1 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:07,464 Welcome to Heaven Earth Church. 2 00:00:07,512 --> 00:00:09,416 My name is Ross Stackhouse. 3 00:00:09,448 --> 00:00:12,680 I'm the founding pastor of Heaven Earth Church. 4 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:16,632 From the beginning, our heart was to be a church for people who 5 00:00:16,656 --> 00:00:18,696 don't fit neatly into church. 6 00:00:18,888 --> 00:00:22,712 Our heart is to meet people where they are, to learn their stories, 7 00:00:22,856 --> 00:00:24,072 to honor their stories. 8 00:00:24,136 --> 00:00:27,544 Because in every human story is God's story. 9 00:00:27,712 --> 00:00:31,160 In this podcast, you'll hear more about the people who now call 10 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:32,808 Heaven Earth Church home. 11 00:00:32,864 --> 00:00:36,760 Their stories, in many cases of misfits who are discovering or 12 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:38,136 rediscovering faith. 13 00:00:38,248 --> 00:00:41,768 If you want to know more about us, you can go to heavenorthchurch.org 14 00:00:41,944 --> 00:00:45,300 Otherwise, we invite you now into the story. 15 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:48,456 Hello, good people. 16 00:00:48,528 --> 00:00:53,400 Brad Miller here, the producer of the Heaven Earth Church podcast. 17 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:57,192 One of the main benefits of being a part of the Heaven Earth 18 00:00:57,256 --> 00:01:03,224 Church community is our Sunday morning conversations taught by founding 19 00:01:03,272 --> 00:01:05,820 pastor Ross Stackhouse. 20 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:11,576 You can watch and participate in the Sunday morning conversation 21 00:01:11,768 --> 00:01:19,336 this Sunday morning, 9:30am Eastern Time at YouTube.com Heaven 22 00:01:19,368 --> 00:01:20,540 Earth Church. 23 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:26,136 The audio version of the Sunday morning conversation is available 24 00:01:26,208 --> 00:01:31,128 here on the podcast, which you can find at Apple Podcasts, Spotify 25 00:01:31,304 --> 00:01:38,520 and on the website, which is heaven earthchurch.org here now is 26 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:43,740 Pastor Ross Stackhouse with the message Easter Glory. 27 00:01:45,930 --> 00:01:48,230 All right, let's pray and then have a conversation. 28 00:01:55,690 --> 00:02:00,830 Lord, help us to hear from you the good news of Easter today. 29 00:02:03,770 --> 00:02:06,470 Help us to hear from you the good news of Easter. 30 00:02:08,890 --> 00:02:11,100 In Jesus name, amen. 31 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:17,272 So a lot of times, almost every Sunday, if you're new to us, 32 00:02:17,296 --> 00:02:18,328 we have a conversation. 33 00:02:18,424 --> 00:02:20,980 I ask questions and I hear back from you. 34 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:24,520 We have a rather large group today, so we might only get to one 35 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:25,140 question. 36 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,240 But first, Hudson, can you go to the scripture for today? 37 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:31,940 It's John, chapter 20. 38 00:02:34,640 --> 00:02:35,880 I want to focus on this. 39 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:36,772 Just to start. 40 00:02:36,896 --> 00:02:38,828 This is from John, chapter 20. 41 00:02:38,884 --> 00:02:42,280 There are four gospels that tell the account of Jesus life. 42 00:02:43,540 --> 00:02:45,084 Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. 43 00:02:45,172 --> 00:02:47,600 The Bible is like a library of books. 44 00:02:48,340 --> 00:02:50,028 Not all books are written the same. 45 00:02:50,084 --> 00:02:51,180 You don't read them the same. 46 00:02:51,220 --> 00:02:54,252 The Gospels are written more with like, hey, we want to tell you 47 00:02:54,276 --> 00:02:55,600 what actually happened. 48 00:02:56,740 --> 00:03:00,108 There's still some stuff in there that's honestly hard to believe, 49 00:03:00,164 --> 00:03:01,960 but that's what faith is about. 50 00:03:04,110 --> 00:03:05,430 Mary stood outside. 51 00:03:05,550 --> 00:03:08,982 Mary was a woman who followed along with Jesus, who was kind of 52 00:03:09,006 --> 00:03:11,974 an outcast, but Jesus had brought her into his fold. 53 00:03:12,022 --> 00:03:13,798 Mary stood outside near the tomb. 54 00:03:13,894 --> 00:03:15,290 What's that next word? 55 00:03:16,110 --> 00:03:18,410 Mary stood outside near the tomb. 56 00:03:19,950 --> 00:03:21,334 I still don't have everybody. 57 00:03:21,382 --> 00:03:23,290 Mary stood outside near the tomb. 58 00:03:24,030 --> 00:03:25,250 Thank you, class. 59 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:31,520 You know, somebody said to me, one of the things that's hard About 60 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:36,500 Easter for me is that, like, you come to Easter and it's joyous, 61 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:39,140 and now everything's supposed to be okay. 62 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:42,832 Because the church, if you're not, if you're new to church, we 63 00:03:42,856 --> 00:03:44,656 come and we say things like, he is risen. 64 00:03:44,688 --> 00:03:46,140 And the church says back. 65 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:48,720 People are like, I didn't know that. 66 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:49,984 Listen, it's real easy. 67 00:03:50,032 --> 00:03:52,608 When I say, he is risen, you say, he is risen indeed back. 68 00:03:52,664 --> 00:03:53,700 He is risen. 69 00:03:54,570 --> 00:03:55,554 And we're like, woo hoo. 70 00:03:55,602 --> 00:04:00,350 Everything's good now, but then it's not right. 