1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,200 Good morning, church. 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:14,960 It's a wonderful privilege to come here and spend time with you in worship service today. 3 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:18,880 Aaron was one of my favorite students. 4 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:23,720 I loved him and I respected him. 5 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:31,120 Once I saw an email announcement that Ringgold Church needs a preacher. 6 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:34,000 It was, I think, December. 7 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,480 I wanted to come, but I had other appointments. 8 00:00:37,480 --> 00:00:43,280 So I wrote to Pastor Aaron that, you know, if you have any need, I will come. 9 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:45,960 So today I'm here. 10 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:53,120 Normally, during the seven days of the week, I speak English for five days and I speak 11 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:55,400 Korean in two days. 12 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:59,080 Saturdays and Sunday. 13 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:06,520 So today is the day I speak Korean, but I cannot preach in Korean to you. 14 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:18,720 Anyway, if I, you know, struggle a little bit, understand me, this is a Korean day for me. 15 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:26,480 Our scripture reading is found in Mark 5, 18, 20. 16 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:33,600 I want to, I took this as our text and I want to read this together with you again. 17 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:41,400 And before I read this to you again, read closely and I'm going to give a little quiz 18 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:43,800 to you. 19 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,520 And the quiz question is very simple. 20 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:54,480 What is the word, maybe two words, I don't know, that pops up in your mind as we read 21 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,520 this text. 22 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:01,880 One word that capsulize or summarize this text. 23 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:06,280 So I'm going to read now. 24 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:09,240 Mark 5, 18 to 21. 25 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:12,720 I'm reading from TNIV. 26 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:17,080 This is NIV revised. 27 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:25,360 As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon possessed begged to go 28 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,600 with him. 29 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:35,900 Jesus did not let him, but said, go home to your own people and tell them how much the 30 00:02:35,900 --> 00:02:43,520 Lord has done for you and how he has had mercy on you. 31 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:53,040 So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for 32 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:59,240 him and all the people were amazed. 33 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:03,600 So what word comes up in your mind? 34 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:07,640 Okay. 35 00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:08,640 Thank you. 36 00:03:08,640 --> 00:03:11,240 So that we said evangelism, right? 37 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:12,240 Okay. 38 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,240 What else? 39 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:16,240 Yes. 40 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,240 Miracle. 41 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:21,280 Salvation, right? 42 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:25,160 The demon possessed man was saved. 43 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,840 Jesus brought salvation to him. 44 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:32,040 Now the salvation that he experienced became a noose. 45 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:33,040 Okay. 46 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:36,240 A big noose in his life. 47 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:41,120 Not only in his life, but in the cities he visited, right? 48 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:51,720 So I see in this text two words, evangelism and evangelium. 49 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:58,040 I put a Latin word there, evangelium, which means goodness. 50 00:03:58,040 --> 00:03:59,580 Okay. 51 00:03:59,580 --> 00:04:03,360 So he spread the goodness. 52 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:09,600 Spreading is evangelism and goodness is evangelium. 53 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:24,920 Apostle Paul, he mentioned about this good news in many places, but I want to pick up 54 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:29,800 two places from his writings. 55 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:37,440 One is Galatians chapter one, verse three and four. 56 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:45,240 Here he said, he wrote, grace to you and peace from God our father and Lord Jesus Christ, 57 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:54,640 who gave himself for all our sins to deliver us from the present evil age. 58 00:04:54,640 --> 00:05:05,600 So here Paul was saying that the good news is that Jesus gave himself for our sins. 59 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:11,800 And another text is coming from first Timothy chapter one, verse 15. 60 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:23,080 Christ, Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I am the foremost. 61 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,560 Now I am the chief. 62 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:31,220 So here he's saying that Christ died for me. 63 00:05:31,220 --> 00:05:39,260 In the first text, he died for us, then in the second text, he died for me. 64 00:05:39,260 --> 00:05:47,280 One time I asked a student in my class if they watch news on television. 65 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:59,720 You know, 18, 19, or early 20 something, I thought they were watching news. 66 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:06,040 I was interested, I wanted to know whether they were interested in the things that are 67 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:09,840 happening around them. 68 00:06:09,840 --> 00:06:15,600 But surprisingly, most of them were not watching news. 69 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:23,960 They were more interested in entertainment such as drama and sports. 