1 00:00:01,520 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick. 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:05,840 Speaker 2: I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and this is our podcast. 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:08,320 Speaker 1: I wanted to thank you for joining us today. Hope 4 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith. 5 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 3: Hope it gives your perspective to see God is moving 6 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 3: in your life. 7 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 1: Enjoy the message. 8 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 3: I really value the Word of God and the effect 9 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 3: that it could have in my life when I embrace it, 10 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:26,439 Speaker 3: receive it, and apply it. And these seven last sayings 11 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 3: of Jesus from the Cross have had particular significance to 12 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:34,279 Speaker 3: us in these last seven weeks. And I guess we're 13 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 3: coming to quote boys to men the end of the road. 14 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 3: I thought about singing it, but. 15 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:46,519 Speaker 1: Date me. 16 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 3: When we look at Luke twenty three forty four, we 17 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 3: see the very last thing that Jesus said, and we're 18 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 3: going to read the context of it. Luke tells us 19 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 3: Luke twenty three, verse forty four. It was now about noon, 20 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 3: and darkness came over the whole land until three in 21 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 3: the afternoon, for the sun stopped shining, and the curtain 22 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 3: of the temple was torn in two. Jesus called out 23 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 3: with a loud voice, Father, into your hands, I commit 24 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 3: my spirit and when he had said this, when the 25 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:23,919 Speaker 3: word of God had spoken his final word, he breathed 26 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 3: his lass. 27 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: And he gave up his life. 28 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 3: Now look at Luke twenty four, because this passage for 29 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:36,319 Speaker 3: us has been a picture of this idea of spiritual 30 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 3: journey where we've been following these two travelers, one of 31 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 3: them called Cleo. 32 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:45,319 Speaker 1: At least we've been calling him Cleo. 33 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 3: His full name is Cleophus, but we gave him a 34 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 3: nickname as we got to know him. He was disappointed, 35 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 3: and he was traveling in the wrong direction, and Jesus 36 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 3: decided to catch up with him, even though he was 37 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 3: headed in the wrong direction, and he revealed himself to 38 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 3: him along the road, the seven mile road. And I 39 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 3: want to catch him because I feel like the best 40 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:13,799 Speaker 3: place to end this journey that we've been on will 41 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:16,799 Speaker 3: be back on the same road where we started out, 42 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 3: only now we're on the return trip. And the Bible 43 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 3: says that after they had walked seven miles with Jesus, 44 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 3: at first they didn't recognize him, because usually we don't 45 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 3: see how God is at work in our lives. While 46 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 3: he's working in our lives. It's usually in looking back 47 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:38,399 Speaker 3: that we recognize the hand of God, especially when things 48 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 3: don't feel good or when things don't make sense to 49 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 3: us logically. It is when we process things sometimes that 50 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 3: we get perspective once it's. 51 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: In the past, to know that, hey, you know. 52 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 3: What that was God, That breakup was God. Amen doesn't 53 00:02:57,680 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 3: feel like it's God when your heart is broken. 54 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: But Cleopus goes all the. 55 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:07,239 Speaker 3: Way to the destination where he thought he would bury 56 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 3: his hope because he's watched Jesus die on the cross, 57 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 3: and all of a sudden, when he gets there, he 58 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 3: recognizes Jesus. 59 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:16,519 Speaker 1: And so he and his companion look at verse thirty three. 60 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 3: What a great Easter verse, by the way, it says, 61 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:24,399 Speaker 3: they got up and returned at once to Jerusalem, where 62 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 3: the Holy Spirit was promised to be given not many 63 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 3: days from then. There they found the eleven and those 64 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 3: with them assembled together and saying, it's true the Lord 65 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 3: has risen and appeared to Simon. And then the two 66 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 3: told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus 67 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 3: was recognized by them when he broke the bread verse 68 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 3: thirty six. And then I'll preach a little bit, and 69 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 3: then I'll let you go eat ham and hide eggs 70 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 3: and whatever else, But how many of you could use 71 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 3: some spiritual food first before. 72 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: You go home and look at bunnies. 73 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 3: While they were still talking about this, Notice how many 74 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 3: things are happening just in the process of common conversation, 75 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:20,919 Speaker 3: common activity. Notice how God is revealing himself in unexpected ways. 76 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 1: And while they were talking about. 77 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 3: This, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, 78 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 3: peace be with you. And they were afraid, and he 79 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 3: spoke peace, and he did it. He revealed himself in 80 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 3: an unusual way. So turn to your neighbor. And this 81 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:41,039 Speaker 3: is an interactive sermon, and so you need to turn 82 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 3: to them. In fact, it's not a sermon at all. 83 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:43,839 Speaker 3: Look at your neighbor and say, this is not a 84 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:47,919 Speaker 3: sermon at all. You better look at your other neighbor, 85 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 3: because that neighbor look confused. Tell him this is not 86 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 3: a sermon at all. Tell him this is a ticket. 87 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:01,479 Speaker 3: Tell him it's a round trip ticket. That's what I 88 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 3: want to talk about today. I want to talk about 89 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:11,159 Speaker 3: round trip resurrection, a round trip ticket to resurrection. And 90 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 3: it just so happens that I came back this week 91 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 3: from Sydney, Australia, which is like five billion, nine hundred 92 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 3: and seventy three hours on an airplane and I did 93 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 3: not fly United. Praise God, bleeped that out of the podcast. 94 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 3: When I flew over there. I got there on Friday. 