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 I do want, however, to take this opportunity to thank Reverend Angus McRae for his willingness to come to take the services at this communion time, including this morning, the communion service itself.

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 I'd like to thank him on your behalf for his ministry, that ministry which we, I'm sure, all enjoyed and benefited from as he led us so ably through John chapter 19.

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 And I think he'll be finishing that off for us this evening.

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 So, Angus, thank you very much indeed for your contribution and for coming to this, what was, as you said, yourself, your home congregation one time.

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 We're pleased to have had you and we trust that God will bless you in your own ministry in Inverness, Free North, yourself and Anne, family and everybody associated with your ministry there.

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 So, thank you for that.

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 Thank you very much for these very kind words and it has been a pleasure and refreshing to be with you and to be encouraged indeed by seeing many signs of God's love and favour among you.

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 And we pray God's blessing on the islands and on all of our nation.

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 We so need to return to God and to his word.

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 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge and wisdom.

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 And may we all know the love and the goodness and the fear of our Lord.

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 Thank you for your prayers and for your warm welcome.

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 Let us worship God as we sing together in the 100th Psalm from the Scottish Psalter.

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 If you have a psalm book in your hand, Psalm 100, the first version on page 362.

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 Singing to old 100th, all people that on earth do dwell.

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 Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice.

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 Let's stand and praise God with the 100th Psalm.

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 Amen.

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 All people that on earth do dwell.

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 Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice.

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 Him set with mirthless praise for tell.

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 Know that the Lord is God in me.

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 We are his strong King of the sea.

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 We are his strong King of the sea.

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 And for his sheep King of the sea.

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 All entered in his gates with praise.

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 And looked with joy his poor son too.

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 charity with honourable voice.

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 By God with mercy James saw life.

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 For now Coalition isashillous baby線.

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 In the 100th Psalmلبw.

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 At Northside as barcode his sin,

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 We need to sing that part of the world.

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 It isersolous baby線.

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 And for of the 100th Psalm 또고.

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 For now encuentroôt is known.

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 Game of theoyape powiedz.

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 Even though Cage his ruimtes is spent.

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 Our God is good, His mercy is forever true,

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 This truth that all times were pleased to,

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 And shall flourish to each end you.

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 Amen, what lovely singing.

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 We turn to God in prayer.

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 Let us pray.

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 Know that the Lord is God indeed.

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 Gracious Father, we draw near in the name that you love to hear,

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 In the name of your worthy Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 We ask that we may worship you as we should,

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 Knowing that the Lord is God,

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 And knowing that the Lord is good,

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 And worthy of praise and thanksgiving.

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 We have individual reasons to worship you.

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 You have been good to each one of us.

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 And as a church fellowship and family,

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 Here in this congregation, there are countless reasons to give thanks.

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 As a community and island, as a nation,

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 And as a church of Jesus Christ across the globe,

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 We find ourselves ever in a place where we have been blessed,

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 Far beyond what we might deserve.

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 So we come to the gate of God,

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 To the house of God,

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 Into the company of God's people,

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 And we sing with ages past,

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 O enter then his gates with praise,

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 Approach with joy his courts unto.

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 Give us your Holy Spirit,

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 Who is the means of joy that overcomes fear,

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 And anxiety,

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 And sickness,

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 And all the works of the enemy of our souls,

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 And all our own frailty.

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 Give us supernatural help and supernatural grace,

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 To grasp in our hearts and minds,

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 What is the length and the height,

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 And the breadth and the depth,

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 Of your great love for us,

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 In Jesus.

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 We worship you for the gift of a gospel,

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 To share with one another,

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 And with this community,

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 And with our world.

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 Help us faithfully to receive,

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 And then to pass on,

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 The good news,

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 The gospel of your Son.

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 You have sent,

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 Your messengers out,

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 And you have sent your church out,

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 Each one of us,

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 To be messengers of your grace,

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 And of your peace.

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 And you have sent out,

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 Both your Son who came in the flesh,

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 And your Spirit,

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 Who has always been working from the creation,

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 And will continue working,

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 Until there is a new creation.

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 But especially in this age,

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 Following the death and resurrection of Jesus,

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 The Spirit is poured out,

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 To give life,

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 In a dying world.

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 Good news,

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 Good news,

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 Of eternal life,

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 Help us then,

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 To come into your kingdom of love,

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 And if we have not come in before,

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 Grant grace to us,

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 To come into that kingdom today,

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 And to know the Lord,

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 And that he is good,

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 And to know Jesus,

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 And that he has given himself for us,

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 Lord,

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 In our need,

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 Show us the face of your Son,

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 And may brightness and radiance shine,

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 From him,

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 Into our souls,

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 As we read your word,

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 And sing your praise,

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 Speak to each one of us,

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 And may none of us go home,

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 Without having the experience,

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 Of God being real to us,

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 And give to us,

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 Faith,

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 And trust,

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 And love,

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 And repentance,

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 That we may leave our sorrows,

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 And our sins,

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 And go to Jesus,

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 And find in him,

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 Rest,

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 And hope,

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 For children,

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 And young people,

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 In this gathering,

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 Perhaps listening at home,

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 For all who are part of this church,

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 And for all who are in our prayers,

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 Do us good,

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 And grant to add to your church,

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 In these days,

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 Through conversion,

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 Through new life,

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 Spiritually,

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 Many,

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 Young and old,

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 Men and women,

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 Whatever our past,

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 And whatever we face today,

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 Or in the future,

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 May we lean on you,

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 Lord,

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 If we have questions,

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 Grant your spirit,

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 That we may find answers,

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 If we have troubles,

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 May we give them over to you,

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 Remember the pastor,

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 We give thanks,

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 For the ministry,

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 That you have given,

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 To James McKeever,

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 Among the people here,

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 Over these last eight years,

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 And we ask,

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 That you would give strength,

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 And joy,

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 For the days that are ahead,

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 To James,

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 And to Donna,

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 Adding healing,

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 And strength to them,

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 And encouragement,

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 And joy,

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 And we give thanks,

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 For the ministry,

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 Alongside him,

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 Of Calum Murdo,

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 And of the elders,

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 And of all whom they love,

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 And we bless you,

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 And thank you,

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 For faithful,

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 Pastors and teachers,

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 And for those,

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 Who show through,

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 Hospitality,

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 And through the diligence,

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 Of being shepherds,

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 Of your sheep,

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 A care,

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 For all the flock,

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 For every member,

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 Of the flock,

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 Help us,

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 As your people,

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 To care for one another,

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 And to notice,

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 Those who are straying,

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 Or in difficulties,

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 Or lonely,

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 Or in need of a blessing,

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 Or an encouragement,

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 Help us,

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 Lord,

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 To follow the good shepherd,

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 And his voice,

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 And to listen,

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 To teaching,

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 From those who shepherd,

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 In his name,

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 And to be led,

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 In the way of righteousness,

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 And in the way of peace,

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 The fear of the Lord,

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 Truly is,

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 The beginning of knowledge,

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 And wisdom,

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 So grant us,

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 Love and fear,

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 We pray these things,

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 Through Jesus Christ,

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 To whom be honor,

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 And glory,

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 Amen,

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 Amen,

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 We're going to praise the Lord,

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 With a psalm,

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 We maybe don't sing quite so often,

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 Psalm 111,

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 This one from the Scottish Psalter,

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 Psalm 111,

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 The opening four verses,

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 To the Tunargeal,

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 Psalm 111,

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 Praise ye the Lord,

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 With my whole heart,

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 I will God's praise declare,

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 Where the assemblies of the just,

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 And congregations are,

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 It's on page 391,

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 Psalm 111,

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 To God's praise,

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 I will God's praise,

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 Please be the Lord,

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 With my whole heart,

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 I will God's praise declare,

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 Where the assemblies of the just,

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 And humph considemess,

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 The full works of the Lord,

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 Our God,

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 Our great honour,

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 John 19.

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 Verse 38.

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 John tells us in chapter 18 about the arrest and the trial of Jesus.

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 And the outcome of that in chapter 19 is a very unjust verdict.

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 Jesus is led to be crucified.

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 He is nailed to the tree and he dies.

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 And what comes next?

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 And what does it all mean?

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 So we turn for the last time in this communion weekend to think about the man on the cross.

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 Behold the man.

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 And tonight reading about his burial and resurrection.

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 Behold the gardener and his tomb.

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 John 19.

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 Verse 38.

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 After these things, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus but secretly for fear of the Jews,

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 asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus.

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 And Pilate gave him permission.

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 So he came and took away his body.

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 Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about 75 pounds in weight.

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 So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.

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 Now in the place where he was crucified, there was a garden.

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 And in the garden, a new tomb, in which no one had yet been laid.

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 So because of the Jewish day of preparation, since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.

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 And in chapter 20, verse 1, I'll actually read verse 1 and 2.

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 Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark,

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 and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.

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 So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved,

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 and said to them, they have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.

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 And at verse 11, after these facts had been checked, the men visited the grave and left.

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 But in verse 11, but Mary stood weeping outside the tomb.

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 And as she wept, she stooped to look into the tomb, and she saw two angels in white,

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 sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet.

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 They said to her, Woman, why are you weeping?

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 She said to them, they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.

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 Having said this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus.

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 Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping?

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 Whom are you seeking?

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 Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him,

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 Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.

00:20:12.620 --> 00:20:13.860
 And so on.

00:20:15.100 --> 00:20:18.059
 This is God's truth, his inspired and holy word.

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 May he bless it to each one of us.

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 Well, before we consider something of these verses, we're going to sing from Sing Psalms,

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 and from Psalm 9 in Sing Psalms, the version A of Psalm 9, and that is on page 9, I believe.

00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:47.180
 Psalm 9A on page 9 of the Psalm book, singing the verses 15 to 20 of the Psalm.

00:20:47.180 --> 00:20:48.759
 The tune is Paisley.

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 Verse 15, the nations all have fallen down into the pit they made.

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 Their feet are tangled in the net, which they themselves have laid.

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 And on to the verse marked 20 from verse 15.

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 The nations all have fallen down into the pit they made.

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 Their feet are tangled in the net, which they themselves have laid.

00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:59.780
 The Lord is known by righteous heart, His justice always stands.

00:21:59.780 --> 00:22:14.120
 The wicked are then still in drought, the work of their own hands.

00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:29.560
 The wicked will return to pay, the dead have laid on hold.

00:22:29.560 --> 00:22:44.140
 Where all the heathen nations hold, have tough forgotten God.

00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:59.320
 The needy will not be ignored, or gotten all their days.

00:22:59.319 --> 00:23:13.319
 The wolves and longings of the bird will not be crushed away.

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 Our minds forwardening

00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:43.960
 March like and down.

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 It's our prayer that God will give us all

00:23:58.700 --> 00:24:02.120
 a hearing ear

00:24:02.120 --> 00:24:05.500
 to hear his voice

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:08.240
 in the word of God tonight.

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 And it may be that someone is praying for you

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:16.400
 that you will hear his voice

00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:18.480
 in a new and special way.

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 And it may be that you have been prayed

00:24:21.800 --> 00:24:23.120
 for all your life

00:24:23.120 --> 00:24:26.980
 and yet you have not heard

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:29.279
 the voice of the Lord.

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 May tonight be the night

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:34.279
 when God speaks

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:36.259
 and we hear.

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 Gracious Lord, we need wisdom.

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:41.200
 Salvation.

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:42.660
 Truth.

00:24:44.060 --> 00:24:44.519
 Jesus.

00:24:45.800 --> 00:24:48.100
 Draw near, we pray in his name.

00:24:48.800 --> 00:24:49.279
 Amen.

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 The end of chapter 19 of John's Gospel

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:57.200
 and the beginning of chapter 20

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:59.019
 of John's Gospel.

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 The story of the gardener and his tomb.

00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:06.639
 Behold, the gardener

00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:10.200
 and his tomb.

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 I've lived through some parts of my life

00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:19.180
 that went by in a blink.

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:22.660
 Lots going on

00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:25.480
 and busy, busy, busy

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 and it just goes by in a moment.

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 And I guess, like you,

00:25:33.300 --> 00:25:34.880
 I've also lived through days

00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:37.460
 that felt like months.

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:40.800
 Waiting for a phone to ring.

00:25:42.080 --> 00:25:43.920
 Waiting for news.

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:46.100
 Uncertain.

00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:48.259
 Unable to sit.

00:25:48.580 --> 00:25:49.660
 Unable to walk.

00:25:49.820 --> 00:25:50.820
 Unable to think.

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:52.040
 Unable to pray.

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:53.420
 Unable to do anything.

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:54.019
 Unable to pray.

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:55.019
 Unable to pray.

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 And the minutes tick by

00:25:57.100 --> 00:25:58.259
 so slowly.

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 What kind of day

00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:01.860
 do you think

00:26:01.860 --> 00:26:02.800
 the high

00:26:02.800 --> 00:26:03.820
 Sabbath

00:26:03.820 --> 00:26:05.200
 was

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:06.840
 at that

00:26:06.840 --> 00:26:07.539
 Passover

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:08.420
 in Jerusalem?

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 The preparation

00:26:10.620 --> 00:26:11.420
 day

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:12.539
 is the way

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.080
 the Jews

00:26:13.080 --> 00:26:14.000
 would talk about

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.720
 getting ready

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.539
 for the weekly

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.019
 Sabbath.

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.800
 And this

00:26:17.800 --> 00:26:18.840
 was a preparation

00:26:18.840 --> 00:26:19.740
 day

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:21.660
 for an unusually

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:22.380
 special

00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:23.259
 and significant

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.839
 Sabbath

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:24.960
 because the

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.880
 great feast

00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:26.960
 of the Passover

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:29.039
 was being celebrated.

00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:30.779
 And the Passover

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.980
 coincided

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.400
 with

00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:33.519
 the Sabbath.

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.240
 So

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:36.120
 everything

00:26:36.120 --> 00:26:37.200
 had to be done

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:38.400
 and done well

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:39.400
 and done properly

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 and there were

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.839
 certain things

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:42.539
 that you couldn't

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:43.759
 leave undone.

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:46.039
 So the preparation

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:47.180
 day was very

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:48.160
 busy for a lot

00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:48.980
 of people

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:50.420
 in Jerusalem.

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.920
 It was also

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.400
 the day

00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:54.579
 Jesus was nailed

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:55.779
 to the tree.

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 The day

00:26:59.259 --> 00:27:00.099
 he said

00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:01.059
 I thirst.

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.640
 The day

00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:03.480
 he said

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.620
 it is

00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:05.420
 finished.

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.099
 And

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:08.180
 he died

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:10.279
 for sinners.

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.460
 It's the day

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:13.220
 he was taken

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.940
 down

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:15.620
 from the cross

00:27:15.620 --> 00:27:17.660
 and buried.

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:19.420
 and then

00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:20.060
 the sun

00:27:20.060 --> 00:27:20.640
 set

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:22.320
 and the

00:27:22.320 --> 00:27:22.700
 Sabbath

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.420
 began

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:25.800
 that Friday

00:27:25.800 --> 00:27:26.380
 night.

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.640
 And the

00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:27.980
 Sabbath

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.700
 went through

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.820
 Friday night

00:27:29.820 --> 00:27:31.080
 through the

00:27:31.080 --> 00:27:31.920
 whole night

00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:33.420
 through Saturday

00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:33.980
 morning

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.720
 through the

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.519
 whole of the

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:36.340
 daylight hours

00:27:36.340 --> 00:27:37.019
 of Saturday

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:38.160
 and Sabbath

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:39.060
 didn't end

00:27:39.060 --> 00:27:39.640
 until the

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:40.580
 sun set

00:27:40.580 --> 00:27:41.840
 on Saturday.

00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:43.859
 and then

00:27:43.859 --> 00:27:45.539
 the woman

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:47.059
 got their

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.539
 spices

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.179
 together

00:27:48.179 --> 00:27:50.079
 so that

00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:50.919
 early in the

00:27:50.919 --> 00:27:51.619
 morning when

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:52.539
 it was safe

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:53.059
 and it was

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:53.619
 light

00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:54.980
 as soon as

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.619
 they could

00:27:55.619 --> 00:27:57.279
 they could

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:57.879
 visit

00:27:57.879 --> 00:27:59.959
 their Lord's

00:27:59.959 --> 00:28:00.500
 grave

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:02.720
 and say

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.079
 goodbye.

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:06.159
 that's

00:28:06.159 --> 00:28:06.519
 where we

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:06.879
 are.

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:08.240
 What a

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.960
 long

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.759
 slow

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.639
 slow

00:28:10.639 --> 00:28:11.259
 Sabbath

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:13.059
 that must

00:28:13.059 --> 00:28:13.599
 have been.

00:28:15.159 --> 00:28:15.779
 What did

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.240
 they talk

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.639
 about?

