WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.240 Let's turn to Acts chapter 2. 00:00:03.620 --> 00:00:09.080 ! We are taking a break from our series in Matthew for Resurrection Sunday. 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:15.240 ! Acts chapter 2. Acts is in the New Testament. 00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:17.980 ! The second, fourth of the book. 00:00:17.980 --> 00:00:21.640 It's the fifth book in the New Testament. 00:00:23.719 --> 00:00:24.879 After John. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:35.219 Let me pray now for the reading and preaching of God's Word. 00:00:43.159 --> 00:00:45.000 Heavenly Father, what... 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:51.000 What amazing grace that... 00:00:52.120 --> 00:00:55.000 You take sinners like us... 00:00:55.740 --> 00:00:59.140 and adopt us as your sons and daughters. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:01.000 Lord... 00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:08.239 You are so high and lifted up. 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:14.000 And what grace, Lord, that you... 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:21.819 employ someone as lowly as me to proclaim and herald your Son, Jesus Christ. 00:01:21.819 --> 00:01:26.819 So, Lord, grant us all... 00:01:28.819 --> 00:01:32.859 Ears to hear. 00:01:33.819 --> 00:01:34.780 Eyes to see. 00:01:34.780 --> 00:01:46.719 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of all of our hearts as we listen be pleasing in your sight. 00:01:47.719 --> 00:01:49.960 Oh, Lord, our rock and our Redeemer. 00:01:49.959 --> 00:01:50.959 Amen. 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:51.959 Amen. 00:01:51.959 --> 00:01:53.299 In Jesus' name we pray. 00:01:53.839 --> 00:01:54.199 Amen. 00:01:56.419 --> 00:02:05.879 If you are able, please stand and join me for the reading of God's Word to honor God as He addresses us from His written Word in Acts chapter 2, verses 22 to 32. 00:02:05.879 --> 00:02:06.319 Jude 22. 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:06.319 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:06.319 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:06.319 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:06.319 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:06.319 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:06.319 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:06.319 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:06.319 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:06.319 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:06.319 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:06.319 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:06.319 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:06.319 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:06.319 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:06.319 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:06.319 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:06.319 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as you yourselves know, 00:02:26.340 --> 00:02:29.840 this Jesus delivered up according to the definite plan 00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:31.139 and foreknowledge of God, 00:02:31.139 --> 00:02:34.479 you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:40.060 God raised him up, losing the pangs of death 00:02:40.060 --> 00:02:43.239 because it was not possible for him to be held by it. 00:02:44.379 --> 00:02:46.079 For David says concerning him, 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:49.139 I saw the Lord always before me, 00:02:49.879 --> 00:02:53.000 for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken. 00:02:54.159 --> 00:02:56.959 Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced, 00:02:57.179 --> 00:02:59.639 my flesh also will dwell in hope, 00:03:00.219 --> 00:03:03.799 for you will not abandon my soul to Hades 00:03:03.800 --> 00:03:06.800 or let your Holy One see corruption. 00:03:08.219 --> 00:03:11.140 You have made known to me the paths of life. 00:03:11.560 --> 00:03:14.760 You will make me full of gladness with your presence. 00:03:15.960 --> 00:03:19.180 Brothers, I may say to you with confidence 00:03:19.180 --> 00:03:22.860 about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried 00:03:22.860 --> 00:03:24.939 and his tomb is with us to this day. 00:03:24.939 --> 00:03:32.479 Being therefore a prophet and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him 00:03:32.479 --> 00:03:35.819 that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, 00:03:36.359 --> 00:03:41.079 he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, 00:03:41.539 --> 00:03:43.960 that he was not abandoned to Hades, 00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:46.500 nor did his flesh see corruption. 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:49.419 This Jesus God raised up, 00:03:49.419 --> 00:03:52.799 and of that we all are witnesses. 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:55.819 This is God's holy and authoritative word. 00:03:55.939 --> 00:03:56.560 Please be seated. 00:03:56.560 --> 00:04:09.300 No serious historian doubts that Jesus was a real historical figure 00:04:09.300 --> 00:04:13.020 who lived between 6 BC and 33 AD 00:04:13.020 --> 00:04:15.620 and was crucified by Pontius Pilate. 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:18.480 As Mark Allen Powell, 00:04:18.740 --> 00:04:22.759 a professor and founding editor of the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus, 00:04:22.980 --> 00:04:23.259 writes, 00:04:23.259 --> 00:04:24.159 quote, 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:25.920 150 years ago, 00:04:26.339 --> 00:04:28.839 a fairly well-respected scholar named Bruna Bauer 00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:31.279 maintained that the historical Jesus never existed. 00:04:32.740 --> 00:04:34.319 Anyone who says that today, 00:04:34.839 --> 00:04:36.539 in the academic world at least, 00:04:37.079 --> 00:04:40.099 gets grouped with the skinheads who say there was no Holocaust 00:04:40.099 --> 00:04:44.120 and the scientific holdouts who want to believe the world is flat. 00:04:46.500 --> 00:04:48.219 Even Bart Ehrman, 00:04:48.219 --> 00:04:51.659 an avowed atheist and outspoken critic of Christianity 00:04:51.660 --> 00:04:53.700 who teaches New Testament and religion 00:04:53.700 --> 00:04:55.000 at the University of North Carolina, 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:55.700 writes this, 00:04:56.180 --> 00:04:58.300 Jesus certainly existed 00:04:58.300 --> 00:05:02.040 as virtually every competent scholar of antiquity, 00:05:02.140 --> 00:05:04.180 Christian or non-Christian, agrees. 00:05:04.180 --> 00:05:11.620 How else do you explain tens of thousands of ancient New Testament manuscripts 00:05:11.620 --> 00:05:12.860 speaking of Jesus? 00:05:14.620 --> 00:05:16.019 With Paul's letters, 00:05:16.300 --> 00:05:17.259 included in the New Testament, 00:05:17.379 --> 00:05:19.639 being written in the 50s and the 60s AD, 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:23.120 within the lifetime of Jesus' own family members, 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:28.060 Jesus is an unusually well-attested historical figure. 00:05:28.060 --> 00:05:30.100 Likewise, 00:05:30.100 --> 00:05:32.500 no serious historian doubts 00:05:32.500 --> 00:05:35.500 the historical and cultural impact of Jesus. 00:05:37.139 --> 00:05:39.300 Historian and sociologist Rodney Stark 00:05:39.300 --> 00:05:40.300 puts it simply, 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:43.280 Western civilization would not exist 00:05:43.280 --> 00:05:44.939 had not there been Jesus. 00:05:47.579 --> 00:05:48.680 H.G. Wells 00:05:48.680 --> 00:05:51.680 is today best remembered for his fictional work, 00:05:51.779 --> 00:05:52.579 The War of the Worlds, 00:05:52.879 --> 00:05:53.560 The Time Machine, 00:05:53.560 --> 00:05:55.360 but during his lifetime, 00:05:55.560 --> 00:05:56.680 his best-selling work 00:05:56.680 --> 00:05:58.100 was actually a history book 00:05:58.100 --> 00:05:59.699 entitled The Outline of History. 00:06:00.980 --> 00:06:02.259 In 1935, 00:06:02.780 --> 00:06:04.780 Wells wrote a newspaper article 00:06:04.780 --> 00:06:07.040 entitled Greatest in History, 00:06:07.180 --> 00:06:08.560 where he mused about 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:10.860 the greatest figures in human history. 