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WELCOME
MY NAME IS HECTOR MORA
I AM THE PASTOR AT VISION LONG BEACH, WHERE MY DEAR FRIENDS, THE TORRES FAMILY ATTENDS
I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE PRIVILEGE TO SHARE SOME WORDS FOR US TO CONSIDER TOGETHER
LET’S PRAY
THIS STORY SPEAKS TO SO MANY SITUATIONS
We have a dear brother, father, grandpa, uncle, son who was sick
A man who had served his country
A man who had raised his boys and cared for his wife
A man who had his flaws, but who later in life had his flaws rectified by His Savior.
We, as his family, would have come to Jesus with the same petition:
“Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick”
To which Jesus would say
“This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the son of God may be glorified through it”
THE REALITY OF THIS TEXT IS THIS:
THAT THOUGH JESUS HAS, IS, AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE GLORIFIED THROUGH MR.
TORRES’ LEGACY.
IT STILL HURTS.
FOR THE ONE WHO BELIEVES, THIS HURT, THIS PAIN, THIS SORROW, IS NOT LEFT UNDEALT WITH.
IT IS NOT AS IF THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE
WHO CREATED MR.
TORRES
WHO DREW HIM UNTO HIMSELF
WHO CALLED HIM HOME
IS JUST GOING TO SIT THERE AND LEAVE US ORPHANS TO A PAIN THAT CAN BE OVERWHELMING
ITS NOT LIKE OUR GOD IS SILENT
ITS NOT LIKE OUR GOD HAS FLED THE SCENE
IN FACT, WE CAN TRUST ONE THING
FOR THE ONE WHOSE MIND IS SET ON HIM,
THAT THE GOD WHO CALLED MR.
TORRES HOME
RECIPROCATED THAT ACTION WITH A COMFORT THAT ONLY HE CAN PROVIDE.
JESUS, AS HE PREACHED TO PEOPLE WHO DID NOT KNOW HIM YET
SAID THIS
MATTHEW 5:
IT IS LIKE THIS:
AS MR.
TORRES’ PRESENCE FLOODS HEAVEN
THE CREATOR OF HEAVEN ITSELF FLOODS OUR LIVES HERE ON EARTH
AS MR.
TORRES ENTERS INTO GOD’S PRESENCE
GOD’S PRESENCE COMES INTO OUR LIVES
THE GOD OF THE BIBLE, IS THE ONLY GOD, WHO STEPS INTO THE HARDSHIPS OF LIFE
THOUGH WE MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THE “WHY”
THOUGH THE FRAGILITY OF LIFE LEAVES US HURTING
THOUGH SIN CAN EFFECT US SPIRITUALLY AND PHYSICALLY
IT DOESN’T CRIPPLE THE ABILITY OF THE LORD
IT ACTUALLY ACTIVATES HIS CHARACTERISTICS AND HIS IDENTITY
IT BRINGS TO LIFE ALL OF HIS PROMISES
IT BRINGS COMFORT TO THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING
IT ALLOWS US TO EXPERIENCE A SIDE OF GOD THAT ONLY THE HURTING CAN EXPERIENCE
AND THAT IS THE COMFORT OF HIS PRESENCE.
IN TALKING WITH RENE, HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN, THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THE WHEREABOUTS OF HIS FATHER
RENE HAS SAID THINGS LIKE THIS:
HOW YOU REACT TO IT CAN CHANGE YOU FOREVER
“HE HAS MOVED TO A NEW ADDRESS”
“HE HAS MOVED INTO THE MANSION THAT THE LORD HAS PREPARED”
“I WONDER IF THERE IS A POST OFFICE IN HEAVEN” HIS DAD WORKED FAITHFULLY AT THE USPS
ISAAC, RENE’S SON SAID THIS:
“IT IS HARD LOSING A LOVED ONE, BUT KNOWING THEY’RE IN HEAVEN WHERE THERE IS NO PAIN AND SUFFERING, REALLY EASES THE PAIN”
I’M SURE THERE IS MORE THAT HAS BEEN SAID
I MENTION THESE, BECAUSE IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE CONFIDENCE THAT IS FOUND WHEN MEN TRUST THE LORD
OUR STATEMENTS REGARDING HEAVEN ARE UNSHAKEN WHEN WE BELIEVE IN FAITH
WE CAN REST ASSURED THAT OUR FAITH IS NOT IN VAIN
BUT IN HIM WHO STRENGTHENS THE FOUNDATION WHEN THE STORM COMES.
MOST OF US ARE LIKE MARTHA, COMPLAINING ABOUT THE DEATH OF LAZARUS
WE ASK “WHY SO SOON LORD?”
“WHY DOES IT HURT SO MUCH?’
“IF YOU HAD COME INTO HIS LIFE SOONER, MAYBE HE WOULD HAVE LIVED LONGER”
THIS COULD LEAVE US DEFEATED
THIS COULD SUCK EVERY OUNCE OF FAITH FROM OUR LIVES
IN THIS MOMENT, JESUS WOULD SAY TO US:
“YOUR BROTHER WILL RISE AGAIN”
WE, LIKE MARTHA, WOULD LEAN INTO OUR THEOLOGY AND RESPOND:
“I KNOW THAT HE WILL RISE AGAIN IN THE RESURRECTION AT THE LAST DAY”
JESUS STOPS HER IN HER TRACKS:
“I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE
I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE
HE WHO BELIEVES IN ME, THOUGH HE MAY DIE, HE SHALL LIVE.
AND WHOEVER LIVES AND BELIEVES IN ME, SHALL NEVER DIE.
DO YOU BELIEVE THIS?
SEE FOR THOSE OF US WHO BELIEVE, DEATH ISN’T THE END BUT THE BEGINNING
MR.
TORRES BELIEVED IN CHRIST, THOUGH HE HAS PASSED, HE IS ALIVE FOREVER MORE
BUT WHAT ABOUT US, WHO ARE ALIVE TODAY
DO WE BELIEVE?
CAN WE SAY YES AND AMEN TO WHAT PAUL MENTIONED IN
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