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#home #family #parents #children #JesusChrist #God #Faith #Hope #Love When we #think of the #victory of the #Cross we have to remind ourselves that the #blood of #Jesus #cleanses us from all our #sins and we are #forgiven in Christ. At the Cross #Jesus bore all our #grief and #sorrows. All #guilt and #condemnation is lifted because of His #blood. At the Cross #mercy and #peace took on a #human #face. #Jesus #Christ made a #covenant with His #Father and His #blood brings us #everlasting #peace. About David Wilkerson David Wilkerson was the Founding Pastor of Times Square Church in New York City. He was called to New York in 1958 to minister to gang members and drug addicts, as told in the best-selling book, The Cross and the Switchblade. In 1987, David Wilkerson returned to “the crossroads of the world” to establish Times Square Church. As a pastor of the church, he faithfully led this congregation, delivering powerful biblical messages that encourage righteous living and complete reliance on God. David Wilkerson had a strong burden to encourage and strengthen pastors throughout the world. From 1999 to 2008, he traveled around the globe holding conferences for Christian ministers.
my message this morning
why are you weeping
why are you weeping please go to John 20
if you will please 20th chapter
of John
beginning to read it first verse I’m
going to read the first 17 verses
follow me
closely
please John 20
verse 17 verses
the first day of the week cometh Mary
Magdalene early when it was yet dark
under the Sepulcher
and seeing the stone taken away from the
Sepulcher then she runeth and cometh to
Simon Peter and to the other disciple
whom Jesus loved and saith unto them
they have taken away the lord of the
Sepulcher
and we know not worthy have laid him
Peter therefore went forth and that
other disciple Being John and came to
the Sepulcher
so they ran both together and the other
disciple did outrun Peter and came first
to the Sepulcher and he stood stooping
down and looking in saw the linen
clothesline yet when he not in
then come a Simon Peter following him
and went into the Sepulcher and seeth
the linen clothes lie and the napkin
that was above his head not lying with
linen clothes but wrapped together in a
place by itself
then went in also that other disciple
which came first to the Sepulcher
and he saw and believed and as yet they
knew not the scripture that he must Rise
Again from the dead
then the disciples went away again unto
their own home but Mary stood without at
the Sepulcher weeping and as she wept
she stooped down and looked into the
Sepulcher
and seeth two angels in white sitting
the one at the head the other the feet
where the body of Jesus had Lain
they say unto her woman why weep is thou
see saith unto them because they have
taken away my Lord and I know not where
they have laid him
and when she had thus said she turned
herself back and saw Jesus standing and
knew not that it was Jesus
Jesus saith under a woman why we first
thought whom seek is thou she’s
supposing him to be the gardener saith
unto him sir if we if you if thou have
borne him hence taken away tell me where
thou has laid him and I will take him
away
Jesus saith unto her Mary
she turned herself and saith unto him
for bonai which is the same master
Jesus saith under touch me not for I’m
not yet ascended to my father go to my
brother and say unto them I Ascend unto
my father and your father to my God and
your god let’s pray
Heavenly Father
please teach us by your Holy Spirit this
morning about the power of your
Resurrection
Lord Jesus don’t let us miss what you’re
trying to say in this wonderful Passage
I come Lord unto your anointing and
unction and ask it to sanctify my vessel
let me be a vessel of honor and praise
to your name as I
utter the precious Living Word of God
what a responsibility and what a joy to
share your heart and I pray Lord that
everyone in this building will hear what
you have to say no one is here by
accident you’ve placed everyone in the
seed in which they’re sitting on purpose
and Lord you prepared this message you
prepared it all this week it wasn’t done
just suddenly it was before we would
know anyone that would be sitting here
today you prepared a word now Lord let
us receive it I pray for healing of
those who need to be healed in spirit
mind and body and soul ReStore in this
service today let there be great
restoration through the power of your
word and spirit I pray in Jesus name
amen
why are you weeping
Resurrection morning
and it’s still dark the scripture says
and tearing through the darkness you see
a few women walking toward the tomb and
one of them
is from mag a town named Magdalene they
call her Mary the Magdalene
the magdala
and she can’t wait so she hurries before
the others as she sees the stone rolled
away from the tomb and she peers in and
there’s nobody there and she sees the
napkins uh or the the clothing there and
