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He lives. 16:33.800 --> 16:36.800 . 16:36.800 --> 16:39.800 . 16:39.800 --> 16:42.800 . 16:42.800 --> 16:45.800 . 16:45.800 --> 16:48.800 . 16:48.800 --> 16:51.800 I serve a risen Savior. 16:51.800 --> 16:54.800 He's in the world today. 16:54.800 --> 16:57.800 I know that he is living 16:57.800 --> 17:00.800 whatever man may say. 17:00.800 --> 17:03.800 And when I look to the end of mercy, 17:03.800 --> 17:06.800 I hear his voice of cheer. 17:06.800 --> 17:09.800 And just the time I need him, 17:09.800 --> 17:12.800 he's always near. 17:12.800 --> 17:15.800 He lives, he lives, 17:15.800 --> 17:18.800 Christ Jesus lives today. 17:18.800 --> 17:21.800 He walks with me and talks with me 17:21.800 --> 17:24.800 along life's narrow way. 17:24.800 --> 17:27.800 He lives, he lives, 17:27.800 --> 17:30.800 in my heart. 17:30.800 --> 17:33.800 You ask me how I know 17:33.800 --> 17:36.800 he lives. 17:36.800 --> 17:39.800 He lives within my heart. 17:39.800 --> 17:42.800 In all the world around me, 17:42.800 --> 17:45.800 I see his loving care. 17:45.800 --> 17:48.800 And though my heart grows weary, 17:48.800 --> 17:51.800 I never will despair. 17:51.800 --> 17:54.800 I know that he is leading 17:54.800 --> 17:57.800 all the stormy blasts. 17:57.800 --> 18:00.800 The day of his appearing 18:00.800 --> 18:03.800 will come at last. 18:03.800 --> 18:06.800 He lives, he lives, 18:06.800 --> 18:09.800 Christ Jesus lives today. 18:09.800 --> 18:12.800 He walks with me and talks with me 18:12.800 --> 18:15.800 along life's narrow way. 18:15.800 --> 18:18.800 He lives, he lives, 18:18.800 --> 18:21.800 salvation to impart. 18:21.800 --> 18:24.800 You ask me how I know 18:24.800 --> 18:27.800 he lives. 18:27.800 --> 18:30.800 He lives within my heart. 18:32.800 --> 18:35.800 Rejoice, rejoice, O Christian, 18:35.800 --> 18:38.800 lift up your voice and sing 18:38.800 --> 18:41.800 eternal hallelujah 18:41.800 --> 18:44.800 to Jesus Christ the King. 18:44.800 --> 18:47.800 The hope of all who seek him, 18:47.800 --> 18:50.800 the help of all who find, 18:50.800 --> 18:53.800 none other is so loving, 18:53.800 --> 18:56.800 so good and kind. 18:56.800 --> 18:59.800 He lives, he lives, 18:59.800 --> 19:02.800 Christ Jesus lives today. 19:02.800 --> 19:05.800 He walks with me and talks with me 19:05.800 --> 19:08.800 along life's narrow way. 19:08.800 --> 19:11.800 He lives, he lives, 19:11.800 --> 19:14.800 salvation to impart. 19:15.800 --> 19:18.800 You ask me how I know 19:18.800 --> 19:21.800 he lives. 19:21.800 --> 19:24.800 He lives within my heart. 19:24.800 --> 19:27.800 Alright, excellent. 19:27.800 --> 19:30.800 Sing everybody. Brother Paul, would you please open us up in a word of prayer? 19:30.800 --> 19:33.800 Thank you so much for all that you're able to take it out here and let us 19:33.800 --> 19:36.800 remember tonight. This Sunday is to honor 19:36.800 --> 19:39.800 the resurrection and the hope and honor that you have 19:39.800 --> 19:42.800 for the true shine of Passover. 19:42.800 --> 19:45.800 For this I give you the gift of the message from the preach and sing a song 19:45.800 --> 19:48.800 in the name of Jesus Christ the King. Amen. 19:48.800 --> 19:51.800 Alright, if you want to take your hymnals, we're going to turn to page number 36. 19:51.800 --> 19:54.800 It's page number 36. 19:54.800 --> 19:57.800 Christ Arose. 19:57.800 --> 20:00.800 Page number 36. 20:00.800 --> 20:03.800 Lo, in the grave he lay, 20:03.800 --> 20:06.800 Jesus my Savior, 20:06.800 --> 20:09.800 waiting the coming day, 20:09.800 --> 20:12.800 Jesus my Lord. 20:12.800 --> 20:15.800 Up from the grave he rose, 20:15.800 --> 20:18.800 and he came to the cross, 20:18.800 --> 20:21.800 and he came to the cross, 20:21.800 --> 20:24.800 and he came to the cross, 20:24.800 --> 20:27.800 and he came to the cross, 20:27.800 --> 20:30.800 And up from the grave he arose, 20:30.800 --> 20:33.800 with a mighty triumph for his foes. 20:35.800 --> 20:38.800 He arose a victor from the dark domain, 20:39.800 --> 20:42.800 and he lived forever with his saints to reign. 20:46.800 --> 20:49.800 He arose, 20:49.800 --> 20:52.800 he arose, 20:52.800 --> 20:55.800 hallelujah Christ arose. 20:55.800 --> 21:16.360 vainly they watched his bed Jesus my Savior vainly they sealed the dead Jesus my Lord 21:16.360 --> 21:29.320 up from the grave he arose with the mighty triumph for his foes he arose a victor from the dark domain 21:29.320 --> 21:44.120 and he lived forever with his saints to reign he arose he arose hallelujah Christ arose 21:45.080 --> 22:03.360 death cannot keep his prey Jesus my Savior he tore the bars away Jesus my Lord 22:03.360 --> 22:17.680 up from the grave he arose with the mighty triumph for his foes he arose a victor from the dark domain 22:17.680 --> 22:32.720 and he lived forever with his saints to reign he arose he arose hallelujah Christ arose 22:33.600 --> 22:37.840 all right excellent sing everybody this time we will have our announcements 22:47.040 --> 22:56.640 morning everyone happy easter the verse of the week is matthew 28 verse 6 matthew 28 verse 6 22:57.520 --> 23:07.360 he is not here for he is risen as he said come see the place where the Lord lay that's matthew 28 23:07.360 --> 23:14.080 verse 6 service times are 10 30 this morning 3 30 this afternoon and 6 30 on wednesday for our 23:14.080 --> 23:23.840 bible study so many times were 12 30 yesterday and 1 p.m today salvations for 8 march were 32 23:24.400 --> 23:33.200 salvations so far for april have been five for a total of 58 for the year amen all right attendance 23:33.200 --> 23:40.320 is down below and uh happy easter again everyone and just please remember we have a potluck planned 23:40.320 --> 23:47.920 afterwards if you like to partake refresh and just remember the feast of the lord so coming up events 23:47.920 --> 23:54.800 april 12th will be the net man's preaching night so if you're looking to preach if you're man 23:54.800 --> 23:59.920 willing to put on a suit or at least a collared shirt and a tie and use the king james viable and 23:59.920 --> 24:06.480 limit yourself on heresy for at least one night you have ability to come up and preach it's been 24:06.480 --> 24:12.320 an honor to hear what many people have come up for so looking forward to that event april 18th coming 24:12.320 --> 24:20.560 up and two weeks is the nespresso winning which will be down in orafino idaho there'll be an indian 24:20.560 --> 24:25.600 reservation down there if you're wanting to go just let brother rimmy know and if you have any 24:25.600 --> 24:31.840 more questions let him know he has further details but it should be really receptive april 21st will 24:31.840 --> 24:39.600 be the next home school day that will be 11 a.m in the church building please rsvp with miss kylie 24:40.240 --> 24:47.040 so she knows how many how to play in games food activities so just let her know and then moving 24:47.040 --> 24:53.920 right along into what will happen in may may 8th will be a soul winning marathon at cw in ellensburg 24:54.560 --> 25:00.400 so well we know um wasu was very receptive down there we're hoping the same for central valley 25:00.400 --> 25:07.200 our central valley my goodness we're not we're not going to high schools yet but uh central 25:07.200 --> 25:12.160 washington university there in ellensburg so hey with that and i think seattle's or 25:12.880 --> 25:16.640 actually no the u-dub one's a little later in the year but the seattle plant's doing that one that 25:16.640 --> 25:22.160 would be the three main universities public universities uh washington hit in this year so 25:22.720 --> 25:27.600 just really good and i'm going to tell you i was i was hopeful to be receptive but it was far more 25:27.600 --> 25:34.080 receptive both our scouting trip and when we went then maybe my my flesh thought a college would be 25:34.080 --> 25:41.600 but it was receptive so it's really good hopefully this one will be as well so um kids the memory 25:41.600 --> 25:48.480 verse right now for you is philippians 4 verse 4 philippians 4 verse 4 rejoice in the lord always 25:48.480 --> 25:54.720 and again i say rejoice and kids need to memorize that but sometimes as grumpy adults need to 25:54.720 --> 26:02.800 remember you need to rejoice christ is risen what do we have to worry about rejoice rules are all 26:02.800 --> 26:09.840 the