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 Let us pray before we enter into the Lord's Word this morning.

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 Father, eyes to see, ears to hear, minds to understand.

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 This is what we ask this morning.

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 Lord, we pray that we would hear your Word,

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 that it would go deep in our hearts,

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 that it would change our lives.

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 Lord, we thank you that the resurrection is a reality

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 and that we celebrate it today,

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 not in some kind of symbolic way

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 or that resurrection is an archetype of just bettering ourselves,

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 but that you truly and literally rose from the grave.

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 Lord, may this truth affect our lives

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 from this day forth and forevermore.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Friends, what are you hoping for?

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 What does your heart long for?

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 What is the thing that you most need?

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 Whether or not you are right in that assessment,

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 maybe you need something else even greater.

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 But what is the thing that your heart longs for?

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 The resurrection is this bold, bold statement

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 that everything that you are longing for,

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 everything that you are hoping for,

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 is found in the resurrection.

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 But things that seem too good to be true

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 quite often are.

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 Are they not?

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 I'm sure many of you, like me,

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 have gotten scam calls a ton.

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 I don't know how they get my phone number.

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 I don't know how Nigerian princes get my email.

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 I haven't given it out.

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 But whenever I get some kind of scam email

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 that's promising me the world,

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 tens of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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 It's too good to be true.

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 I don't believe it.

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 The resurrection

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 promises even greater things than that.

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 It promises eternal life.

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 And joy that is unspeakable.

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 Bodies that are incorruptible.

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 A life that goes on forever

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 with no tears,

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 with no hunger,

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 with no disease,

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 with no pain.

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 In high school,

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 we had a really gullible friend.

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 We still have him in our lives.

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 He's less gullible now.

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 But he would fall for everything.

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 We'd roll our eyes.

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 We'd make fun of him today,

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 even though, like I said,

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 he's not gullible anymore.

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 But we're not gullible people, are we?

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 Come on.

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 The promises of the resurrection,

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 again, they're too good to be true.

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 Gullible people believe them.

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 The people of the Bible,

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 it seems that

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 they take the resurrection at face value.

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 But the people of the Bible

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 weren't gullible either.

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 They struggled with supernatural claims.

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 They didn't believe everything

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 that Jesus said.

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 So when we look at John chapter 20,

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 we see Mary Magdalene,

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 who was a companion of Jesus,

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 a part of his entourage,

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 heard him teach and speak

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 and do miracles,

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 and she was witness to a lot of things.

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 One of the things,

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 that he would rise again

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 after three days being buried.

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 And we'll see here

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 that Mary does not believe him.

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 At least her actions betray her,

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 if she says she does.

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 We'll look at John chapter 20,

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 and we'll specifically look at

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 the claim of the resurrection

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 that all of our hopes and longings

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 are found fulfilled in that.

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 And no matter how gullible

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 it seems somebody needs to be

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 to believe it,

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 that it is the only hope we truly have.

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 So we'll look at three things

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 in this brief narrative

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 that helps us to understand

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 the beauty and the joy

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 of the resurrection

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 and how it is

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 the very thing we long for.

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 The first thing

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 is the importance of truth.

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 If Jesus didn't rise from the grave,

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 if this is a bit of a sham,

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 then there's no point

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 in putting our faith and hope

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 in something

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 that didn't really happen.

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 The second

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 is that the resurrection

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 is the biggest picture

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 of the gift of grace

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 from God to us.

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 And finally,

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 that the resurrection

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 beckons us

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 to live a life

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 of faith.

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 The importance of truth,

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 the gift of grace,

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 the life of faith.

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 If you have a Bible,

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 please turn with me

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 to John chapter 20,

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 and we'll be looking

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 at verses 11 to 18.

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 There's some Bibles

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 at the back.

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 If you forgot your Bible,

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 you don't have one,

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 no problem,

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 grab one.

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 You're not going to interrupt me.

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 So at any time,

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 you can grab a Bible

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 at the back.

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 Well, we'll jump into it,

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 the importance of truth.

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 Mary, like other characters

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 in the Gospel,

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 does not recognize

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 the Messiah.

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 Sometimes it seems

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 that Jesus is interacting

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 with certain people,

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 and they don't know

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 it's him.

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 The two companions

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 on the road to Emmaus,

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 they don't recognize Jesus.

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 And in this situation,

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 we have a similar example.

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 However,

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 it would seem that

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 Mary,

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 like the others

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 that don't recognize Jesus,

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 seemed to not recognize him

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 for a deeper reason.

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 There's something remarkably

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 different about Jesus.

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 Something different

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 about his resurrected body.

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 Something that was

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 unfamiliar to them.

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 Jesus rose from the grave,

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 fully human,

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 not some ethereal being

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 or ghost

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 or angelic character,

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 but a man

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 who was like us,

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 but also unlike us.

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 Talks,

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 the Apostle Paul

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 will talk about

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 how we will rise

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 from the grave

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 like Christ

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 in bodies

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 that are imperishable,

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 not subject

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 to death and decay

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 any longer.

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 So,

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 on one hand,

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 it's no wonder

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 that Mary didn't

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 recognize Jesus.

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 Something was different.

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 We're not exactly told

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 what.

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 This isn't just

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 Jesus disguised himself,

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 he put on

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 a wig,

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 or he

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 dressed up

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 like an actual gardener

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 in the case

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 of the narrative.

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 There's something

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 different about him.

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 However,

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 she also had

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 a failure

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 to recognize him

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 because of a deep-seated

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 problem.

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 She was looking

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 for the wrong Jesus.

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 Look with me,

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 verses 11 to 15 here.

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 But Mary stood

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 weeping outside

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 the tomb,

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 and as she wept,

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 she stooped

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 to look into the tomb.

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 By the way,

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 just before we continue on,

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 the narrative

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 before this

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 is Mary Magdalene

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 has come to the tomb,

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 maybe she's come

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 with others,

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 the other gospel accounts

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 have multiple women

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 coming,

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 likely to

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 prepare his body

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 more fully

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 for burial,

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 and she sees

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 that the stone

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 is rolled away.

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 She tells the disciples

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 Peter and John come,

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 they look inside

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 the tomb,

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 they see that Jesus

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 is no longer there,

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 and then they

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 take off

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 back home

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 despondent.

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 Mary stays,

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 and this is where

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 we pick it up.

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 So we'll start

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 in verse 11 now.

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 Mary stood

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 weeping outside

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 the tomb.

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 As she wept,

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 she stooped

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 to look

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 into the tomb.

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 And she saw

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 two angels in white

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 sitting where

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 the body of Jesus

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 had lain,

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 one at the head

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 and one at the feet.

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 They said to her,

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 Woman,

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 why are you weeping?

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 She said to them,

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 They have taken

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 away my Lord,

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 and I do not know

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 where they have laid him.

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 Having said this,

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 she turned around

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 and saw Jesus standing,

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 but she did not know

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 that it was Jesus.

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 We'll continue

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 on verse 15.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 Woman,

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 why are you weeping?

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 Whom are you seeking?

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 Supposing him

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 to be the gardener,

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 she said to him,

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 Sir,

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 if you have carried

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 him away,

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 tell me where

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 you have laid him

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 and I will take him

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 away.

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 And we'll pause there.

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 Like I mentioned

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 at the beginning,

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 Mary would have heard

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 Jesus repeatedly teach

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 that the Son of Man,

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 the Son of David,

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 me,

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 I have to go

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 to the cross.

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 I have to die,

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 I will suffer,

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 I will be handed over,

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 I will be buried,

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 but on the third day

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 I will rise again.

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 She had heard that

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 not just once,

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 multiple times.

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 In fact,

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 Jesus,

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 although in other

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 circumstances

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 he would talk

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 in parables,

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 that's kind of like

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 a coded story

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 in a way,

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 when it came

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 to his passion,

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 his death,

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 his burial,

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 his resurrection,

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 he spoke plainly.

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 In one case,

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 he spoke so plainly

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 that Simon Peter,

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 one of his

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 inner circle friends,

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 rebuked him

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 for saying such a thing.

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 There is no ambiguity

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 in the way Jesus

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 proclaimed his death

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 and resurrection.

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 So that's why

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 in a sense

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 it's somewhat perplexing

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 to consider Mary's

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 complete grief

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 at the empty tomb.

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 It would seem

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 that she should be

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 actually more grieved

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 if the tomb

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 was full.

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 Because then Jesus

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 would not have

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 risen from the grave,

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 he would have been

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 a false teacher,

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 she would have

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 followed him

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 in vain.

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 But instead

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 she sees

00:10:25.080 --> 00:10:25.940
 an empty tomb

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 and her immediate

00:10:28.179 --> 00:10:29.039
 thought isn't

00:10:29.039 --> 00:10:31.179
 he rose from the grave.

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 It is,

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 the tomb was robbed.

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 Maybe it was

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 the religious leaders,

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 they took the body

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 to desecrate it,

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 to dishonor Jesus.

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 Maybe it was

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 the Roman soldiers

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 who decided

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 that he ought not

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 to have a fantastic

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 funeral

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 in a borrowed grave

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 but should be tossed

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 in a mass grave.

