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Easter Sunday 2026 | Mark Brazee | World Outreach Church

April 6, 2026 World Outreach Church

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[music]
Good morning, World Outreach [music]
Church.
Welcome to the house of the Lord this
morning. We're going to celebrate the
resurrection today. How many [music]
know Jesus is alive and well and he's
working? Amen. Come on, [music] if you
would just lift your hands, shout a
little bit, dance a little bit. There's
freedom in the presence of God. Come on,
put your hands [music] together.
The lamb [music] that was slain,
[singing] he's alive
[music] forever. He shall reign.
[singing] He's alive.
[music]
They crucified him [singing] at Calvary,
but he rose in victory. [music]
He's alive. [singing]
>> He's alive.
>> He's [music and singing] alive.
>> He's alive. With all power in his hand.
>> He's alive. [music and singing]
>> He's alive.
He's alive.
>> He's alive. [music and singing]
With all power in his hand.
>> The lamb that [music] was slain. He's
alive. Come on, sing it with us. Forever
he Forever he shall reign. [singing]
He's alive.
>> They [music] crucified him.
>> They crucified [singing]
him at Calvary. But he rose [music] in
victory.
>> Come on and say he's alive. [singing]
>> He's alive. [music]
He's alive.
>> He's alive.
[music and singing]
>> With all power in his hand.
>> Jesus is alive. [singing]
>> He's alive. [music]
>> He's alive.
[singing and music] With all power in
his sing one more time. [singing] The
lamb that was slain. He's alive [music]
>> forever. He shall reign. [singing]
>> He shall reign. He's alive. [music]
>> They crucified our God's sake.
>> They crucified him [singing] at Calvary,
but he rose in [music] victory.
>> He's alive.
>> He's alive. [music and singing]
>> He's alive.
>> He's alive. [music] With all power in
his name.
>> Jesus is alive. [music]
>> He's [singing] alive. He is alive.
>> He is alive.
>> He is alive [music and singing]
with all power in his hand.
>> So her rose
>> in glory
>> with [music and singing] all power.
>> All power and glory in glory.
>> To he conquer [singing] conquered my
enemies, my enemies.
>> He put them [music] he put them under my
feet. He her ro hero in glory in glory
[singing] with all power.
>> All power and authority.
He [music] conquered connection.
[singing]
[music]
[singing]
[music]
>> He put them
>> He put [singing] them under my feet.
>> He heroes.
>> He [music] in glory in glory.
>> With all power [singing]
>> and glory. So he conquered.
>> He conquered my enemy.
He put [music] them
>> He [singing] put them on the line.
>> He's alive.
>> He's alive. [music and singing]
>> He's alive.
>> He's alive. [singing and music]
With all power in his hand.
>> Jesus is [music] alive. [singing]
>> He's alive.
>> He's alive. [music and singing]
>> He's alive.
>> He's alive with all power in his one
more time. [music] He rose.
>> He [singing] rose
>> in glory.
>> In glory
>> with all power.
>> All power
>> and [music] authority.
>> He conquered.
>> He [singing] conquered my enemies.
>> My enemies. [music]
>> He put them
>> He put them under my feet.
>> Heroes.
>> In glory.
>> With all power [singing]
and authority. [music] So he conquered
conquered my enemies.
>> My enemies.
>> He put them
>> He put them under my feet.
>> And [music and singing] her rose
>> in glory. Glory
>> with all power
>> and authority glory.
>> He called me [music and singing]
my enemy.
>> He put them he put them under my feet.
The
>> hero [singing]
>> hero
>> in glory glory [music]
>> with all power and glory [singing]
glory.
>> He conquered he conquered the enemy.
>> He put them [music]
>> He put them under my [singing] feet.
>> The heroes heroes
>> in glory.
>> In glory heroes.
>> Heroes in glory. Glory [music]
>> to hero.
>> Hero.
>> In glory.
>> To hero.
>> Hero. [music]
>> In glory.
>> To hero. [singing]
>> Death is defeated.
>> Glory. [music]
>> Death is defeated.
>> In glory.
>> Say hero.
>> Hero. [music]
>> In glory.
>> See, he [singing] put them.
>> He put them alive. [music]
>> He's alive.
>> He's [singing] alive.
>> See, he's alive. [music]
>> He's alive.
>> He's [singing] alive. [music]
with all power in his name.
>> The king is alive. [music and singing]
>> He's alive.
>> With all power [music]
in his name,
>> he's alive.
[music and singing]
>> Come on, just lift up a shout of praise.
Hallelujah. [music]
>> Hallelujah.
Jesus is alive.
Jesus is alive. Hallelujah.
[music]
Aren't you glad to know [music] that his
body is not in a tomb somewhere, his
bones, but our Lord Jesus is alive. He
is alive and well. Today we are
celebrating the [music] resurrection of
our Lord and Jesus Jesus Christ. We're
so glad that you are here. to everyone.
Welcome to those of you online. Thank
you for joining us wherever in the world
you're watching from. But we're excited
to have you with us. We [music] want to
encourage you. Just go ahead, enter in,
and let's just have a celebration
service today. Are you ready? [music]
>> Go ahead.
>> [music]
>> There was [singing] a moment [music]
when the lights went out.
We know all that victory.
[singing and music]
The king of love had [singing] given up
his eyes.
It [music] was the darkest day in
history. [singing]
[music]
There on [singing] a cross they made for
sinners.
For every curse his blood atone.
Oh, one final breath and it
[music and singing] was finished.
But [singing] not the end we couldn't
know.
[music]
All [singing] the earth began to shake
and the veil was [music] to
sacrifice
was made
as a [music] heaven.
[singing]
[music]
All hell
Jesus.
All hell.
[music] All hail the blood of heaven and
earth. [music]
All hell
Jesus.
All hell. All [singing] hell. The
[music] savior
of the world. [music]
Come on. He's the savior of the world.
You believe that this
[music and singing] morning
there was a moment [music] when the sky
[singing] lit up.
A flash of light was breaking through.
[music]
When love was lost, he crossed eternity.
[singing]
The king of life was on [music] the
move. He's on the move. For in a dark
where our Lord [music and singing]
was made,
one miraculous [music]
[singing] pray
forever [music]
change.
[music]
[singing]
All hail King Jesus. [singing]
is the king of the world.
Hail [music] Lord [singing]
of heaven and earth. All [singing] hail
Jesus. [music]
Oh hail [singing]
savior of the [music and singing] world.
All hail
Jesus. [singing]
Oh hell.
>> [music]
>> All hell, Lord of heaven [music] and
earth. All [singing] hell,
Jesus.
I am
all [music]
the savior
of [singing]
the world.
[music]
He's a savior. [singing]
Thank you, Jesus.
Come on, sing. Let every knee, let every
[music]
[singing] knee
bow before the king of kings. [music]
Let every [singing]
tongue confess that he is Lord.
[music and singing]
Lift up your shout. Let us join [music]
with all of heaven. Singing [singing]
holy
[music]
holy [singing] holy
[music]
[singing]
every
knee [music]
bow before the king of kings every
[music]
confess that he [singing] is Lord. Lift
up lift [music] up your shout. Let us
join [singing] with all of heaven.
Singing holy. [music]
[singing]
Come on church. Can you sing holy
[music]
[singing]
sing holy? [music]
>> Yes you are Jesus. [music]
[singing] You are.
Come on churches. Be holy. Holy.
>> [music]
>> Yes, you are.
[music]
[singing] He's the king of kings.
[music] He's the Lord alone.
[singing and music]
>> He's risen and he's alive.
[music]
Sing holy,
holy.
[singing]
[music]
>> Yes, you are Lord Jesus.
Holy
>> Jesus [music and singing] the king and
lord.
Holy, [music]
holy,
holy.
[music and singing]
Oh hell.
[music] Oh [singing] hail king Jesus.
[music]
You are [singing]
all hail the Lord of heaven and
[singing and music] earth.
All hell
Jesus. [music and singing]
All hell.
Savior [singing] of the world. [music]
All hell.
Jesus. [singing and music]
All hell.
