WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:02.720 Hi, this is Rick Warren, Bible teacher of the Daily 2 00:00:02.759 --> 00:00:05.679 Hope Broadcast. Did you know that because of Easter, your 3 00:00:05.719 --> 00:00:08.279 past can be forgiven, you get a purpose for living, 4 00:00:08.560 --> 00:00:11.039 and you can have a home in heaven. That's good news. 5 00:00:11.119 --> 00:00:14.000 Where else can you get that kind of news? Nowhere else? 6 00:00:14.240 --> 00:00:17.000 And did you know that at Easter, studies have shown 7 00:00:17.160 --> 00:00:19.640 people are more open to an invitation to go to 8 00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:22.679 church than at any other time of the year. Don't 9 00:00:22.719 --> 00:00:25.719 go to church by yourself, but bring somebody who doesn't 10 00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:29.559 know Jesus Christ, a family member, a friend, a coworker, 11 00:00:29.640 --> 00:00:32.560 a neighbor, a relative. And if you bring them to 12 00:00:32.600 --> 00:00:35.039 that church service and they come to know Christ, You're 13 00:00:35.039 --> 00:00:37.520 going to be making a friend for eternity. It'll be 14 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:41.359 the most important investment you can ever make in their lives. 15 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:43.439 And by the way, if they come to Christ, would 16 00:00:43.479 --> 00:00:45.159 you let me know about it. I'd love to hear 17 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:47.799 that story that you brought somebody to Easter and they 18 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:51.520 found Jesus. You can write to me Rick at Pastorrick 19 00:00:51.640 --> 00:00:55.840 dot com. That's rickat Pastorrick dot com. I would love 20 00:00:55.960 --> 00:00:58.439 to hear from you. God bless you and Happy Easter. 21 00:01:02.439 --> 00:01:06.560 Thanks for joining us here today. On Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, 22 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:11.359 the audio broadcast Ministry of Pastor Rick Warren. Today we 23 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:15.239 bring rick series called the Seven Greatest Words of Love. 24 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:16.000 To a close. 25 00:01:16.439 --> 00:01:20.120 There are seven words in particular that Jesus spoke during 26 00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:23.560 his final hours on the Cross that hold the keys 27 00:01:23.599 --> 00:01:28.840 for finding fulfillment in your life, relationships, and even your career. 28 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:32.519 Right now, here's Pastor Rick with the final part of 29 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:35.040 a message called the Word of trust. 30 00:01:35.560 --> 00:01:38.239 If you have a child in your family, and your 31 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:41.319 child loves you and grows up and learns to love you, 32 00:01:41.480 --> 00:01:43.400 one day they get mad at you, they walk out 33 00:01:43.439 --> 00:01:46.159 of the house by their own volition, they walk out 34 00:01:46.200 --> 00:01:46.519 of the house. 35 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:49.159 They're still your child. They can't. 36 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:53.959 Once you're born, you can't be unborn. Once you're born again, 37 00:01:54.120 --> 00:01:56.920 you can't be unborn again. You are safe. Does that 38 00:01:56.959 --> 00:02:01.439 make sense? You are safe. You might lose the fellowship, 39 00:02:01.879 --> 00:02:04.200 and well, there might be strained fellowship between this and 40 00:02:04.239 --> 00:02:06.439 we're not talking to each other, but you're still my daughter, 41 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:11.479 You're still my son. And the Bible says that look 42 00:02:11.479 --> 00:02:15.080 at this verse tewod John chapter one, verse seven. 43 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:16.919 Eight, many deceivers. 44 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:18.840 There are people out there trying to mess everybody up 45 00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:22.120 all the time. Many deceivers who don't acknowledge Jesus as 46 00:02:22.159 --> 00:02:24.319 coming in the flesh have gone out into the world. 47 00:02:24.360 --> 00:02:25.719 So he said, you know, not everything you hear out 48 00:02:25.759 --> 00:02:30.680 there's true. Watch out so that you don't lose what 49 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:34.360 you have worked for. Circle the phrase worked for watch 50 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:39.520 out that you don't lose what you have worked for, okay, 51 00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:45.000 but that you will be fully rewarded. Now question, do 52 00:02:45.080 --> 00:02:50.759 you work for your salvation? Huh no, So if you didn't, 53 00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:52.439 this is not what he's talking about here. He's not 54 00:02:52.479 --> 00:02:55.080 talking about salvation because you don't work for your salvation, 55 00:02:55.319 --> 00:02:57.400 you don't earn it. We talked last week it was 56 00:02:57.439 --> 00:03:01.520 all done for you. It's all that. That's the difference 57 00:03:01.520 --> 00:03:04.240 between Christianity and every other religion. Every other religion is 58 00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:06.159 due and they all have their list of dos and don'ts. 59 00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:09.319 Christianity says, done has already been done for you on 60 