back to indexEaster Sunday Service - Berean Community Church - 3.31.24
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It is a privilege and joy to celebrate this day together with you all. 00:05:08.000 |
And as we celebrate his resurrection, I am reminded of the great hope that we have in Christ. 00:05:17.000 |
And the hope that one day we will see Jesus in full glory. 00:05:21.000 |
It is this kind of hope that lifts me through any trial or affliction or season in life. 00:05:27.000 |
And I pray this hope moves us to live a life of obedience and worship to him as we eagerly await the day that we will meet him. 00:06:09.000 |
Your spirit is within me because you died and rose again. 00:06:21.000 |
Amazing love, how can it be that you, my king, would die for me? 00:07:14.000 |
Your spirit is within me because you died and rose again. 00:07:25.000 |
Amazing love, how can it be that you, my king, would die for me? 00:08:30.000 |
Amazing love, how can it be that you, my king, would die for me? 00:08:58.000 |
Amazing love, how can it be that you, my king, would die for me? 00:09:46.000 |
Let me get a few announcements before we get started, 00:09:57.000 |
I know some of you guys were here early in the morning, 00:10:00.000 |
and you were serving, and you're a little bit tired, and so am I. 00:10:04.000 |
I took an extra shot of caffeine so that I won't be falling asleep today. 00:10:08.000 |
But just a few announcements before we get started. 00:10:14.000 |
That's happening on April 13th from 8 to 1230. 00:10:18.000 |
They said today is the last day to sign up, so if you haven't signed up, 00:10:22.000 |
so please go online and sign up as soon as you can. 00:10:25.000 |
FAM 245 Workshop, that's happening on April 20th at 1030. 00:10:30.000 |
Members Meeting, that's coming up on April 21st. 00:10:36.000 |
membership class is beginning on April 21st until June 9th. 00:10:43.000 |
So if you're a college student, it will be finished before your quarter is over. 00:10:53.000 |
Those of you who are volunteering a service or you're donating something, 00:10:57.000 |
the last day to do that will be this coming Saturday. 00:11:03.000 |
And then the actual auction is happening on April 21st through the 27th. 00:11:09.000 |
they are still taking donations or services that are happening until April 6th. 00:11:17.000 |
The special seminar on abortion, birth control, and IVF 00:11:20.000 |
that's happening on May 4th, and we're going to keep pushing this 00:11:22.000 |
because we want to have as many of our church people to come out as possible. 00:11:28.000 |
So you can invite non-members to come to that, but that's taking place on 9 to 12. 00:11:33.000 |
And there's no fee involved, so please sign up for that. 00:11:36.000 |
There will be sign-ups online if you are interested in signing up for that. 00:11:41.000 |
Men's softball tournament, you're going to get an announcement soon. 00:11:43.000 |
If you are interested in playing, that's happening on May 18th. 00:11:46.000 |
And then the women's softball within church softball day is going to be happening on May 26th. 00:11:53.000 |
There are other things. We'll kind of leave that for another time. 00:11:56.000 |
But today, after the service, there is lunch provided, 00:11:59.000 |
but because of the rain and various things, they had to move it inside. 00:12:04.000 |
So if you go into the cafe area—oh, no, no, no. 00:12:07.000 |
A serving station is going to be outside, and they're going to give you a little name tag 00:12:10.000 |
so that you can try to fellowship and get to know each other a little bit better while you're here. 00:12:15.000 |
So you can go into the cafe or that area to eat, 00:12:18.000 |
or if you want to just grab it and take it home, you can also do that, 00:12:22.000 |
but lunch will be provided after the service. 00:12:25.000 |
I'm going to ask our choir team to come up, and as they are coming up— 00:12:31.000 |
again, I heard it the first time, and I was so blessed by the choir. 00:12:36.000 |
All I kept thinking was, "I get to hear this three times today." 00:12:40.000 |
So they're going to come up, and then as they set up, I'm going to pray for the offering. 00:12:44.000 |
And as I mentioned before, today is the last day that we're going to be able to receive offerings outside of Subsplash. 00:12:50.000 |
Starting from next Sunday, anything outside of Subsplash is going to be shut down. 00:12:54.000 |
So either you're going to have to bring a physical offering, or you're going to have to use Subsplash, okay? 00:13:04.000 |
