Those Scars Still Speak | Pastor Jesse Jernigan | 4.5.26 (Sermon)

What a day. What a day. What a day.

Wow. I'll just be honest with you. It's

the truth. I could just give a altar

call right now

and we could just go into the house

and I promise you that spoke that spoke

to me this morning.

>> I hope it spoke to you, too.

Um, but I do feel like I have a word for

somebody in the house. And I feel like

the Lord is about to speak directly to

somebody's heart in their life. So, I'm

going to ask you to stand to your feet.

Grab your Bibles. I'm going to read one

verse of scripture.

And and then I'm going to preach what I

feel like the Lord has put on my heart.

Um, and if you take your Bibles, go with

me to the book of John, chapter number

20

and verse number 20. And I'm going to

own it in this service because I realize

it now.

John chapter 20 verse number 20. Before

John 20 · chapter mention

somebody leaves this house, you're going

to have a 2020 vision of who Jesus

really is. Come on. You're going to see

him for who he is. It's going to change

your life.

When you get John 20, say, "I got it."

>> I got it.

>> If you don't have it, we're so kind. We

put it on the screen for you. The Bible

says it like this. He showed them his

hands

and his side.

Then the disciples were glad when they

saw the Lord. That's so nice. I'm going

to read it twice.

He showed them his hands and his side.

Then the disciples were glad when they

saw the Lord. Can you say amen to God's

word today?

>> Amen.

I I want to preach on this simple

thought, the simple phrase

because I believe it's going to be

lifech changing and that's this.

What Jesus was showing here, those scars

still speak today. They still speak. So,

I'm going to ask you to pray with me and

we're going to preach and we're going to

see what God's going to do. Father, I

thank you for your word. Lord, I thank

you for the power of your word. I thank

you for what today represents and means.

I thank you, Lord, that I I we've

already seen your salvation power in

this house this morning. People that

gave their life to you. So, I want to

say thank you for those that have been

born into the kingdom today. Those that

have recommitted their life to you

today. Lord, I am thankful for that. But

Lord, it's a brand new moment, a brand

new time. And Lord, I pray that you

would speak through me with fresh

uncction, fresh anointing in this moment

to speak what only you would have me

speak. God, we thank you. We give you

the praise in Jesus name we pray. And

everybody says amen and amen. If you

would touch about three or four people,

tell them those scars still speak. Those

scars still

those scars

still

speak.

As I begin this, no doubt today

uh in America across the world, people

are celebrating uh this wonderful day

that we call Easter. Um but even in the

celebration of Easter, let me tell you

that we celebrate the resurrection in

this house. Can I get an amen?

>> We celebrate not just a moment, not just

a bunny, not just eggs, all that's fun.

And we have a great time with all of

that. Y'all know us. We going, hey, we

we ain't going to hide any kind of egg.

We're going to hide some anointed eggs.

Amen. That's what we hide around here.

But we celebrate the resurrection. What

is the resurrection? It is literally the

tomb is empty. Can I get an amen? The

tomb is empty. And because the tomb is

empty, victory has come to our life

through the resurrected life of Jesus

Christ. For many that may be under the

sound of my voice or even watching by

live stream now or later on the video, I

want you to understand that the

statements I just made about an empty

tomb and the victory of Jesus Christ,

that brings joy to somebody's life. that

that brings hope to their life. That

brings life to them and letting them

understand that I don't have to live

this life in a defeated manner, but I

can live this life through the victory

that Christ won on the cross and through

the resurrection. But in as much as I

know that it represents all these things

to us that we would call the household

of faith, I also understand on the other

side of that, not everyone walks into a

room like this feeling the same way I

feel. They they may walk in, some will

walk in excited, some will walk in that

way, but there will be some that come in

that they still have questions that

linger in their heart. SOME COME IN THIS

SERVICE this morning on an Easter

Sunday. They are carrying disappointment

from uh disillusionment in relationships

and brokenness. And they may even carry

confusion in their heart to the point

that they EVEN DISTANCE THEMSEL NOT JUST

now but every single day from anything

that feels or resembles a life OF FAITH.