00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:11.919 the Cross by Jesus Christ. He did what we can't do. 61 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:14.879 So he's not talking about that. He's saying the rewards 62 00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:16.560 that you're going to have in heaven. He could lose 63 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:19.280 some of those. Let me ask you, this one's very 64 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:24.400 personal to me. What about believers who commit suicide, okay, 65 00:03:24.439 --> 00:03:27.240 and in a moment take their own life. And the 66 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:30.599 answer is, if they were a true believer, they're going 67 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:34.879 to heaven. They're going to heaven. We'll say, isn't suicide 68 00:03:35.039 --> 00:03:37.199 and unpardonable sin? The answer is no, it is not. 69 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:39.319 It is not. 70 00:03:40.039 --> 00:03:43.080 In fact, the Bible says there's only one sin that 71 00:03:43.199 --> 00:03:46.319 is unforgivable, only one in the. 72 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:48.039 Entire and it isn't suicide. By the way. 73 00:03:49.199 --> 00:03:53.960 In fact, some of the greatest saints in history in 74 00:03:54.039 --> 00:03:59.560 the Bible were suicidal. Some of them were very depressed 75 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:02.960 and despair. Some wished at low points if they'd never 76 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:06.599 been born. David in the Bible, Jeremiah in the Bible, 77 00:04:06.719 --> 00:04:08.360 job and the Bible also that I wish that I 78 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:12.439 had never been born. That's pretty depressed. And they were 79 00:04:12.479 --> 00:04:15.960 great believers. And there were three people in the Bible 80 00:04:16.040 --> 00:04:18.560 actually asked God to kill them, to take their lives. 81 00:04:19.199 --> 00:04:22.120 Moses asked God to take his life. Elijah asked God 82 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:24.879 to take his life. Jonah asked God to take his life. 83 00:04:25.079 --> 00:04:28.160 That's pretty depressed. And he said, God, just kill me, 84 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:33.160 Just kill me. If you feel that much in despair, 85 00:04:33.240 --> 00:04:36.240 you feel that depressed, do not carry it by yourself. 86 00:04:37.600 --> 00:04:39.399 It's not a sin to be sick, it's not a 87 00:04:39.399 --> 00:04:43.360 sin to feel depressed. The Bible says there's only one 88 00:04:43.560 --> 00:04:49.360 unforgivable sin, only one. It's called blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. 89 00:04:49.439 --> 00:04:52.399 What does that mean? What is blasphemy against Holy Spirit? 90 00:04:53.319 --> 00:05:00.680 It means rejecting God's grace and rejecting Christ all the 91 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:04.480 way up to death. It means to die rejecting Christ. 92 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:07.199 So let me put your mind at ease, because some 93 00:05:07.199 --> 00:05:09.639 of you think, have I ever committed the unpardonable sin, 94 00:05:10.079 --> 00:05:10.920 the unforgivable sin? 95 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:11.839 You wonder about that? Okay? 96 00:05:12.519 --> 00:05:15.759 Number One, if you've ever worried that you committed the sin, 97 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:22.759 you haven't because if you had, you wouldn't worry about it. 98 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:23.879 Okay. 99 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:27.720 So if you worry I've done the one unforgivable sin, 100 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:28.680 you ain't done it. 101 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:29.480 For ends. Sorry. 102 00:05:30.079 --> 00:05:32.120 The fact that you're worried about it, you're concerned about it, 103 00:05:32.199 --> 00:05:35.519 means you still have a conscience. So if you've ever 104 00:05:35.560 --> 00:05:38.319 worried about it, you haven't done it. Second thing is, 105 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:43.240 if you're alive, you haven't committed the sin because you 106 00:05:43.279 --> 00:05:47.680 can only commit it by dying rejecting Christ. So if 107 00:05:47.720 --> 00:05:49.879 you're alive, you cannot commit the sin. You can only 108 00:05:49.879 --> 00:05:53.199 commit it by dying, saying forget you God, and I 109 00:05:53.279 --> 00:05:55.480 croak and I die. 110 00:05:56.199 --> 00:05:59.399 Does that ease up anybody's mind a little bit? Here? Okay, 111 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:02.720 you can't you can't do it without dying. 