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 I mean,

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 we're not given

00:10:51.860 --> 00:10:52.379
 the reason,

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 but it's very clear

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 that Mary,

00:10:55.919 --> 00:10:57.079
 her immediate

00:10:57.079 --> 00:10:58.039
 reaction

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 reaction

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 is just

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 absolute grief.

00:11:00.620 --> 00:11:01.039
 The body

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 has been stolen.

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 Huge,

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 huge,

00:11:03.860 --> 00:11:04.199
 huge,

00:11:04.319 --> 00:11:04.620
 huge,

00:11:04.719 --> 00:11:05.399
 huge problem.

00:11:07.719 --> 00:11:08.579
 Mary loved Jesus.

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 That is clear.

00:11:10.719 --> 00:11:11.740
 She loved him

00:11:11.740 --> 00:11:12.740
 very much.

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 However,

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 we see

00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:16.120
 that her reaction

00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:17.879
 speaks

00:11:17.879 --> 00:11:18.740
 not

00:11:18.740 --> 00:11:19.659
 to her lack

00:11:19.659 --> 00:11:20.199
 of love

00:11:20.199 --> 00:11:21.379
 of Jesus

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 but that she

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 made little

00:11:23.579 --> 00:11:24.240
 of Jesus.

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 Jesus.

00:11:26.379 --> 00:11:27.259
 She saw

00:11:27.259 --> 00:11:27.759
 Jesus

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 do all

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 of these

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 things

00:11:29.159 --> 00:11:30.320
 but in

00:11:30.320 --> 00:11:30.759
 the end

00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:31.419
 when Jesus

00:11:31.419 --> 00:11:32.919
 was killed

00:11:32.919 --> 00:11:33.899
 upon the cross

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 she made

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 much of his

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 humanity

00:11:36.980 --> 00:11:38.320
 and almost

00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:38.820
 nothing

00:11:38.820 --> 00:11:39.240
 of his

00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:39.680
 divinity.

00:11:41.060 --> 00:11:41.419
 Jesus,

00:11:41.879 --> 00:11:42.440
 a fantastic

00:11:42.440 --> 00:11:42.879
 teacher,

00:11:43.299 --> 00:11:44.139
 I loved him,

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 I will follow him

00:11:45.580 --> 00:11:46.259
 to the end

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 but clearly

00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:48.639
 he's just a man.

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 The tomb

00:11:50.919 --> 00:11:51.440
 is empty

00:11:51.440 --> 00:11:51.980
 not because

00:11:51.980 --> 00:11:52.360
 he rose

00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:52.960
 from the grave

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 but because

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 somebody robbed

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 the grave

00:11:56.259 --> 00:11:57.000
 of his body.

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 Whether we

00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:00.159
 are believers

00:12:00.159 --> 00:12:00.800
 in Jesus

00:12:00.800 --> 00:12:02.600
 or spiritualists

00:12:02.600 --> 00:12:03.539
 or agnostics

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 or maybe

00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:05.180
 we have somebody

00:12:05.180 --> 00:12:07.139
 struggling with atheism

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 or maybe not struggling

00:12:08.460 --> 00:12:09.419
 has embraced it.

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 We are not

00:12:10.960 --> 00:12:11.720
 different from Mary.

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 Why?

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 Because we all

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 desire

00:12:16.460 --> 00:12:17.560
 and look for

00:12:17.560 --> 00:12:18.680
 and search out

00:12:18.680 --> 00:12:19.700
 a savior

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 whether that's

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 someone

00:12:20.779 --> 00:12:21.659
 or something

00:12:21.659 --> 00:12:23.159
 to fix

00:12:23.159 --> 00:12:23.759
 our problems

00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:24.399
 and to make

00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:24.899
 life better

00:12:24.899 --> 00:12:25.299
 for us.

00:12:25.379 --> 00:12:25.899
 We look for

00:12:25.899 --> 00:12:26.419
 saviors.

00:12:27.120 --> 00:12:27.579
 It's just the way

00:12:27.579 --> 00:12:28.079
 we're wired.

00:12:29.699 --> 00:12:30.559
 But we want

00:12:30.559 --> 00:12:31.100
 a savior

00:12:31.100 --> 00:12:31.620
 to fix

00:12:31.620 --> 00:12:32.319
 our external

00:12:32.319 --> 00:12:32.939
 problems

00:12:32.939 --> 00:12:35.959
 not our

00:12:35.959 --> 00:12:36.419
 internal

00:12:36.419 --> 00:12:36.939
 problems.

