Authentic Progressive Christians - April 28, 2024: full transcript and answers

▶ 0:13 This morning God we invite you this morning to come and be here this morning we pray that you be with the word Lord as it says in the scriptures you work with the word God we ask that your word become alive it says in the scriptures that your word is living and powerful and sharper than any two edged sword God we need your word to do what it does to do the operation in our lives God we don’t want just. The the anesthetic we want the whole part God we want the surgery that needs to happen in every spiritual man today God we need you we need that surgery done in us Lord we pray please come your word transform us amen amen welcome again you have some guests it’s good to have you guys with us this morning uh we want to talk about authentic progressive.

▶ 1:07 Christians and progressive. Progressivism is characterized by belief in progress improvement and advancement and the problem is that our ideas to progress improve and advance are not always the right uh. Ideas in Christ’s kingdom. It is the reverse Jesus said the first shall be what last the last shall be first if you want to become great in the kingdom become a servant and so when it comes to God’s kingdom it doesn’t always work the way we think it works you can’t take corporate rules and business rules and say oh whatever works in corporations and business the same way it works in God’s kingdom it’s not how it.

▶ 2:03 Works Jesus says I came to serve and give my life as a ransom he didn’t say that the the the apostle said it if you want to become great in the kingdom become a servant just as Christ came to serve and give his life a ransom for many that’s what Christ gave us and so to to progress as a Christian is to become more and more like him that’s what the word Christian means it means like. Christ and so when I say real progressive Christians we want to progress from where we are at today to being closer to Christ and closer to God as the scriptures say in Genesis we are made in his image and we want to reflect that image.

▶ 3:02 Romans 12:12 do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is good and acceptable and the perfect will of God James 1:27 pure religion is to keep oneself unspotted from the world the other part of that is to uh visit the widows and the orphans but I I’m going to the end because that’s what I’m talking about right now that’s included and so in here Romans is speaking of a transformation that we need to experience and it starts with not conforming to the world and so it’s important as a Christian that we begin to separate ourselves from the world as the apostles and Christ teach us if we spend our time sticking close with the world’s influences the world’s culture the world’s speech and behaviors you know that you are not yet that you are conforming to the world if your culture your speech and your behavior influences are like the world you’re conforming and Paul here in Romans is telling us not to.

▶ 4:19 Conform so you we want our relationship with the world to decrease and our relationship with Christ to increase the relationship we have with Christ and his church to progressively increase and that’s what I’m talking about uh when you come to Christ that is step one and from now on we want to be make progress to becoming like him to having a closer relationship with. Him Proverbs 13:20 he who walks with wife men will be wise but the companion of fools will be destroyed uh I’m sure you guys have experien many people experienced this some friends can get you into trouble I’ve heard it many times many stories many young people I’ve talked to you know I was in the wrong place at the wrong time somebody stole something and then I was there and the cops came and they said it was I had to go to jail because I was there you know all kinds of stories and who knows who’s telling the truth I don’t know you you never know what the real story is but it’s important who you put yourself around are you putting yourself around wise people are you putting yourself around wise counsel what are you listening to what are you putting into your mind or are you a companion with a fool.

▶ 5:49 Jeremiah 2:19 your own wickedness will correct you your back slidings will rebuke you I thought this picture was funny because the dominoes are coming back around he’s knocking them over but it’s going to come around and get him that’s that’s what Jeremiah 2:19 is talking about you know if you go out and you steal somebody’s going to try and stop you from stealing if you go out and you commit you know uh foolish acts and behaviors there’s going to be a consequence and that’s what Romans 2 is talking about do not conform get away from that um we don’t want to increase we want to decrease in that and your backslidings will rebuke you know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing that you have forsaken the Lord your God that fear of me is not in you I have heard it said that God will never leave you nor forsake you and that’s true that’s in the Bible but people will say oh he’ll never leave me no matter what I do no matter how I treat him no matter how I behave but here in Jeremiah he says you have forsaken.

