Open Eyes, Open Hearts

Summit family unit. One thing I will never grow tired and I never ever want us to become numb to seeing God's miraculous power to save in and through our community here. Listen to this.

Just last weekend we know of at least 20 people who made professions of faith and committed their lives to Jesus Christ at least 20 people repented of their sins and were safe we do celebrate that for a moment. One area I am personally thankful for in 2021 is that God has given us a clear vision of who we are as a church and who we are. A disciple making disciples.

Our mission, our mission is following the Holy Spirit.

We exist to create a movement of disciple making disciples in the triangle and around the world, every disciple of Jesus is worshiper member of God's family servant to others.

A steward of God's resources and a witness to the world as disciples of Jesus Christ.

We are the five identity simultaneously. Each identity is important essential in our pursuit of the Christian life.

In light of this clear vision and direction I am.

I'm greatly expected of what God wants to do in and through us. Disciple making disciples this year. Now very specifically.

Here's what you need to know this February.

I am asking everyone I'm calling everyone who calls some a church home to make a commitment to being a disciple making disciple were calling this my discipleship commitment.

We believe this is a unique time for each of us to make a personal commitment to growing as a disciple making disciple we've always been committed to this and I know many of you have been living this out for years. So whether you're brand-new to it, or whether this is just a new will. Let's commit together to be disciple making disciples.

And so towards the end of this month. February I would be calling our entire church during the week and service to join me in making this commitment.

This renewal, however, before you commit on encourage you to take some time to prayerfully consider what this commitment needs to be talking about it in in a week and services in which the common or small groups, but I want to give the Holy Spirit chance to make this real to you today don't you join me over the next week or so to and asking the Holy Spirit to show us how he wants to use us as a disciple disciple now one my discipleship commitment is to be for everyone.

There is something coming up at a special for only the ladies of the summer church matters are Summit women's conference on March 5 and six.

This is an event for for for for the women at all or some campuses of whatever age to grow together as worshipers of God and family members with one another.

There are both in person and online options. As we here are our teacher and speaker JD Edwards teach the realities of our new life in Christ, Joyce, the joys of abundant life that come through a body you get more info. You can register today at Summit women's conference.com now.

This weekend we are honored to welcome back one of our favorite all-time preachers here.

The summer church. We actually haven't seen quite a few years is truly one of my best friends, of going on over two decades.

Your real friend show their their faithfulness over time.

Clayton King is certainly done that for me playing this game with me through thick and thin that when I first started preaching I wanted to be him. He's one of the most unique individuals on the planet. He is super funny is wicked smart. He is incredibly godly and really country save Jeff Foxworthy, Billy Graham and Dwayne the rock Johnson somehow had a get together it will be claimed that when you see them. You might mistake him for another one of our favorite preachers and that is Joby Martin. Let me show you. So as you can see the both ball when you hear them you realize they are both extremely country and let's face it either of them could easily be mistaken in an airport for pro wrestler stone cold Steve Austin, or maybe a bald Garth Brooks Bliss address you might be good reason for their similarities. Clayton was adopted as a baby and over the past couple years he's begun finding members of his biological family for the course of discovery, sisters, aunts, uncles, nephews and nieces. Clayton discovered that he had a cousin who was a preacher named yes it Joby Martin like the Bible says force must be extremely strong with his family is on the bottle but enough about Job. Clayton is the president and founder of Clayton King ministries, a parachurch organization that serves churches in the next generation all over the country while also serving as one of the teaching Masters at new spring church in South Carolina. He and his wife Shari have two boys, Jacob and Joseph knows of which seems to be following in his father's footsteps again for stronger abuse and anointed man of God. He's one of the greatest evangelists of our generation is back. I knew of multiple members of our church came to know Christ, to Clayton's preaching.

You hear the summit or somewhere that he engaged in the community Summit family, which you put your hands together and help me welcome our friend Pastor Clayton is good to be back at the summit. I have so much history here pastor JD and I met in the 1900s. He was a student at Campbell and I just graduated from Gardner Webb Campbell is where you go when you don't have the grades to get into Gardner Webb and JD and became an immediate friends and now for 25 years.

