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 It's great to be here this morning.

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 On Easter Sundays, we celebrate life and new life.

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 And that's the segue into announcing that Sam and Sal are expecting a second child.

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 So, what a great day.

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 But wait, there's more.

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 Adam and Brenda are expecting their first child.

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 Fantastic you guys.

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 Good morning.

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 My name is Steve Jeffrey.

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 I'm one of the ministry team here.

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 I grew up one of three boys.

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 My cousins, all the ones we had anything to do with, were all boys.

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 I grew up on a farm, motorbike riding, shooting guns,

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 explosives licensed by the age of 18.

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 So, my life was surrounded like that, flanny shirts, boots.

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 And I'm the dad of three girls.

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 And so, I've been introduced to a world that I've never had any interest in

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 or was unaware of, a Barbie world.

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 And so, 7,000 kilometres in a car last August and September

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 with Barbie playing in the TV screen behind my headrest

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 causes one to be familiar with Barbie world.

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 What I discovered with all the Barbie movies

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 was that there was a good versus evil plot.

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 And there's always a tense moment in the middle of the movie

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 with a protagonist who looks like Barbie,

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 but is more evil than Barbie.

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 And it appears in that tense moment that evil will win the day.

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 But with a quick change of clothes and a reapplication of make-up

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 and a little dose of self-confidence,

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 Barbie's character always comes through at the end to win the day.

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 What I find interesting, though,

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 is in that moment, the concern which is expressed

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 on the face of my daughter is that evil will triumph.

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 The youngest, or the middle one, would say,

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 Turn it off, Izzy! Turn it off!

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 Yell in the back seat.

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 And she could not cope with the fact that evil was going to win the day.

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 Oh, there was an attempt to fast-forward that bit of the movie.

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 What is surprising to me is that they've seen it a dozen times.

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 They know how it's going to end up.

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 And they've seen a dozen of these movies

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 and they always know that Barbie will win in the end.

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 It's a world of pink and purple

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 and good always triumphs with flowers

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 and colour and delightful stuff.

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 And it surprises me

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 because a number of times I would say,

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 But you know how it's going to end.

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 And yet it's something delightful as well.

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 The storyline has not lost its thrill.

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 Although I must say,

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 several months down the track,

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 it has lost its thrill.

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 I don't hear the crying out,

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 Turn it off, Izzy!

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 Turn it off!

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 Which, of course, is my concern with Easter.

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 It was bad news for Jesus on Good Friday,

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 but we all know how it works out.

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 You know the end of the story.

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 So in preparing for today,

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 it makes me feel like I'm talking about something,

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 talking about a book,

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 and you've all read the end of the book.

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 And so where's the surprise in it?

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 Where's the thrill in it?

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 Of course, the temptation is to have a mere historical

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 or academic engagement with Easter

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 and to miss its impact for us today.

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 And so I'd like us to recapture some of the awe.

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 I'd like to see that for myself,

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 to marvel at the resurrection,

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 even though we know how it works out.

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 To walk out of here with hearts filled with joy

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 and hope and purpose and expectation and love.

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 Let's be astonished at the resurrection.

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 And to do that, you must begin with understanding.

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 You need to know the story and how it ends.

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 If you make less of the truth and the facts and the reality,

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 then your wonder of it all will just be shallow.

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 Take, for instance, the article

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 that was printed at the Sydney Morning Herald

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 on Good Friday in 2005.

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 It was written by Hugh Mackay,

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 social commentator,

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 and he made this comment about Easter

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 and the resurrection of Jesus.

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 He says,

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 Christians celebrate new life at Easter,

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 but in a religious sense.

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 The focus of their festival is the belief

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 that tragedy and grief,

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 symbolised by the crucifixion,

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 can give way to new life,

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 symbolised by the resurrection,

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 and that pain and loss are essential steps

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 on the journey towards enlightenment.

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 And so he says that

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 Easter is a festival of hope,

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 a celebration of faith in the future,

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 and a reminder

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 that despite our failures and frailties and flaws,

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 personal resurrection is always a possibility for us.

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 It's positive.

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 And yet,

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 Mackay's point is that the resurrection is symbolic.

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 Whether it happened or not

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 is not the issue for him.

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 He suggests that

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 what it's all about

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 is symbolism,

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 and that symbolism is positive

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 and powerful in your life.

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 It's an example and a metaphor for our life.

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 New life and growth through suffering.

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 To grow, we're going to need to suffer a little,

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 just like pruning a rose.

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 That's the point of the resurrection.

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 And I think Mackay's representation of Easter

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 is probably the view of a number of people

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 when it comes to the resurrection.

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 And while many would see his view as intelligent

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 and conciliatory and positive and rational,

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 it fails to grasp

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 is that the resurrection is not merely symbolic.