95 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 3: I left on Wednesday. And one thing about Australia is 96 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 3: so far away that when you get there, it's tomorrow, 97 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 3: not that it's tomorrow's So the first time I went 98 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 3: over there, I FaceTime my kids. I've been over there 99 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 3: seven times now, and when I get over there usually 100 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 3: I get there in the morning. And I called my 101 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 3: kids the first time I went, and I was showing 102 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 3: them out my window Sydney, Australia, and the sun was 103 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 3: up in Sydney, Australia, but at Charlotte. Back in Charlotte, 104 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 3: it was Thursday night, and they were so confused and 105 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 3: they were like, how is it nighttime here and it's 106 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 3: daytime there? Because and I started explaining to them that 107 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 3: Australia is across the International date line, like fourteen hours ahead. 108 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 3: So I told my kids, I said, I'm actually calling 109 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 3: you from tomorrow. 110 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: And I kind of thought that was clever. 111 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 3: And at the end of the call, right before we 112 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 3: hung up, my oldest son, Elijah goes. 113 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 1: Hey, Daddy. Before you go, can you tell us what 114 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 1: happens tomorrow? 115 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 3: Which I thought was so cool and so appropriate for 116 00:06:55,880 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 3: an illustration about the perspective that resurrection gives us. And 117 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 3: maybe that's why we come to church deep down even 118 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 3: though we don't know it, because we want to report 119 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 3: for our tomorrow from someone who's already been there. And 120 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 3: that's what I love about God is that He is 121 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 3: an ever present help in my trouble. But He does 122 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 3: not speak to my today from my situation, but outside 123 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 3: of time, God who has already been in my tomorrow 124 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 3: and is not anxious about the economy or my health, 125 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 3: or is not anxious about the political system of the. 126 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 1: Country where I reside. 127 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 3: God from tomorrow, the one who is and was and 128 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 3: is to come, speaks back to my today, increases my 129 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 3: faith and gives me the ability to face forward into 130 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 3: my future with companist. 131 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 1: Why talk lapping about happen today? Stuffy Eastern people. 132 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 3: Y'all come to church with your mom, and you all 133 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 3: like crazy and weird looking at me with your arms crossed. 134 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 3: I hated, I hated. If you really believe God had 135 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 3: been in your tomorrow, you'd get some sleep. If you 136 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 3: really believed in resurrection. When stuff died, you would look 137 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 3: at it and expect what was next to come from 138 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 3: what was buried. 139 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: You would not cry. 140 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 3: Over anything that had left your life, because. 141 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:32,320 Speaker 1: You would know if God is already in your tomorrow. 142 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: How about that? 143 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:38,439 Speaker 3: So it's been helpful for me really along this road, 144 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 3: the seven mile road, where Jesus on Sunday morning gets 145 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:45,439 Speaker 3: up from the grave, chases down two unnamed people. Well 146 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 3: their name one's name Kleio, but we've never seen them before. 147 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 3: They're headed in the wrong direction. He goes after them. 148 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:55,560 Speaker 3: He brings them to a place of understanding about who 149 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 3: he is, and he goes after them even though their 150 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:02,840 Speaker 3: backs are turned on the promise, the place of the promise, 151 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 3: even though they're discouraged. Let's look at the scripture together 152 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:10,000 Speaker 3: real quick, because this part's crazy. They're walking away from Jerusalem. 153 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 3: They're going away from the promise. Their hearts are broken, 154 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 3: they're going home is over. They watched him die on Friday. 155 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 3: There is no future. Therefore they have no faith. And 156 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 3: as they're walking away, he walks up. He doesn't identify himself. 157 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 3: He just asks them a question, which in itself is 158 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 3: crazy because I've always heard that Jesus is the answer. 159 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:41,559 Speaker 3: So is strange for me to see that the one 160 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 3: who is the answer asks a question. 161 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: And let me tell you a secret. 162 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 3: He didn't ask a question because he needed information. He 163 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 3: asked them a question because sometimes before God can give 164 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:59,959 Speaker 3: you the answer, he has to correct your questions. 165 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 1: Before God can give. 166 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 3: Us what we're asking for, he has to He has 167 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 3: to clarify what we're really searching for. Because see, will 168 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 3: ask God to bless us, but we won't even know 169 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 3: what blessing really is. We'll think blessing is a thing, 170 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,240 Speaker 3: when really blessing is a state of your heart that 171 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 3: enables you to be content, whatever your circumstances. 172 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:23,959 Speaker 1: And so Jesus walks up on them, doesn't say who he. 173 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:28,199 Speaker 3: Is, doesn't identify himself as the risen, reigning, ruling son 174 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:30,559 Speaker 3: of God with all power in his hand, just ask 175 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:33,679 Speaker 3: them a question. Look at verse seventeen. He asked them, 176 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 3: what y'all talking about? What are you discussing together as 177 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 3: you walk along? And they stopped in their tracks and 178 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 3: stood still, their faces downcast, their hearts disappointed, their dreams 179 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 3: dashed on the rocks of the reality of the death 180 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 3: of the one they thought might be the Messiah, and 181 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 3: they are standing next to hope, but they have no hope, 182 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:06,559 Speaker 3: and they are standing next to power, but they feel weak. 183 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:10,839 Speaker 3: And they are headed home, returning back to what's familiar 184 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:14,080 Speaker 3: because their faith has been hung on a cross and 185 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 3: sentenced to die. And so they're headed home. So they're 186 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:22,679 Speaker 3: returning home. If you're taking notes, right down return return, 187 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:27,959 Speaker 3: they're returning to a village call a Maaas. And all 188 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 3: of a sudden, on the road, the seven mile road 189 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:34,320 Speaker 3: where they're returning back home, here comes Jesus. But he 190 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 3: doesn't fully reveal himself. He just asks a question, what 191 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 3: y'all talking about? And they stop with their backs toward Jerusalem, 192 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 3: headed toward a Maaeis, and they say, well, we're talking 193 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:50,320 Speaker 3: about this guy named Jesus, y'all. 194 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 1: That's funny. 