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 Open your Bibles, if you would, to Luke chapter 24.

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 Luke chapter 24.

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 If you're using the Pew Bible, it's on page 884.

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! Luke chapter 24.

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 We're in our home stretch, really,

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 this final chapter of the Gospel of Luke.

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 We've been working through Luke for the last four years,

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 off and on.

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 And we come now at last to this final chapter,

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 which is perhaps the most exciting

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 and the most important chapter in the Gospel of Luke

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 is the culmination of Christ's ministry

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 and this resurrection that we'll look at this morning

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 comes to meet us and remind us of who Jesus really is.

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 If you joined us just a couple of days ago on Good Friday,

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 we had a chance just to share with you

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 some of the reasons why the cross had power.

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 What was it about the cross that was necessary

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 and what did the cross accomplish for us?

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 And maybe those of you who've been part of the church

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 for a long time, you've heard this message,

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 you've heard this text preached,

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 maybe for decades, time and time and time again.

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 But it's been my prayer this morning

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 that we would come to this text

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 and be reminded in a fresh way of the wonder

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 and the essential nature of the resurrection.

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 Why does the resurrection matter?

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 Does the resurrection matter?

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 Was it really important?

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 If the cross accomplished all that it accomplished,

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 was the resurrection necessary?

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 Of course, the resurrection was necessary.

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 And because the resurrection is necessary

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 and kind of lays that final foundation

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 of true hope in God,

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 it has been that truth,

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 that doctrine that has been assaulted

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 going all the way back to the beginning.

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 From the very first century,

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 you remember in this final week

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 of Jesus' public ministry there in Jerusalem,

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 Jesus is actually confronted there

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 by a group of Sadducees who,

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 if you remember,

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 they didn't believe in the resurrection.

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 And of course, as the church got started,

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 the doctrine and the truth of the resurrection

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 had been assaulted and had been put down

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 from the very beginning.

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 The apostle Paul deals with this

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 even in this message to the Jews and the Gentiles.

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 In 1 Corinthians 1, verse 23,

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 he draws attention to it.

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 He says,

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 To the Jews, this gospel was a stumbling block

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 into the Greeks' foolishness.

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 This crucified Savior that was resurrected from the grave

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 was a stumbling block for Jews

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 and was absolute insanity for the Gentiles.

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 Later, in his letter,

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 Paul's letter to the church of Corinth,

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 he spends an entire chapter,

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 chapter 15,

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 trying to help the church

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 understand the significance of the resurrection.

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 Did it matter?

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 We'll come back to this chapter a couple of times

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 throughout our time this morning,

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 but in verses 12 and 13 of 1 Corinthians 15,

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 he says this,

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 Now, if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead,

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 how can some of you say

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 there is no resurrection of the dead?

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 But if there is no resurrection of the dead,

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 then not even Christ has been raised.

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 Then Paul's address to the unbelievers in Athens,

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 in Acts chapter 17, verses 31 and 32,

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 we find the apostle Paul in the Areopagus.

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 This is a gathering place of the elite thinkers,

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 the philosophers of that day,

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 and the apostle Paul is proclaiming the gospel,

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 and he says in verses 31 and 32,

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 he says,

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 He has fixed a day

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 on which he will judge the world in righteousness

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 by a man whom he has appointed,

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 and of this he has given assurance

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 to all by raising him from the dead.

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 Now, when they heard of the resurrection of the dead,

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 some mocked, but others said,

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 We will hear you again about this.

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 The essential nature of the resurrection

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 built into the gospel,

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 and even though it was a stumbling block for the Gentiles,

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 the apostle Paul knew it was necessary.

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 Of course, the church of Thessalonica,

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 the hope of the resurrection,

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 helped them endure the hardship that they would face.

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 And then to the church of Rome,

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 Paul reminded them of this doctrine

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 that was essential for salvation

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 in Romans 10, verse 9, when he says,

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 If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord

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 and believe in your heart

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 that God raised him from the dead,

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 you will be saved.

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 A belief in a confidence,

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 a knowledge, and a faith in the resurrection

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 is essential for salvation.

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 So it should be no surprise then

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 that this truth, this doctrine

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 of the resurrection of Christ

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 has been assaulted from the very beginning.

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 And the church has been confronted

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 by those various heresies

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 that have sought to bombard the church

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 and try to strip it away from this essential truth.

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 There was a heresy known as docetism

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 in the first and second century

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 that claimed that Jesus only had a physical body,

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 and so thus suffering death

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 and resurrection was only an illusion.

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 This, in the second century,

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 transitioned to the Gnostic heresy,

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 which claimed that the physical world is evil

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 and that salvation comes through secret

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 or spiritual knowledge.

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 For them, the resurrection was just symbolic.

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 It was not physical.

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 So it stripped the resurrection of any power.

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 Arianism, in the fourth century,

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 claimed that Jesus was a created being,

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 not co-eternal with God,

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 and thus, while not directly denying the resurrection,

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 it robbed the resurrection of its purpose in power.

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 From the very beginning,

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 from the first century on,

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 the church has dealt with this assault

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 to the resurrection.

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 But I want you to understand this morning,

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 the resurrection matters.

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 The resurrection matters.

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 And because of the resurrection,

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 we can have hope.

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 Paul describes this again

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 in 1 Corinthians 15, verse 17,

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 when he says,

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 If Christ has not been raised,

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 your faith is futile,

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 and you are still in your sins.

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 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ

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 have perished.

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 If in Christ we have hope,

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 in this life only,

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 we are of all people the most to be pitied.

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 Without the resurrection,

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 Paul says in this chapter,

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 1 Corinthians 15,

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 your preaching is in vain.

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 Your faith is in vain.

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 Your hope is in vain.

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 If your hope is in this life only,

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 then let's eat and drink,

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 because tomorrow we're going to die.

