WEBVTT 00:08:18.270 --> 00:08:21.090 Happy Easter, first hymn this morning. 00:08:21.090 --> 00:08:25.500 We actually have a hands, he lives of this. 00:08:25.500 --> 00:08:26.570 If you need a handout, 00:08:26.570 --> 00:08:44.420 just raise your hand or a Brother Zach. 00:08:44.420 --> 00:08:45.240 He lives. 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:46.410 If you still need one, keep your hand up. 00:08:46.410 --> 00:08:47.380 We'll get those passed out. 00:08:47.380 --> 00:08:49.400 We'll go ahead and start singing there. 00:08:49.400 --> 00:08:51.750 On the first. 00:08:51.750 --> 00:12:52.150 (singing) 00:12:52.150 --> 00:12:54.610 For this day, opportunity to gather together 00:12:54.610 --> 00:13:01.280 for time of year where we can just set aside 00:13:01.280 --> 00:13:03.140 and sacrifice of your son. 00:13:03.140 --> 00:13:05.510 Pray that you would be with us for the service, 00:13:05.510 --> 00:13:08.070 that our minds would be in the right place, 00:13:08.070 --> 00:13:10.510 that you would soften our hearts to the message, 00:13:10.510 --> 00:13:12.390 that you'd continue to just incline your ear 00:13:12.390 --> 00:13:15.190 as we sing out praises boldly unto you, 00:13:15.190 --> 00:13:17.020 and that you'd fill pastor with your spirit. 00:13:17.020 --> 00:13:20.660 These things we pray in Jesus' name, amen. 00:13:20.660 --> 00:13:25.820 - For our next hymn this morning, turn if you would to 33. 00:13:25.820 --> 00:13:29.760 Christ the Lord is risen today. 00:13:29.760 --> 00:13:41.830 Hymn number 33, three three today. 00:13:41.830 --> 00:16:58.030 Hymn number 33, we'll sing there on the verse. 00:16:58.030 --> 00:17:02.450 - Christ in grace, given us in Christ Jesus before again. 00:17:02.450 --> 00:17:05.270 If you open up your bulletins on the inside, 00:17:05.270 --> 00:17:06.250 the left-hand side there, 00:17:06.250 --> 00:17:08.190 we have our service times listed. 00:17:08.190 --> 00:17:11.830 Sunday morning at 10.30, Sunday evening at 4.30, 00:17:11.830 --> 00:17:14.140 and our Wednesday evening Bible study 00:17:14.140 --> 00:17:17.350 through Ecclesiastes at 7.00 p.m. 00:17:17.350 --> 00:17:20.460 Below that, we have all of our soul winning times. 00:17:20.460 --> 00:17:24.360 And yesterday we had our Easter mega soul winning marathon, 00:17:24.360 --> 00:17:26.500 and we had 30 people show up for that. 00:17:26.500 --> 00:17:29.480 So great turnout and 19 salvations. 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:31.030 So praise the Lord for that result. 00:17:31.030 --> 00:17:32.820 Thank you for all who participated 00:17:32.820 --> 00:17:34.940 and prayed for that event. 00:17:34.940 --> 00:17:37.810 And then below is our year to date statistics 00:17:37.810 --> 00:17:40.670 updated with our salvations here in the US. 00:17:40.670 --> 00:17:44.040 Also brother Eric doing a great work over in the Philippines. 00:17:44.040 --> 00:17:47.500 And so that brings us to 669 for the year. 00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:50.950 So great results so far this year. 00:17:50.950 --> 00:17:53.460 Below that we have our visitor card. 00:17:53.460 --> 00:17:54.890 If you're a first time visitor, 00:17:54.890 --> 00:17:57.300 we wanna extend a warm welcome to you guys. 00:17:57.300 --> 00:18:00.560 Also we have some gift bags for first time visitors 00:18:00.560 --> 00:18:01.870 that hopefully were handed out. 00:18:01.870 --> 00:18:04.760 If not ushers, please make sure that our guests get those. 00:18:04.760 --> 00:18:05.630 But if you are a visitor, 00:18:05.630 --> 00:18:07.440 if you wouldn't mind scanning that QR code 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:09.580 and just leaving a record of your visit 00:18:09.580 --> 00:18:11.480 so we can just have that, it'd be great. 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:13.740 To the right also we have our online giving information 00:18:13.740 --> 00:18:16.030 if that's something you're interested in. 00:18:16.030 --> 00:18:19.740 Then we have on the back our upcoming events. 00:18:19.740 --> 00:18:22.690 We have April 12th, that is next Sunday evening. 00:18:22.690 --> 00:18:24.520 We have our men's preaching night. 00:18:24.520 --> 00:18:25.960 There is a sign up sheet in the back 00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:29.300 if you'd like to participate in that, it'd be great. 00:18:29.300 --> 00:18:31.580 May 2nd, we have another soul winning marathon. 00:18:31.580 --> 00:18:33.710 This one's in Stillwater, Oklahoma. 00:18:33.710 --> 00:18:36.690 And that is the OSU Soul Winning Marathon. 00:18:36.690 --> 00:18:40.540 And that QR code there takes you to godresource.com/events 00:18:40.540 --> 00:18:42.250 where you can sign up for that 00:18:42.250 --> 00:18:44.600 and let us know that you're coming. 00:18:44.600 --> 00:18:47.880 Then we have, let's see, May 9th is our Mother's Day Tea. 00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:51.320 May 20th through the 24th is the Anti-Israel Conference 00:18:51.320 --> 00:18:53.220 at Steadfast Baptist Church. 00:18:53.220 --> 00:18:55.460 And then June 17th through the 20th 00:18:55.460 --> 00:18:57.650 is our European Soul Winning Conference 00:18:57.650 --> 00:19:00.520 in Frankfurt, Germany, partnering up with Faithful Word 00:19:00.520 --> 00:19:02.530 and Steadfast Baptist Church. 00:19:02.530 --> 00:19:04.720 So looking forward to those upcoming events. 00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:05.970 Again, happy that you're here. 00:19:05.970 --> 00:19:08.300 Just wanna let you know we're having a meal catered 00:19:08.300 --> 00:19:10.650 right after service, so please do stick around 00:19:10.650 --> 00:19:13.240 and enjoy some good Panda Express. 00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:14.420 But thanks for being here. 00:19:14.420 --> 00:19:15.730 That's gonna be it for announcements. 00:19:15.730 --> 00:19:21.290 We'll go ahead and go to our third song together. 00:19:21.290 --> 00:19:26.320 - Our third song this morning, number 36, Christ Arose. 00:19:26.320 --> 00:19:31.590 Hymn number 36, Christ Arose. 00:19:31.590 --> 00:19:33.670 Just remember a little slow there in the beginning 00:19:33.670 --> 00:19:36.400 and then it picks up again in the chorus with the speed 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:39.200 and then we slow it back down when we go to verse two. 00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:40.660 It picks up again there in the chorus. 00:19:40.660 --> 00:19:49.770 Just watch 36, Christ Arose. 00:19:49.770 --> 00:19:52.140 36 there on the first. 00:19:52.140 --> 00:22:34.520 ♪ O say can you see ♪ 00:22:34.520 --> 00:23:27.250 - Turn if you would to D8, turn number 28. 00:23:27.250 --> 00:23:30.560 - 28, at the end of the Sabbath, 00:23:30.560 --> 00:23:33.760 as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, 00:23:33.760 --> 00:23:37.820 came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher. 00:23:37.820 --> 00:23:40.190 And behold, there was a great earthquake. 00:23:40.190 --> 00:23:43.210 The angel of the Lord descended from heaven. 00:23:43.210 --> 00:23:45.930 He came and rolled back the stone from the door 00:23:45.930 --> 00:23:47.450 and sat upon it. 00:23:47.450 --> 00:23:50.500 His countenance was like lightning 00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:52.430 and his raiment wide as snow. 00:23:52.430 --> 00:23:55.110 And for fear of him, the keepers did shake 00:23:55.110 --> 00:23:57.170 and became his dead men. 00:23:57.170 --> 00:24:00.800 And the angel answered and said unto the men, 00:24:00.800 --> 00:24:04.750 "Fear not ye, for I know that ye seek Jesus, 00:24:04.750 --> 00:24:06.310 which was crucified. 00:24:06.310 --> 00:24:09.410 He is not here, for he is risen. 00:24:09.410 --> 00:24:13.690 As he said, come, see the place where the Lord lay. 00:24:13.690 --> 00:24:15.830 And go quickly and tell his disciples 00:24:15.830 --> 00:24:17.690 that he is risen from the dead. 00:24:17.690 --> 00:24:22.880 And behold, he goeth forth before you into Galilee. 00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:27.570 There shall ye see him, and lo, I have told you. 00:24:27.570 --> 00:24:30.090 And they departed quickly from the sepulcher 00:24:30.090 --> 00:24:32.080 with fear and great joy, 00:24:32.080 --> 00:24:35.480 and had run to bring his disciples' word. 00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:38.380 And as they went to tell his disciples, 00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:42.570 behold, Jesus met them, saying, all hail. 00:24:42.570 --> 00:24:46.740 And they came and held him by the feet and worshiped him. 00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:49.860 Then said Jesus unto them, be not afraid. 00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:52.910 Go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, 00:24:52.910 --> 00:24:56.580 and there shall they see me. 00:24:56.580 --> 00:24:59.340 And when they were going, behold, 00:24:59.340 --> 00:25:01.620 some of the watch came to the city 00:25:01.620 --> 00:25:03.130 and showed unto the chief priests 00:25:03.130 --> 00:25:05.310 all the things that were done. 00:25:05.310 --> 00:25:08.350 And when they were assembled with the elders 00:25:08.350 --> 00:25:11.430 and had taken counsel, they gave large money 00:25:11.430 --> 00:25:13.920 unto the soldiers saying, say ye, 00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:17.090 his disciples came by night and stole him away 00:25:17.090 --> 00:25:18.920 while we slept. 00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:21.920 And if this come to the governor's ears, 00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:25.540 we will persuade him and secure you. 00:25:25.540 --> 00:25:28.910 So they took the money and did as they were taught. 00:25:28.910 --> 00:25:30.360 And this saying is commonly reported 00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:33.270 among the Jews unto this day. 00:25:33.270 --> 00:25:37.860 Then the 11 disciples went away into Galilee 00:25:37.860 --> 00:25:42.070 into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. 00:25:42.070 --> 00:25:44.870 And when they saw him, they worshiped him, 00:25:44.870 --> 00:25:47.210 but some doubted. 00:25:47.210 --> 00:25:49.800 And Jesus came and spake unto them saying, 00:25:49.800 --> 00:25:53.870 all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 00:25:53.870 --> 00:25:56.280 Go ye therefore and teach all nations, 00:25:56.280 --> 00:25:58.580 baptizing them in the name of the Father 00:25:58.580 --> 00:26:00.820 and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, 00:26:00.820 --> 00:26:03.340 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever 00:26:03.340 --> 00:26:05.310 I have commanded you. 00:26:05.310 --> 00:26:07.800 And lo, I am with you always, 00:26:07.800 --> 00:26:10.490 even unto the end of the world, amen. 00:26:10.490 --> 00:26:11.560 Let's pray. 00:26:11.560 --> 00:26:12.910 Lord, thank you for the beautiful weather. 00:26:12.910 --> 00:26:14.760 Thank you, Lord, for your goodness. 00:26:14.760 --> 00:26:17.130 Pray, Lord, that you will pass her on to the spirit, Lord, 00:26:17.130 --> 00:26:18.900 that you edify her with your word. 00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:20.620 Pray, Lord, for soft hearts this morning, 00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:22.520 that you may receive the message of life for her. 00:26:22.520 --> 00:26:24.270 I thank you, and pray, amen. 00:26:24.270 --> 00:26:26.560 - Amen, Matthew chapter number 28. 00:26:26.560 --> 00:26:28.560 Let's start reading in verse one. 00:26:28.560 --> 00:26:30.250 The Bible says in the end of the Sabbath, 00:26:30.250 --> 00:26:32.530 as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, 00:26:32.530 --> 00:26:36.370 came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher. 00:26:36.370 --> 00:26:38.380 Behold, there was a great earthquake, 00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:40.700 for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven 00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:43.550 and came and rolled back the stone from the door 00:26:43.550 --> 00:26:44.940 and sat upon it. 00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:47.620 His countenance was like lightning, 00:26:47.620 --> 00:26:49.350 and his raiment white as snow. 00:26:49.350 --> 00:26:51.520 And for fear of him, the keepers did shake 00:26:51.520 --> 00:26:53.610 and became as dead men. 00:26:53.610 --> 00:26:56.410 And the angel answered and said unto the women, 00:26:56.410 --> 00:26:59.240 "Fear not ye, for I know that ye seek Jesus, 00:26:59.240 --> 00:27:00.730 which was crucified. 00:27:00.730 --> 00:27:03.580 He is not here, for he is risen." 00:27:03.580 --> 00:27:07.260 And they said, "Come, see the place where the Lord lay." 00:27:07.260 --> 00:27:11.610 So the Bible just describes this most magnificent event, 00:27:11.610 --> 00:27:14.170 and you can see the importance placed on this event. 00:27:14.170 --> 00:27:16.530 I mean, the whole earth is shaking. 00:27:16.530 --> 00:27:18.720 There's angels from heaven that are there, 00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:21.200 and their face is as bright as lightning. 00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:22.800 You know, when you see lightning strike, 00:27:22.800 --> 00:27:25.990 how bright that is, that's just what their faces look like. 00:27:25.990 --> 00:27:29.150 People are falling down as dead men, just in fear. 00:27:29.150 --> 00:27:31.260 But the angels say to these women that came, 00:27:31.260 --> 00:27:34.280 hey, I know you're seeking Jesus, that was crucified, 00:27:34.280 --> 00:27:36.300 but hey, he is risen. 00:27:36.300 --> 00:27:39.850 And this is the time of year where we give special attention 00:27:39.850 --> 00:27:42.450 to the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 00:27:42.450 --> 00:27:43.330 And that's the title of my sermon, 00:27:43.330 --> 00:27:45.720 the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:47.320 Of course, you know, at our church, 00:27:47.320 --> 00:27:48.880 we really celebrate this every day 00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:50.190 when we preach the gospel. 00:27:50.190 --> 00:27:52.750 I mean, we're constantly talking about, emphasizing, 00:27:52.750 --> 00:27:55.150 thinking about the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 00:27:55.150 --> 00:27:56.150 But I think it's a good thing 00:27:56.150 --> 00:27:58.500 just to set one day a year aside 00:27:58.500 --> 00:28:00.820 and just give special attention to this event 00:28:00.820 --> 00:28:03.240 because it's the most important event 00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:04.890 in the history of the universe. 00:28:04.890 --> 00:28:07.210 And a lot of people are down on Easter today and say, 00:28:07.210 --> 00:28:09.570 oh, you know, this is some sort of pagan holiday. 00:28:09.570 --> 00:28:10.490 It's like, look, 00:28:10.490 --> 00:28:13.710 we're celebrating the resurrection of Jesus here, okay? 00:28:13.710 --> 00:28:15.310 We're not celebrating a bunny. 00:28:15.310 --> 00:28:17.290 We're not celebrating something weird like that. 00:28:17.290 --> 00:28:20.170 Like we are celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 00:28:20.170 --> 00:28:22.250 I got three points for you this morning. 00:28:22.250 --> 00:28:26.130 Number one, the reality of the resurrection, 00:28:26.130 --> 00:28:28.150 the reality of the resurrection. 00:28:28.150 --> 00:28:30.360 There's a lot of false doctrine having to do 00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:32.040 with the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 00:28:32.040 --> 00:28:34.380 This is a good time to address some of those things. 00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:37.030 And really I wanna go back before the resurrection 00:28:37.030 --> 00:28:40.100 to the death of Christ, because here's the thing. 