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 1 Corinthians 15, verse 1.

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 Now, I will remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you,

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 which you received, in which you stand,

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 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you,

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 unless you believed in vain.

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 For I deliver to you, as of first importance, what I have received,

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 that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,

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 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,

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 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.

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 Then he appeared to more than five thousand brothers at one time,

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 most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.

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 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

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 Last of all, as to one untimely bond, he appeared also to me.

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 For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle,

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 because I persecuted the church of God.

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 But by the grace of God, I am what I am,

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 and his grace towards me was not in vain.

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 On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them,

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 though I was not, though it was not I,

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 but the grace of God that is with me.

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 Whether then it was I or they,

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 so we preach, and so you believe.

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 Thank you, Kevin.

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 Well, let's keep our Bibles there in 1 Corinthians,

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 and let's pray.

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 Father, would you, by your Holy Spirit,

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 teach us afresh the good news about the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 May it be for us not just what we believe,

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 but the very foundation of our life.

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 And Father, may it give us a grounding and an assurance

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 that what we believe is true.

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 And not only that, but it is a word that can change us,

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 change our lives today,

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 and for all eternity.

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 So help us now, we ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, I think we need to face facts.

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 There is no resurrection.

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 Think about it.

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 How many people have you met

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 that have been raised from the dead?

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 Or how many funerals have you been to

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 when the person just came alive again?

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 It simply doesn't happen.

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 Christians, of course, claim there is a resurrection,

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 but that's not true.

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 Jesus existed, that's true,

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 but the story that he came alive again,

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 well, that's not credible.

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 And the suggestion that all those who believe in him

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 will rise again

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 is just a work of fiction.

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 We need to face facts.

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 There is no resurrection.

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 Well, that's what some people believed at the church in Corinth.

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 About 30 years after the bodily resurrection of Jesus,

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 people were claiming,

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 it's just not true.

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 And many people today think the same.

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 This idea of Jesus rising again

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 is just all lies.

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 It's a myth.

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 Look at the end of verse 12.

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 This is what some people were thinking in the church.

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 How can some of you say

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 that there is no resurrection of the dead?

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 In fact, some even mocked the idea of a bodily resurrection.

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 So if you look at verse 35.

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 Someone may ask,

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 how are the dead raised?

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 With what kind of body will they come?

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 You don't expect us to believe this kind of nonsense, do you?

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 Well, let's suppose for a minute

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 that these people are right.

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 What if Jesus never raised from the dead?

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 What if it's all just a big hoax?

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 What if we've just been sold a lie?

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 That there is no future hope.

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 That there is no eternal life.

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 That there is no bodily resurrection.

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 Well, if that's true,

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 look at verse 19.

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 If only for this life we have hope in Christ,

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 we are to be pitied more than all people.

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 If the resurrection is not true,

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 then we're just wasting our time.

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 Gathering here like this is just a nonsense.

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 We might as well just pack our bags,

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 go home,

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 and live life however we want.

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 Well, as we start into chapter 15,

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 we will see that the physical bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ

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 is credible,

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 it's reliable,

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 and it is the foundation for our life.

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 So, first,

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 remember the gospel

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 that you have believed in.

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 Look at verse 1 of chapter 15.

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 Now, brothers and sisters,

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 I want to remind you

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 of the gospel that I preached to you.

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 I know you know it.

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 I know you've heard it,

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 but I want to remind you

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 of the gospel.

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 The gospel,

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 that word gospel,

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 simply means good news.

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 Essentially,

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 it is good news

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 that must be announced

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 or declared.

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 And perhaps the most famous illustration

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 is the story of Pheidippides.

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 I think that's the right pronunciation.

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 But in 490 BC,

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 490 years before Christ,

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 the Persians,

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 that great empire,

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 came and invaded the Greeks.

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 And they had a great big battle

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 at a place which was called Marathon.

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 The Greeks won,

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 and because of the victory,

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 Pheidippides was sent by the generals

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 to go back to the city of Athens

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 to announce the good news to the people.

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 And he ran all the way

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 from the battlefield in Marathon

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 all the way to Athens,

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 which was 26 miles,

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 which is where we get

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 our modern day marathon from.

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 And there to the people of Athens,

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 he announced to them,

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 we win!

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 Hail!

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 We are the winners!

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 And then he fell down and died.

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 That's another part of the story.

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 Well, that's the idea

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 that's behind the word gospel.

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 It's the announcement of good news.

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 It's the declaration of a victory.

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 So as Paul comes to Corinth,

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 he's reminding them,

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 I preach to you the gospel.

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 I proclaim to you the good news.

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 A victory has taken place.

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 He tells us what that good news is.

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 We were reading and singing about it earlier.

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 Look at verse 3.

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 For what I received,

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 I passed on to you as first importance.

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 And here it is.

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 That Christ died for our sins

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 according to the scriptures.

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 That he was buried.

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 That he was raised on the third day

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 according to the scriptures.

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 And that he appeared to Peter

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 and then to the twelve.

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 Jesus Christ,

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 by his death on the cross,

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 his resurrection from the grave,

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 has defeated our greatest enemies ever,

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 sin and death.

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 And so at the end of the chapter,

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 as he concludes his big lesson

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 about the resurrection,

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 Paul can reassure us and say this.

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 Have a look at verse 54.

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 At the end of the chapter,

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 he makes this great declaration

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 and gives us this great assurance.

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 Look at the very end of verse 54.

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 He says,

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 Death has been swallowed up in victory.

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 Where, O death, is your victory?

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 Where, O death, is your sting?

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 The sting of death is sin

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 and the power of sin is the law.

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 But thanks be to God,

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 he gives us the victory

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 through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 So he proclaims good news.

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 Jesus Christ,

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 by his death and resurrection,

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 has won a victory

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 over sin and death for you.

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 And so we today can say,

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 we are victorious

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 because of what Christ has done.

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 Now this is the same gospel,

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 the good news that has been preached to us.

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 It's like a relay race

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 through the course of history.

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 The gospel has been faithfully preached

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 and announced

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 and passed on to each generation,

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 one after the other.

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 And it is passed down

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 to every generation.

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 And here we are today

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 as people who've heard

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 the good news.

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 This gospel victory

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 has been announced to us.

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 But it is more than just simply good news.

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 It is the foundation

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 of our life.

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 Let's read verse 1 again.

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 Now, brothers and sisters,

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 I want to remind you of the gospel,

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 this good news,

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 this victory

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 that I preached to you,

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 which you received

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 and on which you have taken your stand.

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 Foundations are critical for any building,

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 even this building in which we're in.

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 If the foundation is not right,

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 then the house you're living in

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 is just going to come crashing down.

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 Well, this gospel,

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 this good news about Jesus

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 is our foundation.

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 At the end of verse 1,

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 it says,

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 it's on this

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 that we have taken our stand.

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 It's foundational.

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 It's what we place our confidence in.

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 It's who we trust

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 when we face the reality

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 of judgment and death.

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 We place all our hope

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 and our certainty

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 of Jesus

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 in his death and resurrection.

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 This is our rock.

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 This is what we believe in.

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 Verse 2,

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 by this gospel

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 you are saved

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 if

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 you hold firmly

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 to the word

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 that I preach to you.

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 If you hold firmly

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 to this word.

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 Some of you will know

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 that on the north coast

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 of this island

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 there's a famous rope bridge

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 called Carragoreed.

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 It spans

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 two great

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 immovable cliffs.

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 They're 20 metres apart,

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 so

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 what about

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 the width

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 maybe a bit

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 wider

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 of this room here.

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 It's about

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 30 metres high,

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 so

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 what could be

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 double the height

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 of this ceiling here.

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 30 metres above

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 rocks

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 and sea.

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 And at each end

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 of this rope bridge

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 is anchored

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 to the rock face.

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 It's tied in

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 to the foundation

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 of these rocks.

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 And as long as

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 these connections

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 are in place

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 you can walk

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 backwards and forwards.

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 You're not going to fall.

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 No matter what

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 the wind or the weather

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 it remains firm.

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 The bridge stands.

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 But you remove

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 either anchor

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 and it will either

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 come crashing down

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 this way

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 or it will come

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 crashing down

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 that way.

