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 Good morning, everyone.

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 Happy Easter, Resurrection Sunday.

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 It's a joy to worship with you.

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 If you have your Bibles, please turn with me to John chapter 20.

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 And if you do not have a Bible, please raise your hand.

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 We'd love to bring one over to you that you can use while you are here.

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 John is in the New Testament.

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 It's the fourth book in the New Testament.

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 We're in John chapter 20, verses 1 to 31 today.

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 Let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's word.

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 Heavenly Father, we have gathered to celebrate the joyous occasion of our Savior's resurrection from the dead.

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 Just as he rose on the first day of the week,

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 we gather now on the first day of the week to worship him, to worship you.

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 Be pleased by our worship, Lord.

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 And now address us as we humbly incline our ears and hearts to your word.

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 Speak to us from your word.

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 That your word may land upon our hearts with conviction.

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 By the power of your Holy Spirit.

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 That he may give us life.

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 Life in Jesus' name.

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 Eternal resurrection life.

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 All to your glory.

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 In Jesus' name we ask.

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 Amen.

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 Please stand if you're able for the reading of God's word from John 20, verses 1 to 31.

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

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

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

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 and said to them,

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

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 So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb.

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 Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.

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 And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.

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 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb.

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 He saw the linen cloths lying there, and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus' head,

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 not lying with the linen cloths, but folded up in a place by itself.

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 Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed.

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 For as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

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 Then the disciples went back to their homes.

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 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept, she stooped to look into the tomb.

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 And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain,

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 one at the head and one at the feet.

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 They said to her,

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 Woman, why are you weeping?

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 She said to them,

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 They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.

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

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 Jesus said to her,

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 Woman, why are you weeping?

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 Whom are you seeking?

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

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

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 Jesus said to her,

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 Mary.

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 She turned and said to him in Aramaic,

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 Rabboni, which means teacher.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father.

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 But go to my brothers and say to them,

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 I am ascending to my Father and your Father,

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 to my God and your God.

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 Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples,

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 I have seen the Lord,

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 and that he had said these things to her.

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 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week,

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 the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews,

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 Jesus came and stood among them and said to them,

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 Peace be with you.

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 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.

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 Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.

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 Jesus said to them again,

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 And peace be with you.

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 As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.

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 And when he had said this,

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 he breathed on them and said to them,

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 Receive the Holy Spirit.

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 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them.

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 If you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.

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 Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the twin,

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 was not with them when Jesus came.

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 So the other disciples told him,

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 We have seen the Lord.

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 But he said to them,

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 Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails,

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 and place my finger into the mark of the nails,

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 and place my hand into his side,

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 I will never believe.

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 Eight days later, his disciples were inside again,

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 and Thomas was with them.

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 Although the doors were locked,

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 Jesus came and stood among them and said,

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 Peace be with you.

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 Then he said to Thomas,

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 Put your finger here and see my hands,

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 and put out your hand and place it in my side.

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 Do not disbelieve, but believe.

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 Thomas answered him,

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 My Lord and my God.

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 Jesus said to him,

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 Have you believed because you have seen me?

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 Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.

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 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples,

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 which are not written in the book.

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 But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ,

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 the Son of God,

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 and that by believing,

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 you may have life in his name.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 You may be seated.

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 If I told you that someone I know who recently died has come back to life,

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 would you believe me?

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 Probably not.

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 You'd probably say,

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 Well, I'll believe it when I see it.

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 And that's probably what I would say too if you told me the same thing.

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 Because believe it or not,

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 people back then,

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 at the time of Jesus,

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 had just as hard time believing that someone was raised from the dead as we do now.

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 And yet,

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 Jesus' followers believed that Jesus really was raised from the dead.

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 And they passed that message on generation after generation after generation.

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 And we see here in John 20 why they believe that Jesus was raised from the dead.

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 We're going to see first how John sees and believes,

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 and then how Mary sees and believes,

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 and then the disciples,

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 and then Thomas.

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 And then finally,

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 John's main concern in writing this book,

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 that we might believe in Jesus,

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 even though we have not seen him.

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 That's the main point of this,

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 that we should believe that Jesus is the Savior King,

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 being the Son of God,

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 who died and rose again,

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 so that we may have life in his name.

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 And to convince us,

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 John peppers his account here with things that can only be explained by the historical bodily resurrection of Jesus.

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 Read verse 1 with me in chapter 20.

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 Now on the first day of the week,

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 Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early,

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 while it was still dark,

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

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 So Mary,

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 it says,

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 while it's still dark,

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 dark early in the morning,

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 goes to the tomb to visit Jesus.

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 And when John tells us that it's still dark outside,

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 he's not just telling us that the sun hasn't risen yet physically,

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 because he uses the metaphor of light and darkness effectively throughout the entire gospel to communicate who is spiritually in the dark and who is spiritually in the light.

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 Because Jesus said in John 8, 12,

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 I am the light of the world.

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 Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness,

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 but will have the light of life.

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 So if you follow Jesus,

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 then you have light and you have life.

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 But if you do not follow Jesus,

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 then you have darkness.

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 And you have death.

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 And so John is giving us here a hint about the state of Mary and the other disciples.

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 Though they knew Jesus,

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 though they admire Jesus and follow Jesus,

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 they are still in the dark about who Jesus really is.

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 They do not yet understand that he has been raised from the dead.

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 So they are spiritually lost in the dark.

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 And Jesus is about to reveal himself to them.

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 When Mary arrives in the tomb,

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 she discovers that the stone that had formerly blocked the tomb,

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 the block,

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 the entrance of the tomb has been rolled away.

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 And,

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 and this is important because we know from chapter 1941,

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 that Jesus was laid in a new tomb where no one else had been laid.

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 So Jesus had the tomb all to himself.

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 That detail is important because it tells us that when the tomb is empty,

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 there's only one possible explanation.

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 Jesus has been moved because Jesus was the only one that was in that tomb.

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 And now Jesus isn't there anymore.

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 So this account confronts us with the reality of the empty tomb.

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 2,000 years ago,

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 a man named Jesus of Nazareth was crucified.

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 That's recorded in the history books.

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 And then he was buried in a tomb.

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 But then on Sunday morning,

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 the first day of the week,

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 his tomb was empty.

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 What do you make of that fact?

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 If Jesus's tomb had not been empty,

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 all that the Jewish leaders and the Roman rulers had to do was invite the new

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 followers of Jesus into a brief tour of his grave where Jesus's corpse still lay.

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 But they couldn't because they didn't have the body because the tomb was empty.

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 So intrigued by the empty tomb,

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 Peter and John run over to verify Mary Magdalene's report.

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 And John's the author of the book.

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 And he often refers to himself here as the disciple whom Jesus loved.

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 I don't think that's conceited at all.

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 I think that's actually a very sweet way of remembering the way Jesus loved him,

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 how he had affection for him.

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 And that's how I think of myself and how you should think of yourself for a follower of Christ.

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 I am one whom Jesus loves.

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 You are one whom Jesus loves.

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 And Peter and John start running over at the same time.

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 But apparently Peter is a little bit out of shape because John outruns him.

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 And Peter is lagging behind.

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 But even though Peter is not as fast as John,

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 Peter is much more decisive because John hesitates once he gets the tomb.

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 He's just stooping in.

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 And then Peter just barges right into the tomb to see what's going on.

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 And this is what they see.

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 He says,

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 He saw the linen cloths lying there and the face cloth,

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 which had been on Jesus' head,

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 not lying with the linen cloths,

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 but folded up in a place by itself.

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 This is a very curious detail.

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 It tells us several things about what has happened.

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 It rules out several things.

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 First, if the linen cloths are still lying there,

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 then they didn't just move Jesus' body to a different tomb

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 because they would have taken Jesus' body along with the linen cloths

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 that were wrapped around him.

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 Why would you want to touch the bloody corpse?

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 Secondly, it rules out grave robbery,

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 which was not uncommon in those days

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 because why would they take the time

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 to remove the linen cloths from Jesus' body

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 if they really wanted to fake Jesus' resurrection?

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 If they were there for money,

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 then why would they leave the linen cloth,

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 which was the most valuable item in the tomb

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 along with the expensive spices that were in there?

