1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:04,320 Speaker 1: Let us pray. And the angel answered and said, unto 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: the woman, fear not ye, for I know that ye 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 1: seek Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here, for 4 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:17,960 Speaker 1: he has risen. As he said, Come see the place 5 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:22,080 Speaker 1: where the Lord lay Matthew twenty eight five and six. 6 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: Heavenly Father, when your angels appear to people, they can 7 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: be quite frightening. It's hard to imagine being in the 8 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: presence of a supernatural being. But this angel came to 9 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:39,200 Speaker 1: bring good news and calm the fear of the woman 10 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: with his compassion and kindness. I love that this angel 11 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: knew that these women came seeking Jesus, even though they 12 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:52,839 Speaker 1: knew he was crucified. He immediately said, don't be afraid. 13 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 1: He has risen, just as he said. In their sorrow 14 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: and grief, these women forgot what Jesus had told his 15 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: followers and disciples. He told them several times in several ways, 16 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: that he had to die but would rise again to 17 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: eternal glory. They didn't understand the truth of what he said, 18 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 1: since everything Jesus said and did was new and strange 19 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: to their limited comprehension. They had never seen so many 20 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: miracles or heard someone speak about the Kingdom of God 21 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: with such authority and love, the Angel must have been 22 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: excited to show them the empty place where the Lord 23 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 1: had been placed. See, he has risen, just as he said. 24 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 1: God is not a man that he would lie, and 25 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:45,279 Speaker 1: what he said he will accomplish and bring to pass. 26 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: He rose from the grave and led the way for 27 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: all those who will come after him if they trust 28 00:01:55,440 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 1: and believe in Jesus name in thank you for listening 29 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: to today's daily prayer. 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I want to 46 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: share three things that you need to hear on Easter Sunday. 47 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: You know, Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of 48 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,639 Speaker 1: Jesus Christ. We know what the cross means, but what 49 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: does his resurrection mean. Is it just God demonstrating his 50 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 1: power over death. No, he already did that with the 51 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 1: resurrection of Lazarus out of that tomb. So what significance 52 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: does the resurrection of Jesus Christ have for you and 53 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: for me? Today we're going to talk about what it 54 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 1: means to be clean and close and new the finished 55 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: work of Jesus Christ. He's no longer dying, he's no 56 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: longer in the tomb. He has risen from the dead. 57 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 1: It's over, it's done. You are clean, you are close, 58 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: and you are new. To understand this better, we start 59 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 1: with a very common religious lie, and here it is 60 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: Christians need to be forgiven by God daily. What's the 61 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 1: truth about this while we see the truth right here 62 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: in Hebrews, chapter ten, verse fourteen, it says, for by 63 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: one offering, he has perfected for all time those who 64 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: are sanctified. You know what this means. It means that 65 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: you're not being forgiven. That's right, You're not being forgiven progressively. 66 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: You're not little by little, or day after day or 67 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 1: year after year trying to get clean and get forgiven 68 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:50,919 Speaker 1: before God, because by one offering you've been made perfectly 69 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: forgiven forever. Do you hear this? Forgiveness is not progressive. 70 00:04:56,080 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: It's not like paying off your car or paying your mortgage, 71 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: join your house. You're not paying for your sins little 72 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:08,160 Speaker 1: by little. Jesus paid at all one time, and it's 73 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 1: over many years ago. Perhaps you remember a government bailout. 74 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 1: People were down at the banks apologizing. They had tears 75 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 1: in their eyes and an apology on their lips and 76 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:25,920 Speaker 1: sorrow in their hearts. But guess what, the bank just 77 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 1: wanted to get paid. Why because we don't have an 78 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: apology driven economy. We have a money driven economy. Right. Well, 79 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 1: when it comes to your sins, do you realize that God, 80 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 1: God doesn't have an apology driven economy? He has a 81 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: blood driven economy for sins. We find this right here 82 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:54,919 Speaker 1: in Hebrews chapter nine. It says, without the shedding of blood, 83 00:05:55,520 --> 00:06:00,719 Speaker 1: there is no forgiveness. You're not being forgiven progressive because 84 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 1: Jesus is not dying progressively. You're not being forgiven and 85 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: cleansed daily because Jesus is not shedding his blood daily. 