WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:09.759 Welcome to Hanway Tagalog Sermon Podcast, your daily dose of inspiring, 2 00:00:10.039 --> 00:00:11.599 heartfelt tagalog. 3 00:00:11.199 --> 00:00:14.519 Sermons from different pastors and speakers all over the Philippines. 4 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:17.320 We hope that this podcast finds you in good shape. 5 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:21.839 And now here's your message. 6 00:00:22.600 --> 00:00:25.719 This is my Bible. It is the standard I lived 7 00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:29.440 my life by. I am a spirit filled believer, sustained 8 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:33.000 by my personal relationship with the Lord, empowered by my 9 00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:37.920 commitment to community and express throughout reach to others. Therefore, 10 00:00:38.039 --> 00:00:44.719 I can say, and all right, open to Romans chapter eight. 11 00:00:45.079 --> 00:00:48.799 Turn your bulletin over, and I'm praying for this to 12 00:00:49.039 --> 00:00:52.520 come alive here in a few moments. Just like Jesus 13 00:00:52.719 --> 00:00:57.280 is alive. The cross is empty, folks, I said, the 14 00:00:57.320 --> 00:01:02.399 cross is empty, the tomb is empty, folks, he is alive. 15 00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:06.280 I'll be using the New Living Translation today and one 16 00:01:06.359 --> 00:01:09.439 verse will actually be out of the Message Bible. But 17 00:01:09.959 --> 00:01:12.159 want you to pay attention to this and let this 18 00:01:12.599 --> 00:01:15.079 really sink into your heart. So I'm going to start 19 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:19.159 in Romans eighth, verse eleven, and Lord, just add to 20 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:23.400 the reading of your word, bring it alive. The spirit 21 00:01:23.519 --> 00:01:31.439 of God who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. Okay, 22 00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:34.400 let me read it again, just grab it. Okay. The 23 00:01:34.439 --> 00:01:37.840 spirit of God who raised Jesus from the dead, what 24 00:01:37.879 --> 00:01:41.280 does it do, lives in you, lives in me. So 25 00:01:41.760 --> 00:01:43.959 the amount of power that it would take to get 26 00:01:44.599 --> 00:01:50.680 Jesus out of the grave ready wasn't a one time thing. 27 00:01:52.879 --> 00:01:55.319 It wasn't just for Jesus. That same power that raised 28 00:01:55.400 --> 00:02:01.000 Jesus from the dead lives in you. Oh, I love it. 29 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:05.760 So that means you don't have to just celebrate Easter. 30 00:02:07.079 --> 00:02:14.000 You can experience it. You can experience different areas of 31 00:02:14.080 --> 00:02:17.840 new life where there's been death. And I pray that 32 00:02:17.919 --> 00:02:20.199 you have. If not, you will today look at the 33 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:25.439 rest of this verse verse eleven again, and just as 34 00:02:25.479 --> 00:02:28.879 he raised Christ from the dead, he will give life 35 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:33.199 to your mortal body. Or put it this way, you're 36 00:02:33.319 --> 00:02:39.680 dead things. He will give life to your dead things. 37 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:43.319 That's great news, because our hope is that today is 38 00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:46.520 more than just a celebration of what Jesus did for us. 39 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:49.360 It becomes a celebration of what He's doing in you 40 00:02:49.439 --> 00:02:53.719 and through you. Because the same power that raised Jesus 41 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:58.680 from the dead lives in you. God intended for Easter's 42 00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:01.319 power to come into your dead areas and give life 43 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:04.159 to them rest of the verse, so that your dead 44 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:09.800 areas come alive by the same spirit that's living inside 45 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:12.560 of you. See what I'm trying to say, and I 46 00:03:12.599 --> 00:03:15.960 don't mean it cliche statement, But you don't have to 47 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:22.800 just celebrate Easter today. You really can't experience it. Experience it. 48 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:26.479 All of us have had dead, dying areas in our life. 49 00:03:26.479 --> 00:03:29.400 You might have some going on right now, but I 50 00:03:29.439 --> 00:03:32.520 would encourage you God can bring life to those areas. 