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 Welcome to our Resurrection Sunday service.

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 On Resurrection Sunday, we are reminded of the very heart of Christianity

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 because at the heart of Christianity is not a system of belief or a philosophy,

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 but a person, Jesus Christ.

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 At the heart of Christianity is not an abstract principle,

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 but a concrete person, Jesus Christ.

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 It's tempting to try to reduce Christianity to a set of manageable rules,

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 but we must not do that because to be a Christian is to be a disciple of Christ.

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 Christianity is a religion, yes, but it's also a personal dynamic relationship.

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 And this sets it apart from all the other major religions of the world,

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 which provide people with a set of instructions, a way of living.

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 Zoroastrianism teaches its adherents to pursue good thoughts, good words, and good deeds.

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 Hinduism delineates four objectives of the human life,

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 namely righteousness, wealth, sensual pleasure, and freedom from the birth-rebirth cycle.

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 Buddhism tells people to follow the four noble truths and the eightfold path

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 in order to attain nirvana or enlightenment.

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 Islam prescribes its five pillars,

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 a declaration of faith, prayer, almsgiving, fasting, and pilgrimage to Mecca.

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 In stark contrast, the greatest command of Christianity is to love God.

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 Christian scholar Ravi Zacharias writes in his book,

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 Jesus Among Other Gods,

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 Jesus did not only teach or expound His message,

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 He was identical with His message.

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 In Him, says the Scriptures,

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 dwelt the fullness of the Godhead bodily.

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 He did not just proclaim the truth,

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 He said, I am the truth.

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 He did not just show a way,

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 He said, I am the way.

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 He did not just open up vistas,

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 He said, I am the door,

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 I am the good shepherd,

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 I am the resurrection and the life.

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 I am the I am.

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 In Him is not just an offer of life's bread,

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 He is the bread of life.

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 In this sense, Christianity is unique,

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 but because of its uniqueness,

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 precisely because it's so counterintuitive,

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 it's easy to lose sight of it

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 and replace Christ that's at the center of Christianity

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 with something else.

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 And a similar forgetfulness

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 was threatening to undo the Corinthian church

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 that Paul is now writing to.

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 And they were so enamored with their own brand of spirituality,

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 they rejected the doctrine that God's people would,

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 at some point, be resurrected from the dead.

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 And because of their error,

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 they were jeopardizing the very doctrine

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 of Christ's resurrection itself,

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 which they believed.

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 And so Paul writes this passage to remind them

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 that we must hold fast to the gospel

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 of the resurrected Christ.

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 That's the main point of this passage.

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 And I will talk about that in three sections.

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 First is the communication of the gospel

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 in verses 1 to 2.

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 Secondly, it's the content of the gospel

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 in verses 3 to 7.

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 And thirdly, it's the character of the gospel

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 in verses 8 to 11.

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 First, we see Paul's communication of the gospel

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 in verses 1 to 2.

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 He begins by saying,

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 Now I would remind you, brothers,

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 of the gospel I preached to you.

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 I'm going to say this word a lot

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 throughout this message,

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 so please listen now for what it means.

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 What is the gospel?

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 The gospel is Christian shorthand

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 for the good news of Jesus Christ.

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 It is the good news of the person and work

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Who he was, the promised Messiah,

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 the king that was to come,

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 the savior of the world,

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 and what he did.

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 So his person, who he was,

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 and what he did,

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 namely dying on the cross for our sins

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 and rising from the dead

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 to redeem us from our slavery to sin and death

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 and to give us new life.

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 That's the gospel.

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 It's the good news of Jesus Christ

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 and that he made his relationship with him

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 possible through his life and work.

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 And it's important to remember that

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 the gospel is good news.

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 And insofar as it is news,

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 the gospel must be communicated.

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 It has to be preached.

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 Some Christians insist that actions speak louder than words

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 and that preaching the gospel is old-fashioned

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 and doesn't suit our times.

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 They quote Francis of Assisi,

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 a 12th century Christian preacher

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 who allegedly said,

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 preach the gospel at all times

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 when necessary, use words.

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 As appealing as that sounds,

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 Francis never said any such thing.

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 What he did say is found in the rule

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 that he wrote to guide the Franciscan order

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 of the Christian monks.

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 And it reads this way,

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 no brother should preach contrary

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 to the form and regulation of the Holy Church,

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 nor unless he has been permitted by his minister.

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 The minister should take care not to grant this permission

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 to anyone indiscriminately.

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 All the friars, however,

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 should preach by their deeds.

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 Far from diminishing the importance

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 of the verbal proclamation of the gospel,

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 Francis wanted to ensure

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 the faithful proclamation of the gospel

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 by restricting who gets to preach.

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 And on the other hand,

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 he permitted all people

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 to preach by their deeds.

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 Because the gospel is good news,

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 it is always necessary to use words.

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 Of course, good deeds always accompany good news.

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 But good deeds apart from good work,

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 good news,

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 divorce from the good news

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 doesn't do anyone eternal good.

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 That's why Paul says here,

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 he preached the gospel to the Corinthians.

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 The word preach is actually

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 a verbal form of the word gospel,

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 which goes to show

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 that it is in the very nature of the gospel

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 itself to be preached,

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 to be proclaimed.

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 And then Paul recalls

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 the response of the Corinthians

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 to his preaching of the gospel.

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 He continues in verses 1 to 2,

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 Now I would remind you, brothers,

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 of the gospel I preached to you,

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 which you received,

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 in which you stand,

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 and by which you are being saved,

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 if you hold fast to the word I preached to you,

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 unless you believed in vain.

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 We see the progression of the gospel here in this verse.

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 First, it was received.

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 That refers to what happened in the past.

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 Second, it is the gospel in which they stand currently.

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 That refers to what the Corinthians are doing in the present.

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 And then third,

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 it is the gospel by which they are being saved,

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 meaning that their salvation will only be consummated in the future time.

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 And because of this past, present, and future reality of the gospel,

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 we must hold fast to the gospel of the resurrected Christ.

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 Paul says,

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 If you hold fast to the gospel,

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 if you hold fast to the word I preach to you,

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 that parallels the phrase,

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 the gospel I preach to you,

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 the word is shorthand for the gospel here as well.

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 So Christians who do not hold fast to the gospel

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 will fail to experience that final salvation,

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 which still lies ahead in the future.

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 This is why we must daily preach the gospel to ourselves.

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 This is why Christians gather weekly to preach the gospel to themselves.

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 This is why I preach the gospel every time I come to preach,

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 even when everybody in the audience is Christian.

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 17th century Christian pastor Richard Baxter

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 expressed this sentiment in one of the poems that he wrote.

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 It reads this way,

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 Still thinking I had little time to live,

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 My fervent heart to win men's souls did strive.

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 I preached as never sure to preach again,

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 and as a dying man to dying men.

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 Well, how should preachers men's repenting crave,

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 who see how near the church is to the grave?

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 On no day do I think of myself as preaching to the choir.

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 I preach to you urgently, earnestly,

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 because we must hold fast to the gospel of the resurrected Christ.

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 As Paul says at the end of verse 2,

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 Those who do not hold fast will have believed in vain.

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 Having exhorted them to hold fast,

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 Paul then explains the content of the gospel in verse 3 to 7.

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 This gospel is not something that Paul came up with by himself

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 in one of his brainstorming sessions.

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 Rather, the gospel that Paul preached to the Corinthians,

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 which they received,

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 is something that he himself also received.

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 He says in verse 3,

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 For I deliver to you as of first importance

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 what I also received.

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 Paul used this expression of delivering what he received earlier

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 in 1 Corinthians 11,

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 which we talked about on Friday.

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 By the way,

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 we've been in 1 Corinthians for a while.

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 I don't know if you want to change the battery,

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 or is there something?

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 I can just...

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 I can just...

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 Can you guys hear me?

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 Yeah.

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 So I can just...

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 I just preach like this on Friday,

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 so I'll preach like this again.

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 This mic might come flying to one of you guys.

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 I move my hands so much when I preach.

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 The language of delivering what he has received

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 is a language of faithful transmission

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 of what he has himself received from the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 So he's saying that he's faithfully passing on

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 what he has received from the Lord Jesus himself.

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 And this, what he's about to articulate,

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 the gospel,

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 is not something that's of secondary importance

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 for Paul.

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 It is something that he says is of first importance.

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 And the gospel of Jesus Christ,

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 which is at the heart of Christianity,

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 this goes back to the very beginning,

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 to Jesus.

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 And it's crucial that we get this,

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 especially for all of us,

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 but for Christians who are trying to live by the gospel.

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 Because, yes, it's important that we believe

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 all of the right and true things

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 that are taught in Scripture.

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 But it's also important that we believe

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 all the right things in proper proportion.

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 Think about it this way.

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 There's a bodybuilder

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 who has the biggest biceps in the whole world.

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 It's twice the size of your thighs.

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 But imagine that he skipped leg days

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 when he went to the gym.

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 So he has skinny chicken legs.

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 If you look at him,

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 he would look hideous and aily.

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 Because the best bodybuilders in the world

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 don't just try to build big muscles.

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 They try to build big muscles

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 in proper proportion

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 so that it looks good.

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 So that it looks human.

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 So that it looks right.

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 Similarly, we have to believe

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 all the truths of Scripture,

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 but we have to believe them

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 in proper proportion.

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 And this, what Paul's about to tell us,

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 is of first importance.

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 In Matthew 23, 24,

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 Jesus accused the Pharisees

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 of missing this particular thing.

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 He said that they were keeping

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 the smallest minutiae of the law

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 while neglecting the weightier matters

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 of the law.

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 Christians can do the same.

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 Among all the good and right things

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 that we believe,

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 the gospel of Jesus Christ

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 is the first important.

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 That's the heartbeat of Christianity

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 because it's the good use

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 of the person and work

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 our King and Savior.

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 It's what makes us tick.

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 It's what makes us go in life.

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 It's what makes us get up

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 in the morning.

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 It's what we are most passionate about.

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 It's what we are most eager

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 to share with anyone that we see.

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 Sure, the Bible does call us

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 to be good stewards

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 of our environment.

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 The Bible teaches that.

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 But if you're more passionate

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 about Earth Day

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 than Resurrection Sunday,

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 then there's something profoundly

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 amiss about your theology.

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 The Bible does call us

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 to be loyal subjects

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 of the governing authorities.

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 But if you're a patriot

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 before you're a Christian,

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 if you're more passionate

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 about Independence Day

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 than above Resurrection Sunday,

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 then there is something profoundly

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 amiss about your proportions

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 of belief.

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 The gospel of Jesus Christ

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 is of first importance.

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 And Paul succinctly summarizes

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 this gospel in verses 3 to 5.

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 And because of the balanced structure

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 of verses 3 to 5,

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 and because Paul explicitly says

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 that it's something

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 that he's passing on

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 that he received in this form,

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 most people,

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 most who study the Bible

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 conclude that verses 3 to 5

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 is a formal early Christian creed.

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 It probably goes back

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 to 33 AD or so,

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 which is around the time

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 when Paul visited the apostles.

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 And that's probably

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 when he received this creed.

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 So this is as ancient

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 as you can get.

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 So the gospel that he's teaching here

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 goes all the way back to Jesus

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 probably within the lifetime,

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 really, within years,

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 a few years of Jesus' lifetime.

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 And this gospel formulation

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 in verses 3 to 5

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 has an A, B, A, B structure.

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 The first and third clauses

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 deal with the death

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 and resurrection of Jesus,

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 and they both include the phrase

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 according to the scriptures.

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 And then the second and fourth clauses,

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 they verify the first

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 and third clauses respectively.

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 You'll see what I mean.

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 The first clause states this,

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 that Christ died for our sins

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 in accordance with the scriptures.

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 Paul is referencing Isaiah 53, 5 to 6,

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 which prophesies about Christ in this way.

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 He was pierced for our transgressions.

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 He was crushed for our iniquities.

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 Upon him was the chastisement

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 that brought us peace,

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 and with his wounds we are healed.

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 All we like sheep have gone astray.

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 We have turned everyone to his own way,

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 and the Lord has laid on him

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 the iniquity of us all.

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 Some of you might wonder,

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 if you are quite perceptive,

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 that if this is a prophecy about Christ,

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 why is everything in the past tense?

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 And that's because in the Hebrew,

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 there's what grammarians call

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 the prophetic perfect.

