1 00:00:30,179 --> 00:00:32,819 But if they're here, I'd like to hear that song again. 2 00:00:33,859 --> 00:00:36,419 In fact, let's start the service with that song. 3 00:00:37,219 --> 00:00:37,859 Okay. 4 00:00:38,099 --> 00:00:39,219 Wasn't that wonderful? 5 00:00:39,859 --> 00:00:44,179 Praise the Lord and God bless you again and again and again. 6 00:00:44,259 --> 00:00:48,379 What a great opportunity to come together and praise the Lord. 7 00:00:48,379 --> 00:00:49,379 Great crowd today. 8 00:00:49,539 --> 00:00:51,059 Good, good looking crowd. 9 00:00:51,459 --> 00:00:54,019 A few exceptions, but most of you are good looking. 10 00:00:56,669 --> 00:01:01,389 I don't know if in heaven right now on Easter, I don't know 11 00:01:01,709 --> 00:01:04,909 if the angels are singing or they're having any kind of special 12 00:01:05,069 --> 00:01:05,789 celebration. 13 00:01:06,189 --> 00:01:06,989 I don't know. 14 00:01:07,389 --> 00:01:10,189 But I believe probably in hell. 15 00:01:10,189 --> 00:01:13,189 There are demons there and around the world that are moaning 16 00:01:13,189 --> 00:01:14,509 and groaning right now. 17 00:01:15,709 --> 00:01:17,309 I really do believe that. 18 00:01:17,309 --> 00:01:19,949 I believe they hate Easter with a passion. 19 00:01:20,589 --> 00:01:24,459 They hate it and they gag every time they hear us sing. 20 00:01:24,459 --> 00:01:25,499 Because he lives. 21 00:01:25,499 --> 00:01:27,739 I can face tomorrow. 22 00:01:29,019 --> 00:01:31,379 I heard a story about a little girl. 23 00:01:31,379 --> 00:01:34,139 She was, I think maybe first grade or so, I'm not sure. 24 00:01:34,139 --> 00:01:37,099 A little black girl in a church. 25 00:01:37,179 --> 00:01:39,739 And they were having an Easter pageant. 26 00:01:40,059 --> 00:01:44,059 And she got elected to be the angel that was sitting on the stone 27 00:01:44,379 --> 00:01:45,459 that was rolled away. 28 00:01:45,459 --> 00:01:48,759 And she was going to say, he is not here. 29 00:01:48,759 --> 00:01:49,559 He is risen. 30 00:01:49,559 --> 00:01:53,399 As he said, boy, she practiced and practiced and practiced. 31 00:01:53,799 --> 00:01:58,039 And the day came and she got seated up on top of the rock. 32 00:01:58,039 --> 00:02:02,119 And her kicking her feet back and forth, just waiting for her time. 33 00:02:02,599 --> 00:02:05,639 And when it came for her to say that, she forgot the words. 34 00:02:06,999 --> 00:02:08,119 And she just looked around. 35 00:02:08,199 --> 00:02:09,159 Everybody's quiet. 36 00:02:09,719 --> 00:02:11,239 She said, well, he ain't here. 37 00:02:11,239 --> 00:02:12,359 He done lef out. 38 00:02:16,119 --> 00:02:17,279 And he did leave out. 39 00:02:17,279 --> 00:02:17,879 Amen. 40 00:02:18,279 --> 00:02:21,719 And he's coming back very, very soon. 41 00:02:21,719 --> 00:02:27,719 Up from the grave he arose with a mighty triumph over his foes. 42 00:02:28,119 --> 00:02:34,279 He arose the victor of the dark domain and he lives forever 43 00:02:34,279 --> 00:02:35,959 with his saints to reign. 44 00:02:37,159 --> 00:02:38,119 Hallelujah. 45 00:02:38,759 --> 00:02:39,719 What a savior. 46 00:02:40,119 --> 00:02:43,509 One of the blackest assumptions that can ever cross the 47 00:02:43,509 --> 00:02:48,909 human mind is if Christ be not risen, I mean, what could be worse? 48 00:02:48,909 --> 00:02:53,389 What would be darker to assume that happen first Corinthians 15 49 00:02:53,469 --> 00:02:54,829 talks a lot about that. 50 00:02:55,789 --> 00:02:58,829 Paul said, but now is Christ risen. 51 00:02:59,469 --> 00:03:01,549 Now, now is Christ risen. 52 00:03:03,069 --> 00:03:08,309 If he's dead, why are the adversaries today still trying to 53 00:03:08,309 --> 00:03:09,149 get rid of him? 54 00:03:11,839 --> 00:03:14,559 I mean, just ignore Christ and Christianity. 55 00:03:14,559 --> 00:03:15,279 Forget it. 56 00:03:15,679 --> 00:03:17,719 Let the Christians do whatever they want to do. 57 00:03:17,719 --> 00:03:18,399 He's dead. 58 00:03:18,399 --> 00:03:22,719 But evidently maybe they believe he's alive more than we do. 59 00:03:24,959 --> 00:03:29,519 If he's dead, why are so many martyrs, even right this moment while 60 00:03:29,519 --> 00:03:36,239 we are here in this church, are dying boldly and gladly for the 61 00:03:36,239 --> 00:03:36,919 name of Christ? 62 00:03:37,799 --> 00:03:39,559 If he's dead, why die? 63 00:03:39,959 --> 00:03:41,639 Who would die for a lie? 64 00:03:42,759 --> 00:03:49,559 Amen if he's dead, why are so many lives still being radically 65 00:03:49,639 --> 00:03:51,319 changed every day? 66 00:03:52,839 --> 00:03:56,439 And if he's dead, why is this church still assembling? 67 00:03:56,679 --> 00:03:57,559 Let's go home. 68 00:03:57,639 --> 00:03:58,279 Amen. 69 00:03:58,599 --> 00:04:05,249 Why come to church if our Savior is not alive? 70 00:04:07,249 --> 00:04:11,769 You know, this may sound strange, but if Christ is dead, why 71 00:04:11,769 --> 00:04:13,209 celebrate birthdays? 72 00:04:13,209 --> 00:04:15,969 I mean, why would we get together and celebrate? 73 00:04:15,969 --> 00:04:17,569 We're one year closer to death. 74 00:04:18,689 --> 00:04:19,329 Amen. 75 00:04:20,289 --> 00:04:24,529 If you're saved, you're one day closer to heaven. 76 00:04:25,569 --> 00:04:28,529 And some of you have loved ones that's peeking over the wall 77 00:04:28,529 --> 00:04:29,549 and wondering, where. 