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 It's the 5th of October 1974 in Guildford in England.

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 Five people died, 65 were injured in two IRA bombings.

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 The public was outraged and the British police were pretty desperate to get an arrest

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 and they quickly arrested a small-time Belfast criminal by the name of Gerry Conlon.

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 He was one of four people arrested for the bombings

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 and they became known as the Guildford Four.

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 The police also arrested Gerry Conlon's father, a guy named Giuseppe,

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 for conspiring in the bombings.

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 And with all the investigations, the police actually had no evidence to prove

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 that Gerry Conlon and especially Giuseppe Conlon were guilty of the crimes.

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 In fact, the evidence was the exact opposite for Giuseppe.

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 He was clearly innocent.

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 And in spite of that, Giuseppe Conlon was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment,

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 even though the authorities knew he was innocent.

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 His son Gerry was sentenced to life imprisonment.

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 Gerry was released after 15 years and went on to write a book about his innocence and vindication.

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 And Giuseppe, however, died in prison in an innocent man.

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 It's another one of those stories of an innocent person being condemned for crimes that they didn't commit.

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 It's a miscarriage of justice, not unlike the innocent death of Jesus,

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 as we saw a couple of days ago on Friday.

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 Of course, there's some significant detailed differences,

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 but the death of Jesus would be nothing more than that if it wasn't for his resurrection.

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 That is, without Jesus' Easter day,

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 his Good Friday would be nothing more than one of those travesty of justice stories.

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 Without the resurrection of Jesus,

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 the death of Jesus would be not much more than a one-line mention in the history books.

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 Potentially a paragraph, but not much more.

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 His resurrection is the thing that changes everything.

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 And so on this Easter day, there are three changes that I want us to see.

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 I want Easter to do for us as well.

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 Firstly, for Easter day to change your mind and reshape your worldview.

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 Secondly, if you allow that to happen, to change the way you respond to Jesus.

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 And thirdly, if you allow that to happen, to change your future and give you hope.

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 So firstly, change your mind, reshape your worldview.

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 Secondly, change the way you respond to Jesus.

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 And thirdly, change your future and give you hope.

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 So firstly, for Easter day changes our minds and reshapes our worldview.

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 My hope today is the direction of Jesus will change us.

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 That is, we're to walk out of here,

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 there'll be hearts that are filled with joy and hope

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 and purpose and love.

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 And to do that, we must, first of all,

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 allow our minds to be changed.

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 We have to allow our minds to be challenged by truth

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 and our worldview to be reshaped.

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 Our social commentator, Hugh Mackay,

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 he's my favourite social commentator in this country,

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 captured how many people view the resurrection.

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 He wrote an article for the Sydney Morning Herald

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 back in 2005 on Good Friday, and he wrote this.

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 He said,

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 Christians celebrate new life at Easter,

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 but in the religious sense.

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 The focus of the festival is the belief that tragedy and grief,

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 which is symbolised by the crucifixion,

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 can give way to life,

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 which is symbolised by the resurrection,

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 and that pain and loss are essential steps

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 on the journey towards enlightenment.

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 His point is that the resurrection of Jesus is symbolic.

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 Whether it happened or not is almost irrelevant to him.

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 Not unlike a church service I went to a number of years ago

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 where the minister stood up and said that.

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 He said, you know,

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 people have all sorts of different religious experiences,

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 and for some of us, it's looking at a great sunset.

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 For some of us, it's looking at great artwork.

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 And for the disciples,

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 it was to imagine that Jesus rose from the dead.

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 It doesn't matter what your religious experience is.

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 Whatever you get out of it is the most important thing.

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 So Easter Day is all about having a religious experience,

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 whatever that might be for you.

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 What that minister failed to understand

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 and what Mackay failed to understand is,

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 although his view is connecting with popular opinion,

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 is that in the first century,

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 it was never viewed symbolically.

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 Resurrection was never viewed symbolically.

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 And that's not the essence of it

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 that we get from 1 Corinthians 15

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 that Sam just read out to us.

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 I'll pick it up in verse 3.

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 What I received, I passed on to you,

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 is of first importance,

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 that Christ died for our sins,

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 according to the Scriptures,

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 that He was buried,

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 that He was raised on the third day,

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 according to the Scriptures,

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 that He appeared to Cephas, that's Peter,

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 then to the 12, they're the disciples.

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 After that, He appeared to more than 500

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 of the brothers and sisters at the same time,

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 most of whom are still living,

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 though some have fallen asleep.

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 That's some are dead.

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 And then He appeared to James,

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 then to all the apostles,

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 and last of all,

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 He appeared to me also as one abnormally born.

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 You see, Mackay failed to grasp

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 the resurrection was never viewed symbolically

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 in the first century.

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 This is the challenge to our minds.

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 Jesus came back to life after His execution.

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 And the fact that Jesus was executed,

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 the fact that He was crucified,

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 is not unusual.

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 Around Jesus' time,

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 and around His place as well,

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 there were dozens of these little movements

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 where the leader would declare themselves

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 to be the Messiah of the world,

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 the Saviour of the world,

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 and as Jesus Himself did.

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 And in almost every case,

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 the leader of those groups was killed.

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 They were executed for this little thing,

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 that little gathering that they had formed.