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 Third, this is not the case of someone

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 who just kind of wakes up startled in a panic,

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 someone who had fainted

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 but is resuscitated by the cold, chill air of the grave.

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 This is not what's going on

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 because if you remember,

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 when Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead

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 in chapter 11 of John,

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 he came out with his hands and his body

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 and his face still wrapped in the linen cloths

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 because he was confused.

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 He had no idea what was going on.

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 He was dead and then now he's alive

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 and he's like, what am I doing here?

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 And he just came right out of the tomb.

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 But that's not what's going on.

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 The linen cloth, the face cloth is folded.

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 Jesus was in full perception of himself.

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 He was raised from the dead by the power of God

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 as he said would happen.

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 And then he took his time,

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 folded the linen cloths

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 and then came out of the tomb.

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 And so as he is looking around

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 at what's happened inside the tomb,

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 John is able to connect the dots

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 and make sense of what has happened.

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 It says in verses eight to nine,

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 John saw and believed

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 for as yet they did not understand the scripture

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 that he must rise from the dead.

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 This language of seeing and believing

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 is a recurring theme throughout the book of John

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 and throughout this chapter in particular.

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 John saw the empty tomb

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 and believed that Jesus was raised from the dead

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 in fulfillment of the scriptures.

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 Several Old Testament passages

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 must have been swirling through his head

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 at this moment.

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 This is John's aha moment.

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 He thinks of Hosea 6, 2,

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 which we prophesied concerning God's people Israel.

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 After two days, he will revive us.

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 On the third day, he will raise us up.

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 That verse, all of a sudden, makes more sense.

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 John thinks, oh, Jesus represents God's people.

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 He is the new Israel.

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 He's raised from the dead.

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 Or Isaiah 53, 10,

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 which prophesied of the Messiah,

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 the suffering servant of Yahweh,

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 who would be crushed

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 as a sacrificial offering for guilt.

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 But then it says right after

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 that his days would nonetheless be prolonged,

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 even though he's already been crushed,

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 and that he would triumph

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 and divide the spoils of victory.

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 When you read Isaiah 53,

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 without thinking of Christ at all,

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 it doesn't make sense.

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 But then when you think of Christ,

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 what happened to him,

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 his death and resurrection,

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 you read Isaiah 53.

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 It reads like newspaper

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 that was a report of Jesus

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 that was written 700 years ahead of time.

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 This is the point

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 when this started to click for John.

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 John and the disciples

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 were not expecting Jesus

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 to rise from the dead.

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 They did not yet understand

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 that what that had to happen

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 in accordance with the scriptures.

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 This is when they start

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 to make the connections.

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 So that means this is not the case

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 of confirmation bias.

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 This is not the case

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 of self-fulfilling prophecy

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 because none of them

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 was expecting Jesus

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 to rise from the dead.

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 As yet, they did not understand

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 the scripture

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 that he must rise from the dead.

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 So far from making up

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 the story of Jesus' resurrection

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 to fit their preconceptions

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 and expectations,

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 they only understand

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 the fulfillment

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 of the scriptural prophecies

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 after they are confronted

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 with the reality

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 of Jesus' resurrection

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 from the dead.

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 And today,

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 on Resurrection Sunday,

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 April 9th, 2023,

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 you too are faced

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 with a choice.

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 You're not here by accident.

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 Will you let the reality

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 of Jesus' resurrection

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 alter your faith,

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 change your life,

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 or will you deny

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 the reality of the resurrection

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 to make it fit

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 your worldview,

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 your faith?

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 Peter and John return home,

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 and then verse 11 says

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 that Mary stayed there

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 weeping outside the tomb.

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 The grief from Jesus' death

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 is still fresh

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 on Mary's mind,

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 and she is distraught

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 that she has no idea

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 where Jesus' body is.

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 Somebody's moved it

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 and now she can't pay

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 respects by visiting

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 his tomb.

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 But then now

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 when she looks inside

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 the tomb,

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 it says in verse 12

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 that she saw

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 two angels in white

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 sitting where the body

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 of Jesus had lain,

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 one at the head

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 and one at the feet.

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 And then one of the angels

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 asked him,

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 woman,

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 why are you weeping?

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 Why are you weeping?

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 And then she tells them

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 that they have taken away

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 my Lord,

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 and I do not know

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 where they have laid him.

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 But at that moment

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 as she is conversing

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 with the angel,

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 she senses that there's

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 somebody behind her,

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 and she turns around

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 and she sees Jesus.

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 But she doesn't yet know

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 that it's Jesus,

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 and so she asks him

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 the same question.

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 Where have you,

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 have you taken away

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 my Lord?

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 I do not know

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 where they have laid him.

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 If you have carried him away,

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 tell me where you have laid him,

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 and I will take him away.

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 This is a really moving example

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 of Mary's devotion to Jesus

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 because even though

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 she is convinced

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 that Jesus is dead,

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 she wants to be able

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 to attend to him,

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 take care of him,

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 and so she weeps

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 at the thought

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 that she might not be able

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 to visit his tomb.

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 So she is talking to Jesus

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 as if he's the gardener,

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 saying,

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 sir, please,

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 tell me where you have laid Jesus.

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 I'll take care of him.

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 I'll take him off your hands.

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 But then Jesus says to her,

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 Mary,

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 and this is Mary's aha moment.

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 The moment she hears Jesus

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 calls out her name,

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 she remembers,

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 and she knows in her very soul

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 that the man that is addressing her

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 at that moment

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 is the Lord Jesus.

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 And so she responds in Aramaic,

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 in their mother tongue,

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 in the language

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 that they had often spoken

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 to each other in,

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 Rabboni,

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 which means teacher.

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 It's such an intimate moment

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 of mutual affection.

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 We know from Luke 8, verse 2,

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 that Mary Magdalene

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 was one of those women

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 who followed Jesus around

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 and provided for him

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 and his disciples

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 out of her own means.

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 She apparently

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 didn't have family obligations

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 and had the freedom

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 to travel with Jesus

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 and his 12 apostles.

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 We also know

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 from the same verse

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 that she came from

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 a spiritually broken background.

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 It tells us in Luke 8, 2,

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 that she had,

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 that seven demons

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 had gone out

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 of Mary Magdalene.

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 And I assume

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 it was Jesus

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 who cast the demons

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 out from Mary.

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 Number seven

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 implies completeness.

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 So she was a woman

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 who was under

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 complete demonic bondage,

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 under the bondage

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 of evil spirits.

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 And yet Jesus

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 delivered her.

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 So Mary is not some

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 prominent,

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 unblemished individual.

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 She has a checkered history.

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 She was no Paul,

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 circumcised on the eighth day,

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 a Hebrew of Hebrews

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 as to the law,

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 a Pharisee

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 as to righteousness

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 under the law,

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 blameless.

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 No, Mary was not blameless.

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 She was full of blame.

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 She was no Jewish scholar.

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 She was no upstanding worshiper.

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 And yet Jesus

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 had mercy on her.

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 And note also

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 that Mary was a woman

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 in a society

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 where women

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 were often treated

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 as second-class citizens.

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 And according

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 to the Jewish law

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 at the time,

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 a woman's witness

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 was regarded

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 as inadmissible

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 in court

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 because they were

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 considered unreliable.

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 So if Peter and John

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 had seen

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 the resurrected Jesus

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 earlier,

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 they would have been able

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 to testify legally

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 that they saw Jesus.

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 But Mary

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 could not.

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 And yet,

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 surely Jesus

00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:43.359
 could have appeared

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 just moments earlier

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 when Peter and John

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 were there.

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 But he didn't.

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 He waits.

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 And the first person

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 he shows up to

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 is Mary.

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 the woman

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 who was weeping

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 in front of his tomb,

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 Jesus gives her

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 the privilege

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 of first announcing

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 to the disciples,

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 I have seen

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 the Lord.

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 Do you doubt

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 that the Lord Jesus

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 could have any regard

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 for you?

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 That he would pay

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 any attention

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 to you?

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 that he would

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 have mercy

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 on you?

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 If you doubt

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 that,

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 look at Mary Magdalene

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 and think again.

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 See how tenderly

00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.460
 Jesus cares

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 for her here,

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 how Jesus

00:21:33.339 --> 00:21:34.240
 loved her,

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 and how Jesus

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 loves you too.

