WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.080 We hope that you enjoy this teaching from Christ Church. 00:00:05.719 --> 00:00:09.500 This material is copyrighted and no unauthorized duplication, 00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:15.280 redistribution, or any other use of any part is permitted without prior consent from Christ Church. 00:00:15.280 --> 00:00:22.660 Please consider donating to this work in the San Francisco Bay Area online at ChristChurchEastBay.org. 00:00:27.320 --> 00:00:29.699 Reading from the Gospel according to Luke. 00:00:30.620 --> 00:00:34.840 While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, 00:00:35.119 --> 00:00:35.960 Peace be with you. 00:00:36.380 --> 00:00:38.780 They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. 00:00:39.359 --> 00:00:43.480 He said to them, Why are you troubled, and why do you rise in your minds? 00:00:43.780 --> 00:00:47.719 Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself. Touch me and see. 00:00:48.240 --> 00:00:50.980 A ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see I have. 00:00:51.539 --> 00:00:55.280 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. 00:00:55.760 --> 00:00:59.299 And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, 00:00:59.299 --> 00:01:00.979 Do you have anything here to eat? 00:01:01.500 --> 00:01:05.200 They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate it in their presence. 00:01:05.620 --> 00:01:08.979 He said to them, This is what I told you while I was still with you. 00:01:09.439 --> 00:01:14.239 Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the Psalms. 00:01:14.679 --> 00:01:17.079 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures. 00:01:17.620 --> 00:01:19.400 He told them, This is what is written. 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:23.060 The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, 00:01:23.340 --> 00:01:28.700 and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Israel. 00:01:29.340 --> 00:01:31.160 You are witnesses of these things. 00:01:31.660 --> 00:01:34.180 I am going to send you what my father has promised, 00:01:34.580 --> 00:01:37.920 but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high. 00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:43.200 When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. 00:01:43.620 --> 00:01:47.240 While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. 00:01:47.740 --> 00:01:51.079 Then they worshipped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 00:01:51.379 --> 00:01:54.240 and they stayed continually at the temple, praising God. 00:01:54.420 --> 00:01:55.460 The word of the Lord. 00:01:56.320 --> 00:01:57.140 Thanks be to God. 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:03.340 You may be seated. 00:02:03.340 --> 00:02:12.580 Good morning, Christ Church. 00:02:12.900 --> 00:02:15.340 It's good to see you on the second Sunday of Easter. 00:02:16.199 --> 00:02:22.280 As I think back to 13 months ago when COVID shut down the world, really, 00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:25.439 and the Bay Area went into shelter-in-place, 00:02:25.560 --> 00:02:27.680 we were scrambling like everybody else, 00:02:27.759 --> 00:02:31.280 trying to figure out how are we going to keep our kids active during this time. 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:34.000 And so we pulled out our badminton, 00:02:34.500 --> 00:02:39.400 and we got a paddle, a beach paddle ball for our kids, 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:42.120 and eventually we got tennis rackets, 00:02:42.180 --> 00:02:45.400 thinking, you know, we've encouraged lifetime sports, running, swimming. 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:48.759 Maybe we'll add tennis to the rotation, keep our kids moving, 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:51.439 help them with their eye-hand coordination and whatnot. 00:02:51.659 --> 00:02:56.400 Well, fast forward to now, and our kids kind of love tennis, 00:02:56.520 --> 00:03:00.199 but Catherine and I have grown to love tennis during this time. 00:03:00.199 --> 00:03:03.939 We, you know, we kind of just leave the kids home at this point 00:03:03.939 --> 00:03:05.099 and go hit the ball around. 00:03:05.939 --> 00:03:07.719 And neither of us are that great. 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:10.319 Catherine played at summer camp growing up. 00:03:10.379 --> 00:03:11.579 I played at the swimming pool. 00:03:12.479 --> 00:03:17.819 But we found that tennis is a great way to relieve some stress, right, 00:03:17.879 --> 00:03:22.560 to go out and just smash the ball really hard and volley back and forth 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:25.199 and make your opponent run to and fro. 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:29.339 And we found that it's cheaper than therapy during this time. 00:03:29.519 --> 00:03:30.919 You know, we can kind of go work out. 00:03:31.119 --> 00:03:31.879 You got lines. 00:03:31.979 --> 00:03:32.799 You got to stay in the lines. 00:03:32.879 --> 00:03:35.619 You got to work out your conflict between the lines. 00:03:35.939 --> 00:03:38.679 And, you know, you're kind of out there like, 00:03:39.039 --> 00:03:41.079 I wish you were more supportive with my work, 00:03:41.139 --> 00:03:43.780 and I wish you were more sensitive to my feelings. 00:03:43.879 --> 00:03:45.359 And it just feels good. 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:51.560 And we like it too because, you know, you start this game, 00:03:51.740 --> 00:03:54.300 and the score is love, love, right? 00:03:54.580 --> 00:03:56.680 You've got love, and I've got love. 00:03:56.740 --> 00:03:58.020 You haven't touched the ball yet. 00:03:58.100 --> 00:03:58.560 What's your score? 00:03:58.640 --> 00:03:59.000 It's zero. 00:03:59.120 --> 00:04:00.400 No, you actually have love. 00:04:00.600 --> 00:04:01.160 You have love. 00:04:01.200 --> 00:04:02.220 It's a game of love. 00:04:02.960 --> 00:04:09.100 And, but what I've decided in tennis is that life is just too short 00:04:09.100 --> 00:04:10.640 to play with old tennis balls. 00:04:10.639 --> 00:04:14.459 We were out there with our kids. 00:04:14.579 --> 00:04:17.719 Our kids would hit all the new balls over the fence in places 00:04:17.719 --> 00:04:18.759 where we couldn't go get them. 00:04:18.899 --> 00:04:22.560 And so I would get mad at them, and then they'd get upset with me. 00:04:22.680 --> 00:04:27.639 And so we had these two people give us these giant bags of old tennis balls, 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:31.560 and we thought, well, this is cool because we can lose as many of these as we want. 00:04:31.659 --> 00:04:34.659 But I just discovered that, you know, 00:04:34.740 --> 00:04:37.639 playing a game with a ball that doesn't bounce is just not fun. 00:04:37.639 --> 00:04:42.759 And so we're playing now with new balls. 00:04:43.599 --> 00:04:48.860 And, but what I've been thinking about with this metaphor of the tennis ball 00:04:48.860 --> 00:04:55.219 is that some of us kind of feel like that old tennis ball right now. 00:04:55.259 --> 00:04:58.060 Anybody feel like an old tennis ball, kind of worn out? 00:04:58.180 --> 00:05:00.360 It doesn't really, doesn't really bounce. 00:05:00.459 --> 00:05:04.979 It doesn't have that springiness and that kind of resilience that you really would hope for. 00:05:04.980 --> 00:05:09.180 Some of us, if you're like me, you feel a little more like this ball. 00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:13.819 Just kind of chewed on and slobbered all over. 00:05:14.520 --> 00:05:17.480 And like, there you are. 00:05:17.980 --> 00:05:19.439 That's your life right now. 00:05:19.980 --> 00:05:22.280 But what I'm praying for for Christ Church, 00:05:23.080 --> 00:05:25.740 as we move into this new season, 00:05:26.400 --> 00:05:28.160 is that God would make us like this. 00:05:28.240 --> 00:05:31.240 These are America's number one best-selling tennis balls. 00:05:31.379 --> 00:05:33.200 The pin number one. 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:38.360 And I'm praying, oh, that was good. 00:05:38.459 --> 00:05:42.240 I'm praying that, I mean, smell that. 00:05:43.459 --> 00:05:46.899 It's so bright, so fresh, so bouncy, 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:49.539 that through the Holy Spirit, 00:05:50.099 --> 00:05:52.639 the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead, 00:05:53.319 --> 00:05:56.459 through more vaccines, through more gatherings like this, 00:05:56.539 --> 00:05:58.000 through our soul care retreats, 00:05:58.039 --> 00:06:00.060 through fellowship, through park meetups, 00:06:00.060 --> 00:06:01.420 through community group gatherings, 00:06:01.420 --> 00:06:05.019 through just pushing through the inertia of this time, 00:06:05.639 --> 00:06:08.079 that the Holy Spirit is going to make us like this. 00:06:08.500 --> 00:06:08.759 Amen? 00:06:09.660 --> 00:06:12.319 Because if God raised Jesus from the dead, 00:06:12.399 --> 00:06:16.540 this is not impossible for Him to do for us in this post-COVID season. 00:06:16.660 --> 00:06:18.959 God is going to give us back our bounce. 00:06:19.279 --> 00:06:23.319 He's going to give us back our vibrancy and our energy. 00:06:23.319 --> 00:06:28.040 God is going to give us that oomph, that zing, that zip that we were made for. 00:06:28.639 --> 00:06:30.540 And that's my prayer for us. 00:06:30.639 --> 00:06:33.480 And I invite you to pray that with me during this time. 00:06:33.599 --> 00:06:35.500 So Constance, there's a ball for you. 00:06:35.719 --> 00:06:37.219 Catherine, there's a ball for you. 00:06:37.740 --> 00:06:39.620 And anybody that wants to play doubles, 00:06:39.959 --> 00:06:41.959 Catherine and I are looking for some partners. 00:06:41.959 --> 00:06:42.359 Okay. 00:06:45.259 --> 00:06:46.339 Enough about tennis. 