WEBVTT NOTE Podcast: Acts 29 Vancouver Episode: RESURRECTION 2022 Publishing Date: 2022-04-17T06:00:44-07:00 Podcast URL: https://acts29.ca Episode URL: https://acts29.ca/resurrection-2022/ 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.160 Okay, let's get going then. The time between crucifixion and the 00:00:10.160 --> 00:00:14.720 resurrection of Jesus Christ, we don't really think about or talk about that 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:19.560 time much because on Good Fridays we talk about Good Friday, the death and 00:00:19.560 --> 00:00:24.840 crucifixion of Jesus and then on Sunday we talk about Easter Sunday and 00:00:24.840 --> 00:00:31.400 the time between the crucifixion and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 00:00:31.400 --> 00:00:45.480 That was a dark, dreadful, fear-filled, sorrowful time for the disciples and 00:00:45.480 --> 00:00:52.600 those who knew Jesus. So we almost quickly jump from Good Friday to 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:58.840 resurrection Sunday but the time between that is a time of great hardship where 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:03.680 some of them left everything that they knew. Jesus came by, Jesus said follow me 00:01:03.680 --> 00:01:09.440 and they followed Jesus only to realize that this Jesus that they thought would 00:01:09.440 --> 00:01:22.360 save them is now dead. A few of them saw Jesus just a few days ago in his glory 00:01:22.520 --> 00:01:27.920 Jesus in his glory they saw him and then a couple days later they look at Jesus 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:33.840 and his body is motionless, it's not moving. They knew Jesus how he looked, how 00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:39.680 he was, certain things that were very unique about Jesus and now on Friday 00:01:39.680 --> 00:01:46.960 when they looked at Jesus his face was unrecognizable and so when they go into 00:01:46.960 --> 00:01:52.760 Saturday and leading up to Sunday it is a difficult time for the disciples 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:57.800 because they don't know what to do. Now it's not just that Jesus died it is also 00:01:57.800 --> 00:02:01.920 that everything that they know all of the systems all of the power hierarchies 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:08.920 they're all after them and so they hide themselves in a room probably locking it 00:02:08.920 --> 00:02:15.720 up probably huddled together. Isn't it good to see Wayne? Yes it is. Good to have you here Wayne. 00:02:15.720 --> 00:02:21.680 So that's what's happening with the disciples a time of darkness 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:31.200 and Maurice too. Both of them. So it's happening and they know that 00:02:31.200 --> 00:02:36.760 they're in a time of difficulty and then on the other side you have the power 00:02:36.760 --> 00:02:41.760 structures you have the Sanhedrin you have the Pharisees all taking a step 00:02:41.760 --> 00:02:48.440 back and now thinking he's done because Jesus is dead and the devil Satan and 00:02:48.440 --> 00:02:54.600 the powers of darkness thought that's it. So that's the reality of Friday, Saturday 00:02:54.600 --> 00:03:00.200 leading up to Sunday and we cannot forget that. We cannot forget the fact 00:03:00.200 --> 00:03:04.880 that for two days three days there was a time when they when the disciples were 00:03:04.880 --> 00:03:12.280 afraid fearful of what was happening and then you see these women who are going 00:03:12.280 --> 00:03:16.720 to the tomb. Why? Because they wanted to apply ointments they wanted to go there 00:03:16.720 --> 00:03:22.240 and see Jesus. It says they they were seeking after Jesus. They get there. 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:27.240 Only to realize now that this one stone that they were talking about on their way to the tomb 00:03:27.240 --> 00:03:33.000 how will we get this stone rolled away so that we can go into the tomb? That this 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:37.320 very stone that they were talking about it's been rolled away and all of a 00:03:37.320 --> 00:03:42.600 sudden at that point they realize something has happened. They don't know 00:03:42.600 --> 00:03:47.360 what has happened but something has happened and then the disciples come to 00:03:47.360 --> 00:03:51.960 know about it. Two of them run to the tomb only to discover that it is true 00:03:51.960 --> 00:03:56.240 the only thing that's left here are the linen clothes and the handkerchief 00:03:56.240 --> 00:04:07.560 neatly folded kept aside and Jesus is not there. And then we know everything 00:04:07.560 --> 00:04:13.240 that happened after that but I wanted to stay there for a minute to 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:19.000 recognize that before the resurrection of Jesus Christ the disciples went 00:04:19.000 --> 00:04:24.640 through a time like that and then all of a sudden in an instant God proved 00:04:24.800 --> 00:04:32.440 himself true and Jesus resurrected from the dead. He was truly dead. All of the 00:04:32.440 --> 00:04:38.760 powers of darkness all of Satan's schemes all of the Sanhedrin schemes 00:04:38.760 --> 00:04:46.040 every political power that tried to put him down obliterated in a second. Why? 00:04:46.040 --> 00:04:51.880 Because God said my son will now rise up and Jesus Christ rose up from the dead. 00:04:51.880 --> 00:04:56.920 What we're going to talk about today look at today is how does this apply to 00:04:56.920 --> 00:05:00.760 us and this is not a new thing because some of us who've been Christians for 00:05:00.760 --> 00:05:07.920 years we have heard this many times but practically how do we live a lifestyle 00:05:07.920 --> 00:05:12.960 that aligns with the resurrection of Jesus. That's why I've titled this 00:05:12.960 --> 00:05:17.880 resurrection lifestyle because resurrection of Jesus Christ is not an 00:05:18.080 --> 00:05:23.560 event it's not just an event it is a lifestyle for us to partake in. It's a 00:05:23.560 --> 00:05:30.440 lifestyle for us to live in every day. It's not just an event it's a lifestyle. 