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There is freedom waiting for you on the other side of tough times. I’m praying that you begin to identify the blessings in your life and focus on them until you breakthrough into a new, anointed light. PLEASE do not hesitate to reach out to me if you need someone to walk through the process with you.
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Transcript – Easter Sunday Message 2023
you know when our kids were little
and they would be in the living room
playing and like really little and we’d
walk out to go to the kitchen they would
like ah they’d start screaming like what
we’re here
and then we’d run back in the living
room and they’d go back to playing you
know and then they got a little older
and and then we’d walk out of the out of
the living room and they’d like oh we’re
here and they whimper and go back to
playing and then they got a little older
a little more mature and then they
realized
like we’re here
and we’re coming back
we’ve not abandoned them we’re here
that’s what I want to share with you
today in this message and we’re going to
take a long we’re going to take about a
seven mile walk down a road to Emmaus
and and it’s in that time where we’ll
see where where even in that two and a
two and a half three hour Journey that
those disciples who followed Jesus
didn’t even recognize Jesus as he’s
walking along and what it showed me was
that it was time for the body of Christ
to be weaned off the physical body of
Jesus and fed the meat of the word that
helps transform lives and that was the
one thing that the only way we’re truly
going to know Jesus is when we allow his
father God to tell the story of his son
through scripture the one thing that the
Lord put on my heart for you this this
week was that emotional encounters with
Jesus can affect your life by knowing
his word will transform it forever
we’re going to talk today about a little
bit about Body and Soul and Spirit
it’s important to understand those
distinctions especially between the soul
and the spirit
and you know why is it important well
emotional religion is false
it’s as fleeting as children crying when
Mom and Dad walk out of the living room
we can’t be so fickle as to get so
afraid and let fear drive us
when Jesus when we think he’s left the
room that’s emotion driven
the spirit tells us the word tells us
he’s always with us
so if we don’t learn
who Jesus the son is through the words
of his God the father in the scripture
we’re going to remain spiritually blind
so I ask that we stand together as the
body in reverence of the Lord to read
the word that illuminates light that
sheds sight and heals the blind so if we
can as the body we’re gonna we’re gonna
Park in Luke 24 today this is where the
Lord LED and the word he once shared so
if we can start off by reading our
anchor scripture from Luke 24 31 and
we’ll start as the body and their eyes
were opened and they recognized him and
he vanished from their sight they said
to each other did not our hearts burn
within us while he talked us on the road
while he opened to us the scriptures
and they rose that same hour and
returned to Jerusalem and they found the
eleven and those who were with them
gathered together saying the Lord has
risen indeed and has appeared to Simon
thank you Jesus for that word
thank you for the word
that helps blind eyes to see
so before I ask you to join me on that
seven mile walk on the path to Emmaus
let’s put it in context
Jesus had been crucified
and and I can imagine how everybody was
feeling
they were like really like we’ve
invested three and a half years we
thought he was the one
but maybe he wouldn’t
that Saturday can you imagine
if you’re emotion driven
the fear that you felt
if you’ve discarded or forgot or never
really paid attention to what the
scripture said what Jesus had said for
the last three and a half years can you
imagine the Despair and the desperation
but then that morning came
that morning came of the Resurrection
and before we take the walk down towards
Emmaus I want to read to you
but on the first day of the week at
early Dawn
they came to the tomb bringing their
spices which had been prepared and they
found the stone rolled away
from the tomb
but when they entered they did not find
the body of Lord Jesus
while they were perplexed about this
behold two men suddenly appeared near
them in gleaming clothing and as the
woman were terrified and bound their
faces to the ground the mid said to them
why are you seeking the living one
amongst the Dead
he’s not here
but he has risen
see that’s the good news that’s the
Fulfillment of the promise
now before these two disciples had
walked off towards Emmaus they didn’t
realize that encounter at the tomb
and so I want to step back to to to the
first to 24 1 but very early on Sunday
morning the women went to the tomb
taking the spices they had prepared
