Take Away the Stone - March 31, 2024: full transcript and answers

▶ 0:14 This is God’s time this is God’s day amen every day is God’s day actually Sunday lord’s day uh and we want to also give him time in our lives every day it’s his day amen amen Matthew chapter 27 we read about the death of Jesus Christ and it starts with a whole band of soldiers uh who were commissioned and a whole band could be several hundred soldiers a whole band of soldiers came before Jesus and they scourged. Him scourging is when they get the cat of nine tales and at the end of the uh whip it has bones or glass or something sharp and uh when it goes into the skin it rips and Jesus Christ endured.

▶ 1:06 Scourging from this band of soldiers how many times we don’t. Know but we’ve got a lot of soldiers here and if everybody takes their turn that’s at least one per guy at 600 scourgings that’s that’s a lot we don’t know how many times he was scourged they drove a crown of thorns in his head to mock him because they said he was king of the Jews. They spat on him they beat his head with a staff they mocked him by bowing. Down and they delivered him up to be. Crucified and I definitely don’t want to be counted with those who. Mock God. Amen today there’s a lot of people mocking Christ and mocking God and I don’t want to be in that number no not at all no thank you.

▶ 2:01 But Jesus Christ also died for them he died for the soldiers that were scourging. Him they didn’t know who Jesus. Was but they were beating him and while they whipped him and while they put the crown of thorns on his head his blood began to flow and in Isaiah chapter 52 14 it says his face and his whole appearance were marred disfigured more than many mans and his form beyond that of the sons of men and this movie the passion of the Christ it has uh jim cavil and he’s they show how he got beaten and all this stuff happened and uh uh but Christ went through much more than that his beating and his disfigurement was more way more than that it was horrible more than that than any other man disfigured more than any other man’s is formed beyond the sons of men that’s what the scriptures.

▶ 3:04 Say they took his garments and they cast lots for. Them it also says in the scriptures in Psalms that he could see all of his bones and when when I bring this up I’m I’m showing that Jesus was naked on the cross he had no clothing he had no underwear he had no cloth and it was a shameful thing they did to our God. And he bore the shame and the embarrassment for you and for. Me and the son of God king Jesus was willing to stoop so low so that we could receive his blood so that we can be in right relationship with him and they crucified. Jesus and then he said it is finished everything that he set out to do that he came to do that he was sent to do he finished he said it is finished I’ve fulfilled all the prophecies that were prophesied about me I’ve healed all the people that uh I’ve healed so many people the scriptures say if if there were books written about everything he did it would fill the whole world of everything he did there would be so many books written and it says that he gave up his spirit in Luke chapter 23:46 Jesus called out with a loud voice and he says Father into your hands I commit my spirit nobody could take his life from.

▶ 4:33 Him you see that’s important he had to wait for that person to say to offer him that vinegar he had to wait for that moment because he was fulfilling scripture and after he received that vinegar he said what it is finished because in Psalms there was a prophecy that he had to fulfill and so he is enduring everything. He is enduring all of this scourging and this beating and the c the the crown of thorns on his head and he is not giving up his spirit because he’s. Waiting for the moment where he has fulfilled everything and saying what it is finished so nobody could take his spirit he had to give it. Up in feast 1 Peter 2:22 says says he committed no sin this is Peter Peter was one of his disciples he was with him he says he committed no sin nor was there any gile or you know bad stuff found in his mouth he didn’t speak bad like we do.

▶ 5:46 Amen we can use some change in our tongue in Luke chapter 23:4 Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowd I find no fault in this man so Pilate spoke to the chief priests the religious people and he spoke to the world and God is speaking to us and he’s speaking to the religious people today there is no fault there is no sin in Jesus Christ and it’s important to understand I when I was young and 18 years old I had a friend who went to iraq and he died and I went to school with him and he died and uh you know I was talking to his mom and you know got getting emotional and you think of the scripture greater love has no man than this than a man who lays down his life for his friend but my friend who died in battle could not save me from my sin amen Jesus Christ is special because he is the lamb of God who has come to take away the sins of the world that’s what John the baptist said when John the baptist saw Jesus coming down he said behold the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world and why is that because he is God and he had no what.

▶ 7:09 Sin. And Jesus Christ his death is. Powerful we don’t have to die we don’t have to go to hell we don’t have to endure the suffering he’s done it for us. Romans chapter 5:8 but God demonstrates his love for us while we were still sinners Christ died for us as we quoted earlier before we were even Christians before we came to know him these soldiers that were whipping him you got to understand later on in acts there’s a centurion who is devout uh person believing in God and he’s trying to find his way and and he finds God but these men at that time they didn’t know who he was and while they were sinners Christ died for them Christ died for these centurions he died for these soldiers that were whipping him and he’s died for.