00:05:30.440 --> 00:05:35.400 So we'll read a few verses now and then we'll go from there. Let's first read 00:05:35.400 --> 00:05:56.240 Acts chapter 224. Acts chapter 224. It says God raised him from the dead freeing 00:05:56.240 --> 00:06:01.240 him from the agony of death because it was impossible to keep its hold on him. 00:06:02.080 --> 00:06:08.600 Acts 224. But God raised Jesus from the dead freeing Jesus from the agony of 00:06:08.600 --> 00:06:13.760 death because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on Jesus. So the 00:06:13.760 --> 00:06:20.120 fact that Jesus died for our sins is one thing but the fact that he resurrected 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:26.400 is another because if Jesus said that I'm going to die for the sins of the 00:06:26.400 --> 00:06:31.200 world and he died okay he died for the sins of the world but it had to be 00:06:31.200 --> 00:06:37.240 a perfect man without any sins who was going to die and the resurrection was 00:06:37.240 --> 00:06:42.880 the proof of the fact that Jesus was sinless and that death could not hold 00:06:42.880 --> 00:06:49.800 him down. The death of Jesus Christ by itself is not proof. The resurrection of 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:58.600 Jesus now is proof of the fact that death tried to keep him down. Powers tried 00:06:58.600 --> 00:07:05.920 to keep him down but nothing could and he rose up from the dead. So that's one. 00:07:05.920 --> 00:07:23.520 Number two. Let's read Romans chapter 8 11. Romans chapter 8 11. If the spirit of 00:07:23.520 --> 00:07:28.520 him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you he who raised Christ Jesus 00:07:28.520 --> 00:07:32.920 from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:38.640 spirit who dwells in you and if the spirit of him who raised Jesus from the 00:07:38.640 --> 00:07:46.160 dead is living in you he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:51.120 to your mortal bodies because of his spirit who lives in you. So it's the 00:07:51.120 --> 00:07:57.360 spirit of God that raised Jesus from the dead. The spirit of God raised Jesus 00:07:57.360 --> 00:08:01.880 from the dead. So on one hand we said death could not hold him anymore and he 00:08:01.880 --> 00:08:06.920 was sinless and now the spirit of God raised Jesus to life. Third verse we're 00:08:06.920 --> 00:08:10.800 going to look at is 1st Corinthians 15 14. You don't need to go there I'll just 00:08:10.800 --> 00:08:15.520 read it out loud. It says and if Christ has not been raised this is Paul 00:08:15.520 --> 00:08:20.360 speaking and if Christ has not been raised then our preaching is in vain and 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:33.320 your faith is in vain. The enormity of the resurrection. Jesus died yes but he 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:41.480 rose again and when he rose again he was risen by the power of God and it proved 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:47.120 that Jesus was sinless and death couldn't hold him and now we can say 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:52.120 everything that we preach everything we stand up for everything that we know as 00:08:52.120 --> 00:08:57.120 convictions in our mind all of that is rooted in this one thing that Jesus 00:08:57.120 --> 00:09:03.000 Christ rose from the dead. All of it everything that we do all of our 00:09:03.000 --> 00:09:10.720 existence is based on this one truth that Jesus Christ is not dead anymore. 00:09:10.720 --> 00:09:19.400 That Jesus rose from the dead. Everything that we put our lives to 00:09:19.400 --> 00:09:26.200 everything that we believe in our hope for the future what we know will happen 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:33.080 the moment we die on earth all of it goes back to this one fundamental truth 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:40.120 that Jesus Christ is alive that he is he has risen that he is not dead he is a 00:09:40.120 --> 00:09:49.440 living God and so that being the truth that being the reality how do we live 00:09:51.160 --> 00:09:57.120 with what we're gonna call today resurrection lifestyle. Resurrection 00:09:57.120 --> 00:10:02.680 lifestyle how do we live like that so we look at a few different things and as I 00:10:02.680 --> 00:10:08.000 go through this list I want us to apply this practically in our lives think 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:16.240 about where we are at in life whatever we are doing how can we apply the 00:10:16.240 --> 00:10:20.920 resurrection principles of God in our lives. The thing about resurrection is 00:10:20.920 --> 00:10:25.720 it's not new to God it doesn't just happen in Matthew chapter 28 and Luke 00:10:25.720 --> 00:10:31.520 chapter 24 and John chapter 20 this is God's nature so the first thing is our 00:10:31.520 --> 00:10:37.880 God is a resurrection God it is in his nature and it is something he has done 00:10:37.880 --> 00:10:48.520 always our God is a resurrection God he gives life to that which is dead and so 00:10:48.520 --> 00:10:53.200 it's not a new thing that happened when God said my son will rise up from the 00:10:53.200 --> 00:11:01.080 dead in three days no this is the nature of God this is a very character of God I 00:11:01.160 --> 00:11:07.640 want us to look at it this way when God looks at a desert he doesn't see a 00:11:07.640 --> 00:11:16.720 desert when God looks at a desert he sees life that can grow there when God 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:23.120 looks at anything that is dry he doesn't see dryness he sees the life that can 00:11:23.120 --> 00:11:27.080 spring out of the dryness and so everything that we're going to talk 00:11:27.080 --> 00:11:30.680 about today is not just about resurrection Sunday and what happened 00:11:30.680 --> 00:11:34.640 then but everything we are going to talk about today is the reality that is very 00:11:34.640 --> 00:11:42.000 much ours is the reality that we live by every day that I serve a God who is now 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:48.240 risen he is not dead