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 Christ is risen.

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 He is risen indeed.

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! I discovered recently about a man called Harry Meadows.

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! Harry Meadows spent 87 years of his life unknown,

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! unreported in the paper or TV or anywhere else.

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 He was in a home for the elderly, for lots of old folk in Great Yarmouth.

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 Harry Meadows got a bit bored.

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 So he rented a costume, a fancy dress costume.

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 He rented a Grim Reaper costume.

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 And Harry Meadows accessed a scythe for cutting things down

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 and he thought he'd have some innocent fun in the old people's home.

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 He stood outside tapping the windows of some of the old people in his costume,

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 peering in from the outside.

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 And then according to the press, so it's got to be true,

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 three people died.

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 Now there's a practical joke that's gone wrong, isn't it?

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 There were a few other shenanigans in that old people's home in Great Yarmouth

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 and then it was shut down.

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 Not all publicity is good publicity.

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 And as you've heard already this morning as I read it,

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 it's an unusual thing, isn't it, that Christianity is born in a cemetery.

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 It's a very unusual thing for good news to come trumping out of a graveyard.

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 But that's the claim of the first witnesses,

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 the first Christians who wrote down their accounts.

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 That Christianity is birthed and understood as coming out of a cemetery.

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 Three words in Mark 16 verse 6.

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 Can you see them?

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 He has risen.

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 He has risen, this young man says.

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 Is that true or is that simply a lie?

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 Now some people might say, well it's a nice lie.

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 I'm not sure it is a nice lie.

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 The trouble is that statement has caused huge, huge issues, huge problems.

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 Many hundreds and hundreds, hundreds of thousands of people have died for that statement.

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 He has risen.

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 They believed it to be true that Christ rose from the dead.

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 Is it fake news?

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 Or is it true and serious good and happy news?

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 Professor Josh McDowell said that after more than 700 years of studying this subject,

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 I've come to the conclusion that the resurrection of Jesus Christ

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 is either one of the most wicked, vicious, heartless hoaxes ever fostered

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 on the minds of human beings,

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 or it is the most remarkable fact in history.

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 And I think he's right.

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 It's one or the other.

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 It's not a nice myth.

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 It's either true or false.

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 Blaise Pascal, a mathematician, said either the disciples of Jesus were deceived

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 or deceivers,

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 or it's true.

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 Well let's look at Mark 16.

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 Matthew, Luke and John have got more substance to their stories, more details.

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 And Mark is very brief, isn't he?

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 He just ate verses.

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 And you may have noticed that when it was read,

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 there's not an account of Jesus appearing in Mark 16.

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 It's the promise that he will soon after appear.

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 It's unusual, Mark 16.

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 It's intriguing.

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 We're meant to feel quizzical at the end of Mark's gospel.

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 And so today's sermon is brought to you by the letter R.

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 All right?

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 And so firstly, we're looking at somebody who is risen.

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 Who is risen.

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 It's the backbone of Christianity.

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 The cross and resurrection make up this powerful message that's been changing lives all around the world.

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 And here today, all over the globe, he has risen.

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 And the resurrection is the backbone of it all.

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 It's not a happy ending to a sad story or an epilogue that you could do without.

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 It really is the climax and the destination of the whole thing.

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 If this ain't true, the whole story is rubbish.

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 And what we're doing here is a waste of time, perhaps worse.

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 The early Christians saw this.

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 There's a hard-headedness about real Christianity.

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 And so Jesus asks us twice, we have reckoned,

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 give us proof that you say who you are.

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 And both times in Matthew and in John, he refers to his resurrection.

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 That'll be the proof, he says.

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 The Apostle Paul, who was the first organizer of persecutions of Christians,

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 wrote about 25 years after Jesus' death and resurrection.

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 And he says, if Christ had not been raised,

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 we would be, well, people to be pitied.

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 If Christ had not been raised, our faith is worthless.

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 And you're still in your sins.

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 We're going to hear more about that tonight.

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 If Christ had not been raised, we're liars.

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 But here we have a messenger in a tomb saying,

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 he has risen.

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 And he says it to the women.

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 And you might have noticed,

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 as you've gone through the accounts of the last few days,

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 if you're familiar with the Gospels,

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 that women are mentioned at the cross,

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 and the burial, and the empty tomb.

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 And people have rightly noted that the men,

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 at the end of the Gospels,

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 have been marked failures.

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 Perhaps John was at the cross,

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 but all the other disciples are hiding.

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 And when the women finally find the men on Resurrection Sunday,

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 the men are in a locked room.

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 They're not out doing anything other than trying to stay safe.

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 And the women are the only ones publicly identifying with Jesus.

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 It's the women who go to the tomb.

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 Sincis was a Greek philosopher.

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 He hated Christianity,

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 and he studied it to attack it.

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 He wrote a book outlining why he thought Christianity was rubbish.

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 And one of the things that he said

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 was that it was based on the gossip of women.

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 It varied in different parts of the Empire,

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 but generally speaking,

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 in some parts of the Roman Empire,

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 women couldn't even witness in court.

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 It's a bit like today,

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 making up a story and having four-year-olds as your key witness.

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 No one making up a story in Jesus' day

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 would have had the key witnesses as women.

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 It's an embarrassment.

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 It was used against Christians.

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 And so here are these women.

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 They are heading off to the tomb.

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 They're in the midst of grief and sorrow.

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 They're not thinking there's been a resurrection.

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 In the same way that you and I would go to a gravesite

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 and lay flowers on a fresh grave.

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 And as they walk to the tomb,

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 for a moment they think,

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 remember there's a great rock in front of the tomb.

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 The rock would have weighed probably as much as a minibus would have,

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 but it wouldn't have had wheels which were rubber.

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 And so how are you going to get into the tomb?

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 The women have got spices to finish the burial process,

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 but when they get there, the stone has already been moved,

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 and so they go and they have a look.

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 I don't think the stone was removed to let Jesus out.

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 It was removed to let people in so that they could see.

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 And so slightly terrified, they walk into this tomb,

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 and there is a man, a young man,

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 who we know from other passages,

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 passages from other gospel accounts,

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 is an angel.

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 The word angel just means messenger.

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 And the angel says to them,

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 can you see what he says?

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 He says, verse 6,

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 do not be alarmed.

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 You seek Jesus of Nazareth,

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 who was crucified.

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 That's really helpful.

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 It's really helpful because

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 it indicates that he knows what they're looking for.

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 That they're looking for Jesus,

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 and there's two features about him.

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 We're told that this Jesus they were looking for,

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 he's from Nazareth,

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 and he was crucified.

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 That tells you where he's from,

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 and what did he do?

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 And what's the main thing he does?

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 He is crucified.

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 That's the truth about the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 He was born to die.

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 He came into this world to save sinners like you and I.

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 You are born to live, aren't you?

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 You're born to live.

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 Sadly, you do die, though.

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 But Jesus was born to die.

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 He says he was crucified.

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 The messenger knows why he was there.

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 And what's the next thing?

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 He is risen.

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 And quite literally,

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 it says he was crucified,

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 and then the next word is risen.

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 It's very blunt.

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 The crucified one has become the risen one.

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 And those are the two things to know about Jesus.

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 Both are true historically.

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 Both happened.

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 And what the angel then says is,

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 this messenger,

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 he says,

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 you are going to see him.

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 Go back,

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 tell the disciples

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 that you'll see him in Galilee.

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 He's going ahead of you.

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 And the word would be used

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 of a military leader,

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 a military leader who would be sent

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 in front of the army,

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 and he would be there preparing the way.

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 He's going ahead of you,

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 and you will meet up with him

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 there in Galilee.

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 That's where you'll see him.

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 All the other Gospels

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 have accounts of the disciples

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 meeting him.

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 There are accounts of people

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 who didn't become believers

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 in the resurrection,

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 and they met him.

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 It's a very important thing

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 that Christ is risen bodily.

