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 Now, I want everybody to look at their watch just for a minute so that you've taken care

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! of that obligation. I do want you to know it means nothing. I just tell you that ahead of time this

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 morning. John and I conferred together. I want to say a word of thanks to the blessing of

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 seeing what God has done here over the years. I remember when John was in junior high and I coached

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 him. And where is John? Where did you go, John? He stepped out for a second. Well, John was a

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 coaching opportunity. And it's been a joy to watch him grow. And he has a sensitivity

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 to the supremacy of the Scriptures that I am blessed by. The reason that we conferred together

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 here was to check on our lotto numbers. No. I, you know, sorry. Don't send me an email. I know better.

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 Okay. He asked me, Pastor, should we sing one song or two? And I said, two. That does not mean I will

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 preach a shorter sermon. But it means that I join you together in the delight of singing the praises

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 of Christ. And by the way, I love to listen to you guys when you're really into it. You know, I,

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 you know, when, when, when the Word of God and the Spirit of God connects, listen carefully.

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 People who love Jesus don't mind blowing it out. You know? And if, if you don't like to sing,

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 it may be one of the reasons might be that you don't know who you're singing about.

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 Now, it can be we're not singing a song you know. I understand all that. But

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 there are broad principles here. So that's a, that's a free sermon unrelated to the one I will preach.

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 John chapter 11. And before we go into the Word together, I want to stop and pray for Pastor

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 Andrew. He is preaching this morning. And I, you can, how many of you have already received texts

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 from your children that are in Jamaica to let them, no texts, no Facebook messages or anything?

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 Oh, you don't have a phone. They don't have a phone. That's right. Okay. So we're going to pray

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 for Pastor Andrew. I was going to tell you to text him. You can text Caleb and Charity and let them

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 know that we're praying for Pastor Andrew as he preaches. And by the way, like I said, you're

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 multitasking. You're praying for Pastor Andrew and you're going to pray for me as well. Let's pray

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 together for both of us. Our Father God, for us this morning, praying in advance of preaching

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 and praying during the preaching of the Word of God is not a habit, but it is an expression

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 of our confidence in you who answer prayer and who choose to use frail vessels that the glory

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 of God may be clearly seen to be of you and not of us. And so prayer pleads with you to do a work

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 in the life of the one that you have chosen as an instrument to communicate the Word and also in the

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 hearts of those who hear the Word. Pray for Pastor Andrew this morning that he might know the power of

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 the Spirit of God and bringing the Word of God with clarity and passion and with simplicity.

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 And that those things might be true of me as well as we open up this passage this morning and

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 revel in the sweetness of the Lord Jesus Christ who we who know Jesus will someday see and be satisfied in.

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 Pray for those that are here today whose hearts are wounded and grieved by

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 particular challenges in their life that

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 in the flesh find no remedy.

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 That this morning the

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 truth and the comfort of the gospel might be sufficient and

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 that they would leave this morning with hearts that are lifted up and

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 encouraged and strengthened by the reality that you who gained victory

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 over death

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 have not left them abandoned in this moment.

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 I have no doubt that there are those here also Lord Jesus today that do not know you.

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 And it is my plea that today would be the day of salvation for them.

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 Lord we ask that

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 we who know you

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 would have our hearts

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 warmed by the sweetness of your truth and your person

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 and we would long for the day that we will see you face to face.

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 We ask this

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 in Jesus name.

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 Amen.

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 Well

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 about

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 two Fridays ago

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 Judith and I enjoyed a

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 wonderful violin recital

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 and

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 one of the things that actually made that recital

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 even more enjoyable was the fact that

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 before each of the little

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 musical pieces that

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 Olivia played on the violin

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 she gave just a little bit of explanation

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 so that

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 that as we were listening we could kind of track along.

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 I gotta

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 admit to you that I am not a

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 violin

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 affectionado.

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 It's not one of those things that I listen to on a normal basis.

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 Beautiful as it is

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 I just don't listen to music at all

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 generally other than you singing.

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 And

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 having Olivia just explain each little piece

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 it

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 it really helped.

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 I could track the

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 the progress

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 and she gave little hints of what was coming

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 and it

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 it was

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 it was a blessing to me

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 and I want to do something

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 similar to that

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 in that I want to tell you ahead of time

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 what the central focus of this morning's message is.

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 By the way

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 that focus

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 is

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 one that John

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 tells us

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 clearly

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 in John chapter 20

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 verse 31

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 he explains

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 he says

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 here's why

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 I'm writing this book.

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 Does anybody know what it is?

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 How many of you know?

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 Just offhand

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 by the way

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 you've been here with me long enough

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 that you know

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 here's why

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 John wrote his book

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 that you might know

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 that Jesus is

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 the son of God

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 and that

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 believing on him

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 you might have what?

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 Eternal life

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 everlasting life.

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 And so

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 I want you to keep that

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 kind of in the back of your mind

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 that as we're working our way

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 through this account

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 there in John chapter 11

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 I would encourage you to grab a Bible

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 if you don't have one

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 there in pew

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 in front of you

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 is a Bible

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 and you can follow along

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 there's something to be said

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 by putting your eyes on the text.

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 So I want you to look at John chapter 11

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 we're going to pick up there in verse 17

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 and I'm going to read a little bit of this text

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 and get started

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 and then we'll work our way through the outline

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 that I've established here.

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 Look at verse 17

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 Now when Jesus came

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 he found that Lazarus

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 had already been in the tomb

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 four days.

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 Bethany was near Jerusalem

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 about two miles off

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 and many of the Jews

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 had come to Martha and Mary

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 to console them

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 concerning their brother.

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 So when Martha heard

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 that Jesus was coming

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 she went and met him

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 but Mary remained seated

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 in the house.

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 Martha said to Jesus

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 Lord

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 if you'd been here

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 my brother would not have died

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 but even now I know

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 that whatever you ask from God

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 God will give you.

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 Jesus said to her

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 your brother will rise again.

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 Martha said to him

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 I know that he will rise again

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 in the resurrection

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 on the last day.

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 Jesus said to her

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 I am the resurrection

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 and the life

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 whoever believes in me

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 though he die

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 yet shall he live

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 and everyone who lives

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 and believes in me

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 shall never die.

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 Do you believe this?

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 She said to him

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 yes Lord

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 I believe that you are

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 the Christ

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 the Son of God

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 who is coming

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 into the world.

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 Now with that

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 passage in mind

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 let's kind of step into

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 the first little piece of it

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 and recognize

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 that what takes place

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 in the early part

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 of our text

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 is that faith frames

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 challenges

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 with past blessings.

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 We find here

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 in the account

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 that Jesus arrives

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 at Bethany

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 and when he arrives there

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 as it says there

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 in verse 17

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 he is told

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 that Lazarus

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 has already been dead

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 for four days.

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 Now the time frame

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 may be a little confusing

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 to us

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 because you know

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 you think of the circumstances

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 surrounding this

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 and we may forget

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 that for the man

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 to travel as a messenger

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 from where he was

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 in Bethany

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 to where Jesus was

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 across the Jordan

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 took about a day

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 roughly

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 and you'll remember

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 that that travel

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 brought him

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 into Jesus' presence

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 and he told Jesus

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 that hey listen

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 I want you to know

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 that Lazarus is sick.

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 The reality of the fact

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 is that perhaps

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 somewhere in the near time

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 around when this man

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 left Bethany

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 at Mary and Martha's

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 encouragement

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 to travel to Jesus

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 Lazarus actually died.

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 The man did not know that

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 he's trucking along

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 on his journey

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 and he arrives

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 in Jesus' presence

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 and you remember

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 what Jesus did

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 instead of going

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 immediately to help

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 he waited two more days.

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 Then he left.

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 Jesus arrives in town

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 and here he discovers

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 or he is told

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 that Lazarus

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 has been dead

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 for four days already.

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 Now we find also

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 in the passage

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 that it tells us

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 in verse 18

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 that Bethany

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 was near Jerusalem

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 about two miles off

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 and many of the Jews

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 had come to Martha and Mary

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 to console them

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 concerning their brother.

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 Just a little side note here

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 can you imagine

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 in our culture

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 when someone passes away

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 the average consolation

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 or the time

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 that we put into that

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 is what?

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 I mean you'll go

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 to calling hours

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 isn't that right?

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 How many of you

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 have taken a three day break

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 from your job

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 just to kind of

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 sit around in the home

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 of someone

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 who lost a loved one?

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 That doesn't happen.

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 In the ancient culture

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 events were not run

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 by a clock on the wrist

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 or a watch on the wrist

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 that you kept track of.

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 Things happened in days.

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 And here friends

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 had gathered

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 to spend time

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 with Mary and Martha

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 and just to be

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 in their presence.

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 Not to kind of

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 blather on

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 but just to let them know

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 we care about you

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 and we're here

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 because we love you.

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 In the middle of that

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 we find that Jesus

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 arrives

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 and I want you

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 to recognize here

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 that when

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 Jesus does arrive

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 it is Martha

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 not Mary

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 that goes out

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 to meet him.

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 I want you to look

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 at the passage here

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 just for a moment

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 and mark what it says here.

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 So when Martha

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 heard that Jesus

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 was coming

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 she went

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 and met him

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 but Mary

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 remained seated

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 in the house.

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 Now if you have

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 worked your way

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 through the synoptic

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 gospels

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 you will remember

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 that Mary and Martha

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 have more than one

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 incident of record

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 in the scriptures.

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 Isn't that right?

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 And I wonder

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 whether or not

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 you can kind of

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 refresh your memory

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 just for a moment

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 and think about

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 the circumstances

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 when Jesus came

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 and visited

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 in the home

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 of Mary and Martha

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 and Lazarus

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 and they're kind of

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 doing the dinner deal

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 and what is Mary doing?

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 She's just sitting

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 there listening

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 to Jesus

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 and what is Martha

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 doing?

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 She is all about

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 being the perfect

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 hostess

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 in the moment

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 I mean the food

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 is coming to the table

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 and you know

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 it's just

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 and she's

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 kind of really

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 wrapped up

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 in the details

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 of it

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 and actually

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 she gets a little

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 frustrated with her

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 sister

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 and she goes

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 to Jesus

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 and says

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 hey

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 do something

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 about her.

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 What does Jesus

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 say to Martha

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 at that moment?