I can honestly say that pastor JD is one of the godly is the most consistent, steadfast, faithful and humble man of integrity I've ever met my life and I knew this church when it was still called Homestead Heights back in the day so it is really really good to be back thank you JD for your friendship and for the way you inspire me. There's no better gospel preacher, there's no better pastor. The Bible says that we should give honor to those who teach and preach and there is no better teacher and preacher of this book, the Bible and pastor, JD, and I am honored to be able to preach here at the summit today for the next 2 1/2 to 3 hours so I hope you are ready to hear a word from the Lord. I do greet you from your spring church, also from the great state of South Carolina. My wife Shari my two boys, Jacob and JoJo said hello and that this is just a real treat for me to get to a phone call from JD to say hey give me some time and come and preach to our folks are the summit. I'm so proud of what God is doing here at this church so proud of how God is using this church to be disciples who were making disciples and you are literally impacting the world you've Artie seen that Joby Martin, are our cousins also found this out. I feared if you take notes which I hope you take notes if you're taking notes the time of my message is very simple. Open is open hearts.

This will talk about from the gospel loop when the series called In-Stat were looking at Jesus through the eyes of Luke.

Luke, who by the way, wrote almost as much if not more, by word count, and the apostle Paul in the New Testament, Luke, who wrote the gospel of Luke and then finished it up with the part two, which is called the book of acts or acts of the apostles electrical asked the Holy Spirit, myself, and Luke shows us some things about Jesus from the perspective of a medical doctor with a keen eye for detail. Also, from the perspective of potentially a Gentile someone that was outside of the Jewish faith, and I am excited to be able to preach tonight this message from the gospel of Luke as we continue in the series. One of the things I found out I had my eyes and my heart opened recently when as pastor JD is Artie announced. I was able to find and locate my biological family. I always knew that I was adopted.

Growing up I thought it was cool and special because my parents told me it was cool and special. There was a bully in elementary school in the first grade and he was making fun of me one day about a Polaroid picture to show itself and showed them the picture of my mom and dad and I told them that I was adopted October the whole story in this bully in the first grade. He was in eighth grader that had been held back a few years and he was picking on me and he said I'll never get this is exactly said that right middle class. He said you must've been the ugliest baby ever born because your mom took one look at you and said I don't want him and she gave you away name as a first grader that her I had a pretty good self-esteem great mom and dad that hurt my mom who adopted me, my real mom should she pick me up at school that day that this was 1980, 1981 and she drove along the yellow Ford LTD.

It was registered in three counties. It was so big and I got in the front seat with her no seatbelt and she tells upset. She said what's wrong with you and a lot of said nothing and she said, was it that big bully Michael was.

He picking on you again as he had a habit of doing this is it yes ma'am she said what did he say to you is what took my picture for show and tell and I told the whole school law class at least about being adopted.

How wonderful that was, and Michael said I was ugly baby and that my mom didn't want to keep me because I was so ugly and my mom was 5 foot four fountain in South Carolina as country is cornbread married to a Baptist deacon sang in the choir on Sunday morning even used where robe in the choir all the paint a picture for this petite little gentle southern Bell named Jane King who looked at me and with all of the love and compassion and grace of a true southern mama. She looked at me and she said tomorrow and once my mom called down and decided not to murder a first grader. She said you go to school tomorrow and you tell that big bully that his parents got stuck with him and they couldn't give him back but we got to pick you out like going to the pet store and picking out the cutest puppy we took one look at you and we said we want that one right there now was in the first grade known up.

I want to draw your attention to the Scripture that I'm about to read with that true story mom mom Vince spoke prophetically to me. She did not know she was prophesying but she was my mom said to me, son. Your hours we adopted you to come a moment in your life, son be adopted again to be adopted in the family of God. Most of this can come up a time in your life and were praying that it soon where the Holy Spirit opens your eyes to the love of Jesus and opened your heart to the gospel. When that happens you to get saved and she said mean your dad can already see a call on your life. We know that God's hand is on you when you opened your eyes, and he opened your heart. You'll understand what it really means to follow Jesus.

That was one of the first memories I have of mine in my entire life of feeling the Holy Spirit begin to open up my understanding like no real cartoons when when the little little light bulb would pop up over somebody's head and they just began to understand it.

