Sermons by Joel Osteen
Sermons by Joel Osteen
CHRIST & SALVATION WHAT THE RESURRECTION MEANS TO US AS BELIEVERS THE TRUTH OF THE RESURRECTION
EVANGELISM THE GREAT COMMISSION
FAITH BELIEVE GOD FOR THE GREATER WORKS
BATTLE OF THE MIND 1 WINNING THE BATTLE OF THE MIND 2 WINNING THE BATTLE OF THE MIND 3 WINNING THE BATTLE OF THE MIND 4 WINNING THE BATTLE OF THE MIND 5 DON'T WORRY OR FEAR; TRUST GOD 6 NO CONDEMNATION 7 THREE THINGS TO DO TO NOT FAINT 8 WINNING THE BATTLE OF THE MIND 9 GOD'S BEST PATH FOR OUR LIVES 10 WINNING THE BATTLE OF THE MIND 11 YOUR IMAGINATION
ENLARGE YOUR VISION 1 ENLARGE YOUR VISION 2 ENLARGE YOUR VISION
HOLD ONTO YOUR DREAMS 1 HOLDING ONTO YOUR DREAMS PART I 2 PERSISTENCE & DETERMINATION 3 FIRST KINGS 6 4 TO LEARN IN THE DARK HOURS 5 THREE THINGS TO DO IN THE MIDST OF TROUBLE 6 DON'T LIMIT GOD 7 THE VOICE OF DISCOURAGEMENT 8 DO ALL YOU CAN DO TO MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE
VICTORIOUS LIVING 1 NEVER LOSE YOUR HOPE
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2 JEHOSHAPHAT AND THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH 3 LIVING A LIFE OF FORGIVENESS 4 LIVING A LIFE OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE 5 KEEPING THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE OF PROBLEMS 6 LIVING A LIFE OF EXCELLENCE 7 GUARDING YOUR THOUGHTS 8 DEVELOPING YOUR POTENTIAL
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CHRIST & SALVATION
"WHAT THE RESURRECTION MEANS TO US AS BELIEVERS"
JOEL OSTEEN SERMON #CS_001 -- 4/4/99
DODIE: We are so glad you've joined us today and we know our television program is going to be a blessing to you. Our son Joel will be preaching to you in a few moments. But I want to read this scripture. It's in First John 3 and it will make you stop and think. "The person who has been born into God's family does not make a practice of sinning because now God's life is in him, so he can't keep on sinning." Have you been in God's family but you've been sinning? You can't do it any more because it will hurt you and you know you're guilty and you'll be miserable while you're doing it. Because this new life has been born into him and it controls him. He has been born again. Aren't you glad after you get born again you can't keep on sinning because the life of the Lord Jesus lives in you. So I want to just admonish you today and encourage you. If you've been sinning, if you've been away from God, let this be the day that you come back because there's no life worth living without Jesus. Amen. (Applause)
JOEL: Well as I say often, I'm always honored to have the opportunity to share with you. 3 or 4 months ago I never dreamed I'd be up here on Easter Sunday. I've been in the background for so many years and I've got to tell you, that's a little bit less nerve-racking being back there. But I'm just glad to be here. I'm sure some of you visitors are wondering what this young kid's going to say to you today. And I want to tell you I'm wondering the same thing. (Laughter)
?My mother has a real way of encouraging me. I've got to tell you this quick story. A couple of weeks ago on a Sunday night before service she asked me, she said, "Joel, are you going to be ready to preach Easter Sunday morning?" And it's a funny question because I had spoken several Sunday mornings before. And I said, "Well, unless you know something that I don't know, I'm going to be ready." And I said, "Why do you ask?" And she said, "Well, I just wanted to let you know there's going to be a lot of people there." (Laughter) Yea, this is really helping my nerves. She said, "There's going to be a lot of visitors and you're going to have to say something about Easter." I said, "No kidding, momma?" I'm 36 years old and she's as bad as my dad. (Laughter) But you know I told my mother, I said, "Momma, this morning there were 7 or 8 thousand people there. The Lord let's you reach a level. You can only get so nervous, you know. It doesn't matter if there's 7 thousand or 7 hundred thousand. I've reached that point." And I told her, "The Lord only let's you get so nervous. My heart can only beat so fast, and I can only go to the bathroom so many times before I come out here." (Laughter) (Applause)
?But I've gotten a lot better. I'm not near as nervous. Forgive me Lord for lying. (Laughter) I am just as nervous. I saw Dr. Cherry and I thought I ought to ask Dr. Cherry, "My heart beats so fast, it's just like I'm doing aerobics up here. I shouldn't have to work out." I'm just thrilled to be up here. And I promised my mom I'd say something about Easter. So before I forget I want to tell you that the Easter Bunny's going to be in the front lobby after church. (Laughter) I love to kid my mom. I don't know why but I get great enjoyment from doing it. (Laughter) I think it's the same thing my dad did. But I don't know. Anyway it's kind of funny.