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 What's the point?

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 This morning I want us to understand,

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 and we will see from our passage today,

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 five reasons,

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 and there are many,

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 but this morning,

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 we're just going to look at five reasons

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 why the resurrection matters.

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 So if you're there with me,

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 Luke chapter 24,

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 I'm going to read the first 12 verses,

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 and then we'll begin our time this morning.

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 It says,

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 But on the first day of the week,

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 at early dawn,

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 they went to the tomb,

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 taking the spices they had prepared,

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 and they found the stone rolled away from the tomb.

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 But when they went in,

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 they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

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 While they were perplexed about this,

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 behold,

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 two men stood by them in dazzling apparel.

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 And as they were frightened

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 and bowed their faces to the ground,

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 the men said to them,

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 Why do you seek the living among the dead?

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 He's not here,

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 but has risen.

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 Remember how he told you,

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 while he was still in Galilee,

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 that the Son of Man must be delivered

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 into the hands of sinful men,

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 and be crucified,

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 and on the third day rise.

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 And they remembered his words.

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 And returning from the tomb,

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 they told all these things to the eleven,

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 and to all the rest.

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 That was Mary Magdalene,

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 and Joanna,

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 and Mary the mother of James,

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 and the other women with them

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 who told these things to the apostles.

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 But these words seemed to them an idle tale,

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 and they did not believe them.

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 But Peter rose and ran to the tomb.

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 Stooping and looking in,

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 he saw the linen cloths by themselves.

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 And he went home marveling

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 at what had happened.

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 The passage opens in these first three verses

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 with this group of individuals.

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 We find this personal pronoun,

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 they, that's used in four different ways

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 here in the first three verses.

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 They went to the tomb.

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 They found the stone rolled away.

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 They went in.

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 They did not find the body.

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 Well, who is the they?

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 We need to refer back

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 to the previous chapter.

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 In the last few verses,

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 give us a clue

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 who these individuals are.

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 In Luke 23, verse 55,

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 it says,

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 the women who had come with him from Galilee.

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 And in 24, verse 10,

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 we find Mary Magdalene, Joanna,

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 Mary, the mother of James,

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 and other women who were there.

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 It's the women who came from Galilee

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 who are there at the tomb.

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 And they've already prepared for this day.

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 As we find in Luke 23, verse 56,

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 it says,

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 after having seen the tomb

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 where Jesus was laid,

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 they returned and prepared spices and ointment.

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 They had seen how Joseph

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 and Nicodemus had prepared the body in haste.

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 And so they could do a proper burial,

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 they also prepared over the next day and a half

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 so they could be ready in devotion.

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 And they come at early dawn,

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 as we find here in Luke 24, 1.

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 They come to prepare the body.

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 Matthew says it was towards the dawn.

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 The Gospel of Mark says,

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 very early on the first day of the week,

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 the sun had not yet risen.

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 And John's account is,

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 while it was still dark,

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 somewhere between 3 o'clock in the morning

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 and 6 o'clock in the morning,

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 these women came in devotion to prepare the body.

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 This is their last respects.

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 They want to show honor to Jesus' body.

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 But the last time they saw Jesus,

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 there was a problem for them.

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 A problem that we find in Matthew 27,

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 verses 59 to 61.

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 It says that Joseph took the body

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 and wrapped it in clean linen,

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 shrouded and laid it in his own new tomb,

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 which he had cut out of the rock.

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 And he rolled a great stone

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 to the entrance of the tomb and went away.

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 This becomes the burning question

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 as we find in the Gospel of Mark.

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 They ask themselves,

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 who will roll away the stone from the tomb?

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 But in Luke 24, verse 2, we see,

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 and they found the stone rolled away.

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 Problem solved.

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 Jesus raised from the dead.

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 The stone was still intact.

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 How he did not need the stone to be removed

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 in order to leave the tomb,

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 but we find from Matthew's account

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 how that stone was rolled away.

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 Matthew 28, verse 2, it says,

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 And behold, there was a great earthquake,

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 for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven

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 and came and rolled back the stone

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 and sat on it.

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 Why was the stone rolled away?

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 Well, the stone was rolled away

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 to demonstrate and to prove

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 that God's truth is accessible.

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 God's truth is open.

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 God's truth is available.

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 God's truth is public.

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 It was verifiable.

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 It was open.

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 Of course, Jesus' life in ministry

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 were also accessible.

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 But in the defining moment,

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 which would validate his message

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 and his ministry,

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 in the culminating end of his life here

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 in the resurrection,

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 it was made public.

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 And the reason for it to be made public

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 was so that in this public spectacle,

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 in confirmation of all that Jesus had said,

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 Jesus and God is inviting those who would see

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 to observe and believe.

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 He's inviting those who, through faith,

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 would see the evidence of all that Jesus had spoken,

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 would look into this empty tomb,

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 would remember his words,

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 and would believe.

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 The accessibility of this truth

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 that was available to anyone

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 who lived there in the first century.

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 We know this was public

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 because these women came.

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 And they see and they observe for themselves

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 that the stone is rolled away,

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 the tomb is empty.

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 We know it was public

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 because Peter and John would come

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 towards the latter part of this passage.

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 They too would look in

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 and marvel at the empty tomb.

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 We know it was public

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 because the soldiers saw it.

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 We know this from Matthew's account.

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 In Matthew 28, verse 11,

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 it says,

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 while they were going,

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 behold, some of the guard went into the city

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 and told the chief priests

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 all that had taken place.

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 We also know that this was public

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 because the religious leaders

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 would have seen it.

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 In Matthew 28, verses 12 and 13,

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 when they had assembled with the elders

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 and had taken counsel,

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 speaking of the chief priests,

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 they gave a sufficient sum of money

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 to the soldiers and said,

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 tell the people,

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 his disciples came by night

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 and stole them away

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 while we were asleep.

