1 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick. 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 2: I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and this is our 3 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 2: podcast and I wanted to thank you for joining us today. 4 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:10,799 Speaker 1: Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith. 5 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:12,960 Speaker 2: Hope it gives you perspective to see God has moving 6 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 2: in your life. 7 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: Enjoy the message. Mark chapter sixteen, verse one. 8 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:21,279 Speaker 2: When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and married, the 9 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:25,439 Speaker 2: mother of James, and Salome brought spices so that they 10 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 2: might go and anoint him. And very early on the 11 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 2: first day of the week, when the sun had risen, 12 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 2: they went to the tomb, and they were saying to 13 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 2: one another, who will roll the stone for us? From 14 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 2: the entrance of the tomb, Who's going to do it? 15 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:41,559 Speaker 2: And looking up, they saw that the stone had been 16 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:42,200 Speaker 2: rolled back. 17 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 1: It was very large. 18 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:47,199 Speaker 2: Entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on 19 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 2: the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they 20 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 2: were alarmed. 21 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: And he said to them, don't freak out. 22 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 2: You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. 23 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 1: He has risen. 24 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 2: He is not here see the place where they laid him, 25 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 2: But go and tell his disciples. 26 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: In other words, you. 27 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 2: Can look, but don't stay long, because. 28 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 1: He is not here in this dead place. He is 29 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: not here. He has arisen. 30 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:15,399 Speaker 2: So go tell his disciples and Peter that he is 31 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 2: going before you to Galilee. 32 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: There you will see him just as he told you. 33 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: And they went out and fled from. 34 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 2: I wonder what you're running from today, because sometimes when 35 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 2: life disappoints our expectations, we find ourselves hiding from the 36 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:40,320 Speaker 2: very places that we came to looking for God. 37 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: They fled from the tomb for trembling. 38 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 2: And astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, 39 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:53,559 Speaker 2: for they were afraid. And on that note, Mark's Gospel ends. 40 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 2: It's an anti clomactic ending. It's not how we would 41 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 2: expect it to end, but that's how it ends. And 42 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 2: there is an announcement for this Easter that I want 43 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 2: to give to you. 44 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: In fact, I want you to give it to your neighbor. 45 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 2: So pick one, look them in the eyes, and give 46 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:12,640 Speaker 2: them my sermon title for Easter twenty eighteen. 47 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: Tell them, neighbor, it can't end like this. 48 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 2: Look at your other neighbor, the one you were secretly 49 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 2: hoping you'd get to talk to. Tell them, it can't 50 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 2: end like this Father, anoint your word and open our hearts. 51 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,920 Speaker 1: To hear it. In Jesus' name. Amen, you may be seated. 52 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,519 Speaker 2: I'm certainly no parenting expert, but from what I can tell, 53 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 2: a large percentage of successful parenting revolves around timing and 54 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 2: understanding when your kids are ready for certain things, certain 55 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 2: forms of discipline, certain conversations. The other day, it became 56 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 2: a parent to me that my oldest son, Elijah, was 57 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 2: ready to watch the movie Rudy for the first time. 58 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 1: How many have never seen the movie Rudy. 59 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 2: We want to give an altar call right now that 60 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 2: your soul might be spared from the flames of hell. 61 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 1: You are in danger. I was saving Rudy for him 62 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 1: for the moment. 63 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 2: That I thought he could he could fully appreciate the 64 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 2: beauty of the story of triumph of Dan Rudy Rudiger. 65 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 2: It's based on a true story. What does that mean? 66 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 2: Absolutely nothing? But the Hollywood version is great because this 67 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 2: kid who wanted to play for Notre Dame. 68 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: Hands up again. 69 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 2: If you've never seen the movie, I should cancel this sermon. 70 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 1: And just show the show the movie. I feel so 71 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: bad for you. 72 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 2: It's a beautiful movie, especially the ending, it's the last 73 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 2: five minutes that's going to get you. I'm just warning 74 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 2: you don't watch it around anybody that you don't want 75 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 2: to seem soft in front of, because the last five 76 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 2: if you have a soul, the last five minutes, after 77 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:56,559 Speaker 2: Rudy has applied and reapplied to Notre Dame and sacrificed 78 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 2: everything in the face of people who said he could never. 