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 See, it's ten past, so we'd better get going, I guess.

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 Great to have you here, and especially a warm welcome if you've come as part of the Council's Christianity Awareness Week.

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 Particularly good to have you. If you're not here for that reason, it's still good to have you.

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 What we're doing this week, because Easter is coming up, and because our Christian friends and the Council have put this week on,

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 we're looking particularly at Easter, because Easter is the heart of what Christianity is about.

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 And so today's message is, at last, some good news. That's where we're going.

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 Because we all need good news, don't we? We all need good news.

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 And at the heart of the Christian message is good news. In fact, the Christian message itself is called the Gospel, which is literally good news.

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 So what I'm going to do, if you've got a Bible, you can turn to it.

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 Or if you've got one of the little booklets I put out in the chairs, I'm going to turn to this.

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 This has a little bit, or two chapters from the Bible. Two chapters from Luke's Gospel, Luke's account of Jesus' life.

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 And so what I'm going to do is read part of the account of the whole Easter story, and then we'll pray, and then we'll look at what that means for us.

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 I should say before I start that the guy who wrote this, Luke, was a doctor.

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 And he says at the very start of his book, you don't have the start, you don't have the end, but it's worth reading the start as well.

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 At the start, he says he's gone to eyewitnesses to get a reliable account so that people can be sure of what they believe.

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 So as we read this, you might want to bear in mind it is an eyewitness account.

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 And you might also want to bear in mind the context of what has happened.

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 So we're going to be reading on page 21 in these little booklets.

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 If you've got a whole Bible there, then it's Luke chapter 24.

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 We're starting to read at verse 35.

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 But the context here is that the people we're about to read about had just lost a close friend, Jesus.

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 Not only a close friend, but someone who was their leader, someone who had touched their lives in profound ways and given them hope.

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 On a Friday, he had been crucified, a terrible, awful, hideous, humiliating death.

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 And we pick up the story on a Sunday.

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 So let me read, then I'll pray, then I'll talk.

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 And there will be time at the end for questions and hopefully answers.

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 So if you've got any questions that come to mind while I'm speaking, do write them down.

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 I'll do my best to deal with them in a Q&A session at the end.

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 Anyway, here we go.

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 So this is Luke chapter 24, verse 35, page 21 in these booklets.

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 Then the two from Emmaus told their story of how Jesus had appeared to them as they were walking along the road.

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 And how they had recognised him as he was breaking the bread.

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 And just as they were telling about it, Jesus himself, remember he died two days earlier.

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 Jesus himself stood among them, was suddenly standing there among them.

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 Peace be with you, he said.

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 But the whole group was startled and frightened, thinking they were seeing a ghost.

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 Why are you frightened, he asked.

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 Why are your hearts filled with doubt?

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 Look at my hands.

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 Look at my feet.

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 You can see there that it's really me.

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 Touch me.

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 And make sure that I'm not a ghost.

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 Because ghosts don't have bodies as you see that I do.

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 As he spoke, he showed them his hands and his feet.

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 Still they stood there in disbelief, filled with joy and wonder.

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 Then he asked them, do you have anything here to eat?

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 They gave him a piece of boiled fish, and he ate it as they watched.

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 Then he said, when I was with you before, I told you that everything written about me and the law of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms must be fulfilled.

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 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures.

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 And he said, yes, it was written long ago that the Messiah would suffer and die and rise from the dead on the third day.

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 The Messiah was God's promised king.

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 One he promised would come to rescue his people.

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 So Jesus carries on, verse 47.

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 It was also written that this message would be proclaimed in the authority of his name to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem.

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 There is forgiveness of sins for all who repent.

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 You are witnesses of these things.

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 Well, as Christians, we don't believe the Bible is any ordinary book, but it's God's book, it's God's word.

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 And so it's right to pray for him to speak to us as we study it together.

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 So let's pray for a moment now.

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 Almighty God, we thank you for this reliable eyewitness account of these events.

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 We pray that now as I speak, as we listen to it, that your word would come to us as it is, not merely as the words of a man, but as the word of God, with power and with conviction and with the Holy Spirit.

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 May we leave here knowing we've heard your voice.

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 For we ask it in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, we could all do a good year, couldn't we?

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 I don't know about you but wherever I look on

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 websites, on news websites

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 I'm always tempted to having seen

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 the sort of dismal headlines to then go

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 and find a kind of humorous article

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 or story about the lost dog that's just been found

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 or whatever it is to kind of take my mind

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 off the bad stuff and

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 I found this morning I'm not the only person who does that

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 so as I checked the BBC news

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 website this morning with all the news

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 of atrocities in Syria

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 and war in Ukraine

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 impending debates about elections in this country

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 do you know what the top three most

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 read news stories on the BBC website

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 were?

