Spring of Hope Morning Worship Celebration

let me shift here and i just want to talk a little bit about silence silence my sisters and brothers has many dimensions there is a sacred silence which is that silence out of which creative contemplation grows it's a meditation on the word and the will of god it's the silence out of which we meditate and get closer to god it's the silence in which fervent prayer is born there is a sacred silence but then there's a seething silence that comes when you are quiet externally but you've got a storm going on on the inside the late dr howard thurman called that a noisy quietness but then finally and here's the silence i want to get to there is a sinful silence and adam's silence falls into this category because a sinful silence is a silence that comes over you when you ought to say something but you don't say nothing at all it is that silence that creeps in when you ought to speak up for god but you sit there acting like you don't know what god said my sisters and brothers i fear that adam was not only silent on that faithful day in the garden when a serpent showed up but adam has remained silent through the centuries when africans were captured and taken from their homeland packed in the hulls of ships sold on auction blocks beat and killed and misused and kept in shadow slavery adam was silent when jews were persecuted deported and murdered by nazis adam was silent when native americans were slaughtered in the acts of genocide so their land could be taken from them adam was silent when our ancestors were lynched and called boy and girl even though they were full grown when they were denied employment and equal access to resources adam was silent and today far too often when our boys are shooting and killing each other on the streets and our girls suffer from low self-esteem and give birth to children whose daddies won't stay around to take care of them adam is still silent sisters and brothers there is a sinful silence among us when injustice is raging and we remain quiet when people are aching when people are hurting when babies are crying and dying of hunger and not having enough love from insufficient care and we remain silent that is a sinful silence when the church looks and sees what's going on in its communities and not just in its communities but what's going on right there in the household of faith and we sit there and act like we don't know what's going on that is a sinful silence and let me suggest that there's a time when silence is sinful and here in the text we see a snake talking to adam's wife adam remains silent adam should have said something my sisters and brothers the nation is waiting for somebody to say something don't touch your neighbor and tell them you ought to say something you see them boys on the corner you ought to say something you see what's happening with those sisters i'm not talking about pookie and ray ray them i'm talking about the saints children y'all ain't gonna help me in here today you ought to say something ah the classroom is waiting for somebody to say something youth violence is waiting for somebody to say something every community every city every town every home every boy every girl every family is waiting for the church to break the silence and if we don't break the silence let me tell you what's going to happen if we don't break the silence we end up embracing the appeals of the serpent uh what are the appeals of this good morning and welcome to the sprinkle hope church of god in christ we're all standing for our invocation this morning praise the name of the lord my soul loves jesus my soul loves jesus my soul [Music] loves jesus bless his name my soul [Music] loves jesus my soul [Music] loves jesus my soul loves jesus bless his name he's a wonder in my soul he's a wonder in my soul he's a wonder in my soul blessed name he's a wonder in my soul he's a wonder in my soul he's a wonder in my soul bless [Music] his name hallelujah father god we come before you this morning as humble as we know how giving you all the praise and all the glory thanking you for another day another day that you have made and god we pray and we ask that you be amongst us today oh god let your glory be revealed hallelujah in this place and in us oh god reign on us today oh god hallelujah set the captive free hallelujah heal bodies oh god save somebody oh god deliver somebody oh god hallelujah reconcile marriages oh god hallelujah have your way in this place today oh god have your way in this place today oh god touch each and every heart oh god hallelujah touch each and every mind o god as a matter of fact oh god we ask that you regulate the mind today hallelujah healed from mental diseases hallelujah thank you to jesus hallelujah every mental disorder hallelujah thank you god we're calling for you to correct today oh god hallelujah instruct today oh god hallelujah heal the body the sick body oh god hallelujah healed from cancer hallelujah high blood pressure hallelujah thank you jesus give us leadership give us guidance on how to take better care of our bodies oh god in the name of jesus hallelujah we want to be well jesus we want to be whole heal our bodies oh god hallelujah physician healed us there we got the power thank you jesus from ohio hallelujah thank you jesus encourage us to do the right thing lord hallelujah we need your god we need your god we can't breathe without you we can't move without you we can't live without you hallelujah we need you to have your way god sweet jesus reign on us hallelujah reign in this place reign in this place oh god reign in this place have your way of god hallelujah thank you lord let every word go to give you glory hallelujah let every deed go to give you glory hallelujah everything that we do oh god hallelujah let it go to lift up your name your mighty name hallelujah thank you lord hey god hallelujah i just want to thank you lord that i'm still here so we say thank you today god we say thank you for life thank you for breath thank you for strength oh god hallelujah we thank you for another chance to get it right hallelujah oh god save us the more hallelujah oh god save us the more god hallelujah fill us again oh god hallelujah oh god fill us again oh god hey god shake up the holy ghost and somebody today oh god hallelujah stare up the gift in us oh god hallelujah thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord hallelujah oh remember us oh god don't forget about us we're not too proud to beg oh god we need you we need your mighty hand in our situation we need your mighty hand god oh god have your way god hey god turn the situation turn the problem hallelujah have your way o god have your way in this service oh god hallelujah hey hey god oh god it's not about program hallelujah but it's about your service it's not about time hallelujah but it's about your service it's not about appointment but it's about your anointing and we thank you god for we know that it's the anointing that destroys the yoke hallelujah and so god we want every breakthrough hallelujah that's coming to us today we want every deliverance that's coming to us today in the name of jesus bless every musician bless our bishop bless every servant every woman of god every man of god every visitor