00:12:37.439 --> 00:12:38.039
 We need help

00:12:38.039 --> 00:12:38.779
 with our job

00:12:38.779 --> 00:12:39.860
 our neighbors

00:12:39.860 --> 00:12:40.959
 my difficult

00:12:40.959 --> 00:12:41.419
 sibling

00:12:41.419 --> 00:12:42.659
 my incompetent

00:12:42.659 --> 00:12:43.139
 boss

00:12:43.139 --> 00:12:44.379
 my difficult

00:12:44.379 --> 00:12:44.879
 children

00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:45.659
 my cold

00:12:45.659 --> 00:12:46.220
 spouse

00:12:46.220 --> 00:12:48.600
 my lack

00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:49.000
 of money

00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:49.879
 my lack

00:12:49.879 --> 00:12:50.539
 of opportunity

00:12:50.539 --> 00:12:52.000
 my lack

00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:52.620
 of a spouse

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 them

00:12:54.120 --> 00:12:54.879
 that

00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:55.379
 there

00:12:55.379 --> 00:12:56.440
 it's all

00:12:56.440 --> 00:12:56.860
 external

00:12:56.860 --> 00:12:57.960
 our problems

00:12:57.960 --> 00:12:58.659
 are all external

00:12:58.659 --> 00:12:59.600
 and we need

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 somebody to help

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 us

00:13:00.500 --> 00:13:01.519
 we need the

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 problem to go

00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:02.639
 away

00:13:02.639 --> 00:13:04.039
 so that we

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 can live

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 our best

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 life

00:13:06.379 --> 00:13:06.759
 because

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 okay maybe

00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:09.019
 we can do a bit

00:13:09.019 --> 00:13:09.840
 of self-improvement

00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:10.399
 but really we're

00:13:10.399 --> 00:13:11.379
 fine we're okay

00:13:11.379 --> 00:13:12.360
 we're nice

00:13:12.360 --> 00:13:13.139
 we're good

00:13:13.139 --> 00:13:14.259
 there's nothing

00:13:14.259 --> 00:13:15.159
 inherently broken

00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:15.740
 in us

00:13:15.740 --> 00:13:16.840
 the problem

00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:17.519
 is out there

00:13:17.519 --> 00:13:18.620
 not in here

00:13:18.620 --> 00:13:21.320
 but that's not

00:13:21.320 --> 00:13:21.820
 the case

00:13:21.820 --> 00:13:24.779
 if we're honest

00:13:24.779 --> 00:13:26.120
 about our

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 shortcomings

00:13:26.740 --> 00:13:28.779
 if we're honest

00:13:28.779 --> 00:13:29.299
 about our

00:13:29.299 --> 00:13:29.840
 lack of

00:13:29.840 --> 00:13:30.299
 tact

00:13:30.299 --> 00:13:31.899
 our lack

00:13:31.899 --> 00:13:32.460
 of kindness

00:13:32.460 --> 00:13:33.000
 our lack

00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:33.519
 of grace

00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:33.919
 our lack

00:13:33.919 --> 00:13:34.519
 of love

00:13:34.519 --> 00:13:35.840
 our

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 the way

00:13:37.440 --> 00:13:38.279
 we immediately

00:13:38.279 --> 00:13:39.419
 assume

00:13:39.419 --> 00:13:40.560
 somebody has

00:13:40.560 --> 00:13:41.440
 ill motives

00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:42.139
 toward us

00:13:42.139 --> 00:13:42.799
 never giving

00:13:42.799 --> 00:13:43.480
 them the benefit

00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:44.080
 of the doubt

00:13:44.080 --> 00:13:45.820
 always assuming

00:13:45.820 --> 00:13:47.200
 that they're

00:13:47.200 --> 00:13:48.120
 conspiring

00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:48.940
 against me

00:13:48.940 --> 00:13:50.460
 don't they see

00:13:50.460 --> 00:13:51.659
 how hard I work

00:13:51.659 --> 00:13:52.580
 why are they

00:13:52.580 --> 00:13:53.320
 picking on me

00:13:53.320 --> 00:13:54.620
 we flatter

00:13:54.620 --> 00:13:55.139
 ourselves

00:13:55.139 --> 00:13:55.720
 to think

00:13:55.720 --> 00:13:56.500
 that our sins

00:13:56.500 --> 00:13:58.159
 are not great

00:13:58.159 --> 00:14:00.000
 we think

00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:01.080
 theirs

00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:01.960
 are great

00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:02.580
 but mine are

00:14:02.580 --> 00:14:03.220
 excusable

00:14:03.220 --> 00:14:04.700
 just a problem

00:14:04.700 --> 00:14:05.320
 again just

00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:05.980
 needing a little

00:14:05.980 --> 00:14:06.360
 tweak

00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:10.500
 when have

00:14:10.500 --> 00:14:11.180
 you ever

00:14:11.180 --> 00:14:11.680
 thought that

00:14:11.680 --> 00:14:12.139
 your motives

00:14:12.139 --> 00:14:12.700
 were sinister

00:14:12.700 --> 00:14:15.379
 you excuse

00:14:15.379 --> 00:14:15.800
 them away

00:14:15.800 --> 00:14:17.280
 and I think

00:14:17.280 --> 00:14:17.879
 what this does

00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:19.379
 is it helps

00:14:19.379 --> 00:14:20.180
 us to understand

00:14:20.180 --> 00:14:20.900
 again if we're

00:14:20.900 --> 00:14:21.440
 honest with

00:14:21.440 --> 00:14:21.860
 ourselves

00:14:21.860 --> 00:14:23.200
 that we want

00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:24.220
 salvation on

00:14:24.220 --> 00:14:25.120
 our terms

00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:27.320
 devoid of a

00:14:27.320 --> 00:14:27.640
 savior

00:14:27.640 --> 00:14:29.040
 if that savior

00:14:29.040 --> 00:14:30.480
 causes us

00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:31.680
 to change

00:14:31.680 --> 00:14:32.680
 let alone

00:14:32.680 --> 00:14:33.660
 submit to him

00:14:33.660 --> 00:14:34.500
 or her

00:14:34.500 --> 00:14:35.240
 or it

00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:37.160
 for if a

00:14:37.160 --> 00:14:38.300
 savior saves

00:14:38.300 --> 00:14:39.360
 then undoubtedly

00:14:39.360 --> 00:14:40.040
 that savior

00:14:40.040 --> 00:14:40.640
 has a claim

00:14:40.640 --> 00:14:41.500
 upon our lives

00:14:41.500 --> 00:14:43.080
 and the

00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:43.500
 thought of

00:14:43.500 --> 00:14:44.139
 someone

00:14:44.139 --> 00:14:45.279
 laying a

00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:45.779
 claim upon

00:14:45.779 --> 00:14:46.320
 our lives

00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:46.659
 is

00:14:46.659 --> 00:14:48.840
 unimaginable

00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:50.720
 we are

00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:51.700
 the captain

00:14:51.700 --> 00:14:52.779
 of our own

00:14:52.779 --> 00:14:53.139
 ship

00:14:53.139 --> 00:14:55.100
 to have

00:14:55.100 --> 00:14:55.980
 somebody else

00:14:55.980 --> 00:14:57.179
 me submit

00:14:57.179 --> 00:14:57.659
 to them

00:14:57.659 --> 00:14:59.120
 completely

00:14:59.120 --> 00:14:59.720
 unacceptable

00:14:59.720 --> 00:15:01.539
 so what do we

00:15:01.539 --> 00:15:01.779
 do

00:15:01.779 --> 00:15:02.340
 even as

00:15:02.340 --> 00:15:02.679
 christians

00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:03.299
 especially as

00:15:03.299 --> 00:15:03.620
 christians

00:15:03.620 --> 00:15:04.240
 we can

00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:04.659
 dismiss

00:15:04.659 --> 00:15:05.200
 jesus

00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:06.259
 for his

00:15:06.259 --> 00:15:06.659
 burden

00:15:06.659 --> 00:15:07.139
 seems

00:15:07.139 --> 00:15:07.820
 intolerable

00:15:07.820 --> 00:15:08.080
 and what

00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:08.500
 we end up

00:15:08.500 --> 00:15:08.860
 doing

00:15:08.860 --> 00:15:09.460
 is we

00:15:09.460 --> 00:15:09.899
 fashion

00:15:09.899 --> 00:15:10.379
 jesus

00:15:10.379 --> 00:15:10.940
 into the

00:15:10.940 --> 00:15:11.240
 savior

00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:11.700
 that we

00:15:11.700 --> 00:15:12.200
 that we

00:15:12.200 --> 00:15:12.560
 want

00:15:12.560 --> 00:15:13.399
 we fail

00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:14.060
 to recognize

00:15:14.060 --> 00:15:14.480
 him

00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:15.279
 because

00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:16.120
 we're too

00:15:16.120 --> 00:15:16.519
 busy

00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:17.580
 flattering

00:15:17.580 --> 00:15:18.279
 ourselves

00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:19.340
 and we

00:15:19.340 --> 00:15:19.879
 can't truly

00:15:19.879 --> 00:15:20.460
 recognize

00:15:20.460 --> 00:15:20.759
 him

00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:21.960
 because

00:15:21.960 --> 00:15:23.019
 our deep

00:15:23.019 --> 00:15:23.440
 need

00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:24.539
 our deep

00:15:24.539 --> 00:15:24.919
 need

00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:25.159
 and

00:15:25.159 --> 00:15:26.759
 for salvation

00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:28.500
 it's

00:15:28.500 --> 00:15:29.860
 downplayed

00:15:29.860 --> 00:15:32.200
 mary

00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:32.580
 doesn't

00:15:32.580 --> 00:15:33.019
 recognize

00:15:33.019 --> 00:15:33.539
 jesus

00:15:33.539 --> 00:15:34.439
 because

00:15:34.439 --> 00:15:34.759
 she is

00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:35.000
 looking

00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:35.419
 for a

00:15:35.419 --> 00:15:35.699
 jesus

00:15:35.699 --> 00:15:35.919
 that

00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:36.240
 doesn't

00:15:36.240 --> 00:15:36.659
 exist

00:15:36.659 --> 00:15:37.679
 she's

00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:37.860
 looking

00:15:37.860 --> 00:15:38.639
 for her

00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:39.240
 friend

00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:39.899
 her

00:15:39.899 --> 00:15:40.439
 master

00:15:40.439 --> 00:15:40.779
 the one

00:15:40.779 --> 00:15:41.099
 that she

00:15:41.099 --> 00:15:41.379
 loves

00:15:41.379 --> 00:15:41.599
 so

00:15:41.599 --> 00:15:42.199
 dearly

00:15:42.199 --> 00:15:42.939
 she is

00:15:42.939 --> 00:15:43.319
 not

00:15:43.319 --> 00:15:43.699
 looking

00:15:43.699 --> 00:15:44.019
 for

00:15:44.019 --> 00:15:44.500
 god

00:15:44.500 --> 00:15:44.860
 the son

00:15:44.860 --> 00:15:45.259
 of god

00:15:45.259 --> 00:15:45.559
 who took

00:15:45.559 --> 00:15:45.819
 upon

00:15:45.819 --> 00:15:46.360
 flesh

00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:47.939
 who said

00:15:47.939 --> 00:15:48.259
 that he

00:15:48.259 --> 00:15:48.959
 would die

00:15:48.959 --> 00:15:49.519
 for her

00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:50.120
 sins

00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:50.480
 and the

00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:50.659
 sins

00:15:50.659 --> 00:15:51.159
 of many

00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:52.099
 that would

00:15:52.099 --> 00:15:52.819
 be buried

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 and on the

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 third day

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 rise again

00:15:54.199 --> 00:15:54.519
 to new

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 life

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 she's not

00:15:55.459 --> 00:15:55.659
 looking

00:15:55.659 --> 00:15:55.959
 for that

00:15:55.959 --> 00:15:56.360
 jesus

00:15:56.360 --> 00:15:58.019
 she's

00:15:58.019 --> 00:15:58.199
 looking