Father, we thank you so much for your continual blessing in our lives. 00:13:08.000 |
We thank you for what this day means for all of us, 00:13:13.000 |
that you've brought hope, you've brought life, 00:13:17.000 |
you've brought eternity, Lord God, where we can be in your presence because of what Christ has done. 00:13:23.000 |
I pray that this Resurrection Sunday would have the deep impact on our thinking, on our lives, 00:13:35.000 |
We pray that you would bless us, bless this time, 00:13:38.000 |
that what we give to you would be an abundant gratitude of our hearts, 00:13:42.000 |
and may this offering be multiplied for the sake of your kingdom. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 00:14:22.000 |
There will be a day when all will bow before Him 00:14:30.000 |
There will be a day when death will be no more 00:14:37.000 |
Standing face to face with He who died and rose again 00:15:01.000 |
Songs of faith we sing through doubt and fear 00:15:24.000 |
There will be a day when all will bow before Him 00:15:31.000 |
There will be a day when death will be no more 00:15:38.000 |
Standing face to face with He who died and rose again 00:23:03.000 |
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 00:23:05.000 |
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 00:23:07.000 |
"who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope 00:23:09.000 |
"who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope 00:23:11.000 |
"through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 00:23:13.000 |
"through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 00:23:15.000 |
"to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable, undefiled, and will not fade away, 00:23:17.000 |
"to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable, undefiled, and will not fade away, 00:23:21.000 |
"are protected by the power of God through faith, 00:23:23.000 |
"are protected by the power of God through faith, 00:23:25.000 |
"for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time." 00:27:51.000 |
If you can turn your Bibles to Deuteronomy chapter 28. 00:28:25.000 |
diligently obey the Lord your God, being careful 00:28:31.000 |
will set you high above all the nations of the 00:28:39.000 |
shall you be in the city and blessed shall you be 00:28:45.000 |
and the produce of your ground and the offspring 00:29:01.000 |
who rise up against you to be defeated before 00:30:37.000 |
if you have evidence, it doesn't matter if the Bible 00:30:51.000 |
The sign of Jonah, his death and resurrection. 00:30:57.000 |
then everything that you've been doing up to this 00:31:19.000 |
you say you believe, if the resurrection didn't 00:31:59.000 |
receive a blessing from the sermon. Maybe I'll receive 00:32:41.000 |
ceremonies that we're not confident that this is 00:32:49.000 |
we're just representing and saying what He would say. 00:33:31.000 |
authority, and you have to have some sort of power 00:33:47.000 |
The nation of Israel has been wandering the desert 00:34:05.000 |
are established. These are the laws that you are to 00:34:15.000 |
obey them, here's the consequences. If you do 00:34:17.000 |
obey them, here's the blessing. And that's what basically 00:35:29.000 |
these are the blessings that will come upon you 00:36:17.000 |
the reason, me and my older brother, we're built 00:36:53.000 |
you try to run from it, you can't. It's going to 00:37:11.000 |
that, "Oh, if I can live in this city over that 00:37:21.000 |
not going to be escaped." It doesn't matter where you live. 00:37:23.000 |
It doesn't matter who surrounds you, whether you 00:37:27.000 |
"Blessed shall be the offspring of your body, 00:37:29.000 |
and the produce of your ground, and the offspring of 00:37:31.000 |
your beasts, and the increase of the herd, and your 00:37:33.000 |
young, of your flock." He's talking about your work. 00:37:37.000 |
what kind of job you have, how much you get paid, or 00:38:03.000 |
kneading bowl. Blessed shall you be when you come 00:38:31.000 |
overtake you." Verse 7, "The Lord shall cause 00:38:37.000 |
will come out against you one way, and will flee 00:38:41.000 |
You know what I thought was interesting about 00:38:49.000 |
still exist, they just aren't going to be able to overpower 00:39:13.000 |
keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and walk 00:39:17.000 |
the word "holy" basically means to be set apart. 00:39:33.000 |
everything that he has, is going to overflow to 00:39:55.000 |
are going to celebrate, "Oh, my dad is rich!" 00:40:03.000 |