every member hallelujah that tunes into this service or that comes into the house today oh god to lift up your name oh god we just pray that you'll be with us throughout the rest of the day in jesus name we pray and we say amen hallelujah good morning good morning to you you and you we welcome you to our live stream please share the link with others who may be interested in watching we're live on facebook youtube and our church website spring of hope church.org you may give during any time utilizing three methods through the giblify app search for spring of hope church springfield massachusetts through paypal go to our website and click the online given link or by cash app using the dollar sign spring of 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together one more time [Music] down south they say put those hands together one more again one more again come on we got a chance to put those hands together up another time another time come on come on that would be all right sister candy if i was asking you to clap for me but i want for somebody to just think about what the lord has done for you on this week hallelujah didn't give him a hand praise for that hallelujah i want somebody to remember what the lord has done for you over the last 30 days hallelujah and put your hands together and bless him for that hallelujah and don't mess around and remember how he brought you through from 12 months ago or 18 months ago hallelujah when this pandemic really hit hallelujah thank you jesus hallelujah put your hands together and bless the lord my god today elevate the praise and worship jesus elevate the praise and worship jesus elevate the praise and worship jesus elevate the praise and worship within me have your way god in my heart have your way god in my spirit have your way god in my soul save me tomorrow god hallelujah hallelujah thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you lord hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah i just need for your praise to be real not performative but i need for your praise to be real amen amen come on one more time put those hands together and bless the lord [Music] i need y'all to be my praise and worship team good to see you deacon friend amen minister tina hallelujah i'm so glad to see all of y'all this morning iris amen come on everybody we gonna praise the lord this morning i just feel it in my soul somebody gonna get what they need today i can hear the change being broken hallelujah [Music] let the glory of the lord rise among us let the glory of the lord come on y'all rise among us let the praises of our king rise among us let it rise [Music] let the glory of the lord rise among us when the praise is over [Music] oh [Applause] like this let the joy of the lord rise come on rise among us let let [Music] let it rise let it rise let it rise everybody [Music] let it [Music] rise come on clap your hands let the love of the lord [Music] [Music] on let the love let it rise [Applause] let the love of the lord let's do that again let it rise everybody open up your mouth and say oh everybody [Music] we need your glory jesus we clap [Music] clap your hands like this clap your hands we [Music] let [Music] [Music] [Music] let [Music] your righteousness needs to rush your righteousness needs to rise hallelujah let your glory let it rush let your glory let it rush let your glory let it crash let your glory let it come on [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] feel jesus let your glory rise hallelujah your shack crying your glory oh your sacrifice [Music] [Music] hallelujah hi you've been my deliverer hallelujah and you've been my redeemer thank god that's why i need your glory that's why i need your glory that's why i need your glory that's why i need your glory that's why i need your glory that's why i need your glory that's why i need your glory that's why i need to glory that's why i need your glory that's why i need to glory that's why i need to glory that's why i need your glory hallelujah i feel god in here yo y'all playing with praise and worship this morning hallelujah thank you jesus thank you jesus somebody give god a wave offering hallelujah this is how we do it over here hallelujah somebody give god a wave offering hallelujah thank you lord [Music] that's why that's why i need your glory that's why i need your glory that's why i need your glory that's why i need your glory that's why i need your glory that's why i need your glory that's why i need your glory how many know that we can take the glory of the lord along with us hallelujah thank you jesus we can take it back to our homes with us we can take him back to our jobs with us hallelujah we can take him to the grocery store with us hallelujah how many know that we need the glory of the lord we need the presence of the lord we need the guidance of the lord we need the spirit of the lord hallelujah everywhere we go hallelujah thank you lord thank you lord [Music] i feel like i do when i'm at home by myself [Music] sometimes sometimes you don't have the word sister cathy so you just moan hallelujah [Music] and the bible lets us know that he understands the moans amen hallelujah [Music] hallelujah i feel the lord in here i feel the lord in here [Music] hallelujah how many grateful to be here hallelujah how many grateful to be here hallelujah thankful thankful to be here [Music] hallelujah lift those hands up hallelujah let me pick it up in the spirit hallelujah [Applause] yeah yes yes yes you're so amazing [Music] this must have been for you adrian your love for me oh god i feel you it's so amazing your sacrifice for me and for every blessing you've given to me jesus [Music] i don't deserve your [Music] if not for your grace where would i everybody say the verse with me it's so amazing your love for me jesus it's so amazing your sacrifice for me and for every blessing oh you've given to me jesus [Music] [Music] [Applause] your tendon foreign so amazing [Music] hallelujah [Music] everybody [Applause] [Music] oh when you are a champion i'm defeated you're undefeated you're undefeated that's why i stand amazing hallelujah [Music] everybody say so everybody says [Music] everybody [Music] i just gotta give you i just gotta bless you i just gotta lift you up because you shown yourself to be undefeated you are so amazing jesus you're amazing amazing amazing amazing you're amazing amazing amazing amazing amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved the rapture a wretch like me i once was lost but now i found i once was you're amazing amazing amazing amazing amazing girl amazing was broken into a million a million pieces you put me back together again and now i'm standing i'm standing strong my mind was overwhelmed and i was filled with anxiety and grief and i was filled with depression you healed my mouth you picked me up and you turned me around you turned me around you turned me around you turned me around and you placed my feet on solid ground yes you did yes you did you're amazing amazing [Music] amazing amazing god amazing yes win the devil tried to take my marriage my ministry and my hope and my life you did you pick me up you pulled me out and you turned us around you turned us around you turned us around yes you did yes amazing [Music] god i remember when myself was gone and he wasn't breathing you gave him breath yes you did you gave him breath yes you did and he said now i own the drug give me your praises give me your glory and i remember when he was in a capacity he hit his head on the windshield he should have been dead but he's here to die give me your glory give me your breath he should have been dead but he's giving you glory because you're amazing you're amazing god you are sober saw me [Music] indescribable uncontainable you place the stars in the sky and you know them by y'all better say you are [Applause] [Music] he's all powerful all powerful oh no it you know my every mistake and you [Music] i'm getting ready to go to my seat come on selena everybody say indescribable come on indescribable uncontainable you place the stars in the sky and you know them badness come on y'all [Music] [Applause] [Music] everybody i feel god in here everybody open up your mouth and say you are not you are amazing girl you are [Music] [Applause] hallelujah hallelujah thank you jesus god is so amazing hallelujah thank you jesus hallelujah thank you jesus he is an amazing god hallelujah that deserve amazing praise hallelujah come on and tell the lord thank you hallelujah come on and tell the lord thank you hallelujah he woke you up this morning he gave you strength hallelujah he carried you all week long hallelujah he's an amazing god hallelujah you ought to give god an amazing praise hallelujah thank you jesus hallelujah oh glory oh glory hallelujah thank you jesus hallelujah at this time i stand before you to take up the offering keep that same spirit because he is amazing hallelujah i may know that when your change is strange hallelujah he's still amazing hallelujah thank you jesus hallelujah hallelujah at this time you're gonna take up my morning offering and you can give my five methods of giving you give right here in the sanctuary you can give by cash at paypal givlify and text to give amen amen so at this time we gonna receive none other than our very own bishop talbert w swans ii and the church say amen the church say amen and amen again [Music] how many can testify that the lord is [Music] and just in amazing your neighbor doesn't know it just look at your neighbor and say neighbor [Music] he is an amazing god hallelujah i don't think they really heard you they didn't hear you right there but look at them again and say neighbor i don't know if you heard what i said but i said that god is an amazing god now if you believe it put your hands together and give god praise hey hallelujah indescribable [Music] uncontainable oh my my my my he put the stars in the sky and he knows them by name oh my god oh powerful all knowing yeah i didn't even get a chance to call the check when i heard that mother clements was in the hospital and uh um i see her here in church this morning huh come on somebody that's the kind of god oh bless the name of the any other lord that might be in the building right now your neighbor might not know about it if you knew [Music] oh bless the name of the lord [Music] an hallelujah god and we come to worship him to magnify him and to give him glory we want to worship the lord in our giving today the old saints used to sing that song you can't be god-given no matter how you try [Music] amen god just keeps pouring more in us giving more to us giving us more than we can stand more than we can take more than we can ask more than we deserve as a matter of fact he's blessing me right now amen and so we give cheerfully we give unto a god that has been generous in giving to us giving to us what we don't even deserve and so we praise him on today and we continue to worship him even in our giving the bible declared will a man rob god wherein have you robbed me and tithe and in offering but prove me try me see will i not open up the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing that you would not have room enough to receive and so we encourage you to give of your tithe a tenth of your increase god said if i bless you with a dollar bless my ministry with a dime if i bless you with ten dollars bless me with one if i bless you with a hundred bless me with ten and give me a sacrificial gift and offering and i declare unto you that god will bless your offering he will bless what you've given you may not necessarily see it in a monetary amen blessing but the blessings that you get every day breath in your body come on somebody a heart that pumps with no motor my my mind eyes that see and ears that hear and legs that walking and hands that can yet wave come on somebody oh we can't even calculate amen what god gives to us and even though we can't calculate they sang the song and said count your blessings name them one by one count your many blessings and see what god has done and so we give on today as unto the lord those that are streaming we admonish you to give as well you can give through the methods that have been delineated through the cash app the cash tag is dollar signs spring of hope you see it on your screen even now amen you can give through the give life i have search for spring of hope church of god in christ you can give through paypal you can go right to our website 413hope.org and click that online giving link and it will give you the methods of giving give through text to give if you're in the sanctuary you can give as we come around as mother kiers is coming around even now if you'd like to send your offering you can send it to 35 alden street springfield massachusetts zero one one zero nine whatever your method of giving is amen i want to pray god's choice blessings on your life that god will open doors that he would rebuke the devourer for your sake let us pray father we thank you even now thank you for the gift and the giver thank you god for your faithfulness to us and we thank you god for those that will now be found guilty of giving bless some thirty sixty even as much as a hundredfold according to your word and in the end give us all eternal life through christ our lord this we ask in jesus name thank god amen we're giving at this time [Music] hello [Music] everybody [Music] amazing so amazing amazing [Music] everybody say so [Applause] [Music] everybody died he's so amazing [Music] that's it [Music] [Music] a word from the lord hallelujah come on everybody's right come on this is in the house let's try this atmosphere you're so amazing hallelujah you're so amazing [Music] wow you're amazing amazing amazing amazing you are amazing [Music] that you are amazing amazing amazing somebody need to testify that i'm still here i'm still here i'm still here i'm still here i'm still here i'm still here the devil tried it but it didn't work the devil tried it but it didn't work the devil tried it but it didn't work cause i'm still here i'm still here i made it i made it i made it i made it i made it i made it i made it i made it not only did i make it but i'm still strong i'm still strong i'm still slow i'm here and i'm standing i'm standing because you are amazing you are a man you are amazing yes yes you are a man you are amazing you are amazing amazing amazing you're my champion you're my champion you're my champion you're my champion no one can kill you no one can defeat you no