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 He didn't rise so that

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 he would have a spiritual

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 kind of influence on you.

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 The word resurrection

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 literally means standing up.

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 It is the standing up

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 of a corpse.

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 It's crystal clear

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 that the resurrection

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 of Jesus

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 is not about

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 an ongoing spiritual

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 influence on him,

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 on you,

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 because the messenger

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 says,

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 doesn't he,

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 he is risen,

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 he is not here.

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 See the place

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 where they laid him.

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 The body is gone.

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 You might not like that.

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 You might not

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 be interested in that.

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 You might think

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 that's a little bit creepy.

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 But what it's saying to you

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 is that God is absolutely

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 committed to his creation.

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 The promise of the Bible

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 is the promise

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 of a new body

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 in a new heavens

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 and a new earth.

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 And Jesus is the first fruit.

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 He is the taster,

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 if I can put it like that.

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 That is where he is gone.

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 And so is Jesus risen?

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 Or isn't he?

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 Is it just a filthy lie?

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 I read this week

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 that the shortest sermon,

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 and you see I do try,

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 the sermon title

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 was called

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 Killing Jesus.

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 That was the heading

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 of the sermon.

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 And the sermon went,

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 didn't work.

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 It's not a great sermon.

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 The sermon title

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 should have been

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 Getting Rid of Jesus.

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 And you could say

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 that didn't work

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 because Jesus

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 really did die.

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 The Romans killed

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 hundreds of thousands

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 of people

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 by crucifixion.

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 And they killed

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 so many people

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 by crucifixion

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 that there were no trees

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 left outside Jerusalem.

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 It was a nightmare.

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 Now let me say

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 Jesus' resurrection

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 matters

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 because it is impossible.

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 The one thing

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 that we know about you

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 and the one thing

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 you know about me

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 and the one thing

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 that you know about

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 everyone you love

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 and care about

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 and everyone

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 who is famous

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 and worthwhile

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 and everyone

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 who is a loser

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 and has done great harm

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 is that we all die.

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 So people will say to you

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 no one can come back

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 from the dead.

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 Absolutely.

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 That's absolutely the case.

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 The one thing we know

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 is that in the end

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 we all get beaten

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 by death.

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 That's why we don't

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 talk about it

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 in our culture

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 do we?

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 Because we've got

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 no answer for it.

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 But what this is saying

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 is no, no, no.

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 There is one person

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 who said

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 that he would defeat death

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 and then has left us

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 very good evidence

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 that he did.

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 And I don't mean it

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 to be rude

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 but there is simply

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 no one else

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 who makes this claim.

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 Jews don't suggest

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 do they

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 that Moses

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 defeated death.

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 Muslims

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 don't suggest

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 that Muhammad

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 defeated death.

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 Buddhists

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 don't claim

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 that Buddha

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 defeated death.

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 It's actually

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 a very unusual claim

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 and yet there's

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 very strong evidence

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 for it.

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 In fact

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 if you've never

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 had the chance

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 to look at the evidence

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 there are books

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 there are films

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 which can give you

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 the evidence.

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 Some books

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 have been written

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 where the author

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 has set out

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 deliberately

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 to debunk

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 and disprove

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 the resurrection

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 and ended up

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 writing a book

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 in support of the resurrection.

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 So convincing

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 has been the evidence.

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 They found it

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 overwhelming.

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 The evidence

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 is not very strong

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 though

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 if you haven't

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 looked for it.

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 it's not very strong

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 if you haven't

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 looked at it

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 which is true

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 of most people.

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 He is risen.

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 Either that

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 or

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 the whole of

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 Christianity

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 is a filthy lie.

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 The second

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 R

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 is

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 the word

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 Ruthful.

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 There are

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 some underused

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 words.

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 I didn't know

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 that word

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 until Wednesday

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 this week.

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 Do you use

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 the word

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 Ruthful?

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 I've never used

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 it before.

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 I've never used

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 it in conversation.

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 It's the opposite

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 of ruthless

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 and to be

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 Ruthful.

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 I drop it in

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 this afternoon

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 to talk to someone.

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 It means to be

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 merciful,

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 to be kind.

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 the opposite

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 of being

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 ruthless,

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 to be

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 Ruthful.

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 It's where

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 you don't

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 give people

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 what they

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 deserve

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 when it's

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 punishment.

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 You give

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 them mercy.

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 And Jesus

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 we see here

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 even at that

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 moment of

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 his risen

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 glory

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 when he

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 overpowers

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 death

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 is thinking

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 of small

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 people.

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 He's

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 Ruthful.

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 He's thinking

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 of people

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 who need

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 mercy.

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 He's thinking

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 of those

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 who are

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 failures,

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 who are

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 weighed

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 down

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 and

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 heavy

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 laden.

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 He's

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 thinking

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 of his

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 disciples.

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 Can you

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 see what

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 this

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 messenger,

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 this angel

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 says?

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 He's given

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 a message

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 by Jesus.

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 The message

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 that he's

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 given by

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 Jesus in

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 verse 6.

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 He says,

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 do not be

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 alarmed.

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 You seek

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 Jesus of

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 Nazareth

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 who was

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 crucified.

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 He was

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 crucified.

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 He has

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 risen.

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 He's not

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 here.

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 see the

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 place where

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 they laid

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 him.

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 But go

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 tell his

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 disciples

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 and Peter

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 that he's

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 going before

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 you to

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 Galilee.

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 So the

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 women,

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 like the

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 angel,

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 are given

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 the message.

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 As you've

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 read the

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 gospels,

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 the disciples

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 are an

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 abysmal

00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:05.159
 bunch.

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 Jesus

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 talks about

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 his death

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 and so they

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 talk about

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 who is

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 going to

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 be the

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 greatest.

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 as you

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 read the

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 gospel of

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 Mark,

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 you see

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 how awful

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 they are,

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 how slow

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 they are,

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 how much

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 like me

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 they are.

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 Appallingly

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 egocentric

00:16:25.259 --> 00:16:27.639
 in the face

00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:28.039
 of beautiful

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 things.

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 Tim Keller

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 as a preacher

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 in the US,

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 he says this,

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 it's interesting

00:16:34.099 --> 00:16:34.740
 what Jesus

00:16:34.740 --> 00:16:35.199
 could have

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 said.

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 He could

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 have said

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 this,

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 you go and

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 tell the

00:16:38.740 --> 00:16:39.500
 disciples those

00:16:39.500 --> 00:16:39.959
 arrogant,

00:16:40.219 --> 00:16:40.620
 boastful,

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 egocentric,

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 ambitious,

00:16:42.379 --> 00:16:42.779
 cowardly

00:16:42.779 --> 00:16:43.580
 backstabbers

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 that if

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 they'll

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 really get

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 on their

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 knees and

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 repent,

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 I might

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 meet them

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 in Galilee.

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 He could

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 have easily

00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:50.240
 said,

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 you are

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 kidding.

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 Not one

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 of them

00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:54.179
 stood by

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 him.

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 All of

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 them ran.

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 And yet

00:16:58.519 --> 00:16:58.779
 Jesus'

00:16:58.960 --> 00:16:59.440
 words are,

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 can you

00:16:59.700 --> 00:16:59.940
 see them

00:16:59.940 --> 00:17:00.240
 in verse

00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:00.580
 seven?

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 Go and

00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:01.200
 tell my

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 friends.

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 He's got

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 every ground

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 doesn't he

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 to say it's

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 over,

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 our friendship

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 is over,

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 you're dead

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 to me.

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 And yet

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 Jesus says

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 tell my

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 friends.

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 And the

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 part that I

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 particularly

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 love are

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 these two

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 words that

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 are there

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 in verse

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 seven after

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 disciples and

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 Peter.

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 Why not

00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:27.359
 tell my

00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:27.819
 disciples and

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 John?

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 Why not

00:17:29.579 --> 00:17:29.979
 tell my

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 disciples and

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 James?

