The Sermon Giving Up Despair by John Snyder
Mar 06, 2013
Giving Up Despair (21:37)
Referenced Scriptures: Luke 23:39-43; Revelation 22:20
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Luke 23:39-43
39) One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, "If you are the Christ, save yourself and us!"
40) But the other answered, and rebuking him said, "Don‘t you even fear God, seeing you are in the same condemnation?
41) And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong."
42) He said to Jesus, "Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom."
43) He said to him, "Most assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."
Revelation 22:20
20) He who testifies these things says, "Yes, I come quickly." Amen! Come, Lord Jesus.
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I are you are you suspended on hopeless would thought about it. No, Jesus Gwen Robinson on rock when he preached and talk and I I just find it very much more comfortable for me, not only for myself but for me to be closer to folks because I I love God 's people in the last that last line of that song and I love you Lord and I have to say, and Lord forgive me when I don't love you with should because we don't always do that will take some time to pray and look at Luke twenty three thirty nine forty three and through this crucifixion thing the crucified Jesus for hours the first time were crucified him for weeks during Lent, and that's one of the things that happens because we want to know what happened them and how much he loved us and with my father, we come to you because you are the reason why we live why we love why we believe in white who can accomplish anything that's worthwhile. Thank you God for loving us that much. Thank you for your word that reminds us of the about that love and reminds us how we can experience that love more each day. Thank you for your people that also remind one another. All of us. When we do that to the just enjoy each other 's company and to know that we belong to know that you're leaving us in the right direction. As we continue to follow you father me this word. Your word and orthogonal way, please shut my mouth for you, but maybe have a glimpse of that eternity that you want us to have the money and rejoice in it. The name of the father and son and the Holy Spirit mixing Alaskan forgive me for even read the Scripture together allowed this new one of the criminals who were playing their cat deriding him, saying, are you not the Messiah save yourself and us, but the other review. Kim saying to you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation and we indeed have been condemned justly, for we are getting what we deserve for our deeds. But this man has done nothing wrong. Then he said, Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. He replied, truly I tell you today, you will be with me in paradise. In that beautiful friends, today you will be with. While you know that that verse thirty nine. Really, sets, those of us who worship God awful, but because here's somebody in on Jesus Messiah save yourself and us united as one reads up and slap a couple times to say but isn't your engine of this is that he didn't even know that was Danny was just another common criminal, and quite often that the Scriptures say that they both derided in and maybe did a first no-no. I wasn't there. We later it over. This is an interesting thing because if that's true then there is a huge change the place was because a sub one. On the other side, and a change of heart experience that one word we love so much: Grace, grace, God 's grace. Grace greater than all my sin race will also world were also the world can be forgiven for everyone who comes in the presence of Christ in faith, while I think it's wonderful. Remember that that even though one continued in that the other one change is called repentance. Repentance is, we almost not just a working thing. It's posteriorly thing in a daily thing notes while the things we should live with our thing about that man on the will was deriding Jesus was talking Jesus and as I think sometimes we wonder because someone said why doesn't God do something about no cancer was a godly something about the poor people. The world in another story of one fellow said the student to a person on the Christian and set a Christian says, I think you and ask on that cigar. Why don't you do something about and in his soul, he heard God speaking. I did. I made you and your concerned about that. Do something he doesn't interesting thing is because we are God 's hands and feet and God 's mouth and ears, and so many things that God has decided to use us for a so what is it that happened in this one man's heart with any see what what is it that changed and what is it that made him repent of that that the riding Jesus leaves one dead and evidently was only one in there because also skip on doing this other man kept on doing this, but here was a man hanging on a cross beside the Savior of the world and realized nothing thought that those two crosses are really all crops and women be on one of the other pending on how we relate to Christ are we going to continue to, but there's been in the world continue to deride crisis. Oh well, you know it's just much bullishness. It's for people who don't have any sense. Mister people that don't know what the reality is, and I pity those people, because someday they could stand in front of that one, but that the defaulting and deriving and he gets design with ago, but the interesting thing is