Go a little deeper
At the tenth Church in the Park gathering, Pastor Luke introduces the day through Jesus' mustard-seed parable. Worship follows with children's participation, a reading from Psalm 150, and encouragement to praise God.
After worship, Pastor Keith introduces the theme of hope for everyone and teaches from John 14:6 and Luke 23, also referring to Matthew 27:44. He contrasts the criminal who demands escape from suffering with the one who acknowledges guilt, recognizes Jesus' innocence, and turns to him in faith.
Pastor Keith presents salvation as God's gift through faith in Jesus, available regardless of a person's past. Pastor Noah then leads a prayer of response and explains baptism as identification with Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection. Worship continues during baptisms, and the service ends with prayer.
Take this with you
Mustard-seed faith
Applying Jesus' mustard-seed parable in Mark 4, Pastor Luke encourages listeners to trust God even when their faith feels small. He emphasizes what God can grow from that beginning.
Two responses at the cross
Applying Luke 23:39-43, Pastor Keith contrasts demanding rescue with acknowledging guilt and trusting Jesus. He directs listeners to consider whether suffering leads them to reject God or turn toward him.
Grace is not earned
Using the criminal in Luke 23 and the gift described in Romans 6:23, Pastor Keith emphasizes that salvation comes through trust in Jesus rather than family background, church attendance, or good deeds.
Forgiveness and help in Jesus
Pastor Keith highlights Jesus' prayer for his executioners in Luke 23:34 as evidence of his compassion and willingness to forgive. He also uses Psalm 121 to encourage listeners to turn to God for help.
A public response
Referring to Jesus' teaching about acknowledging him publicly and the Ethiopian official's baptism in Acts 8, Pastor Noah encourages an open response to Jesus. He explains baptism as immersion identifying with Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection.
The conversation,
in their words.
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oh hey Central Oregan welcome to church in the park hey my name is Luke I'm the pastor at Journey Church in Redmond and I'm Pastor Chelsea the kids Pastor in B and we are just so grateful that we get to spend this day together lifting up and glorifying no other name but the name of
Jesus come on somebody can we give it up for Jesus well listen whether it's your first time at church in the park or this is your 10th time this is our 10th aniversary I just want to set the stage for what today is we're so we're so grateful that we get to be together you know there's something beautiful about gathering together in these wonderful spaces to lift up Jesus but far beyond just a worshiping Jesus in a beautiful environment I I believe that there's something that what we're doing today is setting in motion for what will happen for the years to come Jesus let me explain it like this Jesus tells us Parable he says hey how can I describe he says in Mark he says how can I describe the Kingdom of Heaven he says
it's like this it's like a mustard seed that you plant into the ground and though it's a small seed as it begins to grow it becomes the largest of the trees in the garden to which the birds rest on in the shade I believe what's happening today with everybody that's here and everybody that's still coming in and finding their spots here's what's happening today we're so in seeds into the kingdom of heaven today of Faith some of you today you're going to encounter God in a way that you've yet to encounter God I I I talked to somebody a few people actually before church in the park this this year and they said pastor it was a year ago it was two years ago it was three years ago that I was here and it's where I met Jesus and that's that's what we're all
about today you're going to encounter God some of you today come on it's about time to go public with your faith in Jesus and you're going to get baptized and covered by Jesus in The Grace of Jesus Christ how wonderful is that and I'm just so excited today listen whatever brought you here here's what I want to encourage you I love what Jesus teaches he doesn't teach us big Faith he teaches Mustard Seed Faith he says if you would just put a little seed in the ground and let God begin to work on that seed that God's going to do something so whatever brought you to church in the park today here's what I want to encourage you drop a little SE of faith in your heart drop a little seat of faith in what God's going to do if it's just God I want to meet you in worship I believe God wants to meet you here God I need to hear a word from my life for my family I believe the Holy Spirit wants to speak to you God I need a revelation man come on back tonight for Pursuit
night at 5:00 I believe you're going to encounter the presence of the Holy Spirit but today is for you I believe God wants to meet you where you are right here right now put a seed in the ground and watch it begin to grow and flourish here at church in the park also just want to remind you don't forget come back tonight we have at journey in Bend and at journey in Redmond we have this wonderful thing that we do called Pursuit Matthew 6:33 Jesus says it like this he says don't seek the everything that the world would have your what would we eat and what would we drink and what would we wear he says but seek first the kingdom of God and everything else will be added to you what we do at journey in Redmond and we do at journey and Ben we do this thing called Pursuit
where that's all we want to do is we want to pursue after the presence of God and we're bringing that right here to the park tonight at 5:00 so it's a beautiful time to hang out this morning hang out here in the afternoon come on back and let's have a time in the presence of God tonight at 5:00 what else is going onel hey that's so good can I just say y'all look so good out here we really do have the best view up here you guys look amazing amazing I just want to welcome Jonathan trailer and his amazing band they came from far and of course we got Journey B Journey Redmond up here and throughout so you know it's going to be an incredible day Pastor Keith is going to be bringing the word to Central Oregon right here at the park but before we get started you know we like to do things Journey kids style
Jonathan trailer style let's go let's go so if you're a kid I need you to come up to the front of the grass here come on up come on up go kids team I'm going to invite light you up we're going to dance and sing to Jesus Journey kids and Jonathan trailer style and hey kids listen up when the song's over don't leave because we have activity bags that are going to meet you right here so be sure to stay up here for that and hey everybody in the crowd you're dancing along with us right all right here we go organ family Make some noise Make some noise give God some praise come on I want the whole Community to hear give God a loud s of
praise come on if you're all in Let Me Hear You Make Some Noise hands up like this for Jesus on you're looking for somebody yeah somebody that will give you all you ask you're longing for a people a people so in love they won't hold back if this is what you require come on this is what you've been waiting for hands up and Hearts from fire I need you off your feet let's go 1 2 I'll sing
a little louder lifting my hands a little higher I'll PR a little wider I'm praising to nothing I'm all in nothing the put those together the light let's go Crystal so let me be your witness telling other wonders you have done let's go we building you an altar laying down our lives from you to come this is what you require this is what you've been waiting