79 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: Do it, it's just the end. The movie's kind of slow, 80 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 1: but if you can make it to the end. 81 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 2: And I wanted Elijah to see Rudy because he's playing 82 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 2: football and he's starting to understand that his genetics aren't 83 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 2: necessarily on his side putting some things together. 84 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: So I say, you're ready for Rudy, and we watched Rudy. 85 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 2: Now, my wife and I, if you're new to the church, 86 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 2: I share a lot from our personal life, maybe too much. 87 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 1: Sometimes we don't. 88 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 2: Fight a lot. We don't fight that much over money. 89 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 2: We have fought over money, but we don't fight much 90 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 2: over money. There was that one time with them, yeah, 91 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 2: but usually she tells me she got it on sale 92 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 2: and I go with it, and that's kept our marriage happy. 93 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 2: So we don't fight over money and I have more 94 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:43,360 Speaker 2: shoes in my closet than she does, let's be honest. 95 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 2: So we don't fight over money, but we don't fight 96 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 2: over parenting. One thing we do fight over, though. We 97 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 2: sometimes fight over movies because we like different. 98 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:53,919 Speaker 1: Kinds of dings. 99 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 2: She likes the ending where they end up together on 100 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 2: a beach. I like the movie where everybody's dead in 101 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,039 Speaker 2: the end. I don't know what that says about me. 102 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:10,719 Speaker 2: But no, But before you think she's the angel my wife, 103 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 2: this is one time I only questioned whether I should 104 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:13,480 Speaker 2: have married her. 105 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: One time. 106 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 2: It was too late by this point for me to reevaluate. 107 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 2: But it was the first time we watched Rudy together. 108 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 2: And you know, Rudy wants to play for Notre Dame 109 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:25,919 Speaker 2: and they start him in the last game and Rudy 110 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,359 Speaker 2: runs out of the tunnel and it's such a beautiful moment. 111 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:30,479 Speaker 2: And the first time we watched Rudy together. Of course, 112 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 2: I've seen it multiple times by this point, with tears 113 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 2: in my eyes because I. 114 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 1: Have a heart. I looked over at Holly to find 115 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: her rolling her eyes. 116 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 2: And she said, quote, that's the stupidest story I've ever seen. 117 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 1: If you're clapping right, now we got security, I will 118 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 1: take you out of the church. 119 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 2: There's a lot of people want you to see that now. 120 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 2: She said to me, Rudy, he was a story of 121 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,599 Speaker 2: triumph of the human spirit. To her, it was a 122 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 2: story of a kid who lacks self awareness. Somebody needed 123 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 2: to tell him and he needed to believe. You were 124 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:15,279 Speaker 2: not You're not a football player, Rudy. You need to 125 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 2: practice piano, Rudy. Holly's ideal ending of Rudy would be 126 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 2: him playing the piano, because he was better at that 127 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,279 Speaker 2: all along and gave up on his dreams. Because she 128 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 2: is a soul crusher. So I was looking over at Elijah, 129 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 2: you know, the last five minutes of Rudy, and I 130 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 2: wanted to see I didn't want him to see that 131 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:36,160 Speaker 2: I was looking at him because I was hoping he 132 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:41,919 Speaker 2: had a soul. Hoping he took after me and he 133 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 2: looks at me and goes, you know, it would be awesome. 134 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 2: Rudy's running out on the field. He's about to get 135 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:48,039 Speaker 2: carried off on the shoulders after he goes in for 136 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:52,159 Speaker 2: one play. And Elija said, if they did a different 137 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 2: ending for Rudy where he goes in the game and 138 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 2: screws up and the ruins the whole season, for the 139 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 2: whole team. 140 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 1: And I said, go sit with your mom. 141 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 2: You but a different ending, a different ending. I know 142 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 2: you thought I forgot about Mark sixteen. 143 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 1: I didn't. 144 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,239 Speaker 2: We've been in a series called savage Jesus in our church. 145 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 2: Don't be shot, don't be frightened. When we say savage, 146 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 2: we certainly don't have in mind the Dictionary definition of 147 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 2: savage in reference to the Son of God. 148 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: We just mean that he did whatever it. 149 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 2: Took, whether it's flipping tables in a temple or as 150 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 2: you heard in that beautiful Easter open or spinning in 151 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 2: blind eyes to get them open. Whatever he had to do, 152 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 2: even if he had to make a mess, he always 153 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 2: got the message across. And so this study from Mark's 154 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 2: Gospel has brought us all the way to chapter sixteen. 