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Jordan Easley - A Lot Can Happen In 3 Days

April 20, 2025 | S

Jordan Easley - A Lot Can Happen In 3 Days
Jordan Easley seeks to help people understand and apply God’s word to their lives.
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All In with Jordan Easley | Jordan Easley - A Lot Can Happen In 3 Days | April 20, 2025
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  • Female announcer: this episode of "all in" with pastor jordan
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  • Easley has been made possible by the generous support of viewers
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  • Like you.
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  • Welcome to "all in" with pastor jordan easley.
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  • Today's message is about to begin, and we invite you to
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  • Prepare your heart and mind to hear an inspiring message from
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  • God's word.
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  • We hope and pray for god to speak to you today as you seek
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  • To live your life all in for jesus christ.
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  • And now from first baptist church in cleveland, tennessee,
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  • Here's pastor jordan easley.
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  • Pastor jordan easley: hey, you know, a lot can happen
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  • In just three seconds.
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  • If you've been to one of our easter egg hunts, you understand
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  • What i'm talking about.
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  • It's crazy, right?
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  • As a parent, i was always amazed that you can give your kids
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  • Three hours to clean their room, and they can't do it.
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  • But in three seconds, they can pick up 25,000 easter eggs in
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  • The backyard, right?
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  • It's just amazing what can happen in just three seconds.
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  • But today we're talking about the fact that a lot can happen
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  • In three days.
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  • In fact, i started thinking about historical events that
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  • Have happened in three days, and it was pretty amazing, the list,
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  • That we came up with.
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  • Did you realize that woodstock happened in three days in 1969?
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  • How many of you were at woodstock in 1969?
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  • Nobody wants to admit that in church.
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  • All right, good.
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  • Well, it happened in three days.
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  • Also, the battle of gettysburg happened in three days.
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  • That was the night, 1863.
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  • I don't think anybody was there.
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  • Also you had hurricane katrina in 2005, one of the world's--one
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  • Of america's greatest storms, one of our most
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  • Destructive storms.
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  • It lasted three days off the coast.
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  • The d-day invasion in 1944 happened in just three days.
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  • And when the titanic sank in 1912, the rescue efforts
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  • Afterwards lasted for three days picking people up out of
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  • The ocean.
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  • You know, a lot can happen in three days.
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  • In human history, we've seen many three-day events reshape
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  • Our world and redefine our story.
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  • But i'm here today to tell you that never in the history of
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  • Mankind has a three-day event been more important or more
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  • Impactful than the crucifixion and the resurrection of
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  • Jesus christ.
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  • Listen, never before in human history has something been more
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  • Significant than that.
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  • And today as we unpack this story, we're reminded that our
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  • God can do a lot in just three days.
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  • If you have a a copy of god's word, i'm gonna read from luke
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  • Chapter 24 today, beginning in verse 1.
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  • I wanna invite you to join me as we read this together.
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  • It says: "on the first day of the week, very early in the
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  • Morning, they came to the tomb, bringing the spices they
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  • Had prepared.
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  • They'd found the stone rolled away from the tomb.
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  • They went in, but did not find the body of the lord jesus.
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  • While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood by
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  • Them in dazzling clothes.
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  • So the women were terrified and bowed down to the ground.
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  • 'why are you looking for the living among the dead?'
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  • Asked the men.
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  • 'he is not here, but he has risen.
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  • Remember how he spoke to you when he was still in galilee,
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  • Saying, "it is necessary that the son of man be betrayed into
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  • The hands of sinful men, be crucified, and rise on the
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  • Third day."'
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  • And they remembered his words."
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  • It's easy for you and i to celebrate jesus today.
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  • It's easy because you and i have the privilege of reading ahead
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  • And seeing how this story is going to end.
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  • But have you ever considered what the disciples of christ
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  • Must have been thinking on that day?
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  • What they must have been feeling on that original easter week?
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  • Hey, today i want us to begin a little differently using
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  • Our imagination.
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  • And i want you to imagine that you were one of the disciples of
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  • Christ 2000 years ago.
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  • You're following jesus as he circled the sea of galilee,
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  • Preaching and teaching and performing miracles.
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  • He was talking about the kingdom of god, and he kept claiming to
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  • Be the son of god.
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  • And for three years, you have personally watched and listened,
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  • And you've also believed.
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  • But then imagine that you were also there on the mount of
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  • Olives when jesus was arrested.
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  • Imagine that you were there watching as he was escorted by
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  • These men and taken to caiaphas's house.
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  • And in that place, you observed as he was beaten by these
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  • Soldiers and left alone and isolated in a dark pit.