86 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 1: Jesus died once. It worked the first time, no repeat needed. 87 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: He will never do anything about your sins again. And 88 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 1: so what's your job? What's our job to wake up 89 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: every day and say wow and thank you? And that's 90 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 1: exactly what faith is. Faith says wow and thank you. 91 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 1: You know, if you imagine it a scene, I mean 92 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:43,279 Speaker 1: long ago in the Old Testament, it never happened, But 93 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:47,160 Speaker 1: imagine it a priest in a lazy boy chair. You 94 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: walk in, and the priest is kicked back in that chair, 95 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: and he looks at you and he says, what's up? 96 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:56,799 Speaker 1: What would that mean? That would mean that the priest 97 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: has no work to be done. He's sitting down on 98 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: the job. But did you know that was never allowed? 99 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 1: A chair was a forbidden piece of furniture in the 100 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: Jewish tabernacle in the temple. Why because it would have 101 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 1: meant there was no more work to be done. Look 102 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 1: at him sitting there, resting. It must be finished. But 103 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 1: of course it was never finished, not in the Old Testament, 104 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 1: not under the law. The work to bring the people 105 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: forgiveness from God was never done. It says right here 106 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 1: in Hebrews ten. Every priest does what stands daily, ministering 107 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can 108 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 1: never take away sins. But he having offered one sacrifice 109 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 1: for sins for all time, what did he do? He 110 00:07:55,880 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: did the unthinkable. He sat down at the right hand 111 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: of God. Do you see it. Jesus did what no 112 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: other priest could do. He sat down on the job. 113 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 1: Because it is finished. Now, I have a question for 114 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 1: you today here we are Easter Sunday, celebrating the finished 115 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 1: work of Christ. He's risen from the dead. So are 116 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: you seated? Are you seated regarding your sins? Will you 117 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: sit down with Jesus and agree that the sin issue 118 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: is over? He says it's done. He doesn't need to 119 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 1: do one single thing to make you clean or forgiven. 120 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: You are already in him at his right hand, clean, 121 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 1: close and new. You know I remember that film groundhog 122 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:55,320 Speaker 1: Day was on during the holidays, over and over and over, right, 123 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 1: Maybe you remember it still plays during Christmas at times, 124 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 1: and it's about a guy who is stuck in the 125 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 1: same day. He repeats the same day over and over 126 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 1: again until he can get it perfect, and then he's 127 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 1: allowed to escape that day and that repetition. With God, 128 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 1: there is no groundhog Day. He gets it right the 129 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 1: first time. The wages of sin is death, and Jesus dies, 130 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 1: and he pays the wages perfectly, no repeat needed, the 131 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: cross worked, and it is finished. With God. There is 132 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:37,840 Speaker 1: no groundhog Day. Hebrews seven says, who has no daily need? 133 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 1: Jesus has no daily need like those high priests to 134 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 1: offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins and then 135 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 1: for the sins of the people, because he did this 136 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:58,199 Speaker 1: once for all time when he offered up himself. Do 137 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: you see it? And the old estimate they would get 138 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 1: forgiveness and portions repeatedly, endlessly, day after day, and year 139 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 1: after year. They would go to the day of atonement. 140 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 1: Imagine getting three hundred and sixty five days of your 141 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:16,320 Speaker 1: sins covered. And then you come out of that temple, 142 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 1: you stub your toe on a rock. You use the 143 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: Lord's name in vain. Now you got to wait three 144 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty five days another year to get that 145 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:30,320 Speaker 1: one covered. It was progressive, It was paid off little 146 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:35,079 Speaker 1: by little. It was a temporary covering. And yet what 147 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:40,839 Speaker 1: Jesus did was once for all. You are not being forgiven. 