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 Why does

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 Peter get a

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 special mention?

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 Go and

00:17:35.339 --> 00:17:35.899
 tell his

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 disciples and

00:17:37.159 --> 00:17:39.219
 Peter that

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 he's going to

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 see you in

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 Galilee.

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 Galilee,

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 Peter is one

00:17:41.979 --> 00:17:42.179
 of the

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 disciples.

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 Why single

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 him out?

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 Why mention

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 him directly?

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 If you

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 read through

00:17:50.259 --> 00:17:50.659
 the chapters

00:17:50.659 --> 00:17:50.959
 before,

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 it would be

00:17:51.139 --> 00:17:51.500
 great to do

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 that maybe

00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:52.079
 today,

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 there's a

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 dialogue that

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 goes on

00:17:54.179 --> 00:17:55.039
 between Jesus

00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:55.659
 and Peter.

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 And Jesus

00:17:58.359 --> 00:17:59.000
 is warning

00:17:59.000 --> 00:17:59.599
 his disciples,

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 he says to

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 them,

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 you will

00:18:01.579 --> 00:18:02.379
 all desert

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 me.

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 And Peter

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 stands up and

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 says,

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 they may,

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 but I

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 won't.

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 they may

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 run,

00:18:11.019 --> 00:18:11.299
 but I

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 will die

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 for you.

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 They are a

00:18:14.859 --> 00:18:15.659
 pretty scummy

00:18:15.659 --> 00:18:16.039
 bunch,

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 Lord,

00:18:16.399 --> 00:18:16.599
 and I

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 don't even

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 really know

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 why you

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 chose them,

00:18:17.980 --> 00:18:18.079
 Lord,

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 but I

00:18:18.460 --> 00:18:18.960
 will stay

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 true,

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 I will

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 stay

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 loyal.

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 Even if

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 everyone else

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 goes,

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 I'll be with

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 you,

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 Lord,

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 you can

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 trust me.

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 And Jesus

00:18:27.779 --> 00:18:28.200
 says to him,

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 no,

00:18:28.579 --> 00:18:28.759
 Peter,

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 before the

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 cockle crows

00:18:30.899 --> 00:18:31.740
 three times,

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 you will

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 deny me

00:18:32.740 --> 00:18:33.359
 three times.

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 Peter gets

00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:36.380
 the warning

00:18:36.380 --> 00:18:36.599
 and he

00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:37.180
 still argues

00:18:37.180 --> 00:18:37.779
 back with

00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:38.099
 Jesus,

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 he's still

00:18:38.620 --> 00:18:39.240
 correcting

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 Jesus,

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 he says,

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 no,

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 Jesus,

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 you're not

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 right.

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 And

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 remember

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 that publicly

00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:46.180
 denying

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 Jesus is

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 a pretty

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 big deal.

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 According to

00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:50.859
 Jesus in

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 Mark chapter

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 8,

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 Jesus said,

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 if you

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 deny before

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 men,

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 I will

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 deny you

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 before my

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 father.

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 If you're

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 not willing

00:19:00.140 --> 00:19:00.940
 to own

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 my relationship

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 with you,

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 don't expect

00:19:06.320 --> 00:19:07.320
 me to own

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 your relationship

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 with me

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 on judgment

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 day.

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 And so

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 Peter has

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 committed a

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 grade A

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 sin,

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 not once,

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 not twice,

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 but three

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 times.

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 Three times

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 on one

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 night.

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 And despite

00:19:21.600 --> 00:19:22.560
 being forewarned

00:19:22.560 --> 00:19:23.380
 and forearmed,

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 Peter has

00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.820
 sinned with a

00:19:27.820 --> 00:19:28.400
 high hand

00:19:28.400 --> 00:19:28.920
 deliberately.

00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:31.820
 And yet

00:19:31.820 --> 00:19:32.380
 Jesus wants

00:19:32.380 --> 00:19:32.680
 to make

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 sure that

00:19:33.400 --> 00:19:33.880
 Peter is

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 there.

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 Because you

00:19:37.620 --> 00:19:38.020
 can imagine

00:19:38.020 --> 00:19:38.540
 that hearing

00:19:38.540 --> 00:19:39.200
 the news

00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:39.880
 that Jesus

00:19:39.880 --> 00:19:40.460
 has risen

00:19:40.460 --> 00:19:41.160
 from the

00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:41.400
 dead,

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 Peter would

00:19:41.840 --> 00:19:42.500
 quite rightly

00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:43.160
 think to

00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:43.580
 himself,

00:19:44.080 --> 00:19:44.500
 you go

00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:44.860
 fellas,

00:19:44.940 --> 00:19:45.320
 I'm clearly

00:19:45.320 --> 00:19:45.780
 not part of

00:19:45.780 --> 00:19:46.060
 the team

00:19:46.060 --> 00:19:46.380
 anymore.

00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:48.860
 I've really

00:19:48.860 --> 00:19:49.280
 blown it.

00:19:51.120 --> 00:19:51.760
 Good luck

00:19:51.760 --> 00:19:52.100
 to you.

00:19:52.900 --> 00:19:53.440
 But I'm

00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:53.580
 out.

00:19:56.460 --> 00:19:57.480
 In a rugby

00:19:57.480 --> 00:19:57.880
 game,

00:19:58.120 --> 00:19:59.120
 there are

00:19:59.120 --> 00:20:00.400
 two cards

00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:01.900
 disciplinary

00:20:01.900 --> 00:20:02.300
 things.

00:20:03.300 --> 00:20:03.980
 There is a

00:20:03.980 --> 00:20:04.720
 yellow card,

00:20:04.820 --> 00:20:05.120
 which if you

00:20:05.120 --> 00:20:05.440
 get shown

00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:05.900
 the yellow

00:20:05.900 --> 00:20:06.400
 card,

00:20:06.940 --> 00:20:07.460
 you're off

00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:07.840
 for ten

00:20:07.840 --> 00:20:08.160
 minutes.

00:20:08.340 --> 00:20:08.560
 You're put

00:20:08.560 --> 00:20:08.800
 in the

00:20:08.800 --> 00:20:09.019
 bin.

00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:10.320
 You sit

00:20:10.320 --> 00:20:10.580
 on the

00:20:10.580 --> 00:20:10.980
 side,

00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:11.640
 and after

00:20:11.640 --> 00:20:12.280
 ten minutes,

00:20:12.820 --> 00:20:13.120
 you can

00:20:13.120 --> 00:20:13.500
 come back

00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:13.780
 into the

00:20:13.780 --> 00:20:13.980
 game.

00:20:15.660 --> 00:20:16.259
 But there's

00:20:16.259 --> 00:20:16.759
 the red

00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:17.220
 card,

00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:18.480
 and if you're

00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:19.080
 shown the

00:20:19.080 --> 00:20:19.720
 red card,

00:20:19.820 --> 00:20:20.259
 you cannot

00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:20.780
 come back

00:20:20.780 --> 00:20:20.980
 on.

00:20:22.280 --> 00:20:22.820
 You have

00:20:22.820 --> 00:20:23.140
 to leave

00:20:23.140 --> 00:20:23.580
 the pitch,

00:20:24.040 --> 00:20:24.440
 you go into

00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:24.860
 the changing

00:20:24.860 --> 00:20:25.160
 room.

00:20:26.100 --> 00:20:26.700
 You can't

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.060
 come back

00:20:27.059 --> 00:20:27.299
 on.

00:20:28.179 --> 00:20:28.519
 You're

00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:28.700
 off

00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:29.119
 permanently.

00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:29.339
 It's

00:20:29.339 --> 00:20:29.519
 game

00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:29.759
 over.