00:15:58.199 --> 00:15:58.519
 for the

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 jesus

00:15:59.059 --> 00:16:00.699
 that cast

00:16:00.699 --> 00:16:01.059
 out the

00:16:01.059 --> 00:16:01.419
 demons

00:16:01.419 --> 00:16:01.879
 from her

00:16:01.879 --> 00:16:02.599
 that made

00:16:02.599 --> 00:16:03.219
 her well

00:16:03.220 --> 00:16:04.379
 that healed

00:16:04.379 --> 00:16:04.820
 her and

00:16:04.820 --> 00:16:05.139
 gave her

00:16:05.139 --> 00:16:05.580
 dignity

00:16:05.580 --> 00:16:06.040
 which is

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 wonderful

00:16:06.500 --> 00:16:07.360
 and fantastic

00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:08.580
 and incredible

00:16:08.580 --> 00:16:09.360
 but that

00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:09.860
 wasn't

00:16:09.860 --> 00:16:10.540
 all of

00:16:10.540 --> 00:16:11.060
 who jesus

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 was

00:16:11.460 --> 00:16:11.720
 that's

00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:12.060
 the jesus

00:16:12.060 --> 00:16:12.340
 she was

00:16:12.340 --> 00:16:12.540
 looking

00:16:12.540 --> 00:16:12.920
 for

00:16:12.920 --> 00:16:16.259
 but that

00:16:16.259 --> 00:16:16.759
 jesus

00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:18.399
 was not

00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:19.460
 who jesus

00:16:19.460 --> 00:16:20.259
 truly was

00:16:20.259 --> 00:16:22.899
 this jesus

00:16:22.899 --> 00:16:23.279
 is not

00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:23.620
 dead

00:16:23.620 --> 00:16:25.639
 his body

00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:26.420
 had not

00:16:26.420 --> 00:16:27.019
 been stolen

00:16:27.019 --> 00:16:27.420
 he is

00:16:27.420 --> 00:16:28.080
 alive

00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:31.100
 so it's

00:16:31.100 --> 00:16:31.399
 it's an

00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:32.160
 important lesson

00:16:32.160 --> 00:16:32.560
 for us

00:16:32.560 --> 00:16:33.100
 we must

00:16:33.100 --> 00:16:34.120
 know jesus

00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:34.580
 on his

00:16:34.580 --> 00:16:35.000
 terms

00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:35.779
 and that

00:16:35.779 --> 00:16:36.120
 must be

00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:36.519
 rooted

00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:37.060
 in the

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 truth

00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:39.040
 with all

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 of the

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 implications

00:16:39.800 --> 00:16:40.259
 of that

00:16:40.259 --> 00:16:40.800
 reality

00:16:40.800 --> 00:16:41.720
 either

00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:42.580
 he is

00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:43.220
 the risen

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 savior

00:16:43.680 --> 00:16:44.720
 who defeated

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 sin

00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:45.779
 evil

00:16:45.779 --> 00:16:46.240
 and death

00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:47.120
 and not

00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:47.820
 just defeated

00:16:47.820 --> 00:16:48.300
 sin

00:16:48.300 --> 00:16:48.980
 evil

00:16:48.980 --> 00:16:49.279
 and death

00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:49.560
 but made

00:16:49.560 --> 00:16:50.399
 a mockery

00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:51.540
 mocking

00:16:51.540 --> 00:16:52.300
 sin

00:16:52.300 --> 00:16:53.720
 mocking

00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:54.320
 satan

00:16:54.320 --> 00:16:54.899
 mocking

00:16:54.899 --> 00:16:55.440
 evil

00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:56.000
 mocking

00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:56.460
 death

00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:57.759
 or

00:16:57.759 --> 00:16:58.259
 jesus

00:16:58.259 --> 00:16:58.779
 is

00:16:58.779 --> 00:16:59.899
 truly

00:16:59.899 --> 00:17:00.120
 the

00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:00.420
 greatest

00:17:00.420 --> 00:17:00.960
 charlatan

00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:01.280
 that has

00:17:01.280 --> 00:17:01.580
 ever

00:17:01.580 --> 00:17:01.980
 lived

00:17:01.980 --> 00:17:04.120
 that he

00:17:04.120 --> 00:17:04.299
 has

00:17:04.299 --> 00:17:04.600
 duped

00:17:04.600 --> 00:17:05.200
 billions

00:17:05.200 --> 00:17:05.799
 of people

00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:07.000
 over two

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 millennia

00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:10.240
 but it's

00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:10.860
 either or

00:17:10.860 --> 00:17:12.120
 it's either or

00:17:12.120 --> 00:17:15.240
 jesus is the

00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:15.559
 savior

00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:16.819
 according to the

00:17:16.819 --> 00:17:17.140
 truth

00:17:17.140 --> 00:17:18.559
 that he truly

00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:19.400
 did rise from

00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:19.880
 the grave

00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:21.420
 or friends

00:17:21.420 --> 00:17:22.559
 we are here

00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:23.519
 for no good

00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:23.920
 reason

00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:24.620
 maybe some

00:17:24.620 --> 00:17:26.220
 good baking

00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:27.100
 after

00:17:27.100 --> 00:17:28.200
 a good

00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:28.620
 chat

00:17:28.620 --> 00:17:29.140
 but that's

00:17:29.140 --> 00:17:29.440
 it

00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:33.299
 do you like

00:17:33.299 --> 00:17:33.640
 the idea

00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:34.120
 of jesus

00:17:34.120 --> 00:17:36.920
 that he is

00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:37.460
 some kind of

00:17:37.460 --> 00:17:38.039
 archetype

00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:38.700
 of a godly

00:17:38.700 --> 00:17:39.339
 man who

00:17:39.339 --> 00:17:40.079
 did good

00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:40.519
 deeds

00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:40.880
 and was a

00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:41.460
 good example

00:17:41.460 --> 00:17:41.880
 of how to

00:17:41.880 --> 00:17:42.400
 show mercy

00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:42.980
 and forgiveness

00:17:42.980 --> 00:17:44.940
 i'll try to be

00:17:44.940 --> 00:17:45.380
 like jesus

00:17:45.380 --> 00:17:45.799
 i'll try to

00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:46.519
 emulate jesus

00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:46.940
 he is

00:17:46.940 --> 00:17:48.779
 he might have

00:17:48.779 --> 00:17:49.380
 even been the

00:17:49.380 --> 00:17:50.100
 greatest person

00:17:50.100 --> 00:17:50.600
 that ever

00:17:50.600 --> 00:17:51.000
 walked the

00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:51.200
 earth

00:17:51.200 --> 00:17:51.839
 fantastic

00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:52.220
 he's a

00:17:52.220 --> 00:17:52.720
 great guy

00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:54.579
 but this

00:17:54.579 --> 00:17:54.980
 passage

00:17:54.980 --> 00:17:55.839
 tells us

00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:56.819
 something

00:17:56.819 --> 00:17:57.299
 different

00:17:57.299 --> 00:17:57.819
 about who

00:17:57.819 --> 00:17:58.480
 jesus is

00:17:58.480 --> 00:18:01.099
 you see

00:18:01.099 --> 00:18:01.860
 before jesus

00:18:01.860 --> 00:18:02.799
 reveals himself

00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:04.039
 he asks

00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:04.500
 mary

00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:05.180
 who are you

00:18:05.180 --> 00:18:05.519
 seeking

00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:07.339
 which is

00:18:07.339 --> 00:18:07.819
 in a sense

00:18:07.819 --> 00:18:08.120
 a double

00:18:08.120 --> 00:18:08.519
 question

00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:09.019
 is it not

00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:10.259
 there's an

00:18:10.259 --> 00:18:11.039
 obvious question

00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:11.660
 who are you

00:18:11.660 --> 00:18:11.960
 seeking

00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:14.039
 but there's

00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:14.680
 a deeper

00:18:14.680 --> 00:18:16.140
 heart question

00:18:16.140 --> 00:18:16.559
 that he is

00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:17.259
 asking her

00:18:17.259 --> 00:18:19.039
 and he's

00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:19.620
 putting forward

00:18:19.620 --> 00:18:20.579
 that to us

00:18:20.579 --> 00:18:21.120
 this morning

00:18:21.120 --> 00:18:21.960
 who are you

00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:22.339
 seeking

00:18:22.339 --> 00:18:23.900
 which savior

00:18:23.900 --> 00:18:24.360
 are you

00:18:24.360 --> 00:18:24.740
 after

00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:26.740
 is it

00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:27.559
 the jesus

00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:27.920
 that's

00:18:27.920 --> 00:18:28.279
 according to

00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:28.759
 the scriptures

00:18:28.759 --> 00:18:29.859
 that has

00:18:29.859 --> 00:18:30.279
 laid his

00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:30.799
 life down

00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:31.180
 for you

00:18:31.180 --> 00:18:32.000
 really

00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:32.559
 truly

00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:33.559
 physically

00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:34.180
 not just

00:18:34.180 --> 00:18:34.740
 figuratively

00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:36.539
 died for

00:18:36.539 --> 00:18:37.099
 your sins

00:18:37.099 --> 00:18:37.440
 that

00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:38.740
 that rose

00:18:38.740 --> 00:18:39.220
 again to

00:18:39.220 --> 00:18:39.700
 new life

00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:40.740
 that promises

00:18:40.740 --> 00:18:41.640
 that you too

00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:42.359
 will rise again

00:18:42.359 --> 00:18:42.859
 to new life

00:18:42.859 --> 00:18:43.220
 if you put

00:18:43.220 --> 00:18:43.880
 your faith

00:18:43.880 --> 00:18:44.180
 and hope

00:18:44.180 --> 00:18:44.460
 in him

00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:45.160
 is this

00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:45.660
 the jesus

00:18:45.660 --> 00:18:46.220
 you're after

00:18:46.220 --> 00:18:47.559
 the jesus

00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:47.859
 that will

00:18:47.859 --> 00:18:48.440
 have a claim

00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:48.920
 upon your

00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:49.240
 life

00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:50.759
 or are you

00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:51.140
 looking for

00:18:51.140 --> 00:18:51.759
 something else

00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:53.740
 who are you

00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:54.120