All hail. Lord [music and singing]
of heaven and earth. All hail. King
Jesus. [music and singing]
the high
savior [music and singing]
of the world.
[music]
>> Come on. Can you give Jesus a good shout
this morning?
>> Hallelujah.
>> Thank you, Jesus.
>> Hallelujah.
>> Oh, hey King Jesus.
>> Jesus. [music]
>> Jesus.
Jesus.
>> Hallelujah.
>> Jesus,
he is risen. [music]
>> He is alive.
>> He is reigning in glory, in power, in
majesty. Hail King Jesus.
[music]
Hail King Jesus.
Hallelujah.
Amen church.
>> Amen church.
[music] The reason you are here this
morning is because he is alive.
>> The reason why you have breath in your
lungs is because he is
>> alive.
>> He is alive.
>> Glory to God. Thank you, [music] Jesus.
Let's just lift our hands up one more
time and say, "Thank you, Jesus.
Thank you, [music] Jesus. You saved me,
redeemed me, washed me clean. I'm alive
because [music] of you. I have a family
because of you. I have a [music] future
because of you. He is alive. Amen,
church. Well, good morning. [music] Good
morning. Good morning. Good morning.
He's alive. You know, if there's one day
you should be extra [music] happy and
extra extra is today. There is a reason
for the joy. There's a reason why these
people are [music] here singing on this
stage. Not just because we don't have
anything else to do on Sunday. Is
because we have a purpose [music]
and his name is Jesus. Amen. Church, you
guys may be seated in the house for a
few minutes. We're so thankful that you
are [music] here this morning at World
Outreach Church. God is good. God is
good. God is good. [music] Well, this
morning, as I said, we're here with
purpose. We're here because there was
someone who died, was buried, and rose
again. The tomb is empty.
>> And that is why we are here. The church
exists to glorify his name. But apart
from just the glorification of his ma
name, we are here because we understand
that together we are better. That
together we are stronger. And that is
the beauty of the local church. This
morning, we want to welcome all of the
firsttime guests. If you I know it's a
little awkward sometimes. I've been in
that place before myself. I remember
when I first went to church there in
California. I'm like, why are these
people having me stand up? Makes no
sense whatsoever.
But this is just a way for us to first
identify who you are, but then to
celebrate you because you are the most
important person in this place apart
from Jesus Christ. You are so special.
And it's just a way for us to love on
you, a way for us to connect with you.
So if it's the first time that you are
in the house, in this house, in this
church, we would love for you just to
stand real quick. Real quick, real
quick. Stand to your feet. Stand for
your feet. Come here,
Charles. You looking fresh.
So if if I'm here doing this, [music]
pastor don't care. Get up. Stand up.
Give a hug to all these Tim back up.
Everyone stand up. I want you to give a
hug to these people. Come on. Come on.
Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on.
Welcome in the house. Welcome in the
house. You are you you ain't new. You I
I know who you are. Welcome in the
house. I know that's new for a lot of
you. Like what is going on? It's time.
It's time.
We are so happy for you and we want to
connect with you. So, [music] as always,
there's ways in which we can grow closer
to you. If you would like to text
welcome 918215,
it's here on the screen 7066.
We would love to talk with you. We have
people called pastoral care. We have
pastors and leaders here to walk with
you, to talk with you, to pray with you.
The beauty of the local church is to
connect, grow, and help you go deeper
with Christ. That is the beauty of the
ecclesia. And so we want to welcome you.
And after service we have something
super special for you. Super special
prepared for you. We have out there in
the coffee place some coffee time of
connection. And we are getting ready for
something real special in these new
days. There are meetings that we had. We
had a holy spirit meeting. Holy spirit
healing meeting was incredible. We want
to connect with you with that. We have
youth. We have young adults. There we
have kids. They have so many places for
you to grow your family. Well, I don't
have a family yet. That's the beauty of
the local church. You'll learn about
family. You'll learn about connection.
You'll learn about how to be a disciple
to go out into all the world and preach
the gospel. That's why WC exists. And so
this morning, if again, if it's your
first time, maybe you didn't stand up. I
get it. It's okay. But don't leave here
without connecting with somebody. After
service, we're going to be here up
front. We're going to be in the lobby.
There's some people with crash. Uh, I
said it in Portuguese. The tags,
lanyards. Yeah, there it is. Find us.
Don't leave here the same way you came
in. Don't leave here without connecting
to somebody.
Yesterday, we had an incredible
outreach, an incredible time, and I just
want to honor all those who served. It
was so special, the beginning of
something incredible.
And so we want to say thank you for all
the volunteers for coming. We have a
quick video that we'd love to show of
what took place and what is going to
continue to take place here in this city
and beyond as we reach out. Outreach
world outreach church the middle name of
our church outreach into this city and
beyond. Amen. Let's watch this video
real quick before we take up ti and
offerings.
all walks of life.
But the thing is is you sew a seed and
at some point
what does seeds do?
>> Every single seed grows. Every one of
them.
And the thing is is [music] they may not
work through this Sunday, but it may be
the following Sunday or the following
Sunday because because that's the moment
that they need it in the most because I
can really use some help right now.
Is there anybody here says, "I've never
given my heart to [music] Jesus and I
want to do that."
Is there anybody here right now? Just be
brave enough. [music] Thank you. Thank
you. Is there anybody else that says
that says I want to give my heart I want
to give my life to Jesus. Anybody else?
Hey buddy.
>> Hey both of y'all. Praise God. That's
what's up. Listen. [music] Listen. The
Bible says heaven is going crazy for you
guys right now. Crazy for you right now.
I want to pray a prayer. Is there
anybody? [music]
>> This will be one of the funnest
outreaches we have ever done at this
church. And we're going to look back and
say, "Wo, that was so so fun. Let's do
it again.
>> 1 2 3 4.
LET'S GO.
>> AMEN.
What a wonderful thing.
What a wonderful thing. You know, we're
not just about numbers, but something
that I've learned in business is data
doesn't lie. Numbers don't lie. And it's
something that is so important to us
because each one of those 900 plus
people that walk through is a soul. Is
someone that's so special. We don't do
outreaches without purpose. That's
something that we are always so focused
and locked in is what is the purpose?
What is the reason behind this? And the
reason is is that every single one of
those people have a story. And as we
walk with them through that story and as
we help them understand that story,
there's transformation in that. And so
that is the reason why we did this
outreach is to show up for the communion
and say, "We're here. We're here not
just to preach. We're not just here to
to to, you know, point the finger or
say, "Hey, you're not doing that right.
You're not doing that right." We're here
to walk with you and help you through
and navigate through the complexities of
life. And that is why we're so thankful
that we had the opportunity to reach the
city.
And it was so beautiful. I was talking
with Pastor Matlock. We had 14 plus
salvations. And that that we should
celebrate.
families being transformed. History's
being redefined forever.
God is good all of the time. In
missions, we're we're taught, you know,
yes, you give people fish. We gave
people a fish that day, but it's
important we teach them how to fish, but
sometimes you got to get them through
the door to teach them how to fish. Give
them a fighting chance.
>> And so, again, we want to welcome you.
If you're one of those people, welcome
home.
>> This is your home. and we will walk with
you. We will fight alongside of you in
this journey. Amen. You guys open your
Bibles real quick in 2 Samuel 24 verse

2 Samuel 24:24
24.
It's a real interesting context. I won't
go too deep into it, but there's a a
portion of the scripture that stands out
to me. This is David
once again being an incredible type of
shadow of Christ.
And he says something interesting
because, you know, the story basically
is, you know, King David, he wanted to
build an altar
to the Lord to stop a plague. And then
there's a man that showed up and said,
"Hey, I'll give you all of these
things." What a wonderful thing is
wanting to be generous. There's
something that David specifically said
that just touches my heart, not just as
a pastor, but as an entrepreneur as
well. He said this. He says, "I will not
sacrifice
to the Lord
my God."
>> That's it. My God, burnt offerings that
costs me nothing.
