,639 Speaker 3: John's purpose in writing his gospel was to declare the 364 00:22:56,680 --> 00:23:00,320 Speaker 3: truth that Jesus is God, not just a good man, 365 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:04,480 Speaker 3: the God man. Jesus is the Word of God made 366 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 3: flesh to dwell among us. 367 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:06,680 Speaker 1: John one fourteen. 368 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 3: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was 369 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 3: with God, and the Word was God. But it is 370 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 3: not until John chapter twenty, when Thomas sees the wounds 371 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:23,719 Speaker 3: of the Savior, that Jesus is called God by another person. 372 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:28,879 Speaker 3: Isn't it interesting that the one who was latest to 373 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:34,520 Speaker 3: see Jesus after the Resurrection, made the greatest confession of 374 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 3: faith in the entire Gospel of John. Tell your neighbor, 375 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:43,920 Speaker 3: don't count me out. I'm a little late, but don't 376 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 3: count me out. I got some issues I'm still working through, 377 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:48,640 Speaker 3: but don't count me out. 378 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:51,400 Speaker 1: I've got some things that are really. 379 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:54,520 Speaker 3: Dragging me down and dragging me back right now, But 380 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 3: don't count me out. I got a little something that 381 00:23:57,840 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 3: I'm working out over here on the side, and I'm 382 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 3: not exactly as holy as everybody on this row, But 383 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:07,159 Speaker 3: don't count me out. Don't judge me just because you 384 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 3: met me as doubting Thomas. I have a twin. My 385 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 3: twin is trusting Thomas. And after Jesus gets through with me, 386 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:20,920 Speaker 3: after Jesus gets finished doing what he's doing in my life, 387 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:24,200 Speaker 3: he who began a good work in me will be. 388 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:25,919 Speaker 1: Faithful to perform it. 389 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:29,399 Speaker 3: The truth of the matter is every Thomas has a twin, 390 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:33,639 Speaker 3: and everybody in here praising God has a twin that 391 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 3: we might meet on Tuesday if we encounter you in 392 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 3: a different situation. 393 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:41,280 Speaker 1: So it just depends on when I meet you that 394 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 1: determines how I identify you. But in the beginning, was the word, 395 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 1: and the word. 396 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 3: Was with God, and the word was God. So God 397 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:53,480 Speaker 3: does not label me by my lowest moment. God does 398 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:56,919 Speaker 3: not label me by my doubts inside. God does not 399 00:24:57,119 --> 00:24:59,880 Speaker 3: label me by what I missed out on. God does 400 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:03,040 Speaker 3: I label me by the shame of my past. He says, 401 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 3: I heard you were talking about me, Thomas. Now I 402 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 3: want to show you something because I was listening to 403 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:13,399 Speaker 3: you like a phone listens to you when it's not 404 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 3: in the room. I wasn't in the room, Jesus, how 405 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,119 Speaker 3: did you get in? I don't really have a problem 406 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 3: with locked doors. Hey, anytime you can walk out of 407 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:26,400 Speaker 3: a sealed tomb, a locked door is not a problem. 408 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 3: The thing you are worried about, God's like, really you 409 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 3: think that's gonna keep me out? Really you think that's 410 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 3: gonna stop my plan for your life? 411 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:41,879 Speaker 1: Really you think that's going to derail the destiny that 412 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 1: I planned for you. Eight days he. 413 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:50,119 Speaker 3: Doubted, And after eight days he made the greatest confession, 414 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 3: My Lord and my God. 415 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:55,160 Speaker 1: Nobody has called Jesus God. 416 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:58,160 Speaker 3: Up until this moment, and it was the one who 417 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 3: doubted him the most. Is God saving the best for 418 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:07,879 Speaker 3: last in your life? And could it be that the 419 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 3: darkest moments reveal the deepest truths about who he is. 420 