for 2 I'll sing a little louder lifting my hands a little higher I'll dance my hands a little WI I'm praising till nothing's left nothing's left I feel a little louder lifting my hands a little higher I'll Dan I'll dance a little Wilder I'm praising so nothing I'm nothing left hands up like this let's go say we won't be The Quiet
Ones Our Praise won't stay behind these walls the church will rise and take a stand no compromise we give it all let me he say we W be the crying our pra will stand behind these walls the will rise no compromise it all we won't be F and was our prise won't SP Behind These Walls we won be quiet was our PR will s Behind These Walls go won't be The Quiet One let's go our prise will stand behind this
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louder lifting my hands a little higher I'll dance I'll dance a little wider I'm praising to nothing's left I'm all in and nothing less if you all in Let me here you make some noise come on I'm all in anybody all [Music] in amazing amazing so kids stay up here stay up here we've got some activity bags coming your way bring them on out and hey if your kids are in the back along the path you'll see some superheroes and bright orange vests they have activity bags for every one of your
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well good morning Journey Church I'm Crystal the worship director at Journey Redmond and I just want to take us one minute and just look around this park isn't this amazing that we get to be in the heart of Bend lifting the name of the Lord High I just want to encourage you let's press in let's not be ashamed this morning Psalms 150 says let everything that has breath praise the Lord so that's what we're going to do this morning amen Oregon family do me a favor give God a loud shout of Praise out here [Applause] that was cute guys that was real cute that was like a good seven I said give God a loud shout of Praise I want the whole world to [Applause] hear now listen I heard you so that means there's breath in your lungs right so the Bible tells me let everything
that has breath praise the Lord so if you have breath can we give God a loud shout of Praise One More Time come on cool cool we good so this is my uh this is my second time here at Journey right so last time I was here it was snowing amen and we were basically skating up to the hotel room it was fun but I came this time I was like it's all beautiful this is nice last time it was all hard mark look real nice but this is beautiful family thank y'all for having us this is amazing so I have a motto I don't hold back from God because God doesn't hold back from me amen so if you're used to doing this the whole time when worship is going forth
you got your hands crossed I dare you to lift your hands today cool if you're used to giving God that cute golf clap I dare you to like really really go crazy today if you're used to jumping like this not really jumping I dare you to go crazy today you feel me cool so we're not going to hold back from God because God doesn't hold back from us right so when we say jump and scream and shout I need everybody to go crazy not because I said so because God deserves everything amen so y'all ready y'all ready you got breath in LS Let's go Team let's go for it team heads up like this let's go I see you trying to get you ready I see you repeat after to
me let everything everything that has breath that has breath praise the Lord praise the Lord praise the Lord praise the Lord let everything let everything that has breath that has breath praise the Lord praise the Lord let's go for it I'll praise in the valley I'll praise on the mountain I hear you I'll praise when I'm short I'll praise when I'm doub Our Praise when our number Our Praise when surrounded y'all s good come on cuz Praise Is water my enemy drowning let me if you know it as long as I'm breathing I got a
reason to pray praise the Lord oh my Lord I've got a reason to pray the Lord for my soul I'll praise when I feel I'll praise when I don't I'll praise cuz I know you're still in control cuz praise is a weapon it's more a sound my praise is that BR down I need everybody jumping
let's go breathing I got a reason to come come oh my go to reason Lord oh my I won't be quiet I won't be quiet my God is alive how could I keep it inside come on say [Music] PR Lord oh hands like [Music] this yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah we have a reason to praise organ
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PR come on hands let's go we got breath in we got breath in the we got breath in the we got a reason you got a reason [Music] easy let everything that has breath that has breath praise the Lord praise the Lord praise the Lord praise the Lord let everything let everything that has breath that has breath praise the Lord praise the Lord now check it out some of y'all still real cute with y'all praise you're like praise the Lord praise the Lord some of y'all still holding back a little bit now listen I just want you to give God everything that's due to him
yeah so it's a lot of y'all y'all look amazing I want it to look like a whole sea of worshippers just jumping off the ground can we do that for a second wait wait for it now listen if you're a season saying like I don't feel like jumping just jump this time you can massage your knees later amen but can we give God everything I want everybody left to right front to back everybody off your feet when we get to that course all right you guys ready now check it out I won't be quiet my God is alive sing that again come on say I kind of believe you I kind of believe you break the
music turn the intensity up on your worship s so times I won't be quiet say I won't be quiet my god is I won't be quiet say I won't be quiet my god is got a reason [Music] [Applause] to got a reason [Music] got oh we
[Music] got and that was still only like 40% I'm going to give you one more time and we're going to keep it going this is our wor your workout this morning too amen listen I won't be quiet come on get out of your comfort zone come on say just High bring it all the way [Music] down that's nice that's nice
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the Lord praise the Lord praise the Lord praise the Lord let everything let everything that has W that has W praise the Lord praise the Lord praise the Lord praise the Lord give God some praise here come [Applause] [Music] on Hallelujah okay I think everybody's up now and the neighbors are either really happy or real like hey fam haven't had my coffee yet but I want the whole world to know that our God is alive so I can't be quiet our God is alive he's not dead Our God Jesus is Alive our King is alive that's good news has he been good to anybody matter of fact you don't even
got to tell me I see you standing there we could have been dead a long time ago we could we could have lost our minds a long time ago and I went through the pandemic anybody else go through through the pandemic too it was kind of crazy fam I could have lost it then but we're still standing because of the grace and the power and the love of God anybody grateful for the goodness of God like we're standing in his goodness do me a favor just look around look around for a second look at the trees look at everybody come on and take a moment just breathe in real just breathe in real quick and breathe out one more time breathe in breathe out I'm doing two things I'm trying to help you catch your breath one
second thing is every breath that we breathe is a personal gift from God Amen you believe that cuz I believe it with every breath that we breathe we should give God glory yeah so can we take a moment and just sing about the goodness of God yeah let's go 14 thank you Lord [Applause] you've been so so so good Say I Love You Lord everybody in all your mercy for your mercy never fails all my days all my days I've been