▶ 8:16 Us even while we make our mistakes Isaiah 53:5 he was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was upon him and by his stripes we are healed this scrip uh this picture is just depicting that God is protecting us by his death on the cross he took all of our transgressions he took our iniquities and he bore it on himself and that’s what this picture is depicting here 2 Corinthians 5:22 says God made him who had no sin to be sin for us. So that we might become the righteousness of God might become why is it might why is it a maybe because you have a choice.

▶ 9:10 What are you going to do what are we going to do now that we have Jesus Christ his death on the cross what are we going to do with it are we going to go on and live a life that is pleasing to him or will we just say hey Jesus get up on that cross come on get up of there I need some forgiveness got my forgiveness okay see you later. God we do what live the way we want believe the way we want hey Jesus get up on that cross again come on come on get up there come on I I know it’s tough get up there is that how we approach God with. Pride no no please don’t humble yourself. Jesus Christ has made a way for us to be in right relationship with him through his death on the cross.

▶ 10:06 And Christ has died for his church that’s us and he has died for the world those who don’t know him in 1 John 2:1 it says if anybody sins and he’s talking about Christians if you read the scriptures there he’s talking about the brethren if any of the brothers sin we have an advoc advocate with the father brothers and sisters okay we have an ad advocate with the father Jesus Christ the righteous one we can come before him if anyone obeys his word love for God is truly made complete in them and this is how we know we are in him if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation old things have passed away behold all things have become new so this formula I’m talking about is in three verses here we kind of get a direction that God is taking his people that God wants to take the whole world he wants wants us to be in him he wants us to be with him he wants us to have a relationship he wants us to be close to him okay when it’s talking about in him there’s an example of the vine that’s why we’re called the vine right Jesus is the vine we are the branches you want to be connected to that source of life Jesus is that source of life and that’s what it’s talking about here we want to be in.

▶ 11:25 Him and the evidence that you are in him is if anyone what say it with me. obeys his word that’s why we were singing that song what a powerful word it is his word is powerful his word is right if anyone obeys his word love for God is truly made complete in. Him now if you know the scriptures and you know Jesus’s red letters you know the greatest commandment in red letters spoken by Jesus is what can somebody tell. Me love God with all your heart all your soul and all your mind right as to love him and it’s saying here if anyone obeys his word love for God is made complete so when we love God we are obeying when you do you do you have any priority in your life right now when you leave this place when you go home to take time to love your God or is it all about.

▶ 12:42 Us is it all about. You do you love God God is asking us this morning how distant are you keeping yourself from God you can keep people at a distance right you got people in your life that you’re like I don’t want to keepy I don’t want to get away from me but we do the same thing with God we do the same thing with Christ and he doesn’t deserve that Christ wants to be close he wants to be like a spouse to you someone that you see every day that you can talk to every day that you spend time with you can converse with he wants to be that close with you amen. And it says that if anyone is in Christ he’s a new creation old things have passed away behold all things have become new there is a transformation that happens in Galatians chapter 6:15 it says neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything what matters is the new.

▶ 13:51 Creation and so in your life God the scriptures are pointing out hey this new creation you becoming a new person a transformed person is what. Matters if you want to get a takeaway from the scriptures get this goal this takeaway that we need to be a new creation. Just wanted to show this example real quick there’s a guy here he’s got dreadlocks and I just want to show the transformation of his look so you see him here he’s got the big beard. Dreadlocks uh and I’ll show you in the middle.

▶ 14:47 So he’s got a n he’s starting to he’s starting to take shape right nice haircut in the back around the sides in here okay now he’s working on on the working on the beard trimming it down right he’s looking better and then they give him a suit you know you just give somebody a suit a trim and it does wonders it’s. Amazing so there he. Is now of course I mean wow. I think I need to hire him for. Something some kind of professional. Service let’s go back here oh my goodness.

▶ 15:40 Man where’s Stephanie. At that’s how we. Started now of course it’s all in the outward. Right it’s all in the outward and you know you can change somebody’s outward appearance but inside and that’s what what God is saying this morning inside God wants to change you on the inside he wants to take who you are on the inside and transform you and he has the power to do it we’re going to look at Lazarus real quick the story of Lazarus before we get. There a new creation requires a new covenant and I’ve been harping on this new covenant for weeks now and for a long time because I think the new covenant is very important in Jeremiah chapter 31:31 and Ezekiel 36:26 it says I will for uh the the there’s six parts to this new covenant and probably more but these are the big ones I will forgive their n their wickedness and remember their sins no more you come to Christ as a murderer you come to Christ as a sexually immoral person a drug addict a you know all this stuff you come to him Jesus Christ will forgive you he’ll get your wickedness out of you he’ll cleanse you he will nail it to the cross as as we learned this morning and he’s not going to bring it up to you again do you know who will bring it up to you.