51 00:03:33.159 --> 00:03:38.000 Look at it this way. The resurrection of Jesus gives 52 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:41.520 you the power. It will give you the power to 53 00:03:41.719 --> 00:03:45.639 close that gap between the life maybe you're living right 54 00:03:45.680 --> 00:03:51.520 now and the one you've always wanted to live. Because 55 00:03:51.879 --> 00:03:56.479 left to ourself, we mess up life. We make a 56 00:03:56.560 --> 00:04:00.520 bunch of mistakes, some bad choices, and we see what 57 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:03.120 we could have had or what God really intends for 58 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:06.439 us to have. And because of the resurrection power of 59 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:11.280 God working in you and you cooperating, ongoing with that power, 60 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:14.080 it can close the gap. And it can happen, Folks, 61 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:20.079 It can happen. And probably you've tried to change yourself 62 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:23.839 from time to time. Maybe you've tried to change your spouse. 63 00:04:23.879 --> 00:04:28.600 It doesn't work. Have you noticed that? So if we 64 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:31.199 can't change one another, it's going to take something greater, 65 00:04:31.560 --> 00:04:34.240 something more powerful, to do it. If you try to 66 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:37.759 change it without God's power, it just doesn't fully work 67 00:04:38.319 --> 00:04:42.279 because God does something from the inside out. So you 68 00:04:42.319 --> 00:04:44.560 have a gap from where you are versus where you 69 00:04:44.600 --> 00:04:47.079 want to be, and you know God wants you to 70 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:51.920 be there, you know it. He wants you free, He 71 00:04:51.959 --> 00:04:55.560 wants you walking in strength and health and vitality. The 72 00:04:55.600 --> 00:04:58.639 resurrection power of Jesus, what this day is all about, 73 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:05.759 is available well to help close the gap. This is 74 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:11.279 what happens, will happen the other fifty one Sundays a year, 75 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:15.000 as Chris May mention of and all the things of 76 00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:17.040 Wednesday night and the things that are available to you 77 00:05:17.079 --> 00:05:20.399 if you will put forth the discipline to see that 78 00:05:20.600 --> 00:05:23.920 happen in your life because of the knowledge of Christ 79 00:05:24.600 --> 00:05:27.959 how to get dead things alive in your life. So 80 00:05:28.759 --> 00:05:33.399 let's think about this experience today Church coming being here 81 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:38.800 as ongoing process in your life, taking things that were 82 00:05:38.839 --> 00:05:42.360 dead and bringing them back to life. God can do it. 83 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:44.959 So here's my thought, here's my big thought for today 84 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:50.079 as it relates to resurrection and let's consider it. Why 85 00:05:50.120 --> 00:05:55.839 three days? Say that with me? Why three days? Men? 86 00:05:55.920 --> 00:05:58.759 Jesus came to earth to take on the sins of mankind, 87 00:05:59.519 --> 00:06:03.240 dial the cross, pay for them, conquer death. He had 88 00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:08.560 to be resurrected. But this gap of three days, what 89 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:11.399 could that mean? We know you're fulfilling scripture all the wait. 90 00:06:11.480 --> 00:06:13.920 Jonah talked about it on and on. So he had 91 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:17.160 to fulfill scripture, But how can we relate to that? 92 00:06:17.759 --> 00:06:19.800 Why not just die and come back to life the 93 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:23.360 same day or on Saturday or maybe a week later. 94 00:06:23.680 --> 00:06:29.360 What's this three days? Here we go? Even in the death, 95 00:06:30.399 --> 00:06:37.199 burial and resurrection, he was showing us some process and 96 00:06:37.240 --> 00:06:39.360 some steps he wants to do in all of our 97 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:45.959 lives because we experience this as well. Not literally like 98 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:48.959 he did on the cross, not literally like he did 99 00:06:48.959 --> 00:06:52.360 in the grave, but symbolically. There's a lot of representation 100 00:06:52.480 --> 00:06:55.759 that I want you to grab a hold of today. Yes, 101 00:06:55.879 --> 00:06:59.360 Jesus then descended and he took the keys of death 102 00:06:59.399 --> 00:07:01.399 from say and you can look at that in Revelation 103 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:06.160 chapter one. But let's look at it now from man's experience, 104 00:07:06.360 --> 00:07:10.199 your experience, my experience. What does this mean to be 105 00:07:10.279 --> 00:07:15.079 a part of resurrection Sunday to literally embrace it and 106 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:19.120 bring it into our life. First Peter, Chapter two, verse 107 00:07:19.160 --> 00:07:23.720 twenty one, out of the Message Bible says this, this 108 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:29.240 is the kind of life you've been invited into, the 109 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:35.360 kind of life Christ lived. So he's offering us an invitation. 