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 number one, Angelina Jolie

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 has had her ovaries removed

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 number two

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 why nine hours sleep may be bad

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 for you

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 number three

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 deadly dog disease cause

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 unclear, so typical

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 British we're concerned about dead dogs from

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 Crufts or whatever it was, I didn't even look

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 at the article

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 so you're so desperate for some good news we'll do anything

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 to avoid reality sometimes, won't we

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 we'll do anything to avoid facing how bad things are

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 I don't know if you remember

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 but last summer

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 the comedian and actor Robin Williams

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 tragically took his own life

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 having been dealing with mental health problems for a long time

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 and at the time

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 his fellow comedian

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 or at least alleged comedian

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 Russell Brand

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 wrote in the Guardian

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 describing Williams as

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 a hilarious stranger

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 that we could rely on

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 to anarchically interrupt

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 the all-encompassing

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 sadness

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 of the world

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 we looked to Robin Williams

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 to anarchically interrupt

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 the all-encompassing

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 sadness

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 of the world

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 goes on

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 today

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 Robin Williams

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 is part of the sad narrative

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 that we used to turn to him

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 to disrupt

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 in other words

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 we wanted entertainment

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 we looked to this man for entertainment

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 and tragically

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 he's gone as well

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 he added

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 is it melancholy

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 to think

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 that a world

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 that Robin Williams

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 can't live in

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 must be broken

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 is it just melancholy

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 to think

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 that a world

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 that Robin Williams

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 can't live in

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 must be broken

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 this man

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 who brought

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 so much entertainment

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 to so many people

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 if he can't

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 hack it

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 in the real world

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 then doesn't that mean

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 the world is broken

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 I wonder how you feel

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 about that statement

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 as we look out

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 at a world

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 surely it is broken

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 isn't it

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 the wars

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 the famines

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 the diseases

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 as we look at our own lives

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 we see brokenness

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 don't we

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 sudden health problems

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 sudden relationship

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 difficulties

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 suddenly work goes

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 I know in the council

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 you've been dealing

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 with lots of uncertainty

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 so there is a

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 death

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 is if you like

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 the ultimate manifestation

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 of the brokenness

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 and sadness

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 that we feel

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 in this world

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 and so we need

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 some good news

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 we're desperate

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 for some good news

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 and that's where

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 the story of Easter

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 kicks in

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 because this is good news

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 if we understand it

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 if we really grasp

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 what this is about

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 then it is the best news

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 ever

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 and I want to look at

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 as we look through

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 this story I just read

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 I want us to look at

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 first of all

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 the emotions

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 of the people involved

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 and how those emotions

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 changed

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 and secondly

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 Jesus' explanation

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 of what had happened

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 and finally

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 Jesus' invitation

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 to all of us

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 so if you've got

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 that little booklet there

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 you might like to turn

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 to page 21 again

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 and we'll follow it

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 through with me

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 as we speak about it

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 now remember

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 this is Sunday

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 on the Friday

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 Jesus had died

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 Jesus who was

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 their hero

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 their lifesaver

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 who changed their lives

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 they'd followed him

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 for years

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 and to begin with

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 they just knew grief

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 so as Jesus was

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 hanging on the cross

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 all his disciples

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 left

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 shattered

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 in fact when he was

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 arrested they all

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 ran away terrified

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 they hid themselves

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 in a room

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 but as Sunday morning

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 hit the third day

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 Friday, Saturday

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 Sunday, the third day

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 strange things

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 started to happen

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 so first of all

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 some women

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 went to Jesus' tomb

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 to embalm his body

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 as was the custom

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 and they found

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 the tomb empty

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 and they ran back

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 they found the tomb

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 empty and they found

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 angels telling them

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 why are you looking

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 for the living

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 among the dead

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 he's alive

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 so they ran back

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 to tell all the rest

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 of Jesus' followers

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 that this

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 if you turn back

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 over the page

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 to chapter 18

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 for a moment

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 almost at the top

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 of the page

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 you'll see the response

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 of the men

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 who heard that story

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 verse 11

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 at the top of page 18

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 but the story

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 sounded like nonsense

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 to the men

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 so they didn't

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 believe it

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 they were cynical

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 they didn't believe

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 this coming back

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 to life stuff

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 even though

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 it was their friends

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 telling them

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 they just thought

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 the women were

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 talking nonsense

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 even though

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 they'd heard Jesus

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 say many times

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 he would rise again

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 they thought it was

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 nonsense

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 and immediately

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 before this excerpt

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 we're looking at

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 page 21

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 two people

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 had just come back in

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 having walked

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 to a village

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 called Ames

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 having met Jesus

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 there

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 they then came back

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 to Jerusalem

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 straight away

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 to tell all these

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 followers of Jesus

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 who were now hiding away

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 that they'd seen Jesus

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 but despite all this

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 evidence that something

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 amazing was happening

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 look at their reaction

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 look at their emotions

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 when Jesus turns up

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 verse 36

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 just as they

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 the two people

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 from Ames

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 were telling

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 about it

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 Jesus himself

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 was suddenly

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 standing there

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 among them

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 peace be with you

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 he said

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 but the whole group

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 was startled

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 and frightened

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 thinking they were

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 seeing a ghost

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 startled and frightened

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 that's how they felt

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 literally terrified

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 and frightened

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 why?