155 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 2: Last week we were in chapter two. I had to 156 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 2: skip to the end for this occasion called Easter, and 157 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 2: it's kind of shocking, is kind of an alternate ending, 158 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 2: is kind of what Elijah always wanted from Rudy, because 159 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 2: we don't see Jesus at all. We don't see the 160 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 2: appearance of the risen Christ. We see that in Matthew's Gospel. 161 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 2: We see that in Luke's Gospel. Because there are four 162 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 2: different gospel accounts. It's the same story, but just told 163 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 2: four different ways, from four different perspectives, for four different audiences, 164 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 2: with four different major themes, but one main character. And 165 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 2: when Mark gets ready to end his gospel, there is 166 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:38,319 Speaker 2: no appearance of Jesus. 167 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: There is only an announcement. 168 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 2: Now, faith is the substance of things hoped for, and 169 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 2: the evidence of things not seen. Faith comes by hearing, 170 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 2: hearing the word of God. We walk by faith and 171 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,439 Speaker 2: not by sight. And so Mark's Gospel ends in a 172 00:08:56,520 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 2: most unsatisfactory manner. If you're reading along in your own 173 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 2: copy of the Bible, you may see verse nine, ten, eleven, 174 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:07,120 Speaker 2: and twelve. But those were put there much later by 175 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 2: second century scribes. The oldest manuscripts of the Greek New Testament, 176 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 2: after they had been transcribed for centuries, took on some additions. 177 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: It was almost as if the ending. 178 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 2: And they went out and fled from the tomb, for 179 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 2: trembling in astonishment had seized them. And they said nothing 180 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 2: to anyone, for they were afraid. Whoever was copying it thought, well, 181 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 2: it can't end like this come on. We got to 182 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:36,079 Speaker 2: get Rudy out of the tunnel, and we got to 183 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 2: get Jesus appear into Mary Magdalene, and we got to 184 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 2: get the Amais road that Luke writes about, and we 185 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 2: got to talk about how he appeared to the eleven 186 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 2: and they didn't believe at first, And we got to 187 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 2: get the part where he told him they would have 188 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 2: authority over demons, and we got to get verse twenty, 189 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:50,679 Speaker 2: and they went out and. 190 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 1: Preached everywhere while the Lord worked. 191 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 2: With them and confirmed the message by accompanying signs. That 192 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 2: is the Rudy Resurrection, with the eleven DECI diiples carrying 193 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 2: Jesus off on their shoulders to the mountain galilee, where 194 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 2: he proclaimed and professed his authority. But it ends in 195 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 2: the original manuscript on a note of uncertainty. It ends 196 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 2: right there, right there. There's a tendency for us sometimes 197 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 2: to want to make faith something that it's not. I wonder, 198 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:26,680 Speaker 2: can I appreach to you today like we're real people. 199 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 2: It may be that people outside of the faith sometimes 200 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 2: get the wrong idea about the nature of faith, and 201 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:36,559 Speaker 2: they think that faith is chiefly a matter of imagination. 202 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 2: So people who have faith have really good ability to 203 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 2: suspend their disbelief and think about this world that doesn't 204 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 2: really exist. But faith, for me is not a matter 205 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 2: of imagination. It's a matter of interpretation. What I mean 206 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:52,680 Speaker 2: by that is, for me, faith is not a denial 207 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 2: of reality, but it is a deeper reality than the 208 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 2: reality that I see, that governs the way that I live. 209 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 2: This is the essence of faith in Mark's Gospel. It 210 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:06,679 Speaker 2: is always a demonstration. It is not always visible, But 211 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 2: just because you can't see it doesn't mean it isn't real. 212 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 2: It isn't it powerful and profound that the greatest demonstration 213 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 2: of God's power came in the moment when Jesus wasn't there. 214 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 2: The greatest demonstration of God's power was his absence in 215 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 2: the place where the women looked for him. Touch the 216 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 2: person next to you and say, it can't end like this. 217 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 2: It can't end like this. And sometimes our faith leaves 218 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 2: us at a place of frustration. 219 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 1: The atmosphere of this text in Mark. 220 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:48,560 Speaker 2: Chapter sixteen is an atmosphere of frustration, specifically for these women. 221 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 1: And I wanted to call this message hidden. 222 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 2: Figures, but I figured only one movie reference per Easter sermon, 223 00:11:57,679 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 2: and so I had remarkable restraint not to call this 224 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 2: sermon hidden figures about Mary Magdalen and Mary and Salome 225 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:12,080 Speaker 2: looking for a baby name considered Salome. They bought spices. Now, 226 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 2: remember Peter in the garden drew a sword because he 227 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 2: had strength as long as he was in control of 228 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 2: the outcome. 