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 And Jesus

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 asks you

00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:40.440
 the same question

00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:41.240
 that he asked Mary,

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 whom are you seeking?

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 Whom are you seeking

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:46.059
 this morning?

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 Is it Jesus?

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 Or is it someone else?

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 Do you hear him

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 calling your name?

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 Mary?

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 Jeffrey?

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:01.740
 John?

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 Daniel?

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 Jen?

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 If so,

00:22:09.880 --> 00:22:10.860
 turn toward him

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 in faith.

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 Because he will

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:14.039
 not turn you away.

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 But Jesus'

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:16.759
 sweet reunion

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.240
 with Mary

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 has to be cut short

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 because he has

00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:19.419
 a mission

00:22:19.419 --> 00:22:20.119
 to give Mary.

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 And he tells her

00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:22.440
 in verse 17,

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 do not cling to me

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 for I have not yet

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:25.180
 ascended to the Father,

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 but go to my brothers

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 and say to them,

00:22:27.399 --> 00:22:28.159
 I am ascending

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 to my Father

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 and your Father,

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 to my God

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 and your God.

00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:33.599
 Jesus is telling Mary,

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 hey,

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 you don't need

00:22:34.339 --> 00:22:35.079
 to cling to me yet.

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 I'm not about

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 to disappear.

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 I'm not ascending

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 just yet,

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 but I will

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 ascend soon.

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 So you need

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 to let the brothers

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 know.

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 But the way

00:22:43.820 --> 00:22:45.140
 Jesus gives Mary

00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:45.720
 this mission

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.820
 is amazing

00:22:46.820 --> 00:22:48.540
 because we know

00:22:48.540 --> 00:22:49.440
 that Jesus is telling

00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:50.220
 Mary to go to his

00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:51.060
 disciples because

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 that's exactly

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.400
 what Mary does

00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:52.860
 in the following

00:22:52.860 --> 00:22:53.140
 verse,

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 verse 18.

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 That's what he means.

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 But he doesn't

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:58.800
 call them his

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 disciples here.

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 He calls them

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 his brothers.

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 And this is

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:05.240
 the first time

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:06.300
 in the Gospel

00:23:06.300 --> 00:23:06.700
 of John

00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:07.320
 where Jesus

00:23:07.320 --> 00:23:08.140
 refers to his

00:23:08.140 --> 00:23:08.600
 disciples

00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:09.759
 as his

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.519
 brothers.

00:23:11.179 --> 00:23:11.839
 He tells them,

00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:12.619
 I'm ascending

00:23:12.619 --> 00:23:13.879
 to my Father

00:23:13.879 --> 00:23:15.079
 and your Father,

00:23:15.379 --> 00:23:16.419
 to my God

00:23:16.419 --> 00:23:17.359
 and your God.

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:19.279
 Jesus is God's

00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:20.659
 only begotten Son.

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.719
 He's the only one

00:23:21.719 --> 00:23:22.439
 who shares

00:23:22.439 --> 00:23:23.159
 the Father's

00:23:23.159 --> 00:23:24.000
 divine nature.

00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:25.480
 There's no one

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:26.740
 else like Jesus

00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:27.839
 in the whole world,

00:23:27.919 --> 00:23:28.819
 in the whole human

00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:29.699
 history.

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:31.460
 and Jesus says

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:32.180
 that he's going

00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:33.680
 to my Father

00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:36.120
 and your Father.

00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:39.940
 That's a staggering

00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:40.480
 statement.

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:43.299
 Jesus is speaking

00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:44.500
 of the Christian's

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:44.980
 adoption.

00:23:46.120 --> 00:23:47.220
 Romans 8.15

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:48.059
 explains that those

00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:48.900
 who put their faith

00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:49.559
 in Jesus

00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:51.100
 receive the spirit

00:23:51.100 --> 00:23:51.720
 of adoption

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.700
 as sons

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:54.120
 so that we cry

00:23:54.120 --> 00:23:54.700
 out to God

00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:55.360
 as Abba,

00:23:55.600 --> 00:23:55.900
 Father.

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:57.480
 That means

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:58.680
 the same privileges

00:23:58.680 --> 00:24:00.160
 that Jesus enjoys

00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:01.640
 as the Son of God,

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:03.240
 the only Son of God,

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:04.920
 his access

00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:05.660
 to the Father,

00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:06.880
 the favor

00:24:06.880 --> 00:24:07.720
 of the Father,

00:24:07.820 --> 00:24:08.460
 the sharing

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:09.640
 in the Father's rule

00:24:09.640 --> 00:24:10.460
 and in his kingdom,

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.539
 the eternal

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.740
 heavenly inheritance

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.940
 as the heir

00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:14.600
 to the throne,

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:15.900
 they are all

00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:17.440
 ours in Jesus

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.200
 because we have

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:18.920
 now been adopted

00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:19.840
 into God's

00:24:19.840 --> 00:24:21.220
 forever family.

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:25.259
 I don't know

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:25.759
 if you've ever

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.660
 seen those

00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:27.819
 adoption surprise

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:28.240
 videos.

00:24:28.360 --> 00:24:28.640
 You guys know

00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:29.019
 what I'm talking

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.279
 about?

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:31.380
 It's the videos

00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:32.640
 where like an orphan

00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:33.339
 who's been living

00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:34.240
 with foster parents

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:35.019
 for a long time

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.980
 first finds out

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:37.000
 that she is

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.839
 now going to be

00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:38.339
 adopted

00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:40.539
 by her foster parents

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.039
 and then she just

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.900
 breaks down

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:42.600
 in grateful,

00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:43.819
 happy tears.

00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:46.359
 or the video

00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:47.579
 of a father,

00:24:47.899 --> 00:24:49.019
 of a foster parent,

00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:50.519
 father who's been

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.460
 caring for a foster

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:52.220
 child for a while

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:53.460
 who is then surprised

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.220
 with the letter

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:55.799
 or legal request,

00:24:55.939 --> 00:24:56.599
 formal request

00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:58.119
 by his daughter

00:24:58.119 --> 00:24:59.779
 asking him

00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.899
 to adopt her

00:25:00.899 --> 00:25:02.539
 as his own

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:05.039
 and then the father

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:06.639
 just trembles

00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:07.139
 all over

00:25:07.139 --> 00:25:08.500
 and hugs the girl

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:11.579
 and loves on her.

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:12.819
 I don't know why

00:25:12.819 --> 00:25:13.659
 but almost always,

00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:14.360
 every time I've seen

00:25:14.360 --> 00:25:14.860
 these videos,

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.540
 it's like this

00:25:15.540 --> 00:25:16.940
 huge burly man

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.480
 with tattoos

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.279
 all over his body

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:18.940
 that looks like

00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:19.800
 he's never shed a tear

00:25:19.800 --> 00:25:20.480
 in his whole life

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:22.620
 but as soon as he

00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:23.580
 hears the request

00:25:23.580 --> 00:25:24.259
 from his daughter,

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.759
 can you please adopt me

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:26.560
 as your daughter?

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.300
 Can you give me

00:25:27.300 --> 00:25:28.060
 your name?

00:25:29.380 --> 00:25:30.400
 He just starts

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:31.759
 crying like a little baby.

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:36.420
 I love those videos

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:37.700
 because not only

00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:38.420
 because they remind me

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:39.400
 of my daughters

00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:40.660
 but because they remind me

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:42.460
 of our father's love.

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:44.819
 how he adopted us

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:45.579
 into his family.

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:50.000
 Christian brothers

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.539
 and sisters,

00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:53.500
 you are not

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:54.240
 an orphan.

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:59.400
 you are no longer

00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:01.059
 an illegitimate child

00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:02.200
 with no lineage

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:03.359
 or family

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:04.480
 or name.

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:05.579
 You have been adopted

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:07.420
 into God's own family.

00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:08.359
 You have

00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:09.480
 his name.

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:11.180
 You have

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:12.099
 his inheritance.

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:17.799
 Does that make your heart

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:18.859
 sing with praise?