148 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 1: You are a totally forgiven person. Think with me, how 149 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:49,200 Speaker 1: many of your sins were in the future when Christ died? 150 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 1: All of them, right, your past sins, your present sins, 151 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: your future sins, all of them were in the future 152 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 1: when Christ died. He didn't make any distinction. He looked 153 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 1: down the timeline of your sins, and he says, I 154 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,679 Speaker 1: remember them no more. He's removed them as far as 155 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: the East is from the west. He keeps no record 156 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 1: of your wrongs. There is no clipboard, there is no scorecard. 157 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:24,840 Speaker 1: Your sins are gone forever, once for all. The Book 158 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 1: of Hebrew says, not again and again, not in portions. 159 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 1: You are not being forgiven daily. You are a totally 160 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:38,440 Speaker 1: forgiven person. This is great news. I remember years ago 161 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 1: there was a mobile app that was released in your 162 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 1: app store, whether you have iPhone or Android. The app 163 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 1: was called i confess. I kid you not, it was 164 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 1: called I Confess, And you simply put in the sins 165 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 1: of the day, whatever sins you've committed today. And then 166 00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 1: after you know, checking off those boxes, you fire up 167 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 1: your confession. You hit the upload button. It fires the 168 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: confession to the God of the universe. And then and 169 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 1: then you're waiting to see if you get that download 170 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 1: that message and it says you're forgiven. Now we might 171 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:21,079 Speaker 1: chuckle at that, and it didn't last long in that 172 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 1: app store, But you know there's a point that's being 173 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: made there. If it's about you and your memory and 174 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 1: your confession, then you're going to need more than a 175 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 1: mobile app. You're going to need a supercomputer out of 176 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:38,839 Speaker 1: Washington to keep up with all your sins, to try 177 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:42,959 Speaker 1: to stay confessed up, to try to stay forgiven and cleansed. 178 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 1: But do you see the truth of the gospel. It 179 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:49,439 Speaker 1: is not about your memory and your words. It's about 180 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 1: Jesus Christ and his cross. It is not about you 181 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 1: and what you're doing. It's about Him and what he did. 182 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 1: Today is Sunday, we're celebrating the as erection of Jesus Christ. 183 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 1: Have we graduated from Friday? Do we recognize what happened 184 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 1: just two days ago, that your sins were paid for 185 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 1: in full and they'll never be paid for again. That 186 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 1: you're a totally forgiven person, so that you can now 187 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 1: enjoy the resurrection life of Jesus Christ in you, an 188 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 1: uninterrupted life. You have something unshakeable, something unbreakable, because Jesus 189 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: paved the way. The only thing that separated Adam and 190 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 1: Eve from God was sin. The only thing that caused 191 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 1: Jesus to say, my God, My God, why have you 192 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 1: forsaken me? Was the sins of the world that he 193 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 1: was bearing. What's the only thing that could cause God 194 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 1: to separate himself from you? Sins? But what did he 195 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 1: do with your sins? He took them away, He removed 196 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 1: them forever, keeps no record of your wrongs, He doesn't 197 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 1: take them into account. So now you have this uninterrupted 198 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:12,559 Speaker 1: life with Jesus. He'll never leave you, he'll never forsake you, 199 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 1: and nobody can snatch you out of his hand. Lie 200 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 1: number two that we're going to look at this Easter Sunday. 201 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 1: Christians are progressively getting closer to God. So very common 202 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 1: to hear this right, the idea that if you do 203 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 1: enough Bible study. If you go to church enough, if 204 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 1: you do your part, then you're basically inching closer to 205 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 1: the God of the universe through what you do. Now, 206 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 1: I've got some great news today that is a religious lie. 207 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 1: If you're going to be close to God. Closeness with 208 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 1: God is a gift, and you do not earn it 209 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 1: or achieve it. You receive it. It is not by trying, 210 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 1: but by trusting. And when you recognize what Jesus did 211 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 1: in being crucified, buried, and raised for you, you can 212 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 1: see then the gift of closeness from God. This was 213 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 1: his agenda. He got it done. He hand delivers it 214 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 1: to you on a platter, inviting you to feast on 215 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 1: the goodness of the Gospel, recognizing that He had to 216 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 1: make you clean, and he had to make you close 217 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 1: and only he could do it, and he did it perfectly, 218 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 1: and it's done, it's finished. You are as close to 219 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: God today as you will ever be if you are 220 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 1: in Jesus Christ. He has made you perfectly clean and 221 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 1: perfectly close. We see this in First Corinthians, chapter six, 222 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 1: verse seventeen. It says the one who joins himself to 223 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 1: the Lord is one spirit with him. How can you 224 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 1: get any closer than one spirit? Do you hear this? 225 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: Do you see this in God's word? This is incredible. 