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 Amen. Good morning. Please take your copy of God's Word and join me in Ephesians chapter 2.

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!

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 God's promises are sure because He lives.

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 This is why we as a church celebrate the resurrection every single Lord's Day.

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 We are resurrection people.

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 My wife and I have had discussions about church calendars and why emphasize certain things at certain times.

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 And I have said that if I were to go to an unreached people, had no concept of Christianity whatsoever,

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 the only church calendar I would establish is we meet every Lord's Day and we celebrate all that is true for us in Christ.

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 But we don't live in that culture and there's a lot of pressures that push into the way we might think about this weekend.

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 So, that's why we think it good to pick up a specific resurrection text.

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 Had we continued in our study of John, we would have looked at the end of chapter 8.

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 There Jesus declares in chapter 8, verse 58 and 59,

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 Truly, truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.

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 He calls himself Yahweh, the God of Israel.

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 We could have gotten to the resurrection from that text, to be sure.

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 Verse 59 says,

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 And so they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.

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 We know this because it wasn't yet the time for his death.

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 So, it would not have been difficult to talk about the future resurrection from a text

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 where Jesus calls himself God and the Jewish leaders take action to kill him.

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 But I think there is an appropriate cultural sensitivity to take a beat from time to time

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 and be sure we're thinking rightly as we get swept into the moment.

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 So, we'll look at Ephesians 2, verses 1 through 10.

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 Let's pray before I read it.

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 Father, help us.

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 We ask this morning that you would give us the ability to take your word up together as we should.

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 We want to do so humbly.

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 We want to properly understand it.

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 We want to see how it gives application to us this morning and beyond.

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 We want to believe its promises, obey its commands,

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 and we want to have affection for you, its author.

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 And so we pray that you'll help us to this end in the name of Christ.

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 Amen.

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 Ephesians 2, beginning in verse 1.

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 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked,

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 following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air,

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 the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience,

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 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh,

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 carrying out the desires of the flesh and the mind,

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 and were by nature children of wrath.

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 Like the rest of mankind.

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 But God,

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 being rich in mercy,

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 because of the great love with which he loved us,

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 even when we were dead in our trespasses,

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 made us alive together with Christ.

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 By grace you have been saved.

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 And raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

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 So that in the coming ages,

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 he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace and kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

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 For by grace you have been saved through faith.

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 And this is not your own doing.

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 It is the gift of God,

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 not a result of works,

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 so that no one may boast.

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 For we are his workmanship,

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 created in Christ Jesus for good works,

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 which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

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 I hope you caught why this text is a resurrection text.

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 Just in case you didn't.

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 Perhaps you were distracted for a moment,

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 or just zoned out for some unanswerable reason.

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 I want to draw your attention to verses 4 through 6.

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 After Paul has stated,

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 If we're in Christ,

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 who we once were,

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 he says,

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 But God,

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 being rich in mercy because of the great love with which he loved us,

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 even when we were dead in our trespasses,

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 made us alive together with Christ,

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 who is alive.

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 We are alive with him.

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 By grace you have been saved.

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 And raised us up,

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 resurrected us with him,

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 and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

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 A lot depends on whether or not Jesus truly is alive.

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 Our faith absolutely falls apart if he is not.

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 Charles Spurgeon once said,

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 this is in your bulletin if you care to follow along,

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 quote,

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 The resurrection of Jesus is the keystone of the arch of our holy faith.

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 And if you don't know anything about the way arches are built,

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 there's always a stone in the middle that holds the whole arch together.

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 If you pull it out,

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 the whole thing will collapse.

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 Back to the quote.

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 If you take the resurrection away,

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 the whole structure lies in ruins.

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 The death of Christ,

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 albeit that it is the ground of our confidence for the pardon of sin,

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 would not have furnished such a foundation had he not risen from the dead.

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 Were he dead still,

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 his death would have been like the death of any other person.

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 would have given us no assurance of acceptance.

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 His life,

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 with all the beauty of its holiness,

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 would have been simply a perfect example of conduct.

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 But it could not have become our righteousness

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 if his burial in the tomb of Joseph

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 had been the end of all.

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 It was essential for the confirmation of his life teaching

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 and his death suffering

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 that he should be raised from the dead.

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 End quote.

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 Paul says in 1 Corinthians chapter 15,

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 many sermons will be preached from 1 Corinthians 15 this morning,

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 for good reason.

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 He says,

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 if Christ has not been raised,

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 then our preaching is in vain

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 and your faith is in vain.

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 So then,

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 how can we know that Jesus was raised from the dead?

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 When all is said and done,

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 I posit to you

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 that you will have to accept the reality

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 as an act of faith.

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 Ultimately,

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 you will have to believe that this is what happened.

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 But,

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 there are some reasons,

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 some really good reasons

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 to be reasonably faithful.

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 I want to give you three briefly this morning

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 and then we'll get back to our text.

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 So again,

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 the question is,

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 how can we be confident?

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 How can we know that Jesus is in fact resurrected?

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 Well, firstly,

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 Jesus stated that he would be raised from the dead.

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 This refers back to the Charles Spurgeon quote,

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 but in Mark 8, 31,

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 he began to teach them

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 that the Son of Man must suffer many things

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 and be rejected by the elders

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 and the chief priests

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 and the scribes

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 and be killed

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 and after three days rise again.

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 Jesus taught this again and again and again

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 about himself.

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 You may recall the argument

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 I have been making to you

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 as we study through the Gospel of John.

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 You cannot merely call Jesus

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 a good teacher.

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 You have to do something with him.

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 He makes absolutely audacious claims

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 about himself.

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 One of those

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 is that he would be resurrected.

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 He would die

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 and three days later

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 he would be raised.

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 So,

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 he is either

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 a liar

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 or he is a lunatic.

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 He actually thought that

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 but it was entirely

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 false

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 or

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 and as we should believe

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 he is in fact

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 resurrected

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 and he is

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 Lord.

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 You really only have

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 those three options.

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 You can't just call him

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 a good

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 teacher

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 teacher

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 because of the things

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 he said

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 about himself.

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 He is either liar

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 lunatic

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 or he is

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 Lord.

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 Secondly,

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 the tomb was empty.

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 We see a record of this

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 in Luke chapter 24

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 verses 1 through 3.

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 There Mary Magdalene,

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 Mary the mother of James

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 and Salome

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 go on the first day of the week

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 at early dawn

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 they went to the tomb

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 taking the spices

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 they had prepared

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 and they found the stone

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 rolled away

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 from the tomb.

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 But when they went in

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 they did not find

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 the body

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 of the Lord Jesus.

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 There's historical facts

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 that show

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 this stone

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 would not have been moved

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 in the middle of the night.

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 There's a biblical account

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 that they had to

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 scheme together

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 to make up this lie

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 that his body

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 had been stolen.

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 The tomb

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 was

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 empty.

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 And you must do something

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 with what happened

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 to the body

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 of Jesus.

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 Thirdly,

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 and this is what's

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 so helpful

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 to me

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 as I thought through

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 these matters

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 over the years,

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 the disciples

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 were transformed.

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 Think back

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 to Peter

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 leading up

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 to the time

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 of Jesus'

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 crucifixion

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 and his

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 three-time denial

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 like

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 powering in

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 the shadows.

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 And then in Acts

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 2 and verse 32

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 we see him

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 delivering a sermon

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 on the day of Pentecost

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 having been

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 filled with the Spirit.

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 And there he says

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 to a vast crowd,

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 this Jesus

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 God

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 raised up

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 and of that

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 we are all

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 witnesses.

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 Remember,

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 at the beginning of Acts

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 these men are

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 cowering

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 in an upper room.

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 They are

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 hiding

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 from

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 the authorities

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 when they are

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 visited

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 by the risen

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 Christ

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 and they are

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 transformed

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 from mice

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 into men.

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 They go out,

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 they spread

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 across a 40-year

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 span

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 from AD 34

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 to approximately

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 AD 74

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 and they preach

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 the gospel

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 everywhere

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 and not

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 to their

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 commendation,

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 not because

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 it was the

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 popular thing

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 for them

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 to go forth

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 and do.

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 We have

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 lots of

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 accounts.

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 Some are

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 confidently

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 historical,

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 some are

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 tradition,

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 but listen

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 to what

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 happened

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 to the

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 men

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 who

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 shared

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 the

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 good

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 news

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 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ.

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 Stephen,

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 Acts chapter

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 8,

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 was stoned

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 as Paul

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 stood by

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 and watched.

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 James

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 was killed

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 by Herod Agrippa

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 with a sword.

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 Peter

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 was crucified

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 upside down.

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 He himself

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 requested this,

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 didn't see himself

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 worthy

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 to be

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 killed

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 as his

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 savior.

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 Andrew

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 was crucified

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 on an

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 olive tree

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 in a town

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 called

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 Patre

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 in Achaia.

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 Thomas

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 was run

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 through

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 with spears,

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 tormented

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 with red

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 hot plates

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 and finally

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 burned

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 alive.