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:48.759 Let's talk about the resurrection. 00:06:49.680 --> 00:06:53.060 Luke 24 is our text for today. 00:06:53.180 --> 00:06:54.599 And it's all about Easter day. 00:06:55.000 --> 00:06:58.579 It's all about Easter morning and Easter afternoon that we looked at last week. 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:02.120 And now we're in Easter night, Easter evening. 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:12.439 And this story means for us that the risen Christ doubts our doubts and sends us with the biblical gospel. 00:07:12.920 --> 00:07:19.319 That's what this text means, that the risen Christ doubts our doubts and sends us with the biblical gospel. 00:07:19.579 --> 00:07:23.459 And I wanted to start with how the risen Christ doubts our doubts. 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:25.600 Many of us are here. 00:07:25.740 --> 00:07:28.180 We're trying to make sense of the resurrection for our lives. 00:07:28.180 --> 00:07:32.540 And that's very much like the disciples on this Easter night. 00:07:33.620 --> 00:07:38.939 And all of a sudden, Jesus just appears in his presence and his power to these disciples. 00:07:39.139 --> 00:07:41.780 And we read about that in verse 36. 00:07:41.900 --> 00:07:47.019 While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, 00:07:47.139 --> 00:07:48.280 Peace be with you. 00:07:48.360 --> 00:07:48.759 Shalom. 00:07:49.300 --> 00:07:51.460 And we think, how thrilling. 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:53.100 What a blessing. 00:07:53.220 --> 00:07:54.720 But the disciples didn't think that. 00:07:55.040 --> 00:07:56.340 They're scared. 00:07:56.339 --> 00:07:59.099 Their reality is coming apart. 00:07:59.239 --> 00:08:01.259 Their reality is shattered in this moment. 00:08:01.259 --> 00:08:03.959 And it says in verse 37, they're startled. 00:08:04.139 --> 00:08:04.639 They're frightened. 00:08:04.839 --> 00:08:06.959 They're thinking they saw a ghost. 00:08:07.199 --> 00:08:10.279 You know, Harry Potter's nearly headless Nick. 00:08:10.479 --> 00:08:11.899 You know, some sort of apparition. 00:08:12.039 --> 00:08:16.559 Some sort of spirit making a momentary visit from some distant realm. 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:20.039 And Jesus responds to them and he says this in verse 38. 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:20.979 Why are you troubled? 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:25.539 And why do doubts rise in your minds? 00:08:25.540 --> 00:08:30.280 And that word for doubts Jesus uses is dialogitsme, where we get the word dialogue. 00:08:31.300 --> 00:08:39.340 And Jesus is not against thinking, questioning, deliberating, reasoning, the life of the mind, 00:08:39.680 --> 00:08:44.340 working out puzzles and riddles and enigmas with logic. 00:08:44.920 --> 00:08:49.180 If you know anything about Judaism, anything about the teachings of Jesus, 00:08:49.860 --> 00:08:52.580 there's a link here between the head and the heart. 00:08:52.580 --> 00:08:57.740 But what is Jesus challenging among his first skeptics? 00:08:58.520 --> 00:09:04.860 He sees them disputing an inconvenient truth that doesn't fit with their dominant paradigm. 00:09:05.900 --> 00:09:06.020 Right? 00:09:06.139 --> 00:09:09.580 They know, like we know, that dead people stay dead. 00:09:10.300 --> 00:09:13.420 And that is an ironclad rule without exceptions. 00:09:13.419 --> 00:09:21.899 And so, here they are interpreting the data of Jesus standing before them within their worldview categories, 00:09:22.019 --> 00:09:24.879 within the plausibility structures that they know. 00:09:25.279 --> 00:09:30.919 This is either an immaterial spirit or it's a revived corpse, 00:09:30.979 --> 00:09:36.179 like Lazarus, who temporarily came back to life but then would die again. 00:09:36.179 --> 00:09:43.959 And Jesus is patiently here helping them come to realize that he's neither this nor that. 00:09:44.059 --> 00:09:48.019 He's something new, something different, something unique altogether. 00:09:48.319 --> 00:09:50.000 And that's why he says in verse 39, 00:09:50.959 --> 00:09:52.500 Look at my hands and my feet. 00:09:53.219 --> 00:09:54.959 It is I myself. 00:09:55.179 --> 00:09:56.059 Why does he do this? 00:09:56.059 --> 00:10:02.559 Because he wants to say this body is continuous with my crucified body. 00:10:02.819 --> 00:10:07.359 Here are the marks of those iron nails that fasten me to my cross. 00:10:07.459 --> 00:10:13.000 Here are the signs in my body of my victory over sin and death. 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:14.299 And then he says to them, 00:10:14.859 --> 00:10:16.299 Touch me and see. 00:10:16.979 --> 00:10:21.000 A ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see I have. 00:10:21.000 --> 00:10:26.860 Some of us are visual learners, some auditory, some kinesthetic learners. 00:10:27.100 --> 00:10:27.879 And so, Jesus says, 00:10:28.019 --> 00:10:29.720 You can see me, you can hear me. 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:36.740 Now, I want you to feel me and touch me and know that this is a real material body. 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:39.340 Now, some of us might think that's cool. 00:10:39.519 --> 00:10:41.220 Some of us might think this is really creepy. 00:10:42.820 --> 00:10:44.220 But maybe all of us are asking, 00:10:44.340 --> 00:10:45.100 How is this relevant? 00:10:45.480 --> 00:10:47.960 You know, why does it matter to my life? 00:10:49.580 --> 00:10:50.860 What happens next? 00:10:50.860 --> 00:10:53.639 I think is really kind of hilarious. 00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:57.620 I think Jesus kind of cuts through the tension with a little comedic relief. 00:10:58.440 --> 00:10:59.120 In verse 41, 00:10:59.240 --> 00:11:01.800 While they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, 00:11:01.879 --> 00:11:02.440 he asked them, 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:04.600 Do you have anything here to eat? 00:11:05.560 --> 00:11:07.700 And they gave him a piece of broiled fish, 00:11:07.740 --> 00:11:11.180 and he took it and ate it in their presence. 00:11:11.620 --> 00:11:12.440 Is Jesus hungry? 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:13.639 No. 00:11:13.800 --> 00:11:15.940 He's giving them proofs that he's alive. 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:19.820 He's showing them his new bodily abilities. 00:11:19.820 --> 00:11:23.340 And we teach our kids not to stare at guests when they come over, 00:11:23.460 --> 00:11:25.900 particularly when we're around the table, right? 00:11:25.980 --> 00:11:26.420 And I'm thinking, 00:11:27.080 --> 00:11:30.260 Everybody is staring at Jesus in this moment. 00:11:30.620 --> 00:11:33.480 Every eye is glued on him, 00:11:33.540 --> 00:11:34.940 because what Jesus is saying is, 00:11:34.940 --> 00:11:40.020 My flesh and my bones are not over there in that tomb. 00:11:40.700 --> 00:11:43.300 They're right here with you. 00:11:43.940 --> 00:11:45.460 And if that's true, 00:11:46.120 --> 00:11:52.220 then you all need a new worldview to map out this new crazy reality. 00:11:52.220 --> 00:11:54.480 And here's why that's important, 00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:59.700 because there are popular beliefs in the East Bay that go like this. 00:12:00.980 --> 00:12:03.980 This life is all that there is, 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:06.139 and there's nothing. 00:12:06.340 --> 00:12:07.139 It's just, you know, 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:08.620 when you die, that's it, 00:12:08.879 --> 00:12:10.540 and so live the best life you can. 00:12:11.460 --> 00:12:12.779 Or another belief says, 00:12:12.860 --> 00:12:14.139 If there is a God, 00:12:14.259 --> 00:12:14.920 he's remote, 00:12:15.040 --> 00:12:16.060 and he's somewhere out there. 00:12:16.100 --> 00:12:17.420 I don't really have to deal with him. 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:19.419 Another belief says, 00:12:19.679 --> 00:12:21.240 All religions are basically alike, 00:12:21.459 --> 00:12:23.360 just be good and love people. 00:12:24.539 --> 00:12:26.279 But if Jesus rose from the dead, 00:12:26.339 --> 00:12:29.240 if Jesus is the risen Son of God, 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:31.979 then none of those beliefs are actually true. 00:12:33.439 --> 00:12:35.579 This life is not all there is. 00:12:36.699 --> 00:12:38.639 God is not distant. 00:12:38.979 --> 00:12:41.959 You either live and deal with him, 00:12:41.959 --> 00:12:44.959 or you live in denial that this ever happened. 00:12:45.500 --> 00:12:46.779 If this is true, 00:12:46.779 --> 00:12:49.439 then salvation comes through no other way, 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:53.539 but through the one person who's risen from the dead. 00:12:53.659 --> 00:12:53.939 And so, 00:12:54.159 --> 00:12:57.419 what Jesus is trying to help his disciples deal with, 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:03.179 is that the resurrection is a paradigm-shattering, 00:13:03.679 --> 00:13:05.259 historical event, 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:09.639 and it forces you to embrace a wholly new paradigm. 00:13:10.699 --> 00:13:13.579 And that's why Jesus engages with these first skeptics, 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:15.559 and he's incredibly patient with them, 00:13:15.559 --> 00:13:17.659 and he works with their unbelief, right? 00:13:17.679 --> 00:13:19.039 He gives them evidence. 00:13:19.139 --> 00:13:19.899 He gives them data. 00:13:20.419 --> 00:13:24.959 He gives them time and opportunity to explore the evidence and consider the data. 00:13:25.459 --> 00:13:26.299 But eventually, 00:13:26.479 --> 00:13:27.259 Jesus says, 00:13:27.819 --> 00:13:27.959 Hey, 00:13:28.039 --> 00:13:29.399 your doubts are real, 00:13:29.939 --> 00:13:31.399 but I'm more real. 00:13:32.479 --> 00:13:32.699 I mean, 00:13:32.719 --> 00:13:35.259 it's like doubting Thomas that Andrew mentioned. 