226 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 1: There's a lot of things that are in the Bible 227 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 1: belt that are not in the Bible, and we keep 228 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 1: believing this religious lie that we have to progressively get 229 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 1: close to God. And then we crack open the Bible 230 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 1: and see what Jesus actually did, and he says, Hey, 231 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 1: I'm one spirit with you. I'm united with you. It's 232 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 1: you and me and me and you the vine Branch's relationship. 233 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 1: He prayed for this, He longed for this closeness and 234 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 1: intimacy that you have with Jesus. Was his idea, It 235 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: was his agenda, It was his prayer request, and it 236 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 1: has been answered with a resounding yes. You are one 237 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 1: spirit with the Lord, as close as you can possibly get. 238 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: The year was eighteen eighty six and a man named 239 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:04,720 Speaker 1: Pemberton had invented the secret formula for Coca cola. That's right. 240 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:07,679 Speaker 1: He kept it under lock and key in a safe 241 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:10,639 Speaker 1: and he kept it guarded from the public. But one 242 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 1: day he decided to brag. He invited the Atlanta Journal 243 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:18,360 Speaker 1: and Constitution to come and take a picture of him 244 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 1: at his desk, and he had that formula for Coca 245 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: cola seated. It was sitting right there on the desk 246 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:28,120 Speaker 1: behind him, and he was posing for the photo with 247 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 1: such pride. But he didn't count on something. The reporter 248 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:36,440 Speaker 1: was wise enough, smart enough, savvy enough to take that 249 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:39,640 Speaker 1: photograph and zoom in on that sheet of paper, and 250 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:44,480 Speaker 1: hence he discovered the secret formula for Coca cola. What 251 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 1: was once a mystery was now revealed. Interestingly, the apostle 252 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 1: Paul says this in Colossians One. The mystery which has 253 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 1: been hidden from the past ages and generations, but has 254 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 1: now been revealed, now manifested to the saints, to whom 255 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:06,919 Speaker 1: God willed to make known. What is the riches of 256 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 1: the glory of this mystery among the gentiles? Which is 257 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:17,359 Speaker 1: Christ in you, the hope of glory. This is the 258 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 1: secret formula for the Christian life. Christ in You. You're 259 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:25,919 Speaker 1: not firing up long distance phone calls to God trying 260 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 1: to reach him. The calls are local. Christ in You, 261 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:33,919 Speaker 1: a mystery that was pre planned for thousands of years 262 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:38,439 Speaker 1: prior now revealed. Christ in You. You're not having to 263 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 1: say Lord, Come come, Holy Spirit, fall fresh Shawn us, 264 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:48,919 Speaker 1: come down into this place, come be with us. Do 265 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:52,920 Speaker 1: you see that the resurrection has given us something greater? 266 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:56,919 Speaker 1: And that is He's not gonna fall fresh because He 267 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:00,200 Speaker 1: lives in you forever. He doesn't need to fall fresh 268 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 1: because he's sealed inside of you. You are sealed until 269 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 1: the day of redemption. You have everything you need for 270 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: life and godliness. He's blessed you with every spiritual blessing 271 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 1: in Christ Jesus. You're complete and you're lacking nothing. So 272 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:21,879 Speaker 1: do you see how precious this gospel message is? And 273 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:25,040 Speaker 1: when there's something out there, maybe in the Bible belt, 274 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 1: that's not in the Bible, we have to go with 275 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:31,880 Speaker 1: God's word. We can't believe the lie that we are 276 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 1: progressively getting closer when it's Him in us and us 277 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 1: in Him, one spirit, with the Lord united with Christ, 278 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 1: vine and branches. You know, fire normally destroys everything in 279 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 1: its path. I remember here in Texas we've certainly had 280 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 1: our share of wildfires. In California they've seen so many 281 00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: