We're gonna go ahead and start it this morning first and foremost happy Easter
And so if you would find a seat and grab a hymnal first him this morning is number 33
It's the Lord is risen today him number 33
33 Christ the Lord is risen today
33 there first open with a word of prayer to bow your heads with me only father
Thank you for this day and just not only today
But every day that we can celebrate your son's resurrection that he died for our sins was buried and rose again that third day
To pay that price for us Lord. I pray that every day, but especially this day
We would just cherish that in our heart that our hearts would be on that our minds would be thinking of that great sacrifice in
Reverence Lord
I pray that with that being said that everything that we do today for this service would be
Reverent to you that you would incline your ears as we sing praises out unto you and that you would just bless us all as we go
Our separate ways after the service these things we pray in Jesus name. Amen
All right for our second him turn if you would to number 20 when I see the blood just a few pages back him number
20 to 0 when I see the blood him number 20 there on the first
Raise your hand this morning on the front of our bulletin
you will notice our Bible memory passage of the week and anyone who is able to memorize this entire chapter and
Recite it word perfectly to an adult non-family member will receive a prize and there's already one person who's done this so it can be done
It's been proven. All right, so keep working hard on it and we'll get those prizes at the end on the inside
You'll see our service times listed Sunday morning at 10 30 a.m
Sunday evening at 4 30 p.m. And our Wednesday evening Bible study through the book of Proverbs is at 7 o'clock below
That is our soul winning times and soul winning is just when we go out into the community and preach the gospel
Because as we are thinking of and celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ today when he rose again
What did he tell his disciples to do to go and to preach the gospel?
And so that's what we do here at our church times are listed there below. That is the nursing home ministry
Schedule a brother Theodore is preaching today brother Cameron next week and below that is our year-to-date
Statistics praise the Lord for 237 so far this year. That's great numbers. Definitely want to encourage everyone to keep going soul-winning
upcoming events May
16th through the 18th is the King James Bible conference at Sure Foundation Baptist Church in Vancouver, Washington
Definitely would encourage you if you can make it out to that conference. It's gonna be very informative
Great preaching lots of educational sermons being preached. But even if you can't I definitely wanted to put that in there
So you could watch those sermons online
Below that is our May 31st Durant, Oklahoma soul-winning marathon where we're gonna be teaming up with steadfast Baptist Church
So we're really looking forward to that June 28th
We've got a fellowship day
Our church is gonna go hang out and have a good time at the Tinker Air Show at the Air Force Base here in town
And the following day we're gonna have a guest preacher brother Ben Naim from steadfast Baptist Church
Who will be preaching both services for us that day?
So we're really excited to be having him preach for us August 27th through the 31st is the fire breathing
Baptist fellowship that's a conference that's gonna be taking place at steadfast
Baptist Church is gonna be a great time and really the highlight is that Bahamas mission trip there below October 6th through the 11th a
Huge portion of our church is going to this and it's one of the most receptive places on earth to preach the gospel
So we're really really excited
Yesterday our church took part in the mega soul winning marathon
where multiple churches from all around the United States and all around the world were participating in soul winning at the same time and
Thank the Lord has been really great results from that. We had yesterday 17 soul winners and
15 salvations just great numbers, especially considering, you know, some of those soul winners are little kids and babies and stuff like that and
It was kind of a nasty day of weather yesterday
But you know what the gospel was powerful and when people hear about the joy of the resurrection, you know
They want to listen and they got saved so we had 15 yesterday and of the world results
there was 35 churches who participated with
604 soul winners and
79 salvations just yesterday. So let's give a round of applause to all the churches
You know, sometimes we could forget about what a big impact that we make when we're out soul winning
It can sometimes get monotonous and you're just going soul winning and oh, we're just in Oklahoma City
But you know every time we go soul winning
we're actually making a huge impact and
We're a part of the big number of every day because all over this world people are preaching gospel every day and we don't know
What the total is but it's big numbers every single day and we're a part of that
So I definitely want to encourage you to come out soul winning with us
If you're a visitor, we'd like to you to scan that code if you will and just fill out a communication card
So we could have a record of your visit below that on the back. You will see our prayer list
Please do keep all those requests in prayer
And if you have any requests, please email the church and we will be happy to add you for that
There's some information about giving below
One other note is immediately after the service this morning. We are going to be catering barbecue
So you came at a good time at anchor Baptist Church. We're catering some barbecue
Please do stick around and share a meal with us. We'd love to have you for that
So looking forward to this day at this time
We'll go ahead and go to our third song right our third song this morning number 36 Christ arose
Him number 36
36 Christ arose
36 there on the first
This morning as the offering plates are being passed turn if you would to Matthew chapter number 28
If you chapter number
28 28 and the end of the Sabbath as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week
Came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher and behold there was a great earthquake for the angel of the Lord
Descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone from the door sat upon it
His countenance was like lightning and his raiment white as snow and for fear of him
The keepers did shake and became as dead men and the angel answered and said unto the women
Fear ye not fear not ye for I know that ye seek Jesus which was crucified
He is not here for he is risen as he said come see the place where the Lord lay and go quickly and tell his
disciples that he is risen from the dead and
Behold he goeth forth before you into Galilee there shall you see him low
I have told you and they departed quickly from the sepulcher for and with fear and great joy
It did run to bring his disciples word and as they went to tell his disciples behold
Jesus met them saying all hail and they came and held held him by the feet and
Worshipped him then said Jesus unto unto them be not afraid go tell my brethren that that they go into Galilee
And there they shall see me now when they were going
Behold some of the watch came into the city and showed under the chief priests all the things that were done
And when they were assembled with the elders and had taken counsel
They gave large money unto the soldiers saying say ye his disciples came by night and stole him away while we slept
And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him and secure you
So they took the money and did as they were taught and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day
Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them
And when they saw him they worshiped him
But some doubted and Jesus came and spake unto them saying all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth
Go ye therefore and teach all nations
Baptizing them in the name of the father and of the son and of the Holy Ghost teaching them to observe all things whatsoever
I have commanded you and lo I am with you always even unto the end of the world. Amen
We are in a great chapter this morning giving an account of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ
And let's start reading verse number one
The Bible says in the end of the Sabbath as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week
Came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher
So to set the scene this is very very early in the morning says in verse number two and behold there was a great
Earthquake for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone
From the door and sat upon it now, of course
It's just evidence that God is working in this situation because this is the second large earthquake that's happened in this area
Just in the space of a few days because of course when Jesus died on the cross
There was a huge earthquake and now when this angel of the Lord descends from heaven
There's another earthquake and the Bible doesn't tell us necessarily who this angel is
But man, what a blessed angel that got to come down and roll the stone away from the door
It says in verse number three his countenance was like lightning and his raiment white as snow and
For fear of him the keepers did shake and became as dead men
So the keepers of the tomb saw and beheld this angel and you know
Hallmark likes to show angels as being like these little cute fat chubby baby babies or something like that
But every time a person sees an angel in the Bible, they're always terrified to death
So, you know, these angels are kind of scary looking they're bright
They're shining and these men are terrified they fall down as dead
Then it says that the angels gonna speak here in verse 5 and the angel answered and said unto the woman
Fear not ye for I know that ye seek Jesus which was crucified verse 6
He is not here for he is
Risen and those are some of the best words in the English language right there that Jesus is risen as he said come see the place
Where the Lord lay and go quickly and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead
Behold he goeth before you into Galilee there shall ye see him low I have
Told you you know this had to have been an extremely surreal situation for these ladies here where the angels speaking with them
Telling them that Jesus has risen from the dead and he's like look look at the place where he lay and guess what?