I will not give an offering to the Lord
that which costs me nothing. So he
understood that there was something that
he had to do. Some force had to be given
in order to stand and say, "God, this is
my offering to you. May it be holy and
pleasing to you. This costs me
something."
And when we talk about money, sometimes
people get real uncomfortable when we
talk about finances. But we should be
talking more about godly finances, about
kingdom giving, because what we see here
is kingdom GIVING. IT'S NOT NATURAL
GIVING. IT'S KINGDOM giving because you
are a disciple of Christ. And if you're
not yet, you can learn how to be a
disciple of Christ and learn how to do
godly investing into the kingdom of God.
Because when you give into GODLY SOIL,
YOU SEE 900 people being reached. When
you give into godly SOIL, YOU SEE
NATIONS ALL around the world BEING
IMPACTED, CHURCHES RISING UP TO
ACCOMPLISH THAT which they've been
called to do. Forgive me, I'm a little
passionate. But when you TALK ABOUT
KINGDOM GIVING, I get excited because
I've been there on the mission field.
I've seen it with my own eyes. When
kingdom people invest into kingdom
ground,
>> that is the beauty of giving. David got
it and you better believe Jesus
understood it. That's why he gave
himself up as a sacrifice for humanity.
>> And look at what happened from that
sacrifice. The very soil, THE VERY PLACE
IN WHICH David had gave, he said, I will
pay for this was the very place that
Solomon would build the temple. meaning
you don't understand sometimes what
you're doing in the moment. But again,
divine divine word produces divine
results.
This is our responsibility, not God's.
So do your part and you better believe
that God will match it. He will walk
with you. Just activate [music] your
faith in Jesus name. There's ways to
give. Text WC Tulsa to 833-281-4456.
still blows my mind in the United States
how easy it is to give. We've all been
those missionaries. You know how hard it
is to give on the mission field
sometimes. WooC do that right there. Oh,
you can give online or you can do it the
old school way. We got envelopes and
there's so Yeah, I see you got that.
Raise it up. We raise it up high. That's
my man. Give. Give because it is our
great opportunity and privilege as
disciples to give. Amen. Everyone get
ready. Get ready for what's to come.
It's only going to get better. Amen.
Father of the living God, we thank you
for this morning. Bless [music] all
those that understand their
responsibility to tithe, to give, to
sacrifice [music] the wonderful things
that are ahead of us as the church
understands their great responsibility.
We thank you for this in Jesus mighty
name. And the church says,
>> "Amen."
>> Amen. As you guys finish giving, you can
stand as we continue in worship. We're
going to sing about the blood this
morning. I said we're going to sing
about the blood this morning. Anybody
[music] grateful for the blood? Anybody
know that the blood saved you? The blood
[music] cleansed you, washed you free of
all your sins. Amen. If it hadn't been
for [music and singing] the blood, where
would I be? Oh,
[music] come on. Let's just lift our
hands across the room. Oh, we worship
you, Lord. Thank you for the blood of
Jesus. The blood of the spotless lamb
[music] of God. We thank you. We thank
you. We thank you. We thank you, Lord.
[singing and music]
Oh,
see everything changed.
It's getting harder to [music] recognize
the person I [singing] was
before I encountered [music]
Christ. I don't walk like I used to.
Don't [music] talk like I used to.
I've been washed from the inside. Come
on. I've [music and singing] been
washed.
Hallelu. [singing]
Hallelu.
[music]
I know it was the blood. Could have
[singing and music] only been the blood.
Hallelu.
[music]
Hallelu.
I know [music] it [singing] was the
blood. Could have only been the blood.
Come on. Are you grateful for the blood
again?
>> I've been washed from the inside out.
[music]
See, I cannot [music and singing]
explain.
But nothing's more real than this. In
the presence [music and singing] of God.
When my heart experienced
when my shame hit the wayside [music]
and my sin met the most high. I was
washed [music] from the inside.
I was washed from the inside [music]
out.
Hallelu.
[singing]
Hallelujah.
[music]
I know it [singing] was the blood.
Could have only been the blood. [music]
Hallelu.
Hallelu. [singing]
I know it [music] was the blood. could
have only [singing] been the blood.
>> Hallelujah. Hallelu.
[music]
Hallelu. [singing]
I know it was a blood
only [singing] been the blood. [music]
Hallelu.
Hallelu. [singing]
[music]
I know it was the blood. Could have only
been the blood. [singing]
>> Come on. If you know that the blood
still works, just lift up [music] a
praise right now.
>> I know that the blood still works.
>> Oh,
I know it still heals. It [music] still
saves. [singing]
>> I know the blood still works.
>> [music]
>> It's never been about performance,
perfection,
>> or striving [singing] for acceptance.
Let me tell [music] you,
>> thank you, Jesus.
>> It's never been about [music] deserving
or earning. It's a gift that's freely
gi. Let me tell you, it's only by the
blood.
[music] Does anybody want to be holy and
rightous,
purified [music and singing]
and spotless? Let me tell you, it's only
by the blood. [music and singing]
Does anybody want to be worthy,
forgiven, [music]
justified [singing]
with living? Let me [music] tell you,
it's only [singing] by the love. Does
anybody want to be holy? Does anybody
want to be holy? and rightous [music]
purified
wise. Let me tell [music] you, it's only
by the blood.
Does anybody want to be [singing] worthy
for [music]
justifying?
[singing]
Let me tell you, [music]
it's only by the blood. And let the
[music] people of God [singing]
say
hallelu
hallelu. [music]
[singing]
I know it was the blood. [music] Could
have only been the blood. [singing]
Hallelu.
[music]
Hallelu.
[singing]
I [music] know it was the blood. Could
have only [singing] been the blood. If
the blood healed you, [music] if the
blood restored you, just shout his name.
Father, we're so grateful [music] for
the blood. Jesus, we're so grateful for
the blood.
>> Thank you, Jesus.
>> If it had not been for
[music and singing] the blood if it had
not been for the blood, where would I
be? [music]
Where would I be? If it had not
[singing] been for the blood. [music]
Oh
Jesus.
[music]
>> If it had not been [music] for the
blood.
[music]
>> I know that the blood still working.
>> Sing. I know [music] it was the blood. I
know it was the blood. I know it was the
blood that saved me.
See, one day when I [music] was lost,
Jesus died upon the cross. I know that
the blood still works. I know [music]
that the blood still works. I know that
the blood still works. I know [music]
that the blood still works.
>> Come on, anybody know that the blood's
still working today? Say, I know.
>> I know that the blood [music] still
works.
>> I know that the blood still works. Say,
[singing] I know that the blood still
works. I know that the blood [music]
still works.
>> I [singing] know that the blood still
works.
>> I know that the blood still heals.
>> I [music] know that [singing] the blood
still heals. His stripes laid upon you,
Lord.
>> I [music] know that the blood still
heals.
>> I know that the blood [music] still
saves.
>> I know that [singing] the blood still
saves.
>> I know that the blood [music] still
works.
>> I know that [singing] the blood still
works.
>> Hallelujah.
>> Hallelujah. [music]
[singing]
>> Hallelujah.
>> Hallelu.
[music]
I know it was the [singing] blood. Could
have only been the blood. [music]
Hallelujah.
Hallelujah. [singing]
I know it was the blood.
Could have only [music and singing] been
perfection or striving for acceptance.
Let [music] me tell you,
>> it's only by
>> it's only by the blood.
It's never been about [music] deserving
or earning. It's a gift that's freely
giving. Let [music and singing] me tell
you, it's only by the blood.
Does anybody [music] want to be holy and
rightous,
purified [music] as [singing]
let me tell you, it's only by the blood.
Does anybody [music] want to be worthy,
forgive,
justified, [music]
relive?
Let me tell you, it's only
[music and singing] by the blood. Come
on, just give him a shout right here.
I'm so grateful for the blood.
[music]
>> I'm here today for [singing] the blood.
>> Thank you, Lord.
>> If [music] it has not been for the
blood,
>> Hallelujah. If it had not [singing] been
for the blood. If it had not [music]
been for your blood, Jesus. If it had
not been the blood. [singing]
[music]
I know it was the blood. I know [music]
it was the blood. I know it was the
[music] blood that saved me.
