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♪ We won't fear the battle, we won't fear the night ♪ 00:08:11.000 |
♪ We will walk the valley with you by our side ♪ 00:08:16.000 |
♪ You will go before us, you will lead the way ♪ 00:08:31.000 |
♪ The Father's love is a strong and mighty fortress ♪ 00:08:41.000 |
♪ Who can stand against us if our God is for us ♪ 00:08:54.580 |
♪ Even when I turn, still your love is sure ♪ 00:08:59.580 |
♪ You will not abandon, you will not forsake ♪ 00:09:04.580 |
♪ You will cheer me on with a never-ending praise ♪ 00:09:14.580 |
♪ The Father's love is a strong and mighty fortress ♪ 00:09:24.580 |
♪ Who can stand against us if our God is for us ♪ 00:10:09.580 |
Welcome to Breen Community Church online service. 00:10:17.420 |
to get on our Facebook page from, I think, Michigan. 00:10:21.620 |
There's another Breen Community Church there. 00:10:23.180 |
So if you've logged on to our service by mistake, surprise, 00:10:27.940 |
you probably weren't looking for an Asian face, 00:10:32.400 |
We have a few announcements before we get started. 00:10:35.580 |
First of all, next Sunday, oh, no, not next Sunday, 00:10:43.340 |
we're gonna be having a member Zoom Q&A session. 00:10:48.260 |
This is just for those of you who have some questions. 00:10:50.300 |
And even if you don't, you wanna just sit in and listen, 00:10:54.660 |
So that's gonna be taking place April 26th at 1 p.m. 00:11:02.980 |
Pastor Mark will be uploading the Bible study 00:11:09.140 |
So for those of you who are home groups and small groups, 00:11:12.220 |
you guys can adjust your meetings accordingly. 00:11:19.180 |
not only for our church, but all around the world. 00:11:26.820 |
It is a day that has made an impact, not only on us, 00:11:32.400 |
For the last 2,000 years, there is no greater event 00:11:35.340 |
that has caused the change of every part of our life 00:11:42.860 |
And so it is a very special day for that purpose, 00:11:45.380 |
and we're gonna be taking some time to reflect 00:11:47.740 |
on the significance and the meaning behind that. 00:11:50.140 |
But for our church, there's also other significance. 00:12:06.780 |
But many of you do know, but some of you guys may not know, 00:12:10.920 |
that today is also my oldest son's 23rd birthday. 00:12:18.660 |
so I wasn't able to come to the inauguration service. 00:12:21.180 |
So every year when we celebrate our church's birthday, 00:12:29.980 |
We have Karis and Matthias Chong, happy birthday. 00:12:34.560 |
We have Connor Kim, his birthday is also today. 00:12:38.260 |
And we have some children that were extra specially good, 00:12:44.140 |
and we wanna reward you by giving you a shout out. 00:12:59.340 |
And then Yoshi and Emmett, they were very good, 00:13:02.500 |
and I'm sure they will continue to be good, or else. 00:13:05.260 |
I heard, your father said that you were very good last week, 00:13:11.740 |
Jaden Kim, your father Mitchell also said you were good, 00:13:20.280 |
And then we have Charlie and Christopher Tang. 00:13:24.760 |
Great job guys, and we want you to keep up the good work. 00:13:40.560 |
that we will be waiting for you when you come to church. 00:13:44.500 |
So maybe it's not a big deal, but it's a big deal to me, 00:13:48.040 |
so I have some encouragement lollipops for you. 00:13:53.660 |
we wanna take some time to give our offering, 00:13:58.300 |
today being our Easter Sunday, our Resurrection Sunday, 00:14:01.960 |
we have a special presentation from our sisters. 00:14:06.060 |
as you are being deliberate about giving online, 00:14:13.520 |
and then they'll be presenting and guiding us through that. 00:14:28.900 |
Not only what it represents, but the power behind it 00:14:31.240 |
and how it radically changed our lives and our destiny. 00:14:34.560 |
I pray, Father God, that the significance of it 00:14:45.460 |
I pray, Father God, that the impact of this resurrection 00:14:48.800 |