00:28:40.100 --> 00:28:42.980 We can't have a resurrection of Jesus Christ 00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:45.370 unless Jesus actually died. 00:28:45.370 --> 00:28:46.730 Now there are religions out there. 00:28:46.730 --> 00:28:48.610 There are perversions of Christianity. 00:28:48.610 --> 00:28:52.320 And the big one that denies the death of Jesus Christ 00:28:52.320 --> 00:28:53.640 is Islam. 00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:57.110 Who's heard that Islam rejects the death of Jesus Christ? 00:28:57.110 --> 00:28:58.550 Only a few people have heard that. 00:28:58.550 --> 00:28:59.990 Islam teaches, of course, 00:28:59.990 --> 00:29:01.740 they act like they believe in Jesus. 00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:04.180 They act like they give honor to him as a prophet. 00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:05.000 But here's the thing. 00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:06.970 They believe damnable heresy about Jesus 00:29:06.970 --> 00:29:09.610 because they believe that Jesus never was killed, 00:29:09.610 --> 00:29:12.800 that he never died on the cross, that he never died at all. 00:29:12.800 --> 00:29:18.860 So let me read-- this is from the Surah and Nisa in the Koran. 00:29:18.860 --> 00:29:20.230 It says this. 00:29:20.230 --> 00:29:23.670 "And for they're saying, indeed, we have killed the Messiah, 00:29:23.670 --> 00:29:26.750 Jesus, the son of Mary, the messenger of Allah. 00:29:26.750 --> 00:29:31.580 But they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him. 00:29:31.580 --> 00:29:35.160 But another was made to resemble to him. 00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:37.890 And indeed, those who differ over it are in doubt about it. 00:29:37.890 --> 00:29:40.700 They have no knowledge of it except the following 00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.730 of assumption. 00:29:41.730 --> 00:29:44.800 And they did not kill him for certain, rather, Allah 00:29:44.800 --> 00:29:46.440 raised him to himself. 00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:50.700 And ever is Allah exalted in might and wisdom. 00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:53.330 So here's one great reason to be a Christian 00:29:53.330 --> 00:29:56.880 and to reject Islam is because Islam denies 00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:58.910 the death of Jesus Christ. 00:29:58.910 --> 00:30:01.860 Which here's the thing, the crucifixion of Jesus Christ 00:30:01.860 --> 00:30:05.120 is one of the most documented, well-known events 00:30:05.120 --> 00:30:06.360 in human history. 00:30:06.360 --> 00:30:08.030 And here's how you know that Islam is just 00:30:08.030 --> 00:30:11.020 a stupid religion that is not based on reality or facts, 00:30:11.020 --> 00:30:14.410 is they deny the fact that Jesus even died. 00:30:14.410 --> 00:30:17.020 And here's the thing, the devil wants to deceive you 00:30:17.020 --> 00:30:19.510 with religions like Islam, because Islam, 00:30:19.510 --> 00:30:21.870 with their mouth, they'll speak positively 00:30:21.870 --> 00:30:24.570 of a guy named Jesus, but here's the thing, 00:30:24.570 --> 00:30:26.580 it's a different Jesus. 00:30:26.580 --> 00:30:30.160 Because the Jesus of the Bible died on the cross. 00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:31.780 And so preaching to Jesus that didn't die, 00:30:31.780 --> 00:30:33.360 guess what, that's another Jesus, 00:30:33.360 --> 00:30:35.370 that is a damnable heresy. 00:30:35.370 --> 00:30:40.730 Now go to Luke chapter number 23, Luke chapter number 23. 00:30:40.730 --> 00:30:43.460 You know, even many worldly scholars 00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:47.630 and atheists acknowledge the historicity of Jesus 00:30:47.630 --> 00:30:51.550 and the factual account of his crucifixion. 00:30:51.550 --> 00:30:53.720 Like when atheists have better doctrine 00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:55.000 about Jesus than your religion, 00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:57.860 that's a good sign that you're in a false religion. 00:30:57.860 --> 00:31:01.450 Look what the Bible says in Luke chapter number 23, verse 46. 00:31:01.450 --> 00:31:04.460 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, 00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:08.830 he said, "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit." 00:31:08.830 --> 00:31:11.760 And having said thus, he gave up the ghost. 00:31:11.760 --> 00:31:13.050 So what does the Bible say? 00:31:13.050 --> 00:31:16.840 The Bible says that Jesus died on the cross. 00:31:16.840 --> 00:31:19.590 When you see in the Bible someone giving up the ghost, 00:31:19.590 --> 00:31:22.530 that's a euphemism for them dying. 00:31:22.530 --> 00:31:25.330 So Jesus' last words is, "Father, into thy hands 00:31:25.330 --> 00:31:28.350 I commend my spirit," and he died. 00:31:28.350 --> 00:31:29.860 And of course, what's one of the reasons 00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:32.010 that Jesus said that is because he knew 00:31:32.010 --> 00:31:35.030 that God was gonna raise him again from the dead. 00:31:35.030 --> 00:31:37.560 Go to 1 Corinthians chapter number 15, 00:31:37.560 --> 00:31:43.690 1 Corinthians chapter number 15. 00:31:43.690 --> 00:31:47.820 The Bible makes it very, very clear that Jesus died. 00:31:47.820 --> 00:31:50.250 And we have to establish the fact that he really died 00:31:50.250 --> 00:31:52.120 before we can even consider the fact 00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:54.150 that he rose again from the dead. 00:31:54.150 --> 00:31:55.850 1 Corinthians 15, look at verse number one. 00:31:55.850 --> 00:31:58.190 It says, "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you 00:31:58.190 --> 00:32:00.930 the gospel which I preached unto you, 00:32:00.930 --> 00:32:05.410 and which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand." 00:32:05.410 --> 00:32:08.540 So he's about to define the gospel for us. 00:32:08.540 --> 00:32:11.180 Verse two, "By which also ye are saved, 00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:13.480 if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, 00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:15.170 unless ye have believed in vain. 00:32:15.170 --> 00:32:17.540 For I delivered unto you first of all that 00:32:17.540 --> 00:32:20.140 which I also received, how that Christ," 00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:25.200 notice, "died for our sins according to the scriptures." 00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:29.230 So look, the death of Jesus Christ is very important, 00:32:29.230 --> 00:32:31.270 number one, because you can't have a resurrection 00:32:31.270 --> 00:32:32.490 unless you die. 00:32:32.490 --> 00:32:34.990 Number two, what's the whole point of Jesus' death? 00:32:34.990 --> 00:32:38.760 The Bible says that he died for our sins. 00:32:38.760 --> 00:32:42.250 He is our substitution for our sins. 00:32:42.250 --> 00:32:44.230 So explain to me, in Islam, 00:32:44.230 --> 00:32:46.650 how is it that you get your sins paid for 00:32:46.650 --> 00:32:48.860 if Jesus never even died? 00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:51.840 Of course, they would tell you it's by living a good life, 00:32:51.840 --> 00:32:53.710 which is interesting how all false religions 00:32:53.710 --> 00:32:56.130 tell you the same way to heaven, 00:32:56.130 --> 00:32:57.950 by repenting of your sins. 00:32:57.950 --> 00:33:00.130 It's interesting that the Catholic will tell you 00:33:00.130 --> 00:33:02.380 going to heaven is by being a good person, 00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:03.350 repenting of your sins. 00:33:03.350 --> 00:33:04.980 And then Islam also tells you 00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:07.490 that eternal life is by being a good person, 00:33:07.490 --> 00:33:09.940 by keeping whatever commandments that they have. 00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:13.280 But the Bible says Jesus died for our sins. 00:33:13.280 --> 00:33:15.850 Go to 2 Corinthians chapter number 11. 00:33:15.850 --> 00:33:22.180 2 Corinthians chapter number 11. 00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:24.580 2 Corinthians chapter number 11. 00:33:24.580 --> 00:33:26.520 Look what it says in verse three. 00:33:26.520 --> 00:33:29.280 It says, "But I fear, lest by any means, 00:33:29.280 --> 00:33:33.040 as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, 00:33:33.040 --> 00:33:35.090 so your minds should be corrupted 00:33:35.090 --> 00:33:38.740 from the simplicity that is in Christ. 00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:43.010 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, 00:33:43.010 --> 00:33:44.610 whom we have not preached, 00:33:44.610 --> 00:33:48.780 or if he receive another spirit which he have not received, 00:33:48.780 --> 00:33:51.110 or another gospel which he have not accepted, 00:33:51.110 --> 00:33:53.280 ye might bear well with him." 00:33:53.280 --> 00:33:54.250 So notice the apostle Paul is saying, 00:33:54.250 --> 00:33:56.730 "Hey, I'm worried for you guys 00:33:56.730 --> 00:34:01.260 that just like the devil deceived Eve with his subtlety, 00:34:01.260 --> 00:34:02.420 that someone's gonna come in, 00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:04.730 the devil or some sort of false prophet is gonna come in 00:34:04.730 --> 00:34:07.200 and use subtlety to deceive you 00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:10.220 to believing and notice another Jesus." 00:34:10.220 --> 00:34:12.290 Right, because the devil very rarely 00:34:12.290 --> 00:34:14.640 is gonna convince people or trick people 00:34:14.640 --> 00:34:16.720 with the church of Satan. 00:34:16.720 --> 00:34:19.180 Now, believe it or not, it does happen sometime 00:34:19.180 --> 00:34:21.080 because yesterday one of our soul winners 00:34:21.080 --> 00:34:22.870 was out soul winning and this person said 00:34:22.870 --> 00:34:26.260 that they go to some satanic temple in Oklahoma area 00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:29.080 and it's just like, wow, you're a special kind of stupid 00:34:29.080 --> 00:34:31.590 when you're literally deceived by that. 00:34:31.590 --> 00:34:34.090 But you know, the devil's usually more subtle with that 00:34:34.090 --> 00:34:36.800 and he comes at you not with the devil 00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:38.400 or Satanism or stuff like that, 00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:41.510 he comes at you with a perversion of the truth, right? 00:34:41.510 --> 00:34:44.190 So Islam, they present Jesus 00:34:44.190 --> 00:34:46.940 and they say, hey, Jesus was a prophet. 00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:49.420 They say, you know, blessed be Jesus. 00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:51.210 They say he was a good teacher. 00:34:51.210 --> 00:34:53.650 They say that he's exalted up to heaven, 00:34:53.650 --> 00:34:54.610 that he never died. 00:34:54.610 --> 00:34:55.760 Oh, that sounds real nice. 00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:58.720 But here's the thing, it's another Jesus. 00:34:58.720 --> 00:35:00.590 And there's a lot of religions out there today 00:35:00.590 --> 00:35:02.830 that will give lip service to the name of Christ, 00:35:02.830 --> 00:35:04.210 but it is a different Jesus. 00:35:04.210 --> 00:35:06.320 How about Mormonism, right? 00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:08.810 Mormons will say, oh, we're Christians. 00:35:08.810 --> 00:35:10.430 We believe in Jesus. 00:35:10.430 --> 00:35:12.220 But you know what, they believe in a Jesus 00:35:12.220 --> 00:35:14.380 that is a created being. 00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:17.130 They believe that Jesus Christ has a beginning, 00:35:17.130 --> 00:35:19.890 whereas the Bible says that Jesus is God. 00:35:19.890 --> 00:35:21.950 The Bible says, hey, in the beginning was the word, 00:35:21.950 --> 00:35:24.870 and the word was with God, and the word was God. 00:35:24.870 --> 00:35:27.750 And the word was made flesh and dwelt among us. 00:35:27.750 --> 00:35:29.100 We beheld his glory. 00:35:29.100 --> 00:35:32.080 The glory is of the only begotten of the Father. 00:35:32.080 --> 00:35:33.950 That's actually what the Bible teaches. 00:35:33.950 --> 00:35:35.570 And so we gotta be careful to make sure, 00:35:35.570 --> 00:35:37.440 hey, just because someone says the name Jesus, 00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:42.280 Christian, Bible, God, that does not mean that they are saved. 00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:43.080 And you know what? 00:35:43.080 --> 00:35:46.340 Any religion that perverts the nature of Christ, 00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:48.680 who he was, that is a false religion, 00:35:48.680 --> 00:35:50.540 even if they're giving praise to him. 00:35:50.540 --> 00:35:51.850 So we don't wanna fall into this trap 00:35:51.850 --> 00:35:53.870 that's kinda going on right now in America, 00:35:53.870 --> 00:35:57.320 where a lot of people are waking up to the evils of Judaism. 00:35:57.320 --> 00:35:59.900 And they're seeing like, hey, of course, you know, 00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:02.960 the Jews reject Jesus as the Messiah. 00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:04.870 And so they look, well, maybe the Muslims are better 00:36:04.870 --> 00:36:06.700 'cause the Muslims are giving him credit 00:36:06.700 --> 00:36:07.970 and giving him praise, here's the thing. 00:36:07.970 --> 00:36:09.280 These are both false religions 00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:11.660 that'll take you to the same exact hell. 00:36:11.660 --> 00:36:14.440 If you believe in Judaism and reject Jesus as the Christ, 00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:15.280 you will go to hell. 00:36:15.280 --> 00:36:18.290 If you believe in Islam and only think he's a good teacher 00:36:18.290 --> 00:36:21.190 and not the son of God, you will go to hell. 00:36:21.190 --> 00:36:25.240 Hey, if you deny that Jesus died, you are not saved. 00:36:25.240 --> 00:36:27.830 You must believe the record that God gave. 00:36:27.830 --> 00:36:30.520 Now go to, if you would, Romans chapter six. 00:36:30.520 --> 00:36:36.060 Now why is it important to understand the death of Jesus? 00:36:36.060 --> 00:36:36.980 Well, here's the thing. 00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:40.360 There can be no resurrection without death. 00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:42.530 There can be no Easter Sunday 00:36:42.530 --> 00:36:44.590 without the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. 00:36:44.590 --> 00:36:48.750 There can be no atoning for our sins, except for death. 00:36:48.750 --> 00:36:51.670 Now the Bible is very specific of what it's talking about 00:36:51.670 --> 00:36:53.930 when it talks about the word death, okay? 00:36:53.930 --> 00:36:55.490 It's talking about going to hell. 00:36:55.490 --> 00:36:57.230 Look what Romans chapter six, verse 23 says. 00:36:57.230 --> 00:37:02.730 It says this, "For the wages of sin is death, 00:37:02.730 --> 00:37:05.670 but the gift of God is eternal life 00:37:05.670 --> 00:37:08.690 through Jesus Christ our Lord." 00:37:08.690 --> 00:37:11.700 This verse is not comparing and contrasting 00:37:11.700 --> 00:37:14.160 a physical death and going to heaven. 00:37:14.160 --> 00:37:16.260 What this verse is comparing and contrasting 00:37:16.260 --> 00:37:18.450 is going to hell or going to heaven. 00:37:18.450 --> 00:37:20.130 Notice these two things are pitted against each other. 