against the left
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they gave him a purple cloak
and twisted together a crown of thorns
they put these on his head
hail King of the Jews they said
as they struck his head
they spit on him
and mocking him
they knelt down to him
after this they put his clothes back on
him
and let him out to be crucified
the charges against him that would hang
on his cross red
Jesus of Nazareth
the king of the Jews
they brought him to Golgotha
and at the third hour They Crucified him
and divided his garments
and cast lots for them
as it was written
and about the sixth hour there was
darkness that fell over the whole land
while the Sun's light failed
a curtain of the temple was tall then
Jesus calling out with a loud voice said
yeah dead
after this he breathed his last
he bowed his head
and gave up his spirit
truly
this was the son of God
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and on the third day Mary and others
went to visit the tomb
and Angels stood before them asking
why do you seek the living among the
dead
Jesus is not here for He Is Risen
and Jesus walked with the disciples and
explained all that the law and the
prophets had written of him and he was
shown to be the Son of God when he was
raised from the dead by the power of the
Holy Spirit he is Jesus Christ Our Lord
for we died and were buried with Christ
by
just as Christ was raised from the dead
by the glorious power of the father now
we also may live new lives
so yes crucify him because we needed new
life we needed to be saved our sin had
condemned us to death but Jesus
way for us that Agony would have been
ours for all eternity had he not come
but praise God that he didn't just
endure the cross praise God that he
didn't just come to die he came so that
we might live
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are you guys ready are you guys ready
for me to um do you know what to do next
he's risen
and he is listen let's be real quiet can
we hear um
can we hear the birds
you know they started talking like this
when you started singing
and you ever wonder you ever think about
what do those little guys are singing
about do we ever pause to think about it
they're not singing about the problems
in the world they're not singing about
taxes
they're not singing about the woes and
pandemics and
culture they're singing about the
almighty God risen from the Lord risen
from the dead our Lord and Savior Jesus
absolutely awesome what church family we
have been going through this series this
week and obviously this morning
we end it with a series of services
today themed out of the darkness
and um don't tell anybody but out of all
of the services today you've picked the
best one to come to because
because we are literally coming out of
the darkness
and it's awesome father we pray that by
the moving of your Holy Spirit you would
seize us this morning Father I would
think that on a morning like this that
those who 2 000 years ago ran to the
tomb though they were disappointed
though they were sad though they were
heavy-hearted they ran to the tomb
with embalming fluid and thinking that
they were going to see a dead body but
they were happily shocked and surprised
I pray that those that are here today I
would assume are believers but Lord what
if
what if this morning Father you want to
cause there to be a Dawning in the heart
of one man one woman one boy one girl
one family here today
that all of the Bible and all of Time
and Eternity and the Cross of Christ and
the empty tomb this morning in Jerusalem
is to reach that one person because you
are the kind of God
that would go to such lengths to rescue
one soul
and for that every single one of us are
grateful we pray in Jesus name and all
God's people said
amen Well church obviously
but if you've never studied it's not so
obvious that the most documented
historical ancient event in history is
none other than the resurrection of
Jesus Christ we know nothing in
comparison to Aristotle
or Play-Doh or
the ancient
ones who existed think about it for a
moment
we know nothing factually nobody denies
the existence of Abraham
but what we get out of antiquity
we have staked of the claim that it's
enough none of you have met George
Washington
and yet you don't doubt his existence
but there's more books there's more
authorship there's more writing there's
more eyewitness accounts of the Life of
Christ both his friends his foes and the
undecided than any other person in all
of human history
and you need to sit up and take notice
of that today
the Bible tells us and I'll read it to
you but can you stand for a moment wait
you're all comfortable it's okay you're
all good and you're warm I see some of
you all cuddled up
by the end of this message you'll all be
cuddling up
this is a Southern California winter it
feels like right now
the Bible tells us in Matthew chapter 28