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 In order to convey the fact

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 that what God says about the future

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 is as sure and certain

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 as something that has already happened,

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 when the prophets use prophecy,

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 they use what they call

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 the prophetic perfect.

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 They use the past tense to indicate

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 that it's as sure as if it had already happened.

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 And so this prophecy,

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 recorded in 8th century BC,

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 800 years before Christ,

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 accurately predicts that Jesus

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 would be an unusual messianic king.

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 One who would come to reign, yes,

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 but one who would first be pierced

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 for our sins,

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 crushed for our iniquities.

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 But Paul's not merely saying

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 that this one specific Old Testament passage

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 spoke that Christ would die for our sins,

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 but all of scripture,

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 he says,

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 Jesus said in Luke 24,

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 27 speaks about him.

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 So all the institutions

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 from the Old Testament,

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 the Passover lamb

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 that was sacrificed

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 for God's people,

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 the sacrificial system

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 with atonement for sin

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 through the sacrifice of animals,

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 all of that ultimately pointed

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 to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus.

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 They foreshadowed his coming

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 and his death.

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 So that's why Paul writes

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 that in accordance with the scriptures,

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 Christ died for our sins.

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 The language that he died for our sins

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 is referring to atonement,

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 which is a cleansing or removal

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 of the defilement and punishment

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 that we deserve because of sin.

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 Sin is an offense against God.

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 It's a violation of the will of God,

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 rebellion against God.

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 And by living for our own glory,

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 for ourselves rather than living for God,

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 as we were created to do,

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 we have all sinned.

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 For this reason,

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 there was enmity between God and man.

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 We were God's enemies.

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 David Wells,

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 a local theologian

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 at the Gordon-Kylew Theological Seminary,

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 he puts it this way in his book,

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 The Search for Salvation.

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 Man is alienated from God by sin,

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 and God is alienated from man by wrath.

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 It is in the substitutionary death of Christ

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 that sin is overcome and wrath averted

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 so that God can look on man without displeasure

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 and man can look on God without fear.

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 Sin is expiated and God is propitiated.

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 This is the reality that Paul is speaking of.

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 Christ died for our sins

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 so that those who entrust themselves to Jesus Christ

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 for salvation have their sins forgiven,

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 they have their debts paid,

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 they have their guilt absolved,

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 they have their penalties satisfied.

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 Do you know this truth?

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 That when God looks at you,

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 if you are in Christ,

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 that he does not see the squalor and filth of your sin,

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 but that he sees the light and glory of Christ's righteousness.

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 That when God looks at one of his children,

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 that he does not see a failure and a disappointment,

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 but his beloved child.

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 When you feel the weight of your own sins,

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 remember this truth that Christ died for your sins.

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 Christ died for our sins so that you would not have to,

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 the only man that ever lived who did not have to be punished for his sins,

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 because he did not sin.

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 The Holy Son of God himself,

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 he bore our sins and paid its exacting penalty.

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 As a confirmation of this truth,

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 Paul moves on to the second clause of the creedal formula in verse 4,

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 that he was buried.

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 This verifies Paul's first claim that he died.

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 He was dead and buried.

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 He was laid in a tomb cut out of a rock

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 and a large stone was rolled in front of it to seal the entrance.

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 There's a sense of finality to that statement that he was buried.

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 But that's not the end of the story.

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 In the second half of verse 4,

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 Paul moves on to the third part of the creed,

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 which parallels the first.

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 He says that he was raised on the third day

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 in accordance with the scriptures.

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 Unlike the preceding phrases,

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 this one in the Greek is actually in the perfect passive tense.

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 So it should be translated that he has been raised.

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 Paul says that intentionally to convey the fact

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 that not only was Christ raised back then at that point,

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 then to die again later,

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 but that he has been raised

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 in the sense that he was raised once

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 and that he still lives,

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 that he remains the risen Lord.

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 When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead in John 11,

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 though Lazarus came back to life,

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 he lived for a while and then died again.

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 He was raised only to temporal life.

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 But Jesus' case is different.

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 When Jesus was raised from the dead,

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 he was raised to eternal life.

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 That's why later in verse 23,

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 Paul describes Jesus as the first fruit of the resurrection.

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 All those who have put their faith in Jesus

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 will soon share in that eternal resurrection life

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 when Christ returns.

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 This too was in accordance with the scriptures,

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 Paul says.

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 Matthew 12, 40 alludes to the Old Testament book,

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 Jonah 1, 17, and says this,

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 For just as Jonah was three days and three nights

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 in the belly of the great fish,

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 so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights

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 in the heart of the earth.

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 The Jews counted their days inclusively,

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 meaning that if you went on a skiing trip

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 on a Friday night

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 and returned on Sunday morning

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 like good Christians to attend worship service,

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 that would be counted inclusively as three full days,

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 Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

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 So even though technically Jesus died on Friday night

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 and he rose at the beginning of Sunday,

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 this is consistent within a Jewish time reckoning

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 to say that it was three days and three nights.

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 So Jonah's confinement in the belly of the great fish

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 lasted three days,

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 and afterward he preached to Nineveh

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 and the city repented and was saved.

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 So that pointed to and foreshadowed

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 Christ's death and burial for three days

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 and his subsequent resurrection,

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 which brought about the salvation of the nations.

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 Similarly, in describing the affliction

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 and suffering of God's people,

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 Israel, in Hosea 6, 2, it prophesied,

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 after two days he will revive us.

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 On the third day he will raise us up,

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 that we may live before him.

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 And since the nation of Israel

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 is metaphorically described as God's son

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 in the Old Testament,

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 and since Jesus is the son of God,

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 the new and true Israel,

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 this prophecy also prefigured

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 the resurrection of Christ after three days.

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 Besides these specific parallels,

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 the expression on the third day occurs

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 some 30 times or so in the Old Testament.

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 And there is a general pattern

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 throughout Scripture of God

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 bringing about deliverance and resolution

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 to a difficult situation on the third day.

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 For instance, Genesis 22, 4.

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 On the third day,

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 Abraham arrives at the place

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 where he is to sacrifice his only son,

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 his beloved son, Isaac.

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 And Abraham offers up Isaac

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 in the faith that God would even raise him

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 from the dead.

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 But when he is about to slay him,

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 God stops him

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 and commends Abraham's faith

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 and provides a substitute for Isaac,

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 a lamb that will be sacrificed

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 in the place of Isaac.

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 So on the third day,

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 Abraham, in a figurative sense,

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 receives his son back from the dead.

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 That points to Jesus.

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 When the king of Persia,

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 incited by the cunning official,

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 Haman orders the genocide of the Jews,

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 Queen Esther, who is Jewish,

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 instructs her people to pray

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 and fast for three days.

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 And it says in Esther 5, 1,

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 that on the third day,

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 she intervenes by speaking to the king

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 and saves the Jews.

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 Exodus 19, 11, God says,

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 on the third day,

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 the Lord will come down

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 on Mount Sinai

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 in the sight of all the people.

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 So because of all of these examples

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 and more God's people

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 who were steeped in Scripture

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 in the Old Testament,

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 they were conditioned to expect

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 God's ultimate deliverance

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 on the third day.

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 And that pointed to

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 the resurrection of the Son of God

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 on the third day.

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 Sometimes as Christians,

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 we can miss the significance

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 of Christ's resurrection.

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 We think that his death alone

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 is sufficient for our atonement.

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 But Paul corrects this misbelief

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 later in verse 17

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 of the same chapter.

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 He says,

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 And if Christ has not been raised,

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 your faith is futile

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 and you are still in your sins.

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 Christ's resurrection

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 is the proof

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 that his crucifixion

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 for our sin

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 was effective.

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 It's because Christ

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 was raised from the dead

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 that we can be raised

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 to new life.

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 Because Christ was raised

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 from the dead,

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 we can be assured

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 of our victory

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 over sin and death.

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 Because Christ was raised

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 from the dead,

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 we can hope

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 in our resurrection life

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 to come

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 and endure

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 suffering and trials

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 of this life.

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 That's why the resurrection

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 is worth celebrating.

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 And it's for this reason

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 that Christians

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 of all subsequent ages

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 chose to gather

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 for worship

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 on,

00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:02.059
 not on Saturday

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:03.920
 when the Jewish

00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:05.140
 predecessors worshipped,

00:24:05.879 --> 00:24:06.839
 but on Sunday,

00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:08.500
 the day Christ rose

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.019
 from the dead,

00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:10.779
 the first day of the week

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:12.339
 to commemorate the fact

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:12.839
 that he makes

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.720
 all things new.

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 That's why we call

00:24:18.379 --> 00:24:19.259
 this day Easter.

00:24:20.179 --> 00:24:21.279
 In many languages,

00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:22.379
 the word for east

00:24:22.379 --> 00:24:23.459
 is connected to

00:24:23.459 --> 00:24:24.740
 the idea of the resurrection

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:26.299
 because the sun

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:27.639
 which had set

00:24:27.639 --> 00:24:29.459
 rises from the east.

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:33.799
 Baptism in water,

00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:35.339
 which is the initial

00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:36.720
 rite of becoming

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.259
 a Christian,

00:24:37.879 --> 00:24:38.779
 signifies our union

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.319
 with Christ

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:40.039
 and his death

00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:41.379
 and resurrection.

00:24:41.919 --> 00:24:42.759
 Our submersion

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.599
 in the water

00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:44.899
 signifies our death

00:24:44.899 --> 00:24:45.799
 and our emergence

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.779
 from the water

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:48.740
 signifies our new life

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.539
 with Christ.

00:24:50.220 --> 00:24:51.359
 Our sinful past

00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:51.940
 is gone.

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:54.359
 Our old selves

00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:55.000
 are gone.

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:57.639
 We who had fallen low

00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:58.359
 due to sin

00:24:58.359 --> 00:25:00.099
 rise again

00:25:00.099 --> 00:25:02.559
 when we are united

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:03.460
 to Christ to faith.

00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:05.220
 That's why the resurrection

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:06.539
 is essential to the gospel.

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:07.700
 Then,

00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:09.079
 just as the second clause

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:10.220
 that he was buried

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:13.000
 confirmed the first clause

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.779
 that Christ died,

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:15.379
 so now the fourth clause

00:25:15.379 --> 00:25:16.539
 that he appeared

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:18.339
 confirms the third clause

00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:19.379
 that he was raised.

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:21.460
 That Christ was raised

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:22.179
 can be verified

00:25:22.179 --> 00:25:22.799
 by the fact

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.859
 that after his resurrection

00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:25.480
 he appeared to people.

00:25:26.679 --> 00:25:27.559
 Verse 5 says,

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 and that he appeared

00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:29.839
 to Cephas,

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 then to the twelve.

00:25:31.140 --> 00:25:33.140
 Cephas is another name

00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:33.660
 for Peter

00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:34.680
 and the twelve

00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:35.580
 refers to Jesus'

00:25:35.800 --> 00:25:36.759
 original disciples

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:38.100
 who were closest to him.

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 And this ancient creed

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.600
 includes mention

00:25:41.600 --> 00:25:42.620
 of Christ's appearance

00:25:42.620 --> 00:25:43.600
 to demonstrate

00:25:43.600 --> 00:25:44.520
 that Christ's resurrection

00:25:44.520 --> 00:25:45.800
 was not a figment

00:25:45.800 --> 00:25:46.960
 of someone's imagination,

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.380
 that Christ's resurrection

00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:50.140
 was not figurative,

00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:51.900
 oh Christ is alive

00:25:51.900 --> 00:25:52.680
 in our hearts,

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:53.920
 no,

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.800
 but that it was

00:25:54.800 --> 00:25:55.780
 a real,

00:25:56.080 --> 00:25:56.680
 physical,

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:58.000
 concrete

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:59.140
 resurrection.

00:25:59.140 --> 00:25:59.380
 resurrection.

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 That's what it means

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.880
 that Christ died,

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:02.900
 that he was buried,

00:26:03.280 --> 00:26:04.220
 that he was raised,

00:26:04.540 --> 00:26:05.360
 and that he appeared.

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.920
 And because it's imperative

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.580
 that we believe

00:26:09.580 --> 00:26:10.740
 the reality of the resurrection,

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.560
 Paul heaps up

00:26:11.560 --> 00:26:12.380
 more evidence

00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:13.920
 in verse 6.