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:17,439 Speaker 3: My Lord and my God. Put that verse back up there, 421 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:22,879 Speaker 3: say it my Lord and my God. And that was 422 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:32,159 Speaker 3: Thomas's my God moment. You're my God, You're not just 423 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 3: my GPS. That tells me where to go to feed 424 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:39,639 Speaker 3: the multitudes. Thomas had followed Jesus for three years, but 425 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 3: this was the moment that he saw Jesus as what 426 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:46,360 Speaker 3: he always was. He said, you're not just my guide, 427 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 3: You're my God. You're not just my guy. Jesus is 428 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 3: my gud. 429 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:56,920 Speaker 1: No, he's not your guy. He is not just a guy. 430 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 1: He is my God. He's not just the one that 431 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:02,520 Speaker 1: I worship and serve. 432 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:04,360 Speaker 3: When he does it the way that I wanted him 433 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:05,919 Speaker 3: to do it, when I wanted him to do it, 434 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:10,880 Speaker 3: he is my God. He is God. He's either God 435 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,960 Speaker 3: or he's not. And if he's God, I'm going to 436 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:15,639 Speaker 3: have to accept what he gave me and accept what 437 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 3: he didn't give me. 438 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:18,200 Speaker 1: If he's God. 439 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 3: Notice, however, it's not just that he calls him God. 440 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:23,920 Speaker 3: But this is really the heart of the matter, isn't 441 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 3: And he says, my God, my God, this is personal 442 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:36,919 Speaker 3: my God. It's one thing for you to serve the 443 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 3: God that you were told about growing up in church. 444 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:41,119 Speaker 1: But Thomas said, my God. 445 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:44,280 Speaker 3: I believe there are people that God brought here today 446 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 3: who believe in somebody else's God but have never experienced 447 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:54,160 Speaker 3: him as your God. And this could be today your 448 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 3: my God moment, not just where you take what you've 449 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:00,920 Speaker 3: heard about him as truth because you heard it from 450 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 3: the other disciples, but where you say, my God. And 451 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,720 Speaker 3: the beautiful thing about a my God moment? Have you 452 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:10,000 Speaker 3: ever had a My God moment? 453 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:11,960 Speaker 1: By the way, I. 454 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,800 Speaker 3: Mean that in a couple of different ways. Some of 455 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 3: us are going through a my God moment right now. 456 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 3: It is the moment where you no longer can walk 457 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:23,359 Speaker 3: by sight, you must walk by faith. It is the 458 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:26,440 Speaker 3: moment where you no longer can cling to your will, 459 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,640 Speaker 3: but you say, nevertheless, not my will, but yours be done. 460 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:29,879 Speaker 1: Now. 461 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:35,080 Speaker 3: I think when Thomas said my Lord and my God, 462 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 3: this is an echo of something that he heard Jesus 463 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 3: say on the cross. You know, on the day that 464 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 3: Jesus died. The Bible says something really crazy in Mark 465 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:49,360 Speaker 3: chapter fifteen. Put it on the screen, please. It says, 466 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:52,880 Speaker 3: when the sixth hour had come. This is noon, when 467 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:55,720 Speaker 3: the sixth hour had come. I'm giving you a timeframe 468 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:58,960 Speaker 3: for this for a reason. When the sixth hour had come, 469 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 3: there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 470 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 1: That's three pm. We've never seen that before. 