Jesus Paid Your Sin Debt in Full: Easter Homecoming Message of Restoration

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for some eight years we've labored and toiled

spread the gospel and won souls and multiplied disciples and giving away tens of

thousands of dollars in outreach and hundreds of thousands of hours in service to our

city and when nobody saw a pandemic shook the world and

shut down all of our operation in the city of atlanta we have endured two difficult years of

[Music] too difficult yes today is homecoming

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so [Applause] [Music]

so [Music] [Applause]

[Music] today today is our homecoming too

the urban mission field where we belong [Applause] and before i jump into the proclamation

of god's word i just want to i want to call your attention to what god has done

so that you will be encouraged not only for our house but for your house the fact that

two years could go by and we make it back here what god has done for our church i want

to remind you what he will do for you that this is a reminder that god is a keeper

i'm talking to you for your house that this is a reminder that god knows how to carry people through difficult

seasons somebody holler at me like i said god knows how to

carry you through difficult seasons that when all hell breaks loose and when you're dealing with trials on

every side that the god we serve is able watch to carry you

[Applause] has anybody ever been carried through difficult seasons

right this day is a reminder watch that god knows how to bring us out

of difficult seasons and that he is a restorer i'm speaking to you for your home

that he's a restorer in the name of jesus he's a keeper

he's a carrier he's a waymaker he's a restorer in the name of jesus i'm

talking to somebody that's believing god for something i said he's a carrier

he's a wifemaker he's a restorer [Applause]

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i said he's a restorer i said he's a restorer i said he's a restorer

you think you can't get it back but i said he's a restorer he'll give you back joy give you back

peace give you back the same mind he'll put a relationship back together i said he's a restorer in the name of jesus

if you're breathing there's still hope he's a restorer [Music]

he knows how to recover [Applause] [Music]

i feel the spirit of god for somebody he's a restorer [Music]

somebody's come through a bad divorce and you don't feel whole anymore but god is a restorer

[Applause] somebody got a doctor's report but he can put healing and wholeness

back in your body because he's a restorer [Applause]

he restores he responds who am i talking to somebody give him a wave of praise if

i'm talking to you [Music] hallelujah

he'll make the enemy put it back with interest that your ladder will be greater than

what you have put it back with interest [Music]

and in a real sense at the center of what the christian world celebrates this

weekend every easter is a monumental realities of

a great loss and an epic recovery so we have not gathered here today to only celebrate our return

back to the city no our new home base of operation though we've we've

we've gathered here together to celebrate and remember look at me the greatest

two events in human history [Music]

the necessary death [Music] of the lord jesus christ who called

himself the son of god and his supernatural controversial and scandalous

resurrection from the grave events

so significant in human history that our entire calendar of time is split around his life

into years bc before christ and years a d a new dominant latin for the year of our lord so important was

this historical figure jesus that all of our record keeping is surrounded around his life

the most important person in human history more than a prophet

more than a miracle worker and for the two plus billion people before this weekend is over tonight that

would have celebrated jesus as lord what we have put our faith in gives us hope

for now and for tomorrow but also what we celebrate is a message of warning

for those who are far away from god and an invitation to hope [Music]

and for these reasons before i jump into the proclamation of god's word i want to say to everybody

sitting in this room everybody watching online in cities across this country in some pockets around the world

that nobody in this room nobody watching me right now online nobody under the sound of my voice you're not here by

accident you're not tuned in right now by accident

that everyone under the sound of my voice you were providentially brought here by the spirit of god

for only one or two reasons for the believer to be reminded of what we celebrate

that our hearts can be pushed more and more into the joy of our lord and savior

jesus christ and for the one who has not yet believed that you may be awakened

while you still have time that's the only reason we're here for some of us to celebrate

and for some of us to be awakened so father in the name of jesus spirit of the living god

we feel your presence in this room it's not the temperature we feel it's the heat of your presence

walking these aisles up and down every row we feel you breathing down our neck we feel the wind of eternity growing

from the back of the room in this cataclysmic moment [Music]

spirit of the living god i pray you would arrest [Music]

the attention of every person under the sound of my voice i pray you would drive away every

demonic force and every distraction i pray you would use this

fallible vessel on the front line of warfare to awaken and rescue

that you may be glorified in this moment in jesus name we pray softly frank

i want to begin my message here on the majestic waters of the sea of galilee

where i took this picture in israel in december of 2018 it was on this majestic body of water

the ministry of the lord jesus christ was born it was on this majestic body of water

where jesus walked and performed the miracle it was on this majestic body of water

where the lord jesus christ began to call to himself his first followers a man named peter he told him to come

