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 I woke up this morning and out my window.

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 My azaleas and forsythia are in full bloom.

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 And I felt hope well up in my heart.

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 Spring always does this to me.

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 It restores my soul as I think about the promise of warm summer days.

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 And the revealing and greening of the world.

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 Hope is a wonderful thing, isn't it?

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 Have you ever considered how important it is to our life on a daily basis?

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 I think hope is what gets us out of bed in the morning.

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 It's a new day.

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 Hope is what allows us to ask someone else out on a date.

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 Maybe this is the one.

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 Hope is what drives us to plant gulps in the fall and seedlings in the spring.

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 Maybe this year the squirrels won't eat all my strawberries.

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 They probably won't.

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 But maybe not.

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 That's why we keep hoping.

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 We keep hoping.

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 But you know, hope is helpful in the day to day.

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 But it's also the thing that by many accounts gets us through the hardest things of life as well, isn't it?

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 Martin Luther King, in the face of entrenched racism in America, the apparent setbacks of the civil rights movement, wrote this.

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 Even in the inevitable moment when all seem hopeless, men know that without hope, they cannot really live.

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 In an agonizing desperation, they cry for the bread of hope.

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 Or listen to the words of Nurse Grace Chu-Hui-Nen Chi, who writes in her paper, The Role of Hope in Patients with Cancer.

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 Overall, hope is probably the single most important element in the lives of patients and family members struggling with the diagnosis of cancer.

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 Therefore, enabling and maintaining a sense of hope in patients with cancer are essential for assisting them in battling illness.

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 And how important hope is when facing the most terrible things of this world as well.

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 Listen to the words of Meyer Hirsch, a survivor of the death camp in Auschwitz.

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 If there is only a spark left in you, then you have to cling to it.

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 A person can survive for a few days without eating, but he can't survive without hope for more than that.

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 I think if we're honest, we recognize that hope is one of the most important things.

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 And I think that if I could sit with you for a cup of coffee, you would say, yes, I want hope.

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 Again, hope is hard to hold on to, isn't it?

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 Just as I woke up this morning and seen there was the promise of sunshine to bless our flowers and make them pretty, it rains.

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 My hope was doubted a little bit.

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 Of course, there are much more serious things that doubts our hope as well.

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 We get overwhelmed with the evil and suffering in this world, even in our own city.

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 We despair of ourselves, the ways that we are unable to be better than we actually are.

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 And in our fight for hope, we see the danger of empty optimism.

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 We don't want to be fools.

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 So easily we fall into cynicism of building walls in our hearts against the vulnerability of hope.

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 So in this reality, our need for hope, and also the challenge that it is to hold on to, we face this question.

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 How can we find hope?

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 A hope that we can't hold on to?

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 Well, friends, the good news is, it's Easter.

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 And this is exactly what the message of Easter speaks to us about this morning.

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 We're going to look in the book of Luke, chapter 24, starting in verse 13.

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 That's on page 831 in your pew Bible.

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 If you want to turn there with me, we're going to...

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 This is a continuation of the passage that Megan read earlier.

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 That Jesus Christ, having been crucified on a cross by the Romans on Friday,

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 the narrative that turns to Sunday morning.

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 Some of his dear friends went to the tomb.

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 They found that his body was not there.

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 We're not going to focus on that account this morning.

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 We're actually going to pick up some other followers of Jesus,

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 who, in despair after three days, were walking away from Jerusalem.

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 And we want to look at them, and on their road, their journey to Emmaus,

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 and on their journey to hope.

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 So let's read this passage together.

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 Luke chapter 14, starting in...

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 I'm sorry, chapter 24, starting in verse 13.

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 Let's read this together.

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 That very day, two of them were going to a village named Emmaus,

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 about seven miles from Jerusalem.

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 And they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened.

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 And while they were talking and discussing together,

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 Jesus himself drew near and went with them.

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 Their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

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 And he said to them,

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 What is this conversation you are holding with each other as you walk?

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 And they stood still, looking sad.

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 Then one of them made clear this, and he answered him,

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 Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened in these days?

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 And he said to them,

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 What things?

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 And they said to him,

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 Concerning Jesus of Nazareth,

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 A man who was a prophet, mighty in deed and word,

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 Before God and all the people,

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 And how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death,

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 And crucified him.

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 But we had hoped

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 That he was the one to redeem Israel.

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 Yes, and besides all this,

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 It is now the third day since these things have happened.

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 Moreover, some women of our company amazed us.

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 They were at the tomb early in the morning,

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 And when they did not find his body,

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 They came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels,

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 Who said that he was alive.

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 Some of those who were with us went to the tomb,

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 And found it just as women had said.

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 But him they did not see.

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 And he said to them,

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 O foolish ones,

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 Slow apart to believe all that the prophets have spoken.

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 Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things,

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 And enter into his glory?

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 And beginning with Moses and all the prophets,

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 He interpreted to them in all the scriptures,

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 The things concerning himself.

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 So they drew near to the village to which they were going,

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 He acted as if he were going further.

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 But they urged him strongly,

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 Saying,

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 Stay with us,

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 For it is towards evening,

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 And the days now are spent.

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 So he went in to stay with them.

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 When he was at table with them,

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 He took bread,

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 And blessed,

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 And broke it,

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 And gave it to them.

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 And their eyes were opened,

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 And they recognized him,

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 And he vanished from their sight.

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 And they said to each other,

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 Did not our hearts burn within us,

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 While he talked to us on the road,

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 While he opened to us the scriptures?

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 And they rose that same hour,

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 And returned to Jerusalem,

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 And they found the eleven,

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 And those who were with them gathered together,

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 Saying,

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 The Lord is risen indeed,

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 And has appeared to Simon.

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 And then they told what had happened on the road,

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 And how he was known to them,

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 And the breaking of the bread.

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 We pray for you.

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 Lord, as we come to this word this morning,

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 We ask that by your spirit,

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 You would help us, Lord.

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 Help us to hear,

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 And receive,

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 Lord, the word of hope that you have for us in this passage.

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 Help us to,

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 Lord, fight against the despair,

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 That creeps in your hearts.

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 Lord, we pray this morning,

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 That your word would be clear to us.

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 Lord, that you would help me to proclaim it as I am.

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 And that we would all have hearts ready to receive,

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 What you have for us today,

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 And Lord.

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 We pray these things in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 How can we find a hope,

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 That we can hold on to?

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 In this passage,

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 We see two things.

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 First of all,

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 We see why we lose hope.

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 The dynamics of our hearts,

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 And the things that make it so hard for hope to hold on to.

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 Secondly,

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 We see where hope can be gone.

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 A hope that we can hold on to.

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 A hope that we cannot lose.

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 So let's look first,

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 At why we lose hope.

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 And in order to do this,

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 Let's just look at the story,

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 Of these disciples.

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 The first thing you see about them,

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 Is that they are leaving Jerusalem.

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 They are leaving the place where Jesus died.

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 They are not waiting around.

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 They have no anticipation,

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 That anything is going to happen.

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 They are walking off the pitch,

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 In defeat.

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 They believe that,

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 There is nothing more to stay in Jerusalem for.

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 And so,

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 They are walking away.

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 And it's clear,

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 As Jesus appears,

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 And comes alongside of them,

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 Even though they don't know who he is,

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 They don't recognize him for who he is,

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 Yet,

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 He comes alongside and gauges them.

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 And when he asks them,

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 What they are talking about,

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 They are sad,

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 Downcast.