one no one you're my champion you're my champion you're my champion you're my champion you are amazing amazing amazing so that we won't promote the service because the spirit of the lord is here it's unusual it's extraordinary hallelujah i don't know what's happening but i trust god that something good is getting ready to happen hallelujah to each and every one of us hallelujah i want to acknowledge the visitors i want to acknowledge the first time guest hallelujah but there's a word in the house so i want you to know that this is not coincidence that you find yourself in this place on this day this is god's appointed time because he's ready to take you to the next level in him how many know it's not about religion anymore it's about relationship and baby you gotta get your own relationship with god hallelujah but it's time to move forward so without any further ado hallelujah i introduced to most and i present to others none other than our great pastor and our bishop the messenger assigned to this hour bishop tuber w swan ii amen stand to your feet and put your hands together as he comes at this time [Music] father we thank you we give you praise and glory thank you for your goodness your love and kindness and your tender mercy thank you god for being so amazing so amazingly so amazingly gracious so amazingly merciful now god as i stand before your people i pray that you would anoint these lips of clay give me what to say how to say touch the ears of your people and give them to hear what the spirit has to say unto the church that your word would not go out and come back void but it will accomplish everything that you will find the hand of the enemy right now satan the lord rebuke you the blood of jesus is against you let your word go forth with such clarity that your people may be edified you'll be glorified and the devil will be horrified in jesus name we pray thank god amen while you're standing i want to read two verses of scripture from the 12th chapter of the book of john verses 9 through 11. john 12 verses 9 through 11. now a great many of the jews knew that he was there and they came not for jesus sake only but that they might also see lazarus whom he had raged from the dead but the chief priests plotted to put lazarus to death also because on account of him many of the jews went away and believed in jesus i want to preach from this subject just repeat it with me before you take your seat and say neighbor there's been some evidence tampering it may be seated there's been some evidence temporary i want to praise god for each of you and we honor each of you in your respective places we honor our patriarch founding pastor bishop talbert swan the first i want to praise god for sister shonda being with us on today [Applause] under some very difficult circumstances she lost her beloved father and we continue to pray for her brother greg gabadon was a long time friend of our family and of this church he used to be our organist years ago a man and uh we're saddened by his loss and we want to continue to pray that god will strengthen his family amen amen there's been some evidence tampering my brothers and sisters our devotion to jesus has been a large part of the african-american experience and it didn't just start when we got here to america many people want us to believe that our experience with jesus started when our ancestors were enslaved in these divided states of america a man uh and and he was introduced on the plantation in the whitinized version of christianity that was designed to make us better tools of service but may i suggest to you that that is not the correct history amen because when you really do a study of christianity you'll find that the oldest traces of christianity go back to ethiopia in africa the oldest christian church in the world is the ethiopian coptic church and if you remember the story when um when the apostle was preaching and god told him to leave and go out into the desert and he got out there and he saw an ethiopian eunuch sitting in a chariot and asked him do you understand what you read he said how can i unless somebody explain it to me that ethiopian gave his life to christ and he went back to his hometown and spread the gospel there we didn't just get christianity in america come on here somebody so our devotion to jesus has always been a part of our experience throughout the african diaspora the black church in america has been and continues to be a powerful force in our community don't get it twisted don't let anybody fool you when people tell you that's why folk don't go to church no more y'all here in church ain't y'all why don't y'all scream so hear y'all in here [Applause] amen uh when they tell you that's why church is dead and dying and ain't doing nothing that's a lie still the most powerful independent institution in the black community remains the church amen but the question continues to come up we continue to question the propriety of us following jesus should we follow this jesus some suggest that he was a foreign deity forced upon our forefathers and mothers others suggest that worshiping jesus has been nothing more than a psychological narcotic to deaden the pain of our oppressed existence in a real sense what karl marx called the opiate of the people others contend that our forefathers worship of jesus was merely a mask for the expression of more ancient religious practices a cover for the practice of traditional african religions so how should we view that influence as we approach a new chapter in our history much is being said yet what you've heard may not necessarily be the truth for when we examine some of these perspectives about um our experience with christianity we must keep in mind that the best historical record of jesus's life is found in the bible one of the most frequently posed challenges is directed at the book and the question is asked is the bible even credible isn't it just a european book that has little to do with our people the answer to the questions are yes the bible is credible and no it isn't a european book that has nothing to do with our people you gotta understand that our people are referred to and appear on the stage of biblical history many times and i know this gets some folk upset and i get that i understand but sometimes the truth makes you upset man that's the reason why folks say the truth hurts because the only europeans you find in the bible are those romans that were oppressing and colonizing israel everybody else in there were african folk y'all ain't going to help me preaching here today there have been several works that have been done to chronicle these instances one notable biblical character was the poor of moses his midianite wife this means that sapporo's father jethro was a black man in the new testament there are characters and and though and and i'm trying to get you to understand that though we understand the propensity and most of them were black there there are verses of scripture that tried to highlight this particular fact amen somebody the most undeniable instance was lucius's comrade and antioch simeon who was called niger niger simply means black look at your neighbor and say what's up niger come on somebody it simply means black african nations and african