she sees the head wrappings in another
position and has gone and and despair
I’m sure she screamed I’m sure she began
to cry and weep and she turned from the
women and ran right to Peter and John
and then his broken sorrowful pitiful
unconsolable mood
she says Peter John the tomb is empty
they’ve taken our master’s body someone
has stolen him somebody’s taking him
they’ve laid him somewhere else I can’t
find him please come quickly
John runs first and he goes and peers
into the tomb and he sees it empty and
he stands back aghast he he’s he’s
trying to take it all in Peter is
impetuous as he is he runs right into
the tomb he looks around and and the
Bible says job Then followed him and
sing believed
John and Peter I don’t know what they
were thinking I don’t know what went
through their mind it says they believe
but future events prove that they
believed only partially
because Peter went fishing
well he saw go fishing went home Mary
didn’t leave I don’t know if the other
women had gone apparently they had and
she’s left alone
and she gathers her courage and she goes
back again to the mouth of the Tomb and
she looks in at this time there are two
angels sitting on the slab one on the
top and one on the bottom of the slab on
either ends of the slab and she’s
looking and they see her and she she is
weeping uncontrollably just absolutely
weeping
for as yet they knew not the scripture
says they didn’t understand the
scripture that he must Rise Again from
the dead
now Mary and all these disciples had
been taught by Jesus clearly that he was
going to be killed crucified and raised
the third day
he went over and over it he had taught
them especially from Psalm 16 10. for
thou will not leave my soul in Hell
neither will thou suffer thy Holy One to
see corruption in fact Paul the Apostle
used that very verse to convince the
Jews of the Resurrection this was the
key verse that was used all through the
New Testament Church to prove to all
unbelievers that Jesus was resurrected
he said it’s right in your scripture
it’s right in Isaiah it’s right and
solved the Jews believe dissolves and
there it was
Jesus used Jonah for a type before he
died he taught his disciples he taught
Mary
for as Jonas was in three days and three
nights in the Will’s belly social the
son of man be three days and three
nights
in the heart of the earth and then he
will rise just as Jonas came out of the
two out of the belly of the well I will
come out of the Tomb
I want to prove to you conclusively that
Mary and these disciples had been taught
and taught and taught about the
resurrection and didn’t comprehend it
the word did not it was not mixed with
faith they did not hear and understand a
word of the resurrection message that
didn’t register
three times just before he died Jesus
like Matthew 17 22 Jesus said unto them
the son of man shall be betrayed into
the hands of men
and they shall kill him and the third
day he will rise again
and in Matthew 2018 going to Jerusalem
with the disciples and evidently Mary is
with them because later ways crucified
she’s there in Jerusalem
and
Jesus said behold as we go to Jerusalem
and the son of man shall be betrayed to
the chief priest and to the scribes and
they shall condemn him to death they
will crucify him speaking of himself
and on the third day he shall rise again
he’s speaking in the third person
they’re going to kill me we’re going to
my death
scribes in the Pharisees are going to
lay hold of me I’m going to be killed
I’m going to be crucified the gentlemen
on the third day Mary on the third day
I’m going to rise again
now his favorite place was Bethany the
home of Mary Martha and Lazarus
this woman Jesus had cast Seven Devils
out of her the Bible said
and you know that gave him he became her
Kinsman he gave
him she saw him having the full rights
to her body Soul and Spirit because
she’d been healed and this woman was
totally devoted to Jesus Christ Lord God
and savior healed Mind Body Soul and
Spirit
he was a miracle
absolutely totally devoted
but she missed the power of the
Resurrection she missed the truth of it
and this is so very very vital to
understanding victory in our lives today
Jesus taught them that he would not only
be raised from the dead on the third day
but he said the same power that raised
me from Dead’s gonna raise you from the
dead
and this is the will of him that sent me
that everyone that seeth the son and
believeth on him may have everlasting
life and I will raise him up at the last
day
brother there’s no
power of death There’s No Grave anywhere
I don’t care how deep they bury you
there is nothing is going to keep you
from getting your new body and
resurrected on the last day Hallelujah
now Mary’s the focus of my message this
morning
he set out to prove to you that Mary all
along and all the disciples had given a
full and complete teaching on the
resurrection
but it did not register
it didn’t
they just passed it off that they loved
to sit at his feet they loved to hear
