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Greg Laurie - Death Died When Christ Rose

April 21, 2025 | S25:E95

Greg Laurie - Death Died When Christ Rose
Join Pastor Greg Laurie for a time of encouragement, worship, and Bible study.
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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - Death Died When Christ Rose | April 21, 2025
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  • Greg laurie: and when you stand before god almighty, he's not
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  • Gonna judge you on the basis of how good or bad of a life
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  • You lived.
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  • It's not even gonna be the sin question as much as it's gonna
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  • Be the son question, s-o-n.
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  • In other words, the big question god will have for you and for me
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  • Is, "what did you do with my son jesus christ?"
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  • God has dropped one lifeline from heaven for us to come into
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  • A relationship with him, and it's jesus, because jesus and
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  • Jesus alone was uniquely qualified to connect us to god.
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  • ♪ this is the day, ♪
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  • ♪ the day when life begins. ♪
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  • ♪ this is the day, ♪
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  • ♪ the day when life begins. ♪♪
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  • Greg: so i heard a story about a woman who was headed to church
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  • On easter morning and her car broke down unexpectedly, so she
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  • Called an uber.
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  • He picked her up. she jumped in the back seat.
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  • They're on the way to church and she had a question.
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  • She asked him.
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  • He didn't answer, so she tapped him on the shoulder.
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  • He hit the brakes, swerved across two lanes, and went up
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  • The shoulder of the road.
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  • They were just sitting there in stunned silence and the lady
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  • Said, "sir, i'm sorry.
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  • I didn't think you would react that way from tapping you on
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  • The shoulder."
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  • He said, "ma'am, it's okay. it's actually my fault.
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  • This is my first day as an uber driver.
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  • I've been driving a hearse for the last 25 years."
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  • Now y'all know what a hearse is, right?
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  • Okay, so he didn't expect a person who supposedly was dead
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  • To be alive, and that's how the disciples felt 2,000 years ago.
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  • The last thing they expected is for jesus to be alive again.
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  • That's a topic we usually don't like to talk about, death.
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  • It makes people uncomfortable.
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  • The bible even talks about those who are slaves to the fear
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  • Of dying.
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  • I've told you before about an inscription on a tombstone in
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  • England that said this: "pause now, stranger, as you pass by,
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  • As i am--as you are now so once was i.
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  • As i am now, so you shall be.
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  • So prepare for death and follow me."
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  • Someone reading that inscription was overheard to say, "to follow
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  • You is not my intent until i know which way you went."
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  • See, i determine in this life where i will spend
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  • The afterlife.
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  • It's entirely up to me, but because jesus died and rose
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  • Again as a christian, i don't have to be afraid to die.
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  • Jesus said, "i am the resurrection and the life.
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  • He that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live
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  • And whosoever lives and believes in me shall never die."
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  • But you know as you get older, it seems like time goes by
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  • More quickly.
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  • Have you noticed that?
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  • I found one way to slow down time, by the way, go to
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  • The dentist.
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  • I got a teeth cleaning not too long ago.
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  • It lasted about an hour.
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  • It felt like a year.
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  • She does a great job.
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  • I just don't like to go to the dentist, and if they use the
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  • Word "root canal," the words "root canal," now it feels like
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  • Ten years in that chair.
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  • And then the funny thing about my generation, the baby boomers,
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  • Is we were the first real youth generation.
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  • We celebrated our youth.
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  • We had our own song, "forever young."
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  • But now of course, things have changed.
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  • We've gone from acid rock to acid reflux, just--and nothing
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  • Is sadder when someone is older still trying to appear to
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  • Be younger.
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  • Nothing is more pathetic than a person who is 66 shopping at
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  • Forever 21.
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  • It just--it's not allowed.
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  • "sorry, ma'am, you can't come in here."
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  • I was at the market the other day and it said, "senior
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  • Discount tuesday."
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  • I'm all--i'm always in for a discount, 20%, not bad.
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  • So i said, "you know, how old do you have to be to be a senior?"
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  • And the lady said, "you need to be 62 years old."
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  • I said, "well, i qualify."
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  • And what bugged me is she didn't argue with me.
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  • She's just--"you look like you're 92.
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  • Why don't you go--do you need a walker, sir?"
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  • Yeah, so time is passing by quickly and people think they
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  • Can turn the clock back.
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  • Well, if i just eat a certain way.
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  • Well, that's fine, you know, i eat tofu and i eat kale.
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  • In fact, i have a prius made out of kale that runs on tofu.
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  • This is the cutting edge technology.
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  • But then you hear the crazy story about someone that lived
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  • Really long, like a lady named pearl cantrell, real person, 105
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  • Years old from texas.
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  • And they said, "pearl, what is your secret to longevity?"
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  • This is her actual answer.
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  • She says, "bacon.