as well. Fire normally destroys everything in its way. But 282 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:04,639 Speaker 1: in the Old Testament there's one story where that doesn't happen, 283 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:07,720 Speaker 1: and that's the story of the burning bush. You remember, 284 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:12,680 Speaker 1: God was in that bush. His presence was there, the 285 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:15,800 Speaker 1: Angel of the Lord speaking to Moses. But it says 286 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:21,680 Speaker 1: the fire did not consume the bush. Wow, that's pretty 287 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:25,159 Speaker 1: cool to think about the presence of the Lord without 288 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 1: consuming the bush, the presence of the supernatural without consuming 289 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 1: the natural. This reminds me of what it means to 290 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:38,000 Speaker 1: have Christ in us. It's not Christ instead of us. 291 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:41,719 Speaker 1: We're not a hollow tube, we're not a fire hose. 292 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 1: We're children of God and we get to be in it. 293 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:49,120 Speaker 1: He lives in us, and he expresses his life through 294 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: us without consuming us. Maybe you've heard it's supposed to 295 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 1: be all of Him and none of you. We have 296 00:20:56,359 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 1: billboards here in Texas that say more of Him, less 297 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 1: of me. That sounds really good, really spiritual, like you're 298 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,440 Speaker 1: going to be a martyr and get rid of yourself, 299 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 1: less of you, more of him. But you know God 300 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 1: already had that before creation. It was all of him 301 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:18,680 Speaker 1: and none of us. Why did he create us and 302 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 1: then pursue us, and then save us and then endwell us. 303 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: He's not trying to get rid of us. It's not 304 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:29,120 Speaker 1: more of him and less of you. It's all of 305 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 1: you and all of Him together in a beautiful union, 306 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 1: this vine and branches relationship where you are perfectly clean 307 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 1: and perfectly close because of the Cross and the Resurrection. 308 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:50,159 Speaker 1: Are you ready to recognize how incredible this gospel is 309 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:53,920 Speaker 1: that you get to be yourself and express Jesus at 310 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:56,919 Speaker 1: the same time. He's not asking you to fake it. 311 00:21:57,320 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 1: He's not asking you to stuff yourself down or get 312 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 1: rid of yourself. It's all of you and all of 313 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:08,399 Speaker 1: Him in a beautiful union together. You get to wake 314 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 1: up every day, learn who you are in Christ, and 315 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 1: be yourself. You're not an obstacle to God. You're his instrument. 316 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:23,160 Speaker 1: We read in John chapter seventeen, Jesus says that they 317 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:28,199 Speaker 1: may all be one, even as you, Father are in 318 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: me and I in you, that they also may be 319 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 1: in us, so that the world may believe that you 320 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:42,359 Speaker 1: sent me. Do you see what he's saying. Jesus is saying, Father, 321 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:46,159 Speaker 1: I want them to have the same unity, the same union, 322 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 1: the same oneness that we enjoy and do we have. 323 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:54,920 Speaker 1: It was Jesus's prayer answered, are you striving for something 324 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:58,360 Speaker 1: that Jesus simply asked for? You don't have to strive. 325 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 1: It's not about trying, it's about trusting. It's not about achieving, 326 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:08,680 Speaker 1: it's about receiving. And when you called upon the name 327 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 1: of the Lord to be saved, you were more than forgiven. 328 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: God is more than a banker canceling your debt. He 329 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 1: is more than a travel agent booking you for heaven. 330 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 1: He has acted like a surgeon, infusing his very life 331 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 1: inside of you through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, causing 332 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 1: you to be born of the spirit, born again, born 333 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:39,199 Speaker 1: of God. The gospel is incredible, the real thing is 334 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:43,640 Speaker 1: off the charts amazing, and we have so much to 335 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 1: celebrate in Jesus. So I guess I want to ask 336 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 1: what if? What if we're always spending time with God? 337 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:55,920 Speaker 1: You know, we use that verbiage are you spending time 338 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: with God? And we mean, oh, I don't know, fourteen minutes, 339 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,439 Speaker 1: twenty two minutes with a book open at four am, 340 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 1: showing our dedication and our commitment. I'm spending time with God. Remember, 341 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 1: the early church was illiterate. That's right. They couldn't read, 342 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:18,520 Speaker 1: They couldn't read the words on the page. Eighty percent 343 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 1: of them were illiterate. They couldn't have a quiet time. 344 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 1: I guess they had to have allowed time. You know 345 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:28,840 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. But seriously, they didn't try to measure 346 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 1: and chart their closeness with God through what they were doing. 