▶ 17:06 Again Satan will bring it up to you again people will bring it up to you again but Jesus is not going to bring it up to you again he’s going to say hey where are we going let’s go come on we’re on a we’re on the path to what being a what a new. Creation I will give you a new heart heart and put a new spirit in you we’re going to understand a little more what that means I will take the heart of stone out of you heart of stone my goodness that doesn’t make sense I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts I understand this in my work you know they they present these concepts and they teach you how to do this stuff and you got and you look at it you’re like you know you’re just you’re overwhelmed with all this information so over time and after you do it 100 times s you start to install it into your mind okay when I go to work and I log in and I I just start typing it’s all it’s just in there I just start typing commands I know how to it’s there and God wants to do the same thing with his word with his law he wants to write it and install it in your heart so when you walk and you go your your day by day you’re not guessing it’s just in you right I will cause you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws I will cause you don’t we need a little cause in us don’t we need a little enabling don’t we need a little like I need a little little ump you

▶ 18:37 a little kick in the pants yeah I’ll go that way. Right they will all know me from the least of them to the greatest as we were uh singing about and we’re reminded through Christ’s prayer for everyone that they will know me this is part of his new covenant and this is also an example of the the veil being torn if you don’t know about Moses’s tabernacle I’m not going to get into it but there was a room where everything was happening where the presence of God was happening the the word of God was revealed it was the room to be in and only the high priest could be in that room and God tore the veil when he died on the cross he ripped that veil and his new covenant is that all can know me from the least to the greatest from the richest to the poorest.

▶ 19:29 The people in different countries that are poor living in in you know horrible conditions they can get on their knees they can and in fact they do in other countries people know God more than us Americans they know their God more than we do well. Sorry but it’s true it’s true I I think I need to go to another nation and experience. This I will be their God and they will be my people. John 11 he is dead uh talking about Lazarus we’re going to look at this example in John chapter 11 Lazarus is dead his heart is not beating he’s in a tomb his mind and his brain is not running his body is decomposing I’m getting really graphic this morning I’m sorry bugs and worms are eating his flesh he is day four he is putrifying by day four there’s maggots on your I mean it’s disgusting what’s happening but that’s what’s happening his his or organs have been starting to eat been eating away because in your stomach you have bacteria and enzymes when your body stops running it just starts to spread and the bacteria will eat away at your flesh.

▶ 20:51 So we’re we want to see the new covenant in this story of Lazarus so he’s dead he’s in a bad condition and he’s in darkness Ephesians 2:1 says you were dead in your t your transgressions and your sins so. Sin uh makes us dead okay right now you are breathing in your natural body and you have in your mind you have your mind but you also have your spirit and that spiritual man is going to live forever in heaven or in hell and your spiritual man just like your body has a condition all of you w walked in this morning and it’s great to have all of you but your spiritual man also has a condition is your spiritual man on a deathbed is your spiritual man alive is it dead is your spiritual man are you excited this morning are you a Christian that you’re walking you’re talking you’re doing great or is your spiritual man.

▶ 21:55 Suffering and that’s what sin does. Sin is either going to keep us dead or it’s like a disease and it’s putting us on a deathbed and a lot of Christians today don’t realize that the sin in their life is hurting. Them I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more that’s part of the new covenant here God has a solution God Jesus Christ has a solution for the state of our spiritual man John 11:1 our friend Lazarus is what dead but I go that I may wake him up and Jesus says I am the resurrection and the life so Lazarus his body is dead is our spiritual man.

▶ 22:51 Dead Lazarus had a sickness before dying are we spiritually sick leading to death whatever case you have whether it’s death or sickness Christ has a solution if you sin you have an advocate with Jesus Christ and you’re sick if you are dead spiritually he says I am the what the resurrection and the life and that’s what we’re celebrating this morning he has the power to bring you all the way back from death to. Life I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you I will take the heart of stone out of you John 11:38 Jesus came to the tomb and he said what take away the stone when I read the scriptures and I when I study the scriptures I see the new covenant a lot in stories and that’s why this is important and the story of Lazarus here he’s giving an example just like the valley of dry bones it’s an example of of what of the fulfillment of the new.

▶ 24:02 Covenant and God is saying that he will give us a new heart today if you hear his voice do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion what is a heart of stone a heart of stone is a heart a mind that is unwilling that is hard toward God and his word and we have a lot of hardness we have a lot of hardness toward God in America we have a lot of hardness toward his word in America and we need a new heart and maybe your heart is not only hard maybe your heart is depressed maybe your heart is is all these kind of things maybe your heart is angry maybe you got a heart that is. Just in an awful. Condition and Jesus is saying I can give you a new heart I the resurrection and the life I can make it completely new and God is asking us this morning do we have a hard heart toward him toward his word he’s come to give you a new heart a heart of flesh that beats a heart of flesh that is responsive to his word and sensitive to his word.