71 00:04:04,410 --> 00:04:05,202 It's not. 72 00:04:05,306 --> 00:04:06,790 Everything's not okay. 73 00:04:09,690 --> 00:04:14,750 Mary, from her vantage point, she's still living in Good Friday. 74 00:04:17,530 --> 00:04:23,749 She had followed this person who is like her poor, an outcast, 75 00:04:24,329 --> 00:04:29,601 a nobody, and yet she had come to believe with other people that 76 00:04:29,625 --> 00:04:33,313 this was the long awaited anointed one of God who is going 77 00:04:33,321 --> 00:04:36,269 to restore all things, including her. 78 00:04:36,809 --> 00:04:40,389 And then he gets brutally crucified like a criminal. 79 00:04:41,769 --> 00:04:43,553 And it seems like all hope is lost. 80 00:04:43,641 --> 00:04:44,353 So she's crying. 81 00:04:44,401 --> 00:04:47,149 And so for her on Sunday, it's still Good Friday. 82 00:04:47,460 --> 00:04:49,320 Maybe that's true for you too. 83 00:04:51,700 --> 00:04:55,440 All right, I want to tell you a story to begin. 84 00:04:56,980 --> 00:04:59,292 It's one of the best stories that's ever happened to me in the 85 00:04:59,316 --> 00:05:00,124 history of this church. 86 00:05:00,172 --> 00:05:01,800 And it just happened this week. 87 00:05:02,100 --> 00:05:04,040 I want to celebrate it with you. 88 00:05:05,300 --> 00:05:07,080 Some of you already know this story. 89 00:05:07,540 --> 00:05:10,236 When I came here, I did a ride along with a police officer. 90 00:05:10,268 --> 00:05:14,080 In September of 2018, I was in a local neighborhood. 91 00:05:14,540 --> 00:05:17,220 There was a wonderful police officer named Chris Spear. 92 00:05:17,300 --> 00:05:18,440 Love that guy. 93 00:05:19,580 --> 00:05:24,708 He introduced me to 20 people that day, including a mom in a local 94 00:05:24,764 --> 00:05:27,640 neighborhood who had an adult son. 95 00:05:29,020 --> 00:05:31,716 She called me back, she found my number and said, whatever you're 96 00:05:31,748 --> 00:05:33,780 doing with your new church, you got to do something for people 97 00:05:33,820 --> 00:05:35,520 in recovery and you got to do it now. 98 00:05:36,220 --> 00:05:39,764 I wanted to do that already because I love my mother so much, 99 00:05:39,852 --> 00:05:42,040 and my mother is a recovering alcoholic. 100 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,232 And so I started meeting people like Spencer Metcalfe and 101 00:05:48,256 --> 00:05:52,220 John Luby, who at the time was a server at Ann's Restaurant. 102 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,312 Nate wouldn't mind my telling you that, like, he goes back and 103 00:06:06,336 --> 00:06:08,504 forth between that neighborhood and walking all the 104 00:06:08,512 --> 00:06:11,100 way to Indianapolis and sleeping on the streets. 105 00:06:13,630 --> 00:06:15,814 He comes back and forth to our meeting. 106 00:06:15,982 --> 00:06:18,566 He wrestles in and out with, like, wanting to go to treatment 107 00:06:18,598 --> 00:06:19,046 or not. 108 00:06:19,118 --> 00:06:21,810 Every time we're like, Nate, today's maybe the day, man. 109 00:06:22,670 --> 00:06:26,070 I told you a story not long ago, three or four years ago, that 110 00:06:26,110 --> 00:06:27,926 Nate finally said he was ready. 111 00:06:27,958 --> 00:06:30,726 But because of the insurance he had, there was only a few places 112 00:06:30,758 --> 00:06:31,558 we could go. 113 00:06:31,694 --> 00:06:34,134 So I drove him all the way up to Lafayette. 114 00:06:34,262 --> 00:06:38,560 After our meeting, he did a long intake. 115 00:06:39,060 --> 00:06:41,644 We waited for two to three hours, and then he did an intake, 116 00:06:41,692 --> 00:06:44,680 only for them to say, sorry, there's no place for him. 117 00:06:45,780 --> 00:06:47,452 And we had to drive home. 118 00:06:47,636 --> 00:06:49,480 And so Nate went back out. 119 00:06:50,660 --> 00:06:52,600 In and out, in and out, in and out. 120 00:06:53,940 --> 00:06:55,880 He recently did some time. 121 00:06:57,460 --> 00:07:00,840 He came out and he showed back up at the meeting. 122 00:07:02,020 --> 00:07:05,906 He really wanted it this time, but he couldn't. 123 00:07:05,938 --> 00:07:07,026 He's like, I need something. 124 00:07:07,098 --> 00:07:10,530 He came, and if you think the carpets look awesome, it's because 125 00:07:10,570 --> 00:07:13,150 Nate vacuumed them on Wednesday. 126 00:07:13,610 --> 00:07:15,426 Nobody thinks the carpets look awesome. 127 00:07:15,458 --> 00:07:16,670 I understand that. 128 00:07:17,290 --> 00:07:18,350 Thank you. 129 00:07:18,970 --> 00:07:22,082 Nate vacuumed them, and he was struggling. 130 00:07:22,146 --> 00:07:24,882 And I said, nate, maybe today's the day that you give up 131 00:07:24,906 --> 00:07:26,030 in a good way. 132 00:07:27,050 --> 00:07:29,720 If I could find you a place, would you go today? 133 00:07:29,890 --> 00:07:31,200 And he said, yes. 134 00:07:32,580 --> 00:07:36,332 So I called all of our connections, Spencer, Misty, Hogan, 135 00:07:36,396 --> 00:07:39,240 Caleb Lane, and we said, we know the place. 136 00:07:39,620 --> 00:07:43,324 So I asked John Luby, who, when I met him, had a year and a 137 00:07:43,332 --> 00:07:46,892 half of sobriety and was a server at Ann's. 138 00:07:47,036 --> 00:07:51,084 Now he's got seven years of sobriety, and in December, he finishes 139 00:07:51,132 --> 00:07:53,400 his apprenticeship electrician program. 140 00:07:55,230 --> 00:08:02,598 And so John and I took Nate to this place, and we waited again for 141 00:08:02,654 --> 00:08:05,010 two to three hours in the waiting room. 142 00:08:05,470 --> 00:08:07,330 This waiting room was fun. 143 00:08:10,510 --> 00:08:14,566 We're sitting there, and there's a lovely guy who. 144 00:08:14,638 --> 00:08:17,510 I don't know if he realizes it, that when you do talk to text, 145 00:08:17,590 --> 00:08:19,250 everyone can hear what you're saying. 146 00:08:21,540 --> 00:08:24,960 So he's saying out loud how he wants to do violence to somebody. 