See, one day when [music] I was lost, he
died.
>> [singing]
>> I know that the blood [music] still
works. Come on. I know that the blood
still works. I know that the blood
[music] still works.
>> I know that the blood still works.
>> I [singing]
know that the blood [music] still works.
>> I know that the blood still works.
>> I know that the blood [music] still
works.
>> I [singing] know that the blood still
works.
I know that the blood still works.
>> I [music and singing] know that the
blood still works.
>> Come on, if you're grateful for the
blood, just lift up a shout right now.
Oh, we're grateful for the blood.
[music]
>> We're grateful for the blood.
[music]
>> What a sacrifice [music]
you made. What a sacrifice you made.
You shed the blood of [music] Jesus for
me, Lord.
Oh,
what a sacrifice [music] you made.
>> We're so grateful for the blood. [music]
Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
>> Hallelujah.
Sing [singing] oh precious
is the flow
that come on if you know it sing it
makes me
white [singing] as snow
>> no
other
[singing]
nothing but
>> nothing but
>> let's just stay right here a little
singing. [singing and music] Oh,
precious
is thous.
[music and singing]
[singing]
[music]
[singing]
We're singing. Oh, [music]
[singing] preious
is the glory [music]
that
makes [singing]
me wide as
[music]
clouds [singing]
I know.
ing nothing but the blood of Jes
Sing it. [music and singing] Oh, all
preious
is the [music]
>> makes me
wide as [music and singing]
no
word.
[singing]
I know
nothing but [music] the love [singing]
of Jesus.
>> One more time. And all [singing]
preious
[music] is the flow
that
makes [singing] me white [music] as
snow.
[singing]
>> [music]
>> I know
nothing [singing] but the blood of
Jesus.
>> Let's just take these next few moments
and reflect on all that he's done for
us.
You shed your blood, [music] Lord, for
me.
Your one and only son.
You didn't have to do it,
but you did it for me.
You didn't have to do it,
>> but you did it for me. [music]
>> So we glorify your name.
>> So we magnify you today. [music]
We cry, "Worthy is the lamb of God."
>> Hallelujah.
>> Worthy are you.
>> Glory.
>> Worthy. [music and singing] Worthy.
Worthy, worthy, worthy. Hallelujah.
Let's give him thanks.
Let's give him thanks. [music] He alone
is worthy. Redeemed us. Redeemed us.
Redeemed us. He's redeemed us.
Hallelujah. Thank God for the great plan
of redemption.
Thank you, Father. Blessed. Blessed.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.
Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
Glory. Glorify. Magnify. praise, all
glor, all praise, all glory, all thanks,
[music] all be unto you in the name of
Jesus. Hallelujah. Thank you for the
great plan of redemption. [music]
Jesus came and completed for us.
Hallelujah. Our faithful high priest
[music]
who once touched little feelings of our
infirmities. All point once tempted like
us. We are yet [music] without sin.
We're thankful for it, dear Father.
Thank you for your presence here. Thank
you, Father, for your [music] goodness,
your mercy, your grace. Thank you,
Father, for a time of celebration. The
price has been paid. We're [music]
grateful. We're thankful. We thank you
for it, dear Father, in the wonderful
name of Jesus. Glory to God. Hallelujah.
Glory to God. Glory. Glory. Glory.
Father. We love you so much.
[music] Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you, Father. You so loved the
world, you gave your only begotten son.
Whosoever believes on him should not
perish but have everlasting life. We're
so thankful, Father. Those of you, those
of us that have already met Jesus, those
of us that have already invited him into
our lives, those of us that are already
born again, bloodbought, redeemed. We're
thankful. We're grateful. We thank you
for it, dear Father. Thank you. Thank
you. Thank you. Thank you. Eternity is
all settled for us. We know whom we have
believed. were persuaded he's able to
keep that which we've committed unto him
against that day. We thank you, Father,
and we thank you for the service this
morning. We trust your will to be done.
Thank you, Father, for speaking to
hearts, touching lives. We thank you for
it in the wonderful, wonderful name of
Jesus. Hallelujah. Our Lord, our Savior,
our sooncoming King, our healer, our
deliverer. Thank you for it, dear
Father. Yes.
>> The one who meets all of our needs. One
who's
>> so [music] precious to us.
>> We thank you for it, dear Father. We're
grateful in the wonderful name of Jesus.
Hallelujah. Praise God. Praise God.
Praise God. Hallelujah. Amen. Amen.
Amen. Well, one more time, let's give
him thanks. [music]
Hallelujah. Glory to God. Blessed,
blessed, blessed, blessed be the name of
the Lord.
Hallelujah.
[music]
Hallelujah. Glory to God. Amen. Amen.
Amen. Glory to God. Good to see
everybody in church this morning.
Hallelujah. Shake hands with a couple
people near you. Tell them you're glad
they're in church. [music]
>> [music]
[music]
>> Hallelujah.
Well, welcome to Resurrection Sunday.
>> Hallelujah.
Glory to God. You know, Pastor Janet and
I've uh we've been to nations different
places around the world. I can think of
a couple places we've been to where uh
you we we'd be there maybe on Good
Friday and they'd have parades and
they'd have all kinds of statues and
have everything else and and have a
celebration for the death of Jesus, but
come Easter Sunday, everybody stayed
home. They'd celebrate the death, but
they didn't uh celebrate the
resurrection.
>> I'm thankful for the resurrection.
>> You know, it's um Yeah,
>> it's uh I'll come down here. The it's
it's all about the resurrection. If you
notice back through there, even when the
Apostle Paul went to uh uh Athens and he
preached about, you know, he preached
the message about the unknown god there,
some of the people said, "Well, we'll
come back and hear you a little bit
more. You know, some of this is good,
but we just don't understand about this
resurrection thing you're talking
about." You know, people didn't
understand what that was. They didn't
know about the resurrection of Jesus.
They didn't know. And if we stop and
think about it, it's um
it's all about the resurrection.
>> Amen.
>> It's all about the fact if he wouldn't
have been raised from the dead, we'd
still be in our sins.
>> If he wouldn't have paid that price, if
he wouldn't have been raised up, if God
wouldn't have raised him from the dead,
you know, in fact, we're celebrating
today. This is resurrection is the
greatest miracle ever to uh touch
humanity.
>> We're here. We're celebrating today.
We're celebrating what the the price God
paid for. The greatest miracle God ever
did was the resurrection.
>> You know, if you go back through there,
it wasn't the greatest miracle was not
creation. There was no resistance there.
>> In the beginning, God created the
heavens and the earth. The earth was
without form and void, and darkness was
upon the face of the deep. Spirit of God
moved upon that. There was no there was
no resistance. Well, it wasn't. That
wasn't the greatest miracle. You go a
little further. Greatest miracle.
greatest miracle wasn't when God
delivered uh Israel out of the bondage
of Egypt. He didn't really have a
problem with that. When he brought in
the greatest uh the Passover lamb, uh
all of Israel got out of there and all
the Egyptians came after him and they
all got flooded out in the Red Sea. It,
you know, God didn't have a problem with
that. So, that wasn't the greatest
miracle. And if you go on through there,
you just follow this through, we go on
and on and on. greatest miracle.
Greatest miracle was not even Jesus
coming into this earth. They didn't
know. They, you know, they were, they
knew he's coming, but they'd been
waiting 4,000 years for that since, uh,
Genesis 3:15 when God said, uh, I'll put

Genesis 3:15
enmity, talking to the serpent, I'll put
emnity between thee and the woman,
between thy seed and he and her seed.
He'll bruise thy head, and thou shalt
bruise his heel. Well, you know, they
knew somebody was coming. They'd been
waiting 4,000 years. They didn't know
who they were looking for.
Jesus showed up and even then God had to
have the angels come and talk to the
shepherds out in the field and let them
know the redeemer had showed up. So
really it was kind of a surprise to
people. And so you go back through it
wasn't uh you know it wasn't creation,
it wasn't the Red Sea, it wasn't the
delivery of uh uh of Israel out of the
bondage of Egypt, you know, and you go
further and further and uh we can see
miracles all over. But uh uh it wasn't
even it wasn't even the death of Jesus.