471 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 3: It doesn't get dark from noon till three pm, not 472 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:18,960 Speaker 3: on our timetable. But when Jesus was dying, the sun said, 473 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:23,400 Speaker 3: I'm gonna stop shining for a little while because he 474 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:27,400 Speaker 3: is the light. How much God do you have to 475 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:31,760 Speaker 3: be to tell the sun to take a break? How 476 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 3: much God do you have to be that the solar 477 00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:40,000 Speaker 3: system responds to your sacrifice. When they hung Jesus on 478 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:43,240 Speaker 3: the cross, it looked like he had lost control, but 479 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:46,360 Speaker 3: he was still sovereign. He was sovereign enough to tell 480 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 3: the sun stop shining. Because I want darkness to know 481 00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:57,520 Speaker 3: that it works for me. I want darkness to know that. 482 00:29:57,600 --> 00:29:58,360 Speaker 1: I am God. 483 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 3: But from this stretched physician of sovereignty on the cross 484 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:05,920 Speaker 3: making a sacrifice for our sins. I feel like preaching 485 00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:09,160 Speaker 3: the crucifixion of Jesus today because my hope is in 486 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:12,600 Speaker 3: this moment. This is my God moment. This is when 487 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:17,120 Speaker 3: God sent his son who knew no sin, and he 488 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:21,520 Speaker 3: became sin that I might become the righteousness of God. 489 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:25,440 Speaker 3: This is where Jesus died as if he had sinned, 490 00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:28,200 Speaker 3: so that I could live as if I never did. 491 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:31,840 Speaker 3: This is where Jesus took my place. This is my 492 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,600 Speaker 3: God moment, not that I came to God, but that 493 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:37,640 Speaker 3: he came down to me. This is what we got 494 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:40,440 Speaker 3: up for this morning, y'all. This is why we have 495 00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:44,520 Speaker 3: a reason to dance on the grave that we once 496 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:48,960 Speaker 3: lived in, because he died on the cross that we should. 497 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:49,440 Speaker 4: Have died on. 498 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:52,080 Speaker 1: And my sin is on that cross. 499 00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:00,640 Speaker 3: And everything I ever did, every mistake I ever made, 500 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:03,600 Speaker 3: past present, future, it's all up there on that cross 501 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:08,320 Speaker 3: on him. It was the ninth hour. Verse thirty four says. 502 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:11,920 Speaker 3: And when it was the ninth hour, Jesus cried with 503 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 3: a loud voice, I gotta show you something. I've been 504 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:15,600 Speaker 3: studying this all week. I've been waiting to show you 505 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:21,600 Speaker 3: this all week. Jesus cried with a loud voice. Eli eli. 506 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:24,600 Speaker 1: Loma shaboctini. 507 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:29,840 Speaker 3: How much God do you have to be just still 508 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:33,800 Speaker 3: have the breath to scream while you are suffocating on 509 00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:34,440 Speaker 3: a cross? 510 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 1: How much God. 511 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:39,920 Speaker 3: Do you have to be, How much love does it take? 512 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:44,200 Speaker 3: How much pain would it be that you would press 513 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:46,720 Speaker 3: yourself up? The very last words in the beginning was 514 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:47,920 Speaker 3: the word, and the word was with God, and the 515 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:48,600 Speaker 3: word was God. 516 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:50,320 Speaker 1: These are the last words of the word. 517 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaker 3: He said, eloi, eloi lama shabaktany, which means, my God, 518 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:07,800 Speaker 3: my God, why have you forsaken me? Lord? Are you listening? 519 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 3: It's okay if you wonder that, because Jesus did one 520 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 3: time too. I know it offends you that I say 521 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:24,080 Speaker 3: Jesus wondered anything because he knew everything. So why did 522 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:29,720 Speaker 3: he quote Psalm twenty two, verse one, My God, my God, 523 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:31,640 Speaker 3: why have. 524 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:32,440 Speaker 1: You forsaken me? 525 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:35,920 Speaker 3: I think we all come to moments in our life 526 00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:42,040 Speaker 3: where if Jesus is asking why, we will ask why 527 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:48,680 Speaker 3: to Sometimes the best answer is I don't know. Sometimes 528 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:51,520 Speaker 3: when somebody experiences something so horrible, the only thing to 529 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:55,160 Speaker 3: tell him is I don't know why. Sometimes that's the 530 00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:57,600 Speaker 3: most loving thing that you can do, is to sit 531 00:32:57,680 --> 00:32:59,760 Speaker 3: with somebody in their why and say I don't know either. 