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Dudley Rutherford - A Word of Encouragement (Part 2)

April 9, 2026 | 27:29

Dudley Rutherford - A Word of Encouragement (Part 2)
Pastor Dudley Rutherford seeks to "lift up the name of Jesus across the country and the world through uncompromising biblical teaching."
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| Dudley Rutherford - A Word of Encouragement (Part 2) | April 9, 2026
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  • Pastor dudley rutherford: there are people here today,
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  • You are going through a trial and a tribulation.
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  • You're struggling personally, you're struggling relationally,
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  • You're struggling emotionally.
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  • Some of you are struggling financially.
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  • Some of you are struggling physically.
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  • Some of you are struggling spiritually.
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  • And when you find yourself in that situation,
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  • You don't need ai.
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  • You need di.
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  • And what is di?
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  • Di is divine intervention, is what you need.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Kayla francis: hello, i'm kayla francis, and thank you
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  • For joining me on "lift up jesus"
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  • With pastor dudley rutherford.
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  • Do you know what really takes your christian life
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  • To the next level?
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  • It's not just reading the bible or listening
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  • To christian teaching, it's doing it
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  • On a regular basis.
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  • That's why being here every week and hearing these messages
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  • Is so important, and today my father,
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  • Pastor dudley rutherford, has a teaching
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  • That will give you new insight on god's word.
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  • So take a quick moment and grab your bible, a pen,
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  • And your notes, and let's begin our lesson.
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  • Pastor dudley: down the road here,
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  • There's a college called westmont college.
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  • And years ago there was a professor there
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  • By the name of peter stone.
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  • And he was a mathematician.
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  • And he figured out and did some calculations
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  • About what are the odds of someone
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  • Fulfilling these prophecies.
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  • Not 300 of them, he looked at just 8 of them.
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  • What are the odds of one man fulfilling
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  • Just 8 of those 300 prophecies?
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  • For example, the one that we read that the messiah
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  • Will be born in bethlehem.
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  • There are people every day that are born in bethlehem,
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  • And you can do a mathematical equation.
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  • What are the odds of someone being born in bethlehem?
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  • Now, probably no one here was born in bethlehem,
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  • But last weekend at the "passion play,"
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  • There was a lady here that was born in bethlehem
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  • And raised in bethlehem.
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  • That's her home.
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  • She was here in church last week.
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  • So what are the odds?
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  • What are the odds of someone being born in bethlehem?
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  • So he wrote that, figured out the calculation,
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  • It's one in this number.
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  • So then he went to a second one, like, you know, the bible says
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  • That what the messiah-- there's actually a verse
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  • That says that the messiah will come riding into jerusalem
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  • On a donkey.
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  • So he figured out what are the odds
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  • Of someone riding a donkey in jerusalem?
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  • He figured that out.
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  • He was a mathematician, figured that out.
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  • He added that to the equation.
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  • He looked at eight, and he came up with this number.
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  • The odds were 1 in-- and he had a number
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  • With 17 zeros after it.
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  • But how do you wrap your hands around that?
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  • How do you explain what that number is?
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  • So he had to come up with another illustration,
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  • Another math calculation, and he figured this out.
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  • If you took a 2-foot fence, a fence that's 2 foot high,
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  • Which is about that high, and you took that fence
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  • Around the entire state of texas,
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  • And texas is a big state.
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  • You take that fence around the entire perimeter
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  • Of texas, and then you fill the entire state up
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  • 2 feet high of silver dollars.
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  • You take one silver dollar, you paint it red.
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  • Throw it in the middle, mix it all up.
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  • And then blindfolds you, and they say,
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  • "you've got one pick."
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  • What are the odds of you finding that one coin
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  • On that one selection, the odds of that
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  • Are the same odds of one man fulfilling just eight
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  • Of those prophecies.
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  • And jesus didn't fulfill just 8; jesus fulfilled all 300.
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  • So what are the odds?
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  • Write this down.
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  • What are the odds?
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  • It's incalculable. it's incalculable.
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  • Now this appears, everybody say the word "appears."