the word but it didn’t touch their heart
it was not applied to their everyday
life they missed it
no doubt Jesus spent so many hours
telling Mary personally she sat at his
feet Mary they’re going to crucify me
I’m going to go to Jerusalem to the
scribes in the first he went through it
in detail but Mary you’re going to have
a time of Saw but the sorrow is going to
turn to Joy Jesus told her that in John
16 20 your sorrow going to turn to Joy
you’re going to have a very powerful
time
but it’s going to turn to Joy if you’ll
just allow the truth to register
now Mary goes back to the mouth of the
Tomb and she looks in once more and this
woman is shaking I’m sure with grief
totally unconsolable
be strictly
scripture said that Mary stood without
the Sepulcher weeping and as she wept
she stooped down
and looked into the Sepulcher and seen
two angels in white sitting the one at
the head the other the feet
where the body of Jesus had laid
and they say unto her woman
why are you weeping
they were dumbfounded
I’m sure they had been sitting there
waiting for all the disciples to come
together start rejoicing
where are the disciples Peter and John
were here and they’ve gone there’s no
great rejoicing where are the disciples
he told them the third day this is the
third day
this is the new day
power over death Hell In The Grave where
are the rejoicing believers
who suddenly Mary shows up and she’s
weeping
and they are dumbfounded they’re gassed
they’re saying
why
are you reaping their thinking says
where’s the joy where’s the victory
where are those are taking this word and
applying it to their hearts this is the
third date he’s raised but you know why
they’re dumbfounded Mary is weeping and
they’re looking right in the face of
Jesus because he’s standing right behind
her
they’re looking at this weekly woman and
she’s on her feet on her knees probably
and seeking uncontrollably
there’s the master
now looking right at him
that’s where the dumbfounded Mary
why are you weeping
he who has all power and glory and
victory over the tomb is right behind
you
and now marry a devoted loving
disciple stands there weeping
Mary what because she thought she had
lost her Lord and her beloved they have
taken him away they’ve taken away my
Lord and I don’t know where they have
laid him
she’s looking for a dead Jesus
to looking for a dead Jesus he hasn’t
finished
giving to him she has spices now he’s
already
had the spices he’s already been uh
cared for carefully
and this has not been a conflict but
here she is she’s not finished in the
flesh
trying to minister to him rather than to
comprehend she’s doing for Jesus rather
than allowing Jesus to do for her
and I don’t think we hardly ever get out
of that kind of condition where we’re
always striving In the Flesh always
always trying to give something to him
and never understanding what he’s trying
to do for us and what he has
accomplished
in the resurrection
she’s looking not for resurrected Jesus
he’s looking for one who’s still laid in
the grave
if you tell me where you lady’s body
I’ll take him I don’t know what she’s
going to do with it
is he going to cling to a dead Jesus
she saying to herself I’ve lost him
who’s delivered me he’s left me alone
he’s forever God let me tell you
something no power nothing on Earth or
in hell can take your Jesus from you
foreign
and they see under her woman
why do You Weep and when she’d said this
because evidently their eyes were not
unheard but above her
and she’s trying to see where the angels
are looking and she turns the Bible said
when she said this she turned herself
back and saw Jesus standing
and knew not that it was Jesus now I
want to stop right here and freeze this
picture
here’s Jesus standing over Mary and she
turns around there he is
right before her and she doesn’t
recognize him in her grief
this this proves that you can go through
such trials and have such grief there
are times that you can’t recognize him
you can’t recognize his presence he can
be right there and you can’t acknowledge
you can’t see him it’s as though he has
has left you he is gone you can’t find
him and grief can do that sorrow can do
that
now I want you to know something folks
you and I have been given a revelation
so great so far beyond anything that
marrying the disciples had we not only
have the Old Testament we don’t we not
only have Isaiah and the prophets and
David and the psalmist and Moses and all
who pointed to Christ his death his
Burrows Resurrection we have the New
Testament completed we have the
historical testimony we have the
testimony of generations we have a clear
word that Jesus ascended to the father
that he has taken Authority and he’s on
the throne that we do not serve a dead
Christ he’s risen
we have that testimony it’s been made
very very clear
but then a crisis comes into our lives
for example it can be a besetting sin
that returns and you thought you had the
victory
and you sit in the service this morning
you say Pastor I failed the Lord somehow