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 And he asks them why.

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 He says,

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 Because this man,

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 Jesus,

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 We thought he was the one sent from God.

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 We have been with him,

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 We have seen him do amazing things.

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 You go back and read the Gospel of Luke,

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 They've seen him,

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 Raise the dead,

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 Heal the blind,

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 Feed the multitudes.

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 They've seen him,

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 Proclaim righteousness,

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 And love,

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 The outcast,

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 And the lonely,

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 The sinners.

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 They thought he was the one,

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 That God had sent,

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 To finally redeem them.

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 To finally restore,

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 The nation of Israel,

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 So that they might be a place,

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 Where God is truly worshipped,

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 And where the blessing of God,

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 Overflows into the world.

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 We had hoped,

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 Past tense,

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 We had hoped,

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 He was going to be,

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 The one,

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 Who would redeem the world.

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 They walking away,

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 Because,

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 It's not what they saw.

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 He did not come,

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 And conquer,

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 And redeem.

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 He was destroyed,

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 Crucified,

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 Defeated.

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 They lost hope,

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 Because they thought,

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 This cannot be,

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 God's plan.

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 This cannot be,

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 What God is doing.

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 It's not supposed,

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 To end this way,

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 In defeat,

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 In shame,

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 In suffering,

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 In death.

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 The redeemer,

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 Was supposed to bring,

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 Glory,

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 And renewal,

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 In life.

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 They lost hope,

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 Because they felt,

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 Like they did not,

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 They did not understand,

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 What God was doing.

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 They could not,

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 Understand God's plan.

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 Not only that though,

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 As the passage goes on,

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 They also heard,

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 These accounts,

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 The women,

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 And then Peter,

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 Went to the tomb,

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 And came back,

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 And said,

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 He's not there.

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 And the reports,

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 That they had heard,

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 From this vision,

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 Is that he was alive.

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 But if you look,

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 At the end of verse 24,

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 As they're wrestling,

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 With this,

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 As they're recounting,

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 It to Jesus,

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 What's their conclusion?

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 Him,

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 They did not see.

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 You see,

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 They hadn't just lost,

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 A political ideal,

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 They hadn't just lost,

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 A movement,

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 A social movement,

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 They hadn't just lost,

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 A vision of a new life,

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 They had lost a person.

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 They put their hope,

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 In this Jesus.

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 This one that they'd,

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 Traveled with and eaten with.

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 They put their hope,

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 In this person.

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 And now he was gone.

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 They didn't know,

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 Where he was.

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 Him,

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 They did not see.

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 Having known him,

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 And loved him,

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 They were crushed.

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 He was not there.

00:14:09.439 --> 00:14:09.919
 Jesus,

00:14:10.099 --> 00:14:10.839
 Where are you?

00:14:12.039 --> 00:14:13.139
 How could you,

00:14:13.139 --> 00:14:14.199
 Abandon us?

00:14:15.439 --> 00:14:16.719
 How could you die,

00:14:16.859 --> 00:14:17.539
 Like this?

00:14:19.359 --> 00:14:20.159
 Not only did they,

00:14:20.219 --> 00:14:21.039
 Not understand,

00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:22.379
 God's plan,

00:14:23.279 --> 00:14:24.139
 It felt like,

00:14:24.219 --> 00:14:24.819
 They had lost,

00:14:24.939 --> 00:14:25.659
 God himself.

00:14:31.959 --> 00:14:32.699
 I think,

00:14:32.859 --> 00:14:33.659
 That we often struggle,

00:14:33.899 --> 00:14:34.139
 With hope,

00:14:34.219 --> 00:14:35.159
 In similar ways.

00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:38.000
 Of course,

00:14:38.079 --> 00:14:38.980
 It's easy to be hopeful,

00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:40.059
 When things are going well.

00:14:40.559 --> 00:14:42.079
 When things are turning out right,

00:14:42.199 --> 00:14:42.980
 When the things,

00:14:43.059 --> 00:14:43.899
 We set our hands to,

00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:45.620
 Seem to be reasonably successful,

00:14:45.939 --> 00:14:46.759
 And meaningful,

00:14:47.019 --> 00:14:47.199
 And,

00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:48.480
 These things are wonderful,

00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:49.279
 We should rejoice,

00:14:49.419 --> 00:14:50.159
 In those seasons,

00:14:50.339 --> 00:14:51.219
 Just like we rejoice,

00:14:51.299 --> 00:14:52.699
 When the flowers bloom in the spring,

00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:54.159
 Rejoice when we see,

00:14:54.439 --> 00:14:55.339
 These good times,

00:14:56.339 --> 00:14:57.699
 And be thankful for them.

00:14:58.500 --> 00:14:59.579
 But the true test,

00:14:59.659 --> 00:15:00.199
 Of our hope,

00:15:00.259 --> 00:15:01.179
 Is not seeing them.

00:15:01.179 --> 00:15:03.479
 The true test of our hope,

00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:04.699
 Is seen in adversity,

00:15:05.500 --> 00:15:06.239
 And trial.

00:15:08.739 --> 00:15:10.559
 I have sat with some of you,

00:15:11.139 --> 00:15:12.399
 In the past week,

00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:14.919
 Grieving the loss,

00:15:15.059 --> 00:15:15.819
 Of loved ones.

00:15:17.099 --> 00:15:18.799
 I have sat with some of you,

00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:20.339
 As you face,

00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:21.620
 A serious,

00:15:22.239 --> 00:15:23.299
 Potentially chronic,

00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:24.959
 Or terminal illness.

00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:28.780
 I have sat with some of you,

00:15:29.860 --> 00:15:30.820
 As you try to pick up,

00:15:30.900 --> 00:15:31.440
 The praises,

00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:32.480
 Of a marriage,

00:15:32.700 --> 00:15:33.139
 Shattered,

00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:34.560
 By sin,

00:15:35.400 --> 00:15:36.000
 And hurt.

00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:42.259
 These are the things,

00:15:42.980 --> 00:15:44.160
 That grind the hope,

00:15:44.680 --> 00:15:45.379
 Away.

00:15:46.700 --> 00:15:47.320
 And sometimes,

00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:48.200
 It's not just,

00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:49.800
 The massive crises,

00:15:50.920 --> 00:15:52.139
 That erode our hope,

00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:53.660
 Sometimes it's the everyday,

00:15:53.659 --> 00:15:55.360
 The everyday,

00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:57.000
 The mundaneness of life,

00:15:57.219 --> 00:15:58.000
 That dashes,

00:15:58.100 --> 00:15:59.299
 Our hopes and dreams,

00:15:59.399 --> 00:16:00.719
 Of something bigger and better.

00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:03.019
 The daily grind,

00:16:03.139 --> 00:16:04.559
 And little disappointments.

00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:10.319
 And you know,

00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:11.559
 In the face of these things,

00:16:12.059 --> 00:16:12.740
 Part of the reason,

00:16:12.899 --> 00:16:13.679
 It's so confusing,

00:16:13.860 --> 00:16:14.419
 Is because,

00:16:15.079 --> 00:16:16.240
 At least as we look,

00:16:16.319 --> 00:16:17.179
 At the God of the Bible,

00:16:17.319 --> 00:16:18.339
 He seems to be,

00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:19.519
 A sovereign God,

00:16:19.620 --> 00:16:20.240
 Who is good.

00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:21.259
 That is,

00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:22.259
 He has all power,

00:16:22.259 --> 00:16:23.139
 And His intentions,

00:16:23.319 --> 00:16:24.179
 Are meant to be good,

00:16:24.259 --> 00:16:24.819
 For us.