held in your hands from the moment from the moment that I wait until I lay until I lay my head oh I will see of the goodness of God we sing all my life you have been F and all my life you have been so so good with every bread that I am made I [Music] of the goodness of
[Music] God we will sing I love your voice we sing I love your voice you have led me through you have led me through the fire in the darkest nights in the darkest night you are closed like no I've known you I've known you as a father I've known you as a friend known you a I have lived in I have in the goodness in the good oh my life say oh my life you have
been F oh my life you have been so my life you have been so oh with every breath every breath I I will sing I will sing of the goodness of [Music] God I will [Music] sing let's do this PR together your goodness your goodness is running out it's running after me yes it is your goodness is running after running with
my life with my life laid down I'm surrendered now I give you [Music] everything your goodness is running out it's running out come on your goodness your goodness is rning is running out running out your goodness just running out out with my life laid down with my life laid down I'm surrendered now I give you everything your goodness your goodness is running after [Music]
running your goodness is running running after me all voices raised all my life and all my life you have been come on let the world he say all my life you have been so so good with every breath that I am made I will sing I will sing of the goodness God my time sing all my oh my
life my life you have been so so good every with every breath I how you s of goodness your goodness your goodness is running after it's running after me your goodness your goodness is running after running out when my life lay down when my life lay down down I give you everything say your goodness is
[Music] thank you Lord your goodness is running after me we love you Lord thank you for your goodness thank you for your faithfulness we're so grateful [Music] Lord can ween it one more time all my life on my life you have been every voice rais if you can
my with every breath what no microphones every every hand raised sing that come on all my life say with every breath come on oh I will see one more time one more time no music at all all my life say all my
yes you have Jesus all my every bre I will sing so I throw up my and praise you again CU all that I have is a high I know it's not
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he's a god of Revival you believe that he's not done he's still speaking he's still moving sing with us we've seen what you can do oh God of Wonders your power has no [Music] end the things you've done before in Greater measure you will do again there's no prison War you can break through no mountain you can move all things are
possible there's no broken there's no broken body you can raise no so that you can save all things are possible the darkest night say you can light it up you can light it up oh god of reviv let Hope arise death is overcome youve already won oh god of reviv oh you Rose in Victory we sing you Rose in Victory and now you're seated Forever on
the throne Forever on the throne so watch should my heart feel so why should my heart fear when you defeated I will trust in you alone there's no prison there's no prison is wall you can break through no mountain you can't move all things are possible there's no broken there's no broken body can ra no so that you can save all things are possible the darkness
night you can light it up you can light it up oh god of Revival let death is overcome youve already W oh god of Revival oh god of Revival he's staring something up he's doing something [Music] new come on sing what they say come awaken your people come awaken your city oh God every Rive pour it out pour
it out every strong home will crumble I hear the chain hit the ground I hear you come on oh god of Revival [Music] come aw in the city come awake in the city oh god of Revival pour it out pour every strong every strong will crumble I hear the chain in the ground oh god of Revival pour it out pour it out the darkest night the darkest night you can light it
up you can light it up oh god of let come death is overcome youve already won oh god [Music] of come W up come awaken the come awaken the city oh god of pour it out pour it [Music] out I hear the CH in the ground oh god
of come on come awaken come awaken you people come in the city oh god of [Music] [Applause] Revival every stold [Music] every oh God everybody P it out P it out oh oh oh oh god of revival can you lift that high say oh
oh oh God God come on make it real loud say oh oh yeah oh oh yeah God of r come on come [Music] on give me some sounds will come on make it loud we say [Music] oh come on LIF It Up Up God of
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awake yeah come awaken oh god of revive pour it out pour out every stronghold I hear the chains hit the ground chains the ground God of revive godive pour repeat after me pour it out say pour it out pour it out say pour it out pour it out say pour it out pour it out pour it out pour it out we need you now we need you now we need you now we need you now we need you now we need you
now we need you now we need you now say pour it out pour it out say pour it out pour it out pour it out pour it out pour it we need you now we need you now need you now we need you now we need you we need you [Music] pour pour pour [Music]
pour we KN it now we KNE it [Music] now the darkest night you can light it up you can light it up oh god of [Music] revive let Hope arise death has overcome and youve already won God of [Music] Revival God of Revival come on come on thank you Lord
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your name is the highest your name is the greatest your name stands above them all all Thrones and dominions all powers and positions your name stands above them all all the Angels Cry holy in all creation Christ ho and you are lifted High holy holy
[Music] forever if you've been forgi and if you've been rede sing s forever to L and if you walk in Freedom and if you his name sing a song forever to the lamb oh lift it up yes we sing a song forever and they and all the Angels Cry holy in all
creation if we are left it holy holy forever your people your people seeing holy to the king of King holy and you Al all [Applause] holy holy [Music] forever your name is the highest your name is the greatest your name
stands above them all do you believe it today all Thrones and dominions all powers and positions your name stands above them all your name is the highest your name is the highest your name is the greatest your name stands above them all all Thrones all Thrones and dominions all powers and possession your name stand above them all and all the Angels
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[Music] forever be holy holy forever he will always be he will always be holy holy forever you will always you will [Music] be holy forever can we sing this you're worthy of it all you're worthy of it
[Music] all yes you are for from you are all things into you are all things say you deserve the glory you're worthy of it all say you're worthy of of it [Applause] all you're worthy of it all sir you are worthy of it all for from you for from you are to you are all things you are you deserve you deserve the glory the music off voice his ways you're worthy say you're worthy you're worthy of it all you're