▶ 7:00 The Lord he’s still on earth he still loves you he’s still looking down but you’re running away from. Him the fear of me is not in you have no respect for his house you don’t have no respect for his name one of the commandments one of the ten commandments is to not take the lord’s name in vain some of us will take it on his name we say oh yes I’m a Christian Christian but we are not like him at all we take on his name in vain it’s not true it’s not. Authentic and so we’ve got to recognize what the scriptures are saying and respond do I fear God am I forsaking him am I trying to keep myself far from.

▶ 7:55 Him why should you my son be enraptured by an immoral woman woman by be embraced in the arms of seductress Proverbs 5:20 1 Corinthians 6:18 flee from sexual immorality whoever sins sexually sins against their own body you’re not your own you’re bought with the price therefore honor God with your bodies it’s very simple in the New Testament Paul writes and says that marriage between a husband and wife is honorable and the marriage bed undefiled and so God or with the scriptures we we see the clarity and the simplicity that sex is in the marriage and it’s undefiled it’s pure but when you go outside of that you’re doing something that will take you to hell you’re violating God’s word you’re completely. Disrespecting the way he set up the world and so it begs the question do you believe that he created us do you believe that he created everything do you respect do you fear God.

▶ 9:04 Who has woe sorrow contentions complaints wounds without cause those who linger long long and look long on the on on uh wine and alcohol and strong drink do not look on the wine when it is red at the last it bites like a serpent stings like a viper I’ve been a young u I’ve been involved with young people for many years and I the kids come in to the youth group and I talk to them and hear their story about how their family their parents. Are either doing drugs or have died things have happened because all because of uh whether it’s marijuana whether it’s alcohol heroin all these things it causes such destruction.

▶ 10:01 And I I talk to the kids and and it brings harm I remember one young man he wanted his dad to come to church so bad he wanted his dad to come to church so bad and his dad came and he was just so excited he was like oh my gosh this this everything’s going to change now and I knew you know the man still had to make a choice whether he not whether or not he was going to keep serving God but this guy this young boy hope was so. Great because he knew the destruction that drugs were having on his father and it’s really it’s a hard thing that we’re bringing on our children it’s a hard thing that we’re bringing on families and it’s a hard thing to see and to watch these young people come in and they don’t have a father they don’t have parents I grew up and I had a mom and dad I’m I’m very blessed and a lot of young people don’t have that opportunity and it hurts it hurts we don’t understand how much it hurts Ezekiel 28:18 by your many sins and dishonest trade you have desecrated your sanctuaries.

▶ 11:12 Like I was saying earlier we take on the name of the Lord in vain same here Ezekiel chapter 28 our sins and our dishonest trade he died for our sin he gave his life for our sin to to cleanse us and in exchange uh he asks us to repent and to get out of the kingdom of darkness start walking toward the kingdom of light right and that takes time as we’ve learned about when Israel came out of Egypt it took time and uh they came to the red sea but they had to keep walking and they had to keep following and that’s what you’re going to have to do in your walk with Christ you can’t give up you got to keep following Christ to the red sea until your enemy is destroyed like the army of Egypt was.

▶ 12:08 Destroyed so dishonest trade is saying I’m going to do what I want to do and I don’t care about what you did for me but I want you to for go get up on that cross come on bleed cover my sin all right thank you now get out of here don’t tell me what to do that’s dishonest trait dishonest Acts 17:30 these times of ignorance God overlooked but now commands all men everywhere to repent and so this go all goes back to being an authentic progressive Christian we want to keep moving forward and that means we’re turning away from ground zero ground zero is sin and the past and uh the kingdom of darkness that’s ground zero step one after ground zero 0 1 2 3 we repent right and we start walking toward God that’s what we need to.

▶ 13:04 Do Job 39:19 God likens us to a horse can you believe that have I given the horse strength have you clothed his neck with thunder can you frighten him like a locust his majestic snorting strikes terror he paws in the valleys and rejoices in his strength he gallops into the clash of arms he he mocks at fear he’s not frightened nor does he turn back from the sword he devours the distance with fierceness and rage nor does he come to a hal because the trumpet has.