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 Well in the same way

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 these truths,

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 these two great

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 pillars of the faith,

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 the death

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 of Jesus

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 and the resurrection

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 of Jesus

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 are these two

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 great anchor points,

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 the foundation

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 of our life.

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 And you let go

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 of either one

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 or you remove

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 either anchor

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 and your life

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 will come

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 crashing down.

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 Otherwise,

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 as it says

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 at the end

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 of verse 2,

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 you have believed

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 in vain.

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 Without the foundation

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 of the death

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 and the resurrection

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 of Jesus

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 we are believing

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 in nothing.

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 It would be like

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 trying to stand

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 on thin air.

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 You will come

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 falling down

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 to the ground

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 with a bang.

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 So let's remember,

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 let's remind

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 ourselves afresh

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 of this good news,

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 this victory

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 that has been

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 achieved for us

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 is our life

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 foundation.

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 This is what

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 I stand on.

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 This

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 is what I believe.

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 Second,

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 we must know

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 the gospel

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 that we have

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 received

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 is true.

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 You see,

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 it's all very

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 well to sit

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 here and say,

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 believe the gospel.

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 Stand on the

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 foundation of the

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 death

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 and the resurrection

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Christ.

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 But how do we know

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 it's true?

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 How do we know

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 it's not just

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 made up

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 or just some

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 story inventive

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 from some

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 myth?

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 Well,

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 there's three

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 reasons why we

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 know it's true.

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 First,

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 first it comes

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 from God.

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 Look at verse

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 three.

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 Paul is saying

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 what I received

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 this message,

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 this gospel,

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 I received

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 and I passed

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 on to you

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 as of first

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 importance.

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 So,

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 Paul is making

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 it very clear,

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 look,

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 this isn't my

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 own idea.

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 This isn't just

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 something I made

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 up,

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 but I've received

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 it from God.

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 Keep your finger

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 there in 1 Corinthians

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 and just keep

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 going forward.

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 Turn a page

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 or two,

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 you come to

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 2 Corinthians

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 and then at

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 the end of

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 2 Corinthians

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 you come to

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 Galatians.

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 So,

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 Galatians

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 chapter 1

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 verse 11.

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 Galatians 1

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 verse 11.

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 So,

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 here again

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 he's reminding

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 another church

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 of the gospel

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 that they

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 believed in

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 and he says

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 to them

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 there,

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 he says,

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 I want you

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 to know,

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 verse 11,

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 brothers and

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 sisters,

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 that the gospel

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 I preached

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 is not

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 something that

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 man made

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 up.

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 I did not

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 receive it

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 from any

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 man,

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 nor was I

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 taught it,

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 rather I

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 received it

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 by revelation

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 from Jesus

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 Christ.

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 So,

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 this revelation

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 that Paul

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 has received

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 isn't just

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 some idea

00:16:49.040 --> 00:16:50.019
 or some

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 philosophy

00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:51.360
 that's just

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 come up

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 with his

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 own thinking,

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 but these

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 are truths,

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 these are

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 historical

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 events that

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 can be

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 verified

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 that Christ

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 died,

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 that Christ

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 was raised

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 and now

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 Paul is

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 passing

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 these truths

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 on to

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 other people

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 and they're

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 recorded for

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 us here in

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 1 Corinthians

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 chapter 15.

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 Let's go back

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 to chapter 15

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 and verse 3.

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 And here he

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 spells it out

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 in four

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 very clear

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 statements.

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 He says,

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 what I

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 passed on

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 to you,

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 this is what

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 I received

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 of first

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 importance.

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 This is

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 primary,

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 this is

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 foundational.

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 One,

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 that Christ

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 died for

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 our sins

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 according to

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 the scriptures.

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 Two,

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 that he

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 was buried.

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 How do we

00:17:40.779 --> 00:17:41.059
 know he

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 died?

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 He was

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 buried.

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 Three,

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 that he

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 was raised

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 on the

00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:46.660
 third day

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 according to

00:17:47.660 --> 00:17:48.240
 the scriptures.

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 And four,

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 how do we

00:17:50.500 --> 00:17:50.819
 know he

00:17:50.819 --> 00:17:51.399
 was raised?

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 That he

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 appeared to

00:17:53.019 --> 00:17:54.420
 Peter and

00:17:54.420 --> 00:17:55.379
 then to

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 the twelve.

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 He received

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 these truths

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 by revelation,

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 but not just

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 these facts,

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 but also

00:18:05.539 --> 00:18:05.980
 what it

00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:06.500
 meant.

00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:07.039
 Part of

00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:07.740
 this revelation

00:18:07.740 --> 00:18:08.160
 was an

00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:08.940
 unpacking of

00:18:08.940 --> 00:18:09.859
 what these

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 things meant.

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 So we're

00:18:11.879 --> 00:18:12.940
 told that

00:18:12.940 --> 00:18:13.980
 Christ died

00:18:13.980 --> 00:18:14.980
 for our

00:18:14.980 --> 00:18:15.660
 sins.

00:18:17.139 --> 00:18:18.399
 By faith,

00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:19.580
 our sins

00:18:19.580 --> 00:18:20.640
 are transferred

00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:22.140
 to Christ,

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 who when

00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:24.000
 he was on

00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:24.700
 the cross

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 takes the

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 punishment

00:18:25.820 --> 00:18:26.519
 that we

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 deserve

00:18:27.100 --> 00:18:28.060
 for our

00:18:28.060 --> 00:18:28.519
 sins.

00:18:29.780 --> 00:18:30.540
 He tells

00:18:30.540 --> 00:18:30.920
 us that

00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:31.600
 Christ was

00:18:31.600 --> 00:18:32.720
 raised on

00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:33.380
 the third

00:18:33.380 --> 00:18:33.820
 day,

00:18:34.820 --> 00:18:35.200
 and that

00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:36.040
 by faith

00:18:36.040 --> 00:18:36.960
 in Christ

00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:38.000
 we believe

00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:38.460
 that when

00:18:38.460 --> 00:18:39.320
 Christ was

00:18:39.320 --> 00:18:39.860
 raised from

00:18:39.860 --> 00:18:40.360
 the dead,

00:18:41.120 --> 00:18:41.600
 he was

00:18:41.600 --> 00:18:42.360
 also raised

00:18:42.360 --> 00:18:43.140
 for us

00:18:43.140 --> 00:18:43.880
 so that

00:18:43.880 --> 00:18:44.460
 we too

00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:45.220
 will rise

00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:46.240
 to eternal

00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:46.859
 life.

00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:48.859
 So he's

00:18:48.859 --> 00:18:49.519
 saying believe

00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:50.059
 it,

00:18:50.620 --> 00:18:52.120
 because God

00:18:52.120 --> 00:18:53.859
 has revealed

00:18:53.859 --> 00:18:54.720
 it to

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 us.

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 Well, you

00:18:58.779 --> 00:18:59.420
 might say to

00:18:59.420 --> 00:18:59.759
 that, well,

00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:00.339
 that's well and

00:19:00.339 --> 00:19:01.279
 good, God

00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:01.960
 passed it on.

00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:02.339
 How do we

00:19:02.339 --> 00:19:02.900
 know that's

00:19:02.900 --> 00:19:03.160
 true?

00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:04.079
 Where did

00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:04.559
 that come

00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:04.859
 from?

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 Well, two,

00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:08.920
 it's according

00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:09.920
 to Scripture.

00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:12.900
 Long before the

00:19:12.900 --> 00:19:13.319
 death and

00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:14.160
 resurrection of

00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:15.019
 Jesus happened,

00:19:15.560 --> 00:19:16.140
 it was

00:19:16.140 --> 00:19:17.320
 announced in

00:19:17.320 --> 00:19:18.320
 Scripture in

00:19:18.320 --> 00:19:18.759
 the Old

00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:19.200
 Testament.

00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:20.380
 So look at

00:19:20.380 --> 00:19:21.300
 verse 3 again,

00:19:21.380 --> 00:19:22.000
 we've got this

00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:22.960
 repeated phrase

00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:24.040
 and in verse 4

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 that Christ

00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:26.000
 died for our

00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:27.480
 sins according

00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:28.220
 to the

00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:28.640
 Scriptures.