worthy of it all yall sound come on for from you are all things you are all things You Deserve You Deserve The Glory come on real loud you're worthy of it all you're worthy of it yes you are yes you are you are worthy of [Music] it for from [Music] you tell your things you for from you for from you to you are all things to you all for from you all from you all to you are all
things for from you are all things you are all You Deserve You Deserve The Glory last time you're worthy of it all all voices raised your [Music] you are all things you are all things deserve the glory wow Peter
had this Revelation when Jesus said what is everybody saying about me what's the word on the street some of the disciples they said like oh you're like Elijah John the Baptist reincarnate Peter said you are the Christ son of the Living God and Jesus said blessed are you Simon Peter The Rock because you didn't get that Revelation from Flesh and Blood you got it from my father and he says upon this Revelation I will build my church friends can I tell you something church is not what happens in a building because as you experience right here right now you don't need a building
a roof you don't need walls to experience the presence of God he says upon this Revelation I will build my church and the Gates of Hell will not Prevail against it come on in John 12 Jesus is speaking at another time and he says these words he says and when the son of man is lifted high he says I will draw all men to me the presence of God is at this place right here this is today Bethel the house of God As we sing you are worthy of it all here's what we're doing we're laying ourselves down we're lifting up the name of Jesus you know all across this park
as I look I see the logo or the emblem if you will of of Journey Church friends I pray that as we leave today that logo is insignificant and that there's one thing we know and we remember when we walk out of this place today and it's the mighty it's the powerful it's the wonderful it is The Only Name That Matters in this world and Eternity it is the name of Jesus Christ come on can we lift up the name of Jesus in this house come on give him a shout come on get out of your comfort zone and lift them up lift him up lift him up hallelujah praise Jesus Hallelujah means praise God but that word Hal in the Hebrew means like Crazy Praise not like golf clap praise that's a different
kind of Praise halel is like let's get a little funky praise let's get a little loud praise let's get out of our comfort zone praise come on can we give a little hell to yah to God can we praise God in the place [Music] today ah come on lift him up lift him up lift him up yes [Applause] Praise Jesus Jesus Jesus come on let's pray let's invite the presence of God to come speak to us through his word father thank you thank you that you have given us this day Lord we come here today with
expectations whether it be Mustard Seed size or God whe whether it be Revelation size it doesn't matter we come with expectations to encounter you and Lord thank you that your promise of Christ when we fix our eyes and focus our eyes when we lift up the name of Jesus God there you are inhabiting the Praises of your people and Lord as we come today we lift up the name of Jesus we say God come and speak through your word through your text I pray your anointing to continue to move in and through our lives as we encounter the Living God through Jesus Christ father we give you the praise and the honor and the glory in in Jesus mighty name amen amen come
on somebody one more time give it up for Jesus praise God hey all right my dad used to say this all the time I'm G pull it I told Chrystal My Worship pastor we were going to do it I said my dad used to say it like this he say listen I I want you for a moment to get a little rude and what I mean by that is I want you to point at somebody look at like Point you're not supposed to point it's rude to point at somebody but I want you to point like Point your finger at somebody and be like you look good today so look at somebody and to point at us give him a finger you look good today as you greet somebody grab a seat grab a chair welcome everybody who's watching via the live stream I'm so excited for what Pastor Keith has for us today come on somebody let's get into the word let's go everyone Church in the
park hey hey here's how we know it's a good thing when we got so many people there are so many people not even here yet at church in the park because we got all these buses trying to bust people in and do you know one of the buses broke down on the way here come on somebody anytime the devil tries to stop you from being a part of the church in the Heart of the City because we believe Central Oregon shall be saved that's when you know you're doing the good work of God so if we see people shuttling in here we got to give them some extra Grace today can we just have some extra Grace today some extra Grace in this place today hey if we've not had the privilege to meet my name is Pastor Keith and can we just give it up for this worship team with Jonathan trailer and Journey Church in Redmond Journey Church and bend I also want to give special honor to Pastor Luke and Stacy up in Redmond they launched Journey Church in Redmond
in 2020 four weeks before the world shut down with the pandemic most churches would have stop then but I'll tell you they are lifegiving church and redmen will never be the same because of Journey Church and redond we're so grateful for what God's doing we launched jurny Church in Bend 14 years ago in 2010 believing God's best we believe that hope is not for some people hope is not for a few people there is hope for everyone here today I want you to know that there's hope for everyone that's why we're here because we believe that Jesus can bring anyone hope doesn't matter how young you are Jesus can change your life doesn't matter how old you are it's never too late with God doesn't matter what kind of sin you've ever committed what you
did last night last year at any time in your life I'll tell you Jesus can save anyone if he could save me he could save you and today it's all about Jesus that's what today's all about now I realize with so many people here today there are so many different views on who God is I understand with so many people here there are different viewpoints on what eternal life is and what heaven is I know some of you have been brought up believing that good people get to heaven some of you here today might believe there are many different ways to get to heaven but I want you to hear the words of Jesus Christ he said in John 14:6 I am the way and the truth and the life no one comes to the father except
through me Jesus made it really clear there is an exclusive way to get to heaven he made it incredibly simple there is one way to get to heaven through Jesus Christ today you can know the confidence of where your hope lies in Jesus I want you to know the confidence in your heart that you're forgiven of all your sins Jesus said Inc said something incredibly simple that he is the way to experience eternal life now I want to ask you today do you know that hope that is found in Jesus he made it simple but over the years pastors preachers priests rabbis imams they've made it difficult they've made it about religion which is man's way to get to God but I'll tell you with Jesus it's not about religion it's not a burden to
bear it's all about a lifegiving relationship with almighty God through the person Jesus Christ Jesus loves you he saves you I'll tell you today Jesus demonstrated for us who he is he loved the little children when he brought a little 12-year-old girl girl back to life he shows us he loves the sick when he healed the lepers which were Untouchable he he brought sight to the blind I'll tell you Jesus demonstrates for us what kind of God we have he is for those who are hurting he is for those who need help he is for those that need healing and today I want to point you to the person Jesus Christ Jesus was slapped he was spit upon he was whipped so many times the Bible says that he was unrecognizable he had his beard ripped from his face he was stripped naked and