will be more and more powerful each day that we live. 00:14:52.160 |
I pray for our brothers and sisters around the world 00:14:54.440 |
who are celebrating with us in various corners, 00:14:58.940 |
who are in places where they do not have internet, 00:15:09.980 |
that your Holy Spirit would lead them and guide them, 00:15:12.940 |
would continue to grow in their hearts for you. 00:15:15.860 |
We pray that you would unite our churches, Lord God, 00:15:23.060 |
So I pray that what is a dark situation in this world, 00:15:35.400 |
but our very hearts that we give to you this morning. 00:19:02.600 |
as I've been at home watching these live streams, 00:19:06.300 |
there's a tendency to take a viewing kind of attitude, 00:19:09.700 |
sometimes just hanging out on the couch watching. 00:19:13.900 |
we wanna replicate what, if you were here, what I would say. 00:19:17.220 |
So what I want to encourage you and your families 00:19:28.700 |
as we look at our screens, as we worship together. 00:21:41.500 |
Oh, what a glorious, oh, what a glorious day. 00:25:41.660 |
♪ By the precious blood that my Jesus spilled ♪ 00:26:08.620 |
♪ By the precious blood that my Jesus spilled ♪ 00:26:23.980 |
♪ When the sun sets free, oh, it's free indeed ♪ 00:33:03.720 |
I'm gonna spend some time in John chapter 11, 00:33:19.760 |
and then we'll jump right into the sermon this morning. 00:33:23.120 |
Heavenly Father, we pray for your blessing over this time. 00:33:28.280 |
Help us to understand the significance of this day 00:33:34.180 |
that our confession as you being our Lord and Savior 00:33:43.400 |
I pray for radical changes in our hearts, Lord God, 00:33:46.800 |
that we may reevaluate every part of who we are, 00:33:56.160 |
may all be satisfied in Christ and Christ alone. 00:34:19.760 |
On some lists, they say that the greatest fear 00:34:23.160 |
that most people will say is public speaking, 00:34:29.360 |
but people fear judgment when they speak in public. 00:34:34.280 |
Some people fear, their greatest fear is rejection, 00:34:45.520 |
but for whatever the reason, it was never number one. 00:34:49.680 |
And I think the reason why it's not number one 00:34:52.000 |
in most people's list is because for most people 00:34:58.600 |
until we actually pass away or we experience the death 00:35:07.840 |
that death is the greatest fear of all mankind. 00:35:11.200 |
I mean, the part of the reason why we're having service 00:35:19.780 |
The world didn't shut down because of fear of rejection. 00:35:23.080 |
The world shut down because of this pandemic, 00:35:31.440 |
people, we didn't shut down, the world did not shut down 00:35:36.300 |
The world shut down is that because there's a possibility 00:35:43.160 |
But according to statistics, at least in the United States, 00:35:46.520 |
the fatality rate is somewhere between one to 1.2%. 00:35:56.760 |
It may even go down further as they do more testing, 00:36:10.360 |
But it's enough that this fear of death is strong enough 00:36:20.360 |
and this shutdown, it was worth shutting down to save lives. 00:36:25.320 |
Now, this Resurrection Sunday is all about death. 00:36:45.480 |
"Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, 00:36:50.440 |
"also partook of the same, that through death 00:36:53.080 |
"he might render powerless him who had the power of death," 00:36:59.120 |
"who through fear of death were subject to slavery 00:37:04.520 |
And I think this verse is relevant in any generation, 00:37:07.960 |
at any time, even when we're living in peace, 00:37:18.280 |
This Resurrection Sunday is really about that, 00:37:26.320 |
this possibility of death, ultimately, to glory. 00:37:32.240 |
'cause we looked at his crucifixion, his trial on Friday. 00:37:39.640 |
into John chapter 11, where Jesus foreshadows 00:37:53.040 |
I want you to pay attention to the various responses 00:38:02.560 |
And so what I wanna do is, starting from chapter one, 00:38:06.200 |