147 00:08:27,220 --> 00:08:29,180 But listen, listen, folks. 148 00:08:29,340 --> 00:08:32,520 Jesus promises that Sunday will break into Friday. 149 00:08:34,580 --> 00:08:35,760 He promises. 150 00:08:38,180 --> 00:08:39,980 Nate said, can you pray with me? 151 00:08:40,020 --> 00:08:41,200 Because I'm scared. 152 00:08:42,180 --> 00:08:45,692 We stood in the middle of that fun waiting room, and that guy who 153 00:08:45,716 --> 00:08:48,428 didn't realize that talk to text is something everybody can hear, 154 00:08:48,484 --> 00:08:48,670 he. 155 00:08:48,700 --> 00:08:50,630 He stepped over and said, can I pray, too? 156 00:08:54,690 --> 00:08:57,786 Everybody cleared the waiting room except for one guy. 157 00:08:57,978 --> 00:09:01,190 And they came out and said, the last bed just got filled up. 158 00:09:03,890 --> 00:09:08,554 My friend Nate has experienced so many good Fridays that haven't 159 00:09:08,602 --> 00:09:09,670 been so good. 160 00:09:13,250 --> 00:09:16,310 And then we said to this person, you can't do this today. 161 00:09:18,130 --> 00:09:19,642 This guy is suffering. 162 00:09:19,786 --> 00:09:20,858 He needs help. 163 00:09:20,994 --> 00:09:22,570 We have waited here. 164 00:09:22,690 --> 00:09:24,218 You cannot do this to them. 165 00:09:24,274 --> 00:09:25,990 It's already happened once. 166 00:09:26,450 --> 00:09:28,154 We begged and we pleaded. 167 00:09:28,202 --> 00:09:29,642 We had people praying. 168 00:09:29,786 --> 00:09:31,178 She said, hold on a minute. 169 00:09:31,274 --> 00:09:32,550 She went back in. 170 00:09:34,050 --> 00:09:38,490 She said, okay, he can sleep in the intake office tonight and 171 00:09:38,530 --> 00:09:40,522 tomorrow we'll get him a bed. 172 00:09:40,666 --> 00:09:44,950 And on Easter morning today, Nate is in treatment. 173 00:09:53,930 --> 00:09:57,310 We all know this the promise that it will all go well from here. 174 00:09:58,890 --> 00:10:03,842 It's not there, but we have to celebrate Easter in the midst of 175 00:10:03,866 --> 00:10:04,750 Good Friday. 176 00:10:05,290 --> 00:10:08,008 The kingdom of the heavens is here now, but not yet. 177 00:10:08,114 --> 00:10:10,360 But one day it will be fully here. 178 00:10:10,980 --> 00:10:12,840 That's what we celebrate today. 179 00:10:14,180 --> 00:10:16,960 The Good Fridays aren't over yet, folks. 180 00:10:19,140 --> 00:10:20,120 They're not. 181 00:10:20,820 --> 00:10:22,680 I wish to God they were. 182 00:10:23,860 --> 00:10:26,280 But Jesus says, come with me. 183 00:10:26,980 --> 00:10:28,760 Easter is breaking in. 184 00:10:29,140 --> 00:10:36,278 The restoration of all things is breaking in, inviting you to turn 185 00:10:36,334 --> 00:10:40,742 away from this kingdom where the forces of evil and sin and darkness 186 00:10:40,806 --> 00:10:41,530 rule. 187 00:10:42,750 --> 00:10:44,210 Turn away from that. 188 00:10:44,590 --> 00:10:47,690 Join up with the kingdom of light and glory. 189 00:10:48,990 --> 00:10:52,730 Glory is breaking in like you cannot imagine. 190 00:10:53,870 --> 00:10:55,446 How many of you for today? 191 00:10:55,518 --> 00:10:57,650 Are all your Good Fridays over with? 192 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:00,780 They're not, right? 193 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:05,280 But I'm telling you, I experienced church on Wednesday night 194 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:07,200 where I saw Sunday breaking in. 195 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,680 And it's the promise that it shall break in. 196 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:13,712 And in the history of this church with you all, I've watched 197 00:11:13,776 --> 00:11:16,940 Sunday after Sunday after Sunday break in. 198 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:20,300 And there have been more Good Fridays that show up. 199 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:23,968 But then Sunday breaks in again, and it's a promise. 200 00:11:24,064 --> 00:11:27,486 One day, Jesus said, I am making all things new. 201 00:11:27,558 --> 00:11:27,998 One day. 202 00:11:28,054 --> 00:11:30,690 I hold the keys to death in the underworld. 203 00:11:33,430 --> 00:11:38,526 So let's read this story together and watch how Sunday breaks 204 00:11:38,558 --> 00:11:39,130 in. 205 00:11:40,710 --> 00:11:44,366 The one thing I want to tell you today is that nobody, Jesus, 206 00:11:44,398 --> 00:11:49,982 is calling each of you by name, by name into the kingdom of 207 00:11:50,006 --> 00:11:51,090 light and glory. 208 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:56,460 Whatever experiences you've had with Christians in Christianity, 209 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:59,992 I'm sorry if they've been bad and they've traumatized you. 210 00:12:00,016 --> 00:12:00,980 I mean that. 211 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:07,480 And I also ask you to not let them determine your conclusion about 212 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:08,740 who Jesus is. 213 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:16,784 He is calling you by name from the kingdom of evil and darkness 214 00:12:16,952 --> 00:12:20,300 into the kingdom of light and glory, to be reborn into it. 215 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:24,260 Mary stood outside near the tomb, crying. 216 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:28,820 As she cried, she bent down to look into the tomb. 217 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:32,340 Keep going, Huddy. 218 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:41,296 She saw two angels dressed in white seated where the body of Jesus 219 00:12:41,328 --> 00:12:43,740 had been, one at the head and one at the foot. 220 00:12:47,230 --> 00:12:51,050 The angels asked her, woman, why are you crying? 