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 Philip

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 was tortured

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 then crucified

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 in Phrygia.

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 Matthew

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 was beheaded

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 at

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 Nod

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 Devar.

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 Bartholomew

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 or Nathaniel

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 was flayed

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 and then

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 crucified.

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 the other

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 James

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 beaten to

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 death

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 with a

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 club.

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 Simon

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 crucified

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 in Syria.

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 Judas

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 Thaddeus

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 beaten to

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 death

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 with sticks

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 in Mesitamia.

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 Matthias

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 stoned

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 while being

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 crucified

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 in Ethiopia.

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 Paul

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 beheaded

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 in Rome.

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 John

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 died a

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 natural death

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 but it's

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 rumored

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 that he

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 was scarred

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 horribly

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 because he

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 had been

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 burned

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 in boiling

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 oil.

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 Not to

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 their

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 profit

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 that they

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 would have

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 carried out

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 some kind

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 of myth

00:13:07.839 --> 00:13:08.639
 and preached

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 that Jesus

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 was resurrected

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 from the

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 dead.

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 So

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 significant

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 that they

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 had this

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 kind of

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 fervor,

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 spines of

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 steel

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 to go

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 forth

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 and share

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 because they

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 had been

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 witnesses

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!

00:13:23.699 --> 00:13:24.419
 of him

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 raised.

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 Now if

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 none of that

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 is helpful

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 to you,

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 we can

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 tell them

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 the

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 apostles

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 after

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 arresting

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 them,

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 they

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 beat

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 them

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 and

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 charged

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 them

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 not

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 to

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 speak

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 in

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 the

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 name

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 of

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 Jesus

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 and

00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:34.039
 let

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 them

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 go.

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 Then they

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 left the

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 presence

00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:37.199
 of the

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 council

00:13:37.659 --> 00:13:39.039
 rejoicing

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 that they

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 were counted

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 worthy to

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 suffer

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 dishonor

00:13:41.659 --> 00:13:42.019
 for the

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 name

00:13:42.479 --> 00:13:43.299
 and

00:13:43.299 --> 00:13:43.819
 every

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 day

00:13:44.319 --> 00:13:44.899
 in the

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 temple

00:13:45.219 --> 00:13:45.659
 and from

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 house

00:13:45.959 --> 00:13:46.139
 to

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 house

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 they

00:13:46.579 --> 00:13:46.979
 did

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 not

00:13:47.279 --> 00:13:47.579
 cease

00:13:47.579 --> 00:13:48.099
 teaching

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 and

00:13:48.500 --> 00:13:48.959
 preaching

00:13:48.959 --> 00:13:49.799
 that the

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 Christ

00:13:50.319 --> 00:13:51.359
 is

00:13:51.359 --> 00:13:51.859
 Jesus.

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 Clearly

00:13:53.879 --> 00:13:54.719
 changed

00:13:54.719 --> 00:13:55.259
 from

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 towering

00:13:55.859 --> 00:13:56.059
 in an

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 upper

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 room

00:13:56.719 --> 00:13:57.459
 to

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!

00:13:58.059 --> 00:13:58.659
 bold

00:13:58.659 --> 00:13:59.399
 proclaimers

00:13:59.399 --> 00:14:00.079
 of the

00:14:00.079 --> 00:14:00.519
 resurrection

00:14:00.519 --> 00:14:01.519
 of

00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:01.919
 Christ.

00:14:03.099 --> 00:14:03.419
 And then

00:14:03.419 --> 00:14:03.719
 you'll see

00:14:03.719 --> 00:14:04.259
 Paul say

00:14:04.259 --> 00:14:04.659
 in Romans

00:14:04.659 --> 00:14:05.059
 8

00:14:05.059 --> 00:14:05.259
 and

00:14:05.259 --> 00:14:05.439
 verse

00:14:05.439 --> 00:14:05.979
 18

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 For I

00:14:06.439 --> 00:14:06.959
 consider

00:14:06.959 --> 00:14:08.179
 that the

00:14:08.179 --> 00:14:08.739
 sufferings

00:14:08.739 --> 00:14:09.059
 of this

00:14:09.059 --> 00:14:09.399
 present

00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:09.819
 time

00:14:09.819 --> 00:14:10.559
 are not

00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:11.199
 worth

00:14:11.199 --> 00:14:11.959
 comparing

00:14:11.959 --> 00:14:12.539
 with the

00:14:12.539 --> 00:14:13.099
 glory

00:14:13.099 --> 00:14:14.119
 that is

00:14:14.119 --> 00:14:14.319
 to be

00:14:14.319 --> 00:14:14.759
 revealed

00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:15.979
 to us.

00:14:16.899 --> 00:14:17.539
 So Paul

00:14:17.539 --> 00:14:18.139
 so clearly

00:14:18.139 --> 00:14:19.039
 set against

00:14:19.039 --> 00:14:19.659
 the church

00:14:19.659 --> 00:14:20.779
 stood by

00:14:20.779 --> 00:14:21.099
 at the

00:14:21.099 --> 00:14:21.459
 stoning

00:14:21.459 --> 00:14:22.819
 of Stephen

00:14:22.819 --> 00:14:23.799
 approved

00:14:23.799 --> 00:14:24.339
 of the

00:14:24.339 --> 00:14:24.679
 stoning

00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:25.299
 of Stephen

00:14:25.299 --> 00:14:27.019
 now declaring

00:14:27.019 --> 00:14:27.519
 that the

00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:27.960
 sufferings

00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:28.220
 of this

00:14:28.220 --> 00:14:28.500
 present

00:14:28.500 --> 00:14:28.960
 time

00:14:28.960 --> 00:14:29.679
 for the

00:14:29.679 --> 00:14:30.199
 proclamation

00:14:30.199 --> 00:14:30.699
 of the

00:14:30.699 --> 00:14:31.059
 gospel

00:14:31.059 --> 00:14:31.779
 are not

00:14:31.779 --> 00:14:32.199
 worth

00:14:32.199 --> 00:14:32.840
 comparing

00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:33.199
 with the

00:14:33.199 --> 00:14:33.620
 glory

00:14:33.620 --> 00:14:34.699
 that is

00:14:34.699 --> 00:14:34.919
 to be

00:14:34.919 --> 00:14:35.319
 revealed

00:14:35.319 --> 00:14:36.419
 to us.

00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:38.899
 So

00:14:38.899 --> 00:14:39.899
 some

00:14:39.899 --> 00:14:40.579
 reasons for

00:14:40.579 --> 00:14:41.059
 you to

00:14:41.059 --> 00:14:41.939
 believe if

00:14:41.939 --> 00:14:42.379
 you don't

00:14:42.379 --> 00:14:43.519
 already believe

00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:44.039
 that Jesus

00:14:44.039 --> 00:14:44.759
 is raised

00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:45.899
 from the

00:14:45.899 --> 00:14:46.120
 dead.

00:14:47.419 --> 00:14:47.740
 Now

00:14:47.740 --> 00:14:48.000
 then

00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:49.360
 Jesus

00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:49.899
 was

00:14:49.899 --> 00:14:50.579
 resurrected

00:14:50.580 --> 00:14:52.639
 but what

00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:53.600
 if he

00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:54.060
 had not

00:14:54.060 --> 00:14:54.379
 been?

00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:55.300
 I want

00:14:55.300 --> 00:14:55.540
 to show

00:14:55.540 --> 00:14:55.820
 you from

00:14:55.820 --> 00:14:56.240
 our text

00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:56.540
 today

00:14:56.540 --> 00:14:57.320
 three ways

00:14:57.320 --> 00:14:58.040
 our faith

00:14:58.040 --> 00:14:59.139
 would all

00:14:59.139 --> 00:14:59.820
 fall apart.

00:15:00.940 --> 00:15:01.500
 Number

00:15:01.500 --> 00:15:01.840
 one,

00:15:01.920 --> 00:15:02.320
 without the

00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:03.160
 reality of

00:15:03.160 --> 00:15:03.320
 the

00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:03.840
 resurrection

00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:05.340
 we would

00:15:05.340 --> 00:15:06.220
 not have

00:15:06.220 --> 00:15:07.040
 protection

00:15:07.040 --> 00:15:08.320
 from the

00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:08.700
 wrath

00:15:08.700 --> 00:15:09.740
 of God.

00:15:10.639 --> 00:15:11.240
 Protection

00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:11.940
 from the

00:15:11.940 --> 00:15:12.280
 wrath

00:15:12.280 --> 00:15:13.480
 of God.

00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:15.399
 and you

00:15:15.399 --> 00:15:16.000
 were

00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:17.600
 dead

00:15:17.600 --> 00:15:18.320
 in the

00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:19.279
 trespasses

00:15:19.279 --> 00:15:21.019
 and sins

00:15:21.019 --> 00:15:21.740
 in which

00:15:21.740 --> 00:15:22.779
 you once

00:15:22.779 --> 00:15:24.200
 walked.

