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 Power of your Holy Spirit to be upon him and upon us all,

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 so that we would hear the word of God,

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 our hearts would be opened,

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 and we would respond and rejoice in the truth.

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 Bless Michael now as he comes to preach.

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 In Jesus' name and for his glory.

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 Amen.

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 Well, it's nice to be back with you again

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 and to be able to share this Easter Sunday with you.

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 The Lord has indeed risen from the dead,

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 and that's what we're going to be thinking of this morning.

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 I think the first thing I must say,

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 I don't know whether you've listened to the news,

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 because if you do, you'll know that there's not much good news in the world today.

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 There's wars, and there's rumors of wars.

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 I learned in the week what the mother of all bombs was,

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 as a bomb was dropped,

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 and we were told that many, many people were killed as a result of that bomb.

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 We hear of friction in Korea,

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 and what might or might not happen there.

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 All around us, there seems to be so much

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 that would cause us to be in the dumps,

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 nothing to rejoice about.

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 But it's Easter,

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 and the Christian, in spite of all that's going on in the world today,

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 I can rejoice.

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 I thought as I prepared this message

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 of what took place at the end of the Second World War.

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 Again, there had been so many deaths,

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 so much destruction.

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 And Japan, at that time,

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 when war in Europe ended,

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 the war was still going on in the Far East,

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 and the Americans reasoned,

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 well, if we try to invade Japan

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 to bring an end to the war,

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 well, so many people will die.

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 So they decided to drop a bomb.

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 They didn't quite know the effects of it.

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 It had never happened before.

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 An atomic bomb.

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 And it underlined then,

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 as bombs and wars,

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 underlined now,

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 that man is swift to shed blood.

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 But that particular bomb

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 that landed on Hiroshima

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 killed thousands of people.

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 But there's something else that it did.

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 Its effects

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 continued to influence Japan

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 for ages afterwards,

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 as people suffered from radiation poisoning,

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 and children

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 who as yet were unborn,

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 when they were born,

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 were born with all kinds of deformities.

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 That's what happens

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 when men

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 destroy men.

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 When men are indeed swift

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 to shed blood.

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 A fallout took place

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 that affected

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 many people

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 for many generations.

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 Horrible, isn't it?

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 But I want to speak

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 this morning

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 about another

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 explosive event

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 that didn't bring death,

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 but brought life.

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 An event

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 whose fallout

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 continues

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 to this

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 very day.

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 For you and I,

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 as a result of the

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 resurrection

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 are gathered here

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 this morning,

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 we can rejoice

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 in the fallout

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 from the resurrection

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 of the Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 We see

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 on one hand

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 in the world

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 man's inhumanity

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 to his fellow men.

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 But on the other hand,

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 we see

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 the wonder

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 of the death

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 and the resurrection

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 that continues,

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 its message

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 continues,

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 to reverberate

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 around the world.

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 So that today

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 we may be

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 few in number,

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 but we're meeting

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 with thousands

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 of others

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 who are rejoicing

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 that Christ

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 lives.

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 And we're

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 joining mystically

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 with those

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 who have gone

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 before us

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 who are already

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 experiencing

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 the presence

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 of Christ.

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 What a wonder

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 is the

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 message

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 of Easter

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 and the message

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 of the death

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 and resurrection

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 of the Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 And as we

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 look at

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 these verses

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 this morning

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 that were read

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 to us just now,

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 I want us

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 to see

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 two main

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 points.

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 The first

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 point

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 that I draw

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 your attention

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 to

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 is that

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 resurrection

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 is a

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 vital

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 truth.

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 It's not

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 an add-on.

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 It's vital

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 to the

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 Christian

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 message.

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 If Christ

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 isn't risen,

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 says the

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 Apostle Paul,

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 then so much

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 falls into

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 the background

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 that there

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 is no

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 Christian

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 message

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 if the

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 resurrection

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 didn't

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 take place.

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 And he

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 tells us

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 that in

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 the verses

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 12 to

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 19.

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 He tells

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 us in

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 verse 12

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 that some

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 people were

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 going about

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 teaching

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 that there

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 was no

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 resurrection

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 of the

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 dead,

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 that it

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 just didn't

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 happen.

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 Rather like

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 people say

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 today,

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 something like

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 this,

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 no one

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 has come

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 back to

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 tell us.

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 So death

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 is the

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 end because

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 no one

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 has stood

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 on the

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 scene of

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 time who

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 has died.

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 That, of

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 course, is

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 a lie.

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 But people

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 are still

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 saying it

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 because they

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 haven't

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 really

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 grasped

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 the wonder

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 of the

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 resurrection

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 of the

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 Lord Jesus.

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 He came

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 back to

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 show that

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 there was

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 life after

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 death.

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 If there

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 is no

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 resurrection,

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 says the

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 Apostle Paul,

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 then the

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 fact is

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 that Christ

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 lies in

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 the grave.

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 There has

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 been no

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 resurrection.

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 resurrection.

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 There were

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 those who

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 were teaching

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 in that

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 day as

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 people teach

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 today that

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 Jesus died,

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 he was put

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 in a grave,

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 and that

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 was the

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 end.

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 Even one

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 theologian

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 taught something

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 like this.

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 He said it

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 isn't the

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 bodily

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 resurrection

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 that matters.

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 He says it

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 is if

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 Christ's

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 spirit lives

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 on in

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 the church.

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 But the

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 bodily

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 resurrection

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 does matter.

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 It did

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 happen.

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 There are

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 many religions

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 in the world

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 in which we

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 live, and

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 their founders.

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 Well, they

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 have been laid

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 in the ground,

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 and we can

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 visit their

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 graves.

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 But we

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 cannot go to

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 the grave

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 of Christ

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 because he

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 has risen.

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 How then

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 can you say

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 there is

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 no resurrection?

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 If there

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 is no

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 resurrection,

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 Christ is

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 in the

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 grave.

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 But we

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 come together

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 this morning

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 because the

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 tomb is

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 empty.

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 The grave

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 clothes have

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 been left

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 behind.

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 Christ has

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 indeed been

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 raised from

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 the dead.

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 I love the

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 story of

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 Lazarus.

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 And you

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 remember how

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 Jesus says

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 as he

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 approaches the

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 grave of

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 Lazarus,

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 who has been

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 dead for

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 four days.

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 He says,

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 I am the

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 resurrection

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 and the

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 life.

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 It lies

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 within myself

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 to give

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 power over

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 death itself.

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 I am the

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 resurrection

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 and the

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 life.

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 And then

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 Christ comes

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 to the grave

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 of Jesus,

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 of Lazarus.

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 and there

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 he is

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 outside of

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 the grave

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 and he

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 says,

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 Lazarus,

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 come forth.

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 And

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 Lazarus

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 comes out

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 of the

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 grave,

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 still

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 wrapped in

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 the grave

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 clothes.

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 Why was he

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 wrapped in

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 the grave

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 clothes?

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 Well, he

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 would need

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 them again,

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 wouldn't he?

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 because he

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 would die

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 ultimately.

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 But when

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 Christ rose

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 from the

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 grave,

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 he left

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 the grave

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 clothes

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 behind,

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 they would

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 be needed

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 no more.

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 How then

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 can people

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 say there

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 is no

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 resurrection

00:10:07.860 --> 00:10:08.860
 of the

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 dead?

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 Christ does

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 not lie

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 in the

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 grave.

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 He is

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 risen.

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 And we

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 rejoice today

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 in the

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 fact that

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 he is

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 risen.

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 It's a

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 vital

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 truth.

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 If Christ

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 is not

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 risen,

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 then the

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 very message

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 of Easter

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 is a

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 lie.

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 But Paul

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 has already

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 told us,

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 as I no

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 doubt you

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 received,

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 you heard

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 last week,

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 that Christ

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 has risen.

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 When Paul

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 arrives in

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 Corinth,

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 he tells

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 them the

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 message of

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 Easter.

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 He says

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 it is of

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 first importance,

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 verses 3

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 and 4.

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 But if

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 Christ

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 isn't

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 raised from

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 the dead,

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 says the

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 apostle,

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 then we

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 are liars.

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 And we've

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 lied about

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 God

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 himself,

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 who we

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 have said

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 raise

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 Christ

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 from the

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 dead.

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 If Christ

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 didn't raise

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 him from

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 the dead,

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 he's still

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 in the

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 grave.

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 And we've

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 made out

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 God to

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 be someone

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 who is

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 false,

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 because he

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 has indeed

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 raised him

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 from the

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 dead.

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 He is not

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 false.

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 And when

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 Paul speaks

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 the truth

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 of the

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 resurrection,

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 it undergirds

00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:42.539
 the message

00:11:42.539 --> 00:11:43.980
 of salvation.

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 The message

00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:47.179
 of salvation

00:11:47.179 --> 00:11:48.659
 says that

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 the death

00:11:49.340 --> 00:11:50.500
 and the

00:11:50.500 --> 00:11:51.340
 burial of

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 Jesus wasn't

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 the end.

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 He rose

00:11:54.580 --> 00:11:55.559
 again by

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 the power

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 of God.

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 Look at

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 the verses

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 that we have

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 there before

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 us in our

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 reading.

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 If Christ

00:12:06.539 --> 00:12:07.700
 has not

00:12:07.700 --> 00:12:08.620
 been raised,

00:12:09.100 --> 00:12:09.759
 our preaching

00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:10.759
 is useless

00:12:10.759 --> 00:12:12.059
 and so

00:12:12.059 --> 00:12:12.639
 is your

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 faith.

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 More than

00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:15.019
 that,

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 we are

00:12:16.460 --> 00:12:17.319
 then found

00:12:17.319 --> 00:12:17.779
 to be

00:12:17.779 --> 00:12:18.179
 false

00:12:18.179 --> 00:12:18.799
 witnesses

00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:20.120
 about God.

00:12:20.700 --> 00:12:21.299
 For we

00:12:21.299 --> 00:12:22.360
 have testified

00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:23.700
 about God

00:12:23.700 --> 00:12:24.480
 that he

00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:25.340
 raised him

00:12:25.340 --> 00:12:25.939
 from the

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 dead.

00:12:27.039 --> 00:12:27.539
 But he

00:12:27.539 --> 00:12:28.019
 did not

00:12:28.019 --> 00:12:28.700
 raise him

00:12:28.700 --> 00:12:29.899
 if in fact

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 the dead

00:12:30.559 --> 00:12:31.220
 are not

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 raised.

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 Resurrection

00:12:35.379 --> 00:12:36.960
 is vital.

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 And when

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 Paul utters

00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:40.759
 those words,

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 he says

00:12:41.419 --> 00:12:41.820
 this,

00:12:42.279 --> 00:12:43.600
 we are

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 then found

00:12:44.500 --> 00:12:45.039
 to be

00:12:45.039 --> 00:12:45.820
 false

00:12:45.820 --> 00:12:46.519
 witnesses.

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 Who are

00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:48.439
 the we

00:12:48.439 --> 00:12:48.960
 that he's

00:12:48.960 --> 00:12:49.840
 talking about?

00:12:50.659 --> 00:12:50.879
 Well,

00:12:50.899 --> 00:12:51.220
 there are a

00:12:51.220 --> 00:12:51.740
 number of

00:12:51.740 --> 00:12:52.500
 possibilities.