00:26:14.040 --> 00:26:14.259
 He says,

00:26:14.320 --> 00:26:14.960
 then he appeared

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:16.620
 to more than 500 brothers

00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:17.460
 at one time,

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.440
 most of whom

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:19.500
 are still alive,

00:26:20.020 --> 00:26:20.520
 though some have

00:26:20.520 --> 00:26:21.200
 fallen asleep.

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.420
 people.

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.819
 By brothers,

00:26:25.080 --> 00:26:26.059
 it's the typical,

00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:27.420
 the Greek word

00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:28.120
 is inclusive,

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 so it includes

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:29.640
 men and women.

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.180
 So he's saying

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:31.920
 most of them

00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:32.759
 are still alive,

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:33.940
 500 or so of them.

00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:35.180
 Go ask them.

00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:36.940
 Check the facts

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.519
 yourself.

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.980
 Then Paul continues

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.660
 in verse 7,

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:43.160
 he appeared to James,

00:26:43.340 --> 00:26:44.279
 then to all

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:45.039
 the apostles.

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:47.140
 James was the brother

00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:47.580
 of Jesus,

00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:48.100
 who initially

00:26:48.100 --> 00:26:49.259
 didn't believe in him,

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:51.259
 but later came to faith

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:52.220
 and became a leader

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.759
 of the church

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.500
 in Jerusalem.

00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:54.900
 And after appearing

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.279
 to him,

00:26:55.379 --> 00:26:55.980
 Jesus appeared

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:57.119
 to all the apostles

00:26:57.119 --> 00:26:57.799
 collectively.

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:59.160
 And the fact that

00:26:59.160 --> 00:26:59.819
 all the apostles

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.819
 here is a distinct

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:01.579
 category from

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:02.740
 the 12 disciples

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:04.079
 shows that

00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:04.839
 the apostles

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.839
 is a more general

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.740
 category that

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:08.279
 includes the 12,

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.519
 but also includes

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.460
 others who were

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.519
 eyewitnesses

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.440
 of Jesus' resurrection

00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:13.339
 and were commissioned

00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:14.579
 to be his

00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:15.740
 authoritative witnesses.

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:18.720
 And if you are

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.700
 not yet a follower

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:20.519
 of Jesus Christ,

00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:23.299
 you might object

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.559
 to this

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:26.980
 as modern people

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.680
 living in the midst

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:28.519
 of great scientific

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:29.360
 advances and

00:27:29.360 --> 00:27:30.620
 progress and reason,

00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:32.019
 how can we believe

00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:33.079
 in such fairy tales

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.920
 as the resurrection

00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:35.759
 that these gullible,

00:27:36.600 --> 00:27:37.259
 ignorant people

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:38.440
 of the ancient world

00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:38.779
 believed?

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:41.799
 But this kind of thinking

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.799
 reflects what

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:44.480
 C.S. Lewis likes to call

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:45.740
 and what I like to call

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:47.700
 the chronological snobbery.

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:50.360
 Because truth be told,

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.400
 people in the first

00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:53.100
 century didn't believe

00:27:53.100 --> 00:27:54.440
 that people came back

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:54.940
 from the dead

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:56.039
 any more than we do

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.440
 today.

00:27:58.660 --> 00:27:59.480
 For a moment,

00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:00.539
 seriously consider

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:02.120
 the foundational claim

00:28:02.120 --> 00:28:02.759
 of Christianity

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:04.019
 that is radically

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.920
 different from how

00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.400
 all the other

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:06.160
 religions began.

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:08.279
 C. Michael Patton,

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:09.079
 the author of the book

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:10.279
 Now That I'm a Christian's,

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:11.019
 I've mentioned this

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:12.000
 actually last

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.880
 Good Friday, I think.

00:28:13.860 --> 00:28:14.839
 He writes that

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.680
 Christianity is the

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.500
 world's most

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.859
 falsifiable religion.

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:20.420
 And he contrasts that

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:21.380
 with other religions.

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:22.380
 For example,

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:22.779
 he says,

00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:23.619
 consider Islam.

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:25.240
 In order to become

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:25.740
 a Muslim,

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:27.099
 one must trust

00:28:27.099 --> 00:28:28.259
 in a private encounter

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.839
 that Muhammad

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:30.099
 supposedly had with God,

00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:31.619
 which is historically

00:28:31.619 --> 00:28:32.680
 unverifiable.

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.779
 Consider Buddhism

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.539
 and Hinduism,

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:36.460
 whose central tenets

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:37.240
 are philosophy

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:38.200
 rather than a historical

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:39.279
 event rooted in

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:40.180
 time and space,

00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:41.259
 so there's no

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:42.180
 empirical way

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:43.200
 to verify those

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.539
 either.

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:45.879
 consider every

00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:46.779
 religion you can

00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:47.799
 think of besides

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.379
 Christianity,

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.399
 and it either

00:28:49.399 --> 00:28:50.420
 begins with a

00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:51.200
 private dream

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.879
 about God,

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:53.159
 or a private

00:28:53.159 --> 00:28:54.299
 angelic encounter

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:54.899
 with God,

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.879
 or a private

00:28:55.879 --> 00:28:57.200
 idea or philosophy

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.859
 about God.

00:28:59.039 --> 00:28:59.599
 And then this

00:28:59.599 --> 00:29:00.619
 one person

00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:01.819
 tells everybody

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:02.980
 else about

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:03.740
 their experience.

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:06.519
 These cannot

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.599
 be investigated

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:08.839
 or verified,

00:29:09.119 --> 00:29:09.559
 and they are

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:10.859
 unfalsifiable.

00:29:10.859 --> 00:29:10.959
 people.

00:29:11.959 --> 00:29:12.959
 But contrast

00:29:12.959 --> 00:29:13.740
 this with how

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.599
 Christianity started.

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:16.740
 After a public

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.199
 ministry,

00:29:18.179 --> 00:29:19.119
 Christ was killed

00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:20.539
 in public

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.359
 execution.

00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:22.959
 Then Christ

00:29:22.959 --> 00:29:24.059
 rose from a

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.859
 public tomb

00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:25.559
 accessible to

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:25.899
 all.

00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:26.939
 Then Christ

00:29:26.939 --> 00:29:27.699
 showed himself

00:29:27.699 --> 00:29:28.699
 to the public,

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:30.299
 and this public

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:31.319
 that saw him

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:32.119
 then told

00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:33.119
 everyone else

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:34.419
 what they

00:29:34.419 --> 00:29:35.099
 saw.

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:39.619
 Jesus

00:29:39.619 --> 00:29:40.500
 predicted his

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.000
 own death

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.359
 and said

00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:41.599
 that he

00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:42.119
 would rise

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:42.579
 again.

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:43.699
 That's about

00:29:43.699 --> 00:29:44.299
 the best you

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:44.699
 can do

00:29:44.699 --> 00:29:45.240
 if you want

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.559
 to set

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.079
 yourself up

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:46.599
 for failure

00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:46.959
 as a

00:29:46.959 --> 00:29:47.519
 founder of

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:47.959
 a cult.

00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:50.779
 Because

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.639
 when he

00:29:51.639 --> 00:29:52.139
 dies,

00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:52.959
 and if he

00:29:52.959 --> 00:29:53.359
 does not

00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:54.259
 rise again,

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:54.939
 like the

00:29:54.939 --> 00:29:55.639
 hundreds of

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:56.539
 people who

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:57.259
 have claimed

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.799
 to be the

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:58.439
 Son of God

00:29:58.439 --> 00:29:58.980
 and the

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.619
 Savior of the

00:29:59.619 --> 00:30:00.539
 world before

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:01.059
 him and

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:01.799
 after him,

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:03.659
 he would

00:30:03.659 --> 00:30:04.119
 have faded

00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:04.759
 into history

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.200
 like the

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:05.559
 rest of

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:05.740
 them.

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.639
 But Jesus

00:30:08.639 --> 00:30:09.119
 has not

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:09.680
 been forgotten.

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:12.460
 He has

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:13.079
 not been

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:13.460
 forgotten

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:14.059
 because he

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.819
 is worshipped

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.399
 still in the

00:30:15.399 --> 00:30:15.720
 farthest

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.180
 corners of

00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:16.559
 the earth.

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.039
 Why?

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:19.480
 Because

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:20.639
 Christ is

00:30:20.639 --> 00:30:21.079
 risen.

00:30:23.659 --> 00:30:24.419
 There was

00:30:24.419 --> 00:30:24.899
 an empty

00:30:24.899 --> 00:30:25.539
 tomb to be

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:25.819
 reckoned

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.119
 with.

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:28.079
 It would

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:28.319
 have been

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:29.079
 impossible for

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:29.379
 Jesus'

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.339
 disciples to

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:30.839
 proclaim

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:31.819
 the

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:32.279
 resurrection

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.839
 of

00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:33.220
 Jesus

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:34.419
 if his

00:30:34.419 --> 00:30:34.699
 tomb

00:30:34.699 --> 00:30:35.139
 hadn't

00:30:35.139 --> 00:30:35.559
 in fact

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:35.799
 been

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:36.220
 empty.

00:30:37.179 --> 00:30:37.859
 When the

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:38.419
 apostles began

00:30:38.419 --> 00:30:38.839
 to preach

00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:39.259
 the gospel

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:39.559
 of the

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:39.879
 resurrected

00:30:39.879 --> 00:30:40.319
 Christ

00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:40.740
 and people

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.279
 began to

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:41.639
 come to

00:30:41.639 --> 00:30:42.179
 faith in

00:30:42.179 --> 00:30:42.720
 droves,

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:44.119
 the Jewish

00:30:44.119 --> 00:30:44.859
 religious

00:30:44.859 --> 00:30:45.419
 authorities

00:30:45.419 --> 00:30:45.799
 and the

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.039
 Roman

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.439
 governing

00:30:46.439 --> 00:30:46.939
 authorities

00:30:46.939 --> 00:30:47.480
 who wanted

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.039
 to stamp

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.759
 out this

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.599
 fledgling

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:50.119
 movement,

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:50.799
 they stood

00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:51.559
 hopelessly

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:51.899
 by.

00:30:52.679 --> 00:30:53.220
 Why?

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.819
 Because

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:56.399
 the tomb

00:30:56.399 --> 00:30:57.339
 was empty.

00:30:58.179 --> 00:30:58.740
 Because

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.519
 his corpse

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:00.039
 was nowhere

00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:00.759
 to be found.

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.399
 Or else

00:31:01.399 --> 00:31:01.639
 they could

00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:01.980
 have just

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.419
 showed it

00:31:02.419 --> 00:31:02.819
 to everybody

00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:03.220
 and put

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:03.679
 this down

00:31:03.679 --> 00:31:04.220
 once and

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:04.500
 for all.

00:31:06.199 --> 00:31:06.599
 The fact

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:06.899
 that the

00:31:06.899 --> 00:31:07.500
 gospel of

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:08.339
 Jesus Christ

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:08.980
 took root

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.439
 and grew

00:31:09.439 --> 00:31:09.759
 in the

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.599
 very city

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:11.659
 where Christ

00:31:11.659 --> 00:31:12.339
 was crucified

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:13.240
 and buried

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:14.259
 remains to

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:14.839
 this day

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:15.559
 a compelling

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:16.659
 evidence for

00:31:16.659 --> 00:31:17.399
 the historicity

00:31:17.399 --> 00:31:17.639
 of the

00:31:17.639 --> 00:31:18.059
 resurrection.

00:31:21.199 --> 00:31:21.779
 After

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.339
 articulating

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:22.959
 the content

00:31:22.959 --> 00:31:23.279
 of the

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:23.579
 gospel,

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.240
 Paul then

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:25.259
 reveals the

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:25.859
 character of

00:31:25.859 --> 00:31:26.240
 the gospel

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:26.699
 in verses

00:31:26.699 --> 00:31:27.220
 8 to

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:27.539
 11.

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:30.139
 and he

00:31:30.139 --> 00:31:30.480
 connects

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:30.819
 then the

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:31.460
 gospel of

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.920
 Christ

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:33.079
 to his

00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:33.420
 own

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:33.920
 conversion

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.139
 and

00:31:34.139 --> 00:31:34.460
 ministry.

00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:34.899
 He says

00:31:34.899 --> 00:31:35.279
 this in

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.940
 verses 8 to

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.139
 9.

