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March 29, 2018 6:57 pm
Harvest messages are brought to you by harvest partners to receive free email daily devotions or to become a harvest partner, please visit us online@harvest.org ill for every person there is going to be a last meal alive threat in the last statement they may know it's their last statement and then again maybe they won't. But really what we see in the end will give real insight into who we were. What we were and what really mattered to us.
There's a film out right now called the greatest showman which is about the life of PT Barnum and the last words of PT Barnum.
On his deathbed workload. What were today's receipts" so that shows you what was most important to PT Barnum on March 14, 1883 Karl Marx died, marked one of the founders of communism as housekeeper Kim Newman said tell me your last words and I'll write them down. Marx replied get out last words are for fools 11 set it up." We said plenty none of it was good. By the way life works.
Everyone's getting give their final words I want to focus in this message. On the last words of Jesus while he was still on this earth statements he made from across seven in total. Every one of them significance. Even the order of them is significant, but today is Palm Sunday and this is the day when we remember that our Lord rode into Jerusalem on the back of the donkey and they laid the palm branches them perform and they cried out. Hosanna, it was a festive day. It was a happy day a joyful day because in the minds of the people they thought give me that Jesus was going to establish his kingdom then and there.
It was their hope that Jesus would drive out the occupying force. The Romans, and that they would rule and reign in Israel would be free again, hosanna, which means save now and what does Jesus do. The Bible says Jesus wept. Why did Jesus wept. During such a happy day because Jesus being God could see the future and he knew what was going to come on these people. He knew that 40 years from this moment Titus in the Roman legions would come and effectively destroy the city of Jerusalem, killing thousands and thousands of people and he also knew.
Usually that these people were going to turn against him.
If I can Luke 19 verse 41 it says of Jesus on Palm Sunday as a junior he saw the city and he wept over it, saying if you had known, even you, especially this your day. The things that make for your peace. But now they are hidden from your eyes. After this, Jesus goes to the upper room with his disciples and there he has what we know as the Last Supper. He breaks the bread they drink of the cup. After this, Christ, go to the garden of Gethsemane and it is in anguish over the impending crucifixion. There he is arrested any is taken away. 11 when I have to do that is just the joy of my life.
Nothing like clearing your throat in front of thousands of people so is arrested in the garden of Gethsemane and he is taken away. I in chains, and then he is sent to Caiaphas and ultimately to Annas and there he is tried on false charges and now the real horrific part of the crucifixion begins. He is sent to the Roman governor Pontius Pilate. Pontius Pilate sees a lot of men who been accused of crimes he could see immediately that this Jesus of Nazareth is no threat to Rome and he is not guilty of the charges and he knows that. But he's walking on egg shells with the religious authorities because of a number of events that we don't have time to go into right now, but a number of things that happen to put them in a very tense situation.
Jesus was in a way sort of a political hot potato. Christ did our pilot did not want to execute them. But he knew if he released them he was going out of a lot of trouble. So he came up with a compromise that I will scourge him and after Jesus's courage, then this bloodthirsty crowd will be satisfied by the way, scourging is been described as the halfway death because of how awful it was the Romans would use many devices of torture in one of these was the cat of nine tails that had a short handle multiple strands of leather and then embedded in these leather strands were bits of bone and metal and glass.
So every time this whip would come down on the back of a person, it would read into them first taking off the skin, then cutting into the skeletal tissue even exposing vital organ. Many so many prisoners did not survive the scourging Jesus was whipped 39 times, then the Roman soldiers trip Jesus impress a crown of thorns on his head and the P them and give them a mock scepter of scepter and pilot brings out Christ, beaten, bloodied and bruised and says NK home all which means both the man are you satisfied people.
Is this enough for you will that wasn't enough for them at all. Let's read no John chapter 19 starting in verse 14 God was the preparation of the of the Passover and about the sixth hour that be 12 o'clock.
By the way, he said of the Jews, behold, your King and they cried out away with them away with him, crucify him pilot said shall I crucify your king that she presented. We have no king but Caesar.
Then he delivered him to be crucified, and they took Jesus and led him away and he bearing his cross went out to a place called the place of the skull which is in Hebrew Golgotha.