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  • I eat bacon every day.
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  • But it has to be extra crispy."
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  • I like pearl cantrell.
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  • I've decided i'm gonna follow her example.
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  • I was with my granddaughter ali a little while ago and she said,
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  • "i'm a vegan now, papa."
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  • She said this while she was eating bacon and eggs.
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  • I said, "honey, i don't think you can be a vegan and
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  • Eat bacon."
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  • She said, "i just love the meat that comes from the pig."
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  • I said, "i understand that.
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  • I do too."
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  • But, you know, we may try to prolong our lives and maybe
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  • We'll have some success to a certain degree, but life comes
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  • To an end and then we enter that afterlife but because jesus died
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  • And rose, he rendered death powerless.
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  • For the believer death is not the end.
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  • Yes, our bodies will go into the ground, but our soul lives on in
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  • The presence of god.
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  • But i want us for a few moments to go back in our imaginations
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  • To the first century and try to put ourselves in the shoes or
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  • The sandals of those disciples so you can sort of feel what
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  • They felt.
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  • They were not expecting jesus to rise again from the dead.
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  • They never thought that man would be alive again, and it's
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  • No wonder, he was beaten beyond human recognition.
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  • His body was so traumatized that you couldn't even tell he was a
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  • Man, according to isaiah chapter 53.
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  • Certainly that man would never live again, but of course he
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  • Would because that's exactly what jesus said would happen,
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  • But they were disappointed.
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  • Maybe you're disappointed with friends, disappointed with
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  • Your family.
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  • "new york magazine" published an article called "the science of
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  • Disappointment," and it pointed out the feeling of being let
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  • Down as one of life's toughest emotional experiences.
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  • It could be a spouse, a parent, a child, that you feel has let
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  • You down and maybe that's how you feel right now.
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  • Maybe you even feel as though god himself has let you down.
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  • Kanye west made a very public profession of faith in christ
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  • And recorded an amazing record after that, but in a recent
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  • Interview, he made this statement and i quote, "i have
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  • My issues with jesus.
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  • There's a lot of stuff i went through and i prayed and i ain't
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  • Seen jesus show up," end quote.
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  • Well, i don't know exactly what he's referring to.
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  • But i know sometimes god doesn't come through in the way we
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  • Expect him to.
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  • Sometimes we create problems for ourself and face the
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  • Consequences of them.
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  • And other times god has a different plan than we have for
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  • Ourself, but god answers prayer in three ways, yes, no,
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  • And wait.
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  • And sometimes we see no as not an answer, but it is an answer.
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  • It's probably just not the answer we wanted.
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  • But maybe you feel disappointed with god.
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  • That's how the disciples felt.
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  • They were disappointed, but then all of a sudden the word goes
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  • Out, "jesus is alive."
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  • The ladies saw him first, mary magdalene first at the tomb
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  • Early easter sunday morning.
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  • She meets the risen lord.
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  • Now he's making appearances.
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  • He shows up in the upper room with the disciples.
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  • He appears to 500 people at the same time, and the word is
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  • Spreading, and we read that they were very frightened and filled
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  • With great joy.
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  • Have you ever experienced fear and joy simultaneously?
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  • Maybe on your wedding day.
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  • Fear and great joy, like, i'm excited, but what's
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  • Gonna happen?
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  • Or maybe at the birth of your first child or when you bought
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  • Your first home or when you got on that last roller coaster.
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  • For me, a roller coaster is not fear and joy, it's just
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  • All fear.
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  • I figured out a number of years ago, i hate roller coasters and
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  • I don't think i've ever liked them.
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  • Even when i was young, i hated them and now i hate them even
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  • More, but fear and great joy, that's what they
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  • Were experiencing.
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  • But they were seeing the risen lord, and he appeared to two of
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  • Them on the emmaus road incognito.
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  • In other words, they were walking with jesus and they
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  • Didn't know it was jesus.
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  • He starts a conversation, let me paraphrase, "why the long faces,
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  • Guys, what's up?"
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  • "oh, haven't you heard the things about jesus?"
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  • "no, tell me," says jesus, and now they're telling jesus
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  • About jesus.
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  • I was in the sunglass hut a while ago and i was trying on
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  • Different frames and the girl says to me, "has anyone ever
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  • Told you, you sound just like greg laurie?"
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  • I said, "yeah, i've heard that before."
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  • I said, "you know, i met him," and she said, "really?
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  • What's he like?"
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  • I said, "he's a total jerk."
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  • "really?"
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  • She was really interested, "really?"
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  • "oh yeah, i didn't like him at all."
  • 00:10:22.531 --> 00:10:24.867
  • And then she starts defending me.
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  • "no, i listen to him on the radio.
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  • I like him."
  • 00:10:28.137 --> 00:10:29.505
  • "yeah, but i've met him.