You're about to see him. You're about to actually see the physical body of Jesus Christ that rose again from the dead verse 8 says
And they departed quickly from the sepulcher notice their attitude here with fear and great joy and did run to bring his disciples
Word and as they went to tell his disciples behold Jesus met them saying all
Hail and they came and held him by the feet and worshiped him
You know, I love that phrase that Jesus tells these people to hail him because you know
I've been speaking to Muslims out soul winning throughout the years
One of the things that Muslims constantly are telling me is, you know, show me a place in the Bible where Jesus commanded to be worshiped
Okay right here when Jesus rose again from the dead and conquered hell and death, you know what he said
He said all hail why because he just proved to the world that he is who he said
He was he is the son of God. He did rise again from the dead verse number 10 says then said Jesus unto them
Be not afraid go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee and there shall they see me
Let's back up real quick to verse number eight
I just want to read this one part again where it says and they departed quickly from the sepulcher notice with fear and
great joy and the title of my sermon this morning is simply the joy of the
Resurrection the joy of the resurrection, you know Easter is one of the happiest days of the year
when we're thinking about the glorious triumph of our Lord the fact that he
Physically rose again from the dead and when these ladies here found out about the resurrection of Jesus Christ
You know what it gave them it gave them great joy
And you know here we are over two thousand years later
And we are experiencing that great joy of the fact that Jesus rose again
From the dead, and I want to give you several reasons this morning. Why the resurrection gives us joy
Why you should be happy about this great event number one the resurrection validates the Christian faith
You know that makes me happy to know that hey, I believe in the right religion
I have the real word of God here and everything in it is true
Why because the resurrection of Jesus has now validated Christianity as true go to Matthew chapter number 16
Matthew 16 now, why is this the case? Well before?
Jesus rose again from the dead. He made a lot of claims with his mouth. He said hey, I am the son of God
He said I'm gonna be killed. I'm going to rise again on the third day
But you know before it actually happened people could look at him and say well, he's just making claims
But when he actually did it, you know what it did is it validated everything that Jesus said it validated his teachings and by
Extension it validates the Word of God it validates Christianity look at Matthew 16 verse 21
from that time forth began Jesus to show unto his disciples how that he must go unto Jerusalem and
suffer many things of the elders and
Chief priests and scribes and be killed and be raised again the third day
That is quite a prophecy to make about yourself, you know
We might just read the Bible over and over and take these things for granted
But you know put yourself in the shoes of people that literally heard him say this in the flesh
Here's a guy who's 100% man. The Bible teaches that Jesus was born like from a virgin
He's a real man, you know flesh and blood he was a man and here he is saying that I'm gonna die
But I'm gonna rise again from the dead. That's not some small claim that he's making right here
I mean, this is a huge claim that he's making but look at verse number 22
Then Peter took him and began to rebuke him saying be it far from thee Lord
This shall not be unto thee Peter's kind of getting carnal here and getting in the flesh
Because while I understand he doesn't want his Lord and his friend Jesus to die
Jesus dying on the cross and rising again from the dead is necessary to save us and
Necessary to save the world from sin
So, of course, this is God's will that Jesus would die and rise again from the dead
Peter's kind of rebuking him but verse 23 says but he turned and said unto Peter get thee behind me Satan thou art an offense
Unto me for thou savor us not the things that be of God
but those that be of men then said Jesus unto his disciples if any man will come after me let him deny himself and take
Up his cross and follow me see it was Peter's own human understanding and his own fleshly desire
That his friend would never die but really it was the will of God that Jesus would die that he would be buried and that he
Would rise again from the dead. Why because by Jesus doing that Jesus has now
Validated everything that he's preached. He's now proven his words to be true
He's proven to the world that he is the son of God and you know what? There's no excuse now
I mean Christianity is just objectively true. Why because Jesus rose again from the dead?
That's why it all hinges on that go to 1st Corinthians chapter number 15
I mean think about you want to know why Christianity is the most popular religion in human history
You want to know why the Bible is the most popular book in human history?
You want to know why the name of Jesus Christ is known by the entire world and has been for thousands of years is
Because Jesus rose again from the dead. That's why it wasn't just because he was a good teacher though
He was wasn't just because he preached good sermons though. He did he preached the best sermons
But let me tell you why Christianity is just revered all around the world believed on by millions and millions billions
Really why everyone reads the Bible? It's because Jesus rose again from the dead
You know if that would not have happened
Christianity would not have existed the teachings of Christ would have died with him
But the fact that Jesus rose again from the dead
Validates that Christianity is the true religion verse number one of 1st Corinthians 15 the Bible says moreover brethren
I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you by which also you have received and wherein you stand
By which also you are saved if you keep in memory that which I preached unto you unless you have believed in vain
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received how that Christ died for our sins notice this phrase
According to the scriptures then it says and he that he was buried and that he rose again the third day
Notice according to the scriptures. What was it that gave us?