00:37:20.130 --> 00:37:21.820 "For the wages of sin is death." 00:37:21.820 --> 00:37:22.680 What is that saying? 00:37:22.680 --> 00:37:25.970 "Because we have sinned, we deserve hell. 00:37:25.970 --> 00:37:27.960 And without a savior, we will go to hell. 00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:30.990 Without our sins being paid for by some way, 00:37:30.990 --> 00:37:31.990 we will go to hell." 00:37:31.990 --> 00:37:32.800 But here's the thing, 00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:36.260 the gift of God is eternal life through who? Jesus Christ. 00:37:36.260 --> 00:37:38.870 Our Lord, who of course died on the cross. 00:37:38.870 --> 00:37:42.150 Now go to Acts chapter number two, Acts chapter number two. 00:37:42.150 --> 00:37:44.430 The Bible teaches that when we sin, 00:37:44.430 --> 00:37:46.590 the first time we ever sin in our life, 00:37:46.590 --> 00:37:50.780 we have died spiritually and we are deserving of hell. 00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:53.000 For the wages of sin is death. 00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:54.390 That's speaking about hell. 00:37:54.390 --> 00:37:55.670 As you're turning to Acts two, 00:37:55.670 --> 00:37:56.920 Revelation 21, eight says this, 00:37:56.920 --> 00:38:00.340 "But the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable 00:38:00.340 --> 00:38:02.970 and murderers and whoremongers and sorcerers 00:38:02.970 --> 00:38:06.650 and idolaters and all liars shall have their part 00:38:06.650 --> 00:38:09.090 in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, 00:38:09.090 --> 00:38:12.420 which is the second death." 00:38:12.420 --> 00:38:13.230 Right? 00:38:13.230 --> 00:38:15.500 So going, being put into the lake of fire 00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:17.460 is the second death. 00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:18.880 What's the first death? 00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:20.420 Going to hell. 00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:21.850 That's the first death. 00:38:21.850 --> 00:38:22.960 Some people will kind of say this. 00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:23.790 I understand what they mean 00:38:23.790 --> 00:38:25.240 but it's not technically accurate. 00:38:25.240 --> 00:38:27.000 They'll say, "Well, the first death is physical. 00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:28.190 The second death is spiritual." 00:38:28.190 --> 00:38:29.260 That's not true. 00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:31.270 The first death is actually spiritual 00:38:31.270 --> 00:38:33.170 because hell is a spiritual realm. 00:38:33.170 --> 00:38:36.490 Yes, it exists but hell is a spiritual realm that exists. 00:38:36.490 --> 00:38:37.320 And you know what? 00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:38.980 People that are dead, they go to hell. 00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:39.960 What's the second death? 00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:42.290 It's when they're resurrected at the great white throne 00:38:42.290 --> 00:38:45.000 and cast alive into the lake of fire. 00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:47.230 The second death is actually physical and spiritual. 00:38:47.230 --> 00:38:50.950 I mean, they're getting resurrected in their disgusting bodies 00:38:50.950 --> 00:38:52.540 and sent into the lake of fire 00:38:52.540 --> 00:38:54.800 where they will burn for all of eternity. 00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:55.870 And notice the Bible says, 00:38:55.870 --> 00:38:58.500 "Who is worthy of the second death? 00:38:58.500 --> 00:39:00.840 Is it only child molesters? 00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:02.650 Is it only serial killers? 00:39:02.650 --> 00:39:04.350 Is it only just the worst people?" 00:39:04.350 --> 00:39:06.800 No, the Bible says all liars shall have their part 00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:08.900 in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone. 00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:11.750 This is why everyone needs to be saved. 00:39:11.750 --> 00:39:14.800 This is why every single person needs to make sure 00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:17.330 they are 100% sure that they're going to heaven. 00:39:17.330 --> 00:39:18.520 And this is why, by the way, 00:39:18.520 --> 00:39:20.980 we go out soul winning and ask people that 00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:22.240 because we're trying to show them, 00:39:22.240 --> 00:39:23.860 "Hey, you need a savior. 00:39:23.860 --> 00:39:24.890 You are in danger. 00:39:24.890 --> 00:39:27.340 You are on your way to hell." 00:39:27.340 --> 00:39:29.770 And look at what it says in Acts chapter number two. 00:39:29.770 --> 00:39:31.340 It says, "Therefore, being a prophet 00:39:31.340 --> 00:39:34.190 and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him 00:39:34.190 --> 00:39:37.320 that the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, 00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:40.910 he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne. 00:39:40.910 --> 00:39:44.600 He, seeing this before, spake of the resurrection of Christ, 00:39:44.600 --> 00:39:48.320 that his soul was not left in hell. 00:39:48.320 --> 00:39:51.300 Neither his flesh did see corruption. 00:39:51.300 --> 00:39:53.960 This Jesus hath God raised up, 00:39:53.960 --> 00:39:55.980 whereof we are all witnesses." 00:39:55.980 --> 00:39:58.840 Why is it important to understand the death of Christ? 00:39:58.840 --> 00:40:00.780 Because when Jesus died, 00:40:00.780 --> 00:40:03.450 he experienced death in the biblical sense, 00:40:03.450 --> 00:40:06.180 meaning that Jesus went to hell. 00:40:06.180 --> 00:40:07.480 Why would Jesus go to hell? 00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:09.620 A lot of people just make up stories. 00:40:09.620 --> 00:40:10.890 It's like, "Oh, he went down there 00:40:10.890 --> 00:40:12.630 and he was preaching to people 00:40:12.630 --> 00:40:14.060 and he was giving them another chance 00:40:14.060 --> 00:40:15.010 and he was bringing them out." 00:40:15.010 --> 00:40:16.900 No, no, no, the Bible talks about people in hell 00:40:16.900 --> 00:40:19.240 that they're gonna be burning for eternity, 00:40:19.240 --> 00:40:21.270 that the smoke of their torment 00:40:21.270 --> 00:40:23.730 ascended up forever and ever, 00:40:23.730 --> 00:40:26.510 and they have no rest day nor night, the Bible says. 00:40:26.510 --> 00:40:28.940 Once you're in hell, you're in hell for all eternity. 00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:31.640 But here's the thing, our punishment for sin is hell, 00:40:31.640 --> 00:40:33.980 so Jesus, he fully experienced death. 00:40:33.980 --> 00:40:35.650 Yes, he shed his physical body, 00:40:35.650 --> 00:40:37.860 but his soul also went to hell. 00:40:37.860 --> 00:40:41.570 That's why the Bible says his soul was not left in hell. 00:40:41.570 --> 00:40:44.500 Later today, I'm gonna take this Bible with me home, 00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:46.700 and I'm gonna say I did not leave this Bible on the pulpit. 00:40:46.700 --> 00:40:47.520 You know what that means? 00:40:47.520 --> 00:40:49.850 It was on the pulpit at one point. 00:40:49.850 --> 00:40:51.000 And it's just like, you just need to believe 00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:52.210 what the Bible says, 00:40:52.210 --> 00:40:55.370 not listen to these dispensational books and commentaries. 00:40:55.370 --> 00:40:57.410 Just look at what your King James Bible says. 00:40:57.410 --> 00:40:59.250 Jesus went to hell. 00:40:59.250 --> 00:41:00.030 Why? 00:41:00.030 --> 00:41:01.930 Because Jesus died. 00:41:01.930 --> 00:41:03.720 Now keep your place there. 00:41:03.720 --> 00:41:05.430 Hebrews two verse nine says, 00:41:05.430 --> 00:41:08.190 but we see Jesus who was made a little lower 00:41:08.190 --> 00:41:11.840 than the angels for the suffering of death, 00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:13.450 crowned with glory and honor, 00:41:13.450 --> 00:41:14.850 that he by the grace of God 00:41:14.850 --> 00:41:18.430 should taste death for every man. 00:41:18.430 --> 00:41:19.690 The Bible says that Jesus Christ 00:41:19.690 --> 00:41:21.820 tasted death for every man. 00:41:21.820 --> 00:41:22.720 One thing we can learn from that 00:41:22.720 --> 00:41:25.050 is that Jesus died for every person, right? 00:41:25.050 --> 00:41:26.780 We don't believe in Calvinism, 00:41:26.780 --> 00:41:30.860 this limited atonement saying Jesus only died for the elect, 00:41:30.860 --> 00:41:33.320 that he picks and chooses who's going to heaven 00:41:33.320 --> 00:41:36.280 and who's going to hell before anyone had a chance, 00:41:36.280 --> 00:41:37.830 before anyone even had a savior. 00:41:37.830 --> 00:41:41.070 No, he tasted death for every man, the Bible says. 00:41:41.070 --> 00:41:43.370 Calvinism is a wicked false doctrine. 00:41:43.370 --> 00:41:46.500 But also, think about the word taste. 00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:47.980 To taste something. 00:41:47.980 --> 00:41:50.690 You know, if you ate a full Thanksgiving meal, 00:41:50.690 --> 00:41:51.530 you wouldn't say like, 00:41:51.530 --> 00:41:54.090 oh, you know, I tasted dinner tonight, right? 00:41:54.090 --> 00:41:55.200 No, you just ate the meal. 00:41:55.200 --> 00:41:57.080 Like you fully just partook of that meal. 00:41:57.080 --> 00:41:59.670 But to taste something is to partake of something 00:41:59.670 --> 00:42:01.710 for a very short duration, right? 00:42:01.710 --> 00:42:02.900 You're going to Costco, 00:42:02.900 --> 00:42:04.140 you're just getting a little sample. 00:42:04.140 --> 00:42:05.580 You're just taking a little taste. 00:42:05.580 --> 00:42:06.420 Well, here's the thing. 00:42:06.420 --> 00:42:08.250 Jesus, he tasted death. 00:42:08.250 --> 00:42:09.090 Why? 00:42:09.090 --> 00:42:09.930 Because he was only in hell 00:42:09.930 --> 00:42:11.740 for three days and three nights, right? 00:42:11.740 --> 00:42:13.040 He died on the cross. 00:42:13.040 --> 00:42:14.320 He went to hell for us. 00:42:14.320 --> 00:42:16.490 He tasted death for three days and three nights. 00:42:16.490 --> 00:42:17.630 But what does the Bible say? 00:42:17.630 --> 00:42:19.920 His soul was not left in hell. 00:42:19.920 --> 00:42:21.600 Hey, he spake this of what? 00:42:21.600 --> 00:42:23.210 The resurrection of Christ. 00:42:23.210 --> 00:42:26.890 You can't have a resurrection of Christ unless he died. 00:42:26.890 --> 00:42:27.690 What does it mean to die? 00:42:27.690 --> 00:42:29.520 It means to go to hell. 00:42:29.520 --> 00:42:31.430 Now, I don't see why people think this is blasphemous. 00:42:31.430 --> 00:42:33.550 I think this shows the love of God. 00:42:33.550 --> 00:42:37.890 I think this shows how much God really had to pay, 00:42:37.890 --> 00:42:39.240 how much the Father had to pay 00:42:39.240 --> 00:42:41.350 in giving his only begotten Son, 00:42:41.350 --> 00:42:43.000 who they shared fellowship and love 00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:45.260 since before the foundation of the world. 00:42:45.260 --> 00:42:47.790 I mean, could you imagine giving your child 00:42:47.790 --> 00:42:50.570 to even just die the excruciating physical death 00:42:50.570 --> 00:42:51.480 of the cross? 00:42:51.480 --> 00:42:52.470 That would be horrific. 00:42:52.470 --> 00:42:54.300 Now imagine knowing your child's gonna go to hell 00:42:54.300 --> 00:42:55.930 for three days and three nights. 00:42:55.930 --> 00:42:57.590 Well, for God so loved the world 00:42:57.590 --> 00:42:58.990 that he gave his only begotten son, 00:42:58.990 --> 00:43:00.820 that whosoever what believeth in him 00:43:00.820 --> 00:43:02.980 should not perish but have everlasting life. 00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:04.010 That's the love of God. 00:43:04.010 --> 00:43:05.550 And then of course, Jesus Christ, 00:43:05.550 --> 00:43:07.640 the Bible says greater love hath no man than this 00:43:07.640 --> 00:43:10.300 than that a man lay down his life for his friends. 00:43:10.300 --> 00:43:12.500 And Jesus not only laid down his life physically 00:43:12.500 --> 00:43:14.240 by shedding his body, but you know what? 00:43:14.240 --> 00:43:17.050 He descended into hell for three days and three nights 00:43:17.050 --> 00:43:21.380 and experienced the torture and pain of hell for us. 00:43:21.380 --> 00:43:23.010 Look at Acts chapter two, verse 22. 00:43:23.010 --> 00:43:24.990 Let's go back a little bit in this chapter. 00:43:24.990 --> 00:43:27.660 It says, "He men of Israel, hear these words, 00:43:27.660 --> 00:43:30.890 "Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you 00:43:30.890 --> 00:43:33.910 "by miracles and wonders and signs, 00:43:33.910 --> 00:43:36.120 "which God did by him in the midst of you, 00:43:36.120 --> 00:43:37.830 "as ye yourselves also know. 00:43:37.830 --> 00:43:40.720 "Him being delivered by the determinate counsel 00:43:40.720 --> 00:43:43.350 "and foreknowledge of God ye have taken, 00:43:43.350 --> 00:43:47.110 "and by wicked hands have crucified and slain." 00:43:47.110 --> 00:43:51.390 See, he died, the Bible says, "Whom God hath raised up," 00:43:51.390 --> 00:43:54.850 notice, "having loosed the pains of death, 00:43:54.850 --> 00:43:57.170 "because it was not possible 00:43:57.170 --> 00:43:59.630 "that he should beholden of it." 00:43:59.630 --> 00:44:01.570 What does the Bible say? 00:44:01.570 --> 00:44:05.000 Notice, when were the pains of death loosed 00:44:05.000 --> 00:44:06.410 for the Lord Jesus Christ? 00:44:06.410 --> 00:44:08.260 It was when he was risen up. 00:44:08.260 --> 00:44:10.350 It was when Jesus rose again from the dead. 00:44:10.350 --> 00:44:12.420 Here's the thing, if Jesus, when he died, 00:44:12.420 --> 00:44:16.190 if his soul was just in this, you know, soul sleep state, 00:44:16.190 --> 00:44:17.770 this kind of unconscious state, 00:44:17.770 --> 00:44:19.500 or if his soul went up to heaven, 00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:21.570 why would he be in pain? 00:44:21.570 --> 00:44:22.570 That doesn't make any sense. 00:44:22.570 --> 00:44:25.600 What makes sense is that, hey, he's in hell, 00:44:25.600 --> 00:44:28.080 he's suffering the pains of death, 00:44:28.080 --> 00:44:30.330 but as soon as he's risen from the dead, 00:44:30.330 --> 00:44:32.710 he's out of hell, he's resurrected out of hell, 00:44:32.710 --> 00:44:35.340 and he is loosed from the pains of death. 00:44:35.340 --> 00:44:36.270 Here's the thing. 00:44:36.270 --> 00:44:38.770 Jesus was not down there preaching the gospel. 00:44:38.770 --> 00:44:41.490 Jesus was not down there rescuing the captives. 00:44:41.490 --> 00:44:43.810 Jesus was down there experiencing pain. 00:44:43.810 --> 00:44:45.320 That's what the Bible says. 00:44:45.320 --> 00:44:46.820 And when Jesus rose again, 00:44:46.820 --> 00:44:49.990 he was loosed from the pains of death. 00:44:49.990 --> 00:44:51.970 What a great savior we have. 00:44:51.970 --> 00:44:55.290 Go to Luke chapter number 24, Luke chapter number 24. 00:44:55.290 --> 00:44:56.460 Now, here's the thing. 00:44:56.460 --> 00:44:58.200 It's also very important when we talk about, 00:44:58.200 --> 00:45:00.550 number one, the reality of the resurrection. 00:45:00.550 --> 00:45:01.790 First of all, he died. 00:45:01.790 --> 00:45:02.940 He really died. 00:45:02.940 --> 00:45:04.320 He really went to hell. 00:45:04.320 --> 00:45:08.710 Also, his resurrection was a physical resurrection. 00:45:08.710 --> 00:45:11.760 Jesus's resurrection was a bodily resurrection, 00:45:11.760 --> 00:45:16.240 not just a spirit or a ghost, as some false religions teach. 00:45:16.240 --> 00:45:17.850 Now, the Jehovah's Witnesses, 00:45:17.850 --> 00:45:18.980 they are not like the Muslims. 