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.179
 The

00:28:18.179 --> 00:28:18.879
 friends of

00:28:18.879 --> 00:28:19.279
 Jesus.

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:21.519
 How did

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:22.079
 they feel?

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:24.259
 They were

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.899
 in shock.

00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:26.720
 They were

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.299
 sad.

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.119
 They were

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:30.039
 confused.

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:31.839
 I would

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.299
 like us

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:32.740
 to see

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.619
 two things

00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:34.420
 in this

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:34.879
 story

00:28:34.879 --> 00:28:35.379
 tonight.

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:36.720
 And the

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:37.420
 first is

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:38.259
 to see

00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:39.480
 a dead

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.319
 body

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:41.859
 two

00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:42.779
 friends

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:44.659
 and a

00:28:44.659 --> 00:28:45.299
 garden

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:46.039
 tomb.

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:47.099
 That's the

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:47.740
 first thing

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.119
 that the

00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:49.460
 text draws

00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:49.980
 our eye

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.259
 to.

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.059
 Joseph

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:52.599
 of Arimathea

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.200
 who has

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:53.639
 not been

00:28:53.639 --> 00:28:54.000
 mentioned

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.619
 before.

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:55.680
 He's

00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:56.079
 new.

00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:57.680
 And another

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.259
 character

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:59.339
 Nicodemus

00:28:59.339 --> 00:29:00.179
 who has

00:29:00.179 --> 00:29:00.419
 been

00:29:00.419 --> 00:29:00.779
 mentioned

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.359
 before

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:02.240
 back in

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.879
 chapter 3

00:29:02.879 --> 00:29:03.299
 of this

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:03.779
 gospel.

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:04.599
 And what

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:05.119
 these two

00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:05.679
 men have

00:29:05.679 --> 00:29:06.220
 in common

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:06.939
 is that

00:29:06.939 --> 00:29:07.379
 they are

00:29:07.379 --> 00:29:08.579
 senior

00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:09.419
 members

00:29:09.419 --> 00:29:11.279
 of the

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:11.559
 Jewish

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:12.059
 people,

00:29:12.199 --> 00:29:12.599
 of the

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:13.339
 council

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:14.119
 of the

00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:15.139
 71 elders,

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:16.220
 the Sanhedrin.

00:29:17.679 --> 00:29:18.319
 They are

00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:19.059
 respectable

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:20.319
 and respected

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:20.899
 men.

00:29:23.439 --> 00:29:24.000
 Nicodemus

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.539
 came to

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.220
 Jesus by

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.939
 night to

00:29:25.939 --> 00:29:26.500
 talk to

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.699
 him about

00:29:27.699 --> 00:29:28.339
 spiritual

00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:29.059
 things.

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:29.480
 He was

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:29.960
 lost.

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.579
 He was

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:31.079
 spiritually

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:31.460
 in the

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:31.879
 dark.

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:32.839
 He probably

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.259
 didn't

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:33.879
 know it.

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:34.779
 And Jesus

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:35.440
 says to

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:35.679
 him in

00:29:35.679 --> 00:29:36.339
 chapter 3,

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.919
 you must

00:29:37.919 --> 00:29:39.000
 be born

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.700
 again.

00:29:39.899 --> 00:29:40.659
 You must

00:29:40.659 --> 00:29:41.460
 have new

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:43.039
 life from

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.779
 God.

00:29:44.419 --> 00:29:44.879
 If you

00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:45.279
 are to

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:46.240
 be in

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.399
 the

00:29:46.399 --> 00:29:46.799
 kingdom

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.579
 of God

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:48.019
 and have

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.500
 eternal

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.079
 life,

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.220
 you must

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:51.519
 start afresh

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:52.599
 in a way

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:53.019
 that only

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.819
 God can

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.519
 achieve.

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:54.660
 life.

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:58.039
 It

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.799
 seems

00:29:58.799 --> 00:30:00.519
 Nicodemus

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:02.400
 has become

00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:03.059
 a follower

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:04.000
 of Jesus

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:05.700
 but

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.319
 secretly.

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:09.039
 And it

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.680
 seems that

00:30:09.680 --> 00:30:10.119
 this other

00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:11.079
 wealthy man,

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:11.980
 Joseph from

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:12.660
 Arimathea,

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.160
 who has the

00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:14.980
 money to

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:17.000
 provide a

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.639
 tomb at

00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:18.500
 short notice

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.240
 for Jesus,

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:21.039
 he must have

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:22.400
 become a

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:23.340
 secret follower,

00:30:23.560 --> 00:30:24.080
 a secret

00:30:24.080 --> 00:30:25.019
 disciple of

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:26.940
 Jesus as

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.300
 well.

00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:29.940
 So here's

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:30.480
 comfort.

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:33.220
 There's no

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.940
 doubt Jesus

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:34.940
 is dead.

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.019
 There is a

00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:36.440
 body.

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.620
 But at

00:30:39.620 --> 00:30:40.300
 least he has

00:30:40.300 --> 00:30:41.519
 some friends

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:43.360
 and two of

00:30:43.360 --> 00:30:43.700
 them are

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:45.540
 named in

00:30:45.540 --> 00:30:46.160
 the text.

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:49.080
 And they

00:30:49.080 --> 00:30:50.000
 go and ask

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.400
 the Roman

00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:50.880
 governor,

00:30:51.100 --> 00:30:51.580
 Pilate,

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:52.539
 for his

00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:53.059
 body.

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.339
 It's at

00:30:56.339 --> 00:30:56.960
 that point

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.539
 Pilate is

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.419
 quite surprised

00:30:58.419 --> 00:30:59.119
 actually that

00:30:59.119 --> 00:30:59.759
 Jesus has

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.500
 died already

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:02.199
 and suddenly

00:31:02.199 --> 00:31:02.980
 there is an

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:04.059
 urgency for

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:04.659
 the bodies

00:31:04.659 --> 00:31:05.879
 to be removed

00:31:05.879 --> 00:31:06.480
 from the

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:08.059
 crosses near

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:08.679
 Jerusalem

00:31:08.679 --> 00:31:10.559
 because it

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:11.179
 is a high

00:31:11.179 --> 00:31:11.500
 Sabbath,

00:31:11.699 --> 00:31:12.279
 it is the

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.699
 Passover,

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:14.199
 and it

00:31:14.199 --> 00:31:15.019
 says in

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.699
 the law of

00:31:15.699 --> 00:31:16.279
 the Lord

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:17.299
 that the

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:17.980
 land is

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.919
 defiled

00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:20.420
 if a

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:20.980
 body is

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:21.340
 left

00:31:21.340 --> 00:31:21.759
 hanging

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.240
 on a

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:22.680
 tree

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:24.460
 through the

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:24.900
 night.

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.320
 Let me

00:31:26.320 --> 00:31:26.759
 read to

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.380
 you God's

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:27.779
 word.

00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:28.740
 Deuteronomy

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.980
 21 verse

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:31.279
 22 says,

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:32.279
 if a man

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:32.839
 has committed

00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:33.579
 a crime

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.279
 punishable

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:34.960
 by death

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.559
 and he

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:36.039
 is put

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:36.700
 to death

00:31:36.700 --> 00:31:37.579
 and you

00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:38.059
 hang him

00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:38.379
 on a

00:31:38.379 --> 00:31:38.740
 tree,

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:40.220
 his body

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:41.000
 shall not

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:42.039
 remain all

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.639
 night on

00:31:42.639 --> 00:31:43.160
 the tree,

00:31:43.639 --> 00:31:44.259
 but you

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:45.000
 shall bury

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:46.180
 him the

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:47.279
 same day,

00:31:47.879 --> 00:31:48.579
 for a

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:49.200
 hanged

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:50.859
 man is

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.720
 cursed

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:53.200
 by

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:54.799
 God.

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:55.859
 You

00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:56.819
 shall not

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.700
 defile your

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:59.039
 land that

00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.539
 the Lord

00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:00.139
 your God

00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:00.700
 is giving

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:02.539
 you for

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:02.740
 an

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.359
 inheritance.

00:32:05.879 --> 00:32:06.599
 That was

00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:07.299
 God's law

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:08.819
 and it

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:09.180
 was going

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:09.519
 to be

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:09.940
 followed.

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:12.399
 The land

00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:12.940
 could not

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.599
 afford to

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:14.440
 be polluted,

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:15.940
 the high

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:16.839
 Sabbath could

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:17.619
 not afford

00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:18.059
 to be

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:18.680
 polluted,

00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:20.379
 and the

00:32:20.379 --> 00:32:21.039
 man who

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.740
 was under

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:22.420
 the curse

00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:23.200
 of God,

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.099
 Jesus

00:32:24.099 --> 00:32:24.779
 from

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.859
 Nazareth,

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.460
 he must

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:27.899
 be cut

00:32:27.899 --> 00:32:28.519
 down from

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.259
 his cross.

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.779
 Now he

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.319
 was already

00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:32.940
 dead,

00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:34.379
 and that

00:32:34.379 --> 00:32:34.900
 meant they

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:35.740
 didn't break

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.660
 his legs,

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.460
 they didn't

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:37.960
 break a

00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:38.420
 bone of

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:39.059
 his body,

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:40.539
 he was

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:41.500
 the perfect

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:43.000
 blemish-free

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:44.440
 Passover

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:45.660
 sacrifice

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:47.059
 that God

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:47.819
 had planned

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:49.279
 for over

00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:49.920
 a thousand

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:50.720
 years.

00:32:51.900 --> 00:32:52.519
 Romans

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:54.059
 were not

00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:54.779
 squeamish

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:56.000
 about executing

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.700
 their enemies,

00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:57.180
 they were

00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:58.319
 pretty brutal

00:32:58.319 --> 00:32:59.240
 horrible,

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:01.279
 cruel people.

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:03.220
 If they

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:03.700
 were left

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:03.980
 to their

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.679
 own devices,

00:33:04.939 --> 00:33:05.240
 they would

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:06.039
 happily leave

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.619
 the bodies

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:07.819
 of condemned

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.500
 criminals

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.679
 to die

00:33:09.679 --> 00:33:10.679
 slowly for

00:33:10.679 --> 00:33:11.179
 days,

00:33:11.419 --> 00:33:12.000
 and then

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.839
 to rot

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:14.159
 until the

00:33:14.159 --> 00:33:14.879
 birds were

00:33:14.879 --> 00:33:15.839
 finished with

00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:16.179
 them.

00:33:18.179 --> 00:33:19.279
 But the

00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:19.720
 Jews,

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.279
 especially

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:21.139
 near their

00:33:21.139 --> 00:33:21.960
 temple and

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.500
 their holy

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:23.039
 city,

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:24.799
 insisted

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:25.039
 it.

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.440
 The bodies

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:27.019
 must come

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.399
 down.

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:28.919
 This is the

00:33:28.919 --> 00:33:29.240
 day of

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:29.919
 preparation.

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.200
 They must

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.899
 be taken

00:33:31.899 --> 00:33:33.000
 and buried.

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.599
 And what

00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:35.139
 would normally

00:33:35.139 --> 00:33:35.879
 happen is

00:33:35.879 --> 00:33:36.220
 that an

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.740
 executed

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:37.879
 criminal was

00:33:37.879 --> 00:33:39.000
 too contaminated,

00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:40.220
 too dirty,

00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:41.980
 too unholy to

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:43.099
 go into a

00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:44.059
 decent grave

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:44.759
 with decent

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.379
 people.

00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:45.480
 people.

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.800
 And so,

00:33:48.340 --> 00:33:49.520
 the plan

00:33:49.520 --> 00:33:50.960
 was to

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.840
 dispose of

00:33:51.840 --> 00:33:52.800
 these bodies,

00:33:53.560 --> 00:33:54.420
 probably in a

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:55.360
 common grave

00:33:55.360 --> 00:33:56.980
 for convicted

00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:57.780
 felons,

00:33:58.300 --> 00:33:59.540
 definitely outside

00:33:59.540 --> 00:34:00.220
 the city,

00:34:00.840 --> 00:34:02.240
 out of sight,

00:34:02.340 --> 00:34:03.260
 out of mind,

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.480
 take out the

00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:06.000
 trash.

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:08.780
 Well,

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.760
 the dead

00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:11.300
 body of

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:13.079
 Jesus had

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.760
 friends,

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:15.880
 and they

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.420
 begged the

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:18.219
 governor for

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:18.800
 his body.

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.500
 No, they

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:20.940
 weren't going

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.519
 to defile

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:22.840
 anybody else's

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:25.039
 remains buried

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:26.639
 somewhere by

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:27.139
 putting him

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:28.440
 into a tomb

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:28.860
 that had

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:29.639
 already been

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:30.159
 used.

00:34:30.760 --> 00:34:31.219
 He was going

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:31.639
 to be put

00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:32.679
 into a new

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:33.679
 grave.

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:35.719
 And remarkably,

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:38.780
 almost as if

00:34:38.780 --> 00:34:39.199
 it was

00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:40.079
 planned,

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.440
 there are

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:43.239
 friends,

00:34:44.699 --> 00:34:45.400
 and near

00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:46.099
 the cross

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:47.159
 there is a

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:47.760
 garden,

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.559
 and in the

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:50.420
 garden there

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:51.300
 is a new

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:52.920
 tomb where

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:53.940
 no body

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.639
 has ever

00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:55.440
 been laid.

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.780
 And the

00:34:57.780 --> 00:34:58.219
 governor

00:34:58.219 --> 00:34:59.440
 says,

00:34:59.559 --> 00:34:59.920
 yes,

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:01.440
 you can have

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:01.980
 his body.

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:04.059
 This is

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:04.920
 state property,

00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:05.519
 but if you

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:06.000
 want it,

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:06.340
 you can

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:06.820
 have it.

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.460
 Do with

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:08.840
 it what

00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:09.460
 you want.

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:11.320
 And these

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:12.759
 two secret

00:35:12.759 --> 00:35:13.679
 disciples are

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:14.699
 not secret

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:15.800
 disciples anymore.

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:17.320
 They are on

00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:18.519
 the side of

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:19.599
 their master,

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.639
 even though

00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:21.559
 he's dead.

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:23.179
 And they

00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:24.980
 have procured,

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.400
 or they

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:26.599
 already had,

00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:28.159
 this grave

00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:28.679
 in a

00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:30.320
 garden near

00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:31.880
 the cross.

00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:33.559
 And so,

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:34.920
 with love,

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:36.080
 and with as

00:35:36.080 --> 00:35:37.080
 much care as

00:35:37.080 --> 00:35:37.420
 they can

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:37.880
 manage,

00:35:38.220 --> 00:35:38.700
 and with

00:35:38.700 --> 00:35:39.680
 their spices,

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.400
 and with

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:40.940
 their linen

00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:41.760
 cloths,

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:42.740
 they give us

00:35:42.740 --> 00:35:43.760
 decent a

00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:44.380
 burial as

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:45.039
 they can

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:46.800
 to Jesus.

00:35:48.240 --> 00:35:49.059
 In the

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:49.640
 Apostles'

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:50.140
 Creed,

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.820
 which probably

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:52.760
 dates back

00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:54.500
 to probably

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:55.039
 the second

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.940
 century in

00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:56.599
 one form

00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:57.139
 or another,

00:35:57.780 --> 00:35:58.200
 a very

00:35:58.200 --> 00:35:59.139
 ancient form

00:35:59.139 --> 00:36:00.019
 of words

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.720
 of Christian

00:36:00.720 --> 00:36:01.220
 belief,

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:03.400
 it highlights

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:04.780
 not just

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:05.460
 that Jesus

00:36:05.460 --> 00:36:07.019
 was God

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:08.039
 and man,

00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:09.340
 and that

00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:10.340
 he died,

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:10.820
 and that

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:11.159
 he was

00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:11.679
 raised.

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:14.119
 The fact

00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:14.960
 that Jesus

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:16.139
 had a body

00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:16.800
 that needed

00:36:16.800 --> 00:36:17.539
 to be

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.220
 buried

00:36:18.220 --> 00:36:20.519
 is in

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:21.119
 the Creed.

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:22.699
 you maybe

00:36:22.699 --> 00:36:23.159
 know the

00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:23.599
 words.

00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:25.599
 I believe

00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:26.839
 in Jesus

00:36:26.839 --> 00:36:27.579
 Christ,

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:29.359
 his only

00:36:29.359 --> 00:36:29.920
 son,

00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:30.819
 our Lord,

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:32.119
 who was

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:32.659
 conceived

00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:33.319
 by the

00:36:33.319 --> 00:36:34.039
 Holy Spirit,

00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:34.759
 born of

00:36:34.759 --> 00:36:35.259
 the Virgin

00:36:35.259 --> 00:36:35.659
 Mary,

00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:36.599
 suffered

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:37.179
 under

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:37.819
 Pontius

00:36:37.819 --> 00:36:38.440
 Pilate,

00:36:38.839 --> 00:36:39.339
 was

00:36:39.339 --> 00:36:40.079
 crucified,

00:36:41.219 --> 00:36:41.900
 died,

00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:44.099
 and was

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:44.819
 buried.

