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 Take your Bibles over to Mark chapter 16. Mark chapter 16 is we're going to talk about the difference that a day makes.

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 You know, as we think about this morning, we talk about the resurrection of our Savior.

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 I want you to understand the resurrection is not just an Easter theme.

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 You know, oftentimes we associate it with a certain time of the year.

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 But I want you to understand the resurrection is a theme that the Scripture that's important to us every day.

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 It's important to us throughout the year, throughout the weeks, throughout the moments of life.

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 The resurrection is a pivotal dynamic in the life of a believer.

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 It's a pivotal dynamic in history.

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 But, you know, we understand the reality of the change that a day makes to life.

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 You know, life changes sometimes. It's sometimes slow.

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 And other times it's in a moment.

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 But in the course of a day, even things change.

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 And we're going to see here this morning, as we go into Mark chapter 16, the reality of that change.

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 And how quickly things change.

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 Because that was never more true than this day that Jesus rose from the dead.

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 If you think about just a few days previous, you know, Joseph and Nicodemus had taken Jesus down off the cross.

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 They'd wrapped his body and they'd anointed it with the spices and, you know, the myrrh and the aloes that they put on upon the body.

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 And they had placed him in the tomb.

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 You know, it was a dark and troubling day that had just overwhelmed the hopes of all those that had followed Jesus.

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 I mean, we find here that his disciples were just in mourning.

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 They were weeping, you know.

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 There was a brokenness to them because of what had taken place when they saw Jesus die that day upon the cross.

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 I mean, I don't think we can even grab a hold of the reality of what they may have been thinking and processing of trying to sit through.

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 We put all our hopes into Jesus and now he's gone.

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 I mean, that was what they had going for a couple of days.

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 They were there while Jesus lay in the tomb.

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 They were there, but while his disciples were mourning, we're going to find here,

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 there was a couple of women who were followers of Jesus who were preparing to honor the Lord one last time.

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 Because they wanted to go and put additional anointments on his body with the sweet spices.

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 And, you know, this is something that's important because it's mentioned in each of the Gospels.

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 Each one of the Gospels makes a reference to these women going on the first day of the week to the tomb and what their purpose was.

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 You know, that they went there and it gives us a glimpse into that.

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 But Mark's Gospel focused upon the news of the resurrection and its implication directly for humanity.

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 Because I want you to understand the news that Jesus is alive,

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 the fact that they said he is risen, changed the world forever.

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 I want you to understand it was a moment in history that morning when that news arrived

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 that Jesus had risen from the dead, things changed.

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 Things had changed totally different from that they were before.

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 And the fact that Jesus is alive then made a difference in their day.

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 You know what? The fact Jesus is alive makes a difference in our day.

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 The resurrection is essential.

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 So, if you found Mark chapter 16 this morning, let's stand together

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 in honor of the reading of the Word of God here this morning.

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 And we'll read down through verse 8 here today as you follow along.

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 And it says,

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 And he said,

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Heavenly Father, as we just look at your Word here this morning, I pray just have your hand upon each one, Lord,

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 as we realize the importance of what we're speaking of here today, Lord,

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 the pivotal nature of the fact that you overcame death.

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 Lord, the victory that you have in the resurrection is our victory in you.

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 And Lord, we pray just have your hand upon each one here today, Lord, that we might not just think of it as a theme or an idea or something that gets spoken about,

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 but, Lord, the reality of the impact it has and should have upon our lives.

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 And, Lord, we just pray just to work with each heart, each life here today, Lord.

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 You know each one.

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 Lord, you know those that understand the importance of the resurrection and the impact it has on their lives.

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 But, Lord, there may be some here today that have not called upon you not realizing the difference that day made.

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 Even for their day today, Lord, it might make a difference in their life.

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 And, Lord, we just give you all the praise and glory and honor in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 May be seated.

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 You know, as we look here this morning, as the body had been placed in the grave,

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 the Sabbath had hindered the women from going to the tomb.

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 You know, and we can talk about the things and the schedules with that.

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 But, you know, the fact is that they were not able to because of their responsibility of the Sabbath.

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 They were to rest.

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 There were things they were to do there in where they were and things they were supposed to obey according to the law of Moses.

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 But they had a desire to anoint the body of Jesus.