00:12:53.659 --> 00:12:54.059
 Perhaps

00:12:54.059 --> 00:12:54.759
 he's talking

00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:55.600
 about those

00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:56.580
 who first

00:12:56.580 --> 00:12:57.320
 brought the

00:12:57.320 --> 00:12:58.059
 gospel to

00:12:58.059 --> 00:12:58.820
 the Corinthians.

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 We read

00:13:00.139 --> 00:13:00.720
 about it

00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:01.419
 in Acts

00:13:01.419 --> 00:13:02.080
 18.

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 Priscilla

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 and Aquila,

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 a husband

00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:07.699
 and wife

00:13:07.699 --> 00:13:08.240
 team,

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 they were

00:13:09.120 --> 00:13:10.079
 involved in

00:13:10.079 --> 00:13:10.740
 bringing the

00:13:10.740 --> 00:13:11.219
 message.

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 Was their

00:13:11.939 --> 00:13:12.399
 message

00:13:12.399 --> 00:13:12.919
 false?

00:13:13.199 --> 00:13:13.599
 No.

00:13:15.779 --> 00:13:16.559
 Paul and

00:13:16.559 --> 00:13:17.419
 Silas had

00:13:17.419 --> 00:13:18.179
 an involvement

00:13:18.179 --> 00:13:19.099
 in bringing

00:13:19.099 --> 00:13:19.879
 the message

00:13:19.879 --> 00:13:20.719
 of death

00:13:20.719 --> 00:13:21.500
 and resurrection

00:13:21.500 --> 00:13:22.399
 of the Lord

00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:23.360
 Jesus to

00:13:23.360 --> 00:13:23.899
 the people

00:13:23.899 --> 00:13:24.479
 of Cairn.

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 Were they

00:13:25.179 --> 00:13:25.699
 false?

00:13:25.919 --> 00:13:26.360
 No.

00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:28.059
 Timothy

00:13:28.059 --> 00:13:29.559
 was involved.

00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:30.579
 Also,

00:13:30.860 --> 00:13:31.620
 Apollos

00:13:31.620 --> 00:13:32.559
 had an

00:13:32.559 --> 00:13:33.079
 input

00:13:33.080 --> 00:13:34.160
 into the

00:13:34.160 --> 00:13:34.860
 situation

00:13:34.860 --> 00:13:35.879
 and all

00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:36.320
 of them

00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:36.900
 preached

00:13:36.900 --> 00:13:37.280
 the

00:13:37.280 --> 00:13:38.000
 resurrection

00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:39.240
 of the

00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:39.520
 Lord

00:13:39.520 --> 00:13:39.900
 Jesus

00:13:39.900 --> 00:13:40.480
 Christ

00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:41.160
 and it

00:13:41.160 --> 00:13:41.920
 was the

00:13:41.920 --> 00:13:42.520
 message

00:13:42.520 --> 00:13:43.360
 of the

00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:43.840
 early

00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:44.400
 church

00:13:44.400 --> 00:13:45.120
 and the

00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:45.560
 early

00:13:45.560 --> 00:13:46.160
 church

00:13:46.160 --> 00:13:47.200
 turned the

00:13:47.200 --> 00:13:47.540
 world

00:13:47.540 --> 00:13:48.879
 upside down

00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:49.660
 as they

00:13:49.660 --> 00:13:50.320
 proclaimed

00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:51.080
 the death

00:13:51.080 --> 00:13:51.700
 and

00:13:51.700 --> 00:13:52.540
 resurrection

00:13:52.540 --> 00:13:53.500
 of the

00:13:53.500 --> 00:13:53.860
 Lord

00:13:53.860 --> 00:13:54.440
 Jesus

00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:54.960
 Christ.

00:13:55.200 --> 00:13:55.620
 No.

00:13:55.960 --> 00:13:56.139
 The

00:13:56.139 --> 00:13:56.720
 resurrection

00:13:56.720 --> 00:13:57.860
 isn't

00:13:57.860 --> 00:13:58.360
 a lie.

00:13:58.620 --> 00:13:58.840
 We're

00:13:58.840 --> 00:13:59.300
 not

00:13:59.300 --> 00:13:59.780
 false

00:13:59.780 --> 00:14:00.220
 witnesses.

00:14:00.740 --> 00:14:00.860
 We

00:14:00.860 --> 00:14:01.259
 have

00:14:01.259 --> 00:14:01.720
 brought

00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:02.040
 you

00:14:02.040 --> 00:14:02.500
 the

00:14:02.500 --> 00:14:03.080
 truth

00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:03.779
 of the

00:14:03.779 --> 00:14:04.480
 resurrection

00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:05.639
 of this

00:14:05.639 --> 00:14:06.540
 vital

00:14:06.540 --> 00:14:07.340
 truth.

00:14:09.920 --> 00:14:10.139
 Or

00:14:10.139 --> 00:14:10.620
 perhaps

00:14:10.620 --> 00:14:11.220
 Paul

00:14:11.220 --> 00:14:12.220
 was

00:14:12.220 --> 00:14:12.580
 thinking

00:14:12.580 --> 00:14:13.620
 of all

00:14:13.620 --> 00:14:14.000
 the

00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:14.700
 apostles.

00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:17.200
 What did

00:14:17.200 --> 00:14:18.060
 they proclaim?

00:14:18.460 --> 00:14:18.620
 Well,

00:14:18.680 --> 00:14:18.879
 they

00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:19.660
 proclaimed

00:14:19.660 --> 00:14:20.560
 the death

00:14:20.560 --> 00:14:20.899
 and

00:14:20.899 --> 00:14:21.500
 resurrection

00:14:21.500 --> 00:14:22.840
 of Christ.

00:14:23.300 --> 00:14:23.440
 Were

00:14:23.440 --> 00:14:23.820
 they

00:14:23.820 --> 00:14:24.460
 false

00:14:24.460 --> 00:14:24.980
 witnesses?

00:14:27.080 --> 00:14:27.800
 Remember

00:14:27.799 --> 00:14:28.399
 on the

00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:28.740
 day

00:14:28.740 --> 00:14:29.120
 of

00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:29.939
 Pentecost?

00:14:31.299 --> 00:14:31.719
 Peter

00:14:31.719 --> 00:14:32.639
 preached,

00:14:33.359 --> 00:14:33.979
 the other

00:14:33.979 --> 00:14:34.620
 apostles

00:14:34.620 --> 00:14:35.379
 witnessed.

00:14:36.219 --> 00:14:36.659
 And we

00:14:36.659 --> 00:14:37.279
 are told

00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:38.000
 that those

00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:38.620
 who listened

00:14:38.620 --> 00:14:39.179
 to them

00:14:39.179 --> 00:14:40.199
 devoted

00:14:40.199 --> 00:14:40.939
 themselves

00:14:40.939 --> 00:14:41.839
 to the

00:14:41.839 --> 00:14:42.399
 apostles

00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:43.039
 teaching.

00:14:43.779 --> 00:14:44.479
 What was

00:14:44.479 --> 00:14:45.259
 that teaching?

00:14:46.099 --> 00:14:46.439
 Well,

00:14:46.500 --> 00:14:46.939
 it was

00:14:46.939 --> 00:14:47.379
 indeed

00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:47.959
 the whole

00:14:47.959 --> 00:14:48.559
 counsel

00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:49.479
 of God

00:14:49.479 --> 00:14:51.019
 and the

00:14:51.019 --> 00:14:51.319
 whole

00:14:51.319 --> 00:14:51.919
 counsel

00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:52.679
 of God

00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:53.959
 contained

00:14:53.959 --> 00:14:55.019
 the truth

00:14:55.019 --> 00:14:55.859
 of the

00:14:55.859 --> 00:14:56.559
 resurrection.

00:14:57.799 --> 00:14:59.000
 Remember

00:14:59.000 --> 00:14:59.659
 Peter

00:14:59.659 --> 00:15:00.500
 as he

00:15:00.500 --> 00:15:01.179
 preaches

00:15:01.179 --> 00:15:02.159
 at

00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:02.939
 Pentecost

00:15:02.939 --> 00:15:03.599
 filled

00:15:03.599 --> 00:15:04.399
 with the

00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:05.299
 Holy Spirit.

00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:06.019
 Hear

00:15:06.019 --> 00:15:06.419
 him.

00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:08.159
 You,

00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:09.159
 he says

00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:09.599
 to the

00:15:09.599 --> 00:15:10.120
 assembled

00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:10.639
 crowd

00:15:10.639 --> 00:15:11.399
 with the

00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:11.819
 help

00:15:11.819 --> 00:15:12.639
 of wicked

00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:13.099
 men,

00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:13.819
 put him

00:15:13.819 --> 00:15:14.459
 to death,

00:15:14.819 --> 00:15:15.299
 nailing

00:15:15.299 --> 00:15:15.799
 him to

00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:16.039
 the

00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:16.579
 cross.

00:15:17.419 --> 00:15:17.740
 But

00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:18.399
 God

00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:18.959
 raised

00:15:18.959 --> 00:15:19.299
 him

00:15:19.299 --> 00:15:19.779
 from

00:15:19.779 --> 00:15:20.159
 the

00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:20.559
 dead.

00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:21.000
 And

00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:21.139
 he

00:15:21.139 --> 00:15:21.439
 goes

00:15:21.439 --> 00:15:21.759
 on

00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:21.979
 to

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 say,

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 God

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 has

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 raised

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 this

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 Jesus

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 to

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 life.

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 We

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 are

00:15:26.719 --> 00:15:27.319
 all

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 witnesses.

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 The

00:15:29.920 --> 00:15:30.480
 resurrection

00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:31.400
 message

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 is a

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 lie

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 if

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 Christ

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 is

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 not

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 risen.

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 But

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 it is

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 no

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 lie.

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 Paul,

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 Apollos,

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 Timothy,

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 Silas,

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 Priscilla

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 and

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 Aquila,

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 the

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 apostles,

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 they

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 proclaimed

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 the

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 resurrection.

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 They

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 believed

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 it.

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 They

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 were

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 witnesses

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 to

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 the

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 fact

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 that

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 Christ

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 had

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 indeed

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 been

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 raised

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 from

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 the

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 dead.

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 But

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 it is

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 not

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 just

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 the

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 witnesses,

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 is it,

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 of those

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 who brought

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 the

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 message

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 to

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 Corinth.

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 It is

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 not

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 just

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 the

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 message

00:16:09.220 --> 00:16:09.500
 of

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 the

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 apostles.

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 The

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 whole

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 of

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 scripture

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 testifies

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 to the

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 fact

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 that

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 Christ

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 has

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 indeed

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 been

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 raised

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 from

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 the

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 dead.

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 On

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 the

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 day of

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 Pentecost,

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 what does

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 Peter

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 do?

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 He

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 proves

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 from

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 the

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 scriptures

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 that

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 Jesus

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 has

00:16:30.460 --> 00:16:30.740
 risen

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 from

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 the

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 dead.

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 What

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 scriptures?

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 Well,

00:16:33.659 --> 00:16:33.840
 the

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 Old

00:16:34.220 --> 00:16:34.840
 Testament

00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:35.439
 scriptures.

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 He

00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:36.480
 quotes

00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:36.779
 from

00:16:36.779 --> 00:16:37.039
 the

00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:37.700
 Psalms.