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  • I don't think you would really like him."
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  • "no, i like--" she's defending me to me.
  • 00:10:32.208 --> 00:10:36.379
  • Then i told her, "actually, i am greg laurie," and she
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  • Thought, "what?
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  • You are a jerk, aren't you?"
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  • I just--i confirmed her worst suspicions.
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  • Well, jesus was a lot more polite than i was in a way.
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  • He revealed himself to his disciples, and now we come to
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  • John 21.
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  • This is another post-resurrection appearance.
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  • Now i'm gonna read verses 3 to 14 from the new
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  • Living translation.
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  • "simon peter said, 'i'm going fishing.'
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  • 'we'll come, too,' they all said.
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  • And they went out of the boat, and they caught nothing
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  • All night.
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  • At dawn jesus was standing on the beach, but the disciples
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  • Couldn't see who he was.
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  • He called out, 'boys, have you caught any fish?'
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  • 'no,' they replied.
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  • Then he said, 'throw your net on the right side of the boat, and
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  • You'll get some!'
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  • So they did, and they couldn't haul in the net because there
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  • Were so many fish in it.
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  • Then the disciple jesus loved," that would be john the apostle,
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  • By the way, "he said, 'it's the lord!'
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  • When peter heard it was the lord, he put on his tunic and
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  • Jumped into the water, and headed to shore.
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  • The others stayed with the boat and pulled the loaded net to the
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  • Shore, for they were only a hundred yards from the shore.
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  • And when they got there, they found breakfast waiting
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  • For them.
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  • There was fish cooking over a charcoal fire, and some bread.
  • 00:11:51.987 --> 00:11:55.591
  • Jesus said, 'bring some of the fish you've just caught.'
  • 00:11:55.591 --> 00:11:58.294
  • So simon peter went aboard and dragged the net to the shore,
  • 00:11:58.294 --> 00:12:02.331
  • And jesus said, 'come and have some breakfast!'"
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  • I love that.
  • 00:12:06.902 --> 00:12:08.237
  • Is this not a beautiful scene?
  • 00:12:08.237 --> 00:12:09.872
  • So what does this mean to us?
  • 00:12:09.872 --> 00:12:12.108
  • Answer, a lot.
  • 00:12:12.108 --> 00:12:14.176
  • And i wanna share five takeaway truths about the resurrection of
  • 00:12:14.176 --> 00:12:18.481
  • Jesus that directly apply to you.
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  • If you're taking notes, here's point number one, because of the
  • 00:12:20.483 --> 00:12:24.420
  • Resurrection of jesus, i will one day receive a new body.
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  • Because of the resurrection of jesus, i one day will receive a
  • 00:12:30.092 --> 00:12:33.028
  • New body.
  • 00:12:33.028 --> 00:12:34.396
  • Death does not have the final say even over our body.
  • 00:12:34.396 --> 00:12:38.801
  • Easter has the final say.
  • 00:12:38.801 --> 00:12:41.070
  • Jesus coming out of that tomb is a preview of things to come for
  • 00:12:41.070 --> 00:12:44.740
  • Us because we too will one day be resurrected.
  • 00:12:44.740 --> 00:12:48.844
  • 1 corinthians 15 says, "the truth is christ has been raised
  • 00:12:48.844 --> 00:12:52.281
  • Up, the first on a long legacy of those who are going to leave
  • 00:12:52.281 --> 00:12:55.951
  • The cemeteries, but we have to wait our turn.
  • 00:12:55.951 --> 00:12:59.421
  • Christ is first, then those with him at his coming."
  • 00:12:59.421 --> 00:13:02.792
  • Now know this.
  • 00:13:02.792 --> 00:13:04.160
  • When jesus rose again from the dead, it was a real body.
  • 00:13:04.160 --> 00:13:07.930
  • He had a real voice.
  • 00:13:07.930 --> 00:13:10.766
  • But it was--it was his body that had been crucified but
  • 00:13:10.766 --> 00:13:15.905
  • Glorified in a different way, and that is a prototype of what
  • 00:13:15.905 --> 00:13:20.309
  • Is coming for us as well.
  • 00:13:20.309 --> 00:13:22.278
  • Point number two, because of jesus's resurrection, our new
  • 00:13:22.278 --> 00:13:25.881
  • Glorified bodies will be much like his.
  • 00:13:25.881 --> 00:13:29.385
  • 1 john 3:2 says, "beloved, now we're the children of god, it
  • 00:13:29.385 --> 00:13:33.255
  • Does not yet appear what we will be, but we know that when he
  • 00:13:33.255 --> 00:13:36.158
  • Appears we shall be like him, for we will see him as he is."
  • 00:13:36.158 --> 00:13:40.229
  • So we will be like him.
  • 00:13:40.229 --> 00:13:42.631
  • What do we know about the resurrection body of jesus?