There they crucified given to others with them, one on either side and Jesus in the center now pilot rotor title imported on the cross and the writing was Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews, then many of the Jews read this title for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city. It was written in Hebrew, Greek and Latin, and the chief priests and Jews said the pilot don't write King of the Jews, but rather right. He said I'm the king of the Jews pilot answered what I have written. I have written. There, that's interesting that the Gospels tell us very little about the crucifixion itself. Why because the people in areas occupied by Rome knew a lot about crucifixion. We have a cross here on the platform that is pretty true to scale and you can see what Romans would see what Jewish people would see crosses were common in many hanging on crosses was not an unusual thing. It wasn't unusual to see a band dragging his cross. You knew he would dine it back in those days the cross was not a symbol of Christianity as it is today. The cross was a descendent of the symbol of torture in humiliation and pain.
It would be like the gallows or a guillotine. Not something you would want to think of. Finally we sing of the cross we talk about the cross and rightly so, but it had a different symbolism in that day, everybody knew what it was like for a man to be crucified.
Many of them had seen it did watch the process. It was designed to humiliate and cause the most pain imaginable. So Jesus is taken in these crucified no Jesus of Nazareth was a strong man by trade. He was a carpenter he chop down trees had frame houses built tables he would work with stony new order put us back to a task it's amazing he was able to carry this heavy cross probably over 300 pounds through the streets of Jerusalem after he had been whipped, and vital organs were possibly even exposed and now he is taken of the cross and these nailed to it understand to die on the cross was not death by crucifixion. It's more death by suffocation. A person could hang on the cross and live forward to three days, sometimes even more there would have a severe fever that would produce a burning thirst there would be the increasing inflammation of the wounds in the back of my hands and the feet and the congestion of the blood in the head and the lungs in the heart.
Basically it was a swelling of virtually every vein of the body combined together making crucifixion, the cruelest of death and at the foot of the cross.
There was a base that we have here and really the way you died on the cross was an inability to bring so you would push herself up off of this base to get air in your lungs so you can imagine how painful that was for Jesus because his back had already been shredded open so Gary hangs now on the cross in excruciating pain.
Sadly, no longer with these hands of our Lord be extended to those who needed a touch or a warm embrace because nails were driven through them no longer with these feet of Jesus, take him to people in need, because now they too had nails in the mud as he hangs there on the cross of Calvary as a city gives seven statements. Here's the first one. Look at Luke 23 verse 34 then Jesus said, father forgive them for they do not know what they do and they divided his garments and cast lots and the people stood looking on, but even the rulers with them spiritually. He saved others, let him save himself if he is the Christ, the chosen of God.
The soldiers also mocked him, coming and offering them sour wine saying if you're the king of the Jews, save yourself and an inscription was written over human letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew. This is the king of the Jews. Then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed him save if you're the Christ, save yourself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying to you, not even fear God senior under the same condemnation we indeed justly we receive the due reward for our deeds.
But this man has done nothing wrong and then he said to Jesus, Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom and Jesus said assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise. There seven statements from the cross. Given the disordered statement number one father forgive them for they know not what they do same, and number two in response to the thief's request, Jesus says, today you will be with me in paradise. Looking out of the base of the cross. There is mother others. Mary the mother of our Lord and Jesus says woman behold your son and then he says probably looking to John the apostle, son. Behold your mother. This is probably the moment when all the sin of the world was poured upon Jesus.
We don't know exactly what it was but I think this was the moment. Reason being is that statement was Eli Eli Lammas about the knee, which means my God, my God, why have you forsaken me statement number five I thirst. Statement number six. It is finished.
Statement number seven to his father, into your hands I commit my spirit. First words of Christ from the cross, father forgive them for they know not what they do. These words don't surprise us. Jesus told us to love our enemies.
He told us to forgive those that hurt us in use. Thus, so what he said on a sunny day in the mounted beatitude. See demonstrated on this dark day when he died on the cross, but it's amazing here anything.
Father forgive them.
You would've thought that he would abrade first for maybe his family, or maybe for his friends what his first prayer is for his actual enemies. Lord, forgive them for they know not what they do and we see from this example that no one is beyond the reach of prayer.
These were hard people harden Roman soldiers part religious leaders in different folks that didn't care about what they had done. Jesus is safe. They don't even realize how radical this is father forgive them. This is so dark of the sin they don't even comprehend it, because surely they knew he was in pilot knew he was innocent. I think the religious leaders clearly knew they were taking them up on false charges but yet they did it with Jesus is saying this is such an enormous crime such an enormous and they don't even have a clue as to how bad it is. Father forgive them for they know not what they do. Can you think of someone right now that is very hard to the gospel. Maybe at someone you know very well. Maybe it's a family member, a mother, father, grandparents, maybe a son or a daughter, maybe even a husband or a wife or someone that you work with or live near and in the last time you talk to them about Jesus and I hope you talk to your friends and family about Jesus.
