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 He is risen.

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 Really?

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 Really.

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 I don't know about you,

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 but the people who have died that I know

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 have not come back from the dead.

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 People don't normally come back from the dead.

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 And that's the claim of your Bible.

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 That Jesus came back from the dead.

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 This morning, here's the case I'm going to make.

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 Either the resurrection of Jesus Christ happened

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 or it didn't.

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 The resurrection of Jesus Christ

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 is either the biggest con job

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 the world has ever known,

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 or the resurrection of Jesus Christ

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 is the greatest news the world could ever know.

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 He was either raised from the dead or He wasn't.

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 And this morning, I want to help you see

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 from the Bible, from the New Testament,

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 from Luke, who was a doctor,

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 Dr. Luke's account

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 of the resurrection of Jesus.

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 We're going to look at 12 verses

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 out of Luke chapter 24.

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 It's the last chapter in the Gospel of Luke.

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 You've got Bibles in your pews.

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 And if you want to just start opening up your Bibles,

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 it goes Matthew, Mark, Luke, John.

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 So what we're going to do this morning is this.

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 I want to help you see

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 what the New Testament actually says

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 about the resurrection of Jesus.

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 And then, I want to help you ask a question.

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 A question everyone must ask.

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 And then, I want to help you realize

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 what's riding on this stuff.

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 what's riding on the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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 And then, we'll bring it home.

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 I'll ask the question, how do you respond?

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 So let's look at this biblical account,

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 the Gospel of Luke.

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 Here's how to think about your Gospels

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 in the New Testament.

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 Think of them as eyewitnesses' accounts

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 of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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 Take them at their word.

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 That's what they're claiming to be.

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 We have eyewitnesses writing the New Testament

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 saying this is what we saw.

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 This is what we experienced.

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 And so we're going to look at Luke 24, 1-12.

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 This is what Ben read just moments ago.

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 So if you're there,

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 let me draw your attention to some things.

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 In verses 1-3, we read about these ladies,

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 these women,

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 who early on that first Sunday

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 went to the tomb

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 and they brought spices with them.

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 And they were surprised.

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 Now there's a couple things I need to clarify real quick.

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 Notice that it's on Sunday,

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 not Saturday.

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 And so the reason for that is this.

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 On Friday, Jesus was crucified.

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 And on sundown, on Friday,

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 the Sabbath began.

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 And so they were preparing the body of Jesus for burial.

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 And so when sundown hit,

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 they could work no longer.

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 And so they had to wait out the Sabbath day,

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 which was Saturday.

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 And so first thing on Sunday,

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 they made their way back to the tomb

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 to finish preparing the body.

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 So that's what's going on here.

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 But there's something else

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 I want to draw your attention to.

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 They're not bright-eyed and bushy-tailed,

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 Peter Cottondale,

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 hopping down the bunny trail.

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 They're not that.

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 They're sad.

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 Do you know why?

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 Because Jesus had been killed.

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 Their Savior, or so they thought,

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 their teacher, was dead.

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 They saw where His body was laid.

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 You can look back at Luke 23, verse 55.

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 They saw where the body of Jesus was laid.

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 And then they went home.

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 Which helps us understand,

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 they didn't get the wrong tomb

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 when they went back Sunday morning.

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 They knew where the tomb was.

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 But they were going there

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 to do something gruesome.

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 They were going there

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 to prepare Jesus' body.

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 How far along they got on that Friday

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 in preparing His body from burial,

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 we don't know.

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 But what we do know,

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 He was beat up.

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 His body would have had holes,

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 wrists, and in His feet,

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 and in His side.

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 He would have puncture wounds

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 all around His skull.

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 I don't know if His hair

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 kind of had that coagulated,

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 crusty blood in it still.

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 That's what they're going to.

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 His back would have been

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 a bloody mess.

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 The cat of nine tails,

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 which He was whipped with,

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 was a Roman device

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 that had stone,

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 pieces of metal,

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 in the nine lashes of the whip.

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 And it was designed

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 to tear a back open.

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 It would have been ugly.

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 What they were going to do

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 was gruesome.

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 They were sad.

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 And so early that Sunday morning,

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 they're making their way

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 to the tomb

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 to finish preparing His body.

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 And the stones rolled away.

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 It was like one to two tons.

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 Not light.

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 And so they're already like,

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 what is going on here?

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 And they walk in,

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 and what they find

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 is an empty tomb.

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 That's the claim.

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 That's the fact

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 non-Christians and Christians

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 need to deal with.

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 It's an empty tomb.

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 There's no body of Jesus.

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 So whether you're a Christian

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 or a non-Christian,

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 we're looking at the same fact.

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 No body.

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 The difference is

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 how you explain that.

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 How do you make sense

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 of the empty tomb?

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 And so what we see

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 in Luke chapter 24,

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 verses 4 and forward,

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 is the explanation

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 of the empty tomb.

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 In verses 4 through 8,

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 we see in this account

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 a movement.

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 In verse 4,

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 these ladies are really

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 not only sad,

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 but now they're perplexed.

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 They're confused.

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 In addition to their sadness,

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 where is the body

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 of our Lord Jesus?

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 Where is it?

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 And then if you look

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 in verse 5,

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 they were frightened

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 and they bowed their faces

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 to the ground.

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 Why?

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 Because there are two men

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 there now.

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 In dazzling appearance.

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 They were angels.

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 Announcing something.

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 That might remind you

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 of Luke 2

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 in Bethlehem.

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 The angels announcing

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 the birth of the Christ.

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 These angels were announcing

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 the resurrection

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 of the Christ.

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 You see,

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 all heaven

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 had been waiting

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 for this moment.

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 All heaven

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 had been seeing

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 the outworking

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 of these things.

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 There's been

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 eager excitement.

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 God sent

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 these angels

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 down

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 to tell

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 these ladies

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 that in fact,

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 Jesus has been

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 raised from the dead.

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 That's what they're

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 declaring.

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 They're like,

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 duh!

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 You're not going to find

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 the living among the dead!

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 He's not here.

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 He is risen.

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 And then if you look

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 at verse 6,

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 He's not here

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 but He's risen.

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 Remember how He told you

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 while He was still

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 in Galilee,

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 verse 7,

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 that the Son of Man

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 must be delivered

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 into the hands

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 of sinful men

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 and be crucified

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 and on the third day

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 rise.

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 Do you see

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 what the angels

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 are doing?

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 They're quoting Jesus.

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 Do you know why

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 they're quoting Jesus?

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 Because Jesus'

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 word is authoritative.

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 Jesus predicted

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 His own death

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 and His resurrection

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 in Luke chapter 9.

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 And here it is.

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 Being fulfilled.

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 And so with these angels

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 declaring this,

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 it adds weight

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 to the words

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 of what Jesus

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 has said.

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 And then these disciples,

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 these ladies,

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 lights go on.

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 They remembered

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 verse 8.

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 They remembered

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 His words.

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 They remembered

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 what He would say.