532 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:04,320 Speaker 3: But isn't it even more comforting to know that Jesus 533 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:08,840 Speaker 3: will sit with you in your why? Then another human 534 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:14,840 Speaker 3: who doesn't know why, And that Jesus said, watch this, Matt, 535 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:20,760 Speaker 3: my God, why. And what I love about it that 536 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:24,840 Speaker 3: is so powerful for our lives today is that even 537 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:28,280 Speaker 3: when he was asking why, he still. 538 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:31,320 Speaker 1: Said, my God, why. 539 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:37,560 Speaker 3: So even when I don't know why, you are still 540 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:45,680 Speaker 3: my God. And God has got some of us in 541 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:49,040 Speaker 3: a moment, in a season where it's gone darken the 542 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:52,840 Speaker 3: sky at noon right now in your life. But notice 543 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:56,720 Speaker 3: that when the light left at the cross that day 544 00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:04,040 Speaker 3: and the Lord listened Eli Eli lana chaboctyny, My God, 545 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:06,360 Speaker 3: my God, why. 546 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:07,400 Speaker 1: Have you forsaken me? 547 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:11,960 Speaker 3: The next verse says that many that were hearing it said, behold, 548 00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:14,640 Speaker 3: he is calling Elijah. And they went to get some 549 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:18,120 Speaker 3: vinegar or some sour wine on a sponge, and they 550 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:19,719 Speaker 3: put it on a reed to give to him to drink. 551 00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:22,480 Speaker 3: And they said, wait, let us see whether Elijah will 552 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,200 Speaker 3: come and take him down. Now, this seems strange. What 553 00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,920 Speaker 3: does Elijah have to do with the Savior dying? And 554 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,200 Speaker 3: this is what I was studying all week that I 555 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:33,080 Speaker 3: was trying to figure out why were they talking about 556 00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:37,120 Speaker 3: Elijah when Jesus was dying on the cross. Elijah lived 557 00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:42,040 Speaker 3: eight hundred years before Jesus Elijah was a powerful prophet, 558 00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:45,560 Speaker 3: no doubt. He called down fire on Mount Carmel. No 559 00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:48,520 Speaker 3: doubt he was a man of God. He broughtphesied, a drought, 560 00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:51,680 Speaker 3: and a famine resulted. No doubt there was power in 561 00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:56,640 Speaker 3: his words. But why are they talking about Elijah while. 562 00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:57,920 Speaker 1: Jesus is on the cross. 563 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:01,799 Speaker 3: Well, for one thing, el Yahoo is the name for 564 00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:07,200 Speaker 3: Elijah in Hebrew, and Jesus says eloi, And so if 565 00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:10,360 Speaker 3: you're shouting from a distance, it sounds very similar. 566 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:12,399 Speaker 4: Eli wait. 567 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:17,880 Speaker 3: Is he calling Eli Yahoo Eli? He's calling Elijah Eli. 568 00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:21,799 Speaker 3: He's calling on Elijah to come get him down. So 569 00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:24,719 Speaker 3: they devise a plan. Let's get some sour wine. 570 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:26,879 Speaker 1: If he gets dehydrated, he'll die. 571 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:30,719 Speaker 3: Let's give him a little bit of substance so he 572 00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:33,279 Speaker 3: can make it a little bit longer. And let's see 573 00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:38,120 Speaker 3: watch this, Let's see whether Elijah will come to take 574 00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:42,040 Speaker 3: him down. Verse thirty seven. And Jesus uttered a loud 575 00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:45,920 Speaker 3: cry and breathe his last So to the onlookers that 576 00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:49,400 Speaker 3: day hear me good. It looked like that God the 577 00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:53,959 Speaker 3: Father did not listen to Jesus. But if you read 578 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:57,919 Speaker 3: the next verse, the Bible says that when he screamed 579 00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:05,200 Speaker 3: and breathed his life. Next verse, the curtain of the 580 00:36:05,239 --> 00:36:11,960 Speaker 3: temple was torn into But watch this from top to bottom. 