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 And

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 he

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 says,

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 well,

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 David,

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 his

00:16:41.779 --> 00:16:42.419
 grave is

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 with us

00:16:42.899 --> 00:16:43.399
 today.

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 But

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 he

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 speaks

00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:45.500
 about

00:16:45.500 --> 00:16:45.799
 the

00:16:45.799 --> 00:16:46.279
 Lord,

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 the

00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:47.679
 Lord

00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:47.960
 who

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 lives.

00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:50.919
 When

00:16:50.919 --> 00:16:51.340
 Jesus

00:16:51.340 --> 00:16:51.740
 is

00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:52.259
 speaking,

00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:53.659
 about

00:16:53.659 --> 00:16:54.460
 resurrection

00:16:54.460 --> 00:16:55.240
 after

00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:55.720
 death.

00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:56.279
 He

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 speaks

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 about

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 the

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 God

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 of

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 Abraham,

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 of

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 Isaac,

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 and of

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 Jacob.

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 For

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 God

00:17:01.840 --> 00:17:02.080
 is

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 the

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 God

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 of

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 the

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 living,

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 not

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 of

00:17:04.740 --> 00:17:04.920
 the

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 dead.

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 He

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 is

00:17:05.900 --> 00:17:06.299
 speaking

00:17:06.299 --> 00:17:06.660
 of

00:17:06.660 --> 00:17:07.920
 resurrection.

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 The

00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:12.319
 message

00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:12.599
 of

00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:13.140
 Easter

00:17:13.140 --> 00:17:13.660
 is

00:17:13.660 --> 00:17:14.279
 no

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 lie.

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 It's

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 a

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 vital

00:17:17.099 --> 00:17:18.000
 truth.

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 And

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 it's

00:17:19.640 --> 00:17:19.839
 a

00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:20.240
 truth

00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:20.519
 that

00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:20.799
 you

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 and

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 I

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 can

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 embrace

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 with

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 gladness

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 in

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 our

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 hearts.

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 What

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 happened

00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:27.980
 at

00:17:27.980 --> 00:17:28.519
 Jerusalem

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 on

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 the

00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:29.500
 day

00:17:29.500 --> 00:17:29.700
 of

00:17:29.700 --> 00:17:30.359
 Pentecost?

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 We

00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:30.980
 are

00:17:30.980 --> 00:17:31.339
 told

00:17:31.339 --> 00:17:31.680
 that

00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:33.019
 3,000

00:17:33.019 --> 00:17:33.839
 believed.

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 What

00:17:35.139 --> 00:17:35.659
 happened

00:17:35.659 --> 00:17:36.159
 in

00:17:36.159 --> 00:17:36.700
 Corinth?

00:17:37.059 --> 00:17:37.579
 Others

00:17:37.579 --> 00:17:38.559
 believed.

00:17:40.899 --> 00:17:41.319
 Well,

00:17:41.399 --> 00:17:41.819
 says the

00:17:41.819 --> 00:17:42.319
 Apostle

00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:42.599
 Paul,

00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:43.359
 if there

00:17:43.359 --> 00:17:43.879
 is no

00:17:43.879 --> 00:17:44.680
 resurrection,

00:17:45.159 --> 00:17:45.639
 then we

00:17:45.639 --> 00:17:46.180
 lied.

00:17:47.639 --> 00:17:47.940
 And

00:17:47.940 --> 00:17:48.220
 you

00:17:48.220 --> 00:17:48.759
 who have

00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:49.279
 believed

00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:50.059
 by faith,

00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:50.940
 your faith

00:17:50.940 --> 00:17:51.379
 is

00:17:51.380 --> 00:17:52.340
 misplaced.

00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:54.580
 And

00:17:54.580 --> 00:17:54.920
 our

00:17:54.920 --> 00:17:55.300
 faith

00:17:55.300 --> 00:17:55.540
 would

00:17:55.540 --> 00:17:55.860
 be

00:17:55.860 --> 00:17:57.200
 misplaced

00:17:57.200 --> 00:17:58.540
 if there

00:17:58.540 --> 00:17:59.340
 were no

00:17:59.340 --> 00:18:00.100
 resurrection

00:18:00.100 --> 00:18:01.160
 of the

00:18:01.160 --> 00:18:01.500
 dead.

00:18:02.840 --> 00:18:03.780
 But we

00:18:03.780 --> 00:18:04.140
 meet

00:18:04.140 --> 00:18:04.820
 together

00:18:04.820 --> 00:18:05.880
 as a

00:18:05.880 --> 00:18:06.720
 church in

00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:07.200
 Corinth

00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:07.600
 met

00:18:07.600 --> 00:18:08.160
 together

00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:08.980
 and as

00:18:08.980 --> 00:18:09.460
 every

00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:10.040
 Christian

00:18:10.040 --> 00:18:10.600
 church

00:18:10.600 --> 00:18:10.960
 down

00:18:10.960 --> 00:18:11.240
 through

00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:11.540
 the

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 ages

00:18:12.040 --> 00:18:12.780
 meet

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 together.

00:18:15.180 --> 00:18:16.060
 They

00:18:16.060 --> 00:18:16.760
 see that

00:18:16.760 --> 00:18:16.960
 the

00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:17.580
 resurrection

00:18:17.580 --> 00:18:18.400
 isn't an

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 optional

00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:19.600
 extra.

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 It's a

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 vital

00:18:21.100 --> 00:18:21.759
 truth.

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 And

00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:24.200
 Paul in

00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:24.800
 his day

00:18:24.800 --> 00:18:25.660
 and generation

00:18:25.660 --> 00:18:26.759
 wanted the

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 Corinthian

00:18:27.340 --> 00:18:28.200
 church to

00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:28.840
 see the

00:18:28.840 --> 00:18:30.220
 wonder of

00:18:30.220 --> 00:18:30.880
 resurrection.

00:18:31.180 --> 00:18:31.600
 That it

00:18:31.600 --> 00:18:32.220
 is no

00:18:32.220 --> 00:18:32.680
 lie.

00:18:33.120 --> 00:18:34.019
 That God

00:18:34.019 --> 00:18:35.100
 has indeed

00:18:35.100 --> 00:18:36.019
 raised

00:18:36.019 --> 00:18:36.640
 Christ

00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:38.039
 from the

00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:38.440
 dead.

00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:40.180
 Resurrection

00:18:40.180 --> 00:18:41.300
 is a

00:18:41.300 --> 00:18:41.700
 vital

00:18:41.700 --> 00:18:42.240
 truth.

00:18:43.100 --> 00:18:43.480
 Christ

00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:44.080
 doesn't

00:18:44.080 --> 00:18:44.600
 lie in

00:18:44.600 --> 00:18:45.200
 the grave.

00:18:45.820 --> 00:18:46.000
 The

00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:46.720
 message of

00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:46.900
 the

00:18:46.900 --> 00:18:47.340
 resurrection

00:18:47.340 --> 00:18:48.300
 is no

00:18:48.300 --> 00:18:48.680
 lie.

00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:49.299
 it's

00:18:49.299 --> 00:18:49.539
 the

00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:50.580
 testimony

00:18:50.580 --> 00:18:51.380
 of

00:18:51.380 --> 00:18:52.019
 this

00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:52.700
 book

00:18:52.700 --> 00:18:53.500
 of

00:18:53.500 --> 00:18:53.740
 the

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 prophets

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 and

00:18:55.060 --> 00:18:55.279
 the

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 apostles

00:18:55.820 --> 00:18:56.600
 and

00:18:56.600 --> 00:18:57.220
 Christian

00:18:57.220 --> 00:18:57.759
 saints

00:18:57.759 --> 00:18:58.340
 down

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 through

00:18:58.759 --> 00:18:59.100
 the

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 years.

00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:04.000
 The

00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:04.600
 message

00:19:04.600 --> 00:19:05.259
 of the

00:19:05.259 --> 00:19:05.700
 resurrection

00:19:05.700 --> 00:19:06.759
 is vital

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 because

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 if there

00:19:09.900 --> 00:19:10.519
 wasn't a

00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:11.160
 resurrection

00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:12.140
 there's

00:19:12.140 --> 00:19:12.440
 no

00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:13.140
 gospel

00:19:13.140 --> 00:19:13.840
 to

00:19:13.840 --> 00:19:14.480
 proclaim.

00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:15.560
 Look

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 what the

00:19:15.980 --> 00:19:16.299
 apostle

00:19:16.299 --> 00:19:16.820
 says

00:19:16.820 --> 00:19:17.340
 in

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 verse

00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:18.299
 17.

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 if

00:19:18.859 --> 00:19:19.519
 Christ

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 has

00:19:19.899 --> 00:19:20.339
 not

00:19:20.339 --> 00:19:20.700
 been

00:19:20.700 --> 00:19:21.220
 raised

00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:21.720
 your

00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:22.299
 faith

00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:22.700
 is

00:19:22.700 --> 00:19:23.519
 futile.

00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:24.099
 You

00:19:24.099 --> 00:19:24.339
 are

00:19:24.339 --> 00:19:24.879
 still

00:19:24.879 --> 00:19:25.359
 in

00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:25.759
 your

00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:26.480
 sins.

00:19:27.639 --> 00:19:28.000
 Paul

00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:28.659
 is

00:19:28.659 --> 00:19:28.919
 telling

00:19:28.919 --> 00:19:29.200
 the

00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:29.700
 Corinthians

00:19:29.700 --> 00:19:30.599
 very

00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:31.200
 clearly

00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:32.440
 that if

00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:33.019
 Christ

00:19:33.019 --> 00:19:33.680
 hasn't

00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:34.000
 risen

00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:34.399
 from

00:19:34.399 --> 00:19:34.639
 the

00:19:34.639 --> 00:19:34.919
 dead

00:19:34.919 --> 00:19:35.460
 there

00:19:35.460 --> 00:19:36.019
 is

00:19:36.019 --> 00:19:36.419
 no

00:19:36.419 --> 00:19:36.819
 good

00:19:36.819 --> 00:19:37.319
 news

00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:37.879
 to

00:19:37.879 --> 00:19:38.799
 proclaim.

00:19:39.980 --> 00:19:40.539
 Christ

00:19:40.539 --> 00:19:41.019
 Jesus

00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:41.879
 came

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 into

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 the

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 world

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 to

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 save

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 sinners.

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 How

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 did

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 he

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 do

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 it?

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 Well

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 certainly

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 through

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 his

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 death.

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 For

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 without

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 the

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 shedding

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 of

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 blood

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 there

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 could

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 be

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 no

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 forgiveness

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 of

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 sins.

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 But

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 there

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 also

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 had

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 to

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 be

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 a

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 resurrection.

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 Let's

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 work

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 this

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 out.

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 If

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 Christ

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 be

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 not

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 raised

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 your

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 faith

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 is

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 futile.

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 you

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 are

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 still

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 in

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 your

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 sins.

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 See

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 Jesus

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 he's

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 there

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 on

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 the

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 cross.

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 What

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 is

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 he

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 doing?

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 He's

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 offering

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 himself

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 as

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 a

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 sacrifice

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 to

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 God.

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 It

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 was

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 the

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 fulfillment

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 of

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 all

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 those

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 types

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 that

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 we

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 read

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 about

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 in

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 the

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 Old

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 Testament.

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 I

00:20:32.779 --> 00:20:33.039
 like

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 the

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 one

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 about

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 Noah

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 when

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 he

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 comes

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 out

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 of

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 the

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 ark

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 and

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 we're

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 told

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 he

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 makes

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 a

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 sacrifice.