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 By the way,

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 that whole episode

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 right there

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 in Luke chapter 9,

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 you might remember this.

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 This is the whole episode

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 where Jesus asks

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 His disciples,

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 hey, who do people

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 say that I am?

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 Some say John the Baptist

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 come back from the dead.

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 Others say Elijah,

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 one of the prophets,

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 and then Peter.

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 Do you remember

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 what Peter said?

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 You are the Christ.

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 The Messiah.

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 The long-anticipated

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 King of God.

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 And what Jesus does

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 with that,

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 it's very important

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 to know.

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 That confession,

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 Jesus then says,

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 and then the Son of Man,

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 a title for the Messiah,

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 will be handed over

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 to sinful men,

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 killed,

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 crucified,

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 and on the third day,

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 rise again.

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 What these angels

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 are saying,

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 it's bringing clarity

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 to who Jesus is.

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 A risen Messiah.

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 So these ladies,

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 now remembering,

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 make a beeline

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 to the other disciples.

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 And Luke is very purposeful

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 in verse 10

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 in pointing out

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 these were all women

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 who first saw

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 the empty tomb.

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 If you were

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 in the first century,

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 basing a case

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 on the witness

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 of women

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 was something

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 that you wouldn't do.

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 At that time,

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 women's testimony

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 was seen

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 as lesser

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 than men's.

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 And so it wouldn't

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 have carried

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 the same weight.

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 But what Luke

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 is doing here

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 is saying,

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 this is how it happened.

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 It's almost

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 counterintuitive.

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 And what it ends

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 up doing is

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 authenticates

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 the genuine

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 outworking

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 of what happened.

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 These women

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 were the first

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 to see the empty tomb.

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 And then we see

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 them showing up,

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 talking to the disciples,

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 and the disciples,

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 they're like,

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 whatever.

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 Sure,

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 yes,

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 I know you're upset.

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 Sure.

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 They thought it was

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 a quote-unquote

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 idle tale.

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 And they disbelieved.

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 It's a very strong word.

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 They did not believe

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 what they were saying.

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 Jesus' disciples

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 met the resurrection news

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 with skepticism.

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 Doesn't say much

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 of the disciples,

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 does it?

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 upon hearing

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 of the resurrection

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 of Jesus,

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 it's something

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 we don't hear

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 of that often.

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 A dead man

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 raised from the dead?

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 Alive?

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 One of the other

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 disciples who was there

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 was Peter.

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 And in verse 12,

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 we see what happens.

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 when he hears,

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 he jumps up

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 and runs.

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 Runs to the

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 empty tomb.

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 The question is,

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 why?

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 Why would Peter

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 respond this way?

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 And the rest of the

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 disciples respond

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 with idle tale,

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 whatever,

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 disbelief.

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 What's the difference?

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 let me make a suggestion.

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 In Luke 22,

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 Jesus is

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 arrested.

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 And before

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 he's arrested

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 at the Last Supper,

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 Jesus says,

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 one of you is going

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 to betray me.

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 And Peter says,

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 not me,

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 I'm going to the

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 death, baby!

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 Peter was a hothead,

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 very passionate.

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 I'm bringing it

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 down with you,

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 Jesus!

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 And what Jesus

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 told him was this,

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 you're going to

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 deny me three times

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 before the rooster

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 crows.

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 And it happened.

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 Peter denied

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 Jesus three times,

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 there was a rooster

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 that crowed,

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 and then Peter

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 wept bitterly.

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 It happened just

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 a couple days

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 before this.

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 Which means,

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 Peter has in mind,

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 Jesus' words

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 come true.

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 And so when he

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 hears these ladies

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 saying they met

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 an angel,

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 and the angel

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 said,

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 Jesus is the one,

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 remember what he

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 said?

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 He was going to

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 be handed over

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 to sinful men,

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 crucified and

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 rise again.

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 Peter's like,

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 yes!

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 And he jumps,

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 and he's running

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 to the tomb.

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 We don't know

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 how long he's

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 running for.

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 We don't know

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 what his heart rate

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 was.

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 We don't know

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 any of that

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 kind of detail.

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 But I am guessing

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 that as he's running,

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 it's okay,

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 okay.

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 All right.

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 I can't.

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 This is amazing.

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 Okay.

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 Wait, wait.

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 I said he was

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 the Christ,

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 and then he said

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 he was going to

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 rise from the dead.

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 Yes.

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 And then there was

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 Jairus' daughter

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 raised from the dead.

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 Yes.

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 And then there was

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 that widow's son

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 in the town of Nain.

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 He raised him

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 from the dead.

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 And then

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 there was Lazarus

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 raised from the dead.

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 And Jesus said

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 at that point,

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 I'm the resurrection

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 and the life.

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 If any of you die,

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 if you believe in me,

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 yet you will live.

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 I can't wait.

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 I can't wait.

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 I can't wait.

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 He gets to the tomb.

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 Bows down.

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 Looks in.

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 And he sees

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 the linens

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 quote unquote

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 by themselves.

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 Do you know

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 what that means?

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 There was no body.

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 No body.

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 No body of Jesus.

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 And then it records

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 Peter leaving

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 and wondering

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 or marveling.

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 He knew what was up.

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 Soon thereafter,

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 he would have

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 a personal encounter

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 with the risen Christ himself.

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 The biblical account

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 claims

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 that Jesus

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 raised from the dead.

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 Supernaturally

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 raised

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 from the dead

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 bodily.

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 That's the claim

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 Luke is making

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 right here.

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 The point is

00:15:45.040 --> 00:15:46.960
 Jesus is alive.

00:15:48.100 --> 00:15:50.420
 Jesus' corpse

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 was carried

00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:52.540
 into that tomb

00:15:52.540 --> 00:15:54.240
 and three days

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 later,

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 he walked

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 out

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 on his own

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 power.

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 That's the claim.

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 That's the biblical account.

00:16:08.580 --> 00:16:09.540
 The New Testament

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 claims that

00:16:10.159 --> 00:16:11.620
 Jesus not only died,

00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:12.519
 but he was raised

00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:12.980
 bodily

00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:14.080
 from the grave.

00:16:14.680 --> 00:16:15.200
 Supernaturally.

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 Now here's the question

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 everybody must answer.

00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:19.900
 How do you

00:16:19.900 --> 00:16:20.540
 explain the

00:16:20.540 --> 00:16:21.420
 empty tomb?

00:16:22.800 --> 00:16:23.520
 How do you

00:16:23.520 --> 00:16:24.160
 make sense of it?

00:16:25.680 --> 00:16:26.360
 There have been

00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:27.060
 several attempts

00:16:27.060 --> 00:16:27.640
 to make sense

00:16:27.640 --> 00:16:28.320
 of the empty tomb.

00:16:29.140 --> 00:16:29.860
 One is called

00:16:29.860 --> 00:16:31.259
 the stolen body theory.

00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:33.080
 It goes something

00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:33.560
 like this.

00:16:35.060 --> 00:16:36.020
 There's two versions.