a crown of thorns thrust upon his head why would Jesus suffer like that he suffered like that because he willingly gave his life for you so that you would understand you do not have to carry the weight of your sin any longer Jesus Christ who is without sin took our sin on the cross and today I want to point you to that cross of Jesus Christ in the Book of Luke chapter 23 The Physician Luke writes about the life of Jesus and he tells us in Luke chapter 23 we read two others someone Shout two two others who were criminals were laid away to be put to death with Jesus and when they came to the place that is called the skull There They Crucified him and the criminals one on his right and one
on his left and Jesus said in Luke 23:34 father forgive them for they know not what they do and they cast lots to divide his garments and the people stood by watching ing but the ruler scoffed at Jesus saying he saved others let him save himself if he is the Christ of God his Chosen One the soldiers also mocked Jesus coming up and offering him sour wine and saying if you are the king of the Jews save yourself there was also an inscription over him that read this is the king of the Jews we're told that Jesus was crucified with two criminals it was not unusual for the Romans to crucify more than one person at a time
it was a punishment it was a penalty to show the world what someone did wrong the inscription above their head would read what they did wrong so that any person who saw that person crucified would understand this would be your penalty that you wouldn't mess with the Roman government and it was on this day that Jesus who was without sin was crucified in between two sinners this day would be like unlike any others that the Son of God God who is love wrapped himself in flesh who came to this world to show us what kind of God we have it was this God that was crucified this day in between two criminals I need you to know today you too are like those two criminals those two were Sinners just like every one of us the Bible says in
the Book of Romans 3: 23 for all have sinned and FAL short of the glory of God for all that means every single one of us sin is what separates us from God it can be a thought it can be a word it might even be an action sin could come in the form of greed gluttony Pride it's ultimately that which ends up in Brokenness and sin is what separates us from a holy perfect God and it was on this day that Jesus was crucified between these two Sinners all all of us are like one of these two Sinners all of us someone shout all all of us I want you to recognize these two criminals because they had two different responses
to Jesus and you are like one of these two every single one of us are like one of these two criminals you two have done wrong you two deserve some type of penalty for your sin so who is Jesus and what has he done for us we know that these two criminals they've done something wrong the Old King James English calls them malifa which just simply means they're criminals in the Book of Matthew these two criminals are called robbers another translation says that they're thieves that would have been what was written above their heads they are thieves they are robbers that's why they're put to death above Jesus head pilate who could not find fault in Jesus when he tried to figure out why these people wanted him arrested and put to death he could not find fault in him until the crowd said crucify him and so
pilate put above Jesus head this is the king of the Jews this is the only fault that they could find is he is who he claimed to be the king of the Jews the king of all Kings was crucified on the cross that day it was the King Jesus that did what needed to be done so that we would be forgiven of our sins oh the Jewish leaders tried to trick the government but Jes Jesus wasn't crucified because of the Jewish leaders oh the Roman government looked like they were ruling the world but it wasn't the Roman government that crucified Jesus he willingly laid down his life for each and every one of us Matthew tells us in chapter 27: 44 these robbers who were crucified with Jesus also reviled him in
the same way those who were being crucified did what those down below were doing to Jesus they reviled Jesus instead of revering Jesus and giving him honor and giving him worth and giving him praise that day they brought him down let me just tell you you've got to be careful to do what the majority is doing the crowds are not always right it's important today that you see who Jesus actually is in your heart do you know who Jesus is while Jesus was on the cross Dr Luke tells us that Jesus said a very short sermon we could call it a prayer when he said said father forgive them for they know not what they do you want to know who Jesus is he's a compassionate King he was actually praying for those who were persecuting him he loved those who were putting him
to death he actually shows us what kind of heart he has he is a god of forgiveness today and if you would turn to Jesus he will forgive you as well of every single sin you've ever done he will forgive you and set you free and you can know who you are in Jesus I want you to know today that Jesus wants to forgive your sins but he's not going to do it without you asking our God is a gentleman he wants you to trust in him to turn to him there seemed to be something that shifted in that moment of prayer when Jesus said father forgive them they know not what they do there was an argument that ensued between the two criminals that were hanging on the cross Luke 23:39 says one of the criminals who hanged railed at Jesus
saying are you not the Christ save yourself and us but the other rebuked him saying do you not fear God since you are under the same sentence of condemnation and we indeed justly for we are receiving the due reward of our Deeds but this man has done nothing wrong and he said Jesus Remember me when you come into your kingdom and Jesus said to him truly I say to you today you will be with me in Paradise Hallelujah you two are like one of these two men the first man on the cross questioned Jesus we all question God at some point in our lives we do what this
man did that day we want to way out of our problems this man looked at Jesus and with a cynical heart he asked Jesus if you are who you claim to be if you are what they say about you then why don't you do something about this so many of us will ask God the same question aren't you God why don't you do something about this suffering that I'm going through in this case the man was demanding an answer from Jesus although he was getting what he deserves he still wanted an easy way out we see his heart he didn't want Jesus so he did not get Jesus but this other man seemed to have a shift in his heart when he heard about the Forgiveness of Jesus something happened he rebuked this man questioning Jesus it was as if he said stop do you not understand this we are in our final
and last breath this is the moment we're about to face a just God who is Judge over all and we're getting what we deserve but this man Jesus according to Luke 23:41 he says he has done nothing wrong he who is without sin willing gave his life to take upon our sin he did not deserve death but he died for you my friends and it was this man that shows us what happens when we trust in Jesus instead of rejecting Jesus he trusted in Jesus you too have a choice today in your suffering will you reject God and run from him or will you turn to him and trust in him when you suffer what do you do with that suffering I want you to