00:13:35.899 --> 00:13:38.179 He gives Thomas the proofs that he needs, 00:13:38.179 --> 00:13:38.959 but then he says, 00:13:39.439 --> 00:13:39.759 Thomas, 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:42.839 stop doubting and believe. 00:13:43.959 --> 00:13:47.359 Stop putting your faith in only what you know, 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:50.399 and start putting your faith in this new, 00:13:50.739 --> 00:13:51.159 wonderful, 00:13:51.379 --> 00:13:52.379 albeit strange, 00:13:52.939 --> 00:13:54.699 reality of the resurrection. 00:13:54.700 --> 00:14:00.000 And it was in that moment on Easter, 00:14:00.800 --> 00:14:05.600 that the first Christians began to work out a totally new model of knowledge, 00:14:06.160 --> 00:14:09.800 a totally new understanding about the structures of reality, 00:14:09.800 --> 00:14:10.440 and the universe, 00:14:10.700 --> 00:14:11.140 and the future, 00:14:11.280 --> 00:14:14.720 and how all of that bears on our present life. 00:14:14.720 --> 00:14:15.060 And so, 00:14:15.180 --> 00:14:16.860 if you're exploring Christianity, 00:14:17.899 --> 00:14:20.580 I want to invite you to explore the evidence, 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:21.480 consider the data, 00:14:21.940 --> 00:14:24.779 but then I'd like to ask you to take one step beyond that, 00:14:25.139 --> 00:14:26.420 and call out to Jesus. 00:14:28.100 --> 00:14:29.180 If he's real, 00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:30.160 and if he's alive, 00:14:30.360 --> 00:14:32.399 ask him to show you that he's real, 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:33.080 and that he's alive. 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:35.080 Ask him to reveal these new, 00:14:35.180 --> 00:14:36.860 unprecedented powers to you, 00:14:37.019 --> 00:14:38.899 and see what he'll do. 00:14:39.540 --> 00:14:40.600 If you're a Christian, 00:14:40.779 --> 00:14:42.220 and you believe in the resurrection, 00:14:42.220 --> 00:14:47.420 I wish we had time to talk about the profound implications for our lives, 00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:48.279 but I'll give you one. 00:14:49.540 --> 00:14:51.899 If Jesus is actually raised from the dead, 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:53.120 if he really got up, 00:14:53.580 --> 00:14:54.720 and walked out of the tomb, 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:57.100 and appeared to many people, 00:14:57.300 --> 00:14:59.060 and talked to hundreds of them, 00:14:59.460 --> 00:15:01.680 then everything in our lives is going to be okay. 00:15:03.500 --> 00:15:08.340 The resurrected body of Jesus is the beginning of God's new creation. 00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:10.860 And he is the pledge, 00:15:10.860 --> 00:15:15.200 that the whole material order is going to be resurrected. 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:19.680 There are plenty of religions that talk about a future afterlife, 00:15:20.340 --> 00:15:22.419 and a non-material world, 00:15:22.820 --> 00:15:26.840 that will give us consolations for this world that we've lost. 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:31.120 But Christianity talks about bodies that are resurrected, 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:31.960 and beyond that, 00:15:32.019 --> 00:15:33.680 a world that will be resurrected, 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:35.919 and cleansed from evil, 00:15:36.339 --> 00:15:36.699 sin, 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:37.500 death, 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:38.479 and sorrow. 00:15:38.599 --> 00:15:39.979 And that means for us, 00:15:40.699 --> 00:15:43.199 that you don't need to live in FOMO. 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:47.979 You do not need to live with the fear of missing out, 00:15:48.059 --> 00:15:51.839 because the resurrection means that not only are you going to be restored, 00:15:52.019 --> 00:15:53.120 the life that you've lost, 00:15:53.179 --> 00:15:55.979 you're going to be given the life that you never had, 00:15:56.019 --> 00:15:57.599 but that you always wanted. 00:15:57.600 --> 00:16:03.259 We have the hope of a new bodily reality in a newly remade world. 00:16:03.420 --> 00:16:07.080 Jesus is the preview of those coming attractions. 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:12.759 The disciples are staring at the prototype of incorruptible physicality. 00:16:12.860 --> 00:16:16.040 And if that is what is going to happen to all of us here, 00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:19.259 then you can take more courageous risks. 00:16:19.259 --> 00:16:25.679 You can more confidently bind yourself in constraining commitments. 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:28.360 You can make sacrifices of your time, 00:16:28.779 --> 00:16:29.319 your talents, 00:16:29.419 --> 00:16:29.960 and your treasures, 00:16:30.059 --> 00:16:33.519 because you know you're going to get it all back and more. 00:16:34.860 --> 00:16:36.519 And it's this Easter faith, 00:16:36.700 --> 00:16:37.980 this resurrection faith, 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:40.299 that sent the first disciples out, 00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:42.139 and they turned the world upside down, 00:16:42.179 --> 00:16:45.080 because they believed that this was true. 00:16:46.539 --> 00:16:48.840 So be careful with the resurrected Jesus, 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:51.920 because he doubts your doubts. 00:16:52.920 --> 00:16:55.500 The risen Christ doubts your doubts. 00:16:56.340 --> 00:16:57.120 And beyond that, 00:16:57.180 --> 00:17:00.000 he sends us out with the biblical gospel. 00:17:00.899 --> 00:17:04.880 The risen Christ sends us out with the biblical gospel. 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:07.340 He says in verse 44, 00:17:08.420 --> 00:17:11.160 this is what I told you while I was still with you. 00:17:12.120 --> 00:17:14.980 Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me 00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:17.700 in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the Psalms. 00:17:17.700 --> 00:17:23.120 And then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures. 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:26.080 He talked about this last week, 00:17:26.700 --> 00:17:33.620 how Jesus was adamant to open the scriptures to the minds of his friends, 00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:34.319 his disciples. 00:17:34.660 --> 00:17:36.279 And here he is at it again, 00:17:36.360 --> 00:17:38.700 because this is what he always does with us. 00:17:38.700 --> 00:17:41.039 And he says in verse 46, 00:17:41.779 --> 00:17:42.400 he told them, 00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:45.319 this is what is written about the Messiah. 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:46.840 And that, 00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:48.460 in a resurrection church, 00:17:48.539 --> 00:17:49.120 in a life, 00:17:49.740 --> 00:17:50.480 a giving, 00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:51.980 a live church, 00:17:52.259 --> 00:17:54.640 is our key phrase. 00:17:54.940 --> 00:17:55.120 Right? 00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:55.960 It is written. 00:17:56.340 --> 00:17:57.000 It is written. 00:17:57.400 --> 00:17:57.960 It is written. 00:17:58.059 --> 00:18:00.200 That's what Christ is always saying. 00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:00.700 And what he, 00:18:01.360 --> 00:18:04.440 his major task is to open up for us, 00:18:04.700 --> 00:18:05.440 our minds, 00:18:05.900 --> 00:18:07.720 to the open pages of the scriptures. 00:18:07.840 --> 00:18:08.240 And he says, 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:10.160 these three sections of the Hebrew Bible, 00:18:10.299 --> 00:18:11.460 all point to the Messiah, 00:18:11.580 --> 00:18:13.420 and therefore they all point to me. 00:18:14.120 --> 00:18:17.299 And he's telling them now about the gospel, 00:18:18.180 --> 00:18:20.120 which is first and foremost, 00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:21.980 a biblical gospel. 00:18:22.940 --> 00:18:26.200 Jesus would spend 40 days after the resurrection 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:27.360 with his disciples, 00:18:27.920 --> 00:18:29.319 and he would outline for them 00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:32.099 the basic truths of this biblical gospel, 00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:34.620 so that he could delegate them 00:18:34.620 --> 00:18:36.319 to go out and take that good news 00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:38.160 to the whole world. 00:18:38.299 --> 00:18:39.460 And so what I want to show you 00:18:39.460 --> 00:18:40.400 over the next few minutes 00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:41.960 is that this biblical gospel 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:44.900 is like a multifaceted diamond. 00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:47.539 And I want you to see some of these facets 00:18:47.539 --> 00:18:49.740 that shine in all their brilliance. 00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:51.420 Jesus first points out that, 00:18:51.420 --> 00:18:54.160 this facet of the diamond, 00:18:54.360 --> 00:18:56.060 which is the gospel event. 00:18:56.800 --> 00:18:59.220 The gospel event of the crucifixion 00:18:59.220 --> 00:18:59.900 and resurrection. 00:19:00.060 --> 00:19:01.259 He says in verse 46, 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:05.600 the Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead 00:19:05.600 --> 00:19:06.960 on the third day. 