221 00:12:52,350 --> 00:12:53,650 Do you see this? 222 00:12:54,270 --> 00:12:58,290 Mary is looking at this event from the vantage point of Good Friday. 223 00:13:00,670 --> 00:13:02,450 That's our struggle, isn't it? 224 00:13:03,390 --> 00:13:06,502 We're looking at everything from the vantage point of all that 225 00:13:06,526 --> 00:13:07,610 has gone wrong. 226 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:10,848 And how could we not? 227 00:13:10,904 --> 00:13:11,740 We're human. 228 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:16,592 We're looking at all of the world, including our own lives, from 229 00:13:16,616 --> 00:13:20,432 the vantage point of our trauma, our suffering, our mistakes, 230 00:13:20,496 --> 00:13:23,936 the prisons that were built for us and the prisons we built brick 231 00:13:23,968 --> 00:13:24,800 by brick. 232 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:28,100 We're looking at everything from the vantage point of that cell 233 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:30,096 Mary is too. 234 00:13:30,248 --> 00:13:33,280 She's crying and weeping because she's just been through the 235 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:34,460 trauma of Friday. 236 00:13:35,170 --> 00:13:38,746 The angels are looking at it from the vantage point of Sunday 237 00:13:38,898 --> 00:13:41,946 and the vantage point of the kingdom of glory and light. 238 00:13:42,098 --> 00:13:45,550 So for them, crying is a little bit odd. 239 00:13:46,770 --> 00:13:49,050 They're not making fun of her like, you moron. 240 00:13:49,130 --> 00:13:50,110 Stop crying. 241 00:13:52,130 --> 00:13:55,002 Like some Christianity that you've been a part of that was all 242 00:13:55,026 --> 00:13:56,830 about toxic positivity. 243 00:13:59,010 --> 00:14:02,030 Everybody was just a happy, glad robot Christian. 244 00:14:02,770 --> 00:14:05,338 They're not doing that to her, not shaming her. 245 00:14:05,474 --> 00:14:08,950 They're just saying, hey, what you crying about? 246 00:14:11,010 --> 00:14:13,930 She replied, they've taken away my Lord and I don't know where 247 00:14:13,970 --> 00:14:15,030 they've put him. 248 00:14:18,130 --> 00:14:19,710 Keep going, Hudson. 249 00:14:20,130 --> 00:14:23,914 As soon as she said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing 250 00:14:23,962 --> 00:14:24,122 there. 251 00:14:24,146 --> 00:14:25,562 But she didn't know it was Jesus. 252 00:14:25,626 --> 00:14:26,234 Why? 253 00:14:26,402 --> 00:14:36,082 Because this fella has been transformed into glory, like where 254 00:14:36,106 --> 00:14:36,530 he is. 255 00:14:36,570 --> 00:14:43,442 Brilliant shining holes in his hands, still wound in his side, which 256 00:14:43,466 --> 00:14:46,482 is some mystery that we won't forget what we've been through, but 257 00:14:46,506 --> 00:14:48,790 we will see it fully transformed. 258 00:14:50,090 --> 00:14:51,506 Did you hear what I said? 259 00:14:51,658 --> 00:14:54,290 We will not forget what we've been through, but we will see it 260 00:14:54,330 --> 00:14:55,670 fully transformed. 261 00:14:59,330 --> 00:15:01,354 Jesus said to her, woman, why are you crying? 262 00:15:01,402 --> 00:15:02,426 Who are you looking for? 263 00:15:02,498 --> 00:15:03,098 Second question. 264 00:15:03,154 --> 00:15:04,630 Hey, what you crying about? 265 00:15:05,890 --> 00:15:10,170 Thinking he was the garden, she replied, this is the so what? 266 00:15:10,210 --> 00:15:10,762 Hang on to this. 267 00:15:10,786 --> 00:15:11,850 We'll get to this at the end. 268 00:15:11,970 --> 00:15:12,266 Sir. 269 00:15:12,298 --> 00:15:14,794 If you have carried him away, tell me where you've put him and 270 00:15:14,802 --> 00:15:18,906 I will get him humble, hungry and willing. 271 00:15:18,938 --> 00:15:21,130 She keeps it up and then here it is. 272 00:15:21,170 --> 00:15:24,960 Did I tell you he calls each of us by name like nobody else? 273 00:15:25,700 --> 00:15:26,348 Michelle. 274 00:15:26,364 --> 00:15:27,800 He knows you so well. 275 00:15:29,220 --> 00:15:30,200 So well. 276 00:15:31,940 --> 00:15:32,492 Ugo. 277 00:15:32,556 --> 00:15:34,600 He knows you so well, my friend. 278 00:15:35,060 --> 00:15:37,080 The Lord knows you so well. 279 00:15:39,540 --> 00:15:40,600 All of you. 280 00:15:43,620 --> 00:15:45,160 She can't see him. 281 00:15:45,620 --> 00:15:46,480 Mary. 282 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:49,922 She turned and said to him in Aramaic. 283 00:15:50,036 --> 00:15:53,094 Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke. 284 00:15:53,222 --> 00:15:55,690 Rabboni, which means teacher. 285 00:15:57,070 --> 00:15:58,650 Keep going, Hudson. 286 00:15:59,630 --> 00:16:01,814 Jesus said, don't hold on to me. 287 00:16:01,902 --> 00:16:03,286 We've got more to do. 288 00:16:03,438 --> 00:16:04,662 No, wait, that didn't say that. 289 00:16:04,686 --> 00:16:05,766 But it's kind of like that. 290 00:16:05,838 --> 00:16:08,090 For I haven't yet gone up to my Father. 291 00:16:08,590 --> 00:16:09,350 Jesus is. 292 00:16:09,390 --> 00:16:13,030 Jesus came from glory, became flesh, and is going back to glory. 293 00:16:13,110 --> 00:16:15,490 And he's taking all of us to glory with him. 294 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:21,620 Go to my brothers and sisters, all the people who left me for dead. 295 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:26,500 Maybe you've left faith. 296 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:28,300 You gave up. 297 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:30,224 He's still calling you. 298 00:16:30,392 --> 00:16:32,064 Tell him I'm going up to my father. 299 00:16:32,112 --> 00:16:32,736 To your father. 300 00:16:32,768 --> 00:16:33,344 To my God. 301 00:16:33,392 --> 00:16:34,260 Your God. 302 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,432 Mary Magdalene left and announced it to the disciples. 