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 I think you've got a Bible, it would be a great help to me and I hope to you and we can get a bit open before you. It's on page 835 from Matthew 28 in the Church Bibles.

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 Matthew 28 on page 835. You may have come across the true story from Russia before the end of the Cold War and the Communism.

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 There's a Baptist pastor who's travelling on a train and reading his New Testament. And he stood up to take a walk on the train and he left the New Testament on his table.

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 While he was away, a train guard came along, read what it was, opened up the window of the train and threw it out the window.

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 A month later, a farmer came to see the Baptist pastor and he asked the pastor to lead him to become a Christian. The pastor gladly did so.

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 When he finished praying, the farmer reached into his pocket and pulled out the pastor's New Testament and said, you'll never believe it.

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 I was working in the fields on my farm a month ago by the railway track and as a train went past, this hit me in the head.

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 And I want to say to you that as you read the accounts of the resurrection in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, I hope that you'll find the same thing happens to you.

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 That you'll get hit on the head.

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 Because what we find in these fascinating passages right at the centre of the Christian faith is the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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 That Jesus Christ is risen from the dead.

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 The early Christians in the book of Acts, those in the immediate years after the death of the Lord Jesus, called the gospel the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.

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 It was the resurrection of Jesus that created the earthly church and gave it life and gave it fire.

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 Now I want us to look at Matthew chapter 28 because in this chapter what Matthew teaches you is very, very simple.

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 Matthew teaches you this.

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 The resurrection of Jesus Christ changes everything.

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 The resurrection of Jesus Christ changes everything.

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 It turns everything upside down.

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 It acts as a huge reversal in the world.

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 And Matthew shows us that by showing us that everyone this resurrection touches in this chapter, their lives are turned upside down.

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 The resurrection shatters for all time and for all people the matter of business as usual.

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 When Jesus stacked out of the grave, it was one small stack for man, but one giant leap for mankind.

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 It changes everything.

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 And Matthew's interest is not in the mechanics of the actual resurrection.

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 But Matthew wants you and I to experience the massive impact that it had.

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 And it happened in four parties.

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 So first of all, the women.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 It says, now after the Sabbath, towards the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.

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 They don't know that a guard has been posted.

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 They do not know how they're going to roll the stone away to get access to the body.

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 But they are in for a huge surprise.

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 They discover, don't they, guards lying on the ground and trembling.

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 The stone is rolled away.

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 And even worse than that, there is an angel sitting on the stone.

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 And he's no ordinary messenger boy.

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 But this is an angel who's come from the presence of God.

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 So look at verses 5 and 6 and 7.

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 But the angel said to the woman, do not be afraid.

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 For I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.

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 He's not here for he is risen.

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 As he said.

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 Come see the place where he lay.

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 Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he's risen from the dead.

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 And behold, he's going before you to Galilee.

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 There you will see him.

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 See, I told you.

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 The angel is clear.

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 That the stone has been rolled away.

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 Not to let Jesus out.

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 But to let the woman see him.

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 We're not left against what it means.

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 The angel explains to you exactly what it means.

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 He says, can you see it?

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 Jesus.

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 Who was crucified.

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 It's now risen.

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 He says it twice.

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 He says to them, you're at the right tomb.

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 You've gone to the wrong address.

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 You're at the right tomb.

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 He was dead.

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 He is no longer dead.

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 See where he lay.

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 He's now risen from the dead.

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 It's not a reincarnation.

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 Jesus has risen from the dead.

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 And it is impossible for you and I to capture in those very simple words

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 the enormous transformation that's taken place.

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 For the first time

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 in all of history

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 the iron grip of death

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 has been broken

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 from the inside out.

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 Somebody has gone through death

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 to show that he is stronger.

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 The angel is saying

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 Jesus has defeated death.

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 I read of a Muslim student in Africa

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 who became a Christian

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 and when his friends asked him

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 why

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 why have you done this

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 this is what he said.

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 He said about it's like this

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 suppose you are going down a road

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 and the road forks in two different directions

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 and you don't know which way to go.

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 And there at the fork

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 in the road

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 were two men

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 one dead

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 one alive.

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 Who would you ask for directions?

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 As the women race

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 off to tell the disciples

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 their imaginations

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 are running wild

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 on ahead of them

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 and they meet the risen Jesus

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 verse 9

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 He met them

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 and he said

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 verse 9

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 behold Jesus met them

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 and said greetings

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 and they came up

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 and took hold of his feet

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 and worshipped him.

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 Then Jesus said to them

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 do not be afraid

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 go and tell my brothers

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 to go to Galilee

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 and there they will see me.

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 It is

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 the most

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 natural

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 greeting

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 in verse 9

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 I don't think greetings

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 is a great translation

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 it's the most natural

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 hi

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 if you were in Wales

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 it would be

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 Shammai

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 if you were in Australia

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 it would be

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 G'day

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 if you were in France

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 it would be

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 Salud

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 it's the most natural

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 greeting

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 and just notice

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 the women

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 fall at his feet

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 and

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 there's a really

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 interesting detail

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 that's got the

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 authenticity

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 marked all over it

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 they take hold

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 of his feet

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 and they worship him

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 it's not a vision

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 it's not a

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 hallucination

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 it's not an apparition

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 it is a bodily

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 and physical resurrection

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 they grab hold

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 of his feet

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 they feel

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 his

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 hairy toes

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 it's that physical

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 it's not merely

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 a resurrection

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 back to this life

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 because

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 do you remember

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 when Lazarus

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 came out of the tomb

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 they didn't

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 worship Lazarus

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 did they

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 they didn't

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 fall at his feet

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 but no

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 this is a risen

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 Jesus

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 physically raised

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 from the dead

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 with feet

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 you can hold

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 and Jesus

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 encourages the women

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 not to fear

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 and he gives them

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 the same job

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 doesn't he

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 but the angel

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 gave them to go

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 he says

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 go and tell

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 the other disciples

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 and because of that

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 their world

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 is turned upside down

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 you back to chapter 27

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 and you back to chapter 27

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 and what are the women

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 like there

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 they are powerless

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 to change the course

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 of events

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 can you see that

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 there's this point

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 isn't it

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 and verse 55

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 in Matthew chapter 27

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 in the other column

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 it just says

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 there were also

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 many women there

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 looking on from a distance

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 who'd followed Jesus

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 from Galilee

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 ministering to him

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 and then if you look

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 at verse 61

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 it's the same picture again

