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Greg Laurie - Power Over Death

July 18, 2025 | S25 E171 | 27:40

Greg Laurie - Power Over Death
Join Pastor Greg Laurie for a time of encouragement, worship, and Bible study.
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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - Power Over Death | July 18, 2025
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  • Greg laurie: but we've all said things like this
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  • Maybe to the lord, "where were you, lord?
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  • Where were you when my marriage dissolved?
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  • Where were you when my parents divorced?
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  • Where were you when my child went astray?
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  • Where were you when my loved one died?"
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  • And so, there's nothing wrong with telling god how you feel.
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  • You know, i think sometimes people say, you
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  • Know, "never pray a prayer like that."
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  • No, pour your heart out to god.
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  • And if you're hurting, tell god you're hurting.
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  • If you're confused, tell god you're confused.
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  • If you don't like what's happening to you,
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  • Go ahead and tell him you don't like what's
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  • Happening to you, but cast it on the lord.
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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 my grandchildren used to have a bunch
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  • Of rabbits and there was--they had
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  • Different names, fuzzy and cotton.
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  • One name--one was named chubby cutie which is funny because
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  • That's what my wife calls me, but--
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  • So back to fuzzy and cotton, they were a couple--let's say
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  • They had--they were very successful at
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  • Bringing more rabbits into the world.
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  • And my granddaughter allie came to me one day and she was in
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  • Tears, and she said, "poppa, fuzzy the rabbit died."
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  • And then she said, "it's not fair."
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  • And i assured her that fuzzy had lived a very long life, he had
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  • Many offspring that he left behind, we counted around 80
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  • Bunnies that were left from fuzzy.
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  • And so, i actually saw fuzzy using tinder on his phone one
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  • Time, but that's another story for another day.
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  • But, you know, i just said, "hey, you know, this happens."
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  • And of course we wonder, will we see our pets again in heaven?
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  • Well, i think it's pretty simple answer, all dogs go
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  • To heaven, no cats do, simple--no, no,
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  • None of that's true, but will we see them?
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  • I don't know, who knows?
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  • It's possible that you might see your pet on the other side
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  • Somewhere, but we don't have certainty of that.
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  • But we know that when heaven comes to earth and what we call
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  • The new earth, that there will be animals with us.
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  • And we read about a little child leading a lion,
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  • Which would be the ultimate pet, a lion.
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  • That's one cat i can get behind, right?
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  • A lion.
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  • And so, we don't know about these things, but allie raised a
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  • Good issue, and it's simply this, death is not fair.
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  • Death is harsh, it's mean, and it rips
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  • People that we love away from us.
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  • Sometimes, expectedly, we know
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  • It's coming, other times unexpectedly.
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  • The christian can look death right in the face and not be
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  • Afraid because we know death is not the end,
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  • We know there is life beyond the grave.
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  • Sure, we're realists.
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  • You know, people accuse christians of
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  • Being out of touch with reality.
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  • I think other people are out of touch with reality that don't
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  • Deal with this topic head on as we ought to, because only those
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  • Who are prepared to die are really ready to live.
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  • So, we look at death and we say, "i'm not looking forward to it,
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  • But i know it's not the end and i know i'm simply
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  • Changing my address from earth to heaven
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  • Because i put my faith in jesus christ.
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  • And that's how we can view it and this is--not only does the
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  • Believer have the hope that the moment they die, they go
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  • Immediately in the present-- into the presence of god, but
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  • The bible also teaches there will be a bodily
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  • Resurrection, that means a body that is in
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  • The grave now will one day be resurrected.
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  • We will see our loved ones again.
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  • But we're so uncomfortable with this topic,
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  • We don't even like to use the actual words.
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  • Instead of saying, "someone died,"
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  • We'll say, "well, they passed on."
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  • Or technically you might say, "well, they expired."
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  • An undertaker, we call him a mortician, a coffin is called a
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  • Casket, a graveyard is a memorial park.
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  • Well, that's whatever you wanna call it, it is what
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  • It is and death is harsh and death is mean
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  • And death is final and death is real.
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  • And death is not our friend, it is the enemy.
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  • In fact, 1 corinthians 6--15:26 says,
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  • "the last enemy to be destroyed is death."
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  • And this is a story before us now in john 11 of three people
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  • That were impacted by the death of someone they loved, we're
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  • Talking about mary, martha, and lazarus and we're talking about
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  • When lazarus, the brother, got sick and died.
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  • So this is sign number seven in our series that
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  • We're calling "the seven signs of jesus."
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  • The first sign was turning water into wine at a wedding.
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  • The final sign was a resurrection
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  • Of a man from the dead.
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  • So, we go from a wedding to a funeral, reminding us
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  • That god is in control of all things in
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  • Our life from the beginning to the end.