00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:21.359
 When you repented

00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:22.659
 and believed in Jesus

00:26:22.659 --> 00:26:23.439
 as your Lord

00:26:23.439 --> 00:26:24.599
 and made a public

00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:25.199
 profession

00:26:25.199 --> 00:26:26.199
 of your faith

00:26:26.199 --> 00:26:26.919
 by getting baptized,

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.799
 you received

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.659
 the Holy Spirit

00:26:28.659 --> 00:26:30.839
 who is in your heart,

00:26:30.899 --> 00:26:32.119
 who is sealing you

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:33.399
 and indwelling you

00:26:33.399 --> 00:26:34.379
 and crying out,

00:26:34.699 --> 00:26:35.379
 God's,

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.979
 my child,

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:37.759
 my daughter,

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.799
 my son.

00:26:40.219 --> 00:26:41.479
 You're taking on

00:26:41.479 --> 00:26:42.259
 Christ's name

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:42.979
 when you are baptized

00:26:42.979 --> 00:26:44.219
 in the name

00:26:44.219 --> 00:26:44.679
 of the Father

00:26:44.679 --> 00:26:45.259
 and the Son

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:46.400
 and the Holy Spirit.

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.879
 So as you conduct

00:26:49.879 --> 00:26:51.079
 yourself here on earth,

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:52.039
 don't ever forget

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.720
 who you are.

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.680
 Remember

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:55.559
 your venerable heritage.

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.680
 Remember

00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:58.019
 whose name you bear

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:59.279
 and remember

00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:00.220
 the Father's

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:01.140
 care for you.

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:05.420
 After Mary's witness

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:06.059
 to the disciples,

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:07.019
 Jesus himself

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:08.119
 appears among them.

00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:09.200
 It says in verses

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:10.099
 19 to 20,

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:11.140
 on the evening

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:11.779
 of that day,

00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:12.379
 the first day

00:27:12.379 --> 00:27:12.819
 of the week,

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:14.160
 the doors being locked

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:14.779
 where the disciples

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.240
 were for faith,

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.940
 and the fear of the Jews,

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.740
 that Jesus came

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.640
 and stood among them

00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:18.920
 and said to them,

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.879
 Peace be with you.

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:21.400
 When he had said this,

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:22.099
 he showed them

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:23.299
 his hands and his side

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.359
 and the disciples

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:25.000
 were glad

00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:26.279
 when they saw the Lord.

00:27:27.619 --> 00:27:28.759
 Jesus is able

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:30.920
 to walk through doors

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.379
 as it seems,

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.099
 which shows that

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:33.879
 his resurrected body

00:27:33.879 --> 00:27:35.039
 is not of the exact

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.819
 same kind

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:37.119
 as our perishable bodies.

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:38.940
 And as Jesus

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:39.720
 stands among them,

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.480
 he says to them,

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:42.180
 Peace be with you.

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:45.960
 This is the disciples'

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:47.080
 aha moment.

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:50.019
 Jesus pronounces

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:51.340
 peace over them

00:27:51.340 --> 00:27:52.180
 three times

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:53.019
 in this passage.

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:54.740
 Peace be with you.

00:27:55.560 --> 00:27:56.200
 And in the Bible,

00:27:56.340 --> 00:27:57.279
 the word peace

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:58.340
 doesn't merely refer

00:27:58.340 --> 00:27:59.180
 to a calm

00:27:59.180 --> 00:28:00.279
 or a lack

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.920
 of disturbance

00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:02.400
 or a quietness

00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:03.240
 that comes after

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:03.840
 the noise

00:28:03.840 --> 00:28:04.960
 dies down.

00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:06.460
 It refers to something

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:07.779
 far deeper than that.

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:09.779
 The word shalom,

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:12.059
 the word for peace,

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:13.000
 conveys a sense

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:13.960
 of wholeness,

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:16.259
 the sense of fitting

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:18.319
 into God's order

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:19.119
 and plan,

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.759
 being restored

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:22.440
 to right relationship

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:23.579
 with God.

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:25.379
 That's where you have peace.

00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:27.660
 And that's a blessing

00:28:27.660 --> 00:28:29.039
 that is way beyond

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:30.019
 our deserts.

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:32.059
 We deserve

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:34.119
 to have enmity with God,

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:35.700
 to be his enemies.

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:37.400
 We deserve

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:38.940
 God's condemnation

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:39.500
 and judgment.

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:41.220
 We should be objects

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:42.960
 of God's fiery wrath

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:44.519
 because we are sinners,

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:46.279
 full of hatred,

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:47.140
 selfishness,

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:47.660
 greed,

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:48.700
 envy,

00:28:49.360 --> 00:28:50.000
 idolatry,

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:50.680
 lust,

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:52.500
 unrighteous anger,

00:28:53.840 --> 00:28:54.299
 pride.

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:56.500
 But instead,

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:58.420
 Jesus offers us

00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:58.700
 peace.

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.460
 Peace.

00:28:59.460 --> 00:28:59.559
 peace.

00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:03.460
 This is only possible

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:04.700
 because Jesus

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:06.019
 has died on the cross

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.900
 for the sins

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:07.559
 of his people

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:08.480
 and he has

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.960
 satisfied God

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.559
 the Father's

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:11.579
 righteous wrath

00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:12.960
 against sinners.

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:15.720
 It's because Jesus

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.299
 has done

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:17.819
 what we could not do.

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:20.000
 It's because

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:21.100
 on Good Friday,

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.140
 Jesus said

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:22.700
 on the cross,

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.700
 it is finished.

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:25.120
 That now,

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:26.340
 on Resurrection Sunday,

00:29:26.620 --> 00:29:27.500
 Jesus can say,

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:29.200
 peace be with you.

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:34.180
 So even when your life

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:35.539
 is surrounded by chaos,

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:38.440
 there is a peace

00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:39.500
 that transcends

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:40.279
 understanding

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:41.400
 that can rest

00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:42.140
 in your heart

00:29:42.140 --> 00:29:43.100
 in Jesus.

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:46.819
 Do you have

00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:47.660
 that peace with God?

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:51.860
 Believe in Jesus,

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:52.819
 the Savior King,

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.779
 the Son of God,

00:29:53.860 --> 00:29:55.319
 who died and rose again,

00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:57.799
 then you can have

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:58.920
 that peace with God.

00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:01.600
 Jesus continues

00:30:01.600 --> 00:30:02.640
 to speak to his disciples.

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.400
 Again,

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.580
 he says in 21-22,

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.779
 peace be with you.

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:06.840
 As the Father

00:30:06.840 --> 00:30:07.680
 has sent me,

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:09.200
 even so I am sending you.

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:11.100
 And when he has said this,

00:30:11.860 --> 00:30:12.779
 he breathed on them

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.340
 and said to them,

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:14.680
 receive the Holy Spirit.

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:16.299
 The word send

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:16.940
 is a key word

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:17.640
 in the Gospel of John

00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:17.980
 as well.

00:30:18.080 --> 00:30:18.720
 God the Father,

00:30:18.840 --> 00:30:19.740
 he says again and again

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:21.180
 that he sent Jesus.

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.819
 Jesus is the sent one.

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:25.099
 And now Jesus sends us out

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:26.579
 in that same cascade

00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:27.779
 of sending from Father

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.439
 to the Son

00:30:28.439 --> 00:30:29.159
 to the church

00:30:29.159 --> 00:30:29.579
 in the power

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.259
 of the Holy Spirit

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:32.460
 and we are sent out

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.819
 to bear witness,

00:30:33.939 --> 00:30:35.279
 to extend the peace

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:36.019
 that we have received

00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:37.559
 from God to others.

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:38.980
 Because humanity

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:40.480
 can never know peace

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:42.839
 apart from being reconciled

00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:43.240
 to God

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:43.879
 and having peace

00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.700
 with God in Jesus.

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:47.720
 But Jesus knows

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.460
 that this mission

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.259
 is too much for us

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:49.639
 to handle

00:30:49.639 --> 00:30:50.500
 in our own strength.

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:52.500
 He says Jesus breathed on them

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.519
 and he says to them,

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:54.980
 receive the Holy Spirit.

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:57.079
 This breathing

00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:58.619
 of the Holy Spirit

00:30:58.619 --> 00:31:00.299
 recalls Genesis 2-7

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:01.200
 when God,

00:31:01.359 --> 00:31:02.039
 after creating

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.799
 the life,

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:04.000
 the creatures,

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:05.640
 he breathes life

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:05.980
 into them

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.619
 so that they become

00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:07.400
 living creatures.