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 he's been buried

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 in the tomb

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 and Mary Magdalene

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 and the other Mary

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 were there

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 sitting opposite the tomb

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 they are helpless

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 bystanders

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 they are the most

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 powerless of people

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 aren't they

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 weeping

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 and they go

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 on resurrection

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 morning

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 to anoint

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 a dead body

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 their hopes

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 have been shattered

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 the bottoms

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 formed out

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 of their world

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 but by now

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 by verse 10

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 of chapter 28

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 they are centre stage

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 in God's purposes

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 their hopes

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 had literally

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 been shattered

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 but now

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 they're raised to life

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 their fears

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 and their tears

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 have been transformed

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 into confidence

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 and joy

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 and now

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 these women

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 are centre stage

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 in getting the good news

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 of the gospel out

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 they are the first

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 witnesses

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 to the risen Christ

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 in a culture

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 where a woman

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 couldn't even give

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 evidence

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 in a court of law

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 because

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 she didn't count

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 but in the world

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 of Jesus

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 women count

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 and in the world

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 of Jesus

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 they are the first

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 witnesses

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 to the resurrection

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 it is a complete

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 reversal

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 from helpless

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 bystanders

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 bystanders

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 to centre stage

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 in God's purposes

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 the resurrection

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 changes everything

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 lives are turned

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 upside down

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 because of the resurrection

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 because Jesus

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 has risen from the dead

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 second group

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 it changes everything

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 for is the guards

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 and I think you've got to

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 have real

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 real sympathy

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 for the guards

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 on that day

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 when they turned up

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 to work

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 it was a routine

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 exercise

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 the guards

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 were told

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 your job

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 for today

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 is to guard

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 a dead body

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 it's a great job

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 isn't it

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 what a great job

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 it's a massive rock

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 put in front

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 of the entrance

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 they seal it

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 with whatever

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 they could find

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 and they are

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 aren't they

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 the picture

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 of human authority

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 and power

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 the guards

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 are the winners

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 they are the ones

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 with the weapons

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 and the capability

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 they are in command

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 they are in control

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 verse 2

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 behold there was

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 a great earthquake

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 for an angel

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 of the Lord

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 descended from heaven

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 and came

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 and rolled back

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 the stone

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 and sat on it

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 his appearance

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 was like lightning

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 and his clothing

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 white as snow

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 angels are

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 really popular

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 if you go to a bookshop

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 you'll find lots of books

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 on angels

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 if you go to a waitrose

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 and you cross over the road

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 there's that kind of

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 new age place

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 and they're massively

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 into angels

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 as I looked in the window

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 yesterday

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 there are angel seminars

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 you can go into London

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 but what you find

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 is that these new angels

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 what they have in common

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 is that they will always

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 give you what you want

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 Sophie Burnham

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 in you know that little book

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 of when you don't know

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 the little book of angels

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 you know those little books

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 that you can get

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 little books of angels

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 and she says this

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 angels always bring us

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 a calm and peaceful serenity

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 that descends sweetly upon you

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 their message is always

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 don't worry

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 things are working out

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 perfectly

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 you're going to like this

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 well can you see verse 2

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 this angel comes

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 and he brings a splintering

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 earthquake

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 he tosses the stone

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 to one side

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 and then when he comes

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 he rests on it

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 it's a lovely picture

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 isn't it

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 here's the symbol

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 of the closed door

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 of death

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 the security

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 of the sepulchre

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 and the only respect

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 he pays for it

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 is to sit on it

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 I'm going to wait

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 this afternoon

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 I've seen my two

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 older brothers

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 the one is 8 years

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 older than me

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 the other one is 12

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 years older than me

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 and we would have

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 fought

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 it was quite unfair

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 even when I was a

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 little boy

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 but how did you know

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 when the fight between

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 your siblings was over

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 think back

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 how did you know

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 that you'd lost

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 when your siblings

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 fought with you

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 it's very simple

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 isn't it

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 they sat on you

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 they sat on you

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 and can you see

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 that's what the angel

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 does

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 it's the only respect

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 he pays for death

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 he sits on it

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 it's a wonderful word

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 and I want you to see

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 what is mind-boggling

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 really

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 look at verse 2

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 there is an earthquake

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 there's an earth

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 trembling

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 and then can you see

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 in verse 4

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 the guards

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 the symbol of authority

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 they tremble

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 it's the same root word

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 there's an earthquake

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 in verse 2

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 and an earthquake

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 in verse 4

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 and they're having

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 their own earthquake

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 as they see the angel

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 and the angel

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 comes to announce

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 that Jesus is risen

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 and the rocks quake

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 and those whose job

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 it was

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 to keep Jesus

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 from rising

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 they quake

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 all they had to do

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 was keep a dead man

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 dead

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 and with all their power

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 and with all their skill

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 they couldn't do it

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 and instead

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 Matthew says

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 can you see it

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 verse 4

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 it's so brilliantly written

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 they become like

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 dead men

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 their world

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 is turned upside down

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 and so what is the message

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 of the resurrection

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 the living and the powerful ones

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 become like dead men

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 because the dead man

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 has been raised from the dead

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 the living and the powerful ones

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 become like dead men

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 because the dead man is alive

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 the resurrection

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 is about a complete reversal

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 in the values of our world

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 because what we think of

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 as

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 human power

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 as great human power

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 is ultimately

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 utterly powerless

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 death itself

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 so powerful

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 is now transformed into life

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 we don't have time to look at it

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 but verses 11 to 15

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 there's this remarkable contrast

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 between the joy

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 and the obedience of the women

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 and the way that the guards

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 reluctantly

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 go to the chief priests

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 and tell them what's happened

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 and the response of the priests

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 is to do whatever they can

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 to cover it up

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 and it's a wonderful little

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 vignette really

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 it tells us the resurrection

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 faces you

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 with a fundamental choice

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 either to be like the women

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 this morning

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 and fall at Jesus' feet

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 and worship him

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 or

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 you can pretend

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 for the rest of your life

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 that you are in control

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 and you've got the power

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 and one is the way of deception

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 and death

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 and the other is the way of life

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 the resurrection

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 turns everything

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 upside down

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 not only for the women

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 and for the guards

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 but thirdly

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 and most importantly

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 for Jesus himself

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 chapter 27

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 he is dead and buried

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 chapter 28

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 he is alive and kicking

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 and twice the angel says

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 that Jesus has been raised

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 the divine passive

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 the will of God

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 was not to leave him

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 in the grave

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 but Matthew wants

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 to take you far deeper

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 than that

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 so I want you to look

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 at verse 18

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 and I want you to see

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 how Jesus speaks

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 after he is raised

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 from the dead

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 Jesus says

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 in verse 18

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 Jesus came and said

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 that all authority

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 in heaven and on earth

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 has been given to me

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 it's been given to me

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 now I think it's

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 we're all so familiar

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 with that statement

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 it's very difficult

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 for you and I

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 to understand the scope

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 of what Jesus is saying

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 the word authority

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 is not just naked power

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 but it's the right to decide