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  • Imagine that you're standing there next to christ, as he
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  • Appeared before pilate, watching the crowd free barabbas and yell
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  • In unison: "crucify him," regarding jesus.
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  • Imagine being there as they escorted him to the professional
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  • Executioners, men that stripped jesus completely naked and were
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  • Charged with the task of flogging him.
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  • And whipping him 39 times with a cat of nine tails.
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  • Imagine being there as your messiah was handed a roman cross
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  • And then instructed to walk the villa de la rosa to the city of
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  • Jerusalem on his way to a hill called golgotha, the place of
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  • The skull.
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  • Imagine that scene as jesus was nailed to the cross.
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  • Imagine it, him beating and bleeding and hanging on that
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  • Tree, which was erected in such a way so that hateful people
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  • Could see him up close, so that they could look him in the eye
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  • And spit in his face and curse his name.
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  • Imagine seeing your savior beaten to the point of being
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  • Disfigured where it said that "he was unrecognizable even to
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  • Those who knew him best and loved him most."
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  • Imagine being there as jesus was dying, hearing the screams of
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  • His voice as he yelled: "tetelestai," meaning it
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  • Is finished.
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  • Hey, imagine watching as jesus took his final breath.
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  • Imagine being there around him.
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  • Imagine the feelings you must have felt as you watched joseph
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  • Of arimathea remove his lifeless body from the cross, and then
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  • Wrap it in grave clothes, and place it in the tomb.
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  • Hey, as a follower of jesus christ, what would you
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  • Have felt in that moment?
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  • I can tell you what i believe i would have felt.
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  • I think i would have felt deserted.
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  • The savior of the world, the one who promised never to leave me
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  • Or forsake me, just died.
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  • And now we're standing here all alone.
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  • I believe we would feel desperate in that moment.
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  • You're no longer walking with jesus, right?
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  • You no longer have the direction that you once had.
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  • Now you lack a shepherd who's gonna lead you and guide you and
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  • Tell you what to do next, and you're desperate for direction.
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  • I also believe we would be disappointed.
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  • This isn't how things are supposed to work out.
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  • I mean, in that moment we would be thinking, hey, i've read
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  • The bible.
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  • I've seen what the prophecy say.
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  • And everything that we've been told is that the messiah was
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  • Going to come and he was gonna free god's people
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  • From captivity.
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  • How is he gonna do that?
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  • How is he gonna bring me freedom if he's dead?
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  • After all the sermons and after all the miracles and the lessons
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  • And the promises, and now it's friday, and your savior is dead.
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  • And you go to bed that night thinking, man, hopefully
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  • Everything's gonna work itself out between now and the morning.
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  • But you wake up on saturday, and he's still dead.
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  • It shouldn't be surprising to us that there were some followers
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  • Of jesus christ in the first century who had doubts on
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  • Day one.
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  • They had doubts on day two.
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  • On friday and saturday, these people were thinking the same
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  • Things that you and i would have been thinking in that moment.
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  • They had heard the sermons.
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  • They had seen the miracles.
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  • They had believed the promises, but now jesus was dead.
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  • And i'm sure it appeared as if jesus wasn't who they believed
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  • Him to be.
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  • Hey, may i ask you a personal question this easter?
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  • Have you ever doubted god?
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  • I mean, think about this.
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  • Have you ever been in a place in your life where you doubted his
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  • Supremacy, you doubted his authority?
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  • Maybe you even doubted his ability to be god in your life.
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  • Have you ever been in a place where you've said things, like:
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  • "god, i thought you were in control, but obviously
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  • You're not.
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  • God, i thought you were all powerful, but it doesn't seem
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  • Like you have any power right now.
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  • Or how about, god, i thought you were the one who called the
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  • Shots around here, but if you were, and if you did, then why
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  • In the world would you allow something like this to happen
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  • Right now?"
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  • There are a lot of different paths that we have to choose
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  • From, but the bible says: "there's only one path
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  • That's right.
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  • And you know what?
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  • The devil works hard to keep you off that path.
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  • You know it's true.
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  • Hey, the devil wants you to follow saviors that don't save.
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  • He wants you to point your life at something that really doesn't
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  • Make a difference.
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  • He wants you to pursue things that are ultimately gonna lead
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  • To you missing out on god's best in this life and forevermore.
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  • He wants you to follow paths that have nothing to do with
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  • God, paths that lead to death.
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  • Hey, i can tell you, he doesn't want you to follow jesus today.
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  • He don't want you to pursue the lord today.
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  • He doesn't want you in this building or anywhere near the
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  • Gospel today.