▶ 25:21 I will put my law on their minds and write it on their hearts I will be their God and they will be my people so God in his new covenant is saying I am going to use my word and I am going to make you mine and John 11:43 he cries out with a loud voice and he says Lazarus come forth don’t you want God getting loud for you I want God being loud for me. Michael and he cries out with a loud voice he’s Lazarus. Come. Forth and it says he came. Out and in your life you may have been told that you have a calling on your life but in first Peter 2:9 you must respond to the first calling and that is his calling.

▶ 26:17 Of it says he called you out of what darkness into his wonderful light are you willing to respond to the first call to come out of darkness to come out of the control and under the rulership of Satan to his light to his word and to his truth you must also understand Lazarus at this point the bugs are eating his body his body is deteriorating his brain I don’t know what the state of his brain is but I’m pretty sure that was thing was going his heart all his internal they’re all being destroyed right and when he says come. Forth everything that had been eaten away all of the junk in his body was removed Jesus restored what was eaten away and he became he was restored to full health and we know Jesus can do that amen he did it in the valley of dry bones he brought them from bone all together put flesh on them if you don’t know that story you need to read it Ezekiel chapter.

▶ 27:36 37 and we also want to realize and recognize that the words of God are powerful as we saying when Jesus spoke and he said Lazarus come forth his word brought his body back together and his powerful word can do the same for. You he can bring your body your spirit spiritual man back together no matter what state it is. In he came out bound hand and foot with grave. Clothes and just like we’ve been learning uh when Israel came out of Egypt the pharaoh did not want to let them go pharaoh did not want to let Israel go he wanted to keep his slaves and he chased them down even to the red sea and the red sea is where God delivered his people from Egypt and you come out of the tomb and you still are bound hand and foot with grave clothes Jesus said loose him and let him go and this is part of that new covenant he wants to enable you he wants to cause you to follow in his ways and keep his laws Ephesians chapter 2:1 you used to.

▶ 29:04 Live under the control of the world and under the ruler of the kingdom of the air in in disobedience but God in Ephesians chapter 2 made you alive together with Christ and raised us together in 1 Corinthians 6:11 it says of such were some of you after it quotes a lot of the sins you used to be this way you used to be in sin you used to be sexually immoral you used to be a drug addict you used to be all these things he used to be. Angry he used to have fits of rage.

▶ 29:46 But you were washed you were sanctified and justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ by the spirit of our God so Christ has come to enable us to loose us from the the old life to free us and to get us on the path of a new creation John 12:2 Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him Jesus they all will know me from the least to the greatest uh this is part of the new covenant like Jesus prayed in the garden and like he says in the new covenant he wants all to know him Lazarus later on even though he was raised back to life he didn’t just run away from Christ it says here that he was one of those who sat at the table with Jesus Christ he continued on to know and to have a relationship with the son of God are.

▶ 30:44 We after you have been saved from your sin after you have been resurrected from life what will you choose to do John 10:27 my sheep listen to my voice I know them I know. Them he’s not just talking about knowledge I don’t have knowledge I know Miss Woods she lives at this place and her name is Christine Woods and she you know I know about her I’ve got her on my paper here no that’s not what it’s talking. About it’s talking about I know this. Person I know them I have a relationship with him I know when I walk in that I’m going to be greeted with some something she’s going to hand me some cookie or a cake she’s going to give me a hug I know miss.

▶ 31:38 Woods my sheep listen to my voice not listen to the world not listening to the kingdom of darkness they listen to my voice Christ is talking and how can we listen to his voice today we got to open the book as I was sharing with Deborah we uh open up to the New Testament right what do we got we got the red letters right we have his words with us today and God can make them alive when he comes it’s powerful when he came this morning his word is alive I know them and they follow me are we following Christ and that’s always the challenge and that’s always the message God wants to bring you to a full growth to become a new. Creation old things have passed away you know you used to be a tree that was was was putting out poisonous.

▶ 32:39 Fruit but God has completely transformed you and now you are. Producing uh fruit that the world can partake of amen the fruit of the spirit is love joy peace patience kindness see maybe you never had had that in your life but Christ can transform you into that kind of person and we all need that amen and we all have a choice whether or not we’re going to take that. On so this morning we want to take a few moments this Easter Sunday we want to take a few moments of few uh some time here to respond to his word to ask God to do that full work in us that. Transformation.