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 You know, it had been there since they witnessed Joseph and Nicodemus prepare it for burial.

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 You know, as Joseph and Nicodemus had carefully wrapped the body,

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 they had applied the spices and the myrrh and the process, it tells us in John 19,

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 and placed them in the tomb and it was sealed with a stone.

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 It tells us in Mark 15, 47.

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 And we know something else too, that there was ladies watching that day where they laid him.

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 Now, this is important because they knew exactly where to go looking.

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 They knew exactly where they were to go to find Jesus or where they thought they were going to find Jesus.

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 You know, they knew exactly what was happening.

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 And I want you, as we go through, we'll see how that is important here to know too.

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 But because a little context is here, you know.

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 Have you ever asked yourself, why did the ladies watch and not help?

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 You know, I want you to understand that there's a lot of complexity in this passage also.

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 Because for them to properly observe the Sabbath and to go through the things for the Feast of Unleavened Bread that was beginning,

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 they weren't supposed to be in contact with the dead body.

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 If they weren't able to participate.

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 You know, oftentimes we forget that Nicodemus and Joseph removed themselves

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 because it would be a violation of the law because God told them that right before they weren't supposed to,

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 they'd be unclean for seven days.

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 There's a lot of complexity going through their minds.

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 How do I obey what God has told me but fulfill a responsibility that's a godly responsibility?

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 I mean, those are things we deal with today sometimes.

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 You know, I want you to understand, their life was just as complex as ours

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 when it comes to trying to figure out what is the right thing and the proper thing to do as they walk through.

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 I mean, I want you to get a context of these women because there was a quandary that they were.

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 Were they going to obey the Lord in preparation for the Sabbath?

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 Or were they going to remove themselves from being able to participate by doing what was right?

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 There was nothing wrong, but there was consequences to a decision.

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 And sometimes life is in conflict with itself when it comes to doing the right thing.

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 You know, it's no different than today.

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 We sometimes face those same problems.

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 And we need to understand, these women were walking through these things amongst themselves,

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 but I want you to understand, it didn't stop them from preparing to go as soon as they could.

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 They wanted to go and to do what they could to honor the Lord.

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 It was a labor of love for them.

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 There was no indication.

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 It's interesting, the disciples weren't the ones going.

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 You know, the 11 that were there, we'll find where they were.

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 Here's, these three ladies are the ones who made the effort,

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 made the priority, made the decision

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 that we're going to go ahead and move forward with honoring Jesus.

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 And we don't have time this morning to get into all the burial custom and things of the day,

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 but I want you to understand, what they brought was not to embalm Jesus,

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 but was to put sweet-smelling ointments upon it.

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 It was really to mask the decay of the body.

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 That's what they were thinking in their mind.

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 In their mind, Jesus was gone,

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 but yet they wanted to honor Him.

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 And by putting and preserving these smells upon Him,

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 and to put the anointing things upon Him,

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 and they had purchased what was required,

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 and they prepared for it.

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 And the Sabbath had now ended at 6 p.m. the night before,

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 and we need to realize that they were a distance away.

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 It was a two-mile walk back to the tomb.

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 At least, because the Bible says that they were staying in Bethany,

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 and the town of Bethany is about two miles outside of Jerusalem,

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 and the tomb was in Jerusalem.

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 And so they couldn't go after 6 o'clock when the Sabbath ended,

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 because they would have had to return in the dark.

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 You know, in those days, it was not safe to be out after dark,

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 especially walking through the countryside.

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 I mean, you see how they were walking through these things,

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 but they wanted to honor the Lord and to have even closure.

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 You know, sometimes when it comes to the death of somebody we love,

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 we need that closure.

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 That time of saying, you know, we can honor them in this moment.

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 But I want you to see what took place.

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 That's where we find the reality of verse 1,

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 is the Sabbath and the things that happened.

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 But notice verse 2,

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 and very early in the morning, the first day of the week.

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 You know, very early, it says these three women headed out towards the place

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 that Jesus was buried.

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 You know, and as they traveled, you know, like,

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 I find a little irony in this account too,

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 because it tells us the reality of people.

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 They set out, they said,

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 I mean, I imagine they made their list,

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 you know, we need this, and we need this,

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 and we need this over here,

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 and hey, do you have that?