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.799
 It's reminiscent

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:10.339
 of Ezekiel 37

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:12.359
 when God commands

00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:13.420
 Ezekiel to prophesy

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:13.980
 to the wind

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.960
 for the breath

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.400
 to come

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:16.819
 and fill the dry bones

00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:18.440
 so that dead dry bones

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:19.240
 are raised up

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:20.140
 and filled with life

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:21.120
 and become an army.

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:23.540
 The breath of God

00:31:23.540 --> 00:31:24.660
 has generative power.

00:31:24.780 --> 00:31:25.380
 It creates.

00:31:25.860 --> 00:31:26.420
 And so here,

00:31:26.540 --> 00:31:27.380
 as Jesus breathed

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:27.980
 on his disciples,

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:29.620
 he is making them

00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:30.540
 a new creation,

00:31:31.300 --> 00:31:32.259
 giving them a foretaste

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:33.100
 of what will happen

00:31:33.100 --> 00:31:34.259
 when the Holy Spirit

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:35.280
 comes down in power

00:31:35.280 --> 00:31:36.420
 at Pentecost

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:37.460
 in Acts 2.

00:31:40.280 --> 00:31:41.080
 The presence

00:31:41.080 --> 00:31:41.880
 of the Holy Spirit

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:43.000
 is yet another reality

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.940
 that confronts us

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:45.100
 and confirms to us

00:31:45.100 --> 00:31:46.280
 that Jesus did indeed

00:31:46.280 --> 00:31:47.460
 rise from the dead.

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:49.400
 Throughout the New Testament,

00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:50.640
 the powerful presence

00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:51.460
 of the Holy Spirit

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:53.220
 serves to assure us

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:54.600
 that we are God's people

00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:55.340
 and that we belong

00:31:55.340 --> 00:31:56.000
 to his family.

00:31:57.060 --> 00:31:58.460
 That's why in Acts 19,

00:31:58.540 --> 00:31:58.900
 verse 2,

00:31:58.960 --> 00:31:59.700
 when Paul is trying

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.259
 to verify

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:01.360
 that a group of people

00:32:01.360 --> 00:32:02.620
 are actually genuine

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:03.720
 believers in Christ,

00:32:04.080 --> 00:32:05.080
 this is the question

00:32:05.080 --> 00:32:05.840
 that he asks them.

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:06.820
 Did you receive

00:32:06.820 --> 00:32:07.840
 the Holy Spirit

00:32:07.840 --> 00:32:09.280
 when you believed?

00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:12.019
 The Spirit of God

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.600
 is invisible,

00:32:12.820 --> 00:32:13.720
 but that does not mean

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.800
 we cannot know him

00:32:14.800 --> 00:32:15.880
 or feel him.

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:17.840
 On an overcast day,

00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:19.000
 you will not see

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.900
 the sun anywhere,

00:32:20.120 --> 00:32:21.360
 and yet you know

00:32:21.360 --> 00:32:22.680
 that the sun is there

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:24.720
 because you see

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.800
 everything around it

00:32:25.800 --> 00:32:26.700
 by its light.

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.560
 In the same way,

00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:31.240
 you might not see

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:32.160
 the wind,

00:32:32.260 --> 00:32:33.020
 which is invisible,

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.600
 but yet you can know

00:32:34.600 --> 00:32:35.580
 that the wind is there

00:32:35.580 --> 00:32:36.780
 by the streaming flag

00:32:36.780 --> 00:32:37.320
 outside

00:32:37.320 --> 00:32:39.580
 or by the swaying branches.

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:43.220
 Likewise,

00:32:43.399 --> 00:32:43.899
 we can know

00:32:43.899 --> 00:32:44.559
 that the Spirit

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:44.980
 is there

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:46.179
 by his unmistakable

00:32:46.179 --> 00:32:47.960
 effect on our lives.

00:32:48.419 --> 00:32:49.079
 According to

00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:49.919
 1 Corinthians 2,

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.419
 14,

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:52.299
 we cannot even understand

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:53.079
 the spiritual things

00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:53.519
 of God

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.859
 apart from the help

00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:55.720
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:58.159
 Was there a time

00:32:58.159 --> 00:32:58.599
 in your life

00:32:58.599 --> 00:32:59.119
 when the truths

00:32:59.119 --> 00:32:59.980
 of God's words

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:01.179
 seemed strange

00:33:01.179 --> 00:33:01.740
 and foreign

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.559
 and untrue,

00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:04.279
 and yet one day

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:05.079
 you're reading the Word

00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:05.659
 and it seems

00:33:05.659 --> 00:33:06.639
 it strikes you

00:33:06.639 --> 00:33:07.679
 that this is true,

00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:09.179
 that this is good,

00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:10.799
 and that this is beautiful.

00:33:12.399 --> 00:33:13.359
 That's not something

00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:14.119
 you accomplished.

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.819
 That's the work

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.639
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:18.220
 Romans 8,

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:19.259
 14 to 17 says,

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:20.099
 the Spirit of God

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:20.779
 bears witness

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:21.579
 with our spirit

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:22.519
 that we are children

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:23.119
 of God.

00:33:23.659 --> 00:33:24.599
 Do you know

00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:25.379
 this moment

00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:26.599
 that you are

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:27.679
 indeed a child

00:33:27.679 --> 00:33:28.259
 of God,

00:33:28.639 --> 00:33:29.199
 that you are

00:33:29.199 --> 00:33:30.199
 a beloved son

00:33:30.199 --> 00:33:30.699
 or daughter

00:33:30.699 --> 00:33:31.720
 of our Heavenly Father

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.359
 and you have

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:33.539
 peace in your heart

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.119
 knowing that you

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:35.039
 sense his love?

00:33:35.439 --> 00:33:36.139
 That's not

00:33:36.139 --> 00:33:37.139
 your own accomplishment.

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:38.059
 That's the work

00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:39.159
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:42.759
 Acts 4, 31

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.619
 tells us that

00:33:43.619 --> 00:33:44.519
 when we are filled

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:45.339
 with the Holy Spirit

00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:46.179
 we speak the Word

00:33:46.179 --> 00:33:46.500
 of God

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:47.399
 with boldness.

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.819
 Have you ever had

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:50.819
 and felt faith

00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:51.599
 and courage

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:53.299
 rising up inside you

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:54.099
 that enabled you

00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:54.779
 to share the Word

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.839
 of God with others

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:57.319
 in spite of all

00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:57.879
 your fears

00:33:57.879 --> 00:33:58.659
 and apprehensions?

00:33:59.939 --> 00:34:00.759
 That's the work

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.559
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:04.659
 Have you ever noticed

00:34:04.659 --> 00:34:05.519
 that you have grown

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.659
 however incrementally

00:34:06.659 --> 00:34:07.279
 over the years

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:08.079
 since coming to faith

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.579
 in Christ

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:09.119
 in love,

00:34:09.259 --> 00:34:09.539
 joy,

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:10.119
 peace,

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:10.960
 patience,

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:11.460
 kindness,

00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:12.119
 goodness,

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.139
 faithfulness,

00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:13.579
 gentleness,

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.440
 and self-control?

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:17.159
 That's the work

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.940
 of the Holy Spirit

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.519
 because those are

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:20.000
 fruit of the Holy Spirit.

00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:24.019
 If you are not

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:25.000
 acquainted with the work

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:25.679
 of the Holy Spirit

00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:26.960
 then you must believe

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:28.539
 that Jesus is the Savior King

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:30.480
 who died and rose again

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:31.779
 and then he will send

00:34:31.779 --> 00:34:32.819
 the Holy Spirit to you.

00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:35.820
 And because the church

00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:36.519
 is the gathering

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:37.080
 of believers

00:34:37.080 --> 00:34:37.880
 who have been indwelled

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:38.720
 by the very Spirit

00:34:38.720 --> 00:34:39.220
 of God,

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:40.300
 they have the God-given

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:41.800
 authority as his representatives

00:34:41.800 --> 00:34:42.880
 to forgive

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:44.460
 or withhold forgiveness.

00:34:44.660 --> 00:34:45.660
 That's what verse 23

00:34:45.660 --> 00:34:46.500
 is speaking of.