anymore and in his very nature he gives life and in his 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:54.960 very nature life flows and that's who he is and because that he that is he who 00:11:55.000 --> 00:12:02.880 what did I say that but because that is who he is now now everything changes for 00:12:02.880 --> 00:12:07.440 me because I now know that my god let's read Isaiah chapter 35 I was looking at 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:15.360 this verse yesterday and think about it think of it pictures this in your mind I 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:24.840 say at chapter 35 1 & 2 this is the God we serve he brings life into barrenness 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:34.440 so Isaiah 35 1 & 2 wilderness and desert will sing joyously the badlands will 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:43.520 celebrate and flower wilderness and desert when God looks at it he sees a 00:12:43.520 --> 00:12:51.960 joyous singing because life will come the badlands when God looks at looks at 00:12:52.040 --> 00:12:59.240 he sees celebration and flowering this is the very nature of our God the one 00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:05.360 who who we call master he is the one who gives life wherever he goes where he is 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:12.640 present life overflows and all through the scripture we see this let's read 00:13:12.640 --> 00:13:16.520 Colossians chapter 3 1 to 3 00:13:19.840 --> 00:13:24.920 if then you have been raised with Christ seek the things that are above where 00:13:24.920 --> 00:13:29.360 Christ is seated at the right hand of God set your minds on things that are 00:13:29.360 --> 00:13:32.960 above not in things that are on the earth for you have died and your life 00:13:32.960 --> 00:13:42.400 is hidden with Christ in God and so when we look at situations that are dry 00:13:42.400 --> 00:13:47.440 when we look at situations where it seems like it's wilderness or desert is 00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:53.360 type of situation and then we see the reality of God who looks at the same 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:59.080 situation and says that very place from that very place life will spring out 00:13:59.080 --> 00:14:04.040 from that very place there is life that will flow out from that very place I 00:14:04.040 --> 00:14:11.800 hear a sound of joyous singing from that very place flowers will come up 00:14:11.800 --> 00:14:15.800 plants will come up trees will come up this is the very nature of the God we 00:14:15.800 --> 00:14:21.520 serve and we cannot run away from it all through the scripture as we when we see 00:14:21.520 --> 00:14:29.000 the Genesis creation story life we see times when in the Old Testament where a 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:36.320 dead boy was resurrected back to life we then see Paul and Jesus going to the 00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:43.760 tomb Lazarus life we see later on Dorcas Paul or Peter looking at Dorcas 00:14:43.760 --> 00:14:51.640 life this is not a one-time event this is the very nature of God this is who 00:14:51.640 --> 00:15:04.000 he is when he comes life comes when he is there life flows this is the God we 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:13.280 serve and regardless of how my life situation is where my king is where 00:15:13.280 --> 00:15:22.480 your king is he is reminding us today that his life flows into those situations 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:30.560 that his life gives birth where whatever is barren he gives life to whatever is 00:15:30.560 --> 00:15:36.000 dry will not remain dry anymore and this is not something that he has to 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:43.800 bring to existent existence this is who he is and I want us to think that way 00:15:43.800 --> 00:15:48.960 when we are going through life situations or when we are dealing with 00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:59.240 someone else's problems this is who our God is from him flows life when we speak 00:15:59.280 --> 00:16:08.400 his name when Peter and John are walking and then they see this man who is lame 00:16:08.400 --> 00:16:16.040 what do they say in the name of Jesus Christ rise up and walk because in his 00:16:16.040 --> 00:16:23.360 name there is life in his presence there is life and I don't want to go through 00:16:23.520 --> 00:16:31.360 this super fast I want us to stay there a second and I want even as I'm talking 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:38.360 right now I'm looking at areas where I need his life and I know for a fact I 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:45.800 know this for real that because he is present here he will bring life because 00:16:45.800 --> 00:16:55.680 he's not working for it it is who he is it is when he is there it is there life 00:16:55.680 --> 00:17:04.080 number two the resurrection power of God breaks into situations and is 00:17:04.080 --> 00:17:10.800 accelerated in response to our faith the resurrection power God breaks into 00:17:10.800 --> 00:17:18.600 situations and is accelerated in response to our faith the resurrection 00:17:19.560 --> 00:17:30.440 power God breaks into situations and is accelerated in response to our faith 00:17:31.640 --> 00:17:47.840 let's read Acts chapter 940 another story Acts chapter 940 so a lady named 00:17:48.280 --> 00:17:55.400 Tabitha died and in Acts chapter 40 it's Peter but Peter put them all outside and 00:17:55.400 --> 00:18:02.920 knelt down and prayed and turning to the body he said Tabitha arise and she 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:08.160 opened her eyes and when she saw Peter she sat up so the resurrection power 00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:15.640 of God that is flowing from him every second every day that is available for 00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:21.200 us that resurrection power breaks into our situations that resurrection power 