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 How many of you know?

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 We have this

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 encouragement

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 from Jesus

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 to Martha

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 hey

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 you're kind of

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 wound up over

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 details

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 back up

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 Mary is the one

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 that is choosing

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 the better things

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 in the moment

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 and so

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 we may find

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 ourselves

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 having this

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 mindset

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 that of the

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 Mary Martha

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 grouping

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 the more

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 spiritual one

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 is who?

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 Mary

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 she's the one

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 who's got it

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 all together

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 she's the

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 good sister

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 who has this

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 discerning spirit

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 and really is

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 on top of things

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 spiritually

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 we find here

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 that when you

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 read the text

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 you discover

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 that it's

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 Martha

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 not Mary

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 that goes out

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 to meet Jesus

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 there's no

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 indication

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 that Jesus

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 called her

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 and it would

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 seem that on

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 the basis

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 of her desire

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 to be around

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 the Lord Jesus

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 that she went

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 now we're going

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 to get into

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 this a little

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 later

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 next lesson

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 when we look

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 at the further

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 part where Mary

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 actually responds

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 but I'm going

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 to tell you

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 ahead of time

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 that both

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 Martha and

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 Mary say

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 essentially

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 the same

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 thing to Jesus

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 in their

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 first moment

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 of meeting

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 him

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 which is

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 you know

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 what

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 if you'd

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 been here

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 my brother

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 wouldn't have

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 died

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 there is a

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 difference

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 and we're

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 going to look

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 at that

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 in greater

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 detail

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 next pass

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 there's a

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 difference

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 between

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 the way

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 in which

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 Martha

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 fleshes out

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 that statement

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 and the

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 statement

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 that Mary

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 made

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 Mary

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 seems to be

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 a little

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 more terse

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 and a little

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 more challenged

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 by what had

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 taken place

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 here's Martha

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 she comes

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 she says

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 Lord if you

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 had been here

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 verse 21

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 my brother

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 would not

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 have died

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 now look

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 at verse 22

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 but even now

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 I know that

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 whatever you ask

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 from God

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 God will give

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 you

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 so I want

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 to take just

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 a moment

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 and encourage

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 you to recognize

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 that when you

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 read this

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 account of

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 Martha

00:14:43.620 --> 00:14:46.200
 you understand

00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:46.980
 that Martha

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 evidently had

00:14:48.180 --> 00:14:49.200
 made spiritual

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 strides

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 between the

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 account that

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 we find in

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 Luke chapter

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 I think it is

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 chapter 10

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 yes

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 and this

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 moment in

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 John

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 where many

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 months later

00:15:00.060 --> 00:15:01.680
 there is

00:15:01.680 --> 00:15:02.620
 another incident

00:15:02.620 --> 00:15:03.320
 where Jesus

00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:03.920
 comes in

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 contact with

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 these two

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 sisters

00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:06.320
 and it is

00:15:06.320 --> 00:15:07.120
 evident that

00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:08.379
 the admonition

00:15:08.379 --> 00:15:09.180
 and the counsel

00:15:09.179 --> 00:15:09.819
 of Christ

00:15:09.819 --> 00:15:10.500
 at that

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 earlier moment

00:15:11.299 --> 00:15:12.219
 had a

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 spiritual

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 impact

00:15:13.419 --> 00:15:14.699
 and framed

00:15:14.699 --> 00:15:15.479
 the life

00:15:15.479 --> 00:15:16.179
 and thinking

00:15:16.179 --> 00:15:16.859
 of Martha

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 so I want

00:15:19.620 --> 00:15:19.879
 you to

00:15:19.879 --> 00:15:20.319
 recognize

00:15:20.319 --> 00:15:20.859
 that

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 one of the

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 characteristics

00:15:23.299 --> 00:15:24.339
 of a person

00:15:24.339 --> 00:15:24.839
 who is a

00:15:24.839 --> 00:15:25.699
 child of God

00:15:25.699 --> 00:15:26.479
 is that in

00:15:26.479 --> 00:15:27.059
 the face

00:15:27.059 --> 00:15:27.779
 of the

00:15:27.779 --> 00:15:28.219
 counsel

00:15:28.219 --> 00:15:29.000
 and encouragement

00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:29.599
 of Christ

00:15:29.599 --> 00:15:30.620
 there is

00:15:30.620 --> 00:15:31.099
 what

00:15:31.099 --> 00:15:32.339
 there is

00:15:32.339 --> 00:15:32.959
 good chance

00:15:32.959 --> 00:15:33.459
 of spiritual

00:15:33.459 --> 00:15:33.799
 growth

00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:34.159
 isn't that

00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:34.439
 right

00:15:34.440 --> 00:15:35.660
 and so

00:15:35.660 --> 00:15:35.900
 I want

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 to encourage

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 you that

00:15:36.800 --> 00:15:38.680
 you allow

00:15:38.680 --> 00:15:40.000
 the corrections

00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:40.740
 that Christ

00:15:40.740 --> 00:15:41.500
 brings into

00:15:41.500 --> 00:15:41.940
 your life

00:15:41.940 --> 00:15:42.340
 to move

00:15:42.340 --> 00:15:42.800
 you along

00:15:42.800 --> 00:15:43.460
 like it

00:15:43.460 --> 00:15:44.080
 moved Martha

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 along

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 I want you

00:15:46.460 --> 00:15:46.900
 also to

00:15:46.900 --> 00:15:47.600
 recognize here

00:15:47.600 --> 00:15:48.020
 that Martha

00:15:48.020 --> 00:15:48.480
 understood

00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:49.500
 that Jesus

00:15:49.500 --> 00:15:49.860
 could have

00:15:49.860 --> 00:15:50.060
 helped

00:15:50.060 --> 00:15:50.380
 you look

00:15:50.380 --> 00:15:50.720
 there in

00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:51.300
 verse 21

00:15:51.300 --> 00:15:52.080
 if you've

00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:52.440
 been here

00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:52.740
 you could

00:15:52.740 --> 00:15:52.980
 have done

00:15:52.980 --> 00:15:53.420
 something

00:15:53.420 --> 00:15:55.480
 and that

00:15:55.480 --> 00:15:56.100
 recognition

00:15:56.100 --> 00:15:58.040
 is based

00:15:58.040 --> 00:15:58.560
 on the fact

00:15:58.560 --> 00:15:59.180
 that she

00:15:59.180 --> 00:15:59.660
 had seen

00:15:59.660 --> 00:16:00.200
 Jesus do

00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:00.640
 all kinds

00:16:00.640 --> 00:16:01.080
 of miracles

00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:01.580
 already

00:16:01.580 --> 00:16:03.120
 this was

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 the John

00:16:04.060 --> 00:16:05.100
 11 passage

00:16:05.100 --> 00:16:06.540
 is substantially

00:16:06.540 --> 00:16:07.280
 later

00:16:07.280 --> 00:16:08.220
 in the

00:16:08.220 --> 00:16:08.940
 public

00:16:08.940 --> 00:16:09.400
 ministry

00:16:09.400 --> 00:16:09.879
 of Christ

00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:10.160
 that went

00:16:10.160 --> 00:16:10.440
 on for

00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:10.900
 three years

00:16:10.900 --> 00:16:11.520
 how many

00:16:11.520 --> 00:16:11.700
 of you

00:16:11.700 --> 00:16:11.840
 know

00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:12.120
 what a

00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:12.420
 harmony

00:16:12.420 --> 00:16:12.740
 of the

00:16:12.740 --> 00:16:13.220
 gospels

00:16:13.220 --> 00:16:13.520
 is

00:16:13.520 --> 00:16:13.780
 raise

00:16:13.780 --> 00:16:13.879
 your

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 hands

00:16:14.139 --> 00:16:14.720
 if you

00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:14.860
 know

00:16:14.860 --> 00:16:15.120
 what a

00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:15.379
 harmony

00:16:15.379 --> 00:16:15.639
 of the

00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:16.460
 hello

00:16:16.460 --> 00:16:17.639
 okay

00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:18.060
 let's do

00:16:18.060 --> 00:16:18.259
 it a

00:16:18.259 --> 00:16:18.500
 different

00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:18.700
 way

00:16:18.700 --> 00:16:19.220
 I asked

00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:19.680
 the question

00:16:19.680 --> 00:16:19.900
 wrong

