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But thanks so much 0:02:08.280 --> 0:02:11.000 for tuning in and thank you again for coming out today. 0:02:11.040 --> 0:02:13.560 And I like to start with something funny and I 0:02:13.600 --> 0:02:17.040 heard about this man he was on vacation in Jerusalem 0:02:17.040 --> 0:02:20.239 with his family when his mother in law suddenly died. 0:02:20.960 --> 0:02:24.040 He went to make arrangements to get her body back home, 0:02:24.120 --> 0:02:27.760 and the consulate said it would cost five thousand dollars 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:30.800 to have her shipped and one hundred and fifty dollars 0:02:30.880 --> 0:02:33.840 to have her buried right there in Jerusalem. He thought 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:35.920 about it a moment, said he'd like to have her 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:39.440 body shipped back home. Consulate said, wow, you must have 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:42.239 really loved your mother in law. He said, no, it's 0:02:42.280 --> 0:02:45.160 not so much that. I just remember a case here 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:48.280 many years ago when they buried somebody. On the third 0:02:48.320 --> 0:02:52.440 day they arose, and I can't take that chance. Hold 0:02:52.440 --> 0:02:55.680 your bible up, say it like you mean it. This 0:02:55.760 --> 0:02:57.800 is my Bible. I am what it says. 0:02:57.800 --> 0:02:58.119 I am. 0:02:58.600 --> 0:03:00.880 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:03:01.000 --> 0:03:03.400 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:03:03.480 --> 0:03:07.080 talked the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:03:07.160 --> 0:03:10.280 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:15.280 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:03:15.320 --> 0:03:19.359 to talk to you today about how you have resurrection power. 0:03:20.200 --> 0:03:23.000 When you gave your life to Christ, God put a 0:03:23.080 --> 0:03:26.600 power in you greater than any power that you'll ever face. 0:03:27.280 --> 0:03:30.760 And we're not supposed to go through life backing down 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:36.160 in fear, intimidated, like we're at a disadvantage. This problem 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:40.520 is so big, the medical report is so bad. Or Joel, 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:44.000 these people coming against me, they're so much more influential 0:03:44.040 --> 0:03:46.040 than me. I'm no match for them. 0:03:46.840 --> 0:03:46.880 No. 0:03:47.120 --> 0:03:51.200 Romans eight to eleven says, the same power that raised 0:03:51.280 --> 0:03:53.880 Christ from the dead lives on the inside of you. 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:58.680 And most of us believe that Jesus has incredible power. 0:03:59.280 --> 0:04:03.280 But God around and said, I'm putting the same power 0:04:03.400 --> 0:04:07.880 in you. It's a power so strong that death couldn't 0:04:07.960 --> 0:04:10.960 keep him in the grave, a power so strong that 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:14.280 all the forces of darkness couldn't stop it. But here's 0:04:14.320 --> 0:04:17.800 the key. The only way to activate the power is 0:04:17.839 --> 0:04:22.400 to believe. You can't go through life thinking this situation 0:04:22.600 --> 0:04:26.320 is impossible. I'll never accomplish my dreams. I've been through 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:30.440 too much that will keep you from your destiny. Have 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:34.280 a new perspective. You are not weak, You are full 0:04:34.400 --> 0:04:38.240 of resurrection power. You may have had some bad breaks, 0:04:38.520 --> 0:04:41.680 but you are not a victim. You are a victor. 0:04:42.400 --> 0:04:45.680 You are not supposed to back down from life. Run 0:04:45.720 --> 0:04:49.560 from difficulties, run from things that are hard. No, stand 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:53.040 your ground and fight the good fight of faith. The 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:56.120 reason it's called a good fight is because the enemy 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:59.400 has already been defeated. The keys to death in hell 0:04:59.640 --> 0:05:04.000 have all already been taken away. Jesus said, the prince 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:07.839 of this world comes talking about Satan, and he has 0:05:07.960 --> 0:05:11.560 no power over me. You can say the same thing. 