78 00:04:29,619 --> 00:04:30,499 When are you going to get here? 79 00:04:33,699 --> 00:04:37,019 If he's dead, why do Christians rejoice at the graveside 80 00:04:37,019 --> 00:04:38,179 of loved ones? 81 00:04:41,459 --> 00:04:43,819 And if he's dead, who's that living in my soul? 82 00:04:43,819 --> 00:04:44,419 Amen. 83 00:04:45,779 --> 00:04:51,619 I want you to take your Bible and turn to Luke chapter number 19. 84 00:04:53,219 --> 00:04:57,329 And then we're going to look at mark, Luke, chapter 19. 85 00:05:00,049 --> 00:05:04,649 I hope you brought your Bible, because the Bible is one of our greatest 86 00:05:04,649 --> 00:05:09,969 possessions and it's never been wrong about anything. 87 00:05:11,729 --> 00:05:17,209 But in Luke chapter number 19, in verse number 37, it says, and 88 00:05:17,209 --> 00:05:18,409 when he was come nigh. 89 00:05:18,409 --> 00:05:21,249 Even now at the descent of the Mount of Olives. 90 00:05:23,309 --> 00:05:25,509 The Mount of Olives was a huge hill. 91 00:05:25,509 --> 00:05:29,389 Shelly and I went up there, and it's a pretty long walk down 92 00:05:30,189 --> 00:05:31,949 a long, long slope. 93 00:05:32,349 --> 00:05:39,549 It's covered with tombstones and white arches, all kinds of things. 94 00:05:39,549 --> 00:05:43,709 And it goes right down to the bottom of the wall of Jerusalem. 95 00:05:45,469 --> 00:05:49,949 And at the descent of Mount Olives, the whole multitude of the 96 00:05:49,949 --> 00:05:55,739 disciples began to rejoice and praised God with a loud voice for 97 00:05:55,739 --> 00:06:01,659 all the mighty works that they had seen, saying, blessed be the 98 00:06:01,659 --> 00:06:05,979 king that cometh in the name of the Lord, peace in heaven and 99 00:06:05,979 --> 00:06:07,339 glory in the highest. 100 00:06:09,899 --> 00:06:15,419 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, 101 00:06:16,299 --> 00:06:19,749 master, rebuke thy disciples. 102 00:06:20,629 --> 00:06:21,909 Tell them to settle down. 103 00:06:22,549 --> 00:06:25,709 Tell them to quit praising the Lord. 104 00:06:25,709 --> 00:06:27,109 Tell them to quit saying things. 105 00:06:27,109 --> 00:06:28,029 Just be quiet. 106 00:06:28,029 --> 00:06:32,069 These were the unsaved religious people of Jesus Day. 107 00:06:32,069 --> 00:06:34,389 He had more problems with them than anybody else. 108 00:06:35,669 --> 00:06:37,989 They were very committed, but they were lost. 109 00:06:39,509 --> 00:06:42,629 They were hoping their own righteousness would get them to heaven. 110 00:06:43,769 --> 00:06:44,729 They hated Jesus. 111 00:06:45,529 --> 00:06:46,649 They despised him. 112 00:06:46,649 --> 00:06:49,049 They said he was a fake and a fraud and a phony. 113 00:06:50,169 --> 00:06:54,249 He wasn't the Son of God, and they crucified him. 114 00:06:56,569 --> 00:07:00,489 So some of the Pharisees said, rebuke. 115 00:07:00,569 --> 00:07:01,569 And he answered. 116 00:07:01,569 --> 00:07:07,529 Jesus answered and said unto them, I tell you that if these should 117 00:07:07,529 --> 00:07:13,619 hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. 118 00:07:15,539 --> 00:07:25,819 Can you imagine the stones crying out in the Book of Mark, just 119 00:07:25,819 --> 00:07:33,379 A few pages over, if you have it, Mark 16 and verse number four. 120 00:07:33,379 --> 00:07:37,789 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away. 121 00:07:39,149 --> 00:07:41,629 For it was very great. 122 00:07:44,189 --> 00:07:48,189 Not just great in size, because the ladies that went there 123 00:07:48,189 --> 00:07:50,668 that morning, I don't know if they even thought about it, when 124 00:07:50,668 --> 00:07:53,989 they got there, they started thinking, who in the world are we 125 00:07:53,989 --> 00:07:55,469 gonna get to move this stone? 126 00:07:56,829 --> 00:07:59,229 And you know the story very well. 127 00:08:00,839 --> 00:08:06,439 The stone was rolled away great in meaning. 128 00:08:06,439 --> 00:08:08,919 Not just great in size, but great in meaning. 129 00:08:09,239 --> 00:08:13,879 If that stone could speak today, what would it say? 130 00:08:15,719 --> 00:08:16,799 Would it cry out? 131 00:08:16,799 --> 00:08:19,959 Oh, yes, it's still crying out after over 2000 years. 132 00:08:19,959 --> 00:08:23,599 When you talk about the stone, most people, if they're saved, know 133 00:08:23,599 --> 00:08:24,999 which stone you're talking about. 134 00:08:26,829 --> 00:08:29,549 If you say the book, most Christians would say, oh, you're 135 00:08:29,549 --> 00:08:30,509 talking about the Bible. 136 00:08:31,709 --> 00:08:35,309 When you talk about the Savior, you're talking about Jesus. 137 00:08:36,349 --> 00:08:40,029 Most Christians know what the means. 138 00:08:43,389 --> 00:08:47,749 But what is life and what is this love and working every day and 139 00:08:47,749 --> 00:08:51,949 raising a family and going to church if the stone never moved? 140 00:08:53,879 --> 00:08:59,559 But it did move, and death moved with it. 141 00:08:59,879 --> 00:09:00,839 Hallelujah. 142 00:09:03,399 --> 00:09:07,319 Surely it was not rolled away so that the Lord could get out. 143 00:09:07,479 --> 00:09:09,159 He wasn't trapped in there. 144 00:09:10,839 --> 00:09:11,479 Amen. 145 00:09:12,999 --> 00:09:14,759 I mean, he walked through walls. 146 00:09:14,999 --> 00:09:16,439 There's nothing that could get between. 147 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:18,839 Anywhere he wanted to go, Jesus could get there. 