195 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 3: They start to tell Jesus about Jesus. They start to 196 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:04,560 Speaker 3: explain to the author about the book up, but he 197 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:07,360 Speaker 3: keeps walking with them because once they start walking again, 198 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:11,839 Speaker 3: they start explaining how Jesus was a man who they 199 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:15,680 Speaker 3: thought was sent by God, but something happened on Friday 200 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 3: that stripped. 201 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: The hope right out of their hearts. 202 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:22,559 Speaker 3: Something happened in front of their eyes in Jerusalem, when 203 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 3: he hung on the cross and died, their hope hung 204 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 3: there with him. And they say something in verse twenty. 205 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 3: I want to show you this, they say, in verse twenty, 206 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 3: the chief priests and our rulers handed him over. The 207 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:41,960 Speaker 3: Greek word is paradidamie. Everybody say Paradomi, Paradiomi. I say 208 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 3: it again, parademia. I want you to practice it so 209 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:47,680 Speaker 3: you can impress your friends with your newfound knowledge of 210 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 3: Greek today. So when they say you go to that 211 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:55,720 Speaker 3: shallow church, that rock and roll church, that evolution church, 212 00:12:56,800 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 3: you could just put some Greek up in their face. Paradiamie. 213 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:02,599 Speaker 3: You don't even have to know what it means, just 214 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 3: say it. They don't know what it means either. But 215 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:08,320 Speaker 3: what it means is handed over. And so Luke says 216 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 3: in the Greek language what the travelers say along the road. 217 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 3: They handed him over. They handed him over, and of 218 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 3: course Judas was the one who handed him over to 219 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 3: the Sanhedrin. Paradidamie. The Sanhedrin handed him over to Caiaphas, 220 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:30,960 Speaker 3: their high priest. Paradiamie. Their high priest, Caiaphas handed him 221 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 3: over to Pilot, the Roman governor, Paradidomie, and then Pilot 222 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 3: handed him over to Herod, who, after he mocked him 223 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 3: and made sport of him, handed him over Paradiomi to 224 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 3: be crucified, and they hung him on the cross. 225 00:13:44,679 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 1: And when they hung him on. 226 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 3: The cross, these disciples said, when he was handed over 227 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 3: and sentenced to death and crucified, our hope was handed 228 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 3: over with him, Verse twenty one. We had hoped that 229 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:02,960 Speaker 3: he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. 230 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 3: We had hoped, But now we're headed home. We had 231 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 3: hoped that it was going to be different this time. 232 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 3: We had hoped that he was going to break our chains. 233 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 3: We had hope that God was going to heal our disease. 234 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 3: We had hoped that God was going to take the 235 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 3: addiction away. We had hoped that if we prayed, we 236 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 3: would get the peace that corresponded with the prayer. But 237 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 3: it's over now. We had hoped. We went there, we 238 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 3: expected it, we looked forward to it. But we're headed 239 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 3: home now because he hung on the cross, and we 240 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 3: hung our hope on the cross. 241 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 1: And now we. 242 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 3: Don't know anything else to do but to head home. 243 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 3: And we're headed home because we don't have any hope left, 244 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 3: and as they're headed home with no hope, hope shows up. 245 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 3: And as they're headed home with no hope, hope shows up. 246 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 3: And with their heads hung down, with no hope in 247 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 3: their hearts, here comes home. 248 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 1: But they can't see it. They're headed home with no hope. 249 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 3: And I don't really blame them for going home, because 250 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 3: what else are you going to do? 251 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 1: What else are you going to do but go home? 252 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 3: If the one who was supposed to be the king 253 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 3: hung on a cross and wore a crown of thorns? 254 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 1: I mean, life can hit you that hard. It can. 255 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 3: And for those of you who aren't nodding or anything 256 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 3: right now, what are you four? 257 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 1: Really? 258 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 3: You never had life hit you that hard, that took 259 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 3: the breath out of you, just knock the breath out 260 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 3: of you, just where you felt like, I don't know 261 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 3: what to do, So you go back to familiar ways, 262 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 3: You give up on this whole thing, and you kind 263 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 3: of turn your back on the promise and you head 264 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 3: back to amis now. 265 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 1: What they say next? 266 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 3: This is the part I don't understand, because I understand 267 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 3: that they're headed home because what else are you going 268 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 3: to do but head home? I understand they're disappointed. I 269 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 3: understand that they're in a state of dispace. I understand 270 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:05,479 Speaker 3: that they're downcast about what's happened. What I don't understand 271 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 3: is the timing of their return trip. Because you know, 272 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 3: when Jesus was on earth, he told everybody who would listen, 273 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 3: over and over again, especially his disciples, he said, I'm 274 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 3: gonna die, but on the third day, I'll be raised 275 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 3: to life. They're going to destroy this temple. He was 276 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 3: speaking about his body. But on the third day, everybody say, 277 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 3: third day it will be raised back to life. I'll 278 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 3: build it again. I'm going to go down in the 279 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 3: ground for a minute. But on the third day I'm 280 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 3: getting up. So Cleapus and his companion are headed home. 281 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 3: And I get it because they watched him hand it 282 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 3: over on the cross. What I don't understand is when 283 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 3: they chose to do it, because they said, our chief 284 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 3: priests handed him over to be crucified. We had hoped 285 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 3: he was the one who would redeem Israel. And what 286 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 3: is more, it is the third day since all this 287 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:07,440 Speaker 3: took place. 288 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:08,399 Speaker 1: Here's my question. 289 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 3: Wouldn't you at least want to stick around until the 290 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 3: end of Sunday. 291 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 1: To see if something was gonna. 292 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:20,160 Speaker 3: Happen, wouldn't you at least want to wait until Monday. 