now after the Sabbath as the first day
of the week began to Dawn I'm watching
it happen right here today as the sky is
turning
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came
to see the tomb and behold there was a
great earthquake for an angel of the
Lord descended from heaven and came and
rolled back the Stone from the door and
sat on it
his countenance was like a lightning and
his clothing was like or white as snow
he and the guards shook for fear and
became like dead men but the angel
answered and said to the woman do not be
afraid for I know that you seek Jesus
whom was crucified he is not here for he
is risen
just as he said come see the place where
the Lord lay
and go quickly and tell his disciples
that he has risen from the dead and
indeed he is going before you into
Galilee there you will see him behold I
have told you
so they went out quickly from the tomb
with great fear and great joy and they
ran to bring his disciples word and as
they went to tell the disciples behold
Jesus met them saying rejoice
so they came and held them by the feet
and worshiped him then Jesus said to
them do not be afraid go tell my
brethren to go to Galilee and there they
will see me
I believe that today if you're willing
to open up your heart in your mind
you'll see the reality of Jesus Christ
and that God has announced especially in
this dark world that God has announced
to us that there's hope there's life
there's forgiveness
because God has promised this in his
holy word
remarkable by the way a little bit of
background to this morning 21 centuries
ago celebrated by the way yesterday if
you think about it on Saturday the Bible
tells us in the gospels that on Saturday
there's only one verse that covers it
and it's Luke chapter 23 verse 56 P pay
close attention to this everybody Luke
23 56 says and they returned and
prepared spices and fragrant oils
that's exactly what a Jew was supposed
to do for a departed loved one or friend
was to
saturate their grave cloths with
beautiful fragrant
spice oils
and perfumes
for burial it's your last attempt to
express your love and your commitment
and your joy for knowing that person so
keep that in mind on Saturday celebrated
yesterday
the disciples especially the women
they're preparing spices first of all
according to the law they were not
supposed to do that
at all they're supposed to be keeping
the Sabbath
they're not to be working
there were good kosher women
preparing these spices
but something drove them beyond the law
something drove them beyond what Moses
had said You shall do nothing on this
day they blew that off what drove them
but the love and the devotion for Jesus
Christ I think God was pleased with that
form of so-called Disobedience weren't
you aren't you impressed by that I'm
impressed by that
so number one church as we look at this
this morning out of the darkness Jesus
Christ brings the real reason to life
when Jesus Christ rose again from the
grave
he said a grand exclamation point as it
were and he made the announcement that
life in him cannot be stopped life in
him cannot be shut down
that when Jesus Christ rose again from
the dead what he brought out of the
darkness was eternal life and it's
exactly if you're honest with yourself
it's exactly what you want to know
eternal life is exactly what you want to
experience
it's not just because you have been
either coerced or bribed maybe somebody
bribed you with hot chocolate this
morning or breakfast after this down
deep inside no matter what your world
view might be you want to live forever
that's why death is such a horrific
thought and such a grand interruption in
your life you want to live an atheist
wants to live
why is that
because God has put that in your heart
and when Jesus rose again from the dead
he rose bringing us the great reason of
why we should love life
and embrace life
right here the Bible says we read it a
moment ago that in Matthew 28 verse 1
now after the Sabbath as the first day
of the week began to Dawn Mary Magdalene
boy you can read later about her life
and the other Mary came to see the tomb
they didn't even show up to see Jesus
they were coming to see the tomb with
hopes that maybe they could find
somebody to roll away the stone
did they believe that he was resurrected
from the dead at that moment the answer
no but did they go out of devotion
to pay their respects to the dead yes
have you ever been of course you have to
a funeral the death of a loved one how
wrong it feels
the death of a loved one a child a
parent a husband a wife
a friend
it's such a grand interruption
and you experience that Gathering and
there's a heaviness and there should be
and I understand that
but as I mentioned on Good Friday we
know something
on that day that Jesus was crucified
what you and I need to remember to
appreciate is that this morning was
coming
God had announced it God had prepared
for it God had put forth his word