That was a moment for me when I began to listen for to look for to try to somehow as much as I could, as a little kid discern what was to be like for me to one day be adopted in the family of God. I knew how special it was that the love of my mom and the love of my dad. I knew how special it was that they chose me. I didn't choose them, but they pick me. I didn't pick them, and I began to dream about what it might feel like one day to know that kind of love from God. So that's what we do in this series today at Summit churches. I want to forever school campus and those of you watching at home right now. If you need to put your coffee down to go get a copy of your Bible. If you need to get out your phone if you're watching on your iPad or whatever. You have a copy of God's world to read. This along with me because this is literally my favorite story in the Bible and I'm not saying that because I'm just preaching it tonight. This is literally my go to passage.

I love this Scripture and read it straight through from Luke chapter 24 versus 13 the following and see how Jesus opens hearts and how Jesus opens our eyes and it's so fun for me because the series is called instep and were literally going to see Jesus take thousands of steps with two men who need to have their eyes and their hearts opened in this passage of Scripture. Thousands of little physical steps as they walk 7 miles side-by-side on resurrection Sunday okay Luke chapter 24 verse 13. Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about 7 miles from Jerusalem.

Side note this is a real place of been there been Israel nine or 10 times now and this is a real place and that road is still there, at least in parts today.

Verse 14. These two men were talking with each other about everything that had happened, and as they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them but they were Out from recognizing him. Last week's message. We heard the story of Zaki is now Zaki is climbed up in a tree to try to see Jesus in Luke's gospel when he told stories about people you meet Jesus. There always seems to be something between that person and Jesus always seems to be a distraction, or a roadblock or something that a barricade of sort these two men are walking home from Jerusalem to their city.

There village of Emmaus. It's a 7 mile walk and this is me set the tone for you before I continue. This is resurrection Sunday, Jesus has literally just raised from the dead. This is not like the second Easter, the 10th, Easter, the 2000th Easter. This is the original.

This is the Easter morning. Now before I go a little bit further, I want to draw your attention to this. If I were trying to save the world build a platform follows trying to preach the good news message the gospel I would just in my own flesh. I would think if if I am raised from the dead. I do not spend my victory lap walking with two random guys to a no-name village 7 miles from Jerusalem. If I wake up alive on Easter Sunday morning after I was just crucified and murdered by sinners three days earlier. I'm going to the temple. I'm going to appear on the steps I'm going to show the whole world hears you. I am under the notes to the whole world right here right now that I am the son of God that I'm resurrected from the dead, but you know that's the difference between you and Jesus and me in Jesus.

He's God, we're not. He decided to go pursue two guys and spend the whole day with him and already is are talking about Jesus when Jesus just happens to appear and walk with him and as they walk and talk together about these things, Jesus appeared in verse 16 says they were kept from recognizing him. Now we understand the awkwardness of the moment. We also understand that Jesus is about to actually do the original Jesus juke. He is about to go in for their sake and for ours. Verse 17 Jesus asked them what are you discussing together as you walk along the point this out. Jesus knew exactly what they were talking about Jesus never asks you a question because he need you to tell himself, and he doesn't know he's God.

He knows it all. He knows everything. He is sovereign. He is omnipotent and omnipresent and omniscient.

There's nothing that Jesus doesn't know even understands math, which blows my mind as I think math is like a tool of Satan to destroy the universe because it's so confusing. I think all the answers are 666 is not a math guy. Jesus is not asking them this question for his sake. He's asking for their sake and they answer balls.

As I stood still, their faces downcast, and one of the mantras and was clear. She's the only one is named and he asked Jesus a question are you only a visitor to Jerusalem and you do not know the things that have happened there in these days. What things Jesus asked in the story begins to progressing. They responded Jesus question about Jesus of Nazareth. They replied he was a prophet powerful in word and deed before God and all the people the chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death and they crucified him, but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it's the third day since all this took place. In addition, some of our women amazed us.

They went to the tomb early this morning but didn't find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels.

Who said he was alive then some of our companions.