BECAUSE ALL THAT THEY KNOW IN THE FAITH

realm is disappointment and hurt and

pain. But what I want you to understand

is today that I have come to you WITH A

HEART THAT DESIRES TO stay simple and

desires to say uncomplex or complex not

complex in this moment. AND I DON'T WANT

TO COMPLICATE ANYTHING, but I want to

WALK YOU THROUGH THE GREATEST STORY THAT

WAS ever lived. Can you say amen? NOT

JUST PIECES OF IT, NOT HIGHLIGHTS OF IT,

BUT WHAT did Jesus actually do for you

and for me? And it started on a

beautiful day that we recognize as Palm

Sunday where a savior rode into the

beautiful city of Jerusalem on the

cults. He was sitting there not on a

waror to declare war on Rome or declare

war on on any kind of political system,

BUT HE SAT ON A DONKEY AND THAT

REPRESENTED PEACE. He didn't come as a

king that was coming to take OVER A

THRONE, BUT HE came to bring peace to

the hearts and LIVES OF PEOPLE THAT

COULD NOT DO IT THEIREL. He showed up in

that moment not to take on a throne

THROUGH POWER, BUT TO CARRY A CROSS

THROUGH HUMILITY, TO LET THIS WORLD know

that he WAS THE SAVIOR. AND IF ANYBODY

WAS GOING TO REDEEM HUMANITY, IT WAS NOT

GOING TO COME THROUGH THE SACRIFICES OF

OLD ANYMORE, THROUGH SACRIFICING bulls

and lambs and ALL THESE DIFFERENT

REQUIREMENTS. BUT IT WAS GOING TO COME

THROUGH ONE NAME. And it that name is

still the name that's above every name

today. And his name IS JESUS CHRIST. HOW

MANY STILL BELIEVE THAT AT THAT NAME

EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, EVERY TONGUE WILL

CONFESS that he is Lord TO THE GLORY OF

GOD THE FATHER? I want you to understand

he came to humbly carry a cross. And

after THAT MOMENT PROGRESSED OF THAT

GRAND ENTRANCE OF EVERYBODY YELLING

HOSANA, HOSANA IN THE HIGHEST. BLESSED

is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

Can I tell you the next day Jesus showed

up in the temple and began to set things

straight. He turned over tables. Y'all

know the story if you've been around

church long enough. If not, I invite you

to go read the Gospels, Matthew, MARK,

LUKE, AND JOHN, AND CHECK out everything

that THE LORD DID. WE CERTAINLY DON'T

HAVE TIME TO ARTICULATE all of that

today. I would love to, but we don't

have time to go that far. But I'm going

to tell you, he did some incredible

things. He did some powerful things. He

spoke truth straight in the face of

those that were there in the synagogues

and in the places of worship TRYING TO

TARNISH WHAT GOD HAD ESTABLISHED THROUGH

HIS divine will. And can I tell you that

Jesus, I love him so much. He showed up

and he looked at the Pharisees that were

TRYING TO OSTRACIZE PEOPLE BECAUSE OF

their socioeconomic background because

they didn't look like them because they

may not have been in the same

nationality as them. And he looked at

them and Jesus didn't say, "Oh, y'all

are doing a GREAT JOB." NO. WHAT DID

Jesus say? He said, "Woe to you scribes

and Pharisees. You are the reason people

cannot come AND WORSHIP GOD." CAN I TELL

YOU, I LOVE IT WHEN JESUS STARTS TO

UNRAVEL RELIGION RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR

EYES. AND LET ME GO AHEAD AND TELL YOU,

I'VE COME THIS MORNING TO CUT THE RED

TAPE AND LET YOU KNOW THERE IS A SAVIOR

WHO LOVES YOU AND THERE IS A SAVIOR WHO

DIED FOR YOU. AND TODAY YOU CAN ACCEPT

HIM. YOU DON'T HAVE TO PERFORM FOR HIM.

ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS PRESENT YOURSELF TO

THE SAVIOR. AMEN.

>> There was moments that were filled

through that entire week that were

beautiful and powerful up to the moment

that he gathered with the disciples on a

beautiful uh Thursday evening as we

would uh host it on ours on our

calendar. It would be Thursday after the

grand entrance on Sunday that he sat at

the table with his disciples and they

beautifully broke bread and you saw a

beautiful picture of that through the

drama just a moment ago. the broken

bread, the the wine that was there. And

I want to tell you, it was a beautiful

intimate moment to where he let his

disciples know what his intentions were

without holding anything back, saying,

"I'm going to be crucified, but I'm

going to tell you, I will not stay in

the tomb."

>> And can I tell you that same voice is

echoing today inside of this moment that

they left even from that table and they

went to the garden. And I want you to

understand that this garden when Jesus

showed up, even though he had been there

many times before to pray and seek the

face of God, can I tell you this garden

was not filled with pleasure at that

moment, this garden was filled with

intense pressure on Jesus's life. As we

see, the Bible says and records in the

book of Luke, I think it's chapter 22,

where he talked about how he was

intensely praying and even more

earnestly prayed until the the sweat

that he was sweating off of his body

turned into great drops of blood and

fell to the ground. Can I tell you that

he is still bleeding in that moment and

he did that for you and I so that we

could have life and have it more

abundantly. The pressure was so intense.

But I want you to understand even though

in those moments of beauty that we see

now and going back and reflecting on

that last the passion week and that that

beautiful holy week that we see, WE SEE

ALL THESE GREAT ELEMENTS. But can I tell

you that somewhere along the line,

tragedy struck the ranks of Jesus.

Because in a moment when HE THOUGHT THAT

HE HAD ALL HIS BEST PEOPLE TOGETHER,

there was one that stood up, Judas, and

ended up betraying HIM AND WALKING OUT

OF the room where he was standing, where

he was sitting and began to uh uh to

unravel a plan to foil and to spoil

EVERYTHING THAT GOD HAD started through

the life of Jesus. That was betrayal

from someone close. And I want you to

see this. Even there was a moment where

I feel like it shifted in Judas's life

where Judas was in the same room when

Mary came in the room where Jesus was

sitting and brought the alabaster flask

with her, broke it open, poured it over

the head of Jesus in that moment,

preparing him for the burial that would

take place just a few days after that

fact that took that happened in that

room. Can I tell you that in that room

sat all the disciples including Judas.

So Mary was in the room, Judas was in

the room at the feet of the same Jesus,

listening to the same message from the

same savior, having the same opportunity

to get to his feet. But can I tell you,

they were worlds apart in how they view

Jesus. And that's why I want to tell you

in this house today BEFORE YOU LEAVE

THIS PLACE, I BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING TO

HAVE a 2020 vision of who Jesus really

is and what Jesus REALLY DID FOR YOUR

LIFE AND HOW JESUS REALLY REDEEMED you

and set YOU APART. BUT YOU'VE GOT TO BE

WILLING TO look a little deeper. You

>> got to be willing to look a little

deeper. I want you to see this. This

betrayal

that Judas led led to accusations. It

led to mocking. It led to beating. And I

want you to understand it led to a crown

of thorns that was placed on his head.

Stripes that were layered on his back at

a whipping post. Nails that were driven

into his hands and to his feet. And a

cross that was lifted between heaven and

earth. And I want you to understand THIS

WAS NOT SYMBOLIC. THIS WAS absolutely

real. There were people that will argue

and say, "Well, ALL THIS WAS JUST A

STORY THAT WE READ TO make us feel

better around Resurrection Sunday and

feel like we've got everything

together." But I'm going to tell you,

THERE WERE TOO MANY EYEWITNESSES, TOO

MANY accounts that showed that it was

absolutely true. And I want to echo IN

THIS HOUSE, IT WAS NOT A SYMBOLIC STORY

or a fairy tale, BUT IT WAS absolutely

real. And I'm thankful today that he did

it for me. And if he did it for me, he

did it for you. Come on. Is anybody

thankful he did it for you today?

ANYBODY THANKFUL HE PAID THE ULTIMATE

PRICE SO YOU AND I CAN HAVE LIFE and

have it more abundantly.

>> But the REALITY IS EVEN THROUGH ALL OF

THIS WHEN HE WAS NAILED TO A cross and

stretched out wide between heaven and

earth. Can I tell you the reality is

that he did die.

He died in that moment. He drew his last

breath. Even while he was about to draw

his last breath, he was still thinking

about you and I on the cross to the tomb

that he said, "Father, forgive them for

they don't even know what they're

doing." Until he got to the very last

part of his breath and he said, "It is

finished." For I want you to know that

if the devil had known that in that

moment that he was about to accomplish

what he was accomplishing, THE DEVIL

WOULD NEVER have let him get to that

cross. Go back and read scripture.