70 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:31,440 Now I don't know whether you are watching television or cable channels. 71 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:36,840 What are you, what's your favorite television or cable channel? 72 00:06:36,840 --> 00:06:41,680 Sports, drama, show, news? 73 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:43,680 News, okay. 74 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:45,320 It clicks now. 75 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:47,920 In my classes, it didn't click. 76 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:53,240 Now, now if you're watching news, why? 77 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:58,480 Why are you watching news? 78 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:07,120 Are you hungry for good news? 79 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:10,480 What do you get from news channels? 80 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:13,840 Normally, yeah, commercials, yes. 81 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:20,800 Normally the news on the channels are bad. 82 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:27,480 Tragic news, bad news, sad news, tragic news. 83 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:31,480 Weather, you know, right. 84 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:39,920 Do you quench your inner thirst for good news by watching entertainment, sports, drama, 85 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:43,120 show, they are entertaining? 86 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:50,520 Maybe they will bring a partial quenching of your inner thirst. 87 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:54,840 Some people are watching news channels for entertainment. 88 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,840 I don't know whether they do that. 89 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:02,920 So what can you expect from the news channels? 90 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:06,880 Any good Samaritan stories? 91 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:20,440 Disasters, accidents, wars, fires, homicides, financial faults, bad weather forecast. 92 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:30,880 They don't normally emphasize good weather forecast, but when there is bad weather coming. 93 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:38,840 So do you hear any good news from the news channels? 94 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:42,560 The answer is no. 95 00:08:42,560 --> 00:08:50,520 Have you watched recent weather news, like the Arctic currents swept through the northern 96 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:57,240 part of this continent and it took many lives? 97 00:08:57,240 --> 00:08:58,640 Very sad. 98 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:05,280 What about atmospheric rivers brought huge rainfall in California? 99 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:17,280 Of course, the rain needed water and moisture for that state, but the rain took people's 100 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:23,880 lives, homes, many cars. 101 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:29,280 So many people were killed under these weather conditions. 102 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:40,240 These news were scary and there were many tragedies. 103 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:45,640 Do you remember what happened on October 10, 2001? 104 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:50,200 2001, October 10. 105 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:53,560 Nobody remembers what happened on that day. 106 00:09:53,560 --> 00:10:00,400 I don't remember either, except that it was my birthday. 107 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:02,360 But what about this? 108 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:10,080 Do you remember what happened on September 11, 2001? 109 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:18,320 Everybody remembers that, except those who were not there yet. 110 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:20,960 I was in Seattle. 111 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:26,680 My wife was in Fort Lee, New Jersey, alone. 112 00:10:26,680 --> 00:10:31,000 Fort Lee is a bridge away from Manhattan. 113 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:37,880 My boys were in Blue Mountain Academy, Pennsylvania. 114 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:46,760 That incident, that event was one of the most horrible events in American history. 115 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:56,520 I can remember where I was when I first saw on television screen the twin towers burning 116 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:59,400 after the attack. 117 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:10,240 As I was walking in the hotel lobby that day, I saw this noisy news on the television and 118 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:12,840 I froze. 119 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:21,400 Instantly, the whole world heard and saw the news. 120 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:27,400 This tragic episode changed the whole world. 121 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:36,760 When I came home, and a few days later in the morning as I was going out, I saw something 122 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:39,560 on my car. 123 00:11:39,560 --> 00:11:45,120 So I just, you know, slipped a little bit. 124 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:46,120 Ash. 125 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:51,960 The ash blown from Manhattan over to our place. 126 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:59,600 As I drive on the streets of the city, when I see some church building, I look at the 127 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,400 parking lots. 128 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:10,280 Parking lots were full of cars for many, many weeks, and suddenly no more cars. 129 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:14,800 But anyway, that time, something like this. 130 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:23,040 When I traveled by air, I had to arrive in the airport way early and I had to go through 131 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:35,000 TSA checkpoints, throw away all the water bottles and take off shoes, belt and others. 132 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:40,880 Doing all these things were inconvenient and cumbersome. 