229 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 1: But if you look on Sunday morning, Jesus has been dead. 230 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 2: Now for three days according to the Jewish way of 231 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 2: counting days. And these women, they didn't draw swords in 232 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 2: the garden. 233 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 1: They had a different kind of strength. 234 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 2: These spice girls watch Out, had the kind of quiet 235 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:46,439 Speaker 2: strength that would enable them, even in the midst of disappointment, 236 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 2: to still go to the place where their dream died 237 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 2: and do the best they could with what they had. 238 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:56,680 Speaker 2: Notice who is missing in the text. It's not only 239 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,680 Speaker 2: Jesus who's missing in the text. He was expected to 240 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:01,680 Speaker 2: be in the grave and he wasn't there. 241 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:03,080 Speaker 1: But where is Peter? 242 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 2: Where is Peter waving his sword and talking so loud? 243 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 2: Have you ever noticed how sometimes the loudest people aren't 244 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:14,079 Speaker 2: the most loyal. I noticed it at a panther's game. 245 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 2: There was a lady in front of me. She was 246 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 2: so loud she was gone in the third quarter two 247 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 2: because sometimes the people who are the loudest are not 248 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 2: the most loyal. That's a dating seminar, and it's Easter. 249 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 2: I'm giving you bonus material. 250 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 1: Where's Peter. 251 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 2: This is what the women are trying to figure out, 252 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 2: because the men who should have been with them to 253 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 2: help them move the stone away. Remember, it's much easier 254 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 2: to roll the stone that is at the mouth of 255 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 2: this cave, which we call a tomb, but it was 256 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:47,840 Speaker 2: more like a cave. And Mark points out of detail. 257 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 2: He says, it was a very heavy stone. So we 258 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 2: can't do this by ourselves. And upon realizing that we've 259 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 2: got the spices, watch this, but we don't have the 260 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 2: strength to roll the stone. Oh a way, I think 261 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 2: it's an indictment on the men. I think it is 262 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 2: an indictment on the eleven disciples. I thought there were twelve. 263 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 2: Judas is dead. It's already a different thing for him. 264 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 2: He's already gone. He couldn't hang on, he couldn't face 265 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 2: himself after it. 266 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 1: And Peter, well, well, Peter, who's. 267 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 2: Going to preach in fifty days on the day of Pentecost, 268 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 2: is so disappointed. 269 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 1: That he can't. 270 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 2: Potentially show his face, or maybe he doesn't want to 271 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:37,479 Speaker 2: venture out into the darkness and risk greater disappointment. 272 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 1: I found out that. 273 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 2: The greater the faith, the deeper the disappointment when you 274 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 2: really believe in something, And this is why some of 275 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:51,000 Speaker 2: you don't expect much out of life anymore. It is 276 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 2: your defense mechanism against disappointment, because if you don't venture out, 277 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 2: you don't have to be vulnerable. Hope is very vulnerable. 278 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 2: Faith is very fragile. It puts you in a place 279 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 2: where you're actually expecting something. And as Peter stood there 280 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 2: considering the cost of discipleship in the shadow of the Cross, 281 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 2: it shot through his central nervous system that this was 282 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 2: the end. And he's not with the women. Neither is James. 283 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 2: Neither is John for that matter, or Bartholomew. There were 284 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 2: plenty of people who could have been with them, but 285 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 2: they weren't. 286 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 1: And so now the women they got their spices. They're 287 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 1: not talking much. 288 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 2: It's not a happy processional, but they're on their way, 289 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 2: and on their way they realize, hey, wait a minute, 290 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 2: when we get there, we can't do what we need 291 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:52,080 Speaker 2: to do, to do what we came to do, because 292 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 2: we have spices, but we're not strong enough. 293 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: Have you ever felt like there was something in your way? Now? 294 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 2: It could be depression, it could be addiction, It could 295 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 2: be genetics, it could be your history, it could be 296 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 2: your mental conditioning. 297 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 1: Have you ever felt like. 298 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 2: There was something in your way that, no matter how 299 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 2: great or how high your faith would rise or become, 300 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 2: there was something in your way, some stone in your way. 301 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 2: I love what the Bible says, because the women are 302 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 2: walking and they're worried. 303 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 1: Well, you can't do it. Well, you can't do it either. Well, Mary, 304 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 1: you should. 305 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 2: Have Well, don't tell me what I should have done. Salome, 306 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 2: I'm not the one who's mom named her after Delli me. 307 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 1: You should have done it. You should have thought, where's Peter? 