00:19:30.180 --> 00:19:31.040
 Verse 4,

00:19:31.100 --> 00:19:31.540
 that he was

00:19:31.540 --> 00:19:33.160
 buried and

00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:33.880
 raised on the

00:19:33.880 --> 00:19:34.500
 third day

00:19:34.500 --> 00:19:36.200
 according to

00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:36.980
 the Scriptures.

00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:39.580
 Before these

00:19:39.580 --> 00:19:40.759
 events happened,

00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:42.500
 hundreds of

00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:43.580
 years before it

00:19:43.580 --> 00:19:43.980
 happened,

00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:45.620
 it was already

00:19:45.620 --> 00:19:46.700
 spoken about

00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:48.000
 and already

00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:49.019
 talked about.

00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:51.259
 Again, keep

00:19:51.259 --> 00:19:52.259
 your finger in

00:19:52.259 --> 00:19:53.220
 1 Corinthians

00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:54.160
 15 and go

00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:54.540
 all the way

00:19:54.540 --> 00:19:55.000
 back to

00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:55.600
 Isaiah

00:19:55.600 --> 00:19:57.960
 chapter 53.

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 I haven't

00:20:01.660 --> 00:20:02.259
 got a page

00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:02.860
 number, I'm

00:20:02.860 --> 00:20:03.660
 sorry, so if

00:20:03.660 --> 00:20:04.360
 somebody's got

00:20:04.360 --> 00:20:06.380
 that, they

00:20:06.380 --> 00:20:07.060
 can call it

00:20:07.060 --> 00:20:07.320
 out.

00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:09.000
 Isaiah

00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:10.200
 chapter 53.

00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:15.299
 740.

00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:27.900
 Isaiah

00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:28.840
 chapter 53.

00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:29.740
 So here this

00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:30.819
 prophet Isaiah,

00:20:31.420 --> 00:20:31.980
 it's about

00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:33.259
 700 years

00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:34.960
 before the

00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:35.480
 coming of

00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:35.880
 Christ.

00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:36.880
 chapter 53.

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 And as he

00:20:38.300 --> 00:20:39.660
 writes, he

00:20:39.660 --> 00:20:40.520
 doesn't name

00:20:40.520 --> 00:20:42.220
 Christ, but

00:20:42.220 --> 00:20:42.840
 here he is

00:20:42.840 --> 00:20:43.780
 talking and

00:20:43.780 --> 00:20:44.520
 thinking and

00:20:44.520 --> 00:20:45.360
 looking forward

00:20:45.360 --> 00:20:46.440
 to the death

00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:47.940
 and resurrection

00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:48.520
 of Jesus

00:20:48.520 --> 00:20:49.080
 Christ.

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 So look how he

00:20:50.760 --> 00:20:51.700
 talks about the

00:20:51.700 --> 00:20:52.620
 death of Christ.

00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:53.540
 Look at verse

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 5.

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 that he was

00:21:02.639 --> 00:21:03.459
 pierced for

00:21:03.459 --> 00:21:05.539
 our transgressions.

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 He was

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 crushed for

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 our iniquities.

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 The punishment

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 that brought us

00:21:12.939 --> 00:21:14.319
 peace was upon

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 him and by his

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 wounds we are

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 healed.

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 We all like

00:21:21.699 --> 00:21:22.559
 sheep have gone

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 astray.

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 each of us

00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:24.819
 has turned

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 to his own

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 way and

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 the Lord

00:21:27.180 --> 00:21:28.039
 has laid

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 on him,

00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:31.480
 on Christ,

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 when he

00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:34.079
 died on the

00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:34.599
 cross,

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:36.079
 he laid

00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:36.759
 on him

00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:38.319
 the iniquity

00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:39.379
 of us

00:21:39.379 --> 00:21:39.859
 all.

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 Christ died

00:21:42.139 --> 00:21:43.299
 according to

00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:44.159
 the scriptures,

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 the message

00:21:45.859 --> 00:21:46.319
 that was

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 proclaimed and

00:21:47.259 --> 00:21:48.180
 announced hundreds

00:21:48.180 --> 00:21:49.440
 of years before

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 Christ ever

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:51.559
 died.

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 what about

00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:54.500
 his resurrection?

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 Well, have a

00:21:56.419 --> 00:21:56.859
 look at verse

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 10.

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 Yet it was

00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:02.099
 the Lord's

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 will to

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 crush him

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 and cause

00:22:05.879 --> 00:22:07.000
 him to

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 suffer.

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 And through

00:22:09.159 --> 00:22:09.879
 the Lord,

00:22:10.399 --> 00:22:10.980
 and though the

00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:11.639
 Lord makes

00:22:11.639 --> 00:22:12.700
 his life a

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 guilt offering,

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 he will

00:22:15.879 --> 00:22:16.740
 see his

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 offspring

00:22:17.380 --> 00:22:19.520
 and prolong

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 his days.

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 And the

00:22:22.940 --> 00:22:23.460
 will of the

00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:23.960
 Lord will

00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:25.420
 prosper in

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 his hands.

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 So here he's

00:22:28.860 --> 00:22:29.500
 talking about

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:30.320
 the death of

00:22:30.320 --> 00:22:30.700
 Jesus,

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 but at the

00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:32.480
 one hand saying

00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:33.900
 his days will

00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:34.540
 go on.

00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:35.520
 Verse 11,

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 after the

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:37.120
 suffering of

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 his soul,

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 he will see

00:22:39.040 --> 00:22:39.860
 the light

00:22:39.860 --> 00:22:41.000
 of life

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:43.160
 and be

00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:43.819
 satisfied.

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 Christ will

00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:46.119
 die,

00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:48.400
 but he will

00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:49.400
 rise again

00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:50.720
 and he will

00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:51.220
 see the

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:52.700
 results of

00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:53.460
 his death

00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:54.339
 and his

00:22:54.339 --> 00:22:55.000
 resurrection,

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.799
 that people

00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:56.380
 have come to

00:22:56.380 --> 00:22:57.059
 trust him

00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:58.099
 and follow

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 him.

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 So long

00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:00.420
 before Jesus

00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:00.880
 came,

00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:01.640
 Paul is

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.099
 saying this

00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:03.279
 gospel message

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:04.160
 that I received

00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.880
 by revelation

00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:05.859
 was announced

00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:06.460
 well in

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 advance,

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 hundreds of

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 years ago.

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:10.480
 One,

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 one day

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.519
 was going

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 to come

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:12.400
 who would

00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:13.360
 fulfil all

00:23:13.360 --> 00:23:13.799
 of these

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:14.799
 truths and

00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.580
 now it has

00:23:15.580 --> 00:23:16.400
 been fulfilled

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:17.180
 in the

00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:17.799
 person of

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.759
 Jesus Christ.

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:21.100
 So believe

00:23:21.100 --> 00:23:21.500
 it,

00:23:22.080 --> 00:23:23.140
 because God

00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:23.740
 has said it

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.180
 and because

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:24.840
 scripture

00:23:24.840 --> 00:23:26.380
 announced it.

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 But there's

00:23:28.620 --> 00:23:29.279
 another piece

00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:29.980
 of evidence,

00:23:30.920 --> 00:23:31.880
 that is the

00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:32.440
 resurrection

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:33.279
 itself.

00:23:34.380 --> 00:23:35.019
 Go back

00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:36.160
 to 1 Corinthians

00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:37.840
 chapter 15,

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:43.080
 verse 4.

00:23:43.080 --> 00:23:43.700
 The evidence

00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.640
 here is that

00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:45.319
 the people

00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:46.740
 saw the

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.539
 risen Jesus.

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.480
 So let's

00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:50.460
 read verse 4

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:50.799
 again.

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:51.799
 He was

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.299
 buried,

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:54.120
 he was

00:23:54.120 --> 00:23:54.779
 raised on

00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:55.200
 the third

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.880
 day according

00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:56.299
 to the

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:56.680
 scriptures,

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 and he

00:23:58.620 --> 00:23:59.460
 appeared to

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 Peter and

00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:01.580
 then to

00:24:01.580 --> 00:24:02.240
 the twelve.

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:03.779
 Well you

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.200
 say, well

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.819
 that's nice

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.259
 and neat

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:05.700
 and very

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:06.200
 convenient.