him. I'm not better than them, a member when Jesus stood there one day and in the main campus, said that the teacher. This is one you call me good. Only God is good. I thought about that quite often. I said ill if if the Lord Terry's in and I have to pass in this life. If before he comes back and I'm laid out someplace with my face up in my hands across my chest. I hope people don't walk by and say when he was a good man misuses one claim that I don't want to claimant. I hope that this is C followed his Lord. Well, that's what will that's when I believe it. The man on the other cross decided to do. Even though eating to much of chance do it much longer than that. Interesting, isn't it. I think he had a hard time) heart attack. The attack of the part that allowed his heart to soften from this one. He was so crass, so so much. Even care what anybody thought he was going take whatever he wanted as a thief criminal matter what anybody would say Wellington reminds us of that with this man did the word is near you on your lips and in your heart to the word was hanging right beside him in the beginning was the word and word was with God and the Word was God and the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. If you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved will be set up. Maybe will be any all right believe that Jesus would rise as well as a set when you come into your kingdom that people know, the kingdom. Bruno and I believe it. He was awestruck. Don't you fear God, he said that one day. That's the law that I believe we need for God, not by the chronicler someplace because Gosselin zap us, but we stand. I believe when I walk across this that that threshold. But because of me, because what Christ did for but I will stand in all of me speechless people wonder about the community find some who say really. I can usually find something to say but I believe all stand in all, be speechless. I can't even imagine now and again, I'm not claiming it because of me. In thing and because of Savior that I serve and believe in because you know what I deserve, because I'm a sinner 's death, separation from God, and we all do as that the ones that were getting what we deserve. He's not been doing wrong. We took off a few of the in other than religious leaders and the soldiers, but generally doing wrong and he's paying the penalty for doing nothing all. I think that he came to know that from something beyond and this one. Peter was was there. And Jesus said to the people said. I am Peter said you are the Messiah you ever son of God and Jesus and Blessed are you, Peter, because flesh and blood haven't let you know that the father probably the father& this sinner. This thief is criminal know that this one hanging beside him was the Savior, the Messiah. The interesting thing was that they are the one who requested. If you are the Messiah save yourself and us and we ask for in the wanted and ask for it, but the first time anyway the what the other one ask for you to say redundancy. Someone works on FB between the police and the funny thing over twelve minute followed Jesus, for three years money was gone by this time that they think is that you are still working this stuff up and there was this this criminal met Jesus for just a few hours, and all of a sudden, boom, he believed, and he knew exactly what Satan and the witness of the day was the most powerful witness of that twice, except the tip witness of Christ is important we witness is important that we witness is important we bring new people into the church because that's where the enthusiasm cops, those with no church. Well, sometimes it with you, must represent him and those that like all as another day I got a new something, and I like doing it, but in what is good old tired of this. Not because am tired of not because I'm just tired. But then there's that fresh new person is so excited at all. Yes, I remember that now I know why I do this stuff. In fact was interesting because one day we rented a meeting one time and in a fellow from Jamaica was there the Christian man. He said understand the lack of enthusiasm. Some churches and in this country is it enthusiasm comes from the Greek and playoffs means in God. God is when Bobby on the enthusiastic and we might be physically tired, but we should be enthusiastic and I think that's what happens when we remember to invite new people into the face then mix and experience their enthusiasm number why we should be, since it's contagious. The evidence of this man's faith was what he said remember me when you come into your kingdom. If you are the Messiah. I know that now. I don't know how I know that I know that now we could spend a whole lifetime questioning whether well this was a note that the last-minute conversion. It was the company didn't unknown. Some folks that are Christian. Another Christians in it that the symptoms in the heart of our time doing that. Not picking on anyone but really, if we really realize what happened to us that our eternal life is been enveloped in in the life of Jesus Christ and Elio promise that will endure for eternity and God want that person and that person and that person. A person among them, to know that to make their own decisions, but I want them know that induces me to promise that they do that man. He said today, not forty years with our fifteen minutes from now, while the fifteen is about fifteen years now or were a couple centuries or you know, back when no further if you move further up and up and up until I finally return for the last