148 00:09:23,309 --> 00:09:25,789 It wasn't rolled away so he could come out. 149 00:09:26,989 --> 00:09:29,069 It was rolled away so they could go in. 150 00:09:30,909 --> 00:09:35,149 And you and I, by faith, can go in today through the word of God 151 00:09:36,269 --> 00:09:44,189 and see and believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead. 152 00:09:44,429 --> 00:09:44,989 Amen. 153 00:09:47,739 --> 00:09:52,139 Suppose that a child was entrusted to my care. 154 00:09:53,339 --> 00:09:57,659 And it fell to my lot one night to put the little boy to bed. 155 00:09:57,659 --> 00:10:01,739 And I would take him, I suppose, to his room and hear his 156 00:10:01,739 --> 00:10:08,259 prayers, tuck him in with all the good intentions and all the awkwardness 157 00:10:08,259 --> 00:10:09,019 of being a man. 158 00:10:09,019 --> 00:10:10,699 Nobody can do that like a mama. 159 00:10:14,099 --> 00:10:17,579 And then imagine as I'm about to leave the room and turn off the 160 00:10:17,579 --> 00:10:21,859 light, suppose the little fellow confesses a childish fear 161 00:10:21,859 --> 00:10:22,339 to me. 162 00:10:23,299 --> 00:10:26,819 He tells me that he lives in the dread of the other side of that 163 00:10:26,819 --> 00:10:32,299 big, dark, heavy curtain in the corner of the bedroom, that he 164 00:10:32,299 --> 00:10:35,379 is afraid that there's something evil on that other side. 165 00:10:36,339 --> 00:10:42,249 And in the darkness, he can almost see some sinister shape emerging 166 00:10:42,249 --> 00:10:43,289 to do him harm. 167 00:10:44,889 --> 00:10:49,529 Well, I could give him a few words of comfort, it'll be all right, 168 00:10:49,529 --> 00:10:50,489 and leave the room. 169 00:10:52,009 --> 00:10:56,329 But I'm too concerned about his peace of mind because he happens 170 00:10:56,329 --> 00:10:57,529 to be my grandson. 171 00:11:00,409 --> 00:11:06,089 So I go to the shadowed corner of the room and fling the curtain 172 00:11:06,089 --> 00:11:15,799 back and the flood of the dark recesses with light and shows the 173 00:11:15,799 --> 00:11:19,759 groundlessness of his fears, the smile of assurance. 174 00:11:21,119 --> 00:11:24,479 See, there's nothing to fear. 175 00:11:26,079 --> 00:11:29,399 My removal of the curtain is no part of the removal of evil. 176 00:11:29,399 --> 00:11:34,269 But it is part of the removal of what he was dreading may be behind 177 00:11:34,269 --> 00:11:34,869 the curtain. 178 00:11:36,629 --> 00:11:39,669 I've come down to his level, you see, as a little boy that he 179 00:11:39,669 --> 00:11:40,629 may find peace. 180 00:11:40,789 --> 00:11:47,429 And I'm rewarded by seeing him smile and fall calmly asleep. 181 00:11:49,829 --> 00:11:51,829 You can connect the dots, can't you? 182 00:11:51,909 --> 00:11:52,549 Of course. 183 00:11:55,109 --> 00:12:02,639 He flung back the curtain of that tomb and nobody was there. 184 00:12:04,399 --> 00:12:05,679 Nothing else to fear. 185 00:12:07,439 --> 00:12:09,559 Peter and John run together to the tomb. 186 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:14,639 And John outruns Peter, but he hesitates to go in. 187 00:12:16,479 --> 00:12:21,359 And so Peter catches up that he doesn't hesitate a moment. 188 00:12:21,519 --> 00:12:22,479 He never does. 189 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:25,559 And in he goes. 190 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:27,199 And then John follows him. 191 00:12:28,159 --> 00:12:31,119 When they're standing together in this sepulcher, they see the linen 192 00:12:31,119 --> 00:12:35,959 clothes lying and the napkin that was about his head not lying 193 00:12:35,959 --> 00:12:39,639 with the linen clothes, but wrapped together and folded in a 194 00:12:39,639 --> 00:12:40,559 place by itself. 195 00:12:42,159 --> 00:12:48,239 This wasn't some wrestling with clothing, some labor of unwinding. 196 00:12:48,239 --> 00:12:50,159 It was a glorious uprising. 197 00:12:51,759 --> 00:12:56,109 All alone, he rose again behind the stone. 198 00:12:58,829 --> 00:13:02,749 How calm and private that blessed sepulcher must have been 199 00:13:04,269 --> 00:13:08,429 after all the dreadful, shameful publicity of the crucifixion. 200 00:13:09,469 --> 00:13:13,789 Quiet and still, blessedly secluded. 201 00:13:13,789 --> 00:13:17,749 Jesus loved solitude, but he had no solitude. 202 00:13:17,749 --> 00:13:24,119 Between Gethsemane in the sepulcher, working out the time is 203 00:13:24,119 --> 00:13:28,159 difficult, but it seems that eight hours after his arrest, he 204 00:13:28,159 --> 00:13:29,399 was hanging on a cross. 205 00:13:30,759 --> 00:13:32,039 Eight awful hours. 206 00:13:33,799 --> 00:13:39,079 In a space of six hours, he was examined five times by four different 207 00:13:39,239 --> 00:13:40,119 tribunals. 208 00:13:41,959 --> 00:13:44,919 In all the haste, they arrested him. 209 00:13:45,289 --> 00:13:48,729 From Annas to Caiaphas, to Pilate to Herod and back to Pilate 210 00:13:48,729 --> 00:13:49,049 again. 211 00:13:50,169 --> 00:13:56,089 And then on the cross and having driven the nails and done 212 00:13:56,089 --> 00:14:01,049 their devilest, why couldn't they just let him die in quietness 213 00:14:01,929 --> 00:14:04,729 and in the company of his dear loved ones? 214 00:14:05,929 --> 00:14:06,329 No. 215 00:14:08,169 --> 00:14:09,769 The cup he had to drink. 