1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 2: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 4 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 2: blessing and share it with a friend. 5 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 1: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 6 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: your line. 7 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:16,439 Speaker 2: Juela and I were at a restaurant having a lovely 8 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 2: dinner one evening. We had been sitting there for a 9 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:22,279 Speaker 2: while chatting, but we were ready to go, so we 10 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 2: called the waiter over to ask him for our check, 11 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 2: and he said, oh, I'm sorry, I should have been 12 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 2: over here earlier. He said, there was a man in 13 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 2: the corner booth right there, and he already paid your bill. 14 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:38,240 Speaker 2: He paid the tip and all. He said, you guys 15 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 2: are free to go. Joel and I looked at each 16 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 2: other and we thought, man, that's awesome. That's good news. 17 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 2: Somebody paid our bill. But can I tell you today 18 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 2: there's a man who has already paid your bill. He's 19 00:00:54,400 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 2: already canceled your debt. It is paid in full. And 20 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 2: his name is Jesus Christ. See we've been talking about 21 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:10,040 Speaker 2: it all day. It's the Eastern message. It is finished, 22 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 2: it is done. He has already created you in his righteousness. 23 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 2: When you are found in him, he has given you 24 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 2: the power of the resurrection. Joel quoted it earlier. The 25 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 2: same power that raised him from the dead is alive 26 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 2: in you. You see, you've got resurrection power. God has 27 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 2: given you mercy and grace so that you can go 28 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 2: in this resurrected life. You are free to go. How 29 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 2: do we live this resurrected life. We don't want to 30 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 2: just talk about it. We don't want to just come 31 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 2: in here on Easter and say, yes, Jesus is alive. 32 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 2: We want to live the life that he died to 33 00:01:55,160 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 2: give us. We want everything that Jesus died to give us. 34 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 2: Can you imagine if you did something for someone, you 35 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 2: labored for someone, You gave it you're all, and they 36 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 2: weren't interested. You see, Jesus gave it his all because 37 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 2: he wanted me and you. He wanted us to be interested. 38 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 2: He wanted us to walk in power. So we have 39 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 2: to take hold of everything that he took hold for us. 40 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 2: The apostle Paul said in Philippians. He said, I press 41 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 2: on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus 42 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 2: took hold for me. He said, I have to press 43 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 2: you see, sometimes it's hard to take hold of the 44 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:47,080 Speaker 2: things that are right there in front of you, because 45 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 2: there are some things that are trying to distract you. 46 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 2: There are some things that are trying to act more 47 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 2: powerful than what is right there in front of you. 48 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 2: Have you ever known what to do but you didn't 49 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 2: do it? You just didn't do it. Aren't you glad 50 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 2: you're forgiven? Aren't you glad that Jesus gives us second chances? See, 51 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,920 Speaker 2: there's a pressing there's a fight of good, fight of 52 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:16,799 Speaker 2: faith that's involved. Paul said, I'm not looking back, he says, 53 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 2: I'm pressing forward. You know, Paul killed Christians before he 54 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 2: gave his heart to Christ, before he had that Damascus 55 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 2: moment when he was blinded and shown the resurrection of Jesus. 56 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:33,359 Speaker 2: Can you imagine the guilt that he had to face 57 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 2: when he was coming to these Christian believers and trying 58 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 2: to speak the gospel to them. Can you imagine what 59 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 2: that felt like. Have you ever heard, like in your mind, 60 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 2: like something to saying that you can't tell somebody about 61 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 2: this because you've made mistakes. You can't share the gospel, 62 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 2: You're not good enough. Who says you can do that. 63 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 2: Can you imagine that Paul had to press and he 64 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 2: had to say, I'm not settling, I'm not stopping, I'm 65 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 2: not looking back. I got a call on my life. 66 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 2: I'm gonna take hold of everything Christ took hold for me, 67 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 2: and I'm moving forward. You see, that's what you and 68 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 2: I are going to have to do. We're going to 69 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 2: have to do some pressing. We're gonna have to say, 70 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 2: there's some things out there that Jesus did for me, 71 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 2: and I'm not letting anything stop me. Paul, he didn't 72 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:28,599 Speaker 2: let a shipwreck stop him. He didn't let prison stop him. 73 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,719 Speaker 2: He let nothing stop him. In fact, when he was 74 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,840 Speaker 2: in prison, can you imagine, he said, I'm writing. I'm 75 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 2: writing this down so the generations to come can read it. 76 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 2: They can hear what the Lord Jesus did for them. 77 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 2: They can hear how to live, they can partake of this. See, 78 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 2: in prison, he pressed on because he had resurrection power 79 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 2: on the inside of him. You see, he left a 80 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 2: legacy on this earth. And when you and I take 81 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 2: hold of the things Christ has taken hold for us, 82 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:04,599 Speaker 2: it is our turn. We too can leave a legacy 83 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 2: to our families. We can make this earth a better place. Hey, 84 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 2: don't let the hard stuff stop you. Press on. Jesus 85 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 2: is there to help you. His blood is full of power. 