 seeking

00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:55.419
 what are you

00:18:55.419 --> 00:18:56.139
 truly after

00:18:56.139 --> 00:18:58.479
 what do you

00:18:58.479 --> 00:18:59.059
 think will

00:18:59.059 --> 00:19:00.079
 answer your

00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:00.739
 deepest

00:19:00.739 --> 00:19:01.639
 longings

00:19:01.639 --> 00:19:02.359
 solve your

00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:04.159
 greatest

00:19:04.159 --> 00:19:05.799
 problems

00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:07.500
 both inside

00:19:07.500 --> 00:19:08.799
 and outside

00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:10.939
 who will be

00:19:10.939 --> 00:19:11.679
 or what will be

00:19:11.679 --> 00:19:12.259
 your hope in

00:19:12.259 --> 00:19:13.119
 difficult times

00:19:13.119 --> 00:19:13.799
 your identity

00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:14.599
 your purpose

00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:15.639
 how will you

00:19:15.639 --> 00:19:16.219
 have true

00:19:16.219 --> 00:19:16.699
 forgiveness

00:19:16.699 --> 00:19:17.459
 reconciliation

00:19:17.460 --> 00:19:18.079
 with

00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:18.440
 with

00:19:18.440 --> 00:19:19.840
 with broken

00:19:19.840 --> 00:19:20.680
 relationships

00:19:20.680 --> 00:19:22.400
 clarity

00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:23.019
 in the face

00:19:23.019 --> 00:19:23.680
 of confusion

00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:24.600
 who are you

00:19:24.600 --> 00:19:24.920
 seeking

00:19:24.920 --> 00:19:27.059
 it's a question

00:19:27.059 --> 00:19:27.860
 he is asking

00:19:27.860 --> 00:19:28.620
 us this morning

00:19:28.620 --> 00:19:32.960
 is the one

00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:33.640
 you are seeking

00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:34.620
 the real jesus

00:19:34.620 --> 00:19:36.519
 the real savior

00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:37.500
 or is it

00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:38.299
 a pretender

00:19:38.299 --> 00:19:40.819
 and if you're

00:19:40.819 --> 00:19:41.400
 having trouble

00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:42.400
 with believing

00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:42.980
 the supernatural

00:19:42.980 --> 00:19:44.059
 claims of the

00:19:44.059 --> 00:19:44.640
 gospels

00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:46.440
 let alone

00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:47.660
 that jesus

00:19:47.660 --> 00:19:48.220
 literally

00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:49.000
 was dead

00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:49.420
 and three

00:19:49.420 --> 00:19:50.180
 days later

00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:50.920
 he rose

00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:51.880
 consider

00:19:51.880 --> 00:19:53.060
 that if this

00:19:53.060 --> 00:19:53.920
 was a conspiracy

00:19:53.920 --> 00:19:55.380
 to create this

00:19:55.380 --> 00:19:56.220
 story of the

00:19:56.220 --> 00:19:56.960
 risen jesus

00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:57.900
 you would not

00:19:57.900 --> 00:19:59.160
 have mary magdalene

00:19:59.160 --> 00:19:59.920
 be the first

00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:00.540
 witness

00:20:00.540 --> 00:20:01.400
 there is no

00:20:01.400 --> 00:20:01.980
 chance

00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:03.380
 that she would

00:20:03.380 --> 00:20:04.160
 be the first

00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:04.620
 witness

00:20:04.620 --> 00:20:06.040
 there's actually

00:20:06.040 --> 00:20:06.940
 really there's a

00:20:06.940 --> 00:20:07.800
 number of different

00:20:07.800 --> 00:20:09.020
 proofs

00:20:09.020 --> 00:20:09.640
 so to speak

00:20:09.640 --> 00:20:10.300
 but two in

00:20:10.300 --> 00:20:10.660
 particular

00:20:10.660 --> 00:20:11.480
 that's one that i

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:12.020
 just mentioned

00:20:12.020 --> 00:20:12.560
 but also

00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:14.139
 peter and john

00:20:14.139 --> 00:20:14.659
 they are the

00:20:14.659 --> 00:20:15.200
 leaders of the

00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:15.579
 church

00:20:15.579 --> 00:20:16.460
 afterwards

00:20:16.460 --> 00:20:17.700
 and they are

00:20:17.700 --> 00:20:18.279
 shown to be

00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:19.839
 cowardly

00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:20.679
 they

00:20:20.679 --> 00:20:21.759
 in lacking

00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:22.440
 of faith

00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:23.759
 jesus rose

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.619
 they look

00:20:24.619 --> 00:20:26.480
 they're downcast

00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:27.159
 they go back

00:20:27.159 --> 00:20:27.759
 to their homes

00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:28.579
 they're despondent

00:20:28.579 --> 00:20:29.440
 i mentioned

00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:29.819
 mary

00:20:29.819 --> 00:20:30.700
 mary

00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:33.319
 she was

00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:33.899
 a woman

00:20:33.899 --> 00:20:36.619
 in a patriarchal

00:20:36.619 --> 00:20:37.460
 first century

00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:38.619
 society

00:20:38.619 --> 00:20:39.419
 a shame and

00:20:39.419 --> 00:20:40.179
 honor society

00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:41.880
 she

00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:42.980
 did not have a

00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:43.600
 strong testimony

00:20:43.600 --> 00:20:44.180
 at all

00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:44.940
 you don't have

00:20:44.940 --> 00:20:45.880
 a woman

00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:46.720
 testifying

00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:47.759
 on the same

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:48.460
 level as a

00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:48.680
 man

00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:49.019
 you need

00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:49.779
 multiple women

00:20:49.779 --> 00:20:50.680
 or maybe women

00:20:50.680 --> 00:20:51.180
 aren't believed

00:20:51.180 --> 00:20:51.580
 at all

00:20:51.580 --> 00:20:52.180
 they're seen

00:20:52.180 --> 00:20:52.759
 as lesser

00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.880
 weaker

00:20:53.880 --> 00:20:55.460
 untrustworthy

00:20:55.460 --> 00:20:56.920
 not in terms

00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:57.220
 of

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:58.060
 they're gonna

00:20:58.060 --> 00:20:59.420
 spill every

00:20:59.420 --> 00:20:59.840
 secret

00:20:59.840 --> 00:21:00.160
 but

00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:01.480
 their testimony

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:02.259
 is not sure

00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:04.240
 it's not right

00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:04.980
 i'm just saying

00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.380
 that's the way

00:21:05.380 --> 00:21:05.779
 it is

00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:06.299
 i'm not making

00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:06.900
 a statement

00:21:06.900 --> 00:21:07.700
 at you ladies

00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:08.539
 it's the way

00:21:08.539 --> 00:21:09.000
 it is

00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:09.860
 in in the

00:21:09.860 --> 00:21:10.440
 first century

00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:11.480
 so therefore

00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:12.180
 you don't have

00:21:12.180 --> 00:21:13.259
 the first witness

00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:14.519
 of the empty

00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:15.220
 tomb to be a

00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:15.440
 woman

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.940
 you just don't

00:21:16.940 --> 00:21:18.559
 and you don't

00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:19.319
 have a woman

00:21:19.319 --> 00:21:20.740
 let alone

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.340
 one like

00:21:21.340 --> 00:21:21.799
 mary

00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:23.240
 who was on

00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:23.700
 the fringe

00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:24.420
 of society

00:21:24.420 --> 00:21:25.759
 again i mentioned

00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:26.799
 before that she

00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:27.400
 had

00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:29.299
 she was a

00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:30.019
 troubled woman

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:30.360
 she

00:21:30.360 --> 00:21:31.279
 the this

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:31.840
 the gospels

00:21:31.840 --> 00:21:32.319
 say that she

00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:33.039
 was full

00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:33.600
 of demons

00:21:33.600 --> 00:21:34.299
 that jesus

00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:35.019
 casted

00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:36.380
 demons out

00:21:36.380 --> 00:21:37.140
 restored her

00:21:37.140 --> 00:21:37.540
 life

00:21:37.540 --> 00:21:38.680
 she was a

00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:39.780
 troubled person

00:21:39.780 --> 00:21:42.080
 and no doubt

00:21:42.080 --> 00:21:42.840
 her reputation

00:21:42.840 --> 00:21:43.640
 followed her to

00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:44.360
 some degree or

00:21:44.360 --> 00:21:45.020
 another even if

00:21:45.020 --> 00:21:45.520
 she was in her

00:21:45.520 --> 00:21:45.980
 right mind

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:48.340
 she was walking

00:21:48.340 --> 00:21:49.040
 with jesus she

00:21:49.040 --> 00:21:49.980
 had dignity from

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.940
 him and the

00:21:50.940 --> 00:21:51.500
 inner circle

00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:51.840
 maybe

00:21:51.840 --> 00:21:54.680
 but maybe the

00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:55.259
 people on the

00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:55.960
 street saw her

00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:56.580
 and snickered

00:21:56.580 --> 00:21:58.000
 and whispered

00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:59.780
 and gossiped

00:21:59.780 --> 00:22:00.660
 about this woman

00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:02.520
 who was crazy

00:22:02.520 --> 00:22:05.640
 who was on the

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.180
 fringes

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:07.259
 untrustworthy

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:09.160
 the way that

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:10.299
 mary is described

00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:11.920
 is in the

00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:12.660
 gospels is the

00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:13.519
 same as the

00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:14.840
 garrison demoniac