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 A

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 burnt

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 offering

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 and

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 we are

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 told

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 the

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 Lord

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 God

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 in

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 heaven

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 smelled

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 a

00:20:51.899 --> 00:20:52.740
 pleasing

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 aroma.

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 In

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 other

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 words

00:20:56.579 --> 00:20:56.759
 it

00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:56.919
 was

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 God

00:20:57.559 --> 00:20:58.539
 accepting

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 the

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 sacrifice

00:21:00.159 --> 00:21:01.779
 that

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 Noah

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 offered.

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 Other

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 times

00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:05.240
 we

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 read

00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:05.759
 in

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 scripture

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 that

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 when

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 people

00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:09.500
 offered

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 a

00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:10.440
 sacrifice

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 it

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 was

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 a

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 stench

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 in

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 the

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 nostrils

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 of

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 God.

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 It

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 was

00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:16.079
 an

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 unaccepted

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 sacrifice.

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 Now

00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:19.220
 if

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:19.759
 Christ

00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:20.039
 had

00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:20.559
 remained

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 in

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 the

00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:21.779
 ground

00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:22.819
 the

00:21:22.819 --> 00:21:23.599
 sacrifice

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 of the

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 would

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 not

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 be

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 accepted.

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 But

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 it

00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:29.579
 was

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 accepted

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 and

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 the

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 resurrection

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 is

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 evidence

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 of the

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 acceptance

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 of the

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 sacrifice

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 of the

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 Lord

00:21:37.580 --> 00:21:37.920
 Jesus

00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:38.440
 Christ

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 on

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:39.340
 your

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 behalf

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 and

00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:40.819
 on

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.580
 my

00:21:41.580 --> 00:21:42.200
 behalf.

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 Here

00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:45.200
 is

00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:45.580
 Jesus

00:21:45.580 --> 00:21:46.100
 hanging

00:21:46.100 --> 00:21:46.440
 on

00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:46.660
 the

00:21:46.660 --> 00:21:47.160
 cross

00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:48.519
 and

00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:48.960
 all

00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:49.299
 the

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 wrath

00:21:49.700 --> 00:21:49.920
 of

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:50.400
 almighty

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 God

00:21:50.900 --> 00:21:51.160
 is

00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:51.720
 being

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.319
 poured

00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:52.860
 out

00:21:52.860 --> 00:21:53.440
 upon

00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:53.740
 him.

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 Your

00:21:54.360 --> 00:21:54.860
 sins

00:21:54.860 --> 00:21:55.279
 and

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:55.680
 my

00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:56.039
 sins

00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:56.620
 being

00:21:56.620 --> 00:21:57.299
 laid

00:21:57.299 --> 00:21:58.100
 upon

00:21:58.100 --> 00:21:58.480
 him.

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 He

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:02.039
 offers

00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:02.700
 himself

00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:04.259
 as a

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:05.480
 propitiation.

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 A long

00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:06.980
 word,

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 I know.

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 But what

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 it means

00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:09.500
 is he

00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:09.799
 was

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:10.559
 turning

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:11.160
 away

00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:11.500
 the

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:11.819
 wrath

00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:12.380
 of God

00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:13.080
 that was

00:22:13.080 --> 00:22:13.660
 deserved

00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:14.660
 by you

00:22:14.660 --> 00:22:15.440
 and me.

00:22:17.360 --> 00:22:17.640
 And

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:18.279
 as that

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:18.660
 wrath

00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:18.960
 is

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.600
 turned

00:22:19.600 --> 00:22:20.299
 away,

00:22:21.080 --> 00:22:21.519
 so

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.140
 God

00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:22.480
 in

00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:23.080
 heaven

00:22:23.080 --> 00:22:24.740
 accepts

00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:25.279
 the

00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:26.500
 sacrifice.

00:22:26.860 --> 00:22:27.160
 It's

00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:27.420
 a

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:28.259
 pleasing

00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:29.180
 aroma

00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:29.779
 to

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.299
 God.

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 Isn't

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.059
 this

00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:33.339
 what

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:34.220
 Isaiah

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:35.339
 spoke

00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:35.680
 of

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:37.019
 when

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.220
 he

00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:37.599
 wrote

00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:38.259
 Isaiah

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:39.119
 53

00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:40.139
 and

00:22:40.139 --> 00:22:40.480
 verses

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 10

00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:41.440
 and

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:41.899
 11?

00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:44.099
 Yet

00:22:44.099 --> 00:22:44.299
 it

00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:44.619
 was

00:22:44.619 --> 00:22:44.899
 the

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 Lord's

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 will

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 to

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 crush

00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:47.159
 him,

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 to

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 cause

00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:48.980
 him

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:49.279
 to

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 suffer.

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 And

00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:51.399
 though

00:22:51.399 --> 00:22:51.700
 the

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.000
 Lord

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.559
 makes

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:52.839
 his

00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:53.279
 life

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:53.659
 a

00:22:53.659 --> 00:22:54.039
 guilt

00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:54.659
 offering,

00:22:55.419 --> 00:22:55.839
 he

00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:56.240
 will

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.759
 see

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.319
 his

00:22:57.319 --> 00:22:58.039
 offspring

00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:59.159
 and

00:22:59.159 --> 00:22:59.740
 prolong

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 his

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 days.

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 Resurrection

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:03.420
 and

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:03.660
 the

00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:04.000
 will

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 of

00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:04.440
 the

00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:04.799
 Lord

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.160
 will

00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:05.920
 prosper

00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:06.680
 in

00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.099
 his

00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:07.839
 hands.

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:08.940
 And

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.140
 if

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:09.299
 you

00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:09.599
 look

00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:09.799
 in

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:09.960
 the

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:10.339
 margin

00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:10.599
 you

00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:10.779
 will

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.039
 have

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:11.420
 these

00:23:11.420 --> 00:23:11.940
 words,

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 he

00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:13.460
 will

00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:14.079
 see,

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 that

00:23:14.420 --> 00:23:14.640
 is

00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:15.180
 God

00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:15.779
 will

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.339
 see

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:16.920
 the

00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.539
 suffering

00:23:17.539 --> 00:23:18.160
 of

00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:18.519
 his

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:19.000
 soul,

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:19.500
 that

00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:19.740
 is

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.000
 the

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:20.519
 soul

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:20.859
 of

00:23:20.859 --> 00:23:21.039
 the

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:21.339
 Lord

00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:21.680
 Jesus

00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:22.200
 Christ

00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:23.160
 and

00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:23.960
 will

00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:24.779
 be

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:26.140
 satisfied.

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 this

00:23:30.300 --> 00:23:30.660
 theme

00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:30.840
 is

00:23:30.840 --> 00:23:31.140
 taken

00:23:31.140 --> 00:23:31.500
 up

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:31.720
 by

00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:31.940
 the

00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.380
 apostle

00:23:32.380 --> 00:23:32.880
 Paul

00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:34.100
 in

00:23:34.100 --> 00:23:34.400
 chapter

00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:35.020
 4

00:23:35.020 --> 00:23:35.360
 and

00:23:35.360 --> 00:23:35.600
 verse

00:23:35.600 --> 00:23:36.200
 25

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:36.640
 of

00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:37.280
 Romans

00:23:37.280 --> 00:23:38.640
 where

00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:38.800
 it

00:23:38.800 --> 00:23:39.040
 says

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 about

00:23:39.360 --> 00:23:39.840
 Jesus

00:23:39.840 --> 00:23:40.300
 our

00:23:40.300 --> 00:23:40.800
 Lord,

00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:41.900
 he

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:42.600
 was

00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:43.259
 delivered

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:44.240
 over

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:44.660
 to

00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:45.120
 death

00:23:45.120 --> 00:23:45.800
 for

00:23:45.800 --> 00:23:46.380
 our

00:23:46.380 --> 00:23:47.120
 sins

00:23:47.120 --> 00:23:47.840
 and

00:23:47.840 --> 00:23:48.280
 was

00:23:48.280 --> 00:23:48.980
 raised

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:49.280
 to

00:23:49.280 --> 00:23:49.640
 life

00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:50.460
 for

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:51.020
 our

00:23:51.020 --> 00:23:52.280
 justification.

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:54.259
 So it's

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:54.940
 not just

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.539
 the death

00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:56.259
 of Christ,

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.099
 vital

00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:57.680
 though that

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:58.240
 was,

00:23:58.899 --> 00:23:59.460
 it is

00:23:59.460 --> 00:23:59.879
 also

00:23:59.879 --> 00:24:00.339
 the

00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:01.180
 resurrection

00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:01.859
 of

00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:02.259
 Christ

00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:02.700
 for

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.460
 God

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:03.720
 has

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.399
 accepted

00:24:04.399 --> 00:24:04.819
 the

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.440
 sacrifice

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:06.139
 of

00:24:06.139 --> 00:24:06.440
 his

00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:06.759
 son.

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:07.299
 So

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:07.579
 the

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:08.059
 moment

00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:08.440
 you

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:08.660
 and

00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:08.920
 I

00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:09.599
 believe

00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:09.879
 and

00:24:09.879 --> 00:24:10.359
 trust

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:11.119
 in

00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:11.619
 the

00:24:11.619 --> 00:24:12.220
 risen

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:13.579
 Christ

00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:14.480
 who

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:15.039
 died

00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:15.379
 for

00:24:15.379 --> 00:24:15.940
 our

00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:16.519
 sins,

00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:17.259
 the

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.819
 perfect

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:18.460
 righteousness

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:18.899
 of

00:24:18.899 --> 00:24:19.339
 Christ

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:19.899
 is

00:24:19.899 --> 00:24:20.319
 put

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:20.720
 to

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.259
 our

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:21.960
 account

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.700
 and

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:23.039
 all

00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:23.319
 the

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:23.860
 blessings

00:24:23.860 --> 00:24:24.200
 that

00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:24.579
 come

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:24.819
 to

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.079
 us

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:25.680
 through

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:26.000
 the

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.259
 Lord

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:26.640
 Jesus

00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:27.279
 Christ.

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:30.120
 Christ

00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:31.799
 died,

00:24:32.620 --> 00:24:33.160
 Christ

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:34.220
 rose,

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.259
 God

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:36.240
 accepted

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:36.900
 the

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.840
 sacrifice.

00:24:38.840 --> 00:24:39.539
 But if

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:40.120
 Christ

00:24:40.120 --> 00:24:40.900
 isn't

00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:41.299
 risen,

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:43.460
 well the

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:44.059
 sacrifice

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.440
 doesn't

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:44.660
 be

00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:45.160
 accepted.

00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.120
 We are

00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:46.759
 still

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.340
 in

00:24:47.340 --> 00:24:47.920
 our

00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.660
 sins.

00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:49.259
 It

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:49.720
 is a

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:50.460
 dead

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:51.120
 Christ.

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:53.140
 But

00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:53.640
 no,

00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:54.819
 the

00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:55.200
 message

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:55.460
 of

00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:55.860
 Easter

00:24:55.860 --> 00:24:56.360
 says

00:24:56.360 --> 00:24:56.960
 he

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.579
 is

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.340
 risen.

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.039
 There

00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.700
 is

00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:00.120
 a

00:25:00.120 --> 00:25:00.620
 gospel.