and a man named andrew he told him to come and a man named james he said come but among the first four followers of

jesus christ he met around the sea of galilee was a man named john a young man

a man who lived on the north shore with his family of the sea of galilee john

was born in a prosperous and financially well-off home

his father was a man named zebedee they had a lucrative fishing business had hired servants

a wealthy family but yet when john heard the call from jesus to come

he put down everything he was doing he walked away from a lucrative entrepreneurial venture

to follow jesus christ into the unknown of only these words follow me and i will make you a fisher of men

john in that moment taught us that there was something much greater in life than chasing a bag

john in that moment remind us something greater in life than just building businesses and monuments to yourself

he taught us that the pursuit of purpose and calling was more significant than wealth and fame and following and

he forsook all to follow the lord jesus christ and although john would go on

to write five books that are recorded for us in the new testament of the bible

the book that bears his name first second and third john and the book of revelation that tells us the end

because jesus did not hide what is coming for all humanity and although john gave us five books

that are preserved in the new testament look right at me john was no saint i know some of us worship him like he's

a saint no he was a man like you and me john he had issues like you and me

for one he was a hothead had a bad temper

anger management issues how do i know jesus gave him a nickname with his brother the sons of thunder

john was a hothead like the man with the microphone john was also vengeful he had rage in

his blood how do i know jesus was preaching the gospel in a city that rejected his message

and john said you know what lord says they don't want to listen to you let me call down fire from heaven

and burn all of them up let them all die and be separated from you and jesus said no john

patience and grace give them time while they're still breathing

he said you're of the wrong spirit john now you think

john had more issues than vengefulness john was self-righteous he was a man would watch unhealthy

ambitions like a lot of us right he comes to jesus secretly with his

brother says lord when you come into your kingdom don't let the other disciples know

i want to see on the right and put my brother on the left we want to rule with you when you come into your

kingdom but don't let the other disciples know and jesus said to john are you ready to

really sit in that seat do you even know what you're asking for [Applause]

are you ready to carry that weight john he was so ambitious not trying to be a servant just trying to rule

not trying to serve just trying to rule he was drunk with ambition but not only that

i think john was wrestling with some form of self-righteousness or maybe insecurities like you and me

how do i know because in the letter that bears his name he don't say disciple he tags

himself the disciple who jesus loved as if the lord jesus christ does not love

anyone else he doesn't call himself by name he simply says i am the disciple who jesus

loved the definitive article as if he didn't love the other 11.

either john is self-righteous or he has deep insecurities that he must give himself a title to make him feel

better about himself see john ain't no saint look right at me when you look closely at his life john

is wrestling with the same human problem that every person in this room is wrestling with

john was a sinner and like you and me

john was wrestling with what every single person in this room is wrestling with

your inherent flawed human nature

the scripture says it is called sin it is the very thing that's in your bloodstream

it's in your mind it's in your heart you don't believe that look right at me

sin is the cause of all of the pain and suffering of mankind

it's the reason for all your broken relationships every divorce

every friendship that has gone awry is the source between all of your bad attitudes

your rage your anger your aggression your foul mouth your dirty thoughts pornography

your lust your love affair with cardi b although she's not your wife

you're thumbing through social media being jealous of everybody else you want their marriage

you want their house you want their business you want their bank account so we got strong souls

strong thumbs and weak souls it's the source of all of our greed our materialism

our sicknesses our diseases every doctor's report every issue in your body

your fears your insecurities your hardships your trials look right at me everything behind you

that you've ever regretted every shame every failure every regret every mistake is all

because your sin nature your life if you look over your shoulder

testifies that you are a flawed human being and you didn't just learn it you were

born that way don't believe that don't nobody gotta teach your child to lie

ain't gonna teach a child to be rebellious or to talk back to a parent it's in them by nature they were born in

sin psalm 51 born and shaped in iniquity anybody's ever had a child talk back to you

because he's a little sinner little jaquan is a sinner little tuana is a sinner little timmy is

a sinner won't come off the table at the restaurant he's a sinner [Applause]

embarrass you in walmart he's a sinner don't obey you when you talk to him because sin is in his system

[Music] every problem every worry

every concern every issue in your life look at me every pain every suffering all of it

you look in the mirror don't like yourself all of it is because

softly frank our sin nature and the worst part about your sin nature it's not all of your manifestations and

the brokenness that we see in life the worst part of it is what it's going to do to us in the end

oh you ready to leave the room because you wanted to hear a message about the easter bunny or something sweet you

wanted me to come in and tell you that you're awesome and that you're wonderful

and prop you up on the pride that you already have in your heart no that's not happening here