but just note this
if you're a skeptic this morning and if
you had have doubt in your heart and
mind just know this the very ones who
traveled with Jesus went to the tomb
that morning to pay their respects
because they thought he was still dead
but when Jesus Christ came out of the
Tomb he brought forth the real reason
to live
suicide is sweeping our nation
and it's unnecessary think about it
you know I
of course I'm with you on this one but
I'm I told some friends just before this
service while worship was going on I
said you know what should be happening
right now and this is by no means
self-serving to any one of us but in the
condition our nation is in right now
that is people losing their lives
unnecessarily
that if people really cared you would
think that fox and CNN and NBC they
would have set up cameras here right now
they would have said you know what we'll
try it Resurrection Sunday morning we'll
stream this service Across the Nation
why it might save a life think about
that for a moment
to hear the fact that Jesus Christ rose
again from the dead and when he did that
he brought forth a great reason for you
to live
young people need to hear that today in
Mark chapter 16 verse 1 the Bible says
now when the Sabbath was passed Mary
Magdalene and Mary the mother of James
and Salome brought spices that they
might come and anoint him Jesus his body
very early in the morning on the first
day of the week they came to the tomb
Sunday morning
so they came listen with spices
they came with wrecked emotions no doubt
about it they came with tearful Maybe
eyes puffy from crying over the weekend
over what they had witnessed at the
cross they came with Broken Dreams their
lives were wrapped up in Jesus and now
he's gone
they came with questions on their lips
no doubt and with great confusion in
their minds
listen friends
if you find yourself ever in that
situation and in life you will
it's never a good time
in such a moment to make decisions
regarding your life until you find out
that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead
and that he gives the answer to life
don't do it don't make a decision on
anything regarding your life until you
understand that the God who made you is
the god who died for you and rose again
from the dead
in a word they came to the tomb filled
with hopelessness
but boy were they in for a shock
after all that Jesus had said and done
with them
after everything they had heard insane
in their minds he was gone there was no
hope
but hope was about to invade them
they didn't realize that Jesus had come
out of the dark
number two Jesus Christ brings the real
answer to listen
spirituality not sure if you're aware of
this or not
the data is there where
Church look at my fingers Church in
America is dying as we traditionally
know church now I'm looking around right
now and it doesn't look very dead here
why because because listen you know that
church can't save you
you came here to celebrate a risen
savior
but listen because the church on the
surface is dying in communities notice
what people have done again especially
young people they have gravitated
towards spirituality and they will it's
nothing new God made you a spiritual
creature and when you don't know Jesus
you'll go to something
and there's been a great Resurgence in
the world right now of satanism
and I'll just say this people are
searching
and when you think about them
gravitating to New Age and
all this kind of bizarre esoteric type
of thinking
it's a spirituality
and the culmination of all attempts to
be spiritual leads to that very one
called Satan
and people today are losing hope and so
they're gravitating
towards Satanism there's all kinds of
stuff going on right now and by the way
in the United States there's a
tremendous move and it's been going on
where satanic churches are being started
across the United States
and that's
strange to us but it's not strange
to the reality that down deep inside
you're spiritual
you've got a spiritual hunger inside and
in Matthew 28 verse 2 the Bible says
behold there was a great earthquake
for an angel of the Lord you want
spiritual check this out
the angel of the Lord descended from
heaven and came and rolled back the
Stone from the dead or from the door
excuse me I love the angel rolled back
the door the angel rolled back well
Jesus was already gone Jesus didn't roll
it back the angel ruled it back
don't think for a moment well the angel
rolled it back so Jesus could get out
Jesus was not on the inside going oh man
come on
can you imagine orchestrating all this
okay you know heaven's got headsets onto
microphones okay Q Angel do you have
Angel to send Jesus are you ready ready
okay Angel now lightning strike
earthquake move roll Stone
he was already gone
he didn't need that stone rolled away
the angel rolled the stone back so Peter
and John could run in
he rode the stone back so history could
