WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.439 --> 00:00:06.679 Hello, and welcome to Daily Hope with Pastor Rick Warren. You've joined us 2 00:00:06.759 --> 00:00:11.800 during our Easter series and we're so glad you're here. As Rick continues to 3 00:00:11.880 --> 00:00:17.960 share the six major benefits that the resurrection of Christ brings to people who choose 4 00:00:18.079 --> 00:00:22.559 to follow him. And now here's part two of a message called the Mystery 5 00:00:22.600 --> 00:00:28.519 of God's Plan. Now, before we get too upset with Adam for messing 6 00:00:28.600 --> 00:00:32.799 up a perfect planet, we need to realize that we share the blame too, 7 00:00:33.479 --> 00:00:37.719 because every one of us have done the exact same thing Adam and Eve 8 00:00:37.759 --> 00:00:41.240 did. We thumbed our nose to God. We've said, God, I'm 9 00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:44.159 gonna do what I want to do. I know what the right thing to 10 00:00:44.159 --> 00:00:46.600 do is, but i'm gonna do what's easy. I'm gonna do what's convenient. 11 00:00:46.679 --> 00:00:49.479 I'm gonna do what's fun. I'm gonna do what's popular. I'm gonna 12 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:51.719 do what I want to do. And God, you got your plan, 13 00:00:51.799 --> 00:00:54.320 But no, thanks God, I'm gonna go with my plan. And I 14 00:00:54.359 --> 00:00:57.679 know you say, don't do these things, but I'm gonna do them anyway. 15 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:02.920 The Bible calls that rebellion, it calls it disobedience, it calls us 16 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:07.719 sin, and the Bible tells us this. We've all sinned, every one 17 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:11.959 of us. Not a single person on the planet is perfect. Nobody bats 18 00:01:11.959 --> 00:01:15.079 a thousand. We've all blown it. We've all made mistakes, we've all 19 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:18.719 heard ourselves, we've all hurt God, we've all heard other people. We've 20 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:25.400 all sinned and proved that we are utterly incapable of living the glorious lives. 21 00:01:25.439 --> 00:01:29.480 That's that life of perfection that God wills for us. We just can't do 22 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:34.599 it, okay, and so we've all messed up. Now as a result 23 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:38.079 of that, not only death entered the world, but everything in the world 24 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:42.840 was broken. And that's the second consequence. The world was broken by sin. 25 00:01:44.439 --> 00:01:48.519 And now nothing on this planet works perfectly. I don't know if you've 26 00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:53.239 noticed this or not, but everything is broken, nothing works perfectly. Have 27 00:01:53.319 --> 00:01:59.680 you noticed your body does not work perfectly? Okay, it don't look perfect 28 00:01:59.719 --> 00:02:04.799 either, And you know what, your relationships don't work perfectly. Have you 29 00:02:04.879 --> 00:02:07.560 noticed that there's a lot of conflict and a lot of times we don't understand 30 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:12.039 each other perfectly. And I don't get what you're saying, and we have 31 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:16.080 imperfection in our relationships. Have you noticed the economy does not work perfectly. 32 00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:23.400 Have you noticed that even the weather does not work perfectly. The Bible says 33 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:28.319 that creation grows because when the sin virus hid Earth, it destroyed everything. 34 00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:35.360 It was never God's will that we have floods and famines and hurricanes and tidal 35 00:02:35.400 --> 00:02:40.080 waves and all this is because even the weather got messed up. Everything on 36 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:45.479 the earth is broken. We do not live on Heaven. We live on 37 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:50.520 earth, and so now nothing works perfectly. Our minds don't always work perfectly. 38 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:55.919 Our emotions don't always work perfectly. Our attractions and our cravings and our 39 00:02:55.960 --> 00:03:00.479 desires don't. Sometimes we desire stuff that's bad for us instead of stuff that's 40 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:07.520 good for us. And even our DNA got warped in all of this. 41 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:13.680 It was never God's plan that people have Alzheimer's. It was never God's plan 42 00:03:13.759 --> 00:03:17.159 that people have cancer. It was never God's intention that people have diabetes. 43 00:03:19.240 --> 00:03:23.479 That's because the DNA of our body is broken. On this planet, everything 44 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:29.159 is touched by sin, and because there is real evil in the world. 