same tithing needs to be updated and then um birthdays april oh my goodness that's coming right 26:09.840 --> 26:17.920 up um what is today i'm so sorry it's the fifth i think wednesday wouldn't i know it's easter 26:18.720 --> 26:25.280 so we'll wait we'll wait until um wednesday wednesday that'll be the next time and hey we 26:25.280 --> 26:29.360 april we're getting them right out of the beginning but coming up is emma's and luca's 26:30.320 --> 26:37.200 birthdays coming up on the ninth and tenth respectively so coming right up um and if you 26:37.200 --> 26:40.800 have any further prayer request activities or anything else you want to add to the bulletin 26:40.800 --> 26:45.200 please let the tobsons know and they will get it into the bulletin but with that let's turn to the 26:45.200 --> 26:46.160 lord in prayer 26:59.360 --> 26:59.520 you 27:29.360 --> 27:29.520 you 27:59.360 --> 28:01.360 you 28:07.440 --> 28:10.480 all right if you want to go ahead and take your hymnals we're going to turn to 28:11.200 --> 28:17.440 well your bibles or your psalm books actually bibles or psalm books to psalm number 67 28:18.560 --> 28:23.920 that's psalm number 67 god be merciful unto us 28:29.360 --> 28:30.400 and 28:30.400 --> 28:41.120 God be merciful unto us and bless us and cause his face to shine upon us that that way may be 28:41.120 --> 28:53.520 known upon earth by saving health among all nations let the people praise thee oh God 28:53.520 --> 28:55.680 oh 28:55.680 --> 29:14.160 let all the people praise thee oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy for thou shall judge the 29:14.160 --> 29:29.760 people righteously and govern the nations upon earth the nations upon earth see love 29:30.400 --> 29:31.360 oh 29:31.360 --> 29:45.040 let the people praise thee oh god let all the people praise thee oh let the nations be glad 29:46.480 --> 29:59.680 and sing for joy then shall the earth yield her increase and god even our own god shall 29:59.680 --> 30:13.600 bless us god shall bless us and all the ends of the earth shall fear him let the people praise 30:13.600 --> 30:27.600 thee oh god let all the people praise thee oh let the nations be glad and sing 30:27.840 --> 30:31.520 for joy 30:34.240 --> 30:38.640 all right excellent sing everybody brother paul would you please pray for the offering 30:40.400 --> 30:45.520 thank you so much 30:57.600 --> 31:01.520 the joy will stop 31:27.600 --> 31:37.520 so 31:37.520 --> 31:47.440 so 31:53.520 --> 31:59.360 good morning everybody happy easter you could go ahead and take your bibles and turn to axe chapter 31:59.360 --> 32:05.680 12 axe chapter 12 will be our text this morning and as always here at our church we read the 32:05.680 --> 32:15.280 entire chapter before the preaching axe 12 the bible reads now about that time harried the king 32:15.280 --> 32:21.360 stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church and he killed james the brother of john 32:21.360 --> 32:28.000 with the sword and because he saw it pleased the jews he proceeded further to take peter also 32:28.560 --> 32:35.040 them were the days of unleavened bread and when he had apprehended him he put him in the prison 32:35.040 --> 32:42.000 and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him intending after easter to bring him 32:42.000 --> 32:49.040 forth to the people peter therefore was kept in prison but prayer was made without ceasing of the 32:49.040 --> 32:56.640 church unto god for him and when harrod would have brought him forth the same night peter was sleeping 32:56.640 --> 33:04.160 between two soldiers bound with two chains and the keepers before the door kept the prison and 33:04.160 --> 33:11.280 behold the angel of the lord came upon him and light shined in the prison and he smoked peter on 33:11.280 --> 33:18.800 the side and raised him up saying arise up quickly and his chains fell off from his hands and the 33:18.800 --> 33:26.720 angel said unto him gird thyself and bind thy sandals and so he did and he saith unto him cast 33:26.720 --> 33:33.440 thy garment about thee and follow me and he went out and followed him and wished not that it was 33:33.440 --> 33:40.560 true which was done by the angel but thought he saw a vision when they were past the first and 33:40.560 --> 33:47.440 second ward they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city which opened it to them 33:47.440 --> 33:54.480 of his own accord and they went out and passed on through one street and forthwith the angel 33:54.480 --> 34:02.560 departed from him and when peter was come to himself he said now i know of of a surety that 34:02.560 --> 34:08.720 the lord hath sent his angel and hath delivered me out of the hand of herod and from all the 34:08.720 --> 34:15.440 expectation of the people of the jews and when he had considered the thing he came to the house of 34:15.440 --> 34:22.720 mary the mother of john whose surname was mark where many were gathered together praying and as 34:22.720 --> 34:30.240 peter knocked at the door of the gate a damsel came and heart uh to harkened or to harken named 34:31.200 --> 34:37.680 and when she knew peter's voice she opened not the gate for gladness but ran in and told how peter 34:37.680 --> 34:44.400 stood before the gate and they said unto her thou art mad but she constantly affirmed that it was 34:44.400 --> 34:52.640 even so then said they it is his angel but peter continued knocking and when they had opened the 34:52.640 --> 34:59.600 door and saw him they were astonished but he beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace 34:59.680 --> 35:06.640 declared unto them how the lord had brought him out of the prison and he said go show these things 35:06.640 --> 35:14.160 unto james and to the brethren and he departed and went into another place now as soon as it was day 35:14.160 --> 35:21.040 there was no small stir among the soldiers what was become of peter and when herod had sought for 35:21.040 --> 35:28.320 him and found him not he examined the the keepers and commanded that they should be put to death 35:28.320 --> 35:36.080 and he went down from judaea to cesarea and there abode and herod was highly displeased with them of 35:36.080 --> 35:42.880 tyre and sidon but they came with one accord to him and having made blastis the king's chamberlain 35:42.880 --> 35:51.200 their friend desired peace because their country was nourished by the king's country and upon a set 35:51.200 --> 35:58.480 day herod arrayed and at royal apparel sat upon his throne and made oration unto them and the 35:58.480 --> 36:06.400 people gave a shout saying it is a voice of a god and not of a man and immediately the angel of the 36:06.400 --> 36:14.080 lord smote him because he gave not god the glory and he was eaten of worms and gave up the ghost 36:14.160 --> 36:20.960 but the word of god grew and multiplied and barnavis and saul returned from jerusalem when 36:20.960 --> 36:28.400 they had fulfilled their ministry and took with them john whose surname was mark brother kyle 36:28.400 --> 36:37.200 could you please pray for this service thank you lord for this day of celebration and your honor 36:37.360 --> 36:41.920 amen you guys are there in axe chapter number 12 i'm actually going to have you guys flip to axe 36:41.920 --> 36:47.440 chapter number two we're going to look in at verse number 23 i figured we've read axe two quite a 36:47.440 --> 36:50.960 few times so we got to spread the love a little bit so i did axe 12 because i'm going to be coming 36:50.960 --> 36:57.360 there a little bit later on in the sermon anyways but we're going to read in in axe 2 23 before i 36:57.360 --> 37:01.120 say that i'd like to say first as well happy easter to everybody it's a great time of year 37:01.120 --> 37:06.240 the one time not the one time but one of the only times of the year that we actually have a holiday 37:06.240 --> 37:11.200 that's just you know purely about jesus christ i know that this world has kind of taken it and 37:11.200 --> 37:16.640 tried to you know make it about easter bunnies and candy or whatever but to christians worldwide 37:16.640 --> 37:21.760 this is a holiday that represents and celebrates the resurrection of jesus christ from the dead 37:22.480 --> 37:28.080 but axe 2 verse number 23 like i said earlier we're going to look at the 37:28.080 --> 37:32.960 death but axe 2 verse number 23 let's look what the bible