So if you were making a movie or doing a play, 00:38:14.480 |
And through it all, what I'd like you to pay attention to 00:38:17.520 |
is the different responses that people are giving 00:38:22.640 |
So scene one, so if you have the children's outline, 00:38:25.360 |
that outline is basically the sermon outline. 00:38:31.880 |
Scene one, starting from verse one through six. 00:38:53.520 |
And this is the setup behind what is going to take place. 00:39:01.160 |
Now, a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, 00:39:08.600 |
It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment 00:39:17.280 |
So first thing I want us to remember or to highlight 00:39:24.880 |
Lazarus was a man who was the younger brother, 00:39:30.720 |
Mary Martha, as you know, is a very prominent figure 00:39:38.440 |
And it highlights Mary was the one who anointed Jesus. 00:39:41.080 |
When everybody else was paying attention to other things, 00:39:48.200 |
or Mary's love for Christ was so overwhelming 00:39:54.160 |
of an average pay to prepare Jesus for his burial. 00:40:08.160 |
And he goes on to say, "So the sister sent word to him, 00:40:12.080 |
"saying, 'Lord, behold, he whom you love is sick.'" 00:40:17.080 |
Now, Jesus healed complete strangers in crowds. 00:40:31.440 |
and just took off, forgot about him, and only one returned? 00:40:43.760 |
And all of this is a setup for what's about to happen. 00:40:52.420 |
"'but the glory of God, so that the Son of Man 00:41:09.380 |
"You guys are worried and you call the right person. 00:41:12.720 |
"I am gonna go, but it's not gonna end in sadness. 00:41:17.840 |
So you would expect that Lazarus, whom he loved, 00:41:22.280 |
whose sister Mary was the one who anointed his feet, 00:41:27.560 |
Martha is constantly busy serving the disciples. 00:41:31.240 |
And he says, "Don't worry, he's not gonna die. 00:41:36.880 |
That he would pack up his bag, whatever he was doing, 00:41:39.120 |
he would pack up his bag and get his disciples to go. 00:41:45.480 |
"he stayed then two days longer in the place where he was." 00:41:53.600 |
Because every part of what he says in this scene, 00:42:15.340 |
is going to be him allowing them to experience the death. 00:42:19.040 |
He wasn't going to preserve him from this death. 00:42:22.320 |
He was going to allow them to experience the death 00:42:24.520 |
and the grief that comes along with this death, 00:42:27.740 |
with the weeping and sadness that comes along with that. 00:42:39.800 |
Now, this is foreshadowing of what was going to happen 00:42:46.540 |
When Jesus was crucified, he didn't just die in obscurity. 00:43:04.220 |
is he allowed the room to get as dark as possible 00:43:11.920 |
you want to make sure that display is seen clearly. 00:43:14.280 |
And in order to do that, you have to turn down the light. 00:43:36.000 |
and it was he, the author of life, that we crucify. 00:43:54.840 |
the only one that could save us from our sins. 00:44:00.640 |
And so finally, after two days, we get to scene two. 00:44:03.400 |
And scene two, you know, if this wasn't a sermon, 00:44:07.980 |
there's so much comical material in this section. 00:44:11.360 |
The cluelessness of the disciples, verses seven through 16. 00:44:41.700 |
Which, you know, the reason why this is so comical 00:44:45.080 |
is because Jesus has been steadily moving down 00:44:50.960 |
He made it very clear that his final destination 00:44:56.540 |
Bethany was just a place that he's passing through. 00:44:58.760 |
He said, "Not only is he gonna go to Bethany, 00:45:02.960 |
He's going to the heart of danger, into Jerusalem." 00:45:11.320 |
with Bethany about two miles away from Jerusalem, 00:45:16.280 |
It's almost like Jesus said all of these things 00:45:20.040 |
And Jesus said, "Are there not 12 hours in the day?" 00:45:28.800 |
"If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble 00:45:35.440 |
he stumbles because the light is not in him." 00:45:44.600 |