  • 00:13:42.631 --> 00:13:45.868
  • Number 1, he was recognizable.
  • 00:13:45.868 --> 00:13:49.205
  • Number 2, he did not have the normal limitations of a
  • 00:13:49.205 --> 00:13:52.474
  • Human body.
  • 00:13:52.474 --> 00:13:53.843
  • He could appear and disappear at will.
  • 00:13:53.843 --> 00:13:55.644
  • And thirdly, he ate food.
  • 00:13:55.644 --> 00:13:57.179
  • Here he's making them breakfast.
  • 00:13:57.179 --> 00:13:59.748
  • And that is a reminder that we in our new bodies will eat, and
  • 00:13:59.748 --> 00:14:05.988
  • I love the fact that we're gonna still eat in the afterlife,
  • 00:14:05.988 --> 00:14:08.490
  • Don't you?
  • 00:14:08.490 --> 00:14:10.559
  • Maybe we'll all be fat and we won't care.
  • 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:13.929
  • In fact, if you're skinny, we'll judge you for being
  • 00:14:13.929 --> 00:14:16.465
  • Skinny, right?
  • 00:14:16.465 --> 00:14:19.301
  • I don't know, but we know that we will eat in the afterlife
  • 00:14:19.301 --> 00:14:22.872
  • Because matthew 8:11 says, "i say to you they'll come from the
  • 00:14:22.872 --> 00:14:25.908
  • East and the west and take their places at the feast with
  • 00:14:25.908 --> 00:14:29.645
  • Abraham, isaac, and jacob in the kingdom of heaven."
  • 00:14:29.645 --> 00:14:34.116
  • The bible speaks of the wedding feast or the wedding supper of
  • 00:14:34.116 --> 00:14:38.420
  • The lamb.
  • 00:14:38.420 --> 00:14:39.788
  • Imagine sitting at a table with loved ones that have preceded
  • 00:14:39.788 --> 00:14:43.525
  • You to heaven and being reunited with them again.
  • 00:14:43.525 --> 00:14:48.097
  • Imagine sitting at a table with the great patriarchs and
  • 00:14:48.097 --> 00:14:51.600
  • Matriarchs of the bible, turning to moses and saying, "moses,
  • 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:55.905
  • Could you pass the manna?"
  • 00:14:55.905 --> 00:14:59.408
  • Or "elijah, my meat's a little underdone.
  • 00:14:59.408 --> 00:15:01.510
  • Could you give it a little more fire?"
  • 00:15:01.510 --> 00:15:04.246
  • Or turning to lot and saying, "could you pass the salt, lot?
  • 00:15:04.246 --> 00:15:08.350
  • What, you're not over that yet?"
  • 00:15:08.350 --> 00:15:10.719
  • That's an inside bible joke, people.
  • 00:15:10.719 --> 00:15:13.389
  • If you laughed, you've read the book of genesis.
  • 00:15:13.389 --> 00:15:15.624
  • If you don't know what i'm talking about, lot's wife turned
  • 00:15:15.624 --> 00:15:18.360
  • Into a pillar of salt when she looked back at sodom
  • 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:20.863
  • And gomorrah.
  • 00:15:20.863 --> 00:15:22.231
  • So you say, "hey, lot, could you pass the salt?"
  • 00:15:22.231 --> 00:15:23.832
  • Get it now?
  • 00:15:23.832 --> 00:15:25.167
  • Okay, forget it.
  • 00:15:25.167 --> 00:15:26.535
  • This is original material.
  • 00:15:26.535 --> 00:15:27.870
  • What do you want from me, okay?
  • 00:15:27.870 --> 00:15:29.405
  • I never said it was funny.
  • 00:15:29.405 --> 00:15:31.640
  • But imagine being able to ask david what it was like to
  • 00:15:31.640 --> 00:15:34.276
  • Defeat goliath.
  • 00:15:34.276 --> 00:15:36.378
  • Ask noah what it was like to be in that ark.
  • 00:15:36.378 --> 00:15:39.615
  • Ask moses what it was like to part the red sea.
  • 00:15:39.615 --> 00:15:43.085
  • Ask john what it was like to receive the book of revelation
  • 00:15:43.085 --> 00:15:46.055
  • On the island of patmos or ask mary what it was like to carry
  • 00:15:46.055 --> 00:15:50.326
  • The son of god in her womb and later in her heart.
  • 00:15:50.326 --> 00:15:56.632
  • Sometimes people ask, "will we recognize one another
  • 00:15:56.632 --> 00:15:59.435
  • In heaven?"
  • 00:15:59.435 --> 00:16:01.103
  • The answer is yes.
  • 00:16:01.103 --> 00:16:03.138
  • You're gonna know more in heaven than you know on earth.