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  • You know what the devil wants?
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  • He wants you to focus on things that won't make a difference 100
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  • Years from now.
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  • He wants your life to point at things that really don't matter
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  • In the grand scheme of things.
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  • He wants you to focus on that job promotion or more money or
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  • Material things.
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  • He wants you to focus on success or fame or recognition or
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  • Accolades or pleasure or more influence, whatever it may be.
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  • The devil works hard to convince you that pursuing these saviors
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  • Is gonna end in a greater life.
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  • But can i just tell you something today?
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  • None of those paths are gonna lead to a greater life.
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  • None of those false messiahs are gonna give you
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  • What you need.
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  • You know why?
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  • Because none of those things are gonna live forever.
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  • Those things cannot save your soul.
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  • They cannot forgive you of your sins.
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  • They cannot assure you eternal life.
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  • But jesus can.
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  • Listen, pursuing the things of the world are like trusting in
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  • A false messiah.
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  • Many men have claimed to be the way and the truth and the life,
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  • That they've claimed to be supernaturally anointed.
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  • They've claimed to be divinely appointed.
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  • But you know what?
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  • Each of these men who claim to be the messiah eventually died,
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  • And they stayed dead.
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  • Hey, consider this today.
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  • Can you say right now that you are pointing your life at
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  • A savior that'll live forever?
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  • Are you giving your life, your attention, your affection, your
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  • Adoration, your worship, are you giving everything you have to
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  • Give to a savior that will live forever?
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  • When i ask that question, you may have natural doubts.
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  • You're like, pastor, i don't know if i can say that today.
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  • Well, guess what?
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  • It's natural to doubt when your savior is dead.
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  • It's a natural thing.
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  • On friday, it was a dark day.
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  • When jesus was bleeding and beaten and hanging on a tree, it
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  • Would have been natural for a follower of christ to have
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  • Doubts on that day.
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  • On saturday it was a disappointing day when his
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  • Lifeless body remained wrapped and buried.
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  • It would have been natural for us to have doubts on saturday.
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  • But, man, on the third day, on sunday, the bible says: "the
  • 00:11:49.724 --> 00:11:54.729
  • Stone rolled away, and jesus defeated death once and
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  • For all."
  • 00:11:59.100 --> 00:12:00.468
  • On the third day, he demonstrated to the world that
  • 00:12:00.468 --> 00:12:02.370
  • He alone was the king of kings, that he alone was the lord
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  • Of lords.
  • 00:12:05.974 --> 00:12:07.308
  • And in that moment, the resurrection solidified god's
  • 00:12:07.308 --> 00:12:10.378
  • Long awaited hope for humanity.
  • 00:12:10.378 --> 00:12:12.647
  • Hey, understand the resurrection is what replaced our doubts
  • 00:12:12.647 --> 00:12:16.451
  • With deliverance.
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  • I'll put it this way.
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  • It's natural to doubt when your savior is dead.
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  • It's crazy to doubt when your savior's alive, amen?
  • 00:12:22.590 --> 00:12:26.528
  • Somebody say, amen, to that.
  • 00:12:26.528 --> 00:12:28.329
  • Hey, this isn't tv.
  • 00:12:28.329 --> 00:12:29.664
  • I can see you.
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  • You can preach back at me today, all right?
  • 00:12:31.032 --> 00:12:32.901
  • Hey, we've all got a story to tell, and we should all have
  • 00:12:32.901 --> 00:12:36.204
  • Hope in our heart.
  • 00:12:36.204 --> 00:12:37.539
  • You know why?
  • 00:12:37.539 --> 00:12:38.907
  • Because it's not friday anymore.
  • 00:12:38.907 --> 00:12:40.241
  • It's not saturday anymore.
  • 00:12:40.241 --> 00:12:42.110
  • It's sunday.
  • 00:12:42.110 --> 00:12:43.711
  • And on the third day, jesus resurrected from the grave.
  • 00:12:43.711 --> 00:12:47.715
  • On that day, he changed everything.
  • 00:12:47.715 --> 00:12:51.119
  • Hey, we still serve a third-day god.
  • 00:12:51.119 --> 00:12:54.522
  • You may have doubts.
  • 00:12:54.522 --> 00:12:55.857
  • If you're in this room, you may have doubts.
  • 00:12:55.857 --> 00:12:58.359
  • You say: i'm still on day one.
  • 00:12:58.359 --> 00:12:59.961
  • I have doubts."
  • 00:12:59.961 --> 00:13:01.296
  • Guess what?
  • 00:13:01.296 --> 00:13:02.664
  • You're still on day two.