Testimony that bore witness of the fact that Jesus would die for the sins of the world that he would be buried and rise again
From the dead it was the scriptures that gave us that testimony
And if Jesus did that if Jesus fulfilled that you know what it means it means that the Bible is true
And here's the cool thing about the resurrection is if you believe in the resurrection of Jesus if we say you know what?
Jesus did rise again from the dead by extension
You know what that means it means that everything in this Bible is true because everything in the Word of God
hinges on the fact that Jesus claimed to be the Son of God to be God in the flesh and
That he would die be buried and what rise again from the dead and you know what if he did that then everything else in the Bible
Is true go to if you would verse number five verse number five and before we read that real quick
You know you have to understand that there's a lot of false religions that deny the resurrection of Jesus Christ, right?
So the Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe that Jesus's body rose again from the dead
They believe that his body died that it stayed dead and only the spirit arose
But when Jesus rose from the dead he showed his disciples the holes in his hands in his feet in
His side he ate a meal with them because the resurrection of Jesus Christ was not just a spirit rising again
It was his body rising again. He bodily rose again from the dead
Then you have Islam and Muslims teach that Jesus never even died
Not that he didn't rise again, but Jesus just never even died to begin with they believe that the
Crucifixion was made to look like Jesus died like there was some sort of body double there
But really that God just preserved Jesus's life and took him up to heaven without him ever dying
You know what that is false doctrine. It's damnable heresy because the Bible says that Jesus died
According to the scriptures. So if you're gonna say that Jesus didn't die you're denying the Word of God and guess what by him dying
He also had to raise again from the dead. Where do we get that doctrine from the scriptures?
So if he did die and if he did rise again from the dead, you know what that means
it means that the Bible is true verse number five says this and that he was seen of
Cephas then of the 12 after that he Jesus was seen of above notice
500 brethren at once of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep
So he's saying that these
500 men saw the risen Lord Jesus Christ with their own eyes and when he says that the greater part remain
He's saying some of these guys are even alive at the time that this is being written
But some are falling asleep some have gone to heaven after that verse 7
He was seen of James then of all the Apostles and last of all he was seen of me also as of one born out
Of due time so notice when it comes to believing in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It's not some blind faith
It's not just one person's word against everyone else like for example the book of Mormon the book of Mormon people who believe in
Mormonism, they are just trusting in blind faith
You just have to listen to this cult leader who told you that God came to him in the United States of America and gave him
These golden tablets that only he saw no one else saw and he buried those in the earth where no one can ever examine them
And he just wants to deliver you the book of Mormon another testament of Jesus Christ
Let me tell you what that is that's blind faith
But you know what God does not require of us blind faith to believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ because there were hundreds and
hundreds of
Witnesses this is not just some clever fable some cute little story
this is historical fact that Jesus rose again from the dead and you have to have more faith in my opinion to not believe in the
Resurrection then to believe in it because God's given us many proofs of that all these great witnesses
I mean to be an atheist today to deny the Lord Jesus Christ to deny the resurrection of his body
You have to sit here and say that all these hundreds of people
Decided together to concoct this story that Jesus rose again from the dead and then many of them were going to be tortured and
Persecuted to the death preaching that lie now. I understand there's sometimes in life
They are gonna be people who would die for a lie
But you know, it's very unlikely that hundreds and hundreds of people would do that and you know what?
Jesus claimed to rise again from the dead and he did rise again from the dead and there was hundreds of witnesses
Of that so guess what if Jesus rose again from the dead then Christianity is the true religion
Oh, it's just so hard to figure out what the truth is. There's so many religions in this world
How do you know which one is right?
How about there was one where the man the God man said I'm gonna die and rise again from the dead and then he did
That you think that might be the true religion. Look, it's not hard to figure it out. God told us he gave us his word
He said I'm gonna rise again from the dead hundreds of people saw it. It was preserved in his word
It's not hard to know the truth. Jesus is God the Bible is true
Christianity is the true religion folks those who believe in Islam are
Deceived and will spend eternity in hell unless they repent and believe in Jesus Christ
Jews who deny that Jesus is the Messiah and reject him as their Savior. Look, they have a false religion folks
They need to realize that he was the Messiah. He did die for their sins. He did raise again from the dead
They need to trust in him and anyone who does not will spend eternity in hell and look the gospel is good news
Why is it good news? Because the Bible does not say hey, I have good news for you
You're a sinner
And if you just live a perfect life if you just repent of all your sins if you just follow all the commandments you can go
To heaven no, no salvation is believing on the Lord Jesus Christ
Acts chapter 16 verse 31 what shall we do to be saved?
And they said believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved right because Jesus died for our sins
He was buried and most importantly he rose again from the dead
That's gonna bring me to point two go to Romans chapter number 10 Romans chapter number 10
You know the resurrection brings me great joy. Why because it proves Christianity is true
I open my Bible and I'm not wondering if it's true
I know it's true because Jesus rose again number two the resurrection brings me joy because the resurrection saves us from
sin the resurrection saves us from
sin look at verse number nine of Romans 10 that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and
Shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead thou shalt be saved
see believing in the resurrection of Jesus Christ is a
Requirement for salvation you will not go to heaven if you deny the resurrection of Jesus Christ
This is why religions like the Jehovah's Witnesses are false witnesses of God
It is a false religion. Islam is a false religion
Judaism is a false religion and these people are not saved
You must believe in the resurrection to go to heaven and it brings me great joy
As someone who does believe in the resurrection that hey, I'm saved
I'm forgiven of my sins by the resurrection of Jesus Christ go to 1st Corinthians chapter number 15 again 1st Corinthians 15
But I wanted to show you that in Romans 10 because it makes it very clear
This is a requirement to be saved
You must believe in it teen verse 12 notice what the Bible says now with Christ be preached that he rose from the dead
How say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead, you know
The Apostle Paul is kind of just bewildered here. Like how are some of you saying that there's no such thing as
Resurrection the whole Bible teaches this concept. How are you denying this? You know, that's that's how I feel today about the false religions
It's like Joe's witnesses. How are you denying this Muslims? How are you denying this?