That's what he knew. It was not that it

was a sneak attack, BUT THE DEVIL had

his eyes on the physical world, but

Jesus had his eyes on the eternal. Oh,

come on. I'm thankful today that JESUS

SAID, "IT IS FINISHED. IT WAS

ACCOMPLISHED FOR YOU AND I." BUT HERE'S

WHAT I KNOW. THEY BURIED HIM IN A

BORROWED TOMB AFTER TAKING HIM OFF THAT

CROSS. AND IT LOOKED LIKE EVERYTHING

they believed HAD ENDED ABRUPTLY IN THAT

MOMENT. BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU, ON THE

MORNING OF THE THIRD DAY, ON THAT

BEAUTIFUL RESURRECTION DAY, Mary came to

the tomb AND SHE LOOKED INSIDE AND SAID,

"HOLD UP. WAIT A SECOND. SOMETHING AIN'T

RIGHT. JESUS AIN'T IN THE TOMB." AND SHE

HAD TO GO BACK AND DOUBLE CHECK TO FIND

OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. CUZ I'M GOING TO

TELL YOU, HE DIDN'T JUST DIE ON A CROSS.

HE DIDN'T JUST GO IN THE GRAVE. BUT I'M

GOING TO TELL YOU, HE ROSE FOR YOU AND I

TODAY. AND IT IS THE GREATEST STORY THAT

HAS EVER BEEN TOLD. IT'S THE MOST

POWERFUL STORY THAT'S EVER BEEN TOLD.

AND BECAUSE HE ROSE, YOU AND I CAN RISE

TODAY, TOO.

>> But I want you to understand, in that

moment when the tomb was empty,

>> death lost its thing.

>> The grave lost ITS VICTORY. THE DEVIL,

WATCH THIS, HE LOST THE WAR AND HE LOST

THE KEYS TO HIS HOUSE IN THREE DAYS.

>> WOO! Come on now. It's the truth. I'll

be honest. I ain't going to trust no

loser that ain't got a keys to his

house.

>> Hello. Can I just preach for just a

second? The Bible says that Jesus took

the keys of death, hell, and the grave.

So, let me just go ahead and rect

rectify this right now. When the enemy

comes in, starts to talk TRASH OVER YOUR

LIFE, YOU JUST LOOK AT HIM AND SAY,

"SHUT UP, LOSER. You don't even have the

keys to your own house. I ain't going to

listen to the words YOU GOT TO SAY."

COME ON. YOU SAY, "WE SHOULDN'T SAY SHUT

UP." OH, I'M GOING TO TELL THE DEVIL TO

SHUT UP CUZ HE'S BEEN WHISPERING AND

TRYING TO MESS WITH MY MIND THIS WEEK.

BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, WE GOING TO

SEE VICTORY THROUGH THE POWER OF GOD.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE PEOPLE BORN AGAIN.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT. COME ON. I WISH

I HAD A CHURCH ON A SUNDAY MORNING THAT

WOULD GET EXCITED AND SAY, "I BELIEVE IN

THE RESURRECTION. IT WASN'T JUST A STORY

OR A FAIRY TALE. IT'S FOR ME AND IT'S

FOR YOU." CAN YOU SAY, "AMEN."

The devil lost the war,

>> lost his keys,

>> didn't even know what he was doing. What

looked finished wasn't finished at all

because it was just the beginning of the

story of victory. You say, "Well, that

was the greatest story." Can I tell you

that this story is still speaking today?

That's why I can stand here and say,

"I've got victory over sin. I've got

victory over the enemy. Not because of

my efforts, but because what Jesus did

on the cross, it worked then. AND GUESS

WHAT? It still WORKS IN 2026. YOU DON'T

HAVE TO WALK THROUGH THIS LIFE AND BE

DEFEATED. YOU CAN WALK THROUGH THIS LIFE

AND BE VICTORIOUS THROUGH THE POWER OF

THE SHED BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST.

>> NOW, I want you to understand this. It

was his finished work. And when we hear

that story, no matter when I hear that

story, I get excited because I know

that's for me.

>> But watch this. For those of us who

believe this, the resurrection means

everything to us.

>> Yeah.

>> Because thank God for death. Thank God

for burial. But if there's no

resurrection,

>> hello somebody.

>> We we we we believe in the full gospel.

And let me go ahead and just take it a

step further than that. The death, the

burial, the resurrection of Christ, the

the the Holy Spirit ascending on the

birthday of the church called Pentecost.

Come on. We still believe in the power

of Pentecost in this house. But then I

believe Jesus is coming again. Is

anybody looking for Jesus to come again

on this beautiful Sunday? Oh yeah. He

rose and soon we're going to rise and

we're going to meet him in the air.

>> The resurrection means everything to you

and I. It brings life to us. It brings

power to us to overcome sin. It brings

restoration to our lives. It secures

forgiveness. AND IT GIVES us hope beyond

this life

because the simplicity of it is this.

And the reality is that unfortunately we

may see it that way, but not everybody

does see it that way.

>> This is this is where uh the rubber

really meets the road, so to speak. Not

everybody hears the story of

resurrection and says, "Wow,

woo.

Hey."

Now, everybody gets in the room and

says, "Hey, let's go, preacher."

>> Let's shout because the fact is

your life may be in shambles.

>> The fact is, you may have had it

together at one time, but somebody, not

Jesus, somebody hurt you.

>> And you are broken this morning, looking

for some kind of hope to cling on to.

And the enemy when he knows that he will

dangle everything else in front of you

to get your attention. But this morning

I am hoping that I am speaking straight

to your heart. And I am dangling

something in front of you. That will be

the greatest decision you've ever made

in your life. Not to walk out of here

with blurred vision, but to walk out of

here seeing Jesus for who he really is

and have hope when you walk out that he

is going to take care of your life. COME

ON. HOW MANY BELIEVE IN HOPE this

morning?

I believe in hope through the power of

the cross. For the fact is some people

do not see it this way. We may see it

through faith, but others see the

resurrection with tons of questions.

They see the resurrection in in in in

view of their past experiences, in view

of uncertainty. AND THAT'S WHAT'S

POWERFUL IS THAT THE TENSION that we

feel in this room that some may feel in

this room is anything but new.