  • 00:13:02.664 --> 00:13:03.998
  • But the truth is you shouldn't have any doubts today.
  • 00:13:03.998 --> 00:13:06.434
  • Because it's already taken place, it's already been done.
  • 00:13:06.434 --> 00:13:08.970
  • It's the third day.
  • 00:13:08.970 --> 00:13:10.638
  • On that day, god sent deliverance to the world, to the
  • 00:13:10.638 --> 00:13:13.107
  • Person of jesus christ.
  • 00:13:13.107 --> 00:13:14.609
  • And on that day, he changed everything by giving us hope.
  • 00:13:14.609 --> 00:13:18.880
  • Can i tell you something about hope today?
  • 00:13:18.880 --> 00:13:21.249
  • The foundation of our hope is the resurrection of christ.
  • 00:13:21.249 --> 00:13:24.953
  • That's the foundation of our hope.
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  • Paul talked about how important that was in 1 corinthians.
  • 00:13:27.222 --> 00:13:29.858
  • He said this.
  • 00:13:29.858 --> 00:13:31.226
  • He said: "for i passed on to you as most important what i also
  • 00:13:31.226 --> 00:13:34.596
  • Received, that christ died for our sins according to the
  • 00:13:34.596 --> 00:13:37.532
  • Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third
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  • Day according to the scriptures."
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  • Simon peter echoed that in acts chapter 10.
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  • He said: "god raised up this man on the third day and caused him
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  • To be seen."
  • 00:13:49.944 --> 00:13:51.512
  • That's what today is all about.
  • 00:13:51.512 --> 00:13:54.048
  • Easter is a story of hope.
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  • You say: "pastor, what is hope?"
  • 00:13:57.752 --> 00:14:00.154
  • May i tell you?
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  • Hope is the belief that good things are coming on
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  • The horizon.
  • 00:14:03.825 --> 00:14:05.660
  • Hope is the belief that that god is gonna do something greater in
  • 00:14:05.660 --> 00:14:09.397
  • The future than i've experienced in the past.
  • 00:14:09.397 --> 00:14:12.867
  • It's a combination of desire and expectation.
  • 00:14:12.867 --> 00:14:16.070
  • It's having something in your heart that believes that good
  • 00:14:16.070 --> 00:14:18.706
  • Days are coming.
  • 00:14:18.706 --> 00:14:20.041
  • May i ask you a question today?
  • 00:14:20.041 --> 00:14:21.409
  • Are you living with that kind of hope right now?
  • 00:14:21.409 --> 00:14:24.178
  • Do you have that hope in your heart?
  • 00:14:24.178 --> 00:14:25.947
  • Do you have that confidence that god is in control and that god
  • 00:14:25.947 --> 00:14:28.983
  • Is gonna do something great in the future?
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  • I'm gonna tell you, i do.
  • 00:14:31.286 --> 00:14:33.454
  • And i'll tell you the hope that i have today is the result of
  • 00:14:33.454 --> 00:14:37.091
  • What jesus did on the third day.
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  • Without that day, i can't say the same.
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  • But on that day, he proved himself to me and
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  • Everybody else.
  • 00:14:44.832 --> 00:14:46.200
  • He proved himself to be the son of the living god and god
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  • The son.
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  • He proved that day to have power over death and the grave.
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  • He proved that day that he is worthy of my worship and my
  • 00:14:53.608 --> 00:14:57.578
  • Attention and my affection and my adoration and my worship,
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  • Everything i have to give.
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  • He is worthy of it all.
  • 00:15:02.817 --> 00:15:04.752
  • Hey, he proved that day that he is worth trusting in.
  • 00:15:04.752 --> 00:15:10.058
  • And he tells me when i surrender my life to christ that he gives
  • 00:15:10.058 --> 00:15:14.028
  • Me a lot in return.
  • 00:15:14.028 --> 00:15:15.496
  • You know what god gave me in return?
  • 00:15:15.496 --> 00:15:17.598
  • First thing, he gave me victory over death.
  • 00:15:17.598 --> 00:15:20.301
  • I can say today that i will be victorious over death because
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  • Of jesus.
  • 00:15:23.805 --> 00:15:25.173
  • In john chapter 11, it says: "i am the resurrection and
  • 00:15:25.173 --> 00:15:28.376
  • The life."
  • 00:15:28.376 --> 00:15:29.711
  • Jesus said: "the one who believes in me, even if he dies,
  • 00:15:29.711 --> 00:15:32.680
  • Will live.
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  • Everyone who lives and believes in me will never die."
