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Greg Laurie - A New Day Dawning

April 6, 2026 | 27:29

Greg Laurie - A New Day Dawning
Think of all the things we do to stay alive. We fasten our seat belts. We buy fire extinguishers and smoke alarms. We lock our doors. We wear sunscreen. We take our vitamins and look both ways before we cross the street. We don’t want to die. But today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie points out how death has already died. We’ll see that’s the central message of Easter, and today we’ll find out that’s our eternal hope.
#WordofGod #PersonalStory #LoveofGod #Faithfulness #Death #Preparation #Resurrection #Heaven #Revelation #Fear

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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - A New Day Dawning | April 6, 2026
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  • Greg laurie: let's not miss the point of easter.
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  • The point of easter is death died when christ rose.
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  • Easter was the death of death, and we have this hope
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  • As believers.
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  • We will see our loved ones again on the other side who have died
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  • In faith, and i emphasize that point, who have died in faith.
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  • So, if you know someone who believed in jesus christ and
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  • They've died, you will see them again, if you're a christian.
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  • ♪ this is the day, ♪
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  • ♪ the day when life begins. ♪♪
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  • Greg: so, when i was a kid, i loved snakes.
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  • I love reptiles, in general, but, specifically, i was so
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  • Fascinated by snakes.
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  • So i would buy them in pet stores, and i would catch them
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  • And tame them, and i--i just, i couldn't get enough snakes.
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  • So, i found this one snake in a pet store.
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  • I talked my mom into driving me down there to buy it.
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  • We drove there, in costa mesa, and i went in and got my little
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  • Snake, and i put him in the terrarium in the trunk of our
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  • Ford starliner.
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  • You ever seen a ford starliner?
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  • Here's a picture of it.
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  • This car was--i think that's a pretty cool looking car now--
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  • And it was blue, but not quite that shade of blue, but this is
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  • A picture i found of one, and it used to be light blue, and we
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  • Painted it a darker blue for $29.95.
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  • There was a paint store called earl scheib.
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  • All the old people, "yeah, i remember old earl scheib."
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  • And he'd say, "i'm earl scheib, and i'll paint any car any color
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  • For $29.95.
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  • Thirty bucks for a paint job.
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  • And he did paint the car, and the tires, and the windshield,
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  • And--a lot of overspray.
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  • So we drove in our ford starliner down there, picked him
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  • Up, got the little snake in the terrarium in the trunk.
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  • We get home, i go to the trunk, and the snake is gone.
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  • The snake somehow got out of the terrarium, and he's loose in
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  • The car.
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  • My mom says, "i'm never driving that car again."
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  • And, about a week later, she had to go somewhere and run an
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  • Errand, so she's driving the car, very aware of the fact that
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  • That snake could still be in the car.
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  • It might attack her, it might bite her, it might wrap itself
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  • Around her.
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  • So she's sitting at a stoplight, and suddenly she feels a cold
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  • Coil on her ankle.
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  • She opens up the door, gets her other leg out, and runs out of
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  • The car screaming.
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  • There happened to be a police officer nearby.
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  • He goes, "ma'am, what's wrong?"
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  • She says, "there's a snake in the car."
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  • He goes in, and he finds that a loose hose had come undone,
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  • And--but she never drove that car again, and she gave it
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  • To me.
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  • Pretty good deal.
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  • So, kids, if you want to get a car from your parents, lose
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  • A snake in it.
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  • And that's my easter message.
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  • God bless you.
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  • Thank you for coming.
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  • And, you know, she gave me that car, and, for some unknown
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  • Reason, i didn't like the car.
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  • Now i wish i had it still.
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  • I drove it into some field when it wouldn't start, never got it
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  • Going again, and that was the end of the ford starliner.
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  • But, you know, she had what we might describe as an irrational
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  • Fear about this snake.
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  • And we can find our life being filled with fear.
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  • And then there are our personal fears, losing our health, losing
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  • Our family, losing our livelihood, or the fear of the
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  • Unknown, or the fear of failure, or the fear of rejection, and
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  • The fear of death.
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  • Now, we should be concerned about death.
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  • We should be prepared for death, but, as a christian, i don't
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  • Have to be afraid of death because the bible tells me, when
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  • Christ rose from the dead, it changed everything.
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  • We no longer have to live in fear.
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  • You see, at the cross, christ defeated sin.
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  • At the empty tomb, he defeated death.
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  • Let me say that again.
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  • At the cross, christ defeated sin.
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  • At the empty tomb, he defeated death, you see.
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  • So this was a huge event, and jesus himself put it this way,
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  • In revelation 1, he said, "don't be afraid.
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  • I'm the first and the last.
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  • I'm the living one; i was dead, and now look, i'm
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  • Alive forevermore!