record that Christ has risen from the
dead
it's absolutely awesome
but the verse goes on to tell us
that after he rolled back the Stone from
the door he sat on it
I just love that I I would have written
it this way he rolled back the stone and
sat on it while folding his arms
he might even had a toothpick in his
mouth
it's awesome
his countenance was like lightning
can you imagine just
and his clothing was white as snow and
the guards that's the Roman guards
secular Roman guards
thanks
secular history
the Roman guard shook for fear and
became like dead men
they were just absolutely overwhelmed
and overtaken
the third thing is this out of the
darkness Jesus Christ brings the real
mission to our lives
now I got to control myself and keep
true to the clock on this one
my dear friends family listen all of you
together
it'll probably go over Better In This
Crowd than any other
but until you know if you know
a mission for your life that's been
given to you by God you have yet to live
your life young people today listen you
do not have a mission to live your life
unless you know the Lord Jesus Christ oh
Pastor I'm going to be a doctor go ahead
and be a doctor by the way be a good one
I'm gonna go into the air force okay God
bless you do your best I'm gonna be fill
in the blank be your best but listen
the Bible tells us that God has put
eternity in your hearts
our hearts
and the truth is this
that a mission for your very existence
as a human being has been given to you
by God and if you don't know what that
is then you're going to be bouncing off
the walls in life going from one course
to one degree to one classroom to one
career all to the other like an absolute
pinball machine are there pinball
machines anymore
some of you know what I'm talking about
and you wake up at the age of 40 or 50
or 60 or 70 and you're going to ask
yourself the question what's this all
about
you don't have to do that Jesus rose
again from the dead and he gives us a
mission that's Eternal you can do all
those things to put food on your table
but that's not the reason why you were
born my friend
and young people need to hear this more
than ever
there's a mission for your life find out
what God's purpose is for your life and
see what will happen
life should be a White Knuckle
experience I mean that in a good way do
you remember what that means White
Knuckle the terrifying roller coaster so
I don't go I don't do roller coasters
personally I I love airplanes and all
that kind of stuff I can trust that but
a roller coaster some guy put that thing
on a piece of metal
and and it's man-made design thingy and
it's going to stay on I just I don't
know I'd rather be in an airplane where
it's sitting on a bunch of molecules of
air
but we talked about white knucklers you
know life should be like that as a
Christian in a good way what's going on
Jack I don't know I'm just hanging on to
Jesus it's amazing
people ask me how you doing I always say
this
fine the last time I checked the key is
don't check
just hang on
your Christianity should be absolutely
radical the days are dark oh look what's
happening oh it's terrible let's move
out of California wait a minute I'm
announcing into the world right now you
ought to move to California it's crazy
it's a beautiful kind of crazy but it's
crazy there's a great war going on
and we have a mission it's to share the
love of God that God forgives God Saves
the cross
he died the tomb he rose
and this is the epicenter in my opinion
of course I think so God has sent
me to this part of the world as it were
for a mission you as well number four
Jesus Christ brings the real thrill
to being alive
when Jesus told the disciples come and
follow me wouldn't you love to interview
Matthew remember Matthew Matthew's sit
in there he was a he was hated by the
Jewish people
because he was a Jew but he was working
for Rome
and Rome wanted a certain amount of tax
if it was a certain percentage
if they said we want 10 percent of every
person going through this highway right
here
Matthew was allowed to charge any
percentage over that and keep the rest
did you know that tax collectors were
hated in Israel they're hated in
California too nothing personal
but
but as he's collecting taxes
the Bible doesn't tell us only this that
Jesus walked by and said come and follow
me
and I love that because you know
Matthew's sitting at a toll gate
did Jesus
pay doesn't say he paid
he probably did because
we know in the Bible that Jesus Paid on
their taxes he actually except he had it
made he told Peter go down to the beach
wouldn't that be go down to the beach
and grab a fish and I don't know you
squeeze them a coin comes out
and go pay our taxes it doesn't say
anything about that regarding this
moment but Matthew's there and Jesus
just says come follow me and the Bible
says Matthew dropped what he was doing
and followed Jesus
what an amazing moment