  • 00:15:34.048 --> 00:15:36.751
  • He asked martha: "do you believe this?"
  • 00:15:36.751 --> 00:15:39.053
  • Do you believe it?
  • 00:15:39.053 --> 00:15:40.755
  • In revelation chapter 21, it says: "he will wipe away every
  • 00:15:40.755 --> 00:15:43.725
  • Tear from their eyes.
  • 00:15:43.725 --> 00:15:45.326
  • Death will be no more."
  • 00:15:45.326 --> 00:15:47.829
  • Jesus has given me that confidence today that i, too,
  • 00:15:47.829 --> 00:15:51.032
  • Will have victory over death.
  • 00:15:51.032 --> 00:15:53.034
  • You know what else he's given me?
  • 00:15:53.034 --> 00:15:54.736
  • Assurance of salvation.
  • 00:15:54.736 --> 00:15:56.871
  • I don't have to live my life wondering if i'm saved or not.
  • 00:15:56.871 --> 00:16:00.842
  • Because of what christ did on the cross and because he
  • 00:16:00.842 --> 00:16:03.344
  • Resurrected from the the grave, i am sure of my salvation.
  • 00:16:03.344 --> 00:16:08.549
  • In 1 john 5, it says: "god has given us eternal life, and this
  • 00:16:08.549 --> 00:16:13.388
  • Life is in his son.
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  • The one who has the son has life.
  • 00:16:15.123 --> 00:16:17.959
  • The one who does not have the son of god does not have life."
  • 00:16:17.959 --> 00:16:21.562
  • He made that pretty clear.
  • 00:16:21.562 --> 00:16:23.364
  • In john chapter 10, jesus is speaking.
  • 00:16:23.364 --> 00:16:25.466
  • He said: "i give them eternal life, and they will
  • 00:16:25.466 --> 00:16:28.836
  • Never perish.
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  • No one will snatch them out of my hands."
  • 00:16:30.671 --> 00:16:33.474
  • I don't have to live today wondering if i'm saved or not.
  • 00:16:33.474 --> 00:16:37.211
  • No, jesus said: "if you have the son of god, you have
  • 00:16:37.211 --> 00:16:40.882
  • Eternal life."
  • 00:16:40.882 --> 00:16:42.517
  • Guess what eternal means?
  • 00:16:42.517 --> 00:16:43.851
  • It means forever.
  • 00:16:43.851 --> 00:16:45.219
  • So i don't have to wonder about that anymore.
  • 00:16:45.219 --> 00:16:47.522
  • You know what else jesus has given me?
  • 00:16:47.522 --> 00:16:49.257
  • A promise of a new life, a promise of a new life.
  • 00:16:49.257 --> 00:16:53.094
  • It says in 2 corinthians 5: "therefore, if anyone is in
  • 00:16:53.094 --> 00:16:56.330
  • Christ," that's me, i hope it's you.
  • 00:16:56.330 --> 00:16:59.333
  • "if anyone is in christ, he's a new creation.
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  • The old has passed away and see, the new has come."
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  • Hey, can you say the same about your savior today?
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  • Think about this.
  • 00:17:11.012 --> 00:17:12.680
  • Are you pointing your life at a savior that can truly save?
  • 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:17.985
  • There's only one that can.
  • 00:17:17.985 --> 00:17:20.154
  • There's only one savior that can save you and give you victory
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  • Over death.
  • 00:17:23.424 --> 00:17:24.792
  • There's only one savior that can give you the assurance of
  • 00:17:24.792 --> 00:17:27.462
  • Salvation and the promise of a new life.
  • 00:17:27.462 --> 00:17:29.997
  • And i'm gonna say it one more time just in case you are just
  • 00:17:29.997 --> 00:17:32.266
  • Waking up.
  • 00:17:32.266 --> 00:17:33.601
  • You ready?
  • 00:17:33.601 --> 00:17:34.969
  • That savior's name is jesus. he's the only one.
  • 00:17:34.969 --> 00:17:37.672
  • He's different than other so-called gods in this world
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  • Or in your life.
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  • Money can't do that for you.
  • 00:17:40.475 --> 00:17:42.210
  • Material possessions can't do that.
  • 00:17:42.210 --> 00:17:44.345
  • Your job promotion won't give you what you lack or what
  • 00:17:44.345 --> 00:17:47.748
  • You need.
  • 00:17:47.748 --> 00:17:49.083
  • Other so-called gods that are worshiped today, they can't give
  • 00:17:49.083 --> 00:17:51.919
  • You eternal life.
  • 00:17:51.919 --> 00:17:53.254
  • You know why?