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 And immediately upon the execution of the leader,

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 the movement collapsed.

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 Everyone went home.

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 That was it.

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 When the leader's dead,

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 except the one that was led by Jesus.

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 Only one movement didn't collapse

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 after the death of the leader.

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 In fact, it exploded.

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 Within 200 years,

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 it was the dominant religion in the Roman Empire

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 and is today the largest and most widespread

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 culturally and geographically

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 of all the religious faiths.

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 So what made the difference there?

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 The Bible says,

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 the Christian churches maintained for 20 centuries,

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 that after Jesus was killed,

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 He came back to life

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 and appeared to His followers.

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 And that is what changed everything.

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 Changed everything.

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 The Bible says,

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 that is why Jesus' followers didn't go home,

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 and that's the reason why Christianity exploded.

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 But this is Chatswood in,

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 you know,

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 2017.

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 And we are one of the major centers

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 in a secular city of Sydney,

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 and most people around us don't believe that.

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 And I get it.

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 I understand that.

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 This is a challenge to our minds

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 and our worldview after all.

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 But it was for the first disciples too.

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 You see,

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 the assumption that we make 20 centuries later

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 is that these early people

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 who said that they saw Jesus

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 were just gullible fools.

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 They just don't understand life

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 like we understand life nowadays.

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 But as you read the account of Mark's,

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 or Mark's account of Jesus' resurrection,

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 as Sam just did at the beginning of the service,

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 for us,

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 you notice that Jesus tells His disciples

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 quite clearly in Mark's Gospel

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 that He's going to die

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 and He's going to come back.

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 He does it in chapter 8.

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 He does it again in chapter 10.

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 And the weird thing is

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 that on the third day,

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 when Jesus said He was going to come back,

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 it seems that no one's expecting it.

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 His first disciples weren't expecting it.

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 The blokes aren't around.

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 The women had bought the spices

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 for the dead body.

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 That's what they were going to do

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 when they were on the way to the tomb.

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 They, you know,

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 Easter Saturday,

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 you know,

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 it's not a public holiday.

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 And so they're wheeling their trolleys

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 through Woolies

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 and they come to the spice section

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 and go,

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 well,

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 they're going to need,

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 we're going to need them tomorrow.

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 They purchased the spices.

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 You see,

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 they were expecting

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 to anoint His body for burial.

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 And the disciples on the third day

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 were sitting there

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 eating their Weet-Bix

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 and they thought,

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 they didn't think,

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 it's the third day, guys.

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 Maybe we should just wander on down

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 and have a look.

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 See if He's there or not.

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 Didn't even think of it.

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 And what's more,

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 the women who did go,

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 you know,

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 all the blokes

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 are eating their Weet-Bix,

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 were wondering,

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 who's going to open the tomb for us

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 when we get there

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 so we can oint His dead body?

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 They prepared for everything

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 except who's going to

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 roll the stone away.

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 And their first thought

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 upon seeing

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 that the stone had been rolled away,

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 their first thought

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 was that someone's taken His body.

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 their very first thought

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 was that someone has come in

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 and stolen His body.

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 Fair assumption back in those days

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 because grave robbing

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 was a pretty common practice.

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 The point is,

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 the resurrection took them by surprise.

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 It was just as impossible

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 for them to believe

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 in the first century

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 as what it is for us now.

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 And so if you have doubts

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 about the resurrection,

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 so did they.

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 They're the ones who walked

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 with Jesus for three years,

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 so did they.

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 But,

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 they let the evidence

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 challenge their worldview.

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 And so in challenging

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 our minds

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 and our thinking

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 and our worldview,

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 it's so important for us

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 20 centuries later

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 not to be intellectually lazy.

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 If you want to jettison

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 the resurrection,

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 you have to come up

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 with an alternative

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 explanation

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 as to how this one little movement

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 exploded like it did.

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 That's not an easy explanation.

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 That's not an easy thing

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 to come up with historically.

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 Why it exploded

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 when every other movement didn't.

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 Easter is the celebration,

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 the physical resurrection

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 of Jesus from the dead.

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 He's alive.

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 You see,

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 Christians believe

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 that the 27 books

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 of the New Testament,

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 what they record about Jesus

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 is true.

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 And these books

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 uniformly teach

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 and assume

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 at other points

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 that Jesus lived in history,

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 that He died

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 as a substitute

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 for the sins of the world

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 and that He rose again

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 on the third day

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 that He ascended to heaven

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 and He rules the world

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 as the God

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 of all the universe.

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 And these 27 books

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 are riddled

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 with references

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 to the physical resurrection

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 of Jesus

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 from the dead

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 such as the 1 Corinthians 15

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 passage

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 that was read out.

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 These accounts

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 of what happened

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 in the life of Jesus

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 are totally different

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 than the way

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 that myth

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 was written

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 in the first century

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 like Greek

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 or Roman mythology

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 which is shrouded

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 in distant past

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 that doesn't connect

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 with real history.

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 And the New Testament books

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 are talking about

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 real history.

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 Pilate,

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 Roman governor,

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 Herod the king

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 of Galilee,

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 Caiaphas,

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 the high priest,

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 these are not

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 mythical figures.

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 These people

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 are known

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 from history

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 outside of the Bible.