even when I thought I had the victory I
fell back into an old pet sin something
came over me I went back and I feel so
dirty So Unworthy so unclean and I can’t
seem to get back to Lord I can’t seem to
find his presence God has every right
Jesus has every right to drop me
and sometimes you can feel abandoned you
feel dirty and unclean and filthy and
that’s fine you you go through the guilt
you go through the condemnation and all
of that but here’s the problem in that
state of mind so often
we end up weeping and crying and saying
oh God I’ll never make it I I keep
failing you you have every right to
leave me
and you still don’t understand
that he’s still behind you he’s still
there he’s not forsaken you he said I’ll
never leave you I’ll never forsake you
I’ll go with you to the end
I don’t serve a good time Jesus I
servant Jesus is there when I fail when
I’m blessed when I’m happy when I’m sad
this is the worst tormentors nobody
torments themselves like Christians do
you have no sin on the face of the Earth
that torments himself like Christians do
fail God and say he’s gone I can’t find
him where’d he go where’d he go
he’s right behind you
standing right there never leaving I’m
with you to the end and by the way he’s
not standing back there only he’s right
here inside the heart living and abiding
oh but he’s gone I can’t feel his
presence
folks I don’t trust my good feelings of
all my bad feelings
I told you once and I’ll tell you again
I’m never surprised at my flesh
I’m never surprised when it rises up
because the Bible said flesh is going to
be flesh
flesh in itself cannot be redeemed flesh
has to pass away and be crucified but it
will never change
that’s why I need Jesus with me at all
times and a sense of his presence and
he’s abiding with me Hallelujah
glory be to his precious name
you can have
a dream
and it’s smashed
your hope suddenly goes a promise
unfulfilled
maybe you heard a voice
telling you something good was about to
happen instead you’re greatly
disappointed
and then we cry The Cry of Mary
where is he
where is he we’re talking now about a
dead Jesus we’re talking as though he’s
dead he’s buried he’s gone has no power
he’s not been resurrected
do you understand what this scripture is
trying to say to us
what about that marriage problem you’re
having or trouble in your home or with
your children or relationships you’ve
reached a point in which you say I can’t
go on much longer I don’t know how I can
handle it I’ve tried and Lord I feel
like I’ve come to the very end of my
rope and in that time after you prayed
and cried and wept and you don’t see the
answer coming yet and you say where is
he where is he where did he go I’ve lost
him
he hasn’t heard me
in times like these all you can see is
the death you cry a lot You Weep a lot
it seems like you’ve lost him like like
he he had every right to leave you you
can’t understand why the Lord is taking
you through this kind of trial why did
he leave me
that’s what Mary is thinking she’s
thinking of her own hurt she’s thinking
of her own loss
Mary had come to the tomb the Bible said
with spices that they may come
that they might come and anoint him she
came with other women to anoint him
and now looking at that picture here she
is weeping she’s got the spices ready to
anoint his body she wants to caress that
body with these spices and just Minister
and love him and and speak over his dead
body Jesus oh how I loved you I devoted
to you
and it looks like a very religious
devoted scene and it was she was totally
devoted don’t get me wrong this woman
was totally devoted to Jesus
but see Mary is focused on the grave
she’s focused on the death and she’s not
focused on the resurrection
she wanted to anoint the Dead
and not to seek a word of resurrection
power
she wasn’t thinking of life or victory
over death she was thinking of her loss
and and I have lost him
she’s focused on what she could do for
Jesus even though dead and totally
ignoring or
not comprehending what the Lord had just
done for her in supplying and providing
for her everything she needed to have
Victory everything she needed to live
victoriously and be redeemed and she has
missed it
but you can appear to be so devoted to
Jesus
I’ve seen people
who
cry all the time
there’s nothing wrong with weeping I
weep in his presence there are times I
weep I weep over sin I weep over
weakness I I weep over uh the condition
of the world I weep over sinners
but that weeping just endures for a
season but I’m not that’s a different
kind of weeping that that’s the Weeping
of the heart of God
but this is a different kind of weeping
this this is a weeping of ignorance
this is a weeping of self
concern of my hurt and my pain and and
and
as if the Lord has left me
some of you here this morning you feel
that now you’ve been feeling the Lord is
kind of just backed away and left you on
your own
and it seems like it looks like a very
devoted picture here here’s a woman at
the tomb and weeping and crying and