00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:29.220
 When we experience,

00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:30.679
 A life that feels,

00:16:31.220 --> 00:16:31.700
 Like,

00:16:32.539 --> 00:16:35.860
 It's not good.

00:16:36.419 --> 00:16:38.080
 When it feels like,

00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:40.379
 His plan is incomprehensible.

00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:41.919
 When it feels like,

00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:42.939
 He is far away.

00:16:43.620 --> 00:16:44.399
 We lose hope.

00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:46.399
 When it feels like,

00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:47.600
 We lose hope,

00:16:47.659 --> 00:16:48.600
 When we can't understand,

00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:49.519
 What God is doing.

00:16:51.079 --> 00:16:52.259
 And we lose hope,

00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:54.419
 When we don't know,

00:16:54.620 --> 00:16:56.319
 If God is with us.

00:16:59.039 --> 00:17:00.159
 In these times,

00:17:00.299 --> 00:17:01.039
 We feel,

00:17:02.100 --> 00:17:02.919
 Like maybe,

00:17:03.019 --> 00:17:04.079
 We'll have,

00:17:04.180 --> 00:17:05.039
 A final say,

00:17:05.119 --> 00:17:05.700
 In this world.

00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:08.740
 That we should just,

00:17:08.740 --> 00:17:10.039
 Eat,

00:17:10.120 --> 00:17:10.259
 Drink,

00:17:10.299 --> 00:17:10.860
 And be married,

00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:11.400
 And tomorrow,

00:17:11.539 --> 00:17:12.059
 We'll die.

00:17:13.779 --> 00:17:14.720
 And lose hope.

00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:17.980
 So,

00:17:18.120 --> 00:17:19.019
 We like the disciples,

00:17:19.180 --> 00:17:20.180
 Often find ourselves,

00:17:20.259 --> 00:17:21.279
 Asking the question,

00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:23.519
 In the midst of this,

00:17:23.860 --> 00:17:24.620
 All the reasons,

00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:25.420
 Why it's hard,

00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:27.039
 To keep hope.

00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:29.220
 Where do you find,

00:17:29.319 --> 00:17:29.720
 The hope?

00:17:30.299 --> 00:17:31.299
 Where do you find,

00:17:31.299 --> 00:17:33.059
 The hope that we desperately need?

00:17:33.059 --> 00:17:35.740
 The good news is that,

00:17:36.019 --> 00:17:36.480
 Friends,

00:17:36.579 --> 00:17:37.639
 It's Easter Sunday morning,

00:17:38.819 --> 00:17:41.200
 And when God steps in,

00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:42.980
 He is able to show us,

00:17:42.980 --> 00:17:44.399
 That hope that we can't,

00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:47.019
 Of course,

00:17:47.099 --> 00:17:48.179
 God has already stepped in,

00:17:48.259 --> 00:17:48.940
 In this passage,

00:17:49.379 --> 00:17:50.200
 He's come alongside,

00:17:50.460 --> 00:17:51.059
 These disciples,

00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:51.440
 And,

00:17:52.419 --> 00:17:53.919
 I don't know if you've thought about this,

00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:55.799
 But it's a very ironic conversation,

00:17:56.099 --> 00:17:57.940
 From 13 to 24,

00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:59.579
 Because he's coming alongside,

00:17:59.579 --> 00:18:00.480
 These disciples,

00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:01.579
 Who are wrestling with,

00:18:02.099 --> 00:18:03.039
 What happened in Jesus,

00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:03.299
 Jesus,

00:18:03.500 --> 00:18:04.240
 Where did he go?

00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:05.659
 Why did these things happen?

00:18:06.059 --> 00:18:06.299
 And then,

00:18:06.420 --> 00:18:06.720
 You know,

00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:07.680
 The word they talked about,

00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:09.259
 He said they were talking with each other,

00:18:09.319 --> 00:18:10.639
 It's actually a word of debate,

00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:11.879
 Or a sort of,

00:18:12.019 --> 00:18:13.440
 Intense discussion,

00:18:13.819 --> 00:18:14.879
 So they're going back and forth,

00:18:14.980 --> 00:18:16.279
 Trying to figure this out,

00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:17.839
 And then he comes along,

00:18:17.879 --> 00:18:18.759
 And looks clueless,

00:18:18.899 --> 00:18:19.220
 Hey,

00:18:19.379 --> 00:18:20.460
 What's going on?

00:18:20.879 --> 00:18:22.139
 What are you talking about?

00:18:22.460 --> 00:18:22.879
 And they're like,

00:18:22.940 --> 00:18:24.279
 Don't you know about Jesus?

00:18:24.579 --> 00:18:24.940
 And of course,

00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:25.539
 He's sitting there and saying,

00:18:25.619 --> 00:18:25.879
 Yeah,

00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:27.059
 I know a little bit about him,

00:18:27.420 --> 00:18:27.899
 Actually,

00:18:27.899 --> 00:18:28.559
 I am him,

00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:29.599
 And I do know these things,

00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:30.019
 And I'm like,

00:18:30.639 --> 00:18:31.859
 We don't know what happened to him,

00:18:31.859 --> 00:18:33.159
 But this is what we know,

00:18:33.259 --> 00:18:33.819
 And he's like,

00:18:33.859 --> 00:18:34.000
 Yeah,

00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:34.959
 I know what happened to him,

00:18:35.019 --> 00:18:36.000
 But I don't know,

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 Graciously,

00:18:38.839 --> 00:18:40.059
 He engages with them,

00:18:40.119 --> 00:18:41.559
 In this conversation,

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 And then in verse 25,

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 He begins his response,

00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:50.419
 Look with me at this,

00:18:50.460 --> 00:18:51.339
 Let's read this together,

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 And he said to them,

00:18:53.259 --> 00:18:54.240
 O foolish ones,

00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:55.419
 And slow of heart,

00:18:55.500 --> 00:18:57.419
 To believe all that the prophets have spoken,

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 Was it not necessary,

00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:02.159
 That the Christ should suffer these things,

00:19:03.159 --> 00:19:05.339
 And enter into his glory,

00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:07.859
 And beginning with Moses and all the prophets,

00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:09.159
 He interpreted to them,

00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:10.100
 And all the scriptures,

00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:12.540
 The things concerning himself,

00:19:12.540 --> 00:19:19.680
 As Jesus responds to their confusion,

00:19:20.160 --> 00:19:23.560
 As Jesus responds to their sense of lostness,

00:19:24.220 --> 00:19:27.960
 He first steps in to help them understand God's plan,

00:19:29.320 --> 00:19:31.040
 They think that the death of Jesus,

00:19:31.180 --> 00:19:32.940
 Could not have been God's plan,

00:19:33.040 --> 00:19:34.500
 The place where they are at right now,

00:19:34.660 --> 00:19:37.120
 There is no way that this is what God intended,

00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:39.939
 But Jesus steps in and says,

00:19:40.059 --> 00:19:40.439
 Actually,

00:19:40.539 --> 00:19:42.239
 This is exactly the plan,

00:19:42.579 --> 00:19:45.119
 This is the plan that the prophets foretold,

00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:48.359
 And by the prophets,