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 And both Roman scholars

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 and historians

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 and Jewish scholars

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 and historians

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 who don't believe

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 in Jesus

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 and want to see

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 Jesus dead

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 both record

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 something happened

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 with Jesus' body.

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 The accounts

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 of the New Testament,

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 the 27 books

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 are all written

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 while our witnesses

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 were still alive

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 Paul's letters

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 were written

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 15 to 30 years

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 after the death

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 of Jesus

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 and as we just read

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 he mentions the fact

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 that 500 people

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 had seen Jesus

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 risen at one time

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 and most of them

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 were still alive

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 when he put pen to paper.

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 Most of the books

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 maybe all of them

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 written

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 were before AD 70

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 40 years

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 after the death

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 of Jesus.

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 This is not mythology.

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 This is history.

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 This is eyewitness history.

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 And add to this

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 all the enemies

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 of Jesus

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 the Jews

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 and the Romans

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 all they had to do

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 to squash

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 the whole thing

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 was to get

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 the body of Jesus

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 stick it in a wheelbarrow

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 and take it in the middle

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 of Jerusalem

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 and dump it

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 and say there you go

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 there's your God.

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 That's all they had to do

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 and they couldn't do it.

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 And they put

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 their own soldiers

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 at station

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 in front of the tomb.

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 and the thought

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 that these scared

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 little disciples

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 who abandoned Jesus

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 at his crucifixion

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 for fear of their lives

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 that they would suddenly

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 the day after

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 get together

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 let's come up with a plan

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 let's come up with a story

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 and then somehow

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 we're going to get in

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 we're going to steal his body

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 get rid of it somehow

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 so it'll never be found again

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 that they would come up

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 with that sort of a hoax

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 and then give their lives

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 for that sort of a hoax

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 that's idiotic

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 it's crazy.

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 The point of all this

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 is simply to say

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 that when Christians

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 speak about Jesus

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 as risen from the dead

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 we're not speaking

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 mythologically

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 it's not mythology

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 we're not speaking blindly

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 we're not speaking symbolically

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 we're not even speaking

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 merely spiritually

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 we're not even speaking

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 emotionally

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 we're speaking historically

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 and that

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 challenges your world view

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 but if you're allowed

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 to challenge your world view

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 then it will change

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 the way you see Jesus

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 Philippians 3 20, 21

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 if you've got one of the church Bibles

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 in front of you

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 then it's on page 1140

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 I'm going to kind of spend

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 most of my time there

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 so if you've got one of those

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 page 1140

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 let me read it

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 but our citizenship is in heaven

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 and we eagerly await

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 a savor from there

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 the Lord Jesus Christ

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 by the power that enabled him

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 to bring everything

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 under his control

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 will transform our lowly bodies

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 so that they will be

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 like his glorious body

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 now when

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 when Paul writes that

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 he's making an assumption

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 in these verses

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 and what is assumed

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 is that Jesus was raised

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 from the dead

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 and that Jesus is

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 extremely powerful

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 that's the assumption

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 and the reason he

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 assumes it

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 in Philippians 3

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 is because he clearly

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 states it

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 in Philippians 2

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 one page over

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 so turn over to

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 you know 1139

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 if you've got the church Bible

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 but Philippians chapter 2

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 and let me tell you

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 that you will never read

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 anything anywhere

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 in any literature

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 more sweeping

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 more important

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 and true than this

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 verse 6 chapter 2

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 this is talking about Jesus

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 it says

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 who being in very nature God

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 did not consider equality with God

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 something to be grasped

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 but made himself nothing

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 taking the very nature of a servant

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 being made in human likeness

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 and being found

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 in appearance as a man

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 he humbled himself

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 and became obedient to death

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 even death

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 on a cross

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 therefore

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 God exalted him

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 to the highest place

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 and gave him the name

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 that is above every name

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 that at the name of Jesus

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 every knee should bow

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 in heaven

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 and on earth

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 and under the earth

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 and every tongue

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 confess that Jesus Christ

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 is Lord

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 to the glory of God the Father