reaching out where’s my Lord it seems
very very religious
but there’s something wrong with the
picture
because they’re standing beside her is a
resurrected Christ that she doesn’t
recognize
with all that she needs
and then she’s weeping in Jesus himself
is aghast he’s not playing games with
Mary he’s not teasing her he said woman
why are you crying
look at me why are you crying I told you
I would be raising the dead I have I’ve
come out of the Tomb I’ve conquered that
I put my heel on the Serpent’s head I’ve
crushed him
you should be rejoicing
you should be leaping without
are you crying
ask you now why have you spent so many
days and
weeks or even months why have you spent
so much time
morning
and reaping
there’s no Jesus we’re still dead
oh
and all along
all you have to do is appropriate his
word
I am the resurrection and the life if
you believe that I came out of the grave
and you can talk about the cross you can
preach sermons about the cross you can
say I’m going to stay focused on the
cross if you stay focused only on the
cross and don’t see the victory the
cross and the resurrection you’re going
to mourn the rest of your life and
breathe the Holy Ghost and grieve Christ
himself
because you have not seen the victory
you’ve not seen the resurrection
yes we’re to be conformed to the Cross
we are crucified with Jesus I praise God
for the cross night and day but I praise
God that he didn’t stay on the cross he
didn’t stay in the Tom he’s alive
Jesus saith under woman why weep us thou
she’s supposing him to be the gardener
that’s amazing
saith unto her sir
sir
if thou
he’s talking to the living
resurrected Jesus if you have taken him
away tell me where you lead him and I’ll
take him
amazing I read that and I can’t believe
it but you know
Jesus didn’t condemn her
for not recognizing his nearness he
didn’t condemn her
or being ignorant of the word of the
Resurrection he didn’t condemn her at
all and in her Despair and when he had
every right to say look
I
I don’t follow why didn’t you listen to
me I told you and told you and told you
he didn’t beat her down with any kind of
Correction
she’s grieving she’s hurting so Jesus
stops
and looks down he says Mary
and a tone of voice she remembers
I’ve been there
I’ve been in that place of grief and
weeping and feeling that the Lord had
every right to leave me and I couldn’t
recognize him in my pain I couldn’t
recognize him in my trial and I would
think there comes a time when the tears
are all gone there’s no more tears left
and you can’t pray you can’t even the
words run together so you just close the
book and say Jesus I don’t know what to
do in those moments if you’ll just wait
you’ll hear your name
I’ve heard it David
I love you
I’m right here I’ve never left you I’m
right here
I’m right here
both folks that has consoled my soul
time and time again I’ve heard by the
way David means beloved of the Lord
and I I
that that is everybody everyone that’s
our name of the spirit beloved of the
Lord
I don’t care what you did I don’t care
yet if your heart’s repented you’re
reaching out to Jesus he is right there
he’s here he’s not gone
will you quit looking for a dead Jesus
she knew him in the fellowship of his
sufferings
and this is why Paul said that I may
know him not only in The Fellowship of
his suffering not only the pain I want
to know him in the power of his
resurrection the church today often
recognize we have devoted weeping
Christians who know and have entered
into the sufferings of Christ but
they’ve never entered in the power of
the Resurrection
forgive me I’m screaming
offering makes the flesh feel good
but until you
acknowledge his word
until you acknowledge he is raised from
the deadness all the power that you need
that he has been invested with
everything you need to get victory over
Temptation victory over your sin to the
power of His Spirit until you deal with
that I serve a God who is able to
deliver me from anything nothing is
impossible in my life because I am
resurrected with Jesus Christ I am
raised from the dead of sin the depth of
sin I raised
Jesus said unto her she turned it she
tried to cling to Jesus
she tried to cling to him and Jesus said
to her Mary
touch me not
if I’m not yet ascended to my father but
go to my brethren and say unto them I
Ascend unto my father and your father
and to my God and to your God now some
people say well he had already gone the
father and came back no he said I
haven’t understand it he he’s still not
in glory
and what he’s saying to Mary Mary wait a
minute our relationship has to change
you can’t cling to me like you did when
I was in the flesh
I am the Resurrected God Of Heaven and
Earth your relationship to me now has to
be one of faith this is not human kind
of relationship anymore this is a faith
relationship you’re not going to cling
to me now except by faith
says I’m going to leave you and I won’t
be here and if you don’t have faith
you’re never going to ever you you will
always be clinging to the Grave you’ll