and I would love to interview Matthew
someday you and I are going to talk to
him and I want to ask him what was going
on did you even look up did you what
what happened when you heard him say
come and follow me I wonder what he'd
say well I thought first of all some guy
was just blowing through the gate and
being silly
and he just kept walking by the way
but he turned back and he looked at me
and when he looked at me there was an
incredible thrill
that what he was communicating to me is
beyond taxes it's beyond wealth it's
beyond Rome
it's Beyond Myself
and I followed him
what a tremendous thing the Bible says
here in verse 7 and go quickly said the
angel and tell his disciples that he has
risen from the dead the greatest
absolute announcement to this moment and
forever will be my friends Jesus Christ
is risen from the dead and that fact is
laid out and the world has got to deal
with it it's a fact Christ rose again
from the grave our faith is founded upon
fact not some dream oh you Christians in
your Blind Faith Blind Faith
our faith is based upon the fact
recorded in the scripture
it's absolutely awesome
by the way have you noticed that people
say I can't be a Christian man I'm a pro
I believe in science
and I've told you before if you go to
this church science is awesome because
number one it comes from the same author
that wrote the Bible
the second thing is this
science is God's way of telling you how
things work
science cannot tell you why
science cannot tell you why it was given
science tells you how it works God tells
you why he gave it God tells you I gave
this that you might know me that you
might have glory and seen these
beautiful things
the birds singing think about that
explain that to me scientifically well
back in the primordial primeval world
really
no listening to Christianity should be
thrilling you should not walk into a
college classroom and hide and apologize
that you're that you're a Christian
you should take on the class and when
they seek to make fun of you you should
say excuse me what's your explanation
for the existence of Life how do you
explain the Order of Things
and why is it if you say I don't know if
I could do that how about this one this
is simple for everybody ask your
Professor or your classmates ask your
neighbor do you believe and have you
ever thought
about life after death
and they're going to be they're going to
say yes if they're honest
and you need to press that why did you
think that why are you thinking that why
do you care what happens after you die
they're gonna have an opinion
and then you say Jesus said if a man
were to die believing in me yet shall he
live
you can do it I pray that this year more
than ever as this world shakes this is
our year
man look I believe Jesus could come back
at any time I I told Lisa last night we
were praying and I said Lord may this be
the last Easter Service we ever do
now you might say Pastor speak for
yourself okay that's fine may it be the
last one I ever do if you're here or not
so how can you talk like that because
he's risen from the dead
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can you imagine you're here freezing
right now if I fell off of this stage
and landed on my head and went to heaven
it'd be like 80 degrees right there
you'd still be here freezing the Bible
says to be absent from the bodies to be
present with the Lord your life should
be listen absolutely thrilled
that verse goes on to say so they went
out quickly I love that that's us we are
to go out quickly from the tomb with
fear and great joy the word fear is awe
ah like should we get excited totally do
we did we really hear that could was the
angel maybe fibbing with us
they went out and they told the
disciples now this gospel doesn't record
it but when the women showed up
I'm sorry
but when the women showed up to the
disciples the Bible says the 12 guys
were hiding
they were hiding for fear it said
can you imagine Peter looking through
the blinds
what do you see a bunch of women in the
street
they're coming this way do they look
angry
and the women came busting in and said
we've been told that Jesus has risen
from the dead
and when we saw him we
full-on tackled him and hung onto his
feet and we were holding him
and the Bible tells us in another gospel
that the words of the women sounded like
Fables and the disciples did not believe
them the Great Men of God
you women what you guys have been all
talking how long you been up all night
talking about this
by the way guys I think that's something
within us when the women show up to tell
us what happened we're like what say
what were you saying
that's a problem of ours it's a
I don't take full responsibility totally
I lay a lot of that on Adam personally
when when Lisa says were you listening
huh what
I'm a son of Adam and uh but
the fifth thing is this everybody
the fifth thing is this and it's the