says right there it says him being 37:32.960 --> 37:39.120 delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of god you have taken and by wicked hands have 37:39.120 --> 37:46.400 crucified and slain whom god has raised up having loose pains of death because it was not possible 37:46.400 --> 37:51.840 that he should beholden of it title my sermon this morning is conquering now and still to conquer 37:51.840 --> 37:55.440 let's pray dear lord thank you so much for the wonderful day thank you so much for everything 37:55.440 --> 37:59.600 you do for us god thank you so much for this day that we get to think about the resurrection of 37:59.600 --> 38:03.840 your son jesus christ thank you so much for all the great pain that he went through and all the 38:03.840 --> 38:08.320 great suffering that he went through and then at the end of it all god he didn't just stay dead god 38:08.320 --> 38:13.280 thank you so much that you rose in from the grave that the pains of death were loose from him god 38:13.280 --> 38:18.640 and praise your name that uh this was the thing that obtained our eternal salvation i just pray 38:18.640 --> 38:23.360 that you'd help me as i preach a sermon today god and help me to give reverence to the resurrection 38:23.360 --> 38:27.680 of your son i just pray you would help me to deliver well the message you put on my heart and 38:27.680 --> 38:30.800 help me to be filled with the holy spirit and edify people in this room just gonna pray amen 38:31.360 --> 38:35.920 title my sermon like i said again is conquering now and still to conquer we're here in acts chapter 38:35.920 --> 38:40.000 number two and i'd like to start off the sermon again by saying happy to easter to everybody in 38:40.000 --> 38:46.160 this room i again love this time of year and i really love what it represents and with easter 38:46.160 --> 38:49.200 being paired right next to the lord's supper it's really a great time of the year to get your heart 38:49.200 --> 38:53.760 right with god and to consider the sacrifice and the pain and the suffering that jesus christ went 38:53.760 --> 38:58.960 through for us because so often in life we like just getting a rut and we stop thinking about these 38:58.960 --> 39:04.400 things but truly we always have to keep and focus the fact that this was the greatest event that 39:04.400 --> 39:10.080 ever happened in history the day that jesus christ died on the cross and delivered us away from hell 39:10.080 --> 39:15.680 that he paid for all of our sins this is uh the pinnacle of history what our calendar is based 39:15.680 --> 39:20.800 off of yeah so uh you know it's always important to keep this in mind and there's a lot of people 39:20.800 --> 39:25.360 like i was saying a little bit earlier that kind of bash on easter and they'll be like oh you know 39:25.360 --> 39:29.760 easter's pagan but here's the thing you're never going to convince me that there's anything wrong 39:29.760 --> 39:34.720 with coming to church preaching about the resurrection of jesus christ and then having a meal afterwards 39:34.720 --> 39:39.440 give me a break now okay there's nothing pagan about what we do when we celebrate easter 39:39.440 --> 39:44.800 people will be like well but the name easter's pagan okay first of all this is not true this is 39:44.800 --> 39:49.280 not true but second of all even if this was true this is a nothing burger okay let me show you this 39:49.280 --> 39:55.520 real quick go to job 38 verse number 31 job 38 verse number 31 i do want to take a little bit 39:55.520 --> 40:01.760 of a detour because easter is under attack nowadays people really push hard on this and they'll you 40:01.760 --> 40:06.240 know christmas and easter both which of course is like the two holidays that's celebrating jesus 40:06.240 --> 40:10.720 christ so of course they're going to be under attack but they're really just you know under fire 40:11.280 --> 40:18.080 for dumb for really dumb things in my opinion and they'll say with easter like the origin of the word 40:18.080 --> 40:22.880 easter is pagan okay this is not true though and i'm going to show you this a little bit later on 40:22.880 --> 40:27.360 in the sermon but i want to also show you right from the beginning you guys are there in job 31 40:27.360 --> 40:32.560 or 38 verse number 31 how nonsensical it is to get wrapped up in something like this okay look 40:32.560 --> 40:39.040 what it says there in job 38 31 it says canst thou bind the sweet influences of pleiades or loose the 40:39.040 --> 40:43.360 bands of orion which i just think is a sick verse anyways but look at verse 32 it says 40:43.360 --> 40:49.840 canst thou bring forth mazaroth in his season or canst thou guide arcturus with his sons i want 40:49.840 --> 40:54.640 you to notice this for a second what is pleiades what is orion what is mazaroth maybe you don't 40:54.640 --> 40:59.840 know the other ones but orion we know is pagan okay and the and and the reason i'm showing you 40:59.840 --> 41:04.880 this is because the bible is using the name of these constant constellations in the bible without 41:04.880 --> 41:08.960 even blinking an eye about it just straight up brings it up okay the second thing i have you 41:08.960 --> 41:15.440 consider as well with this is that the word for hell in greek is literally hades and this is like 41:15.440 --> 41:19.680 everybody knows what hades is right the abode of the dead for the greek god finds it sufficient to 41:19.680 --> 41:24.800 use that word to represent the place that he called which is hell and you obviously can't call hell 41:24.800 --> 41:28.960 pagan because god himself made hell so this is kind of nonsense when you think about it the third 41:28.960 --> 41:33.840 thing i bring to your attention is that just because something's name has an etymological 41:33.840 --> 41:40.000 etymological good night see i should be using big words okay there's an etymological origin 41:40.000 --> 41:44.480 in something that's pagan this does not mean that that concept itself is pagan consider this okay 41:44.480 --> 41:50.080 the days of the week that we all have you have monday tuesday wednesday right like what is monday 41:50.080 --> 41:55.280 moonday tuesday's tears day which is like the god of war whatever i forget what wednesday is it's 41:55.280 --> 42:00.960 a dumb god anyways okay but then you have like thursday thursday friday friday basically you know 42:00.960 --> 42:06.560 saturday saturday sunday the sun right day but the thing is about that even though that that 42:06.560 --> 42:11.200 concept okay would be all pagan or in false gods is referring to are the days of the week pagan 42:11.200 --> 42:16.000 themselves no they're not right so that sounds like a fallacy right there that this is just 42:16.000 --> 42:20.320 because something has an etymological origin and it's named from something that's pagan that does 42:20.320 --> 42:26.800 not make the concept of it pagan itself even the planets like you know jupiter neptune all these 42:26.800 --> 42:30.880 things it's like the planets are not pagan though god made the planets right so i'm bringing this up 42:30.880 --> 42:36.480 though because someone recently just told me that you know i shouldn't be calling the the service 42:36.480 --> 42:41.840 that we do today an easter service i should just call it the resurrection service which by the way 42:41.840 --> 42:45.920 i have no problem calling it the resurrection service but i think it's ironic the demand of 42:45.920 --> 42:52.160 someone to call it the resurrection service only when number one the word easter is in the bible 42:52.160 --> 42:59.200 itself but number two the fact that like you're going to church on sunday reading a bible talking 42:59.200 --> 43:03.360 they refer to hell from like as from the word hades it's just like it's so ironic that you'd 43:03.360 --> 43:08.480 be like but you can't take the word easter because supposedly easter has its origins and something 43:08.480 --> 43:13.040 that's pagan this is nonsense okay but i i again i'm bringing that up because this guy brought this 43:13.040 --> 43:18.640 up to me but i want to show you that easter is a biblical word okay it's a word that we see in the 43:18.640 --> 43:22.720 bible go to axe 12 verse number four this why i had you guys start the sermon or excuse me the 43:22.720 --> 43:30.880 bible reading right there axe 12 verse number four the bible uses