This is a historical fact here verse 13
But if there be no resurrection of the dead then is Christ not risen see there were some people during the time that this was
Being written that denied that resurrection existed at all for anyone not even just for Christ
But for anyone these people were the Sadducees the Sadducees denied the physical resurrection that it was even possible and he's kind of going down this
Biological thinking with them. He's saying okay. Well if there's no resurrection of the dead at all, then you know what that means
It means that Christ is not risen means that Christ is not raised and what ramifications does that have verse 14?
Notice what it says and if Christ be not risen then is our preaching vain and your faith is also
Vain, you know what it means to be vain. It means empty
Meaningless without purpose without point and he's saying look if Jesus did not rise again from the dead
Then preaching the word of God is completely pointless because if Jesus did not rise again from the dead
Then you know that means that it means that the Bible would not be true
That means that Jesus's claims that he made of his life would not be true
But of course we know that that is true
But he's just going down this thought experiment saying if theoretically Jesus didn't rise from the dead
Then my preaching to you is vain and your faith is also vain
There's he's saying look there's no point of even believing then if Jesus didn't rise again from the dead
Why let's keep reading in verse 15 yay, and we are found false witnesses of God because we have testified of God that he raised up
Christ whom he raised not up if so be that the dead rise not he's saying look if
Jesus did not rise from the dead and we're sitting here telling you that he did you know what that would make us false witnesses
That would make us liars
But of course, that's not the case
The Apostles are the ones that are telling the truth the 500 plus witnesses are the ones telling the truth that they saw Jesus rise
Again from the dead. The reality is that the false witnesses today are those that deny the resurrection
That's why I call them the Jehovah's false
Witnesses they are not our brothers in Christ
They are false witnesses of God because they deny the resurrection
Then it says verse 16 for if the dead rise not then is not Christ raised and if Christ be not raised
Your faith is vain and notice this very important point
You are yet in your sins the resurrection of Jesus Christ is
Necessary for us to have forgiveness of sins and this is why Christianity would be vain
Your faith would be vain this sermon this morning would be vain all that we're doing as a church here would be vain if
Jesus did not rise again from the dead
But when you flip that around and you realize okay, but he did rise again from the dead
You know what that means that means nothing that we're doing for Christ is in vain
that means that every time we preach someone the gospel and
Someone trusts in the Lord and someone calls upon the name of the Lord to be saved. Those are not vain words going nowhere
They're actually putting their trust today in the living God
Because Jesus yes, he died, but he's not dead right now all the other false prophets of antiquity in times past are
Dead and in the ground and in hell
But Jesus Christ is alive today and that's why today is a happy day today is a joyous day
Why because we have the forgiveness of sins through the death of Jesus Christ now go to Galatians chapter 2
You know so far many Christians would agree pretty much everything I've preached this morning
But where some differences come is that there are many Christians in this world that will say yes
Jesus died. Yes, Jesus rose again from the dead. Yes, we have to believe in him
But many Christians will say this but I also have to live a good life
I also have to keep the commandments
I also have to repent of my sins and turn away from my sins. Otherwise my sins won't be forgiven
Okay, I want you to notice what the Apostle Paul said in Galatians chapter 2 verse 16
If you're following along if not, listen very carefully to this verse says knowing that a man is not
Justified by the works of the law. The Bible says that you are not going to be made righteous. We're all sinners, right?
But you're not gonna be made righteous. You're not gonna have your sins forgiven by the works of the law
What are the works of the law following the commandments and look I believe in following the commandments
We should follow the commandments but not for salvation if you think that you have to follow the commandments to be saved
Let me help you. You're not trusting in the resurrection of Jesus Christ
You're trusting in yourself because if I tell you hey
I'm going to heaven because I am in church this morning and because I'm even a pastor and I live a good life
And I read the Bible and I pray and I tie then I do all these things
You know, I'm trusting in is myself here. I here I am telling you all the things that I do
But you know what? That's not what I believe. Here's what I believe. I am a sinner
I have broken God's commandments and as a result of me being a sinner the Bible says for the wages of sin is death
You know what? I deserve as a sinner eternity in hell. I am NOT a good person. You are NOT a good person
There is none that doeth good. The Bible says no not one
That's why it's impossible to be justified by the works of the law
Because your corruptible sinful flesh is already sin and you will sin every day of your life
Then Paul goes on to say this he says so we're not justified by the works of the law
But by the faith of Jesus Christ
What is that that's putting our trust in the fact that he died for our sins that he was buried and rose again from the dead
then he says even we have believed in Jesus Christ why that we might be justified by the faith of Christ and
Not by the works of the law for by the works of the law shall no flesh be
Justified I wish every Catholic Church this morning would read this verse like a thousand times
To understand what it actually says that you're not saved by the works of the law
You are not justified by doing good works. You are not justified by going to church by confessing your sins
By praying and asking for forgiveness by taking communion. You're not justified by any of those things
In fact, even if you do all those things if you think that you're getting to heaven by your own good works
You will go to hell when you die and look I don't want that. I want people to be safe
That's why I'm here this morning preaching the good news that Jesus died for all of your sins that he was buried and he rose again
From the dead notice verse 20. He says I am crucified with Christ
Nevertheless, I live yet not I but Christ liveth in me and the life which I now live in the flesh
I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me
What a beautiful verse that is verse 21. I do not
Frustrate now. What does that word frustrate means?
It means to make of none effect right to frustrate something is kind of like swatted away to make it of none effect of no
No power to you. It says I do not frustrate the grace of God for if
Righteousness come by the law then Christ is dead in vain
Let's just play your game a little bit works salvationist and say, okay
Salvation is by works. Let's just play that game for a minute. The Bible says if
Righteousness was obtained by the law then Christ is dead in vain
You know what that means? That means that the sacrifice of Jesus Christ would be meaningless and pointless
That means that Jesus coming down to earth to be born of a virgin to live a sinless life
To endure the mocking and suffering and death on the cross would have all been for nothing if you can get yourself to heaven
By being a good person, you know what work salvation is blasphemy work
Salvation is spitting in the face of God and spitting in the face of his free gift that he gave you for God
So loved the world that he became that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believed in him should not perish
But have everlasting life. He gave you his only begotten son
That is an extremely precious valuable gift in the eyes of God to give of his only begotten son to us
And you know what? It's it's wicked. It's blasphemous. It's false doctrine to sit here and say, oh, I don't need that sacrifice
Oh, no, I'm gonna get I'm gonna get to heaven on my own by being a good person
No, you're not if you think you have to do good works to be saved
You will not make it to heaven you are what are you doing?