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:46.199
 He

00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:46.920
 descended

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:47.639
 to the

00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:48.079
 dead,

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:50.119
 and so

00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:50.679
 on.

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:52.299
 and so

00:36:52.299 --> 00:36:52.799
 on.

00:36:54.359 --> 00:36:54.799
 There was

00:36:54.799 --> 00:36:55.139
 a day

00:36:55.139 --> 00:36:55.819
 in Scotland

00:36:55.819 --> 00:36:56.480
 when if

00:36:56.480 --> 00:36:57.000
 you wanted

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.380
 to be

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:57.739
 baptized,

00:36:58.239 --> 00:36:58.519
 or if

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:59.019
 you wanted

00:36:59.019 --> 00:37:00.259
 to baptize

00:37:00.259 --> 00:37:01.059
 your children,

00:37:01.739 --> 00:37:02.400
 the minister

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:03.259
 would say

00:37:03.259 --> 00:37:04.359
 to you,

00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:04.960
 do you

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:05.440
 understand

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:06.019
 the Christian

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.559
 faith?

00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:08.079
 And if

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:08.559
 you knew

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.359
 the truths

00:37:09.359 --> 00:37:09.839
 of the

00:37:09.839 --> 00:37:10.400
 Apostles'

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:10.880
 Creed,

00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:12.179
 you had

00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:12.739
 demonstrated

00:37:12.739 --> 00:37:13.319
 that you

00:37:13.319 --> 00:37:13.819
 understood

00:37:13.819 --> 00:37:14.679
 the basics

00:37:14.679 --> 00:37:15.619
 of the

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:16.059
 Christian

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:16.579
 faith.

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:17.460
 And if

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:17.699
 you were

00:37:17.699 --> 00:37:18.199
 making a

00:37:18.199 --> 00:37:18.659
 profession

00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:19.219
 of faith,

00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:20.199
 there was

00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:21.019
 content to

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.159
 it,

00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:21.519
 there was

00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:22.199
 truth to

00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:22.500
 it.

00:37:23.259 --> 00:37:23.860
 Can you

00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:24.179
 say the

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:24.539
 belief?

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:27.179
 Part of

00:37:27.179 --> 00:37:27.500
 what the

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:28.059
 church has

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.679
 believed

00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:30.400
 for centuries

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:31.840
 is that

00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:33.259
 Jesus died,

00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:34.820
 was

00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:35.659
 buried.

00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:38.239
 He was

00:37:38.239 --> 00:37:38.639
 in the

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:39.800
 same place

00:37:39.800 --> 00:37:40.659
 of death

00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:41.659
 and weakness

00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:43.380
 as everyone

00:37:43.380 --> 00:37:44.079
 else who

00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:44.579
 has ever

00:37:44.579 --> 00:37:45.059
 died.

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:45.179
 died.

00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:47.639
 That's

00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:48.500
 part of

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:49.259
 our faith.

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:50.900
 Is it

00:37:50.900 --> 00:37:51.440
 gospel?

00:37:51.579 --> 00:37:51.840
 Is it

00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:52.799
 good news?

00:37:54.259 --> 00:37:55.259
 I think

00:37:55.259 --> 00:37:55.880
 it is.

00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:57.480
 And I

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:58.000
 think it

00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:58.440
 should be

00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:59.079
 comforting

00:37:59.079 --> 00:38:00.219
 and helpful

00:38:00.219 --> 00:38:01.159
 to you

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:01.699
 and me

00:38:01.699 --> 00:38:02.639
 and to

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:03.179
 the people

00:38:03.179 --> 00:38:03.920
 we share

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.599
 our hope

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:05.000
 with.

00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:06.960
 Because no

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:07.840
 other religion,

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.440
 no other

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:09.139
 philosophy

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:10.179
 says we

00:38:10.179 --> 00:38:11.480
 follow someone

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:12.300
 who has

00:38:12.300 --> 00:38:12.880
 tasted

00:38:12.880 --> 00:38:14.099
 death and

00:38:14.099 --> 00:38:14.780
 whose body

00:38:14.780 --> 00:38:15.219
 has been

00:38:15.219 --> 00:38:15.940
 cold in

00:38:15.940 --> 00:38:16.460
 the grave

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:17.460
 and he

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:18.360
 has an

00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:19.099
 answer

00:38:19.099 --> 00:38:20.960
 for death.

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:23.480
 He has

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:24.159
 defeated

00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:25.760
 tears

00:38:25.760 --> 00:38:27.940
 and sorrow.

00:38:29.640 --> 00:38:30.500
 When John

00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:31.100
 writes his

00:38:31.100 --> 00:38:31.540
 gospel,

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.300
 it is

00:38:32.300 --> 00:38:33.220
 always so

00:38:33.220 --> 00:38:33.960
 that people

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:34.960
 would believe.

00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:35.860
 That's the

00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:36.600
 purpose for

00:38:36.600 --> 00:38:37.120
 it all.

00:38:38.260 --> 00:38:38.740
 And he

00:38:38.740 --> 00:38:39.460
 gives you

00:38:39.460 --> 00:38:40.340
 facts

00:38:40.340 --> 00:38:41.860
 so that

00:38:41.860 --> 00:38:42.440
 you will

00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:43.460
 believe

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:44.700
 that Jesus

00:38:44.700 --> 00:38:45.480
 is good

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:46.280
 news

00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:47.140
 for a

00:38:47.140 --> 00:38:47.440
 dying

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:48.080
 world.

00:38:49.120 --> 00:38:49.740
 Fact

00:38:49.740 --> 00:38:50.160
 number

00:38:50.160 --> 00:38:50.720
 one

00:38:50.720 --> 00:38:51.580
 that we

00:38:51.580 --> 00:38:51.780
 can

00:38:51.780 --> 00:38:52.520
 believe.

00:38:53.620 --> 00:38:54.080
 Your

00:38:54.080 --> 00:38:54.820
 Lord

00:38:54.820 --> 00:38:56.460
 had a

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:56.860
 funeral.

00:38:59.860 --> 00:39:00.660
 He

00:39:00.660 --> 00:39:01.300
 tasted

00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:02.059
 death.

00:39:04.280 --> 00:39:04.840
 And if

00:39:04.840 --> 00:39:05.900
 you think

00:39:05.900 --> 00:39:06.460
 you'll ever

00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:06.920
 go to

00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:07.260
 another

00:39:07.260 --> 00:39:07.820
 funeral,

00:39:08.720 --> 00:39:09.539
 you need

00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:10.180
 a Lord

00:39:10.180 --> 00:39:11.380
 who

00:39:11.380 --> 00:39:12.180
 understands

00:39:12.180 --> 00:39:12.920
 funerals.

00:39:13.640 --> 00:39:14.380
 And if

00:39:14.380 --> 00:39:15.019
 you think

00:39:15.019 --> 00:39:15.600
 that one

00:39:15.600 --> 00:39:16.580
 day you

00:39:16.580 --> 00:39:17.340
 will have

00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:18.019
 a funeral

00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:19.240
 for yourself,

00:39:20.660 --> 00:39:21.680
 then you

00:39:21.680 --> 00:39:22.059
 need a

00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:22.760
 Lord who

00:39:22.760 --> 00:39:23.460
 knows the

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:24.340
 last enemy

00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:25.620
 and who

00:39:25.620 --> 00:39:26.480
 is greater

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:27.680
 and stronger

00:39:27.680 --> 00:39:28.940
 than death,

00:39:29.180 --> 00:39:29.720
 the last

00:39:29.720 --> 00:39:30.240
 enemy.

00:39:31.340 --> 00:39:31.800
 Part of

00:39:31.800 --> 00:39:32.660
 the gospel,

00:39:32.980 --> 00:39:33.360
 part of

00:39:33.360 --> 00:39:34.000
 the good

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:34.940
 news is

00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:35.480
 that our

00:39:35.480 --> 00:39:36.160
 Lord Jesus

00:39:36.160 --> 00:39:36.740
 had a

00:39:36.740 --> 00:39:37.180
 funeral.

00:39:38.660 --> 00:39:39.320
 Fact

00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:39.760
 number

00:39:39.760 --> 00:39:40.260
 two,

00:39:41.180 --> 00:39:41.539
 your

00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:42.300
 Lord's

00:39:42.300 --> 00:39:43.100
 grave

00:39:43.100 --> 00:39:44.760
 was

00:39:44.760 --> 00:39:45.700
 pristine,

00:39:46.220 --> 00:39:47.660
 unoccupied,

00:39:47.660 --> 00:39:48.579
 on Friday

00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:49.320
 morning,

00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:50.920
 unused,

00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:52.639
 and it

00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:54.059
 was unoccupied

00:39:54.059 --> 00:39:56.099
 again on

00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:56.659
 Sunday

00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:57.159
 morning.

00:39:58.659 --> 00:39:59.820
 The Lord

00:39:59.820 --> 00:40:00.820
 only needed

00:40:00.820 --> 00:40:01.900
 his tomb

00:40:01.900 --> 00:40:04.220
 for a

00:40:04.220 --> 00:40:05.119
 little part

00:40:05.119 --> 00:40:05.619
 of three

00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:06.240
 days,

00:40:07.700 --> 00:40:08.280
 a little

00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:08.900
 part of

00:40:08.900 --> 00:40:09.400
 Friday,

00:40:10.720 --> 00:40:11.539
 and then

00:40:11.539 --> 00:40:12.400
 the Saturday

00:40:12.400 --> 00:40:13.059
 Sabbath

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:15.119
 into

00:40:15.119 --> 00:40:16.480
 Sunday

00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:17.000
 morning.

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:18.380
 that's

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:18.760
 all.

00:40:21.340 --> 00:40:22.019
 He'll

00:40:22.019 --> 00:40:22.539
 never need

00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:23.119
 it again.

00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:24.800
 He'll

00:40:24.800 --> 00:40:25.380
 never be

00:40:25.380 --> 00:40:25.639
 buried

00:40:25.639 --> 00:40:26.199
 again.

00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:27.619
 Death

00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:28.000
 cannot

00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:28.579
 challenge

00:40:28.579 --> 00:40:29.119
 him or

00:40:29.119 --> 00:40:29.980
 humiliate

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:30.300
 him,

00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:31.579
 and nothing

00:40:31.579 --> 00:40:32.340
 can.

00:40:33.539 --> 00:40:34.039
 We get

00:40:34.039 --> 00:40:34.619
 weak,

00:40:35.619 --> 00:40:36.179
 we get

00:40:36.179 --> 00:40:36.659
 sick,

00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:39.000
 not him.

00:40:40.460 --> 00:40:41.039
 His

00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:41.820
 grave was

00:40:41.820 --> 00:40:43.159
 unoccupied

00:40:43.159 --> 00:40:43.719
 when he went

00:40:43.719 --> 00:40:44.219
 into it.

00:40:44.219 --> 00:40:44.619
 he was

00:40:44.619 --> 00:40:45.319
 not a

00:40:45.319 --> 00:40:45.539
 dead

00:40:45.539 --> 00:40:45.939
 body,

00:40:46.199 --> 00:40:46.819
 lost

00:40:46.819 --> 00:40:47.859
 among a

00:40:47.859 --> 00:40:48.259
 heap of

00:40:48.259 --> 00:40:48.500
 dead

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:48.879
 bodies,

00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:50.099
 misfiled

00:40:50.099 --> 00:40:51.139
 and forgotten

00:40:51.139 --> 00:40:52.059
 in Jerusalem.

00:40:52.819 --> 00:40:54.119
 He died,

00:40:54.599 --> 00:40:55.419
 and on

00:40:55.419 --> 00:40:56.319
 the third

00:40:56.319 --> 00:40:57.379
 day he

00:40:57.379 --> 00:40:58.799
 was raised,

00:40:59.059 --> 00:40:59.819
 and many

00:40:59.819 --> 00:41:00.980
 saw him.

00:41:01.719 --> 00:41:02.339
 That is

00:41:02.339 --> 00:41:02.939
 fact.

00:41:03.819 --> 00:41:04.299
 Number

00:41:04.299 --> 00:41:04.779
 two,

00:41:05.199 --> 00:41:05.739
 your Lord

00:41:05.739 --> 00:41:06.099
 had a

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:06.500
 funeral,

00:41:06.939 --> 00:41:07.559
 your Lord's

00:41:07.559 --> 00:41:08.259
 grave was

00:41:08.259 --> 00:41:09.319
 unoccupied

00:41:09.319 --> 00:41:09.919
 on Friday

00:41:09.919 --> 00:41:10.480
 morning,

00:41:10.779 --> 00:41:11.939
 and unoccupied

00:41:11.939 --> 00:41:13.179
 again on

00:41:13.179 --> 00:41:13.719
 Sunday

00:41:13.719 --> 00:41:14.179
 morning.

00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:15.959
 Fact

00:41:15.959 --> 00:41:16.419
 number

00:41:16.419 --> 00:41:17.139
 three,

00:41:18.699 --> 00:41:19.480
 and this

00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:20.379
 is important

00:41:20.379 --> 00:41:21.739
 to John,

00:41:23.219 --> 00:41:24.599
 your Lord's

00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:26.519
 grave was

00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:28.919
 located in

00:41:28.919 --> 00:41:29.839
 a garden.

00:41:33.359 --> 00:41:33.839
 People

00:41:33.839 --> 00:41:34.859
 sometimes call

00:41:34.859 --> 00:41:35.399
 the gospel

00:41:35.399 --> 00:41:36.000
 of John

00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:36.839
 the gospel

00:41:36.839 --> 00:41:37.319
 of the

00:41:37.319 --> 00:41:37.759
 signs.

00:41:38.759 --> 00:41:39.480
 There are

00:41:39.480 --> 00:41:40.759
 many signs.

00:41:41.079 --> 00:41:41.339
 At the

00:41:41.339 --> 00:41:42.259
 end of

00:41:42.259 --> 00:41:42.939
 the gospel,

00:41:42.940 --> 00:41:44.380
 the writer

00:41:44.380 --> 00:41:45.700
 says that

00:41:45.700 --> 00:41:46.500
 Jesus did

00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:47.039
 many other

00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:47.519
 things that

00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:47.960
 are not

00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:48.440
 written in

00:41:48.440 --> 00:41:48.800
 this book.

00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:49.260
 These are

00:41:49.260 --> 00:41:49.659
 written that

00:41:49.659 --> 00:41:49.980
 you might

00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:50.360
 believe,

00:41:50.700 --> 00:41:51.019
 and he

00:41:51.019 --> 00:41:51.800
 specifically

00:41:51.800 --> 00:41:53.000
 mentions the

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:53.659
 signs.

00:41:53.820 --> 00:41:54.380
 Jesus did

00:41:54.380 --> 00:41:55.500
 many signs.

00:41:56.700 --> 00:41:56.960
 He did

00:41:56.960 --> 00:41:58.039
 many things,

00:41:58.860 --> 00:41:59.940
 but what's

00:41:59.940 --> 00:42:01.840
 recorded is

00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:03.559
 recorded to

00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:04.599
 invite us

00:42:04.599 --> 00:42:05.360
 and to

00:42:05.360 --> 00:42:06.460
 compel us

00:42:06.460 --> 00:42:07.519
 to believe

00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:08.280
 and trust

00:42:08.280 --> 00:42:09.019
 in Jesus.

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:09.219
 Jesus.

00:42:11.340 --> 00:42:12.559
 So why

00:42:12.559 --> 00:42:13.079
 does it

00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:13.559
 matter

00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:15.460
 that John

00:42:15.460 --> 00:42:16.420
 tells us

00:42:16.420 --> 00:42:17.759
 near the

00:42:17.759 --> 00:42:18.519
 cross was

00:42:18.519 --> 00:42:19.440
 a garden

00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:21.320
 and in

00:42:21.320 --> 00:42:22.199
 the garden

00:42:22.199 --> 00:42:23.920
 was a

00:42:23.920 --> 00:42:24.239
 tomb?

00:42:27.039 --> 00:42:27.880
 No

00:42:27.880 --> 00:42:29.500
 sign

00:42:29.500 --> 00:42:30.679
 in this

00:42:30.679 --> 00:42:31.239
 gospel

00:42:31.239 --> 00:42:33.019
 is without

00:42:33.019 --> 00:42:35.019
 significance.

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:36.780
 the signs

00:42:36.780 --> 00:42:38.960
 all point

00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:39.639
 to

00:42:39.639 --> 00:42:40.500
 something.