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 Did you get this?

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 And the Bible tells us something that we can relate with.

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 They get to walk, and they're almost there,

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 and something dawns on them.

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 They rolled a big stone in front of the door.

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 How are we going to get in?

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 You know, I find that a real sense of understanding of life,

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 you know, that's something that you or I would do,

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 you know, get all the way there and figure out, oh.

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 You know, because look what the Bible tells us here.

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 As they walked, they went very early in the morning

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 at the rising of the sun.

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 Notice verse 3,

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 And they said among themselves,

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 Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?

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 You know, that was quite a dilemma.

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 I want you to understand,

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 they estimate the stone that they would have put in front of one of these doors

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 was probably a thousand pounds.

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 It would have required much strength

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 and probably multiple people to move this stone away.

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 You know, why they were considering the problem

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 and having doubts.

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 Did we walk all this way for nothing?

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 I mean, I can think about the things that phrase says

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 of the reality going through their mind

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 and they're doubting,

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 but you know, there's some things that happen behind the scenes

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 they didn't even know were going on.

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 You know, that's true with a lot of things in life.

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 Sometimes we look at things going on in our life,

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 we don't realize that God's already working in other ways.

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 Because what Mark doesn't record for us

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 is something that Matthew does,

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 and that's the fact that the Jews,

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 the leaders that had crucified Jesus,

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 had went to Pilate after he was buried

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 and said,

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 Pilate, we need to set a watch on the sepulchre.

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 We need to set a watch there because,

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 and I find this a little interesting too,

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 that the disciples were mourning,

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 but the enemies of Jesus were saying,

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 hey, he said he was going to rise the third day.

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 That the enemies of Jesus grabbed a hold of what Jesus said

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 more than the ones that were following him.

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 But we find they set a watch.

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 I mean, you imagine if the ladies would have showed up

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 and the Roman watch was there,

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 not to let, that they couldn't get in.

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 They had problems that God dealt with before

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 that they didn't even know about.

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 Because you know what happened?

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 The angel came and rolled away the stone,

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 and it tells us that they fell over as dead men.

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 And when they did get up,

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 it says they ran away.

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 You know, it's interesting that God provided a way

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 for them to understand the reality of the resurrection,

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 and they didn't even realize it happened until later.

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 They didn't realize what God was doing,

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 that they might know what was taking place.

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 That watch had been set to keep them from moving the stone.

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 You know, we find here that the post of the Roman guard

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 had been there, but they had fleen.

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 You know, you can read about that in Matthew chapter 27.

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 You know, I imagine if had they known that,

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 their fear would have overwhelmed them,

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 and they probably wouldn't have went.

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 Because they were thinking,

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 how are we going to overcome this?

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 Not only the stone,

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 but now we have a Roman watch that says we can't open it.

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 But God already took care of it.

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 You know, we see this Mark 16 is filled with despair and doubt,

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 but we find that something happens.

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 By the time they arrived, the guards had run away.

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 You know, Matthew 28 in verse 2 tells us this,

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 And then you go down into verse 11,

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 and it says,

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 Now when they were going,

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 behold, some of the watch came into the city

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 and showed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.

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 You know, I want you to understand that the angel came

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 and rolled that stone away that day?

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 Because sometimes people think the angel rolled the stone to let Jesus out.

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 I want to let you know,

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 they didn't roll the stone away to let Jesus out.

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 It was to let us know He wasn't there.

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 To let us understand that He wasn't there.

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 You know, Jesus didn't have a problem.

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 You know, a little later in John chapter 20,

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 in verse 19, it says,

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 Jesus appeared in a locked room with the other disciples.

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 You know, I want you to understand,

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 the stone in the sepulchre wasn't sealed to keep Jesus in.

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 It was open that we might know it was empty.

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 That there was going to be no doubt of these things.

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 And we see that we needed to know that Jesus has risen from the dead.

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 But we find here when Mary Magdalene,

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 Mary the mother of James and Salome,

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 arrived at the tomb,

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 everything had changed.

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 You know, a few days earlier,

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 their hopes had been crushed.

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 I mean, they looked at Jesus as to deliver the one that had been promised.

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 Their hopes had been dashed.

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 They had a sense of grief and hopelessness.

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 But that changed in a moment because the tomb was empty.

