In this Second episode in our series on Resurrection, pastors discuss the sermon on John 11, focusing on the resurrection of Lazarus and the power of Jesus as the resurrection and the life. They emphasize the importance of trusting in God during dark moments and overcoming death through faith. The conversation explores the theme of seeing beyond darkness and embracing the possibility of new life, encouraging listeners to persevere in doing God's work. The speakers highlight the need to face despair without fear and believe in God's power to bring light and restoration. Overall, the discussion emphasizes the significance of reflecting on and living out God's word in community for healing and redemption.
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[00:00:10.24] - Mitchell Buchanan
Hello, hello, hello. Welcome to the Sermon podcast for the community church for God. My name is Mitchell Buchanan. It's awesome to be here with Matthew Parker.
[00:00:20.41] - Matthew Parker
Sup?
[00:00:21.30] - Mitchell Buchanan
What's up with you guys? We. If you've never listened or watched this before, we talk about sermons that we were spoken of at church. We want to make sure we dig into God's word beyond an hour, 45 minutes, hour and a half. We need God's word to guide us, direct us that we root our lives in it. So, like, let's take a little bit more time to kind of sit in that. Today's sermon was from me, so it was very engaging. That's my hope.
[00:00:49.50] - Matthew Parker
You do engage.
[00:00:50.59] - Mitchell Buchanan
I had 54 slides to prove it if you weren't there.
[00:00:53.59] - Matthew Parker
Yeah, that's a lot.
[00:00:54.65] - Mitchell Buchanan
Yeah.
[00:00:55.00] - Matthew Parker
I actually hate making slides, so it was arduous. God bless you.
[00:00:58.71] - Mitchell Buchanan
Yeah, yeah. And the sermon series was resurrection, which was, I think, looking back at all of them, such a great month of different texts. We heard from Brandon Galford, Greg Garner, and it was just a really great time, I think, to be renewed in that spirit of the Lord. So I'll kind of go through. John Eleven was where we sat. We had a long Runway to get there.
[00:01:24.48] - Matthew Parker
Yeah. Some long runways are longer than others, I've learned.
[00:01:29.15] - Mitchell Buchanan
Okay.
[00:01:29.70] - Matthew Parker
Yeah. Like, depending on evaluation, elevation, elevation, you know, you just need more space.
[00:01:38.15] - Mitchell Buchanan
Yeah, yeah. And I think I'm still, I think, getting to know. I told Brandon this after, I think, you know, there's some necessary contexts, you know, and then I know, well, this would be helpful context. And then I think, what is maybe, like a bridge too far, I think I'm, like, somewhere a bridge too far and helpful. I think I'm in between those.
[00:01:56.57] - Matthew Parker
Yeah. Yeah.
[00:01:57.35] - Mitchell Buchanan
So I always feel that I want to, I think, just cover more and more. God's word is so rich. And then John Eleven. John is, like, power packed. It is like the acai berry of gospels. There's.
[00:02:11.78] - Matthew Parker
It's a beautiful.
[00:02:12.71] - Mitchell Buchanan
Antioxidants abide in the gospel of John. There's so many illusions, so many references, and then it's just a great, great text. But without further ado, John eleven is the resurrection of Lazarus. The key text, which I'll just kind of read through, was, Jesus said to her, who was Martha? I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this? She said to him, yes, Lord, I believe that you are the messiah, the son of God, the one coming into the world. So with John eleven, we had like a lot of buildup that we went through. I really tried to highlight different titles in Gospel of John, son of man, son of God, and then Christ or Messiah. They all are used in different ways. They have different nuances, and I think they all kind of played into this text in different ways where really reading through it, you can see the context of Jesus coming there. He is being persecuted. The disciples are fearing for their own lives when they're coming into John eleven. Hey, Thomas says, we're going to go there to die, like close to Jerusalem because those persecuting Jesus have set their face on like, hey, we need to stop this guy from talking. This is dangerous for our culture and our society. So there are this moment of danger. Jesus is coming to his friends. His friend Lazarus is in need. Really, I think when we get to the end of that chapter where Jesus is really encountering death, one of the main points I wanted to bring up was that the enemy isn't these people coming to persecute Jesus of like, oh, we need to silence your voice. That Jesus, I think, utilizes imagery in John eleven to show like, no, the enemy that I'm coming against is death itself. That it's like, I'm not coming to combat someone else. Later he would say, you know, if my kingdom is of this world, we would pick up swords. We wouldn't fight for it. It's like, that's