We know that was Peter and John and some of the disciples. So these men were well acquainted with the 12 disciples. They were probably among the 70+ disciples they had already heard the story some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women that said they didn't see Jesus and Jesus said to them verse 25. How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter his glory. Verse 27 and beginning with Moses now Moses this morning when they begin with Moses. That means Genesis, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, the first five books the tour the Pentateuch. I just I just read. I'm not. I'm not boasting, because I don't think I retained any of it. One of our pastors in our church read challenge some of our pastors to do this thing. At the beginning of the year because it knew Springer alabaster work: the fear of the Bible and and and we have of almost 20,000 people in our church were reading the Bible this year and we expect to see a revival like we've never experienced amusement church because of it and Brad challenge us to do this thing called the 30 day shred we read the whole Bible, a group of us in 30 days 30 days not. It read all of it.

Also got a got you version out to read it to me in a Scottish accent.

It's a lot easier to do it that way if you try to Scottish British guitar British good Irish and he gets out of that. There's all kind of other actions to pick one of the things I realize reading through the books of Moses is there is already a foreshadowing about Jesus starting in Genesis chapter 3 when the prophecy is spoken that the serpent will will bruise his heel. But he will crush his head.

Jesus starts in Genesis and starts right there in the books of Moses, and he gives them a Bible study beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he explained to them what was said and all the Scriptures concerning himself.

They had a personal Bible study from the guy that wrote the Bible. This is really ironic to me, Jesus, who is the gospel is preaching the gospel to clear person's friend, but gospel declares the gospel to these men bring about a study from Jesus within the 7 miles is up there at their house. Their destination is there suppers on the table they're hungry. Verse 28 says they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus acted as if he were going to go farther but they urged him strongly stay with us for is nearly evening. The day is almost over so Jesus went in to stay with them. They invited Jesus in and Jesus said yes Jesus will always come workings invited Jesus will always say yes when asked. Romans 1013 says anyone that calls in the name of the Lord will be saved to Jesus comes into their home. This is where the story gets extremely powerful when he was at the table with them. Verse 30 Jesus took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized any disappeared from their sight. They asked each other were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures tell us then they got up and returned at once to Jerusalem and they found the 11 and those with him assembled together and saying it is true.

The Lord has arisen and has appeared to Simon and these two told what happened to them all the way and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread, there's so much I could say and so little time to say and also I hope the spirit of God will guide me to say the most important things for you watching at home for you to summit campus today because in this passage of Scripture we see eyes and we see hearts we see their eyes open.

We see their hearts burning their eyes are open their hearts are burning. This is how God works. God has to open our blonde eyes to his love God has to stir up our hearts people as well attempt what are you a Christian and I could go into a long apologetic discourse with the quick answer I give people the Christian for two reasons. I learn this in seminary from our professors because it makes sense, and it feels right. It just makes sense and it just feels right, and no one can be a Christian unless God through his spirit opens eyes and touches hearts we know that to be true, but the point of this story is how Jesus was willing in his please omit this Jesus was willing in his mercy and his grace to go after two guys who wanted to know the truth, he could have walked right into the middle of the Pharisees and the Sadducees. The quorum meeting he could've walked into the temple, and he could have called down angels.

He could have stirred up a storm. He could've called down fire Jesus and all authority, all power, but instead of showing all his glory, which was rightly, is that day by show of force and power. He showed off his glory that day.

But going after two men whose hearts were burdened for blind and I'm telling you cussing at 35 years in my life, cussing, Jesus still do this.

Still to this day.

Does this so point out a few things to you from the Scripture number one talking about Jesus doesn't mean you know Jesus talking about Jesus doesn't mean you know Jesus is together talking about Jesus.

They do not know Jesus in 1995 your graduate from college I went to Louisiana I was preaching revival at Walker Baptist Church in a car with my friend named Jerry. Jerry was a rugby player for little while.

George know my bill big injured are in the car and and and we saw hitchhiker in Louisiana and Austin Jervis plover pick up a hitchhiker is like. You'll pick up contractors in Louisiana don't kill you, and unlike what would Jesus do so. Jesus, you can we pick up a hitchhiker hitchhiker gets in the front seat I get in the back seat because I convinced Jared that the hitchhiker tried the thing is, I watch pro wrestling.