347 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:36,240 Speaker 1: It wasn't about logging time and a book or logging 348 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:39,199 Speaker 1: time and a building to try to get close and 349 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 1: stay close. I love the Bible. We don't have the 350 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:46,199 Speaker 1: message without the Bible. The Bible is God's word. But 351 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 1: do you hear me? It's not about reading the words 352 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 1: on the page. It's about getting to know the author. 353 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:56,520 Speaker 1: You might read a history book to get to know history. 354 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 1: You read a math book and memorize formulas to get 355 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:03,440 Speaker 1: to know math. But we read God's word to get 356 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:08,360 Speaker 1: to know the author. Christ in you. He's the designer, 357 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 1: the architect of life itself. He knows what we need 358 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 1: and he put his very life, his resurrection life, inside 359 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 1: of us. For a reason. He gave his life for 360 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 1: us on that cross, and then he gave his life 361 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:28,560 Speaker 1: to us through the resurrection, and now he lives his 362 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 1: life through us. In every single moment. We get to 363 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 1: be ourselves and express Jesus at the same time. What 364 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:41,200 Speaker 1: if you're always spending time with God? What if everything 365 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:45,400 Speaker 1: is spiritual? Taking the kids, to school, working in the workplace. 366 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:49,440 Speaker 1: What if Christ is your life in all you do? 367 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,639 Speaker 1: You know, we hear it so much. There's idols in 368 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,720 Speaker 1: your heart. You love tennis too much, you love golf 369 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,720 Speaker 1: too much, you love your kids too much, you love 370 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:02,400 Speaker 1: your wife too much. You've got idols in your heart. 371 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 1: As if God is jealous and competing with these things, 372 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 1: He is not competing with your hobbies and interests. He 373 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 1: wants to be your life in the midst of everything. 374 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 1: He's not in competition with your life. He is your life. 375 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 1: And when we see how ginormous the success of this 376 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 1: resurrection really is, we can celebrate our union with Christ 377 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:34,200 Speaker 1: and recognize that everything we do is spiritual and everything 378 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:37,480 Speaker 1: we do can be an expression of Jesus. Whether it's 379 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:41,600 Speaker 1: giving a cup of water in his name, helping the kids, 380 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:47,080 Speaker 1: attending to work at home, whatever it is, everything can 381 00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:51,439 Speaker 1: be an expression of Jesus Christ. Now here's the third 382 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:55,080 Speaker 1: thing that we all need to hear on Easter Sunday, 383 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:59,200 Speaker 1: because there's a common lie out there. The common religious 384 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 1: lie is that Christians have wicked hearts and fight against 385 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,920 Speaker 1: their own selves. Maybe you've heard this. You know the 386 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:13,160 Speaker 1: worship leader is strumming on his guitar. He's mid sentence. 387 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 1: He looks up to heaven and he says, God, we've 388 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:21,199 Speaker 1: got wicked, wicked Heart's Lord, and everybody says a man, 389 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:25,399 Speaker 1: and we think that's humility to claim that we have 390 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:29,760 Speaker 1: wicked hearts. I thought you were born again. I thought 391 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:32,439 Speaker 1: he took out your heart of stone. I thought he 392 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 1: gave you a new heart and a new spirit, and 393 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 1: his spirit. You don't have a wicked heart. If you're 394 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 1: in Christ, you've got a new heart. Your fight is 395 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:45,120 Speaker 1: not against your self, because you're the new self. Your 396 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 1: old self died. You're a new creation. You've been raised 397 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:52,520 Speaker 1: from the dead. You don't have a wicked heart, and 398 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:56,960 Speaker 1: your fight is not against yourself. We see this right 399 00:27:56,960 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 1: here in Romans. It says, but thanks be to God, 400 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 1: that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient 401 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:08,920 Speaker 1: from the heart to that form of teaching to which 402 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 1: you were committed, And having been freed from sin, you 403 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:20,000 Speaker 1: became slaves of righteousness, just like you were a slave 404 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:25,280 Speaker 1: of sin before. Now you're a slave of righteousness. You're 405 00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 1: addicted to righteousness, you're allergic to sin. The Bible says, 406 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:33,960 Speaker 1: count yourself dead to sin and alive to God. Does 407 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:37,440 Speaker 1: it sound like you're a dirty, rotten sinner. No, you're 408 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:41,200 Speaker 1: a holy, righteous saint. You're a new self, and you're 409 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:45,720 Speaker 1: not fighting your own self. I remember my grandmother. She 410 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 1: was late to her own funeral. I'm not I'm not kidding. 