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 it's the freedom to act

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 God's own authority

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 is now Jesus' authority

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 because God has given it

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 to him

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 and Jesus says

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 my authority is unrestricted

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 it is unqualified

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 it is unconditional

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 and it is an authority

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 which extends

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 from the farthest reaches

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 of outer space

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 to the smallest

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 subatomic particle

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 of matter

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 Jesus' authority

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 draws under its canopy

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 all men

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 and all women

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 who have ever lived

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 and Jesus' authority

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 does not diminish

00:16:41.740 --> 00:16:42.740
 over time

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 it doesn't weaken

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 with different circumstances

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 in our lives

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 do you see what he says

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 he says

00:16:48.620 --> 00:16:49.740
 all authority

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 in heaven and on earth

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 has been given to me

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 over angels

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 over archangels

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 over demons

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 over principalities

00:16:59.460 --> 00:17:00.519
 over might

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 and over thrones

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 over the natural world

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 and over the supernatural world

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 he now has

00:17:06.339 --> 00:17:07.019
 the ability

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 he now has

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 the freedom

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 and he now has

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 the right

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 and that is very

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 very important

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 for you and I

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 if we are followers

00:17:14.639 --> 00:17:15.699
 of the Lord Jesus Christ

00:17:15.699 --> 00:17:16.480
 because there is

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 no area

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 and there is

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 no people

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 and there is

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 no culture

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 and there is

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 no single being

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 in all of the universe

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 who lies

00:17:27.199 --> 00:17:28.599
 outside the authority

00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:29.559
 of Jesus Christ

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 Jesus could not

00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:34.439
 assert with any

00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:35.080
 more clarity

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 is absolute

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 faultless

00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:38.240
 consummate

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 sovereign

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 dominion

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 and rule

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 and command

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 over all things

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 there is

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 nowhere

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 there is

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 no one

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 who is outside

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 of Jesus' authority

00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:52.420
 you can shake

00:17:52.420 --> 00:17:53.100
 your fist today

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 you can say

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 I don't believe

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 you can say

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 I don't want to believe

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 it doesn't make

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 the blindest bit

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 of difference

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 and so here is

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 the man

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 standing before

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 his friends

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 who three or

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 four days

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 earlier

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 was crucified

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 was risen

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 from the dead

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 and he said

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 all authority

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 is mine

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 and I think

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 that's the key

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 point

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 in the whole

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 of the chapter

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 all authority

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 is mine

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 Jesus says

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 Jesus happily

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 receives their

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 worship

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 can you see that

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 verse 9

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 they worship

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 him

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 verse 17

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 they worship

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 him

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 Jesus accepts

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 that

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 he is

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 God

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 and Jesus

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 is conscious

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 that

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 in the resurrection

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 there is a new

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 beginning

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 there is a new

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 moment

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 and that new

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 moment is marked

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 by his universal

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 lordship

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 and if there's

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 any doubt

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 about that

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 he includes

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 himself

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 in the single

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 name of God

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 doesn't he

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 called the

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 father

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 son

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 and holy

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 spirit

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 it's name

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 of God

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 not names

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 and this is how

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 God will be

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 known from now

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 on

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 and so I think

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 when we come to

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 this point

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 we come to the

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 very heart

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 of the gospel

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 and so if you

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 haven't noticed

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 how the

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 Christians

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 in the book

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 of Acts

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 in the immediate

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 months and years

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 after the Lord

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 Jesus

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 how they preached

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 this is how they

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 preached

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 they said

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 you rejected

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 Jesus

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 as worthless

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 and irrelevant

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 but God

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 has raised

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 him from

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 the dead

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 and enthroned

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 him in heaven

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 where he is

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 Lord and

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 Christ

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 let me show you

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 that in a couple

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 of cases

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 because I think

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 it's so important

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 let me show you

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 in Acts chapter 2

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 ok just click

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 over with me

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 to Acts chapter 2

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 I'll do the page

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 and what I get

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 in Acts chapter 2

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 and it's on page

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 910

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 Acts chapter 2

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 page 910

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 and this is what

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 Peter is saying

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 Peter says

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 that the congregation

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 he says

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 man of Israel

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 hear this

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 Jesus of Nazareth

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 he was a man

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 attested to you

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 by God of mighty

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 works and wonders

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 and signs that God

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 did through him

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 in your midst

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 you know this

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 this Jesus

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 delivered up

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 according to the

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 definite plan

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 and foreknowledge

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 of God

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 you crucified

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 and you killed him

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 by the hands

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 of lawless man

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 God

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 raised him up

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 losing the pangs

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 of death

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 because it was not

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 possible of him

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 to be held by it

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 he speaks about

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 how

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 the resurrection

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 of Jesus

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 Jesus coming back

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 to life

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 it fulfills

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 all that had gone

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 before in the Bible

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 but you see

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 what he's saying

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 he's saying

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 Jesus was nothing

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 more than a common

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 criminal to you

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 but God's assessment

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 is very different

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 and the proof

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 is the resurrection

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 so verse 32

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 and verse 33

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 this Jesus

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 raised up

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 and of that

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 we are all witnesses

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 being therefore

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 exalted at the right

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 hand of God