The last time you did as they were just very abruptly terminated the conversation they might've even insulted you and you thought I am never bringing up the subject up with them again. No way you keep praying for them. If I get your Christian friends to pray for them by main and go reengage them again because no one is beyond the reach of God, no one, no one started so hard they can't be reached by Jesus Christ. I think of my own mother, who I ministered to share the cost was so many times it should always terminate the conversation.
I don't want to talk about it, but I never gave up on my mom.
I never stop praying for my mother and she finally made the recommitment of the Lord one month before she died. Don't give up on your family. Don't give up on your friends.
Don't give up on people that don't know the Lord. In fact, here's my challenge for you this week extend an invitation for them to join you at church this Easter joins are join you at church. That's right join you.
Yes, the grammatically correct yes, to the church at their just sounded weird to me ever say something that sounds weird. And maybe this is where maybe this I'm not sure. Anyway, so invite them to come gather they've already said no yellow though is then this is now pray Jesus prayed in fact, Jesus was so filling up a prophecy of Maasai Isaiah 53 it said he poured his life on the death he was numbered with the transgressors. He bore the sin of many, and he made intercession for the transgressor. That's what he was doing. See on each side of the cross was another cross and on each one of these crosses. A man was crucified.
We call them the thieves on the cross. But in reality there were probably guilty of a far greater sin. The Romans did not generally crucified these. If you are crucified by Rome you were guilty about serious offense, a capital offense by beaver probing insurrectionist meaning of men dedicated to the violent overthrow of Rome from Rome's perspective. We might even call them terrorists today so hardened criminals on each side of Jesus. Yet Jesus prays for them. He prays for the people that crucified him is a will did it do any good.
As a matter of fact it did because on the day of Pentecost the short time after this Peter got up in front of a crowd and in the crowd were people that actually played a role in the crucifixion of Jesus, Peter probably recognize them there together, the spike to his and that's the guy who went up there is one of those religious authorities and send them to the cross.
I know this one over here to and Peter actually said to those people as he preached the next 236 therefore let the house of Israel know that God is made this Jesus whom you crucified Lord and Christ probably point a huge of the one I remember you too. I also remember you don't feel better. Five point have to point at someone right. You're the one I am the one in the Bible says they were cut to the heart and cut to the heart enemy literally. Hopefully by the universe just stabs you some incessant dear like you're right. Yes, they were cut to the heart say what should we do Peterson's repent of your sins. I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. In times of refreshment will come from the presence of the Lord and many of them believe 3000 of them believe so. The prayer of Jesus was answered. On the day of Pentecost. Don't give up praying for people you know. So here these criminals. They were there for their crimes. Jesus was there for the crimes and sins of others. They were held of their crosses by nails, he effectively resulting his cross, by love which is in one word he could have been delivered from this dilemma. One word to heaven the angels would've come and rescued him and something amazing happens one of those men believes right there on the spot and he says, Lord, remember me when you come into your king that we say when a second that doesn't make sense because one gospel says both thieves on each side of the cross joined in St. he saved others, let him save himself if he is the chosen of God and then one of the pieces Lord, remember me when you come in your kingdom what's going on. Jesus made the statement he said father forgive them for they know not what they do when that hardened the herd Jesus make that statement. His heart melted and he believes right on the spot.
You know how long conversion takes it doesn't take years. It doesn't take months. It doesn't take days, it doesn't even think ours can happen just like that. Just like that the men believe Lord, remember me when you come in your kingdom. Jesus said today you will be with me in paradise. Talk about kitten under the wire. What talk about being on the right place at the right time, next to God in human form. Very nice and he took full advantage of it and then rebuked the other thief for even continuing on with that dialogue. Then there was pilot who effectively wrote a gospel tract.
She wrote in three languages on the top of the cross. This statement Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews, the religious leaders of change that edited I would say he said I was the king of the Jews piloted what I have written of written better translation is what I've written will always be written probably knew exactly would visit it was pilot gospel track on the cross anyone wanted to read it could amazing series of events as this one thief now believes right there standing at the foot of the cross is Mary the mother of Jesus.
Mary is misunderstood by a lot of people.
For some, they would say we should pray that the sun through Mary. They believe she was sinless at birth. They even believe that Mary had her own ascension.
None of this is taught in the Bible.
They also believe that Mary had no other children.
Only Jesus that is contradicted by Scripture that tells us that Jesus said siblings or what we might call Brothers and sisters.