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  • He's there with us in our joys and our sorrows.
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  • But the ultimate sign of jesus was not even the
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  • Resurrection of lazarus, as amazing as it was.
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  • The ultimate sign of jesus was his death and resurrection.
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  • Everything was building to this crescendo.
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  • Jesus said, "a wicked and an adulterous generation seeks
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  • After a sign, but no sign will be given to
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  • Them, but that of the prophet jonah.
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  • And as jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the
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  • Sea monster, or the great fish, so will the--i, the son of
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  • Man," jesus speaking, "be in the heart of the
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  • Earth three days and three nights."
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  • Loose paraphrase jesus says, "you guys want a miracle?
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  • You want a sign?
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  • Here it is, i'm gonna die on a cross, i'm gonna bear the sin of
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  • The world, and i'm gonna rise again from the dead."
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  • But let's see what happened to lazarus.
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  • John 11, i'm starting in verse 1, i'm reading
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  • From the new king james version.
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  • "now a certain man was sick, lazarus of bethany,
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  • The town of mary, and her sister martha.
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  • And it was that mary who anointed the lord
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  • With fragrant oil and wiped his feet with her
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  • Hair, whose brother lazarus was sick.
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  • Therefore, this sister sent to him saying,
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  • 'behold, he whom you love is sick.'"
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  • So we'll stop there.
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  • What did we learn from this story?
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  • Point number one, if you're taking notes, life is filled
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  • With pain and sorrow and the death of loved ones.
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  • Is that not the most depressing point of all time?
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  • But is it not true?
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  • Sorry, that i have to be the one to break this to you in case you
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  • Don't know it, but life is filled with the
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  • Pain, death, and sorrow of loved ones.
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  • Now, when you're younger, this is
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  • Hard to wrap your mind around.
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  • But you see people dying and it starts to settle in that
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  • One day this will happen to you as well.
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  • So this is what we see.
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  • And when tragedy comes in our life or we
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  • Lose a loved one, we say, "why me?
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  • Why is this happening to me?"
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  • But it's ultimately gonna happen to everyone, including you.
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  • So, we have to accept this fact.
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  • But that brings me to point number two, god loves us.
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  • God loves us.
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  • Don't rush over that, don't misunderstand it,
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  • Let it sink in, god loves you, i want you to say this out loud,
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  • "god loves me," go.
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  • It's true. do you believe that?
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  • Yes, god loves you, okay?
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  • So, no matter what you're facing right
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  • Now, don't forget this simple fact.
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  • Therefore, what he does or allows to happen in your life as
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  • His child is motivated by his everlasting love for you.
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  • Now i'm interested in what mary and martha do.
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  • Now, remember he--lazarus is still alive, but he's very sick.
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  • They know this is serious.
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  • So, they send word to jesus, "the one
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  • That you love is sick," in verse 3.
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  • Another translation of the same statement
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  • Is, "lord, your dear friend is very sick."
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  • And this is an excellent example of what
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  • We need to do when we are in crisis.
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  • We are not here to tell god what he should do, but we are here to
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  • Tell him about our problem and say, "lord,
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  • Here's my problem," and they describe it to jesus.
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  • Call on the lord.
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  • There's nothing wrong with asking god to help you.
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  • Nothing wrong with asking god to deliver you.
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  • In fact, you should do it, because in the book of james, it
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  • Says, "you have not because you ask not."
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  • Now god may deliver you from your problem, and
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  • He may simply walk with you through your
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  • Problem, but bring it before the lord.
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  • Psalm 46:1 reminds us that jesus is a
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  • Very present help in times of trouble.
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  • A present help.
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  • Now they could have said, "now, look lord, we
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  • Fed you so many times, you kind of owe us.
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  • It's time to reciprocate," but they
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  • Didn't do anything like that.
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  • They just said, "lord, the one that you love is sick."
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  • They didn't even say, "the one that loves you is sick."
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  • They said, "the one that you love is sick."
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  • They weren't even appealing on the basis of their love for him,
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  • They were appealing on the basis of his love for them.
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  • Let's pick the story up, john 11 verse 4.
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  • "when jesus heard about it, he said,
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  • 'lazarus's sickness will not end in death.
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  • No, it happened for the glory of god so the
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  • Son of god will receive glory from this.'"
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  • Now, don't miss this verse, "although jesus
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  • Loved martha, mary, and lazarus, he stayed
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  • Where he was for the next two days."
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  • I'd underline that actually.
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  • "although jesus loved martha, mary, and lazarus, he stayed
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  • Where he was for the next two days.
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  • Then he said to his disciples, 'let's go back to judea.'"
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  • He loved them, so he waited, that doesn't make sense.