It wasn't his death on the cross. Satan
been waiting 4,000 years for that. He
wanted he wanted to get Jesus. He wanted
to get him into his territory. Wanted to
get him down into the regions of hell.
He wanted to get that done. So all the
way through, we go through 4,000 years
that we're aware of. And all through
that time, there was no uh there was
really no not much resistance. The devil
had a few things he tried to get away
with, but he wasn't very wasn't very
good at it. And if you go back through,
we see that God did all these, you know,
miracles, but the greatest one, the
greatest miracle he came to was the
resurrection
>> because every other miracle, it was
okay. When we when he came to the
resurrection, there was resistance.
Every devil in hell wanted to stop the
resurrection of Jesus. They they they
didn't mind getting him. They just they
just wanted to keep him because, you
know, Satan knew that if there was one
raised from the dead, if there was one
firstborn of a new creation, then there
might be a second born.
>> There might be a third born. There might
be a fourth born. And you get 2,000
years down the road. And then there's
you and me.
>> And all of a sudden, there's all these
these new people. Jesus being the
firstborn of uh many brethren, the
firstborn of a new creation. when um
when all of a sudden Satan, you know, I
don't know. We don't know for sure, but
I wouldn't be surprised if if when Jesus
died on the cross, I wouldn't be
surprised if God had every devil in hell
take a sbatical
and say, "Come on together. We got to
make sure we've got him now. We got to
make sure we don't lose him. We've got
him. We got to make sure we keep him."
He really didn't know what he'd gotten
into. The princes of this world didn't
know what they were getting into. if
they had known the Bible said they would
not have crucified the Lord of glory.
They didn't know what was going on. And
so we look down the road and we see that
it was it was the death, it was the
burial, it was all about redemption, but
it had to be finished up with
resurrection.
>> They had we had to have a new creature.
We had to have a firstborn of a new
creation. We had Jesus had to be not
only died and buried, he had to be
raised from the dead.
>> And so we look back through and we see
that here's God's plan. death, burial,
and resurrection of Jesus. And [snorts]
if you look back through um God told us,
I mean, like I said, Genesis 3:15, God

Genesis 3:15
said, "I'll put enmity between thee and
the woman." That's of course when Adam
and Eve had sinned. I'm going to put
emnity between thee and the woman,
between thy seed and her seed. He'll
bruise thy head, thou shalt bruise his
heel. God prophesied that there would
come a redeemer. He predicted somebody
that would come and set all this right.
But they didn't know who they were
looking for. And all through creation,
all through 4,000 years, God kept making
these comments of what Jesus uh Isaiah
61 talked about Jesus ministry. We see
what his name would be. His name shall
be called wonderful counselor,
everlasting father, mighty God, prince
of peace. He said these things all the
way through, but all the way through you
just you could see somebody's coming.
They just didn't know who was going to
be or what he's going to look like. And
so they just kept watching, kept looking
for him, kept looking for the redeemer
to come. Okay? And when they got when
Jesus finally showed up here, they knew
they finally, you know, even the devil
said, "We know who you are. You're the
you're the son of God." Jesus disciples
finally got him. Even Peter,
he said to Peter, "Who who do men say I
am?" Well, some say that you're John the
Baptist, Jeremiah, one of the prophets.
He said, "Who do you say I am?"
Peter suddenly he said, "Well, you're
the Christ, the Son of the living God."
Jesus said, "Blessed art thou, Simon
Barjonah, for flesh and blood's not
revealed this unto thee, but my father
which is in heaven, and I'll give unto
thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven,"
and so on. Suddenly, Jesus disciples
have figured out who they're with.
They're with the son of God. They
they're with the redeemer, the one
that's been prophesied, predicted, the
one they've been looking for, the one
they've been waiting for. But if you go
back through there, Isaiah told them
what what this should look like. Isaiah
said back there 700 years before Jesus
came to this earth, took on flesh, and
dwelt among us. You look back there,
Isaiah 53:1 says, "Who's believed our

Isaiah 53:1
report? And to whom is the arm of the
Lord revealed?" You get down there to
the fourth verse and said, "Uh, surely
he bore our grief and carried our
sorrows." But really, the original text
should say, "Surely he bore our sickness
and carried our pains." Isaiah is
telling them what this redeemer is going
to do, what he's going to purchase, what
he's going to pay for. Then he goes on
in the fifth verse and he said, um,
says uh, but he was wounded for our
transgressions. He's looking 700 years
down the road talking about he's got a
vision. He's seeing what the redeemer is
going to look like, what the Messiah is
going to look like. He says back there
said, um, but he he's wounded for our
transgressions. He's bruised for our
iniquities. The chastisement of our
peace was upon him and with his stripes
we are healed. He looked down the road
700 years and saw somebody's going to
come take care of our sin problem.
Somebody's going to come take care of
our our mind problems. Somebody's going
to come and take care of our physical
healing issues and problems. So he
predicted this, prophesied this. So when
Jesus showed up, they should have
recognized who was here. Most of them
didn't, but they should have. So anyway,
we get down the road here and you get
700 years after that and suddenly
suddenly Jesus comes to us born of a
virgin. He comes to planet earth. The
the angel said unto you is born this day
in the city of David a savior which is
Christ the Lord. All of a sudden Jesus
arrives. He shows up. Okay. The
redeemer's here. The one that's going to
pay the price.
>> And so they're all watching. They're
they're looking. Um he's working signs,
wonders, and miracles. doesn't start
till he's 30 years old. But then we see
him at approximately 30 years old when
he steps into the fullness of his
ministry. Spends about three and a half
years healing the sick, cleansing the
leper, raising the dead, casting out
devils. He's doing everything he said he
would do from Isaiah 61. He is the
redeemer. He is the the Messiah. He's
the one that paid the price. And so, um,
we look at him there and we see in
He calls his disciples together to have
the Passover.
Okay? And he brought them all together.
This is just I mean we're coming right
up on the crucifixion. We look there and
and he brings them all together and he
said this this this this
cup, this is the new covenant in my
blood. This bread, this is my body
broken for you. He's trying to explain
to him. They have been prophesying,
predicting about the redeemer to come
for quite a few hundred years. And so
Jesus is having the Passover with them.
And about that time, you know, of
course, Judas went, he goes and and uh
sells Jesus out for a price.
And um we see that Jesus, they they take
him out. He's beaten. He's stoned. Uh
he's he's uh they put a crown of thorn
thorns on his head. Um they're they're
uh they took this his robe off, put a
purple robe on him and they put the
crown of thorns on him and then we see
they they take a a whip and they they
beat him. Best we can tell cat of nine
tales. They beat his you know by his
stripes we were healed. We can look all
through there and see Jesus uh is paying
the price. The redeemer, they're taking
him. They're beating him. They're making
fun of him. They're making fun of the
gifts of the spirit. They're pro saying
prophesy unto us. They're they're
they're predicting all these things.
They're making fun of his anointing, his
calling, his ministry. And then they
take him and they nail him to the cross.
They take the price. They He pays the
price. They take him. They nail him to
the cross. Putting nails in his in his
feet, nails in his hand. Okay. They've
nailed him to the cross. He's up there
and um at about uh 9:00 in the
afternoon,
about 9:00 in the afternoon, he cries
out and he says he says uh my God, my
God, why have you forsaken me? What's he
talking about? He had he had to pay the
price for us. Jesus was our substitute.
>> Okay? He he had to take where I was.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. I don't know about you, I remember
number of years ago now I was my life
was not in a good place. In fact, it was
a pretty bad place. I wasn't sure where
things were headed. I wasn't sure what
choices I was going to make. And I was u
in a partic particular bad setting at
one one time and I wasn't sure where
things are going to go and I heard a
voice say, "Yeah, but if you go that
direction, where are you going to go?"