303 00:16:38,496 --> 00:16:43,296 This outcast this rejected person, Mary, whom people looked 304 00:16:43,328 --> 00:16:45,540 on probably like she was a dog. 305 00:16:46,300 --> 00:16:49,320 The first missionary of the Jesus movement. 306 00:16:52,220 --> 00:16:54,000 Praise God for her. 307 00:16:55,180 --> 00:16:57,636 She said, I have seen the Lord. 308 00:16:57,748 --> 00:17:00,532 And probably all these men looked at her like, look at this. 309 00:17:00,636 --> 00:17:01,960 Look at this idiot. 310 00:17:04,060 --> 00:17:06,160 She told them what he had said to her. 311 00:17:08,060 --> 00:17:12,478 It was still the first day of the week, which in that time is Sunday. 312 00:17:12,534 --> 00:17:14,302 That's why we get together on Sundays. 313 00:17:14,366 --> 00:17:17,262 Every Sunday, did you know, is a celebration of the resurrection. 314 00:17:17,406 --> 00:17:18,570 Did you know that? 315 00:17:20,390 --> 00:17:22,782 Since the first movement, that's why they got together and 316 00:17:22,806 --> 00:17:23,982 ate together on Sundays. 317 00:17:24,046 --> 00:17:25,598 Every day was resurrection Sunday. 318 00:17:25,654 --> 00:17:26,494 In a way. 319 00:17:26,662 --> 00:17:28,730 They didn't forget that Fridays happen. 320 00:17:29,510 --> 00:17:32,462 Everybody was like, hey, was this whole week like Friday, brother? 321 00:17:32,526 --> 00:17:33,390 Yes, it was. 322 00:17:33,510 --> 00:17:35,290 Got my butt kicked all week. 323 00:17:35,910 --> 00:17:37,584 I had to grind all week. 324 00:17:37,742 --> 00:17:39,212 And they're like, hey, brother, we get it. 325 00:17:39,236 --> 00:17:40,668 But it's Sunday too, isn't it? 326 00:17:40,724 --> 00:17:41,720 Yes, it is. 327 00:17:42,100 --> 00:17:43,440 And he has risen. 328 00:17:46,420 --> 00:17:47,372 You're still with me. 329 00:17:47,396 --> 00:17:51,400 I think they said, hey, brother, we get it. 330 00:17:52,260 --> 00:17:54,844 Fridays are still unfortunately part of this fallen 331 00:17:54,892 --> 00:17:55,708 creation. 332 00:17:55,884 --> 00:17:57,280 But he has risen. 333 00:17:58,580 --> 00:18:02,680 And that's where we're heading, the restoration of all things. 334 00:18:03,150 --> 00:18:04,210 Jump in. 335 00:18:04,830 --> 00:18:07,130 The new creations kicked into gear. 336 00:18:07,470 --> 00:18:11,366 It's like the earth, you know, my phone is always attacking me, 337 00:18:11,518 --> 00:18:16,166 saying, you have new updates available, and I never want to download 338 00:18:16,198 --> 00:18:16,582 it. 339 00:18:16,686 --> 00:18:19,910 Well, Jesus, it's like he came and said, there's a whole new update. 340 00:18:19,990 --> 00:18:22,806 There's an operating system for the earth to start downloading. 341 00:18:22,838 --> 00:18:24,330 It's called the New creation. 342 00:18:25,230 --> 00:18:28,050 Download it into your soul and start living for it. 343 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:33,584 That evening, Jesus came and stood among them. 344 00:18:33,672 --> 00:18:36,720 This is a regular greeting in his time, but I love this. 345 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:38,624 There's just chaos, mass chaos. 346 00:18:38,672 --> 00:18:40,848 And Jesus breaks in and says, you say it, go ahead. 347 00:18:40,904 --> 00:18:47,540 He said, he brings us his peace. 348 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:53,296 It says that the peace of God that surpasses all understanding 349 00:18:53,328 --> 00:18:55,504 will keep your hearts and minds safe in Christ Jesus. 350 00:18:55,552 --> 00:19:00,018 In Philippians, after he said this, he showed them, I told you, 351 00:19:00,074 --> 00:19:02,066 we won't forget, but we'll see it transformed. 352 00:19:02,098 --> 00:19:03,698 He showed him his hands and his side. 353 00:19:03,754 --> 00:19:08,018 When the disciples saw the Lord, they were filled with, because 354 00:19:08,074 --> 00:19:09,190 he is risen. 355 00:19:10,490 --> 00:19:11,378 Keep going. 356 00:19:11,514 --> 00:19:17,830 Jesus said to them again, as the Father sent me, I am sending. 357 00:19:19,930 --> 00:19:21,490 They're so frustrated by this. 358 00:19:21,530 --> 00:19:24,354 They want Jesus to come on with lightning bolts and start striking 359 00:19:24,402 --> 00:19:25,250 everybody down. 360 00:19:25,370 --> 00:19:27,554 God doesn't work through manipulation and force. 361 00:19:27,602 --> 00:19:28,422 He works through relationship. 362 00:19:28,466 --> 00:19:29,330 Relationship. 363 00:19:30,470 --> 00:19:31,742 God could do it alone. 364 00:19:31,806 --> 00:19:33,326 God refuses to do it alone. 365 00:19:33,438 --> 00:19:34,570 He wants you. 366 00:19:36,470 --> 00:19:37,690 He wants you. 367 00:19:38,230 --> 00:19:39,770 So he says, I gotta go. 368 00:19:40,150 --> 00:19:40,990 I'm leaving. 369 00:19:41,070 --> 00:19:43,486 And so, Lucy, I'm sending you Adam. 370 00:19:43,518 --> 00:19:44,570 I'm Sending you. 371 00:19:45,190 --> 00:19:46,958 He doesn't leave you alone, though. 372 00:19:47,094 --> 00:19:49,890 He breathed on them and received the Holy Spirit. 373 00:19:52,550 --> 00:19:56,650 So guys, listen, Right at the beginning of The Bible, Genesis 1, 374 00:19:57,010 --> 00:20:03,150 right at the beginning, it says there was chaos and darkness. 375 00:20:03,890 --> 00:20:05,546 It's not a science textbook. 376 00:20:05,578 --> 00:20:07,870 Genesis 1 is more like Hebrew poetry. 377 00:20:08,210 --> 00:20:13,466 And then it says the Spirit hovered over the face of the deep, 378 00:20:13,498 --> 00:20:19,882 the wind of God hovered over, and all of a sudden there was calm 379 00:20:20,026 --> 00:20:21,150 to the chaos. 380 00:20:21,650 --> 00:20:23,690 So Jesus is carrying that on. 381 00:20:23,730 --> 00:20:26,138 There's been all this chaos, the chaos of Good Friday. 382 00:20:26,274 --> 00:20:29,094 And he hovers over them with his Spirit and says, verse, receive 383 00:20:29,142 --> 00:20:29,638 this. 384 00:20:29,774 --> 00:20:31,090 Take it with you. 385 00:20:32,990 --> 00:20:33,878 And then. 386 00:20:34,014 --> 00:20:35,382 Just a minute, Hudson, stay there. 