listen I want to tell you
thank God for faithful women
thank God for faithful women
thank God for women who were willing to
get up
pear spices and go to what the world’s
telling them it’s just a stone like he’s
gone
ain’t no need going back to where you
once thought your Hope was
ain’t nothing but a stone
thank God for faithful sisters who were
willing to prepare an anointing and show
up at the rest of us is thinking it’s
just a stone
thank you sisters thank you women for
being faithful
you know
sometimes
we’re quick to prepare a burial
anointing for the promises that God made
in our life
did God tell you that you were going to
Pastor did God tell you you were going
to have a Ministry did God tell you you
were going to have children did God tell
you you were going to have a
relationship
and then it didn’t happen as you thought
it was supposed to
are we a little quick to prepare the
spices for burial
to show up
and mourn the death of the promise of
God instead of standing firm in the
faith that’s only bound on the word of
the Lord I’ll tell you these sisters
weren’t that they weren’t there to
grieve the loss of a promise because the
failure of Jesus
they were there with the full
expectation that I don’t care if it’s a
stone or if it’s a Roman legion or if
it’s the mainstream media I don’t care
what anybody says I know what Jesus said
I know what the scripture said so let’s
not be too quick to mourn to bury the
promises God’s made over your life
let’s stand in faith instead
so why go anoint why why go to anoint
Jesus when there’s a big rock in the way
when there’s a stone in the way
well I’ll tell you we do a lot of things
we do things out of emotion out of faith
out of what we might think the world
thinks is an unrealistic expectation but
you know what matters is your heart
what’s the condition of your heart
listen don’t let nobody tell you
anything different than what the Lord’s
already promised you
don’t let your emotions sway you to be
so fickle
to where you’re tossed about like waves
in the ocean
you stand firm in the word of the lord
it’s the only thing that doesn’t change
you see
are you willing to come back to those
dead places in your life
are you willing to come back to the
promises God made
are you willing to come back to what you
thought life was going to look like and
it just didn’t
are you willing to come back to what you
thought were dead places and and rely on
Jesus to resurrect those dead places in
your life
I’m going to tell you it takes more than
laying in your bed on a Sunday morning
wondering well how come everybody else
went to church it takes more than than
figuring I’m gonna go to the club on
Thursday and not show up for Bible study
if you want to resurrect those dead
places you got to get up you got to
dress up you got to get your spices
together your anointing and you got to
show up at what were once those dead
places in your life I want to tell you I
want to submit to you today if you’re
willing to come to that rock if you’re
willing to come to that stone I want you
to understand that your blessing is on
the other side of that stone I’m telling
you if you want your marriage restored
your blessing is on the other side of
that attorney’s letter about divorce
that blessing for the restoration of
your relationship is on the other side
of that of that we’re just going to
separate for a little bit and see how
things work out
your blessings on the other side of that
if you’re looking for financial
provision I’m going to tell you your
blessing is on the other side of that
eviction notice and on that late bill
payment
if you’re looking if you’re looking for
the blessing of of Breaking Free from
addiction your blessing is on their side
of that stone on the other side of that
bottle and that pornography URL link I
want to tell you that your blessings
stop looking in the natural sight
stop looking at what the world’s telling
you you’re looking at start
understanding and remembering the word
of the Lord
Supernatural sight told those sisters I
don’t care what they rolled in front of
that tomb my blessings on the other side
were the Christ once was
you see that stone in your life is not
your deliverance the rock of Christ is
if you want the blessing you’ve got to
understand it’s on the other side of
that stone
so those sisters walked into that empty
tomb in verse 5. why are you seeking the
living one amongst the Dead
that’s a good question
that’s a good question and I’ll ask you
sometimes in our life when we get
desperate
sometimes we return
to those dead places that were meant to
die that didn’t bear fruit that wasn’t
the will of the Lord that wasn’t the
word of the Lord it was never a promise
from the Lord but we want to return to
them you see we’ll go back to old
relationships
we’ll go back to Old sin patterns
we’ll go to dead religion looking for
the Living God
but what does the Bible say
well verse 6.