00:19:48.500 --> 00:19:49.619
 That's a generic term,

00:19:49.699 --> 00:19:50.000
 He's saying,

00:19:50.059 --> 00:19:51.879
 This is what the whole Old Testament,

00:19:52.059 --> 00:19:53.759
 Was pointing ahead to,

00:19:55.479 --> 00:19:57.099
 He said that this is in fact,

00:19:57.199 --> 00:19:59.319
 The very weave and warp and woof,

00:19:59.339 --> 00:20:00.679
 Of the Old Testament story,

00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:02.559
 What God is doing in the world,

00:20:02.979 --> 00:20:04.559
 Is that this Christ,

00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:06.299
 God's anointed one,

00:20:06.379 --> 00:20:07.679
 Who would come to be the redeemer,

00:20:08.539 --> 00:20:09.740
 That he would suffer,

00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:13.119
 And then enter into his glory,

00:20:13.940 --> 00:20:15.200
 That this is in fact,

00:20:15.659 --> 00:20:19.399
 Not an aberration from God's plan,

00:20:19.500 --> 00:20:20.740
 But it is God's plan,

00:20:21.220 --> 00:20:22.579
 And it's so striking to us,

00:20:22.639 --> 00:20:24.599
 Because we want him to just fix it,

00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:26.940
 And get us out of the suffering immediately,

00:20:26.940 --> 00:20:29.200
 That's what we think,

00:20:29.299 --> 00:20:31.259
 And that's what they wanted Jesus to do,

00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:33.580
 Come into Jerusalem on a white horse,

00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:34.680
 With an angelic army,

00:20:34.820 --> 00:20:36.100
 And reestablish the kingdom,

00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:37.660
 And bring the victory,

00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:38.799
 And bring the freedom,

00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:38.980
 And bring the freedom,

00:20:38.980 --> 00:20:43.380
 But Jesus says,

00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:44.080
 No,

00:20:44.420 --> 00:20:45.600
 Do you not understand,

00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:48.180
 It is necessary,

00:20:48.420 --> 00:20:50.500
 It is necessary,

00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:51.759
 For Christ to suffer,

00:20:52.700 --> 00:20:54.880
 And then enter into his glory,

00:20:54.880 --> 00:20:56.800
 Why is this,

00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:58.580
 Let me zoom out for a minute,

00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:00.420
 To tell you a little bit,

00:21:00.460 --> 00:21:02.040
 About the big picture of the Bible,

00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:03.360
 And how it all fits together,

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:04.540
 So you can get a taste,

00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.840
 I wish I was there,

00:21:06.020 --> 00:21:07.500
 I would love to hear this sermon,

00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:09.520
 I would love to be walking with Jesus,

00:21:09.620 --> 00:21:10.720
 For these three hours,

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.980
 On the road to Emmaus,

00:21:12.060 --> 00:21:13.540
 And hear him explain,

00:21:13.800 --> 00:21:14.500
 The Old Testament,

00:21:14.660 --> 00:21:15.580
 And what God was doing,

00:21:15.660 --> 00:21:17.280
 And how all of this pointed to him,

00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:19.560
 But we don't have that,

00:21:20.060 --> 00:21:21.540
 So I'm going to try to approximate,

00:21:21.760 --> 00:21:23.040
 Maybe some things that he said,

00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:25.500
 In hopes that you might be able to see,

00:21:25.659 --> 00:21:27.339
 How this fits together,

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:28.279
 You see,

00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:29.940
 Because the Bible tells us the story,

00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:31.240
 That in the beginning,

00:21:31.379 --> 00:21:32.700
 God created a world,

00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:35.059
 A world that was perfectly good,

00:21:35.119 --> 00:21:35.899
 In every way,

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.940
 In the center of it,

00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:38.079
 And created humanity,

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:40.379
 To live in fellowship with God,

00:21:40.639 --> 00:21:42.879
 And enjoying his creation,

00:21:43.539 --> 00:21:45.259
 Where we would live under his rule,

00:21:45.379 --> 00:21:46.279
 Receiving from him,

00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:47.799
 All that we need and want,

00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:49.720
 And that it was very good,

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:51.059
 And this is the world,

00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:52.640
 That our soul remembers,

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.799
 And longs for,

00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:54.960
 This is when,

00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:56.339
 The taste of goodness,

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:58.000
 Even in this broken world,

00:21:58.299 --> 00:22:00.680
 Remind us of what it was supposed to be,

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:03.100
 But then the Bible says,

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:04.140
 That humanity,

00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:05.279
 In our pride,

00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:06.740
 And in our foolishness,

00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:08.440
 Rebelled against God,

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.319
 And rejected,

00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:11.960
 This place of receiving from God,

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:13.019
 All these good things,

00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:14.980
 We as humanity,

00:22:15.180 --> 00:22:16.100
 Exalted ourselves,

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:16.579
 And said,

00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:18.140
 We want to be God ourselves,

00:22:18.140 --> 00:22:18.860
 And in doing so,

00:22:18.940 --> 00:22:20.240
 We refused God,

00:22:21.820 --> 00:22:23.200
 Sin entered the world,

00:22:23.860 --> 00:22:25.259
 And everything was broken,

00:22:26.100 --> 00:22:27.540
 Because of our rebellion,

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:29.600
 Corruption spread throughout,

00:22:29.860 --> 00:22:32.700
 Nothing was not tainted by sin,

00:22:33.120 --> 00:22:34.920
 Nothing maintained the fullness,

00:22:35.080 --> 00:22:36.300
 Of its original goodness,

00:22:37.040 --> 00:22:38.980
 Everything was subject to corruption,

00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:40.280
 And decay,

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.340
 And death,

00:22:42.300 --> 00:22:43.840
 But the Bible says,

00:22:44.140 --> 00:22:45.820
 That this is not the end of the story,

00:22:45.820 --> 00:22:47.120
 This is only the first three chapters,

00:22:47.119 --> 00:22:47.579
 In the Bible,

00:22:47.739 --> 00:22:48.779
 So we'll go faster,

00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:49.219
 I promise,

00:22:49.619 --> 00:22:51.039
 So as we keep going,

00:22:51.219 --> 00:22:51.439
 Right?

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:54.019
 God then enters into the world,

00:22:54.119 --> 00:22:54.879
 In love,

00:22:55.139 --> 00:22:57.139
 With a plan that he had determined,

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:58.679
 Before the beginning of creation,

00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:00.139
 That he would rescue,

00:23:00.639 --> 00:23:02.039
 A people for himself,

00:23:02.159 --> 00:23:03.519
 That he would not abandon,

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:04.959
 This creation that he made,

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:06.439
 To corruption and decay,

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:07.779
 But he would rescue it,

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:09.079
 And redeem it,

00:23:10.179 --> 00:23:11.659
 But that he would rescue it,

00:23:11.719 --> 00:23:12.539
 And redeem it,

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:14.659
 Through suffering,

00:23:14.660 --> 00:23:17.700
 Let me show you,

00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:18.700
 In some of the lives,

00:23:18.820 --> 00:23:20.240
 Of the key players,

00:23:20.340 --> 00:23:21.040
 In the Old Testament,

00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:23.040
 How this played itself out,

00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:24.700
 In Genesis,

00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:26.220
 The patriarch,

00:23:26.540 --> 00:23:26.940
 Abraham,

00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:27.779
 The beginning,

00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:29.720
 The father of the nation of Israel,

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:32.580
 Was given this grand promise,

00:23:32.940 --> 00:23:33.820
 That he would be the father,

00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:34.900
 Of a great nation,

00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:36.980
 Both population wise,

00:23:37.080 --> 00:23:38.360
 And location wise,

00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:39.480
 There would be a place,