293 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:23,639 Speaker 3: I mean, really, you can't wait until the end of 294 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:24,400 Speaker 3: the day. 295 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:27,119 Speaker 1: To see if this might be real. 296 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:32,639 Speaker 3: And that's our problem. We quit, so quit so quick. 297 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 3: We quit when we are so close. 298 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 1: We quit. 299 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:39,119 Speaker 3: Now here's what happened on Resurrection Sunday. Jesus gets up 300 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:41,720 Speaker 3: out of the grave early one Sunday morning. He goes 301 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:43,919 Speaker 3: and appears to some women. The women come back to 302 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,679 Speaker 3: the men, They say, Jesus isn't there. He rolls just 303 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 3: like he said. The men, who are usually a little 304 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:52,240 Speaker 3: bit more hard headed and hardhearted than the women, tend 305 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 3: to be. Somebody, give me an estrogen praise right here. 306 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:57,160 Speaker 1: Don't believe the women. 307 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:02,679 Speaker 3: And then Cleopus and his companion, upon hearing the report 308 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 3: that Jesus' body is not in. 309 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:08,639 Speaker 1: The tomb, decide we're going home now. 310 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,200 Speaker 3: Like you don't want to get a room like one 311 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:16,879 Speaker 3: more night, you don't want to extend your stage, just like, 312 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:20,920 Speaker 3: just give it a little bit of time. But they 313 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 3: they leave, and they almost miss it. They almost miss it, 314 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 3: like some of the people who leave church when I 315 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 3: start giving the invitation. They're in such a hurry to 316 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 3: get to the car that they miss the most meaningful 317 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 3: part of the whole worship experience when someone if you're 318 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:46,920 Speaker 3: not clapping, I might be talking about you. Really, where 319 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 3: do you have to be? That's that important? That important? 320 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 3: And they head out like that woman at the Panthers game, Jody, 321 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:02,120 Speaker 3: you'll remember we were down. I say we because that's 322 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:03,440 Speaker 3: what you do when you're a fan of a team, 323 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 3: You associate yourself with them when they win, especially if 324 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaker 3: you're a Charlotte Panthers, So Carolina Panthers fan. The city 325 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 3: of Charlotte is known for that. That this woman listens. 326 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 3: She was real loud until they started losing, and she 327 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 3: left during halftime, and then the Panthers came back and won, 328 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:27,679 Speaker 3: and I was glad that she missed it, because it 329 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:31,119 Speaker 3: serves you right. 330 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 1: Come on, it serves you right. 331 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 3: I know that's not a very loving thing to say, 332 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:43,359 Speaker 3: and it's not very christ Like because Jesus didn't treat 333 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:44,160 Speaker 3: Cleo like that. 334 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:47,679 Speaker 1: He leaves just. 335 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:50,879 Speaker 3: At the time that the resurrection is being proven, and 336 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:52,399 Speaker 3: Jesus goes to get Cleo. 337 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:56,399 Speaker 1: He goes to get him, and he begins to speak. 338 00:19:56,160 --> 00:20:00,200 Speaker 3: With him and talk with him and he reveals himself 339 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:04,920 Speaker 3: to him. That's my second point is the reveal. The reveal, 340 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 3: the resurrection reveals the power of God to all who believe. 341 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 3: But not like you think. See, usually when I hear 342 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:19,639 Speaker 3: Easter sermons, it's about the power of God. 343 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 1: And that's appropriate. 344 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,640 Speaker 4: When you get up from the grave and walk into 345 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:29,520 Speaker 4: the octagon with death and choke death out and death 346 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 4: taps three times, I mean, that's strong. 347 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 1: When you roll your own stone away, that's strong. 348 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:40,199 Speaker 3: So I've heard that about the strength of Jesus Christ 349 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 3: to overcome the grave. I've heard about the strength of Jesus. 350 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 3: I've heard about the sovereignty of Jesus. Well, there's a 351 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 3: good Church word for you, the sovereignty of Jesus. He 352 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 3: is sovereign over death and hell and the grave. And 353 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:56,000 Speaker 3: I heard about that. You know what nobody ever told 354 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 3: me about, and I want to tell you about it 355 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 3: is how sneaky Jesus was. 356 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:07,240 Speaker 1: You're looking at me strange. 357 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:13,359 Speaker 3: You're looking at me like you've never heard that. Jesus, Well, 358 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:15,359 Speaker 3: when he got up from the grave. I'll prove this 359 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:17,119 Speaker 3: to you that he was sneaking. When he got up 360 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 3: from the grave. He left while it was still dark. 361 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 3: He left before the sun came up, and he had 362 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 3: to knock over a few room in guards to get out. 363 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 1: But after he knocked them. 364 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:31,440 Speaker 3: Over, he slipped out and found the women and appeared 365 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 3: to the women. But he didn't appear to a whole 366 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 3: crowd when he got up from the grave. Why because 367 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 3: he's sneaky. Sneaky, that's why he was born like a 368 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:47,360 Speaker 3: baby in a town like Bethlehem. Because he's sneaky. He 369 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 3: wasn't born in a political capital. He was born in 370 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:54,119 Speaker 3: a backwoods town because he's sneaky. I never heard a 371 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:57,240 Speaker 3: sermon about sneaky Jesus. Maybe I should preach a whole 372 00:21:57,280 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 3: series one time called Sneaky Jesus, because watch him. 373 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 1: He walks up to Cleo and he's like, what you 374 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:06,359 Speaker 1: talking about? Never mind the fact that you are God, 375 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:07,920 Speaker 1: never mind the. 376 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 3: Fact that you are resurrected. Just what you're talking about? 377 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 3: What's he doing? He's creeping on Cleo. You never heard this. 378 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 1: Kind of preaching before him. 379 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,399 Speaker 3: You think when God shows up, he's always going to 380 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 3: be spectacular, that he's gonna show up in something BIG's 381 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 3: gonna happen. No, No, he's very sneaky. 382 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 1: He's very sneaky. 383 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 3: He'll just sneak in to ordinary situations. 384 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,640 Speaker 1: He'll just seek in in ordinary moments, He'll. 385 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 3: Just seek in. 386 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:37,679 Speaker 1: He won't give you any advance notice. 