411 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:52,240 Speaker 1: She was late to her own funeral. About three or 412 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:55,000 Speaker 1: four hours we stood over the grave. There was a 413 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,320 Speaker 1: hole in the ground, and yet Grandma was nowhere to 414 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:03,840 Speaker 1: be found. Finally, finally, after many hours, the hearst driver 415 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:07,760 Speaker 1: shows up and delivers Grandma's body to be buried. The 416 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:11,320 Speaker 1: pastor was relieved, saying, I couldn't have gone any further anyway. 417 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:14,800 Speaker 1: I had no body to commit to the ground. I 418 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:18,720 Speaker 1: tell you this true story because I want to ask 419 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:22,480 Speaker 1: you something. Are you late to your own funeral? Have 420 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 1: you signed your death certificate? Do you recognize that the 421 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:31,400 Speaker 1: Gospel is more than Jesus dying for your sins, that 422 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:35,520 Speaker 1: you died with Jesus. We read this right here in 423 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:39,520 Speaker 1: the Book of Galatians. I have been crucified with Christ. 424 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 1: Notice that I that's the first eye, the old eye, 425 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,480 Speaker 1: the old self. He says, it is no longer I 426 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 1: who live, but Christ who lives in me and the 427 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:53,480 Speaker 1: life which I now live. That's the new eye, the 428 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:57,680 Speaker 1: new self, the life which I now live in the flesh. 429 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,560 Speaker 1: I live by faith in the Son of God, who 430 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:05,520 Speaker 1: loved me and gave himself up for me. Die to self, 431 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 1: You gotta die to self. Have you heard this? It's 432 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:12,280 Speaker 1: all over the Bible belt But did you know it's 433 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:15,680 Speaker 1: not in the Bible. That's right, The phrase die to 434 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:21,400 Speaker 1: self appears zero times in the scripture. The closest thing 435 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:25,000 Speaker 1: we have is Roman six, which says, your old self 436 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:29,720 Speaker 1: already died. So why would you try to die to 437 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 1: self if you're the new self? Why would you try 438 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 1: to die to self? If God says, count yourself alive 439 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:42,000 Speaker 1: to him. But we're always looking to be dirty rotten ciners. 440 00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:46,840 Speaker 1: We're always looking to adopt that dirty worm theology. But 441 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:52,720 Speaker 1: thank God for the resurrection, because the resurrection changes everything. 442 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:55,360 Speaker 1: A dirty rotten center didn't come out of that tomb. 443 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,960 Speaker 1: You're a slave of righteousness. A dirty rotten ciner with 444 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:01,840 Speaker 1: a wicked heart did not come out of that tomb. 445 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:06,800 Speaker 1: You have been raised with Jesus Christ, and now you 446 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:09,760 Speaker 1: are new hearted, and you've got a new spirit, and 447 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:12,880 Speaker 1: you've got God's spirit in you, and you want what 448 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 1: God wants. We see it right here in Roman six, 449 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:22,000 Speaker 1: knowing this that our old self was crucified with him 450 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,760 Speaker 1: in order that our body of sin, or body housing sin, 451 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:28,640 Speaker 1: might be done away with, so that we would no 452 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:32,920 Speaker 1: longer be slaves to sin. Now, I know what you're thinking. 453 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 1: This sounds really good, that I'm a new creation, that 454 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:38,680 Speaker 1: I'm holy and righteous and blameless and new, and my 455 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:42,040 Speaker 1: heart is good and it's not desperately wicked like they 456 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:44,960 Speaker 1: said in the Old Testament, because I've got a new heart. 457 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,640 Speaker 1: But why do I still sin? I mean, if this 458 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:52,120 Speaker 1: is true, that I'm clean and I'm close and I'm new, 459 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:55,800 Speaker 1: then why do I still sin? Where do the yucky thoughts? 460 00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:59,120 Speaker 1: Where do the dirty thoughts come from? If they're not 461 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:03,440 Speaker 1: coming from me? Well, the answer is they're coming from 462 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:06,840 Speaker 1: the flesh, and the flesh is not you. Have you 463 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:09,720 Speaker 1: ever gotten a new computer. I remember when I got 464 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:14,040 Speaker 1: my first shiny MacBook. I brought it home from best Buy. 465 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:17,720 Speaker 1: I opened it. It was silver and beautiful and awesome, 466 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 1: and I was so excited. I was on it about 467 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:24,280 Speaker 1: I don't know five minutes, and it said I need 468 00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:28,760 Speaker 1: a software update. Are you kidding me a software update. 