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:06.700
 Jesus

00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:07.340
 appeared to

00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:07.759
 those who

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.279
 knew him,

00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:09.259
 his

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:09.819
 disciples.

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:12.519
 Well,

00:24:12.659 --> 00:24:13.139
 read on,

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:13.839
 verse 6.

00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:15.539
 After that,

00:24:16.439 --> 00:24:17.119
 he appeared

00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:17.639
 to more

00:24:17.639 --> 00:24:18.699
 than 500

00:24:18.699 --> 00:24:19.359
 of the

00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:19.779
 brothers,

00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:21.039
 at the

00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:21.799
 same time,

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.480
 most of

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:23.859
 whom are

00:24:23.859 --> 00:24:24.599
 still living,

00:24:25.399 --> 00:24:26.039
 though some

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.599
 have fallen

00:24:26.599 --> 00:24:27.179
 asleep.

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:27.559
 In other

00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:27.759
 words,

00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:28.319
 they have

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:29.059
 died.

00:24:30.399 --> 00:24:30.799
 It's like

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.259
 Paul is

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:31.939
 laying down

00:24:31.939 --> 00:24:32.679
 a challenge

00:24:32.679 --> 00:24:33.279
 to anyone

00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:34.079
 who doubts

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:35.319
 the truth

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:36.220
 of the

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:36.740
 resurrection.

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.179
 He's

00:24:37.179 --> 00:24:38.019
 inviting his

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:39.359
 readers to

00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:39.779
 go and

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.359
 check out

00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:41.019
 what he is

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.679
 claiming and

00:24:41.679 --> 00:24:42.159
 what he is

00:24:42.159 --> 00:24:42.759
 saying is

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.079
 true.

00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:44.379
 He's saying,

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:44.980
 go and ask

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.419
 all these

00:24:45.419 --> 00:24:45.899
 witnesses.

00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:47.899
 There's about

00:24:47.899 --> 00:24:49.179
 500 of them.

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.339
 Okay,

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:51.039
 some of them

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.599
 have died,

00:24:51.939 --> 00:24:52.960
 but the vast

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.939
 majority of

00:24:53.939 --> 00:24:54.240
 them are

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:55.099
 still alive.

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.579
 Go and ask

00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:56.740
 them,

00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:57.519
 go talk to

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:57.639
 them,

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.179
 listen to

00:24:58.179 --> 00:24:58.960
 their stories,

00:24:59.379 --> 00:24:59.899
 weigh it up,

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.659
 see what they

00:25:00.659 --> 00:25:01.179
 have to say,

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:02.119
 compare it.

00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:04.979
 There's no

00:25:04.979 --> 00:25:05.739
 way that

00:25:05.739 --> 00:25:06.339
 Paul could

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:07.039
 make such

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.679
 a claim

00:25:07.679 --> 00:25:10.099
 without proof

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:10.679
 that it

00:25:10.679 --> 00:25:11.359
 was true.

00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:12.159
 Don't just

00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:12.679
 believe what

00:25:12.679 --> 00:25:13.299
 I'm saying

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:13.819
 or what I'm

00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:14.179
 writing,

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:15.259
 go and check

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:15.799
 it out for

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.299
 yourself.

00:25:17.979 --> 00:25:18.739
 And if that

00:25:18.739 --> 00:25:19.559
 is not enough,

00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:20.719
 verse 7,

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:21.819
 then he

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.419
 appeared to

00:25:22.419 --> 00:25:22.979
 James,

00:25:24.419 --> 00:25:25.719
 then also

00:25:25.719 --> 00:25:26.419
 to the

00:25:26.419 --> 00:25:26.839
 apostles.

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.500
 This is a

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.359
 wider group

00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:29.619
 than the

00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:30.059
 disciples.

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.699
 And last

00:25:30.699 --> 00:25:31.099
 of all,

00:25:31.199 --> 00:25:31.699
 he appeared

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:32.160
 to me

00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:34.100
 also as

00:25:34.100 --> 00:25:34.620
 to one

00:25:34.620 --> 00:25:35.920
 abnormally

00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:36.500
 born or

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.860
 as untimely

00:25:37.860 --> 00:25:38.440
 born as

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:38.920
 some have

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:39.140
 it.

00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:40.279
 It's not

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:40.920
 referring here

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:41.340
 to some

00:25:41.340 --> 00:25:41.940
 physical

00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:42.559
 condition,

00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:43.819
 but rather

00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:44.559
 to Paul's

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:45.160
 spiritual

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.720
 condition.

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.920
 Paul saw

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.860
 the risen

00:25:47.860 --> 00:25:49.180
 Jesus when

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:49.759
 he was in

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.900
 opposition to

00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:51.220
 Jesus.

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:52.039
 On his

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:52.420
 way,

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:52.759
 on the

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.400
 Damascus

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:53.720
 road,

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.059
 on his

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.500
 way to

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.220
 persecute

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.759
 Christians,

00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:57.340
 the risen

00:25:57.340 --> 00:25:58.080
 Lord Jesus

00:25:58.080 --> 00:25:59.000
 appeared to

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.180
 him.

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.539
 That's what

00:25:59.539 --> 00:25:59.880
 I think

00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:00.480
 it's

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.180
 referring to

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:01.539
 here.

00:26:02.820 --> 00:26:03.720
 The point

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:05.400
 is that

00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:06.200
 Jesus appeared

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:07.380
 to individuals,

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:09.380
 to small

00:26:09.380 --> 00:26:09.920
 groups,

00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:11.400
 to a

00:26:11.400 --> 00:26:12.320
 large group

00:26:12.320 --> 00:26:13.440
 in different

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:14.700
 places and

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.440
 in different

00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:16.140
 times.

00:26:17.320 --> 00:26:18.100
 So he's

00:26:18.100 --> 00:26:18.580
 saying it's

00:26:18.580 --> 00:26:19.160
 true, go

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:19.680
 check out

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.320
 the stories.

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.519
 Now I

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.000
 know we're

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:25.039
 2,000 years

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.660
 on from

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.539
 that event

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:28.039
 and we

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:28.399
 can't

00:26:28.399 --> 00:26:28.920
 necessarily

00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:29.399
 go to

00:26:29.399 --> 00:26:29.599
 these

00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:29.920
 people

00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:30.220
 because

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.480
 they're

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:30.700
 all

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.139
 dead.

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:34.480
 But we

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:34.980
 can go

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.680
 to their

00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:36.420
 sources.

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:37.899
 We do

00:26:37.899 --> 00:26:38.599
 have their

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:39.359
 testimony.

00:26:39.899 --> 00:26:40.200
 We do

00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:40.619
 have their

00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:41.000
 accounts.

00:26:41.139 --> 00:26:41.579
 That's why

00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:42.159
 Paul is

00:26:42.159 --> 00:26:42.859
 writing down

00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:43.159
 what he

00:26:43.159 --> 00:26:43.619
 wrote down

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:44.019
 here in

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.659
 1 Corinthians.

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:45.700
 We can

00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:46.339
 check out

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:47.680
 this eyewitness

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.240
 record.

00:26:49.139 --> 00:26:49.619
 We can

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:50.139
 check out

00:26:50.139 --> 00:26:50.859
 the stories

00:26:50.859 --> 00:26:51.220
 of the

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.579
 gospel,

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.659
 see what

00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.019
 has been

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.740
 written down

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.339
 and preserved

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:54.859
 for us

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:55.480
 in scripture

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.319
 so that

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:56.899
 we too

00:26:56.899 --> 00:26:57.480
 can believe.

00:26:59.220 --> 00:27:00.019
 And many

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.579
 people have

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.220
 done that.

00:27:02.679 --> 00:27:03.399
 I was

00:27:03.399 --> 00:27:03.939
 talking to

00:27:03.939 --> 00:27:05.019
 Nick just

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:05.319
 now.

00:27:05.439 --> 00:27:05.759
 You can

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.839
 ask Nick

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:07.399
 as a

00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:08.139
 student in

00:27:08.139 --> 00:27:08.839
 university.