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 It is not a myth

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 that is okay to believe

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 if it works for you.

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 And so as I look at the Bible,

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 as we're going to do that together

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 in Philippians 2 and 3,

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 and so grab your Bibles in preparation for that

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 and turn to Philippians 2 and 3,

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 the passage we just read out for us.

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 As I look at the Bible,

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 as we do this together

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 and speak about the resurrection of Jesus,

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 I'm not merely putting another alternative

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 in front of you this morning.

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 The resurrection of Jesus

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 is not a satisfying myth

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 that helps some people,

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 us in this room maybe,

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 to interpret life

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 so that it becomes livable

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 and even possibly more enjoyable for us.

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 Easter is about real persons

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 and historical events

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 and divine intentions

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 that really happened.

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 The resurrection is more real

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 and more exciting

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 and more terrifying

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 and more life-changing

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 than any myth

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 or any other truth claim.

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 Now friends, this is Easter.

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 It is the celebration

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 of the historical resurrection

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 of Jesus from the dead.

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 He is alive.

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 He is not mere memory,

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 a mere historical figure

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 like a Julius Caesar

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 or a Shakespeare

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 or an Abraham Lincoln.

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 He is back from the dead

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 with a new glorious body.

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 He is alive.

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 He is reigning

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 as the king of the universe

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 as Philippians 2 says

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 and he is making this offer

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 of real life

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 and hope to us today.

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 Now I know that I'm taking

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 a lot for granted

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 when I say that.

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 So let me put it

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 into some sort of context.

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 We Christians believe

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 that what the 27 books

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 of the New Testament

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 record about Jesus

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 are true.

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 These books uniformly teach

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 or assume that Jesus

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 lived in history,

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 that he died

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 as a substitute for sinners

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 and he rose on the third day

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 and that he ascended to heaven

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 and rules the world

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 as the God

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 of all the universe.

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 These 27 books

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 are riddled

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 with references

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 to the physical resurrection

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 of Jesus from the dead

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 as we declared together

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 a little bit earlier

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 in our service

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 reading out

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 from 1 Corinthians 15.

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 These accounts

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 of what happened

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 in the life of Jesus

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 are totally different

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 than myth

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 like Greek

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 or Roman mythology

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 which is shrouded

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 in a distant past

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 that does not connect

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 with real history.

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 The New Testament books

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 are talking

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 about real history.

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 Pilate,

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 Roman governor,

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 Herod,

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 the king from Galilee,

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 Caiaphas,

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 the high priest.

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 They are not

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 mythical figures.

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 These people are known

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 from history

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 outside of the New Testament.

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 The accounts

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 of the New Testament

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 were all written

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 while eyewitnesses

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 were still alive.

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 We said that

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 a little bit early

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 in our service.

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 Paul's letters

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 were written

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 15 to 30 years

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 after the death

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 of Jesus.

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 As we just read,

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 he mentions the fact

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 that 500 people

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 had seen the risen Jesus

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 at one time

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 and that most of them

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 were still alive

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 as he pens the history.

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 Most of the books,

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 maybe all of them

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 were written

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 before 70 AD,

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 40 years

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 after the death

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 of Jesus.

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 This is not mythology.

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 This is history.

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 It is remembered history.

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 It is eyewitness history.

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 And add to this

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 that the enemies

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 of Christianity

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 would have loved

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 nothing better

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 than to wheel

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 a dead body

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 in a wheelbarrow

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 into Jerusalem

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 to prove

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 that it was

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 all a hoax.

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 And they couldn't.

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 The Romans

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 themselves

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 stationed their own

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 soldiers

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 at the entrance

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 of the tomb

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 and it was empty.

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 There was no dead body.

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 And the thought

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 that the scared

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 disciples

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 who abandoned

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 Jesus

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 at his crucifixion

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 for fear of their lives,

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 that they would

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 suddenly come together

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 and agree amongst

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 themselves

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 to create a hoax,

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 that they would

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 steal the body

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 and then that they

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 would die for that

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 hoax

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 is ludicrous.

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 These disciples

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 of Jesus

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 were not wacko.

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 They were witnesses.

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 And what we have

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 in the New Testament

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 is not mythology.

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 But Jesus

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 as eyewitnesses

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 remembered him.

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 And the point

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 of all this

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 is simply to say

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 that when we

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 Christians say

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 Jesus is risen

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 from the dead,

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 we're not speaking

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 mythically.

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 We're not speaking

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 blindly.

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 We're not speaking

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 symbolically.

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 We're not speaking

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 spiritually

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 or just emotionally.

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 We're speaking

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 historically.

