Lessons we can learn from Judas

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Have your Bibles this morning going to be in a few places

here. And brother Brian Rayburn will

be here next week. We will be gone.

So you'll come worship with him and he's he's great, great

messenger of Jesus Christ. Amen.

I had someone hear him preach one time.

He said, pastor, you're supposed to get somebody worse than you

when you're gone. That way everybody thinks you're

good when you get back. But I said, I'm not about me.

I'm about building the Kingdom. Hey man, so when I'm gone, I'm

going to bring you somebody good.

Hey man, but good to be in the House of the Lord.

Let's stand and read. I've preached this seems like

the last couple years prior to Easter because there was a lot

going on this week and the next week there was a lot going on

for eternity forever. Well, I want you to get the

mindset of this that today as I preach this, but I think it's

the body of Christ. If people can understand that

this life that we play so much value on, you know, Jesus

disciples, they didn't get it until he was gone.

But the life that we play so much value on, it's really only

a test. It's a test to get us stronger,

to get us to the end of this life.

And ultimately, if we obey Christ, it will land us in

heaven if we pass the test, right?

And in Deuteronomy chapter 8 and verse one, it says every

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commandment which I command you today, you must be careful to

observe what we could preach, that today that you may live and

multiply. See the commandments of God and

the things that are written in the Word of God, they're not to

take away from us, they're to multiply us.

They're to add to us. And if you're careful to observe

them, you may live and multiply and go in and possess the land

which the Lord swore to your Father's.

You shall remember that the Lord your God LED you all the way

these 40 years in the wilderness, Anybody in the

wilderness this morning to humble you and test you.

I like that he always astounded me when I read this because he

it says he humbles us and he test us to know what was in your

heart. But wait a minute.

He's an all seeing, all knowing God.

Doesn't he already know I have those questions?

But He said to know what was in your heart, whether you would

keep His commandments or not. So He humbled you, allowed you

to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you did not know,

nor did your father's know that He might make known that man

shall not say it with me. Man shall not live by bread

alone, but man lives by every word that proceeds from the

mouth of the Lord. Who else said that?

Matthew chapter 4 and verse four, Our Lord and Savior Jesus

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Christ quoted that to whom? To Satan when he came and

tempted him. He said man shall not live by

bread alone. Father, we come before you

today. We pray for grace today.

We pray for your strength to preach the word one more time.

Father, I, I pray that you touch my speech today.

I pray that you would touch each and everyone here, but most of

all, you would help us to realize that we're in a test

today. The trials, that and the

afflictions that come our way, they're to test us, to make us

stronger, to land us in the presence of our loving Savior.

We thank you for those that are here.

We thank you for those that are gone.

They're ministering this morning that you would touch the bikers

in a special way. It's in your son's name, we

pray, Amen. A test, a challenge.

It's designed to assess our character and our faithfulness.

We just read about that. God sent the test to those

children of Israel. A test is only what I preach.

This someone time part of this. A test is only a test, but it is

meant to elevate us, it not bring us down.

It's meant to build us up. And we've all been through tests

and trials in this life. Some have passed, some have

failed. How about you?

I like to think the older I get, I've learned more and I pass

more tests. But yes, we fail many times.

Maybe you're at a test today. Maybe you've just come through a

test. Or you could be headed to a

test, right? A place of testing, but a test

is set before God's children and we're always meant to pass the

test. When we look at this Bible, you

know, I think a lot of people they, they read the Bible and

separate their life from it many times.

But the Bible is a book about broken people.

How many know that it's a book? Not everyone that's written in

the Bible, you're supposed to act like it was people that

failed test. It was people that passed a few

tests. But yet we are to learn from

every one of them that was tested.

And we're to humble ourselves and learn how to get through the

test. And the testing went all the way

through to the New Testament. And this is where I want to

preach to you. Really, today is about a man

named Judas. We sang about him last week.

How many know who Judas was? He was a disciple of Christ.

He was the one that betrayed Christ for 30 pieces of silver.

But I want to look back at some lessons we can learn.

So we've learned that tests come not to be failed.

You know, there's there's preachers that will tell you.

Well, Judas was referred to in Zechariah 3 as what he was a man

of perdition. He he was a man that was doomed

from birth. The Bible says Zechariah

prophesied him as that upon his life, that there would be a man

that would betray Christ for 30 pieces of silver.

And Jesus even referred to Judas which was going through a test.