know today that God knows everything everything you've ever been through Jesus promise I Am With You Always to the end of the age he gave you a guarantee today that he will never leave you nor will he forsake you today will you trust in him will you hope in him will you bring your life to Jesus Christ as we look at this man he said Jesus has done nothing wrong there were many people that day that did not get Jesus there were religious people at the cross and the religious did not get Jesus Jesus there were military men at the cross but the military men did not get Jesus there were political leaders that day at the cross but the political leaders did not get Jesus the public was there and they saw Jesus hanging on the
cross but they did not get Jesus I want to ask you this question whether you're in the military or whether you're a politician or maybe you're just here in the public today do you have Jesus because in Jesus you have a God That Forgives in Jesus you have a God that sets free in Jesus you have a God that will deliver you from any torment or depression or anything that's ever held you back you have a God that's for you and if he's for you who can be against you you have a God that wants to give you not only the gift of Grace today by believing him in faith but he gives you eternal life you can have the hope of glory and I ask you today do not wait until your last breath to trust in Jesus
you can have that hope today you too just have to call out on the name of Jesus this man who was condemned on the cross he was a criminal laid up for the whole world to see his sin do you understand that the people around you are hurting more than you might even understand they've done wrong they've carried a burden some of you today are full of Shame and guilt but I want you to hear those words from this man as he took a hug huge leap of faith he asks for the unthinkable he says Jesus this name Jesus changes everything shout the name of Jesus Jesus it's all about Jesus the name of Jesus is above all names the name of Jesus is the name by which we can be saved today oh the name of Jesus is the name that Hollywood
and actors and singers try to bring down they try to revile they use it as a curse word they use it flippantly because the devil does not want you to rever the name of Jesus but it is the name of Jesus by which you can be saved today this Criminal on the cross declared the name Jesus Remember me when you come into your kingdom it was this criminal that recognized the man being crucified next to me is a king and he has a kingdom and when I call upon his name I get to receive his kingdom and Jesus teaches us today you don't have to wait to get to heaven to experience Heaven you can start praying right now Lord let your kingdom come and let your will be done on Earth as it is in heaven oh my friends what
we're doing today is just a taste of Heaven oh you can smell that kettle corn right now you you can smell it oh you can see it around you right now look around you at the crowds of people one day when you get into heaven it's going to be a crowded place but I'm here to tell you Heaven is a place without sin he Heaven is a place without shame there are no problems In Heaven There is no pain in heaven I'm here to tell you that God wants us to start experiencing that now not someday but he looks at you right now and he sees the potential that heaven can come to Earth through you but you like this Criminal on the cross have to recognize your need and say Jesus Remember me when you come into your kingdom this man did not deserve eternal life he did nothing good to get into heaven for how good can you be to get
into heaven with a god that is perfect it's impossible this man had no hope this man was dying this man was stuck this man was hurting some of you here today are hurting some of you here today are stuck some of you here today do not have the hope of eternal life and I want you to know today you can turn to Jesus and he'll give you hope this man was a sinner that was forgiven of his sins this man needed help and he got it at just the right time I'll tell you all you've got to do is be sincere in your heart this man could not help himself his mama couldn't help him his daddy couldn't help him his friends couldn't help him whoever it was that stole things with him not even they could have helped him nor could even a judge help
him in that moment but there is one that could help him and that was Jesus do you know where to find help in your life Jesus come on the writer of old asked this question in Psalm chapter 121 this is what the writer asked I lift my eyes up to the hills from where does my help come from can you ask that question in your heart right now where does my help come from and the writer answers his own question the best preacher in your life is you you've got to start preaching to yourself where does my help come from this person says my help comes from the Lord who made Heaven and Earth I'm I'm here to tell you today we've got a God that helps us we've got a God that
gives us hope today in Jesus Christ he wants to help you today in Jesus he wants to heal you today in Jesus he wants to give you Grace today in Jesus he wants to forgive you today in Jesus he wants to give you peace oh it was the words of Jesus that said I have said these things to you that in me you may have peace Jesus says that he can give you Joy and he can give you to the full it's all found in Jesus look at the promise of Jesus in Luke 23:33 Jesus said to him truly I say to you today you'll be with me in Paradise Hallelujah that's why we Scream and Shout at the name of Jesus no one is beyond
Redemption no one has sinned so much that they can't be forgiven by calling out on the name of Jesus there's not a single person here today that can't receive the salvation and hope found in Jesus Christ if you would just call on his name if you would just believe in your heart that he died on the cross for your sins and if you'd be willing to be bold and confess with your mouth that he's risen from the grave that same power that Rose Jesus from the grave on the third day is the same power that fills you up today Jesus promise you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you God does not want to leave you the same he wants you to give the power of who he is we have one God in three persons God the Father the Son Jesus and the Holy Spirit come to Jesus today and you receed the power of
the Holy Spirit nothing is impossible with God my friends today you might wonder what God's plan is for your life I'm here to tell you with Jesus his plans are greater than your plans he's able to do more than you can imagine I'm believe this time today at church in the park is just the beginning of greater things to come we are believing over this region Central Oregon shall be saved in the name of Jesus I mean this genuinely with all my heart if he could do it with me he could do it with you if he could do it with me he could do it with you if he could do it with me he could do it with you he did it with a Criminal on the cross your divorce can't stop the grace of Jesus Christ your drug addiction can't stop the grace of Jesus Christ I'm here to tell you your homosexuality your
Identity or anything you've ever done in your life cannot stop you from the grace of Jesus Christ he does not look at you like the world looks at you there is no person here today that is overlooked there's no person so young that God doesn't want to do a great thing in your life there is no person so old that God's not finished with your life I'm here to let you know today that if you're breathing God's not finished with you yet there is hope for everyone we are believing that today salvation is not earned earned it's not something we deserve you cannot be born into the right family to be saved and get the gift of eternal life you do not get to Heaven by going to church it's not your good deeds that get to heaven This Man shows us it's Jesus that gets us there Jesus said today you'll be with me in Paradise he is truly the way and the life he is the way