00:20:32.159 --> 00:20:32.500
 And I

00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:32.679
 want to

00:20:32.679 --> 00:20:33.079
 suggest to

00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:33.259
 you that

00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:33.919
 when Jesus

00:20:33.919 --> 00:20:34.859
 says,

00:20:35.059 --> 00:20:35.480
 tell my

00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:37.200
 disciples and

00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:37.679
 Peter,

00:20:38.899 --> 00:20:39.359
 he's saying

00:20:39.359 --> 00:20:39.759
 that because

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.359
 Peter would

00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:41.099
 almost certainly

00:20:41.099 --> 00:20:41.679
 think that

00:20:41.679 --> 00:20:42.119
 he's red

00:20:42.119 --> 00:20:42.519
 carded

00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:42.859
 himself.

00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:44.679
 That it's

00:20:44.679 --> 00:20:45.079
 game over.

00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:47.200
 That Peter

00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:48.319
 would be

00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:48.720
 completely

00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:50.619
 aware of

00:20:50.619 --> 00:20:51.000
 how weak

00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:51.480
 he was.

00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:53.139
 And in

00:20:53.139 --> 00:20:53.899
 spite of

00:20:53.899 --> 00:20:54.859
 many warnings

00:20:54.859 --> 00:20:55.480
 from Jesus,

00:20:55.980 --> 00:20:56.500
 Peter has

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.759
 denied him.

00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:00.259
 And so

00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:01.019
 Jesus tells

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.680
 the angel to

00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:02.000
 tell the

00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:02.400
 women, to

00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:02.960
 tell Peter,

00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:03.519
 I want to

00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:03.980
 see him, I

00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:04.460
 want him to

00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:04.859
 be there.

00:21:06.380 --> 00:21:06.839
 And I

00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:07.160
 want to

00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:07.759
 reveal myself

00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:08.180
 to him.

00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:11.059
 And I

00:21:11.059 --> 00:21:11.339
 think we

00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:11.579
 have a

00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:12.160
 tendency in

00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:12.380
 churches

00:21:12.380 --> 00:21:13.319
 sometimes to

00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:13.880
 take our

00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:15.259
 sin more

00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:17.799
 seriously than

00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:18.059
 we would

00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:18.359
 take the

00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:18.720
 grace and

00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:19.039
 the mercy

00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:19.460
 of God.

00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:21.900
 It's

00:21:21.900 --> 00:21:22.660
 right, it's

00:21:22.660 --> 00:21:23.160
 right to

00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:23.619
 take our

00:21:23.619 --> 00:21:23.940
 sin and

00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:24.339
 our rebellion

00:21:24.339 --> 00:21:24.779
 seriously.

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:27.160
 But your

00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:28.859
 sin is

00:21:28.859 --> 00:21:30.380
 never as

00:21:30.380 --> 00:21:30.960
 big as

00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:31.420
 the mercy

00:21:31.420 --> 00:21:31.839
 and love

00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:32.220
 of God.

00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:35.559
 The message

00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:36.259
 of Christianity,

00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:37.000
 the message of

00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:37.539
 the good news

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:37.940
 of the Lord

00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:38.720
 Jesus is that

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.519
 where sin has

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.140
 abounded,

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.579
 grace has

00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:42.740
 much more

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.140
 abounded.

00:21:43.140 --> 00:21:46.040
 the risen

00:21:46.040 --> 00:21:46.680
 one is

00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:47.759
 full of

00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:49.140
 ruth.

00:21:51.220 --> 00:21:51.740
 He is

00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.100
 ruthless.

00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:54.740
 Give us

00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:54.920
 more

00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:55.400
 R's, you

00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:55.640
 say.

00:21:57.380 --> 00:21:58.200
 The risen

00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:58.840
 ruthless

00:21:58.840 --> 00:22:00.380
 one is

00:22:00.380 --> 00:22:00.920
 a rock.

00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:02.440
 It's good

00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:02.800
 news, isn't

00:22:02.800 --> 00:22:02.960
 it?

00:22:04.120 --> 00:22:04.380
 The

00:22:04.380 --> 00:22:04.680
 messengers

00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:05.200
 look at

00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:05.780
 verse 7,

00:22:06.280 --> 00:22:06.980
 but go tell

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.440
 his disciples

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:07.840
 and Peter

00:22:07.840 --> 00:22:08.360
 that he is

00:22:08.360 --> 00:22:08.880
 going before

00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:09.160
 you to

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:09.560
 Galilee,

00:22:09.860 --> 00:22:10.120
 there you

00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:10.480
 will see

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:10.660
 him.

00:22:10.840 --> 00:22:11.100
 And here's

00:22:11.100 --> 00:22:11.400
 the point,

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:11.880
 just as he

00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:12.280
 told you,

00:22:13.140 --> 00:22:14.940
 he doesn't

00:22:14.940 --> 00:22:15.380
 need to say

00:22:15.380 --> 00:22:15.840
 those last

00:22:15.840 --> 00:22:16.080
 words,

00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:16.400
 does he?

00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:18.620
 It doesn't

00:22:18.620 --> 00:22:19.420
 add anything

00:22:19.420 --> 00:22:19.900
 in terms of

00:22:19.900 --> 00:22:20.259
 direction,

00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:22.180
 but it does

00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:22.700
 say something

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.240
 really,

00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:23.900
 really wonderful,

00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:24.860
 just as he

00:22:24.860 --> 00:22:25.320
 told you.

00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.640
 The messenger

00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:28.380
 wants to say

00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:28.780
 to the women

00:22:28.780 --> 00:22:29.280
 and to the

00:22:29.280 --> 00:22:29.640
 disciples,

00:22:29.800 --> 00:22:30.120
 he's doing

00:22:30.120 --> 00:22:30.520
 just what he

00:22:30.520 --> 00:22:30.759
 told you

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.160
 beforehand.

00:22:32.620 --> 00:22:33.400
 If you

00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:33.800
 would just

00:22:33.800 --> 00:22:34.140
 listen to

00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:34.360
 what he

00:22:34.360 --> 00:22:34.840
 said,

00:22:35.140 --> 00:22:35.440
 you could

00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:35.820
 have saved

00:22:35.820 --> 00:22:36.220
 yourself

00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:36.940
 an enormous

00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:37.300
 amount of

00:22:37.300 --> 00:22:37.640
 pain and

00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:38.020
 confusion.

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:38.740
 Jesus is

00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.220
 a man of

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.680
 his word.

00:22:41.540 --> 00:22:42.200
 He does

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:42.480
 as he

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:42.840
 says.

00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:45.480
 Even if

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:45.940
 no one

00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:46.320
 believes

00:22:46.320 --> 00:22:46.440
 him,

00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:46.640
 and none

00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:46.860
 of his

00:22:46.860 --> 00:22:47.220
 disciples

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:47.620
 did,

00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:50.700
 interestingly,

00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:51.280
 if you look

00:22:51.280 --> 00:22:51.720
 at Matthew's

00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:51.960
 gospel,

00:22:52.080 --> 00:22:52.300
 which we're

00:22:52.300 --> 00:22:52.600
 not looking

00:22:52.600 --> 00:22:52.980
 at today,

00:22:53.520 --> 00:22:54.040
 Matthew is

00:22:54.040 --> 00:22:54.720
 at least

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.259
 the high

00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:56.460
 priest has

00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:56.780
 listened.

00:22:59.020 --> 00:22:59.600
 The people

00:22:59.600 --> 00:22:59.980
 who put him

00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:00.580
 to death,

00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:01.460
 they had

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:02.100
 heard Jesus

00:23:02.100 --> 00:23:02.400
 and they

00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:02.660
 took him

00:23:02.660 --> 00:23:03.080
 seriously

00:23:03.080 --> 00:23:03.840
 and they

00:23:03.840 --> 00:23:04.240
 asked for

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:04.680
 a guard

00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:04.940
 to be

00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:05.160
 put on

00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:05.420
 the tomb

00:23:05.420 --> 00:23:05.700
 because

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.320
 they were

00:23:06.320 --> 00:23:06.800
 worried

00:23:06.800 --> 00:23:07.320
 that he

00:23:07.320 --> 00:23:08.060
 might rise.