  • 00:16:03.138 --> 00:16:06.308
  • You won't be more stupid in heaven than you are on earth.
  • 00:16:06.308 --> 00:16:11.146
  • And so yes, you will recognize one another.
  • 00:16:11.146 --> 00:16:14.350
  • The bible says we will know fully even as we are known.
  • 00:16:14.350 --> 00:16:17.353
  • Thirdly, because of jesus's resurrection, our bodies will no
  • 00:16:17.353 --> 00:16:21.156
  • Longer age or get sickness or break down.
  • 00:16:21.156 --> 00:16:26.128
  • Now you might be young and you might say, "i'm pretty happy
  • 00:16:26.128 --> 00:16:29.231
  • With my body right now."
  • 00:16:29.231 --> 00:16:31.333
  • I was with my granddaughters, stella and lucy, a while back,
  • 00:16:31.333 --> 00:16:34.570
  • And they said, "papa, how old will we be when we're
  • 00:16:34.570 --> 00:16:37.139
  • In heaven?"
  • 00:16:37.139 --> 00:16:38.474
  • I said, "i really don't know."
  • 00:16:38.474 --> 00:16:39.975
  • And lucy said, my granddaughter lucy said, "i wanna be three."
  • 00:16:39.975 --> 00:16:44.747
  • I said, "you wanna be three in heaven?"
  • 00:16:44.747 --> 00:16:46.315
  • "yeah, three."
  • 00:16:46.315 --> 00:16:47.649
  • I said, "why do you wanna be three?"
  • 00:16:47.649 --> 00:16:49.018
  • She said, "i miss the old me."
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  • Great line.
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  • I don't know how old we'll be, but we'll have none of the
  • 00:16:55.190 --> 00:16:59.028
  • Limitations of the human body, none of the disabilities, none
  • 00:16:59.028 --> 00:17:03.198
  • Of the sicknesses.
  • 00:17:03.198 --> 00:17:05.267
  • Did you know that your brain starts breaking down at the age
  • 00:17:05.267 --> 00:17:08.437
  • Of 20?
  • 00:17:08.437 --> 00:17:09.805
  • Experts say as we get older, the number of nerve cells in the
  • 00:17:09.805 --> 00:17:13.609
  • Brain decrease.
  • 00:17:13.609 --> 00:17:15.144
  • We start out with 100 billion, but in our twenties, the number
  • 00:17:15.144 --> 00:17:18.714
  • Starts to decline by 40 we could be losing up to 10,000 brain
  • 00:17:18.714 --> 00:17:23.552
  • Cells or nerve cells to the brain per day, affecting memory,
  • 00:17:23.552 --> 00:17:28.057
  • Coordination, and brain function.
  • 00:17:28.057 --> 00:17:30.826
  • You've probably lost 5,000 brain cells just listening to me
  • 00:17:30.826 --> 00:17:34.196
  • Today, and we're just getting started.
  • 00:17:34.196 --> 00:17:36.799
  • But all of that will be restored one day.
  • 00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:39.768
  • If you're disabled on earth, you won't be in heaven.
  • 00:17:39.768 --> 00:17:43.038
  • If you have cancer on earth, you won't have it in heaven.
  • 00:17:43.038 --> 00:17:47.609
  • It's such a wonderful thing and here's number four, because of
  • 00:17:47.609 --> 00:17:50.412
  • Jesus's resurrection, we will have resurrected relationships.
  • 00:17:50.412 --> 00:17:55.984
  • This is a big one for me.
  • 00:17:55.984 --> 00:17:58.454
  • So tomorrow, would be my son christopher's 49th birthday.
  • 00:17:58.454 --> 00:18:04.259
  • Can you imagine that?
  • 00:18:04.259 --> 00:18:05.594
  • I'd be the father of a 49-year-old.
  • 00:18:05.594 --> 00:18:07.496
  • I am the father of a 49-year-old, but he's in heaven.
  • 00:18:07.496 --> 00:18:11.934
  • This july will mark 16 years since he left us unexpectedly in
  • 00:18:11.934 --> 00:18:16.805
  • A tragic automobile accident.
  • 00:18:16.805 --> 00:18:19.041
  • I communicated with my son all the time.
  • 00:18:19.041 --> 00:18:21.677
  • I miss him.
  • 00:18:21.677 --> 00:18:23.345
  • And it was so hard to just not be able to talk to him when he
  • 00:18:23.345 --> 00:18:27.683
  • Was taken, and i would even call his phone to hear his voicemail,
  • 00:18:27.683 --> 00:18:34.123
  • Just to hear his voice, until the account went down.
  • 00:18:34.123 --> 00:18:37.092
  • But we'll be reunited with loved ones that have preceded us.
  • 00:18:37.092 --> 00:18:40.295
  • It's almost as though jesus picked up where he left off.