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  • And i hold the keys of death and hades."
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  • So he's in control of all of it.
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  • And i'm glad he has the keys because, if i had them, they
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  • Would be lost by now because i'm always losing my keys.
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  • Am i the only one?
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  • But people will worry about how long they're going to live, and
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  • The irony is worry, excessive worry, can literally shorten
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  • Your life.
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  • It can disease the nervous system, experts tell us, and you
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  • Create things to worry about.
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  • Most of these things will never even happen.
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  • And that's why jesus said, "can all of your worries add a single
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  • Moment to your life?"
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  • And the answer, of course, is no.
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  • Yet our culture is obsessed with lengthening life.
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  • I read recently that ai can now predict how long you will
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  • Actually live.
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  • I don't know if i want to run those tests and see.
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  • I'm not sure, it's in god's hands.
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  • But, you know, we'll try to live healthy lives, and we'll eat the
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  • Right food, and we'll avoid the wrong foods, and we'll go to the
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  • Gym, and that's good.
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  • You should stay in shape, and i don't mean any shape, hopefully
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  • In a good shape.
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  • You don't want people calling you the lord's pear; that's
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  • Not good.
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  • But i hit the gym a couple of times a week.
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  • I'm up to 100 crunches a day, pretty good, right?
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  • Nestle's crunch, very good.
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  • You should--i eat 100 of them in one day.
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  • I'm pretty proud of that.
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  • But now we have billionaires trying to extend their lives
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  • Through technology.
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  • I read about one billionaire in particular that was going to
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  • Attach a computer chip to his brain.
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  • Another billionaire is undergoing blood transfusions
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  • From young, healthy donors from the ages of 16 and 25, thinking
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  • It might reverse aging.
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  • But what was the result?
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  • Well, he ended up in a movie theater watching the new
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  • "minecraft" movie.
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  • And, when chicken jockey came on the screen, he started screaming
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  • And throwing popcorn.
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  • Only a few young people got that joke.
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  • The older folks are, "let's go back to earl scheib,
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  • What is this?"
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  • There's something for everyone here, you see?
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  • But, as psalm 90 says, "we spend our lives as a story that has
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  • Been told."
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  • I don't determine the day of my birth, i don't determine the day
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  • Of my death, but i have everything to say about that
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  • Little dash in the middle; that's my part.
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  • So i want to live my life well, bringing me to my third point:
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  • The resurrection of jesus replaces fear with faith.
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  • The resurrection of jesus replaces fear with faith.
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  • Let's read our story now, matthew 28, starting in verse 1,
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  • "early on sunday morning, as a new day was dawning--" that's
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  • Why i titled my messages "a new day dawning."
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  • "as a new day was dawning, mary magdalene and the other mary
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  • Went to visit the tomb.
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  • Suddenly there was a great earthquake!
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  • For an angel of the lord came down from heaven, rolled aside
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  • The stone, and sat on it.
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  • His face shone like lightning; his clothing was as white
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  • As snow.
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  • And the guards shook with fear when they saw him, and they fell
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  • Into a dead faint.
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  • Then the angel spoke to the women.
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  • 'don't be afraid!
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  • I know you're looking for jesus, who was crucified.
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  • He isn't here!
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  • He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen.
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  • Come, see where his body was lying.
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  • And now, go quickly and tell his disciples he's risen from the
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  • Dead, and he's going ahead of you to galilee.
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  • You will see him there.
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  • Remember what i've told you.'"
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  • Now look at what happens next.
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  • "the women ran quickly from the tomb.
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  • They were very frightened, but they were also filled with great
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  • Joy, they rushed to give the disciples the angel's message.
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  • And as they went, jesus met them and greeted them.
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  • And they ran to him, and grasped his feet, and worshiped him.
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  • And jesus said to them, 'don't be afraid!
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  • Go tell my brothers to leave for galilee, and they will see
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  • Me there.'"
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  • Wow, so let's consider the backdrop of the story.
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  • You see, there was this general belief that, when messiah came,
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  • That he would overthrow the earthly powers and establish his
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  • Kingdom, and, indeed, the bible does tell us, the messiah will
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  • Do that one day in the future.
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  • But, because they didn't read their scriptures carefully
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  • Enough, they failed to see the fact that the bible is very
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  • Clear in saying, before messiah establishes that kingdom, he
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  • Would first suffer and die.
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  • Psalm 22 even tells us, hundreds of years before there was even
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  • Something called crucifixion, how he would die, when it says,
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  • "they pierced my hands and my feet."
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  • Isaiah 53, in vivid detail, describes the lord hanging on
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  • The cross and beaten beyond human recognition.
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  • And on and on the prophecies go, pointing to the
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  • Suffering savior.