216 00:14:10,979 --> 00:14:11,939 So he hangs there. 217 00:14:13,539 --> 00:14:20,779 Noise, dust, pain, thirst, the crowds, the jeers, the curses, the 218 00:14:20,779 --> 00:14:22,179 sobbing women. 219 00:14:23,139 --> 00:14:28,019 He hangs stark naked between earth and heaven. 220 00:14:31,459 --> 00:14:34,899 Oh, for quietness, for solitude, just to be alone. 221 00:14:36,589 --> 00:14:39,469 Through his swimming eyes he saw his mother's face. 222 00:14:41,149 --> 00:14:43,069 Brings Nazareth back to him. 223 00:14:43,069 --> 00:14:46,109 Childhood and the friends and fields of Galilee. 224 00:14:47,469 --> 00:14:48,429 John is there. 225 00:14:48,429 --> 00:14:53,069 And he says to his mother, woman, behold thy son. 226 00:14:53,709 --> 00:14:55,709 And to John, behold thy mother. 227 00:14:57,549 --> 00:14:59,549 But then came those three words. 228 00:15:00,429 --> 00:15:01,469 It is finished. 229 00:15:03,879 --> 00:15:04,879 Jesus paid it. 230 00:15:04,879 --> 00:15:09,719 All these people today that said, well, I know he died, but I 231 00:15:09,719 --> 00:15:10,999 got to do my part too. 232 00:15:11,639 --> 00:15:16,639 That's a blasphemous thought, isn't that a shame to say, thank 233 00:15:16,639 --> 00:15:19,399 you, Jesus, but you didn't quite do enough. 234 00:15:20,839 --> 00:15:21,679 Isn't that something? 235 00:15:21,679 --> 00:15:24,319 There's still people think, oh, I believe I'm saved, but if I 236 00:15:24,319 --> 00:15:27,319 don't behave myself, I don't know if I'll make it or not. 237 00:15:27,319 --> 00:15:28,279 I hope I make it. 238 00:15:30,879 --> 00:15:32,719 I believe in a no so salvation. 239 00:15:33,679 --> 00:15:36,079 And I believe in a show so salvation. 240 00:15:38,159 --> 00:15:41,719 You can tell when people are saved, where they go, where they 241 00:15:41,719 --> 00:15:45,199 don't go, how they live, how they talk, what they talk about, 242 00:15:47,279 --> 00:15:48,479 how they spend their money. 243 00:15:51,679 --> 00:15:52,639 It is finished. 244 00:15:52,639 --> 00:15:55,559 Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit into. 245 00:15:55,629 --> 00:15:56,829 And they put him in the tomb. 246 00:15:58,109 --> 00:16:01,629 Do you still think of the tomb as being a cold and eerie. 247 00:16:01,629 --> 00:16:03,709 No, I think it was quiet and calm. 248 00:16:04,269 --> 00:16:08,829 Our crucified God rests for hours on a cool bed of rock. 249 00:16:09,789 --> 00:16:12,349 But then he arose. 250 00:16:12,829 --> 00:16:13,469 Amen. 251 00:16:16,269 --> 00:16:20,309 I know we believe it, but how much. 252 00:16:20,309 --> 00:16:22,189 How strongly do we believe that? 253 00:16:24,579 --> 00:16:27,939 I heard a story about a true story about a family that tragically 254 00:16:27,939 --> 00:16:35,099 lost three of their four children within just two weeks to 255 00:16:35,099 --> 00:16:35,859 a disease. 256 00:16:37,059 --> 00:16:38,259 Three out of four. 257 00:16:40,179 --> 00:16:44,579 The family had buried the third child just two weeks before 258 00:16:44,579 --> 00:16:45,059 Easter. 259 00:16:47,219 --> 00:16:52,939 On Easter morning, the parents and the remaining child went to church. 260 00:16:54,059 --> 00:16:57,139 The mother taught her Sunday school class about the resurrection 261 00:16:57,139 --> 00:16:57,899 of Jesus. 262 00:16:58,859 --> 00:17:02,339 The father read the Easter story as he led the opening Sunday 263 00:17:02,339 --> 00:17:03,339 school devotion. 264 00:17:04,299 --> 00:17:07,059 People who knew about their great loss wondered, how could they 265 00:17:07,059 --> 00:17:07,499 do it? 266 00:17:08,379 --> 00:17:12,619 One family of the church were in the car on their way home after 267 00:17:12,619 --> 00:17:18,869 church and their 16 year old boy asked his father, dad, that couple 268 00:17:18,869 --> 00:17:21,909 must believe everything about the Easter story, don't they? 269 00:17:23,829 --> 00:17:26,389 Father said, of course they believe it. 270 00:17:26,629 --> 00:17:27,989 All Christians do. 271 00:17:30,229 --> 00:17:35,669 The young man leaned forward and said, not like they do. 272 00:17:41,278 --> 00:17:45,198 Sometimes I wonder, could we stand the test? 273 00:17:47,758 --> 00:17:51,598 Do we believe it's more than just saying? 274 00:17:51,678 --> 00:17:53,438 It's more than just words. 275 00:17:53,678 --> 00:17:55,278 We live what we believe. 276 00:17:59,678 --> 00:18:03,998 It's hard to comprehend sometimes, to take it all in. 277 00:18:04,878 --> 00:18:14,209 All that happened on February 27, 1991, at the height of Desert 278 00:18:14,209 --> 00:18:14,889 Storm. 279 00:18:17,129 --> 00:18:23,089 A woman named Ruth Dillo received, like many others, had a 280 00:18:23,089 --> 00:18:26,329 very sad message from the Pentagon. 281 00:18:27,689 --> 00:18:31,329 It stated that her son, Clayton Carpenter, Private First 282 00:18:31,329 --> 00:18:37,179 Class, it stepped on a mine in Kuwait and died. 283 00:18:39,899 --> 00:18:43,459 Ruth Dillo later wrote, I can't begin to describe my grief 284 00:18:43,459 --> 00:18:44,139 and shock. 285 00:18:44,139 --> 00:18:46,699 It was almost more than I could bear. 286 00:18:47,419 --> 00:18:49,019 For three days I wept. 287 00:18:49,739 --> 00:18:52,219 For three days I expressed anger and loss. 288 00:18:53,019 --> 00:18:57,619 For three days people tried to comfort me to no avail because the 289 00:18:57,619 --> 00:18:58,779 loss was too great. 