110 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:39.199 What an invitation. Jesus modeled it. Jesus lived on the 111 00:07:39.240 --> 00:07:41.600 earth to show us how this can happen to us. 112 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:47.360 Look at the rest of the verse. He suffered everything, 113 00:07:48.839 --> 00:07:52.639 everything that came his way, so you would know that 114 00:07:52.800 --> 00:07:57.879 it could be done. So you would know it could 115 00:07:57.959 --> 00:08:02.279 be done, and also know, oh, how to do it? 116 00:08:05.319 --> 00:08:11.560 How to do it? Step by step. I think too 117 00:08:11.600 --> 00:08:13.920 often we as believers, we just want to go from 118 00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:17.199 like a car from zero sixty miles an hour, like 119 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:21.879 these fast race cars two point nine seconds. How about 120 00:08:21.920 --> 00:08:24.920 that zero to sixty And we think we're supposed to 121 00:08:24.959 --> 00:08:26.920 do that in our spiritual walk. And if we don't, 122 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:28.959 something's wrong, or something's wrong with me or this person, 123 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:33.399 that person, or you know. No, it's a process. Step 124 00:08:33.799 --> 00:08:42.000 by step, everybody say, step by step. So listen. Friday 125 00:08:42.440 --> 00:08:46.559 teaches us something I want us to see. Saturday teaches 126 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:51.000 us something Sunday teaches us something awesome. Here we go 127 00:08:51.120 --> 00:08:54.039 Friday and your notes. Friday was the day of pain, 128 00:08:56.039 --> 00:09:00.960 the day of pain. Jesus went through the torture, the scourging, 129 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:06.039 the ridicule, the nails, the crown of forigns, the crucifixion, 130 00:09:06.200 --> 00:09:10.600 the spear in his side, on and on. Jesus could 131 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:14.679 have come and paid for our sins at any point 132 00:09:14.720 --> 00:09:18.759 in human history. But listen, God, the Father, I believe, 133 00:09:18.840 --> 00:09:24.240 purposely chose the time and history where the penalty for 134 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:30.879 death was cruelest, harshest. It would be a lethal injection, 135 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:33.639 a day of something of that nature. This was the 136 00:09:33.679 --> 00:09:39.440 most gruesome, horrifla horrible way to die. Why did he 137 00:09:39.559 --> 00:09:43.440 do that? Why? Believe Jesus wanted to experience a day 138 00:09:43.480 --> 00:09:48.960 of pain so he can help you through your day 139 00:09:48.960 --> 00:09:56.840 of pain, through your day of pain. So some even 140 00:09:56.919 --> 00:10:00.159 in this room right now, are in the Friday of 141 00:10:00.200 --> 00:10:03.240 your life. What are types of pain? Well, physical pain. 142 00:10:03.399 --> 00:10:09.639 Obviously for Jesus he had physical pain. Folks, some of you, 143 00:10:09.639 --> 00:10:13.360 your physical pain may be hurting you badly, and if 144 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:15.279 you deal with it long enough, it begins to affect 145 00:10:15.320 --> 00:10:20.720 your soul and your spirit. Jesus totally gets it. Because 146 00:10:20.759 --> 00:10:22.960 he experienced it at all points, and he shed his 147 00:10:23.039 --> 00:10:27.200 blood for our physical pain and far healing. And everyone says, 148 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:32.440 here's another pain, emotional pain. The Bible says he was despised, 149 00:10:32.480 --> 00:10:35.879 he was rejected, he was betrayed. He was a man 150 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:39.240 of sorrows. I think sometimes we see it, we read it, 151 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:42.919 and it's almost a religious clicheic statement. But when you're 152 00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:48.360 a person of sorrows, that means you're hurting. I mean, 153 00:10:48.440 --> 00:10:53.360 your emotions are whacked out, and some of you might 154 00:10:53.399 --> 00:10:56.639 be there today. He grew up in a poor family, 155 00:10:56.759 --> 00:11:00.799 born in a barn, the boy born to a lady 156 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:03.120 not married. I'm sure he knew about that and found 157 00:11:03.120 --> 00:11:06.279 out about it, and he was ridiculed. I imagine them trying 158 00:11:06.279 --> 00:11:10.480 to explain a heavenly birth that wouldn't make any sense. 159 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:15.200 He was also betrayed by those closest to him, his disciples, folks. 