The children of Mary and Joseph, Jesus of course was the son of the father in heaven, carried in the womb of the virgin so many people want to pray through Mary or exalt Mary. That's a mistake. But we don't want to miss the significance of Mary. She was a very special young lady, probably a very young teenager.
As a matter of fact in God hand picture from heaven to have the privilege of carrying the Messiah in her womb. Girls can you imagine that you have God in human form in your womb, and so when Jesus was born. Like any mother.
She loved her boy but you just need to know. Jesus was the best son ever.
The best son he never did anything wrong.
Never talk back to mom or dad never made trouble.
Did his chores with cheerful love to read Scripture love to go and worship just the perfect son in every way to probably brag on them to the other kids. Kids why can't you be more like your brother Jesus look at how hard he works with Carlisle Beatty and he has little what a wonderful son he is. You need to be more like Jesus mom he's like perfect Williard Joseph made a little bracelet for you. All awareness shop says WW GDL which is aware this, ask yourself what would Jesus do for Greg.
Where is this in the Bible is found in the Bible just mess around, but he was perfect. She left and to see him crucified differently. To lose a child is beyond comprehension.
There's no words for.
If you lose a wife you're a widower. If you lose a husband you're a widow. If you lose your parents you're an orphan. If you lose a child they don't even have a word. Maybe because it's so bad, so she lost her some, but not only their son died.
But he was murdered in cold blood before her very eyes. Isaiah tells us the body of Jesus hanging on the cross was sold, traumatized, you could not even tell he was a man I don't know if you've ever seen anyone that's experienced trauma from an accident whether swelling and other things happen. That's what Jesus look like, but she knew he was and she loved him with all of her heart and she bravely stood at the foot of the cross, while all the courageous men were gone, with the exception of John. Mary stood there, Mary Magdalene was there to.
She stood there and she was brave and she love that boy and he looks down from the cross and says woman behold your son and then probably gesturing toward Johnny says son behold your mother. In effect, Jesus or St. John.
Take care of Mary now Jesus being the firstborn cared for her and then appears maybe from the story that Joseph was gone at this point he may have died. So Jesus may have been in a very important position they're using John Kerry this on behold your mother may sing now for the moment that is been described by some as the crucifixion in the crucifixion, or as I like to put in God's most painful moment to go to one more passage Matthew 27. Turn there with me if you would Lana Bible turning the dates fund is not Matthew 27 Matthew Mark Luke and John to go backwards. I love the sound of Bible pages turning don't you some of your swiping.
There's no swiping sound on a tablet, but accounts to the silverware to God.
So turn or swipe this. Don't swipe your friends Bible Matthew 27 verse 45 from the sixth hour until the ninth hour that would be 12.
The three there was darkness over all the land and about the ninth hour Jesus cries out with a loud voice saying, Eli, Eli Lama Sabbagh fitting my God, my God, why have you forsaken me.
Some of them stood there when they heard that said this man's calling for Elijah and immediately one of them rented to the sponge and filled with sour wine and put it on a read and offered it to him to drink and then the rest said, let alone see if Elijah will come to save them. Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit. So without explanation. The sky suddenly turns dark by the way that the weather conditions in Israel are very similar to Southern California so in an average day at noon time.
It's sunny. Overall in California and that's probably the way it was in this day son Saltz and then suddenly it's pitch dark and I think this is sort of a metaphor of the darkness coming upon the land because you see the double was a work. Revelation 1212 says the devil is come down to you and he's full of fury because he knows he has what a short time here at the cross, the devil is full of fury he saw in everything he has a Jesus to stop him if that wasn't enough ineffective father is putting all the sin of the world upon his son Jesus is dying in our place. He's dying as our substitute. And that's why Jesus says, I believe my God, my God, why have you forsaken me. Listen, if the Bible were a work of fiction which it is not. Women were, we would never have our Carol say words like this.
But Jesus is what they mean when he says my God, my God, why have you forsaken me. I don't think that the words of a man in an doubt where he's doubting this faith to the pointer, my God, my God.
Sometimes people get angry with God's sake, I'm never going to talk to God again and never go to go to church again. I never get to read the Bible against Jesus as my God, my God, yes. The words of what why why is this happening, but the words to the father always take your pain and turn it into a prayer. Even if you don't understand you go to God and safe Lord I'm in pain I'm praying about it. Read the Psalms, David and others did that many, many times they cried out to the Lord all my heart is overwhelmed leaving of the rock that's higher than my, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me.