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  • But they collectively missed the memo, and somehow they thought
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  • That jesus had failed in his mission, but, in fact, he had
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  • Fulfilled his mission, and everything was going according
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  • To plan, god's plan.
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  • See, if they would have read their bibles, they would have
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  • Discovered that jesus is in the old testament concealed, but
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  • He's in the new testament revealed.
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  • And so they come to the tomb.
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  • Now, who are these people?
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  • They're women, women coming to anoint his body.
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  • They did not know they were going to see a living savior.
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  • And a shout out to the ladies here, okay?
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  • Women were the last at the cross, and they were the first
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  • To the tomb, right?
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  • So, you go, girl.
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  • It seems to me that, in general, women often have a perception
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  • That many men are lacking, even the way they communicate.
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  • My wife has a small group in our home, and it's all these girls
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  • Come over, and they start talking.
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  • And i'm upstairs, and i hear this sound escalating, and i
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  • Walk in, and it's just a vortex of many conversations happening
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  • Simultaneously, and i don't even know what's happening.
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  • That's not the way guys communicate.
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  • And i'm just kind of mystified by all of it.
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  • But i think that this beautiful perception, and to
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  • Mary magdalene in particular, you remember that jesus cast
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  • Seven demons out of her.
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  • That is severe demon possession.
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  • This lady was eternally grateful to jesus for all he had done.
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  • She stood at the cross; the bible points out she stood close
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  • To the cross, which means, while others were present, they were
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  • At a distance.
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  • Mary was right up front and center, so jesus could see
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  • Her there.
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  • And she was rewarded, wasn't she?
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  • She was the first to see the risen lord, and he spoke
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  • Her name.
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  • But i love how it says, "they were frightened and filled with
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  • Great joy."
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  • Have you ever been scared and joyful at the same time?
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  • Maybe it happened when you got married.
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  • Like, this is exciting, and i'm super scared, too.
  • 00:11:45.414 --> 00:11:48.818
  • Or maybe at the birth of your first child, what does
  • 00:11:48.818 --> 00:11:51.987
  • This mean?
  • 00:11:51.987 --> 00:11:53.322
  • Or when you bought your first house, or maybe getting on
  • 00:11:53.322 --> 00:11:55.357
  • A radical roller coaster.
  • 00:11:55.357 --> 00:11:56.959
  • This can be fun, but i'm terrified.
  • 00:11:56.959 --> 00:11:59.462
  • I don't go on roller coasters anymore; there's no fun for me
  • 00:11:59.462 --> 00:12:02.698
  • Anymore, just pure terror.
  • 00:12:02.698 --> 00:12:04.800
  • For me, you know, something risky is, i'll have that chef
  • 00:12:04.800 --> 00:12:07.803
  • Special on the menu.
  • 00:12:07.803 --> 00:12:09.138
  • I mean, i like to have things somewhat predictable.
  • 00:12:09.138 --> 00:12:11.841
  • But the word was out that jesus was alive.
  • 00:12:11.841 --> 00:12:15.077
  • Imagine if there had been social media back then.
  • 00:12:15.077 --> 00:12:18.380
  • This would have gone viral.
  • 00:12:18.380 --> 00:12:19.915
  • We put this together, what mary magdalene
  • 00:12:19.915 --> 00:12:21.884
  • Might have posted.
  • 00:12:21.884 --> 00:12:23.886
  • "the tomb is empty, empty, empty.
  • 00:12:23.886 --> 00:12:26.021
  • Angel just said jesus is alive.
  • 00:12:26.021 --> 00:12:27.890
  • This is not a drill."
  • 00:12:27.890 --> 00:12:29.391
  • Then all the hashtags, and then look down, and there's peter,
  • 00:12:29.391 --> 00:12:32.661
  • "wait, what?
  • 00:12:32.661 --> 00:12:33.996
  • Be right there."
  • 00:12:33.996 --> 00:12:35.865
  • It would have broken the internet.
  • 00:12:35.865 --> 00:12:37.867
  • Can you imagine?
  • 00:12:37.867 --> 00:12:39.435
  • Everyone would have known simultaneously.
  • 00:12:39.435 --> 00:12:41.036
  • But the word was getting out, but not as quickly as it would
  • 00:12:41.036 --> 00:12:44.240
  • Get out today.
  • 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:45.908
  • And one of my favorite stories in the bible are two
  • 00:12:45.908 --> 00:12:49.845
  • Discouraged, downhearted disciples walking on the road to
  • 00:12:49.845 --> 00:12:54.283
  • Emmaus, and they were downcast; they were depressed.
  • 00:12:54.283 --> 00:12:59.421
  • And jesus joined them, and they're having this discussion.