290 00:19:01,469 --> 00:19:04,669 But three days after she received that message, the telephone 291 00:19:04,669 --> 00:19:09,309 rang and the voice on the other end said, mom, it's me. 292 00:19:12,029 --> 00:19:12,829 I'm alive. 293 00:19:15,389 --> 00:19:21,189 Think about that, Ruth Dillo said. 294 00:19:21,189 --> 00:19:24,469 I couldn't believe it at first, but then I recognized his 295 00:19:24,469 --> 00:19:24,909 voice. 296 00:19:25,329 --> 00:19:26,449 He really was alive. 297 00:19:27,249 --> 00:19:30,209 The message was all a mistake, she said. 298 00:19:30,209 --> 00:19:31,289 I laughed, I cried. 299 00:19:31,289 --> 00:19:35,409 I felt like turning cartwheels because my son, whom I had thought 300 00:19:35,409 --> 00:19:38,369 was dead, was really alive. 301 00:19:40,129 --> 00:19:44,489 I'm sure none of us can begin to understand maybe how that would 302 00:19:44,489 --> 00:19:45,089 have felt. 303 00:19:47,569 --> 00:19:49,249 But those disciples could. 304 00:19:51,659 --> 00:19:52,579 They thought he was dead. 305 00:19:52,579 --> 00:19:53,899 The ladies thought he was dead. 306 00:19:53,899 --> 00:19:55,499 They were going to anoint the body. 307 00:19:58,379 --> 00:20:00,619 But now is Christ risen. 308 00:20:01,339 --> 00:20:04,779 No doubt there were many who hated him and watched him die. 309 00:20:05,259 --> 00:20:08,419 And they could have thought, or at least said, I'm glad that's 310 00:20:08,419 --> 00:20:08,939 over with. 311 00:20:09,659 --> 00:20:11,179 But it wasn't over, was it? 312 00:20:12,619 --> 00:20:16,219 I'm sure the soldiers had not had a day quite like that before 313 00:20:17,479 --> 00:20:18,359 fighting the mobs. 314 00:20:20,039 --> 00:20:23,519 I can imagine a soldier looking to the other one said, whew, 315 00:20:23,519 --> 00:20:24,679 I'm glad that's over. 316 00:20:25,479 --> 00:20:26,519 But it wasn't over. 317 00:20:28,839 --> 00:20:32,679 I'm sure the Pharisees, the religious leaders, the self righteous, 318 00:20:33,399 --> 00:20:37,879 smiled with a smirk because Jesus had upset their religion. 319 00:20:39,719 --> 00:20:42,199 I can hear them saying, I'm glad that's over. 320 00:20:42,749 --> 00:20:43,469 But it wasn't over. 321 00:20:45,309 --> 00:20:50,429 Pilate washed his hands, maybe thought to himself, maybe mumbling 322 00:20:50,429 --> 00:20:53,869 under his breath, I'm glad that's over. 323 00:20:56,269 --> 00:20:57,309 But it wasn't over. 324 00:20:59,629 --> 00:21:01,309 Three long days followed. 325 00:21:02,429 --> 00:21:05,949 Imagine the scene of Calvary the day after the crucifixion. 326 00:21:05,949 --> 00:21:07,789 Three crosses still standing. 327 00:21:09,289 --> 00:21:10,089 Imagine that. 328 00:21:11,449 --> 00:21:13,129 Nails lying on the ground. 329 00:21:13,209 --> 00:21:19,289 Blood stains, trash and debris across the ground. 330 00:21:20,329 --> 00:21:21,449 Broken vessels. 331 00:21:22,489 --> 00:21:26,649 A broken reed lying over to the side with the sponge on the end 332 00:21:26,649 --> 00:21:26,929 of it. 333 00:21:26,929 --> 00:21:30,409 No people around, just all that stuff laying there. 334 00:21:31,609 --> 00:21:34,009 You look closer, you'd find footprints. 335 00:21:35,899 --> 00:21:39,139 A lot of people came that day, some of them just to make a day of 336 00:21:39,139 --> 00:21:39,299 it. 337 00:21:39,299 --> 00:21:40,219 Just something to do. 338 00:21:41,419 --> 00:21:42,739 But imagine the scene. 339 00:21:42,739 --> 00:21:44,779 A holy hush and a chill in the air. 340 00:21:45,419 --> 00:21:50,738 The clouds are still dark and thick, but if you'll listen, it's 341 00:21:50,738 --> 00:21:52,139 like the voice of the wind. 342 00:21:53,499 --> 00:21:54,379 It's not over. 343 00:21:57,019 --> 00:21:57,899 It's not over. 344 00:22:00,789 --> 00:22:01,509 It's not over. 345 00:22:05,189 --> 00:22:09,909 You know, Thomas Jefferson made this statement. 346 00:22:09,909 --> 00:22:11,029 He was famous. 347 00:22:11,029 --> 00:22:15,349 In fact, Ronald Reagan used it often during his presidency. 348 00:22:15,989 --> 00:22:16,829 He said this. 349 00:22:16,829 --> 00:22:19,029 He said, facts are stubborn things. 350 00:22:21,829 --> 00:22:23,109 That's pretty good, isn't it? 351 00:22:23,829 --> 00:22:25,889 Facts are stubborn things. 352 00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:31,159 You see, ladies and gentlemen, our faith is built on facts. 353 00:22:33,479 --> 00:22:34,519 On facts. 354 00:22:35,239 --> 00:22:36,599 Most people don't believe that. 355 00:22:36,679 --> 00:22:38,759 They say you just got to have faith in something. 356 00:22:38,839 --> 00:22:40,879 No, faith cometh by hearing. 357 00:22:40,879 --> 00:22:42,519 Hearing by the word of God. 358 00:22:45,719 --> 00:22:48,439 Ronald Reagan Facts are stubborn. 359 00:22:53,009 --> 00:22:56,289 It is profound, but never so profound and powerful as the fact 360 00:22:56,289 --> 00:22:57,409 of the resurrection. 361 00:22:58,849 --> 00:23:02,529 The Bible doesn't set out to prove God any more than we would 362 00:23:02,929 --> 00:23:05,649 set out to prove that there's a sun shining today. 363 00:23:08,049 --> 00:23:12,769 A man may deny the sun, but it won't keep him from getting sunburned. 