00:25:01.100 --> 00:25:01.440
 Paul

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:01.860
 is

00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:02.539
 no

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.340
 false

00:25:03.340 --> 00:25:03.759
 witness.

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.759
 Christ

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.259
 is

00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:05.860
 risen.

00:25:06.360 --> 00:25:06.740
 Hallelujah!

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.579
 What a

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:08.900
 Savior!

00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:13.180
 If

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:13.700
 Christ

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:14.240
 is not

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.620
 risen,

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:16.720
 then there's

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.500
 no hope

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:19.400
 after death

00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:20.440
 for any

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:20.860
 one of

00:25:20.860 --> 00:25:21.240
 us.

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.740
 When we

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.080
 die,

00:25:26.360 --> 00:25:27.019
 we're put

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.660
 six feet

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:28.040
 under,

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.720
 and that's

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.620
 the end.

00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:31.940
 That's what

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.960
 Paul tells

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.440
 us in

00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:34.259
 verse 18.

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:35.840
 Then

00:25:35.840 --> 00:25:36.480
 those,

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.080
 if there

00:25:37.080 --> 00:25:37.540
 is no

00:25:37.540 --> 00:25:38.220
 resurrection,

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:39.400
 who have

00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:39.820
 fallen

00:25:39.820 --> 00:25:41.240
 asleep in

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:41.780
 Christ

00:25:41.780 --> 00:25:42.700
 are

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.780
 lost.

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:43.980
 lost.

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.720
 There

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.339
 were those

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:48.579
 in

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:49.019
 Paul's

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.319
 day

00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:50.099
 who had

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.500
 died.

00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:52.879
 And when

00:25:52.879 --> 00:25:53.680
 Paul writes

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.339
 his letter,

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:55.720
 the church

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.559
 is continuing

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:57.359
 to grow.

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.720
 Some

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:01.139
 were being

00:26:01.139 --> 00:26:02.059
 mocked because

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:03.039
 they believed

00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:03.819
 in the

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.379
 resurrection

00:26:04.379 --> 00:26:05.200
 of the

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:05.779
 Lord Jesus.

00:26:07.139 --> 00:26:07.519
 And

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:07.940
 others,

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:08.460
 we know,

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:09.220
 in the early

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.740
 church,

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:10.319
 had become

00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:11.680
 anxious about

00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:12.539
 loved ones

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:12.960
 who had

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:13.440
 died.

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.200
 And

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:16.920
 Paul writes

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.500
 to the

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:18.299
 Thessalonian

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:18.899
 church in

00:26:18.899 --> 00:26:19.680
 chapter 4

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.299
 and verse

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:21.019
 13 and

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.259
 says,

00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:21.920
 Brothers,

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.440
 we don't

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:24.079
 want you to

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:24.839
 be ignorant

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.779
 about those

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.319
 who fall

00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:26.920
 asleep,

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.819
 or to

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.680
 grieve like

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.299
 the rest

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:29.839
 of men

00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:30.799
 who have

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.960
 no hope.

00:26:34.139 --> 00:26:34.980
 There were

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.740
 people that

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.339
 were dying.

00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:37.079
 They had

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:37.799
 no hope

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.619
 beyond the

00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:39.139
 grave.

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:42.099
 But the

00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:42.579
 Christian

00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:43.619
 has hope.

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:44.339
 Why?

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:45.119
 Because

00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:46.519
 Christ has

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.819
 risen from

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.679
 the dead.

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.879
 And millions

00:26:50.879 --> 00:26:51.879
 over the

00:26:51.879 --> 00:26:52.879
 years have

00:26:52.879 --> 00:26:54.219
 died trusting

00:26:54.219 --> 00:26:55.599
 in Christ.

00:26:56.899 --> 00:26:58.139
 But no

00:26:58.139 --> 00:26:58.899
 resurrection.

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.059
 People are

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:01.619
 lost.

00:27:02.179 --> 00:27:02.559
 They have

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.179
 perished.

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.259
 They are

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:05.419
 forever in

00:27:05.419 --> 00:27:06.500
 their sins.

00:27:07.439 --> 00:27:07.939
 There is

00:27:07.939 --> 00:27:09.179
 no one at

00:27:09.179 --> 00:27:09.659
 the right

00:27:09.659 --> 00:27:10.279
 hand of

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:10.919
 God to

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:12.140
 plead their

00:27:12.140 --> 00:27:12.800
 cause.

00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:13.519
 There is

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:15.160
 no mediator

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:16.220
 between God

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:17.000
 and men.

00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:17.860
 There is

00:27:17.860 --> 00:27:19.320
 no advocate.

00:27:20.340 --> 00:27:20.880
 But my

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:21.279
 friends,

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.259
 he has

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:22.700
 risen.

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.840
 There is

00:27:23.840 --> 00:27:24.720
 an advocate.

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:25.920
 There is

00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:26.820
 a mediator

00:27:26.820 --> 00:27:28.120
 between God

00:27:28.120 --> 00:27:29.000
 and men.

00:27:29.560 --> 00:27:30.279
 Thank God

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:30.800
 for the

00:27:30.800 --> 00:27:31.980
 biblical message

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:33.120
 that Christ

00:27:33.120 --> 00:27:34.080
 lives.

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.660
 Thank God

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.140
 for the

00:27:36.140 --> 00:27:36.920
 reliable

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.860
 witnesses

00:27:37.859 --> 00:27:38.759
 who have

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.359
 testified

00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:40.559
 down through

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.659
 the ages.

00:27:41.659 --> 00:27:43.159
 But remove

00:27:43.159 --> 00:27:44.179
 the resurrection.

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:46.419
 There is

00:27:46.419 --> 00:27:47.500
 no

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.699
 Christianity.

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:51.839
 Christianity

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:53.459
 demands

00:27:53.459 --> 00:27:54.539
 the resurrection.

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.299
 It is

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:57.519
 a vital

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.359
 truth.

00:28:00.119 --> 00:28:00.579
 But one

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:01.619
 final reason

00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:04.119
 why Christianity

00:28:04.119 --> 00:28:05.059
 is vital.

00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:06.979
 And that

00:28:06.979 --> 00:28:07.339
 is

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:08.619
 what we

00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:09.379
 have in

00:28:09.379 --> 00:28:10.439
 verse 19.

00:28:11.919 --> 00:28:12.659
 What a

00:28:12.659 --> 00:28:13.279
 pitiable

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:14.179
 condition

00:28:14.179 --> 00:28:15.939
 we are

00:28:15.939 --> 00:28:16.839
 all in

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:17.779
 if Christ

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.419
 has not

00:28:18.419 --> 00:28:18.839
 risen

00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:20.159
 from the

00:28:20.159 --> 00:28:20.559
 dead.

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.459
 Verse 19

00:28:22.459 --> 00:28:22.839
 says,

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.579
 if only

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:24.299
 for this

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:24.879
 life we

00:28:24.879 --> 00:28:25.419
 have hope

00:28:25.419 --> 00:28:26.079
 in Christ,

00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:27.059
 we are

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:27.539
 to be

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:28.139
 pitied

00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:28.939
 more

00:28:28.939 --> 00:28:29.439
 than

00:28:29.439 --> 00:28:30.059
 all

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.599
 men.

00:28:31.619 --> 00:28:32.619
 So it's

00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:33.159
 not only

00:28:33.159 --> 00:28:33.899
 the future

00:28:33.899 --> 00:28:34.419
 that is

00:28:34.419 --> 00:28:34.959
 affected,

00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:36.159
 if there

00:28:36.159 --> 00:28:36.579
 is no

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:37.179
 resurrection,

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:38.299
 but also

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:39.239
 the present.

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:40.979
 If there

00:28:40.979 --> 00:28:41.619
 isn't a

00:28:41.619 --> 00:28:42.319
 resurrection,

00:28:43.639 --> 00:28:44.199
 every

00:28:44.199 --> 00:28:45.099
 Christian's

00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:45.819
 hope is

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.519
 dashed to

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:47.279
 the ground.

00:28:48.419 --> 00:28:48.599
 His

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:49.319
 present,

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.659
 his future,

00:28:51.219 --> 00:28:51.619
 you see,

00:28:51.739 --> 00:28:52.639
 is found

00:28:52.639 --> 00:28:53.859
 in the

00:28:53.859 --> 00:28:54.279
 Lord

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.879
 Jesus

00:28:54.879 --> 00:28:55.459
 Christ

00:28:55.459 --> 00:28:55.939
 who

00:28:55.939 --> 00:28:56.519
 lives.

00:28:59.219 --> 00:28:59.879
 Christ

00:28:59.879 --> 00:29:00.239
 is

00:29:00.239 --> 00:29:01.039
 everything.

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:02.279
 to the

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:02.819
 Christian.

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.219
 As Paul

00:29:04.219 --> 00:29:04.879
 puts it,

00:29:05.179 --> 00:29:05.719
 for me

00:29:05.719 --> 00:29:06.419
 to live

00:29:06.419 --> 00:29:07.099
 is

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:07.919
 Christ

00:29:07.919 --> 00:29:09.239
 and to

00:29:09.239 --> 00:29:09.719
 die

00:29:09.719 --> 00:29:10.299
 is

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:11.019
 gain.

00:29:12.919 --> 00:29:13.159
 Now

00:29:13.159 --> 00:29:13.539
 what's

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.099
 the point,

00:29:14.219 --> 00:29:14.619
 says the

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.099
 Apostle

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:15.500
 Paul,

00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:18.039
 to suffer

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:18.759
 in this

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.439
 life for

00:29:19.439 --> 00:29:20.299
 being a

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:20.779
 Christian

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:22.619
 as many

00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:23.419
 were in

00:29:23.419 --> 00:29:23.979
 the days

00:29:23.979 --> 00:29:24.439
 of the

00:29:24.439 --> 00:29:24.939
 Apostle

00:29:24.939 --> 00:29:25.659
 and many

00:29:25.659 --> 00:29:26.719
 are today.

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:30.620
 what's

00:29:30.620 --> 00:29:31.500
 the point

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:32.240
 of

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:32.759
 carrying

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.259
 on

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:34.120
 if there

00:29:34.120 --> 00:29:34.920
 is no

00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:35.740
 resurrection?

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:36.319
 We're

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:36.799
 to be

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.460
 pitied.

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:40.720
 Oh,

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.100
 but the

00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:41.600
 Apostle

00:29:41.600 --> 00:29:42.380
 Paul says

00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:43.559
 our

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:44.059
 light

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:44.980
 affliction

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:46.880
 is

00:29:46.880 --> 00:29:47.380
 working

00:29:47.380 --> 00:29:48.519
 for us

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:50.039
 an

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:50.720
 eternal

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.460
 weight

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:52.819
 of glory.

00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:55.039
 there is

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.980
 life beyond

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.759
 the grave.

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:57.799
 We're not

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:58.279
 to be

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:58.899
 pitied.

00:29:58.899 --> 00:30:00.099
 We can

00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:01.059
 rejoice

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:01.759
 today.

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:02.980
 Don't pity

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.379
 me,

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:05.079
 says the

00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:05.539
 Apostle

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:05.879
 Paul.

00:30:07.179 --> 00:30:07.779
 Christ

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.419
 has

00:30:08.419 --> 00:30:09.220
 risen.

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:10.960
 The grave

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:11.759
 is empty.