45 00:03:29.240 --> 00:03:35.159 We have things that God never intended, like rape, incest, child abuse, 46 00:03:36.039 --> 00:03:42.599 racial injustice, war, sexual trafficking, and everything got messed up and 47 00:03:42.759 --> 00:03:47.639 everything is broken on this planet. The Bible says this. The earth has 48 00:03:47.719 --> 00:03:53.080 broken down in utter collapse, and everything is lost and confused. And that's 49 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:58.400 why it's not fair. Have you noticed that life is not fair? It's 50 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:02.560 not fair. It's never been since Sin broke it all down. And things 51 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:06.280 aren't fair, and they don't always work out in the good way. Now 52 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:12.439 there's a third cause the catastrophe that happened, and that is the loss of 53 00:04:12.520 --> 00:04:15.639 purpose. When Sin hit the world because of what Adam did, and he 54 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:19.800 chose to disobey God and ruined the perfect plan that God had for earth and 55 00:04:19.839 --> 00:04:26.160 for men, God's purpose for everything was lost, and every one of God's 56 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:30.959 gifts, good gifts that God gave to us started being abused and misused. 57 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:36.000 Sex is a gift of God? Is it abused and misused today? Yes? 58 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:41.560 It is. Food and drink is a gift of God? Are they 59 00:04:41.560 --> 00:04:48.079 abused and misused today? Yes? Money is misused and abused. Everything lost 60 00:04:48.199 --> 00:04:55.279 its purpose. Family lost its purpose, nations lost their purpose, individuals lost 61 00:04:55.319 --> 00:04:59.360 their purpose. I don't even know what I'm here for because it all happened 62 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:03.319 in the Bible, sayce is this for creation was condemned to lose its purpose. 63 00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:09.079 Yet there was this still this hope. If you have an outline, 64 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:13.879 you might circle the word still this hope, this hope that all creation will 65 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:18.519 one day be set free from its slavery to decay, and we will share 66 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:25.000 the glorious freedom of the children of God. That's one day God's family would 67 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:29.839 be set free, and so would creation. Now it says there was always 68 00:05:29.839 --> 00:05:35.079 this hope. You see this act that where things aren't well going right, 69 00:05:35.240 --> 00:05:39.800 that's still in the first part of the Bible, and for the first two 70 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:45.040 thirds of the Mystery Story of Creation, for two thirds of the Bible, 71 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:48.079 God says, I'm not going to leave you alone. I'm going to send 72 00:05:48.279 --> 00:05:53.319 a solution. There is hope. Yes, I love you, and yes, 73 00:05:53.519 --> 00:05:56.319 you screwed it up. You've messed up your lives, you've messed up 74 00:05:56.360 --> 00:06:00.079 your relationships, and you've messed up the planet. But I still love you, 75 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:04.439 and so I'm going to send a solution. I'm going to send a 76 00:06:04.560 --> 00:06:10.279 savior. I'm going to send a Messiah. And for thousands of years we 77 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:15.160 read this promise in the story the Mystery of History over and over and over, 78 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:18.000 and God gives us signs, and he gives us symbols, and he 79 00:06:18.040 --> 00:06:24.279 gives us scriptures, and he gives us sacrifices that one day he's going to 80 00:06:24.279 --> 00:06:29.759 send the solution to make the problem right that we can't we can't fix. 81 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:34.279 And that leads us to Act three and Act three in the Mystery of History, 82 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:39.319 happened two thousand years ago, and Act three is this, Jesus came. 83 00:06:40.480 --> 00:06:45.120 God sent Jesus, and Jesus came to restore us. He came to 84 00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:48.959 restore us to God, to rebuild that relationship, to pay for all of 85 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:54.839 our sins, to make the wrong things right. And Jesus is Act three. 