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 You know, I want you to understand,

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 it's a great thing that Jesus came and died on the cross.

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 That's an important element of the gospel.

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 But the gospel is completed when we understand that he rose from the dead.

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 Because he didn't just pay for our sin,

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 he was victorious over it.

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 Over the very penalty of sin.

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 You know, the resurrection is victory.

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 You know, it's like a victory celebration.

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 Declaring to everybody that things have been taken care of.

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 That things have been settled.

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 It's something we can rejoice in and not doubt.

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 You know, look over to 1 Corinthians chapter 15 for a moment.

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 1 Corinthians chapter 15.

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 Look here in verse 19.

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 You know, 1 Corinthians 15 talks specifically about the resurrection.

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 It deals with the fact that Jesus is risen.

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 And the importance of it.

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 And it tells them here as Paul is talking to those at Corinth.

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 Because there were some who said,

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 well, the resurrection's already passed.

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 And, you know, they were telling people that they had missed the boat.

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 You know?

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 But notice he says,

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 if in this life only we have hope in Christ,

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 we are of all men most miserable.

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 Now, I want you to understand what he's saying.

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 What he's saying here, if our hope is only in what we have here,

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 in Christ,

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 you've missed the most important thing.

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 Because what we have in Christ is because he's alive.

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 And we are alive in him.

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 Notice what it says in verse 20.

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 But now is Christ risen from the dead

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 and become the first fruits of them that slept.

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 This is an important reality to understand

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 that if Christ didn't rise from the dead,

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 we don't serve a dead Savior.

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 We serve a living one.

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 We serve one that was not only able to pay,

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 but able to be victorious.

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 He is the one that was able to do above and beyond

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 what we could even imagine that he could do for us.

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 You know, the problem I think today is

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 there's many people live their life in light of the tomb,

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 the place where death reigns.

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 You know, trapped in darkness and death.

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 We live in a dark place in this world.

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 There's darkness all around.

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 You know, look over to Ephesians chapter 2 for a moment.

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 Ephesians chapter 2.

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 And notice what it tells us here in Ephesians 2.

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 It says,

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 And you hath he quickened who were dead in trespasses and sins.

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 Death.

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 I mean, the reality is we're faced with the fact of death.

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 The wages of sin is death.

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 When we leave this life, it's going to be by death.

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 Least high odds.

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 Unless you're one of the ones that are alive and remain

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 and are caught to meet him in the air.

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 Amen?

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 Now, I'll take that one.

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 I'll take option B.

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 But you know what?

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 I want you to understand the reality of option A of death

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 is what we face.

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 What we need to consider that death

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 is what happens in this life.

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 But notice in verse 2, it says,

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 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world,

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 according to the prince and power of the air,

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 the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience.

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 I want you to understand that oftentimes people live in light of death,

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 not understanding that we ought to live in light of a Savior who is risen.

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 In light of life, not in light of death.

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 You know, we have a generation that's wrapped in death.

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 I mean, you look around you.

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 I want you to pay attention this next week.

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 Look at how many symbols, how many things,

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 how many elements are associated with death.

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 Skeletons, killing, destruction.

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 We live in light of death

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 instead of living in the light of Jesus Christ.

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 That is life.

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 There's a lot of people today that live in light of that.

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 They're lost in a world.

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 But, you know, sometimes even as a believer,

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 I think we can still get caught up in living on the reality of a death

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 instead of the factual reality in Christ.

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 You are made alive.

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 We are different.

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 You know, take a look over to Romans chapter 1 for a moment.

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 Romans chapter 1.

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 It says this,

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 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven

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 against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men

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 who hold the truth in unrighteousness

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 because that which may be known of God is manifest in them.

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 For God has showed them unto them.

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 For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world

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 are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made,

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 even the eternal power and Godhead.

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 So they are without excuse

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 because when they knew God,

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 they glorified Him not as God,

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 neither were they thankful

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 because it became vain in their imagination.

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 Their foolish heart was darkened.

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 You know, I want you to understand,

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 we're not to live in darkness and death.

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 We're supposed to live in light and life.

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 Why can we do that?

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 Because of what Jesus did.

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 Because He's alive.

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 He is the one.

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 And we notice here as they arrived at the tomb,

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 it was open for them to investigate.