133 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:46,360 I noticed that all the airports in the world followed the suit. 134 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,280 They were doing that. 135 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:56,160 The world was changed by this terrible incident and from its news. 136 00:12:56,160 --> 00:13:01,560 Of course, after that, there was war, right? 137 00:13:01,560 --> 00:13:12,120 I want to travel with you far, far, no, the time far away from now, 2,000 years ago, in 138 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:15,480 a little time machine with you. 139 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:22,360 A young man was killed on a cross outside of the city of Jerusalem. 140 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:25,740 He was only 33 years old. 141 00:13:25,740 --> 00:13:28,040 He was a good man. 142 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:38,400 He brought so much good to the people of the nation, but he was killed as a criminal. 143 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:47,960 He was only in the local news, but no radio, no television, no internet, no Facebook, no 144 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:50,360 Instagram, nothing there. 145 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:58,960 Eyewitness accounts of this crucifixion carried the sad news, self-seeing to their friends 146 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:02,040 and relatives. 147 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:13,960 The spreading of this news took longer than it took for the 9-11 news. 148 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:23,960 Everybody who heard it was sad except the ones who plotted to kill him. 149 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:33,080 Nobody knew the meaning of this death until those witnesses were enlightened by the man 150 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:36,340 risen from among the dead. 151 00:14:36,340 --> 00:14:46,560 This man was Jesus, and he had overcome the death. 152 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:54,960 When the meaning of the death was revealed, the sad news became the gospel. 153 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:59,280 Good news, Evangelion. 154 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:06,060 The sad news did not end there, but it was transformed. 155 00:15:06,060 --> 00:15:11,840 This news became good news, gospel, Evangelion. 156 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:30,160 Many breaking news are normally sad and shocking, and they end right there. 157 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:40,000 In contrast with 9-11 news, the news as gospel ends with hope. 158 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:49,080 The deaths on the fatal day of September 11 were only sad, but this death, the death 159 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:53,120 of Christ, had a purpose. 160 00:15:53,120 --> 00:16:00,440 The death was a victory in disguise. 161 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:06,080 Like 9-11 news, this sad but good news changed the world. 162 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:08,360 It changed individuals. 163 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:10,440 It reached here. 164 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:19,600 It reached your heart, and you are not the same after you heard it and accepted the news 165 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:24,560 for you. 166 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:29,080 The death news brings life. 167 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:35,760 It is an irony that sad news is presented as good news. 168 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:38,200 Christ died. 169 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:43,760 It is a good news. 170 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:48,920 The news of death brings life in it. 171 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:59,840 His death is the power of his kingdom, and it is a power for our salvation. 172 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:09,800 I'm going back to the text I was looking at, Paul's letters, Jesus Christ, who gave himself 173 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:16,920 for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age. 174 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:25,440 And Paul said again, and Timothy, Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners, of whom 175 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:30,200 I am the foremost, I am chief. 176 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:34,040 In Galatians, Paul was preaching. 177 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:39,160 Yes, Jesus gave himself for us. 178 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:42,600 He died for us. 179 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:53,000 In one point in the letter, he said, oh foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you? 180 00:17:53,000 --> 00:18:01,960 It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. 181 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:05,680 He died for you. 182 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:12,920 But again, in Timothy, here Paul made a confession. 183 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:21,120 The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance that Jesus Christ came into 184 00:18:21,120 --> 00:18:31,440 the world to save sinners, of whom I am the chief. 185 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:34,080 But Paul adds some more. 186 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:41,000 Not only did Christ die for me, but I have been crucified with Christ. 187 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:51,920 It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me and the life I now live in the 188 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:52,920 flesh. 189 00:18:52,920 --> 00:19:06,120 I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 190 00:19:06,120 --> 00:19:09,920 This is the goodness. 191 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:15,160 So did the news impact you? 192 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:20,520 What was the impact of the news in your life? 193 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:24,600 Were you changed after you heard it? 194 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:30,160 Are you changing as you hear again and again? 195 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:36,760 Is the news coming back to you again and again with renewed impact? 196 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:42,800 Or are you tired of hearing the same news repeatedly? 