00:16:19.900 --> 00:16:20.540
 how many

00:16:20.540 --> 00:16:20.879
 of you

00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:21.480
 would like

00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:21.900
 to know

00:16:21.900 --> 00:16:22.200
 what a

00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:22.480
 harmony

00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:22.780
 of the

00:16:22.780 --> 00:16:23.240
 gospels

00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:23.580
 is

00:16:23.580 --> 00:16:24.280
 so you

00:16:24.280 --> 00:16:24.900
 can use

00:16:24.900 --> 00:16:25.080
 it

00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:25.840
 profitably

00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:26.520
 for your

00:16:26.520 --> 00:16:26.980
 Bible

00:16:26.980 --> 00:16:27.440
 study

00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:27.780
 right

00:16:27.780 --> 00:16:28.300
 I mean

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 hey

00:16:28.560 --> 00:16:29.240
 listen to

00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:29.460
 me

00:16:29.460 --> 00:16:31.100
 the more

00:16:31.100 --> 00:16:31.400
 you know

00:16:31.400 --> 00:16:31.680
 about

00:16:31.680 --> 00:16:32.019
 Jesus

00:16:32.019 --> 00:16:32.440
 the better

00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:32.680
 off

00:16:32.680 --> 00:16:33.100
 you are

00:16:33.100 --> 00:16:34.400
 everybody

00:16:34.400 --> 00:16:34.920
 said amen

00:16:34.920 --> 00:16:35.259
 to that

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 one

00:16:35.400 --> 00:16:35.580
 right

00:16:35.580 --> 00:16:35.800
 I mean

00:16:35.800 --> 00:16:36.080
 you don't

00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:36.240
 want to

00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:36.420
 say it

00:16:36.420 --> 00:16:36.720
 quietly

00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:37.180
 because we're

00:16:37.180 --> 00:16:37.540
 Baptists

00:16:37.540 --> 00:16:37.840
 but it's

00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:37.980
 like

00:16:37.980 --> 00:16:38.620
 yeah

00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:39.259
 the more

00:16:39.259 --> 00:16:39.540
 you know

00:16:39.540 --> 00:16:39.780
 about

00:16:39.780 --> 00:16:40.120
 Jesus

00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:41.080
 the better

00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:41.320
 off

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 you are

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 okay

00:16:42.340 --> 00:16:42.600
 so

00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:43.080
 a

00:16:43.080 --> 00:16:43.360
 harmony

00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:43.680
 of the

00:16:43.680 --> 00:16:44.200
 gospels

00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:45.080
 is a

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 thing

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 that kind

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 of

00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:46.420
 puts

00:16:46.420 --> 00:16:46.800
 things

00:16:46.800 --> 00:16:47.400
 together

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 so you

00:16:47.900 --> 00:16:48.280
 can see

00:16:48.280 --> 00:16:48.620
 how it

00:16:48.620 --> 00:16:49.100
 happened

00:16:49.100 --> 00:16:51.160
 and by

00:16:51.160 --> 00:16:51.480
 this

00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:52.040
 time

00:16:52.040 --> 00:16:54.040
 Jesus

00:16:54.040 --> 00:16:54.460
 had done

00:16:54.460 --> 00:16:55.040
 all kinds

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 of miracles

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 and Martha

00:16:56.060 --> 00:16:56.600
 knew about

00:16:56.600 --> 00:16:56.800
 them

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 and she

00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:57.840
 had complete

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 confidence

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 that hey

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 you know

00:16:59.659 --> 00:16:59.960
 what

00:16:59.960 --> 00:17:00.779
 he can

00:17:00.779 --> 00:17:00.960
 do

00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:01.360
 this

00:17:01.360 --> 00:17:02.500
 and so

00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:02.820
 we put

00:17:02.820 --> 00:17:03.080
 it this

00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:03.200
 way

00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:03.480
 Martha

00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:03.700
 had

00:17:03.700 --> 00:17:04.160
 confidence

00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:04.579
 in what

00:17:04.579 --> 00:17:05.359
 she knew

00:17:05.359 --> 00:17:05.880
 that Jesus

00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:06.359
 had already

00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:06.620
 done

00:17:06.620 --> 00:17:07.160
 and so

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 here she

00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:07.920
 is in

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 verse 22

00:17:08.620 --> 00:17:09.519
 even now

00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:09.839
 I know

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 that whatever

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 you ask

00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:11.059
 from God

00:17:11.059 --> 00:17:11.440
 God will

00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:11.980
 give you

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 I want

00:17:14.620 --> 00:17:15.160
 to recognize

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 that by

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 this time

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 also

00:17:16.420 --> 00:17:16.799
 Jesus

00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:17.039
 had

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 actually

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 already

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 raised

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 two

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 other

00:17:20.019 --> 00:17:20.599
 individuals

00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:21.079
 from the

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 dead

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 this

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 wasn't

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 his first

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 pass

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 and she

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 must have

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 known about

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 the widow

00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:27.720
 of Nain

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 she must

00:17:29.120 --> 00:17:29.460
 have known

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 about

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 Jairus'

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 daughter

00:17:30.940 --> 00:17:32.460
 and she

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 had every

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 reason to

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 believe that

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 even though

00:17:35.660 --> 00:17:37.000
 Jesus could

00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:37.640
 have kept

00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:38.120
 him from

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 dying

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 here was

00:17:39.779 --> 00:17:40.480
 a moment

00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:41.599
 and Jesus

00:17:41.599 --> 00:17:42.599
 could respond

00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:43.240
 to her

00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:43.779
 request

00:17:43.779 --> 00:17:46.000
 I think

00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:46.539
 it's impressive

00:17:46.539 --> 00:17:47.159
 that in the

00:17:47.159 --> 00:17:47.759
 face of the

00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:48.319
 overwhelming

00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:49.919
 heartache

00:17:49.919 --> 00:17:50.299
 of having

00:17:50.299 --> 00:17:50.839
 lost her

00:17:50.839 --> 00:17:51.159
 brother

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 that we

00:17:52.639 --> 00:17:53.299
 find here

00:17:53.299 --> 00:17:54.579
 is Martha

00:17:54.579 --> 00:17:55.500
 trusting Jesus

00:17:55.500 --> 00:17:56.139
 in the moment

00:17:56.139 --> 00:17:58.299
 and we

00:17:58.299 --> 00:17:58.879
 do well

00:17:58.879 --> 00:17:59.619
 when we

00:17:59.619 --> 00:18:00.299
 find ourselves

00:18:00.299 --> 00:18:00.720
 in those

00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:01.079
 moments

00:18:01.079 --> 00:18:01.519
 when our

00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:02.799
 life seems

00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:03.259
 to just be

00:18:03.259 --> 00:18:03.859
 overwhelmed

00:18:03.859 --> 00:18:05.119
 and circumstances

00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:06.079
 are leading us

00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:06.480
 to the point

00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:06.740
 of just

00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:07.559
 absolute despair

00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:08.500
 we remember

00:18:08.500 --> 00:18:08.960
 this

00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:09.779
 the things

00:18:09.779 --> 00:18:10.379
 that Christ

00:18:10.379 --> 00:18:11.220
 has already

00:18:11.220 --> 00:18:12.220
 done for us

00:18:12.220 --> 00:18:12.839
 give us

00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:13.599
 great comfort

00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:14.299
 and confidence

00:18:14.299 --> 00:18:15.039
 that the

00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:15.619
 moment he

00:18:15.619 --> 00:18:16.059
 is in

00:18:16.059 --> 00:18:16.899
 is not

00:18:16.899 --> 00:18:17.399
 a moment

00:18:17.399 --> 00:18:18.139
 of abandonment

00:18:18.139 --> 00:18:18.460
 he won't

00:18:18.460 --> 00:18:18.919
 leave us

00:18:18.919 --> 00:18:19.299
 there

00:18:19.299 --> 00:18:20.379
 let me tell

00:18:20.379 --> 00:18:20.839
 you something

00:18:20.839 --> 00:18:21.879
 this is off

00:18:21.879 --> 00:18:22.299
 the notes

00:18:22.299 --> 00:18:28.000
 if he's

00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:28.359
 willing to

00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:29.000
 die for you

00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:31.220
 there is

00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:32.000
 nothing else

00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:32.460
 that he will

00:18:32.460 --> 00:18:33.200
 set aside

00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:34.139
 there is

00:18:34.139 --> 00:18:34.759
 nothing that

00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:35.059
 he will

00:18:35.059 --> 00:18:35.619
 neglect

00:18:35.619 --> 00:18:36.639
 in the

00:18:36.639 --> 00:18:37.039
 moment of

00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:37.539
 your greatest

00:18:37.539 --> 00:18:38.000
 need

00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:38.819
 he will

00:18:38.819 --> 00:18:39.639
 care for

00:18:39.639 --> 00:18:40.059
 you

00:18:40.059 --> 00:18:40.599
 in

00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:41.279
 absolute

00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:42.019
 perfection

00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:42.819
 and when

00:18:42.819 --> 00:18:43.319
 you get

00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:43.859
 to heaven

00:18:43.859 --> 00:18:44.159
 you're

00:18:44.159 --> 00:18:44.399
 going to

00:18:44.399 --> 00:18:44.659
 say

00:18:44.659 --> 00:18:45.379
 wow

00:18:45.379 --> 00:18:46.659
 okay

00:18:46.659 --> 00:18:47.940
 and so

00:18:47.940 --> 00:18:48.180
 when you

00:18:48.180 --> 00:18:48.740
 find yourself

00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.079
 at this

00:18:49.079 --> 00:18:49.359
 moment

00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:49.720
 just kind

00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:49.879
 of like

00:18:49.879 --> 00:18:50.379
 overwhelmed

00:18:50.379 --> 00:18:50.700
 by the

00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:51.019
 heartache

00:18:51.019 --> 00:18:51.279
 of the

00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:51.539
 moment

00:18:51.539 --> 00:18:52.159
 I want

00:18:52.159 --> 00:18:52.359
 you to

00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:52.639
 remember

00:18:52.639 --> 00:18:53.000
 look at

00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:53.599
 the cross

00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:55.460
 he's done

00:18:55.460 --> 00:18:55.839
 the biggest

00:18:55.839 --> 00:18:56.240
 thing that

00:18:56.240 --> 00:18:56.579
 needed to

00:18:56.579 --> 00:18:56.920
 be done

00:18:56.920 --> 00:18:57.359
 for you

00:18:57.359 --> 00:18:58.319
 it's

00:18:58.319 --> 00:18:58.619
 settled

00:18:58.619 --> 00:18:59.759
 all the

00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:00.059
 others

00:19:00.059 --> 00:19:00.839
 are small

00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:01.379
 details

00:19:01.379 --> 00:19:02.539
 and trust

00:19:02.539 --> 00:19:03.000
 him

00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:03.920
 having taken

00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:04.500
 care of the

00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:05.099
 big one

00:19:05.099 --> 00:19:05.819
 to take

00:19:05.819 --> 00:19:06.299
 care of the

00:19:06.299 --> 00:19:06.980
 other minor

00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:07.519
 details

00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:08.619
 and not

00:19:08.619 --> 00:19:09.559
 disappoint

00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:10.179
 you

00:19:10.179 --> 00:19:13.259
 remember what

00:19:13.259 --> 00:19:13.839
 Christ has

00:19:13.839 --> 00:19:14.240
 done

00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:15.819
 and trust

00:19:15.819 --> 00:19:16.059
 him

00:19:16.059 --> 00:19:17.500
 despite the

00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:17.859
 moment

00:19:17.859 --> 00:19:19.379
 you know

00:19:19.379 --> 00:19:20.199
 we have no

00:19:20.199 --> 00:19:21.199
 greater cause

00:19:21.199 --> 00:19:23.179
 for hope

00:19:23.179 --> 00:19:23.659
 in the face

00:19:23.659 --> 00:19:24.219
 of trial

00:19:24.219 --> 00:19:25.740
 other than the

00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:26.259
 cross and the

00:19:26.259 --> 00:19:26.859
 empty tomb

00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:28.859
 I love the

00:19:28.859 --> 00:19:29.719
 words of the

00:19:29.719 --> 00:19:30.379
 song and I

00:19:30.379 --> 00:19:30.779
 kind of just

00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:31.559
 recite them here

00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:32.139
 for a moment

00:19:32.140 --> 00:19:33.140
 though Satan

00:19:33.140 --> 00:19:33.840
 should buffet

00:19:33.840 --> 00:19:34.620
 though trials

00:19:34.620 --> 00:19:35.259
 should come

00:19:35.259 --> 00:19:36.400
 let this

00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:37.600
 blessed assurance