00:06:11.899 --> 00:06:13.279 And even though he was an atheist, 00:06:13.660 --> 00:06:15.220 H.G. Wells argued that 00:06:15.220 --> 00:06:17.360 Jesus is the single individual 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:20.420 who has left the most permanent impression on the world. 00:06:21.139 --> 00:06:21.939 He writes this, 00:06:21.939 --> 00:06:24.879 Now, it is interesting and significant 00:06:24.879 --> 00:06:25.800 that a historian, 00:06:26.399 --> 00:06:28.420 without any theological bias whatever, 00:06:29.040 --> 00:06:30.959 should find that he cannot portray 00:06:30.959 --> 00:06:32.819 the progress of humanity honestly 00:06:32.819 --> 00:06:34.959 without giving a foremost place 00:06:34.959 --> 00:06:37.079 to a penniless teacher from Nazareth. 00:06:38.420 --> 00:06:38.860 Yet, 00:06:39.379 --> 00:06:41.120 more than 1900 years later, 00:06:41.620 --> 00:06:42.939 a historian like myself, 00:06:43.019 --> 00:06:44.620 who does not even call himself a Christian, 00:06:45.620 --> 00:06:46.680 finds the picture 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:48.620 centering irresistibly 00:06:48.620 --> 00:06:50.740 around the life and character 00:06:50.740 --> 00:06:53.000 of this most significant man. 00:06:53.939 --> 00:06:56.139 It is one of the most revolutionary changes 00:06:56.139 --> 00:06:57.759 of outlook that has ever stirred 00:06:57.759 --> 00:06:59.199 and changed human thought. 00:06:59.840 --> 00:07:02.540 The world began to be a different world 00:07:02.540 --> 00:07:05.000 from the day that doctrine was preached. 00:07:07.079 --> 00:07:10.600 Maybe you've seen the widely circulated quote 00:07:10.600 --> 00:07:12.259 of uncertain origin, 00:07:12.259 --> 00:07:16.860 probably an excerpt from an otherwise forgotten sermon 00:07:16.860 --> 00:07:18.399 from an unknown preacher like me. 00:07:19.180 --> 00:07:20.599 It's entitled, usually, 00:07:20.719 --> 00:07:21.819 The Greatest Man in History. 00:07:22.959 --> 00:07:24.800 Jesus had no servants, 00:07:24.899 --> 00:07:26.060 yet they called him master. 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:28.439 He had no degrees, 00:07:28.659 --> 00:07:29.759 yet they called him teacher. 00:07:30.459 --> 00:07:31.659 Had no medicines, 00:07:31.779 --> 00:07:32.959 yet they called him healer. 00:07:33.899 --> 00:07:34.959 He had no army, 00:07:35.079 --> 00:07:36.259 yet kings feared him. 00:07:36.899 --> 00:07:38.699 He won no military battles, 00:07:38.819 --> 00:07:39.980 yet he conquered the world. 00:07:39.980 --> 00:07:42.480 He did not live in a castle, 00:07:42.580 --> 00:07:43.720 yet they called him Lord. 00:07:44.840 --> 00:07:46.259 He ruled no nations, 00:07:46.340 --> 00:07:47.460 yet they called him king. 00:07:48.100 --> 00:07:49.560 He committed no crime, 00:07:50.160 --> 00:07:51.259 yet they crucified him. 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:53.240 He was buried in a tomb, 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:55.580 and yet he lives today. 00:07:57.580 --> 00:07:59.900 The tiny group of Jesus' disciples 00:07:59.900 --> 00:08:01.200 around 40 AD 00:08:01.200 --> 00:08:03.420 spread from Jerusalem 00:08:03.420 --> 00:08:05.100 all the way to Turkey, 00:08:05.300 --> 00:08:06.319 Asia Minor, Greece, 00:08:06.520 --> 00:08:07.819 Rome, Ethiopia, Egypt, 00:08:07.819 --> 00:08:10.120 as far as Spain and India 00:08:10.120 --> 00:08:12.159 by the end of the first century. 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:14.959 Historians estimate 00:08:14.959 --> 00:08:16.259 that the number of Christians 00:08:16.259 --> 00:08:19.579 grew by 40% every decade. 00:08:21.180 --> 00:08:22.719 And by the fourth century, 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:23.980 they numbered in the millions, 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:25.459 and since then, 00:08:25.560 --> 00:08:26.519 Christianity has remained 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:28.000 the world's largest religion 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:29.680 for 1,700 years straight. 00:08:29.680 --> 00:08:34.220 The cultural and intellectual impact 00:08:34.220 --> 00:08:35.779 of all the followers of Christ 00:08:35.779 --> 00:08:37.019 is incalculable. 00:08:39.340 --> 00:08:41.159 This one man, Jesus, 00:08:42.279 --> 00:08:44.639 from the no-name town of Nazareth, 00:08:45.519 --> 00:08:46.779 as it says in verse 22, 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:50.759 had a singular, unparalleled impact 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:52.580 and influence on this world. 00:08:53.620 --> 00:08:54.779 He is the pivot 00:08:54.779 --> 00:08:57.220 upon which world history turns 00:08:57.220 --> 00:08:58.440 from before Christ 00:08:58.440 --> 00:08:59.740 to Anno Domini, 00:08:59.800 --> 00:09:01.160 the year of our Lord, AD. 00:09:01.940 --> 00:09:02.840 And his followers, 00:09:03.680 --> 00:09:05.360 as their detractors once said 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:06.420 in Acts 17, 6, 00:09:06.759 --> 00:09:09.480 have turned the world upside down. 00:09:11.980 --> 00:09:13.560 Who is this man? 00:09:15.940 --> 00:09:17.960 Acts chapter 2, 22 to 41, 00:09:18.160 --> 00:09:19.139 which we just read, 00:09:19.220 --> 00:09:20.899 teaches us that Jesus Christ 00:09:20.899 --> 00:09:22.820 is the risen Lord 00:09:22.820 --> 00:09:25.220 to whom we bear witness. 00:09:25.220 --> 00:09:28.740 We're going to first see 00:09:28.740 --> 00:09:30.600 how he was attested by God 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:32.580 and then delivered up by God 00:09:32.580 --> 00:09:34.180 and then raised by God 00:09:34.180 --> 00:09:34.860 from the dead 00:09:34.860 --> 00:09:35.500 and then finally 00:09:35.500 --> 00:09:37.779 that he is witnessed to by men. 00:09:39.060 --> 00:09:40.320 Peter says in his sermon 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:41.279 in verse 22, 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:42.080 man of Israel, 00:09:42.440 --> 00:09:43.379 hear these words, 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:44.540 Jesus of Nazareth, 00:09:44.620 --> 00:09:46.100 a man attested to you by God 00:09:46.100 --> 00:09:47.360 with mighty works and wonders 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:48.500 and signs that God did 00:09:48.500 --> 00:09:49.440 through him in your midst, 00:09:49.759 --> 00:09:51.000 as you yourselves know. 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:54.340 Peter addresses men of Israel, 00:09:54.340 --> 00:09:56.060 but this is what grammarians 00:09:56.060 --> 00:09:58.000 call the generic usage 00:09:58.000 --> 00:09:59.200 of the word man, 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:01.920 which is inclusive 00:10:01.920 --> 00:10:03.379 of both men and women. 00:10:03.960 --> 00:10:04.980 We know this for a fact 00:10:04.980 --> 00:10:06.300 because a few verses earlier, 00:10:07.160 --> 00:10:08.320 in verses 17 to 18, 00:10:08.420 --> 00:10:08.980 Peter confirmed 00:10:08.980 --> 00:10:09.800 that there were both 00:10:09.800 --> 00:10:11.340 sons and daughters, 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:12.040 male servants 00:10:12.040 --> 00:10:13.280 and female servants 00:10:13.280 --> 00:10:14.000 in the audience 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:15.660 that received the gift 00:10:15.660 --> 00:10:16.440 of the Holy Spirit. 00:10:17.560 --> 00:10:18.680 But Peter's choice 00:10:18.680 --> 00:10:19.740 of the word men 00:10:19.740 --> 00:10:21.440 puts extra emphasis 00:10:21.440 --> 00:10:22.320 on the introduction 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:23.100 of Jesus 00:10:23.100 --> 00:10:24.540 as a man 00:10:24.540 --> 00:10:26.260 attested to you 00:10:26.260 --> 00:10:27.000 by God. 00:10:27.400 --> 00:10:28.400 In other words, 00:10:28.500 --> 00:10:29.660 Jesus was a man 00:10:29.660 --> 00:10:31.600 just like you all. 00:10:32.640 --> 00:10:33.520 He was truly, 00:10:33.660 --> 00:10:34.920 really human 00:10:34.920 --> 00:10:37.360 like the rest of us. 00:10:38.600 --> 00:10:39.700 This is the reality 00:10:39.700 --> 00:10:41.240 of Jesus' incarnation. 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:42.500 The Son of God 00:10:42.500 --> 00:10:44.500 became a Son of Man. 00:10:45.160 --> 00:10:46.580 He took on human flesh. 