So you had the day and then you had the 12-hour nights. 00:45:50.120 |
What Jesus meant was, if you walk in the light, 00:45:57.400 |
in other words, Jesus is saying you are safe. 00:46:03.080 |
'cause Jesus told him, "If you're gonna come after me, 00:46:06.920 |
He already told them that he was going to be crucified. 00:46:12.400 |
So what he means by that is that you will not stumble, 00:46:16.280 |
means that safety means that you're gonna be in God's hand. 00:46:35.960 |
but I go so that I may awaken him out of sleep." 00:46:40.180 |
"Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover." 00:46:50.880 |
and he says, "Now Jesus had spoken of his death, 00:46:53.720 |
but they thought that he was speaking of literal sleep." 00:46:59.120 |
was that, "Well, he's just gonna wake up then. 00:47:02.880 |
You could just see the frustration in verse 14 00:47:12.200 |
I don't know about you, but I don't know why. 00:47:30.500 |
and they're constantly hearing something else. 00:47:51.380 |
Mark makes it a point that Jesus made this very clear 00:48:00.420 |
"And Jesus, he began to teach them that the Son of Man," 00:48:05.480 |
"must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders 00:48:08.300 |
"and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed. 00:48:45.460 |
Peter loved Jesus and there's no question about that. 00:48:48.100 |
But it was also filled with his own arrogance and pride. 00:48:53.260 |
And you see that as they get closer to the cross, 00:49:07.380 |
He's the one who denies Jesus to his face three times. 00:49:21.780 |
He calms a storm that would have easily wiped out 00:49:35.940 |
But if this is gonna happen, don't worry, you got me. 00:49:48.000 |
Again, he says, "For he was teaching his disciples 00:49:50.340 |
"and telling them, the Son of Man is to be delivered 00:49:52.560 |
"into the hands of men and they will kill him. 00:50:13.760 |
highlight that statement, they were afraid to ask. 00:50:16.960 |
'Cause this happens repeatedly in Jesus's ministry. 00:50:19.860 |
They just didn't get it because their paradigm 00:50:34.920 |
he's going to give bread, he's going to bring in an era 00:50:41.400 |
the lame are going to walk, the blind are going to see. 00:50:43.700 |
So he fulfills every part of the identification 00:50:55.840 |
Because sleeping means living, maybe living means dying. 00:50:59.640 |
I don't know what he means, but they didn't understand. 00:51:04.880 |
"and when he was in the house, he began to question them, 00:51:27.960 |
and on the side, they're having a conversation 00:51:45.480 |
There's a lot of knocking on the head, you knuckleheads. 00:51:59.800 |
Yeah, okay, who's the greatest, who's the greatest? 00:52:09.400 |
It wasn't because Jesus didn't make it clear. 00:52:12.120 |
It just didn't fit their paradigm of what they wanted. 00:52:22.560 |
He did say this, he did say he was gonna get beaten. 00:52:24.940 |
He did say he was gonna resurrect on the third day, 00:52:27.280 |
but all of that didn't click until it actually happened 00:52:31.600 |
So they did hear him, they just didn't understand him 00:53:00.780 |
that he's gonna be mocked, spit on, scourged, and then killed. 00:53:12.440 |
came up to Jesus saying, "Teacher, we want you to do for us 00:53:17.560 |
And he said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?" 00:53:21.500 |
They said to him, "Grant that we may sit one on your right 00:53:33.080 |
Jesus just said he's gonna be spit on, scourged, 00:53:39.900 |
And then said, "Okay, yeah, but who's gonna sit 00:53:57.460 |
Jesus already knew that at the time of his suffering 00:54:06.180 |
no matter how determined Thomas was and the disciples were, 00:54:56.660 |
If you seek your life, he says, you will lose it. 00:55:03.060 |
But he who loses life for my sake, he will find it. 00:55:18.620 |
and all these other things shall be added unto you. 00:55:23.580 |