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 They knew the tomb was empty,

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 not only in hearing from the soldiers,

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 but in confirming for themselves.

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 They needed to manufacture a story,

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 and this was the story they manufactured.

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 We also know this is public

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 because the people in Jerusalem

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 would have seen it.

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 In Matthew 28, 15,

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 so the soldiers took the money

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 and did as they were directed,

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 and this story has been spread

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 among the Jews to this day.

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 Those who went and observed the tomb,

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 those who heard this story

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 would have propagated the same message.

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 It was public.

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 It was open.

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 It was available.

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 We also know it was public

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 because Jesus would appear to Peter

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 and then to the 12

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 and 500 disciples at once,

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 as we find from 1 Corinthians 15.

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 It says,

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 For I delivered to you

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 as of first importance

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 what I received,

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 that Christ died for our sins

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 in accordance with the Scriptures.

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 that he was buried,

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 that he was raised on the third day

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 in accordance with the Scriptures,

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 and that he appeared to Cephas

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 and to the 12.

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 Then he appeared

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 to more than 500 brothers at one time,

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 most of whom are still alive,

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 though some have fallen asleep.

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 Then he appeared to James,

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 then to all the apostles.

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 Last of all,

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 as to one untimely born,

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 he appeared to me.

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 The resurrection proves

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 that the truth of God,

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 his resurrection especially,

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 is public.

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 It's open.

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 It's available.

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 It's accessible.

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 And it invites the observer,

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 those who would understand

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 and learn the details

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 of his resurrection,

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 it invites us to believe.

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 It invites us to have faith.

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 Second, we see in verses 4 and 5,

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 the resurrection matters

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 because it proves

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 that Christ's sacrifice

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 was acceptable.

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 His sacrifice was acceptable.

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 Notice with me in verse 4.

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 While they were perplexed,

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 speaking about the women,

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 behold, two men stood by them

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 in dazzling apparel.

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 And as they were frightened

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 and bowed their faces to the ground,

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 the men said to them,

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 why do you seek

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 the living among the dead?

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 He is not here,

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 but he has risen.

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 The women have made their way

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 to the tomb.

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 It's a small enclosure

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 that was cut out of the rock.

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 And so they make their way

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 into the tomb

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 to get a closer look.

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 And to their amazement,

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 the tomb is empty.

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 And then all of a sudden,

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 two men in dazzling robes

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 come and are standing by them.

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 This word for dazzling

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 is the word to glisten,

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 to flash, to gleam like lightning.

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 It's the same word

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 that Jesus uses of himself

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 when he speaks of the lightning

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 that's going to streak

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 across the sky

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 at the coming of the Son of Man.

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 It's going to be obvious.

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 This brilliance

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 in the wee hours

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 of the morning

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 certainly would have caught

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 these women off guard

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 and struck fear into them.

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 And as they are afraid,

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 they fall to the floor

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 in recognition

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 of the presence

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 of these heavenly messengers

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 and they bow their face

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 to the floor.

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 They know immediately

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 that these are angels.

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 There they are

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 in the presence

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 of this tomb.

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 They had been present

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 in the tomb

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 just as they were present

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 to the shepherds

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 there at Christ's birth.

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 At Christ's birth

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 and now

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 at Christ's resurrection.

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 Remember,

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 at his birth,

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 the angels would sing

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 on the hillside,

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 glory to God

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 in the highest

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 and on earth,

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 peace,

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 goodwill

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 to men.

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 The angels

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 who represented

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 God,

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 his message,

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 who have now come

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 to make the words

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 of Christ known.

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 They have ministered

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 to Christ

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 throughout his ministry.

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 Gabriel, remember,

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 he came to Mary

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 at the very beginning

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 to announce

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 the birth of Christ.

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 And then, of course,

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 the angels

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 who announced

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 the birth

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 of Christ

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 to the shepherds.

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 The angel

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 who ministered

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 to Christ

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 at his temptation

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 in the 40 days

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 in the wilderness.

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 And then the angel

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 who strengthened Christ

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 there in the garden

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 of Gethsemane.

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 there before

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 his crucifixion.

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 And here again,

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 the angels are here

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 to carry a message

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 and to minister

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 the message

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 in the service

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 to God.

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 Jesus,

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 who was the beloved son

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 and whom the father

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 was well pleased.

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 But on the cross,

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 he had endured

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 the wrath of God

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 for sin.

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 And Jesus would cry,

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 my God,

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 my God,

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 why have you

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 forsaken me?

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 And the question

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 on the cross,

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 perhaps,

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 in the minds

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 of those

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 who were standing

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 there would be,

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 is this the end?

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 Has God forsaken

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 Christ forever?

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 And the angels

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 are here,

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 the servants

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 of the Most High

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 who are serving

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 Christ again,

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 now,

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 as messengers

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 of his word.

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 And Jesus'

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 sacrifice

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 was acceptable.

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 and here

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 are those angels

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 demonstrating

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 in a visible

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 way

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 that the service

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 and sacrifice

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 of Christ

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 was accepted

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 by God.

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 We find from

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 Ephesians 5,

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 verse 2,

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 it says,

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 and walk in love

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 as Christ loved

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 us and gave

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 himself up

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 for us,

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 a fragrant

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 offering

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 and a sacrifice

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 to God.

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 Christ's sacrifice

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 was well-pleasing.

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 It was acceptable

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 to God.

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 And in Hebrews

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 chapter 9,

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 verses 11 and 12,

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 it says,

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 but when Christ

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 appeared

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 as a high priest

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 of the good things

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 that have come,

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 then through

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 the greater

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 and more perfect

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 tent,

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 not made with hands

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 that is not

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 of his creation,

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 he entered once

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 for all

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 into the holy places,

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 not by means

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 of the blood

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 of goats

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 and calves,

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 but by the means

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 of his own blood,

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 thus securing

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 an eternal redemption.