364 00:23:13,729 --> 00:23:14,369 Amen. 365 00:23:15,489 --> 00:23:16,209 Not at all. 366 00:23:18,059 --> 00:23:18,859 Think about that. 367 00:23:20,459 --> 00:23:29,379 Overwhelmingly evident man may deny God, but it won't cancel the 368 00:23:29,379 --> 00:23:30,459 accountability of God. 369 00:23:30,459 --> 00:23:31,019 You know what? 370 00:23:31,259 --> 00:23:33,259 Everybody's going to get to meet Jesus. 371 00:23:34,539 --> 00:23:35,419 Saved and lost. 372 00:23:36,779 --> 00:23:37,499 Everybody. 373 00:23:37,499 --> 00:23:39,339 You ever wonder what Jesus looked like? 374 00:23:39,339 --> 00:23:40,299 Of course we have. 375 00:23:41,739 --> 00:23:42,619 Think about that. 376 00:23:43,309 --> 00:23:45,149 You're going to get to meet him personally. 377 00:23:45,949 --> 00:23:48,029 The Bible says you shall see his face. 378 00:23:50,269 --> 00:23:52,669 The only difference is there will be two different meetings. 379 00:23:52,669 --> 00:23:56,029 One will meet him as Savior and others will meet him as judge. 380 00:24:04,109 --> 00:24:04,749 Judge. 381 00:24:06,829 --> 00:24:10,229 All the atheistic hammers and chisels throughout history have been 382 00:24:10,229 --> 00:24:14,349 broken in pieces and continue to shatter and blow away as dust 383 00:24:15,289 --> 00:24:16,969 as they keep beating on Jesus. 384 00:24:18,169 --> 00:24:19,769 And the hammers are broken. 385 00:24:22,089 --> 00:24:24,489 If we believe not yet, he abideth faithful. 386 00:24:24,489 --> 00:24:26,889 He cannot deny himself. 387 00:24:29,049 --> 00:24:30,249 Facts are stubborn. 388 00:24:32,569 --> 00:24:34,329 The fact of the broken seal. 389 00:24:34,329 --> 00:24:35,209 You remember that. 390 00:24:36,009 --> 00:24:42,499 You remember when Pilate said, put him in the grave and roll the 391 00:24:42,499 --> 00:24:43,859 stone and then seal it. 392 00:24:45,139 --> 00:24:46,179 It's interesting, too. 393 00:24:46,179 --> 00:24:47,179 It's another sermon. 394 00:24:47,179 --> 00:24:49,459 But he said, make it as sure as you can. 395 00:24:50,979 --> 00:24:53,499 It was almost like he said, I don't know if it's gonna do any good 396 00:24:53,499 --> 00:24:56,179 or not, but try to make it as sure as you can. 397 00:24:57,459 --> 00:25:02,659 But in those days, to break a seal was punishable by death. 398 00:25:03,379 --> 00:25:06,979 Especially the seal of the governor, the ruler. 399 00:25:09,249 --> 00:25:11,169 The fact of the removed stone. 400 00:25:12,289 --> 00:25:17,089 The fact of the prostrate Roman guard who said, surely this 401 00:25:17,089 --> 00:25:18,209 was the Son of God. 402 00:25:18,209 --> 00:25:19,489 Did he get saved that day? 403 00:25:19,489 --> 00:25:20,209 I don't know. 404 00:25:21,889 --> 00:25:23,729 The fact of the empty tomb. 405 00:25:23,729 --> 00:25:25,729 The fact of Mary Magdalene. 406 00:25:26,449 --> 00:25:27,889 Mary, the mother of Jesus. 407 00:25:29,089 --> 00:25:30,689 There was another Mary there, too. 408 00:25:32,859 --> 00:25:33,499 Mary's sister. 409 00:25:35,339 --> 00:25:38,659 The fact of the other women who came to embalm his body and heard 410 00:25:38,659 --> 00:25:41,019 the most glorious words to ever be spoken. 411 00:25:42,379 --> 00:25:44,219 The fact of Simon Peter. 412 00:25:44,219 --> 00:25:47,819 The fact of James, who met him face to face. 413 00:25:48,699 --> 00:25:49,819 What about Thomas? 414 00:25:51,339 --> 00:25:52,779 Yeah, doubting Thomas. 415 00:25:53,419 --> 00:25:59,179 But he actually touched the wounds of Jesus and cried out, my 416 00:25:59,179 --> 00:26:00,299 Lord and my God. 417 00:26:02,249 --> 00:26:06,649 The fact of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus whose hearts 418 00:26:06,649 --> 00:26:07,849 burned within them. 419 00:26:09,849 --> 00:26:14,049 The fact of the seven fishermen who went fishing with the 420 00:26:14,049 --> 00:26:15,129 resurrected Christ. 421 00:26:15,929 --> 00:26:17,409 In fact, they ate breakfast with him. 422 00:26:17,409 --> 00:26:19,289 How would you like to eat breakfast with Jesus? 423 00:26:22,489 --> 00:26:25,369 Over 500 believers saw him all at one time. 424 00:26:27,459 --> 00:26:29,299 Oh, we could go on and on and on. 425 00:26:30,819 --> 00:26:31,539 The facts. 426 00:26:31,539 --> 00:26:32,899 They're stubborn, but they're there. 427 00:26:34,979 --> 00:26:43,219 People love to deny them, but they can't. 428 00:26:48,579 --> 00:26:52,179 Can I close With a few other facts you haven't thought of. 429 00:26:54,709 --> 00:26:56,989 Especially if you're here today and you're not sure you're 430 00:26:56,989 --> 00:26:57,309 saved. 431 00:26:57,309 --> 00:26:59,989 You've joined the church, you've been baptized once or twice, 432 00:27:01,589 --> 00:27:02,549 you have a Bible. 433 00:27:04,069 --> 00:27:05,829 And if people pressure you, believe it. 434 00:27:05,829 --> 00:27:08,629 But if somebody was to ask you, are you saved? 435 00:27:10,149 --> 00:27:13,429 And some people would say, well, I think I am. 436 00:27:14,709 --> 00:27:15,749 I hope I am. 437 00:27:16,869 --> 00:27:18,389 I'm trying to be a good person. 438 00:27:20,149 --> 00:27:21,469 But do you know you're saved? 439 00:27:21,469 --> 00:27:22,869 Well, nobody can know that. 440 00:27:22,869 --> 00:27:24,389 That's what a lot of people say. 441 00:27:28,149 --> 00:27:30,309 But if you're not saved, you are. 442 00:27:30,629 --> 00:27:31,309 It's a fact. 443 00:27:31,309 --> 00:27:34,149 You're going to face death, and that's not the end. 444 00:27:34,948 --> 00:27:37,269 It is appointed unto man once to die. 445 00:27:37,509 --> 00:27:41,029 But after this, the judgment. 