387 00:20:35,406 --> 00:20:36,490 You're good, brother. 388 00:20:37,470 --> 00:20:43,270 Then just like in the beginning when God said, let there 389 00:20:43,310 --> 00:20:44,130 be light. 390 00:20:45,630 --> 00:20:48,518 Maybe that, I don't know, maybe that's when those ancient writers 391 00:20:48,534 --> 00:20:50,730 are saying they're describing the Big Bang. 392 00:20:51,630 --> 00:20:54,090 In one instant there was nothing. 393 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:56,640 And then I told you about this a few weeks ago. 394 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:59,420 Then there was the inflationary period. 395 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:05,500 Anybody a big student of astrophysics in their spare time? 396 00:21:08,120 --> 00:21:11,568 In a billionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second. 397 00:21:11,624 --> 00:21:12,620 Did you get that? 398 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:17,600 In a billionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second, the 399 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:21,340 universe expanded at a rate of 10 to the 26th power. 400 00:21:22,540 --> 00:21:23,840 Everybody with me? 401 00:21:24,140 --> 00:21:24,756 That's okay. 402 00:21:24,788 --> 00:21:29,380 It just got bit real big, real fast in a really, really, really, 403 00:21:29,420 --> 00:21:31,760 really itty bitty tiny bit of time. 404 00:21:33,020 --> 00:21:37,732 The same thing happened at the resurrection when he jumped up out 405 00:21:37,756 --> 00:21:38,292 of that tomb. 406 00:21:38,356 --> 00:21:38,948 Jesus did. 407 00:21:39,004 --> 00:21:40,244 See, here's what he did. 408 00:21:40,412 --> 00:21:44,040 He took all the things that are destroying creation. 409 00:21:44,940 --> 00:21:48,620 Generations of human free choices, generations destroying this 410 00:21:48,660 --> 00:21:51,036 creation which is meant to be of beauty. 411 00:21:51,148 --> 00:21:56,860 He takes all that stuff Jesus does with him to the tomb, but only 412 00:21:56,900 --> 00:21:58,280 one guy comes out. 413 00:21:58,580 --> 00:22:01,612 I said recently, Jesus in death went into a tomb and only one 414 00:22:01,636 --> 00:22:02,680 guy came out. 415 00:22:04,580 --> 00:22:08,600 He is risen and he did it to free you. 416 00:22:11,060 --> 00:22:14,150 But it's up to you to say, I'm in. 417 00:22:14,530 --> 00:22:21,226 I'll follow, I'll show up, receive the spirit, the very person 418 00:22:21,298 --> 00:22:21,626 of God. 419 00:22:21,658 --> 00:22:25,990 This isn't like, hey, hope it goes well. 420 00:22:26,690 --> 00:22:28,282 No, I'm going with you. 421 00:22:28,306 --> 00:22:29,754 In the person of the Spirit. 422 00:22:29,882 --> 00:22:34,074 God is with you, inside you, changing you, making you a part of 423 00:22:34,082 --> 00:22:35,390 this new creation. 424 00:22:36,130 --> 00:22:39,210 Matt, you become a new creation and you help Jesus build 425 00:22:39,250 --> 00:22:40,368 the new creation. 426 00:22:40,514 --> 00:22:41,652 Are you with me? 427 00:22:41,836 --> 00:22:43,444 Every day is an opportunity. 428 00:22:43,492 --> 00:22:45,840 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. 429 00:22:46,460 --> 00:22:49,188 I should let you know I had my first cup of coffee in over a month 430 00:22:49,244 --> 00:22:49,840 today. 431 00:22:54,060 --> 00:23:02,052 So I think I'd be this way anyways though, because this has 432 00:23:02,076 --> 00:23:03,120 changed my life. 433 00:23:05,260 --> 00:23:09,924 It's changed my life, and I hope it can change yours. 434 00:23:09,972 --> 00:23:11,800 Wait, I know it can change yours. 435 00:23:12,940 --> 00:23:16,960 So he sends them out, and he sends you out, too. 436 00:23:19,180 --> 00:23:20,560 What time is it? 437 00:23:24,140 --> 00:23:30,880 Thank you, PT what's this stirring in you? 438 00:23:31,740 --> 00:23:33,840 And then I have one more thing to tell you. 439 00:23:34,390 --> 00:23:40,090 What is this making you think, feel, wonder, question. 440 00:23:41,430 --> 00:23:43,534 Oh, by the way, if you're new, this is when I actually want you 441 00:23:43,542 --> 00:23:44,814 to say something back to me. 442 00:23:44,902 --> 00:23:48,046 But we got a rather big group, so don't go more than like 30 seconds, 443 00:23:48,078 --> 00:23:48,798 okay? 444 00:23:48,974 --> 00:23:53,050 If you go five minutes, we might have to cut you off. 445 00:23:53,830 --> 00:23:55,450 What's a stern in you? 446 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:04,140 Thankfulness, Hopeful. 447 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:17,620 God knows me. 448 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:20,900 He calls your name like no one else can. 449 00:24:23,360 --> 00:24:25,060 What's this stirring in you? 450 00:24:29,370 --> 00:24:30,626 Don't be shy. 451 00:24:30,818 --> 00:24:34,370 God gave me the way in. 452 00:24:34,410 --> 00:24:35,234 A big symbol. 453 00:24:35,282 --> 00:24:36,290 As far as death. 454 00:24:36,410 --> 00:24:39,510 Like, how else would he show the masses? 455 00:24:40,010 --> 00:24:43,218 And how else would he show. 456 00:24:43,354 --> 00:24:45,470 I know the desires of your heart. 457 00:24:45,930 --> 00:24:47,042 I understand that. 458 00:24:47,066 --> 00:24:48,370 I want you to live this way. 459 00:24:48,410 --> 00:24:50,710 And it's hard, but I'm giving. 460 00:24:53,300 --> 00:24:55,100 Joanna said, like it's stirring in her. 461 00:24:55,140 --> 00:24:58,860 Like God knew we needed a way and there was no more powerful way 462 00:24:58,900 --> 00:25:04,124 to make a way in the face of death, to show us, like, hey, nothing 463 00:25:04,172 --> 00:25:07,560 can overcome what my love can do. 464 00:25:07,940 --> 00:25:09,692 What's a stirring in you? 465 00:25:09,876 --> 00:25:10,640 Kate? 466 00:25:32,350 --> 00:25:34,170 Thank you for your honesty, Kate. 467 00:25:34,830 --> 00:25:36,470 Kate said I wasn't going to come today. 