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 Now, of course,

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 the aim of all

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 this history

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 is that we might

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 be astounded

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 at the majesty

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 of Jesus Christ

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 this Easter.

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 The point is

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 that we might

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 marvel

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 and stand

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 in awe

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 and be amazed

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 and get

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 the impact

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 of Easter

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 Sunday

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 in 2013.

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 Some of this

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 majesty

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 and impact

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 was there

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 for us

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 in Philippians

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 3

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 verses 20

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 to 21.

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 So if you

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 want to go

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 there,

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 Philippians 3,

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 Adam read out

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 to us.

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 Have you got

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 a page

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 there on

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 your Bible,

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 Adam?

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 Sorry?

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 1140.

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 Page 1140

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 in the pew

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 Bibles

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 if it's there

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 in front of you.

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 Philippians 3

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 verses 20

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 to 21.

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 But our

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 citizenship

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 is in heaven

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 and we

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 eagerly

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 await a

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 saviour

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 from there,

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 the Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 who by the

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 power that

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 enables him

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 to bring

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 everything

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 under his

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 control

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 will transform

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 our lowly

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 bodies

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 so that

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 they will

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 be like

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 his

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 glorious

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 body.

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 What an

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 astounding

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 couple of

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 verses.

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 Now something

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 is assumed

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 there in

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 verse 20

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 and 21.

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 What is

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 assumed is

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 that Jesus

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 was raised

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 from the dead

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 and that he

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 is now

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 alive

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 and is

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 now very

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 powerful

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 to put it

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 mindly.

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 The reason

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 Paul assumes

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 it here

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 in chapter

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 3

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 is because

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 it's what

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 he said

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 in chapter

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 2.

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 It's what

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 was read

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 out to us

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 as well.

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 And so let

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 me go back

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 to chapter

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 2 and make

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 it explicit

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 and clear

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 for us.

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 And let me

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 say by way

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 of introduction

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 you will

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 never read

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 anything

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 anywhere

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 in any

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 literature

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 more sweeping

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 and important

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 and true

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 than these

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 verses

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 in chapter

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 2 of

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 Philippians.

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 Let's

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 start at

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 verse 6

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 referring to

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 Jesus

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 who

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 being in

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 very nature

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 God

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 did not

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 consider

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 equality

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 with God

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 something to

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 be grasped

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 but made

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 himself

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 nothing.

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 Taking the

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 very nature

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 of servant

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 being made

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 in human

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 likeness

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 and being

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 found in

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 appearance as a

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 man he

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 humbled himself

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 and became

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 obedient to

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 death

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 even death

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 on a cross.

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 And therefore

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 God exalted

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 him to the

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 highest place

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 and gave him

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 the name

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 that is above

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 every day

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 that at the

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 name of

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 Jesus

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 every knee

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 should bow

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 in heaven

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 and on

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 earth

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 and under

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 the earth

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 and every

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 tongue confess

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 that Jesus

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 Christ is

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 Lord to

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 the glory

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 of God

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 the Father.

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 There is

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 Easter impact.