00:15:25.259 --> 00:15:25.980
 Spiritually

00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:27.120
 dead.

00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:27.639
 This is not

00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:28.000
 a picture

00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:28.300
 of

00:15:28.300 --> 00:15:29.259
 sickness

00:15:29.259 --> 00:15:30.300
 in sin.

00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:30.800
 This is

00:15:30.800 --> 00:15:31.580
 spiritually

00:15:31.580 --> 00:15:32.920
 dead.

00:15:33.180 --> 00:15:33.639
 In the

00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:34.139
 way

00:15:34.139 --> 00:15:35.159
 your life

00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:36.560
 practiced

00:15:36.560 --> 00:15:37.019
 out,

00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:38.019
 this walking

00:15:38.019 --> 00:15:38.960
 out,

00:15:39.139 --> 00:15:39.460
 you were

00:15:39.460 --> 00:15:40.100
 dead

00:15:40.100 --> 00:15:40.659
 in those

00:15:40.659 --> 00:15:41.379
 trespasses

00:15:41.379 --> 00:15:42.060
 and sins.

00:15:42.060 --> 00:15:42.399
 You were

00:15:42.399 --> 00:15:43.659
 following

00:15:43.659 --> 00:15:44.179
 the course

00:15:44.179 --> 00:15:44.459
 of this

00:15:44.459 --> 00:15:44.759
 world,

00:15:45.319 --> 00:15:45.860
 following

00:15:45.860 --> 00:15:46.659
 the prince

00:15:46.659 --> 00:15:47.059
 of the

00:15:47.059 --> 00:15:47.539
 power

00:15:47.539 --> 00:15:48.720
 of the

00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:49.000
 air,

00:15:49.100 --> 00:15:49.720
 the spirit

00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:50.000
 that is

00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:50.340
 now in

00:15:50.340 --> 00:15:50.539
 work

00:15:50.539 --> 00:15:50.740
 and the

00:15:50.740 --> 00:15:51.000
 sons of

00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:51.439
 disobedience.

00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:51.720
 And just

00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:51.980
 in case

00:15:51.980 --> 00:15:52.179
 you don't

00:15:52.179 --> 00:15:52.360
 know who

00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:52.620
 that is,

00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:52.779
 he's

00:15:52.779 --> 00:15:53.019
 talking

00:15:53.019 --> 00:15:53.319
 about

00:15:53.319 --> 00:15:53.740
 Satan

00:15:53.740 --> 00:15:54.620
 at this

00:15:54.620 --> 00:15:55.399
 point.

00:15:55.919 --> 00:15:56.159
 Among

00:15:56.159 --> 00:15:56.759
 whom

00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:57.480
 we all

00:15:57.480 --> 00:15:58.019
 once

00:15:58.019 --> 00:15:58.419
 lived

00:15:58.419 --> 00:15:58.679
 in the

00:15:58.679 --> 00:15:59.039
 passions

00:15:59.039 --> 00:15:59.899
 of our

00:15:59.899 --> 00:16:00.259
 flesh,

00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:01.100
 carrying

00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:01.519
 out the

00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:01.939
 desires

00:16:01.939 --> 00:16:02.279
 of the

00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:02.639
 flesh

00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:03.159
 and the

00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:03.519
 mind

00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:03.799
 and

00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:04.259
 were

00:16:04.259 --> 00:16:05.199
 by

00:16:05.199 --> 00:16:06.480
 nature

00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:07.639
 children

00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:08.579
 of

00:16:08.579 --> 00:16:08.980
 wrath

00:16:08.980 --> 00:16:09.579
 like the

00:16:09.579 --> 00:16:09.980
 rest

00:16:09.980 --> 00:16:11.019
 of

00:16:11.019 --> 00:16:11.519
 mankind.

00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:13.000
 We

00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:13.419
 were

00:16:13.419 --> 00:16:13.899
 apart

00:16:13.899 --> 00:16:14.159
 from

00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:14.620
 Christ

00:16:14.620 --> 00:16:14.899
 and if

00:16:14.899 --> 00:16:15.000
 you're

00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:15.259
 apart

00:16:15.259 --> 00:16:15.439
 from

00:16:15.439 --> 00:16:15.720
 Christ

00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:15.879
 this

00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:16.079
 morning,

00:16:16.220 --> 00:16:16.340
 you

00:16:16.340 --> 00:16:17.159
 are

00:16:17.159 --> 00:16:18.000
 a

00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:18.679
 child

00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:19.059
 of

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 wrath

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 by

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 your

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 very

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 nature.

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 This

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 wrath

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 is a

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 thing

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 that

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 should

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 cause

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 us

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 to

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 tremble.

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 Great

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 fear

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 before a

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 God

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 who is

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 angry,

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 rightly

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 angry

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 at

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 sin.

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 Paul

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 writes in

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 Romans 1

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 verse 18,

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 for the

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 wrath of

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 God

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 is revealed

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 from

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 heaven

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 against

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 all

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 ungodliness

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 and

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 unrighteousness

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 of men

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 who by

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 their

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 unrighteousness

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 suppress

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 the truth.

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 We

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 experience in

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 this life

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 the effect

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 of sin.

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 We are

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 seeing it

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 all the

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 time

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 all around

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 us.

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 This is a

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 judgment

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 taking place

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 even now

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 as trite

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 and benign

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 as this

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 will seem.

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 All of

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 our

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 pollen

00:17:06.059 --> 00:17:06.559
 suffering

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 this past

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 week.

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 It's part

00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:08.819
 of the

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 judgment

00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:09.639
 on

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 sin.

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 But so

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 much more

00:17:12.259 --> 00:17:12.839
 than that,

00:17:12.919 --> 00:17:13.539
 all of the

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 things that

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 we experience

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 that press

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 against

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 goodness

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 in our

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 lives

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 is God's

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 judgment

00:17:19.700 --> 00:17:20.039
 in the

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 world.

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 But it

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 is but

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 a shadow

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 of the

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 wrath

00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:25.659
 that is

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 to come.

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 If you

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 don't think

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 that you

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 deserve

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 God's

00:17:30.500 --> 00:17:30.799
 wrath

00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:31.159
 for your

00:17:31.159 --> 00:17:31.460
 sin,

00:17:31.539 --> 00:17:31.960
 you think

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 far

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 too much

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 of yourself

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 and you

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 don't think

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 nearly

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 enough

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 of God's

00:17:37.800 --> 00:17:38.580
 holiness.

00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:40.920
 There is a

00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:41.720
 wrath that

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 awaits those

00:17:43.580 --> 00:17:44.140
 who are not

00:17:44.140 --> 00:17:45.000
 found in

00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:45.840
 Christ at

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 the judgment.

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 And just

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 hear me

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 plead with

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 you.

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 Seriously

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 consider what

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 the scripture

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 has to say

00:17:53.560 --> 00:17:54.020
 about the

00:17:54.020 --> 00:17:55.000
 wrath to

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 come.

00:17:55.780 --> 00:17:55.920
 That

00:17:55.920 --> 00:17:56.460
 judgment,

00:17:56.680 --> 00:17:57.740
 it does

00:17:57.740 --> 00:17:59.200
 await you.

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 Flee from

00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:01.000
 that wrath

00:18:01.000 --> 00:18:01.880
 to

00:18:01.880 --> 00:18:03.380
 Christ.

00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:04.420
 The

00:18:04.420 --> 00:18:04.960
 resurrected

00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:06.360
 Christ.

00:18:07.059 --> 00:18:07.319
 Without

00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:07.819
 the reality

00:18:07.819 --> 00:18:08.000
 of the

00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:08.360
 resurrection,

00:18:08.620 --> 00:18:09.079
 we have

00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:10.039
 no protection

00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:11.200
 from the

00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:12.440
 wrath of

00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:12.740
 God.

00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:14.120
 But in

00:18:14.120 --> 00:18:14.519
 Christ,

00:18:15.120 --> 00:18:15.500
 we are

00:18:15.500 --> 00:18:18.100
 saved from

00:18:18.100 --> 00:18:18.920
 God's

00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:19.900
 wrath.

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 Look with me

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 at two other

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 places.

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 Paul shows

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 that the

00:18:23.319 --> 00:18:23.860
 doctrine of

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 the

00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:24.460
 resurrection

00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:25.600
 is integral

00:18:25.600 --> 00:18:26.460
 to our

00:18:26.460 --> 00:18:26.960
 salvation

00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:28.140
 from God's

00:18:28.140 --> 00:18:28.360
 wrath.

00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:28.640
 You may

00:18:28.640 --> 00:18:28.940
 want to

00:18:28.940 --> 00:18:29.340
 turn there.

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 It's okay

00:18:29.860 --> 00:18:30.100
 if you

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 don't.

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 1 Thessalonians

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 chapter 1.

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 I read

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 verse 9

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 and following.