be coming back to this tomb night and
day and you’ll be looking at you’ll
you’ll just have a memory you won’t have
a Living Word in your life you missed
the word up to this point don’t miss it
now our relationship has to change it’s
by faith
folks the only victory over sin is to
face your way through it you can’t
starve your way through sin you can’t
strive your way through your problem you
have to resign all of your thinking
capacities you have to resign all of
your striving and say Jesus I believe
what you said I will never leave you
I’ll never forsake you I’ll go with you
to the end I’ve got to believe what you
said you will present me faultless
before your throne with exceeding great
joy I will rest on your word I will
appropriate it I will apply it that’s
where the power is
Hallelujah
beloved we’re just like the disciples
those two disciples on the road to
Emmaus they they’ve gone home they’re
going to Emmaus and they’re talking to
one another and they don’t even
recognize the presence of Jesus this
wonderful man is walking in their midst
these and they say we trusted we thought
or we had believed
that this had been he which should have
redeemed Israel
we really thought he was the Redeemer
and beside all this today’s the third
day since these things were done
you know what Jesus says oh you fools
so slow of heart to believe all that the
prophets and the scriptures have said
folks we’re we are we’re that foolish
people
how slow we are to believe what he has
promised in this book
how slow We Are
looks I want to tell you something
there’s all these years I have learned
that God help me if this is one thing
that I’ve ever asked him to teach me
it’s this that no matter what I’m going
through no matter what I may consider
myself as having failed in some way or
another I know I have a heart for Jesus
I know I love him I know I’m devoted to
him but I am not going to give in to the
lies of the devil that Jesus has walked
away from me Jesus didn’t bring you this
far just to dump you to Pearly Gates
[Applause]
one of my favorite writers of dear old
Puritan just before he died someone
asking about are you ready he said God
didn’t take me all these years just to
drop me at the last moment before I
entered Paradise
God didn’t take me all these years just
to let go of me
he didn’t take you through all your pain
and suffering he didn’t take you through
all of this that you’ve gone through and
then suddenly because you have a problem
he just gets up and walks away no I
don’t serve a God Like A Christ like
that neither do you he’s been there all
the time and he’s there now and you’re
going to have to lay hold of his promise
lay hold of it and say I don’t have a
lot of care what you tell me I don’t
care what I feel
I told somebody I heard everybody feel
safe before 11 o’clock in the morning
you know what I mean I’m a night person
in the morning I’m very slow
so if I listen to the devil I wouldn’t
feel like I’ve accomplished anything
today I’d never doubt my salvation but
sometimes I I don’t feel like I’ve
really reached him or done much until I
have I’ve got to spend my hours in
prayer I’ve got to have so many
scriptures written then I start feeling
better
now does he love me just as much when I
feel down is when I’ve read all these
scriptures does God just love me a
little more because I’ve been a little
more diligent no
he loved me when I was a sinner he loved
me he loved you when you were blind he
loved you when you were a blasphemer He
Loved You Then how much more does he
love you now Hallelujah
you can pray for hours a day
you can weep until there are no more
tears left
you can listen to the word and you can
live on religious tapes and books
but if you don’t appropriate the power
of his resurrection if you don’t lay
hold of his promises by faith
all you’re going to hear from the Lord
is why why
are you
carrying this burden unnecessary why are
all this unnecessary guilt why are you
carrying all these burdens
when I told you just cast them on me and
I’d take them all
why are you still carrying it
you know there’s a step of Faith you can
take right now even while I’m preaching
you can imply the word of God and say
holy ghost I want to recognize that I
want to receive it right now and you can
chase the lives of the devil you can put
this all out of your mind soul and body
right now through a step of faith take
that step of Faith right now while I’m
speaking to you
see there’s a form of godliness the
Bible said that’s going to deny the
power forms of worship forms of piety
and Holiness forms of weeping and legal
servitude
and and things that look so religious
they look so so religious
I know people now
uh that are so legalistic
there’s focused on the way
they fix their hair
they’re focused on
whether their faces are painted or not
painted red or white or they are focused
on danglings and and clothes and and
they’re focused on all of these human
things but most of the time I see no joy
