The Road to the Resurrection: He is Risen (North OC)

Marcel: Amen.

Amen.

Happy Easter.

Good morning.

I said good morning brothers and sisters.

Good.

Happy Easter.

He is risen and you're supposed to respond to Paschal greeting.

He is risen indeed.

Okay, so let's start this over again.

He is risen.

He is risen indeed.

Amen.

In fact, tell person to your right, to your left.

He is risen.

He is risen.

And then tell him he has risen indeed.

Amen.

My name is Marcel Hall and I have the honor and privilege to be a

minister full-time here in our church and with my wife Carina.

We lead our north OC portion of our church.

We're a church that's really global all across the globe, and we have

sister churches all across and we have we're part of a larger

fellowship here in the Los Angeles.

Area in particular, we have an Orange County congregation in which we have

right now, today, I think we had five worship services taking place.

There was a worship service taking place at 7:00 AM over in Dana

Point, a little Sunrise service.

I think Rusty went to that.

Right?

And look Rusty coming twice.

Did you go this morning, rusty?

I was Turkey on.

Okay.

He didn't make it, but he, in his heart, he was there.

And so we also have a Korean speaking service that's taking place today,

a Spanish speaking service, uh, one taking place over in Huntington Beach.

And and here we are worshiping here together.

And so I wanna welcome you all and thank you for visiting with us here to worship.

Whether you've been a member for many years, your joints for the first time,

those who are worshiping with us online, we're so grateful that you can join us.

Hope to meet you in person, and being able.

To connect.

Today is Easter Sunday, resurrection Sunday the day in which we remember,

and we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus in a special way.

Now as disciples of Jesus, those of us who have made the commitment to

Christ we really, in many ways, we celebrate with our lives every day.

Yeah, but just like birthdays and holidays and anniversaries, we take

this time to celebrate in a special way and remember in a significant

way the resurrection of Jesus.

Because this is the foundation of our Christian faith.

It is the resurrection, the historical event that took.

Place, and this was the message of the first century church.

It was that Jesus died, but that Jesus rose again on the third day.

And that is our message today, is that the tomb is still empty.

And he is risen.

Amen.

And so we're gonna get into the word of God today.

And as was mentioned through a couple of people, we've been in a season

of leading up to the resurrection.

For a number of us, we've read or reread a book from our fellowship called

The 30 Days at the Foot of the Cross.

And so we ended that yesterday and.

On Friday several people had mentioned it on stage.

We had a good Friday Last Supper, Christian Seder meal.

And so really try to engage and immerse ourselves into this historical time that

has radically transformed our lives.

And so we've been doing that for the last month or so.

And then we've also had a sermon series in which we've called

the Road to the Resurrection.

And so we've been studying out the gospel of Luke.

Luke is was a doctor and follower of Jesus, and he writes this kind of

autobio, not autobiography, but this biography, if you will, about Jesus' life.

And so we've been studying out the last week and some called the Holy Week

of Jesus for the last several weeks.

And so we've been looking at it and going through and to see

Jesus's road to the resurrection.

And so today.

We conclude our series, the Road to the Resurrection, and today

we talk about how he is risen.

He is risen.

And so let's go to God in prayer.

Father, we thank you so much for what we've already been able to

experience, being able to encourage one another, strengthen one another,

being able to meet new faces, being able to worship you, sing out and

cry out to you in song and through.

Prayer.

God, you are worthy of all this and even more.

And so we are humbled that you accept this, and we are grateful

that you move through this time.

And we pray God, as we look through the scriptures, that we will walk

away with a greater appreciation, a greater faith, and a greater

resolve to respond to the good news.

It's in Jesus' name we pray.

Amen.

We're gonna go on over and we're gonna do a little recap to bring everybody up

to speed where we are here in the story.

So we gotta go back a little bit.

And so Jesus, several times he actually predicts his death,

burial, and resurrection.

He tells his.

Followers and his tight crew there, his apostles, what was going to happen.

And so we take it up in Luke chapter nine, verse 18.

It says, once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him,

he asked him, who did the crowd say?

I am.

They replied.

Some say John the Baptist.

That was the actually Jesus' cousin who was a leader spiritually in

the community who was a forerunner to Jesus and his message.

Others say, Elijah, he was a prophet from many, many years ago and still

others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life.

But what about you?

He asked, who do you say I am?

Peter answered God's messiah.