The tension THAT WE FEEL BECAUSE WATCH

THIS ON THE VERY FIRST EASTER THE

DISCIPLES WEREN'T CELEBRATING. They were

hiding.

Hello somebody.

>> They were in that room AND JESUS STEPPED

INTO the room BECAUSE THEY WERE HIDING

AWAY BECAUSE THEY were afraid of what

was going on outside.

>> That's right. Yeah.

>> SO ON THE FIRST EASTER, THEY WERE

AFRAID. THEY were unsure. They were

wondering what was next. AND EVEN AFRAID

OF WHAT PEOPLE WOULD SAY TO THEM. AND

MIGHT I ADD IT LIKE THIS, THE FIRST

EASTER DIDN'T START WITH CELEBRATION. It

started with fear.

>> Hello, somebody. Somebody's like, uhoh,

this guy's crazy.

>> No, go back and read that story. John

John 20 · chapter mention

chapter 20. They were hiding. They were

in fear in that moment. They were in

fear because they didn't know what was

going to happen. BUT I WANT YOU TO

UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE IN

a spirit of fear at that moment because

they were afraid of the Jews is WHAT THE

BIBLE SAYS. THEY WERE AFRAID IF JESUS

just got crucified, we don't KNOW WHAT'S

HAPPENING. WE HEARD HE WAS RESURRECTED

BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN HIM. WE'VE GOT NO

PROOF. SO IF WE SHOW OUR FACE, THEY'RE

GOING TO SAY, "HEY, YOU'RE ONE OF THEM

DISCIPLES. YOU'RE up next."

>> Come on. We can look at this and we can

sanitize it and SAY, "OH, NO. THEY WERE

JUST REJOICING IN THE STREETS. MAN, THEY

HAD A THEY had an Easter rally in the

court square. Come on.

>> Oh, they didn't have that. They were in

a room hiding.

>> Even though Jesus HAD ROSE FROM THE

DEAD.

>> Come on.

>> THESE ARE THE GUYS THAT WALK WITH HIM

FOR THREE YEARS.

>> AND THEY'RE HIDING AWAY BECAUSE THERE'S

PART OF OUR LIFE THAT CAN'T BE DOMINATED

BY NATURAL FEAR. IT DOESN'T MEAN WE

DON'T BELIEVE IN JESUS. THERE'S JUST

THINGS THAT COME UP.

YOU KNOW HOW IT IS WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING

IN YOUR BED AT night and your toes get

outside the covers. You know there's an

alligators about to get your toes.

>> I don't know what that's all about.

People get scared. If I get underneath

the covers, ain't nothing can get me.

Dude, you crazy.

THERE IS A CERTAIN NATURAL FEAR THAT

COMES OVER OUR LIFE FROM TIME TO TIME.

AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. BUT

WHEN IT TRANSLATES FROM THAT TO THE

SPIRIT OF FEAR TAKING OVER your life,

>> THEN YOU WILL DO THINGS THAT LATER ON

YOU LOOK BACK AND SAY, "I'M NOT SURE I

should have done that."

>> Right? Fear will the spirit of fear WILL

MAKE YOU DO things that you're ashamed

of at the end OF IT. THESE DISCIPLES,

THEY HAD THE SPIRIT OF FEAR THAT COME

over that moment AND THEY END UP HIDING

AWAY BECAUSE THEY WERE UNSURE. THEY WERE

UNCERTAIN. BUT HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO

UNDERSTAND. IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR FEAR,

Jesus walked in the room.

Oh, come on. I feel like preaching a

little. OH, YES, I DO FEEL LIKE

preaching a little bit right now. Oh my

god, it's going to be good RIGHT NOW. HE

WALKED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM. WATCH

THIS. HE DID NOT ABANDON THEM. He did

not leave them without hope. I'M GLAD

THAT HE SHOWED UP. SO, I DON'T KNOW

ABOUT YOU ON THIS EASTER SUNDAY MORNING,

BUT I AM CERTAINLY GLAD THAT IN THE

MIDST OF MY BROKENNESS, JESUS showed up.

Oh, come on. I wish I had some folk to

help me preach a little bit ON THIS

SUNDAY MORNING. I'M THANKFUL THAT JESUS

DIDN'T LEAVE ME IN MY FEAR. I'M THANKFUL

JESUS DIDN'T LEAVE ME IN MY DESPERATION.

I'M THANKFUL JESUS DIDN'T LEAVE ME IN MY

BROKENNESS. I'M THANKFUL HE DIDN'T LEAVE

ME in my depression, in my anxiety, in

my fear. I'm thankful he didn't leave ME

IN MY SIN. I'm thankful he walked in the

room. HE PULLED ME OUT AND HE SAID, "YOU

DON'T HAVE TO LIVE THIS WAY." IS THERE

ANYBODY THAT WOULD GIVE GOD A LITTLE

PRAISE ON AN EASTER SUNDAY MORNING for

the fact that he walked in the room?

Even when I didn't deserve it, he showed

up in the room for me.

OH, HALLELUJAH. SOMEBODY GIVE GOD ABOUT

15 SECONDS of crazy praise for the fact

he stepped in the room.

Hallelujah.

Hallelujah. I said he stepped in THE

ROOM WITH ME. AND WHEN HE STEPPED IN THE

ROOM WITH ME, HE BROKE WHAT WAS TRYING

TO BREAK ME. I'M GOING TO DECLARE THIS.

HE DESTROYED WHAT WAS TRYING TO DESTROY

ME. HE SET ME FREE FROM MY BONDAGE. HE

SET ME FREE FROM MY ADDICTION. AND WHEN

JESUS WALKS IN THE ROOM, HE CHANGES

EVERYTHING.

LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND SAY, "HE'S

ABOUT TO WALK INTO YOUR ROOM. HE'S COME

ON, TESTIFY TO SAY HE'S ABOUT TO WALK IN

YOUR ROOM." CUZ HERE'S THE DIFFERENCE.

WHENEVER RELIGION WALKS IN THE ROOM,

RELIGION WILL BASH YOU AND SAY, "HOW

DARE YOU?" BUT WHEN JESUS WALKS IN THE

ROOM, HE WILL LOOSE YOU AND LET YOU GO

AND SET YOU FREE BY HIS POWER AND HIS

GRACE. SO IN THIS ROOM, RELIGION'S NOT

WALKING IN, BABY. JESUS IS ABOUT to walk

in the room. Jesus is about to

I feel like SHOUTING A LITTLE BIT ON A

Sunday morning FOR THE FACT THAT HE'S

ABOUT TO SHIFT EVERYTHING in your life.