00:27:09.919 --> 00:27:10.500
 One of the

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.079
 things that

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:11.819
 caused him

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:12.500
 to come to

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.220
 belief in

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:14.679
 Christ was

00:27:14.679 --> 00:27:15.099
 when he

00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:16.159
 was challenged

00:27:16.159 --> 00:27:17.339
 to check

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:17.759
 out the

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.419
 truth of

00:27:18.419 --> 00:27:19.240
 the resurrection

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:20.059
 in the

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.699
 pages of

00:27:20.699 --> 00:27:21.159
 scripture.

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:22.899
 And that

00:27:22.899 --> 00:27:23.480
 led Nick

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:24.199
 to come to

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.759
 a real

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.299
 believing

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:26.000
 faith to

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.380
 say this

00:27:26.380 --> 00:27:27.120
 is true.

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.680
 I can

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:29.519
 trust it.

00:27:30.840 --> 00:27:31.400
 Go talk

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:31.840
 to Nick

00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:32.900
 and listen

00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.299
 to his

00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:34.039
 story or

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.580
 the book

00:27:34.580 --> 00:27:34.960
 that he

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.620
 was referred

00:27:35.620 --> 00:27:36.720
 to which

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.240
 is forgetting

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.900
 now the

00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:38.299
 tomb.

00:27:38.600 --> 00:27:38.860
 What was

00:27:38.860 --> 00:27:39.059
 it?

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:39.840
 Who

00:27:39.840 --> 00:27:40.980
 Moved

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.519
 the Stone.

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.680
 So that's

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:42.960
 a little

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:44.160
 book that

00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:45.200
 somebody had

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:45.460
 written.

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:46.500
 They had

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.299
 went to

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:47.920
 investigate

00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:48.600
 trying to

00:27:48.600 --> 00:27:49.160
 prove that

00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:49.779
 the resurrection

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.360
 wasn't

00:27:50.360 --> 00:27:51.819
 true and

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.120
 in the

00:27:52.120 --> 00:27:52.600
 course of

00:27:52.600 --> 00:27:53.319
 investigating

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:54.299
 found oh

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:54.799
 it is

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:56.000
 true and

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.460
 came to

00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:56.839
 believe.

00:27:58.619 --> 00:27:59.019
 And as

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.679
 people ask

00:27:59.679 --> 00:28:00.559
 you questions

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:01.419
 like I had

00:28:01.419 --> 00:28:02.059
 a conversation

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.460
 with a

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:02.919
 friend in

00:28:02.919 --> 00:28:03.279
 the car

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:03.799
 yesterday

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.559
 didn't

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:05.039
 believe in

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.159
 the

00:28:05.159 --> 00:28:05.720
 resurrection

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:07.000
 a load

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.579
 of nonsense

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:09.039
 how would

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.740
 we answer

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.220
 that?

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:11.980
 Be sure

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.619
 that you

00:28:12.619 --> 00:28:13.019
 have a

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:14.119
 reason for

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.639
 the hope

00:28:14.639 --> 00:28:15.119
 in which

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:15.960
 you believe.

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:18.220
 So know

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:18.599
 that the

00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:19.240
 gospel you

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.980
 have received

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:21.039
 is true.

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:21.599
 The

00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:22.279
 foundation

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:22.700
 that we

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.319
 stand on

00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:24.160
 is real.

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.180
 It's

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:25.779
 credible.

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:28.640
 And third

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:30.579
 experience

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:32.180
 the gospel

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:32.620
 that has

00:28:32.620 --> 00:28:33.319
 power to

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:34.299
 change your

00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:35.140
 life.

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.640
 You see

00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:37.079
 at the end

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:37.480
 of the day

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:38.160
 the ultimate

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:38.839
 test that

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.339
 this is

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:41.019
 true is

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:42.259
 to experience

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:43.019
 the gospel

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.480
 in your

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:44.220
 own life.

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.220
 Not just

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.839
 a message

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:46.500
 that's out

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:46.960
 there that

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.539
 we can read

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:48.079
 about that

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:49.119
 that's

00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:50.220
 impersonal.

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.899
 But something

00:28:51.899 --> 00:28:52.420
 that you

00:28:52.420 --> 00:28:53.399
 can believe

00:28:53.399 --> 00:28:54.539
 yourself and

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:55.319
 trust with

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:55.700
 your very

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.420
 own life.

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:01.019
 First we

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:01.440
 can see

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:01.879
 that it

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.440
 changed

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:03.159
 Paul's

00:29:03.159 --> 00:29:03.519
 life.

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:03.960
 Look at

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:04.579
 verse 9.

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.680
 He says

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.259
 I am the

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:10.879
 least of

00:29:10.879 --> 00:29:11.460
 the apostles.

00:29:11.659 --> 00:29:12.180
 An apostle

00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:12.839
 was one

00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:13.240
 who had

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:14.859
 seen the

00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:15.440
 resurrection

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:16.339
 of Jesus

00:29:16.339 --> 00:29:16.940
 Christ.

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.480
 So he

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:17.820
 says I

00:29:17.820 --> 00:29:18.160
 am the

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:18.680
 least of

00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:18.840
 the

00:29:18.840 --> 00:29:19.259
 apostles.

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:19.820
 Well why

00:29:19.820 --> 00:29:20.120
 would he

00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:20.680
 say that?

00:29:21.580 --> 00:29:21.940
 It's almost

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.440
 like saying

00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:22.779
 I'm the

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.299
 bottom of

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:23.799
 the pile.

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.120
 I do

00:29:25.120 --> 00:29:25.539
 not even

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:26.279
 deserve to

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:26.700
 be called

00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:27.220
 an apostle.

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:27.660
 Why?

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.660
 Because I

00:29:29.660 --> 00:29:30.640
 persecuted

00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:31.340
 the church

00:29:31.340 --> 00:29:31.880
 of God.

00:29:32.860 --> 00:29:33.480
 Paul is

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:34.019
 asking us

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.440
 to look at

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:34.759
 his life

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.480
 saying look

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:35.820
 at what

00:29:35.820 --> 00:29:36.460
 my life

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.720
 was like.

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.220
 Not only

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:39.640
 did I

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.620
 not believe

00:29:40.620 --> 00:29:40.940
 in the

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.480
 resurrection

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.980
 but I

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.500
 actually went

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:43.799
 around

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.779
 persecuting

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:45.220
 those who

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:45.840
 did believe

00:29:45.840 --> 00:29:46.140
 in the

00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:46.600
 resurrection.

00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:47.219
 I

00:29:47.219 --> 00:29:47.839
 oversaw

00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:48.139
 their

00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:49.099
 murder,

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:49.379
 their

00:29:49.379 --> 00:29:50.159
 execution.

00:29:50.899 --> 00:29:51.019
 I

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.559
 put them

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.159
 in prison.

00:29:54.399 --> 00:29:55.079
 But,

00:29:55.659 --> 00:29:56.439
 verse 10,

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:58.019
 by the

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.799
 grace of

00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.399
 God I

00:29:59.399 --> 00:30:00.079
 am what

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:00.500
 I am

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:00.839
 and his

00:30:00.839 --> 00:30:01.519
 grace to

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:01.939
 me was

00:30:01.939 --> 00:30:02.799
 not without

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.379
 effect.

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:04.919
 As we

00:30:04.919 --> 00:30:05.319
 mentioned

00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:05.959
 earlier as

00:30:05.959 --> 00:30:06.439
 Paul was

00:30:06.439 --> 00:30:06.839
 on a

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.240
 journey,

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:08.059
 on his

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:08.819
 way to

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:10.039
 persecute

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:10.879
 Christians and

00:30:10.879 --> 00:30:11.559
 kill them or

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:12.379
 imprison them,

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:13.679
 the risen

00:30:13.679 --> 00:30:14.459
 Lord Jesus

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:15.420
 graciously

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:16.380
 intervened in

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:16.720
 Paul's

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:16.980
 life,

00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:17.799
 stopped him

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.460
 literally in

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:19.120
 his tracks.

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:20.960
 He didn't

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.840
 deserve it,

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.340
 he didn't

00:30:23.340 --> 00:30:24.019
 earn it,

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:26.360
 but God

00:30:26.360 --> 00:30:27.340
 changed him

00:30:27.340 --> 00:30:28.920
 and Paul

00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:29.440
 came to

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:30.240
 believe this

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:30.920
 gospel that

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.920
 this Christ

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:33.299
 who he was

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:34.019
 opposed to

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.500
 and against

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:35.140
 had died

00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:35.660
 for his

00:30:35.660 --> 00:30:36.200
 sins.

