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Michael Youssef | The Resurrection and You | May 16, 2021
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- Dr. Michael Youssef: Hello, friends.
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- Blessed Resurrection Sunday.
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- Oh, what a day of rejoicing that is,
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- to rejoice in his Resurrection because by his Resurrection
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- we're assured of our own.
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- And today's message is gonna bless you
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- because I'll be talking about, "The Resurrection and You."
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- You personally, individually, because you are known by God
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- by name.
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- Stay tuned.
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- Dr. Youssef: This is the greatest news of all.
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- The Resurrection of Jesus tells us
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- that death has been defeated,
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- that sin has been conquered, Satan has been defeated
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- once and for all.
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- The Resurrection of Jesus tells us that the grave
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- could no longer hold him, praise God.
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- He rose from the dead.
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- announcer: Coming up next.
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- ♪♪♪
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- ♪♪♪
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- Dr. Youssef: I have a simple message.
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- It's a two-word message.
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- Two words.
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- Only two words is gonna be the message today,
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- so I want you to focus and concentrate.
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- And if you're taking notes, take them down.
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- Two words you will never forget.
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- These two words are part of the message that
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- the angel sent to the disciples in Mark chapter 16.
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- And the angel said to the women, he said,
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- "Go and tell the disciples," and here it comes,
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- the two words, "and Peter."
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- Let me set the stage first before I get to the message.
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- The tomb was found empty.
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- Jesus was risen from the dead.
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- This is the greatest news of all,
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- especially in the midst of that dreary,
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- painful, fear and death and diseases
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- that are surrounding us right now.
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- The Resurrection of Jesus tells us
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- that death has been defeated.
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- The Resurrection of Jesus tells us
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- that sin has been conquered.
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- The Resurrection of Jesus tells us
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- that Satan has been defeated once and for all.
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- The Resurrection of Jesus tells us that the grave
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- could no longer hold him, praise God.
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- He rose from the dead.
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- Hear me right, please.
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- There is no greater news for the disciples of Jesus,
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- whether they were 1st century disciples
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- or 21st century disciples.
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- There is no greater news.
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- But today, as I said, I wanna share with you
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- the application of that great news.
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- Mark 16, part of verse 7, two words:
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- And the angel said to the women, here it is,
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- "Go and tell the disciples and Peter."
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- And then the angel said, "Tell him he's gonna go
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- to the Galilee ahead of you to meet you."
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- But listen, those two words that I'm focusing on,
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- on this Resurrection Sunday, are the summary
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- of the good news of the gospel.
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- You say, "'And Peter' is the summary?
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- It's the application of the good news of the gospel.
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- How come?"
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- This is not a word of indignation.
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- This is not a word of condemnation.
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- This is not a word of even appreciation.
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- It's a word of affection.
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- It's a word of affection.
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- Only words of encouragement, only words of the second chance.
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- Listen to me.
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- The resurrected Jesus tells everyone who's listening
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- right now, watching right now, telling everyone
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- because of the Resurrection there is a second chance.
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- First, the second chance is irrevocable to the repentant,
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- irrevocable to the repentant person.
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- Secondly, the second chance is very intimate,
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- very intimate with God.
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- And thirdly, the second chance is very impactful,
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- as we're gonna see in the Scripture.
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- Look at those with me, those three things:
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- irrevocable, intimate, impactful.
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- The second chance that the resurrected Jesus
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- gives every one of us, every repentant individual,
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- every repentant man or woman, every repentant boy or girls is
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- irrevocable as the Resurrection itself is irrevocable.
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- For if there are no Resurrection,
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- there would have been no gospel.
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- And if there were no gospel, there would have been
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- no forgiveness of sins.
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- And if there were no forgiveness of sins,
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- we would be doomed to a life of misery and eternal suffering.
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- But thank God that is not the case.
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- There are two words, only two words,
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- that gives everyone at the sound of my voice great hope.
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- Great hope to know that there is in the resurrected Jesus
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- a second chance.
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- "And Peter."
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- The natural way for Peter to think after denying his Lord
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- and Savior and friend, Jesus, three times,
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- the natural way to think--a lot of people think that way, too,
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- "The Lord is gonna disown me now.
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- The Lord is gonna reject me now for good.
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- The Lord is gonna abandon me for good.
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- And the Lord would have nothing to do with me
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- after what I have done.
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- He would have every right not to do anything with me,
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- not to have anything to do with me.
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- He can never use me again."
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- Ah, that's what we do, right?
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- That's what we do to people when they wrong us.
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- But no, the power of Jesus's Resurrection
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- assures every repentant sinner of the second chance.