00:10:46.580 --> 00:10:49.620 He has a real earthly hometown 00:10:49.620 --> 00:10:50.879 called Nazareth, 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:52.800 and He has a real earthly 00:10:52.800 --> 00:10:55.139 human mother called Mary. 00:10:56.300 --> 00:10:57.740 As Hebrews 2.17 says, 00:10:57.820 --> 00:10:59.780 in order to represent humanity 00:10:59.780 --> 00:11:01.740 and save humanity, 00:11:01.920 --> 00:11:03.660 Jesus had to become human 00:11:03.660 --> 00:11:04.980 in every respect. 00:11:05.660 --> 00:11:06.740 In the same way 00:11:06.740 --> 00:11:08.320 that sin and condemnation 00:11:08.320 --> 00:11:09.020 and death 00:11:09.020 --> 00:11:10.180 came into the world 00:11:10.180 --> 00:11:11.879 through one man, Adam. 00:11:12.420 --> 00:11:13.640 So the free gift 00:11:13.640 --> 00:11:14.680 of God's grace 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:15.459 and righteousness 00:11:15.459 --> 00:11:16.459 and justification 00:11:16.459 --> 00:11:18.159 and eternal life 00:11:18.159 --> 00:11:19.179 can only come 00:11:19.179 --> 00:11:20.759 through a man, 00:11:21.159 --> 00:11:21.959 the one man, 00:11:22.059 --> 00:11:22.699 Jesus Christ. 00:11:23.939 --> 00:11:25.379 But this humanity 00:11:25.379 --> 00:11:26.679 and manhood of Jesus 00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:28.319 is brought into sharp relief 00:11:28.319 --> 00:11:28.939 by what? 00:11:29.339 --> 00:11:30.459 By this remarkable fact 00:11:30.459 --> 00:11:31.359 that He was a man 00:11:31.359 --> 00:11:32.500 attested to you 00:11:32.500 --> 00:11:33.559 by God. 00:11:34.899 --> 00:11:35.779 To attest 00:11:35.779 --> 00:11:36.879 is to demonstrate 00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:39.179 or to prove something. 00:11:40.959 --> 00:11:42.819 Men who write books 00:11:42.819 --> 00:11:44.019 need other men 00:11:44.019 --> 00:11:45.159 to write endorsements 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:46.100 on the back cover. 00:11:47.740 --> 00:11:48.879 Men who publish 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:49.919 academic articles 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:51.579 need to be peer-reviewed 00:11:51.579 --> 00:11:52.439 in order to be credible. 00:11:53.620 --> 00:11:54.860 Men who are doctors 00:11:54.860 --> 00:11:55.699 need degrees 00:11:55.699 --> 00:11:56.819 from medical schools 00:11:56.819 --> 00:11:58.259 attesting that they are 00:11:58.259 --> 00:11:59.519 qualified to practice. 00:12:00.379 --> 00:12:01.439 Men who would be lawyers 00:12:01.439 --> 00:12:02.639 need to pass 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:03.360 the bar exam 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:04.019 administered to 00:12:04.019 --> 00:12:04.639 by other men 00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:05.639 in order to be licensed. 00:12:06.120 --> 00:12:07.079 We all seek out 00:12:07.079 --> 00:12:08.079 recommendation letters 00:12:08.079 --> 00:12:08.899 and references 00:12:08.899 --> 00:12:10.079 in job applications 00:12:10.079 --> 00:12:11.259 because we need 00:12:11.259 --> 00:12:12.279 other people 00:12:12.279 --> 00:12:13.039 to attest 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:13.919 to our credentials. 00:12:15.419 --> 00:12:16.439 But Jesus 00:12:16.439 --> 00:12:17.779 needs 00:12:17.779 --> 00:12:19.579 no attestation 00:12:19.579 --> 00:12:20.240 from man 00:12:20.240 --> 00:12:22.079 because He 00:12:22.079 --> 00:12:22.879 was attested 00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:23.259 to us 00:12:23.259 --> 00:12:23.860 by God. 00:12:25.620 --> 00:12:26.579 He says in 00:12:26.579 --> 00:12:27.459 John 2, 24 00:12:27.459 --> 00:12:28.199 that Jesus 00:12:28.199 --> 00:12:29.179 on His part 00:12:29.179 --> 00:12:30.179 did not entrust 00:12:30.179 --> 00:12:31.199 Himself to man 00:12:31.199 --> 00:12:32.399 because He knew 00:12:32.399 --> 00:12:32.939 all people 00:12:32.939 --> 00:12:34.240 and needed no one 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:35.279 to bear witness 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:35.899 about man. 00:12:35.899 --> 00:12:37.740 Jesus did not 00:12:37.740 --> 00:12:39.100 seek approval 00:12:39.100 --> 00:12:40.220 or commendation 00:12:40.220 --> 00:12:41.100 from people 00:12:41.100 --> 00:12:41.600 because He 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:42.340 didn't need it. 00:12:43.139 --> 00:12:43.539 Jesus said 00:12:43.539 --> 00:12:44.659 in John 5, 37 00:12:44.659 --> 00:12:45.720 the Father 00:12:45.720 --> 00:12:46.840 who sent me 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:48.360 has Himself 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:49.759 borne witness 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:50.799 about me. 00:12:52.740 --> 00:12:53.860 God Himself 00:12:53.860 --> 00:12:54.100 testified 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:55.879 to the kind of man 00:12:55.879 --> 00:12:56.740 that Jesus is. 00:12:57.679 --> 00:12:58.399 God Himself 00:12:58.399 --> 00:12:59.220 put His stamp 00:12:59.220 --> 00:12:59.860 of approval 00:12:59.860 --> 00:13:00.500 on Jesus 00:13:00.500 --> 00:13:02.079 by doing mighty works 00:13:02.079 --> 00:13:02.779 and signs 00:13:02.779 --> 00:13:03.319 and wonders 00:13:03.319 --> 00:13:04.179 through Him. 00:13:04.179 --> 00:13:07.259 try to put yourself 00:13:07.259 --> 00:13:07.719 in the shoes 00:13:07.719 --> 00:13:08.059 of people 00:13:08.059 --> 00:13:08.559 listening to 00:13:08.559 --> 00:13:09.159 Peter's sermon 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:09.919 in the first century. 00:13:10.919 --> 00:13:11.759 Notice that Peter 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:12.719 doesn't even attempt 00:13:12.719 --> 00:13:13.299 to prove 00:13:13.299 --> 00:13:14.199 that Jesus did 00:13:14.199 --> 00:13:15.219 signs and wonders 00:13:15.219 --> 00:13:15.739 and miracles. 00:13:17.939 --> 00:13:18.459 Imagine 00:13:18.459 --> 00:13:19.159 if you were 00:13:19.159 --> 00:13:20.339 trying to make up 00:13:20.339 --> 00:13:20.839 you know 00:13:20.839 --> 00:13:21.659 if you were 00:13:21.659 --> 00:13:22.399 a charlatan 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:22.859 let's say 00:13:22.859 --> 00:13:24.120 trying to sell 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:25.179 some fake 00:13:25.179 --> 00:13:26.579 miracle drug 00:13:26.579 --> 00:13:27.719 that's a panacea 00:13:27.719 --> 00:13:28.819 to cure all things 00:13:28.819 --> 00:13:30.099 wouldn't you 00:13:30.099 --> 00:13:30.939 then invent 00:13:30.939 --> 00:13:32.199 fantastic stories 00:13:32.199 --> 00:13:33.699 and hire people 00:13:33.700 --> 00:13:34.379 to write 00:13:34.379 --> 00:13:35.520 fake reviews 00:13:35.520 --> 00:13:36.000 online 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:36.680 and to provide 00:13:36.680 --> 00:13:37.860 fake testimonials 00:13:37.860 --> 00:13:40.420 but Peter 00:13:40.420 --> 00:13:42.500 makes no attempt 00:13:42.500 --> 00:13:43.320 to prove 00:13:43.320 --> 00:13:43.759 that Jesus 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:44.740 did mighty works 00:13:44.740 --> 00:13:45.360 and wonders 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:45.900 and signs. 00:13:46.820 --> 00:13:47.440 Why? 00:13:48.140 --> 00:13:48.879 Because He 00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:49.460 doesn't need to. 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:52.120 Jesus did 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:52.879 all of them 00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:54.800 out in the open 00:13:54.800 --> 00:13:57.000 in plain sight 00:13:57.000 --> 00:13:57.600 of the public. 00:13:59.379 --> 00:13:59.800 So Peter 00:13:59.800 --> 00:14:00.480 simply says 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:00.920 a man 00:14:00.920 --> 00:14:01.740 attested to you 00:14:01.740 --> 00:14:02.180 by God 00:14:02.180 --> 00:14:02.919 with mighty works 00:14:02.919 --> 00:14:03.379 and wonders 00:14:03.379 --> 00:14:03.820 and signs 00:14:03.820 --> 00:14:04.200 that God 00:14:04.200 --> 00:14:04.659 did through 00:14:04.659 --> 00:14:05.000 Him 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:05.980 in your 00:14:05.980 --> 00:14:06.580 midst 00:14:06.580 --> 00:14:07.639 as you 00:14:07.639 --> 00:14:08.340 already 00:14:08.340 --> 00:14:08.860 know. 00:14:10.860 --> 00:14:11.799 The crowds 00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:12.580 have already 00:14:12.580 --> 00:14:13.279 been 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:14.220 witnesses 00:14:14.220 --> 00:14:14.759 of Jesus' 00:14:15.019 --> 00:14:15.320 miracles 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:15.799 themselves. 