00:19:37.600 --> 00:19:38.259
 control

00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:39.700
 that Christ

00:19:39.700 --> 00:19:40.820
 has regarded

00:19:40.820 --> 00:19:42.020
 my helpless

00:19:42.020 --> 00:19:42.860
 estate

00:19:42.860 --> 00:19:44.940
 and has shed

00:19:44.940 --> 00:19:45.720
 his own blood

00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:46.880
 for my soul

00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:49.300
 that satisfies

00:19:49.300 --> 00:19:49.980
 the issue

00:19:49.980 --> 00:19:51.880
 and I

00:19:51.880 --> 00:19:52.580
 appreciate the

00:19:52.580 --> 00:19:53.160
 fact that here

00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:53.960
 is Martha

00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:55.480
 her brother's

00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:55.800
 dead

00:19:55.800 --> 00:19:57.440
 they had sent

00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:58.180
 off a messenger

00:19:58.180 --> 00:19:58.940
 saying you need

00:19:58.940 --> 00:19:59.480
 to come

00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:01.020
 our brother's

00:20:01.020 --> 00:20:01.540
 dying

00:20:01.539 --> 00:20:02.440
 and he

00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:02.899
 died

00:20:02.899 --> 00:20:04.460
 and here's

00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:04.879
 Jesus

00:20:04.879 --> 00:20:06.460
 and Martha

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:07.099
 says hey

00:20:07.099 --> 00:20:08.460
 I'm glad

00:20:08.460 --> 00:20:08.859
 you're here

00:20:08.859 --> 00:20:10.099
 now listen

00:20:10.099 --> 00:20:11.339
 I know that

00:20:11.339 --> 00:20:12.139
 if you ask

00:20:12.139 --> 00:20:12.680
 it'll get

00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:13.039
 done

00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:14.839
 that's faith

00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:15.599
 isn't it

00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:17.559
 nothing's wrong

00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:18.159
 with asking

00:20:18.159 --> 00:20:19.519
 nothing's wrong

00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:20.099
 with asking

00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:21.579
 and so here

00:20:21.579 --> 00:20:22.099
 is Martha

00:20:22.099 --> 00:20:22.720
 kind of putting

00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:23.299
 it out to

00:20:23.299 --> 00:20:23.659
 Jesus

00:20:23.659 --> 00:20:24.240
 you know

00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:24.500
 what

00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:26.039
 if you just

00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:26.639
 bring it up

00:20:26.639 --> 00:20:27.379
 your father

00:20:27.379 --> 00:20:27.759
 will take

00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:28.420
 care of it

00:20:28.420 --> 00:20:28.799
 right

00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:30.319
 now

00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:31.299
 I want you

00:20:31.299 --> 00:20:31.799
 to recognize

00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:32.299
 secondly

00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:32.919
 that faith

00:20:32.919 --> 00:20:33.399
 rests on

00:20:33.399 --> 00:20:34.000
 God's promise

00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:34.379
 look there

00:20:34.379 --> 00:20:35.079
 at verse 23

00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:36.220
 Jesus said

00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:36.539
 to her

00:20:36.539 --> 00:20:37.299
 your brother

00:20:37.299 --> 00:20:37.899
 will rise

00:20:37.899 --> 00:20:38.259
 again

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:38.500
 now

00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.220
 how many

00:20:39.220 --> 00:20:39.419
 of you

00:20:39.419 --> 00:20:40.059
 have recognized

00:20:40.059 --> 00:20:41.119
 in the rearview

00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:41.460
 mirror

00:20:41.460 --> 00:20:42.639
 that what

00:20:42.639 --> 00:20:43.079
 was going

00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:43.519
 on in your

00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:43.819
 life

00:20:43.819 --> 00:20:44.319
 you didn't

00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:45.039
 understand

00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:45.559
 quite as

00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:46.000
 well

00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:46.700
 as you

00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:47.079
 should have

00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:47.359
 at the

00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:47.619
 moment

00:20:47.619 --> 00:20:47.960
 how many

00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:48.079
 of you

00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:48.240
 have been

00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:48.399
 there

00:20:48.399 --> 00:20:48.859
 before

00:20:48.859 --> 00:20:49.779
 it's like

00:20:49.779 --> 00:20:50.539
 what was

00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:50.879
 he doing

00:20:50.879 --> 00:20:52.759
 and here

00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.500
 is Jesus

00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:54.680
 waits

00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:55.399
 four days

00:20:55.399 --> 00:20:55.980
 Lazarus

00:20:55.980 --> 00:20:57.059
 is dead

00:20:57.059 --> 00:20:58.180
 stinking

00:20:58.180 --> 00:21:00.220
 and Jesus

00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:00.920
 shows up

00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:01.380
 and Martha

00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:01.759
 says

00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:02.240
 hey listen

00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:03.220
 if you want

00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:03.680
 to do this

00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:04.240
 you can lift

00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:04.759
 him up

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:06.519
 and Jesus

00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:07.160
 goes right

00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:07.519
 into it

00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:08.220
 in verse 23

00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:09.079
 your brother

00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:09.640
 will rise

00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:10.180
 again

00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:12.860
 instead of

00:21:12.860 --> 00:21:13.559
 grasping

00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:14.160
 the sweetness

00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:14.880
 of this

00:21:14.880 --> 00:21:15.380
 truth

00:21:15.380 --> 00:21:17.360
 here's

00:21:17.360 --> 00:21:17.740
 Martha

00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:18.880
 who took

00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:19.380
 comfort

00:21:19.380 --> 00:21:20.400
 in what

00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:21.259
 she knew

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:21.920
 from the

00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:22.519
 Old Testament

00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:23.640
 rather than

00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:24.420
 what she

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 knew about

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 Jesus

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 just kind

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 of a

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 moment

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 here

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 for you

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 to

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 recognize

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 this

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 here

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 is

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 Martha

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 thinking

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 accurately

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 theologically

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 about the

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 fact

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 that

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 that

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 the

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 scriptures

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 made it

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 clear

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 that

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 the dead

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 would rise

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 again

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 and I

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 have to

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 tell you

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 that I

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 think

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 at the

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 moment

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 there

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 in

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 verse

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 24

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 Martha

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 says

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 to him

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 I know

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 that he

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 will rise

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 again

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 in the

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 resurrection

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 on the

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 last

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 day

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 in the

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 face

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 of the

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 heartache

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 and the

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 challenge

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 of the

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 death

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 that she

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 was

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 kind

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 of enduring

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 and

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 struggling

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 with

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 she

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 kind

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 of

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 reminded

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 herself

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 of the

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 promises

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 in the

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 Old

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 Testament

00:21:58.920 --> 00:21:59.639
 so Martha's

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 faith

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 rested

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 in what

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 she knew

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 God had

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 promised

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 I don't

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 know if

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 you've

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 done

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 that

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 most

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 of us

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 here

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 have

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 lost

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 someone

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 that

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 we

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 dearly

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 love

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 and

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 that

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 loss

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 leaves

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 a hole

00:22:15.820 --> 00:22:16.779
 it

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.220
 leaves

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 a

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 deep

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 abiding

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 sense

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 of

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 loss

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 and yet

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 when

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 we

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 stand

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 at the

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 empty

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 grave

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 or when

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 we go

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 out

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 alone

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 and

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 stand

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 out

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 there

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 with

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 a

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 father

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 or a

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 mother

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 or a

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 husband

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 or a

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 wife

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 one

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 of the

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 things

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 that

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 we

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 take

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 comfort

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 in

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 is

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 we

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 know

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 the

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 reality

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 of

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 the

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 promises

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 of

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 God

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 to

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 assure

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 us

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 of

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 the

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 reality

00:22:39.620 --> 00:22:39.779
 of

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 the

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 resurrection

00:22:40.380 --> 00:22:41.720
 and we

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:41.920
 take

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 comfort

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:42.480
 in

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:42.720
 that

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:44.259
 I want

00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:44.440
 you to

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 think

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 with me

00:22:44.860 --> 00:22:45.160
 just for

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 a

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 moment

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 of a

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 couple

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 different

00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:46.700
 passages

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:46.960
 in the

00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:47.100
 Old

00:22:47.100 --> 00:22:47.460
 Testament

00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:48.000
 where

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.200
 the

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:48.500
 issue

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:48.640
 of

00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:48.759
 the

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.200
 resurrection

00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:49.500
 is

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.220
 undeniably

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 clear

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 Job

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 chapter

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 19

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 go ahead

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 and turn

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 to that

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 one

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 because

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 I

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 think

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 there's

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 benefit

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 that

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 Job

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 was

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 in

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 a

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 pretty

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 difficult

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 and

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 burdensome

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 place

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 here's

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 what

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 it

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 says

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 in

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 Job

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 chapter

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 19

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 verse

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 25

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 and

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 26

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 for

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 I

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 know

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 that

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 my

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 redeemer

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 lives

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 and

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 at

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 the

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 last

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 he

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 will

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 stand

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 upon

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:20.900
 the

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 earth

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 and

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 after

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 my

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 skin

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 has

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 been

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 thus

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.320
 destroyed

00:23:25.320 --> 00:23:25.920
 yet

00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:26.180
 in

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:26.480
 my

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 flesh

00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:27.539
 I

00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:28.060
 shall

00:23:28.060 --> 00:23:28.519
 see

00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:29.100
 God

00:23:29.100 --> 00:23:30.779
 I'm

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:30.980
 going

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.220
 to

00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:32.500
 see

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 him

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 myself

00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:34.779
 in

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.200
 person

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:35.779
 in

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:35.920
 my

00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:36.360
 flesh

00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:37.460
 look

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:37.579
 at

00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:37.819
 another

00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:38.200
 passage

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:38.500
 if you

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 will

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.299
 Psalm

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:39.880
 19

00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:40.339
 verse

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 Psalm

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 17

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:43.519
 verse

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 15

00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:44.720
 Psalm

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 17

00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:46.740
 verse

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 15

00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:49.319
 as

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 for

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 me

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 Psalm

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.339
 17

00:23:52.339 --> 00:23:52.680
 verse

00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:53.220
 15

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:53.920
 as

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:54.140
 for

00:23:54.140 --> 00:23:54.319
 me

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:54.579
 I

00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:54.860
 shall

00:23:54.860 --> 00:23:55.299
 behold

00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:55.559
 your

00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:55.900
 face

00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:56.079
 in

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:56.600
 righteousness

00:23:56.600 --> 00:23:57.500
 when

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:57.880
 I

00:23:57.880 --> 00:23:58.380
 awake

00:23:58.380 --> 00:23:58.720
 I

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.079
 shall

00:23:59.079 --> 00:23:59.339
 be

00:23:59.339 --> 00:24:00.019
 satisfied

00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:00.819
 in

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.019
 your

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.819
 likeness

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:03.720
 so

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.259
 is

00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:04.500
 this

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:04.700
 the

00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:04.940
 end

00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:05.079
 of

00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:05.500
 life

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:07.160
 every

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.440
 one

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:07.579
 of

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:07.680
 you

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.039
 here

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.480
 unless

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:08.879
 Jesus

00:24:08.879 --> 00:24:09.240
 comes

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:09.740
 back

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.559
 can

00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:10.859
 be

00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:11.379
 assured

00:24:11.379 --> 00:24:11.759
 of

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.200
 this

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:12.799
 you

00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:13.500
 will

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.220
 die

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:15.660
 it's

00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:15.779
 a

00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.119
 fact

00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:17.480
 is

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:17.740
 that

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:17.980
 the

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.279
 end

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:18.400
 of

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:18.559
 the

00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:19.099