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:15.760 The enemy has no power over you. That sickness cannot 0:05:15.760 --> 0:05:19.760 stop you, that bad break can't hold you back. Those 0:05:19.839 --> 0:05:22.919 people can't keep you from your destiny. There is a 0:05:23.120 --> 0:05:26.360 power in you that is no match for any power 0:05:26.400 --> 0:05:28.880 that tries to stop you. Now, all through the day, 0:05:29.120 --> 0:05:32.040 this should be playing in our mind. I am powerful, 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:36.760 I am strong, I am well able. I will not fear. 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:40.600 I will not back down. I will not run and hide. 0:05:41.000 --> 0:05:44.800 I am not intimidated. I am not a victim. I 0:05:44.839 --> 0:05:49.880 am not at a disadvantage. I am full of resurrection power. Well, 0:05:49.920 --> 0:05:52.360 you say, Joel, I don't feel very powerful. I don't 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:55.799 feel very strong. You can't go by what you feel. 0:05:56.000 --> 0:05:58.719 You got to go by what you know. Your feelings 0:05:58.720 --> 0:06:02.400 may change every other and what you're up against may 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:06.960 look bigger, stronger, more influential, more powerful, that's okay. The 0:06:07.000 --> 0:06:10.120 bigger they are, the harder they fall. You have an 0:06:10.160 --> 0:06:14.440 advantage is called resurrection power. And even though you may 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:17.680 not feel powerful, you got to put your shoulders back 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:21.279 and start acting like you're powerful. Fake it till you 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:25.000 make it. Act like you're strong, act like you're well able, 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:28.880 act like you're more than a conqueror. Don't go through 0:06:28.960 --> 0:06:33.039 life intimidated when you have the most powerful force in 0:06:33.120 --> 0:06:37.120 the universe on the inside. One time in the scripture, 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:41.440 the Syrian army was trying to overtake the Israelites, but 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:45.279 every time they made a move, the Israelites knew exactly 0:06:45.720 --> 0:06:47.880 where they were going, what they were going to do, 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:50.880 and they would be there, prepared, ready for the attack. 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:55.080 The Syrian commander got so frustrated he thought one of 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:58.840 his men was a spy. He called them all together, men, 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:03.000 somebody is lee making this inside top secret information. Who 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:06.320 is it? Captain spoke up and said, sir, it's none 0:07:06.400 --> 0:07:11.360 of us. There's a prophet in Israel named Elisha. What 0:07:11.560 --> 0:07:15.400 you whisper to us in secret? He tells to the Israelites. 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:19.720 The commander was furious. He decided to go get Elisha. 0:07:20.440 --> 0:07:23.960 Now Elisha wasn't in the military, he didn't have any protection. 0:07:24.320 --> 0:07:28.080 He was a civilian. You would think the commander would 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:31.120 take four or five people with him, maybe a dozen 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:35.120 at the most. No, this commander was so afraid of 0:07:35.160 --> 0:07:41.280 Elisha that he took his whole army, thousands of troops, chariots, horses, 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:46.040 all to capture one man filled with the spirit of God. 0:07:46.480 --> 0:07:49.280 That's the way you need to see yourself. You and 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:53.960 God are a majority when the enemy looks at you. 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:59.320 It's like this Syrian commander looked at Elisha. He thinks, 0:07:59.320 --> 0:08:02.760 I can't defeat them. They're not weak. They have an advantage. 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:07.280 It's resurrection power. Elisha's assistant went out early one morning 0:08:07.520 --> 0:08:11.680 and he saw all these troops, these chariots, the Syrian armies, 0:08:11.720 --> 0:08:16.360 surrounding their house. He ran back inside, panicked, so afraid. 