00:14:16.940 --> 00:14:17.399 So Peter 00:14:17.399 --> 00:14:17.899 doesn't need 00:14:17.899 --> 00:14:18.299 to call up 00:14:18.299 --> 00:14:18.620 oh hey 00:14:18.620 --> 00:14:18.980 Mary 00:14:18.980 --> 00:14:19.399 remember 00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:19.820 Jesus 00:14:19.820 --> 00:14:20.519 cast out 00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:21.039 seven demons 00:14:21.039 --> 00:14:21.580 from you 00:14:21.580 --> 00:14:21.960 come here 00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:22.220 come here 00:14:22.220 --> 00:14:22.560 share your 00:14:22.560 --> 00:14:22.879 testimony 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:25.519 for Lazarus 00:14:25.519 --> 00:14:26.000 come up here 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:26.480 remember 00:14:26.480 --> 00:14:26.899 he raised 00:14:26.899 --> 00:14:27.259 you from the 00:14:27.259 --> 00:14:27.360 dead 00:14:27.360 --> 00:14:27.560 I mean 00:14:27.560 --> 00:14:27.860 maybe you 00:14:27.860 --> 00:14:28.299 don't remember 00:14:28.299 --> 00:14:28.440 that 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:28.620 because you 00:14:28.620 --> 00:14:28.980 were dead 00:14:28.980 --> 00:14:29.580 but you 00:14:29.580 --> 00:14:30.019 came back 00:14:30.019 --> 00:14:30.399 to life 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:30.740 remember 00:14:30.740 --> 00:14:32.659 come tell 00:14:32.659 --> 00:14:32.980 everybody 00:14:32.980 --> 00:14:33.580 what happened 00:14:33.580 --> 00:14:36.300 it's 00:14:36.300 --> 00:14:36.800 redundant 00:14:36.800 --> 00:14:38.120 the crowds 00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:38.960 are themselves 00:14:38.960 --> 00:14:39.840 witnesses 00:14:39.840 --> 00:14:40.279 of Jesus' 00:14:40.460 --> 00:14:41.100 mighty works 00:14:41.100 --> 00:14:41.560 and wonders 00:14:41.560 --> 00:14:41.980 and signs 00:14:41.980 --> 00:14:42.779 it's fascinating 00:14:42.779 --> 00:14:43.680 that when you 00:14:43.680 --> 00:14:44.460 read the gospel 00:14:44.460 --> 00:14:44.980 narratives 00:14:44.980 --> 00:14:45.899 and you see 00:14:45.899 --> 00:14:46.659 the clash 00:14:46.659 --> 00:14:47.500 between Jesus 00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:48.200 and the Jewish 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:48.620 leaders 00:14:48.620 --> 00:14:50.019 Jesus' 00:14:50.340 --> 00:14:51.460 naysayers 00:14:51.460 --> 00:14:52.139 the Jewish 00:14:52.139 --> 00:14:52.420 leaders 00:14:52.420 --> 00:14:52.980 who opposed 00:14:52.980 --> 00:14:53.320 him 00:14:53.320 --> 00:14:55.120 never questioned 00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:56.060 that Jesus 00:14:56.060 --> 00:14:57.019 did miracles 00:14:57.019 --> 00:14:57.179 miracles 00:14:57.179 --> 00:15:00.299 they only 00:15:00.299 --> 00:15:01.259 ever questioned 00:15:01.259 --> 00:15:02.199 how Jesus 00:15:02.199 --> 00:15:02.659 did those 00:15:02.659 --> 00:15:02.980 miracles 00:15:02.980 --> 00:15:05.379 for example 00:15:05.379 --> 00:15:05.980 they argued 00:15:05.980 --> 00:15:06.340 that the 00:15:06.340 --> 00:15:07.259 miraculous powers 00:15:07.259 --> 00:15:07.699 at work 00:15:07.699 --> 00:15:08.319 in Jesus 00:15:08.319 --> 00:15:09.419 were because 00:15:09.419 --> 00:15:10.220 he was in 00:15:10.220 --> 00:15:10.799 league with 00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:11.340 the prince 00:15:11.340 --> 00:15:11.899 of demons 00:15:11.899 --> 00:15:13.220 that was 00:15:13.220 --> 00:15:13.960 their accusation 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:15.919 Jesus doing 00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:16.539 miracles 00:15:16.539 --> 00:15:16.840 he's like 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:17.199 yeah yeah 00:15:17.199 --> 00:15:17.779 he's doing 00:15:17.779 --> 00:15:18.120 miracles 00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:18.399 but it's 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:19.659 because he's 00:15:19.659 --> 00:15:20.360 in concert 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:20.899 with the prince 00:15:20.899 --> 00:15:21.399 of demons 00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:22.360 which doesn't 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:22.919 make any sense 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:23.399 why would 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:23.899 the prince 00:15:23.899 --> 00:15:24.259 of demons 00:15:24.259 --> 00:15:24.819 help Jesus 00:15:24.819 --> 00:15:25.299 cast out 00:15:25.299 --> 00:15:25.659 demons 00:15:25.659 --> 00:15:32.240 we see 00:15:32.240 --> 00:15:32.819 that same 00:15:32.819 --> 00:15:33.240 assumption 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:34.299 even in 00:15:34.299 --> 00:15:35.059 the non-biblical 00:15:35.059 --> 00:15:35.579 historical 00:15:35.579 --> 00:15:36.120 accounts 00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:36.539 of Jesus' 00:15:36.740 --> 00:15:37.059 life 00:15:37.059 --> 00:15:38.959 the first 00:15:38.959 --> 00:15:39.339 century 00:15:39.339 --> 00:15:39.639 Jewish 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:40.019 historian 00:15:40.019 --> 00:15:40.600 Josephus 00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:41.259 who did 00:15:41.259 --> 00:15:41.980 not believe 00:15:41.980 --> 00:15:42.419 in Jesus 00:15:42.419 --> 00:15:42.899 as the 00:15:42.899 --> 00:15:43.299 Messiah 00:15:43.299 --> 00:15:44.179 writes this 00:15:44.179 --> 00:15:45.919 about this 00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:46.299 time 00:15:46.299 --> 00:15:46.860 there lived 00:15:46.860 --> 00:15:47.439 Jesus 00:15:47.439 --> 00:15:48.519 he was 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:49.100 one who 00:15:49.100 --> 00:15:49.439 wrought 00:15:49.439 --> 00:15:50.399 surprising 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:51.079 feats 00:15:51.079 --> 00:15:52.379 and was 00:15:52.379 --> 00:15:52.899 a teacher 00:15:52.899 --> 00:15:53.299 of such 00:15:53.299 --> 00:15:53.620 people 00:15:53.620 --> 00:15:53.819 as 00:15:53.819 --> 00:15:54.179 accept 00:15:54.179 --> 00:15:54.559 the truth 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:54.980 gladly 00:15:54.980 --> 00:15:56.000 he won 00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:56.460 over many 00:15:56.460 --> 00:15:56.840 Jews 00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:57.320 and many 00:15:57.320 --> 00:15:57.580 of the 00:15:57.580 --> 00:15:57.879 Greeks 00:15:57.879 --> 00:15:59.659 some other 00:15:59.659 --> 00:16:00.180 translations 00:16:00.180 --> 00:16:01.100 render surprising 00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:01.480 feats 00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:02.180 wondrous 00:16:02.180 --> 00:16:02.600 feats 00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:03.460 it's a 00:16:03.460 --> 00:16:03.759 reference 00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:04.279 to signs 00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:04.759 and wonders 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:05.320 to miracles 00:16:05.320 --> 00:16:07.800 similarly 00:16:07.800 --> 00:16:08.759 Chalcis 00:16:08.759 --> 00:16:09.800 a second 00:16:09.800 --> 00:16:10.220 century 00:16:10.220 --> 00:16:10.600 Greek 00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:11.180 philosopher 00:16:11.180 --> 00:16:13.100 who debated 00:16:13.100 --> 00:16:13.899 Origen 00:16:13.899 --> 00:16:14.519 who was a 00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:15.100 Christian 00:16:15.100 --> 00:16:15.560 minister 00:16:15.560 --> 00:16:16.620 debated him 00:16:16.620 --> 00:16:17.480 extensively 00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:17.980 and wrote 00:16:17.980 --> 00:16:19.019 a comprehensive 00:16:19.019 --> 00:16:19.560 tract 00:16:19.560 --> 00:16:20.340 against 00:16:20.340 --> 00:16:20.920 Christianity 00:16:20.920 --> 00:16:22.300 he said 00:16:22.300 --> 00:16:22.700 this 00:16:22.700 --> 00:16:23.560 Jesus 00:16:23.560 --> 00:16:23.560 00:16:23.560 --> 00:16:24.600 performed 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:25.200 