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 You know, look at verse 4 in our text here this morning.

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 It says,

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 And when they looked,

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 they saw the stone was rolled away,

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 for it was very great.

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 And entering into the sepulcher,

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 you know,

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 and entering into the sepulcher,

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 they saw a young man sitting on the right side,

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 clothed with a long white garment,

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 and they were affrightened.

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 You know what?

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 I want you to understand,

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 they went into that tomb still expecting to see Jesus.

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 They said the stone may have been rolled away,

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 but they had an expectation of finding a body.

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 But when they got in there,

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 there was none.

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 You know,

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 I think the reality of the other Gospels

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 reveals to us that,

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 you know,

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 they were questioning,

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 did somebody steal his body?

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 Did somebody take it?

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 You know,

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 where have you taken him

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 that we might go and take care of it?

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 They didn't want the body of Jesus

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 desecrated or destroyed.

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 They said it's important.

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 But their mind still wasn't on the fact he'd have risen.

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 Their mind was on the fact,

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 where's the body?

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 You know,

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 they're living in light of death.

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 They're living in the dynamic and the thought

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 that death was it.

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 Instead of living in the light of the resurrection,

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 you know,

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 the angel there was sitting.

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 You know,

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 they were taken back.

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 It says they were frightened.

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 Now,

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 now this is an interesting word,

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 a frightened,

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 because,

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 you know,

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 it's not just fear.

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 You know,

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 it's one of those moments in life.

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 Have you ever been scared,

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 but amazed at the same time?

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 I mean,

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 that's what this word talks about.

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 It's like something so extraordinary

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 that you don't know whether to be joyful or fearful.

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 You don't know whether to rejoice or to cry.

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 It's that dynamic that they were faced with.

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 They didn't understand what was happening.

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 And look here at verse 6.

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 What the angel said unto them,

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 he says,

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 he saith unto them,

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 be not afraid.

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 You know,

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 he says,

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 don't be scared or amazed here of what's going on.

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 Don't be overwhelmed by in the moment.

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 Don't be overwhelmed by what you're seeing.

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 You know what the angel was saying?

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 He says,

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 hey guys,

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 hey ladies,

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 I want you to understand that it's not what you see on the surface.

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 It's not what it seems to you.

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 They had a lot of things rolling around in their mind,

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 trying to figure it out.

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 And the angel looks at them and says,

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 hey,

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 don't fear because I want you to know what the reality is.

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 You know what?

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 Oftentimes things are not as they appear on the surface.

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 Sometimes our mind always plays to the worst things.

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 You know?

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 But you know what?

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 I want you to know that things are not as bad as your mind and your heart and the devil often tells you.

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 Because you know what?

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 The devil tries to get you off track and your mind tries to play games because you always go to the negative of reality of those things.

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 We seem overwhelmed of just what happened in the moment and we're not seeing the big picture about what's taking place.

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 But notice here he affirms to them why they're looking for the body of Jesus.

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 Notice what he says here.

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 Now this is important for us this morning.

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 He says,

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 Did you seek Jesus of Nazareth which was crucified?

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 I want you to understand he affirmed what their fear was.

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 Yes, Jesus died.

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 I want you to understand it's important to know that Jesus died.

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 It's important to know why he died.

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 He didn't die just because he was a good person.

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 He didn't die just to make us good.

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 He died that he might pay the price for our sin.

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 He was the sacrificial lamb of God.

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 They're affirming to them exactly the first thing Jesus had been telling him.

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 Telling the disciples and these ladies would have heard it too.

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 He says here,

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 You seek Jesus of Nazareth which was crucified.

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 And now notice the next phrase.

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 He is risen.

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 He's not here.

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 You know what he says?

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 Yes, the circumstances that you thought were going on were.

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 But you know what?

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 I want you to understand God's above your circumstances.

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 He says the reality isn't what you think it is.

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 The reality is, yes, Jesus died.

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 But the reality is, yes, Jesus rose again.

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 That we have a Savior that's living.

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 The fact of the resurrection is critical for us.

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 He is risen.

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 It was a message of peace to a troubled heart.

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 A message of a risen Savior.

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 You know, one put it this way.

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 The angel wanted them to know that his cry of,

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 It is finished, did not mean that he was finished.