86 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 2: He's taken away the shame. He's taken away the guilt. 87 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 2: If you don't like your past, hey, you can rewrite 88 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 2: your future. Don't worry about it. He has set you 89 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 2: free to go and live this resurrected life. When Jesus 90 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 2: walked the earth, it wasn't easy for him. He didn't 91 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 2: stop short. He didn't say I'm not interested anymore. He 92 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:48,039 Speaker 2: didn't say this is too hard. Listen. He was beaten, 93 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 2: he was bruised, he was spit on. It wasn't good. 94 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 2: He was denied, he was hung on a cross to die. 95 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 2: It wasn't good. It was hard. But on that third 96 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 2: day when he came out of that grave, just like 97 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:08,239 Speaker 2: he said he would. Hey, he turned that whole thing around, 98 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 2: and guess what, it was good. Can I tell you 99 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 2: his plan worked and his plan is still working in 100 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 2: your life. He can turn around what's not good and 101 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 2: make it work for your good. You see it says 102 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:30,479 Speaker 2: in Jeremiah twenty nine to eleven. This is what God 103 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 2: spoke through the prophet Jeremiah. He said, I know the 104 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 2: plans I have for you, declares the Lord. Their plans 105 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 2: to prosper you, not to harm you, Their plans to 106 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 2: give you a future and a hope. And he went 107 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 2: on to say, call upon me. If you seek me, 108 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 2: you will find me. You see, his plan was to 109 00:06:54,920 --> 00:07:00,040 Speaker 2: reconcile our life to his. His plan was to to 110 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 2: break down that dividing wall between us and God so 111 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,599 Speaker 2: that we could call upon him, so that He would 112 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 2: answer us and show us great and mighty things. But 113 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 2: sometimes we stop short because it's difficult. But can I 114 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 2: tell you God can change those difficult things in your 115 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 2: life if you'll press on and take hold of all 116 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 2: Jesus did for you. You know, sometimes we think we 117 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 2: have to pay God back, But can I tell you 118 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,239 Speaker 2: there's nothing that you can do to pay God back 119 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 2: forgiving his only begotten son for you. He exchanged death, 120 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 2: your death for his death. Now you can live in 121 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 2: eternity forever and ever with the Father. See, he didn't 122 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 2: come just for eternal purposes. He came down to empower 123 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 2: you right here on earth. We think we can pay 124 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 2: God back, but we could never pay him back for 125 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 2: what he's done for us. You know, he didn't die 126 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 2: to make us religious. He didn't die so that we 127 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 2: could have religious ceremonies, that we could do this, that 128 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 2: we could keep this strict work. He died because he 129 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 2: wanted a relationship with us. That's what this death, burial 130 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 2: and resurrection is about today. That's why he said, My 131 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 2: plans are good for you. They're to prosper you, not 132 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 2: to harm you. Call upon me. It's an invitation to say, 133 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 2: my plan worked on the Cross, and it's still working 134 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:43,320 Speaker 2: in your life today. I love what the psalmist David 135 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 2: said in saw On one sixteen. He said, what shall 136 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 2: I render unto the Lord for all the benefits that 137 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 2: he has given me? He was saying, what can I 138 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 2: give back to God for everything that He's done for me? 139 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 2: He was prophesy the resurrection and what Jesus would do, 140 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 2: and this was his answer, I will take up the 141 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 2: cup of my salvation and call upon his name. What 142 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 2: can I give? What I can give is to take 143 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 2: what He's done for me and call upon his name. See, 144 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:22,680 Speaker 2: we think we have the price to pay, but Jesus 145 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 2: has already paid the price. All we have to do 146 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 2: is take hold of it. Listen when guilt, when condemnation, 147 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:34,199 Speaker 2: comes knocking at your door. When failure says you can't 148 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 2: go on, you've made a mess. When things don't look good, 149 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 2: I want you to know his plan is still working 150 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 2: in your life, and he can take what doesn't look 151 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 2: good and turn it around and use it for your good. Amen. 152 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:51,960 Speaker 2: Call upon his name. Live this resurrected life. Praise God. 153 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 2: He is awesome in this place today. Amen. We love 154 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:56,679 Speaker 2: you so much. 155 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 1: We all go through disappointments, things that are not fair, 156 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 1: but God sees every hurt, every injustice, and He's promised 157 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 1: to pay you back for the unfair things. 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