308 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 1: But instead of resenting who wasn't with them? 309 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 2: They asked the question, who will. 310 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 1: Roll the stone away? 311 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 2: I got good gospel news this Easter. God is already 312 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 2: working out what you're worried about. God already has your 313 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 2: miracle in motion, if you will take a step in faith. 314 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 2: The Bible says, when they got there, not only was 315 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:06,280 Speaker 2: the stone gone, but there was a young man. Most 316 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 2: theologians believed because of the Synoptic gospel accounts that confirmed 317 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 2: the report that this was an angel who had not 318 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 2: only rolled the stone away but sat down on it. Now, 319 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:21,880 Speaker 2: the reason he sat down is not because he was tired. 320 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 2: This angel did CrossFit and had excellent cardiovascular conditioning. No, 321 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 2: this angel came down, rolled the stone and sat down 322 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 2: because in Jewish custom, when a teacher got ready to teach, 323 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 2: they sat in a seat of authority. 324 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:40,360 Speaker 1: So the message is. 325 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:45,560 Speaker 2: This what you thought you couldn't get through, I'm already over. 326 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:50,399 Speaker 2: What you thought you couldn't do has already been done. 327 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:54,159 Speaker 1: And all power. Are there any Eastern people in this section? 328 00:17:54,760 --> 00:18:04,720 Speaker 2: And authority belongs to Jesus? And I believe stones still roll. 329 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:10,360 Speaker 2: I believe God is working on what you're worried about. 330 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:14,879 Speaker 2: Why would you stay up late crying about? See, we 331 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:18,680 Speaker 2: don't understand a lot of times. What's happening as we're walking? 332 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:22,440 Speaker 2: What's happening as we're walking. 333 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 3: Matthew gives us a detail that Mark omitted because he 334 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 3: said that at some point while these women between three 335 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 3: and six am, in the darkness of despair, doubt, and disappointment. 336 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 2: This is the atmosphere of the text, and in their 337 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:41,400 Speaker 2: great frustration because of their lack of strength and ability. 338 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 1: While they were walking, God was working. While they were walking, 339 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:48,639 Speaker 1: God was working. 340 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 2: Watch the second verse of the last chapter of Matthew. 341 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:54,200 Speaker 1: It's a different ending. 342 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:57,119 Speaker 2: It's a little bit of a different detail that we 343 00:18:57,160 --> 00:19:00,920 Speaker 2: don't get in Mark's Gospel. It says that behold, there 344 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:04,160 Speaker 2: was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord 345 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 2: descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone 346 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 2: and sat down on it. The angel was already on 347 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:19,480 Speaker 2: the way while the women were walking to the tomb. Now, 348 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:21,639 Speaker 2: dare you to look at somebody and say, your angel 349 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 2: is already on the way. So don't stress out about it, 350 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:29,160 Speaker 2: And don't you dare turn around and go back home, 351 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 2: because while you're worrying, God is working. God does some 352 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 2: of his best work in the tark And just because 353 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:42,119 Speaker 2: you can't see it doesn't mean it's not in progress. 354 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 1: Can't end like this? Do you think God would let 355 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 1: these women. 356 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:50,160 Speaker 2: Get all the way to the tomb and let a. 357 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 1: Stone stand in their way? 358 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 2: God says, when you do what you can do, I 359 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 2: will do what. 360 00:19:56,760 --> 00:20:00,239 Speaker 1: You cannot do. I help you raise those kids. I'll 361 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 1: help you stay married to that man. Ah help you 362 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 1: make it through another week. Ah, help help it all 363 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 1: the way that's Eastern. 364 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 2: It can't end in frustration. It can't end in my frustration. 365 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:23,679 Speaker 2: And it can't end in failure either. It can't end 366 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:30,359 Speaker 2: in frustration. It can't end in failure. Rudy can't lose touch. 367 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 2: Somebody say, it can't end like this. See, when you 368 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 2: know the director, you have a pretty good sense of 369 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 2: how the film is going to end. God, I wish 370 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 2: somebody came to help me preach and not just look 371 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 2: at me today. When you know who made the movie, 372 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:50,160 Speaker 2: when you know how it ends. When Jesus sat down 373 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:53,119 Speaker 2: with Peter, he said, you're going to fail. You're gonna 374 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 2: deny me, not once, not twice. 375 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 1: But check out this. 376 00:20:56,320 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 2: King James English thrice by the time the rooster crows. 377 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 2: But don't worry about it, Peter. I've got a job 378 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 2: for you to do on the other side of failure. 379 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:10,879 Speaker 2: When the angel said I I'm going to meet you 380 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 2: in Galilee, it was more than a geographical arrangement. 