112 00:06:04.279 --> 00:06:04.399 Now. 113 00:06:05.560 --> 00:06:07.759 Number three, let's go to the third great news. 114 00:06:08.519 --> 00:06:10.680 When I'm going through dark days, I have a father 115 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:13.240 in heaven who loves me. And when I'm going through 116 00:06:13.319 --> 00:06:15.720 dark days, or remind myself that I have a father 117 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:18.839 in heaven who can be trusted. He doesn't just love me. 118 00:06:18.879 --> 00:06:20.680 I can trust him with every air of my life. 119 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:23.319 And I shouldn't worry. I should commit it and trust 120 00:06:23.439 --> 00:06:27.879 everything I'm worrying about to him. Number three, my father 121 00:06:28.040 --> 00:06:31.959 is taking care of things I can't see. This is 122 00:06:31.959 --> 00:06:34.800 the third thing we learned from this passage is that 123 00:06:34.839 --> 00:06:38.079 my father in heaven is taking care of the things 124 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:42.639 that I can't see. We only see the physical things 125 00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:46.000 in life. We only see the material things in life, 126 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:48.399 but we know that there's a lot of things going 127 00:06:48.439 --> 00:06:52.120 on in life we can't see. Just because you can't 128 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:54.040 see it doesn't mean it's not real. 129 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:55.759 It's as real. It's what you see. 130 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:58.839 You're what you see is limited by your eyeball and 131 00:06:58.920 --> 00:07:03.759 your brain. We know, for instance, right now there are 132 00:07:03.879 --> 00:07:08.279 radio waves and television waves running through this building and 133 00:07:08.360 --> 00:07:09.959 actually going through your body. 134 00:07:10.680 --> 00:07:11.720 You can't see them. 135 00:07:12.079 --> 00:07:13.639 But if you turn on a radio, turn on a 136 00:07:13.680 --> 00:07:15.959 TV and tune in, you can get the picture. They're there. 137 00:07:16.120 --> 00:07:17.839 They're in this air right now. There are all kinds 138 00:07:17.839 --> 00:07:20.480 of radio and television waves going through the air right now. 139 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:23.319 You cannot see them. Just because you cannot see them 140 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:28.120 does not make them false. There's far more to life 141 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:31.720 than just the material. There's far more to life than 142 00:07:31.759 --> 00:07:35.199 just the physical. In fact, the things that are gonna 143 00:07:35.240 --> 00:07:38.879 last are not material. All the material stuff. This chair 144 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:42.360 is not gonna last one day. It'll fall apart because 145 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:46.959 all material things, according to the second law of thermodynamics, deteriorate. 146 00:07:48.319 --> 00:07:49.199 This building will. 147 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:51.600 One day deteriate, the trees will deteriorate, and your body 148 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:52.480 is deteriorating. 149 00:07:52.519 --> 00:07:56.439 Hate to tell you that, but the physical is not 150 00:07:56.519 --> 00:07:57.199 getting better. 151 00:07:58.079 --> 00:08:00.000 Anybody want to give a testimony of that right now? 152 00:08:02.959 --> 00:08:08.040 The physical the spiritual is actually more real, and God 153 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:10.240 is taking care of the things that you can't see. 154 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:14.879 So when you're in your dark days, you can't see 155 00:08:14.879 --> 00:08:18.399 the solution. When you're in the dark, you can't see 156 00:08:18.439 --> 00:08:22.879 the antidote. You can't see the solution, the problem that's solved. 157 00:08:23.879 --> 00:08:29.240 And while you're waiting, God is working. And what you 158 00:08:29.360 --> 00:08:32.600 need to do is trust. While you're waiting for that job, 159 00:08:32.799 --> 00:08:35.360 while you're waiting for that answer to prayer, while you're 160 00:08:35.360 --> 00:08:39.360 waiting for that change. While you're waiting, God is working. 161 00:08:40.279 --> 00:08:43.759 And that's why you need to trust. I entrust my 162 00:08:44.279 --> 00:08:47.480 spirit circle that word my spirit, that it flies. That 163 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:49.279 you're far more than a body, and of course you are. 164 00:08:50.960 --> 00:08:53.080 Life is far more than a material or physical. You're 165 00:08:53.120 --> 00:08:54.639 made in the image of God, which means you have 166 00:08:54.679 --> 00:08:59.600 a spirit, you have a soul. One of my friends 167 00:08:59.759 --> 00:09:04.399 is a brilliant businessman. His name is Peter Teal. He's 168 00:09:04.440 --> 00:09:06.480 a good friend, and some of you know who Peter 169 00:09:06.519 --> 00:09:09.039 Teal is. He's an entrepreneur's up in the Silicon Valley. 170 00:09:09.080 --> 00:09:14.519 He started PayPal, became a billionaire starting PayPal. And one 171 00:09:14.559 --> 00:09:18.320 day I was that one of his intellectual confabs. 172 00:09:17.679 --> 00:09:19.639 Called the Dialogue. 173 00:09:19.639 --> 00:09:24.200 It's upheld at Sundance in Utah, and as all these 174 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:27.519 brainy axes, you know, nuclear physicists and stuff like that, 175 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:30.399 and we were in a discussion one day, and Peter 176 00:09:30.440 --> 00:09:34.399 Teal asked me. He said, Rick, with the advent of it, 177 00:09:34.879 --> 00:09:38.639 artificial intelligence, which we know is getting smarter and smarter 178 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:42.759 and smarter, He said, Rick, are is artificial intelligence ever 179 00:09:42.799 --> 00:09:47.159 going to need faith and religion? That's a legitimate question. 180 00:09:49.039 --> 00:09:52.279 And the answer to that, of course is no. Now, 181 00:09:52.559 --> 00:09:57.480 if all you were was simply an intellect, we know 182 00:09:57.600 --> 00:09:59.759 that we can create machines right now that are smarter 183 00:09:59.799 --> 00:10:02.759 than you, or meat. In certain things, human beings can 184 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:06.639 create meat machines that are smarter than us. But you're 185 00:10:06.720 --> 00:10:10.519 far more than intelligence. Human being, yes, has an intellect, 186 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:13.080 but you have far more than just intelligence. You have spirit. 