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(Easter Sunday) - THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING | Jason Martin

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  1. You're listening to a message to go from axt church. We hope this message

  2. will light up your day. Just all around the world, change are celebrating

  3. Easter this morning. Quarantine. So even if you are not a follower of

  4. Jesus, Timbani had pushed yes yes to the concentrator, you will probably understand

  5. the meaning of Easter. Yes. What I mean by the Easter is where

  6. we celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus. For what woman like it's quarantine,

  7. Yes to the yes to the foothole. But do you know the impact

  8. that the resurrection had on the world. Take a foothold and that changes.

  9. Do you know that our human kind right our timeline later take a man is

  10. divided by a D and B C. Sir Yo woman tienkan whole life and

  11. kind? Even the world recognizes that, Joan. Do you know there are

  12. more songs written about Jesus than anybody else? To the girl she is,

  13. there are more books written about Jesus than anybody else. The years to the

  14. super and a supernorder, there is two point four billion Christians in the world

  15. today, the biggest religion in the world turn and that is the impact of

  16. the resurrection of Jesus not just a year so so so the title of my

  17. message today get the first slide thinking what this changes everything? The guy binler

  18. eat ship this changes everything, just a guy biner. It has changed the

  19. way the education system has worked, the guy bin tell you Sam, it

  20. has changed the way humanitarian work has been done. Guypina related. It has

  21. changed just the way that we do life in all. So yeah, guy

  22. bin woman, sho the fun should but the question I have for us today,

  23. teacher should greg at the next life? Has it changed me? The

  24. guy woman? It has changed the world? Has it changed me? Guy

  25. b woman? And you're asking if you're visiting us for the first time,

  26. you were asking, how can the resurrection of Jesus change me? Yes that

  27. one' yes THEO. Well, today I will try to explain and I want

  28. God to do the rest. Think you know who's answered. God will show

  29. up and show off the same power that conquered the grave. We'll be here

  30. today. Should that I don't modern and will speak to you personally. Its

  31. going to show hard, all right. So there are only three points today,

  32. and let me go straight up to the first point. So the first

  33. point, because he lives I can face tomorrow? What can you mean?

  34. I mean? So what is tomorrow? A man? First of April?

  35. How how many of y'all are ready to face first of April? Your okay?

  36. If some of you all are excited because it's April fools, right looking

  37. man, this is the day I've been waiting for the whole life. What

  38. y I hope your prank doesn't fall flat? What's apparently? First of all?

  39. Who is should by? Right? But what I want to bring across

  40. is because he lives, I can face tomorrow? Because what can you mean?

  41. Do I intian? And why? This is taken from a popular songka,

  42. but what causes us to be afraid to face tomorrow? Because high pame?

  43. We have may have had bad experiences, yes you woman the thing lead.

  44. We may have done regretful things, Yes you woman to all aroundmans,

  45. this is your whole way the ship. We may have harmed people, Oh

  46. yes, you shang highlighted and we couldn't. We sometimes just want to climb

  47. into bed and said I do not want to wake up. Yes, push

  48. an, you heard the testimony of and just now and attention, let's give

  49. it up for all those that share your testimony and then thank you Janni's and

  50. and Machen for sharing your testimony. Janny is how your man. It took

  51. a lot of guts, but they're doing it to glorify God because and just

  52. as Anne was sharing her testimony and some of us maybe going through the same

  53. thing is I am tired. I want to give up your fun tea.

  54. The world will be a better place without me to we can help. And

  55. because of that we can't face tomorrow. But because he lives, because in

  56. way, watch, I can face tomorrow. Come on, Church, declare

  57. it. I can face Tomorrowian, let's see what the scripture has to say

  58. about it. I can't think sure, so he sayasier. When we were

  59. utterly helpless from Romans five, Christ came at just the right time and died

  60. for us sinners. Way woman's now, most people would not be willing to

  61. die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for

  62. a person who is especially good. Way, but God, he has shown

  63. his great love for us because by sending Christ had your type alogy to die

  64. for us while we were still sinners. Immense immen. It starts off when

  65. we were utterly hopeless, that we do not need to come to God complete.

  66. We come to God as we are. God will do the rest.

  67. I amen a man right. And the second Scripture the ding one Romans,

  68. eight romans, so the pater. So now there is therefore no condemnation.