going to benefit. And then you will benefit, because I'll 00:40:05.000 |
buy that building behind us and make it into a gym. 00:40:27.000 |
should I go to this school, or that school, or 00:40:57.000 |
God's blessing, he says, you're not going to be 00:41:13.000 |
body, and the produce of your ground, the increase 00:41:21.000 |
you get, no matter where you live, in the city 00:41:31.000 |
you endeavor, no matter how much money you have in the bank, 00:41:55.000 |
pay off your curse and then you're going to move on to 00:43:03.000 |
are the things that you're going to miss out on, but these 00:43:05.000 |
are the things that's going to come upon you. 00:43:09.000 |
say, "Well, this doesn't look like the God that I 00:43:23.000 |
I'm reading to you is just straight out of the Bible. 00:43:37.000 |
in the Old Testament as the New Testament. And the God of the 00:43:59.000 |
Ezekiel 33, 11, it says, "Say to them, 'As I live,' 00:44:05.000 |
but rather that the wicked turn from his ways 00:44:57.000 |
And that's why they call him the weeping prophet 00:45:23.000 |
would have gotten that from Jeremiah's message? 00:45:33.000 |
He is ticked off and He's just going to let you have it. 00:46:27.000 |
loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life, 00:46:37.000 |
and life is good already, but when we go to heaven, 00:46:39.000 |
when we go to heaven, we're going to be in heaven for eternity. 00:46:51.000 |
parts of the Bible that's not going to make any sense. 00:47:27.000 |
My business is going well. So I feel blessed. 00:47:33.000 |
"I have peace though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart 00:48:35.000 |
first convince the patient that he has cancer. 00:49:45.000 |
thinking that if he just changes his circumstance 00:49:47.000 |
that maybe because I met the wrong wife. Maybe 00:50:19.000 |
conclusion he came to. For we know that the law 00:50:29.000 |
For I am not practicing what I would like to do 00:51:47.000 |
but I see a different law in the members of my 00:52:31.000 |
and hopefully when I get to heaven that I can have a good 00:53:27.000 |
There's not a single person who's lived on this earth 00:54:49.000 |
the more you realize the effects of this curse. 00:54:51.000 |
Whether you have a house or don't have a house 00:55:39.000 |
against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men 00:55:53.000 |
wrath of God was revealed. It says the wrath of God 00:56:19.000 |
Look at how many fantastic things were created 00:58:27.000 |
the blessing of God like it's Halloween candy 00:59:07.000 |
having become a curse for us for it is written 00:59:31.000 |
Orange County and he said the main reason why he moved 00:59:43.000 |
I didn't want to go home because I didn't feel safe 01:00:03.000 |
four times and he said honestly he said we came 01:00:31.000 |
What if they say well maybe if I go to Europe 01:00:35.000 |
thing? What if you go to Asia? What if it's the same 01:02:39.000 |
they would never do it inside because they thought 01:02:43.000 |
the land. So they didn't want to defile the land 01:02:49.000 |
take him outside the camp saying you are judged 01:03:05.000 |
this curse. Outside the camp meant that you were 01:03:25.000 |
the camp meant that you were considered unsalvageable 01:04:57.000 |
We read through scripture you put up with this 01:04:59.000 |
and then you come to church and do your part. 01:05:23.000 |
you, upon your family, everything that you've 01:05:49.000 |
I don't know if I'm going to understand when I get to heaven. 01:06:03.000 |
that as we celebrate this resurrection Sunday 01:06:39.000 |
Maybe there's some parts of it that don't make full sense 01:07:01.000 |
We're going to make things. We're going to invent. 01:07:03.000 |
And we're going to experience joy. And then we just disappear. 01:07:27.000 |
if you're reasonable there's something inside of you 01:08:57.000 |
you know yeah I'm at church and this guy is telling 01:08:59.000 |
me all these things and it doesn't make sense. 01:09:13.000 |
that has books and people there that can answer 01:10:05.000 |
things and my friends and people were asking me 01:10:07.000 |
Peter if you keep doing that don't you know you're going to go to 01:10:45.000 |
you decide to be a pastor? I never decided to be 01:11:15.000 |
and you stay your distance so that you can have 01:11:21.000 |
reject Christ. There's nothing in the middle. 01:11:27.000 |
whether you're confessing Christian or whether 01:12:21.000 |
the height, and the length of the love of Christ. 01:12:39.000 |
and receive forgiveness for the sake of your glory.