▶ 13:40 Sounded and if you want a you you see here there’s a difference between the horse on the top and the horse on the bottom right the horse on the top is wild he’s going out there kicking you try to put a saddle on him and he’s running we used to have horses here and just getting them to let us ride them sometimes was a challenge and if you don’t know when you get a horse that has never been ridden there’s a process called breaking the horse right it’s where you get them used to the saddle you get them used to a bridle in their mouth and you get them used to putting weight you understand this process right and uh God is doing the same thing what he wants to bring us from a young a wonderful little horse to a strong capable able uh fierce horse amen he wants to take you from being acting like a child to acting like a warrior.

▶ 14:41 And that’s what’s happening here with this horse he mocks at fear are you. Afraid do you fear the kingdom of darkness you don’t have. To do you turn back do you give up you don’t have to you can have. Strength he devours the distance man he this horse I mean can you imagine he’s just he is snorting he’s running I’ve been on those horses but they’re just. Like they they want to run they want to go uh many times we would take young people out and uh when you go out on the trail everything’s fine but as soon as you start turn around to go back the horse know it and they all want to get back and they all like they they get ansy and you’re sitting on like what is wrong with you they they’re all jumping and like I’m going home I’m going.

▶ 15:43 Home they want to get home but we can be people that go the distance and endure have endurance that’s what God wants us to become he wants us to have some strength he wants us to be a force remember the scriptures say we are a chosen generation a royal priesthood a holy nation a special people we are a special people that’s you this. Morning and so God is through this illustration he’s showing us if you want a normal horse if you want a horse that can be strong you have to go through some. Discipline horses can be wild they can be lazy they can be skittish afraid. They can be stubborn I’ve met many stubborn horses one of the horses you sit on them and you would not move you get a stick and hit him and he would not move like come.

▶ 16:43 On uh we can be stubborn how many of us can be stubborn amen we can learn bad habits horses need food they need uh to be ridden they need to learn to listen and and they need renewal constantly you got to ride them so that they get in them and uh learn to cooperate and we want as Christians to become useful for God amen you don’t want to just be a wild and crazy lazy Christian at some point you want to grow and grow become progress in your relationship with God to where you are some God can sit on you and you are ready to rock amen. Amen blessed is the man Psalms 1 verse1 this is a very important.

▶ 17:39 Scripture blessed is man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly nor stands in the path of sinners or sits in the seat of the scornful sometimes you got to ask yourself who are you walking. With to walk means uh you’re traveling what are you traveling to go do where where are you you know back in the day they they would walk everywhere we drive everywhere right we fly places or we just get on our phones and we let the fingers do the walking right where are you walking where are you going are you going with God’s people or you going to go do your own thing nor stands in the path of sin sits in the seat of the scornful but his delight is in the law of the Lord and in his law he meditates day and night he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that bring forth its fruit in its season whose leaf shall not wither don’t you want to be like every time I read Psalms 11: I want this in my life I want to be a Christian who bears the fruits of the spirit of God and that’s where God wants to bring us he wants to bring us from a little sprout in the ground even under the ground that seed is germina he wants us to become a full-grown tree that bears fruit in its season but it takes progress it takes sticking with God it takes his word it takes his presence.

▶ 19:12 And you’re not going to get that by not putting God in your mind with his word you’re not going to get that by sitting home every week and not going to uh his house we’ve got to put God into us. Luke 4:18 the spirit of the Lord is upon me he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor believe it or not God’s words hearing God’s words it’s an opportunity for him to come and touch you it’s an opportunity for God to come with his word and transform you and it’s very important that we have a ear that hears his word he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted to proclaim liberty to the captives recover your sight to the blind to set liberty those who are oppressed you see this scripture here is saying that Jesus Christ his role is to set you free it’s to set us free it’s to heal our broken hearts it’s to get us out of prison it’s to recover our sight if we’re blind maybe we can be blind and not see.