not what this is about. That I'm here to, I think, give of myself and to demonstrate that life is abundant beyond even what death would say is possible. So I think that was kind of the main point. And using those titles to highlight Jesus communicating that. And then you really see when he's coming to Mary and Martha who, you know, learn so much from Jesus. He has his other disciples around him. He's surrounded by friends. Their perspective is just colored from these moments of death where it's like Lazarus has gone. He's been gone multiple days. Like, there is no hope for this moment. And then Jesus says, I'm the resurrection and the life. And then the response is, yeah, we believe that you are the messiah. And kind of the insinuation is that, yeah, we believe Lazarus can be resurrected sometime in the future. And I think you see Jesus over and over again saying like, no, right now I am the resurrection. Like, I am the life. That he has this inside of him, this, I think, belief in God and this different way to see our world where it's like, no, no, no, it's not about like, whatever circumstances are telling you that death is speaking to you, it's that the power of the life of Jesus is stronger than that, that it's greater than that, that we have life available right now. And I think I didn't even go through the whole resurrection ended, really, Jesus kind of combating these powers of death. And that you see people saying, hey, come and see the body of Lazarus. And that contrasts with Jesus saying, come and see this life giving ministry that, like, I'm going to show how to live in this world. And I think Jesus is at a place that he's very alone, very not understood, with, like, what he's really called here to do from God. It's like a, you know, we get, like, that line of, like, jesus wept, and it's, like, overcome with emotion, not just the grief of his friend, but like, this moment where it's like, people don't understand what resurrection is, what this life is about, and people are all misunderstanding what's happening here. And it's like he's here to show, no, like, I'm greater than the powers of death would insinuate. So tried to unpack that in a sermon. I think it went fairly well. That's my take on it. I don't know how that feels, but it was a good time.
[00:06:32.19] - Matthew Parker
You can't lose with John eleven.
[00:06:33.64] - Mitchell Buchanan
No, no, no.
[00:06:34.81] - Matthew Parker
I do think it is interesting, that verse 35, shortest verse in the Bible, John 11:35. Jesus wept.
[00:06:42.56] - Mitchell Buchanan
jesus what?
[00:06:43.81] - Matthew Parker
In John 1134. And he said, where have they laid him? And they said to him, lord, come and see. And you mentioned that contrast from Jesus, how he uses come and see and then how it's used in this text. And I think it's. No, I don't think it's a coincidence that they say come and see, and then he weeps.
[00:07:00.24] - Mitchell Buchanan
Yeah.
[00:07:00.62] - Matthew Parker
Because I think his whole life and ministry has been built on trying to help people understand that God is going to help us overcome things in a way that we don't anticipate, but we have to trust him.
[00:07:08.79] - Mitchell Buchanan
Right.
[00:07:09.07] - Matthew Parker
And it's not going to be through the common religious paradigms that we think of how we interact with God, which is, I think, what we hear come out of Mary and Martha. Like these kind of quotations. Yeah. You'll do it in the end when the time is right. And, like, you know, they're reaching for these religious teachings. They've had nothing bad. Yeah, right. I don't think they're bad. We don't know how to interact with God in the dark moment when he wants to shine light. And so I think when they utilize come and see as like an introduction to see how death won, I think that in him surveying this group of people that he obviously had spent time with, I mean, you don't develop tight friendships with Lazarus, Mary and Martha out of nowhere, he obviously had spent time in Bethany. And he looks around and they're all just lost and they're come and seeing. But the come and see is not life. The come and see is death. Man. It's sad. And I think the beautiful thing of this story is that it doesn't end with negativity or hopelessness. He overcomes it.
[00:08:07.20] - Mitchell Buchanan
Right.
[00:08:08.62] - Matthew Parker
And I think it's really hard, though, when you're in the place of Mary and Martha to make consideration for resurrection, because resurrection doesn't make sense. Like, it's not something that's, like, some science. I'm sure there's apologists out there who have been like, there's this flower that dies, and then three days later it raises. And therefore the scientific community, you know, it's like, who cares? I don't know. That stuff doesn't help me. But I do think, though, that when you're in the midst of it, like, in the thick of it, it's really hard to engage resurrection.
[00:08:38.65] - Mitchell Buchanan
Yeah.