people are quite prominent in biblical times and to say that the bible is the white man's holy book or to suggest that it is european in its origin or nature is simply not factual some ask isn't christianity a late arrival in africa i just answered that question it's not and when we look into our text when we go back a chapter before uh we get to chapter 12 john 11 contains the well-known story of the death and the resurrection of a man named lazarus after four days in the tomb lazarus is brought back to life by a simple command from jesus in front of many eyewitnesses and this episode is verified for us today by the church of lazarus or larnica where lazarus eventually ended up after being raised by jesus when archaeologists uncovered his sarcophagus on larnica over which the church now stands they found an inscription which is roughly translated lazarus bishop of larnica four days dead friend of jesus come on somebody after lazarus was raised john tells us that some of the eyewitnesses reported to the pharisees that what jesus had done and shortly thereafter a banquet was held with lazarus and jesus both being in attendance then we read something amazing the large crowd of the jews learned that lazarus was there and they came not for jesus's sake only but that they might also see lazarus you see when jesus does something for you that is miraculous that folk can't believe but they gonna come check it out for themselves amen somebody here they they you understand with when they heard the bad news of what happened to you don't think everybody coming to see your miracle is really there uh to celebrate your miracle they're just coming to see is it really true amen somebody is it really real huh uh yeah so they came to see whether lazarus was really raised from the dead but the chief priest started plotting and planning to put him back to death because the scripture says on account of lazarus being raised many of the jews were going away from judaism and believing in jesus now see when we work backwards we see that lazarus's resurrection had a strong apologetic effect on many of the jews but what about the hardcore crowd amazingly not only do the pharisees still want to kill jesus after his miraculous work but they plan to murder lazarus because he's now become a thorn in their side isn't it incredible how far heart and belief will go to suppress the truth amen somebody the truth can be all up in their face and they want to suppress the truth it doesn't matter that we saw with our own eyes that insurrectionists go to the capitol and act a fool up in here up in here they want to tell us that somehow they are patriots like we didn't see what we saw they want to suppress the truth that mentality remains today there's a push to suppress the truth the validity the overwhelming power of the gospel it really doesn't matter what the evidence suggests there are those who want to deny credibility of the word of god they want to tamper with the evidence yeah yeah yeah yeah you see evidence tampering is an act in which a person alters or conceals or falsifies or destroys evidence with the intent to interfere with the results of an investigation of you know all about that don't you yeah when you were younger getting into stuff you had no business getting into puffing and pass passing in mama's basement come on somebody and before she could complete her investigation got the ashtray out of that y'all y'all ain't gonna be real with me you you you you destroyed the evidence you you did some evidence tampering so that she could not complete her investigation so the question regarding this morning's investigation has been over and over again is the bible relevant for today and is there evidence that actually reveals god's true power and the answer i have comes from hebrews 4 and 12 it says for the word of god is quick and powerful sharper than any two-edged sword dividing even to the appearing sunder of soul and spirit and to the joints and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the hearts while the bible was completed approximately 1900 years ago its accuracy its relevance for today remains unchanged the bible is the sole objective source of all the revelation that god has given us about himself and about his plan for humanity the bible contains a great deal of information about the natural world that has been confirmed by scientific observations and research some of these passages are all throughout your bible i don't have time to go through all of them the bible story of god's redemptive plan for humanity unfolds and many different characters are vividly described and in those descriptions the bible provides a great deal of information about human behavior and tendencies our own day-to-day experience shows us that this information is more accurate and descriptive of the human condition than any psychology textbook many historical facts recorded in the bible have been confirmed by extra biblical sources historical research often shows a great deal of agreement between biblical accounts and extra biblical accounts of the same events however the bible is not a history book is not a psychology text it's not a scientific journal the bible is the description god gave us about who he is and his desires and his plans for us the most significant component of this revelation is the story of our separation from god by sin and god's provision for restoration of fellowship through the sacrifice of his son jesus christ on the cross our need for redemption does not change neither does god's desire to reconcile us back to him the bible contains a great deal of accurate and relevant information but the bible's most important message is redemption it is universal it is perpetually applicable to all of humanity god's word my brothers and sisters will never be outdated will never be superseded will never be improved upon cultures change laws change generations come and go but the word of god is as relevant today as it was when it was first written that not all of scripture applies explicitly to every situation but all scripture contains truth that we can and should apply to our lives today there was a contemporary christian group called for him and they had a song called i can't get past the evidence and the chorus of that song says i can't get past the evidence i can't get past the proof i can't get past the evidence it's impossible to do i can't get past the evidence i can't deny the truth i can't get past the evidence of you point to your neighbor and say neighbor you are the evidence they didn't catch it they didn't catch it they catch it find another neighbor and say neighbor oh oh neighbor you uh are the evidence here's a question what evidence are they talking about what evidence is there in the world that god is a forgiving god what evidence is there that god is a loving god whatever this is there that god is a merciful god what what whatever this is that turn to your neighbor and say neighbor i told you you are the evidence my brothers and my sisters we are god's evidence to the world that he is who he says he is that he does what he says he will do huh we were lost we were dead in our trespasses and sins but the holy spirit used the gospel of jesus christ to bring us into a right relationship