  • 00:18:40.295 --> 00:18:43.065
  • He left them suddenly.
  • 00:18:43.065 --> 00:18:44.533
  • He left them violently and now he's back.
  • 00:18:44.533 --> 00:18:47.736
  • He's back.
  • 00:18:47.736 --> 00:18:49.071
  • He's appearing here. he's appearing there.
  • 00:18:49.071 --> 00:18:50.639
  • It's just as though he never left at all.
  • 00:18:50.639 --> 00:18:53.242
  • Even in the way he says to those disciples, "hey, come and have
  • 00:18:53.242 --> 00:18:55.777
  • Breakfast, guys.
  • 00:18:55.777 --> 00:18:57.112
  • I'm just waiting for you.
  • 00:18:57.112 --> 00:18:58.480
  • Your food's getting cold. let's go."
  • 00:18:58.480 --> 00:19:00.215
  • Oh, it's just like he never left.
  • 00:19:00.215 --> 00:19:03.919
  • There's one account where it says that two disciples are
  • 00:19:03.919 --> 00:19:06.955
  • Walking along and they saw jesus and he just said, "greetings,"
  • 00:19:06.955 --> 00:19:11.360
  • And it's actually a very common phrase used in that day for,
  • 00:19:11.360 --> 00:19:14.196
  • Like, "hello, how you doing?"
  • 00:19:14.196 --> 00:19:17.533
  • I mean, if i were jesus and someone saw me for the first
  • 00:19:17.533 --> 00:19:20.169
  • Time after i rose, i would have said something like, "ta da!"
  • 00:19:20.169 --> 00:19:25.807
  • He's like, "greetings."
  • 00:19:25.807 --> 00:19:27.509
  • You know, we have different ways we greet each other.
  • 00:19:27.509 --> 00:19:30.145
  • In the south they say, "hey, hey, how y'all doing?"
  • 00:19:30.145 --> 00:19:34.449
  • Over in maui and the islands, they say, "how's it?
  • 00:19:34.449 --> 00:19:36.985
  • How's it, bro?"
  • 00:19:36.985 --> 00:19:38.654
  • If you're in philadelphia, they say, "yo," and if you're adrian,
  • 00:19:38.654 --> 00:19:42.858
  • "yo, adrian."
  • 00:19:42.858 --> 00:19:46.061
  • Australia, you say, "good day."
  • 00:19:46.061 --> 00:19:48.363
  • In new york, they don't say anything to you.
  • 00:19:48.363 --> 00:19:51.867
  • They just assault you, now that's the--it's a new
  • 00:19:51.867 --> 00:19:55.304
  • York greeting.
  • 00:19:55.304 --> 00:19:57.706
  • But it was very common just like, "hey, how's it going?
  • 00:19:57.706 --> 00:20:00.542
  • Good to see you."
  • 00:20:00.542 --> 00:20:02.477
  • Very casual, picking up where they last left off, and we will
  • 00:20:02.477 --> 00:20:06.248
  • Do that as well.
  • 00:20:06.248 --> 00:20:08.717
  • And you might be reunited with loved ones that have preceded
  • 00:20:08.717 --> 00:20:11.687
  • You sooner than you expected.
  • 00:20:11.687 --> 00:20:15.224
  • I believe we're living in the last days.
  • 00:20:15.224 --> 00:20:18.227
  • I believe jesus could come back at any moment.
  • 00:20:18.227 --> 00:20:21.830
  • And the next event on the prophetic calendar is what we
  • 00:20:21.830 --> 00:20:25.133
  • Sometimes call the rapture of the church.
  • 00:20:25.133 --> 00:20:28.036
  • Now people get hung up on that word "rapture."
  • 00:20:28.036 --> 00:20:30.973
  • But actually, the greek word is harpazo.
  • 00:20:30.973 --> 00:20:34.643
  • 1 thessalonians 4:17 says we shall not all sleep, but rather
  • 00:20:34.643 --> 00:20:40.282
  • It says that "we will be caught up to meet the lord in the
  • 00:20:40.282 --> 00:20:43.885
  • Twinkling of an eye."
  • 00:20:43.885 --> 00:20:46.588
  • And that word "caught up" is from the word "harpazo" which is
  • 00:20:46.588 --> 00:20:49.258
  • Translated to the latin word "rapturus" which is translated
  • 00:20:49.258 --> 00:20:52.594
  • To the english word "rapture," whatever you wanna call it.
  • 00:20:52.594 --> 00:20:56.031
  • It's a moment where we're caught up, but notice what it says,
  • 00:20:56.031 --> 00:20:58.267
  • "the dead in christ rise first."
  • 00:20:58.267 --> 00:20:59.901
  • That means when you're a christian and you die, you go
  • 00:20:59.901 --> 00:21:02.037
  • To heaven.