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 For they

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 themselves

00:18:37.539 --> 00:18:37.979
 report

00:18:37.979 --> 00:18:38.539
 concerning

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 us the

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 kind of

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 reception

00:18:39.859 --> 00:18:40.359
 we had

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 among you

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 and how

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 you turn

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 to God

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 from idols

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 to serve

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 the living

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 and true

00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:48.819
 God

00:18:48.819 --> 00:18:49.839
 and to

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 wait for

00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:51.199
 his son

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 from heaven

00:18:51.779 --> 00:18:52.740
 whom he

00:18:52.740 --> 00:18:53.539
 raised from

00:18:53.539 --> 00:18:54.039
 the dead,

00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:54.939
 Jesus,

00:18:55.399 --> 00:18:56.259
 who delivers

00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:57.339
 us from

00:18:57.339 --> 00:18:58.079
 the wrath

00:18:58.079 --> 00:18:59.279
 to come.

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 How is it

00:19:01.619 --> 00:19:01.819
 that he

00:19:01.819 --> 00:19:02.199
 accomplished

00:19:02.199 --> 00:19:03.079
 this work?

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 It's the

00:19:03.899 --> 00:19:04.439
 doctrine of

00:19:04.439 --> 00:19:06.019
 justification.

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 A declaration

00:19:07.919 --> 00:19:09.220
 by faith

00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:09.919
 in Christ

00:19:09.919 --> 00:19:10.799
 that we

00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:11.839
 are now

00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:13.139
 righteous.

00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:14.019
 The penalty

00:19:14.019 --> 00:19:14.359
 of our

00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:14.639
 sin

00:19:14.639 --> 00:19:16.220
 expunged.

00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:17.179
 Jesus takes

00:19:17.179 --> 00:19:17.720
 our sin

00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:18.559
 on himself

00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:19.639
 on the

00:19:19.639 --> 00:19:19.919
 cross.

00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:20.599
 He pays

00:19:20.599 --> 00:19:21.119
 the penalty

00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:22.059
 in full.

00:19:22.419 --> 00:19:22.879
 The eternal

00:19:22.879 --> 00:19:23.460
 weight of our

00:19:23.460 --> 00:19:24.519
 debt paid

00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:25.139
 by an

00:19:25.139 --> 00:19:25.559
 eternal

00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:26.460
 savior.

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 But not

00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:28.819
 only that,

00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:29.180
 we are

00:19:29.180 --> 00:19:30.019
 granted

00:19:30.019 --> 00:19:31.100
 his

00:19:31.100 --> 00:19:32.059
 righteousness,

00:19:32.299 --> 00:19:32.579
 his

00:19:32.579 --> 00:19:33.200
 perfect

00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:33.720
 law

00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:34.380
 keeping

00:19:34.380 --> 00:19:34.880
 and the

00:19:34.880 --> 00:19:35.440
 resurrection

00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:36.299
 is the

00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:36.819
 proof

00:19:36.819 --> 00:19:37.759
 that he

00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:38.279
 accomplished

00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:38.940
 the task

00:19:38.940 --> 00:19:39.319
 that God

00:19:39.319 --> 00:19:40.160
 gave him

00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:40.720
 to

00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:41.880
 accomplish.

00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:43.039
 God the

00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:43.460
 Father

00:19:43.460 --> 00:19:44.539
 raised Jesus

00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:44.960
 from the

00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:45.319
 dead

00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:45.980
 and he

00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:46.539
 delivers

00:19:46.539 --> 00:19:46.960
 us

00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:48.000
 from the

00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:48.200
 wrath

00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:48.620
 to come.

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 Another

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.319
 place,

00:19:50.420 --> 00:19:50.600
 Romans

00:19:50.600 --> 00:19:51.360
 chapter 5,

00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:52.019
 also verse

00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:52.559
 9 and

00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:52.880
 10.

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 Since

00:19:53.819 --> 00:19:54.420
 therefore we

00:19:54.420 --> 00:19:54.779
 have now

00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:55.039
 been

00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:56.120
 justified,

00:19:56.460 --> 00:19:56.920
 by his

00:19:56.920 --> 00:19:57.299
 blood,

00:19:57.860 --> 00:19:58.700
 much more

00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.039
 shall we

00:19:59.039 --> 00:19:59.720
 be saved

00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:00.460
 by him

00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:00.860
 from the

00:20:00.860 --> 00:20:01.819
 wrath of

00:20:01.819 --> 00:20:02.259
 God.

00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:03.079
 For

00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:03.700
 while we

00:20:03.700 --> 00:20:03.840
 were

00:20:03.840 --> 00:20:04.420
 enemies,

00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:04.980
 we were

00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:05.759
 reconciled

00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:06.160
 to God

00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:06.539
 by the

00:20:06.539 --> 00:20:06.900
 death of

00:20:06.900 --> 00:20:07.100
 his

00:20:07.100 --> 00:20:07.380
 son,

00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:08.759
 much more

00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:09.259
 now that

00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:09.559
 we are

00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:10.319
 reconciled,

00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:11.140
 shall we

00:20:11.140 --> 00:20:12.180
 be saved

00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:13.920
 by his

00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:15.440
 life.

00:20:17.059 --> 00:20:17.519
 Without

00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:17.980
 the reality

00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:18.240
 of the

00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:18.600
 resurrection,

00:20:18.819 --> 00:20:19.340
 we would

00:20:19.340 --> 00:20:20.100
 not have

00:20:20.100 --> 00:20:20.720
 protection

00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:22.259
 from the

00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:22.600
 wrath of

00:20:22.600 --> 00:20:22.799
 God.

00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:23.480
 But praise

00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:24.079
 God,

00:20:24.180 --> 00:20:24.579
 because of

00:20:24.579 --> 00:20:24.720
 the

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:25.220
 resurrection,

00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:27.079
 we can

00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:27.700
 be saved.

00:20:28.779 --> 00:20:29.640
 To develop

00:20:29.640 --> 00:20:30.339
 that a bit

00:20:30.339 --> 00:20:30.799
 further,

00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:32.100
 secondly,

00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:32.720
 without the

00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:33.440
 reality of

00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:33.960
 the resurrection,

00:20:34.180 --> 00:20:34.500
 we would

00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:35.059
 not have

00:20:35.059 --> 00:20:36.400
 our sin

00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:38.000
 pardoned.

00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:40.380
 Verse 4

00:20:40.380 --> 00:20:41.319
 begins with

00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:42.519
 a blessed

00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:43.860
 conjunction.

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 It's a

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:46.079
 connection to

00:20:46.079 --> 00:20:46.700
 the discourse

00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:47.420
 above.

00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:47.839
 He says,

00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:48.559
 but

00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:50.240
 God,

00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:50.299
 God,

00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:52.380
 you were

00:20:52.380 --> 00:20:53.019
 dead in

00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:53.160
 your

00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:53.900
 trespasses.

00:20:54.339 --> 00:20:55.019
 We all

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:55.660
 once

00:20:55.660 --> 00:20:56.920
 were this,

00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:57.579
 but

00:20:57.579 --> 00:20:59.500
 God.

00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:01.279
 Not because

00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:01.640
 we did

00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:02.180
 anything to

00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:03.240
 deserve it.

00:21:03.859 --> 00:21:05.000
 We were

00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:05.799
 this,

00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:06.359
 but

00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:07.519
 God

00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:08.660
 acted.

00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:09.819
 Being

00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:10.799
 rich

00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.599
 in

00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:11.980
 mercy,

00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:12.839
 verse 4

00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:13.880
 tells us.

00:21:14.380 --> 00:21:15.099
 Abundant

00:21:15.099 --> 00:21:15.460
 mercy,

00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:16.680
 overflowing

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.799
 mercy.

00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:19.019
 God is

00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:20.039
 himself

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 merciful,

00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:23.659
 full of

00:21:23.659 --> 00:21:24.819
 wrath for

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 sin,

00:21:25.379 --> 00:21:26.119
 but merciful

00:21:26.119 --> 00:21:26.619
 at the

00:21:26.619 --> 00:21:27.440
 exact same

00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:27.899
 time,

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:28.819
 and always

00:21:28.819 --> 00:21:29.519
 being those

00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:30.339
 things at

00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:32.460
 all times.

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 The doctrine

00:21:34.139 --> 00:21:34.720
 is called the

00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:35.259
 simplicity

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:36.460
 of God,

00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:36.879
 and it's

00:21:36.879 --> 00:21:37.619
 hard to wrap

00:21:37.619 --> 00:21:38.000
 your mind

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.460
 around how

00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:39.000
 he is who

00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:39.460
 he is

00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:40.480
 all the

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:40.879
 time,

00:21:41.139 --> 00:21:41.759
 and does

00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:43.220
 not change.

00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:43.700
 but because

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 he's

00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:45.079
 merciful,

00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:46.519
 and because

00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:46.940
 he is

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 love,

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 the text

00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:48.319
 goes on,

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 because of

00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:49.259
 the great

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:50.420
 love with

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 which he

00:21:51.140 --> 00:21:52.880
 loved us.