So there's two different ways to look in John 17 and 12, Jesus

said he was talking and praying to God.

He said I kept them in your name.

Those you gave me I have kept and none of them is lost except

the son of say it with me perdition meaning doom for

destruction. He was talking about Judas here.

So Jesus knew, but yet he let Judas see it.

You know we get we can see churches today.

Well, you can't let these people do this.

You can't let them do that. But Jesus knew that how Judas

was, but yet in my opinion, he give him a chance, see someone

somewhere along the way. He knew that maybe Judas was in

an unredeemable state. As I said, it was at Zechariah

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Chapter 11, not 3 that this was prophesied.

But see, Jesus had something different.

He could see a head. He knew how Judas would actually

end up. But I have always thought the

second thing about Judas, because if we believe that after

the cross of Calvary, after Jesus walked out of that tomb,

come on somebody and he he was returning to the right hand of

the Father and grace had hate planet earth.

I think it made things a little bit different.

We have to know that it did. And I think if Judas had not

have hung himself and took matters, had he went out and

prayed? Had he went out and sought God

because, see, Judas didn't do anything that we have not done.

He did not Christ, he failed Christ.

But yet if he hadn't took matters into his own hands after

the cross, would salvation have been available to him?

I believe it would because we read in the book of Jonah that

God changed his mind on a whole nation that he was going to

destroy. Just so Judas was labeled as the

man of perdition, the man that would ultimately be doomed and

betray Christ. But let's go to Matthew chapter

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26. I want to read a few things

about this. I preached on it over the years

and always give give different takes on it.

But I want to look at some lessons we could learn from

Judas. Think about it.

Someone had been in the presence of Christ.

History tells that Judas had even cast some demons out.

He carried the offering for for Jesus ministry.

So Judas was a figure in the ministry of Jesus Christ and yet

he come out and he failed and he end up committing suicide and

hanging himself. So I think there's some lessons

we can learn because Judas was at a place that he was with

Christ. But what do you think the number

one thing was? I'm going to give you 7 things

here that Judas did not do that I think we could learn from.

And Matthew chapter 26 and verse 19, 26 and 19 it said.

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So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and they

prepared the Passover. When evening had come, he sat

down with the 12 and now as they were eating, he said assuredly,

I say to you, one of you will betray me.

He gives a warning and they were exceedingly sorrowful, and each

of them begin to say to him, Lord is said I didn't worry

about the betrayal, but the teaching automatically focused

on Lord is said I and he answered, and he dipped his hand

with them in the dish. He one who dips with me in the

dish will betray me. The Son of Man indeed goes just

as it is written of him, but woe to the man by whom the Son of

Man is betrayed. It would have been better for

him that he'd not have been born then Judas, who was betraying

him already in the process of it, He answered and he said,

Rabbi, is it I? And he said to him, you have

said it. So see, the deal here is Judas

knew that what was going to happen.

Christ had already revealed it to him.

But the first thing Judas did is what I see today in the body of

Christ. He refused change.

He refused change. He knew who God was, but he was

never willing to really change. He started out a disciple and he

ended up to a devil. So many today accept Jesus

Christ. They're told they're saved, but

they never say it. With me change many go to

church. We see this a lot today.

I just the Lord laid this on my heart in her in the people that

are looked up to that in the world today who are the number

one people that we that we look up to.

It's not preachers. What is it It's about worship.

It's Hollywood. We spend a lot of our time

watching Hollywood. We spend the rest of our time

for most people listening to secular music, right?

And now we are seeing what what was Satan when he was in heaven?

He was the leader of worship. He knows about singing.

He knows how a good song can get into your spirit, Amen.

He knows how something that somebody wrote in going to a

dark time of their life and a lot of music is good.

I'm not saying that, but I have never seen in my day and my

time. It would be no different than me

standing up here professing to know Jesus Christ this morning,

right? Right.

And then going somewhere else that is worldly and doing

something different. But yet we keep listening.

I see all these videos of these these these people that have

wrote powerful songs, songs that you can feel the presence of the

Lord. And then my question is, why do

they think they have to go to somebody in the world to get

esteemed and share their song with what they wrote?

And we say, oh, well, it's heartfelt.

It's this. Well, when you look at the other

things that are posted about those people, they haven't

changed, Amen. If I own a strip club or a

nightclub and I profess to know Jesus Christ, and I'm going to

sell out and I'm going to follow Jesus and I'm ultimately going

to end up in heaven, I think I would have to sell that and get

rid of it. Amen.