 story

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:19.460
 the

00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:19.779
 Bible

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.200
 says

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:21.440
 categorically

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:22.160
 no

00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:23.400
 what

00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:23.660
 will

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:24.079
 happen

00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:24.359
 is

00:24:24.359 --> 00:24:24.559
 that

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:24.700
 you

00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:24.879
 will

00:24:24.879 --> 00:24:25.180
 rise

00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:25.559
 again

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:26.680
 and

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:26.920
 for

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.139
 the

00:24:27.139 --> 00:24:27.519
 believer

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:27.799
 we

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.000
 have

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.180
 the

00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:28.519
 comfort

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:28.700
 and

00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:28.819
 the

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.339
 encouragement

00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:29.720
 that

00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:29.980
 when

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.200
 we

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:30.639
 rise

00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:31.000
 again

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.500
 we

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:31.700
 are

00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:31.960
 going

00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:32.100
 to

00:24:32.100 --> 00:24:32.259
 be

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:32.840
 different

00:24:32.840 --> 00:24:33.300
 than

00:24:33.300 --> 00:24:33.500
 we

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:33.780
 were

00:24:33.780 --> 00:24:34.300
 prior

00:24:34.300 --> 00:24:34.720
 to

00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:34.920
 our

00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:35.240
 death

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:35.900
 and

00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.080
 we

00:24:36.080 --> 00:24:36.220
 are

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:36.440
 going

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:36.580
 to

00:24:36.580 --> 00:24:36.740
 be

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.140
 different

00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:37.620
 than

00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:37.800
 we

00:24:37.800 --> 00:24:38.100
 were

00:24:38.100 --> 00:24:38.440
 in

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:38.660
 our

00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:39.040
 death

00:24:39.040 --> 00:24:40.080
 and

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 this

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 passage

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 says

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 when

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 I

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 awake

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 I

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 shall

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 be

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 satisfied

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 with

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 your

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 likeness

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 it

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 brings

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 to

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 mind

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 a

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 passage

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 in

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 1

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 John

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 chapter

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 3

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 where

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 it

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 says

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 this

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 it

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 does

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 not

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 yet

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 appear

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 what

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 we

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 shall

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 be

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 but

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 when

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 we

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 see

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 him

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 we

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 will

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 be

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 what

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 what

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 does

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 it

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 say

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 we'll

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 be

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 like

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 him

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 now

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 let

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 me

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 give

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 you

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 a little

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 side

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 note

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 on

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 that

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 one

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 of

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 the

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 blessings

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 that

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 we

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 know

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 from

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 the

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 scriptures

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 particularly

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 in

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 2nd

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 Corinthians

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 chapter

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 3

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 verse

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 18

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 is

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 that

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 as

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 we

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 grow

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 in

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 knowing

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 Christ

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 through

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 the

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 scriptures

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 we

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 grow

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 to be

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 more

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 like

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 him

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 as

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 a

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 result

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 of

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 seeing

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 him

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 knowing

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 him

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 and

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 growing

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 to

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 love

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 him

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 now

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 listen

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 to

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 me

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 if

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 you're

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 here

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 professing

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 to

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 be

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 a

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 believer

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 and

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 you

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 cannot

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 see

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 any

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 evidence

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 of

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 the

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 progressive

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 transformation

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 of being

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 who

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 you

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 used

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 to

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 be

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 to

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 being

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 who

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 you

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 someday

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 will

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 be

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 by

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 grace

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 you

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 probably

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 ought to

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 double

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 check

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 your birth

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 certificate

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 because

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 here's

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 a

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 characteristic

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 of

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 those

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 who

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 are

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 the

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 children

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 of

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 God

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 you

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 change

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 you

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 grow

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 you

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 improve

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 you

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 don't

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 stay

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 where

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 you

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 were

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 I

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 think

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 modern

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 evangelicalism

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 has done

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 a

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 harm

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 to

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 gospel

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 truth

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 by

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 just

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 presupposing

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 that

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 just

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 say

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 a

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 prayer

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 and

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 that's

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 the

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 end

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 of

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 it

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 I

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 know

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 a lot

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 of

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 people

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 have

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 said

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 the

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 prayer

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 never

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 had

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 a

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 minute

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 change

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 in

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 their

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 life

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 when

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 a

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 person

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 is

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 genuinely

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 converted

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 they

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 don't

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 stay

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 the

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 way

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 they

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 used

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 to

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 be

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 come

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 back

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 to

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 this

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 passage

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 here

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 it

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 is

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 in

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 Psalms

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 it

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 says

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 as

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 for

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 me

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 I

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 will

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 behold

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 your

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 face

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 in

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 righteousness

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 when

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 I

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 awake

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 I

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 shall

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 be

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 satisfied

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 with

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 your

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 likeness

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 I'm

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 going to

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 be

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 like

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 you

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 do

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 I

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 for

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 I

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 for

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 I

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 and

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 I

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 do

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 I

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 go

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 to

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 I

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 in

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 to

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 I

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 go

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 to

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 I

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 to

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 I

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 to

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 I

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 be

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 to

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 I

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 to

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 I

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 of

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 I

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 to

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 I

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 to

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 lip

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 lip

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 lip

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 lip

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 lip

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 up

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 it

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 lip

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 lip

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 lip

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 lip

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 lip

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 lip

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 top

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 on

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 top

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 do

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 lip

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 lip

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 lip

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 lip

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 lip

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 lip

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 lip

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 lip

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 lip

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 lip

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 lip

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 lip

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 lip

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 lip

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 lip

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 lip

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 lip

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 lip

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 lip

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 and you have Him as your God and Savior, or you're a person who at the moment stands unrepentant,

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 and if you die prior to faith, your eternity is stunningly horrible.

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:14.879
 Listen to what it says in Daniel chapter 12, verse 2.

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:21.220
 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life.

00:27:21.379 --> 00:27:22.720
 That's the good part.

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:27.259
 And some to shame and everlasting contempt.

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 One of the reasons that the preaching of the Word of God should always have the undercurrent tone of the sweetness of the gospel

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:44.079
 is because the issue of heaven and hell rests upon a person receiving the Word of God

00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:49.759
 and believing in the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior that they might not be condemned but have everlasting life.

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:54.379
 And so here we are looking at this passage in John chapter 11,

00:27:54.379 --> 00:27:57.319
 and Jesus says to Martha,

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:59.559
 Hey, listen, your brother's going to rise again.

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:02.180
 She says, Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know it's going to happen at the end.

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:06.400
 And I've got to commend Martha.

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:13.240
 I respect the fact that even in the moment of this great grief, the loss of her brother,

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:17.440
 she holds on to the promises that she did know in the Bible.

00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:22.819
 So here you are today, 21st century,

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:28.539
 and I've got to tell you that I join you in not always knowing exactly what God is doing in my life,

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:33.240
 but there's wisdom in holding on to the promises that are clear.

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:37.200
 Treasure truth that He's already given you

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:41.380
 and allow that to be the comfort that brings you through the moment and heartache that you're enduring.

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:45.019
 I love what follows now in verse 25.

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:45.840
 Look there, it says,

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.600
 Jesus said to her,

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:49.039
 I am the resurrection and the life.

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:51.799
 I've got to tell you,

00:28:51.860 --> 00:28:53.720
 I want you to think with me just for a moment

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:56.640
 of Martha running up into Jesus' presence

00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:59.240
 and her heart just bubbles out.

00:28:59.340 --> 00:29:02.360
 Can you imagine her waiting for Jesus to arrive?

00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:04.580
 We send off the messengers.

00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:06.360
 He needs to get here.

00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:07.019
 Get quick.

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:09.279
 Lazarus is going to die.

00:29:09.459 --> 00:29:10.059
 And he dies.

00:29:11.179 --> 00:29:12.339
 And then Jesus comes and He says,

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.019
 You know what?

00:29:15.179 --> 00:29:17.039
 If you want, you could raise Him.

00:29:18.399 --> 00:29:19.279
 And Jesus says,

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:20.419
 Your brother's going to rise again.

00:29:20.719 --> 00:29:22.259
 And she doesn't connect the dots.

00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:24.359
 Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:25.719
 That's going to happen in the resurrection.

00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:26.339
 I got you.

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:33.919
 Jesus stops in this very emotional moment

00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:38.600
 to state an unbelievably profound truth.

00:29:41.300 --> 00:29:46.420
 I am the resurrection and the life.

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:50.960
 And what Jesus is doing is helping Martha recognize

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:54.660
 an undeniable truth that faith centers on Christ Himself.

00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:58.160
 I want you to mark that and understand that.

00:29:59.080 --> 00:30:02.100
 In a moment, Jesus was going to raise Lazarus from the dead.