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 Even

00:21:55.120 --> 00:21:56.660
 when we

00:21:56.660 --> 00:21:56.980
 were dead

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.240
 in our

00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:57.880
 trespasses,

00:21:59.100 --> 00:22:00.680
 enemies of

00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:01.059
 God,

00:22:01.360 --> 00:22:02.200
 he made

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:03.160
 us alive

00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:03.940
 together

00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:05.339
 with Christ.

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:06.539
 Because Christ

00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:07.180
 is raised,

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.019
 we can be

00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:09.400
 made alive

00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:11.160
 with Christ.

00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:13.660
 by grace

00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:14.940
 you have

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 been saved.

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 And not

00:22:17.660 --> 00:22:18.060
 only that,

00:22:18.120 --> 00:22:18.360
 we've been

00:22:18.360 --> 00:22:18.880
 raised up

00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:19.400
 with him

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:20.100
 and seated

00:22:20.100 --> 00:22:20.700
 with him

00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:21.140
 in the

00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:21.440
 heavenly

00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:22.340
 places in

00:22:22.340 --> 00:22:23.140
 Christ

00:22:23.140 --> 00:22:24.120
 Jesus,

00:22:24.380 --> 00:22:24.840
 so that

00:22:24.840 --> 00:22:25.340
 in the

00:22:25.340 --> 00:22:25.800
 coming

00:22:25.800 --> 00:22:26.759
 ages,

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 that is not

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 this age,

00:22:29.080 --> 00:22:29.519
 that's the

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 ages that

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 will come,

00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.019
 he might

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.620
 show the

00:22:32.620 --> 00:22:33.460
 immeasurable

00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:34.519
 riches of

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 his grace

00:22:35.080 --> 00:22:36.019
 in kindness

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:37.380
 toward us

00:22:37.380 --> 00:22:38.620
 in Christ

00:22:38.620 --> 00:22:39.040
 Jesus.

00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:41.859
 at our

00:22:41.859 --> 00:22:43.339
 Good Friday

00:22:43.339 --> 00:22:43.759
 service,

00:22:43.879 --> 00:22:44.279
 I read the

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:44.819
 first eight

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:45.680
 chapters from

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.079
 a book

00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:46.440
 called

00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:47.460
 The Biggest

00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:47.759
 Story.

00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:50.399
 My hope

00:22:50.399 --> 00:22:51.399
 for the sake

00:22:51.399 --> 00:22:51.839
 of the

00:22:51.839 --> 00:22:52.740
 children with

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.099
 us that

00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:53.579
 evening and

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:54.259
 perhaps for

00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:54.920
 some of us

00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:56.240
 adults who

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.740
 can appreciate

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:58.639
 things simplified

00:22:58.639 --> 00:22:59.379
 and in

00:22:59.379 --> 00:23:00.500
 childlike

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:01.119
 language,

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.659
 myself included,

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.019
 was to

00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:04.539
 present the

00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:05.700
 grand narrative

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.659
 of God's

00:23:06.659 --> 00:23:08.059
 rescuing work

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.579
 in the

00:23:08.579 --> 00:23:08.960
 atoning

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:10.240
 death of

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:10.919
 Jesus Christ.

00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:11.500
 It's a

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:11.899
 story that

00:23:11.899 --> 00:23:12.579
 starts all

00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:12.859
 the way

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.619
 back at

00:23:13.619 --> 00:23:15.119
 creation and

00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:15.779
 we live in

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.440
 that story

00:23:16.440 --> 00:23:17.319
 today.

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:19.240
 Now, I

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:19.839
 don't know

00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.299
 if that

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:20.799
 reading was

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.240
 a hit or

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.619
 a miss.

00:23:23.159 --> 00:23:23.819
 The kids

00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:24.240
 were fussy

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:24.740
 that night,

00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:25.240
 I'm not

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:25.740
 sure, and

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.000
 it might

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.179
 have been

00:23:26.179 --> 00:23:26.759
 too long.

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.139
 But for

00:23:28.139 --> 00:23:28.619
 those children

00:23:28.619 --> 00:23:29.200
 paying attention

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:29.659
 that evening

00:23:29.659 --> 00:23:30.440
 and perhaps

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:31.159
 a few adults,

00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:32.200
 I want to

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:32.819
 spend just a

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.460
 little bit

00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:34.279
 of my allotted

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:35.259
 time to

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:36.039
 finish reading

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:37.379
 this book.

00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:39.039
 So settle

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.500
 in with me

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.159
 just for a

00:23:40.159 --> 00:23:41.700
 moment, and

00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:41.899
 then I'll

00:23:41.899 --> 00:23:42.159
 turn our

00:23:42.159 --> 00:23:42.819
 attention back

00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:43.659
 to Ephesians

00:23:43.659 --> 00:23:44.700
 2.

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:47.000
 The very

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.920
 end of the

00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:48.720
 last chapter

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.879
 we read,

00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:51.319
 after speaking

00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:52.139
 of the death

00:23:52.139 --> 00:23:52.759
 of Christ,

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.799
 says this,

00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:55.180
 but the

00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:56.000
 biggest surprise

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.779
 to everyone

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.799
 was that the

00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:58.639
 chosen one of

00:23:58.639 --> 00:23:59.200
 God was

00:23:59.200 --> 00:23:59.920
 chosen by

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:01.299
 God to

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:01.659
 die.

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.099
 It just

00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:03.500
 didn't seem

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:04.039
 right that the

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.720
 one destined

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.619
 to crush the

00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:06.099
 serpent would

00:24:06.099 --> 00:24:06.639
 be crushed

00:24:06.639 --> 00:24:07.199
 himself.

00:24:08.399 --> 00:24:08.799
 So when

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.500
 Jesus, the

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.139
 Christ, the

00:24:10.139 --> 00:24:10.539
 Son of the

00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:11.039
 living God,

00:24:11.179 --> 00:24:11.879
 died on the

00:24:11.879 --> 00:24:12.519
 cross that

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.479
 Friday afternoon,

00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:14.359
 it seemed a

00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:15.359
 shocking evil

00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:17.139
 beyond belief.

00:24:18.219 --> 00:24:18.979
 And it was

00:24:18.979 --> 00:24:20.399
 the worst

00:24:20.399 --> 00:24:21.039
 thing that's

00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:21.619
 ever happened

00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:22.459
 in the

00:24:22.459 --> 00:24:22.819
 world.

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.500
 But it was

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.619
 also the

00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:26.139
 best thing

00:24:26.139 --> 00:24:26.479
 that's ever

00:24:26.479 --> 00:24:26.859
 happened in

00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:27.279
 the world,

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.659
 just as we

00:24:28.659 --> 00:24:29.299
 would expect

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:29.879
 from God,

00:24:29.939 --> 00:24:30.779
 and just as

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.839
 God planned

00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:32.079
 it.

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.679
 We break

00:24:33.679 --> 00:24:34.099
 promises,

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:35.359
 so God

00:24:35.359 --> 00:24:35.980
 keeps his.

00:24:36.459 --> 00:24:37.159
 We run

00:24:37.159 --> 00:24:37.639
 from God,

00:24:37.719 --> 00:24:37.959
 so he

00:24:37.959 --> 00:24:38.480
 comes to

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:38.839
 us.

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:39.959
 We suffer

00:24:39.959 --> 00:24:40.599
 for sin,

00:24:40.699 --> 00:24:41.039
 so the

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:42.019
 Savior suffers

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:43.319
 for us.

00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:45.079
 Our story

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:45.500
 is the story

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:45.939
 of God

00:24:45.939 --> 00:24:46.480
 doing what

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:47.199
 we can't

00:24:47.199 --> 00:24:47.679
 in order to

00:24:47.679 --> 00:24:48.179
 make up for

00:24:48.179 --> 00:24:48.779
 us doing

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.299
 what we

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:49.899
 shouldn't.

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.259
 The Christ

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:52.039
 suffers for

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:52.679
 our sin that

00:24:52.679 --> 00:24:53.159
 we might

00:24:53.159 --> 00:24:53.899
 share in

00:24:53.899 --> 00:24:54.379
 his

00:24:54.379 --> 00:24:55.279
 sinlessness.

00:24:56.859 --> 00:24:57.079
 And so

00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:58.240
 deliverers are

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:58.619
 born to

00:24:58.619 --> 00:24:58.899
 die.

00:24:59.659 --> 00:25:00.279
 Things fall

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:00.919
 apart so they

00:25:00.919 --> 00:25:01.359
 can come

00:25:01.359 --> 00:25:01.839
 together.

00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:02.839
 God kicks

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.419
 his own

00:25:03.419 --> 00:25:04.079
 people out

00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:04.599
 of paradise

00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:05.139
 and then

00:25:05.139 --> 00:25:05.919
 does whatever

00:25:05.919 --> 00:25:06.619
 it takes

00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:07.480
 to bring

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:08.559
 them back

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:08.939
 again.