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 why do they feel

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 like that

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 when actually

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 they'd already heard

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 that Jesus was alive

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 or they'd heard

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 Jesus say

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 he'd come back to life

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 well surely

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 the answer is simple

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 isn't it

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 we know

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 dead people don't rise

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 that is not the way

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 it happens

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 I was at a funeral

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 a few weeks ago

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 of a young woman

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 I call her young

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 because she was

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 two years younger

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 than me

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 she was 40

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 and tragically

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 similar to Robin Williams

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 she'd committed suicide

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 and everyone in that room

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 would love to have

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 had her back again

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 but she was dead

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 dead people don't rise

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 do they?

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 that's why the disciples

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 first reaction

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 as they see

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 what looks like

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 Jesus standing there

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 is it's a ghost

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 not only were they terrified

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 but they were also doubting

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 look down to verse 38

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 when Jesus speaks to them

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 why are you frightened?

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 Jesus asked

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 why are your hearts

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 filled with doubt?

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 these guys

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 were not likely

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 to believe

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 that Jesus

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 was risen from the dead

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 they were doubting

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 that this could possibly

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 be what was in front of them

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 they needed evidence

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 didn't they?

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 they needed something

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 to convince them

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 and I wonder

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 is that how you feel

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 as you read this story?

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 you say

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 ok

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 it's all very well

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 this is something

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 written

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 apparently 2000 years ago

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 I need evidence

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 well I can understand that

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 you're right

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 to want evidence

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 I'm a scientist

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 by training

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 I did a chemistry degree

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 almost killed me

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 but I did it

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 and I'm someone

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 who needs evidence

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 to believe things

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 and actually

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 that's what the Bible does

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 and look what Jesus does

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 saying why are you doubting

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 what does he say to them

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 then?

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 verse 39

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 does he just say

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 have faith

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 trust me?

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 look what he says

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 verse 39

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 look at my hands

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 look at my feet

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 you can see

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 it is really me

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 he doesn't say

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 have faith

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 he says

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 have a look

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 look at the evidence

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 it's in front of you

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 look at my hands

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 you can still see

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 the nail marks

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 where two days ago

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 I was nailed to a cross

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 look at my feet

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 you can still see

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 the marks there

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 where I was nailed

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 to the cross

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 have a look

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 but was it just a ghost?

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 was it just a ghost?

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 did it just look like Jesus?

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 well Jesus goes on

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 he gives them more evidence

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 doesn't he?

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 verse 41

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 still they stood there

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 in disbelief

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 filled with joy

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 and wonder

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 then he asked them

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 do you have anything

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 here to eat?

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 they gave him a piece

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 of broiled fish

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 and he ate it

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 as they watched

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 now I don't know

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 if you like the films

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 the Pirates of the Caribbean

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 films

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 the first one's good

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 they'll get worse

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 after that

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 but in the first film

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 of the Pirates of the Caribbean

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 excuse me if you're not

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 into this

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 but in the first film

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 we discover

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 some way through the movie

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 that actually

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 Captain Barbosa

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 is the captain

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 of a whole crew

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 of ghosts

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 on the Black Pearl

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 and so as

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 Captain Barbosa

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 played by Geoffrey Rush

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 turns to the glamorous

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 heroine

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 Miss Elizabeth Swan

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 played by Keira Knightley

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 he says

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 you better believe

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 in ghost stories

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 my dear

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 you're in one

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 at which point

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 he takes a flagon

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 of rum

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 and starts to drink it

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 he pours it in

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 of course the special effects

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 are great

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 so it always pours out

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 on the floor

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 going down his skeleton

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 point being of course

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 ghosts can't eat and drink

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 and it wasn't just

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 the Pirates of the Caribbean

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 that told us that

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 the disciples knew that

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 as well

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 2,000 years before

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 that's why Jesus

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 says give me some fish

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 and he eats it

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 for these doubting people

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 he wants them to know

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 that he is solid

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 he is real

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 he is not a figment

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 of their imagination

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 they are all seeing him

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 there is a lot of

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 other evidence

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 that convinces me

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 that Jesus has risen

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 from the dead

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 that this is real history

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 not just fantasy

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 not just myth

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 you might want to ask

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 about that later

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 I won't go into it now

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 but there should be time

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 for Q&A a bit later on

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 but I hope you'll see

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 that contrary to popular belief