But yet we see the world is refusing.

I'm not the world. The Christians are refusing to

change. And it is what it is, tearing up

the body of Christ because we think we can take.

I'm going to tell you something. You can't take the anointing of

the Holy Spirit and mix it with the world.

It will not work now, not ever. Judas is a great example of

that. He refused to change #2 We read

in John chapter 12 one through 7 it was Jesus.

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He it was about the time that he was passing through Bethany and

it says 6 days before the Passover in John 12 and one it

says Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was.

I like this right here, Nick. Give me just a hair more volume

there. I'm having to strain a little

bit. When Lazarus, where Lazarus was

who had been dead, Jesus was eaten with a man that had been

dead because he'd raised him from the dead.

There they made him a supper and Martha served, but Lazarus was

one of those who sat at the table with him.

And I can picture Mary, she says she took a pound of very costly

sphinctered oil and anointed Jesus.

She began to take her hair and she began to wash the feet of

Jesus. And Judas is sitting in the

shadows. What did I say about Judas?

He refused to do what change. He began to see her washing with

a sphinctered oil and washing the feet of Jesus and and Judas

had it in his heart. He said, you know, this stuff is

worth a year's wages. It's worth a whole year's wages.

We could have sold it and went and give it to the poor, but the

Bible says that really wasn't what was in his heart.

He didn't care for the poor, but because he was a thief and he

had the Money Box and he used to take what was put in it.

But Jesus said let her alone. She has kept this for the day of

my burial. She she knew what was going to

happen for the poor. You have with you always, but me

you do not always have. See Judas wanted to give God

something but not everything. I ask you today, what are you

holding back? You're praying and you're

seeking God and and the things that you hold back from God

could be the very place that he's testing you in to get you

to what you're praying for. But you keep holding it back.

We keep holding back something from God and God cannot move

when we hold back. I'm not saying he can't, but he

won't. What are you holding back?

What you're holding back could cause your spiritual death.

The third thing, Judas, as we read this passage of Scripture

and I see this so prevalent in a lot of lives today, Jesus, Judas

thought worship was waste. Think about it, He thought

worship was waste. We see it all the time.

I don't, I don't clap, my church don't clap.

We don't see any need in clapping.

My church don't do that. The Bible says raise one hand

without wrath and another hand without doubting.

That is a commandment from God. We praise because he inhabits

the praise of his people, because he's worthy of our

praise. But I don't think Judas ever got

that in his spirit that worship was not waste.

If he would, he would have said, Mary, go ahead and wipe his feet

down. Go ahead and worship because

this could be the last time that we're in the presence of our

Savior, Jesus Christ. He never got that.

He never got that worship was not waste.

Can I tell you, any worship you do, God hears it #4 Judas knew

about Jesus, but he did not know him.

We have a lot of people like that.

They've read the book, they bought the best sellers.

They know about Jesus, but they they really, really don't know

him. In Matthew 26 and 25, when

everybody was saying, they was saying, they was saying teacher,

they was saying Lord, is it I Lord is it I?

That means he's, he's ABBA Father.

He's Lord of all. Judas never got that.

He still referred to him as rabbi, our teacher.

He never got that he was Lord of all.

He never got that. He was the one.

Judas knew about Jesus, but he did not know him.

All the others said, Lord, but I fear it's possible to attend

church and know about Jesus but yet not have a change in your

life. Jesus knew for three years that

that Judas would betray him, but he never exposed him until the

final hour. My prayer is in Philippians 3

and 10 that I might know him and the power of his resurrection.

Right. The fifth thing, Judas had

incorrect timing. How many times do we have

incorrect timing? What is incorrect timing?

We try to get God to operate on our time frame.

We spent countless hours in prayer because we haven't looked

back and we haven't really changed in our life.

We haven't wanted to give God everything.

We just give Him some things. But we still think that worship

is waste. Many times.

We still only know about Jesus. But Judas had incorrect timing.

Many scholars believe, and I've heard all kinds of different

things when you look this up. But Judas, he believed that

Jesus was the one that would overthrow all the bad kingdoms

of the earth, and that by by him betraying him, he could speed up

the end times and could speed up Jesus coming back to this earth

as the second coming. Many people believe that, but

that's not what the Bible says. See the he believed that the

nation of Israel could be won back from the Roman Empire,

maybe by speeding up the betrayal of Jesus and going

forward with it. But see, we can't press God to

do things and take things into our own hands.