  • 00:17:53.254 --> 00:17:54.622
  • Because they're not alive.
  • 00:17:54.622 --> 00:17:55.957
  • Muhammed can't do that.
  • 00:17:55.957 --> 00:17:57.325
  • I hate to tell you, joseph smith, he can't do it.
  • 00:17:57.325 --> 00:17:59.627
  • Confucius, can't do it.
  • 00:17:59.627 --> 00:18:00.995
  • Joseph--i mean, none of them can do it.
  • 00:18:00.995 --> 00:18:03.498
  • You got buddha out--he can't do it.
  • 00:18:03.498 --> 00:18:05.566
  • Why?
  • 00:18:05.566 --> 00:18:06.901
  • Because he's not alive; jesus is alive.
  • 00:18:06.901 --> 00:18:08.836
  • And that's why jesus is the only one who can give you
  • 00:18:08.836 --> 00:18:11.038
  • Eternal life.
  • 00:18:11.038 --> 00:18:12.673
  • Jesus alone was born of a virgin, and he came to this
  • 00:18:12.673 --> 00:18:16.244
  • Earth fully god and fully man.
  • 00:18:16.244 --> 00:18:19.147
  • Jesus lived a sinless life, and he died a brutal death on
  • 00:18:19.147 --> 00:18:22.583
  • A roman cross for you and for me.
  • 00:18:22.583 --> 00:18:25.353
  • But today we celebrate the fact that when jesus died and when he
  • 00:18:25.353 --> 00:18:28.289
  • Was placed in the tomb, he didn't stay dead.
  • 00:18:28.289 --> 00:18:31.559
  • He rose again, and by doing so, he demonstrated his deity and
  • 00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:35.997
  • Showed the world that salvation was not only possible, it was
  • 00:18:35.997 --> 00:18:39.600
  • Obtainable through jesus christ alone.
  • 00:18:39.600 --> 00:18:43.137
  • But you know what else the bible says?
  • 00:18:43.137 --> 00:18:44.472
  • Don't miss this part.
  • 00:18:44.472 --> 00:18:45.840
  • It says: "if you want to experience this salvation.
  • 00:18:45.840 --> 00:18:49.510
  • If you want to truly experience his forgiveness, his
  • 00:18:49.510 --> 00:18:52.914
  • Deliverance, you can't just know about him, you can't just be
  • 00:18:52.914 --> 00:18:57.652
  • Around him, you can't just read his words or attend his church
  • 00:18:57.652 --> 00:19:01.422
  • Or sing his songs, no.
  • 00:19:01.422 --> 00:19:03.224
  • You know what he said?
  • 00:19:03.224 --> 00:19:04.559
  • You must receive him.
  • 00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:07.094
  • You've got to receive him personally.
  • 00:19:07.094 --> 00:19:09.497
  • In john chapter one, he talked about that.
  • 00:19:09.497 --> 00:19:11.365
  • It says: "but to all who did receive him, he gave them the
  • 00:19:11.365 --> 00:19:15.503
  • Right to be children of god to those who believed in his name."
  • 00:19:15.503 --> 00:19:19.974
  • So there's a personal involvement here.
  • 00:19:19.974 --> 00:19:21.976
  • We must receive the gospel and apply it to our lives.
  • 00:19:21.976 --> 00:19:26.047
  • And if we just allow it to live out there and never apply it,
  • 00:19:26.047 --> 00:19:29.483
  • Never receive it, the bible says: "we will not be called
  • 00:19:29.483 --> 00:19:32.920
  • Children of god."
  • 00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:35.122
  • I read an article this week i thought it was fascinating.
  • 00:19:35.122 --> 00:19:37.959
  • The article said that "the number one gift in america right
  • 00:19:37.959 --> 00:19:40.461
  • Now is a gift card."
  • 00:19:40.461 --> 00:19:42.196
  • It shouldn't be surprising.
  • 00:19:42.196 --> 00:19:44.065
  • What was surprising was the amount of money people spend on
  • 00:19:44.065 --> 00:19:47.101
  • Gift cards in a year.
  • 00:19:47.101 --> 00:19:48.502
  • Did you know last year in america alone we spent over $200
  • 00:19:48.502 --> 00:19:53.774
  • Billion on gift cards.
  • 00:19:53.774 --> 00:19:56.010
  • Hey, i love a good gift card.
  • 00:19:56.010 --> 00:19:57.378
  • Anybody else just wanna say amen to that, right?
  • 00:19:57.378 --> 00:20:00.514
  • I'm gonna get you guys involved in this service one way
  • 00:20:00.514 --> 00:20:02.450
  • Or another.