468 00:25:36,590 --> 00:25:37,334 Rough week. 469 00:25:37,422 --> 00:25:38,690 Wanted to sleep in. 470 00:25:39,550 --> 00:25:41,334 But then, like, today was a reminder. 471 00:25:41,382 --> 00:25:43,222 Like all those things pale in comparison. 472 00:25:43,286 --> 00:25:44,690 The Fridays still happen. 473 00:25:45,170 --> 00:25:47,146 Good Fridays are still happening. 474 00:25:47,338 --> 00:25:49,110 But Sunday's breaking in. 475 00:25:49,490 --> 00:25:51,910 Kate said Jesus wasn't too busy for me. 476 00:25:52,210 --> 00:25:55,870 Emptied himself, came here, became obedient. 477 00:25:58,050 --> 00:26:05,150 Hudson, it's exciting to imagine the possibilities. 478 00:26:06,210 --> 00:26:07,306 All things are possible. 479 00:26:07,378 --> 00:26:09,786 The Scriptures say, what else? 480 00:26:09,818 --> 00:26:11,110 What's it stirring in you? 481 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:12,620 Andy? 482 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,180 He's with us on Friday. 483 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:22,792 He doesn't just suffer for us, he suffers with us when we're crying 484 00:26:22,856 --> 00:26:25,368 out, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me? 485 00:26:25,424 --> 00:26:27,220 He also cried that out. 486 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:30,260 He's with us on Friday and Sunday. 487 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:31,820 Ellie. 488 00:26:41,930 --> 00:26:42,450 Yes. 489 00:26:42,530 --> 00:26:43,826 Judas had betrayed him. 490 00:26:43,898 --> 00:26:45,026 Peter denied him. 491 00:26:45,098 --> 00:26:46,670 Thomas doubted him. 492 00:26:47,050 --> 00:26:48,242 They all abandoned him. 493 00:26:48,266 --> 00:26:49,310 And they were still. 494 00:26:50,090 --> 00:26:51,790 He still called them friends. 495 00:26:52,650 --> 00:26:53,650 What else? 496 00:26:53,810 --> 00:26:54,870 Melissa? 497 00:27:06,820 --> 00:27:07,600 Yes. 498 00:27:08,740 --> 00:27:12,780 Melissa says this might be pessimistic, but she's still confused. 499 00:27:12,860 --> 00:27:18,476 Like, how does Jesus take all those things to the tomb, so to speak, 500 00:27:18,508 --> 00:27:20,760 and destroy them, but yet they're still here. 501 00:27:22,420 --> 00:27:24,920 God, I wish I had an answer to that. 502 00:27:28,150 --> 00:27:29,370 I really do. 503 00:27:30,310 --> 00:27:34,734 I think that's why 40% of the Psalms are called laments, expressions 504 00:27:34,782 --> 00:27:36,530 of sorrow toward God. 505 00:27:37,830 --> 00:27:41,470 I said last week, we're pressing up against our limits with 506 00:27:41,510 --> 00:27:42,090 this. 507 00:27:44,390 --> 00:27:46,318 I'll keep asking that with you, Melissa. 508 00:27:46,334 --> 00:27:48,862 And if we find any answers or anything, maybe we could share them 509 00:27:48,886 --> 00:27:49,710 with each other. 510 00:27:49,830 --> 00:27:52,190 Until then, let's just journey together and try our best. 511 00:27:52,230 --> 00:27:52,930 Okay? 512 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:55,580 Thank you, Lucy. 513 00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:58,380 It's part of the mystery. 514 00:28:09,360 --> 00:28:10,140 Yes. 515 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,816 Salvation is so much bigger, brighter, more beautiful, freeing, 516 00:28:15,848 --> 00:28:17,528 and mysterious than we've heard. 517 00:28:17,704 --> 00:28:18,460 Yeah. 518 00:28:21,610 --> 00:28:23,270 Good to see you, Emma. 519 00:28:35,130 --> 00:28:35,990 Yeah. 520 00:28:45,060 --> 00:28:46,140 We're gonna transition. 521 00:28:46,220 --> 00:28:47,836 You just got us to the next part of the sermon. 522 00:28:47,868 --> 00:28:49,080 Emma, great job. 523 00:28:50,340 --> 00:28:52,316 Give Emma a round of applause for doing that. 524 00:28:52,388 --> 00:28:53,036 No, I'm just kidding. 525 00:28:53,068 --> 00:28:54,200 Yeah, no, go ahead. 526 00:28:55,620 --> 00:28:58,220 We have a discipleship essential in our church. 527 00:28:58,380 --> 00:29:00,476 If you want to know what those are, keep going with us. 528 00:29:00,548 --> 00:29:01,708 We're practicing them together. 529 00:29:01,764 --> 00:29:04,172 But the number two one is that we want to be humble, hungry, and 530 00:29:04,196 --> 00:29:05,580 willing to seek Jesus. 531 00:29:05,740 --> 00:29:09,836 It, as of this week, became one of our new pillars of Recovery 532 00:29:09,868 --> 00:29:10,076 Church. 533 00:29:10,108 --> 00:29:12,080 Here's why we had somebody relapse. 534 00:29:13,750 --> 00:29:15,810 Relapse is a part of recovery. 535 00:29:16,470 --> 00:29:17,294 This isn't Nate. 536 00:29:17,342 --> 00:29:18,610 This is somebody else. 537 00:29:20,790 --> 00:29:21,934 Somebody relapsed. 538 00:29:21,982 --> 00:29:24,210 It was really rough, really awful. 539 00:29:25,110 --> 00:29:27,330 They felt embarrassed, ashamed. 540 00:29:30,230 --> 00:29:36,382 But, boy, they showed up the next week, said, I gotta step out 541 00:29:36,406 --> 00:29:43,222 of my denial all over again and go Back to day one when I was 542 00:29:43,246 --> 00:29:44,102 early in recovery. 543 00:29:44,166 --> 00:29:46,630 I went to 90 meetings in 90 days. 544 00:29:46,670 --> 00:29:50,518 In fact, I went to 365 meetings in 365 days. 545 00:29:50,654 --> 00:29:52,210 I'm going back to that. 546 00:29:52,910 --> 00:29:54,374 I got to go back to being. 547 00:29:54,462 --> 00:29:56,502 She said it, and I was like, what did you just say? 548 00:29:56,526 --> 00:29:59,930 I got to go back to being humble, hungry, and willing. 549 00:30:00,510 --> 00:30:02,890 Mary Magdalene is our model. 550 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:05,300 Everything had gone wrong. 