00:16:37.980 --> 00:16:39.259
 The enemies of Jesus

00:16:39.259 --> 00:16:40.120
 stole his body.

00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:40.220
 The enemies

00:16:40.220 --> 00:16:40.280
 of Jesus

00:16:40.280 --> 00:16:40.379
 stole his body.

00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:43.820
 wanted to prevent

00:16:43.820 --> 00:16:44.799
 something from happening.

00:16:46.539 --> 00:16:47.480
 But here's the deal.

00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:51.620
 If the enemies of Jesus

00:16:51.620 --> 00:16:52.899
 stole the body of Jesus

00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:54.059
 and then there's this rumor

00:16:54.059 --> 00:16:55.220
 that starts going around

00:16:55.220 --> 00:16:56.539
 that Jesus' body

00:16:56.539 --> 00:16:57.379
 he had raised

00:16:57.379 --> 00:16:57.860
 from the dead.

00:16:58.200 --> 00:16:58.899
 If you were an enemy

00:16:58.899 --> 00:16:59.240
 of Jesus,

00:16:59.340 --> 00:16:59.820
 what would you do?

00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:01.980
 I'd pull a Jerry Maguire.

00:17:03.019 --> 00:17:03.259
 You know,

00:17:03.320 --> 00:17:03.879
 show me the money.

00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:07.039
 show me the body.

00:17:07.640 --> 00:17:08.380
 That's what I would do.

00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:09.660
 I'd just wheel out

00:17:09.660 --> 00:17:10.500
 the body of Jesus

00:17:10.500 --> 00:17:11.140
 right in the middle

00:17:11.140 --> 00:17:11.660
 of Jerusalem

00:17:11.660 --> 00:17:11.960
 and say,

00:17:12.019 --> 00:17:12.500
 here it is.

00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:15.279
 Squash that rumor.

00:17:18.420 --> 00:17:19.259
 The other version

00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:20.160
 of the stolen

00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:21.099
 savior theory

00:17:21.099 --> 00:17:22.660
 is Jesus'

00:17:22.819 --> 00:17:23.619
 disciples stole it.

00:17:25.859 --> 00:17:26.700
 Not only would that

00:17:26.700 --> 00:17:27.460
 first be like

00:17:27.460 --> 00:17:28.599
 doing what Jesus

00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:29.619
 told you not to do,

00:17:29.619 --> 00:17:33.440
 but did you know

00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:34.640
 that ten of the eleven

00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:35.820
 disciples died

00:17:35.820 --> 00:17:36.779
 martyrs' deaths

00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:37.740
 proclaiming that

00:17:37.740 --> 00:17:38.960
 not only Jesus died

00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:39.700
 but he was raised

00:17:39.700 --> 00:17:40.660
 from the dead bodily?

00:17:41.820 --> 00:17:43.200
 Let me ask you this way.

00:17:43.400 --> 00:17:44.000
 Would you die

00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:44.920
 for a known lie?

00:17:46.539 --> 00:17:47.840
 Would you give yourself

00:17:47.840 --> 00:17:48.660
 up for something

00:17:48.660 --> 00:17:49.799
 you knew that wasn't true?

00:17:51.980 --> 00:17:53.200
 The best explanation

00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:54.039
 of the empty tomb

00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:54.640
 is that God

00:17:54.640 --> 00:17:55.740
 supernaturally raised

00:17:55.740 --> 00:17:56.519
 Jesus from the dead

00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:57.360
 because he's the Messiah.

00:18:00.539 --> 00:18:01.360
 Here's another

00:18:01.360 --> 00:18:03.360
 explanation

00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:04.379
 for the empty tomb.

00:18:04.639 --> 00:18:06.740
 It's the swooned

00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:07.759
 savior theory.

00:18:08.939 --> 00:18:09.740
 Now I'm guessing

00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:11.240
 that when you hear

00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:12.000
 the word swoon

00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:13.319
 you think of teenage girls

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 swooning at one direction,

00:18:14.899 --> 00:18:15.659
 something like that.

00:18:18.659 --> 00:18:20.059
 It gets at fainting,

00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:21.500
 becoming unconscious.

00:18:23.299 --> 00:18:24.199
 And so the difference here

00:18:24.199 --> 00:18:24.699
 is the difference

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 between being resuscitated

00:18:26.159 --> 00:18:27.379
 and being resurrected.

00:18:27.380 --> 00:18:30.260
 and so the theory goes

00:18:30.260 --> 00:18:32.520
 that Jesus didn't really

00:18:32.520 --> 00:18:33.620
 die on the cross

00:18:33.620 --> 00:18:36.320
 and that when he was

00:18:36.320 --> 00:18:37.620
 brought back into,

00:18:38.080 --> 00:18:38.800
 put in the tomb,

00:18:38.900 --> 00:18:39.440
 he recovered.

00:18:41.940 --> 00:18:43.100
 You know how brutalized

00:18:43.100 --> 00:18:43.440
 he was?

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 He couldn't even carry

00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:45.180
 his cross.

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 He was so beat up.

00:18:48.600 --> 00:18:50.200
 He lost so much blood.

00:18:51.760 --> 00:18:53.020
 He was pierced.

00:18:53.019 --> 00:18:56.539
 He probably went into shock.

00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:57.400
 Do you know

00:18:57.400 --> 00:18:58.440
 that crucifixion

00:18:58.440 --> 00:18:59.819
 was one of the most

00:18:59.819 --> 00:19:01.639
 horrific ways to die?

00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:03.339
 You eventually died

00:19:03.339 --> 00:19:04.759
 of asphyxiation.

00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:05.680
 You couldn't breathe.

00:19:06.460 --> 00:19:08.200
 It was a whole body

00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:09.740
 kind of death.

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 The word,

00:19:12.180 --> 00:19:13.400
 our word excruciate

00:19:14.180 --> 00:19:15.220
 for pain

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 means literally

00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:19.160
 out of the cross.

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 that's the kind of pain

00:19:20.860 --> 00:19:21.660
 we're talking about.

00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:23.580
 People didn't recover

00:19:23.580 --> 00:19:24.800
 from crucifixions.

00:19:25.600 --> 00:19:26.460
 Not to mention

00:19:26.460 --> 00:19:27.900
 the Roman soldiers

00:19:27.900 --> 00:19:28.640
 who were there

00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:29.660
 assigned to make sure

00:19:29.660 --> 00:19:30.279
 that he was dead.

00:19:30.540 --> 00:19:31.220
 They knew what

00:19:31.220 --> 00:19:32.000
 they were doing.

00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:34.220
 They knew a dead body

00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:35.120
 when they saw it.

00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:38.440
 And so when Jesus

00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:39.600
 was put in the tomb,

00:19:40.800 --> 00:19:41.620
 he was dead.

00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:42.200
 Let's just pretend

00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:42.779
 he wasn't dead.

00:19:44.080 --> 00:19:45.460
 That he kind of recovered.