00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:42.079
 What does

00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:42.880
 the garden

00:42:42.880 --> 00:42:43.679
 tomb

00:42:43.679 --> 00:42:45.780
 point to?

00:42:47.460 --> 00:42:48.059
 Well, I

00:42:48.059 --> 00:42:48.880
 think that's

00:42:48.880 --> 00:42:50.019
 something we

00:42:50.019 --> 00:42:50.579
 can try and

00:42:50.579 --> 00:42:51.579
 unpack tonight,

00:42:52.099 --> 00:42:53.019
 but it's

00:42:53.019 --> 00:42:53.739
 important.

00:42:54.920 --> 00:42:55.820
 The garden

00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:56.759
 is mentioned

00:42:56.759 --> 00:42:57.980
 twice in

00:42:57.980 --> 00:42:58.900
 verse 41.

00:42:59.780 --> 00:43:00.659
 There was a

00:43:00.659 --> 00:43:01.699
 garden, and

00:43:01.699 --> 00:43:02.519
 in the garden

00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:03.460
 a new tomb.

00:43:03.460 --> 00:43:04.440
 And in

00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:05.400
 chapter 20

00:43:05.400 --> 00:43:06.500
 at verse 15,

00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:07.699
 when Mary

00:43:07.699 --> 00:43:08.460
 of Magdala

00:43:08.460 --> 00:43:09.780
 is upset

00:43:09.780 --> 00:43:10.559
 because the

00:43:10.559 --> 00:43:11.079
 grave is

00:43:11.079 --> 00:43:12.240
 empty, and

00:43:12.240 --> 00:43:12.720
 she doesn't

00:43:12.720 --> 00:43:13.280
 know what's

00:43:13.280 --> 00:43:13.780
 happened to

00:43:13.780 --> 00:43:14.260
 the body

00:43:14.260 --> 00:43:14.679
 of her

00:43:14.679 --> 00:43:15.820
 Lord, she

00:43:15.820 --> 00:43:16.559
 sees a

00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:18.039
 man, it

00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:18.940
 is Jesus,

00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:20.039
 raised from

00:43:20.039 --> 00:43:20.760
 the dead, but

00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:21.320
 she doesn't

00:43:21.320 --> 00:43:21.940
 immediately

00:43:21.940 --> 00:43:23.059
 recognize him,

00:43:23.380 --> 00:43:23.760
 and the

00:43:23.760 --> 00:43:24.559
 text says

00:43:24.559 --> 00:43:26.420
 she supposed

00:43:26.420 --> 00:43:27.539
 he was

00:43:27.539 --> 00:43:29.300
 the gardener,

00:43:29.500 --> 00:43:30.940
 because gardens

00:43:30.940 --> 00:43:32.460
 have gardeners.

00:43:33.460 --> 00:43:34.840
 well, it

00:43:34.840 --> 00:43:35.880
 turns out,

00:43:36.079 --> 00:43:36.579
 although she

00:43:36.579 --> 00:43:37.599
 didn't recognize

00:43:37.599 --> 00:43:38.639
 Jesus fully,

00:43:38.920 --> 00:43:39.380
 she was

00:43:39.380 --> 00:43:40.220
 bang on,

00:43:40.380 --> 00:43:40.780
 she was

00:43:40.780 --> 00:43:41.500
 correct.

00:43:43.320 --> 00:43:44.360
 He was

00:43:44.360 --> 00:43:45.599
 the gardener

00:43:45.599 --> 00:43:47.240
 in his

00:43:47.240 --> 00:43:47.800
 guard.

00:43:49.280 --> 00:43:50.220
 I hope I

00:43:50.220 --> 00:43:50.920
 can explain

00:43:50.920 --> 00:43:52.380
 that in a

00:43:52.380 --> 00:43:52.740
 way that

00:43:52.740 --> 00:43:53.139
 will make

00:43:53.139 --> 00:43:53.740
 sense.

00:43:54.199 --> 00:43:54.699
 Well, our

00:43:54.699 --> 00:43:55.320
 first thought

00:43:55.320 --> 00:43:56.199
 tonight has

00:43:56.199 --> 00:43:57.220
 been to

00:43:57.220 --> 00:43:58.159
 just look at

00:43:58.159 --> 00:43:58.760
 the end of

00:43:58.760 --> 00:43:59.659
 chapter 19,

00:43:59.780 --> 00:44:00.360
 a dead

00:44:00.360 --> 00:44:00.880
 body,

00:44:00.880 --> 00:44:01.940
 true

00:44:01.940 --> 00:44:02.800
 friends,

00:44:03.360 --> 00:44:03.860
 and a

00:44:03.860 --> 00:44:04.380
 garden

00:44:04.380 --> 00:44:05.039
 tomb.

00:44:06.240 --> 00:44:07.180
 Now, thinking

00:44:07.180 --> 00:44:07.860
 about that

00:44:07.860 --> 00:44:09.700
 gardener and

00:44:09.700 --> 00:44:10.640
 his resurrection,

00:44:11.160 --> 00:44:11.720
 my second

00:44:11.720 --> 00:44:12.380
 thought for

00:44:12.380 --> 00:44:13.079
 you tonight

00:44:13.079 --> 00:44:14.380
 is this.

00:44:15.119 --> 00:44:16.099
 Secondly, we

00:44:16.099 --> 00:44:17.000
 have no

00:44:17.000 --> 00:44:17.800
 dead body,

00:44:18.660 --> 00:44:21.900
 just a

00:44:21.900 --> 00:44:22.660
 gardener,

00:44:23.059 --> 00:44:25.460
 no dead

00:44:25.460 --> 00:44:26.559
 body anymore.

00:44:26.559 --> 00:44:26.619
 more.

00:44:28.619 --> 00:44:29.619
 He's not

00:44:29.619 --> 00:44:30.119
 dead,

00:44:30.599 --> 00:44:33.000
 but alive.

00:44:34.920 --> 00:44:35.619
 The secret

00:44:35.619 --> 00:44:36.440
 disciples,

00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:38.340
 Joseph of

00:44:38.340 --> 00:44:39.119
 Arimathea,

00:44:40.059 --> 00:44:40.920
 Nicodemus,

00:44:41.559 --> 00:44:43.259
 they love

00:44:43.259 --> 00:44:43.719
 Jesus,

00:44:44.519 --> 00:44:46.259
 but their

00:44:46.259 --> 00:44:47.539
 faith is not

00:44:47.539 --> 00:44:48.440
 fully formed.

00:44:48.440 --> 00:44:50.880
 they want

00:44:50.880 --> 00:44:51.320
 to follow

00:44:51.320 --> 00:44:51.820
 Jesus.

00:44:52.059 --> 00:44:53.059
 They'll no

00:44:53.059 --> 00:44:53.780
 doubt pay

00:44:53.780 --> 00:44:54.900
 a high

00:44:54.900 --> 00:44:56.880
 price for

00:44:56.880 --> 00:44:57.559
 asking for

00:44:57.559 --> 00:44:58.039
 his body

00:44:58.039 --> 00:44:58.559
 and giving

00:44:58.559 --> 00:44:59.039
 him this

00:44:59.039 --> 00:44:59.559
 honorable

00:44:59.559 --> 00:45:00.119
 burial,

00:45:00.460 --> 00:45:01.099
 when many

00:45:01.099 --> 00:45:01.760
 in Jerusalem

00:45:01.760 --> 00:45:02.420
 just want

00:45:02.420 --> 00:45:03.139
 to dishonor

00:45:03.139 --> 00:45:03.679
 Jesus and

00:45:03.679 --> 00:45:04.320
 forget him,

00:45:05.579 --> 00:45:06.039
 but they

00:45:06.039 --> 00:45:07.000
 don't yet

00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:08.340
 believe he

00:45:08.340 --> 00:45:10.000
 is risen

00:45:10.000 --> 00:45:10.659
 from the

00:45:10.659 --> 00:45:11.159
 dead.

00:45:12.500 --> 00:45:13.059
 They're

00:45:13.059 --> 00:45:14.099
 procuring a

00:45:14.099 --> 00:45:15.280
 grave for

00:45:15.280 --> 00:45:15.760
 Jesus.

00:45:16.159 --> 00:45:16.440
 They're

00:45:16.440 --> 00:45:17.400
 preparing a

00:45:17.400 --> 00:45:18.420
 body that

00:45:18.420 --> 00:45:18.800
 is going

00:45:18.800 --> 00:45:19.579
 to decay.

00:45:21.800 --> 00:45:22.980
 They need

00:45:22.980 --> 00:45:24.539
 more good

00:45:24.539 --> 00:45:25.119
 news,

00:45:25.680 --> 00:45:26.800
 more growth,

00:45:26.960 --> 00:45:27.960
 more maturity.

00:45:28.340 --> 00:45:28.820
 They need

00:45:28.820 --> 00:45:29.500
 someone to

00:45:29.500 --> 00:45:30.619
 disciple them

00:45:30.619 --> 00:45:31.280
 with the

00:45:31.280 --> 00:45:32.559
 Easter gospel.

00:45:34.180 --> 00:45:35.200
 They'll get

00:45:35.200 --> 00:45:35.599
 that.

00:45:37.780 --> 00:45:38.940
 The most

00:45:38.940 --> 00:45:40.400
 loyal friends

00:45:40.400 --> 00:45:41.460
 of Jesus

00:45:41.460 --> 00:45:43.659
 include

00:45:43.659 --> 00:45:45.119
 many women

00:45:45.119 --> 00:45:46.840
 who followed

00:45:46.840 --> 00:45:47.200
 him.

00:45:48.420 --> 00:45:49.480
 and it's

00:45:49.480 --> 00:45:49.980
 not a

00:45:49.980 --> 00:45:50.659
 surprise

00:45:50.659 --> 00:45:52.039
 that one

00:45:52.039 --> 00:45:52.420
 of them

00:45:52.420 --> 00:45:52.980
 is first

00:45:52.980 --> 00:45:53.420
 to the

00:45:53.420 --> 00:45:53.780
 tomb.

00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:55.480
 When the

00:45:55.480 --> 00:45:56.019
 Jewish

00:45:56.019 --> 00:45:56.639
 Sabbath is

00:45:56.639 --> 00:45:57.059
 over,

00:45:57.380 --> 00:45:57.980
 now on

00:45:57.980 --> 00:45:58.440
 the first

00:45:58.440 --> 00:45:58.860
 day of

00:45:58.860 --> 00:45:59.360
 the week,

00:46:00.099 --> 00:46:00.539
 what we

00:46:00.539 --> 00:46:01.380
 call Sunday,

00:46:01.760 --> 00:46:02.420
 what becomes

00:46:02.420 --> 00:46:03.180
 our Lord's

00:46:03.180 --> 00:46:03.420
 Day,

00:46:03.680 --> 00:46:04.420
 becomes our

00:46:04.420 --> 00:46:04.920
 Christian

00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:05.340
 Sabbath,

00:46:05.800 --> 00:46:06.139
 on the

00:46:06.139 --> 00:46:06.639
 first day

00:46:06.639 --> 00:46:06.840
 of the

00:46:06.840 --> 00:46:07.019
 week,

00:46:07.079 --> 00:46:07.860
 Mary Magdalene

00:46:07.860 --> 00:46:08.320
 came to

00:46:08.320 --> 00:46:08.800
 the tomb

00:46:08.800 --> 00:46:09.400
 early,

00:46:09.680 --> 00:46:10.139
 while it

00:46:10.139 --> 00:46:10.659
 was still

00:46:10.659 --> 00:46:11.119
 dark.

00:46:11.119 --> 00:46:11.319
 God.

00:46:14.319 --> 00:46:16.179
 I don't

00:46:16.179 --> 00:46:16.799
 know this

00:46:16.799 --> 00:46:17.659
 for certain,

00:46:18.980 --> 00:46:20.079
 but looking

00:46:20.079 --> 00:46:20.420
 at the

00:46:20.420 --> 00:46:20.659
 other

00:46:20.659 --> 00:46:21.500
 gospels

00:46:21.500 --> 00:46:22.319
 and comparing

00:46:22.319 --> 00:46:22.980
 them all,

00:46:23.679 --> 00:46:25.400
 the impression

00:46:25.400 --> 00:46:26.299
 I get is

00:46:26.299 --> 00:46:26.679
 that there

00:46:26.679 --> 00:46:27.099
 were a

00:46:27.099 --> 00:46:27.920
 group of

00:46:27.920 --> 00:46:28.440
 women,

00:46:28.819 --> 00:46:29.299
 female

00:46:29.299 --> 00:46:30.299
 disciples of

00:46:30.299 --> 00:46:30.719
 Jesus,

00:46:31.799 --> 00:46:32.599
 who were

00:46:32.599 --> 00:46:34.719
 ready to

00:46:34.719 --> 00:46:35.279
 wash his

00:46:35.279 --> 00:46:35.699
 body,

00:46:36.079 --> 00:46:36.679
 anoint his

00:46:36.679 --> 00:46:37.079
 body,

00:46:37.079 --> 00:46:38.880
 and do

00:46:38.880 --> 00:46:39.500
 maybe a

00:46:39.500 --> 00:46:40.340
 better job

00:46:40.340 --> 00:46:41.059
 than Joseph

00:46:41.059 --> 00:46:42.239
 and Nicodemus

00:46:42.239 --> 00:46:42.599
 would have

00:46:42.599 --> 00:46:42.900
 done,

00:46:44.619 --> 00:46:45.139
 as the

00:46:45.139 --> 00:46:46.460
 Friday sun

00:46:46.460 --> 00:46:47.199
 was setting.

00:46:48.579 --> 00:46:49.199
 And you

00:46:49.199 --> 00:46:49.840
 would expect

00:46:49.840 --> 00:46:50.460
 them to go

00:46:50.460 --> 00:46:51.279
 together to

00:46:51.279 --> 00:46:51.779
 the tomb,

00:46:51.920 --> 00:46:52.900
 but somehow

00:46:52.900 --> 00:46:53.980
 Mary from

00:46:53.980 --> 00:46:54.779
 Magdala is

00:46:54.779 --> 00:46:56.559
 detached from

00:46:56.559 --> 00:46:57.000
 the other

00:46:57.000 --> 00:46:57.400
 woman,

00:46:57.779 --> 00:46:58.299
 and she

00:46:58.299 --> 00:46:58.860
 gets there

00:46:58.860 --> 00:46:59.380
 first,

00:46:59.679 --> 00:47:00.159
 and it's

00:47:00.159 --> 00:47:01.179
 still dark.

00:47:02.219 --> 00:47:02.920
 It's early,

00:47:03.019 --> 00:47:03.299
 early,

00:47:03.400 --> 00:47:03.860
 early on

00:47:03.860 --> 00:47:04.599
 Sunday morning,

00:47:05.099 --> 00:47:05.719
 and in

00:47:05.719 --> 00:47:06.099
 John's

00:47:06.099 --> 00:47:06.500
 Gospel,

00:47:06.500 --> 00:47:07.320
 when people

00:47:07.320 --> 00:47:08.119
 come and

00:47:08.119 --> 00:47:08.460
 go in

00:47:08.460 --> 00:47:09.079
 the dark,

00:47:09.420 --> 00:47:09.679
 we are

00:47:09.679 --> 00:47:10.079
 supposed,

00:47:10.280 --> 00:47:10.619
 I think,

00:47:10.760 --> 00:47:12.559
 to understand

00:47:12.559 --> 00:47:13.619
 that spiritually

00:47:13.619 --> 00:47:14.159
 they're in

00:47:14.159 --> 00:47:14.559
 the dark.

00:47:14.800 --> 00:47:15.400
 Nicodemus

00:47:15.400 --> 00:47:15.920
 came in

00:47:15.920 --> 00:47:16.659
 chapter 3

00:47:16.659 --> 00:47:17.920
 at night.

00:47:20.800 --> 00:47:21.659
 People go

00:47:21.659 --> 00:47:22.679
 out into

00:47:22.679 --> 00:47:23.360
 the night

00:47:23.360 --> 00:47:23.920
 in this

00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:24.480
 Gospel

00:47:24.480 --> 00:47:25.880
 when they're

00:47:25.880 --> 00:47:26.619
 confused.

00:47:27.639 --> 00:47:28.059
 It's still

00:47:28.059 --> 00:47:28.639
 dark,

00:47:30.079 --> 00:47:32.440
 and there's

00:47:32.440 --> 00:47:33.079
 no Jesus,

00:47:34.400 --> 00:47:35.119
 and the

00:47:35.119 --> 00:47:35.659
 grave has

00:47:35.659 --> 00:47:36.400
 been disturbed,

00:47:36.500 --> 00:47:37.300
 the stone

00:47:37.300 --> 00:47:37.800
 is rolled

00:47:37.800 --> 00:47:38.320
 away.