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:20.960 He said, Elisha, get up. We're doomed. We're surrounded by 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:25.120 the Syrians. Elisha didn't get upset. He says, son, don't 0:08:25.160 --> 0:08:28.640 worry about it. There are more for us than there 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:32.280 are against us. The young men was confused. He thought, no, no, 0:08:32.320 --> 0:08:37.720 we're totally outnumbered. Elisha prayed God opened his eyes that 0:08:37.840 --> 0:08:41.720 he may see. He went out and looked again, but 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:46.200 this time he could see into the unseen spiritual realm. 0:08:46.800 --> 0:08:49.920 He didn't just see the Syrian army, but he saw 0:08:50.000 --> 0:08:54.120 a vast host of the heavenly armies all across the 0:08:54.160 --> 0:09:00.800 mountain side, hundreds of thousands of these powerful, huge warning angels, 0:09:01.160 --> 0:09:04.880 dressed and ready for battle. Now, you may not always 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:08.720 feel powerful, but you've got to know God's got your back. 0:09:08.800 --> 0:09:12.000 The creator of the universe has got you covered. No 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:15.640 matter what comes against you. Keep the right perspective. There 0:09:15.720 --> 0:09:19.240 are more for you than there are against you. When 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:24.400 the enemy looks at you, he doesn't see you as weak, intimidated, 0:09:24.640 --> 0:09:30.720 at a disadvantage. Just the opposite. He sees you as powerful, equipped, 0:09:30.920 --> 0:09:34.840 and anointed. When he sees you, it reminds him of 0:09:34.880 --> 0:09:38.720 that day two thousand years ago when Jesus crushed his head. 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:42.720 Don't be afraid of the enemy. He scared the death 0:09:42.760 --> 0:09:46.240 of you. Whether you've been a believer five days or 0:09:46.360 --> 0:09:50.400 fifty years, he has to send a whole army just 0:09:50.440 --> 0:09:53.040 to try to slow you down. And it's good to 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:56.320 see ourselves as God sees us. That's important. But I 0:09:56.400 --> 0:09:59.480 want you to see yourself the way the enemy sees you. 0:10:00.400 --> 0:10:03.360 When you know who you are and who you are, 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:07.760 when you realize you're full of resurrection power, you won't 0:10:07.800 --> 0:10:11.480 live intimidated thinking, Ah, this problem's too big. No, you'll 0:10:11.520 --> 0:10:15.080 put your shoulders back knowing that the same power that 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:18.080 raised Christ from the dead lives on the inside of you. 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:22.520 If death couldn't keep Christ in the grave, that bad 0:10:22.559 --> 0:10:26.240 break can't hold you back, that sickness cannot stop you, 0:10:26.720 --> 0:10:30.920 that addiction cannot defeat you. There is a power in 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:35.240 you greater than any power that comes against you. When 0:10:35.240 --> 0:10:37.560 I was growing up, we knew this man that lived 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:42.319 in Alaska for several generations. His family had been heavily 0:10:42.360 --> 0:10:46.840 involved in the occult and witchcraft. In fact, his father 0:10:47.080 --> 0:10:50.840 was the head warlock in that whole area. Later, he 0:10:50.880 --> 0:10:53.080 gave his life to Christ and God out of all 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:56.720 of that. But he told something interesting. He said his 0:10:56.880 --> 0:11:01.040 father could leave his physical body and travel into the 0:11:01.080 --> 0:11:05.840 spirit world. They called it astro flight. One night he 0:11:05.920 --> 0:11:08.640 went to this home to cast a spell on a 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:11.840 person and to put a curse on that house. But 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:15.359 when he got there, for some reason, he couldn't penetrate 0:11:15.480 --> 0:11:18.880 the house. Normally, he would go right in through the walls. 