Growing up I would know exactly how to put it out of his misery. I do the Richler figure 4 from the backseat up in the sleeper hold Michael Cogan.

I know how to protect myself Louisiana others good hitchhikers in South Carolina. We long story short the guy's name was Joe. We start talking master worries from he's in Angola now you don't know this, if not from Louisiana but there's only one thing called Angola in Louisiana it's the state penitentiary where the death row inmates are held us and how long have you been gone from Angola. He said what time is it and and we didn't know if this guy had been let out of Angola or if you escape from Angola and he starts asking us for drugs like you guys got any weed you guys got the shrooms you got any gummy acid about cocaine and preacher of always looking for a good story muscle evangelist and so from the backseat.

Unlike Joe, we will have any weed we got something way better than waiting. Jared is a pastor son is looking me in the rearview mirror like one of you been hiding from equally and and Joe goes what you have us a better than weedy goes all men you you guys got cocaine all around the white horse like this is better than cocaine. At this point Jared shaken his head like a hole all of my faith in God is just been rattled Clayton King as a drug dealer I want the drug dealer I was trying to get Joe to listen to me because I will share the gospel with it is one thing leads to another will come on man, I haven't had anything in so long and I'm ready to get high party with you young guys what you guys have us a joke. What we have is free of charge and you never come down and it just keeps getting better and better and better and it's actually called Jesus, I thought I was to have this epic moment where I get to lead this got a Jesus right there in the car. Joe looks at me from each firm surrounding the city looks at me and goes, Jesus up in the pit alone, never heard of in a roll it up I'll smoke it with you boys. He literally he literally thought Jesus was a drug that that's that's my hitchhiker story. But for a lot of people. Maybe you that your Jesus story. We talk a lot about Jesus. Democrats talk about Jesus. Republicans talk about Jesus, former Pres. Trump talked about Jesus current Pres. Biden talks about Jesus. Ronald Reagan talked about Jesus.

George Washington talked about Jesus. Everybody talks about Jesus. But if this story proves anything, it should prove to you talking about Jesus doesn't mean that you know and doesn't mean you know it. I can talk about calculus. I don't know and don't understand it. Don't want to. And the same is true when it comes to the son of the living God. These men are talking about Jesus, but they didn't have a full understanding of the good news of the gospel and so Jesus pursues them.

Which brings me to my second point. And I don't miss this. If you're looking for Jesus. He will show himself to you. If you're looking if you want to see Jesus if you want to hear Jesus if you experience Jesus, maybe on our campuses today or maybe you're like in the passenger seat of a car watching this on the phone or maybe you're in your bedroom or your sit at the kitchen table drinking a cup of hot chocolate or tea or coffee or whatever if you really want Jesus to reveal himself to you I give you my word based on the Scripture. He will find a way to reveal himself to you. I could tell you story after story up in the 50 countries. 1555 zero 50 countries, and I've seen holy man that have started their whole lives in Tibetan Buddhism in the in the in the mountains of the Himalayas in north India.

I walked into their villages and they have asked us. Are you the people who come to tell us about Jesus and did you bring his book and we new commissioners never been there wanted Jesus appeared to that commitment is markedly because that Tibetan Buddhist monk really want to know God. He was open. These men want to Jesus there open to it.

And Jesus appears Jesus comes to them. Jesus reveals himself he shows himself to them. If you really want to know Jesus will reveal himself unifying life.

Jesus is the source piece Jesus is the source forgiveness. Jesus is the source hope.

Jesus is the source and reveal himself to you so much.

Full name is Clayton Ryan King's name that my parents gave me when I was adopted I was 14, I gave my life to Jesus and I was on my knees and ultra small little Pentecostal church in Greer, South Carolina, and pray and receive Christ. And while I'm blue, literally literally asking Jesus to save me for my sins, I sense action also say it.