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 How was that possible?

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 Well,

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 it was possible

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 because the sacrifice

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 of Christ,

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 this once-for-all

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 offering

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 of the precious

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 blood of Christ

00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:40.340
 was accepted

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 by God.

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 The resurrection

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 proves

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 the accessibility

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 of truth.

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 The resurrection

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 proves the

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 acceptability

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 of Christ's

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 sacrifice.

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 And in verses

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 6 and 7,

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 we see the resurrection

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 matters because it

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 proved that Christ's

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 word was dependable.

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 His word

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 was dependable.

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 Notice in verse 6,

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 it says,

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 he is not here,

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 but has risen.

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 Remember how he told you

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 while he was still

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 in Galilee.

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 The son of man

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 must be delivered

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 into the hands

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 of sinful men

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 and be crucified

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 and on the third day

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 rise.

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 Jesus had prophesied

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 at least on three

00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:24.380
 occasions that he

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 would be delivered

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 over,

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 that he would be

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 crucified,

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 that he would die

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 and rise again.

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 and according to

00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:32.980
 his very word

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 to these women

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 there in Galilee,

00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:37.279
 Jesus had done

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 exactly as he said.

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 The word

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 of the prophets

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 and the word

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 of Christ

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 were dependable.

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 Paul,

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:47.079
 in speaking to the Jews

00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:47.740
 in Antioch

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 and Pisidia,

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 would use the

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 prophets

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 in his

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 gospel

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 proclamation

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 to help affirm

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 that it was the

00:20:56.579 --> 00:20:57.419
 prophets who would

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 talk about

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 this resurrection.

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 In Acts chapter 13

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 verses 34 to 35,

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 the apostle Paul

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 in his sermon

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 says this,

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 and as for the fact

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 that he raised him

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 from the dead,

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 no more to return

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 to corruption,

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 he has spoken

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 in this way,

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 I will give you

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 the holy

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 and sure blessing

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 of David.

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 Therefore,

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 he says,

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 also in another psalm,

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 you will not let

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 your holy one

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 see corruption.

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 These two phrases

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 that are lifted

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 first from Isaiah

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 chapter 53

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 and the second

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 from Psalm 16,

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 the apostle Paul

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 uses these phrases

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 to describe

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 this future

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 prophetic word

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 of how Christ

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 would see

00:21:38.819 --> 00:21:40.360
 resurrection.

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 He would come

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 to life

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 and Jesus

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 was alive

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 and Jesus

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 was the

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 resurrection

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 and the life

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 as he had promised

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 Mary and Martha

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 just a few months

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 earlier at the grave

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 of Lazarus.

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 And Jesus

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 remains the living

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 God.

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 And as the living

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 God,

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 he is active,

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 he is present,

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 he is eternal,

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 and thus he is

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 powerful,

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 the source of life

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 and sustainer

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 of life.

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 Jesus will say

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 in John 11,

00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:12.299
 25,

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 I am the resurrection

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 and the life.

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 Whoever believes

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 in me,

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 though he die,

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 yet shall he live.

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 it's because of

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 the dependable

00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:23.439
 word of Christ,

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 this confirmation

00:22:24.719 --> 00:22:26.379
 of resurrection

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 that Jesus

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 raised from the dead

00:22:29.159 --> 00:22:30.439
 and now extends

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 to us this promise

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 of eternal life

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 for those who

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 would believe.

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 And we can trust

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 this dependable word

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 because of the

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 confirmation

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 of this resurrection

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 of Christ himself.

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 He becomes

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 the first fruits

00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:45.279
 of resurrection.

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 And so the effects

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 of the resurrection

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 are to be experienced

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 today in newness

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 of life,

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 this life not just

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 for the future,

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 but a life that we

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 can enjoy today

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 as we find in Romans

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 chapter 6,

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 verses 1 to 4.

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 What shall we say then?

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 Are we to continue

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 in sin that grace

00:23:04.399 --> 00:23:04.920
 may abound?

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 By no means.

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 How can we

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 who died to sin

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.759
 still live in it?

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 Do you not know

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 that all of us

00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:13.000
 who have been baptized

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:14.519
 into Christ Jesus

00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:15.339
 were baptized

00:23:15.339 --> 00:23:16.240
 into his death?

00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:17.640
 We were buried

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 therefore with him

00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:20.680
 by baptism into death

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 in order that

00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:22.740
 just as Christ

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.859
 was raised from the dead

00:23:23.859 --> 00:23:25.279
 by the glory of the Father

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:26.880
 we too might walk

00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:28.180
 in newness of life.

00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:30.220
 The life that Jesus

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:31.339
 purchased for us

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:32.619
 was not just a life

00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:33.240
 for eternity

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:34.380
 but a life we can

00:23:34.380 --> 00:23:35.579
 begin to enjoy today.

00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:37.599
 This newness of life

00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:39.019
 through the power of God,

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:40.400
 the dependable word

00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:41.019
 of God

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:42.839
 that we can enjoy

00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:43.559
 for those

00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:44.900
 who believe.

00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:47.139
 We also see

00:23:47.139 --> 00:23:48.339
 in verses 6 and 7

00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:50.039
 the resurrection matters

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:50.960
 because it showed

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:52.359
 that God's power

00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:54.039
 is unstoppable.

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:56.039
 God's power

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:57.799
 is unstoppable.

00:23:58.859 --> 00:23:59.839
 The first phrase

00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.579
 of verse 6 is

00:24:00.579 --> 00:24:02.000
 he is not here

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:04.139
 but he has risen.