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 He died, but he did not stay dead.

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 His joyous cry is, He is risen.

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 It is finished as he paid the price of sin.

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 The victory is, he is risen.

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 He has overcome death.

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 The victory that is there.

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 You know, the reality.

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 The angel wanted them to know that the power of death had been swallowed up by a far greater power of life.

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 The empty tomb is not a place of despair and defeat.

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 The empty tomb is a place of glory, a place of power, and a place of hope.

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 You know, what we have in Christ, when he rose again, is far greater than anything this world offers.

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 The resurrection is essential.

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 But I want you to see something here that's important too.

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 The angel didn't just say, take my word for it.

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 You know, I think this is an important element because even when we're witnessing to somebody,

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 one of the things is, is I don't expect somebody just to take my word for it, but investigate.

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 Is that what God said?

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 Notice what he tells them here.

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 Last part of verse 6.

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 Notice what he says.

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 He's not here.

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 Behold the place where they laid him.

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 Now this statement has a lot of punch.

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 Because we've got to go back up.

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 Look back up into verse, chapter 15.

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 And notice in verse 47, a few days earlier.

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 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph beheld what?

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 Where he was laid.

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 Now the angel looks at him and says, hey, look.

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 See, validate the reality of the resurrection.

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 See it for yourself.

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 See what has taken place.

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 Behold where they laid him.

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 They were witnesses to Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus placing Jesus' body there.

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 You know what?

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:03.899
 This is another validation that Jesus wants them to know for sure.

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 He didn't want to just take somebody's word for it.

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 It's something that we need to know, that the world needs to know, that Jesus has risen.

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 They'd seen all that had happened.

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 You know, it's interesting.

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 The Bible tells us that what they saw.

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 The other gospels revealed that they saw the strips of clothes that they had wrapped him in

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 basically collapsed there where they had placed him.

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 With this wrapping around his head had been carefully removed and placed.

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 It'd been folded there.

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 You know, I want you to see this was not a place of chaos.

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 Like somebody came and stole the body.

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 You know, this is another reality that we can understand.

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 It was not somebody coming and taking the body.

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 It was like a place of calm.

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 When Jesus rose again, it wasn't a big disturbance.

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 Basically, everything was there just because he passed through it.

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 You know, he folded up his little head covering there and placed it at the head.

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 I mean, it was a, you know, even Jesus, when he got up, he made his bed.

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 That's one you can tell your kids, I guess.

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 But no, seriously, he wanted them to understand that it was not a chaos that happened.

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 It was a calm, intentional reality.

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 It was something that was set forth.

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 Because it's a message of the power of God that proves all that had been said about him.

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 Go back to John chapter 11 for a moment.

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 John chapter 11.

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 Here Jesus is speaking to Martha.

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 Verse 25 says,

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 And Jesus said unto her,

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 I am the resurrection and the what?

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 Life.

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 He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.

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 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.

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 Believeth thou this?

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 Even before he had physically resurrected, he's looking at Martha, one of his followers,

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 who had just lost her brother.

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 Her brother Lazarus is there in a tomb.

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 And Jesus says, do you believe that I am the life and the resurrection?

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 Am I that it's living?

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 I am the resurrection and the life.

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 You know, the resurrection is critical.

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 But notice the message, verse 7, back in Mark chapter 16, it says,

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 But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee,

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 and there shall you see him.

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 And now notice that last phrase, as he said unto you.

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 You know, as he had told them.

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 You know, I want you to see here that Jesus had already instructed the disciples even before his death.

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 He said, guys, this is what's going to happen.

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 I'm going to go to Jerusalem.

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 I'm going to die.

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 They're going to put me in a grave.

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 And I'm going to rise again.

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 And then Jesus tells them along the way here, we're going to find that he gives them another statement.

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 He says, after I'm risen, I'll see you in Galilee.

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 Look over to Mark chapter 14 for a moment.

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 Going to Jerusalem, that final time, Jesus had told them what was going to happen.

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 Here they are right before Jesus gets ready to go to the cross.

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 He's instituted the Lord's Supper and they're talking and speaking about these things.

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 And notice in verse 27, and he says, all ye shall be offended because of me this night.

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 For it is written, I will smite the shepherd and the sheep shall be scattered.