551 00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:07,500 Did her hunger stop? 552 00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:10,700 She says, where have you put him? 553 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:13,060 I'm not quitting. 554 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,140 You can't make me quit. 555 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:20,784 She's not proud, satisfied, and stubborn. 556 00:30:20,912 --> 00:30:25,344 If you want to see Jesus, you have to give up being proud, satisfied, 557 00:30:25,392 --> 00:30:26,064 and stubborn. 558 00:30:26,112 --> 00:30:29,008 Jesus says, blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. 559 00:30:29,104 --> 00:30:29,318 For. 560 00:30:29,344 --> 00:30:31,354 For they'll be filled until they're satisfied. 561 00:30:31,482 --> 00:30:34,070 There's no such thing as being an expert in this. 562 00:30:35,170 --> 00:30:35,994 Evan, Fruits. 563 00:30:36,042 --> 00:30:38,470 Are you an expert or are you a beginner in this? 564 00:30:40,770 --> 00:30:44,234 Dad, you an expert Beginner. 565 00:30:44,282 --> 00:30:44,538 Okay. 566 00:30:44,554 --> 00:30:45,290 I just want to make sure. 567 00:30:45,330 --> 00:30:46,750 Kirsten, you an expert? 568 00:30:48,050 --> 00:30:49,430 Beginning every day. 569 00:30:49,810 --> 00:30:50,282 Heather. 570 00:30:50,346 --> 00:30:52,990 What about you, newbie? 571 00:30:55,900 --> 00:30:58,760 Today I just wanted to start over with Jesus. 572 00:30:59,500 --> 00:31:00,756 It's just like someone in recovery. 573 00:31:00,788 --> 00:31:03,156 A guy who had 15 years said, I'm just trying not to get drunk 574 00:31:03,188 --> 00:31:03,760 today. 575 00:31:04,860 --> 00:31:07,680 You keep that spirit up, you're gonna stay good. 576 00:31:09,660 --> 00:31:13,172 So that's my so what to you today, it's my kind of, like, practical. 577 00:31:13,236 --> 00:31:13,860 This is all great. 578 00:31:13,900 --> 00:31:14,164 Ross. 579 00:31:14,212 --> 00:31:15,360 But what do I do? 580 00:31:16,140 --> 00:31:17,520 Keep showing up. 581 00:31:17,900 --> 00:31:19,680 He's calling you by name. 582 00:31:20,550 --> 00:31:23,518 Don't make the Easter the only day you show up. 583 00:31:23,654 --> 00:31:26,410 Don't make Sundays the only day you show up. 584 00:31:27,910 --> 00:31:31,806 Show up on Monday, fool though you may feel. 585 00:31:31,878 --> 00:31:33,610 Show up on Monday in the morning. 586 00:31:34,470 --> 00:31:38,366 Show up on Wednesday when you're at work with your co worker 587 00:31:38,398 --> 00:31:41,130 and you're like, I hate this person so much. 588 00:31:41,590 --> 00:31:42,570 Show up. 589 00:31:43,670 --> 00:31:47,540 God, help me to see this person the way you do. 590 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:51,320 Oh, but also help me to see myself the way you do. 591 00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:56,216 Don't make me just a mat that gets walked on, but help me to see 592 00:31:56,288 --> 00:31:59,140 them me the way you do. 593 00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:02,232 Be humble, hungry, willing. 594 00:32:02,296 --> 00:32:06,580 And if you do, you will see the Sundays breaking into Friday. 595 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:09,272 And then one day the promises. 596 00:32:09,336 --> 00:32:10,536 It's a mystery, Melissa. 597 00:32:10,568 --> 00:32:11,740 One day the promises. 598 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:14,300 All things will be made new. 599 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:20,256 They will be as Jesus says, our joy will be complete. 600 00:32:20,288 --> 00:32:23,712 He says, I've said these things to you, Kiersten, so that 601 00:32:23,736 --> 00:32:28,100 my joy will be in you and your joy will be complete. 602 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:32,480 He's done it, Brad, so you can be a part of the restoration of all 603 00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:32,912 things. 604 00:32:33,016 --> 00:32:34,420 Are you an expert, Brad? 605 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:38,700 But aren't you a retired clergy person? 606 00:32:43,170 --> 00:32:44,230 Hear, hear. 607 00:32:46,130 --> 00:32:51,390 No experts, just beginners. 608 00:32:54,210 --> 00:32:55,550 He has risen. 609 00:32:57,650 --> 00:32:58,750 Let's pray. 610 00:33:01,490 --> 00:33:03,818 God help us to believe. 611 00:33:03,874 --> 00:33:05,780 What is so hard to believe? 612 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:10,312 I don't understand. 613 00:33:10,416 --> 00:33:11,464 I'm with Melissa. 614 00:33:11,512 --> 00:33:17,592 How it could be that you've dealt this decisive blow to the forces 615 00:33:17,656 --> 00:33:18,728 of death and evil. 616 00:33:18,824 --> 00:33:21,060 I don't totally understand that. 617 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:23,320 Help us to understand. 618 00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:27,800 Help us to see, help us to believe and help us to walk with 619 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:30,700 you in the name of Jesus. 620 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:32,180 Amen. 621 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:38,832 Thank you for participating in the conversation happening at Heaven 622 00:33:38,896 --> 00:33:40,256 Earth Church. 623 00:33:40,448 --> 00:33:46,060 Your next opportunity to do so live is this Sunday morning, 9:30am 624 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:50,912 Eastern Time, either at the main campus at 3:09 East Main in 625 00:33:50,936 --> 00:33:55,568 Whiteland, Indiana or online at YouTube Live. 626 00:33:55,704 --> 00:34:00,890 That's at YouTube HeavenEarth Church. 627 00:34:01,230 --> 00:34:07,462 The audio podcast is always available at Apple Podcast and on 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