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?You know we miss my dad. And all of you, of course, know my dad's not here and some of you still write on television and say, "Where's Pastor Osteen?" Well you know January 23rd he went on to be with the Lord. But thank God for the life he lived. And I certainly honor his legacy and what he did for people and you know...I can't talk about him without getting emotional. So I'm not going to talk about him. But it's the first Easter that he's not here and we honor the life that he lived. (Applause)
?What a tremendous foundation that he built this church on. You can remain standing. We're going to hold up our Bibles. Remain standing. He built the church on such a tremendous foundation you know. It's so wonderful. It's built on the foundation of the Word of God and the love of God for people. And that's just?one chapter's finished, the chapter of daddy's life, but you know it's a new chapter. And I'm excited about the future. God's a progressive God. He does new things. And you know He's got a bright future for all of you individually. And I believe He's got a bright future for this church. You know, you look up and you see it filled today and it's exciting to see what God's going to do. You know all through the Bible when a great leader died, God raised up other leaders. And most of the time when the leaders died, the Church got stronger. The Church grew even more because the people were more committed and dedicated. And even when Jesus was crucified and died, they said, "You know Christianity is done away with." But you know what happened. It spread all over the world. So things are happening here and I'm excited about the future. And I'm so glad you're here with us this morning. And let's hold up our Bibles and we're going to make our confession. And let's make it like you mean it now.
CONFESSION: This is my Bible. (This is my Bible.) I am what it says I am. (I am what it says I am.) I have what it says I have. (I have what it says I have.) I can do what it says I can do. (I can do what it says I can do.) Today I will be taught the Word of God. (Today I will be taught the Word of God.) I boldly confess. (I boldly confess.) My mind is alert. (My mind is alert.) My heart is receptive. (My heart is receptive.) I will never be the same. (I will never be the same.) I am about to receive (I am about to receive) the incorruptible, (the incorruptible,) indestructible (indestructible) ever-living (ever-living) seed (seed) of the Word of God. (of the Word of God.) I will never be the same. (I will never be the same.) Never, never, never. (Never, never, never.) I'll never be the same. (I'll never be the same.) In Jesus' name. (In Jesus' name.) God bless you and you may be seated.
SERMON: I'm not going to have you turn to any particular scripture right now because I'm going to quote a lot of scriptures today. As I've said already, I'm excited about the opportunity to share with you this Easter Sunday morning. Easter is a great time in Christianity?the day that we celebrate the Resurrected Savior. Isn't that great? We're not celebrating a dead god. We've got a risen Savior. Isn't that good news? Man, I'm excited about Easter. (Applause)
So many of the other religions, they celebrate the death of their leader. But thank God we can celebrate the resurrection and the life of our founder, the Lord Jesus Christ, our precious Savior.
?And I want to talk to you a little while today about "What does the Resurrection mean to you and me as believers?" What does it mean? You know I believe the Bible is practical and is relevant for us today. What does an event that happened a couple
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thousand years ago; how does it effect my life? What significance does it play in my life? So, I want to talk to you a little bit about that.
And in order to do that we need to go back a couple thousand years. Let me paint a picture for you. It's the day that Jesus was going to be crucified. Use your imagination. I can see Jesus. He's surrounded by a group of Roman soldiers. He's in the midst of those. His back is bloodied and bruised. He's just been beaten with a lead whip. And I can see one of the soldiers come up and he's so proud of this crown of thorns that he just made: thick, long, two or three inch thorns. And he goes over there and he places it on Jesus' head. And he thrust it down. And you can feel the pain shoot through Jesus' body. And the sweat that's on His brow now becomes intermingled with the blood that's running down His face. And one of the Roman soldiers rips Jesus' clothes off Him. All He's got on is His loincloth. And they place on Him a purple robe, a robe signifying dignity. It's what the highest-ranking Roman officers wore. And they did this in order to make fun of Him. They wanted to insult Him, to mock Him, to make light of Him. And that's what they did. They placed Him in the circle. And they began to bow down in mockery. And they began to say, "Long live the King," and you know "Good health to the King." All mocking our Savior, our Lord and Jesus, a man who had done no wrong.
Sometimes to understand what the Resurrection means we need to see what Jesus went through and how He suffered the shame He bore for all of us. And at one point there, the mockery turned to violence. They took the purple robe off of Him and one translation talks about them blindfolding Him and punching Him with their fists and saying, "Prophesy to us now mister Messiah? Who hit you?"
See, don't think for a minute He didn't feel the pain. Don't think for a minute. He was human. He had emotions just like you and I do. But what a tremendous example He set for all of us. Don't you know, at one moment He could have called a legion of angels down there to wipe out all those around Him? But He didn't. He was so determined. He wanted to do His Father's will. He wanted to do what God had called Him to do. He willingly gave His life for us. He said at one point, "Father, this cup that I'm about to bear, it's so heavy; can You take it from me?" He said, "Nevertheless, not my will be done; but Thine be done."
And you know what happened on that Friday before Resurrection Sunday? They took Him up to the cross. One account says around noon that day and they nailed His hands into the cross. Have you ever thought about a spike going through your hand? Spikes going through your feet? I mean this is real pain, real suffering, real sorrow, and real heartache that the Lord suffered on our behalf.
And it's amazing to me because Jesus was crucified between two sinners. And in Jesus' darkest hour He was still reaching out, sharing His love and compassion. You know before it was over He had forgiven one of them their sins. In His darkest hour, He was still giving.
And the Bible says the sun refused to shine that day when they nailed Him to the cross. A little while later He cried out with a loud voice, He said, "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?" He was forsaken so that you and I wouldn't have to be forsaken. He was paying the price for the sins of the world.
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