160 00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:19.159 They bailed on him, They bailed on him. Maybe you 161 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:23.919 feel betrayed, falsely accused. It hurts, and that pain can 162 00:11:23.960 --> 00:11:27.720 sometimes be even more than physical pain. Let's take it 163 00:11:27.759 --> 00:11:30.799 up one more level, one more level of pain, the 164 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:35.039 fridays of life. What about relational pain? Those who are 165 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:39.600 single he knows what it's like to be single. He 166 00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:42.600 knows what it's like to be tempted. As a single person. 167 00:11:43.159 --> 00:11:48.879 He was tempted in every way, but never sinned. And 168 00:11:48.919 --> 00:11:50.879 as one man could say, yeah, we don't know what 169 00:11:50.919 --> 00:11:55.960 it's like to be married. Well think about it. Hold on, 170 00:11:56.440 --> 00:11:59.960 we're called the bride of Christ. Jesus is the groom, 171 00:12:00.120 --> 00:12:02.080 so he knows what it's like for his bride to 172 00:12:02.120 --> 00:12:06.679 cheat on him. We've all done that, We've all put 173 00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:12.639 other loves before Christ. Another relational pain. Jesus he had 174 00:12:12.679 --> 00:12:20.200 some crazy family. Smile, come on, crazy family. His family 175 00:12:20.320 --> 00:12:23.679 was not all in on him being the son of God. 176 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:27.399 They didn't all get it. He had crazy family. Everybody 177 00:12:27.399 --> 00:12:30.200 has some in someone in your family. It's crazy family. 178 00:12:30.759 --> 00:12:32.480 You might be sitting next to in Never mind, I 179 00:12:32.480 --> 00:12:36.320 won't do that. I let's say that. And by the way, 180 00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:40.600 if you don't know who crazy family is, it's you. No, 181 00:12:40.919 --> 00:12:47.039 just just Eason, all right, but I'm seriously crazy family. 182 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:50.120 Jesus was preaching once in his family was outside saying 183 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:52.919 he's out of his mind. You know, we read that 184 00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:58.200 and we can gloss over it. But this was relational pain. 185 00:12:59.759 --> 00:13:02.279 Can you imagine how that felt to Jesus. Mark, why 186 00:13:02.279 --> 00:13:05.000 are you saying all this because some of you are 187 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:10.120 in the Friday of life and you're feeling pain. But 188 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:13.519 here's the lesson You're there in Romans eight, very familiar passage, 189 00:13:13.679 --> 00:13:17.080 verse twenty eight. We use it often and it's awesome, 190 00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:19.960 and you've got to remind yourself of it. And here 191 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:23.320 we go verse twenty eight. As soon as I can 192 00:13:23.360 --> 00:13:25.559 find it in my Bible, here it is. And we 193 00:13:25.679 --> 00:13:33.519 know that God causes everything, the pain you're going through 194 00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:38.240 right now, everything to work together for the good. Here's 195 00:13:38.279 --> 00:13:44.480 the thing. God can flip it. You ever watch the 196 00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:47.039 Flipping House shows where they take a house and flip 197 00:13:47.080 --> 00:13:50.600 it looks great. Jesus can take that messed up house 198 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:55.279 of yours and he can remodel it. Oh my goodness, 199 00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:59.559 it's a process. It takes time. Don't quit. You're just 200 00:13:59.600 --> 00:14:02.120 in the idea of life. He can take your pain 201 00:14:02.200 --> 00:14:04.480 that not only come out of that, he gives you 202 00:14:04.519 --> 00:14:06.919 some purpose to it. Because of the rest of the verse. 203 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:09.840 It tells me this He can cause it and work 204 00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:12.960 together for good of those who love God. So he 205 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:16.240 got to continue and are called according to His purpose 206 00:14:17.080 --> 00:14:21.879 for them. So here's the thing. He'll give purpose to 207 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:25.879 your pain, he really will. It helps to know when 208 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:29.600 you go through pain that somehow God can use this 209 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:40.879 in your notes. There's no pain that His purpose cannot redeem, 210 00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:44.240 no pain. So if you're in the Friday of life, 211 00:14:44.279 --> 00:14:47.440 you just need to know. Right now you're warring. You're 212 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:50.399 in a war, and all of us have had Fridays. 