381 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 1: It was a statement of mission. For many of you. 382 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:20,400 Speaker 2: Remember that Galilee was the place where Jesus did most 383 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:23,160 Speaker 2: of his miracles. It was the place where he first 384 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:26,200 Speaker 2: called Peter. It was the Sea of Galilee where Peter 385 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:29,719 Speaker 2: took Jesus all around to preach and heal and deliver. 386 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 2: So when the Angel said, your story can't end here, 387 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 2: turn around and go tell the disciples that I. 388 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:40,400 Speaker 1: Will meet them in. 389 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:45,480 Speaker 2: Galilee, he was saying, in effect, this can't end in 390 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:50,880 Speaker 2: a grave because there's something more that I want to do. 391 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 2: Meet me in Galilee. Now that's good news all on 392 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:58,679 Speaker 2: its own. For you to know that God is not 393 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 2: through with you, For you to know that if the 394 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 2: devil could have killed you, he would have by now, 395 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:08,400 Speaker 2: for you to know that the testimony of your purpose 396 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:12,479 Speaker 2: is the very fact of your survival. The fact that 397 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 2: you're still here. 398 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:20,080 Speaker 1: Well that's the reason to celebrate. 399 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 2: I think this is my favorite Easter message I've ever 400 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 2: studied because of two words, go tell his disciples verse seven, 401 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 2: please and Peter. That hit me hard that the one 402 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:47,399 Speaker 2: who disappointed Jesus the most deeply was the one he 403 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:55,119 Speaker 2: singled out by name for redemption. And it gives me 404 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 2: this hope that maybe my name can go there too. 405 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:12,919 Speaker 2: I'm going back to Galilee because I don't believe this 406 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 2: story ends at a grave. It can end like this 407 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 2: go tell Peter to start practicing, practicing what practicing his preaching. 408 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 2: Tell him to get all of his fishing out of 409 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 2: his system, because I need him in fifty days. I 410 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 2: need him on the day of Pentecost, when the spirit comes. 411 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 2: I want the one who failed the greatest to be 412 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:49,439 Speaker 2: the trophy of my triumph and transformation. And there is 413 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 2: someone here who is standing over a grave of your 414 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 2: own failure today, not realizing that resurrection is an expectation 415 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 2: that allows you to experience life not through the lens 416 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 2: of your failure, but through the lens of grace. 417 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 1: And that's a really beautiful truth for Peter. 418 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 2: But until it is personal for you, you will stay 419 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:19,640 Speaker 2: stuck in what God has called you out of. 420 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: It can end. I know it can end like this. 421 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:32,399 Speaker 2: I know that my story can't end in failure because 422 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 2: God has already promised me his grace for every failure 423 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:39,680 Speaker 2: that I would face in this life. 424 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:45,440 Speaker 1: And Peter, and Peter, make sure you make sure. 425 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 2: PS tell Peter, I want to put that in an 426 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 2: Easter message one you're PS tell Peter, tell the one 427 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:57,679 Speaker 2: that's stuck into church that really doesn't even want to 428 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:00,160 Speaker 2: be here, I'll meet you in God. 429 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:06,719 Speaker 1: Failure is not the end. It's the hinge. 430 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 2: It's the hinge on which the doors of God's grace 431 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 2: swing wide open for you to experience his forgiveness at 432 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:17,200 Speaker 2: a greater level. 433 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 1: Don't you see it? Peter? 434 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:25,040 Speaker 2: He called you by name, and the women responded in 435 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:26,160 Speaker 2: a surprising way. 436 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:27,880 Speaker 1: You know, I never could get over this. 437 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:32,960 Speaker 2: I understand why they were so disappointed when he died, 438 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:36,600 Speaker 2: but I never got why they were so surprised. 439 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:42,680 Speaker 1: He told them this three times, I'm going to die. 440 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 2: They're gonna mock me, they're gonna scourge me, they're gonna 441 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:47,639 Speaker 2: spit on me. 442 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: But after three days. 443 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:57,160 Speaker 2: Dot dot dot, I viewed resurrection a little differently. 444 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:57,440 Speaker 1: Now. 445 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:02,359 Speaker 2: I used to think resurrection was God's exclamation point. You know, 446 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 2: it is finished, He has risen. But now I see 447 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 2: it more like three dots. Now I see Easter as 448 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:19,640 Speaker 2: the ellipses of heaven. Now I see Easter those three 449 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 2: days as three dots to see whether or not your 450 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 2: story is going. 451 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:24,880 Speaker 1: To end here. 452 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 2: In your fear, Because the final note of Mark's Gospel 453 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:36,720 Speaker 2: is fear. They were afraid. It's such a strange note 454 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:39,639 Speaker 2: to end on. It's such a crazy way to end 455 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:43,200 Speaker 2: your Gospel. Maybe there was more to the manuscript. I 456 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 2: don't know, and it got lost. That's one theory. Or 457 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 2: maybe verse nine is up to us. Maybe fear is 458 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 2: not the end. Maybe it's an invitation. See in Mark's Gospel, 459 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 2: usually it talks about fear, something comes after it. 460 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:05,160 Speaker 1: In Marx Gospel. 