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.520
 In fact,

00:23:09.560 --> 00:23:09.780
 they weren't

00:23:09.780 --> 00:23:10.100
 worried about

00:23:10.100 --> 00:23:10.220
 that.

00:23:10.280 --> 00:23:10.520
 They thought

00:23:10.520 --> 00:23:10.880
 he was a

00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:11.160
 liar,

00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:11.519
 but they

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:11.840
 thought that

00:23:11.840 --> 00:23:12.360
 his disciples

00:23:12.360 --> 00:23:12.800
 might come

00:23:12.800 --> 00:23:13.180
 and steal

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:13.580
 the body,

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:13.900
 so they

00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.400
 put an

00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:15.019
 armed guard

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:16.000
 on the

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.259
 tomb.

00:23:18.820 --> 00:23:19.220
 But none

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:19.420
 of the

00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:19.920
 disciples

00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:20.820
 think to

00:23:20.820 --> 00:23:21.340
 themselves,

00:23:21.600 --> 00:23:21.740
 well,

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.120
 he did

00:23:22.120 --> 00:23:22.620
 say he'd

00:23:22.620 --> 00:23:22.980
 come to

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.320
 Jerusalem,

00:23:23.620 --> 00:23:23.880
 he'd be

00:23:23.880 --> 00:23:24.240
 arrested,

00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:24.620
 he'd be

00:23:24.620 --> 00:23:25.140
 handed over,

00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:25.680
 he'd be

00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:26.140
 executed,

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.519
 and on the

00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:26.960
 third day,

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.380
 he'd rise

00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:27.800
 again.

00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:30.700
 Maybe we

00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:31.300
 should just

00:23:31.300 --> 00:23:31.740
 go and look

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.180
 at the tomb

00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:32.700
 on Sunday

00:23:32.700 --> 00:23:33.019
 morning.

00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:34.100
 Maybe we

00:23:34.100 --> 00:23:34.340
 could go

00:23:34.340 --> 00:23:35.000
 for a

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:35.600
 morning walk

00:23:35.600 --> 00:23:36.180
 near the tomb.

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:36.560
 None of them

00:23:36.560 --> 00:23:37.080
 think that

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:39.019
 took his

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.679
 word seriously.

00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:42.740
 Everything

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.779
 that he'd

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.339
 said about

00:23:44.339 --> 00:23:44.599
 him,

00:23:46.199 --> 00:23:47.539
 so powerful

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:48.079
 and yet

00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:48.460
 dying,

00:23:48.639 --> 00:23:49.119
 it just

00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:50.179
 seems so

00:23:50.179 --> 00:23:51.019
 weird.

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.480
 They didn't

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:53.819
 even take

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:54.299
 the repeated

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:54.759
 promise.

00:23:54.899 --> 00:23:55.099
 You can

00:23:55.099 --> 00:23:55.619
 read it in

00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:56.179
 Mark 8,

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:56.879
 Mark 9,

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:57.619
 Mark 10,

00:23:57.699 --> 00:23:58.119
 where Jesus

00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:58.740
 tells them

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.460
 exactly what

00:23:59.460 --> 00:23:59.740
 he's going

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.199
 to do.

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.119
 That he

00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:02.659
 will go to

00:24:02.659 --> 00:24:03.019
 Jerusalem,

00:24:03.879 --> 00:24:04.439
 he will be

00:24:04.439 --> 00:24:04.960
 arrested,

00:24:05.139 --> 00:24:05.399
 he'll be

00:24:05.399 --> 00:24:05.740
 tortured,

00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:06.099
 he'll be

00:24:06.099 --> 00:24:06.619
 executed,

00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:07.179
 and then

00:24:07.179 --> 00:24:07.639
 he'll rise

00:24:07.639 --> 00:24:08.059
 again.

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:09.839
 But the

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:10.500
 angel wants

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.219
 to underline

00:24:11.219 --> 00:24:11.479
 it.

00:24:12.639 --> 00:24:13.279
 He told

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.599
 you this,

00:24:13.639 --> 00:24:14.039
 he's only

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.399
 doing what

00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:14.679
 he told

00:24:14.679 --> 00:24:14.859
 you.

00:24:16.679 --> 00:24:17.199
 He will

00:24:17.199 --> 00:24:17.559
 keep his

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:17.799
 promise.

00:24:17.919 --> 00:24:18.259
 He never

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.639
 makes a

00:24:18.639 --> 00:24:18.979
 promise he

00:24:18.979 --> 00:24:19.199
 doesn't

00:24:19.199 --> 00:24:19.519
 keep.

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.399
 In fact,

00:24:22.459 --> 00:24:22.739
 he does

00:24:22.739 --> 00:24:23.259
 more than

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:23.599
 keep his

00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:23.879
 promises,

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.339
 doesn't he?

00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:31.419
 I was in

00:24:31.419 --> 00:24:31.719
 a meeting

00:24:31.719 --> 00:24:32.519
 recently where

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.159
 people were

00:24:33.159 --> 00:24:33.779
 told to

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.979
 under-promise

00:24:34.979 --> 00:24:36.019
 and over-deliver.

00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:37.419
 I'm sure

00:24:37.419 --> 00:24:37.659
 you've heard

00:24:37.659 --> 00:24:37.859
 that in

00:24:37.859 --> 00:24:38.079
 business,

00:24:38.199 --> 00:24:38.759
 under-promise

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.500
 and over-deliver.

00:24:40.639 --> 00:24:41.419
 Promise less

00:24:41.419 --> 00:24:41.899
 than you think

00:24:41.899 --> 00:24:42.359
 you'll deliver

00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:44.359
 and then try

00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:44.979
 to make sure

00:24:44.979 --> 00:24:45.419
 that you

00:24:45.419 --> 00:24:46.539
 give more

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:46.799
 than you

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.139
 promise.

00:24:49.239 --> 00:24:49.679
 And Jesus

00:24:49.679 --> 00:24:50.000
 says,

00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:50.559
 I'll meet you

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:50.979
 in Galilee.

00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:51.379
 He actually

00:24:51.379 --> 00:24:51.899
 also meets

00:24:51.899 --> 00:24:52.259
 them in

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.599
 Jerusalem.

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:53.099
 They do

00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:53.319
 meet him

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:53.719
 in Galilee.

00:24:54.679 --> 00:24:54.959
 There are

00:24:54.959 --> 00:24:55.179
 a number

00:24:55.179 --> 00:24:55.679
 of times

00:24:55.679 --> 00:24:56.379
 up north,

00:24:56.699 --> 00:24:57.039
 but he

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.379
 comes to

00:24:57.379 --> 00:24:57.779
 them actually

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.899
 on Easter

00:24:58.899 --> 00:24:59.199
 night.

00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:01.860
 and then

00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:02.140
 for at

00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:02.380
 least a

00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:02.519
 month,

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:02.900
 Jesus

00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:04.160
 over-delivers

00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:05.460
 on his

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:05.819
 appearances.

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.180
 And so

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:08.580
 you can

00:25:08.580 --> 00:25:09.140
 absolutely

00:25:09.140 --> 00:25:09.860
 trust Jesus'

00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:10.380
 word.

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:10.980
 Do you?

00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:13.660
 I'm not

00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:14.120
 asking if you

00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:14.539
 go to church.

00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:14.799
 I'm not

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.140
 asking if

00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:15.240
 you're

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:15.500
 religious.

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.340
 I'm not

00:25:16.340 --> 00:25:16.700
 asking if

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:16.819
 you've

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.299
 got respect

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.779
 for Jesus.

00:25:20.080 --> 00:25:20.460
 I'm

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:20.660
 asking,

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:20.880
 do you

00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:21.259
 listen to

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.660
 those things

00:25:21.660 --> 00:25:22.039
 that Jesus

00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.440
 says in

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:22.740
 his word?