I heard a voice tell me to preach the gospel and I didn't know any better. So I said yes, I'll do it. So 14 in the eighth grade and my great aunt had a prison ministry so much church I was just lost in the Jesus I knew about Jesus migraine and invites me to boost to the prisons with maximum and minimum security prisons, some 14 years old and I'm walking him to prison to like teach Bible studies to inmates and one night at a small prison in my home near my hometown. My answers get up and give your testimony tonight get up and preach. So I get up German testimony preached and I just gave an invitation touching the pastor to force a given imitation in some men came down. This is how God will reveal himself to us will show it to you in my life. I was really struggling with whether or not God had called me to to preacher been evangelist and I just needed something I need God to affirm it to me in some way because I had other dreams I was pursuing sports and specifically football that I had my life planned out and then here comes the gospel here comes the grace of God, and now I'm like there's no preachers in my family but I'm up there preaching and I given imitation and these prisoners come forward to the altar and so I ended up praying with one of them. So there were men that started praying with the prisoners from our team and I pray with a guy long, long curly hair and we sat down on the ground and I live in the sinners prayer and we get done praying.

I said hey man, congratulations, you need to get baptized now by the way, what's your name and the rest of his name is what's your name, he saw lines. Ryan us in the school, my middle name is Ryan and he goes really well while because your names Clayton Ryan us again because my middle name is Clayton I like what are the chances and then just just for kicks and giggles. I said what your last name is a king and you can just say that that's a circumstance and that that's just, you know, random, but I know in my heart that my good heavenly father was pursuing me in step with me my whole entire life in the moment I was. I was spared from abortion when my mom got pregnant with me and she couldn't keep me and decided to give me a life and not take my life got up and walking with me, Jesus had been in step with me the whole entire time in my name is Clayton Ryan King in the first person I got to leave the Jesus was Ryan Clayton King you know what I could stay here all night and tell you more stories just like that big or crazy or weird it would blow your mind, but nothing tops the one in Luke 24 where Jesus himself spends the whole day with these guys because he wants to explain to them so that there is can be open and that is the final point only from the Scripture, no matter how close Jesus is your blind into your eyes are opened and that's not a bad thing is true no matter how close Jesus is. I grew close to Jesus. My whole life.

But I did not see him. My eyes were blind. I went to church my whole life.

But that was a deacon in which a Baptist church as a kid. My parents were Southern Baptist mom.

I went to Presbyterian Christian school for 11 years. My grandfather was Pentecostal kick can we just pause for second notice. Let that sink in. I was raised Baptist Presbyterian, Pentecostal, and I need serious counseling and therapy, if not bad is present in the cost unit means right always predestined to speak in tongues while eating fried chicken and drinking wine at a elders meeting a couple of people asked on healthcare what temperature at the block literally like these because my eyes were blind until I heard the gospel until I heard the good news until God did something in me. I open my heart was open. I responded nothing happens to these guys will show you how this is what I believe happened. I believe this Walmart Jesus comes inside their home when they open the door. Revelation 320. Jesus himself says. I stand at the door and I knock and if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come and have fellowship with him. They invite Jesus and he comes he always says yes he sits at the table with him, the son of trust son of intimacy as a son of a friendship and here's what here's where it really gets interesting about us as Jesus took the bread he prayed and gave thanks, he broke the bread, he gave it to them when were their eyes (their heart open.

I don't know when this moment was for you. For me I was 14 at an altar in Greer. I don't know if it's for you tonight. Like today, like right here in your life that you might be watching this. Three weeks after I preach at midnight because you are an insomniac you might be watching this two years after I preach it.

You might be on our campuses right now sitting in that seat right there and something is beginning to stir in your heart you with these men said in our hearts not burn within us.

When he opened the Scriptures to us as we walked along the road, but the moment that our hearts were open their hearts to been burning inside of them.

But there are opened and the scales fell off her heart was completely open the gospel when Jesus breaks the bread and give it to them and I can't prove it but I just have a hunch, but here's what happened. The bread of life. Jesus Christ takes the bread and breaks. How crazy is that Jesus, the bread of life breaks the bread and gives it to them to watch my hands. Just watch me.

This is not rocket science.

This occurred to me one morning in a deer stand seriously, I'm reading this and I have a mental image of what it looked like in the moment Jesus did this, he he breaks the bread any. He hands it to them what they see. They see the scars of a Roman crucifixion on his wrists.