▶ 33:53 Amen so are we willing to respond to his voice are we willing to let God give us a new heart amen we need that new heart let it start there this morning if you have a hard heart toward God let it start with a new heart and all you got to do is come this morning and stand and and be humbly just ask God Lord I pray and I ask Lord that you replace my heart in whatever state it is with a new heart a heart that is responsive to you do you have a desire to to love God do you have a desire yourself to love God you know growing up in church my parents took me every week you know and as a kid you’re like uh where are we going again I didn’t know anything. Else I didn’t know there was another option but one day when I was 12 years old I met Christ for myself and I began to serve him for myself not because my parents took me to church.

▶ 34:57 Because I wanted to know him and every one of us has to make a transition like that amen you must know God for yourself so will you stand with me we’re going to sing this song we’re going to pray have a time to pray this. Morning this is my desire to onor. You Lord with all my heart I worship. You all I have within.

▶ 35:50 Me I give. You praise. All that I. Adore is in. You Jesus Lord I. Give Lord I give you my heart I give you my soul I live for you. Alone every breath that I take every moment I’m. Away Lord have your way in. Me right now we just want to take a moment where you can have time with your God to interact with your God and just ask.

▶ 36:46 Him to come offer him your heart this morning just hand it over to him and say God give me a new heart let’s lift up our voices and let’s talk with our God this morning Jesus we come before you Lord God we pray Lord Jesus I offer my heart to you Lord God Lord make it more responsive than it was yesterday Jesus Lord I needed your continual change your renewal in my heart God Lord I invite you right now Jesus would you come Lord Jesus give me a heart that is responsive to you Jesus Lord I come before you Lord humbly Jesus I ask Lord that you would do your mighty work Lord God that you would fulfill your new covenant in my life Lord I want to know you I want to be closer to you Jesus Jesus Jesus I need you Lord Jesus I call on you right.

▶ 37:55 Now Lord I give you my heart I give you my soul I live for you. Alone every breath that I take every moment I’m. Away have your way in me. Let’s sing this one more time with our hands lifted just in surrender offering our lives our hearts to God as an act of just surrendering unto him let’s lift our hands and sing this unto him this is my desire.

▶ 39:08 To. Honor. You Lord with all my heart I worship. You oh Lord. All I have within. Me I give. You. Praise all that I. Adore is in you Jesus is in you. God Lord I give you my heart. I give you my soul.

▶ 40:01 I live for you. Alone every breath that I take every moment I’m. Away have your way in me Lord I give you my heart I give you my soul I live live for you. Alone every breath that I take every moment I’m. Away have your way in.

▶ 40:50 Me we’re going to lay we’re going to turn to the person next to us and we’re going to put our hands on one another we’re going to pray for one another another that God would make us new creations a new people a people that doesn’t c doesn’t keep God at a distance but we have a close relationship we want to pray for one another right now that God would do that work in us fulfill his new covenant in us Lord God we come before you we pray for one another right now God Lord we pray Jesus Lord that you would make yourself real God Lord weay pray Jesus God Lord that you Lord would set us on a new track forward God Lord Jesus to become a new creation in you Lord God not settling and not satisfied Lord with what we’re at today but Lord Jesus looking to Lord the glorious day God Jesus preparing ourselves Lord like the bride says it says that the bride prepared herself God Lord we pray that we would prepare ourselves that we be become that new creation Lord Jesus a beautiful people Lord Lord serving you living for you speaking for you honoring you Jesus Jesus we pray God Jesus Lord we invite you right now God move on our hearts move on our spirit this morning Jesus Lord transform us oh Lord God we need you God

▶ 42:21 oh Lord we look to you this morning God Lord we look to you this morning Jesus Jesus king of kings Lord of lords almighty God Lord worthy is the king of kings Jesus come Lord transform us God move upon our heart move on our spirit Jesus Jesus we need. You Jesus Jesus God continue to move on our spirit continue to move on our hearts and our minds our souls Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus make us a new creation make us a new people Lord Jesus we call on you this morning Lord make us new we need you Jesus. M Lord I give you my heart I give you my soul.

▶ 43:43 I live for you. Alone every breath that I take every moment I’m away. Have your way in me Lord I give you my heart I give you my soul I live for you. Alone every breath that I take every moment I’m. Aake have your way in me. Scriptures say in Romans chapter 3 that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God scriptures say in Romans 6:23 the wages of our sin is death and hell the result the payment is death and hell.

▶ 44:46 But it says that the gift of God the solution the gift of God is Jesus Christ our Lord who as we learn this morning gave his life for us. Sacrificed himself for us it is a gift given to all mankind in 1 John 1:9 it says if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us of our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness so no matter this morning if you have never accepted Christ or maybe this morning you are a Christian that needs to come to the advocate Jesus Christ the righteous whatever it is. If you’d like to accept Jesus Christ first of all just pray this prayer with me Lord just lift up your voice with me say Lord Jesus I admit I have sinned against.