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  • It appears that that is the word of encouragement,
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  • But that is not the word of encouragement.
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  • That just lays the foundation for the word of encouragement
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  • That is yet to come.
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  • You're going to see in the next three verses,
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  • I'm just gonna read them, you're gonna see,
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  • Write this down.
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  • You're gonna see the absolutely perfect
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  • Word of encouragement for anyone in this room
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  • That needs to hear a word from god.
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  • Do you want to know what the absolute perfect
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  • Word of encouragement is that he gives?
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  • Oh, you came to the right place at the right time
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  • For the right message.
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  • Here it is. look at verse 28.
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  • He says these words, i want to read them to you.
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  • "though they found no proper ground
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  • For a death sentence, they asked pilate
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  • To have him executed."
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  • Verse 29, "when they had carried out
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  • All that was written," you see all this stuff
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  • On the cross, all that had been written down before.
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  • "when they had carried out all that was written about him,
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  • They took him down from the tree,"
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  • And what did they do with him?
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  • "they laid him in a tomb."
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  • Here it comes, drum roll. everybody say, "drum roll."
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  • The perfect word of encouragement
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  • Are the first two words of the next verse, verse 30.
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  • It says, "but god."
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  • "but god."
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  • "they laid him in a tomb, but god--"
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  • Those 2 words are found over 45 times in your bible.
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  • That phrase, "but god," speaks of the possibility
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  • That god can change any situation
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  • That you find yourself in today.
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  • You can clap for that.
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  • They say that ai is all the rage.
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  • Ai stands for what?
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  • Artificial intelligence, and i've tried it.
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  • You get on there, you can ask 'em anything.
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  • I asked them if you could make a jeff walling preaching doll,
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  • And they came up with this.
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  • This is what they came up with.
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  • I just love that thing. and jeff is a preaching machine.
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  • I'm thinking about handing that out
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  • For christmas this year.
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  • You might get one of those from me.
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  • I asked 'em, i said, "can you show me
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  • A picture of a cat winning the kentucky derby?"
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  • And they gave me this right here.
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  • It's just silly stuff, but hey, hey.
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  • Hey, hey, hey, listen to me.
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  • There are people here today, you are going through
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  • A trial and a tribulation.
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  • You're struggling personally, you're struggling relationally,
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  • You're struggling emotionally.
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  • Some of you are struggling financially.
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  • Some of you are struggling physically.
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  • Some of you are struggling spiritually.
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  • And when you find yourself in that situation,
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  • You don't need ai.
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  • You need di.
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  • And what is di?
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  • Di is divine intervention, is what you need.
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  • And divine intervention-- divine intervention
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  • Is when god steps in and changes your situation.
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  • Verse 29 says, "when they had carried him--
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  • Out all that was written about him,
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  • They took him down from that tree
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  • And they laid him in a tomb."
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  • Here it comes, verse 30, "but god," did what?
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  • "raised him from the dead."
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  • Can someone say, "glory, hallelujah."
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  • Listen, when god steps in, everything changes.
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  • It means that your bad situation is no longer a bad situation.
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  • It means that your hopeless situation
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  • Is no longer hopeless.
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  • It means that the horrible circumstances
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  • That you find yourself are no longer horrible,
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  • Because whenever you add god to the equation
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  • And god steps in, the impossible becomes possible.
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  • And i've shared all that to share something with you
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  • That you have to understand.
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  • I'm gonna break this down in some good news
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  • And some bad news.
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  • And i want to give you the bad news first
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  • Because i want to finish with the good news.
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  • Can someone say amen?
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  • The bad news is this: there are two things
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  • That every single person in this room--
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  • There are no exceptions.
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  • There's not one person in this room
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  • That doesn't have these two problems.
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  • We have two major problems.
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  • The first problem is that the bible says in hebrews
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  • That we all have an appointment with a thing called death.
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  • Every one of us, we're going to go
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  • To that time where we're going to pass
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  • From this life because we're all mortal.
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  • We all have feet of clay.
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  • As surely as there was a day that you were born
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  • Into this world, there's coming a day
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  • Surely where you will pass from this life.