  • 00:20:02.450 --> 00:20:04.051
  • I love a good gift card, but the fascinating thing to me wasn't
  • 00:20:04.051 --> 00:20:07.822
  • The fact that $200 billion were spent on gift cards last year.
  • 00:20:07.822 --> 00:20:10.725
  • The fascinating number was $23 billion worth of gift cards
  • 00:20:10.725 --> 00:20:15.730
  • Expired last year and went unused or unspent.
  • 00:20:15.730 --> 00:20:21.202
  • That's crazy.
  • 00:20:21.202 --> 00:20:22.770
  • That's a lot of wasted chick-fil-a, and that breaks my
  • 00:20:22.770 --> 00:20:25.439
  • Heart just as--i just wanna let you know.
  • 00:20:25.439 --> 00:20:28.476
  • Here's the reason we love gift cards so much.
  • 00:20:28.476 --> 00:20:30.411
  • You ready for this?
  • 00:20:30.411 --> 00:20:31.779
  • Because when the bill comes at the end of it all, when you have
  • 00:20:31.779 --> 00:20:35.416
  • A gift card, it doesn't really cost you anything.
  • 00:20:35.416 --> 00:20:39.287
  • The bill's already been paid.
  • 00:20:39.287 --> 00:20:41.455
  • Somebody paid for that gift card.
  • 00:20:41.455 --> 00:20:43.024
  • And when you pay with a gift card, you're, like, man, praise
  • 00:20:43.024 --> 00:20:46.027
  • The lord, right?
  • 00:20:46.027 --> 00:20:47.361
  • Somebody else picked up the tab.
  • 00:20:47.361 --> 00:20:49.730
  • This is what jesus came to do, y'all.
  • 00:20:49.730 --> 00:20:52.199
  • When he died on the cross, the bible says, the blood of jesus
  • 00:20:52.199 --> 00:20:56.470
  • Paid the tab.
  • 00:20:56.470 --> 00:20:58.005
  • The tab that you couldn't afford to pay at the end of the meal,
  • 00:20:58.005 --> 00:21:00.641
  • Jesus said: "don't worry about it.
  • 00:21:00.641 --> 00:21:01.976
  • I've done everything that needed to be done.
  • 00:21:01.976 --> 00:21:04.011
  • Now all you've got to do is take this gift that i've given you
  • 00:21:04.011 --> 00:21:08.115
  • And receive it and apply it to the dead of your life and allow
  • 00:21:08.115 --> 00:21:13.087
  • Me to pay the tab so that you can experience something that
  • 00:21:13.087 --> 00:21:16.757
  • You couldn't have afforded on your own."
  • 00:21:16.757 --> 00:21:18.926
  • Do you get what i'm saying?
  • 00:21:18.926 --> 00:21:20.628
  • There's a lot of us who've been around the gospel our whole
  • 00:21:20.628 --> 00:21:22.797
  • Life, but we've never actually applied it to our life.
  • 00:21:22.797 --> 00:21:26.300
  • We've never allowed jesus, the sacrifice of jesus, to be
  • 00:21:26.300 --> 00:21:30.204
  • Applied to our debt, but today i'm gonna give you the
  • 00:21:30.204 --> 00:21:33.040
  • Opportunity to do just that.
  • 00:21:33.040 --> 00:21:35.309
  • You say, pastor, how do i receive him like the bible
  • 00:21:35.309 --> 00:21:38.346
  • Just said?
  • 00:21:38.346 --> 00:21:39.680
  • I don't wanna just be around him or know about him.
  • 00:21:39.680 --> 00:21:41.148
  • I wanna apply him and what he did for me on the cross to
  • 00:21:41.148 --> 00:21:45.853
  • My sin debt.
  • 00:21:45.853 --> 00:21:47.221
  • How do i do that?
  • 00:21:47.221 --> 00:21:48.556
  • You know what it says in romans 10?
  • 00:21:48.556 --> 00:21:49.890
  • It says: "if you confess with your mouth, that 'jesus is lord'
  • 00:21:49.890 --> 00:21:53.394
  • And believe in your heart that god raised him from the dead,
  • 00:21:53.394 --> 00:21:56.230
  • You will be saved."
  • 00:21:56.230 --> 00:21:58.065
  • Here's what that means.
  • 00:21:58.065 --> 00:22:00.267
  • I've got to surrender my life to christ in such a way where he
  • 00:22:00.267 --> 00:22:04.605
  • Becomes lord.