time the day you'll be with me in paradise with you say so. Therefore, when I leave this body of eleven and happens I get aches and pains of his body and enough things happen. I'm glad to share this one. It's okay for now. Not only is it for now. But that's like the one lady said I'd rather wear out the law stopped. She was ninety three. I think when she said that when I leave this body on the Olympic in the presence of Christ forever. The problems. Powerful 's, but today the day that we leave this body will be of Christ. Christ's and say heaven. The paradise and understanding the Jewish folks was that the place where the soul goes when it leaves the body until the final resurrection. The presence of Jesus Christ on and until the kingdom comes in its fullness and we take on that heavenly body. No pain of suffering the sadness of sickness, no injuries from as interesting that as the word of God comes to clothes for us. The twenty second chapter Revelation, the last Spain that Jesus is quoted as saying this. Surely I am coming soon. You know what the response that was amen. Come Lord Jesus, and then come or design. I believe that's what that man on the cross been singing since. Amen. Come Lord Jesus, come Lord Jesus. While the Jesus as our Lord as well as a Savior. We long to give up the sprayer. There's too many people were giving up hope really and would thought about that person. Francis and where there is despair, so hope and there's a lot of spare in the world is always glad when someone comes to me the I was taught long time ago, but don't disable to pray for you. Pray for them really and is one fellow said the telephone was only invented for really one reason that's when you can be with someone you pray with them over the telephone. This Lisa and I like that of astounded some people because I pray before the phone. Some people thought was great, and some people said was never happened before. They are not a great person to bring God a great Savior and what he does for me is a wonderful thing, and what he does for you is a wonderful thing, and when we allow them to do those things. The world is in all, while the longer pay attention, and I think that's correct. So we can plan hope wherever there is despair, and I'm do you want that way onto the spray morgue on Chris's father, thank you so much for the hope that you plan along with a note in our faith, we have this hope that this world can't take away unless we let it taken away. And I won't let them take away Lord as I enjoy it too much. There's a lot of things we go through a lot of trials and tribulations in this world that many of us here tonight and say we been through some pretty difficult times, even recently, and probably all of us here can remember some pretty difficult times, but you brought us through, or you're bringing us through, and we believe because you plan and hope along with that face. Thank you, God, for loving us beyond anything we could ever imagine we can ever deserve the more we know, we get if we deserve them. The Bible tells us what what we all deserve the sinners, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Alleluia. Lord, in the name of Christ. We prayI are you are you suspended on hopeless would thought about it. No, Jesus Gwen Robinson on rock when he preached and talk and I I just find it very much more comfortable for me, not only for myself but for me to be closer to folks because I I love God 's people in the last that last line of that song and I love you Lord and I have to say, and Lord forgive me when I don't love you with should because we don't always do that will take some time to pray and look at Luke twenty three thirty nine forty three and through this crucifixion thing the crucified Jesus for hours the first time were crucified him for weeks during Lent, and that's one of the things that happens because we want to know what happened them and how much he loved us and with my father, we come to you because you are the reason why we live why we love why we believe in white who can accomplish anything that's worthwhile. Thank you God for loving us that much. Thank you for your word that reminds us of the about that love and reminds us how we can experience that love more each day. Thank you for your people that also remind one another. All of us. When we do that to the just enjoy each other 's company and to know that we belong to know that you're leaving us in the right direction. As we continue to follow you father me this word. Your word and orthogonal way, please shut my mouth for you, but maybe have a glimpse of that eternity that you want us to have the money and rejoice in it. The name of the father and son and the Holy Spirit mixing Alaskan forgive me for even read the Scripture together allowed this new one of the criminals who were playing their cat deriding him, saying, are you not the Messiah save yourself and us, but the other review. Kim saying to you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation and we indeed have been condemned justly, for we are getting what we deserve for our deeds. But this man has done nothing wrong. Then he said, Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. He replied, truly I tell you today, you will be with me in paradise. In that beautiful friends, today you will be with. While you know that that verse thirty nine. Really, sets, those of us who worship God awful, but because here's somebody in on Jesus Messiah save yourself and us united as one reads up and slap a couple times to say but isn't your engine of this