00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:47.240
 He would still have to move

00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:47.860
 a one or ten,

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 one or two ton

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 pound stone

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 out of the way.

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 And then he would have

00:19:52.419 --> 00:19:54.200
 to clear a guard

00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:55.440
 stationed in front of him.

00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.919
 Now a better explanation

00:19:58.919 --> 00:19:59.539
 is that God

00:19:59.539 --> 00:20:00.740
 supernaturally raised him

00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:01.240
 from the dead.

00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:05.000
 And then there's

00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:06.339
 the sentimentalized Savior.

00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:07.559
 It goes something like this.

00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:11.159
 The disciples

00:20:11.159 --> 00:20:12.240
 were so grieved.

00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:15.099
 They were so sad

00:20:15.099 --> 00:20:16.679
 that their Savior died

00:20:16.679 --> 00:20:19.039
 that as soon as they heard

00:20:19.059 --> 00:20:20.279
 any kind of rumor

00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:22.460
 that Jesus was alive,

00:20:24.200 --> 00:20:26.159
 they grabbed onto it.

00:20:27.019 --> 00:20:28.259
 And they believed it

00:20:28.259 --> 00:20:29.579
 and wanted to believe it

00:20:29.579 --> 00:20:30.440
 so much they said

00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:31.019
 it was true.

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 That's how it goes.

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 It's kind of like

00:20:32.919 --> 00:20:33.940
 a mass psychosis

00:20:33.940 --> 00:20:35.579
 of the early disciples

00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:36.099
 of Jesus.

00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:37.659
 They wanted to believe

00:20:37.659 --> 00:20:38.419
 it so much

00:20:38.419 --> 00:20:40.359
 that they actually

00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:41.079
 kind of felt

00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:41.919
 Jesus' presence.

00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:44.300
 that they felt him

00:20:44.300 --> 00:20:45.240
 speaking to him

00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:46.180
 after he died.

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 But that's not

00:20:49.840 --> 00:20:50.660
 what the New Testament

00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:51.240
 claims.

00:20:53.100 --> 00:20:53.940
 The New Testament

00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:54.740
 claims that

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 there were

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:57.100
 over 500

00:20:57.100 --> 00:20:58.200
 eyewitnesses

00:20:58.200 --> 00:20:58.779
 to Jesus

00:20:58.779 --> 00:20:59.940
 after he was raised

00:20:59.940 --> 00:21:00.519
 from the dead.

00:21:01.560 --> 00:21:02.960
 Even in Luke 24,

00:21:03.100 --> 00:21:03.880
 what you'll read is

00:21:03.880 --> 00:21:05.600
 eyewitness account

00:21:05.600 --> 00:21:06.300
 after eyewitness.

00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:06.980
 Even Jesus,

00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:07.940
 after he was raised

00:21:07.940 --> 00:21:08.300
 from the dead,

00:21:08.380 --> 00:21:09.100
 walks into

00:21:09.100 --> 00:21:10.039
 the upper room

00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:10.779
 that was locked

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 and he says,

00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:12.059
 hey, it's me, Jesus.

00:21:12.619 --> 00:21:13.420
 And hey, look it,

00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:14.379
 you can touch my hands.

00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:15.359
 I'm kind of hungry.

00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:16.279
 Can you give me some fish?

00:21:16.639 --> 00:21:17.259
 Munch, munch, munch.

00:21:17.399 --> 00:21:18.299
 It's me, bodily raised

00:21:18.299 --> 00:21:18.700
 from the dead.

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 The New Testament

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:26.220
 doesn't give any space

00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:27.920
 for this psychosis.

00:21:30.879 --> 00:21:32.259
 The best explanation

00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:34.579
 for the question,

00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:35.399
 the best answer,

00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:36.099
 how do you explain

00:21:36.099 --> 00:21:36.779
 the empty tomb?

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:39.039
 Is that God

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:40.460
 supernaturally raised

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:41.519
 Jesus from the dead?

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:44.659
 That it actually happened?

00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:46.899
 Here's the crazy claim.

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:48.819
 It's just not

00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:49.980
 a religious claim.

00:21:50.659 --> 00:21:51.639
 It's a claim

00:21:51.639 --> 00:21:52.980
 to history.

00:21:53.899 --> 00:21:55.119
 That it actually

00:21:55.119 --> 00:21:56.099
 happened.

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.539
 That Jesus

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 was really

00:21:58.379 --> 00:21:59.019
 dead.

00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:01.119
 Dead.

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:03.379
 And then was raised

00:22:03.379 --> 00:22:04.579
 from the dead

00:22:04.579 --> 00:22:05.799
 three days later.

00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:10.039
 that's the eyewitness

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:10.579
 testimony

00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:11.779
 of his disciples.

00:22:15.619 --> 00:22:16.440
 Did you know

00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:17.200
 that his disciples,

00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:17.899
 their lives

00:22:17.899 --> 00:22:19.039
 were dramatically changed?

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:20.500
 Do you remember

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:20.919
 what happened

00:22:20.919 --> 00:22:21.399
 in the garden

00:22:21.399 --> 00:22:22.379
 when Jesus was arrested?

00:22:22.879 --> 00:22:23.740
 His disciples

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.740
 bolted

00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:26.119
 like,

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:26.879
 out of here!

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.639
 See ya!

00:22:28.639 --> 00:22:31.000
 After his resurrection,

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.079
 Jesus appears

00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:32.799
 to his disciples

00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:33.960
 and something

00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.720
 changes

00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.779
 in his disciples.

00:22:36.419 --> 00:22:37.159
 They go from

00:22:37.159 --> 00:22:38.079
 being cowards

00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:39.319
 to being courageous.

00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.659
 They go from being,

00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:41.740
 I don't want to be

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.740
 identified with this guy.

00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.919
 I'm going to die

00:22:43.919 --> 00:22:44.519
 for this guy.

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:50.159
 The best explanation

00:22:50.159 --> 00:22:51.299
 for the empty tomb

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:54.599
 is that God

00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:55.319
 supernaturally

00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:56.139
 raised Jesus

00:22:56.139 --> 00:22:57.579
 from the dead.

00:22:57.579 --> 00:23:01.799
 How do you explain

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.419
 the empty tomb?

00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:06.059
 There's more

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:07.139
 writing on this

00:23:07.139 --> 00:23:07.899
 than just history.

00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:10.460
 There's more

00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:11.839
 writing on the resurrection

00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:13.240
 than the question

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:14.059
 did it happen

00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:14.419
 or not?

00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.699
 It's bigger

00:23:19.699 --> 00:23:20.139
 than that.

00:23:23.439 --> 00:23:24.079
 Here's what's

00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:24.720
 writing on it.

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:27.360
 Who did Jesus

00:23:27.360 --> 00:23:28.000
 claim to be?

00:23:29.120 --> 00:23:29.720
 That's what's

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.600
 writing on the resurrection.

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:32.839
 Did you know

00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:33.360
 that he claimed

00:23:33.360 --> 00:23:33.839
 to be God?