00:45:18.980 --> 00:45:21.050 They will say that Jesus died. 00:45:21.050 --> 00:45:22.680 Now, they deny he died on the cross. 00:45:22.680 --> 00:45:24.550 They think he died on a torture stake, 00:45:24.550 --> 00:45:25.760 something like that. 00:45:25.760 --> 00:45:27.410 But the Jehovah's Witnesses do deny 00:45:27.410 --> 00:45:29.310 that Jesus bodily rose again. 00:45:29.310 --> 00:45:31.380 They say that it was only spiritual. 00:45:31.380 --> 00:45:32.770 Let's see what the Bible says. 00:45:32.770 --> 00:45:35.520 Luke chapter 24, verse 36. 00:45:35.520 --> 00:45:36.530 And as they thus spake, 00:45:36.530 --> 00:45:38.340 Jesus himself stood in the midst of them 00:45:38.340 --> 00:45:40.930 and saith unto them, "Peace be unto you." 00:45:40.930 --> 00:45:43.740 But they were terrified and frightened 00:45:43.740 --> 00:45:46.240 and supposed that they had seen a spirit. 00:45:46.240 --> 00:45:48.840 So notice, the disciples on the road to Emmaus, 00:45:48.840 --> 00:45:50.410 they actually thought in their mind 00:45:50.410 --> 00:45:52.000 that this was a spirit, 00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:54.200 that this was some sort of resurrected spirit. 00:45:54.200 --> 00:45:55.460 But notice they're wrong. 00:45:55.460 --> 00:45:58.020 Verse 38, "And he said unto them, 00:45:58.020 --> 00:45:59.780 why are ye troubled? 00:45:59.780 --> 00:46:02.320 And why do thoughts arise in your hearts? 00:46:02.320 --> 00:46:05.250 Behold my hands and my feet, 00:46:05.250 --> 00:46:08.790 that it is I myself handle me and see 00:46:08.790 --> 00:46:11.980 for a spirit hath not flesh and bones 00:46:11.980 --> 00:46:13.950 as ye see me to have." 00:46:13.950 --> 00:46:15.620 Here's just a fact. 00:46:15.620 --> 00:46:18.270 Jesus, it was not a spiritual resurrection. 00:46:18.270 --> 00:46:20.780 Jesus's resurrection was physical. 00:46:20.780 --> 00:46:23.350 It was a literal carnal resurrection. 00:46:23.350 --> 00:46:25.080 That's why he's walking up to his disciples 00:46:25.080 --> 00:46:27.240 and he can perceive that they think he's a spirit 00:46:27.240 --> 00:46:29.670 and says, "Hey, why don't you go and look in my hands? 00:46:29.670 --> 00:46:31.180 Why don't you look at my feet, 00:46:31.180 --> 00:46:33.920 see the holes from where he was nailed to the cross?" 00:46:33.920 --> 00:46:36.850 I mean, these disciples were terrified, right? 00:46:36.850 --> 00:46:38.450 Because they knew that Jesus died. 00:46:38.450 --> 00:46:40.430 They knew that he was nailed to the cross. 00:46:40.430 --> 00:46:41.740 And then they're seeing this, 00:46:41.740 --> 00:46:43.240 what they think is an apparition. 00:46:43.240 --> 00:46:44.310 They probably see the holes 00:46:44.310 --> 00:46:46.050 and they're like, "This is a ghost, this is a spirit." 00:46:46.050 --> 00:46:48.680 And he's like, "No, no, no, feel me, touch me and see me." 00:46:48.680 --> 00:46:50.870 Because a spirit has not flesh and bones 00:46:50.870 --> 00:46:52.400 as you see me to have. 00:46:52.400 --> 00:46:53.210 There's more proof. 00:46:53.210 --> 00:46:54.000 Look at verse 40. 00:46:54.000 --> 00:46:56.790 "Thus spoken he showed them his hands and his feet. 00:46:56.790 --> 00:46:59.980 And while they yet believed not for joy, 00:46:59.980 --> 00:47:02.440 and wondered and said unto them, 00:47:02.440 --> 00:47:04.120 'Have ye hear any meat?'" 00:47:04.120 --> 00:47:06.270 So their minds are just blown. 00:47:06.270 --> 00:47:08.970 They're just absolutely shocked. 00:47:08.970 --> 00:47:11.110 And it says that they're not believing for joy. 00:47:11.110 --> 00:47:11.940 So I don't know, they're just like, 00:47:11.940 --> 00:47:14.480 "I can't believe this, like what's going on, right?" 00:47:14.480 --> 00:47:15.570 But he says like, "Hey, I'm hungry. 00:47:15.570 --> 00:47:17.200 Can you, can you give me some meat, please?" 00:47:17.200 --> 00:47:20.520 Verse 42, "And they gave him a piece of broiled fish 00:47:20.520 --> 00:47:24.760 and of an honeycomb and he took it and did eat before them." 00:47:24.760 --> 00:47:25.590 Guess what? 00:47:25.590 --> 00:47:28.270 A spirit is not eating fish and honey, right? 00:47:28.270 --> 00:47:29.110 But you know what? 00:47:29.110 --> 00:47:32.090 A man is and Jesus Christ was resurrected 00:47:32.090 --> 00:47:34.750 in his physical body and that physical body, 00:47:34.750 --> 00:47:37.290 you know, the blood started pumping again. 00:47:37.290 --> 00:47:39.920 You know, his digestive system started working again. 00:47:39.920 --> 00:47:41.330 He's ready to eat again 00:47:41.330 --> 00:47:44.360 because he actually rose again from the dead. 00:47:44.360 --> 00:47:46.430 Go to 2 John chapter number one. 00:47:46.430 --> 00:47:48.040 2 John chapter number one. 00:47:48.040 --> 00:47:50.230 Now, we talked about the, 00:47:50.230 --> 00:47:52.190 we're talking about the reality of the resurrection. 00:47:52.190 --> 00:47:53.950 Hey, you gotta have the death. 00:47:53.950 --> 00:47:56.300 You gotta have the physical resurrection. 00:47:56.300 --> 00:47:57.310 Well, why is that important? 00:47:57.310 --> 00:47:58.410 Because here's the thing. 00:47:58.410 --> 00:48:01.390 Without those things, there's no salvation. 00:48:01.390 --> 00:48:03.560 There's no hope for going to heaven 00:48:03.560 --> 00:48:07.310 without Jesus's death, burial, and resurrection. 00:48:07.310 --> 00:48:09.240 2 John one verse nine. 00:48:09.240 --> 00:48:10.070 Notice what it says. 00:48:10.070 --> 00:48:13.580 Whosoever transgresseth and abideth not 00:48:13.580 --> 00:48:18.390 in the doctrine of Christ hath not God. 00:48:18.390 --> 00:48:20.330 Look, if you deny the death of Christ, 00:48:20.330 --> 00:48:24.040 if you deny the physical bodily resurrection of Christ, 00:48:24.040 --> 00:48:26.160 you do not have God. 00:48:26.160 --> 00:48:27.690 You do not know God. 00:48:27.690 --> 00:48:28.710 You are not saved. 00:48:28.710 --> 00:48:31.070 The Jehovah's Witnesses are going to hell. 00:48:31.070 --> 00:48:32.380 The Muslims are going to hell. 00:48:32.380 --> 00:48:33.200 Why? 00:48:33.200 --> 00:48:35.800 Because they're transgressing the doctrine of Christ. 00:48:35.800 --> 00:48:38.110 He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, 00:48:38.110 --> 00:48:41.170 he hath both the father and the son. 00:48:41.170 --> 00:48:42.430 And notice what our reaction should be 00:48:42.430 --> 00:48:43.330 to these false prophets. 00:48:43.330 --> 00:48:45.340 It says if there come any unto you 00:48:45.340 --> 00:48:47.100 and bring not this doctrine, 00:48:47.100 --> 00:48:48.950 receive him not into your house. 00:48:48.950 --> 00:48:50.900 Neither bid him God's speed. 00:48:50.900 --> 00:48:52.200 For he that bideth him God's speed 00:48:52.200 --> 00:48:53.970 is partaker of his evil deeds. 00:48:53.970 --> 00:48:56.480 Hey, you know, we're not gonna bless Muslims. 00:48:56.480 --> 00:48:58.420 We're not gonna bless the Jehovah's Witnesses. 00:48:58.420 --> 00:49:00.450 We're not gonna invite them into our house 00:49:00.450 --> 00:49:02.490 and let them teach us their false doctrine. 00:49:02.490 --> 00:49:04.660 No, if you bless false religions like that, 00:49:04.660 --> 00:49:06.800 you're a partaker of their evil deeds. 00:49:06.800 --> 00:49:08.910 What is the evil deed of false religion? 00:49:08.910 --> 00:49:10.900 It's sending people to hell. 00:49:10.900 --> 00:49:13.510 The Bible says you are partaking in that 00:49:13.510 --> 00:49:15.560 when you bless false prophets. 00:49:15.560 --> 00:49:16.720 That's why it makes me so mad today 00:49:16.720 --> 00:49:18.440 when Christians get up and say, 00:49:18.440 --> 00:49:20.110 oh, since the Jews are bad, 00:49:20.110 --> 00:49:21.710 let's team up with the Muslims 00:49:21.710 --> 00:49:24.130 because at least they give respect to Jesus. 00:49:24.130 --> 00:49:27.320 No, no, no, they're transgressing the doctrine of Christ. 00:49:27.320 --> 00:49:30.740 And Christians that are making any excuses for Muslims, 00:49:30.740 --> 00:49:32.280 God is gonna punish them 00:49:32.280 --> 00:49:34.950 for being a partaker of their evil deeds. 00:49:34.950 --> 00:49:37.030 And the fiery hell that people are gonna burn in 00:49:37.030 --> 00:49:39.760 for all of eternity because of following Islam 00:49:39.760 --> 00:49:41.880 or Judaism or Jehovah's Witnesses, 00:49:41.880 --> 00:49:44.780 you're being a partaker of that wicked act. 00:49:44.780 --> 00:49:45.750 So you know what? 00:49:45.750 --> 00:49:47.600 Pissed be upon Muhammad, right? 00:49:47.600 --> 00:49:50.250 Hey, we don't respect or honor Islam. 00:49:50.250 --> 00:49:52.510 We say it's a disgusting false religion. 00:49:52.510 --> 00:49:54.100 They worship a pedophile. 00:49:54.100 --> 00:49:57.160 They should be excommunicated from America. 00:49:57.160 --> 00:49:59.260 You know, Jews and Muslims should not be welcome 00:49:59.260 --> 00:50:01.700 in our country because we don't wanna be a partaker 00:50:01.700 --> 00:50:02.890 of their evil deeds. 00:50:02.890 --> 00:50:05.280 Get the hell out of our state and country. 00:50:05.280 --> 00:50:14.820 Go to 1 Corinthians 15, 1 Corinthians chapter number 15. 00:50:14.820 --> 00:50:18.790 The resurrection is our only hope for salvation. 00:50:18.790 --> 00:50:21.690 If you deny it, you are for sure not saved. 00:50:21.690 --> 00:50:24.190 Look at 1 Corinthians 15 verse 12. 00:50:24.190 --> 00:50:27.610 Now if Christ be preached, that he rose from the dead, 00:50:27.610 --> 00:50:31.020 how say some among you that there is no resurrection 00:50:31.020 --> 00:50:31.980 of the dead? 00:50:31.980 --> 00:50:34.610 So these people are just denying resurrection in general. 00:50:34.610 --> 00:50:36.100 They're denying that there will ever 00:50:36.100 --> 00:50:37.270 be a resurrection of the saints. 00:50:37.270 --> 00:50:39.070 They're denying that this is even possible. 00:50:39.070 --> 00:50:41.820 And he's like, hold on a second, Jesus resurrected. 00:50:41.820 --> 00:50:44.040 How are you saying there's no resurrection? 00:50:44.040 --> 00:50:48.820 Verse 13, but if there be no resurrection of the dead, 00:50:48.820 --> 00:50:50.460 then is Christ not risen? 00:50:50.460 --> 00:50:53.030 He's like, let's do a little thought experiment here. 00:50:53.030 --> 00:50:55.420 If resurrection is not a thing, if there's not 00:50:55.420 --> 00:50:57.050 a rising again from the dead, well, 00:50:57.050 --> 00:50:59.350 that means that Christ himself didn't rise from the dead. 00:50:59.350 --> 00:51:00.630 What does that mean? 00:51:00.630 --> 00:51:04.460 And if Christ be not risen, then our preaching is vain, 00:51:04.460 --> 00:51:06.590 and your faith is also vain. 00:51:06.590 --> 00:51:08.860 Hey, if Christ didn't rise again, 00:51:08.860 --> 00:51:09.920 then our preaching is vain. 00:51:09.920 --> 00:51:10.710 What does that mean? 00:51:10.710 --> 00:51:13.370 Empty, meaningless, pointless. 00:51:13.370 --> 00:51:16.490 It's saying, hey, our faith, the Bible, our preaching, 00:51:16.490 --> 00:51:18.490 our soul winning, everything that we're doing 00:51:18.490 --> 00:51:20.530 would be completely pointless. 00:51:20.530 --> 00:51:22.620 And don't a lot of fools in this world think that what 00:51:22.620 --> 00:51:23.920 we're doing is pointless, right? 00:51:23.920 --> 00:51:26.090 Don't the atheists think, hey, Easter is pointless, 00:51:26.090 --> 00:51:26.800 it's silly? 00:51:26.800 --> 00:51:29.310 Well, here's the thing, if Jesus did not rise again 00:51:29.310 --> 00:51:31.040 from the dead, then they would be right. 00:51:31.040 --> 00:51:33.210 But of course, we do know that He rose again from the dead. 00:51:33.210 --> 00:51:35.440 But notice it says in verse 15, yay, 00:51:35.440 --> 00:51:37.810 and we are found false witnesses of God, 00:51:37.810 --> 00:51:40.640 because we have testified of God that He raised up 00:51:40.640 --> 00:51:43.710 Christ, whom He raised not up, if so be, 00:51:43.710 --> 00:51:44.780 that the dead rise not. 00:51:44.780 --> 00:51:46.730 He's like, well, then we're false prophets, then, 00:51:46.730 --> 00:51:48.940 if Jesus didn't rise again from the dead. 00:51:48.940 --> 00:51:51.710 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised. 00:51:51.710 --> 00:51:54.990 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain. 00:51:54.990 --> 00:51:58.020 Notice, you are yet in your sins. 00:51:58.020 --> 00:51:59.590 So if you're trusting in anything 00:51:59.590 --> 00:52:01.190 other than the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 00:52:01.190 --> 00:52:02.950 you are yet in your sins. 00:52:02.950 --> 00:52:05.690 It doesn't matter how good of a life a Muslim tries to live. 00:52:05.690 --> 00:52:07.490 Without Christ, they will go to hell. 00:52:07.490 --> 00:52:10.570 And that's the same for every single false religion. 00:52:10.570 --> 00:52:14.460 Then they also, which are fallen asleep in Christ, 00:52:14.460 --> 00:52:15.500 are perished. 00:52:15.500 --> 00:52:17.380 See, we know that those who are saved, 00:52:17.380 --> 00:52:19.940 who have died as believers in Jesus Christ, 00:52:19.940 --> 00:52:22.750 the Bible describes them as being asleep. 00:52:22.750 --> 00:52:24.360 Right, hey, someone that's asleep, 00:52:24.360 --> 00:52:25.730 they're gonna wake up again, right? 00:52:25.730 --> 00:52:27.760 Someone that's dead, you don't expect that. 00:52:27.760 --> 00:52:30.130 But hey, believers in Christ, when we die, 00:52:30.130 --> 00:52:31.810 we are actually just asleep. 00:52:31.810 --> 00:52:33.200 But he's saying if there's no resurrection, 00:52:33.200 --> 00:52:35.210 then they're actually perished. 00:52:35.210 --> 00:52:38.320 Verse 19, if in this life only we have hope in Christ, 00:52:38.320 --> 00:52:42.820 we are of all men most miserable. 00:52:42.820 --> 00:52:45.380 I mean, the apostle Paul is sacrificing everything 00:52:45.380 --> 00:52:49.000 in his life to preach the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 00:52:49.000 --> 00:52:52.340 He is suffering, getting beaten, getting shipwrecked, 00:52:52.340 --> 00:52:56.200 getting stoned, multiple disciples are getting killed, 00:52:56.200 --> 00:52:57.830 Christians are being martyred. 00:52:57.830 --> 00:53:00.580 He's dedicating his whole life to serving God. 00:53:00.580 --> 00:53:02.840 He's saying if Christ has not risen from the dead, 00:53:02.840 --> 00:53:06.290 then we are of all men most miserable. 00:53:06.290 --> 00:53:08.590 Right, 'cause the atheist mentality today is, 00:53:08.590 --> 00:53:10.870 hey, you only live once, right? 00:53:10.870 --> 00:53:12.500 You only live once, so you know what? 00:53:12.500 --> 00:53:15.950 You just need to do whatever makes you happy on this earth. 00:53:15.950 --> 00:53:17.990 You need to find the most pleasure you can, 00:53:17.990 --> 00:53:20.290 and that's why they'll say, hey, let's take drugs, 00:53:20.290 --> 00:53:23.350 let's drink alcohol, let's go fornicate, let's go party, 00:53:23.350 --> 00:53:25.110 let's go just enjoy this life, 00:53:25.110 --> 00:53:28.050 because all we have is this life, so they think. 00:53:28.050 --> 00:53:29.790 Whereas Christians, we're saying, hey, 00:53:29.790 --> 00:53:32.040 let's deny the flesh, right? 00:53:32.040 --> 00:53:34.100 Hey, let's serve the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:53:34.100 --> 00:53:36.630 Let's not do whatever we wanna do on a Sunday morning. 00:53:36.630 --> 00:53:38.650 Let's not sleep in and just hang around. 00:53:38.650 --> 00:53:41.160 Let's go to church and serve the risen Savior. 00:53:41.160 --> 00:53:43.020 Let's go sing about the risen Savior. 00:53:43.020 --> 00:53:44.600 Let's go read the words of God. 00:53:44.600 --> 00:53:46.890 Let's go preach the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 00:53:46.890 --> 00:53:49.080 But you know, if we're doing this every day of our lives, 00:53:49.080 --> 00:53:50.690 if we're dedicating our whole lives to serving Christ, 00:53:50.690 --> 00:53:52.070 and he's not risen from the dead, 00:53:52.070 --> 00:53:54.370 then aren't we of all men most miserable? 