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 Christ was

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 and is

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 equal with

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 God

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 he is

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 God

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 he became

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 human being

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 he obediently

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 suffered and

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 died

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 and that

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 means that

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 it was a

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 planned death

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 it was not

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 an accident

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 of history

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 it was a

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 planned death

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 and the point

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 of the plan

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 was that the

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 Lord Jesus

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 Christ be a

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 substitute for

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 all sinners

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 who would

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 trust in him

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 that was

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 God's loving

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 plan for the

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 salvation of

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 sinners like

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 us

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 and then it

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 says

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 therefore God

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 exalted him

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 to the highest

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 place

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 in other words

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 because of his

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 obedient and

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 successful life

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 and death

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 God raised him

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 from the dead

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 and gave him

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 great glory

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 as the Lord

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 of the universe

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 that is the

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 astounding

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 assumption behind

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 Philippians 3

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 20 to 21

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 but our

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 citizenship is in

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 heaven

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 and we

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 eagerly await a

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 saviour from

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 there the

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 Lord Jesus

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 Christ

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 who by the

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 power that

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 enables him to

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 bring everything

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 under his

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 control will

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 transform our

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 lowly bodies

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 so that they

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 will be like

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 his glorious

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 body

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 when you put

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 Philippians 2

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 and Philippians 3

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 together

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 we see that

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 because of the

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 death and

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 resurrection of

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 the Lord Jesus

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 he has

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 astonishing

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 power to

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 subject all

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 things to

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 himself

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 this

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 is

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 resurrection

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 impact

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 that is

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 relevant for

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 us right now

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 that is

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 he rose

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 victorious from

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 the grave

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 never to die

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 again

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 and he

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 rules

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 over all

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 time and

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 space

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 you see it

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 there again

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 in verse 21

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 by the power

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 that enables him

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 to bring

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 everything

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 under his

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 control

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 in one sense

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 Jesus has the

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 right to rule

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 the universe

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 because he is

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 God

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 not just because

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 he died and

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 rose again

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 he did not

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 have to die

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 and rise

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 in order to

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 be who he

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 is

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 and what he

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 is from all

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 eternity

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 is God

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 and this gives

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 him the right

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 to exercise

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 authority over

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 all things

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 but in another

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 sense God

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 decreed that

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 the one

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 who would

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 rule in

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 power

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 would be a

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 saviour who

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 suffered with

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 us and for

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 us in this

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 world

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 the Lord and

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 judge and

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 saviour over

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 all the universe

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 was tested

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 and found

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 perfect through

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 human suffering

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 and now he

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 is doubly

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 suited for his

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 role as

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 Lord of the

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 universe

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 he is God

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 by God

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 with all the

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 natural rights

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 to go with

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 that and he

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 is saviour

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 with purchased