Now, I'd been in church. I heard of
Jesus. I knew that. I'd just never done
much of anything about it. And here I am
in a situation that could go one way or
the other. And I heard a voice and I it
was in my car and I heard this voice
say, "Yeah, but if you go that way,
where are you going to end up?" Scared
the daylights out of me. Slowed my car
down, drove back to campus, went into my
dorm, and I thought, "I'm going to have
to do something." It was months after
that before I made a decision. went to a
meeting,
walked an aisle, prayed a prayer, prayed
a simple prayer, November 1972, prayed a
simple prayer, said, "Jesus, I make you
Lord of my life." That's all there is to
it. Been walking with God ever since.
But there was a time it was it was
pretty scary because all of a sudden the
reality is there's an eternity out there
and I'm not real sure which way I'm
going. I don't know there's a heaven,
there's a hell. I know there's both of
them and that the choice is not up to
God. He made his choice when he
purchased us through the death, burial,
and resurrection of Jesus. He made his
choice. Now, we all make ours. I've
always been thankful. Thankful for the
Holy Ghost. Thankful for the spirit of
God getting my attention. Thankful he
didn't leave me alone. I had some
difficult months coming up on that time
when I wasn't sure what direction I was
going to go. But every time I'd try to
think about some other directions, I'd
think about, "Yeah, but which direction
you gonna go?" If you leave this place,
your last breath down here, what's your
next breath going to be?
>> You exhale down here, where are you
going to inhale? There is a heaven,
there is a hell that much I believed.
But anyway,
anyway, Jesus was he was nailed to the
cross. We know that from the scriptures.
And about 9:00, which is about 3:00 in
the afternoon, he cried out and said,
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken
me?" Well, what's he doing? quoting
scriptures. But the the issue was he he
and God had had to separate. He he had
to take my place. He had to go where I
was. I was away from God. He had to take
a place away from God. He had to take my
sin. Had to take my sickness. Had to
take my disease. Had to take my failure.
He had to take my everything.
>> Had to take my place. He said, "My God,
my God, why have you forsaken me?"
And then Bible said then he took a
breath and gave up the ghost. Well, he
took he went to the cross which is where
I deserve to go. He was away from God
which is where I was. He took my place
on the cross. He did all that and then
when he died they took his body and put
him into a grave. Okay. What? He went
where I deserved to go. He took my
place. He was my substitute.
And so he did all that and but it didn't
stop there. You know, in the mind of the
religious community, they put Jesus in
the tomb and he's raised again the third
day. We know that. But you know, Jesus
had to go somewhere.
Absent from the body present with the
Lord for a believer. He had to go
somewhere. He had to take our place. He
had to take my place. Okay? So when they
took his body and put it into the tomb,
rolled the stone there, his body was in
there, but his spirit man had to go
where I deserve to go.
>> Bible said in the book of Acts, I will
not leave my soul in hell, nor suffer
thy holy one to see corruption. He had
to go where I deserve to go. Jesus took
my place there. He became what I was
before I could become what he is. He
took my place in separation from God. He
took my place where there was sickness
and there was disease and there was fear
and there was failure. He had to take
all my place. That's who I was. That's
where I was. And somebody had to take
that place. And Jesus did it. He was my
substitute.
And so when they put him in his body
into the tomb, his spirit man had to go
somewhere. Well, the spirit man had to
go where I was destined to go. Okay? And
so we know from the scriptures, thou
will not leave my s my soul in hell, nor
suffer thine holy one to see corruption.
paid the price, took my place, went into
the depths of hell. Okay, but you know,
nobody had ever been there and come
back. I know he was the son of God. I
know he was Jesus, but he had taken that
place and laid it aside. When he said,
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken
me?" He took that place and left it
aside. He went to a place nobody had
ever come back from. Nobody'd ever been
separated from God and come back. Nobody
had been spiritually dead and come back
to the father. Nobody had gone into the
depths of hell and come back in. Nobody
had ever been there.
Jesus took our place there and he went
into the depths of hell where you and I
belonged to go. Every one of us, the
Bible said, "For all have sinned and
come short of the glory of God." And the
wages of sin is death.
We've all missed it there. We'd all made
mistakes. We all hit the what we call
the age of accountability. We all hit a
place where all of a sudden we knew
there's a difference between right and
wrong. And every one of us when we hit
that place, every one of us chose wrong.
>> Just the way it worked. So everybody was
away. And Jesus didn't go for himself.
He didn't go just for me. He went for
the He went for the whole world.
>> For God so loved the
>> world, he gave his only begotten son. He
took my place. He took our place. He
took our place down. Went into the
depths of hell on the basis of the word
said, "You'll not leave my soul in hell,
nor suffer your holy one to see
corruption." He went into the depths of
hell believing God raised him back up.
Nobody had ever been there before. Yeah.
Well, he was the son of God. I get that.
But nobody had ever been to that place
before. He went down in there. He was
down there for three days. Now, I don't
know what it was like down there. I've
read different accounts of what people
think, but it doesn't make a whole lot
of difference to me. Jesus went down in
there. He took my place for three days.
He was down in the in the regions of
hell, in the regions of the damned, in
the regions of the devil's territory. He
was down where Satan was the the god
down there in in the the the regions of
hell. Took my place down there three for
three days. But at the third day,
>> the third day,
>> but the third day,
>> what's a song say? But on the third day,
the angel did tell Jesus is alive and
well. Something like that.
>> But the third day, God said, "The price
has been paid. Redemption's been
purchased. All of humanity had been
saved. All humanity had been purchased,
paid for. All humanity, somebody had to
pay for us. We couldn't do it for
ourselves. Somebody had to take our
place. Jesus went and took the place of
humanity down there. The greatest
miracle we've ever seen was redemption.
the death, burial, and resurrection of
Jesus where God reached down to Adam,
took every sin, every iniquity, every
sickness, every disease, every problem.
Took all that and pulled it all the way
up to the cross. Then he reached down to
today,
took our place, reached down to the end
of time out ahead of us, reached down
into the future, pulled it all back. He
reached into the beginning, pulled it up
to the cross, reached to the end, pulled
it back to the cross, and he laid it all
on Jesus.
All the sickness, all the disease, all
the sin, all the weakness, all the fear,
everything. God took all that from all
of time, all of humanity, the worst
person on earth,
the worst individual on earth. You go
back through there, you take some of
the, you know, you go to to to Hitler
and Mussolini and you go people that are
known for being really bad guys. Their
price was paid, too. God took their sin,
took their iniquities, took took
everything they' done, brought it all
together, laid it on Jesus, he paid for
the sin and sickness and disease and
mistakes of all of humanity.
>> Paid the price for us. And so Jesus,
when that was laid on him and he went
into the depths of hell, he took my
place so that later on I could take his
place.
>> He became sin. God laid on him the
iniquity of us all. He had paid all
that. Imagine all that. Jesus, who was
with the father from the beginning, let
God take all that by choice, God take
all that you and I had ever done, a
mistake, every mistake we'd ever made,
laid it all. Laid it all on Jesus. He
paid that price.
And for three days, he was in that spot.
Okay. What took place down there? I
don't know. I've heard, like I said,
I've heard a lot of different
explanations. I'm not sure I believe any
of them. Heard a lot of people say a lot
of different things. But the third day,
>> but on the third day, God said, "All
right, it's enough. Price has been paid,
blood's been shed, redemption's been
purchased, the price has been paid for
the sins of humanity. All have sinned
and come short of the glory of God."
Somebody's already had to do that. I
remember a
talking to a relative of mine a number
of years ago. I'd just gotten my life
right with God. And I went to see some
relatives and one was he was pretty
pretty rough guy. Okay. Didn't live real
good. And I was seeing some some family
members. Took a couple days to spend
with them. Good. They were actually good
close friends actually. And uh I I got
to talking to this one individual and I
said, "You know, you need to get your
life right with God." He said, "Yeah, I
know, but I can't." I said, "No, no, I"
I said, "I'm I'm serious. you need to
get your life right with you need to get
saved. He said, I know I can't. I said,
no, no, but you need to get saved. You
need to make Jesus Lord of your life. He
said, I can't do that. I said, why can't
you do that? He was probably maybe in
his 50s at the time. I'm not real sure.