the word easter itself 43:31.920 --> 43:36.400 and then it proves that this is not pagan okay but axe 12 verse number four look what it says 43:36.400 --> 43:40.640 real quick it says and when he had apprehended him he put him in prison and delivered him to four 43:40.640 --> 43:47.600 quaternions of soldiers to keep him intending after easter to bring him forth to the people 43:47.600 --> 43:52.000 now i don't know if you guys are aware of this but this is like a very controversial verse like 43:52.000 --> 43:56.640 and it's controversial from like multiple different camps of christianity like the first 43:56.640 --> 44:01.600 part that's controversial about this is that like the modern bible supporters will take this verse 44:01.600 --> 44:06.320 and they'll use it to criticize the king james bible and they'll say this is a translation error 44:06.320 --> 44:11.360 this is like an anachronistic translation putting easter right here they'll say that the king james 44:11.360 --> 44:17.680 made a mistake in putting the word easter right here that's one camp of people and their biggest 44:17.680 --> 44:22.480 argument for that is they'll say that the word underneath this was his pascha is every other 44:22.480 --> 44:27.840 time it's in the new testament it's rendered as Passover this is true okay this is true but there's 44:27.840 --> 44:32.400 a reason why that that is not a problem with the king james using easter here and i'll and i'll 44:32.400 --> 44:36.480 show that to you a little bit later on but the second thing i want to bring up is that we have 44:36.480 --> 44:41.680 people from the king james only crowd that will say that this is undeniable proof that the king 44:41.680 --> 44:47.760 james bible is perfect and that's why you know you can't use any other bible in english now 44:47.760 --> 44:53.200 obviously to be 100 clear 10 toes down we are king james at this church and that is how we will 44:53.200 --> 44:57.360 always be period okay as long as i ever have a say anything about that we're gonna be king james 44:57.360 --> 45:01.120 only because the king james the true word of god the purified word of god in english okay 45:02.000 --> 45:05.520 but the reason i bring this up is because this goes with something i kind of been bringing up 45:05.520 --> 45:09.920 a lot lately in my sermons is that you should not just accept a bad argument from someone just 45:09.920 --> 45:15.440 because they agree with your conclusion a matter it's not a good thing to do and it's to say again 45:15.440 --> 45:19.680 that accepting a bad argument from someone that just because they're on your side of the of a 45:19.680 --> 45:24.880 debate is not honest it's not upright it's not integrity it doesn't show integrity and it's not 45:24.880 --> 45:28.960 a good thing for you and it's not a good thing for the position you believe because when you allow 45:29.520 --> 45:34.000 bad arguments to creep into your position that you have for something it allows people that 45:34.000 --> 45:39.200 disagree with you to attack and break those things down and then it will cause you to doubt what you 45:39.200 --> 45:42.720 believe and it causes other people that believe like you to doubt what they believe as well 45:43.280 --> 45:48.640 so all that to say is that you don't if you really love a position you should hate the the the 45:48.640 --> 45:52.320 arguments that would come in and make your position look bad that's kind of what i'm saying and so 45:52.320 --> 45:55.600 that's why i bring this up about the king james bible not because we're not king james only because 45:55.600 --> 45:59.920 we are but just because we care about the king james so much that we don't want to accept bad 45:59.920 --> 46:05.440 arguments that make our position look bad but um the the thing about the king james only crowd 46:05.440 --> 46:09.840 though on this issue that disagree with what i'm about to say in the sermon is that they'll accept 46:09.840 --> 46:16.320 this bad argument they'll say that the reason why the king james uses easter here and not Passover 46:16.320 --> 46:22.240 is because they say it would be wrong to use Passover here because this is referring to a 46:22.240 --> 46:26.720 pagan holiday of easter who's heard this before in this room anybody heard this before say that's the 46:26.720 --> 46:32.480 king james isn't referring to the Passover they say it's referring to the pagan holiday of easter 46:32.480 --> 46:36.320 which no wonder why it's under attack when you have people that are baptists submitting that 46:36.320 --> 46:41.600 argument but this is 100% false this is not true because not only is this not referring to a pagan 46:41.600 --> 46:46.800 holiday i'll prove this to you a little bit but you can also just as easily translate easter as 46:46.800 --> 46:52.240 Passover here because here's the brain buster on this easter and Passover mean the exact same thing 46:52.240 --> 46:56.640 they're the exact same word they're synonyms of each other okay so and i'll show that to you as 46:56.640 --> 47:01.920 we begin this sermon but firstly go to leviticus 23 verse number five if you would leviticus 23 47:02.480 --> 47:06.400 verse number five again this is kind of a typical easter sermon i guess you'd say for this part it 47:06.400 --> 47:10.480 will get into more of one a little bit later but i first want to make a defense for easter because 47:10.480 --> 47:14.880 i get sick and tired of people talking crap about the king james bible and about easter when they 47:14.880 --> 47:18.320 have no idea what they're talking about they're just yapping about talking points that they've 47:18.320 --> 47:22.640 seen on facebook or they're yapping about some dumb meme that they see on facebook like did you 47:22.640 --> 47:26.800 know that they used to take eggs and paint them with blood or whatever i don't know that's true i 47:26.800 --> 47:31.520 don't care if it's true because that's not what we do at this church we're celebrating the resurrection 47:31.520 --> 47:37.440 of jesus christ hello but i don't know that that bugs me but the error that leads to baptists that 47:37.440 --> 47:44.080 believe like us but not on this issue to say that easter is a pagan holiday is that they don't 47:44.080 --> 47:50.240 realize that when the bible refers to the week of unleavened bread when it talks about the the feast 47:50.240 --> 47:55.120 of unleavened bread is what i should say it is also referred to as just the Passover which this is why 47:55.120 --> 47:59.520 i have in leviticus 23 verse number five because this will come into play but just for this part of 47:59.520 --> 48:03.920 this sermon okay bear with me for a second this is a little uh deeper on this but just follow what 48:03.920 --> 48:07.600 i'm going to say and then we'll get past this part very quickly but we need a refresher on the 48:07.600 --> 48:12.800 Passover real quick look at leviticus 23 verse number five it says this in the 14th day of the 48:12.800 --> 48:16.800 first month that even is the lord's Passover so when are we supposed to celebrate the Passover 48:16.800 --> 48:21.360 when were they supposed to celebrate the Passover in the old testament 14th day of the first month 48:21.360 --> 48:26.080 yeah then look at the next verse it says and on the 15th day of the same month is the feast of 48:26.080 --> 48:31.120 unleavened bread into the lord seven days you must eat unleavened bread so you see right here 48:31.120 --> 48:35.520 that there's technically two different holidays right here you have the Passover and then you 48:35.520 --> 48:39.680 have the feast of unleavened bread which you know starts on the 15th and then they eat unleavened 48:39.680 --> 48:44.560 bread for seven days but these holidays are kind of interesting because they butt up right against 48:44.560 --> 48:49.120 each other like there's not even a day gap in between this holiday of the Passover and of the 48:49.120 --> 48:53.920 feast of unleavened bread but keep that in your mind and just keep again in mind as well that the 48:53.920 --> 48:59.600 Passover happens on the 14th and the feast of unleavened bread happens on the 15th because this 48:59.600 --> 49:03.760 is a big point of why they think that it's a pagan holiday okay when you go back to Acts so go back 49:03.760 --> 49:07.840 to Acts 12 verse number three the whole sermon won't be like this just bear with me for a little 49:07.840 --> 49:11.680 bit on this little part real quick because it's important to defend what we believe at this church 49:11.680 --> 49:17.360 that's why i'm making this about this before i get into like a proper easter service Acts 12 verse 49:17.360 --> 49:22.320 three this is an argument that they'll use from what we just saw in leviticus 23 that it says 49:22.880 --> 49:29.840 and because he saw it pleased the jews he proceeded further to take Peter also then were the days of 49:29.840 --> 49:33.840 unleavened bread so what did we just read in leviticus when did the days of unleavened bread start 49:34.640 --> 49:40.400 15th right so look at the next verse in the act 12 verse number four and it says and when he had 49:40.400 --> 49:44.800 apprehended him he put him in prison and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him 49:44.800 --> 49:50.560 intending after easter to bring him forth to the people so they say that this is a problem with 49:50.560 --> 49:54.480 the position we have because they're saying this basically if we're saying that the Passover is 49:54.480 --> 49:59.280 synonymous with easter then how does that make sense with verse number three because in verse three 49:59.280 --> 50:03.600 it said that the days of an unleavened bread had already started you guys follow what i'm saying 50:03.600 --> 50:08.640 right now it's a little complex but just stick with me for a second on this okay and they'll say look 50:08.640 --> 50:13.360 easter can't be the Passover because this was during the days of unleavened bread and we know 50:13.360 --> 50:17.440 that the Passover starts on the 14th so it must have been after this so then they'll be like so 50:17.440 --> 50:21.360 this can't be talking about the Passover at all this is must be talking about a pagan holiday 50:21.360 --> 50:25.920 of easter and they'll be like and also Herod is celebrating this and Herod wouldn't be celebrating 50:25.920 --> 50:30.320 a holiday of the Jews so we know it's pagan here's the thing we just saw about Herod is that he's 50:30.320 --> 50:34.160 trying to please the Jews though in this passage so it makes sense that he'd be keeping a Jewish 50:34.160 --> 50:38.800 holiday but here's the problem with their logic even though and again i don't want to dis on them 50:38.800 --> 50:42.000 because i understand why people come to that conclusion was just those verses that makes sense 50:42.000 --> 50:47.200 but go to luke 22 verse number one and i'll show you why this doesn't work why their conclusion is 50:47.200 --> 50:51.280 wrong and i'm trying to give them a fair shake on this because again i don't think that's like 50:51.280 --> 50:55.440 the craziest thing ever but they're missing this verse that completes their thought okay on luke 50:55.440 --> 51:02.720 22 verse number one look what it says right there it says now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh 51:02.720 --> 51:07.840 which is called the Passover right so what had happened then if you're kind of confused about 51:07.840 --> 51:11.920 this is that even though technically the Passover and the feast of unleavened bread were separate 51:11.920 --> 51:17.040 holidays because there there's not even a day in between them the Jews had just naturally kind of 51:17.040 --> 51:21.520 blended the whole thing together and just called it all Passover this makes a lot of sense though 51:21.520 --> 51:25.920 yeah because if you think about how we and it's not a one for one example but even think about with 51:25.920 --> 51:30.880 with Christmas and New Year's how close they are like if you say i'm going to go visit my parents 51:30.880 --> 51:35.920 on Christmas break you're kind of naturally encompassing New Year's into that right so this 51:35.920 --> 51:41.040 is the same thing that's happening with the Jews is that they're referring to the whole week as the 51:41.040 --> 51:46.480 Passover so when you go back to Acts verse number 12 verse number three and look at it with that in 51:46.480 --> 51:52.560 context these verses make perfect sense why this can be talking about being in during the days of 51:52.560 --> 51:57.280 unleavened bread and also refer to it as being after the Passover yeah look at verse number three 51:57.280 --> 52:03.200 it says and because he saw it pleased the Jews he proceeded further to take Peter also then were the 52:03.200 --> 52:08.560 days of unleavened bread aka then were the days of the Passover the whole week of the Passover yeah 52:09.360 --> 52:12.320 it says in verse number four and when he had apprehended him he put him in prison and delivered 52:12.320 --> 52:17.440 him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him intending after Easter to bring him forth to the 52:17.440 --> 52:22.880 people so what is happening here is that if the Bible is just referring to the entire feast of 52:22.880 --> 52:28.720 unleavened bread just like the Jews did as the Passover as a whole or as Easter because Easter 52:28.720 --> 52:33.120 and Passover mean the exact same thing they are interchangeable words and I haven't proved that to 52:33.120 --> 52:37.120 you yet but I will prove it to you go to first Corinthians five verse number seven first 52:37.120 --> 52:42.320 Corinthians five verse number seven while you're turning there I'll kind of explain to you again 52:42.320 --> 52:47.440 why the main reason I was preaching about this is because I had a guy try to cast doubt on the King 52:47.440 --> 52:53.440 James to me and on Easter to me and I hadn't I I didn't hadn't studied this issue out fully to 52:53.440 --> 52:59.840 where I could have really like you know showed him exactly why we believe the way we do on this 52:59.840 --> 53:04.160 but I did know enough about this issue to defend the kingdom of the Bible decently well 53:04.160 --> 53:08.560 because the biggest thing that I knew about what he was saying that was wrong was the fact that 53:08.560 --> 53:13.920 the word Passover was actually more of a recent invention it was invented the word Passover was 53:13.920 --> 53:21.840 invented by William Tyndale in 1530 and so every other Bible version before Tyndale had invented 53:21.840 --> 53:26.880 this word that was in English guess what they used for the word Passover instead before that 53:26.960 --> 53:32.000 word was invented guess what the word is Easter every single time which proves beyond a shadow of 53:32.000 --> 53:38.560 a doubt that the word Passover means Easter because before that word was invented that is what every 53:38.560 --> 53:43.760 English Bible version referred to it as as Easter so that's that's irrefutable but let me show you 53:43.760 --> 53:49.040 guys because you're in first Corinthians five verse number seven it's kind of like and this isn't a 53:49.040 --> 53:53.680 perfect example either but it's kind of like how the word rapture even though it hasn't caught on 53:53.680 --> 53:58.320 or the trinity are very good concepts for explaining something the only differences here 53:58.320 --> 54:03.200 is that when William Tyndale invented this word the word Passover caught on so much that they 54:03.200 --> 54:08.960 actually just ended up replacing the word Easter with Passover so like you can kind of see as the 54:08.960 --> 54:13.200 time moves on that they slowly stop using Easter as much in the English Bibles until when you get 54:13.200 --> 54:19.120 to the King James they only use it the one time that we saw there in Acts because it had completely 54:19.120 --> 54:24.000 caught on by that point but look what it says in first Corinthians five verse number seven 54:24.640 --> 54:30.960 it says purge out there for the old leaven they may may be a new lump as ye are unleavened for 54:30.960 --> 54:37.360 even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us but listen to what William William Tyndale's Bible 54:37.360 --> 54:42.960 says before he had invented the word Passover it says purge therefore the old leaven they may be 54:42.960 --> 54:51.200 a new dough as ye are sweet bread for Christ our Easter lamb is offered up for us this proves beyond 54:51.200 --> 54:56.320 a shadow of a doubt that Passover means Easter yeah Matthew 26 19 guys go there real quick I'm 54:56.320 --> 54:59.520 only just going to show you this one and while you guys are turning I'll read what what Tyndale 54:59.520 --> 55:05.520 again says in Matthew 26 19 it says and the disciples did as Jesus appointed