but how much of this is actually being applied? 00:55:26.040 |
If somebody was to read this 2,000 years later 00:55:30.620 |
of what our life looks like and what the Bible teaches, 00:55:59.160 |
he was going through one year and out the other. 00:56:14.100 |
Ah, there's a whole lot more than preaching to the choir, 00:56:20.520 |
We've been treating God like he's happiness for hire. 00:56:26.860 |
Isn't it a shame how his name gets thrown around? 00:56:29.700 |
We pat God on the back like a buddy from out of town. 00:56:41.180 |
Ah, there's a whole lot more than raising lots of money, 00:56:44.020 |
building our churches, and spreading our fame. 00:56:46.420 |
Faith is just the dice that you roll to get lucky. 00:57:01.560 |
Do we ourselves recognize what this day means for us? 00:57:06.480 |
Jesus Christ was crucified and resurrected for our sins. 00:57:15.400 |
But to their credit, even though they didn't understand, 00:57:22.160 |
even though their own ambitions blinded them, 00:57:28.140 |
Even if they failed, Thomas says at the end of that scene, 00:57:36.660 |
And if he's going to die, let us die with him. 00:57:41.140 |
Many of us are probably in that same situation. 00:57:49.020 |
And I don't know what God has planned at the end of this, 00:58:01.140 |
So when Jesus came, he found that he had already been 00:58:13.620 |
Now, Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, 00:58:16.040 |
and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary 00:58:21.020 |
which already tells us that this was a very public miracle. 00:58:28.780 |
And this was because they were a very prominent family. 00:58:31.220 |
The fact that he was buried in a cave already tells us 00:58:36.660 |
An average family would not have been able to afford 00:58:40.660 |
So he was a very well-known, well-respected family. 00:58:45.980 |
In verse 20, "Martha, therefore, when she heard 00:58:53.220 |
"Martha then said to Jesus, 'Lord, if you had been here, 00:58:58.900 |
In that statement, you can tell that there is disappointment. 00:59:14.320 |
If you had been here, he would not have died. 00:59:27.240 |
Because you can start over with the business, 00:59:29.860 |
you can get another job, relationship goes sour, 00:59:32.860 |
maybe have another relationship, there's always hope. 00:59:36.140 |
But the reason why the whole world is shut down right now 00:59:42.580 |
And even if we lose money, even if the economy tanks, 00:59:47.740 |
because our greatest fear and our final judgment 00:59:55.420 |
even if we sacrifice everything, we have to live. 01:00:04.540 |
And when he says to Jesus, "If you had been here, 01:00:11.300 |
You know, but Martha, remember, she's the one 01:00:26.120 |
Mary was just sitting there, eating up Jesus' words. 01:00:34.040 |
because in the very next verse, after she says that, 01:00:37.660 |
in an accusatory tone to Jesus, she has some hope. 01:00:42.540 |
But even now, I know that whatever you ask God, 01:01:16.080 |
And even though she has very small faith, but even now. 01:01:25.120 |
If you read the Gospels, in Luke chapter seven, 01:01:31.520 |
In Matthew chapter nine, he raises Jairus' daughter. 01:01:48.900 |
but as long as you're here, I have some hope. 01:01:59.060 |
And what the theologians call here and not yet. 01:02:01.960 |
We've all tasted the goodness of God as Christians. 01:02:11.520 |
we're going to be wrestling with that, living in two worlds. 01:02:14.940 |
Where our hope goes up and down based upon what we see, 01:02:20.280 |
whether the stimulus check gets put into our bank account, 01:02:23.560 |
and that day, it's probably going to feel good for a day. 01:02:34.500 |
And we see Martha, she's disappointed with Christ, 01:02:44.280 |
"But we have this treasure in earthen vessels 01:02:46.740 |
"so that the surpassing greatness of the power 01:02:55.280 |
because it's contained in an earthen vessel, jars of clay. 01:03:02.200 |
Jesus, in response to that, says in John 11, 25, 01:03:06.120 |