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 rights

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 and so he

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 can put his

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 foot on

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 Satan's neck

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 and not just

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 because of the

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 raw divine

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 power he has

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 but also because

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 he exposed

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 himself to

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 Satan's

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 temptations

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 and to

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 Satan's

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 biggest weapon

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 death

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 and he broke

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 it on Easter

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 Sunday

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 he is doubly

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 suited to rule

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 the universe

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 he has

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 creator rights

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 and saviour

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 rights

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 and the

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 impact of

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 Easter Sunday

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 morning is

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 that there

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 is no higher

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 authority

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 there is no

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 place or

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 sphere or

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 realm or

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 dimension of

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 existence anywhere

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 in the universe

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 that is not

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 under the

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 absolute

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 authority

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 of Jesus

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 Christ

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 and when the

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 world in which

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 we live

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 doesn't look

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 like it's under

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 the authority

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 of Jesus

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 it would be

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 wiser for us

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 to marvel at

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 the mystery

00:18:01.440 --> 00:18:02.359
 of his ways

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 than to

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 question the

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 scope of

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 his power

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 Christ's power

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 pervades the

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 universe from

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 the largest to

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 the smallest

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 elements of

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 reality

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 no galaxy

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 no atom

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 no demon

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 would stay

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 in being

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 without the

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 authority of

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 the Lord

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 Jesus

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 so be

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 astonished at

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 his power

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 to subject

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 all things

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 to himself

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 Easter Sunday

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 is no mere

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 symbolism of

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 how to endure

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 hard things

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 in life

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 it means that

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 Jesus rules

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 the universe

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 as the name

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 that is above

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 every name

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 and he does

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 it

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 out of love

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 for us

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 notice that

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 there are two

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 astounding

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 implications for

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 us in this

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 power of the

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 resurrected Lord

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 Jesus

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 they are

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 staggering

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 and they are

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 filled with

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 hope and joy

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 and life

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 for us

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 verse 20

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 our citizenship

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 is in

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 heaven

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 citizenship

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 means you

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 belong

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 citizenship

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 means you

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 are protected

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 we take it

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 for granted

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 but become a

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 refugee

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 and be a

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 person of

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 no fixed

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 abode

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 with no one

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 in the United

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 Nations

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 speak it

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 on your

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 behalf

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 and see

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 how secure

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 you feel

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 and our

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 citizenship

00:19:26.080 --> 00:19:26.880
 is in

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 heaven

00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:28.920
 the power

00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:29.160
 of the

00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:29.640
 Lord Jesus

00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:30.140
 guarantees

00:19:30.140 --> 00:19:32.480
 our citizenship

00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:33.000
 of heaven

00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:33.880
 and if you're a

00:19:33.880 --> 00:19:34.540
 believer in the

00:19:34.540 --> 00:19:35.060
 Lord Jesus

00:19:35.060 --> 00:19:36.140
 you don't have to

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 wait for the

00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:37.280
 second coming

00:19:37.280 --> 00:19:37.700
 of the Lord

00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:38.420
 Jesus to know

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 where your

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 home is

00:19:39.920 --> 00:19:40.860
 when you trust

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 in Christ

00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:42.600
 your name is

00:19:42.600 --> 00:19:43.520
 sealed on the

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 citizen roles

00:19:44.320 --> 00:19:44.800
 of heaven

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 because your

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 king is

00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:46.960
 there

00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:48.299
 where he

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 is

00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:49.359
 there you

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 have the

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 privilege to

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 be

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 and so

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 you will be