00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:36.059
 He said,

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:36.559
 I and the Father

00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:36.980
 are one.

00:23:38.100 --> 00:23:38.880
 Before Abraham

00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:39.319
 was,

00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:40.380
 I am,

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.339
 as in the great

00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:42.120
 I am,

00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:42.600
 God.

00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:44.160
 He claimed that

00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:44.860
 for himself.

00:23:47.339 --> 00:23:48.660
 He taught things

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:50.440
 like this.

00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:53.019
 The human problem

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:54.220
 is not an external

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.759
 problem.

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.620
 It's an internal

00:23:55.620 --> 00:23:56.160
 problem.

00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:58.319
 What makes us

00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:59.660
 dirty in God's

00:23:59.660 --> 00:24:00.680
 eyes is not

00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:01.620
 outside of us,

00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.960
 it's inside of us.

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:04.620
 It's called sin.

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:06.900
 That's what he taught.

00:24:07.860 --> 00:24:08.579
 He taught his kingdom

00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:09.240
 was going to come

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:09.759
 and spread.

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:10.740
 He taught that he

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.240
 was going to come

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:12.259
 back one day

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:13.539
 and make all

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.579
 wrongs right,

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.279
 that he was going

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:16.259
 to bring justice

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:17.640
 for everything.

00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:20.339
 And then there

00:24:20.339 --> 00:24:20.980
 was his miracles.

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:25.799
 He calmed seas.

00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:28.660
 He cast out demons.

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:31.039
 He cured diseases.

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.839
 He raised people

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.500
 from the dead.

00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:36.440
 If the resurrection

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:38.140
 did not take place,

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:40.319
 all of this about

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:40.920
 Jesus,

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:43.299
 nothing.

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:45.440
 It doesn't mean

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:45.700
 anything.

00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:46.519
 Because he himself

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:46.880
 said,

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:49.299
 I'm going to die

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:50.720
 three days later.

00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:51.400
 I'm going to be

00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:52.299
 raised from the dead.

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.640
 So if Jesus

00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:54.860
 was not raised

00:24:54.860 --> 00:24:55.500
 from the dead,

00:24:55.640 --> 00:24:55.840
 do you know

00:24:55.840 --> 00:24:56.420
 what that means?

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:58.000
 Jesus is either

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.920
 a liar

00:24:58.920 --> 00:25:00.960
 or he is

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.880
 a lunatic.

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.799
 He's a liar

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.580
 if he wasn't

00:25:05.580 --> 00:25:06.299
 raised from the dead

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:08.039
 because what he

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:09.400
 said about himself

00:25:09.400 --> 00:25:10.000
 and what would

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.840
 happen didn't

00:25:10.840 --> 00:25:11.460
 come true.

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.920
 And it cast doubt

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.660
 on everything else

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:15.580
 he said about himself.

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:17.620
 If he wasn't

00:25:17.620 --> 00:25:18.259
 raised from the dead,

00:25:18.340 --> 00:25:19.840
 he could be a lunatic.

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:21.220
 Which means

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:23.519
 he believed

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:24.039
 that he was

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.480
 really God

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:24.840
 in the flesh,

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.860
 but in actuality

00:25:25.860 --> 00:25:26.500
 he wasn't.

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:28.400
 He just lost

00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:28.960
 his marbles.

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.600
 He was not

00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:33.700
 in his right mind.

00:25:35.860 --> 00:25:36.539
 That's if

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.220
 Jesus was not

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.900
 raised from the dead.

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:40.000
 But if Jesus

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.880
 was raised

00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:41.480
 from the dead,

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:43.579
 that puts

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:44.120
 Jesus

00:25:44.120 --> 00:25:45.900
 in a camp

00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:46.839
 all

00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:48.200
 by himself.

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.700
 He's not

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.099
 a liar.

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.799
 He's not a lunatic.

00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:54.839
 He's Lord

00:25:54.839 --> 00:25:55.860
 of

00:25:55.860 --> 00:25:57.079
 all.

00:25:58.360 --> 00:25:59.200
 Because what

00:25:59.200 --> 00:25:59.720
 he said

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.579
 would happen

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:00.759
 happened.

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:00.799
 He said

00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.579
 happened.

00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:07.460
 God in the flesh,

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.980
 he made this

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.720
 outrageous claim.

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:12.480
 I am the way,

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:12.859
 the truth,

00:26:12.899 --> 00:26:13.220
 and life.

00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:13.839
 No one comes

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.299
 to the Father

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:14.859
 but through me.

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:17.559
 If you want to be

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:17.819
 saved,

00:26:17.899 --> 00:26:18.259
 if you want to go

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.500
 to heaven,

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:18.939
 you need to come

00:26:18.939 --> 00:26:19.259
 through me.

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:20.119
 That's his claim.

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.460
 There's no other

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:24.099
 name under heaven

00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:24.740
 which man can be

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:25.039
 saved.

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:30.359
 That's what's

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:31.000
 riding on this.

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:31.700
 It's who Jesus

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.139
 is.

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:34.099
 God in the flesh,

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:36.200
 teacher bar none,

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:37.740
 the one who would

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.420
 return and make

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:39.220
 all things right.

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:42.379
 What's riding on

00:26:42.379 --> 00:26:42.960
 the resurrection?

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:45.000
 Who Jesus

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:46.019
 really is

00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:46.940
 and what he

00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:47.599
 offers.

00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:48.940
 He offers

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:50.079
 real forgiveness.

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:53.659
 On Good Friday,

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.279
 we celebrate

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:54.779
 Good Friday

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:56.059
 because Christians

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.819
 believe that's the

00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.359
 day that Jesus

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:59.720
 was killed,

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.660
 crucified,

00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:01.879
 put to death

00:27:01.879 --> 00:27:03.279
 for all the sins

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.779
 of those who

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.240
 would one day

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.859
 believe in him.

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.059
 So think about it

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.440
 this way.

00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:08.220
 Friday is when

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:09.019
 the payment was

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.420
 made.

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:11.700
 Sunday was when

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.599
 we got notice

00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:13.460
 that the payment

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.740
 was accepted.

00:27:16.139 --> 00:27:17.099
 Jesus rose

00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:17.759
 from the dead

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.819
 and it was this

00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:21.299
 declaration by God

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:23.039
 saying payment

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:24.200
 received in full,

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:25.160
 my wrath

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:26.660
 fully satisfied.

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:29.420
 See what's

00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:30.059
 riding on this?

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:32.580
 If Jesus was not

00:27:32.580 --> 00:27:33.220
 raised from the

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.680
 dead, you know

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:34.319
 what Paul says?

00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:36.559
 We're still in

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:37.740
 our sins.

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.700
 The resurrection

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:43.799
 points to real

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.620
 forgiveness and of

00:27:44.620 --> 00:27:45.539
 course the resurrection

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:46.700
 points to real

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.880
 hope.

00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:51.680
 our Savior's alive.

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.760
 He's not dead.