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.559
 Read with

00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:36.779
 me.

00:31:38.099 --> 00:31:38.859
 Last of

00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:39.180
 all,

00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:40.119
 as to

00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:40.339
 one

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:41.180
 untimely

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.519
 born,

00:31:41.879 --> 00:31:42.480
 he appeared

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:43.200
 also to

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:43.460
 me,

00:31:43.899 --> 00:31:44.599
 for I am

00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:45.159
 the least

00:31:45.159 --> 00:31:45.460
 of the

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:45.879
 apostles,

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:46.599
 unworthy

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:47.059
 to be

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:47.519
 called

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.319
 an

00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:49.259
 apostle.

00:31:49.259 --> 00:32:02.940
 all kinds

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:06.140
 of things

00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:06.279
 are

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:06.539
 happening

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.019
 to me.

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.799
 Sound is

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.240
 not working

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:09.400
 and it

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:09.680
 looks like

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.119
 my printer

00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:10.420
 also

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:11.079
 malfunctioned

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:11.339
 so I'm

00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:11.579
 missing

00:32:11.579 --> 00:32:12.000
 the rest

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.259
 of my

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.660
 manuscript

00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:14.299
 but thankfully

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:15.119
 I still have

00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:15.440
 the Bible

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:15.839
 in front of

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.319
 me and I

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:16.660
 can still

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:17.039
 preach to

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.500
 you exactly

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:17.819
 what I

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:18.180
 wanted to

00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:18.420
 say.

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:19.500
 Just give

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:19.700
 me a

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.080
 second and

00:32:20.080 --> 00:32:20.160
 we

00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:20.340
 just

00:32:20.340 --> 00:32:20.560
 find

00:32:20.560 --> 00:32:20.720
 the

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.060
 passage.

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.779
 The

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:27.980
 gospel

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.220
 must

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:28.380
 go

00:32:28.380 --> 00:32:28.680
 forward.

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.279
 The

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:34.720
 character

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.900
 of

00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:36.680
 the

00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:36.980
 gospel.

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:41.940
 He

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.200
 says

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:42.820
 last of

00:32:42.820 --> 00:32:43.080
 all,

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:44.860
 as to

00:32:44.860 --> 00:32:45.019
 one

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.600
 untimely

00:32:45.600 --> 00:32:45.840
 born,

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:46.300
 he appeared

00:32:46.300 --> 00:32:46.820
 also to

00:32:46.820 --> 00:32:47.039
 me,

00:32:47.360 --> 00:32:47.580
 for I

00:32:47.580 --> 00:32:47.720
 am the

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.000
 least

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.240
 of the

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.619
 apostles

00:32:48.619 --> 00:32:49.140
 unworthy

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:49.500
 to be

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:49.759
 called

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:49.920
 an

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:50.180
 apostle

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:50.460
 because

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:50.640
 I

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.259
 persecuted

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:51.480
 the

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:51.700
 church

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:51.859
 of

00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:52.099
 God.

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.160
 But

00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:53.579
 by the

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:53.839
 grace

00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:54.019
 of

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.240
 God

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:54.460
 I

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:54.660
 am

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:54.920
 what

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:55.180
 I

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.420
 am.

00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:56.720
 So he

00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.359
 calls

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:57.819
 himself

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.140
 the

00:32:58.140 --> 00:32:58.380
 one

00:32:58.380 --> 00:32:58.619
 who

00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:58.759
 is

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.440
 untimely

00:32:59.440 --> 00:32:59.880
 born

00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:00.740
 because

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.339
 apostles

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:01.700
 as he

00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:01.980
 taught

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.400
 earlier

00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:02.539
 in

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.079
 1 Corinthians

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:03.619
 are

00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:03.980
 those

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.180
 who

00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:04.519
 have

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:04.859
 to

00:33:04.859 --> 00:33:05.039
 have

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.380
 seen

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:06.119
 Christ

00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:06.359
 if

00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:06.460
 he

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.880
 resurrected

00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:07.279
 Christ

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:07.440
 with

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:07.539
 their

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:07.720
 own

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.000
 eyes

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.380
 and

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:08.559
 had

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:08.680
 been

00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:09.019
 commissioned

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.480
 afterward

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:09.940
 to be

00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:10.200
 his

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:10.640
 authoritative

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:11.059
 witnesses.

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:11.839
 But

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:12.059
 Paul

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:12.359
 didn't

00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:12.720
 see

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.559
 ascended

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:19.000
 Christ

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.680
 and

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.059
 because

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:21.000
 he

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:22.440
 received

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:22.619
 his

00:33:22.619 --> 00:33:23.160
 apostolic

00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:23.420
 commission

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:23.700
 in that

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:23.980
 way

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.319
 he

00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:24.579
 called

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:24.960
 himself

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.180
 the

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:25.359
 one

00:33:25.359 --> 00:33:25.500
 who

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:25.640
 was

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:26.259
 untimely

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.519
 born.

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:27.559
 And

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:27.900
 that's

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:28.180
 actually

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:28.299
 a

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:28.460
 very

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.119
 degrading

00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:29.319
 way

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:29.500
 to

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:29.759
 refer

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:29.900
 him

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:30.019
 to

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:30.359
 himself.

00:33:30.859 --> 00:33:30.940
 And

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.079
 it's

00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:31.259
 very

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:31.779
 possible

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:32.059
 that

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:32.480
 because

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:32.700
 the

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.019
 Corinthians

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.519
 as we

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:33.740
 know

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:33.980
 it

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:36.619
 were already

00:33:36.619 --> 00:33:37.180
 questioning

00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:37.759
 and challenging

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.140
 Paul's

00:33:38.140 --> 00:33:38.759
 apostleship

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:39.299
 they were

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:39.539
 saying

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:39.680
 that

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:39.819
 your

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:40.200
 teaching

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:40.359
 is

00:33:40.359 --> 00:33:40.539
 not

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:40.720
 up

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:40.839
 to

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:41.160
 snuff.