I said, why can't you do that? He said,
he said, I just can't. I said, why can't
you do that? He said, I've made so many
mistakes.
I said, well, join the club.
>> We've all been floating in that boat. He
said, I've made so many mistakes. I I I
I can't do that. And I said, "Well, you
know, this guy named Saul of Tarsus was
having Christians put into prison and
taken and given to the lions." I said,
"Had people killed? Have you had people
killed?" He said, "Well, no, but I still
it wouldn't be right for me to get
saved. It wouldn't be right for me to go
to heaven. It wouldn't be right for me
to it just wouldn't be right." I said,
"Why not?" He says, He says, "Because
I've done so much wrong." And I said,
"You and everybody else." He said,
"Yeah, but you understand. You got to
understand." He said, "Somebody's got to
pay for that." And I said, 'You're the
first one I've ever heard that's got
that one right.
>> Somebody's got to pay Somebody's got to
pay. I can't I couldn't pay for my
mistakes. Couldn't pay for the sins I'd
committed. I couldn't pay for the stupid
things I'd done. Couldn't pay for the
people that were hurt. I couldn't do
that. But somebody had to.
>> All have sinned and come short of the
glory of God. The wages of sin is
>> death, separation from God. Okay? But I
couldn't fix that. I couldn't do
anything about it. And this individual
was smart enough to say, "I know. I know
I've made so many stupid mistakes and
somebody's got to pay for that." And I
said, "The best part is you're right.
Somebody has to. But the really good
part is somebody already did.
>> You're never going to go to hell because
of the sins you committed. The only
reason you'll go to hell is because you
don't receive the one that paid for your
sins.
>> Price has been paid. Blood's been shed.
Somebody's paid for everything you
everything you've all everything you've
ever done. Somebody's already paid.
Jesus came, saw you down here, the mess
you are, saw who you are, saw what
you've done, and took all that upon
himself, went to the cross, and died.
And he took your, if you were the only
one on earth, Jesus would have paid for
your mistakes.
>> So,
>> now, he didn't do anything with it that
day. I don't know. He's He's gone over
number of years ago and stepped over,
and I hope he thought about it quite a
bit. I know a lot of his family's gotten
saved since then, but I just thought,
you know, he uh he all he could remember
is I've made so many mistakes. Well, we
all have.
But Jesus, when he went to the cross and
died, he went down into hell down there
because he was taking our place. He went
into the prison I was destined to go
into. Okay? Took my place there. But the
third day,
>> third day, God said, "All right, the
price has been paid. The blood's been
shed. Redemption's been purchased.
Somebody's already paid for the sins of
humanity. Somebody's done the job. And
now, let's get this fixed. And when he
did that, the Holy Ghost, Jesus was
quickened in spirit. The Holy Ghost went
down into the regions of hell. Think
about that. Now, you've got Jesus the
son, you got the Holy Ghost, you got
twothirds of the Godhead in the regions
of hell down there. And all of a sudden,
Jesus gets quickened. He went from
spiritual death to spiritual life. All
of a sudden, he took a breath and became
a new creature in Christ. Firstborn of a
new creation. Firstborn among many
brethren. All of a sudden, he took a
breath and he is a new creature. And
think about that. In the regions of
hell, you got the firstborn of a new
creation.
>> He's in that place. And you know when
that happened, all of a sudden
everything changed.
>> He's got the Holy Ghost on him and in
him. He's got the spirit of God. And the
Bible said over there in Hebrews chapter

Hebrews 2 chapter mention
2, it said uh for as much as the
children are partakers of flesh and
blood, he also himself likewise took
part of the same that through death he
might destroy him that had the power
over death, that is the devil. What did
he do? He went there. He went into the
regions. I think he went into Satan's
throne room in hell.
>> Went down in there as a new creature in
Christ. Went in there and tore the place
up. Took the keys of death and hell.
destroyed him that had the power over
death, defeated and conquered the one
that had the keys of death and hell. He
paid the price.
>> He went in there and took that all
apart. And then when he came out, the
Bible said in Colossians chapter 2, and

Colossians 2 chapter mention
having spoiled principalities and
powers,
>> he not only whipped the devil in his
territory, he didn't kill him, he just
dismembered him. [laughter]
>> And then he spoiled principalities and
powers. Every devil, every You'll never
run into a devil that's not already
defeated. That's right.
>> I've heard people say, "Oh, you know,
there's big devils, little devils,
medium devils." No, there's only one
kind of devil. There's defeated devils.
>> Yeah, but the devil's been giving me
trouble. We'll give some back because
Jesus whipped him 2,000 years ago.
>> Jesus went into his own territory, went
into the his throne room, took the keys
of death and hell, conquered him,
whipped him, took away all of his
dominion, all of his power, all of his
authority, spoiled principalities and
powers. got all that done and then he
came shooting up out of there.
>> The women went to the uh tomb.
>> And when they got there, there was a guy
sitting there, an angel said, "Don't
look for him here. He's not here. He's
risen."
>> Early the early the third day, he came
bouncing up out firstborn from the dead.
>> Paid the price for us. Now, I don't know
about you, I've read that over for many
years. I was so glad November 1972, I
was so glad I could read that and find
out he paid the price for me.
>> That would have been me. That was me
that deserved to go down there. That was
me that deserved everything that came on
him. That was me that deserved to pay
for what he paid for. That was me that
made the mistakes. That was me that did
the dumb things. That was me that sinned
and came short of the glory of God. That
was me that did all that. But thank God,
God so loved me that he sent his son to
pay the price for me. And when Jesus
paid that price, I he took where I was
going so I can go where he is.
>> He was the firstborn of of a new
creation. And 2,000 years down the road,
I got to be one of those newborn ones,
>> new creature in Christ.
>> It's a it's a choice. There's a move of
God taking place in in the world right
now. It's happening in a lot of nations.
It's happening in a lot of cities. saw a
a deal on the news yesterday. There's a
newscaster that's doing a a a video
thing on the move of God, a move of God
spiritually speaking in America. It was
Jews, it was Gentiles, it was it was it
was Catholics, you name it. And he's
bringing all these people together and
showed all these videos of all these
young people with their hands raised.
They're getting water back. Something
something's happening.
>> But thank God we get to make our choice.
We get to it's not well I'll just die
and see where God's going to send me.
No, you are already destined for hell
because of mistakes. We can make a
choice and make our destiny going into
heaven.
>> You can have that never wonder again
where you're going to go.
>> You don't have to wonder, you know, if I
take my last breath, where am I going to
go? If I take my last breath, if I have
a mistake, something happens, what
what's going to happen? You can set that
thing in motion right now.
>> That's your choice. I'm going to ask you
just to bow your heads just for a
moment.
just really wanted to take a few minutes
this morning to give invitations.
I remember the meeting I went to. I
still remember the I I can remember the
aisle way I walked down. I I think I was
one of the first ones down there. My
feet started moving and I couldn't get
them stopped. I took a walk down to the
front of that. I was one of the first
ones down there and they said, "Well,
we're going to have you do this, this,
and this." I said, "No, just leave me in
prayer. I know what this is going to
do." I was prayed. I prayed. I went back
in my car, went back to my college dorm
room. My roommate said, "Where you
been?" And I said, "I went to a
meeting." They said, "What kind of
meeting?" I said, "A church meeting."
Said, "What happened?" I said, "I got
saved." And they said, "Saved from
what?" I said, "I don't know what I got
saved from. I just know I'm not going to
hell anymore."
>> And you don't have to either because
you're going the same direction.
But with your heads bowed and your eyes
closed,
if you're here today and you you you may
not know where you're going. Maybe you
were raised in I was raised in church. I
just never did anything about it. Maybe
you don't know where you're going. Maybe
you were raised in church. Maybe you
never been to church.
But if you were to take your last breath
today, where would you end up? There is
an eternity.