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 with him

00:19:53.159 --> 00:19:53.619
 forever

00:19:53.619 --> 00:19:54.139
 and your

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 amazement

00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:55.759
 and your

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 wonder

00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:56.960
 and your

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 awe

00:19:57.579 --> 00:19:58.279
 will never

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 cease

00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.599
 it will only

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 increase

00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:00.960
 with him

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 forever

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.419
 and ever

00:20:02.419 --> 00:20:04.159
 which leads

00:20:04.159 --> 00:20:04.659
 to the second

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 implication

00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:05.740
 Jesus

00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.799
 will use

00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:07.500
 his power

00:20:07.500 --> 00:20:08.740
 to transform

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 your body

00:20:09.339 --> 00:20:09.960
 into a

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 resurrected

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 body like

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 his

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 Philippians

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 3 21

00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:14.320
 the Lord

00:20:14.320 --> 00:20:15.060
 Jesus Christ

00:20:15.060 --> 00:20:15.500
 who by the

00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:15.920
 power that

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 enables him

00:20:16.460 --> 00:20:16.800
 to bring

00:20:16.800 --> 00:20:17.340
 everything

00:20:17.340 --> 00:20:17.900
 under his

00:20:17.900 --> 00:20:18.360
 control

00:20:18.360 --> 00:20:19.820
 will transform

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 your lowly

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 bodies

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 so that they

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 will be like

00:20:22.780 --> 00:20:23.380
 his glorious

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 body

00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:25.960
 all that

00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:26.520
 power that

00:20:26.520 --> 00:20:27.340
 Jesus has

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 will be used

00:20:28.860 --> 00:20:29.560
 to take

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 our dead

00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:30.640
 bodies

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 and raise

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 them from

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 the dead

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 no longer

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 to be sick

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 and disabled

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 or frail

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 or mentally

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 ill or addicted

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 or weary

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 or tempting

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 or tempted

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 but

00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:40.619
 rather

00:20:40.619 --> 00:20:41.000
 it will

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.420
 be like

00:20:41.420 --> 00:20:41.720
 his

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 glorious

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 body

00:20:42.900 --> 00:20:44.359
 this is

00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:44.599
 not

00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:45.759
 a mere

00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:46.259
 symbolic

00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:46.759
 hope

00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:47.480
 if you

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:47.960
 belong to

00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:48.220
 Jesus

00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:48.579
 Christ

00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:49.099
 by trusting

00:20:49.099 --> 00:20:49.519
 in him

00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:50.279
 he will

00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:50.720
 give you

00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.240
 a new

00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:51.539
 body

00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:52.160
 fit for

00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:52.500
 eternal

00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:52.839
 life

00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:53.180
 with him

00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:53.799
 not a

00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:54.140
 ghost

00:20:54.140 --> 00:20:54.859
 not a

00:20:54.859 --> 00:20:55.140
 spirit

00:20:55.140 --> 00:20:55.440
 you'll

00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:55.559
 be

00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:56.200
 recognized

00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:56.660
 by your

00:20:56.660 --> 00:20:57.039
 mates

00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:57.599
 and you

00:20:57.599 --> 00:20:57.759
 will

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.019
 eat

00:20:58.019 --> 00:20:58.500
 and drink

00:20:58.500 --> 00:20:58.700
 with

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 Jesus

00:20:59.019 --> 00:20:59.519
 in the

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 kingdom

00:20:59.740 --> 00:21:00.319
 of God

00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:01.180
 just like

00:21:01.180 --> 00:21:01.519
 he did

00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:01.960
 with his

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 mates

00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:03.039
 when he

00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:03.519
 was here

00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:04.140
 after he

00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:04.619
 rose

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 be

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:07.240
 astounded

00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:07.619
 therefore

00:21:07.619 --> 00:21:08.259
 that Jesus

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.960
 will use

00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:09.160
 his

00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:09.759
 infinite

00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.740
 authority

00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.900
 and power

00:21:11.900 --> 00:21:13.059
 to raise

00:21:13.059 --> 00:21:13.339
 you for

00:21:13.339 --> 00:21:13.819
 the dead

00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:14.779
 to give

00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.240
 you a

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:15.799
 body like

00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:16.079
 his

00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:16.440
 that will

00:21:16.440 --> 00:21:17.079
 never wear

00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:17.559
 out

00:21:17.559 --> 00:21:18.519
 and to

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:18.920
 live

00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:19.839
 forever

00:21:19.839 --> 00:21:23.240
 the aim

00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:23.579
 of all

00:21:23.579 --> 00:21:23.899
 this

00:21:23.899 --> 00:21:24.439
 is that

00:21:24.439 --> 00:21:24.839
 we might

00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:25.039
 be

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:25.899
 astounded

00:21:25.899 --> 00:21:26.779
 at the

00:21:26.779 --> 00:21:27.579
 majesty

00:21:27.579 --> 00:21:28.619
 of Jesus

00:21:28.619 --> 00:21:29.079
 Christ

00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:29.339
 this

00:21:29.339 --> 00:21:29.779
 Easter

00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.559
 rather than

00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:31.000
 a mere

00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:31.699
 intellectual

00:21:31.699 --> 00:21:32.459
 awareness

00:21:32.459 --> 00:21:33.399
 of history

00:21:33.399 --> 00:21:34.519
 I want us

00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:35.199
 to marvel

00:21:35.199 --> 00:21:35.659
 at the

00:21:35.659 --> 00:21:36.119
 truth

00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:36.779
 and the

00:21:36.779 --> 00:21:37.139
 hope

00:21:37.139 --> 00:21:37.579
 and the

00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:37.919
 joy

00:21:37.919 --> 00:21:38.179
 of

00:21:38.179 --> 00:21:38.500
 Easter

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:39.220
 I don't

00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:39.480
 want

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:40.819
 it to be

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.339
 a mere

00:21:41.339 --> 00:21:41.919
 take it

00:21:41.919 --> 00:21:42.379
 or leave

00:21:42.379 --> 00:21:42.539
 it

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.179
 symbolism

00:21:43.179 --> 00:21:44.019
 where you

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.639
 respond

00:21:44.639 --> 00:21:45.299
 after this

00:21:45.299 --> 00:21:46.159
 service

00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:47.560
 thanks for

00:21:47.560 --> 00:21:48.100
 a stimulating

00:21:48.100 --> 00:21:48.620
 service

00:21:48.620 --> 00:21:49.140
 now off

00:21:49.140 --> 00:21:49.400
 to the

00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:49.680
 Easter

00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:50.000
 egg

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.320
 hunt

00:21:50.320 --> 00:21:52.100
 this is

00:21:52.100 --> 00:21:52.560
 life

00:21:52.560 --> 00:21:53.340
 transforming

00:21:53.340 --> 00:21:56.340
 this is

00:21:56.340 --> 00:21:56.740
 not just

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.060
 a mere

00:21:57.060 --> 00:21:57.560
 gathering

00:21:57.560 --> 00:21:58.240
 of historical

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:58.880
 facts

00:21:58.880 --> 00:22:00.200
 this is

00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:00.820
 a marvelling

00:22:00.820 --> 00:22:01.240
 at those

00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:01.740
 facts

00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:02.840
 and the

00:22:02.840 --> 00:22:03.140
 difference

00:22:03.140 --> 00:22:03.840
 is this

00:22:03.840 --> 00:22:05.380
 suppose