00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:28.320 is accelerated in response to my faith in response to your faith so when Peter 00:18:28.320 --> 00:18:34.080 was there and he's looking at Dorcas she is dead but in response to the faith 00:18:34.080 --> 00:18:40.840 that Peter has knowing fully well that this Jesus who appeared to me a few days 00:18:40.840 --> 00:18:45.400 ago when I thought that I messed up big time he came and he said feed my sheep 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:49.320 and then he filled me with his spirit and then he said go to the ends of the 00:18:49.320 --> 00:18:55.440 world and proclaim I know this Jesus he lives in me and in the name of Jesus 00:18:55.440 --> 00:19:03.480 Christ rise up and therefore in response to the faith that Peter had power broke 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:10.560 through and so again we're going to go slow there's no need to rush throughout 00:19:10.560 --> 00:19:14.800 this teaching this is not a teaching for the sake of teaching this is a teaching 00:19:14.800 --> 00:19:19.640 for the sake of this restructuring power to change and move in our lives 00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:32.960 and so even as we sit here this is the truth my Jesus he is able to revive when 00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:36.080 I was thinking about all of this yesterday or a couple days ago I was 00:19:36.080 --> 00:19:47.360 thinking all of this ties in so beautifully well with revival because 00:19:47.360 --> 00:19:56.220 this is who he is it is impossible for my God to not give life that's his 00:19:56.220 --> 00:20:06.300 nature and so we trust in his nature and we see in the physical who he actually 00:20:06.300 --> 00:20:16.860 is Ezekiel chapter 37 Ezekiel chapter 37 maybe we won't read it because I 00:20:16.860 --> 00:20:23.460 remember a few days ago or a couple weeks ago we read that together but each 00:20:23.540 --> 00:20:31.660 time resurrection power is activated is in work the agent of transformation for 00:20:31.660 --> 00:20:37.500 each instance is the Spirit of God so the agent of transformation in each 00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:44.300 instance is the Spirit of God who raised Jesus from the dead he is the agent of 00:20:44.300 --> 00:20:49.720 transformation in each instance so in Ezekiel 37 we don't need to read it 00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:55.960 verses 4 to 7 what does God say Ezekiel prophesied to the bones and then 00:20:55.960 --> 00:21:05.200 which is 9 10 God says now prophesied to the breath spirit to give life to the 00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:10.000 bones around which now there is flesh because he prophesied already to the 00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:16.960 bones Ezekiel 37 and so from that story here is what we're going to see okay so 00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:24.600 from that story where God says here is what you need to speak and he speaks 00:21:24.600 --> 00:21:28.800 here is the principle we are deriving from that the principle is the Spirit of 00:21:28.800 --> 00:21:36.920 God has directions for us and when we command the operations of the spirit 00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:42.800 based on his directions then life cannot be stopped so the Spirit of God who is 00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:49.320 doing this work he has his directions on how it is to be done and when we align 00:21:49.320 --> 00:21:55.200 with his spirit and we hear him say prophesy now to the bones prophesy now 00:21:55.200 --> 00:22:01.280 to the to the breath and when we are in alignment with the directions of the 00:22:01.280 --> 00:22:10.340 spirit with the laws of the spirit then it is impossible to stop life so we 00:22:10.340 --> 00:22:16.380 align ourselves with the directions the directives that we get from the spirit 00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:30.580 I'll give you an example a few days ago when we were talking with a person Mark 00:22:30.580 --> 00:22:34.300 and I were there we're talking with this person and Mark was talking with 00:22:34.300 --> 00:22:40.500 someone else and then I was talking and then all of a sudden felt God say his 00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:48.780 heart is so open you now need to tell him about me and I started telling him 00:22:48.780 --> 00:22:56.500 about Jesus and as I'm telling about talking to him about Jesus and sharing 00:22:56.500 --> 00:23:04.140 what Jesus has done sharing what how his life can be he looked like this his eyes 00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:10.220 were like this and he said no way he can forgive sins I said yes he can he said 00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:19.820 no way he can forgive sins I said yes he can forgive sins every time we talk 00:23:19.820 --> 00:23:23.780 with someone we don't do it but that day with that particular person God said 00:23:23.780 --> 00:23:30.100 his heart is so open you have to speak it right now and we didn't do anything 00:23:30.100 --> 00:23:36.420 we just spoke we just said what Jesus said very quickly he said I receive him 00:23:36.420 --> 00:23:44.100 very quickly he said I receive him because it's the direction from God 00:23:44.100 --> 00:23:49.540 because if I go and now do that to everyone else because it happened here 00:23:49.540 --> 00:23:54.780 no it is specific directives from the spirit because he knows exactly what 00:23:54.780 --> 00:23:59.180 needs to be done you are not to prophesy to the wind first first you 00:23:59.180 --> 00:24:04.260 prophesy to the bone then you prophesy to the wind and when you do that then an 00:24:04.260 --> 00:24:13.180 army is rising up so the directives and the law laws of the the spirit we align 00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:18.580 with that and then we command from there then we declare from there and then it 00:24:18.580 --> 00:24:25.700 is impossible to stop what God wants to do the resurrection power of God 00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:33.860 