miracles 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:25.980 by means 00:16:25.980 --> 00:16:26.300 of 00:16:26.300 --> 00:16:26.940 magic 00:16:26.940 --> 00:16:29.759 notice 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:30.320 once again 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:30.620 that he 00:16:30.620 --> 00:16:31.240 takes for 00:16:31.240 --> 00:16:31.720 granted 00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:32.320 that Jesus 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:32.920 performed 00:16:32.920 --> 00:16:33.460 miracles 00:16:33.460 --> 00:16:34.840 because the 00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:35.480 fact in 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:35.940 that day 00:16:35.940 --> 00:16:36.259 and age 00:16:36.259 --> 00:16:37.540 was indisputable 00:16:37.540 --> 00:16:38.920 and therefore 00:16:38.920 --> 00:16:39.580 it was fruitless 00:16:39.580 --> 00:16:39.960 to argue 00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:40.600 against it 00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:41.300 instead 00:16:41.300 --> 00:16:42.220 he dismisses 00:16:42.220 --> 00:16:42.720 the miracles 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:43.140 as being 00:16:43.140 --> 00:16:43.600 performed 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:44.240 by means 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:44.800 of Egyptian 00:16:44.800 --> 00:16:45.280 magic 00:16:45.280 --> 00:16:46.200 that's what 00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:46.640 he attributes 00:16:46.640 --> 00:16:46.980 it to 00:16:46.980 --> 00:16:51.740 Jesus 00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:52.600 was attested 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:53.480 to you 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:54.580 by God 00:16:54.580 --> 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00:17:21.599 art 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:22.079 students 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:23.359 who took 00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:23.779 a trip 00:17:23.779 --> 00:17:24.279 to Paris 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:24.700 to visit 00:17:24.700 --> 00:17:25.240 the Louvre 00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:25.899 the world's 00:17:25.899 --> 00:17:26.180 largest 00:17:26.180 --> 00:17:26.559 museum 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:28.759 they were 00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:29.139 examining 00:17:29.139 --> 00:17:29.700 a famous 00:17:29.700 --> 00:17:30.200 masterpiece 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:31.899 I wasn't 00:17:31.899 --> 00:17:32.440 told exactly 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:32.759 what it 00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:33.000 was 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:33.259 maybe 00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:34.059 a Da Vinci 00:17:34.059 --> 00:17:34.379 or a 00:17:34.379 --> 00:17:34.940 Raphael 00:17:34.940 --> 00:17:36.339 or Rembrandt 00:17:36.339 --> 00:17:38.279 when one 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:38.500 of the 00:17:38.500 --> 00:17:39.000 students 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00:42:34.539 and 00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:34.760 its 00:42:34.760 --> 00:42:35.340 face 00:42:35.340 --> 00:42:35.840 became 00:42:35.840 --> 00:42:36.639 ashen 00:42:36.639 --> 00:42:37.079 with 00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:37.659 fear 00:42:37.659 --> 00:42:37.980 and 00:42:37.980 --> 00:42:38.539 the 00:42:38.539 --> 00:42:38.920 gates 00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:39.139 of 00:42:39.139 --> 00:42:39.559 Hades 00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:40.219 fled 00:42:40.219 --> 00:42:40.699 before 00:42:40.699 --> 00:42:41.019 him 00:42:41.019 --> 00:42:41.179 and 00:42:41.179 --> 00:42:41.480 flung 00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:41.900 open 00:42:41.900 --> 00:42:43.079 it 00:42:43.079 --> 00:42:43.240 had 00:42:43.240 --> 00:42:43.800 finally 00:42:43.800 --> 00:42:44.079 met 00:42:44.079 --> 00:42:44.280 a 00:42:44.280 --> 00:42:44.699 champion 00:42:44.699 --> 00:42:44.900 that 00:42:44.900 --> 00:42:45.000 he 00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:45.139 could 00:42:45.139 --> 00:42:45.380 not 00:42:45.380 --> 00:42:45.659 hold 00:42:45.659 --> 00:42:46.059 down 00:42:46.059 --> 00:42:47.780 as 00:42:47.780 --> 00:42:48.059 Hebrews 00:42:48.059 --> 00:42:48.360 2 00:42:48.360 --> 00:42:48.719 14 00:42:48.719 --> 00:42:48.840 to 00:42:48.840 --> 00:42:49.059 15 00:42:49.059 --> 00:42:49.260 says 00:42:49.260 --> 00:42:49.619 Jesus 00:42:49.619 --> 00:42:50.240 died 00:42:50.240 --> 00:42:50.800 that 00:42:50.800 --> 00:42:51.119 through 00:42:51.119 --> 00:42:51.599 death 00:42:51.599 --> 00:42:51.760 he 00:42:51.760 --> 00:42:51.960 might 00:42:51.960 --> 00:42:52.679 destroy 00:42:52.679 --> 00:42:53.119 the 00:42:53.119 --> 00:42:53.360 one 00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:53.500 who 00:42:53.500 --> 00:42:53.840 has 00:42:53.840 --> 00:42:54.019 a 00:42:54.019 --> 00:42:54.320 power 00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:54.500 of 00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:54.719 death 00:42:54.719 --> 00:42:55.059 that 00:42:55.059 --> 00:42:55.219 is 00:42:55.219 --> 00:42:55.400 the 00:42:55.400 --> 00:42:55.760 devil 00:42:55.760 --> 00:42:56.199 and 00:42:56.199 --> 00:42:56.639 deliver 00:42:56.639 --> 00:42:57.059 all 00:42:57.059 --> 00:42:57.360 those 00:42:57.360 --> 00:42:57.500 who 00:42:57.500 --> 00:42:57.679 through 00:42:57.679 --> 00:42:58.019 fear 00:42:58.019 --> 00:42:58.179 of 00:42:58.179 --> 00:42:58.380 death 00:42:58.380 --> 00:42:58.559 were 00:42:58.559 --> 00:42:58.920 subject 00:42:58.920 --> 00:42:59.139 to 00:42:59.139 --> 00:42:59.519 lifelong 00:42:59.519 --> 00:43:00.119 slavery 00:43:00.119 --> 00:43:01.219 in 00:43:01.219 --> 00:43:01.420 the 00:43:01.420 --> 00:43:01.840 death 00:43:01.840 --> 00:43:02.219 of 00:43:02.219 --> 00:43:02.880 Christ 00:43:02.880 --> 00:43:03.759 death 00:43:03.759 --> 00:43:04.539 itself 00:43:04.539 --> 00:43:04.900 is 00:43:04.900 --> 00:43:05.320 dealt 00:43:05.320 --> 00:43:05.599 a 00:43:05.599 --> 00:43:06.159 mortal 00:43:06.159 --> 00:43:06.800 blow 00:43:06.800 --> 00:43:07.880 and 00:43:07.880 --> 00:43:08.280 death 00:43:08.280 --> 00:43:08.940 itself 00:43:08.940 --> 00:43:09.480 starts 00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:10.019 working 00:43:10.019 --> 00:43:10.840 backward 00:43:10.840 --> 00:43:11.559 when 00:43:11.559 --> 00:43:11.800 the 00:43:11.800 --> 00:43:12.259 sinless 00:43:12.259 --> 00:43:12.719 one 00:43:12.719 --> 00:43:13.539 died 00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:14.619 the 00:43:14.619 --> 00:43:14.960 death 00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:15.139 that 00:43:15.139 --> 00:43:15.259 he 00:43:15.259 --> 00:43:15.460 did 00:43:15.460 --> 00:43:15.739 not 00:43:15.739 --> 00:43:16.320 deserve 00:43:16.320 --> 00:43:16.579 in 00:43:16.579 --> 00:43:16.719 the 00:43:16.719 --> 00:43:17.059 place 00:43:17.059 --> 00:43:17.219 of 00:43:17.219 --> 00:43:17.519 sinners 00:43:17.519 --> 00:43:17.800 like 00:43:17.800 --> 00:43:17.960 you 00:43:17.960 --> 00:43:18.119 and 00:43:18.119 --> 00:43:18.239 me 00:43:18.239 --> 00:43:18.420 he 00:43:18.420 --> 00:43:18.880 crashed 00:43:18.880 --> 00:43:19.119 the 00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:19.559 system 00:43:19.559 --> 00:43:21.519 and 00:43:21.519 --> 00:43:21.659 the 00:43:21.659 --> 00:43:21.960 law 00:43:21.960 --> 00:43:22.179 of 00:43:22.179 --> 00:43:22.659 slavery 00:43:22.659 --> 00:43:22.900 and 00:43:22.900 --> 00:43:23.219 sin 00:43:23.219 --> 00:43:23.400 and 00:43:23.400 --> 00:43:23.599 death 00:43:23.599 --> 00:43:23.880 started 00:43:23.880 --> 00:43:24.360 becoming 00:43:24.360 --> 00:43:25.039 undone 00:43:25.039 --> 00:43:26.119 the 00:43:26.119 --> 00:43:26.480 sting 00:43:26.480 --> 00:43:26.679 of 00:43:26.679 --> 00:43:27.000 death 00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:27.219 is 00:43:27.219 --> 00:43:27.420 sin 00:43:27.420 --> 00:43:27.519 and 00:43:27.519 --> 00:43:27.659 the 00:43:27.659 --> 