Judas would soon learn this. I know when it will happen.

I've learned exactly when it will happen in my life.

The things I'm praying for. Have you learned that yet?

It'll happen exactly when God wants it to.

Judas had incorrect timing. The sixth thing, Matthew chapter

2648. I'm going to read a little bit

here. It said now his betrayer who had

given them a sign saying whomever I kiss, he is the one

sees him. And in verse 49, he said

immediately he went up to Jesus and he said, greetings, here he

is again. He he's calling him rabbi.

He still thinks he's a teacher. He doesn't think he's the King

of kings and the Lord of Lords. And in verse 50, he says, but

Jesus said to him, friend, why have you come?

Then they came and they laid hands on him.

I wanted to ask you today when you, if you've ever got a hold

of Jesus, if you've ever got your hands on him, Judas was

right there. I challenge you.

Never let him go. Judas never learned this.

He was right there. He was in the ministry.

Man, this ought to be a wake up call for us today.

We prayed a simple sinner's prayer and been water baptized

and many have never went any farther.

Judas was way farther than that. He was involved.

He was with Jesus, but he let him go.

He let him go. I'm sure that Judas did not know

at this time that it would be the last time that he could let

him go. It would be the last time that

he's seen Jesus as he was. If you ever get lay hold of

Jesus, don't let him go. He won't let you go.

Don't let him go. People and religion will let you

down, but Jesus will never let you go holding fast.

One translation says never let him go.

If you ever get delivered from the things in this life, don't

let him go because there's seven other spirits the Bible teaches

that are waiting to come in and take you farther than you've

ever been in your life and keep you longer than you want to stay

and cost you far more than you can ever pay.

I said never let him go. If you've ever been saved and

cleansed, don't let him go, though sometimes you're broken.

Sometimes you're afraid, That's OK.

Don't let him go. Keep coming back.

Don't let him go. It may be a long journey, but I

challenge you, don't let him go. And the 7th most priceless

lesson, I believe of all of them that we can learn from Judas.

If you don't finish your assignment, somebody else will.

Think about that. Judas took the 30 pieces of

silver that which he had took in exchange for the betrayal of

Jesus Christ. Man, when I read that, I, I

think of all the people that have told what they have taken

in exchange for the blessings that God has given us, what

they've taken in exchange for the blood that covers every sin

we've ever committed. See, if we don't believe that

Jesus could be forgiven, then I can't believe that I can be

forgiven. But he took those 30 pieces of

silver and he went to the temple and he throw them out on the

temple floor because he had realized a moment too late.

He had realized what he had done.

He betrayed many believe that it was about this time that he's

carrying the bag by money that Jesus had done been flogged and

had done been beaten. Maybe even the crown of thorns

had already been placed on his head.

The the Bible says that you know that he was beaten beyond

recognition. The one that Judas had just

betrayed had been beaten, and I believe that Judas probably got

a glimpse of him. He had seen what he had done,

and he took the 30 pieces of silver, the very thing that he

had took in change in exchange for Jesus Christ.

Anybody ever been there? The very thing that you took in

exchange, you just throwed it down and you didn't want it in

your life anymore because you realize that it wasn't worth the

peace and the joy and the things that you had when you were

serving God. But he threw it on the ground.

See, whatever you take in exchange for Jesus, it will

become very costly. He took it and he threw it on

the floor of the temple, and he went out and he hang himself.

There's no way out. See, that's where the enemy

wants you this morning. I have no way out.

History tells that Judas took the sash from his robe and went

out on a Cliff and hung himself, and the sash broke.

You won't find this in the Bible.

This is what history tells. But people supposedly seen it.

And he fell down a Cliff and hit on rocks, and a wagon came by

and they couldn't stop. And they run over him with the

old wagon wheels and squashed his guts out on the ground.

See, the enemy does not stop. He does not stop, but he took

it. He threw it on the ground.

He took matters into his own hands and he hung himself.

See in Acts chapter 1 and verse 26.

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This was after Judas was dead, after Jesus had ascended into

heaven. There was only 11 disciples.

Now think about that. There's only 11, only 11

disciples. Now they cast lots and it landed

on a man named Matthias. They had to pick the 12.

And as we go to Revelations, I'm going to close here in a minute,

But in Revelations 21, we read of what heaven will be like.