387 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 3: He won't ask you to sign a waiver, he won't 388 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 3: put a sign in the clouds, none of that, because 389 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:45,919 Speaker 3: he's sneaky. One time, Peter was in a storm and 390 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:48,760 Speaker 3: Jesus came walking on on the water and everybody say, ah, 391 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 3: the dogs know is Jesus. 392 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:53,919 Speaker 1: But he's sneaking. He sneaks up on him. 393 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 3: He snuck up in the locked doors when they were 394 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:59,520 Speaker 3: waiting for him. He snuck up on Cleo. What makes 395 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 3: you think he's not sneaking up on you today? Just 396 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 3: because he can't feel it doesn't mean he's not with you. 397 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 1: He's sneaky. He's sneaky. 398 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:18,440 Speaker 3: He sneaks out of the tomb and he sneaks up 399 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 3: on Cleo. Let me tell you what he was doing 400 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:24,240 Speaker 3: up on the cross. This is what they didn't understand, 401 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 3: and this is why they fled, and this is why 402 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 3: they lost their hope because all they saw was death. 403 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 3: But Jesus didn't die so that death could reign. He 404 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:37,359 Speaker 3: died to bring victory into the earth. But he couldn't 405 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 3: bring victory into the earth looking like victory. He had 406 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:43,520 Speaker 3: to dress it up like death and hang it on 407 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 3: a cross. 408 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:46,640 Speaker 5: Because he's sneaking. 409 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 1: He's sneaky. He's sneaky, and here's what he does. 410 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 3: He'll send glory into your life, but it won't look 411 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 3: like glory. He'll send blessing into your life, but it 412 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:08,159 Speaker 3: won't look like blessing. Right, He'll send patience into your 413 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 3: life dressed like your teenager. Think about it, cause he's sneaky, 414 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:19,720 Speaker 3: and he'll send some of the best times in your 415 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:23,120 Speaker 3: life dressed like some of the hardest times. You don't 416 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:26,880 Speaker 3: see it while you're in it. I'm'a stay right here 417 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 3: on this point, cause y'all are so quiet. I know 418 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 3: I'm preaching right to your guts. I'm preaching to your 419 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 3: small intestine. 420 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:41,640 Speaker 1: Sneaky. He's sneaky. So he's up there on the cross 421 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,440 Speaker 1: and he says it's finished cause he was speaking in 422 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:47,960 Speaker 1: code cause he's sneaky to tell us stuff. 423 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:51,120 Speaker 3: Cause to them that sounded like it's over. We got him, misdone. 424 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 3: He's dead cause he's sneaky. So when he wanted to 425 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 3: bring life into the earth. He snuck it in through death. 426 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:02,919 Speaker 3: When he wanted to bring peace to the earth, he 427 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:08,800 Speaker 3: snuck it in through chaos. Because he's sneaky, sneaky, sneaky, 428 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,920 Speaker 3: sneaky Jesus. I'm thankful that he's strong, but I will 429 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:15,120 Speaker 3: never understand his strength if I don't learn to see 430 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:19,160 Speaker 3: it in sorrow, because sometimes God will sneak the strength 431 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:25,639 Speaker 3: that you've been praying for in your life through the sorrow. 432 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:28,400 Speaker 1: Talk to me, y'all, don't have to be quiet. Don't 433 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:31,440 Speaker 1: let these people make you quiet. Talk to me. Don't 434 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 1: let them intimidate you. 435 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 3: But usually we understand that more on the return trip, 436 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 3: so they walked all seven miles, but they didn't recognize Jesus. 437 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:49,880 Speaker 3: They were kept from recognizing him. They were kept from 438 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 3: recognizing him until he sits down at the table. Watch 439 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 3: how sneaky he is, takes the bread, blesses it, and 440 00:25:58,480 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 3: breaks it. 441 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 1: You see what he's doing, because that's what had happened 442 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 1: to his. 443 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 4: Body, because that's what had happened to their hope, because 444 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:09,960 Speaker 4: that's what always has to happen in your life before 445 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:11,639 Speaker 4: you really see the glory of God. 446 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 3: And he told them on the road, he said don't 447 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 3: you understand. 448 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:26,199 Speaker 1: Did not the Messiah. 449 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:30,919 Speaker 3: Verse twenty six have to suffer these things? Did he 450 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:35,960 Speaker 3: not have to suffer these things and then enter his glory? See, 451 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:41,440 Speaker 3: glory never looks like glory when it's coming. It never 452 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 3: looks like glory when you see it come in. But 453 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 3: when he took the bread, blessed it, broke it and 454 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:50,880 Speaker 3: gave it to them. When he gave it to them, 455 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:53,439 Speaker 3: they saw not only the broken bread, but they saw 456 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:55,880 Speaker 3: the place where the nails had been. And then they 457 00:26:55,920 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 3: recognized them when he did that, Because he's sneaky and 458 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:04,160 Speaker 3: he did not describe it. 459 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:08,359 Speaker 1: He demonstrated it. So he goes, hey, let's. 460 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 3: Eat boom bit bang, and they saw it and they're like, 461 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 3: oh yeah. 462 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:16,280 Speaker 1: And that's how it is. 463 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:19,919 Speaker 3: It is after I've walked the whole walk, and after 464 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 3: I've run, and after I've tried, and after I've cried, 465 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 3: and after I've heart. 466 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 1: And then I see it. 467 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:34,720 Speaker 3: It was him all along. You had to suffer it, 468 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:42,600 Speaker 3: but you don't get it while you're in it. I mean, 469 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:48,160 Speaker 3: let's be real. Sometimes sometimes our memory is much more 470 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:49,720 Speaker 3: enjoyable than our experience. 471 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:57,119 Speaker 1: I'm talking about family vacation. Now it's hilarious. 472 00:27:57,359 --> 00:28:01,200 Speaker 3: You look at the pictures and talk about what a. 473 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:04,240 Speaker 1: Great time it was. No, it wasn't. You've edited the 474 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:08,919 Speaker 1: family vacation in your memory. You've clipped it together. 475 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:11,280 Speaker 3: You took out the part where you threatened to give 476 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 3: the kids up for adoption. 477 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:23,119 Speaker 1: When you're in it, you don't see it. But resurrection 478 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 1: is a round trip. 479 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:28,800 Speaker 3: Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and 480 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:30,119 Speaker 3: then enter into his glory? 