[00:08:39.25] - Matthew Parker
And I think when you start, you know, because as much as life is a theme in scripture, it doesn't just mean being birthed out of your mother's womb. Now you're alive. It obviously carries on such a richer context beyond that. Same with death. It's not just a death. And end of a mortal life is the only way death is used in scripture. And so it's like a person caught up in addiction, a person caught up in conflict in their marriage or with a good friend that, like, is not getting resolved. It feels like death's power is just so strong. And I think this story really tries to crash into our hearts and minds to say, hey, it's not the case, but don't be like, yeah, come and see my crappy marriage. You know, I thought I came out in the wilderness to learn from God, and he ruined my life, you know, because I'm sure there were Hebrews that said that, you know, like, I came out in the wilderness and look at this bull crap. And then you have. You blame everybody else, but you're not gonna turn the sword of God's word on yourself.
[00:09:32.94] - Mitchell Buchanan
Right?
[00:09:33.38] - Matthew Parker
And I think that's Jesus is, like, this story. It's not just about him, like, raising his friend from the dead. That'd be such a narrow perspective on John eleven. Cause then we'd be like, well, why can't I want God to raise my best friends from the dead, too? But I don't think that's the application. I think the application is coming into a really dark moment, allowing God to be who he is, and you're gonna find out the result is completely different than what you had anticipated.
[00:09:58.41] - Mitchell Buchanan
Yeah, no, that's for sure. And I think being in those moments, like, you see, you see Jesus moves through kind of every. I think moves through the same path that they're on. Like, he didn't say I refuse to go over there. Like, he waited. You know, it said he waited on outside of the village, so everyone came to him. But then, really, I think the moments he's going through of, like, processing a real loss, a real grief he had with Lazarus processing. I think this moment of being misunderstood or, like, them not knowing, you know, what was available, that their. Their eyes are really just colored with this morning, m o u r n I n g. So they're just colored with this morning, and they can't see what is available. And I think, you know, you see all across scripture of, like, goddess working in surprising ways. And I think kind of standing. Standing on this, of, like, hey, on the other side of real death. And I don't want to limit it to just someone passing away. Like, really moments where death is calling to you and saying, like, hey, you're a failure. You'll never succeed. You won't pass that class. Or it's like, no. Like, you're not good at this. You'll. You know, you're just a. Whatever the. Whatever the internal monologue you're probably having in those moments of death that there's. This isn't just like, oh, we're gonna find a silver lining, which you kind of. It feels like that's Mary and Martha. Like, oh, the silver lining is like, it'll be better one day. Or it's like, you kind of. You know, I think that's cheapening. What could be possible and what God wants us to direct our vision and our eyes to. It's like, hey, we're not just looking for silver linings in the midst of this crappy life where it's like, well, I think it might turn out, you know, it's okay. And it's like, you're not coaching yourself up to, like, put on a brave face and then, like, move forward into, like, darkness. You know, it's like Jesus is saying, like, you're seeing all this all wrong. Like that when you look around and see darkness, like, jesus looking around, seeing, like, no, like that I am the resurrection, the life. Like, something is possible here that you don't know that, like, and you're saying you don't expect. And I think those expectations can really just, like, sever that faith filled connection we have with God of, like, oh, God could be working in a way that we don't recognize, we don't know. But it's like, I think the way we view our world, the way that we have trained the world, the way the world has trained us to be, I think, boxed in by, I think, the effects of death, you know? And, like, I was trying to just explicate. I tried in the sermon, too, of, like, it's a. That psychological feeling of that there's no other possibility that there's really. That these are the results of what has happened. Like, Lazarus has died. This is the box you're in, you know, or if you fail a class, you get fired from a job, you have a major transition life. And it's like you kind of have these harrowing thoughts that are really the effects of death speaking to you of, like, what is possible in your life. And I think we have the access to Jesus and I, all the way to John one, he went into the darkness and was not overcome. Like, in the midst of the darkest places we go in our lives that it's like having, I think, a trust, having a foundation, that it's like, well, I know the Lord is near to me, and I won't be overcome by this, that, like, I can find, you know, God's God in the midst of all that's happening. And I think when we have that determination of spirit and even that we have our vision fixed on the life of Jesus, not the death around us. So, like, once we do that, we can actually see what's possible.
[00:13:32.46] - Matthew Parker
Do you have thoughts on, like. Cause Martha kind of kicks this whole thing off in verse 21, you know, after Jesus has a conversation with his disciples, and then they make their plan to go. And then Martha, you know, shows up. Jesus, she's like, lord, if you had been here, a brother wouldn't have died. But even now, I know whatever you ask from God, he will give you a. And Jesus says to her, your brother will rise again. And, you know, she's like, yeah, I know in the end, he'll rise. But what do you make, like, do you make anything special of, like, Martha coming to Jesus? Like, lord, had you been here, I.