I see no Victory I see a morning sad
group of people who’ve never entered
into the joy of the resurrection of
Jesus Christ
all the talk about being crucified with
Christ all the time but the flesh has
never been crucified because like like a
lady told us he said I sent my my kids
to a very religious legalistic school
and they had a parents meeting and all
of these women were dressed so you know
old-fashioned they everything had to be
right and they look if you came in with
pants as a woman or any kind of informal
clothes you know you’re a sinner
but she said you know what they did for
the whole two hours they gossiped
it just won’t go like this off I mean
chewing everybody up
but they look good
that’s not what God’s looking for
if you don’t have faith in his
resurrection power
if you don’t believe that he’s raised
for you the Bible said he was raised for
you he was raised for me he wasn’t
raised on his own account he was raised
for us
boy that that hit me the other day you
did all this for me Jesus
God help me if I don’t appropriate it
if I don’t believe it
and God hath both raised up the Lord and
will also raise us up by his own power
beloved we are not Pawns of the devil
we have a man in glory
who was crucified but now he reigns in
all power and authority and he’s there
as my high priest he’s there as my king
he’s there is my God if I fear of him I
go to my high priest and I repent
and when the Devil comes to accuse me
before the father my Jesus is an
advocate my lawyer stands Before the
Throne
and he says my blood my blood my blood
and I get my forgiveness and I walk away
with joy and knowing that he’s forgotten
my sins why should I not
and if the devil still harasses me I can
say I stand on an everlasting promise
that God is going to see me through and
Deliver Me from every snare of Satan
Hallelujah
Jesus Christ Our Lord declared to be the
Son of God with power according to the
spirit of Holiness by the resurrection
from the dead
in Romans 6 5 for if we have been
planted together in the likeness of his
death we shall also be in the likeness
of his resurrection
if I have truly died by faith to sin
then God helped me to enter in to his
promise that I can live in the likeness
of Jesus Christ by faith through the
endowing power of the Holy Ghost now let
me tell you in closing what I believe I
believe in the cross I believe that
Jesus died I believe that he was raised
in power I believe that he reigns now in
power I believe it has all power over
every Temptation every demon Onslaught
every lost every Power of hell that
comes against me and I believe he meant
when he said I will never leave you I
will never forsake you I’ll go with you
to the end I believe that with all my
heart will you stand please
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oh
my God
can we sing he lives Christ Jesus lives
today it’s an Easter song folks
do you know why we celebrate you know
why we have the Sabbath on the first day
of the week rather than the seventh
because Jesus was raised on the first
day of the week
five times he appeared before he died on
the first day of the week I mean after
his resurrection he appeared he appeared
the first day of the week so we
celebrate we practice the Sabbath on the
first day now Saturday is really the Old
Testament Sabbath we celebrate it
because of the Resurrection
Hallelujah but do you understand that
every day is supposed to be Easter with
a Christian every day supposed to be the
first day of the week it’s supposed to
be resurrection power you’re supposed to
get up and face every lie just I don’t
care what you do if you have to learn to
practice it
I I went to years ago a very wealthy man
gave some money
to Teen Challenge and
when he gave us the check he’s the only
thing I want you to do Pastor I want you
to come up here somewhere in Manhattan
and go to one of my motivational
meetings I want to motivate you
and so
for a hundred thousand dollars I will be
motivated so
he said if you’re going to be a success
you get up every morning you’re going to
feel downcast and you and he gave us
these words to report report
I will not give in to my Despair and
everybody will say I will not give in to
my despair
I am a success
if I think right I can do right I have
the power I have the ability to do this
and here we’re about a thousand very
intelligent people
say I can do it I can do it I can do it
of course they can’t do it without the
Holy Ghost they can’t do without the
power
and I’m
standing back there in the back thinking
and Christians get up in the morning
downcast
claiming in church raising their hands
praising a resurrected all-powerful
Jesus
and get up in the morning as though he
were dead
folks get up in the morning and exercise
in the spirit
remind the devil that you don’t have to
listen to anything he says I don’t care
how downcast you feel say Jesus I accept
your word I’m going to go through this
day believing and knowing that you are
with me you will not leave me you’re