461 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 2: There's a pattern that emerges is over and over again 462 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:10,200 Speaker 2: in Mark's Gospel. 463 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 1: So like in chapter five, there's a woman who. 464 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 2: Has an issue, and an issue of blood. 465 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:16,760 Speaker 1: And nobody can make her better. 466 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 2: The Bible says that she spent all that she had, 467 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:22,879 Speaker 2: but instead of getting better, she got worse. She shoved 468 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 2: more stuff into her life, she got busier and she 469 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:29,400 Speaker 2: just got brokeer. She spent more time trying to be liked, 470 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 2: and she only felt more lonely. And then she comes 471 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:34,880 Speaker 2: up and touches Jesus, and everybody wants to know who 472 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:36,600 Speaker 2: did it, because there was a big crowd. 473 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 1: Around and they didn't know, but she did. 474 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:41,480 Speaker 2: So the Bible says that trembling, she fell down in 475 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 2: fear on her. 476 00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:45,880 Speaker 1: Face before Jesus. But it wasn't the end of the story. 477 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,560 Speaker 2: Because when Mark says fear, something follows. 478 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 1: It's not the end. To somebody say it's not the end, 479 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:54,680 Speaker 1: it's a new beginning. 480 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 2: And after her fear, Jesus looked at her and said, daughter, 481 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:04,880 Speaker 2: your eight has healed you. Now go in peace, because 482 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:06,240 Speaker 2: fear is not the end. 483 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 1: Fear is the beginning. 484 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,400 Speaker 2: Right after this, a man named Gyros has a little 485 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 2: daughter who has died. While Jesus is on his way 486 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:18,119 Speaker 2: to heal her. The crowd says, don't worry about it, 487 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:19,080 Speaker 2: she's already dead. 488 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 1: Jesus said, no, she's just asleep. 489 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 2: Don't be afraid, Gyros, because when I get there, something 490 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:27,920 Speaker 2: is going to happen that is going. 491 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:30,080 Speaker 1: To overrule and overturn. 492 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:33,560 Speaker 2: The verdict of earthly principles. She's gonna get up, And 493 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:34,679 Speaker 2: the little girl got. 494 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,200 Speaker 1: Up, because fear is not the end. 495 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:40,480 Speaker 2: One night, the disciples were in a great storm. 496 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:42,440 Speaker 1: The wind was blowing so hard. 497 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:46,000 Speaker 2: They thought, surely we're going down this time. No, you 498 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 2: can't die here. There's something left for you to do. 499 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 2: The Bible says they were greatly afraid, but fear was 500 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 2: not the end. The moment they felt the fear, Jesus 501 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 2: spoke the word peace, Be still. I feel him speaking 502 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:01,360 Speaker 2: to somebody today. 503 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:11,040 Speaker 1: Fear is not the end. It can't end like this. 504 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:13,880 Speaker 1: It can't end like this. 505 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:18,720 Speaker 2: God's got more for you to do, he said, meet 506 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 2: me in Galilee. 507 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 1: Dot dot dot Friday. 508 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:35,600 Speaker 2: Saturday, Sunday. The stone is already rolled. God has already 509 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 2: done what the law was powerless to do, and that 510 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 2: it was weakened by the sinful nature. 511 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:43,800 Speaker 1: I know you're weak, I know you're frustrated, But frustration 512 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 1: is not the end. 513 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:48,880 Speaker 2: Frustration is the hinge on which the door to surrender 514 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:52,440 Speaker 2: swings wide open, to say, I need you to do 515 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:54,600 Speaker 2: for me God what I can't do for myself. 516 00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 1: It's not the end. Your failure is not the end. 517 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:04,240 Speaker 2: God's gonna use the one who knows their need for 518 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:07,720 Speaker 2: grace to show others what his grace is capable of. 519 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:13,880 Speaker 2: It can't end like this. Your story can't end in 520 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:18,720 Speaker 2: this grave. You are needed in Galilee, Peter. There's more 521 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:23,880 Speaker 2: for you to do. It can't end like this. It 522 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:28,240 Speaker 2: can't end in fear. What if those women would have 523 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:31,760 Speaker 2: stayed silent. We know that they didn't. We know that 524 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:33,480 Speaker 2: they went and told the disciples, and we know that 525 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 2: the disciples first instinct was fear. Because the starting point 526 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:42,480 Speaker 2: of faith is always fear. It's always scary to step 527 00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:47,200 Speaker 2: out and trust God. It's always risky to make yourself vulnerable. 