with our heavenly father changed lives saved marriages restored joy hope renewed life revived we are the evidence that god is who god says he is we are the witnesses of christ we are exhibit a in the courtroom of spiritual reality that what god has done cannot be denied oh even though the enemy is trying to destroy the evidence it cannot be denied there are many businesses that have tried to destroy evidence in the middle of an investigation our own police department here has been trying to destroy evidence in the middle of an investigation they don't want the truth to get out and so their only recourse is to try to destroy the evidence but when we look at our text we got a similar situation it was a situation that was unbearable for the sadducees because they were sad you see yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah jesus had claimed to be the resurrection and the truth and to back up his words he called the man lazarus out of the tomb after he had been dead for days now now remember he raised the widow of nain's son but it happened in a short time they said uh he wasn't really dead he was just sleeping you remember he raised jairus's daughter went into the room he said talitha i say unto thee arise and she got up they said she wasn't really dead she was just in a coma so when mary and martha called for jesus and said jesus lazarus is sick jesus said he ain't sick enough jesus kept on shopping come on somebody he kept on watching the game kept on doing what he was doing and then he waited uh four long days they called and said jesus lazarus is dead jesus said he ain't dead enough he waited until after the funeral was over after they had already went to the repass come on here somebody i already went to the gravesite put the tomb up and then jesus comes up taking an uber and when jesus gets up to bethany uh and starts walking up to their house they meet him on the roadside they're upset with jesus because he should have came when he should have came but i told y'all last week that jesus is always late that's how you know he's black come on somebody yeah oh my my my my i'm so glad grandmamma told me he may not come when you want him but he's always on time and jesus comes walking up and and and and and and mary uh comes running up to him and says if you had been here my brother wouldn't have died he said calm down girl huh you're gonna see your brother again i know in the last resurrection i am the resurrection and the life he that believe on me though he was dead yet shall he live oh my god jesus got up there and said show me where you laid him went to the tomb where lazarus had been for four days he was wrapped in grave clothes his body had already begun to decompose and to stink come on here and jesus prayed a prayer jesus said father i thank you because you hear me always but for these that stand by i don't have any doubt of what you can do but there are some naysayers around here there's some gangsters around here there's some doubters around here for these that stand by i need you to do a supernatural blessing how many in here need god just to do a fourth east blessing for these haters around me for these folk that are doubting my god for these folks who doubt that god can bring me out of this situation i need a party oh my my my my head jesus jesus mother clement said jesus spoke with authority and jesus said to lazarus ah lazarus come forth i imagine in my mind that lazarus was in glory oh my god walking on the streets of gold had just got the keys to his new mansion and then lazarus was hanging out with obadiah malachi zephaniah had got him oh my my my that he was up there hanging out with moses and joshua and the prophets and and he said listen i i understand everything y'all went through and all of the miracles god did in your life but i didn't come here to see y'all huh i where's jesus at come on somebody oh my my my my my head i'm not supposed to be here just yet i i i need to know why i'm dead in the first place and as he was there kicking it by the crystal sea come on somebody he heard a voice pierced through the recesses of time and space and call his name and laughter said hush hush somebody's calling my name oh my my my my the bible said that lazarus uh dressed up like a mummy have came forth y'all ain't gonna help me in here jesus said roll the stone away roll the stone away i came to tell you he's still rolling away stones somebody rolled the stone up to your situation there and thought it was dead thought it was over thought you would never come forth but jesus is still rolling stones away rolled the stone away and lazarus came uh walking out the grave and jesus said loose the man and let the man go you got to understand that here lazarus was a living testimony to the power of god he was evidence he was exhibit a in the court of public opinion that jesus was indeed the messiah whom people have been praying and looking for and so i came to tell you god will put the evidence on full display i said god will put the evidence on full display you see a living lazarus was the evidence that convinced people that this man named jesus was unlike any other man any other prophet any other priest any other king that the world had ever known and because lazarus was undeniably alive many jews were beginning to follow jesus and give ernest heed to the words that he spoke and my brothers and sisters just as lazarus was the evidence to the jews that jesus was who he claimed to be you and i as redeemed sons and daughters of god are to be the living evidence to the world today our changed lies are the evidence of god's grace when the blood of the lamb has redeemed us when our sins are washed away when the guilt and condemnation have been lifted in our lives there is a change that has taken place the lives that we live the words that we speak the deeds that we do the gifts that we give these are the evidence that are on full display before the entire world we can stand up and say the things i used to do my god i don't do no more huh the places i used to go i don't go no more huh when my body was diseased and racked in pain it is now the evidence of god's healing power you remember the man that was born blind now is like but jesus spit on the ground made some clay and healed his eyes is there anybody in the room today that can testify that god is a healer i can go around the sanctuary today one by one and tell you about the time that god has healed folker all the evidence that god is who he is is standing right here before me but my brothers and my sisters that not only will god put the evidence on full display but then the enemy will attempt to destroy the evidence i said the enemy will attempt to destroy the evidence you see a living lazarus was too much evidence for even the sadducees to deny that they couldn't deny that jesus was who he was and so they said what we've got to do is we've got to kill lazarus uh we got to tell folk that who they saw was just an impostor god bless his name that he was never really risen from the dead and that's what folk are trying to do with you they're trying to tell folk that your changed life ain't real they not really off drugs uh they're not really saved their life hasn't really changed they want to spread all the gossip