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:13.039
 The

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.559
 resurrection

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.919
 is true.

00:30:15.399 --> 00:30:15.899
 It's a

00:30:15.899 --> 00:30:16.639
 historical

00:30:16.639 --> 00:30:17.259
 fact.

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:18.180
 we have

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:18.900
 a gospel

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.799
 to proclaim.

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.680
 We have

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:21.640
 hope beyond

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:22.220
 the grave.

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:23.119
 We're not

00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:23.559
 to be

00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:24.039
 pitied.

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:26.160
 We live

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:27.700
 because

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:28.599
 Christ

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:29.440
 lives

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:30.879
 and we

00:30:30.879 --> 00:30:31.379
 can look

00:30:31.379 --> 00:30:31.920
 forward

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:33.099
 to a

00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:33.619
 home

00:30:33.619 --> 00:30:34.480
 in heaven.

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.079
 I love

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:36.299
 that

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.819
 hold

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.259
 hymn.

00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:38.440
 Lo

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:39.680
 in the

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:40.079
 grave

00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:40.640
 he lay.

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:41.879
 Jesus

00:30:41.879 --> 00:30:42.460
 my

00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:43.119
 Saviour

00:30:43.119 --> 00:30:44.099
 waiting

00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:44.940
 the coming

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:45.319
 day.

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.119
 Jesus

00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:47.119
 my

00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:47.639
 Lord.

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.279
 And up

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.839
 from the

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.319
 grave

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:51.419
 he arose

00:30:51.419 --> 00:30:52.259
 with a

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.579
 mighty

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:53.399
 triumph

00:30:53.399 --> 00:30:54.039
 for his

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.539
 foes.

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.619
 He arose

00:30:55.619 --> 00:30:56.439
 the victor

00:30:56.439 --> 00:30:57.159
 from the

00:30:57.159 --> 00:30:57.639
 dark

00:30:57.639 --> 00:30:58.239
 domain

00:30:58.239 --> 00:30:59.099
 and he

00:30:59.099 --> 00:30:59.719
 lives

00:30:59.719 --> 00:31:01.279
 forever

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:02.679
 with his

00:31:02.679 --> 00:31:03.099
 saints

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:03.739
 to reign.

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.259
 He

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.939
 arose.

00:31:05.419 --> 00:31:05.659
 He

00:31:05.659 --> 00:31:06.239
 arose.

00:31:06.939 --> 00:31:07.479
 Hallelujah.

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:08.819
 Christ

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.959
 arose.

00:31:11.159 --> 00:31:12.000
 Resurrection

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:13.939
 is vital

00:31:13.939 --> 00:31:14.859
 for the

00:31:14.859 --> 00:31:15.339
 Christian

00:31:15.339 --> 00:31:15.819
 faith.

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:18.899
 our

00:31:18.899 --> 00:31:19.279
 second

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.619
 main

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:19.959
 point

00:31:19.959 --> 00:31:20.659
 is this.

00:31:21.939 --> 00:31:22.639
 Resurrection

00:31:22.639 --> 00:31:24.279
 is a

00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:24.699
 truth

00:31:24.699 --> 00:31:25.000
 that

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.599
 comes

00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:26.699
 with a

00:31:26.699 --> 00:31:27.259
 guarantee

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:28.579
 and we

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:29.159
 see that

00:31:29.159 --> 00:31:29.919
 from

00:31:29.919 --> 00:31:30.279
 verses

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:31.039
 20

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:31.519
 to

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:32.639
 23.

00:31:33.919 --> 00:31:34.579
 You

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:34.759
 know

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.000
 that

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:35.479
 advert

00:31:35.479 --> 00:31:35.899
 that

00:31:35.899 --> 00:31:36.439
 sometimes

00:31:36.439 --> 00:31:36.799
 comes

00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:37.179
 on the

00:31:37.179 --> 00:31:37.659
 television?

00:31:38.739 --> 00:31:39.219
 It

00:31:39.219 --> 00:31:39.619
 does

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:40.299
 exactly

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:40.819
 what it

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.199
 says

00:31:41.199 --> 00:31:42.139
 on the

00:31:42.139 --> 00:31:42.479
 tin.

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:43.799
 It's

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:45.319
 dependable.

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:46.940
 It will

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:47.680
 do what

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:48.440
 it says

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:49.559
 it will

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:50.200
 do.

00:31:51.879 --> 00:31:52.139
 Well,

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:52.680
 here's a

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:53.180
 guarantee

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:53.759
 that is

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.639
 beyond that

00:31:54.639 --> 00:31:55.299
 guarantee.

00:31:56.139 --> 00:31:56.740
 We can be

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.460
 let down

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:58.259
 by what is

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:58.740
 in the

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.099
 tin.

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.319
 But we

00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:01.099
 can't be

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:01.839
 let down

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.339
 by the

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:02.980
 resurrection

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:04.119
 of the

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:05.019
 Lord Jesus

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.659
 Christ.

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.460
 Resurrection

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.179
 is not

00:32:08.179 --> 00:32:09.000
 only vital

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.980
 but

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:11.399
 resurrection

00:32:11.399 --> 00:32:12.259
 is a

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:13.059
 truth that

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:14.439
 comes with

00:32:14.439 --> 00:32:15.299
 a guarantee.

00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:17.299
 Christ's

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:17.980
 resurrection

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:19.339
 is a

00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:19.879
 guarantee

00:32:19.879 --> 00:32:21.159
 of your

00:32:21.159 --> 00:32:21.960
 resurrection,

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:23.579
 of my

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.679
 resurrection.

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:26.079
 See what he

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:26.659
 says in

00:32:26.659 --> 00:32:27.579
 verse 20

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:28.539
 of chapter

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:29.199
 15.

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:30.659
 But in

00:32:30.659 --> 00:32:31.259
 fact,

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:32.619
 Christ has

00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:33.839
 been raised

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.839
 from the

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:35.220
 dead.

00:32:35.939 --> 00:32:36.059
 The

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:37.199
 firstfruits

00:32:37.199 --> 00:32:37.939
 of those

00:32:37.939 --> 00:32:38.339
 who have

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:38.759
 fallen

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.859
 asleep.

00:32:40.939 --> 00:32:41.359
 What does

00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:41.720
 he mean

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.460
 by this?

00:32:43.699 --> 00:32:44.259
 The

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:45.240
 firstfruits

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.919
 of those

00:32:45.919 --> 00:32:46.259
 who have

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:46.539
 fallen

00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:47.179
 asleep.

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.240
 Well,

00:32:48.399 --> 00:32:49.019
 he's taking

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:49.720
 us back

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.159
 to an

00:32:50.159 --> 00:32:51.099
 Old Testament

00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:52.359
 illustration.

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:54.960
 And he's

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.779
 showing us

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:57.299
 about the

00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:58.500
 firstfruits

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.579
 of harvest.

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:01.059
 And the

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:01.539
 law of

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:02.240
 God said

00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:02.819
 this,

00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:03.720
 Exodus

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:05.039
 23 and

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:06.000
 verse 19.

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:07.619
 Bring,

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.460
 he says,

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.899
 the best

00:33:09.899 --> 00:33:10.720
 of your

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.980
 firstfruits

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.480
 of your

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:13.940
 soil to

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.720
 the house

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.220
 of the

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:16.039
 Lord your

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.539
 God.

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:17.759
 So here

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.200
 was a

00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:18.660
 farmer.

00:33:21.139 --> 00:33:21.519
 His

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.119
 harvest

00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:23.240
 began to

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:23.940
 ripen.

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:25.259
 and he

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.860
 would take

00:33:25.860 --> 00:33:26.559
 a sheaf

00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:27.059
 of that

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:28.019
 corn and

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.380
 he would

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:29.080
 bring it

00:33:29.080 --> 00:33:30.200
 to the

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:31.200
 priest at

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:32.380
 the temple.

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.420
 It was

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:34.160
 something he

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:34.799
 did at the

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:35.759
 beginning of

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.440
 harvest.

00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:38.500
 It belonged

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.180
 to the

00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:39.580
 Lord.

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.460
 It was

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.140
 saying to

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:42.580
 the Lord,

00:33:42.580 --> 00:33:43.759
 thank you

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:45.080
 for the

00:33:45.080 --> 00:33:45.820
 harvest.

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.320
 It was a

00:33:47.320 --> 00:33:48.420
 recognition of

00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:49.100
 God's

00:33:49.100 --> 00:33:49.940
 faithfulness,

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:50.620
 his

00:33:50.620 --> 00:33:51.440
 goodness.

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:51.720
 fullness.

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:52.860
 But it

00:33:52.860 --> 00:33:53.620
 was something

00:33:53.620 --> 00:33:54.180
 else.

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.299
 The

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:56.360
 firstfruits,

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:56.980
 you see,

00:33:58.100 --> 00:33:59.259
 anticipated

00:33:59.259 --> 00:34:01.279
 the harvest

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:02.360
 in all

00:34:02.360 --> 00:34:02.759
 its

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.320
 fullness.

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:05.759
 It

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.539
 wasn't just

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.440
 one sheaf

00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:08.059
 of corn,

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:09.240
 it was all

00:34:09.240 --> 00:34:09.960
 the corn

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.400
 that was

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:10.980
 going to

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:12.500
 follow in

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.740
 later days

00:34:13.740 --> 00:34:14.619
 as the

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.240
 rest of

00:34:15.240 --> 00:34:16.079
 the harvest

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:17.460
 would finally

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:18.639
 be gathered.

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:21.859
 it was

00:34:21.859 --> 00:34:23.139
 recognizing

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:24.400
 God's

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:25.039
 goodness

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:26.859
 that seed,

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:27.420
 time,

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.339
 and harvest

00:34:28.339 --> 00:34:29.779
 would not

00:34:29.779 --> 00:34:30.339
 cease.

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.719
 It was an

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:32.400
 acknowledgement

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:33.319
 that God

00:34:33.319 --> 00:34:34.079
 was a

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.539
 covenant

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:35.059
 God,

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:35.799
 that he

00:34:35.799 --> 00:34:36.279
 could be

00:34:36.279 --> 00:34:37.460
 depended

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:37.940
 upon

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:39.359
 absolutely

00:34:39.359 --> 00:34:40.079
 and

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:40.779
 completely.

00:34:41.279 --> 00:34:41.779
 So the

00:34:41.779 --> 00:34:42.739
 firstfruits

00:34:42.739 --> 00:34:43.619
 were given

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.519
 to God

00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:46.379
 in anticipation

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:47.860
 of the

00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:49.019
 final

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.900
 full

00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:50.920
 harvest.

00:34:53.140 --> 00:34:53.800
 So what is

00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:54.480
 Paul telling

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:54.940
 us?

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:56.480
 He is

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:57.260
 telling us

00:34:57.260 --> 00:34:57.920
 that the

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:58.700
 Lord Jesus

00:34:58.700 --> 00:34:59.980
 Christ has

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.619
 risen.

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:01.960
 He's the

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:03.619
 firstfruits.

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:05.220
 He has

00:35:05.220 --> 00:35:06.079
 offered

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:07.000
 himself

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:08.300
 to God

00:35:08.300 --> 00:35:10.280
 and his

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:11.420
 resurrection

00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:13.019
 is a

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.640
 guarantee,

00:35:14.680 --> 00:35:15.560
 the assurance,

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:17.340
 the promise

00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:18.580
 of your

00:35:18.580 --> 00:35:19.600
 resurrection

00:35:19.600 --> 00:35:21.340
 and my

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:22.280
 resurrection.