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  • We would expect that verse to say, "because jesus loved
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  • Mary, martha, and lazarus, he got on the back
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  • Of the fastest horse and rode to them."
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  • Or, hey in the case of christ he could have
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  • Just moved there, just, voom, "here i am."
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  • Or he could have spoken the word,
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  • He didn't even have to go to them.
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  • He could have spoken the word and said,
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  • "lazarus, you are healed."
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  • But none of this happened, he delayed his arrival, why?
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  • Listen, because he loved lazarus.
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  • Now, we think this is a contradiction.
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  • If jesus really loved lazarus, why didn't
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  • He immediately go and heal him?
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  • And in the same way, when hardship, tragedy, or even death
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  • Come into our lives, we wonder if god really loved me,
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  • Why did he let this happen, right?
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  • We've asked this before, "if god loved me,
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  • Why did he let this happen?"
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  • It's hard to see through eyes that are filled with tears.
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  • And the point that we need to see in all of this is not why
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  • It's happened, but remember, god is in control, but also remember
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  • That his delays are not necessarily his denials.
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  • A verse i love, ecclesiastes 3:11 says,
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  • "god has made everything beautiful in his time."
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  • See, we look at the small picture.
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  • God looks at the big picture.
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  • We look at the temporal. god looks at the eternal.
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  • Greg: have you ever wondered why your prayers are not answered?
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  • Listen to this, god's delays are not necessarily his denials, and
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  • By that i mean there may be some behind-the-scenes stuff going on
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  • That you know nothing about in the supernatural world.
  • 00:12:22.040 --> 00:12:25.243
  • There's an interesting story in the book of daniel, so daniel's
  • 00:12:25.243 --> 00:12:27.645
  • Praying for something, the prayer is heard in heaven.
  • 00:12:27.645 --> 00:12:30.915
  • The answer is sent to daniel via an angel
  • 00:12:30.915 --> 00:12:33.752
  • Who doesn't quite get there on time.
  • 00:12:33.752 --> 00:12:36.387
  • It's revealed later to daniel that his prayer was heard, an
  • 00:12:36.387 --> 00:12:39.758
  • Angel was sent, but for 21 days the angel from god was hindered
  • 00:12:39.758 --> 00:12:45.430
  • By a fallen angel of the devil, and the lord had to send a
  • 00:12:45.430 --> 00:12:49.167
  • Higher ranking angel, specifically michael, to
  • 00:12:49.167 --> 00:12:52.370
  • Overrule it and free the angel, and the answer came, crazy
  • 00:12:52.370 --> 00:12:55.774
  • Story, amazing story, true story.
  • 00:12:55.774 --> 00:12:58.743
  • So, when you're praying for something, there might be
  • 00:12:58.743 --> 00:13:01.546
  • Something happening in the supernatural world.
  • 00:13:01.546 --> 00:13:04.849
  • That's why the bible says, "we wrestle not against flesh and
  • 00:13:04.849 --> 00:13:07.886
  • Blood, but against principalities and powers,
  • 00:13:07.886 --> 00:13:10.889
  • Against spiritual authorities in high places."
  • 00:13:10.889 --> 00:13:14.259
  • So, listen, god is at work, god hears your prayers.
  • 00:13:14.259 --> 00:13:17.762
  • If your prayers aren't answered in the affirmative, immediately,
  • 00:13:17.762 --> 00:13:20.765
  • Don't give up, keep praying as jesus said,
  • 00:13:20.765 --> 00:13:23.935
  • "keep seeking, keep knocking, keep asking."
  • 00:13:23.935 --> 00:13:27.539
  • Greg: so, mary and martha, i wonder if they've bragged on
  • 00:13:31.709 --> 00:13:33.978
  • Jesus a little, "hey, we know jesus, look he's--
  • 00:13:33.978 --> 00:13:36.681
  • We've got him in contacts on our phone.
  • 00:13:36.681 --> 00:13:38.449
  • Look, right there, jesus, right there.
  • 00:13:38.449 --> 00:13:40.852
  • I could text him right now.
  • 00:13:40.852 --> 00:13:42.654
  • He's over here all the time.
  • 00:13:42.654 --> 00:13:44.556
  • Let me tell you all of his favorite meals.
  • 00:13:44.556 --> 00:13:46.925
  • Let me tell you." "what's he like in person?"
  • 00:13:46.925 --> 00:13:49.027
  • "let me tell you what he's like in person."
  • 00:13:49.027 --> 00:13:50.662
  • They might have said, "you'll see,
  • 00:13:50.662 --> 00:13:52.030
  • Jesus will show up, he's our friend."
  • 00:13:52.030 --> 00:13:54.465
  • And not only did jesus not show up, but he got
  • 00:13:54.465 --> 00:13:58.136
  • There late and even missed the funeral.