Hallelujah.

Jesus is in the room.

AND WHEN JESUS IS IN THE ROOM, the devil

don't stand a chance.

Can I just preach FOR JUST A SECOND? I

KNOW I'LL GET BACK TO MY NOTES IN A

MINUTE, BUT I'm going to tell you this.

EVERYTHING THE ENEMY WHISPERED IN YOUR

EAR LAST NIGHT IS A LIE.

>> And the lie THAT HE WHISPERED IN YOUR

EAR LAST NIGHT, I'M ABOUT TO BRING SOME

TRUTH TO IT. HE WHO THE SON SETS FREE IS

FREE INDEED. GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN ME

THAN HE THAT'S IN THE WORLD. I AM THE

HEAD AND NOT THE TAIL. I AM ABOVE AND

NOT BENEATH. COME ON. I AM BLESSED AND

HIGHLY FAVORED BECAUSE I HAVE A SAVIOR

WHO RELEASED ME FROM THE DEBT OF SIN

OVER MY LIFE. NOW 1 2 3 GIVE HIM PRAISE

IN THE HOUSE.

The fact is he set me free.

He set me free.

>> Because when Jesus walked in the room,

he did not correct them. He didn't shame

them. He didn't push them away. Watch

what he did. He stood in front of them.

And he showed them the scars in his

hand.

And he showed them the scar in his side.

>> Without a word from his mouth, he let

the scars speak. And

>> can I tell you in this house this

morning that when he stood in front of

them and he opened his hands and he

lifted up his shirt and he showed them

his side. He did not have to utter one

word in that moment

>> because watch this. The scars told the

disciples everything they needed to

know.

>> IT DID. THESE SCARS TOLD THEM that when

Jesus stretched his hands out, I am who

I said I was. And he said when he

stretched OUT HIS HANDS, WHAT HE WAS

REALLY SAYING WAS, I DID WHAT I said I

would do. AND WHEN HE STRETCHED OUT HIS

HANDS and revealed his side, he wanted

them to know this is not a fairy tale,

baby. I'm not in a room somewhere. I'm

not locked away in a cave or in a tomb.

This is not SOME VISION YOU ARE HAVING

OF ME. BUT I AM REALLY STANDING RIGHT

HERE BEFORE YOU IN THE FLESH AND IT IS

REAL. AND I want you TO SEE THIS. THEY

WERE FEARFUL BEFORE HE WALKED IN THE

ROOM. BUT WHEN HE WALKED IN THE ROOM AND

DIDN'T OPEN HIS MOUTH BUT SHOWED THEM

THE SCARS, CAN I TELL YOU IN THAT MOMENT

THEIR FEAR SHIFTED INTO JOY OVER THEIR

LIFE. AND I WANT TO DECLARE THIS.

SOMEBODY IS ABOUT TO WALK OUT OF THIS

ROOM THIS MORNING WITH JOY IN YOUR HEART

THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE WHEN YOU WALKED IN

BECAUSE YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET A VISION OF

WHO JESUS IS. CUZ WATCH THIS. THE MOMENT

YOU AND I SEE JESUS CLEARLY, FEAR LOSES

ITS VOICE AND JOY TAKES ITS PLACE. I

WANT TO KNOW, IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE

HOUSE THAT WOULD SAY, "I COULD USE A

LITTLE JOY on resurrection Sunday. I

COULD USE A LITTLE joy to go BACK TO MY

HOUSE. I COULD USE JOY IN MY FAMILY. I

could use joy in every part of my life.

Thank you.

For I say to you that I will give you

joy for every sad moment that you've

ever had. And in an instant, I can take

everything the enemy has messed up in

your life and I can turn it on a dime

because I am God and I am powerful.

Trust in me today. And when you leave

this house, you will KNOW THAT I HAVE

VISITED YOU AND VISITED your home and

visited your family because I am able to

bring strength and joy and power to your

life, says the Lord of hosts.

Can we give God praise in the house? Can

we give God praise in the house?

Hallelujah.

I alluded to it earlier, but I'll go

ahead and identify it again. We are a

Pentecostal house. We believe in the

gifts of the spirit of God. What just

happened in this moment was the

operation of the gifts and tongues and

interpretation so that there's no

confusion in the house. I want you to

understand that when Jesus drove fear

out through the scars that he had and

brought joy to their life, they realized

something significant. The resurrection

wasn't just something they heard about

at that moment any longer. It was

something they could see with their

eyes. It it become more than just

something they heard. It was something

they could see. And that's why this

matters. Some people will walk in

already embracing this moment and this

fact with faith, but others are still

trying to figure it out. What Jesus did

in that room, I want to say this over

this house this morning for the

disciples that were hiding in fear. I

want to say this, he is going to do it

for somebody that's in the room today.

The fear that you walked in with, you're

about to walk out with joy BECAUSE JESUS

DOESN'T PUSH PEOPLE AWAY. HE DOESN'T

ABANDON PEOPLE. HE DOESN'T WALK OUT ON

PEOPLE EVEN WHEN OTHERS HAVE AND EVEN

WHEN LIFE HAS BEEN DIFFICULT AND BEEN

TRAGIC FROM TIME TO TIME AND EVEN WHEN

THINGS WEREN'T EVEN MAKING SENSE AND

HAVEN'T MADE SENSE. PEOPLE MAY HAVE

WALKED AWAY BUT LISTEN TO ME BABY. JESUS

NEVER WALKED AWAY FROM YOU. PEOPLE MAY

HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD YOU BUT JESUS DIDN'T

MISUNDERSTAND YOU. I WANT YOU TO

UNDERSTAND. PEOPLE MAY HAVE FAILED YOU

BUT JESUS HAS NOT FAILED YOU.

Jesus will not fail you. You know why?

Because those scars still speak today.

And those scars, I want you to see this.

They say you're not forgotten.

>> Thank you, Lord.

>> Th those scars that are speaking, they

say you're not abandoned. Those scars,

they will say over your life, you're

still loved in spite of what you did.

Cuz if we're being honest, everybody in

the house is guilty today.

>> Hello. Can we go ahead and put it on a

level playing field? Everybody's guilty.

