Amen. If you got your Bibles, we're going to be in John Chapter 18, and I'm just going to

let you know today is going to be intense. And if it's your first time here and somebody invited

you and they said, hey, dude, this dude's funny. Not going to be funny today. Because we are

going to spend our time on the cross.

Last week was pretty intense too. Jesus has betrayed. And we talked about the four chairs and which

one are you in. Today's going to be really, really intense. Because when we talk about the cross,

we are talking about the pen ultimate event. Now, next week is the ultimate event. The ultimate event

in human history is the resurrection. So make sure you're back next week is the ultimate event. The ultimate event in human history is the resurrection.

So make sure you're back next week.

Because next week is happy, happy joy, joy.

I mean, there is joy found in the resurrection.

If the tomb is empty, anything is possible.

And so what we are going to do as a church, I know this is crazy,

because everybody's putting up their Halloween decorations, all right?

Shame on you. But what we're going to do next week is we're going to do Easter in October.

So next week, as we turn to the resurrection, we're going to act like it's Resurrection Sunday

here. So I'm going to wear a suit. And so you need to dress up too. We're going to have flowers

here. We're going to allow you to take your Easter pictures in October. If we can do Christmas in July, surely we can do Easter in October. Amen?

I'm going to be checking on every one of you, all right? I want big hats. I want gloves. I want

Jesus fans. I want this place to look and feel like Easter. That's next week. So, but we can't,

we can't ultimately experience the joy of resurrection if we don't understand

the depths and the pain of the crucifixion.

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