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.299
 As you

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:11.619
 may have

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.179
 heard and

00:25:12.179 --> 00:25:12.779
 should definitely

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.439
 tell someone

00:25:13.439 --> 00:25:13.799
 else,

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:15.240
 the snake

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:15.779
 crusher who

00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:16.339
 died on the

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:17.619
 cross didn't

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:19.199
 stay dead.

00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:20.799
 He couldn't.

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.299
 Death had no

00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:23.059
 claim on him.

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:24.279
 The devil had

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:25.599
 no case against

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:25.919
 him.

00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:27.019
 And sin had

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.980
 no wages for

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.599
 him that he

00:25:28.599 --> 00:25:29.339
 couldn't pay.

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:31.099
 Jesus just

00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:31.839
 couldn't stay

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:32.579
 dead and God

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:33.219
 just wouldn't

00:25:33.219 --> 00:25:33.959
 let him rot

00:25:33.959 --> 00:25:34.539
 in the tomb.

00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:35.779
 So on the

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.639
 third day,

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.939
 God raised

00:25:37.939 --> 00:25:39.059
 him from

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:39.459
 the dead.

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.339
 A whole

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:41.899
 bunch of

00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:42.419
 people saw

00:25:42.419 --> 00:25:42.799
 him and

00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.199
 ate with

00:25:43.199 --> 00:25:43.480
 him and

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:43.980
 told their

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.740
 friends that

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.579
 he was

00:25:45.579 --> 00:25:47.339
 really alive.

00:25:48.459 --> 00:25:49.299
 Forty days

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:50.039
 later, God

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:50.879
 lifted him into

00:25:50.879 --> 00:25:51.779
 the sky and

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.459
 gave him the

00:25:52.459 --> 00:25:53.339
 seat of honor

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:54.480
 at his right

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:54.859
 hand.

00:25:56.659 --> 00:25:57.219
 And you

00:25:57.219 --> 00:25:57.799
 know what

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.159
 the snake

00:25:58.159 --> 00:25:59.139
 crusher did

00:25:59.139 --> 00:25:59.919
 next?

00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:01.320
 Jesus, because

00:26:01.320 --> 00:26:01.980
 his work was

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:03.560
 done, he

00:26:03.560 --> 00:26:04.160
 sat down.

00:26:05.080 --> 00:26:05.360
 And God

00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:06.000
 gave him the

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.500
 name above

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.420
 all names so

00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:07.740
 that at the

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.200
 name of

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:09.100
 Jesus, everybody

00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:10.220
 and everything

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:10.920
 would start to

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:11.820
 sing and

00:26:11.820 --> 00:26:13.300
 shout and

00:26:13.300 --> 00:26:13.700
 worship.

00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:15.800
 Then just to

00:26:15.800 --> 00:26:16.560
 make things even

00:26:16.560 --> 00:26:17.120
 better and to

00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:17.680
 make good on

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.400
 even more

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:19.420
 promises, God

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:20.160
 the Father and

00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:21.240
 God the Son sent

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:22.180
 the best present

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:23.560
 of all time down

00:26:23.560 --> 00:26:24.120
 to earth.

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.519
 They gave the

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:25.960
 gift of the

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.600
 Holy Spirit.

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:27.960
 And because of

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.560
 the Spirit, we

00:26:28.560 --> 00:26:29.640
 can have power and

00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:30.580
 peace and the

00:26:30.580 --> 00:26:31.220
 presence of

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.960
 Christ with

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:33.980
 us all the

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.340
 time.

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:36.740
 As you can

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.340
 tell, this

00:26:37.340 --> 00:26:38.040
 story is a

00:26:38.040 --> 00:26:38.820
 big story.

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:40.300
 In fact, it's

00:26:40.300 --> 00:26:40.920
 the biggest

00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:41.420
 story.

00:26:42.120 --> 00:26:43.060
 It's a familiar

00:26:43.060 --> 00:26:43.780
 story to some

00:26:43.780 --> 00:26:44.220
 of us.

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.440
 It's a true

00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:46.380
 story for all

00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:46.860
 of us.

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.960
 But we haven't

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.740
 seen the end

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.420
 of the story,

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.700
 not yet.

00:26:51.580 --> 00:26:52.700
 We live in the

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.780
 beginning of the

00:26:53.780 --> 00:26:54.500
 end of the

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:55.140
 story that we

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:55.940
 are still in

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:56.640
 the middle of.

00:26:57.340 --> 00:26:58.160
 We know it's

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.780
 not the end

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.220
 because we

00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.779
 haven't made

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:01.059
 it back to

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:01.500
 the garden.

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:02.899
 We get

00:27:02.899 --> 00:27:03.420
 glimpses of

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:03.759
 the garden

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.160
 here and

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:04.759
 there, in

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.339
 our hearts,

00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:05.819
 in our

00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:06.879
 families, in

00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:07.440
 the church.

00:27:08.139 --> 00:27:08.740
 But anyone

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.539
 who loves this

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:10.839
 story longs to

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.440
 see the one

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.139
 who is the

00:27:12.139 --> 00:27:13.420
 center of the

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:13.759
 story.

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.559
 The snake

00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:16.079
 crusher is

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:16.660
 coming back

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:17.220
 again to

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:18.240
 wipe away all

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:19.079
 the bad guys

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:20.099
 and wipe away

00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:20.940
 every tear.

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.240
 He's coming

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.879
 to make a new

00:27:22.879 --> 00:27:23.660
 beginning and to

00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:24.240
 finish what he

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:24.579
 started.

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:25.920
 He's coming to

00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:26.559
 give us the

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:27.319
 home we once

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:28.159
 had and might

00:27:28.159 --> 00:27:28.799
 have forgotten

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:30.059
 that we lost.

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:31.720
 So keep

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.240
 waiting for

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:32.480
 him.

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.899
 Keep believing

00:27:33.899 --> 00:27:34.359
 in him.

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:35.720
 Keep trusting

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.559
 that the story

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:37.339
 isn't over

00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:37.720
 yet.

00:27:38.619 --> 00:27:39.359
 God's promises

00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:40.519
 never fail

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:41.399
 and the

00:27:41.399 --> 00:27:42.159
 promised one

00:27:42.159 --> 00:27:42.919
 never

00:27:42.919 --> 00:27:44.359
 disappoints.

00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:46.319
 One day we

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:47.019
 will see him.

00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.619
 One day we

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:49.319
 will be with

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:49.559
 him.

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:51.159
 One day there

00:27:51.159 --> 00:27:51.939
 will be nothing

00:27:51.939 --> 00:27:52.899
 but the best of

00:27:52.899 --> 00:27:53.919
 days, day

00:27:53.919 --> 00:27:54.919
 after day

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:56.000
 after day

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:57.300
 after day

00:27:57.300 --> 00:27:58.800
 and forever

00:27:58.800 --> 00:27:59.360
 and ever

00:27:59.360 --> 00:28:00.300
 it will be a

00:28:00.300 --> 00:28:01.120
 wonderful time

00:28:01.120 --> 00:28:01.900
 to be God's

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:02.600
 children in

00:28:02.600 --> 00:28:04.279
 God's wonderful

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.759
 world.

00:28:06.560 --> 00:28:08.100
 We live in

00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:08.580
 the beginning

00:28:08.580 --> 00:28:09.620
 of the end

00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:10.420
 of the story

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:11.039
 that we are

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:12.640
 still in the

00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:13.100
 middle of.

00:28:14.100 --> 00:28:15.220
 We have

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:17.320
 so much

00:28:17.320 --> 00:28:18.320
 to look

00:28:18.320 --> 00:28:19.400
 forward to.

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:20.900
 Our

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:22.960
 sin is

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.980
 pardoned

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.839
 by faith

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:25.640
 in the

00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:26.079
 resurrected

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:27.599
 Christ.

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.559
 Verse 8

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:29.860
 says,

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:31.120
 For by grace

00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:31.720
 you have been

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.259
 saved through

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.720
 faith.

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.000
 And this is

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.660
 not your own

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:35.240
 doing, it is

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:36.099
 the gift

00:28:36.099 --> 00:28:37.500
 of God,

00:28:37.620 --> 00:28:38.839
 not a

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.620
 result of

00:28:39.620 --> 00:28:40.039
 works,

00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:41.279
 so that no

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:42.900
 one may

00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:43.319
 boast.

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:44.620
 What a

00:28:44.620 --> 00:28:45.000
 wonderful,

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:45.700
 blessed thing

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.099
 it is that

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:46.640
 we are not

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.420
 asked to

00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:47.799
 earn our

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.240
 salvation,

00:28:48.360 --> 00:28:49.279
 because none

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:49.779
 of us

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.460
 would be

00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:51.360
 saved if

00:28:51.360 --> 00:28:51.620
 this was

00:28:51.620 --> 00:28:52.099
 the case.