And I'm thankful that those scars are

telling me in spite of the mistakes I

made, he still loves me. They say that

in spite of what it looks like through

your eyes and through the eyes of

others, there is still hope in your

life. And here's why. Here's what I

begin to think about. Scars don't just

exist in your life. Scars speak in your

life.

>> Scars speak in your life. The truth is,

precious, this morning, I want you to

understand that each one of us, we may

have physical scars on our body, and if

we took time, you could probably show

and there would be a story attached to

that scar. I remember when this

happened. I remember what happened here.

We, Pastor Daddy, you have a pretty good

story about that. You shared with us a

couple weeks ago about you and your boy

practicing some golf and a golf club

winter ray. And he's got a little MMA

scar right there on his face. He's a

he's a fighter now. But he there's a

story attached to that scar. But if

we're being real honest that there's

scars not just on our physical body, but

there's scars emotionally inside of our

heart. And those scars carry deep hurt

from time to time. those scars get

inside of us and they begin to they

begin to speak and they begin to say

things and and if we're real honest, IF

WE ALLOW OUR FLESH TO DOMINATE, then

those scars will speak things that are

contrary to the word of God, inhibiting

us from doing what God has called us to

do. I want you to understand, we all

have scars, different stories, different

moments, DIFFERENT MEMORIES. BUT EVERY

ONE OF US CARRIES SOMETHING THIS

MORNING. AND EVERY SCAR IS SAYING

SOMETHING. THE QUESTION ISN'T WHETHER

YOUR SCARS SPEAK. THE QUESTION IS WHAT

ARE THEY SAYING? What are they saying

OVER YOUR LIFE? AND IF I'M going to have

a scar speak, I WANT MY SCARS TO SPEAK

through the word of God.

>> And here's what the word of God says in

1 Corinthians 1:31. If anyone boasts,

1 Corinthians 1:31

let him only boast in all that the Lord

has done. PSALM 44:8, IN GOD WE BOAST

Psalms 44:8

ALL DAY LONG AND PRAISE your name

forever. CEILI ARE BASICALLY let that

sit for just a moment and THINK ABOUT

IT. IN OTHER WORDS, EVEN OUR STORY, EVEN

OUR SCARS ARE MEANT TO POINT SOMEWHERE.

AND SOMETIMES THERE'S A TEMPTATION TO

TAKE WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH AND LET IT

BECOME ALL ABOUT US TO SHAPE THE STORY

IN A WAY THAT DRAWS ATTENTION TO OUR

SELF. BUT THE GREATEST PURPOSE OF EVERY

SCAR IS NOT TO SAY, "LOOK WHAT I WENT

THROUGH." IT'S TO SAY, "LOOK WHAT THE

LORD HAS DONE IN MY LIFE." CAN ANYBODY

SAY, "I GOT SOME SCARS, BUT I WANT

PEOPLE TO LOOK AT MY SCARS AND SAY, LOOK

WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE." HAS ANYBODY GOT

A TESTIMONY THIS MORNING THAT HE HAS

BEEN GOOD? HE HAS BEEN FAITHFUL. HE HAS

BEEN GOOD IN MY LIFE. AND I WANT PEOPLE

TO BE POINTED back to Jesus

>> because if we're honest, that's exactly

what Jesus did. His scars didn't say,

"Look at my pain."

>> Watch this. When Jesus held his hands

out and let them see the scars in his

hands and his side, he didn't say, "Can

you believe what they did to me?"

>> Hello.

>> We have the temptation of doing that

from time to time. We get it. We know

you're carrying scars. But just because

you're carrying scars, don't let that

point to the bad things. Let that point

to what God brought you through. Come

on, let it point to how great he is in

my life. Yes, I know I've been cut deep,

but you know what? GOD BROUGHT ME

THROUGH IT. AND TODAY, I DON'T GIVE

CREDIT TO the enemy. AND WHAT HE TRIED

TO DO, WHAT I DO IS SAY, "LOOK what the

LORD HAS DONE." HE'S BROUGHT ME A

MIGHTY, MIGHTY LONG WAY. AND BECAUSE HE

BROUGHT ME A MIGHTY, MIGHTY LONG WAY,

I'VE GOT A REASON TO LET MY SCARS SPEAK

TO THE HAND OF GOD.

>> He didn't say, "Look at my pain." He

didn't tell his disciples, "Can you

believe how hurtful they were to me?

Can you believe how they talked about

me? Can you believe they put a crown of

thorns on my head?

Can you believe that I was up ON THE

CROSS DYING and they stuck a spear in my

side?

Add injury to insult.

Can you believe they spit on me and

plucked my beard? Can you believe they

tied me to the whipping post and treated

me like an animal? Can you believe? He

didn't say any of that. He didn't say,

"Look, look at my scars. Look at my

hurt." He opened his hands and I believe

he walked in that room, hush fell over

the room. He put his hands out. He

lifted his garment and he looked to them

through his eyes and through his

presence, he said, "Look how much I love

you.

I'm going to tell you,

>> when the Lord started showing me this

revelation, it put everything in

perspective in my life to let me know it

may be rough sometimes, but I ain't

never had it as bad as Jesus.

>> I ain't never So, you talk to some

people, you think, my God, you were

crucified. Hello. I've been there

before. It's everything. It's all bad.

It's all negative. Sometimes we have to

shift our perspective and say, it's not

what I've been through. Look what the

Lord has brought me through.

>> But Jesus said, "Look how much I love

you." And can I tell you, he's not

standing here today to point you and and

and and negate you. He is looking at you

today to say, "Hey, you know what? I

love you this much.

I love you this much." And today, I want

you to understand something. The

question becomes, what story are your

scars telling? Are they pointing people

to your pain or are they pointing people

to his power?

>> He didn't have to say a word. Those

scars were speaking then and they're

still speaking today. Can you say amen?

>> Well, Michael, I want you to come help

me close out. Get my team up here. So,

today as we come to this moment,

this is for several groups of people

that are in the room. And those one of

those is which uh that has never truly

known Christ as their savior and as

their lord. Maybe you have you have

never had a relationship with the lord

today or maybe you have been bound up in

cultural Christianity where it's

literally just checkmarking a box. You

are it's either Jesus coming or going.

You're either here at Easter or

Christmas. Listen, I want you to

understand that this day is for you to

let you know there is a real savior who

wants a real relationship and doesn't

want you to play church anymore.