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 and having received

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 from the Father

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 the promise of the

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 Holy Spirit

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 he has poured

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 out this

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 that you yourselves

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 are seeing

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 and hearing

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 and then he comes

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 to the conclusion

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 verse 36

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 let all the house

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 of Israel

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 know therefore

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 for certain

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 that God

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 has made him

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 both Lord

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 and Christ

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 this Jesus

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 whom you

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 crucified

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 it's a very

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 interesting sermon

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 he does not

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 say

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 he does not

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 say

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 let all the house

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 of Israel

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 know

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 that Jesus

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 Christ

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 is risen

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 from the dead

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 and you can

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 have eternal

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 life

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 and you can

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 get to heaven

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 and be happy

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 forever

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 and you can

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 get out of

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 going to hell

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 and the key

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 significance of

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 the resurrection

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 is that God

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 has made

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 Jesus

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 Lord

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 and Christ

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 and I would

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 say that

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 it's a very

00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:42.480
 different gospel

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 from maybe

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 sometimes the way

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 that I preach

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 the gospel

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 and certainly

00:21:45.860 --> 00:21:46.520
 different from

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 lots of the way

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 churches preach

00:21:48.120 --> 00:21:48.480
 the gospel

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 so the message

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 is often this

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 God loves you

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 very very

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 very much

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 and you are

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 very very

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 important

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 and God

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 wants the

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 very very

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 best for you

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 and that is

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 true

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 or you may

00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:05.740
 hear it

00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.140
 that Jesus

00:22:06.140 --> 00:22:06.599
 died

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 an atoning

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 death

00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:08.380
 for your

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 sins

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.220
 please

00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:09.920
 come to

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 Jesus

00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:12.099
 again that's

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 true

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 but I want

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 you to see

00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:15.460
 this morning

00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:15.980
 that isn't

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 the way

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 that the

00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:17.120
 New Testament

00:22:17.120 --> 00:22:17.620
 preachers

00:22:17.620 --> 00:22:18.120
 the gospel

00:22:18.120 --> 00:22:21.059
 they said

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 to you

00:22:21.380 --> 00:22:21.980
 listen up

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 your view

00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:24.740
 of Jesus

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 is exactly

00:22:25.839 --> 00:22:26.599
 the opposite

00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:28.099
 of God's

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 and the

00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:28.720
 proof is

00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:29.299
 the resurrection

00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:31.539
 what you

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:32.440
 think is

00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:32.839
 wrong

00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:34.379
 what you've

00:22:34.379 --> 00:22:34.899
 done

00:22:34.899 --> 00:22:36.500
 is wrong

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:38.399
 the one

00:22:38.399 --> 00:22:38.980
 who you

00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.659
 crucified

00:22:39.659 --> 00:22:40.440
 this morning

00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:42.139
 now rules

00:22:42.139 --> 00:22:42.539
 heaven and

00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:42.799
 earth

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:45.240
 we can pick

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:45.819
 a half a dozen

00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:46.359
 other sermons

00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:46.639
 in that

00:22:46.639 --> 00:22:47.359
 let me just

00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:47.940
 pick one more

00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:48.359
 for you to show

00:22:48.359 --> 00:22:48.500
 you

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 Acts chapter 4

00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:49.779
 verse 2

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 the priests

00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:51.440
 are desperately

00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:51.919
 annoyed

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 because

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 verse 2

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 they were

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 greatly annoyed

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 they were mad

00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:58.180
 because they were

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.879
 teaching the people

00:22:58.880 --> 00:22:59.420
 and proclaiming

00:22:59.420 --> 00:22:59.740
 in Jesus

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:00.320
 the resurrection

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 from the dead

00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:01.520
 now you go down

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 to the sermon

00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:02.780
 in verse 8

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 and he says

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.560
 this Peter

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 filled with the

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.340
 Holy Spirit

00:23:06.340 --> 00:23:06.720
 said to them

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.200
 rulers of the

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 people and

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:07.780
 elders

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 if we are

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 being examined

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 today

00:23:09.020 --> 00:23:09.540
 concerning a

00:23:09.540 --> 00:23:09.920
 good deed

00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:10.220
 we've done

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 to a cripple

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 by what means

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 does this man

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 be healed

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 let it be

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 known to all

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 of you

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 and to all

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 the people

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 of Israel

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 that by the

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 name of

00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:17.160
 Jesus Christ

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:17.580
 of Nazareth

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 whom you

00:23:18.080 --> 00:23:18.580
 crucified

00:23:18.580 --> 00:23:18.940
 you see

00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.280
 that again

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 it's so

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 direct

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:21.300
 you crucify

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 him

00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:22.340
 whom God

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 has raised

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:22.960
 from the

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.260
 dead

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 by him

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 this man

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 is standing

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 before you

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 well

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 the goodly

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:28.079
 end of

00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:28.759
 verse 11

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:30.240
 this

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 this Jesus

00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:32.160
 is the stone

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:32.380
 who is

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 rejected by

00:23:33.140 --> 00:23:33.339
 you

00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:33.859
 the builders

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 which has

00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:35.019
 become the

00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:35.440
 cornerstone

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 and there is

00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:36.480
 salvation in

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 no one else

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 for there is

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.279
 no other name

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 under heaven

00:23:39.660 --> 00:23:40.180
 given among

00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:40.819
 men by which

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 we must be

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:41.720
 saved

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:43.700
 so he says

00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.059
 to you this

00:23:44.059 --> 00:23:44.220
 morning

00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:44.880
 if you've

00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:45.980
 rejected Jesus

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.579
 you've missed

00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:47.079
 everything

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:50.079
 Jesus Christ

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:50.680
 is God's

00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:51.140
 key to

00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:51.819
 absolutely

00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:52.240
 everything

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:52.480
 and the

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:52.819
 proof of

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.099
 that is

00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:53.700
 the resurrection

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:56.420
 and so

00:23:56.420 --> 00:23:57.080
 Matthew 28

00:23:57.080 --> 00:23:57.480
 the point

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:57.940
 is this

00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:58.759
 the resurrection

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.400
 is a great

00:23:59.400 --> 00:23:59.860
 reversal

00:23:59.860 --> 00:24:01.920
 and it's not

00:24:01.920 --> 00:24:02.980
 just that Jesus

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.620
 is alive

00:24:03.620 --> 00:24:04.240
 and stronger

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:04.860
 than death

00:24:04.860 --> 00:24:05.420
 though that is

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:06.240
 true wonderful

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:07.200
 and we praise

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:07.840
 God for that

00:24:07.840 --> 00:24:08.960
 the key significance

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.740
 in Matthew 28

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.420
 is that Jesus

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:10.940
 has been given

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:12.000
 all authority

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:13.759
 on earth to him

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.440
 he is now

00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:15.319
 Lord and Christ

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:17.100
 and that is the

00:24:17.100 --> 00:24:17.779
 great reversal

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.340
 for Jesus

00:24:18.340 --> 00:24:22.039
 so the reversal

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:22.580
 for women

00:24:22.580 --> 00:24:23.259
 the guards

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:23.859
 and Jesus

00:24:23.859 --> 00:24:24.680
 and then finally

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.720
 the great reversal

00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:26.680
 for the disciples

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:29.379
 do you remember

00:24:29.379 --> 00:24:29.900
 where you left

00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:30.940
 them at the cross