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.519
 It's the

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:25.140
 promise of

00:35:25.140 --> 00:35:26.300
 a bodily

00:35:26.300 --> 00:35:27.660
 resurrection

00:35:27.660 --> 00:35:28.820
 that we

00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:29.820
 shall one

00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.860
 day be

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:32.260
 with Christ

00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:33.460
 given a

00:35:33.460 --> 00:35:34.400
 glorified

00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:35.760
 body on

00:35:35.760 --> 00:35:36.400
 that day

00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:37.200
 when the

00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:38.579
 Lord comes

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:39.579
 in glory

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:40.399
 to receive

00:35:40.399 --> 00:35:40.980
 us.

00:35:42.439 --> 00:35:42.939
 See what he

00:35:42.939 --> 00:35:43.439
 says in

00:35:43.439 --> 00:35:44.299
 verse 13?

00:35:45.379 --> 00:35:46.199
 But each,

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:48.079
 verse 23,

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:49.419
 but each

00:35:49.419 --> 00:35:49.960
 in his

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.960
 own turn,

00:35:51.439 --> 00:35:51.919
 Christ

00:35:51.919 --> 00:35:52.379
 the

00:35:52.379 --> 00:35:53.500
 firstfruits,

00:35:54.319 --> 00:35:55.159
 then when

00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:56.319
 he comes

00:35:56.319 --> 00:35:57.319
 those

00:35:57.319 --> 00:35:58.619
 who belong

00:35:58.619 --> 00:35:59.799
 to him.

00:36:00.939 --> 00:36:01.319
 What a

00:36:01.319 --> 00:36:02.219
 lovely picture.

00:36:02.919 --> 00:36:03.099
 The

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:04.000
 firstfruits

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.579
 being

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:05.239
 brought.

00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:07.199
 Christ

00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:08.279
 rising from

00:36:08.279 --> 00:36:08.819
 the dead,

00:36:09.139 --> 00:36:09.299
 the

00:36:09.299 --> 00:36:10.159
 firstfruits.

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:10.919
 You and

00:36:10.919 --> 00:36:11.719
 I on

00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:12.399
 that day

00:36:12.399 --> 00:36:13.139
 will be

00:36:13.139 --> 00:36:14.079
 raised up

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:14.559
 to be

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:15.419
 with Christ

00:36:15.419 --> 00:36:16.439
 which for

00:36:16.439 --> 00:36:17.099
 us will

00:36:17.099 --> 00:36:18.079
 be far

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.559
 better.

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:21.599
 In

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:21.939
 John

00:36:21.939 --> 00:36:22.859
 chapter 12

00:36:22.859 --> 00:36:23.299
 and verse

00:36:23.299 --> 00:36:23.919
 24,

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:26.319
 there were

00:36:26.319 --> 00:36:26.879
 some Greek

00:36:26.879 --> 00:36:27.579
 people who

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:28.239
 wanted to

00:36:28.239 --> 00:36:29.119
 see Jesus.

00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:32.059
 And this

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:32.419
 is what

00:36:32.419 --> 00:36:33.239
 Jesus says

00:36:33.239 --> 00:36:33.799
 to them.

00:36:34.919 --> 00:36:35.479
 I tell

00:36:35.479 --> 00:36:35.839
 you the

00:36:35.839 --> 00:36:36.299
 truth,

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:37.859
 unless a

00:36:37.859 --> 00:36:38.639
 grain of

00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:39.419
 wheat falls

00:36:39.419 --> 00:36:40.119
 into the

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:40.979
 ground and

00:36:40.979 --> 00:36:41.539
 dies,

00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:43.139
 it remains

00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:44.159
 only a

00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:45.299
 single seed.

00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:47.159
 But if it

00:36:47.159 --> 00:36:47.799
 dies,

00:36:48.399 --> 00:36:49.319
 it produces

00:36:49.319 --> 00:36:51.779
 many seeds.

00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:54.419
 What Jesus

00:36:54.419 --> 00:36:55.099
 was telling

00:36:55.099 --> 00:36:55.899
 these Greeks

00:36:55.899 --> 00:36:57.119
 was this,

00:36:58.319 --> 00:36:59.279
 that I have

00:36:59.279 --> 00:37:00.279
 come into

00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:00.960
 the world,

00:37:02.120 --> 00:37:02.780
 that I

00:37:02.780 --> 00:37:03.540
 am going

00:37:03.540 --> 00:37:04.519
 to die.

00:37:05.600 --> 00:37:06.300
 But in

00:37:06.300 --> 00:37:07.240
 my death

00:37:07.240 --> 00:37:08.280
 and in

00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:08.640
 my

00:37:08.640 --> 00:37:09.740
 resurrection,

00:37:10.660 --> 00:37:11.180
 I am

00:37:11.180 --> 00:37:11.840
 going to

00:37:11.840 --> 00:37:13.600
 rise again

00:37:13.600 --> 00:37:14.880
 and produce

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:15.940
 many,

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.740
 many

00:37:16.740 --> 00:37:17.900
 seeds.

00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:20.680
 How many

00:37:20.680 --> 00:37:21.340
 seeds?

00:37:22.120 --> 00:37:22.440
 Well,

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:23.040
 Revelation

00:37:23.040 --> 00:37:23.940
 tells us

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:24.940
 a number

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:25.740
 that no

00:37:25.740 --> 00:37:26.740
 man can

00:37:26.740 --> 00:37:27.220
 number,

00:37:27.680 --> 00:37:28.360
 taken from

00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:29.200
 all peoples

00:37:29.200 --> 00:37:30.460
 and nations

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:31.860
 and tongues.

00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:33.440
 So every

00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:34.720
 Easter Sunday

00:37:34.720 --> 00:37:35.780
 tells us

00:37:35.780 --> 00:37:37.039
 loudly and

00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:37.559
 clearly

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:39.559
 that he

00:37:39.559 --> 00:37:40.460
 will bring

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:41.720
 all of

00:37:41.720 --> 00:37:42.200
 us,

00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:43.559
 every one

00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:44.180
 of his

00:37:44.180 --> 00:37:44.680
 people,

00:37:45.180 --> 00:37:46.200
 to glory.

00:37:46.620 --> 00:37:47.500
 He has

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:48.140
 risen.

00:37:48.620 --> 00:37:49.700
 We will

00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:50.840
 rise.

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.420
 Let me

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:54.700
 read in

00:37:54.700 --> 00:37:55.460
 those fullness

00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:56.740
 of one,

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:57.760
 those verses

00:37:57.760 --> 00:37:58.960
 from 1

00:37:58.960 --> 00:37:59.920
 Thessalonians

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:01.220
 chapter 4.

00:38:02.640 --> 00:38:03.420
 And this

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:03.840
 is what

00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:04.540
 the Apostle

00:38:04.540 --> 00:38:05.400
 Paul says,

00:38:06.240 --> 00:38:06.640
 Brothers,

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:08.840
 we do

00:38:08.840 --> 00:38:09.300
 not want

00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:09.600
 you to

00:38:09.600 --> 00:38:10.220
 be ignorant

00:38:10.220 --> 00:38:11.820
 about those

00:38:11.820 --> 00:38:12.360
 who fall

00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:12.960
 asleep,

00:38:13.600 --> 00:38:14.220
 or to

00:38:14.220 --> 00:38:14.940
 grieve like

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.480
 the rest

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:16.040
 of men

00:38:16.040 --> 00:38:16.600
 who have

00:38:16.600 --> 00:38:17.380
 no hope.

00:38:18.060 --> 00:38:19.040
 We believe

00:38:19.040 --> 00:38:19.780
 that Jesus

00:38:19.780 --> 00:38:20.940
 died and

00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:21.720
 rose again,

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:23.200
 and so we

00:38:23.200 --> 00:38:23.900
 believe that

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:24.640
 God will

00:38:24.640 --> 00:38:25.300
 bring with

00:38:25.300 --> 00:38:26.260
 Jesus those

00:38:26.260 --> 00:38:26.620
 who have

00:38:26.620 --> 00:38:27.460
 fallen asleep

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:28.040
 in him.

00:38:29.040 --> 00:38:30.080
 According to

00:38:30.080 --> 00:38:30.840
 the Lord's

00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:31.700
 own word,

00:38:32.140 --> 00:38:33.080
 we tell you

00:38:33.080 --> 00:38:34.360
 that we

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:34.920
 who are

00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:35.860
 still alive,

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:36.700
 who are

00:38:36.700 --> 00:38:37.300
 left to

00:38:37.300 --> 00:38:37.940
 the coming

00:38:37.940 --> 00:38:38.660
 of the Lord,

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:39.800
 will certainly

00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:40.920
 not precede

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.520
 those who

00:38:41.520 --> 00:38:42.020
 have fallen

00:38:42.020 --> 00:38:42.600
 asleep.

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:44.720
 For the

00:38:44.720 --> 00:38:45.700
 Lord himself

00:38:45.700 --> 00:38:46.300
 will come

00:38:46.300 --> 00:38:47.060
 down from

00:38:47.060 --> 00:38:48.520
 heaven with

00:38:48.520 --> 00:38:49.040
 a loud

00:38:49.040 --> 00:38:49.740
 command,

00:38:50.220 --> 00:38:50.700
 with the

00:38:50.700 --> 00:38:51.460
 voice of

00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:52.280
 the archangel,

00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:53.320
 and with

00:38:53.320 --> 00:38:54.000
 the trumpet

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:55.000
 call of

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:55.420
 God.

00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:56.720
 And the

00:38:56.720 --> 00:38:57.580
 dead in

00:38:57.580 --> 00:38:58.360
 Christ will

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:59.600
 rise first.

00:39:00.240 --> 00:39:01.240
 After that,

00:39:01.860 --> 00:39:02.519
 we who are

00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:03.420
 still alive

00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:03.960
 and are

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:04.400
 left,

00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:05.440
 will be

00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:06.060
 caught up

00:39:06.060 --> 00:39:06.940
 together with

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:07.640
 them in the

00:39:07.640 --> 00:39:08.720
 clouds to

00:39:08.720 --> 00:39:09.360
 meet the

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:10.120
 Lord in

00:39:10.120 --> 00:39:10.600
 the air,

00:39:11.060 --> 00:39:11.800
 and so

00:39:11.800 --> 00:39:12.300
 will we

00:39:12.300 --> 00:39:13.019
 be with

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:13.720
 the Lord

00:39:13.720 --> 00:39:14.440
 forever.

00:39:15.280 --> 00:39:15.860
 Therefore,

00:39:16.820 --> 00:39:17.500
 encourage

00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:18.400
 each other

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:20.019
 with these

00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:21.060
 words.

00:39:21.059 --> 00:39:23.139
 Christ's

00:39:23.139 --> 00:39:23.840
 resurrection

00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:25.679
 is the

00:39:25.679 --> 00:39:26.259
 guarantee

00:39:26.259 --> 00:39:27.519
 of your

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:28.420
 resurrection

00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:30.299
 and my

00:39:30.299 --> 00:39:31.360
 resurrection.