00:22:14.840 --> 00:22:15.500
 was described

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:16.539
 now if you know

00:22:16.539 --> 00:22:17.160
 about the garrison

00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:18.519
 demoniac i think

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:19.080
 it's mark chapter

00:22:19.080 --> 00:22:21.680
 six he is also

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:22.320
 demon possessed

00:22:22.320 --> 00:22:23.320
 out of his mind

00:22:23.320 --> 00:22:25.279
 he is chained up

00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:27.060
 in a graveyard

00:22:27.060 --> 00:22:28.220
 outside of the

00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:29.580
 city because he

00:22:29.580 --> 00:22:30.380
 is wreaking havoc

00:22:30.380 --> 00:22:31.160
 on people he's

00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:32.000
 cutting himself

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.940
 he's screaming

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:34.059
 he's a giant

00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:36.240
 mess and mary

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:36.960
 is described as

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:39.000
 this in in in

00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:39.720
 very similar

00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:41.680
 language you

00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:42.140
 don't have this

00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:43.519
 person testifying

00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.740
 that the grave is

00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.700
 empty if you want

00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:46.680
 the message to go

00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:47.620
 forward you don't

00:22:47.620 --> 00:22:51.220
 and yet this is

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:51.920
 exactly what we

00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:52.220
 see

00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:56.000
 this leads us to

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:57.220
 our second point

00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:58.920
 for if this

00:22:58.920 --> 00:22:59.799
 account is true

00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:02.059
 that mary is

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.960
 the one who

00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.839
 is the first to

00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:04.860
 see the risen

00:23:04.860 --> 00:23:05.680
 christ and to

00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:06.940
 testify about

00:23:06.940 --> 00:23:07.640
 his resurrection

00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:09.460
 that speaks to

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:09.960
 the incredible

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:10.740
 gift of grace

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.380
 that is extended

00:23:11.380 --> 00:23:12.240
 to all who

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:13.299
 would but

00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:14.100
 believe in

00:23:14.100 --> 00:23:14.559
 jesus

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:16.759
 as we return

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.299
 to the narrative

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:18.240
 we see mary is

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:18.839
 the lone person

00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:20.339
 who sticks around

00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:20.940
 the grave

00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:21.640
 peter and john

00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:22.380
 are back home

00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:23.500
 she is in

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:24.260
 utter grief

00:23:24.260 --> 00:23:25.560
 and even though

00:23:25.560 --> 00:23:26.360
 she sees two

00:23:26.360 --> 00:23:27.360
 angelic beings

00:23:27.360 --> 00:23:28.440
 she's still

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.020
 overcome with

00:23:29.020 --> 00:23:29.400
 grief

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:30.320
 you think

00:23:30.320 --> 00:23:30.980
 an angel

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.600
 there's something

00:23:31.600 --> 00:23:35.120
 incredibly different

00:23:35.120 --> 00:23:36.260
 and spectacular

00:23:36.260 --> 00:23:37.420
 about the angels

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:38.160
 her grief is

00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:39.540
 still burdening

00:23:39.540 --> 00:23:39.780
 her

00:23:39.780 --> 00:23:41.000
 overwhelming her

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.920
 and then jesus

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.380
 appears

00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:42.860
 look with me

00:23:42.860 --> 00:23:43.640
 at verse 14

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:47.880
 having said this

00:23:47.880 --> 00:23:48.720
 she turned around

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.520
 and saw jesus

00:23:49.520 --> 00:23:50.320
 standing but she

00:23:50.320 --> 00:23:51.220
 did not know

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:52.140
 that it was jesus

00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:53.500
 jesus said to her