469 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,360 Speaker 1: I just bought this thing. But that shows you the 470 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:38,800 Speaker 1: difference between shiny new hardware and software updates. Now, do 471 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:42,840 Speaker 1: you see what I'm saying? You have shiny new heartwear 472 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:47,480 Speaker 1: right here in your heart. You've been given shiny new heartwear, 473 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:53,560 Speaker 1: but you are still experiencing software updates the renewing of 474 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:57,440 Speaker 1: the mind. So I wonder if you've captured what I'm 475 00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:02,360 Speaker 1: saying today this Easter Resurrection Sunday. Do you see it 476 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:05,840 Speaker 1: that you're clean, and you're close, and you're new, and 477 00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:08,920 Speaker 1: that newness is right here. You need to take the 478 00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:12,640 Speaker 1: one foot journey from head to heart. The Bible tells 479 00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:16,040 Speaker 1: us to live from the heart and give from the heart. 480 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:20,320 Speaker 1: The religious world says, your heart is wicked Christian, your 481 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:25,360 Speaker 1: heart is desperately, deceitfully wicked. And God says, no, your 482 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,400 Speaker 1: heart is new. I want you to give freely from 483 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,040 Speaker 1: the heart and live from the heart and love others 484 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:33,720 Speaker 1: from the heart because I've given you a new heart. 485 00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:37,960 Speaker 1: Are you ready to listen not to the Bible belt, 486 00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:41,000 Speaker 1: but to the Bible. Are you ready to listen to 487 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:46,040 Speaker 1: God himself about what he has to say concerning you. 488 00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:49,960 Speaker 1: You are clean and you are close and you are 489 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:55,800 Speaker 1: new because of the resurrection life of Jesus Christ in you, 490 00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:59,520 Speaker 1: we have more to celebrate than the cross. The cross 491 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:04,760 Speaker 1: is in credible, Friday is amazing, but today is Sunday. 492 00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:09,520 Speaker 1: Let's graduate to that third day. Let's celebrate the fullness 493 00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:14,160 Speaker 1: of Christ's finished work. Let's count ourselves alive to Jesus 494 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:18,680 Speaker 1: because we are clean, and we are close, and we 495 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:24,400 Speaker 1: are new. You are a testimony, a walking testimonial to 496 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:29,200 Speaker 1: the fact that Jesus has risen from the dead. You're 497 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:32,919 Speaker 1: not making those long distance phone calls to heaven their 498 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:38,400 Speaker 1: local Christ in you. The mystery now revealed. What is 499 00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:43,640 Speaker 1: it that causes a person who is totally forgiven, totally accepted, 500 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:48,840 Speaker 1: totally loved and completely saved no matter what. What is 501 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:52,120 Speaker 1: it that causes them to behave? What is it that 502 00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:56,480 Speaker 1: causes them to bear fruit? Where's the motivation? I mean, 503 00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:59,839 Speaker 1: think about it. They're forgiven and accepted and loved and say, 504 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:05,040 Speaker 1: you've been secure no matter what, so why behave? Here's 505 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:09,160 Speaker 1: the reason? Because they've been filled and sealed with the 506 00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:13,520 Speaker 1: resurrection life of Jesus. The only reason we bear fruit 507 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:17,880 Speaker 1: is because Jesus came out of that tomb. He's alive today, 508 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:21,880 Speaker 1: and he made you clean, he made you close, and 509 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:25,520 Speaker 1: he made you new. Let's pray together. Father, We thank 510 00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:29,400 Speaker 1: you for Jesus Christ. We thank you for that cross. 511 00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:33,440 Speaker 1: We agree with you that we are totally forgiven people. 512 00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:36,520 Speaker 1: We love you, Father. We thank you for the blood. 513 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:39,880 Speaker 1: We thank you for the death of Jesus. It is enough, 514 00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:44,240 Speaker 1: it is finished, it's over. We are forgiven, past, present, 515 00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:49,719 Speaker 1: and future, forgiven forever for all time. Wow. All we 516 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:52,320 Speaker 1: can do is have faith in that and say wow. 517 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:57,359 Speaker 1: And yet there's more. Father. We thank you for day three, 518 00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:01,680 Speaker 1: for the resurrection. That we are now alive. We're more 519 00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:06,279 Speaker 1: than forgiven, We're close, and we're new. We thank you 520 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:12,840 Speaker 1: Father for this incredibly empowering and inspiring work of Jesus Christ. 521 00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:16,799 Speaker 1: We love you, we praise you, We thank you this 522 00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:23,920 Speaker 1: resurrection Sunday in Jesus name. Amen. The podcast The Bible 523 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,200 Speaker 1: in a Year with Jack Graham is a moving and 524 00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:30,160 Speaker 1: inspiring Biblical audio experience that will help you master wisdom 525 00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:33,359 Speaker 1: from the world's greatest book. In each episode, you'll learn 526 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:37,960 Speaker 1: to apply Biblical principles to everyday life. 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