0:11:19.240 --> 0:11:21.720 I thought, that's strange, why can't I get in? He 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:24.880 went over looked in the window, and he saw this 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:28.040 man he was looking for. He described him as being very, 0:11:28.200 --> 0:11:32.600 very dark, but sitting all around him were these people 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:37.200 that were lit up like bright, bright light bulbs. He said, 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:41.080 it was the most brilliant light you could ever imagine. 0:11:41.120 --> 0:11:43.360 Come to find out it was a group of young 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:46.679 people that had come over there for a Bible study. 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:50.640 As long as they were there, he could not penetrate 0:11:50.679 --> 0:11:55.160 that house. He told his son later, if believers only 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:58.439 knew the power they had in the spirit world, they 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:04.040 would never be afraid of again. You may not feel powerful, 0:12:04.440 --> 0:12:07.679 but you've got to know, in this unseen world, you 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:11.680 are glowing with God's glory. You are radiating like a 0:12:11.800 --> 0:12:16.199 brilliant light. You are protected, you are set apart. It's 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:20.559 resurrection power. How do we activate it? By believing, not 0:12:20.720 --> 0:12:24.640 giving inter fear. No, I'm powerful, I'm strong, I'm glowing 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:27.679 with God's glory. We may not see it with our 0:12:27.720 --> 0:12:31.559 physical eyes, but in this unseen realm, you are shining 0:12:31.720 --> 0:12:36.319 so brightly that you blind the darkness. The enemy cannot 0:12:36.480 --> 0:12:41.760 penetrate your house, your life your future, your finances. God 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:44.920 has put a hedge of protection around you. You have 0:12:45.080 --> 0:12:48.400 nothing to worry about. And listen, nobody can put a 0:12:48.440 --> 0:12:50.960 curse on you. They can say all they want, it 0:12:51.000 --> 0:12:54.000 bounces right off of you. God has already put a 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:58.080 blessing on you, and the blessing always overrides the curse. 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:03.320 Years ago, there was a missionary in Africa. He was 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:07.880 traveling by horseback down a narrow, winding path. It was 0:13:07.920 --> 0:13:10.960 a hot Sunday afternoon. He was headed to one of 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:14.880 the small villages. As he approached a sharp curve in 0:13:14.960 --> 0:13:19.040 the path, the horse stopped and refused to go any further. 0:13:19.600 --> 0:13:22.439 It evidently, since there was something wrong around the curve. 0:13:23.040 --> 0:13:25.720 The man couldn't make the horse goes. Finally had to 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:28.840 get off, and he looked around the corner. Sure enough, 0:13:29.120 --> 0:13:34.000 there was a huge snake about ten feet long, very thick, 0:13:34.280 --> 0:13:37.679 curled up right in the middle of the path, basking 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:41.720 in the sun. It had its head hidden underneath a 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:45.920 small flat stone. The man's heart was gripped with fear. 0:13:46.559 --> 0:13:50.120 He'd been warned about how dangerous and poisonous the snakes 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:53.559 were over there. Didn't really know what to do, didn't 0:13:53.600 --> 0:13:56.360 have a weapon. There was no way around the path. 0:13:56.559 --> 0:14:00.360 There was brush and thick trees on each side. About 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:03.880 fifteen minutes, he got his nerve up and decided to 0:14:03.920 --> 0:14:07.440 find the biggest rock he could possibly find. He was 0:14:07.480 --> 0:14:10.199 going to throw it on top of that flat stone 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:13.080 where the snake was hiding his head, and hopefully killed 0:14:13.080 --> 0:14:18.160 the snake. He moved toward it very cautiously, trembling with 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:22.040 fear back of his mind, thinking what if I miss 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:24.360 What if I just make him mad and he comes 0:14:24.360 --> 0:14:27.000 over here and he bites me. Amid all the fear, 0:14:27.240 --> 0:14:30.920 with the adrenaline flowing, he hurled that rock as hard 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:35.440 as he could. Much to his surprise, the snake didn't move. 0:14:36.400 --> 0:14:39.920 He walked up a little closer and suddenly realized the 0:14:39.960 --> 0:14:44.920 snake was already dead. Somebody passing that way before him 0:14:45.280 --> 0:14:48.640 had crushed the snake's head and just left it lying 0:14:48.680 --> 0:14:52.520 there in the path. The good news today, as somebody 0:14:52.600 --> 0:14:56.040 has already gone down our path and cleared it of 0:14:56.080 --> 0:14:59.960 everything that could harm us, we have nothing to fear. 