You are frustrating the grace of God for if righteousness come by the law then Christ is dead in vain of course implying that
Salvation is not by the law and that Christ is not dead in vain because his death burial and resurrection is what gives us forgiveness of sins
That's why I have joy this morning of the resurrection because my sins have been forgiven by his
Resurrection flip the page to chapter 5 of Galatians chapter number 5 notice what it says in verse 4 Christ has become of
No effect unto you whosoever of you are justified by the law
You're fallen from grace see if you want to be justified by works if you want to stand before God and tell him
Oh, I'm going to heaven because I'm a good person because I lived a good life because I went to church
I did all these things then the Bible says that Christ is become of none effect unto you
See there is no such thing as you trust 50% in Jesus and 50% in yourself
There's no trusting 99% in Jesus and 1% of your works if you trust at all in your works
Christ's sacrifice is applied to you exactly zero
Exactly zero you must put all of your faith in Christ to be saved go back to Romans chapter number five
Romans chapter number five and some people get mad at this some people get angry at this
Doctrine that salvation is free that it's by faith alone, but look the gospel is called good news
This doesn't make me mad. This makes me extremely happy to realize that the resurrection saves me from my sins
You know, what would be sad is if the work salvationists were right, that would be sad. Hey, I've got good news for you
You're a sinner you're worthy of hell and all you have to do to be saved is keep all the commandments
Pen of all your sins never sin again live a good life
like that's not good news folks because if
Salvation was by works if you could lose your salvation by sinning or not keeping the commandments
Then you would lose your salvation every single day because we're all sinners. You say no, I'm great. I'm perfect
I'm wonderful. You must not be reading the Bible
You must not be reading the commandments to realize that we're all sinners. The Bible says that the thought of foolishness is sin
Oh, you you want to keep your salvation by living a good life. Well, you better never have a foolish thought again
Otherwise, you'll immediately just lose your salvation. No, that's stupid folks
You're eternally secure through faith in Christ Romans chapter 5 verse 6 notice what it says for when we were yet without strength in due time
Christ died for the ungodly see that's what we are
We are the ungodly we are not righteous verse 7 says for scarcely for a righteous man
Will one die yet per adventure for a good man?
Some would even dare to die most people are not gonna die for another person
Most people are not even gonna die for another person that they think is really great and really wonderful and really righteous now
There are some people that would be willing to do it for a really awesome person
But you know, especially most people are not gonna die for just some random bozo
You know, most people are not gonna give up their life for some random stranger some wicked person
But notice what the Bible says in verse 8 but God
Commendeth his love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us
See the love of God was that not Jesus died for us because we're so great. We're so wonderful. We're so righteous
No Christ died for us even though we were sinners even though that we were wicked even though that we were the ungodly
sometimes we hear stories of bravery of
first responders or
Soldiers doing some sort of brave act in defense of some great person or some innocent victim
And we think that person's great
But you know Jesus is way more of a hero than that because he died for a bunch of wicked sinners like us
A bunch of people that didn't deserve salvation
You know what a hero that Jesus was to die for our sins to rise again from the dead then verse number
Nine says much more than being now justified by his blood
We shall be saved from wrath through him for if when we were enemies
We were reconciled to God by the death of his son much more being
Reconciled notice this phrase we shall be saved by his life
See you're not saved by your life
You're not saved by you doing good things you going to church. You're saved by the resurrection of Christ his life
That's how you're going to be saved go to John chapter number 11 number three
Why the resurrection gives me joy this morning number three the resurrection spares us from death
Spares us from death, you know, I'm excited. I'm happy about the fact that his resurrection and validates Christianity. I'm excited
I'm thankful about the fact that his resurrection is what has my salvation is why I'm forgiven of my sins and it also
Spares us from death think about death. Just that word usually conjures up images of terror and fear and people people are very terrified of death
Death is something that happens around us all the time death is going on in this world every single second
There's wars going on all over this world where millions of people are being destroyed and killed and people are scared of death
And you know what if you're unsaved you should be scared of death
Because you don't have anything pleasant to look forward to if you're unsaved you have eternal torment and fire to look forward to
But for those of us that are saved it's different notice John 11 verse 21 then said Martha unto Jesus
Lord if thou hadst been here my brother had not died just to give you some context of course Martha's brother
Lazarus has died and Jesus has shown up and Martha's saying Jesus if you were here my brother would not have
Died verse 22 says, but I know that even now whatsoever that will ask of God
God will give it thee Jesus saith unto her thy brother shall rise again verse 24 Martha saith unto him
I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day
Jesus said unto her I am the resurrection and the life but he that believeth in me though
He were dead yet shall he live and whosoever liveth and believeth in me notice shall
never die
Believest thou this the Bible says for the wages of sin is death
But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord
The way that the Bible often uses the term death is not how we would use it in the simple sense of shedding our body of
Just dying in a carnal sense when the Bible says for the wages of sin is death. What's that saying?
It's saying that because we've sinned we deserve hell. That's what death is talking about. There is
Hell so when Jesus says whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die
He's not saying that your physical body isn't gonna be shed someday. We're all gonna get old. We're all gonna die
We could die before we're old we could get in a car accident. We could have warfare
We could have all sorts of crazy stuff, right?