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- Oh, God, our God is the God of a second chance.
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- And a 3rd chance, and a 1000th chance and a million chances.
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- It is finally established in the resurrection of Jesus,
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- but you see it because that's the nature of God,
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- that's the nature of God.
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- When it came for God to choose someone to save Israel
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- from the slavery of Egypt, he got and ex-con,
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- he got a man who has murdered another man,
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- but he was repentant, by the name of Moses.
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- The second chance is irrevocable.
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- When the man of God, David, whose heart
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- after God's own heart, who caused the killing
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- of another man and took his wife.
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- You see him in Psalm 51 crying buckets,
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- God gives him a second chance.
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- Jonah went exactly in the opposite direction
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- from where God told him to go, but when he repented
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- inside that whale, God gave him a second chance.
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- And the Bible says that after Peter denied Jesus three times,
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- he wept bitterly.
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- The weeping and the repentance was not wasted on Jesus.
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- It was not wasted in Jesus.
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- Your repentance is never wasted on Jesus.
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- Can you imagine Peter's elation when the women came and
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- said to him, "Peter, the angel mentioned you by name.
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- Peter, the Lord wants you to meet him in Galilee.
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- Peter, he loves you by name.
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- And he told us to tell you by name.
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- Peter, you're still dear and near to the heart of Jesus.
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- Peter, Jesus saw the brokenness of your heart
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- and the heat of your tears."
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- Well, the second chance is irrevocable.
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- It is not offered willy-nilly to everyone.
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- No, no, it's not.
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- Only to those who repent.
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- Repentance has to take place.
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- Judas sold Jesus with 30 pieces of silver.
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- It is not any bigger sin than the sin of Peter
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- who denied Jesus, no.
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- But unlike Peter, Judas allowed his pride to take hold of him
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- instead of repenting.
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- His pride did not receive the second chance.
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- The second chance is irrevocable to the repentant person.
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- The second chance is for men and women, boys and girls,
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- who are watching right now, it is for them
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- who are like Peter, recognize their sin,
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- confess their sin, repent of their sin.
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- Hear me right, please, this is important.
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- There are a lot of people who get filled with remorse
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- after they've done the wrong thing,
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- especially if they get caught and become public.
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- But only repentance provides a second chance, not remorse;
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- repentance.
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- This is the good news on this Resurrection Sunday.
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- This is the great news on this Resurrection Sunday.
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- Regardless of how deep you may have descended,
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- regardless of how far you might have traveled,
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- the Resurrection day, this Resurrection day,
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- you can come home.
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- Come home to Jesus.
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- There is a second chance for you because the second chance
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- is not only irrevocable, but it's very intimate.
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- It's very intimate, very personalized.
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- It's not a blanket like we say in the South,
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- "Y'all come."
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- Maybe that's the invitation, "Y'all come,"
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- but then you have to repent on the coming.
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- Now, the Lord Jesus singles us individually.
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- I know I'm talking to millions of people right now but,
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- you see, I don't know you.
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- I know some of you by name,
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- but I don't know all of you by name.
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- But Jesus does.
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- He speaks to you by name.
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- He knows you by name.
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- He deals with you by name.
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- He saved you by name.
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- He forgives you by name.
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- In fact, Jesus said in John chapter 10, verse 3,
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- he said, "My sheep I call by name."
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- And that is why the angel sent the message to Peter by name,
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- by name.
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- Something else I don't want you to miss here.
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- I want you to notice that the angel did not use Peter's
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- old name, Simon or Cephas as he was known in the Greek.
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- Simon Peter.
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- You see, he uses the new name that Jesus gave him:
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- Petros, the rock.
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- You see, when Jesus first met Peter,
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- he was just Simon the fisherman.
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- That's all he was.
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- But after Peter confessed when Jesus asked,
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- "Who do you say that I am?"
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- And he said, "You are the Christ,
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- the Son of the living God," meaning that you're the only way
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- to the Father, you're the only way to heaven,
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- you're the Messiah,
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- you're the only hope for mankind and says,
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- "Upon that confession, that is the confession,
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- that is the rock upon which the church of Jesus Christ is built.
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- Not Peter himself.
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- The Lord Jesus uses the symbolism
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- by the rock of the confession that he made--
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- I'm gonna change your name in a symbolic way
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- and call you, "The Rock," Petros.
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- He wouldn't build his church on a failed man,
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- or a man who can fail and like all of us.
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- No, no, no.
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- He built on the confession, the rock.
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- That's the confession.
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- Think with me. Put yourself in Peter's place.