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 contrary to what

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 Richard Dawkins

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 would tell you

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 the Christian faith

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 is not about

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 believing in the absence

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 of evidence

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 or even in the teeth

00:14:28.439 --> 00:14:29.000
 of evidence

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 the Christian faith

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 is about believing

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 someone

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 trusting someone

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 who has shown himself

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 to be trustworthy

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 trusting someone

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 who has shown himself

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 to be trustworthy

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 not just believing

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 wishful thinking

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 I suppose at this point

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 another question

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 might come into our heads

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 well it's alright

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 for then

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 it's alright

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 for these people

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 in Jerusalem

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 2000 years ago

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 but what's that

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 got to do

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 with my life today

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 what's that got to do

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 with me

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 when I live in

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 what Russell Brown

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 described as

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 a broken world

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 well to understand

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 why this is good news

00:15:02.559 --> 00:15:04.039
 we need to look now

00:15:04.039 --> 00:15:05.339
 at Jesus' explanation

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 of what had happened

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 and then the invitation

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 he makes

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 off the back

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 of that explanation

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 so let's look at the explanation

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 in verses 44 to 46

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 then Jesus said

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 when I was with you

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 before

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 that is before he died

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 I told you

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 that everything

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 written about me

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 in the law of Moses

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 and the prophets

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 and the Psalms

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 must be fulfilled

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 then he opened their minds

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 to understand the scriptures