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:38.340
 And the

00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:39.160
 Christians that

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:40.120
 he persecuted

00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:41.779
 who believed

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.120
 in the

00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:42.620
 resurrection

00:30:42.620 --> 00:30:43.799
 was true

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.819
 and that by

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:45.539
 trusting in

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:45.920
 him he

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:46.380
 could have

00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:46.799
 life.

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:48.519
 And the

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.180
 effects were

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.700
 clear to

00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:50.120
 see in

00:30:50.120 --> 00:30:50.480
 Paul's

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:50.819
 life.

00:30:51.360 --> 00:30:51.740
 He was

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.299
 changed from

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:53.299
 a persecutor

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:54.160
 to a

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:54.580
 preacher,

00:30:55.120 --> 00:30:55.700
 from an

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.620
 antagonist

00:30:56.620 --> 00:30:57.539
 to an

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.019
 apostle.

00:30:59.580 --> 00:31:00.059
 And as

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.480
 a result,

00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:01.120
 Paul now

00:31:01.120 --> 00:31:01.740
 gave his

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.759
 life for

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.380
 the cause

00:31:03.380 --> 00:31:03.680
 of the

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.039
 gospel.

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:04.779
 He could

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.360
 say that

00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:05.960
 he worked

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.380
 harder,

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:06.720
 the end

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.019
 of verse

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.259
 10,

00:31:07.360 --> 00:31:07.900
 harder than

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:08.460
 any of

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:08.819
 the other

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.299
 apostles.

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:12.019
 The gospel

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:12.940
 had radically

00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:14.319
 changed his

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:15.259
 life.

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.640
 Now the

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.120
 point of

00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:19.420
 all of

00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:20.079
 this is,

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:22.079
 it is a

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:22.860
 gospel message

00:31:22.860 --> 00:31:23.860
 that changes

00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:25.259
 you and

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:25.579
 me.

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:27.019
 This is a

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.660
 gospel that

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.500
 has power

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:29.180
 to change

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:29.579
 us.

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:30.960
 So let me

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.380
 show you

00:31:31.380 --> 00:31:32.140
 very briefly

00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:33.740
 two ways

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:35.059
 the gospel

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:35.740
 has power

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.420
 to change

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:37.519
 our life.

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:38.839
 First,

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:40.059
 it gives

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:40.539
 us a

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:41.420
 brand new

00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:42.599
 identity.

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:43.900
 Look at

00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:44.420
 verse 10

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:44.779
 again.

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:47.140
 By the

00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:47.779
 grace of

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.160
 God,

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:50.120
 I am

00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:51.059
 what I

00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:51.660
 am,

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.279
 and his

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.940
 grace to

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:54.380
 me was

00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:55.240
 not without

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.940
 effect.

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:58.079
 You see,

00:31:58.620 --> 00:31:59.440
 God no

00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:00.339
 longer looks

00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:01.039
 at Paul

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:01.920
 through the

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.400
 lens of

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:03.180
 the past,

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:03.200
 the past,

00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.980
 a persecutor

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.720
 and a

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.140
 murderer.

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:08.280
 God now

00:32:08.280 --> 00:32:08.840
 looks at

00:32:08.840 --> 00:32:09.480
 Paul through

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.240
 the lens

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.860
 of the

00:32:10.860 --> 00:32:11.320
 gospel,

00:32:12.340 --> 00:32:12.960
 through

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.440
 Jesus

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:14.000
 Christ.

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:16.100
 I am

00:32:16.100 --> 00:32:16.540
 what I

00:32:16.540 --> 00:32:16.880
 am,

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.440
 says Paul,

00:32:17.540 --> 00:32:18.700
 by the

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.300
 grace of

00:32:19.300 --> 00:32:19.720
 God.

00:32:20.840 --> 00:32:21.580
 Because

00:32:21.580 --> 00:32:22.560
 Christ died

00:32:22.560 --> 00:32:23.060
 for our

00:32:23.060 --> 00:32:23.500
 sins,

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:25.040
 our past

00:32:25.040 --> 00:32:25.680
 no longer

00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:26.720
 defines us.

00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:27.440
 Our

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:28.400
 failures are

00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:28.980
 no longer

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.660
 held against

00:32:29.660 --> 00:32:29.920
 us.

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:30.680
 We have

00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:31.360
 a brand

00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:31.800
 new

00:32:31.800 --> 00:32:32.700
 identity.

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.500
 I am

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:33.880
 what I

00:32:33.880 --> 00:32:34.519
 am because

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:35.060
 of what

00:32:35.060 --> 00:32:35.620
 Jesus has

00:32:35.620 --> 00:32:36.060
 done for

00:32:36.060 --> 00:32:36.279
 me.

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:39.960
 Now,

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:40.600
 perhaps you

00:32:40.600 --> 00:32:40.920
 are here

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:41.380
 today,

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:42.019
 whether you

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.420
 are a

00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:43.140
 believer or

00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:43.640
 not a

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:43.900
 believer,

00:32:44.060 --> 00:32:44.440
 and you're

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:45.320
 troubled with

00:32:45.320 --> 00:32:46.140
 your past.

00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:47.920
 You're

00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:48.940
 conscious of

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:50.019
 some secret

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.620
 sin that

00:32:50.620 --> 00:32:51.360
 no one else

00:32:51.360 --> 00:32:52.019
 knows about,

00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:52.980
 and it

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.740
 keeps coming

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.660
 back time

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:55.160
 and time

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:55.560
 again.

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:59.440
 or maybe

00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:00.220
 people don't

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.619
 let you

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:01.419
 forget your

00:33:01.419 --> 00:33:01.919
 past,

00:33:02.879 --> 00:33:03.539
 and they

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:04.259
 keep reminding

00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:04.859
 you of what

00:33:04.859 --> 00:33:05.480
 you said or

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:05.879
 how you

00:33:05.879 --> 00:33:06.460
 behaved or

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.799
 what you

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.179
 did.

00:33:08.639 --> 00:33:09.039
 Well,

00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:09.740
 because of

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.259
 Christ,

00:33:11.139 --> 00:33:11.899
 people no

00:33:11.899 --> 00:33:13.379
 longer define

00:33:13.379 --> 00:33:13.799
 you.

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:15.039
 The world

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:16.220
 doesn't define

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.559
 you.

00:33:17.639 --> 00:33:18.259
 You don't

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:19.000
 even get to

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:20.099
 define yourself.

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:21.339
 Christ

00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:23.059
 defines you.

00:33:23.619 --> 00:33:24.240
 If you

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:25.099
 trust in

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:25.480
 him,

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:26.700
 just as

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:27.539
 Paul was,

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.619
 we are

00:33:28.619 --> 00:33:29.139
 forgiven

00:33:29.139 --> 00:33:29.659
 people,

00:33:29.819 --> 00:33:30.419
 accepted

00:33:30.419 --> 00:33:30.859
 people.

00:33:31.139 --> 00:33:31.519
 You are

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:32.179
 a child

00:33:32.179 --> 00:33:32.720
 of God,

00:33:32.859 --> 00:33:33.279
 welcomed,

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:33.839
 loved,

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.720
 and treasured,

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.319
 so we're

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:35.899
 no longer

00:33:35.899 --> 00:33:36.679
 defined by

00:33:36.679 --> 00:33:37.259
 what everybody

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:38.179
 else thinks.

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.859
 We now

00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:40.279
 have a

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:40.859
 brand new

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.859
 identity to

00:33:41.859 --> 00:33:42.379
 live as

00:33:42.379 --> 00:33:43.079
 the children

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:43.720
 of God.

00:33:44.659 --> 00:33:45.359
 By the

00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:46.159
 grace of

00:33:46.159 --> 00:33:46.500
 God,

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.559
 I am

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.599
 what I

00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:49.059
 am.

00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:50.839
 Do not

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.659
 let anybody

00:33:51.659 --> 00:33:52.579
 else define

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:52.879
 you.

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:54.539
 Let

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:55.119
 Christ

00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:55.639
 define

00:33:55.639 --> 00:33:56.440
 you and

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:57.059
 live out

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.779
 your new

00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:58.599
 identity

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:59.779
 in him.