▶ 20:35 Truth that’s Christ’s role and if you keep Christ at such a distance in your life he can’t do these. Things if you’re not in church if you’re not hearing his word if you’re not taking time for him if you’re not. Responding if you are opposing him not willing to hear if you’re pushing him away nothing’s going to. Happen but if you invite him you receive him and allow him he can do these things in you and later on in this service at the end you’re going to have an opportunity to do that it’s your choice it’s your choice we’re all adults here amen I can’t force anybody to do anything okay it’s up to to you it’s your opportunity.

▶ 21:35 Isaiah 61:3 to counsel those to console those who mourn in Zion that’s the church to give them beauty for ashes the oil of joy for mourning the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness that they may be called trees of righteousness the planting of the Lord that he may be glorified God’s restoration is so powerful that if you have destroyed your life if you’re at ground zero like the building there’s a there’s a the the world trade center towers I went and visited them in new york only only time I’ve ever been in new york and I went to that spot ground zero and it’s a memorial now and it’s a big square hole where it used to. Be but that that tower is destroyed it’s.

▶ 22:33 Gone and no matter what has happened in your life maybe you were a tower and you’re down to ground zero wherever you’re at wherever you’re starting God’s restoration is so powerful that he can build you back up and transform you like it said at the beginning he can build you be more beautiful than before. Psalms.

▶ 23:11 50:2 out of Zion this is the church the perfection of beauty God will shine forth our God will come and not keep silent and we want to understand first of all that out of Zion God will come come and shine forth out of the church we’ve got to make his house a priority wherever you’re going wherever church you’re going to you need to make that a top priority in your schedule to be in God’s house to be with his people God is doing something in his church do you understand the scripture it says out of what Zion the church God will shine forth don’t you want to be where he’s shining yeah I do I want to be where he’s shining our God will come he’s coming out of where out of the church and shall not keep silent and who is he not keeping silent he’s he’s going to be speaking through us so it’s important to be involved in God’s house Malachi 42 but you who fear my name the son of righteousness shall arise do we fear God as we said before do we have respect for his word.

▶ 24:29 If you do Christ God will arise in you and it says I’m going to arise with healing in my wings God can bring the healing that we need and our minds need healing a lot of us are looking for physical healing but God wants to heal you in your mind he wants to heal you in your spirit because your spirit and your mind is going to be with him forever. Isaiah. 40:31 those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength they shall mount up with wings like eagles they shall run and not be weary they shall walk and not faint and these scripture scriptures that I’m sharing with you they’re giving us a a a goal a steps to get to our go goal steps to get to maturity we want to wait on the Lord we got to keep ourselves we don’t to conform to the world.

▶ 25:39 Amen they shall mount up with wings like eagles they shall run not be we how many of you want to mount up on wings like eagles I do how many of you want to run not be weary we’re not talking about physically we’re talking about in your life in your spiritual life. Walk and not. Faint Psalms chapter 37 wait on the Lord and keep his way and he shall exalt you to inherit the land when the wicked are cut off you shall see it I’m just showing through more scriptures here that waiting on God is important it’s important for us to take time to be be with him to hear what he has to say no matter what age you are in God no matter how old uh no matter when you became a Christian taking time to hear his voice what he has to say to you taking time with him is very important wait on the Lord and keep his way keep means to preserve keep means to you are uh holding on to it you keep it you follow it.

▶ 26:58 You you respond to. It evildoers shall be cut off but those who wait on the Lord shall inherit the earth I want to inherit the earth and I I trust you do too if we want that we’ve got to wait on him in Acts 10:30 there was a man who was a Gentile and a Gentile just means that he was not a jew and it says his name was Cornelius and he was a centurion he was a man in charge and he was fasting and praying and an angel an angel you know I’ve never seen an angel you know you don’t see angels flying around everywhere right an angel came and said your prayer has been heard call for Peter we are all called for Peter and Peter was in another place he was in another town and he sent men to the specific house the angel said he’s over here in jaa with simon the tanner whatever and he sent the people over and Peter is also.