They see the only human being to ever walk around freezing after 9 inch long rusted bloodied recycled railroad spikes were driven through his wrists. They see the scars, the same ones that Thomas will be invited by Jesus to touch with his own hands. They see the scars, the same ones that John will say in first John chapter 1 that which we have seen what I heard with our ears touched with our hands. We proclaim to you when they saw the scars of a crucifixion like a lightning bolt.

Their eyes are open their hearts are open, and they realize this is him everything he said is true and he is alive in any kept his promise in these men get up at dark and walk several miles back to where they just came from to testify as witnesses.

We sing the risen Christ. The women were right Peter and John were right we seen him. He's the King of Kings and Lord of lords, and I believe that while I've been preaching this message tonight that by the grace of God, not by delivery of it.

Somebody's heart is been open somebody's eyes have been opened and it might be you but I'm telling you is do not ignore what you been feeling in your heart. Do not step over or dismiss the King of Kings and Lord of lords, because he will go to great links to get you to find your tracking down.

He's been tracking you and step with you from the moment you were conceived in your mother's womb, and the moment you find yourself in right now could be the lining moment of your life because you have your sins washed away.

You can have a brand-new story can be reconciled with God and then reconcile with people. I'm telling you, I bet my life that this is true because it's true for me. It's true for thousands of people right here in this church and billions of people around the earth. The question is it is it true for you.

Is it true for you. True for you so well invite you to do right now in every location today. Every one of our Summit campuses watching Aland watching at home watching the coffee shop watching an automobile. I would ask you if you would close your eyes and open your heart to Jesus right now. Everybody just do this.

We pray together. I would invite you to close your eyes, your physical eyes and open your spiritual heart and only invite you to invite Jesus inside clear business plan invited Jesus in he came because Jesus always comes somebody's already said yes. So just like they asked Jesus to walk to the door of their home. I will invite you to asked Jesus to walk to the door of your heart open it up to them and the minute you invite them to come in your heart, your eyes will be fully open. You'll see them for two years so that she when you're ready to you are ready right now to repentance of your sin, to bring your brokenness, your shame, your pastor regrets to bring all of that Jesus and trust his grace given to you through Christ to believe he was crucified in your place to take God's wrath away to believe he was raised from the dead to give you a new life. If you are willing to believe that and I know some of you are because Jesus is drawing you pray this to them right where you are, eyes closed, hearts open and you don't have to print out loud you can print your heart he can hear you he's waiting on you.

He's waiting on you asking in right now pray this to in your heart. Whoever you are Jesus on the eye can't be saved without so I invite you in open my heart to you, Jesus, please save me right now, I repent of my sin I give you control.

You are Lord and I'm yours. Rescue me Jesus I give you my past much shame not future by eternity.

I give you everything Jesus miser opened my heart is yours.

I'm all in Jesus name master. Keep your eyes closed in your hearts open every campus, every location watching online, you will be the only person in the room you're in a mobile roasted with your family or friends asked to do something right now, eyes closed, hearts open. If you just pray that prayer to Jesus of Nazareth and you trusted used for that pretty and not to me. The Jesus want to do something right now, do not hesitate, don't delay, don't make an excuse, I will indicate that you just get elected Jesus by raising your hand straight up above your head right now.

Would you do that every campus in every location which keep them up for just a moment, just keep him up. Keep your hands up keep your hands up every location in a coffee shop in the car in your house in your bedroom which you raise your hands right now know your hand up you just indicated to Jesus that you're his. We got some next steps at some of to tell you about a few moments. Because of the summit will help you become a disciple that makes disciples you put your hands down low. Don't pray Ella thank you for every person in this room, and the rooms all around her campuses and bedrooms and living rooms and kitchens, coffee shops, wherever the people who just pray to receive you just met you.

Thank you that you pursued them all the way to that spot and revealed to them your love and your grace and mercy's right now on to say to you, Jesus. You are worthy to receive the reward of your suffering. Thank you for everyone that you just saved Satan in the name of Jesus you've lost another great number two kingdom of God. They been bought with a price. They belong to Jesus. Now not you and God. We know that you will keep them in the palm of your hand. According to John 10. Trust your grace to sustain every new believer that just opened their eyes and open their hearts by your grace. In Jesus name we pray. Amen