  • 00:12:59.421 --> 00:13:04.760
  • Basically says, "hey, guys, what's going on with the
  • 00:13:04.760 --> 00:13:07.029
  • Long faces?"
  • 00:13:07.029 --> 00:13:08.364
  • "oh, haven't you heard about jesus of nazareth?
  • 00:13:08.364 --> 00:13:11.233
  • The prophet mighty indeed.
  • 00:13:11.233 --> 00:13:13.369
  • And we were hoping he would have been the one to deliver israel,
  • 00:13:13.369 --> 00:13:17.106
  • But he died on the cross, and it's been three days since
  • 00:13:17.106 --> 00:13:20.609
  • This happened."
  • 00:13:20.609 --> 00:13:22.511
  • And then he says, "well, tell me more."
  • 00:13:22.511 --> 00:13:24.947
  • So now they're telling jesus about jesus, and they're not
  • 00:13:24.947 --> 00:13:28.617
  • Doing a very good job.
  • 00:13:28.617 --> 00:13:30.252
  • I was in a sunglass hut on maui a while ago, and i was trying on
  • 00:13:30.252 --> 00:13:34.824
  • Different ray-ban sunglasses, and the--
  • 00:13:34.824 --> 00:13:39.195
  • Sorry, larry, larry's a great optician,
  • 00:13:39.195 --> 00:13:44.733
  • Beautiful frames, and i'm talking about
  • 00:13:44.733 --> 00:13:46.735
  • Ray-bans; anyway, i digress.
  • 00:13:46.735 --> 00:13:50.439
  • So, i'm looking at these sunglasses, and this girl says
  • 00:13:50.439 --> 00:13:54.577
  • To me, "has anyone ever told you you sound like greg laurie?"
  • 00:13:54.577 --> 00:13:59.348
  • I said, "yeah, i've heard that before."
  • 00:13:59.348 --> 00:14:01.584
  • I said, "you know, i met him."
  • 00:14:01.584 --> 00:14:03.786
  • "really?"
  • 00:14:03.786 --> 00:14:05.120
  • "yeah, he's a total jerk."
  • 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:07.089
  • "really?"
  • 00:14:07.089 --> 00:14:08.457
  • "oh, he's a total jerk, so rude.
  • 00:14:08.457 --> 00:14:09.859
  • I didn't like him at all."
  • 00:14:09.859 --> 00:14:11.227
  • "no way," she goes, and she starts defending me to me.
  • 00:14:11.227 --> 00:14:15.564
  • "no, he's a good guy.
  • 00:14:15.564 --> 00:14:17.066
  • No, i listen to him on the radio," and she's saying all
  • 00:14:17.066 --> 00:14:19.134
  • These nice things.
  • 00:14:19.134 --> 00:14:20.469
  • And then i finally said, "oh, actually i am greg laurie," and
  • 00:14:20.469 --> 00:14:22.838
  • She says, "you are a jerk, aren't you?"
  • 00:14:22.838 --> 00:14:27.209
  • She didn't say that, but i know she thought it in her heart.
  • 00:14:27.209 --> 00:14:32.248
  • So, these guys are telling jesus about jesus, and it's ironic.
  • 00:14:32.248 --> 00:14:36.252
  • They said, "and it's been three days since it happened," like,
  • 00:14:36.252 --> 00:14:39.855
  • "hello, didn't i say that, like, a million times to you guys?"
  • 00:14:39.855 --> 00:14:43.993
  • Jesus would say, "i'm going to be crucified.
  • 00:14:43.993 --> 00:14:46.729
  • I'm going to rise again from the dead, and three days later that
  • 00:14:46.729 --> 00:14:50.499
  • Will happen, and i'll meet you in galilee."
  • 00:14:50.499 --> 00:14:52.434
  • But they all collectively missed the memo.
  • 00:14:52.434 --> 00:14:55.104
  • But then he revealed himself to them.
  • 00:14:55.104 --> 00:14:58.807
  • When their journey started, they were discouraged and down.
  • 00:14:58.807 --> 00:15:02.711
  • By the end of the journey, everything had changed.
  • 00:15:02.711 --> 00:15:06.181
  • They said, "did not our hearts burn within us while he walked
  • 00:15:06.181 --> 00:15:09.418
  • With us on the way and opened the scriptures to us?"
  • 00:15:09.418 --> 00:15:13.956
  • Maybe you've come in here discouraged.
  • 00:15:13.956 --> 00:15:16.759
  • Maybe you've come in here depressed or sad.
  • 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:20.696
  • Or maybe you've come in here full of fear.
  • 00:15:20.696 --> 00:15:24.400
  • But i want you to know that that can change.
  • 00:15:24.400 --> 00:15:26.969
  • You can leave a different person than when you came in.