00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:04.660
 He was going to perform an undeniable miracle

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:07.900
 that was going to be the talk of Jerusalem.

00:30:07.900 --> 00:30:12.740
 But He wants to make it very, very clear here to Martha.

00:30:12.860 --> 00:30:14.620
 And He wants it to be clear in our lives

00:30:14.620 --> 00:30:18.540
 that the moment and the issue that was going to take place

00:30:18.540 --> 00:30:22.060
 really is actually inseparable from the person Himself.

00:30:24.060 --> 00:30:27.100
 Against Martha's faith in the future of the resurrection,

00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:28.420
 Jesus announced that,

00:30:28.860 --> 00:30:30.360
 I am the resurrection and the life.

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.640
 Jesus had already proclaimed

00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:34.340
 that He had the power of resurrection in His hand.

00:30:34.339 --> 00:30:36.299
 He'd done that a number of different times.

00:30:36.379 --> 00:30:37.579
 We're not going to look at it this morning,

00:30:37.679 --> 00:30:39.980
 but Mark, in John 5, verse 21,

00:30:40.179 --> 00:30:40.819
 He made it clear.

00:30:42.159 --> 00:30:44.699
 The Father has given me the power of the resurrection

00:30:44.699 --> 00:30:45.500
 and judgment.

00:30:45.899 --> 00:30:46.939
 I have that right.

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:51.339
 In John 5, verse 25 through 29,

00:30:51.459 --> 00:30:52.619
 again that thing comes out.

00:30:52.959 --> 00:30:56.279
 In John 6, verse 39 and 40,

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:58.619
 the reality of Christ being the one

00:30:58.619 --> 00:31:00.639
 who has the power of the resurrection

00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:02.419
 had been made very clear.

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:06.180
 And here is Jesus challenging Martha

00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:10.039
 to move from faith in the abstract

00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:14.539
 and to step into having a very real

00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:16.700
 and personal relationship with Him.

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:19.140
 Well, what Jesus made clear to Martha

00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:20.980
 was that the truth of the resurrection

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:22.259
 that she was hoping in

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:25.360
 and the truth of life that she was actually hoping in

00:31:25.360 --> 00:31:28.200
 was inseparable from Himself.

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:30.580
 There was no disconnect.

00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:33.419
 There's this abstract theological truth

00:31:33.419 --> 00:31:35.059
 that you kind of hang your head on.

00:31:35.139 --> 00:31:36.079
 No, no, that's not the issue.

00:31:36.439 --> 00:31:38.199
 It is actually apart from Jesus,

00:31:38.439 --> 00:31:39.759
 there is no reality.

00:31:40.159 --> 00:31:41.159
 There is no hope.

00:31:41.439 --> 00:31:42.519
 There is no certainty.

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:43.599
 There's nothing.

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:48.480
 Yes, it's true.

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:54.179
 Apart from Jesus, there's nothing.

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:57.940
 Apart from Jesus, there's nothing.

00:31:59.620 --> 00:32:04.100
 And here is Jesus standing in the face of death.

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:06.480
 And by the way, why is it that we die?

00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:07.779
 What's the answer?

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:14.539
 Death came because of sin.

00:32:15.840 --> 00:32:16.640
 That's why.

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:21.380
 The reason that death came into the world

00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:25.100
 is because men rebelled against the holy word

00:32:25.100 --> 00:32:26.460
 and instruction of God

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:29.160
 and they chose to go their own rebellious way

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:31.980
 rather than to submit and worship God.

00:32:33.100 --> 00:32:34.180
 Death is the outcome.

00:32:35.540 --> 00:32:37.680
 And here is Jesus in the face of all of that

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:39.900
 saying something stunningly true.

00:32:40.020 --> 00:32:41.600
 He says, listen, I want you to understand

00:32:41.600 --> 00:32:43.580
 that this business of the resurrection

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:46.519
 is not some kind of abstract theological truth

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:47.720
 that sits over here and,

00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:49.439
 well, yeah, I believe in it someday.

00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:50.839
 It's out there and it's okay.

00:32:51.139 --> 00:32:51.919
 He says, no, no, no.

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:53.139
 I want you to understand

00:32:53.139 --> 00:32:56.039
 all of truth is wrapped up in me.

00:32:57.199 --> 00:32:57.519
 Me.

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:01.799
 All other religious systems

00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:05.039
 that you can look at and consider

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:09.199
 offer a plan and some hope of self-improvement.

00:33:09.939 --> 00:33:10.759
 That's a fact.

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:13.839
 Regardless of what that system is,

00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:16.460
 it proposes that at the end of the day,

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:17.779
 the thing that needs to be done

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:19.359
 is you need to go about this process

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:21.000
 of making some improvements

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:22.259
 and changes in your life

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:24.940
 and you listen to all that's going on

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.859
 in the world around us.

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.640
 And I've got to tell you,

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:29.379
 this last week has been profoundly troubling.

00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:32.220
 I'll tell you one of the reasons

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:33.420
 it's particularly troubling.

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:36.019
 It's troubling because in the face

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:39.160
 of the absolute chaos of our culture,

00:33:39.160 --> 00:33:43.900
 instead of hearing leaders speak truth,

00:33:44.900 --> 00:33:47.340
 I hear leaders who are just playing

00:33:47.340 --> 00:33:48.860
 to their particular audience

00:33:48.860 --> 00:33:51.360
 and are interested in continuing

00:33:51.360 --> 00:33:55.140
 to magnify the turmoil in our culture

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:56.540
 for their own benefit.

00:33:56.539 --> 00:34:02.680
 And here is Jesus who says,

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.019
 listen,

00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:06.039
 step beyond the abstract of the fact

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:07.659
 that someday in the by and by

00:34:07.659 --> 00:34:09.599
 there will be a resurrection when you die.

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:11.119
 He says,

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:13.179
 I am the resurrection

00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:15.019
 and the life.

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:18.539
 So let me put it this way

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:20.400
 for you looking there at verse 26.

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:24.280
 He says,

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:26.180
 everyone who lives and believes in me

00:34:26.180 --> 00:34:27.320
 shall never die.

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:31.400
 Put your finger on the next little sentence,

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.920
 would you please?

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.800
 Put your finger on that.

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:36.260
 Do you believe this?

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:41.720
 What's going on?

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.860
 Why is that there?

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:47.180
 I want you to understand

00:34:47.180 --> 00:34:49.640
 that what happened in this passage

00:34:49.640 --> 00:34:53.480
 is that having made this profound theological statement

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:54.180
 about the fact,

00:34:54.300 --> 00:34:54.460
 listen,

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:57.120
 I am the resurrection.

00:34:57.620 --> 00:34:59.019
 I am the life.

00:34:59.500 --> 00:35:01.800
 I am the solution for your heartache.

00:35:02.180 --> 00:35:04.780
 I am the remedy for your brokenness.

00:35:05.120 --> 00:35:07.500
 I am the only one who can heal

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:09.940
 the emptiness and the hardness in your life.

00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:11.280
 Nobody else can do it.

00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:14.820
 I love what Jesus did.

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:17.640
 Looking in the eyes of Martha,

00:35:17.740 --> 00:35:18.040
 he says,

00:35:18.140 --> 00:35:19.000
 do you believe this?

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.820
 Do you believe this?

00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:22.940
 And I got to tell you that

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:24.519
 to apply it in our own day in life,

00:35:24.620 --> 00:35:26.000
 I got to have you understand this,

00:35:26.100 --> 00:35:27.380
 Jesus puts us on the spot

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:30.260
 to either harden and rebel against him

00:35:30.260 --> 00:35:31.260
 or to worship.

00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:32.980
 Do you understand that?

00:35:34.060 --> 00:35:35.840
 Every moment of our day,

00:35:36.620 --> 00:35:39.000
 in all the challenges that we face,

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:41.559
 over and over again,

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:43.420
 the issue is going to be this.

00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:45.420
 Am I going to worship him

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:46.940
 as the only one

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:49.440
 who is the absolute center of my life

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:51.280
 and the one who will satisfy

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:53.360
 or am I going to step away

00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:57.699
 and pursue my own idolatrous ambitions

00:35:57.699 --> 00:35:58.579
 and interests?

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:03.199
 What was Jesus saying in this passage?

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:05.739
 You look at it and he says here,

00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:06.280
 I'm it.

00:36:06.280 --> 00:36:07.960
 I'm the one.

00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:10.080
 I'm the resurrection of life.

00:36:10.140 --> 00:36:10.500
 I'm it.

00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:11.740
 I'm it.

00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:13.480
 I'm all there is.

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:16.080
 And when the Lord of glory,

00:36:16.600 --> 00:36:18.460
 the creator and sustainer of the universe,

00:36:19.200 --> 00:36:21.480
 says that I am the one and I am it,

00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:24.120
 it puts the soul of man on notice

00:36:24.120 --> 00:36:25.620
 and forces that person

00:36:25.620 --> 00:36:27.480
 to do one of two things.

00:36:28.620 --> 00:36:29.580
 Either to say,

00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:31.800
 yes, you are the Lord of glory

00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:34.400
 and the one who is all that I need

00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:37.160
 or it drives a person forward

00:36:37.160 --> 00:36:38.980
 in their hardness and rebellion

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:39.400
 to say,

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:40.480
 yeah, yeah, yeah,

00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:41.519
 I hear what you're saying,

00:36:41.800 --> 00:36:44.920
 but I'm really more interested in myself.

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:51.099
 How did Mary respond?

00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:53.960
 How did Mary respond?

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:57.980
 Look at the passage in verse 27.

00:36:58.180 --> 00:36:58.800
 She said to him,

00:36:58.880 --> 00:36:59.559
 yes, Lord,

00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:04.360
 I believe that you are the Christ.

00:37:05.860 --> 00:37:06.500
 What's that?

00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:08.659
 The Savior.

00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:11.380
 I believe you're the Savior.

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:13.340
 You're my Savior.

00:37:13.680 --> 00:37:15.559
 I wonder whether you can say that this morning.

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.599
 Do you follow that?

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:19.220
 Here is Jesus speaking to you

00:37:19.220 --> 00:37:19.840
 and in essence,

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:20.220
 he's saying,

00:37:20.360 --> 00:37:21.740
 do you believe this?

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:24.940
 I am the resurrection and the life.

