Preached right here. M an wd michael w. Smith a brandw music. We see grief and sorrow all over the world. Su are you searching for hope . Does god care . Can jesus make a difference in your life . Blesse d easter to each andjo ineveryone. He has risen. He has risen indeed. Jus i am coming to you today from israel. And michael w. Smith is joining me here in just a few moments. Today we celebrate 2000 years ago after the brutal death of f imagine the overwhelming Despair Anall D darkness. I of jesusdo christ. All hope was lost. T antod maybe you say franklin, i i dont havei much hope for my life. It is a mess and i do not know what to do. Do not know where totrue go. In a moment i want to explain to you the true meaning of easter and the hope we continue inth jesus christ. Oi ngnow, before we get there lets hear from michael w. Smith. Me thank o you franklin, awesome to be with you to do this special from jerusalem. And sure of the songs of the world. A very special song that reminds me
. . pete: the son of god, son of man, the lamb of god, jesus of nazareth. jesus, god with us. arriving in bethlehem, raised in nas a seth, ministering her in galilee, crucified on a roman crows and rising own the third day to redeem and overcome theae sinward ths sinwars of the worl. the fully god, fully man, the most consequential in human history. we look where he was born, where he lived and where he died and where he rose, the gospel has where he rose, the gospel has come alive. this is jesus god with us. pete: in part one of this series we will follow the path of jesus from the moment of his birth from the moment of his birth until his controversial and rapidly-expandin ministry captivates the world. it is one thing to read about the life of jesus and study the scriptures but to make the story of jesus truly come alive i knew i had to see it for myself. so imore t packed a bag and flew 6,000 miles to where it all happened more than 2000 years ago, the holy land of isra
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he stated he received a message from god instructing him to wait. any doubts about who is calling the shots is suddenly gone. now we knew when we had a person who said he was speaking directly to god and god had told him to wait that this was not going to be normal. that was one of the first and more significant glimpses of the disingenuous nature of how david was dealing with us as far as promises and truthfulness. are you a patient person? yeah, i m really patient. you re going to see patience because the only thing that we re going to do is sit and wait. i believe that was our last best chance to get him to ever come out. he was fatigued. he was wounded.