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.819
 And at the end

00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:06.799
 of verse 7

00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:07.339
 it says

00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:08.379
 he was delivered

00:24:08.379 --> 00:24:09.059
 into the hands

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.819
 of sinful men

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.879
 and crucified

00:24:10.879 --> 00:24:12.720
 and on the third day

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:14.119
 he rose.

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:16.639
 The greatest enemy

00:24:16.639 --> 00:24:18.079
 of humanity

00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:20.059
 is not Satan.

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:22.279
 The greatest enemy

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:24.339
 of you and I

00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:25.339
 of all of mankind

00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:27.539
 is sin and death.

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:29.480
 Sin that we inherited

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:30.339
 from Adam

00:24:30.339 --> 00:24:33.059
 that we gained from him

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:35.700
 because of his initial sin

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.919
 that was then transferred

00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:37.740
 onto us

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.519
 and because

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:40.700
 we are inherently

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:41.560
 sinners

00:24:41.560 --> 00:24:42.740
 we sin.

00:24:44.360 --> 00:24:45.539
 Sin is the thing

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.259
 that separates us

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:46.740
 from God.

00:24:47.560 --> 00:24:48.860
 Sin is what leads us

00:24:48.860 --> 00:24:49.500
 inevitably

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:50.480
 to death

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:52.740
 not only in a physical way

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.420
 but also

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:54.720
 in a spiritual way

00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:55.360
 as we find

00:24:55.360 --> 00:24:56.500
 from Romans 6.23

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:57.620
 the wages

00:24:57.620 --> 00:24:58.840
 of sin

00:24:58.840 --> 00:25:00.480
 is death

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.539
 but

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:03.100
 the gift

00:25:03.100 --> 00:25:03.740
 of God

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.940
 is eternal life

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:07.000
 through Jesus Christ

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.460
 our Lord.

00:25:07.580 --> 00:25:07.980
 Why?

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:08.840
 Because

00:25:08.840 --> 00:25:10.539
 of the resurrection.

00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:13.120
 His resurrection life

00:25:13.120 --> 00:25:14.340
 has purchased

00:25:14.340 --> 00:25:15.299
 for us

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:16.120
 life

00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:16.880
 with God

00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:17.559
 through faith

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:18.440
 in his son.

00:25:19.580 --> 00:25:20.700
 Jesus conquered.

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:21.820
 Jesus

00:25:21.820 --> 00:25:22.900
 was ultimate.

00:25:23.100 --> 00:25:23.340
 Jesus

00:25:23.340 --> 00:25:24.320
 was powerful.

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:24.720
 And love

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.539
 his statement

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.799
 in John chapter 10

00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:27.620
 where Jesus

00:25:27.620 --> 00:25:28.240
 says this

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:28.640
 he says

00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:29.980
 for this reason

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:31.240
 the father loves me

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:32.740
 because I lay down

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.420
 my life

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:34.339
 that I might

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:35.299
 take it up again.

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.720
 No one takes it

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.279
 from me

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:38.400
 but I lay it down

00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:39.299
 on my own accord.

00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:40.720
 I have authority

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.539
 to lay it down

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.599
 and I have authority

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.559
 to take it up again.

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:44.819
 This charge

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:45.680
 I have received

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:47.039
 from my father.

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.839
 Jesus was not

00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.420
 a victim

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:50.559
 of some

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:51.420
 tragedy.

00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:52.420
 Jesus

00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:53.279
 walked

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:54.579
 head long

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:55.299
 into

00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:56.400
 crucifixion.

00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:57.200
 He laid

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:58.220
 his life down

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.980
 so that he could

00:25:58.980 --> 00:26:00.019
 raise it up again

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.740
 so he might

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.519
 offer us

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.420
 victory

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:03.599
 and deliverance

00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:04.460
 and salvation

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.700
 over sin

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.319
 and death

00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:07.579
 once for all

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:09.620
 only for those

00:26:09.620 --> 00:26:10.779
 who believe.

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:13.980
 He is the savior

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.519
 of the world.

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:16.779
 He did destroy

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:18.579
 the ultimate enemy

00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:19.160
 of sin

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:19.720
 and death.

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:20.880
 We find from

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:21.859
 Hebrews chapter 2

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:23.039
 verses 14 and 15

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.900
 it says

00:26:23.900 --> 00:26:24.539
 he himself

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.319
 likewise

00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:25.940
 partook

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:27.359
 of the same things

00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:28.559
 that through death

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:29.779
 he might destroy

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.299
 the one

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:31.119
 who has the power

00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:31.539
 of death

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.339
 that is the devil

00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:33.180
 and deliver

00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:33.919
 all those

00:26:33.919 --> 00:26:34.440
 who through

00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:35.220
 fear of death

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:35.980
 were subject

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.859
 to lifelong

00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:37.440
 slavery.

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:39.639
 Jesus died

00:26:39.639 --> 00:26:40.440
 in our place

00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:41.220
 so that we

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:42.019
 could enjoy

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:43.579
 resurrection life

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:44.639
 through him.

00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:45.680
 He conquered

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:47.700
 and that conquering

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.159
 power

00:26:48.159 --> 00:26:49.319
 is the same

00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:50.059
 conquering power

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.460
 that we have

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:51.259
 access to

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:52.240
 through the work

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:53.039
 of his Holy Spirit

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.980
 we find in

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:55.079
 Ephesians chapter 1

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:56.159
 verses 15 and 21.