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 and he said

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 yes it was written

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 long ago

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 that the Messiah

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 would suffer

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 and die

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 and rise from the dead

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 on the third day

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 now what's that

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 what in the world

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 is that about

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 what's the law

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 of Moses

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 and the prophets

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 and the Psalms

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 Jesus is talking about

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 what we call

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 the Old Testament

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 the Hebrew scriptures

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 the Old Testament

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 the first part

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 of the Bible

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 now I don't know

00:15:50.820 --> 00:15:51.480
 what you think

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 about the Bible

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 many people think

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 the Bible

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 is just a whole bunch

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 of myths

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 put together

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 or maybe it's

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 a rule book

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 for life

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 or maybe it's

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 a nice

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 religious teaching

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 to give us

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 a philosophy

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 the Bible

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 isn't really

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 any of those things

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 primarily

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 the Bible

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 is God's word

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 to us

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 and it's a story

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 it's a great

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 rescue story

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 it's a great

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 rescue story

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 or a great

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 love story

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 which is about

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 rescue if you like

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 and like any

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 classic heroic

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 rescue story

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 it starts with

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 everything being

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 good

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 God made a

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 perfect world

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 where everyone

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 was happy

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 and then

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 disaster strikes

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 and everything

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 goes wrong

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 in the Bible

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 that's

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 the disaster

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 is people

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 turning away

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 from God

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 people no longer

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 treating God

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 as ruler

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 in his world

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 but the story

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 doesn't end there

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 because it's a

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 rescue story

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 because God

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 loves his world

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 he loves what

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 he's made

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 and he's committed

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 to it

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 and so the

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 Old Testament

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 is full of

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 promises

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 of God

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 coming to

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 fix what

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 was broken

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 that one day

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 God would

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 mend what

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 we had

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 corrupted

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 that one day

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 the creator

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 would come

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 and put back

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 everything

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 we'd unraveled

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 and Jesus

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 says

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 that is

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 fulfilled

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 in him

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 in what

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 he had

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 done

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 now there

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 are two

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 things I want

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 to say briefly

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 about that

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 why does it

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 matter that

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 Jesus was

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 fulfilling

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 everything that

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 happened in

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 the Old Testament

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 well it tells

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 us two things

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 at least

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 first of all

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 it tells us

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 we cannot say

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 that God

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 doesn't care

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 about us

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 we cannot say

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 God doesn't

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 care about

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 his world

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 because there

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 in the Bible

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 we read this

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 record of promises

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 that he'd come

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 and deal

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 with the pain

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 deal with death

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 deal with the

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 brokenness

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 deal with the

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 dysfunction

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 and the disease

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 and the sadness

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 we cannot say

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 God doesn't

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 care

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 if he's fulfilled

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 those promises

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 and we also

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 cannot say

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 that God

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 isn't powerful

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 some people say

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 there's suffering

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 in the world

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 because God

00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:47.720
 doesn't care

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 or because God

00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:48.940
 isn't powerful

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 not true

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 he's powerful

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 enough to keep

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 his promises

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 we all know

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 how hard that is

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 don't we

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 and if we're

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 in any doubt

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 I had two

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 election manifesto

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 things on my

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 table this morning

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 as I was having

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 my lunch

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 promises from

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 the Tories

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 promises from

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 labour

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 tick when we've

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 kept our

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 pledges

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 oh yeah

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 right

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 because it's

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 very

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 we're the best

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 will in the

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 world

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 it's very hard

00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:12.319
 to keep promises

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 isn't it

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 but God is

00:18:14.140 --> 00:18:15.120
 powerful enough

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 we cannot say

00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:17.680
 he doesn't care

00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:18.500
 we cannot say

00:18:18.500 --> 00:18:19.380
 he's not powerful

00:18:19.380 --> 00:18:20.079
 he has done

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 everything he said

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 and that leads