▶ 28:14 Praying and he has a vision and he uh God says rise Peter kill and eat I’m not going to get on all that and explain what it all means but both of these men Cornelius and Peter were praying waiting on God fasting and God revealed something very powerful to these. People and because this man. Cornelius even though he wasn’t a Jew because he waited on God an angel came to him as you know Peter was waiting on God because he was waiting God he had a vision and a word from God and they met together here in acts. 11 as I began to speak Peter said the Holy Spirit fell on them as upon us at the beginning and I remembered the word of the Lord how he said John baptized with water but you shall be baptized with the spirit if therefore God gave them the same gift he gave us when we believ who was I that I could withstand God.

▶ 29:30 We want to understand at this time Jews like Peter thought that the Holy Spirit they thought that water baptism and getting saved was just for the Jews this is just for us Jesus is just for me and they were excluding the Gentiles when Peter came to Cornelius’s house he said I am not supposed to be here I am breaking our customs and our traditions but I’m here because God said to be. Here and at that time the Jews were excluding the Gentiles they weren’t even thinking to include them in their outreach and maybe there’s people that we are excluding the message from from reaching out.

▶ 30:24 To but because these men waited on God God came with his word and his truth and Cornelius who was a Gentile and the people with him both received the Holy Spirit and because Peter saw that they received the spirit just like he received the spirit he recognized that they were the same as them they weren’t uh Peter recognized and said okay I get it I’m nobody special I’m no better than these. People and that’s. Because. Cornelius and Peter both saw God prayed and invited God and we need to do the same.

▶ 31:39 In Psalms 51:10 says create in me a pure heart oh God and renew a steadfast spirit within me do not cast me away from your presence or take your Holy Spirit for me restore to me the joy of your salvation. And that’s what we’re talking about this morning we want to go from a place maybe wherever you’re at maybe you don’t believe in Christ maybe you do believe in Christ but you just starting out wherever you’re at we want to grow we want to progress and that takes God God can change our heart he can give us a new spirit within. Us and that’s what we we want to invite right now we want to invite our God we want to wait on him as Cornelius and Peter did amen we want to let give God an opportunity responding to him so will you stand with me we’re going to sing this song this old song let’s take time.

▶ 33:01 Let’s bow our heads right now close our eyes and I’m going to sing the song real quick and then we’ll take some time to pray for one. Another let’s take. Time to wait. Upon. The let take. Time to listen to his voice unless the Lord builds the house we ror in pain let’s take.

▶ 33:55 Time to wait. We’re going to take a moment here right now we’re going to be praying to invite I’m going to invite you guys to just reach over to the person next to you put your hand on their shoulder and just pray that God would. Come that God would begin to change our hearts.

▶ 34:28 That God would become and speak to us and that’s what we want to use this time for allowing him to come invite him to come right now let’s pray for one another God Lord we lift up our voices for one another God we invite you to come this morning Jesus we ask that your Holy Spirit would come Lord that you would convict us Lord Jesus God Lord that you would come with your mighty power God that you would show us the truth this morning Jesus we need you Lord we need your spirit in this place God we pray Lord that we would be sensitive to your word and to your truth God that we would have respect for your word oh Lord Jesus Jesus Lord we pray for a new heart a new outlook God Lord that we would not keep you far away Jesus Lord that we’d invite you Lord Jesus that we would run to you that we’d be at your house Jesus Lord we pray right now God we need you this.

▶ 35:36 Morning create in me a clean. Heart. Oh. God and renew a right spirit within me. Create in me a clean. Heart. Oh. God and renew a right. Spirit within. Me cast me not not away from thy.

▶ 36:32 Presence oh. Lord. Take not thy Holy Spirit from. Me. Restore unto. Me the joy of thy s. Salvation and renew a right spirit. Within. Me create in me a clean. Heart. Oh. God as we sing this again one more time together just use these words as your prayer this morning inviting God to make in you a new heart to renew his spirit in you to make you a new.