00:53:54.370 --> 00:53:57.680 If life really is just this fleeting life 00:53:57.680 --> 00:54:00.520 that you only live once and we spend the whole thing, 00:54:00.520 --> 00:54:01.370 you know, serving a lie, 00:54:01.370 --> 00:54:03.490 wouldn't that make us the most miserable people, right? 00:54:03.490 --> 00:54:05.370 But here's the thing, that's obviously not the case. 00:54:05.370 --> 00:54:07.610 He's just doing this thought experiment here. 00:54:07.610 --> 00:54:11.820 He says, but now is Christ risen from the dead 00:54:11.820 --> 00:54:14.320 and become the first fruits of them that slept? 00:54:14.320 --> 00:54:16.290 For since by man came death, 00:54:16.290 --> 00:54:19.930 by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 00:54:19.930 --> 00:54:23.090 He's like, hey, Christ is risen from the dead. 00:54:23.090 --> 00:54:23.920 And you know what? 00:54:23.920 --> 00:54:26.130 We brought death into this world by sinning. 00:54:26.130 --> 00:54:29.380 So we had to have the perfect Son of God die for our sins, 00:54:29.380 --> 00:54:30.600 but he didn't stay dead. 00:54:30.600 --> 00:54:32.000 He rose again from the dead. 00:54:32.000 --> 00:54:33.860 So number one, we're talking about the reality 00:54:33.860 --> 00:54:34.700 of the resurrection. 00:54:34.700 --> 00:54:37.530 Number two, the reliability of the resurrection, 00:54:37.530 --> 00:54:39.600 the reliability of the resurrection. 00:54:39.600 --> 00:54:43.030 You know, one of the best points that we could look to 00:54:43.030 --> 00:54:46.140 as to the reliability of the fact that Jesus rose again 00:54:46.140 --> 00:54:49.610 was the multitudes of eyewitnesses 00:54:49.610 --> 00:54:52.740 that saw the resurrected Lord Jesus. 00:54:52.740 --> 00:54:54.500 You know, when you have hundreds and hundreds 00:54:54.500 --> 00:54:57.070 and hundreds of people that see something 00:54:57.070 --> 00:54:58.430 with their very eyes, 00:54:58.430 --> 00:55:00.500 that's a good chance that it's real, right? 00:55:00.500 --> 00:55:02.170 Flat earthers who don't believe, you know, 00:55:02.170 --> 00:55:03.400 the Artemis program here. 00:55:03.400 --> 00:55:05.860 You just got hundreds of people watching this thing take off. 00:55:05.860 --> 00:55:07.610 It's like CGI, right? 00:55:07.610 --> 00:55:09.120 Okay, you had hundreds of people 00:55:09.120 --> 00:55:10.780 see the resurrected Lord Jesus. 00:55:10.780 --> 00:55:13.680 Look what it says in 1 Corinthians 15 verse one. 00:55:13.680 --> 00:55:16.050 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel 00:55:16.050 --> 00:55:17.830 which I preached unto you, 00:55:17.830 --> 00:55:20.520 which also you have received and wherein you stand, 00:55:20.520 --> 00:55:23.750 by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory, 00:55:23.750 --> 00:55:25.130 that which I preached unto you, 00:55:25.130 --> 00:55:27.810 unless ye have believed in vain. 00:55:27.810 --> 00:55:29.150 For I delivered unto you first of all 00:55:29.150 --> 00:55:30.530 that which I also received, 00:55:30.530 --> 00:55:32.220 how that Christ died for our sins 00:55:32.220 --> 00:55:33.830 according to the scriptures, 00:55:33.830 --> 00:55:35.520 and that he was buried, 00:55:35.520 --> 00:55:38.160 and that he rose again the third day 00:55:38.160 --> 00:55:39.990 according to the scriptures, 00:55:39.990 --> 00:55:41.730 and that he was seen of Cephas. 00:55:41.730 --> 00:55:43.490 Who's that? That's Peter. 00:55:43.490 --> 00:55:46.180 Then of the 12, 12 apostles. 00:55:46.180 --> 00:55:47.560 After that, he was seen of above, 00:55:47.560 --> 00:55:51.280 notice 500 brethren at once, 00:55:51.280 --> 00:55:54.310 of whom the greater part remain unto this present, 00:55:54.310 --> 00:55:56.670 but some are fallen asleep. 00:55:56.670 --> 00:56:00.150 So notice at one point there was 500 Christians 00:56:00.150 --> 00:56:02.530 that witnessed the resurrected Lord Jesus. 00:56:02.530 --> 00:56:04.710 And he says, hey, the greater part of these people 00:56:04.710 --> 00:56:08.450 that saw Jesus, they are alive and remain to this very day. 00:56:08.450 --> 00:56:10.270 He's basically challenging readers of saying, 00:56:10.270 --> 00:56:12.220 hey, go check this out, what I'm claiming. 00:56:12.220 --> 00:56:13.720 You can go talk to these people 00:56:13.720 --> 00:56:15.670 and you can just find witness after witness 00:56:15.670 --> 00:56:16.900 after witness after witness, 00:56:16.900 --> 00:56:19.840 500 witnesses that are all going to say, 00:56:19.840 --> 00:56:22.610 yeah, I saw Jesus Christ risen from the dead. 00:56:22.610 --> 00:56:25.090 I saw the holes in his hands, in his feet. 00:56:25.090 --> 00:56:27.010 We touched him, he ate a meal. 00:56:27.010 --> 00:56:28.550 We saw this happen. 00:56:28.550 --> 00:56:29.980 I mean, folks, that is not something 00:56:29.980 --> 00:56:32.060 that's easy to fake, right? 00:56:32.060 --> 00:56:33.930 And obviously we're 2000 years later, 00:56:33.930 --> 00:56:34.960 but at the time this was written, 00:56:34.960 --> 00:56:37.660 you could check these things and verify these things. 00:56:37.660 --> 00:56:40.530 And you don't want to know why Christianity kept going, 00:56:40.530 --> 00:56:42.230 exploded throughout all the world, 00:56:42.230 --> 00:56:43.900 turned this world upside down. 00:56:43.900 --> 00:56:47.090 And Christianity now is the greatest, biggest religion 00:56:47.090 --> 00:56:50.150 in the history of the world because Jesus rose again, 00:56:50.150 --> 00:56:52.900 because he actually rose again. 00:56:52.900 --> 00:56:54.130 After that, he was seen of James, 00:56:54.130 --> 00:56:55.830 then of all the apostles. 00:56:55.830 --> 00:56:58.440 And last of all, he was seen of me also 00:56:58.440 --> 00:57:01.310 as of one born out of due time. 00:57:01.310 --> 00:57:05.260 You know, think about how stupid a person would have to be. 00:57:05.260 --> 00:57:08.590 How absolutely moronic you would have to be 00:57:08.590 --> 00:57:11.430 to sit here and have hundreds and hundreds of witnesses 00:57:11.430 --> 00:57:14.460 of something that were there, that partook in it, 00:57:14.460 --> 00:57:16.560 that saw, and you're just like, no, it didn't happen. 00:57:16.560 --> 00:57:18.400 It's like, this is called the atheist. 00:57:18.400 --> 00:57:19.410 And you know what the Bible says? 00:57:19.410 --> 00:57:22.910 That the fool that's said in his heart, there is no God. 00:57:22.910 --> 00:57:24.390 And by the way, commercial break, 00:57:24.390 --> 00:57:26.630 don't be someone that denies reality. 00:57:26.630 --> 00:57:28.490 Because you know what you are when you deny reality? 00:57:28.490 --> 00:57:31.270 A fool, an idiot, a moron. 00:57:31.270 --> 00:57:33.740 It's like you got 500 people who see the resurrection. 00:57:33.740 --> 00:57:34.560 Oh, it didn't happen. 00:57:34.560 --> 00:57:36.670 You're an idiot, you're a fool. 00:57:36.670 --> 00:57:38.350 You need to get some wisdom. 00:57:38.350 --> 00:57:39.980 So we see the testimony of witnesses. 00:57:39.980 --> 00:57:41.920 Go to Revelation chapter number one. 00:57:41.920 --> 00:57:46.130 We're talking about the reliability now of the resurrection. 00:57:46.130 --> 00:57:48.330 Not only do we have the testimony 00:57:48.330 --> 00:57:50.700 of multiple witnesses of man, 00:57:50.700 --> 00:57:53.860 how about the testimony of Jesus Christ himself? 00:57:53.860 --> 00:57:56.010 That's a pretty reliable witness, isn't it? 00:57:56.010 --> 00:57:58.590 I mean, if Jesus Christ himself is making a claim, 00:57:58.590 --> 00:58:01.930 I mean, that should supersede all other claims as well. 00:58:01.930 --> 00:58:06.020 Look what he claims of himself in Revelation one verse 17. 00:58:06.020 --> 00:58:08.620 John says this, "And when I saw him, 00:58:08.620 --> 00:58:11.170 I fell at his feet as dead." 00:58:11.170 --> 00:58:12.820 Isn't that what happened when the earth shook, 00:58:12.820 --> 00:58:13.870 when Jesus rose again from the dead, 00:58:13.870 --> 00:58:15.310 people fell down as dead. 00:58:15.310 --> 00:58:16.700 "And he laid his right hand upon me, 00:58:16.700 --> 00:58:20.130 saying unto me, 'Fear not, I am the first and the last. 00:58:20.130 --> 00:58:24.380 I am he that liveth,'" notice, "and was dead. 00:58:24.380 --> 00:58:27.230 And behold, I am alive forevermore, amen." 00:58:27.230 --> 00:58:29.560 And have the keys of hell and of death. 00:58:29.560 --> 00:58:32.210 Oh, did Jesus really die or was he taken up to heaven? 00:58:32.210 --> 00:58:33.350 Let's ask Jesus. 00:58:33.350 --> 00:58:35.170 Jesus said he died. 00:58:35.170 --> 00:58:36.060 And you know what he says? 00:58:36.060 --> 00:58:38.340 "That I am he which liveth." 00:58:38.340 --> 00:58:40.250 I live, but I was dead. 00:58:40.250 --> 00:58:41.100 What does that mean? 00:58:41.100 --> 00:58:43.300 Jesus is saying, "Hey, I rose again from the dead." 00:58:43.300 --> 00:58:45.320 That's a pretty great testimony to listen to. 00:58:45.320 --> 00:58:47.380 That's a pretty good witness to give heed to 00:58:47.380 --> 00:58:51.130 when Jesus himself says, "Hey, I live and I was dead." 00:58:51.130 --> 00:58:53.650 And now, of course, he's alive forevermore. 00:58:53.650 --> 00:58:55.430 Go to Psalm 16. 00:58:55.430 --> 00:58:56.940 Psalm chapter number 16. 00:58:56.940 --> 00:59:00.730 There's so many witnesses pointing to the veracity 00:59:00.730 --> 00:59:01.880 of the resurrection. 00:59:01.880 --> 00:59:03.690 You got the eyewitnesses of man. 00:59:03.690 --> 00:59:05.830 You got the witness of Jesus Christ himself. 00:59:05.830 --> 00:59:08.580 How about the witness of the Old Testament, 00:59:08.580 --> 00:59:13.490 specifically Psalm 16, written over a thousand years 00:59:13.490 --> 00:59:16.090 before the resurrection of Jesus Christ? 00:59:16.090 --> 00:59:18.430 Now, what if someone wrote something, 00:59:18.430 --> 00:59:20.530 predicting something in exact detail 00:59:20.530 --> 00:59:22.160 that's gonna happen over a thousand years later 00:59:22.160 --> 00:59:23.070 and then it happens? 00:59:23.070 --> 00:59:25.080 It's probably the word of God, folks. 00:59:25.080 --> 00:59:27.620 Look what Psalm 16 verse 10 says. 00:59:27.620 --> 00:59:32.200 It says, "For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, 00:59:32.200 --> 00:59:36.430 neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to see corruption." 00:59:36.430 --> 00:59:37.260 Who is the holy one? 00:59:37.260 --> 00:59:38.430 That's Jesus Christ. 00:59:38.430 --> 00:59:40.780 And he's speaking prophetically, David is here, 00:59:40.780 --> 00:59:42.190 saying you're not gonna leave my soul in hell. 00:59:42.190 --> 00:59:43.790 He's really speaking of Jesus. 00:59:43.790 --> 00:59:46.060 And thy holy one, he's not gonna see corruption. 00:59:46.060 --> 00:59:46.890 What is that talking about? 00:59:46.890 --> 00:59:47.730 You know, dead bodies, 00:59:47.730 --> 00:59:49.980 when they die, their bodies decay, right? 00:59:49.980 --> 00:59:52.150 And you just, someone dies, you put them in the ground 00:59:52.150 --> 00:59:53.730 and their flesh starts to decay 00:59:53.730 --> 00:59:56.250 and eventually they just become a pile of bones, right? 00:59:56.250 --> 00:59:59.120 But Jesus Christ, his body saw no corruption. 00:59:59.120 --> 01:00:02.300 Well, how is it if he died 2000 years ago 01:00:02.300 --> 01:00:04.080 that Jesus's body has not corrupted? 01:00:04.080 --> 01:00:06.590 'Cause he rose again and he ever lives. 01:00:06.590 --> 01:00:08.760 Now here's the thing, it's not just my opinion 01:00:08.760 --> 01:00:10.340 that this is talking about Jesus 01:00:10.340 --> 01:00:12.110 because the New Testament gives commentary 01:00:12.110 --> 01:00:12.980 on this very verse. 01:00:12.980 --> 01:00:16.250 I'll read for you Acts 2.31, this speaking of David, 01:00:16.250 --> 01:00:18.990 he, David, seeing this before, 01:00:18.990 --> 01:00:22.660 spake of the resurrection of Jesus Christ 01:00:22.660 --> 01:00:24.490 that his soul was not left in hell. 01:00:24.490 --> 01:00:27.040 Neither his flesh did see corruption, right? 01:00:27.040 --> 01:00:28.770 So the dispensational will say, 01:00:28.770 --> 01:00:30.620 show me the death, burial, and resurrection 01:00:30.620 --> 01:00:31.650 in the Old Testament. 01:00:31.650 --> 01:00:34.250 No, no, no, it was a different gospel in the Old Testament 01:00:34.250 --> 01:00:35.580 and it's only in the New Testament 01:00:35.580 --> 01:00:36.880 that we have the gospel of Jesus. 01:00:36.880 --> 01:00:38.170 No, no, no, the New Testament says, 01:00:38.170 --> 01:00:40.410 hey, just so you know, Psalm 16, 01:00:40.410 --> 01:00:42.150 written over a thousand years ago, 01:00:42.150 --> 01:00:45.480 that was talking about the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 01:00:45.480 --> 01:00:47.340 That's a pretty great proof. 01:00:47.340 --> 01:00:49.950 When documentation over a thousand years 01:00:49.950 --> 01:00:51.840 before the event happens says, hey, 01:00:51.840 --> 01:00:55.250 Jesus Christ is gonna raise again from the dead. 01:00:55.250 --> 01:01:00.640 That's an amazing proof right here. 01:01:00.640 --> 01:01:04.780 Now, if you would go to Matthew 28, 01:01:04.780 --> 01:01:07.290 Matthew 28, you know, you think about Jesus, 01:01:07.290 --> 01:01:11.490 by far is the most famous person who's ever lived. 01:01:11.490 --> 01:01:13.210 And even when he was alive on this earth, 01:01:13.210 --> 01:01:16.010 he had incredible notoriety, crowds following him. 01:01:16.010 --> 01:01:17.730 I mean, Herod literally tried to kill him 01:01:17.730 --> 01:01:18.610 when he was a baby. 01:01:18.610 --> 01:01:21.590 Herod demanded that all the infants 01:01:21.590 --> 01:01:23.130 under two years old would be killed 01:01:23.130 --> 01:01:25.380 because he was trying to kill the Lord Jesus Christ. 01:01:25.380 --> 01:01:27.120 Jesus was a known figure. 01:01:27.120 --> 01:01:28.380 The government knew about him. 01:01:28.380 --> 01:01:29.600 The leaders knew about him. 01:01:29.600 --> 01:01:30.790 The religious leaders knew. 01:01:30.790 --> 01:01:31.850 All the people know. 01:01:31.850 --> 01:01:35.190 Look, if the most famous person in human history died, 01:01:35.190 --> 01:01:37.100 there's gonna be people that want his body. 01:01:37.100 --> 01:01:38.260 Don't you realize that? 01:01:38.260 --> 01:01:41.680 If Jesus died, the most famous person, they want his body. 01:01:41.680 --> 01:01:42.540 Well, here's the question. 01:01:42.540 --> 01:01:43.880 Where is his grave today? 01:01:43.880 --> 01:01:46.560 Where's the headstone for the Lord Jesus Christ, 01:01:46.560 --> 01:01:48.330 the most famous person who's ever lived? 01:01:48.330 --> 01:01:49.160 You're not gonna find it. 01:01:49.160 --> 01:01:52.720 You see an empty tomb because he rose again from the dead. 01:01:52.720 --> 01:01:54.240 That's another great proof. 01:01:54.240 --> 01:01:55.680 How about this? 01:01:55.680 --> 01:01:58.000 Another great proof that he rose again from the dead 01:01:58.000 --> 01:02:00.280 is the gospel accounts. 01:02:00.280 --> 01:02:03.560 The gospel accounts because the gospel accounts 01:02:03.560 --> 01:02:06.720 is four of them, obviously, and they have harmony, 01:02:06.720 --> 01:02:10.800 but they do have little bit of differences in their details. 01:02:10.800 --> 01:02:13.070 And to me, that actually goes to show the veracity 01:02:13.070 --> 01:02:15.450 of those documents because if they all said 01:02:15.450 --> 01:02:17.500 the exact same thing, you would think, 01:02:17.500 --> 01:02:19.410 hey, these witnesses are getting together. 01:02:19.410 --> 01:02:20.970 They're getting their story straight. 01:02:20.970 --> 01:02:22.840 They're trying to make sure all the details align. 01:02:22.840 --> 01:02:24.430 But when you read the four gospels, 01:02:24.430 --> 01:02:27.310 you read, yes, there's harmony in the truths found therein. 