213 00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:54.000 But what can even be a longer period of time 214 00:14:54.159 --> 00:15:01.840 is Saturday. Saturday, that's the day of confusion. Let's relate 215 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:04.320 this to the Bible and what was going on, and 216 00:15:04.440 --> 00:15:07.080 let's relate it to our walk because even in the death, 217 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:10.720 burial of the Lord and then his resurrection, we can 218 00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:14.879 see some things, some parallels. The disciples weren't sitting around 219 00:15:14.919 --> 00:15:19.320 going day and Saturday and Sunday's come in. Now Jesus 220 00:15:19.320 --> 00:15:21.320 said he would rise from the dead. They didn't get it. 221 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:25.799 How many things in the Bible I don't get And 222 00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:28.720 if Jesus, I imagine Jesus like if he'd only just 223 00:15:29.159 --> 00:15:31.200 shut up and listen to me a little bit more, 224 00:15:32.279 --> 00:15:35.200 you know, And when we don't get it, we jumped 225 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:39.720 to conclusions in this and they got confused, and they 226 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:41.879 really wanted him to come and set up an earthly kingdom, 227 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:44.919 and that was not his purpose at all. The Bible 228 00:15:44.919 --> 00:15:47.519 says they got so depressed and confused on that day 229 00:15:47.559 --> 00:15:52.000 that most of them went back to old patterns. They're 230 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:55.279 old patterns. Some of you may be stuck in a 231 00:15:55.320 --> 00:16:02.120 season of confusion, and you know Jesus, he's Lord, but 232 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:10.200 there's confusion. If Friday was warring, Saturday is waiting. Can 233 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:14.440 I be honest, I hate that word. I don't like it. 234 00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:17.440 Men don't like to wait. Come on, men help me out. 235 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:20.279 You know. I go into a store and I try 236 00:16:20.320 --> 00:16:22.440 to find the sharpest line and law and beholding in 237 00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:24.480 the person in front of me. They pull out three 238 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:28.039 hundred qpons and this and that, and I watch everybody 239 00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:33.200 go by. But there's purpose in waiting, and there's doors 240 00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:37.159 for that as well. There's a new song out if 241 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:41.080 you haven't heard it, it's called Take Courage. It's in 242 00:16:41.159 --> 00:16:44.279 the Waiting. I think the Lord wrote that song for me. 243 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:49.320 It's in the waiting. It's Saturday. You know you have 244 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:52.159 pain and you know that there's a promise, but it's 245 00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:56.759 not connecting yet, and you kind of feel stuck. Disciples 246 00:16:56.759 --> 00:17:00.799 felt stuck. And when we're confused, we do listen, we 247 00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:07.559 do goofy things. We do odd things. When you're in 248 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:10.960 the Saturdays of Life number one. Sometimes I want an 249 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:17.519 answer why everybody say why? One of my children growing 250 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:22.039 up is like every third word, why daddy? Why? We 251 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:25.400 want answers? It's three letter word. You may never know 252 00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:29.319 this side of heaven church, and we get to heaven. 253 00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:33.920 Don't you have some questions? I want to find Noah 254 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:37.720 and say, Noah, why didn't you swap those two mosquitoes 255 00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:45.559 when you had the chance. Really, come on, help me out. Ponderables? 256 00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:48.359 Do you ever ponder some things? Let me give you 257 00:17:48.359 --> 00:17:51.039 a few ponderables right here. Let's have a light moment, 258 00:17:51.920 --> 00:17:58.640 like why is the word abbreviated so long? Why don't 259 00:17:59.079 --> 00:18:05.039 sheep when it rains? Have you thought about it? Why 260 00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:07.519 is the day when traffic is the slowest called rush 261 00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:14.599 hour going anywhere? Why is the guy who invests all 262 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:21.519 your money called a broker? Think about it? Why are 263 00:18:21.599 --> 00:18:33.599 apartments all stuck together? Okay? If flying is so safe, 264 