00:47:40.519 --> 00:47:41.059
 Where's

00:47:41.059 --> 00:47:41.599
 his body?

00:47:42.880 --> 00:47:43.619
 She's not

00:47:43.619 --> 00:47:44.400
 seeing clearly

00:47:44.400 --> 00:47:44.860
 yet.

00:47:46.300 --> 00:47:47.179
 Now that's

00:47:47.179 --> 00:47:48.179
 good news

00:47:48.179 --> 00:47:49.000
 for you and

00:47:49.000 --> 00:47:49.260
 me,

00:47:49.539 --> 00:47:50.199
 because we

00:47:50.199 --> 00:47:51.320
 don't always

00:47:51.320 --> 00:47:52.139
 understand

00:47:52.139 --> 00:47:53.099
 everything right

00:47:53.099 --> 00:47:53.480
 away,

00:47:53.599 --> 00:47:54.159
 and we don't

00:47:54.159 --> 00:47:55.199
 always understand

00:47:55.199 --> 00:47:56.320
 everything in

00:47:56.320 --> 00:47:57.039
 our teens or

00:47:57.039 --> 00:47:57.320
 in our

00:47:57.320 --> 00:47:57.699
 twenties.

00:47:57.699 --> 00:47:58.579
 Sometimes

00:47:58.579 --> 00:48:00.119
 faith is

00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:01.539
 a slow

00:48:01.539 --> 00:48:02.759
 growing thing,

00:48:02.759 --> 00:48:05.659
 and sometimes

00:48:05.659 --> 00:48:06.179
 there are

00:48:06.179 --> 00:48:06.980
 seasons

00:48:06.980 --> 00:48:07.719
 where

00:48:07.719 --> 00:48:10.319
 our fears

00:48:10.319 --> 00:48:10.839
 and our

00:48:10.839 --> 00:48:11.279
 doubts

00:48:11.279 --> 00:48:11.659
 and the

00:48:11.659 --> 00:48:12.380
 busyness of

00:48:12.380 --> 00:48:12.839
 life,

00:48:14.759 --> 00:48:15.279
 they're like

00:48:15.279 --> 00:48:16.039
 a cloud

00:48:16.039 --> 00:48:16.599
 that comes

00:48:16.599 --> 00:48:17.519
 between us

00:48:17.519 --> 00:48:17.920
 and the

00:48:17.920 --> 00:48:18.219
 sun.

00:48:18.219 --> 00:48:22.579
 if you

00:48:22.579 --> 00:48:24.459
 have lost

00:48:24.459 --> 00:48:25.939
 touch

00:48:25.939 --> 00:48:28.039
 with the

00:48:28.039 --> 00:48:28.659
 fear of

00:48:28.659 --> 00:48:29.359
 the Lord

00:48:29.359 --> 00:48:30.199
 that is the

00:48:30.199 --> 00:48:31.039
 beginning of

00:48:31.039 --> 00:48:31.819
 knowledge and

00:48:31.819 --> 00:48:32.319
 wisdom,

00:48:33.019 --> 00:48:34.599
 that cloud

00:48:34.599 --> 00:48:35.519
 needs to be

00:48:35.519 --> 00:48:36.299
 blown away,

00:48:36.839 --> 00:48:38.019
 and it is

00:48:38.019 --> 00:48:38.879
 the truth

00:48:38.879 --> 00:48:39.799
 of the

00:48:39.799 --> 00:48:40.579
 death and

00:48:40.579 --> 00:48:41.179
 resurrection

00:48:41.179 --> 00:48:42.079
 and the

00:48:42.079 --> 00:48:42.819
 grace and

00:48:42.819 --> 00:48:43.539
 mercy and

00:48:43.539 --> 00:48:44.399
 love of God

00:48:44.399 --> 00:48:45.019
 in Christ

00:48:45.019 --> 00:48:46.099
 that will

00:48:46.099 --> 00:48:47.159
 be that

00:48:47.159 --> 00:48:48.519
 strong wind

00:48:48.519 --> 00:48:49.239
 that will

00:48:49.239 --> 00:48:50.039
 clear those

00:48:50.039 --> 00:48:50.759
 clouds of

00:48:50.759 --> 00:48:51.440
 confusion

00:48:51.440 --> 00:48:53.000
 away.

00:48:54.820 --> 00:48:55.519
 Later,

00:48:56.219 --> 00:48:56.699
 Mary of

00:48:56.699 --> 00:48:57.219
 Magdala

00:48:57.219 --> 00:48:57.679
 would be

00:48:57.679 --> 00:48:58.300
 joined by

00:48:58.300 --> 00:48:58.840
 Joanna,

00:48:59.239 --> 00:48:59.860
 wife of

00:48:59.860 --> 00:49:00.420
 Chusa,

00:49:01.099 --> 00:49:02.059
 and Salome,

00:49:02.460 --> 00:49:03.000
 mother of

00:49:03.000 --> 00:49:03.599
 James and

00:49:03.599 --> 00:49:04.039
 John,

00:49:04.219 --> 00:49:04.800
 and Mary,

00:49:05.179 --> 00:49:05.639
 mother of

00:49:05.639 --> 00:49:06.380
 James and

00:49:06.380 --> 00:49:06.780
 Joseph,

00:49:06.780 --> 00:49:09.239
 and some

00:49:09.239 --> 00:49:09.940
 other woman.

00:49:10.119 --> 00:49:10.880
 What a group

00:49:10.880 --> 00:49:11.820
 of remarkable

00:49:11.820 --> 00:49:12.840
 godly women

00:49:12.840 --> 00:49:13.559
 they were,

00:49:13.880 --> 00:49:14.440
 but they

00:49:14.440 --> 00:49:15.179
 are not

00:49:15.179 --> 00:49:16.280
 yet maybe

00:49:16.280 --> 00:49:17.579
 fully formed

00:49:17.579 --> 00:49:18.079
 in their

00:49:18.079 --> 00:49:18.800
 faith.

00:49:20.840 --> 00:49:22.320
 They need

00:49:22.320 --> 00:49:23.720
 the good

00:49:23.720 --> 00:49:24.780
 news

00:49:24.780 --> 00:49:26.539
 of the

00:49:26.539 --> 00:49:27.579
 gardener.

00:49:28.920 --> 00:49:29.579
 They need

00:49:29.579 --> 00:49:30.340
 to meet

00:49:30.340 --> 00:49:30.900
 the one

00:49:30.900 --> 00:49:31.559
 who calls

00:49:31.559 --> 00:49:32.159
 himself in

00:49:32.159 --> 00:49:32.880
 this gospel

00:49:32.880 --> 00:49:33.400
 in another

00:49:33.400 --> 00:49:33.900
 place,

00:49:34.380 --> 00:49:35.220
 the resurrection

00:49:35.220 --> 00:49:36.380
 and the

00:49:36.380 --> 00:49:37.139
 life.

00:49:39.519 --> 00:49:40.679
 He's already

00:49:40.679 --> 00:49:41.980
 told them

00:49:41.980 --> 00:49:43.559
 again and

00:49:43.559 --> 00:49:43.980
 again,

00:49:43.980 --> 00:49:44.579
 that he's

00:49:44.579 --> 00:49:45.059
 going to

00:49:45.059 --> 00:49:45.639
 die and

00:49:45.639 --> 00:49:45.920
 on the

00:49:45.920 --> 00:49:46.480
 third day

00:49:46.480 --> 00:49:46.980
 he's going

00:49:46.980 --> 00:49:47.259
 to be

00:49:47.259 --> 00:49:47.619
 raised.

00:49:48.019 --> 00:49:48.320
 And it

00:49:48.320 --> 00:49:48.759
 doesn't

00:49:48.759 --> 00:49:49.820
 seem to

00:49:49.820 --> 00:49:50.279
 have been

00:49:50.279 --> 00:49:50.799
 understood

00:49:50.799 --> 00:49:51.679
 or accepted

00:49:51.679 --> 00:49:52.400
 or penetrate

00:49:52.400 --> 00:49:52.900
 or to

00:49:52.900 --> 00:49:53.380
 believe.

00:49:53.739 --> 00:49:54.000
 It's

00:49:54.000 --> 00:49:54.960
 afterwards

00:49:54.960 --> 00:49:56.679
 that this

00:49:56.679 --> 00:49:58.019
 light begins

00:49:58.019 --> 00:49:59.480
 to dawn.

00:50:00.619 --> 00:50:01.000
 No,

00:50:01.079 --> 00:50:01.759
 there is no

00:50:01.759 --> 00:50:02.539
 dead body

00:50:02.539 --> 00:50:03.259
 in the tomb.

00:50:03.559 --> 00:50:04.239
 There is no

00:50:04.239 --> 00:50:05.039
 dead Jesus

00:50:05.039 --> 00:50:06.000
 in Jerusalem.

00:50:07.000 --> 00:50:07.599
 There's just

00:50:07.599 --> 00:50:08.360
 weeping,

00:50:08.559 --> 00:50:09.179
 confused

00:50:09.179 --> 00:50:09.900
 disciples.

00:50:09.900 --> 00:50:11.579
 Mary runs

00:50:11.579 --> 00:50:12.440
 to find

00:50:12.440 --> 00:50:13.139
 Peter

00:50:13.139 --> 00:50:15.019
 and John

00:50:15.019 --> 00:50:15.920
 whom Jesus

00:50:15.920 --> 00:50:16.780
 loved

00:50:16.780 --> 00:50:18.760
 and they

00:50:18.760 --> 00:50:19.280
 run

00:50:19.280 --> 00:50:20.960
 and they

00:50:20.960 --> 00:50:21.420
 run

00:50:21.420 --> 00:50:21.920
 and they

00:50:21.920 --> 00:50:22.599
 run to

00:50:22.599 --> 00:50:23.240
 the tomb

00:50:23.240 --> 00:50:24.940
 and Simon

00:50:24.940 --> 00:50:25.559
 Peter

00:50:25.559 --> 00:50:27.119
 can't run

00:50:27.119 --> 00:50:27.880
 quite as

00:50:27.880 --> 00:50:28.500
 fast

00:50:28.500 --> 00:50:30.079
 as John

00:50:30.079 --> 00:50:32.240
 but John

00:50:32.240 --> 00:50:33.240
 hesitates

00:50:33.239 --> 00:50:34.599
 at the

00:50:34.599 --> 00:50:34.939
 tomb.

00:50:38.959 --> 00:50:39.759
 Both of

00:50:39.759 --> 00:50:40.079
 them were

00:50:40.079 --> 00:50:40.339
 running

00:50:40.339 --> 00:50:40.819
 together.

00:50:40.939 --> 00:50:41.239
 The other

00:50:41.239 --> 00:50:41.859
 disciple

00:50:41.859 --> 00:50:42.879
 outran

00:50:42.879 --> 00:50:43.359
 Peter.

00:50:43.539 --> 00:50:43.819
 Peter

00:50:43.819 --> 00:50:44.359
 got there

00:50:44.359 --> 00:50:44.859
 first.

00:50:45.479 --> 00:50:45.859
 John

00:50:45.859 --> 00:50:46.919
 waits.

00:50:48.199 --> 00:50:48.659
 John

00:50:48.659 --> 00:50:49.059
 got there

00:50:49.059 --> 00:50:49.479
 first.

00:50:50.959 --> 00:50:51.559
 Peter

00:50:51.559 --> 00:50:52.379
 is the

00:50:52.379 --> 00:50:52.819
 first to

00:50:52.819 --> 00:50:53.219
 go in

00:50:53.219 --> 00:50:53.599
 so and

00:50:53.599 --> 00:50:54.119
 to look.

00:50:54.859 --> 00:50:55.639
 But John

00:50:55.639 --> 00:50:57.079
 outruns

00:50:57.079 --> 00:50:57.559
 Peter

00:50:57.559 --> 00:50:59.119
 in

00:50:59.119 --> 00:50:59.939
 dawning

00:50:59.939 --> 00:51:00.639
 faith,

00:51:01.699 --> 00:51:02.259
 dawning

00:51:02.259 --> 00:51:03.219
 realization.

00:51:03.239 --> 00:51:04.799
 yes,

00:51:06.259 --> 00:51:07.199
 my Lord

00:51:07.199 --> 00:51:08.899
 is not

00:51:08.899 --> 00:51:09.299
 dead.

00:51:10.599 --> 00:51:11.439
 He's not

00:51:11.439 --> 00:51:11.799
 here.

00:51:12.019 --> 00:51:12.359
 But they

00:51:12.359 --> 00:51:13.199
 still need

00:51:13.199 --> 00:51:13.559
 to grow.

00:51:13.839 --> 00:51:14.539
 They still

00:51:14.539 --> 00:51:15.219
 need further

00:51:15.219 --> 00:51:16.079
 understanding.

00:51:16.500 --> 00:51:16.959
 Verse 9

00:51:16.959 --> 00:51:17.500
 tells us

00:51:17.500 --> 00:51:17.979
 as yet

00:51:17.979 --> 00:51:18.379
 they did

00:51:18.379 --> 00:51:18.679
 not

00:51:18.679 --> 00:51:19.319
 understand

00:51:19.319 --> 00:51:19.579
 the

00:51:19.579 --> 00:51:19.939
 scripture

00:51:19.939 --> 00:51:20.639
 that he

00:51:20.639 --> 00:51:21.359
 must rise

00:51:21.359 --> 00:51:21.819
 from the

00:51:21.819 --> 00:51:22.239
 dead.

00:51:22.559 --> 00:51:22.979
 What did

00:51:22.979 --> 00:51:23.619
 they think?

00:51:24.399 --> 00:51:24.799
 Did they

00:51:24.799 --> 00:51:25.419
 think God

00:51:25.419 --> 00:51:25.759
 had maybe

00:51:25.759 --> 00:51:26.619
 taken his

00:51:26.619 --> 00:51:26.979
 body

00:51:26.979 --> 00:51:28.439
 a bit

00:51:28.439 --> 00:51:28.799
 like he

00:51:28.799 --> 00:51:28.979
 took

00:51:28.979 --> 00:51:29.559
 Elijah

00:51:29.559 --> 00:51:30.359
 to glory

00:51:30.359 --> 00:51:31.379
 that God

00:51:31.379 --> 00:51:32.599
 had taken

00:51:32.599 --> 00:51:33.380
 his son

00:51:33.380 --> 00:51:34.699
 to glory?

00:51:35.159 --> 00:51:35.579
 I don't

00:51:35.579 --> 00:51:35.940
 know what

00:51:35.940 --> 00:51:36.599
 they believed

00:51:36.599 --> 00:51:37.219
 but they

00:51:37.219 --> 00:51:37.659
 weren't

00:51:37.659 --> 00:51:39.159
 fully on

00:51:39.159 --> 00:51:39.980
 the page

00:51:39.980 --> 00:51:40.579
 yet

00:51:40.579 --> 00:51:41.299
 with a

00:51:41.299 --> 00:51:41.940
 mature

00:51:41.940 --> 00:51:43.119
 understanding

00:51:43.119 --> 00:51:45.079
 to take

00:51:45.079 --> 00:51:45.699
 the Apostles

00:51:45.699 --> 00:51:46.099
 Creed

00:51:46.099 --> 00:51:48.159
 the woman

00:51:48.159 --> 00:51:50.219
 and the

00:51:50.219 --> 00:51:50.519
 male

00:51:50.519 --> 00:51:51.139
 disciples.

00:51:51.139 --> 00:51:53.940
 I don't

00:51:53.940 --> 00:51:54.460
 think they

00:51:54.460 --> 00:51:54.839
 could say

00:51:54.839 --> 00:51:55.319
 the belief

00:51:55.319 --> 00:51:55.659
 quite

00:51:55.659 --> 00:51:56.039
 yet.

00:51:57.379 --> 00:51:58.119
 I don't

00:51:58.119 --> 00:51:58.619
 think they

00:51:58.619 --> 00:51:59.119
 could quite

00:51:59.119 --> 00:51:59.639
 say I

00:51:59.639 --> 00:52:00.099
 believe in

00:52:00.099 --> 00:52:00.480
 God the

00:52:00.480 --> 00:52:00.759
 Father

00:52:00.759 --> 00:52:01.279
 Almighty

00:52:01.279 --> 00:52:02.019
 and I

00:52:02.019 --> 00:52:02.480
 believe in

00:52:02.480 --> 00:52:02.739
 Jesus

00:52:02.739 --> 00:52:03.420
 Christ the

00:52:03.420 --> 00:52:03.659
 Son

00:52:03.659 --> 00:52:04.359
 and I

00:52:04.359 --> 00:52:04.920
 believe in

00:52:04.920 --> 00:52:05.440
 his death

00:52:05.440 --> 00:52:05.799
 and I

00:52:05.799 --> 00:52:06.379
 believe in

00:52:06.379 --> 00:52:06.839
 his burial

00:52:06.839 --> 00:52:07.239
 and I

00:52:07.239 --> 00:52:07.779
 believe in

00:52:07.779 --> 00:52:08.460
 his resurrection

00:52:08.460 --> 00:52:09.179
 and I

00:52:09.179 --> 00:52:09.759
 believe in

00:52:09.759 --> 00:52:10.500
 his church

00:52:10.500 --> 00:52:11.379
 his Holy

00:52:11.379 --> 00:52:11.980
 Spirit

00:52:11.980 --> 00:52:13.339
 his second

00:52:13.339 --> 00:52:13.759
 coming.