  • 00:21:02.037 --> 00:21:03.405
  • So they've risen first.
  • 00:21:03.405 --> 00:21:04.740
  • "we will be caught up together with them, reunited," so there's
  • 00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:08.210
  • A bodily resurrection of those that have died.
  • 00:21:08.210 --> 00:21:11.813
  • Their souls are in heaven, but their bodies are resurrected.
  • 00:21:11.813 --> 00:21:14.616
  • "we're caught up together with them in the clouds and so shall
  • 00:21:14.616 --> 00:21:17.619
  • We ever be with the lord," and then it says, "so comfort one
  • 00:21:17.619 --> 00:21:21.423
  • Another with these words."
  • 00:21:21.423 --> 00:21:23.458
  • Imagine for a moment going about your normal day-to-day business
  • 00:21:23.458 --> 00:21:28.397
  • When suddenly, in the twinkling of an eye, you're reunited with
  • 00:21:28.397 --> 00:21:33.135
  • Loved ones and hurtled into the presence of god.
  • 00:21:33.135 --> 00:21:35.671
  • That's what this event is about.
  • 00:21:35.671 --> 00:21:37.239
  • It could happen in our lifetime, but there's one last point.
  • 00:21:37.239 --> 00:21:41.343
  • Because of the resurrection of the dead, of jesus, there will
  • 00:21:41.343 --> 00:21:45.614
  • Be a final judgment.
  • 00:21:45.614 --> 00:21:47.816
  • Acts 17:31 says, "he has appointed a day in which he will
  • 00:21:47.816 --> 00:21:51.820
  • Judge the world in righteousness by the man he has ordained, and
  • 00:21:51.820 --> 00:21:56.325
  • He's given assurance of this by raising him from the dead."
  • 00:21:56.325 --> 00:22:00.262
  • So because jesus rose from the dead, there'll be a
  • 00:22:00.262 --> 00:22:02.464
  • Final judgment.
  • 00:22:02.464 --> 00:22:03.799
  • Now you might have said, "i liked it when you were talking
  • 00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:05.400
  • About being in heaven and eating and being fat and all that.
  • 00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:09.938
  • I don't like this part about judgment."
  • 00:22:09.938 --> 00:22:11.406
  • Well, it's in the bible.
  • 00:22:11.406 --> 00:22:13.041
  • The bible says it's appointed unto a man once to die, and then
  • 00:22:13.041 --> 00:22:16.678
  • Comes the judgment.
  • 00:22:16.678 --> 00:22:19.781
  • And when you stand before god almighty, he's not gonna judge
  • 00:22:19.781 --> 00:22:23.685
  • You on the basis of how good or bad of a life you lived.
  • 00:22:23.685 --> 00:22:28.523
  • It's not even gonna be the sin question as much as it's gonna
  • 00:22:28.523 --> 00:22:31.693
  • Be the son question, s-o-n.
  • 00:22:31.693 --> 00:22:34.529
  • In other words, the big question god will have for you and for me
  • 00:22:34.529 --> 00:22:37.866
  • Is, "what did you do with my son jesus christ?"
  • 00:22:37.866 --> 00:22:42.137
  • God has dropped one lifeline from heaven for us to come into
  • 00:22:42.137 --> 00:22:45.240
  • A relationship with him, and it's jesus, because jesus and
  • 00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:49.077
  • Jesus alone was uniquely qualified to connect us to god.
  • 00:22:49.077 --> 00:22:55.250
  • Because he was fully god and he was fully man, and with one hand
  • 00:22:55.250 --> 00:22:59.221
  • He took hold of sinful humanity, and with the other hand he took
  • 00:22:59.221 --> 00:23:02.724
  • Hold of a holy god that we have offended through our sin.
  • 00:23:02.724 --> 00:23:06.628
  • And spikes were driven through those hands and into his feet,
  • 00:23:06.628 --> 00:23:09.731
  • And he died in our place.
  • 00:23:09.731 --> 00:23:11.767
  • He came to pay a debt he did not owe because we owed a debt we
  • 00:23:11.767 --> 00:23:15.771
  • Could not pay.
  • 00:23:15.771 --> 00:23:17.372
  • So god will say, "what did you do with jesus?"
  • 00:23:17.372 --> 00:23:21.109
  • That's the issue.
  • 00:23:21.109 --> 00:23:22.444
  • Some say, "no, it's gonna be based on if i lived a
  • 00:23:22.444 --> 00:23:24.079
  • Good life."
  • 00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:25.447
  • Do you really hope that will happen?
  • 00:23:25.447 --> 00:23:27.282
  • First of all, it won't, but just for the sake of a point.
  • 00:23:27.282 --> 00:23:30.318
  • Do you really think your good deeds outweigh your bad deeds?
  • 00:23:30.318 --> 00:23:34.756
  • I don't think so.