He got the answer right.

Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone.

Then he said, the son of man Jesus would often refer to himself as the son of man

must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and

the teachers of the law, and he must be killed on a and on a third day be raised.

To life.

And so Jesus tells them this in about at least maybe 10 days or maybe even

longer after saying this to his apostles.

This is what happens in verse 51.

In Luke chapter nine, it says, as the time approach for him to be taken up to heaven,

Jesus resolute, set out for Jerusalem.

And so now Jesus, at this moment, he is told his guys, he's prepped him

at least two, maybe two weeks later.

He says, all right, now it's time to go.

We're gonna go to the Passover, and I'm going out to Jerusalem.

And he knows in his heart what's going to take place when he gets to Jerusalem.

He's gonna have his death, his burial, but he's gonna have his resurrection.

And so from Luke nine, all the way to Luke 19 is Jesus and his

companions traveling up to Jerusalem.

And in j Luke chapter 19 through the end of the chapter is really

Luke 19 · chapter mention

where we have been studying and Jesus reaching Jerusalem.

And then we see his weak.

We see his death.

We saw we refer to as death and burial earlier today, and now we're

talking about his resurrection.

But I wanna mention this too as well.

In these travels, up until Jerusalem, Jesus mentions at least three other

times in which he's going to suffer, and explicitly he's going to again, raise.

From on the third day in Luke 18 verse 31, Jesus took the 12 aside and

Luke 18:31

told them, we are going to Jerusalem.

And everything that is written by the prophets about the

Son of man will be fulfilled.

So the prophets, the Old Testament that talked about a Messiah who would

come and he says all these things are going to be fulfilled, he will

be delivered over to the Gentiles.

They will mock him, insult him, and spit on him.

They will flog him and kill him, and on the third day, he will rise again.

And the disciples did not understand any of this.

Its meaning was hidden from them and they did not know what he was talking about.

And so we see here, he's telling them several times what's gonna happen,

but unfortunately don't get it.

But don't look down upon the apostles because you also don't

get it sometimes too, don't you?

My wife tells me something and I'm be like, yeah, I didn't really get that.

Tell my kids stuff sometimes.

And then they come back and I'm like, you didn't do what I told you to do.

Because they don't get it.

So they didn't get it.

What was gonna take place.

And so now in Luke 23, we see Jesus, he dies upon the cross.

And now we take it up in Luke chapter 24 in verse one.

Luke 24 · chapter mention

And it's interesting because we don't really get much written about

the Saturday after the resurrection.

And in Luke, actually, all it says is that they rested on the

Sabbath day, and that's all we get.

Just imagine what was Saturday like for his followers.

You know, that's the middle of despair, but also joy because they

have despair of what took place and they don't know that Sunday's coming.

And so they're in this uncertainty, and I'm sure there's fear, there's anger,

there's anxiety, there's a frustration, there's sadness, there's mourning.

But Sunday is coming, and so we take it up in chapter 24 verse one, church.

Are you with me here?

Yep.

It says, on the first day of the week, that's Sunday.

This is the first Easter Sunday.

Very early in the morning, the woman took the spices.

They had prepared and went to the tomb.

They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they

did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleam

like lightning stood beside them.

In their fright.

The women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, why

do you look for the living among the dead?

He is not here.

He has risen.

Remember how he told you why he was still with you in Galilee?

The son of man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified,

and on the third day be raised again.

Then they remember his words when they came back from the tomb.

They told all these things to the 11 and to all the others.

It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary, the mother of James and the others with

him who told this to the apostles, but they did not believe the women because

their words seemed like nonsense.

That makes sense, right?

What?

What do you mean he's not there?

What?

What do men said?

What to you?

You talking crazy?

They couldn't believe it.

They didn't understand what was taking place.

Peter.

However, got up and ran to the tomb, bending over.

He saw the strips of linen lying by themselves and went away wondering

to himself what had happened.

Peter says, you know, I don't get it, but let me hurry up

and go see what's going on.

And you know what's interesting here is that it says the linen

was lying there by themselves.

Again, this is help.

To see that the resurrection is a historical event.

If somebody stole the body and wanted to claim that Jesus rose

from the dead, they wouldn't have left his clothes still there.

And we also know from John, they were actually folded

up, so Jesus did his chores.

And so we see this and so this helps us to go, man, this was,

this was, this was reality.

This was true.