We're all gonna die from our carnal perspective
But Jesus promises us that if you believe in him if you believe that he is the resurrection and the life that you will
Never die and because of that Christians have an inner peace that no other people have in this world
The fact that I know that the moment I close my eyes on this earth the moment I take my last breath
I will be in eternity with God in heaven. Why are we we're not afraid of death
I mean the Apostle Paul talks about how to live is Christ and to die is gain
I mean he's saying don't scare me with heaven heaven sounds great. We're not afraid of going to heaven heaven is gonna be wonderful
It's gonna be pure joy. It's gonna be amazing, you know, but of course we have work to do on this earth
He says to abide is more needful
It's needful that the Apostle Paul stays on earth and ministers to people and look I'm thankful for every day of life that God
Has given me I want to live a long life
I want to stay on this earth and preach the gospel for as long as I can
I want to love my family and my parents and my loved ones and you guys, you know
I want to be on this earth, but look I'm not afraid of going to heaven. I am NOT afraid of dying
I am NOT afraid of shedding this body because I know that Jesus rose again from the dead and if he did that then you
Know what this is true right here that if you believe in Jesus you will never die
Praise God for that go to Acts chapter number 2 Acts chapter number 2
Verse 22 the Bible says ye men of Israel hear these words
Jesus of Nazareth a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs
Which God did by him in the midst of you as ye also yourselves know him being delivered by the
Determinant counsel and foreknowledge of God ye have taken and by wicked hands have crucified and slain whom God hath raised up
Notice this having loosed the pains of death because it was not possible
That he should beholden of it verse 25 says for David speaketh concerning him
I foresaw the Lord always before my face for he is on my right hand that I should not be moved
Therefore did my heart rejoice and my tongue was glad moreover my flesh shall rest in hope
Verse 27 because that will not leave my soul in hell neither will doubt suffer thy holy one to see
Corruption, you know the Bible teaches that Jesus Christ did go to hell and when he was raised again from the dead
The Bible says that he was loosed from the pains of death, right?
Because once you have shed your physical body once you have breathed your last you're no longer experiencing pain, right?
Death is death really is not a process people be like, oh, he's dying slowly
No, really death is a moment death is when your spirit leaves you your body's gone. Once death happens. It's over
I'm sure dying hurts and of course Jesus is torturous last hours on this earth were extremely painful
But when the Bible says that he was loosed from the pains of death, when did that happen?
It says that when he rose him up he loosed him from the pains of death
Why because Jesus was in hell for three days and three nights when he died and you say why is that he's God?
He's perfect. He's never sinned. Amen. You're hundred percent, right?
But you know what you've sinned and I've sinned and the Bible says for the wages of sin is death
What do we deserve because of our sin hell?
And so not only did Jesus be born of a virgin live a perfect life die for our sins
He also was buried and went to hell for three days and three nights to pay the punishment that you and I deserve
But then what happened he rose again from the dead and by Jesus going and experiencing death and rising again from the dead
He has abolished death. He has he has conquered death and hell
And so that's why none of us if you believe in him will ever experience death. What does that mean?
You will never experience hell if you are saved you will not spend one second in hell
There is no purgatory where Catholics will teach
Well, you know you get a second chance if you didn't really live that good of a life
You get to go to the nice part of hell where it's not too hot. There's there's no Abraham's bosom folks
There's no purgatory hell once you're there. You're there eternally, but guess what?
We will never go there if we trust in Jesus Christ because he has abolished death and hell go to
Revelation chapter number 20 as you're turning there
I will read Hebrews 2 verse 9 the Bible says but we see Jesus
Who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death?
Proud with glory and honor that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man
See when it's talking about his death
Here's how we know it's not talking about his physical shedding of his body is because the Bible says that he tasted of death
Taste is to experience for a short duration to get a little sampling of to taste something, right?
But Jesus did not get a little sampling of a physical death. He fully died right his body was killed
He died on the cross, but you know what he only got a sampling of hell because he was there for three days and three nights
That's why the Bible says that he tasted death for every man
Revelation 20 notice what it says in verse 11 and I saw a great white throne and him that sat on it
From whose face the earth and the heaven fled away and there was found no place for them
And I saw the dead those are the people in hell small and great stand before God and the books were open and another book
was open which is the book of life and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their
works and the sea gave up the dead which were in it and
Death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them and they were judged every man according to their works and death
And hell were cast into the lake of fire
This is the second death and whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire
See over and over and over again the Bible uses that word death to refer to hell and the dead here at the great white
Throne judgment they are those who were just in hell and now the dead are standing before God
You know, it's not that people who are in hell aren't conscience of their conscience of their pain or anything like that
There is no annihilation that if you die unsaved God just burns up your soul real quick and you cease to exist
No, no, no, even though they're called the dead. They're able to stand before God meaning that they have been alive in a certain sense
Experiencing pain in hell so you will you will eternally exist somewhere
You will either eternally exist in heaven in joy and bliss and happiness with God and the angels and God's people or you will
Eternally exist in hell burning for all of eternity and you know these people they've been in hell for who knows how long at this great
White throne judgment, but they get this brief moment of respite where they stand before God and God's gonna judge them
How according to their works because if you want to be judged according to your works
You will always come short and these people they didn't want to accept God's gift of salvation
They didn't want to believe on Christ alone for their salvation
They thought I have to do good works to be saved and you know where they ended up they ended up in hell
And then in the great white throne judgment
They're gonna stand before God Almighty God and he's gonna judge them according to their works. You know, it's gonna happen
They're gonna fail again and they're gonna be cast into the lake of fire, which is the second death
That's that's crazy to think about reunited with their bodies thrown into the lake of fire for all of eternity
You know, we don't have to experience that you don't have to experience that if you just stop being so prideful and stop thinking that you
have to do good works to be saved that you have to help Jesus out on your way to heaven it just stop being prideful just
Accept the gift folks
Accept Jesus's grace trust in him alone for salvation if you do that, you will never experience death
But if you fail to do that, you will burn for all of eternity in hell, you know
That doesn't make me happy. I don't want people in hell
But you know
I want to tell you that right now while you're still alive before it's too late because once it's too late
It can never change go to Romans chapter number seven number four this morning of why the resurrection brings me joy
Is that the resurrection frees us from the law?
It frees us from the law look at Romans chapter number seven verse number one the Bible says no you not brethren
For I speak to them that know the law how that the law hath
Dominion over a man as long as he liveth and of course for the carnal man
The law has this power and dominion over you because it's showing you that you are transgressor
You are a sinner then it says in verse 2
He's gonna give us kind of an earthly example to help us understand that the Bible says for the woman which hath and husband is bound
By the law to her husband so long as he liveth so the husband has this dominion and authority
Over his wife as long as he is alive
Why cuz in Ephesians chapter 5 the Bible teaches the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church
So the husband has that authority, but it says if the husband be dead
She is loose from the law of her husband if your husband dies. You no longer have to obey him
He's not here anymore to tell you what to do. You're loose from that law, right?