orchestrated progressed by the power of God but by the power of his spirit so 00:24:33.860 --> 00:24:40.180 when I speak when we speak the authoritative word of heaven then the 00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:46.740 spirit of God enters the void and quickens dry bones when we speak the 00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:53.980 authoritative word of God as God speaks as we speak it his resurrection power 00:24:53.980 --> 00:25:01.220 goes into dry situations decaying situations and it brings life so it can 00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:07.740 be what's written in the word it can be a word that he is giving you for that 00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:21.100 time for that specific situation a Rhema word we hear we speak and it happens so 00:25:21.100 --> 00:25:25.940 over the last few weeks this is the way that God has been leading us God has 00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:32.340 been asking us to to to say he has been asking us go out this is the time this 00:25:32.340 --> 00:25:36.860 is the time for this to happen not just in your life this is the time for this 00:25:36.860 --> 00:25:41.780 to happen for everyone you meet because there is a revival happening the 00:25:41.780 --> 00:25:47.060 resurrection power of God is the reviving power of God and this revival 00:25:47.060 --> 00:25:52.220 that we have been talking about it's here it's happening it's real and again 00:25:52.220 --> 00:26:12.820 it's so natural for God to revive so natural for him to revive next one I can 00:26:12.860 --> 00:26:20.820 now draw my thoughts my interests my attitudes from Jesus because his private 00:26:20.820 --> 00:26:32.820 life has become mine I can now draw my thoughts my interests my attitudes from 00:26:32.820 --> 00:26:39.660 Jesus because his life has become mine 00:26:42.860 --> 00:26:57.780 one of the things that we can fight for is Abba my inheritance is that I'm like 00:26:57.780 --> 00:27:10.260 you you said I'm growing up to be your stature and so doesn't matter how I am 00:27:10.260 --> 00:27:18.460 right now my interests my thoughts my personality my attitudes the reality is 00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:27.340 that I am in you you're in me and therefore I am fully yours and therefore 00:27:27.340 --> 00:27:33.620 my interests are changing and therefore my personality I don't give to who it's 00:27:33.620 --> 00:27:41.620 for and therefore my attitudes I will put away because I ascribe to your 00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:49.900 personality I ascribe to your interests I ascribe to your thoughts one of the 00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:55.860 things that sometimes I sometimes you hear right it's my personality that's how 00:27:55.860 --> 00:28:02.900 I am it's a very common thing it's my personality it's who I am I'm who I am 00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:10.820 no there are so many things about my personality that's just so wrong and I 00:28:10.820 --> 00:28:16.180 am to continually say no Abba I don't want that I don't want to be I am who I 00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:24.660 am I want to be who you are and that's what I want to be so we become a people 00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:31.060 together a people who who are together and we say we don't need things that are 00:28:31.060 --> 00:28:37.980 from our past to dictate and control how we live we want the revival from Jesus 00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:43.500 we want the resurrected power of Jesus to change the way we are we will not 00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:49.020 settle that's the word we will not settle because sometimes we can settle 00:28:49.020 --> 00:28:55.140 with a single word we can settle sometimes we can settle how with a 00:28:55.700 --> 00:29:02.180 with a mindset we can settle for little we don't want to do that because the 00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:07.740 standard that we follow is the standard of Christ the one we are walking after 00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:14.260 is Jesus Christ so how come how dare I say my personality is slightly different 00:29:14.260 --> 00:29:20.700 so I can stand here and do that no if I am fully following Christ he said die to 00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:30.180 yourself and then follow me and when you follow me now you are my disciple so my 00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:36.660 personality doesn't really matter I will have my personality change so that it 00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:42.780 matches with my creator my Lord who I follow don't take it to the other extent 00:29:42.780 --> 00:29:47.380 I'm not saying that our personalities are not unique I'm not saying that there 00:29:47.380 --> 00:29:50.820 are special things about our personalities that's not what I am saying 00:29:50.820 --> 00:30:02.380 I'm saying that we follow the one who went before us and he continually 00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:08.220 transforms us and this resurrection power is a power that we only that we 00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:12.020 are not just celebrating this resurrection power is a power that 00:30:12.020 --> 00:30:19.020 continuously 24-7 transforms me and transforms you that is the reality of 00:30:19.020 --> 00:30:25.580 this power that in my sleep he changes me that when I am awake and walking he 00:30:25.580 --> 00:30:31.260 changes me when I say I need less of me and more of you he changes me when I say 00:30:31.260 --> 00:30:36.620 I am done with this I need more of you he changes me this revive this reviving 00:30:36.620 --> 00:30:41.180 power this resurrecting power is not just for one day this is for every 00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:46.140 second of every day and as soon as I say I need more of you there is enough 00:30:46.140 --> 00:30:52.500 of