If you've never read Revelations 21, I want to read a lot there

this morning, but I'm I'm not going to be able to go home and

read about it. Go home and read about what

heaven's going to be like. But in Revelations 21, is John

the Revelator seen heaven, He said now the wall of the city

talking about heaven. Stay with me right here.

If you hear anything about Judas, you need to hear this

today had 12 foundations. Think about that.

Heaven is built on the on the 12 apostles.

It has 12 foundations. Think about it.

The 12 apostles, I'm not going to name them all, but it was

built upon what they did for Jesus Christ and the truth

that's written in this word. And it says now the wall had 12

foundations and all them were the name of the 12 apostles of

the Lamb. Think about that.

Judas name could have been on one of those foundations, but

yet now I don't even know if we'll be able to see them but

it's possible there could be the name Judas with a line through

it and under it could be Mattheus.

If you ever lay hold of Jesus, don't let him go.

The wall of the city had 12 foundations.

Could it be that Judas name could have been on one of those

foundations and now it's etched out.

But now we're preaching a gospel that says that no matter what

you do in this life, you're going to heaven.

If you prayed the sinner's prayer, yes, that's what's being

preached. It doesn't matter what you've

done. But you just would have sure had

a entrance, wouldn't he? I want to look at what Jesus

said about it in Revelations chapter 3.

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Out of all the verses in the Bible that you've ever read,

I'll promise you this is the most eye opening, the most

spiritual eye opening scripture that you have ever read.

And Jesus was writing it, revealing it to John.

John was writing it in Revelations 3 and he was writing

it to what he referred to as the dead church, the Church of

today, the church that's more involved in building programs

than they are saving souls. The church that resembles much

the life of Judas, if I really be honest with you today,

because they refuse to change. They have let the world change

them. They have not been transformed

from the world. They've been conformed.

The church has been conformed, whether you like it or not and

you want to believe it or not, the church has been conformed to

the world. Same thing I was talking about

Hollywood and all the singers that think they have to conform

to whoever because they're popular.

My Bible says what does a man gain if he profits the whole

world and loses his own soul? And then he says a comma.

He says or what? Will you give an exchange?

I'm just going to go ahead and say it.

I've listened to Brandon Lake, some anointed singing, some

anointed songs, but why was he worried about in an interview

that people was ridiculing him for singing with Jelly Roll?

If it was the right decision, why was he question himself?

When I hear from God and even though the world don't agree

with it, or maybe you don't agree with it, if I know it's

from God, I don't care because I know it's from God.

Now when I stagger from the past a little bit and I know that I'm

wrong and there's a little bit of doubt in there.

Amen. But it's called the almighty

dollar. Why was people that raised in

church that sing annoyed songs and then they have to go out in

the world and sing about sex, drugs and alcohol.

Why did they strike? Because they I've heard them say

I just couldn't make it in the gospel world.

There was no money. But there's eternity.

There's eternity. We better wake up because of

this verse right here. See, the world has changed the

church, but I want to recap these four clothes Judas refused

to change. Judas wanted to give God

something, but not everything. If you don't believe me, go

research it. Go read about Judas.

He did all these things. He thought worship was waste.

The church today thinks worship is waste.

Judas knew about Jesus, but he really didn't know him.

Judas had incorrect timing. He thought he could force some

things. He never learned that if you

ever get your hands on Jesus, if you ever get close to him, never

let him go. But Judas would ultimately learn

if you don't finish your assignment, somebody else will.

But in a world that plays with the things of the Spirit and is

not serious about it, read Revelations chapter 3 verse one.

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This is to the dead church. He said to the Angel of the

church and saw to write these things says he who has the seven

spirits of God and the seven stars.

He said I know your works, that you have a name, But what does

the church have a name today? Not only do they have a name,

but they're recognized by their name.

Hello. How weak is that?

I limit God by my name. Hello.

Because I'm a Methodist or Presbyterian, I ordained gay

ministers. That's your name now.

That's your name now. You recognize homosexuality is

OK in the body of Christ. That's your name now.

I'm of this, I'm of that. That means we don't operate in

the gifts of the Spirit. You can pick your church.

The church has a name. That's what Jesus said.

I know your works, that you have a name that you look alive, you

look like something's going on down there, but you're really

dead. Oh, come on, somebody, He says.

Be watchful and strengthen the things which remain.

See, it's never too late. As I said last week, if you've

if you, you got to take heed lest you fall.

If you fail, that means you were once standing, right?