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- You have failed miserably, but Jesus still believes in you.
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- Isn't that amazing?
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- Think about it.
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- Think of how an employee who knows deep down
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- in his or her heart that the boss believes in him or her.
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- Just think about how hard they are going to work.
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- Think of an athlete who knows deep down that the coach
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- believes in him.
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- Watch him in the field.
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- He is going to work his heart out.
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- Or a son and daughter who know deep down
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- that mommy and daddy believes in them.
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- Ah, they will go the second mile,
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- you don't have to ask them.
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- And here our precious Lord Jesus is telling Peter,
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- "Peter, I believe in you.
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- Peter, I saw your tears, Peter.
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- Peter, I recognize your brokenness over your failure."
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- Second chance is always deeply personalized.
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- It can't be done in masses.
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- It's one-on-one encounter with the Lord.
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- In 1 Corinthians chapter 15 and verse 5,
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- "After our Lord rose from the dead,
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- he was seen by Cephas," that's Simon Peter,
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- that's Peter.
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- "Then by the 12."
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- In other words, when our Lord rose from the dead,
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- he went looking for Simon Peter.
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- Why Peter?
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- Because there are some things that's so intimate in our lives
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- that it can only take place when we have an encounter
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- with the Holy Spirit of God who dwells in us.
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- Has to be done personally.
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- Peter thought he was finished.
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- Peter thought he was done for.
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- Peter thought that he was history.
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- But no, the Bible tells us that he went
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- on that intimate meeting with Peter.
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- Why?
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- Because there are some things that's just so private.
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- They're so private.
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- They cannot be dealt with publicly.
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- We can only speculate, of course.
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- We can only imagine what that conversation was like.
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- "Oh, Peter, I've seen you in bitter tears.
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- Peter, I've seen your sobs.
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- Peter, I heard your broken words that were halting,
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- coming out from quivering lips."
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- You say, "Michael, well, how do you know
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- that this may have happened?"
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- I'm glad you asked.
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- Because many of us, I dare say some of you who are watching,
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- many of us, have been there.
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- I have been there.
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- I, for one, have experienced many times the incredible,
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- indescribable grace of God pouring into my life
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- in the times when I've felt the least--
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- the least deserving it.
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- I guess that's why it's called grace.
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- That encounter with Peter must have been
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- so tender and so intimate an encounter.
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- This encounter must have been a moment of amazing grace.
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- This encounter must have been overwhelming,
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- loving forgiveness.
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- Beloved, there are some people at the sound of voice right now
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- who have experienced loving encounters with Jesus.
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- I know some of you personally.
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- I know I have.
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- But perhaps there is that person who had never had
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- that loving encounter with the risen Lord Jesus Christ.
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- I want to tell you today is the day.
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- This Resurrection Sunday is your day
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- to have a loving encounter with the living God.
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- He wants to have an encounter with you.
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- Will you come to him?
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- You can do that today.
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- Ah, the second chance is irrevocable for the repentant.
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- The second chance is very intimate
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- and individualized to you,
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- you, you, you, you, alone.
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- But thirdly, the second chance is very impactful,
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- very impactful.
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- That encounter with the resurrected Jesus
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- was so impactful, was so transforming
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- of Peter's life, that he was never the same.
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- Look at the transformation of Peter's life.
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- He went from being a denier of his Lord to a fearless
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- proclaimer of his Lord.
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- In the book of Acts, we're told in the Day of Pentecost
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- he stood up and gave this magnificent sermon.
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- Three thousand people come to Christ and he said to them,
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- he said, "We cannot but speak of what we have seen."
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- Later on, when he was beaten and imprisoned,
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- we see him say how grateful he was to be considered worthy
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- to suffer for his Lord Jesus Christ.
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- Beloved, that's the power of the second chance,
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- of the resurrected Jesus, and he can give it to you today,
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- today, today.
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- I want you to do something for me, right now,
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- wherever you are.
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- I hope that you have a Bible in front of you and,
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- if you don't, that's fine.
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- Insert your own first name, okay?
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- Let's do it.
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- "And," insert your name, "Michael, Bob, Sue, Jane."
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- Just insert your name under the word "Peter,"
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- and put your own name in your Bible
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- so you'll never forget that you included in this invitation.
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- Now can you hear your name?
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- I want to do it again. "And," your name.
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- That's what Jesus is telling you right now.
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- And you, by name.
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- Oh, what an impact those two words had on the life
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- of the Apostle Peter.
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- What a transformation it had on his life.
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- Peter was about to be crucified and he said, "No, no, no, no.