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 Now notice verse 28.

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 But after that, I am risen.

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 I will go before you into Galilee.

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 You know, I want you to understand that God gave them the direction they needed to walk through the trial that was before them.

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 God provided them hope before it even happened.

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 Think about what Jesus said to them.

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 He says, guys, it's going to be pretty devastating, but I'm going to rise again on the third day, just like I told you.

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 And when you hear that I've risen again, head to Galilee because I'm going to meet you there.

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 That was before Jesus went to the cross.

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 You know, think about what a difference a day makes.

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 What started as a day of doubt and despair became a day that transformed our relationship with God.

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 It is through the resurrection, the power of the resurrection, that one is born again.

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 That we can be made new.

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 You know, the gospel is only complete with a living Savior, a Savior that's alive.

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 You know, look over to 1 Corinthians 15.

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 Paul here is reminding the church at Corinth.

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 He says, for I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received,

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 how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures.

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 You know, I want you to understand, you can't be saved until you realize the penalty requirement of sin.

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 Until you realize you're a sinner, that of yourself there is no hope.

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 You're facing the penalty of your sin.

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 Notice verse 4, and that he was what?

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 Buried.

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 Look where they laid him.

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 And that he did what?

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 He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.

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 I want you to understand the resurrection wasn't a new thing.

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 It wasn't something that was added after Jesus.

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 Oh, Jesus died.

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 Now we've got to do something else.

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 I want you to understand, that guess was God's plan all along.

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 His plan, the Bible tells us, from the very foundation of the world,

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 to save me, to save you.

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 It was a plan that he had.

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 Look over to Romans chapter 4.

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 Romans chapter 4, look at verse 24.

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 The Bible tells us this,

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 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed,

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 if we believe on him that what?

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 Raised Jesus, our Lord from the dead,

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 who was delivered for our offenses.

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 That's the penalty of sin.

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 And notice what it says,

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 But was raised again for our justification,

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 that we might be just before God.

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 Not in ourselves, but in our living Savior.

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 A Savior that's alive.

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 A Savior that is there.

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 The resurrection still changes lives today.

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 Now I want you to understand,

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 the resurrection is just as important for the preacher as it is for you.

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 Each one of you, there's no difference.

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 The resurrection changes lives today.

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 It changed my life.

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 When I believed I was changed in the moment,

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 I was transfigured from death to life.

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 The Bible says that I was dead in my trespasses and sins,

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 but He has quickened us.

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 He has made us alive in Christ.

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 That happens when one calls upon the Savior.

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 It changes lives today.

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 This morning, I want you to understand,

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 is a morning that can change death and despair to hope and life.

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 It did it that day that we read about in Scripture,

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 but it also happens every time somebody gets saved.

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 They move from death to life in Christ.

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 You know, this morning, what about you

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 when it comes to the reality of a resurrected Savior?

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 Are you living in light of despair and darkness?

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 Are you living in hope and life?

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 Because we have a risen Savior.

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 Where are you with Him today?

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 Do you know Christ as your Savior?

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 Are you living in light of the resurrection?

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 You know, living in light of the resurrection,

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 to know the power of His resurrection, the Bible tells us.

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 That's how a believer ought to live.

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 Is that happening in your life?

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 You know, where are you at with the Lord today?

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 His heads are bowed and eyes are closed this morning.

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 What about you today?

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 What have you done with the reality of the resurrection?

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 Maybe you're here today and don't know what it means

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 for the reality of salvation of what God offers.

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 Why not settle that with Him today?

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 Maybe you're here this morning and you know the Lord is Savior,

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 but you're not living in the light and life

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 that comes through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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 What about you today?

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 Heavenly Father, as we just come before you this morning,

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 Lord, we thank you for the awesome reality of the resurrection.

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 That it wasn't just an event,

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 but it's something that allows us to be transformed,

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 changed in a moment to be a new creature in Christ.

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 Lord, I pray you just know each heart,

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 each life here today, Lord, there's no hiding from you.

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 Lord, help us to be honest with you today.

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 Lord, help us to live in light of the resurrection.

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 Lord, let this be a day that makes a difference.

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 Lord, we ask it all in your precious name.

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 As heads are bowed,

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 Lord, put in love with you today.

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 Lord, put in love with you today.

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