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:41.360
 Where God's people would dwell,

00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:43.000
 A multitude of people,

00:23:43.140 --> 00:23:43.980
 Whereby God would,

00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:46.019
 Display his glory,

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:47.339
 And bless the world,

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:51.259
 Abraham received this promise,

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:52.140
 And then lived,

00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:53.620
 The rest of his life,

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:54.559
 As a nomad,

00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:56.099
 Living in tents,

00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:57.779
 And for most of his life,

00:23:58.599 --> 00:24:01.039
 As a child of his father,

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:04.019
 Only at the end of his life,

00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:04.879
 Did God,

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:06.519
 Begin to give him,

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.379
 A taste,

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.539
 Of the fulfillment,

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:10.519
 Of that promise,

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.859
 He suffered,

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:14.440
 Before he got a foretaste,

00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:15.259
 Of the glory,

00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:16.319
 Of the fulfillment,

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:17.139
 Of the promise,

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:17.960
 He did,

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:19.119
 He got a plot of land,

00:24:19.639 --> 00:24:20.859
 To lay his wife's body,

00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:22.440
 And he got one son,

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:23.420
 Who would be the child,

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:23.980
 Of the promise,

00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:27.539
 But he suffered,

00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:30.379
 Before he entered into glory,

00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:31.660
 So similarly,

00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:32.240
 Moses,

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.660
 You remember Moses,

00:24:33.820 --> 00:24:35.200
 The child who was brought up,

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:36.860
 In Pharaoh's household,

00:24:37.320 --> 00:24:38.340
 Seemingly positioned,

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:39.900
 To be a great deliverer,

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:40.660
 And yet,

00:24:41.040 --> 00:24:41.760
 As he attempts,

00:24:41.840 --> 00:24:42.840
 To step into that role,

00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:43.500
 What happens?

00:24:44.100 --> 00:24:45.240
 He is rejected,

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.540
 Refused,

00:24:46.540 --> 00:24:47.400
 Threatened,

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:49.560
 And sent off into exile,

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:51.560
 He spends 40 years,

00:24:51.660 --> 00:24:53.160
 In the backside of nowhere,

00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:54.120
 Tending,

00:24:54.360 --> 00:24:55.220
 Spelly sheep,

00:24:55.560 --> 00:24:57.160
 Wondering what in the world,

00:24:57.660 --> 00:24:58.500
 God is doing,

00:24:58.500 --> 00:25:02.460
 And at the end,

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.220
 Of that period,

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:04.400
 God appeared to him,

00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:05.720
 And called him,

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:07.299
 And used him,

00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:08.180
 To be the one,

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:09.000
 The instrument,

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:10.259
 Through which God,

00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:12.079
 Would deliver his people,

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:12.920
 From slavery,

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:13.799
 In Egypt,

00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:15.240
 And bring them out,

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:17.000
 Of that land,

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:20.619
 Think about David,

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.220
 King David,

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.759
 Who was,

00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:24.000
 As a child,

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:24.660
 Anointed,

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:26.559
 By the prophet Samuel,

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.359
 Who said,

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:28.799
 I'm going to come,

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:30.399
 I'm going to anoint you,

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:31.079
 As the king,

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:31.879
 You're now,

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:33.359
 The one that God has chosen,

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:35.819
 And yet,

00:25:35.879 --> 00:25:36.899
 What happens to him,

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:37.899
 He spends the next,

00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:38.619
 15,

00:25:38.879 --> 00:25:40.200
 20 years of his life,

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:41.980
 Running,

00:25:43.159 --> 00:25:44.019
 A ready king,

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:47.740
 From the city king,

00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:48.960
 Who in his jealousy,

00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:50.019
 And pride,

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:51.460
 Refused to see,

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:52.359
 God's plan,

00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:54.740
 David's anointed,

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.279
 David,

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:56.440
 The anointed king,

00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:58.059
 Spent years,

00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:59.660
 Running away,

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:01.599
 Seeking to preserve,

00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:02.359
 His life,

00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:03.899
 Before he was able,

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:05.019
 To ascend to the throne,

00:26:05.139 --> 00:26:06.039
 That God had promised,

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:08.899
 And even then,

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.660
 As great as,

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.980
 David's kingdom was,

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:13.139
 There was a taste,

00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:13.819
 Of glory,

00:26:14.399 --> 00:26:15.519
 Yet not the fulfillment,

00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:18.379
 Finally,

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.480
 Think through the story,

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.660
 Of the nation of Israel,

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:22.319
 David's reign,

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:22.819
 They began,

00:26:22.899 --> 00:26:23.700
 A long time,

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.379
 When they actually,

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.619
 Did live in the land,

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.059
 And had,

00:26:26.339 --> 00:26:28.279
 Had a place,

00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:29.139
 And had the people,

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:30.159
 And they had a capital,

00:26:30.319 --> 00:26:30.700
 Jerusalem,

00:26:30.939 --> 00:26:31.639
 And they had a temple,

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.599
 This was where,

00:26:32.679 --> 00:26:33.500
 They worshiped God,

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:34.759
 The way he told them to,

00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:35.839
 And yet,

00:26:35.939 --> 00:26:36.639
 In their sin,

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.839
 And in their fallenness,

00:26:37.939 --> 00:26:38.839
 They continued,

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:39.539
 To rebel,

00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:40.779
 And sin against God,

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.680
 And in his judgment,

00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:43.200
 He brought invasion,

00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:44.399
 The Assyrians,

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:45.660
 And then the Babylonians,

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:47.160
 Overran the land,

00:26:47.859 --> 00:26:49.119
 They destroyed,

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:49.819
 Jerusalem,

00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:50.980
 And they tore down,

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:51.519
 The temple,

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:53.099
 And they stole,

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:54.379
 The implements of worship,

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:55.879
 From the temple,

00:26:57.160 --> 00:27:00.740
 The nation of Israel,

00:27:00.879 --> 00:27:02.119
 Spent 70 years,

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.879
 In exile,

00:27:03.879 --> 00:27:04.559
 Suffering,

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:06.059
 Wondering,

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.859
 God,

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.879
 Is this your plan?

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.259
 God,

00:27:12.379 --> 00:27:13.119
 Pharaoh came,

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:18.339
 And you can keep going,

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:19.319
 And look at this,

00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:20.980
 Whether it be lambs,

00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:21.819
 In a sacrificial,

00:27:22.379 --> 00:27:23.819
 System of the law,

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.799
 Whether it be,

00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.460
 Isaac,

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:27.000
 Being offered up on a,

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:28.500
 On an altar,

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.960
 Whether it be Noah,

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:30.859
 Spending,

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.619
 Months,

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:34.480
 On a really smelly ark,

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.920
 It was not a pleasure,

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:36.299
 Bruce,

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:37.160
 Don't be fooled,

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:39.299
 Noah suffered,

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:41.379
 As he was rescued,

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.000
 From,

00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:43.379
 From the judgment,

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:44.259
 To Joseph,

00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:44.940
 To Ruth,

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.480
 And others,

00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:47.099
 The Old Testament tells us,

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:49.079
 God's plan of redemption,

00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:50.279
 Is not simply,

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:51.299
 From suffering,

00:27:51.399 --> 00:27:52.480
 By snapping his fingers,

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:53.480
 And making it all right,

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:55.259
 It is through suffering,

00:27:57.440 --> 00:27:58.659
 That then God,

00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:00.419
 Redeems his people,