  69. So and I see it into it for those who belong to Christ. Jesus,

  70. yes too, into it. And because you belong to him. So

  71. in woman, the power of the living giving spirit the lead has freed you

  72. from the power of sin, the world that leads to death, to lead

  73. church because he lives in wager, I can face tomorrow. But some of

  74. us done. So maybe we still do not fully appreciate one one change and

  75. she can't. How Jesus death and resurrection. Yes, the my young woman

  76. could wipe away out since my young and go see So let me tell you

  77. a story. So I think it was about two years ago that guy lan

  78. Ancient. I was driving to send my kid to school. And as I

  79. was driving send my kid to school, then I called my mom. That

  80. was what you don't get with the mama, And I was talking to her,

  81. what are you gonna show? As I took the turn that one guess

  82. what that was a roadblock to to you things lou tang. Okay, how

  83. many of y'all thought I was using hand free? Your male your mails yo,

  84. me and Tina. Okay, y'all got more faith in me then your

  85. bill you're seeing sing? Okay, I was not using hands free yo,

  86. mean tea. So I got caught what your I was like, okay,

  87. I have to pay a fine. Just how about what your I was ready

  88. to pay the fine. So the police guy, wait what wonder? They

  89. went down my window, the traumer and then he he just gave me the

  90. summon. Did you get a tan? So? I said, prop you

  91. need con caught? Yeah? Fighting. I was like, go to car,

  92. you need corner? Yeah you che Fatima say yeah shoot fat you know

  93. okay? So what to do? So? You know? So when I

  94. went home, I decided to tell my kids about it. What you think

  95. your over the heights? Because I wanted to show them no one is above

  96. the law. Can you tell you their far leader? Your dad made mistakes,

  97. the footing, found thetrore and now he has to go to court farting.

  98. So I like played it outlast? What you what you like? I

  99. said, y'all have to take care of your mommy. What you're gonna have

  100. a Yeah you can. If the judge there's not father me, you're gonna

  101. go. So up till the day I went to the cart so far in

  102. the nineteen so they prayed for me. You know what to do with what

  103. they prayed for me? I didn't even have to ask them. I won't

  104. have me after when I went to court on that day that were nineteen fenhol

  105. So when you stepped into court, that that's when it got real. Now

  106. so must man, this is not funny anymore. The house shelm okay.

  107. So I stepped into court that was it was a fat and there was a

  108. lot of people there that so your daughtern somewhere in handcuffs. You're the big

  109. counter. So cut someone not you say the male. Some looked like they

  110. deserved to be in jail, you say country in Kayoshi there were people like

  111. me. Yeah. Yeah, So when I appeared before the jante so like

  112. that on the maintain ashole, the policeman just said, just plead guilty.

  113. Thing has a children to it, bar okay, It didn't. It didn't

  114. matter that I had bought three Bluetooth headsets, one in my car, one

  115. in my back, one in my pocket. Every year too. Yes,

  116. But when I was facing the judge, all I could do was splead guilty.

  117. What's in a no excuses nothing I had done after the sin? What

  118. I took a fun even matter I was guilty as charge? What timessephanner and

  119. the judge okay, guess what good news. I'm not in jail. So

  120. the judge gave me a fine of two hundred ring your father lamp, and

  121. I thank God and I went on my way. Two guys, mad Kyler.

  122. But what I want to bring across because run in to ship, is

  123. that there is no such thing as big sin or small sin. Were running

  124. when we are standing before God, and God asked us, how do we

  125. plead? So we plead guilty. My inure sooner run to no matter how

  126. much of good work that we do. Poo one woman, tomato house,

  127. sh you help the lady cross the street, depend wipe your sin to No

  128. one in the cord could wipe my scene away way sitting on the toy,

  129. For all have sinned and fall shot of the glory of May. And that

  130. is why Jesus had to die for our sin. Such just a wish.

  131. Yes you sure way, woman, So if you go to the next verse

  132. got in one. If you think my sin is small, you're going to

  133. other. It's sure. The wages of sin is death, but the free

  134. gift of God is eternal life through Christ. Jesus, our Lord's a woman

  135. to yes, so church, all of us need Jesus. So it's a

  136. Roman maker. And there is nothing that we can do on our own to

  137. wipe away our sins. But by his tribes we are made whole. Because

  138. a woman you want amen, So because he lives, I can face tomorrows.

  139. In next point, because he lives in all fear is gone. Show

  140. you the in celsiu imen man. So what does scriptures say about this?

  141. Nading you? Samana? In John fourteen, So you haven't fusan, He

  142. says, I am telling you these things now while I am with you.

  143. But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative, that is the Holy

  144. Spirit, he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have

  145. told you. I am leaving with you a gift peace of mind and heart.

  146. And the piece I give is a gift the world cannot give. So

  147. don't be troubled. Are afraid? There? You have ways? That was

  148. a sure n b who just a fool in ward? Th mean, so

  149. you're tielight the shindling surnayman being here your so so that well, Lucia ping

  150. and gannymen what then what the pink answer? Gyman? What's to to them?

  151. Singly yotel? Amen? Amen? And today thinking today we are talking

  152. about today right, there are a lot of fear that we are going through

  153. a lot of fear. Some of us might be going through the fear of

  154. financial difficulty it's high powders to some of us might be going through the fear

  155. of health issues the didn't didn't kind of. Some of us may be going

  156. to the fear of just uh depression. You say, k there is a

  157. lot of fear that is stopping us from doing what we need to do today.