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 us on to

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 Jesus' invitation

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 that's his

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 explanation of

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 what's happened

00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:26.039
 look at his

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 invitation

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 verse 46

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 he says

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 yes it was

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 written long ago

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 that the Messiah

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 God's king

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 would suffer

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 and die

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 and rise

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 from the dead

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 on the third

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 day

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 it was also

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 written that

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 this message

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 here comes the

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 invitation

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 would be

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 proclaimed in

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 the authority

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 of his name

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 to all the

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 nations

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 beginning in

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 Jerusalem

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 there is

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 forgiveness

00:18:46.819 --> 00:18:47.699
 of sins

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 for all

00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:49.359
 who repent

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 you are

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 witnesses

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 of all these

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 things

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 do you hear

00:18:53.779 --> 00:18:54.379
 the invitation

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 it's an invitation

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 for everyone

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 for the whole

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 world

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 it's an invitation

00:18:58.680 --> 00:18:59.240
 to receive

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 forgiveness

00:18:59.700 --> 00:19:00.480
 of sins

00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:01.160
 in the

00:19:01.160 --> 00:19:01.640
 authority

00:19:01.640 --> 00:19:02.120
 of Jesus

00:19:02.120 --> 00:19:02.700
 who died

00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:03.140
 and rose

00:19:03.140 --> 00:19:03.480
 again

00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:05.240
 now at this

00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:05.640
 point you

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 might be

00:19:05.860 --> 00:19:06.620
 thinking well

00:19:06.620 --> 00:19:08.500
 sins so

00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:08.860
 what

00:19:08.860 --> 00:19:10.519
 we've got two

00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:11.299
 completely wrong

00:19:11.299 --> 00:19:11.759
 ideas about

00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:12.720
 sins haven't we

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 sometimes in

00:19:14.060 --> 00:19:14.740
 popular culture

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 at least

00:19:15.100 --> 00:19:16.400
 sin is a little

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 bit of naughty

00:19:16.980 --> 00:19:17.700
 indulgence

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 so sin this

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 Easter will be

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 eating too

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 much chocolate

00:19:21.180 --> 00:19:23.060
 but that's not

00:19:23.060 --> 00:19:23.480
 what the Bible

00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:24.259
 describes as sin

00:19:24.259 --> 00:19:25.660
 on the other

00:19:25.660 --> 00:19:26.000
 hand we can

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 go to the

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 other extreme

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 can't we

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 so you know

00:19:28.119 --> 00:19:29.339
 sin is

00:19:29.339 --> 00:19:30.559
 Jimmy Savile

00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:30.920
 and all that

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 terrible child

00:19:31.640 --> 00:19:32.000
 abuse

00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:33.319
 sin is

00:19:33.319 --> 00:19:34.160
 what IS

00:19:34.160 --> 00:19:34.579
 are doing

00:19:34.579 --> 00:19:34.980
 to people

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 in Iraq

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 and Syria

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 and even

00:19:37.019 --> 00:19:37.420
 Libya

00:19:37.420 --> 00:19:39.000
 sin is

00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:39.599
 those terrible

00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:40.180
 things

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 I'm not like

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 that

00:19:41.859 --> 00:19:43.859
 but the Bible

00:19:43.859 --> 00:19:44.259
 says that

00:19:44.259 --> 00:19:45.119
 that's not how

00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:45.480
 the Bible

00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:46.279
 talks about sin

00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:46.720
 it's not some

00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:47.220
 little thing

00:19:47.220 --> 00:19:47.519
 that doesn't

00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:47.799
 matter

00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:48.460
 it's not just

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 horrible

00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:49.599
 horrible

00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:50.079
 horrendous

00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:50.420
 things

00:19:50.420 --> 00:19:50.960
 that other

00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:51.500
 people do

00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:52.940
 the Bible

00:19:52.940 --> 00:19:53.740
 describes sin

00:19:53.740 --> 00:19:54.019
 as the

00:19:54.019 --> 00:19:55.079
 cause of all

00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:55.480
 the problems

00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:56.059
 in the world

00:19:56.059 --> 00:19:57.379
 and it describes

00:19:57.379 --> 00:19:57.900
 it essentially

00:19:57.900 --> 00:19:59.339
 as ignoring

00:19:59.339 --> 00:20:00.359
 God in the

00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:01.220
 world he made

00:20:01.220 --> 00:20:02.839
 or not

00:20:02.839 --> 00:20:03.559
 treating God

00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:04.019
 as ruler

00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:04.639
 in the world

00:20:04.639 --> 00:20:05.180
 he made

00:20:05.180 --> 00:20:06.359
 some people

00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:06.660
 do that

00:20:06.660 --> 00:20:07.920
 by using

00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:08.379
 God

00:20:08.379 --> 00:20:09.680
 we all hate

00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:10.180
 being used

00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:10.619
 don't we

00:20:10.619 --> 00:20:12.339
 some use

00:20:12.339 --> 00:20:12.879
 God to

00:20:12.879 --> 00:20:13.879
 try and

00:20:13.879 --> 00:20:14.660
 control others

00:20:14.660 --> 00:20:15.740
 some use

00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:16.299
 God to try

00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:16.619
 and boost

00:20:16.619 --> 00:20:16.920
 their own

00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:17.519
 self esteem

00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:17.859
 or their own

00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:18.299
 identity

00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:18.740
 through their

00:20:18.740 --> 00:20:19.440
 religious behaviour

00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:20.940
 so some use

00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:21.180
 God

00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:21.440
 they don't

00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:21.680
 treat him

00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:21.900
 as ruler

00:20:21.900 --> 00:20:22.379
 that way

00:20:22.379 --> 00:20:23.299
 many other

00:20:23.299 --> 00:20:24.099
 people ignore

00:20:24.099 --> 00:20:24.559
 God

00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:25.819
 and don't

00:20:25.819 --> 00:20:26.180
 treat him

00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:26.639
 as ruler

00:20:26.639 --> 00:20:27.559
 in his world

00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:28.819
 no I hate

00:20:28.819 --> 00:20:29.279
 being used

00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:29.700
 and ignored

00:20:29.700 --> 00:20:30.279
 don't you

00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:33.059
 a few years ago

00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:33.379
 I was cycling

00:20:33.379 --> 00:20:34.000
 home from work

00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:34.500
 one day

00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:35.839
 and cycling

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 through Hampton

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 Hill

00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:36.879
 if you know

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 Hampton Hill

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 and I came to

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 some traffic

00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:40.859
 lights in the

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 middle of

00:20:41.299 --> 00:20:41.700
 Hampton Hill

00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:42.159
 High Street

00:20:42.159 --> 00:20:43.039
 and as I

00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:43.659
 cycled towards

00:20:43.659 --> 00:20:44.079
 them I noticed

00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:44.839
 three things

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 first

00:20:45.639 --> 00:20:46.740
 there were red

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 traffic going

00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:48.000
 in my direction

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 second

00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:49.980
 the pedestrian

00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:50.680
 crossing going

00:20:50.680 --> 00:20:51.240
 in my direction

00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:52.120
 was green

00:20:52.120 --> 00:20:53.319
 that meant

00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:54.559
 it was safe

00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:56.160
 to go over

00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:56.940
 the red lights

00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:57.539
 on my bike

00:20:57.539 --> 00:20:57.819
 because I knew

00:20:57.819 --> 00:20:58.319
 no traffic was

00:20:58.319 --> 00:20:58.680
 going to come

00:20:58.680 --> 00:20:59.839
 third

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 I noticed a policeman

00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:01.960
 standing on the

00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:02.480
 opposite side

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:02.880
 of the junction

00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:06.480
 but the thought

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:07.400
 went through my mind

00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:08.579
 it's safe

00:21:08.579 --> 00:21:09.680
 it's not going to

00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:10.319
 harm anyone

00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:11.339
 the policeman

00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:12.099
 will understand

00:21:12.099 --> 00:21:13.839
 so I ignored

00:21:13.839 --> 00:21:14.339
 the policeman

00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:14.599
 there

00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:15.200
 I ignored the

00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:15.519
 red light

00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:16.039
 and went straight