481 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:33,119 Speaker 1: And when they saw that, they got up. Look at 482 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:37,680 Speaker 1: verse thirty three. They got up, and they turned around 483 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:41,280 Speaker 1: and they went back. Now watch this. I called this 484 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 1: series seven mile miracle. I shouldn't have. 485 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:48,240 Speaker 3: It's really a fourteen mile miracle because the first seven 486 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:53,240 Speaker 3: they walked without the light. The second seven they walked back, 487 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:59,880 Speaker 3: and now they knew. God said, today is somebody's second 488 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 3: seven miles. Now you see it, Now you did it. 489 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:11,000 Speaker 3: This is your turning point. This is that moment where 490 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:15,040 Speaker 3: you see he was with me all along. 491 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 1: It's turnaround time. It's turnaround time. It's turnaround time. 492 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 3: I walked seven miles in shame, but now I'm walking. 493 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:35,400 Speaker 1: This second seven in freedom. My turning point. I'm not 494 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 1: staying in amais. 495 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 3: And so they walked back to Jerusalem and they got 496 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:46,600 Speaker 3: together with Peter and the disciples, and she's a snuck 497 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:49,360 Speaker 3: into the room and he revealed himself and he said 498 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:50,440 Speaker 3: peace Peace. 499 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:51,240 Speaker 1: He released. 500 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:54,000 Speaker 3: That's my third letter, and I'm done because there's only three, 501 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:56,840 Speaker 3: because you can't have more than three points on Easter Sunday. 502 00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:01,200 Speaker 3: It's just not scriptural. My third point is release. Now, 503 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 3: let me point out something to you that every sneaker 504 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:08,120 Speaker 3: head in here will understand. There is a difference between 505 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:15,120 Speaker 3: the reveal and the release. Why do they show you 506 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:19,520 Speaker 3: the shoe three months before they will sell it to you. 507 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:23,760 Speaker 1: Let me break it down another way. 508 00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:29,240 Speaker 3: You remember when the iPad first came out, No, well, 509 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:31,240 Speaker 3: let me remind you. For me, it was a big 510 00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:33,640 Speaker 3: deal because I thought, well, I'm gonna get I'm gonna 511 00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:35,680 Speaker 3: I'm gonna get one of those, and I'm gonna preach 512 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:40,920 Speaker 3: from it, and I'll be cutting edge preaching from my iPad. 513 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:44,120 Speaker 1: I looked so cool preaching from my iPad. 514 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:48,920 Speaker 3: And Steve Jobs did a reveal where he went through 515 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:51,680 Speaker 3: the iPad and all the features of the iPad, and 516 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:54,200 Speaker 3: I saw it. I was so excited to get an iPad. 517 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:56,120 Speaker 3: And I told one of our staff members. I said, 518 00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:58,960 Speaker 3: I'm gonna go get one of those tomorrow, and they said, no, 519 00:30:59,040 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 3: you're not. 520 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:03,640 Speaker 1: I say, yes, I am. I said, I'm gonna get one. 521 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:05,840 Speaker 3: I'm gonna be one of the first preachers in America. 522 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,440 Speaker 3: I might not be the smartest preacher in America, but 523 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:10,880 Speaker 3: I might not be of I might not be the 524 00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:13,160 Speaker 3: one of the best either, but I will be one 525 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:15,440 Speaker 3: of the first to preach from an iPad. I'm going 526 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,680 Speaker 3: to get an iPad. They said, you can't go get 527 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:20,320 Speaker 3: an iPad. It's not going to be out for several 528 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 3: months because there is a space between the reveal and 529 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:39,600 Speaker 3: the release. That's where hope gets lost. In that space 530 00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:48,120 Speaker 3: between the reveal and the release. It's called Saturday. It's 531 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:51,280 Speaker 3: when you're sitting around and you thought God was gonna 532 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:55,720 Speaker 3: and you just knew God was gonna and you were 533 00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:57,680 Speaker 3: sure that they would never and. 534 00:31:57,640 --> 00:31:59,880 Speaker 1: Then they did. It's called space. 535 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:07,920 Speaker 3: That's where faith grows in between two points between the 536 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:13,720 Speaker 3: reveal and the release. And that's what the Cross was. 537 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:21,719 Speaker 3: It was the reveal and it was the release. And 538 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:24,920 Speaker 3: so Jesus said several things. He said, today you'll be 539 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 3: with me in Paradise. The Word of salvation, Father, forgive 540 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:30,040 Speaker 3: them the word of forgiveness. Behold your mother, the word 541 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:32,680 Speaker 3: of relationship, My God, why have you forsaken me? The 542 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:35,840 Speaker 3: word of abandonment, distress. The word of distress was I thirst. 543 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:38,720 Speaker 3: He said it is finished, which was the word of triumph. 544 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:44,640 Speaker 3: And then after he said that, Luke says that he said, Father, 545 00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:52,680 Speaker 3: into your hands, I commit my spirit. As the sky 546 00:32:52,760 --> 00:33:00,480 Speaker 3: grew black for three hours into the darkness, he spoke commitment, Father, 547 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:02,240 Speaker 3: into your hands, I commit my spirit. 548 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:05,720 Speaker 1: And he breathed his last. 549 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:19,480 Speaker 3: But his last breath was my first breath, because death 550 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:24,640 Speaker 3: was not his final destination. I went to Sydney this week, 551 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:27,440 Speaker 3: but I already had my ticket back to Charlotte before 552 00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:31,400 Speaker 3: I ever left for Sydney. Jesus came to Earth in 553 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,560 Speaker 3: the likeness of sinful men, but he was not a 554 00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:37,080 Speaker 3: sinful man. He went to a cross, but he did 555 00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:39,320 Speaker 3: not belong on that cross. He did not stay on 556 00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:41,840 Speaker 3: that cross. He was in this world, but he was 557 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:43,640 Speaker 3: not of this world. He went to the grave, he 558 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:44,840 Speaker 3: did not stay in the grave. 559 00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:47,080 Speaker 1: I'm talking about round trip resurrection. 560 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:47,480 Speaker 3: Now. 561 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:51,640 Speaker 1: He suffered that he might be glorified by his wounds. 562 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:55,880 Speaker 3: You are healed everybody say release. So here's what I 563 00:33:55,880 --> 00:34:00,560 Speaker 3: wanted to show you. Because remember God is very sneaky. 564 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,600 Speaker 3: And Luke says that Jesus on the cross said, Father, 565 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:06,360 Speaker 3: into your hands, I commit my spirit. 566 00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:13,440 Speaker 1: But Luke wasn't at the cross. Luke is recording what 567 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:15,319 Speaker 1: he said at the cross. But Luke wasn't at the cross. 568 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:19,839 Speaker 3: Now, John, who also wrote one of the Gospels, he 569 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:20,720 Speaker 3: was at the cross. 570 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:24,799 Speaker 1: He was there. He wasn't loud, he was listening, he 571 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:27,239 Speaker 1: was watching. John was. 572 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:30,759 Speaker 3: I would say he's a sneaky disciple because if you 573 00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:33,440 Speaker 3: look at him at the Last Supper, he's got his 574 00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:34,360 Speaker 3: head on Jesus. 