  158. Do to the woman tinting in kay. But God says, because he

  159. lives, all fear is gone. So in show the knel and Jesus even

  160. prophesied before he left. He said, if you receive me, I will

  161. give you peace of mind and heart. Yes, what you li and gainyman?

  162. So Christians, I'm talking to you right now. Agon is so hot.

  163. Do we have piece of heart and mind? Monosian singing, your pink

  164. anna, do we really believe in the resurrection of Jesus siancing yes, the

  165. food horner, because if we do, we will have piece of the hermanation

  166. singing, so your pink anna. Reading from Second Corinthians twelve, machan go

  167. into a hole shoot earth. This is from Paul, just about loss or

  168. shorder. Three different times I beg the Lord to take it away, sansance,

  169. you'll go to Yoian to the silik kaiwal. Each time he said,

  170. my grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness. How

  171. do you show the anti going young? Then a Lisa, I run around

  172. Rod Sanci and the one chin. So now I am glad to boast about

  173. my weaknesses. So you're you are quite the round raw, so that the

  174. power of Christ can work through me. Tell who be well, that's why

  175. I take pleasure in my weaknesses. So you will wait, do you run

  176. raw in the insults, in the hardships, in the persecutions, and in

  177. the troubles that I suffer for Christ? Telling lu that po poor quo unquo

  178. way Curtsey leader, when I am weak, it was so much the whole

  179. run raw then I am strong so much can Chandler. Because when we are

  180. weak and we surrender ourselves to God Rod as a home and whole, God

  181. takes over churn your life. So what is actually fear? So conscious fear

  182. is when we have a lack of something conju cheer. Most don't see that.

  183. We have a lack of courage, mature lack of money, a mature

  184. lack of health, mature FARTI and can lack of wisdom mature the way,

  185. lack of favor, cheer and tong. But and ultimately it is actually a

  186. lack of control. Jesus cheer. But God says, so sure, give

  187. me control. Surrender yourself to me. N So if you want to be

  188. free of fear, surrender yourself to Jesus y. And then when I am

  189. weak, I will be strong in Him halim man amen. And from first

  190. John four you have you have issue this, Susan. We know how much

  191. God loves us, eye woman, we have put our trust in His love.

  192. Sink O the eye. God is love, and all who live in

  193. love live in God, and God lives in them. And as we live

  194. in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid

  195. on the day of judgment Hipala. But we can face him with confidence because

  196. we live like Jesus here in this world. And yes and verse eighteen.

  197. Such love has no fear aili map because perfect love expels all fear. I

  198. in your path this morning, do we have a perfect love for Jesus?

  199. Usually make your male one cha eye. Is it a love of convenience sweeping

  200. ima? Or it is a love of surrender show for the eye. Because

  201. just as my son he when he comes to me that he can't open a

  202. jar of jam jam, he doesn't just say I want to give up on

  203. life. Come, so what your fund? He was a shimmer he says,

  204. Daddy, can you help me? Has a futinica about that kaima he

  205. sees, he knows. He submits himself as a father somewhere the food chain

  206. and in my strength that was lily mean he is made strong ta and he

  207. can eat jam yan. So church this morning calls he lives in all fear.

  208. Is man a man and the last point. And because he lives in

  209. wait, I know he holds my future. What's the way? Lie?

  210. So God will take care of our past. So woman, he will take

  211. care of our present. Can't go woman, THI and he will definitely take

  212. care of our future. Can't go woman the way lie so Jeremiah twenty nine

  213. eleven. Yelemmy, shoot for I know the plans I have for you,

  214. says the Lord. So why the Indian. They are plans for good and

  215. not for disaster ping and the Indian the union to give you a future and

  216. a hope. Ye. So first point right in future, God has a

  217. good plan for us. So the way you have to believe that, sunny,

  218. all right, He has a good plan. Time. Next, woman

  219. you're trying to meet thirty one, say be strong and of good courage.

  220. Do not fear, not be afraid of them. We are hyper. We

  221. are come for the Lord your God, in which he is the one who

  222. goes with you, Tappy, honey. He will not leave you nor forsake

  223. you, kapy. So God has a good plan and he will go with

  224. you. And let's see the third verse Anti one Isaiah forty three is this

  225. tandang, do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you don't think God

  226. or be in it? HOWNTI I have called you by name you are mine?

  227. Means need just shoe you that when you go through deep waters, I

  228. will be with you. Don't think you need TONI. When you go through

  229. the rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. Danny tank people man,

  230. when you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up.

  231. Don't single people pay saw. The flames will not consume you. Put

  232. shan so, because he lives in I know he holds my future. God

  233. has a good plan how you're gonna the team. He will go with me

  234. and I will not be burnt or consumed by the trials that I go through

  235. because He's with me. A bit shu So church this morning, has the

  236. resurrection of Jesus changed you? Yes? Should the fool who your ma?