00:43:27.940 power 00:43:28.019 --> 00:43:28.360 sin 00:43:28.360 --> 00:43:28.519 is 00:43:28.519 --> 00:43:28.699 the 00:43:28.699 --> 00:43:28.920 law 00:43:28.920 --> 00:43:29.119 but 00:43:29.119 --> 00:43:29.420 thanks 00:43:29.420 --> 00:43:29.579 be 00:43:29.579 --> 00:43:29.719 to 00:43:29.719 --> 00:43:29.920 God 00:43:29.920 --> 00:43:30.059 who 00:43:30.059 --> 00:43:30.420 gives 00:43:30.420 --> 00:43:30.780 us 00:43:30.780 --> 00:43:31.000 the 00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:31.460 victory 00:43:31.460 --> 00:43:31.980 through 00:43:31.980 --> 00:43:32.139 our 00:43:32.139 --> 00:43:32.440 Lord 00:43:32.440 --> 00:43:32.820 Jesus 00:43:32.820 --> 00:43:33.340 Christ 00:43:33.340 --> 00:43:36.400 Romans 00:43:36.400 --> 00:43:36.719 5 00:43:36.719 --> 00:43:37.059 25 00:43:37.059 --> 00:43:37.320 says 00:43:37.320 --> 00:43:37.460 that 00:43:37.460 --> 00:43:37.719 Jesus 00:43:37.719 --> 00:43:37.920 was 00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:38.239 delivered 00:43:38.239 --> 00:43:38.519 up 00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:38.719 for 00:43:38.719 --> 00:43:38.880 our 00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:39.400 trespasses 00:43:39.400 --> 00:43:39.599 and 00:43:39.599 --> 00:43:40.179 raised 00:43:40.179 --> 00:43:40.400 for 00:43:40.400 --> 00:43:40.659 our 00:43:40.659 --> 00:43:41.400 justification 00:43:41.400 --> 00:43:42.579 dens 00:43:42.579 --> 00:43:43.340 as 00:43:43.340 --> 00:43:43.539 Christians 00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:43.539 00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:43.539 00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:58.539 died for 00:43:58.539 --> 00:43:58.639 our 00:43:58.639 --> 00:43:58.920 sins 00:43:58.920 --> 00:43:59.340 but 00:43:59.340 --> 00:43:59.500 if 00:43:59.500 --> 00:43:59.940 Jesus 00:43:59.940 --> 00:44:00.300 had 00:44:00.300 --> 00:44:00.780 stayed 00:44:00.780 --> 00:44:01.340 dead 00:44:01.340 --> 00:44:02.539 it 00:44:02.539 --> 00:44:02.740 would 00:44:02.740 --> 00:44:03.180 mean 00:44:03.180 --> 00:44:03.579 that 00:44:03.579 --> 00:44:04.240 him 00:44:04.240 --> 00:44:05.200 substituting 00:44:05.200 --> 00:44:05.539 himself 00:44:05.539 --> 00:44:06.200 for 00:44:06.200 --> 00:44:06.599 us 00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:06.800 for 00:44:06.800 --> 00:44:07.220 sinners 00:44:07.219 --> 00:44:08.919 it didn't work. 00:44:11.119 --> 00:44:13.239 It would mean that his sacrifice 00:44:13.239 --> 00:44:15.939 was not accepted by God the Father, the judge. 00:44:16.799 --> 00:44:19.519 It would mean that we could not be justified. 00:44:20.079 --> 00:44:22.379 It would mean that death swallowed him up 00:44:22.379 --> 00:44:24.119 like all the other people 00:44:24.119 --> 00:44:25.439 that swallowed up before him 00:44:25.439 --> 00:44:27.399 and that no man and no woman 00:44:27.399 --> 00:44:30.079 can ever escape from the teeth of its iron gates. 00:44:33.179 --> 00:44:35.039 But praise be to God 00:44:35.039 --> 00:44:36.839 that death could not hold him. 00:44:37.219 --> 00:44:43.059 We know that Christ being raised from the dead 00:44:43.059 --> 00:44:44.779 will never die again. 00:44:45.639 --> 00:44:48.279 Death no longer has dominion over him. 00:44:50.519 --> 00:44:51.899 Dear saints of God, 00:44:52.899 --> 00:44:55.139 this morning do you feel disheartened 00:44:55.139 --> 00:44:56.879 by your struggles with sin? 00:44:59.419 --> 00:45:01.939 Does it seem to you that your sin 00:45:01.939 --> 00:45:05.319 continually gets the better of you, 00:45:05.320 --> 00:45:07.380 mastery over you? 00:45:09.960 --> 00:45:10.940 Fear not. 00:45:13.460 --> 00:45:15.600 Our champion has wrestled and won. 00:45:19.940 --> 00:45:20.960 Christ is risen. 00:45:20.960 --> 00:45:26.000 His righteousness is counted as ours 00:45:26.000 --> 00:45:31.260 for all those who have put their faith in Jesus Christ. 00:45:33.220 --> 00:45:35.500 The risen Lord Jesus Christ declares 00:45:35.500 --> 00:45:37.139 in Revelation 1, 17 to 18, 00:45:37.300 --> 00:45:37.940 fear not. 00:45:38.480 --> 00:45:40.139 I am the first and the last 00:45:40.139 --> 00:45:41.380 and the living one. 00:45:41.639 --> 00:45:42.519 I died. 00:45:42.519 --> 00:45:43.739 And behold, 00:45:44.179 --> 00:45:46.480 I am alive forevermore 00:45:46.480 --> 00:45:49.840 and I have the keys of death and Hades. 00:45:51.579 --> 00:45:54.099 Haven't we all wrestled with the pain of death? 00:45:54.099 --> 00:45:57.319 Some of you have suffered the heartbreak 00:45:57.319 --> 00:45:58.279 of miscarriages, 00:45:59.139 --> 00:46:01.099 the loss of grandparents 00:46:01.099 --> 00:46:02.779 and uncles and aunts, 00:46:03.179 --> 00:46:04.599 even parents and siblings. 00:46:05.279 --> 00:46:05.880 But beloved, 00:46:06.239 --> 00:46:08.179 death is not the final word. 00:46:10.259 --> 00:46:13.199 When our risen Lord returns in glory 00:46:13.199 --> 00:46:15.059 and raises the dead, 00:46:15.319 --> 00:46:17.179 we will join him in song 00:46:17.179 --> 00:46:19.139 and taunt death with the words 00:46:19.139 --> 00:46:20.179 that we read earlier. 00:46:20.380 --> 00:46:22.579 Death is swallowed up in victory. 00:46:22.579 --> 00:46:23.319 Oh death, 00:46:23.599 --> 00:46:24.900 where is your victory? 00:46:25.360 --> 00:46:26.159 Oh death, 00:46:26.340 --> 00:46:27.559 where is your sting? 00:46:28.500 --> 00:46:30.599 And then we shall live forever with God, 00:46:30.699 --> 00:46:32.159 body and soul made whole 00:46:32.159 --> 00:46:34.079 in the fullness of resurrection glory. 00:46:37.239 --> 00:46:38.860 And this wonderful promise 00:46:38.860 --> 00:46:41.980 is held out for every single one of you today. 00:46:43.599 --> 00:46:45.719 For you to receive and grab hold of. 00:46:47.400 --> 00:46:49.179 A few verses after our passage, 00:46:49.360 --> 00:46:50.960 Peter says in verses 38 to 39, 00:46:50.960 --> 00:46:53.579 repent and be baptized every one of you 00:46:53.579 --> 00:46:54.699 in the name of Jesus Christ 00:46:54.699 --> 00:46:56.320 for the forgiveness of your sins 00:46:56.320 --> 00:46:58.220 and you will receive the gift 00:46:58.220 --> 00:46:59.159 of the Holy Spirit 00:46:59.159 --> 00:47:01.720 for the promise is for you 00:47:01.720 --> 00:47:03.320 and for your children 00:47:03.320 --> 00:47:05.460 and for all who are far off, 00:47:05.820 --> 00:47:07.579 everyone whom the Lord our God 00:47:07.579 --> 00:47:08.659 calls to himself. 00:47:10.000 --> 00:47:11.340 That includes you. 00:47:12.920 --> 00:47:14.940 The phrase for your children 00:47:14.940 --> 00:47:17.639 indicates generational extent. 00:47:17.639 --> 00:47:19.699 This promise was not merely 00:47:19.699 --> 00:47:20.819 for Peter's audience 00:47:20.819 --> 00:47:21.779 in the first century 00:47:21.779 --> 00:47:23.159 but intended for every 00:47:23.159 --> 00:47:24.339 subsequent generation. 00:47:25.480 --> 00:47:27.559 The phrase for all who are far off 00:47:27.559 --> 00:47:29.980 indicates geographical extent. 00:47:30.559 --> 00:47:31.859 This salvation is not only 00:47:31.859 --> 00:47:32.859 for those who were in Jerusalem 00:47:32.859 --> 00:47:33.619 at the time 00:47:33.619 --> 00:47:34.940 but to all those 00:47:34.940 --> 00:47:35.579 and it will reach 00:47:35.579 --> 00:47:36.900 to the ends of the earth. 00:47:37.799 --> 00:47:39.019 And Peter caps it off 00:47:39.019 --> 00:47:40.599 with an allusion to Joel 2.32 00:47:40.599 --> 00:47:41.359 in verse 39, 00:47:41.519 --> 00:47:43.039 everyone whom the Lord our God 00:47:43.039 --> 00:47:43.879 calls to himself 00:47:43.879 --> 00:47:44.960 will be saved. 00:47:44.960 --> 00:47:49.119 Only those whom the Lord our God 00:47:49.119 --> 00:47:50.059 calls to himself 00:47:50.059 --> 00:47:51.400 can receive this promise 00:47:51.400 --> 00:47:52.000 and be saved 00:47:52.000 --> 00:47:54.079 but who are those people 00:47:54.079 --> 00:47:55.460 that God calls to himself? 00:47:57.000 --> 00:47:57.920 Peter told us earlier 00:47:57.920 --> 00:47:58.760 in verse 21, 00:48:00.340 --> 00:48:02.340 everyone who calls upon 00:48:02.340 --> 00:48:03.380 the name of the Lord 00:48:03.380 --> 00:48:04.440 shall be saved. 00:48:06.139 --> 00:48:06.980 Once again, 00:48:07.139 --> 00:48:08.179 there's a beautiful interplay 00:48:08.179 --> 00:48:09.260 between divine sovereignty 00:48:09.260 --> 00:48:10.179 and human responsibility. 00:48:10.179 --> 00:48:13.819 It is not our place 00:48:13.819 --> 00:48:15.500 to know whom God 00:48:15.500 --> 00:48:16.639 has called to himself. 