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:08.460 That's our good news. 00:19:09.060 --> 00:19:10.560 It's a historical event 00:19:10.560 --> 00:19:13.039 about a Savior who took our place 00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:15.440 and died the death we should have died 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:18.240 and bore our sin and our cursedness 00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:20.560 and our condemnation on the cross 00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:21.519 instead of us. 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:23.619 And then the resurrection 00:19:23.619 --> 00:19:26.460 is not the reversal of that defeat. 00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:28.359 It's rather a manifestation 00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:31.200 of that victory. 00:19:31.359 --> 00:19:32.500 That on his cross, 00:19:32.740 --> 00:19:34.859 Jesus triumphed over sin 00:19:34.859 --> 00:19:36.159 and he trampled on death 00:19:36.159 --> 00:19:38.659 and he conquered over the powers of evil. 00:19:39.659 --> 00:19:41.440 So at the heart of Easter joy 00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:43.139 are the sufferings of Christ 00:19:43.139 --> 00:19:45.339 whose substitutionary death 00:19:45.339 --> 00:19:47.079 was vindicated and approved 00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:49.779 and approved by God for us. 00:19:49.859 --> 00:19:51.359 The resurrection is proof 00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:54.119 that when Jesus cried out on the cross, 00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:55.179 it is finished 00:19:55.179 --> 00:19:57.859 that he once and for all 00:19:57.859 --> 00:20:00.759 paid our cosmic debt in full. 00:20:00.879 --> 00:20:01.879 That then and there, 00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:05.619 he won redemption for us. 00:20:05.679 --> 00:20:07.539 And that's why Jesus says in verse 48, 00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:10.559 you are the witnesses of these things. 00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:12.139 We're to witness 00:20:12.139 --> 00:20:14.740 not to our experience 00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:17.319 of the life-changing power of God 00:20:17.319 --> 00:20:19.099 or the peace of God in our heart. 00:20:19.679 --> 00:20:21.259 The gospel is about bearing witness 00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:24.460 to an event before an experience. 00:20:24.940 --> 00:20:26.759 The event of Good Friday 00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:27.519 and Easter Sunday. 00:20:27.700 --> 00:20:30.299 So Jesus' gospel is about an event 00:20:30.299 --> 00:20:32.259 and then he talks about 00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:33.539 this aspect of the diamond, 00:20:33.700 --> 00:20:34.659 the gospel offer, 00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:36.839 which is the forgiveness of sins. 00:20:36.940 --> 00:20:38.119 He says in verse 47, 00:20:38.119 --> 00:20:40.939 and repentance for the forgiveness of sins 00:20:40.939 --> 00:20:42.119 will be preached in his name 00:20:42.119 --> 00:20:43.199 to all nations 00:20:43.199 --> 00:20:45.500 beginning at Jerusalem. 00:20:46.659 --> 00:20:50.319 Good news is about salvation for sinners. 00:20:51.619 --> 00:20:53.599 The central meaning of salvation 00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:55.459 is the forgiveness of our sins 00:20:55.459 --> 00:20:57.679 and there is no greater gift 00:20:57.679 --> 00:20:58.679 that could be given 00:20:58.679 --> 00:21:01.399 than the full and perfect pardon 00:21:01.399 --> 00:21:02.879 of God himself. 00:21:04.099 --> 00:21:06.179 Forgiveness is what reconciles me 00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:08.140 to my creator God 00:21:08.140 --> 00:21:08.960 and assures me 00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:10.600 that I share in the divine, 00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:13.259 eternal, abundant life 00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:14.140 of God himself. 00:21:15.560 --> 00:21:17.340 Forgiveness is what makes me 00:21:17.340 --> 00:21:18.380 not an outsider 00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:19.519 but now an insider. 00:21:20.060 --> 00:21:21.700 It turns me from a rebel 00:21:21.700 --> 00:21:23.660 into a son or a daughter. 00:21:23.820 --> 00:21:26.660 It brings me into the family of God 00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:28.740 and puts me in a right relationship 00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:30.759 with my heavenly father 00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:32.660 so that I'm now at home 00:21:32.660 --> 00:21:33.840 and at rest 00:21:33.840 --> 00:21:34.880 and at peace 00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:36.519 in his healing heart 00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:37.519 of love. 00:21:39.100 --> 00:21:40.400 That's the gospel offer. 00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:41.519 It's the gospel event 00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:42.860 of the crucifixion 00:21:42.860 --> 00:21:43.440 and resurrection, 00:21:43.600 --> 00:21:44.500 the gospel offer 00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:45.640 of the forgiveness of sins 00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:46.740 and then Jesus talks about 00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:47.840 the gospel demand 00:21:47.840 --> 00:21:49.460 of repentance. 00:21:49.620 --> 00:21:50.480 Another facet 00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:51.460 of the diamond. 00:21:51.600 --> 00:21:52.340 You can't have 00:21:52.340 --> 00:21:53.180 the gospel offer 00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:53.759 of forgiveness 00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:55.620 without the gospel demand 00:21:55.620 --> 00:21:56.220 of repentance. 00:21:57.140 --> 00:21:57.940 You can't have 00:21:57.940 --> 00:21:58.880 Jesus' invitation 00:21:58.880 --> 00:22:00.660 without Jesus' challenge 00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:01.380 which is this, 00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:03.200 if we want God 00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:04.440 to turn from our sins 00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:04.980 in forgiveness 00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:06.259 then we must turn 00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:07.160 from our sins 00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:08.080 in repentance. 00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:10.380 We can't have 00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:11.880 reconciliation with God 00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:13.220 unless we turn back 00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:14.340 from our rebellion 00:22:14.340 --> 00:22:15.560 against him. 00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:18.060 There's no possibility 00:22:18.060 --> 00:22:18.779 of peace 00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:21.100 without a decommissioning 00:22:21.100 --> 00:22:21.820 of weapons, 00:22:22.860 --> 00:22:24.000 without a laying down 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.759 of our arms 00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.620 before God 00:22:25.620 --> 00:22:26.600 and a surrendering 00:22:26.600 --> 00:22:28.140 of our own self-seeking 00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:30.060 and self-determination. 00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:31.720 The word Jesus uses here 00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.919 for repent 00:22:32.919 --> 00:22:33.980 is metanoia. 00:22:34.679 --> 00:22:36.099 You've got to change 00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:36.980 your mind. 00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:39.980 You can't 00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:41.679 be forgiven 00:22:41.679 --> 00:22:43.159 if you're clinging 00:22:43.159 --> 00:22:44.359 to the old mind 00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:45.319 and all the life 00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:45.779 of sin 00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:46.539 that flows out 00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:47.039 of that mind. 00:22:47.179 --> 00:22:48.819 You must change 00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.259 your mind. 00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:50.019 You must take on 00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:50.639 the mind 00:22:50.639 --> 00:22:52.619 of Christ himself. 00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:55.099 So the gospel event, 00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.619 the gospel offer, 00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.559 the gospel demand 00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:58.779 and then Jesus goes 00:22:58.779 --> 00:23:00.299 to gospel authority 00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:01.460 and he says, 00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:02.460 I want you to go out 00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:03.419 in verse 47, 00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:04.619 repentance for the 00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:05.839 forgiveness of sins 00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.599 will be preached 00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:08.599 in his name 00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:10.019 to all nations. 