00:34:47.140 --> 00:34:48.260
 It's the same authority

00:34:48.260 --> 00:34:49.400
 that God gave

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:50.360
 to his apostles

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:51.460
 and by extension

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:52.320
 to his church

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:53.680
 in Matthew 16

00:34:53.680 --> 00:34:54.680
 and Matthew 18

00:34:54.680 --> 00:34:55.820
 the keys of the kingdom

00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:57.820
 that whatever we bind

00:34:57.820 --> 00:34:58.140
 on earth

00:34:58.140 --> 00:34:59.080
 shall be bound in heaven

00:34:59.080 --> 00:35:00.080
 and whatever we lose

00:35:00.080 --> 00:35:00.519
 on earth

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:01.420
 shall be loosed

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:02.000
 in heaven.

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:05.340
 This is an amazing

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:07.079
 responsibility

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:09.039
 that as the church

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:11.579
 that God's forgiveness

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:13.099
 or withholding

00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:13.639
 of forgiveness

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:14.280
 in heaven

00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:15.940
 is tied to

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.980
 our forgiveness

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:18.420
 and withholding

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:18.980
 of forgiveness.

00:35:21.720 --> 00:35:23.059
 This is why the church

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:24.240
 has the authority

00:35:24.240 --> 00:35:25.000
 to baptize

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.740
 which we will do

00:35:25.740 --> 00:35:26.220
 shortly.

00:35:27.720 --> 00:35:29.139
 Receive new members

00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:30.380
 into the family of God.

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:33.400
 they're extending

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:34.320
 God's forgiveness

00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:35.440
 proclaiming that

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:36.440
 that person is forgiven

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:38.519
 and when that happens

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:40.059
 it happens in heaven.

00:35:40.720 --> 00:35:41.619
 God does that.

00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:45.099
 This is why

00:35:45.099 --> 00:35:45.680
 your membership

00:35:45.680 --> 00:35:47.019
 in a local church matters.

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:48.380
 Yes,

00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:48.920
 the church

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:50.119
 is a universal fellowship

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:50.680
 of believers

00:35:50.680 --> 00:35:51.440
 that transcends

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:52.760
 all geographic borders

00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:54.740
 but the universal church

00:35:54.740 --> 00:35:56.640
 manifests in a real way

00:35:56.640 --> 00:35:58.660
 in a local embodied

00:35:58.660 --> 00:36:00.000
 gathering of believers

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:02.060
 in local churches.

00:36:02.059 --> 00:36:02.159
 Jesus.

00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:07.539
 And so far

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:08.079
 we've seen

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:09.159
 how John saw

00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:09.679
 and believed

00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:10.360
 Mary saw

00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:10.840
 and believed

00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:11.659
 and how the disciples

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:12.519
 saw and believed

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:13.639
 but it turns out

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:14.420
 that one of the disciples

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:15.719
 was left out.

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:17.159
 Thomas was not there

00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:17.900
 when Jesus first

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:18.559
 appeared to them

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:20.519
 and even though

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:21.239
 the other disciples

00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:21.639
 tell him

00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:22.539
 we have seen the Lord

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:23.639
 Thomas is skeptical

00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:24.039
 he says

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:25.380
 hey unless I see him

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:26.440
 with my own eyes

00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:27.059
 and touch him

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:27.920
 with my own hands

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:29.619
 I will not believe him.

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:30.699
 I know there's

00:36:30.699 --> 00:36:32.480
 there are several people

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:32.859
 I think

00:36:32.859 --> 00:36:34.199
 maybe many people

00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:35.000
 here in our building

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:35.639
 who share

00:36:35.639 --> 00:36:36.940
 Thomas' skepticism.

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:40.359
 He's the kind of guy

00:36:40.359 --> 00:36:42.339
 who thinks logically

00:36:42.339 --> 00:36:44.039
 and relies on empirical evidence

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:45.000
 to assess situations.

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.960
 He's the scientist

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:50.119
 and he says

00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:51.440
 unless I see his hands

00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:52.519
 the marks of nails

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:53.339
 and place my finger

00:36:53.339 --> 00:36:54.199
 into the mark of the nails

00:36:54.199 --> 00:36:55.960
 I will not believe.

00:36:56.699 --> 00:36:57.619
 And the amazing thing is

00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:58.859
 Jesus could have spurned him

00:36:58.859 --> 00:36:59.519
 he could have said

00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:00.820
 well then forget it.

00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:03.860
 But he's so gracious

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:05.980
 he accommodates Thomas

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:07.860
 and appears to him again

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:09.960
 in shows himself

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.400
 in a way

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:11.880
 that he will believe

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:12.639
 and understand.

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:14.780
 It says eight days later

00:37:14.780 --> 00:37:16.019
 verse 26 to 28

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.980
 Jesus appeared

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:17.679
 stood among them

00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:18.739
 he says peace be with you

00:37:18.739 --> 00:37:20.159
 and he singles out Thomas

00:37:20.159 --> 00:37:21.219
 he said to Thomas

00:37:21.219 --> 00:37:23.079
 put your finger here

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:24.500
 and see my hands

00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:25.679
 and put out your hand

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:26.900
 and place it in my side

00:37:26.900 --> 00:37:28.380
 do not disbelieve

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:29.199
 but believe

00:37:29.199 --> 00:37:30.659
 and then Thomas

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:31.399
 answered him

00:37:31.399 --> 00:37:32.460
 my Lord

00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:34.779
 and my God

00:37:34.779 --> 00:37:39.079
 Thomas and many others

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:40.099
 would have never believed

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:40.460
 Jesus

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:41.480
 had they not seen

00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:42.199
 him themselves

00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:44.419
 but they did see Jesus

00:37:44.419 --> 00:37:45.699
 and they told

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:46.719
 other people about it

00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:47.839
 and then they told

00:37:47.839 --> 00:37:49.019
 other people about it

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.799
 and so on

00:37:49.799 --> 00:37:51.159
 down to our

00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:51.980
 very generation

00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:54.119
 and here we are

00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:54.859
 reminding each other

00:37:54.859 --> 00:37:55.460
 once again

00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:57.000
 that Jesus really did

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:58.300
 rise from the dead

00:37:58.300 --> 00:38:00.900
 if Christ

00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:01.519
 had not risen

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:02.079
 from the dead

00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:02.519
 Christianity

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:03.019
 would have been

00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:03.840
 like a ship

00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:05.480
 parked at the dock

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:07.119
 that can never

00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:07.780
 take off

00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:08.699
 without an engine

00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:10.780
 Christianity

00:38:10.780 --> 00:38:11.360
 would have been

00:38:11.360 --> 00:38:12.460
 dead in the water

00:38:12.460 --> 00:38:14.539
 but Christianity

00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:15.300
 grew into

00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:16.280
 the largest religion

00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:16.880
 in the world

00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:18.159
 it has spread

00:38:18.159 --> 00:38:19.400
 into every continent

00:38:19.400 --> 00:38:20.360
 Asia

00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:20.880
 Europe

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:21.719
 North America

00:38:21.719 --> 00:38:22.440
 South America

00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:23.000
 Africa

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:23.619
 Oceania

00:38:23.619 --> 00:38:24.720
 and even

00:38:24.720 --> 00:38:25.220
 Antarctica

00:38:25.220 --> 00:38:27.800
 but how

00:38:27.800 --> 00:38:30.519
 how did a religion

00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:31.400
 whose central tenet

00:38:31.400 --> 00:38:32.440
 is that a man

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:33.559
 who is claimed

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:34.200
 to be God

00:38:34.200 --> 00:38:35.400
 died and was

00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:36.280
 raised from the dead