  • 00:23:34.756 --> 00:23:36.525
  • Heard a story about a man who died and went to heaven.
  • 00:23:36.525 --> 00:23:38.593
  • He was at the pearly gates and peter met him.
  • 00:23:38.593 --> 00:23:41.263
  • Peter said, "okay, buddy, this is how it works."
  • 00:23:41.263 --> 00:23:43.799
  • He needed 1,000 points to get into heaven.
  • 00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:48.036
  • "tell me all the good things you've done, and i'll give you
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  • Points for each."
  • 00:23:50.205 --> 00:23:51.740
  • Guy said, "okay.
  • 00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:53.341
  • Well, i was married to the same woman for 50 years.
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  • I was never unfaithful to her.
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  • I never even had a bad thought.
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  • I was faithful to this woman 50 years."
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  • Peter said, "good, that's worth two points."
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  • "wait, two? how many do i need?"
  • 00:24:06.321 --> 00:24:08.557
  • "a thousand."
  • 00:24:08.557 --> 00:24:09.891
  • "whoa."
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  • The guy says, "okay, i went to church every week.
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  • I never missed church.
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  • I was in a small group.
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  • I read my bible every day.
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  • I prayed every day.
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  • I gave tithes.
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  • I gave offerings on top of it."
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  • "ah, that's good for two more points."
  • 00:24:23.071 --> 00:24:25.540
  • "wait, two more points?
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  • So i have three points now?
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  • What else?
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  • Well, i opened a soup kitchen in the city and worked in a shelter
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  • For homeless people."
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  • Peter said, "that'll get you two more points."
  • 00:24:34.883 --> 00:24:36.885
  • The guy says, "this is crazy.
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  • The only way i'm gonna get into heaven is by the grace of god."
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  • Peter said, "that's it, 1,000 points, you're in."
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  • Some of you are saying, "i've never read that in the bible,
  • 00:24:50.899 --> 00:24:53.068
  • Greg," and that's--it's a silly story, okay?
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  • It's not true.
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  • It's just there to make a point.
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  • It's not a point system.
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  • It's all about the grace of god.
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  • No matter how badly you've sinned, god will forgive you.
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  • But no matter how good you are, you still need forgiveness.
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  • Greg: hi, my name is greg laurie.
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  • I started searching for god at a very young age.
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  • And my search led me into a lot of wrong directions, including
  • 00:25:22.497 --> 00:25:26.368
  • Drug use, and i almost destroyed my life completely, but someone
  • 00:25:26.368 --> 00:25:30.872
  • Told me about jesus christ, and it changed my life forever.
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  • And i want you to know that whatever course your life is on
  • 00:25:35.710 --> 00:25:38.547
  • Right now, it can change if you realize there's a god in heaven
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  • Who loves you and he has a plan for your life.
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  • I prayed this prayer to ask jesus into my life at the age of
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  • 17, but here i am at the age of 70, and i can tell you i made
  • 00:25:49.925 --> 00:25:54.563
  • The best choice i ever could make.
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  • You can make that same choice yourself.
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  • You could just say, "jesus, help me.
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  • Forgive me of my sin.
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  • I want to go to heaven when i die.
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  • I want a relationship with you."
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  • If you would pray a prayer like that, god will hear you and
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  • Answer you.
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  • Greg: did you know that there are over 60 chapters in the
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  • Bible dedicated to the life of david?
  • 00:26:19.955 --> 00:26:23.124
  • You know, we read more about his triumphs, trials, and faithful
  • 00:26:23.124 --> 00:26:27.295
  • Walk with god than anyone else in the bible except for jesus.
  • 00:26:27.295 --> 00:26:31.566
  • So, clearly god wants us to know about this man who is uniquely
  • 00:26:31.566 --> 00:26:36.137
  • Described in the bible as the man after god's own heart.
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  • So, listen, i've written a brand-new devotional titled,
  • 00:26:41.042 --> 00:26:45.580
  • "house of david: 30 days with the man after god's own heart,"
  • 00:26:45.580 --> 00:26:49.551
  • Which is a special companion piece to the brand-new amazon
  • 00:26:49.551 --> 00:26:53.655
  • Prime series called, "house of david."
  • 00:26:53.655 --> 00:26:57.726
  • Let's explore together the life and legacy of this amazing man
  • 00:26:57.726 --> 00:27:02.297
  • Of god, his highs, his lows, his ups and downs, his victories and
  • 00:27:02.297 --> 00:27:07.302
  • Defeats, and your eyes will be opened to new discoveries
  • 00:27:07.302 --> 00:27:12.140
  • About god's word and how you can get closer to the lord.
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  • So transform your understanding of what it means to be a person
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  • Who seeks the heart of god and pick up a copy of my "house of
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  • David" devotional today.
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