they want to tell folk what you used to do oh bless his name but here's what i tell you my brothers and sisters whenever the enemy tries to remind you of your past just remind they want to destroy the evidence bless his name because they cannot deny what the lord has done in your life they cannot deny now the validity of the word of god they can't deny now the divinity of jesus christ they cannot deny now what the lord has done that's his name now i gotta leave you here [Applause] [Music] [Applause] when so you can stand strong in the midst of evidence tampering now in the midst of the enemy's attack now bless his name you got to understand now my brothers are the light of the world minister tina they wanted to kill lazarus to destroy atlanta he ever did something but there was too much evidence in there lazarus wasn't the only one now if is now [Music] [Applause] god a good god can i play johnny cochran now just for a moment now can i be your lawyer in this here cosmic but bless his name [Applause] [Music] that god ever touched your body had ever healed you jump up on your feet and say i am [Music] i'm the evidence yeah [Music] has anybody here ever gone through her you didn't know her how you were gonna make ends meet but the lord stepped in and provided for you you ought to jump on your [Music] goodbye swinger home there i'm gone but somebody here doesn't believe her that to the upmost of the jesus page yeah is there anybody in the building that was afraid to die but nothing to leave her didn't know how [Music] divine my joy is complete jump up on your feet and [Music] come on let's give god some praise come on musicians [Music] look at your neighbor tell your neighbor i am the evidence i am the evidence if he gets me he gotta go get selena he gotta go get mother clements he gotta go get some stephanie he gotta go get such a hatred he gotta go get everybody hallelujah come on musicians give us some praise music somebody gotta dance [Music] hallelujah [Music] come on come on get that praise out give god some praise i am the evidence and the evidence of god's goodness and the evidence of god's mercy and the evidence of god's grace and the evidence of god's joy and the evidence of god's healing and the evidence of god's deliverance and the evidence of god's breakthrough and the evidence of god's salvation and the evidence of god's blood and the evidence of god's redemption i am the evidence my marriage is the evidence my children is the evidence my home is the evidence my finances is the evidence my mentality is the evidence my heart is the evidence how i treat you is the evidence how i serve the lord is the evidence how i speak in the evidence yes my praise and worship is the evidence hallelujah i said my praise and worship in the evidence hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah come on put those hands together hallelujah ain't nobody mad but the devil ain't nobody mad but the devil hallelujah [Music] hallelujah left the redeemed of the lord say so hallelujah i said let the redeemed of the lord say so let the evidence of the lord show some sign let the evidence of the lord show some sign i'm saved i'm delivered i'm free i'm emancipated i'm liberated hallelujah thank you lord thank you [Music] ah [Music] [Music] hey i wanna see the evidence let me see the evidence [Music] let me see the evidence hallelujah [Music] let me see the evidence if you've been delivered from alcoholism if you've been delivered from addiction if you've been delivered from abuse hallelujah if you've been delivered from sin hallelujah let me see the evidence [Music] hallelujah hallelujah come on let's take about 60 more seconds and give god a radical praise for being the evidence that he's real and not only that he's real but he yet lives that he is alive hallelujah that he is alive that he's not a god that we just read about that he's not a god that we just hear about he's not just grandmama's god hallelujah but he's alive he's real real she just is real to me she just is real jesus is real to me hallelujah i tried him and i found out for myself that jesus is real hallelujah thank you jesus thank you lord for allowing me to be your evidence that you're real that you live hallelujah and that you're a good god and that's your mighty god and that you're an awesome god hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah everybody on your feet we gotta steal this word [Music] i don't know what's happening i don't know what's happening but it's been a special fire in this place hallelujah and i'm just so grateful minister tina as you're preparing to come and take the roster hallelujah i'm just so grateful that god has chosen us amen that god has chosen us chosen the leadership here amen to impart just a little bit of his glory into amen so that we can see and feel god the way that we do over here sprinkle hope don't be discouraged hallelujah it's not in the quantity it's in the quality amen it's not in the quantity it's in the quality amen we want to stay on our feet but we also want to use our respective eyes either in the middle or to our left or to our right we want to step out into the house today social distance as much as we can amen hallelujah turn the island to an altar hallelujah i need to see some hands that know you the evidence that know you are the evidence amen don't be ashamed he said you'll be ashamed of him hallelujah he'll be ashamed of you amen i don't want him to be ashamed of me amen i want him to know hallelujah i'll let the world know what he's done for me amen amen hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah at this time we want this prayer warrior minister tina berson to take us further hallelujah into what the lord has done today we just want to seal this we just want to seal this and wrap it up real good and not leave it here but take it with us sister shonda amen we want to take it with us baby amen praise the name of the lord mr tina is coming at this time [Music] hallelujah thank you jesus god we just honor your name your wonderful god and your great and greatly to be praised god we just thank you for being in the midst of your people today god we just thank you lord for singing about us on today we have heard the word and we felt your presence god thank you oh god for coming in and resting and abiding with us on today thank you god for confirmation in your word and god we thank you now for the man of god we thank you o lord for the word o god that was truly right the word that was fresh the word that was anointed the word that was teaching the word of god we thank you o god we thank you o lord that we will that we will receive it oh god we will truly eat of the word oh god not only will we eat of this word god lord we will execute oh god what the word says we won't temper with the evidence we will oh god protect our witness in the name of jesus before we come to the altar in spirit as one body in christ jesus we will protect our witness we are the evidence we are the blessed assurance we are the living epistles being read of men and god we thank you for the word of god straight from heaven we thank you o god for confirming in us we are saved we are your people we are chosen we are called we are appointed we are the church our lives are