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.740
 through it

00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:17.759
 as soon as I

00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.039
 done

00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:18.519
 and he stepped

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:18.799
 out

00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:19.880
 waved me down

00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:20.480
 with his hand

00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:21.180
 I said

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 oh no

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 so I said

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 yes officer

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 did you see

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 the red light

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 there sir

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 yes officer

00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:32.540
 do you have

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 a driving

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 licence sir

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 yes officer

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 so you know

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 what a red

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 light means

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 then sir

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 yes officer

00:21:42.760 --> 00:21:44.000
 did you see

00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:44.520
 me standing

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 here sir

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 yes officer

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 what's the

00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:48.480
 world coming

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:48.820
 to

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 you saw

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 me standing

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 here

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 a police

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 officer

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 and you

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 still went

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 through the

00:21:52.899 --> 00:21:53.480
 red light

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 of course

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 he's absolutely

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 right isn't

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 it

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 what is the

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:57.019
 world coming

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 to

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 if everyone

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 sees the

00:21:58.919 --> 00:21:59.919
 rightful

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 authority

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 standing there

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 on the street

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 corner

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 and still

00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:03.319
 disobeys traffic

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 laws

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 it'd be

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 carnage

00:22:04.919 --> 00:22:05.319
 on the road

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 it'd be

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 gridlock

00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:06.500
 out there

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 on Broadway

00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:08.839
 but yet

00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:09.119
 that's a

00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:09.460
 picture of

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 our world

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 where does

00:22:11.659 --> 00:22:12.220
 the carnage

00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:12.599
 come from

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 where does

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.759
 death and

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 disease and

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 breakdown

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 and envy

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 and hatred

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 where does it

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 all come from

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 it comes to

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 the fact we

00:22:18.879 --> 00:22:19.700
 ignore God

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 the rightful

00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:20.819
 ruler in

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 the world

00:22:21.139 --> 00:22:21.740
 he made

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 and like me

00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:23.440
 going through

00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:23.920
 that traffic

00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:24.420
 lights

00:22:24.420 --> 00:22:25.960
 we can

00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:26.759
 rationalise it

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.220
 for ourselves

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 I'm alright

00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:28.980
 I'm not that

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.240
 bad

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:29.680
 I'm not

00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:30.399
 hurting anyone

00:22:30.399 --> 00:22:31.500
 God will

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:31.960
 understand

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.339
 he knows

00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:32.779
 I'm a nice

00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:33.240
 person

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 so we try

00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:35.960
 and rationalise

00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.160
 it but

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:36.599
 actually

00:22:36.599 --> 00:22:38.799
 we're ignoring

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.539
 God like I

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:39.940
 was ignoring

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.379
 that police

00:22:40.379 --> 00:22:40.700
 officer

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:43.480
 he is there

00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:44.160
 for our good

00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:45.039
 and we

00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:45.500
 ignore him

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:45.859
 he is the

00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:46.579
 rightful ruler

00:22:46.579 --> 00:22:47.619
 and that's

00:22:47.619 --> 00:22:47.899
 why the

00:22:47.899 --> 00:22:48.220
 world is

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.579
 in a mess

00:22:48.579 --> 00:22:48.899
 that is

00:22:48.899 --> 00:22:49.859
 why we

00:22:49.859 --> 00:22:50.220
 live in a

00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:51.019
 broken world

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:52.059
 to use

00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:52.740
 Russell Brand's

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.399
 line again

00:22:53.399 --> 00:22:55.720
 and we're

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.199
 all in that

00:22:56.199 --> 00:22:56.480
 boat

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:57.099
 naturally

00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:58.319
 we all

00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:58.819
 use or

00:22:58.819 --> 00:22:59.359
 ignore God

00:22:59.359 --> 00:22:59.720
 in different

00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:00.179
 ways

00:23:00.179 --> 00:23:01.779
 that's why

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.419
 we all need

00:23:02.419 --> 00:23:02.879
 what Jesus

00:23:02.879 --> 00:23:03.759
 invites us to

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.119
 here in

00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:04.839
 verse 47

00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.819
 there is

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.319
 forgiveness

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:07.259
 of sins

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:08.159
 for all who

00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:08.599
 repent

00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:11.439
 Jesus paid

00:23:11.439 --> 00:23:12.619
 for sin

00:23:12.619 --> 00:23:13.179
 by dying

00:23:13.179 --> 00:23:13.759
 on the cross

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 the one

00:23:14.099 --> 00:23:14.799
 innocent person

00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.079
 who'd ever

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:15.460
 lived

00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:16.680
 died in

00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:17.460
 place of

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:17.840
 others

00:23:17.840 --> 00:23:19.100
 so if we

00:23:19.100 --> 00:23:19.840
 will repent

00:23:19.840 --> 00:23:20.539
 trust in

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:20.840
 him

00:23:20.840 --> 00:23:22.279
 then we

00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:22.519
 can be

00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:22.759
 forgiven

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.180
 too

00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:24.220