00:52:14.480 --> 00:52:15.119
 They're

00:52:15.119 --> 00:52:16.000
 moving towards

00:52:16.000 --> 00:52:16.440
 it but I

00:52:16.440 --> 00:52:17.000
 don't think

00:52:17.000 --> 00:52:17.559
 they're quite

00:52:17.559 --> 00:52:18.259
 there yet.

00:52:18.260 --> 00:52:19.320
 so what

00:52:19.320 --> 00:52:20.120
 will get

00:52:20.120 --> 00:52:20.720
 them

00:52:20.720 --> 00:52:22.800
 where they

00:52:22.800 --> 00:52:23.680
 need to

00:52:23.680 --> 00:52:24.240
 be?

00:52:27.540 --> 00:52:28.520
 The

00:52:28.520 --> 00:52:29.620
 gardener

00:52:29.620 --> 00:52:32.420
 standing

00:52:32.420 --> 00:52:34.460
 in his

00:52:34.460 --> 00:52:34.980
 garden.

00:52:37.980 --> 00:52:38.980
 Sometimes

00:52:38.980 --> 00:52:40.500
 there is

00:52:40.500 --> 00:52:41.260
 a theme

00:52:41.260 --> 00:52:43.140
 that runs

00:52:43.140 --> 00:52:43.640
 through the

00:52:43.640 --> 00:52:44.000
 Bible

00:52:44.000 --> 00:52:45.440
 and it

00:52:45.440 --> 00:52:46.240
 pops up

00:52:46.240 --> 00:52:47.980
 in a few

00:52:47.980 --> 00:52:50.039
 places and

00:52:50.039 --> 00:52:50.380
 it is

00:52:50.380 --> 00:52:52.820
 helpful to

00:52:52.820 --> 00:52:53.280
 make a

00:52:53.280 --> 00:52:53.820
 connection.

00:52:55.699 --> 00:52:56.199
 And I

00:52:56.199 --> 00:52:56.920
 think this

00:52:56.920 --> 00:52:57.539
 is one of

00:52:57.539 --> 00:52:58.539
 those places

00:52:58.539 --> 00:53:00.480
 where we

00:53:00.480 --> 00:53:01.780
 have the

00:53:01.780 --> 00:53:02.559
 text of

00:53:02.559 --> 00:53:03.199
 scripture

00:53:03.199 --> 00:53:04.619
 repeatedly

00:53:04.619 --> 00:53:05.780
 drawing our

00:53:05.780 --> 00:53:06.480
 eye to the

00:53:06.480 --> 00:53:07.139
 fact that

00:53:07.139 --> 00:53:07.860
 the place

00:53:07.860 --> 00:53:08.659
 where Jesus

00:53:08.659 --> 00:53:09.579
 was buried

00:53:09.579 --> 00:53:10.719
 was in

00:53:10.719 --> 00:53:11.740
 a garden

00:53:11.740 --> 00:53:13.619
 and that

00:53:13.619 --> 00:53:14.099
 one of

00:53:14.099 --> 00:53:14.800
 those women

00:53:14.800 --> 00:53:15.599
 who loved

00:53:15.599 --> 00:53:16.019
 him and

00:53:16.019 --> 00:53:16.719
 followed him

00:53:16.719 --> 00:53:18.019
 thought he

00:53:18.019 --> 00:53:18.859
 was the

00:53:18.859 --> 00:53:19.959
 gardener.

00:53:22.119 --> 00:53:23.139
 She knew

00:53:23.139 --> 00:53:23.500
 him as

00:53:23.500 --> 00:53:24.199
 her Lord

00:53:24.199 --> 00:53:25.779
 when he

00:53:25.779 --> 00:53:26.459
 spoke her

00:53:26.459 --> 00:53:27.019
 name

00:53:27.019 --> 00:53:27.859
 Mary

00:53:27.859 --> 00:53:31.419
 and she

00:53:31.419 --> 00:53:32.019
 calls him

00:53:32.019 --> 00:53:32.299
 her

00:53:32.299 --> 00:53:32.739
 rabbi,

00:53:32.839 --> 00:53:33.000
 her

00:53:33.000 --> 00:53:33.579
 master.

00:53:37.179 --> 00:53:38.000
 It's

00:53:38.000 --> 00:53:38.319
 very

00:53:38.319 --> 00:53:38.839
 lovely

00:53:38.839 --> 00:53:41.299
 but use

00:53:41.299 --> 00:53:42.000
 your imagination,

00:53:42.500 --> 00:53:42.919
 use your

00:53:42.919 --> 00:53:43.419
 knowledge of

00:53:43.419 --> 00:53:43.919
 the scripture.

00:53:43.920 --> 00:53:45.200
 where does

00:53:45.200 --> 00:53:46.059
 the scripture

00:53:46.059 --> 00:53:47.659
 tell us

00:53:47.659 --> 00:53:48.119
 about

00:53:48.119 --> 00:53:49.400
 gardens

00:53:49.400 --> 00:53:49.820
 and

00:53:49.820 --> 00:53:51.099
 gardeners?

00:53:52.940 --> 00:53:53.740
 Well the

00:53:53.740 --> 00:53:54.480
 most obvious

00:53:54.480 --> 00:53:55.039
 place

00:53:55.039 --> 00:53:56.760
 is at the

00:53:56.760 --> 00:53:57.579
 beginning of

00:53:57.579 --> 00:53:58.240
 the scripture

00:53:58.240 --> 00:54:00.200
 in the

00:54:00.200 --> 00:54:01.079
 story of

00:54:01.079 --> 00:54:01.980
 creation and

00:54:01.980 --> 00:54:02.579
 fall

00:54:02.579 --> 00:54:03.619
 where the

00:54:03.619 --> 00:54:04.420
 first

00:54:04.420 --> 00:54:05.320
 Adam

00:54:05.320 --> 00:54:07.740
 Adam and

00:54:07.740 --> 00:54:08.139
 Eve,

00:54:08.220 --> 00:54:09.340
 our parents,

00:54:09.880 --> 00:54:10.940
 on behalf of

00:54:10.940 --> 00:54:11.460
 the whole

00:54:11.460 --> 00:54:12.380
 human race,

00:54:12.800 --> 00:54:13.639
 are in

00:54:13.639 --> 00:54:14.720
 a garden

00:54:14.720 --> 00:54:15.380
 where they

00:54:15.380 --> 00:54:16.059
 meet with

00:54:16.059 --> 00:54:16.579
 God.

00:54:17.679 --> 00:54:18.639
 They are to

00:54:18.639 --> 00:54:19.539
 tend that

00:54:19.539 --> 00:54:20.139
 garden,

00:54:20.699 --> 00:54:21.240
 they are to

00:54:21.240 --> 00:54:22.079
 work that

00:54:22.079 --> 00:54:22.659
 garden.

00:54:23.119 --> 00:54:24.199
 Adam is

00:54:24.199 --> 00:54:25.880
 a gardener

00:54:25.880 --> 00:54:27.940
 and he is

00:54:27.940 --> 00:54:30.000
 on friendly

00:54:30.000 --> 00:54:30.860
 terms

00:54:30.860 --> 00:54:32.619
 with his

00:54:32.619 --> 00:54:33.240
 creator.

00:54:35.159 --> 00:54:35.579
 And the

00:54:35.579 --> 00:54:36.260
 garden is

00:54:36.260 --> 00:54:37.340
 wonderful and

00:54:37.340 --> 00:54:38.059
 God makes

00:54:38.059 --> 00:54:39.240
 provision and

00:54:39.240 --> 00:54:40.179
 the garden is

00:54:40.179 --> 00:54:40.960
 spoiled by

00:54:40.960 --> 00:54:41.599
 sin and

00:54:41.599 --> 00:54:42.960
 corrupted and

00:54:42.960 --> 00:54:44.139
 the world is

00:54:44.139 --> 00:54:45.199
 corrupted and

00:54:45.199 --> 00:54:46.219
 death gets

00:54:46.219 --> 00:54:47.179
 in and the

00:54:47.179 --> 00:54:48.039
 death penalty

00:54:48.039 --> 00:54:48.859
 comes on

00:54:48.859 --> 00:54:49.579
 Adam and

00:54:49.579 --> 00:54:50.399
 Eve and

00:54:50.399 --> 00:54:51.099
 the children

00:54:51.099 --> 00:54:51.599
 of Adam

00:54:51.599 --> 00:54:52.059
 and Eve

00:54:52.059 --> 00:54:53.599
 because in

00:54:53.599 --> 00:54:54.719
 that first

00:54:54.719 --> 00:54:55.399
 garden,

00:54:55.799 --> 00:54:56.519
 the first

00:54:56.519 --> 00:54:57.980
 gardener is

00:54:57.980 --> 00:54:58.799
 a spiritual

00:54:58.799 --> 00:54:59.940
 failure.

00:55:02.940 --> 00:55:04.179
 John in

00:55:04.179 --> 00:55:05.119
 his gospel

00:55:05.119 --> 00:55:06.319
 is showing

00:55:06.319 --> 00:55:09.019
 us another

00:55:09.019 --> 00:55:09.679
 Adam,

00:55:11.460 --> 00:55:12.380
 a second

00:55:12.380 --> 00:55:13.840
 and last

00:55:13.840 --> 00:55:14.940
 Adam because

00:55:14.940 --> 00:55:15.860
 we'll never

00:55:15.860 --> 00:55:16.840
 need a third

00:55:16.840 --> 00:55:17.840
 Adam because

00:55:17.840 --> 00:55:18.780
 the second

00:55:18.780 --> 00:55:19.639
 and last

00:55:19.639 --> 00:55:20.280
 Adam is

00:55:20.280 --> 00:55:21.320
 not going

00:55:21.320 --> 00:55:22.219
 to fail

00:55:22.219 --> 00:55:23.340
 the spiritual

00:55:23.340 --> 00:55:24.900
 tests that

00:55:24.900 --> 00:55:26.559
 he undergoes.

00:55:27.619 --> 00:55:28.519
 He is going

00:55:28.519 --> 00:55:29.400
 to obey

00:55:29.400 --> 00:55:30.759
 and drink

00:55:30.759 --> 00:55:31.280
 the cup

00:55:31.280 --> 00:55:31.820
 the father

00:55:31.820 --> 00:55:32.440
 gives to

00:55:32.440 --> 00:55:32.759
 him.

00:55:33.759 --> 00:55:34.440
 In the

00:55:34.440 --> 00:55:34.940
 Genesis

00:55:34.940 --> 00:55:36.480
 garden and

00:55:36.480 --> 00:55:37.280
 gardener

00:55:37.280 --> 00:55:38.079
 there is

00:55:38.079 --> 00:55:38.980
 the tragedy

00:55:38.980 --> 00:55:39.500
 of sin

00:55:39.500 --> 00:55:40.039
 and death.

00:55:41.360 --> 00:55:41.840
 Where are

00:55:41.840 --> 00:55:42.219
 the other

00:55:42.219 --> 00:55:43.199
 gardens in

00:55:43.199 --> 00:55:43.740
 the Bible?

00:55:45.119 --> 00:55:45.639
 Well how

00:55:45.639 --> 00:55:46.760
 about the

00:55:46.760 --> 00:55:47.500
 garden of

00:55:47.500 --> 00:55:48.579
 Gethsemane

00:55:48.579 --> 00:55:50.099
 where Jesus

00:55:50.099 --> 00:55:51.159
 was arrested

00:55:51.159 --> 00:55:52.360
 and where

00:55:52.360 --> 00:55:54.260
 Jesus wept

00:55:54.260 --> 00:55:55.559
 and sweat

00:55:55.559 --> 00:55:57.179
 so much

00:55:57.179 --> 00:55:58.059
 that he

00:55:58.059 --> 00:55:59.199
 sweat blood.

00:56:00.820 --> 00:56:01.059
 The

00:56:01.059 --> 00:56:01.860
 gospels are

00:56:01.860 --> 00:56:02.740
 very interested

00:56:02.739 --> 00:56:03.359
 in that

00:56:03.359 --> 00:56:03.939
 garden.

00:56:05.099 --> 00:56:05.619
 And the

00:56:05.619 --> 00:56:06.419
 gardener in

00:56:06.419 --> 00:56:07.219
 that garden

00:56:07.219 --> 00:56:08.000
 of tears

00:56:08.000 --> 00:56:09.399
 is sowing

00:56:09.399 --> 00:56:10.279
 prayers

00:56:10.279 --> 00:56:12.399
 and sowing

00:56:12.399 --> 00:56:12.979
 in his

00:56:12.979 --> 00:56:13.559
 agony

00:56:13.559 --> 00:56:15.599
 the

00:56:15.599 --> 00:56:16.239
 determination

00:56:16.239 --> 00:56:17.899
 not to

00:56:17.899 --> 00:56:18.239
 do his

00:56:18.239 --> 00:56:19.039
 own will

00:56:19.039 --> 00:56:19.519
 but the

00:56:19.519 --> 00:56:20.159
 father's

00:56:20.159 --> 00:56:21.000
 will so

00:56:21.000 --> 00:56:21.419
 that the

00:56:21.419 --> 00:56:22.139
 church would

00:56:22.139 --> 00:56:23.439
 be saved

00:56:23.439 --> 00:56:24.199
 and the

00:56:24.199 --> 00:56:25.019
 failure of

00:56:25.019 --> 00:56:25.599
 the first

00:56:25.599 --> 00:56:26.239
 Adam would

00:56:26.239 --> 00:56:27.199
 be undone.

00:56:27.199 --> 00:56:31.359
 and now

00:56:31.359 --> 00:56:32.299
 this garden

00:56:32.299 --> 00:56:34.659
 a garden

00:56:34.659 --> 00:56:35.339
 with a

00:56:35.339 --> 00:56:35.819
 tomb in

00:56:35.819 --> 00:56:36.159
 it

00:56:36.159 --> 00:56:38.019
 and a

00:56:38.019 --> 00:56:38.460
 man

00:56:38.460 --> 00:56:39.339
 maybe

00:56:39.339 --> 00:56:40.079
 supposes

00:56:40.079 --> 00:56:40.939
 to be

00:56:40.939 --> 00:56:42.019
 the

00:56:42.019 --> 00:56:42.819
 gardener.

00:56:43.899 --> 00:56:44.679
 He's in

00:56:44.679 --> 00:56:45.359
 a resurrection

00:56:45.359 --> 00:56:46.019
 body

00:56:46.019 --> 00:56:48.219
 but his

00:56:48.219 --> 00:56:48.759
 people are

00:56:48.759 --> 00:56:49.599
 still weeping

00:56:49.599 --> 00:56:51.899
 he wants

00:56:51.899 --> 00:56:52.239
 them

00:56:52.239 --> 00:56:53.719
 to have

00:56:53.719 --> 00:56:54.460
 joy

00:56:54.460 --> 00:56:56.439
 and hope.

00:56:57.199 --> 00:56:58.579
 the time

00:56:58.579 --> 00:56:59.739
 for tears

00:56:59.739 --> 00:57:02.339
 is passing.

00:57:03.839 --> 00:57:04.480
 They are

00:57:04.480 --> 00:57:05.539
 confused

00:57:05.539 --> 00:57:07.319
 and he

00:57:07.319 --> 00:57:07.819
 wants to

00:57:07.819 --> 00:57:08.500
 instruct

00:57:08.500 --> 00:57:09.019
 them

00:57:09.019 --> 00:57:10.619
 so that

00:57:10.619 --> 00:57:10.819
 their

00:57:10.819 --> 00:57:11.799
 confusion

00:57:11.799 --> 00:57:12.759
 will be

00:57:12.759 --> 00:57:13.239
 replaced

00:57:13.239 --> 00:57:13.539
 with

00:57:13.539 --> 00:57:14.339
 comfort

00:57:14.339 --> 00:57:15.039
 joy

00:57:15.039 --> 00:57:15.419
 and

00:57:15.419 --> 00:57:16.179
 confidence

00:57:16.179 --> 00:57:17.299
 to go

00:57:17.299 --> 00:57:17.799
 to the

00:57:17.799 --> 00:57:18.399
 ends of

00:57:18.399 --> 00:57:18.899
 the earth

00:57:18.899 --> 00:57:19.399
 with the

00:57:19.399 --> 00:57:20.019
 gospel.