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:32.059
 they are scattered

00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.559
 aren't they

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:34.660
 and they fled

00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:35.200
 with their tails

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:35.940
 between their legs

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:36.740
 Peter has denied

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.000
 him

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:38.019
 Judas has betrayed

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.339
 him

00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:40.279
 and the rest of

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:40.559
 them are in

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:40.839
 hiding

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:41.480
 and they gather

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:42.480
 again to the

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:42.900
 mountain of

00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:43.240
 Galilee

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:43.720
 and the point

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.599
 of verse 16

00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:45.660
 to 20

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:47.000
 of Matthew 28

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:48.900
 is that Jesus

00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:49.859
 wants to spell

00:24:49.859 --> 00:24:50.500
 out to his

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:51.059
 disciples

00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:52.160
 to his church

00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:53.160
 what is the

00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:53.820
 meaning of the

00:24:53.820 --> 00:24:54.340
 resurrection

00:24:54.340 --> 00:24:56.580
 and here is the

00:24:56.580 --> 00:24:57.779
 message of the

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.140
 resurrection

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:59.080
 if you are a

00:24:59.080 --> 00:24:59.880
 follower of Jesus

00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:00.920
 it is not just

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.880
 life after death

00:25:01.880 --> 00:25:03.660
 it is not just

00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.680
 our resurrection

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.620
 but in Matthew's

00:25:05.620 --> 00:25:05.960
 gospel

00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:07.400
 the point of the

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:07.779
 resurrection

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.840
 is that Jesus

00:25:08.840 --> 00:25:10.220
 transforms

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:12.080
 transfers

00:25:12.080 --> 00:25:13.500
 his mission

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:15.300
 to his church

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:18.299
 that Jesus

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.799
 mission

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.279
 becomes

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:19.819
 our

00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.159
 mission

00:25:20.159 --> 00:25:20.659
 as his

00:25:20.659 --> 00:25:20.980
 people

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:22.779
 and that is

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.019
 why there is

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.500
 such an emphasis

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.200
 on Galilee

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:24.899
 in this chapter

00:25:24.899 --> 00:25:25.919
 it was in Galilee

00:25:25.919 --> 00:25:26.539
 where Jesus

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:27.419
 first launched

00:25:27.419 --> 00:25:27.960
 his mission

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:28.700
 and that is

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:28.980
 where he is

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:29.519
 going to launch

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.299
 the next stage

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:30.940
 of his ministry

00:25:30.940 --> 00:25:32.539
 when his

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:33.079
 disciples

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:33.720
 his people

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.240
 his church

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:34.639
 will be the

00:25:34.639 --> 00:25:35.379
 main players

00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:37.740
 and so Jesus

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.659
 continues

00:25:38.659 --> 00:25:40.460
 to rescue

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:40.779
 people

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.220
 but in a

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.919
 different way

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:45.519
 he says

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.740
 all authority

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.900
 in heaven

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:48.500
 and on earth

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.200
 has been

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:50.180
 given to me

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:52.240
 so when you

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.860
 hear those words

00:25:52.860 --> 00:25:53.560
 all authority

00:25:53.560 --> 00:25:53.860
 in heaven

00:25:53.860 --> 00:25:54.160
 and on earth

00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:54.400
 has been

00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:54.759
 given to me

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.300
 the big question

00:25:55.300 --> 00:25:55.720
 is what are

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:55.920
 you going to

00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:56.380
 do with it

00:25:56.380 --> 00:26:00.420
 and the answer

00:26:00.420 --> 00:26:00.960
 is he doesn't

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.400
 say what he's

00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:01.700
 going to do

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.200
 with it at all

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.539
 does he

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:02.980
 look at verse

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.259
 18

00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:03.980
 all authority

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.259
 has been

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:04.740
 given to me

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.140
 therefore

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:05.980
 you go

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:07.740
 and make

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.140
 disciples

00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:10.380
 and the

00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:10.800
 results

00:26:10.800 --> 00:26:11.140
 and the

00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:11.580
 consequence

00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:12.119
 of Jesus

00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:12.599
 authority

00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:13.220
 is spelled

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.599
 out by

00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:13.960
 what his

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.220
 church

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:14.619
 does on

00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:14.939
 earth

00:26:14.939 --> 00:26:16.579
 and you

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:16.899
 will know

00:26:16.899 --> 00:26:17.220
 in verses

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.759
 19 to

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.019
 20

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:18.379
 that there

00:26:18.379 --> 00:26:18.819
 are four

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:19.199
 commands

00:26:19.199 --> 00:26:19.699
 in English

00:26:19.699 --> 00:26:19.980
 there's

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.439
 go

00:26:20.439 --> 00:26:21.079
 make

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:21.639
 disciples

00:26:21.639 --> 00:26:22.460
 baptise

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:23.059
 teach

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:25.079
 but in

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:25.339
 the Greek

00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:25.740
 only one

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:25.919
 of them

00:26:25.919 --> 00:26:26.119
 is a

00:26:26.119 --> 00:26:26.399
 command

00:26:26.399 --> 00:26:26.659
 it's

00:26:26.659 --> 00:26:26.819
 the

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.019
 command

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.179
 to

00:26:27.179 --> 00:26:27.339
 make

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:27.839
 disciples

00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:29.939
 and the

00:26:29.939 --> 00:26:30.220
 other

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.699
 three

00:26:30.699 --> 00:26:31.359
 the going

00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:32.259
 the baptising

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.699
 the teaching

00:26:32.699 --> 00:26:33.139
 they are

00:26:33.139 --> 00:26:33.839
 all to

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.259
 serve

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:34.819
 the purpose

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.220
 of making

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:35.759
 disciples

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:38.740
 and Jesus

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.480
 complete