00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:41.640
 I

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:41.720
 mean

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:41.819
 it's

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:42.000
 not

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.140
 as

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:42.339
 good

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.500
 as

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:42.700
 these

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.079
 teachers

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:43.740
 philosophers

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:44.399
 you

00:33:44.399 --> 00:33:44.579
 don't

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:44.839
 have

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:45.000
 the

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.299
 worldly

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:45.679
 wisdom

00:33:45.679 --> 00:33:45.879
 that

00:33:45.879 --> 00:33:46.099
 these

00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:46.379
 people

00:33:46.379 --> 00:33:46.720
 have

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.019
 so

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.119
 they

00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:47.240
 were

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:47.559
 already

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.019
 challenging

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.179
 his

00:33:48.179 --> 00:33:48.839
 apostleship

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:49.240
 so

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.519
 this

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:49.899
 fact

00:33:49.899 --> 00:33:50.059
 that

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:50.179
 he

00:33:50.179 --> 00:33:50.299
 was

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:50.839
 untimely

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.139
 born

00:33:51.139 --> 00:33:51.519
 may have

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:51.639
 been

00:33:51.639 --> 00:33:51.879
 something

00:33:51.879 --> 00:33:52.059
 that

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:52.179
 they

00:33:52.179 --> 00:33:52.299
 were

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.799
 also

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:53.480
 accusing

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:53.759
 him

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.079
 of

00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:54.539
 and

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:54.879
 saying

00:33:54.879 --> 00:33:55.039
 that

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.139
 you

00:33:55.139 --> 00:33:55.259
 are

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:55.500
 not

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:55.720
 a

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:55.960
 real

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:56.519
 apostle

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:57.259
 and

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:57.500
 the

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:57.759
 word

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.779
 untimely

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.019
 born

00:33:59.019 --> 00:33:59.199
 is

00:33:59.199 --> 00:33:59.519
 literally

00:33:59.519 --> 00:33:59.879
 one

00:33:59.879 --> 00:34:00.240
 Greek

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.500
 word

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:00.720
 that

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.199
 means

00:34:01.199 --> 00:34:03.339
 abortion

00:34:03.339 --> 00:34:04.740
 a

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.299
 premature

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:05.779
 baby

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:06.299
 that's

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:06.439
 what

00:34:06.439 --> 00:34:06.559
 it

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:06.879
 means

00:34:06.879 --> 00:34:07.799
 he's

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:07.980
 saying

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.139
 that

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:08.420
 he's

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:08.699
 like

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:09.000
 a

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:09.419
 pleamy

00:34:09.419 --> 00:34:10.019
 like

00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:10.119
 an

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:10.519
 aborted

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:11.039
 fetus

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.419
 that's

00:34:11.419 --> 00:34:11.559
 the

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:11.839
 kind

00:34:11.839 --> 00:34:11.960
 of

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.399
 apostle

00:34:12.399 --> 00:34:12.980
 I

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.239
 am

00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:14.039
 so

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.239
 he's

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:14.460
 really

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:14.980
 degrading

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:15.339
 himself

00:34:15.339 --> 00:34:15.500
 and

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:15.819
 humbling

00:34:15.819 --> 00:34:16.139
 himself

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:16.460
 before

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:16.659
 the

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:16.980
 Corinthians

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.839
 and

00:34:17.839 --> 00:34:17.939
 he

00:34:17.939 --> 00:34:18.159
 says

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:18.379
 I

00:34:18.379 --> 00:34:18.500
 am

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:18.639
 the

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:19.059
 least

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.859
 of

00:34:19.859 --> 00:34:20.000
 the

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.399
 apostles

00:34:20.399 --> 00:34:21.859
 but

00:34:21.859 --> 00:34:22.219
 even

00:34:22.219 --> 00:34:22.480
 though

00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:22.679
 he

00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:23.219
 was

00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:23.839
 untimely

00:34:23.839 --> 00:34:24.119
 born

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:24.359
 he

00:34:24.359 --> 00:34:24.759
 nonetheless

00:34:24.759 --> 00:34:25.179
 is

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:25.339
 an

00:34:25.339 --> 00:34:25.699
 apostle

00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:26.500
 but

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:26.679
 he

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:26.859
 never

00:34:26.859 --> 00:34:27.239
 says

00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:28.219
 that

00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:28.319
 he

00:34:28.319 --> 00:34:28.419
 is

00:34:28.419 --> 00:34:28.519
 the

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:28.779
 least

00:34:28.779 --> 00:34:28.899
 of

00:34:28.899 --> 00:34:29.000
 the

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.359
 apostles

00:34:29.359 --> 00:34:30.199
 unworthy

00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:30.439
 to

00:34:30.439 --> 00:34:30.599
 be

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:30.859
 called

00:34:30.859 --> 00:34:31.019
 an

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.359
 apostle

00:34:31.359 --> 00:34:32.599
 but

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:32.939
 for

00:34:32.939 --> 00:34:33.139
 a

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:33.439
 different

00:34:33.439 --> 00:34:33.859
 reason

00:34:33.859 --> 00:34:34.179
 than

00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:34.399
 what

00:34:34.399 --> 00:34:34.559
 the

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:34.899
 Corinthians

00:34:34.899 --> 00:34:35.239
 would

00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:35.359
 have

00:34:35.359 --> 00:34:35.559
 said

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:35.779
 they

00:34:35.779 --> 00:34:36.039
 would

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.279
 have

00:34:36.279 --> 00:34:36.940
 objected

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.039
 to

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.219
 his

00:34:37.219 --> 00:34:37.659
 ministry

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:38.000
 saying

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.119
 that

00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:38.239
 your

00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:38.719
 ministry

00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:38.940
 is

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:39.179
 not

00:34:39.179 --> 00:34:39.539
 as

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:39.960
 powerful

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.259
 is

00:34:40.259 --> 00:34:40.579
 not

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:41.339
 as

00:34:41.339 --> 00:34:41.819
 wise

00:34:41.819 --> 00:34:42.039
 it's

00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:42.279
 not

00:34:42.279 --> 00:34:42.619
 as

00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:43.259
 insightful

00:34:43.259 --> 00:34:43.559
 as

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:43.719
 the

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:44.039
 ministries

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.239
 of

00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:44.460
 these

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:44.839
 people

00:34:44.839 --> 00:34:45.299
 but

00:34:45.299 --> 00:34:45.559
 Paul

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:45.859
 says

00:34:45.859 --> 00:34:46.039
 to

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.239
 them

00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:46.599
 that's

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:46.739
 not

00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:46.899
 the

00:34:46.899 --> 00:34:47.179
 reason

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:47.460
 why

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:47.619
 I'm

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:47.739
 the

00:34:47.739 --> 00:34:47.919
 least

00:34:47.919 --> 00:34:48.039
 of

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.099
 the

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:48.419
 apostles

00:34:48.419 --> 00:34:48.599
 he

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:48.839
 says

00:34:48.839 --> 00:34:49.279
 he's

00:34:49.279 --> 00:34:49.399
 the

00:34:49.399 --> 00:34:49.619
 least

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:49.779
 of

00:34:49.779 --> 00:34:49.879
 the

00:34:49.879 --> 00:34:50.259
 apostles

00:34:50.259 --> 00:34:50.839
 unworthy

00:34:50.839 --> 00:34:51.159
 to be

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:51.379
 called

00:34:51.379 --> 00:34:51.519
 an

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:51.839
 apostle

00:34:51.839 --> 00:34:52.519
 because

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:52.940
 I

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.679
 persecuted

00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:54.000
 the

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.399
 church

00:34:54.399 --> 00:34:55.019
 of

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:55.659
 God

00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:58.139
 this

00:34:58.139 --> 00:34:58.960
 remained

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.199
 for

00:34:59.199 --> 00:34:59.559
 Paul

00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:00.159
 always

00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:00.480
 a

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:00.799
 tender

00:35:00.799 --> 00:35:01.259
 spot

00:35:01.259 --> 00:35:02.099
 in

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:02.239
 his

00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:02.500
 heart

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:03.659
 that

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:03.799
 he

00:35:03.799 --> 00:35:04.000
 was

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.420
 formerly

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:04.659
 a

00:35:04.659 --> 00:35:05.259
 persecutor

00:35:05.259 --> 00:35:05.399
 of

00:35:05.399 --> 00:35:05.519
 the

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:05.879
 church

00:35:05.879 --> 00:35:06.319
 that

00:35:06.319 --> 00:35:06.460
 he

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:06.980
 persecuted

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.319
 his

00:35:07.319 --> 00:35:07.539
 own

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:07.899
 Lord

00:35:07.899 --> 00:35:09.119
 and

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:09.299
 so

00:35:09.299 --> 00:35:09.519
 in

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:09.960
 1st

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.239
 Timothy

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:10.980
 115

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:11.920
 he

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.420
 calls

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:12.879
 himself

00:35:12.879 --> 00:35:13.179
 the

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:13.579
 foremost

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.000
 of

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.399
 sinners

00:35:14.399 --> 00:35:15.619
 the

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:16.119
 chief

00:35:16.119 --> 00:35:16.299
 of

00:35:16.299 --> 00:35:16.519
 all

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.000
 sinners

00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:17.639
 in

00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:18.159
 Ephesians

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:18.519
 3

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:19.019
 he

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.379
 says

00:35:19.379 --> 00:35:19.559
 that

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:19.779
 he

00:35:19.779 --> 00:35:20.199
 is

00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:21.279
 less

00:35:21.279 --> 00:35:21.539
 than

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:21.719
 the

00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:22.059
 least

00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:22.500
 of

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:22.879
 all

00:35:22.879 --> 00:35:23.119
 the

00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:23.460
 saints

00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:25.460
 why

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:25.840
 because

00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:26.220
 he

00:35:26.220 --> 00:35:27.159
 persecuted

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:27.360
 the

00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:27.559
 church

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:27.720
 of

00:35:27.720 --> 00:35:27.980
 God

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.699
 he

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.260
 persecuted

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:29.760
 Christ

00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:30.220
 the

00:35:30.220 --> 00:35:30.539
 Lord

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:31.579
 himself

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:34.720
 but

00:35:34.720 --> 00:35:34.960
 even

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:35.179
 though

00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:35.500
 he

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:36.340
 degrades

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:36.800
 himself

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:36.980
 and

00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:37.440
 humbles

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:37.740
 himself

00:35:37.740 --> 00:35:37.920
 in

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.059
 this

00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:38.320
 way

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:38.740
 he

00:35:38.740 --> 00:35:39.119
 nevertheless

00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:39.559
 has

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:40.079
 tremendous

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.820
 confidence

00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:41.840
 and

00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:42.099
 this

00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:42.280
 is

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:42.519
 why

00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:42.800
 because

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:42.940
 he

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:43.220
 says

00:35:43.220 --> 00:35:43.480
 in

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:43.699
 verse

00:35:43.699 --> 00:35:44.019
 10

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:44.539
 but

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:45.059
 by

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.599
 the

00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:46.199
 grace

00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:46.420
 of

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:46.800
 God

00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:47.740
 I

00:35:47.740 --> 00:35:48.260
 am

00:35:48.260 --> 00:35:48.980
 what

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:49.139
 I