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 that is

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 Jesus was

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 and is equal

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 with God

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 he is God

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 he became a human being

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 he obediently suffered

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 he died

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 and that means

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 that the death

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 that he died

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 was not some sort of

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 freak accident

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 it was not just a mistake

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 it was a plan

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 of history

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 for him to die

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 and the point of that plan

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 was that Christ

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 would be a substitute

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 for the sins

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 of humanity

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 that he would be

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 a substitute

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 for everyone

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 who puts their trust

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 in him

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 and this was

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 God's loving plan

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 for the salvation

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 of sinners

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 like you and me

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 and then it says

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 therefore God exalted him

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 to the highest place

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 in other words

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 because of his obedient

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 life

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 his successful life

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 and his successful death

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 God raised him

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 from the dead

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 and gave him

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 great glory

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 as the Lord

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 of the universe

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 that's the assumption

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 that's lying behind

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 Philippians 3

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 when he says

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 but our citizenship

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 is in heaven

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 and we eagerly await

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 a save from there

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 the Lord Jesus Christ

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 who by the power

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 that enables him

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 to bring everything

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 under his control

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 will transform

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 our lowly bodies

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 so that they'll be

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 like his glorious body

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 so when you put

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 Philippians 2

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 and 3 together

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 we see that

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 because of the death

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 and resurrection

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 of the Lord Jesus

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 he has astonishing power

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 to subject

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 all things

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 to himself

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 he is in control

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 that is the impact

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 of Jesus' resurrection

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 that is relevant

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 for us now

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 Jesus rules

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 all things

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 we see it in verse 21

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 by the power

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 that enables him

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 to bring everything

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 under his control

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 in one sense

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 Jesus has the right

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 to rule the universe

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 as the creator

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 of the universe

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 because he's God

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 you know

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 he didn't have to die

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 and rise again

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 in order

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 to be who he is

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 what he is

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 from all of eternity

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 is God

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 and this gives him

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 the right to exercise

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 his authority

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 over all things

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 but in another sense

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 God decreed

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 that the one

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 who would rule

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 in power

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 would be the one

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 who redeemed

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 he would be the one

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 who suffered for us

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 the one who died

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 for us

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 the one who

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 gave himself

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 for us

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 so it's not just

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 in power

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 but rules

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 in love

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 the Lord

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 and Judge

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 and Saviour

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 over all the universe

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 was tested

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 and found perfect

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 through human suffering

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 and so now

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 he is doubly suited

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 to be Lord

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 of the universe

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 he is the God

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 with natural rights

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 and he is the God

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 and Saviour

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 with purchased rights

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 and the impact

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 of Easter Sunday

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 is that there is

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 no higher authority

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 there is no higher authority

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 there is no place

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 or sphere

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 or reality

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 or dimension

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 of existence

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 anywhere in the universe

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 that is not

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 under the absolute

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 authority

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 of the Lord Jesus

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 and when the world

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 doesn't look to us

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 as if it's under

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 the authority

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 of a merciful Lord Jesus

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 it would be wiser

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 for us to marvel

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 at the mystery

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 of his ways

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 than to question

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 the scope

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 of his power

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 Christ's power

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 pervades the universe

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 from the largest

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 to the smallest

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 elements of reality

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 no galaxy

00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:39.480
 no Adam

00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:41.319
 would stay in being

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 without the authority

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 of Jesus

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 that's

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 big implication

00:19:46.919 --> 00:19:48.299
 of how we see Jesus

00:19:48.299 --> 00:19:50.240
 be astonished

00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:51.059
 at his power

00:19:51.059 --> 00:19:52.019
 to subject all things

00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:52.539
 to himself

00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:53.279
 Easter Sunday

00:19:53.279 --> 00:19:54.740
 is no mere symbolism

00:19:54.740 --> 00:19:55.259
 of how

00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:56.919
 to endure hard things

00:19:56.920 --> 00:19:57.519
 in life

00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:58.740
 Easter Sunday

00:19:58.740 --> 00:19:59.539
 means that Jesus

00:19:59.539 --> 00:20:01.200
 rules the universe

00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:02.380
 as the name

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 that is above

00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:04.320
 every other name

00:20:04.320 --> 00:20:05.300
 and he calls

00:20:05.300 --> 00:20:05.840
 all people

00:20:05.840 --> 00:20:06.640
 to surrender

00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:08.120
 to his loving

00:20:08.120 --> 00:20:08.779
 authority

00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:11.039
 to hand over

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 control of your lives

00:20:12.420 --> 00:20:13.660
 and put into his hands

00:20:13.660 --> 00:20:16.120
 and so if we allow

00:20:16.120 --> 00:20:17.440
 the Easter Day events

00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:18.019
 of the resurrection

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 of Jesus

00:20:18.380 --> 00:20:19.160
 to firstly change

00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:19.560
 our mind

00:20:19.560 --> 00:20:20.160
 and reshape

00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:21.320
 our worldview

00:20:21.320 --> 00:20:22.140
 secondly

00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:24.080
 to change the way

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 we respond to Jesus

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 and see who he is

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 then thirdly

00:20:27.019 --> 00:20:27.480
 it will change

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 the whole course

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 of our lives

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 and give us hope

00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:31.480
 notice that there

00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:32.539
 are two incredible

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 implications for us

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 of the power

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 of the resurrected

00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:35.299
 Lord Jesus

00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:36.519
 they are staggering

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 and they are filled

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 with hope

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 and joy

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 and life

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 verse 20

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 our citizenship

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 is in heaven

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 you see the power

00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.400
 of the Lord Jesus

00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:45.360
 guarantees

00:20:45.360 --> 00:20:46.980
 our citizenship

00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:47.580
 of heaven

00:20:47.580 --> 00:20:48.640
 if you're a believer

00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:49.620
 of the Lord Jesus

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 you do not have to wait

00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:52.000
 for him to come back again

00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:53.820
 to know where your home is

00:20:53.820 --> 00:20:54.799
 you see when you trust

00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:55.299
 in Jesus

00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:56.819
 your name is sealed

00:20:56.819 --> 00:20:58.319
 on the citizen roles

00:20:58.319 --> 00:20:58.940
 of heaven

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 because your king

00:21:00.460 --> 00:21:01.019
 is there

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:08.240
 your name is plastered

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:09.359
 all through heaven

00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:12.240
 more than Donald Trump's

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:12.799
 got his names

00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:14.059
 plastered on stuff