Jesus said, "I am the resurrection and the life. 01:03:10.100 |
"He who believes in me will live even if he dies." 01:03:17.680 |
I know he's dead, but even in death, he will live. 01:03:23.520 |
See, for human beings, there is no hope after death. 01:03:28.520 |
At least during this lifetime, you can start over. 01:03:39.120 |
But Jesus says, at the core of mankind's darkness, 01:03:42.560 |
it's that even in that, even if he dies, he shall live. 01:03:47.560 |
And everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. 01:03:54.000 |
Jesus didn't say, "Trust me, I'm gonna make him live." 01:03:59.100 |
Jesus didn't say, "If you continue to come after me, 01:04:04.920 |
He says, "I am the resurrection and the life, I am." 01:04:18.360 |
He says, "I am the resurrection and the life." 01:04:22.080 |
That's why the greatest evidence of a man or a woman 01:04:25.800 |
or a child who's been born again is his union with Christ. 01:04:30.300 |
Does he have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ? 01:04:37.200 |
do you read your Bible, do you do great things, 01:04:40.280 |
are you generous, are you involved in helping the poor? 01:04:43.360 |
That's not a question, that's not the distinguishing mark 01:04:47.320 |
because Jesus says, "I am the resurrection and the life." 01:05:08.000 |
He who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. 01:05:11.700 |
The life he is talking about is not simply not dying. 01:05:15.820 |
The Bible uses two different words, bios and zoe. 01:05:20.680 |
Bios is the biological life, zoe means to be alive. 01:05:24.800 |
He's not simply saying that God is going to preserve us 01:05:43.400 |
He says, "If you come to me," he says, "I am the life." 01:05:49.080 |
You know how you can recognize somebody who is near Christ? 01:05:56.920 |
It doesn't matter if they're sitting in prison. 01:06:03.680 |
It doesn't matter if they're in their deathbed. 01:06:06.200 |
It doesn't matter if they have a large bank account 01:06:09.920 |
You can always tell when somebody is near Christ, 01:06:27.580 |
He doesn't just say, "I am the resurrection and the life," 01:06:34.280 |
But the whole reason why he came was the next question. 01:06:42.240 |
He wasn't simply declaring to the world, "I am life." 01:06:45.540 |
He wasn't simply trying to display his glory. 01:06:49.120 |
His whole point was from that, "Do you believe this?" 01:06:53.280 |
Because the Bible says, "If you confess with your mouth 01:06:55.240 |
"that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart 01:07:07.600 |
Is the penalty of sin still dominating your life? 01:07:13.600 |
Is the fear of death, has it gripped our lives 01:07:17.840 |
and we're doing everything possible to avoid it 01:07:21.700 |
Jesus says, "I am the resurrection and the life." 01:07:36.540 |
"She saw him and fell at his feet, saying to him, 01:07:45.580 |
I mean, think about Mary, just a few days earlier, 01:07:55.440 |
Now again, that would be humiliating for anybody, 01:08:20.700 |
but she loved Jesus so much that she was willing to do that. 01:08:23.660 |
So you can see the disappointment in Mary's tone 01:08:29.380 |
when she asked Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, 01:08:36.060 |
You know, I think in the English, in the written word, 01:08:40.540 |
that Martha's tone and Mary's tone was very different. 01:08:46.300 |
and she was the one who was telling Jesus, "Rebuke Mary!" 01:08:49.660 |
And Mary just sitting there quietly, just studying. 01:08:52.460 |
I have a feeling they said the exact same thing, 01:09:01.420 |
"If you had been here, my brother would not have died." 01:09:06.320 |
Mary, for whatever reason, I see her as an introvert. 01:09:14.300 |
"If you had been here, my brother would not have died." 01:09:40.160 |
Verse 33, "When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, 01:09:44.520 |
"and the Jews who came with her also weeping, 01:09:47.400 |