And they couldn't believe it.

They were, they were amazed and didn't quite understand.

And so we're gonna skip here in, in verses 13 through 32, uh, two of Jesus's

disciples, a man named Ops, and another one you ever met any ops in your life?

That's one of the biblical names that doesn't get a lot of love.

You know what I'm saying?

It's Cleopas and Judas, you know what I'm saying?

Like nobody names her kids that.

And so Jesus, he sees these two disciples on the road and they, they,

they can't really recognize who he is.

They're kept says from recognizing who they, who he is.

And so they start telling Jesus.

Jesus is like, Hey, what's happened over the last couple?

You know what's going on?

And they say, you don't know what's happened over the last couple days.

The, the, the, our, our, our leader, he's died.

And, and, and now the women are saying that they can't, they went to the.

Tomb and they can't find his body.

So Jesus goes, he has a little meal with them and as he breaks

the bread, they recognize Jesus and then he takes off and he leaves

and that we take it up in verse 33.

Are you guys with me here?

They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem.

There they found the 11 and those with them assembled together saying it is true.

The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.

Then the two told what had happened on the way and how Jesus was recognized by them.

When he broke the bread, while they were still talking about this,

Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, peace be with you.

They were startled and frightened thinking they saw a ghost.

He said to them, why are you troubled and why do doubts rise in your minds?

Look at my hands and my feet.

It is.

I myself, touch me and see.

A ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see, I have.

When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet, and while they

still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them,

do you have anything here to eat?

You gotta love this about Jesus.

Just imagine being in this scene.

And so they said they're, they're, they, they, they see it.

They, they, they get it, but yet they're scared, but yet

they're happy and it makes sense.

Whoa, whoa.

We, we know you were just crucified, but now you're here in fleshing

blood and now we touch you your physical, whoa, what is going on?

And ask, now you're asking for some fish.

He wants to eat.

'cause you know ghosts don't eat name.

That movie where you saw the ghost eating, it doesn't happen.

And so here he goes on and he says they gave him a piece of broil fish and he

took it and ate it in their presence.

What was that meal like?

Could you imagine it?

Of the apostles?

They probably didn't eat.

They just probably looking,

he's really eating, you know?

And Jesus is like, oh Mary, you did it again.

Girl.

That's some good stuff.

Hey, hey Peter, can you go ahead and pass some more salt?

You know what I mean?

Like this was probably a crazy meal.

And they're freaking out going, whoa, he's here, he's risen and he's eating.

And he goes on and he says, he said to them, this is what I

told you while I was with you.

Everything must be fulfilled.

That is written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets in the Psalms.

He was referring to the whole Old Testament and he opened their minds so

they could understand the scriptures.

He told them this is what is written.

The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance

for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations.

Beginning at Jerusalem.

You are witnesses of these things.

I'm going to send you what my father has promised, but stay in the city until you

have been clothed with power from on high.

When he had led them out of to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted

up his hands and blessed them.

While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven.

Then he worshiped him.

They returned to Jerusalem with great joy and they stayed continually

at the temple praising God.

And so Luke right here gives us the day, but then he kinda skips ahead

and he skips ahead at least 40 days, and he gives us the ending here.

But what do we see here?

We see the road to the resurrection.

We see the resurrection is taking place.

He is risen, and the disciples start to get it.

They understand what's taking place, what's going on, and you can just imagine

the enjoy the encouragement they had.

Our hopes are no longer lost.

Remember what Saturday felt like?

But Sunday came, our faith isn't misplaced.

We put our faith in the right place and we don't regrets our commitment to Jesus.

You know, the resurrection was God's vindication.

The resurrection, vindicated and confirmed that Jesus is the

Messiah, that he is the savior.

The resurrection confirmed that Jesus is the son of God.

It vindicated Jesus' teaching and his works.

It proved, yes, all the things that he taught, the things that he claims he

truly is because of the resurrection.

You know, in verse 44, Jesus reveals that the cross and the

resurrection was God's plan all along.

He had a plan to redeem his creation, who was fallen from his side, and

this is why it's called good news.

Because God has been redeeming, he's had a plan, and his plan is

to sacrifice but then restore.

And that plan applies for all nations and for all people, for you and for me.

And it's interesting right here at the end here, it says they worshiped him and

returned to Jerusalem with great joy.

They stayed continually at the temple praising God.