▶ 45:40 You Lord Jesus I pray that you forgive. Me I invite you into my life I invite you Lord Jesus to make me a new. Creation I commit to following your word. Following your truth amen and this morning if you’re already a Christian and you just want some tuning up let’s just pray this prayer together Lord Jesus we come before you this morning God we pray for a new heart we pray for your spirit to come in us God we pray that you would make us new creations Lord we pray that we would have a new new heart Lord. That has a relationship with.

▶ 46:34 You Jesus we commit ourselves to. Obeying to taking time for. You we want to know. You I want to know you. Jesus amen. Those online thank you for joining us thank you for uh joining us this morning we trust you heard the word that we need a new heart that new covenant fulfilled in us become a new creation God bless you happy Easter thank you for joining. Us it’s good to be here on our Easter Sunday amen happy Easter happy resurrection day Jesus Christ is risen.

▶ 47:28 I want to quote a scripture out of Luke 19 as we prepare ourselves to worship and everybody’s eating we got to get started on here for those online welcome those online this uh make sure we’re muted we’re good we want to thank you for joining us those online Luke chapter 19 says as he was drawing near the descent of the mount of olives Jesus Christ we’re talking about the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen and they said blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord peace in heaven and glory in the highest and some of the Pharisees called to him from the crowd saying teacher rebuke your disciples tell them to be quiet stop celebrating.

▶ 48:27 But Jesus answered and he said I tell you if these should keep quiet the rocks will immediately cry out and praise amen. Amen so let’s not let the rocks replace us this morning let’s give praise and glory and honor to Jesus amen I invite you to stand with me I invite you to worship celebrate Jesus Christ with me this. Morning. Cate Jesus. Celebrate. Celebrate Jesus. Celebrate. Celebrate Jesus. Celebrate.

▶ 49:19 Celebrate Jesus. Celebrate he is r. He is. R and he. Lives forever. More he is. R he is. R come on and celebrate the resurrection of our Lord all right let’s clap together let’s celebrate this morning if you’ve been to a celebration there always a lot of noise there’s a lot of shouting there’s a lot of clapping everybody’s excited amen amen let’s celebrate this morning will you stand with me yes oh.

▶ 50:11 Cate Jesus. Celebrate. Cate Jesus. Celebrate. Celebrate Jesus celebrate. Cate Jesus. Cate he is. R he is. R and he lives and he liv forever. More he is. R he. Is come on and celebrate the resur. Of our Lord he is risen he is. R he is.

▶ 51:06 R and he. Lives forever. More he is. Ris he is. Ris come on and celebrate the resurrection of our Lord. Hallelujah so now that you know the song now that we all know the song easy song right let’s uh give it one more chance here to really celebrate the best you got this morning for the resurrection of Jesus Christ and uh this will be our last time but let’s worship him this. Morning. Cate Jesus. Celebrate cate. Jesus.

▶ 52:00 Cate. Cate Jesus. Cate. Cate Jesus. Celebrate he is. R he is. R and he. Liv forever more he lives he is. He. Is come on and cate the resurrection of our Lord come on and cele come on and celebrate.

▶ 52:41 On and celebrate come on and celebrate the resurrection of our Lord yes Lord let’s give him praise this morning prise you God lift you up God we cate God jes thank youk in our Lord we praise you God oh we lift you up oh Lord hallelujah hallelujah we worship you jes oh God we praise lif you up God Jesus we praise you Lord you’re worthy you’re worthy you’re worthy Lord you’re holy you’re holy you’re holy God let all the earth rejoice let all the earth rejoice oh Lord that you are the greatest day in history death is beaten you have rescued me sing it out Jesus is.

▶ 53:48 Alive the empty cross the empty grave life eternal you have won the day sing it out Jesus is. Alive he’s. Alive oh happy day happy day you wash my sin away oh happy day happy day I’ll never be the same oh no forever I am changed. When I stand in that place rel last meeing face to face I am yours Jesus you are mine you are mine yes Lord and endless joy and perfect peace earthly pain finally will cease cate Jesus is alive he’s alive alive.

▶ 54:58 Oh happy day happy day you wash my sin away oh happy day happy day I’ll never be the same. Oh forever I am. Changed oh happy day happy day. You wash my sin away happy day happy day you never be the same oh no forever I am change yes. Lord forever I am chang I am creation greatest day in history death is beaten you have rescued me sing it out Jesus is the lie.

▶ 56:02 The empty cross the empty grave life eternal you have won the day shout it out Jesus is. Alive he’s. Alive oh happy day happy day he wash my sin away oh happy day happy day I’ll never be the same. Oh forever I am. Ch forever I am changed yes. Lord forever I am. Change Lord I was changed let’s thank thank him this morning Lord we thank you Jesus we honor you Lord we thank you creation we give you.