01:02:27.310 --> 01:02:30.260 But sometimes there's a little extra detail in one story. 01:02:30.260 --> 01:02:32.690 There's sayings that are only in one gospel 01:02:32.690 --> 01:02:33.800 that aren't in another. 01:02:33.800 --> 01:02:34.320 Why? 01:02:34.320 --> 01:02:36.510 Because they're real historical documents. 01:02:36.510 --> 01:02:40.710 Because they're recording real historical events. 01:02:40.710 --> 01:02:44.770 How about the record of women being the first to find 01:02:44.770 --> 01:02:46.040 the risen Lord Jesus? 01:02:46.040 --> 01:02:48.980 If these were just men trying to create a false religion, 01:02:48.980 --> 01:02:52.070 trying to just trick people, would they really say, hey, 01:02:52.070 --> 01:02:55.990 here's the first people that found Jesus Christ, women? 01:02:55.990 --> 01:02:57.430 Let's just be honest first, think about that. 01:02:57.430 --> 01:02:58.730 That would not be the case, right? 01:02:58.730 --> 01:03:00.840 They would say like, I found him, right? 01:03:00.840 --> 01:03:03.850 I outran him, I did this, I found him. 01:03:03.850 --> 01:03:05.230 No, it's just like, look what the Bible says 01:03:05.230 --> 01:03:06.860 in Matthew 28 verse one. 01:03:06.860 --> 01:03:09.000 In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn 01:03:09.000 --> 01:03:12.410 toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene 01:03:12.410 --> 01:03:14.790 and the other Mary to see the sepulcher. 01:03:14.790 --> 01:03:18.470 Two Marys, two ladies came and were the first ones 01:03:18.470 --> 01:03:20.390 to see that empty tomb. 01:03:20.390 --> 01:03:21.540 You know, why is that important? 01:03:21.540 --> 01:03:24.250 Because it goes to show this is not some concocted story 01:03:24.250 --> 01:03:26.250 because no one would do that, right? 01:03:26.250 --> 01:03:28.600 And if this was some sort of concocted story, 01:03:28.600 --> 01:03:30.680 you wouldn't constantly see in the four gospels 01:03:30.680 --> 01:03:32.870 all the failures of the disciples. 01:03:32.870 --> 01:03:35.220 Like, do you really think that Peter and John 01:03:35.220 --> 01:03:36.600 couldn't have gotten together and Peter's like, 01:03:36.600 --> 01:03:38.100 hey, can you kind of leave out the part 01:03:38.100 --> 01:03:39.930 where I denied Christ? 01:03:39.930 --> 01:03:43.080 Can you leave out that part where he called me Satan, please? 01:03:43.080 --> 01:03:44.740 Where he's like, get thee behind me, Satan? 01:03:44.740 --> 01:03:46.630 Like, if they were actually faking this, 01:03:46.630 --> 01:03:48.230 you wouldn't see just constant issues, 01:03:48.230 --> 01:03:49.980 problems, failures of the disciples. 01:03:49.980 --> 01:03:52.900 Oh, Jesus rebuked them for their unbelief. 01:03:52.900 --> 01:03:54.370 He's like, hey, how long have I been with you? 01:03:54.370 --> 01:03:55.750 You still don't understand. 01:03:55.750 --> 01:03:57.530 I'm not talking about the leaven of the bread. 01:03:57.530 --> 01:03:59.230 I'm talking about the doctrine of the Pharisees. 01:03:59.230 --> 01:04:01.400 Like, they would take that kind of stuff out, right? 01:04:01.400 --> 01:04:05.700 But you know what, they don't because they're real events. 01:04:05.700 --> 01:04:08.730 Now also, of course, just another point 01:04:08.730 --> 01:04:11.000 is just the powerful spread of Christianity, 01:04:11.000 --> 01:04:13.360 that today it's the largest religion in the world. 01:04:13.360 --> 01:04:14.180 Why is that? 01:04:14.180 --> 01:04:16.330 Because there is an empty tomb, my friend. 01:04:16.330 --> 01:04:19.490 Go if you would to John chapter number 11. 01:04:19.490 --> 01:04:26.340 John chapter 11. 01:04:26.340 --> 01:04:27.950 Let's talk about number three, 01:04:27.950 --> 01:04:30.800 the response to the resurrection. 01:04:30.800 --> 01:04:33.360 So we talk about the reality, the reliability, 01:04:33.360 --> 01:04:34.940 the response to the resurrection. 01:04:34.940 --> 01:04:36.100 Let's talk about first, 01:04:36.100 --> 01:04:38.250 what should the response be to the resurrection 01:04:38.250 --> 01:04:41.740 for those who are not 100% sure that they're going to heaven? 01:04:41.740 --> 01:04:44.800 Look what the Bible says in John 11 verse 21. 01:04:44.800 --> 01:04:46.250 Then said Martha unto Jesus, 01:04:46.250 --> 01:04:50.530 Lord, if thou hast been here, my brother had not died. 01:04:50.530 --> 01:04:55.910 Of course, Martha's brother Lazarus died, verse 22. 01:04:55.950 --> 01:04:59.340 But I know that even now, whatsoever thou will ask of God, 01:04:59.340 --> 01:05:00.710 God will give it thee. 01:05:00.710 --> 01:05:04.570 Jesus saith unto her, thy brother shall rise again. 01:05:04.570 --> 01:05:08.500 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again 01:05:08.500 --> 01:05:11.520 in the resurrection at the last day. 01:05:11.520 --> 01:05:16.620 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life. 01:05:16.620 --> 01:05:20.450 He that believeth in me, though he were dead, 01:05:20.450 --> 01:05:22.850 yet shall he live, right? 01:05:22.850 --> 01:05:26.120 So Jesus just says like, hey, I am the resurrection. 01:05:26.120 --> 01:05:30.280 I am the bringing back from the dead unto life. 01:05:30.280 --> 01:05:31.810 And notice how you obtain that life. 01:05:31.810 --> 01:05:34.600 He says, he that believeth in me, 01:05:34.600 --> 01:05:36.820 though he were dead, yet shall he live. 01:05:36.820 --> 01:05:38.780 You know, who are we gonna listen to today? 01:05:38.780 --> 01:05:40.690 The false prophets of this world, 01:05:40.690 --> 01:05:43.490 guys like Stacy Shiflett getting up and telling you, 01:05:43.490 --> 01:05:44.650 oh, you wanna have eternal life? 01:05:44.650 --> 01:05:46.290 You just gotta repent of your sins. 01:05:46.290 --> 01:05:47.630 You just gotta be a good person. 01:05:47.630 --> 01:05:49.340 You just gotta tithe to my church. 01:05:49.340 --> 01:05:50.840 You just gotta follow the commandments. 01:05:50.840 --> 01:05:51.780 What does Jesus say? 01:05:51.780 --> 01:05:54.440 He says, he that believeth in me, 01:05:54.440 --> 01:05:57.080 though he were dead, yet shall he live. 01:05:57.080 --> 01:05:57.910 And you know what? 01:05:57.910 --> 01:05:59.460 Before you believe in Jesus Christ, 01:05:59.460 --> 01:06:01.800 you are dead in your trespasses and sins. 01:06:01.800 --> 01:06:03.320 Right, in Romans chapter number seven, 01:06:03.320 --> 01:06:04.610 the apostle Paul says, hey, 01:06:04.610 --> 01:06:06.920 I was alive once without the law, 01:06:06.920 --> 01:06:11.040 but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 01:06:11.040 --> 01:06:12.810 Right, sin was resurrected in me. 01:06:12.810 --> 01:06:14.170 Sin revived in me. 01:06:14.170 --> 01:06:17.800 And now, when you sin, you have that death in you. 01:06:17.800 --> 01:06:19.620 You have that sentence of death in you. 01:06:19.620 --> 01:06:21.540 But it says, he that believeth in me, 01:06:21.540 --> 01:06:24.950 though he were dead, yet shall he live. 01:06:24.950 --> 01:06:28.480 Notice, and whosoever liveth and believeth in me 01:06:28.480 --> 01:06:30.960 shall never die. 01:06:30.960 --> 01:06:32.870 And it's not the elect. 01:06:32.870 --> 01:06:34.460 It's not the special chosen. 01:06:34.460 --> 01:06:37.250 You know, the gift is offered to all. 01:06:37.250 --> 01:06:39.590 It's whosoever believeth in me. 01:06:39.590 --> 01:06:41.180 It's not, well, you don't understand. 01:06:41.180 --> 01:06:42.860 I used to live a really sinful life. 01:06:42.860 --> 01:06:44.190 I lived a really messed up life. 01:06:44.190 --> 01:06:46.690 He says, hey, whosoever will may come. 01:06:46.690 --> 01:06:48.660 He says, whosoever liveth-- 01:06:48.660 --> 01:06:49.870 I mean, you've got to be alive. 01:06:49.870 --> 01:06:51.520 Once you're dead and in hell, it's too late. 01:06:51.520 --> 01:06:52.920 There's no coming back from that. 01:06:52.920 --> 01:06:56.450 But hey, whosoever liveth and believeth in me 01:06:56.450 --> 01:06:57.530 shall never die. 01:06:57.530 --> 01:06:59.730 And notice, verse number 26. 01:06:59.730 --> 01:07:00.810 He asks for a decision. 01:07:00.810 --> 01:07:02.880 He says, "Believest thou this?" 01:07:02.880 --> 01:07:04.810 He doesn't say, hey, whosoever liveth and believeth in me 01:07:04.810 --> 01:07:05.930 shall never die. 01:07:05.930 --> 01:07:07.990 Are you ready to repent of your sins? 01:07:07.990 --> 01:07:09.810 Are you ready to walk an aisle? 01:07:09.810 --> 01:07:11.610 Are you ready to turn over a new leaf? 01:07:11.610 --> 01:07:12.900 Are you ready to give up the drugs? 01:07:12.900 --> 01:07:14.400 Are you ready to give up the alcohol? 01:07:14.400 --> 01:07:16.060 Are you ready to surrender your life to God? 01:07:16.060 --> 01:07:18.310 He just says, no, believest thou this? 01:07:18.310 --> 01:07:20.420 And by the way, this is how you get someone saved. 01:07:20.420 --> 01:07:21.560 You get them to believe. 01:07:21.560 --> 01:07:23.220 You get them to change their mind. 01:07:23.220 --> 01:07:23.990 And we're talking to people. 01:07:23.990 --> 01:07:25.080 We preach the gospel. 01:07:25.080 --> 01:07:27.290 We preach the death, burial, and resurrection. 01:07:27.290 --> 01:07:27.960 Hopefully you do. 01:07:27.960 --> 01:07:30.370 Don't ever skip that in your gospel presentation. 01:07:30.370 --> 01:07:32.490 And then we bring them to a point saying, hey, 01:07:32.490 --> 01:07:34.830 before you were trusting in your works, 01:07:34.830 --> 01:07:36.990 before you were trusting in Islam, 01:07:36.990 --> 01:07:38.670 before you were trusting in Mormonism, 01:07:38.670 --> 01:07:41.140 I've shown you the resurrection and the life. 01:07:41.140 --> 01:07:42.620 I've shown you the Son of God. 01:07:42.620 --> 01:07:45.380 Then you bring it to this question, believest thou this? 01:07:45.380 --> 01:07:46.430 Believest thou this? 01:07:46.430 --> 01:07:46.930 And guess what? 01:07:46.930 --> 01:07:49.990 If you believe that, you are saved. 01:07:49.990 --> 01:07:52.310 Doesn't matter what kind of sins you had in your past, 01:07:52.310 --> 01:07:53.770 present, future. 01:07:53.770 --> 01:07:55.470 Doesn't matter what you do in the future. 01:07:55.470 --> 01:07:56.420 Hey, believest thou this? 01:07:56.420 --> 01:07:58.730 If you believe on Jesus Christ, you are saved. 01:07:58.730 --> 01:08:00.370 Don't doubt your salvation this morning, 01:08:00.370 --> 01:08:02.310 even if you already saved. 01:08:02.310 --> 01:08:03.740 Do you believe in Jesus Christ? 01:08:03.740 --> 01:08:06.190 The answer is yes, you are saved. 01:08:06.190 --> 01:08:07.780 Verse 27, I love her answer. 01:08:07.780 --> 01:08:09.790 She saith unto him, "Yea, Lord, I 01:08:09.790 --> 01:08:13.710 believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which 01:08:13.710 --> 01:08:15.610 should come into the world." 01:08:15.610 --> 01:08:17.500 That's the right response to hearing the gospel. 01:08:17.500 --> 01:08:19.800 I believe, right? 01:08:19.800 --> 01:08:21.820 She believed, therefore she spoke. 01:08:21.820 --> 01:08:22.800 I believe. 01:08:22.800 --> 01:08:23.540 John chapter 6. 01:08:23.540 --> 01:08:29.020 Go if you would to John chapter number 6. 01:08:29.020 --> 01:08:33.530 Look at verse 39, "Jesus said, 'And this is the Father's will, 01:08:33.530 --> 01:08:37.350 which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me, 01:08:37.350 --> 01:08:41.220 I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again 01:08:41.220 --> 01:08:43.050 at the last day.'" 01:08:43.050 --> 01:08:46.840 Notice God's will is that whoever is saved, that Jesus 01:08:46.840 --> 01:08:48.510 is not going to lose those people. 01:08:48.510 --> 01:08:51.970 You know, it's such a silly idea to act like you can lose 01:08:51.970 --> 01:08:54.850 your salvation, because what you're kind of saying is that, 01:08:54.850 --> 01:08:57.900 you know, your will is stronger than God's will. 01:08:57.900 --> 01:09:01.650 And sometimes people try to use these logical fallacy games 01:09:01.650 --> 01:09:04.230 with you to try to get you to just deny the Bible. 01:09:04.230 --> 01:09:07.010 I mean, the Bible says, "Hey, whosoever liveth and believeth 01:09:07.010 --> 01:09:09.940 in me will have everlasting life, will have eternal life." 01:09:09.940 --> 01:09:11.610 He'll raise them up at the last day. 01:09:11.610 --> 01:09:13.860 God says you can never lose your salvation, right? 01:09:13.860 --> 01:09:15.620 Then man comes along and says, "Well, hold on. 01:09:15.620 --> 01:09:17.960 If you can't lose your salvation, 01:09:17.960 --> 01:09:20.320 does that mean you don't have free will? 01:09:20.320 --> 01:09:22.180 Oh, you're saying we lose our free will? 01:09:22.180 --> 01:09:23.290 You don't have free will? 01:09:23.290 --> 01:09:25.150 But here's the thing, we do have free will. 01:09:25.150 --> 01:09:26.340 But here's what I don't have. 01:09:26.340 --> 01:09:29.510 I don't have a will that could supersede the power of God. 01:09:29.510 --> 01:09:31.730 Because look at what God's will is. 01:09:31.730 --> 01:09:37.820 And this is the Father's will, which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me, I should lose nothing. 01:09:37.820 --> 01:09:41.800 You know, if I just willed to jump to the moon right now, I can't do that. 01:09:41.800 --> 01:09:44.310 Even though that may be my will, honestly. 01:09:44.310 --> 01:09:46.300 Like that probably actually is my will. 01:09:46.300 --> 01:09:52.260 Or if I just willed to climb back into my mother's womb, it's like, oh, free will doesn't exist, because you can't climb back into your mother's womb. 01:09:52.260 --> 01:09:55.240 It's like, no, no, no, there's physical limitations. 01:09:55.240 --> 01:09:57.230 There's limitations on us as human beings. 01:09:57.230 --> 01:09:58.230 And you know what? 01:09:58.230 --> 01:10:00.220 Once you're saved, you're in the Father's hand. 01:10:00.220 --> 01:10:02.650 And no man can pluck him out of my Father's hand. 01:10:02.650 --> 01:10:16.250 Verse number 40, "And this is the will of him that sent me, that everyone which seeth the Son and believeth on him may have everlasting life, and I will raise him up at the last day." 01:10:16.250 --> 01:10:18.620 Notice, it's not just seeing the Son. 01:10:18.620 --> 01:10:24.690 It's not just saying, like, oh, yeah, there was a guy named Jesus, and we're just going to believe, you know, facts about Jesus. 01:10:24.690 --> 01:10:29.660 No, you see the Son and you believe on Him, meaning you're trusting in Him. 01:10:29.660 --> 01:10:31.650 You're relying on Him. 01:10:31.650 --> 01:10:37.680 People will try to straw man what we teach about salvation by saying, oh, you think you could just say the name of Jesus and that you're going to heaven? 01:10:37.680 --> 01:10:39.820 No, no, you have to actually believe. 01:10:39.820 --> 01:10:40.760 And you know what? 01:10:40.760 --> 01:10:41.960 You're not going to fool God. 01:10:41.960 --> 01:10:43.880 God knows if you believe in your heart. 01:10:43.880 --> 01:10:46.030 But if you do, you will be saved. 01:10:46.030 --> 01:10:48.970 You have everlasting life and you'll be risen up again at the last day. 01:10:48.970 --> 01:10:51.630 Our bodies will be resurrected someday. 01:10:51.630 --> 01:10:56.050 John, chapter number three, verse 16. 01:10:56.050 --> 01:11:01.180 You know, everyone who believes in works-based salvation, 01:11:01.180 --> 01:11:03.330 they really should not be celebrating Easter today 01:11:03.330 --> 01:11:07.260 because the resurrection of Jesus has nothing to do with their plan of salvation. 01:11:07.260 --> 01:11:08.660 And you know how I know this? 01:11:08.660 --> 01:11:11.930 It's because I'm a soul winner and I go soul winning and I ask people, 01:11:11.930 --> 01:11:13.890 "Hey, what do you think it takes to get to heaven?" 01:11:13.890 --> 01:11:18.020 Be a good person, repent of my sins, go to church, live a good life. 01:11:18.020 --> 01:11:19.990 You know what never comes out of their mouth? 01:11:19.990 --> 01:11:22.960 Oh, Jesus died for my sins. 01:11:22.960 --> 01:11:25.150 Jesus was the perfect sacrifice. 