final thing out of the darkness Jesus
brings the real comfort for our lives
when he rose again from the grave you
stop and you think about that for a
moment when he rose from the grave
foreign
he brought Absolute Comfort
stop and think for a moment put yourself
in their sandals Jesus has risen from
the dead what does this mean now
he shattered the grave he broke it
what does it mean for us we've got to
talk to him we've got to find out what
is this
the tomb is empty
all of the religious founders of the
world today you can visit their famous
sites
go ahead knock yourself out
hey you know what if you're a socialist
a communist I've been there
Lenin's tomb is enshrined in Red Square
Moscow Russia
I've seen them
Lennon is laying there dead
Let's do let's follow their let's follow
their teaching
they're dead
why would you follow a dead guy
think of that
Jesus Christ is the only one who says
come and follow me
and then
yields up his life on the cross for our
sins
your sins and mine he died in our place
because you see all of us are condemned
by our own sins
he died 21 centuries ago but for every
reason why he died
here in the 21st century you can say
right now
I'll have to agree
the Bible says he died for our sins
now theologically this is an absolute
fact
if Adam and Eve would have had one child
and one child only Jesus Christ would
have died for the three of them did you
know that
that's a theological fact now see we
we have a hard time with that because
can one life be that valuable
according to God the answer is
absolutely yes
you have a hard time believing that
because you don't understand you've been
told to help to have self-esteem and
that's assigned to your emotions and
that's Whimsical and it's very
unpredictable it's kind of like giving
somebody candy for dinner
but when God says you're valuable to me
and I love you with an everlasting love
and therefore I'm drawing you to myself
I want you to come to me as you are oh
but I'll clean myself up first no no no
no God says no way I won't accept it
were you here Friday night about the
thief on the cross
he did he didn't even get to wash his
hands
and Jesus said today you'll be with me
in Paradise
he doesn't want you to clean yourself up
because that's impossible
now look you can say that's rude no you
could also say that's awesome are you
kidding me Jesus said that I can come
just as I am yep here's the great thing
though listen up everybody Jesus said
that you can come just as you are why
because he's not going to leave you like
that is
he'll change you
and he'll fill your life with meaning
and with hope and the answer to the Deep
spiritual yearning of your heart
and he'll bring Comfort to you
I was asked recently on a podcast tell
us about your day
what are you doing today in fact have
you guys ever uh
have you guys ever followed or watched
The Babylon bee
if you don't follow the Babylon bee you
got to do that so I was being
interviewed by The Babylon bee
and the the guy asked um
you know what do you do
you golfed you
what's your hobby what's your sport
what's your thing what how do you spend
your time and I said you know as a
pastor
and I think he felt sorry at first and
but don't you don't do that hang on for
a second I said as a pastor much of my
time I'm very often alone
see that's why when we get together you
say man the guy's been talking for like
an hour that's because I haven't talked
hardly at all all week I've been alone
listen I've been alone with the Bible
with notebooks books and Jesus
listen but I was never lonely
did you get that
the world without Christ is terrified
about being lonely
and they think being alone is a great
great Danger
listen for the Christian being alone
is where we're strengthened
do you know the comfort of that Jesus
said don't let your heart be troubled
you believe in God believe also in me
great comfort
and so verses 9 and 10 we end with that
and as they went to tell the disciples
behold Jesus met them saying rejoice
what a word
Jesus says it to us today rejoice
so they came and held them by the feet
and worshiped him that's very cute you
know
those women you could see them doing I
mean it's like I'd love to see that in
slow motion
they're running
you know what you know why they did that
basically I believe they were announcing
you got away once
we're not letting you go again
that's how he is do you know him like
that
the beautiful thing is Jesus the Bible
Old and New Testament alike
says that anyone who will come to me I
will in no wise turn away isn't that
awesome absolutely beautiful verse 10
then Jesus said to them do not be afraid
that should have been the banner verse
for covid season don't be afraid
say what why why don't be afraid Jesus
is risen from the dead
yeah but there's covet Jesus has risen
from the dead
yeah but you know what true story saw
yesterday Dr fauci said there may be
another pandemic early in early to mid
2024.