575 00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:35,560 Speaker 1: He's kind of sneaky. 576 00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:39,759 Speaker 3: Every one of my kids have different personalities. Elijah is 577 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:46,640 Speaker 3: very direct and forceful and articulate, logical. If he wants something, 578 00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:48,640 Speaker 3: he's going to give you seventeen reasons you should give 579 00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:50,720 Speaker 3: it to him in thirteen consequences if you don't. 580 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:58,040 Speaker 1: Abby is very beautiful and charming. And then Graham. Graham 581 00:34:58,080 --> 00:34:59,120 Speaker 1: is sneaky. He is. 582 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:04,040 Speaker 3: He doesn't I didn't teach him to be this way. 583 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:06,680 Speaker 3: He just is this way. Graham is my sneaky kid. 584 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:09,080 Speaker 3: So if he wants something from you, he will come 585 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:11,480 Speaker 3: up to you, he will hug you like he loves you. 586 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:15,920 Speaker 3: But he's working on something because he's sneaky. Everybody says sneaky. 587 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:19,120 Speaker 3: He's very sneaky. He came up to me yesterday and 588 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:21,799 Speaker 3: started hugging me, and he was hugging me, and he 589 00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:25,359 Speaker 3: started singing this song and I liked it. The song was, uh, 590 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:28,880 Speaker 3: it was like, listen, I can do it. That's my daddy, 591 00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:32,800 Speaker 3: that's my daddy. That's my daddy, that's my daddy, that's 592 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:33,799 Speaker 3: my daddy, dass. 593 00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:36,040 Speaker 1: I like the groove of it. I started dancing to it. 594 00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:39,720 Speaker 1: That's my daddy, Dass, my daddy, this is my daddy, Dass, 595 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:40,520 Speaker 1: my daddy. 596 00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:44,120 Speaker 3: Byt the time I'm dancing, I realized what he's doing. 597 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:45,200 Speaker 1: The whole song was a setup. 598 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:47,080 Speaker 3: The last line he goes and he's gonna get me 599 00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:48,360 Speaker 3: a dog, and he walks. 600 00:35:48,120 --> 00:36:01,320 Speaker 5: Off because he's sneaky, because he's sneaky. 601 00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:00,239 Speaker 3: And I. 602 00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:03,480 Speaker 1: Think what John did. 603 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:09,120 Speaker 3: When he recorded what Jesus did when he died, Because 604 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:14,160 Speaker 3: remember it looked like the end, it was really the beginning. 605 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:20,880 Speaker 3: It was Grace dressed like Shane. It was triumph dressed 606 00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:25,360 Speaker 3: like Trouble. And so John says that when Jesus died 607 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:28,960 Speaker 3: and said it is finished, which was a cry of victory. 608 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:35,480 Speaker 3: With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. 609 00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:38,880 Speaker 3: And gave up his spirit is how we say it 610 00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:44,040 Speaker 3: in English. But the Bible wasn't written in English. In fact, 611 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,960 Speaker 3: this part of the Bible was written in Greek. And 612 00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:50,680 Speaker 3: there is a Greek word that John used in the 613 00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:53,960 Speaker 3: thirtieth verse of the nineteenth chapter of his Gospel that 614 00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:55,919 Speaker 3: we translated gave up. 615 00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:58,000 Speaker 1: That really doesn't mean gave up. 616 00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:01,640 Speaker 3: You know what the Greek word is, paradiami. 617 00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:03,719 Speaker 1: Paradiami. 618 00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:06,359 Speaker 3: Now you thought I was just randomly telling you that, 619 00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:07,400 Speaker 3: but I wasn't. 620 00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:08,919 Speaker 1: I was sneaking it in. 621 00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:11,520 Speaker 3: So when I got to this point in the sermon, 622 00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:15,600 Speaker 3: you would know that when the Bible says that Judas 623 00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:22,080 Speaker 3: handed Jesus over to the Sanhedrin, paradimi, and the Sanhedrin 624 00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:27,640 Speaker 3: handed Jesus over to Pilot, and Pilot handed Jesus over 625 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:32,600 Speaker 3: to Herod, and Herod handed over Jesus to be crucified. 626 00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:36,399 Speaker 3: When Jesus got ready to die, guess what he did 627 00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:38,720 Speaker 3: with his spirit paradiami. 628 00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:40,440 Speaker 1: He handed it over. 629 00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:45,239 Speaker 3: I'm trying to say, nobody took his life. He gave it. 630 00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:52,960 Speaker 1: He gave it, and. 631 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:55,560 Speaker 3: He took the bread, and he blessed it, and he 632 00:37:55,680 --> 00:38:01,880 Speaker 3: broke it, and he gave it, and he gives it. 633 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:04,919 Speaker 1: And he handed it over, and he handed it over. 634 00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:06,799 Speaker 1: Parrotid on mine. 635 00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:11,000 Speaker 3: The same word that says Judas handed Jesus over, I'm done, 636 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:14,920 Speaker 3: stand up. The same word that says that Judas handed 637 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:18,960 Speaker 3: Jesus over is used to describe the way that Jesus 638 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:22,719 Speaker 3: handed himself over. What am I trying to say? He 639 00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:28,080 Speaker 3: had it in hand all along, It was always in 640 00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:31,880 Speaker 3: his hands. It might have looked like Judas's hand. It 641 00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:34,319 Speaker 3: might have looked like Herod's hand. It might have looked 642 00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:37,440 Speaker 3: like Pilot's hand. But the hand on the hand that 643 00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:41,600 Speaker 3: writes the story of your life is the hand of God. 644 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:47,759 Speaker 3: Somebody shout, hand it over? 645 00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:49,000 Speaker 1: He handed it over? 646 00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:55,360 Speaker 3: And can I tell you something else about paradidomia. It 647 00:38:55,520 --> 00:39:00,919 Speaker 3: means to hand over for keeping until the appropriate time. Wow. 648 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:05,759 Speaker 3: So the Sanhedrin held him when he was handed over, 649 00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:07,960 Speaker 3: until it was time to hand him over to the 650 00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:11,239 Speaker 3: Roman government. And they held him until it was time 651 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:13,840 Speaker 3: to hand him over to the centurion so that he 652 00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:17,880 Speaker 3: could die. And so when Jesus died his last word, 653 00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:22,399 Speaker 3: his last mile, before he would do what he came 654 00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:26,080 Speaker 3: to do and fulfill his purpose on the earth. He said, Father, 655 00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:33,560 Speaker 3: into your hands, I hand over my spirit. Keep it 656 00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:44,680 Speaker 3: for me till Sunday. Because when Sunday comes, Yo, you'll 657 00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:46,839 Speaker 3: better clap to give me off this stage, because if 658 00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:58,600 Speaker 3: I start preaching about that, Oh, oh God. Because when 659 00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:02,800 Speaker 3: he got up on Sunday with all power in his hand, 660 00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:07,400 Speaker 3: you see, he had a little meeting with the devil 661 00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:12,000 Speaker 3: and he said, hey, devil, what's that in your hand? 662 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:16,520 Speaker 3: And the devil said, that's the key And Jesus said, 663 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:19,600 Speaker 3: the key to what? And the devil said, this is 664 00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:22,440 Speaker 3: Revelation onein eighteen. It doesn't record the whole conversation, but 665 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:23,040 Speaker 3: it lets me. 666 00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:23,680 Speaker 1: Know the outcome. 