to our heavenly father he is the one that we can turn to and Trust in I close with this promise from God's word that says for the wages of sin is death if you don't do something with your sin you will eventually die and be eternally separated from God the Lord does not want you to be separated from him the wages of sin is death you can't keep carrying that bitterness you can't keep carrying that unforgiveness you can't keep carrying what you did many decades ago or maybe what you even did last night but today the Bible says the wages of sin is death but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our lord would you accept this gift today the free gift of God is eternal
life in Jesus Christ it's a free gift to every person to every nationality to every person that's here today it is yours if you want it the Bible says that God gives the free gift of grace through faith You Must Believe In Lord Jesus you must call upon his name today if if you want that you don't need to join a church you don't need to be a Baptist or non- denominational when you get to heaven God's not going to ask where you a charismatic or conservative God's not going to look at your Doctrine or your Deeds or what you've done he's going to look did you receive the free gift of Salvation found in Jesus Christ if you've done that today God will transform you not by what you can do but by the Holy Spirit doing it in you today I want to give you that opportunity I'm
going to pray right now and as I invite the band up and as I invite Pastor Noah up here this is your opportunity to respond please don't wait for another day do not wait for a better day God does not ask you go get your life right first and then you can believe in me God does not ask you go fix your life and then you can follow me when you believe in the Lord Jesus that is one step of allowing Jesus to transform your life he will set you free from drug addiction he will set you free from the torment of the lies that are playing on in your mind if you want to be heal tonight come back to Pursuit night at 5:00 p.m. we're going to worship and we're going to pray and we're going to see healing we're going to see deliverance and we're see God do Mighty things but you've got to have the faith to believe it there's nothing more important than Jesus Christ will you join me in
prayer Lord today we thank you for this glorious day that you've made you've done a good job Lord we rejoice in what you've done I thank you that you made every person that could hear my voice right now and I know that you love them Lord Lord you taught us that for God so loved the world so we thank you today for that great love that you've given us and I trust you Jesus that you've had your will in your way today that Holy Spirit you are speaking to Hearts right now even as I talk to you that you're preparing us for greater things God give us a vision of what you can do I can only imagine with all the faith right here in this park the potential of what can happen God I pray Sinners would come home right
now I pray those that thought they were lost whether they're in the military whether they've gone back to drugs over and over whether they've cursed you and they've wondered God can you forgive me I pray today this would be the day of forgiveness this would be the day of salvation oh I thank you God that this example of this criminal shows us that all things are possible we believe you Jesus we call upon your name I trust you in the name of Jesus so be it and amen and amen can you give Jesus a big hand clap of Praise can you thank him for who he is I want to invite Pastor Noah up now as he gives you the next steps of here's what to do now if you want to believe in Jesus Pastor
Noah what Journey Journey Church I want to let you know something each and every single one of you you're not here by accident in fact you were here on a purpose you may have thought you were invited here or you brought yourself here but reality is is Jesus has started a good work in your heart you are here for a very specific Divine Purpose and that purpose is because God wants you to know him and you to receive forgiveness mercy and eternal life he wants you to know who he is and experience all that he has for
you I don't know if you have a a god concept to where he hates you but I want to speak to that person right now in the name of Jesus that he loves you I don't know who put that lie in your head but right now I'm going to tell you that you have a God who is all merciful and loving and right now you can know who he is it's through the blood of Jesus that when we accept Jesus as our Lord and savior it's by his blood and his forgiveness that he he took all of our sins upon us on the cross and then when he did he went down and then he defeated sin and death forever because of this Jesus the forgiveness of sins you right now can
know your heavenly father your sin no longer separates you right now is a holy moment right now is a holy moment and right now the holy spirit is going to speak to you do not let this moment go the waste I'm going to ask you two questions here today one have you put your faith and belief in Jesus for the Forgiveness of your sins and you know that you know that you know for a fact that when you die here on Earth you will live in heaven and the second question is have you been baptized before baptized with
water if you don't know how to answer this first question in a moment I'm going to provide you with the opportunity to receive Grace and mercy and eternal life if you've never been baptized before I'm going to say do not wait today is your day so in this moment I'm going to ask that people would close your eyes and bow your heads down the reason why I'm asking you to do this is so we can get all distractions away from us because right now the holy spirit is going to speak to your heart Holy Spirit right now I'm asking in the name of Jesus that you would search every heart right now in the name of Jesus Lord I'm asking for all those who are feeling anxiety that they will know as
your spirit speaking to them all those right now in the name of Jesus God I'm asking if they feel ashamed or bad about themselves right now I thank you you're the one who is not actually speaking where there's a real spiritual war going on for their souls and so Jesus right now I'm asking you reveal yourself to each heart in this place on the count of three for those who are putting their faith in Jesus for the Forgiveness of their sins for the first time I'm going to ask that you keep your hand in the air on the count of three this is so I know who I get to pray for today one choose eternal life now do not let let this moment go to
waste you are here for a purpose you don't know what tonight holds you don't know what tomorrow holds choose life now two out of all of the decisions in life you will never ever regret this one and three for those who putting their faith in Jesus for the first time would you raise your hand and would you keep that hand up that way I know who I'm praying for today don't let this moment go to waste respond to Jesus if there's anyone who has anger in their heart I want let you know Satan does not want you to know who Jesus is