187 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:17.360 You have a soul. And while we can create greater intelligence, 188 00:10:17.399 --> 00:10:18.720 we can't create a soul. 189 00:10:19.960 --> 00:10:24.320 And so it's a question that's not needed now. 190 00:10:24.360 --> 00:10:26.360 The Bible says that here on earth there's an unseen 191 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:29.360 battle going on for your soul between good and evil. 192 00:10:29.879 --> 00:10:32.320 Let me give you a couple examples where you have 193 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:35.840 to trust. Job says it like this, when he talking 194 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:38.519 about God, when he is at work in the north, 195 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:42.840 I don't see him. And when he eat God turns 196 00:10:42.840 --> 00:10:45.679 to the south, I catch no glimpse of in other words, 197 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:48.879 I don't see God with my physical eyes. But he 198 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:54.039 says he God knows the way that I take, and 199 00:10:54.080 --> 00:10:58.039 when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. 200 00:10:58.879 --> 00:11:01.960 That dark spot you're in right now, this is a test. 201 00:11:02.960 --> 00:11:06.080 And although you cannot see God, he can see you, 202 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:09.679 and God can see what you cannot see, and you 203 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:11.080 can trust God. 204 00:11:10.919 --> 00:11:15.279 That he loves you, that he cares for you, that he. 205 00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:17.960 Can be trusted, and that he's taking care of the 206 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:23.240 things that you cannot see. Paul says the same thing 207 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:29.799 Tewod Corinthians four. Our light and momentary troubles are achieving 208 00:11:29.840 --> 00:11:33.600 for us in eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 209 00:11:34.919 --> 00:11:37.320 So he says, we fix what is by the way, 210 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:39.879 What does that part mean. He's saying that the problems 211 00:11:39.879 --> 00:11:43.240 you're going through right now, God's purpose is greater than 212 00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:46.120 the problem you're going through, and what you need to 213 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:48.519 do is get your eye on God's purpose rather than 214 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:52.840 your problem. That's what it means, Father, I entrust myself 215 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:56.320 to your care. Our light and momentary troubles are achieving 216 00:11:56.320 --> 00:11:59.519 for us in eternal glory, a greater purpose that far 217 00:11:59.519 --> 00:11:59.879 out weighs. 218 00:12:00.159 --> 00:12:03.480 Also, he says, here's the solution. We fix our eyes. 219 00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:06.440 Not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, 220 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:11.679 For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen 221 00:12:12.399 --> 00:12:16.080 is eternal. One last thing you need to remember when 222 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:18.399 you're going through dark days. These are all four important, 223 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:21.799 and the fourth one is this. My father can handle 224 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:27.240 anything I put in his hands. My father can handle 225 00:12:27.559 --> 00:12:34.039 anything I put in his hands. He loves me, he's trustworthy. 226 00:12:34.159 --> 00:12:37.360 He's taken care of things I can't see, and he 227 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:41.399 can handle anything I put in his hands. That's the 228 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:44.559 last part of the phrase father. He's a loving father. 229 00:12:45.039 --> 00:12:50.120 I entrust he's trustworthy. My spirit. He handles the stuff 230 00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:52.679 that we the spiritual stuff we can't even see in 231 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:56.799 the spiritual world. I entrust it into your hands. This phrase, 232 00:12:56.840 --> 00:12:59.440 into your hands is a beautiful expression of care and security. 233 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:05.440 He's a well known TV commercial. You're in good hands 234 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:11.120 with all State? Yeah right, okay, good for you. What 235 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:14.399 in the world does that mean? What they are implying 236 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:18.080 is our insurance company will take care of you. You're 237 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:20.919 in good hands with all States. You know, my I 238 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:23.679 have big hands because my dad had big hands, and 239 00:13:23.759 --> 00:13:26.600 my dad was a carpenter, and when my dad swung 240 00:13:26.639 --> 00:13:29.440 a hammer and he built all of his life. The 241 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:33.120 hammer seemed small in his hand. He has such a 242 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:37.759 giant hand, and I got big hands as a results. 