[Music] now while there are messages of patty cake all around the country no you come

here to hear truth that can set you free the worst part of the fact that we're all wrestling with sin is that if

you die in your sin [Applause] the scriptures promises you of faith

you're not prepared to pay for eternal separation from god you said preacher i don't believe that

die and find out if the bible was true it would be too late on that day sin comes with a high cost a penalty why

because it flies in the face of a god who is completely holy that he wants a payment

for sin lied cheated

stole took a pen from your job that does not belong to you the lord demands a payment for that

and what the enemy is doing of your soul is blinding humanity from turning towards the lord jesus

christ that he can keep you numb in all your pursuits he don't care if you go to church as

long as you're far away from god i don't care how much religion you have as long as you're far away from god i

just want to carry as many of them with me as possible to damnation that's where we're headed yes yes

the whole human race look right at me the whole human race is damn nation bound

it's when john as he traveled with jesus for three and a half years

is why he heard him talking about things like watch he heard jesus say things like repent

turn for the kingdom of heaven is at hand he heard jesus give warnings about

eternal life and eternal damnation watch john

heard jesus tell real stories not parables of a man named lazarus and a rich man

who has no name both died one went to heaven the other one went to damnation jesus said in heaven lazarus was

comforted and in hell the rich man looked up and said i did not know this place was real

please go and tell my brothers not to come here and the lord said no they have the

prophets and if they don't hear the voice of the prophets they're going to end up in the

same place you are he heard jesus tell stories about virgins

some who were prepared for his return and others who were not he heard jesus tell stories about why

servants those who were doing his work and those who were not and he kept hearing jesus tell stories

and teachings about a world that was coming after this one where everybody would end up in one

of two places he kept hearing jesus give people warnings of being eternally lost

but you know what else john heard he heard jesus give messages of hope he heard jesus say things like

the thief which in his context is poor doctrine lies

comes to steal and kill and destroy that's what we've been

feeling from the thief from lies and bad doctrine and bad teachings and the influence of the adversary of your

soul he's come to kill steal and destroy and he heard jesus say things like but i

have come that you may have life

and have that life more abundantly he heard jesus say things like my peace i give you

he heard jesus say things like come unto me all of you who are weary and tired and i will give you rest

he heard jesus say things like i am the way the truth and the life

no man comes to god the father but through me not through muhammad

not through confucius not through buddha the gospel was offensive he says no man gets to god but

through me i am the only way to salvation he said so how could you say something like that

no jesus said that not through good works not through being moral not through

church attendance through faith in me and me only he heard jesus say things like

seek first the kingdom and his righteousness and in everything you need i will just

give unto you he heard jesus talking about rewards in this life and the next for

following him and john kept hearing jesus preach messages of hope

and messages of life and messages of change he see jesus keep inviting people into a

life they never knew existed for them a better life than the one they have right now

he heard jesus invite people into purpose into deeper calling

he heard jesus offering people anointings and giftings and positions in the kingdom

he heard jesus give people like you and i a destiny a hope and a future

he heard jesus say things like i am the good shepherd i lay down my life for my sheep

he heard jesus say things like i am the bread of life those who feast on me they would they

will always be satisfied he heard jesus say things like my words they give life and strength

he heard jesus keep offering people like you and me a life of purpose

a life of meaning a calling a destiny a hope and a future but you know what else jesus john heard

and saw at the end of his life john saw jesus walk into a garden called

gethsemane he heard him praying that lord this thing that you want me to

do if there's any other way to save this broken humanity please give me another route

he heard jesus say lord but not my will but your will be done if if there's no other way i would do it the way you have

sent me to do it you know what else john saw and heard he saw and heard on the night

that jesus was praying he saw him being captured and brought into a room to be beaten within an inch of his life

every scar the mutilation of his flesh the shedding of his blood

he saw jesus take all those lashes every single one for every mistake that you made

and every sin that you committed you know what else he saw in her jesus do carry a wooden cross

through the streets of jerusalem and on his back he was carrying every

mistake you made every sin you committed every failure every shame

he watched jesus carry all of that not just the wood but yours your your sin he was carrying

your mistakes he was carrying your failures he was carrying he saw jesus carrying all of that

you know you know what else john saw he saw he saw jesus executed

you put them there your mistakes put them there your sins your rebellion yours and mines

he saw jesus nailed to a cross for you and for me nailed to a cross for your sins and from

mine nailed to a cross for your past and for mine and you know what john wrote about this

moment let me read you what john wrote about this moment

he wrote in john chapter 19 verse 16. so they took jesus and they went out

bearing his own cross to the place called the place of the skull which is in aramaic called

golgotha there they crucified him and we have two others one on either

side and jesus between them pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross that read jesus of