  • 00:13:58.136 --> 00:14:00.138
  • So, lazarus has now died and not only has he died,
  • 00:14:00.138 --> 00:14:03.675
  • He's in the process of decomposition.
  • 00:14:03.675 --> 00:14:07.145
  • In fact, it's martha who says to jesus,
  • 00:14:07.145 --> 00:14:10.081
  • "lord, by now, he stinketh."
  • 00:14:10.081 --> 00:14:12.650
  • That's king james, i like that translation, that's a nice way
  • 00:14:12.650 --> 00:14:15.987
  • To tell someone they don't smell right.
  • 00:14:15.987 --> 00:14:18.556
  • "have you used deodorant lately?"
  • 00:14:18.556 --> 00:14:20.258
  • "well, i don't know, why do you ask?"
  • 00:14:20.258 --> 00:14:21.593
  • "because by now you stinketh."
  • 00:14:21.593 --> 00:14:25.330
  • Think about using that if you like, it's all yours.
  • 00:14:25.330 --> 00:14:27.699
  • But--so, he shows up late.
  • 00:14:27.699 --> 00:14:31.069
  • He comes into town, the funeral service is
  • 00:14:31.069 --> 00:14:34.239
  • Over, it's a complete disaster.
  • 00:14:34.239 --> 00:14:37.275
  • What happens next?
  • 00:14:37.275 --> 00:14:38.676
  • John 11, verse 20.
  • 00:14:38.676 --> 00:14:40.378
  • "then martha, as soon as she heard that
  • 00:14:40.378 --> 00:14:42.413
  • Jesus was coming, went and met him.
  • 00:14:42.413 --> 00:14:44.816
  • Mary was sitting in the house, and martha said to jesus, 'lord,
  • 00:14:44.816 --> 00:14:48.253
  • If you would have been here, my brother would not have died.
  • 00:14:48.253 --> 00:14:51.723
  • But now i know that whatever you ask of god, god will give you.'
  • 00:14:51.723 --> 00:14:55.526
  • Jesus said, 'your brother will rise again.'"
  • 00:14:55.526 --> 00:14:59.664
  • Martha says, "yeah, i know he'll rise again in the resurrection
  • 00:14:59.664 --> 00:15:02.166
  • At the last day.
  • 00:15:02.166 --> 00:15:03.501
  • Jesus said to her, "i am the resurrection and the life.
  • 00:15:03.501 --> 00:15:07.138
  • He that believes in me though he were dead, yet shall
  • 00:15:07.138 --> 00:15:09.407
  • He live, and whosoever lives and believes in me shall never die."
  • 00:15:09.407 --> 00:15:14.178
  • Oh, i love that statement, don't you?
  • 00:15:14.178 --> 00:15:17.015
  • What a powerful statement of jesus christ.
  • 00:15:17.015 --> 00:15:20.485
  • But martha's effectively saying, allow
  • 00:15:20.485 --> 00:15:22.754
  • Me to paraphrase, "jesus, you blew it.
  • 00:15:22.754 --> 00:15:27.926
  • We were bragging on you, we were expecting you to show up.
  • 00:15:27.926 --> 00:15:31.663
  • If you had been here, my brother would not have died.
  • 00:15:31.663 --> 00:15:35.033
  • You missed the opportunity."
  • 00:15:35.033 --> 00:15:37.902
  • Jesus says, "your brother will rise again."
  • 00:15:37.902 --> 00:15:39.570
  • "yeah, i know, in the resurrection."
  • 00:15:39.570 --> 00:15:41.039
  • "no, martha, read my lips, i am the resurrection, i am the life.
  • 00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:47.412
  • He that believes in me though he were dead, yet shall he live."
  • 00:15:47.412 --> 00:15:50.882
  • But we've all said things like this maybe to the lord.
  • 00:15:50.882 --> 00:15:53.451
  • "where were you, lord?
  • 00:15:53.451 --> 00:15:55.086
  • Where were you when my marriage dissolved?
  • 00:15:55.086 --> 00:15:57.588
  • Where were you when my parents divorced?
  • 00:15:57.588 --> 00:16:00.692
  • Where were you when my child went astray?
  • 00:16:00.692 --> 00:16:03.628
  • Where were you when my loved one died?"
  • 00:16:03.628 --> 00:16:06.731
  • And so, there's nothing wrong with telling god how you feel.
  • 00:16:06.731 --> 00:16:10.835
  • You know, i think sometimes people will say,
  • 00:16:10.835 --> 00:16:12.170
  • "you know, never pray a prayer like that."
  • 00:16:12.170 --> 00:16:14.138
  • No, pour your heart out to god.
  • 00:16:14.138 --> 00:16:16.607
  • And if you're hurting, tell god you're hurting.