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  • It doesn't matter how healthy you are right now.
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  • It doesn't matter how wealthy you are right now.
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  • It doesn't matter how successful you are right now.
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  • It doesn't matter how popular you are right now.
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  • It doesn't matter if you're a republican
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  • Or a democrat right now.
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  • It doesn't matter if you're a vegan
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  • Or a steak lover right now.
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  • It doesn't matter.
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  • You know, you look back over your life,
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  • Ten years go by like, [snaps].
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  • You ever noticed that?
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  • Like ten years is, [snaps].
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  • Everybody snap your finger one time.
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  • That's how fast ten years go by.
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  • So you, really, the bible says you're here,
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  • But just for a mist.
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  • You're here for a moment, and you're gone.
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  • You get at the most, like, ten snaps.
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  • That's it.
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  • And the first snap, you don't even remember
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  • That first snap.
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  • You maybe remember four or five things
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  • From your childhood.
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  • And don't be offended by this.
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  • You're probably not going to remember the last snap.
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  • I've already used up seven snaps.
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  • I've only got, like-- i don't even want to do it.
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  • But not only-- that's just the first problem.
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  • The second problem is the bible says that
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  • All of us are sinners here today.
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  • There's no perfect person in here.
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  • We have a common problem.
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  • We're all going to die.
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  • And also we've all committed sins,
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  • And sin is what separates us from god.
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  • Whenever you sin, you feel bad.
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  • That's god working on your conscience,
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  • Trying to get you to come back and not sin,
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  • And sin destroys us physically.
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  • Sin destroys us emotionally.
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  • I don't care if you think you've justified it
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  • And you can get away with it.
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  • Nobody knows about it. it destroys you spiritually.
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  • It destroys us eternally.
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  • It separates us from god.
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  • You say, "well, what are we gonna do?
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  • I--we are gonna die, and we're all sinners.
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  • What are we gonna do?" that's the point.
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  • There's nothing you can do.
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  • What you need is a divine intervention.
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  • You need a "but god" moment. oh, listen to me.
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  • I've got a word of encouragement.
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  • You've come to the right place at the right time
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  • For the right message.
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  • I was reading in my bible in ephesians chapter 2,
  • 00:12:20.526 --> 00:12:23.195
  • When i read this text, i literally got chills.
  • 00:12:23.195 --> 00:12:28.934
  • Because ephesians 2, verse 1 says,
  • 00:12:28.934 --> 00:12:31.570
  • "as for you, you were dead in your transgressions
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  • And in your sins you were dead."
  • 00:12:36.909 --> 00:12:39.044
  • Now when you're dead and you're laying
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  • In that casket, trust me, there is nothing you can do
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  • At that point.
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  • But if you look down at verse 4, the first word of verse 4
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  • Is what?
  • 00:12:53.926 --> 00:12:55.594
  • "but because of his great love for us, god."
  • 00:12:55.594 --> 00:13:04.236
  • There's that phrase again, "but god."
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  • You were dead in your transgressions
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  • And your sins, "but god, who is rich in mercy,
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  • He made us alive with christ even when we were dead
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  • In transgressions-- it is by grace
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  • You have been saved.
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  • And god raised us up with christ and he has seated us with him
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  • In the heavenly realms in christ jesus."
  • 00:13:27.760 --> 00:13:35.768
  • Well, that's when you-- you're gonna need
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  • That divine moment.
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  • And i don't have time to dig into this.
  • 00:13:41.841 --> 00:13:43.309
  • I want you to write this down, just again,
  • 00:13:43.309 --> 00:13:45.344
  • Because we have to wrap this up.
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  • But if you read the rest of the text,
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  • It says there are three things that god wants to give to you.
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  • Number one, he wants to invite you into his family.
  • 00:13:53.018 --> 00:13:59.291
  • And i know most of us come from dysfunctional families.
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  • Can someone say amen?
  • 00:14:02.027 --> 00:14:03.896
  • Now don't look at them. they're sitting next to you.
  • 00:14:03.896 --> 00:14:05.231
  • Don't look over at them. don't look over.