00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:18.019
 where he is

00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:19.359
 there you have

00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:20.339
 the privilege to be

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 and so you will be

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 with him forever

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 and your amazement

00:21:23.579 --> 00:21:24.480
 will never cease

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 it will only increase

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 forever and ever

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 which leads to the

00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:30.079
 second implication

00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:31.279
 Jesus will use

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:32.480
 his power

00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:33.980
 to transform

00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:35.180
 your body

00:21:35.180 --> 00:21:36.160
 into a resurrected

00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:37.059
 body alive

00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:37.819
 like his

00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:39.079
 Philippians 3 21

00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:39.960
 have a look at it with me

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 the Lord Jesus Christ

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 who by the power

00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:42.960
 that enables him

00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:43.559
 to bring everything

00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:44.440
 under his control

00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:45.640
 will transform

00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:46.759
 our lowly bodies

00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.819
 so that they will be

00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:49.660
 like his glorious body

00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:51.320
 all the power

00:21:51.320 --> 00:21:52.660
 that Jesus has

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 will be used

00:21:53.800 --> 00:21:54.660
 to take our

00:21:54.660 --> 00:21:55.860
 dead bodies

00:21:55.860 --> 00:21:57.100
 and raise them

00:21:57.100 --> 00:21:57.840
 from the dead

00:21:57.840 --> 00:21:58.880
 and fit them out

00:21:58.880 --> 00:21:59.960
 for eternity

00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:01.140
 in his presence

00:22:01.140 --> 00:22:02.160
 the resurrection

00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:03.720
 is the answer

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:05.240
 to the deepest longing

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:06.380
 that we have

00:22:06.380 --> 00:22:07.140
 in our hearts

00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:07.860
 and that is

00:22:07.860 --> 00:22:08.860
 to live forever

00:22:08.860 --> 00:22:10.940
 last night

00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:11.320
 I was sitting

00:22:11.320 --> 00:22:11.759
 on the bed

00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.440
 of one of my girls

00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:14.019
 my youngest girl

00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:15.500
 reading Bible story

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:16.380
 about resurrection

00:22:16.380 --> 00:22:17.040
 of Jesus

00:22:17.040 --> 00:22:18.140
 talked about

00:22:18.140 --> 00:22:18.720
 Good Friday

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.620
 death of Jesus

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 and she said

00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:20.559
 Daddy

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:22.339
 I don't want to die

00:22:22.339 --> 00:22:23.700
 she said

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 I want to live

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 for a thousand years

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 and I'm not sure

00:22:29.140 --> 00:22:29.759
 the world could cope

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.319
 with that actually

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:32.180
 let alone

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:33.319
 her superannuation plan

00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:36.980
 and I said

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:37.900
 trusting in Jesus

00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:38.660
 you don't ever

00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:39.100
 have to die

00:22:39.100 --> 00:22:39.440
 see that's

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 even as a

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 even as a

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 as a

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 how old was she

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 five

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 even as

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 even as a

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 five year old

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 the longing

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.599
 is to live

00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:50.059
 forever

00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:50.980
 I don't ever

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.660
 want to die

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:54.440
 she's happy

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:54.940
 for me too

00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:55.200
 she said

00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:55.559
 when you die

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 I want your car

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 and that is

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 why the

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 beauty industry

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.440
 booms

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:03.420
 that's why

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:04.160
 baby boomers

00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.980
 still wear jeans

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.559
 because you still

00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:06.119
 want to be a

00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:06.619
 teenager

00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:08.879
 that's

00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:09.279
 you know

00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:09.599
 want to be

00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:10.440
 back in the days

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:11.119
 when we're young

00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:11.799
 and we're vibrant

00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:12.359
 and we're healthy

00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:13.059
 because those

00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:13.639
 were the days

00:23:13.639 --> 00:23:14.879
 before crippling

00:23:14.879 --> 00:23:15.899
 emotional pain

00:23:15.900 --> 00:23:16.720
 and burden

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:17.540
 of responsibility

00:23:17.540 --> 00:23:18.280
 and frailty

00:23:18.280 --> 00:23:19.200
 we want to live

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:19.620
 and we want to

00:23:19.620 --> 00:23:20.220
 live forever

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:23.820
 one of the reasons

00:23:23.820 --> 00:23:24.860
 why it's so hard

00:23:24.860 --> 00:23:25.840
 for us to suffer

00:23:25.840 --> 00:23:27.200
 is that we think

00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:27.940
 that this physical

00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:29.220
 world is it

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:30.100
 and when you

00:23:30.100 --> 00:23:30.700
 lose it

00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:31.960
 you lose the best

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.440
 and the most

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:33.320
 precious thing

00:23:33.320 --> 00:23:35.720
 and the resurrection

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.860
 means this is not it

00:23:36.860 --> 00:23:38.940
 there's so much more

00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:40.000
 there is so much

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.420
 more to come

00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:40.840
 the resurrection

00:23:40.840 --> 00:23:41.620
 means that God

00:23:41.620 --> 00:23:42.120
 is going to

00:23:42.120 --> 00:23:43.640
 perfectly remake

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:44.700
 this world

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.700
 you see right now

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.120
 a headache

00:23:46.120 --> 00:23:46.700
 just totally

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:47.759
 messes with my day

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:49.400
 but with a resurrected