he's a great deliverer yes yes yes would you keep that hand up it's okay all right you guys can put your hands down now I'm going to ask that everyone in this crowd would repeat a prayer after me because it's necessary for those who put their faith in Jesus for the first time that we confess with our mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord and we believe in our heart that God has raised him from the dead and will be saved so those who are choosing to put their faith in Jesus for the first time today and who are choosing to rededicate their life to Jesus today I'm going to ask that you repeat this prayer or something like it out loud with me would you say
something like Jesus forgive me of my sins I choose to follow you I confess that you are my Lord and Savior that God you have raised Jesus from the dead I commit my spirit in my life to you I choose to receive your Holy Spirit in Jesus name amen amen hey Journey will we give a loud clap of praise for those who are choosing to receive Jesus today the Bible says Heaven has a party when his children come home but now I'm going to ask you guys
to do something bold I'm going to ask you to do something C courageous in fact Jesus said if you acknowledge me before others I'm going to acknowledge you before the father but if you deny me before others I'll deny you before the father and today we actually get to practice that we get to practice acknowledging Jesus declaring our allegiance to Jesus through one step and that is baptism right now you guys get to be baptized in the water baptized simply means immersed when we go to get baptized we choose to get immersed underwat because we're identifying with jesus' death his burial and his resurrection so when you come out of that water you are raised to life in Jesus you are a new
creation so I want to recognize that there may be some confusion around this area and we have an amazing baptism team to my right over there at the river that would love to connect with you and answer any questions so whether you've been baptized as a baby or you've been baptized multiple times and you just feel like you can't get out of this rut we would love to connect with you but right now I'm going to encourage those who are choosing to get baptized today that not do not wait do not wait be obedient now you don't know what tomorrow holds be obedient now if we look at the book of Acts uh Philip in the Ethiopian unic this the unic was reading scripture and he had no idea what it was saying
and the Philip a disciple of Jesus he comes by and he helps the unic uh understand the scripture and as the the unic believes they're writing in their Chariot and they come by a body of water and the unic says see what's preventing me from being baptized and they get baptized Journey I'm going to charge you with the same question we got a body of water a river right here what is preventing you from being baptized be obedient now so during this last song might have everybody stand to their feet here real quick during this last song I'm going to ask that uh those who are choosing to be baptized would you go head over to to the baptism area down by the river for
the rest of us we're going to praise we're going to worship Jesus one last time as they go get ready and in line amen oh Lord Jesus we thank you for today Lord we bless you and I thank you for what you're doing and so Lord have your mercy on your people we love you we thank you for what you've done today amen [Music]
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Small faith and the kingdom
Pastor Luke applies Jesus' mustard-seed parable in Mark to faith that may begin small. He encourages listeners to trust God and expect him to work, rather than assuming that faith must already feel large.
Mark 4:30-32
- How does Pastor Luke use the mustard-seed image to encourage small beginnings in faith?
- How does the image of growth shape his emphasis on God's work?
The two criminals at the cross
Pastor Keith discusses Luke 23's account of Jesus between two criminals. He contrasts the demand for escape with the second criminal's acknowledgment of guilt and trust in Jesus, and applies the contrast to how listeners respond to suffering.
Luke 23:39-43 · Matthew 27:44
- Which of the two criminals do you find easier to identify with, and why?
- What does the second criminal recognize about Jesus that the first one misses?
- How do you tend to respond to God when you are in pain or trouble?
Forgiveness on the cross
Pastor Keith highlights Jesus' prayer for those crucifying him in Luke 23:34 as an expression of compassion and forgiveness. He invites listeners to turn to Jesus for forgiveness, while Romans 3:23 establishes everyone's need for it.
Luke 23:34 · Romans 3:23
- What does Jesus' willingness to pray for those crucifying him reveal about God?
- How does Pastor Keith connect everyone's need for forgiveness with Jesus' response on the cross?
The free gift of salvation
Using the dying criminal in Luke 23, Pastor Keith describes salvation as received through trust rather than earned through religious effort. He connects this with Romans 6:23 and Jesus as the source of access to the Father in John 14:6.
John 14:6 · Romans 6:23 · Luke 23:39-43
- Why is it significant that the criminal had nothing good to offer in exchange for paradise?
- How would you explain the difference between religion and relationship in your own words?
- What might make it hard to believe that grace is a gift rather than something to earn?
Responding in baptism
Pastor Noah explains baptism as immersion identifying with Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection. He connects public acknowledgment of Jesus with baptism and uses Philip and the Ethiopian official in Acts as an example of responding without delay.
Acts 8:26-39 · Matthew 10:32-33
- What does it mean to you that baptism is described as being immersed to identify with Jesus?
- What might hold someone back from responding to Jesus publicly, and how does this sermon address that?
- How does the Ethiopian official's story encourage action now rather than later?
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What was the main message of Church in the Park 2024?+
Pastor Keith centers the message on Luke 23's two criminals crucified beside Jesus. He contrasts demanding escape with acknowledging guilt and turning to Jesus in trust. He uses the second criminal as an example of grace received without good deeds to offer in exchange.
What does the pastor mean when he says hope is for everyone?+
Applying the criminal's response in Luke 23 and Romans 6:23, Pastor Keith teaches that a person's past does not place them beyond Jesus' grace. He emphasizes salvation received through faith rather than earned through good deeds, church attendance, or family background.
Why is the second criminal important in this sermon?+
In Luke 23, the second criminal acknowledges guilt and recognizes Jesus' innocence. Pastor Keith emphasizes his trust that Jesus is a king whose rule extends beyond the crucifixion. Jesus' assurance that the criminal will share his presence becomes the message's example of grace and hope.
How did the service invite people to respond?+
After the sermon, Pastor Noah invites first-time believers to raise a hand, leads a prayer of confession and commitment, and explains baptism as immersion that identifies with Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection. He points to a river nearby and calls people not to wait. The service then moves back to worship as people go to the baptism area.
What did the worship portions of the service emphasize?+
The worship portions repeatedly emphasize praising God with everything: Psalm 150 is quoted, worship leaders encourage the crowd to lift hands and make noise, and songs speak of God's goodness, revival, and the power of the name of Jesus. There is also a call to breathe and remember every breath as a gift from God. The sermon later builds on that worship emphasis by lifting up the name of Jesus as the only name that matters.