him he gives me and that's his reality and we need this we need this 00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:58.460 for where God is taking us we need this acts 29 because he is saying you know he 00:30:58.460 --> 00:31:02.940 is saying there is more waiting for you and we cannot go ahead and walk into all 00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:07.700 of that if we are all about our personalities and our interests and how 00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:11.660 we are I didn't have any of this in my notes but I know for a fact that he's 00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:17.700 inviting us to say come be together in what I am calling you to do because I am 00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:22.860 opening things and you need you need you need to align with how I am asking you 00:31:22.860 --> 00:31:35.060 to be and when you do when you do you watch you watch this is who he is and so 00:31:35.060 --> 00:31:38.900 this revive this revival we are talking about this resurrection power I know I 00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:42.900 am going back to that but I will go back to that because it is possible it is 00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:51.220 absolutely here it is it is so God and he will do it and I align about I want to 00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:57.540 change I don't want to be how I am I want more of you Jacob said this when we 00:31:57.540 --> 00:32:01.180 started talking about the revival he said there are two things that will be 00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:11.020 characteristic of this revival one purity to devotion we go back to that 00:32:11.020 --> 00:32:19.060 this resurrection life this like lifestyle is a life pulsing with 00:32:19.060 --> 00:32:28.940 benefits of the age to come this resurrection lifestyle is a life that 00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:37.100 pulsating with benefits of the age to come this resurrection lifestyle is a 00:32:37.100 --> 00:32:48.700 life pulsating with benefits of the age to come let's read second Timothy chapter 00:32:48.700 --> 00:33:12.780 17 let's read second Timothy chapter 17 second Timothy chapter 17 can someone 00:33:12.780 --> 00:33:30.060 read it so the spirit of God gives us power great power great love great 00:33:30.060 --> 00:33:41.660 self-control three things great love great power great self-control so father 00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:49.180 I need to I need to love people I give you great love father I don't know how 00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:54.500 to break through this thing I give you great power father this has been 00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:58.580 bothering me for years and I'm still here and I'm still here and I can't get 00:33:58.580 --> 00:34:05.260 out I give you great self-control all of which are realities that is so easily 00:34:05.260 --> 00:34:11.380 accessible to us by his spirit and I want to touch on the fear part because I 00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:15.700 know two days ago when we met that's something that eventually the Holy 00:34:15.700 --> 00:34:22.700 Spirit led us to that and I want us even right now as we sit here to look at 00:34:22.700 --> 00:34:31.860 areas in our lives where we know we are afraid I want us to look at areas in our 00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:41.980 lives right now where we know we are we have fear sometimes we can ignore it 00:34:43.620 --> 00:34:51.660 think about it please sometimes we hide it because there are other things that 00:34:51.660 --> 00:35:06.660 are going so well and God is saying today that my power my resurrection 00:35:06.660 --> 00:35:15.980 resurrection power will free you from fear will completely free you from fear 00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:25.300 it is your inheritance all of myself belongs to you I do not give you half of 00:35:25.300 --> 00:35:32.620 myself I did not give you a little I'll give you all of myself and so as you 00:35:32.620 --> 00:35:37.820 now open your heart as you now say I need you in this area I've desperately 00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:53.060 you I'm here fear has no room the peace of Jesus Christ has room now the 00:35:53.060 --> 00:35:59.500 security that comes from Jesus has room now the healing that comes from Jesus 00:35:59.500 --> 00:36:02.500 has room now 00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:11.380 it's time 00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:26.500 I know I talked about all of this but here's the other reality the other 00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:36.580 reality is that because we live in human bodies and because of the environment 00:36:36.580 --> 00:36:45.060 around us it is easily possible to be dulled to the immeasurable capacity of 00:36:45.060 --> 00:36:53.820 this resurrection life that even now as we hear we hear but because of the world 00:36:53.820 --> 00:37:01.180 around us because of the noise it is easily possible and because we live in 00:37:01.180 --> 00:37:07.180 human bodies that are limited by sin it is easily possible to be dulled to the 00:37:07.180 --> 00:37:14.940 immeasurable capacity of this resurrection life it is possible I'll 00:37:14.940 --> 00:37:18.420 read a verse and then we'll go there let's read I love this verse man 00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:23.940 Philippians chapter 314 you don't need to read it I'll read it listen to me 00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:30.700 though Philippians chapter 3 verse 14 I press on toward the goal for the price 00:37:30.700 --> 00:37:37.380 of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus I press on toward the goal for 00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:43.900 the price of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus there is an upward call of 00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:51.220 God on my