86 00:06:55.439 --> 00:06:59.279 Now let me tell you how important this is. A lot of people 87 00:06:59.319 --> 00:07:02.720 have made his way in life, a lot of people make history, but 88 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:10.720 Jesus is the only one to split history. Only one person split history into 89 00:07:10.720 --> 00:07:15.639 AD and BC. And every time you write down a date two thousand and 90 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:19.279 nine years you are using Jesus Christ as the reference point. Nobody else in 91 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:26.800 history gets that clarification or classification, because in two thousand and nine years ago, 92 00:07:27.319 --> 00:07:30.680 God came to earth, and he came to earth in a human form, 93 00:07:30.879 --> 00:07:33.720 so we can understand what he's like. If God had wanted to communicate 94 00:07:34.160 --> 00:07:36.600 to ants, he would have become an aunt. If you want to communicate 95 00:07:36.959 --> 00:07:41.079 to birds, he would have become a bird. But God wanted to communicate 96 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:44.279 to his children, to human beings, so he became one of us, 97 00:07:44.639 --> 00:07:47.519 and God came to earth in human form Jesus Christ, and he lived a 98 00:07:47.680 --> 00:07:54.319 perfect life in an imperfect world. But he didn't just stop there. He 99 00:07:54.560 --> 00:07:59.759 died on the cross to pay for the sins, the wrong, that sin, 100 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:03.959 IRUs of every sin of humanity that had ever been done up to that 101 00:08:05.079 --> 00:08:07.759 point, and for all of the sins that have yet to be done, 102 00:08:09.040 --> 00:08:11.720 you know, all the ones we're going to do tomorrow and the next day 103 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:16.240 and the day after that, those sins, everything has already been paid for 104 00:08:16.519 --> 00:08:20.360 by Jesus Christ on the cross. And that's Act three. Here's what the 105 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:26.160 Bible says. Jesus was given to die for our sins, all the sins 106 00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:31.480 of humanity, and he was raised up from the dead to make us right 107 00:08:31.919 --> 00:08:37.679 with God. Have you ever thought about why do people wear crosses around their 108 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:43.799 neck? Why do they put crosses up on their walls, Because when you 109 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:50.840 think about it, the cross is an instrument of torture. It's not as 110 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:56.000 how did the cross become the universal symbol of hope, like the red Cross 111 00:08:56.120 --> 00:09:03.080 is showing up at the you know, the tragedies of life. How is 112 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:05.840 it that the cross becomes a symbol of hope. It's a symbol of torture. 113 00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:13.080 It would be like wearing an electric chair around your neck. The cross 114 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:18.759 was invented by the Romans to put people to the most grisly, hurtful, 115 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:24.440 shameful death. You can imagine. It's an instrument of torture, and yet 116 00:09:24.559 --> 00:09:28.039 it is the universal symbol of hope and people wear it around their neck. 117 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:35.600 Why. Because what Jesus did on that cross is the solution to all the 118 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:43.200 problem that Adam created. Jesus replaced what Adam erased, and the Bible says 119 00:09:43.480 --> 00:09:48.600 he was given for our sins and raised from the dead so that we could 120 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:50.519 be right with God. Now, why did God go to all that trouble, 121 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:54.080 I mean, after Adam blew it? Why, well, let's forget 122 00:09:54.080 --> 00:09:56.519 it. Let's just blow up the Earth start over with a whole new, 123 00:09:58.279 --> 00:10:03.159 whole new galaxy. I mean he could have You're gonna say, forget these 124 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:05.080 guys. You know, I gave him one choice, one thing wrong, 125 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:09.000 and he goes right for it. Why did he do this? Why did 126 00:10:09.000 --> 00:10:13.600 he send Jesus? Because that's how much he loves us? He says, 127 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:16.240 I know these people. I love him, I created him. I want 128 00:10:16.279 --> 00:10:20.200 him in my family for eternity. And they have messed up so royally and 129 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:24.120 there's no way they can fix it themselves. So I'm going to have to 130 00:10:24.120 --> 00:10:28.879 go to Earth and fix it for them. The Bible says that when we 131 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:33.879 were unable to help ourselves, let us stare on your outline, when we 132 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:41.799 were unable to help ourselves at the moment of our need, Christ died for 133 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:48.960 us although we were living against God. And why did he do that? 134 00:10:50.080 --> 00:10:52.759 Let me just be real honest with you. You're not gonna like what I 135 00:10:52.759 --> 00:10:56.919 say, but it's true. You and I are broken in ways that we 136 00:10:56.960 --> 00:11:01.720 cannot fix ourselves. You've tried and I've tried, and we're broken in ways 137 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:05.960 we can't fix, and we need a savior. It's part of living on 138 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:09.600 a broken planet. Now, we could go out and we could set up 139 00:11:09.639 --> 00:11:13.159 all kinds of