00:27:55.340 --> 00:27:56.540
 The resurrection

00:27:56.540 --> 00:27:58.160
 demonstrates Jesus'

00:27:59.160 --> 00:28:00.740
 victory over death.

00:28:01.100 --> 00:28:01.880
 Death could not

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:02.800
 hold him down.

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:03.640
 So do you know

00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:04.300
 what that means

00:28:04.300 --> 00:28:04.860
 for Christians?

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:07.420
 We have confidence

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:10.300
 that our Savior's

00:28:10.300 --> 00:28:11.180
 gone before us.

00:28:11.320 --> 00:28:12.160
 We don't need to

00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:13.060
 fear death now.

00:28:13.059 --> 00:28:16.440
 Jesus is our

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:17.259
 resurrection and

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.519
 life.

00:28:17.639 --> 00:28:18.200
 If we believe

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.919
 him though we

00:28:18.919 --> 00:28:19.940
 die yet we

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:21.539
 shall live because

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:23.099
 our Savior lives.

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:26.000
 Peter calls him

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.839
 our living hope.

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:29.079
 What's riding on

00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:29.659
 the resurrection?

00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:30.879
 Who Jesus really

00:28:30.879 --> 00:28:31.259
 is.

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.599
 Real forgiveness

00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:34.700
 and real hope.

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.460
 How do you

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:36.940
 respond?

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:38.019
 How do you

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.559
 respond to

00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:39.059
 something like

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.319
 this?

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.500
 How do you

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.159
 respond to

00:28:41.159 --> 00:28:41.919
 this message

00:28:41.919 --> 00:28:42.700
 of Jesus

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:43.480
 God in the

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:44.639
 flesh crucified

00:28:44.639 --> 00:28:45.439
 on Friday

00:28:45.439 --> 00:28:46.500
 raised from the

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.139
 dead on Sunday?

00:28:47.179 --> 00:28:47.500
 How do you

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:47.859
 respond?

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.859
 I'll give you

00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:50.519
 five options.

00:28:50.679 --> 00:28:51.000
 How's that?

00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:51.720
 You like options?

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.619
 First is this.

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.659
 You can deny

00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:56.899
 him.

00:28:58.119 --> 00:28:58.839
 Reject him

00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.339
 outright.

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:01.419
 Maybe you're

00:29:01.419 --> 00:29:01.899
 the type that

00:29:01.899 --> 00:29:02.619
 says you know

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:03.700
 what I don't

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.419
 believe in the

00:29:04.419 --> 00:29:05.319
 supernatural stuff.

00:29:06.379 --> 00:29:06.799
 Dead people

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.259
 stay dead.

00:29:07.439 --> 00:29:07.819
 They don't come

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.319
 back to life.

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:09.099
 Sorry I don't

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:09.519
 buy it.

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.179
 Okay.

00:29:10.899 --> 00:29:11.619
 Or maybe you're

00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:12.000
 saying you know

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:13.059
 what it's a good

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:13.939
 case I can see

00:29:13.939 --> 00:29:14.519
 why Jesus would

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.259
 be Lord of all

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.659
 but you know

00:29:15.659 --> 00:29:16.559
 what I really

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.519
 love my sin.

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.219
 I don't want to

00:29:19.219 --> 00:29:20.019
 change my life.

00:29:20.199 --> 00:29:21.839
 I like what I

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:23.719
 get to do and I

00:29:23.719 --> 00:29:24.399
 know if I bowed

00:29:24.399 --> 00:29:24.980
 my knee to Jesus

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.559
 I'd have to give

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:25.859
 it up.

00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:28.319
 Just as long as

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:28.679
 you know why

00:29:28.679 --> 00:29:29.240
 you're denying

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.559
 him.

00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.759
 So you can

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.359
 deny him.

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:36.000
 Option two.

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.879
 You can inquire

00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:39.300
 about him.

00:29:40.560 --> 00:29:41.320
 Pull a Peter.

00:29:42.540 --> 00:29:43.500
 Run to the tomb.

00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:45.560
 Explore.

00:29:46.560 --> 00:29:47.380
 Is it empty?

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.640
 It's going to

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.100
 hold up.

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:53.340
 Ask the question

00:29:53.340 --> 00:29:54.840
 did it happen

00:29:54.840 --> 00:29:55.600
 or not?

00:29:56.280 --> 00:29:57.600
 Let that drive

00:29:57.600 --> 00:29:58.360
 the conversation.

00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:01.060
 Inquire about him.

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:02.040
 But realize

00:30:02.040 --> 00:30:02.860
 when you inquire

00:30:02.860 --> 00:30:03.660
 about Jesus

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.800
 you're going to

00:30:04.800 --> 00:30:05.580
 have to eventually

00:30:05.580 --> 00:30:06.480
 make a decision

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:08.400
 of whether

00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:09.819
 he's Lord of all

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.960
 or not.

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.160
 And so the

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:14.200
 third option is

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:15.779
 to decide

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.900
 to follow him.

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:19.319
 To bow your

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:20.000
 knee to Jesus.

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.460
 To become

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:22.299
 a Christian.

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:26.059
 Here's how you know

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:26.940
 it's time to become

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.319
 a Christian.

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:30.939
 you become aware

00:30:30.939 --> 00:30:31.659
 of your own sin.

00:30:33.139 --> 00:30:33.919
 And you become

00:30:33.919 --> 00:30:34.619
 aware that your

00:30:34.619 --> 00:30:35.579
 sin is against

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.339
 the Holy God

00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:37.059
 and that his

00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:37.839
 just wrath

00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:39.339
 is over you.

00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:42.139
 And then you

00:30:42.139 --> 00:30:43.000
 also know

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:44.019
 that this

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:44.819
 same God

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:46.000
 whose wrath

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.740
 is just

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.939
 has provided

00:30:47.939 --> 00:30:48.779
 a Savior

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:50.799
 for you.

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.720
 Who was put

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.200
 to death

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:54.460
 for you.

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:55.640
 and was raised

00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:56.180
 from the dead

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:57.480
 for you.

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:59.400
 When you realize

00:30:59.400 --> 00:31:01.559
 this information

00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:02.299
 when that gets

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:03.299
 real personal

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:04.039
 like that

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:06.420
 man I'm a sinner

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:07.240
 I need a Savior.

00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:09.100
 God's provided

00:31:09.100 --> 00:31:09.720
 this Savior

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.240
 who died

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.740
 and was raised

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.299
 from the dead.

00:31:12.100 --> 00:31:12.740
 You're ready

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:13.579
 to become a Christian.

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.920
 Put your faith

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:16.360
 in Jesus.

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:17.700
 The Bible

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:18.400
 describes it

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:19.480
 as repentance

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:20.000
 and faith.

00:31:20.620 --> 00:31:21.200
 Turning from

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:22.140
 your sinful ways

00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:23.039
 your sinful life

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:24.619
 and trusting

00:31:24.619 --> 00:31:25.180
 in Jesus.

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:27.019
 It's decisive.