00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:50.140
 body not even

00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:51.100
 holes in the hands

00:23:51.100 --> 00:23:52.140
 or holes in the feet

00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:52.960
 or holes in the side

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.480
 like Jesus

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:54.380
 messed with the quality

00:23:54.380 --> 00:23:55.040
 of his day

00:23:55.040 --> 00:23:57.880
 resurrection changes

00:23:57.880 --> 00:23:58.520
 everything

00:23:58.520 --> 00:23:59.380
 there is hope

00:23:59.380 --> 00:24:00.340
 for the wheelchair

00:24:00.340 --> 00:24:00.880
 bound

00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:01.520
 of the person

00:24:01.520 --> 00:24:02.200
 with crippling

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:03.100
 emotional pain

00:24:03.100 --> 00:24:05.520
 no religion

00:24:05.520 --> 00:24:06.560
 in the world

00:24:06.560 --> 00:24:07.460
 except biblical

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:08.080
 Christianity

00:24:08.080 --> 00:24:09.780
 promises us

00:24:09.780 --> 00:24:11.640
 new minds

00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:12.920
 new and perfect

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:13.420
 minds

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:14.180
 new and perfect

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:14.680
 hearts

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.160
 and new and

00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:15.840
 perfect bodies

00:24:15.840 --> 00:24:16.440
 forever

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:18.259
 only in the gospel

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:19.039
 of the Lord Jesus

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:20.300
 do people find

00:24:20.300 --> 00:24:22.000
 such a magnificent

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.640
 hope

00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:25.220
 and so when people

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:27.180
 in an attempt

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:28.460
 to try and

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:30.120
 be helpful

00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:31.140
 and maybe win

00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:32.000
 people over

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:33.560
 and when they

00:24:33.560 --> 00:24:34.740
 turn the resurrection

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.220
 of Jesus

00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:36.180
 into a metaphor

00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:36.960
 a symbol

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.820
 for new life

00:24:37.820 --> 00:24:38.420
 and growth

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:39.560
 through suffering

00:24:39.560 --> 00:24:41.400
 you rip the guts

00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:43.400
 at Easter

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:47.060
 you rip the guts

00:24:47.060 --> 00:24:47.519
 out of all

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.019
 the hope

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.519
 of Easter

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:50.200
 can you imagine

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:50.740
 the first

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.420
 you know

00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:52.180
 like the apostle

00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:52.700
 Paul

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.620
 first priest

00:24:53.620 --> 00:24:54.160
 of the resurrection

00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:54.840
 going the poor

00:24:54.840 --> 00:24:55.700
 and the slaves

00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:56.980
 and the outcasts

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.660
 of society

00:24:57.660 --> 00:24:58.500
 in the first century

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.320
 and saying

00:24:59.320 --> 00:25:00.000
 let me tell you

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.820
 about the resurrection

00:25:00.820 --> 00:25:01.320
 of Jesus

00:25:01.320 --> 00:25:01.680
 you know

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.120
 it didn't actually

00:25:02.120 --> 00:25:02.460
 happen

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:02.980
 but it's a great

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.320
 symbol

00:25:03.320 --> 00:25:04.200
 of how good

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:05.120
 triumphs

00:25:05.120 --> 00:25:05.880
 over evil

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:06.519
 so go and

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.220
 be nice

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:07.860
 to one another

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:08.699
 and can you

00:25:08.699 --> 00:25:09.479
 imagine the crippled

00:25:09.479 --> 00:25:09.799
 there

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:11.019
 and the poverty

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.399
 stricken

00:25:11.399 --> 00:25:12.159
 the tormented

00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:13.179
 and the outcast

00:25:13.179 --> 00:25:15.039
 that's just

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.719
 what I needed

00:25:15.719 --> 00:25:16.199
 to hear

00:25:16.199 --> 00:25:17.959
 that's just

00:25:17.959 --> 00:25:18.359
 you know

00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:19.659
 that is what

00:25:19.659 --> 00:25:20.079
 I need

00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:20.859
 day by day

00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:21.679
 in my crippling

00:25:21.679 --> 00:25:22.059
 pain

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:22.839
 and my loneliness

00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:23.899
 and my starvation

00:25:23.899 --> 00:25:24.879
 a symbol

00:25:24.879 --> 00:25:25.879
 of something

00:25:25.879 --> 00:25:30.019
 the resurrection

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.539
 is a nice

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.000
 symbol

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:32.159
 has no power

00:25:32.159 --> 00:25:33.219
 to change

00:25:33.219 --> 00:25:33.740
 anything

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:35.079
 doesn't offer

00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:35.699
 any hope

00:25:35.699 --> 00:25:36.479
 at all

00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:39.680
 but the actual

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:40.799
 historical

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:42.400
 physical resurrection

00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:42.839
 of Jesus

00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:44.180
 changes everything