197 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:49,400 Or are you changing continually because of the good news? 198 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:58,580 I believe this good news is breaking news every moment when you hear that. 199 00:19:58,580 --> 00:20:05,480 You may hear the good news again when you did something wrong. 200 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:15,400 We may make some mistakes in our lives when we make some mistakes from haste, ignorance, 201 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:20,520 stubbornness or something else. 202 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:27,480 When you realize that you did something wrong, did you look at the death of Jesus? 203 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:34,000 Do you want to hear the gospel again? 204 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:41,720 You may hear the same news when you are tempted to do something wrong. 205 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:49,360 When you face challenging moments, do you remind yourself of the gospel you heard? 206 00:20:49,360 --> 00:20:54,480 Are you repeating the good news in your heart? 207 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:59,980 What does the gospel tell you about this situation? 208 00:20:59,980 --> 00:21:09,080 When you are tempted to do something wrong, are you hearing the gospel again? 209 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:17,060 Or are you trying to shut off the voice of the gospel? 210 00:21:17,060 --> 00:21:25,960 Are you seeing the death of Jesus for you? 211 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:36,760 This evangelium, this goodness, not only saves you from your bad past, but it can save you 212 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:48,000 from your present predicament and from your future destruction. 213 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:54,400 Jesus is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. 214 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:57,800 Jesus is the good news. 215 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:01,600 He is evangelium goodness. 216 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:06,760 Hear him out. 217 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:14,120 But I have two more good news on top of this. 218 00:22:14,120 --> 00:22:18,240 Jesus is our high priest. 219 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:21,160 And Jesus is coming soon. 220 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:25,160 He is the coming King. 221 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:36,640 When you hear the news that Christ is our high priest, what is the impact you have? 222 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:44,100 He serves in the most holy place in the heavenly sanctuary with his own blood to intercede 223 00:22:44,100 --> 00:22:46,120 for us. 224 00:22:46,120 --> 00:22:53,480 What is the impact you receive from this good news? 225 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:57,600 Jesus promised about his return. 226 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:03,840 This promise is also an important part of the good news. 227 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:12,920 Now when you hear the news again about his coming, what impact does this news bring to 228 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:14,320 you? 229 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:21,200 What change does it bring to you? 230 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:24,280 We have good news. 231 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:28,080 And the good news have three parts. 232 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:32,040 Jesus died for us. 233 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:35,280 Jesus forgives us. 234 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:46,440 And he is coming back to bring you and me to himself and God. 235 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:50,720 I'm going to tell you a big sad news in my life. 236 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:54,280 I cannot forget that day. 237 00:23:54,280 --> 00:24:00,040 August 15, 1968. 238 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:05,240 That year my second boy was born. 239 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:14,080 I cannot forget the morning when I heard the news of my mother's passing. 240 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:17,360 She was only 48. 241 00:24:17,360 --> 00:24:20,280 And she died. 242 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,960 I was camping by a stream. 243 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:28,960 I took a bunch of young people to spend time in prayer. 244 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:33,600 So around evening time we arrived there and we pitched tents. 245 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:42,280 And early in the morning I was reading my Bible in my tent. 246 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:50,760 So I read my Bible and I prayed for my wife, my mother who was in sickbed. 247 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:55,840 It happened that I was reading John 11. 248 00:24:55,840 --> 00:25:04,480 I did not choose that chapter, but that was in my schedule. 249 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:09,120 As I was reading John 11, what's in John 11? 250 00:25:09,120 --> 00:25:10,120 Lazarus. 251 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:11,120 Lazarus. 252 00:25:11,120 --> 00:25:14,880 He was resurrected, you know. 253 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:21,720 So when I was reading that chapter that morning, my heart was deeply moved by the power of 254 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:29,000 Jesus who raised Lazarus from the dead. 255 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:36,280 Somehow my heart was beamed with the hope of resurrection. 256 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:47,240 I believed there and then the power of God that brings resurrection. 257 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:55,960 I came out of my tent and I heard noise from a motorcycle. 258 00:25:55,960 --> 00:26:02,720 I saw a deacon from my church on the other side of the stream. 259 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:07,680 He was there with his motorcycle. 260 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:08,680 I felt strange. 261 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:12,320 Why is he there? 262 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:19,520 And I realized maybe he's bringing a noose. 263 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:25,720 He brought the noose that my mother passed previous night. 264 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:32,800 I was so shocked by the noose, I was saddened. 265 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:42,200 But I knew God had prepared my mind with the story of Lazarus that morning. 