00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:30.579
 You can decide

00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:30.940
 to become

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.759
 a Christian today

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:34.720
 on Easter Sunday

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.859
 2015.

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.440
 All you need

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:40.819
 to do is

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.579
 just say to Jesus

00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:42.339
 who's alive

00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:44.240
 I'll take it.

00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:47.599
 I believe it.

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:49.440
 I believe

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:50.019
 who you are.

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:50.559
 I believe

00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:51.019
 you died

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:51.559
 and I believe

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:52.119
 you rose from

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:52.440
 the dead

00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:53.100
 and I believe

00:31:53.100 --> 00:31:53.380
 you did it

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:53.900
 for me

00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:57.460
 to rescue me

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:58.100
 from my sin.

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.259
 That's all

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.740
 you need to do.

00:32:01.340 --> 00:32:02.140
 If you do

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:02.759
 that today

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.380
 would you let

00:32:03.380 --> 00:32:03.799
 me know?

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:05.759
 I would be

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.340
 so glad

00:32:06.340 --> 00:32:06.740
 to know.

00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:11.799
 Fourth thing

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:13.539
 for Christians

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:14.059
 in the room

00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:17.779
 your salvation

00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:19.820
 is based

00:32:19.820 --> 00:32:20.860
 upon the death

00:32:20.860 --> 00:32:21.460
 and resurrection

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:22.120
 Jesus.

00:32:22.120 --> 00:32:23.759
 You're saved

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.740
 because Jesus

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.519
 was crucified

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:27.360
 and raised

00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:28.240
 from the dead.

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:30.120
 But did you

00:32:30.120 --> 00:32:30.840
 know that

00:32:30.840 --> 00:32:31.400
 the resurrection

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:32.160
 of Jesus

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:34.039
 provides a

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:35.400
 very potent

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:36.340
 motivation

00:32:36.340 --> 00:32:37.340
 to continue

00:32:37.340 --> 00:32:38.400
 to follow Jesus

00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:40.039
 after becoming

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:40.519
 a Christian?

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.579
 Check this out.

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:44.259
 Any Christians

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:44.819
 in the room

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.460
 have ever had

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:46.000
 doubts about

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.680
 the Christian faith?

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.579
 I have.

00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:49.859
 I've talked

00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:50.099
 to some

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:50.539
 very smart

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:50.859
 people

00:32:50.859 --> 00:32:51.119
 and I'm

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:51.720
 like oh

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:52.019
 that's a

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.339
 really good

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:52.639
 point.

00:32:54.399 --> 00:32:55.000
 You know

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.379
 what to do?

00:32:57.179 --> 00:32:57.919
 Did the

00:32:57.919 --> 00:32:58.480
 resurrection

00:32:58.480 --> 00:32:59.039
 of Jesus

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.460
 Christ

00:32:59.460 --> 00:33:00.259
 happen or

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:00.659
 not?

00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:03.019
 It provides

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:04.799
 encouragement

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.960
 for a

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.500
 questioning

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:07.000
 soul.

00:33:08.359 --> 00:33:09.119
 Or maybe

00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:09.839
 you're facing

00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:10.639
 some danger

00:33:10.639 --> 00:33:11.639
 because you're

00:33:11.639 --> 00:33:12.199
 sticking your

00:33:12.199 --> 00:33:12.799
 neck out

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:14.019
 as a Christian

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:14.359
 in your

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:14.779
 workplace

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.240
 or your

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:15.740
 school

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.160
 or with

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:16.380
 your

00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:17.400
 non-believing

00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:18.099
 family and

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:18.680
 friends and

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.500
 they're giving

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:19.819
 you some

00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:20.519
 heat for it

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:20.779
 and you're

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:21.220
 like is

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:22.000
 this worth

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.500
 it?

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:25.420
 Was Jesus

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:25.839
 raised from

00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:26.120
 the dead

00:33:26.120 --> 00:33:26.700
 or not?

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:27.920
 It's a

00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:28.980
 historical event

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.759
 that happened.

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:30.960
 Be encouraged

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:31.539
 by that.

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.200
 Maybe you're

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:33.839
 in despair

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:34.259
 brother.

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:34.779
 Maybe you're

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.319
 in despair

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:35.940
 sister.

00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:38.359
 Going through

00:33:38.359 --> 00:33:38.819
 some kind

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:39.579
 of divorce.

00:33:41.339 --> 00:33:42.000
 You've been

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.819
 diagnosed with

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:43.720
 a disease.

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:45.220
 You're facing

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.620
 your own

00:33:45.620 --> 00:33:46.120
 death.

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.480
 You're seeing

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.680
 devastation.

00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:50.360
 Did the

00:33:50.360 --> 00:33:50.980
 resurrection of

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:51.500
 Jesus Christ

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.140
 happen or

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:52.500
 not?

00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:53.920
 Because if it

00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:54.940
 happened, God's

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:56.079
 got a plan for

00:33:56.079 --> 00:33:56.600
 everything.

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:01.039
 Maybe you're a

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:01.539
 Christian who's

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:02.079
 distracted.

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:05.100
 Maybe you're

00:34:05.100 --> 00:34:05.819
 being lulled

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.759
 to sleep by

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:08.360
 some lullabies

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:09.039
 of the world.

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.539
 The resurrection

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:12.840
 is like spiritual

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:14.079
 smelling salts

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:14.860
 for the Christian

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.340
 soul.

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:17.500
 It wakes you

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:17.760
 up.

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:18.500
 It snaps you

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:18.920
 out of it.

00:34:19.200 --> 00:34:19.700
 It either

00:34:19.700 --> 00:34:20.579
 happened or

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:21.320
 it didn't.

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.680
 It's very

00:34:22.680 --> 00:34:23.340
 clarifying.

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.780
 Or maybe

00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:26.120
 you're a

00:34:26.120 --> 00:34:26.599
 Christian who's

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:27.620
 being tempted

00:34:27.620 --> 00:34:28.880
 to devilish

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:30.260
 delights.

00:34:32.260 --> 00:34:32.860
 Desires of

00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:33.340
 the flesh.

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:36.400
 Here's how the

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:36.760
 resurrection

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.559
 functions for

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:37.800
 you.

00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:40.820
 God has

00:34:40.820 --> 00:34:42.000
 united you

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.900
 to the

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.960
 Savior who

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.780
 died and

00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:45.579
 was raised

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:46.179
 for you.

00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:48.619
 Death, sin,

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.880
 sin no longer

00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:50.699
 has any power

00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:51.440
 over you.

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:53.599
 Therefore, you

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:54.739
 can now say

00:34:54.739 --> 00:34:57.039
 no to sin

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:58.539
 with a smile

00:34:58.539 --> 00:35:00.360
 because you

00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:00.820
 would rather

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:01.840
 please Jesus

00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:02.679
 than satisfy

00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:03.239
 your flesh.

00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:04.880
 That's what the

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.480
 resurrection is.

00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:07.159
 It happened.

00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:09.519
 I've been

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:11.239
 raised with

00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:11.839
 Jesus.