real our salvation is true the blood is right it is washes and cleans and makes us whole we thank you oh god for the washing of the blood we thank you oh god that there was no tampering with the evidence of the blood the blood is pure and we thank you o god and the blood is righteous and we thank you o god hallelujah jesus jesus we thank you oh god and we come right now with our hearts and minds ready oh god to come to the altar by faith we believe oh god we are the evidence so we come oh god finding the enemy of our very soul believing in you that you can do exceeding abundantly above all we can act or think at this altar but god i feel in my spirit we should call out in the atmosphere our unsaved loved ones and our unsaved friends and family members heal them save them renew them bring them into the church bring them into the body of christ touch our lost husbands touch the lost wives touch the lost children bring in the prodigal son bring in the prodigal daughter in the name of jesus break the yoke of the enemy that is on the lines of these people in the name of jesus we call it oh god as we see it say in the lord god rebuke you in the name of jesus god heal that disalter we thank you for the life of mother clements we thank you for the healing in our bodies but yet here oh god continue to restore her continue to renew her body from the crown of her head to the souls of her feet do it in the name of jesus touch sister shonda and her friend oh god touch her family touch them right now those that are mourning she's standing in the gap for her family members touch and renew in the name of jesus everybody who voiced the loss of brother gaberdeen at the altar god renew and restore her in the name of jesus touch us one by one and name according to your power according to your might and god we believe in it so and we will be careful to give your name all of the glory in jesus name we pray and we seal it by faith and we say it is so clap your hands and tell the lord thank you for it is done hallelujah as you're going back to your seat hallelujah we want you to prepare to give in our consecration offering at this time hallelujah this is what i hear in my [Music] [Applause] his spirit i am the evidence of his love and the evidence of his love i am the evidence of his love on the evidence of his love i am the evidence of his love we want you to prepare to give enough consecration offernette this time we traditionally ask for a 20 love gift [Music] listen not asking for monies we're asking for seed hallelujah we're not asking for no game or no gimmick we're asking you to sow amen there was a mighty mighty mighty word delivered today amen and if we want to see the harvest we got to show god that we're willing to sow seed amen into that word so we typically ask for a 20 love offering but i'm gonna say you give what's pressing on your heart after hearing that word on today of course you know that there are many ways or methods that you can give through our give the fly app or through our cash app dollar sign spring of hope church giblified is spring of hope church amen in springfield massachusetts make sure you're given to the right church amen make sure you're given to the right church if you're concerned about uh who you're given to ask somebody to make sure that you're given to the right ministry amen amen hallelujah how many feel god still in this place hey my god my god hallelujah hallelujah oh god i just gotta give you some praise and the evidence [Music] i am i am hallelujah y'all say that with me come on i'm the evidence of your love hallelujah [Music] hallelujah oh it's been a long time since i felt god like this amen i can feel the robe of praise and worship resting on me hallelujah thank you jesus you know i just want to share this before bishop comes back i was praying on my way to church this morning dick and fred and i said god who god i said god i don't want to just go to church anymore i said god i need to feel you i need to heal you i need to i need to see you i said i need to see you and i i actually said the word evidence [Music] i need [Music] [Applause] i actually said the word evidence and i don't know if y'all know it but during praise and worship i said it again during praise and worship i said it again that i was proof and i i i praise him like i do and i worship him like i do because i want to see the evidence i want to feel the evidence hallelujah god answered prayer he answered my prayer it was just a little prayer it was just a simple little prayer it was just a simple little prayer mother maddox hallelujah but i feel god hallelujah this is not just for performance this is not just out of you know this is not me just doing what i was taught to do it's transcended it transcended a long time ago sister iris i don't come to church for y'all i love y'all but i don't come to church for y'all and i thank god that the church is still here and so i got a problem with people who complain about the church amen amen thank god the church was here when we needed it amen thank god the church was here when we needed it thank god the people was here when we needed them amen we ain't talking about a building we talking about us amen thank god we survived and not only did we survive we're thriving amen hallelujah we are the evidence that not only will we live we gonna thrive hallelujah thank you god hallelujah we serve a great and mighty god he don't do anything mediocre he don't do anything average hallelujah he does things well hallelujah very well hallelujah excellent exceptional amen hallelujah exemplary and i am evidence of that love i am evidence of that love hallelujah at this time we want to receive our bishop hallelujah as we prepare our hearts and minds to make the final transition to the dismissal or the benediction of today's service hallelujah hallelujah oh but i still feel god [Music] that was my grandmother's favorite song real real jesus is real to me i remember that oh yes he gave me the victory so many people doubt him but i can't live without him that is why i love him so cause he's so real mother [Music] gave me the victory so many people doubt him but i can't live without him that is why i love him so cause he's so real to me [Music] stand to your feet [Applause] so many people down listen listen listen immediately after church there's food outside we're going to eat outside tell somebody we're going to eat outside amen so you don't have to go anywhere for dinner we're going to eat outside right after service has ended at five o'clock i'll be preaching for fresh anointing ministries church of god in christ 961 saint james avenue for the anniversary 10 year anniversary of fresh anointing church we are closing out the anniversary i want everybody that can come with me amen do you want to come and fellowship with fresh anointing amen at five o'clock all right come on one more time [Music] [Music] the only wise god be glory majesty dominion and power both now and forever lord bless the food that has been prepared let it be spread the nurse before our bodies and bless our bodies to thy service and all of the people of the lord said amen and amen you're dismissed let's go eat [Music]

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Published: Sun Sep 26 2021