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:39.079 why do they call the airport the terminal? Listen? We 265 00:18:39.160 --> 00:18:44.920 want answers, don't you? And if you're stuck in confusion, 266 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:49.319 be careful with that here's another thing. When you confused, 267 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:54.000 you begin to doubt. There was one disciple that doubted 268 00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:56.640 so much at that point when Jesus appeared and he 269 00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:58.799 wasn't there. Bless his heart, he's been stuck with this 270 00:18:58.880 --> 00:19:02.920 phrase ever since that day. Helped me out doubting Thomas, 271 00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:05.960 and he was a great man, a great apostle, went 272 00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:08.960 and did awesome things. But I don't know if you 273 00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:11.240 really doubt or just had to have proof, whatever it was, 274 00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:18.000 but doubt sets in jee. Some people can be in 275 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:23.960 church so long. After a while they start doubting, is 276 00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:29.640 this real. It's because you're stuck. You're stuck in a confusion. 277 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:35.319 You're stuck in Saturday. I'm gonna encourage you stay stuck 278 00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:39.839 in the journey. Continue. Doubting doesn't help you a bit though, 279 00:19:40.119 --> 00:19:42.359 And if you don't resolve that, it goes to the 280 00:19:42.359 --> 00:19:47.039 next thing. You can give up. You can give up 281 00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:52.480 on Saturday. One disciple gave up so much he committed suicide. 282 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:58.599 I'm trying to show you the Bible's real. Peter Man, awesome, 283 00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:04.279 great great disciple, great apostle of the Lord. He quit, 284 00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:08.400 he went back to fishing on Saturday. I'm washing my 285 00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:12.519 hands of all this, I'm so confused. And here's one 286 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:17.599 you hear from people when there's too much Saturday and 287 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:24.440 too much confusion in their life. I feel alone. I 288 00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:27.440 feel alone or isolation, as Janet said, stuck in the 289 00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:30.319 Saturday flow of life. Now, the way to get out 290 00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:33.359 of your pain is to see a purpose in it, right, 291 00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:40.480 to get out of confusion. Listen, you just got to 292 00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:45.599 get close to God. You've got to get close to God. 293 00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:49.920 How'd I do it? I'm confused, I'm in pain. You've 294 00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:54.319 got to be drawn to Him in worship church. I 295 00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:59.119 cannot overemphasize the power of you ministering to the Lord 296 00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:04.720 and confusion and letting him flood your life. It is 297 00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:07.359 so powerful. In fact, if you want to see it 298 00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:11.400 in Psalms chapter seventy three, if you want to turn there, 299 00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:16.240 it'll be up on the screen. In the Psalms, acefl 300 00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:20.599 worshiper wrote a Psalm, and he was complaining because he 301 00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:23.559 didn't understand some things. There was confusion going on in 302 00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:27.680 his life. He's upset, it says, Lord, the wicked are 303 00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:32.400 prospering and the righteous are hurting. I don't understand. He 304 00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:37.720 even said, surely in vain I've kept myself pure. He's confused. 