  • 00:16:16.607 --> 00:16:18.943
  • If you're confused, tell god you're confused.
  • 00:16:18.943 --> 00:16:21.245
  • If you don't like what's happening to you,
  • 00:16:21.245 --> 00:16:23.247
  • Go ahead and tell him you don't like what's
  • 00:16:23.247 --> 00:16:25.450
  • Happening to you, but cast it on the lord.
  • 00:16:25.450 --> 00:16:29.287
  • See, i think the problem is sometimes
  • 00:16:29.287 --> 00:16:30.621
  • We withdraw from god in times of crisis.
  • 00:16:30.621 --> 00:16:33.825
  • We don't talk to god, we don't talk to anybody else, we're in
  • 00:16:33.825 --> 00:16:37.061
  • Our little cocoon of depression and misery.
  • 00:16:37.061 --> 00:16:40.531
  • No, you need to call out to god.
  • 00:16:40.531 --> 00:16:42.333
  • "god, why did you let this happen?"
  • 00:16:42.333 --> 00:16:44.502
  • Now don't expect an answer.
  • 00:16:44.502 --> 00:16:46.938
  • I think if god told you why things happened,
  • 00:16:46.938 --> 00:16:49.140
  • You wouldn't be satisfied anyway, you know?
  • 00:16:49.140 --> 00:16:52.410
  • He is--how is it gonna make things better?
  • 00:16:52.410 --> 00:16:54.245
  • God says, "my ways are above your ways,
  • 00:16:54.245 --> 00:16:56.647
  • My thoughts are above your thoughts."
  • 00:16:56.647 --> 00:17:00.151
  • We live on promises, not explanations, so
  • 00:17:00.151 --> 00:17:03.855
  • We should not spend too much time asking why.
  • 00:17:03.855 --> 00:17:07.525
  • But i love what jesus says, he says, "your brother will rise
  • 00:17:07.525 --> 00:17:11.796
  • Again," and, "i am the resurrection and the life."
  • 00:17:11.796 --> 00:17:15.900
  • And then mary now comes.
  • 00:17:15.900 --> 00:17:17.935
  • We pick the story up, john 11 verse 32, "then mary came where
  • 00:17:17.935 --> 00:17:23.041
  • Jesus was and saw him and fell down at his feet, saying, 'lord
  • 00:17:23.041 --> 00:17:26.377
  • If you would have been here, my brother would not have died.'
  • 00:17:26.377 --> 00:17:30.715
  • Therefore, when jesus saw her weeping and the jews who came
  • 00:17:30.715 --> 00:17:34.285
  • With her weeping, he groaned in the spirit and was troubled, and
  • 00:17:34.285 --> 00:17:38.656
  • He said, 'where have you laid him?'
  • 00:17:38.656 --> 00:17:41.225
  • They said, 'lord, come and see.'"
  • 00:17:41.225 --> 00:17:43.461
  • Now the shortest verse in all of the
  • 00:17:43.461 --> 00:17:44.796
  • Bible, john 11:35, "jesus wept."
  • 00:17:44.796 --> 00:17:49.133
  • Two words, jesus wept.
  • 00:17:49.133 --> 00:17:51.869
  • And the jews said, "see how he loved him."
  • 00:17:51.869 --> 00:17:54.238
  • Point number two, because jesus loves us,
  • 00:17:54.238 --> 00:17:58.176
  • He weeps with us in our times of pain.
  • 00:17:58.176 --> 00:18:01.779
  • Because jesus loves us, he weeps with us in our times of pain.
  • 00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:07.418
  • Yes, jesus was god walking among us, but jesus was
  • 00:18:07.418 --> 00:18:12.256
  • Also a man who felt our pain and sorrows.
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  • Isaiah 53 says of jesus, "he was despised and rejected, a man
  • 00:18:16.994 --> 00:18:22.834
  • Of sorrows and acquainted with the bitterest grief.
  • 00:18:22.834 --> 00:18:26.337
  • We turned our backs on him and looked the other way when he
  • 00:18:26.337 --> 00:18:28.506
  • Went by, he was despised, and we did not care.
  • 00:18:28.506 --> 00:18:31.542
  • Yet it was our weaknesses that he carried.
  • 00:18:31.542 --> 00:18:34.679
  • It was our sorrows that weighed him down."
  • 00:18:34.679 --> 00:18:37.915
  • Wow.
  • 00:18:37.915 --> 00:18:39.250
  • Jesus has walked in your shoes and then some.
  • 00:18:39.250 --> 00:18:43.254
  • He voluntarily put himself in the way of danger
  • 00:18:43.254 --> 00:18:46.491
  • To bear your sorrows on the cross.
  • 00:18:46.491 --> 00:18:48.726
  • He didn't just bear your sins, he bore your sorrows.