266 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:45,720 Story of Jesus' death does not end there. 267 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:51,560 It ends in resurrection. 268 00:26:51,560 --> 00:27:01,080 I believe that Jesus will bring my mother back on that glorious morning. 269 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:06,020 I want to read some words from your hymnal, 158. 270 00:27:06,020 --> 00:27:16,160 This will be our closing hymn. 271 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:22,640 I think this hymn will bring you to the place where Jesus was crucified. 272 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:30,920 And I think it will bring you to the tomb where he was buried and also from where he 273 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:32,960 was raised. 274 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,200 158. 275 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:42,440 I'm not going to read everything because we're synced, but I will just read here and there. 276 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:48,520 Were you there when they crucified my Lord? 277 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:54,000 Were you there when they crucified my Lord? 278 00:27:54,000 --> 00:28:04,720 Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. 279 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:12,360 Were you there when they crucified my Lord? 280 00:28:12,360 --> 00:28:20,280 Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? 281 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:26,920 Were you there when they pierced him in the side? 282 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:36,320 Were you there when the sun refused to shine? 283 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:41,600 Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? 284 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:55,160 Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. 285 00:28:55,160 --> 00:29:00,640 Were you there when he rose up from the dead? 286 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:05,760 Were you there when he rose up from the dead? 287 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:13,720 Oh, sometimes I feel like shouting, glory, glory, glory. 288 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:20,720 Were you there when he rose from the dead? 289 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:25,680 This hymn helps us to picture the scene. 290 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:31,760 This hymn connects us to the suffering and death of Jesus. 291 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:38,600 Not only so, but it connects us to his resurrection. 292 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:44,840 His death and resurrection is the good news. 293 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:51,200 It is Evangelium. 294 00:29:51,200 --> 00:30:01,840 When we hear the goodness, the gospel, we do not hear the death news alone. 295 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:08,560 It comes in a form that combines death and resurrection. 296 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:18,520 It causes us to tremble when we hear the death part, but it moves us to shout, glory, glory, 297 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:25,640 glory, when we hear the resurrection part. 298 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:32,680 I want to come back to our very text, Mark 5, 18 to 20. 299 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:35,920 I'm going to read it again. 300 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:42,940 As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon possessed begged to go 301 00:30:42,940 --> 00:30:45,200 with him. 302 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:51,000 Jesus did not let him, but said, go home to your own people. 303 00:30:51,000 --> 00:31:00,640 Tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how he has had mercy on you. 304 00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:10,000 So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for 305 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:11,000 him. 306 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:14,960 And all the people were amazed. 307 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:25,720 The man experienced the gospel when he met Jesus. 308 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:30,680 Let us meet with Jesus on the cross. 309 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:40,160 When we compare saving the demoniac, the demon possessed person, and death on the cross, 310 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:48,840 on the surface maybe saving the demon possessed person could be more glorious. 311 00:31:48,840 --> 00:32:01,840 Bigger, when you compare the cross with Exodus, which has bigger scale, huge event, but you 312 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:06,120 know cross is bigger. 313 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:09,120 It is large. 314 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:12,560 It has everything in it. 315 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:15,660 So let us meet with Jesus on the cross. 316 00:32:15,660 --> 00:32:21,840 The risen Lord and coming King. 317 00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:33,520 This meeting is possible even now as we hear the gospel, Evangelion. 318 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:43,400 Thank you. 319 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:56,120 Heavenly Father, we are so thankful that you gave your only Son for us. 320 00:32:56,120 --> 00:33:03,520 The Son of God, Jesus Christ, he gave his life for us. 321 00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:05,640 This is a wonderful news. 322 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:10,240 But we know that it did not end there. 323 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:15,240 He rose from the dead. 324 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:19,680 So we know that this death will bring life to us. 325 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:27,760 We are so thankful that our Lord Jesus Christ became high priest for us. 326 00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:35,920 Not only that, Jesus Christ will be a coming King, Lord. 327 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:46,640 He's with us in our hearts about this good news every moment of our lives. 328 00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:53,320 So that we may be renewed in our faith. 329 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:56,680 Oh Lord, bless us. 330 00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:57,680 The name of Jesus. 331 00:33:57,680 --> 00:33:58,680 Amen. 332 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:19,240 Amen.