rules and say we're gonna abide by these rules, but that 140 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:16.440 won't fix the Brokennes sentice. And we could go out and we could set 141 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:20.080 up all kinds of regulations say here's this, and that won't work. That 142 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:24.240 won't keep us from doing the wrong thing. We could have all kinds of 143 00:11:24.320 --> 00:11:28.480 rituals that we do, but that won't stop. That won't change us on 144 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:33.799 the inside. You see, laws never change anybody. You can outlaw something, 145 00:11:33.039 --> 00:11:35.879 but it doesn't change the heart. We could pass a law right today 146 00:11:35.919 --> 00:11:41.480 that says there will be no more racial bigotry in America, and people still 147 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:46.559 be bigots. We could pass a law right now it says everybody will never 148 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:52.200 be unselfish, everybody will always be kind, and we break the law all 149 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:56.879 the time because a law can never change you on the inside. What needs 150 00:11:56.960 --> 00:12:03.559 changing is your nature, not just your behavior, and only God can change 151 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:09.440 that. And that's why the Bible says this, the Law of Moses could 152 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:13.360 not save us. What's it, by the way, what is the law 153 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:18.480 of Moses? It's the Ten Commandments. Moses gave us the ten Commandments. 154 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:20.639 You know, I was talking to a guy one time and I said, 155 00:12:20.679 --> 00:12:22.320 are you going to heaven? He goes? Oh yeah, I said, 156 00:12:22.320 --> 00:12:24.440 how do you know he goes? Because I keep the ten Commandments? I 157 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:33.600 said, name them. You couldn't name them if I asked you to stand 158 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:35.799 up right now and name all ten commandments. You couldn't name them. You 159 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:41.679 not only don't keep them, you can't even name them. Keeping the law 160 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:46.679 will never work because you'll never be perfect. Heaven's perfect and I'm not. 161 00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:50.840 Heaven's perfect and you're not. So the Bible says, keeping the spiritual laws, 162 00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:54.960 the laws of Moses, could not save us because of our sinful nature. 163 00:12:56.000 --> 00:13:01.159 That's what needs changing. But God put into effect a different plan to 164 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:07.120 save us. He sent his own son in a human body like ours, 165 00:13:07.799 --> 00:13:13.159 except that ours are sinful. And God destroyed sins control over us by giving 166 00:13:13.240 --> 00:13:18.840 his son as a sacrifice for our sin. Now, if you're taking notes, 167 00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:22.240 I want you to circle. He destroyed sins control. The Bible says. 168 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:26.559 One of the things Jesus did on the cross was not only die for 169 00:13:26.639 --> 00:13:30.679 the penalty of your sins, but he wants to release you from the power 170 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:35.240 of sin. What does that mean? Jesus came to destroy sins control in 171 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:37.320 my life? How to sin control my life? What's real? Simple? 172 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:41.200 You know all those bad habits that you'd like to change but can't. That 173 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:46.200 sins control in your life? You know all those self defeating things that you 174 00:13:46.279 --> 00:13:48.679 do that you know you're bad for you, but you still do them. 175 00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:52.799 That's sins control in your life. You know, those addictions you can't let 176 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:56.320 go of, That sins control in your life. You know, those compulsive 177 00:13:56.399 --> 00:14:00.120 thoughts, those worries that you keep thinking over and over and over, and 178 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:05.240 that compulsive stress that keeps beating you down, and that compulsive fear and that 179 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:09.720 compulsive anger, and all those emotions that you can't seem to get control of 180 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:15.840 in your life. That sends control over you. You know, the attractions 181 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:20.480 that you can't stop, and the cravings that you can't stop, and the 182 00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:26.080 compulsions and the obsessions you can't stop. That sends control over you. And 183 