Sometimes people ask me is it wrong to ask God why some would suggest never asked God why it's a lack of faith really Jesus asked God why so go ahead and ask away and that is our tendency when something bad happens is a God, why did you let this happen to me why why why ask away. Asked why all that you want. Don't expect an answer but asked why no, seriously, you can ask why we would of God were to tell you why I don't think you would be happy with the result because I think what would happen is it is if you were to explain it to you.
It would not satisfy you don't have a code talks about how he didn't understand why something was happening and he said to God, I don't know why this is happening.
God says I'll tell you yet. Tell me in the Lord tells them and applicants as I don't understand it makes no sense to me.
So if I were to sort of summarize God's response to Bill allow me we cry out, why here's God's basic answer. I'll tell you later when you're ready for psych explaining something to a child and I could try to explain it to them now but I will have to wait to their little bit older and they can understand it and I God could explain it to you to tell you why X, Y, and Z happened here. It is an issue listing will that finally got it all. I disagree. Yeah, that's right.
Let's wait to we get to heaven and then also you and then you'll get it. So until that they just trust me, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me. He was dying as a substitute for us. To him was imputed to guilt of our sins, and he was suffering the punishment for those sins on our behalf. In the very essence of the punishment was the outpouring of God's wrath against sinners. Did you read this article in the paper. I just read it yesterday about a French police officer who gave his life saving others so amazing. I his name was Arnoldo Bill trained my hope, I'm pronouncing it right, maybe not. So a terrorist who identified with ISIS hijacked the car, killed a passenger wounded another gondola firefight with police and the terrorist ends up in the market. Storms a marketing take hostages officer Bill trained was first to respond as police were negotiating with the terrorist to release the hostages officer Bill trained offered himself in the place of the hostage in the terrorist degree and the officer went in there and the terrorist killed him.
He gave his life for others. He saved her life by giving his life. Why did Jesus have to die. We were the hostages of the devil and Jesus took our place on the cross in some mysterious way that we can never fully understand during those awful hours on the cross. The father was pulling out the full measure of his wrath against sin and the recipient of that wrath was Jesus. Listen, God was punishing Jesus as though he had personally committed every wicked deed committed by every wicked sinner and in doing so he could treat and forgive those redeemed ones is that they had lived Christ's perfect life of righteousness. It's amazing that all of this for us on the cross and by the way for Jesus to bear the sins of the world was a fate worse than death. I think it was worse then the crucifixion itself worse than the scourging worse than the mockery worse than the blows to his face because he would never get even a single thought out of harmony with the father is no having to have all this horrific sin placed upon them as he dies for each of us.
It was God's most painful moment and he did that in your place, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me after he bore the sin of the world. He cried out the words I thirst. By the way, this is not just any thirst. This is a thirst of a man who is completely dehydrated and now is come for this horrific ordeal. I thirst. Then his next words were, it is finished.
By the way, that was one word he uttered from Calvary. It is finished. The word is to tell us time to tell us time was a commonly used word in that day you use it after you do a job like if you frame the house to finish a job you take to Telus by its finished. We are make an omelette without them. Even omelettes back then but it economic to tell a sty come and get it to Telus diets completed its accomplishments done. Jesus says to Telus. I done it I paid the price. I I fulfill the obligation. It's completed its accomplished and finally to his father in your hands I commit my spirit. Listen to this one day what happened to Jesus will happen to us to see him and to be crucified.
No, I� One day you will die. As I said in the beginning and you will give your last statement and you will breathe your last breath.
You will face death. But look, here's the thing that we need to understand what happened in Jesus when he died, will happen to us when we die and what Jesus said when he died, can be said by us when we die if we believe we can say father, into your hands I commit my spirit. You don't have to be afraid to die as a Christian. If you're not a Christian you should be scared to death of death, it should terrify you, it should mortify you, it should freak you out if you're Christian you don't have to be afraid is why I selected I yes but death is different for a Christian by the way a spoiler alert, Jesus rose from the dead after he died in the cross and death died when Christ rose so he is open the way to heaven for us. When a Christian dies they don't cease to exist. They just move from one place to another by the way they moved to a much better place in the ring now so you not to be afraid. You could just say on that date.
Lord in your hands I commit my spirit. This is what Stephen said member him the book of acts young man preach the gospel of the religious leaders and they decided execute him now as it was being stoned, which by the way, is a violent way to die.