667 00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:28,400 Speaker 3: The devil said, it's the key to death. And Jesus said, 668 00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:33,320 Speaker 3: paradiami in other words, come. 669 00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:41,120 Speaker 6: On, come on, drum hey, then over my paid i'm 670 00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:53,040 Speaker 6: ron my laptad im. 671 00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:55,040 Speaker 1: What else you got there, devil, Oh, this is the 672 00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:56,960 Speaker 1: key to hell. This is the key to judgment. 673 00:40:57,360 --> 00:40:59,440 Speaker 3: This is this is the key that will punish them 674 00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:02,480 Speaker 3: according to their transgressions. And Jesus say, yeah, but I 675 00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:06,800 Speaker 3: dealt with that. Now, hand it over, Hand it over. 676 00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:09,959 Speaker 1: Somebody shout, hand it over. 677 00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:18,359 Speaker 3: That's the invitation. That's the invitation, the release. Hand it over, 678 00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:23,640 Speaker 3: Hand it over. Hey, what are you carrying? Clio disappointment? 679 00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:25,640 Speaker 3: I dealt with that. 680 00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:30,360 Speaker 1: Now hand it over, because you got seven more miles 681 00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:34,720 Speaker 1: to go. Now hand it over. You see these hands 682 00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:35,520 Speaker 1: that bled for you. 683 00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:38,760 Speaker 3: They were holding your hands the whole time, and nothing 684 00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:39,680 Speaker 3: has happened to you. 685 00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:40,840 Speaker 1: That will be wasted. 686 00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:43,320 Speaker 3: Why don't you do what he did with that bread 687 00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:47,480 Speaker 3: and hand it over. How long are you going to 688 00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:50,960 Speaker 3: carry the burden when he died to take it away? 689 00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:55,000 Speaker 3: How long are you going to carry the shame that 690 00:41:55,080 --> 00:42:01,560 Speaker 3: he already carried up a hill? Hand it over, Hand 691 00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:04,760 Speaker 3: it over. I hear the spirit of God saying that, 692 00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:08,719 Speaker 3: just over and over. In my mind, I just hear 693 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:12,200 Speaker 3: inserting whatever it is that you're carrying that Jesus already 694 00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:15,600 Speaker 3: died to roll away, and I hear him saying, hand 695 00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:19,040 Speaker 3: it over. What are you discussing as you walk along 696 00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:24,399 Speaker 3: the road. Let's leave that in a miais. Let's leave 697 00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:28,040 Speaker 3: that at the cross, Let's leave that in his grave. 698 00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:30,000 Speaker 3: You got to regret. 699 00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:36,239 Speaker 1: Hand it over. You got a defeat. Hand it over. 700 00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:40,400 Speaker 1: You got an excuse, hand it over. 701 00:42:41,719 --> 00:42:45,360 Speaker 3: Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things to 702 00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:49,880 Speaker 3: enter into his glory? Now hand it over so that 703 00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:54,680 Speaker 3: you can experience what Paul described. He said, I reckon 704 00:42:54,719 --> 00:42:59,560 Speaker 3: that the sufferings of this present time, everything that you've 705 00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:02,400 Speaker 3: been through, everything that you will go through, are not 706 00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:09,840 Speaker 3: worthy to be compared with the glory that will be 707 00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:14,479 Speaker 3: revealed if you hand it over. But if you stay 708 00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:18,040 Speaker 3: at Amais and you keep your back turned to Jerusalem, 709 00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:21,360 Speaker 3: you will never know what was waiting for you in 710 00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:23,759 Speaker 3: his hands for you to receive it. 711 00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:28,200 Speaker 1: And this is the promise of God. The spirit of 712 00:43:28,239 --> 00:43:33,960 Speaker 1: God is in this place. Now. 713 00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:36,880 Speaker 3: I want you to bow your head, and no one moving, 714 00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:43,920 Speaker 3: because this is the moment of the handover. This is 715 00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:47,880 Speaker 3: the moment where you trust Him with your life. You've 716 00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:50,160 Speaker 3: been doing it your own way for seven miles now, 717 00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:53,480 Speaker 3: and it's gotten you nowhere but a Mais. And it's 718 00:43:53,480 --> 00:43:56,840 Speaker 3: gotten you nowhere but confusion. And it's gotten you nowhere 719 00:43:56,880 --> 00:44:03,240 Speaker 3: but despair. It's gotten you nowhere. But today here stands 720 00:44:03,239 --> 00:44:07,040 Speaker 3: one who offers to you the bread of life. Healing 721 00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:11,680 Speaker 3: is in his hands, life is in his hands, Freedom 722 00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:14,520 Speaker 3: is in his hands. So I want to pray with 723 00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:17,719 Speaker 3: you right now to the end that you would hand 724 00:44:17,719 --> 00:44:20,880 Speaker 3: it over, to the end, that you would get up 725 00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:25,439 Speaker 3: and come back like Cleopus did, like Peter did after 726 00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:29,040 Speaker 3: he had gone fishing, like we all must do to repent, 727 00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:35,759 Speaker 3: to believe that resurrection is here. But your heads about 728 00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:37,480 Speaker 3: and your eyes closed at every location, We're going to 729 00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:39,640 Speaker 3: pray a prayer right now. This prayer is for those 730 00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:44,919 Speaker 3: who are handing it over, for those who are ready 731 00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:46,960 Speaker 3: to make Jesus Christ the Lord of your life, to 732 00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:49,359 Speaker 3: come back to him. And I want us to pray 733 00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:51,800 Speaker 3: together out loud as a church family for the benefit 734 00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:54,279 Speaker 3: of those who are coming back to God. Pray with me, 735 00:44:54,320 --> 00:44:57,280 Speaker 3: Heavenly Father, into your hands. 736 00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:04,839 Speaker 1: I commit my life. I belong to you today. I 737 00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:05,400 Speaker 1: trust you. 738 00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:12,880 Speaker 3: I believe that Jesus Christ is your son, and today 739 00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:17,680 Speaker 3: I make him my savior and I call him Lord. 740 00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:23,959 Speaker 3: This is my new beginning. Forgive me of my sin, 741 00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:32,640 Speaker 3: change my heart, make me a brand new creation. From 742 00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:37,760 Speaker 3: this state forward, I will follow you all the days 743 00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:41,280 Speaker 3: of my life, heads bowed, eyes closed. 744 00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:42,120 Speaker 1: On account of three. 745 00:45:42,120 --> 00:45:44,680 Speaker 3: If you just prayed that prayer, shoot your hand in 746 00:45:44,719 --> 00:45:47,479 Speaker 3: the air boldly. This is your moment on three one, 747 00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:48,920 Speaker 3: two three. 748 00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:52,719 Speaker 1: Shoot him up all over these campuses, hands going up, 749 00:45:53,760 --> 00:46:00,520 Speaker 1: new right beginning. Come him back home to the place belong. 750 00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:05,840 Speaker 7: Come on church, let's welcome them home like the eleven. 751 00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:15,080 Speaker 7: It is true, this resende. If you know he's please 752 00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:20,879 Speaker 7: your lies, blead God. 753 00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:25,120 Speaker 1: Thank you for joining us. 754 00:46:25,400 --> 00:46:27,840 Speaker 2: Special thanks to those of you who give generously to 755 00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:31,400 Speaker 2: this ministry. 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