00:48:17.919 --> 00:48:19.399 It is our place 00:48:19.399 --> 00:48:20.819 and it is our responsibility 00:48:20.819 --> 00:48:23.139 to call upon his name. 00:48:23.899 --> 00:48:25.579 And if you speak the name 00:48:25.579 --> 00:48:26.539 of Jesus Christ 00:48:26.539 --> 00:48:27.539 into the void 00:48:27.539 --> 00:48:28.319 and the despair 00:48:28.319 --> 00:48:29.839 and the night of your life, 00:48:30.000 --> 00:48:30.819 he will answer 00:48:30.819 --> 00:48:33.659 and you will be saved. 00:48:34.819 --> 00:48:35.940 So will you call upon 00:48:35.940 --> 00:48:37.239 the name of Jesus Christ 00:48:37.239 --> 00:48:38.179 and be saved today? 00:48:38.179 --> 00:48:38.779 Today. 00:48:40.539 --> 00:48:41.519 If you're visiting us 00:48:41.519 --> 00:48:41.960 this morning 00:48:41.960 --> 00:48:42.699 and you are not yet 00:48:42.699 --> 00:48:43.399 a follower of Christ, 00:48:43.539 --> 00:48:44.039 we all, 00:48:44.159 --> 00:48:44.839 as a church, 00:48:44.980 --> 00:48:46.139 collectively bear witness 00:48:46.139 --> 00:48:46.859 to you this morning. 00:48:48.219 --> 00:48:49.460 As it says in verse 32, 00:48:49.579 --> 00:48:51.019 this Jesus God raised up 00:48:51.019 --> 00:48:52.359 and of that 00:48:52.359 --> 00:48:53.719 we all are witnesses. 00:48:54.859 --> 00:48:55.480 Do you know 00:48:55.480 --> 00:48:56.299 that the New Testament 00:48:56.299 --> 00:48:58.019 contains numerous accounts 00:48:58.019 --> 00:48:58.879 of people doubting 00:48:58.879 --> 00:48:59.379 the resurrection 00:48:59.379 --> 00:49:00.239 of Jesus Christ? 00:49:01.259 --> 00:49:02.219 It makes you wonder, right? 00:49:02.980 --> 00:49:03.219 I mean, 00:49:03.259 --> 00:49:03.819 if you're a Christian 00:49:03.819 --> 00:49:04.419 writing this, 00:49:04.500 --> 00:49:05.319 why would you include that 00:49:05.319 --> 00:49:05.879 in the Gospels? 00:49:09.179 --> 00:49:09.980 When Jesus, 00:49:10.319 --> 00:49:11.440 when the Jesus' disciples 00:49:11.440 --> 00:49:12.019 meet him 00:49:12.019 --> 00:49:12.980 after his resurrection 00:49:12.980 --> 00:49:14.919 on mountain in Galilee, 00:49:15.000 --> 00:49:16.179 it says that some doubted 00:49:16.179 --> 00:49:17.299 in Matthew 20, 17. 00:49:18.019 --> 00:49:19.519 Upon hearing the woman's report 00:49:19.519 --> 00:49:20.419 of an empty tomb 00:49:20.419 --> 00:49:21.279 and the angelic vision 00:49:21.279 --> 00:49:22.079 that Jesus has risen 00:49:22.079 --> 00:49:22.699 from the dead, 00:49:23.139 --> 00:49:23.639 the disciples, 00:49:23.759 --> 00:49:24.159 the apostles, 00:49:24.319 --> 00:49:25.619 dismiss it as an idle tale 00:49:25.619 --> 00:49:26.679 in Luke 24, 11. 00:49:28.579 --> 00:49:29.980 When Jesus first appears 00:49:29.980 --> 00:49:30.879 to them in Luke 24, 00:49:31.119 --> 00:49:32.199 they think they're startled, 00:49:32.279 --> 00:49:32.659 they think that 00:49:32.659 --> 00:49:33.500 they're seeing a ghost. 00:49:33.500 --> 00:49:38.460 In John 20, 24 to 29, 00:49:38.659 --> 00:49:39.139 famously, 00:49:39.300 --> 00:49:40.039 Thomas doubts, 00:49:40.320 --> 00:49:41.639 he's one of the 12 apostles, 00:49:41.820 --> 00:49:42.480 doubts that Jesus 00:49:42.480 --> 00:49:43.320 was raised from the dead 00:49:43.320 --> 00:49:43.719 and says, 00:49:44.219 --> 00:49:46.219 unless I see in his hands 00:49:46.219 --> 00:49:47.280 the mark of the nails 00:49:47.280 --> 00:49:48.599 and place my finger 00:49:48.599 --> 00:49:49.679 into the mark of the nails 00:49:49.679 --> 00:49:50.940 and place my hand 00:49:50.940 --> 00:49:51.719 into his side, 00:49:51.760 --> 00:49:52.940 I will never believe. 00:49:55.320 --> 00:49:56.739 Why does the Bible 00:49:56.739 --> 00:49:57.900 include these accounts 00:49:57.900 --> 00:49:58.539 of doubt? 00:49:59.880 --> 00:50:01.000 One, it tells us 00:50:01.000 --> 00:50:01.599 that the Bible 00:50:01.599 --> 00:50:02.819 is a truthful account. 00:50:03.480 --> 00:50:04.159 It's not trying 00:50:04.159 --> 00:50:05.199 to put one over you. 00:50:05.779 --> 00:50:06.559 It's telling you 00:50:06.559 --> 00:50:07.299 what really happened. 00:50:09.139 --> 00:50:09.719 And two, 00:50:10.079 --> 00:50:11.019 this tells us 00:50:11.019 --> 00:50:12.759 that people back then 00:50:12.759 --> 00:50:14.179 did not believe 00:50:14.179 --> 00:50:15.179 that people rose 00:50:15.179 --> 00:50:15.639 from the dead 00:50:15.639 --> 00:50:16.339 any more than you 00:50:16.339 --> 00:50:17.099 and I do today. 00:50:19.440 --> 00:50:21.079 So don't get into 00:50:21.079 --> 00:50:21.960 this false idea 00:50:21.960 --> 00:50:23.279 that, oh, people back then 00:50:23.279 --> 00:50:23.819 knew nothing 00:50:23.819 --> 00:50:24.940 and so they're foolish 00:50:24.940 --> 00:50:25.460 and gullible 00:50:25.460 --> 00:50:26.440 and so they believe 00:50:26.440 --> 00:50:27.079 in the resurrection 00:50:27.079 --> 00:50:28.380 like crazy stories 00:50:28.380 --> 00:50:28.739 like this, 00:50:28.860 --> 00:50:29.639 but we nowadays 00:50:29.639 --> 00:50:30.119 know better. 00:50:30.219 --> 00:50:31.079 Absolutely not. 00:50:31.599 --> 00:50:32.799 People 2,000 years ago 00:50:32.799 --> 00:50:34.279 knew very, very, very well 00:50:34.279 --> 00:50:35.000 that people don't 00:50:35.000 --> 00:50:35.779 rise from the dead. 00:50:38.000 --> 00:50:39.199 That's why some of them doubt. 00:50:43.259 --> 00:50:44.779 And Jesus' resurrection 00:50:44.779 --> 00:50:46.039 is not a myth 00:50:46.039 --> 00:50:46.900 or a metaphor. 00:50:47.139 --> 00:50:48.159 It's the fact 00:50:48.159 --> 00:50:49.259 of history 00:50:49.259 --> 00:50:50.380 as real 00:50:50.380 --> 00:50:51.279 as his death 00:50:51.279 --> 00:50:52.000 on the cross. 00:50:53.960 --> 00:50:54.860 And this is 00:50:54.860 --> 00:50:56.000 a distinguishing mark 00:50:56.000 --> 00:50:56.639 of Christianity 00:50:56.639 --> 00:50:57.539 compared to other 00:50:57.539 --> 00:50:58.199 major religions 00:50:58.199 --> 00:50:58.699 in the world. 00:50:58.699 --> 00:51:00.599 Islam began 00:51:00.599 --> 00:51:02.299 with private visions 00:51:02.299 --> 00:51:03.099 that Muhammad 00:51:03.099 --> 00:51:04.079 had in a cave. 00:51:05.639 --> 00:51:06.799 Can anybody 00:51:06.799 --> 00:51:08.000 historically verify 00:51:08.000 --> 00:51:08.779 that he had that? 00:51:09.739 --> 00:51:10.019 No. 00:51:11.319 --> 00:51:12.239 It's a private vision. 00:51:16.279 --> 00:51:17.759 Siddhartha Gautama, 00:51:18.279 --> 00:51:18.719 Buddha, 00:51:20.259 --> 00:51:21.399 developed his teachings 00:51:21.399 --> 00:51:22.539 from his internal 00:51:22.539 --> 00:51:24.019 philosophical meditations 00:51:24.019 --> 00:51:24.659 and musings. 00:51:24.659 --> 00:51:27.059 Can anybody 00:51:27.059 --> 00:51:28.359 objectively verify 00:51:28.359 --> 00:51:29.359 the truth 00:51:29.359 --> 00:51:30.000 of his claims? 00:51:30.399 --> 00:51:30.839 No. 00:51:34.339 --> 00:51:35.460 But Christianity 00:51:35.460 --> 00:51:38.039 makes historical claims. 00:51:41.239 --> 00:51:42.179 This Jesus 00:51:42.179 --> 00:51:43.239 God raised up 00:51:43.239 --> 00:51:43.759 and of that 00:51:43.759 --> 00:51:45.019 we all are witnesses. 00:51:45.179 --> 00:51:46.500 This is a historical claim 00:51:46.500 --> 00:51:47.940 that is either true 00:51:47.940 --> 00:51:48.500 or false. 00:51:49.659 --> 00:51:50.920 And the entirety 00:51:50.920 --> 00:51:51.639 of Christianity 00:51:51.639 --> 00:51:52.739 depends upon it. 00:51:52.739 --> 00:51:54.239 Paul wrote 00:51:54.239 --> 00:51:55.199 in 1 Corinthians 15, 00:51:55.299 --> 00:51:55.599 14, 00:51:55.699 --> 00:51:56.639 if Christ has not 00:51:56.639 --> 00:51:57.259 been raised 00:51:57.259 --> 00:51:58.379 then our preaching 00:51:58.379 --> 00:51:59.419 is in vain 00:51:59.419 --> 00:52:00.879 and your faith 00:52:00.879 --> 00:52:01.779 is in vain. 00:52:03.959 --> 00:52:05.099 We are those 00:52:05.099 --> 00:52:05.979 who have staked 00:52:05.979 --> 00:52:07.079 our lives 00:52:07.079 --> 00:52:07.939 on the truth 00:52:07.939 --> 00:52:08.579 that Jesus 00:52:08.579 --> 00:52:09.319 was raised 00:52:09.319 --> 00:52:10.099 from the dead. 00:52:12.479 --> 00:52:13.659 And generation 00:52:13.659 --> 00:52:15.019 after generation 00:52:15.019 --> 00:52:16.139 Christian sins 00:52:16.139 --> 00:52:16.819 have been bearing 00:52:16.819 --> 00:52:17.839 witness to the 00:52:17.839 --> 00:52:18.779 resurrection of Jesus. 00:52:18.779 --> 00:52:18.959 Jesus. 