He prays this first choice as I see I see Jesus standing on the right hand of God the father, while what an awesome vision God gave him a glimpse of the other side eyes I see I see Jesus standing in the Bible says he had a face like an angel. He just glowed and then he prays to the father Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And then he said do not hold this sin against them only senses like Jesus father, into your hands I commit my spirit. Stephen praise Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. Jesus prays father forgive them for they know not what they do. Stephen praise Lord don't hold this sin against them.
Amazing.
And you know what the Bible says. It says he fell asleep an interesting phrase. Sometimes people think when you die you just going to like along really long nap. That's the word sleep in the Bible is a metaphor only used for a Christian. The Bible never uses sleep to describe the death of a nonbeliever and only uses the word to describe the death of a believer and it's a word that is used to let you know it's okay, don't be afraid. You know I is it scary when someone says go to sleep up your kid. Maybe this gives a like to go to sleep go take a nap all time for bed. No, no, you go to an adult, especially a little older one is a go take a nap in there like us why. Well naps are refreshing. Close your eyes get recharged a little bit graded zones of your speaking from experience. Yes, I hear I don't think a lot of naps. I don't take long nap, but sometime of the day if I take like a five minute nap. It gets all the cylinders firing again for me and so the Bible uses. This is a picture of death for the Christian. Stephen fell asleep yet one day you'll fall asleep easily what happens after that you go to heaven yeah yeah whatever endeavor closely and then go to heaven will what I know Bible doesn't tell us all we are all the stories about a great lightning hovering on all the stuff we don't know that okay but all I know this is I die and I go right into the presence of God. So don't be afraid of death of your Christian will be afraid. Why because Jesus died on the cross for me. That's why because Jesus rose again from the dead. For me that's why he did all of this for us and I want to see in closing that some of you are here. Maybe, and you're not sure if you go to heaven when you die you like to think you would summer pretty good person and I think you know lived a pretty good life in the expect to get to heaven you can basically put your entire eternal destiny on that, being sure I know I will go to heaven when I got so it's boasting no weld you maybe this I'm boasting I'm boasting on God, he gave me this gift, but he can give you this gift as well. I don't want any of you that are hearing this message or watching it wherever you are in this day without knowing that you're right with God and knowing that you go to heaven when you die. Now it's up to you to put this ball in your court. God wants to forgive you.
He wants to give you the assurance and certainly you go to heaven when you die, but you must believe in Jesus the Jesus who died on the cross.
You believe he died of the cross for me. He shed his blood for me. He rose again from the dead. For me, and now I believe in him. Paul said he loved me and gave himself for me. Why did he do it because he loves you. God loves you go with some horrible things out. God knows all about that he knows every detail of everything you've ever done nothing to surprise the hip, but the blood of Jesus shut on the cross will cover at all. That's the only way you can get rid of your sin. I wonder if some of you would like to get rid of your sin and know that you can go into God's presence one day or so. I want to give you an opportunity to pray and ask Jesus Christ to forgive you so you can have this great hope. Let's all bow our heads. Father, thank you for your word to us. Thank you Lord for sending Jesus to die on the cross, Lord Jesus, thank you for coming in making such a sacrifice for such undeserving people. Lord, we don't want to miss this gift is gift of eternal life. I prefer any that are here any that are watching wherever they might be that those see their need for you that they will come to you and believing you know what a heads up. Your eyes are closed and were praying together.
How many of you would say today. Greg, I want to know Jesus in a personal way. I want him to forgive me of my sin. I want to know that I will go to heaven when I die.
Pray for me that your desire.
Wherever your city if you want Christ to come in your life if you want him to forgive you of your sin if you want to be sure that you will go to heaven when you die, would you raise your hand up right now. Wherever you are and I'll pray for you raise your hand up Iraq and see sin. I want Jesus Christ.
God bless you and you and you and you anybody else raise your hand the pipe.
God bless you. God bless you as well wherever you are.
Raise your hand up up in the balcony. Raise your hand up you want Christ today you guys watching the screen. I can see you butcher watching the screen here in the amphitheater in Riverside or at harvest Orange County or harvest those loggers harvest Woodcrest harvest easier wherever you are, would you raise your hand up to see I need Jesus I'm ready to believe in him.
Anybody else raise your hand yet lift. Now let me pray for you is your hand now you that of raise your hand. I want you to pray this prayer out loud right where you are. Again, as I pray pray this prayer after me out loud.
Okay, let's pray pray this now, Lord Jesus, I know I'm a sinner but I know you're the Savior who died on the cross for my sin and you rose from the dead Jesus. I turn from that sin and I choose to follow you from this moment forward as Savior and Lord his God and friend in Jesus name I pray.
Amen. God bless each one of you