00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:49.519
 am

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:53.099
 grace

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:55.619
 unmerited

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:56.239
 favor

00:35:56.239 --> 00:35:59.579
 something

00:35:59.579 --> 00:35:59.839
 that

00:35:59.839 --> 00:35:59.980
 is

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.219
 not

00:36:00.219 --> 00:36:00.719
 earned

00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:01.339
 it's

00:36:01.339 --> 00:36:01.579
 not

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:01.739
 a

00:36:01.739 --> 00:36:02.179
 reward

00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:02.360
 that

00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:02.440
 is

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:02.639
 given

00:36:02.639 --> 00:36:02.839
 to

00:36:02.839 --> 00:36:03.039
 us

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:03.199
 but

00:36:03.199 --> 00:36:03.460
 it

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:03.719
 is

00:36:03.719 --> 00:36:04.079
 a

00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:04.400
 gift

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:04.599
 that

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:04.719
 is

00:36:04.719 --> 00:36:04.960
 freely

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:05.319
 given

00:36:05.319 --> 00:36:05.759
 even

00:36:05.759 --> 00:36:06.079
 though

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:06.339
 we

00:36:06.339 --> 00:36:06.639
 don't

00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:07.099
 deserve

00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:07.400
 it

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:08.239
 grace

00:36:08.239 --> 00:36:09.179
 it's

00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:09.500
 when

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:10.019
 a

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.460
 son

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:11.179
 a

00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:11.779
 rebellious

00:36:11.779 --> 00:36:12.239
 son

00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:13.799
 shames

00:36:13.799 --> 00:36:14.039
 his

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.480
 father

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:15.880
 and

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:16.179
 tells

00:36:16.179 --> 00:36:16.279
 him

00:36:16.279 --> 00:36:16.400
 that

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:16.539
 I

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:16.779
 wish

00:36:16.779 --> 00:36:16.920
 you

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.059
 were

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:17.460
 dead

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:18.460
 and

00:36:18.460 --> 00:36:19.019
 takes

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.400
 half

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:19.559
 of

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:19.900
 his

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:21.400
 wealth

00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:22.619
 runs

00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:22.940
 away

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:23.139
 from

00:36:23.139 --> 00:36:23.280
 the

00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:23.680
 house

00:36:23.680 --> 00:36:24.619
 squanders

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:25.019
 all

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.139
 of

00:36:25.139 --> 00:36:25.300
 his

00:36:25.300 --> 00:36:25.619
 wealth

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:25.880
 with

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:26.760
 prostitutes

00:36:26.760 --> 00:36:28.639
 becomes

00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:29.139
 a homeless

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:29.700
 beggar

00:36:29.700 --> 00:36:31.099
 and

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:31.519
 returns

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:31.840
 home

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:32.019
 in

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.480
 shame

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:34.420
 and

00:36:34.420 --> 00:36:34.840
 when

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.039
 he

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:35.280
 does

00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:35.559
 that

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:35.760
 and

00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:35.920
 the

00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:36.240
 father

00:36:36.240 --> 00:36:36.500
 does

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:36.800
 not

00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:37.660
 reject

00:36:37.660 --> 00:36:37.980
 him

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:39.660
 or

00:36:39.660 --> 00:36:40.059
 shame

00:36:40.059 --> 00:36:40.380
 him

00:36:40.380 --> 00:36:41.519
 but

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:42.039
 embraces

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:42.380
 him

00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:43.360
 kisses

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:43.820
 him

00:36:43.820 --> 00:36:44.460
 puts

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:44.619
 the

00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:44.900
 best

00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:45.240
 robe

00:36:45.240 --> 00:36:45.519
 on

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:45.780
 him

00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:46.320
 and

00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:46.619
 throws

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:46.840
 the

00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:47.139
 biggest

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:47.619
 party

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:47.840
 for

00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:47.980
 him

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:48.519
 because

00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:49.079
 his

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:49.400
 son

00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:49.599
 has

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:50.000
 returned

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.579
 that's

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:51.360
 grace

00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:52.700
 that's

00:36:52.700 --> 00:36:52.820
 what

00:36:52.820 --> 00:36:53.039
 God

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.280
 did

00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:53.440
 for

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:53.900
 us

00:36:53.900 --> 00:36:55.980
 grace

00:36:55.980 --> 00:36:56.160
 is

00:36:56.160 --> 00:36:56.519
 when

00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:57.720
 a

00:36:57.720 --> 00:36:58.140
 sworn

00:36:58.140 --> 00:36:58.500
 enemy

00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:58.720
 of

00:36:58.720 --> 00:36:59.099
 God

00:36:59.099 --> 00:37:00.220
 who

00:37:00.220 --> 00:37:00.720
 opposed

00:37:00.720 --> 00:37:01.099
 God

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:01.280
 at

00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:01.720
 every

00:37:01.720 --> 00:37:02.460
 turn

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:02.940
 and

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.340
 rounded

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:03.579
 up

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:03.820
 his

00:37:03.820 --> 00:37:04.140
 very

00:37:04.140 --> 00:37:04.860
 followers

00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:05.260
 the

00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:05.740
 adopted

00:37:05.740 --> 00:37:06.140
 children

00:37:06.140 --> 00:37:06.340
 of

00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:06.559
 God

00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:06.940
 rounded

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:07.160
 them

00:37:07.160 --> 00:37:07.400
 up

00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:07.880
 to

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:08.280
 jail

00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:08.620
 them

00:37:08.620 --> 00:37:08.940
 and

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:09.220
 even

00:37:09.220 --> 00:37:09.519
 to

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:09.960
 execute

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.380
 them

00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:11.880
 and

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:12.079
 when

00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:12.460
 God

00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:13.720
 doesn't

00:37:13.720 --> 00:37:14.500
 destroy

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:14.760
 this

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:15.200
 insolent

00:37:15.200 --> 00:37:15.500
 enemy

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:16.720
 but

00:37:16.720 --> 00:37:17.400
 saves

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:17.680
 him

00:37:17.680 --> 00:37:19.240
 and

00:37:19.240 --> 00:37:19.660
 calls

00:37:19.660 --> 00:37:19.800
 him

00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:20.300
 to be

00:37:20.300 --> 00:37:20.780
 one

00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:20.900
 of

00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:21.160
 his

00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:21.719
 most

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:22.679
 esteemed

00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:23.659
 messengers

00:37:23.659 --> 00:37:26.500
 that's

00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:27.000
 grace

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:28.879
 that's

00:37:28.879 --> 00:37:29.000
 the

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:29.319
 grace

00:37:29.319 --> 00:37:29.519
 that

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:29.739
 God

00:37:29.739 --> 00:37:30.179
 showed

00:37:30.179 --> 00:37:30.519
 to

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:30.819
 apostle

00:37:30.819 --> 00:37:31.139
 Paul

00:37:31.139 --> 00:37:33.819
 and

00:37:33.819 --> 00:37:34.000
 so

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.179
 he

00:37:34.179 --> 00:37:34.559
 says

00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:35.039
 yes

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:35.279
 I

00:37:35.279 --> 00:37:35.619
 am

00:37:35.619 --> 00:37:35.859
 the

00:37:35.859 --> 00:37:36.099
 least

00:37:36.099 --> 00:37:36.239
 of

00:37:36.239 --> 00:37:36.339
 the

00:37:36.339 --> 00:37:36.659
 apostles

00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:37.219
 I'm

00:37:37.219 --> 00:37:37.420
 not

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:37.599
 even

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:38.019
 worthy

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.239
 to

00:37:38.239 --> 00:37:38.460
 be

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:39.000
 called

00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:39.179
 an

00:37:39.179 --> 00:37:39.539
 apostle

00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:40.039
 I

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:40.519
 freely

00:37:40.519 --> 00:37:40.859
 admit

00:37:40.859 --> 00:37:41.019
 that

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:41.199
 to

00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:41.500
 you

00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:43.119
 but

00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:43.460
 by

00:37:43.460 --> 00:37:43.759
 the

00:37:43.759 --> 00:37:44.279
 grace

00:37:44.279 --> 00:37:44.699
 of

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:45.159
 God

00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:45.619
 I

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:46.079
 am

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:46.559
 what

00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:46.719
 I

00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:47.059
 am

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:48.579
 and

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:48.739
 his

00:37:48.739 --> 00:37:49.139
 grace

00:37:49.139 --> 00:37:49.579
 toward

00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:49.940
 me

00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:50.320
 was

00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:50.760
 not

00:37:50.760 --> 00:37:51.400
 in

00:37:51.400 --> 00:37:51.740
 vain

00:37:51.740 --> 00:37:53.360
 on

00:37:53.360 --> 00:37:53.519
 the

00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:54.019
 contrary

00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:54.280
 he

00:37:54.280 --> 00:37:54.500
 says

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:54.900
 I

00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:55.300
 worked

00:37:55.300 --> 00:37:55.760
 harder

00:37:55.760 --> 00:37:56.079
 than

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:56.380
 any

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:56.559
 of

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:56.820
 them

00:37:56.820 --> 00:37:57.340
 though

00:37:57.340 --> 00:37:57.440
 it

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:57.559
 was

00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:57.780
 not

00:37:57.780 --> 00:37:58.220
 I

00:37:58.220 --> 00:37:58.780
 but

00:37:58.780 --> 00:37:58.960
 the

00:37:58.960 --> 00:37:59.380
 grace

00:37:59.380 --> 00:37:59.980
 of

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:00.380
 God

00:38:00.380 --> 00:38:00.980
 that

00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:01.119
 is

00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:01.420
 with

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:01.740
 me

00:38:01.740 --> 00:38:03.139
 now

00:38:03.139 --> 00:38:04.679
 Paul

00:38:04.679 --> 00:38:04.840
 is

00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:05.240
 mentioning

00:38:05.240 --> 00:38:05.619
 that

00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:06.340
 after

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:06.940
 degrading

00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:07.240
 himself

00:38:07.240 --> 00:38:07.619
 he's

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:07.780
 not

00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:08.139
 trying

00:38:08.139 --> 00:38:08.320
 to

00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:08.820
 lift

00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:09.179
 himself

00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:09.460
 up

00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:09.700
 saying

00:38:09.700 --> 00:38:09.940
 oh

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:10.240
 I'm

00:38:10.240 --> 00:38:10.420
 better

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:10.579
 than

00:38:10.579 --> 00:38:10.760
 all

00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:10.980
 these

00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:11.460
 other

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:11.760
 apostles

00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:12.039
 because

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.200
 I

00:38:12.200 --> 00:38:12.440
 work

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:12.740
 harder

00:38:12.740 --> 00:38:12.920
 than

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.139
 all

00:38:13.139 --> 00:38:13.320
 of

00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:13.539
 them

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:14.320
 he's

00:38:14.320 --> 00:38:14.679
 trying

00:38:14.679 --> 00:38:14.880
 to

00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:15.159
 because

00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:15.380
 the

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:15.659
 Corinthians

00:38:15.659 --> 00:38:15.980
 are

00:38:15.980 --> 00:38:16.519
 questioning

00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:16.800
 his

00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:17.179
 authority

00:38:17.179 --> 00:38:17.460
 as

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:17.599
 an

00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:17.940
 apostle

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.539
 he's

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:18.719
 trying

00:38:18.719 --> 00:38:18.920
 to

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:19.179
 build

00:38:19.179 --> 00:38:19.460
 his

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:19.960
 credibility

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.679
 because

00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:20.920
 they

00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:21.119
 were

00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:21.460
 questioning

00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:21.599
 his

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:22.159
 apostleship

00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:22.420
 on the

00:38:22.420 --> 00:38:22.699
 basis

00:38:22.699 --> 00:38:22.980
 of

00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:23.199
 his

00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:23.679
 ministry

00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:24.159
 but

00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:24.400
 he's

00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:24.659
 saying

00:38:24.659 --> 00:38:24.880
 on

00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:25.039
 the

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:25.340
 basis

00:38:25.340 --> 00:38:25.539
 of

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:25.719