let's just let's just plant them now
put that on the calendar
let me tell you you can put something on
the calendar today
you don't need to be afraid anymore what
could happen well as a believer
you could die
you don't need a pandemic for that
listen you can die today but as a
Believer you don't die Jesus said if a
man dies believing to me he lives
[Applause]
ma'am no wonder why we're supposed to
Rejoice so friends listen up
the Bible tells us go tell my disciples
to head to Galilee and there I will see
them
they will see me
you will Pastor if you could produce
Jesus right here on this stage this
morning I'll become a believer
for now that's not how you see him
believing is seen
and I don't know how to put it but many
people in this Gathering know exactly
what I mean we don't need to see him
because he's that close
he's that close
in a sense for me to see Christ I'd have
to look inside my soul
he's there
he's with me
he's never never going to abandon me he
said if you'll come to me I'll never
turn you away so I'm going to ask you in
a moment to make that decision right now
here's the part where you get all
nervous here's the part listen I'm going
to tell you right now in a moment if the
holy spirit's speaking to you you're
going to say to yourself I'm not going
to do this
I'm going to invite you to get up and
I'm going to invite you to come forward
and you are going to say I need to do
this but I'm not going to do it I want
you to know the holy spirit's speaking
to you and you're fighting with him
and Jesus would say come follow me
come
and follow me
before I give that and I want you to
have that just settling in your soul
right now in a moment I'm going to ask
you to admit and agree with God that you
and I are sinners and that you need his
Saving Grace and that you are going to
give his give your life to him because
he's worthy he's the one that made you
you know all these years he was the one
that was supposed to be calling the
shots but you've been calling the shots
and he's asking you today to quit that
so I'm going to ask you
and I think this is going to happen on
the screens as well is there going to be
a QR code you see that yet
I'm going to ask people to come forward
but for all of you if you decide or not
but listen I don't want you to wimp out
there's a QR code that we want to give
those of you who come forward or those
of you who can see this if we put that
up
but you need to make a decision right
now for Jesus today's the day friend you
don't have any guarantee of tomorrow do
you understand
so let's bow our heads and I'm going to
ask nobody to move around this is a holy
moment
father God I ask in Jesus name that you
would move across this Pavilion this
morning and Lord that you would touch
every heart Lord every soul is important
and I I have to remember that myself
every soul is important from the oldest
here to the youngest
and I'm not singling out any particular
group but dear God in heaven my heart is
burdened for the young people today who
have no hope they've got no answers
they've got no purpose they've got no
passion they've got no meaning they've
got no life
that today God you would storm the
castle of their Mind Storm the castle of
their soul
and love would knock down that door
and on the other side of that door love
would open it up that that person would
say Jesus Come into my life
while heads are bowed and eyes are
closed today number one we'll speak of
two groups this morning number one
if you are willing to admit to God that
you have sinned and that Jesus is your
lord and savior now that you want him to
save you from your sins and write your
name in his book of life and that if you
die today you'd go to heaven
I'm going to ask you to express that
physically I'm going to ask you to raise
your hand wherever you're at or better
yet just for time's sake let's just cut
straight to the change as Gia plays this
song If God is speaking to your heart
get up and come forward and stand right
up front here
and don't turn to your friend and say
I'll go if you go
everybody walks through the
Valley of the shadow of death alone
everyone must open this door to Jesus
alone
As we sing this song If God is speaking
to you you get up and come forward
secondly
if today you're a Christian but today's
the day you're recommitting your life
you're coming back to the kingdom of God
please understand this you're not coming
back to this church you're coming back
to the kingdom of God that's a big
difference you don't need a church you
need Jesus
foreign As we sing this song Don't be a
coward the Bible says the first group in
the Book of Revelation the first group
of people that Enter Hell are cowards
wow don't do that if God is speaking to
you if you have an uneasiness in your
gut that's him saying get it right
except my son
and you do that by coming right now
together come and we'll pray together
right now we're going to pray together
right and church family listen it's
still if there's anybody even who want
to dedicate their life rededicate their
life to the Lord you come running but
right now we're going to pray those of
you out there speak it with them it's
awesome let's let the birds have some uh
rivalry here
as we worship and praise God with this
dear Lord Jesus
I come to you this morning
and I ask you
to resurrect my life
from sin
I ask you to forgive me
because I Proclaim today
Jesus Christ as my Lord
and my savior
risen from the dead
and I receive him now
in Jesus name I pray
and all God's people said