them and made 55:05.520 --> 55:10.880 ready the Easter lamb and then where you guys are going to Matthew 26 and the King James it says and 55:10.880 --> 55:16.320 the disciples did as Jesus appointed them and made ready the Passover so all that to say is this is 55:16.320 --> 55:20.880 that anybody that tells you that Easter is pagan they are full of beans and they're 100 wrong 55:20.880 --> 55:27.680 because very clearly Easter in every other Bible version leading up in in English up to the King 55:27.680 --> 55:35.200 James use the word Easter to refer to the Passover so it's not pagan it's just the Passover so I know 55:35.200 --> 55:40.400 that's a lot to go through but I do want to just I just want to defend Easter a little bit because 55:40.400 --> 55:45.120 it does bug me like I was saying because what we're doing is a righteous thing okay today make 55:45.120 --> 55:49.600 no mistake about it don't anybody cast doubt on you and say that when we come to church to celebrate 55:49.600 --> 55:54.080 the resurrection of Jesus Christ we're doing something wrong this is not wrong this is what 55:54.080 --> 55:58.800 God would want from or at the very least I'd say this there it's a righteous thing that we're doing 55:58.800 --> 56:03.600 we're celebrating the death the burial and chiefly the resurrection of Jesus Christ 56:04.160 --> 56:07.520 you're not going to convince me that's a bad thing to do okay you're like well if you just 56:07.520 --> 56:11.040 called it the resurrection service instead it'd be okay no we can call it Easter because that's 56:11.040 --> 56:16.800 what they called it beforehand okay good night but so like some people might ask though well like why 56:16.800 --> 56:22.480 does the King James leave the word Easter in the Bible instead of Passover well first of all I'd 56:22.480 --> 56:28.000 submit to you that Easter is a synonym of Passover so it doesn't matter anyways it's just an older 56:28.000 --> 56:32.080 word for it it's very much like how the word you know when Jesus Christ says like suffer the little 56:32.080 --> 56:37.280 children to come unto me that just means allow if you like leave that in a translation of the Bible 56:37.280 --> 56:42.400 that's not wrong even though it's a more you know archaic word okay because it still means to allow 56:42.400 --> 56:46.560 you understand what I'm saying so leaving Easter here is not a problem okay I just want to point 56:46.560 --> 56:51.360 that out to you guys and and and another reason they probably did this as well is so that dummies 56:51.360 --> 56:54.400 wouldn't be convinced in the future that Easter was pagan in the first place they're like let's 56:54.400 --> 56:58.480 just leave this one place in the Bible so that people don't you know start this weird movement 56:58.480 --> 57:02.880 where they're trying to attack Easter as a whole maybe that's why they left it in the Bible as well 57:03.680 --> 57:06.240 but I thought that that was interesting as I go through the sermon go if you would back 57:06.240 --> 57:12.720 Acts 2.4 we'll get into more of the applicable Easter stuff now hopefully you guys learn something 57:12.720 --> 57:18.480 with that or refresh your brain on that kind of stuff anyways but while you guys are going there 57:18.480 --> 57:24.320 to Acts 2 verse number 24 I'd also point out to you that even the modern word for Easter in modern 57:24.320 --> 57:28.560 Greek is the same exact word that the Bible uses right here it's pascha it's the exact same thing 57:28.560 --> 57:33.200 when they're celebrating an Easter in Greece right now they referred the exact same word that 57:33.200 --> 57:38.000 the Bible uses in this passage so these things are a one for one is what I'm pointing out to you 57:38.800 --> 57:43.040 but again I'm bringing this up because I get sick of people dissing the King James Bible 57:43.040 --> 57:47.120 and dissing Easter and throwing shade on it because this should be a day that we do celebrate because 57:47.120 --> 57:54.160 this represents the triumph that Jesus Christ had over death and over sin and over the devil himself 57:54.160 --> 57:57.680 this should be a day worth celebrating because look what Acts 2.4 said that's why I had you guys 57:57.680 --> 58:02.880 start the sermon here it says whom God hath raised up having loosed the pains of death because it was 58:02.880 --> 58:08.720 not possible that he should be holding of it you know why we celebrate Easter and why it's so awesome 58:09.280 --> 58:14.320 that we do celebrate this is because the Bible says right here that Jesus Christ was so powerful 58:14.320 --> 58:19.600 was so awesome was so amazing that death couldn't even keep hold of him so as he loosed the pains 58:19.600 --> 58:23.840 of death because it was not possible was not possible that he should be holding of it isn't 58:23.840 --> 58:27.840 that amazing like it shouldn't like really we should stop and reflect on that and it should make 58:27.840 --> 58:32.480 us realize how incredible the God is that we serve and it should make us realize that Jesus 58:32.480 --> 58:38.320 Christ who we serve is the all-powerful Almighty God that even though death and hell tried to 58:38.320 --> 58:42.960 swallow him up and tried to keep him in the grave and tried to keep him down try as they might our 58:42.960 --> 58:48.640 savior rose victorious because it was not possible the Bible says that he should be holding of the 58:48.640 --> 58:54.080 pains of death isn't that incredible that our God not only was he willing to sacrifice himself for 58:54.080 --> 58:59.280 our sins but after he sacrificed himself for our sins it wasn't even possible for death to keep him 58:59.280 --> 59:04.560 down that three days later he rose victorious from the grave that like you know that should 59:04.560 --> 59:08.720 give us confidence and it should inspire us through this holiday and that's what this holiday should 59:08.720 --> 59:14.960 stir up in your minds the victory that Jesus Christ obtained for death for us and the salvation that 59:14.960 --> 59:20.000 he obtained for us in his death burial and resurrection like isn't it not worth celebrating 59:20.000 --> 59:24.240 the fact that Jesus Christ conquered death like or the fact that Jesus Christ completely flipped the 59:24.240 --> 59:28.880 table on the devil like what everybody would look at Jesus Christ and say like this is the lowest 59:28.880 --> 59:34.240 moment Jesus Christ finally got defeated he's crucified he's dead we won instead instead he 59:34.240 --> 59:38.880 flips the table on that and he says no I'm going to use that action to purchase the salvation of 59:38.880 --> 59:43.200 all my people isn't it amazing isn't that a day we're celebrating at a time we're celebrating 59:43.200 --> 59:49.680 that Jesus Christ took on death he took on hell he took on the devil he took on sin head on and 59:49.680 --> 59:54.480 at the end of it he rose victorious with our salvation and it's an amazing holiday it's an 59:54.480 --> 59:58.960 amazing time and it should be burned into our hearts and that's why at this church we're always 59:58.960 --> 01:00:03.120 going to celebrate Easter and tell Jesus Christ comes back and anybody's trying to shame you in 01:00:03.120 --> 01:00:07.040 the not serving ease into not celebrating Easter they should just take a hike okay because this 01:00:07.040 --> 01:00:12.640 is crazy this is a time of celebration this is a day of victory that our savior won the victory for 01:00:12.640 --> 01:00:17.520 us don't don't let that slip from your heart don't let people deceive you from that as well 01:00:17.520 --> 01:00:21.280 from where we stand on this holiday but there's a couple things that I want to bring up about this 01:00:21.440 --> 01:00:26.800 in terms of you know just thinking about Easter as well go to Romans 8 verse number 28 real quick 01:00:27.440 --> 01:00:30.960 and this is going to be a shorter sermon I already know it is and I kind of for it to be because 01:00:32.160 --> 01:00:35.200 I wanted to have the obvious the potluck afterwards and then all this you're going to 01:00:35.200 --> 01:00:38.480 go see your family I wanted to have let you have some time for that as well so it'll be a little 01:00:38.480 --> 01:00:43.200 bit shorter but I do have a few things I want you to keep in your mind concerning the subject of 01:00:43.200 --> 01:00:49.360 Easter and for what it should represent