00:28:01.419 --> 00:28:02.039
 And of course,

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:02.779
 All of this,

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:03.779
 Is meant to prepare,

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:04.399
 In the world,

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.920
 To understand,

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:06.680
 Rightly,

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.720
 What happens,

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:09.180
 When Jesus Christ comes,

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:10.940
 For Jesus comes,

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:12.279
 And he suffers,

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:13.139
 In his life,

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:14.440
 The humility,

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.960
 Of being a human being,

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.579
 He suffers,

00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:18.720
 Hunger,

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.480
 Thirst,

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.559
 And weariness,

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:23.399
 And most of all,

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.099
 He suffers,

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:25.039
 On the cross,

00:28:25.139 --> 00:28:26.619
 As he bears our sins,

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.980
 And we think,

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:30.039
 How can this,

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:31.259
 Be the place,

00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:32.440
 How can this,

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:33.519
 Be God's plan,

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:36.799
 The good news,

00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:37.320
 Is that,

00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:39.100
 He did not,

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:39.840
 Sending to suffer,

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.680
 But he rose,

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.380
 From the dead,

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:45.539
 Through his suffering,

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:47.080
 Then he would bring,

00:28:48.360 --> 00:28:49.000
 Glory,

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.640
 Not only for himself,

00:28:51.080 --> 00:28:52.440
 But for us,

00:28:53.600 --> 00:28:54.460
 Jesus says,

00:28:54.580 --> 00:28:55.640
 In verse 26,

00:28:57.100 --> 00:28:58.820
 Was it not necessary,

00:28:58.819 --> 00:29:02.700
 It was necessary,

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.299
 Why?

00:29:03.419 --> 00:29:04.299
 Because only by,

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:05.240
 Suffering along,

00:29:05.379 --> 00:29:05.919
 With us,

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.919
 In his incarnation,

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:08.059
 Can Jesus,

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.899
 Redeem us,

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:09.619
 From suffering,

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.720
 Only by,

00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.720
 Bearing our sin,

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.379
 On the cross,

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:13.279
 Is Jesus able,

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:14.579
 To secure for us,

00:29:14.879 --> 00:29:15.539
 The forgiveness,

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.220
 Of sin,

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.259
 Only by,

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:18.579
 His dying for us,

00:29:18.659 --> 00:29:19.960
 Can Jesus bestow,

00:29:20.139 --> 00:29:20.679
 On us,

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.519
 Eternal life,

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.619
 Only by,

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.819
 Rising from the dead,

00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:24.939
 Can he ascend,

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.819
 To glory,

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:27.240
 Defeating,

00:29:27.399 --> 00:29:28.220
 Sin and death,

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:30.620
 And promise to take us there,

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.920
 Only by,

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:33.319
 Rising from the dead,

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:36.339
 Can God accomplish,

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.360
 The renewal,

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.980
 Of all things,

00:29:39.600 --> 00:29:40.019
 Whereby,

00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:41.120
 He's going to rescue,

00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:42.019
 This world,

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:43.259
 From the fallenness,

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:44.220
 And the brokenness,

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:44.920
 And the corruption,

00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:45.559
 Of sin,

00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:46.720
 And promise that,

00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:47.559
 One day,

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:49.559
 If he fully applies this,

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.319
 To this world,

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:52.259
 He will make the world,

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:52.620
 New,

00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:55.140
 Creation itself,

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:56.160
 Will be remade,

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:58.200
 And you will be,

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:59.880
 In a renewed,

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.220
 Even,

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.360
 Better,

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.680
 Than a city,

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:06.140
 Where we will dwell,

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:07.140
 With God forever,

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:08.220
 And the glory,

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:09.440
 That we long for,

00:30:09.600 --> 00:30:10.259
 And the glory,

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.700
 That we have,

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.860
 Will be surpassed,

00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:13.660
 By the glory,

00:30:13.839 --> 00:30:14.480
 That we have,

00:30:15.620 --> 00:30:17.039
 Forever with him,

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:21.500
 Do you see,

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:21.940
 Even then,

00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:22.460
 And why,

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.920
 This is such good news,

00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:25.119
 The disciples,

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:26.180
 Don't know,

00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:28.200
 What God's plan is,

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:29.380
 And Jesus comes along,

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:29.740
 And says,

00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:30.859
 Do you not see,

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:32.299
 This is everything,

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.720
 That I've been leading up to,

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:35.099
 And the life,

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.619
 And death,

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.460
 And resurrection,

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:37.920
 Of Jesus Christ,

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.859
 Of Nazareth,

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:40.420
 Is the keystone,

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:42.059
 It is the centerpiece,

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:43.379
 All of history,

00:30:43.379 --> 00:30:44.659
 And leading up to it,

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.579
 And all of history,

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.339
 After it,

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:47.539
 Is the playing out,

00:30:47.619 --> 00:30:48.460
 Of what happens,

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:49.279
 During this,

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:50.859
 Pivotal moment,

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.659
 In history,

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:57.060
 You would come,

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:57.880
 And rescue us,

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:59.320
 From sin and brokenness,

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:02.360
 The things that,

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:03.960
 Threaten to steal our hope,

00:31:04.800 --> 00:31:06.259
 Friends,

00:31:06.360 --> 00:31:07.380
 This is where we find,

00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:09.180
 A hope that cannot be lost,

00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:12.000
 You're sitting,

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:13.040
 In the hospice,

00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:15.700
 With someone who's terminal,

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:18.500
 It's very hard,

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.300
 To see,

00:31:20.100 --> 00:31:21.080
 Where there's hope,

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:23.000
 It's very hard,

00:31:23.120 --> 00:31:23.880
 To understand,

00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:28.240
 What is God's plan?

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:32.440
 The only place,

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:33.200
 We can look,

00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:35.259
 Is not to these circumstances,

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.220
 And not to these,

00:31:36.580 --> 00:31:37.820
 This thing,

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.700
 That we're experiencing,

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.320
 In the moment,

00:31:39.840 --> 00:31:40.880
 But we look to this,

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:41.920
 Objective,

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:43.160
 Historical,

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:44.200
 Reality,

00:31:44.340 --> 00:31:45.279
 That Jesus Christ,

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:46.240
 Lived and died,

00:31:46.320 --> 00:31:47.340
 And rose again,

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:49.220
 And because of that,

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:51.259
 We can cling to hope,

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:54.060
 Because of that,

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:54.700
 We know,

00:31:54.820 --> 00:31:56.220
 That our suffering now,

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:59.340
 Is a part of the glory,

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:00.420
 That is to come,

00:32:00.580 --> 00:32:01.380
 When we are joining,

00:32:01.580 --> 00:32:02.080
 In Christ,

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:05.040
 Because he's shown us,

00:32:05.120 --> 00:32:06.340
 That this is God's pattern,

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:09.180
 Our hope in the future glory,

00:32:09.320 --> 00:32:09.779
 Is certain,

00:32:10.040 --> 00:32:12.080
 And our hope in the present time,

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:14.480
 Allows us,

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:15.480
 To maintain,

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:16.319
 That hope,

00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:17.980
 When otherwise,

00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:19.119
 It might be eroded,