▶ 57:06 Praise I was chang Lord. You worthy. Of hallelujah. Hallelujah are alive you are alive oh God glory to the Lord our God. Hallelujah it’s important to recognize that as the world may say oh how do you know that God is real how do you know God. Exists and we know because when Jesus died on the cross he rose on the third day he is alive and living today he’s in our midst the scriptures say where two or three are gathered there he is in our midst.

▶ 58:07 And he’s here this morning even though we can’t see him you can feel him you can touch him you can know him he’s. Powerful and that’s why our God is real that’s how we know he exists because he’s here. He’s real he’s powerful we can know. Him this next song to introduced in Colossians 2: 13 it says when you were dead in your sins God made you alive with Christ he forgave us all our sins and he has taken it away and he nailed it to the cross so it wasn’t just his body body but he took our sin and he nails it he kills it he cleanses it from our lives and he kills it out of our lives and that’s what this song is.

▶ 59:09 About come all you weary come all you thirsty come to the well that never runs dry drink of the water come and thirst no more. Come all you sinners come find his mercy come to the table we will satisfy taste of his goodness find what you’re looking. For for God for God so love the world that he gave us his one and only son to us whoever believes in him will live.

▶ 1:00:02 Forever. Forever for God for God so love the world that he gave us his one and only son to save us whoever believes in him will live. Forever bring all your failures bring your addictions come lay them down at the foot of the cross Jesus is waiting there with open. Arms arm for God so love the world that he gave his one and only son to sa us whoever believes in him will live forever.

▶ 1:00:58 Forever for God so love the world that he gave us his one and only son to save us whoever believes in him will live. Forever oh praise God praise God from whom all blessings. Flow praise him him praise him for the wonders of his love praise God praise God from whom all blessings. Fl praise him praise him for the wonders of his love.

▶ 1:01:52 For God so love the world that he gave us his one and only son to save us whoever believes in him will live for forever. Forever for God so love the world that he gave us his one and only son to save us whoever believes in him will live forever. Praise God praise God praise God praise God from whom all. Blessings praise him praise him praise him praise him for the wonders of his love.

▶ 1:02:44 Yes for God so love the world that he gave us is one and only son to save us whoever believes in him will live. Forever Jesus me invite you right now oh Jesus for. God the world that he gave us his one and only son to save us whoever believes in him will live. Forever Jesus Jesus gl come to morning forever Lord Lord we need your power your presence here we praise you in our midst today Lord you are here the resurrection you are here the resurrected one and having communion with us juses.

▶ 1:03:57 So Jesus. Jesus reminded of the story of Martha when Lazarus died and Jesus came to the tomb and she did not believe that Jesus could raise him from the dead and this is the kind of belief that Christ is talking. About the belief that God can transform you that God can take your spiritual man man who may be dead in trespasses and sins who may have messed up in your life and Christ can take you from a life of shame and sorrow and completely transform you by his power by his blood and he said to Martha I am the resurrection I am the life Jesus we come before you God we put our trust and our hope in you Lord we believe in you this morning God you have the power you have the strength Jesus we invite you this morning God Lord we pray for your resurrection.

▶ 1:05:06 Power for God. So the world that he gave us his one and only son to save us whoever believes in him will live forever. For you so love the world that you gave us your one and only son to save us whoever believes in you will live forever. Oh is.

▶ 1:06:13 Here he is. Here he’s here in our mid reach. Out touch the key beautiful name it is what a beautiful name it is the name of Jesus Christ my king what a beautiful name it is nothing compares to this what a beautiful name it is the name of Jesus John 1 verse 1 says in the beginning the word was was the word and the word was with God and the word was. God and the word in chap in verse 14 says became flesh and made his dwelling among us and we have seen his glory the glory of the one and only son who came from the father full of grace and truth amen.

▶ 1:07:30 You were the word in the beginning one with God the Lord most. High your hidden glory in. Creation now revealed in you are Christ what a beautiful name name it is what a beautiful name it is the name of Jesus Christ my king what a beautiful name it is nothing compar to this what a beautiful name it is the name of Jesus he didn’t want heaven without.

▶ 1:08:26 Us so Jesus you brought heaven. Down sin was great your love was. Greater what could. Sate us now what a wonderful name it is what a wonderful name it is the name of Jesus Christ my king what a wonderful name it is nothing compares to this what a wonderful name it is the name of Jesus and death could not hold you the veil tore before you you silence the bost of sin and heavens.

▶ 1:09:26 Are roaring praise of your glory for you are raised to life. Again you have no rival you have no. Equal now and forever God you. Reain yours is the kingom yours is is the power yours is the name above. All what a powerful name it is what a powerful name it is the name of Jesus Christ my king what a powerful name it is nothing can stand against what a powerful name it is.