  • 00:14:05.231 --> 00:14:08.567
  • But god is inviting you today.
  • 00:14:08.567 --> 00:14:11.370
  • You just keep reading acts 13.
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  • It says that he wants you to be his son and his daughter.
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  • It says very clearly that god wants to forgive you
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  • Of your sins.
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  • And then he wants to give you a future.
  • 00:14:22.815 --> 00:14:26.018
  • That's why i don't understand when we preach
  • 00:14:26.018 --> 00:14:28.053
  • And we invite people to come to christ,
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  • What are we inviting you to come?
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  • We're inviting you to come to jesus
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  • Because jesus wants to invite you
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  • Into his family.
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  • He wants to--i don't care what sin you've ever committed,
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  • Today god is willing to forgive you
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  • Of all of those sins, and he's going to give you
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  • The promise of everlasting life.
  • 00:14:44.069 --> 00:14:46.205
  • And yet many people go, "i don't think i--
  • 00:14:46.205 --> 00:14:47.640
  • I don't know if i want to come to--
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  • I don't know if i want any of that."
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  • Why don't you want any of that?
  • 00:14:50.309 --> 00:14:54.313
  • Last few years have been a hard time,
  • 00:14:54.313 --> 00:14:55.681
  • Just so you know, it's not just been hard for you,
  • 00:14:55.681 --> 00:14:57.383
  • It's been hard for me.
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  • My dad died during covid, my hero.
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  • My mom died last year.
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  • She's in her 90s.
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  • I've got a brother up in fresno, and he's had some health issues
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  • That he's no longer cognitive, and he's 60 years of age.
  • 00:15:12.064 --> 00:15:17.336
  • It's been a real tough situation.
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  • I've got two daughters.
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  • The last three years, the last several years,
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  • We've been through three miscarriages with them.
  • 00:15:24.376 --> 00:15:29.081
  • And so i've been traveling back and forth to fresno,
  • 00:15:29.081 --> 00:15:31.483
  • And then at the same time, my wife's parents
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  • Have been in kansas city, and she's--
  • 00:15:33.419 --> 00:15:36.088
  • They're in a nursing care facility
  • 00:15:36.088 --> 00:15:37.423
  • And her mom's had dementia for 18 years,
  • 00:15:37.423 --> 00:15:40.960
  • And her dad's immobile, and i actually have a picture
  • 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:44.396
  • Of her dad.
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  • This is ronnie.
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  • And this was taken in this building right here,
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  • And the year was 2016.
  • 00:15:50.169 --> 00:15:52.504
  • If you do the math, that's like one, [snaps],
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  • Snap ago.
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  • And this guy is a church builder.
  • 00:16:00.446 --> 00:16:02.348
  • He's a pastor. he's an evangelist.
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  • He's a soul winner.
  • 00:16:04.583 --> 00:16:06.085
  • Never heard him say a negative word about anybody.
  • 00:16:06.085 --> 00:16:08.887
  • Back when i was about 20 years of age,
  • 00:16:08.887 --> 00:16:10.456
  • I was in this little church, 22, i was in this little church,
  • 00:16:10.456 --> 00:16:12.891
  • And they were trying to fire me because they didn't like me.
  • 00:16:12.891 --> 00:16:15.561
  • They thought i was-- they thought i wasn't capable
  • 00:16:15.561 --> 00:16:19.431
  • And they thought that i was obnoxious,
  • 00:16:19.431 --> 00:16:21.900
  • Which i don't understand that at all.
  • 00:16:21.900 --> 00:16:25.537
  • And this guy right here, he actually went to that church
  • 00:16:25.537 --> 00:16:28.807
  • And sat down and said, "listen, you guys
  • 00:16:28.807 --> 00:16:30.242
  • Are making a mistake.
  • 00:16:30.242 --> 00:16:31.577
  • This guy is gonna be a great leader,
  • 00:16:31.577 --> 00:16:34.246
  • A great preacher.
  • 00:16:34.246 --> 00:16:35.581
  • You need to get behind him and support--"
  • 00:16:35.581 --> 00:16:36.915
  • So i married his daughter.