[00:14:00.87] - Mitchell Buchanan
Think, I think it testifies to their experience. So it's like they know Jesus. We've seen Jesus do miracle after miracle in the gospels even in John of like miraculous things that can't be explained. Feeding the 5000, turning water into wine, the funnest one we all know.
[00:14:18.83] - Matthew Parker
Yeah, classic.
[00:14:20.62] - Mitchell Buchanan
Yeah. Healing the centurion's daughter just by saying like she's been being made well. So I think even the disciples, you see Mary and Martha have a faith in Jesus where hey, we know that he can, there's a power in the life of Jesus and his connection with God that like things he can do things that may not seem possible. Like John nine, he healed a man who was born blind. He healed his vision. So I think it really speaks to her testament as like a student, as someone who truly believes in Jesus. And I think as the chapter goes on it's like hey, even those that are the best students of Jesus that truly believe that there's something God can do through Jesus that is beyond our imagination. Even with that foundation, the effects of death speak to us so strongly that it's like hey if you were here earlier, this something could have been done. It may be done in the future like as a hope piece. But right now, four days after he passed away, there's nothing we can do. I think, I think it kind of draws out even more the contrast of that even for those that are best primed to believe in Jesus and to be fixed on like this message that Jesus overcomes death, that implicitly in our world, death speaks so strongly that it's like even for those who have the most faith, we can still lack that vision to see it. I think that that's what I kind of like stood out. Is there anything else that you feel like can be?
[00:15:49.34] - Matthew Parker
Yeah, I think it's an interesting way she introduces kind of this back and forth conversation that her and eventually Mary have with Jesus. Cause it's like when the storm, you know, and movies play this out well, right? Like the dark forces battle is about to happen, the sky's gray, the wind blows in, the flags switch directions, there's rain everywhere. But it's like when the storm of death comes in, I think that we have a knee jerk reaction and I don't think we always take time to take those thoughts captive. That's like, well God's not here or Jesus didn't do what I thought he was going to do or he's not who I thought he was going to be. I don't think it necessarily means people break their faith. Because I think if you ask that same person, I mean, do you not believe in God anymore? I think they'd martha it and be like, no, of course I know God's going to fix it in the end. You know, this just isn't what I had thought.
[00:16:41.45] - Mitchell Buchanan
Right.
[00:16:41.91] - Matthew Parker
And, man, what are the gains to have from being in those really hard moments for there to be a voice that's like, hey, God's still here. He's still present. I've always thought about that in the end of John, when after Jesus dies on the cross and he raises before, the disciples know he's like, hanging out in a room and they're locked in there because they're afraid of the Judeans, that they're going to get persecuted. And then, you know, there's this fear. They're trying to figure out what to do next. And Jesus is there, but they can't even see him because the cloud of darkness had rolled in. The death was so palpable and it was having such an impact, they couldn't see him. And then he's like, hey, I'm here. But for me, I'm like, dude, he's with us in those moments when we don't feel like he is. And even for Martha, she's like, you weren't here, but he's about to show them. I was here. I was making consideration. I'm going to actually do something to.
[00:17:37.06] - Mitchell Buchanan
Show you the previous chapter. You know, the author of John shows it's purposeful, that it's like, hey, Lazarus sick. He's like, all right, I'm going to chill for a little bit longer because, like, there's a work, you know, there's a sign that needs to be done that, like, will have impact beyond me rushing over there. And then, you know, it's like that Jesus kind of knows the fullness of his moment, knows, like, hey, that I'm here to not just, you know, address, like, an interpersonal thing. I'm here to, like, kind of declare, like, hey, I. I have a life that you all don't know about. I have, like, a power of life. I'm trying to think of a way to kind of capture that sentiment because we all live and breathe, and I think there's something. We all have life, but I think the qualitative life that Jesus has and then even access to God where it's like, this can't be extinguished, where, you know, the life that we all know is like, it can be a car crash. It could be a heart attack. It could be extinguished very quickly. And I think we're tempered by that finiteness. And I think Jesus has a perspective that's like, no, like the life that. That I have access to, you know, this resurrection life can't be extinguished even by death. You know, so it's. It's really cool. The intentionality that Jesus goes to Bethany with, of, like, he knows it's time. And I think that starts off right away, like, oh, you just missed the right time to be here. And Jesus like, no, no, no. Right time. Like, we're in the right time. Yeah, that's cool.