"he was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled." 01:09:58.120 |
This is the shortest verse in all of the English Bible. 01:10:12.240 |
there were no verses, there were no chapters. 01:10:34.200 |
So we shouldn't just pass this by and say, "Jesus wept." 01:10:51.560 |
where the same word for weeping is used of Christ, 01:10:54.980 |
and that was used last week at the Palm Sunday 01:10:58.120 |
when Jesus looked at the multitude crying out to him, 01:11:23.040 |
But what is perplexing was Jesus himself said, 01:11:31.960 |
You know, if he was crying because of their sadness, 01:11:35.640 |
you would think that Jesus would kind of have a smirk 01:12:06.640 |
The Bible says that because of man's rebellion, 01:12:24.140 |
100% of us at some point, whether we die early, 01:12:29.480 |
There's not a single human being that lived among us 01:12:32.200 |
who didn't experience the termination of his life 01:12:44.180 |
So I believe that Jesus was weeping for the same reason 01:12:59.160 |
It wasn't simply weeping because he was temporarily asleep, 01:13:03.480 |
like he said, 'cause he was just about to raise him. 01:13:06.680 |
I don't know about you, but it gives me tremendous, 01:13:14.080 |
that Jesus did not simply satisfy the legal code 01:13:27.080 |
"I'm a public defender, so I'm gonna do my best 01:13:37.920 |
that we needed to save us from eternal judgment. 01:13:41.680 |
The Bible says he saw our sins and he had compassion on us. 01:13:53.100 |
I don't know about you, but it gives me tremendous comfort 01:13:57.200 |
to know that my Savior loves me to this degree. 01:14:14.140 |
turns into the greatest celebration on Sunday 01:14:31.580 |
there are things that we don't wanna show the public. 01:14:33.200 |
So when we come to church, we put on the best dress, 01:14:37.200 |
and we make sure that we speak a certain way, 01:14:54.440 |
that once they see, they might not want to be with us. 01:15:07.120 |
everything that I do that people don't know of, 01:15:16.180 |
And to be honest, to many degrees, it's true. 01:15:20.160 |
And that's why marriage oftentimes is so hard 01:15:23.740 |
because you can't hide from your husband and your wife 01:15:30.560 |
to keep enough distance and you've done a great job, 01:15:37.120 |
And when it comes out, there's that temptation. 01:15:42.540 |
Christ saw every ugliness in a sinner like me and you. 01:16:12.580 |
that this is the degree to which he loves us. 01:16:30.460 |
Now it was a cave and a stone was lying against it. 01:16:36.080 |
Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to him, 01:16:40.260 |
"Lord, by this time, there will be a stench." 01:16:44.900 |
Because in the Old English, in the KJV, it says, 01:17:17.200 |
Remember I told you, Martha is kind of juggling this. 01:17:47.900 |
"I said it so that they may believe that you sent me." 01:17:53.260 |
he cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!" 01:18:32.000 |
but the Bible says, by the proclamation of his word, 01:18:42.500 |
but for God, all it took was for him to say, "Come out." 01:18:55.840 |
I mean, that almost sounds blasphemous to say, 01:18:59.180 |
but to God, all he needed to do to raise a dead man 01:19:07.100 |
with complete lost hope for every single person 01:19:26.580 |
and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. 01:19:29.620 |
Jesus said to them, "Unbind him and let him go." 01:19:37.100 |
It'd be interesting if we were to do a play with this scene. 01:19:41.060 |
Right, Lazarus coming up, jumping out from this, 01:19:48.740 |
Did you see a bright light at the end of the tunnel 01:20:20.620 |
And then some of them went to the Pharisees and told them. 01:20:57.820 |
All of that was God-ordained for the purpose of his glory. 01:21:07.160 |
Much of our suffering is ordained for his glory. 01:21:14.120 |
Even Lazarus's death was ordained for his glory. 01:21:29.180 |