581 00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:16,319 Speaker 3: Why not from bottom to top, because that would mean 582 00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:23,520 Speaker 3: a person did it. You know. The devil tried to 583 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:26,600 Speaker 3: tell me this message was too deep for Easter. But 584 00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:29,839 Speaker 3: I told the devil, there's somebody here who needs to 585 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:34,480 Speaker 3: have a My God moment this Easter in church. There 586 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:38,000 Speaker 3: is somebody here who needs God to do something, not 587 00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:39,760 Speaker 3: from bottom to top. 588 00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:41,719 Speaker 1: I need God to. 589 00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:46,120 Speaker 3: Do something from top to bottom. I don't need a 590 00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:50,000 Speaker 3: person to do this. A person can't do this. If 591 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,479 Speaker 3: a person could have done it, it would be done 592 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:53,240 Speaker 3: by now. 593 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:57,280 Speaker 4: But I need a God who can take the curtain 594 00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:04,200 Speaker 4: in the temple that's separate Holy God from Unholy Man. 595 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:12,640 Speaker 3: And tear the curtain from top to bottom. So let 596 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:15,800 Speaker 3: me tell you why I'm in his presence today because 597 00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:16,920 Speaker 3: my God. 598 00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:18,120 Speaker 1: Hurt me when I. 599 00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:24,680 Speaker 3: Called him and he tore the veil from top to bottom. 600 00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:29,040 Speaker 1: Say that he tore the veil from top to bottom. 601 00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:29,919 Speaker 1: What is the veil? 602 00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:34,000 Speaker 3: Its separated the Holy of Holies from the next place 603 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:37,160 Speaker 3: in the temple, and nobody could go in but Jesus. 604 00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:40,840 Speaker 3: When he was dying was going in why because he 605 00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:44,320 Speaker 3: was representing you to the Father, and he said, Father, 606 00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:45,480 Speaker 3: don't hold. 607 00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:49,080 Speaker 1: It against them, forgive them. They know not what they do. 608 00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:53,080 Speaker 3: This is the gospel, This is the good news. This 609 00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:59,640 Speaker 3: is the moment everything changed. And at the moment that 610 00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:01,160 Speaker 3: it like God. 611 00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:03,040 Speaker 1: Didn't answer the veil Toeur. 612 00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:06,319 Speaker 3: At the moment it looks like nothing is happening, the 613 00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:09,120 Speaker 3: veil tears at the moment when it looks like it's 614 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:12,640 Speaker 3: getting worse in your life. Don't walk away now, Thomas. 615 00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:16,440 Speaker 3: You need to come back. Thomas, you need to get here. Thomas. 616 00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:20,839 Speaker 3: Jesus might be coming back. Jesus might be coming back. 617 00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:23,680 Speaker 3: I don't want you to miss it this time, Thomas, 618 00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:27,879 Speaker 3: Jesus might come back. The wounded one has risen with 619 00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:31,160 Speaker 3: all power in his hands. And I don't want you 620 00:38:31,239 --> 00:38:37,120 Speaker 3: to miss this. This might be my God moment. 621 00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:44,920 Speaker 1: This might be The Spirit of the Lord is. 622 00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:48,239 Speaker 3: In this place today. The spirit of the Lord is 623 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:50,560 Speaker 3: in your living room today. The spirit of the Lord 624 00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:53,279 Speaker 3: is in your recovery meeting today. The spirit of the 625 00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:55,680 Speaker 3: Lord is with you right now, laying there in your bed, 626 00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:58,600 Speaker 3: couldn't even find the strength to get up. You miss church, 627 00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:01,919 Speaker 3: But Church didn't miss you, baby, God doesn't miss this 628 00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:10,040 Speaker 3: is your God moment. As a matter of fact, Jesus 629 00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:15,960 Speaker 3: wasn't calling on Elijah because Elijah had called on Jesus. 