 now that

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:24.779
 word repent

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.140
 means to

00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:25.620
 turn around

00:23:25.620 --> 00:23:25.980
 to go the

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.440
 other way

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:27.079
 instead of

00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:27.480
 living for

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:27.960
 ourselves

00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:28.720
 to say

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.559
 no Jesus

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.120
 is king

00:23:30.120 --> 00:23:31.059
 I'm going to

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:31.480
 live under

00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:32.000
 his rule

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.539
 instead

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:34.500
 Jesus died

00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:34.980
 so we

00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:35.420
 didn't have

00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:35.640
 to

00:23:35.640 --> 00:23:36.700
 Jesus rose

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.120
 to life

00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:37.480
 again

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:38.340
 to show

00:23:38.340 --> 00:23:38.680
 that one

00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:39.000
 day the

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.740
 brokenness

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.299
 can be

00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:40.519
 fully

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:40.900
 mended

00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:41.340
 there can be

00:23:41.340 --> 00:23:41.799
 wholeness

00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:42.220
 again

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:43.220
 because God's

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.700
 rescue is

00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.180
 complete

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:45.579
 this is his

00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.079
 invitation

00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:46.980
 this is why

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.319
 it's good

00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:47.779
 news

00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:49.559
 to all of us

00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:50.019
 who are in

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.360
 trouble

00:23:50.360 --> 00:23:51.779
 to all of us

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.279
 who face

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.900
 God's right

00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:53.299
 judgment

00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:54.240
 for our

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:54.680
 rebellion

00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:55.059
 for our

00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:55.480
 ignoring

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:56.019
 and using

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.339
 him

00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:57.720
 Jesus says

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.039
 I have

00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.480
 paid the

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:58.860
 price

00:23:58.860 --> 00:24:00.160
 come

00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:01.400
 believe in

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:01.660
 me

00:24:01.660 --> 00:24:02.920
 turn around

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:04.740
 and you can

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.480
 have life

00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:06.220
 and forgiveness

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:07.579
 and the hope

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:08.799
 of the brokenness

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.319
 being mended

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:11.259
 and you see

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.679
 again

00:24:11.679 --> 00:24:12.439
 how these

00:24:12.439 --> 00:24:12.939
 disciples

00:24:12.939 --> 00:24:13.480
 attitudes

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.359
 emotions

00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:14.939
 were changed

00:24:14.939 --> 00:24:15.259
 during this

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:15.839
 whole encounter

00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:17.519
 they started

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.200
 off fearful

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:19.619
 they started

00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:20.339
 off grieving

00:24:20.339 --> 00:24:20.939
 when Jesus

00:24:20.939 --> 00:24:21.500
 was dead

00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:22.500
 they then

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.000
 moved to

00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:24.079
 cynicism

00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:25.119
 he can't

00:24:25.119 --> 00:24:25.460
 really be

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:25.919
 alive

00:24:25.919 --> 00:24:26.759
 to doubting

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.439
 is this

00:24:27.439 --> 00:24:27.799
 real

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:29.220
 and if you

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:29.619
 turn over

00:24:29.619 --> 00:24:29.980
 to the very

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.779
 last page

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:32.579
 well not the

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:33.460
 very last page

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:33.779
 of the gospel

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.039
 account

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.700
 page 22

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:36.240
 those last

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:36.779
 lines

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.980
 what happened

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.740
 after Jesus

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.179
 had gone back

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:39.580
 to heaven

00:24:39.580 --> 00:24:40.980
 verse 52

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.779
 so they

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.480
 worshipped him

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:42.980
 and returned

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.620
 to Jerusalem

00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:44.759
 filled with

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.500
 great joy

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:48.340
 hopelessness

00:24:48.340 --> 00:24:49.460
 despair

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:50.480
 grief

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:51.480
 fear

00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:52.580
 turned to

00:24:52.580 --> 00:24:52.960
 joy

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.720
 why

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:55.400
 because Jesus

00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:55.980
 is alive

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:57.660
 that's the

00:24:57.660 --> 00:24:58.220
 invitation he

00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:58.860
 makes to us

00:24:58.860 --> 00:24:59.700
 I'm going to

00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:00.279
 pray for us

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:01.000
 we've got a few

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.320
 minutes for

00:25:01.320 --> 00:25:01.840
 questions before

00:25:01.840 --> 00:25:02.240
 everyone has to

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.799
 run off and leave

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.720
 let's pray

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:09.339
 heavenly father

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:10.100
 we thank you

00:25:10.100 --> 00:25:10.940
 that you love

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:11.700
 a broken world

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:12.380
 so much

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:14.640
 you came in

00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:15.079
 the person of

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:15.640
 your son

00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:17.519
 god the son

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.160
 came to put it

00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:18.500
 right

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.799
 thank you that

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.519
 Jesus is alive

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:21.100
 thank you for the

00:25:21.100 --> 00:25:21.700
 hope that gives

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.240
 to those of us

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:22.799
 who know him

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:24.200
 we pray you'll

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:24.700
 help us now

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:25.000
 as we

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:26.019
 perhaps ask

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.620
 some questions

00:25:26.620 --> 00:25:27.539
 give me wisdom

00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:27.860
 to be able to

00:25:27.860 --> 00:25:28.539
 answer faithfully

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:30.039
 in Jesus name

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.920
 Amen