01:11:25.150 --> 01:11:26.130 Jesus died. 01:11:26.130 --> 01:11:28.090 Jesus rose again from the dead. 01:11:28.090 --> 01:11:32.220 And because I'm trusting in that, hey, I'm going to be risen again someday too. 01:11:32.220 --> 01:11:33.220 That doesn't come out of their mouth, why? 01:11:33.220 --> 01:11:34.210 Because they're not saved. 01:11:34.210 --> 01:11:39.180 You know, any church that teaches works of salvation should not be celebrating Easter today. 01:11:39.180 --> 01:11:41.170 Because you know what, Easter belongs to the saved. 01:11:41.170 --> 01:11:45.150 Easter belongs to the Baptist because we actually believe in the resurrection. 01:11:45.150 --> 01:11:46.490 Look at John 3 verse 16. 01:11:46.490 --> 01:11:57.550 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." 01:11:57.550 --> 01:11:58.520 Most famous verse in the Bible. 01:11:58.520 --> 01:12:00.700 What does it say we have to do to be saved? 01:12:00.700 --> 01:12:01.680 Believe on Him. 01:12:01.680 --> 01:12:04.630 Maybe it became the most famous verse for a reason. 01:12:04.630 --> 01:12:13.170 Because God wanted to make sure, hey, this is the most succinct, clear, you know, crystal clear way to show people how they're saved is by believing in the Son of God. 01:12:13.170 --> 01:12:20.970 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. 01:12:20.970 --> 01:12:24.240 He that believeth on him is not condemned. 01:12:24.240 --> 01:12:32.740 But he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 01:12:32.740 --> 01:12:39.280 The Bible puts these two groups of people against each other, those who are condemned, those who are not condemned. 01:12:39.280 --> 01:12:40.270 Why are some people condemned? 01:12:40.270 --> 01:12:42.260 Because they haven't repented of enough sins? 01:12:42.260 --> 01:12:44.250 Because they haven't gone to enough church services? 01:12:44.250 --> 01:12:47.230 Because they haven't fully dedicated their life to the service of God? 01:12:47.230 --> 01:12:49.220 No, it's because they don't believe. 01:12:49.220 --> 01:12:50.460 And again, what does it mean to believe? 01:12:50.460 --> 01:12:51.410 To trust, right? 01:12:51.410 --> 01:12:53.610 And, you know, I was just thinking about this. 01:12:53.610 --> 01:12:55.560 Go if you would to 1 Timothy chapter number one. 01:12:55.560 --> 01:12:58.000 1 Timothy chapter number one. 01:12:58.000 --> 01:13:02.650 Because a lot of people say, "Oh, well then I'm good because I believe in God." 01:13:02.650 --> 01:13:04.800 And I just also believe that it's by works. 01:13:04.800 --> 01:13:06.780 Oh, I believe God's real. 01:13:06.780 --> 01:13:07.770 I just also think you have to live a good life. 01:13:07.770 --> 01:13:11.730 But here's the thing, you've got to let the Bible define what it means to believe. 01:13:11.730 --> 01:13:15.000 Okay, look at 1 Timothy chapter number one. 01:13:15.000 --> 01:13:17.950 Let me see the verse I'm looking for here. 01:13:17.950 --> 01:13:21.590 Okay, verse 12. 01:13:21.590 --> 01:13:22.910 This is the Apostle Paul. 01:13:22.910 --> 01:13:27.990 He says, "And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that He counted me faithful, 01:13:27.990 --> 01:13:32.050 putting me into the ministry, who was before," so before He got saved, 01:13:32.050 --> 01:13:37.630 "who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious. 01:13:37.630 --> 01:13:39.590 But I obtained mercy," why? 01:13:39.590 --> 01:13:41.600 "Because I did it ignorantly." 01:13:41.600 --> 01:13:42.830 In what? 01:13:42.830 --> 01:13:45.120 Un-belief. 01:13:45.120 --> 01:13:48.340 Now, here's the thing, before the Apostle Paul was saved, 01:13:48.340 --> 01:13:52.570 and imagine you're having a conversation with the Pharisee of the Pharisee, 01:13:52.570 --> 01:13:54.550 Saul, before he was Paul. 01:13:54.550 --> 01:13:57.510 And you ask, "Hey, Saul, do you believe in God?" 01:13:57.510 --> 01:13:59.540 You know what he's going to tell you? 01:13:59.540 --> 01:14:01.850 "Yeah, oh, I believe the Torah. 01:14:01.850 --> 01:14:03.900 Of course I believe in the Father. 01:14:03.900 --> 01:14:05.880 Of course I believe in God. 01:14:05.880 --> 01:14:06.870 I believe in Jehovah. 01:14:06.870 --> 01:14:08.840 I believe in the Old Testament." 01:14:08.840 --> 01:14:10.820 But what does the Bible say? 01:14:10.820 --> 01:14:15.280 What was the state of being that the Apostle Paul was in before he was saved? 01:14:15.280 --> 01:14:18.220 The Bible says, "I was in unbelief." 01:14:18.220 --> 01:14:21.350 Because here's the thing, it doesn't matter if you believe God is real. 01:14:21.350 --> 01:14:24.690 It doesn't matter if you believe Jesus is a real person. 01:14:24.690 --> 01:14:26.670 It doesn't matter if you believe whatever. 01:14:26.670 --> 01:14:30.630 Look, if you're trusting in your works, you don't believe God. 01:14:30.630 --> 01:14:34.110 You're not trusting God. You're trusting yourself. 01:14:34.110 --> 01:14:37.070 You may believe he's real, but you know what? You haven't put your trust in him. 01:14:37.070 --> 01:14:40.040 And so anyone who's not saved, hey, they're condemned. Why? 01:14:40.040 --> 01:14:44.140 Because they've not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 01:14:44.140 --> 01:14:48.070 And people say all day long, no, I believe. It's just also by works. Let me help you. 01:14:48.070 --> 01:14:50.370 You don't believe. You're trusting in yourself. 01:14:50.370 --> 01:14:54.570 And hey, the apostle Paul at least had the humility to say, hey, before that I was an unbeliever. 01:14:54.570 --> 01:14:58.440 I was in unbelief. People need to have some humility to get saved today. 01:14:58.440 --> 01:15:01.950 Go to Romans chapter number 10. Romans chapter number 10. 01:15:01.950 --> 01:15:09.390 What is the response to the resurrection? 01:15:09.390 --> 01:15:14.170 Well, here's the response for those that are unsaved. You say, okay, Jesus rose again. 01:15:14.170 --> 01:15:17.300 How do I put my faith in him? How do I put my trust in him? 01:15:17.300 --> 01:15:22.860 Romans 10 verse 9. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus 01:15:22.860 --> 01:15:29.380 and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 01:15:29.380 --> 01:15:37.880 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 01:15:37.880 --> 01:15:43.130 Hey, how is it that you put your faith in Christ as you call upon him? You use your mouth. 01:15:43.130 --> 01:15:46.390 This is why, hey, we go soul winning and we explain to people the gospel. 01:15:46.390 --> 01:15:50.360 We show them, hey, this is different than what you believed before. Have you changed your mind in that? 01:15:50.360 --> 01:15:54.340 Great. Let me show you how you can put your faith in him. Let's call upon him right now. 01:15:54.340 --> 01:15:58.310 Let's pray and ask him to save you. And those who actually believe, you know what they do? 01:15:58.310 --> 01:16:02.370 They call upon the name of the Lord. For there's no difference between the Jew and the Greek. 01:16:02.370 --> 01:16:06.300 For the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 01:16:06.300 --> 01:16:12.600 It's the same plan of salvation whether you're Jew, Gentile, rich, poor, white, black, man, woman. 01:16:12.600 --> 01:16:17.550 Hey, whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 01:16:17.550 --> 01:16:21.900 What is the response to the resurrection for the unsaved? You need to call upon the name of the Lord. 01:16:21.900 --> 01:16:27.280 You need to put your trust in Jesus Christ. You need to trust in his death, burial, and resurrection 01:16:27.280 --> 01:16:31.300 as the total payment for your sins. Not thinking you have to help him out with your good works. 01:16:31.300 --> 01:16:35.370 Not trusting and keeping the commandments. Going to church, living a good life, being baptized. 01:16:35.370 --> 01:16:39.610 No, you have to call upon him in faith. And when you do that, the Bible says you'll be saved. 01:16:39.610 --> 01:16:44.050 Thou shalt be saved. Go to 2 Corinthians 5. 01:16:44.050 --> 01:16:50.370 Now, what about the response to the resurrection for the saved, which I believe that's probably everyone in here this morning. 01:16:50.370 --> 01:16:53.360 Is you're saved. So it's like, well, what's the point for us then? 01:16:53.360 --> 01:16:57.340 And talking about the resurrection, we've already put our trust in him. We're already saved. 01:16:57.340 --> 01:16:59.330 You know, one reason is that we just want to give glory to Jesus. 01:16:59.330 --> 01:17:04.310 You know, is that all right every once in a while just to give some glory to the Lord Jesus Christ for his sacrifice, for his resurrection? 01:17:04.310 --> 01:17:06.300 You know, we should do that. Absolutely. 01:17:06.300 --> 01:17:10.460 Notice what it says in 2 Corinthians 5, verse 14. 01:17:10.460 --> 01:17:20.200 It says, "For the love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judge that if one died for all, then we're all dead." 01:17:20.200 --> 01:17:23.170 And remember, what is death? It's going to hell, right? 01:17:23.170 --> 01:17:25.150 And Jesus, he died for all. He went to hell. 01:17:25.150 --> 01:17:31.090 They're saying we're all dead, saying hey, everyone without Christ is on their way to hell. 01:17:31.090 --> 01:17:37.270 Now it says in verse 15, "And that he died for all, that they which live," 01:17:37.270 --> 01:17:40.210 this is not saying those who are alive physically, this is saying those who are saved. 01:17:40.210 --> 01:17:45.560 He says, "And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, 01:17:45.560 --> 01:17:51.010 but unto him which died for them and rose again." 01:17:51.010 --> 01:17:53.000 What does the resurrection remind us of? 01:17:53.000 --> 01:17:57.960 It's like, hey, we were dead, we were on our way to hell, Christ died for us, 01:17:57.960 --> 01:18:00.930 and you know, because he rose again, now we have that eternal life. 01:18:00.930 --> 01:18:03.230 We have that eternal life that we can never lose. 01:18:03.230 --> 01:18:07.170 And so hey, while we live in this body, you know what we should do? 01:18:07.170 --> 01:18:09.200 We shouldn't live unto ourselves. 01:18:09.200 --> 01:18:13.160 We shouldn't go through the day-to-day life only caring about our needs, 01:18:13.160 --> 01:18:15.170 our desires, our wants. 01:18:15.170 --> 01:18:18.220 You know, we should live unto him that died for us. 01:18:18.220 --> 01:18:21.210 We should live unto him that rose again from the dead. 01:18:21.210 --> 01:18:26.180 You know, the resurrection Easter is a good reminder for you to get your butt awake, 01:18:26.180 --> 01:18:30.160 wake up in this world, and realize that you're on this earth to serve God. 01:18:30.160 --> 01:18:34.140 You're not here on this earth to work your job, to watch your sports, 01:18:34.140 --> 01:18:36.130 to go play your games. 01:18:36.130 --> 01:18:38.430 You know, you're here to serve God. 01:18:38.430 --> 01:18:42.340 Jesus, rise again from the dead to give us life and to give us life more abundantly. 01:18:42.340 --> 01:18:46.680 And it's like, why didn't we just go get beamed up to heaven after we got saved? 01:18:46.680 --> 01:18:50.710 It's because now we're supposed to live unto Him that died for us. 01:18:50.710 --> 01:18:52.630 Christ is gone. He's in heaven. 01:18:52.630 --> 01:18:56.770 He's seated at the right hand of the Father, ever making intercession for us. 01:18:56.770 --> 01:18:58.740 Who's left on this earth? We are. 01:18:58.740 --> 01:19:01.270 We are the light of the world now. 01:19:01.270 --> 01:19:09.290 Go, if you would, to 2 Corinthians 4, 2 Corinthians 4. 01:19:09.290 --> 01:19:14.860 Now, there's a really beautiful carnal example in this universe that pictures what I'm talking about. 01:19:14.860 --> 01:19:18.220 Look what it says in 2 Corinthians 4, verse 3. 01:19:18.220 --> 01:19:22.510 This is in the context of preaching the gospel, being a soul winner. 01:19:22.510 --> 01:19:25.440 It says, "But if our gospel be hid..." Sorry, verse 3. 01:19:25.440 --> 01:19:29.680 "But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost, 01:19:29.680 --> 01:19:34.120 in whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, 01:19:34.120 --> 01:19:38.390 lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, 01:19:38.390 --> 01:19:41.750 who is the image of God, should shine unto them." 01:19:41.750 --> 01:19:45.700 So, hey, God wants the light to shine to this world. 01:19:45.700 --> 01:19:47.670 And what is that light? That's the light of the gospel. 01:19:47.670 --> 01:19:51.760 That's why the Bible says if our gospel is hid, it's hid to those that are lost. 01:19:51.760 --> 01:19:55.730 What is the devil's goal? The devil's goal is to cover that light. 01:19:55.730 --> 01:19:59.700 The devil's goal is to blind the minds of those that believe not. 01:19:59.700 --> 01:20:01.690 Why? So that they will spend eternity in hell. 01:20:01.690 --> 01:20:04.050 God's will is that the light would shine forth. 01:20:04.050 --> 01:20:14.540 Notice what it says in verse 5, "For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake." 01:20:14.540 --> 01:20:20.690 Notice, is Jesus preaching the gospel today? No, the Bible says we preach Jesus Christ. 01:20:20.690 --> 01:20:25.830 And notice, we're not preaching ourselves our works, we're preaching Jesus Christ and we're making ourselves servants, right? 01:20:25.830 --> 01:20:29.790 So we're not living unto ourselves, we're living for God and we're living for other people. 01:20:29.790 --> 01:20:38.570 Here's where the picture comes in, it says this, "For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, 01:20:38.570 --> 01:20:46.030 hath shined in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 01:20:46.030 --> 01:20:52.590 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us." 01:20:52.590 --> 01:20:59.540 Let's break this down a little bit, in verse 6 when it says that God commanded the light to shine out of darkness. 01:20:59.540 --> 01:21:03.700 What is that referring to? That's referring to Genesis chapter 1, right? 01:21:03.700 --> 01:21:08.820 Where God said, in verse 3 of Genesis 1, and God said, "Let there be light, and there was light." 01:21:08.820 --> 01:21:16.040 So 2 Corinthians 4, we're kind of doing a throwback to Genesis 1, he says that God commanded the light to shine out of darkness. 01:21:16.040 --> 01:21:19.990 So light is going to be a spiritual picture here of what we're going to talk about. 01:21:19.990 --> 01:21:24.970 Now, go if you would, keep your place there, and go to John chapter number 1. 01:21:24.970 --> 01:21:32.880 So God, he created physical light, and the physical light in this world, what does it represent? 01:21:32.880 --> 01:21:34.870 It represents the Lord Jesus Christ. 01:21:34.870 --> 01:21:40.840 And so it's so funny, you know, people that are atheists, that hate Jesus, every single time you see light, 01:21:40.840 --> 01:21:42.830 you're seeing the light of Jesus. 01:21:42.830 --> 01:21:46.810 You know, you're seeing a spiritual representation of Jesus Christ. 01:21:46.810 --> 01:21:48.800 God gave us the sun, isn't that funny? 01:21:48.800 --> 01:21:54.170 The sun in this universe, and this sun, you know what we see it do every single night? 01:21:54.170 --> 01:21:57.650 It goes down, and then the next day what happens? 01:21:57.650 --> 01:22:02.910 It rises again, it comes up, and every single time you see a sunrise, 01:22:02.910 --> 01:22:05.890 God is picturing the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 01:22:05.890 --> 01:22:10.860 I mean, day unto day uttereth knowledge, and night unto night's speech, 01:22:10.860 --> 01:22:12.840 the heavens declare the glory of God. 01:22:12.840 --> 01:22:17.870 I mean, I just love astronomy and the sun and the moon and the stars. 01:22:17.870 --> 01:22:19.870 Here's the thing, because it just gives glory to God. 01:22:19.870 --> 01:22:22.130 I don't understand what people's major malfunction is. 01:22:22.130 --> 01:22:26.040 The Bible says that the creation gives God glory. 