630 00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:22,840 Speaker 3: The very first resurrection recorded in the Bible was in 631 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:28,680 Speaker 3: One Kings seventeen. The Lord sent Elijah to stay with 632 00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:31,520 Speaker 3: a widow or a woman at Zaraphath who had a 633 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:34,880 Speaker 3: son who was about to die from starvation because of 634 00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:38,640 Speaker 3: the famine that Elijah had prophesied. And as he was 635 00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:41,120 Speaker 3: there at that widow's house, something or that woman's house, 636 00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:46,000 Speaker 3: something very terrible happened. Her son died. The woman brought 637 00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:50,000 Speaker 3: the son to Elijah, and Elijah said, what am I 638 00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:53,560 Speaker 3: going to do about this? Now? I've already told you 639 00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:58,680 Speaker 3: about Thomisus my God moment. I told you about Jesus, 640 00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:03,960 Speaker 3: my God moment. But Elijah had on my God moment too. 641 00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:07,840 Speaker 3: The Bible says in First Kings, chapter seventeen, verse seventeen, 642 00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:10,160 Speaker 3: the son of the woman became ill, and his illness 643 00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:12,160 Speaker 3: was so severe that there was no breath left in him. 644 00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:15,440 Speaker 3: Watch how beautiful the Bible lines it up. There was 645 00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:19,359 Speaker 3: no breath left in Jesus. There was no breath left 646 00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:20,279 Speaker 3: in this woman's son. 647 00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:21,920 Speaker 1: This is the. 648 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:26,760 Speaker 3: First recorded resurrection in the Bible. Give me verse eighteen. 649 00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:31,279 Speaker 3: And she said to Elijah, what have you against me, 650 00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:35,840 Speaker 3: Oh man of God, You have come to bring my 651 00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:40,000 Speaker 3: sin to remembrance and to cause the death of my son. See, 652 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,000 Speaker 3: she thought, like so many of us mistakenly think that 653 00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:44,360 Speaker 3: when God comes into your life, it's to punish you. 654 00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:48,640 Speaker 1: That's what she thought. She didn't know God. But she 655 00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:51,440 Speaker 1: was about to have her very own God moment, because 656 00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:55,520 Speaker 1: watch what Elijah did. He said to her, give me 657 00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:56,200 Speaker 1: your son. 658 00:40:56,560 --> 00:41:00,560 Speaker 3: And he took him from her arms and carry him 659 00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:03,480 Speaker 3: into the upper chamber, where he lodged, and laid him 660 00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:05,200 Speaker 3: on his own bed verse twenty. 661 00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:07,680 Speaker 1: And he cried to the Lord, say it out loud, 662 00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:11,160 Speaker 1: Oh Lord, my God. 663 00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:14,279 Speaker 3: It's the first time Elijah says it this way in 664 00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:18,960 Speaker 3: all of scripture. Every time you see Elijah prophesying, he's 665 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:23,440 Speaker 3: prophesying about the Lord God. But this time he says, 666 00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:29,320 Speaker 3: oh Lord, my God, because he's confused about it, because 667 00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:32,000 Speaker 3: he doesn't know what to do about it, because it's. 668 00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:34,760 Speaker 1: Personal this time. Are you standing over. 669 00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:39,279 Speaker 3: A situation today that is too big for you? Are 670 00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:42,439 Speaker 3: you standing over something today that is impossible for you. 671 00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:44,560 Speaker 1: This is your my God moment. 672 00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:48,239 Speaker 3: This is your moment to say, my God, this is 673 00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:52,040 Speaker 3: not something I caused or my God, it is my fault. 674 00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:55,560 Speaker 3: But I need you now. God, I missed it, but 675 00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:59,720 Speaker 3: I need you now. Oh Lord, my God. 676 00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:01,759 Speaker 1: Have you brought a lamity upon the widow. 677 00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:04,839 Speaker 3: With whom I sojourn by killing her son? And then 678 00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:09,440 Speaker 3: he stretched himself. I don't know about y'all, but when 679 00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:15,279 Speaker 3: I saw that, I saw Jesus. He stretched himself upon 680 00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:17,520 Speaker 3: the child three times. 681 00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:19,560 Speaker 1: I don't know about y'all. 682 00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:21,880 Speaker 3: But when I saw three times, I heard three days. 683 00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:26,839 Speaker 1: He stretched himself. He stretched himself. 684 00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:31,080 Speaker 3: I'm not confident in the fact that I can do it. 685 00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:34,840 Speaker 3: This is my God moment. I can't do this by myself. 686 00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:39,160 Speaker 3: I can't accomplish this by myself. I can't save myself. 