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:31.559 the Bible says that God came and sent Jesus to not only pay for the 184 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:35.879 penalty of everything you've done wrong, but to give you the power to break 185 00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:39.200 away from things that are messing up your life habits, hurts, and hang 186 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:43.000 ups. Now, let's just be honest again. Are there things in your 187 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:45.799 life that you know are good for you and you don't do them? Yes? 188 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:50.080 Are there things in your life that you know hurt your relationships and hurt 189 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:52.879 you, but you still do them? Yes? Have you tried to stop 190 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:58.480 yes, has it worked? No? Why? Because you don't have a 191 00:14:58.519 --> 00:15:03.720 power to change your nature. You need a savior. You need God in 192 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:07.720 your life to make those changes. And that's why Jesus came. And that's 193 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:11.960 Act three. And the Bible summarizes Act three this way up here on the 194 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:18.360 screen. Here it is in a nutshell. Just as one person did it 195 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:24.120 wrong, that's Adam got us all into this mess, this trouble with sin 196 00:15:24.200 --> 00:15:28.879 and death. Another person did it right. That's Jesus, and he got 197 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:33.240 us out of it. But more than just getting us out of trouble by 198 00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:39.279 paying for all our sins, it says he got us into life. The 199 00:15:39.320 --> 00:15:43.960 Bible says it, when I open my life to God's son Jesus Christ, 200 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:48.440 whom he sent to be my savior, that I get three kinds of life. 201 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:52.120 I get a new life, I get an abundant life, and I 202 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:56.600 get eternal life. What does that mean, Well, it means that God 203 00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:58.720 says, I'm going to take care of all your problems past, president future. 204 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:03.080 You're going to get a new life. That means your past gets forgiven. 205 00:16:03.559 --> 00:16:06.159 You're going to get an abundant life. That means you get a purpose 206 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:10.080 for living and you're gonna get an eternal life, that's your home in heaven, 207 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:15.200 past forgiven purpose for living home in heaven. Who else can offer you 208 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:22.000 that deal, No human being can offer you that. Only God can offer 209 00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:26.919 you past forgiven purpose for living home in heaven. But you've got to receive 210 00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:32.679 it. And that's why we call Jesus the Mighty Savior, because when he 211 00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:36.399 came to earth, he came to save us from ourselves, from our sin, 212 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:38.799 from the expectations of others, from the past, from the present, 213 00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:44.559 reistresses, from the future of hell, and all these things. He is 214 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:49.600 the Mighty Savior. Now that's Act three. Jesus Christ conquered the grave. 215 00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:55.519 He busted through death so that you could live again. Believe me, if 216 00:16:55.519 --> 00:16:59.720 he hadn't risen from the dead, you wouldn't either, because he broke through 217 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:03.119 that. And there's a whole explanation behind it. Now, God did this 218 00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:07.759 because he loved you. And let's just review. God made it all, 219 00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:14.440 Adam messed it up. Jesus came to put it back together. God says, 220 00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:18.279 I thought of you before you were born. I thought of you before 221 00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:22.640 I created the universe, and I made the universe so I could create a 222 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:25.000 family, and I want you to be a part of it. And the 223 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:27.880 reason you are alive is I made you to love you. And then when 224 00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:33.160 you messed up and you rebelled against me, and even though you've done your 225 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:37.200 own thing and ignored me, I still love you. And so I said, 226 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:38.920 I'm gonna have to solve that problem because you can't solve it. And 227 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:42.160 so I'm going to come to Earth myself in human form and die on the 228 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:47.599 cross for you, so everything you've ever done wrong can be paid for and 229 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:52.440 forgiven and wiped out. He's done it all for you. There's not a 230 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:56.559 thing you have to do to be in God's family. You don't earn it, 231 00:17:56.599 --> 00:18:00.279 you don't work for it. It's a free gift of God's grace. 