Well, I don't know if I believe in
heaven or hell. It's out there. You
believe it or not, there's a heaven. and
there's a hell and the choice is going
to be up to you. Which one do you want
to go for? Once you get it settled, you
got it settled. If you're here today and
you've never made Jesus Lord of your
life, you've never gotten this settled
right, never become what the Bible calls
a new creature in Christ, new species of
being that never before existed. If you
if you don't have that settled, I want
to I want to pray for you. Okay? I know
we got some folks I saw that we got some
folks that are here with us for the
first time. We're so glad you're here.
>> But the most important thing is making
sure that you know where you're headed,
>> knowing where you're going. As I said,
there's a move of God going on around
the globe. Make sure you're in it.
Choice is up to you. So, I'm going to
ask you, heads bowed, eyes closed.
Christians are praying. If you're here
today, say, "Pastor, would you pray for
me? I need to get this right. If I died
today, I don't know where I'd go. If I
was to take my last breath down here
today, I'm not sure where my next breath
would be. I don't know what I believe. I
don't know where I'm going. Get that
settled. Get that settled. You'll never
have to wonder again. Never have to wake
up in the morning and wonder. Never have
to go to sleep at night and wonder. You
can get that settled. I know where I'm
going. I know whom I have believed and
I'm persuaded he's able to keep that
which I've committed unto him against
that day. If you've never invited Jesus
into your life, you're not right with
God. It's not his fault. He paid the
price. Shed the blood. Went to the
cross.
Paid for your sin. Iniquity, sickness,
disease. Paid for everything. If you
haven't done anything about that, now's
the time when you can. If that's you,
wave your hand at me. Not going to
embarrass you. I want to pray for you.
If you're here today and you say,
"Pastor, pray for me. I want to invite
Jesus into my life. I want to know where
I'm going.
I want to get this right.
I know people that are saved. I'm just
not. Maybe you don't know if you've got
it settled or not. I know a lot of
people know a lot of people. They just
didn't know if they had it settled or
not. They don't know. Well, I don't
know. I just don't know if I died. I
just don't know where I'd go. You might
as well get that settled before you
leave church this morning. It's your
choice. Anybody here, just wave your
hand at me. Say, "Pastor, pray for me. I
want to invite Jesus into my life. I
want to know I'm saved."
I remember sitting with a friend of mine
on the curb out in front of a grocery
store complex in my hometown.
Got talking to him. He had alcohol
issues. Had some other things going on.
I said, "Man, you got to get your life
right with God. I know what you're
running into. I know how you're living.
I know what your life's like. I
understand that. That's okay. God
doesn't have a problem with that. You
just need to do something about that."
He said, "Well, I'm trying to live
right." I said, "You can try all you
want. you're never going to be able to.
God paid the price.
I just want to
lead you in the right direction. I want
to pray with you. Couldn't get him to
listen.
Talk to him on the phone. He had
actually he and his wife a couple years
ago. Talked to him on the phone. They
live in another state. He was one of my
best friends growing up. Talked to him
on the phone and um his wife said, "Oh,
don't be concerned about him. He knows
who his savior is now."
I said, "Boy, okay, my job's done."
>> But if you don't know where you're
going, you haven't got it settled, you
don't know Jesus as your savior, I want
to pray for you. Maybe you've been to
church lots of times. Maybe you've never
been to church. Doesn't make any
difference. If you've never invited
Jesus into your life, I'm telling you
right now, uh, today, the Bible said,
"Today is the day of salvation. Now is
the accepted time. Today, if you hear
his voice, don't harden your heart.
Don't back away. Don't back off. Now is
a good time to jump in and join in with
the rest of us. If that's you, again, if
that's you, just wave your hand at me. I
want to pray for you.
Anyone in here? Maybe you've been away
from God. Maybe you've been what we call
backsliden. Things aren't right between
you and God. Maybe you grew up in
church, but you've been away. If that's
you, again, just want to give you an
invitation.
Hallelujah.
Glory to God. Praise God. Well, let's
all stand to our feet. Father, in the
name of Jesus, I pray right now. I pray
for this house. I pray, Father, for
everybody here, those that are watching
online, those that are on live
streaming. I thank you, Father, for
everybody that's in the place. Thank
you, Father, for those that have been to
church before, those that have never
been to church before. I pray for them
right now, dear Father. I pray for them.
I pray I just reach out for out of out
of my heart. I pray, Father, they'll
make the right decision. and they'll
make the right choice before they end up
taking their last breath. They'll make
Jesus Lord of their life. And I thank
you for it in the wonderful name of
Jesus. Dear Father, hallelujah. Blessed
be the name of the Lord. I pray that
you'll just keep stirring them. Let them
know, let them know there's a choice
they can make. Anytime, day or night,
all they've got to do is make a simple
prayer. Jesus, come into my heart. Make
me a new creature. I invite you in now.
I thank you for that in the wonderful
name of Jesus. Dear father, I thank you
in Jesus name. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
Amen. Amen. Amen. Well, let's lift our
hands and give God thanks.
[music]
Praise God. Praise God. Praise God. I do
know that some uh made some decisions
yesterday at the outreach and that is
amazing. One one major announcement I
want to give before we all uh get super
excited and check our raffle tickets.
Uh I wanted to make an announcement real
quick.
This Wednesday, April the 18th, we're
having water baptisms. Some of you have
signed up.
I'm sorry, the 8th. Not this not this
win. Uh yes.
You know what? Just look at the ETH.
just look at whatever day that is cuz
[music] clearly I'm not on earth. Uh so
whenever that's going to be, you know, I
don't April the 8th, we're having water
baptisms. If you made a decision, this
is the next step. And I tell you that so
many people have I I've heard testimony
after testimony. have seen testimonies
where people have gone that next step,
went through with the water baptism, and
not only did they know what they were
called to do, things that were were were
dog in their trail were broken off their
life, they come up a different person.
They come up a different person. Now,
listen, that's the next step in your
faith walk. So, make sure that you sign
up for that. You can scan that QR code
or you can hit the info center on your
way out and sign up for that. But that
is the 8th and we will be having that
coming up and that is a Wednesday night
just so you're aware. So make sure you
are aware as I again was not. Um you
know but but I'm going to uh raffle off
a little something. But before I do
that, if you are first-time guests, I
know we had more first-time guests
than than than stood up. And that's
okay. That's okay. Okay, it's a little
intimidating to stand up in front of a
group of a ton of people. However, if
this is your first time, please text the
word welcome to 918-2157066.
We want to bless you guys, okay? We want
to bless you guys and and we'll be right
out here in the cafe right after. We'll
we want to hook you up with something.
Okay? All right. So, uh I'm going to
now draw the raffle.
Thank you, Miss Felicia. All right. Here
we go. Here's [music] the ticket. Oh,
the drum roll is ready.
Hope you have your tickets ready. This
raffle is for a $500 Visa gift card.
[laughter]
All right. So, it's a yellow ticket,
just so you're aware. You should have
been able to trade that in on your way
in. The last three of this ticket
zero.
Look at your cards. Look at your card or
your tickets. Zero is the first letter
number. Jeez, where am I at? Six.
1
0 6 1. You got it.
[music]
You got it. Yeah. All right.
Hey,
that is a $500 Visa gift card. Thank you
so much for being here today. Hey, make
sure that you come back. We just like as
Pastor Ryan was saying, you know, this
place has something for everybody and no
two services are alike. Obviously, this
is Easter Sunday, so we're not going to
be doing this again, but but be here as
much as you can because you're going to
find out that what you need is in this
place, right? And we have community for
you. We have opportunities for you. The
outreach yesterday was amazing. I want
to again commend everyone, all of our
volunteers, 120 plus volunteers. Thank
you so much. Couldn't have done it
without you guys. We had 900 plus in
attendance and over 14 decisions were
made for Jesus yesterday. Just so you
guys are aware, we do have pastoral care
that'll be up here for you. If you need
prayer for anything in particular, come
right up. Um they'll be up here waiting
on you. We're going to say our vision
statement and you guys can go have an
awesome Easter Sunday with your family.
We live by the word. We're led by the
spirit. We love the world. Love you
guys. See you guys on Wednesday,
whatever day that is.