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:57.940
 Paul will pray

00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:58.480
 for the church

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:59.039
 when he'll say

00:26:59.039 --> 00:27:00.139
 for this reason

00:27:00.139 --> 00:27:01.460
 because I've heard

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:02.079
 of your faith

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:02.819
 in the Lord Jesus

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:03.619
 and your love

00:27:03.619 --> 00:27:04.259
 for all the saints

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:05.220
 I do not cease

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:06.159
 to give thanks

00:27:06.159 --> 00:27:06.680
 for you

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.720
 remembering you

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.359
 my prayers

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:10.159
 that you might know

00:27:10.159 --> 00:27:11.240
 what is the

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:11.920
 immeasurable

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:12.779
 greatness

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.700
 of his power

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.579
 towards us

00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:15.220
 who believe

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:16.460
 according to the

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.159
 working of his

00:27:17.159 --> 00:27:18.180
 great might

00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:18.799
 that he worked

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.339
 in Christ

00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:20.359
 when he raised

00:27:20.359 --> 00:27:21.500
 him from the dead

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 and seated him

00:27:22.899 --> 00:27:23.720
 at his right hand

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:25.039
 in the heavenly places

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:26.599
 far above all rule

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:27.480
 and authority

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.219
 and power

00:27:28.219 --> 00:27:28.819
 and dominion

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 and above every name

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.659
 that is named

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 not only in this age

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:33.439
 but also in the one

00:27:33.439 --> 00:27:33.980
 to come

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:36.099
 Jesus Christ's power

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:37.699
 is unstoppable

00:27:37.699 --> 00:27:40.339
 and because of his

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:41.359
 resurrection power

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:43.059
 by his grace

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:44.699
 and through his Holy Spirit

00:27:44.699 --> 00:27:45.579
 he gives us access

00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:46.779
 to enjoy

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:48.459
 that same power

00:27:48.459 --> 00:27:49.259
 the power

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:50.939
 to live a life

00:27:50.939 --> 00:27:52.179
 that is growing

00:27:52.179 --> 00:27:53.439
 in likeness to Christ

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:54.420
 the power

00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:55.220
 to kind of live

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.740
 a life

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.559
 that begins

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.960
 to demonstrate

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 a heart of love

00:27:59.620 --> 00:28:00.279
 and faith

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:01.279
 towards him

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:02.279
 and love

00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:03.220
 towards one another

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:06.120
 it's a power

00:28:06.120 --> 00:28:06.779
 to overcome

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:08.500
 the power

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.120
 of sin

00:28:09.120 --> 00:28:09.680
 in our life

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:10.200
 and to live

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:10.559
 in a way

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.279
 that is pleasing

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.400
 to God

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:14.539
 power to grow

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.539
 and power

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:16.420
 to suffer

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:17.960
 the power

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:19.240
 of God

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:20.460
 through the power

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:21.140
 of his Holy Spirit

00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:21.720
 living within

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 and finally

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:24.539
 the resurrection

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.100
 matters

00:28:25.100 --> 00:28:26.460
 because it proves

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:27.380
 that the gospel

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:28.259
 is credible

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:29.720
 the gospel

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.819
 is reliable

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:33.140
 notice

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:34.579
 beginning in verse 8

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:34.960
 it says

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:36.120
 and they remembered

00:28:36.120 --> 00:28:37.420
 his words

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:38.799
 and returning

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.380
 from the tomb

00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:40.740
 they told all these things

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.600
 to the eleven

00:28:41.600 --> 00:28:43.000
 and to the rest

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:45.019
 they remembered

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:46.900
 this word

00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:47.980
 in the Greek

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.920
 is a passive

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:50.079
 which means

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:51.039
 they were recipients

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:52.259
 of this remembering

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:53.759
 it wasn't an active

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.319
 remembering

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:55.799
 it was a reciprocal

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:57.539
 kind of remembering

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:58.759
 it was a work

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.339
 of God

00:28:59.339 --> 00:29:00.079
 on their life

00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:00.879
 to help them

00:29:00.879 --> 00:29:02.000
 finally remember

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:03.659
 help them finally see

00:29:03.659 --> 00:29:05.019
 help them finally compute

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:06.159
 all of the factors

00:29:06.159 --> 00:29:07.420
 that were in front of them

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:08.399
 now they're beginning

00:29:08.399 --> 00:29:09.519
 to make sense

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:11.440
 these women

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:12.139
 needed

00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:12.980
 an awakening

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:15.099
 they needed sight

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:16.619
 they needed the work

00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:17.379
 of the spirit

00:29:17.379 --> 00:29:18.079
 in their life

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:19.220
 to open their eyes

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:20.160
 to remember

00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:21.180
 and to see things

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:22.019
 for how they were

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:23.339
 up to this moment

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:25.059
 they couldn't put it together

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:27.100
 all the evidence

00:29:27.100 --> 00:29:27.960
 was there

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:29.600
 and Jesus

00:29:29.600 --> 00:29:31.200
 clearly states

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:32.180
 that the work

00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:32.759
 of the spirit

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.500
 was necessary

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.579
 to do

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:35.579
 this work

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:36.559
 of remembrance

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:38.440
 John 14 26

00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:38.919
 says

00:29:38.919 --> 00:29:39.879
 the helper

00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:41.559
 the holy spirit

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:42.259
 whom the father

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:43.259
 will send in my name