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:45.720
 if you know

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.940
 that this

00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:47.799
 is not

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.519
 the openly

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.279
 tangible

00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:50.660
 concrete life

00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:53.420
 and in fact

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:53.839
 the next one

00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:54.160
 is going to be

00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:54.460
 better

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:55.099
 who cares

00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:55.579
 what people

00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:56.180
 do to you

00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:58.680
 the resurrection

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.180
 makes you

00:25:59.180 --> 00:26:00.220
 free from this

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:00.920
 life enough

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.599
 to be brave

00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:02.160
 and courageous

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 and joyful

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 and sacrificial

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:04.799
 and patient

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:08.319
 resurrection

00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:09.059
 means you can

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.799
 face the worst

00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:10.639
 things in this

00:26:10.639 --> 00:26:11.419
 life with joy

00:26:11.419 --> 00:26:12.119
 and with hope

00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:12.859
 there's a great

00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:14.919
 clip circulating

00:26:14.919 --> 00:26:15.559
 around at the

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.339
 moment about the

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:16.919
 bombings which

00:26:16.919 --> 00:26:17.659
 happened in Egypt

00:26:17.659 --> 00:26:18.339
 you know the

00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:19.119
 security guard

00:26:19.119 --> 00:26:19.599
 who turned the

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.159
 bomber away

00:26:20.159 --> 00:26:21.279
 and the security

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:21.740
 guard at the

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.319
 church in Egypt

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:23.279
 got blown up

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:24.599
 his wife

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 is being

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:26.180
 interviewed

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:28.480
 and she's

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.200
 distraught

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 but she talks

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:31.359
 about hope

00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:32.259
 and she talks

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.559
 about the

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:32.839
 resurrection

00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:33.440
 hope of her

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:33.879
 husband

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 and she talks

00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:35.720
 about forgiveness