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:01.440
 The past

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:01.879
 is put

00:34:01.879 --> 00:34:02.180
 away.

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.700
 You have

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.240
 a brand

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.819
 new life

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.440
 to live.

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.819
 But not

00:34:07.819 --> 00:34:08.239
 just a

00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:08.519
 new

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:09.400
 identity,

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:11.400
 we also

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:11.880
 have a

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.179
 new

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:13.139
 priority.

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:15.000
 Look at

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.340
 the end

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:15.699
 of verse

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:16.079
 10.

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:17.880
 Not only

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.900
 was Paul

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.539
 changed,

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:20.039
 he said,

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:20.500
 I could

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:21.559
 work harder

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.420
 than all

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:22.820
 of them.

00:34:24.699 --> 00:34:25.259
 Yet

00:34:25.259 --> 00:34:26.259
 not I,

00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:28.159
 but the

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:28.759
 grace of

00:34:28.759 --> 00:34:29.179
 God

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:31.460
 that was

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:31.920
 at work

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.420
 in me.

00:34:33.239 --> 00:34:33.840
 We can

00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:34.360
 read all

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:35.199
 about Paul's

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:35.800
 work in

00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:36.719
 the book of

00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:37.179
 Acts and

00:34:37.179 --> 00:34:37.579
 in other

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:37.980
 letters,

00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:38.840
 the places

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:39.619
 he preached,

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.559
 the churches

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:40.960
 that he

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.440
 planted.

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:42.639
 In fact,

00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:43.119
 on many

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:43.820
 occasions as

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:44.139
 he went

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:44.639
 about his

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:44.880
 work,

00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:45.500
 he nearly

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:46.119
 lost his

00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:46.519
 life in

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:47.280
 the process.

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.119
 Wild

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.780
 animals

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:49.960
 attacked

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:50.280
 him,

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:51.239
 people

00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:51.920
 stoned

00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:52.219
 him,

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:53.019
 he was

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.480
 beaten,

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:53.940
 he was

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.539
 imprisoned,

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:55.739
 he endured

00:34:55.739 --> 00:34:56.579
 shipwrecks,

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:57.719
 he almost

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:58.480
 died on

00:34:58.480 --> 00:34:58.920
 numerous

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.519
 occasions.

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:01.739
 But as

00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:02.219
 he looks

00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:02.559
 at his

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:03.039
 life and

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.519
 all that

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:04.139
 he accomplished,

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:04.719
 look again

00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:05.139
 at the end

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:05.500
 of verse

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:05.880
 10.

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.380
 He says,

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:07.900
 it wasn't

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:09.179
 me who

00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:09.699
 did all

00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:10.179
 this,

00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:12.340
 but the

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:13.059
 grace of

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:13.739
 God that

00:35:13.739 --> 00:35:14.800
 was with

00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:15.179
 me.

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.579
 Paul could

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:18.159
 give his

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:18.480
 life,

00:35:18.780 --> 00:35:19.420
 literally he

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:20.099
 could pour

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:20.579
 out his

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:21.360
 life for

00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:21.800
 the work

00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:22.440
 of Christ

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:23.360
 because of

00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:23.900
 the grace

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:24.380
 of God,

00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:25.500
 because of

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:26.199
 the truth

00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:26.559
 of the

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:27.179
 resurrection,

00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:28.980
 because Christ

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.679
 had defeated

00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:30.099
 death.

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:31.079
 Paul knew

00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:31.739
 that if he

00:35:31.739 --> 00:35:32.380
 died in

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:32.980
 the process

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.500
 of doing

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.199
 this work,

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:36.059
 that wasn't

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:36.420
 it.

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:38.019
 He too

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:38.860
 would rise

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.500
 to be with

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.320
 Christ forever,

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:41.099
 which was

00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:41.860
 better by

00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:42.259
 far.

00:35:42.259 --> 00:35:42.960
 He now

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.699
 had a new

00:35:43.699 --> 00:35:44.659
 priority in

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:45.380
 life and

00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:45.739
 he could

00:35:45.739 --> 00:35:46.119
 give his

00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:46.739
 life to

00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:48.099
 it 100%.

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:52.699
 Well,

00:35:52.759 --> 00:35:52.980
 again,

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:53.639
 maybe you're

00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:54.119
 here this

00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:54.659
 morning and

00:35:54.659 --> 00:35:55.259
 you're thinking

00:35:55.259 --> 00:35:56.099
 that this

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.579
 life,

00:35:57.839 --> 00:35:58.639
 this 70

00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:59.339
 years or

00:35:59.339 --> 00:36:00.039
 however many

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.619
 years we

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:01.279
 might live,

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.719
 that this

00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:03.359
 is all

00:36:03.359 --> 00:36:03.799
 there is

00:36:03.799 --> 00:36:04.199
 from the

00:36:04.199 --> 00:36:04.599
 day we

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:05.039
 are born

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:05.420
 to the

00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:05.739
 day we

00:36:05.739 --> 00:36:06.339
 die and

00:36:06.339 --> 00:36:06.739
 that's

00:36:06.739 --> 00:36:07.000
 it.

00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:09.279
 So you

00:36:09.279 --> 00:36:10.000
 spend your

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:11.559
 time investing

00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:12.679
 in stuff

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:13.739
 that doesn't

00:36:13.739 --> 00:36:14.279
 last,

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:15.680
 trying to

00:36:15.680 --> 00:36:15.900
 do

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:16.400
 everything

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:16.920
 now,

00:36:17.220 --> 00:36:17.720
 going on

00:36:17.720 --> 00:36:18.860
 this place

00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:19.360
 and going

00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:19.980
 over here

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.420
 and doing

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:20.880
 this and

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:21.360
 doing that

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:21.700
 because,

00:36:22.040 --> 00:36:22.120
 well,

00:36:22.160 --> 00:36:22.500
 we've only

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:22.960
 got this

00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:23.620
 certain length

00:36:23.620 --> 00:36:24.040
 of time

00:36:24.040 --> 00:36:24.400
 and we've

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:24.780
 got to do

00:36:24.780 --> 00:36:25.120
 everything

00:36:25.120 --> 00:36:25.500
 and have

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:25.880
 everything

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:26.460
 now.

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:29.659
 you can

00:36:29.659 --> 00:36:29.960
 be a

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.340
 Christian

00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:30.760
 and live

00:36:30.760 --> 00:36:31.380
 like that.

00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:33.280
 Or maybe

00:36:33.280 --> 00:36:34.039
 you fear

00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:35.159
 losing your

00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:35.900
 own life

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:36.599
 so you

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:37.139
 don't do

00:36:37.139 --> 00:36:37.619
 anything,

00:36:38.199 --> 00:36:38.699
 you don't

00:36:38.699 --> 00:36:39.280
 commit to

00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:39.599
 anything

00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:40.119
 because of

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:41.000
 fear of

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:41.699
 what might

00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:41.980
 happen,

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:42.420
 I'll not

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:42.780
 move,

00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:43.179
 I'll not

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:43.780
 change this,

00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:44.679
 I'll not

00:36:44.679 --> 00:36:45.599
 leave this

00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:47.019
 country because

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:47.619
 who knows

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:48.059
 what's going

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:48.460
 to happen.

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:51.840
 Well,

00:36:51.880 --> 00:36:52.179
 if you

00:36:52.179 --> 00:36:52.940
 believe,

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.280
 if you

00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:54.159
 truly believe

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:54.920
 the resurrection

00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:55.800
 as Paul did,

00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:57.320
 it frees

00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:57.960
 your life

00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:59.340
 to live

00:36:59.340 --> 00:37:00.080
 for Christ.

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:01.240
 You don't

00:37:01.240 --> 00:37:02.080
 need everything

00:37:02.080 --> 00:37:03.480
 now because

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:04.340
 the best is

00:37:04.340 --> 00:37:05.060
 yet to come.

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:05.980
 You don't

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.700
 need to fear

00:37:06.700 --> 00:37:07.080
 for your

00:37:07.080 --> 00:37:08.140
 life now

00:37:08.140 --> 00:37:09.220
 because eternal

00:37:09.220 --> 00:37:10.180
 life is yet

00:37:10.180 --> 00:37:10.660
 to come.