00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:12.779 Christianity in one word 00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:14.019 is not love, 00:23:14.619 --> 00:23:15.679 it's not peace, 00:23:16.399 --> 00:23:17.240 it's just Jesus. 00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:19.779 Christianity in one word 00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.879 is Christ 00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:20.940 Christ. 00:23:22.040 --> 00:23:23.360 Because his name 00:23:23.360 --> 00:23:24.520 bears 00:23:24.520 --> 00:23:25.720 and reveals 00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.600 his person 00:23:26.600 --> 00:23:27.540 and his work. 00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.620 One of his first 00:23:29.620 --> 00:23:30.220 sermons 00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:31.460 in the Acts of the Apostles, 00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.460 Peter says this, 00:23:32.540 --> 00:23:32.800 he says, 00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:33.300 salvation 00:23:33.300 --> 00:23:35.700 is found in no one else 00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:37.120 for there is no other name 00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:38.500 given under heaven 00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:39.160 by which 00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:40.120 we must 00:23:40.120 --> 00:23:41.140 be saved. 00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:43.260 Perhaps you've heard 00:23:43.260 --> 00:23:43.740 the phrase, 00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:44.600 preach the gospel 00:23:44.600 --> 00:23:45.580 at all times 00:23:45.580 --> 00:23:46.840 and if necessary 00:23:46.840 --> 00:23:47.900 use words. 00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:47.960 words. 00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.660 But Jesus says 00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:51.140 we must use words, 00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:52.200 particularly this one 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:53.820 word of his name 00:23:53.820 --> 00:23:55.580 which carries with it 00:23:55.580 --> 00:23:56.259 the event, 00:23:56.620 --> 00:23:57.120 the offer, 00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:58.040 and the demand 00:23:58.040 --> 00:23:59.180 that his name 00:23:59.180 --> 00:24:00.060 represents. 00:24:00.360 --> 00:24:01.320 We've not shared 00:24:01.320 --> 00:24:01.980 the gospel 00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:03.940 if we haven't shared 00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:04.440 the name 00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:05.680 and we haven't given 00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:06.860 people an opportunity 00:24:06.860 --> 00:24:08.140 to call upon the name 00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:09.560 for when we call upon 00:24:09.560 --> 00:24:10.420 and we invoke 00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:11.380 the name 00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:12.800 of the resurrected Lord, 00:24:13.560 --> 00:24:14.700 we are calling 00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:15.480 upon him 00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:16.360 to apply 00:24:16.360 --> 00:24:17.060 to us 00:24:17.060 --> 00:24:17.820 the gospel 00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:19.179 and all of its 00:24:19.179 --> 00:24:19.619 benefits 00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:20.460 to would-be 00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:21.779 forgiven sinners. 00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:24.200 So Jesus 00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:24.899 is giving us 00:24:24.899 --> 00:24:25.519 his diamond, 00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:27.579 the gospel event, 00:24:27.879 --> 00:24:28.720 the gospel offer, 00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.679 the gospel demand, 00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:30.799 the gospel authority 00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:32.720 and then he tells us 00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.819 the gospel audience 00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:35.559 which is to all 00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.700 the nations. 00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.500 The word is 00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.779 all the ethnos, 00:24:39.899 --> 00:24:40.819 all the ethnics. 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:42.619 I want my message 00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:43.599 and my movement 00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:44.759 to go out 00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.399 to the whole 00:24:45.399 --> 00:24:46.539 human race, 00:24:46.659 --> 00:24:47.799 the whole human family 00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:48.359 and all of its 00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:49.339 diverse multitude 00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:50.180 of tribes, 00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.220 nations, 00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:51.759 peoples, 00:24:51.879 --> 00:24:52.460 and languages 00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:53.379 because I want to 00:24:53.379 --> 00:24:53.919 transcend 00:24:53.919 --> 00:24:54.839 and therefore 00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:55.759 transform 00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.680 all of these 00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:57.220 ethnic, 00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.180 cultural 00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:59.259 particularities 00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.619 to bring 00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:00.859 every people group 00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.980 into the fullness 00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.859 of what God 00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:03.980 originally intended 00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:05.119 them to be 00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:06.839 and to become. 00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.559 Jesus, 00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:09.200 we're told, 00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:10.099 is the Lamb of God 00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:10.859 who took away 00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:11.940 the sins of the 00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.799 whole world 00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:14.339 and therefore 00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:15.259 he's sending out 00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:15.819 his church 00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:16.559 as a missionary 00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.519 to society 00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.859 to that world 00:25:18.859 --> 00:25:20.519 and when he does 00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:21.440 that he does not 00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:22.079 suggest 00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:24.159 that the world 00:25:24.159 --> 00:25:24.799 can get on 00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.440 all right 00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:26.440 with all the 00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.039 other religions. 00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:28.740 He does not 00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.299 suggest that 00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:29.859 there's another 00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:31.259 name by which 00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.960 the world 00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:32.859 can be saved. 00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.440 Doubting 00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:35.319 Thomas 00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:36.519 became 00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.599 believing Thomas 00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:38.500 and what did he do? 00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.940 He took the gospel 00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.599 to India 00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:42.140 and he got there 00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:43.519 by 52 AD 00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:44.539 about 20 years 00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.539 after the resurrection 00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:46.359 of Jesus. 