00:37:26.619 --> 00:37:27.740
 One of the things I chuckle at

00:37:27.740 --> 00:37:29.400
 is individuals who will tell me

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:30.260
 that they believe Jesus

00:37:30.260 --> 00:37:31.360
 was a historical person

00:37:31.360 --> 00:37:32.900
 and that he was a pretty good guy.

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:35.180
 But, you know, that's it.

00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:37.180
 My answer to that is,

00:37:37.260 --> 00:37:37.880
 let me tell you something,

00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:39.039
 you can't be a pretty good guy

00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:40.380
 and a liar at the same time.

00:37:41.380 --> 00:37:42.140
 I mean,

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:44.720
 if what he says is true,

00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:46.760
 it has to be believed

00:37:46.760 --> 00:37:48.240
 or it has to be outright,

00:37:49.240 --> 00:37:50.480
 outrightly rejected

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:51.340
 and turned away from.

00:37:51.700 --> 00:37:52.840
 Do you believe that I am

00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:53.860
 the resurrection and the life?

00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:54.440
 The answer is,

00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:55.160
 yes, I do.

00:37:55.280 --> 00:37:56.460
 I believe that you are

00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:57.740
 the Messiah,

00:37:57.880 --> 00:37:58.579
 the Savior,

00:37:59.660 --> 00:38:01.019
 and you're mine.

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:03.519
 I believe that you're God.

00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:05.619
 And that had to be

00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:07.320
 an unbelievable stretch

00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:09.539
 for the Jewish mind

00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:11.240
 to look at someone

00:38:11.240 --> 00:38:12.980
 in physical form

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.860
 and say,

00:38:14.240 --> 00:38:15.300
 you are God.

00:38:15.600 --> 00:38:17.240
 Because in the Old Testament,

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:18.519
 the thing that it hammered

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:19.260
 over and over again

00:38:19.260 --> 00:38:20.440
 is no man has,

00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:23.100
 no man has ever seen God

00:38:23.100 --> 00:38:23.980
 at any time.

00:38:25.760 --> 00:38:27.640
 And here is Jesus saying,

00:38:28.700 --> 00:38:30.720
 I am the resurrection

00:38:30.720 --> 00:38:31.600
 and the life.

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:35.039
 And Martha's confession,

00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:37.339
 significant one,

00:38:38.659 --> 00:38:39.679
 you are the Savior,

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:41.739
 you are God,

00:38:42.279 --> 00:38:43.460
 and there's a third one,

00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:47.819
 the one who is coming

00:38:47.819 --> 00:38:49.239
 into the world.

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:51.539
 Three things I want you to see

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:54.259
 in this little statement

00:38:54.259 --> 00:38:55.299
 that Martha makes.

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:55.920
 Number one,

00:38:56.360 --> 00:38:57.300
 there is the confession

00:38:57.300 --> 00:38:58.100
 of the fact

00:38:58.100 --> 00:39:00.000
 that Jesus is the only Savior.

00:39:00.580 --> 00:39:01.100
 Number two,

00:39:01.180 --> 00:39:02.740
 that Jesus is the God

00:39:02.740 --> 00:39:03.980
 that we are to worship.

00:39:04.140 --> 00:39:04.840
 And number three,

00:39:05.220 --> 00:39:06.039
 He is the one

00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:07.080
 who has been promised.

00:39:07.240 --> 00:39:07.860
 Now I want you to think

00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:08.800
 about this for a moment.

00:39:09.700 --> 00:39:10.580
 What's the value

00:39:10.580 --> 00:39:11.160
 in believing?

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:12.280
 Why did Martha

00:39:12.280 --> 00:39:13.460
 rattle off three things?

00:39:13.640 --> 00:39:14.460
 Yeah, I got it.

00:39:14.560 --> 00:39:15.240
 I know who you are.

00:39:15.300 --> 00:39:15.660
 I'm good.

00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:17.420
 Why did she say

00:39:17.420 --> 00:39:18.400
 these things this way?

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:19.780
 Here's what it says

00:39:19.780 --> 00:39:20.200
 in Scripture.

00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:21.060
 These things are given

00:39:21.060 --> 00:39:22.019
 for our instruction.

00:39:22.700 --> 00:39:23.740
 The reason these words

00:39:23.740 --> 00:39:24.340
 are penned

00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:25.700
 is so that we can be

00:39:25.700 --> 00:39:26.500
 well informed

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:27.519
 of the reality

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:28.840
 of who Jesus really is

00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:30.320
 and reminded this morning.

00:39:30.700 --> 00:39:32.980
 He is the one

00:39:32.980 --> 00:39:35.460
 who God has promised

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:38.460
 and God has satisfied

00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:39.240
 His promise

00:39:39.240 --> 00:39:40.559
 in the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:42.480
 Let me tell you something.

00:39:44.120 --> 00:39:45.519
 If you are sitting here

00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:46.079
 this morning

00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:46.760
 as a person

00:39:46.760 --> 00:39:47.840
 who knows Christ,

00:39:48.180 --> 00:39:49.780
 you who enjoy

00:39:49.780 --> 00:39:51.280
 that blessed relationship

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:53.840
 can hang all the burdens

00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:54.840
 and all the heartaches

00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:55.840
 and all the difficulties

00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:57.579
 and all the uncertainties

00:39:57.579 --> 00:39:58.260
 of your life

00:39:58.260 --> 00:39:59.180
 on the fact

00:39:59.180 --> 00:40:00.240
 that the God

00:40:00.240 --> 00:40:01.380
 you and I know

00:40:01.380 --> 00:40:02.160
 and serve

00:40:02.160 --> 00:40:04.660
 keeps all His promises.

00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:08.440
 I know how the story ends.

00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:10.880
 About a week and a half ago

00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:11.700
 I was getting tried

00:40:11.700 --> 00:40:12.320
 for shoes.

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:12.579
 You know,

00:40:12.660 --> 00:40:13.620
 I got just a little

00:40:13.620 --> 00:40:14.440
 walking and stuff

00:40:14.440 --> 00:40:15.780
 and we were having

00:40:15.780 --> 00:40:16.420
 a conversation

00:40:16.420 --> 00:40:16.940
 and another man

00:40:16.940 --> 00:40:17.480
 sitting there

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:18.039
 and we ended up

00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:18.740
 talking about heaven.

00:40:18.820 --> 00:40:18.980
 You know,

00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:19.920
 it's something I like to do

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:20.960
 and we're talking

00:40:20.960 --> 00:40:21.480
 about heaven

00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:23.300
 and I ended up saying,

00:40:23.420 --> 00:40:23.500
 well,

00:40:23.539 --> 00:40:24.039
 when I die,

00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:24.599
 I'm going there.

00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:24.880
 He says,

00:40:24.920 --> 00:40:25.059
 well,

00:40:25.079 --> 00:40:25.740
 I hope so.

00:40:26.200 --> 00:40:26.760
 I thought,

00:40:27.099 --> 00:40:27.480
 I said,

00:40:27.500 --> 00:40:28.000
 I'm going there.

00:40:28.059 --> 00:40:28.220
 He said,

00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:28.460
 no,

00:40:28.559 --> 00:40:28.740
 well,

00:40:28.740 --> 00:40:29.619
 I hope so too for me

00:40:29.619 --> 00:40:30.039
 and I said,

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:30.240
 no,

00:40:30.320 --> 00:40:30.980
 I know for sure

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:31.360
 I'm going.

00:40:32.780 --> 00:40:33.680
 He looked at me like,

00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:33.860
 well,

00:40:33.880 --> 00:40:34.800
 you arrogant guy.

00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:36.960
 He didn't say that

00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:37.360
 but he was like,

00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:37.940
 what do you mean?

00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:38.700
 I said,

00:40:38.740 --> 00:40:38.860
 well,

00:40:38.860 --> 00:40:39.400
 I got to tell you

00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:40.099
 the reason I'm going

00:40:40.099 --> 00:40:40.920
 to heaven when I die

00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:41.559
 is not because

00:40:41.559 --> 00:40:42.880
 I'm a good guy.

00:40:43.099 --> 00:40:44.019
 I'm a skunk.

00:40:45.300 --> 00:40:45.619
 Now,

00:40:46.159 --> 00:40:47.400
 I'm not as skunky

00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:48.380
 as I used to be.

00:40:48.800 --> 00:40:49.619
 Thank the Lord.

00:40:50.539 --> 00:40:51.240
 But the reason

00:40:51.240 --> 00:40:51.980
 I'm getting to heaven

00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:52.579
 is because

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:54.160
 I trust in the finished

00:40:54.160 --> 00:40:54.960
 work of Christ

00:40:54.960 --> 00:40:56.460
 who died on the cross,

00:40:56.720 --> 00:40:57.280
 paid the penalty

00:40:57.280 --> 00:40:58.019
 for my sins

00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:59.660
 and I came as a bankrupt,

00:40:59.840 --> 00:41:00.420
 ruined sinner

00:41:00.420 --> 00:41:00.820
 and say,

00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:01.400
 Jesus,

00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:02.300
 I need you.

00:41:03.539 --> 00:41:04.579
 And if God keeps

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:05.139
 his promises

00:41:05.139 --> 00:41:07.700
 and gives salvation

00:41:07.700 --> 00:41:08.360
 to the broken

00:41:08.360 --> 00:41:09.160
 and repentant,

00:41:10.260 --> 00:41:10.920
 I got to tell you,

00:41:10.980 --> 00:41:11.840
 God will also keep

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:12.280
 his promise

00:41:12.280 --> 00:41:12.920
 and he will bring

00:41:12.920 --> 00:41:13.960
 judgment and discipline

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:15.059
 on all those

00:41:15.059 --> 00:41:15.960
 who harden their hearts

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:16.820
 against the truth

00:41:16.820 --> 00:41:18.160
 and deny it.

00:41:22.120 --> 00:41:23.039
 Do you understand

00:41:23.039 --> 00:41:23.559
 the importance

00:41:23.559 --> 00:41:24.620
 that God keeps promises?

00:41:26.700 --> 00:41:27.620
 It's profound.

00:41:29.100 --> 00:41:29.420
 And so,

00:41:29.500 --> 00:41:30.440
 here is Mary

00:41:30.440 --> 00:41:34.180
 with this huge

00:41:34.180 --> 00:41:35.720
 theological confession.