life there is an upward call of God on your lives you cannot deny it 00:37:51.220 --> 00:37:56.100 even though the the physical body we are in that is limited by sin even though 00:37:56.100 --> 00:38:00.700 the environment against around us even even though there is noise around us 00:38:00.700 --> 00:38:07.460 that try to dull us to the immeasurable capacity of this resurrection power 00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:15.420 even though all of that is true there is an upward call of God on each and every 00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:25.620 one of our lives there is an upward call of God I have these balloons here 00:38:32.580 --> 00:38:44.060 to illustrate this as best as I possibly can there is an upward call of God on 00:38:44.100 --> 00:38:51.060 our lives that yes everything that I said so far is true and we are walking 00:38:51.060 --> 00:38:58.940 around on earth as we walk around on earth we're limited by our human bodies 00:38:59.180 --> 00:39:06.820 we're limited by sometimes that which is around us and while all of what I said 00:39:06.820 --> 00:39:11.060 is true the image immeasurable capacity of God's 00:39:11.060 --> 00:39:17.780 resurrection power doesn't really show it's like look at this they don't even 00:39:17.780 --> 00:39:25.940 look like balloons but we're walking right but there is an upward call of God 00:39:25.940 --> 00:39:33.940 on our lives you can't deny it you can't deny it regardless there is an upward 00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:40.540 call of God on our lives and what God is saying today is this it doesn't matter 00:39:40.540 --> 00:39:46.900 how it's looking when you press into what I have this power that we are 00:39:46.900 --> 00:39:52.380 talking about is not a power that is limited by that which is around you this 00:39:52.380 --> 00:39:59.020 power is not a power that is limited by our inabilities this power is a power 00:39:59.020 --> 00:40:08.980 that will go up because there is a resurrection power available because 00:40:08.980 --> 00:40:20.300 Jesus rose from the dead and can't keep him down he's resurrected and this power 00:40:20.300 --> 00:40:29.180 cannot be kept down it's impossible to keep this down I want this to go into 00:40:29.180 --> 00:40:35.340 our thinking I want to see the the first balloons that I talked to you about or 00:40:35.340 --> 00:40:44.620 showed you around but this is the truth of his world and the good news for us 00:40:44.620 --> 00:40:51.900 is about this is where I need your help there you go okay good good it's working 00:40:51.900 --> 00:41:01.980 so far last move the second balloon is me this is who I am and guess what when 00:41:02.020 --> 00:41:10.860 I am with him I need your help here too father this is where don't say don't waste this 00:41:10.860 --> 00:41:21.700 there you go almost there and because I am with Jesus joking aside because I'm 00:41:21.700 --> 00:41:28.980 in him because he is in me because his power is true because it will never fail 00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:36.780 because I want to go back to that verse Philippians 3 14 there is an upward call 00:41:36.780 --> 00:41:44.660 of God on my life there is an upward call of God on your lives and regardless of what our 00:41:44.660 --> 00:41:55.300 situations look like regardless of how the noise around us make or try to control our life the 00:41:55.300 --> 00:42:06.660 truth is that this upward call cannot be stopped and so that's it this upward power of God is real 00:42:06.660 --> 00:42:17.060 it cannot be stopped it cannot be stopped don't look at it now look at me please we'll get it 00:42:17.060 --> 00:42:28.940 done don't worry we'll leave it there for Jacob but please understand this there is an upward call 00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:38.100 of God on our lives and it cannot be stopped it cannot be stopped this power will break through 00:42:38.100 --> 00:42:47.140 every situation every block every other power that comes against us and it cannot be stopped 00:42:47.140 --> 00:42:54.940 think about this upward call go back to the first words that we read and it ties in with the 00:42:54.940 --> 00:42:59.380 resurrection story too I don't have any more goodies that's it it ties in with the resurrection 00:42:59.380 --> 00:43:06.180 story too which is what did the the women do they went to the tomb looking for Jesus and then in 00:43:06.340 --> 00:43:12.340 that verse that we read from Colossians it says set your mind on things that are above and when 00:43:12.340 --> 00:43:18.780 you set your mind on things that are above then you will seek it you can't seek the things that 00:43:18.780 --> 00:43:27.300 are above when I am setting my mind on things that are below but when I set my mind on this upward 00:43:27.300 --> 00:43:34.820 call of God on my mind on my life on this upward call of God on your life then I start seeking this 00:43:34.820 --> 00:43:42.300 and then because this power is never mine or developed by mine to begin with and because this 00:43:42.300 --> 00:43:50.580 power is fully his and because this power is fully his fully his you're not contributing to 00:43:50.580 --> 00:43:56.220 this power thank God I am not contributing to this power thank God all of this is all of him and 00:43:56.220 --> 00:44:03.740 because of that it cannot be stopped and I want us to so walk around this week and starting now 00:44:03.740 --> 00:44:11.260 in the reality of this truth there is no going back because God is preparing us for that which 00:44:11.260 --> 00:44:20.220 is he has in front of us and this is the direction we go this is the direction we are walking say 00:44:20.220 --> 00:44:27.100 couple more things we'll finish right on time or much before that because it's only 1230 five 00:44:27.100 --> 00:44:41.980 minutes and we'll wrap up let's read Ezekiel chapter 47 verse 9 Ezekiel chapter 47 verse 9 00:44:57.100 --> 00:45:07.860 swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows there will be large numbers of 00:45:07.860 --> 00:45:15.260 fish because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh so where the river