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:54.759
 woman why are you

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.100
 weeping

00:23:55.100 --> 00:23:56.480
 whom are you

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:56.840
 seeking

00:23:56.840 --> 00:23:58.340
 supposing him to

00:23:58.340 --> 00:23:59.040
 be the gardener

00:23:59.040 --> 00:23:59.759
 she said to him

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:01.280
 sir if you have

00:24:01.280 --> 00:24:01.980
 carried him away

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.820
 tell me where you

00:24:02.820 --> 00:24:03.460
 have laid him

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:04.100
 and i will

00:24:04.100 --> 00:24:05.180
 i will take him

00:24:05.180 --> 00:24:05.500
 away

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:07.660
 mary is searching

00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:08.880
 for jesus's body

00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:10.080
 she's desperate

00:24:10.080 --> 00:24:10.740
 to see him

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:12.259
 she is bold

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:13.060
 she's up front

00:24:13.060 --> 00:24:13.980
 with her search

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.900
 she's putting

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:16.060
 social taboos

00:24:16.060 --> 00:24:16.980
 aside

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.820
 she in a

00:24:17.820 --> 00:24:19.160
 in a very real

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:20.000
 way does not

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.620
 care what other

00:24:20.620 --> 00:24:21.320
 people think

00:24:21.320 --> 00:24:21.759
 about her

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.500
 if she does

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.500
 not as much

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:23.920
 as she wants

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:24.660
 to see jesus

00:24:24.660 --> 00:24:25.680
 graveyard

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:26.660
 is an unclean

00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:27.240
 place

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:28.519
 she is a woman

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.339
 she's alone

00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:29.859
 there's like

00:24:29.859 --> 00:24:31.319
 levels to this

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:33.319
 social taboo

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:33.900
 that she is

00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:35.500
 that she is

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.240
 breaking here

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:38.700
 so she sees

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.460
 this gardener

00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:40.379
 and she

00:24:40.379 --> 00:24:40.920
 first

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:41.900
 her first thought

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:42.420
 is that

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:43.299
 the gardener

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:43.660
 would know

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:44.299
 whether the

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:44.700
 gardener has

00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:45.299
 taken the body

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:45.720
 away

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.779
 or not

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:48.779
 she supposes

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.579
 that even

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.559
 if the gardener

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.279
 could tell her

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:52.799
 where the

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:53.720
 body is

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.779
 that she

00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.960
 could somehow

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:57.420
 carry this corpse

00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:58.579
 by herself

00:24:58.579 --> 00:24:59.839
 back into the grave

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.960
 this woman

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:02.180
 is desperate

00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:03.139
 to see jesus

00:25:03.139 --> 00:25:06.519
 and what do we see

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.440
 here in verse 16

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:10.580
 jesus said to her

00:25:10.580 --> 00:25:11.840
 mary

00:25:11.840 --> 00:25:15.080
 the gardener

00:25:15.080 --> 00:25:15.480
 asks

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:17.180
 the gardener

00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:17.920
 that asks

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.500
 who are you

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:18.779
 seeking

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.299
 is the one

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:19.820
 that she

00:25:19.820 --> 00:25:20.180
 sought

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:22.380
 and we

00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:23.240
 can read this

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:24.160
 jesus said

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:24.380
 to her

00:25:24.380 --> 00:25:24.680
 mary

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.440
 she turned

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:26.120
 and said

00:25:26.120 --> 00:25:26.420
 to him

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:26.940
 mary

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:28.000
 rabboni

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:29.100
 i think

00:25:29.100 --> 00:25:29.400
 what we

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:30.019
 miss is that

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.360
 there is

00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:31.000
 such deep

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.740
 tenderness

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:33.100
 in jesus

00:25:33.100 --> 00:25:33.500
 saying

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:34.220
 her name

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:35.980
 jesus cuts

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.320
 through the

00:25:36.320 --> 00:25:36.640
 grief

00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.420
 he cuts

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:37.740
 through the

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.100
 searching

00:25:38.100 --> 00:25:38.519
 he cuts

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:38.759
 through all

00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:39.259
 the noise

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:39.680
 and speaks

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:40.279
 directly to

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:40.660
 her soul

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.920
 mary

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:43.880
 and how

00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:44.140
 does she

00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:44.600
 reply

00:25:44.600 --> 00:25:46.100
 rabboni

00:25:46.100 --> 00:25:46.600
 it's

00:25:46.600 --> 00:25:47.060
 it's like

00:25:47.060 --> 00:25:48.420
 a rabbi

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:48.960
 is the

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.460
 the term

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:50.060
 for teacher

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:51.339
 but what's

00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:51.839
 here

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:52.419
 rabboni

00:25:52.419 --> 00:25:52.879
 it's like

00:25:52.879 --> 00:25:53.679
 my dear

00:25:53.679 --> 00:25:54.119
 teacher

00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:54.679
 it's a sign

00:25:54.679 --> 00:25:55.319
 of affection

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:56.259
 and love

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:58.200
 it's like

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:59.319
 her longing

00:25:59.319 --> 00:25:59.839
 has been

00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:00.220
 fulfilled

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:02.079
 her soul

00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:02.639
 is quickened

00:26:02.639 --> 00:26:03.200
 her eyes

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:03.720
 are opened

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.919
 she could

00:26:04.919 --> 00:26:05.379
 have searched

00:26:05.379 --> 00:26:05.819
 until her

00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:06.500
 dying day

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.200
 but what's

00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:07.639
 interesting

00:26:07.639 --> 00:26:08.220
 here is

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.440
 that

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:09.579
 it wasn't

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:10.500
 until jesus

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.740
 revealed himself

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:12.200
 to her

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.599
 that she

00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:13.679
 saw him

00:26:13.679 --> 00:26:16.319
 it's very

00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:17.000
 important for us

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.460
 to consider

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:19.339
 some of us

00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:19.919
 have spent

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:21.140
 long season

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:21.779
 searching for

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.140
 truth

00:26:22.140 --> 00:26:23.360
 whether we've

00:26:23.360 --> 00:26:23.720
 known

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:24.620
 that we

00:26:24.620 --> 00:26:25.019
 are searching

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.640
 for a savior

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.140
 or not

00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:26.500
 we've been

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:26.980
 searching for

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.500
 something

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:30.100
 we've been

00:26:30.100 --> 00:26:30.480
 searching

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:31.160
 maybe for

00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:31.620
 jesus

00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:32.920
 but it

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.519
 hasn't

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:34.320
 been until

00:26:34.320 --> 00:26:34.940
 he has

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.320
 revealed

00:26:35.320 --> 00:26:35.700
 himself

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.259
 to us

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:37.000
 that

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.660
 our

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:38.160
 spiritual

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.640
 eyes

00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:39.060
 have been

00:26:39.060 --> 00:26:39.340
 opened

00:26:39.340 --> 00:26:40.140
 and we

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.680
 understand

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:40.960
 who he

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.580
 truly is

00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:45.139
 the bible

00:26:45.139 --> 00:26:45.720
 calls this

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.199
 grace

00:26:46.199 --> 00:26:48.720
 it is

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.740
 a kind

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.419
 and loving

00:26:50.419 --> 00:26:50.819
 gift

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.559
 from god

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:52.500
 that he

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:53.019
 chooses

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.879
 to bestow

00:26:53.879 --> 00:26:54.859
 upon us

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:56.500
 nothing

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.220
 that we

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:57.759
 have done

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.059
 i mean

00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.720
 mary

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.099
 is

00:26:59.099 --> 00:26:59.799
 she is

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.159
 open

00:27:00.159 --> 00:27:00.599
 to see

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.199
 jesus

00:27:01.199 --> 00:27:02.139
 but it

00:27:02.139 --> 00:27:02.899
 is jesus

00:27:02.899 --> 00:27:03.460
 who breaks

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:03.740
 through

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.480
 all of

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.039
 the noise

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:06.019
 and reveals

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.559
 himself to

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:06.799
 her

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:08.740
 mary

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.180
 searched

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:09.839
 for jesus

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:11.019
 but jesus

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.700
 wasn't under

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.559
 any obligation

00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:13.079
 to reveal

00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:13.619
 himself to

00:27:13.619 --> 00:27:13.799
 her

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:14.279
 was he

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:15.240
 and yet

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.779
 he spoke

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.099
 to her

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:16.480
 grief

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:16.960
 stricken

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.480
 soul

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:18.700
 he alleviated

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.319
 her pain

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:20.559
 gladdened

00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:21.019
 her heart

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:22.099
 because he

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:22.960
 loved her

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:24.700
 mary

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:25.720
 and she

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.319
 turns and

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:26.759
 she sees

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.259
 her savior

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:29.599
 jesus

00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:30.299
 understands

00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:30.740
 our deep

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.159
 need to

00:27:31.159 --> 00:27:31.759
 be comforted

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.220
 in grief

00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:33.099
 and to

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:33.419
 have our

00:27:33.419 --> 00:27:33.919
 fears

00:27:33.919 --> 00:27:34.460
 relieved

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:35.720
 he's

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.379
 compassionate

00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:37.020
 with us

00:27:37.020 --> 00:27:37.280
 is he

00:27:37.280 --> 00:27:37.560
 not

00:27:37.560 --> 00:27:38.900
 he knows

00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:39.140
 we are

00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:39.600
 slow to

00:27:39.600 --> 00:27:40.200
 comprehend

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:41.220
 slow to

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.600
 recognize

00:27:41.600 --> 00:27:42.260
 his voice

00:27:42.260 --> 00:27:43.540
 slow to

00:27:43.540 --> 00:27:43.900
 have the

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:44.500
 truth of

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:44.740
 his

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.620
 resurrection

00:27:45.620 --> 00:27:47.480
 sink deep

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:47.840
 and take

00:27:47.840 --> 00:27:48.460
 root into

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:49.060
 our hearts

00:27:49.060 --> 00:27:51.860
 but praise

00:27:51.860 --> 00:27:52.380
 god that he

00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:52.680
 is quick

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.220
 to restore

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:54.280
 we are

00:27:54.280 --> 00:27:54.740
 slow he

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.220
 is quick

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:56.400
 he is

00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:56.800
 quick to

00:27:56.800 --> 00:27:57.260
 pardon he

00:27:57.260 --> 00:27:57.740
 is quick to

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.220
 meet us in

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:58.680
 our grief

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.800
 and confusion

00:27:59.800 --> 00:28:00.400
 he's quick to

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:01.460
 repay our

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:01.980
 bumbling

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:02.880
 little

00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:03.640
 baby

00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:05.640
 confused

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:06.240
 faith

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:07.640
 with mercy

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:08.240
 and grace

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:09.140
 kindness

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:10.000
 and love

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:12.440
 christ

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:13.240
 calls mary

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:14.160
 mary

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.720
 doesn't call

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.279
 jesus

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:16.779
 she doesn't

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:17.420
 say teacher

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:18.200
 and then jesus

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:19.039
 says mary

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:19.380
 i'm here

00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:21.319
 he says mary

00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:21.900
 and she says

00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:22.779
 teacher

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:24.960
 jesus is the

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.240
 one

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:26.740
 who calls

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.240
 her and his

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.880
 call is

00:28:27.880 --> 00:28:28.920
 unmistakable

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:30.480
 he's not

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:31.140
 merely calling

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:31.599
 her name

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:32.120
 but calling

00:28:32.120 --> 00:28:32.680
 her out of

00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:33.319
 brokenness

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:34.700
 her misunderstanding

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.599
 her confusion

00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:37.099
 he is calling

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:37.759
 her into a

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.480
 deeper and

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:38.819
 truer

00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:39.519
 relationship

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.839
 with his

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.719
 resurrected

00:28:41.719 --> 00:28:42.319
 self

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:43.959
 he is helping

00:28:43.959 --> 00:28:44.219
 her to

00:28:44.219 --> 00:28:44.919
 understand who

00:28:44.919 --> 00:28:45.579
 he truly

00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:46.039
 is

00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:48.179
 but it's not

00:28:48.179 --> 00:28:48.539
 just with

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:48.799
 mary

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.759
 look with me

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.439
 at verse 17

00:28:50.439 --> 00:28:52.259
 we'll read the

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:52.659
 whole verse

00:28:52.659 --> 00:28:53.019
 we're going to

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.539
 focus on the

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.240
 second half of

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.579
 the verse

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:55.419
 but this is

00:28:55.419 --> 00:28:55.899
 what it says

00:28:55.899 --> 00:28:56.679
 jesus said to

00:28:56.679 --> 00:28:56.859
 her

00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:57.879
 do not cling

00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:58.240
 to me

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:59.119
 for i have

00:28:59.119 --> 00:28:59.480
 not yet

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:00.119
 ascended to

00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:00.579
 the father

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:01.879
 but go to

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.399
 my brothers

00:29:02.399 --> 00:29:03.019
 and say to

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.599
 them i am

00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:04.240
 ascending to

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:04.799
 my father

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.620
 and your

00:29:05.620 --> 00:29:06.019
 father

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:07.099
 to my

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:07.559
 god

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:07.980
 and your

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.359
 god

00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:09.640
 jesus gives

00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:10.140
 grace also

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:10.440
 to the

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:10.920
 disciples

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:12.940
 notice that he

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.700
 doesn't say to

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:13.960
 mary

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:15.039
 listen

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:16.799
 you have been

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.960
 faithful to

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.120
 me

00:29:18.120 --> 00:29:19.000
 you love me

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.799
 you might have

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.259
 been looking for

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.920
 the wrong person

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.680
 you mistaken me

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:22.339
 for a gardener

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:23.079
 but here i am

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:23.400
 mary

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:24.859
 but those

00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:25.620
 disciples send

00:29:25.620 --> 00:29:26.099
 them back to

00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:26.839
 me i have

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:27.480
 i have to have

00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:27.940
 a word with

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:28.140
 them

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:29.660
 those betrayers

00:29:29.660 --> 00:29:30.500
 those cowards

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:33.079
 where were they

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:33.859
 in my time of

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:34.240
 need

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:37.660
 judgment and

00:29:37.660 --> 00:29:38.500
 punishment await

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:40.079
 them send them

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:40.980
 to me right now

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:43.339
 no he doesn't say

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:44.440
 that he says go to

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:45.059
 my brothers

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:46.759
 brothers

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:48.960
 go to my family

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.559
 they're no longer

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:51.000
 disciples they're my

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:52.720
 brothers because of

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:54.259
 his resurrection and

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:55.420
 their union with

00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:57.240
 him they will know