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:05.720 A little over two thousand years ago, Jesus came to 0:15:05.760 --> 0:15:11.640 the earth, went about healing, teaching, forgiving, showing love. But 0:15:11.680 --> 0:15:16.120 the religious leaders didn't like him. They got jealous critical 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:19.720 found fault, even though he had done no wrong. They 0:15:19.800 --> 0:15:23.800 unjustly had him beaten with the lead whip. They put 0:15:23.840 --> 0:15:26.840 a crown of thorns on his head. They forced him 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:31.080 to carry his own cross to be crucified. The soldiers 0:15:31.120 --> 0:15:35.640 mocked him, ridiculed him, even spit upon him. They put 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:39.640 him on the cross, and nieled the spikes into his hands, 0:15:40.240 --> 0:15:44.600 into his feet. He had all power. He could have 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:48.160 called ten thousand angels. He could have ended it in 0:15:48.200 --> 0:15:51.320 a split second. The angels were standing to get attention, 0:15:51.680 --> 0:15:55.280 ready to come. But he didn't do it. The nails 0:15:55.280 --> 0:15:57.920 didn't hold him on the cross. Love held him on 0:15:57.960 --> 0:16:00.880 the cross. He did it for you. He did it 0:16:00.920 --> 0:16:05.440 for me. Hanging on that cross, the earth he spoke 0:16:05.560 --> 0:16:10.600 into existence got nervous and began to tremble it. Since 0:16:10.680 --> 0:16:14.360 something goes wrong. There was a great earthquake. The sun 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:18.760 he created turned his back and refused to look. It 0:16:18.880 --> 0:16:21.720 got dark in the middle of the day. When the 0:16:21.800 --> 0:16:26.360 soldiers saw the very earth revolting, they said to one another, 0:16:26.720 --> 0:16:30.840 surely he was the son of God. When Jesus breathed 0:16:30.840 --> 0:16:34.760 his last breath on this earth, the veil in the temple, 0:16:35.040 --> 0:16:38.480 this big thick curtain was ripped from the top to 0:16:38.560 --> 0:16:43.040 the bottom. Behind that veil was the Holy of Holies. 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:46.880 That's where the Ark of the Covenant was, where God lived. 0:16:47.720 --> 0:16:51.240 Nobody could go in there except the priest, and then 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:55.360 only once a year. When that veil was ripped. It 0:16:55.520 --> 0:16:58.360 wasn't to let God out, It was to let you 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:02.560 and I in. Now we can all come boldly to 0:17:02.640 --> 0:17:06.720 the throne of Grace. You don't need anybody to go 0:17:06.800 --> 0:17:10.479 to God for you. You don't need a pastor, a priest, 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:13.600 a rabbi, a Sunday school teacher. You can go to 0:17:13.680 --> 0:17:19.560 God for yourself. God wants to talk to you. He 0:17:19.640 --> 0:17:23.159 wants to be your friend. Doesn't matter how religious you 0:17:23.280 --> 0:17:27.359 are or you aren't. Doesn't matter the mistakes you've made, 0:17:27.720 --> 0:17:30.160 what you've done in the past, or even what you're 0:17:30.160 --> 0:17:33.840 doing right now. He took your sins. He paid the 0:17:33.880 --> 0:17:38.119 price for every mistake, every wrong. His blood covered it 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:42.439 once and for all. The veil is open. He's waiting 0:17:42.640 --> 0:17:45.600 to hear from you. People tell me all the time 0:17:45.600 --> 0:17:48.760 with Joel, I'm not a religious person. I wasn't raised 0:17:48.800 --> 0:17:51.760 in church like you were. I'm not talking about being 0:17:51.840 --> 0:17:55.840 religious Jesus didn't come to start a religion. He came 0:17:55.960 --> 0:18:00.560 to have a relationship with you. He has a He 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:05.080 has a purpose and a destiny for your life. He's 0:18:05.119 --> 0:18:08.119 the one that created you. He knows