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- Don't crucify me like my Lord.
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- I'm know I'm not worthy.
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- I don't deserve that.
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- Crucify me upside down."
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- What a transformation.
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- What a transformation.
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- My beloved friends, on this Resurrection Sunday
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- the Father has his arm wide open.
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- Because of Jesus and because of what Jesus did on the cross,
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- would you run into his open arms right now.
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- Run into his open arms.
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- Whatever your name is, he's offering to you by name.
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- Every repentant sinner is offered that second chance.
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- Job, with all of his pain, he was restored double-time.
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- Abraham, with his lying to Pharaoh and trying to hurry up
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- God's plan and giving us Ishmael,
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- he was called a friend of God.
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- Jonah, with his running away, led the greatest revival known
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- in history.
- 00:21:15.089 --> 00:21:16.757
- David, who had blown it big time, when he repented,
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- his heart become after God's own heart.
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- Thomas, the doubtful Thomas, the doubting Thomas,
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- with all of his doubt, Thomas ended up being martyred
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- but not before establishing the church in India,
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- the Church of Mar Thoma.
- 00:21:36.177 --> 00:21:38.279
- John Mark, who expressed cowardness and frustrated
- 00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:42.083
- the Apostle Paul, died a martyr's death,
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- but not until he established the church that I--
- 00:21:45.419 --> 00:21:48.189
- my ancestors belonged to,
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- in the Church of Alexandria in Egypt.
- 00:21:49.724 --> 00:21:52.626
- John and James, who had dreams of grandeur and greatness:
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- one died a martyr and the other one was exiled in Patmos.
- 00:22:00.201 --> 00:22:06.607
- Both accomplished great things for God.
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- Oh, yes, listen.
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- The second chance is very impactful on your life.
- 00:22:11.312 --> 00:22:14.315
- The second chance, it transforms your life.
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- It is powerful.
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- The question is, will you accept it?
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- Will you seek it?
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- And then it's offered to you.
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- I know that because God's Word on it.
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- Will you accept it?
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- The Lord wants to insert your name in this verse.
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- Thank God for the second chance for it is irrevocable,
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- it is intimate, and it is impactful.
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- And if you wanna surrender your life to Jesus Christ,
- 00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:49.316
- you heard the gospel message maybe for the first time,
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- and you want to say, "Lord Jesus, come into my life.
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- Forgive all my sins through the Lord Jesus Christ.
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- I thank you that his death on the cross,
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- he died for me.
- 00:23:03.264 --> 00:23:04.965
- I thank you that he rose again from the dead so that it can
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- demonstrate and can prove that I too will rise with him.
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- Come into my life now."
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- Or if you are believer who have wandered away from God,
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- I wanna tell you, "Come home.
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- Come home.
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- He's waiting for you."
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- Not with words of condemnation but he's waiting for you
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- with welcoming words.
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- Repent, turn to the Lord for he loves you.
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- ♪♪♪
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- Dr. Youssef: Well, thank you for that question.
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- In fact, it's the question that was asked
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- by many people in the Bible.
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- In fact, that was a question that was the Philippian jailer
- 00:23:50.811 --> 00:23:53.981
- asked the Apostle Paul and Silas:
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- What must I do to be saved?
- 00:23:55.850 --> 00:23:57.985
- You know, the gospel is much simpler than we make it.
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- There are some people who say
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- you have to jump through some hoops
- 00:24:02.289 --> 00:24:03.824
- in order to get saved,
- 00:24:03.824 --> 00:24:06.060
- but the Scripture's so clear.
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- It's a recognition that I'm a sinner
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- and that I cannot save myself
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- and the consequences of my sin is eternal hell,
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- for eternity tormented.
- 00:24:16.270 --> 00:24:18.138
- But then realize that Jesus came from heaven,
- 00:24:18.138 --> 00:24:22.810
- lived a perfect life, died a criminal's death,
- 00:24:22.810 --> 00:24:26.013
- rose again in order that anyone would come to him
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- would ride on his coattail to heaven.
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- And so, salvation is very simple.
- 00:24:32.887 --> 00:24:35.256
- Lord Jesus, I'm a sinner and I cannot save myself.
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- Only you can save me
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- because you, Lord Jesus, died on that cross for me.
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- Come into my life.
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- And the moment you do this, the Bible said the Holy Spirit
- 00:24:48.135 --> 00:24:50.871
- is going to come into your life
- 00:24:50.871 --> 00:24:52.439
- and he's gonna help you grow in Christ,
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- is gonna convict you, encourage you,
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- and give you peace.
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