standing I I don’t talk about
visualizing but I know I know your hand
is on me just let us speak your name all
through the day let him call to you he’s
there he’ll speak your name he’ll speak
Love to You Hallelujah all he’s asking
is an open repentant heart
so Jesus I want to be devoted to you
this day
and and by faith taking authority over
all of those lies take authority over
those uh feelings of depression and fear
and anxiety and guilt and say Jesus I
cast all of this on you and go your day
rejoicing the world needs to see a
smiling Victorious Faith man everywhere
you look
I I walked on Friday I walked 70 blocks
that’s right
all right
you say you’re boasting you bet I am at
my age I’m boasting
I I don’t think I saw two smiles the
whole day I there was nothing but
gridlock I heard everybody blowing their
horse and cursing and yelling and
screaming and bustling and hustling this
city and this world needs Christians who
live in Victory they need smiling faces
Hallelujah
so why are you weeping why aren’t you
smiling
your God’s Not Dead
your savior’s Not Dead He’s Alive he
abides in your heart and he’s loving you
he wants to love you out of your despair
this morning would you sing that while
we sing that he lives if you if you’ve
been living in this by the way if you’re
not right with the Lord you have strayed
away from his love
I want you to get out of your seat and
come here or you say Pastor Dave I’ve
been living in despair I’ve been living
in defeat and I need to walk out of this
church totally revitalized by the Holy
Ghost up in the balcony go to the stairs
on either side and come and I’ll pray
for you we’ll believe Jesus right now
amen we’ll be Jesus right now in this
service I want you to sing it with faith
though he lives he lives Christ Jesus
lives today where does he live he lives
right here in my heart amen
and ask the Lord by his spirit and Power
to deliver everyone who came forward and
everyone in this building this morning
who’s been living under the
influence or power of a life from hell
oh how quickly God wants to dispel all
of that
look at me please
do you believe the Lord really loves you
do you believe he’s near
that he abides
he doesn’t
Flint in and out of our lives
he’s the most stable thing in your life
he’s the most constant thing in your
life
I believe when we get to heaven
we’re going to look back over there
wouldn’t be no brief but
how many
unnecessary burdens
oh what needless cares we bore
needless
I want you to bring them all to him
right now by faith it’s a step of faith
it’s believing his word
halleluia
this past week for just a few hours in
the morning when I get up the enemy just
tried to come in with a sense of
you don’t know where it comes from it
just comes doesn’t it have you ever been
away it just seems to come and there it
is
that downcast
thing and I said no Lord Jesus
you’re right here
then just begin to love on him
just begin to love him talk to him
and then receive his love
Hallelujah God’s not mad at you
God is not mad at you
I want you to
lift up your hands to Jesus right now
just lift up your hands and I want you
to pray this prayer with me right now
Jesus
I’m tired of my burden
my fears and all the guilt the feelings
of unworthiness
despair
forgive me Jesus for trying to carry
this burden
by myself
and help me now Lord
to cast all of my cares all my burdens
Temptations and lust I cast them away I
put everything at your feet
stand with me now Jesus
my heart is repentant
I’m sorry Lord for every sin I’ve
committed and now Jesus look at my heart
you know I love you I’m devoted to you
Jesus
I desire you with all my heart
that’s why I’m standing here
so come now Jesus by your spirit
comfort me and help me to see you
and recognize you in my problem
right now now while your hands are
raised let me pray for your father I
pray that you open our eyes and our
understanding and we can recognize you
right now in our troubles and in our
sorrows and on our burdens and in our
even on our failures we can recognize
you and we can see master master as you
call our name and remind us that you
love us
God you love your church
it died for your church you Died For All
Mankind but oh Lord the great love you
have for your body for your church it’s
your own body you said a man loves is to
love his own body and you love your own
body we are your body we are bone if
you’re bone and flesh of your flesh
now I want everybody in this church that
loves Jesus to raise your hands and say
thank you for loving me and let him love
you right now accept the love of Jesus
Lord I’ve repented of my sins I open my
heart to receive your protection your
love I cast my cares upon you strengthen
me Lord strengthen this body for the
battle ahead give strength to this
people give hope give Faith bring
victory
Hallelujah
oh blessed be the name of the Lord bless
him now just bless the Lord I bless you
Lord I bless you Lord
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this is the conclusion of the message