is that he didn't even know that was Danny was just another common criminal, and quite often that the Scriptures say that they both derided in and maybe did a first no-no. I wasn't there. We later it over. This is an interesting thing because if that's true then there is a huge change the place was because a sub one. On the other side, and a change of heart experience that one word we love so much: Grace, grace, God 's grace. Grace greater than all my sin race will also world were also the world can be forgiven for everyone who comes in the presence of Christ in faith, while I think it's wonderful. Remember that that even though one continued in that the other one change is called repentance. Repentance is, we almost not just a working thing. It's posteriorly thing in a daily thing notes while the things we should live with our thing about that man on the will was deriding Jesus was talking Jesus and as I think sometimes we wonder because someone said why doesn't God do something about no cancer was a godly something about the poor people. The world in another story of one fellow said the student to a person on the Christian and set a Christian says, I think you and ask on that cigar. Why don't you do something about and in his soul, he heard God speaking. I did. I made you and your concerned about that. Do something he doesn't interesting thing is because we are God 's hands and feet and God 's mouth and ears, and so many things that God has decided to use us for a so what is it that happened in this one man's heart with any see what what is it that changed and what is it that made him repent of that that the riding Jesus leaves one dead and evidently was only one in there because also skip on doing this other man kept on doing this, but here was a man hanging on a cross beside the Savior of the world and realized nothing thought that those two crosses are really all crops and women be on one of the other pending on how we relate to Christ are we going to continue to, but there's been in the world continue to deride crisis. Oh well, you know it's just much bullishness. It's for people who don't have any sense. Mister people that don't know what the reality is, and I pity those people, because someday they could stand in front of that one, but that the defaulting and deriving and he gets design with ago, but the interesting thing is him. I'm not better than them, a member when Jesus stood there one day and in the main campus, said that the teacher. This is one you call me good. Only God is good. I thought about that quite often. I said ill if if the Lord Terry's in and I have to pass in this life. If before he comes back and I'm laid out someplace with my face up in my hands across my chest. I hope people don't walk by and say when he was a good man misuses one claim that I don't want to claimant. I hope that this is C followed his Lord. Well, that's what will that's when I believe it. The man on the other cross decided to do. Even though eating to much of chance do it much longer than that. Interesting, isn't it. I think he had a hard time) heart attack. The attack of the part that allowed his heart to soften from this one. He was so crass, so so much. Even care what anybody thought he was going take whatever he wanted as a thief criminal matter what anybody would say Wellington reminds us of that with this man did the word is near you on your lips and in your heart to the word was hanging right beside him in the beginning was the word and word was with God and the Word was God and the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. If you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved will be set up. Maybe will be any all right believe that Jesus would rise as well as a set when you come into your kingdom that people know, the kingdom. Bruno and I believe it. He was awestruck. Don't you fear God, he said that one day. That's the law that I believe we need for God, not by the chronicler someplace because Gosselin zap us, but we stand. I believe when I walk across this that that threshold. But because of me, because what Christ did for but I will stand in all of me speechless people wonder about the community find some who say really. I can usually find something to say but I believe all stand in all, be speechless. I can't even imagine now and again, I'm not claiming it because of me. In thing and because of Savior that I serve and believe in because you know what I deserve, because I'm a sinner 's death, separation from God, and we all do as that the ones that were getting what we deserve. He's not been doing wrong. We took off a few of the in other than religious leaders and the soldiers, but generally doing wrong and he's paying the penalty for doing nothing all. I think that he came to know that from something beyond and this one. Peter was was there. And Jesus said to the people said. I am Peter said you are the Messiah you ever son of God and Jesus and Blessed are you, Peter, because flesh and blood haven't let you know that the father probably the father& this sinner. This thief is criminal know that this one hanging beside him was the Savior, the Messiah. The interesting thing was that they are the one who requested. If you are the Messiah save yourself and us and we ask for in the wanted and ask for it, but the first time anyway the what the other one ask for you to say redundancy. Someone works on FB between the police and the funny thing over twelve minute followed Jesus, for three years money was gone by this time that they think is that you are