Jesus rose, he ascends and it says they actually weren't grieved.

They didn't have grief after he left.

They weren't saddened by it.

I would've been saddened.

No, no.

Please don't leave again.

But it says they had what?

Joy.

They were praising God.

They were celebrating.

Why?

Because he has risen and they were getting it.

Whoa.

This is incredible.

Jesus rose.

So we can celebrate, we can rejoice, we can praise God because

the scriptures are fulfilled.

The Savior has come and offered salvation to the world.

God's power is revealed and death itself is defeated.

And they are witnesses, recipients, and also now participants.

There are witnesses of this resurrection.

There are witnesses of God's power.

There are recipients of the gospel.

They're recipients of the treasures of salvation, of the good news of

the kingdom of God, and now they are participants in God's redeeming mission.

For the world, and so therefore they celebrate.

You know, it's awesome because we too can celebrate, rejoice, and praise God.

You and I can rejoice and praise God and celebrate and effect.

I believe that's one of the things that we should do in response.

To the resurrection is that we should celebrate the resurrection.

We should celebrate the good news being fulfilled.

And you say, well, why?

Well, because we also are witnesses, recipients, and participants.

We are witnesses of God's power in our lives.

Has anybody been changed or transformed or just helped a little bit by some of Jesus

and his teachings and the resurrection?

We can go down the line, we can go down the list and it would be a

long Easter service if we did that, but we could go, we could share.

And I want you to think about have God has changed one thing in your life.

If you've seen one iota power of God, you can celebrate that.

And so we are witnesses.

To see Chris Galassia up here, to see the brothers and sisters who

shared WAN being able to share.

That's the power of God right there, because 20, 30, 15 years ago, they

wouldn't have been doing that.

And knowing Chris, he definitely wouldn't have been doing that,

but we're witnesses of the power of God in our lives and in those around us.

We also are recipients of this mercy, of grace of love.

Sean shared a scripture that all good gifts come from who,

from the Father, and they come because of love, grace, and mercy.

You and I are here today only because of God's love, grace and mercy.

Whether you are a true Christian or not, God is displayed, is love,

grace, and mercy to you today.

And so we are recipients of this.

Great eternal treasure, and we are also participants in God's mission.

God's mission, to redeem his creation, to have an eternal life.

You and I, as true Christians, get a chance to participate with

God in this great redeeming work.

How awesome is that?

You can do some cool things.

Maybe work for the government or or be a professional athlete or win an Emmy

or a Grammy, whatever the case is.

But nothing can compare to working with the King of Kings and

redeeming people for all eternity.

There's no greater joy, no greater call.

And so what can you and I do?

We can celebrate.

I don't know about you, but I get fired up thinking about this.

You know, you ever get some, uh, a, a letter in the mail and uh,

it makes you a little nervous.

Some of you ever get that or you get a text or an email, you're like, uhoh.

You know, sometimes when the DMV send me something, I'm like, uhoh, what a

brother do you know what I'm saying?

One time I think I got something from collections.

I was like, collections, who do I owe money to?

And they shrimping calling collections.

I think it was Time Warner.

We had some beef about $30.

You know what I'm saying?

I won't get into all that, you know what I mean?

But just imagine, right?

You get something and it says, important notice from the judge,

and it says, verdict inside.

How you feeling?

You feel a little nervous, aren't you?

What's going on there?

And as you, you, you, you, you're hesitant to open up the envelope.

Because you're nervous about what it's going to reveal.

You're nervous, man, what am I gonna do?

What's my excuse?

How am I gonna get out of this?

Who can I call?

Can I call my mama my daddy to fix this?

What can I do?

But then you realize, you know what?

I am guilty.

I have done something, and so I'm about to receive my punishment spiritually.

All of us have sinned before God.

There's not a soul in here, and I don't care how good you think you are, there's

not a soul in here who hasn't sinned before a righteous and living God.

And not only have we sinned, but we sinned multiple, multiple, multiple times.

Sometimes we did it on accident, but most of our times we did it intentionally.

And so if we stand before the judge.

We know we are guilty as charged, but let's go back to this envelope.

You pull out the envelope, you read it, and a note says this,

he has risen debt, paid in full.

How would you feel?

Then?

Fired up.

You no longer scared anymore, are you?

You are scared.

No, you fired up.

I can't believe it.

You going to get ready to do a TikTok dance, you know what I'm saying?

You are fired up.