▶ 37:39 Person just pray and sing this you can just say the words or you’re at let’s bow our heads and we’ll sing this. Together. Create in me a clean. Heart oh oh. God and renew right spirit. Within. Me. Cre me a clean. Heart. Oh. God and renew our right spe spirit within. Me cast me not.

▶ 38:39 Away from thy. Presence oh. Lord. Take not thy hly spirit from me. Restore unto. Me the joy of thy. Salvation and renew a right spirit within me. Whe their heads spow I’ like to give any but everyone opportunity if you’ never accepted Jesus Christ in your heart if you’ve never acknowledged him.

▶ 39:39 Publicly asked him to cleanse. You I’d like to give you an opportunity this morning in Romans 3:23 it says that the w. The God for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God and in Romans 6:23 it says the result the payment the wages of sin is death in hell and we don’t want that but it says the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord and it says in 1 John 1:9 if we confess with our mouth he is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. This morning if you’d like to invite Christ if you’d like to invite him into your heart just pray repeat this prayer lift up your hand right where you’re at acknowledging publicly and just pray this prayer for me Lord.

▶ 40:42 Jesus I confess I admit I am I have sinned I ask that you would cleanse me I ask that you forgive me Jesus I commit to following you to obeying your word Jesus thank you for cleansing me thank you for forgiving me. Amen this morning if you are like me and you need your heart renewed you need your mind renewed you need your spirit renewed let’s just lift up our voices again. And you can pray this prayer with me Lord Jesus you promise in your word that you would give us a new.

▶ 41:38 Heart and put your spirit in. Us God I pray right. Now change my heart put your spirit in. Me God I want to please you. I want to follow. You equip me oh God thank you. Jesus cast me not. Away from thy. Presence oh. Lord. Take not thy Holy Spirit from. Me oh.

▶ 42:34 Restore. Unto. Me the joy of thy. Salvation and renew a right. Spirit. Within me. And renew a right. Spirit. Within. Me Jim will you please pray in. Closing Jesus we ask you to open our eyes eyes of understand to see what you want for our life see what you spoken us day and apply our liv.

▶ 43:27 Would you give each one of us the ears to hear your voice become students of your word Jesus people that serve you willingly. Lord and like your word declares to come out and be separated unto you. Lord turning from the things of the world and turn turning to the things that you want Lord yes Jesus the things that build us up that edifies others that causes others to see who you are are and what you. Are everything they need in their life it’s you Jesus Jesus for you are the way the way to live the way to speak the way to do. Things you are all truth. Jesus and above all that you are eternal life and you are that abundant life give us that abundant life that abundant life that is more than enough for ourselves but be given out to others Jesus to make you known in all things that you are God.

▶ 44:38 Alone we ask you to take the word that you’ve spoken and let it have its way in our lives Jesus you promis it wouldn’t return void but would accomplish what you sent it out to do fulfill it in each one of us Jesus and make us like your word declares living epistles known and read of all men that people would see the reality of you and come to you to see that you are God and you want them for yourself. Jesus we ask it because you desire that in all of our lives. Jesus to follow on to know you as you really are for oursel not just by. Others I ask it in your name Jesus and above your name your word accomplished in us.

▶ 45:30 Amen yes. Amen. Amen for those online we want to thank you for joining us we trust that you want to be an authentic progressive. Christian we want to make progress we want the world to decrease the world’s influences world’s behaviors to decrease in our life and let the spirit of God in increase in us here we are we would like to thank you for joining us this morning welcome those online it’s good to be in God’s house I’ asked mrs thompson to share the scripture reading this morning mrs thompson good morning. Morning might have to tap the screen there you go you got it okay uh Psalms 128 is a song of degrees which is a song song that when they went in ancient times to go assemble to worship God they would sing these songs as they would go up.

▶ 46:37 To the house of the Lord. And it’s really simple but it’s really good blessed is everyone that fears the Lord that walks in his ways for you shall eat the labor of your hands happy shall you be and it shall shall be well with you your wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of your house your children like olive plants round about your table behold that thus shall the man be blessed that fears the Lord the Lord shall bless you out of Zion and you shall see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life yes you shall see your children’s children and peace upon Israel and and when you read this there’s a condition it says blessed blessed is an exclamation oh how happy is one who fears the Lord and walks in his ways and keeps his commandments so this is condition and this is the result of operating that.