446 00:27:42,789 --> 00:27:47,119 After this, most people, even though they don't believe, will wonder. 447 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:50,159 I wonder after I die, if there's anything going to happen. 448 00:27:50,159 --> 00:27:53,199 Am I going to see anything or feel anything or hear anything? 449 00:27:55,039 --> 00:27:57,359 It's a fact that death is not the end. 450 00:27:58,559 --> 00:28:02,399 It's a fact that if you're not saved, you've broken God's laws. 451 00:28:02,399 --> 00:28:05,199 And God is holy and righteous and perfect. 452 00:28:05,279 --> 00:28:08,559 And it says the wages of sin is death. 453 00:28:10,329 --> 00:28:19,289 But he who knew no sin became sin for us, that we might be made 454 00:28:19,529 --> 00:28:21,769 the righteousness of God. 455 00:28:21,769 --> 00:28:25,129 In him, Christ paid the penalty. 456 00:28:26,569 --> 00:28:29,209 It's the fact there is a heaven and there is a hell. 457 00:28:30,969 --> 00:28:32,249 Heaven's not a dream. 458 00:28:33,529 --> 00:28:35,569 Hell is not a curse word. 459 00:28:35,569 --> 00:28:36,329 It's a place. 460 00:28:38,069 --> 00:28:41,109 In fact, Jesus preached more about hell than he did heaven. 461 00:28:42,069 --> 00:28:43,589 Why would a man do that? 462 00:28:44,869 --> 00:28:46,469 Because he was in a bad mood? 463 00:28:46,549 --> 00:28:50,149 No, because the Bible says God's not willing that any should 464 00:28:50,149 --> 00:28:52,709 perish, but that all should come to repentance. 465 00:28:56,949 --> 00:28:58,229 You've heard salvation. 466 00:28:58,229 --> 00:29:00,309 You've heard how to be saved. 467 00:29:00,789 --> 00:29:02,469 Maybe you prayed a prayer. 468 00:29:02,469 --> 00:29:05,349 Do you have faith in your prayer or do you have faith in Jesus? 469 00:29:08,769 --> 00:29:10,129 Do you remember where you were saved? 470 00:29:10,129 --> 00:29:10,369 No. 471 00:29:10,369 --> 00:29:11,649 Do you remember when you were saved? 472 00:29:11,649 --> 00:29:12,289 Not really. 473 00:29:12,289 --> 00:29:13,329 I didn't write it down. 474 00:29:15,809 --> 00:29:17,569 Do you remember how you were saved? 475 00:29:19,249 --> 00:29:20,689 That's the one that counts. 476 00:29:22,609 --> 00:29:27,089 Tell me if I'm wrong, but can anybody be saved and they don't know 477 00:29:27,089 --> 00:29:28,129 how they got saved? 478 00:29:30,609 --> 00:29:31,249 No way. 479 00:29:32,799 --> 00:29:36,639 Dad, have you ever told your family how you got saved? 480 00:29:37,519 --> 00:29:37,839 Mom. 481 00:29:37,839 --> 00:29:40,119 Have you ever told your kids and your husband how you got. 482 00:29:40,119 --> 00:29:41,599 You ever shared your testimony? 483 00:29:42,959 --> 00:29:49,439 I'm just asking, Do you know it? 484 00:29:53,599 --> 00:29:54,559 The facts. 485 00:29:56,879 --> 00:29:57,879 You can know Christ. 486 00:29:57,879 --> 00:29:59,039 You can believe on Christ. 487 00:29:59,039 --> 00:30:00,759 Listen to believe in Jesus. 488 00:30:00,759 --> 00:30:02,399 The devil believes in Jesus. 489 00:30:05,049 --> 00:30:07,569 You can go up and down the street, you believe in Jesus. 490 00:30:07,569 --> 00:30:13,569 It's been proven Even by unsaved historians, that there was 491 00:30:13,569 --> 00:30:18,249 a crucifixion and a man named Jesus who supposedly healed a lot 492 00:30:18,249 --> 00:30:19,929 of people and died and rose again. 493 00:30:21,049 --> 00:30:22,409 Historians know that. 494 00:30:25,529 --> 00:30:30,339 But do you know from experience the Lord Jesus Christ? 495 00:30:33,779 --> 00:30:35,299 Have you believed on Christ? 496 00:30:36,659 --> 00:30:40,579 Have you put all your weight on Christ? 497 00:30:41,939 --> 00:30:46,059 If I got Brother Stone to put a chair over here and I put one leg 498 00:30:46,059 --> 00:30:52,659 on that chair, that's not totally believing that chair is going 499 00:30:52,659 --> 00:30:53,379 to hold me up. 500 00:30:54,499 --> 00:30:59,859 But if you see me stand up on the chair with both legs, you know 501 00:31:01,299 --> 00:31:04,419 that chair can hold me, right? 502 00:31:05,859 --> 00:31:09,459 You see, to be saved is to put all your weight, all your trust, 503 00:31:09,459 --> 00:31:17,459 all your hope on the life, the death, the burial and the resurrection 504 00:31:18,179 --> 00:31:21,799 of the God man, Jesus Christ. 505 00:31:25,319 --> 00:31:29,879 I shudder to think how churches across the country are filled 506 00:31:29,879 --> 00:31:31,399 with unsaved people. 507 00:31:34,519 --> 00:31:34,999 You say. 508 00:31:34,999 --> 00:31:37,319 Well, preacher, you sound kind of egotistical. 509 00:31:37,719 --> 00:31:39,239 You think you got it made? 510 00:31:40,039 --> 00:31:40,839 I don't think. 511 00:31:40,839 --> 00:31:41,559 I know. 512 00:31:42,359 --> 00:31:44,719 Because my faith is not in Chuck Wetherby. 513 00:31:44,719 --> 00:31:47,479 My faith is in Jesus Christ and him alone. 514 00:31:48,879 --> 00:31:49,519 Plus nothing. 515 00:31:49,599 --> 00:31:50,479 Minus nothing. 516 00:31:50,879 --> 00:31:57,719 Not plus the baptism or plus this or if you promise that in my 517 00:31:57,719 --> 00:32:07,759 hand, in my hand no price I bring only to the cross I cling. 518 00:32:10,399 --> 00:32:12,079 What will you do with Jesus? 519 00:32:12,959 --> 00:32:16,299 It's interesting that Pilate asked that to the mob. 520 00:32:17,499 --> 00:32:18,859 What shall I do with Jesus? 