  • 00:15:26.969 --> 00:15:30.439
  • A new day can dawn in your life, too, you see?
  • 00:15:30.439 --> 00:15:35.477
  • [congregation applauding]
  • 00:15:35.477 --> 00:15:39.748
  • I just talked to a friend who had a son die tragically
  • 00:15:39.748 --> 00:15:45.721
  • Recently, and, so, he was at church on easter, and he said it
  • 00:15:45.721 --> 00:15:50.492
  • Was hard.
  • 00:15:50.492 --> 00:15:51.827
  • I said, "holidays are always hard when you lose a loved one"
  • 00:15:51.827 --> 00:15:54.363
  • Because they're markers of time, and every holiday is filled with
  • 00:15:54.363 --> 00:15:57.399
  • All these memories you weren't even aware of.
  • 00:15:57.399 --> 00:16:01.236
  • But, when that person is now not with you, you remember, oh, this
  • 00:16:01.236 --> 00:16:05.341
  • Happened last easter when they were here, or this happened last
  • 00:16:05.341 --> 00:16:08.410
  • Christmas, or we had this experience on this
  • 00:16:08.410 --> 00:16:11.246
  • Other holiday.
  • 00:16:11.246 --> 00:16:12.614
  • And so it can be a hard day, but let's not miss the point
  • 00:16:12.614 --> 00:16:15.985
  • Of easter.
  • 00:16:15.985 --> 00:16:17.319
  • The point of easter is death died when christ rose.
  • 00:16:17.319 --> 00:16:21.957
  • Easter was the death of death.
  • 00:16:21.957 --> 00:16:25.260
  • And we have this hope as believers, we will see our loved
  • 00:16:25.260 --> 00:16:28.831
  • Ones again on the other side, who have died in faith, and i
  • 00:16:28.831 --> 00:16:33.369
  • Emphasize that point, who have died in faith.
  • 00:16:33.369 --> 00:16:36.138
  • So, if you know someone who believed in jesus christ and
  • 00:16:36.138 --> 00:16:39.942
  • They've died, you will see them again, if you're a christian.
  • 00:16:39.942 --> 00:16:43.779
  • You have to be a christian, they have to be a christian, but the
  • 00:16:43.779 --> 00:16:46.949
  • Resurrection promises there will be a heavenly reunion.
  • 00:16:46.949 --> 00:16:50.986
  • And that is a great hope.
  • 00:16:50.986 --> 00:16:52.955
  • So we can--yeah. [congregation applauding]
  • 00:16:52.955 --> 00:16:57.159
  • And so to all of us, jesus says, "don't be afraid."
  • 00:16:57.159 --> 00:17:00.696
  • And, by the way, that's not the first time the disciples had
  • 00:17:00.696 --> 00:17:03.265
  • Heard him say that.
  • 00:17:03.265 --> 00:17:04.767
  • He said the same thing, same verbiage, same words, when they
  • 00:17:04.767 --> 00:17:09.838
  • Were out on the sea of galilee.
  • 00:17:09.838 --> 00:17:12.674
  • A great storm came, and they were despairing for life.
  • 00:17:12.674 --> 00:17:17.946
  • And they, they look--and then they look in the distance, and
  • 00:17:17.946 --> 00:17:20.616
  • A shadowy figure is approaching them.
  • 00:17:20.616 --> 00:17:23.585
  • Is that a human? what is that?
  • 00:17:23.585 --> 00:17:25.287
  • Is that human walking on water?
  • 00:17:25.287 --> 00:17:29.124
  • It says they thought he was a ghost.
  • 00:17:29.124 --> 00:17:32.127
  • But it wasn't casper; it was christ.
  • 00:17:32.127 --> 00:17:35.264
  • And he says, "it is i; do not be afraid."
  • 00:17:35.264 --> 00:17:38.400
  • Same phrase, "don't be afraid."
  • 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:41.136
  • Maybe you're in a storm right now.
  • 00:17:41.136 --> 00:17:43.238
  • Maybe you don't know if it will ever end or wonder if it will
  • 00:17:43.238 --> 00:17:45.808
  • Ever end.
  • 00:17:45.808 --> 00:17:47.176
  • And jesus is saying, "i'm here with you.
  • 00:17:47.176 --> 00:17:48.944
  • Don't be afraid."
  • 00:17:48.944 --> 00:17:50.312
  • Peter got so excited, he said, "well, lord, if it's you, tell
  • 00:17:50.312 --> 00:17:53.749
  • Me to come."
  • 00:17:53.749 --> 00:17:55.117
  • Jesus said, "it's me, come on."
  • 00:17:55.117 --> 00:17:57.352
  • And peter throws one leg over the side of that boat, then he
  • 00:17:57.352 --> 00:18:00.255
  • Brings the other one over and steps on the water.