00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:37.159
 ever get off

00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:37.700
 the ground

00:38:37.699 --> 00:38:40.039
 because it really

00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:40.679
 happened

00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:45.500
 Thomas came to

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:45.899
 that same

00:38:45.899 --> 00:38:46.399
 conclusion

00:38:46.399 --> 00:38:47.539
 and he exclaims

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:48.339
 my Lord

00:38:48.339 --> 00:38:49.799
 and my God

00:38:49.799 --> 00:38:50.879
 and that's no easy

00:38:50.879 --> 00:38:51.879
 thing for a faithful

00:38:51.879 --> 00:38:52.839
 Jew to say

00:38:52.839 --> 00:38:54.980
 the Jews have been

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.719
 worshipping

00:38:55.719 --> 00:38:56.719
 Yahweh

00:38:56.719 --> 00:38:57.399
 and saying that

00:38:57.399 --> 00:38:58.019
 there is no

00:38:58.019 --> 00:38:59.139
 no God

00:38:59.139 --> 00:38:59.899
 but Yahweh

00:38:59.899 --> 00:39:00.879
 the Lord is one

00:39:00.879 --> 00:39:03.159
 for thousands

00:39:03.159 --> 00:39:03.699
 of years

00:39:03.699 --> 00:39:05.419
 and yet

00:39:05.419 --> 00:39:06.699
 confronted with

00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:07.299
 the reality

00:39:07.299 --> 00:39:07.819
 of Jesus

00:39:07.819 --> 00:39:08.460
 resurrection

00:39:08.460 --> 00:39:10.839
 Thomas dispenses

00:39:10.839 --> 00:39:11.439
 with his

00:39:11.439 --> 00:39:12.559
 theological qualms

00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:13.219
 and skeptical

00:39:13.219 --> 00:39:13.759
 instincts

00:39:13.759 --> 00:39:15.059
 and proclaims

00:39:15.059 --> 00:39:15.559
 that Jesus

00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:17.179
 is God

00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:19.500
 the son of God

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:22.679
 and this is

00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:23.460
 the kind of God

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:24.460
 we get to serve

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:25.639
 the mark

00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:26.460
 of the great love