00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:13.039
 Christ

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:14.080
 changes you

00:37:14.080 --> 00:37:14.740
 completely

00:37:14.740 --> 00:37:16.039
 and gives

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.700
 you a new

00:37:16.700 --> 00:37:17.380
 priority.

00:37:18.760 --> 00:37:19.760
 So this

00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:20.360
 gospel,

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:21.080
 the death

00:37:21.080 --> 00:37:21.700
 of Christ,

00:37:22.060 --> 00:37:22.820
 the resurrection

00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:23.820
 of Christ

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:25.340
 is the

00:37:25.340 --> 00:37:26.240
 foundation

00:37:26.240 --> 00:37:27.680
 on which

00:37:27.680 --> 00:37:28.400
 we build

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:29.220
 our life.

00:37:29.760 --> 00:37:30.320
 It is

00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:31.000
 true,

00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:32.440
 100%

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:33.100
 true

00:37:33.100 --> 00:37:35.140
 and it

00:37:35.140 --> 00:37:35.900
 can change

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:36.620
 you radically.

00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:38.700
 So,

00:37:38.840 --> 00:37:39.460
 verse 11,

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:41.660
 whether then

00:37:41.660 --> 00:37:42.660
 it was I

00:37:42.660 --> 00:37:43.380
 or they,

00:37:44.740 --> 00:37:45.539
 this is

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:46.160
 what we

00:37:46.160 --> 00:37:46.820
 preach

00:37:46.820 --> 00:37:48.420
 and this

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:48.900
 is what

00:37:48.900 --> 00:37:49.860
 you believed.

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:51.079
 It doesn't

00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:51.660
 matter who

00:37:51.660 --> 00:37:52.340
 preaches the

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:53.200
 gospel to you

00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:54.159
 or how

00:37:54.159 --> 00:37:54.639
 you hear

00:37:54.639 --> 00:37:54.799
 it,

00:37:54.859 --> 00:37:55.279
 whether it's

00:37:55.279 --> 00:37:55.659
 in this

00:37:55.659 --> 00:37:56.039
 building

00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:56.460
 or in

00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:56.879
 some other

00:37:56.879 --> 00:37:57.379
 place,

00:37:57.659 --> 00:37:59.460
 or what

00:37:59.460 --> 00:37:59.879
 we were

00:37:59.879 --> 00:38:00.659
 doing when

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:01.119
 we heard

00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:01.679
 the gospel.

00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:03.719
 The point

00:38:03.719 --> 00:38:05.619
 is that

00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:06.279
 we believe

00:38:06.279 --> 00:38:06.619
 it,

00:38:07.099 --> 00:38:08.399
 that this

00:38:08.399 --> 00:38:08.799
 is the

00:38:08.799 --> 00:38:09.719
 sure and

00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:10.299
 certain

00:38:10.299 --> 00:38:11.419
 truth of

00:38:11.419 --> 00:38:11.960
 the gospel,

00:38:12.339 --> 00:38:13.359
 the foundation

00:38:13.359 --> 00:38:14.079
 on which we

00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:14.579
 build our

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:15.019
 life.

00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:16.919
 The

00:38:16.919 --> 00:38:17.539
 foundation,

00:38:17.799 --> 00:38:18.339
 verse 3,

00:38:18.340 --> 00:38:20.380
 that Christ

00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:21.420
 died for

00:38:21.420 --> 00:38:22.200
 our sins

00:38:22.200 --> 00:38:23.019
 according to

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:23.620
 the scriptures,

00:38:24.660 --> 00:38:25.420
 that he

00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:26.260
 was buried,

00:38:27.180 --> 00:38:27.840
 that he

00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:28.620
 was raised

00:38:28.620 --> 00:38:29.059
 on the

00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:29.760
 third day

00:38:29.760 --> 00:38:30.440
 according to

00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:31.000
 the scriptures,

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.820
 and that he

00:38:32.820 --> 00:38:33.440
 appeared to

00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:35.039
 Peter and

00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:35.480
 then to

00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:36.100
 the twelve.

00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:38.120
 Have

00:38:38.120 --> 00:38:38.940
 confidence

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:40.500
 in what

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:41.220
 you believe.

00:38:42.420 --> 00:38:43.380
 It is

00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:44.120
 true.

00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:46.220
 Let's

00:38:46.220 --> 00:38:46.519
 pray.

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:46.579
 Amen.

00:38:48.340 --> 00:39:01.980
 Father,

00:39:02.120 --> 00:39:02.579
 would you

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:04.160
 please help

00:39:04.160 --> 00:39:04.660
 us

00:39:04.660 --> 00:39:08.380
 to have

00:39:08.380 --> 00:39:09.120
 that fresh

00:39:09.120 --> 00:39:09.720
 confidence

00:39:09.720 --> 00:39:10.660
 again in

00:39:10.660 --> 00:39:11.300
 the truth

00:39:11.300 --> 00:39:11.900
 of your

00:39:11.900 --> 00:39:12.340
 gospel,

00:39:13.660 --> 00:39:14.579
 that where

00:39:14.579 --> 00:39:15.380
 other voices

00:39:15.380 --> 00:39:17.100
 and other

00:39:17.100 --> 00:39:17.640
 messages

00:39:17.639 --> 00:39:18.739
 claim to

00:39:18.739 --> 00:39:20.679
 discredit

00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:21.239
 the

00:39:21.239 --> 00:39:21.819
 resurrection

00:39:21.819 --> 00:39:23.359
 and say

00:39:23.359 --> 00:39:23.839
 it's just

00:39:23.839 --> 00:39:24.319
 a myth.

00:39:25.339 --> 00:39:25.859
 Help us

00:39:25.859 --> 00:39:26.539
 to examine

00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:27.699
 afresh who

00:39:27.699 --> 00:39:28.219
 you are

00:39:28.219 --> 00:39:28.599
 and what

00:39:28.599 --> 00:39:28.920
 you have

00:39:28.920 --> 00:39:29.199
 done,

00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:30.719
 and that

00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:31.239
 we can

00:39:31.239 --> 00:39:31.960
 believe it.

00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:33.799
 But more

00:39:33.799 --> 00:39:34.219
 than that,

00:39:34.339 --> 00:39:34.819
 just as

00:39:34.819 --> 00:39:35.819
 people taught

00:39:35.819 --> 00:39:36.299
 us the

00:39:36.299 --> 00:39:36.679
 gospel,

00:39:37.799 --> 00:39:38.539
 we pray

00:39:38.539 --> 00:39:39.039
 that we

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:40.019
 would faithfully

00:39:40.019 --> 00:39:40.799
 pass it

00:39:40.799 --> 00:39:42.019
 on to

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:42.579
 the next

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:43.219
 generation,

00:39:43.659 --> 00:39:44.619
 to our

00:39:44.619 --> 00:39:44.980
 own

00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:45.519
 children,

00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:47.779
 to those

00:39:47.779 --> 00:39:48.380
 we work

00:39:48.380 --> 00:39:48.699
 with,

00:39:48.859 --> 00:39:49.299
 to those

00:39:49.299 --> 00:39:49.920
 we meet

00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:50.319
 with.

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:52.019
 Father,

00:39:52.139 --> 00:39:52.480
 give us

00:39:52.480 --> 00:39:53.159
 opportunity

00:39:53.159 --> 00:39:54.900
 to have

00:39:54.900 --> 00:39:55.799
 that confidence

00:39:55.799 --> 00:39:56.579
 and assurance

00:39:56.579 --> 00:39:57.460
 to stand

00:39:57.460 --> 00:39:58.059
 strong

00:39:58.059 --> 00:39:59.960
 and proclaim

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:01.079
 your truth.

00:40:03.900 --> 00:40:04.779
 Fill us

00:40:04.779 --> 00:40:05.199
 with the

00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:05.679
 power of

00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:06.099
 your Holy

00:40:06.099 --> 00:40:06.619
 Spirit,

00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:08.000
 that we

00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:08.500
 might do

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:08.960
 it well.

00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:10.539
 In

00:40:10.539 --> 00:40:10.980
 Jesus'

00:40:11.219 --> 00:40:11.460
 name,

00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:12.860
 Amen.