So a righteous man may fall, but get back up, be watchful.

Strengthen the things which remain.

I may not have much. I've been in the places of my

life where I didn't have anything but obedience.

Amen. Everything it looked like that

I'd done for God was failing. But I had obedience.

I had a promise from God of what I was to keep doing.

All I had was obedience, and I kept obeying.

Strengthen that which remains within you that are ready to

die, for I have not found your works perfect before God.

Verse 3. Remember, as you stand to your

feet, remember, therefore have you have received and heard.

Hold fast and repent. Therefore, if you will not

watch, I will come upon you as a thief and you will not know what

hour I will come upon you. Isn't that powerful?

You know, that's the most scary thing in America right now.

Under the other administration, I feel like a lot of people was

praying God change America, God help America.

Now it seems like that you, we feel like we've arrived.

We feel like everything's OK. I will come upon you as a thief.

This is Jesus talking, and you will know not what hour I will

come upon you. That tells me there's no time to

get ready. When Jesus, when Gabriel sells

the horn, there's no time to get ready.

You know at that time, it doesn't matter how many times

you failed, It doesn't matter how many times you've fallen.

All that matters is that you're standing.

This is why it's important. You ready for the most powerful

verse in the Bible that should shake you and wake you As a

Christian, you have a few names even in Sardis, who have not

defiled their garments, and they shall walk with me in white, for

they are worthy. He who overcomes shall be

clothed in white garments. Are you ready for this?

Are you ready for this? The Church ain't ready for this,

because everybody thinks they're saved, he said.

But if you, if you're found worthy.

And he who overcome shall be clothed in white garments.

And I will not blot out his name from the Book of life, but I

will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.

He who has an ear to hear, let him hear what the Spirit says to

the churches. Would you bow your heads?

I want to read this one more time.

He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I

will not blot out His name from the book of life.

Jesus has the power to do that. He had the power to save us.

He has the power to unrecognize us.

I didn't say it, the Bible did, but I know when I read that at a

young age it got my attention. But I ask you, would you take

these lessons from Judas this morning and would you learn from

them? Because the enemy's still

robbing us the same way that he did Judas.

When we refuse to change, he convinces us to give God

something, but not everything. He convinces us, as he did

Judas, to think that worshipping was waste.

Judas knew about Jesus, but he did not know him.

Oh, that I might know him in the power of his resurrection.

Don't have incorrect timing. Rely upon God's timing.

If you ever get your hands on Jesus, don't let him go.

Would y'all come and play something this morning?

I want to play that Amazing Grace one more time.

And if you don't finish your assignment, somebody else will.

As your heads are bowed, I want you to think about this message

this morning as we're leading up to Resurrection Sunday where we

will celebrate the resurrected Savior.

I'll just give you one thing that come up.

There was another that would deny him named Peter, but yet

Peter went out and repented. And when Jesus walked out of

that tomb, as we will celebrate Sunday after next, what

happened, He wanted to make sure he said go get the others, but

make sure Peter comes. Man that touches my heart.

Make sure that Peter, he, he knew about me and he was part of

this ministry. And he even took a few steps on

the water that night. He took a few steps, but he got

his eyes off of me and he denied me.

But you know what, I can still use him.

Peter straight a little bit, but I can see Peter.

Maybe he's at the Garden of Gethsemane.

Maybe he's back on his fishing boat.

Peter had went back to his fishing boat.

He thought all was lost and then he's seen the Master.

If you ever have laid hold of Jesus, I don't care what you're

doing right now or what you have done, don't let him go.

How many is glad you didn't let him go?

And when you did let him go, he didn't let you go.

He didn't let you go. God, we thank you for your grace

today. We thank you for people in this

Bible that we can learn from. I don't want to be like Judas.

I want to know that this life is only a test, and if I pass the

test, I can enter in. Don't refuse change.

Whatever God's trying to change in your life, I can promise you

when you give it to him, there's going to be something way better

that will come into your life. I can't promise you it's

material, but I can tell you it's peace that surpasses your

understanding. If you could receive peace today

that surpasses your understanding, your life would

be much easier. Peace that surpasses

understanding. Father, we love you today.

We thank you for this word. Most of all, we thank you for

your son Jesus and his Amazing Grace.

Thanks for listening to the Cross Power Church podcast.

May you know that true hope, peace, and salvation can only be

found in Jesus. If you're near Campbell, TX, we

would love for you to join us in person.

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