243 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:43.080 But my heavenly Father has even bigger hands, even bigger hands. 244 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:48.120 He's got the whole world in his hands. Somebody should 245 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:51.679 write a song about that. Really, okay, I mean, that's 246 00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:53.240 how big his hands are. 247 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:55.320 When can I got married. 248 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:57.279 One of the first Bible studies she did was called 249 00:13:57.320 --> 00:13:59.320 the Hand of the Lord. And she told me that 250 00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:01.879 she discovered over two hundred times in the Bible the 251 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:05.720 phrase the hand of the Lord is used. So I 252 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:07.279 just end with this, and you can write this down 253 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:11.039 real quickly. How big is God's hands? How big are they? 254 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:13.320 How big are his hands? We'll write these down. Number one, 255 00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:18.679 God's hands are big enough to bless me. God's hands 256 00:14:18.679 --> 00:14:23.440 are big enough to bless me. Jesus often put his 257 00:14:23.480 --> 00:14:25.720 hands on people to bless them. In Isaiah sixty two, 258 00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:28.360 it says, the Lord will hold you in his hands 259 00:14:28.960 --> 00:14:32.559 for all to see, a splendid crown in the hands 260 00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:34.840 of God, they're big enough to bless me. Number two, 261 00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:38.559 God's hands are big enough. They're strong enough to keep 262 00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:43.960 me eternally secure. God's hands are strong enough to keep 263 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:47.000 me internally secure. If I put my life in that 264 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:50.600 lock box, in that safety deposit box, it ain't going anywhere. 265 00:14:51.720 --> 00:14:55.279 Jesus said it like this very important verse. Follow me 266 00:14:55.320 --> 00:14:59.240 on it, John ten. Jesus says, I give them that's you, 267 00:14:59.720 --> 00:15:03.879 each eternal life, and they will never circle the word never, 268 00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:09.159 never perish. My Father has given them to me, and 269 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:12.440 He's greater than all, and no one can snatch them 270 00:15:12.679 --> 00:15:18.960 out of my Father's hands. You cannot lose your salvation 271 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:21.799 once I've been given to you. Nobody can snatch you 272 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:24.080 out of God's hand. Even Satan can't snatch you out 273 00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:27.399 of God's hands. You say, well, you can't be snatched 274 00:15:27.399 --> 00:15:29.320 out of God's hands. Maybe you could jump out. 275 00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:29.679 On your own. 276 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:33.759 How big do you think God's hand is? You think 277 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:36.720 you can get to the edge of it and then 278 00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:39.159 fall off. No, God's hands so big, and you're in 279 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:41.039 God's hands, there's no way you can fall out of it. 280 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:46.000 When my kids were little, I'd get in the pool 281 00:15:46.440 --> 00:15:48.440 and Amy and Josh and Matthew line up on the 282 00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:53.120 side and I'd say, jump to me, jump into my hands, 283 00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:58.039 trust me, I'll catch you. And they were always scared 284 00:15:58.080 --> 00:16:01.159 to death to do it time, they just go, I 285 00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:03.720 don't want to do it, old daddy. Daddy jumped me. 286 00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:06.519 I'll catch you. I'll catch you in my hands. Look 287 00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:09.919 I can handle it all right. And they were just 288 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:17.559 afraid to jump into my hands. But then finally they 289 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:20.480 do it. And when they jump into my hands, of 290 00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:23.360 course I catch them. And then they want to do 291 00:16:23.399 --> 00:16:30.559 it one hundred more times, because once you've jumped into 292 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:34.480 your father's hands, that's flat out fun, and you want 293 00:16:34.519 --> 00:16:38.120 to do it again and again and again. Once you've 294 00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:40.840 learned how to trust God with your life, you get 295 00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:43.679 addicted to it and you want to do it over 296 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:46.840 and over and over, and you want to trust God 297 00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:50.320 for bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger thing. 