00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.599 The church would 00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.279 take the gospel 00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:49.380 south to Africa, 00:25:49.660 --> 00:25:50.980 north to the peoples 00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.720 of Eurasia, 00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:52.880 west to Italy 00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.980 and Spain 00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:55.079 and they would go 00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:56.240 to all of these nations 00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.119 and say to them 00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:58.400 your understanding 00:25:58.400 --> 00:25:59.140 of God, 00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:00.619 your understanding 00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:01.359 of the world 00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:02.400 and the moral law 00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:03.220 and the way 00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:03.900 of salvation 00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:05.259 is incomplete 00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:08.220 and every time 00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:09.079 there was a gospel 00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:09.860 explosion 00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:11.380 and they turned 00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:12.799 the world upside down 00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.720 because they said 00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:15.180 the true God 00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:16.019 has come 00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:17.039 and therefore 00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:18.120 all of your gods 00:26:18.120 --> 00:26:19.759 must be dethroned. 00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.640 They must be 00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:22.940 thrown down. 00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:25.480 We tend to focus 00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:26.259 in that story 00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:27.019 on the apostles 00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:29.860 who took the gospel 00:26:29.860 --> 00:26:30.779 to the ends of the earth 00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.519 and we forget 00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:32.600 all of those 00:26:32.600 --> 00:26:33.660 ordinary Christians, 00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:35.600 everyday men 00:26:35.600 --> 00:26:36.420 and women like us 00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:37.480 who didn't go 00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.380 to the end of the world 00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:38.839 and they just went 00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:39.480 next door 00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:40.860 to their friends, 00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.360 their neighbors, 00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:41.920 their coworkers 00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.339 and they said 00:26:42.339 --> 00:26:43.140 let me tell you 00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:44.839 about the unsearchable 00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:45.839 riches of Christ 00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:47.680 and I think 00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.519 I'm afraid 00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:49.480 many of us, 00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:50.799 myself included, 00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:53.019 think about doing that 00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.740 here in the Bay Area 00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.200 and we go 00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:55.579 that's impossible. 00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.900 No one's going 00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:58.920 to believe us. 00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:01.240 That's why Jesus 00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.819 ends 00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:03.559 with gospel power. 00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:05.599 He talks about 00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:06.500 the gospel event 00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.379 of the crucifixion 00:27:07.379 --> 00:27:07.899 and resurrection, 00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:08.899 the gospel offer 00:27:08.899 --> 00:27:09.480 of the forgiveness 00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:09.980 of sins, 00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:10.960 the gospel demand 00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.559 of repentance, 00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:13.139 gospel authority 00:27:13.139 --> 00:27:13.879 in his name, 00:27:13.960 --> 00:27:14.919 the gospel audience 00:27:14.919 --> 00:27:16.039 of all the nations 00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.759 but then he ends 00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.960 with gospel power, 00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.679 the gospel power 00:27:19.679 --> 00:27:20.579 of the Holy Spirit. 00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.919 He says in verse 49, 00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.539 I am going to send you 00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.779 what my father 00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.460 has promised 00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:28.399 but stay in the city 00:27:28.399 --> 00:27:30.379 until you have been 00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:31.659 clothed with power 00:27:31.659 --> 00:27:33.119 from on high. 00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:35.379 These are people 00:27:35.379 --> 00:27:36.439 who have borne witness 00:27:36.439 --> 00:27:37.799 to the resurrection. 00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:39.199 They're there 00:27:39.199 --> 00:27:40.239 with the risen Christ 00:27:40.239 --> 00:27:41.399 himself but he says 00:27:41.399 --> 00:27:42.399 you are not yet fit 00:27:42.399 --> 00:27:42.979 to go out 00:27:42.979 --> 00:27:43.959 with your own 00:27:43.959 --> 00:27:44.919 meager resources 00:27:44.919 --> 00:27:46.439 and in your own 00:27:46.439 --> 00:27:47.919 human weakness 00:27:47.919 --> 00:27:48.679 you must wait 00:27:48.679 --> 00:27:49.399 to receive the 00:27:49.399 --> 00:27:50.579 essential clothing 00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:52.139 of the Holy Spirit. 00:27:53.379 --> 00:27:54.299 When you become 00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:54.759 a Christian 00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.679 you receive 00:27:55.679 --> 00:27:56.500 the Holy Spirit 00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:58.339 but all of us 00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:59.219 need a fresh 00:27:59.219 --> 00:28:00.799 filling of his power 00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:02.179 if we're going 00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:03.160 to share the gospel 00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:04.840 among the people 00:28:04.840 --> 00:28:05.880 with whom we live 00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:07.060 work and play. 00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.960 A church 00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.680 that neglects 00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:10.380 the Holy Spirit 00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:12.259 will be ineffective 00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:13.240 at sharing the gospel 00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:14.580 because it's the Holy Spirit 00:28:14.580 --> 00:28:15.640 who convicts us 00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:16.860 that we are sinners 00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:18.299 in need of a Savior. 00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:20.259 It's the Holy Spirit 00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:22.360 who opens blind eyes 00:28:22.360 --> 00:28:23.440 to see that Jesus 00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:24.420 himself is that 00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:25.880 heaven sent Savior 00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:26.960 that we need. 00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.519 It's the Holy Spirit 00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:29.640 who draws people 00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:30.340 to Jesus 00:28:30.340 --> 00:28:31.140 enabling them 00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:31.759 to repent 00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:32.620 and believe 00:28:32.620 --> 00:28:34.380 and it's the Holy Spirit 00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:35.780 who implants life 00:28:35.780 --> 00:28:37.220 into dead souls 00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:38.300 causing the miracle 00:28:38.300 --> 00:28:39.280 of new birth 00:28:39.280 --> 00:28:39.960 from above 00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:41.280 to take place. 