00:35:17.839 --> 00:35:18.879
 The fifth

00:35:18.879 --> 00:35:20.139
 option is

00:35:20.139 --> 00:35:20.420
 this.

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:22.379
 If you've

00:35:22.379 --> 00:35:22.739
 become a

00:35:22.739 --> 00:35:23.000
 Christian,

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:25.440
 you go

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:25.879
 public.

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:28.099
 You go

00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:28.599
 public.

00:35:29.319 --> 00:35:30.279
 You go

00:35:30.279 --> 00:35:31.059
 public with

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:31.599
 becoming a

00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:31.879
 Christian.

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:32.160
 It's

00:35:32.160 --> 00:35:32.380
 called

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:33.039
 baptism.

00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:35.559
 Baptism is

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:36.340
 a declaration,

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.519
 an outward

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:38.720
 declaration of

00:35:38.720 --> 00:35:39.500
 an inward

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.079
 change.

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.420
 When someone

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:41.940
 becomes a

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.200
 Christian,

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:42.840
 they're united

00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:43.460
 to death in

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:45.260
 Christ's death

00:35:45.260 --> 00:35:45.780
 and resurrection.

00:35:46.700 --> 00:35:47.400
 They become

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:47.780
 one with

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:48.019
 Jesus.

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:49.320
 And what

00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:50.099
 baptism is,

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:51.519
 is saying to

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:52.099
 anybody who

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:52.660
 would care to

00:35:52.660 --> 00:35:53.880
 listen, I

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.720
 become one

00:35:54.720 --> 00:35:55.300
 with Jesus.

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:57.119
 You see this

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:57.740
 pool of water

00:35:57.740 --> 00:35:57.960
 here?

00:35:58.960 --> 00:35:59.519
 The water

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.539
 represents death.

00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:02.420
 And so we

00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:02.820
 have five

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:03.260
 people going

00:36:03.260 --> 00:36:03.420
 to be

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:04.140
 baptized this

00:36:04.140 --> 00:36:04.440
 morning.

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:04.960
 And each

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:05.340
 one, I'm

00:36:05.340 --> 00:36:05.700
 going to ask

00:36:05.700 --> 00:36:05.940
 them two

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.460
 questions.

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.140
 Have you

00:36:07.140 --> 00:36:07.440
 put your

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:07.800
 faith in

00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:08.360
 Jesus Christ

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:08.840
 alone for

00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:09.240
 the forgiveness

00:36:09.240 --> 00:36:09.860
 of your sins,

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.460
 the promise of

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:10.880
 eternal life?

00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:11.660
 Yes.

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:13.700
 Is it your

00:36:13.700 --> 00:36:14.780
 purpose, desire

00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:15.539
 to follow Jesus

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:16.240
 all the days of

00:36:16.240 --> 00:36:17.019
 your life, no

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:17.360
 matter what

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:17.660
 happens?

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:18.900
 Yes.

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:19.460
 And I'm

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:19.860
 going to say,

00:36:20.380 --> 00:36:20.900
 based on your

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.579
 public profession

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:22.680
 of faith, I

00:36:22.680 --> 00:36:23.240
 baptize you in

00:36:23.240 --> 00:36:23.559
 the name of the

00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:24.000
 Father, Son, and

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.460
 the Holy Spirit.

00:36:25.140 --> 00:36:25.440
 And I'm

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:25.720
 going to say,

00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:26.579
 united with

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:27.380
 Christ in

00:36:27.380 --> 00:36:28.039
 his death,

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:29.160
 under the

00:36:29.160 --> 00:36:29.480
 water,

00:36:30.820 --> 00:36:31.579
 raised with

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:32.219
 Christ to

00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:32.699
 newness of

00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:33.019
 life.

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:35.340
 What they're

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:36.599
 saying is that

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:37.259
 they have been

00:36:37.259 --> 00:36:38.659
 united with

00:36:38.659 --> 00:36:39.519
 Christ in

00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:41.079
 his death and

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:42.319
 resurrection.

00:36:43.319 --> 00:36:44.059
 You get it?

00:36:45.819 --> 00:36:46.699
 It's awesome.

00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:48.179
 I couldn't sleep

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:48.759
 last night because

00:36:48.759 --> 00:36:49.400
 I was so excited

00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:49.960
 about this.

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.779
 Before we go

00:36:55.779 --> 00:36:57.759
 there, the

00:36:57.759 --> 00:36:58.739
 resurrection either

00:36:58.739 --> 00:37:00.500
 happened or it

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:01.000
 didn't.

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:03.519
 it's either the

00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:04.539
 world's biggest

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:07.159
 con job or it's

00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:08.519
 the greatest news

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:09.460
 the world could

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:10.299
 ever hear.

00:37:10.779 --> 00:37:11.480
 Because the

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:12.179
 resurrection

00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:14.039
 verifies who

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:16.440
 Jesus is and

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:17.619
 his offer of

00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:18.500
 real forgiveness

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:20.559
 and real hope

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:21.900
 for any who

00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:22.380
 would believe.

00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:26.199
 Let me pray and

00:37:26.199 --> 00:37:26.659
 then we'll start

00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:27.059
 doing some

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:27.559
 baptizing.

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.960
 Lord Jesus, we

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:35.679
 do thank you so

00:37:35.679 --> 00:37:36.619
 much for who you

00:37:36.619 --> 00:37:37.219
 are and what

00:37:37.219 --> 00:37:37.659
 you've done.

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:40.039
 God, we give you

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:41.659
 praise for the

00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:42.400
 resurrection of

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:42.679
 Jesus.

00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:44.539
 For those of us in

00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:45.159
 the room who are

00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:46.219
 Christians, God, you

00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:47.079
 be praised.

00:37:47.779 --> 00:37:48.480
 Thank you for

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:49.599
 uniting us to

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:50.000
 Jesus.

00:37:50.779 --> 00:37:51.619
 Thank you that we

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:52.699
 have the promise of

00:37:52.699 --> 00:37:53.719
 forgiveness of sins

00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:55.739
 and the hope of a

00:37:55.739 --> 00:37:56.599
 life eternal

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:57.859
 because our

00:37:57.859 --> 00:38:00.659
 Savior reigns.

00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:04.619
 God, I pray that

00:38:04.619 --> 00:38:05.179
 you would do your

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:05.779
 work now.

00:38:06.939 --> 00:38:07.579
 We thank you for

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:08.079
 your word.

00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:10.079
 We thank you, God.

00:38:10.139 --> 00:38:11.039
 There's no question

00:38:11.039 --> 00:38:13.519
 from the Bible that

00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:14.139
 Jesus has been

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:14.659
 raised from the

00:38:14.659 --> 00:38:14.859
 dead.

00:38:16.359 --> 00:38:17.139
 Thank you, Jesus.

00:38:17.239 --> 00:38:17.759
 In your name we

00:38:17.759 --> 00:38:18.000
 pray.

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:19.359
 Amen.