  • 00:22:04.605 --> 00:22:05.940
  • That word lord, it basically paints a picture of us falling
  • 00:22:05.940 --> 00:22:08.876
  • Under his authority forever.
  • 00:22:08.876 --> 00:22:11.312
  • We submit to his authority, his direction, his leadership in
  • 00:22:11.312 --> 00:22:14.515
  • Our life.
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  • The word of god directs us.
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  • The holy spirit leads us.
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  • We submit to him.
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  • He is the lord, the boss, the one in charge, the one who
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  • Reigns overall.
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  • And the bible says, if you're willing to confess that with
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  • Your mouth and really live that out through your life and also
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  • Believe in your heart that god raised him from the dead--in
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  • Other words, you believe that easter is real and that jesus is
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  • Alive, and he is a god who is on the throne and leading us and
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  • Guiding us even today.
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  • The bible says, if you confess with your mouth that he is your
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  • Lord, you believe in your heart that god raised him from the
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  • Dead, you will, not might be, you will be saved.
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  • Today you're sitting there and you're saying: "i've never
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  • Actually done that.
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  • I've been around god, but i've never applied his payment, his
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  • Gift, to my life.
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  • But today i wanna receive him.
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  • I don't wanna doubt salvation.
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  • I wanna know salvation.
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  • I don't wanna hear about him crucified.
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  • I want to believe that his crucifixion was for me, and i
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  • Want to apply that payment to my sin."
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  • Would you just bow your heads and close your eyes?
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  • If you're here today and you say: "pastor, i want to
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  • Know jesus.
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  • I don't wanna doubt another day of my life.
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  • I don't want to give the devil another second of my journey
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  • Here on earth.
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  • I wanna give my life to jesus.
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  • How can i do that?"
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  • Would you just pray with me right now?
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  • You say: "jesus in this moment, i know i need to be saved.
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  • I also know i can't save myself.
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  • But i believe that you can save me.
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  • So, jesus, in the best way i know how, i'm asking you to step
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  • Out of heaven and to step into my heart, to change me, to save
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  • Me, and to make me new.
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  • Lord, i turn my back on my sin and on the paths of sinfulness
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  • That i've pursued throughout my life.
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  • And i turn to you as my savior and my lord.
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  • I surrender my life to you.
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  • I give you everything i have to give.
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  • And i'm asking you to change me and to make me into the person
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  • You created me to be.
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  • God, use my life as a child of god.
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  • Allow me to walk in spirit and in truth, pursuing you every
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  • Single day of my life.
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  • Jesus, thank you for saving me.
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  • Thank you for not giving up on me, but meeting me at my point
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  • Of need, so that i can know you personally.
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  • God, thank you for this moment.
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  • I pray i'll never forget it.
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  • I pray i'll never be ashamed of what i'm asking you to do today.
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  • But god, give me the courage to live for you and to follow you
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  • All the days of my life.
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  • In jesus's name i pray, amen.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Pastor jordan: the words of psalm 119 serve as a gentle
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  • Reminder that god's word is like a guiding light, illuminating
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  • Our path and directing our steps.
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  • It's a daily blessing to immerse ourselves in the wisdom and the
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  • Love and the truth found in god's word.
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  • When we dive into god, it's like god dives into us.
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  • And when we do that, he allows us to discover his purpose for
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  • Our lives and really gain strength that we need in order
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  • To be maximized.
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  • Hello, i'm pastor jordan easley, and i believe that dedicating
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  • Time to daily bible reading will enrich your life, empower you
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  • With god's presence, and provide for you lasting strength as you
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  • Navigate this part of your journey.
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  • You know, i've never had someone accept a bible reading challenge
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  • And then come back saying, i really regret reading
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  • God's word.
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  • And so today, i wanna extend to you that same challenge.
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  • But don't worry, i'm not only challenging you, i want to
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  • Equip you.
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  • In fact, today i want to provide for you a free bible reading
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  • Plan to support your spiritual journey.
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  • The entire bible in just one year.
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  • And if you follow this plan, i will guarantee that you will not
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  • Only grow in wisdom, but also in your personal walk with jesus.
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  • Pastor jordan: hey, we never want to end our broadcast
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  • Without giving you the opportunity to know jesus as
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  • Your personal lord and savior.
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  • If you'd like to make the decision to trust jesus and
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  • Wanna know more about what it looks like to follow jesus, get
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  • In touch with me right now.
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  • Today we celebrate your decision and look forward to being a part
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  • Of your personal journey of going all in with jesus christ.
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  • We hope today's message encourages you as you strive to
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  • Live your life fully committed to jesus christ.
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  • ♪♪♪
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