528 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:49,920 Speaker 2: But what if I come to God? And what if 529 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:55,080 Speaker 2: it doesn't work? And what if it ends on a cross? See, 530 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 2: even if it ends on a cross, it doesn't end 531 00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:10,440 Speaker 2: on the cross. This is your third day. Now. I 532 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:13,040 Speaker 2: want you to bow your head and close your eyes, 533 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:16,960 Speaker 2: stand to your feet right where you are. This is 534 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:21,600 Speaker 2: a resurrection moment for somebody, and with no one moving, 535 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:28,920 Speaker 2: I believe that God is calling someone out. 536 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:33,480 Speaker 1: Of your grave today. Our graves look like shame. Our 537 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:34,720 Speaker 1: graves look like religion. 538 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:37,680 Speaker 2: Our graves look like us trying to roll a heavy 539 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:40,560 Speaker 2: stone away that we can't push no matter how hard 540 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:45,120 Speaker 2: we try. But the stone has already been rolled away. 541 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:51,760 Speaker 2: The price has already been paid. And the end game 542 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 2: of Jesus Christ. 543 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:59,640 Speaker 1: Is grace. God has brought you to this moment to 544 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:00,600 Speaker 1: receive his grace. 545 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 2: And right now it's my privilege to pray with you 546 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:11,959 Speaker 2: for every Peter, for every Mary, for every Salomna who 547 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:13,920 Speaker 2: has been in a season of disappointment and you are 548 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:18,400 Speaker 2: realizing now your desperate need for God. We're going to 549 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:21,880 Speaker 2: pray a prayer right now, and it is for those 550 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:27,440 Speaker 2: who need to experience the salvation and resurrection power of God. 551 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,320 Speaker 1: So, in this moment, if you will. 552 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:32,400 Speaker 2: Confess with your mouth that Jesus's Lord, and believe in 553 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:35,200 Speaker 2: your heart God raised him from the dead, I've got. 554 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,720 Speaker 1: Good news for you. You will be saved. 555 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:41,040 Speaker 2: Even if you have to do it with your hands 556 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:43,080 Speaker 2: shaking like the women did as they went from the tomb. 557 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:45,160 Speaker 1: Even if you're staring at. 558 00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:48,440 Speaker 2: A stone or a life situation change you can't break. 559 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:52,320 Speaker 2: It's already been done. Even if you feel like you've 560 00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:56,800 Speaker 2: wasted time. God can redeem what's left and turn every 561 00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:59,840 Speaker 2: mistake in your life into a miracle. But it begins 562 00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:04,120 Speaker 2: with faith. It is by grace. We are saved through faith. 563 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,760 Speaker 2: This not of yourself. It is a gift of God, 564 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:10,280 Speaker 2: so that no one can boast. And it starts with 565 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:13,320 Speaker 2: admitting that I am a sinner and I need a savior. 566 00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:15,600 Speaker 2: And so right now, in this moment, if you are 567 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:17,200 Speaker 2: ready to come to God, we're going to pray out 568 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:19,280 Speaker 2: loud as a church family for the benefit of those 569 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:21,720 Speaker 2: who are coming to God or coming back to God. 570 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,440 Speaker 2: With our heads bowed and our eyes closed. If you 571 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:26,760 Speaker 2: pray this prayer from your heart. God will hear you 572 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:30,080 Speaker 2: from heaven forgive your sins and give you a new heart, 573 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:31,280 Speaker 2: and praying. 574 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:31,880 Speaker 1: Together as a church. 575 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:37,360 Speaker 2: Heavenly Father, I come to you a sinner in need 576 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:41,720 Speaker 2: of a savior, and I thank you today for your son, 577 00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:47,040 Speaker 2: Jesus Christ. I believe he died to forgive my sin 578 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:53,240 Speaker 2: and rose again to give me life. I receive this 579 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:59,360 Speaker 2: new life, make me a new creation. This is my 580 00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:05,000 Speaker 2: new beginning. I'll follow you all the days of my life. 581 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:07,640 Speaker 2: With your head still bowed and your eyes still closed. 582 00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:09,680 Speaker 2: If you just prayed that prayer on the count of three, 583 00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:11,520 Speaker 2: I want you to shoot your hand in the air, 584 00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:13,719 Speaker 2: signifying this is my third day at every. 585 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:17,439 Speaker 1: Location, one, two, three, New beginnings all over the room, 586 00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:18,720 Speaker 1: New beginnings all over. 587 00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:22,000 Speaker 4: The room, New beginnings all over the room. 588 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:23,520 Speaker 1: Come on, let's thank God for it. 589 00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:29,840 Speaker 4: Let's thank God for resurrection power. Let's thank God for 590 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:33,480 Speaker 4: the blood of Jesus. Let's thank God for his grace. 591 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:38,400 Speaker 4: Let's second for his victory. Let's thank n for his triumph. 592 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:41,680 Speaker 4: Come on, let's thank him for canceling. 593 00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:42,879 Speaker 1: The sin that stood against us. 594 00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:47,600 Speaker 2: Let's second for Roland to clap those hands, sighns, give 595 00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:52,840 Speaker 2: in your best praise, declare his victory in this place. 596 00:34:54,560 --> 00:35:02,600 Speaker 2: Let me give that pride, let it ride well. If 597 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:04,920 Speaker 2: you enjoyed today's podcast, there are a couple of things 598 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:08,279 Speaker 2: I'd love for you to do. Make sure to subscribe, rate, 599 00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:11,560 Speaker 2: and review this podcast. You can also help us reach 600 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:15,520 Speaker 2: others by investing today at Elevationchurch dot org. 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