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:26.919
 that Jesus

00:39:26.919 --> 00:39:27.779
 showed us

00:39:27.779 --> 00:39:29.460
 is forever

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:30.259
 stamped upon

00:39:30.259 --> 00:39:31.199
 his human body

00:39:31.199 --> 00:39:33.199
 in his wounds

00:39:33.199 --> 00:39:35.000
 even in his

00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:35.639
 glorified

00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:36.619
 resurrected body

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:37.619
 Jesus has nail

00:39:37.619 --> 00:39:38.199
 wounds in his

00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:38.559
 hands

00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:40.159
 he has the

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:40.719
 wound in his

00:39:40.719 --> 00:39:41.299
 side where the

00:39:41.299 --> 00:39:42.019
 Roman soldiers

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:43.440
 had speared him

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:44.799
 through to make

00:39:44.799 --> 00:39:45.279
 sure that he's

00:39:45.279 --> 00:39:45.559
 dead

00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:47.579
 Jesus carries

00:39:47.579 --> 00:39:48.500
 with himself

00:39:48.500 --> 00:39:49.259
 these wounds

00:39:49.259 --> 00:39:50.159
 as an eternal

00:39:50.159 --> 00:39:51.920
 reminder of his

00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:52.859
 undying and

00:39:52.859 --> 00:39:54.019
 unchanging love

00:39:54.019 --> 00:39:54.659
 for us

00:39:54.659 --> 00:39:57.059
 what God in the

00:39:57.059 --> 00:39:57.980
 world was

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.900
 wounded for you

00:39:58.900 --> 00:40:02.019
 what God in the

00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:03.000
 world died

00:40:03.000 --> 00:40:03.820
 for you

00:40:03.820 --> 00:40:06.659
 only Jesus

00:40:06.659 --> 00:40:11.539
 there's no

00:40:11.539 --> 00:40:12.139
 better person

00:40:12.139 --> 00:40:12.679
 to call my

00:40:12.679 --> 00:40:13.440
 Lord and my

00:40:13.440 --> 00:40:13.880
 God

00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:15.300
 Edward

00:40:15.300 --> 00:40:16.260
 Shilito a

00:40:16.260 --> 00:40:16.860
 Christian minister

00:40:16.860 --> 00:40:17.260
 in England

00:40:17.260 --> 00:40:17.719
 during the

00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:18.199
 first world

00:40:18.199 --> 00:40:18.780
 war wrote a

00:40:18.780 --> 00:40:19.460
 beautiful poem

00:40:19.460 --> 00:40:20.239
 entitled Jesus

00:40:20.239 --> 00:40:20.940
 of the scars

00:40:20.940 --> 00:40:22.119
 and part of it

00:40:22.119 --> 00:40:22.880
 goes like this

00:40:22.880 --> 00:40:24.480
 Lord Jesus

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:25.659
 by thy scars

00:40:25.659 --> 00:40:26.360
 we claim thy

00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:26.760
 grace

00:40:26.760 --> 00:40:28.380
 the other

00:40:28.380 --> 00:40:28.900
 gods were

00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:29.620
 strong but

00:40:29.620 --> 00:40:29.980
 thou wast

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:30.280
 weak

00:40:30.280 --> 00:40:31.960
 they rode

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:32.640
 but thou

00:40:32.640 --> 00:40:33.280
 didst stumble

00:40:33.280 --> 00:40:33.880
 to a throne

00:40:33.880 --> 00:40:35.580
 but to our

00:40:35.580 --> 00:40:35.980
 wounds

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:37.340
 only God's

00:40:37.340 --> 00:40:37.880
 wounds can

00:40:37.880 --> 00:40:38.240
 speak

00:40:38.240 --> 00:40:39.800
 and not

00:40:39.800 --> 00:40:40.580
 a God

00:40:40.580 --> 00:40:41.420
 has wounds

00:40:41.420 --> 00:40:42.660
 but thou

00:40:42.660 --> 00:40:43.620
 alone

00:40:43.619 --> 00:40:46.400
 our

00:40:46.400 --> 00:40:46.859
 Jesus

00:40:46.859 --> 00:40:47.559
 alone

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:48.440
 has wounds

00:40:48.440 --> 00:40:51.159
 our

00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:51.619
 Jesus

00:40:51.619 --> 00:40:52.239
 alone

00:40:52.239 --> 00:40:53.299
 loved you

00:40:53.299 --> 00:40:53.739
 to his

00:40:53.739 --> 00:40:54.159
 death

00:40:54.159 --> 00:40:57.880
 and

00:40:57.880 --> 00:40:58.400
 therefore

00:40:58.400 --> 00:40:58.940
 Jesus

00:40:58.940 --> 00:40:59.679
 is uniquely

00:40:59.679 --> 00:41:00.139
 worthy

00:41:00.139 --> 00:41:01.380
 to be

00:41:01.380 --> 00:41:01.940
 worshipped

00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:02.659
 to be

00:41:02.659 --> 00:41:03.079
 loved

00:41:03.079 --> 00:41:04.420
 so

00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:05.059
 who do

00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:05.679
 you say

00:41:05.679 --> 00:41:06.619
 that Jesus

00:41:06.619 --> 00:41:07.159
 is today

00:41:07.159 --> 00:41:09.639
 do you

00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:10.559
 confess him

00:41:10.559 --> 00:41:11.500
 as my

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:11.940
 Lord

00:41:11.940 --> 00:41:12.900
 and my

00:41:12.900 --> 00:41:13.380
 God

00:41:13.380 --> 00:41:21.099
 John

00:41:21.099 --> 00:41:21.400
 Mary

00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:21.559
 the

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:21.940
 disciples

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:22.340
 and Thomas

00:41:22.340 --> 00:41:23.200
 all saw

00:41:23.200 --> 00:41:24.579
 and believed

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:27.019
 and they

00:41:27.019 --> 00:41:28.160
 bore witness

00:41:28.160 --> 00:41:28.820
 to us

00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:30.200
 and they

00:41:30.200 --> 00:41:30.440
 bore

00:41:30.440 --> 00:41:31.140
 and John

00:41:31.140 --> 00:41:31.720
 bears witness

00:41:31.720 --> 00:41:32.460
 in this book

00:41:32.460 --> 00:41:33.800
 so that we

00:41:33.800 --> 00:41:34.240
 who have not

00:41:34.240 --> 00:41:34.780
 seen him

00:41:34.780 --> 00:41:35.099
 might

00:41:35.099 --> 00:41:36.059
 believe

00:41:36.059 --> 00:41:36.480
 and that's

00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:37.000
 his purpose

00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:37.480
 it says in

00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:37.980
 verses 30

00:41:37.980 --> 00:41:38.519
 to 31

00:41:38.519 --> 00:41:39.760
 now Jesus

00:41:39.760 --> 00:41:40.220
 did many

00:41:40.220 --> 00:41:40.820
 other signs

00:41:40.820 --> 00:41:41.039
 in the

00:41:41.039 --> 00:41:41.320
 presence

00:41:41.320 --> 00:41:41.619
 of the

00:41:41.619 --> 00:41:42.059
 disciples

00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:42.539
 which are

00:41:42.539 --> 00:41:42.740
 not

00:41:42.740 --> 00:41:42.960
 written

00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:43.240
 in this

00:41:43.240 --> 00:41:43.500
 book

00:41:43.500 --> 00:41:44.559
 but these

00:41:44.559 --> 00:41:45.139
 are written

00:41:45.139 --> 00:41:45.539
 so that

00:41:45.539 --> 00:41:45.880
 you may

00:41:45.880 --> 00:41:46.440
 believe

00:41:46.440 --> 00:41:46.980
 that Jesus

00:41:46.980 --> 00:41:47.579
 is the

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:47.960
 Christ

00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:48.699
 the son

00:41:48.699 --> 00:41:49.119
 of God

00:41:49.119 --> 00:41:49.679
 and that

00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:50.240
 by believing

00:41:50.240 --> 00:41:50.619
 you may

00:41:50.619 --> 00:41:51.480
 have life

00:41:51.480 --> 00:41:53.019
 in his

00:41:53.019 --> 00:41:53.420
 name

00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:57.519
 Jesus promised

00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:58.220
 to give us

00:41:58.220 --> 00:41:58.740
 life

00:41:58.740 --> 00:41:59.760
 and life

00:41:59.760 --> 00:42:00.699
 abundantly

00:42:00.699 --> 00:42:02.439
 God

00:42:02.439 --> 00:42:04.199
 God

00:42:04.199 --> 00:42:04.719
 it's

00:42:04.719 --> 00:42:04.919
 it's when

00:42:04.919 --> 00:42:05.519
 you believe

00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:06.219
 in Jesus

00:42:06.219 --> 00:42:06.819
 the risen

00:42:06.819 --> 00:42:07.559
 Christ

00:42:07.559 --> 00:42:07.960
 that

00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:09.159
 you are

00:42:09.159 --> 00:42:09.619
 adopted

00:42:09.619 --> 00:42:09.899
 into

00:42:09.899 --> 00:42:10.299
 God's

00:42:10.299 --> 00:42:10.759
 family

00:42:10.759 --> 00:42:11.899
 it's

00:42:11.899 --> 00:42:12.179
 when you

00:42:12.179 --> 00:42:12.439
 believe

00:42:12.439 --> 00:42:12.899
 in Jesus

00:42:12.899 --> 00:42:13.339
 that

00:42:13.339 --> 00:42:13.980
 you have

00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:14.480
 the love

00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:15.839
 that you're

00:42:15.839 --> 00:42:16.339
 assured

00:42:16.339 --> 00:42:16.960
 of the love

00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:18.079
 of our

00:42:18.079 --> 00:42:18.480
 Father

00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:18.779
 Heavenly

00:42:18.779 --> 00:42:19.079
 Father

00:42:19.079 --> 00:42:19.519
 by the

00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:20.059
 Holy Spirit

00:42:20.059 --> 00:42:20.779
 who indwells

00:42:20.779 --> 00:42:20.960
 you

00:42:20.960 --> 00:42:23.919
 this is the

00:42:23.919 --> 00:42:24.299
 king

00:42:24.299 --> 00:42:25.139
 that we

00:42:25.139 --> 00:42:25.539
 get to

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:25.919
 serve

00:42:25.919 --> 00:42:27.199
 and remember

00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:28.079
 on

00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:28.619
 Resurrection

00:42:28.619 --> 00:42:29.139
 Sunday

00:42:29.139 --> 00:42:31.339
 have you

00:42:31.339 --> 00:42:31.659
 tasted

00:42:31.659 --> 00:42:32.119
 and seen

00:42:32.119 --> 00:42:32.579
 the abundant

00:42:32.579 --> 00:42:33.059
 life in

00:42:33.059 --> 00:42:33.339
 Jesus

00:42:33.339 --> 00:42:35.679
 my hope

00:42:35.679 --> 00:42:36.039
 and prayer

00:42:36.039 --> 00:42:36.319
 for you

00:42:36.319 --> 00:42:36.719
 this morning

00:42:36.719 --> 00:42:36.939
 is that

00:42:36.939 --> 00:42:37.480
 every single

00:42:37.480 --> 00:42:38.000
 one of you

00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:38.439
 will leave

00:42:38.439 --> 00:42:38.980
 this place

00:42:38.980 --> 00:42:39.279
 saying

00:42:39.279 --> 00:42:39.619
 Jesus

00:42:39.619 --> 00:42:40.019
 is my

00:42:40.019 --> 00:42:40.339
 Lord

00:42:40.339 --> 00:42:41.480
 and my

00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:41.779
 God

00:42:41.779 --> 00:42:42.879
 let's

00:42:42.879 --> 00:42:43.059
 pray

00:42:43.059 --> 00:42:43.439
 together

00:42:43.439 --> 00:42:52.799
 Jesus

00:42:52.799 --> 00:42:53.399
 you are

00:42:53.399 --> 00:42:53.659
 my

00:42:53.659 --> 00:42:54.019
 God

00:42:54.019 --> 00:42:55.239
 you are

00:42:55.239 --> 00:42:55.500
 my

00:42:55.500 --> 00:42:55.859
 Lord

00:42:55.860 --> 00:42:57.579
 I love

00:42:57.579 --> 00:42:57.860
 you

00:42:57.860 --> 00:42:59.260
 I give

00:42:59.260 --> 00:42:59.440
 my

00:42:59.440 --> 00:42:59.800
 life

00:42:59.800 --> 00:43:00.300
 to you

00:43:00.300 --> 00:43:05.000
 it is

00:43:05.000 --> 00:43:05.220
 our

00:43:05.220 --> 00:43:05.840
 joy

00:43:05.840 --> 00:43:06.460
 and honor

00:43:06.460 --> 00:43:07.039
 to serve

00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:07.400
 you

00:43:07.400 --> 00:43:13.140
 so help

00:43:13.140 --> 00:43:13.500
 us Lord

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:13.780
 to be

00:43:13.780 --> 00:43:14.120
 faithful

00:43:14.120 --> 00:43:14.599
 witnesses

00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:16.340
 pointing

00:43:16.340 --> 00:43:17.000
 people to

00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:17.460
 the risen

00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:18.280
 Lord

00:43:18.280 --> 00:43:21.200
 and all

00:43:21.200 --> 00:43:21.599
 those who

00:43:21.599 --> 00:43:21.940
 do not

00:43:21.940 --> 00:43:22.340
 yet have

00:43:22.340 --> 00:43:22.760
 faith

00:43:22.760 --> 00:43:24.519
 please

00:43:24.519 --> 00:43:25.120
 give the

00:43:25.120 --> 00:43:25.480
 gift of

00:43:25.480 --> 00:43:25.740
 faith

00:43:25.740 --> 00:43:26.059
 today

00:43:26.059 --> 00:43:28.659
 that they

00:43:28.659 --> 00:43:29.079
 too may

00:43:29.079 --> 00:43:29.539
 profess

00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:29.800
 you

00:43:29.800 --> 00:43:30.740
 confess

00:43:30.740 --> 00:43:31.179
 you

00:43:31.179 --> 00:43:31.480
 as

00:43:31.480 --> 00:43:31.659
 their

00:43:31.659 --> 00:43:31.920
 Lord

00:43:31.920 --> 00:43:32.119
 and

00:43:32.119 --> 00:43:32.420
 Savior

00:43:32.420 --> 00:43:37.059
 in

00:43:37.059 --> 00:43:37.360
 Jesus

00:43:37.360 --> 00:43:37.719
 name

00:43:37.719 --> 00:43:38.679
 we pray

00:43:38.679 --> 00:43:39.699
 amen

00:43:39.699 --> 00:43:59.559
 God

00:43:59.559 --> 00:44:04.519
 and

00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:07.460
 we