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:40.259
 authority

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:41.039
 over heaven

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.500
 and earth

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:42.500
 is exercised

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:42.980
 through his

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.440
 church

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:44.059
 as they

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.420
 make

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:45.000
 disciples

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:47.299
 and you

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:47.700
 want to

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.359
 see Jesus

00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:49.039
 in action

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:51.200
 you want

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:51.599
 to see

00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:52.220
 what Jesus

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:53.059
 authority

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:54.000
 looks like

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.960
 you see it

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.779
 most closely

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:56.259
 when his

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.559
 church

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:56.799
 make

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:57.279
 disciples

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:59.740
 the whole

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.240
 idea of

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:00.420
 making

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:00.839
 disciples

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:01.259
 is not a

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:01.980
 bright idea

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.579
 cooked up by

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:03.240
 the navigators

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.519
 in the

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:04.119
 70s

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:05.339
 it comes

00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:05.899
 directly

00:27:05.899 --> 00:27:06.339
 from

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:07.099
 who

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.459
 Jesus

00:27:07.459 --> 00:27:08.139
 is

00:27:08.139 --> 00:27:10.479
 the word

00:27:10.479 --> 00:27:10.819
 disciple

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.079
 is a

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:11.339
 precious

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:11.599
 word

00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:12.039
 isn't it

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.619
 what does

00:27:12.619 --> 00:27:12.859
 the word

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:13.199
 disciple

00:27:13.199 --> 00:27:13.399
 mean

00:27:13.399 --> 00:27:13.679
 it's

00:27:13.679 --> 00:27:14.179
 really

00:27:14.179 --> 00:27:14.659
 really

00:27:14.659 --> 00:27:15.219
 simple

00:27:15.219 --> 00:27:16.179
 a

00:27:16.179 --> 00:27:16.519
 disciple

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:16.939
 means

00:27:16.939 --> 00:27:17.519
 primarily

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:17.979
 a

00:27:17.979 --> 00:27:18.399
 learner

00:27:18.399 --> 00:27:20.459
 and when

00:27:20.459 --> 00:27:20.819
 you become

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.199
 a Jesus

00:27:21.199 --> 00:27:22.039
 you become

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.659
 a lifelong

00:27:22.659 --> 00:27:23.339
 learner

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:25.939
 and you

00:27:25.939 --> 00:27:26.819
 never reach

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:27.619
 a stage

00:27:27.619 --> 00:27:27.959
 when you've

00:27:27.959 --> 00:27:28.299
 arrived

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:29.179
 you never

00:27:29.179 --> 00:27:29.599
 reach a

00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:30.039
 stage

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.519
 as a

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:30.779
 Christian

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.139
 where you've

00:27:31.139 --> 00:27:31.539
 got nothing

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.199
 to learn

00:27:32.199 --> 00:27:34.419
 following

00:27:34.419 --> 00:27:34.819
 Jesus

00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:35.299
 ought to

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:35.599
 make you

00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:35.839
 more

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.419
 curious

00:27:36.419 --> 00:27:36.720
 as a

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:36.919
 human

00:27:36.919 --> 00:27:37.299
 being

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:39.079
 and the

00:27:39.079 --> 00:27:39.319
 second

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:39.679
 part of

00:27:39.679 --> 00:27:39.919
 Jesus

00:27:39.919 --> 00:27:40.419
 being a

00:27:40.419 --> 00:27:40.799
 disciple

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.279
 first of

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:41.399
 all

00:27:41.399 --> 00:27:41.539
 it's

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:41.879
 being a

00:27:41.879 --> 00:27:42.199
 learner

00:27:42.199 --> 00:27:42.559
 and then

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:42.839
 secondly

00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:43.059
 it's

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.439
 being a

00:27:43.439 --> 00:27:43.879
 follower

00:27:43.879 --> 00:27:46.159
 and that

00:27:46.159 --> 00:27:46.679
 describes

00:27:46.679 --> 00:27:47.139
 our

00:27:47.139 --> 00:27:47.779
 personal

00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.359
 attachment

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:48.779
 to the

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:48.980
 Lord

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.319
 Jesus

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:51.579
 we're not

00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:52.099
 learning for

00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:52.379
 the sake

00:27:52.379 --> 00:27:52.859
 of learning

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:54.579
 and the

00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:55.079
 life of a

00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:55.459
 disciple

00:27:55.459 --> 00:27:55.879
 is to be

00:27:55.879 --> 00:27:56.079
 different

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.719
 from every

00:27:56.719 --> 00:27:57.199
 kind of

00:27:57.199 --> 00:27:57.500
 life

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:57.919
 because

00:27:57.919 --> 00:27:58.339
 our

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:58.699
 allegiance

00:27:58.699 --> 00:27:59.299
 is to

00:27:59.299 --> 00:27:59.699
 Jesus

00:27:59.699 --> 00:28:02.079
 that we

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.939
 love him

00:28:02.939 --> 00:28:03.439
 and we

00:28:03.439 --> 00:28:03.919
 want to

00:28:03.919 --> 00:28:04.579
 know him

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:05.039
 and his

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.539
 ways

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:07.500
 it's not

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.119
 primarily an

00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:08.639
 intellectual

00:28:08.639 --> 00:28:09.299
 assignment

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:10.099
 opening

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:11.500
 up our

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:11.819
 kind of

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:12.279
 minds

00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:12.779
 but it

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.579
 is opening

00:28:13.579 --> 00:28:14.039
 up of

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.619
 every

00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:15.319
 area of

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:15.779
 life

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:17.219
 as he

00:28:17.219 --> 00:28:17.519
 hope

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.099
 opens up

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:18.459
 his life

00:28:18.459 --> 00:28:18.919
 to us

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:23.000
 and

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.279
 Jesus

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:23.880
 does not

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.380
 command us

00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:24.600
 to be

00:28:24.600 --> 00:28:25.019
 disciples

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:25.380
 but to

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:25.500
 make

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:25.960
 disciples

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:26.300
 of all

00:28:26.300 --> 00:28:26.640
 nations

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:26.980
 and that's

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.259
 terribly

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:27.620
 important

00:28:27.620 --> 00:28:27.840
 there's

00:28:27.840 --> 00:28:28.300
 lots of

00:28:28.300 --> 00:28:28.720
 confusion

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.140
 about what

00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:29.519
 the role

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:29.779
 of the

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.019
 church

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.259
 is and

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.519
 what the

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:30.779
 work