305 00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:42.799 But then verse sixteen, Osam seventy three says this. So 306 00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:47.319 I tried to understand why the wicked prosper? But what 307 00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:52.920 is that such a difficult task? Then one day, one day, 308 00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:57.640 I went into your sanctuary, Oh God, and I thought 309 00:21:57.640 --> 00:22:01.240 about the destiny of the wicked. He started reasoning with 310 00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:03.039 the word of God, and really what was going on 311 00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:06.279 verse twenty eight. But as for me, how good it 312 00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:12.359 is to be Look where near God. I've made the 313 00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:17.000 sovereign Lord my shelter, and I will tell everyone about 314 00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:21.960 the wonderful things you do. Somehow he worked through confusion 315 00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:24.640 and got near to God and was able to reflect 316 00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:27.079 on all the great things God had done, was doing, 317 00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:29.920 and what was going to do, And we must do 318 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:33.319 the same. As soon as I got close, I didn't understand, 319 00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:39.720 but I feel safe. See if you wanted to get 320 00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:43.160 close so you can manipulate God, I ain't gonna work 321 00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:47.519 in your confusion. But if you want to get close 322 00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:54.880 so you can feel safe, Jesus draws you in. He'll 323 00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:58.119 draw you in. I've used this illustration, but it bears repeating. 324 00:22:58.119 --> 00:23:00.640 My dad died at a very vulnerable time, in my 325 00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:06.720 own life. I didn't understand, didn't like it. One did, 326 00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:12.039 But I had enough sense, enough spiritual sense. I need 327 00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:15.880 to resolve this quickly. About three days after his burial, 328 00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:18.720 I took his old truck, went out in one of 329 00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:22.559 our fields, out on the plantation. I just parked it 330 00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:29.880 and lifted my hands, said, God, don't understand, but you're good. 331 00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:34.799 You are good. And the power of God that came 332 00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:40.920 in that vehicle, the comfort of the Lord, a peace 333 00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:46.640 that came over the troubled waters, was there. And I 334 00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:49.640 didn't bottom out after that day. I began to soar 335 00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:54.839 step by step from that day forward. Oh, I'll have 336 00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:58.799 questions in heaven. You will too. That I had to 337 00:23:58.799 --> 00:24:01.720 be satisfied, not to the answer on this side of heaven, 338 00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:06.000 that God has a bigger picture, and that God could 339 00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:08.400 use that and redeem that in my life, and he 340 00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:11.480 will for you. In ten minutes, I didn't have to 341 00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:16.839 have an answer. I had hope again. I had his presence, 342 00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:19.680 peace that I cannot describe, and you, my God, was 343 00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:24.000 with me, and I was satisfied just getting close to him, 344 00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:27.279 near to him like ACEF did just Oh, I just 345 00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:29.599 want to get near to you, and you come out 346 00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:32.400 of that and you don't understand, and people can say, 347 00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:35.359 why are you so calm? Are you glad today it's dead? No? No, 348 00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:40.119 there's a peace. Jesus is in control. He's got a 349 00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:43.119 good future for all of us. So if you're in 350 00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:47.880 the Friday of life and there's that pain, there's no 351 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:53.000 pain that his purpose, listen, his purpose cannot redeem. If 352 00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:57.559 you're in the Saturday of life, there is no confusion. Listen, 353 00:24:57.599 --> 00:25:05.920 there's no confusion that his presence cannot calm. We can 354 00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:08.559 learn a lot through the death and burial of the Lord. 355 00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:11.480 But the truth is, I don't want you stuck in 356 