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:25.559
 In Mark

00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:25.980
 13,

00:25:26.080 --> 00:25:26.720
 just a few

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.620
 chapters before,

00:25:27.619 --> 00:25:28.179
 Jesus says

00:25:28.179 --> 00:25:28.939
 this staggering

00:25:28.939 --> 00:25:29.339
 statement.

00:25:29.479 --> 00:25:29.699
 He says,

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.419
 heaven and

00:25:30.419 --> 00:25:30.779
 earth will

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.179
 pass away,

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.639
 but my

00:25:31.639 --> 00:25:32.099
 word will

00:25:32.099 --> 00:25:32.579
 never pass

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:32.819
 away.

00:25:36.179 --> 00:25:36.899
 Not everyone

00:25:36.899 --> 00:25:37.339
 believed like

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:37.839
 modern science

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.339
 does today,

00:25:38.479 --> 00:25:40.159
 that the

00:25:40.159 --> 00:25:40.759
 universe one

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.139
 day will

00:25:41.139 --> 00:25:41.699
 pass away.

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.559
 They tend

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:42.979
 to think the

00:25:42.979 --> 00:25:43.459
 universe was

00:25:43.459 --> 00:25:43.899
 eternal.

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.479
 Heaven and

00:25:46.479 --> 00:25:46.879
 earth will

00:25:46.879 --> 00:25:47.299
 pass away,

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:47.719
 but my

00:25:47.719 --> 00:25:49.179
 words will

00:25:49.179 --> 00:25:49.659
 never pass

00:25:49.659 --> 00:25:49.779
 away.

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.239
 Who says

00:25:50.239 --> 00:25:50.539
 that?

00:25:53.419 --> 00:25:54.079
 This little

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:54.819
 man in

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:55.279
 Palestine,

00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:56.539
 his words are

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:57.079
 absolutely

00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:57.879
 solidly,

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:58.519
 eternally,

00:25:58.699 --> 00:25:59.259
 endearingly

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.559
 true.

00:26:01.679 --> 00:26:02.199
 And we

00:26:02.199 --> 00:26:02.799
 save ourselves

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.419
 an enormous

00:26:03.419 --> 00:26:03.819
 amount of

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.480
 pain and

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.179
 worry and

00:26:05.179 --> 00:26:05.779
 fear and

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.599
 anxiety when

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:07.039
 we believe

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:07.419
 his word,

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:07.659
 when we

00:26:07.659 --> 00:26:07.960
 cling to

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.399
 his promises.

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.240
 He is

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:11.500
 risen,

00:26:11.699 --> 00:26:12.119
 he is

00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:12.839
 ruthless,

00:26:13.159 --> 00:26:13.579
 he is

00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:14.519
 the rock.

00:26:14.639 --> 00:26:15.119
 You wouldn't

00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:15.639
 bet against

00:26:15.639 --> 00:26:15.819
 him,

00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:16.039
 would you?

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:18.379
 He says

00:26:18.379 --> 00:26:18.639
 he's going

00:26:18.639 --> 00:26:18.879
 to come

00:26:18.879 --> 00:26:19.319
 again.

00:26:19.679 --> 00:26:20.059
 I wouldn't

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:20.579
 bet against

00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:20.839
 Jesus'

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.339
 truthfulness.

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.359
 He said

00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:23.539
 he would

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:23.980
 rise again,

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.179
 and he

00:26:24.179 --> 00:26:24.399
 has.

00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:26.079
 And the

00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:26.519
 last point

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:26.920
 is that

00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:27.259
 the risen

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.879
 Ruthful

00:26:27.879 --> 00:26:28.579
 rock is

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:28.799
 in the

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.059
 business

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:29.279
 of

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.700
 recruiting.

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:36.119
 They are

00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:36.539
 reluctant

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.160
 when he

00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:38.019
 first meets

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.279
 them.

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.420
 He doesn't

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:42.779
 say to

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.480
 them,

00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:44.240
 come and

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:46.339
 follow me,

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.720
 let's have

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.059
 some fun

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.359
 together.

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:48.900
 He says,

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.779
 come and

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.240
 follow me,

00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:50.460
 and I

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:50.740
 will make

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.220
 you fishers

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.579
 of men.

00:26:51.579 --> 00:26:52.759
 that was

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.159
 what he

00:26:53.159 --> 00:26:53.659
 said to

00:26:53.659 --> 00:26:53.859
 them.

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.259
 He hints

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.579
 to them

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:56.799
 then,

00:26:56.899 --> 00:26:57.379
 that's what

00:26:57.379 --> 00:26:57.819
 their calling

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.439
 would be.

00:27:00.439 --> 00:27:00.839
 Here the

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:01.439
 women are

00:27:01.439 --> 00:27:01.980
 the first

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.299
 to hear

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:02.659
 the news

00:27:02.659 --> 00:27:02.939
 because

00:27:02.939 --> 00:27:03.179
 they're

00:27:03.179 --> 00:27:03.539
 the ones

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:03.819
 at the

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.000
 tomb,

00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:04.579
 and they

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:05.019
 are told,

00:27:05.199 --> 00:27:05.439
 go,

00:27:05.799 --> 00:27:06.119
 tell his

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:06.619
 disciples,

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.279
 and Peter

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:08.619
 that he's

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.000
 going before

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.279
 you to

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:09.579
 Galilee.

00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:11.859
 And there

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:12.099
 you will

00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:12.439
 see him

00:27:12.439 --> 00:27:12.799
 just as he

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.220
 told you.

00:27:14.139 --> 00:27:14.319
 And the

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:14.599
 women are

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:14.899
 given a

00:27:14.899 --> 00:27:15.240
 job to

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.379
 do.

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.000
 Mary

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:17.379
 Magdalene

00:27:17.379 --> 00:27:17.720
 has often

00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:18.119
 been called

00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:18.839
 the apostle

00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:19.179
 to the

00:27:19.179 --> 00:27:19.480
 apostles.

00:27:21.419 --> 00:27:21.899
 And in

00:27:21.899 --> 00:27:22.220
 the end,

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:22.879
 she is the

00:27:22.879 --> 00:27:23.319
 first one

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:23.559
 to take

00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:24.099
 the apostle's

00:27:24.099 --> 00:27:24.559
 message.

00:27:24.899 --> 00:27:25.159
 He is

00:27:25.159 --> 00:27:25.379
 risen.

00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:26.019
 And they're

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.480
 slow on

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:26.579
 the

00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:27.019
 uptake.

00:27:30.139 --> 00:27:30.399
 And so

00:27:30.399 --> 00:27:30.799
 we look at

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.259
 verse 8,

00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:31.579
 don't we,

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:31.779
 and we

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.119
 think that's

00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:32.500
 a really

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:33.179
 bad ending

00:27:33.179 --> 00:27:33.480
 to a

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:33.759
 gospel,

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.259
 don't we?

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.319
 The

00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:36.959
 gospel clearly

00:27:36.959 --> 00:27:37.599
 ends at

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:37.959
 verse 8.

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.220
 There are

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:38.500
 two or

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:38.899
 three other

00:27:38.899 --> 00:27:39.459
 endings that

00:27:39.459 --> 00:27:39.759
 people have

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.319
 added because

00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:40.720
 it looks

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:40.980
 like a

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.439
 bad ending,

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:41.779
 but the

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.059
 best

00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:42.519
 manuscripts

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.439
 all end

00:27:43.439 --> 00:27:43.759
 at verse

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:43.959
 8.

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.079
 And

00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:44.319
 actually,

00:27:44.419 --> 00:27:44.559
 as you

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:45.059
 read Mark's

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.259
 gospel,

00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:45.539
 it makes

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:45.980
 sense to

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.179
 end at

00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:51.919
 it's such

00:27:51.919 --> 00:27:52.319
 an odd

00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:52.619
 ending,

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:52.959
 isn't it?