[00:19:10.75] - Matthew Parker
And it's a challenge, and it can be offensive, I'm sure, to be in those moments and for God to be like, I mean, I'm still here, but if you're not gonna believe that, you know, there's little I can do for you directly.
[00:19:20.46] - Mitchell Buchanan
Right.
[00:19:20.96] - Matthew Parker
But, man, like, the superpower a person can have in Christ to enter into a moment of darkness or persecution or sadness or heaviness, but not allow those characteristics or effects of death to then impact them. Almost like a marvel superhero who can kind of stop time. Everybody around them is in slow motion, freaking out, but they have a path forward. Even though they're experiencing the same exact thing, it doesn't mean they're not weighed in their heart or their mind about it, but they're not going to allow the power of death to now slow them down or to prevent what needs to happen next. And, man, I've had experiences in life like that where I've wanted to, you know, I've wanted to give up or not press forward. And then I see my friends around me, like, continuing to do the work, which is what Jesus encourages his disciples in that moment after the resurrection. He's like, hey, go keep doing the work. Continue to do the work, even though they're impacted by death. Whereas I think in the world, death now becomes, like, the ultimate excuse to give up and to renounce your faith and to not do what God wants you to do anymore. And what a powerful. I think this story is just so powerful. Cause I feel like it really fights that. That human desire or, like, response that we have to the heaviness of death and resurrection is not something that's a bibbidi boppity boo kind of equation. Like, okay, resurrection, you have to fight for it in those moments by using the word, drawing close to God, even proclaiming God's goodness, even if you're not feeling it, because you know he is. And you don't want to just be somebody like, yeah. You know, God didn't show up in this moment, but he's going to do. He'll figure it out in the end. You know, God, his ways are higher than ours. I don't know if God really wants us to use those kind of excuses or those verses that way.
[00:21:15.96] - Mitchell Buchanan
Yeah, we just. We're just idiots.
[00:21:19.88] - Matthew Parker
I don't know if that's the case, but yeah.
[00:21:23.05] - Mitchell Buchanan
Yeah. And I think for. I think for our church. Cause we're, you know, our. Our next sermon series is on seasons. I think we all come to places of our own darkness or, you know, collectively, just like, hey, we're going through a lot of trials, a lot of tribulations, and I think not being afraid of those, because you don't see any fear in Jesus. You see, you know, fear from all those around him, fear with the disciples, you know, like, well, I don't want to go there because, you know, it's marked by death. They anticipate that there will be death there. So we go into these places of darkness without fear, without hesitation, even knowing that our purpose being there is to be a light. You know? And that's what. From the beginning of John one, that's what it is. And so I think, as a church, whatever problems I get, I get a frustrated. It feels like when there's, like, certain people I'll talk with, and they may be in a dark place or even just have, like, disagreements or, like, quarrels, and it's like, well, I just, you know, had my trust broken, and I'm like, okay, well, what does that look like? You know? I'm like, we. We should never, I think, have such a concretized feeling of, like, darkness or despair or even just a finality of, like, no, we can never return. It's like we believe in resurrection. Like, we worship the God of resurrection. So it's like, there's no problem that you're gonna have that. Like, as a believer, I'm rooted in God's word, and I feel like, you know, the light of the Lord is in me. We'll go to the end of the darkness with you. You know, it's like, whether that's despair from death, whether that's, like, a disagreement that someone's completely destroyed your trust, it's like, our options aren't to run away from the darkness. Our options are to, like, be a light in the midst of it. So it's like, let's figure this out together. Let's, like, let me, like, help build you up. Let's, like, stare into that darkness to find, you know, that God can bring a resurrection where we least expect it. You know, it's so I think this is a message that we can kind of take, you know, across all of our members. People come to church where it's. It's a. It's a situation that I think we all get. We all get to, and we may not realize it. We all get to either despair or, I think, just a finality of the effects of death around us of, like, hey, I can't forgive this person, or I'll never be, like, made whole with this person. Or if it's something, you know, a personal death where it feels like your whole life is colored differently after that, you know, the passing of Rob or Steph. You brought up Marembe. There's so many, I think, examples that were near to us in church, and it feels like that can just speak over and over and over again. It feels like we can never really get back to that life we have in Christ. And it's like, as members, we should all be willing to walk through those moments of darkness with our friends, with those around us, and to come out on the other side and see that we serve the God of the living, not the dead.