Then it says in verse number 3 so then if while her husband liveth she be married to another man
She shall be called an adulteress, but if her husband be dead
She is free from that law so that she is no adulteress though
She'd be married to another man verse 4 says wherefore my brethren ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ
That ye should be married to another even to him who is raised from the dead that we should bring forth
Fruit unto God see the law of God. You know what it tells us the law of God tells us you must be
Perfect. You must be holy and that is God's desire for us
He wants us to be holy
but you know if you tried to be justified by the law of God if you tried to make it to heaven by
Keeping the commandments. There's only one way that you could possibly do that and that is if you perfectly
Kept every commandment from the second you were born to the second you died and you never sinned a single time now is that possible?
Absolutely, not right. So that law has dominion over us in the sense that we're condemned by it
Like how do we get sin sin is the transgression of the law?
I would not have known sin if it wasn't for the law
So the law has dominion over man in the sense that it condemns us of our sins
But you know if you want to be forgiven of that if you want to be free from the bondage of the law from a
Self-vific perspective you have to believe in Jesus Christ. You have to trust him. That's why it says again
Even him who is what raised from the dead that we should bring forth fruit unto God look at Romans 7 verse 12
Wherefore the law is holy and the commandment holy and just and good so we're not against the law of God
We're not speaking against the law of God. We love the law of God. We love the word of God. It's good. It's holy
It's just but we are not we are sinners. We are unjust. We are not good verse 13 was then that which is good
May death unto me God forbid but sin that it might appear sin working death in me by that which is good that
Sin by the commandment might become exceeding
Sinful for we know that the law is spiritual
But I am carnal sold under sin and then notice the inner struggle
He has here says for that which I do I allow not for what I would that do I not but what I hate
That do I right? So even though the Apostle Paul knows what's right, even though he wants to follow the law of God
We have this sinful corruptible flesh that is just causing us to be bent away from doing what's right
We all have the flesh and if we walk in the flesh, you know what we're gonna do
We're gonna constantly be breaking God's commandments
We're gonna constantly be breaking the law and even Paul one of the greatest Christians who's ever living he's saying look
I'm doing the same thing. We all have the same flesh
He says if then I do that which I would not he's saying if I do things that I don't want to do that
I don't like I consent unto the law that it is good, right?
We're not gonna sit here and downgrade the laws importance or its righteousness and holiness
No, he's saying the law is good. I'm bad. The law is good. My flesh is bad
He says for I know that in me that is in my flesh
Dwelleth no good thing for to will is present with me
But how to perform that which is good I find not for the good that I would I do not but the evil which I would
Not that I do now if I do that
I would not it is no more I that do it but sin that dwelleth in me
I find then a law that when I would do good evil is present with me for I delight in the law of God notice
This after the inward man see after you're saved. There's two you's there's the old you
There's the flesh. There's the old man. And then when you get saved, there's the new man the inward man the
regenerated born-again man and our spirit our saved spirit
What does not sin our saved spirit wants us to do right the Holy Spirit of God and dwells in us and wants us to keep
God's commandments wants us to go to church and look if you were saved today
You're gonna be reading these verses
you're gonna be singing the hymns and your heart is gonna be burning within you for love of God and for
Just acknowledgement of the truth of these words because the Holy Spirit is bearing witness of that
But you know what if you walk in the flesh, you know what you're gonna start doing
You're gonna start doing things that you don't like you're gonna start committing sins that you would not allow other people to do because that's the old
Man there but look when you trust in Jesus Christ
You become a new creature and that new creature is not under the bondage of the law because that new creature is not
Transgressing God's law and so what I'm not teaching I'm not teaching. Oh, let's get rid of the law of God
Let's not follow God's commandments. That's not what I'm saying
But I'm saying it's condemning power over you from a salvation
Standpoint is no longer in effect when you believe in Jesus Christ. If you sin God's grace abounds now
Shall we continue in sin that God's grace may abound God forbid how shall we that are dead to sin live any longer therein?
I'm not sitting here telling you. Oh, yeah, go sin with impunity. No big deal live a wicked life
That's not what I'm saying
But what I am saying is that no matter what sins you commit if you believe in Jesus Christ
You're saved and you can never lose your salvation. Go to Romans 4. Well, I read 2nd Corinthians 5 17
The Bible says therefore if any man be in Christ
He is a new creature old things are passed away behold all things are become new for he hath made him to be sin
For us who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in him
See Jesus became sin for us so that we can have his righteousness
He took our sin we take his righteousness Romans 4 verse 5 notice what it says
But to him that worketh not that means they don't do any good works. They don't follow the commandments
They don't live a good life
But to him that worketh not but believeth on him that justified the ungodly his faith is counted for righteousness
It's like accounted to you. It is put on your behalf
Jesus Jesus is righteousness that he had is now applied to your heart when you trust in him without
Works without the deeds of the law
Lastly this morning go to 1st Thessalonians chapter number 4 why the resurrection brings me great
Joy is because the resurrection will one day liberate our corruptible flesh because Jesus rose again our
Bodies someday after we die after we're buried after in the ground our bodies will physically rise again some day
And you know what that brings me great joy look at 1st Thessalonians 4
Verse 13 but I would not have you to be ignorant brethren concerning them which are asleep that you sorrow not even as others
Which have no hope for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again even so them also which sleep in Jesus
Will God bring with him for this we say unto you by the word of the Lord that we which are alive and remain
Unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are
asleep for the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of God and
The dead in Christ shall rise first then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds
To meet the Lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord
Wherefore comfort one another with these words
You know when the rapture happens all those who have already died
All those who are already in heaven are gonna be brought with Jesus Christ in the air and they are going to be
Reunited with their bodies from the ground those who have died in Christ are gonna be risen again from the dead
And those of us who are alive at the time of the rapture
We are gonna be the only people that get a skip that death process
We just rise straight up to him in heaven the Bible says to comfort one another with these words, you know, it brings joy
Excuse me. It brings joy. It brings comfort to me to think about how Abraham Isaac Jacob
Daniel Jeremiah Nehemiah
Asaf just all the people the man of God like they will rise again someday. They will physically resurrect someday
That is a cool thought that is a cool thought that someday their bodies will come out of the ground
They will receive new glorified bodies. They will rise again from the dead
Hey, I'm excited that someday the preachers of times past Christians that you know have died who have gone to heaven
You know pastor Jack Hiles is gonna raise again from the dead someday. That's pretty cool
Pastor John our rice is gonna rise again from the dead someday and your loved ones who've trusted in Jesus Christ who have died