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:44.399
 he will teach you

00:29:44.399 --> 00:29:44.919
 all things

00:29:44.919 --> 00:29:45.879
 and bring

00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:47.139
 to your

00:29:47.139 --> 00:29:48.119
 remembrance

00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:49.899
 all that I have

00:29:49.899 --> 00:29:50.720
 said to you

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:52.159
 that work

00:29:52.159 --> 00:29:53.039
 of the spirit

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:54.079
 to help them

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.779
 remember

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.460
 and guess what

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:57.039
 and they

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:58.079
 remembered

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:59.819
 they remembered

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:01.619
 and this flood

00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:02.339
 of emotion

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:03.539
 and faith

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:04.179
 and hope

00:30:04.179 --> 00:30:05.539
 began to ignite

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.460
 their hearts

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.279
 and what does

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:08.139
 it lead them to

00:30:08.139 --> 00:30:09.220
 it leads them

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:10.339
 to testimony

00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:11.420
 it leads them

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:12.599
 to witness

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:14.279
 it leads them

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:14.899
 to proclaim

00:30:14.899 --> 00:30:15.940
 this work

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:17.039
 that they saw

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:18.139
 here at the tomb

00:30:18.139 --> 00:30:20.539
 up to this point

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:21.079
 the words

00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:21.759
 had been hidden

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.940
 but now

00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:24.039
 this gospel

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:25.339
 seems credible

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:26.659
 this gospel

00:30:26.659 --> 00:30:27.819
 is verifiable

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:29.339
 and even though

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:30.019
 these words

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.700
 as we find

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.599
 seemed like

00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:32.539
 an idle tale

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.440
 in other words

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:34.339
 it was too good

00:30:34.339 --> 00:30:34.940
 to be true

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:35.980
 God would take

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.620
 the beginnings

00:30:36.620 --> 00:30:37.380
 that seed

00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:38.120
 of faith

00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:38.799
 that was planted

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.920
 in their hearts

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.820
 and the words

00:30:40.820 --> 00:30:41.360
 of Christ

00:30:41.360 --> 00:30:41.720
 and begin

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.240
 to develop

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.960
 that so that

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:44.240
 by the time

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:44.900
 we get to

00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:45.900
 Acts chapter 1

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:46.440
 we see

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:48.120
 the beginnings

00:30:48.120 --> 00:30:49.980
 of this church

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:51.100
 so small

00:30:51.100 --> 00:30:52.420
 120 believers

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:53.580
 now begins

00:30:53.580 --> 00:30:54.240
 to propagate

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:55.200
 this message

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:56.480
 and this work

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:57.000
 of God

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.740
 in their lives

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:59.559
 this testimony

00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:00.240
 of the gospel

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:01.120
 that has become

00:31:01.120 --> 00:31:01.900
 very credible

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:04.100
 verses 9

00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:04.619
 it says

00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:05.480
 and returning

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:06.179
 from the tomb

00:31:06.179 --> 00:31:06.639
 they told

00:31:06.639 --> 00:31:07.399
 all these things

00:31:07.399 --> 00:31:07.879
 to the eleven

00:31:07.879 --> 00:31:09.480
 and to the rest

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:11.199
 that was Mary Magdalene

00:31:11.199 --> 00:31:11.679
 and Joanna

00:31:11.679 --> 00:31:12.740
 and Mary the mother

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:13.199
 of James

00:31:13.199 --> 00:31:13.859
 and the other women

00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:14.359
 with them

00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:15.539
 who told these things

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.079
 to the apostles

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:17.459
 but these words

00:31:17.459 --> 00:31:18.319
 seemed to them

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:19.139
 an idle tale

00:31:19.139 --> 00:31:19.839
 and they did not

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.619
 believe them

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:22.259
 but Peter rose

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:23.859
 and ran to the tomb

00:31:23.859 --> 00:31:24.959
 stooping

00:31:24.959 --> 00:31:25.619
 and looking in

00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:26.419
 he saw the linen

00:31:26.419 --> 00:31:27.480
 claws by themselves

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:29.079
 and he went home

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.679
 marveling

00:31:29.679 --> 00:31:30.879
 at what had happened

00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:32.160
 of course

00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:33.760
 the fragile faith

00:31:33.760 --> 00:31:35.280
 this words

00:31:35.280 --> 00:31:36.120
 that were too good

00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:37.000
 to be true

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:38.260
 would develop

00:31:38.260 --> 00:31:39.800
 into the strengthening

00:31:39.800 --> 00:31:41.340
 power of God

00:31:41.340 --> 00:31:42.440
 working in their life

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:43.660
 to help them

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:45.120
 be people of faith

00:31:45.120 --> 00:31:46.800
 it transformed

00:31:46.800 --> 00:31:47.500
 their life

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:48.500
 it helped them

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:49.260
 to be a unified

00:31:49.260 --> 00:31:50.660
 group of individuals

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.820
 it helped them

00:31:51.820 --> 00:31:52.440
 to speak

00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:53.180
 with courage

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:53.760
 it helped them

00:31:53.760 --> 00:31:54.720
 to love one another

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.360
 it helped them

00:31:55.360 --> 00:31:56.340
 to suffer well

00:31:56.340 --> 00:31:57.860
 in very difficult times

00:31:57.860 --> 00:31:58.360
 especially

00:31:58.359 --> 00:31:59.359
 at the beginning

00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:00.599
 of the start

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:01.219
 of the church

00:32:01.219 --> 00:32:02.719
 and as a result

00:32:02.719 --> 00:32:03.219
 we find

00:32:03.219 --> 00:32:03.859
 this church

00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:05.079
 that began

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:06.579
 as just 120 believers

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:08.379
 would bear fruit

00:32:08.379 --> 00:32:10.539
 and for 2,000 years

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:12.119
 we have experienced

00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:13.139
 the blessing

00:32:13.139 --> 00:32:14.359
 of this credible

00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:15.979
 gospel witness

00:32:15.979 --> 00:32:17.159
 in the lives

00:32:17.159 --> 00:32:17.579
 of those

00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:18.699
 who have gone before

00:32:18.699 --> 00:32:19.799
 who have demonstrated

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:21.000
 their faith in God

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:22.919
 through good times

00:32:22.919 --> 00:32:23.799
 and hard times

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:25.619
 and this will continue

00:32:25.619 --> 00:32:26.119
 to endure

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:27.619
 until Christ comes

00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:29.179
 and it's because

00:32:29.179 --> 00:32:30.319
 of the credibility

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:31.779
 and the power

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.619
 of the resurrection

00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:34.219
 that Paul concludes