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:38.679
 for those

00:26:38.679 --> 00:26:39.339
 who perpetrated

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:40.000
 such an evil

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.539
 against her

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:40.879
 husband

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 and against

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 all those

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 people who

00:26:43.119 --> 00:26:43.619
 were killed

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:46.480
 and the

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:47.480
 face on the

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:48.480
 Muslim

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:49.399
 interviewer

00:26:49.399 --> 00:26:51.279
 he says

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.899
 we have

00:26:51.899 --> 00:26:52.599
 persecuted

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:53.599
 these Christians

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:54.539
 in this country

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.399
 for centuries

00:26:55.399 --> 00:26:56.799
 and they're

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:57.200
 made of

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:57.879
 steel

00:26:57.879 --> 00:26:59.879
 they're made

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 of steel

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 to offer

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:01.840
 forgiveness

00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:04.200
 to someone

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:04.560
 who did

00:27:04.560 --> 00:27:04.940
 that

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:06.060
 you see

00:27:06.060 --> 00:27:06.320
 that's what

00:27:06.320 --> 00:27:06.720
 the resurrection

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.640
 does for you

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:09.120
 gives you

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:10.060
 hope beyond

00:27:10.060 --> 00:27:12.460
 the resurrection

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:12.980
 means you can

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.400
 give yourself

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:14.240
 to serving God

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:14.880
 in this world

00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:15.720
 that he loves

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.380
 and that he is

00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:17.080
 redeeming and

00:27:17.080 --> 00:27:18.480
 remaking through

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:19.120
 the Lord Jesus

00:27:19.120 --> 00:27:20.860
 so if you allow

00:27:20.860 --> 00:27:21.500
 the resurrection

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.120
 of Jesus

00:27:22.120 --> 00:27:23.299
 the Easter day

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.160
 event to change

00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:24.840
 your world view

00:27:24.840 --> 00:27:27.320
 and change the

00:27:27.320 --> 00:27:28.100
 way you see

00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:28.519
 Jesus

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:29.120
 then in turn

00:27:29.120 --> 00:27:29.759
 it will allow

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.599
 you to embrace

00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:31.180
 the hope

00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:31.799
 of Easter

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:33.859
 now I don't

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:34.839
 want you to

00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:35.440
 leave here

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:36.039
 for this to be

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:37.299
 a mere take it

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:37.720
 or leave it

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.379
 symbolism

00:27:38.379 --> 00:27:39.480
 where you respond

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:40.099
 well thanks Steve

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:41.039
 stimulating sermon

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.900
 let's get off

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:42.559
 to the Easter egg

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:42.839
 hunt

00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:46.480
 this is news

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:49.900
 it's meant to

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.559
 rally you to your

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:50.819
 core

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.379
 the difference is

00:27:51.379 --> 00:27:52.000
 this suppose you

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.839
 hear that last

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:53.819
 year ten kids

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.599
 you read it

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:55.019
 in the

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.619
 North Shore

00:27:55.619 --> 00:27:55.920
 Times

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.500
 ten kids in

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.059
 Chatswood

00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:58.759
 were hit by

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.319
 cars while

00:27:59.319 --> 00:27:59.519
 they were

00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.019
 playing

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:01.159
 and you

00:28:01.159 --> 00:28:01.679
 read that

00:28:01.679 --> 00:28:02.240
 news and

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:02.379
 you're

00:28:02.379 --> 00:28:02.700
 whinge and

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:02.919
 you say

00:28:02.919 --> 00:28:03.500
 what a

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:03.859
 tragedy

00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:04.139
 it must

00:28:04.139 --> 00:28:04.460
 be awful

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:04.819
 for those

00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:05.440
 parents

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:06.079
 then you

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.339
 turn over

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:06.619
 the next

00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:07.079
 news item

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.299
 on the

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:07.700
 page

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:10.720
 then suddenly

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.079
 as you're

00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:11.419
 reading the

00:28:11.419 --> 00:28:12.099
 next page

00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:13.519
 your front

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.220
 door bursts

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.839
 open and

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:16.159
 your 12

00:28:16.159 --> 00:28:16.500
 year old

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.200
 daughter comes

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:17.919
 screaming into

00:28:17.919 --> 00:28:18.359
 the house

00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:18.700
 with the

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.259
 news that

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:19.619
 your 9

00:28:19.619 --> 00:28:19.940
 year old

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.319
 son has

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:20.619
 just been

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:20.919
 hit by

00:28:20.919 --> 00:28:21.359
 a car

00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:22.200
 in the

00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:22.399
 front

00:28:22.399 --> 00:28:22.759
 yard

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:25.259
 now that

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:25.679
 piece of

00:28:25.679 --> 00:28:26.139
 news is

00:28:26.139 --> 00:28:26.559
 different

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:29.059
 the first

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.419
 piece of

00:28:29.419 --> 00:28:29.799
 news was

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:30.240
 true

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.779
 you didn't

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.240
 doubt it

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:32.220
 there was a

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.679
 good evidence

00:28:32.679 --> 00:28:33.279
 for it

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:34.519
 but now

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:35.139
 there's a

00:28:35.139 --> 00:28:35.480
 piece of

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:36.019
 news that

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.419
 goes to

00:28:36.419 --> 00:28:36.779
 the core

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.000
 of your

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.379
 being

00:28:37.379 --> 00:28:38.799
 it shakes

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.079
 you

00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:40.119
 it changes

00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:40.480
 everything

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:41.039
 for you

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:43.000
 everything in

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.379
 you comes

00:28:43.379 --> 00:28:43.859
 alive to

00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:44.460
 this reality

00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:44.879
 that it's

00:28:44.879 --> 00:28:45.539
 your son

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.339
 touches

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:47.279
 your existence

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:48.179
 it will

00:28:48.179 --> 00:28:48.500
 change

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:48.879
 everything

00:28:48.879 --> 00:28:49.200
 in your

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:49.559
 life

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:49.859
 it will

00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:50.139
 break

00:28:50.139 --> 00:28:50.619
 your heart

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:50.960
 it will

00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:51.279
 shatter

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.859
 things

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.599
 in you

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.619
 more deeply

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:54.119
 than has

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:54.599
 ever been

00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:54.899
 touched

00:28:54.899 --> 00:28:55.359
 before

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:58.599
 that's

00:28:58.599 --> 00:28:59.019
 the impact

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.240
 of the

00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.639
 resurrection

00:28:59.639 --> 00:29:02.039
 here again

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.559
 the impact

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:03.359
 Jesus died

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:03.699
 in your

00:29:03.699 --> 00:29:04.179
 place for

00:29:04.179 --> 00:29:04.619
 your sins

00:29:04.619 --> 00:29:04.939
 against

00:29:04.939 --> 00:29:05.399
 God

00:29:05.399 --> 00:29:06.639
 he

00:29:06.639 --> 00:29:07.159
 Jesus

00:29:07.159 --> 00:29:07.799
 is risen

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.299
 from the

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:08.619
 dead

00:29:08.619 --> 00:29:09.539
 Jesus

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:10.099
 will never

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.819
 die again

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:12.099
 he has been

00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:12.659
 appointed as

00:29:12.659 --> 00:29:12.979
 the ruler

00:29:12.979 --> 00:29:13.219
 of the

00:29:13.219 --> 00:29:13.639
 universe

00:29:13.639 --> 00:29:14.139
 and all

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:14.500
 who put

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:14.979
 their trust

00:29:14.979 --> 00:29:15.259
 in him

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.579
 will be

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:15.919
 raised

00:29:15.919 --> 00:29:16.379
 with him

00:29:16.379 --> 00:29:16.759
 and live

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.159
 forever

00:29:17.159 --> 00:29:17.899
 with him

00:29:17.899 --> 00:29:19.639
 I long

00:29:19.639 --> 00:29:20.279
 for you

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:20.979
 to hear

00:29:20.979 --> 00:29:21.839
 that news

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:22.359
 today

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:24.399
 not just

00:29:24.399 --> 00:29:24.759
 to hear

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.099
 it as

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.559
 merely

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:26.240
 provable

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.819
 reports

00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:27.219
 of some

00:29:27.219 --> 00:29:27.619
 religious

00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:28.279
 claims

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:29.279
 but as

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:29.819
 the cry

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.219
 of your

00:29:30.219 --> 00:29:30.579
 child

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:30.959
 bursting

00:29:30.959 --> 00:29:31.240
 through

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.779
 the door

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:33.879
 this has

00:29:33.879 --> 00:29:34.539
 to do

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.339
 with you

00:29:35.339 --> 00:29:36.699
 Easter

00:29:36.699 --> 00:29:37.240
 is your

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.740
 death

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.659
 it is

00:29:38.659 --> 00:29:39.419
 your life

00:29:39.419 --> 00:29:40.399
 it is

00:29:40.399 --> 00:29:41.019
 your hope

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.259
 father