the reason that 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:11.400 you're here. When you come into agreement with him, your 0:18:11.440 --> 0:18:15.439 life will be more rewarding, more fulfilling. At one of 0:18:15.440 --> 0:18:18.280 our events on the road, a Night of Hope, a 0:18:18.320 --> 0:18:21.080 young man came up to me afterwards, and I could 0:18:21.160 --> 0:18:24.280 tell he had been smoking pot. You could smell it 0:18:24.320 --> 0:18:26.960 so strongly, And first I thought, man, this is a 0:18:27.040 --> 0:18:32.199 night of hope, not a night of dope. After talking 0:18:32.400 --> 0:18:34.600 with him for a little while, I started feeling really, 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:40.480 really good. He told me how he had never been 0:18:40.520 --> 0:18:43.200 to church a day in his life. He said, Joe, 0:18:43.240 --> 0:18:46.480 I've never been to any kind of religious event. But 0:18:46.520 --> 0:18:49.960 I've been watching you on television and something is drawing me. 0:18:50.520 --> 0:18:53.320 There's something I know I need. I told him what 0:18:53.400 --> 0:18:57.040 I'm telling you. That's your heavenly Father wanting to be 0:18:57.160 --> 0:19:00.199 in relationship with you. There is a void on the 0:19:00.240 --> 0:19:04.040 inside that only God can feel. We are living in 0:19:04.119 --> 0:19:08.439 the day where the veil is open. God's mercy is 0:19:08.480 --> 0:19:12.840 available to whomever will accept it. They put Jesus in 0:19:12.920 --> 0:19:16.640 the tomb on Friday, thinking that it was over. I'm 0:19:16.680 --> 0:19:19.359 sure Satan and all of his forces were having a 0:19:19.359 --> 0:19:22.960 big party celebrating their victory. But I can imagine in 0:19:23.000 --> 0:19:27.120 the midst of their celebration they hear some footsteps starting 0:19:27.119 --> 0:19:30.520 to get closer and closer. They see this person coming, 0:19:30.720 --> 0:19:33.720 can't figure out who it is. Everyone is accounted for. 0:19:34.240 --> 0:19:37.680 He walks with an authority like they've never seen before. 0:19:38.200 --> 0:19:42.000 His eyes are like fire, his hair as white as wool. 0:19:42.520 --> 0:19:45.919 His face radiates with the brilliance so bright that it 0:19:46.000 --> 0:19:50.320 forces them to turn away. Jesus crashes their party, says, 0:19:50.359 --> 0:19:57.640 I've got a big announcement to make. I'm back. He said, 0:19:58.680 --> 0:20:01.240 you thought you got rid of but it was all 0:20:01.320 --> 0:20:04.639 a part of my plan to redeem mankind. You didn't 0:20:04.680 --> 0:20:08.280 take my life, I gave it away. The Battle of 0:20:08.320 --> 0:20:12.200 the Ages took place, right versus wrong, light versus darkness, 0:20:12.640 --> 0:20:17.480 Jesus versus Satan. It was no match. Jesus crushed Satan's 0:20:17.520 --> 0:20:23.159 head and totally defeated him. The scripture says he paralyzed 0:20:23.240 --> 0:20:27.480 him and rendered him powerless. And it looked dark on Friday. 0:20:27.920 --> 0:20:30.679 It looked like it was over. But on Sunday morning 0:20:30.800 --> 0:20:34.600 it was a different story. The grave couldn't hold Jesus in. 0:20:35.040 --> 0:20:37.840 He came bursting out, and he said, I am he 0:20:37.960 --> 0:20:42.320 that lives. I was dead, but I'm alive forevermore. By 0:20:42.359 --> 0:20:44.560 the way, one more thing, I got the keys to 0:20:44.680 --> 0:20:48.560 death in hell. He came out with all power. And 0:20:48.600 --> 0:20:51.879 then he turned right around in Looke ten nineteen and said, 0:20:51.960 --> 0:20:55.560 I give you power over all, the power of the enemy. 0:20:56.240 --> 0:20:59.680 The same power he had he gave to us. Now 0:20:59.720 --> 0:21:03.720 you and I have all power, its resurrection power. One 0:21:03.760 --> 0:21:08.560 scripture says that Jesus brought Satan to naught. Another word 0:21:08.600 --> 0:21:13.160 for naught is zero. When thoughts of fear, worry, intimidation come. 0:21:13.760 --> 0:21:18.000 Instead of dwelling on them, getting worried, discourage, just give 0:21:18.040 --> 0:21:22.160 the enemy the zero sign. Remind him that he has 0:21:22.200 --> 0:21:25.199 no power over you. When you do it, learn to 0:21:25.240 --> 0:21:29.560 look down. That's where he is under your feet. The 0:21:29.680 --> 0:21:33.920 thought says, you'll never get out of that problem. Zero sign. 0:21:34.119 --> 0:21:38.480 God always causes me to triumph. You'll never accomplish your dreams. 