00:57:21.619 --> 00:57:21.899
 When

00:57:21.899 --> 00:57:22.480
 Mary wants

00:57:22.480 --> 00:57:22.879
 to hold

00:57:22.879 --> 00:57:23.339
 on to

00:57:23.339 --> 00:57:23.779
 Jesus

00:57:23.779 --> 00:57:24.799
 physically

00:57:24.800 --> 00:57:26.820
 he says

00:57:26.820 --> 00:57:27.340
 to her

00:57:27.340 --> 00:57:28.940
 in words

00:57:28.940 --> 00:57:29.460
 that are

00:57:29.460 --> 00:57:30.380
 a little

00:57:30.380 --> 00:57:31.100
 puzzling

00:57:31.100 --> 00:57:31.800
 you can't

00:57:31.800 --> 00:57:32.260
 hang on

00:57:32.260 --> 00:57:32.580
 to me

00:57:32.580 --> 00:57:33.200
 just now

00:57:33.200 --> 00:57:34.960
 I have

00:57:34.960 --> 00:57:35.560
 to ascend

00:57:35.560 --> 00:57:36.220
 to my

00:57:36.220 --> 00:57:36.660
 father

00:57:36.660 --> 00:57:37.000
 and to

00:57:37.000 --> 00:57:37.240
 your

00:57:37.240 --> 00:57:37.800
 father

00:57:37.800 --> 00:57:39.920
 because

00:57:39.920 --> 00:57:40.400
 Jesus

00:57:40.400 --> 00:57:40.740
 the

00:57:40.740 --> 00:57:41.380
 gardener

00:57:41.380 --> 00:57:41.640
 of the

00:57:41.640 --> 00:57:42.160
 resurrection

00:57:42.160 --> 00:57:42.940
 is going

00:57:42.940 --> 00:57:43.720
 to tend

00:57:43.720 --> 00:57:44.360
 his

00:57:44.360 --> 00:57:45.000
 church

00:57:45.000 --> 00:57:45.539
 his

00:57:45.539 --> 00:57:46.380
 vine

00:57:46.380 --> 00:57:46.780
 his

00:57:46.780 --> 00:57:47.480
 branches

00:57:47.480 --> 00:57:49.420
 from

00:57:49.420 --> 00:57:49.900
 the

00:57:49.900 --> 00:57:50.620
 father's

00:57:50.620 --> 00:57:51.420
 right

00:57:51.420 --> 00:57:52.060
 hand

00:57:52.059 --> 00:57:53.619
 in glory

00:57:53.619 --> 00:57:56.099
 I am

00:57:56.099 --> 00:57:56.860
 the vine

00:57:56.860 --> 00:57:57.380
 you are

00:57:57.380 --> 00:57:57.539
 the

00:57:57.539 --> 00:57:58.059
 branches

00:57:58.059 --> 00:57:59.940
 my

00:57:59.940 --> 00:58:00.599
 father

00:58:00.599 --> 00:58:01.119
 is the

00:58:01.119 --> 00:58:02.500
 gardener

00:58:02.500 --> 00:58:03.320
 Jesus

00:58:03.320 --> 00:58:04.199
 is a

00:58:04.199 --> 00:58:04.940
 gardener

00:58:04.940 --> 00:58:05.920
 but so

00:58:05.920 --> 00:58:06.320
 is the

00:58:06.320 --> 00:58:06.840
 father

00:58:06.840 --> 00:58:07.980
 and the

00:58:07.980 --> 00:58:08.400
 father

00:58:08.400 --> 00:58:08.920
 wants

00:58:08.920 --> 00:58:09.420
 Jesus

00:58:09.420 --> 00:58:10.079
 at his

00:58:10.079 --> 00:58:10.699
 side

00:58:10.699 --> 00:58:11.759
 and the

00:58:11.759 --> 00:58:12.279
 spirit

00:58:12.279 --> 00:58:13.259
 representing

00:58:13.259 --> 00:58:14.039
 God

00:58:14.039 --> 00:58:14.579
 here on

00:58:14.579 --> 00:58:14.980
 the earth

00:58:14.980 --> 00:58:15.920
 tending

00:58:15.920 --> 00:58:17.019
 the vine

00:58:17.019 --> 00:58:17.460
 that is

00:58:17.460 --> 00:58:18.099
 growing and

00:58:18.099 --> 00:58:18.539
 spreading

00:58:18.539 --> 00:58:19.299
 which is

00:58:19.299 --> 00:58:19.980
 the life

00:58:19.980 --> 00:58:20.460
 giving

00:58:20.460 --> 00:58:21.179
 church

00:58:21.179 --> 00:58:22.199
 the fruit

00:58:22.199 --> 00:58:22.679
 bearing

00:58:22.679 --> 00:58:23.559
 church

00:58:23.559 --> 00:58:24.279
 are you

00:58:24.279 --> 00:58:24.799
 part of

00:58:24.799 --> 00:58:25.099
 it

00:58:25.099 --> 00:58:26.619
 and do

00:58:26.619 --> 00:58:27.079
 you want

00:58:27.079 --> 00:58:27.399
 to be

00:58:27.399 --> 00:58:27.980
 part of

00:58:27.980 --> 00:58:28.299
 it

00:58:28.299 --> 00:58:30.299
 there is

00:58:30.299 --> 00:58:30.759
 one other

00:58:30.759 --> 00:58:31.319
 place in

00:58:31.319 --> 00:58:31.879
 the bible

00:58:31.879 --> 00:58:33.299
 where you

00:58:33.299 --> 00:58:33.799
 find a

00:58:33.799 --> 00:58:34.539
 gardener

00:58:34.539 --> 00:58:34.759
 and a

00:58:34.759 --> 00:58:35.519
 gardener

00:58:35.519 --> 00:58:37.219
 and that

00:58:37.219 --> 00:58:37.759
 is surely

00:58:37.759 --> 00:58:38.299
 in the last

00:58:38.299 --> 00:58:39.039
 two chapters

00:58:39.039 --> 00:58:39.879
 of the bible

00:58:39.879 --> 00:58:40.639
 where the

00:58:40.639 --> 00:58:41.379
 imagery and

00:58:41.379 --> 00:58:42.099
 the language

00:58:42.099 --> 00:58:42.799
 echoes

00:58:42.799 --> 00:58:43.539
 the story

00:58:43.539 --> 00:58:44.119
 of eden

00:58:44.119 --> 00:58:44.919
 and creation

00:58:44.919 --> 00:58:46.279
 and there

00:58:46.279 --> 00:58:46.599
 is no

00:58:46.599 --> 00:58:47.339
 more death

00:58:47.339 --> 00:58:48.639
 and satan

00:58:48.639 --> 00:58:49.319
 is defeated

00:58:49.319 --> 00:58:49.960
 and he is

00:58:49.960 --> 00:58:50.619
 no more

00:58:50.619 --> 00:58:51.940
 and where

00:58:51.940 --> 00:58:52.519
 there is

00:58:52.519 --> 00:58:53.000
 no more

00:58:53.000 --> 00:58:53.539
 sighing

00:58:53.539 --> 00:58:54.199
 and sorrow

00:58:54.199 --> 00:58:55.019
 where there

00:58:55.019 --> 00:58:55.460
 is a

00:58:55.460 --> 00:58:56.219
 garden

00:58:56.219 --> 00:58:57.059
 city

00:58:57.059 --> 00:58:58.019
 with a

00:58:58.019 --> 00:58:58.440
 tree of

00:58:58.440 --> 00:58:58.799
 life

00:58:58.799 --> 00:58:59.460
 growing in

00:58:59.460 --> 00:58:59.779
 it

00:58:59.779 --> 00:59:00.619
 and with

00:59:00.619 --> 00:59:01.279
 all manner

00:59:01.279 --> 00:59:02.099
 of trees

00:59:02.099 --> 00:59:02.779
 with fruit

00:59:02.779 --> 00:59:03.159
 for the

00:59:03.159 --> 00:59:03.420
 healing

00:59:03.420 --> 00:59:03.759
 of the

00:59:03.759 --> 00:59:04.299
 nations

00:59:04.299 --> 00:59:06.259
 with the

00:59:06.259 --> 00:59:06.819
 precious

00:59:06.819 --> 00:59:07.460
 things

00:59:07.460 --> 00:59:07.920
 that were

00:59:07.920 --> 00:59:08.539
 in eden

00:59:08.539 --> 00:59:10.000
 the precious

00:59:10.000 --> 00:59:10.579
 metals

00:59:10.579 --> 00:59:11.380
 and precious

00:59:11.380 --> 00:59:12.039
 stones

00:59:12.039 --> 00:59:13.159
 and the

00:59:13.159 --> 00:59:13.579
 precious

00:59:13.579 --> 00:59:14.279
 people

00:59:14.279 --> 00:59:15.059
 of God

00:59:15.059 --> 00:59:16.139
 not needing

00:59:16.139 --> 00:59:16.859
 a temple

00:59:16.859 --> 00:59:18.059
 because the

00:59:18.059 --> 00:59:18.859
 Lord God

00:59:18.860 --> 00:59:19.380
 and the

00:59:19.380 --> 00:59:19.900
 Lamb are

00:59:19.900 --> 00:59:20.480
 there

00:59:20.480 --> 00:59:21.780
 they are

00:59:21.780 --> 00:59:24.220
 the gardener

00:59:24.220 --> 00:59:25.460
 in the

00:59:25.460 --> 00:59:26.740
 garden city

00:59:26.740 --> 00:59:28.620
 New Jerusalem

00:59:28.620 --> 00:59:31.440
 banqueting

00:59:31.440 --> 00:59:32.980
 feasting

00:59:32.980 --> 00:59:34.140
 in the

00:59:34.140 --> 00:59:34.720
 presence

00:59:34.720 --> 00:59:36.180
 of God

00:59:36.180 --> 00:59:36.980
 serving

00:59:36.980 --> 00:59:38.260
 achieving

00:59:38.260 --> 00:59:39.599
 working

00:59:39.599 --> 00:59:40.900
 in the

00:59:40.900 --> 00:59:41.320
 presence

00:59:41.320 --> 00:59:42.260
 of God

00:59:42.260 --> 00:59:42.500
 God

00:59:42.500 --> 00:59:45.240
 who did

00:59:45.240 --> 00:59:46.280
 Mary see

00:59:46.280 --> 00:59:49.440
 she saw

00:59:49.440 --> 00:59:50.160
 her Lord

00:59:50.160 --> 00:59:52.360
 her

00:59:52.360 --> 00:59:53.480
 gardener

00:59:53.480 --> 00:59:55.540
 her hope

00:59:55.540 --> 00:59:58.080
 for you

00:59:58.080 --> 00:59:58.680
 and for

00:59:58.680 --> 00:59:59.040
 me

00:59:59.040 --> 01:00:00.660
 we have

01:00:00.660 --> 01:00:01.380
 not a

01:00:01.380 --> 01:00:01.640
 dead

01:00:01.640 --> 01:00:02.360
 saviour

01:00:02.360 --> 01:00:03.200
 not a

01:00:03.200 --> 01:00:03.540
 dead

01:00:03.540 --> 01:00:04.080
 memory

01:00:04.080 --> 01:00:05.960
 but a

01:00:05.960 --> 01:00:06.880
 gardener

01:00:06.880 --> 01:00:08.360
 who has

01:00:08.360 --> 01:00:09.160
 been dead

01:00:09.160 --> 01:00:10.320
 but who

01:00:10.320 --> 01:00:11.079
 now tends

01:00:11.079 --> 01:00:12.119
 his church

01:00:12.119 --> 01:00:13.760
 and wishes

01:00:13.760 --> 01:00:14.400
 it to be

01:00:14.400 --> 01:00:14.900
 fruitful

01:00:14.900 --> 01:00:15.599
 in John

01:00:15.599 --> 01:00:16.599
 12 24

01:00:16.599 --> 01:00:17.180
 Jesus

01:00:17.180 --> 01:00:17.700
 says

01:00:17.700 --> 01:00:18.700
 truly truly

01:00:18.700 --> 01:00:19.180
 I say

01:00:19.180 --> 01:00:19.539
 to you

01:00:19.539 --> 01:00:20.000
 unless a

01:00:20.000 --> 01:00:20.360
 grain of

01:00:20.360 --> 01:00:20.559
 wheat

01:00:20.559 --> 01:00:21.140
 falls into

01:00:21.140 --> 01:00:21.539
 the earth

01:00:21.539 --> 01:00:22.140
 and dies

01:00:22.140 --> 01:00:23.059
 it remains

01:00:23.059 --> 01:00:23.660
 alone

01:00:23.660 --> 01:00:25.019
 he's talking

01:00:25.019 --> 01:00:25.700
 about himself

01:00:25.700 --> 01:00:26.039
 on his

01:00:26.039 --> 01:00:26.440
 cross

01:00:26.440 --> 01:00:27.840
 but if it

01:00:27.840 --> 01:00:28.579
 dies

01:00:28.579 --> 01:00:30.800
 it bears

01:00:30.800 --> 01:00:31.960
 much

01:00:31.960 --> 01:00:33.140
 fruit

01:00:33.140 --> 01:00:36.000
 well I'm

01:00:36.000 --> 01:00:36.599
 finished

01:00:36.599 --> 01:00:37.460
 and our

01:00:37.460 --> 01:00:37.860
 communion

01:00:37.860 --> 01:00:38.400
 again

01:00:38.400 --> 01:00:39.199
 is finished

01:00:39.199 --> 01:00:41.099
 one

01:00:41.099 --> 01:00:41.679
 question

01:00:41.679 --> 01:00:45.099
 do you

01:00:45.099 --> 01:00:45.820
 have

01:00:45.820 --> 01:00:46.880
 hope

01:00:46.880 --> 01:00:50.940
 do you

01:00:50.940 --> 01:00:51.559
 have hope

01:00:51.559 --> 01:00:51.860
 in your

01:00:51.860 --> 01:00:52.280
 life

01:00:52.280 --> 01:00:55.739
 is the

01:00:55.739 --> 01:00:56.320
 future

01:00:56.320 --> 01:00:57.119
 and is

01:00:57.119 --> 01:00:57.380
 your

01:00:57.380 --> 01:00:58.300
 eternity

01:00:58.300 --> 01:01:00.119
 good

01:01:00.119 --> 01:01:04.219
 I'm a

01:01:04.219 --> 01:01:04.679
 chaplain

01:01:04.679 --> 01:01:05.059
 in a

01:01:05.059 --> 01:01:05.579
 high school

01:01:05.579 --> 01:01:06.340
 in Inverness

01:01:06.340 --> 01:01:07.380
 and we

01:01:07.380 --> 01:01:07.799
 don't get

01:01:07.799 --> 01:01:08.079
 many

01:01:08.079 --> 01:01:08.799
 opportunities

01:01:08.799 --> 01:01:09.920
 to share

01:01:09.920 --> 01:01:10.559
 very much

01:01:10.559 --> 01:01:11.119
 of God's

01:01:11.119 --> 01:01:11.400
 truth

01:01:11.400 --> 01:01:11.699
 there

01:01:11.699 --> 01:01:12.219
 it's quite

01:01:12.219 --> 01:01:12.679
 limited

01:01:12.679 --> 01:01:14.779
 but some

01:01:14.779 --> 01:01:15.019
 of the

01:01:15.019 --> 01:01:15.480
 chaplains

01:01:15.480 --> 01:01:15.980
 go in

01:01:15.980 --> 01:01:16.639
 every week

01:01:16.639 --> 01:01:17.000
 on a

01:01:17.000 --> 01:01:17.519
 Thursday

01:01:17.519 --> 01:01:18.960
 at the

01:01:18.960 --> 01:01:19.579
 lunch hour

01:01:19.579 --> 01:01:20.440
 and put

01:01:20.440 --> 01:01:20.759
 on a

01:01:20.759 --> 01:01:21.340
 hot chocolate

01:01:21.340 --> 01:01:21.759
 club

01:01:21.759 --> 01:01:22.819
 and at

01:01:22.819 --> 01:01:23.159
 least we

01:01:23.159 --> 01:01:23.799
 can chat

01:01:23.799 --> 01:01:24.179
 and if

01:01:24.179 --> 01:01:24.639
 people are

01:01:24.639 --> 01:01:25.039
 there and

01:01:25.039 --> 01:01:25.239
 if they

01:01:25.239 --> 01:01:25.599
 want to

01:01:25.599 --> 01:01:26.000
 talk

01:01:26.000 --> 01:01:27.579
 then we

01:01:27.579 --> 01:01:28.079
 can talk

01:01:28.079 --> 01:01:29.539
 and on

01:01:29.539 --> 01:01:30.039
 Thursday

01:01:30.039 --> 01:01:31.739
 just passed

01:01:31.739 --> 01:01:32.840