  • 00:18:00.255 --> 00:18:02.724
  • You know, people give peter a hard time for all of his
  • 00:18:02.724 --> 00:18:05.461
  • Faux pas and mistakes, but nobody else walked on the water
  • 00:18:05.461 --> 00:18:09.064
  • But simon peter.
  • 00:18:09.064 --> 00:18:10.499
  • That's pretty bold.
  • 00:18:10.499 --> 00:18:12.701
  • And he--the water is holding him up, and he takes a step, and
  • 00:18:12.701 --> 00:18:15.838
  • He takes another step and another, and then he looks
  • 00:18:15.838 --> 00:18:18.841
  • Around, he looks at the waves, he thinks about what he's doing,
  • 00:18:18.841 --> 00:18:21.577
  • And he starts to sink, and he says, "lord, save me."
  • 00:18:21.577 --> 00:18:24.947
  • The bible says, immediately, jesus reached down, pulled him
  • 00:18:24.947 --> 00:18:28.317
  • Up and said, "oh, you of little faith, why did you doubt?"
  • 00:18:28.317 --> 00:18:33.155
  • Why did peter sink?
  • 00:18:33.155 --> 00:18:34.723
  • Because he took his eyes off of jesus.
  • 00:18:34.723 --> 00:18:39.061
  • He let fear take control of his life again.
  • 00:18:39.061 --> 00:18:42.998
  • And i encourage you this easter of 2025, lift your eyes up.
  • 00:18:42.998 --> 00:18:49.104
  • Look at jesus christ.
  • 00:18:49.104 --> 00:18:50.639
  • A new day can dawn for you.
  • 00:18:50.639 --> 00:18:53.642
  • We, too, start to sink when we forget god's promises to us, but
  • 00:18:53.642 --> 00:18:58.113
  • Peter did the right thing.
  • 00:18:58.113 --> 00:18:59.548
  • He called out to jesus.
  • 00:18:59.548 --> 00:19:02.417
  • Are you sinking right now?
  • 00:19:02.417 --> 00:19:03.785
  • Are you in fear right now?
  • 00:19:03.785 --> 00:19:05.320
  • Call out to jesus, and keep your eyes on him.
  • 00:19:05.320 --> 00:19:08.824
  • Years ago, we were on maui, another maui story, and jonathan
  • 00:19:08.824 --> 00:19:15.130
  • Wanted to learn how to scuba dive, and, so, there was
  • 00:19:15.130 --> 00:19:18.267
  • A little course you could take, and then they would take you out
  • 00:19:18.267 --> 00:19:21.270
  • On a dive with an instructor the next day.
  • 00:19:21.270 --> 00:19:23.739
  • So, he was going through his training, and i was talking to
  • 00:19:23.739 --> 00:19:26.975
  • The instructor, and he said, "would you like to go through
  • 00:19:26.975 --> 00:19:29.211
  • The course?"
  • 00:19:29.211 --> 00:19:30.579
  • I said, "oh, i don't need to, i'm certified."
  • 00:19:30.579 --> 00:19:32.814
  • Because, indeed, i had been certified, like, 15 years
  • 00:19:32.814 --> 00:19:35.817
  • Before that.
  • 00:19:35.817 --> 00:19:37.152
  • But i'd pretty much forgotten everything, but i said, "no,
  • 00:19:37.152 --> 00:19:40.155
  • I don't, i don't need to go through your course."
  • 00:19:40.155 --> 00:19:42.357
  • So, jonathan completed his course, and the next day came,
  • 00:19:42.357 --> 00:19:45.694
  • And it was rough waters out there, and i thought, "oh, i
  • 00:19:45.694 --> 00:19:48.230
  • Hope they cancel this dive."
  • 00:19:48.230 --> 00:19:49.898
  • No, they didn't cancel it, so we get on the little boat,
  • 00:19:49.898 --> 00:19:52.234
  • We go out.
  • 00:19:52.234 --> 00:19:54.002
  • You strap on all that equipment.
  • 00:19:54.002 --> 00:19:55.404
  • How many of you have ever scuba dived before?
  • 00:19:55.404 --> 00:19:58.340
  • Okay, not many, what's up?
  • 00:19:58.340 --> 00:20:00.809
  • I don't know.
  • 00:20:00.809 --> 00:20:02.177
  • It's pretty fun, but, anyway, so, you've got your aqua lung,
  • 00:20:02.177 --> 00:20:05.747
  • Your regulator.
  • 00:20:05.747 --> 00:20:07.082
  • You've got your mask, of course.
  • 00:20:07.082 --> 00:20:08.951
  • You've got your inflatable vest, you've got your weight belt,
  • 00:20:08.951 --> 00:20:13.188
  • You've got your fins.