01:22:26.040 --> 01:22:28.380 And it doesn't matter if other people are giving it glory. 01:22:28.380 --> 01:22:31.330 They objectively give God glory in and of itself. 01:22:31.330 --> 01:22:35.380 And that big, bright, brilliant star in our universe, the sun, 01:22:35.380 --> 01:22:37.340 every time it comes up over the horizon, 01:22:37.340 --> 01:22:39.310 it's picturing the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 01:22:39.310 --> 01:22:41.320 It's picturing the light of Jesus Christ. 01:22:41.320 --> 01:22:43.820 Why do I say that? Look at John 1 verse 6. 01:22:43.820 --> 01:22:46.750 "There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 01:22:46.750 --> 01:22:51.110 The same came for a witness to bear witness of that light, 01:22:51.110 --> 01:22:54.070 that all men through him might believe. 01:22:54.070 --> 01:22:59.540 He was not that light, but was sent to bear witness of that light. 01:22:59.540 --> 01:23:05.990 That was the true light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world." 01:23:05.990 --> 01:23:08.960 So what is light? Light is a picture of Jesus Christ. 01:23:08.960 --> 01:23:12.220 You know, the sun is a big picture of the Lord Jesus Christ. 01:23:12.220 --> 01:23:15.200 The sun goes down picturing the death of Jesus Christ. 01:23:15.200 --> 01:23:17.190 The sun comes up picturing the resurrection. 01:23:17.190 --> 01:23:23.150 Now, the sun out in the day, Jesus often talked about, "Hey, walk in the light while you have the light." 01:23:23.150 --> 01:23:26.400 Walk as children of the day. We're the children of the day. 01:23:26.400 --> 01:23:28.370 You know, work in the day. 01:23:28.370 --> 01:23:30.340 Well, here's what the Bible says. You don't have to turn there. 01:23:30.340 --> 01:23:35.820 Jesus said in John 9 verse 5, "As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world." 01:23:35.820 --> 01:23:40.080 And just as sure as while Jesus is in the world, he's the light of the world. 01:23:40.080 --> 01:23:45.030 You know, the sun comes up during the day for 12 hours and the sun is the light of the world. 01:23:45.030 --> 01:23:49.640 But then what happens? The sun goes down and night comes, right? 01:23:49.640 --> 01:23:53.860 Just like Jesus died and spiritual night came, you know? 01:23:53.860 --> 01:23:58.820 Jesus now, he's in heaven, he's not here in this world to bear witness of the light, to preach the gospel. 01:23:58.820 --> 01:24:03.910 But what happens? When the sun goes down, there's another light that comes up called the moon. 01:24:03.910 --> 01:24:07.140 Now what did Jesus say in Matthew 5 verse 14? 01:24:07.140 --> 01:24:14.440 He says, "Ye are the light of the world, a city that is set on an hill, cannot be hid." 01:24:14.440 --> 01:24:18.460 Let's go back to 2 Corinthians 4. So look, the sun is out, picturing Jesus Christ. 01:24:18.460 --> 01:24:22.520 He's the light of the world. The sun goes down, picturing Jesus leaving this world. 01:24:22.520 --> 01:24:25.490 What comes out? The moon. You know what that pictures? That pictures you and me. 01:24:25.490 --> 01:24:30.190 That pictures soul winners. Why? Because Jesus was the light of the world. 01:24:30.190 --> 01:24:33.160 Then He goes away. Now the moon is the light of the world. 01:24:33.160 --> 01:24:36.130 It gives light while the sun is gone, just like what we're supposed to do is say, 01:24:36.130 --> 01:24:41.240 "Hey, we are ambassadors for Christ. We're supposed to beseech you in Christ's stead. 01:24:41.240 --> 01:24:45.200 Be ye reconciled to God." God's not going to come preach the gospel door-to-door to people, 01:24:45.200 --> 01:24:48.170 but here's what we're supposed to do. We're supposed to bear witness of that light. 01:24:48.170 --> 01:24:51.430 We're supposed to go out and preach the gospel to every creature. 01:24:51.430 --> 01:24:56.370 So you know what? I love the sun, moon, and stars and creation because every time I see the sun, 01:24:56.370 --> 01:25:00.590 I think of Jesus Christ. And you know what? Every time I see the moon, I'm reminded I need to be a soul winner. 01:25:00.590 --> 01:25:04.850 I need to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ because you know what? Jesus is not in this world anymore. 01:25:04.850 --> 01:25:07.820 We are the light of the world. We've got to reflect. And you know what the moon does? 01:25:07.820 --> 01:25:11.240 It reflects the light of the sun. And you know what we've got to do? 01:25:11.240 --> 01:25:15.210 We've got to reflect the light of the sun and preach the gospel to every creature. 01:25:15.210 --> 01:25:18.180 And hey, faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God, the Bible says. 01:25:18.180 --> 01:25:22.150 It's not our testimony that gets someone saved. It's the light of Jesus. 01:25:22.150 --> 01:25:27.160 It's reflecting the light of Jesus Christ. That's why it says in 2 Corinthians 4 verse 6, 01:25:27.160 --> 01:25:33.030 "For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts 01:25:33.030 --> 01:25:38.170 to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." 01:25:38.170 --> 01:25:42.320 Saying like, "Hey, in the stead of Jesus Christ." 01:25:42.320 --> 01:25:45.230 Just like God commanded the light to shine in this universe, 01:25:45.230 --> 01:25:48.440 He's commanded that light to spiritually to shine in our hearts. 01:25:48.440 --> 01:25:51.380 We have that light. We need to share that light with other people. 01:25:51.380 --> 01:25:53.350 Go to Matthew chapter number 28. 01:25:53.350 --> 01:25:57.080 So, you know, I encourage you to not live unto yourselves, 01:25:57.080 --> 01:26:01.150 but live unto Him that died, that gave Himself for you, that rose again. 01:26:01.150 --> 01:26:05.380 And I also encourage you not to be afraid of reality like the flat earth idiots, 01:26:05.380 --> 01:26:08.500 and say, "Oh, you know, the sun, moon, and stars is all fake." 01:26:08.500 --> 01:26:11.800 Hey, all those things give glory to God. I think it's amazing. 01:26:11.800 --> 01:26:14.770 I think the Artemis program is amazing, and you know what? 01:26:14.770 --> 01:26:17.730 I'm excited to see up-close pictures of the moon because I'm just like, 01:26:17.730 --> 01:26:19.710 "I need to be a soul winner. I need to reflect that light." 01:26:19.710 --> 01:26:22.810 Look at the big, beautiful sun. It pictures Jesus Christ. 01:26:22.810 --> 01:26:24.770 Hey, it's His handiwork. It gives glory to Him. 01:26:24.770 --> 01:26:30.020 Matthew 28. What does the Gospel mean for the lost? 01:26:30.020 --> 01:26:33.980 Hey, you need to believe in Jesus Christ. You need to put your trust in that resurrection. 01:26:33.980 --> 01:26:36.940 What does it mean for us now that we're saved? You need to preach the Gospel. 01:26:36.940 --> 01:26:40.160 What is the meaning of life? It's preaching the Gospel. 01:26:40.160 --> 01:26:42.490 Let us be reminded of that on Easter. 01:26:42.490 --> 01:26:44.530 Hey, if you're already saved, great. Praise God. 01:26:44.530 --> 01:26:51.800 But your entire purpose for being now, why you exist, your mission, your purpose in life should be to preach the Gospel. 01:26:51.800 --> 01:26:54.510 Matthew 28 verse 5. 01:26:54.510 --> 01:27:01.600 "And the angel answered and said unto the woman, Fear not, for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. 01:27:01.600 --> 01:27:07.310 He is not here, for he is risen, as he said, Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 01:27:07.310 --> 01:27:16.470 And go quickly and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead. 01:27:16.470 --> 01:27:21.630 And behold, he goeth forth before you into Galilee. There shall ye see him, I have told you. 01:27:21.630 --> 01:27:28.870 And they departed quickly from the sepulcher with fear and great joy, and did run to bring his disciples word." 01:27:28.870 --> 01:27:33.950 What is the response for Christians when there's that empty tomb? It's, hey, go and tell. 01:27:33.950 --> 01:27:40.660 Go and tell people. And you know what, I love their zeal here because it says they departed quickly from the sepulcher. 01:27:40.660 --> 01:27:43.650 You know what, you should start becoming a soul winner quickly. 01:27:43.650 --> 01:27:45.980 Hey, you should get saved and you should become a soul winner. 01:27:45.980 --> 01:27:55.930 You know, imagine if Mary and other Mary, they found the empty tomb and they spent the next decade, 20 years, 30 years, not telling anyone. 01:27:55.930 --> 01:27:57.960 You know, that's what a lot of people are doing spiritually. 01:27:57.960 --> 01:28:03.350 Hey, they believe in the resurrection. Hey, cool, an empty tomb. I believe in Jesus Christ. 01:28:03.350 --> 01:28:07.110 And now there's, you know, God's saying, OK, go tell. No, I'm good. 01:28:07.110 --> 01:28:11.490 I'm going to live under myself. I'm here to, you know, work and play golf and play video games 01:28:11.490 --> 01:28:16.550 and hang out with my girlfriend and go boating and go to school and climb the career ladder. 01:28:16.550 --> 01:28:22.860 Look, you fool, go tell someone. Go quickly. It says that they went quickly. 01:28:22.860 --> 01:28:26.930 And he says, from the subicker with fear and great joy and did run to bring his disciples work. 01:28:26.930 --> 01:28:29.880 Hey, we need some zealous soul winners in America. 01:28:29.880 --> 01:28:32.080 We need some people that are going to go run to become a soul winner. 01:28:32.080 --> 01:28:35.020 And hey, Jesus backs this up, look at verse 18. 01:28:35.020 --> 01:28:38.640 What does he say the response should be to his own resurrection? 01:28:38.640 --> 01:28:45.160 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 01:28:45.160 --> 01:28:50.560 You know, it's good to be reminded, by the way, of the power of God, the omnipotence of God. 01:28:50.560 --> 01:28:55.500 And you know, observing things like the sun and the moon and the earth hanging upon nothing 01:28:55.500 --> 01:29:00.470 in the middle of a vast, empty galaxy, you know what it reminds me of is the power of God. 01:29:00.470 --> 01:29:04.630 And Jesus said, "Hey, all power is given unto me." What an amazing reminder that is. 01:29:04.630 --> 01:29:11.660 "All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore and teach all nations, 01:29:11.660 --> 01:29:17.110 baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. 01:29:17.110 --> 01:29:22.380 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you, and lo, I am with you always, 01:29:22.380 --> 01:29:28.380 even unto the end of the world. Amen." Look, there's no more important mission or task in this world 01:29:28.380 --> 01:29:33.740 than preaching the gospel. And he's using the power of heaven and earth as an illustration. 01:29:33.740 --> 01:29:39.590 He says, "Look, all power is given unto me, you know, in heaven and in earth." 01:29:39.590 --> 01:29:43.510 Hey, you see the moon, you see the stars, you see the galaxy, you see this beautiful earth that's being held. 01:29:43.510 --> 01:29:50.690 Hey, the Bible says that by Him all things consist, right? So Jesus Christ, He has all power. 01:29:50.690 --> 01:29:56.880 He's upholding these things by His hand, all power in heaven and in earth. That's a lot of power, right? 01:29:56.880 --> 01:30:03.130 And what does He say? "Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, 01:30:03.130 --> 01:30:10.520 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you." And notice this, "And lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen." 01:30:10.520 --> 01:30:16.590 That's a powerful mission. Look, when the most powerful being in the universe, Jesus Christ, Almighty God, 01:30:16.590 --> 01:30:22.130 who upholds the moon and the stars and the earth and just everything you could think of, 01:30:22.130 --> 01:30:27.240 when He says, "I'll be with you always," that's a really important mission, folks. 01:30:27.240 --> 01:30:30.230 I mean, think about Air Force One, the President's airplane. 01:30:30.230 --> 01:30:32.220 It takes off, and you know what it has? 01:30:32.220 --> 01:30:37.200 It's got a bunch of F-22 Raptors and whatever, F-35s and F-15s, you know, 01:30:37.200 --> 01:30:41.180 escorting the President, because that's an important mission that the President's on, right? 01:30:41.180 --> 01:30:45.170 And so, hey, those F-15s are ready, they're there to back him up, they're there to protect him, 01:30:45.170 --> 01:30:48.160 and it's like, okay, we have the God of the universe escorting us. 01:30:48.160 --> 01:30:51.480 I mean, we're going out preaching the gospel, and who's my escort? 01:30:51.480 --> 01:30:54.430 Not an F-15, not an A-10, those are getting shot down in Iran. 01:30:54.430 --> 01:31:02.200 Who's my escort? Jesus Christ, the creator, the one who died and rose again. 01:31:02.200 --> 01:31:04.160 That's a great escort we got right there. 01:31:04.160 --> 01:31:07.790 So why are you afraid? Why are you afraid to preach the gospel? 01:31:07.790 --> 01:31:10.960 Imagine it's like, oh, Mr. President, I'm sorry. 01:31:10.960 --> 01:31:13.910 I can't escort you in my F-15 today, I've got a golf game. 01:31:13.910 --> 01:31:16.030 It's like, what? 01:31:16.030 --> 01:31:19.660 If you had a job to work in some sort of important mission, you would do that. 01:31:19.660 --> 01:31:23.870 It's like, okay, most important mission ever, the creator, the Lord of the universe, 01:31:23.870 --> 01:31:25.830 the one that rose again from the dead. 01:31:25.830 --> 01:31:27.800 He said, hey, you've got a mission. 01:31:27.800 --> 01:31:30.750 Go ye therefore, and I will be with you always. 01:31:30.750 --> 01:31:33.000 Look, let us care about that mission. 01:31:33.000 --> 01:31:37.400 Let us use this Easter to remind ourselves, hey, what's the response to the resurrection? 01:31:37.400 --> 01:31:41.410 If you're not saved, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. 01:31:41.410 --> 01:31:44.370 Hey, if you are saved, you've got that light inside of you. 01:31:44.370 --> 01:31:49.360 It's time to start showing forth that light to other people, preaching the gospel to every creature. 01:31:49.360 --> 01:31:51.360 Oh, you say I'm shy. 01:31:51.360 --> 01:31:53.670 Man, you've got the Lord Jesus Christ with you. 01:31:53.670 --> 01:31:54.680 He's with you always. 01:31:54.680 --> 01:32:02.060 Have some faith in God. Have some faith in God that, you know what, God can use you in a great way to get multitudes saved in this life. 01:32:02.060 --> 01:32:09.630 Have some faith in God that God can use Anchor Baptist Church to make a great difference in Oklahoma City and this world. 01:32:09.630 --> 01:32:12.600 Have some faith that Jesus Christ is going to be with you always. 01:32:12.600 --> 01:32:15.570 You know, that's what we should be reminded of with the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 01:32:15.570 --> 01:32:23.050 Let's pray. Lord, thank you so much for sending us your son, Jesus Christ, to die, to be to be buried and to rise again from the dead. 01:32:23.050 --> 01:32:31.980 I pray that if anyone is not saved in this community, that you would lead us to them, that you would just direct our soul winners to people that want to see the true light of Jesus Christ. 01:32:31.980 --> 01:32:42.330 And I pray that every person in here would not live to themselves, that we would use this time of thinking about the resurrection of Jesus Christ to rededicate ourselves to living unto you. 01:32:42.330 --> 01:32:47.440 I pray that you bless the remainder of this day, our fellowship, the food that's going to be served here shortly. 01:32:47.440 --> 01:32:49.410 We love you so much. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 01:32:49.410 --> 01:33:04.260 Ask him this morning, turn if you would to number 31, he lives. 01:33:04.260 --> 01:33:18.580 And number 31, 31, he lives. 01:33:18.580 --> 01:33:28.650 One there on the first. 01:33:28.650 --> 01:34:12.860 I serve our risen Savior, he's in the world today. I know the Son of mercy, voice of truth, the time I need is with me, and talks with me, the Lord's name.