00:52:18.960 --> 00:52:23.760 According to 00:52:23.760 --> 00:52:24.360 third century 00:52:24.360 --> 00:52:25.360 pastor and theologian 00:52:25.360 --> 00:52:25.900 Origen 00:52:25.900 --> 00:52:27.360 as well as 00:52:27.360 --> 00:52:28.139 church historian 00:52:28.139 --> 00:52:28.780 Eusebius 00:52:28.780 --> 00:52:30.619 and many others 00:52:30.619 --> 00:52:32.019 all twelve apostles 00:52:32.019 --> 00:52:32.980 except for John 00:52:32.980 --> 00:52:34.199 were martyred 00:52:34.199 --> 00:52:36.320 while bearing witness 00:52:36.320 --> 00:52:37.420 to this risen Lord. 00:52:39.179 --> 00:52:39.860 Peter, 00:52:40.019 --> 00:52:40.840 the first apostle 00:52:40.840 --> 00:52:41.539 bore witness 00:52:41.539 --> 00:52:42.059 to Jesus 00:52:42.059 --> 00:52:42.639 from Jerusalem 00:52:42.639 --> 00:52:43.119 all the way 00:52:43.119 --> 00:52:44.079 to modern day Turkey 00:52:44.079 --> 00:52:46.139 and then he was 00:52:46.139 --> 00:52:46.559 crucified 00:52:46.559 --> 00:52:48.420 by Emperor Nero 00:52:48.420 --> 00:52:49.860 after bearing 00:52:49.860 --> 00:52:50.759 witness in Rome. 00:52:52.159 --> 00:52:52.679 James 00:52:52.679 --> 00:52:53.900 bore witness 00:52:53.900 --> 00:52:54.440 to Christ 00:52:54.440 --> 00:52:55.219 throughout Judea 00:52:55.219 --> 00:52:55.880 and was killed 00:52:55.880 --> 00:52:57.360 by King Herod Agrippa 00:52:57.360 --> 00:52:58.239 the first. 00:52:58.320 --> 00:52:58.920 He was the first 00:52:58.920 --> 00:52:59.920 apostle to be killed. 00:53:00.920 --> 00:53:01.340 John 00:53:01.340 --> 00:53:02.000 bore witness 00:53:02.000 --> 00:53:02.440 to Jesus 00:53:02.440 --> 00:53:03.119 throughout Asia 00:53:03.119 --> 00:53:03.779 until he was 00:53:03.779 --> 00:53:05.019 exiled to Patmos 00:53:05.019 --> 00:53:06.559 under the persecutions 00:53:06.559 --> 00:53:07.659 of Emperor Domitian. 00:53:09.139 --> 00:53:10.039 If he hadn't 00:53:10.039 --> 00:53:10.820 been out of sight 00:53:10.820 --> 00:53:11.440 out of mind 00:53:11.440 --> 00:53:12.259 in the island of Patmos 00:53:12.259 --> 00:53:12.799 he probably would 00:53:12.799 --> 00:53:13.500 have been killed too 00:53:13.500 --> 00:53:14.199 but he died 00:53:14.199 --> 00:53:14.719 in exile. 00:53:14.719 --> 00:53:16.779 Andrew 00:53:16.779 --> 00:53:17.279 bore witness 00:53:17.279 --> 00:53:17.739 to Jesus 00:53:17.739 --> 00:53:18.339 as far as 00:53:18.339 --> 00:53:19.339 modern day Ukraine 00:53:19.339 --> 00:53:20.519 southern Russia 00:53:20.519 --> 00:53:21.339 and Kazakhstan 00:53:21.339 --> 00:53:22.019 and then was 00:53:22.019 --> 00:53:23.159 crucified in Patras 00:53:23.159 --> 00:53:23.659 Greece. 00:53:24.939 --> 00:53:25.459 Bartholomew 00:53:25.459 --> 00:53:25.939 bore witness 00:53:25.939 --> 00:53:26.419 to Jesus 00:53:26.419 --> 00:53:27.019 as far as 00:53:27.019 --> 00:53:27.659 modern day 00:53:27.659 --> 00:53:28.159 India 00:53:28.159 --> 00:53:28.799 and Armenia 00:53:28.799 --> 00:53:29.739 where he was 00:53:29.739 --> 00:53:30.719 flayed to death 00:53:30.719 --> 00:53:32.579 for his faith. 00:53:33.139 --> 00:53:33.480 James 00:53:33.480 --> 00:53:34.039 the son of 00:53:34.039 --> 00:53:34.579 Alphaeus 00:53:34.579 --> 00:53:35.119 bore witness 00:53:35.119 --> 00:53:35.619 to Jesus 00:53:35.619 --> 00:53:36.439 as far as 00:53:36.439 --> 00:53:36.959 Egypt 00:53:36.959 --> 00:53:37.739 where he was 00:53:37.739 --> 00:53:38.199 crucified 00:53:38.199 --> 00:53:39.219 for his faith. 00:53:40.379 --> 00:53:40.679 Judas 00:53:40.679 --> 00:53:41.480 the son of 00:53:41.480 --> 00:53:41.779 James 00:53:41.779 --> 00:53:42.259 also known 00:53:42.259 --> 00:53:42.799 as Jude 00:53:42.800 --> 00:53:43.620 or Thaddeus 00:53:43.620 --> 00:53:44.360 bore witness 00:53:44.360 --> 00:53:44.820 to Jesus 00:53:44.820 --> 00:53:45.560 in Iran 00:53:45.560 --> 00:53:46.280 Syria 00:53:46.280 --> 00:53:47.039 and Lebanon 00:53:47.039 --> 00:53:47.860 where he was 00:53:47.860 --> 00:53:48.280 beheaded 00:53:48.280 --> 00:53:49.180 for his faith. 00:53:50.180 --> 00:53:50.620 Matthew 00:53:50.620 --> 00:53:51.360 bore witness 00:53:51.360 --> 00:53:51.800 to Jesus 00:53:51.800 --> 00:53:52.380 as far as 00:53:52.380 --> 00:53:53.180 modern day Sudan 00:53:53.180 --> 00:53:54.100 and church 00:53:54.100 --> 00:53:54.820 tradition holds 00:53:54.820 --> 00:53:55.539 that he too 00:53:55.539 --> 00:53:56.700 was martyred. 00:53:58.080 --> 00:53:58.460 Philip 00:53:58.460 --> 00:53:58.940 bore witness 00:53:58.940 --> 00:53:59.380 to Jesus 00:53:59.380 --> 00:54:00.000 as far as 00:54:00.000 --> 00:54:00.800 modern day Greece 00:54:00.800 --> 00:54:01.260 Syria 00:54:01.260 --> 00:54:01.940 and Turkey 00:54:01.940 --> 00:54:02.500 where he was 00:54:02.500 --> 00:54:02.900 beheaded 00:54:02.900 --> 00:54:04.200 for his faith. 00:54:04.880 --> 00:54:05.240 Simon 00:54:05.240 --> 00:54:05.880 the zealot 00:54:05.880 --> 00:54:06.460 bore witness 00:54:06.460 --> 00:54:06.860 to Jesus 00:54:06.860 --> 00:54:07.360 as far as 00:54:07.360 --> 00:54:08.060 Mauritania 00:54:08.060 --> 00:54:08.780 Libya 00:54:08.780 --> 00:54:09.519 and Britain 00:54:09.519 --> 00:54:10.200 where he was 00:54:10.200 --> 00:54:10.700 crucified. 00:54:10.699 --> 00:54:12.579 Thomas 00:54:12.579 --> 00:54:13.279 the doubting 00:54:13.279 --> 00:54:13.619 Thomas 00:54:13.619 --> 00:54:14.139 that I mentioned 00:54:14.139 --> 00:54:14.619 earlier 00:54:14.619 --> 00:54:15.399 bore witness 00:54:15.399 --> 00:54:15.859 to Jesus 00:54:15.859 --> 00:54:16.500 as far 00:54:16.500 --> 00:54:17.299 east as 00:54:17.299 --> 00:54:17.679 India 00:54:17.679 --> 00:54:18.379 where he too 00:54:18.379 --> 00:54:19.039 was martyred. 00:54:20.099 --> 00:54:20.779 Matthias 00:54:20.779 --> 00:54:21.559 the last 00:54:21.559 --> 00:54:22.039 apostle 00:54:22.039 --> 00:54:22.919 to be appointed 00:54:22.919 --> 00:54:23.500 to replace 00:54:23.500 --> 00:54:24.539 Judas Iscariot 00:54:24.539 --> 00:54:25.599 bore witness 00:54:25.599 --> 00:54:26.059 to Jesus 00:54:26.059 --> 00:54:26.739 in modern day 00:54:26.739 --> 00:54:27.339 Azerbaijan 00:54:27.339 --> 00:54:28.319 and Armenia 00:54:28.319 --> 00:54:29.259 and Georgia 00:54:29.259 --> 00:54:30.379 where he was 00:54:30.379 --> 00:54:31.500 stoned to death. 00:54:37.079 --> 00:54:37.759 Generation 00:54:37.759 --> 00:54:39.319 after generation 00:54:39.320 --> 00:54:43.860 people have 00:54:43.860 --> 00:54:44.500 died 00:54:44.500 --> 00:54:49.059 claiming that 00:54:49.059 --> 00:54:49.900 Jesus rose 00:54:49.900 --> 00:54:50.800 from the dead 00:54:50.800 --> 00:54:56.800 and to that 00:54:56.800 --> 00:54:57.580 we are all 00:54:57.580 --> 00:54:58.440 witnesses. 00:55:01.160 --> 00:55:01.980 Let's pray 00:55:01.980 --> 00:55:02.320 together. 00:55:02.320 --> 00:55:01.980 Let's pray 00:55:01.980 --> 00:55:02.320 together. 00:55:02.320 --> 00:55:02.320 00:55:02.320 --> 00:55:02.320 00:55:02.320 --> 00:55:02.320 00:55:02.320 --> 00:55:02.320 00:55:02.320 --> 00:55:02.320 00:55:02.320 --> 00:55:02.320 00:55:09.320 --> 00:55:13.360 Heavenly Father 00:55:13.360 --> 00:55:16.059 please grant 00:55:16.059 --> 00:55:16.580 the gift 00:55:16.580 --> 00:55:17.260 of saving 00:55:17.260 --> 00:55:17.720 faith 00:55:17.720 --> 00:55:18.559 and knowledge 00:55:18.559 --> 00:55:18.900 of Jesus 00:55:18.900 --> 00:55:19.360 Christ 00:55:19.360 --> 00:55:19.760 to all 00:55:19.760 --> 00:55:20.280 those here 00:55:20.280 --> 00:55:20.740 who do not 00:55:20.740 --> 00:55:21.260 know you. 00:55:22.780 --> 00:55:23.320 And Lord 00:55:23.320 --> 00:55:26.380 please 00:55:26.380 --> 00:55:30.240 refresh 00:55:30.240 --> 00:55:31.039 and rejoice 00:55:31.039 --> 00:55:31.880 your saints 00:55:31.880 --> 00:55:32.920 in the hope 00:55:32.920 --> 00:55:33.600 of the resurrection 00:55:33.600 --> 00:55:34.740 this morning 00:55:34.739 --> 00:55:38.779 and embolden 00:55:38.779 --> 00:55:39.159 us 00:55:39.159 --> 00:55:40.179 to be 00:55:40.179 --> 00:55:40.599 witnesses 00:55:40.599 --> 00:55:41.099 of our 00:55:41.099 --> 00:55:41.339 lizard 00:55:41.339 --> 00:55:41.659 Lord 00:55:41.659 --> 00:55:41.919 Jesus 00:55:41.919 --> 00:55:42.359 Christ 00:55:42.359 --> 00:55:42.699 wherever 00:55:42.699 --> 00:55:42.979 you 00:55:42.979 --> 00:55:43.139 have 00:55:43.139 --> 00:55:43.439 placed 00:55:43.439 --> 00:55:43.639 us 00:55:43.639 --> 00:55:43.899 in this 00:55:43.899 --> 00:55:44.199 life. 00:55:46.519 --> 00:55:47.000 In 00:55:47.000 --> 00:55:47.519 Jesus name 00:55:47.519 --> 00:55:47.879 we pray. 00:55:48.279 --> 00:55:48.519 Amen. 00:55:48.279 --> 00:55:48.539 Amen. 00:55:48.539 --> 00:56:18.519 Thank you.