687 00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:44,360 Speaker 3: But he stretched himself. He stretched his arms, he stretched 688 00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:48,279 Speaker 3: his love, he stretched his compassion. He flung open the 689 00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:52,480 Speaker 3: doors of salvation. He stretched himself three times and cried 690 00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:55,239 Speaker 3: to the Lord, Oh Lord, my God, O Lord, my God, 691 00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:58,480 Speaker 3: O Lord, my God, let this child's life come into 692 00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:06,759 Speaker 3: him again. And the Lord listened. The Lord listened to 693 00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:10,000 Speaker 3: the voice of Elijah, and the Lord listened to the 694 00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:12,279 Speaker 3: voice of Jesus, and the veil was torn, and the 695 00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:15,600 Speaker 3: Lord listened to the voice of Elijah, and the life 696 00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:19,799 Speaker 3: of the child came in to him again, and he 697 00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:23,400 Speaker 3: revived and watched verse twenty three. And Elijah took the 698 00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:27,800 Speaker 3: child and brought him down from the upper chamber into 699 00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:32,720 Speaker 3: the house and delivered him to his mother, and acted 700 00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:35,759 Speaker 3: like he had confidence the whole time, and acted like 701 00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:38,160 Speaker 3: he didn't just have a complete panic attack on that bed, 702 00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:40,880 Speaker 3: and acted like he wasn't just snotting and slobborn and 703 00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:42,520 Speaker 3: wondering if God was going to do it too. 704 00:43:42,520 --> 00:43:46,000 Speaker 1: And said, see, your son lives. 705 00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:50,680 Speaker 3: And I realized that the Gospel is in this passage 706 00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:55,320 Speaker 3: because Elijah brought a son down who was alive again, 707 00:43:56,840 --> 00:44:03,759 Speaker 3: and God raised a son up alive again. And so 708 00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:10,040 Speaker 3: when Elijah was calling on my God, he was calling 709 00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:16,120 Speaker 3: on Jesus, who is resurrection. So when they said Jesus 710 00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:20,760 Speaker 3: is calling on Elijah, they had it backwards. Jesus doesn't 711 00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:25,239 Speaker 3: call on Elijah. Elijah calls on Jesus. And I want 712 00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:27,800 Speaker 3: to tell you something today. Some of you, the devil 713 00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:32,399 Speaker 3: has it backwards in your life. Jesus does not bow 714 00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:38,640 Speaker 3: to sin sin bows to Jesus. Death does not conquer Jesus. 715 00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:45,120 Speaker 3: Jesus conquers death. Elijah brought down a son. God raised 716 00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:49,799 Speaker 3: up a son. This is my God moment. So for 717 00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:53,560 Speaker 3: everybody in here today who is dead in your transgression 718 00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:56,640 Speaker 3: and sin, for everybody in here today who is at 719 00:44:56,680 --> 00:44:59,320 Speaker 3: the dead end of your own hope or your own logic, 720 00:44:59,600 --> 00:45:02,520 Speaker 3: or your own conclusions. And you say, like Thomas, I'll 721 00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:06,160 Speaker 3: never believe. I believe God brought you here because this 722 00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:12,680 Speaker 3: is your my God moment. This is your moment to 723 00:45:12,840 --> 00:45:17,720 Speaker 3: give it over to God. It's his situation, it's his battle, 724 00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:22,560 Speaker 3: it's his fight. You're his child. That is his assignment, 725 00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:26,040 Speaker 3: that is his burden to carry. He paid the price 726 00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:29,800 Speaker 3: for those sins. Don't you carry another day what God 727 00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:32,880 Speaker 3: gave his son to remove from your life. This is 728 00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:37,600 Speaker 3: God's moment in your life. For the Bible says that 729 00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:40,080 Speaker 3: if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, 730 00:45:40,080 --> 00:45:42,960 Speaker 3: and believe in your heart God raised him from the dead, 731 00:45:43,920 --> 00:45:51,320 Speaker 3: you will be saved. This is your my God moment. 732 00:45:52,520 --> 00:45:55,560 Speaker 3: You've seen what you can do without him. Now I 733 00:45:55,600 --> 00:46:00,000 Speaker 3: want you to see what He can do with you. 734 00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:05,279 Speaker 3: Thomas went from doubting Thomas to trusting Thomas without even 735 00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:10,960 Speaker 3: having to touch Jesus's poems. And I believe that Jesus 736 00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:14,720 Speaker 3: has touched somebody here today, watching at a campus, watching online, 737 00:46:14,719 --> 00:46:16,520 Speaker 3: even watching me in a prison, even watching me in 738 00:46:16,520 --> 00:46:19,279 Speaker 3: a hospital room, watching me at the back row of Valentine. 739 00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:23,000 Speaker 1: The Lord has touched you today. 740 00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:29,320 Speaker 3: And this is your my God moment where he becomes 741 00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:33,279 Speaker 3: personal to you, where it becomes real to you. It's 742 00:46:33,320 --> 00:46:36,680 Speaker 3: a pivotal moment for you. Man, it's a pivotal moment 743 00:46:36,719 --> 00:46:39,080 Speaker 3: for you. I know you're unsure, but you showed up 744 00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:45,160 Speaker 3: and so does he. Everyone standing, no one moving. 