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.039
 of the

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.279
 church

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:31.640
 is

00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:34.340
 what is

00:28:34.340 --> 00:28:34.500
 our

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:34.880
 central

00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:35.480
 purpose

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:36.300
 our

00:28:36.300 --> 00:28:36.660
 central

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:37.160
 purpose

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:37.580
 is

00:28:37.580 --> 00:28:38.460
 as

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:38.940
 disciple

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:39.160
 of

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.560
 Christ

00:28:39.560 --> 00:28:39.880
 is to

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.039
 make

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.460
 disciples

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:40.720
 of the

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.100
 nations

00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:43.459
 it's

00:28:43.459 --> 00:28:43.959
 to do

00:28:43.959 --> 00:28:44.119
 this

00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:44.379
 it's

00:28:44.379 --> 00:28:44.839
 to call

00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:45.319
 on you

00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:45.659
 if you

00:28:45.659 --> 00:28:45.980
 are not

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.719
 a follower

00:28:46.719 --> 00:28:48.039
 and a

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.480
 learner of

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:48.719
 the Lord

00:28:48.719 --> 00:28:48.959
 Jesus

00:28:48.959 --> 00:28:49.259
 Christ

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.599
 it is

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:49.959
 to call

00:28:49.959 --> 00:28:50.159
 on you

00:28:50.159 --> 00:28:50.539
 to change

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:50.659
 your

00:28:50.659 --> 00:28:50.980
 allegiance

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.519
 today

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:54.359
 to call

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:55.439
 on him

00:28:55.439 --> 00:28:57.439
 and to

00:28:57.439 --> 00:28:57.939
 recognise

00:28:57.939 --> 00:28:58.279
 that the

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.639
 one that

00:28:58.639 --> 00:28:59.319
 you thought

00:28:59.319 --> 00:29:00.099
 was irrelevant

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.659
 to your

00:29:00.659 --> 00:29:01.179
 life

00:29:01.179 --> 00:29:03.119
 is Lord

00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:04.059
 and Christ

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:05.799
 he is

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:06.359
 boss

00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:09.959
 and it's

00:29:09.959 --> 00:29:10.359
 to call

00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:10.679
 on you

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:11.340
 to recognise

00:29:11.340 --> 00:29:12.200
 that Jesus

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:12.740
 Christ

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.480
 whom you

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:13.900
 thought

00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:14.259
 well

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.820
 it's nice

00:29:14.820 --> 00:29:15.080
 to go to

00:29:15.080 --> 00:29:15.259
 church

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.560
 on Easter

00:29:15.560 --> 00:29:15.860
 Sunday

00:29:15.860 --> 00:29:16.160
 morning

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:16.400
 and maybe

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:16.860
 learn about

00:29:16.860 --> 00:29:17.019
 him

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.880
 he is

00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:18.080
 the one

00:29:18.080 --> 00:29:18.299
 who has

00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:18.820
 all

00:29:18.820 --> 00:29:19.259
 authority

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.580
 in heaven

00:29:19.580 --> 00:29:20.120
 on earth

00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:23.460
 Jesus

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:23.980
 doesn't spell

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.320
 out for his

00:29:24.320 --> 00:29:24.620
 church how

00:29:24.620 --> 00:29:24.980
 we are to

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.279
 do that

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:25.680
 but he does

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:25.980
 tell us

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.480
 three things

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:27.360
 that it

00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:27.799
 will involve

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.160
 going

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:30.180
 and so

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:30.560
 for us

00:29:30.560 --> 00:29:31.019
 as a church

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.460
 if we are

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:31.680
 going to

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:32.380
 follow this

00:29:32.380 --> 00:29:32.920
 mandate

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.480
 of Jesus

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:34.740
 we are

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:34.940
 going to

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.539
 constantly

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:35.960
 have to be

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:36.320
 stirring

00:29:36.320 --> 00:29:36.779
 ourselves

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:37.200
 up from

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:37.560
 our comfort

00:29:37.560 --> 00:29:37.880
 zone

00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:39.060
 and it

00:29:39.060 --> 00:29:39.539
 will be

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.080
 a bother

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:40.480
 to us

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:40.879
 as a church

00:29:40.879 --> 00:29:41.279
 family

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:42.439
 and if we

00:29:42.439 --> 00:29:42.939
 make it a

00:29:42.939 --> 00:29:43.779
 priority in our

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.519
 lives to see

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:44.980
 people make

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.519
 disciples it

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:46.039
 will mean

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.279
 that we

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:46.539
 will have

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:46.859
 to give

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:47.599
 ourselves

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:49.779
 secondly it

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:50.039
 will mean

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:50.839
 baptising

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.539
 which is the

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:51.980
 way people

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.480
 come to

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:53.460
 identify with

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:53.919
 the local

00:29:53.919 --> 00:29:54.399
 body of

00:29:54.399 --> 00:29:54.559
 Christ

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:54.980
 how they

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.599
 enter the

00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:56.059
 church

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:58.119
 you cannot

00:29:58.119 --> 00:29:58.699
 be a

00:29:58.699 --> 00:29:59.220
 disciple of

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.699
 Jesus Christ

00:29:59.699 --> 00:30:00.279
 outside the

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:00.500
 church

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:01.199
 it's absolute

00:30:01.199 --> 00:30:01.939
 madness to

00:30:01.939 --> 00:30:02.339
 think you can

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:02.740
 do that

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.159
 in fact it's

00:30:03.159 --> 00:30:03.740
 impossible to

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:04.119
 do that

00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:07.000
 and Jesus

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.319
 is very

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:08.019
 clearly saying

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:08.659
 here that

00:30:08.659 --> 00:30:09.619
 discipleship is

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:10.439
 a church

00:30:10.439 --> 00:30:11.079
 activity

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:13.179
 and you

00:30:13.179 --> 00:30:13.879
 are not a

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:14.639
 disciple unless

00:30:14.639 --> 00:30:15.519
 you are bound

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:16.179
 up with other

00:30:16.179 --> 00:30:16.699
 disciples

00:30:16.699 --> 00:30:18.759
 and thirdly it

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.159
 will involve

00:30:19.159 --> 00:30:19.959
 teaching you to

00:30:19.959 --> 00:30:20.919
 observe all

00:30:20.919 --> 00:30:21.219
 that I

00:30:21.219 --> 00:30:21.959
 commanded you

00:30:21.959 --> 00:30:24.199
 and so it's

00:30:24.199 --> 00:30:24.619
 not the aim

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:25.039
 that you'll be

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.500
 kind of a

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:26.099
 master of

00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:26.819
 biblical theology