521 00:32:18,859 --> 00:32:20,219 They said, crucify him. 522 00:32:21,579 --> 00:32:22,819 What did he do with Jesus? 523 00:32:22,819 --> 00:32:23,419 I don't know. 524 00:32:24,539 --> 00:32:26,219 But what will you do with Jesus? 525 00:32:26,299 --> 00:32:26,899 Neutral. 526 00:32:26,899 --> 00:32:27,899 You cannot be. 527 00:32:29,579 --> 00:32:34,779 Because one day you'll ask the question, what will he do with me? 528 00:32:38,699 --> 00:32:41,699 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and 529 00:32:41,699 --> 00:32:44,619 shall believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the 530 00:32:44,619 --> 00:32:48,029 dead, thou shall be saved. 531 00:32:49,229 --> 00:32:53,589 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness and 532 00:32:53,589 --> 00:32:56,269 with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 533 00:32:56,429 --> 00:33:00,629 For the scripture saith, whosoever believeth on him shall 534 00:33:00,629 --> 00:33:01,709 not be ashamed. 535 00:33:02,509 --> 00:33:03,509 For whosoever. 536 00:33:03,509 --> 00:33:04,669 Hey, that's my name. 537 00:33:06,269 --> 00:33:08,109 Did you ever see your name in the Bible? 538 00:33:08,189 --> 00:33:15,399 Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 539 00:33:16,839 --> 00:33:17,479 Amen. 540 00:33:19,239 --> 00:33:21,719 John said when I saw him in Revelation 1. 541 00:33:21,719 --> 00:33:25,079 He said, When I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. 542 00:33:25,799 --> 00:33:28,839 And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, fear not. 543 00:33:29,399 --> 00:33:30,879 I am the first and the last. 544 00:33:30,879 --> 00:33:34,279 I'm he that liveth and was dead. 545 00:33:34,599 --> 00:33:38,519 And behold, I am alive forevermore. 546 00:33:39,159 --> 00:33:39,799 Amen. 547 00:33:40,849 --> 00:33:45,569 And he said, and have the keys of hell and of death. 548 00:33:47,969 --> 00:33:53,689 The key, you know, whoever has the keys usually has some kind of 549 00:33:53,689 --> 00:33:59,569 authority, some kind of trust that you can go in. 550 00:34:00,289 --> 00:34:01,169 You have the key. 551 00:34:02,929 --> 00:34:04,849 Only Jesus has the key to Heaven. 552 00:34:06,439 --> 00:34:07,279 He's the only one. 553 00:34:07,279 --> 00:34:08,159 You don't have a key. 554 00:34:08,159 --> 00:34:08,919 Only Jesus. 555 00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:12,199 Do you know him? 556 00:34:15,399 --> 00:34:18,319 I want you to stand to your feet with your heads bowed and your 557 00:34:18,319 --> 00:34:19,839 eyes closed for just a moment. 558 00:34:19,839 --> 00:34:20,719 Everyone standing. 559 00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:28,439 And I want you that are saved to pray that God would give the courage 560 00:34:28,439 --> 00:34:34,849 to some here today to come and get it settled about their salvation. 561 00:34:36,369 --> 00:34:37,569 It's very rare to. 562 00:34:39,089 --> 00:34:41,169 I've been in for 50 plus years. 563 00:34:41,329 --> 00:34:45,289 It's very rare for people to get saved on Easter because it's 564 00:34:45,289 --> 00:34:48,689 a big crowd and they got their mind on other things. 565 00:34:48,689 --> 00:34:51,969 Big day plan, kids, all kinds of stuff going on. 566 00:34:53,009 --> 00:34:53,849 It's kind of hard. 567 00:34:53,849 --> 00:34:54,769 I've seen it happen. 568 00:34:56,689 --> 00:34:59,729 I'm thinking of one right now that told me, preacher, I got saved 569 00:34:59,729 --> 00:35:02,499 on Easter Sunday when you preached on the resurrection. 570 00:35:05,209 --> 00:35:08,729 You're not here by coincidence or accident. 571 00:35:10,649 --> 00:35:11,809 God knows you're here. 572 00:35:11,809 --> 00:35:12,729 He brought you here. 573 00:35:12,889 --> 00:35:16,169 You might think you brought yourself, but no, God's in control. 574 00:35:17,529 --> 00:35:18,889 And you heard the gospel. 575 00:35:18,889 --> 00:35:21,449 You won't ever be able to stand and say, well, no one ever 576 00:35:21,449 --> 00:35:22,089 told me. 577 00:35:22,169 --> 00:35:27,449 No one ever explained it to me, well, you already heard it. 578 00:35:28,579 --> 00:35:29,939 What will you do with Jesus? 579 00:35:31,139 --> 00:35:31,779 Christian? 580 00:35:31,779 --> 00:35:32,419 What about you? 581 00:35:32,419 --> 00:35:33,579 You say, I'm saved. 582 00:35:33,579 --> 00:35:34,499 I know I'm saved. 583 00:35:34,499 --> 00:35:36,899 But are you walking close to God? 584 00:35:37,379 --> 00:35:40,739 Do people know you serve a real living Savior? 585 00:35:42,739 --> 00:35:43,978 Does people know that? 586 00:35:43,978 --> 00:35:45,299 Does your family know that? 587 00:35:46,579 --> 00:35:49,779 Have you wandered a little bit away from God and you need to come 588 00:35:49,779 --> 00:35:53,219 back today and start over again? 589 00:35:53,219 --> 00:35:55,179 Maybe you want to join the church today. 590 00:35:55,179 --> 00:35:56,259 Wouldn't that be something? 591 00:35:56,259 --> 00:35:59,829 Maybe you're looking for a church home and you say, I think 592 00:35:59,829 --> 00:36:01,069 God's leading me here. 593 00:36:02,509 --> 00:36:04,749 We'll receive you into this church, family. 594 00:36:05,869 --> 00:36:09,029 Any scriptural way that you'll come will explain how you can become 595 00:36:09,029 --> 00:36:09,549 a member. 596 00:36:11,949 --> 00:36:12,739 We're going to sing Word a.