 my

00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:26.159
 ministry

00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:26.699
 I'm

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:26.920
 not

00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:27.300
 one

00:38:27.300 --> 00:38:27.739
 with

00:38:27.739 --> 00:38:28.320
 less

00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:28.679
 than

00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:28.960
 any

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:29.099
 of

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:29.360
 those

00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:29.900
 apostles

00:38:29.900 --> 00:38:30.519
 so

00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:30.820
 don't

00:38:30.820 --> 00:38:30.960
 you

00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:31.239
 dare

00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:31.679
 reject

00:38:31.679 --> 00:38:31.860
 the

00:38:31.860 --> 00:38:32.119
 gospel

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:32.320
 I

00:38:32.320 --> 00:38:32.559
 preach

00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:32.739
 to

00:38:32.739 --> 00:38:33.019
 you

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:33.440
 because

00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:33.619
 you

00:38:33.619 --> 00:38:33.940
 think

00:38:33.940 --> 00:38:34.259
 less

00:38:34.259 --> 00:38:34.440
 of

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:34.659
 me

00:38:34.659 --> 00:38:35.400
 don't

00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:35.659
 think

00:38:35.659 --> 00:38:36.000
 less

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.159
 of

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:36.279
 the

00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:36.580
 gospel

00:38:36.580 --> 00:38:36.740
 I

00:38:36.740 --> 00:38:36.960
 preach

00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:37.100
 to

00:38:37.100 --> 00:38:37.320
 you

00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:37.700
 just

00:38:37.700 --> 00:38:37.960
 because

00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:38.120
 you

00:38:38.120 --> 00:38:38.380
 think

00:38:38.380 --> 00:38:38.720
 less

00:38:38.720 --> 00:38:38.900
 of

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:39.019
 me

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:39.240
 that's

00:38:39.240 --> 00:38:39.340
 what

00:38:39.340 --> 00:38:39.560
 Paul

00:38:39.560 --> 00:38:39.740
 is

00:38:39.740 --> 00:38:39.920
 trying

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:40.040
 to

00:38:40.040 --> 00:38:40.240
 say

00:38:40.240 --> 00:38:41.080
 I

00:38:41.080 --> 00:38:41.340
 worked

00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:41.660
 harder

00:38:41.660 --> 00:38:41.800
 than

00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:42.000
 all

00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:42.100
 of

00:38:42.100 --> 00:38:42.280
 them

00:38:42.280 --> 00:38:42.720
 and

00:38:42.720 --> 00:38:42.900
 he's

00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:43.100
 telling

00:38:43.100 --> 00:38:43.280
 the

00:38:43.280 --> 00:38:43.660
 truth

00:38:43.660 --> 00:38:44.380
 he

00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:44.620
 says

00:38:44.620 --> 00:38:44.760
 in

00:38:44.760 --> 00:38:45.060
 Romans

00:38:45.060 --> 00:38:45.240
 he

00:38:45.240 --> 00:38:45.580
 preached

00:38:45.580 --> 00:38:45.800
 the

00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:46.220
 gospel

00:38:46.220 --> 00:38:46.900
 from

00:38:46.900 --> 00:38:47.920
 Jerusalem

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.200
 to

00:38:48.200 --> 00:38:48.840
 Illyricum

00:38:48.840 --> 00:38:49.800
 in all

00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:49.960
 the

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:50.160
 known

00:38:50.160 --> 00:38:50.500
 world

00:38:50.500 --> 00:38:50.820
 where

00:38:50.820 --> 00:38:50.960
 he

00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:51.100
 was

00:38:51.100 --> 00:38:51.480
 able

00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:51.700
 to

00:38:51.700 --> 00:38:51.820
 go

00:38:51.820 --> 00:38:51.940
 he

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:52.260
 planted

00:38:52.260 --> 00:38:52.880
 churches

00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:53.560
 everywhere

00:38:53.560 --> 00:38:53.820
 he

00:38:53.820 --> 00:38:53.980
 went

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:54.180
 all

00:38:54.180 --> 00:38:54.320
 the

00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:54.519
 city

00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:55.040
 centers

00:38:55.040 --> 00:38:56.000
 he

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:56.380
 says

00:38:56.380 --> 00:38:56.660
 in

00:38:56.660 --> 00:38:57.060
 2nd

00:38:57.060 --> 00:38:57.460
 Corinthians

00:38:57.460 --> 00:38:57.780
 chapter

00:38:57.780 --> 00:38:58.100
 10

00:38:58.100 --> 00:38:58.280
 he

00:38:58.280 --> 00:38:58.600
 writes

00:38:58.600 --> 00:38:58.880
 about

00:38:58.880 --> 00:38:59.260
 all

00:38:59.260 --> 00:38:59.400
 the

00:38:59.400 --> 00:38:59.700
 hardships

00:38:59.700 --> 00:38:59.900
 that

00:38:59.900 --> 00:38:59.980
 he

00:38:59.980 --> 00:39:00.260
 went

00:39:00.260 --> 00:39:00.460
 through

00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:00.640
 for

00:39:00.640 --> 00:39:00.780
 the

00:39:00.780 --> 00:39:01.500
 gospel

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:02.180
 he

00:39:02.180 --> 00:39:02.360
 was

00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:02.760
 beaten

00:39:02.760 --> 00:39:03.060
 one

00:39:03.060 --> 00:39:03.300
 time

00:39:03.300 --> 00:39:03.440
 he

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:03.600
 was

00:39:03.600 --> 00:39:04.160
 stoned

00:39:04.160 --> 00:39:05.760
 taken

00:39:05.760 --> 00:39:06.000
 for

00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:06.320
 dead

00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:06.960
 he

00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:07.120
 was

00:39:07.120 --> 00:39:07.400
 given

00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:07.640
 the

00:39:07.640 --> 00:39:07.960
 40

00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:08.240
 minus

00:39:08.240 --> 00:39:08.700
 1

00:39:08.700 --> 00:39:10.160
 30

00:39:10.160 --> 00:39:10.620
 times

00:39:10.620 --> 00:39:10.780
 or

00:39:10.780 --> 00:39:11.019
 something

00:39:11.019 --> 00:39:11.519
 like

00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:11.660
 that

00:39:11.660 --> 00:39:11.900
 that's

00:39:11.900 --> 00:39:12.100
 the

00:39:12.100 --> 00:39:12.960
 severest

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:13.280
 punishment

00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:13.460
 you

00:39:13.460 --> 00:39:13.560
 can

00:39:13.560 --> 00:39:13.720
 get

00:39:13.720 --> 00:39:13.960
 before

00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:14.100
 you

00:39:14.100 --> 00:39:14.240
 get

00:39:14.240 --> 00:39:14.380
 the

00:39:14.380 --> 00:39:14.800
 execution

00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:15.519
 because

00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:15.660
 he

00:39:15.660 --> 00:39:15.820
 gave

00:39:15.820 --> 00:39:15.960
 them

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:16.120
 more

00:39:16.120 --> 00:39:16.260
 than

00:39:16.260 --> 00:39:16.519
 40

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:16.900
 lashes

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:17.240
 or

00:39:17.240 --> 00:39:17.480
 40

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:18.260
 lashes

00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:18.480
 or

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:18.660
 more

00:39:18.660 --> 00:39:18.820
 they

00:39:18.820 --> 00:39:18.980
 could

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:19.340
 die

00:39:19.340 --> 00:39:21.200
 he

00:39:21.200 --> 00:39:21.420
 knew

00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:22.220
 hunger

00:39:22.220 --> 00:39:22.520
 he

00:39:22.520 --> 00:39:22.700
 was

00:39:22.700 --> 00:39:23.420
 shipwrecked

00:39:23.420 --> 00:39:24.400
 he

00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:24.560
 was

00:39:24.560 --> 00:39:24.880
 beaten

00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:25.140
 with

00:39:25.140 --> 00:39:25.300
 a

00:39:25.300 --> 00:39:25.620
 rod

00:39:25.620 --> 00:39:27.560
 he

00:39:27.560 --> 00:39:27.840
 said

00:39:27.840 --> 00:39:28.260
 he

00:39:28.260 --> 00:39:28.540
 worked

00:39:28.540 --> 00:39:28.900
 harder

00:39:28.900 --> 00:39:29.120
 than

00:39:29.120 --> 00:39:29.300
 any

00:39:29.300 --> 00:39:29.420
 of

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:29.500
 them

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:29.600
 he

00:39:29.600 --> 00:39:29.700
 is

00:39:29.700 --> 00:39:30.000
 not

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:31.240
 exaggerating

00:39:31.240 --> 00:39:32.700
 but

00:39:32.700 --> 00:39:32.940
 he

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:33.140
 did

00:39:33.140 --> 00:39:33.420
 not

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:33.620
 do

00:39:33.620 --> 00:39:33.740
 that

00:39:33.740 --> 00:39:33.860
 in

00:39:33.860 --> 00:39:33.960
 his

00:39:33.960 --> 00:39:34.160
 own

00:39:34.160 --> 00:39:34.580
 strength

00:39:34.580 --> 00:39:34.720
 he

00:39:34.720 --> 00:39:34.780
 is

00:39:34.780 --> 00:39:34.920
 not

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:35.140
 giving

00:39:35.140 --> 00:39:35.440
 credit

00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:35.620
 to

00:39:35.620 --> 00:39:36.120
 himself

00:39:36.120 --> 00:39:36.420
 when

00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:36.560
 he

00:39:36.560 --> 00:39:36.840
 says

00:39:36.840 --> 00:39:37.120
 that

00:39:37.120 --> 00:39:37.460
 but

00:39:37.460 --> 00:39:37.720
 even

00:39:37.720 --> 00:39:38.020
 in

00:39:38.020 --> 00:39:38.320
 saying

00:39:38.320 --> 00:39:38.520
 that

00:39:38.520 --> 00:39:38.700
 he

00:39:38.700 --> 00:39:38.960
 gives

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.480
 credit

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:40.240
 to

00:39:40.240 --> 00:39:41.540
 God

00:39:41.540 --> 00:39:42.540
 he

00:39:42.540 --> 00:39:42.780
 says

00:39:42.780 --> 00:39:42.920
 I

00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:43.220
 worked

00:39:43.220 --> 00:39:43.600
 harder

00:39:43.600 --> 00:39:43.780
 than

00:39:43.780 --> 00:39:43.980
 any

00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:44.120
 of

00:39:44.120 --> 00:39:44.300
 them

00:39:44.300 --> 00:39:44.580
 though

00:39:44.580 --> 00:39:44.760
 it

00:39:44.760 --> 00:39:44.920
 was

00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:45.340
 not

00:39:45.340 --> 00:39:45.840
 I

00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:46.520
 but

00:39:46.520 --> 00:39:46.700
 the

00:39:46.700 --> 00:39:47.240
 grace

00:39:47.240 --> 00:39:47.580
 of

00:39:47.580 --> 00:39:47.980
 God

00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:48.400
 that

00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:48.560
 is

00:39:48.560 --> 00:39:48.840
 with

00:39:48.840 --> 00:39:49.160
 me

00:39:49.160 --> 00:39:50.280
 note

00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:50.480
 the

00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:50.940
 repetition

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 of

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 the

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 word

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 grace

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 here

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 in

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 these

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 two

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 verses

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 by

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 the

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 grace

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 of

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 God

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 I

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 am

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 what

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 I

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 am

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 and

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 his

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 grace

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 toward

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 me

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 was

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 not

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 in

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 vain

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 and

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 I

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 worked

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 harder

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 than

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 all

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 of

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 them

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 though

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 it

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 was

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 not

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 I

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 but

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 the

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 grace

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 of

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 God

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 that

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 is

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 with

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 me

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 I

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 think

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 it's

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 Pastor

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 John

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 Piper

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 Christian

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 author

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 he

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 was

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 the

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 first

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 person

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 to

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 note

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 this

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 but

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 it's

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 that

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 every

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 Paul

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 characteristically

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 begins and ends

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 all of his 13

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 letters

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 in this way

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 he begins

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 by saying

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 in some

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 form

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 grace

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 to you

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 the grace

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 of God

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 coming to

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 you

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 at the

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 opening

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 of the

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 letter

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 but

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 he

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 ends

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 his

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 letter

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 with

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 some

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 form

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 of

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 grace

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 be

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 with

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 you

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 the

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 grace

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 that

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 came

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 to

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 them

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 now

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 he

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 leaves

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 them

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 with

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 that

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 grace

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 be

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 with