  • 00:18:48.726 --> 00:18:52.430
  • You might say, "god doesn't know what
  • 00:18:52.430 --> 00:18:53.764
  • It's like to live in this earth."
  • 00:18:53.764 --> 00:18:55.399
  • Oh, doesn't he?
  • 00:18:55.399 --> 00:18:56.734
  • "well, god doesn't know what it's like to lose a son."
  • 00:18:56.734 --> 00:18:59.804
  • Doesn't he?
  • 00:18:59.804 --> 00:19:01.439
  • He gave his only begotten son.
  • 00:19:01.439 --> 00:19:03.441
  • "well, god doesn't know what it's like to be misunderstood."
  • 00:19:03.441 --> 00:19:06.644
  • Oh, i think he does.
  • 00:19:06.644 --> 00:19:08.646
  • "god doesn't know what it's like to be
  • 00:19:08.646 --> 00:19:10.114
  • Rejected by people and be betrayed."
  • 00:19:10.114 --> 00:19:12.817
  • Oh, he knows that well.
  • 00:19:12.817 --> 00:19:14.785
  • "well, he doesn't know what it's like to be lonely."
  • 00:19:14.785 --> 00:19:17.622
  • Listen, jesus was the loneliest man who ever walked this earth.
  • 00:19:17.622 --> 00:19:21.926
  • When he hung on that cross and bore the sins of the world, and
  • 00:19:21.926 --> 00:19:25.763
  • Even his father turned his face away at that moment, causing
  • 00:19:25.763 --> 00:19:29.267
  • Christ to say, "my god, my god, why have you forsaken me?"
  • 00:19:29.267 --> 00:19:34.138
  • Jesus understands everything that you are going through right
  • 00:19:34.138 --> 00:19:38.676
  • Now, and he cares and he sorrows with you in that time of sorrow.
  • 00:19:38.676 --> 00:19:44.882
  • Hebrews 2:17 says, "it was necessary for
  • 00:19:44.882 --> 00:19:48.186
  • Jesus to be in every respect like us.
  • 00:19:48.186 --> 00:19:50.955
  • That's why he had to enter into every detail of human life."
  • 00:19:50.955 --> 00:19:55.593
  • And then when he came before god as high priest, to get rid of
  • 00:19:55.593 --> 00:19:58.196
  • People's sins, he would have already experienced it on
  • 00:19:58.196 --> 00:20:01.499
  • Himself, all the pain, all the testing, and would
  • 00:20:01.499 --> 00:20:04.802
  • Be able to help where help was needed.
  • 00:20:04.802 --> 00:20:08.206
  • He knows what you're going through.
  • 00:20:08.206 --> 00:20:10.875
  • Death breaks the heart of god, just as it breaks ours.
  • 00:20:10.875 --> 00:20:15.580
  • So, we say then, why doesn't he do something about it?
  • 00:20:15.580 --> 00:20:17.882
  • Well actually, he has.
  • 00:20:17.882 --> 00:20:19.417
  • Look at john 11, verse 33, and then i'll drop down to verse 38.
  • 00:20:19.417 --> 00:20:23.521
  • "when jesus saw her weeping and saw the
  • 00:20:23.521 --> 00:20:25.723
  • Other people wailing with her, he was
  • 00:20:25.723 --> 00:20:28.526
  • Moved with indignation and was deeply troubled.
  • 00:20:28.526 --> 00:20:32.663
  • And again," verse 38, "he was deeply troubled.
  • 00:20:32.663 --> 00:20:35.499
  • And they came to the grave.
  • 00:20:35.499 --> 00:20:37.068
  • And it was a cave with a stone rolled across its entrance."
  • 00:20:37.068 --> 00:20:42.440
  • Now this word used here for trouble could
  • 00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:45.109
  • Be translated mad, jesus was mad.
  • 00:20:45.109 --> 00:20:49.347
  • Yes, jesus had anger.
  • 00:20:49.347 --> 00:20:51.649
  • He never lost his temper like we do,
  • 00:20:51.649 --> 00:20:54.051
  • But he had righteous indignation.
  • 00:20:54.051 --> 00:20:56.220
  • He was angry. why was he angry?
  • 00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:58.656
  • Was he angry at mary and martha for doubting him?
  • 00:20:58.656 --> 00:21:01.292
  • No.
  • 00:21:01.292 --> 00:21:02.627
  • Was he angry at the people who
  • 00:21:02.627 --> 00:21:04.128
  • Are mourning the death of lazarus?
  • 00:21:04.128 --> 00:21:05.796
  • Again, no.
  • 00:21:05.796 --> 00:21:07.131
  • He was angry with the grim reaper, if you will, he was
  • 00:21:07.131 --> 00:21:10.968
  • Angry with death itself, he was angry because this was not the
  • 00:21:10.968 --> 00:21:15.139
  • Way it was meant to be, and it made him angry.