00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:14.279 either one of those days. I want you to get 357 00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:18.279 all the way to Resurrection Day. Come on Resurrection Day. 358 00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:22.599 And we're at different stages with different areas of our life. 359 00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:24.759 You might have Resurrection Day in one area and a 360 00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:27.599 Friday another of your life. But I thank the Lord. 361 00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:30.480 If we continue and press sin and know him, he 362 00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:32.880 can bring resurrection to a lot of dead areas. If 363 00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:36.480 we allow him to Sunday the day of resurrection, it 364 00:25:36.599 --> 00:25:42.519 is available for you. It's available. Dead things can be resurrected. 365 00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:47.400 If Friday was warring and Saturday was waiting Sunday is 366 00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:50.200 all about winning, and I like to win anyone else. 367 00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:56.279 Some of you are one sunrise away from everything turning around, 368 00:25:57.920 --> 00:26:05.400 one sunrise away. Word, folks, Jesus the one person who 369 00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:09.440 can change your life if your dead areas are there 370 00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:12.880 and you bring them to him. Jesus, and he doesn't 371 00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:20.599 just offer resurrection, He is resurrection. John eleven, verse twenty 372 00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:24.759 five and twenty six. Look at this. Jesus is speaking 373 00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:28.839 to Martha, dealing with her brother who died, and he's 374 00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:32.079 trying to encourage her in who he is. This encourages 375 00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:34.000 me and what he wants to do for each one 376 00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:37.720 of us. Jesus told her Martha, I am the resurrection 377 00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:44.240 and the life those who believe. Those who believe in me, 378 00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:52.359 even though they die, everyone else will live again. They 379 00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:55.799 are given eternal life for believing in me. Oh, I 380 00:26:55.799 --> 00:27:01.359 love it, and they'll never perish. Do you believe this? Martha? 381 00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:04.799 And I say to all of us today, Victory Christian Fellowship, 382 00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:11.000 do you believe this? Today? My one goal today I 383 00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:16.599 want you to believe. If you've never believed before, or 384 00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:17.799 if you're wait from a long I want you to 385 00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:22.359 truly believe and confess and allow the transitions to begin 386 00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:24.200 to happen where you can go all the way to 387 00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:29.759 resurrection in your life. So on this third day, there 388 00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:36.400 is no death that his power cannot resurrect. Now, preaching 389 00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:39.160 doesn't convince everyone, but one thing that really gets the 390 00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:43.359 point across this story. Everybody say story. I could line 391 00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:46.319 up person after person up here and they could share 392 00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:48.920 some of their story. But I've asked one couple. I've 393 00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:51.480 been waiting for the right moment for them to share 394 00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:55.839 because their experiences are phenomenal and the Lord just recently 395 00:27:55.880 --> 00:28:00.079 did something unbelievable for them. So I'm asking Gary and 396 00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:02.480 Michelle Cooper to come up and share. Come on, let's 397 00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.920 give him a handclap for Dada. 398 00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:17.319 Hello on the Sun or on the Friday of my life. 399 00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:20.680 I was lucky enough to be born to a good 400 00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:25.000 Christian family and lived in a very supportive household. I 401 00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:28.480