[0:00]Let your time and your schedule and everything about you revolve around this that you and I are to develop and continue to develop this ongoing, intimate, wonderful, exciting, satisfying, indescribable, incomparable relationship with a personal God.
[0:24]In Touch, the teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley. Next on in touch. Because he lives. Jesus was crucified and those who stood around him knew that he was dead. No question in their minds about it. He was a dead man. Nobody expected him to rise from the grave. He was a dead man, crucified. So, Joseph who was one of the council came and asked for his body. And the body was given to him. And the ladies came bringing their spices and perfumes and so forth to wrap his body. And anybody who thought about a resurrection said it was nonsense. In fact, that's what the Bible says. For example, but these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe them. And we live in a world where many people still think today that it's nonsense. Why do you and I get together and talk about a dead man? We get together and know in our heart that he's not dead that he's alive, that he's living within every single one of us. So, I want you to turn if you will to uh this 24th chapter of Luke and it's always good to be reminded scripturally of what's happening. 24th chapter of Luke, beginning on the first verse. But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men suddenly stood near them in dazzling clothing. And they were in dazzling clothes, that had to be angels. And as the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you seek the living one among the dead?" Because they didn't expect him to be alive. He is not here, but he has risen. Remember how he spoke to you while he was still in Galilee, saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and the third day rise again. Think about how many times he talked about all this, they didn't get that part. They got the part about him being crucified and they didn't like that. The whole idea of rising from the dead was a totally unknown, unbelievable fact. And even when the Son of God walked with them and explained to them carefully, they still didn't believe it. And then the scripture says, "And they remembered His words and returned from the tomb and reported all these things to the eleven and to all the rest." Now they were Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James, also the other women with them were telling these things to the apostles. But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe them. They walked with him, listened to him, watched him heal, watched him do all, watched him raise Lazarus from the dead. But Peter got up and ran to the tomb, stooping and looking in, and John's account of this. Peter ran, he outran him, looked in, Peter walked in to find out what was happening. So, you and I may ask the question, so what does that mean to you and me? And I would ask you this question, do you really and truly believe that Jesus Christ, the son of God, was buried and then walked out of the tomb? Most people still don't believe it. A majority of people in the world absolutely do not believe that somebody could be crucified and really die and then come back alive and be seen and heard. But you and I believe it because not only the word of God says it but he lives within our heart. And in our life, we sense His presence and power. And so I would just like to answer the question, because he does live, what does it mean to you and me personally? So I would just simply begin by saying because He lives, we don't have to live with loneliness in our heart. We can live with the absolute assurance that Jesus Christ is alive and living within us. It's exactly what he promised. He said to his disciples, for example, before he left, he said, "I I I'm not going to leave you as orphans. I will come again to you." And so he said the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, He'll be in you, with you and upon you. And he will enable you to do the things that I've called you to do. But primarily, I'm going to be there with you. So, I'd ask you this question, if you don't believe that Jesus Christ is a resurrected Lord, who's with you? Who can promise you that they'll never leave you? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone.
[6:27]And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless.
[6:57]He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them.
[7:08]And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. 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He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. 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He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them. He said, as the Father takes care of the birds of the air, the grass, the flowers and all the rest, that he would provide for our needs. And I wonder how often you and I have needs and we hassle with them. We argue about them, we tell other people about them, but we don't turn immediately to the resurrected Christ, who made you this promise, that whatever need we have, He will provide that need. Because he doesn't do it exactly when we think he ought to, because he doesn't do it exactly the way we think he ought to, we think, well God, where are you? He's where he's always been. Would you not agree that Jesus would never fail to keep a promise? Nobody. Only the living Christ could make that promise. So, because he lives and he's not dead, you and I don't have to live alone. And many of us live by ourselves alone, but we're not alone. Because a resurrected Jesus is alive within you, you can never be alone. The second thing that I think is important because of the resurrection is this. We don't have to worry about what we got to provide for us or not. Because he promised to do that. Now, if he had promised it and stayed on the cross, it'd be meaningless. He promised it, said to his disciples, for example, he said he would provide for them. And making provision for them, no matter what was going on. He made that promise to them.