still working this stuff up and there was this this criminal met Jesus for just a few hours, and all of a sudden, boom, he believed, and he knew exactly what Satan and the witness of the day was the most powerful witness of that twice, except the tip witness of Christ is important we witness is important that we witness is important we bring new people into the church because that's where the enthusiasm cops, those with no church. Well, sometimes it with you, must represent him and those that like all as another day I got a new something, and I like doing it, but in what is good old tired of this. Not because am tired of not because I'm just tired. But then there's that fresh new person is so excited at all. Yes, I remember that now I know why I do this stuff. In fact was interesting because one day we rented a meeting one time and in a fellow from Jamaica was there the Christian man. He said understand the lack of enthusiasm. Some churches and in this country is it enthusiasm comes from the Greek and playoffs means in God. God is when Bobby on the enthusiastic and we might be physically tired, but we should be enthusiastic and I think that's what happens when we remember to invite new people into the face then mix and experience their enthusiasm number why we should be, since it's contagious. The evidence of this man's faith was what he said remember me when you come into your kingdom. If you are the Messiah. I know that now. I don't know how I know that I know that now we could spend a whole lifetime questioning whether well this was a note that the last-minute conversion. It was the company didn't unknown. Some folks that are Christian. Another Christians in it that the symptoms in the heart of our time doing that. Not picking on anyone but really, if we really realize what happened to us that our eternal life is been enveloped in in the life of Jesus Christ and Elio promise that will endure for eternity and God want that person and that person and that person. A person among them, to know that to make their own decisions, but I want them know that induces me to promise that they do that man. He said today, not forty years with our fifteen minutes from now, while the fifteen is about fifteen years now or were a couple centuries or you know, back when no further if you move further up and up and up until I finally return for the last time the day you'll be with me in paradise with you say so. Therefore, when I leave this body of eleven and happens I get aches and pains of his body and enough things happen. I'm glad to share this one. It's okay for now. Not only is it for now. But that's like the one lady said I'd rather wear out the law stopped. She was ninety three. I think when she said that when I leave this body on the Olympic in the presence of Christ forever. The problems. Powerful 's, but today the day that we leave this body will be of Christ. Christ's and say heaven. The paradise and understanding the Jewish folks was that the place where the soul goes when it leaves the body until the final resurrection. The presence of Jesus Christ on and until the kingdom comes in its fullness and we take on that heavenly body. No pain of suffering the sadness of sickness, no injuries from as interesting that as the word of God comes to clothes for us. The twenty second chapter Revelation, the last Spain that Jesus is quoted as saying this. Surely I am coming soon. You know what the response that was amen. Come Lord Jesus, and then come or design. I believe that's what that man on the cross been singing since. Amen. Come Lord Jesus, come Lord Jesus. While the Jesus as our Lord as well as a Savior. We long to give up the sprayer. There's too many people were giving up hope really and would thought about that person. Francis and where there is despair, so hope and there's a lot of spare in the world is always glad when someone comes to me the I was taught long time ago, but don't disable to pray for you. Pray for them really and is one fellow said the telephone was only invented for really one reason that's when you can be with someone you pray with them over the telephone. This Lisa and I like that of astounded some people because I pray before the phone. Some people thought was great, and some people said was never happened before. They are not a great person to bring God a great Savior and what he does for me is a wonderful thing, and what he does for you is a wonderful thing, and when we allow them to do those things. The world is in all, while the longer pay attention, and I think that's correct. So we can plan hope wherever there is despair, and I'm do you want that way onto the spray morgue on Chris's father, thank you so much for the hope that you plan along with a note in our faith, we have this hope that this world can't take away unless we let it taken away. And I won't let them take away Lord as I enjoy it too much. There's a lot of things we go through a lot of trials and tribulations in this world that many of us here tonight and say we been through some pretty difficult times, even recently, and probably all of us here can remember some pretty difficult times, but you brought us through, or you're bringing us through, and we believe because you plan and hope along with that face. Thank you, God, for loving us beyond anything we could ever imagine we can ever deserve the more we know, we get if we deserve them. The Bible tells us what what we all deserve the sinners, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Alleluia. Lord, in the name of Christ. We pray