that Lazarus comes back from the dead, the end. 01:21:31.740 |
It's like, how can it get any higher than this? 01:21:37.140 |
But all of this was a precursor about the real story. 01:22:03.020 |
"at the last trumpet, for the trumpet will sound, 01:22:10.400 |
"For this perishable must put on the imperishable, 01:22:16.360 |
"But when the perishable will have put on the imperishable, 01:22:20.000 |
"and this mortal will have put on immortality, 01:22:22.680 |
"then will come about the saying that is written, 01:22:32.740 |
"The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 01:22:36.800 |
"But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory 01:22:58.840 |
We wanna spend as much time as we can with our children, 01:23:14.500 |
Colossians 3, 4 says, "When Christ, who is your life, 01:23:18.420 |
"appears, then you also will appear with him in glory." 01:23:28.740 |
like we do, like July 4th, or our anniversaries, 01:23:36.540 |
The resurrection of Jesus Christ changes everything. 01:23:47.820 |
not to a better life, but to a completely new life. 01:23:50.760 |
My prayer is that all of you out there listening, 01:24:03.760 |
If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord 01:24:09.300 |
that Christ was raised from the dead, you will be saved. 01:24:21.320 |
I pray that you would meet this resurrected Christ. 01:24:32.700 |
Take some time to pray with me as we seek the Lord together. 01:24:43.860 |
Millions of us all around the world thank you in unison. 01:25:05.700 |
for taking upon yourselves our sorrows, our griefs, 01:25:19.500 |
to come to the throne of grace with confidence, 01:25:23.100 |
that that is exactly what we will commit to do, 01:25:28.460 |
that we may have this life and have it abundantly. 01:27:19.400 |
♪ The mighty king of kings has disarmed you ♪ 01:28:55.200 |
♪ The mighty king of kings has disarmed you ♪ 01:29:58.960 |
Gracious and loving Father, as the world celebrates and remembers the resurrection 01:30:20.240 |
of Christ, as he was resurrected, that we may live a new life, I pray that this new 01:30:27.960 |
life will be more evident than ever as the world is concerned and anxious over this pandemic 01:30:40.040 |
Help us Lord God, that we would not live in fear. 01:30:44.840 |
Help us Lord to live looking for opportunities to be a light around us. 01:30:50.520 |
I pray Father God that the impact of this resurrection will be tangibly seen in our 01:30:57.320 |
We pray again for our health workers that you would keep them safe. 01:31:01.560 |
Give them compassion Lord for those who are dying, for those who are suffering that they 01:31:06.080 |
may be the presence and aroma of Christ where it is direly needed. 01:31:11.720 |
We pray for those who are continuing to work Lord God that you would give them opportunities 01:31:17.280 |
to share the gospel with their coworkers, that in their actions and in their speech 01:31:25.000 |
And for many of us who are home just waiting for this quarantine to lift, help us Lord 01:31:31.680 |
God not to simply spend the time but to invest in it in prayer, in word that our fellowship 01:31:42.180 |
We pray Father God that as you send us wherever it is that you send us, that the love of Christ 01:31:48.680 |
would deeply impact every part of our lives inside and out. 01:31:53.240 |
Now the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, the eternal 01:31:57.240 |
love of God the Father, rest, restore and strengthen your church for the sake of Christ's 01:32:36.120 |
An empty grave is there to hold my Savior live. 01:33:08.120 |
Because I know he holds the future and life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:33:30.120 |
Because I know he lives, I can face tomorrow. 01:33:58.120 |
Because I know he lives, I can face tomorrow. 01:34:10.120 |
Because I know he lives, I can face tomorrow. 01:34:34.120 |
Because I know he lives, I can face tomorrow. 01:34:58.120 |
Because I know he lives, I can face tomorrow.