298 00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:53.840 And that is the story of my life because as 299 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:57.559 a little boy, I jumped into my heaveny other's hands 300 00:16:58.200 --> 00:17:01.120 and he caught me. And at that point, ain't you 301 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:05.599 I can trust God? And so I start jumping further 302 00:17:05.680 --> 00:17:10.440 and further back, further and further back, and then jumping 303 00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:15.960 off cliffs, and every time he has caught me, and 304 00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:19.400 I'm addicted to it. It's flat out fun. Trusting God, 305 00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:24.200 trusting the loving hands. His hands are big enough to 306 00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:27.319 bless me and strong enough to keep me eternally secure. 307 00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:29.720 And I want to just tell you today, this God, 308 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:32.759 your heaven, a father is waiting for you to jump. 309 00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:39.319 He's standing in the pool, going, come on, I love you, 310 00:17:39.319 --> 00:17:43.640 You can trust me. I'm accountable, you can count on 311 00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:47.039 my faithfulness, and I'm big enough to handle you. Jump 312 00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:50.000 into my hands. You need to do that, and you 313 00:17:50.039 --> 00:17:52.519 need to start doing it all the time. There's a 314 00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:54.160 third thing you need to know about the hands of God. 315 00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:54.440 It's this. 316 00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:59.240 His hands are scarred. Yes, the hands of Jesus are 317 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:03.000 scarred with the nail prints, so that he cannot forget me. 318 00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:06.400 Do you know that in heaven you're gonna have a 319 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:10.079 perfect body. There will be no scars in heaven. Aren't 320 00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:13.680 you grateful for that? No flaws on your body in heaven. 321 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:19.880 No warts, no pimples, no scars none. The only scars 322 00:18:19.920 --> 00:18:22.559 that will be on anybody in heaven will be on Jesus, 323 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:27.400 from his hands and his head and his side and 324 00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:29.759 his feet. And they're going to be their for eternity, 325 00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:32.880 to always be reminders of us of what he cost, 326 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:35.799 what it cost him to pay for our salvation. The 327 00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:39.279 Bible says this Isaiah forty nine. Can a mother forget 328 00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:43.599 the baby at her breast and have no compassion on 329 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:46.440 the child she is born? The obviously answers, of course, 330 00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:50.319 not nursing mother could not forget her baby. Though she 331 00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:52.759 may forget He says, I'm not. God says, I'm not 332 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:56.319 going to forget you. I have engraved you on the 333 00:18:56.359 --> 00:18:59.200 palms of my hands. When you look at the nail 334 00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:02.079 prints of the cross, Jesus says, this is how much 335 00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:04.839 I love you. This is how much I love you. 336 00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:08.559 I love you this much. I have engraved you on 337 00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:14.359 the palms of my hands. God has a tattoo of you. 338 00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:17.000 You get a tattoo of people you love. God has 339 00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:18.960 a tattoo of you. I have engraved you on the 340 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:21.359 palms of my hands when they were nailed to the cross. 