00:22:05.380 --> 00:22:06.019
 you hear

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:07.000
 that last

00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:07.320
 year in

00:22:07.320 --> 00:22:07.720
 Chatswood

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 10

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.360
 children

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 were hit

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 by

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 cars

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 while

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 playing

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 it's

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 there

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 on the

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 news

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 you read

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 in the

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 paper

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 and you

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 wince

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 and you

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 think

00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:15.220
 what a

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:15.620
 tragedy

00:22:15.620 --> 00:22:17.259
 that must

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 have been

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 really hard

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 for those

00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:18.839
 parents

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 and then

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 you read

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 the next

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 article

00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:22.220
 you look

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:22.400
 at the

00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:22.759
 next bit

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.240
 of news

00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:25.779
 and then

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 suddenly

00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:27.180
 the front

00:22:27.180 --> 00:22:27.740
 door bursts

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 open and

00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:28.620
 your 10

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 year old

00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:29.460
 daughter comes

00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:30.039
 screaming into

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 the house

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:30.700
 with the

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:31.039
 news that

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 it was

00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:31.579
 your 9

00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:31.900
 year old

00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:32.259
 son

00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:32.980
 has just

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 been hit

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 by a car

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 playing in

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 the front

00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:34.779
 yard

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 and now

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:38.600
 the news

00:22:38.600 --> 00:22:39.539
 is different

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:39.980
 news

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:42.120
 the first

00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:42.519
 piece of

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:42.920
 news was

00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:43.319
 true

00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:44.039
 you didn't

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.539
 doubt it

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:45.319
 good evidence

00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:45.819
 for it

00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:47.740
 but now

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.059
 there was

00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:48.399
 a piece

00:22:48.399 --> 00:22:48.759
 of news

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.159
 that goes

00:22:49.159 --> 00:22:49.420
 to the

00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:49.599
 core

00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:49.839
 of your

00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:50.279
 being

00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:51.659
 it shakes

00:22:51.659 --> 00:22:51.940
 you

00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:52.779
 everything

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.279
 in you

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:54.039
 comes alive

00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:54.379
 to this

00:22:54.379 --> 00:22:54.879
 reality

00:22:54.879 --> 00:22:55.639
 that it's

00:22:55.639 --> 00:22:56.599
 your son

00:22:56.599 --> 00:22:58.399
 it touches

00:22:58.399 --> 00:22:59.180
 your existence

00:22:59.180 --> 00:23:00.420
 it will

00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:01.039
 change

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:01.539
 everything

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:01.899
 in your

00:23:01.899 --> 00:23:02.259
 life

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:02.579
 it will

00:23:02.579 --> 00:23:02.879
 break

00:23:02.879 --> 00:23:03.500
 your heart

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:04.099
 it will

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:04.420
 shatter

00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:04.940
 things

00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:05.460
 in you

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:06.119
 more deeply

00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:06.519
 than you

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:07.019
 have ever

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.359
 touched

00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:07.839
 before

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:12.159
 and so

00:23:12.159 --> 00:23:12.799
 here again

00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:14.799
 the news

00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.639
 of Easter

00:23:15.639 --> 00:23:17.179
 Jesus died

00:23:17.179 --> 00:23:17.459
 in your

00:23:17.459 --> 00:23:17.839
 place

00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.199
 for your

00:23:18.199 --> 00:23:18.419
 sin

00:23:18.419 --> 00:23:18.720
 against

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:19.119
 God

00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:19.959
 Jesus

00:23:19.959 --> 00:23:20.439
 is risen

00:23:20.439 --> 00:23:20.839
 from the

00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:21.159
 dead

00:23:21.159 --> 00:23:21.919
 Jesus

00:23:21.919 --> 00:23:22.459
 will never

00:23:22.459 --> 00:23:22.779
 die

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.179
 again

00:23:23.179 --> 00:23:23.899
 Jesus

00:23:23.899 --> 00:23:24.220
 has been

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:24.579
 appointed

00:23:24.579 --> 00:23:25.079
 as ruler

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.339
 of the

00:23:25.339 --> 00:23:25.819
 universe

00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:26.699
 and all

00:23:26.699 --> 00:23:27.220
 who trust

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:27.539
 in him

00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:27.839
 will be

00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:28.259
 raised

00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:29.039
 like him

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:29.939
 and live

00:23:29.939 --> 00:23:30.319
 forever

00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:30.959
 with him

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:32.920
 my friends

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.440
 I long

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:34.019
 for you

00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:35.000
 here today

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:35.500
 not just

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.100
 to hear

00:23:36.100 --> 00:23:37.160
 that truth

00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:38.039
 as merely

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:39.279
 provable

00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:39.920
 reports

00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:40.340
 of some

00:23:40.340 --> 00:23:40.680
 religious

00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.299
 claim

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:42.819
 but as

00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:43.360
 the cry

00:23:43.360 --> 00:23:43.680
 of your

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.079
 child

00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:44.500
 bursting

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:44.759
 through

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.299
 the door

00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:46.640
 it has

00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:47.240
 to do

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.920
 with you

00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:50.160
 this is

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:50.840
 your death

00:23:50.840 --> 00:23:51.299
 and your

00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:51.740
 life

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:52.259
 and your

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:52.779
 hope

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:54.160
 the

00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:54.759
 resurrection

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:56.039
 changes

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:57.120
 everything

00:23:57.120 --> 00:23:59.759
 it did

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.619
 for the

00:24:00.619 --> 00:24:01.019
 bigoted

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.579
 hate

00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:01.900
 filled

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:02.339
 proud

00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:02.819
 Paul

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:03.420
 who

00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:04.039
 approved

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.359
 of the

00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:04.680
 murder

00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:04.920