00:41:36.940 --> 00:41:37.880
 You're the Savior.

00:41:38.380 --> 00:41:39.059
 Can you say that

00:41:39.059 --> 00:41:39.500
 this morning?

00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:40.660
 You're the Savior.

00:41:42.980 --> 00:41:43.920
 You're God

00:41:43.920 --> 00:41:46.700
 and you're the one

00:41:46.700 --> 00:41:47.780
 who keeps your promises.

00:41:50.940 --> 00:41:53.400
 There is no time

00:41:53.400 --> 00:41:55.059
 in a believer's life

00:41:55.059 --> 00:41:57.200
 that these three truths

00:41:57.200 --> 00:41:59.440
 are not supremely significant.

00:41:59.440 --> 00:42:05.000
 and I encourage you

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:05.579
 this morning,

00:42:06.240 --> 00:42:07.280
 if you are here

00:42:07.280 --> 00:42:07.920
 and know Christ

00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:08.519
 as your Savior,

00:42:08.659 --> 00:42:09.320
 I want you to hold

00:42:09.320 --> 00:42:09.920
 on to those.

00:42:10.039 --> 00:42:10.780
 I want you to believe

00:42:10.780 --> 00:42:11.240
 in those.

00:42:11.639 --> 00:42:13.099
 I want you to delight

00:42:13.099 --> 00:42:13.659
 in them.

00:42:13.920 --> 00:42:15.300
 I want you to be satisfied.

00:42:16.880 --> 00:42:18.159
 To be able to say

00:42:18.159 --> 00:42:18.840
 by faith,

00:42:19.240 --> 00:42:20.240
 you are my Savior

00:42:20.240 --> 00:42:21.500
 and you are my God

00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:22.519
 and you're the one

00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:23.559
 that has been sent

00:42:23.559 --> 00:42:24.139
 who is coming

00:42:24.139 --> 00:42:24.740
 into the world

00:42:24.740 --> 00:42:25.980
 and you have fulfilled

00:42:25.980 --> 00:42:26.559
 the promises

00:42:26.559 --> 00:42:27.420
 of the Old Testament

00:42:27.420 --> 00:42:28.539
 and you will fulfill

00:42:28.539 --> 00:42:29.119
 the promises

00:42:29.119 --> 00:42:29.960
 yet to be done.

00:42:31.400 --> 00:42:32.539
 And if you're here today

00:42:32.539 --> 00:42:33.579
 and do not know Christ

00:42:33.579 --> 00:42:34.220
 as your Savior,

00:42:34.320 --> 00:42:35.200
 I want to plead with you.

00:42:37.720 --> 00:42:38.539
 What the Scriptures

00:42:38.539 --> 00:42:39.900
 make undeniably clear

00:42:39.900 --> 00:42:42.980
 is that the same one

00:42:42.980 --> 00:42:44.180
 who came to be

00:42:44.180 --> 00:42:45.780
 the Savior of the world

00:42:45.780 --> 00:42:47.480
 by dying on the cross

00:42:47.480 --> 00:42:48.280
 to pay the penalty

00:42:48.280 --> 00:42:49.280
 for your sins

00:42:49.280 --> 00:42:52.320
 will also be the judge

00:42:52.320 --> 00:42:53.119
 of the whole earth.

00:42:53.119 --> 00:42:57.219
 and he who was willing

00:42:57.219 --> 00:42:58.159
 to die

00:42:58.159 --> 00:43:01.159
 to satisfy the wrath

00:43:01.159 --> 00:43:01.839
 of God

00:43:01.839 --> 00:43:03.719
 for your unrighteous

00:43:03.719 --> 00:43:04.460
 wicked heart

00:43:04.460 --> 00:43:06.619
 will be the one

00:43:06.619 --> 00:43:07.639
 who looks you in the eye

00:43:07.639 --> 00:43:08.059
 and says,

00:43:08.159 --> 00:43:08.980
 and what were you doing

00:43:08.980 --> 00:43:10.099
 refusing what I did

00:43:10.099 --> 00:43:10.619
 for you?

00:43:13.400 --> 00:43:14.579
 And he would be cast out

00:43:14.579 --> 00:43:15.559
 into outer darkness.

00:43:18.019 --> 00:43:19.779
 To preach the word

00:43:19.779 --> 00:43:20.599
 of God

00:43:20.599 --> 00:43:21.659
 and to lift up

00:43:21.659 --> 00:43:23.059
 the glory of Christ

00:43:23.059 --> 00:43:26.159
 is to put people

00:43:26.159 --> 00:43:26.759
 on the spot

00:43:26.759 --> 00:43:27.599
 of saying yes or no

00:43:27.599 --> 00:43:27.960
 to Christ.

00:43:28.039 --> 00:43:28.500
 Isn't that right?

00:43:29.339 --> 00:43:30.179
 There it is.

00:43:32.019 --> 00:43:32.460
 Jesus

00:43:32.460 --> 00:43:35.259
 is the resurrection

00:43:35.259 --> 00:43:36.860
 and the life.

00:43:38.299 --> 00:43:39.239
 And the question is,

00:43:39.299 --> 00:43:40.179
 do you believe in him

00:43:40.179 --> 00:43:42.639
 or do you deny him?

00:43:43.480 --> 00:43:44.519
 Let's close in prayer.

00:43:44.519 --> 00:43:49.360
 Without anybody

00:43:49.360 --> 00:43:50.759
 looking around this morning,

00:43:50.840 --> 00:43:51.920
 I want to just take a moment

00:43:51.920 --> 00:43:52.860
 and ask you to think

00:43:52.860 --> 00:43:54.079
 quietly where you are.

00:43:55.940 --> 00:43:57.599
 Do I know Christ

00:43:57.599 --> 00:43:58.960
 as my personal Savior?

00:44:01.639 --> 00:44:03.119
 Or am I denying him

00:44:03.119 --> 00:44:03.820
 at this moment

00:44:03.820 --> 00:44:04.860
 and turning my face

00:44:04.860 --> 00:44:05.519
 against him?

00:44:07.860 --> 00:44:08.800
 If you're a believer

00:44:08.800 --> 00:44:09.860
 and you're here this morning

00:44:09.860 --> 00:44:10.559
 and you know Christ

00:44:10.559 --> 00:44:11.539
 as your personal Savior,

00:44:11.639 --> 00:44:12.460
 I want you to hang on

00:44:12.460 --> 00:44:13.440
 to those three truths.

00:44:14.519 --> 00:44:15.460
 He's the Savior

00:44:15.460 --> 00:44:16.099
 of the world.

00:44:17.500 --> 00:44:18.579
 He's your God.

00:44:19.900 --> 00:44:20.880
 And he's the one

00:44:20.880 --> 00:44:21.920
 who's coming into the world

00:44:21.920 --> 00:44:23.659
 answering promise

00:44:23.659 --> 00:44:24.259
 and prophecy.

00:44:25.519 --> 00:44:26.400
 If you're here

00:44:26.400 --> 00:44:27.559
 and you do not know Christ,

00:44:27.659 --> 00:44:28.460
 I would plead with you

00:44:28.460 --> 00:44:29.019
 this morning

00:44:29.019 --> 00:44:30.159
 in Christ's stead,

00:44:31.559 --> 00:44:33.259
 be reconciled to God.

00:44:35.340 --> 00:44:36.360
 That means coming

00:44:36.360 --> 00:44:36.880
 to the point

00:44:36.880 --> 00:44:37.599
 of recognizing

00:44:37.599 --> 00:44:38.440
 that your sin

00:44:38.440 --> 00:44:39.519
 has separated you

00:44:39.519 --> 00:44:40.119
 from God

00:44:40.119 --> 00:44:42.059
 and your sin

00:44:42.059 --> 00:44:43.199
 will someday be judged.

00:44:44.519 --> 00:44:47.739
 and God sent his son,

00:44:47.820 --> 00:44:48.880
 the Lord Jesus Christ,

00:44:49.400 --> 00:44:50.519
 to pay the penalty

00:44:50.519 --> 00:44:51.179
 for that sin

00:44:51.179 --> 00:44:51.920
 on the cross

00:44:51.920 --> 00:44:54.559
 and he offers salvation

00:44:54.559 --> 00:44:55.519
 to whosoever

00:44:55.519 --> 00:44:56.880
 will believe.

00:44:58.360 --> 00:44:59.559
 And right where you sit,

00:44:59.619 --> 00:45:00.079
 you can say,

00:45:00.239 --> 00:45:00.940
 I need Jesus

00:45:00.940 --> 00:45:01.699
 as my Savior.

00:45:01.900 --> 00:45:02.559
 I understand

00:45:02.559 --> 00:45:03.500
 the burden

00:45:03.500 --> 00:45:04.400
 and the blackness

00:45:04.400 --> 00:45:05.079
 and the darkness

00:45:05.079 --> 00:45:06.059
 and the hopelessness

00:45:06.059 --> 00:45:06.599
 of my heart

00:45:06.599 --> 00:45:07.619
 has no remedy

00:45:07.619 --> 00:45:08.559
 in my own improvement.

00:45:08.559 --> 00:45:11.920
 only Jesus

00:45:11.920 --> 00:45:13.460
 can save me.

00:45:14.599 --> 00:45:15.739
 Call upon his name

00:45:15.739 --> 00:45:16.539
 and believe in him.

00:45:18.199 --> 00:45:19.119
 Father, we pray

00:45:19.119 --> 00:45:20.380
 for your work

00:45:20.380 --> 00:45:21.259
 among us this morning

00:45:21.259 --> 00:45:22.699
 that we who know Christ

00:45:22.699 --> 00:45:24.779
 delight in the Lord Jesus

00:45:24.779 --> 00:45:25.860
 and those who are here

00:45:25.860 --> 00:45:26.519
 that do not

00:45:26.519 --> 00:45:27.960
 are drawn to the sweetness

00:45:27.960 --> 00:45:28.699
 of the gospel

00:45:28.699 --> 00:45:29.320
 and the truth

00:45:29.320 --> 00:45:30.059
 in the Lord Jesus.

00:45:31.059 --> 00:45:31.960
 We ask

00:45:31.960 --> 00:45:34.039
 this in Jesus' name.

00:45:35.320 --> 00:45:35.659
 Amen.

00:45:35.659 --> 00:45:35.779
 Amen.