0:21:38.640 --> 0:21:42.200 Zero sign. I can do all things through Christ. Your 0:21:42.280 --> 0:21:45.439 family will never get back on the right track. Zero sign. 0:21:45.640 --> 0:21:47.960 As for me and my house. We will serve the Lord. 0:21:48.680 --> 0:21:52.040 You'll never get married, you're too old. Zero sign. No 0:21:52.200 --> 0:21:55.159 good thing will God withhold because I'll walk up right now, 0:21:55.560 --> 0:21:59.160 here's one we all hear. You've made too many mistakes. 0:21:59.400 --> 0:22:03.639 Zero sign. God's mercy is bigger than any mistake. Remind 0:22:03.720 --> 0:22:08.200 the enemy of his defeat. John chapter twenty. Peter went 0:22:08.240 --> 0:22:11.119 to the empty tomb, and he saw the burial cloth 0:22:11.240 --> 0:22:15.640 that had been wrapped around Jesus's head folded up neatly 0:22:15.720 --> 0:22:18.480 placed over to the side. It was away from the 0:22:18.560 --> 0:22:22.600 other burial cloths. Why did Jesus think it necessary to 0:22:22.720 --> 0:22:25.760 fold that cloth? He was sending a message to the 0:22:25.840 --> 0:22:29.520 Jewish people. In that day. If you went to dinner 0:22:29.600 --> 0:22:33.600 at a Jewish home and you enjoyed the dinner, enjoyed 0:22:33.600 --> 0:22:35.920 the company, the food was good, the people were nice, 0:22:36.359 --> 0:22:40.880 the tradition was to take that cloth napkin, crumple it up, 0:22:41.240 --> 0:22:44.040 and leave it on the seat. That sent a message 0:22:44.080 --> 0:22:46.879 that you appreciated the dinner and you would be back again. 0:22:47.960 --> 0:22:53.280 But if in any way you felt insulted, disrespected, the 0:22:53.359 --> 0:22:56.880 people weren't courteous, the food wasn't good, you would take 0:22:56.960 --> 0:23:01.760 that cloth napkin carefully fold it up and neatly placed 0:23:01.840 --> 0:23:05.680 it back on the dinner table. When Jesus arose from 0:23:05.680 --> 0:23:09.239 the grave, he knew many Jews would come to the 0:23:09.240 --> 0:23:12.399 tomb looking for him. He took time to fulfill this 0:23:12.560 --> 0:23:16.719 very common and well understood tradition. He took that cloth 0:23:16.760 --> 0:23:20.040 that was wrapped around his head. He very carefully folded 0:23:20.080 --> 0:23:23.080 it up and placed it over to the side. He 0:23:23.160 --> 0:23:27.920 was saying, I wasn't treated right. I was disrespected, put 0:23:27.960 --> 0:23:31.560 to shame, humiliated, and I will never come back to 0:23:31.640 --> 0:23:37.880 this tomb again. I defeated the enemy once and for all. 0:23:38.080 --> 0:23:40.199 I died for the sins of the world, once and 0:23:40.240 --> 0:23:47.320 for all. He was saying, it is finished. The price 0:23:47.359 --> 0:23:50.440 has been paid, the sacrifice has been made. Our enemy 0:23:50.480 --> 0:23:54.760 has been eternally defeated. We have nothing to fear. Paul 0:23:54.800 --> 0:23:57.560 said in Ephesian sixth to put on the whole armor 0:23:57.600 --> 0:23:59.680 of God, and it goes on to list all the 0:23:59.760 --> 0:24:03.960 day pieces of the armor. Talks about the breastplate of righteousness, 0:24:04.280 --> 0:24:07.560 the belt of truth, the shoes of peace, the helmet 0:24:07.600 --> 0:24:11.360 of salvation, the shield of faith, the sword of the spirit. 0:24:12.080 --> 0:24:15.600 What's interesting is there is not one piece of armor 0:24:16.040 --> 0:24:20.080 that is designed for our backside. It's all designed for 0:24:20.160 --> 0:24:24.199 our front. Why is that God never intended for us 0:24:24.240 --> 0:24:26.880 to be running from the enemy. And if you live 0:24:26.920 --> 0:24:31.560 in fear, backing down from life, feeling like you're at 0:24:31.560 --> 0:24:35.159 a disadvantage, then you're leaving yourself wide open. It's like 0:24:35.200 --> 0:24:38.280 a hospital gown. They're great in the front, but they 0:24:38.280 --> 0:24:41.960 don't have much going on in the back. No matter 0:24:42.000 --> 0:24:44.679 what life throws you away, stands your ground. Look that 0:24:44.880 --> 0:24:47.199 challenge in the eye. Say you will not defeat me. 0:24:47.480 --> 0:24:50.040 I am a child of a most Taih God. I 0:24:50.080 --> 0:24:56.400 am full of resurrection power, a ministry I know. Told 0:24:56.400 --> 0:24:59.679 about a dream that he had. In this dream, he 0:24:59.800 --> 0:25:03.760 saw himself standing in a large room about as big 0:25:03.800 --> 0:25:06.480 as this platform. At the other end of the room, 0:25:06.880 --> 0:25:11.080 Satan himself was standing there staring at him very evily. 0:25:11.800 --> 0:25:15.560 This terrible gaze was holding him captive. He tried again 0:25:15.720 --> 0:25:17.800 and again to break free and get out of the room, 0:25:18.040 --> 0:25:21.919 but he couldn't move. He was totally paralyzed. The more 0:25:21.960 --> 0:25:24.880 he tried, the more he struggled, the more Satan would 0:25:24.920 --> 0:25:29.040 sarcastically laugh. In the dream, he was so afraid that 0:25:29.080 --> 0:25:32.720 he couldn't pray, couldn't quote a scripture couldn't remember anything. 