Hallelujah.

I know.

If it's me, Corina, and I'm doing, I'm picking up Dominique, my 6-year-old

son, and we're getting Lion King on.

I'm fired up 'cause I'm like, yes, I was guilty, but I've been freed.

And here spiritually, what happens that when Jesus died, but more

so when he resurrected, he said he has risen and all that debt of

your sin has been paid in full.

So therefore, guess what?

You don't have to stand before a judge saying guilty.

You're stand before a judge who says not guilty, justified

as if you had never sinned.

But I have sinned.

Guess what?

Jesus wiped all that away.

Amen.

Now, what should you do with that?

Be sad.

Oh, I can't believe I'm saved.

No, you rejoice.

You celebrate.

Hallelujah.

Thank you so much for raising for the dead, and thank you for giving me

the opportunity to respond to that.

So we rejoice today for our salvation.

We rejoice because we can celebrate.

Because the resurrection leads to all this.

It leads to a new life, an eternal life.

It leads to hope, it leads to peace, it leads to security, it leads to power,

it leads to change, it leads to purpose, it leads to mission, and then more.

This is why we celebrate the resurrection because it gives

us all these things and more.

We have a new life here.

We have an eternal life.

We start to enjoy now.

We have hope for the future.

We have hope for eternity.

We have a peace

and victory over us.

Death and fear can't hold us down.

Because of the resurrection of Jesus.

It's the event that is the basis of our faith.

And just like we celebrate on the 4th of July as Americans freedom from the,

the tyranny of the Great Britain and the English rule over us, we celebrate

because sin, despair, fear, and the chains of death no longer have hold

on us because we are free in Christ.

Indeed.

Amen.

And so we celebrate and what heaven is our destination.

That's where you and I are going.

As true Christians,

it also calls not only to celebrate, but I believe the response to the

cross calls for us to commit to commit.

To Jesus, you know, we'll look at it real quickly here.

Remember when he was talking to them, he said, I'm gonna send you out.

He said, the Messiah will suffer and rise from the uh, dead on the third day, and

repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached his name to all nations.

Repentance.

What does that repentance means?

Change.

It leads to a transformation.

I change the way I think, therefore I change the way I feel about things.

Therefore, I change the way I behave.

It means to turn around.

I was walking this way toward sin and destruction, but God called

me to repent and I turn, and now I walk toward the living God.

That's what repentance is.

That's what it produces in our lives.

And it was mentioned actually in the beginning by Savannah in Second

Corinthians, chapter five, I want to read this, this, uh, leader in the church.

His name is Paul.

He wrote this to the church that met in the city called Corinth.

He says, for Christ's love compels us.

Because we are convinced that one died for all and therefore all

died and he died for all that.

Those who live, that's you and me should no longer live for themselves, but for

him who died for them and was raised again, you see, God calls us to commits.

We have an opportunity to celebrate, but he also says, commit to me.

And just as Chris talked about earlier, there's a commitment

when it comes to Jesus.

And God is calling for us to commit.

And if you think about it, it's the only thing that makes

rational and proper sense.

It's the only response that makes any sense is to commit to that.

And I believe God is calling every one of us here today to either

commits or to recommit to Jesus.

Nick and Tiana was mentioned earlier, your wedding is coming up correct.

You guys are getting all kind of love today, right?

Now just imagine I have the honor and privilege to be able to marry them.

And here we are.

They're gonna be there.

And, and, and we ask, Hey, you know, we do the vows.

And then Nick's like, uh, I don't know if I'm really feeling this commitment part.

How would Tiana feel about that?

She, Eric said, run, take off, girl.

He's no good.

Drop that zero and get with a hero.

You know what I'm saying?

That's what they used to say back in the day.

Ricky Lake, all my old folks, you know what I'm saying?

Drop that zero.

Give through the hero once a dog, always a dog.

You know what I'm saying?

That's not you, Nick.

There you go.

And so it would only make sense as they're deciding to get married that

they would fully commit to each other.

It wouldn't make any sense at all for them to propose and say

yes, and then say, you know what?

I like all the benefits, but I don't like the commitment part.

I want all the benefits from you, but I don't wanna commit to you.

Would that make any sense?

The only rational, proper response would be if you're committing

to me, I'm committing to you.

Again.

God is calling some of us to commit to Christ.

For some of us, he's calling us to recommit.