00:32:34.219 --> 00:32:35.199
 his chapter

00:32:35.199 --> 00:32:35.979
 in 1 Corinthians

00:32:35.979 --> 00:32:36.719
 chapter 15

00:32:36.719 --> 00:32:37.659
 in this way

00:32:37.659 --> 00:32:39.479
 he says this

00:32:39.479 --> 00:32:40.559
 therefore

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:42.579
 my beloved brothers

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:44.199
 be steadfast

00:32:44.199 --> 00:32:45.259
 immovable

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:47.059
 always abounding

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:47.759
 in the work

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.239
 of the Lord

00:32:48.239 --> 00:32:48.979
 knowing

00:32:48.979 --> 00:32:50.119
 that your labor

00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:51.439
 is not

00:32:51.439 --> 00:32:52.259
 in vain

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:53.679
 your labor

00:32:53.679 --> 00:32:54.419
 in the Lord

00:32:54.419 --> 00:32:55.019
 is not

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.559
 in vain

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:56.559
 because

00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:57.919
 their preaching

00:32:57.919 --> 00:32:59.099
 was no longer

00:32:59.099 --> 00:32:59.839
 vain

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:01.220
 because of a resurrection

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:01.819
 that happened

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:03.220
 that the hope

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:04.220
 that they would experience

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:05.119
 would continue

00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:06.059
 after death

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:07.379
 that this life

00:33:07.379 --> 00:33:07.960
 wasn't all

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.480
 they were going

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:09.059
 to live

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:10.279
 the apostle Paul

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:11.819
 concludes this chapter

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.940
 with a certainty

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:14.079
 of the credibility

00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:15.079
 of the resurrection

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:16.500
 and what it would produce

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.200
 in the lives

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:18.299
 of true believers

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:20.039
 and those who would be

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:21.000
 filled up

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.819
 with a desire

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:23.339
 to be steadfast

00:33:23.339 --> 00:33:24.000
 and immovable

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.980
 in continuing

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.759
 to proclaim

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:27.179
 like these women did

00:33:27.179 --> 00:33:28.079
 this message

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:28.740
 of the gospel

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:30.000
 wherever they would go

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:32.740
 I wonder this morning

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:34.539
 have you placed

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:35.419
 your faith

00:33:35.419 --> 00:33:37.000
 in Christ

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:38.500
 not just

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.619
 in his death

00:33:39.619 --> 00:33:40.859
 but especially

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.799
 in understanding

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.819
 the power

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:43.599
 of his resurrection

00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:45.299
 and all that

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:45.859
 is available

00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:46.959
 to us

00:33:46.959 --> 00:33:47.939
 because of

00:33:47.939 --> 00:33:48.839
 his resurrection

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:49.339
 power

00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:50.839
 the power

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.480
 of the resurrection

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:53.779
 to lead us

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:54.839
 to real life

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:55.960
 not just

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:56.700
 eternal life

00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:58.099
 but life today

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:59.420
 have you come

00:33:59.420 --> 00:33:59.880
 to a place

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:00.660
 of recognizing

00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:02.380
 your sin

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:03.120
 your need

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 for God

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 have you

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 confessed your sin

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 have you

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 recognized

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 that he is the Lord

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 as Paul says

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 in Romans

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 chapter 10

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 verse 9

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 if you confess

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 your sin

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 he is faithful

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 and just

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 to forgive

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 your sin

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 and to

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 cleanse you

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 oh that's

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 1 John 1 9

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 sorry

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 Romans 10

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 9

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 if you confess

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 with your mouth

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 thank you

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 getting some help

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 here from the front

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 if you confess

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 with your mouth

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 that Jesus is Lord

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 and believe

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 in your heart

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 that God raised

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 him from the dead

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 you'll be saved

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 have you placed

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 your faith

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 in Christ

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.599
 have you confessed

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 it with your mouth

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 do you believe

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 not only that

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 Jesus died

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 but that he rose

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 again

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 and for those

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 of us who have

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 placed our faith

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 in Christ

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 in that way

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 is there

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 an ongoing

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 testimony

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 of a life

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 that is steadfast

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 a life that is

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 resolute

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 a life that is

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 robust

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 and confident

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 because of

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 the dependability

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 of the word

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 of God

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 and because

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 of the hope

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 we have

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 after this life

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 to lead us

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 to Christ

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 is there

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 a ministry

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:20.960
 a ministry

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.599
 of confidence

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 in the fact

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 that God's work

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 the Lord's work

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 will never be in vain

00:35:26.679 --> 00:35:27.879
 praise the Lord

00:35:27.879 --> 00:35:29.039
 for his resurrection

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 God thank you

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:32.500
 for sending your son

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 Jesus

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 thank you for his work

00:35:34.759 --> 00:35:35.279
 on the cross

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 thank you that

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 you have accomplished

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 this on

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 our behalf

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 and I pray this morning

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:42.699
 Lord

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 if there's anyone

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 who does not know you

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:44.739
 as their savior

00:35:44.739 --> 00:35:46.179
 that you would

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:47.519
 convict their hearts

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:49.159
 and lead them

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 to yourself

00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:51.059
 thank you that

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 your truth

00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:52.839
 is accessible

00:35:52.839 --> 00:35:54.099
 but Lord

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:54.599
 I pray

00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:55.679
 that just as

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:56.139
 these women

00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:57.419
 needed the Holy Spirit

00:35:57.419 --> 00:35:58.739
 to inform

00:35:58.739 --> 00:35:59.279
 their hearts

00:35:59.279 --> 00:35:59.739
 I pray

00:35:59.739 --> 00:36:00.419
 that you would

00:36:00.419 --> 00:36:00.879
 do the same

00:36:00.879 --> 00:36:01.419
 for us

00:36:01.419 --> 00:36:03.099
 inform our hearts

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 convict us of sin

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:06.000
 lead us to yourself

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 in Jesus name

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:07.579
 Amen

00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:08.579
 Amen