0:25:33.400 --> 0:25:38.240 He was frozen stiff, held hostage by these evil, glaring eyes. 0:25:38.920 --> 0:25:42.520 Then all of a sudden, Jesus stepped into the room 0:25:42.840 --> 0:25:47.080 and walked right between the two men. Jesus was facing 0:25:47.160 --> 0:25:51.560 Satan with his back to this man. Jesus started backing up. 0:25:52.119 --> 0:25:54.800 The man thought, no, Jesus, don't back up. You're not 0:25:54.880 --> 0:25:57.760 afraid of Satan. But he kept backing up and backing 0:25:57.840 --> 0:26:00.000 up until he got right in front of this man. 0:26:00.560 --> 0:26:03.320 There was nowhere else to go. But in this dream, 0:26:03.760 --> 0:26:07.720 Jesus took another step backwards and he stepped into the man. 0:26:08.600 --> 0:26:12.080 Jesus arms went into his arms. Jesus legs into his legs, 0:26:12.280 --> 0:26:17.320 Jesus torso into his torso. When Jesus completely disappeared into him, 0:26:17.560 --> 0:26:21.080 he saw himself lift his hand and point at Satan, 0:26:21.440 --> 0:26:24.359 and Satan immediately fell to the ground, and he was 0:26:24.400 --> 0:26:28.040 able to walk out of that room. Now, you may 0:26:28.080 --> 0:26:31.080 not feel powerful, but you've got to know the most 0:26:31.119 --> 0:26:34.399 powerful force in the universe is on the inside of you. 0:26:35.040 --> 0:26:38.080 At the name of Jesus, the scripture says, everything has 0:26:38.119 --> 0:26:41.520 to bow. We don't have anything to be afraid of. 0:26:42.200 --> 0:26:45.280 We don't have to fear the past. Some people say, oh, 0:26:45.359 --> 0:26:48.680 made so many mistakes, Joel, I got all these skeletons 0:26:48.680 --> 0:26:51.639 in my closet. Now, when you gave your life to Christ, 0:26:51.840 --> 0:26:55.680 he cleaned your closets. Your sins have already been forgiven. 0:26:56.680 --> 0:26:59.520 God doesn't have a big hard drive, a big computer 0:26:59.640 --> 0:27:02.320 up and head keeping a list of everything that you've 0:27:02.359 --> 0:27:06.840 done wrong. When you repented, he totally erased them. Doesn't 0:27:06.880 --> 0:27:11.120 remember that anymore. We don't have to fear the present. Well, Joel, 0:27:11.119 --> 0:27:14.680 prices are so high. My neighborhood's kind of dangerous. I 0:27:14.720 --> 0:27:15.840 don't know if I'm gonna make it. 0:27:15.960 --> 0:27:16.000 No. 0:27:16.160 --> 0:27:19.399 God has you in the palm of his hand. Nothing 0:27:19.440 --> 0:27:22.280 can snatch you away. If God takes care of the 0:27:22.320 --> 0:27:24.800 birds of the air, how much more is God going 0:27:24.880 --> 0:27:27.840 to take care of you. We don't even have to 0:27:27.880 --> 0:27:31.359 fear the future. We don't have to fear death. The 0:27:31.400 --> 0:27:34.639 scripture says to be absent from the body is to 0:27:34.720 --> 0:27:37.720 be present with the Lord. When it comes your time 0:27:37.760 --> 0:27:41.359 to go, you'll breathe one final breath, but that's not 0:27:41.480 --> 0:27:45.399 the end. Your next breath, you'll be more alive than ever, 0:27:45.760 --> 0:27:49.399 breathing heavenly air at a place where there is no pain, 0:27:49.840 --> 0:27:53.879 no sickness, no sorrow. We can say with the apostle Paul, 0:27:54.160 --> 0:27:57.439 O death, where is your victory? O grave? Where is 0:27:57.480 --> 0:28:00.680 your steam? We're not afraid of the past, the present, 0:28:00.720 --> 0:28:05.160 the future. Why we know we have resurrection power. We 0:28:05.240 --> 0:28:07.480 know those that are for us are greater than those 0:28:07.480 --> 0:28:10.600 that are against us. We know our enemy has been 0:28:10.600 --> 0:28:15.560 eternally defeated. My challenge to us today, put your shoulders back, 0:28:15.920 --> 0:28:19.760 hold your head up high. You are not weak, intimidated 0:28:19.960 --> 0:28:23.720 at a disadvantage. The same power that raised Christ from 0:28:23.760 --> 0:28:26.560 the dead lives on the inside of you. If you'll 0:28:26.640 --> 0:28:30.600 rise up and tap into this power, I believe and declare, 0:28:31.080 --> 0:28:35.680 because He lives, you too will live an abundant, overcoming, 0:28:36.000 --> 0:28:41.200 faith filled, victorious life in Jesus' name. If you receive it, 0:28:42.000 --> 0:28:46.000 Can you say him in today? Or We never like 0:28:46.000 --> 0:28:49.160 to oppose our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to 0:28:49.200 --> 0:28:51.960 make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray 0:28:52.000 --> 0:28:56.760 with me? 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