They will rise again from the dead someday. What a joyous thought that is
What a blessed thought that is that those who are asleep in Jesus someday will rise again from the dead and they're not gonna rise in
Their corruptible flesh, you know, they're their bones or something like that. They're getting a glorified brand new
Perfect body from Jesus Christ. Praise God for that go to 1st Corinthians 15
As you turn there Philippians 3 20 says for our conversation is in heaven from whence also we look for the Savior the Lord
Jesus Christ who shall change our vile body that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body
You know our flesh is corruptible the older we get the more problems it gets you can have injuries that are lifelong
Permanent you could have illnesses that are lifelong permanent our bodies are vile
But someday we're gonna get a body like to his uncorruptible body. You're not gonna have any problems
You're not gonna have any pain. You're not gonna have any illnesses
You know, that is a great blessed thought notice 1st Corinthians 15 verse 50
We're gonna read the remainder of the chapter here
it says now this I say brethren that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God neither doth corruption inherit in corruption behold
I show you a mystery we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed in a moment
In the twinkling of an eye at the last trump for the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible and we shall all be changed for this corruptible must put on
incorruption and this mortal must put on immortality so when this
Corruptible shall have put on in corruption and this mortal shall have put on
Immortality then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written death is swallowed up in victory. Oh death
Where is thy sting? Oh grave? Where is thy victory the death of stay of I'm sorry
The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law
But thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ
And that is what we're thanking today. Thank God for giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ
Thank God that Jesus Christ died for our sins that he was buried that he went to hell and that he most importantly
Rose again from the dead. Thank God for that
And you know, what is the application of that beautiful truth of the fact that Jesus did die
Jesus did was buried according to the scriptures Jesus did rise again according to the scriptures
And you know what our faith is not in vain. We are not false witnesses of God
What we're doing does matter and you know what on top of that as a cherry on top
Not only did Jesus rise again, but someday you're gonna rise again - someday you're gonna get a glorified body - you know
How should we respond to that? What's the application to that great truth verse 58 says?
Therefore because of these great truths my beloved brethren be ye steadfast
unmovable always
Bounding in the work of the Lord for as much as you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord
You want to know why anchor Baptist Church why the work that we're doing matters
It's because Jesus rose again from the dead
You want to know why you're making a difference every time you go soul-winning and every time someone calls upon the name of Lord that their
Soul is actually being spared from death and from hell is because Jesus rose again from the dead
Why is it that we should dedicate our lives to studying the Word of God come into church?
Doing all the things that the Bible says
Sacrificing of our time and our money and our effort and our energy to serve the Lord Jesus Christ
Because it's not in vain in the Lord because Jesus rose again from the dead go to John chapter 20 John chapter number 20
I want us to look at what Jesus said after his resurrection in the instructions that he gave was not just to his disciples
You know what it's to you and it's to me John chapter 20 verse 18
Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord and that he had spoken these things under her
Then the same day at evening being the first day of the week when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear
Of the Jews came Jesus and stood in the midst and saith unto them
Peace be unto you when he had so said he showed them his hands and his side
Then were the disciples glad and that's what the sermon is the joy of the resurrection
They were glad when they saw the Lord then said Jesus unto them again peace be unto you notice as my father
Have sent me even so send I you you know what the application of the
Resurrection of the of Jesus Christ is for us is that Jesus rose again from the dead and what was it that?
He told his disciples to do he's like hey, I send you you know what he's talking about
He's talking about preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ because let me just tell you let me just tell you something
You know unplug from your long week at work from your your social media scrolling for whatever your brain is
Thinking about throughout the week you want to know all that matters in this universe is where you go when you die all that matters
Is the resurrection of Jesus Christ all that matters is?
Where you are going to spend eternity and know all that matters after that we're saved is helping other people
Experience the same joy that we have this morning. See it's great that we have joy this morning. Praise God
Yeah, I'm so thankful that he rose again from the dead. It proves Christianity is true. I'm not afraid of death
I'm not afraid of hell. The law no longer is gonna condemn me to hell. I am gonna rise again someday in a glorious body
Hey, how great is that for me? How great is that for you? But what about everyone else?
See so many Christians say are living such selfish lives. They only think about themselves
They're living their life thinking about going to their work going to their job making more money
What's my retirement account look like? How's the stock market doing? When are we gonna get the retirement house? You got the boat yet?
Are we gonna have a barbecue this weekend? We're gonna have fun as this world is dying and going to hell as
millions and millions of people are gonna die this week who did not trust in Jesus Christ who will spend eternity in hell and you know
What you know what I want to do
I want to take the joy that I have that Jesus died that he was buried and he rose again from the dead and I want
Other people to experience that joy because if our gospel is hid it is hid to those that are lost and you know
What you don't preach the gospel there are people that will go to hell that could have been saved that Jesus loved that Jesus
Died for that Jesus went to hell for that Jesus rose again from the dead for you know
What we have the joy of the resurrection, but let us make our life's mission sharing that joy with other people
Let's have a word of prayer Lord. We thank you for this Easter Sunday
We thank you for your son Jesus Christ and for his sacrifice for us for his time
He spent in hell for us and for most importantly his resurrection from the dead
Thank you for the joy that we have of the promises of our liberated body someday
Thank you for the joy that we have in our confidence of the Word of God and the truth of Christianity
I pray that if there's anyone in this room who is not saved who has not fully trusted in Christ that they would receive a full
Presentation before they leave this building that they would have an opportunity to put their trust in Christ
I pray that you would bless the remainder of this service. We love you in Jesus name. We pray. Amen
So what we have never been baptized if you need to be baptized, it's ready for you
We just require that people who are baptized are saved meaning you have to believe that
Jesus is God that he died for your sins that he was buried and rose again and that you're putting your trust only in him for
Your salvation not in your works not thinking you could lose your salvation. Those are people who are candidates for baptism
We'd love to baptize you this morning. And of course also we do have food. We've got the barbecue ready
So, please stick around and share with us. We'd love to have you guys do that
So we're gonna go to one last song and then we will have the baptism as soon as the baptism is done
I will pray and dismiss and feel free to start getting food last him this morning
If you would turn to number 24 in your hymnal and can it be that I should gain him number?
24 and can it be that I should gain to for 24 there on the first