[00:24:18.09] - Matthew Parker
Yeah. And I think, like, even I know we're wrapping up, but how after this. And John, this is, like, what instigates his. The plot to his death. You know, in the other gospels, it's something different, but here it's raising Lazarus from the dead. And it's interesting how having a belief and not giving death the power that the world gives it can be so offensive. I even think, like, I brought up Miss G recently in a sermon I was preaching, Greg Garner's mom. And, you know, she was so. She had been through so much, but then she also was so able to, like, laugh. Even in the moment. She would just laugh in the face of what felt like an end or something that was broken. And when I interacted with Rebecca and I was so young, I feel like my problems were so small. She probably should have been laughing at me as she did. But at the same time, there's an offense to people who are gonna live that way. And like you said, people are like, well, it's over. I guess it can't be repaired. When you believe that's not the case. You know, if we're not going to be biblically minded about it, it's going to upset us because we expect there to be an end, and then we want to move on, but God's better.
[00:25:32.09] - Mitchell Buchanan
It's better. Hey, this can't be reconciled. Just move on. It's better for yourself. And it's like, we don't see that demonstrated in scripture for people that are called to live for the Lord, people that are trying to live out this kingdom of God together. It's like, we don't give up on each other, and we don't come to a place where it's like, hey, I can't reconcile with you. It's like, that is not, I think, where we're rooted at. Is there massive hurts? Yes, but I think we have to believe in that resurrection of, like, hey, the circumstances of our life are not greater than the life in Christ. They're not greater than the God we serve that overcome the grave. It's like, and, you know, Paul says if we don't believe in the resurrection, we're to be most pitied, because how many times do we come to the end of our road and feel like we can't go on? Our circumstances are too much. Then it's just like, if we don't believe in resurrection, we're just fighting against this world with no hope on the other side. And it's like, it's. I think despair becomes way more heavy at that point, because what you're saying, mizzah G, like, kind of looks in the face of, like, darkness and despair, and then it's just like, oh, this is funny. Like, what's God gonna do? You know? It's like, because she has a testimony where God has been present with her and has overcome so much. It's just like, you see death again. It's like, well, this will be interesting. Like, how is this going to turn out? Because I'm not, no matter what, I believe in the Lord, you know? Like, no matter what, that's going to be the case. And, you know, we could be the kind of church people where it's like, we see death and we say, hey, come and see, not come and see the circumstances. Come and see how God is going to, like, change this moment. Come and see how we can be the light in the midst of this darkness. So.
[00:27:14.02] - Matthew Parker
And I think deuteronomy eight, like, last thing, like, you know, remember the way the Lord's led you, right? You know, like, there's so many people in our ministry, in our community who have been through, like, the worst thing you could imagine, and God has redeemed it or is redeeming it. And if you don't remember to tell those stories right. And remember how God's led, people will forget it's very easy to forget. But, man, we have to. We have to hold onto those stories of healing because God's done some amazing, miraculous resurrection power. Things just in our midst, and we're just this small community, you know, obviously he's doing stuff all over the world, but, you know, like, I want to be a part of that kind of body because I'm going to need that faith. Like, I'm going to need your faith. In those moments when mine's weak and I'm more like Martha and you're more like Jesus, I'm going to need you to be like, no, bro. Like, it's going to like, let's see what God's going to do. That's refreshing.
[00:28:04.75] - Mitchell Buchanan
Yeah, I love that. Yeah, that's great. This whole Resurrection sermon series, if you haven't watched through all of them, I feel like there's so much depth in there, and I think the resurrection and restoration of families and all of the narratives, I think Brandon testified, so much goodness when we can reflect back. Like you're saying, testify. Hey, God has been with us in our darkest moments, and, like, is working actively to make sure we're restored to life. And it's such a great, I think, reminder this time of year that no matter what's going on, we believe in a God of the resurrection. So thanks for being here, as always. There won't be a time I end this podcast without telling you. We appreciate your comments. Like, subscribe, do all the stuff you know that you should do as a listener. This is a great time more than anything. If you get into small groups, conversations at work, with friends, bring up these texts, like, dig into these more and more and more, because we are a church that is built on knowing God's word and living it out with one another. So the last thing we need is to hear a great sermon leave on Sunday, and then we don't really even think about it anymore. It's like, meditate on it, meditate on God's word. It won't return void. And it's something that makes our lives so rich and worth, I think, diving into every day. So thanks for listening. Next time we'll see at church and we'll have another great sermon.
[00:29:33.90] - Matthew Parker
Amen.
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