▶ 47:47 Condition you shall eat the labor of your hands it won’t be eaten up by other people it won’t be wasted away by other things you will be able to to eat the labor of your own hands and it shall be well with you if you fear the Lord and walk in his ways. And you will be blessed the church and when you walk in his ways and fear the Lord the church itself will be blessed and you shall see the good of the church all the days of your life and you shall see peace upon your descendants too hallelujah praise the Lord amen amen let’s stand as it says here we want that blessing out of Zion out of the church so let’s begin with worship this morning let’s stand and worship.

▶ 48:40 Together we bring sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord we bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord and we all offer to you the sacrifice is of thanksgiving and weer to you the sacrifice. Of we sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord we bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord and we all offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and we offer to you the sacri.

▶ 49:42 To you the sacrifices of thanksgiving and weer. To the sacrifice is of jo is of jubilation it is a day of victory it is a day for us to. C. The hold him in there was. No but by his resurrection how we now liv in him. Day of ju it is the day of victory it is a day for us.

▶ 50:37 To before. Our what a great. Could for there. No and by. Resurrection we now. Living we like to encourage you this morning and no matter what’s going on in your life right now we want to set it aside put it aside and let’s acknowledge how great a day it is in God this morning amen what he has done let’s sing it unto him it is a day of jubilation it is a day of victory it is a day for us to cate. Our is king for the gra could not hold him for in him there was no s and by his resurrection are we.

▶ 51:43 Now and by his resurrection are we. Now and by his resurrection by are we now. Liv. Let’s we love you love. Gl he. Ising.

▶ 52:37 K he is the Lord of Lord his name is Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus. Oh he is the king he is the king. He he is the Lord Lord his name is Jesus Jesus Jesus. Jesus he is in we’re not ashamed toim his name we’re not ashamed toim his name we’re not ashamed toim his name. Pro the name of the Lord Jesus Christ Jesus Christ Jesus Christ is his name Jesus Christ Jesus Christ is his name Jesus Christ Jesus Christ is his name let’s the name of the Lord I’m not ashamed to proclaim his name I’m not ashamed toim his name I’m not ashamed.

▶ 53:58 To. To the of the Jesus Christ Jesus Christ is his name Jesus Christ Jesus Christ is his name Jesus Christ Jesus Christ is his so let’s proclaim the name of the Lord so let’s the name of the Lord so let’s. The name of the oh we praise you.

▶ 54:58 In the scriptures at Jericho and Israel came to Jericho they marched around the city once every day and then on the seventh day they marched around seven times and they shouted and they gave praise and thanks unto God and the walls came tumbling down when Peter and Silas were in prison and they were chained and they couldn’t leave the prison they started to sing hymns and praise God and God brought an earthquake and took off their bonds their uh what bound them their chains and they became free and it’s so important imperative in Psalms you’re reminded hundreds of times to praise to sing to give God thanks and glory it says in the scriptures out of the mouth of babes and sucklings I have ordained praise I have ordained.

▶ 55:54 Strength to still to stop to beat back the enemy and the avenger we have this great tool that we can use to give God glory and he will bring freedom in our lives when we praise him and we thank. Him mak l to walk and the blind to see. Open. The out of up in my soul spring up. Well. Up and to me.

▶ 56:50 That so I just want to finish out real quick we want to be reminded. That these truths are what set us free these things are available to us to help set us free if we lift up and praise God it will bring freedom and set us free from the the the problems that we have in our liv I encourage you this morning lift up God praise his name let’s sing it unto him. Together let’s say I got a river of praise all right I got a river of praise going out of me to walk and the to. See. I out ofing. Up my souling up well and may meing up well and give to me that my to.