00:39:32.239 --> 00:39:33.340
 He is

00:39:33.340 --> 00:39:35.179
 the firstborn

00:39:35.179 --> 00:39:36.219
 among

00:39:36.219 --> 00:39:37.259
 many

00:39:37.259 --> 00:39:38.099
 brothers.

00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:39.259
 And all

00:39:39.259 --> 00:39:39.900
 this means,

00:39:40.019 --> 00:39:40.500
 of course,

00:39:41.699 --> 00:39:42.719
 that death

00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:43.840
 is going

00:39:43.840 --> 00:39:44.279
 to be

00:39:44.279 --> 00:39:44.880
 defeated

00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:46.759
 by his

00:39:46.759 --> 00:39:47.840
 resurrection.

00:39:48.659 --> 00:39:49.259
 He tells

00:39:49.259 --> 00:39:50.059
 us in

00:39:50.059 --> 00:39:51.420
 verse 22,

00:39:52.279 --> 00:39:53.199
 as in

00:39:53.199 --> 00:39:53.880
 Adam,

00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:55.219
 all die.

00:39:56.039 --> 00:39:56.719
 He tells

00:39:56.719 --> 00:39:57.159
 us in

00:39:57.159 --> 00:39:58.320
 verse 26,

00:39:58.739 --> 00:39:59.320
 the last

00:39:59.320 --> 00:40:00.079
 enemy to

00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:00.920
 be destroyed

00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:02.380
 is death.

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:03.719
 And death

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:04.860
 is real.

00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:07.199
 We all

00:40:07.199 --> 00:40:07.980
 know something

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:08.539
 if we have

00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:09.159
 lost the

00:40:09.159 --> 00:40:09.639
 loved one

00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:10.039
 of the

00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:10.900
 sting of

00:40:10.900 --> 00:40:11.239
 death.

00:40:11.400 --> 00:40:12.139
 It really

00:40:12.139 --> 00:40:13.500
 does hurt.

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:13.599
 death.

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:16.139
 But because

00:40:16.139 --> 00:40:16.840
 of the

00:40:16.840 --> 00:40:17.619
 resurrection,

00:40:19.320 --> 00:40:19.900
 death

00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:21.079
 will be

00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:21.940
 no more.

00:40:22.760 --> 00:40:23.179
 It's

00:40:23.179 --> 00:40:23.920
 guaranteed.

00:40:25.019 --> 00:40:25.360
 There

00:40:25.360 --> 00:40:26.460
 will be

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:27.619
 no more

00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:28.119
 death,

00:40:28.840 --> 00:40:29.039
 says

00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:30.000
 Revelation

00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:30.880
 21

00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:31.860
 and

00:40:31.860 --> 00:40:32.699
 verse 4.

00:40:33.639 --> 00:40:34.340
 It tells

00:40:34.340 --> 00:40:34.780
 us in

00:40:34.780 --> 00:40:35.880
 verse 25

00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:36.380
 of 1

00:40:36.380 --> 00:40:36.860
 Corinthians

00:40:36.860 --> 00:40:37.519
 50,

00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:38.820
 for he

00:40:38.820 --> 00:40:39.880
 must reign

00:40:39.880 --> 00:40:40.719
 until he

00:40:40.719 --> 00:40:41.139
 has put

00:40:41.139 --> 00:40:41.920
 all his

00:40:41.920 --> 00:40:42.539
 enemies

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:43.699
 under his

00:40:43.699 --> 00:40:44.440
 feet,

00:40:45.259 --> 00:40:45.820
 even

00:40:45.820 --> 00:40:46.559
 death

00:40:46.559 --> 00:40:47.679
 itself.

00:40:49.380 --> 00:40:50.079
 In

00:40:50.079 --> 00:40:50.679
 Christ,

00:40:51.139 --> 00:40:51.699
 we're

00:40:51.699 --> 00:40:52.219
 told,

00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:53.619
 all

00:40:53.619 --> 00:40:54.639
 will be

00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:55.199
 made

00:40:55.199 --> 00:40:56.119
 alive.

00:40:57.239 --> 00:40:57.679
 And you

00:40:57.679 --> 00:40:58.219
 and I

00:40:58.219 --> 00:40:59.099
 have a

00:40:59.099 --> 00:40:59.820
 foretaste

00:40:59.820 --> 00:41:00.480
 of that.

00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:01.699
 For we

00:41:01.699 --> 00:41:03.139
 are a

00:41:03.139 --> 00:41:03.940
 resurrection

00:41:03.940 --> 00:41:04.880
 people.

00:41:04.880 --> 00:41:06.320
 we

00:41:06.320 --> 00:41:07.000
 enjoy

00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:08.220
 resurrection

00:41:08.220 --> 00:41:09.420
 life in

00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:09.920
 the Lord

00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:10.340
 Jesus

00:41:10.340 --> 00:41:10.920
 Christ

00:41:10.920 --> 00:41:11.900
 now.

00:41:12.680 --> 00:41:13.340
 But that

00:41:13.340 --> 00:41:13.860
 day we

00:41:13.860 --> 00:41:14.740
 shall enjoy

00:41:14.740 --> 00:41:15.740
 it more

00:41:15.740 --> 00:41:16.660
 perfectly.

00:41:17.860 --> 00:41:18.360
 The day

00:41:18.360 --> 00:41:19.160
 will come

00:41:19.160 --> 00:41:20.559
 when the

00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:21.440
 mediatorial

00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:22.059
 work of

00:41:22.059 --> 00:41:22.440
 the Lord

00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:22.780
 Jesus

00:41:22.780 --> 00:41:23.380
 Christ

00:41:23.380 --> 00:41:24.700
 will be

00:41:24.700 --> 00:41:25.200
 over.

00:41:26.320 --> 00:41:26.740
 And we

00:41:26.740 --> 00:41:27.180
 shall be

00:41:27.180 --> 00:41:27.860
 with him

00:41:27.860 --> 00:41:28.660
 forever

00:41:28.660 --> 00:41:29.500
 and ever.

00:41:29.940 --> 00:41:30.519
 No more

00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:30.940
 sorrow,

00:41:31.539 --> 00:41:32.200
 no more

00:41:32.200 --> 00:41:32.740
 pain,

00:41:33.720 --> 00:41:34.440
 but life

00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:35.240
 with him.

00:41:36.599 --> 00:41:37.000
 No

00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:37.679
 resurrection,

00:41:38.900 --> 00:41:39.320
 no

00:41:39.320 --> 00:41:40.179
 Christianity.

00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:40.760
 Let us

00:41:40.760 --> 00:41:41.019
 eat,

00:41:41.179 --> 00:41:41.420
 drink,

00:41:41.539 --> 00:41:41.840
 and be

00:41:41.840 --> 00:41:42.200
 merry,

00:41:42.679 --> 00:41:43.559
 for tomorrow

00:41:43.559 --> 00:41:44.320
 we die.

00:41:44.860 --> 00:41:45.220
 What's

00:41:45.220 --> 00:41:45.980
 the point

00:41:45.980 --> 00:41:47.659
 of suffering

00:41:47.659 --> 00:41:48.420
 if no

00:41:48.420 --> 00:41:49.260
 resurrection?

00:41:50.659 --> 00:41:51.980
 But I'm

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:52.539
 here to

00:41:52.539 --> 00:41:53.019
 testify

00:41:53.019 --> 00:41:53.679
 today,

00:41:54.099 --> 00:41:54.940
 he is

00:41:54.940 --> 00:41:55.599
 risen.

00:41:57.000 --> 00:41:57.280
 I

00:41:57.280 --> 00:41:57.740
 repeat

00:41:57.740 --> 00:41:58.820
 the words

00:41:58.820 --> 00:41:59.700
 that I

00:41:59.700 --> 00:42:00.579
 said a

00:42:00.579 --> 00:42:00.900
 moment

00:42:00.900 --> 00:42:01.360
 ago.

00:42:01.360 --> 00:42:02.860
 up

00:42:02.860 --> 00:42:04.200
 from the

00:42:04.200 --> 00:42:04.780
 grave

00:42:04.780 --> 00:42:05.559
 he arose

00:42:05.559 --> 00:42:07.039
 with a

00:42:07.039 --> 00:42:07.440
 mighty

00:42:07.440 --> 00:42:08.140
 triumph

00:42:08.140 --> 00:42:08.780
 or his

00:42:08.780 --> 00:42:09.320
 foes.

00:42:09.800 --> 00:42:10.559
 He arose

00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:11.220
 the victor

00:42:11.220 --> 00:42:11.720
 from the

00:42:11.720 --> 00:42:12.160
 dark

00:42:12.160 --> 00:42:12.720
 domain

00:42:12.720 --> 00:42:13.480
 and he

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:13.940
 lives

00:42:13.940 --> 00:42:14.599
 forever

00:42:14.599 --> 00:42:15.620
 with his

00:42:15.620 --> 00:42:16.000
 saints

00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:16.620
 to raise.

00:42:16.980 --> 00:42:17.780
 He arose,

00:42:18.620 --> 00:42:19.539
 he arose,

00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:21.079
 hallelujah,

00:42:22.099 --> 00:42:22.579
 Christ

00:42:22.579 --> 00:42:23.599
 arose.

00:42:24.300 --> 00:42:24.660
 And

00:42:24.660 --> 00:42:25.099
 because

00:42:25.099 --> 00:42:25.980
 he

00:42:25.980 --> 00:42:26.820
 arose,

00:42:27.599 --> 00:42:28.300
 each one

00:42:28.300 --> 00:42:28.680
 of us

00:42:28.680 --> 00:42:29.300
 can say

00:42:29.300 --> 00:42:29.720
 with the

00:42:29.720 --> 00:42:30.660
 apostle Paul,

00:42:31.620 --> 00:42:32.240
 I have

00:42:32.240 --> 00:42:32.620
 been

00:42:32.620 --> 00:42:33.680
 crucified

00:42:33.680 --> 00:42:34.539
 with

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:35.160
 Christ

00:42:35.160 --> 00:42:36.600
 and I

00:42:36.600 --> 00:42:37.519
 no longer

00:42:37.519 --> 00:42:38.260
 live,

00:42:39.200 --> 00:42:39.600
 but

00:42:39.600 --> 00:42:40.380
 Christ,

00:42:40.880 --> 00:42:41.740
 the risen

00:42:41.740 --> 00:42:42.400
 Christ,

00:42:43.220 --> 00:42:43.680
 lives

00:42:43.680 --> 00:42:44.800
 in

00:42:44.800 --> 00:42:45.460
 me.

00:42:46.320 --> 00:42:46.900
 So can

00:42:46.900 --> 00:42:47.400
 we all

00:42:47.400 --> 00:42:48.120
 say today,

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:49.560
 hallelujah,

00:42:50.740 --> 00:42:51.200
 what

00:42:51.200 --> 00:42:52.560
 a

00:42:52.560 --> 00:42:53.019
 saviour.

00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:54.320
 Let's

00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:54.660
 pray.

00:42:55.840 --> 00:42:56.500
 Father,

00:42:56.720 --> 00:42:57.380
 we bless

00:42:57.380 --> 00:42:58.099
 you and

00:42:58.099 --> 00:42:58.840
 praise you

00:42:58.840 --> 00:43:00.380
 for all

00:43:00.380 --> 00:43:00.800
 that we

00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:01.740
 have in

00:43:01.740 --> 00:43:02.200
 our Lord.