I did a renewing of the vows last week, man, this is just like the season

of weddings and all kind of stuff.

And, uh, it's a friend of mine and they were recommitting, they're,

they're getting back together in their marriage and they decided,

you know, we wanna do this God's way and we wanna officially recommit.

We just don't wanna just do this.

We wanna, we wanna renew our vows.

And so we got there and, and called them to recommit to the promise that

they made once, because they were clear and they weren't shy about it.

And every witness there knew their story.

And they decided, you know what?

We are going to recommit our vows to each other, and for some of us, this

is what God is calling you today.

You may be at once, had great faith, but you haven't been committed.

Or maybe you've been a longstanding member for many years, but in

your hearts you have not been committed the way you once were.

I was praying this morning and I was thinking about it and I, and I was

like, God, what do I need to recommit?

Because I know I'm committed to you, but are there areas in my

life that need to be recommitted?

And I was like, you know what?

Sometimes the way I'm looking at my sin, I don't view it and I don't have

the veracity and the determination to deal with it the way I need to.

So I need to recommit in this area.

A couple weeks ago, I felt like, you know what, man?

I'm sitting on a pocket of lottery tickets that have won

and that's called the Good News.

And I'm not sharing this good news the way I need to, the way I want

to, or even the way I used to.

And so I decided I need to recommit to getting the good news out to

as many people as much as possible for as long as I live, I had to

recommit in this area of my life.

So I want to ask you, is there an area in your life you need to recommit to?

Because if you do, whether it's recommitment or commitment, there's

joy and blessings that are waiting.

The joy and the blessings are waiting to be claims for your life, but you

have to commit or you have to recommit.

Again, that's the only response that makes sense to the joy of what Christ

did on the death and resurrection for our sins and our salvation.

And so brothers and sisters, I want to call you today to commit

or to recommit in response to the gospel, the good news of Jesus.

Let's get real practical here.

If you're visiting here for with us for the first time, I'd like

to get what we call action steps.

So it means we don't just listen to the message, we don't just like the

message, we don't just share the message on Instagram or Facebook.

But no, we're gonna put this into practice in some form.

And so here's my encouragement and direction for everyone

here, and it's real simple.

Number one, celebrate.

Celebrate.

I don't care if you have big plans today.

You're doing the Easter egg hunt, or you just going home to watch the NBA playoffs.

Go ahead and celebrate the resurrection today.

Go ahead and have joy and praise God for Jesus resurrecting.

Praise him for the things he's doing in your life, things he's done in

the past, and the things he wants to do in your life, and the fact that

you can even hear his message today.

Celebrate today.

Amen.

Go ahead and play that song.

Celebrate, you know what I'm saying?

And in fact, I think every one of us, because of how good God

is, again, we should be doing some Christian tiktoks today.

You know what I'm saying?

Was it Christians on TikTok?

You know what I'm saying?

He isid.

He isid.

You know what I'm saying?

We should get it cracking today.

And here's the second thing.

I want you to do this.

Ask yourself, am I doing this right?

Am I doing this right?

Because if you're not experiencing the things that were listed, the

things that we've shared, why not?

Why aren't you experiencing those things in your life right now?

Is it a view that's off?

Is it, is it your actions?

Is it your company that you keep that that pulls you in the wrong direction?

Is it pride?

Is it selfishness?

I don't know.

But ask yourself, am I doing this?

Right,

because maybe you've never committed, or maybe you need to renew your vows

to Christ, but am I doing this right?

And we have some help.

We wanna help each other out.

We're gonna start a sermon series next week, and it's called this.

Am I doing this right?

And we're gonna look at our faith.

Are we doing this faith thing right?

This religion thing, am I doing this right?

And it's not for us to feel bad, but for us to do it right.

How about relationships, man?

Yeah.

Am I doing this right?

Finances success.

So we're gonna be talking about that for the next four weeks, and I'm excited about

this time to go ahead and dig into this.

But again, we close out, this is Resurrection Sunday.

The good news, the gospel of Jesus.

And because it's good news, we have a reason to celebrate and we have a

reason and a proper response to commit.

I wanna close out in Luke Chapter 24, brothers and

Luke 24 · chapter mention

Sisters, are you still with me?

They said to the women, why do you look for the living among the dead?

He is not here.

He has risen.

May we celebrate the day that changed the world, the road to the resurrection.

He is risen.

Amen.

Amen.