 a couple

01:01:32.840 --> 01:01:33.179
 of days

01:01:33.179 --> 01:01:33.559
 ago

01:01:33.559 --> 01:01:34.940
 three of

01:01:34.940 --> 01:01:35.259
 us

01:01:35.259 --> 01:01:35.880
 three of

01:01:35.880 --> 01:01:35.980
 the

01:01:35.980 --> 01:01:36.519
 chaplains

01:01:36.519 --> 01:01:37.000
 were in

01:01:37.000 --> 01:01:38.179
 lots of

01:01:38.179 --> 01:01:38.820
 hot chocolate

01:01:38.820 --> 01:01:39.699
 was consumed

01:01:39.699 --> 01:01:42.460
 and everyone

01:01:42.460 --> 01:01:43.480
 was invited

01:01:43.480 --> 01:01:44.239
 to answer

01:01:44.239 --> 01:01:45.039
 a question

01:01:45.039 --> 01:01:47.480
 where do you

01:01:47.480 --> 01:01:48.639
 find hope

01:01:48.639 --> 01:01:53.359
 one person

01:01:53.359 --> 01:01:55.179
 said in

01:01:55.179 --> 01:01:55.719
 music

01:01:55.719 --> 01:01:57.900
 I quite

01:01:57.900 --> 01:01:58.460
 like that

01:01:58.460 --> 01:01:58.940
 answer

01:01:58.940 --> 01:02:01.139
 if you

01:02:01.139 --> 01:02:01.599
 listen to

01:02:01.599 --> 01:02:02.279
 good music

01:02:02.279 --> 01:02:02.799
 maybe it

01:02:02.799 --> 01:02:03.219
 will give

01:02:03.219 --> 01:02:03.759
 you hope

01:02:03.759 --> 01:02:06.319
 a few

01:02:06.319 --> 01:02:07.000
 people said

01:02:07.000 --> 01:02:07.339
 in my

01:02:07.339 --> 01:02:07.920
 family

01:02:07.920 --> 01:02:09.619
 and my

01:02:09.619 --> 01:02:10.119
 friends

01:02:10.119 --> 01:02:10.559
 they give

01:02:10.559 --> 01:02:11.059
 me hope

01:02:11.059 --> 01:02:14.259
 one

01:02:14.259 --> 01:02:14.699
 honest

01:02:14.699 --> 01:02:15.279
 person

01:02:15.280 --> 01:02:18.019
 said

01:02:18.019 --> 01:02:18.660
 what most

01:02:18.660 --> 01:02:19.240
 people in

01:02:19.240 --> 01:02:19.440
 this

01:02:19.440 --> 01:02:19.980
 generation

01:02:19.980 --> 01:02:20.560
 seem to

01:02:20.560 --> 01:02:20.980
 believe

01:02:20.980 --> 01:02:21.620
 I find

01:02:21.620 --> 01:02:22.000
 hope

01:02:22.000 --> 01:02:24.040
 in

01:02:24.040 --> 01:02:24.900
 myself

01:02:24.900 --> 01:02:28.500
 but it's

01:02:28.500 --> 01:02:28.940
 a bad

01:02:28.940 --> 01:02:29.420
 answer

01:02:29.420 --> 01:02:32.900
 because I

01:02:32.900 --> 01:02:34.080
 will let

01:02:34.080 --> 01:02:34.740
 you down

01:02:34.740 --> 01:02:35.820
 and I

01:02:35.820 --> 01:02:36.320
 will let

01:02:36.320 --> 01:02:36.820
 myself

01:02:36.820 --> 01:02:37.280
 down

01:02:37.280 --> 01:02:38.160
 and you

01:02:38.160 --> 01:02:38.680
 will let

01:02:38.680 --> 01:02:39.220
 yourself

01:02:39.220 --> 01:02:39.660
 down

01:02:39.660 --> 01:02:41.560
 and this

01:02:41.560 --> 01:02:42.240
 generation

01:02:42.240 --> 01:02:42.860
 that tells

01:02:42.860 --> 01:02:43.460
 us to look

01:02:43.460 --> 01:02:44.240
 within for

01:02:44.240 --> 01:02:44.760
 our hope

01:02:44.760 --> 01:02:45.080
 and our

01:02:45.080 --> 01:02:45.480
 answers

01:02:45.480 --> 01:02:46.580
 is telling

01:02:46.580 --> 01:02:46.940
 us a

01:02:46.940 --> 01:02:47.280
 lie

01:02:47.280 --> 01:02:53.060
 do you

01:02:53.060 --> 01:02:53.340
 know what

01:02:53.340 --> 01:02:53.680
 the most

01:02:53.680 --> 01:02:54.260
 popular

01:02:54.260 --> 01:02:55.160
 answer was

01:02:55.160 --> 01:02:55.680
 among the

01:02:55.680 --> 01:02:56.320
 pupils of

01:02:56.320 --> 01:02:56.720
 Milburn

01:02:56.720 --> 01:02:57.200
 Academy

01:02:57.200 --> 01:02:57.860
 who came

01:02:57.860 --> 01:02:59.240
 on Thursday

01:02:59.240 --> 01:03:00.980
 where they

01:03:00.980 --> 01:03:01.740
 find hope

01:03:01.740 --> 01:03:04.780
 in a

01:03:04.780 --> 01:03:05.280
 pet

01:03:05.280 --> 01:03:07.640
 in a

01:03:07.640 --> 01:03:08.060
 dog

01:03:08.060 --> 01:03:11.940
 I've

01:03:11.940 --> 01:03:12.060
 got

01:03:12.060 --> 01:03:12.420
 nothing

01:03:12.420 --> 01:03:12.860
 against

01:03:12.860 --> 01:03:13.440
 pets

01:03:13.440 --> 01:03:15.320
 nothing

01:03:15.320 --> 01:03:15.880
 against

01:03:15.880 --> 01:03:16.500
 dogs

01:03:16.500 --> 01:03:18.220
 but if

01:03:18.220 --> 01:03:18.900
 that's the

01:03:18.900 --> 01:03:19.420
 source of

01:03:19.420 --> 01:03:19.960
 hope and

01:03:19.960 --> 01:03:20.440
 comfort

01:03:20.440 --> 01:03:22.740
 it will

01:03:22.740 --> 01:03:23.900
 die

01:03:23.900 --> 01:03:25.880
 the

01:03:25.880 --> 01:03:26.900
 gardener

01:03:26.900 --> 01:03:29.039
 will never

01:03:29.039 --> 01:03:29.519
 die

01:03:29.519 --> 01:03:32.559
 do you

01:03:32.559 --> 01:03:33.360
 have hope

01:03:33.360 --> 01:03:34.099
 because you

01:03:34.099 --> 01:03:34.840
 know the

01:03:34.840 --> 01:03:35.400
 voice of

01:03:35.400 --> 01:03:35.880
 Jesus

01:03:35.880 --> 01:03:36.780
 and you

01:03:36.780 --> 01:03:37.639
 follow his

01:03:37.639 --> 01:03:38.200
 voice

01:03:38.199 --> 01:03:40.639
 that's

01:03:40.639 --> 01:03:40.659
 that's

01:03:40.659 --> 01:03:42.039
 the source

01:03:42.039 --> 01:03:43.639
 of hope

01:03:43.639 --> 01:03:45.659
 that even

01:03:45.659 --> 01:03:46.799
 overcomes

01:03:46.799 --> 01:03:47.579
 death

01:03:47.579 --> 01:03:49.939
 in my

01:03:49.939 --> 01:03:50.639
 father's

01:03:50.639 --> 01:03:51.039
 house

01:03:51.039 --> 01:03:51.919
 are many

01:03:51.919 --> 01:03:52.699
 mansions

01:03:52.699 --> 01:03:54.139
 if it

01:03:54.139 --> 01:03:54.699
 were not

01:03:54.699 --> 01:03:55.179
 so

01:03:55.179 --> 01:03:56.919
 would I

01:03:56.919 --> 01:03:57.319
 not have

01:03:57.319 --> 01:03:58.039
 told you

01:03:58.039 --> 01:03:59.779
 I go

01:03:59.779 --> 01:04:01.439
 to prepare

01:04:01.439 --> 01:04:02.219
 a place

01:04:02.219 --> 01:04:03.239
 for you

01:04:03.239 --> 01:04:04.679
 and if

01:04:04.679 --> 01:04:05.239
 I go

01:04:05.239 --> 01:04:05.839
 I will

01:04:05.839 --> 01:04:06.379
 come

01:04:06.379 --> 01:04:07.339
 again

01:04:07.339 --> 01:04:08.859
 that you

01:04:08.859 --> 01:04:09.339
 may be

01:04:09.339 --> 01:04:09.919
 there

01:04:09.919 --> 01:04:11.599
 with me

01:04:11.599 --> 01:04:13.000
 Lord

01:04:13.000 --> 01:04:13.500
 Jesus

01:04:13.500 --> 01:04:14.519
 you are

01:04:14.519 --> 01:04:15.759
 the one

01:04:15.759 --> 01:04:16.199
 who went

01:04:16.199 --> 01:04:16.539
 to the

01:04:16.539 --> 01:04:16.919
 garden

01:04:16.919 --> 01:04:17.639
 tomb for

01:04:17.639 --> 01:04:17.919
 us

01:04:17.919 --> 01:04:18.479
 and stood

01:04:18.479 --> 01:04:18.819
 in the

01:04:18.819 --> 01:04:19.279
 garden

01:04:19.279 --> 01:04:19.899
 as the

01:04:19.899 --> 01:04:20.619
 resurrection

01:04:20.619 --> 01:04:22.739
 tend

01:04:22.739 --> 01:04:23.759
 our souls

01:04:23.759 --> 01:04:24.759
 and make

01:04:24.759 --> 01:04:25.500
 us fruitful

01:04:25.500 --> 01:04:26.019
 and give

01:04:26.019 --> 01:04:26.739
 us faith

01:04:26.739 --> 01:04:28.199
 give us

01:04:28.199 --> 01:04:28.839
 joy

01:04:28.840 --> 01:04:30.640
 love

01:04:30.640 --> 01:04:32.260
 give us

01:04:32.260 --> 01:04:33.039
 salvation

01:04:33.039 --> 01:04:34.720
 give us

01:04:34.720 --> 01:04:35.220
 hope

01:04:35.220 --> 01:04:36.780
 for we

01:04:36.780 --> 01:04:37.460
 ask it

01:04:37.460 --> 01:04:38.559
 in your

01:04:38.559 --> 01:04:38.940
 name

01:04:38.940 --> 01:04:40.160
 amen

01:04:40.160 --> 01:04:41.960
 we're going

01:04:41.960 --> 01:04:42.660
 to conclude

01:04:42.660 --> 01:04:43.340
 with words

01:04:43.340 --> 01:04:44.079
 from a

01:04:44.079 --> 01:04:44.579
 resurrection

01:04:44.579 --> 01:04:45.280
 psalm

01:04:45.280 --> 01:04:46.100
 psalm 16

01:04:46.100 --> 01:04:47.320
 in sing

01:04:47.320 --> 01:04:47.860
 psalm

01:04:47.860 --> 01:04:48.860
 psalm 16

01:04:48.860 --> 01:04:49.960
 in sing

01:04:49.960 --> 01:04:50.480
 psalm

01:04:50.480 --> 01:04:50.860
 psalm

01:04:50.860 --> 01:04:50.940
 psalm

01:04:50.940 --> 01:04:51.360
 psalm

01:04:51.360 --> 01:04:51.860
 17

01:04:51.860 --> 01:04:53.079
 of the

01:04:53.079 --> 01:04:53.360
 book

01:04:53.360 --> 01:04:53.800
 the verses

01:04:53.800 --> 01:04:54.579
 7 to

01:04:54.579 --> 01:04:55.079
 11

01:04:55.079 --> 01:04:56.160
 of sing

01:04:56.160 --> 01:04:56.700
 psalm

01:04:56.700 --> 01:04:57.440
 16

01:04:57.440 --> 01:04:58.360
 to Selma

01:04:58.360 --> 01:04:59.539
 the land

01:04:59.539 --> 01:05:00.140
 allotted

01:05:00.140 --> 01:05:00.559
 me

01:05:00.559 --> 01:05:01.720
 is in

01:05:01.720 --> 01:05:02.480
 a pleasant

01:05:02.480 --> 01:05:03.180
 sight

01:05:03.180 --> 01:05:04.039
 and surely

01:05:04.039 --> 01:05:05.039
 my inheritance

01:05:05.039 --> 01:05:06.420
 to me

01:05:06.420 --> 01:05:07.900
 is a delight

01:05:07.900 --> 01:05:08.720
 we'll stand

01:05:08.720 --> 01:05:09.320
 and sing

01:05:09.320 --> 01:05:10.559
 I hope you can

01:05:10.559 --> 01:05:11.240
 stay for the

01:05:11.240 --> 01:05:11.720
 fellowship

01:05:11.720 --> 01:05:12.860
 and may the

01:05:12.860 --> 01:05:13.820
 Lord bless you

01:05:13.820 --> 01:05:14.960
 in the days

01:05:14.960 --> 01:05:15.559
 to come

01:05:15.559 --> 01:05:23.680
 I praise

01:05:23.680 --> 01:05:25.200
 the Lord

01:05:25.200 --> 01:05:27.519
 my God

01:05:27.519 --> 01:05:29.079
 whose

01:05:29.079 --> 01:05:29.099
 whose

01:05:29.099 --> 01:05:30.340
 counsel

01:05:30.340 --> 01:05:32.039
 guides

01:05:32.039 --> 01:05:32.820
 my

01:05:32.820 --> 01:05:34.599
 choice

01:05:34.599 --> 01:05:36.179
 and

01:05:36.179 --> 01:05:37.219
 me

01:05:37.219 --> 01:05:38.059
 live

01:05:38.059 --> 01:05:39.900
 in the

01:05:39.900 --> 01:05:40.880
 night

01:05:40.880 --> 01:05:41.780
 my

01:05:41.780 --> 01:05:42.739
 heart

01:05:42.739 --> 01:05:44.119
 because

01:05:44.119 --> 01:06:00.599
 my

01:06:00.599 --> 01:06:00.819
 world

01:06:00.820 --> 01:06:18.820
 The Lord alone, because He is at my right hand, and not He overthrew.

01:06:18.820 --> 01:06:34.820
 Therefore my heart is glad, my tongue with joy will sing,

01:06:34.820 --> 01:06:50.820
 my body to the rest of the earth in hope and way of being.

01:06:50.820 --> 01:07:04.820
 For you will not allow my soul in depth to stay,

01:07:04.820 --> 01:07:20.820
 nor will He be, dear Holy One, to see that tomb's decay.

01:07:20.820 --> 01:07:35.820
 It hath been known to me the path of my divine.

01:07:35.820 --> 01:07:57.000
 Let us pray.

01:07:57.780 --> 01:08:00.840
 Remember us with tender love.

01:08:00.840 --> 01:08:03.840
 Bless those gathering for the fellowship later,

01:08:03.840 --> 01:08:08.440
 and bless the good things, the food, and so on,

01:08:08.519 --> 01:08:12.039
 that we share in there and our fellowship in Jesus Christ.

01:08:12.539 --> 01:08:16.699
 And we commit and commend one another to God's grace and keeping

01:08:16.699 --> 01:08:19.880
 for this day and for all of our days.

01:08:20.380 --> 01:08:24.319
 May the grace of God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

01:08:24.319 --> 01:08:29.560
 be with us and with all whom we love evermore.

01:08:30.180 --> 01:08:30.699
 Amen.

01:08:33.840 --> 01:08:35.060
 Amen.

01:08:35.119 --> 01:08:35.800
 Do I get out of here?

01:08:35.800 --> 01:08:36.380
 Yes, thank you.

01:08:36.880 --> 01:08:38.279
 Thank you.

01:08:38.500 --> 01:08:38.539
 Thank you so much.

01:08:38.539 --> 01:08:40.480
 Thank you.

01:08:42.980 --> 01:08:43.779
 Amen.

01:08:46.760 --> 01:08:48.980
 Thank you.

01:08:49.159 --> 01:08:54.460
 Thank you.

01:08:54.900 --> 01:08:55.460
 Thank you.

01:08:55.840 --> 01:08:58.440
 Thank you.

01:08:58.640 --> 01:08:59.480
 Thank you.

01:08:59.479 --> 01:09:29.459
 Thank you.