00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:43.720 So this is 00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.560 the diamond 00:28:44.560 --> 00:28:45.540 that Jesus 00:28:45.540 --> 00:28:46.100 has given 00:28:46.100 --> 00:28:47.280 to his church 00:28:47.280 --> 00:28:48.340 the multifaceted 00:28:48.340 --> 00:28:48.820 diamond 00:28:48.820 --> 00:28:49.960 of the biblical 00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:51.020 gospel. 00:28:52.020 --> 00:28:53.180 And I want to close 00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:54.960 with just two words 00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:55.780 of application. 00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:57.619 first of all 00:28:57.619 --> 00:28:58.019 Jesus 00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:59.759 does not focus here 00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:01.279 on caring for the poor 00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:02.539 and doing 00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.519 the work 00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.000 of justice 00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.519 and mercy. 00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:06.359 He does not 00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:07.059 focus on 00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:08.000 socioeconomic 00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.740 reform 00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.359 through public 00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:10.039 policy 00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:11.019 or education 00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.899 and building schools 00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:12.899 or healing the sick 00:29:12.899 --> 00:29:14.579 and building hospitals. 00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.359 The church does 00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:16.220 all of those things 00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:17.500 rightly and instinctively 00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:18.279 as an extension 00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:19.399 of the life 00:29:19.399 --> 00:29:19.920 and the ministry 00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:20.480 of Jesus 00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:22.339 and in obedience 00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:23.559 to his command 00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:24.099 to love 00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:24.839 not only God 00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.679 but to love our neighbor 00:29:25.679 --> 00:29:26.519 as ourselves. 00:29:27.639 --> 00:29:28.559 But what I want 00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:29.259 you to know 00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:30.039 Christ Church 00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:31.699 is that the 00:29:31.699 --> 00:29:32.720 great commission 00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:34.619 is the one 00:29:34.619 --> 00:29:35.539 central 00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.199 supreme 00:29:36.199 --> 00:29:37.000 essential 00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:38.459 non-negotiable 00:29:38.459 --> 00:29:39.119 task 00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:39.939 that Jesus 00:29:39.939 --> 00:29:40.500 has given 00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.480 to us 00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.220 his church. 00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:45.879 This has not 00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:46.539 to do with 00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:47.299 the obvious 00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:48.240 visible 00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.959 material 00:29:48.959 --> 00:29:49.819 needs 00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.379 of people 00:29:50.379 --> 00:29:52.359 because our 00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:52.919 problem 00:29:52.919 --> 00:29:54.220 as human beings 00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.960 is much 00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.259 deeper 00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:55.759 than that. 00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:57.880 Jesus gets 00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:58.160 at the 00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:58.600 deeper 00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:59.579 invisible 00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.600 spiritual 00:30:00.600 --> 00:30:01.000 needs 00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.420 of all 00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:01.839 people 00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.360 namely 00:30:02.360 --> 00:30:03.700 to be 00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.259 reconciled 00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:04.799 with God 00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.960 and to be 00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.360 put in a 00:30:06.360 --> 00:30:07.140 right relationship 00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:08.200 with him. 00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:09.100 From that 00:30:09.100 --> 00:30:09.860 fountainhead 00:30:09.860 --> 00:30:10.579 will flow 00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:11.620 all kind 00:30:11.620 --> 00:30:11.940 of good 00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.279 works 00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:12.680 for the 00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:13.079 poor 00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:13.779 and the 00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.380 marginalized 00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:14.980 and the 00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.279 sick 00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:15.900 and the 00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.640 uneducated. 00:30:17.600 --> 00:30:17.880 And so 00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:18.519 our primary 00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:19.059 task 00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.779 as pastors 00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:21.139 is to 00:30:21.139 --> 00:30:21.599 keep the 00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:21.899 church 00:30:21.899 --> 00:30:22.539 focused 00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.220 and faithful 00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:23.579 on the 00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:24.079 primary 00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:24.799 task 00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:25.680 that Jesus 00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:26.680 has given 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:27.559 to us. 00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:28.039 This is our 00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:28.899 first priority. 00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:30.399 It's the 00:30:30.399 --> 00:30:31.279 one job 00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:32.440 the resurrected 00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:33.220 Christ has 00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:34.000 given to 00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.559 his church 00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:34.879 is to 00:30:34.879 --> 00:30:35.200 proclaim 00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:35.940 the gospel 00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.740 to the 00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.099 nations. 00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:39.059 The one 00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.519 thing that 00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.019 we cannot 00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.500 do 00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.440 is save 00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:41.899 ourselves. 00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.740 We can't 00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.299 save ourselves 00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:44.899 from sin. 00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:45.319 We can't 00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:45.799 save ourselves 00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.440 from death. 00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.160 We can't 00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:48.099 save ourselves 00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:48.759 from eternal 00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.259 loss. 00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:50.000 Only God 00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.939 can do 00:30:50.939 --> 00:30:51.419 that and 00:30:51.419 --> 00:30:51.959 therefore there 00:30:51.959 --> 00:30:53.000 is no hope 00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.379 for this 00:30:53.379 --> 00:30:53.859 world and 00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:54.399 all of her 00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:55.919 troubles unless 00:30:55.919 --> 00:30:57.079 people are 00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:57.839 first put 00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:59.159 into a 00:30:59.159 --> 00:30:59.980 right relationship 00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:01.240 with God. 00:31:03.659 --> 00:31:04.500 My second 00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:04.919 word of 00:31:04.919 --> 00:31:05.480 application 00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:06.500 and I'll 00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:06.719 end. 00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.240 I talk too 00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.619 much about 00:31:07.619 --> 00:31:07.859 tennis. 