00:27:54.399 --> 00:27:54.819
 The

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.159
 women are

00:27:55.159 --> 00:27:55.339
 told,

00:27:55.459 --> 00:27:55.539
 it's

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:56.179
 fantastic,

00:27:56.619 --> 00:27:56.799
 you're

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.019
 here,

00:27:57.119 --> 00:27:57.379
 girls,

00:27:57.459 --> 00:27:57.659
 go and

00:27:57.659 --> 00:27:57.939
 tell the

00:27:57.939 --> 00:27:58.339
 boys.

00:27:59.319 --> 00:27:59.899
 Verse 8,

00:28:00.199 --> 00:28:00.399
 and they

00:28:00.399 --> 00:28:00.819
 went out

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.279
 and fled

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:01.599
 from the

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:01.819
 tomb,

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:02.619
 for trembling

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:03.259
 and astonishment

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:03.699
 had seized

00:28:03.699 --> 00:28:03.859
 them,

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.639
 and they

00:28:04.639 --> 00:28:05.139
 said nothing

00:28:05.139 --> 00:28:05.579
 to anyone,

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:05.919
 for they

00:28:05.919 --> 00:28:06.379
 were afraid.

00:28:09.399 --> 00:28:09.819
 In

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.139
 verse 8,

00:28:10.179 --> 00:28:10.599
 who knows

00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:10.879
 about the

00:28:10.879 --> 00:28:11.459
 resurrection at

00:28:11.459 --> 00:28:11.839
 this point?

00:28:13.439 --> 00:28:13.799
 Well,

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.359
 God does,

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.500
 the devil

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:16.819
 does,

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:18.480
 Jesus

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:18.819
 does,

00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:20.699
 the young

00:28:20.699 --> 00:28:21.220
 man does,

00:28:22.919 --> 00:28:23.599
 the women

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:23.859
 do.

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.399
 That's it.

00:28:27.439 --> 00:28:28.000
 And the

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.619
 disciples would

00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:28.980
 really,

00:28:29.199 --> 00:28:29.699
 really like to

00:28:29.699 --> 00:28:30.379
 know that

00:28:30.379 --> 00:28:30.959
 he is risen.

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.799
 And the

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.099
 women have

00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:33.500
 been told

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.059
 to tell

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:34.220
 the

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.639
 disciples.

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.539
 They're the

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:38.899
 only people

00:28:38.899 --> 00:28:39.139
 who've been

00:28:39.139 --> 00:28:39.619
 told to

00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:39.919
 tell.

00:28:42.139 --> 00:28:42.659
 And I

00:28:42.659 --> 00:28:43.000
 don't blame

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.159
 them,

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:43.500
 frankly,

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.659
 for how

00:28:44.659 --> 00:28:45.259
 they respond.

00:28:45.399 --> 00:28:45.819
 To use a

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.439
 technical term,

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:46.839
 they've been

00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:47.720
 discombobulated,

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.099
 haven't they?

00:28:49.679 --> 00:28:50.240
 You know

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.439
 what that

00:28:50.439 --> 00:28:50.959
 word means?

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.899
 It means

00:28:52.899 --> 00:28:53.339
 when you've

00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:54.359
 been rattled

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:55.220
 by things

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:55.480
 that you

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:55.699
 can't

00:28:55.699 --> 00:28:55.980
 function

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:56.359
 properly,

00:28:56.439 --> 00:28:56.720
 they are

00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:57.659
 discombobulated.

00:28:59.359 --> 00:29:00.059
 I don't

00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:00.399
 blame the

00:29:00.399 --> 00:29:00.500
 women,

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:01.559
 just trace

00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:02.199
 the emotional

00:29:02.199 --> 00:29:02.759
 journey that

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.000
 the women

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.279
 have been

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:03.539
 on.

00:29:04.419 --> 00:29:04.899
 They've

00:29:04.899 --> 00:29:05.240
 come up

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.720
 with Jesus,

00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:06.419
 the disciples

00:29:06.419 --> 00:29:07.359
 are abandoning

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:07.899
 Jesus and

00:29:07.899 --> 00:29:08.779
 betraying him,

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:11.339
 and

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:11.680
 Judas

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.420
 has left

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:12.799
 them,

00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:13.599
 who they

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:14.200
 knew and

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.779
 they loved.

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:17.519
 And Jesus

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.099
 has not just

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:18.579
 been killed,

00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:18.980
 he's been

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:19.579
 tortured to

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:19.920
 death,

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.299
 that's what

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:21.019
 crucifixion is,

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:21.759
 it's humiliating.

00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:23.879
 They would

00:29:23.879 --> 00:29:24.059
 have been

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.440
 emotionally

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:25.139
 shattered and

00:29:25.139 --> 00:29:25.480
 they go to

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:26.000
 finish the

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.720
 burial process

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.099
 and then

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:27.519
 somebody's

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.099
 messed around

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:28.440
 with the

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:28.639
 tomb.

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:30.899
 It's no

00:29:30.899 --> 00:29:31.299
 wonder that

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:31.480
 they're

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:31.859
 shattered.

00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:33.960
 And the

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.339
 words in

00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:34.899
 verse 8 of

00:29:34.899 --> 00:29:35.500
 Mark 16

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:35.980
 are really

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.940
 strong words,

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:37.519
 they are

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.240
 trembling,

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:39.240
 bewildered,

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:39.980
 afraid,

00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:41.079
 and they

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.599
 don't speak.

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:46.160
 And if you

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:46.779
 know Mark's

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.160
 gospel,

00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:47.660
 like we've

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:47.880
 been going

00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:48.180
 through on

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:48.420
 Tuesday

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:49.059
 lunchtimes,

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:51.160
 you will

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:51.799
 know that

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:52.259
 this is a

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:52.759
 reversal.

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:55.200
 Because all

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.619
 through Mark's

00:29:55.619 --> 00:29:55.880
 gospel,

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.500
 when Jesus

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:57.279
 has healed

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:58.059
 with someone,

00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:58.660
 he has said

00:29:58.660 --> 00:29:59.019
 to them,

00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.579
 don't tell

00:29:59.579 --> 00:29:59.759
 anyone.

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:02.180
 One time

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.740
 Jesus healed

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.579
 a leper and

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:04.079
 Jesus is

00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:04.900
 really strong

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.099
 with him,

00:30:05.099 --> 00:30:05.619
 he basically

00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:05.959
 says,

00:30:06.219 --> 00:30:06.699
 shut up

00:30:06.699 --> 00:30:07.139
 about it,

00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:07.859
 don't say

00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:08.159
 anything.

00:30:08.439 --> 00:30:08.959
 But they

00:30:08.959 --> 00:30:09.419
 can't keep

00:30:09.419 --> 00:30:09.899
 it to

00:30:09.899 --> 00:30:10.399
 themselves.

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:11.939
 Because

00:30:11.939 --> 00:30:12.179
 something

00:30:12.179 --> 00:30:12.679
 wonderful and

00:30:12.679 --> 00:30:13.259
 exciting has

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.579
 happened.

00:30:14.939 --> 00:30:15.399
 And even

00:30:15.399 --> 00:30:15.980
 when Peter

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.779
 works out that

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.539
 Jesus is

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:18.179
 the Messiah,

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.119
 he's told

00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:19.459
 don't tell

00:30:19.459 --> 00:30:19.919
 anyone yet.

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.779
 But here

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.179
 the women

00:30:22.179 --> 00:30:22.599
 at the end

00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:22.980
 of Mark's

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:23.539
 gospel are

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:24.339
 told,

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.740
 he is

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.079
 risen.

00:30:29.399 --> 00:30:30.000
 Death has

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.559
 been beaten,

00:30:30.719 --> 00:30:31.219
 but they're so

00:30:31.219 --> 00:30:31.839
 shattered they

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.279
 just say

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.599
 nothing.