00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:53.659
 none of

00:28:53.659 --> 00:28:54.079
 us would

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:54.699
 measure up

00:28:54.699 --> 00:28:55.519
 to the

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:55.799
 perfect

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.459
 expectation

00:28:56.459 --> 00:28:57.519
 of God.

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:57.799
 We would

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.459
 all

00:28:58.459 --> 00:28:59.799
 fail.

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.539
 Christianity

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:01.279
 is the

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:02.259
 only world

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:02.699
 religion

00:29:02.699 --> 00:29:03.859
 that gets

00:29:03.859 --> 00:29:05.059
 this right,

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.599
 understands

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:07.659
 our sinful

00:29:07.659 --> 00:29:08.459
 state,

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:10.459
 our deadness

00:29:10.459 --> 00:29:10.819
 in our

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:11.559
 trespasses

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:13.119
 and sins,

00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:14.139
 and presents

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:14.719
 to us

00:29:14.719 --> 00:29:15.599
 a God,

00:29:15.659 --> 00:29:16.199
 the true

00:29:16.199 --> 00:29:17.759
 living God,

00:29:17.919 --> 00:29:18.679
 who acts

00:29:18.679 --> 00:29:19.639
 on our

00:29:19.639 --> 00:29:20.559
 behalf,

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:21.099
 because he's

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:22.519
 merciful and

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:23.220
 he's full

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:24.460
 of love.

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.139
 So we

00:29:26.139 --> 00:29:26.519
 get to

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:28.299
 live and

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:29.019
 be free

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.899
 in him,

00:29:30.619 --> 00:29:31.279
 free to

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:31.720
 obey,

00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.879
 a faith

00:29:32.879 --> 00:29:34.359
 that finds

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:34.980
 itself

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:36.099
 working,

00:29:36.639 --> 00:29:37.440
 but not a

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:38.299
 faith that

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:38.720
 thinks it

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.639
 earns

00:29:39.639 --> 00:29:40.839
 salvation.

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:42.839
 Paul says

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.379
 in Galatians

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:44.240
 6.14,

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.599
 far be it

00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:46.119
 for me to

00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:46.599
 boast,

00:29:46.899 --> 00:29:48.099
 except in

00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:48.839
 the cross

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:49.359
 of our

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:49.759
 Lord,

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:50.959
 Jesus

00:29:50.959 --> 00:29:51.500
 Christ.

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:53.259
 Now Paul

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:53.599
 is not the

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:54.079
 only one

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.720
 who closely

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.299
 unites the

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:55.720
 doctrine of

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.119
 resurrection

00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:56.579
 with our

00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:57.079
 salvation.

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:58.659
 Peter says

00:29:58.659 --> 00:29:59.220
 in 1 Peter

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.779
 chapter 1

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.339
 verse 3,

00:30:00.459 --> 00:30:00.799
 blessed be

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.099
 the God

00:30:01.099 --> 00:30:01.379
 and Father

00:30:01.379 --> 00:30:01.619
 of our

00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:01.799
 Lord,

00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:02.019
 Jesus

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.539
 Christ.

00:30:03.179 --> 00:30:03.459
 According

00:30:03.459 --> 00:30:03.959
 to his

00:30:03.959 --> 00:30:04.699
 great mercy,

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.099
 he has

00:30:05.099 --> 00:30:05.980
 caused us

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.279
 to be

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:07.019
 born again

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:08.000
 to a

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:09.220
 living hope

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.899
 through the

00:30:09.899 --> 00:30:10.480
 resurrection

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:11.240
 of Jesus

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.839
 Christ

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:13.159
 from the

00:30:13.159 --> 00:30:13.419
 dead.

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.359
 Beloved,

00:30:15.419 --> 00:30:16.099
 we do not

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:17.699
 differ in

00:30:17.699 --> 00:30:18.599
 degree,

00:30:19.139 --> 00:30:19.779
 but in

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.459
 kind,

00:30:21.139 --> 00:30:22.259
 born again,

00:30:22.879 --> 00:30:23.439
 new

00:30:23.439 --> 00:30:24.759
 creation.

00:30:25.919 --> 00:30:26.219
 If you

00:30:26.219 --> 00:30:26.699
 are in

00:30:26.699 --> 00:30:27.299
 Christ,

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:27.939
 then you

00:30:27.939 --> 00:30:28.259
 have been

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:29.500
 made alive

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:30.279
 eternally

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:31.139
 because

00:30:31.139 --> 00:30:31.799
 Jesus

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:33.179
 is

00:30:33.179 --> 00:30:34.719
 alive.

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:36.839
 Listen to

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:37.199
 what Jesus

00:30:37.199 --> 00:30:37.679
 says in

00:30:37.679 --> 00:30:38.219
 Luke chapter

00:30:38.219 --> 00:30:38.839
 20 and

00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:39.939
 verse 36.

00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:42.059
 They cannot

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.699
 die

00:30:42.699 --> 00:30:43.799
 anymore,

00:30:44.379 --> 00:30:45.099
 those who

00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:45.379
 are in

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:45.680
 heaven,

00:30:46.040 --> 00:30:46.880
 because they

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:48.140
 are equal

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:48.980
 to angels

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:49.460
 and are

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:50.260
 sons of

00:30:50.260 --> 00:30:50.740
 God,

00:30:51.100 --> 00:30:52.280
 being sons

00:30:52.280 --> 00:30:54.920
 of the

00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:55.380
 resurrection.

00:30:56.840 --> 00:30:57.620
 Without the

00:30:57.620 --> 00:30:58.100
 reality of

00:30:58.100 --> 00:30:58.580
 the resurrection,

00:30:58.780 --> 00:30:59.180
 we would

00:30:59.180 --> 00:30:59.980
 not have

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.980
 our sin

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:02.680
 pardoned.

00:31:03.800 --> 00:31:04.240
 And then

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:04.580
 lastly,

00:31:04.840 --> 00:31:05.220
 without the

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:05.620
 resurrection,

00:31:06.040 --> 00:31:06.760
 we would

00:31:06.760 --> 00:31:07.320
 not have

00:31:07.320 --> 00:31:08.640
 the presence

00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:10.300
 of Jesus.

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:12.760
 Have you

00:31:12.760 --> 00:31:13.160
 ever imagined

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.540
 what it might

00:31:13.540 --> 00:31:14.340
 be like to

00:31:14.340 --> 00:31:14.740
 walk with

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.160
 Jesus?

00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:16.060
 on the

00:31:16.060 --> 00:31:16.340
 earth.

00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:18.020
 The road

00:31:18.020 --> 00:31:18.660
 to Emmaus

00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:19.040
 where he

00:31:19.040 --> 00:31:19.980
 expounds

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.620
 all of

00:31:20.620 --> 00:31:20.900
 the Old

00:31:20.900 --> 00:31:21.260
 Testament

00:31:21.260 --> 00:31:21.780
 and shows

00:31:21.780 --> 00:31:22.100
 how it

00:31:22.100 --> 00:31:22.700
 all points

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:23.080
 to him

00:31:23.080 --> 00:31:23.360
 as the

00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:23.860
 moment I

00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:24.140
 would have

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:24.720
 wanted to

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:26.380
 experience.

00:31:27.600 --> 00:31:27.880
 If you

00:31:27.880 --> 00:31:28.440
 consider that

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:28.720
 it's a

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.720
 better thing

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.880
 still,

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:31.980
 that is

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.780
 given to

00:31:32.780 --> 00:31:33.520
 us the

00:31:33.520 --> 00:31:34.260
 spirit

00:31:34.260 --> 00:31:35.880
 of Christ.

00:31:36.020 --> 00:31:36.200
 We have

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.540
 his very

00:31:36.540 --> 00:31:37.420
 presence with

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:38.680
 us by

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:39.700
 faith in

00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:39.980
 him.

00:31:41.100 --> 00:31:41.580
 Verse 10

00:31:41.580 --> 00:31:41.880
 says,

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:42.200
 for we

00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:43.160
 are his

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:43.720
 workmanship

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.980
 created in

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.600
 Christ Jesus

00:31:45.600 --> 00:31:46.060
 for good

00:31:46.060 --> 00:31:46.360
 works,

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:47.060
 which God

00:31:47.060 --> 00:31:47.900
 prepared

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.440
 beforehand

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:49.500
 that we

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:49.980
 should walk

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.340
 in them.

00:31:51.300 --> 00:31:51.600
 Paul's

00:31:51.600 --> 00:31:51.740
 going to

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.060
 go on

00:31:52.060 --> 00:31:52.360
 to talk

00:31:52.360 --> 00:31:53.300
 about God

00:31:53.300 --> 00:31:54.040
 working in

00:31:54.040 --> 00:31:54.420
 us to

00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:55.180
 will and

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.700
 to work

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.260
 for his

00:31:56.260 --> 00:31:57.040
 good

00:31:57.040 --> 00:31:58.660
 pleasure.