  • 00:16:36.915 --> 00:16:38.250
  • I married his daughter, okay, so--but he--
  • 00:16:38.250 --> 00:16:42.688
  • They just celebrated his 90th birthday,
  • 00:16:42.688 --> 00:16:44.656
  • And called her up and they said, "when are you coming back?"
  • 00:16:44.656 --> 00:16:47.259
  • And she said, "i'm coming back on monday."
  • 00:16:47.259 --> 00:16:48.927
  • This was last monday.
  • 00:16:48.927 --> 00:16:50.462
  • And they said, "we don't think he's going to make it to monday.
  • 00:16:50.462 --> 00:16:54.033
  • So she calls me on the phone.
  • 00:16:54.033 --> 00:16:55.367
  • She said, "dudley, i know it's easter week,
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  • And you've got all those services,
  • 00:16:59.671 --> 00:17:01.006
  • But i--my dad's--my dad-- they said i got to get--
  • 00:17:01.006 --> 00:17:03.142
  • He might not make it to monday."
  • 00:17:03.142 --> 00:17:04.476
  • She said, "i'm gonna book a flight,"
  • 00:17:04.476 --> 00:17:05.911
  • And she left friday.
  • 00:17:05.911 --> 00:17:08.013
  • And i said to her, i said, "honey, i'm gonna go
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  • To the "passion play" saturday.
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  • I gotta go, these people have worked all this time.
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  • I need to go see it, and then i'll catch a plane
  • 00:17:14.553 --> 00:17:16.288
  • On sunday.
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  • I'll come be with you.
  • 00:17:17.623 --> 00:17:19.391
  • I hope he hangs on."
  • 00:17:19.391 --> 00:17:21.226
  • She said, "okay."
  • 00:17:21.226 --> 00:17:22.561
  • And so, sunday-- i went to "passion play."
  • 00:17:22.561 --> 00:17:24.630
  • It was great.
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  • Sunday morning gets here, i go catch a flight.
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  • I go down to lax.
  • 00:17:28.067 --> 00:17:29.401
  • I cannot believe how many people are at the airport
  • 00:17:29.401 --> 00:17:32.337
  • On sunday morning.
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  • It's like, "why aren't you in church?"
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  • I just couldn't believe it.
  • 00:17:41.246 --> 00:17:43.849
  • And somebody walks by and goes, "hello, pastor."
  • 00:17:43.849 --> 00:17:45.984
  • I was like...
  • 00:17:45.984 --> 00:17:49.288
  • Kept walking.
  • 00:17:49.288 --> 00:17:50.622
  • I said, "hi."
  • 00:17:50.622 --> 00:17:52.991
  • I was thinking, "why aren't you in church?"
  • 00:17:52.991 --> 00:17:54.326
  • And i know they were thinking, "why isn't he in church?"
  • 00:17:54.326 --> 00:17:59.164
  • I went last night twice.
  • 00:17:59.164 --> 00:18:00.999
  • But i was just in the airport, and it was--
  • 00:18:04.069 --> 00:18:06.171
  • It's chaos down there.
  • 00:18:06.171 --> 00:18:07.506
  • It's just--lax is chaos.
  • 00:18:07.506 --> 00:18:09.074
  • How many of you know?
  • 00:18:09.074 --> 00:18:10.409
  • It's like--what i just-- i can fix all that
  • 00:18:10.409 --> 00:18:15.347
  • If they'd just let me in there.
  • 00:18:15.347 --> 00:18:17.783
  • But this went through my mind, like, i said, "god,
  • 00:18:17.783 --> 00:18:21.553
  • How did we all get here?
  • 00:18:21.553 --> 00:18:24.756
  • How did all--how do we--" and it was like,
  • 00:18:24.756 --> 00:18:27.860
  • "dudley, everybody here, their parents got together,
  • 00:18:27.860 --> 00:18:32.097
  • And nine months later they're here.