he is not here
now if you were down in south Louisiana
my hometown on the Bayou they say he not
here no
make sure he not here
so I don’t care what your language or
your dialect
the message is clear
he’s not in this tomb
he’s alive
your promises that God made in your life
are not in that tomb
there as alive as you’re willing to
stand in faith on those promises
because if you walk away in doubt and
you allow emotionality to drive your
life then they just soon be dead and
buried
you got to stand on the word of the Lord
so they’ve gone through the resurrection
the crucifixion and the resurrection and
now we’re gonna we’re gonna take that
walk those that seven mile walk down the
road towards Emmaus
and you’ve got these two two disciples
and they followed Jesus they were there
and now they and now they went well it’s
over
like your favorite team lost lost your
favorite sport
and you’re like well we might as well
walk back home you got your head hung
you turned your jersey inside out so
nobody knows what team you were cheering
for
and like I just I Marvel at this I mean
you’re walking seven miles and your
average pace uh over seven miles would
take about two and a half to three hours
and so just imagine like you and your
spouse or just like me Lee and I are
going seven miles and that’s where you
know the miraculous still happens
because if Lee is going to walk seven
miles with me it’s gonna be a miracle
and um and I’ll take that Miracle but
you know then somebody comes alongside
like alongside we’re not on an express
lane going towards DFW it’s just y’all
too
and then like there’s a third person who
comes alongside like seven miles two and
a half hours what do you think you’d be
like who are you
how’s it going
but they walk and they just walk and you
know why they walking because they’re
walking in their pity because they walk
in their sadness because boohoo Little
Bear your team lost and my emotions I’m
going home
so it’s like well why didn’t Jesus just
identify himself why why did he wait
until later when he when he broke bread
and blessed it like why did was he
tricking him like what’s up with his
Jesus well let me tell you for three and
a half years he had been telling these
people who he was for three and a half
years he’d been telling these people who
I am you know what they did
they murdered him
they murdered him so when he’s on the
cross and they’re like well prove that
Judah Christ and come on down do one
more miracle and come on down no that
time’s over with you see he’s not a
trick pony playing games to make you
happy
one more time would have done nothing
why didn’t he why didn’t he identify
himself because
when you allow God to tell the story of
his son through scripture then you get
to know who Jesus is
you see walking seven miles walking 700
miles walking 7 000 miles is not going
to let you know who Jesus is you got to
read the word of the Lord you got to
read the story that the father wrote
about his son
to know who Jesus is
so you know then Jesus asked him
and I’ll tell you a good a good lawyer a
good investigator they never ask a
question that they don’t already know
the answer to
so Jesus says and he said to them
what kind of conversation is this that
you have with one another as you walk
and are sad
like again why are you sad little bear
boohoo little clown why are you sad
like they’re weeping they mopey they
turn their Jersey inside oh our team
lost you know what he said because
they’re driven by their emotions because
they’re driven by their emotions
they’re fickle they’re like children in
a room when you walk out the mom and dad
and they start screaming in Terror
because they don’t realize the reality
that Jesus has never left they don’t
realize the promise of scripture that
Jesus is coming back
so they’re letting their emotions make
them sad
that’s the difference between being so
LED your emotions
and spirit-led which is the word of the
Lord
I’m asking you
the only way you’re going to understand
scripture and Jesus is not making fun of
them but he’s like yo
I told you
I’m gonna have to suffer I told you
they’re going to crucify me
but I told you I was coming back on the
third day
like why don’t you listen to me why are
you letting your emotions drive your
reactions
now listen it’s okay to be emotion
driven but let the encounter with the
Lord through the spirit through the word
create a manifestation of emotion don’t
come here weepy brown bear sad clown
thinking well Jesus is going to come if
I cry enough tears if you don’t have
Jesus as your savior
you just cry
that’s all you’re doing
you know these guys had this opportunity
like they told the Jesus story to Jesus
and they got it wrong
and they got it wrong
let me share with you from 19 and he
said to them
what things
so they said to him the things
concerning Jesus of Nazareth he was a
prophet Mighty indeed and word before
God and in all the people and how the
chief priests and our rulers delivered
him to be condemned to death and
crucified him
but you know we were hoping
that it was he that was going to redeem
Israel
indeed besides all this
like today is the third day since these
things happen
these guys got to tell the Jesus story
to Jesus and they get it wrong why
because they’re driven by their emotions
because they’re telling it from their
own perception let me ask you before we
get to hashtag over religious
how many times do we misconstrue the
scripture
how many times do we make it fit our
situation
like how many oh yeah or that Bible that
Bible you know I heard about that Bible
I read a meme on Facebook one day it
says something about like like God’s not
gonna give you more than you can carry
like like you know like all these things
we like to manufacture we kind of
pre-fab them to fit our lives
and I want to tell you when you look at
these these guys and they answer them
and what do they say they say we were
hoping
like I was hoping our marriage would
have worked out you know but we’re just
different
you know I was hoping we weren’t going
to lose our house you know I mean I