00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:08.439 I'm sorry. 00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.759 We'll end 00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.059 here. 00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.899 Jesus came 00:31:11.899 --> 00:31:12.679 to procure 00:31:12.679 --> 00:31:13.659 salvation 00:31:13.659 --> 00:31:15.939 but it's 00:31:15.939 --> 00:31:16.339 not much 00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:16.740 used to 00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.099 procure 00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:17.659 salvation 00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:18.140 without a 00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:18.560 community 00:31:18.560 --> 00:31:19.240 who's 00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:19.720 willing to 00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.060 proclaim 00:31:20.060 --> 00:31:20.320 it. 00:31:21.800 --> 00:31:22.500 We are 00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:22.680 his 00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.240 representatives. 00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:24.400 We are 00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:24.660 his 00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:25.220 ambassadors 00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:25.920 here in 00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:26.900 Berkeley and 00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:27.440 Oakland and 00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:27.840 beyond and 00:31:27.840 --> 00:31:28.240 I want you to 00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.880 think about all 00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.540 the good news 00:31:29.540 --> 00:31:30.100 you proclaimed 00:31:30.100 --> 00:31:30.620 this last 00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:30.940 month. 00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:32.279 The good 00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:32.580 news of 00:31:32.580 --> 00:31:33.120 vaccines, 00:31:34.100 --> 00:31:34.500 the good 00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:34.920 news of 00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.300 Netflix, 00:31:36.380 --> 00:31:36.740 the good 00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.120 news of 00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:38.220 tacos and 00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.860 cheap airline 00:31:38.860 --> 00:31:39.360 tickets. 00:31:39.840 --> 00:31:40.019 Amen? 00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:41.660 I want you to 00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:42.080 think about all 00:31:42.080 --> 00:31:42.779 the good news 00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.120 that you've 00:31:43.120 --> 00:31:43.620 witnessed to 00:31:43.620 --> 00:31:44.180 this past 00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:44.460 week. 00:31:44.580 --> 00:31:45.220 Flowers that 00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:45.680 are blooming, 00:31:46.060 --> 00:31:46.660 the NCAA 00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:47.759 final four, 00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:49.100 spring break, 00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.080 Christchurch, 00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.720 Jesus has 00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.120 given us 00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:52.880 better news. 00:31:53.800 --> 00:31:54.300 He's given 00:31:54.300 --> 00:31:55.360 us the best 00:31:55.360 --> 00:31:55.940 news that 00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.519 there is and 00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:57.279 he sent us 00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:58.200 to the Bay 00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:59.200 Area as a 00:31:59.200 --> 00:31:59.540 missionary 00:31:59.540 --> 00:32:01.080 society where 00:32:01.080 --> 00:32:01.900 the news about 00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.779 Jesus is so 00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:04.000 distorted and 00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:05.240 misunderstood and 00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:06.120 caricatured and 00:32:06.120 --> 00:32:07.000 just flatly 00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.880 unknown. 00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:09.980 And so like 00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.660 that fragile 00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:11.960 little group of 00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:13.120 120 disciples 00:32:13.120 --> 00:32:14.880 that were waiting 00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:15.480 there in the 00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:16.559 supper room on 00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:17.160 the power of 00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:17.460 the Holy 00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:18.299 Spirit, we 00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:18.799 are being 00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:19.420 sent out. 00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.480 We are being 00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:23.440 commissioned where 00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:24.559 God has put us in 00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:25.660 people's lives and 00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:26.880 social networks and 00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:28.539 relational circles to 00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:29.539 share this good 00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:30.059 news. 00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.640 We are 00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:32.079 commissioned. 00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.299 It's the whole 00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:34.019 reason I moved to 00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.559 Berkeley in the 00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:35.039 first place. 00:32:35.120 --> 00:32:35.579 I wouldn't be 00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:36.380 here if it 00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:37.160 weren't for this 00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:38.480 text and this 00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:39.299 reality. 00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.099 We are 00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:40.559 commissioned. 00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:44.220 as the early 00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:44.759 church was 00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.440 commissioned to 00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:46.599 proclaim to all 00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:47.200 of humankind 00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:48.279 among all the 00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:49.899 nations repentance 00:32:49.899 --> 00:32:51.079 and the forgiveness 00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:53.179 of sins on the 00:32:53.179 --> 00:32:54.460 basis of the name 00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:56.200 of Jesus who 00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:57.039 died and was 00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:58.099 raised to life 00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:58.960 according to the 00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.599 scriptures of the 00:32:59.599 --> 00:33:00.200 Old and New 00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:01.139 Testament in the 00:33:01.139 --> 00:33:01.839 power of the Holy 00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:02.579 Spirit that's been 00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:04.220 given to each one 00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:05.279 of us. 00:33:05.679 --> 00:33:06.779 That's our job. 00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:08.619 That's our job. 00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:10.359 The risen Christ 00:33:10.359 --> 00:33:11.639 has come to doubt 00:33:11.639 --> 00:33:13.639 our doubts and he 00:33:13.639 --> 00:33:14.339 sent us out with 00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:16.619 one job and that 00:33:16.619 --> 00:33:18.879 is to proclaim the 00:33:18.879 --> 00:33:20.399 biblical gospel. 00:33:21.719 --> 00:33:22.959 May it be so among 00:33:22.959 --> 00:33:23.679 us in the name of 00:33:23.679 --> 00:33:24.399 the Father, Son, and 00:33:24.399 --> 00:33:24.939 Holy Spirit. 00:33:25.719 --> 00:33:25.939 Amen.