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.659
 but that our

00:30:27.659 --> 00:30:28.359
 lives will be

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:29.279
 recognisably

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:30.019
 different by who

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.599
 we follow and

00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:31.119
 what we know

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:34.379
 as a

00:30:34.379 --> 00:30:34.959
 comprehensiveness

00:30:34.959 --> 00:30:35.599
 is in all

00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:36.079
 things we

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:36.659
 have to teach

00:30:36.659 --> 00:30:38.739
 and the key

00:30:38.739 --> 00:30:39.319
 to those all

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:39.819
 things all

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:40.279
 those things

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:41.119
 are to lead

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:42.000
 to that main

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.579
 mission that

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:43.279
 Jesus left

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:43.699
 for us of

00:30:43.699 --> 00:30:44.379
 making disciples

00:30:44.379 --> 00:30:44.639
 of the

00:30:44.639 --> 00:30:44.979
 nations

00:30:44.979 --> 00:30:47.059
 and the book

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.559
 finishes with

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:48.000
 this enormous

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.459
 encouragement

00:30:48.459 --> 00:30:48.979
 isn't it

00:30:48.979 --> 00:30:51.579
 an enormous

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:52.319
 encouragement from

00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:53.079
 the risen Jesus

00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:53.759
 whom belongs

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.479
 all authority

00:30:54.479 --> 00:30:55.539
 that when we

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.639
 go along with

00:30:56.639 --> 00:30:57.459
 his mission

00:30:57.459 --> 00:30:59.159
 he says I

00:30:59.159 --> 00:30:59.539
 will be with

00:30:59.539 --> 00:30:59.899
 you till the

00:30:59.899 --> 00:31:00.219
 end of the

00:31:00.219 --> 00:31:00.519
 age

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:03.960
 gospel of

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.160
 Matthew

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:04.700
 so beautifully

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.319
 written it

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:06.220
 begins with

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:07.740
 Emmanuel

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:09.079
 God with

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:09.460
 us

00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:12.039
 and it

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.740
 finishes with

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:13.259
 the risen

00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:14.279
 Christ saying

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:16.180
 I am with

00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:16.720
 you to the

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.079
 end of the

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:17.420
 age

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:20.940
 and Jesus

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:21.420
 is not saying

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:21.960
 I'm about to

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.359
 head up my

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:22.879
 way to heaven

00:31:22.879 --> 00:31:23.400
 leaving you

00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:23.740
 to do all

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.139
 the work

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:26.099
 Jesus says

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:26.839
 to us as a

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:27.480
 church family

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:28.720
 I am deeply

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.559
 invested

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:30.480
 I am promising

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:31.399
 my personal

00:31:31.399 --> 00:31:32.419
 companionship

00:31:32.419 --> 00:31:33.359
 with you

00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:34.079
 every day

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:35.679
 so it

00:31:35.679 --> 00:31:36.099
 doesn't matter

00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:36.899
 what circumstances

00:31:36.899 --> 00:31:37.519
 you are in

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:38.079
 as a disciple

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:38.539
 of Jesus

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.440
 it doesn't

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:39.839
 matter whether

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:40.759
 you feel it

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.259
 or not

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:42.000
 he is with

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.399
 you

00:31:42.399 --> 00:31:43.980
 and his

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.539
 presence is

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:45.179
 not intermittent

00:31:45.179 --> 00:31:46.339
 in success

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:47.159
 or in failure

00:31:47.159 --> 00:31:48.240
 in joy

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:49.179
 or in sorrow

00:31:49.179 --> 00:31:50.679
 in youth

00:31:50.679 --> 00:31:51.599
 or in old

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:51.940
 age

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.839
 he will never

00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:53.379
 leave the

00:31:53.379 --> 00:31:53.980
 disciple of

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.259
 Christ

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:54.720
 alone

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:59.940
 and so

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:00.500
 in conclusion

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:00.980
 the question

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:01.360
 for us

00:32:01.360 --> 00:32:01.779
 as a church

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.160
 is how

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:02.339
 are we

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:02.819
 on board

00:32:02.819 --> 00:32:03.200
 with his

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:03.539
 mission

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:06.759
 because the

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.299
 resurrection

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.799
 of Jesus

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.160
 Christ

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:08.660
 changes

00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:09.339
 everything

00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:12.519
 and if you

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.079
 are somebody

00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:13.380
 who has

00:32:13.380 --> 00:32:14.160
 stumbled in

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:14.519
 here this

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:14.839
 morning

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.180
 as a

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:15.440
 visitor

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:15.799
 we want

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:16.059
 to say

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.259
 you are

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.620
 very

00:32:16.620 --> 00:32:16.920
 very

00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:17.460
 welcome

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:19.360
 but have

00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:19.980
 you realised

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.600
 as we

00:32:20.600 --> 00:32:20.960
 have to

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.299
 realise

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:21.620
 that it

00:32:21.620 --> 00:32:22.180
 was my

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:22.779
 sin

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.299
 I

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:24.140
 crucified

00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:25.360
 Jesus

00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:25.860
 Christ

00:32:25.860 --> 00:32:28.920
 I

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:29.299
 thought

00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:29.700
 he was

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:30.200
 irrelevant

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:32.640
 I

00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:32.819
 thought

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.160
 he didn't

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:33.480
 matter

00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:34.740
 I

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:34.900
 thought

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:35.079
 he was

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:35.500
 a footnote

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:35.980
 in history

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:37.279
 but God

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:39.340
 has

00:32:39.340 --> 00:32:40.340
 raised him

00:32:40.340 --> 00:32:40.799
 from the

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:41.200
 dead

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:43.420
 and he

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.140
 is Lord

00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:45.000
 and Christ

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:47.319
 and so

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:48.200
 bend your

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:48.740
 stubborn

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.359
 knee

00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:51.700
 and bow

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:52.539
 before him

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:55.439
 because Jesus

00:32:55.439 --> 00:32:56.200
 Christ has

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:57.439
 all authority

00:32:57.439 --> 00:32:58.339
 in heaven

00:32:58.339 --> 00:32:59.879
 and on earth

00:32:59.879 --> 00:33:02.279
 and one

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.779
 day you

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.299
 will meet

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:03.539
 him

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:06.220
 and one

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:06.859
 day I

00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:07.299
 will meet

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:07.579
 him

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:09.759
 and on

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.099
 that day

00:33:10.099 --> 00:33:10.779
 his authority

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.220
 will be

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:12.179
 clearly seen

00:33:12.179 --> 00:33:14.119
 and on

00:33:14.119 --> 00:33:14.579
 that day

00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:15.019
 you may

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.639
 bow your

00:33:15.639 --> 00:33:16.200
 knee then

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.419
 but it

00:33:16.419 --> 00:33:16.679
 will be

00:33:16.679 --> 00:33:17.119
 too late

00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:19.559
 and so

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:20.519
 the message

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:21.119
 of resurrection

00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:21.859
 Sunday is

00:33:21.859 --> 00:33:22.519
 praise the

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:22.739
 Lord

00:33:22.739 --> 00:33:23.379
 he is risen

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:24.099
 he is risen

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:24.500
 indeed

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:27.419
 but make

00:33:27.419 --> 00:33:27.819
 sure you

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:28.279
 submit to

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 him

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 bow before

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 Thank you.