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 you

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 because

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 Christian

00:40:34.460 --> 00:40:34.860
 life

00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:35.180
 is

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 grace

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 grace

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 beginning

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 to the

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 end

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 it's

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 grace

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 it's

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 the

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 grace

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 of

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 God

00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:44.980
 that

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 saves

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 us

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 and

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 it's

00:40:46.159 --> 00:40:46.299
 that

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 same

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 grace

00:40:47.019 --> 00:40:47.179
 of

00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:47.359
 God

00:40:47.359 --> 00:40:47.559
 that

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:48.239
 sustains

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 us

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 it's

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 the

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 grace

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 of

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 God

00:40:50.420 --> 00:40:50.779
 that

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 justifies

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 us

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 and

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 counts

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 us

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 as

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 righteous

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 before

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 God's

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 judgment

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 seat

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 and

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 it

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 is

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 that

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 same

00:40:56.779 --> 00:40:57.079
 grace

00:40:57.079 --> 00:40:57.239
 of

00:40:57.239 --> 00:40:57.500
 God

00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:58.019
 that

00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:59.199
 sanctifies

00:40:59.199 --> 00:40:59.699
 us

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 and

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:00.639
 makes

00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:00.940
 us

00:41:00.940 --> 00:41:01.379
 righteous

00:41:01.379 --> 00:41:01.980
 like

00:41:01.980 --> 00:41:02.779
 God

00:41:02.780 --> 00:41:08.060
 that's

00:41:08.060 --> 00:41:08.260
 why

00:41:08.260 --> 00:41:08.620
 it's

00:41:08.620 --> 00:41:09.040
 a lie

00:41:09.040 --> 00:41:09.240
 when

00:41:09.240 --> 00:41:09.460
 someone

00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:09.860
 says

00:41:09.860 --> 00:41:10.800
 if you

00:41:10.800 --> 00:41:11.060
 preach

00:41:11.060 --> 00:41:11.220
 the

00:41:11.220 --> 00:41:11.440
 grace

00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:11.600
 of

00:41:11.600 --> 00:41:11.840
 God

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:12.120
 people

00:41:12.120 --> 00:41:12.300
 will

00:41:12.300 --> 00:41:12.560
 not

00:41:12.560 --> 00:41:12.860
 work

00:41:12.860 --> 00:41:13.180
 hard

00:41:13.180 --> 00:41:13.900
 people

00:41:13.900 --> 00:41:14.080
 will

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 not

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 obey

00:41:14.600 --> 00:41:15.040
 God

00:41:15.040 --> 00:41:17.019
 no

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 it's

00:41:17.260 --> 00:41:17.580
 only

00:41:17.580 --> 00:41:18.080
 those

00:41:18.080 --> 00:41:18.280
 who

00:41:18.280 --> 00:41:18.500
 have

00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:18.720
 the

00:41:18.720 --> 00:41:18.980
 grace

00:41:18.980 --> 00:41:19.160
 of

00:41:19.160 --> 00:41:19.420
 God

00:41:19.420 --> 00:41:19.780
 and

00:41:19.780 --> 00:41:19.900
 are

00:41:19.900 --> 00:41:20.500
 sustained

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:20.740
 and

00:41:20.740 --> 00:41:21.080
 strengthened

00:41:21.080 --> 00:41:21.300
 by

00:41:21.300 --> 00:41:21.440
 the

00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:21.640
 grace

00:41:21.640 --> 00:41:21.800
 of

00:41:21.800 --> 00:41:21.960
 God

00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:22.120
 that

00:41:22.120 --> 00:41:22.400
 work

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:22.800
 harder

00:41:22.800 --> 00:41:23.019
 than

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:23.340
 everyone

00:41:23.340 --> 00:41:23.740
 else

00:41:23.739 --> 00:41:28.819
 and

00:41:28.819 --> 00:41:28.959
 so

00:41:28.959 --> 00:41:29.159
 Paul

00:41:29.159 --> 00:41:29.399
 says

00:41:29.399 --> 00:41:29.679
 whether

00:41:29.679 --> 00:41:29.959
 it

00:41:29.959 --> 00:41:30.139
 was

00:41:30.139 --> 00:41:30.479
 I

00:41:30.479 --> 00:41:30.679
 or

00:41:30.679 --> 00:41:30.979
 they

00:41:30.979 --> 00:41:31.279
 so

00:41:31.279 --> 00:41:31.459
 we

00:41:31.459 --> 00:41:31.899
 preach

00:41:31.899 --> 00:41:32.359
 and

00:41:32.359 --> 00:41:32.659
 so

00:41:32.659 --> 00:41:33.259
 you

00:41:33.259 --> 00:41:33.819
 believe

00:41:33.819 --> 00:41:34.000
 he

00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:34.219
 brings

00:41:34.219 --> 00:41:34.359
 it

00:41:34.359 --> 00:41:34.579
 back

00:41:34.579 --> 00:41:34.719
 to

00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:34.859
 his

00:41:34.859 --> 00:41:35.059
 main

00:41:35.059 --> 00:41:35.500
 point

00:41:35.500 --> 00:41:35.919
 which

00:41:35.919 --> 00:41:36.099
 is

00:41:36.099 --> 00:41:36.279
 he's

00:41:36.279 --> 00:41:36.539
 trying

00:41:36.539 --> 00:41:36.759
 to

00:41:36.759 --> 00:41:37.679
 hold

00:41:37.679 --> 00:41:38.159
 fast

00:41:38.159 --> 00:41:38.359
 to

00:41:38.359 --> 00:41:38.419
 the

00:41:38.419 --> 00:41:38.719
 gospel

00:41:38.719 --> 00:41:38.919
 of

00:41:38.919 --> 00:41:39.019
 the

00:41:39.019 --> 00:41:39.399
 resurrected

00:41:39.399 --> 00:41:39.859
 Christ

00:41:39.859 --> 00:41:40.259
 and

00:41:40.259 --> 00:41:40.459
 he's

00:41:40.459 --> 00:41:40.679
 saying

00:41:40.679 --> 00:41:40.879
 it

00:41:40.879 --> 00:41:41.179
 doesn't

00:41:41.179 --> 00:41:41.539
 matter

00:41:41.539 --> 00:41:41.919
 whether

00:41:41.919 --> 00:41:42.099
 you

00:41:42.099 --> 00:41:42.279
 heard

00:41:42.279 --> 00:41:42.399
 it

00:41:42.399 --> 00:41:42.559
 from

00:41:42.559 --> 00:41:42.879
 me

00:41:42.879 --> 00:41:43.299
 or

00:41:43.299 --> 00:41:43.399
 whether

00:41:43.399 --> 00:41:43.519
 you

00:41:43.519 --> 00:41:43.679
 heard

00:41:43.679 --> 00:41:43.799
 it

00:41:43.799 --> 00:41:43.919
 from

00:41:43.919 --> 00:41:44.059
 the

00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:44.500
 apostles

00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:45.179
 don't

00:41:45.179 --> 00:41:45.599
 discount

00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:45.779
 the

00:41:45.779 --> 00:41:46.059
 gospel

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:46.359
 because

00:41:46.359 --> 00:41:46.519
 you

00:41:46.519 --> 00:41:46.719
 think

00:41:46.719 --> 00:41:46.979
 less

00:41:46.979 --> 00:41:47.119
 of

00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:47.259
 me

00:41:47.259 --> 00:41:47.479
 it's

00:41:47.479 --> 00:41:47.639
 the

00:41:47.639 --> 00:41:47.979
 same

00:41:47.980 --> 00:41:48.420
 gospel

00:41:48.420 --> 00:41:48.940
 that

00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:49.139
 they

00:41:49.139 --> 00:41:49.500
 preached

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:49.719
 that

00:41:49.719 --> 00:41:50.199
 Christ

00:41:50.199 --> 00:41:50.719
 gave

00:41:50.719 --> 00:41:50.920
 to

00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:51.360
 us

00:41:51.360 --> 00:41:51.820
 that

00:41:51.820 --> 00:41:52.039
 I

00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:52.260
 have

00:41:52.260 --> 00:41:52.639
 preached

00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:52.980
 to

00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:53.320
 you

00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:55.360
 this

00:41:55.360 --> 00:41:55.539
 has

00:41:55.539 --> 00:41:55.780
 some

00:41:55.780 --> 00:41:56.240
 very

00:41:56.240 --> 00:41:56.659
 practical

00:41:56.659 --> 00:41:57.159
 applications

00:41:57.159 --> 00:41:57.619
 for

00:41:57.619 --> 00:41:58.000
 all

00:41:58.000 --> 00:41:58.139
 of

00:41:58.139 --> 00:41:58.420
 us

00:41:58.420 --> 00:41:58.980
 if

00:41:58.980 --> 00:41:59.099
 you

00:41:59.099 --> 00:41:59.219
 are

00:41:59.219 --> 00:41:59.380
 a

00:41:59.380 --> 00:41:59.760
 Christian

00:41:59.760 --> 00:42:01.159
 this

00:42:01.159 --> 00:42:01.579
 means

00:42:01.579 --> 00:42:02.159
 that

00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:02.280
 you

00:42:02.280 --> 00:42:02.460
 don't

00:42:02.460 --> 00:42:02.659
 need

00:42:02.659 --> 00:42:02.820
 to

00:42:02.820 --> 00:42:03.000
 be

00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:03.559
 ashamed

00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:03.780
 of

00:42:03.780 --> 00:42:03.880
 your

00:42:03.880 --> 00:42:04.300
 past

00:42:04.300 --> 00:42:05.139
 you

00:42:05.139 --> 00:42:05.280
 don't

00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:05.460
 need

00:42:05.460 --> 00:42:05.579
 to

00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:05.740
 try

00:42:05.740 --> 00:42:05.880
 to

00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:06.360
 erase

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:06.920
 your

00:42:06.920 --> 00:42:07.280
 sinful

00:42:07.280 --> 00:42:07.639
 past

00:42:07.639 --> 00:42:07.760
 you

00:42:07.760 --> 00:42:07.880
 don't

00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:08.000
 need

00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:08.119
 to

00:42:08.119 --> 00:42:08.380
 try

00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:08.740
 to

00:42:08.740 --> 00:42:10.360
 put

00:42:10.360 --> 00:42:10.480
 on

00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:10.619
 a

00:42:10.619 --> 00:42:11.019
 mask

00:42:11.019 --> 00:42:11.300
 a

00:42:11.300 --> 00:42:11.719
 face

00:42:11.719 --> 00:42:15.360
 keep

00:42:15.360 --> 00:42:15.599
 your

00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:16.240
 present

00:42:16.240 --> 00:42:16.659
 struggles

00:42:16.659 --> 00:42:17.079
 and sins

00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:17.360
 hidden

00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:18.760
 because

00:42:18.760 --> 00:42:19.300
 all of

00:42:19.300 --> 00:42:19.700
 us

00:42:19.700 --> 00:42:20.980
 are

00:42:20.980 --> 00:42:21.420
 sinners

00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:22.019
 saved

00:42:22.019 --> 00:42:22.220
 by

00:42:22.220 --> 00:42:22.380
 the

00:42:22.380 --> 00:42:22.620
 grace

00:42:22.620 --> 00:42:22.780
 of

00:42:22.780 --> 00:42:23.019
 God

00:42:23.019 --> 00:42:26.440
 and

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:26.620
 that

00:42:26.620 --> 00:42:26.800
 should

00:42:26.800 --> 00:42:27.140
 also

00:42:27.140 --> 00:42:27.480
 if

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:27.640
 you're

00:42:27.640 --> 00:42:27.760
 a

00:42:27.760 --> 00:42:28.039
 Christian

00:42:28.039 --> 00:42:28.579
 embolden

00:42:28.579 --> 00:42:28.840
 you

00:42:28.840 --> 00:42:29.059
 to

00:42:29.059 --> 00:42:29.500
 share

00:42:29.500 --> 00:42:29.960
 the

00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:30.340
 gospel

00:42:30.340 --> 00:42:30.539
 of

00:42:30.539 --> 00:42:30.760
 Jesus

00:42:30.760 --> 00:42:31.079
 Christ

00:42:31.079 --> 00:42:32.019
 with

00:42:32.019 --> 00:42:32.440
 others

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 because

00:42:33.760 --> 00:42:33.980
 this

00:42:33.980 --> 00:42:34.320
 teaches

00:42:34.320 --> 00:42:34.519
 us

00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:34.640
 that

00:42:34.640 --> 00:42:34.800
 no

00:42:34.800 --> 00:42:34.960
 matter

00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:35.260
 how

00:42:35.260 --> 00:42:35.700
 hardened

00:42:35.700 --> 00:42:36.120
 people

00:42:36.120 --> 00:42:36.400
 might

00:42:36.400 --> 00:42:36.720
 be

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 no

00:42:37.420 --> 00:42:37.539
 matter

00:42:37.539 --> 00:42:37.800
 how

00:42:37.800 --> 00:42:38.220
 far

00:42:38.220 --> 00:42:38.420
 and

00:42:38.420 --> 00:42:38.840
 wayward

00:42:38.840 --> 00:42:39.000
 they

00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:39.220
 might

00:42:39.220 --> 00:42:39.620
 seem

00:42:39.620 --> 00:42:40.079
 from

00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:40.579
 the

00:42:40.579 --> 00:42:40.880
 truths

00:42:40.880 --> 00:42:41.019
 of

00:42:41.019 --> 00:42:41.440
 Christianity

00:42:41.440 --> 00:42:43.260
 no

00:42:43.260 --> 00:42:43.480
 one

00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:43.720
 is

00:42:43.720 --> 00:42:44.039
 beyond

00:42:44.039 --> 00:42:44.220
 the

00:42:44.220 --> 00:42:44.519
 reach

00:42:44.519 --> 00:42:44.980
 of

00:42:44.980 --> 00:42:45.420
 the

00:42:45.420 --> 00:42:45.720
 gospel

00:42:45.720 --> 00:42:46.280
 of

00:42:46.280 --> 00:42:46.519
 Jesus

00:42:46.519 --> 00:42:46.980
 Christ

00:42:46.980 --> 00:42:49.000
 if

00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:49.260
 God

00:42:49.260 --> 00:42:49.460
 could

00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:49.740
 save

00:42:49.740 --> 00:42:50.199
 Paul

00:42:50.199 --> 00:42:51.500
 he

00:42:51.500 --> 00:42:51.679
 could

00:42:51.679 --> 00:42:51.920
 save

00:42:51.920 --> 00:42:52.219
 them

00:42:52.219 --> 00:42:54.960
 and

00:42:54.960 --> 00:42:55.099
 if

00:42:55.099 --> 00:42:55.219
 you

00:42:55.219 --> 00:42:55.360
 are

00:42:55.360 --> 00:42:55.699
 not

00:42:55.699 --> 00:42:56.559
 yet

00:42:56.559 --> 00:42:56.780
 a

00:42:56.780 --> 00:42:56.980
 follower

00:42:56.980 --> 00:42:57.119
 of

00:42:57.119 --> 00:42:57.320
 Jesus

00:42:57.320 --> 00:42:57.679
 Christ

00:42:57.679 --> 00:42:58.000
 let me

00:42:58.000 --> 00:42:58.139
 speak

00:42:58.139 --> 00:42:58.300
 to

00:42:58.300 --> 00:42:58.699
 you

00:42:58.699 --> 00:43:03.119
 leave

00:43:03.119 --> 00:43:04.000
 your

00:43:04.000 --> 00:43:04.360
 pride

00:43:04.360 --> 00:43:04.760
 behind

00:43:04.760 --> 00:43:06.340
 leave

00:43:06.340 --> 00:43:06.539
 your

00:43:06.539 --> 00:43:06.980
 guilt

00:43:06.980 --> 00:43:08.079
 behind

00:43:08.079 --> 00:43:08.599
 leave

00:43:08.599 --> 00:43:08.760
 your

00:43:08.760 --> 00:43:09.300
 shame

00:43:09.300 --> 00:43:10.300
 behind

00:43:10.300 --> 00:43:11.880
 leave

00:43:11.880 --> 00:43:12.019
 your

00:43:12.019 --> 00:43:12.699
 fears

00:43:12.699 --> 00:43:13.240
 behind

00:43:13.240 --> 00:43:14.199
 and come

00:43:14.199 --> 00:43:14.739
 to

00:43:14.739 --> 00:43:15.279
 Christ

00:43:15.279 --> 00:43:19.119
 he

00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:19.359
 can

00:43:19.359 --> 00:43:19.779
 save

00:43:19.779 --> 00:43:20.059
 you

00:43:20.059 --> 00:43:22.099
 you

00:43:22.099 --> 00:43:22.239
 are

00:43:22.239 --> 00:43:22.480
 not

00:43:22.480 --> 00:43:22.899
 so

00:43:22.899 --> 00:43:23.299
 good

00:43:23.299 --> 00:43:23.659
 that

00:43:23.659 --> 00:43:24.960
 you

00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:25.099
 do

00:43:25.099 --> 00:43:25.299
 not

00:43:25.299 --> 00:43:25.859
 need

00:43:25.859 --> 00:43:26.919
 Christ

00:43:26.919 --> 00:43:27.419
 salvation

00:43:27.419 --> 00:43:28.480
 neither

00:43:28.480 --> 00:43:28.719
 are

00:43:28.719 --> 00:43:28.939
 you

00:43:28.939 --> 00:43:29.299
 so

00:43:29.299 --> 00:43:29.759
 bad

00:43:29.759 --> 00:43:30.039
 that

00:43:30.039 --> 00:43:30.139
 you

00:43:30.139 --> 00:43:30.279
 are

00:43:30.279 --> 00:43:30.799
 beyond

00:43:30.799 --> 00:43:31.419
 God's

00:43:31.419 --> 00:43:31.839
 salvation

00:43:31.840 --> 00:43:38.700
 that's

00:43:38.700 --> 00:43:38.920
 what we

00:43:38.920 --> 00:43:39.220
 remember

00:43:39.220 --> 00:43:39.700
 today

00:43:39.700 --> 00:43:41.260
 hold fast

00:43:41.260 --> 00:43:42.500
 to the

00:43:42.500 --> 00:43:42.900
 gospel

00:43:42.900 --> 00:43:44.240
 of the

00:43:44.240 --> 00:43:44.579
 resurrected

00:43:44.579 --> 00:43:45.039
 Christ

00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:46.000
 let's pray

00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:47.120
 together

00:43:47.119 --> 00:43:57.079
 maybe a

00:43:57.079 --> 00:43:57.299
 moment

00:43:57.299 --> 00:43:57.639
 actually

00:43:57.639 --> 00:43:57.839
 to

00:43:57.839 --> 00:43:58.199
 reflect

00:43:58.199 --> 00:43:58.599
 on that

00:43:58.599 --> 00:44:01.699
 how

00:44:01.699 --> 00:44:01.819
 you

00:44:01.819 --> 00:44:01.940
 can

00:44:01.940 --> 00:44:02.339
 respond

00:44:02.339 --> 00:44:02.519
 to

00:44:02.519 --> 00:44:02.699
 this

00:44:02.699 --> 00:44:03.039
 gospel

00:44:03.039 --> 00:44:03.259
 of

00:44:03.259 --> 00:44:03.559
 Jesus

00:44:03.559 --> 00:44:07.679
 we'll

00:44:07.679 --> 00:44:07.880
 have

00:44:07.880 --> 00:44:08.299
 time

00:44:08.299 --> 00:44:08.440
 of

00:44:08.440 --> 00:44:08.679
 corporate

00:44:08.679 --> 00:44:08.940
 prayer

00:44:08.940 --> 00:44:09.259
 together

00:44:09.260 --> 00:44:11.240
 and

00:44:11.240 --> 00:44:11.640
 if

00:44:12.700 --> 00:44:13.760
 you

00:44:30.000 --> 00:44:32.000
 .