to us and the first thing is that Easter should show us that 01:00:49.360 --> 01:00:55.120 God can take the worst situation that you could think of and use it for your own good and for his 01:00:55.120 --> 01:01:01.840 glory this is what we see in Romans 8 28 it says and we know that all things work together for good 01:01:01.840 --> 01:01:06.720 to them that love God to them who are called according to his purpose and we know that this 01:01:06.720 --> 01:01:11.120 verse gets quoted a lot and just hearing this verse and then actually living through this verse 01:01:11.120 --> 01:01:15.680 is definitely two different things okay when you're dealing with the trials and the tribulation the 01:01:15.680 --> 01:01:19.760 moment you know it's one thing to hear this verse but another thing to live through it 01:01:19.760 --> 01:01:24.640 but truly this holiday should remind us that whenever we do doubt the promise of God that 01:01:24.640 --> 01:01:28.480 he'll come through for us and that he'll work something together for good we should just look 01:01:28.480 --> 01:01:33.840 to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and realize that he always comes true on his promises that 01:01:33.840 --> 01:01:39.760 Jesus Christ you know because notice what this verse said it didn't say if you love God everything 01:01:39.760 --> 01:01:43.600 that ever happened to you happens to you will be good okay that's not what it says that's what 01:01:44.560 --> 01:01:49.920 some people think it says but it's not what it says okay it says that God works all things together 01:01:49.920 --> 01:01:54.640 for good for them that love him and the difference between those two things is manifest in the 01:01:54.640 --> 01:01:59.920 crucifixion that Jesus Christ nothing good was happening to him up into that point even if the 01:01:59.920 --> 01:02:04.640 crucifixion itself was not a good thing in some sense when you think about it it's just like 01:02:04.640 --> 01:02:08.320 the everything that's happening to him it's like he's being whipped he's being beaten he has a 01:02:08.320 --> 01:02:13.360 crown of thorns placed on his head he's has his face spit in at the end of it all his nails 01:02:13.360 --> 01:02:18.320 driven through his hand he's crucified he dies on the cross nothing about that is good right 01:02:18.320 --> 01:02:24.240 but God because he's so powerful took all those disgusting things that happened to him and worked 01:02:24.240 --> 01:02:29.680 it together for good that's how powerful our God is that he can take anything that this world would 01:02:29.680 --> 01:02:33.600 ever throw at us and he could flip it right on its head this is what this holiday should remind us of 01:02:33.600 --> 01:02:37.520 this should be something that you think about and dwell upon whenever you lose you know a little bit 01:02:37.520 --> 01:02:41.520 of faith in God as far as this promise right here whenever you're going through trials whenever 01:02:41.520 --> 01:02:46.240 you're going through tribulations whenever you're going through hard times just realize that just as 01:02:46.240 --> 01:02:53.120 Jesus Christ has seemed to be losing seemed to be doing wrong with no justice in return that he ends 01:02:53.120 --> 01:02:59.280 all that rising from the grave and being victorious for all of us yeah so God will always come through 01:02:59.280 --> 01:03:04.080 for us he promises us that he will work all things together for good for them that love God this is 01:03:04.080 --> 01:03:08.400 what this should remind us of that God can take the most terrible things we could think of and 01:03:08.400 --> 01:03:12.640 completely flip them on their head that's how powerful God is go to first Corinthians 15 verse 01:03:12.640 --> 01:03:21.520 number 54 first Corinthians 15 verse number 54 because it is crazy like if you think about this 01:03:21.520 --> 01:03:27.040 this is like the most terrible like moment in human history that God who's perfect comes down 01:03:27.600 --> 01:03:33.120 to to his people and they turn around and they crucify him nothing more horrific than that and 01:03:33.200 --> 01:03:38.800 God takes that moment and uses it to be the greatest work that was ever performed on this 01:03:38.800 --> 01:03:43.760 earth that's how mighty is that's how strong he is and that should be comforting to us that he 01:03:43.760 --> 01:03:48.400 can always flip the script on its head that when you think like hey you're experiencing something 01:03:48.400 --> 01:03:52.480 dreadful he could turn around and make it completely powerless or that when you're facing 01:03:52.480 --> 01:03:57.120 something that's a terrible situation he can turn around and make it a delight when you're going 01:03:57.120 --> 01:04:01.760 through the hardest time in your life ever God can have you turn around at the end of it and say 01:04:01.760 --> 01:04:06.800 this was extremely hard but I wouldn't have it any way that's the power that we have through God 01:04:06.800 --> 01:04:09.360 and through his promise right there that he'll work all things together for good 01:04:09.920 --> 01:04:13.440 second thing I want to bring up about this though is that Easter should give us confidence that if 01:04:13.440 --> 01:04:18.640 our savior conquered death will conquer death one one day as well first Corinthians 15 verse number 01:04:18.640 --> 01:04:24.640 54 it says this so when this corruptible shall put on incorruption and this mortal shall have put on 01:04:24.640 --> 01:04:29.760 immortality then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written death is swallowed up in 01:04:29.760 --> 01:04:35.440 victory oh death where is thy sting oh grave where is thy victory the sting of death is sin 01:04:35.440 --> 01:04:41.600 and the strength of sin is the law but thanks be to God which gives us the victory through our Lord 01:04:41.600 --> 01:04:46.800 Jesus Christ what an amazing thing when you think about this that Jesus took the thing that every 01:04:46.800 --> 01:04:51.120 single person on this planet is scared of and made it completely powerless to us as Christians 01:04:51.760 --> 01:04:56.000 that everybody and the most powerful foe when you think about it because no matter who you are on 01:04:56.000 --> 01:05:01.600 this planet as a human you will die one day is what the Bible teaches us he takes that the most 01:05:01.600 --> 01:05:06.800 dreadful thing and makes it completely powerless because we never have to face face death because 01:05:06.800 --> 01:05:12.400 the Bible says Jesus Christ says whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die is what he 01:05:12.400 --> 01:05:17.600 teaches so he makes it completely powerless like and he takes away the sting of death he takes away 01:05:17.600 --> 01:05:22.800 the victory of the grave he takes away the pain of death which is the biggest sorrow that anybody 01:05:22.800 --> 01:05:26.880 could have on this earth that's how powerful Jesus is this is what we should remember on this 01:05:26.880 --> 01:05:33.520 holiday as well and that if Jesus Christ could conquer death the most powerful foe we can be 01:05:33.520 --> 01:05:38.000 confident that we will conquer death one day because our Savior's already done it and we're 01:05:38.000 --> 01:05:42.640 resting in his power to accomplish these things and something that people kind of do to try to 01:05:42.640 --> 01:05:46.960 get us to doubt our faith from time to time is they'll be like you know how do you know heaven's 01:05:46.960 --> 01:05:51.920 a real place nobody's ever been to heaven so how could you know it's real here's what you should 01:05:51.920 --> 01:05:55.920 just answer them though we know heaven's a real place because that's where Jesus Christ is right 01:05:55.920 --> 01:06:01.840 now because Jesus Christ was dead for three days but then he rose and he was on earth for 40 days 01:06:02.560 --> 01:06:07.680 and then at the end of it all he ascended up into heaven and now he's at the right hand of his father 01:06:07.680 --> 01:06:11.440 up in heaven so that's what you should answer them and just say we know that heaven's real because 01:06:11.440 --> 01:06:16.720 that's where Jesus is right now and that's where he's promised to take us when we die and that's 01:06:16.720 --> 01:06:21.200 the example that he not only showed us but the promise he makes to us as well that in John 14 01:06:21.200 --> 01:06:24.400 you don't have to go