  • 00:18:32.097 --> 00:18:34.933
  • It's how we all got here," but it was just like,
  • 00:18:34.933 --> 00:18:37.936
  • I couldn't believe how many people there were.
  • 00:18:37.936 --> 00:18:40.272
  • So i get there sunday night, and we're in the room
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  • And he's still alive, and the next morning i go back,
  • 00:18:42.841 --> 00:18:47.179
  • And it's just me and him, we're just hanging out there
  • 00:18:47.179 --> 00:18:49.181
  • A little bit together, and i'm talking to him,
  • 00:18:49.181 --> 00:18:51.016
  • And he's not talking, he's not communicating.
  • 00:18:51.016 --> 00:18:54.253
  • And then my wife and her brother and young zach
  • 00:18:54.253 --> 00:18:57.256
  • That preached here a few weeks ago,
  • 00:18:57.256 --> 00:18:58.857
  • My nephew, the four of us were in the room
  • 00:18:58.857 --> 00:19:00.826
  • A little bit after noon on monday.
  • 00:19:00.826 --> 00:19:05.497
  • And i don't know if you've ever been in a room
  • 00:19:05.497 --> 00:19:07.299
  • When someone took their last breath,
  • 00:19:07.299 --> 00:19:09.134
  • But i've been in that room many times.
  • 00:19:09.134 --> 00:19:12.070
  • I've seen this many times.
  • 00:19:12.070 --> 00:19:14.473
  • And it's-- if you've never seen it,
  • 00:19:14.473 --> 00:19:17.509
  • It's an amazing moment.
  • 00:19:17.509 --> 00:19:21.079
  • And they're over there talking.
  • 00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:22.414
  • I said, "you guys, it's getting close,"
  • 00:19:22.414 --> 00:19:23.982
  • And they gathered around the bed.
  • 00:19:23.982 --> 00:19:27.019
  • And we prayed, and we told him he can go home,
  • 00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:32.758
  • That jesus is waiting.
  • 00:19:32.758 --> 00:19:35.294
  • And we told him we would take care of mimi,
  • 00:19:35.294 --> 00:19:38.030
  • His wife, we'll take care of her.
  • 00:19:38.030 --> 00:19:39.698
  • We'll make sure she gets home.
  • 00:19:39.698 --> 00:19:43.669
  • And literally, he gasped, and he was gone.
  • 00:19:43.669 --> 00:19:51.743
  • And when you see that last breath
  • 00:19:54.546 --> 00:19:56.815
  • Where the spirit leaves this piece of clay
  • 00:19:56.815 --> 00:20:01.887
  • And he was ushered immediately into the presence
  • 00:20:01.887 --> 00:20:04.823
  • Of almighty god, because the bible says
  • 00:20:04.823 --> 00:20:07.025
  • To be absent from this body is to be in the presence of god.
  • 00:20:07.025 --> 00:20:11.296
  • And i thought to myself, that's the way to go.
  • 00:20:11.296 --> 00:20:14.800
  • You're 90 years of age.
  • 00:20:14.800 --> 00:20:17.236
  • You've lived your entire 90 years
  • 00:20:17.236 --> 00:20:21.139
  • Serving jesus christ, and at age 90,
  • 00:20:21.139 --> 00:20:24.643
  • You're laying on the bed with your family around,
  • 00:20:24.643 --> 00:20:26.478
  • Praying over you, and you take your last breath
  • 00:20:26.478 --> 00:20:28.280
  • And you go right into the presence
  • 00:20:28.280 --> 00:20:30.015
  • Of jesus, that's the way to go.
  • 00:20:30.015 --> 00:20:36.888
  • Later in the day, i said, "honey--"
  • 00:20:40.726 --> 00:20:45.264
  • We were talking about that moment.
  • 00:20:45.264 --> 00:20:46.798
  • She's--like, she'd never seen that before.
  • 00:20:46.798 --> 00:20:48.734
  • I said, "honey, think about this."
  • 00:20:48.734 --> 00:20:51.036
  • Every single person on the entire planet
  • 00:20:51.036 --> 00:20:57.676
  • Is going to go through that time.