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:59.119
 and be with god as

00:29:59.119 --> 00:30:00.220
 father it says here

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:03.000
 i am ascending to

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.920
 my father and

00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:05.299
 your father to

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:06.180
 my god and

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:07.319
 your god that's

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:08.079
 his message to

00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:08.640
 his disciples

00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:11.000
 to the cowards

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:12.160
 that left him

00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:13.420
 and they are

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:14.000
 cowards

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:16.559
 we'd probably be

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.400
 cowards too i'm

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:17.920
 sure of it

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:20.160
 that's what he

00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:21.420
 says to them

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:22.420
 again we see the

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:23.960
 grace of jesus as

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.539
 he calls the

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.420
 disciples out of

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:26.059
 their shame

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:27.660
 restoring them

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:28.180
 giving them

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:29.100
 salvation through

00:30:29.100 --> 00:30:30.200
 his death and

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:31.059
 resurrection again

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:32.319
 the call of jesus

00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:33.539
 is unmistakable

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:36.080
 you betray

00:30:36.080 --> 00:30:37.700
 somebody you've

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:38.480
 really hurt somebody

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:40.039
 in your life and

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:40.880
 you know you've

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:43.160
 hurt them i have

00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:45.460
 i have hurt people

00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:46.559
 most closest to me

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:48.860
 and i have seen how

00:30:48.860 --> 00:30:49.880
 my words have brought

00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:52.539
 tears and there is

00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:53.980
 such guilt even when

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.620
 forgiveness is

00:30:54.620 --> 00:30:55.960
 extended i feel

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:57.340
 terrible and it

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:58.419
 seems that only time

00:30:58.419 --> 00:31:00.220
 can at least help

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:01.000
 the memory to

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.419
 disappear

00:31:01.419 --> 00:31:04.379
 the shame that they

00:31:04.379 --> 00:31:05.019
 must have felt

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:06.839
 the embarrassment

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:08.139
 the cowardice that

00:31:08.139 --> 00:31:09.799
 that now mark who

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.679
 they are that that's

00:31:10.679 --> 00:31:11.319
 who they are now

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:12.079
 they're cowards

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:14.579
 have mary come up to

00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:14.819
 them

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:17.299
 jesus is risen and

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:18.679
 he says that he

00:31:18.679 --> 00:31:19.599
 will ascend and he

00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:20.619
 calls you brother

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:22.119
 he says that you

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:24.199
 share his father and

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:25.160
 that you are going to

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:26.000
 be with him for

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.500
 eternity

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:30.980
 dispelling any

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:33.039
 cowardice dispelling

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:35.620
 any shame that is

00:31:35.620 --> 00:31:36.000
 grace

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:41.019
 salvation is always a

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:42.559
 gift of god's grace

00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:44.539
 but we take hold of

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:45.900
 it by faith we

00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:47.140
 embrace god's grace

00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:48.600
 and then live out this

00:31:48.600 --> 00:31:50.480
 life according to god's

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.539
 standards and this leads

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:52.339
 to our third point

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:53.779
 that the resurrection

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:56.180
 that saves us that is

00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:57.940
 our deepest hope the

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:59.220
 grace that god gives

00:31:59.220 --> 00:32:00.659
 us based on the truth

00:32:00.659 --> 00:32:01.339
 of the resurrection

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:04.079
 it means that we have

00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:06.019
 to live a life worthy

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:07.000
 of that calling a life

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.500
 of faith

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:11.299
 two points here the

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:12.440
 first is that obedience

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:14.220
 is very important for

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:16.220
 the reality of the for

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:16.960
 the reality of the

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:18.539
 believer jesus tells

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:19.759
 mary to bear witness to

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:22.079
 the resurrection she

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:23.200
 is not to keep silent

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:24.220
 she is not to go on

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:25.759
 living her life she is

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:27.220
 to testify to proclaim

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:29.200
 to share she has a job

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:30.819
 to do and it's a job of

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:32.500
 joy but nevertheless she

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:35.400
 is now an agent a citizen

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:37.700
 of heaven the life of

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:38.819
 faith we are to live is an

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:40.640
 obedient life we are no

00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:41.859
 longer our own we have

00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:42.779
 been purchased by the

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.819
 most precious blood of

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:45.059
 the sinless slave savior

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:48.000
 jesus the messiah go jesus

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:49.559
 commands to which mary went

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:52.400
 she obeyed we must obey

00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:54.839
 jesus he calls us to live

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:55.960
 as citizens of his

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:57.940
 kingdom we have a master

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:59.619
 now but not as a as an

00:32:59.619 --> 00:33:00.920
 earthly master who demands

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:02.920
 much and gives little we

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:03.839
 have a master who gives

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:06.319
 complete new life but also

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:10.319
 demands all the life touched

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:11.920
 by grace is the life marked

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:13.920
 by obedience the second point

00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:16.420
 it's related to the first

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:18.180
 what happens when we're not

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:20.600
 obedient what happens when

00:33:20.600 --> 00:33:23.779
 we we encounter the risen

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:26.240
 lord it's we put our hope

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:28.560
 and trust in jesus our faith

00:33:28.560 --> 00:33:31.580
 wanes our obedience is shaky

00:33:31.580 --> 00:33:35.140
 we don't trust we look at that

00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:36.660
 savior over there or we put

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:39.100
 our hope in that thing or this

00:33:39.100 --> 00:33:41.140
 goal that we have becomes this

00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:43.220
 ultimate prize that we must win

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:44.340
 and all of a sudden

00:33:44.340 --> 00:33:47.220
 priorities start to shift

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:49.340
 what happens when that happens

00:33:49.340 --> 00:33:54.860
 look with me again at verse 17

00:33:54.860 --> 00:33:58.900
 jesus said to her mary do not

00:33:58.900 --> 00:34:00.840
 cling to me for i have not yet

00:34:00.840 --> 00:34:03.960
 ascended to the father mary in

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:06.860
 her excitement clings to jesus and

00:34:06.860 --> 00:34:07.740
 you have this picture of her

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:09.980
 bearing her face in his garments

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:13.659
 tears and saliva it's just she

00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:16.440
 is overcome she is she doesn't

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:17.579
 care what she looks like she's

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:19.820
 excited that jesus is there and

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:23.239
 jesus says to her to stop and

00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:26.639
 that's the question why why would

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:29.480
 jesus want her to stop it's not

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.860
 that jesus is like

00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:35.800
 like don't touch me these are new

00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:38.660
 garments uh he doesn't say that and

00:34:38.660 --> 00:34:39.920
 especially if we consider that other

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:41.680
 people touch jesus and he appeared

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 for weeks before he ascended and

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 even thomas stuck his finger in his

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 side so it's not that jesus didn't

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 want to be touched after he rose from

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 the grave so why is he saying don't

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 cling to me other translations say

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 don't touch me but really it don't

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 cling to me and the reason why is

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 right after he says it for i have not

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 ascended to the father jesus was not

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 resurrected in his incorruptible body

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 in order to keep the status quo see

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 lazarus if you remember the story was

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 raised from the grave but lazarus was

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 raised from the grave and was just like

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 you and i and he eventually died he

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 died twice that's tough but jesus rises

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 from the grave in an incorruptible body

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 never to die again and a part of that

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 resurrection was that he would not just

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 rise from the grave as the first fruits

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 the proof that we too will rise from the

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 grave but that a part of this new life

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 is him ascending into heaven and as he

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 ascends into heaven he is seated at the

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 right hand of god the father forever

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 making intercession for us which is to

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 say that we need intercession that we

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 will live out this this faith imperfectly

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 not with fantastic obedience but with

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 shaky obedience and valley seasons where

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 we we don't trust the lord in the ways that

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 we should we don't obey the lord our faith

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 seems to be shaky he is at the right hand

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 of god the father in forever interceding

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 for us the ascension is is is critical but

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 also with jesus ascending he sends his holy

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 spirit down so that the holy spirit indwells

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 in us giving us the power to obey and

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 reminding us that jesus is actually much

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 closer to us than mary so when jesus says

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 don't cling to me i still have to be

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 ascended to my father in heaven he's saying

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 that listen you think i'm close now

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 i've risen from the grave you're here

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 you're touching me you think i'm close now

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 just wait till the holy spirit is poured

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 out

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 i've often thought if only i could see

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 jesus

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 i could endure anything i could power

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 through this frustration jesus he's seems

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 distant i want him to be really close

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 and all of a sudden i start having this

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 imagination that i need jesus in the flesh

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 but this is telling us that actually jesus in

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 the flesh

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 is not so close as having his very spirit

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 indwelling in us

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 and that takes faith to believe

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 and the faith that he will actually give us

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 and help us to believe but that is why

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 jesus has to ascend

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 the ascended jesus reminds us

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 that the life of faith is fraught with

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 failure and sin but that he offers more

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 and more and more in great of grace

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 and forgiveness and love

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 friends as we wrap things up who are you looking for

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 are you looking for the risen christ

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 who has conquered death and sin

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 and evil the devil

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 your fears forever more

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 offering new life if you would

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 put your faith and trust in him

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 uniting with him

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 promised new life

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 in the presence of god for eternity

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 or are you looking for a different kind of jesus

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 that will let you coast

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 that will let you continue on in the status quo

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 that will not cause reputational harm

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 jesus calls us

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 to a life of faith

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 because he has poured out

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:58.199
 this gift of grace to us

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 because he truly rose from the grave

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 friends this is what easter is about

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 this is the hope we have

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 let us be enamored

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 with this risen christ

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 and by faith

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 let us walk in the power that he is giving us

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 let's pray

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 so let you know