nazareth the king of the jews many of the jews read this inscription for the place where jesus was crucified

was near the city and it was written in aramaic and in latin and in greek

so the chief priests of the jews said to pilate do not write

the king of the jews but rather right this man said i am king of the jews pilate answered what i have written i

have written verse 23 so when the soldiers had crucified jesus

john said they took his garments because he was there as an eyewitness this is what he saw and what he told us and they

divided them into four parts one part for each soldier also has tunic but the tunic was seamless woven into

one piece from top to bottom so they said to one another let us not tear it but cast our lots let us gamble

for who should get his jacket this was to fulfill the scripture that says they divided my garments among them

and for my clothing they cast lots so the soldiers did these things now watch

but standing by the cross of jesus where his mother and his mother sister

mary the wife of clopas said mary magdalene and when jesus saw his mother and the

disciple whom he loved standing nearby watching jesus being nailed to the cross

he said to his mother woman behold your son and he said to the disciple behold your

mother and from that hour on the disciple took him to his own home

and after this jesus knowing that all was now finished he said to fulfill the scriptures i

thirst a jar full of sour wine stood there so they put it on a sponge

of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and they held it to his mouth in the last verse

and when jesus had received the sour wine he shouted from the cross

he shouted from the cross these three words that change humanity forever

it is finished and with that he bowed his head and he gave up his spirit

jesus shouted from the cross these three words i'm done it

is finished one greek word tetelestai which means paid in full

that he had come he had lived 33 years a perfect life [Music]

and nailed to the cross he exchanged on the cross your unrighteousness for his perfect

righteousness that from the cross he imparted to you the covering of his blood

so that when god the father looks at humanity for those who have put our faith in him

he no longer sees the sin that demands hell and damnation and payment he sees the blood of jesus

he sees my sin debt and my account paid in full he sees every mistake erased

every sin erased every failure every shortcoming erased he sees the credit of jesus account

applied to my sinful account so that when the lord looks at me he does not see the sin i made last

night but when the father looks at me he sees me through the blood of the savior

that my debt that i could not pay the sin that i could not pay

on the cross jesus said for this one paid in full and for that brother

paid in full and for this sister paid in full and for me over a toilet

seat in a bathroom paid in full and for many of us remember that day when the holy spirit snatched you from

the fires of hell and said this one right here no paid in full and that one right there no no no no

paid in full because what you deserve is how we don't deserve grace

we don't deserve mercy what all humans deserve for sin is damnation and hell and separation from god that is what you

deserve [Music] but because of the cross

because of 33 years of a perfect life because of jesus fulfilling and satisfying the wrath of god

when the lord looks at you when he looks at philip although i'm still struggling with insecurities and

stuff on the inside you beat your own self up but when the father looks at you he sees my son my

daughter you keep talking to me about things i forgave at the cross

your sin debt was paid in full and because john saw a resurrected jesus on this sunday morning

for those of us who are in christ we have much to celebrate for i want to rob us american christians of

feeling like everything has to be perfect for us to be thankful

there's one passage i keep coming back to all the time that john wrote in the letter called revelation

and revelation chapter 20 he said those names not found written in the lamb's book of life

they're gonna be tossed into the lake that burns with fire [Music]

and every time i read that i cry because i know that my name is there and because of what jesus has done for

me in november 2003 suicidal and crying out to god over a toilet seat that god has given me a life of purpose

a life of meaning a life of focus he took a former drug dealer

in and out of prison ruining families with crack cocaine robbing people at gunpoint

and snatched him from the fires of hell over a toilet seat rearranged his whole life with purpose

[Applause] and set him on a path to live in this life with purpose

and to receive rewards in heaven and because of that because it is finished man i have much to celebrate this

morning i ain't thinking about where i'm gonna eat after this [Music]

i ain't thinking about what restaurant i got reservations at no i'm gonna pause longer

i'm gonna pause long enough to be thankful [Music]

now because of the cross me philip anthony mitchell a former blasphemer

is now a servant of the most god-heart [Music] because it is finished

[Music] i have hope in this life [Music]

i have hope in the life to come [Music] so for the believers in this room we

have something to celebrate [Applause] [Music]

i said jesus said it is finished you have something to celebrate [Music]

[Applause] it is finished means it's a declaration that i did what i

came here to do i accomplished my mission and my purpose

softly frank [Music] i want you to be able to say the same

thing when your day comes you can look up to heaven with confidence that god

i labored [Applause] i lost i recovered

i sacrificed i gained i prayed and didn't see the answer to

every prayer some things i didn't understand but you know what god i never quit

and even when i walked away from you you came and you got me back [Applause]