  • 00:20:57.676 --> 00:21:00.646
  • And when it happens to you, you're gonna wish
  • 00:21:00.646 --> 00:21:06.251
  • For a but god moment where god steps in
  • 00:21:06.251 --> 00:21:11.623
  • And ushers your soul into the presence
  • 00:21:11.623 --> 00:21:14.092
  • Of almighty god.
  • 00:21:14.092 --> 00:21:16.061
  • God wants to give you a family, he wants to forgive you,
  • 00:21:16.061 --> 00:21:19.197
  • And he wants to give you a future.
  • 00:21:19.197 --> 00:21:21.566
  • I'm going to say a prayer.
  • 00:21:21.566 --> 00:21:22.901
  • I promise you it'll be one minute long,
  • 00:21:22.901 --> 00:21:25.737
  • And you'll be dismissed.
  • 00:21:25.737 --> 00:21:27.072
  • But when i say "amen," if you're here today
  • 00:21:27.072 --> 00:21:28.674
  • And you're not a christian
  • 00:21:28.674 --> 00:21:30.008
  • And you want to become a christian,
  • 00:21:30.008 --> 00:21:31.410
  • You're not in god's family, but you want to be
  • 00:21:31.410 --> 00:21:32.911
  • In god's family, your sins have not been forgiven yet,
  • 00:21:32.911 --> 00:21:36.315
  • You've not been baptized into his name,
  • 00:21:36.315 --> 00:21:39.251
  • You've not named him as your lord,
  • 00:21:39.251 --> 00:21:40.585
  • As soon as i say "amen," run down here
  • 00:21:40.585 --> 00:21:43.322
  • And go through these doors and just walk
  • 00:21:43.322 --> 00:21:44.956
  • Through those doors.
  • 00:21:44.956 --> 00:21:46.291
  • There's some decision counselors,
  • 00:21:46.291 --> 00:21:47.626
  • And just say, "hey, i want to be a part of the family of god.
  • 00:21:47.626 --> 00:21:50.662
  • I want my sins forgiven, and i want to have an assurance
  • 00:21:50.662 --> 00:21:54.733
  • That when i die, i'm going to have
  • 00:21:54.733 --> 00:21:56.268
  • That 'but god' moment."
  • 00:21:56.268 --> 00:21:57.602
  • Let's stand and let's pray for 60 seconds,
  • 00:21:57.602 --> 00:21:59.671
  • And then you'll be dismissed.
  • 00:21:59.671 --> 00:22:01.740
  • God, i pray your blessing on every man, woman,
  • 00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:03.975
  • Boy, and girl who's here today.
  • 00:22:03.975 --> 00:22:07.346
  • I pray from this text that's 2,000 years old,
  • 00:22:07.346 --> 00:22:12.117
  • When paul went into that synagogue
  • 00:22:12.117 --> 00:22:13.919
  • And was asked for a word of encouragement,
  • 00:22:13.919 --> 00:22:16.955
  • That he says that jesus is the promised messiah,
  • 00:22:16.955 --> 00:22:20.659
  • And that when they had laid him in that tomb,
  • 00:22:20.659 --> 00:22:22.728
  • That god raised him from the dead.
  • 00:22:22.728 --> 00:22:26.631
  • And the same power, it's not a different power.
  • 00:22:26.631 --> 00:22:30.268
  • It's the same power that raised jesus from the dead
  • 00:22:30.268 --> 00:22:35.474
  • Is the same power that will raise us
  • 00:22:35.474 --> 00:22:37.376
  • From the dead, and i pray if there's anyone here today
  • 00:22:37.376 --> 00:22:41.012
  • Who's not in that family, anyone here today
  • 00:22:41.012 --> 00:22:43.582
  • Who's never had their sins forgiven,
  • 00:22:43.582 --> 00:22:45.650
  • Anyone here today does not have that assurance
  • 00:22:45.650 --> 00:22:48.720
  • Of everlasting life, god help them
  • 00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:50.489
  • To run over here through these doors.
  • 00:22:50.489 --> 00:22:53.125
  • And until then, god, i pray your blessing
  • 00:22:53.125 --> 00:22:54.993
  • On every man, woman, boy, and girl who's here today.