 and the

00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:05.420
 imprisonment

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:05.559
 of

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:05.980
 Christians

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.819
 and then

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.299
 he met

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:07.500
 the

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:07.740
 all

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.180
 powerful

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:08.539
 risen

00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:09.019
 Jesus

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.619
 and

00:24:09.619 --> 00:24:10.299
 everything

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:10.799
 changed

00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.279
 for him

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:13.460
 this is

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:13.740
 how he

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.220
 puts it

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.640
 in

00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:15.079
 Philippians

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:15.460
 3

00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:15.700
 from

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:15.980
 verse

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.339
 10

00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:16.900
 but for

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:17.279
 whatever

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:18.140
 was to

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:18.339
 my

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:18.819
 profit

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:19.039
 I

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:19.279
 now

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:19.680
 consider

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.240
 loss

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.579
 for the

00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:20.759
 sake

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:20.920
 of

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:21.319
 Christ

00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:21.779
 what

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:21.920
 is

00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:22.200
 more

00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:22.420
 I

00:24:22.420 --> 00:24:22.839
 consider

00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:23.579
 everything

00:24:23.579 --> 00:24:23.779
 a

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:23.940
 loss

00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:24.279
 compared

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.599
 to the

00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:25.400
 surpassing

00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:26.200
 greatness

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:26.779
 of knowing

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.220
 Jesus

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:27.700
 Christ

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:27.940
 my

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.319
 Lord

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:29.140
 for whose

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:29.440
 sake

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:30.839
 I

00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:32.039
 have

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.379
 lost

00:24:32.379 --> 00:24:32.980
 all

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.220
 things

00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:34.099
 I

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:35.579
 consider

00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:35.819
 them

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:36.519
 rubbish

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.400
 that I

00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:37.879
 might gain

00:24:37.879 --> 00:24:38.379
 Christ

00:24:38.379 --> 00:24:41.039
 and be found

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.559
 in him

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:43.319
 that is

00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:43.879
 through faith

00:24:43.879 --> 00:24:44.640
 in Christ

00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:45.539
 the righteousness

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.039
 that comes

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:46.579
 from God

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:47.140
 and is

00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:47.940
 by faith

00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:49.400
 this is how

00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:49.859
 he sums up

00:24:49.859 --> 00:24:50.420
 his life

00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:52.240
 I want to

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.500
 know

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:53.119
 Christ

00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:54.119
 and the

00:24:54.119 --> 00:24:54.539
 power

00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:55.440
 of his

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:56.359
 resurrection

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:57.440
 and the

00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:57.839
 fellowship

00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:58.400
 of sharing

00:24:58.400 --> 00:24:58.759
 in his

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.379
 sufferings

00:24:59.380 --> 00:25:00.100
 becoming

00:25:00.100 --> 00:25:00.500
 like

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:00.640
 him

00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:00.920
 in his

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.280
 death

00:25:01.280 --> 00:25:02.020
 and so

00:25:02.020 --> 00:25:02.460
 somehow

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.060
 to attain

00:25:03.060 --> 00:25:03.400
 to the

00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:03.880
 resurrection

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:05.000
 of the

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.260
 dead

00:25:05.260 --> 00:25:07.720
 everything

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.260
 changes

00:25:08.260 --> 00:25:08.600
 because

00:25:08.600 --> 00:25:08.880
 of the

00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:09.360
 resurrection

00:25:09.360 --> 00:25:11.600
 it is the

00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:11.960
 core of

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.460
 his being

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:12.720
 in which

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.240
 he views

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.900
 his life

00:25:13.900 --> 00:25:16.540
 what about

00:25:16.540 --> 00:25:16.860
 you

00:25:16.860 --> 00:25:19.300
 is your

00:25:19.300 --> 00:25:19.820
 citizenship

00:25:19.820 --> 00:25:20.500
 in heaven

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:24.000
 have

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.160
 have you

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:24.740
 laid down

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.319
 the arms

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:26.079
 of unbelief

00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:26.700
 and rebellion

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.079
 against

00:25:27.079 --> 00:25:27.559
 Christ

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.640
 have you

00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:29.640
 received

00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:29.980
 the

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.900
 blood

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.700
 bought

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:32.380
 amnesty

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:33.220
 that we

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:33.819
 celebrate

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:34.700
 at Easter

00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:35.539
 have you

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.019
 bowed the

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:36.299
 knee of

00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:36.759
 submission

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.859
 and loyalty

00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:38.759
 to the

00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:39.099
 king of

00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:39.819
 the universe

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:42.559
 my friends

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:42.899
 do it

00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:43.220
 today

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:44.939
 let your

00:25:44.939 --> 00:25:45.639
 response

00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:46.159
 be a

00:25:46.159 --> 00:25:48.759
 life of

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.299
 faith

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:50.859
 and love

00:25:50.859 --> 00:25:51.599
 and joy

00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:52.359
 and worship

00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:54.139
 and join

00:25:54.139 --> 00:25:54.759
 today the

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.359
 citizens of

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:55.639
 heaven

00:25:55.639 --> 00:25:56.859
 who eagerly

00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:57.319
 await a

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:57.859
 saviour from

00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.200
 there the

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:58.740
 Lord Jesus

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.319
 Christ

00:25:59.319 --> 00:26:00.240
 who by the

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.819
 power that

00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:01.379
 enables him

00:26:01.379 --> 00:26:01.740
 to bring

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.399
 everything

00:26:02.399 --> 00:26:02.859
 under his

00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:03.419
 control

00:26:03.419 --> 00:26:04.539
 will transform

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.279
 our lowly

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:05.740
 bodies

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:06.579
 so that

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:06.960
 we'll be

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:08.019
 like his

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.380
 glorious

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:08.799
 body

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:10.120
 Amen