  237. I wanted to change me? Well your wal and even as I just draw

  238. towards the clothes, right, I wanted to rest your eyes a bit like

  239. a piece and ye okay? So could I get that slide up when I

  240. can't can't move? Susie s and ye okay. So this is a very

  241. it's picturesque picture. It's a nice picture. It's by the beach, made

  242. just called your hypien. It's calm face painting, all right. How many

  243. of us want to be by the beach. But for me, what I

  244. saw this was one of the most terrifying experiences that I had in my life,

  245. just astingly, and I want to share that because he lives first,

  246. all fear is gone. Man. So last year, my family and I

  247. we went for a holiday in Tyoman. It was a good holiday that it

  248. was quite empty. So actually because we went during raya nasur so, the

  249. beach was empty, c was empty, hotel was empty. That's yur so

  250. travel trip can travel rya oy yo yao chi mann is singing in the socio.

  251. But on the last day, because we went down to have breakfast,

  252. chillun so we're having breakfast and then my son said that hey here he had

  253. done with his breakfast. He says that I want to go and check out

  254. the movie screening in the hotel. So actually, can't you? Then the

  255. so I said, okay, fine, just go and come back chia.

  256. So we were we continued eating. That's and after twenty minutes he didn't come

  257. back because I was going to and I told Jess, what you going with

  258. the jew? Can you look for him? So Jess went, just your

  259. chiller, uh, And then I got a call from her. What you

  260. say, I really cannot find him. That's what's in the Without her,

  261. I have no idea where he is. But there's a small black dot in

  262. the middle of the sea. Because hey, hey, hey, I think

  263. I dropped my coffee and I ran to the beach. What the cost you

  264. powder, hypien. So at the beach hole, this picture is already zoom

  265. arid, you know, just fan tala. So it was load time.

  266. That's also detail, that's ah and it went really far. So when I

  267. reached the beach y, I only could see one small black dot, the

  268. idiot. And I was like, worst case scenario, it is him,

  269. and I better go and check it out. But you can't hant best case

  270. scenario. It's not Look that's it are So I decided to wade into the

  271. water. So what you did? Highly you eating? She wearing my glasses?

  272. That the EU and the closer I went. So that was me negative.

  273. So if you go to the next line, what s that was me?

  274. Nega walk and that's small. That empty red dot circle was where Jerome

  275. was. MA don't see the next you saw what the heights of Jerome.

  276. I was panicky, what your face? Her face down? And as I

  277. was waiting. It was deep. It became really deep. Downward you like

  278. your sh And the thing is I cannot walk the track. I can swim

  279. freestyle because I do it for for spots. Okay you do what are you?

  280. But you know a freestyle or restaurant. Your head has to do so

  281. much because the needed too. So I was waiting, and the thing is

  282. why my head cannot so much is because I cannot lose my glasses. What

  283. the actually yoda in? Because if I lose my glasses, look what and

  284. I lose sight of him? What do you want even a second? That's

  285. it now, you wonder? So as I was waiting, I was praying

  286. that was a yoda. There's so many things going through my mind now that

  287. what I cannot panic. I cannot go into fear a fight or flight,

  288. book hypar My body cannot tense upook, cannot afford to get cramps. Book

  289. you when I reach him, I cannot shout downward neything I could do was

  290. spring what and just this morning? There comes a time where everything will be

  291. stripped away. Its bays, your experiences, your finances, your connections,

  292. guancy, nothing matters wrong shooting cause he lives because I can face tomorrow what

  293. cause he lives and water, all fear is gone, show the country the

  294. way. Because he lives in I know he holds my future. What'stian?

  295. And as I reached him, that hasn't been ah in my cammers, but

  296. Firmer's voice, I said, you better head back to the He can't quite

  297. wait out Harshan And he was just chilling in the middle of the sea.

  298. I'm telling you so, I tell you it was like because if you are

  299. dadd here right, I think a lot of actually heard the story, they'll

  300. be like, what do you do? Look? And it's supportunate. So

  301. I finally reached the beach the hyphen. I was so relieved, but your

  302. face and face so but I was so furious her pa. I told Jess,

  303. Jess, you please manage him so so because if he didn't die in

  304. the sea, I will kill him on the beach high hYP I tell you

  305. I wouldn't want to wish it on any what passion this morning? How has

  306. our life as a family been after that? The amen? The yes home

  307. and I tell you we have gone through so much struggles. But I am

  308. here to testify that because he lives in wait water. I can face tomorrow

  309. meanting because he left and wait water, Oh fear is gone ship, and

  310. because I know in wait water, I know he holds my future with the

  311. meeting and life is worse than living mean just because she loves church, we

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  315. for you. God bless