232 00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:10.480 All you can do is accept it. But God still gives you the choice. 233 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:18.720 That's Rick Warren with his Easter series called He Has Risen Right now, 234 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:22.960 Pastor Rick has a very special message. You know. Perhaps the best known 235 00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:26.519 verse in the Bible is John three point sixteen. For God so loved the 236 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:30.160 world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him 237 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:37.279 shall not perish, but have eternal life. Easter is God shouting down to 238 00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:41.599 Earth. I love you, I love you, I love you, I 239 00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:45.319 care about you, I want you and my family. Have you really grasped 240 00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:49.680 that I want to challenge you this Easter. Don't come to your church's Easter 241 00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:53.920 service alone. You know there are two times a year that most people will 242 00:18:55.119 --> 00:19:00.160 accept an invitation to a church service Christmas and Easter, So don't miss it's 243 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:04.440 this great opportunity to invite somebody that you care about who doesn't know Jesus. 244 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:10.039 Don't go to church by yourself at Easter. You know in the Bible, 245 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:14.400 in Luke chapter fourteen, verse twenty three, Jesus says this, go out 246 00:19:14.440 --> 00:19:19.960 into the highways and the countryside and urge everyone you find to come in so 247 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:25.680 that my house will be full. God wants a full house, and I 248 00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:30.960 want people in heaven because you cared enough to invite them. I guarantee you 249 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:34.799 the people that you invite to Easter service are going to hear a gospel message 250 00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:38.759 on Easter. So make a list of the people that you want to invite 251 00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:42.440 to bring to Easter service with you. Thanks for listening today. I'd love 252 00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:47.599 to hear from you. You can write to me Rick at Pastorrerick dot com. 253 00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:51.519 That's rickat Pastorrick dot com. By the way, if you can send 254 00:19:51.519 --> 00:19:55.759 a gift this Easter to help us expand this ministry, I would deeply appreciate 255 00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:57.799 it. I know not everybody can afford to give a lot, some of 256 00:19:57.839 --> 00:20:02.519 you can. Whatever amount you give, we're grateful for it. And I 257 00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:04.960 want you to know that all of the money given to this ministry goes into 258 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:08.119 the ministry. I do this for free. I take no salary from it, 259 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:11.839 and so you can be certain that this is going to further the good 260 00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:15.000 news all around the world. And by the way, let me just say 261 00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:19.359 this to you, happy Easter. Would you like to help support Pastor Rick 262 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:25.319 in this ministry financially, We'll go to Pastorick dot com or text the word 263 00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:30.000 hope to eight hundred six hundred five thousand and four. Once again, Pastorick 264 00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:36.359 dot com or text the word hope to eight hundred six hundred five thousand and 265 00:20:36.359 --> 00:20:40.519 four, and thank you so much for your support. We hope you'll join 266 00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:45.200 us next time when we look into God's Word for our daily hope. This 267 00:20:45.240 --> 00:21:00.519 program is sponsored by Pastor Rick's Daily Hope and your generous financial support,