worked extra overtime I worked harder
than anybody ever worked but you know it
didn’t work out we were hoping that he
was the one
you know how different that conversation
would be with those two disciples and
Jesus you know how different your life
situations would be if you instead of
saying I’m hoping you say I’m standing I
am Standing on the Promises of God I
know they put him on that cross I know
they murdered him but I also know what
the scripture says and I know when this
third day he’s coming back I expect them
to already be here oh look at that it’s
you it’s you
but because they hope and because they
sad in their tears and then they say we
were hoping he was going to redeem
Israel you see they still don’t get it
they think he was coming to conquer Rome
he came to conquer death
but they didn’t get it
and then this one you know today’s the
third day like they knew something was
important about that third day they just
didn’t know what
and I’m going to submit to you if you
don’t know the Lord if you don’t know
the word
then you’re going to get caught up in
you know that whole Bible says something
about something like I think like faith
it works so if I work oh yeah if I work
hard I’m gonna get that oh well the
world’s saying there’s a lot of
different ways to the father let me tell
you something if you don’t know the word
of the Lord you’re just as lost and just
as blind as these two cats on the seven
mile hike with with Jesus the
resurrected Christ you got to know the
word of the Lord you got to stop letting
letting emotions sway you and swing you
and discourage you
in 25 it says then Jesus said to them
the foolish people
you find it so hard to believe that all
the prophets wrote in the scripture like
wasn’t it clearly predicted that the
Messiah would have to suffer all these
things before entering his glory
then Jesus took them through the
writings of Moses and all the prophets
explaining all the scriptures the things
concerning him
like can you imagine like Jesus like
y’all foolish people
y’all crazy
did you read what they wrote Don’t you
hear what I say so what did he do he led
him through an intensive Bible study
Moses the prophets everything is set up
to him
and then in our anchor scripture weren’t
our hearts burning your heart should be
on fire
you’ve got Jesus the Christ leading you
through a scripture study
so you say well that was good for them
two brothers but what about me
you got the Holy Spirit
you got the Holy Spirit that’s what
Jesus said that’s why he’s back
to remind you of everything that Jesus
said
every day
is a Bible study but you know what you
got to do first
you got to open that Bible
you see
holy spirit’s not going to speak through
a meme on Facebook
holy spirit is going to allow people to
speak to you but you got to read the
word of the Lord to make sure what
they’re saying is not some like far off
thing like you know there’s something
there’s something about that third day
I’m not really sure what it is don’t be
that person don’t be that person
let me tell you something
these two guys
and us
that until we see Jesus Through the
supernatural word of the of the Lord
we’ll never see a manifest in our
natural lives
so you’re looking for healing you’re
looking for deliverance you’re looking
for provision you’re looking for
restoration whether you’ve got a
prodigal relationship with one of your
kids maybe you’re the one that’s
prodigal and you’re looking for for
miracles in the natural world
but until you understand the
supernatural word of the Lord
you ain’t gonna see nothing until you
receive Jesus Christ as your savior and
Lord
you ain’t gonna get nothing
if you’re walking without Jesus Christ
as your savior and Lord you don’t have
the power of the Holy Spirit living
inside of you
now you receive him as your price boom
immediately you’re sealed Ephesians 1
tells us that
but walking down the road and and
misconstruing scripture and wondering
well what happened and you don’t have
the Lord you don’t have the Holy Spirit
living inside of you you’re just walking
down the road
you might get physically fit but
spiritually you just as lost as you were
when you started unless you have the
Holy Spirit living inside of you
until we know the supernatural word of
the Lord and we see Jesus as God the
Father revealed his son to be will never
experience the miraculous in our natural
lives
you know why didn’t they recognize Jesus
well I’ll submit to you
they witnessed Jesus In the Flesh for
three and a half years
and they didn’t see him
they watched his flesh crucified
and they didn’t see him
they went to an empty tomb where there
was no more flesh and they didn’t
like what would one more Encounter With
Jesus In the Flesh do to help them see
him
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see what they needed they needed the
only thing that would truly open their
eyes from spiritual blindness the only
thing that endured and that’s the word
of the Lord
that’s the word of the Lord only then
did they see him
only then did they realize
oh that was Jesus
only then will you realize who Jesus is
if he’s if he’s your genie in a bottle
that ain’t Jesus if he’s defined by the
Box you’ve stuffed them into that’s not
Jesus
if you’re just trying to read some memes
on social media and like oh I get it now
that ain’t Jesus
you’ve got to receive Jesus Christ as
your savior and your lord
you’ve got to know the word of the Lord
you’ve got to stop allowing yourself to
be washed and waved like oceans
you got to have a solid foundation and
that solid foundation is it your ties is
it your talent is it your attendance
that solid foundation is the word of the
Lord
it is the only thing that’s gonna that’s
gonna make you stable it’s the only
thing that’s going to open your eyes and
this is the one thing that the Lord
shared today
the one thing that the Lord wants you to
walk away from on this Resurrection
Sunday is that emotional Encounters of
Jesus can affect your life but only
the word of the Lord can transform it
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