00:32:19.419 --> 00:32:19.899
 Or taken,

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.379
 And over,

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:23.000
 Friends,

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:23.579
 This is why,

00:32:23.639 --> 00:32:25.099
 This is such good news,

00:32:25.699 --> 00:32:26.539
 The tomb,

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.319
 Is empty,

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.859
 And the glory,

00:32:29.419 --> 00:32:30.000
 Is certain,

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.699
 How good,

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:34.639
 But friends,

00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:35.920
 It's not just,

00:32:36.040 --> 00:32:36.860
 In understanding,

00:32:37.020 --> 00:32:38.000
 God's plan,

00:32:38.860 --> 00:32:39.740
 That we find out,

00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:41.320
 But the rest,

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:41.860
 Of the story,

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.480
 Tells us,

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:43.560
 That it's more,

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:43.840
 Than,

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:44.660
 It's that,

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:46.259
 We have the person,

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:46.920
 In the center,

00:32:47.120 --> 00:32:47.420
 Of that,

00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:48.180
 As well,

00:32:48.520 --> 00:32:49.040
 Look with me,

00:32:49.120 --> 00:32:49.800
 Verse 28,

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:50.420
 And following,

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:56.040
 As they're walking along,

00:32:56.120 --> 00:32:57.259
 Jesus has still not,

00:32:57.320 --> 00:32:58.120
 Revealed himself,

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:59.180
 They don't understand,

00:32:59.320 --> 00:33:00.020
 Who he is,

00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:00.480
 Yet,

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:02.460
 There's something,

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:03.380
 Interesting about,

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:04.539
 The resurrection body,

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.160
 And the way,

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:05.960
 That the new testament,

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:07.460
 Describes what,

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:08.779
 Jesus is able to do,

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:09.599
 Where he is,

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:10.519
 Fully human,

00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:11.220
 And normal,

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.240
 In the ways,

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:13.039
 That he eats,

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:13.759
 And walks,

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:15.140
 And everyone recognizes,

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:15.900
 And clearly,

00:33:16.120 --> 00:33:16.839
 As still being,

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:18.140
 A normal human being,

00:33:18.360 --> 00:33:19.240
 In a normal body,

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:19.500
 Yet,

00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:20.039
 There are times,

00:33:20.120 --> 00:33:20.660
 When it seems,

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:22.079
 That this normal human being,

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:22.720
 Body,

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:24.039
 Is also in some ways,

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:25.019
 Super human,

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.519
 It's a whole,

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:28.539
 It's fascinating to see,

00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:29.319
 How the commentators,

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:30.099
 Wrestle with this,

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:32.079
 And speculate about it,

00:33:32.120 --> 00:33:33.019
 But what is clear,

00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:34.400
 Is that he is fully human,

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:35.319
 Yet there's something,

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:36.160
 More than that,

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:37.779
 And they don't recognize,

00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:38.360
 Him in it,

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:40.240
 So,

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:41.839
 They're going to stop,

00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:43.039
 And pay us for the night,

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:44.059
 It seems like,

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:45.000
 Jesus might go on,

00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:46.140
 I don't think he really would have,

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:47.240
 Because he can't play in here,

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:47.819
 But,

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:49.319
 They invite him,

00:33:49.360 --> 00:33:50.620
 They encourage him to stop,

00:33:50.880 --> 00:33:51.160
 Right?

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:51.500
 So,

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:52.839
 So he goes in,

00:33:54.599 --> 00:33:57.539
 And they sit down together,

00:33:57.539 --> 00:34:01.139
 And they eat together,

00:34:01.139 --> 00:34:03.019
 And they break bread together,

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:04.019
 And,

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:06.279
 And,

00:34:06.659 --> 00:34:08.679
 So as you know,

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:10.059
 If you've been here for the last,

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:11.039
 Couple of months,

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:11.860
 As we've been preaching,

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:13.099
 Through the Gospel of Luke,

00:34:14.219 --> 00:34:15.019
 Luke,

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:15.840
 Regularly,

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:16.539
 Portrays,

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:17.079
 Jesus,

00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:18.539
 Sitting at the table,

00:34:18.739 --> 00:34:19.679
 Eating with people,

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:21.340
 And the beautiful thing about it,

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:22.059
 Is that he would do it,

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:22.739
 With everybody,

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:24.759
 He did it with the proud,

00:34:24.959 --> 00:34:25.459
 And arrogant,

00:34:25.799 --> 00:34:25.879
 And,

00:34:25.879 --> 00:34:26.219
 And,

00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:27.459
 Aggressive,

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:29.719
 Pharisees,

00:34:29.819 --> 00:34:30.659
 And religious leaders,

00:34:30.799 --> 00:34:31.500
 Who opposed him,

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:32.319
 He would do it,

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:33.679
 With the tax collectors,

00:34:33.839 --> 00:34:34.359
 And the sinners,

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:35.539
 The outcasts,

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.159
 The lepers,

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:37.859
 He would come alongside,

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:39.179
 And invite these people,

00:34:39.299 --> 00:34:40.519
 To a table together,

00:34:40.839 --> 00:34:42.419
 Where he would bring them in,

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.339
 And welcome them,

00:34:43.399 --> 00:34:44.179
 And invite them,

00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:45.479
 To see who he is,

00:34:45.799 --> 00:34:47.359
 And to have fellowship with him,

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:49.119
 It was a very personal,

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:50.500
 It was a very,

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.959
 Incarnate,

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.820
 Reality,

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:54.760
 Not just a concept,

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:56.340
 But a person,

00:34:57.800 --> 00:34:59.720
 And when he broke the bread,

00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:01.139
 Their eyes were opened,

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:03.000
 Maybe,

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:05.119
 They saw all the scars of his hand,

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.500
 Maybe,

00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:08.260
 They remember the last supper,

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:10.079
 Or maybe,

00:35:10.240 --> 00:35:11.079
 They just remember,

00:35:11.220 --> 00:35:12.579
 All those times before,

00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:14.400
 When they had seen Jesus,

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:16.159
 Break bread and eat,

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:18.340
 With his disciples,

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:19.559
 With his friends,

00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:20.659
 With strangers,

00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:24.920
 Jesus,

00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:26.420
 Comes alongside them,

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:28.239
 At the end of this long story,

00:35:28.339 --> 00:35:29.699
 Where Jesus had already explained,

00:35:29.779 --> 00:35:30.719
 All these things,

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.859
 About himself,

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:33.039
 But he hasn't been saying,

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:33.980
 This is about me,

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:34.759
 Right?

00:35:34.859 --> 00:35:36.119
 He's been saying so far,

00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:36.399
 Oh,

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:38.519
 This is about Jesus of Nazareth,

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:40.900
 And then he breaks the bread,

00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:42.380
 And they realize,

00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:42.840
 Oh,

00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:44.340
 It's even,

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:47.719
 You haven't abandoned us,

00:35:48.679 --> 00:35:50.539
 You haven't left us,

00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:52.800
 But you are here,

00:35:53.239 --> 00:35:54.099
 With us,

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:58.300
 And they did not see,

00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:59.980
 Was replaced with,

00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:02.320
 And they recognized him,

00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:05.380
 And their hope was restored,

00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:06.580
 That Jesus,

00:36:06.900 --> 00:36:08.360
 Had not abandoned them,

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:11.240
 And they knew him,

00:36:12.240 --> 00:36:14.820
 They knew him,

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:16.080
 Did not our hearts,

00:36:16.180 --> 00:36:17.600
 Burn within us,

00:36:18.160 --> 00:36:20.860
 And the knowledge,

00:36:21.300 --> 00:36:23.940
 Not just of the great plan of God,

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:25.640
 But of the person of Jesus,

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:27.539
 Now risen from the dead,

00:36:27.640 --> 00:36:28.519
 Alive,

00:36:29.080 --> 00:36:30.420
 Was such good news,

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:32.280
 That they picked up their dinner,

00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:34.320
 And ran back to Jerusalem,

00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:35.860
 Whatever it took them,

00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:36.860
 All day to get there,

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:38.220
 They turned it around,

00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:39.240
 And went all the way back,

00:36:39.320 --> 00:36:40.559
 That night it seemed,

00:36:41.180 --> 00:36:42.840
 So that they could give this report,

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:44.139
 He is alive,

00:36:44.200 --> 00:36:45.659
 We have seen him,

00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:48.320
 And so funny,

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:48.539
 Right?