there you can go to uh uh well you guys are already in there first of all 01:06:24.400 --> 01:06:28.560 just keep it there but just you can listen John 14 one it says this letting all your heart be 01:06:28.560 --> 01:06:32.720 troubled do you believe in God believe also in me in my father's house or many mansions if it were 01:06:32.720 --> 01:06:37.120 not so I would have told you I go to prepare a place for you and if I go to prepare a place for 01:06:37.120 --> 01:06:43.120 you I will come again and receive you know myself that where I am there you may be also we can rest 01:06:43.120 --> 01:06:47.840 confident in this holiday that because Jesus Christ said that he would go to heaven and prepare a 01:06:47.840 --> 01:06:52.720 place for us that he also will come back and take us up to that place that he's prepared for us 01:06:53.280 --> 01:06:58.400 this is what this holiday should uh really stir up in your hearts the last thing I want to say 01:06:58.400 --> 01:07:02.320 about this okay and again I know it's a little bit of a short sermon but uh happy Easter for you guys 01:07:04.720 --> 01:07:08.800 we're in uh you guys are in first Corinthians we're gonna look at verse number 15 uh or the verse 01:07:08.800 --> 01:07:13.360 number 57 the last thing I want to say about Easter is this is that Easter should remind us 01:07:13.360 --> 01:07:19.280 that we always win through Jesus Christ we always win through Jesus Christ in fact we've already won 01:07:19.280 --> 01:07:23.680 in this life now we're just like letting it play out like a script basically but we've already won 01:07:23.680 --> 01:07:28.320 because we already know the ending of the Bible we know that we win in the end that the devil gets 01:07:28.320 --> 01:07:33.600 thrown into hell all of his minions get thrown into hell and at our end we rule and reign with 01:07:33.600 --> 01:07:38.080 Jesus Christ forever so we already are victorious and this is what this verse says yeah it says 01:07:38.080 --> 01:07:44.640 but thanks be to God which gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ praise God that with 01:07:44.640 --> 01:07:49.120 this Easter it reminds us of the fact that we can't lose in Jesus Christ that we've already won 01:07:49.120 --> 01:07:55.600 in Jesus Christ that it's impossible to lose in God because the Bible says if God before us who 01:07:55.600 --> 01:08:00.080 can be against us that we already have the victory and now we just have to live out our life and that 01:08:00.080 --> 01:08:03.360 should give us confidence when we do all these things on this earth when we go out soulening 01:08:03.360 --> 01:08:07.600 when we read our Bible when we pray when we live a righteous and holy life it should give us confidence 01:08:07.600 --> 01:08:12.320 that at the end of all those things there is a reward for it and there is a victory that we've 01:08:12.320 --> 01:08:17.360 already obtained and all we got to go is just live through this life and do it yeah that we get the 01:08:17.360 --> 01:08:21.120 last laugh in the end that the world looks at us in their life what are you guys doing you're wasting 01:08:21.120 --> 01:08:27.280 your life but we get the last laugh we reign with Christ we rule with Christ we're more than conquerors 01:08:27.280 --> 01:08:32.320 that the Bible says through him that loved us and the Bible teaches us that we're gonna inherit 01:08:32.320 --> 01:08:36.880 eternal life we've already won the battle is amazing and that's what Easter should remind you of 01:08:36.880 --> 01:08:42.880 that Jesus has given us the victory so we should walk accordingly we should walk in a way that 01:08:42.880 --> 01:08:48.160 demonstrates that and demonstrates the confidence and the in the grace that God has given us as 01:08:48.160 --> 01:08:54.640 Christians okay so with all being said happy Easter to you guys to you all excuse me and 01:08:54.640 --> 01:08:58.640 you just take this time as well as we fellowship and when you go home your family to teach your 01:08:58.640 --> 01:09:02.400 kids the importance of this holiday just like with Christmas I'd recommend this as well 01:09:03.280 --> 01:09:08.400 don't let this holidays meaning slip from your heart as a Christian this should be a time where 01:09:08.400 --> 01:09:12.640 you are grateful to Jesus Christ and that you reverence him for the great sacrifice that he 01:09:12.640 --> 01:09:17.440 made for us and for the great power that he has in conquering death and health that all being said 01:09:17.440 --> 01:09:20.400 let's pray dear father God thank you so much wonderful day thank you so much for everything 01:09:20.400 --> 01:09:24.320 you do for us God thank you so much God that you give us victory and you give us confidence and 01:09:24.320 --> 01:09:29.840 you give us boldness God and that you give us power over death God that we can't be touched 01:09:29.840 --> 01:09:34.240 of it anymore and thank you so much God that we have a church of people that love you and 01:09:34.240 --> 01:09:39.120 want to serve you I just pray that you'd help us to continue to to realize that you've already 01:09:39.120 --> 01:09:44.480 given us the victory God and just go out and and war for you and to battle for you and to war a 01:09:44.480 --> 01:09:49.520 good warfare and I pray that you'd help us to reflect on this holiday and truly remember 01:09:49.520 --> 01:09:53.680 the great sacrifice and the great victory that your son gave us in rising from the dead 01:09:53.680 --> 01:09:54.720 Jesus name I pray amen 01:10:03.920 --> 01:10:07.760 all right if you want to take your hymnals we're going to turn to page number 374 01:10:13.040 --> 01:10:19.440 page number 374 send the light 01:10:20.200 --> 01:10:25.840 page number 374 01:10:32.160 --> 01:10:40.800 there's a call come ringing or the restless waves send the light send the light 01:10:40.800 --> 01:10:46.800 There are souls to rescue, there are souls to save. 01:10:46.800 --> 01:10:52.800 Send the light, send the light, send the light, 01:10:52.800 --> 01:10:55.800 the blessed gospel light. 01:10:55.800 --> 01:10:59.800 Let it shine from shore to shore. 01:10:59.800 --> 01:11:04.800 Send the light, the blessed gospel light. 01:11:04.800 --> 01:11:09.800 Let it shine forevermore. 01:11:09.800 --> 01:11:14.800 We have heard the Macedonian call today. 01:11:14.800 --> 01:11:19.800 Send the light, send the light, send the light, 01:11:19.800 --> 01:11:23.800 and the golden offering at the cross we lay. 01:11:23.800 --> 01:11:28.800 Send the light, send the light, send the light, 01:11:28.800 --> 01:11:33.800 send the light, the blessed gospel light. 01:11:33.800 --> 01:11:37.800 Let it shine from shore to shore. 01:11:37.800 --> 01:11:42.800 Send the light, the blessed gospel light. 01:11:42.800 --> 01:11:46.800 Let it shine forevermore. 01:11:46.800 --> 01:11:51.800 Let us pray that grace may everywhere abound. 01:11:51.800 --> 01:11:56.800 Send the light, send the light, 01:11:56.800 --> 01:12:01.800 and a Christ-like spirit everywhere be found. 01:12:01.800 --> 01:12:05.800 Send the light, send the light, 01:12:05.800 --> 01:12:10.800 send the light, the blessed gospel light. 01:12:10.800 --> 01:12:14.800 Let it shine from shore to shore. 01:12:14.800 --> 01:12:19.800 Send the light, the blessed gospel light. 01:12:19.800 --> 01:12:24.800 Let it shine forevermore. 01:12:24.800 --> 01:12:29.800 Let us not grow weary in the work of love. 01:12:29.800 --> 01:12:34.800 Send the light, send the light, 01:12:34.800 --> 01:12:39.800 let us gather jewels for a crown above. 01:12:39.800 --> 01:12:44.800 Send the light, send the light, 01:12:44.800 --> 01:12:49.800 send the light, the blessed gospel light. 01:12:49.800 --> 01:12:54.800 Let it shine from shore to shore. 01:12:54.800 --> 01:12:59.800 Send the light, the blessed gospel light. 01:12:59.800 --> 01:13:04.800 Let it shine forevermore. 01:13:04.800 --> 01:13:06.800 Alright, excellent singing everybody. 01:13:06.800 --> 01:13:08.800 Will the Runch please close us in order of prayer? 01:13:08.800 --> 01:13:11.800 Dear Heavenly Father, thank you God that we could all come together 01:13:11.800 --> 01:13:15.800 and celebrate your son's glorious resurrection. 01:13:15.800 --> 01:13:18.800 I just pray God that he blesses all this Easter 01:13:18.800 --> 01:13:22.800 and bless the fellowship and the food 01:13:22.800 --> 01:13:25.800 and the soul winning scum. In Jesus' name, Amen.