>> Amen.

>> There are those in here and another

group that have once walked with God,

but you've drifted, you backslid, and

now you were in a backsliden state. Can

I tell you, I'm coming after you today

>> because I don't want you to be lukewarm

in your faith. And there are those of

you that are in here that you've tried

and you've failed and you've tried and

you've failed and you've tried over and

over again. I want you to hear this,

pastor, clearly. To enter into heaven

requires you and I to be 100%

righteous.

>> You say, "Wow, that sounds

unachievable." I'm glad you said that.

But I want you to understand, no partial

righteousness, not half righteousness,

not mostly good pastor. I'm a good

person. I do good things. That will not

cut it in eternity.

>> Because I want you to understand, a holy

God that gave himself like we just

talked about, cannot and will not

tolerate even one ounce of sin in our

life. Amen.

>> I want you to hear, pastor,

if we're honest and we're open and we're

real in this moment, and I'm going to

be, the truth is not one person in this

room, not one person on this earth can

achieve that.

>> Amen.

>> But it doesn't change the fact it's

still the requirement.

>> Want you to hear me. This is not

legalism. People say, "Oh, that's

legal." No, it's not. It's gospel.

>> It's Bible. because I'm preaching it to

you in love. It requires you to be 100%

righteous to get into heaven. But the

fact is on this side of the equation,

you cannot do it. So something has to

give. Either we have the ability or this

has to change. The standard's not

changing. So the ability, it's got to be

the only thing that shifts. So what are

you saying to me, pastor? I want you to

understand this is the tension. This is

the truth. I want to do it, but I cannot

live up to it. But I have to live up to

it to get to him. I want you to

UNDERSTAND THIS IS EXACTLY WHY JESUS

CAME.

>> THIS IS WHY HE CAME. QUIT TRYING TO DO

IT ON YOUR OWN. I'LL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO

HEAVEN. NO, YOU WON'T.

HEAR MY HEART. YOU HAVE TO BE 100%

RIGHTEOUS, BUT YOU CAN'T DO IT. SO,

SOMEBODY'S GOT TO BRIDGE THAT GAP. AND

JESUS DID IT FOR YOU AND I. HE DID IT

FOR US.

THERE'S YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF IT. YOU GOT

TO ACCEPT HIM TO GET TO CHRIST OR TO GET

TO GOD.

>> Hear my heart. He came to be the

sacrifice. And you can go ahead and

play, son. He came to be the sacrifice.

He came, watch this, to satisfy the

wrath of God, not against us, but

against the sin that is in our life. He

came to stand in our place and to plead

our case before the Lord by saying,

"Father, I've covered them. I'VE

PURCHASED THEIR SALVATION. I PURCHASED

THEIR RIGHTEOUSNESS THROUGH my blood.

We used to have that old statement when

we prayed back in old church. We would

pray, I plead the blood of Jesus.

>> Can I tell you when you and I stand

before the throne of God and it is the

judgment seat of Christ. There is only

one thing we can plead that can give us

any cause or any case. We can sit there

at the feet of the father and say the

only thing I can do is plead the blood

of Jesus. I can't present any kind of

RIGHTEOUSNESS BECAUSE WATCH THIS. My

works WILL BURN BEFORE THE LORD. THEY

WILL BE BURNED UP. BUT IF I CAN PRESENT

TO HIM AND HE LOOKS AT ME AND HE DOES

NOT EVEN SEE WHO I AM. IF HE SEES ME, I

CAN'T MAKE IT. BUT IF HE LOOKS AT ME AND

HE SEES THE BLOOD OF HIS SON COVERING MY

LIFE, I PLEAD THE BLOOD. HE WILL SAY,

"COME ON IN. WELL DONE, MY GOOD AND

FAITHFUL SERVANT. IS ANYBODY IN THE

HOUSE THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE COVERED BY

THE BLOOD OF JESUS? A MULTITUDE OF SINS,

A MULTITUDE OF ACCUSATIONS, A MULTITUDE

OF shortcomings only by the blood of

Jesus.

Only by the blood of Jesus

because the facts are you and I cannot

make it on our own. We cannot do it on

our own.

Some in the room today, you never had a

relationship with God. You thought it

was unachievable. And the fact is, you

are right. In your own effort, you

cannot achieve it. But through the

finished work of Jesus Christ, it is

completely achievable. My job is to get

rid of the red tape of religion and the

dis that that pushes the disenfranchised

out to say you don't belong. No. Yes,

you do belong. If you belong, if you

don't belong, then neither do I.

>> It's the truth.

I don't belong because I'm a pastor. I

belong because I'm covered in the blood.

>> Come on. I've watched pastors put

theirel on a pedestal for way too long.

It is an absolute abomination before the

Lord.

>> Quit it.

We are nothing. We are filthy rags in

the sight of the Lord.

That's what he even says. He says, "My

right, my best effort, even my best

effort is filthy rags in the face of

God.

But I want you to know through the

finished work of Christ today, you can

have a relationship with God.

You can leave this place saying, "I

didn't know Jesus coming in, but I know

him going out."

>> You can come in here today and say,

"Pastor, I've been that one." I heard

that in between services. People that

come Easter and Christmas, they either

they get Jesus coming or going. Come on,

somebody. Either get him at Christmas

coming or get him at Easter going. I you

whatever. That's just all they want to

do. But listen to me. You can leave here

today saying, "I'm not going to be an

Easter and Christmas only person. I am

going to give my life to the Lord. I'm

going to say bye to cultural

Christianity and just check mark in a

box and saying, "Well, I look like a

Christian cuz I got my picture made on

an Easter Sunday." No, stop that. Jesus

wants something more than that from you.

>> He wants a RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. HE

DIED TO HAVE it

>> and he wants it from you.

Others in this house, you've tried to

follow him, but somewhere along the way,

you drifted, you fell, you backslid, you

gave into temptation. And now there is a

blockade between you and God. And it's

called sin. And today, your mo, this is

your moment to stop trying to defeat sin

in your own effort. Quit it.

How do I defeat sin, pastor? You lean

into the gift of God's grace that was

given through the sacrifice of Jesus

Christ.

lean into what he's already done and say

yes to what he's already done.

>> And then there's those in here, you've

tried, you failed. Then you tried again

and you failed again. And you tried

again and you failed again. You tried

again, you failed again. And now you

feel ashamed to even approach God one

more time. That's the enemy putting

shame on you. But I am here today to say

not shame on you, but shame off of you

in Jesus name. Today everything shifts

in Jesus name.