  • 00:20:13.188 --> 00:20:14.890
  • It's a lot of weight, and the way you get in the water is you
  • 00:20:14.890 --> 00:20:17.759
  • Fall backwards out of the boat, which is not what you exactly
  • 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:20.829
  • Want to do when you have a bunch of weight on you.
  • 00:20:20.829 --> 00:20:23.999
  • So we all fell back into the ocean, and i'm kind of freaking
  • 00:20:23.999 --> 00:20:27.536
  • Out a little bit.
  • 00:20:27.536 --> 00:20:28.870
  • I realized i should have gone to that course again.
  • 00:20:28.870 --> 00:20:31.540
  • I'd forgotten everything, and i look over at jonathan--he's
  • 00:20:31.540 --> 00:20:34.810
  • Just a little kid at this point.
  • 00:20:34.810 --> 00:20:36.345
  • His eyes are as big as saucers.
  • 00:20:36.345 --> 00:20:39.214
  • And the instructor saw it and turned to jonathan and said,
  • 00:20:39.214 --> 00:20:42.084
  • "jonathan, look at me.
  • 00:20:42.084 --> 00:20:44.386
  • Remember your training."
  • 00:20:44.386 --> 00:20:45.854
  • And i'm looking at him, too, like, "i don't remember the
  • 00:20:45.854 --> 00:20:50.025
  • Training, but i'm looking at you like, what do we do now?"
  • 00:20:50.025 --> 00:20:53.762
  • I like that, good advice.
  • 00:20:53.762 --> 00:20:55.631
  • Look at me, and remember your training.
  • 00:20:55.631 --> 00:20:58.433
  • Jesus would effectively say the same thing.
  • 00:20:58.433 --> 00:21:00.736
  • Get your eyes off of your problems.
  • 00:21:00.736 --> 00:21:03.038
  • Get your eyes off of your circumstances.
  • 00:21:03.038 --> 00:21:05.707
  • Get your eyes off of yourself, and look at me, and remember
  • 00:21:05.707 --> 00:21:09.745
  • Your training.
  • 00:21:09.745 --> 00:21:11.079
  • Remember the word of god.
  • 00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:13.181
  • And that's the thing we need to focus on right now.
  • 00:21:13.181 --> 00:21:15.884
  • And, remember, god keeps his promises.
  • 00:21:15.884 --> 00:21:20.589
  • Because one day we're going to stand before the throne of god,
  • 00:21:20.589 --> 00:21:24.092
  • And the only way you're going to get into heaven is through
  • 00:21:24.092 --> 00:21:28.330
  • Jesus christ.
  • 00:21:28.330 --> 00:21:29.665
  • Your name has to be written in the book of life.
  • 00:21:29.665 --> 00:21:33.935
  • So, last week, i had a really wonderful experience.
  • 00:21:33.935 --> 00:21:36.738
  • I was invited, with some other christian leaders, to go to the
  • 00:21:36.738 --> 00:21:40.075
  • White house for a special easter dinner with the president, and
  • 00:21:40.075 --> 00:21:45.147
  • It was a wonderful time that we had together there.
  • 00:21:45.147 --> 00:21:48.116
  • The white house is just an amazing place to visit.
  • 00:21:48.116 --> 00:21:51.286
  • And they kind of give you freedom to wander around, and so
  • 00:21:51.286 --> 00:21:55.157
  • You, looking at all those portraits on the walls and think
  • 00:21:55.157 --> 00:21:58.226
  • Of all the history in that great house, and people ask me, "what
  • 00:21:58.226 --> 00:22:03.265
  • Is president trump like in person?"
  • 00:22:03.265 --> 00:22:05.400
  • He's very personable, he's friendly, he's actually
  • 00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:08.804
  • Incredibly funny.
  • 00:22:08.804 --> 00:22:10.806
  • And then he said to everybody, after dinner was over, "would
  • 00:22:10.806 --> 00:22:13.775
  • You like to go upstairs and see the lincoln bedroom?"
  • 00:22:13.775 --> 00:22:16.945
  • Of course, yes; it's like a bunch of kids in a candy store.
  • 00:22:16.945 --> 00:22:21.083
  • And, so, we make our way up-- here's a picture we took right
  • 00:22:21.083 --> 00:22:24.186
  • Before we went upstairs--and, so, the lincoln bedroom is
  • 00:22:24.186 --> 00:22:34.162
  • An amazing place.
  • 00:22:34.162 --> 00:22:35.530
  • That's where president lincoln literally slept.
  • 00:22:35.530 --> 00:22:37.299
  • The bed is extra long, as you can imagine, because of
  • 00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:40.469
  • His height.