flows 00:45:15.260 --> 00:45:23.700 everything will live I'll read it again swarms of living creatures will live wherever this 00:45:23.700 --> 00:45:30.380 river flows wherever this resurrection power is whenever this resurrection power is active 00:45:30.380 --> 00:45:37.900 wherever this resurrection power flows into swarms of living creatures will live when it 00:45:37.900 --> 00:45:46.460 touches a dead situation there is life when it touches a dry situation there is greenery when 00:45:46.460 --> 00:45:55.460 it touches desert there is joyous singing when it touches thirsty lands there is springs of water 00:45:55.460 --> 00:46:04.900 when it touches my weakness there is strength where it touches when it touches that which 00:46:04.900 --> 00:46:14.060 I have longed for and is my inheritance it is available and the reason I read this verse 00:46:14.580 --> 00:46:22.460 is because it also takes us back to what we've been talking about that this body the way God 00:46:22.460 --> 00:46:32.580 is commissioning us now is not just for ourselves this truth is for the world outside this truth 00:46:32.580 --> 00:46:43.660 is for our colleagues at work this truth is for our friends this truth is for us this truth is 00:46:43.660 --> 00:46:54.580 for the ones we meet on the streets this truth is for the rich it's for the poor this truth is 00:46:54.580 --> 00:47:07.060 for the single and it is for the married and forever because he was laughing this truth is 00:47:07.060 --> 00:47:18.980 for all of us and all that God wants today is for us to say we are not celebrating just an event 00:47:18.980 --> 00:47:27.180 we are not here to celebrate an event we are here to celebrate an event and walk in this 00:47:27.180 --> 00:47:34.620 resurrection power because this is so much ours the way God has set us up set this up is so good 00:47:34.620 --> 00:47:42.420 because it is not based on our abilities or inabilities can you imagine what life would 00:47:42.420 --> 00:47:56.140 be like if we were asked by God to do things based on our abilities Wayne is laughing that's 00:47:56.140 --> 00:48:04.100 right response man we are so privileged because our Savior did it all he died he rose again 00:48:04.260 --> 00:48:10.380 and he said I'm giving all of myself to you and this power is available to you it's for you to 00:48:10.380 --> 00:48:22.700 partake in it's not just for you it's for everyone you meet and so I closed with this one thing 00:48:22.700 --> 00:48:29.660 because soon after Jesus resurrected when he met the disciples he addressed two things one he 00:48:29.660 --> 00:48:40.300 addressed hardness of heart then he addressed lack of belief or unbelief and it's important 00:48:40.300 --> 00:48:48.820 to note that because even with everything we are saying everything we are running after we don't 00:48:48.820 --> 00:48:55.420 want to be people with the hardness of heart we want to be people whose heart can flow any which 00:48:55.420 --> 00:49:07.420 way God wants it to flow we want to be a people who a people not few we want to be a people who 00:49:07.420 --> 00:49:16.900 will run when God says this way all together we want to be a people in whom he cannot find 00:49:16.900 --> 00:49:25.980 unbelief because we trust him well because we have arrived as a body to a place where we know 00:49:25.980 --> 00:49:34.340 you have led us well we look back only to press on forward with this upward call of God on our 00:49:34.340 --> 00:49:42.580 lives we are not meant for this earth there is an upward call that cannot be stopped the balloons 00:49:42.900 --> 00:49:50.500 are still there I can't bring it down unless someone else does something that's the truth it is there 00:49:50.500 --> 00:50:00.980 and I pray that during this week we will remind ourselves of this that this resurrection power 00:50:00.980 --> 00:50:06.580 is available for me and I'm going to walk in it and it's not based on my abilities but I'm going 00:50:06.580 --> 00:50:13.300 to align myself with myself with the directives of the spirit with the laws of his spirit and 00:50:13.300 --> 00:50:23.260 then I'm going to run after him and everything else he does that's it Tony can you come up and 00:50:23.260 --> 00:50:34.420 sing break the chains and as we sing the song sing it in response to what you've heard sing 00:50:34.420 --> 00:50:44.660 it in response to about dry areas I need life there in areas I need life about I need you to 00:50:44.660 --> 00:50:51.380 come in and break chains because this resurrection power is active I want us to respond to God and 00:50:51.380 --> 00:51:01.060 his truth by singing the song and what I believe is that when we sing it things will shift things 00:51:01.060 --> 00:51:09.300 will move only because he is true to his word and his power is available Jesus I just want to thank 00:51:09.300 --> 00:51:18.660 you for everything that you've done that allows us to be here to celebrate today your resurrection 00:51:18.660 --> 00:51:25.940 is way beyond anything we can comprehend and the sacrifice that you made is also way beyond anything 00:51:25.940 --> 00:51:33.540 we can comprehend so father I just and Holy Spirit I ask that you would really especially this week 00:51:34.580 --> 00:51:39.540 especially this week because you want to solidify this in our in our lives and in our thinking and 00:51:39.540 --> 00:51:47.060 in our spirits so I ask that you would really remind us constantly of your resurrection your 00:51:47.060 --> 00:51:52.820 resurrection power and the things that you're calling us to be because you have indwelled us 00:51:52.900 --> 00:51:59.380 and there's nobody here who's here by accident father so I ask on behalf of all of us 00:52:00.500 --> 00:52:05.460 that you would make us really aware of you this week and make us responsive may we not put up 00:52:05.460 --> 00:52:10.740 barriers and things that will hesitate and put up all the things that we're habitually doing to 00:52:10.740 --> 00:52:17.460 separate us from what you want for us I pray that you would work on us miracles so that we come back 00:52:17.460 --> 00:52:25.620 next week with great great stories and I ask this in the name of the risen Christ amen