[Music] a day is coming when i want to say to my lord

it is finished i did what you sent me here

to do [Music] every head bowed in every eye closed

there are men and women sitting in this room for you it is not finished i'm gonna tell you the truth because i

love you even though i don't know you you are and i am

a sinner [Music] you have broken

the laws of a holy god you have lied you have cheated and stole

you have slept with people who was not your spouse you have had evil thoughts and bad attitudes anger and rage

you have ruined relationships and been thirsty for finances you have done everything possible

to receive the wrath of god that's what's coming for you if you die in your sin

[Music] see i don't care about that preacher tomorrow's not promised to you

you have no guarantees you're going to make it home from this gathering you could end up in an accident on your

way home and be hurled into eternity and wake up and realize you lost the last chance you had

[Music] mercy god you didn't come here for three points in

a poem you came here to hear the truth you came here to be set free

you came here to be forgiven you came here to walk out of this room a brand new man a brand new woman a brand

new husband a brand new wife you came to walk out this room with a life of purpose and meaning and destiny

and calling there is a blank space in heaven for your name

and no magic prayer is going to put you there [Music]

it is the acknowledgement of sin and the humble confession that i am a sinner

according to romans chapter 10 and asking the lord to become your savior you already know who i'm talking to

because you feel it in your in your stomach you feel my voice reverberating in your

soul you're watching me right now in the chat you're shedding tears you can pull over on the side of the road i'm talking

to you the spirit of god is moving you to himself right now he wants to be your

father your lord your savior your provider for me this happened in 2003 over a

toilet seat it changed my life forever for you would happen right here in the auditorium right there in the chat

i'm talking to you here is the gospel but god not wanting you to perish when

you die sent the lord jesus christ to pay your sin debt in full

[Music] and he said if anyone would just put their faith in jesus repent and turn

from their sin their names will be recorded in heaven he'll put a piece of himself in your

heart and you can walk out of here a brand new man a brand new woman who am

i talking i'm talking to you not the person next to you i'm talking to you we did this whole thing for you

no sermon notes for you every song for you everything we set up in the lobby was

for you every flag was for you all of this was for you this is your moment right here

[Music] [Applause] i'm gonna count to three

when i count to three if i'm talking to you i want to see who i'm about to pray for i see tears falling all over this

room i'mma count to three i want you to throw your hand up and say preacher pray for me one god is calling you

two you're not prepared to pay the price for your own sin three purpose awaits you throw your hand

up and leave it up jesus i see that hand don't leave it up

i see that hand two i see that hand three i see that hand four five six i see that hand seven eight i see

that hand nine ten leave it up eleven twelve i see that hand thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen i see that hand

seventeen eighteen 19 20. i see that here 21 22 23 24 25 26. i see that here 27 28 29 30 31 32 i see that head 33 i

see that here my sister 34 35 36 37 38 39 40. i see that hand 41 42 43 i see that here at 44

45 46. i see that here 47. i see that 48 i see that hit 49 i

see that here 50 i see that here 51 i see that here

[Music] put them down 51 of you

i see your hands so [Music]

[Applause] [Applause] [Music]

[Applause] heads about eyes are closed i'm talking to the 51 people that just

raised your hand those of you who are watching me online i can't count you but i just add you to

this world the lord jesus christ is not deaf and he's not blind

right there in your seat with your own mouth i want you to acknowledge him as your lord and savior ask him to forgive

you for all of your sins ask him to be your lord and savior you talk to him with your own mouth

from your own heart he can hear you he's catching those tears my sister

[Music] he's catching those tears my brother even if you can't talk he can respond to

your tears he's catching those tears my sister [Music]

he sees he's catching those tears my brother he sees

[Music] now father in the name of jesus [Music]

i pray for the 50 plus people who have just put their faith in you [Music]

i pray according to the letter of ephesians that they will be filled with the revelation of the knowledge

of you lord i pray something like scales would fall from their eyes

that the eyes of their understanding will be enlightened and they will know the hope

and the depths of your love i pray according to ephesians 1 4 that they will be sealed with the holy spirit

guaranteeing their salvation as they persevere to the end following you i pray you will help them to know that

they are no longer condemned that their names have been written in the lamb's book of life

that these are now new you your sons and daughters give them a hunger and a passion for the

word yes lord and for community [Music] reveal to them who you are

that they may live a life of purpose and be fulfilled in the kingdom i pray you seal them now as your own

and now father for the rest of us you said when one sinner repents

all of heaven rejoices so father we will [Music]

[Applause] for our new brothers and sisters in the name of jesus

hallelujah thank you for listening to the victory broadcast we prayed that message was a blessing to you if you

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