  • 00:22:40.469 --> 00:22:41.803
  • There's this desk that lincoln would write on, and you're just
  • 00:22:41.803 --> 00:22:44.606
  • Amazed, taking it all in.
  • 00:22:44.606 --> 00:22:46.775
  • And, so, that evening came to a close, and then the next day
  • 00:22:46.775 --> 00:22:52.180
  • I was invited to participate in a special white house worship
  • 00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:56.685
  • Service for staffers for easter.
  • 00:22:56.685 --> 00:22:59.388
  • And, so, i was very excited about it.
  • 00:22:59.388 --> 00:23:01.556
  • Franklin graham was gonna speak.
  • 00:23:01.556 --> 00:23:02.958
  • I was doing a prayer and a scripture reading.
  • 00:23:02.958 --> 00:23:05.193
  • And, so, i get to the white house, and you have to go
  • 00:23:05.193 --> 00:23:08.730
  • Through different layers of security.
  • 00:23:08.730 --> 00:23:11.099
  • So i went up to the desk there, or to the glass booth where
  • 00:23:11.099 --> 00:23:16.004
  • Secret service started.
  • 00:23:16.004 --> 00:23:17.339
  • I said, "hi, i'm greg laurie.
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  • I'm here for the--to go in the white house."
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  • And they said, "your name's not on the list, go."
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  • "what, what?
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  • No, i'm gonna--i'm invited."
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  • "no, your name is not on the list."
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  • So i make phone calls, "my name's on the list."
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  • "did you fill out the form?"
  • 00:23:30.285 --> 00:23:32.587
  • "i didn't," so, "okay, we're texting you the form."
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  • So i'm filling out the form on my cell phone, and i put it in,
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  • And, and i got in, so it was all good.
  • 00:23:39.694 --> 00:23:41.897
  • But, right before i went in, i shot this little video, and the
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  • Video, i said, "hey, my name's not on the list.
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  • Will i get in?"
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  • And then in the little, the--you know, the message before, below
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  • That, i pointed out i did get in, but no one read that, and
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  • They thought i couldn't get in the white house.
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  • Okay, no big deal, but it's like, it ends up in
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  • "newsweek magazine".
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  • I'm not making this up; look at this image that this is--now
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  • I have to explain this.
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  • This is real.
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  • Okay, let me finish; it's real, that headline is real.
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  • The story is real, but that's an ai picture.
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  • You know what grok is? you know grok?
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  • So, it's an ai program like chat.
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  • And, so, i went to grok, and i said, "make an image of greg
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  • Laurie being kept out of the white house by secret
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  • Service agents."
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  • That's what he came up with, not too bad.
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  • So the picture's fake, but i was not allowed in.
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  • And my point was simply this.
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  • I just said, "you know, it's one thing to not to be on this list,
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  • But you want to make sure you're on god's list so you can get
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  • Into heaven."
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  • And they put that in the "newsweek" article, and i was
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  • Happy about that.
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  • I didn't think that was gonna end up in some news magazine,
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  • But this is the biggest question of all.
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  • When you stand before god, will your name be on the list?
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  • You say, "well, yeah, i think so."
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  • Why do you think that?
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  • "because i live a good life."
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  • Do you, though, really? maybe you do.
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  • I've met some good people, really good people.
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  • But are they good enough to get into heaven?
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  • Nobody is, because we've all sinned and broken
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  • God's commandments.
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  • The bible says, "all have sinned and fallen short of the
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  • Glory of god."
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  • You might say, "well, i haven't sinned as much as some people,"
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  • But god doesn't grade on the curve.
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  • He grades on the cross.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Greg: have you ever heard the term gospel before?
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  • It means good news.
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  • But before i can fully appreciate the good news,
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  • I have to know the bad news.
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  • You and i were sinners, which means we've broken god's
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  • Commandments, we've fallen short of his standards.
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  • Good news, jesus christ died in our place.
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  • He came to pay a debt he did not owe because we owed a debt we
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  • Could not pay.
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  • If you will turn from your sin
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  • And put your faith in jesus christ, you can be forgiven
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  • And know that you'll go to heaven when you die
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  • And find the meaning of life right here on planet earth.
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  • You just call out to jesus and say:
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  • Forgive me, i want to have a relationship with you.
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  • I would like to send you a bible
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  • At no charge to help you get
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  • Started in your new relationship
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  • With christ.
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  • Greg: hey, greg laurie here. maybe you've seen this...
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  • This is called the "new believer's bible," and a number
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  • Of years ago, i wanted to do an edition of scripture with
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  • Commentary that would make the bible more accessible to someone
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  • Who's never read it before, like a new believer.
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  • But today we live, of course, in a digital world,
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  • So we've taken the curriculum from the "new believer's bible"
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  • And we've created this online community of people just like
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