  • 00:21:15.139 --> 00:21:18.542
  • Then he says, "remove the stone."
  • 00:21:18.542 --> 00:21:22.079
  • Martha says, "lord, he stinks."
  • 00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:24.382
  • "move the stone."
  • 00:21:24.382 --> 00:21:26.550
  • And then he says, "lazarus, come forth."
  • 00:21:26.550 --> 00:21:30.821
  • And lazarus comes back from the other side.
  • 00:21:30.821 --> 00:21:33.424
  • He's still wrapped up in bandages.
  • 00:21:33.424 --> 00:21:35.493
  • So, it's not like lazarus comes out, "hey," he's
  • 00:21:35.493 --> 00:21:38.029
  • More like, "um, someone unwrap these things."
  • 00:21:38.029 --> 00:21:43.267
  • It's a good thing jesus said, "lazarus, come forth," because
  • 00:21:43.267 --> 00:21:46.570
  • If he'd simply said, "come forth," everybody and every
  • 00:21:46.570 --> 00:21:50.341
  • Grave in every place would have burst out at that moment.
  • 00:21:50.341 --> 00:21:54.912
  • "lazarus in particular come forth."
  • 00:21:54.912 --> 00:21:58.249
  • And by the way, i feel sorry for lazarus, you say, "why?"
  • 00:21:58.249 --> 00:22:01.952
  • Cause he had to die twice.
  • 00:22:01.952 --> 00:22:04.789
  • Isn't it bad enough to die once?
  • 00:22:04.789 --> 00:22:07.892
  • This poor guy had to go twice.
  • 00:22:07.892 --> 00:22:11.395
  • You know, when a loved one leaves you,
  • 00:22:11.395 --> 00:22:12.830
  • You want to communicate with them.
  • 00:22:12.830 --> 00:22:15.199
  • And sometimes people try to contact
  • 00:22:15.199 --> 00:22:17.268
  • People on the other side.
  • 00:22:17.268 --> 00:22:18.703
  • Never do that, the bible forbids it.
  • 00:22:18.703 --> 00:22:20.771
  • They can't hear you and any messages people say are coming
  • 00:22:20.771 --> 00:22:24.241
  • From the other side, that's not true, okay?
  • 00:22:24.241 --> 00:22:27.511
  • But i understand the longing to communicate
  • 00:22:27.511 --> 00:22:30.247
  • With someone that has died.
  • 00:22:30.247 --> 00:22:32.383
  • You can't talk to them.
  • 00:22:32.383 --> 00:22:34.285
  • They can't talk to you, so don't try, but you can
  • 00:22:34.285 --> 00:22:37.688
  • Talk to the lord about what you're facing.
  • 00:22:37.688 --> 00:22:40.558
  • But let's just say, for the sake of a point,
  • 00:22:40.558 --> 00:22:42.660
  • That we can make a phone call.
  • 00:22:42.660 --> 00:22:44.061
  • When did this become the symbol of a phone call?
  • 00:22:44.061 --> 00:22:46.530
  • But we all do it right?
  • 00:22:46.530 --> 00:22:47.865
  • Someone called me--my phone doesn't look like that, but
  • 00:22:47.865 --> 00:22:50.634
  • Anyway, let's just say we could call our loved one and
  • 00:22:50.634 --> 00:22:53.437
  • Have a--"i've missed you so much.
  • 00:22:53.437 --> 00:22:56.474
  • And guess what?
  • 00:22:56.474 --> 00:22:58.008
  • I want you to come back here again."
  • 00:22:58.008 --> 00:23:00.344
  • You know what would happen? they'd hang up on you.
  • 00:23:00.344 --> 00:23:04.348
  • "what? i don't wanna go back there."
  • 00:23:04.348 --> 00:23:06.817
  • "no, come back, it's so great, we have the greatest burger."
  • 00:23:06.817 --> 00:23:09.887
  • "what? what?"
  • 00:23:09.887 --> 00:23:11.322
  • "we saw an amazing sunset."
  • 00:23:11.322 --> 00:23:13.090
  • "i'm sure you did," if they could speak to you, "but you're
  • 00:23:13.090 --> 00:23:16.494
  • Not seeing what i'm seeing right now.
  • 00:23:16.494 --> 00:23:18.963
  • I can't wait till you join me here."
  • 00:23:18.963 --> 00:23:22.166
  • No one in heaven would ever wanna come back to
  • 00:23:22.166 --> 00:23:24.635
  • Earth if they were even given the choice.
  • 00:23:24.635 --> 00:23:27.705
  • But having said that, here's lazarus
  • 00:23:27.705 --> 00:23:30.107
  • Called from the other side.