341 00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:25.079 I don't know what you're going through, but I advise 342 00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:29.839 you to do this. Last verse, Paul says this, I 343 00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:32.119 think you ought to know, dear brothers, about the hard 344 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:36.319 times that we went through in Asia. We were really 345 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:42.200 crushed and we were overwhelmed, and we feared that we 346 00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:44.160 would never live through it. Some of you feel that way, 347 00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:47.440 right now, and we felt we were doomed to die, 348 00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:51.279 and we saw how powerless we were. But here's the 349 00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:56.000 big change. But that was good. You know, the problems 350 00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:58.480 are going through, those are good. Why for then we 351 00:19:58.599 --> 00:20:03.240 put everything into the hands of God, who alone could 352 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:10.200 save us, for he can even raise the dead. Give 353 00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:13.240 it to God, commit it, deposit it in the safety 354 00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:16.240 deposit box. And I mentioned earlier that Jesus was coding 355 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:19.759 Psalm thirty one, the greatest psalm, and I mentioned that 356 00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:23.000 probably Mary probably taught that Jesus cycle. 357 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:24.359 Now I lay me down to sleep. 358 00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:28.519 You know, when I was a little, a little little boy, 359 00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:33.240 when i'd get scared at nighttime, I'd go in and 360 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:36.559 I'd fall asleep on my parents' bed. I'd actually try 361 00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:40.160 to get between them, and I'd try to fall asleep 362 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:44.559 between my parents and because I was felt safe there, 363 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:49.240 and after i'd fall asleep, my Daddy would pick me 364 00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:54.119 up in his strong arms and his big hands, and 365 00:20:54.119 --> 00:20:57.519 he would carry me back to my bed. After I'd 366 00:20:57.519 --> 00:21:01.759 fallen asleep, and in the more I would wake up 367 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:03.839 and something amazing would happen. 368 00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:08.559 I would be awake in my own bed. 369 00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:15.119 Why because while I was sleeping, my father would carry 370 00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:17.119 me with loving. 371 00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:21.079 Arms to where I belonged. 372 00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:26.799 And I've thought about that a lot, as that is 373 00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:31.319 a perfect picture of what it means to die as 374 00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:32.680 a believer in Jesus Christ. 375 00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:38.839 One day you will go to sleep. 376 00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:42.880 And your heavenly Father will pick you up in his 377 00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:49.599 loving arms and he will take you to where you 378 00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:56.759 belong for eternity. And that's what heaven is all about. Friends. 379 00:21:56.880 --> 00:21:59.720 I know this has been a long message, but this 380 00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:03.119 is a theme that you need the rest of your life. 381 00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:07.920 It's not something just to say when you're dying, Father, 382 00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:12.799 into your hands, I commit my spirit. It's something to 383 00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:18.359 say every single day of your life. When you are fearful, Father, 384 00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:22.720 I entrust my spirit into your hands. When you're angry, Father, 385 00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:27.079 I entrust my spirit into your hands. When you're worried, Father, 386 00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:31.880 I entrust my spirit into your hands. When you're depressed, Father, 387 00:22:32.119 --> 00:22:36.119 I trust my spirit into your hands. When you're confused, Father, 388 00:22:36.359 --> 00:22:39.440 I trust my spirit in your hands. When you're in 389 00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:42.200 despair and you don't know which way to go, Father, 390 00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:45.720 I entrust my spirit into your hands. When you have 391 00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:49.480 a big decision, Father, I trust my spirit into your hands. 392 00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:52.720 You need to use this theme every day the rest 393 00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.279 of your life. 394 00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.279 Let's pray. 395 00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:57.799 If you've never said it the first time, you need 396 00:22:57.799 --> 00:23:02.039 to say it right now. Just like me saying to 397 00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:04.839 the little kids in my family, jump. 398 00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:06.839 Daddy will catch you. 399 00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:08.960 You need to jump into the arms of a father 400 00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:14.119 who loves you, who is trustworthy, who is handling the 401 00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:17.400