I Know My Redeemer Lives: Easter Hope

No matter what darkness you are facing, no matter what you are going through right now, if you know your redeemer, you are gonna see him, and you are gonna see him make it all right. You can get through this because Jesus lives. No matter what this world does to you, no matter what mistakes you have made, no matter what outright sin you have done, no matter that you have have hurt your children or messed up your marriage or didn't get the Easter baskets, He loves you. [00:52:34] (41 seconds)  #LovedByJesus

Jesus is the answer, and he is the only answer. He is the way and the truth and the life. He has overcome for you. Easter is about way more than a bunny and eggs. He's about way more than a great meal this afternoon. It's about more than a beautiful day. It's about more than Mario in the movie. It's about Jesus who is overcome. [00:54:29] (30 seconds)  #JesusIsTheAnswer

When he went to that cross, he took all your pain, all your shame, all your grief, all your sickness, all your sin, and he suffered there, and he died for it, and he took it into the tomb, and it does not come out of the tomb. Only Jesus comes out of the tomb. And he came out, and he lives, and because he lives, you will live. [00:53:16] (27 seconds)  #BecauseHeLives

I don't know how. I don't know why I'm dealing with it, but I know the one who will make it right. He's my redeemer. Larry told me the same thing. I know my redeemer. This world's gonna be hard. It just is. And I don't know how anyone gets through it not knowing the redeemer. [00:51:11] (30 seconds)  #IKnowMyRedeemer

Because what Job was talking about in the midst of his darkness, in the midst of his pain, in the midst of his grief, even in the midst of his anger, he went from the base camp of I know to to the middle place of my redeemer, and then he took it all the way where we need to be. I know my redeemer lives. He lives. Now, Job is speaking this well before Jesus came to earth and became a man for us, but God has given him a prophetic vision to tell us something more. [00:51:41] (36 seconds)  #JobsPropheticHope

That that was someone in your family that if your life went off the rails, they would come in and make it right. So if something bad happened to you and you lost all your wealth, and you were gonna lose your land, your kinsman redeemer, if you had one, would come and pay the price so that you could have your land back. He he would make the bad things right. And what Job is saying when he says, I know my redeemer. I know the one who makes this right. [00:50:43] (27 seconds)  #RedeemerRestores

At the base camp of this Mount Everest, in the midst of his suffering, in the midst of his pain, in the midst of all of it, Job, has asked God, why don't you just kill me? Please take me out. This is too much. When it comes down to it, he says this, I know. He says, I know. [00:48:21] (25 seconds)  #BaseCampOfFaith

Because when you come seeking Jesus, what you are gonna find is Jesus, and he's so much better than what you ever imagined. Because this world, it's dark. It really is. And we as a church have been spending time with it all the way going back to Ash Wednesday. We've been dealing with the darkness of this world. We we've been going through the book of Job, and Job deals with darkness. In Job, you have this man who deals with suffering just unbelievable fashion. [00:45:31] (34 seconds)  #JesusIsBetterThanYouThink