Cuz watch this. Your failure does not

disqualify you

>> because his sacrifice it was enough for

you too.

>> It was enough for you too. Ephesians

Ephesians 2:8–9

2:8-9 says, "For by grace you have been

saved through faith, that not of

yourselves. It is the gift of God, not

of works, lest anyone should boast."

Here's the good news. The only way that

you and I that we can be saved is

through the shed blood of Jesus Christ.

The only way we can be made righteous is

through the finished work of the cross.

And pa pastor, what about power to over

overcome sin? Well, that is found

through the resurrection of Jesus

Christ. He gives you the power to

overcome sin. So watch this. When the

enemy reminds you of your sin, when

shame tries to speak, when guilt tries

to rise, you need to remember this. When

the wrath of God was ready to be poured

out on the sin in your life, Jesus

stepped in the room.

And I'm going to tell you this, the same

Jesus with the same scars that walked

into that room with those disciples,

watch this, is in this room today. And

what is he doing?

He's letting his scars speak.

>> He's I I didn't come here to preach by

myself. I came here to let the Holy

Ghost speak. And he's about to speak

right now. He's about to testify of who

Jesus really is. The scars that are on

his hand, they're speaking right now.

>> You say, "I'm unworthy.

I I MADE A MISTAKE, PASTOR. I DON'T KNOW

WHAT I CAN DO TO GET BACK.

It's all Jesus is doing. He's not here

to try to argue with you. YOU SAY,

"WELL, I MADE A MESS OF MY LIFE AND I

I'VE MADE A MESS OF EVERYBODY ELSE'S

LIFE AROUND ME."

>> Who hasn't?

>> Who h if WE'RE BEING REAL HONEST,

EVERYBODY IN HERE, WE'VE DONE THINGS

WE'RE WE ARE ABSOLUTELY ASHAMED OF. AND

IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE SCARS, WE

WOULD BE LOST. WE WOULD BE UNDONE. WE

WOULD BE BROKEN. WE WOULD BE OUTCAST.

BUT BECAUSE OF THE SCARS,

we can be brought in today

and we can be made part of the family of

God.

And so today, I look directly into your

heart to let you know that the scars

that were back then, they weren't just

for that room. Even though they were for

that room, the disciples that were in

fear, they were there. They were tucked

away. They were hiding and not

celebrating. The scars were for the

people in that room. But can I tell you,

they're for the people in this room

today.

They are for you. They are for your

family. They are for you. And I declare

to you today that the scars that were in

his hands, I'm going to tell you right

now, the enemy will try to negate that

and tell you, you don't need those. That

they're not for you. But I've come to

debunk the enemy and let you know that

anything the enemy says out of his life

is a lie. The devil is a liar. Come on,

somebody. I'm going to declare the devil

is a liar. And today we believe the

truth of the word of God. Is there

anybody in the house that would say,

"I'm thankful that his scars are still

speaking today." I I'm going to ask you

to jump to your feet and give God a

quick praise in the house. If you really

are thankful for the fact that his scars

still speak, come on. I I dare you to

GIVE GOD A CLAP AND A SHOUT FOR THE FACT

THAT HIS SCARS still speak today.

Just remain standing with me. And even

now those scars still speak.

>> His nail scarred hands, his pierced

side, his wounded body. Watch this. They

are still declaring before the father on

our behalf. Because y'all know Jesus is

making intercession for us right now,

right?

>> Y'all know that he is looking and

saying, "Father, don't forget I

satisfied your wrath against sin.

I paid the price for sin. Father, don't

forget WHEN THEY STAND BEFORE YOU, I'VE

COVERED THEM BY MY BLOOD.

>> So today, I want to declare to you, if

you're in any of those categories, and

today, you need to make a decision. You

don't stand before God based on your

performance. Praise God.

>> You stand before God based on his

sacrifice.

I don't know about you, but I would much

rather take the account of Jesus to the

throne with me that I would come in my

own efforts and say, "Look how righteous

I was." The Lord is going to look at me

and say, "Depart from me."

>> But if I can stand in the righteousness

of his son,

>> then he will accept me as his child.

>> So, every head bowed, every eye closed.

If you are in this place this morning, I

want you to hear this pastor's heart.

I'm coming for you.

Not because I'm angry, but I'm coming

for you because I love you and I'm mad

at the devil.

Cuz for too long, he has kept you bound

in cultural Christianity. For too long,

he's kept you convinced you don't need a

relationship with the Lord. That's for

everybody else in the room. That's not

for me. I'm good. I can make it on my

own. You will not make it in your own

righteousness. I cannot achieve 100%

righteousness aside from the blood of

Jesus. It will take faith and submission

to his grace.

And today I open an invitation. If

you're in here, you never known Christ.

Today is your day. You can come to know

him and you can start a relationship

today. You're in this room, another

category, and you've been playing games

with God. You've been a cultural

Christian and you know it. You show up

when it's convenient and when it's not

convenient, you tip out and you say, "I

can't make it because it's too hard."

Let me tell you something. God wants a

deeper relationship with you than than

that. I want you to tell you this that

the enemy has caused you to forfeit the

best relationship you can ever have,

>> and that is a relationship with Christ.

You say, "Pastor, I'm here and I have

backslid. I know I'm not where I need to

be with the Lord today. I can shift

right now. You can make it right." And

then there's some in here that are like

this. Say, "Pastor, I have tried and I

failed. I've tried and I failed. I've

tried and I failed. And now I feel

guilty even trying one more time." Can I

tell you, today is the day of salvation.

Don't you let the enemy talk you out of

taking one more step.

Cuz I want you to hear me. We are not

promised our next breath, but we are

promised right now.

And before you leave this house, you can

know for sure that I'm on my way to

heaven. And I don't want anybody to

leave this house without the scars

speaking straight to your situation.

Even further than that, I'll say this.

There are some in here, you have been

wounded deeply.

You have been hurt.

You have been you have been almost

destroyed by the world. And let me tell

you something. Today is a day of

restoration. We serve a God of

reconciliation. And today, the same

scars that are speaking salvation are

the same scars that are about to speak

healing to your to your whole body. Your

body, your soul, and your spirit. You

don't have to leave her the same way in

Jesus name.