00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:32.740
 saying.

00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:36.439
 It's quite

00:30:36.439 --> 00:30:36.959
 clear that as

00:30:36.959 --> 00:30:37.439
 time goes on

00:30:37.439 --> 00:30:37.740
 they change

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.199
 their mind.

00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:39.159
 This gospel is

00:30:39.159 --> 00:30:39.879
 written probably

00:30:39.879 --> 00:30:40.379
 for Christians

00:30:40.379 --> 00:30:40.919
 in Rome.

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:41.859
 And they

00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:42.039
 would have

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:42.399
 all known

00:30:42.399 --> 00:30:42.819
 that Jesus

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.299
 is risen

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:43.679
 from the

00:30:43.679 --> 00:30:44.079
 dead.

00:30:44.399 --> 00:30:44.659
 That he

00:30:44.659 --> 00:30:44.859
 would have

00:30:44.859 --> 00:30:45.500
 appeared to

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:46.099
 the disciples.

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:48.179
 Because that

00:30:48.179 --> 00:30:48.839
 was the message

00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:49.139
 that the

00:30:49.139 --> 00:30:49.799
 apostles preached,

00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:50.099
 isn't it?

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:51.099
 You killed

00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:51.259
 him,

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:51.959
 God raised

00:30:51.959 --> 00:30:52.139
 him,

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.819
 we've seen

00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:53.019
 him.

00:30:53.139 --> 00:30:53.459
 That's how

00:30:53.459 --> 00:30:53.699
 we know

00:30:53.699 --> 00:30:54.139
 he's Lord.

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:56.879
 And so here

00:30:56.879 --> 00:30:57.419
 the women are

00:30:57.419 --> 00:30:58.139
 told to speak,

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.699
 but at first

00:30:58.699 --> 00:30:59.459
 they don't.

00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:00.199
 And I take it

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:00.759
 they repent

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:02.299
 and they

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:02.600
 are told.

00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:05.559
 And I think

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:05.940
 one of the

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:06.400
 reasons why

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:07.220
 Mark includes

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:07.720
 it and he

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.519
 ends it in

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.319
 this way is

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:09.940
 because this

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.259
 is the

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:10.779
 temptation

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:11.620
 always for

00:31:11.620 --> 00:31:12.019
 Christians.

00:31:14.580 --> 00:31:15.140
 For the

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:15.340
 church,

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:15.759
 because we

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:16.059
 get the

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:16.519
 fact that

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:17.059
 he is

00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:17.799
 risen and

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.240
 forgiveness

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:18.840
 is on

00:31:18.840 --> 00:31:19.680
 offer and

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.080
 you can

00:31:20.080 --> 00:31:20.840
 know Jesus

00:31:20.840 --> 00:31:21.340
 in the

00:31:21.340 --> 00:31:21.980
 present tense,

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.420
 not just

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:22.640
 in the

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:22.980
 historical

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.480
 tense.

00:31:24.080 --> 00:31:24.420
 And you

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:24.920
 can know

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.480
 him as a

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.380
 living presence

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:26.940
 in our

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:27.519
 lives.

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:31.359
 And instead

00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:32.099
 of answering

00:31:32.099 --> 00:31:32.680
 people and

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.339
 telling people,

00:31:35.639 --> 00:31:36.099
 well I find

00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:36.500
 the temptation

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.000
 is to be

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:39.519
 quiet and

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:40.700
 to get

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:41.139
 nervous.

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:43.519
 And I

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:43.940
 think Mark's

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.299
 gospel is

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:44.720
 ending in

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:45.059
 the way it

00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:45.660
 is to say

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:45.960
 to us,

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:46.500
 do not be

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:46.900
 silenced,

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.200
 speak in

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:47.519
 fear.

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:50.980
 It's why

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.579
 the apostles

00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:52.059
 in the New

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.299
 Testament,

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:53.079
 they prayed

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:53.400
 didn't they,

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:53.980
 for courage

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:55.220
 to open

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:55.740
 their mouths.

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.700
 He is

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:57.460
 risen.

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:59.180
 He is

00:31:59.180 --> 00:31:59.700
 alive.

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.519
 As I

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:04.819
 round up,

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:05.259
 if you're

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:06.180
 still not

00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:06.740
 sure this

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.180
 morning if

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:07.660
 this is a

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.420
 lie or

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:09.319
 fake news,

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:09.839
 there is

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:10.900
 very good

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:11.599
 evidence for

00:32:11.599 --> 00:32:11.799
 it.

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.259
 Take a

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.460
 look at

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:12.639
 it.

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:15.039
 You think

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:15.599
 Jesus is

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:16.119
 lying and

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:16.400
 the early

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:16.940
 Christians were

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:17.299
 lying and

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:17.539
 the whole

00:32:17.539 --> 00:32:18.039
 of Christianity

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.539
 is based

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:18.799
 on a

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:19.099
 lie.

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:26.139
 Or will

00:32:26.139 --> 00:32:26.579
 you realise

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:27.099
 this morning

00:32:27.099 --> 00:32:28.339
 he is

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:28.759
 risen from

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.079
 the dead

00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:29.379
 and he

00:32:29.379 --> 00:32:29.899
 is alive.

00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:33.079
 And I

00:32:33.079 --> 00:32:33.279
 want to

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:33.579
 urge you

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:33.959
 to check

00:32:33.959 --> 00:32:34.240
 out the

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:34.599
 evidence.

00:32:37.459 --> 00:32:37.959
 And if

00:32:37.959 --> 00:32:38.259
 you're a

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.719
 person more

00:32:38.719 --> 00:32:39.139
 likely who

00:32:39.139 --> 00:32:39.579
 believes

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:39.980
 this,

00:32:41.659 --> 00:32:42.279
 you need

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.819
 to let

00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:43.699
 this truth

00:32:43.699 --> 00:32:44.759
 give yourself

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.459
 a chance

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 this Easter

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 Sunday to

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 let this

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 truth move

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 from your

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 head,

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 which you

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 know about,

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 into your

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 heart.

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 death.

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 Because this

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 is very,

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 very exciting

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 stuff.

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 That death

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 does not

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 have the

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 last word.

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 There is a

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 person who

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 when you

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 go into

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 death will

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 go with

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 you and

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 he will

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 give you

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 the last

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 word and

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 the last

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 laugh on

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 death.

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 And so

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 can I

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 suggest to

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 you doing

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 something that

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 I've never

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 suggested before

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 in the pulpit

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 and I'm

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 pretty certain

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 that no

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 IPC minister

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 has ever

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 suggested

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 before.

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 And that

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 is,

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 listen to

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 Dolly Parton.

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 Because as

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 bizarre as it

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 is, I

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 discovered a

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 song this

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 week by

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 Dolly Parton

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 called

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 He's Alive.

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 Anybody

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 listen to it?

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 It's absolutely

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 remarkable.

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 She didn't

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 write it.

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 There's a

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 choir at the

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 end.

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 It's

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 magnificent.

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 And as

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 you listen

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 to it,

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 as I've

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 inflicted it

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 on my

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 family this

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 week,

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 meal time,

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 you get a

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 sense of

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 the fact

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 that He's

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 alive.

00:33:48.780 --> 00:33:49.120
 She tells

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 the story

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 of Peter

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 and the

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 resurrection.

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 And you

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 get a sense

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 of the

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 wonder.

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:55.980
 He is

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 alive.

00:33:57.540 --> 00:33:58.020
 He's

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 alive and

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 I'm

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 forgiven.

00:34:00.840 --> 00:34:01.340
 Jesus

00:34:01.340 --> 00:34:01.580
 said,

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 I am

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 the living

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 one.

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 I was

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 dead.

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 And now

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 behold,

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 I'm alive

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 forever and

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 ever.

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.880
 Christ is

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 risen.

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 Let's

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 pray.

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 desde

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 desde

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