00:31:58.660 --> 00:32:01.360
 John 14

00:32:01.360 --> 00:32:02.240
 15

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.720
 and following

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:03.140
 there Jesus

00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:03.380
 says,

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:03.620
 if you

00:32:03.620 --> 00:32:04.300
 love me

00:32:04.300 --> 00:32:05.300
 you will

00:32:05.300 --> 00:32:05.640
 keep my

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:06.120
 commandments

00:32:06.120 --> 00:32:07.180
 and I

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:07.600
 lost the

00:32:07.600 --> 00:32:08.120
 father and

00:32:08.120 --> 00:32:08.320
 he will

00:32:08.320 --> 00:32:08.640
 give you

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.140
 another

00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:09.680
 helper

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.500
 to be

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.259
 with you

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:12.279
 forever.

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:13.620
 Even the

00:32:13.620 --> 00:32:14.180
 spirit of

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:14.759
 truth whom

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.220
 the world

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:15.840
 cannot receive

00:32:15.840 --> 00:32:16.180
 because it

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.779
 neither sees

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.140
 him nor

00:32:17.140 --> 00:32:17.800
 knows him

00:32:17.800 --> 00:32:18.800
 you know

00:32:18.800 --> 00:32:19.820
 him for

00:32:19.820 --> 00:32:20.340
 he dwells

00:32:20.340 --> 00:32:21.040
 with you

00:32:21.040 --> 00:32:21.960
 and will

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:23.019
 be in

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.320
 you.

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.779
 I will

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.200
 not leave

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:25.440
 you as

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:25.980
 orphans.

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:26.880
 I will

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.420
 come to

00:32:27.420 --> 00:32:27.740
 you.

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.640
 Yet a

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:28.799
 little

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:29.120
 while

00:32:29.120 --> 00:32:29.359
 in the

00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:29.539
 world

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:29.720
 will

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:29.900
 see

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:30.019
 me

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.160
 no

00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:30.339
 more

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:30.539
 but

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:30.980
 you

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.599
 will

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:32.200
 see

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.519
 me

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:33.279
 because

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:33.839
 I

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.859
 live

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.599
 you

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:36.400
 also

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:37.220
 will

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:38.779
 live.

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:40.500
 Paul

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:40.819
 writes in

00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:41.440
 Romans 8

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:42.039
 verse 9

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:42.539
 and following

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:43.420
 you however

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.220
 are not

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:44.519
 in the

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:44.759
 flesh

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.039
 but in

00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:45.180
 the

00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:45.500
 spirit

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:45.920
 if in

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:46.359
 fact

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:46.640
 the

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:46.880
 spirit

00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:47.039
 of

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:47.259
 God

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:47.740
 dwells

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.019
 in

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.319
 you.

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:49.319
 Anyone

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:49.680
 who does

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:49.839
 not

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:50.160
 have

00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:50.339
 the

00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:50.559
 spirit

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:50.740
 of

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:51.019
 Christ

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.259
 does

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:51.460
 not

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:51.799
 belong

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:51.980
 to

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.220
 him.

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:53.140
 But

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:53.279
 if

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:53.620
 Christ

00:32:53.620 --> 00:32:53.839
 is

00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:54.120
 in

00:32:54.120 --> 00:32:54.460
 you

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:55.059
 although

00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:55.220
 the

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.480
 body

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:55.660
 is

00:32:55.660 --> 00:32:55.900
 dead

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.160
 because

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:56.320
 of

00:32:56.320 --> 00:32:56.620
 sin

00:32:56.620 --> 00:32:56.820
 the

00:32:56.820 --> 00:32:57.140
 spirit

00:32:57.140 --> 00:32:57.300
 is

00:32:57.300 --> 00:32:57.720
 life

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.040
 because

00:32:58.040 --> 00:32:58.200
 of

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:58.740
 righteousness

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.880
 the

00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:00.220
 spirit

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.360
 of

00:33:00.360 --> 00:33:00.540
 him

00:33:00.540 --> 00:33:00.700
 who

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:00.900
 raised

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.100
 Jesus

00:33:01.100 --> 00:33:01.279
 from

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.420
 the

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:01.580
 dead

00:33:01.580 --> 00:33:02.000
 dwells

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.259
 in

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.540
 you

00:33:02.540 --> 00:33:03.300
 he

00:33:03.300 --> 00:33:03.519
 who

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:03.920
 raised

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.200
 Christ

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.380
 Jesus

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:04.560
 from

00:33:04.560 --> 00:33:04.660
 the

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:04.779
 dead

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:04.940
 will

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:05.380
 also

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:05.660
 give

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.160
 life

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:06.340
 to

00:33:06.340 --> 00:33:06.500
 your

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:06.759
 mortal

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.340
 bodies

00:33:07.340 --> 00:33:08.120
 through

00:33:08.120 --> 00:33:08.440
 his

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:08.920
 spirit

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.440
 who

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.080
 dwells

00:33:10.080 --> 00:33:10.900
 in

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.100
 you.

00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:11.700
 The

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.160
 resurrected

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:13.019
 Christ

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.860
 dwells

00:33:13.860 --> 00:33:14.480
 in

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:15.259
 all

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:16.000
 who

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.759
 believe

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.740
 in

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:18.100
 him.

00:33:19.040 --> 00:33:19.540
 The

00:33:19.540 --> 00:33:19.920
 resurrected

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:20.420
 Christ

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:20.840
 says in

00:33:20.840 --> 00:33:21.060
 Matthew

00:33:21.060 --> 00:33:21.320
 chapter

00:33:21.320 --> 00:33:21.840
 28

00:33:21.840 --> 00:33:22.100
 verse

00:33:22.100 --> 00:33:22.460
 20

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:23.060
 behold

00:33:23.060 --> 00:33:23.560
 I

00:33:23.560 --> 00:33:23.740
 am

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.060
 with

00:33:24.060 --> 00:33:24.400
 you

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:25.540
 always

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:26.299
 to

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:26.480
 the

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:27.039
 end

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:28.200
 of

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:28.359
 the

00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:28.859
 age.

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:29.799
 In

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:30.019
 Romans

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:30.379
 6

00:33:30.379 --> 00:33:30.720
 9

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:30.960
 we

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:31.200
 know

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.379
 that

00:33:31.379 --> 00:33:31.819
 Christ

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:32.059
 being

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:32.519
 raised

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:32.680
 from

00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:32.819
 the

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:33.159
 dead

00:33:33.159 --> 00:33:33.720
 will

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.119
 never

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:35.139
 die

00:33:35.139 --> 00:33:36.079
 again.

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:37.019
 Death

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.480
 no

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:38.019
 longer

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.339
 has

00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:39.039
 dominion

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:40.279
 over

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:40.639
 him.

00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:42.519
 What a

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:42.839
 thing

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:43.519
 to consider

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:44.500
 because

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.440
 Jesus

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:46.740
 lives

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.220
 we have

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:47.399
 his

00:33:47.399 --> 00:33:48.039
 presence

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:49.200
 with

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:49.579
 us

00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:50.359
 now

00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:50.799
 through

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:50.960
 his

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.240
 spirit

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.639
 and

00:33:51.639 --> 00:33:52.339
 forever

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:53.039
 more

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:54.519
 as we

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:54.680
 live

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:54.839
 with

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:55.079
 him

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:55.759
 in

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.159
 eternity.

00:33:57.599 --> 00:33:57.680
 So

00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:57.859
 without

00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.039
 the

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:58.359
 reality

00:33:58.359 --> 00:33:58.500
 of

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:58.599
 the

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:59.000
 resurrection

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.279
 we

00:33:59.279 --> 00:33:59.500
 would

00:33:59.500 --> 00:33:59.659
 not

00:33:59.659 --> 00:33:59.899
 have

00:33:59.899 --> 00:34:00.299
 protection

00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:00.519
 from

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:00.659
 the

00:34:00.659 --> 00:34:00.839
 wrath

00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:00.980
 of

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.200
 God

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:01.460
 our

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:01.720
 sin

00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.460
 pardoned

00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:02.740
 or

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:02.859
 the

00:34:02.859 --> 00:34:03.339
 presence

00:34:03.339 --> 00:34:04.180
 of

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:04.500
 Jesus

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:04.839
 and

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:05.000
 so

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.740
 praise

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.299
 be

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:06.680
 to

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.119
 God

00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:07.359
 that

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:07.599
 Jesus

00:34:07.599 --> 00:34:08.400
 is

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:08.860
 in

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.659
 fact

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:10.800
 raised

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.659
 from

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:11.800
 the

00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:12.019
 dead.

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:12.860
 All

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.059
 of the

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:13.420
 promises

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:14.159
 of

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:14.460
 God

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:14.920
 find

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.079
 their

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.539
 yes

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:16.480
 and

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:17.179
 amen

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:17.759
 in

00:34:17.759 --> 00:34:17.880
 the

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.320
 resurrected

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:19.480
 Christ.

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:20.420
 Let's

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:20.579
 pray

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:20.900
 together.