  • 00:23:30.107 --> 00:23:31.942
  • Now he has to die again and face all of the challenges of life.
  • 00:23:31.942 --> 00:23:38.149
  • But here's the big story, not just that a man was raised from
  • 00:23:38.149 --> 00:23:41.752
  • The dead, but it's this, death is not the end.
  • 00:23:41.752 --> 00:23:46.424
  • The tomb for the christian is not
  • 00:23:46.424 --> 00:23:48.025
  • The entrance to death, but to life.
  • 00:23:48.025 --> 00:23:51.662
  • Heaven is the earthly life of the believer,
  • 00:23:51.662 --> 00:23:54.365
  • Glorified and perfected, okay?
  • 00:23:54.365 --> 00:23:57.268
  • So, your loved ones are in pure bliss.
  • 00:23:57.268 --> 00:24:00.204
  • They--the reason they don't wanna come back
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  • Is because it's better where they are.
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  • It'd be like--imagine the most beautiful place you've ever
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  • Been, you know, maybe some tropical island, looking at the
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  • Greatest sunset of all time, eating your
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  • Favorite food with someone you love, and dolphins are
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  • Jumping out and unicorns are galloping by.
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  • I don't know, there's no unicorns, but you know.
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  • Yeah--it's just a perfect moment.
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  • "oh, this is so great."
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  • And then imagine someone saying, "we need to
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  • Leave immediately and go to the dump.
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  • I hear they're burning some trash right now."
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  • Why?
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  • Why would i wanna go to the dump when i'm here?
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  • And that's what it would be like to go from heaven to earth.
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  • Heaven is so much better, but the real message here is that
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  • Death is not the end and god will be with you in the hardest
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  • Times of your life, and he'll be with you in the greatest times
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  • Of your life, he'll be with you for all of
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  • Your life, he'll never abandon you.
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  • Jesus said, "i will never leave you or forsake you."
  • 00:24:59.230 --> 00:25:02.833
  • One of my favorite verses is isaiah 43 when god says, "when
  • 00:25:02.833 --> 00:25:06.837
  • You go through deep waters and great trouble, i'll be with you.
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  • When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown.
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  • When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be
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  • Burned up, the flames will not consume you."
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  • David said in psalm 23, "yea, though i walk through the valley
  • 00:25:23.187 --> 00:25:27.391
  • Of the shadow of death, i will fear no evil," why david?
  • 00:25:27.391 --> 00:25:31.028
  • "because you are with me."
  • 00:25:31.028 --> 00:25:33.030
  • God will be with you in every phase of your life, going back
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  • To the first miracle, water into wine, wedding day, amazing day.
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  • He's there at the birth of a baby.
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  • He's there at the death of a loved one.
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  • He's there at the beginning of life, the middle
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  • Of life, and he's there at the end of life and
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  • Then he's there to take you to the afterlife.
  • 00:25:50.614 --> 00:25:57.187
  • Greg: hi, i'm greg laurie. i've got some good news for you.
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  • God loves you, and god has a plan for your life.
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  • Here's the problem, we're separated from god by our sin
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  • Because we've all broken his commandments.
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  • But the good news is, is 2,000 years ago, god sent his son,
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  • Jesus christ, to die on the cross for your sin
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  • And then to rise again from the dead.
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  • The same jesus who died and rose is alive
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  • And ready to come into your life right now.
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  • Would you like your sin forgiven?
  • 00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:32.056
  • Would you like to know that when you die, you will go to heaven?
  • 00:26:32.056 --> 00:26:35.259
  • If so, pray this simple prayer with me right now, just say,
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  • "lord jesus, i know i'm a sinner, but i believe you're the
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  • Savior who died on the cross for my sin.
  • 00:26:42.499 --> 00:26:45.536
  • I turn from my sin now and i choose to
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  • Follow you from this moment forward."
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  • Did you just pray that prayer with me?
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  • If you did, god in heaven has heard you and i want to send you
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  • A new testament to start reading.
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  • Announcer: "revelation: a book of promises,"
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  • By greg laurie.
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  • The word "revelation" means unveiling.
  • 00:27:04.455 --> 00:27:06.557
  • God's desire is to reveal, not conceal.
  • 00:27:06.557 --> 00:27:10.127
  • And this book unveils pictures of the spirit world,
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  • Great cataclysmic events in store for the planet,
  • 00:27:12.963 --> 00:27:16.000
  • And the coming antichrist.
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  • But as greg laurie explains, the primary objective
  • 00:27:17.868 --> 00:27:20.304
  • Of this book isn't to reveal the antichrist.
  • 00:27:20.304 --> 00:27:22.906
  • It's to reveal jesus christ and his soon coming.
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  • Request "revelation" by greg laurie
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  • When you give today.
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