00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:49.039
 At the very end,

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:49.480
 They come in,

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:49.740
 They're like,

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.480
 Hey God,

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:51.599
 We've got to tell you something,

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:52.760
 And the disciples,

00:36:53.220 --> 00:36:54.639
 And the 11th disciples are like,

00:36:54.659 --> 00:36:54.860
 Yeah,

00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:55.240
 We know,

00:36:55.300 --> 00:36:55.680
 He's risen,

00:36:55.780 --> 00:36:56.320
 We've seen him,

00:36:56.639 --> 00:36:57.139
 And they're like,

00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:57.519
 Yeah,

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:57.840
 I know,

00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:58.440
 So can we,

00:36:58.440 --> 00:37:02.940
 And they have this great celebration,

00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:05.920
 Because Jesus is not simply,

00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:06.860
 A great plan,

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:08.519
 Or a cog,

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:09.700
 A great cosmic,

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:11.500
 Religious work,

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:14.980
 Jesus isn't just a great teacher,

00:37:15.659 --> 00:37:16.840
 Whose ideas were recorded,

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:17.900
 Jesus isn't just,

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:19.260
 A religious founder,

00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:20.960
 Whose organization continues,

00:37:21.700 --> 00:37:23.500
 But Jesus is a living,

00:37:23.880 --> 00:37:24.420
 Savior,

00:37:25.260 --> 00:37:27.079
 And he has set the table,

00:37:27.240 --> 00:37:27.740
 Of fellowship,

00:37:27.739 --> 00:37:29.419
 And invited us,

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:30.099
 To come,

00:37:30.419 --> 00:37:31.099
 To him,

00:37:32.559 --> 00:37:33.719
 And find hope,

00:37:34.979 --> 00:37:35.919
 A hope,

00:37:36.219 --> 00:37:37.679
 That will never leave us,

00:37:38.679 --> 00:37:39.479
 He is promising,

00:37:39.699 --> 00:37:40.919
 He will never forsake us,

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:42.199
 And he will never leave us,

00:37:42.799 --> 00:37:43.979
 And by his spirit,

00:37:44.719 --> 00:37:45.519
 This is true,

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:46.739
 Until the end of the age,

00:37:46.799 --> 00:37:47.859
 When he will return,

00:37:48.459 --> 00:37:49.799
 And make the world new,

00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:50.899
 And when we will,

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:52.579
 Not only experience,

00:37:52.679 --> 00:37:53.819
 The renewal of creation,

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.679
 But in the,

00:37:55.339 --> 00:37:56.919
 Very center of life,

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:58.760
 Is that we will be,

00:37:59.019 --> 00:37:59.920
 With Jesus,

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:03.019
 We sang in one of the hymns,

00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:03.380
 Earlier,

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:04.039
 About how,

00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:04.880
 In heaven,

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:06.079
 When we see him,

00:38:06.720 --> 00:38:07.519
 We will be filled,

00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:08.860
 With such great joy,

00:38:09.380 --> 00:38:10.840
 To know that he is ours,

00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:12.500
 And we are his forever,

00:38:13.139 --> 00:38:14.099
 And we will sing,

00:38:14.300 --> 00:38:15.220
 And we will sing,

00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:16.180
 And we will sing,

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:17.460
 In joy,

00:38:17.860 --> 00:38:18.539
 And in worship,

00:38:18.820 --> 00:38:19.980
 And in exaltation,

00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:21.300
 Honoring him,

00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:22.920
 And giving praise to him,

00:38:23.880 --> 00:38:25.260
 Filled with the joy,

00:38:25.260 --> 00:38:27.960
 That the Savior,

00:38:28.360 --> 00:38:29.800
 The Redeemer of the world,

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:32.600
 Has rescued us,

00:38:33.260 --> 00:38:37.220
 He's inviting us,

00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:38.380
 To come,

00:38:38.780 --> 00:38:41.720
 To put your hope in Jesus,

00:38:42.200 --> 00:38:42.600
 Today,

00:38:43.200 --> 00:38:45.140
 Let's pray,

00:38:45.139 --> 00:38:51.719
 Lord,

00:38:51.819 --> 00:38:52.039
 We,

00:38:52.259 --> 00:38:54.440
 Our speech,

00:38:55.219 --> 00:38:55.900
 Before you,

00:38:56.159 --> 00:38:57.239
 The greatness,

00:38:57.900 --> 00:38:59.079
 Of your love for us,

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:00.440
 Lord,

00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:01.019
 Thank you,

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:02.299
 That you would suffer,

00:39:03.299 --> 00:39:03.900
 And die,

00:39:05.179 --> 00:39:06.359
 For us,

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:07.639
 So that we might live,

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:09.819
 And Lord,

00:39:09.900 --> 00:39:10.759
 We know that,

00:39:11.339 --> 00:39:11.960
 Following you,

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:12.960
 Doesn't rescue us,

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.599
 From all suffering,

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:14.099
 In fact,

00:39:14.159 --> 00:39:14.719
 You told us,

00:39:14.799 --> 00:39:15.400
 That in this world,

00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:16.500
 We will have temptation,

00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:18.279
 And our hope,

00:39:18.860 --> 00:39:19.639
 Is secure,

00:39:19.819 --> 00:39:20.799
 That you have overcome,

00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:21.360
 The more,

00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:24.440
 And Lord,

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:25.380
 We celebrate,

00:39:25.579 --> 00:39:26.440
 This Easter morning,

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:28.539
 The way that you,

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:30.799
 Submented that hope,

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:32.960
 In the reality,

00:39:33.099 --> 00:39:33.799
 Of the resurrection,

00:39:33.799 --> 00:39:34.599
 Of the dead,

00:39:35.699 --> 00:39:36.679
 Or that we might,

00:39:36.759 --> 00:39:37.460
 Clean to that,

00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:38.639
 Unchangeable,

00:39:39.279 --> 00:39:39.779
 Truth,

00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:40.699
 For us,

00:39:41.319 --> 00:39:41.900
 Oh Lord,

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:42.719
 Fill our hearts,

00:39:42.779 --> 00:39:43.519
 With hope today,

00:39:44.259 --> 00:39:45.380
 We cry in Jesus' name,

00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:46.259
 Amen.

00:39:50.299 --> 00:39:51.079
 Let's stand,

00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:52.639
 Let's praise for us.

00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:53.579
 Let's pray.

00:39:53.579 --> 00:39:53.759
 Let's pray.

00:39:53.759 --> 00:39:53.860
 Let's pray.

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 Our cloud

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 Of heavenly

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 And the crown

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 All music

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 My song

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 Awake my soul

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 And sing

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 Of Him

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 Who died for Thee

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 As

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 As

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 Thy

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 Manious

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 King

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 To all

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 Eternity

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 Crown

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 In the Lord

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 Of love

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 Behold His

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 Hands and

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 Sigh

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 Which

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 To

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 Tend

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 In