745 00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:52,879 Speaker 1: What a moment. 746 00:46:55,239 --> 00:46:59,200 Speaker 3: For the risen Lord who is in this place today. 747 00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:03,640 Speaker 3: Thomas wasn't the last one that he showed. 748 00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:07,960 Speaker 1: Up to talk to. He's here to talk to you too. 749 00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:10,920 Speaker 1: Will you bow your head and close your eyes? 750 00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:16,479 Speaker 3: How good is God that he would listen and hear 751 00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:19,880 Speaker 3: the cry of a sinner, Lord, be merciful. Unto me, 752 00:47:22,719 --> 00:47:25,920 Speaker 3: the resurrection stands as evidence in our lives. Nothing is 753 00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:30,400 Speaker 3: too far gone for God. And I just kept hearing 754 00:47:31,360 --> 00:47:33,239 Speaker 3: the Lord speak to me when I was preparing. There's 755 00:47:33,280 --> 00:47:35,560 Speaker 3: somebody who's saying it's too late. It's too late for me. 756 00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:39,000 Speaker 3: I wasted it. It's too late for me. If it 757 00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:41,239 Speaker 3: wasn't too late for Thomas, it's not too late for you. 758 00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:44,600 Speaker 3: If it wasn't too late for that son who died 759 00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:46,960 Speaker 3: in One King seventeen, it's not too. 760 00:47:46,840 --> 00:47:50,960 Speaker 1: Late for you. Resurrection is what God does. It's what 761 00:47:51,080 --> 00:47:51,600 Speaker 1: he does. 762 00:47:52,360 --> 00:47:54,560 Speaker 3: And the one who was last to see him is 763 00:47:54,640 --> 00:47:58,480 Speaker 3: the one who made the greatest confession about him. My God, 764 00:47:59,560 --> 00:48:03,239 Speaker 3: my God. And he's not just my God, He's not 765 00:48:03,360 --> 00:48:06,160 Speaker 3: just the God of Thomas. He wants to be your 766 00:48:06,239 --> 00:48:11,520 Speaker 3: God too. And the only job that you have is 767 00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:15,960 Speaker 3: to believe that God raised him from the dead. So 768 00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:19,320 Speaker 3: right now, with your head bow and your eyes closed, 769 00:48:19,360 --> 00:48:22,319 Speaker 3: in the holiness of this moment, I'm going to lead 770 00:48:22,360 --> 00:48:25,400 Speaker 3: you in a prayer that you can pray to Jesus. 771 00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:31,400 Speaker 3: This is your my God, moment, My God, my God. 772 00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:34,960 Speaker 3: Why have you forsaken me? But Jesus was forsaken so 773 00:48:35,040 --> 00:48:37,759 Speaker 3: that you would never have to be That's why the 774 00:48:37,840 --> 00:48:43,840 Speaker 3: veil was torn. My God, My God, have mercy on me, 775 00:48:43,960 --> 00:48:47,439 Speaker 3: my God, if you can save me. Here I am, 776 00:48:47,960 --> 00:48:51,960 Speaker 3: and he can, and he will. Whoever calls on the 777 00:48:52,040 --> 00:48:54,879 Speaker 3: name of the Lord will be saved. So right now, 778 00:48:55,560 --> 00:48:58,799 Speaker 3: at every location and watching online, we're going to pray 779 00:48:58,840 --> 00:49:01,640 Speaker 3: a prayer out loud as a church family for the 780 00:49:01,680 --> 00:49:03,560 Speaker 3: benefit of those who are coming to God for the 781 00:49:03,600 --> 00:49:05,640 Speaker 3: first time or coming back to God. 782 00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:08,680 Speaker 1: This is your God moment. Do not miss it. 783 00:49:09,600 --> 00:49:12,560 Speaker 3: He brought you here in your breathing. Do not miss it. 784 00:49:12,600 --> 00:49:19,000 Speaker 3: He died for you. Don't miss Repeat after me, Heavenly Father. 785 00:49:21,040 --> 00:49:22,799 Speaker 3: I'm gonna say it again. Say it with your heart, 786 00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:30,960 Speaker 3: Heavenly Father. Today is my day of salvation. I am 787 00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:35,760 Speaker 3: a sinner in need of a savior. And I believe 788 00:49:36,760 --> 00:49:41,600 Speaker 3: that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the 789 00:49:41,640 --> 00:49:42,640 Speaker 3: Savior of the world. 790 00:49:43,880 --> 00:49:45,960 Speaker 1: And today I make. 791 00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:50,480 Speaker 3: Jesus the Lord of my life. I believe he died 792 00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:56,040 Speaker 3: that I would be forgiven and rose again to give 793 00:49:56,080 --> 00:50:02,400 Speaker 3: me life. I receive this new life. This is my 794 00:50:02,600 --> 00:50:07,640 Speaker 3: new beginning. I am a child of God. On three 795 00:50:07,719 --> 00:50:10,919 Speaker 3: shoots your hand up. If you prayed that one, two, three, 796 00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:15,000 Speaker 3: say this is my God moment. This is my God moment, 797 00:50:15,040 --> 00:50:16,120 Speaker 3: from top to bottom. 798 00:50:17,480 --> 00:50:18,120 Speaker 1: This is the. 799 00:50:18,040 --> 00:50:21,439 Speaker 3: Moment where God breaks through. This is the moment where 800 00:50:21,480 --> 00:50:25,600 Speaker 3: grace breaks through. This is the moment where shame falls off. 801 00:50:26,400 --> 00:50:29,920 Speaker 3: This is the moment where darkness flees. This is the 802 00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:33,160 Speaker 3: moment that the light comes. This is the moment I'm 803 00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:37,080 Speaker 3: born again. This is the moment I received forgiveness. 804 00:50:37,480 --> 00:50:41,040 Speaker 1: This is the moment my sins are rolled away. 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