▶ 1:10:25 Name of Jesus what a powerful name it is the name of Jesus what a powerful word it is name what a powerful word it is the words of Jesus Christ my king what a powerful word powerful word nothing can stand against what a powerful word it is the word of Jesus.

▶ 1:11:03 Reminded of Jesus Christ in the desert when he was tempted by Satan he quoted the Old Testament he quoted the word of God and Satan was shut up by Jesus Satan left him we don’t have to let Satan run our lives we have his word his word is powerful and when they came to take him they said are you Jesus and Jesus responded and said what I am and when he said I am they fell back they fell down on the ground because of his word his powerful word amen the word of Jesus Christ is transformative the living word is powerful and that’s what this song is saying this morning so let’s sing this one more time unto.

▶ 1:12:00 Him what a powerful word it is what a powerful word it is the word of jes Jesus Christ my king what a powerful word it is nothing can stand against what a powerful word it is the word word of Jesus what a powerful word it is the word of Jesus what a powerful word it is the words of Jesus.

▶ 1:13:11 Says in the scriptures that the Holy Spirit will lead you into all truth will guide you will convict you right now where we’re at everyone let’s just open our up our mouths and pray and ask God that his spirit would come that his powerful word would come through his spirit and convict us empower us to live for him to follow him wholeheartedly let’s lift up our voices Jesus we come before you this morning Jesus we pray for your spirit God Lord speak your word unto us God speak your truth your powerful words unto us remind us God open up your word unto us God make it real into our hearts jes Jesus we pray for our living word this morning we pray that your word will become alive to us God Lord that it’s not just things that happened thousands of years ago but Lord that it’s impactful in our lives today Jesus Jesus we call onto you Lord we pray Lord make your word alive to us today make your word alive to us today by your spirit God by your power God we invite you to come right now Jesus Jesus please.

▶ 1:14:32 What a powerful word it is what a powerful word it is the word of Jesus Christ my king what a powerful word it is nothing can stand against what a powerful word it is the word of Jesus thank you. Jesus hallelujah.

▶ 1:15:32 And yet our God our God gave his only son as a sacrifice for our iniquity for our wickedness for our sin for our faults Lord Jesus father God thank you for sending your son into our lives Jesus sending your son on and and giving him as a sacrifice to save us Lord to save us to the uttermost Lord Jesus thank you thank you Jesus than you Jesus thank you for your mercy and grace Lord Jesus thank you thank you Jesus thank you Lord. God Jesus. Than you.

▶ 1:16:35 Lord for. Saving my soul. Thank you. Lord for. Making me. Whole. Thank you you Lord for. Giving to. Me thy great. Salvation so. Rich and free Lord God we just thank you again Lord the scriptures say that even while we were yet sinners Christ died for us Lord even while we were lost even even while we rejected you God even while we were in darkness even while we were children of Satan.

▶ 1:17:32 God you died for us and you died for the whole world God Lord God we are so thankful this morning we give you praise and glory amen you may find your seats this morning. We have a special. Song this morning before we go into word uh the message I walked. By the tomb of budha looked. Inside and saw his b.

▶ 1:18:26 Traveled. On to see. Mamed still wrapped. Up in his grave clothes then I. Joury to a garden where old jo still left him lay the precious land. God’s own. Begotten he was no. Longer in that gra oh you can know. Him like I know. Him you can know that he’s. Alive you can feel.

▶ 1:19:20 Him like I feel him. Resurrection deep. Inside you know he’s. Living and de has. Died if you’re. Wondering in the darkness come and step. Into the light and na scarred. Hands reach out to help you to pull you. Safe from death to life friend I too have stood where you stand could I trust in things.

▶ 1:20:19 Unseen but just one. Step in his direction then in. Love he ran to me oh we can know. Him like I know. Him you can know that he’s. Alive you can feel. Him like I feel him resurrection. Deep. Inside you know he’s. Living and then has. Died on the night before Jesus was.

▶ 1:21:11 Crucified he was praying in the garden of gethsemane and he prayed one of the things that he said oh that my people would know. Me they may know God and his son Jesus Christ whom you have sent not knowing God far away as if he is distant but knowing God close in a relationship and that’s what this song is saying and that’s what God is offering this morning that is his goal in your life that we may know him that we may have a relationship with him amen. You can know. Him like I know. Him you can know.

▶ 1:22:06 That he’s. Alive you can feel. Him like I feel him. Resurrection he. Inside you know he’s liv. And has. Died. Amen you may find your seats uh you’ve already found your seats we’re going to go on the message this morning. Hallelujah let’s say happy Easter together isn’t it a good Easter morning amen amen.