  • 00:22:54.993 --> 00:22:58.363
  • Thank you for easter morning.
  • 00:22:58.363 --> 00:23:00.265
  • Thank you for the love of god, the grace of god,
  • 00:23:00.265 --> 00:23:02.534
  • And the power of god, the resurrection.
  • 00:23:02.534 --> 00:23:04.870
  • In jesus's name we pray, and all god's people said,
  • 00:23:04.870 --> 00:23:08.206
  • Amen and amen.
  • 00:23:08.206 --> 00:23:09.541
  • God bless you, and thank you for coming to church today.
  • 00:23:09.541 --> 00:23:12.210
  • Kayla: as i said at the beginning,
  • 00:23:16.014 --> 00:23:17.349
  • It's listening to the preaching and teaching
  • 00:23:17.349 --> 00:23:19.484
  • From god's word on a regular basis
  • 00:23:19.484 --> 00:23:22.421
  • That makes such a powerful difference
  • 00:23:22.421 --> 00:23:24.289
  • In your life.
  • 00:23:24.289 --> 00:23:25.624
  • So plan to be here next week, same place, same time,
  • 00:23:25.624 --> 00:23:28.627
  • And please call or text a loved one
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  • And invite them to join us.
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  • I believe you both will be blessed and encouraged
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  • By the message.
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  • And remember, if you're in the southern california area,
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  • We'd love to meet you on a sunday morning
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  • Here at shepherd church.
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  • It's an amazing community that will have a powerful
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  • And positive impact on your life.
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  • And don't forget, your monthly financial support
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  • Makes such a difference as we buy television airtime
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  • So that millions of people around the world
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  • Will be transformed by this message of god's grace.
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  • Would you help us?
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  • Just reach out and let us know that you believe in this message
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  • And you want to help us make a difference.
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  • I'll see you next week, and in the meantime,
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  • Wherever you're going and whatever you're doing,
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  • Don't forget to always lift up jesus.
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  • Pastor dudley: hey, it's pastor dudley,
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  • And i wanna thank you so much for tuning in today.
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  • You know that i love to preach, i love the word of god,
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  • And i love lifting up the name of jesus christ.
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  • And this program, it's called "lift up jesus,"
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  • And that's why we exist-- up lift up jesus
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  • Because we know he will draw all people unto himself.
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  • We need people like you who watch week after week,
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  • Who give, offer financial support,
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  • Who pray for us that makes all of this possible.
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  • I just wanna encourage you to call us on the number
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  • On the screen or go to our website.
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  • We would appreciate any gift,
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  • Any amount of support you could give us,
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  • And remember that we'll take every dollar
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  • And use that to lift up jesus, that the world might believe.
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  • God bless each and every one of you,
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  • And remember, whatever you're doing,
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  • Don't forget to always lift up jesus.
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  • Announcer: the bible promises that anyone who meditates
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  • Both day and night on the word of god will be blessed.
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  • And what better way to get connected to the bible
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  • We trust this bible-reading guide will engage you deeper
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  • Announcer: research proves that it's the regular hearing
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  • And teaching of the word of god
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  • That takes our christian life to a new level.
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  • That's why we invite you to meet dudley rutherford
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  • Every week on this station for another powerful message
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  • Straight from the bible.
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  • You can also visit liftupjesus.com
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  • To sign up for our monthly email devotional,
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  • Discover pastor dudley's books and other resources,
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  • And see our national tv and radio schedule.
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  • And don't hesitate to reach out on the phone or online.
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  • Pastor dudley has a passion and vision
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  • To reach more people with the message of hope.
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  • And if you'd like to partner with us
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  • To touch the world, we'd love to hear from you.
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  • Your financial gift will do so much
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  • To help us impact the nations for christ.
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  • And if you're ever in the southern california area,
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  • We invite you to visit us at shepherd church
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  • Here in los angeles.
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  • It's an amazing experience you'll never forget.
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  • Until next time, remember to always lift up jesus.
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  • ...
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