▶ 58:05 See. I again I got riv of flowing out of me. Praise. Lord we thank you today for the principles of your word that sets not only our hearts free but those that hear our praise Lord those that hear our testimony of what you’ve done Jesus on the cross we thank you and we praise you.

▶ 59:19 Today oh. Victory in Jesus. My. Savior. Forever he on me and he. B with. Hising he me air I knew him and all my love is to him he pled me to victory. The I heard an old old story how. A how he gave his life on calary to save rest like me oh I heard about his gr of precious.

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▶ 1:03:38 God world that he gave us one and only son to save us whoever believes in. Him live forever. The world that he gave us his one and only son to save us whoever believes in him will live. Forever come on you weary come on you thirsty come to the well that never runs dr drink of the water come and thirst no.

▶ 1:04:45 More come all you sinners come find his mercy come to the table he will satisfy. Taste of his goodness find one you’re looking. For for God is so love the world that he gave us is one and only son to save us whoever believes in him will live. Forever the power of him the power of h forever. Defeated now it is well I’m walking in freedom for God so love God so love the world.

▶ 1:05:50 Bring all your failures bring your addictions. Come lay them down at the foot of the cross Jesus is waiting there with open. Arm world that he his and only son to save us whoever believes in him will live forever. The power of hell forever. Be I’m walking in freedom God so love.

▶ 1:06:42 God the world. God praise. God from all blessings. Praise. Him praise him for the wers his love praise God praise. God all. Blessings praise him praise him for the wonder of his love. God so the world that he gave us one and only.

▶ 1:07:38 To. Whoes in him will live. Forever for. I’m walk in for. God. God the world. Only tove us. Whoes in him. Live. Forever.

▶ 1:08:32 Power power of h forever. Defeated now it is well. I fre. Because so. Love God loves you did you get that from that song he loves the world he’s not some angry God up there oh yes he can be but if you give your heart to him you’re going to find a love that you would never find in any other any other way but through Christ loving.

▶ 1:09:51 It amen. Lord Jesus we come before you today we thank you Lord God we thank you that we can proclaim your name Lord Jesus as that song said earlier Lord God Jesus we said your name with honor and and praise because you’re are worthy and even though there are those who would take your name take your word and just turn into something a curse something filthy Lord God no we do not stand with those who run your new through the mud Lord Jesus who use your name with a foul mouth Lord God no we stand and we proclaim your name Jesus we thank you Lord God we thank you for the beauty and and the redemption that you brought into our lives Lord Jesus and we just pray you would help us to understand more of your word as we continue on this day Lord Jesus thank you Lord amen.

▶ 1:10:57 Amen we have a special song this morning you’d like to welcome all our guests you’re welcome to find your seats if you. Like before we get into the message we’re going to share a special song this morning God bless you guys thank you for joining. Us are you past the point of we is your burden way heavy is it all too much to car let me tell you about my Jesus you feel feeling. Shing are you des for. Heing let me tell you about my Jesus he makes way there ain’t no way rises up from an empty grave ain’t no.

▶ 1:11:56 S let me tell you about my Jesus. Love good new. Only do for you. What let me tell you my Jesus let my Jesus change. Your let change. Your let it change your life let it change. Who can wipe away the tears from broken dreams and w years till the p. Disappear let me tell you about my Jesus longs that you would going un if you who can work it all for good let me tell you about my Jesus.

▶ 1:12:56 He makes the way r way rises up from an empty. Gra. Letesus good news I know he for. You let me you my Jesus let my Jesus change your life. Let it change your mind let it change your heart let it change. Your who would take my cross to Calvary pay the price for all my guilty who would care that much about me let me tell you about my Jesus.

▶ 1:13:51 He makes a way where there ain’t no way. Up. Emp let. Meus true. News let. Meus Jesus change. Your let change. Amen. Amen Christ isn’t just about forgiving us you can actually know Christ when you come to him he can set you free he’s real he’s powerful when you meet him when you uh take time to build a relationship with Christ it can transform your life God bless you thank you for joining us we’re going to get into the message this morning.